OUR MISSION Salt Shaker Salt Shaker You You are are the the salt of the earth. Jesus (Matthew 5:13) 5:13) A U G U S T 2014 A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 OUR MISSION Parkville Presbyterian Church is a community of believers following Jesus Christ by sharing God s Word, serving and welcoming all. Parkville Presbyterian Church is a community of believers following Jesus Christ by sharing God s Word, serving and welcoming all. Youth Group Back to School Party Sunday, August 3, 5pm At the Lorenzen s Home - 4412 NW Normandy Ln We will head to Water Works Park for some Frisbee golf and then go back to the Lorenzen s for a cookout. Hot dogs, s mores and drinks will be provided. Youth can bring buns and side dishes. This will probably be the last big event before the recently graduated seniors head off for college. Bring some friends and let s have a big party! Text Russell and let him know what you ll be bringing. Russell Dickison - 816.215.1565 I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : I N S I D E Communication T H I S I S S U E : Ministries 2 Women s Children Celebration Event 22 From the Rabbi 3 From the Rabbi 3 Music Students with 4 Adult International Education Flair! 4 Baptismal Bowl 5 Welcoming Team 5 Picnic photo recap 6 Session Highlights Thank You! 67 PNC Update Financial Report 88 Presbytery News 9 Session Minutes 9 Some avenues of exploration in this study, led by Bill Geary: Why being a baseball fan isn t necessary. Explaining the Unexplainable. The Shot Heard Round the World. The St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia A s, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Washington Senators, Boston Braves and new relationships. Juan, John and the Hall of Fame. Moonlight Graham. Join us Sundays at 9:40! Interest in, or knowledge of, baseball NOT necessary for this Christian Basics class!
Thank you for all you do to bless our neighbors! Place shared items in the grocery cart outside the Sanctuary. Special needs at this time are Jell-O Ramen noodles Pudding Canned peaches Jelly Saltines Paper towels August Food Pantry Needs Hamburger Helper Cash donations are always helpful make checks to SPEAC Food Pantry S A L T S H A K E R Parkville Days Parade This year's Parkville Days Parade promises to be the best ever. Come enjoy the parade on Saturday, August 23rd with your church family, friends, and neighbors. Enjoy fellowship, refreshments, and watch the parade as it goes by on Main Street. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and come when you can but remember that Main Street closes by 9:45 for the 10:00 parade start! Please park in the north or south lots to keep the street open. Questions? Contact Melissa Jones majones89@sbcglobal.net English Landing Park 4 big days of fun for all! Free Admission! Thursday, August 21 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Friday, August 22 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Saturday, August 23 10:00 am to 10:00 pm Sunday, August 24 10 am to 6:00 pm Up n Coming - Children and Youth Celebration Celebrate the beginning of a new school year and kick-off of Fall Sunday School. All children, youth, parents, teachers, family, and friends are invited... yes, that means everyone is welcome! When: Wednesday, August 6th, 5-7 pm. Where: C Point, NW 77th Ter., Weatherby Lake. Use code 6917 to enter at the gate. What: Hot dogs and drinks will be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert. Also bring your swimsuit and towel for fun in the water, or simply enjoy the fellowship as we dive into a new year for Christian Education. Questions: contact Kay Jackson jacksonk@parkhill.k12.mo.us 816-746-1473 or Mary Listrom marylistrom@aol.com or 816-587-2012. Breaking Bread Bunch If fellowship and food sounds like your perfect small group experience then join us at Stone Canyon in Zona Rosa on August 28 at 5:30 pm.
From the rabbi... P A G E 3 I'm sitting in the front patio of my home in the cool of this late July evening watching lightning bugs flit around the yard... or are they fireflies? My daughter tested us with an online quiz while we were traveling near the Grand Canyon. Apparently there is a strong likelihood of pinpointing your place of origin by the words you use... like fireflies/lightning bugs. Rev. Ky Weekly So, as I watch them with their flickers of yellow-gold in the twilight, I'm thinking again of how Jesus used words and images to reveal the kingdom! Within the space of a couple of days this last week I have been aware of how we can make others feel our words. In one instance, they were words of affirmation and affection; in another, scolding words that were harsh. In two different visits with friends pretty much confined to home these days, your words of care - some through calls and cards, clearly allow them to know of your support and love! As you sense God's enveloping and evolving presence in every corner of your life, watch for those flickers of light that bring the kingdom closer to you! We have a dedication next Sunday of the beautiful glass baptismal bowl that Eileen Huyck created, and then the baptism of Henry Schrimsher. On August 10 I'll be away performing a wedding for our youngest daughter; friend Don Wilson will be preaching that Sunday. If you are vacationing in the remaining weeks of summer, may traveling mercies be yours. I look forward to seeing you in worship! Blessings,
Fuller Center for Housing We are gathering donations for our silent and live auctions for the Fuller Center Fifth Anniversary Benefit and Celebration which will be held Thursday, September 18, from 5 8pm. Please contact Graham Houston at 816.679.6714 if you would like to donate or help solicit donations for the auction. Be a Partner in Ministry in our Nation s Capital! Emily Powers is seeking a year of mission work among the poor and lowincome residents of Washington, DC while engaging on issues of hunger poverty and homelessness at a policy level. We are invited to share in this life-shaping missional experience through prayer and financial support. She is currently raising $3000 to cover her expenses for the year. Emily will join us in worship on August 17 for a Commissioning Service; if you are able to help financially undergird her, you will literally be co-missioning with Emily! Please prayerfully consider. Welcoming International Music Students! A new arts partnership ministry with the string department of the ICM at Park Universitywill begin this fall. International students who live in the dorms just three blocks from PPC will be on site regularly practicing and bringing their gifts in worship. The Community Arts Team is seeking individuals and families interested in adopting a student in radically hospitable ways including transportation, occasional meals and holiday invitations. We already have four families who have volunteered and only need four more host families. Please contact Marcia Tighe @ 816.587.5985 if you are interested in sharing in this ministry. Photo courtesy Park University S A L T S H A K E R
Baptismal bowl is a creation of love P A G E 5 To be baptized in the Presbyterian Church is to make a public statement about one's faith in God. For parents of infants, it is a time to show the desire to raise children in the ways of the church. For adults, it is an opportunity to declare faith openly. Eileen Huyck is an artist and fortunately Parkville Presbyterian Church is a beneficiary of her talents. The beautiful new bowl at the baptismal font is her creation. For many years a plain well-worn metal bowl was used to baptize infants, youth and adults. Of course it is the sacrament of baptism that is important not the container, but how significant it is, now, to have a bowl that depicts the creation story. The blue is the water; the yellow the light; and the purple depicts darkness, Huyck said, in explaining the different colors. I had problems finding the (right) glass in Kansas City. I found the purple glass in Topeka. From sheet glass to bowl is a lengthy and laborious process as it takes the eye of an artist with spatial acumen (not to mention patience) to make a mold of the final product and reduce it to a flat design. Huyck created the bowl mold with the swirls and curves, but the initial step in the composition and firing process requires a flat piece. The glass design pieces are cut individually and the joints filled with powdered glass. The completed piece is then placed on a platform for firing. starting with small jewelry pieces and very small kilns she became proficient and gradually advanced to larger pieces and larger kilns. Has she always had an artistic bent? Her mother taught her to sew as a youth and she took up knitting when her doctor put her to bed for three months when pregnant with twins. I knit constantly, she said, and everyone (in the extended family) got something knitted for Christmas. Moving on, she tried painting but was not very good and gave it up. Gardening is still an interest. A trip to Alaska introduced her to fabric painting and she and a friend made fabric landscapes for a time. But art is not her only interest. Currently, in preparation for a family trip to Hawaii, she is taking scuba diving lessons which necessitate diving in lakes to become certified at some level. And she also sings in a Sweet Adeline s group. Eileen, we are grateful to you for sharing your talents and your time with us. Thank you! The bowl will be dedicated in worship this Sunday, August 3. -- Martha Zirschky I had a disaster with the first piece, Huyck said. The platform exuded a gas that left holes during the firing process. Using a different platform, the second firing was successful. Firing temperature reaches 1,400 degrees and then is lowered on a set time table to 100 degrees before the flat piece is removed. The mold is then placed in the kiln and the flat piece is entered upside down on top of it before firing takes place a second time to drape the piece over the mold. Opening the kiln at the end of a firing is always a breath-holding moment, Huyck said. Huyck became interested in working with glass when she wanted stained glass for her front door. Taking lessons in Kansas City, Texas and Chicago
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Session Meeting minutes July 8, 2014 P A G E 9 The meeting was opened in prayer. The Music and Arts Team presented two opportunities for reaching out in Radical Hospitality to our neighbors. One of these is to present Final Fridays, in collaboration with the Main Street Parkville Association, local musicians, artists, and restaurants. Final Fridays would involve a 40-minute concert followed by a reception hosted by a local restaurant. The other is to continue offering our space for the use of the Christian Youth Theater groups for the coming year. These items were discussed and approved. Another proposal was made for the use of the church as practice space by graduate string instrument music students from Park University. Timing, space availability, and security were all discussed. A small group was approved to meet to further discuss the details and make a presentation back to Session. The changes in the 8:30 worship service were reviewed; no negative comments have been received as of yet but all feedback is welcome. The Nominating Committee presented suggested changes to the Bylaws regarding the size of Session and the Board of Deacons as the present numbers represent a high percentage of the congregation. The suggested change is to transition to 12 members in each group. A Little Dresses For Africa congregational meeting will be held soon (likely in August) to further discuss and vote on such. This will allow the Nominating Committee to begin their discernment and the earlier election of new ordained members to facilitate training and installation. Other Bylaw changes were theorized and will be discussed at the same congregational meeting. A baptism and the church potluck on July 20 were approved. An amount was approved on behalf of the entire congregation to support Emily Powers in her Young Adult Volunteer program participation through the Presbytery. The Pastor Nominating Committee made a report on their progress. The Deacons reported on the usher/greeter program and are eager to involve additional participants. Closing devotions focused on Jesus' amazing sacrifice and the depth of God's redeeming grace. The next stated meeting of Session is Tuesday, August 5 at 7 pm. It will begin with a discussion with some of the commissioners who attended General Assembly and the issues discussed there; this will be open to the general congregation, as is the initial portion of each Session meeting for anyone to meet and discuss any concerns with Session. The Parkville Presbyterian Church's Little Dresses for Africa sewing group will get together Friday, August 1, at the church from 2:00 to 6:00. Hope you can be there. We have 40-50 completed pairs of shorts and quite a few that are partially finished. We will begin to focus on making little dresses now as well as shorts. I know many of you missed the lace and fancy pockets and doo-dads that we all enjoy putting on the dresses. We have a new member of our group, which now totals 12. Marcia Leo joined us in July, and looks forward to sewing with us on First Fridays as her schedule allows. Welcome, Marcia! Thanks for your continued support of this important ministry! Karen Murray - 816 806 1862
Parkville Presbyterian Church August 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2:00 p.m. Little Dresses for Africa 2 3 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 5:00 p.m. All Youth Group Party /Lorenzen home 4 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 5 ELECTION Whipple Hall 7:00 p.m. Session/307 6 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers 5:00 p.m. Sunday School Kickoff Swim and Picnic 7 5:30 p.m. Thirsty Thursday, Parkville Coffee House 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks Room 208 8 9 10 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 11 9:00 a.m. 10pm Park University 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 12 5:30 p.m. Mission Team 7:00 p.m. Ministry Teams 6:30 p.m. Cub Scouts 13 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers 6:00 p.m. Children & Youth Team 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 14 5:30 p.m. Thirsty Thursday, Parkville Coffee House 6:00p.m. Welcoming Team 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 208 15 Parkville Days 16 9:00 a.m. Highway Clean-up 17 Parkville Days 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 18 9:00 a.m. 10pm Park University 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts/ Whipple Hall 19 8:30 a.m, Home School Co-op 11:30 a.m. Platte County Parks, 307 1:00-5p Park University 7:00 p.m. Board of Deacons/Room 307 20 730 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University 6:00 p.m. Community Music & Arts Team 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 21 9a-10p Park University 5:30 p.m. Thirsty Thursday, Parkville Coffee House 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 208 22 Parkville Days 9a-10p Park University 4th Friday Concert 23 Parkville Days 9:00 a.m. Worship Team 4:00 p.m. Nora Priest Memorial Service 24 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 25 9:00 a.m. 10pm Park University 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 26 8:30 a.m, Home School Co-op 1:00-5p Park University 6:00 p.m. Cub Pack Meeting/Whipple Hall 7:00 p.m. Coordinating Committee/Room 311 27 7:30 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 28 5:30 p.m. Breaking Bread Bunch/Stone Canyon, Zona Rosa 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 205 29 9:00 a.m. 10pm Park University Parent Meeting. 30 30 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship
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