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June 2021

Cookout and Games Sunday at 6 pm

under the Picnic Shelter Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Chips, Water and Dessert provided.

There will be games for people of all ages! (If you have a favorite outdoor game, please bring it!)

Offering prayers for David Harris before his deployment.

Thank you,

Joan Garner, for the beautiful

Pentecost banner.

We rejoice with those in our church family who have completed courses of study this year!

Riley Coble South Stanly High School

Plans to continue working at Piney Point Golf Club

Marlen Padilla-Lopez South Stanly High School

Ophelia McRae (Braidyn Davis)

daughter of Mike & Alice Carlis UNC-Chapel Hill

BA in English and a minor in Creative Writing

Emily Moss daughter of Stephen & Susan Moss Stanly Community College on May 6, 2021 Associate in Science Degree She will continue her education at Appalachian State University this fall to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Cellular Molecular Biology.

Hannah Moss

daughter of Stephen & Susan Moss Appalachian State University on May 7, 2021

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutrition and Foods She will continue her education at Meredith College this fall as

she pursues becoming a Registered Dietitian in Meredith’s Dietetic Internship Program.

Abbey Wallace daughter of Kirk & Kristie Wallace UNC Charlotte BS in Public Health and BS in Health Systems Management Plans to continue education to complete an online program in User Experience Design

Dear Saints of Norwood First Presbyterian Church: I am grateful to be back in the sanctuary worshipping with you each Sunday! Likewise, I am grateful for the respect and good will, the grace and faithfulness and mutual forbearance with which we have made our way through this trying time together. This is no small thing and certainly not something I take for granted. Attached to the end of this newsletter is a Daily Prayer Guide. Many have told me they found these guides helpful during our time apart and so I offer another for these summer months. Sentences of scripture open and close each day. My prayer is that these short pieces of scrip-ture may be words that you can hang onto during the day and that you will ponder the assur-ance they hold or the challenge they give for the living of our days. A few Sundays ago, we reflected together on the power and comfort of knowing someone is praying for us on a regular basis, not just when we are sick or experiencing trouble. I have included space for you to write down the names of individuals or families for which you will pray on each weekday. You may wish to let the person know that you will be praying for them on Mondays, for instance. Praying for one another is one way we can stay connected during the comings and goings of summer. Grace and peace, Julie

Memorials have been given in memory of …….. John Miller by Kaye Coble, George & Betty Beachum, Vaughn & Sharon Rummage, JV & Connie Curlee Jean Barbee by Jeff Britt, Kaye Coble, George & Betty Beachum, Vaughn & Sharon Rummage, JV & Connie Curlee, Mary Boyd Miller

Don Russell by Mary Boyd Miller

Updates: Church Sign: The rebuilding of the church sign will begin next week, weather permitting.

We do not have an estimated delivery date on the granite insert but lead times are long right now. Therefore, we may have a partial sign for some time. However, the area will be neat and clean.

Livestream: Bids are in and it appears that the equipment needed is available. Hopefully,

we will be able to livestream worship in July.

Got Pantyhose you no longer need?

Bring them to the church. We need them to make “pantyhose potatoes”

to use for VBS games!

VBS

Summer Worship Time Change

Beginning June 20, Father’s Day, worship will begin at 10:00 am!

It will remain at 10 am through Labor Day weekend, September 5.

Thank you, Duane Stutler!

For several years, Duane has brought his mower to the church and mowed the big lot between the parking lot and the post office. He is “retiring” from this ministry. Duane, we appreciate you and thank you for your long commitment and dedication.

Presbyterian Women (PW) Friday, June 25 at 10:30 a.m.

The women had so much fun being together, they are doing it again. Come and enjoy a time of good conversation and fellowship.

Bring a bag lunch! Who exactly is invited? All women college age and above.

You do not have to commit to being part of PW in the fall to come!

Montreat Youth Conference July 11- 17

Our youth will once again be joining with the youth at First Presbyterian in Albemarle.

They will share a house, meals, and back home group activities. This year Stella Jones and Shannon Pacheco-Lujano

will be attending, along with Julie.

Technology Team Being Formed

We need a team of 6-8 folks- high school youth and adults, men and women-trained on the sound system and the video camera for livestream worship. We need folks who will commit to a rotating schedule, as well as trained folks who can serve as a backup. It’s not complicated- promise- but it does require a little practice and understanding of what needs to be done each week. This is a critical ministry in the church. Speak to Jeff Russell to understand more of what this entails. Training will be provided by an AV specialist.

Habitat for Humanity Needs You!

Volunteers are in short supply and Habitat needs to finish a house in Albemarle as soon as possible. As of today, the house is at the stage of installing laminate flooring, kitchen cabinets, and some bathroom fixtures, as well as painting the trim around the floor. If you can volunteer one or more days, please call 704-985-1050.

Wednesdays at the Community Table FPC is providing a volunteer every Wednesday to help Shelia, the cook,

prepare and hand out meals to our neighbors. Thank you to all who volunteered to help with that ministry. The schedule through August is listed below. Please switch

with someone if you have a conflict on your assigned day. Just let Sylvia Parker know about the switch!

June 2 Theresa Russell July 7 Theresa Russell June 9 Ursula McRae July 14 Kirk Wallace June 16 Pat Braswell July 21 Beverly Johnson June 23 Finley Sutton July 28 Pat Braswell June 30 Kaye Coble August 4 Finley Sutton August 11 Kaye Coble August 18 Kirk Wallace August 25 Beverly Johnson

Community Table Saturday, June 19

Can you help plan, cook, and/or serve at the Community Table? The same folks have been doing it and we want to involve others.

The church pays of the food. Please contact Ursula McRae, ursulamcrae@gmail.com, as soon as possible

if you and your family, or a group of friends, can help.

Financial Update Through April

Total Receipts: $ 58,708.48 Total Expenses: $ 46,377.50 Receipts over Expenses: $ 12,330.98 One Great Hour of Sharing: $371.11 YTD Ten Cents a Meal: $224.56 The Session wants to express its gratitude for your continued faithful stewardship. As we continue to open up more fully, our expenses will increase.

We rejoice with Sunni and Caleb Sinkler at the birth

of their son, Abel Matthew born May 4. Grandparents are Brandon and Tara Ballard and great grandparents are Sonny and Kaye Tyson.

mailto:ursulamcrae@gamil.com

‘No Frills VBS

Sunday, July 25 5:30 pm - 8:00 p.m. Monday & Tuesday, July 26 & 27

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Dinner, Storytelling, Games, Crafts and Music! Stories from the Old Testament

about eating and food will be the focus. We will learn what the Society of St Andrews does to help feed

hungry people and lend a helping hand. Volunteers needed! See Julie to help.

Sunday Night is an All-Church Event

and includes our Annual Ice Cream Social! We’ll provide a light meal.

You bring your favorite Homemade Ice Cream! The evening will include Bible Storytelling and a Mission Story.

Happy Birthday

June 2 Gabriel Roush June 5 Monica Carlis June 6 Edith Lujano-Melendez June 10 Tanner Hatley June 12 Lora Melton June 14 Chason Alligood June 17 Kaye Coble June 20 Al Calder June 23 Sonny Tyson June 28 Lucy Crump June 28 Kenzie Edwards

Happy Anniversary!

Jeff & Laura Britt June 4

Bill & Mary Ann Evans Jeff & Theresa Russell

June 30

Thank you to: Theresa Russell for providing snacks and crafts for the J Walkers and for being there

every week to ensure our children were safe and happy.

Jeff Russell for moving equipment for outdoor worship, running the video camera and sound board, and preparing the wooden parts for the J Walkers Jesus craft.

Dale Morton for more than can be named and also for fixing the lock on the door leading to the parking lot.

Tom & Joan Garner for installing a ceiling fan in the church kitchen

Eric Jones for obtaining quotes for the church sign repair

Lucy Crump, Charles Harris, Lora Coble Melton & Sonny Richards for singing while we cannot.

We extend our prayers and deepest sympathy to

Elaine Lisk on the death of her sister, Lovenia Burleson

Mary Boyd Miller and Mitchell Edwards on the death of their loved one, Virginia “Gin” Hathcock.

Please keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.

Summer YMCA Camp We will once again host the Summer Y Camp. Signups have been slow this year as parents have been waiting to hear about summer school. If there are enough enrolled, camp will begin June 7. Campers will be in the fellowship hall, picnic shelter or playground from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm every day except Fridays when they will be at Piney Point.

A Note of Thanks…. Dear First Presbyterian Church, Jeff and I want to thank you for the prayers, food, flowers, texts, and calls. It meant a lot to us. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Jeff & Theresa Russell

Summer Sermon Series: Samuel

For eight weeks in July and August, Julie will be preaching through the story of Scripture found in Samuel 1 & 2. Israel is experiencing pressure within and without. They decide that the answer is to have a king like the other nations. Of course, you’ve guessed it, having a king does not solve their problems. Kings fail like all human beings. We will become better acquainted with Samuel, Saul, and David, as well as a few lesser known biblical characters. A daily reading guide is included and you are invited to read along through this history, which at times, reads like a novel.

Faith on the Fifth August 29

Faith on the Fifth is an offering over and above one’s regular giving and began as a way to pay off the church’s debt- which we did! Given the expected life span of roofing, it is anticipated that within the next several years, we will need to replace the sanctuary roof. Now is the time to begin building a fund to cover that expense. Your gift to Faith on the Fifth in Au-gust will be put in our Emergency Fund for that purpose.

Thank You Silent Partners! Silent Partners keep in touch with our college students, sending cards and small gifts

and letting them know they are loved and in the prayers of this church.

Thank you to everyone who served this year. Susie Lisk, David & Finley Sutton, Kristi Wallace, Susan Moss, Kaye Coble, Pat Braswell, Beverly Johnson, Dutch Snead, Ursula McRae, Sandi Stutler.

Pay It Forward The Stutler’s have been providing eggs for church friends and events at the church for years. Presbyterian Women decided it is time we pay it forward. When you pick up eggs, you are in-vited to drop a dollar in the jar located in the refrigerator near the eggs. Once enough money is received, PW will purchase a flock of chickens through Heifer Internation-al or the Presbyterian Giving Program in honor of the Stutler’s. The gift of chickens will provide a steady source of nutrition and income to families in need around the world. And what a great way to say thank you to the Stutler’s for their egg ministry to us!

Ten Cents a Meal Offering: A Presbytery offering to reduce hunger and relieve suffering in our communities.

Ten Cents, a dime, for every meal we eat comes to around $9.00/month. Together we can make a huge difference!

Offering is received: on the 1st Sunday of each month.

Summer Sermon Series Bible Reading

June 28 I Samuel 1 July 30 II Samuel 1 June 29 I Samuel 2 July 31 II Samuel 2 June 30 I Samuel 3 August 1 II Samuel 3 July 1 I Samuel 4 August 2 II Samuel 4 July 2 I Samuel 5 August 3 II Samuel 5 July 4 I Samuel 6 August 4 II Samuel 6 July 5 I Samuel 7 August 5 II Samuel 7 July 6 I Samuel 8 August 6 II Samuel 8 July 7 I Samuel 9 August 7 II Samuel 9 July 8 I Samuel 10 August 8 II Samuel 10 July 9 I Samuel 11 August 9 II Samuel 11 July 10 I Samuel 12 August 10 II Samuel 12 July 11 I Samuel 13 August 11 II Samuel 13 July 12 I Samuel 14 August 12 II Samuel 14 July 13 I Samuel 15 August 13 II Samuel 15 July 14 I Samuel 16 August 14 II Samuel 16 July 15 I Samuel 17 August 15 II Samuel 17 July 16 I Samuel 18 August 16 II Samuel 18 July 17 I Samuel 19 August 17 II Samuel 19 July 18 I Samuel 20 August 18 II Samuel 20 July 19 I Samuel 21 August 19 II Samuel 21 July 20 I Samuel 22 August 20 II Samuel 22 July 21 I Samuel 23 August 21 II Samuel 23 July 22 I Samuel 24 August 22 II Samuel 24 July 23 I Samuel 25 July 24 I Samuel 26 July 25 I Samuel 27 July 26 I Samuel 28 July 27 I Samuel 29 July 28 I Samuel 30 July 29 I Samuel 31

Prayer List Connection Please help keep the Prayer List Connection up to date. Call the church office when you have an update on anyone on the list. This helps us all to know how to hold them in pray-er. If the person has recovered, we will rejoice and then remove their name the following month from the newsletter. Folks with chronic needs will be listed for a month in the bul-

letin. Following that month, we will keep them on the newsletter’s Prayer List Connection for as long as we are requested to do so. Critical prayer concerns will be added weekly to the prayer list in the bulletin.

Members: Kevin Murphy, Al Calder, Joyce Miller, Bill Johnson, Leslie Frick, Roy Holt, Gina Coble, Mitchell Edwards At Home Members: Jeanette Thompson Nursing Home: Sandy Ridge: Jackie Beeker

Friends of the Congregation: Riley Almond, friend of Eric Jones, removed tumor at the base of her brain Brinn Andrew, friend of Susan Moss, neuroblastoma Taylon Braswell, great-great grandson of Jeanette Thompson, health issues Glenda Duke Burleson, friend of Marion Lisk-Deese, lung cancer Lisa Burris, former student of Susie Lisk, breast cancer Dan Campbell, step-father of Duane Stutler Ken Carpenter, friend of Wayne Deese, bladder cancer Nancy Dalton, sister of Laura Britt Howard Deemer, cancer Michelle Efird, friend of Donna Lisk, cancer Derrick Frick, brother of Darren Frick Tina Frick, aunt of Jessica Faulkner, breast cancer Hank Grabowski, friend of Julie, 15 yr old with ameloblastoma of jaw. Will require jaw reconstruction. Kayla Hardin, co-worker of Lora Melton, melanoma Rosa Jackson, long time employee of Monarch, moving to nursing home Susan Jones, aunt of Eric Jones Joyce Kimrey, grandmother of Meredith Russell, colon cancer Linda Kirkwood, sister of Mike Carlis, blood cancer

Maria Eugenia & Evodio, parents of Edith Lujano-Melendez Max Lariviere, friend of Jana Lowder, neuroblastoma (in remission) Rita Leggett, friend of Marion Lisk-Deese, cancer surgery Caroline Morton, cousin of Derek Lambert, cancer Kevin Morton, neighbor of Sid & Pat Braswell, mouth cancer Judy Murrell, grandmother of Derek Lambert Jessica Nash, niece of Pat Braswell, MS progressing Tony Owens, friend of Beverly Johnson, cancer Joe Parsons, friend of Tom Garner, ICU for gun shot wound Danielle & Travis Phelps, friends of Tiffany Jones Joan Phillips, sister of Tom Garner Jane Pickler, aunt of Derek Lambert Alva Polson, sister of Wayne Deese, lung cancer Carmel Pringle, aunt of Stephen Moss Ashley Reynolds, daughter of John Reynolds Kim Ridge, daughter of Joan Garner Jeff Schmalfeldt, Hodgkin Lymphoma Josh Walker, resident of Cohen House, medical procedure Anne Wallace, mother of Kirk Wallace

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207 South Main Street Norwood, NC

Phone: 704-474-5392

Email: office@norwoodfpc.org www.norwoodfpc.org

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