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F IRST P RE SBY TE RIAN CHURCH G ALLATIN TN JANUARY 2020 V OL. 28 ISSUE 1

In Touch Where God’s love overflows and serving begins.

Another Day, Another Decade, Another Chance

We serve a God of second chances (whew!) and we often need to take advantage of that gift from the One who loves us and want us to succeed more than we realize. We dream, we prepare, we study, we analyze, we seek another’s input, we make a plan, and we work it through. Seems very Presbyterian, doesn’t it? You know, decently and in order. Then, something goes awry, or another kink shows up in the system and all our work needs a do-over.

Well, we have a name for that. It’s called a New Year! So, in 2020, we can begin again, or we can add to, or we can celebrate accomplishments and decide whether to repeat the opportunity. It’s up to us. And Emmanuel rejoices as we use our minds, our talents and our gifts to further the Kingdom.

All of us recognize that we still have some items that will require a continuing plan, some items that will be brand new, some that perhaps should be dropped, and some in desperate need of a do-over. All will be considered as together we serve the People of God at FPC Gallatin.

Now, we will ask something very special, and perhaps very different, of you. We need your minds, your talents and your gifts to advance our church ministries. Because it’s a new year, we’re going to ask you to sign up to serve a committee. But we’re asking you to serve on a committee that you haven’t served on before, or haven’t served on for a long time. Why? Because we want to think differently. We want fresh faces and new ideas. We want to determine what works best, what could benefit from a slight alteration, and what needs a complete do-over. It’s another day, we have another chance. If the same people serve the same committees in the same way, we’ll probably get the same stuff. But, if new people serve, and/or serve in another place, we might get stuff that’s better! And wouldn’t that be great?

So, here’s the challenge: Don’t hesitate. Don’t step out in fear. Try something new and different. If you really, really don’t like it, we won’t insist that you remain there. But we hope you’ll step out in faith – if only to learn a new way, or a new group, or a new gift you didn’t even know you had. If you’d like my input before you deside, call me and we’ll talk together. I might be able to tell you something about yourself and your gifts that you’d forgotten about.

It’s another day. We have another chance. We serve a Creative Sovereign. God’s work is not boring. Serve, laugh, grow, dance with the Creator. Sure it’s risky. But not if we all do it. And, on occasion, if you’d like to preach from the pul-pit, I’ll gladly step aside and sit in your pew. If you’ll do it, so will I.

You are God’s beloved,

Candice “Sing to the Lord a new song!”

- Psalm 98:1

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

- Isaiah 43:18-20

Where God’s love overflows and serving begins.

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LOAVES AND FISHES (CONGREGATIONAL LIFE) WORSHIP

10:00AM

SUNDAY SCHOOL

9:00AM

OFFICE HOURS

Monday-Thursday-9:30-4:30

Friday 9:30-1:00

PHONE

615.452.3151

FAX

615.452.0559

PRESCHOOL

615.230.7929

EMAIL [email protected]

WEBSITE www.fpcgallatin.org

STAFF Pastor: Rev. Candice L. Klein [email protected] Pastor Emeritus

Dr. Charles L. Moffatt Administrator

Carol Stewart [email protected] Organist/Choirmaster Robert Thurman Bookkeeper Marie Hintemeyer [email protected] Children’s Ministry Coordinator Dianne Cothran Preschool Director Sharon Sides [email protected] Sound Tech Bob DeGraff Madison Briggs Sexton Johnny Brown

SESSION Class of 2019

Robert Blakey

Carrie Mabrey

Kenneth Thomson

Bob Young

Class of 2020

Chuck Deck

Sharon Sides

Bill Hamby

Class of 2021

Jennifer Anderson

Liz Ferrell

Ann Thurman

To the Church

Triumphant

Maria Goodloe

December 18 2019

Sharon Kenny-Biggart

December 25, 2019

“I am the resurrection

and the life”

Wednesday Night Dinner

Dinners will resume on Wednesday, January 8. The menu will be a baked potato bar

sponsored by the Learning More Committee (Christmas Education) and the charge will be

a love offering. At this dinner the committee would like to discuss important matters

about the continuation of the meals and much needed assistance to organize and plan the

Wednesday night meals.

On January 15 Oh Taste and See will continue to cater the meals, however, we do ask that

you be in prayer for volunteers to help assist.

Dinner/Program: 5:30 Fellowship Hall

Reservations are required.

The church office will be close early on Tuesday, Dec. 31st and will be closed on Wednesday January 1st in celebration of New Year’s Day.

KEEP IN OUR PRAYERS: The Benson Family

(friends of Chuck Deck); Bill Biggart and

family and friends of Sharon Kenny-Biggart;

Susan Durham (cousin of Ring Family); Jua-

nita Frazor; Pat Hibbett; Julia MacFarland;

Harry Marsh; Butch Moore; Thomas Powell

(Susie Driver’s nephew); Mildred Stanley

(Tommy Boze’s mother)

NHC GALLATIN: Frances Massey

THE HEARTH: Joe and Sis Blackshear; Anna

Gasser; Norma Jones

The Wednesday after the

third Sunday, January 22nd

Sharon Kenny-Biggart

Choir

Nancy Parsons

Debbie Sindorf

Robert and Ann Thurman

Barry Cecil and Mary Margaret

Dunklin Cecil

Property

Lewis and Nan Rankin

Maria Goodloe

Mission and Outreach

Peggy and Jimmy Patterson

Property

Shirley Arrendale

Peggy and Jimmy Patterson

Jane Massey

Property

Mike Binkley

Dr. William Massey

Property

Mike Binkley

Steve Weakley

Choir Fund

Debbie Sindorf

General Fund

Palmer and Carolyn Boland

Dick and Mina Ring

Property

Mike Binkley

Gene Branham

Judy Chambers

David Weakley

HONORARIUM Frances Massey Property Mike Binkley

MEMORIALS


Please take a moment to see our brand new table. It is a stunning gift from Linda

Bradley. This is a table that Johnny, Linda’s husband, used every day. After

Johnny’s death Linda wanted the church to have it. It is so perfect, and so ex-

traordinary, and so massive, we wanted to put it in its new location once. (because

we’re pretty sure we couldn’t lift it again.) And you know what? It looks like it’s at

home! It really belongs right there in the garden entrance.

The table that had been in that space has now been moved upstairs, in the hall-

way across from the elevator, where it will be used often as we sign cards and

produce seasonal items for the church family.

Thank you Bradley Family!

Our Newest Family

Member

Amelia Capri DiLeo, daughter

of Sara Jane and Joe DilLeo was

baptized on Sunday, December

22nd with grandmother, Susie

Driver as the Elder in atten-

dance. All praise to the Creator

for such a beautiful gift of this

precious child to add to our church’s family tree.


LOVE IN ACTION MINISTRY (MISSION AND OUTREACH)

Grocery Carts needs for the month

of January:

Gallatin CARES: Canned ham, mac

and cheese tubs, canned chili,

SpaghettiOs, canned ravioli

HomeSafe:

Cleaning Products (dish soap,

bathroom cleaner, disinfect spray)

Laundry Detergent/Bathroom

Cleaner/Toilet Paper/Paper Towels

Disinfectant Spray/Pillows/Towels

Diapers (sizes 4, 5, and 6), mac and

cheese.

The Foundation for CAP’s

We had so much fun during the fall semester of The Foundation for CAP.

The kids enjoyed it, but no more so than the teachers. It's so good to see

smiles all around.

We're taking January off, but we'll be back in full swing in February. If you'd

like to find out how you could participate in this fulfilling mission project, see

Jennifer Anderson, Jessie Hines, or Michelle Jouvence and ask them how you

can become involved. Even if you only have one or two Wednesday after-

noons available during the semester... even if you don't have a specific tal-

ent... we can find a way for you to be a part of the smiles too.

The Foundation for CAP is a unique outreach of First Presbyterian Church

Gallatin in which we offer creative classes to the at-risk students of the non-

profit program Children Are People. We meet Wednesdays from 4-5:15.

Picture of the CAP’s group taken before Christmas.


Welcome to new

Ruling Elders!

The Ruling Eld-

ers of Gallatin’s

First Presbyte-

rian Church ex-

amined: Bob DeGraff, Susan

Johnson and returning member Bob

Blakey for membership on the Session

for three-year terms as Ruling Elders.

A Congregational Meeting will be held

on Jan 5th to vote on the nominees

and to accept nominations from the

floor. If the vote passes, we will or-

dain Susan Johnson and reinstall Bob

Blakey and Bob DeGraff on Sunday,

January 12, 2020. A fourth candidate,

Peggy Patterson, has also agreed to

serve and will be examined and or-

dained at a future date.

Security system

Based on feedback from congregation

members, the new security system for

access into the church building seems

to be working more smoothly.

Youth/Creative Arts Building

Following inspection and appraisal,

the potential buyers of the Youth/

Creative Arts building on Locust Ave-

nue reopened negotiation on the sale

price of the property. Once an agree-

ment has been finalized Session will

bring the item back before the church

at a congregational meeting to vote on

any revisions in the terms of sale.

Love in Action reports

The Love in Action committee re-

ported that the final $245 remaining

of the budget formerly slated for Ap-

palachian Service Project was donated

to the Boy Scout troop that meets at

our church to help purchase new

tents.

God’s Economists/Finance Com-

mittee and the 2020 Budget

To date, pledges for 2020 come to

approximately $216,000. Session

members reviewed a first draft of the

2020 budget at the December meeting

and offered several suggested revi-

sions to implement into a second

draft. Chuck Deck said he and Marie

Hintenmeyer will work toward having

the revisions completed in time for a

special vote by year’s end.

Infant baptism

First Presbyterian Church will

celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism

on Sunday, December 22, with Amelia

DiLeo, granddaughter of Susie and

Dan Driver and daughter of Sarah

Jane and Joe DiLeo,

Christmas Eve service

Join the congregation of First Presby-

terian Church this Tuesday, December

24, at 5:00 p.m. for a very special

Christmas Eve service as we celebrate

the Christ Child’s birth.

By Liz Ferrell, Clerk of Session

There will be a meeting of the congre-

gation on Sunday, January 5, 2020, for

the purpose of electing new elders and

to vote on information regarding the

sale of the Youth House.

UPDATE ON OUR NEW DIRECTORY

The church has received the proof

copy of our new directory. We are in

the process of proofing and hope to

have this completed by the second

week of January. It will then be sent

back to Lifetouch to be printed. Will

keep you updated on the progress.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

Circle 3 will meet

on Monday, January

13th at 6:30pm.

The ladies of Circle

2 will meet on

Wednesday, January 15th at 10am at

the church in room 212.


Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for all the prayers, phone calls, cards and visits during my

recovery from my broken foot. I’m truly thankful for all the good wishes and

concern from my church family. I’m on the final road to recovery, and have to

wear the big boot a while longer. It’s heavy and awkward, but at least I can walk

now, and plan to be back at church soon.

Peace and blessings,

Peggy McMurtry

Thank you to the following who participated in decorating the church for the

Christmas holiday season: Tommy Boze, The Garrott Family, Betty Reynolds,

Morgan, Earl and Avery Linn, Chris, Trisha and Madison Briggs, Shirley

Arrendale, Johnny Cothran, Fred, Laura, and Sean Duffer, Jessie Lynne Hines,

Sussanne Sawyer, Rich Ring, Bill and Nancy Hamby, Betty Garrott, and Bob and

Fran Young.

Many, many thanks!

The Worship Committee

Thank you! Your staff was blessed beyond our wildest expectations this Christmas season when your gifts were tabulated. The Finance Chair made note of the abundance of love. So thank you, thank you, thank you all for allowing us to serve you this year. You have made our jobs easier in so many ways. And we are grateful to everyone. Candice Carol Robert Johnny Marie Klein Stewart Thurman Brown Hintemeyer


GOD’S ECONOMICS (FINANCIALS)

November Financials

Beginning Balance $23,829

Income $23526

Expenses $21,165

Ending Cash Balance $26,190

The 2020 budget for our Church is being finalized and ready to be

presented to the session for approval. At this time, it remains to be a

little shy of reaching our goal for our operating budget.

If, however, some pledges have not been submitted, those people

may submit a pledge card (they're available on the table that holds

the bulletins) and can be put in a sealed envelope and placed in the

collection plate, or left in the church office. It could go a long way

to allowing us to complete church plans for next year.

LEARNING MORE (CHRISTIAN EDUCATION)

Wednesday Night Together: We will not have a

Wednesday night meal on 1/1/20, obviously, but on

1/8/20 we will resume Wednesday Night Together

with a Baked Potato Bar sponsored by the committee

and the charge will be a love offering. At the 1/8/20

WNT the committee would like to discuss important

matters about the continuation of the meals and much

needed assistance to organize, and plan the Wednesday

night meals. By 1/15/20 Oh Taste and See will con-

tinue to cater the WNT meals however, we ask that

you be in prayer for volunteers to help assist.

Discussion was started for Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday/Easter activities along with a Lenten study.

The committee continues to seek volunteers for Sunday School Superintendent and Church Librarian.

The next Learning More committee meeting is tentatively set for 1/6/19 at Susan Baker’s home. Please contact Susan Baker,

Susan Johnson, Sharon Sides, Dianne Cothran, Nancy Parsons, or Ann Thurman for directions or questions. Happy New

Year and praise God from whom all blessings flow!


January 2020

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Church Office Closed

2

10:30a Meals on Wheels

5:30p Worship Cmte. 6:30p Boy Scouts

3 10:30a Meals on Wheels 1:00p Church Office Closes

4

5

9:000a Sunday School 10:00a Worship

11:00a Congregational Mtg.

6 10:30a Meals on Wheels 5:30 p Learning More (Christian Education)

7 10:00a Bible Study

10:30a Meals on Wheels 6:30p Cub Scouts

8

5:30p WNT Dinner

7:00p Choir Rehearsal

9 10:00a Fishes & Loaves 10:30a Meals on Wheels 6:00p HomeSafe Board

6:30p Boy Scouts


11

12

9:00a Sunday School 10:00a Worship

13 10:30a Meals on Wheels 6:30p Circle 3



15 11:00a Circle 2

5:30p WNT 7:00p Choir Rehearsal

16 10:30a Meals on Wheels 6:30p Boy Scouts


181 9:00a Parenting Class

19 9:00a Sunday School 10:00a Worship 11:15a Session

20 10:30a Meals on Wheels



22

5:30p WNT Dinner

7:00p Choir Rehearsal NEWSLETTER

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26 9:00a Sunday School 10:00a Worship

27 10:30a Meals on Wheels

28 10:00a Bible Study 10:30a Meals on Wheels 6:30p Cub Scouts

29 5:30p WNT Dinner

7:00p Choir Rehearsal


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7 Bob DeGraff 11 Riley Wills

Julia Tyree MacFarland 12 Susie Driver

8 Bob Young 23 Claire Morrison

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES

10 Lee and Brim Stone

15 Bill and Dottie Jones

22 Chuck and Laura Deck

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS—Monday - Thursday 9:30am-4:30pm—Friday 9:30am - 1:00pm

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