FOUNTAIN HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

IN TOUCH

Fountain Hills, AZ May 2015

From Terri Schmidt, Elder

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift: that is why they call it a present. by Eleanor Roosevelt How many of us greet the day as we would receive a gift, with joy and welcoming. We need to greet each day with great anticipation, for God has great plans for us. Each day is a new challenge and a challenge that God will give us the strength to get through. For those of us who believe in God, we have lots to look forward to, but what about those people who do not know Jesus as their savior? The Bible tells us to go out and teach others of Jesus Christ and His Love. The best way I can think of to do this is to help them in their time of troubles. That is what we want to be able to say we are doing here in the Mission Ministry. Here are some of the projects we are involved in:

Extended Hands Food Bank Thank you to Susan Owens, Susan Lickman, Linda Warren, and Nancy Wulfmeier for helping with the Friday night Fish Fry on Good Friday. It truly was a good Friday, as many people came out to eat fish during the Lenten Season. Thank you to all of you who so faithfully bring in non-perishable food for the food bank on Sunday mornings. It is always greatly appreciated as well as greatly needed.

Changing Lives Center Penny Junk and Terri Schmidt took the Easter Bags down to the center. While we were there we took another tour of the facility. It really is a remarkable place. I for one saw some-thing that I did not notice when I was there previously. There is so much detail and thought that has gone into this facility. If anyone would like to take a tour of this facility, I would be happy to take you down to see this remarkable place.

While we were there we got samples of their cookies that they make on site and sell. These are called Mission Cook-ies and they make these as a way to make some extra money. It also helps some of these women learn a trade that they can go out and make a living doing. These cookies are still for sale. You can go on their website and purchase or you can call them directly and order. If you want more in-formation on the purchase of these cookies, you can call the office or Terri Schmidt.

National day of Prayer On Thursday May 7th you can join others from our town at Fountain Park for prayer. This day is set aside for the Nation to gather and join in prayer in unison on the same day. If you have followed in this newsletter each month, we have prayed for specific parts of our life. Our prayers have been for our local, state and national Gov-ernment, Church, Business, Military, Media, Education and Family. We are gathering at the amphitheater at 6:00pm. Come and join us.

We have a few more things in the planning stages and will let you know about them later. If any of the above projects may be an area that you are interested in, please join us the second Monday of each month. We meet in the Conference Room at 4:00pm. As I close this month I want to ask you to keep your eyes and heart open to those who are in need. They may only need a kind word or a smile. They may need words of encouragement or they may need physical or fi-nancial help, but whatever their needs be, please be open to helping. This is some thing God asks us to do.

Terri Schmidt & Bonnie Hollabaugh Mission Elders

FHPC VISION & MISSION STAMENTS

Our Vision: Living Gods love.

calls us to . . .

Our Mission : Reach out to all with faith and love.

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On the Inside: From Terri Schmidt, Elder .. .. .. .. . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. .. . Focus on Finance .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . . Session Letter to Presbytery . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. Mission Ministry . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . Happy Birthday Party.. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . ... Facebook .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Yet a Member? . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . New Members .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. .. . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . Summer 2015 VBS .. .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Presbyterian Women .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. Out n About... .. .. .. . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. .. . Hooked on Books .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. Holy Week .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . Easter .. .. .. . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . ... Christian Formation (Youth Trip) .. . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . . . From the Director of Christian Formation .. . . . . . . . . . Free the Kids Mission . . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . .. . . FHPC Foundation.. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . Our Graduates .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . . .. Library Footnotes.. .. . .. . . . . . Music Ministry .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. Member Spotlight...Did you Know? .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . ... May Birthdays .. .. .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Necrology for 2015 .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . .. . . . June Birthdays .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. PW Spring Tea & Fashion Show . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .

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OUR CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Bill Good Pastor/Head of Staff

Rev. Stan Jones Parish Associate

Pastor Ken Brown Associate Pastor

Debby DeBernardi Director Christian Formation

Marta Ludwig Administrative Coordinator

Debbie Fisher Director of Music Ministry

Dorothy Parris Pianist

Caryl Bates Organist

Lynn Medley Custodian

CHURCH TREASURER Linda Lull

CHURCH SESSION Class of 2015

John Brockelman Helen Quigley Terri Schmidt Chris Young

Class of 2016 Sally Atchinson

Bob Lull John Skewes

Arlene Stewart Class of 2017

Mary Alice Bivens Bonnie Hollabaugh

Aleyne Larsen-Craig Helen Roesch

Ron Waldo

BOARD OF DEACONS Moderator: Nancy Wulfmeier

Class of 2015 Ben Fast

Jack Morris Ruby Pearson Bev Watters

Class of 2016 Suzie McCready Dorothy Rudack

Donna Sims Nancy Wulfmeier

Class of 2017 Michele Hasley

Mary Lee Lehrich Cynthia Linton Linda Warren

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Focus on Finance

March actual income was ahead of actual expenses by $8,478. First quarter actual results provide a nice cushion of $19,000, but we still need to be mindful of the slow sum-mer months coming up. As our winter residents leave for the summer, and the rest of us die hard Arizonians remain in the heat, please remember to keep up your pledges, as the church expenses continue through the summer months. In April we have incurred some major unexpected expenses for repairs of a leaking backflow value (necessary for the sprinklers in the fellowship hall), and the air conditioning may need some mainte-nance. Please pray that the air conditioner and other major systems remain in good working order. Online banking is a good way to keep monthly pledges coming in on a regular basis, rather than making up a lump sum at one time. Have a cool, safe summer, and we will see you in the fall. Respectfully, Linda Lull, Treasurer

Mar. Income $ 44,784 Budget $ 37,925 Mar. Expense $ 36,306 Budget $ 36,667

Yr to date Income $ 127,866 Budget $ 123,475 Yr to date Expense $ 108,786 Budget $ 133,326

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Letter from Session to Presbytery

April 16, 2015

To: Brad Munroe, Presbytery Pastor Presbytery of the Grand Canyon

We, the Session and Members of Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church, write to you out of deepening concern for our Pres-byterian denomination and profound respect for the history from which it springs. As you are aware, our congregation has been involved in a period of discernment regarding our relationship with PC(USA) and Gods will for this family. Our session has in-vested considerable time and effort to provide information, talk to our family here and give everyone a chance to speak out. The result of these conversations is first, a deep dismay with the actions taken by the PC(USA) at the 221st General As-sembly meeting in June in Detroit, Michigan. We share with you here our abiding concern about the future of the PC(USA) and our ability to be a supportive part of a denomination that will use an Authorative Interpretation to institute a major and controversial change which has the ef-fect of contravening the explicit language contained in our Book of Order. In our own Presbytery, the Gracious Dismissal Policy is an example of a document collaborated upon by the sessions of ten churches which, was referred to committee for study until November. We understand it has some constitutional issues; but, the frustration that it was not given at least preliminary consideration due it by the full body of the Presbytery re-mains quite frustrating, especially since such policy was long ago mandated by the GA. If the PC(USA) is making changes to either policy or polity in the interests of maintaining relevance in a changing soci-

ety, we suggest they reconsider the Trust Clause, espe-cially as it relates to churches that are not, nor have not, received monetary support from the Presbytery or the PC(USA). Secondly, we must also tell you that our overall concerns have advanced well beyond the issues attendant to the 221st General Assembly. We are despairing of the overall theological direction and political agenda of our Presby-tery and denomination. We stand firm and encourage the Presbytery of Grand Canyon to redirect its efforts toward implementing change which returns our body to a truly Christ-centered and Scripturally-based focus. Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church affirms the beliefs reflected and expounded in our Book of Confessions. Our Presbytery and the PC(USA) are losing members and congregations because we continue to accept less com-mitment to this critical historic cornerstone of the de-nomination. We are carefully and prayerfully considering our ongoing relationship with the PC(USA). As both the viability and direction of our denomination fall into increasing ques-tion, so does our commitment. As we continue to reflect on the impact of all these issues on our church, this congregation will operate in a way that honors God and his voice in scripture as he speaks to the leadership of this church, His Church.

Respectfully Submitted,

John Brockelman, Elder Clerk of Session Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church

UPDATE ON COMMUNITY STRAW POLL

The Session reviewed the straw poll and all the comments and agreed to the following action plan:

Write a letter to the Presbytery expressing our concerns. Continue conversations with other churches Attend the Fellowship meeting in March Work and pray for the Gracious Dismissal Policy, to be presented in November 2015

The primary goal through this process was to have open and honest communication and keep this family together. The poll was two thirds in favor of continuing the conversation with the Presbytery and the comments were equally as supportive. However, the total ballots cast were only half of the congregation. In most circumstances that would have been a passing total. This was a straw poll, not a vote. We have not planned and future meetings at this time but always welcome your thoughts and prayers.

The letter to the Presbytery follows. John Brockelman

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National Day of Prayer Lord Hear Our Cry! I King 8:28 Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this Day.

May 7, 2015 is National Day of Prayer this year. Our National Day of Prayer changes each year because it is designated the first Thursday of May. As we are getting ready to celebrate it again in a few days, I felt I would give you some history on National Day of Prayer. This all started way back in the beginning of our nation. In 1775 Continental Congress gathered together and designated a day and time to pray. They prayed as they were forming a new Nation, a nation that was based on Freedom of Religion. This was continued by President George Washing-ton as he declared February 19th as a day of Public Thanks-giving and Prayer. It has continued as Presidents James Madison in 1813 had a Public day of Prayer and President Abraham Lincoln had a day of fasting and Prayer in 1863 while they were fighting the Civil War. Over the years it has been a subject of controversy, while Presidents and Congressmen debated on the age long fight of separation of Government and Religion. But on April 17, 1952 a bill was initiated by Conrad Hilton (of the Hilton Hotel chain) and Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas. This bill passed with no special date, the only stipulation was it was not to be on Sunday. Thus at this time a Task Force was formed, which is still in place today. In 1983 the first Na-tional Day Of Prayer was held at Constitution Hall in Wash-ington D.C., with featured speakers being the Vice President George Bush and Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie. Then in 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed into law the first Thursday in May as National Day Of Prayer. This is the day we still recognize today. One voice united in prayer is the ultimate goal of this group of people. We gather all over our country on this day to pray in unison for our Federal, State, and Local Gov-ernments, Military, Media, Business, Education, Church and Family. The Bible tells us where two or more are gathered

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Mission Ministry

Elders Terri Schmidt Bonnie Hollabaugh

in his name, he will hear our prayers. The Bible encourages us to prayer for our lead-ers and families. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 says I urge that en-treaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in author-ity, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life.... We all are aware of the need for prayer that we as a country, are so desperately in need of. We need God's wisdom and help in the running of our govern-ments and the raising of our families. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. So join me and others from numerous local Churches, on May 7th at Fountain Park. We will be gath-ering at the amphitheater, services will begin at 6:00pm. If you come around 5:30 there will be food and drinks available. Let me end this with a quote from Ronald Reagan If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.

MISSION PROJECT SUPPORT OUR

TROOPS/VETERANS Focus for the warm summer months will be for our Veterans, whether at the VA Medical Center, the VA Home or MANA House (helps our homeless Veterans). If you can, items most needed are socks and t-shirts (sizes L, XL, XXL).

There are two boxes for your donations located at Church; one in the Narthex and one in the Fel-lowship Cen-ter. And as usual, donations of toilet-ries, magazines, CDs, and books continues year round. Any ques-tions, please just ask me.

Donna Sims, Deacon

Charlie Eberspacher and Trey Uphoff with Donna Sims after Sunday services.

Everyone is invited to attend this fun filled event in our Fellowship Hall on May 8, 2015 beginning at 6:15 pm with delicious All Church Member Birthday Cake Bar & Beverages. While enjoying Birthday Cake from 6:30 to 7:30 PM enjoy the tremendous sounds of the professional group called:

The Nostalgics, Harmonica Trio + One From Mesa, Arizona, meet the Nostalgics, Harmonica Trio + One group perform in the Tradition of the Harmonicats, with Bass, Chord, and lead Chromatic Harmonicas. The Group is led by Dick Lawrence and have made CDs. The Nostalgics have performed state- wide for well over 30 years.

They are entertaining, child-friendly, and dress sharp too! Free evening of fun! Sign-ups for Attendance Only on April 26th & May 3rd! Or call the office.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY

Completed April 5, 2015

Family Gathering Area

Thank you to Dick and Dawn Lau as well as Bob Lull for all your efforts in getting this project to completion. Keep watch for something else to be added soon.

FACEBOOK PAGE: Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church

Go to our website and click on Facebook on our home page. When you are there also click on the like it icon. When you do that you will get news feeds directly from our site whenever anything new is added. It is just an-other way to stay connected.

Not Yet A Member? *If you are attending our church and dont have membership in another church, you can join our church by profession

of faith and receiving the Sacrament of Baptism or, if youve already been baptized, you can join by reaffirmation of faith in Jesus Christ. *If you belong to another church, but would like to transfer your membership to our church, we can arrange for a letter of transfer from your current membership church to ours. *If you are a winter visitor and are an active member of another church back home, you can become an affiliate member at our church here and maintain your full active membership there.

For additional information, please contact Aleyne Larsen-Craig at 602-625-6201, Sally Atchinson at 480-837-1054 or call the church office at 480-837-1763.

Sally Atchinson & Aleyne Larsen-Craig

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Fry's Community Rewards Program The more our church family shops at Fry's, the more mone-tary support our church will have. Won't you consider regis-tering to allow Fry's to donate a portion of your grocery expenditures to our church programs?

Register for the Fry's Community Rewards Program Go to https://www.frysfood.com/topic/community?activePage=community-rewards-2 make sure you enter the whole address to visit the Fry's web page. If you already have an account online, select Sign In at the top right of the page. Enter your email and password then click Sign In. If you don't already have an account on line: click Register at the top right of the page. - Fill in the required fields, (be sure to write down your password). - Enter your zip code to find your preferred store. From the drop-down menu below Find Store, select your store. Now click Create an Account. - You must sign up for a V.I.P. card to sign up for the Community Rewards Program - Check your email for a confirmation, click the hyperlink in your email, and finish creating your account. - In your account, enroll for Community Re wards program, using the new FHPC organization #84123

Did you Know?

1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes.

2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there's a 50% chance you'll die within the next 3 years.

3. There are at least 3 people in the world who look exactly like you. There's a 9% chance that you'll meet one of them in your lifetime.

4. Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger.

5. A persons height is determined by their father, and their weight is determined by their mother.

6. If a part of your body "falls asleep", you can almost always "wake it up" by shaking your head.

7. There are three things the human brain cannot re-sist noticing -food, attractive people and danger.

8. Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side.

9. Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor.

10. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within 4 years.

11. There are so many kinds of apples, that if you ate a new one every day, it would take over 20 years to try them all.

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New Members

VBS 2015...EVEREST

Prepare for VBS coming July 6-10th 9 am - noon Register as a volunteer or register kids at: https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/fhvbs

Leader Meeting: May 26 6PM at Church of the Ascension

Crew Leader Training: Select one training to attend hosted by Church of the Ascension Wednesday June 24 3:00 or 6:00 PM Tuesday June 30 3:00 or 6:00 PM

Decorating Workshops: Help work on decorations for VBS on Wednesdays, beginning May 27. Please contact Bonnie Hollabaugh at bonnie.hollabaugh@gmail.com or Debby DeBernardi at fhpc.debbyd@gmail.com for more information.

Kids at Vacation Bible School will learn how to conquer challenges in Gods mighty power with faith UN-Frozen as we travel Everest from base camp to celebration summit!

Robert and Susan Titus Bob and Susan are from Madison, Wisconsin but bought a home in Fountain Hills thirteen years ago on Eagles Nest Drive and spend the majority of their time here now. They have been affiliate members since 2010 but would like to be regular members and we welcome them. Back in Madison they ran a family dentistry business for 44 years and a dental clinic practice at a large senior community home for 11 years while Bob also taught dental hygiene at a local technical school. They are both already active in church: Bob in the choir and enjoys the Mens Bible Study and Susan on the mission and worship com-mittee. Susan is also a docent at the River of Time Museum. They enjoy travelling by car and have seen many national parks, capitols, muse-ums and back roads. They have also travelled to Europe and South America. They have 2 daughters and 3 grandsons back in the Mid-

west. They also have hosted 7 exchange students in their home, the last 3 when their daughters were away at college.

Donald and Deborah Stark Don and Deborah live on Mustang Drive in Fountain Hills. They have been here for five years. Previously they lived in New Hampshire where Deborah ran a business for 15 years. called Curtain Call which created window treatments. Don is retired from Mattel after 35 years. He has been a marathon runner and avid golfer. Deborah has one son who lives in Pres-cott, AZ. and Dons three daughters are in the Sacramento, California area. He has seven (7) grandchildren.

Sally Atchinson, Elder with new members: Bob & Susan Titus and Don & Deborah Stark

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Presbyterian Women Coordinating Team for 2014-2015 Moderator: Maurene Gerson Mission Coordinator: Mary Alice Bivens Vice-Moderator : Linda Capon Librarian: Barbara Oakeson Secretary: Bonnie Matty Membership/Yearbook Coordinator: Linda Warren Treasurer: Maria Berry Bible Study Coordinator: Evelyn Hrunek Publicity: Ilene Berg Search Committee: Arlene Stewart

Morning Circle Leader: Suzie McCready Evening Circle Leader: Judy Irvin Afternoon Circle Leader: Martha Baxter Historian: Office Angels Hooked on Books Leader: Jan Hoff Out n About Leader: Nancy Wulfmeier

Presbyterian Women

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MAY DATES May 1 9:00 a.m. Coordinating Team Meeting, Adult Center, FHPC May 5 1:00 p.m. Afternoon Circle at Fountain View Village May 14 9:00 a.m. Morning Circle, Adult Center, FHPC May 18 7:00 p.m. Evening Circle, home of Louise Jones May 20 9:30 a.m. Hooked On Books (see box for details) 12:00 p.m. Out N About Luncheon (see box for details)

As the temperatures rise PW activities start winding down and we look forward to a less hectic schedule and time to absorb all the wonderful experiences we shared during the 2014-15 season. Thank you to everyone for the time, talent and love you have shared to help us find ways to live out our faith in the midst of a caring community of women. Leadership changes include Carol Fuls as New Member Contact, Arlene Stewart as Search Com-mittee Chair, and Ilene Berg helping out with Publicity.

WOW!! What a great event! The Spring Tea & Fashion Show sold out quickly and was a splendid success from the beautifully de-signed publicity to the uniquely set tables arranged by each host-

ess. All tables displayed a potted plant artistically

arranged by Toni Patterson that was awarded by lottery to a guest at each table. Bill Co-vault provided ambiance for the Tea at the piano as ladies were greeted and seated for the four course menu prepared by Chef Mary Carillo and staff and served by the formally attired Men of FHPC. A Fashion Show pre-sented by Kay Kinders

Fountain Fashions followed the Tea. Beautiful spring fashions, including accessories, were profes-sionally displayed by the lovely models and left

everyone anxious to use their discount coupons pro-vided by the shop. $50 gift cards were awarded to four lucky ladies! It was truly a marvelous day at FHPC and we are so thankful for the support of our handsome, talented, and generous FHPC Men. Carl Capron assembled the volunteers who served eloquently as waiters, curb greeters and as-sistants to the Fashion Show models. PW was able to donate $600 to the Changing Lives Center of the Phoenix Rescue Mission from the proceeds of ticket sales to the Tea.

Sandy Larson

Mary Morris, Helen Quigley, Melissa Fast And Yvonne Ellingson

Martha Carillo, Chef Mary Carillo and assistant Haley Dills

HOOKED ON BOOKS will meet on Wednesday, May 20th at 9:30 AM in the home of Carol Fuls. The theme for this meeting will be Summer Reading Suggestions. Attendees will each give a brief review of a book they recommend.

All women who enjoy reading and discussing books are welcome to attend. Books you no longer want may be brought for the Book Exchange. For further information contact Jan Hoff (480) 836-7551.

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Out n AboutOut to Lunch Out 'n About will be going to Arizona Culi-nary Institute (Du Jour Restaurant), 10585 Shea & 114 St., Ste. 401, Scottsdale at noon on May 20,2015. Please call Nancy Wulfmeier for reservations.... 837-3021.

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive any offense. Forgive as quickly and com-pletely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. Its your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. Colossians 3:12-14, Eugene H. Petersons The Mes- Ilene Berg

One Body, One Spirit The 2015 Church wide Gathering of Presbyterian Women will be held in Minneapolis June 18-21, where the focus will be on 1 Corinthians: 12-27 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body Jews or Greeks, slaves or free and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. There will be a vast array of opportunities to make and renew friendships and celebrate the one Spirit that lives and works through all of us.

PW Spring Tea & Fashion Show

Holy Week

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Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service

Great Vigil of Easter Molly Korb of Mountain View Presbyterian Church

Palm Sunday

EASTER

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Christian Formation In Touch page 12

Christian Formation Opportunities:

Sundays 10:15 AM Sabbath Day Bible Study 10:15 AM Elementary Life with God 11:15 AM Blessed Beginnings Nursery 11:15 AM Preschool Life with God

Wednesdays Pastors Brown Bag Bible Study 12:00 PM Wednesdays

The Way on Wednesdays 5:00 PM Elementary Big God Story 5:45 PM Community Meal 6:30 PM The Way (Bible Study)

Celebration Youth Rehearsal

3:45 PM on Wednesdays

Committed Youth Band 5:00 PM on Wednesdays

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Womens Bible Study Circles (Sept thru May) 9:00 AM 2nd Thursday 1:00 PM 1st Tuesday 7:00 PM 3rd Monday

Mens Bible Study on Thursdays 7:00 AM in the Adult Center

Spiritual Formation Group 6:00 PM 1st & 3rd Monday

Youth Trip to Canaan in the Desert

From the Director of Christian Formation

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Debby DeBernardi

Jeff being pre-sented the check of $1837.00 by Emerson Uphoff representing Sunday Kid-Community. (left)

Kids surrounding Jeff with prayers and hugs. (right)

Jeff Brunning was presented with a check for $1,837.00 from a generous donation and from the Life with God Ele-mentary KidCommunity. The children attending Sunday morning decided to make bracelets, book markers, necklaces to sell to raise money for the man needing a new kidney. They were learning about serving with the Lords love. It took awhile before they realized they could not buy him a new kidney. But their compassion was Gods compassion. We prayed we would work and serve with the Lords love!

Compassion multiplied in the Lords Love. A couple donated money to Jeff through our church. A woman had compassion and is now a potential donor. Jeff is grateful and with compassion is setting up a fund for the donor since she will be taking off work to donate her kidney. Serving others in the Lords love and compassion multiplies our offerings!

Thank you Sunday Elementary kids for all your efforts and prayers!

Madison Reynolds (middle), granddaughter of Jack and Monique Reynolds, celebrated her baptism and birthday Palm Sunday with two new preschool friends, Anabelle Good and Mia Junk. We are so blessed to have opportunities on the holidays and summer to share the love of Jesus with visiting grandchildren!

Madison, her parents and grandmother attended a class about salvation and baptism with Debby DeBernardi. It was a fun, interactive time with lots of skits and visuals.

The why and how God kept His covenant promise through Jesus comes alive making her baptism a meaningful experi-ence for all.

She was so excited to tell others about Jesus, that she shared with other children the following week! Keep her

in prayer!

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Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church Foundation An Investment Today for the Life of Our Church Tomorrow

Here to serve you!

The Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church Foundation is ready to serve you. The Foundation will help you un-derstand how your gifts can benefit both you and the Church.

We can provide suggestions of how your life insurance, retirement accounts, Real estate, wills and trusts can be structured to achieve your wishes to establish a legacy that will serve the Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church far into the future. The Foundation is committed to follow any designations you provide and to care-fully manage your gifts.

Members of the Board of Trustees are available to answer your questions. Give them a call! Foundation Board of Trustees

Barbara Oakeson 480-837-5563 Susan Phillips 480-837-1225 Matt Jefferson 480-837-6001 Dawn Lau 480-837-2607 Roy Nickel 480-688-8392 Ben Fast 480-837-1119 John Skewes 480-292-9021

Thank You

TO: The Congregation of FHPC

It is with sincere appreciation to Pastor Bill, the Session and the staff of FHPC for allowing me to use the area behind the Youth Room as an office for Free The Kids, Inc. an orphanage community project in Haiti. My brother-in-law, Fr. Marc, a Catholic priest, and I started Free The Kids in 1999 and I have always maintained an office in my home to operate the business aspect of charity. Fr. Marc runs the project in Haiti.

Upon moving to FH in December, I knew that our small condo would not have space for the office. I started look-ing for a room to rent, which was not in our budget. Upon joining FHPC in December, I was discussing my project with Pastor Bill and he showed me the space that could be made available for an office. It has worked out wonder-fully. Thank you.

Jack Reynolds

To learn more about Free The Kids, please visit www.FreeTheKids.org. I am also available to give presen-tations to any group who would like to know about Haiti in general or about the suffering of Haitian children specifi-cally.

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Our Graduates: Class of 2015

Congratulations

Sean Nangle

Hilltop Musicians: Jon Trautman and Jake Eberspacher

David Hissler

Austin Gil

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some differ-ence that you have lived and lived well. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Breaking News. . . Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer

Studies by psychologists show that individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective. Deep reading, as opposed to the often super-ficial reading we do on the Web, is an endangered prac-tice, one we ought to taker steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art.

So what does your Church Library have to offer? The best way to find a book that could be enlightening as well as (make you smarter,: is to BROWSE our collection. Would you dare to start by looking at the many versions of the Bible? From the King James Version to The Mes-sage, ten or more are available. Do you need a deeper understanding of a particular Bi-ble passage? Many Bible Dictionaries and Study Bibles are ready for use. Want to know more about a special Biblical person? Abraham, Moses, Joseph, David, Paul and Women of the Bible? Or a particular book of the Bible? Choose one with Dewey (Decimal System) #222 through 226 and then move on to the next shelves. If you havent read it, I sug-gest Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler. If you treasure the Psalms, we have recently acquired The Psalms, by W. Graham Scroggie, which explains the Who, What, Where, When and Why of all the Psalms. If Psalm 23 is a favorite, please read A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, by W. Phillip Keller. Do you wonder what books we have by notable Chris-tian authors? Browse or use the card catalog (remember

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those?) for such names as C.S. Lewis, Philip Yancy, Max Lucado, Charles Swindoll, Billy Graham and others. Biographies, true personal stories, and fiction? Our shelves are bulging with these books; some are quite new some are oldies but goodies. PW reading list books from years past as well as those on the 2015-16 booklist are available, or will be very soon. Childrens books and Parenting Books? Our Library has been blessed with donations of childrens books. By the time you are reading this there will be another ten ready to check out. Debby DeBernardi has given us some parenting book titles to help fill that need. Do you like a book series? A series of five books by Roxanne Henke will lead you from one to the next with-out any desire to stop. The titles are: After Anne, Finding Ruth, Being Olivia, Always Jan, and With Love Libby. The stories take place in Brewster, ND, the typical Mid-dle America, USA, where everybody knows your name-people with hopes and dreams, people in love and people with broken hearts, friends and foes, families and Faithnot very different from where many of us have lived. These are compelling stories about the power of friend-ship and honor the memory of all friendships that leave a permanent mark upon your heart. All of these sto-ries show the surprising way God works to turn our well-planned lives into something so much better than we ever imagined for ourselves.

Heres to Smarter and Nicer . . . See you at the Library!

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-The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. 'I've gone for 30 years now,' he wrote, 'and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the priests are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.' This started a real controversy in the 'Letters to the Editor' column. Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: 'I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!'When you are DOWN to nothing....God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Vivian Virden

page 17 May, 2015

We move into our summer schedule now, having said good-bye to most of our worshipping brothers and sisters who have or will be traveling to their sum-mer destinations. I am sure that those of you traveling back to your summer homes will be wel-comed as favorably by your church, family and friends just as we look forward to all of your returning here when that time

comes. I want to thank you for

always being a part of our music

programs when you return. It's a wonderful time together, and you are so appreciated by our congregation. For those of you remaining year 'round, if you are available to sing or play either a solo or joining in with others through the summer months of June, July and August, let me know! Our special music sign-up sheet will be in the choir room for those interested in sharing during the 9:00 a.m. service. Well, Dorothy Parris and her buddy Suzanne Gillham have made it through every file draw of music in our mu-sic library. They have counted, erased, taped, and organ-ized to the highest efficiency that the music library has been to date. The effort has taken 3 years, and I could not be more thankful that Dorothy took that time, with all her organizational skills and managed it so well. Every an-them that has ever been purchased has been re-integrated and given a place in the card file. It's just beauti-ful! Thank you, Mrs. Parris! The Celebration Singers will be Singing through May 24, with our rehearsals only on Sunday mornings at 7:45 through the month of May. You can still join us in singing

Music Ministry

Debbie Fisher, Director of Music

through May, if you would like, just attend the rehearsal that you might be prepared. We will return singing in the service September 20, with our Thursday Evening rehears-als beginning on September 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctu-ary. Our Celebration Ringers will begin rehearsing Octo-ber 1, at 5:15 in the Sanctuary. You all deserve a big rest after putting in such great efforts filling the Sanctuary with glorious music. I love working with you all. I will miss those who have helped to build this program with their fine spirits, and, if any person would like to join us, or re-join us, you have the rehearsal times. You are all welcome!

"Praise the Lord for the Lord is good; sing praise to the Lord for that is pleasant."

Psalm 135:3 Deborah Fisher Director of Music Ministries

Celebration Singers on Easter Sunday

Celebration Singers performed the Cantata Come Touch the Robe on Palm Sunday

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Member Spotlight . Did you know? Melba Versaw Melba was born in Repub-lic County, Kansas. She grew up there with her sister and parents, Lona and Elmer Mosier. This was the time of the Great Depression and Kansas had some rather severe dust storms. These things are part of her childhood memo-ries. Melba received her ele-

mentary education in a rural school. After graduating from high school, she attended nursing school at Lincoln Gen-eral Hospital for two years. This class and several others were part of the Cadet Nurse program sponsored by the U. S. Government as part of the war effort. She and Dean were married in October of 1947 in her home Church. Dean was called to active duty during the Korean War. Their duty station was Banger, ME which they enjoyed while living there. Their oldest son was born before Dean was discharged in 1952. After a short time, they bought and ran a Dry Cleaning business. A change in career choices found Dean returning to the University of Nebraska to earn a degree in Industrial Engineering. During this time Melba worked for the Dept. of Agriculture with time out for the birth of their second son. After Deans graduation they moved to Denver, CO where Dean was employed as an Industrial Engineer. In 1970 they moved to Loveland, CO where Dean owned and operated a manufacturing business in Berthoud. While living in Loveland they hosted five Rotary exchange stu-dents. After Dean sold the manufacturing business in 1980, he devoted his time and talents to British cars, owning, col-

lecting and renovating them. He was a member of a Brit-ish Car Club and they attended a number of annual Car Club weekends in England and several other countries. In 1979 they moved to Fountain Hills. The car interest car-ried on and they attended British car events. In 1993 they purchased a home in Brittany, France and spent six months of each year, for seven years, living there. They lived in a small village among many English speaking people and became acquainted with some very nice people. Americans were well liked there. This village was near the beaches of World War II and on the 50th an-niversary of D-Day they attended that celebration. The French went all out with this celebration and President Clinton and several other dignitaries were there. They sold their French home in 2000 and spent the next seven summers in Maine. Their last Maine address was in Damariscotta. Over the years she and Dean held church offices in the Congregational Church where they were members prior to joining Fountain Hills Presbyterian church where Melba now enjoys Sunday worship, Bible study, fellowship and friendship.

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HAPPY MAY BIRTHDAYS!

05/01 Phyllis Kern 05/01 Charles Matty 05/02 Mike Owens 05/03 Claire Cartmell 05/05 Lois Medley 05/08 Eloise Robinson 05/09 Michele Sivets 05/10 Bob Lull 05/13 Kurt Augustine 05/14 Bonnie Hollabaugh

05/16 Anna Martinson 05/16 James Stewart 05/17 Sandra Heunisch 05/17 Matt Botsford 05/17 Bev Watters 05/18 Bobbie Dangremond 05/19 Michael Stanton 05/20 June Shaffer 05/22 Gail Botsford 05/22 Anthony Carillo 05/22 Mary Carillo

05/22 Michael Carillo 05/22 Summer Jones 05/23 Ralph Berry 05/23 Mary Alice Bivens 05/25 Peggy Kurkjian 05/27 Linda Covault 05/27 Anabelle Good 05/28 Patricia Knoy 05/30 Christine Young 05/31 Stephanie McWethy

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HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAYS!

06/23 Howard Olsen 06/25 Mary Morris 06/27 Sandy Myhr 06/28 Suellen Russell 06/28 Susan Titus 06/29 Ruby Pearson 06/30 Wilbur Nelson

06/11 Leanne Reynolds 06/12 Terry Martin 06/13 Sandra Heunisch 06/18 Heather Vawter-Greco 06/19 John Brockelman 06/23 Joanne Jones

With deepest sympathy we list those members who have passed away in 2015.

Billy Neal Sylvester Taylor Marjorie Koepke

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Hospitalized? Call the church!

If you are sick, hospitalized or home recovering from ill-ness, we want you to call the church and let us know! In a con-gregation like ours where people leave in droves for extended summer months, it is easy for the staff, elders and deacons to assume, when we dont see someone, that they are simply vacationing away. The truth is that some of you are sick and we are not aware of it. You can help us by simply letting one of the staff know of your situation. We have an excellent support system in place due to the diligent efforts of our deacons. Help us serve you by com-municating your situation.

-The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

Do you need a Christian tune-up?

If so, here are five tune-up specials for you: 1. Adjust your lights so others may see your good works. 2. Set your timing so as to be at the meeting on time. 3. Adjust the brakes on your tongue. 4. Align your direction so that you may stay on the

straight and narrow. 5. Anti-freeze your heart and be fervent in spirit. Above

all things, 6. love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul

and mind.

06/02 Sally Atchinson 06/03 Richard Lau 06/04 Alan Pape 06/06 Elvira Ruiz 06/09 Jerry Cain 06/09 Christian Hissler 06/09 Luc Therrien

Mary Alice & John Bivens Senior Service Award Winners for 2015 Long-time cornerstones in the life and mission of FHPC, John has served as elder and elder commissioner to Presbytery. He is engaged in numerous mens activities and chairs the Presbytery Peace and Justice Network. Mary Alice is an elder and is pivotal in an array of womens ministries. She shares her clear soprano voice as a part of the Celebration Singers. Both John and Mary Alice work diligently through FHPC to promote and pursue outreach and mission to Fountain Hills by participating in community leadership events. They are passionate about Middle Eastern issues and work to promote sensible gun legislation.

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