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SANTA FE EXPRESSIONS JUNE 2017
Beyond the Pulpit 6
Birthdays 4
Calendar 4
Deacons 4
Endowment 3
Graduation 5
Greeters 2
Hospitality 2
Liturgists 2
Missions 8
Gospel Night 3
Note from Tim 7
Parish Nurse 1
SaFe Day 5
Sugar Day 2
Treasurer’s Corner 2
VBS 3
Wednesday Night Dinner 3
Youth 5
In this issue . . . . In this issue . . . . In this issue . . . . In this issue . . . .
Congratulation graduates!!!
7 of them
Congratulation graduates!!!
7 of them
Congratulation graduates!!!
7 of them
Our coffee and donut money goes to Southwestern Oklahoma Presbyterian (SWOPP) Parish Nurse Program which has been in existence
since the summer of 2005. as an extension of the Parish Nurse Program at First Presbyterian Church, Duncan OK.
Parish Nursing is a program which focuses on health promotion and disease prevention. PC(USA) has been a leader in brining the pro-
gram to its congregations. The 20th General Assembly created the “Life Abundant” policy which called upon churches to encourage and
promote health and wholeness. The National Health Ministries of PC(USA) provided excellent documents for establishing programs, and
while the office has since closed, parish nurses continue to function in many congregations.
In Oklahoma, the organization is called Faith Community Nurses of Oklahoma. The American Nurses’ Association has published “Faith
Community Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice” which states “Faith community nursing is the specialized practice of professional
nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting wholistic health and preventing or minimiz-
ing illness in a faith community.”
The nurse is a licensed professional nurse. The implication is that the nurse functions independently and therefore can only be licensed
by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a registered professional nurse. In addition, the PC(USA) requires that the nurse has both a pro-
fessional nursing license as well as malpractice/liability insurance.
This practice reclaims the Biblical understanding of the dynamic integration of body, spirit, mind, emotions, and social situations. The
call is to walk with people through the transitions of life, help people grow spiritually and find a language of hope in the midst of these
transitions. As a result, the parameters are very clear for both the nurse as well as the congregation.
How does the nurse accomplish the task of walking with the congregation through these transitions? This is accomplished through health
education, personal health counseling, advocacy, referral to a variety of resources, facilitation of pastoral care and comfort, and facilitator
of support groups. The PC(USA) church does not permit invasive procedures. The nurse does not supplant home health care services but
can educate the family about the needs of their loved one.
So what does the parish nurse do for her practice in the SWOPP? Each week the parish
nurse provides a “parish nurse corner” which is published in the worship bulletin. It is a
succinct paragraph discussing a health subject that may be in the news. Since February is
Heart Month, the subject matter is focused there. In April the subject could be preparation
for difficult weather. In May 2017, the nurse is writing about Stroke and Hypertension. In
September it will be about getting flu and pneumonia shots. In October it will be about
breast cancer.
Each month the nurse visits the Nutrition Site in Grandfield. There she does blood pressure
screening and monitors medication administration. Churches in Temple and Walters are
visited. Information for that month is posted and she is available for individual consultations
as requested. On the 5th Sunday, the nurse worships with the congregants, shares in their
communion followed by a potluck lunch, and provides some educational activity appropriate
for that time. They have fun while they learn.
So how are our funds used by the SWOPP? The nurse does not receive any pay for the service
she provides. The Parish reimburses her for mileage, tolls, and malpractice insurance
premiums. She is not paid for continuing education, only mileage. Our coffee money is
serving the Parish well and is very much appreciated!
If you have any questions for our Parish Nurse, please contact the church office.
Why Do We Pay for Coffee and Doughnuts on Sunday?
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Hospitality Volunteers
Treasurer’s Corner
Santa Fe Presbyterian Church
www.santafechurch.org
Pastor
Rev. Mitch Miller
Director of Music Ministry
Tim Goff
Director of Youth Ministry
Bill Jones
SaFe Day Director
Nancy Johnson
844-1033
Administrative Assistant
Eleen Svanas
Officers
Elders Deacons Don Dage
Cathy Hansen
David Lauten-
schlager
Jim Rule
Charlotte Langley
Mike Reed
Don Sterne
Ann Stewart
John Laisle
Bev Mackey
Greg Svanas
Rick Underwood
Greg Spahr, Clerk of Session
Kathy Brock
Brian Champlin
Melody McKitrick
Tracie McCall
David Van Nostrand
Chris Wright
Susan Addison
Diane Hughes
Pam Shoulders
Staff
April’s revenue was down by almost $4,000 and expenses for the month were up by $2,000. YTD we are down by over $8,000.
The Endowment account was up for the year by over $10,000.
Note: If you have questions please contact Martin McNeese at 348-3495 or email him at mmcneese@ cox.net
11:00 a.m. Service
June 4 Tracie McCall
June 11 Mike Reed
June 18 Kathy Ackerman
June 25 Craig Cole
8:30 a.m. Service
June 4 Malcom Champlin
June 11 Linda Champlin
June 18 Greg Spahr
June 25 Ann Stewart
Liturgists
Greeters
Unrestricted Funds
April 2017 Year to Date Monthly average
Operating revenue $ 34,970.60 $ 153,772.28 $ 38,443.07
Operating expenses $ 42,747.16 $ 162,286.41 $ 40,571.60 Operating net in-come or (loss) $ (7,776.56) $ (8,439.48) $ (2,109.87)
Memo entries: Gain or (Loss) on Endowments:
Current Value 12/31/2015 Value Gain/Loss YTD
Primary $ 274,204.72 $ 263,770.75 $ 10,433.97 Birthday Legacy $ 2,255.58 $ 2,255.57 $ 0.01
Total Endowments $ 276,460.30 $ 266,026.32 $ 10,433.98
Brokerage Account $
Total Revenue $ 34,970.60 $ 153,846.93 $ 38,461.73
SaFe reimburse other $ — $ — $ —
SaFe reimburse tax
$ $ $
IRS reimburse (ACA) $ — $ — $__ —
June 4 Thomas Spahr and Greg Spahr
June 11 Brian Champlin and Kathy Rule
June 18 Bev Mackey and Gaines Ballew
June 25 Shirley Huffman and Greg & Eleen Svanas
Sugar Day
June 4 Pam & Warren Shoulders
June 11 Shirley Spearman and
Carol White
June 18 Martin & Martha McNeese
June 25 Barbara Norman and
Margie Shropshire
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Wednesday Night Dinner
Another year of Wednesday Night Dinners ended with a “picnic” hosted by Martha and Pam, followed by a wonderful
program from our talented Kid’s Club kids and Tim Goff. I would like to thank Linda Champlin, Brian Champlin,
Christian Wright, Paul Iott, Leigh Miller, Bill Jones, Sandy Albrecht, Stephanie McGee, Martha McNeese and Pam
Roney for cooking and coordinating meals. Special thanks also goes to Greg Spahr and Malcom Champlin for always
being on hand to help, to Jenn Champlin for baking and decorating a birthday cake every month, to Eleen Svanas,
Anna Sterne, Cati and Shawn McGee, and Ann Stewart for baking desserts as needed, Thomas Spahr for helping set
tables, and to the Boy Scouts for setting up the room every Tuesday evening, and the youth and parents who helped
reset the sanctuary after dinner. Extra special thanks to our taste tester Mitch Miller. This is our Wednesday Night
Dinner “Village,” it has been a pleasure and honor to work with each of you this year, see you September 13, 2017 as
we begin another year of fellowship and fun.
Robyn Spahr
Vacation Bible School
KEEP CALM AND CAMP ON
Join us for an adventure filled week of camping, as we learn how to serve others and Jesus!
VBS 2017 at Santa Fe Presbyterian Church
June 12-16 5:30 p.m.—8:00 p.m.
There is a $5.00 registration fee per child, dinner will be served each night. VBS is for chil-
dren entering kindergarten through those who have completed 5th grade. Register in the church office beginning May 22.
Volunteers and Supplies Needed!
Why be a part of VBS? Children will have fun, learn about God, and discover how He has lovingly crafted each one of us. For adults, this will
be a great way to get involved in the church and serve the community with their family of faith.
VBS Set-Up Sunday, June 11, after the 11:00 worship service is an opportunity to “pitch” in!
(Volunteers will be offered childcare if their child is not old enough to attend)
Supplies Needed:
Toilet paper tubes old sheets tents fire pit (2-3) bags of big marshmallows
Hershey chocolate bars graham crackers gummy worms Oreos pretzels
M&Ms Raisins/Craisins Camping signs or the ability to make (via Cricket or silhouette or hand made)
For additional information please contact Emily Wright at [email protected] or 405-802-6070 or call the church office 341-3300.
Music on Santa Fe—Gospel Night
Endowment
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THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Gospel Night. You made it a special evening for all those
who attended!
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June Calendar
Monday, June 12th
Membership Meeting 10:00am
Caregivers’ Group 7:00 pm
Tuesday, June 13th
Urban Mission 8:00 am
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Boy Scout Troop 94 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 14th
Staff Meeting 10:30 am
Pilgrimage Renewal Group 12:00pm
Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm
Youth Hang out TBA
Chancel Choir 6:45pm
Mustard Seed 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 15th
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00am
Session Meeting 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
Early Worship 8:30 am
Sunday School (all ages) 9:40 am
11 o’clock Worship 11:00 am
Youth Group Mission Trip
Tuesday, June 20th
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Mission Meeting 7:00 pm
Boy Scout Troop 94 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 21st
Staff Meeting 10:30am
Pilgrimage Renewal Group 12:00pm
Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm
Youth Hang out TBA
Chancel Choir 6:45pm
Mustard Seed 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 22nd
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Sunday, June 25th
Early Worship 8:30 am
Sunday School (all ages) 9:40 am
11 o’clock Worship 11:00 am
Tuesday, June 28th
Urban Mission 8:00 am
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Boy Scout Troop 94 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 29th
Staff Meeting 10:30 am
Pilgrimage Renewal Group 12:00pm
Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm
Youth Hang out TBA
Chancel Choir 6:45pm
Mustard Seed 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 30th
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Thursday, June 1st
Evangelism Committee 6:30 pm
Worship Committee 7:00 pm
C E Committee 7:00 pm
Friday, June 2nd
Pentecost Day of Prayer 6:00 am—
8:00 pm
Mom’s Club 10:00 am
Sunday, June 4th
Communion Sunday
Early Worship 8:30 am
Sunday School (all ages) 9:40 am
11 o’clock Worship 11:00 am
High School Hang Out 12:00 pm
Tuesday, June 6th
Urban Mission 8:00 am
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00 am
Boy Scout Troop 94 7:00pm
Deacon Meeting 7:00 pm
Wednesday, June 7th
Martha Circle 10:00 am
Staff Meeting 10:30 am
Pilgrimage Renewal Group 12:00pm
Intercessory Prayer 5:00 pm
Youth Hang out TBA
Chancel Choir 6:45pm
Mustard Seed 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 8th
SaFe Day Summer Session 9:00am
Saturday, June 10th
OPP 10:00 am-2:30 pm
Sunday, June 11th
Early Worship 8:30 am
Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 am
11 o’clock Worship 11:00 am
VBS Set-up 12:00 pm
VBS WEEK 12th-16th
Deacons
Diane Hughes is the Deacon leader for June. Hospital visitation is available for both
members of our congregation and friends of Santa Fe. Please contact Diane with any requests; or the
office. 405-341-3300
Birthdays
June 3 Alexander McKitrick
June 10 Helen Peterson
June 14 Tracie McCall
Warren Shoulders
June 15 Bill Anderson
June 17 Cindy Thomas
June 19 Jerry Wall III
June 22 Billie Whiteley
June 24 Pam Shoulders
June 26 Shayla McMahan
June 28 Valli Rallis
June 29 Stephanie Dodge
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Congratulations, Jakob McMahan and Tanner Champlin! We are so proud of your accomplish-
ments and look forward to hearing about the great things that you will do. There is an excite-
ment and a question hanging in the air for your future: What are you going to do with your
time, talent and energies? That may seem a bit daunting, but you both have something going
for you.
In Philippians, Paul is writing to a group of people who he loves, whose future is before them
and they have obstacles to overcome. He writes in 1:3 “I thank my God every time I re-
member you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because
of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident
of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to comple-
tion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Paul is announcing something special here! God had started something that is brought to com-
pletion and God calls it good! Can you think of anywhere else that God starts something and
completes it and calls it good? That’s right - creation. It’s as if Paul is telling the people who he
loves, whose futures are uncertain, that their story has its roots in creation. Up until this point,
nothing but God himself is good and nothing outside of God is good. Paul announces the good
news that God is doing something that points to the restoration of things. The work God has
started inside of you is good and God is using you to carry around this goodness in this world
that God loves.
Jakob is headed to Rose State College and Tanner is serving our country as a marine. Yes, you
made your plans and set a direction but there is comfort in knowing you have had a direction all
along! When you say yes to Christ, the same power that said, “let there be light”, the same
breath that unleashed life into the first humans is now released in you and its GOOD!
God is doing something in each one of us and it is good! We wait in great anticipation to see
the good things that the two of you will accomplish because God is doing something good in you!
Grace and Peace
Bill Jones Congratulation graduates!!!
Tanner Champlin Jakob McMahan
SaFe Day Graduation
Youth Page
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Beyond the Pulpit
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sandwiched between Memorial Day and the 4th of July, the two civil holidays when we celebrate our freedom as a nation and honor those who have provided it for us, is June. Of course, as a child, June meant freedom to me. With June came freedom from school, lots of outdoor time, picnics, swimming, summer camp, vacation, and no shoes (except for church on Sunday). In my mind, it would be a long time until the oppression of school began again. Those were great times, and they still are. Of course as we grow up, freedom takes on different meanings.
Galatians 5:1 reads, “For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to
a yoke of slavery.” Many preachers over the years have turned to this passage in an effort to inspire the congregation to remember the virtues of liberty and freedom that come with our salvation in Christ as well as with our American heritage. We must work as hard at preserving the freedoms of our nation as we do in celebrating our freedom found in the Christian life. There is nothing wrong with these ideals, indeed I would pretty much agree with their ideals. Living the Christian life is difficult and involves a great deal of hard work in praying, studying, worshipping and resisting temptation. Like-wise the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of this nation have been won and pre-served at a precious price. However it is interesting that later in Galatians 5, Paul writes, “For you were called to freedom, brothers
and sisters;* only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become
slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’ (Galatians 5: 13-14)
What an ironic thing to tell us, “do not submit to slavery”… and then in the same chapter he goes on to encourage the faithful to become slaves to each other. Of course we need to put it all into context. Paul is of course speaking about the Jewish laws that pre-scribed that certain actions were necessary to attain salvation. For the Christian, faith in Jesus supersedes the Law. But that freedom is not a license to do whatever you want. On the contrary, as people freed from sin and death by the death and resurrection of Jesus, we now have an obligation to love one-another as we have been loved by Jesus. Out of that love we are called to serve one-another. To give our lives as Jesus did in service to God and the community. Ironically, that brings us back to the nation. For what really makes us strong is the willingness to share and to serve. On average, Americans give more donations and volunteer time than any other nation. We are protected by a volunteer armed force, and the bulk of our fire-fighting is done by volunteers. When there is a disaster, it is the volunteers that do most of the clean-up and rebuilding. What drives us? There are many reasons, only you can decide what inspires you to service. As we enter into the freedom and excitement of summertime, remember the call to serve others. Remem-ber that it is Christ Jesus that calls us to love and serve every day. Take some time to do something for someone else, be a good example to your kids and your neighbors. Serve with gladness and strive to love each other as we love our nation. Besides, serving each other is not really an option, as one of my es-teemed colleagues said, It’s “Biblical, it may not be about what you want.” May the peace and blessings of God, the joy of Jesus Christ, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit be with you all, Mitchell Lee Miller.
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A Note From Tim
“O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great king above all gods.
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.” – Psalm 95:1-3, 6-7
I am so grateful for our music ministry here at Santa Fe and for those who share their time and talents on a regular basis,
such as the Chancel Choir, Mustard Seed Worship Team, Youth Bells, Youth Music Group, Santa Fe Winds and all of our gifted soloists.
Our Kids’ Club Music Group has also sung joyfully through the year and has just presented a great Spring musical, ALL ABOUT THE
CALL. I really appreciate all the work that goes into our Kids’ Club program, and I want to thank our wonderful Kids’ Club staff - Mitch Miller, Jennifer McMahan, Emily Wright, Jessica McMahan, Jakob McMahan, Kitty Velasco, Jarrett McMahan and Josh McMahan.
In case you missed ALL ABOUT THE CALL, I would like to honor our outstanding cast members:
Coach Walker: Ben Albrecht
Sara: Keely Oliver
Jeremy: Blake Dunagen
Rudy: Owen McCall
Esther: Alex Hart
Harper: Lola Cox
Emma: Presleigh Palmer
Layla: Paige Palmer
Olivia: Peyton Wright
Jackson: Luke McGee
Aubrey: Lillian Newman
Campers: Calvin Cox
Wyatt Wright
Finn McCall
They were ALL wonderful. It was a fun, spiritual and uplifting night!
I pray that we have a great summer at Santa Fe, as we continue with inspirational worship and Bible teaching. We will have our
Vacation Bible School in June. Let’s celebrate!
In God’s Love, Tim G.
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June Mission
The Mission Committee appreciates your help in collecting
peanut butter for Urban Mission. Since school is out, Urban Mission
needs many more jars of peanut butter for their clients.
Vacation Bible School will also be collecting peanut butter.
Details will follow.
Please bring your gifts and place near the Mission table.
Thank you for participating in this Mission Project!
Mission