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The Newsletter of the First Presbyterian Church of Turlock
Rev. Craig J. Wright
You think you will never get there when the kids are
young, but you do, and they get there too. Where?
To maturity, that’s where. Growing a pack of kids
can seem like an endless cycle of correction and
intense conversation, “Do this.” “Don’t do that.”
“Come on, really guys!?” (Spoken in exasperation)
And then all of a sudden they grow up. And you
look at them from afar and feel like they are not just
going to be okay, they might just thrive in this world.
If you have raised a few, or just remember being a
kid yourself, you understand that eventually some
sort of maturity moves in where things like
cluelessness and carelessness once lived. It is a
wonderful feeling. Times of parental correction give
way to times of shared interests and even friendship.
That is so rich. Watching the young people around
you grow into adults is a wonderful thing.
This reflection came to me, not because I have had
my own munchkins under the microscope, but
because this last week I have been watching many of
you moving about in the real world. Moving about,
not as children in the faith, but as mature Christians,
people whose commitment to Christ and to the world
has reached a beautiful and settled maturity.
Can I tell you what I saw this week from the
members of First Pres.? I was walking out of the
hospital from visiting one of our own, when I saw
one of our own walking in to visit another ‘one of
our own.’ I then drove over to one of our member’s
home to offer him a ride, only to discover, one of our
deacons beat me to it. . I watched as another one of
our dear members poured tea and sat with a grief
filled grandmother. I heard about how many of our
people have driven to Kaiser to love on Bob and
Mary Peterson in the midst of their valley. I heard of
this from Mary and Bob, who were themselves so
touched by your kindness, by your prayers and by
your presence.
I smiled many times just this last week, as I thought
about how we care for one another at FPC. Jesus
said this very thing would be how the world would
know we are his disciples, “That we love one
another.”
I could stop here and say a prayer of thanksgiving to
be the pastor of such a very “grown up in Christ”
church. But why stop the ’pastoral’ parental gloating
now. I also watched as record numbers of you came
to share in the blessed work of feeding Turlock’s
homeless. Once again you gave all the money we
needed, and there were more volunteer hands than
we could use. What is it about you people rising up
to help others? It is amazing! Clear evidence that
the Spirit of Christ is within you.
Sunday night the young people fed the first group of
homeless folks. It was a nice dinner, served
restaurant style. Now it is not easy getting all these
kids to show up to do fun things like water-slides and
beach trips and laser tag, so why is it that they come
out of the woodwork to feed the homeless? Could it
be that they are following the lead of their parents
and grand-parents in serving the less fortunate? Yes,
that’s what I think it is.
These are my pastoral reflections for the week. FPC
is a magnificent church, made that way because you
all love God, you love each other and you love your
neighbors. We are not all perfect yet, but I must tell
you, I have never been more proud to be your pastor.
As we travel through the Beatitudes this Lenten
season, the word “Blessed” really captures FPC. We
are blessed, because we are a blessing. May that
continue to grow as we bear one another's burdens
and reach out to the world around us in Christ’s love!
With Gratitude
Pastor Craig
Announcements
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Table of Contents:
Pastor’s Pen
1
Bake Sale
2
FPC Directory
2
Choir Concert
2
Special Report
2
Those Who Serve
3
Worship Assistants
3
Birthdays
3
Calendar
Insert
Church Grapevine
4
Shut-ins
4
Missions
5
Tri-Tip Fundraising
5
Buildings & Grounds
6
Current Events
7
Presbyterian Women
7
Young Adults
7
Note From Steve
7
Sunday School
8
Children’s
8
Youth Events
8
Zoe Zone
8
The Learning Zone
9
Easter Eggstravaganza 9
Finance
10
Music
11
Holy Week
11
Deacon’s Corner
12
Session’s Update
12
Per Capita
12
NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Beginning on March
4th – 7th, we will be having portrait sessions
with Lifetouch Photography to customize a
new directory for our church. With each
session, you will receive a FREE church
directory PLUS a FREE 8x10 family portrait of
choice. Each participant will also receive a
20% discount toward their total purchase. If
you have not yet signed up, it’s not too late.
Please contact the church office for assistance
or you may log onto our website:
www.fpcturlock.com to schedule your
appointment.
Palm Sunday
March 29, 2015
Following the Combined Single
Service Worship Service
at 10:30 Am
Please bring your donated
baked goods to the kitchen
prior to the service. And bring
willing hearts to purchase
baked goods.
SUPPORT OUR OWN FPC CHANCEL CHOIR
At the 23rd Annual Ecumenical Choir Concert
On Sunday, March 8th at 4:00 pm., our very own Chancel Choir will
once again join other churches to help raise funds to benefit Habitat
for Humanity.
The concert is FREE to attend. A free-will
offering will be taken during the concert.
All proceeds will benefit the Habitat for
Humanity in Stanislaus County.
Our Church Family requires temporary essential support of individuals and
families within our congregation in various specific ways, mostly with meal
support and transportation support, especially to and from Church. If you
are an individual who would like to help on a temporary basis, or if you
have thought about becoming a Deacon but do not want to make a long
term commitment, here is your chance to fulfill a desire to nurture your
fellow members. If you are willing to assist the Deacons with meeting this
necessity, please contact your Deacon, or Polet Yonan in the Church office,
at 634-2343, immediately please. Our Church members who are facing this
immediate need for support will be most appreciative.
Those Who Serve
Elders
Class of 2015
Gail Ballas
Dave Posluch
John Sims
Polet Yonan
Deacons
Class of 2015
Alison Aldax
Mary Peterson
Lois Wilson
Wilma Wright
Elders
Class of 2016
Mark Aldax
Kathleen Gunn
Gabriel Njock
Martin Purdy
Elders
Class of 2017
Glenda Jameson
Margaret Steel
Robert Traut
Pat Wallace
Deacons
Class of 2016
Bill Bishop
Judy Brighella
Marlena Mizicko
Joanne Abraham
Deacons
Class of 2017
Cindy Eisenhut
Chris Hughes
Pat Rubalcava
Mabel Sargis
Worship Assistants
Greeters for 8:30 worship
March 2015
1
8
15
22
29
Communion Team – March
Alison Aldax; Marlena Mizicko
Gabriel Njock; Glenda Jameson
Mark & Alison Aldax
Umar Ghuman & Robert Traut
Pat Rubalcava, Chris Hughes
Robert & Susan England
Pat Hickman & Jayne Smith
Elder Assistants
1
8
15
22
29
Greeters for 11:00 worship
Polet Yonan
Margaret Steel
Mark Aldax
Kathleen Gunn
John Sims
1
8
15
22
29
Emilio & Rosa Alvarado
Bob & Maxine Kisling
Bob & Ellen Santos
Mabel Franklin & Melba Jones
Mabel Sargis & Pat Weisel
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Mar 1
Mar 1
Mar 1
Mar 3
Mar 3
Mar 3
Mar 5
Mar 8
Mar 13
Mar 13
Mar 15
Mar 20
Mar 24
Mar 27
Mar 29
Mar 29
Mar 31
Mar 6
Mar 11
Mar 21
Mar 21
Mar 22
Mar 28
Elizabeth Arakelian
Meghan Sims
Terri Rodger
Don Ulrich
Pat Rubalcava
Margaret Steel
Steven Eisenhut
Mabel Sargis
Fran Hooper
Del Lansing
Ted Brugger
Julie Neely
Aislyn Castillo
Craig Wright
Betty Smith
Kendra Reyes
Charlie Wickwire
David & Wendy Warner
Robert & Susan England
David & Katherine Zollinger
Mark & Alison Aldax
Del & Donna Lansing
Louis & Catherine Randall
Prayers
This list is compiled by the information that you filled out. If we have missed your birthday
or anniversary please contact the office to let us know.
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Prayers
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Church Family Grapevine
Ongoing Prayer Needs Key Code:
P-Personal, F-Family, H-Health, S-Surgery, PGPregnancy, E-Employment, ST-Safe Travel, A-Adoption,
SA-Salvation, M-Military
Bonander, Mary Lou (Ruth Gaffney’s mom) (H)
Brodhag, Deborah
Brugger, Ted & Betty (H)
Cassay, Laura (H)
Duncan, Marian (Marilyn Hoobyar’s mom) (H)
Eshoo, Elsie (H)
PARAMOUNT
Duncan, Marian
(Marilyn Hoobyar’s Mom)
Paul & Cleone Westby
Turlock Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center
June Limprecht
Cleo Spencer
Finnegan, Dorothy (H)
Gerdes, Anne (H)
Hanna, Bill (Rev. Steve Hanna’s brother) (H)
Hooper, Fran (H)
Hunter, Charliene (H)
Lansing, Del (H)
Lipe, Ron (H)
Owens, Jeanette (H)
Peterson, Bob (S, H)
Purdy, Norman & Colleen (H)
Ribiero, Margaret (P)
Runsten, Tricia (H)
Salgado, Ester, (H)
Sheehan, Kevin (Robert Traut’s brother-in-law) (H)
Shippee, Gerry (H)
Spencer, Cleo (H)
St. Clair, Ellen (H)
Steel, Margaret (H)
Westby, Paul (H)
White, Brenda (H)
White, Bob (H)
Zollinger, Dave (H)
Zollinger, Kay (S)
BE JOYFUL IN HOPE, PATIENT IN AFFLICTION,
FAITHFUL IN PRAYER.”
ROMANS 12:12
Mission
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This committee meets every FIRST Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. Elder of
contact is Martin Purdy. Please join us for this wonderful ministry.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TEAM ON
MARCH 20, 2015
5:00 – 6:30 PM
TRI-TIP DINNER
$10 per person
Contact Marcy Wright or the church office to order
your tickets.
On behalf of the Mission Committee, we
wish to thank everyone that gave a
donation, volunteered to help cook, serve,
clean up or just sit and talk to our guests
during the week of February 22nd through
March 1st. It took the commitment of our
entire church to feed 60 people every night
and then house the women and children
and provide breakfast in the morning.
Mission Committee
Our Guatemala Team is ready for hire AND
willing to be put to work for YOU!
Keep our team members in mind for any of your
household, landscaping, cleaning, even cooking
needs:
Ryan Enoki Heather Fowler, Daniel Posluch,
Ami Washburn-Moore, Marcy Wright,
Nicholas Wright
Thank you for supporting the FPC team
members going to Guatemala.
Buildings & Grounds
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Do you see what
we see in FPC’s
parking lot? You
are right! New
flowers, new
bushes, new drip
lines and new
bark! Plus, this
new arrangement
uses little water.
First, let’s get up
to speed on our
parking lot,
followed by the
“timberrr!” of a
pine tree in back
and finally a heads-up for our Saturday, March 21 All-Church Work Day. • • •
We royally welcome Queen Ann agapanthus at the front entrance. Robby reports this agapanthus stays
small and produces blue blossoms. New pin cushion plants nearby will have lavender blooms. Both plants,
Robby adds, are “spring bloomers but have pretty foliage all year.”
In our parking lot “islands” are New Zealand Tea Tree shrubs (their pink blossoms are on display now).
These are accompanied by a mock orange and new “petite” pink oleanders that bloom all summer. Day
lilies soon will burst forth in yellow and pink and our pruned crepe myrtle bushes will add their delicate
pinks by summer.
To nourish this floral symphony, Robby installed new drip lines, which we then covered with bark. This
bark shields the drip lines from the hot summer sun and also keeps precious moisture in the ground.
Oh, and look for a new lilac bush in the area beneath our stained glass cross. In time, this bush will be a
showstopper, with blooms used in the narthex and sanctuary. • • •
In FPC's back grounds, a tree service removed a dead pine tree and also ground up several pesky tree
stumps. It was a win-win deal, as several pieces of the tree were hauled away for commercial use by a
student. • • •
From left: Oleander, mock orange, tea tree bushes, crepe myrtle.
Will Buildings & Grounds rest on floral
laurels? Hardly! B&G invites everyone
to an All-Church Work Day (8 a.m. to
noon on Saturday, March 21). On our
“to-do list”: prepare sanctuary and
grounds for Easter activities. Yes, our
work day arrives two weeks before
Easter. Let’s hop to it!
Buildings & Grounds Committee
Adult Ministry
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We meet as needed. Elders to contact are Glenda Jameson and Pat Wallace. Please
contact us if you’d like to participate in organizing events or partake in our ministry.
Presbyterian Women
Current Events
The P.W. Bible Circle will meet Wednesday
March 18 at 9:30 am in room #6. We will be
on lesson 6 in our study book. If you have
questions, do not hesitate to call Irene
Lanchester at 634-5844.
MARCH 22, 2015
The Elness Convalescent Hospital Birthday
Party will be March 11, the second
Wednesday at 10:00 am. For more
information, please contact Joann Wickwire
at (209) 667-2948.
Holt International will present their project for our
Current Events program in March. Franklin Grubbs,
Holt international Ambassador, will be the speaker for
the evening. The agency's purpose is to find loving
homes for children regardless of race, religion,
ethnicity or gender. Their vision,”a world where every
child has a loving and secure home.”
Holt International is a “Christian organization
committed to expressing God's compassion for
children While always upholding the highest ethical
standards. We:

Note From Steve
DON'T MISS OUT on a gift that you will keep
with you for the REST of your life. The things
you learn in this class will radically change how
you understand Scriptures which will then
radically change YOUR LIFE!
It's easy to quote a Bible verse to try to prove a
point but try tracing the 'trajectory' of an idea
throughout the Bible. We all like to quote the
Word but how can we do that if we don't
understand the WORLD of the Word?
Take my 8 week course and you will walk away
with the ability to interact with passages of the
Bible in a brand new way!
Starts this Sunday, March 1st, at 6pm
in Voight Hall.
Everyone is invited, Childcare provided!
Grace & Peace,
Steve Netniss


Find and support permanent, loving families
for children who are orphaned, abandoned or
at serious risk of separation from their family
Provide services to ensure that children will
grow and develop to their fullest potential
Lead the global community in advocating on
behalf of the world's most vulnerable
children”.
Holt International website: www.holtinternational.org
Frank's website: www.frankgrubbs.com
See you at current events.
Pat Hickman
YOUNG ADULTS
Bring your friends and join us on our
next Young Adult Feed on Tuesday,
March 3rd at 6:30 pm in Voight Hall.
Children’s & Youth Ministry
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Our ministry meets as needed to plan and organize events for our children and
youth. The contact elder is Mitchell Wallace, Director Marcy Wright, and Lois Marsh
is Sunday School Supervisor. Please contact either one to join our ministry.
Sunday school notes
YOUTH GROUP
SUNDAY
MARCH 15TH
AT
3:30 – 6:00
PM
$17 per
person
As we move through Lent the
preschool/kindergarten class will be learning
about the Lord's Prayer. The lower elementary
grades will have the following lessons: "Jesus and
the Man Who Was Blind", "Jesus, the Good
Shepherd", "Jesus and Martha", "Jesus and the
Disciples", and "Hosanna!---Palm Sunday". The
junior/senior high school class continues its Bible
study.
Looking ahead---There will be no Sunday school
on Easter Sunday, April 5.
Thank you, Lois Marsh
CHILDREN’S
Join us during worship hour to learn about
the greatest example of Jesus’ love for us
– his death and resurrection. Wednesday
nights we will be exploring space as we
learn about Heaven.
ZOE ZONE
Zoe Zone will be sharing the Good
News of Jesus’ resurrection with
Westside Ministries, April 1, and
our local community at our Easter
Eggstravaganza, April 4th.
Congratulations to Ryan Njock! You are
the first to complete all twelve passages for
this year’s Hide it in Your Heart. Everyone
else – keep up the good work!
Community Outreach
SCRIP

 PURPOSE OF SCRIP – SCRIP saves YOU time and stress.
How many benefits are there for using Scrip? MANY!
Convenient LESS Stress One Size Fits All
Lightweight Shipping No parking hassles AVOID
Traffic
LOTS of Choice in One PlaceGift Cards
good ALL over the Country….Just come on in and
pick up gift cards for all your favorite stores.
 VACATION PLANS? You can order scrip to cover
travel, restaurant and motel/hotel costs and return
$$$ to the church at no extra cost to you by planning
ahead. Check out the list included in this month’s
newsletter or see a more complete list at the church
office.
 HOW SCRIP WORKS – when you buy scrip gift cards
from the church a certain percentage of profit goes
from the gift card immediately to the church to help
send our kids to camp this summer. If you pay $25
for a gift card you can use it to purchase $25 worth of
merchandise, so it literally cost you nothing since you
get to spend exactly what you pay for and our church
youth benefit from your generosity. Several hundred
merchants are on the list available at the scrip table.
 SCRIP IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FROM THE CHURCH
OFFICE - during the week you can get Scrip at the
church office or by placing an order by phone or email. You can pick up scrip on hand or place an
order for delivery in about a week.
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LEARNING ZONE
The tutoring program is off and running
with 25 students and counting!
We continue to have a need for tutors as we
reach out to more students within our
community. This program is a great way for
us to touch the lives of young kids and their
families by offering homework help in a
nurturing and supportive environment. If
you are interested in becoming a tutor,
please contact Meredith at 552-6840 or
[email protected]. We will match
you up with a student that you will work
once a week. It truly is an amazing feeling to
know that you can change a child’s life and
bring a smile to their face.
Come be a part of our program!
We are in need of additional snacks for our
tutoring program. If you are able to donate,
please bring the snacks by the church office.
1.
Finance
After finishing the past two years with excess income we
slipped back this year and realized a net income loss in
2014. Through the hard work of our committees and the
diligence of our volunteers we managed to limit our
expenses to our predicted budgeted levels; however our
contributions fell short of our planned total. On the
surface this may be cause for concern, however we also
managed to undertake two significant and expensive
projects. We resurfaced our parking lot and repaired and
upgraded our organ which accounted for almost $40,000.
Our loss in 2014 amounted to $14,589. Fortunately we
had been contributing to our savings and keeping a larger
cash flow balance in our operating accounts and we will
be able to absorb this loss.
The Session has adopted an ambitious budget in 2015.
While it’s important to allocate funds to the necessary
expenses needed to run our church and maintain our
campus, we feel it’s vital to support our programs that
affect the lives of people in our communities near and far.
Your support in 2014 has blessed us with the ability to
serve over 1000 meals to struggling individual and families
in Turlock. Our tutoring program has not only given
renewed confidence for the students that participate but
has changed the lives of the families of those students.
Our missions programs have directly affected families in
Guatemala and have supported many others throughout
our city, country and world. Our church services and
other programs feed our souls with inspired sermons,
fantastic music, delicious food and really bad memories of
three legged pigs. These are the both tangible and
intangible blessings that your contributions support and
what we as Christians should strive for.
With these thoughts in mind, we are proposing a budget
that does include some increased expenditures. First and
foremost we have extended a 3.5% increase to all salaried
staff members. The Session, and likely many of you,
realizes that our staff puts in more time and mental effort
that we could quantify; therefore we felt a minimal
increase was justified.
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We are also adding a provision for some paid custodial
maintenance service and professional lawn care. If you
recall a small contingent of dedicated volunteers
replaced the paid contractor we employed to maintain
our church and grounds. These volunteers undertook
this task on the premise that it would be temporary.
Three years later those volunteers are still putting in
many, many hours per week to keep our church and
grounds looking great. Therefore the Session felt it was
time to give them a bit of relief.
In order to fund the changes we have proposed we will
have to raise an additional $30,000 in 2015. You’re
probably thinking how can the Session propose this in
light of a 2014 income loss? We are optimistic that we
can achieve this goal. Our recent stewardship drive was
very successful and resulted in the largest estimate of
giving in recent history. During the last four months of
2014 our monthly income consistently rose to a level
that would support the 2015 budget. We realize that
$30,000 is a large increase, however if each giving unit in
our church, which is about 100, raises their monthly
contribution by $25, we will achieve our goal.
The finance committee and Session will thoroughly
review our finances on regular basis and if after the first
quarter of the year we are falling short of our income
goal, we will have to make some difficult decisions and
are committed to communicate with the congregation as
needed.
Thank you all for your support and dedication to our
church and ministry.
Mark Aldax
Finance Committee
Music & Events
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From the Music Room!
The season of Lent on the church calendar is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Palm
Sunday. It is traditionally a time of reflection, of introspection, a time of prayer and devotion. The
focus of this time is to ask God how we can follow more faithfully in the footsteps of Jesus, our
Lord. How am I doing, Lord, as one of your disciples? How can I do better?
In the music of Lent the long tradition has been to refrain from music which has “alleluia” as a part
of the text. The “alleluias” have been put away for this season in favor of music which reflects our
time of contemplation. I am not too successful in putting away all the alleluias, even if just for this
short season.
But in all the music which we offer to God, in this season or any other, we hope that you will be
lifted up a little closer to God’s throne of grace, to which we are all invited.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, my soul!
I will praise him as long as I live; I will sing to my God all my life.
(Psalm 146: 1-2)
May your Lenten worship be filled with God’s rich blessings!
With God’s Blessings,
Rev. Wendy Warner
Join us for Holy Week Activities
First Presbyterian Church
Palm Sunday, March 29, 2015
Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2015
Good Friday, April 3, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Easter Morning, April 5, 2015
Bake Sale @ 12:00 pm
Seder Supper @ 6:00 pm
Tabernae Worship @ 7:00 p.m.
Community Eggstravaganza @ 9:30 am
Easter Sunrise Service @ 6:45 a.m.
Easter Worship @ 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Deacons & Session Update
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Deacon’s Corner
Session
Your Board of Deacons thanks outgoing Deacons, Ellen
Santos, Diane Arakelian, Vivien Huntley, and Maggie
Hennes for their outstanding and nurturing care to our
congregation. We know that these wonderful human
beings have impacted many lives in our congregation and
community and are very thankful for all their wonderful
deeds. Please share your thanks with them if you can. We
are also welcoming new Deacons, Chris Hughes, Pat
Rubalcava, Joanne Abraham, Mabel Sargis, and Mary
Peterson, who have joined our board and will be available
for your needs.
› Confirmed all arrangements for TGM dinners and for
You will be notified soon if you have been assigned a new
Deacon. We have several new Church members to
welcome into our Church Family so if you are a new
member please be assured that you will be contacted
within the next month regarding your assigned Deacon.
Alvarado, Sarah Kane, Sophie Meiselman, and Robert
Wright.
Grace and Peace,
To help reduce the cost of postage, paper, ink,
labor, and wear & tear on the printer, we will be
forwarding the newsletter electronically to all our
recipients and mail only those who are in shut-ins
or have requested one. Please contact the office
with your current e-mail address. You may also
visit our website: www.fpcturlock.com to view or
download your copy. There will also be limited
number of hard copies available for your
convenience at the church office for pick up.
Cindy Eisenhut
Deacon Vice-Moderator
women & children to be served breakfast; Feb 22 –
March 1.
› Approved Steve Netniss’ plans to enter care of the
Persbytery of Stockton Committee of Ministry with
Elder, Pat Wallace to serve as liaison.
› Approved the 2014 church Statistical Report which
will be forwarded to Presbytery Church USA.
› Met with perspective new members: Emilio & Rosa
Newsletter Update
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Per Capita
Per Capita covers the administrative costs of the Presbytery,
Synod and GA levels, so mission dollars can go 100% to
designated projects. This year’s per capita, due in April is
$19.84 per member. It would be helpful if you make your
donation an even $20.00.
Please be encouraged to donate more, if spiritually led. The Church may have to cover the
shortfall from our operating budget. If you wish to donate towards Per Capita please place
your check, marked “per capita” in the offering plate or mail to the church office.
Non-Profit
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Church Information
Phone # (209) 632-2324
Fax # (209) 632-9076
E-mail:
[email protected]
See us on the web:
www.fpcturlock.com
Church Staff…
Pastor: Rev. Craig Wright
Student Ministry Director: Marcy Wright
Sunday School Superintendent: Lois Marsh
Music Director: Wendy Warner
Church Secretary: Polet Yonan
Bookkeeper: Meredith Lawrence
Organist: Bob Peterson
Accompanist: Dr. Wayne Kidwell
Child Care: Ester Salgado