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October 2014
HPC KOINONIA NEWSLETTER
A Publication of Hillsboro Presbyterian Church
HPC Craft Fair
Informal
Gathering
Sunday, Oct. 5
(After church)
Saturday
October 25
To answer any
questions you may have
Inside this issue:
What’s Happening:
> All-Church Gatherings
Oct 5,12,19
Welcome, Sermons, Greeters
2
The Pastor’s Pen
3
Youth News
4
> World Communion Sunday, Pictures
Deacons
Oct 5
> Pinochle
Oct 10
Education, Service
5
> Blood Pressure, Co-Mission Mtgs
Oct 12
Fellowship, Property
6
> Ladies Night Out
Oct 17
Stewardship
7
> Book Club
Oct 19
Events, Craft Fair
8
> Bunko
Oct 21
Worship
9
> Craft Fair
Oct 25
Missions
10
> Groups Brunch
Oct 26
Groups
11
Birthday, Anniversaries, Prayer Shawl
12
Calendar
13
>
Session
Oct 28
www.hillsboropres.com
Welcome Visitors and Newcomers
If If you do not have a
Church Home, consider
being a part of what God is
doing here at HPC. There are
5 steps: 1) Know Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Savior; 2)
Know HPC is where Jesus
wants you to belong; 3)
Attend an HPC 101 Class; 4)
Meet with Session; & 5)
Profess your faith before the
congregation.
Visitors and Newcomers
are invited to everything in
this newsletter. We welcome
YOU in the Name of Jesus
who welcomes us!
The Vision of HPC is for all to EXPERIENCE that
GOD is able to do MORE by His Spirit at work within us.
Therefore:
Our Mission is to continue to build
A CARING, CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY that is excited to KNOW Jesus
GROW Spiritually &
SHOW God’s love
...all for His glory and purpose.
SERMONS
10/5 THEY’S US!
10/12 A TERRIBLE PARABLE ABOUT A PROPITIOUS PARTY
10/19 UNTANGLING OUR SPOONERISMS
10/26 BY FAITH, REFORMED
Greeters
10/5 Keith & Jackie Upton
10/12 Lori Olson-Farmer & Larry Farmer
10/19 John & Sandy McFerran
10/26 Joanie Loepp
SCRIPTURE
MATTHEW 21:33-46
MATTHEW 22:1-14
MATTHEW 22:15-22
LUKE 18:9-14
Flowers
Jeanie Morgan
Jeanie Morgan
Thank You to…Lanora Kuest. Lori
Wisdom, Judith Lamp, Sue Dever &
Janine Wikoff for helping in the office
and Worship.
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Pastor’s Pen
Greetings!
October 5th is World
Communion Sunday. It is
also the day our denomination
celebrates Peacemaking.
That tradition began in 1980 when the 192nd General
Assembly of The United Presbyterian Church in the
U.S.A. adopted, Peacemaking: The
Believers’ Calling.
Given the turmoil the HPC congregation has
experienced of late, perhaps it’s appropriate to be
reminded of our calling to be peacemakers. In the
Call issued to the congregations we find the
following citations:
Twenty centuries ago, “in the fullness of time,” God
sent Jesus the Christ. Now there is a special time in
history - a season (kairos) - summoning the faith
and obedience of God’s people. For Christ has
gathered and deployed his people around the earth,
across political and economic lines, in place of
powerfully protected affluence, and among the
poorest of the poor. The body of Christ responds to
the world’s pain with empathy and anguish, one part
for another, in our time.
In these days we know that Jesus was sent by God
into all the world. As we break bread together, our
eyes are opened and we recognize his living
presence among us - Christ crucified by the tragic
inequities on the earth - calling us together.
We are Christ’s people, compelled by the Sprit and
guided by our creeds to listen to a gospel that is
addressed to the whole world. We are gathered
around the Lord’s Table with people from North and
South and East and West. A new integrity is required of us: integrity in worship, integrity in
secular life, integrity in relationship with Christ and
Christians everywhere.
As God’s people, we will not cry “Peace, peace”
without the fullness of God’s shalom. As God’s
people, we will seek the security of the whole human
family - all for whom Christ died. As God’s people,
we will celebrate the dignity of each of God’s
children.
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Peace is the intended order of the world with
life abundant for all God’s children.
Peacemaking is the calling of the Christian
church, for Christ is our peace who has made
us one through his body on the cross. How will
peace be achieved? …Basically, at the heart, it
is a matter of the way we see the world through
the eyes of Christ. It is a matter of praying and
yearning. It is an inner response to God, who
loves the whole world and whose Spirit calls
for the making of peace.
The church is faithful to Christ when it is
engaged in peacemaking. God wills shalom justice and peace on earth. “Blessed are the
peacemakers, for they shall be called children
of God,” said our Lord, the Prince of Peace.
Those who follow our Lord have a special
calling as peacemakers. In our confessions of
faith the church has recognized this vocation,
yet in our life we have been unfaithful to our
Lord. We must repent. Our insensitivity to
today’s patterns of injustice, inequality, and
oppression - indeed, our participation in them denies the gospel. Christ alone is our peace.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called
the children of God. - Mt . 5:9
This year it seems particularly appropriate and
timely that the HPC congregation gather
around Christ’s Table with a yearning for and
dedication to the proposition of peacemaking
as our calling.
I look forward to our celebration of World
Communion and Peacemaking on Sunday,
October 5th and hope your will be able to be
with us on that occasion.
In Christ’s peace,
Dave
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Youth News
Corn Maze
Junior High October 22
Senior High October 26
Both are free for you and your friends! Leave HPC at 6:30pm, we
will be back to HPC as close to 8pm as possible.
CPYACPYA- Be
November 2121-23
Who are you? What is your identity? Who does God call you to be?
Cascade Presbyterian Youth Assembly Senior High Retreat
Brochures are currently in the fellowship hall.
Deadline to sign up is November 1.
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This year Carly will be the speaker, so come and represent!
Senior High is now meeting at Carly’s house on
Sunday nights for bonfire, smores, and Bible Study!
6:30-8. Bring your Bible and a flashlight
John 13:34-35New International Version (NIV)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Ladies Night Out
Ladies Night Out will be hosted by Pat Ehresmann on Friday, October 17, 5:30pm.
Stay tuned for more details to come!
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Service
Education
It’s been a busy summer for HPC, and
many of us personally and individually. We
began the summer with a new Interim Pastor, and ended it by hiring a new Choir Director. Along the way, we have been challenged to look at and learn about our
selves, our beliefs, our church and our relation to Presbytery. From an
Operations perspective, we are learning
about our roles, and discovering gaps in our
written policies and procedures. This has
been
highlighted by Pastor Dave’s questions in
acclimating to HPC, the hiring of our new
choir director, and the many adjustments
after Pastor Michael’s departure.
Our Sunday School
program is running
well. We are looking
for people to teach a
class. The materials are
provided for teaching
and are very easy to use. A person teaches
for one month at a time or more if they
would like. There are three classes. They are
preschool level, grades kindergarten to
second, and grades three to five. Please talk
to Jennifer McLin if you would like to teach.
She might ask you as well.
Some specific and
immediate needs include an employee
manual, an annual
planning calendar of
HPC activities, and
other basic procedures. If you are interested in learning more about the workings of HPC and helping build this support
for HPC and our next Pastor, please let me
know. I could really use your effort and
support!
In His Service,
Gary Jones
The children sing in church about once a
month. On September 21, Jake Jones read
the scripture followed by the children
singing “For I Know the Plans I Have For
You.” Many of the songs are from the
Bible. It is truly wonderful to hear their
voices.
Our church also has the
children participate in a
Christmas program. Please think of having your child take part in
this event. We
often practice during our
Sunday School time.
This program enhances our church, the
children, and families. Check it out for
yourself.
In Christ, Susie Carlstrand
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Fellowship
Property
What a warm September. We are
still serving lemonade for the
children, waiting for fall to
kick in and we will start serving
hot chocolate.
Status of Grounds care planning.
I am in the process of receiving Bids
from grounds care contractors.
I have one bid in hand and will have
met with a second contractor by the
time you read this. Costs are much
higher than I expected.
Fellowship helped events with the
church Potluck. Had a nice group
of people and lots of time to enjoy each others company.
The freezer took a dive to a
warmer climate, but Steve Dever,
our Property Elder, sent out a
request to see if anyone had a
freezer to donate. Praise the
Lord as someone did have a
donation which arrived the week
of September 21st. Thank you
Steve and thank you to the HPC
family that donated.
September 21st some
lovely red velvet
cake was here for all
to enjoy and it
disappeared quicker
than peanut butter on
toast.
September 28th Don Hogan brought
a cake for all of us to celebrate
Donna Hogan's birthday. How much
fun is that.
I would like to thank all that
offered and those that agreed to
help in the kitchen and with
Starbucks pickups on September
28th and October 5th.
In God's Hands,
Marie Chambers
Fellowship Elder
A member of HPC has made a
proposal to
assume the
grounds
care IF he
has
volunteers
to help.
Please
contact Steve Dever if you are
interested in volunteering to help.
This is a brief list of things related to
HPCs Grounds keeping job:
Mowing, trimming, watering and
related watering system
maintainence. Proper timing,
mixtures, and application of lawn,
shrub, and tree care chemicals.
Equipment maintenance and repairs.
If any of you are interested in helping with
any part of the grounds keeping, let me
know.
In Gods Service
Steve Dever
HPC Property Elder
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Stewardship
Revenue:
Actual revenue for August is $23,195 including $2,266 of pass through receipts that are pending distribution. Budget revenue for August is $21,161. The temporary actual to budget revenue gain is $2,034 that will diminish with the distribution of the pass through receipts..
Actual year-to-date revenue through August totals $40,566 compared to comparable budget
year-to date revenue of $42,322. The year-to-date comparative balance of ($1,756) reflects a
gain from the prior month balance of ($3,790).
Expenditures:
Actual expenditures for August are $23,591 compared to budget expenditures of $23,707. The
reduction in expenditure is $116.
Actual year-to-date expenditures through August total $47,991 compared to comparable budget
expenditures of $47,414. The year-to-date comparative balance for budgeted expenditures reflects a decrease resulting in a negative balance of $577. (prior month ($693)
Net Revenue and Expenditures:
Net actual revenue and expenditures for August reflect a monthly decrease of $395.
Net actual Year-to-date revenue and expenditure through August reflect a decrease of $7,425.
(prior month year-to-date total ($7,029).
Thank you for your continuing prayer and support that will accelerate our ministry this fall.
In His Service
William Hill
Stewardship Elder
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Events
Our event’s group has had
a very nice school supply
contribution for our
September pot-luck on
Sept. 7. Not only great
food but an outstanding
amount of papers, pencils,
pens, back-packs and other
necessary school supplies for the needy in
our Hillsboro School District. Thank you
all for your contributions.
Our coming event in October is the Craft
Fair on October 25th. This event has
brought many community members together in our Fellowship Hall and Narthex
(entryway) and has been successful in contributing additional funds to our church.
The November event, date to be determined will be another pot-luck with games
including Bingo, the Professional Version
and some card games as well. Date and
times to be determined.
HPC Craft Fair
"The HPC Events
Committee is getting
ready for this year's
Open-to-the-Public
HPC Craft Fair which
is on the calendar for
Saturday, October 25,
9:00AM-4:00PM. It will be held in the Fellowship
Hall and Narthex. Set-up will be on Friday, October 24, starting at 1 PM. We are wondering if you
would like to join us.
Although it's only a few weeks away, as crafters,
we know it takes time to create our products for
sale. Space is open at this time and we encourage you to let us know if you are able to participate. Tables will be filled first-come, first-served.
Registration forms are available in the Church Office. There will be rental fees for space ($15) and/
or tables ($5/ea) which will benefit HPC ministries. Products must be handmade, not commercially produced. Power outlets are available. The
sale will be held in our large Fellowship Hall and
the Narthex.
If you would like to join the fun in
organizing our event’s check in with Tom
Jacquemin or committee members.
We have several vendors from last year, from
outside HPC, who have requested an invitation to
return. We will fill remaining sales tables with
outside vendors.
Respectfully,
Tom Jacquemin
If you are interested, please contact Sue Dever.
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Worship
Greetings Fellow HPC’ers:
We are happy to announce
Lindsey Pounders has accepted our offer as Choir
Director at Hillsboro Presbyterian. Here’s a quick
bio on Lindsey.
Lindsey is originally from Arkansas, and has
been living in the northwest for 11 years
pursuing her lifelong love of choral music. She
received her Choral Music Education degree in
2002 with a minor in Theater Arts. She sings
with the Oregon Choral, conducts the Prelude
Choir for Hillsboro Community Youth Choirs,
and enjoys performing locally.
Lindsey was able to be a stay-at-home-mom
for 8 years, has had the opportunity to work as
a school music teacher with grades ranging
from pre-k through 12, and now works for
Quiet Waters Outreach as a Guest Service
Specialist for their Discovery Day Program.
She lives in Aloha with her three children: Lily
(9), Jordyn (7), and Logan (4).
We want to thank all those involved with the
search committee to find our choir director,
PTL. We’ll be seeing Lindsey with the choir on
Sunday, September 28, when the choir sings,
“Blessed Assurance.” Welcome Lindsey.
October 5th is World Communion
Sunday. We would love to have 5
to 7 people sign up to contribute
their cultural/ethnic baked bread
to be used for Communion.
Please contact John Stroeve as
soon as possible to sign up.
The Ushers are looking for additional people
(including youth) to volunteer to help usher on
Sundays. Please see John McFerran or Elroy
Schindler.
We still have some spaces left to provide
flowers on Sunday service. Please see the
sign-up sheet on the doors to the left of the
coffee service and sign up.
We would love to have additional church
members to join the Worship Co-mission to
shape the future of our Worship Service.
Please contact John Stroeve if you are
interested.
Blessings,
John Stroeve
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Missions
On September 7th we began collecting the Peacemaking Offering and it will be dedicated on World
Communion Sunday, October 5th. The offering distribution is: 25% to congregational peacemaking
ministries; 25% to presbytery & synod peacemaking efforts; and 50% to the Presbyterian Peacemaking Ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Missions will also be sending out our designated Quarterly Mission Payments at the end of September. Those missions are:
ARMS
$300
Presbyterian Mission Giving
$525
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
$225
Domestic Violence Resource Center
$200
Family Promises of WA County
$300
Family Justice Initiative
$150
Doctors Without Borders
$312.50
Medical Teams International
$450
Open Arms International
$150
Pioneer Bible Translators
$150
Quiet Waters Outreach
$500
Salvation Army
$375
SIM-USA (Zoolkoski)
$300
Synod of the Pacific
$600
Upward Bound
$250
Willamette West Habitat for Humanity $250
Wycliffe Bible Translators
$600
ECHO
$175
Mercy Corps
$312.50
The Mission Co-Mission is working on lining up different organizations to come to HPC and give
talks about their programs. Early next year, Dr. Christopher and Nancy Zoolkoski from SIM-USA
(Niger Project) will be one of our guests.
Thank You to all those who contribute and support what HPC Missions is doing throughout the
world!
The youth have organized a drive to help welcome soldiers home from deployment. They are asking
for donations of: Shower Curtains: 1 per Room, Razor, Shaving Cream, Toothbrush, Toothpaste,
Shampoo, Soap, and Welcome home/Thank you cards to the soldiers for keeping us safe and fighting
for our freedom. Please bring your donations to the orange bin in the FSH by October 1st!
In closing…God Loves You And So Do We…God Bless You All
Mission Elder
Mike D. Kilgore Sr
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Connect/Groups
Men of HPC:
Would you like to get to know some other
Men in the church while working on a
worthwhile and noble project, and at the same
time deepen your faith in Jesus? I hope you
can make the first monthly Men’s Bible study
and service project which will meet Saturday
October 4th at 9am in the HPC fellowship
hall.
The purpose will be threefold: Get to know
some other men. Discuss a short Bible
passage and its application for our life. Work
on a meaningful service project.
We will start with some
projects in and around
HPC, but might expand
the idea to lend a helping hand to those in our
church or
community. The first
project for October will be cleaning the
windows at HPC. So bring your favorite
window cleaning accessories and let’s
brighten the interior of HPC.
Book Club – Will meet 3rd Sunday (October 19)
after church in the Quiet Room. Questions? Contact
Pat Ehresmann
Bunko – 3rd Tuesday in October (October 21).
Women’s Bible Study – Meets Wednesday
mornings, 10am in the Youth Room. Contact Betty
Grissett for more information.
Sunday Brunch—last Sunday of the month
(October 26) at Sunset Grill. Sign up sheet will be
available mid-month in the FSH.
“The Group” meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays of
the month at 7pm. Questions? Contact Jeanie
Morgan.
Men’s Bible Study continues to meet Monday
evenings at 7pm in the Library. Questions? Contact
Chuck Staley.
Ladies Night Out meets the 3rd Friday (October
17). Pat Ehresmann will be the hostess.
Pinochle meets on the 2nd Friday of the month
(October 10). Questions? Contact Sonya Baker.
Thursday Night Care Group meets Thursday
evenings, 6:30pm at Steve & Sue Devers.
In His Service,
-Dennis
Deacons
As we participate in worship and fellowship during this time of transition for our
church, it is our hope that you are experiencing God’s love and peace. We
are praying with you and for you.
Your deacon is available for confidential prayer also, if you have a special
need.
Blessings to all of you, in Christ,
Your Deacons
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Birthdays
Ella DePouli
Jackie Upton
Stephanie McVean
Kevin Caswell
Sandra Fulk
Crystal Jones
Sue Caswell
Benjamin Hurley
Colin Cartwright
Charlotte Ewing
Reneé Friberg
Jack Baker
Barbara Christian
Shellie Smith
Phil Kidby
Janine Wikoff
Becky Wilson
Helen Kuhn
Anniversaries
3
3
4
5
9
9
10
10
11
12
15
17
17
17
19
23
27
29
Dave & Carole Orr
Gary & Dana Gale
Ron & Gayle Powne
Michael & Nataly Nazarov
Ed & Becky Wilson
Jim & Gladys Kauppila
5
8
12
17
17
20
Prayer Shawl Ministry
As we enter into the
Fall I would like to
ask all you wonderful
folks who knit and
crochet to pray over
your involvement in
this vital Ministry. I
wish I could convey
the joy and smiles I
have received in
delivering these
special Prayer Shawls.
The Shawls are donated to Tuality Hospital and
EmpRes Health and Rehabilitation Center
(formerly Evergreen). Several of our own Church
Family have received these beautiful Shawls.
There has been some discussion on doing this as
a group in addition to working on them at home.
I am open to all suggestions from anyone
interested in helping with this. God bless you for
your kind support.
Sheri Badzik Email: [email protected]
or
telephone (503)941-9751
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HPC Calendar—2014
Sun
5 10am Worship
Mon
6
Tue
7
Wed
Thu
1
2
8:30am Happy
Children
Applesauce
Day
6:30pm JH YG
645pm Choir
6:30pm Kid’s Turn
6:30pm Thursday
Care Group
8pm AA
8
9
Fri
3
Sat
4
9am Men’s Group
Work Party
10
11
w/Communion 7pm Men’s Bible Stdy 6:30pm Praise Team/ 12:30pm QWO B-ball 6:30pm Kid’s Turn
7pm “The Group”
Band
6:30pm JH YG
6:30pm Thursday
(child’s SS)
HPC Group
6:45pm Choir
Care Group
11am Questions
8pm AA
8pm AA
Answered
11:15am Fellowship
11:15am Pictures
11:30am Deacons
2pm All-church
Gathering
6:30pm SH YG
7pm Pinochle
10am Session
Records
Review
12 10am Worship 13
18
16
17
(child’s SS)
7pm Men’s Bible Stdy 1pm Mission Co-Miss 6:30pm JH YG
6:30pm Praise Team/ 6:45pm Choir
11:15am Fellowship 8pm AA
11:15am Blood
Band
Pressure
7pm Tuesday’s
11:30am Co-Mission
Treasures
Meetings
2pm All-church
Gathering
6:30pm SH YG
6:30pm Thursday
Care Group
8pm AA
5:30pm Ladies Night
Out
19
20
14
23
24
10am Worship
7pm Men’s Bible Stdy 6:30pm Praise Team/ 6:30pm JH YG (child’s SS)
7pm “The Group”
Band
Corn Maze
11:15am Fellowship
HPC Group
7pm Bunko
6:45pm Choir
11:30am Book Club 8pm AA
2pm All-church
Gathering
6:30pm SH YG
6:30pm Thursday
Care Group
8pm AA
8:15am-2pm Happy 8am-5pm Craft Fair
Children
Conferences
1-6pm Craft Fair
Set Up
26
30
31
27
21
15
28
22
29
10am Worship
7pm Men’s Bible Stdy 6:30pm Praise Team/ 6:30pm JH YG
(child’s SS)
8pm AA
Band
6:45pm Choir
11:15am Fellowship
7pm Session
11:30am Groups
Brunch
6:30pm SH YG Corn Maze
6:30pm Thursday
Care Group
8pm AA
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HILLSBORO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Phone: 503-648-5660
Website: www.hillsboropres.com
Interim Pastor
Youth Pastor
Children’s Ministry Director
Parish Nurse
Church Secretary
FAX: 503-648-7623
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: Tues.-Fri.; 9:30am-1pm
Rev. David C. Lee
Carly Powne
Jennifer McLin
NJ Smith
Debbi Like
Session:
Property Elder
Worship Elder
Missions Elder
Education Elder
Stewardship Elder
Service (Operations) Elder
Events Elder
Groups Elder
Fellowship Elder
Steve Dever
John Stroeve
Mike Kilgore
Susie Carlstrand
Bill Hill
Gary Jones
Tom Jacquemin
Dennis Baker
Marie Chambers
Worship: Sunday, 10am
Deacons:
NE (a-l)
NE (m-z)
SE (a-l)
SE (m-z)
Other
West
Rhonda Baggarley
Joanie Loepp
Liz Williams
Bonnie Jacquemin
Norma VanValkenburg
Bert Schroder
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church
172 NE 32nd Ave
Hillsboro, OR 97124
(if you do not wish to receive this newsletter,
please call the Church Office, 503-648-5660)
Ministers: The Members
“God is able..”
Ephesians 3:20