Fountain Hills, AZ June/Ju ly, 2015

There are many ways to serve the Lord By Chris Young, Elder for Hilltop Hospitality Hilltop Hospitality (HH) is the

new name for the church organization formerly known as CLAF (Congregational Life and Fellowship). De-spite the name change, our mission to provide opportu-nities for fellowship for the FHPC community is still going strong! And why is this ministry so important? As Jesus said in Matthew 18:20, "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I in the midst of them." We provide Sunday Fellowship between our worship services, as well as by sponsoring special events like our recent birthday party with the Harmonica Trio +1, the After-Easter Brunch, our all-church Thanksgiving Dinner, our Movie Night, and probably, most notably, our bi-annual Rummage Sale, which will be coming up in March 2016. We encourage you to start saving those items that you may no longer need but which will become "treasures" to our shoppers. Our last rum-mage Sale in March 2014 earned FHPC over $7000.00 which has gone to support various projects such as re-

placing the hot water heater in the Fellowship Center and funding the infrastructure for the new coffee ma-chine in the Fellowship Center. Our Hilltop Hospitality group is always looking for new members with new ideas and willing hearts. We meet on the 2nd Friday of each month August through May at 9:00 am in the Fellowship Center. We invite you to come and meet us and see how much fun we have pursuing our mission. If youd like further infor-mation prior to our next meeting in August, please feel free to give me a call anytime at 480-837-5881. Come and join us as we live out Mother Theresas phi-losophy that "We cannot do great things, but we can do small things with great love."

FHPC VISION & MISSION STAMENTS

Our Vision: Living Gods love.

calls us to . . .

Our Mission : Reach out to all with faith and love.

CHURCH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS

June 1 through September 8 Church office will be open

Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

The office will be closed on Fridays.

On the Inside: From Chris Young, Elder .. .. .. .. . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . .. .. Focus on Finance .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . . Highlighting our Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . Mission Ministry . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. Presbyterian Women .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. Baccalaureate Service .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Facebook .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Yet a member? .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . How Can You Help? .. .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Birthday Party .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . Can you match them up? Then & Now.. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. Christian Formation .. . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . .. . VBS Needs.. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . . . . .. From the Director of Christian Formation .. . . . . . . . . . Sermon Series.. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. .. FHPC Foundation.. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . Ministry at Fountain View Village.. .. .. . .. .. . . . . . .. . .. Library Footnotes.. .. . .. . . . . . Thank you .. .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . Music Ministry .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. Member Spotlight...Did you Know? .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . Thank yous! .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . .. .. . . Necrology for 2015 .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . .. . . . July Birthdays .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. Cactus Gardens .. .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .

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OUR CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Bill Good Pastor/Head of Staff

Rev. Stan Jones Parish Associate

Pastor Ken Brown

Associate Pastor

Debby DeBernardi Director Christian Formation

Marta Ludwig Administrative Coordinator

Debbie Fisher Director of Music Ministry

Dorothy Parris Pianist

Caryl Bates Organist

Lynn Medley Custodian

CHURCH TREASURER Linda Lull

CHURCH SESSION Class of 2015

John Brockelman Helen Quigley Terri Schmidt Chris Young

Class of 2016 Sally Atchinson

Bob Lull John Skewes

Arlene Stewart Class of 2017

Mary Alice Bivens Bonnie Hollabaugh

Aleyne Larsen-Craig Helen Roesch Ron Waldo

BOARD OF DEACONS Moderator: Nancy Wulfmeier

Class of 2015 Ben Fast

Jack Morris Ruby Pearson Bev Watters

Class of 2016 Suzie McCready Dorothy Rudack

Donna Sims Nancy Wulfmeier

Class of 2017 Michele Hasley

Mary Lee Lehrich Cynthia Linton Linda Warren

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April actual income is slightly off from budget, and actual expenses are over budget by $3,700. Main factor for higher expenses is paying some budgeted expenses earlier than anticipated, such as VBS. YTD income vs YTD expenses lost some ground due to these early expenses, but it is hopeful that we will recover before the summer months. Respectfully, Linda Lull, Treasurer

April Income $ 32,675 Budget $ 33,775

April Expense $ 36,235 Budget $ 32,482

Yr to date Income $ 160,541 Budget $ 157,250

Yr to date Expense $ 145,021 Budget $ 145,808

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Jacob Eberspacher was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 3, 1996 to the proud parents, Paula and Chuck Eberspacher and big brother Charlie Eberspacher. He lived his first 9 years in Chicago where he enjoyed his neighborhood friends and trips to our cottage in southeastern Wisconsin. He had a love of music and the out-doors from the beginning. Jacob joined scouting as a Tiger Scout in the First grade. Jacob got his first guitar from his parents for his 9th birthday after expressing interest in playing after watching his dad jam on his guitar. In July of 2006 Jacob and his family relocated to Fountain Hills after his father retired from the Chicago Police Department. Within a week he was enrolled in the Fountain Hills Charter School and began 4th grade. Jacob quickly made great friends, joined Cub Scouts and was intro-duced to his teacher and mentor, Deb Fisher, of whom Jacob once said how would I have found my gift if Ms. Fisher didnt show me? Jacob and his family joined FHPC in 2007 and he was confirmed in April 2010. Jacob became an Eagle Scout on June 14, 2012 with great support of his church family. His high school years have been filled with lots of music. He plays at our second service and at school he has participated in the marching band, symphonic band, jazz band, choir and jazz choir. Next year he will be attending ASUs, Tempe campus, majoring in Computer Science Engineering. He also plans to join ASUs marching band.

David Hissler was born in Germany on May 3rd 1997 in a place by the name of Wadern, to the parents of Christian and Katja Hissler. He lived in Germany until the age of 10 in a little village called Primstal. He went to a small elementary school there, along with every other child in Primstal. During the time he spent in Primstal two of his siblings were born, Johanna and Charlotte. Primstal only had one Catholic Church, where David was baptized and had his communion at age 9. In 2007 the whole Hissler family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. And quickly after that David was enrolled in 5th grade, he started to adjust to the new language, lifestyle, and environment. After a few years passed Davids family moved to Fountain Hills, and became a freshman at FHHS. After settling in the town, he became a member of the Foun-tain Hills Presbyterian Church, where he especially enjoyed the live nativity scene with the llama. By that time his little brother Samuel was born. David joined the Fountain Hills Swim Team, and has been a member for four years. He regularly participated in the swim meets held in Scottsdale. During his time in High school, David developed an interest in photography. Several of his pieces have been displayed in art shows, and took part in painting the mural at Fountain Park. He plans on incorporating his passion of photography, in his future career as a mechanical engineer. He will pursue his career path here in Arizona and will later finish his education at a University in Germany.

Sean Nangle is a 2015 graduate from Fountain Hills High School. During high school Sean helped with the band and youth group at the church, and participated in the Triennium event in Indianapolis. He also spent a week in service on the Navajo reservation with the church before that. Sean was an active member in the local Boy Scout Troop. He hiked 75 miles through the mountains of New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch, Sailed the Caribbean off of Islamorada at the Boys Scout High Adventure Sea Base, and whitewater rafted the upper Colorado River at the Rocky Mountain High Adventure Camp. Last sum-mer he circumnavigated Catalina Island (53 miles) in an 8 man canoe in the ocean. In No-vember he hiked 23.9 miles from the north to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. He is currently in a delayed enlistment program with the United States Navy. He will be heading to boot camp in August this year. He is enlisted to be in the aviation program with the Navy. May he always have fair winds and following seasHooyah

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Thou shall not hunger nor thirst; neither the heat nor sun smite them, for He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall He guide them. Isaiah 49:10 As I read this verse I am reminded that we are not alone, that God is always with us and sees to our needs. He may send someone to help us and lead us; we just have to be open to whomever it may be that has been sent to help us. God has touched our hearts here in the

Mission Ministry and we try to be the helping hands that God wishes us to be. We have several projects to help feed those in need or to bring a little bit of happiness into the lives of those who are struggling. We pray that we are able to make someones life a little easier. Here are some of the things we are involved in:

Extended Hands Food Bank Thank you to all who continue to bring in non-perishable food on Sunday mornings. The Food Bank is always in need of more food. Is it time to clean out the cupboards and get rid of items that have not been used and are almost outdated? Bring them in and we will give them to someone who can use it now. Thank you to Nancy Wulfmeier, Vivian Virden, Linda War-ren, and our new friend Sue Bye (from Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church) for helping with Mays Friday Night Fish Fry. We will be helping on June 5th. and then in August. We all enjoy visiting with our new and old friends that come to eat at the famous Jim Bobs Fish Fry on the first, third and fifty Fridays of the month. We help on the first Friday of the month and we have made so many new friends, plus we see many of our Presbyterian friends there. Let us all try and make June 5th Presbyterian Fish Fri-day. Please come and join in on the fun and enjoy the food. It is all you can eat for $9.99. It would be so much fun to see more of our congregation there. Lets see how many of you come out to see us at the best fish fry ever!

Maxs Closet After you are done cleaning your kitchen food cupboards, now you need to go through your closets and kitchen cup-boards. And guess what? You can donate all of those un-wanted items to Maxs Closet. This place is associated with the Extended Hands Food Bank. They will take most any-thing, even used appliances. If you need someone to come and pick them up for you, please call 480-580-2889. The ad-dress is 16548 E. Laser Dr., #5. This address is right next to the Food Bank.

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Water for MANA House Its that time of year again when the temperatures are going to get boiling hot, so please remember those that are homeless and the Veterans downtown. They will really be in need of water. We will begin collection water for them again this year. If you do not wish to buy the water and bring it to Church, you can write a check to the Church and put on the memo line it is for water for MANA House. We will make sure that water is bought with the money and sent down to MANA House. These homeless are always in need of clothes, shoes and blankets. We will deliver them also.

Presbyterian Disaster Relief

Thank You to all you generous people that wrote checks for the Nepal disaster fund last month. $757.00 was given. The Presbyterian Church has such a great out-reach to those in need during times of disasters. We are always glad to give to this program because we know the money goes where it is needed most.

We, in the Mission Ministry are working on starting a few other outreaches, but we dont have the details worked out yet. We will be taking over the Weekend Back Pack Program and will continue to partner with the Church of Ascension. We will be asking for volunteers to help with this project later this fall, so please be ready to join us in the fun. As I have said before, if any of you have new ideas for outreach programs, let Bonnie Holla-baugh or myself know about them. We would welcome any ideas you may have. If you have some extra time and would like to join our committee, we would welcome you. We meet on the second Monday of the month at 4:00 pm in the Conference Room behind the Church office.

In closing, I want to say Thank You to all of you that help us succeed in helping those in need. I pray for Gen-erous Hearts, for Wisdom in choosing projects, for Open Eyes to those in need, and most of all I pray for the LOVE that Christ showed to us. I pray for these things so that we can share them with others who are in need of spiritual and physical help.

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MISSION PROJECT SUPPORT OUR TROOPS/VETERANS In the last couple of months, and just a few weeks left for our current project, we have focused on our Veterans, collecting new t-shirts and socks for the warm summer months. I want to thank all of you who have brought in your donations to date and hopefully for those of you who have forgotten, you will remember that you can still do so for about 3 more weeks before the items are going to be delivered. As part of our Mission Program, we have been trying to help our local veterans, whether at the VA Medical Center, the VA Home, MANA House or the Vets Center (both help our homeless Veterans). So, if you can, again, items most needed are socks and t-shirts (sizes L, XL, XXL). There are two boxes for you to place your donations located at Church; one in the Narthex on the table and one in the Fellowship Center located on the left side as you enter. And as usual, donations of toiletries, magazines, DVDs, CDs, and books, continues year-round. Any questions, please just ask me. Donna Sims, Deacon

The origin of Fathers Day One Sunday in 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd listened to a sermon honoring mothers. Her mother had died some years before, so her father had raised her by himself. Dodd wondered why there wasnt a day to honor fathers, so she arranged a tribute to her father at a church in Spokane, Washington. The date was June 19, 1910. Many peo-ple believe this was the beginning of Fathers Day. Another account holds that a West Virginia church held a tribute service for fathers in 1908, following a mine explosion that killed 360 men. Regardless of which story is correct, President Calvin Coolidge was the first president to designate a special day to honor fathers. In 1924, he proclaimed the third Sunday in June as Fathers Day.

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One Body, One Spirit The 2015 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women will be held in Minneapolis June 18-21, where the focus will be on 1 Corinthians: 12-27 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body Jews or Greeks, slaves or free and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. There will be a vast array of opportunities to make and renew friendships and celebrate the one Spirit that lives and works through all of us.

$10 prepaid Target gift cards for the American Indian Family Center (AIFC) in St., Paul will be collected and dedicated dur-ing a worship service at the Gathering This program sup-ports Native American families by valuing and strengthening the American Indian community and its culture. You can give your gift cards to Pat Tuttle and/or Donna Yordy who will be attending the Gathering.

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Lets go shopping! That was the call to members of the planning committee for the Spring Tea from Chair Linda Capron. With the $600 raised by all those who attended the Tea, and a calculator in hand, they headed to Target to buy toys, games, music & video recordings (and stor-age bins) for the children living with their mothers at the Changing Lives Center in Phoenix. Three shopping carts were piled high and delivered to the Center where Mark Tullis, Partner Relationships Officer for the Phoenix Rescue Mission (the parent organization of Changing Lives Center) greeted us with gratitude for the childrens treasures. Mark joined us for lunch, topped off with a gourmet Mission Cookie,* in the Centers dining area where a resident shared her experience of finding Jesus in her journey of healing. After lunch Mark led a tour that included a clinical area where residents medical needs such as dental and vision care are available, class-

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As the only faith based recovery program in the region offering long term, comprehensive service to women and children, the Changing Lives Center helps to re-build lives of women willing to follow the required therapy. The 12-18 month program provides a stable, nurturing environment where women work through addiction and abuse issues. They receive life skills education and counseling, and ultimately become self-sufficient through career assessment and job place-ment. Nearly 40 percent of Maricopa Countys home-less people are women and children in families.

THANK YOU!! Many thank you notes were received from the recipients of Easter Baskets at the Devereux Center in April. We wanted to share one so everyone who donated to-ward this mission project could appreciate the joy the baskets bring to the youth living there.

It meant a lot to me to reseave(sic) an Easter basket from you guys. Cause even though my grandma loves me she forgot about spending Easter with me for most of the day. So instead she worked and then brought me back to Devereux. So it felt amazing to know that someone remembered about me.

*Order your Phoenix Rescue Mission Cookies Changing Lives One Cookie at a Time at www.missioncookies.org.

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The greater gift A rich man waited at the riverfront for an ocean liner to depart. An acquaintance who joined him said, You seem pleased about something. Yes, said the rich man, Im quite proud today. You see that vessel at anchor? I donated $10,000 worth of hospital equip-ment thats heading for a hospital in China. I came to see the vessel off. Thats very generous, replied the friend. You know, I also have a gift on that ship. Aboard is my only daughter, whos dedicating her life as a missionary to China. Stunned, the wealthy man turned to his friend and exclaimed, My dear brother, when I think of what this sacrifice means to you, I feel as though Ive given nothing John Roach Straton, adapted

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Gail Botsford, Linda Warren, Linda Capron & Ilene Berg shopping!

FACEBOOK PAGE: Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church Go to our website and click on Facebook on our home page. When you are there also click on the like it icon. When you do that you will get news feeds directly from our site whenever anything new is added. It is just another way to stay connected.

Not Yet A Member? *If you are attending our church and dont have membership in another church, you can join our church by profession

of faith and receiving the Sacrament of Baptism or, if youve already been baptized, you can join by reaffirmation of faith in Jesus Christ. *If you belong to another church, but would like to transfer your membership to our church, we can arrange for a letter of transfer from your current membership church to ours. *If you are a winter visitor and are an active member of another church back home, you can become an affiliate member at our church here and maintain your full active membership there. For additional information, please contact Aleyne Larsen-Craig at 602-625-6201, Sally Atchinson at 480-837-1054 or call the church office at 480-837-1763.

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A baccalaureate service is a celebration that honors a graduating senior class from a college or high school or eighth grade. The event is typically a Christianity-based interdenomi-national service. The baccalaureate service derives from the medieval European custom of presenting the candi-dates for the degree of Bachelor (bacca) with laurels (lauri) of sermonic oration. The Baccalau-reate ceremony is a service of worship in celebration of and thanksgiving for lives dedicated to learning and wisdom. The baccalaureate service is believed to have originated at the University of Oxford in 1432 when each bachelor was required to deliver a sermon in Latin as part of his academic requirements. Since the earliest universities in America were founded primarily to educate ministers, the British practice of the baccalaureate service was continued. Because of United States Supreme Court rulings regarding the separation of church and state, baccalaureate ser-vices are not official, school-sponsored events at American public schools. However, many have student-initiated services at private facilities not paid for with government funds, and as such are fully permitted by law. Until recent years, school-sponsored baccalaureate services were common in American public schools, on school grounds.

Baccalaureate Service at the Christian Cen-ter for the 2015 high school graduates of Fountain Hills. Pastor Todd Forrest explaining the purpose of Baccalaureate.

Students attending Baccalaureate received a ESV Study Bible with on-line tools. Debby DeBernardi had the honor of presenting the Bible to David Hissler.

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Frys Community Rewards Program The more our church family shops at Frys, the more mone-tary support our church will have. Wont you consider regis-tering to allow Frys to donate a portion of your grocery expenditures to our church programs? Register for the Frys Community Rewards Program Go to https://www.frysfood.com/topic/community?activePage=community-rewards-2 make sure you enter the whole address to visit the Frys web page. If you already have an account online , select Sign In at the top right of the page. Enter your email and password then click Sign In.

If you dont already have an account on line: click Register at the top right of the page. - Fill in the required fields, (be sure to write down your password). - Enter your zip code to find your preferred store. From the drop-down menu below Find Store, select your store. Now click Create an Account. - You must sign up for a V.I.P. card to sign up for the Community Rewards Program - Check your email for a confirmation, click the hyperlink in your email, and finish creating your account. - In your account, enroll for Community Re wards program, using the new FHPC organization #84123

7"!8 Did you Know? (continued) 12. You can survive without eating for weeks, but you will only live 11 days without sleeping. 13. People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who dont. 14. Laziness and inactivity kills just as many people as smoking. 15. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia. 16. Our brain uses the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb!! 17. Our body gives enough heat in 30 minutes to boil 1.5 liters of water! 18. The Ovum egg is the largest cell and the sperm is the smallest cell!! 19. Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough to dis-solve razor blades!! 20. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day & while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant. 21. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. 22. When you wake up in the morning, pray to ask Gods guidance for your purpose, today.

Once a year the sun shines perfectly on this Memorial at precisely 11:11 a.m. Each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the suns rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States. The Anthem Veterans Memorial, located in Anthem, Arizona, is a monument dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of the United States armed forces. The pillar provides a place of honor and reflection for veterans, their family and friends, and those who want to show their respects to those service men and women who have and continue to courageously serve the United States. The memorial was designed by Anthem resident Renee Palmer-Jones. The five marble pillars repre-sent the five branches of the United States military. They are staggered in size (from 17 ft to 6 ft) and ordered in accordance with the Department of Defense prescribed precedence, ranging from the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force and the United States Coast Guard. Photograph via Anthem Community Council Photograph via Anthem Community Council Photograph via Anthem Community Council Additionally, the brick pavers within the Circle of Honor are inscribed with the names of over 750 U.S. Servicemen and women, symbolizing the support for the Armed Forces. The pavers are red, the pillars are white, and the sky is blue to represent Americas flag. The circle represents an unbreakable border. Anthem resident and chief engineer, Jim Martin was responsible for aligning the memorial accurately with the sun. Photograph by Mike Spinelli

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All Church Member Birthday Cake Bar & Beverages. Members and friends got to mingle and sit with people with the same birth month. Entertainment by the Nostaglics (Harmonica Trio +1)

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Mary Martinson and Connie Harris enjoying the Birthday Bash!

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Sundays 10:15 AM Sabbath Day Bible Study 10:15 AM Elementary Life with God 11:15 AM Blessed Beginnings Nursery 11:15 AM Preschool Life with God Wednesdays Pastors Brown Bag Bible Study 12:00 PM Wednesdays (Sept-May) The Way on Wednesdays (Sept. to May) 5:00 PM Elementary Big God Story 5:45 PM Community Meal 6:30 PM The Way (Bible Study)

Celebration Youth Rehearsal 3:45 PM on Wednesdays Committed Youth Band 5:00 PM on Wednesdays ***** Womens Bible Study Circles (Sept thru May) 9:00 AM 2nd Thursday 1:00 PM 1st Tuesday 7:00 PM 3rd Monday Mens Bible Study on Thursdays 7:00 AM in the Adult Center

Spiritual Life Group 6:00 PM 1st & 3rd Monday Began new excursion into the Architecture of the Soul on June 1.

MOUNTAINTOP TREATS: VBS 2015 Large round Pita Bread/white or whole wheat: 23 ROUNDS 12 oz Jar Pizza Sauce: 10 jars Shredded Mozzarella Cheeses, 12 oz bags: 10 bags Angel Food Cake Loaf or round: 15 cakes Cool Whip 12 oz containers: 12 Containers Whipped Cream Cheese -12 oz containers: 10 containers Granola NO NUTS: 8 gallons (Large bulk bags) Dried cranberries/Raisins/Sunflower seeds: 10 lbs of each, Or if you can find a mix, 30 lbs Banana Chips: enough to fill 8 gallon sized bags Shredded Coconut: 10 bags Mini Chocolate Chips: 10 bags

FRESH FRUIT: Strawberries: 10 containers Blueberries: 10 containers Needed for Day 3 & 4 of VBS Raspberries: 10 containers NON-FOOD ITEMS: 9 oz Plastics cups: 150 Small or snack size plastic bags: 100 for snacks/750 bags For Imagination Station Plastic spoons: 150 Small round plastic plates: 75 Paper towels: 10 rolls Hand wipes or sanitary spray: 10 Blue or white sheets or material bolts Bag of Poly-fill: 2 Christmas Trees Snow shoes Rope Monetary donations for 2 inch foam boards and paint

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Gear Up for VBS with Faith UN-Frozen! Climbing Crews with a leader for every 4-5 children are required for this summer adventure! The more

volunteers the more children will experience who our God is and how He provides, com-forts, heals, forgives and loves. As kids follow you you help them follow Jesus! Word is getting out even from other churches to check out our VBS. Help us make this a time to remember and to make lasting friendships! Here is how you can be a part of this adventure: Sign-up on-line to volunteer at our church website or https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/fhvbs. ESPECIALLY NEEDED: Decorating team for Sanctuary, preschool team, t-shirt coordinator, registration welcome hosts crew leaders Sign-up at the table to attend one of the deco-rating workshops to help create a cool environ-ment by making snow flakes, flags, painting and having a lot of fun!

Donate snack items or monetary gifts by stopping by the VBS table on Sundays or in the church office. We need a few Christmas trees too! Registration will open to the FH Community mid June. Be sure your children and grandchildren

are signed up to participate! It will be an avalanche of fun! (Or at least some indoor snow to set the scene!) Kids at Vacation Bible School will learn how to conquer challenges in Gods mighty power with faith UN-Frozen as we travel Everest from base camp to celebration summit!

Prepare for VBS coming July 6-10th 9 am - noon

Register as a volunteer or register kids at: https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/fhvbs

Decorating Workshops: Help work on decorations for VBS on Wednesdays, beginning May 27.

Please contact Bonnie Hollabaugh at bonnie.hollabaugh@gmail.com or Debby DeBernardi at fhpc.debbyd@gmail.com for more information. Crew Leader Training: Select one training to attend hosted by Church of the Ascension

Wednesday June 24 3 to 5 PM or 6 to 8 PM or Tuesday June 30 3 to 5 PM or 6 to 8 PM

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Priorities My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say,

Youre tearing up the grass. Were not raising grass, Dad would reply. Were raising boys.

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Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church Foundation An Investment Today for the Life of Our Church Tomorrow

Low Risk Investment

The FHPC Foundation By-Laws require low risk investments to generate income for the Founda-tion. The Board of Trustees believes it has found such an investment in the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF). The ACF has four investment pools, manages seven hundred million dollars and is growing. In ad-dition, it is a 501 (c) 3 Foundation distributing over twenty million dollars for its investors annually to charitable organi-zations in Arizona. Distribution of interest is optional. The Foundation has invested $100,000 in the Socially Responsi-ble Pool. At this point, we have elected not to distribute our interest. If we were to distribute the interest, it would be to the Church. For the 2014 fiscal year, beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015, the FHPC Foundation grossed $7,471.53, had fees of $659.69 and a net income of $6,811.84. These figures represent ten months of investment since our original starting date was not until May 30, 2014. If you are interested in learning more about ACF, their Annual Report is in the Church Library. Your Foundation is working for your Church!

Members of the Board of Trustees are available to answer your questions. Give them a call! Foundation Board of Trustees Barbara Oakeson 480-837-5563 Susan Phillips 480-837-1225 Matt Jefferson 480-837-6001 Dawn Lau 480-837-2607 Roy Nickel 480-688-8392 Ben Fast 480-837-1119 John Skewes 480-292-9021

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You may listen to the sermon series Progressive Christianity: Fact or Fiction on our website:

www.fhpresbyterian.info

Go to the sermon archives tab, click on it and the latest three sermons will appear in the right column. You may also go back farther to past sermons. Progressive Christianity: Fact or Fiction May 17 Why Does it Matter that God Doesnt Change? May 24 Why Does it Matter that the Bible Is Reliable? May 31 Why Does it Matter that Jesus Is God? June 7 Why Does it Matter that Jesus Was Born of a Virgin? June 14 Why Does it Matter: Jesus, The Only Way?

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FHPC Sharing the Word Ministry at Fountain View Village

Sharing the Word ministry began at the Fountain Hills Pres-byterian Church with a Sunday sermon by Pastor Bill Good, that first ignited the spark for Tom & Terry Martin. In the early part of May, in 2012 and the message was on listening for the Holy Spirit. As they left the Sanctuary and headed over to Fountain View Village they decided to call upon Teri Larson, just to see where there might be a need they might be able to fill and minister to the residents there. Tom felt directed by his desire to minister to the Residents and this seemed to address that desire and be a blessing to those within Fountain View Vil-lage. Teri Larson agreed and called and asked Tom and Terry, how soon they could start. So the date was set and on May 22nd, 2012, the Martins began their ministry for both Chapel services the first service in Independent Living and the later in Assisted.

Tom would choose the sermon theme and enlisted a resident to play the piano at the first service, so the Alzheimer Unit would be able to sing hymns while, Barbara Cipolaro, the daughter of a resident in Independent Living offered to play piano for the that service. Terry wrote the sermons, Tom pre-sented them with love and enthusiasm and found several piano players through-out the upcoming months to accompany both services. As the service grew, so did the need for additional support, so Pastor Bill Good made an announcement from the

pulpit and Barbara Wyman, Donna Yordy, Evelyn Hrun-eck, quickly answered the call and volunteered. By Oc-tober Tom enlisted Bud and Carol Fuls, Letha Neely, and others to assist him in the Communion and service pres-entation. Together, Tom and Bud developed the infa-mous Everly After Brothers and would choose special music with Bud accompanying them on his Guitar, as they played during the Communion services. The services continued to grow, so Tom solicited Rever-end Stan Jones to take over the first service in the Inde-pendent Living Chapel, which he did so very willingly and developed quite a loyal following. Now the FHPC team of Reverend Jones, Martin and Fuls and the won-derful volunteers shared the Word of the Lord with joy and enthusiasm for all in attendance, each week. As holidays arrived, Veterans Day, Life Celebration of 9.11, and even memorial services came into their domain The Everly After Brothers organized a huge holiday musical celebration in the Town Hall section on Christ-mas, Thanksgiving, and other holiday Sundays for the enjoyment of all.

When Tom Martin became ill, John Wyman led the sing-ing at one of the last celebrations given in 2013, before Bud and Carol Fuls began their wonderful continuation of this important and loved ministry. Now Letha Neeley leads the singing while Evelyn Hrunek accompanies the attendees on the piano, in the much beloved ministry of monthly services. Assistant Pastor, Ken Brown was called upon to do the Independent service, when Rever-end Stan Jones became ill in 2014, which he has continued to officiate monthly and the partici-pants are always welcoming and consider this min-istry, just a bless-ing to their spiri-tual and daily lives. What spark might Pastor Bills mes-sage be igniting in you this Sunday?

Letha Neely, Bud & Carol Fuls and Evelyn Hrunek

Pastor Ken Brown with Ruth Martin

Tom Martin

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We would like to express our deep appreciation for all your prayers, love, and support for our son David and his recovery. They have been such a blessing at a time when we really needed it. The pathology report from his cancer surgery showed good results and he is now back to work. With heartfelt thanks, Gary and Barbara Oakeson

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We now have 1455 items in our library. All thanks to your

generous donations of new and gently used books/DVDs. We are always proc-essing new books and will never catch up. Thank you for your gifts. They are ap-preciated by many.

A parable Theres a story about a church member on vacation. While hiking through a forest, he was caught in a sud-den summer downpour. To escape a drenching, he crawled into a hollow log. There, safe from the rain and lulled by its steady sound, he soon fell asleep. When the man awoke, he found that the rain had swelled the wood of the log. He was stuck. Try as he might, he couldnt get out, and realized he might die there. The mans life began to pass before his eyes. He thought of his unpaid church pledge and how little he had given. This made him feel so small that he was able to crawl out of the log with ease.

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SUMMER!! Its such a wonderful time! Some people are able to get some travel in and visit family and friends. Some are able to visit distant places that take them away from town for awhile, though our services are still seeing quite a few con-gregants. Its good, because they get to hear, along with the rich and thoughtful sermons we are fortunate enough to hear every

Sunday, the heartfelt music from our Special Music se-

ries which runs through the first part of September. There are wonderful songs to sing and music to be played. There are hymns that are part of our long worshipping tradition and new hymns that bring language reflective of our abso-lute love of God, recognizing Jesus Christ as His Son, our Savior. VBS music is always fun, along with the whole week of young ones running around. I love it! Its fun to see most of you that are able to spend part or all of the week running around after them! Its our own summer camp, and really an important experience for all involved. I hope the Celebration Singers and Ringers are able to rest after the wonderful year of music you pro-

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vided for our worship experience. I have heard nothing but wonderful compliments and grateful appreciation of you. I hope you feel as inspired by being a part of our service as those who have commented on how you have inspired them in their worship experience by hearing you. Thank you! Rehearsals will begin in September for both the choir and the bells. Anyone interested in joining us for the 2015-2016 season in worship, please know it is certainly worth every note. The bells always start out with some technique training, preparing ourselves for what is a very unique instrument to play. If you are a musician, past or present, we sure could use a few more bell ringers for the season. I promise not to have you play four-in-hand...right away! "I will always thank the Lord; I will never stop praising Him. I will praise Him for what He has done; may all who are oppressed listen and be glad! Proclaim with me the Lords greatness; let us praise His name together! Psalm 34:1-3 Deborah Fisher Director of Music Ministries Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church

Northern Lights from Space

For fun Feeling footloose and frisky, a featherbrained fellow forced his fond father to fork over the farthings and flew far to foreign fields and frittered his fortune, feasting fabulously with faithless friends. Fleeced by his fellows in folly and facing famine, the fellow floundered as a feed-flinger in a filthy farm. Fairly famished, he fain would have filled his frame with foraged food from fodder fragments. Fooey, my fathers flunkies fare far finer! The frazzled fugitive forlornly fumbled, frankly facing facts. He fled forthwith to his family. Falling at his fathers feet, he forlornly fumbled, Father, Ive fruitlessly forfeited family fa-vor. The farsighted father, forestalling further flinching, frantically flagged his flunkies to fetch a fatling from the flock and fix a feast. The fugitives fault-finding brother frowned on fickle forgiveness of the former folderol. But the faithful father fig-ured, Filial fidelity is fine, but the fugitive is found! What forbids fervent festivity? Let flags be unfurled! Let fanfares flair! The Treasury of Good Clean Church Jokes

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Hospitalized? Call the church!

If you are sick, hospitalized or home recovering from ill-ness, we want you to call the church and let us know! In a con-gregation like ours where people leave in droves for extended summer months, it is easy for the staff, elders and deacons to assume, when we dont see someone, that they are simply vacationing away. The truth is that some of you are sick and we are not aware of it. You can help us by simply letting one of the staff know of your situation. We have an excellent support system in place due to the diligent efforts of our deacons. Help us serve you by com-municating your situation.

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What is a Dad?

A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off,

and lets you try again.

A dad is someone who want to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt.

A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed,

and has faith in you even when you fail.

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In Touch is published monthly; deadline for each issue is the 15th of the month before publication. News and information should be submitted to the church office in hard copy, or email to fhpresbyte-rian.office@gmail.com Editor, Marta Ludwig; Proof Reader, Helen Roesch; Staff Photographers: Gary Oakeson & Michele Hasley; Production and Circulation: Mary Wernecke, Bobbie Dangremond, Ruby Pearson, Marilyn Humes, Mary Martinson and Vivian Virden. Travel to Bulk Mail Post Office: Mary Martinson.

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Pastor/Head of Staff: Rev Bill Good email: fhpc.billg@gmail.com cell phone: 480-329-8090

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Thank you to Jack Morris and George Holtan

for all your hard work in planting the cactus gardens on the campus