Hill UP Church Newsletter May 2012

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Hill United Presbyterian Church501 Second StreetButler, PA 16001Phone: 724-287-5427FAX: 724-287-7468E-mail: [email protected]: www.hillup.org

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Hill united Presbyterian church

Newsletter

WORSHIP WITH US

May

2012201220122012

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SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP

9:15 A.M.JAM SESSIONS, ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL9:30 A.M.30 MINUTES! FOR YOUTH

10:30 A.M.WORSHIP SERVICE11:30 A.M.COFFEE / FELLOWSHIP TIMEINTHE FELLOWSHIP HALL

SATURDAY EVENING WORSHIP

6:00 P.M.SATURDAY@HILLWORSHIPWITHADIFFERENCE

Come and Join Us!SEE COMPLETE WEEKLY SCHEDULE ON THE OTHER SIDE

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.HILLUP.ORG FOR THE CHURCH

CALENDER AND OTHER NEWS


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SATURDAY EVENING

WORSHIP SERVICES

6:007:00 P.M.

SUNDAY MORNING

WORSHIP SERVICES

10:3011:30 A.M.

MAY 5, 2012No Worship Service in light of theCentennial Dinner at Tanglewood

At 6:00 P.M.

MAY 12, 2012Lords Supper by Intinction

Kathy Davis, Commissioned Lay Pastor,Faith Church, Kittanning, PA

Preaching

MAY 6, 20125th Sunday of EasterCentennial Celebration Worship Service

Sermon: Telling the Coming Generations:Living in His Presence: Yesterday, Today

and TomorrowRev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Psalm 22: 22-31;Jude 1-3, 17-25

MAY 13, 20126th Sunday of Easter

Lords SupperTraditionalMothers Day

Sermon: The Blessing A Mother IsRev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Proverbs 31: 10-31;II Timothy 1: 3-7, 3: 14-17

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

MAY 19, 2012Kathy Davis, Commissioned Lay Pastor,

Faith Church, Kittanning, PAPreaching

MAY 20, 20127th Sunday of Easter

Usher/Greeter Recognition

Sermon: I Have Sent Them Into the WorldRev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Psalm 1;John 17: 6-21

MAY 27, 2012Pentecost Sunday

Memorial Day Weekend

Sermon: The World for ChristRev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Joel 2: 28-32;Acts 2: 1-24, 29-36

MAY 26, 2012Sermon: The World for Christ

Rev. Clark SawyerScripture: Joel 2: 28-32;

Acts 2: 1-24, 29-36


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May 2012FROM THE PASTORS DESK

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Members and Friendsof the Hill United Presbyterian Church:

The Easter season is, in my estimation, a really,truly miraculous time in our life with God!

I dont think anything can quite match that Great-Getting-Up Day when Jesus was, is and ever-will-be victorious over death, sin, evil, and Satan byway of the resurrection.

In Lukes Gospel, in one of Jesus resurrectionappearances, He is walking and talking with thetwo men on the Emmaus road: So as they drewnear to the village to which they were going,Jesus appeared to be going further

The wonderful thing about Jesus is that He isalways going further, taking us with Him fartherinto the future fulfillment of the Kingdom of God.

At Hill Church, we are celebrating one-hundredyears of ministry and mission for and with ourLord Jesus Christ.

We cannot rest on our laurels! Why??? Becauseour Risen Lord and Savior is leading us fartherinto a present and future ministry so that manyother people may be reached with the life-transforming message of the Risen Lord Jesus.

Be with us as we go further, Living in HisPresence: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!

Yours for Going Farther,

Pastor ClarkRev. Clark Sawyer

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE IN

MARCH AND APRIL 2012

Saturday Sunday

3/03 17 3/04 167

3/10 12 3/11 135

3/17 18 3/18 130

3/24 16 3/25 108

3/31 15 4/01 174

4/05(Maundy

80Thursday)

4/07(Easter

21Vigil)

4/08(Easter)

230

4/14 13 4/15 127

4/21 09 4/22 143

4/28 08 4/29 128

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The Psalmist in the 149th Psalmwrites: Praise the Lord! Sing tothe Lord a new song, His praise inthe assembly of the faithful.

Come on a regular basis and be a part of theassembly of the faithful as we worship and

serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

See you at our assemblies for worship, studyfellowship, service and outreach!

DEACON NEWS

The Deacons have Purchased 40 tickets for aBlue Sox game --first-come, first-served, forJune 22nd, which is Fireworks

Night. Reservation forms will be inMay bulletins.....deadline for

reservations is Sunday, June3rd.


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Morning Evening

1 I. Ki. 10, 11 Luke 21: 20-38

2 I. Ki. 12, 13 Luke 22: 1-20

3 I. Ki. 14, 15 Luke 22: 21-46

4 I. Ki. 16, 17, 18 Luke 22: 47-71

5 I. Ki. 19, 20 Luke 23: 1-25

6 I. Ki. 21, 22 Luke 23: 26-567 II. Ki. 1, 2, 3 Luke 24: 1-35

8 II. Ki. 4, 5, 6 Luke 24: 36-53

9 II. Ki. 7, 8, 9 John 1: 1-28

10 II. Ki. 10, 11, 12 John 1: 29-51

11 II. Ki. 13, 14 John 2

12 II. Ki. 15, 16 John 3: 1-18

13 II. Ki. 17, 18 John 3: 19-36

14 II. Ki. 19, 20, 21 John 4: 1-30

15 II. Ki. 22, 23 John 4: 31-54

16 II. Ki. 24, 25 John 5: 1-24

17 I. Ch. 1, 2, 3 John 5: 25-47

18 I. Ch. 4, 5, 6 John 6: 1-21

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I. Ch. 7, 8, 9 John 6: 22-44

20 I. Ch. 10, 11, 12 John 6: 45-71

21 I. Ch. 13, 14, 15 John 7: 1-27

22 I. Ch. 16, 17, 18 John 7: 28-53

23 I. Ch. 19, 20, 21 John 8: 1-27

24 I. Ch. 22, 23, 24 John 8: 28-59

25 I. Ch. 25, 26, 27 John 9: 1-23

26 I. Ch. 28, 29 John 9: 24-41

27 II. Ch. 1, 2, 3 John 10: 1-23

28 II. Ch. 4, 5, 6 John 10: 24-42

29 II. Ch. 7, 8, 9 John 11: 1-29

30 II. Ch. 10, 11, 12 John 11: 30-57

31 II. Ch. 13, 14 John 12: 1-26

BIBLE READING FOR MAY

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SESSION HIGHLIGHTSAPRIL 9, 2012

It was with great joy that the Session receiveCathy Zarnick upon Reaffirmation of Faith as new member at Hill Church. Cathy was raised this congregation and has come home to be witus again! We rejoice that Cathy is with us at HChurch. Welcome Cathy!

The Session took action to change the LordSupper to Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 132012, in light of our Centennial weekend on May and 6, 2012.

Clark Sawyer, Moderator

J.A.M. SESSION LEADERS

Thank you to those adults who joinedin the fun on Sunday mornings thisschool year as we continued our

J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) format. The kids reallyenjoyed the lessons, activities and music, due inlarge part to the adults who made it interesting,fun, and kid-friendly!

Thanks to:

Arlene RothMaryanne PuenteAnne MillerLouise EvansLin Ellis

Bill EllisTommy WaltersCarolyn StreetSteve Arn (30 Minutes)

The Perfect Pastor

(humor from my-pastor.com)

The Perfect Pastor preaches exactly 1minutes. He condemns sin roundly, but nevehurts anyone's feelings. He works from 8 a.muntil midnight, and is also the church janitor.

The Perfect Pastor makes $40 a weekwears good clothes, drives a good car, buygood books, and donates $30 a week to thchurch. He is 29 years old and has 40 yearworth of experience. Above all, he handsome.

The Perfect Pastor has a burning desirto work with teenagers, and he spends mosof his time with the senior citizens. He smileall the time with a straight face because hhas a sense of humor that keeps him seriousldedicated to his church. He makes 15 homvisits a day and is always in his office to bhandy when needed.

The Perfect Pastor always has time fochurch meetings and all of its committeesnever missing the meeting of any churcorganization. And he is always bus

evangelizing the unchurched.The Perfect Pastor is always in the nex

town over!If your pastor does not measure up

simply send this notice to six other churchesThen bundle up your pastor and send him tthe church at the top of your list. If everyoncooperates, in one week you will receiv1,643 pastors. One of them should be perfect

Have faith in this letter. One churcbroke the chain and got its' old pastor back i

less than three months!


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THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

The Ghana Task Force is againworking to raise scholarship fundsfor young women in Ghana. Todate, we have helped 21 youngwomen with scholarships. Thanks

to Ashley Holmes, we have a tree from which

3x5 cards are hung and which list our specific2011 scholarship awardees. The tree sits on atable in the overflow room.

We are asking you as an individual, or as afamily, to choose one of the cards which containa students name, church, and school. Werequest that first you would pray for thisstudent. Secondly, we would encourage you toprovide money for our scholarship fund for next

years awards. Be mindful that your funds wouldnot go directly to the student you have on yourcard, but to the general fund. The reason isthat it is not cost effective to send money for

just one student. We send the corpus to theBubiashie scholarship committee for theirselection of the students to be awarded. If youwere to send money individually, or if our TaskForce were to identify you as the benefactor,you would possibly be inundated with calls, e-

mails, and letters requesting additional help. Asit is, the Task Force gets these requests.

The Task Force is suggesting $300 for a fullyear scholarship or $150 for one semester.These suggestions are presented to help youaccumulate the funds by early August. (1) Dumpall of your extra coins in a jar each day. (2) Setaside a dollar or so each day, this representing acoffee, a soft drink, or some small item that you

could do without. (3) Hold a yard sale. (4)Encourage your children to participate.

In early August, take the amount of money thatyou have accumulated and write a check to theHill United Presbyterian Church with the memoline noting Ghana Scholarships.

Jim Ihlenfeld for thePartnership Task Force

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Generous donations to the OneGreat Hour of Sharing offeringhave been collected throughoutMarch and April, and we arepleased to announce that HilChurch has collected $1499.00

for the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering in2012.

Thank you so much for your generosity!

PENTECOST OFFERING

The Pentecost Offering will be received the firsfour weekends of May culminating with thecelebration of Pentecost on May 27, 2012.

The offering is for four areas of ministry:

40% of the offering is kept by our local Churchfor use on behalf of children at risk.

10% of the offering will support GeneraAssembly Child Advocacy ministries.

25% of the offering supports General Assemblyministries with youth.

25% supports young adult volunteer opportunities

to serve Jesus Christ in the United States andoverseas.

As God leads you, please consider giving to thePentecost offering. Our goal for this year is$650.00.


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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Receipts and DisbursementsThree Months Ended March 31, 2012

Fund Balance

Actual Budget

VarianceFavorable

(Unfavorable)

Receipts

Envelope

Offerings $54,248 $51,978 $2,270OtherOfferings &Receipts $35,315 $31,999 $3,316

Total Receipts $89,563 $83,977 $5,586

Disbursements

Personnel $50,439 $50,809 $370

Buildings &Grounds $9,609 $9,957 $348

CapitalImprovements -0- -0- -0-

OfficeOperations $1,960 $2,563 $603

Stewardship $3,596 $3,103 ($493)

Mission Support $2,145 $5,182 $3,037

ChristianEducation $1,573 $5,513 $3,940

Nurture $563 $1,450 $887

Worship $3,398 $2,575 ($823)

Discipleship $5,979 $2,825 ($3,154)

Total

Disbursements $79,262 $83,977 $4,715Total of ReceiptsoverDisbursements $10,301 $0 $10,301

Unrestricted (Deficit) ($27,490)

Designated $24,628

Total General Fund ($2,862)

The above amounts represent the 2012 financialtransactions in the general operating fund. Thissummary does not include any of the special andendowment funds.

You may help the work of the Lord and your Hillfamily of faith by staying current on the payment ofyour tithes and offerings. Our ministries, programsand mission commitments go on throughout the yearregardless of the season.

SPECIAL SERVICES IN MAY AND JUNE:

May 13Mothers Day

May 20Usher and GreeterRecognition

June 3The HYC sings, is commissioned for itsministry trip to New York City., andHigh SchoolGraduates Recognized

June 17Fathers Day with the Praise Team

USHER AND GREETER

RECOGNITION

SUNDAY

Usher and Greeter Recognition Sunday will beheld during the Fellowship Hour on Sunday, May20, 2012. We trust that all will attenddownstairs in the Fellowship Hall after worshipso we can Thank those who do theseimportant jobs each month of the year.

"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we"Behold, I tell you a mystery; weshall not all sleep, but we shallshall not all sleep, but we shallshall not all sleep, but we shallshall not all sleep, but we shallall be changed."all be changed."all be changed."all be changed."

~1 Corinthians 15:51~1 Corinthians 15:51~1 Corinthians 15:51~1 Corinthians 15:51

The plaque above was spotted hanging on a churchnursery door!

CHURCH HUMOR


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WOMENS BOOK CLUB SUMMER INFO

The Womens Book Club usuallymeets on the first Sunday ofevery month in the lounge at

12:15 P.M. Our last regularmeeting this school year will be

on May 6th (Pomegranate Soupby Marsha Mehran).

We have had an interesting inaugural year, as wehave read a good variety of books in differentgenres. Over the summer, we plan to readUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, aboutwhich we will meet on Thursday, June 28 at 6:30P.M. at Jami-Lyn Bradys House. Our secondsummer selection will be determined at the May

meeting, and we will discuss this book on August13 at 6:30 P.M. at the home of Gerry Graham.Our first regular meeting in September will be onthe 9th at 12:15 P.M., and we will discussForever Amber by Kathleen Windsor. We inviteyou to join us!

Womens

GREETERS NEEDED

Some of our faithful greetervolunteers will be moving awaysoon, leaving our church memberswith an exciting opportunity tostep in and take up the mantle as agreeter one Sunday per month. This is yourchance to get to know some of your fellowchurch members, as well as welcome guests whochoose to worship and fellowship with us.Contact the office if you are interested.

TAKE A MOMENT

AND REMEMBER

OUR MEN AND

WOMEN IN THE

ARMED SERVICES

WHO GAVE THEIR

LIVES SO WE CAN

LIVE FREE!

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HILL

CHURCH CENTENNIAL COMMITEE

The Hill Church Centennial Committee hasliterally met and worked for years to bring youthis past years celebration events. We want tothank them for their efforts, and assure them

that this years events have been a fitting andmemorable tribute to the history of the churchand the congregation.

Lynda LavoriniPeg DumbaughBarb BishopLorma HillNancy SlezakBea Welch

Mark HallLouise EvansMarsh MillerJudy BarkleyJim IhlenfeldJim KamererDebbie WilliamsNancy Huth ThompsonRev. Clark Sawyer

Thank You to TrevoGreenfield for bringing thGrove City High School ShoChoir to perform for us twicin the past year. Both showwere terrific!

THANK YOU!


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BUTLER MEALS ON WHEELS

Thank you, thank you to all those who baked ogave a monetary gift to Meals on Wheelsthrough Presbyterian Women. If you forgot owere away, donations are always welcome!

KIDS CORNERThe Disciples Word

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GRADUATION

As we move toward the time of GraduationCeremonies, if there is a member of your familygraduating from High School, College, Post-Graduate Studies, Vocational-Technical or anyother program, please tell the Church Office thename of the person and from where they aregraduating. Please have this information to us byMay 15, 2012.

Graduation recognition for high school studentswill take place on Sunday, June 3, 2012 duringworship.

Q E C X Z T Y N L P H M R C J

F N K N K H N U I B H O W A P

R T G A U O T A Q O A I M S A

C E U P F M G V L W D E L L V

N N T T I A M P E C S W R I L

O I N E A S C H A N D R E W P

M M H D P C T N H K W T A N H

I J A E Z T M O D X U H R W V

S X P R A W J K Q K W A F K S

F T R M K N T M V G D D L F E

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M N O Z P W S G X O U E W A A

B C S R H S A D U J L U P E J

N X O W S X E R J A J S M G W

V B A R T H O L O M E W T M W

ANDREW JAMES JOHN

JUDAS THADDEUS JAMES

MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW PETER

PHILIP SIMON THOMAS


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VOLUNTEERS for MAY 2012 SUNDAY

COMMUNION TEAM Team CNEWSLETTER TEAM in May (for June) Team B (Willing Workers)

VAN DRIVER for May ~ TIM KENNEDY 724-285-3086

COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Can you help? Volunteers are needed to host the Sunday morning coffee hour.There are many available openings for the coming months. A light snack is all that

needs to be provided. If you are willing to host, please sign your name on the coffeehour sign-up sheet on the Deacons table.

PULPIT FLOWERS

MAY 6 MAY 13 MAY 20 MAY 27

Donated by TommyWalters in honor of

the 1st weddinganniversary of Emilyand Michael Lyons

Donated in memory ofDr. and Mrs. Wymer by

the Wymer family

Donated in memory ofDonald Keefer by Mary

Keefer

Donated in honor ofthe Grandchildren ofCarolyn Street -Jack

and Alyssa Street

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GREETERSBEFORE

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Birch

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McElhaney Carol

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Scotts

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Lorma &Geoff Hill

Sharon

Montag

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Miller Lois

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Mary and

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WaggonerSusan

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AnneMcCaw

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Puente Jim

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Mason

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Pat

McCafferty

Gary

Anderson Louise

Evans

Aiden

Wach

Volunteer

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Miller

Steve

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