PresbEnews June 1, 2011 A mid‐week newsletter of First Presbyterian Church ‐ Jody McDevitt & Dan Krebill, co‐pastors Willson at Babcock, PO Box 1150, Bozeman, MT 59771 (406) 586‐9194 ‐ www.fpcbozeman.org ‐ Deb Griffin, Editor ‐ [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] and type “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. What’s Special This Sunday? Newly elected elders and deacons will be ordained and installed during the 10:30 service. Elders in the class of 2014 are Chuck Beck, Betsy Crabs, Debbie Ernst and Ric Tieman. Deacons in the class of 2014 are Judy Arkwright, Dick & Rosemary Lee, Rhoda McCormick, Tom & Mary McMakin, Maureen Poremba, and Scott & Mary Thompson. A cherished part of the service is the laying on of hands for those being ordained, when all previously ordained deacons, elders and ministers of word and sacrament are invited to participate in this powerful symbol connecting our ordination today with the initial call to service by Jesus. Also during each service this Sunday, the quilt that is being raffled to raise funds for the purchase of defibrillators both for the church facility in town as well as up the canyon at Rockhaven will be displayed. Raffle Tickets for Handmade Quilt Beginning next Sunday, June 5th, we will be selling raffle tickets for a beautiful hand‐made quilt which has been donated by Betsy Crabs. The proceeds will go toward purchasing two defibrillators for the church and for Rockhaven. The tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5. Please come next Sunday and see this magnificent quilt! It will be shown at both services. We will be doing additional money‐making projects this summer! If you like to sew, knit, or crochet, please plan to come to Bonnie Blakely’s home at 1717 South Willson Street on June 7th at 11a for a soup and bread meeting. Bring only your ideas and we will have a brief organizational/ informational meeting along with a delicious meal. It will be well worth your time and you can take the entire summer to make your favorite things. Please call Donna Beck at 587‐4087 or 539‐0917 if you will be joining us. If you want to be involved but cannot make the meeting, please let me know as we would love to include you in our plans. Page 1 PresbEnews - 6/1/2011 This week... Wed, Jun 1 ‐ Thu, Jun 2 ‐ 7:30a ‐ Women’s Morning Book Group 7:00p ‐ Deacons’ Meeting 7:00p ‐ Compassionate Friends Sun, Jun 5 ‐ FOOD BANK SUNDAY 8:30a ‐ Jazz Worship 10:30a ‐ Worship Tue, Jun 7 ‐ 7:00p ‐ Boy Scouts In Memoriam William H. “Bill” Williams September 10, 1920 – May 22, 2011 Ralph Knutson July 31, 1931 – May 30, 2011 A service celebrating Bill’s life was held at the church on May 26. A memorial service honoring Ralph will be held on July 15. Thanks be to God for the gift of life and the gift of life eternal in Jesus Christ. Meet Rev. Art Ziemann from Church World Service The Rev. Art Ziemann, Regional Director for Church World Service, plans to be in Bozeman on Sunday, June 12. You are invited to a soup and bread luncheon at 12:30p. He invites you and others who might be interested in an update on the work of Church World Service, CROP Hunger Walks, and the importance of working ecumenically. Please join us for lunch, and learn more about how you can join in helping to bring relief to hungry people. A CROP Hunger Walk is planned in Bozeman on Sunday, October 16. More information about it will come next fall. Judy Mathre * CROP Walk Coordinator * 587‐8666 VBS Needs for “Creative Missions” When arts and crafts meets giving to others, we call it “creative missions.” Please sign up to donate the following items by letting Linda know ([email protected]; 586‐9194), or by filling in your name on the master chart in the back of the sanctuary. All items are needed by Wed morning, June 15. Thank you! 10 foam paint brushes 5 pairs new knee‐highs (nude or beige) 1 roll wax paper 1 bag potting soil 10 pairs “googly eyes” 25‐50 ct. opaque, 8‐oz drinking cups 1 box (50‐100 ct) plain note‐card size envelopes Assorted stickers and/or foam stickers Flower seed packets Fleece remnants For the assembly of school kits for children in need, you can contribute these new school supplies. Please note that the requirements are very specific for these kits. You may contribute the quantity you are able, and no “sign up” is needed for these items. Blunt scissors 30‐cm rulers 1” long, hand‐held pencil sharpeners 150‐count loose leaf paper Spiral or top‐bound paper 24‐count box of crayons Unsharpened pencils 2.5” erasers Page 2 PresbEnews - 6/1/2011 A Round of Prayer The Presbytery of Yellowstone is beginning a “round of prayer” for our churches, pastors, and disciples. Each Sunday beginning June 5, 2011, through May 29, 2012, we are encouraged to pray for one another according to a calendar suggested by the Presbytery Council. This Sunday we begin the cycle with prayer for the Rev. Paul Krebill, who is honorably retired as Pastor Emeritus of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church and a beloved pastor in our church as well. Please join other Yellowstone Presbyterians as we encourage and equip one another for God’s work in our communities. Food Bank Sunday ‐ June 5, 2011 Sunday, June 5, is our regular monthly Food Bank Sunday. This week, the Second Annual Listening Session on June 7 If you are interested in social and economic justice and concerned about issues facing your community, please join the Montana Organizing Project (MOP) on Tuesday, June 7th, for a listening session. There will be an opportunity here to have your voice heard about matters that concern you. This session is one of almost 30 that are happening across the state that MOP will use to determine our issues and areas of focus for the upcoming year. Mo MOP ntana Organizin g Project What: Listening Session When: Tuesday June 7th 7:00- 8:30 PM Where: Bozeman First Presbyterian Church, Room 204 Refreshments will be provided. The Montana Organizing Project (MOP) is a collaboration of diverse community, civic, labor and faith groups and community members who have come together to form an organization. We actively work for economic, racial and social justice, promoting the dignity and empowerment of people with low and middle incomes whose voices have not been heard in their communities. Gallatin Valley Food Bank Wish List includes: • Cheerios For more information contact Dan Krebill at • Tomato Soup [email protected] or at 586-9194. • Hamburger Helper • Fruit Cocktail • Tuna • Peanut Butter Nancy Williams is still missing a pie (or check out server from Piety Sunday. It has a www.gallatinvalleyfoodbank.org) wooden handle and belonged to her mother. If you happened to pick it up by Missing: Pie Server mistake, please return it to Nancy as soon as possible. Page 3 PresbEnews - 6/1/2011 Pentecost Offering “So I Send You” (John 20:21) Offering Distribution 40% ‐ Congregational Ministries with children at risk which goes to Rockhaven Camp Scholarships. 50% ‐ General Assembly ministries with youth and young adults 10% ‐ Child advocacy at the national level Your giving to the Pentecost Offering, taken up each year for children at risk, Youth, and young adults, matters. New in the Library A number of items have been added to the library inventory; among them are selections from the library shelves of Jerry Crabs and Ralph Knutson. A three-part DVD set titled Jesus and the Gospels has been donated by Ev and Mary Lensink. You will find these items on the Recent Acquisitions shelf. Also, a wonderful wall map of the world, from “we don’t know who,” is now on display. Our thanks to all of you for sharing your literary and geographic bounty with FPC library. Even though the summer schedule is getting into full swing, the library will be open for your reading pleasure. Please be sure to sign a check out card when taking items with you. The Summer of Hope The Summer of Hope, a non‐profit organization that brings orphans from impoverished countries to the Bozeman area each summer with the intent of finding them a forever family, cordially invites you to participate in this year’s Hope Walk on Saturday, June 11th. The Hope Walk is a fun, family friendly 6K fundraiser in which participants of all ages are encouraged to collect sponsorships to help fund the airfare for these children. Food, festivities, and entertainment will be provided after the walk at Bogert Park. To receive your Hope Walk packet, contact Jan Druckenmiller at 586‐ 5773. “Service Plunge” Day Camp for Middle School July 18‐22 is the week when our middle school students (entering grades 6‐9) will join students from Hope Lutheran Church and Christ the King Lutheran Church in a “Service Plunge,” helping with various community agencies and having Christian fun together. Students interested in participating in this local mission opportunity should contact Jody McDevitt ([email protected] or 586‐9194 x203) to sign up. Adults who could volunteer for a day with the youth should contact Jody. The week will conclude with a day at Rockhaven on the high ropes course! Page 4 PresbEnews - 6/1/2011 Holland‐days… By Dan Holland Last weekend we traveled down to Denver to watch our son, Dain, receive his two year degree in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University. Although the school itself is only ten years old, its campus dates back to the early 1900’s when it was first established as the Colorado Women’s College. It is a lovely, immaculately manicured campus and the commencement exercise was held outside on the lawn on Saturday morning (the weather was gorgeous despite receiving more rain in the three previous days than they had all year.) It is customary for the school to select a celebrity chef as its commencement speaker, and this year Keegan Gerhard was the choice. If you are like me and don’t watch the Food Network, then you have probably never heard of him either. I will, however, pause momentarily while you google him and see that he is a person of note. His commencement address was somewhat arduous, as many of them tend to be. As he summarized — to the great relief of the assembled masses — he mentioned two things completely out of context with the rest of his rambling: commitment and faith. The commitment he spoke of was committing to be the best chef one could be, and the faith was to have enough faith in yourself to believe you could do it, but it seemed to me that these same principles have applicability in any endeavor. Revival Okay, Lord, I made that commitment to be your servant a long time ago — well, it was a long time ago by my reckoning. But things seem to be stagnating lately. Maybe I need one of those revival meetings between my soul, and my heart, and my mind. I need some faith in my commitment, and some commitment in my faith to combat this lethargy. And then I see all the opportunities you have placed before me. Opportunities to pray, opportunities to serve. Taken as a whole they are overwhelming, but tackled one at a time, piece by piece, they are manageable. So I pray that prayer; I perform that ministry. I am revived. James said ‘faith without works is dead.’ Isn’t it better to say ‘works done in faith is alive.’ Page 5 PresbEnews - 6/1/2011 Resident Rooms available at Christus Collegium Resident rooms are available for Fall 2011at the Christus Collegium, 714 S. Eighth. Two women’s single‐ occupancy resident rooms and a men’s room may also be available. Applicants must be currently enrolled MSU students, with priority given to members of the United Methodist, Lutheran (ELCA), Presbyterian (USA) and Episcopal churches. Applicants for a community Resident Assistant are also being sought. For more information, contact Kerri Brown, Administrative Manager, Christus Collegium, Center for Campus Ministry at 586‐3172, at [email protected], or stop by and visit us at 714 S. Eighth. Love INC Linen Closet The Love INC Linen Closet needs bath towels, hand towels, and wash cloths (in good condition) to serve local residents in need. Donations may be taken to the Love INC office at 443 E Main Street. VBS Adult Helpers Needed We are partners with 4 other downtown churches in the Ecumenical VBS which will be June 20‐24, in the mornings. Adult volunteers are still needed in all areas, but especially in Games and Snack Preparations. If you could give some time to this wonderful annual event, please complete a volunteer form and turn it in this week to the church office. Volunteer Orientation is nest Sunday, May 22, from 5:30 – 7 pm. Talk with Suzanne Bratsky or Jody McDevitt if interested. Rockhaven Camp Brochures Available Rockhaven camp brochures are available throughout the church. Please pick one up if you have a child interested in attending one of the six camps. There are three overnight camps and three‐day camps. Holy Humor A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!" His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means? The son replied, "I do know!" "Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?" "That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly," It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.' Page 6