First Presbyterian Church ECO 323 Main Street, Greenville PA

June 2019

June Birthdays Eric Warren 6/1 Marcia Dambacher 6/2 Carolyn Messer 6/2 Jean White 6/2 Kenny Nye 6/5 Jim McClimans 6/6 Cindy Smith 6/9 Barbara Curtis 6/10 Ben Dawson 6/10 Jarid Manning 6/10 Nancy Stevenson 6/10 Ray Harris 6/11 Nancy Hoffacker 6/11 Nancy Miller 6/13 Jane Ogunro 6/13 Donna Peterson 6/13 Christine Zahniser 6/13 Terri Miller 6/14 Sol Wansor 6/14 David Deist 6/15 Don Thomas 6/16 Zach Anderson 6/17 Greg Zahniser 6/18 Tyler Heckathorn 6/19 Tim Stallsmith 6/21 Kayla Courtney 6/23 Cathy Petty 6/23 Michele Groover 6/26 Diane Dawson 6/27 Youth Birthdays Owen Tipton 6/1 Josie Hart 6/22 Andrew Gould 6/23

Nursery Schedule

6/2/2019 Church 10:45 AM Jackie Grisetti & Jen Forbes

6/9/2019 Church 10:45 AM Molly & Ryan Davis family

6/16/2019 Church 10:00 AM Lisa Courtney & Ruth Reither

6/23/2019 Church 10:00 AM Kaye Williams & Janice Harbison

6/30/2019 Church 10:00 AM Jamie & Megan Ickes

7/7/2019 Church 10:00 AM Kelly Hittle & Nita Glassman

7/14/2019 Church 10:00 AM Bev Titzel & Michelle Harris

SUMMER SUNDAY MEETING HOURS at First Presbyterian Church (Sunday School 9:00 AM and Worship at 10:00 AM begin June 16 and continue through Labor Day Weekend (Sunday, September 1). Regular Sunday meeting hours resume Sunday, September 8.

In Appreciation For Choir and Teaching Services

Sunday, June 9, following the morning worship service, all are invited to gather in

Calvin Hall for light refreshments provided by Congregational Life/Fellowship

Committee. This time of fellowship is set aside to show our appreciation for the

many hours of service our choir and Christian Education staff provides the youth and

covenant partners at First Presbyterian Church.

Thank you Teachers The Christian Education Committee would like to thank our teachers for their ser-vice in teaching God’s Word. In Primary Youth Department: Karen Edwards, Diane Dawson, Kathy Scobbie, Becky Bray, Jamie Hart, Erin Williams. Grades 4th to 12th: Kerry Overfield, Barb Deist, Jim and Janie Miller, Bev Titzel, Josh Lentz, Dan Baker, and Ben Miller. Adult teachers included: Rev. David Dobi, Brent McCartney, Tom Brainard, and Mary K. Miller. Our substitute teachers included: Jackie Grisetti, Cathy Petty, Amy Johnson, Scott Sankey, Laura Stitt. Thanks to Sue Wilson for Nursery duties, Judy Hodge for Cradle Roll and Ben Miller for Sunday School attendance and collection.

Sunday School for Summer 2019 Summer Sunday school for all ages will begin on Sunday, June 16 at 9:00 AM. Primary Youth will continue to meet downstairs in the Primary Youth area. Youth in grades 4th to 8th will meet in the Senior High Lounge, room 102. Students in grades 9th to 12th will meet with the adults in Calvin Hall. Sunday June 9th youth, grades 4th to 12th , will meet in Calvin Hall with the adults. On the 9th, Abe Johnson will share information on our community pro-gram, Neighbor to Neighbor. This is a program that serves children during the summer months. Our other special speakers for the summer include Jill Morgan speaking on the Creative Learning Center on Sunday, June 23 and Denise Sciuto speaking on missions on August 18.

Thank You!

Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for making my confirmation weekend so memorable. I know there was a lot of time and effort put in by the Elders, Rev. Dobi, the Jones’, Ben, Mary K, and Dan to make it extra special. Thank you to each of you for all you did, as well as the support you’ve given me throughout the years. I’ve been blessed with the love of a great church family. Keaton Walberg

The Property Committee would like to thank all 29 volunteers who worked on Saturday May 11 at the annual outside work day. With so many hands the work time was shorter and the work load lighter. We appreciated the help from our covenant partners who have helped in the past, and the families and young people who assisted. The landscaping of the church looks beautiful. Thank you for your service.

The FPC Mission Committee thanks all the generous Presby-terians who gave money to the Easter Offering this year. The total amount of money given is $2,065.61 to this Samaritan’s Purse effort. The Christians moving into their restored homes in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq are very grateful to be living in their own homes again. The whole world, including the Middle East, and ISIS, has seen that Christians, who are "a light for the Gospel in the heart of the Middle East," cannot be re-moved from their ancient homeland in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Thank you for helping to keep that light shining!

Good Shepherd Center Food Pantry Donations The request for June is Canned or Boxed Meals. Thank you for continually supporting this much needed ministry. Donation Baskets are located at the Main Street and Parking Lot entrances.

Vacation Bible School June 10 –14 Soon our church will be transformed into a safari in Africa. Our theme this year is Life is Wild, God is Good!. It is very helpful for planning if students are registered before June 10. Please if you have not registered your child or if you know of a neighbor’s child who would enjoy Vacation Bible school, please encourage them to register as soon as possible. We want to extend an invitation to anyone in the church who would like to come to our closing program on Friday, June 14 at 11:20 in the sanctuary. This program is approximately 20 minutes in

Traveling to North Presbyterian Church In Cleveland Our church will be traveling to Cleveland, Ohio to serve our friends at North Presbyterian Church on Sunday, July 28, 2019 This trip is open to anyone who would like to attend. We will worship with our friends at North Church. Before the worship service our youth will be working in the kitchen preparing food for church members who live in nearby shelters. Youth will serve lunch following the morning worship service. While youth are preparing lunch, our adults will serve donuts and coffee cakes to North church members who arrive early. We will be traveling by an Anderson Coach. Our departure time is 7:30 a.m. and return time approximately 6:00 p.m. Please call the church office if you can at-tend. Our church provides dessert for lunch. We will be collecting cookies to take on this trip, along with donuts and coffee cakes. If you are willing to help with our food request, please call the church office. If you would like to go to Cleveland to serve on this mission, please call the church office to save a seat. (724-588-6520)

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NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR

First Presbyterian Church is one of several churches/ministries that support a local mission of Downtown

Ministries called Neighbor to Neighbor. Neighbor to Neighbor functions as an 8 week long Christian summer

day camp, for 1st-6th graders in the neighborhood. The camp is located in a field close to the old Agway prop-

erty (now McGranahan's plumbing) in Greenville. Students from various colleges are employed as interns to

run the program. Room and board for the interns is provided along with a stipend. Volunteers provide meals

for the interns, lunches for the Day campers (1st-6th grade), reading with the kids, teaching a new skill, or invit-

ing them to your property for a field trip.

First Presbyterian Church has been asked to support the staff by providing the following:

June 6 lunch for 5 June 10 & 11 dinner for 5 July 29 lunch for 5 July 29 & 30 dinner for 5 Aug. 1 & 2 dinner for 5

The Mission Committee is inviting the congregation to be a part of this mission so please pray about getting

involved and check your calendars. Notify Nancy Hoffacker at 724-456-5361 or tnhoffacker@gmail.com with

your willingness to provide a meal, portion of a meal, host a field trip, teach a new skill or craft, or read with the

children. Brightly colored Neighbor to Neighbor brochures are located in the racks at the exits of the sanctuary.

Please pick one up to learn more about this program.

VIEW FROM THE PULPIT—- Perhaps in part because I was born into a ‘first shift at the mill’ family, always have I considered myself a ‘morning person.’ That is, I tend to do my best, most productive work earlier in the day. I also do my most disciplined praying before a day’s ‘business’ begins. As surely as I am a ‘morning person,’ there are others known to me as ones who can work-and do work well-long after I have said ‘good night.’ I tell you any of that so I can say that recently there has come for me –without trying–a mostly regular time of ‘evening prayer.’ Evening prayer for me is occasion to reflect on what happened during the course of a day-hours now spent-and opportunity to compare what happened with what I thought would happen (or planned would happen). Always, there seems to be a list of things that were important enough for me to place on an agenda for the day that-for whatever reasons-were not accomplished. So regular is this ‘leftover’ list that I have needed a plan for what to do in order to keep the world spinning. What I have discovered is the point of this very brief newsletter piece. Real rest comes as gift from God when I thank God I do not need to keep the world spinning-because He does. The realization of this great truth places the period of God’s mercy and care for us at the end of every day. It does not matter if I am feeling ‘spiritual’ or not. It does not seem much to matter if I even know what to say. Further, it does not seem to matter if I say this evening the same thing I said last evening. What I have created is one more habit. The habit is that with confidence I leave with the God who is able-where I have been, where I am, and where yet I am to be. With much love, I commend the discipline to you. DAD

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Session News-Meeting of May 13, 2019 * November 2, 2019—Rivers of Life Presbytery ECO @ Ambridge, PA * Service of the Lord’s Supper June 2, 2019 10:45 AM * Chancel Choir/Sunday School Staff Recognition June 9, 2019 12:00 noon (msp) Sunday School 9:00 AM beginning June 16, 2019, ending September 1, 2019 (msp) Summer joint worship with Hillside Church July 21, 2019 (msp) Living Word Wedding request June 22, 2019 Rehearsal June 21 use fee waved (msp) Neighbor to Neighbor Staff Training (in Calvin Hall) appropriate Staffing will be contacted * Trip to Cleveland North Church, July 28, 2019 * VBS Keystone Safari Trip to Grove City Thursday June 13, 2019 asking for money from Youth Fund, not exceed $800.00—motion approved * Bill Hurlbert’s piano placed in Westminister Chapel, piano in chapel now in Calvin Hall and piano in Calvin Hall went to Rev. Dobi’s house. At a later date Donovan Curtis will have pianos tuned * Sub committee working on new sound system for sanctuary-motion ap-proved, package not to exceed $20, 500 * Stair treads at north end of Calvin Hall (both towers) and new flooring in hallway at south end and into sanctuary (Marett Carpeting) cost of $18,628.00 motion approved * Church picnic August 11, 2019 * Agreement to donate $500.00 to Greenville firefighters * Distributed updated Policy Manual