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June / July 2016

Memorial Day to Labor Day

Wake up!! “Early Worship” is back

That’s right—starting Sunday, May 29th (Memorial Day Weekend) our extra, early-morning worship service returned to Walker Chapel for the summer months. The 8:30 a.m. chapel service is identical to the customary 10:30 a.m. sanctuary service except that it omits a hymn, a soloist, and perhaps a few other things—consequently the 8:30 a.m. service is only 30-40 minutes long. If you have Indians tickets, or an early tee time, or gardening or boating on your Sunday schedule, “come as you are” to our 8:30 a.m. “Early Worship” in Walker Chapel this summer!

—Worship Committee

“Wait—I have permission to ‘miss church?!”

“River Run for a Cause” June 12th

A Rocky River High School sophomore is staging a charity running event to honor the memory of RRPC’s little angel Kate Carney. You will remember that young Kate, age 9, died unexpectedly last September from a cerebral hemorrhage. RRHS soccer player Elizabeth Demers had crossed paths with Kate at vari-ous soccer clinics and games. The death of this young soccer player prompted Elizabeth to want to “do something.” She decided to stage a run/walk, “River Run for a Cause.” This year’s “cause” is to create a scholarship named for Kate as well as to make a contribution to cerebrovascular research. The 5K run & 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk will take place Sunday, June 12 starting at 9 a.m. at Beachcliff Market Square in Rocky River. “9 a.m.? Isn’t that in the middle of our “Early Worship” in

Walker Chapel?” Yes, but the 9 a.m. start time is early enough to allow you to participate in the run/walk AND still make it to RRPC in time for the 10:30 a.m. service in the Sanctuary. Both our Worship Committee and the Carney Family have agreed that this cause is worth having some sweaty worship-

pers in the pews for one Sunday! We’ll recognize those who participated and made it to worship. Register for the 5K run or the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk by visit-ing https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/RockyRiver/RiverRunforaCause5K Thursdays 6:30-8 p.m. June 23—Aug. 11

Grief Recovery Method series to be offered at area church We are all in an ongoing process of saying “Hello” and “Good-bye” to people, to events, to places and things. We all face loss but most of us do not know how to “move beyond” our losses. We have all heard or said at one time or another, “You need to let go,” but do we really know how to do that? The Grief Recovery Method is for those who desire to address the pain in their lives due to loss. Developed by the Grief Re-covery Institute, this program is conducted by Certified Grief Recovery Specialists. All are current or retired chaplains from Fairview Hospital. The series will be offered at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 28455 Center Ridge Rd. in Westlake. Sessions run 6:30-8 p.m. from June 23 through Aug. 11. There is a $25 fee to partici-pate in the group; assistance is available upon request. Regis-trations requested by June 21. Call the church at (440) 871-5565 for information or registration.

—Evangelism & Membership

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Inside this Issue:

• From Your Pastor 2

• Birthdays 3

• Christian Ed. & Youth 4

• Presbyterian Women 5

• Healthy Happenings 6

• Church Happenings 8

• Library Lingo 9

• June Calendar 10

• July Calendar 11

From Your Pastor

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3 thoughts for the 3 months of summer

Since this issue of The Pulse is sup-posed to cover the months of June and July, this month I thought I’d give you two brief pieces to consider. Both are by ministers who, for different reasons, found themselves outside their customary, comfortable habit of being ingrained in a local congregation.

After those two reflections I’ll add a timely “bonus” reflection so you’ll have “one a month” for the summertime. ☺

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Molly Baskette is “between churches,”

you might say. She’s a pastor who finished working at one church, but has a few months before she begins her work at a new church. She’s finding that this in-between-time is enabling her to reflect on whether she can live a “good life, without a church.” She ad-mits that she’s enjoying this brief respite from the occasional panicky thought of “is my sermon ready?!?”

But during this time when she’s not engaged with a worshipping community she’s noticed something else. She writes,

I'm more irritated in traffic, judgmen-

tal in line at the store, inclined to be

imperious and rude on the phone with

customer service reps. Without

church, I feel myself crumpling into

my innate selfishness and pride, ex-

posed as the narcissistic shrew I real-

ly am.

Rev. Baskette goes on to write, Turns out, I need the structure of reli-

gious community to be a better per-

son. It's not that I'm a hypocrite, pre-

tending to be better than I am when I

am in my role—I am actually a better

person when I have the full weight

and positive inertia of other Chris-

tians also trying to be better people

around me. Church is the scaffolding

around the weak structure of my char-

acter.

Molly concludes her self-reflection with this thought: Or maybe a better metaphor is that

the church is a splint, straightening a

spirit that might otherwise be bent or

broken. ...William Sloane Coffin said,

“It is often said that the Church is a

crutch. Of course it’s a crutch. What

makes you think that you don't limp?”

[from an article by Molly Baskette, “Why I Need the Church More Than It Needs Me” in StillSpeaking Daily Devotional (online at [email protected]), April 12, 2016]

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Except for vacations and the rare “sick

day,” a parish pastor is always in church on Sunday. You may attend church frequently, even most weeks… unless a family event gets scheduled for Sunday, or a Saturday night party goes into the wee hours, prompting you to snooze-button your way until noon, or foul weather discourages you from venturing out for worship.

But the minister is in church on Sunday “come hell or high water.” If you’re a minis-ter you never wrestle with the question, “Do I feel like going to church today?” What’s more, a minister never has to wonder, “Where should I go to church this week?”

...Never, that is, until he retires. Rich-ard Floyd was a long-time pastor in Massa-chusetts. Recently he retired. Suddenly, he was in a position he hadn’t been in for a very, very long time—not knowing where he would worship when Sunday came around. And that uncomfortable position gave him a greater appreciation for the imperfect beauty of congregations. Rev. Floyd writes,

After I retired from active pastoral

ministry my wife and I were ecclesias-

tically homeless for a few years. We

went to church, but we couldn't com-

mit to one. We sometimes felt like

Goldilocks at the Bears’ residence.

One congregation had good preach-

ing, but not so great music. Another

had terrific music, but the sermons

were on the light side.

This period was an unhappy time

in our lives, for we are serious

“church nerds” and needed a church

home. We knew there was something

unfaithful about “church shopping”

and being, to use Eugene Peterson’s

phrase, “tourists and not pilgrims.”

The problem was there was no

perfect church. Thomas More coined

the word Utopia in 1516 to describe a

perfect society on a fictional island in

the Atlantic Ocean. Utopia in Latin

means “not a place.”

There has never been and there

never will be Utopia. There is no per-

fect congregation, just the ones we’ve

got, full of imperfect people that God

loves and calls to be the church. And

we knew ourselves well enough to

realize that if we ever found the per-

fect church, as soon as we joined it, it

wouldn't be perfect anymore.

[from an article by Richard Floyd, “Finding the Perfect Church” in StillSpeaking Daily Devo-tional (online at [email protected]), April 9, 2016]

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I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the

Republican National Committee’s convention is going to take place in Cleveland this July.

Of course, it’s one of three conventions this summer that matter to people at RRPC. Yes, three. The Democratic National Com-mittee will have a convention of its own, alt-hough theirs will take place in Philadelphia. (The third is the national meeting of the Pres-byterian Church (U.S.A.)—the “General As-sembly”—that will occur in June in Portland, Oregon.)

Our church is made up of Republican-leaning folks and Democratic-leaning folks. That was true before this political season began, it will be true during the summer con-vention season, and it will continue to be the case after November’s election. At RRPC and in churches all across the country, Re-publicans and Democrats serve each other communion. They share pews. They pray with each other and for each other. They work shoulder-to-shoulder in mission to alle-viate hunger and improve literacy and care for the homeless.

How can we do that while the political parties we choose to affiliate with hurl mean-spirited half-truths at each other?

Because our first allegiance is to God revealed in Jesus Christ.

Do we think that Christ’s disciples always got along, never had a dispute? Heck, they argued about who would get to rub el-bows with Jesus when they were dead and in heaven! [See Mk. 10:36-27] But above all of their differences—country boy/city boy, white-collar/blue-collar, eloquence/tongue-tied—even the very first Christians remem-bered that “they were one in the Spirit, they were one in the Lord.” Our God-love through Jesus Christ brings us together and holds us together.

Having said that, whether or not you favor the Republican platform, in the name of Jesus, please be hospitable to our RNC guests—they will be blessing Northeast Ohio with the chance to show off why we love living here (not to mention the boost to our local economy!).

June Birthdays June Birthdays June Birthdays June Birthdays June 1 Dianne Russell Heidi Fredrickson June 4 Jim Doan Jill Myers June 5 Matt Pedone June 6 Tom Behar June 7 Crystal Duffield Bill Bishop Amanda Heierding June 8 Pat Kaye Dan Poole Deb Miller June 10 Bill Nelson June 12 Bill Knoble Theresa Weedon Molly Ward Dave Carney Charlotte Roche June 13 Konrad Katterle Sammy Bohannon Grant Wiggers June 16 Tracey Kirchner June 17 Ken Murtaugh June 19 Carol Lewellen Tom Gilbert Emmaline Purohit June 20 Jeff Stohr June 21 Jon Fancher June 22 Chuck Erml June 23 Jo Naretto Tamara Newton June 24 Susan Sabik Lillian Newton June 25 Austin Guetling Ken Miller June 26 Terri Yeckel June 27 Jacob Wilson June 28 Mindy Harrison Matt DeWerth June 30 Annette Oberst

July Birthdays July Birthdays July Birthdays July Birthdays July 1 Nancy Clash Anne Busher Bob Beer Kim Matile July 2 Claudia Roche Liam Fritz July 4 Kathy McKenzie July 5 Ramsey Arnold Trevor Prudhoe Spencer Williams July 6 Addison Mach July 9 Sam Kirksey July 10 Thom Dillon Nigel Mach July 11 Bill Kirksey July 12 Glen Loeffler Bryan Watts July 13 Adrina Niederst Paula Clark July 14 Carolyn Watilo Katie (Doan) Panatera MaryCait Russell Evan McGorray July 15 Joel (JJ) Solak July 16 Denise Fresenko Shea O’Flaherty July 18 Ken Krivok Lisa Watts Matthew Miller Mia Carney July 20 Owen Nowlin July 21 Deborah Kennedy July 23 Helen Sakai July 25 Dan Avis Thomas Toth Joe Lavelle July 29 Michelle Fritz July 30 Diane Beer Elizabeth Harrison

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**If your birthday is missing from our birthday list, please contact Office Administrator Crystal Duffield at: [email protected] or (440) 333-4888.

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High School? Trade School? University? Grad School?

Graduate Recognition Sun., June 5

If you or someone in your family will be graduating from high school, college or graduate school this spring please give the church office a call with the details and supply a picture if you are able. We would like to honor the gradu-ates during our worship service on Sunday, June 5.

VBS IS COMING... “Surprise! Stories of Discovering Jesus” Mark your calendars now for June 13-17, this year’s Vaca-tion Bible School experience. We will spend our week hear-ing stories of finding Jesus in unlikely places. This program is open to all children age four through 5th grade, and will run from 9-11:30 am each day. Look for registration forms on the church website. They are also available in the church office and the CE office. RIGHT NOW…we are putting together the planning team that makes this incredible week happen- regular meetings have begun. We are looking for adults and teens who are willing to help out in a variety of areas: worship, snacks, recreation, mission, music, crafts and shepherding. If you would like to be involved in this week of fun, faith and fellowship, you can get more information in the Christian education office. Don’t miss it!

GO! Presbyterian Youth Triennium

During the week of July 19-23, eleven young people from our church will be attending the Youth Triennium Event at Purdue University. The Presbyterian Youth Triennium is an event sponsored by the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches (CPC and CPCA) for the purpose of gathering Presbyterian and Reformed young peo-ple from all over the United States and the world together for worship, prayer, play and community. The Triennium also hosts Global Partners, youth from the Presbyterian Church in Canada, ecumenical guests and hundreds of volunteers! We are thrilled that the following youth from our church will be able to attend, thanks in part to a generous donation from Presbyterian Women, and your support of our Pancake Sup-per and Spaghetti Dinner: Jessica Bohannon, Aileen Busher, Zach Dillon, Beth Erml, Jillian Erml, Gillian Esdon, Heath Fredrickson, Marlee McGorray, Libby Poole, Kailee Shaver, and Kamryn Wilson. Please keep our young people in your prayers as they share in this transformational experience!

Synod of the Covenant presents “Covenant Gathering”

Presbyterians offer annual camp/conference for singles, families, youngsters, oldsters3 everybody! Join Presbyterians from Synod of the Covenant (Michigan and Ohio) and Synod of Lincoln Trails (Indiana and Illinois)-- and beyond!—for a week of intergenerational fellowship, study, recreation and worship. “Covenant Gathering” began decades ago as “Presbyterian Synod School,” a “vacation-with-a-purpose” for individuals and families to balance recreation and leisure with worship-for-all-ages and classes on topics dealing with the life of the Spirit. Nowadays “Covenant Gathering” takes place at the spectacular-ly beautiful Michindoh Conference Center near the borders of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio (“Mich-Ind-Oh”) in Hillsdale, MI. The event runs from Sun., July 3 at 4 p.m. until Fri., July 8 at 11 a.m. (The Fancher Family and Busher Family have attended these “family conferences” many times!) With this year’s conference theme “One in the Spirit,” you can learn what the Bible says about one spirit, how to nurture chil-dren’s spirituality (and your own), the real story behind the is-sues between science and scripture. You’ll find ways to make your backyard into a spiritual and sustaining habitat, how to become more in touch with sacred stories, and deepen your un-derstanding of communion through other traditions. Children and youth will be exploring their places in the world God created in age-appropriate classes with experienced, sea-soned teachers. Everyone can enjoy the trails, lake, water slide and water sports at Michindoh! Covenant Gathering is an affordable, all-inclusive family vaca-tion (maximum $1200 for any one household for entire week). Go to covenantgathering.com for details on classes, costs, registration forms and brochures. Check out Michindoh.com for more information on the amazing facilities, including handicap-accessible meeting place and accommodations.

—Christian Education Committee

Church summer camp can change a kid’s life!

Summer Camp information now available

It is time to start thinking about summer camp. We have infor-mation on several excellent Christian camping opportunities for kids of all ages. For more information or to pick up camp flyers, see Director of Christian Education Lisa Watts

Semi-Circle

Semi-Circle will meet on Monday, June 13th , July 11th and August 8th at 11:30 a.m. at Nelly’s Belly Restaurant at the Metro Parks-Rocky River Reservation. We will be meet-ing here for the summer. If you have questions you may con-tact Pat Koberg at 440-871-8827. New members are always welcome!

Priscilla Circle

Priscilla Circle will be meeting on Thursday, May 19th at 7:00 p.m. in the West Room. All are welcome! If you have any questions you may contact Gretchen Koch or Sara Gresh through the Church Office.

Expressions of Faith

Our group meets twice a month: Tuesday, May 10th and May 24th at 9:30 a.m. in the West Room (or D-3). We wel-come anyone who knits or just enjoys a cup of coffee with friends. For more information contact Mary Murphy (440-

785-8614).

Women of Grace

Women of Grace will meet Monday, May 23rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth Room (D-3,4). Plan to join us for great discus-sion and light refreshments! For more information contact Lee Sabolich or Lisa Watts through the Church Office.

Labels for Education Program The Labels for Education Program will be ending June 30th. We will not be collecting labels after that date. The program has been discontinued. We thank all those who have donated labels to the PreSchool program, past and present. Thank you!

Save the Date and Plan to Attend!

Saturday Morning, June 4, and Saturday, July 9 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. in the West Room. Join us for a hands-on mission opportunity to make washable Feminine Hygiene Kits for ‘Days For Girls’. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY J . We will cut, stack, sew, and finish edges of fabric. To learn more about this organization http://www.daysforgirls.org/. We want to hear from 20 young women of all ages to participate in this RRPC community event! Look for sign up boards in early

May or contact Ellen Schickel at [email protected]

Saturday, June 10 – Sunday, June 11 Synod Gathering in Tecumseh, Michigan Rev. Katie Kinnison will provide the introduction to the 2016-2017 Horizons Bible Study, “Who is Jesus” and offer leadership training in workshops. Martha Bettis Gee, former PC(USA) Associate for child Advocacy will speak about the new Human Trafficking policy coming to General Assembly and its focus on human trafficking as a human rights issue. Contact Sara Gresh for more info and registration forms.

Saturday, October 1 Trash and Treasure – how you can help now: PLAN TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP MAKE THIS POPULAR, ‘HANDS-ON’ MISSION PROJECT, A HUGE SUCCESS!

♦ Collection of donations starts September 18

♦ Sorting Sunday – September 25 Sign up for volunteer jobs and times (including evening hours) will be published later this summer. Thank You, Ellen Schickel

To the WOMEN of Rocky River Presbyterian Church: Please look at the website www.daysforgirls.org and learn how a washable feminine hygiene kit is a life-changing experience for girls in many places around the world. Soon you will receive an email invitation from SignUpGenius to sign up for the RRPC Presbyterian Women hands-on mission project, “Days For Girls.” The SignUpGenius app is being used for volunteer sign-up to help us organize this event. (Women can also sign up for this event in the church at the dis-play bulletin boards near Fellowship Hall or the church office.) Mark your calendars—the hands-on mission project will take place on…

Saturday, June 4 9 a.m.-12 noon Saturday, July 9 9 a.m.- 12 noon

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WOMEN

Healthy Happenings . . . Notes from the Parish Nurse

Dear Friends and Family,

Reaching Spiritual Wellness

Spiritual Wellness is a personal matter involving values and beliefs that provide a purpose in our lives. While different individuals may have different views of what spiritualism is, it is generally considered to be the search for meaning and purpose in human existence, leading one to strive for a state of harmony with oneself and oth-ers, while working to balance inner needs with the rest of the world. The National Wellness Institute believes in the following principles for spiritual wellness:

• It is better to ponder the meaning of life for ourselves and to be tolerant of the beliefs of others than to close our minds and become intolerant.

• It is better to live each day in a way that is consistent with our values and beliefs than to do otherwise and feel untrue to ourselves.

It is important for everyone to explore what they believe is their own sense of meaning and purpose. The path to spiritual wellness may involve meditation, prayer, affirmations, or specific spiritual practices that support your connection to a higher power or belief system. Yoga and meditation can also help you develop spiritual well-ness. Having compassion, the capacity for love and forgiveness, altruism, joy, and fulfillment help you enjoy your spiritual health. Your religious faith, values, beliefs, principles, and morals define your spirituality. If you are a person engaged in the process of spiritual wellness, you are willing and able to transcend yourself in order to question the meaning and purpose in your life and the lives of others. In addition, you seek to find har-mony between within the social-emotional and physical influences that come from outside. Evaluate your own spiritual wellness with this brief quiz.

• Do I make time for relaxation in my day?

• Do I make time for meditation and/or prayer?

• Do my values guide my decisions and actions?

• Am I accepting of the views of others? If you answered "No" to any of the questions, it may indicate an area where you need to improve the state of your spiritual wellness. Catherine A. Patton RN, BSN 440-333-4888 ext: 105 [email protected] Source: University of California, Riverside

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Summary of Mission Survey as of 5/11/16

Mission Possible Update:

THANK YOU to everyone that took the time to complete our Mission Survey during the month of April! We

are pleased to report that we collected approximately 60 surveys and emails answering our question:

“Serving Others. How should our church do this?”

We received wonderful insight from your responses. The following is a summary and is not intended to re-

/lect the content of every response. In order to break down the broad scope of information, we identi/ied

categories of what types of comments were mentioned most often. The following seems to currently be most

important to our congregation:

LOCAL- Serving people within our own congregation and locally

HANDS-ON - Serving with hands-on projects (donating time, food, clothing)

ALLAGES - Serving as an intergenerational group (all ages, singles and families welcome)

YOUTH– Working to identify creative and meaningful mission opportunities for RRPC youth

Our existing mission projects received positive comments, speci/ically Trash and Treasure and the Alterna-

tive Christmas Bazaar. There were new ideas mentioned for speci/ic mission projects and we will pull togeth-

er a comprehensive list as we continue this project. Attention to global issues was also referenced. It was

recommended that the Mission Committee improve communication with the congregation regarding mission

opportunities and participation.

We will continue to review the feedback from this survey to determine our next steps in this process. In the

meantime, we are excited that some of our upcoming and ongoing mission projects such as North Church,

Food Sundays, and Trash and Treasure satisfy many of the concepts mentioned most often.

Whenever you see the logo, you will know that we are working to highlight how and

why a project is important to our congregation. Thank you for taking the time to

share your thoughts in such a meaningful way!

~ Mission Committee

Benefit Ronald McDonald House

Give us your tired, your poor3 aluminum can pull-tabs! You know you can recycle aluminum cans, right? And you know that the Rocky River Fire Department collects aluminum cans to raise funds for burn unit patients? But did you know that if you collect the pull-tabs from aluminum cans, those pull-tabs can benefit Ronald McDonald House in University Circle? The church has pull-tab collection receptacles by the pop machine and in the church office. Now you can collect pull-tabs at home, then simply bring them to the church office. When he makes hospital calls at the Cleveland Clinic or University Hospitals, our pastor will deliver your collected pull tabs to Ronald McDonald House for you!

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Looking ahead: June’s Month of Mission

Hand’s-on mission opportunity will be “handed to you on a plate” For RRPC, June means two things: 1. Vacation Bible School, and

2. North Church Month!

“North Church Month” is when RRPC provides 4 to 6 workers to prepare and serve dinner plus clean up after dinner. This occurs each Sunday morning and two Thursday afternoons in June. On Sunday mornings we also worship with the congregation of North Church.

Our duties include assisting their cook by cutting vegetables, stirring pots, pouring drinks, serving the meal, greeting and talking with the men, women and children seeking a good meal. Note: ALL volunteers must wear close-toed shoes (sneakers, boat shoes, etc. For health/safety reasons, no sandals, Crocs, etc. al-lowed.)

Time commitment

• Sundays, June 5, 12, 19 (our VBS Sunday), 26

9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• Thursdays, June 23 & 30

3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

⇒ Because of many peoples’ work schedules, we split the Thursday shift so you can work either 3:00-5:00 p.m. or 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Many families from our church have found the Sunday shift is a good way to involve children in the work of the church. You will be surprised how helpful the children are!

North Church is located at 4515 Superior Ave., (east of the Inner-belt), just 5 blocks east of their former location. Free paved parking is in the church’s lot across the street. If you’d like to volunteer but need a ride, note “need ride” when you sign up.

A sign-up sheet and additional information for “North Church Month” are posted outside the church Parlor. Last year 36 individu-als from our congregation provided support and fellowship for North Church Month!

RRPC will also receive a special offering every Sunday in June to supplement the mission needs of North Church.

—Rudy Gulstrand, Chair, Mission Committee

Women of Grace Circle - Thank You Thanks to everyone who participated in our "Lappies for Nappies" project. Your generosity allowed us to donate $645 to the Cuyahoga County Diaper Bank to provide baby and adult diapers and wipes for those in need. If you missed it, it's not too late. Just stash a little cash (or a check made out to RRPC with "diapers" in the memo) in a pew envelope, mark it "Diapers" and put it in the collection plate. We'll see that it gets to the right place. A $5 donation will provide 50 diapers. Thanks again!

MUSIC IN THE AIR On Saturday, May 14 there was definitely music in the air in our sanctuary. The 50 plus men of The Singers Club filled our sanc-tuary with such wonderful music. If you were not there you real-ly missed a delightful evening. The title of their program was “All That Jazz” and included such favorites as “Lullaby of Bird-land”, “Fascinating Rhythm”, “The Pink Panther”, “My Ro-mance”, “What a Wonderful World”, and many more. Also in-cluded in the program was a Cleveland State University Jazz Combo made up of 5 talented young men. The sanctuary was not full, but those who were there certainly had a marvelous toe-tapping evening. To think that this was a benefit concert, free of charge except for a free-will offering which was designated to go to North Coast Health was certainly a gift to all the listeners. There are so many wonderful events to choose from in this area. Unfortunately, many of them occur at the same time and we can’t

enjoy all of them. Our Artist Concert Series is another exceptional opportunity to support the happenings in our church. Many times the crowd is small and I feel badly to think that so many people are missing such great pro-grams. Why not plan to support this series. If not as a contributor, how about putting next season’s presenta-tions on your calendar when the brochure comes out? I know i will and I hope to see you there. Betsy Roth

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June 2016 LIBRARY LINGO Mary Schulz, Librarian

DISPLAYS: Father’s Day books for children New books for adults and children

JUNE USED BOOK SALE!

This month the books which have been cancelled (or never used donations) from the church library will

be available to purchase (for a donation, actually). They will be displayed outside the library with a

donation box. It’s a great opportunity to pick up some summer reading material!

NEW BOOKS FOR ADULTS:

Nonfiction books:

TWO BOOKS BY TERRY PLUTO: As a sports writer for the Akron Beacon Journal, Terry Pluto’s friends told him “writing about religion can kill your career.” He followed his conscience anyway and began writing a column titled “Your Faith.” He doesn’t write about religion, but about church and God. But mostly he writes about the important issues we all confront in everyday life, and he writes from a very personal perspective. Everyday Faith 248.4 PLU This book collects the best from the first three years of that popular column. Faith and You: 28 Short Essays on Faith in Everyday Life 248.4 PLU Pluto believes real faith writing should be about real life. He writes as much about his failures as his triumphs, because that is what a life of faith is about. “It’s often as much suffering as celebration, with lots of mundane, everyday stuff in between.” Where God Was Born; a Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion 200.956 FEI This New York Times Bestseller by Bruce Feiler is “one of the great political, historical, geographical, and archaeo-logical adventures of all time” (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Feiler sets off for some of the world’s most dangerous places to fol-low the key figures and events of the second half of Hebrew scripture, looking for peace at the root of religious conflict. OTHER BOOKS WE HAVE BY BRUCE FEILER: Walking the Bible: a Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses 200.956 FEI This New York Times Bestseller is both an adventure and an uplifting quest, describing one man’s epic odyssey- by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel- through the greatest stories ever told. Abraham: a Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths 222.11092 FEI Feiler travels in war zones, through caves and ancient shrines to discover the untold story of the man who is at the heart of the world’s three monotheistic religions, and today’s deadliest conflicts.

HAPPY READING AND VIEWING!! (All descriptions have been taken from book jacket, title page verso, or review article)

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Gathering—

First C

hurch

Findlay, O

H

11

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

12 W

orsh

ip--O

rdinatio

n/

Insta

llatio

n/Commissio

ning

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

11:35 a.m. Evang. &

Mem. Mtg.

11:45 a.m. Mission C

ommittee M

tg.

13

11:30 p.m. PW Semi-Circle

@ Nelly B

elly’s

5:00 p.m. Finance M

tg.

7:00 p.m. Deacons M

tg.

14

15

16

11:30 a.m. RRPC Staff Lunch

Off-site

6:00 p.m. RRPPS Bd. M

tg.

Off-site


7:00 p.m. Priscilla C

ircle Mtg.

17

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


18

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

19 F

ather’s D

ay

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

20


A Mtg.

7:30 p.m. Session M

tg.

21

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

22


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

23

8:30 a.m. Senior M

en’s Bible

Study &

Breakfast

24

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


5:30 p.m. Wedding R

e-

hearsal: Kennedy/T

rimmer

25 Church

office

closed

2:30 p.m. Wedding:

Kari K

ennedy/Matthew

Trimmer

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

26

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

27


A Mtg.

28

9:30 a.m. Expressions of F

aith

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

29


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

30

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July 2

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Wed

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F

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1 C

hurch

office clo

sed

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


2

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

3 Communion/Food Sunday

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship /KISS/ Nursery


ellowship

4

Indepen

den

ce Day

Church

office clo

sed


A Mtg.

5

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

6


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

7

8 Church

office clo

sed

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


9

9:00 a.m. PW Days for G

irls

Mission P

roject

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

10

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

11

11:30 p.m. PW Semi-Circle

@ Nelly B

elly’s

7:00 p.m. Deacons M

tg.


A Mtg.

12


aith

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

13


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

6:30 p.m. PW Coordinating

Team

Mtg.

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

14

8:30 a.m. Senior M

en’s

Bible S

tudy & Breakfast

15 C

hurch

office

closed

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


16

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

17

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

18


A Mtg.

19

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

20


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

21

7:00 p.m. PW Priscilla C

ircle

22 C

hurch

office

closed

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


23

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

24

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

25


A Mtg.

26


aith

7:30 p.m. Alanon/A

lateen Mtg.

27


rayer

& Bible S

tudy

7:30 p.m. Men’s A

A Mtg.

28

7:30 a.m. North C

oast Health

Board of T

rustees Mtg.

29 C

hurch

office

closed

7:00 a.m. Friday m

orning

Men’s G


30

7:00 p.m. Altered A

ttitudes AA

31

8:30 a.m. Early W

orship—Chapel

10:30 a.m. W

orship / Nursery


ellowship

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