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The Trumpet April 2016 Volume 33 Issue 4Firelands Presbyterian Church
2626 East Harbor Road
Port Clinton, Ohio 43452
419-734-6211
Fax 419-734-5411
www.firelandschurch.org
Rev. Mark Cooper, Pastor
Dave Moore, Clerk of Session
Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians
Darrell Brand, Treasurer
Rachel Johnson,
Preschool Director
Janine Dress,
Administrative Assistant
Mark Owen, Custodian
Table of Contents
Events & Notes ..................................... 2
Pastor’s Page ........................................ 3
Preschool News, Sharing Cupboard &Lectionary Texts ................................... 4
Stated Session Highlights .................. 5 &6
Monthly Prayer List ................................ 6
Birthdays, Calendar ............................... 7
Ministry Schedule .................................. 8
Musical Arts 2015-2016 Season .............. 9
Musical ArtSeries
Amanda Powelland Friends
Sunday April 3at 3:30 PM
Authentic and Vibrant Jazz
celebration sponsored by Crown Battery and Dubbert ’s
Outdrive Service. Following the concert, there will be a
reception for the audience to meet the artists. Tickets
are available at the door for $15 ($12 for Firelands
members); students are admitted free of charge.
Musical Art SeriesMichiko Otaki,
PianoSaturday April 16
at 7:30 PM Celebrating her 25th
Anniversary Appearance in PortClinton sponsored by Arby’s
Port Clinton and Shumaker,
Loop & Kendrick, LLP and Jack
Hilbert Following the concert, there will be a reception
for the audience to meet the artists. Tickets are
available at the door for $15 ($12 for Firelands
members); students are admitted free of charge.
MAS Senior
ConcertsThe Toledo Symphony
Brass Quintet
Thursday April 21, 2016
Edgewood Manor 1:30 PM
Otterbein North Shore
Retirement 3:00 PM
(refreshments will be
offered from 4:00 to 4:30. should call Martha (419-798-
8247) if they plan to attend.)
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Meditationand Yoga
beginsApril 7
Linda Green, certifiedSivananda Yoga
instructor of
Omnigreen Yoga, will
be leading Yoga
classes on Thursdays
April 7-May 12 6:00
pm- 7:00pm cost is $10.00 weekly.
Linda will also lead an on going meditation at 5:30- 5:55
it will be free will offering to the church instead of a fee
for the meditation class.
This a combination level class. Bring a mat, wear lose
comfy clothing, and bring straps or props if you choose.
Don’t eat prior to class.
Relieve stress through proper stretching, breathing
and
relaxation.
Tone your body, as you build energy.
Alleviate physical tension including backaches.
Strengthen your body and mind.
For questions contact Linda at 419-635-2337 or email at
Friendly Reminder from yourAdministrative Assistant
If you leave a note on my desk, please sign it. I may
want to call you with a question regarding your
message. Thank You.
Janine
Bistro 163 UpdateBistro 163 is moving deliberately forward, as many of
our plans are coming to fruition. We are hoping and
praying for an opening sometime during the month of
May, depending upon the installation of a grill and hood
“up front”, and the resulting necessary inspections. The
terms of our lease are being finalized, and we have
signed employee commitments with our front-of-the-
house management team of two, and our cook. Chef
Stacy Maple is crafting an innovative menu of fresh,
locally grown foods, including salads, soups, flat breads
and sandwiches. We are revealing all the details as they
are known on our Facebook page, follow Bistro 163.
Volunteers are needed! Please contact Joyce Jagucki if
you would like to give some time before or during our
opening events. And, once we are officially open for
lunch Monday – Friday, and brunch on Saturday, more
volunteers will be needed to serve our customers. Our
official logo and signage are in the hands of a
professional, so that all may know we are open for
business in the Sutton Center, when the time comes in
May. Sufficient tables and chairs are on order to boost
our seating inside the bistro to 40.
Bistro 163 will be a non-profit, pay-what-you-can afford
restaurant. Everyone who enters Bistro 163 will be
welcome to eat a meal. Those who are able will be
encouraged to pay-it-forward to defray the cost of
someone else’s meal. If someone is unable to pay, they
may volunteer one hour in exchange for their meal. We
desire to build relationships, to really get to know each
other. Our mission is to increase food security andoffer all neighbors a place to eat and come together as
one community.
Mary Caracci
Online Outreach UpdateMarch visits to our church Facebook pages and web site
are on the rise, after some very quiet winter months.
These online resources provide current information to
people seeking to know more about Firelands
Presbyterian Church. Our web site was consulted by 109
people this month; 67% of visits were first time
viewers; an average of 2.5 pages were viewed. Web
pages most often viewed were the preschool, worship,
and sermons.
Facebook entries that reached the highest number of
people in March included:
Good Friday Ecumenical Service 33
WCWA visit to the film “Risen” 38
Port Clinton News Herald Feature on Janine
Dress 96
Pastor Mark and Jill’s visit to Florida 627
Mary Caracci
Thank YousThank you to all who donated a love offering for Mark
Owen’s computer. It was totally paid for by your
generous donations. Please continue to pray for Mark
Owen, he is really struggling with his nursing class tests.
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Pastor’s Page
One of the things that has occupied my thinking over the past “yea these many” years has been church growth. When
I went into the ministry I thought that I was going to be such a dynamic, compelling preacher that people would come
flocking from miles around just to hear what I had to say on a Sunday morning. Maybe, on occasion, there might
have been some people who did exactly that. For the most part, though, it didn’t happen often enough in greater
enough numbers to be measured. There never was a mass movement. Churches did not experience dramatic growth
during the time I was serving as their pastor. Perhaps if I had been good enough a preacher, it would have happened.
Apparently I wasn’t and it didn’t. At the same time, I didn’ t see it happening in other places either, with the possible
exception of famous preachers on television. And as to churches that were growing, it didn’t seem as if the people
were going to them because the preaching was so extraordinary, there simply seemed to be something mysterious at
work, drawing people together at that place. Preaching itself seemed to have experienced a decline in influence, andpreachers were not often turned to as thought leaders in the community.
As far as church growth itself, there did not seem to be a lot of it going on anywhere. In many communities there was
a church, or several, that sprang up and grew rapidly, but they apparently did so not by winning new people to the
faith, but by drawing people from other churches in the community, which then experienced decline – much as what
happened to small businesses when a Wal-Mart opened. A lot of people talked about how to grow a church, but no
one seemed to know a formula that would work for any church that applied it. What we saw, of course, was nearly all
churches, especially churches like ours, main-line Protestant, and Presbyterian, declining in membership and
attendance, with many of them closing. It was the reverse of church growth. Many factors played into this. Most of
them were very large societal issues, which were hard for a local church to overcome. For example, people in general
are turning away from religion. That’s big.
In recent years I have encouraged churches to relax, to stop fretting about getting bigger and celebrate who they are,whatever size they are. We’re Americans, and that means we respect big-ness and flashiness, but we shouldn’t be
depending on that when it comes to our community of faith. There is something very special about small churches.
Still, most of us would like to see our church grow, if only to give greater assurance that our church will survive us.
So, what does it take to grow a church? All the studies that have been done about why new members join a church
indicate that about 75% of them came to their new church not because of advertising, not because of the music, not
because of the incredible preaching, but because someone from the church invited them. It is as simple as that.
Preachers, it turns out, don’t grow congregations. Congregations grow themselves.
So, if you want your church to grown, stop depending on your preacher to turn your congregation around. Get out
there and find somebody and turn them into a committed member of your church. If everybody did it, our church
would double in size.
How ‘bout that?
Fondly,
Mark
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STATED SESSION MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FOR March 8, 2016Pastor Mark Cooper opened the meeting with prayer.
Treasurer’s Report- Darrell Brand, Treasurer. Total General Fund Year to Date YTD Income of $17,465.33 minus
Total General Fund YTD Expenses of $28,207.69 results in a loss of $10,742.36. The budget projected a YTD loss of
$6,609.33 but the actual loss is $4,133.03 more than projected.
Total YTD Preschool Income of $16,346.34 minus Total Preschool Expenses of $12,109.00 results in a Preschool gain
YTD of $4,237.34.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Mission – Karen Vardyan, Chair. A Love Offering was received in February to pay for a new computer for
custodian Mark Owen. The generosity of our congregation covered the total cost. Prayers are asked to continue for
Mark in his nursing studies.
Offerings will be collected on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday for the PCUSA “One Great Hour of Sharing.”
“Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” continues to distribute beds to Ottawa County children.
We are grateful to St. John’s Lutheran Church for helping with delivery and to Grace Baptist Church for donating their
Christmas Eve offering of $581.00 to this mission.
Outreach - Mary Caracci, Chair. Progress continues toward the opening of the ComeUnity Café. Our café in Ottawa
County will be known as Bistro 163. This will distinguish us from others to come in the futu re. Why “Bistro”? This
confers the idea of fresh food prepared from scratch using locally grown ingredients - a “farm to table” approach. Why
“163”? This adds our local identity on State Route 163 which runs the entire length of Ottawa County and is travelled
by all who will come to Bistro 163.
Bistro 163 will be a non-profit, pay-what-you-can-afford restaurant. All who enter will be welcome to eat a meal.
Those who are able will be encouraged to pay-it-forward to defray the cost of someone else who may not be able to
pay. That person may then volunteer one hour in exchange for their meal. We desire to build relationships, to really
get to know each other. Our mission is to increase “food security” and offer our neighbors a place to eat and come
together as one community.
Our market research with more than 315 Ottawa County residents and 75% of Sutton Center occupants produced
these very positive findings: 56% are familiar with the community café concept
87% will “pay-it-forward” to help those who are food insecure
75% find the “pay-it-forward” concept a unique reason to choose Bistro163
83% live in Ottawa County all year – good news for winter business
Solid feedback on possible hours of operation & menu pricing was also provided
Our web site was consulted 110 times in February - 70% were first time viewers. Facebook entries included: Ash
Wednesday – 34; Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Monument – 265; ComeUnity Café OC – 143.
Property Management - John Pugh, Chair. John continues to investigate our water usage. He is receiving
estimates for replacement of the water line from our building out to the main line by the road.
New Business: The new doorbells at the office and pre-school entrances have been installed and are working well
and greatly appreciated. In a further move to improve security, Session approved Catawba Security to install cameras
and locking mechanisms on both doors which can be controlled by church personnel from wherever they are in the
building. This will come out of the Building and Grounds budget.
Our current phone system and answering machine work sporadically with incoming calls to the church being missed.
Karen Coffin presented a bid for both a new phone and answering machine plus wiring. Action was approved and work
has proceeded.
Karen Vardyan reported that Session had already approved purchasing a new computer for our custodian Mark Owen
for his studies. The funds will come from Community Needs, Undesignated Funds and a special “Love” envelope giving
opportunity.
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Karen Coffin is looking for names of inactive members who might be moved to our “Friends of Firelands” list. She,
Janine and Dave Moore are working on this as it impacts our annual Per Capita financial responsibility to Presbytery.
Mary Caracci pointed out that at the next Presbytery Meeting, May 24th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the speaker will be J.
Cliff Christopher, author of “Not Your Parents’ Offering Placte.”
The meeting was closed with prayer by Pastor Mark.
Next Session meeting will be April 12, 2016.
Highlights from minutes of Dave Moore, Clerk of Session
Ongoing Prayer ConcernsFor those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:
Debbie Ballinger, Jenatha Boose, June Gahris, Harold, Kim Hudson, Craig Kaiser, Arlene Kakareka, Stephen
Kessler, Angjuli Lele, Judy McCollough, John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio, Michael, Jordan Moore,
John Rick, Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Justin Waugh, Ann Wagnitz, Phil Wierzba
For those facing the infirmities of age:
Carolyn Doane, Tom Gahris, Clara Maag, Shirley Ohles, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy,
Gordan Wahlers, and Irene Wilson
For those seeking freedom, security, and hope:
Bobby, Justin, Sara, Val, and CASA Families
For those in the service of our country:
SMGT Jeff Bundy, Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Mathew Devries, USAF;
Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;
For those in mission for our Lord:
Our missionaries in the Middle East; Phillip and Elizabeth Prasad in India;
The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;
The Rev. Hazael Compuzano and our sister congregation, Dios es Amor, Mexico City;
The Monte Sinai Mexican Mission in our Presbytery
To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.
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April Celebrations
April 2016Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
10 MissionCommittee
2
3
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
3:30 MAS Concert
4 5 6
10 Bible Study @Magruder
4 Financial/StewardhipCommittee
7 8 9
10
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
11 12
9:30 Quiltingat Fishers
7 Session
13
10 Bible Study @Magruder
14 15
6 FirleandsFamily dinnerout
16
7:30 MASConcert
17
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
18 19 20
10 Bible Study @
Magruder
21
MAS Senior
Concerts
22 23
24
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
25 26
9:30 Quiltingat Fishers
27
10 Bible Study @Magruder
28 29 30
Tom Gahris 3 Kristin Williams 21 Ernie & Nila McCullough 3
Jeanne Black 7 Margaret Black 21 Wayne and Sally Walter 4
Mary Caracci 9 Don Williams 23 Dean and Maxine Myers 20
Shirley Tatlock 10 Nila McCullough 25 Is your birthday or anniversary
missing or incorrect? Contact the
office so we can make the changes
to the list! Bill Koster 18 Irene Wilson 29
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Don’t Forget Your Time to Serve!
Ministry Names
Monthly Deacon of the Month Bob Reynolds
Communion Steward Marilyn UmlaufApr.3 Greeter(s) Moores
Reader Jim Wagnitz
Communion Assistant Bill Sharp
Servers Jim Wagnitz, Dave Moore, Joyce Jagucki, Joyce DellaSantina
Nursery Volunteer Janet Gray-Moore
Pianist Susan Larcey
Apr.10 Greeter(s) Coffins
Reader Karen Coffin
Communion Assistant Bob Black
Servers Marilyn Umlauf, Marsha Bordner, Dave & Sally WahlersNursery Volunteer Heather Stouffer
Pianist Susan Larcey
Apr. 17 Greeter(s) Heather Stouffer
Reader Ernie McCullough
Communion Assistant Heather Stouffer
Servers Karen & Dick Coffin, Bill Sharp, John McIntosh
Nursery Volunteer Lily Stouffer
Pianist Kay McIntosh
Apr. 24 Greeter(s) O’Malleys
Reader Marta Vielhaber
Communion Assistant Karen Coffin
Servers Sally Walter, Ed Bettendorf, Joyce Jagucki, Joyce DellaSantina
Nursery Volunteer Anne O’Malley
Pianist Susan Larcey
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The Musical Art Series / Port Clinton, OH
2015 – 2016 Season
Sunday, October 11, 20153:00 PM
“ERIE WATERS” – THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA
FLUTE CHOIRThe mellow voices of sixteen flutes
Sponsored by The Van Der Giessen Famil y
1812 Food & Spiri ts
Satur day, November 7, 2015
7:30 PM
JAMES D’LEON, PIANIST Powerful emotion and dazzling artistry
Sponsored by Dr. Jay M. and Margaret N. Mann
The Stouffer F amily & Catawba Island Club
Saturday, December 5, 20157:30 PM
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
FASQUELLE, MEZZO-SOPRANO
ANDREW ROSENBLUM, PIANO
Amber Fasquelle, mezzo-soprano and Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Sponsored by Roth & Bacon Attorneys at Law
Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser
Sunday, Januar y 17, 2016
3:30 PM ANDREW BOVA, BAGPIPES
Traditional music by Scottish-trained Highland bagpiper
Sponsored by The Fr ederick I nsurance Agency
Otterbein North Shore Senior L if estyle Communi ty
Sunday, Apr il 3, 2016
3:30 PM
AMANDA POWELL, JAZZ WITH PIANO & BASSAuthentic and vibrant jazz celebration
Sponsored by Crown Battery
Dubbert’s Outdrive Service
Saturday Apri l 16, 2016
7:30 PM
MICHIKO OTAKI, PIANOCelebrating her 25th anniversary appearance in Port Clinton
Sponsored by Arby’s
Shumaker, L oop & Kendrick, LLP and Jack Hi lbert
Fri day May 6, 2016
7:30 PM
JINJO CHO, VIOLINIST – HYUN SOO KIM, PIANO Next Stop Carnegie Hall (really!)
Sponsored by Bassett’s MarketM il ler Boat Line to Put-in-Bay
Friday, June 3, 2016
7:30 PM
TRINITY CATHEDRAL CHOIR – TODD WILSON, DIR. Cleveland’s acclaimed cathedral choir
Sponsored by Dr. Gi l and Jan Bucholz
The Jet Express
All concerts at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton, OH
Tickets $15 at the door; students and children admitted free.
For information or season tickets, call 419-734-6211, go to WWW.MUSICALARTSPORTCLINTON.COM, or find us on Facebook (The Musical Arts Series/Port Clinton).