January 2017

Volume 56, Issue 01

NEW TEACHING SERIES Our lives are like lumps of clay on a potter’s wheel. Form, function, and beauty appear as God, the Potter, shapes us with his hands. He is in the business of molding our common lives—even the ugly parts—into something wonderful!

Over the first ten weeks of the New Year we will be studying through the book of Colossians, and discovering how to place our lives in the secure hands of God. If you long to experience newness of life—this study will point the way. If you desire to see God mold and shape your spiritual life, home, workplace, church, and relationships—Colossians will teach you the pathway to a whole new you.

Messy Grace is a video study that combines biblical teaching from Caleb Kaltenbach, a pastor with gay parents, with stirring testimonies from an author with a transgender sister, a college student who lived a double life, a former lesbian hip-hop artist; now married to a man, and a celibate pastor who's same-sex attracted. This 4-episode series will in-spire & empower Christ followers to completely love their LGBT neighbors (and any other neighbor) while remaining committed to Scripture.

Wednesday evenings, starting January 18 at 6:30

Meeting in The Study at PCC

Facilitated by Rod Geiger

January 8—Following Combined Worship at 10:45

Please sign up at the Registration Desk if you will can bring a crockpot of chili. Those who choose may enter their chili into the competition with prizes awarded in two categories: Best Regular Chili & Best HOT Chili. (Church bylaws do not stipu-

late, but maybe should, that wagering on the outcome of the chili cook-off is prohibited and just plain strange.)

You CAN take control of your money!

No matter where you are with your money, this 9-week class will teach you to create a budget, pay off debt, spend & save wisely, and so much more!

Thursday evenings beginning January 19 at 6:30

Meeting in The Study at PCC

COST: $100 Per Person or Couple (ask about scholarships)

Signup at the Registration Desk by January 8. Con-tact class facilitator Larry Burgett at 330.830.0689 if you have any questions.

The mission of Pregnancy Support is to provide our community with support and education in the matters of crisis pregnancy, sexual lifestyle, and the sanctity of human life from a Biblical worldview. By participating in the Baby Bottle Boomerang, your change helps PSC provide life options for individu-als experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.

Bottles may be picked up in the church foyer beginning January 15 (Sanctity of Human Life Sunday). Fill this bottle at home and/or at work. Then, return by February 12. If you’d like to help spread God’s message of love for the unborn and their mothers, please contact Pregnancy Choices. Your support is appreciated.

Family Ministry Our topic for January is KNOWLEDGE.

Expand your knowledge and learn something new.

Worship for your children! 1st-6th Grade.

10:45am on Sundays

Family Movie Night Sunday, January 15th

Doors open at 5:00pm Movie starts at 5:30pm $1 per person to cover cost of snack foods. (pay at the door) Bring your comfortable lawn chair to sit in Wear your comfy pajamas and funny footie slippers.

Time magazine had an article discussing the importance of snug-gling/cuddling with babies and toddlers. One area of their research showed that Oxytocin (the feel-good, bonding hormone) increased in the baby and the one cuddling the baby. The Oxytocin also low-ered stress hormones in the adult cuddling the child too.

WHO LOVES TO BE STRESSED AND ANGRY???!!!!??? Yeah, that is a pretty silly question. Jesus gets to the point in Mark 12:31 by stating “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”

I believe that this commandment was given because Jesus knew the benefits of loving others. Over Thanksgiving many of the PCC fami-lies loved on people by preparing and delivering meals. I did not see one person irritated or unloving after that experience of love. Dur-ing the Perry Helping Perry Christmas I did not see one volunteer complaining or being disrespectful while they loved on families as they assisted them during their shopping time. This love thing works.

Well this may be a crazy transition to a point that I want to make. We have children, teens, babies and toddlers that need to be loved on in this church. Each of the following areas needs people to serve and be with children: Toddler/Nursery (cuddling babies), ELEVATE, Sunday school (children & teens), and Club 56. Each area needs people to talk about love, share love and show love. These areas are ready for you to come and get a dose of Oxytocin.

January 2017

Upcoming No School Days for Perry Local Schools

(We are open!) Friday, January 13 Monday, January 16 Monday, February 20

R.S.V.P. to khinzman@perrychristian.org

We will be closed Monday, January 2.

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Parenting Tip - Do We Teach Honor or Respect? When families think about honor, they often restrict their thinking to respectful

behavior, being polite, courteous, and having good manners. This is a rather

narrow understanding and is only a small portion of what honor actually is.

Respectful behavior, although a subset of honor, is incomplete in and of itself.

Susie learned manners at an early age. "What a nice girl," people would say.

Susie learned acceptable behavior but as she grew older she rebelled against the

rules, finding them empty and overly restrictive. Teaching respect is not enough.

Honor comes when you recognize a person's worth or value. Respect focuses on

behavior, doing the appropriate thing, whereas honor comes from the heart.

Respect acknowledges a person's position, while honor attaches worth to that

person. Respect teaches manners and proper behavior in the presence of others.

Honor teaches something deeper, an appreciation of that person.

Respect can become an outward technique to make a family look good to

others, but honor builds the hidden bonds that provide great strength and

long-lasting unity. It's one thing to obey the crossing guard out of respect for his

position. It's yet another to show honor to him because you know him as a friend.

Although we're making a contrast between respect and honor, don't assume

that honor is good and respect is bad. Both have their place. When children are

young, they learn respectful behavior, but as they grow older, they can develop a

heart response of honor as well. It's good to teach respectful behavior but it's important that you not stop there. Honor adds a deeper dimension to

relationships.

Honor deals with meanness in relationships. Honor does a job thoroughly and

with a good attitude. Honor looks for what needs to be done before being asked.

All children (and adults) need to learn honor. Teaching it makes a big difference in

family life. This parenting tip comes from the book, Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Atti-tudes in You and Your Kids, by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN. If you'd like to receive tips yourself, you can sign up at www.biblicalparenting.org.

Mid-Year Parent-Teacher Conferences for preschool families will be offered January 23-26. This will be a great opportunity to review mid-year assessments and goals for your child. Sign-up sheets will be posted on the bulletin board across from the Noah’s Ark classroom the week of January 9.

Family Movie Nights are

scheduled for January 15

featuring “Finding Nemo”

and February 19

featuring “Finding Dory”. Watch your

child’s cubby for more info.

Family Ministry

WOW, what a crazy past few months. We have come together as a church and partnered with the community to help tons of people in need these past few months. Between the Thanksgiving Outreach that prepared and delivered over 1,600 meals as a part of almost 10,000 meals county wide, the Perry Helping Perry Christmas give away that saw 100+ Perry families given a hand up, and to the many who have partnered with our other ministry partners recently. I’m truly amazed with all that has been accomplished and look forward to see what God is going to do in the coming year. I can’t / don’t thank you all enough for stepping up repeatedly when God calls us as a church to step up to reach out. You encourage me daily and I am thankful you all.

In Him Alone,

Max

Coffee Clean Up Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to help with coffee clean-up after second service. If you’re interested, please make a note on the back of your attendance card.

Communion Prep & Clean Up Serving in January for Communion Prep is Karen Hinzman (chr.) and Amy Cole. Serving in clean-up is Cathy Mills (chr.), Denise Diuk, and Lainey Diuk.

Foster Parent Training Classes

Right now in the state of the Ohio, there are 12,500 children in need of a foster home. In the words of nationally known foster care advocate Katie Overstreet, “It’s important to recognize foster kids need help just as much as orphans anywhere else in the world.”

For those interested in becoming a foster family, Encompass Foster Care and Adoption will be providing a series of free training classes that are required to become a licensed foster parent. These classes will begin January 7 and will take place at Christian Children’s Home of Ohio’s Retreat Center located at 2685 Armstrong Rd., Wooster. Classes will be held each Satur-day from 9 AM-4 PM for six consecutive weeks, wrapping up on February 11. Those interested in registering for the classes or learning more information, may contact Angel Sigler at (330) 345-7949 ext. 2543 or siglera@ccho.org.

Additional information about foster care and adoption can be found at www.encompasscenters.org.

Youth Group

Tuesday night studies at the Baker’s @ 5040 Quincy St NW, Canton OH 44708

Doors open at 6:30 Lesson from 7-8 Time to hang-out & fellowship 8-?

Come join us for a time of learning, fellowship, & fun

Stay up to date by checking the Youth Group Remind, Twitter, Facebook, & handouts

2016 New Year’s Eve Eve OverNighter

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Lynn Pottenger, Lodwar, Kenya Lynn is a missionary with the Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF) International that we have supported for many years. She has been faithful to her calling and has come to see us each time she is on furlough. She will again be with us on Jan-uary 18th to share her heart and all that she is doing and planning in her ministry in Kenya. She will be sharing in the service and will be staying for our chili cook-off. Please take some time to welcome, meet, or get to know her better.

139 Perry Drive, N.W.

Canton, OH 44708

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion,

for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7, NIV

Contact Information Office Phone 330-477-7262 Perry Christian Preschool & Child Care 330-477-3998

Staff Home Phone Rod Geiger— lead pastor 330-880-5610 rgeiger@perrychristian.org Doug Modlin — family pastor 330-477-9375 dmodlin@perrychristian.org Max Baker — youth pastor 330-209-2372 mbaker@perrychristian.org Jay Secrest — music director jsecrest@perrychristian.org

Elders Bill Bradshaw 330-936-4556 Steve Brunker 330-495-1722 Jeff Cale 330-830-9177 Kevin Princehorn 330-478-2320 Bob Snyder 330-478-2765 Don Turner 330-499-8357 Bob Walther 330-478-0796

Office Staff 330-477-7262 Taylor Edmisten (ext 200) tedmisten@perrychristian.org Karen Hinzman (ext 201) khinzman@perrychristian.org Glen Blythe (ext 205) gblythe@perrychristian.org

ATTENDANCE–Average Per Month 7/24/16-8/20/16 8/21/16-9/17/16 9/18/16-10/15/16

Bible School 90 77 99

Worship – 1st Service 73 75 100

Worship – 2nd Service 217 201 206

Worship Total 290 276 306

GENERAL FUND

Total Contributions $41,579.27 $37,578.71 $39,511.26

Less 10% to Missions -$4,157.90 -$4,157.93 -$3,951.14

Less 10% to Building $3,364.85 -$4,950.98 -$3,951.14

80% of Contributions $34,056.52 $28,469.80 $31,608.98

Other Income $9,803.83 $9,805.58 $9,798.69

Adjusted Revenue $43,860.35 $38,275.38 $41,407.67

Total Expenses $43,860.35 $44,141.79 $36,635.30

Adjusted Revenue / Expenses $0.00 -$5,866.41 $4,772.37

MISSION FUND

10% of General Fund $4,157.90 $4,157.93 $3,951.14

Designated Giving $685.00 $1,326.89 $560.00

Total Missions Revenue $4,842.90 $5,484.82 $4,511.14

Total Missions Expenses $5,258.04 $4,842.89 $5,484.83

Revenue / Expenses -$415.14 $641.93 -$973.69

DEVELOPMENT FUND

10% of General Fund $3,364.85 $4,950.98 $3,951.14

Designated Giving $625.00 $520.00 $595.00

Preschool Contribution $2,400.00 $2,400.00 $2,400.00

Total Building Fund Revenue $6,389.85 $7,870.98 $6,946.14

Revenue / Expenses $6,389.85 $7,870.98 $6,946.14

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The highlighted lines reflect our recent teaching series which allocates 20% of the general fund contributions to missions (10%) and building (10%).