AA RR VV AA DD AA PP RR EE SS BB YY TT EE RR II AA NN CC HH UU RR CC HH Glad Tidings News from a community of Christ’s disciples that worships God, lives the love of Christ and nurtures all in the Holy Spirit See What God is About To Accomplish Through APC By Carl Kantner, for the Stewardship and Discipleship Teams Stewardship/Discipleship Sunday is May 3 This year APC has undertaken a new approach to its stewardship/discipleship emphasis. It began by the congregation first demonstrating a commitment to helping others. Three mission projects starting, literally, from the ground up have been underway. A shoe drive for Soles4Souls has been very successful.Next was a clothing drive for DenverWorks which provides interview and work clothes for those in need. Lastly, is a head start on the Arvada Community Food Bank Postal Food Drive (officially May 9): the congregation is receiving blue grocery bags to fill and return on May 3. Through these mission projects APC can already begin to see what God can accomplish through the congregation as reflected in the scriptural theme for this year from Ephesians 3:20: “Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than we can ask or imagine, to Him be glory . . .” Sunday, May 3, will also be the culmination of the Stewardship/Discipleship emphasis this spring. On that Sunday you are asked to submit your Estimate of Giving card for fiscal 2015-16. The Stewardship Team encourages you to prayerfully consider your response to the question, “What portion of my income is God calling me to give?” A helpful chart is also included in this issue for your use in answering this question. Everyone who completes an Estimate of Giving card does so voluntarily. All are encouraged to attend the service on May 3 even if you do not intend to complete a card. Again this year there will be no home solicitation but there will be follow-up by mail with those who do not submit a card by May 3. Following the service on that Sunday, APC will also celebrate, with cake, what we have already accomplished and what we can hope to accomplish in the coming year with God’s help. On behalf of the Stewardship and Discipleship Teams, thank you for your enthusiastic participation in our mission projects and Stewardship/Discipleship Sunday. “Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than we can ask or imagine, to Him be glory . . .” 1 G L A D T I D I N G S APC Celebrates By Joan Ratz Golfers! Grab your clubs and put on your cleats for a good cause! Arvada Presbyterian has been a supporter of the Second Wind Fund for many years. APC is one of the founding churches in the Presbyterians for Second Wind Fund Ministry Partnership. The Second Wind Fund works to prevent youth suicide by providing access to treatment. One of their main fundraising events is the Second Wind Fund Walk/Run that occurs in September. But did you know they also have a fundraising golf tournament? The 4th Annual Second Wind Fund golf tournament is coming up on Friday, June 19! Registration begins 6:30am, Tee Time 7:30am Applewood Golf Course $99 per player/$396 per foursome Join in for a wonderful golf outing for an amazing cause! Help raise funds to provide life-saving services to children and teens at risk of suicide through the Second Wind Fund program. Player fees include green fee, cart fee, range balls, personalized cart signs and scorecards, scoring, on-course convenience cart service, parking, awards, and a fabulous lunch buffet at the Vista at Applewood Golf Course; Golden, Colorado's premier event venue. Vegetarian meals available upon request. For more tournament info contact Mandy McKnight, Controller/Marketing Director at: [email protected], 720-962-0706 ext. 19. The registration deadline is June 9. Registration information is available on the Second Wind Fund website. For more information, see their website at: http://www.thesecondwindfund.org/node/92 This may be a last chance to play at Applewood Golf Course which may be rezoned and redeveloped into a residential area. 2 Top to bottom: Easter Bunny (Maddy Morahan), Heidi Munn Meredith and baby; Shane Valente; Avery and Zoey, grandkids of Jim and Melodie Francis. May 2015 A R V A D A P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H Easter with Members and Friends Top Row: Savannah and her mother, Princess Leake; Mary and Donald Roach, Rusty Vlaanderan Second Row: Meithy Kandijoh; Shane and Scott Valente; Elisa and Chenela Gondwe Right: Janelle Miller, Youth Group Director at APC 3 G L A D T I D I N G S New Members In recent months, APC has welcomed a number of new members. Below is some information to help you get to know them. William Atencio lives in Arvada and really enjoys greeting people at church and helping the Maintainers. He works at Sustainability. He likes spending time with Gloria, who joined APC at the same time he did. William’s favorite activities include watching movies, bowling, bingo and riding his bicycle. Dina Book was raised in Arvada. She was a “cradle baby” at APC and has been involved with the church for twenty-four years. She graduated from Arvada High School, is married and has raised five children. She is glad to be reunited with APC; it’s like coming home for her! Gary Book is retired. He enjoys golfing, gardening, reading, walking, and especially, watching the grandkids. Dawn Haskell is 35 years old and has lived in Denver for the past ten years. She lives with her husband, Frank, her mother-in-law, Jo, and their many four-legged children. She loves being the director of the All Precious Children Learning Center at APC and plans to graduate with her Early Childhood Education Degree in May. Her favorite activities include watching movies and working outside in the yard. She is excited about joining APC and looks forward to many years of love and learning in the light of the Lord! Jacomma (Meithy) Kandijoh has three brothers and is the youngest in her family. She comes from North Sulawesi, Indonesia and she worked in Jakarta, the capital city. She also worked at Perhimpunan Persahabatan Indonesia America (The 4 Indonesian American Friendship Association, which is not the Yayasan Lia). Meithy worked in Yayasan Lia for almost twenty years. She and John (Max) Manoy (see his bio further down the page) married in 1994. Max came to the USA in 1999 and Meithy and David joined him two years later in 2001. Meithy was previously a member of Marturia Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New Hampshire. Sally Jo Kolar loves to garden, walk her dog daily (weather permitting) and swim. She has two children. One of them is a teacher and one is in finance. She also has two grandsons. One is in the Army and the other is in the Navy. She also has one granddaughter. Sally is a Colorado native. Eldon Laidig is a retired junior high school principal with Jefferson County Schools. He is a partner in Personal Benefit Services Wealth Management, a financial planning firm. He is active in community service and is involved with helping The Arvada Center, Arvada Vitality Alliance, Bessie’s Hope, the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, and Arvada Rotary. He is also a retired captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Lynn Laidig has been married to Eldon for five years. She volunteers at the Arvada Center as a docent. She also gives tours of the art galleries and history museum. She’s a member of the Arvada Historical Society. Each June, she helps with the Garden Tour, where she is in charge of selling bird houses. She and Eldon enjoy traveling and reading. They have a little dog named Toby. Lynn gets her exercise walking him since they have a new home with no fenced yard. Lynn comes to APC from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Boulder where she was an elder and a deacon. David Manoy went to elementary school, middle school and began high school in Dover, New Hampshire. Two years ago, the Manoy family moved to Arvada. David is a junior at Arvada West High School. John (Max) Manoy came to the U.S. in 1999. He lived and worked in New Jersey for two years and then moved to New Hampshire where he worked for almost twelve years. He joined the Marturia Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New Hampshire. Alvan (Al) Morrison is a Denver native who graduated from South Denver High School. He is a World War II veteran from the Army. He graduated from the University of Denver with a BA and an LLB. He worked thirty-five years in commercial real estate lending. Al grew up as a Baptist, but has ancestral ties to the Presbyterian Church. He is married to Roberta (Bobbie), who is a member of APC. Al has two handicapped sons, both with Fragile X Syndrome. He is active in ARC of Jefferson County and he’s on the board of ARC Thrift Store. Gloria Rawson attends church every Sunday. She works at Sustainability. She likes sewing things, including purses and stuffed animals, which she gives away to people who need them or would like them. She enjoys going out with her sweetheart to movies and dinner. Doug Oltmanns has attended APC for a long time, even though he is originally from Ohio. He grew up and was baptized here. His mother Continued on next page May 2015 A R V A D A NEW MEMBERS, continues from previous page and father were long-time members. Doug likes to travel and to bowl. He attends the New Beginnings class on Sunday, and he enjoys singing. He also knows a lot of Bible scripture! Doug works on the night crew for Development Disability Resource Center (DRC). Linda Sattig was fortunate enough to live the first half of her life in many states. In 1980 she moved to Colorado. For twenty years she was a career engineering designer. After that, she started a successful business and still works there part-time. Linda has two children, three grandchildren and one great-grandson. She has attended APC since moving here. Her children and grandchildren have attended Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at APC for many years. Linda was inspired to join APC after hearing Pastor Bill’s sermon “Remember Your Baptism.” She decided it was time to join and become a part of this church family, and she’s grateful to APC for this opportunity and blessing. Rusty Vlaanderen grew up at APC and he went through the confirmation class in 1984. He has worked at Target at 80th and Wadsworth for over fifteen years. He faithfully attends the New Beginnings Sunday School Class. Rusty enjoys dogs. P R E S B Y T E R I Result of Congregational Vote Some of you have asked what the results were from our last congregational meeting. Here's your answer from our session: "At its March 15, 2015 meeting, the Congregation and Corporation of the Arvada Presbyterian Church approved entering into a first Mortgage/ Deed of Trust and Promissory Note with the Presbyterian Church (U S A), A Corporation ("CLP"), in the amount of $150,000.00 for the purpose of projected capital improvement projects. In addition to this, it was agreed that after the Presbyterian Investment Loan Program (PILP) application is applied for and before a PILP loan is executed, Arvada Presbyterian Church (APC) will request its members to loan APC $150,000.00 at 0.5% less than the PILP loan rate. It was agreed that this would allow APC members to earn a premium on their money loaned to APC and reduce the cost to APC. A simple promissory note to each loaner will avoid our church property from becoming collateral on a PILP loan." A N C H U R C H Annual Colorado Rockies Faith Day 7/26/2015 By Gin Vossenkemper Mark your calendars for the 11th Annual Colorado Rockies Faith Day which is scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2015. Michael W. Smith is this year’s musical performer. With over 15 million albums sold, 3 GRAMMYs and over 40 Dove Awards, Smith is blessed with a talent that matches his love of worship music. He has amazing faith and talent and this is your opportunity to see him perform live. To get a discount on tickets, there will have to be a group of 25 or more. Group pricing is from $13 to $60 per ticket, which includes the Rockies game and the postgame concert. Full payment would need to be made to Colorado Rockies Baseball Club by July 10. If you have a group of folks who are interested, please contact Gin Vossenkemper to get the event details and forms. For orders of fewer than 25 tickets, please visit the Faith Day web site: www/rockies.com/ . . . and I walked to school in the snow, every day Cartoon from https://whatif.xkcd.com/1/ a site that answers ridiculous questions with real science--usually with disastrous outcomes, amusingly presented. 5 G L A D T I D I N G S Have you planned for a Legacy gift to Arvada Presbyterian Church? Now, 2015, is the time. Planning today can make a big difference tomorrow. •Through your will as a bequest •As a memorial gift •By naming APC as a beneficiary of your IRA •Or as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy •Or through a designated trust Your gift can assure that the mission of APC will be fulfilled well into the future. What is APC’s mission? Arvada Presbyterian Church, a community of Christ’s disciples, Worships God, Lives the love of Christ, Nurtures all in the Holy Spirit. The values which mostly rely on financial support are: Nurturing, preparing and involving children and youth for walking with Christ. Empowering the members for Christcentered service and mission in the community. Sharing music as a ministry. Supporting one another as teachers and learners in Christ. Seeking the will of God through prayer and study of the scriptures and having leadership that supports the process. APC’s future success in fulfilling its mission depends on our support. A planned gift allows you to provide for the future of APC in a manner that suits your financial situation. You can make an outright gift easily by naming APC in your will, by gifting the church a portion of your estate, or a bequest of specific assets. For answers to your questions, please contact your financial adviser, Carl Kantner, or the Presbyterian Foundation at APC. 6 By Joan Meredith On Wednesday, May 6, PrimeTimers are meeting in the parlor at 11:30 A.M. for a delicious $10 lunch and a program. Rich Stewart will entertain the group with stories from his book about his time at Craig Hospital. Please sign up by May 3 on the table across from the receptionist’s desk. If you have any questions, you may call Joan Meredith. Vacation Bible School Help Wanted By Heidi Meredith VBS at Arvada Presbyterian will be held July 12 - 17, 9 A.M. until 4 P.M. at APC’s partner church, Wheat Ridge Presbyterian (9180 W. 38th Avenue). Highland’s Camp will work with the group again this year, since last year was such a great time, and the program will be the same. Volunteers are needed for the following positions: group leaders, assistant group leaders, set-up crew, clean-up crew, “Floaters (people who are willing to move to any position where extra help is needed each day), and snack preparation people. Also needed are tents. Can you help? If so, please call Heidi Meredith at 720 341-1136. If you are unable to volunteer but would still like to contribute, watch for further posts, as many snack donations will be needed. VBS leadership is excited about this year and looks forward to working with you, and is certain you will enjoy working with all the great kids! Scholarship Fund is off to a Great Start By Norma Burg WOW! The congregation has responded so quickly and generously! You have donated just over $2500! The newly established scholarship fund is to provide some financial support for someone in need in this congregation, someone who has made a significant contribution to the life of the church. The committee has met and decided that it will put part of the money in a bond fund and part of the money in an index fund. The fund needs to have $3000 if the committee is to set up a fund that can be separately tracked so -- are almost there! Thank you and please continue your generous support. May 2015 A R V A D A P R E S B Y T E Library Notes By Ron Rathbun The featured books this month were purchased with funds from the Anne Girand memorial. These are the last books purchased with these funds. DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell is about underdogs, misfits, and battles against what seem to be giants in the situations of life. He challenges the readers about how we think about obstacles, arguing that advantages are sometimes disadvantages and conversely, disadvantages are sometimes advantages. He uses history, psychology, and a knack for story telling in a number of examples about different people to support his premise. His analysis of the encounter of David and Goliath is especially interesting. Gladwell is the author of several other books including OUTLIERS which has been on the Tattered Cover Best Seller List of Business Books for many months. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID was written by Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President. The book begins with a time line of the history of Israel starting with the travel of Abram from Ur to Canaan in about 1900 BC and ending in 2006 at the time the book was published. The year 2006 was typical for the area: Hamas and Hezbollah militants captured Israeli soldiers, Israeli forces attacked Gaza and Lebanon, Hezbollah missiles hit northern Israel, and the United Nations established yet another fragile cease fire. The author favors the twostate solution, but believes this will happen only if Israel withdraws to its 1967 borders. These books will be on the rack in the Narthex for the month and thereafter on the library shelves under the call numbers 302.1/GLA and 956/CAR. R I A N C H U R C H Church Administrator/Communications Director (PT/30 Hours/Week) Progressive, downtown Denver congregation seeks outstanding individual to provide office management and communicate the congregation’s dynamic mission. Receptionist duties, website management, production of print communications, and coordination of church calendar and facilities use. The qualified candidate will demonstrate superior verbal and written communication skills, experience with website management and use of social media, skills and experience in Microsoft Word Publisher, MS Excel and ability to work with staff, volunteers, and diverse urban population. Competitive salary and health benefits. Send resume and cover letter by May 4 to [email protected] to the attention of Chuck Stevenson, Central Presbyterian Church. Bible Builders By Norma Burg May is the last month Bible Builders will meet until September. The group will be looking at resources such as Study Bibles like the resources in Adventure Bibles, concordances, Bible Dictionaries, and Bible Atlases to help with lessons. It is also the time when BB make little tray decorations for people in a nursing home and deliver them one day after school. There is also Mother's Day in this month so the group will be making her a little favor too. It has been such a pleasure working with these boys and girls and watching them grow. Next year Bible Builders will be making Advent Trees with decorations representing important people and events in Jesus' background. Most of these people and events are from the Old Testament. Thanks to Karen Baer for the idea. T he world is divided into two classes; those who believe the incredible and those who do the improbable. --Oscar Wilde 7 G L A D T I D I N PW News By Mary Stackhouse S LETT ER s Arvada Presbyterian Women hosted the February birthday party for residents of Colorado Lutheran Home. Strummers provided a musical program. The residents enjoyed humming and singing along. Birthday cards and small gifts were given to each resident who celebrated a birthday in February. Angel food cake, cookies and conversation completed the day’s festivities. Thanks, strummers, for sharing your talents. G PW will again be supporting Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWESAY) with a $200 donation to their scholarship fund for Red Rocks Community College. These scholarships are awarded to youth who have worked to overcome adversity in their lives. PW continues to support APC’s tiny scholars by collecting Boxtops for Education and Labels for Education for the All Precious Children Learning Center. The congregation is invited to participate with PW in this project. A long list of products which carry the labels can be found at www.labelsforeducation.com and www.boxtops4education.com. If you need a copy of the participating products (some of which are guaranteed to be in your cupboards right now), contact Velma Whitney or Mary Stackhouse. Place your labels in the basket on the table next to the upstairs kitchen. All PW circles invite you to visit or join them as they meet each month. Circles meet the third week of the month with Priscilla and Rebekah Circles taking a break during June, July and August. Elizabeth Circle meets throughout the summer. Contact Muriel Frink or Dorothy Dannels for more information about PW Circles. Strummers Rick Kessler, Jean Barker, Starr Hildebrand and Lee Giesman at the Lutheran Home. 8 Dear women of Arvada Pres., Thank you so much for your recent donation of clothing, graciously delivered by Anna Malick. Our school will certainly be able to use such items, and already have! We appreciate it! Shari Frazier Clinic Aide Allendale Elementary Besides the note above, APC received a letter from Denver Inner City Parish thanking the congregation for a donation of $336 in March. DICP works to empower and enhance the community by focusing on improving the ability of individuals and families to become self-sustaining and contributing members of the community where they live. Over 25,000 individuals are served annually through programs that address four key needs: hunger, education, community enhancement and economic development. May 2015 A R V A D A P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H Gardeners! Grab Your Gloves, Put on Your Garden Boots and Slap on Some Sunscreen! By Joan Ratz It has been a strange spring but planting time for the APC Community Garden will soon be here. The APC Community Garden will have a late planting date – Saturday, May 30 at 8:30 A.M. Anyone who wishes to dig around in the dirt is welcome! Sandy Safford mixing soil during the original garden installation in 2010. The gardeners plant late for two reasons. First, the last freeze date can be unpredictable. New transplants or newly sprouted seeds rarely survive a freeze. Second, once the garden is planted, it needs to be watered to thrive. APC’s garden tends to dry out, perhaps because it is located on the top of a hill. Regular watering is important. In the past, gardeners have had few volunteers watering the garden and had to spread out the watering days. Last year gardeners watered the garden four days a week because there were only three volunteers. Ideally, it should be watered every day, especially during the hot part of the summer. This is the first summer that the APC Community Garden has been part of the Mission and Peacemaking Ministry. Support is welcome in whatever form it may come. Plants: Thanks to a donation for the garden, seeds for carrots, shorty carrots, green beans, radishes, and corn (maybe this year there will actually be ears) have been purchased. The garden could use donations of plants ready to transplant: broccoli, squash, cucumbers, peppers, etc. Equipment: Last year the hose sprung a leak, so a replacement hose would be welcome. It doesn’t have to be new, but gardeners would prefer it to be hole-free. Peppers and corn in the garden of 2012. The garden will need additional compost to amend the beds before planting. There is a compost bin, but it is not sufficient to amend all the beds. Volunteers: Planting help: Volunteers are needed to help plant on May 30." Watering help: Help will be needed throughout the growing season to keep the garden watered. Harvest help: When the plants start producing, volunteers will be needed to pick and transport the produce to the Arvada Community Food Bank. If you plan to make any donations to the garden, or would like to help out as a volunteer, please contact Joan Ratz, Garden Coordinator. Part of last year’s bountiful harvest ready to go to the Arvada Community Food Bank 9 G L A D T I D I N G S Parlor Display of Needlework By Barb Rathbun Please take time to view the new needle work display in the parlor. Thanks to those who were willing to share their heirlooms. Muriel Frink contributed several items, among which is a needlepoint representation of a turtle created by her daughter. There is a Sampler by Debbie Hutton contributed by Dina Book. Dina also brought for display some small pansy designs, one by Andra completed at the age of 9-½ in 1974. Barbara Rathbun submitted three framed pieces of crewel embroidery, two by her Aunt Doe and one by her Mother. Also provided is a large basket of delicious looking strawberries by Dina Book. Fred Haas, age 90, passed away on March 16, 2015. His services were held at Fort Logan National Cemetery, and Allnutt Funeral Services in Estes Park handled the arrangements. Please keep his family in your prayers. 10 APC is sorry to announce that Max Nelson passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Please remember his family and friends in your prayers. Charlene Brown, former member and spouse of Bob, passed away on March 17, 2015. There was a memorial service for her on Friday, April 10 at Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Church. Bob and the family will be grateful for your prayers. May 2015 A R V A D A P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H Place church calendar here 11 G L A D T I D Pastor’s Pastor’s Reflections Reflections I N G S on Our Life Together By Pastor Bill Sanders Imagination A friend and colleague shared some inspired words and thoughts, which I borrowed and use here with my own memories and interpretations. One of my strongest childhood memories is reading for the first time the pages of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. As I read each volume and finished the last page, I couldn’t wait for the next. As I finished the series, I felt tears welling up inside. It was such a beautiful and amazing story that I didn’t want it to end. Those characters had become real to me, companions during days of youth. In fact, Lewis’ brilliance created an entire world, a world that seemed real, perhaps more real than the one in which I was living. Many of you, can relate through other books, like the Harry Potter series. Imagination is a powerful force and a wondrous gift. We tend to equate imagination with childhood or with a few “artistic types.” Imagination is often like the games, the dolls, the toys we leave behind as the years pass. What a great loss that is for us! Imagination, along with hope, can give great depth and meaning to life. It is the ability to see beyond the confines of the present moment and present arrangements to a future that is different and richer. Imagination can help unstick us from thinking that says that the way it is right now is the way it will be always, or perhaps even that the way it has been is the way it must be forever. As you may have gathered, the theme for our stewardship emphasis this year focuses upon “imagination,” using Ephesians 3:20-21 as a guide. “God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! ‘God’ does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God…”(Msg) “Imagine” isn’t just a slogan, but it is a way of life toward which we in the church are directed. Because the power of love has defeated death, because the one who was dead has been raised, we are invited, if not compelled, to imagine a new creation. There are possibilities beyond our small expectations -- possibilities that exist because of the imagination of God. Imagine this congregation growing to become even more of what God has in mind for us on this hill, in this community, for those God places in our path. Imagine this church growing as a healing presence for those who are lonely, those who have addiction issues, those who are searching for meaning, those who are seeking work, those who need help with living or eating or medical concerns, those who want their children to have a solid foundation on which to build their lives, those responding to their longing to connect with God, and the list goes on. As the church of Jesus Christ, we regularly exercise our imaginations. But we're not about just any kind of imagination, we are trying in some way to catch a glimpse of -- or gain some insight into -- the imagination of God. What is the God we experience in Jesus Christ imagining for this congregation, for each of us as disciples or apostles? Just imagine being an essential part of growing into the imagination of God for this church. It’s not that big a stretch. You can be a part of that dream as you participate and give financially. It’s not the amount that is primary, but the willingness to give something, to contribute as you are able. Giving together, giving as a community of faith, with each one of us playing our part, makes it possible for us to imagine, and live into, a new and different tomorrow for The Church of Jesus Christ at Arvada Presbyterian. On Sunday, May 3 we will, as a community of faith, offer to God our commitments for the new fiscal year. As you prepare in the next few weeks, I encourage you to give some thought and prayer to what you believe God is calling this church to be and do. Your giving can be a part of God's dream becoming reality at APC. Perhaps my friend has a better imagination than I, or perhaps, just perhaps, God’s imagination is already working in the location where Christ has placed us. Friends, we have the privilege and the opportunity to tell a beautiful and amazing story – here in this place! God’s Blessings and Peace, Bill 12 May 2015 A R V A D Session A P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H Board of Deacons Clerk of Session - Paul Nicholas Class of 2015 *Darrell Ganskow - Nominating, EMLT Jon Girand, Admin & Support *Rick Goad - Worship & Music **Rick Kesler - Personnel *Linda Newman - Mission/Peacemaking Class of 2016 **George Coates - Personnel Stan Crouse, Mission/Peacemaking Linda Stackhouse - EMLT *Gin Vossenkemper - Membership Class of 2017 Ruth Curtin - Mission/Peacemaking Steve Galbraith - Worship & Music Len Robinson - Admin & Support Tom Stroud - Membership Class of 2015 **John Burg - Transportation Donna Hanrahan - Hospitality Pam Reed - Pastoral Care, Personnel **Cindy Terek - Treasurer Beth Whyman - Secretary, Pastoral Care Class of 2016 Melodie Francis - Hospitality Cathy Heuer - Nominating, Cards *Betty Juhnke - Flowers LaDonna Mock - Hospitality Class of 2017 Irene Backes, Wellness Ministry Darlene Hudson, Hospitality Jim Schneider, Prayer Chain, Cards Jim Snider, Home Communion Nominating Stan Crouse, Chair Ellis Barker John Boettiger Tom Boa Gary Forbes Jim Francis Darrell Ganskow, Chair Bobbie Edwards Ken Furlow Jim Gieseman Carl Kantner Ken Ray Margaret Walters Rev Bill Sanders — Transitional Pastor Rev. Warren Fikejs — Visitation Pastor Heather Kohl - Director of Music Dawn Haskell - Learning Center Director Jannelle Miller - Youth Coordinator Heidi Meredith - Children’s Sunday School Coord. Thom Miller - Building Maintenance Manager Amanda Simons - Church Accountant Lisa Daer - Administrative Assistant Fran Jarosz - Administrative Assistant Dave Reed - Webmaster Arvada Presbyterian Church *Moderator **Co-Moderator Budget & Finance Staff of APC 5592 Independence Avenue Arvada, CO 80002 Elder Commissioners Darrell Ganskow Starr Hildebrand Rick Kessler 303 422-3463 - phone 303 403-8431 - fax Email - [email protected] Website - www.arvadapc.org Glad Tidings, a publication of Arvada Presbyterian Church, is published monthly except July, and arrives in homes near the end of each month. Deadline for the June 2015 issue is noon, Friday, May 22. Keep in mind that there is no July issue. Email articles to Jaylene Wallace or leave a paper copy in the folder outside the church office. You may also use regular mail, or, if you need help crafting your article, just call. Editor’s contact information is in the church directory. 13 A A R R V V A A D D A A P P R R E E S S B B Y Y T T E E R R I I A A N N C C H H U U R R C C H H Time Sensitive Material Arvada Presbyterian Church 5592 Independence Street Arvada, CO 80002 Please Deliver by April 29 Return Service Requested Stewardship/Discipleship Sunday Sunday, May 3 in worship service Mark Your Calendar! PrimeTImers Wednesday, May 6, Parlor Postal Service Food Drive begins Saturday, May 9 APC Community Garden Planting Saturday, May 30, 8:30 A.M. near church house Second Wind Fund Golf Tourny Registration Deadline Tuesday, June 9 Rockies Faith Day July 26 Glad Tidings The Newsletter of Arvada Presbyterian Church May 2015 Worship Services every Sunday at 10 a.m. 14 May 2015
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