October 2014 | Vol. 60, No. 10 THE SPIRE Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church A Community of Grace Growing in Faith, Relevance & Numbers Pastors Rev. Norwood V. Brown, III Pastor/Head of Staff [email protected] Rev. Dr. Ted M. Pierce Associate Pastor [email protected] Stewardship 2015 For more than 55 years, Rolling Hills has laid the foundation for growth. Since our very beginning, we have been committed to grow the ministry and life of our congregation. We do not stress growth simply for growth’s sake. Rather, because our Community of Grace can and does make a difference in people’s lives and in the world, we strive to grow the ministry of Rolling Hills. Growing in Faith: First and foremost, we are a faith community. If faith is dynamic and alive, it grows and matures. If faith is stagnate and lifeless, it diminishes and atrophies. Because our expression of faith is so important, we are life long learners. One life principal holds true, we cannot stand still. Either we move forward or we move backward. Growing in Relevance: I am thankful for our congregation’s strong history and voice of speaking to the current events and aspects in our contemporary world. With our most thoughtful efforts, we must never shy away from speaking the truth in love. Our community, nation and world need to hear the church’s voice as much now as they ever have. Growing in Numbers: Recently a friend commented, “Healthy organisms grow.” In thinking about this and Rolling Hills, I see so much life and vitality within our church. • Children’s Ministries led by Amy Hopkins, Jessie Burkhalter, Becky Lloyd, Barb Meyer and amazing Church School teachers. Worship Schedule 9:00 & 10:15 AM Traditional Worship Adult Education Nursery and Preschool classes 9:30 AM Celebration Choir for Grades K-5 Youth Choir for Grades 6-12 10:15 AM Youth Church School * Children start in the Sanctuary and go to Church School following A Time for Children Nursery available both hours. • Youth Ministry led by Bobby Morgan (our newest staff member) is already expanding the ministry to intentionally reach out to the entire family. • Adult Ministry led by Ted Pierce, Tom Young and Gene Augustine are guiding us to better reach across the sanctuary, street and sea. • Music Ministry directed by Charles Bruffy and Patrice Sollenberger with the accompaniment of Steven McDonald is growing in numbers and providing fabulous music for worship. • Administrative Ministry is staffed with Margaret Nichols, Andrea Edgeller, Susan Spence Patrice Sollenberger, Melina Bland, Kelli Kaufman, Randy Payne and Rob O’Keefe helping do the work of the church better, more effectively and more lovingly. Please prayerfully consider your support for our 2015 Ministry Budget. Your gift of time, talents and treasures really do make a difference in the life of your church. Thankfully yours, Rev. Ted Said... “Do You Know?” COFFEE People come up to me and ask, “What is next for Rolling Hills Church and our Guatemala partnership?” I say, “The ‘next’ is now,” and they give me a funny look, What does that mean? The leadership (your elders) voted this week to officially continue a partnership with Kapeh Utz, “Good Coffee,” and a Guatemala coffee co-op. This partnership will help assist coffee farmers and families have a successful global business and enhance their quality of life. We can help them accomplish this goal by buying coffee. How did this partnership begin? Let me tell you: Rev Ted Pierce On our five service trips to Guatemala we visited a coffee co-op, San Miguel Tzampetey Cooperative. They have a partnership with Candace Caster our Transformational Journeys leader. Candace created a coffee business, Kapeh Utz, to help assist the co-op through a ‘direct trade’ agreement. Rolling Hills Church, working with Kapah Utz, developed our own brand of coffee, Rolling Hills Blend. We buy the coffee from Kapeh Utz, both ground and whole bean, and you and your friends buy a 12oz bag of superb tasting coffee for a $10 donation. It is simple. Our money flows down to hard working Guatemala farmers. Thus, continuing our partnership with our friends in Guatemala! Cards There is another project approved by your elders to help the children of San Gregorio continue their education after the 6th grade. We will be selling “scholarship cards” starting this Christmas. Our card ministry will make beautiful Christmas cards and you will have the opportunity to purchase the cards with the proceeds going to a children’s scholarship fund. This enables the children who are able to move on to middle school, march towards a high school degree, and God willing a college degree! Church You also might hear more about other service trips to Guatemala. Could we help the protestant church in San Gregorio build and enhance their ministry? Chicken Church here we come? Now you know about two projects that are continuing our partnership now! (and more possibilities for the future) Reverend Ted Pierce WWW.THESPIRE.ORG 2 GREEN MATTERS Recycling Tidbit In the United States, over 100,000 aluminum cans are recycled each minute. That amounts to 53 billion cans recycled in 2010. However, over $1.1 billion in aluminum cans were wasted the same year. If stacked one on top of the other these cans would be 1,454 times taller than the Empire State Building. Coffee Talk Have you tasted the Guatemalan coffee, Kapeh Utz? It means “good coffee” in Mayan. This coffee is directly traded from small farm cooperatives, imported to Kansas City and roasted locally. Direct trade means the farmers are paid a price beyond fair trade. Fair-trade coffee pays growers a negotiated, pre-harvest price that is above the “street” price of coffee. In turn, consumers may pay a slightly higher price for coffee that is certified fair trade, but they do so knowing that the farmers who produced it are more fairly compensated for their coffee than they previously had been. Bee Corner In a “normal” year, honey harvest usually takes place around Labor Day. This year the plentiful rains and mild temperatures have extended the season. On a walk in mid September many honey bees were spotted on sunflowers, lavender and moss rose. Each bee had white pollen packed in the pockets on their legs and you could see them sucking nectar from the flowers. Back at the hive other worker bees take the pollen and nectar from the foragers and store it and begin the honey making process. We will get the honey supers off the hive before it gets too cold or the honey will crystallize and become impossible to extract from the comb. Next month we’ll let you know how many pounds our sweet bees produced. MISSION Thanksgiving Outreach A Rolling Hills tradition will soon be upon us! Food Basket Sundays will start Sunday, November 2 and continue for most of the month. These baskets will feed over 2,000 families in the Kansas City area. Last year, our church donated over 500 bags of groceries to the following local food pantries: Della Lamb, Operation Breakthrough and the Village Food Pantry. Della Lamb Community Services is a non-profit that helps many of their clients, most of whom are immigrants and refugees, with immediate and long-term needs. Operation Breakthrough assists children living in poverty to develop in their utmost potential by providing services to these children and families. The food pantry welcomes all and needs constant restocking. The Village Food Pantry is the closest food pantry to our church based on Mission Road in Overland Park. We sometimes forget that close neighbors are lacking life’s basic needs, food and clothing. Rolling Hills gives food and supplies year round to this organization and is proud to say we have church members who regularly volunteer at the pantry. Beginning November 2, food bags will be placed in the Narthex and throughout the church. What can you do to help make a Thanksgiving special for a less fortunate family? 1. Please take a bag home and fill it with suggested items, plastic not glass, that are on the supply list. Bring the filled bag back to church the following Sunday and volunteers will start sorting out the items. 2. Volunteer to assist in sorting the food and placing them in a bag that will then be taken to the local food banks.Volunteer to assist in driving the bags to each pantry location. 3. Volunteer to assist the local food pantries to hand out the food. The church office will have sign-up sheets with the dates and times that volunteers are needed. 4. Donations can be given monetarily. Watch for more information on the Food Basket Sundays in the bulletin. WWW.THESPIRE.ORG 3 Announcements Dedication Sunday is October 12 Spiritual Nurture Stewardship is in full swing. Thank you for your pledges which help Rolling Hills Grow in Faith, Relevance and Numbers. Remember that we will dedicate our pledges on Sunday, October 12. Thank you again for your support of Rolling Hills. You help us truly be A Community of Grace. Join us on Wednesday, October 15 and 22 at 5:30 p.m. for fellowship, fun, food and always a great speaker. Silver Singles Silver Singles will meet on Thursday, October 16, 11 a.m. at Santa Fe Cafe. Coffee Hour Ministry Team A Sunday Morning Coffee Hour Ministry Team is forming and needs your help! Please contact Margaret Nichols, [email protected] if you are interested in helping with this important ministry. Expanding the coffee hour will allow us to have more fellowship time with our Rolling Hill friends. Explore Your Future A Gathering of Men! This hands-on learning experience focuses on the individual exploring possibilities to mesh their talents and experience with their interests and passions to create a vision for their future. Join us for breakfast on Saturday, October 11 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall and listen to Mike Meyer talk about "Salute the Heroes". On October 4 and 11 from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m, Steve Hermes will be teaching a two session workshop giving participants ages 50+ an opportunity to consider "what's next" in their life. RSVP to the church office 913-642-9100. Christmas Bureau Rolling Hills will continue to collect gently used winter coats for children and adults for the Johnson County Christmas Bureau during October. Donation receipts are available. Shalom House Thank you to the Garden Angels for providing the September dinner for the men at Shalom House. Not only did they provide a wonderful ham dinner, they also donated socks and t-shirts. Grandview Park Presbyterian Church 125th Anniversary Fiesta Sunday, October 19 Join Grandview Park for their Anniversary Fiesta in the street. There will be food, music, dancing and games. The festivities begin at 11 a.m. and end with worhip at 2:30 p.m. Grandview Park is part of the Presbyterian Urban & Immigrant Mission Network supported by Rolling Hills. Welcome New Members! Bev Hanson WWW.THESPIRE.ORG Jan and Jay Frankenberg 4 Rich and Allison Frankenberg Congregational care Deacons Reach Across the Sanctuary September marked the beginning of the Deacons plan to Reach Across the Sanctuary. By the end of the month, a Deacon will have contacted you by: conversation on Sunday morning, a phone call, a card, or a personal visit. Each Deacon has a care community of approximately 20 families. We always have room for the community to grow, so each new Rolling Hills family will receive a Deacon. We want to make sure everyone is included in our circles of caring. As with any big, new endeavor, there will be inadvertent gaps, so please let us know if you are still waiting to be contacted. If your Deacon has not made contact with you by October 13, please let Tom Young (913-642-9100) know and we will make sure that happens. As we Reach Across the Sanctuary, we will discover opportunities to strengthen our community of grace. Kick-Off Sunday! WWW.THESPIRE.ORG 5 Children Family Fun Fall Event Mom Squad Please join us on Sunday, October 19 at Louisburg Cider Mill for a hayride and bonfire. Meet at the Corn Maze at 4 p.m. After finding our way through the maze, we will go on a hayride and then cook hot dogs and s’mores at the bonfire. Please RSVP and pay your $4 donation per person in the office by October 12. This fee will allow you into the corn maze, hayride, bonfire, play area, Sunflower Hill Slide, kiddie pallet maze and farm animals (goats and pigs). Mark your calendars Mom Squad (Moms of preschoolers and elementary children of Rolling Hills)! Plan on these dates to meet up with other moms. Evites will still be sent to remind you, (if you don’t receive them, call or email Amy in the office). We are going to try to meet the 15th of each month. Hope to see you there! Oct. 15: Unforked (7337 W. 119th) at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15: Panera (College and Metcalf) at 9 a.m. 4th and 5th Grade Fellowship Please join us on October 5 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a Pumpkin Party (lunch included)! A $2 donation would be greatly appreciated! RSVP to [email protected]. Rosebud Sunday Sunday, October 12. If you’ve recently had a baby born into your family, let us honor this momentous occasion with you! Please contact Jessie, [email protected], if you would like to be recognized during this special Sunday. KiDs Celebrate Kick-Off Sunday WWW.THESPIRE.ORG 6 Youth Hot Off the Griddle – It’s Pancake Breakfast Time! (All Ages Welcome) Senior High Lock-In (Grades 8-12) “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” 1 Corinthians 12:27, NIV Calling all Senior High to unite in community and service to our church on Saturday, October 11 – Sunday, October 12, 2014, for our annual Lock-In! This super-packed event includes fun with friends, food, games, and Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser preparation, plus the top-secret reveal of our upcoming summer service trip location. This lock-in event is mandatory for all students planning to attend the annual summer service trip. Stay tuned for more details coming soon! RHPC Youth will be serving up food and fellowship at their annual Pancake Breakfast fundraising event on Sunday, October 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy pancakes, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice. Gluten free pancakes will be available, as well as sugarfree syrup. Tickets are available at $8 for adults and $5 for children fifth grade and younger. Purchase tickets at the RHPC front office or at the door on Sunday, October 12. Proceeds will benefit the RHPC Youth’s annual summer service trip. Plus, check out this link to brush up on your pancake history and share a fact with a friend as you invite them to join us in this RHPC tasty tradition! http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/ the-history-of-the-pancake-60158.html Looking Ahead: November 2: Apple Pie Night: 5:30 – 7:00pm November 9: Chiefs Watch Party 11:30 – half time. Parents Party Details TBD November 21– 23: Senior Retreat in Parkville OCTOBER Youth Fellowship (Grades 6-12) October 5: Scary Movie Night, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. October 19: Haunted House, 6 – 8 p.m. (Parent drivers needed to meet at church and caravan to haunted house. Email Bobby at [email protected] if you can help!) October 26: Trunk-or-Treat, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. WWW.THESPIRE.ORG 7 The Spire* Periodicals Postage Rolling Hills Church PAID Shawnee Mission, KS 9300 Nall Avenue Overland Park, KS 66207-2565 * The Spire: UPSP 006-649. Published monthly by Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rolling Hills Church, 9300 Nall Ave. Overland Park, KS 66207-2565 PASTORS Norwood V. Brown, III, Pastor/Head of Staff [email protected] Communications/Marketing Consultant [email protected] MUSIC Charles Bruffy ADMINISTRATION Margaret Nichols MINISTRIES Gene Augustine Steven McDonald Business Director [email protected] Theologian In Residence Randy Payne Facilities Manager Parish Associate [email protected] Kelli Kaufman, CPA Bobby Morgan Tom Young Director, Youth Ministries [email protected] Jessie Burkhalter Financial Assistant [email protected] Co-Director,Children’s Ministries [email protected] Patrice Sollenberger Amy Hopkins Office Coordinator [email protected] M-Th: 8:00-4:30p F: 8:00-12:00n Su: 8:00-12:00n Director [email protected] Melina Bland Associate Pastor [email protected] Andrea Edgeller MDO/PRESCHOOL Arlys Tarwater Clergy Assistant [email protected] Ted M. Pierce, [email protected] Visit Us Susan Spence Find Us 9300 Nall Avenue Overland Park, KS 66207 www.thespire.org Co-Director,Children’s Ministries [email protected] Call Us Director of Music [email protected] Organist Patrice Sollenberger Associate Director of Music, Youth Choir Director [email protected] Rebecca Lloyd Barbara Meyer Co-Directors Celebration Choir Jessie Burkhalter Director Cherub Choir Email & Facebook 913 642-9100 main 913 642-1732 fax 913 642-8525 [email protected] (preschool MDO) (general mailbox) Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church
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