September 2014 Trumpet

The Trumpet September 2014 Volume 31 Issue 9

Firelands Presbyterian Church

2626 East Harbor Road

Port Clinton, Ohio 43452

419-734-6211

Fax 419-734-5411

www.firelandschurch.org

Reverend Jeanne Gay, Pastor

Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians

William Umlauf, Treasurer

Dave Moore, Clerk of Session

Rachel Johnson,

Preschool Director

Janine Dress,

Administrative Assistant

Mark Owen, Custodian

Table of Contents

Summer Lunch, Cookbook, Walleyes,

Thank You & Church Family News ........... 2

Mission Opportunities & Landscape Article 3

Pastor’s Page: ...................................... 4

Lectionary Texts and Monthly Prayer List . 5

Session Highlights ................................. 6

Volunteer Opportunity ........................... 6

Preschool News ..................................... 7

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Calendar .......... 8

Ministry Schedule .................................. 9

Musical Arts 2014-2015 Schedule .......... 10

Last Vespers ‘n’ Victuals Sunday, September 21, 6:00 PM

We will be gathering for a light bring-something-to-share dinner

and evening prayer. We meet in the pavilion, and there’s a hint of

old-timey music as well! Come one, come all!

Worship Time Change and Sunday School Begins

Starting September 7 worship time will be 10:30 AM and Sunday

School will begin at 9:15 AM. Please mark your Calendars.

Annual Meeting Our Annual Meeting will be Sunday September 28 following our

Worship Service. A potluck will be a part of the Annual Meeting.

All reports are due to the office by Friday September 12. The

annual report will be ready for the congregation on Sunday

September 21.

Our Cookbooks Are Going Fast! More than half of the Firelands Family Favorites cookbooks we

ordered have been sold. If you haven’t yet had a chance to

purchase one or more of these terrific

books, call the church office (419-734-

6211) or get them after church.

The price for each cookbook is only

$15.00. If a cookbook is to be shipped

out of town, there is an additional $3.00

charge.

Catawba Blood Mobile On Saturday September6, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM the Red

Cross will be at the Catawba Community Hall, 3307 NW

Catawba Rd. For appointment

call 1-800-GiveLife. Walk-ins

welcome after 10:00 AM. An

ID is required.

September 2014

Chosen to Die, Destined to Live

Maumee Valley Presbytery Women are presenting a

program by Frida Umahoza, a survivor of the 1994

Rwanda genocide. The program will be at Huron First

Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 20, 9 am

– 2 pm. For complete details and registration, see

Pastor Jeanne.

Preschool Enrichment Volunteers Needed

A number of our members have been visiting the

preschool once or twice a month to share their talents.

If you have a talent that you’d like to share with these

children, please contact Marcia Bordner (419-797-4284;

[email protected]) or Rachel Johnson

([email protected])

Thank You John and Kay McIntosh would like to thank the

members of the congregation for their thoughts,

prayers, expressions of sympathy and support as they

experienced the transition of John’s mother, Rosamond,

into eternal life.

To all the food pantry volunteers: I just want to take

the time to say thank you for taking time our of your

day to help my family. I just want you to know how

much we greatly appreciate it. May the Lord Bless you

richly. Michelle

New Habitat for Humanity House in Port Clinton

Habitat for Humanity of Ottawa County is seeking

volunteers to help construct their newest home for a

qualified family at 336 Superior St., Port Clinton.

No experience is required; there is something for

everyone. If you would be interested in volunteering on

this project please contact the Habitat for Humanity

office at 419-734-7074 to be scheduled for work. Any

amount of time that you can give will be appreciated.

Habitat’s newest qualified partner family is a single mom

with two children. Mom is so excited to finally become a

first time homeowner.

Habitat for Humanity was awarded grant funding to help

on this project from the Ottawa County Community

Foundation.

Walleye Wishes for the Cure – Benefits American Cancer

Society Update This summer, our wild and wonderful walleye have been

quietly raising money for the American Cancer Society.

The amount raised so far is $575. This campaign will

finish at the end of this month. Don’t

wait to participate. Think of a friend

you want to surprise with our colorful

yard art. We hope to match last

years’ total of $2000. Fill out a pink

sheet on our opportunity table or call

the church office.

The donation to send the walleye is

$20.00. Once the fish are planted in someone’s yard or

garden, they may pay a donation of $15.00 to remove

them or a donation of $25.00 to send them on to

another family.

September 2014

Mission Committee News We have had a very busy summer with mission projects

in our church. Thank you to all of you who have

contributed in numerous ways to our efforts.

We were the packing site for the Summer Lunch and

Fun program in Port Clinton. Our church members

prepared and packaged the lunches on three different

dates.

In late May and June we were collecting money for

Heartbeat of Ottawa County. Many baby bottles were

distributed after worship one Sunday and then returned

on Father’s Day with donations inside. Heartbeat has

informed us that we raised $174.57 for them.

We support two mission workers, John and Diane, who

are ministering in an unstable area overseas. We were

able to send them a donation of $500.00 for their

continued efforts.

We were made aware of a family in our community who

needed beds for their children. We were able to secure

mattresses for these children. Also, many of you

donated bedding or money toward sheets, blankets, and

comforters.

Our continued involvement with the Church of the

Nazarene on the first Wed. of every month allows us to

provide a meal and fellowship with their members,

many of which are children.

Our “Sharing Cabinet” continues to offer items to our

members for a donation. The funds generated from this

project are made available to help wherever we are

needed.

Our fabulous walleyes have been popping up around our

community this summer. These colorful creatures

support the American Cancer Society.

In July/August we have been collecting school supplies

for the “School Kit” program from the PC(USA) disaster

assistance program. Anita Fisher has been busy sewing

the bags which will hold the school supplies for a

student. In early Sept. we will package and send these

kits off so they can be used by a student somewhere

around the globe.

We are eager and willing to help with a mission project

that speaks to someone’s heart. Please share your

thoughts should you know of a program, place, or

someone we can assist.

Joyce Jagucki

Mission Chairperson

Volunteer Opportunities

Men’s Forum Committee

A few men are needed to organize 5 or 6 Men's activities

per year. I am not able to do it any more.

Thanks.

Bob Black

The World Wide Gift Shop

The Wide World Shoppe and our artisans around the

world need you! For just a few hours monthly, you can

not only help us continue our mission of providing a

market for our artisans but you also will meet very

interesting people – our customers.

As I am sure most of you know, we are a non-profit

store in downtown Port Clinton selling items crafted by

artisans from around the world. We are a Fair Trade

retail gift shop and have no paid staff. We have been in

business in the Port Clinton area for 22 years.

Volunteers are crucial to our success by keeping our

overhead low which in turn allows us to purchase more

items from our artisans.

For more information, please call the Wide World

Shoppe at 419-732-2360 or Liz Young at 419-734-3759.

The Wide World Shoppe

130 Madison Street

419-732-2360

September 2014

PASTOR’S PAGE

Change? Do We Hafta?

As our New Beginnings groups are finishing up their six

sessions together, I’ve come to be aware that this whole

discussion of how the church might do things differently

is making people a bit anxious. That’s not surprising, of

course: pretty much no one likes change, especially if

the change is somebody else’s idea.

The Decisions Are Ours I want to make it clear that whatever comes out of

Firelands Church’s New Beginnings process will be our

decision. There are folks in Maumee Valley Presbytery

who stand ready to help us with whatever we decide,

but our decisions will be ours alone.

This is not to say that all of us will agree 100% with

everything that comes out of the New Beginnings

process. I don’t know any organization I’ve ever been a

part of, including my family, where I’ve agreed with

every decision … and I imagine you are the same way.

Your Voice Is Important What matters, though, is that all of us feel that we’ve

had a chance to be heard—that our voices are

important. That’s a commitment that I’m sure the New

Beginnings leaders will support. That group will begin

meeting in September to compare and compile what

happened in the four different small groups, and

communication and listening will be hugely important as

that group—and we as a congregation—move forward.

Even if moving forward means we basically keep doing

what we’ve always done.

Managing Transitions When I think of change, I always think of a book by

William Bridges, called Managing Transitions: Making the

Most of Change. It was published back in 1991, and

there are undoubtedly lots more books on the subject

that have come out since then, but this is the one that

has meant a lot to me over the years.

The Ending—Leaving Egypt Bridges says that there are three parts of every change,

and that the new beginning part is the last to happen.

The first thing to happen is that we have to let go of

some parts of the ways we did things before. “The way

we used to be” has to end. For Moses and the Israelites,

this was leaving “the way we do things” in Egypt. They

may have been difficult, but they were known!

In a contemporary example, when a couple has a new

baby there are things they will probably have to give up

(at least for a while): regular sleep, time alone with

each other, and the flexibility of going somewhere or

doing something spontaneously. Most likely they’re

thrilled to have that baby, but every change involves

some losses, and couples who can’t adjust to those

losses have a hard time really becoming parents.

The Neutral Zone—The Wilderness The next part, Bridges says, is the neutral zone. “This is

the no-man’s-land between the old reality and the new.

It’s the limbo between the old sense of identity and the

new. It is a time when the old way is gone and the new

doesn’t feel comfortable yet” (p. 5).

Or more metaphorically, he says that the neutral zone is

Linus when his blanket is in the wash … or a trapeze

artist who’s let go of the first trapeze but hasn’t yet

grasped onto the second … or the Israelites in the

wilderness between Egypt and the Promised Land.

Neutral zones tend to be uncomfortable. We feel

confused when we’re in this stage. Uncomfortable.

But the neutral zone is also the time when we have the

best chance for creativity, renewal, and development.

This is when revitalization begins. This is when a motley

bunch of former slaves started to become a people.

Or think of when you first moved up to the Lake. You

were in the neutral zone—you’d had to say goodbye to

your neighbors, the grocery store you always went to,

your doctor, etc. But when you were first settling in as

residents here, the possibilities were endless. Are we

Kroger’s people or Bassett’s people? Ooh, look at the

fascinating variety of neighbors there are in this new

neighborhood. I’ll bet it was an exciting time.

The Beginning—The Promised Land This is when it all comes together. The baby smiles and

maybe even says Dada. The new place to live feels like

home. The new mission for Firelands Presbyterian

Church is in place and thriving, new people have been

drawn to join with this congregation in discipleship and

worship, and the Promised Land has arrived.

Because the thing we need to remember throughout this

journey is that God has promised to be with us. God has

promised good for us. And God will not let us down.

September 2014

Lectionary Texts for September September 7–

Ordinary 23

Semi-continuous

Old Testament

� Exodus 21:1-14

� Psalm 149

Complementary

Old Testament

� Ezekiel 33:7-11

� Psalm 119:3340

New Testament

� Romans 13:8-14

� Matthew 18:15-20

September 14 –

Ordinary 24

Semi-continuous

Old Testament

� Exodus 14:19-31

� Psalm 114 or

Exodus 15:1b-11,

20-21

Complementary

Old Testament

� Genesis 50:15-21

� Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-

13

New Testament

� Romans 14:1-12

� Matthew 18:21-35

September 21 –

Ordinary 25

Semi-continuous

Old Testament

� Exodus16:2-15

� Psalm 105:1-6, 37-

45

Complementary

Old Testament

� Jonah 3:10 - 4:11

Psalm 145:1-8

New Testament

� Philippians 1:21-30

� Matthew 20:1-16

September 28–

Ordinary 26

Semi-continuous

Old Testament

� Exodus 17:1-7

� Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16

Complementary

Old Testament

� Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-

32

� Psalm 25:1-9

New Testament

� Philippians 2:1-13

� Matthew 21:23-32

Ongoing Prayer Concerns For those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:

Debbie Ballinger, Richard Berlinger, Jenatha Boose, Joyce Brown, Brent, Harold Cooly, Tom Gahris, John Gibson IV,

Harold, Cathy Hill, Kim Hudson, Craig Kaiser, Arlene Kakareka, Stephen Kessler, Lydia, Betty Layton, Angjuli Lele,

Richard Lethander, John McLaughlin, Dale Mercer, Simon Mercurio, Michael, Jordan Moore,

Jill Petty Bryant, John Rick, Tom Roush, Sara, Sarah, Jack Schmidt, Justin Waugh, Ann Wagnitz, Phil Wierzba

For those facing the infirmities of age:

Roseanne Barker, Carolyn Doane, Clara Maag, Shirley Ohles, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy, Bernetta Turek,

Gordan Wahlers, and Irene Wilson

For those seeking freedom, security, and hope:

Bobby, Justin, Stephanie, Val, and CASA Families

For those in the service of our country:

Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Matt Devries, USAF;

Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;

Michael Stockhausen, USN;

For those in mission for our Lord:

Our missionaries in the Middle East; Phillip and Elizabeth Prasad in India;

The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;

The Rev. Hazael Compuzano and our sister congregation, Dios es Amor, Mexico City;

The Monte Sinai Mexican Mission in our Presbytery

To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.

September 2014

Stated Session Meeting Highlights for August 12, 2014 The meeting was opened with prayer by Pastor Jeanne.

Prayer requests were shared and cards were passed out

and signed.

Report of the Clerk: Dave Moore. The July minutes

were approved as presented.

Treasurer’s Report: Bill Umlauf, Treasurer – Income

for July was $11,458.00 ($208.00 more than budgeted).

Expenses of $9,564.29 were $1,473.29 less than

budgeted resulting in a General Fund gain of $1,893.71

for July. Total YTD GF Income of $77,163.52 ($1,586.48

less than budgeted.) minus YTD GF Expense of

$83,017.26 ($267.53 less than budgeted) results in a

current GFYTD loss of $5,853.74, down from July’s

number of $7,917.45. In August, we will have a once a

year payment for insurance of $3681.00 .Total YTD

Preschool Income minus Total YTD Expense results in a

current Preschool YTD loss of $502.95.

Financial Stewardship: Mary Caracci. Harold Brown

and Dave Wahlers with help from Janine Dress are

preparing the annual audit. The sale of 100 cookbooks

has generated $1563.00 in income. The total bill of

$1324.20 has been paid in full. When all 226 books sell,

the net profit for the General Fund will be $2,065.80.

The stewardship letter with pledge cards will be mailed

in October after approval at the Annual Meeting. Pledge

cards will be dedicated on the Sunday before

Thanksgiving.

Property Management: Jack Combs. Mechanisms on

the windows in the Pastor’s office are inoperable and will

be replaced. Higher water usage for the month may be

watering of the lawn/plantings in this dry spell or the

preschool’s filling their wading pools. The PC Water

Dept. finds no problem with their pipes. Toilets in

women’s bathroom may become a 2015 budget item.

We may revise our parking lot snow removal procedure

for next winter—we may plow only part of the lot and

use only one entrance.

Mission Committee: Joyce Jagucki. From now to

mid-September, members are bringing supplies for

PC(USA) School Kits. Our meal for Church of the

Nazarene was cancelled for August but will be resumed

in September. The summer lunch program concludes

this month and we thank members who helped with the

packing. A new project of Transitional Housing is to

provide classes in the importance of purchasing food on

sale, then the preparation, freezing and use of it. They

are requesting financial help and possible use of our

facilities for classes and food preparation. We may help

with providing vouchers for freezers as incentives for

completing the classes. The sharing cabinet continue to

be a success—keep bringing your items!

Personnel Committee: Alison Falls. The personnel

reviews for all FPC staff are in process.

Nominating Committee: Alison Falls. A slate of

recommended candidates for Elders and Deacons will be

presented to Session in September and for a vote at our

Annual Meeting later that month.

Worship and Music Committee: Kay McIntosh.

Vespers were held on July 27 with the debut of the new

Firelands Band including Dave Wahlers, Fred Hany &

Charlie Garrett. Sunday evening vespers will be held on

August 24 and September 28 The new butterfly quilt,

hanging from the organ loft, notes our “long green”

liturgical season and was donated by Marie Ripich of the

Linus Quilters. Anita Fisher loves a challenge and single-

handedly completed the second green felt banner. Karen

Vardyan is our silk floral arranger and Marilyn Umlauf is

coordinating the communion stewards. The new piano

light is greatly appreciated by our musicians.

The Preschool and Spiritual Growth/Christian

Education Committees had no reports.

Report of the Pastor: Jeanne Gay. Karen Shifflet will

join our church on Sunday, August 17 following meeting

with members of Session. Karen Coffin will introduce

Karen. Pastor has had the offer from a young man who

has multiple hours of community service to serve. His

name will be given to John Vardyan for possible work on

church grounds.

Old Business: The New Beginnings group meetings are

going well and will be completed in early September for

the next part of the process..

Size of Session; Alison Falls. The size of our Session

compared to the size of our current congregation was

discussed again and tabled on Nominating Committee’s

suggestion that it be part of the new Session’s agenda

in early 2015.

New Business: Procedures for worship service: Karen

Coffin. Jeanne’s absence shows a need for written

procedures for operating ceiling fans and for assuring

that the Pastor’s microphone is properly recording.

Karen and Jeanne will provide these procedures.

All committee chairs are reminded that Annual Reports

are due so church members can have the entire report

before the September 28th Annual Meeting

Prayer concerns were shared and Pastor Jeanne closed

the meeting with prayer.

Highlights taken from the minutes of Clerk of Session,

Dave Moore

September 2014

Preschool News It is hard to believe that summer is over and another school year has begun. We spent most of August outside,

enjoying the beautiful weather. We spent a week reading and learning about animals at the zoo. We made elephants,

giraffes, and zebras ... oh my! We also did a unit on bears. We read books about some of our favorite famous bears

as well as real bears. We ended the week by bringing our own bears to school. We ate snack and played games with

them. Ms. Elizabeth even planned a bear hunt in fellowship hall.

As always, we enjoyed our visits from our church friends. The kids love spending time with Pastor Jeanne, "Coach"

Coffin, Mrs. D, Ms. Kay, and Ms. Marsha and the other guest readers. We look forward to seeing each of you every

month!

Ms. Elizabeth brightened up our room by painting our existing shelves. She even painted the backs with chalk board

paint! The kids are loving writing and drawing on them. We also purchased a light table for our classroom. We have

been experiment with building, counting and mixing colors on it. It is definitely a classroom favorite among the

children and teachers!

We are excited to have started another new school year. We have welcomed back old friends and made new friends

as well. The students are enjoying exploring the classroom and playing with new and old toys. We will be spending

the first few weeks learning about our classroom rules and getting to know each other.

Rachel Johnson

Preschool Director and Head Teacher

September 2014

September Celebrations

Doris Rowbotham 9

Rosemarie

Shinde 21 Jim and Heather Stouffer 7

John Pugh 10 Evan Viery 22 Shirley Stary and Bill Rodwancy 29

Todd Jagucki 16 Sean Black 24 Mary & Dave Caracci 29

Mardi Hany 20 Dave Moore 30

Is your birthday or anniversary missing or incorrect?

Contact the office so we can make the changes to the list!

September 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Labor Day

Office

Closed

2

4:00 New Beginnings Group

3

Office Open

10 Bible Study@ Magruder

6:00 PC Nazarene Dinner

4

7:00 New Beginnings

5

6

7

9:15 Sunday School

10:30 Worship

8

9

9:00 Quilting at Wilson’s

7 Session

10


11

12

Youth Group staying overnight

13

Youth Group staying overnight

14

9:15 Sunday

School

10:30 Worship

15

16

17

10 Bible Study@

Magruder

18

19

20

9:00 MVP

Woman’s Program in Huron

21

9:15 Sunday School

10:30 Worship

6 Vespers ‘n Victuals

22 23

9:00 Quilting at at Wilson’s

4:30 MAS

24


25

26 27

28

9:15 Sunday School

10:30 Worship

Noon Annual Meeting & Potluck

29

Office Closed

30

Office Closed

Office Open

September 2014

Don’t Forget Your Time to Serve!

Ministry Names

Monthly Deacon of the Month Dave & Sally Wahlers

Communion Server Kay McIntosh

September 7 Greeter(s) Darrell and Connie Brand

Refreshments

Reader Susan Rogers

Communion Assistant Heather Stouffer

Servers Connie Brand, Bob & Maxine Wilson, Jack Combs

Nursery Volunteer Anne O’Malley

Pianist Kay McIntosh

September 14 Greeter(s) Bob & Kaye Elliott

Refreshments

Reader Karen Coffin

Communion Assistant Ernie McCullough

Servers Bob & Kaye Elliott, Alison Falls, and Jim Layton

Nursery Volunteer


September 21 Greeter(s) Bill & Ruth Shannon

Refreshments

Reader Connie Brand

Communion Assistant Bob Black

Servers John & Lori Madison, Nila McCullough, Anita Fisher

Nursery Volunteer Janet Gray-Moore


September 28 Greeter(s) Dave & Sally Wahlers

Refreshments

Reader Shirley Stary

Communion Assistant Lori Madison

Servers Dave Wahlers, Betty Layton, Sally Walter, Rosemarie Shinde

Nursery Volunteer Susan Rogers

Pianist Susan Larcey

September 2014

The Musical Art Series /

Port Clinton, OH

2014 – 2015 Season

Saturday, October 11, 2014

7:30 PM

THE EARL E. WARNKE MEMORIAL CONCERT

QUELQUE CHOSE

Greg Kostraba (pianist), Rico McNeela (violinist) and Robert Garcia (horn)

Sponsored by Crown Battery

Saturday, November 15, 2014

7:30 PM

SIMPLE GIFTS

World music artfully played on an array of ethnic instruments

Sponsored by The Harry Stensen Memorial Fund

Friday, December 5, 2014

7:30 PM

ARTISTS FROM THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

Jinjoo Cho, violin, and HyunSoo Kim, piano

Sponsored by Bassett's Market and Dubbert's Outdrive Service

Sunday, January 25, 2015

3:00 PM

MEN WHO DON’T BITE

A quartet of the foremost bassoon players in the western hemisphere

Sponsored by Otterbein North Shore and Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser

Saturday February 7, 2015

7:30 PM

CAROL DUSDIEKER AND MARGARITA DENENBURG

Soprano and accompanist present French composer Nadia Boulanger and her “American Protégés” in a mix of art and comic songs and jazzy musical theatre

Sponsored by The Stouffer Family and Catawba Island Club

Saturday, March 28. 2015

7:30 PM

THE JULIA SOMSEN QUAYLE MEMORIAL CONCERT

THE WESTHUIZEN DUO

Pierre and Sophie van der Westhuizen in a vibrant program for piano, four hands

Saturday, April 18, 2015

7:30 PM

THE KENTUCKY WONDER STRING BAND

Authentic bluegrass and Appalachian music on banjo, guitar, fiddle and hammered dulcimer

Sponsored by Arby's and Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP and Jack Hilbert

Saturday, May 2, 2015

7:30 PM

CHARLES MANNING, ORGANIST

One of the premier organists in the Midwest presents a brilliant recital of classical repertoire

Sponsored by Dr. Jay M. and Margaret N. Mann

Saturday, May 9, 2015

7:30 PM

at Port Clinton High School Performing Arts Center

PAMELA ROSE AND THE WILD WOMEN OF SONG

Jazz, vocalist presents the music of American women composers of the glory days of Tin Pan Alley

Sponsored by Miller Boat Line

The use of the Performing Arts Center funded by The Frederick Agency

Except as noted, all concerts at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton, OH

Tickets $15 at the door; students and children admitted free.

For information or season tickets, call 419-734-6211, go to WWW.MUSICALARTSPORTCLINTON.COM, or find us on Facebook (The Musical Arts Series/Port Clinton).

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