The Lamb’s Kin www.fpcsanangelo.org May 2012

Serving our community well through Mission Service and Outreach

A message from our pastor Bill Proctor

First Presbyterian

Church

Devotion for May

As Christians,

we can’t love

the whole world.

But we should

remember that

God has placed

us in a specific

community at a

particular time.

We’re called to

love those

around us.

Loving them

means serving

them—and in

doing so, we

become the best

of citizens.

C.S. Lewis

O ne of the aspects I find so appealing about First Presbyterian

Church is its long history of supporting mission efforts – both

locally and globally. This truth recently came to mind as the

Associate Pastor Nominating Committee begins the task of

seeking to describe First Presbyterian to those who will be candidates for

the position.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of joining with others from

the church in order to volunteer at a new home being built by Habitat

for Humanity. Several of us were kept busy for a couple of hours apply-

ing sealer on the new cedar fence that encloses the backyard of the

house.

The house, located at 704 N. Adams, is being built with donations

from nine local congregations – First Presbyterian, Good Shepherd

Episcopal, St. Paul Presbyterian, Thrivent Chapter – Lutherans,

Glen Meadows Baptist, Sierra Vista Methodist, Southland Baptist,

Victory Christian Center, and Goodfellow Air Force Base Chapel tithes. I

am pleased that we at First Presbyterian are a part of this ecumenical

endeavor to provide affordable housing right here in San Angelo.

In addition, through the ministry of our Mission Service and

Outreach Committee, Chaired by Elder, Lee Puckitt, we have also pro-

vided one of the daily lunches shared by those who work on the Habitat

House during the week. Three homes are being built on N. Adams, so do

a drive-by and check them out. The dedication of the house is scheduled

for Sunday, June 24.

Maybe this is a good time to simply list once again the various

local ministries and missions we support as a congregation – United

Campus Ministries, Project Dignidad, Adult Enrichment Center, Samari-

tan Counseling Center, Concho Valley Food Bank, La Esperanza Clinic,

Meals for the Elderly, the Wesley Soup Kitchen, House of Faith, the

Tom Green County Jail ministry called ―Through God Comes Justice,‖

Faith in Action, the Pregnancy Help Center, Lamar Elementary School,

and of course, Habitat for Humanity.

Fully ten percent of our annual budget, meaning over $100,000, is

devoted to the various missions we support as a congregation, which

means your giving does more than just pay staff salaries and keep our

church facility operating.

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Beyond San Angelo we also support the work of the Medical

Benevolence Foundation, which provides medical care in many third-world

locations. We have also been long-time supporters of Presbyterian Home

and Services, which provides residential care and other services to children

and families – including group homes and a foster home.

Many years ago when I was a child growing up in a Presbyterian

congregation in Dallas, Christian mission was always understood to be

something that took place far away – usually somewhere in Africa, the Far

East, South America – or even on some distant Pacific Island. We in the

church now view mission as something that is not limited to what takes

place in some distant location. Today, Christian mission is understood to be

a ministry that can also be taking place right in our own backyard and

community.

It is true that we occasionally put together a mission team and head

off to a distant place like Guatemala, but month after month, year after

year, we are also faithfully supporting missions right here in San Angelo,

seeking to make a difference for the cause of Christ in the community where

we live. All of us are involved in mission because of the support we provide

to so many agencies and ministries as a congregation.

Again, on the subject of mission, this Sunday our guest preacher will

be Jorge Santizo, Director of Promised Land Ministries in Guatemala.

Jorge’s family was once very prominent in the political life of Guatemala –

his grandfather was a high-ranking general in the Army and also served as

Ambassador to Nicaragua. As a child, Jorge’s father was free to run in and

out of the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City. It was when the Santizo

family made the decision to become faithful followers of Jesus that they

walked away from the life of privilege they once lived in order to devote

their lives to doing ministry among the poor in the numerous villages that

surround Lake Atitlan in the highlands of Guatemala. I know you will en-

joy having the opportunity to meet Jorge this Sunday and hear more about

how God has called him and his family into ministry.

As always, I look forward to seeing you in worship – God bless you!

T H E L A M B ’ S K I N

Dinner for

Eight

O ur next

Dinner for

Eight

event is

set for Sunday,

June 10. Look for

sign-up sheets

throughout the

church!

We thank Johnna

Page for continuing

to coordinate this fel-

lowship event!

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5/2 Bryant Williams

5/3 Doris Goodson,

Madison Massey

5/4 Robin Vosseteig

5/5 Annalisa Day,

Johnna Page

5/6 Sam Hooks

5/7 Cynthia White

5/8 Dean Hunt, Nikkii Key

5/10 Karen Early, Allyn Byars, Jan Coffey

5/11 Tony Hiebert

5/12 Meredith Cecil

5/13 Ross Baxter

5/14 Rick Stinnett, Luke Uherik

5/16 Maryana Symes, Debra Scott

5/17 Jamie Barker, Clay Gibson

5/18 Bradley Heare, Mary Jo Thomson

5/19 Zach Stinnett, Julia Boster

5/20 Pat Attebery, Kyle Stinnett

5/21 Ralph Hodges, Carolyn Cargile, William Jost

5/22 Tom Granaghan, Gerry Palmer

5/23 Don Hoffman

5/24 Garrett Walling

5/26 Davis Cornell

5/27 Katherine Kappelmann, Richard Duerksen,

Clay Palmer

5/30 Glee Montgomery

5/31 Alice Sisco, Lorenzo Lasater, Taylor Choate

T H E L A M B ’ S K I N

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Family Faith Class

5:15 on Sundays -

Bates’ home

—————

8PM College B/S -

Site varies

1

8:45 Staff

5:15 Adult CE -

CR

2 6:45 MBS - 210

9:00 AA

12:35 Youth Lunch

5:15 Praise Team

5:30 Handbells

7:00 Chancel Choir

Sr Hi B/S

3

10:30 WID - 210

4 5

6 Teacher

Appreciation

Guest Speaker

9:30 Sunday School

10:30 Worship Serv/

11:30 Camp Lunch

Fundraiser

7

9:00 AA

12:00 CE Co-CR

5:15 Youth Co - CR

8 9 6:45 MBS - 210

9:00 AA

5:15 Diaconate -

107

Music & B/S

as usual

10 11 12

13 9:30 Sunday

School

10:30 Worship Serv

14

9:00 AA

5:15 Steward Co -

CR

15

8:45 Staff

5:15 Session - 210

16 6:45 MBS - 210

9:00 AA

Music & B/S

as usual

17

10:30 WID - 210

18 19

20 9:30 Sunday

School

10:30 Worship Serv.

11:30 Sr. Banquet

21

9:00 AA

22

23 6:45 MBS - 210

9:00 AA

Music as usual

24 25 26

27 PENTECOST

SUN-

DAY/Communion

9:30 Sunday School

10:30 Worship Serv

28 MEMORIAL

DAY

OFFICE CLOSED

No AA

Soup Kitchen

29

8:45 Staff

30 6:45 MBS - 210

9:00 AA

Music as usual

31

10:30 WID - 210

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T H E L A M B ’ S K I N

Thankful Hearts

Dear FPC.

The green plant sent in honor of

Jacob was greatly appreciated. Thank-you

for honoring him with this remembrance.

Sincerely,

Martha Hovorak

Jacob Hovorak

6/13/03– 1/21/12

Dear Friends of Lamar PTA and the First

Presbyterian Church,

Thank you so much for the floral

tribute honoring Jacob. I know he is rejoic-

ing in heaven with his mother and Gramps,

that brings me peace.

Blessings,

Martha

Dear FPC,

Thanks to the church for a spray of

flowers which had so beautifully graced the

Sanctuary of our church.

Many thanks to Noma Perrine for

delivering them to my home, and to the

Board of Deacons for the get well card.

Bill McManus, Jr.

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for the gener-

ous use of your Lake House this last week-

end! The location was excellent and the

weather was beautiful. We couldn’t have

asked for a better arrangement!

With grateful appreciation,

Carol Glover

Goodfellow Chapel

Dear Church family,

What a wonderful surprise to have

Gabriela Spraggins deliver flowers from the

Sanctuary to my daughter’s hospital room

recently. We had such fun visiting with one

another.

I can’t express how much the flow-

ers and the visits from Pastor Proctor and

Gabriela meant to Kelly and me. Not ever.

Thank you so much.

In Christ’s love,

Diane Montgomerie & Kelly Dallas

& families

Dear All,

Thank you for your many kind-

nesses following my surgery. I’m better and

better every day, but I’m slowed to a crawl.

I think the Lord’s trying to tell me some-

thing!

My thanks to Fran Early for bring-

ing us the beautiful red carnations and white

daisies from the morning service. They

brightened our day and will continue to do

so all week. Thank you so much for your

thoughtfulness

Love,

Sandy Whittley

P.S. The cartoon was just hilarious!

Calling all

cooks & chefs!

First Presbyterian

Church is forming

a team of volun-

teers to plan, pre-

pare, and serve a

meal to House of

Faith campers on

July 5 down at

Lake Brownwood!

If you are inter-

ested in helping

the wonderful

ministry that is

House of Faith

with this endeavor,

please call Susan

Gober at church,

655-5694.

P A G E 5 T H E L A M B ’ S K I N

Toys Wanted!

O ur Angel Academy is

asking for gently used

large toys—like those

made by Lil Tikes—

sturdy and durable! Please call

Dawn Thompson on a Monday or

Wednesday if you have anything

you’d like to contribute, 655-5694.

Monetary contributions for new

toys would be welcomed too!

S unday evening

Youth group will

NOT meet for the

month of May

due to special events and

happenings. More infor-

mation will follow soon!

C alling all women, work-

ing outside the home or

inside the home! There

will be a summer book

club starting Tuesday, June 26.

The club will meet monthly on the

last Tuesday of each month begin-

ning at noon and ending at 1:00

p.m. To get started we will read

Small Miracles of the

Holocaust by Yita Halberstam.

Before finishing our first book, as

a group we will decide on our sec-

ond book. There is not a desig-

nated leader for the book club.

Each person should come pre-

pared with 2-4 discussion points

from the book. Bring your lunch

if you’d like. Iced tea and water

will be available for everyone.

Please call the church office, 655-

5694, to sign-up so we know how

many copies of the book to order.

Please register by June 1, 2012.

Each participant will then pur-

chase the book from the

church.

T he Knox-Calvin

Sunday School class has

just begun a new Ray

Vander Laan study,

entitled Walking in the Desert

with God. It is a seven week

study with a video and discussion.

All adults are invited to join the

class!

S unday, May 6 is the day

we will recognize and

honor our Sunday school

teachers! In addition, we

will ask all teachers in public, pri-

vate and higher education to

stand and be recognized as well.

May 7-May11 is the nationally

celebrated Teacher Appreciation

week! If you can read this, thank a

teacher!

Meet the FPC Confirmation Class of 2012

T H E L A M B ’ S K I N

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Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteous reward

shine like the dawn,

your vindication like the noonday sun.

Psalm 37:5-6

Charles Francis “Frank” Cargile, son of

Dr. and Mrs. John Cargile. Frank is in 9th

grade at Cornerstone Christian school.

Matthew Cole Cecil, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Steve Cecil. Cole is in the 8th grade at Glenn

Middle School.

Jeffrey Cameron Curry, son of Mr. and

Mrs. Jeff Curry. Cameron is in the 9th grade

and attends San Angelo Central Freshmen

Campus.

Abigail Frances “Abby” Gober, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Gober. Abby is in the

8th grade and attends Glenn Middle School.

Tessa Sheridan Monk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Monk. Tessa is in

the 8th grade at Glenn Middle School.

Katherine Louise “Kayti” Rigdon, daughter of Ms. Donna Rigdon and

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rigdon. Kayti is an 8th grader at Lee Middle School.

Don’t forget to sign-up for VBS 2012!

T H E L A M B ’ S K I N P A G E 7

T he FPC Youth will be participating in a fundraiser for Love 146 this summer! The fundraiser, enti-

tled Tread on Trafficking is geared to raise awareness about the atrocities of child sex slavery and

exploitation. Last summer the youth did a fundraiser for Love 146 in conjunction with Tom’s shoes.

For this summer’s Love 146 fundraiser our youth will be ―treading‖ to raise money. They will be

doing things such as running, lifting weights, biking, swimming, walking and other physical activities to raise

funds. Individuals will sponsor a youth for each mile he or she runs and each hour he or she works out, and each

lap that is swam. Sign-up sheets to sponsor a youth are located at various exits of our church buildings. Or,

you can go on-line to sponsor as well, log onto: http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise/team?ftid=5911

A CHILD TRAFFICKING STATISTIC Child/Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. Child/ human trafficking is the

world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs. U.S. State Department

V BS 2012 is just around the corner! It isn’t too late to sign up

your child or grandchild age 3 through entering 5th grade. Nor

is it too late to have your youth sign up to volunteer for VBS

2012! We need the participation of our youth to make VBS a

success. This year’s theme is Sky: Everything is Possible with God.

Like last year, we are teaming up with Bible Way Ministries to bring the

community one of the most amazing VBS programs around! The fun be-

gins on Sunday evening, June 3 at our church Lake Lodge from 6:00 p.m.—

8:00 p.m. On that evening everyone will enjoy a family-fun gathering to

include supper and a giant water slide. June 4 through June 7 at the main

church campus from 9:00 a.m.—noon we will meet for VBS! If you haven’t

registered your child or you haven’t registered yourself to volunteer, you

may do so at our vbs website: www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/fpcsanangelo

Please register on or before May 15, 2012!

May 6

Suzanne & Richard Dorris,

Ginger Heare, Julie Cecil,

Bette & Don Allison

May 13

Allyn Byars, Randy Gardner,

Carolyn & Troy Bradley,

Susan & Paul Little

May 20

Ronny Hooker, Dennis Grafa,

Devin Bates, Carol Dotson,

Fran & Tom Early

May 27

Robert Hamblen,

Victor Probandt,

Susan & Bub Williams,

Mary Louise Strain The Lamb’s Kin is

published monthly for

the members and

friends of

First Presbyterian

Church. Deadline is the

20th of each month.

Please email your news

to

Susan Gober

gosusan@msn.com

Church office: 655-5694

Church office email:

choffice@gte.net

Food for the month of May

Peanut Butter, crackers, any kind

of canned meat, especially Vienna

Sausages and Spam. Also, pow-

dered milk would be appreciated.

They are running very, very low

on peanut butter and the Vienna

Sausages are good for the

homeless.

Please place your

donations in the

basket in the

Commons.

May 6

Johnna Page, Paul Little

May 13

Julie Quam, Trish Probandt

May 20

Gabriela Spraggins,

Bradlee Holland

May 27

Evalie & Neal Grigg,

Ezra Walling

To

Glee & Sully

Montgomery

on the death of

Glee’s father,

Horace Neil Goodson,

who passed away on

March 20, 2012

To

Cari & Jeff Curry

And family on the

death of Cari’s mother,

Beverly Jane Clark,

who passed away on

April 12, 2012

We rejoice with

Bridget & Cody Scott and

big sister Kaylee Jo

On the birth of a son &

brother,

Jase Wright Scott

Born April 10, 2012

And with

Megan Grigg and

grandparents

Evalie and Neal Grigg on

the birth of

Bryn Chelsea,

born April 16, 2012