HEBRON HERALD Volume 27, Issue 6 June 2018

June: Summer Hours and Lemonade on the Lawn Summer hours and Lemonade on the Lawn both

begin on Sunday, June 3, and will continue through

Sunday, Aug. 26. Regular hours and activities will re-sume in September.

During the summer months of June, July and August,

Hebron will hold Sunday School beginning at 9:00 a.m. (instead of 9:55) and Morning Worship will begin at 10:00 a.m. (instead of 11:00.).

Lemonade on the Lawn, Hebron’s popular summer-time fellowship event following Sunday morning wor-ship, will begin on June 3 this year. A sign up-sheet is

posted on the bulletin board outside the church office. If no one signs up to provide refreshments on a given Sunday, Lemonade on the Lawn will not be held that

Sunday. Hebron will continue to receive the Pentecost Offer-

ing during June. This is one of four PC(USA) offerings Hebron collects, along with One Great Hour of Sharing

at Easter, the Christmas Joy Offering at Christmas, and the Peace and Global Witness Offering on World Com-munion Sunday. With the Pentecost offering, 40% goes

to the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth to help young people in our area, while 60% goes to the PCUSA for national and international programs to help

youth and young adults. The PEP Club will meet on Wednesday, June 27, at a

location to be announced later. The June meeting is or-

dinarily at an area restaurant, and PEP Club members will decide on a location at their May 30 meeting.

Summer Hours Begin June 3

Beginning Sunday, June 3, Hebron

Presbyterian Church will follow our traditional summer worship schedule. Changes for the summer schedule are:

Morning worship is at 10:00 a.m.,

not 11:00.

Sunday School is at 9:00 a.m., not

9:55.

Adult Bible Study will be held on

Friday mornings at 10:00 o’clock dur-ing the summer as long as participants wish.

Sunday, June 3 – Summer Hours Begin, and Lem-onade on the Lawn Begins; both continue throughout

June, July and August Thursday, June 14 – Flag Day Sunday, June 17 – Father’s Day

Thursday, June 21 – First Day of Summer Wednesday, June 27 – PEP Club, 1:00 p.m., loca-

tion to be announced Thursday, June 28 – Session Meets, 7:00 p.m.

June Birthdays And Anniversaries

June birthdays are:

Jeremy Martin 3

Amy Kirtley 5

Lacee Moyer 5 Robin Ruleman 5 Jeanette Bentley 6

Duane Dean 7 Donna Hewitt 7 Jack Kirtley 13

JoAnn Waller 13 Junior Gilmer 14 Simon Willard 14

Tara Cahill 15 Eric Shiflet 16 Brodie Cash 18

LeAnne Simmons 22

Scott Agnor 23 Nikki Griffin 23

Peggy Puffenberger 24 Dayna Reish 25 Mildred Brown 29

Very special happy birthday wishes to: Junior Gilmer, who will be 91 on June 14; and to Mildred

Brown who will be 90 on June 29. Congratulations to Philip and Martha Sieck, mar-ried 52 years June 4; Jon and Meredith Arneson, mar-

ried 57 years on June 17; and Herman and Nancy Knight married 61 years on June 22.

The Session of Hebron Presbyterian Church held its stated monthly meeting on Thursday, April 26. Minutes of the meeting were approved at the May 24 Session meeting and are printed here.

Present: Elders Mike Ruleman, Hannah Bush, Brenda Smiley, Lorrie Dean, Theresa Moore, Doug Trimble, Clerk of Session Tracy Mayer, and Moderator Rev. Frank Wyche. Excused: Robert Christian, Nancy K. Cook, Lori Malcolm, Allen Martin, and Charles Bu-chanan. Visitors: Charles Drumheller and Mike Fallin.

A quorum being present, the Moderator opened the meeting at 7:01 p.m. with prayer and devotions from the late Bob Hoekstra entitled “Growing in Knowing the Lord” based on 2 Peter 3:18.

Guest Presentation: PEP Club President Mike Fallin and Charlie Drumheller requested that Hebron host a program offered by the Virginia Program on Ageing Services entitled “A Matter of Balance.” They said the program is in line with both the GROW Team purpose and the Hebron Mission Study 0f 2005. Pro-gram sessions are for two hours each week for eight weeks and the cost is free for those age 60 and older. The Session passed a motion by Mike Ruleman to al-low the PEP Club to use the Fellowship Hall for the programs, pending a finalized schedule. The preferred schedule is Thursdays from 10 a.m. until noon, begin-ning May 10, 2018. Class size is limited and, depend-ing on PEP Club attendance, the event may be adver-tised locally.

Clerk’s Report: The Session passed a motion by Mike Ruleman to approve minutes from the Stated Meeting of March 22, 2018. The Session passed a mo-tion by Hannah Bush to remove John M. “Jake” Ott from the Active Roll following his death on April 5.

Treasurer’s Report: A handout was provided by Treasurer Mike Ruleman with a detailed Report of Fund Balances as of April 26, 2018. The general fund continues in the red at (-$53,344.41). The total in our checking and savings stands at $92,581.83.

Presbytery Report: The next meeting of Presby-tery will be May 22, at 9:30 a.m. at Lexington Presby-terian Church in Lexington, VA. Pastor Wyche will find an Elder Commissioner to attend. The church of-fice will order several copies of the most recent Book of Order. Presbytery will hold a workshop for small churches on May 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Harrison-burg, VA. The Session passed a motion by Mike Ruleman for the church to cover the $10 per person cost for anyone wishing to attend the event.

Committee Reports Worship (Hannah Bush, Nancy K. Cook, Tracy May-

er): The next Communion during worship will be on

(10 a.m.) and Sunday School (9 a.m.) will begin on June 3.

Cemetery (Charles Buchanan, Robert Christian): New steps and handrails for the cemetery are complete; only painting remains. Mowing of the church grounds has begun.

Christian Ed (Tracy Mayer, Mike Ruleman, Lorrie Dean): Applications for the Scott Hickey Memorial Scholarship have been sent out.

Commitment/Witness (Brenda Smiley, Mike Rule-man, Lorrie Dean): A GROW team meeting and lunch-eon will be held on April 29. One Great Hour of Shar-ing offerings totaled $469. The church directory will be updated soon.

Congregational Ministries (Lori Malcolm, Brenda Smiley): Contacts and visits continue.

Fellowship/Service (Nancy K. Cook, Lori Malcolm, Theresa Moore, Doug Trimble): Theresa Moore was named committee chair.

Personnel (Hannah Bush, Theresa Moore): The search for an organist continues.

Property (Charles Buchanan, Robert Christian, Allen Martin, Doug Trimble): Portions of the guttering on the church building need to be repaired or replaced. New entrance mats will be purchased. There are cattle in the pasture. The committee will meet next week. Spring cleaning of the grounds will be scheduled.

Stewardship (Robert Christian, Allen Martin): No report.

Pastor’s Report: Pastor Wyche is working on the May church newsletter to make it available to the con-gregation on Sunday, April 29. Bible Study on the Let-ter to the Ephesians will resume next Friday May 4. Elaine continues to get better and to get stronger, she and Pastor Wyche are very grateful for everyone’s prayers and support following her hospitalization. Pas-tor Wyche will officiate a graveside service for Jean Goshorn at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Hebron.

The next Stated Session Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m. The blessings and pray-er concerns of the congregation, friends, and relatives were shared by Session for corporate and individual prayer. The meeting was adjourned with prayer by the moderator at 8:07 p.m.

Minutes For Regular Session Meeting Held April 26 2

June 2018 Hebron Presbyterian Church

Sunday School 9:00 A.M./Worship 10:00

Children’s Church Leaders 1: Tracy Mayer 8: Donna Moyer 15: Hebron Youth Group 22: Julia & Scott Martin

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Bible Study on Ephesians 10:00 a.m.

2

3 4 5 6

Property Committee Meets, 6:30 p.m.

7 8

Bible Study on Ephesians 10:00 a.m.

9

10 11 12 13 14 Flag Day 15

Bible Study on Ephesians 10:00 a.m.

16

Renewing Homes Bicycle Event

17

Father’s Day

18 19 20 21 Summer

Solstice – Longest Day

First Day

22

No Bible Study Today

23

Augusta County 4-H Clover Day Daycamp

24 25 26 27

PEP Club Meets, 1:00 p.m., (Location to

28

Session Meets, 7 p.m.

29

No Bible Study Today

30

Children’s Church Leaders 3: Tracy Mayer 10: Donna Moyer 17: Hebron Youth Group 24: Julia & Scott Martin

HEBRON HERALD

Hebron Presbyterian Church

423 Hebron Road, Staunton, VA 24401

Church Office: (540) 885-1648

Church FAX: (540) 885-9512

E-mail: myhebronpc@gmail.com

Website: www.hebronpc.com

Rev. Frank H. Wyche, Pastor

Ministries available to all ages

Sunday Services:

Sunday School, 9:00 A.M.

Morning Worship, 10:00 A.M.

Adult Bible Study: Friday morning, 10 A.M.

Hebron Presbyterian Church

would be concerned about membership, attendance, finances, mission, service, or anything else.

It is helpful to look at other churches for ideas that might be duplicated or adapted according to Hebron’s particular circumstances, but it is not the case there is a

program that can be purchased and put in place, and it will automatically solve all our problems and fulfill all our goals.

Jesus said, “whoever would save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake and the gos-pel’s will save it” (Mark 8:35). In the same way, any

church that tries to save itself for its own sake will fail, while any church that gives itself fully to God and to the gospel of Jesus Christ will succeed.

So the first step in renewal or revival is to go to God in prayer, asking God to help us to find what it is that God calls us to be and to do, in order to serve God and

to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, because God will bless us in doing what God wants us to do, and will bless our efforts to spread the good news of Jesus.

By Rev. Frank Wyche

As Heron’s members and the GROW Team work to-ward church renewal and revival, we must always re-member as Christians that the Holy Spirit must be with

us if we are to succeed, and that prayer is not only an important part of the process, it is absolutely vital.

If a church is truly a church, it must recognize that it

belongs to God, and its purpose is to glorify and serve God. And since it is truly God’s church, we need to act according to God’s desires and God’s plans.

So we need to pray for two reasons: First, we need to

earnestly seek and listen for God’s will for the church through prayer; and we need to take our prayers to God

that we will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to do the work God calls us to do.

A simple proof that renewal and revival are the work

of God and not human effort is this: If there were a hu-man way to bring about renewal and revival, someone

Prayer and Holy Spirit Needed for Renewal

June