The Salt Shaker You are the salt of the earth... You are the light of the world. Jesus (Matthew 5:13- A P R I L 2 0 1 6 OUR MISSION Parkville Presbyterian Church is a community of believers following Jesus Christ by sharing God s Word, serving and welcoming all. Our God is a Living God, and We are an Easter People! I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Alleluia! Family Promise Golf 2 Tournament Pastoral Visit 3 Adult Education 4 Vacation Bible School 5 Community Concerts Memorial Scholarship 6 7 Easter Egg Hunt 8 Celebrating New Life 9 Getting to Know Parkville Pres Are you interested in learning more about our church, or what it means to be a Presbyterian? Would you like to learn some of the unique history of our local church? If your answer is Yes! - then we hope you will join us Saturday, April 9 from 9am until 11:30. Childcare is available upon request. Please contact Pastor Steve at stevenandrews@parkvillepresby.org to learn more!
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: April Food Pantry Needs Jell-O & Pudding Fabric softener dryer sheets Corn muffin mix Dry beans Single pack adult toothbrushes Ramen noodles Feminine hygiene products Cash donations are always helpful make checks to SPEAC Food Pantry Items are welcome throughout the month! The 1st Annual Golf Tournament benefiting Family Promise of the Northland will be held on Monday, June 6 at the Tiffany Springs Golf Course. Feeling skilled that day? A Hole-In-One could win you $10,000 cash, two round-trip airline tickets, a Sharp Flat Screen TV or other prizes. To sink a putt from 60, you can buy one ticket for $10 or buy two tickets for $15 and a chance to win $2,500 cash or other raffle prizes. Each golfer entry fee of $125 includes green fee, golf cart, range warm-up, lunch, favors, and $53 charitable contribution. Registration and Warm Up begin at 7:15 a.m. with an 8:30 a.m. Shotgun start. This will be a four-person scramble. Lunch and awards follow play. To register, please call Bridget Mendoza, 888-7070 ext. 3 by May 20. Of course, lots of volunteers are needed to make this tournament possible. So if you are interested in volunteering that day, please contact Marilyn Gardner 816-468-8735. Thanks to everyone who helped make the Easter Brunch a success. We appreciated those who helped decorate the tables, set up Whipple Hall and then put all of the tables and chairs away to ready the space for the coming week. We enjoyed the delicious casseroles and wonderful variety of the tasty muffins you provided. Big tasks are made easier when everyone contributes. Thanks so much. Radical Hospitality Team EJ Walter wants to thank everyone for their cards, phone calls and prayers. I'm passing on very deep gratitude from Eddie and Carlos for the generosity from those of you who contributed toward the money we sent them for gas. They were overwhelmed with thanks. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they have a long road ahead of them. Anya Lichdi Thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, Jill (Ann Traeder s niece) I thank friends at PPC for their prayers and cards received during my recovery from recent surgery. Leanne Morgan T H E S A L T S H A K E R
Pastoral Visit Death: It happens to almost everyone. It even happened to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, before he conquered the power of death once and for all through his Resurrection. No matter how much we try to stave it off by eating well, exercising regularly, dyeing our hair, building a professional legacy, and nurturing children and grandchildren for all of us, the physical aspects of the lives we call our own will one day end. This is a sobering reality, and in a culture centered on strength, achievement, independence, and power, the final truth that even these things, too, will pass, is one that many of us do our best to avoid. But as Christians, we stand in the midst of a powerful truth, that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, and that his rising is the first fruits, not only of our own rising (1 Corinthians 15:23) but of the redemption of the world (Revelation 21:1-2). Indeed, according to the Apostle Paul, If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). But in fact Christ has been raised, proclaiming once and for all that death does not have the final word. In our Easter message, I passed on the truth I hear resounding throughout Scripture, that Christ s victory means that, on each and every day of our Death does not have the final word lives, we may embrace the ways of life over the ways of death, confident that hope, unity, inclusion, justice, and most of all love, will have the final word over anxiety, violence, and greed over fear and judgment and division. Though it may sometimes seem like the forces tearing us and our world apart are overwhelming there are other forces at work, putting everything back together, and in the end: love wins. This means that we can face the reality of the end of our physical lives with confidence, knowing that, even as our bodies change and our physical capacities diminish; even as our relationships change and not always, unfortunately, for the better; even as we come to the terms with the simple truth of the end; through all that, life is more powerful than death will ever be. Beginning on April 10 th, we will embark on a sermon series and Sunday School series exploring the practice and theology of death. We will talk about some of the practical things, like advanced healthcare directives, hospice care, funeral preplanning, and estate planning tools which allow us to care for our loved ones in our final days and beyond. We ll also address some of the questions folks have raised as this series has been planned among the various ministry teams and the session, questions like: What happens to us when we die? Does it matter if my body is buried or cremated? Will I know my loved ones in heaven? This will be a series for people of all ages, and we ll endeavor to provide practical tools and advice, along with theological insight, on these and other important questions. And through it all will be this one clear thread: our physical lives will one day end, but Christ has conquered the power of death once and for all, and the spirit and power of Resurrection must guide everything we do even at the end. P A G E 3
Educational Opportunities Adult Education on Sunday mornings Rev. John Brentlinger continues teaching through April 3 on the growth of Gentile believers in Jesus through the New Testament documents of Luke-Acts. Sunday mornings at 9:40! Death, Dying and Rising to New Life Beginning April 10 and continuing through May 1, Pastor Steve will be leading a class focused on Resurrection realities. Death, Dying and Rising to New Life will focus on ways to care for our loved ones at the end of earthly life involving advanced directives, funeral pre-planning, estate planning, the theology of death and what comes next. In the spirit of Resurrection, come and learn that death is not the end of life in God s world nor ours! Donations for the Fuller Center Bike Adventure should be made out to Fuller Center for Housing with Kansas City in the memo line and mailed to Graham Houston at 11030 N Central St, KCMO 64155 or you can give online: http://fullercenter.donorpages.com/ BikeAdventure/GrahamHouston2013 Graham Houston has set a lofty goal to raise $3,000. It is the highest goal among all participants in the Bike Adventure Spring Ride. He can't do it alone. He needs God's help - and yours! Faith and Families Class 4/3 Graham Houston Fuller Center 4/10 Marla Zaragosa and possibly Linda Myers - Family Promise 4/17 Dr. Grimes discipline of children 4/24 open 5/1 and 5/8 Ann Atkin Mind Style 5/15 Laura Ozenberger - SPEAC food pantry 5/22 Randy Smith and Bill Geary Israel 5/29, 6/5, and 6/19 Jim Elliff Mysteries and Disturbing Realities: Jesus Parables in Matthew 13 T H E S A L T S H A K E R
Vacation Bible School: July 11-15 P A G E 5 July 11-15, 9-11:30 a.m. Little Dresses for Africa The Parkville Pres Little Dresses for Africa group will meet Friday, April 1, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM in Whipple Hall. Please come when you can and leave when you must, or drop by to pick up a packet of materials to work on at home. All skill sets are needed and welcome at this work session. Currently we need volunteers to: - select fabric to make dresses and shorts - cut out patterns (rotary cutters are available) - make preassembled kits for home sewing - do basic machine sewing. We have two donated sewing machines for our use if you would rather not tote your own machine around. If you would like to help by sewing at home, there are packets of fabric and supplies available to make dresses and shorts. Or, you can select materials from our stash of donated fabric to personalize homemade garments.
The Northland Community Choir will present John Rutter s Mass for the Children as a fundraiser for Family Promise April 24 at 3pm at Park University. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to Family Promise. Plan now to attend and invite your friends to support this important ministry to our neighbors dealing with the homelessness. Highway 9 Clean Up Saturday, April 2, 9am Election Day Another election day is coming up in April. Since Whipple Hall is a polling place, we provide a reception table with cookies and drinks for our neighbors. The polls are open April 5 from 6 am - 7pm. Please contact Kay Jackson if you can bring cookies or serve for 2 hours as a welcoming presence at the table. Label cookies Election and leave them in the kitchen. Contact Kay at: 816.550-1112 -1112 or jacksonk@parkhill.k12.mo.us Friday, April 29th at 7pm An evening with the musical artists of tomorrow We know you've heard it... but can you believe your ears? Can it really be that Parkville's own International Center for Music at Park University has some of the finest young artists of piano and strings anywhere in the world? Back by popular demand, we are offering another sampling of the extraordinary music being crafted right here each day in our community of Parkville. T H E S A L T S H A K E R
2016 Memorial Scholarship Forms for the 2016 Memorial Scholarship are available on the kiosk in the narthex. Both graduating high school seniors and college students are eligible to apply. The initial scholarship amount is between $500 and $1000. College students may apply for a renewal scholarship of $250 with a lifetime limit of $2,000. The scholarship is intended to assist the student with tuition, fees, book or supplies. Completed applications are due May 1, 2016. Questions may be directed to Mary Listrom at marylistrom@aol.com. P A G E 7
Vander Weerdt Family Adam, Christine, Greta and Cora. Adam and Christine Vander Weerdt and daughters Cora, 3, and Greta, 6, moved from Tennessee almost three years ago. Natives of Iowa the couple met while working part time in a hardware store in Des Moines while in school. Adam works for FCCI in the agriculture insurance field. They like the Midwest and are happy to be in Kansas City only three hours from their families. Christine is a stay-at-home mom volunteering for many of her daughters activities. As a family the Vander Weerdts like to travel, Christine enjoys reading and Adam likes to cook. Greta is a school-loving first grader at Union Chapel and takes her church acolyte duties seriously. Cora enjoys the nursery and is anticipating pre-school soon. Lula Bounds Lula Bounds came to Kansas City, Kansas, as a newlywed in 1955. She met her late husband, Herman, in her native Tennessee when he traveled to the state to attend an aunt s funeral. After a long distance courtship she accepted his proposal. A graduate of Tennessee State University Lula was a teacher and coach in the Kansas City, Missouri, schools until she retired in 1994 after more than thirty-three years. During that time she earned a master s degree from K-State and is a definite Purple Pride fan! In 1995 she began substituting in the Kansas City, Kansas, middle and secondary schools retiring again in 2011. Lula has one son who lives in West Virginia and three granddaughters and two stepgrandsons. When her church, Bethel Presbyterian, closed last year she chose Parkville Presbyterian where the people are nice as her church home. Steve Shrawder, Lucy and Steven III Steve Shrawder is a transplant from Millersburg, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. A graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, he is the Director of Golf at the National Golf Club of Kansas City. Father of Lucy and Steven Shrawder III, Steve enjoys coaching kids games. His hobbies include running and outdoor activities. Mother Nature may have moved our Easter Egg Hunt indoors, but she didn t dampen the spirits of our PPC children. THE SALT SHAKER
Growth of a Christian Community Meet our recent New Members! Abrahamson Family Tim, Heather and Victoria Heather is a native of Lawrence and graduate of KU. She has worked for the same company, CGI, for 25 years including five years in Spain and Portugal before transferring to Atlanta, Georgia. Tim is a native of South Dakota, who moved to Kansas City while in high school. A graduate of Georgia State with a master s degree in economics from Georgia Tech (yes, that big black truck with P A G E 9 Jacket on the license is his) Tim now works for Ericsson, a global communications company. Atlanta is a special place as that is where the couple met in a sports bar watching KU play basketball. Married in 2000, their daughter, Victoria, 10, was born in Atlanta. Now an enthusiastic fourth grader at English Landing, she enjoys biking, swimming, gymnastics and often serves as acolyte at our 8:30 service. When not traveling for CGI, Heather, a member of the DAR, pursues her hobby of genealogy and has a database of 60,000 names representing both sides of their families. Tim enjoys painting the details on minifigurines when time permits and is an online gaming aficionado. Supporting the Chiefs and the Royals and of course, the Jayhawks is a family affair. Marcus Flores and Marlee Marcus joined the church 18 months ago. An Army brat as a youngster he was a little like a rolling stone moving every two years. Graduating from high school in Parkville he lived away for several years in Colorado, Puerto Rico, San Diego and in Utah while serving in the Air Force. He is a loyal KU fan and Jayhawker. Hobbies include building useful things (like a bench) and technology. Marcus is glad that daughter, Marlee, 8, and a second grader at Graden elementary, has the opportunity to put down roots here in contrast to his years of living like a nomad.
Vander Weerdt Family Adam, Christine, Greta and Cora Adam and Christine Vander Weerdt and daughters Cora, 3, and Greta, 6, moved from Tennessee almost three years ago. Natives of Iowa the couple met while working part time in a hardware store in Des Moines while in school. Adam works for FCCI in the agriculture insurance field. They like the Midwest and are happy to be in Kansas City only three hours from their families. Christine is a stay-at-home mom volunteering for many of her daughters activities. As a family the Vander Weerdts like to travel, Christine enjoys reading and Adam likes to cook. Lula Bounds Lula Bounds came to Kansas City, Kansas, as a newlywed in 1955. She met her late husband, Herman, in her native Tennessee when he traveled to the state to attend an aunt s funeral. After a long distance courtship she accepted his proposal. A graduate of Tennessee State University, Lula was a teacher and coach in the Kansas City, Missouri, schools until she retired in 1994 after more than 33 years. During that time she earned a master s degree from K-State and is a definite Purple Pride fan! In 1995 she began substituting in the Kansas City, Kansas, middle and secondary schools retiring again in 2011. Lula has one son who lives in West Virginia and three granddaughters and two stepgrandsons. When her church, Bethel Presbyterian, closed last year she chose Parkville Presbyterian where the people are nice as her church home. Steve Shrawder, Lucy and Steven III Steve Shrawder is a transplant from Millersburg, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. A graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, he is the Director of Golf at the National Golf Club of Kansas City. Father of Lucy and Steven Shrawder III, Steve enjoys coaching kids games. His hobbies include running and outdoor activities. T H E S A L T S H A K E R
Bill and Janet Geary Bill and Janet Geary have lived in Kansas City 31 years. They began dating while in North Kansas City High School. Married in 1971 they are parents of daughter Rachel Pederson who lives in Clay County and son Matt who lives in Prairie Village. The grandchildren Serenity, Connor and Leah are the icing on the cake. Granddaughter Serenity, 8, accompanies her grandparents to church and enjoys being an acolyte. Janet retired as the Director of Community Education in the North Kansas City School District several years ago. Bill is the Kansas City, MO City Attorney and a graduate of UMKC Law School. Janet s hobbies include music and gardening while woodworking is Bill s avocation. Susan Zimmerman Born in California, Susan moved to Warrensburg with her family when she was two years old. A math major at William Jewell College, her first job after graduation was with the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City computer programming. It was there P A G E 11 that she met her husband, Bill. Transferred to Richmond, Virginia, the Zimmerman s were there four years before the lure of the Midwest drew them back. Bill is a native of Sioux City, Iowa. Susan has a very challenging job in IT security with Commerce Bank and Bill is now retired. Retirement provides him more time to pursue his Harley Davidson hobby (he named one of the cats Harley) and their shared interest in Royals Baseball as season ticket holders and enjoying their power boat on Stockton Lake. Susan has a Presbyterian background as her mother was church secretary at their church in Warrensburg. Carol Lehman A native of Northern Minnesota Carol has lived in six other states as her husband s work in the agricultural chemical business has moved them around the country. Their two children, Michael and Rachel, attended junior high and high school in Indiana and now
live in St. Paul, Minnesota and San Diego, California, respectively. The Lehman s have one grandchild and another expected in June. Carol says she is a Midwestern girl having grown up on a farm and loves Parkville which she describes as quaint. Her hobbies include knitting, sewing, yoga and walking. Nancy Stifter Born in Queens, NY, Nancy has lived in Milwaukee, Atlanta, rural northern Wisconsin, and in Parkville for the past 16 years. Her college aged children attended Park Hill South High School. Patrick is now at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) and Paige is graduating from Truman State this May. Her husband, Dan, is retired from Hallmark and busily working on his golf swing, entrepreneurial consulting and teaching. Nancy is a court appointed special advocate and educational surrogate for children in the Jackson County foster care system. She volunteers for SPEAC, and teaches yoga on a part time basis at the community center. Fortunate enough to enjoy good health and fitness she spends much of her free time riding her lovely big grey mare, Kali. When not in the saddle she says she is found on her yoga mat. Add a couple of dogs to the mix, too. Although she grew up in the ELCA Church she transferred membership to the PC-USA when seeking a church home for her young children. Nancy has served as a ruling Elder, a VBS director, Sunday School teacher, LOGOS director and on a number of committees in the Presbyterian Church. She is also a trained Befriender. A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the love of brothers [and sisters]. Jean Vanier, Community And Growth T H E S A L T S H A K E R
Parkville Presbyterian Church April 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 9:00 a.m. All Together Now Music Class, Room 215 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 1:00 p.m. Little Dresses for Africa 2 9:00 a.m. Highway Clean up 3 Lord s Supper, Food Pantry Sunday 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Youth group 4 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 7:00 p.m. Evening Circle 5 Election 6m-7p Election, Whipple Hall 6:30 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208/215 7:00 p.m. Session, 6 8:00 a.m. Prayers 7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal 7 10:00 a.m. Circle III, 5:00 p.m. Brownies Room 206 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 205/208 8 9:00 a.m. All Together Now Music Class, Room 215 7:00 p.m. N/A Ad Hoc 9 Heartland Presbytery, United Christian Presbyterian, Richmond MO 9:00 a.m. New Member Class, 10:00 a.m. Girl Scouts Room 205 10 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Youth group 11 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Cub Religion Class 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 12 2:00 p.m. SPEAC, 6:30 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208/215 13 8:00 a.m. Prayers 7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal 14 Ministry Night 6:00 p.m. Ministry Teams light-meal 6:30 p.m. Worship 7:00 p.m. Ministry Team Meetings 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 205/208 15 9:00 a.m. All Together Now Music Class, Room 215 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 16 9:00 a.m. Worship Team 10am-8pm N/A Conference, Whipple Hall 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Youth group 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Cub Religion Class 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 6:30 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208/215 7:00 p.m. Board of Deacons, 8:00 a.m. Prayers 7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal 5:00 p.m. Brownies Room 206 7:00 p.m. Pizza & Pop Theology @Stone Canyon, Parkville 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 205/208 9:00 a.m. All Together Now Music Class, Room 215 3:00 p.m. Baby Shower, Room 311 24 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 3:00 p.m. Northland Community Choir benefitting Family Promise of the Northland @ Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Youth group 25 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, 6:00 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Cub Religion Class 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 26 6:30 p.m. Cub Pack Meeting/Whipple Hall 27 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal 28 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 205/208 29 9:00 a.m. All Together Now Music Class, Room 215 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00 p.m. Final Friday Community Concert 30
Parkville Presbyterian Church 819 Main Street Parkville, MO 64152-3630 Office: 816.741.1641 Fax: 816.741.1744 E-mail church@parkvillepresby.org www.parkvillepresby.org PPC has a Facebook page! Like us at Parkville Presbyterian Church Forward the Salt Shaker to a Friend Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Church School: 9:45 a.m. Wednesday Morning Prayers: 7:30 a.m. Church Office: 816-741-1641 Church Fax: 816-741-1644 E-Mail: church@parkvillepresby.org www.parkvillepresby.org Salt Shaker published monthly by Parkville Presbyterian Church The Rev. Steven Andrews, Pastor Paul Erickson, Director of Music and Arts & Organist Peggy Pape, Office Manager News Deadline is NOON Last Sunday of Month T H E S A L T S H A K E R