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PLUGGING IN. . . Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one an-other with whatever gift each of you has received. 1 Peter 4:9-10 I always conclude our new members’

orientation sessions with a heartfelt plea. I ask those in atten-dance as forthrightly as I can to look through our Newsletters and Bulletins and to pick out a couple of areas of fellowship and ministry that interest them. I suggest to them that they step out of their comfort zone, make whatever contact is ap-propriate, and “plug in” to our shared life here at FHPC. This, I tell them, is a sure antidote to feeling like an outsider. It is a way to make a fairly large congrega-tion into an aggregation of smaller, more intimate ones.

I do this because I have seen far too many folks make that first step toward entering into a church community, yet fail to make that next critical transition into becoming a part of that community. This generates a sad and all-too-predictable, outcome. Some of these folks remain ever on the margins of church life without ever experiencing the fullness they sought. Others simply drop from sight, remaining strangers terminally disappointed by failed expectations.

All who were party to the potential of these relation-

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From Our Pastor

ships are reduced in very real ways when this occurs. The church loses complexity and personality. It

loses the rich possibilities inherent in the God-given gifts that these folks bring with them. This is sad.

The church member loses a sense of belonging, the joy of participation, and the satisfaction of blessings faith-fully shared. This is painful.

The indwelling kingdom of Jesus Christ loses en-ergy. This is tragic.

But, let’s expand this conversation a bit. Here’s a couple of questions:

• Are you satisfied with where you find yourself in our community?

• Are you “plugged in” to life here at FHPC? If you can’t answer “yes” to both these I am plead-

ing with you to look carefully through this copy of “In Touch” in search of places to invest your gifts and talents. You’ll certainly find plenty of opportunity within the quick-ening rhythms of our fall activities.

Why settle for life on the margins? It’s much richer here in the center of this joyful and vibrant community. Come claim your place. Come share yourself with the rest of us. Come plug in.

Let’s light this hilltop up!

Grace and Peace,

BARNYARD BONANZA: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:00 to 5:00 PM Upper Parking Lot

Free Petting Zoo (barnyard) Free Pony Rides (Each Pony has its own Wrangler)

Free Crafts for the little ones Free Haunted HouseFree Haunted HouseFree Haunted HouseFree Haunted House Free Refreshments plus Girl Scout Cookies for Sale!

Costumes (and pets) welcome! Purchase a pumpkin and have your picture taken for free.

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On the Inside: From Our Pastor…. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . Focus on Finance .. .. .. ..… … … … .. . … .. . .. … . … . Rummage Sale is Coming .. .. .… … .. … …... …. .. … . Cookbooks are here.. .. . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. … . . . . .. Mission Ministry… … … … … … … … … … . … . . . Ordination Service . .. .. . . … . . . .. . . . . . . . … . . . . … Evangelism Ministry … … .. ..…. … … … … … … … Presbyterian Women … .. … .. .. … … .. . … .. .. . . . . . Facebook.. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Can You Tell? .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . … .. . . . Christian Formation .. . … … … … .. . . …. .. . .. .. .. .. . . From the Director of Christian Formation .. .. . .. . .… … Report from Finance Committee … .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Ministry.. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . Library Footnotes.. … .. …. .…. …. …. …. …. …. …. .. Men’s Fellowship.. . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . … . . . .. Need Accurate Addresses .. .. … … .. .. . .. . … . .. .. . .. .. Necrology for 2011… .. … .. . . .. … .. … . .. … . .. . . …. October Birthdays… .. … …. … … …. … … .. ……… September 11 Special Service .. .. . . ... .. .. … . . .. .. . . ..

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OUR CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Bill Good Pastor/Head of Staff

Rev. Stan Jones Parish Associate

Debby DeBernardi Director Christian Formation

Marta Ludwig Administrative Coordinator

Debbie Fisher Director of Music Ministry

Dorothy Parris Pianist

Lynn Medley Custodian

CHURCH TREASURER Bud Fuls

CHURCH SESSION Class of 2011 Norm Collins Peggy Linkin Helen Roesch

Class of 2012

John Brockelman Susan Phillips Terri Schmidt John Wyman Class of 2013

Charlie Eberspacher Susan Owens

Jim Roy Donna Yordy

BOARD OF DEACONS Moderator: Ruby Pearson

Class of 2011 Ralph Berry

Bud Fuls Linda Maples

Chandler Roesch Class of 2012

Ben Fast Ruby Pearson Bev Watters Chris Young Class of 2013

Yvonne Ellingson Sandy Heunisch John Schopbach

Donna Sims ******

Rev. Glenn Atchinson Pastor Emeritus

Focus on FinanceFocus on FinanceFocus on FinanceFocus on Finance

The financials for the month of August reflect a positive income/expense ratio even though the budgeted amounts were skewed considerably higher. The budgeting process for August 2011 was based on last year’s records which included five Sundays versus this year where there were only four Sundays. This ac-counts for the large difference between actual and pro-jected budget numbers. More importantly, the Year to Date ratio of income over expense remains at a very positive level over the projected budgeted ratio. This keeps us in a strong financial position for the remaining months. Respectfully, Bud Fuls, Treasurer

August Income $ 18,731 Budget $ 27,338

August Expense $ 17,806 Budget $ 26,481

Yr to date Income $ 242,955 Budget $ 225,114

Yr to date Expense $ 214,657 Budget $ 221,620

Difference $ 28,298

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Congregational Fellowship & LifeCongregational Fellowship & LifeCongregational Fellowship & LifeCongregational Fellowship & Life

RUMMAGE SALE: Save On Saturday, March 3, 2012, we will have our church-wide rummage sale. We need for each of you to begin saving high quality merchandise that can be sold at this sale. If you have a storage area that we can use to store merchandise until March please call the church office. Otherwise, you will have to save your items until March. - Donna Yordy at 837-6169

It’s Here! It’s Here!It’s Here! It’s Here!It’s Here! It’s Here!It’s Here! It’s Here!

What a wonderful surprise we had in mid-August when a large number of boxes

were delivered to the church office—it was the new wonderful fabulous FHPC

cookbook! Even though the cookbooks arrived ahead of schedule they will go

on sale immediately on Sunday mornings. Winter visitors need not worry we’ll

have plenty available in the fall but you can also call or email us and we’ll re-

serve your copies.

The cost for the cookbook is a bargain at $15.00. There is also a limited number of cookbook stands

which sell for $1. In addition to getting a cookbook for yourself, we encourage you to purchase books

for others on your Christmas and birthday lists! Remember the profits will support our Sunday Fellow-

ship.

An additional benefit of this project is the building of church community through “cookbook conver-

sations”. After you try a recipe we urge you to seek out the recipe donor and thank him or her. Most

people love to talk about their recipes and these “cookbook conversations” may help us to get to

know each other in new ways.

CLAF Committee:

Chris & Jen Young, Committee Chair: 388-5075, Misschris_001@hotmail.com

Helen Roesch: 837-2142, tif3fy@aol.com

Suellen Monahan: 837-1136, semtara@cox.net

Linda Warren: 837-9162, lwarren@TWAresearch.com

Time to Step Down Americans enjoy an abundance of freedoms. From what career we’ll pursue to what we’ll eat for lunch, we’re constantly making decisions about what we want out of life. So it’s hard to find peace when our plans go awry and our circumstances seem out of control. A wise person suggested, “For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.” What if we stepped down and let God be God? He created the universe, after all. Shouldn’t we trust him to run it? -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

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THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! The FH Presbyterian GOOD DEEDS DOZEN Outreach Program organized a yard cleanup September 10, 2011 for an elderly woman that was simply unable physically and financially to handle the job. Years of overgrowth had become a CODE VIOLATION with the TOWN. Lisa Kern, Organizer of the yard cleanup for The FHPC GOOD DEEDS DOZEN Mission Outreach Pro-gram found out about the violation and started to organize volunteers to help. Phyliss Kern with KERN REALTY donated wa-ter, Gatorade, ice and snacks, STARBUCKS do-nated the coffee, Carman and Jimmy with 1st CLASS LANDSCAPING and MAINTENANCE trimmed palm trees and cut the worst of the cactus and Kevin from FOUNTAIN HILLS CON-STRUCTION CLEANUP donated his dump truck so we could haul away the debris. Chris with SAM the BUG man sprayed the entire property for pest control. Additional hard working WON-DERFUL volunteer workers included Chandler Roesch, Sue Lickman, Joel Nelson and his son Joel Jr., Neal Lyons and his wife Sherry and Robert Weidman. We completed the entire front yard. The truck was full!! We were all very hot and tired! We will be scheduling the backyard cleanup for October 22nd at 7am so please mark your calendars. Interested in helping? Please call Lisa Kern at 480-837-5833 or 480-529-6518

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Things to remember to bring to the Mission Table on Sunday mornings..... Box Tops for Education Betty Crocker Coupons Campbell Soup Labels (UPC label only) Small toiletries Gently used clothing

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With the month of September begins the “Holiday Boxes”

schedule which includes: separating, sorting and counting

what is on hand to see how many more of a particular item

that needs to be purchased; prepare boxes of Christmas

cards to be signed (will be available in the Church office

again this year) or from me; begin fundraising to help cover

overseas shipping costs; purchase and ready a variety of

snack items; put together 100 boxes

that will later be filled; prepare ship-

ping labels and customs forms. By the

end of the month, my living room, of-

fice and garage will have a Holiday at-

mosphere and look to it. I am hoping

that as many as possible will be willing

to fill out and sign the cards that will be

placed in each box. Last year as many

as 12-15 different cards went into each

box. Just imagine yourself as being the recipient of one of

these Holiday Boxes so far from home, reach in and pull out

a dozen or more signed cards from a dozen different people

back home. Think that signed cards are important? You bet

they are. Thank you to one and all that have helped

throughout this year and are continuing to support this very

important ministry.

-Donna Sims

Just Coffee: Caffeine with a Mission

The heat of summer in Arizona will soon end. We will be looking forward to the warmth of a hot cup of delicious coffee on a chilly morning. Make your coffee with the 100% Pure Arabica coffee from the growers and roaster of Just Coffee. The October 9th Home Coming Sun-day will the kick-off for sales of 1lb. packages of Just Coffee. Available for purchase will be both regular and decaf coffee in whole bean or ground form. We guarantee you will be drinking the freshest cof-fee – always this year’s crop, always freshly roasted a few days before we receive it, and it is USDA Certifies Organic!

Eyes on God The move to our new home was very stressful on our puppy. As we sold our furniture and boxed up our belongings, he became increasingly anxious. When the big day came and the truck was packed, we took one last walk through the empty house. Unable to comprehend what was happening, our anxious dog stayed right at out feet. He could make no sense of his circumstances but trusted us to take care of him. Dur-ing that traumatic time, he never let us out of his sight. That reminds me of King Jehoshaphat’s prayer when a mighty enemy advanced against him and the situation was desperate. Jehoshaphat prayed, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (2 Chronicles 20:12, NRSV). God came through for his people that day, and he’ll come through for us, too, when all seems lost. Just stick close and keep your eyes on Him. - Kari Myers -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

Ordination Service

Ordination of Letha Neely as Elder

WHAT IS FAITH? Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. - Martin Luther -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

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On Sunday, September 25th at a special session meeting eight wonderful individuals were accepted for membership into our awesome church family. Brooks Benjamin is joining by Reaffirmation of Faith. Brooks was born in Hawaii and raised in Newport Beach, CA. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Gayle, for 27 years and they have 3 daughters Amie, Kim-berly and Kristen (who is attending ASU). Brooks has worked in the Real Estate business for 25 years and as a result of the recent bad economy his company relocated him to Arizona 10 months ago. He says he loves boating and is a frustrated photographer. Brooks saw our sign that says “imperfect people wanted” and thought “that’s my tribe!” Gary and Debby DeBernardi are joining by Letters of Transfer. Most of you already know Debby because she is our new Director of Christian Formation Ministries. Debby’s past experiences include various roles in nursing, education, and ministry. Debby and Gary live in Ah-watukee and have lived in Arizona for 32 years. They have two married daughters and three grandsons. Gary has a CPA practice and they both enjoy hockey, hiking, fishing, scuba diving, golf, books and spending time with their grandchildren. Debby says they are looking forward to forming new friendships in this church. Christian and Katja Hissler are joining our church by Reaffirmation of Faith. They came to Arizona 4 years ago from Germany and moved to Fountain Hills 3 months ago. Katja and Christian have 3 children, David, 14 years old, Johanna, 9 years old and Charlotte, age 6. Their children participated in our Vacation Bible School this summer.

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Katja is a Montessori teacher and Christian works for a Ger-man software technology company. Christian says that he loves that he can ride a bike to work all year round and see something beautiful every day here in our community. Katja says that she loves the fact that she doesn’t have to drive a manual transmission car because she had such a hard time in Germany driving the hilly terrain with a manual transmission. Kristina and Tyson Robinson are joining by Letters of Transfer. They are both from Iowa and met 10 years ago during their freshman year at Central College in Pella, Iowa. Tyson works at the Mayo Clinic as a Historical Unit Coordi-nator while Kristina is presently working at Four Peaks Fit-ness but is seeking employment in education. They have recently gotten very active with our youth group and Tyson has joined our Celebration Ringers. They enjoy watching movies, traveling, and they both have been competing in the Mayo Corporate Dragon Boat team. Kristi says that she will always welcome free cooking lessons because she has a lot to learn, and Tyson----well Tyson says he likes turtles!!!! Ellie Ruiz was out of town and unable to be here on New Member Sunday. She is joining by Reaffirmation of Faith. Ellie was born in Guatemala and came the US in 1975 and then to Fountain Hills in 1987 where she raised 4 children. She first came to this church 11 years ago with her friend Doug Katonak and is so excited to finally become a mem-ber. Ellie has two professions; she is a tax preparer and also a caregiver. She says that one job is for the money and the other job is food for her soul! We are so happy to add these wonderful new members to

our church family. Please be sure to introduce your-selves to each one of them and get to know them bet-ter!

Tyson & Kristie Robinson, David Hissler (14) representing his parents Katja & Christian Hissler who were unavoidably detained, Debby & Gary DeBernardi and Brooks Benjamin with Susan Phillips, Elder. Ellie Ruiz not pictured.

Susan Phillips, Elder

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Presbyterian Women Coordinating Team for 2010-2011 Moderator: Ilene Berg Mission Coordinator: Mary Alice Bivens Vice-Moderator (Program): Jan Hoff Historian: Barbara Oakeson Secretary: Linda Warren Membership/Yearbook Coordinator: Maria Berry Treasurer: Maria Berry Bible Study Coordinator: Evelyn Hrunek Publicity: Letha Neely

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TRIP TO WINSLOW AND LEUPP Following are some of the high-lights on this 2-day trip. Friday, October 21st…..Meetings held in Winslow Presbyte-rian Church. Welcomed by Rev. Linda Worsnop. Followed by a talk on the history of Winslow. Saturday, October 22nd…..Presbyterian Church in Leupp. Theme for the day is “on Eagle’s Wings”. A representative from Menaul School in New Mexico, will give the key note talk. Plus, there will be the History of the Navajo People, and info on The Code Talkers and their training at Ganado, as well as other interesting and informative subjects…and planned activities. Transportation: Bus…round trip…$44.00 (box lunch & bottled water) Registration for Gathering…. $10.00 Over night options: … Quality Inn in Winslow….double rooms….$82.26 LaPosado……$109.00 Motel 6…..? Econo Lodge…..$69.00 This planned trip for the PW Women sounds like a MUST DO. More info and phone numbers will be available at the time of Registration……. These forms will be available at the end of August. The above info has been submitted by Donna Yordy.

Letha Neely, Publicity

Letha Neely

Coordinating Team October 7th meeting, at 9 A.M. held in the Adult Center. Meditation will be given by Letha Neely. Morning Circle meets October 13th, 2011 at 9 A.M. in Adult Center. Bible study will be led by Gerry Hull. “Greatly Honored Are The Mourners”. Meditation: Peggy Linkin. Evening Circle meets on Tuesday, October 25th at 7 P.M. in the home of Irene Cain. The Co-hostess will be Chris Young. Linda Warren will have the Bible Study.

BIBLE STUDY HELP – FOR REMAINDER OF 2011 Schedule for Bible Study Leaders meetings with Stan Jones in the Adult Center at 10:30 A.M. are:

Lesson 3 – Friday, October 28 Lesson 4 – Friday, November 18

Lesson 5—December 29

RE-CAP October 21st & 22nd . . . trip to WINSLOW & LE-UPP. This planned trip sounds like a must DO. For more info contact Donna Yordy. October 24, Monday at 5:30 P.M. FALL GATH-ERING – Drinks and dessert will be furnished by the Morning Circle. Bring a salad to share. November 4, Friday at 10:30 AM in the Fellow-ship Center of FHPC, CHURCH WOMEN UNITED will meet. Guest speaker: Director of our Trendsetters, Thru Education, Sharon Eivinsen. All women of the church are invited.

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Not Yet A Member? If you are interested in joining our church family, please see or call Susan Phillips at 480-837-1225 or call the church office at 480-837-1763.

NEW FACEBOOK PAGE We have created a new Facebook page that is better than our initial trial site. PLEASE LOOK FOR THIS PHOTO OF THE CROSS IN FRONT OF THE ATRIUM for the correct page. Please sign up again as a friend there. When you are there also click on the like it icon. Hopefully you will like it. 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.

OUT ’n ABOUT Out ’N About will meet at the VU Bistro near Fry’s Grocery Store at 12:00 noon on October 19. We’ll order off of the menu with separate checks which will include tip and tax. For reserva-tions call Arlene Olsen at 837-4271 or Bobbie Dangremond at 816-6772.

Hooked on Books will meet on Wednesday, October 19th, at the home of Mary Morris, 15711 Yucca Drive, Fountain Hills, at 10 am. Sum-mer reading will be discussed by all so come prepared to share a bit about a favor-ite book read. Reminder to all--in November we'll have a group discussion of "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (50th anniver-sary of the book's publication) so read or re-read it soon. Have fun.

“THE HELP” In August several of the PW Women attended the movie “THE HELP”. It is an adap-tation from the book by Kath-ryn Stockett. This #1 Best Seller, and currently #1 at the Box Office, has been reviewed by our “Hooked On Books” Club. Prior to attending the movie, this outing consisted of dining to-gether with much lively conversation. A fun time was had by all!! This is the second year this group has formed such an outing. This could turn into a yearly event, and if it does, we will keep you posted. FLASH. . . I would recommend you see this movie, and even bet-ter still, read the book. -Barb Wyman

Children…. A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally she spoke up, "Grandpa, did God make you?" "Yes, sweetheart," he answered, "God made me a long time ago." "Oh," she paused, "Grandpa, did God make me too?" "Yes, indeed, honey," he said, "God made you just a little while ago." Feeling their respective faces again, she observed, "God's getting better at it, isn't he?"

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Can you tell?Can you tell?Can you tell?Can you tell?

College Preparatory, Homeroom Officer, Biology Club, Investment Club, Maitre D’, Honor Certificate, Intramural Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Varsity Track, Cross Country, French Club, Spanish Club, Awards day Committee. Who did this young man grow up to be ...

Glenn Atchinson Bob Berg Norm Collins Bill Good

Frank Jones Stan Jones Jim Stewrat Jim Roy

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Blessings count Some years ago, a newspaper profiled the lives of an elderly Christian couple. When the pair was first married, they decided to use their God –given gifts to help others. They focused primarily upon serving through their church and life-care retirement homes. Their love and service down through the years prompted a foundation to honor them for their caring philanthropy. Upon receiving their award, Mr. And Mrs. Davis Illingworth spoke of the motto that had been the guiding rule of their lives: “Count your blessings, and make your bless-ings count.” -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

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Christian Formation Council

Well fall is in the air again (hopefully) or maybe I should just say we are gearing up to welcome in our fall programming. First of all I want you all to notice the change in the title of our department. We felt that since we hired a “Director of Christian For-mation,” this entitled us to an update in our name also. So at our meeting the

first part of September we voted to change our name to something more

sophisticated and updated. Now on to other exciting news….Where does someone who loves to talk, begin her ramblings? We had a fun summer, with a few gatherings and major events that brought lots of people both young and old to our church. We hope to continue with these fun events in the hopes of bringing in new families, so be sure and stay tuned to our columns and special printouts in the bulletins on Sundays. If you have family members, or neighbors, or friends who are looking for a place to call their Church…. please be sure and to include them in our fun. We love meeting new people. It has occurred to me, that most of you probably don’t know who is on our council. Those that have so faith-fully helped me come up with these fun ideas and who I make work, so hard. So let me introduce you to some of my favor-ite people: Charlie Eberspacher, Paula Eberspacher, Carol Hencz, Sandy Heunisch, Michele Sivets, Shawn Uphoff, and of course we won’t forget Debby DeBernardi and Pastor Bill. This list would not be complete if I forgot to mention the per-son that makes me look so smart, Marta Ludwig. Thank you to all of you who make my job so much easier and so enjoy-able. Now to get on with my news…..

Pastor Bill’s Bible Study We are still journeying down the roads in Mark. We meet most Sunday mornings at 10:30 in the Adult Center. Pastor Bill has patiently led us and answered our questions and listened to our interpretations. We have helped each other grow and learn. We would love to have all who are interested in learning what Mark has to say to us, come and join us every Sunday morning right after fellowship. Mark has been a fun book to read and talk about, so come join in on our fun. As we read Mark, it is almost like watching a movie, so many subplots and lots of entertainment.

Koffee Klatch Koffee Klatch has started back up for the season. They meet most Tuesday mornings at 9:00am in the Adult Center. Reverend Stan Jones leads his faithful followers in some interesting discussions. This year he is leading the class

Terri Schmidt, Elder

through a book by William Wilberforce called, “Real Chris-tianity.” So if you have Tuesday mornings open and think this sounds like something you are interested in, come on by as the door is always open and the lights are on.”

Wednesday Evening Family Nights Wednesday evening studies have started up again. We are close to the end of our 5 week Ron Bell video se-ries. We start the evening with a Potluck dinner at 6:30pm with the whole family. Then we separate into groups: Adults, Children, Junior High, and Senior High, or as needed. Our next study will be a 6 week series with Dr. Tim Smith in a Journey Motif. This should be a fun and exciting few weeks. As you can see we are trying to make Wednesdays more family friendly and have something for all ages, so be sure to invite anyone and everyone to join us. What more could you ask for with good food, family, friends and good discussions.

Nursery Our nursery is in need of major updates. We need to replace the cribs due to changes in health codes. There are many other things that are going to be needing updated also. With Anabelle here, and hopefully more young fami-lies to follow, we will have to make sure we are up on cur-rent health code laws and regulations. We will be provid-ing a wish list at a later date, so please be ready to help out if you can.

Men’s Bible Study Attention all Men interested in fellowship while studying the Bible. John Bivens will be leading the study again this year on Thursday mornings at 7:00am. There will be coffee and sweet rolls to help entice you. The men meet in the Adult Center, so come and join them if this ap-peals to you. As I wrap up my ramblings, I want to take this time to thank all the people in the Church who have con-tributed so much to help with the Church’s Christian For-mation. You all have been so great to help whenever I have sent out pleas. I want to ask all to continue praying as we try to continue to build our department. I also would like to take this time to say “thank you” to the people in all the departments that make our church run. If it takes a village to raise a child, how many more does it take to run and sup-port our church? I have an idea that we have enough sup-port to do it now, but we always have room for more.

Terri Schmidt Christian Formation Elder

~Laugh Loudly~Laugh Long~Laugh Wholly~

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Brain development isn’t something most of us learn in school or seminary. This is an op-portunity to educate ourselves so we can approach our family and ministry responsibilities with chil-dren and families equipped with knowledge of how God has de-signed the growth and develop-ment of children. Mark your calendars today – invite family and friends. I’m planning to see you there!

Wired for Success Early Brain

Development Workshop Saturday, November 5

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Hosted by Fountain Hills Presbyterian

This free workshop presented by New Directions Institute and APS addresses new and cutting-edge developments in neuroscience and presents practical methods for stimulating healthy early brain develop-ment in children birth-5 years old. Many interactive experiences and video clips will reinforce the useful concepts. Great for parents, grandparents, caregivers, early childhood teachers. The same concepts may also be used for healthy spiritual development, so faith-based organizations will also want their staff and families to attend! Come and invite others to this high quality time! Don’t miss it! Register by calling Marta at 480-837-1863 by November 1st. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Debby DeBernardi, Director

From the Director of Christian FormationFrom the Director of Christian FormationFrom the Director of Christian FormationFrom the Director of Christian Formation

You are invited to Party like a Preschooler at our

Barnyard Bonanza!

Free Petting Zoo (barnyard) Free Pony Rides

(Each Pony has its own Wrangler) Free Crafts for the little ones

Free Haunted HouseFree Haunted HouseFree Haunted HouseFree Haunted House

Free Refreshments plus

Baked Goods & Girl Scout Cookies for Sale!

Bring a non-perishable food item for Extended Hands Food Bank

Purchase your pumpkins for the season at a great price and then decorate them for free!

Saturday, October 22nd

2:00 - 5:00 pm (Petting Zoo and Pony Rides 3:00 - 4:00 pm)

Fountain Hills Presbyterian Parking Lot

13001 N. Fountain Hills Blvd.

Costumes (and pets) welcome! Purchase a pumpkin and have your picture

taken for free.

Children in Church

The Sunday School Teacher asks, "Now, Johnny, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?" "No ma'am," little Johnny replies, I don't have to. My mom is a good cook.

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Report from the Finance CommitteeReport from the Finance CommitteeReport from the Finance CommitteeReport from the Finance Committee

By Norm Collins This year is really moving along, isn’t it? By the time you read this we will be into October. If you are like me, you would have the time go by a bit slower. But it won’t. We simply have to accept things as they are and be grateful for the time we have. Anyway, this being the beginning of Fall means we can’t be far from that event you all have been eagerly waiting for - namely, the annual Stewardship Campaign! Yes, indeed, it is right around the corner. Because my term on the Session is coming to an end in De-cember, we have a transition plan that will have Jerry Ma-ples serving as the co-chair of this year’s campaign. As you might suspect co-chair is a euphemism for one who does 90% of the work, but has to share the title with someone else. That someone else is me. Seriously, I am extremely grateful to have Jerry involved. He is certainly well qualified for this role and has developed an excellent plan. Additionally, he is a member of the Fi-nance Committee and is well aware of what it will take to move this church from where it is to where it needs to be.

As I have said before, our church has some significant challenges in its future, but it also has many great assets – chief among these are a truly wonderful and highly skilled staff and a congregation that is loaded with tal-ent, wisdom and a deep desire to serve God. We all know our collective aim is to see this church prosper in terms of expanding its service to God across our com-munity. In closing, I encourage you to seek God’s counsel through prayer as you consider your monetary and vol-unteer commitments to Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church in 2012.

God will give us the answer if we ask Him

the question and then really listen.

A Guide for Giving “I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc. is up to the standard com-mon among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little”. “If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures exclude them.” - C.S. Lewis -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources,

As our church family, you always come through for us, in the past years and now. These last few weeks have been... hard. Every day waking up knowing Benjamin would not live. There are no words for how much all of you have given us, or how much your prayers meant to us. We want you to know you brought comfort to his young parents, Eva and Ed and to our family knowing that we have so many people who genuinely care. So will-ing to reach out.

And for that we can never thank you enough. Love, Tom & Terry Martin

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I am writing this after the worship service which just welcomed the Celebration Singers back into worship after the summer break. I'd like to thank you on behalf of the Celebration Singers for all your loving, kind and supportive comments on their return into the worship experience! There are always fewer singers at the beginning of each season, and they are so joyful in welcoming each other but, they are always extremely happy when the other members show up! There is always warming-up and adjusting when re-uniting choral voices, determin-ing blend, clarifying rhythms and tem-pos, though, unlike other choirs who perform a few times a year, a church choir must be ready to go within two w e e k s of rehearsal. They have a special strength, and a defi-nite calm that comes from prayer, as we stand, singing a f r e s h l y r e -

hearsed anthem. Thank-you, dear choral singers, and accompanist, for your hard push at the beginning of the choral season. Same to the new bell ringers, Tyson and Kristi Robin-son, and their discipline in rehearsing new techniques in order to play with our long experienced ringers, and, in the kindness of those who are experienced, with sharing your patient attitude so that others might join with us in this beautiful form of devotion, praising God through music. Music that He, no doubt, inspired. As we continue welcoming those returning to worship here for the winter, we continue to extend an invitation to you. Please come join our music ministry while you're here! You will be surrounded by a warm group of beautiful people. You'll find the schedule of re-hearsal times in the bulletin, or you may contact the office for further details.

The youth band, "Committed," is working in a few new members, developing their sound with some

rather good choices in music. These kids have such good attitudes, and are truly committed to making something happen. When they get around each other it really does start happening! Their flexibility and will-ingness makes for a good rehearsal. Wednesday nights are great nights for those who love to fellowship awhile over such tasty potluck dishes, then be further challenged while studying the ways of Christ. Wednesday Evenings are very, very good! Soon, the "Pearwood Recorder Consort" will begin their rehearsals. This is a wonderful group

of musicians, di-rected by Barb Wyman, perform-ing music from all eras. We have soprano, alto, t e n o r a n d bass recorders being played by musicians who all play other instru-ments with great skill, yet, also love p la y ing and exploring the historical ambi-ance of a musical i n s t r u m e n t a -

tion by playing compositions that are one hundred to one thousand years old and continuing through to some very contemporary pieces. It’s a wonderful group of musicians. If interested in joining this group, you may speak with Barb, or let me know, and we'll set you up rehearsing with us on Thursday's at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary music room. Thank you, again, congregation, for all your sup-port. May we all continue to experience God in wor-ship. Et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo!

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my saviour!

Deborah Fisher Director of Music Ministries

An exciting new history of Fountain Hills, Rising Above the Rest – The Story of Foun-tain Hills, AZ was recently published and is available for check out from our church library. It was written and compiled by Alan Cruikshank, Foun-tain Hills Times publisher, and two of our church members – former Mayor Jerry Miles and Jean Linzer. The book relates the history of our town from its founding days in the late 60’s through 2010. Over 90 stories provide the backgrounds, highlights, and sidelights of our town’s people, businesses, organizations, churches, and town gov-ernment. Besides providing the story of the beginnings of our own church, you will find that quite a few of our church members have played a big part in the growth of our town over the years as well as the quality of life we

have here. Hundreds of color photo-graphs add to this publication’s ap-peal. For those who would like to have their own copy, it is for sale at the River of Time Museum’s store lo-cated in our town’s Library building. - Barbara Oakeson

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CALLING ALL MEN The Men’s Fellowship at FHPC is inviting men to join us for food, fellowship, fun, and service (OK, so that doesn’t start with an ‘f’). The Men’s Fellowship group generally meets on the second Saturday of each month between October and May. We occasionally meet on the First or Third Saturday to accom-modate special events. The meetings begin at 9 am with a hearty breakfast (courtesy of Chefs Jack and Phil), usually follow with a speaker, and end with fellowship. The meet-ings generally run 90 minutes. We have many events planned for this season including the traditional Christmas Decoration/ Chili Dump, Valentine’s Brunch, a good ol’ fashioned Barbeque, and many more. We are also involved in service work both here in Fountain Hills with the Helping Hands Food Bank, and in The Valley with the Phoenix Rescue Mission. So if you’re looking for a way to connect with other Chris-tian men in our community, look no farther. Our first meeting is on Saturday, October 8, at 9:00 am. We hope to see you there! Please contact Phil Katz at (480) 719-7881 or at phil.katz@pxkandassociates.com for additional information.

Important information about addresses! We are now mailing out the monthly newsletter to all members, affiliate mem-bers, friends and prospective members. It is very important that we have a cor-rect address for you. It is especially important for those of us who have two ad-dresses. Our computer program can maintain two addresses and if we know your months of residency here, the program knows which address to use for mailings. We mail out the newsletter in bulk mail. But if we have the wrong address, it gets returned to us and we are responsible for full postage for it and you miss out on the newsletter. Can you please help us and insure that we have the correct dates for your alternate address? Please call or email the church office with your information. 480-837-1763 or fhpc.marta@gmail.com. Thank you for your time and caring.

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THE MAKING OF A SAINT Why were the saints, saints? Because they were cheerful when it was difficult to be cheerful, patient when it was difficult to be patient; and because they pushed on when they wanted to stand still, and kept silent when they wanted to talk, and were agreeable when they wanted to be disagreeable. That was all. It was quite simple, still is, and always will be. -The Newsletter Newsletter by Communication Resources, Inc

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HAPPY OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS!

10/26 Doug Katonak 10/28 Ryan Vawter 10/29 Joanne Larson 10/29 Bill Myhr 10/29 Jeanene Schopbach 10/30 Patricia Culley 10/30 John Kurkjian

10/10 Mary Martinson 10/10 Lynda Root 10/14 Dean Versaw 10/15 Madeline Lucas 10/16 Charlie Eberspacher 10/16 Donna Sims 10/21 Kelly Pyritz 10/23 Joan Larson

10/01 Mary Wernecke 10/02 Martha Carillo 10/02 Ray Schmidt 10/03 Jacob Eberspacher 10/06 Orene Hinkley 10/06 Ruth Martin 10/07 Carol Skewes 10/08 Andrey Lull

With deepest sympathy we list those members who have passed away in 2011

Jack Hrunek Dick Patterson Ruth Sherick Molly Pitcher Ron Behrends Thelma Blake Eric Blake Jim Rudack Paul Brisbane Maida Navis

Walter Breidenbach Bob Hutchinson Dick Dresser

Sheri Atchinson Rinfret Winifred Anderson Ted Sherick

“Well done, Thou good and faithful servant…. Enter thou into the joy Of thy Lord.”

Matthew 25:21

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 don’t 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 communicating your situation.

The Caledonian Society of Arizona Since many Presbyterians claim Scottish or Scots-Irish heritage, we wanted to reach out to you and let you know that we have a Scot-tish heritage organization in the metro area. It is called The Cale-donian Society of Arizona, and we meet on the second Thursday of the month at the Irish Cultural Center (ICC), 1106 N. Central Ave-nue, at 6:45pm. We have a brief business meeting, followed by a program relating to our heritage. Refreshments are then served and we use this time to visit. The Society has sponsored an annual Highland Games and Gather-ing for many years and in many locations. We are currently in Steele Indian School Park, at Third Street and Indian School. Our next Games and Gathering will be in March 2012. The last full weekend – right after St. Patrick’s Day! Please check out our website at www.ArizonaScots.com or join us for one of our meetings. We would welcome your visit and hope to earn your membership. We also put on an annual Robert Burn’s Supper and tickets are available through the web site. If the sound of the Pipes stir your blood, then you belong with us! Questions may be directed to me on 602-867-6507. - Jean Latimer, President

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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; Assistant Editor, Carol Hencz; Proof Reader, Helen Roesch; Staff Photographer: Gary Oakeson; Production and Circulation: Mary Wernecke, Bobbie Dan-gremond, Ruby Pearson, Arlene Olsen, Marilyn Humes, Barb Hegwood, Vivian Virden and Joyce Stott. 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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September 11, 2011 Memorial Service

Special Guests: Todd Brunin, Scott LaGreca (Fire Chief), Scott Trentice

Pastor Bill in a special Communion service. Debbie Fisher playing TAPS at conclusion of service.