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First
August, 2019
Announcements & Celebrations p. 2 Reminders p. 3 Nurture p. 4 Teach p. 5
Worship p. 5 Fellowship p. 6 Serve p. 7 Directory p. 8
As a diverse family of believers in Jesus Christ, our mission is to glorify God
by celebrating and sharing God’s renewing and transforming love as:
We worship the living God with joy and thanksgiving.
We teach the Word of God to deepen our faith and to grow in
our love for Jesus Christ.
We serve others through sharing the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We fellowship to enrich and energize our life together as a congregation.
We nurture and embrace all God’s children.
One of the things I have enjoyed about this summer’s sermon series is getting reacquainted with an old friend - the
Book of Acts. The Bible, as we all know, is a huge work of literature, but it’s actually more of a compact library
than a single work. Beyond the divisions of the Old and New Testaments there are smaller divisions like the Penta-
teuch, the Wisdom literature, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles, and the Apocalyptic writing of Revelation. The
diversity of this masterpiece makes it virtually impossible to retain it all, which is why I appreciate times like these
when I can go back and spend time with a book like Acts.
This summer I have been taken by all the firsts that occur in this book. How the church was born and the
leadership had to develop “on the fly.” It reminds me of the first few weeks after Shay and I brought Emery home
from the hospital. A new life was looking at us, so dependent and trusting, yet we were looking around wondering,
“Where’s the instruction manual?!?” In a similar way, the church was born with almost no resources, and with their
number one source for wisdom and guidance having vanished into the clouds! They also had a boatload of enemies
working hard to make sure they would not succeed. Poor Peter and John and all the others, left behind with no
choice but to work this thing out on their own, with only the Holy Spirit to help.
But, I think that is the point of this very honest retelling of the church’s history. To show the struggle of what
it means to be human...and to follow Christ...and to attempt to live a good and peaceful life...and the blood, sweat,
and tears it takes to build anything from the ground up. Yet, at the same time, it teaches us that God and Christ never
abandon us. It is their Spirit at work in our lives: supporting, guiding, prompting, and - as we will see this Sunday -
even knocking us off our high horse when we’re headed in the wrong direction. If nothing else, this should offer us
hope.
So, I hope you will join us this Sunday as we continue our historical journey through this fascinating book.
We will follow it all the way through to its conclusion sometime this fall, and then maybe we will find another old
friend to visit for awhile.
Peace - Richard
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I wish to thank Rod Hicks, Chip Hutchison, Paul Horne, and Ken Holt for carrying all of the items from my house to the church for the sale. Karen and Ken had already carried lots. It was a very hot day and they worked tirelessly. Also, a big thank you to Kinch Edwards for coming to my new place of residence to hang pictures. What a grand bunch of guys and gals we have in our church! I’m very blessed to call them friends.
Margaret Ann
I wanted to thank Congregational Care for assisting and hosting my Mom’s service and visitation. As always, the special touches made the day special. It is great and heart warming having such a great church family.
Michele
Thank you to everyone for the visits, food, cards, texts and emails during my recent recovery from knee surgery. The people at First Presbyterian are the best!
Sue Munn
Thanks so much for all the emails, thoughts, prayers, cards, and the wonderful meal that was provided while Nick has been incapacitated! It has been an awfully long 4 months, but since the total knee replacement on July 1st, he is recuperating nicely and his leg is now STRAIGHT and not at a 23-degree angle! Being able to walk again is such a joy! He is well on the road to recovery and hopefully, will be back in the choir before too long. Thanks for being such a GREAT church family!
Janet and Nick Miller
Rally Day
Come join us on August 18th as we celebrate Rally Day, the start of a new year in
Christian Education. This is the day we celebrate all the places our faith has taken us
and the places we will journey together. We will kick off the day with a covered dish
breakfast at 9:45. We ask that you bring your favorite breakfast foods to share:
breakfast casseroles, bagels with cream cheese, biscuits, fruit, yogurt, etc. Please
bring your dishes ready to serve.
Join us as we learn about Christian Education opportunities for the upcoming year.
We will also recognize and promote our children, as they enter into new Sunday
School classes. Come and be a part of this exciting day in the life of our church!
Educators and students of all ages are invited to bring their backpacks and school
bags to our annual Backpack Blessing on Sunday, August 18th.
Sunday, August 25th
Sunday School and Worship will return to regular schedule.
Sunday School—10:00 am
Worship—11:00 am
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1 Ken Holt
Claire Stevenson
2 Christy Kay
5 Mandy Cutrone
6 David Chubb
Olivia Delgado
Ashley Jones Lawson
Alison Sundermier
7 Ashley Stevenson
8 Bill Blackwell
Shannon Huggins
Richard Kay
9 Sally Bedenbaugh
11 Donna Martin
13 Adam Scull
14 Evelyn Arrington
Natalie Ojalehto
15 Katherine Seerden
17 Joe Hopkins
18 Adrian Delgado
20 Cynthia Johnson
21 Andy Cloninger
Sara Curry
David Esposito
23 Eric Park
Sophia Smith
Reeves Williams
25 Matt Goodner
Julia Nichols
Carroll Terry
26 Bob Barrett
27 Tom Hickman
Mike Hunsucker
David Richardson
Walt Williams
28 Bob Ballard
Nancy Gainey
Lindsey Skinner
Bobby Williams
29 Andrew Sundermier
Rhett Keener
30 Kia Hicklin
NURSERY & CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Aug 4
Nursery /Preschool
Traci Jackson
Children’s Church
Lindsey Skinner, Natalie Harper
Children’s Sermon
Richard Carr
Aug 11
Nursery /Preschool
Sherry Hutchison, Patti Cloninger
Children’s Church
Rebecca Bridges, Joanne Lehman
Children’s Sermon
Dr. George White
Aug 18
Nursery/Preschool
Joanne Edwards, Christy Goodner
Children’s Church
Janelle Chubb, Heather Deese
Children’s Sermon
Clair Britt
Aug 25
Nursery/Preschool
Denise Ice, Jennifer Green
Children’s Church
Kia Hicklin, Sherry Hutchison
Children’s Sermon
Mickey Johnson
Deacons on Call for
August
Charles Gresham Joan Musselwhite Michelle Elston
COUNTERS
Aug 04 Heather Deese, Susannah Hayes Aug 11 Jimmy Hicklin, Bobby Smith Aug 18 Tom Hickman, Michelle Elston Aug 25 Sherry Hutchison, Pat Johnson
ACOLYTES
Aug 4 Jill Smith Aug 11 Sara Jurado Aug 18 Riley Elston Aug 25 Evan Hicklin
Tuesday, August 6
5:30 Worship Committee
Tuesday, August 13
6:30 Christian Ed Committee
Tuesday, August 27
5:30 Visitation Ministry Meeting
Nursery Assistants Needed!
We are looking for caring, responsible, and fun-loving individuals to help with our littlest Presbyterians. These positions will work each Sunday from 9:45 am until 12:15 pm. Contact [email protected] with any questions or to apply. Please share with anyone who might be interested!
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Please keep these members of our congregation in your
prayers:
Health Concerns (Members): Bill Kayser, Beth Easley, Worth Kendall, Mary Tice, John Granacher, Audrey Moore, Lena Hopkins, Pete Wheeles, Alex Luse, Debbie Norwood and Linder Tucker.
Christian Sympathy is extended to Eric Park and his family on the death of his father. Mr. David Park passed away on July 20.
Eric Park—409 West Clarendon Place , Rock Hill, SC , 29732
Friends and Family Members to keep in our prayers: Carol Hines—(Susan Demchak's friend) 1106 Christopher Circle, RHSC
29730
Bob Renz (heart attack /rehabilitation) Cathy Kayser’s brother
43 Dayton Road, Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Colleen Eddington (Cathy Kayser’s sister) recovering from a stroke
106 Village Rd. Wickatunk Village, Morganville, NJ 07751
Keira Esposito (Sanfilipppo Syndrome)
746 Quicksilver Trail, Fort Mill, SC 29708-6548
Don Ferguson, Jr—Phyllis Ferguson’s son (surgery)
Charlie Brewer-Brother of Suzie Brewer Price (colon cancer)
150 Panilla Ct., Murrells Inlet, SC. 29576
Cheryl Hoffman - Cancer
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Please keep the following mem-bers of the military in your prayers:
Stephen “Anthony” Bradley (Teresa Bradley’s son & Jean Horton's grandson) Navy: Stephen Bradley, 515 Chesterfield Rd Hampton, VA 23661 Matthew Blackwelder Blackwelder, Matthew B. Navy: Matt, Kellie and Jackson Black-welder 120 Kenneth Ct Newport News, VA 23602 Major and Mrs. Ryan Middle-ton (Laura Keely) 9190 Brenahm Court Montgomery, AL 36117
Taylor Ferguson (Phyllis Ferguson’s grandson)
Army:
Capt. Taylor Ferguson
7653 Kessler Dr Fort Benning, Ga 31905
If you or someone you know has a pastoral need, please contact Richard at 803-818-1863 or through email at [email protected]. You can also contact the church office (328-2467; [email protected]) or one of the
Our Prayer Ministry is now accepting prayer requests. This important minis-try is for all of our church members and extended families. You may provide as much or as little information as you wish and know that prayers will be offered at a moment’s notice. Please contact Jane Williams (366-3834 or [email protected]).
Prayer and Visitation Ministry
“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:43-45
The Prayer and Visitation Ministries have been combined to better meet the needs of our congregation. Members of this combined ministry will work with the pastor to show the love of Christ through their visits and prayers with congregation members in times of need. They will also help identify other needs that may be referred to other ministries within the church. If you would like to refer someone to the Visitation Ministry for possible visits or ask for prayer requests from the Prayer Ministry, please contact Jane Williams ([email protected] or 803-242-5431) or Rev. Carr ( 803-818-1863 or [email protected]).
We Worship the Living God with Joy and Thanksgiving
Our Music Ministry
Music plays a vital role in worship in our reformed tradition. The Music Ministry at First Presbyterian Church is designed so that all groups of various musical abilities may learn of our tradition and participate in a singing or handbell choir.
♪ Cherub Choir (ages 4-grade 1) – Rehearsals will resume in September ♪ Covenant Choir (grades 2-5) – Rehearsals will resume in September
♪ Chancel Choir (grade 9-Adult) – Rehearsals resume August 21
Now is a wonderful time to join the Chancel Choir! Singers in all parts are welcome! Our choir will be involved in the following special events this fall celebrating our Sesquicentennial: a Joint Choral Program with the Chancel Choir of Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church (our daughter church) on Sunday afternoon, September 29, at 3 p.m., featuring several anthems along with Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra and organ. The second event is our special 150th Commemorative Service on Sunday, November 10. More information on these events will follow.
♪ Roy S. Hutchinson Joyful Ringers Handbell Choir (grade 9-Adult) Rehearsals resume August 28
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Ever wanted to try ringing handbells? Now is the perfect time to give it a try Rehearsals resume August 28th 6:00-7:00pm
EVERYONE WELCOME Contact “Mickey” Johnson for details 803-374-1290 or [email protected]
Women’s
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Ladies’ Night Out: Our August 15 venture will be to the Wagon Wheel in Fort Lawn at 6:00 pm. Contact Karen Holt for more information or to carpool. Come join the fun!
Men’s Fellowship and Ladies Crossroads Bible Study will
resume in the fall. Watch for information and dates in the Sep-
tember Newsletter.
The Retirees of First Presbyterian Church will resume meeting
in September. Watch for information about the time and place in
the September Newsletter.
Fellowship
There will not be a regularly scheduled Fellowship Dinner in the month of Au-gust. Dinner will resume on September 11 at 5:15 pm.
Summer Sermon Series - This summer we have been following various ac-counts from the book of Acts. Its full name was “The Acts of the Apos-tles”. Just as we spent the spring looking at events in the Life of Christ and the Resurrection Stories in all 4 Gospels, we will now turn to Luke’s 2nd Volume. He wrote for Theophilus, an early Christian Patron, recounting the stories of the development of the church both in Jerusalem and in other parts of the Roman Empire. These are the origin stories of our church; and in them we will learn much about how we came to be.
Retire the Debt!
Please consider a birthday gift to celebrate our 150th Birthday. The challenge is to make a gift equal or greater than 10% of your current annual giving. To date, we have $47,293 pledged! That brings our total to $94,586, which includes our matching gift. We have almost reached our goal of $100,000! With everyone’s support, we can retire the church debt by the Sesqui-centennial Celebration! Pledges are due by October 1st.
YARD CREW
Our volunteer yard crew keeps our property looking first rate! It only takes about an hour once a month and it saves our church from the high cost of a pro-fessional lawn service. If you would be interested in joining our team, please contact Paul Horne or Mike Hunsucker.
Women’s “Out to Lunch” Group
The Women’s Out to Lunch Group meets following Sunday worship.
8/4 ~ Egg’s Up 8/11 ~ Fatz
8/18 ~ Fratelli’s 8/25 ~ Friendly Billiard’s
We serve others through sharing the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Yarns of Love -The group of ladies that meets together
each Thursday afternoon in the parlor to knit or crochet
continues to find ways to bless others with shawls or
lapghans. As you all have heard or read, we began with
contributing to Hospice & Community Care for the
patients there. Then we began to wrap our own members who are sick or frail in
our prayers and love. Our next target was the newest Presbyterians born to our
members. We make each little new arrival a blanket to be presented along with
the rose from the Communion Table in his or her honor
We hope that our finished products created with prayers and love bring each
recipient much comfort, but readily admit that we, too, feel blessed for being
able to use our talents in this ministry.
If you have questions or are interested in joining this group of women, please
see: Peggy Casey, Gus Cook, Phyllis Ferguson, Karen Holt, Linda Hutchison,
Cathy Kayser, Mary Anne Sheppard, Carroll Terry, Margaret Ann Tice.
Help for HOPE - During the month of August, our congregation
will collect boxes of breakfast cereal to contribute to the clients
of Project HOPE. Please consider bringing in boxes of breakfast
cereal so that some of the less fortunate children in our area
might start their day with breakfast before going to school. You
may bring in any brand or type of cereal. (ex: Cheerios, Chex, etc.) Please
leave your box(es) in the box in the narthex by Sunday, August 18. Your
donation does make a difference to the people right here in our area and is very
much appreciated. On behalf of the Mission Committee and the clients of
Project HOPE, please accept a big thank you for your donations!
From the Hunger Outreach Program team -Thank you for your generous
support of our school supplies drive during June and July. All items will go to
deserving children in our community.
Care Bags: FPC is participating in an on-going local mission
project that will allow us to share compassion and kindness with
families who have loved ones in palliative care at Piedmont
Medical Center. You may leave items in the box in the narthex.
Items needed: Small water bottles, peanut-free prepackaged
snacks, small notebooks, pens or pencils, small tissue packs, lip balm, mints/
gum.
Items to pass the time: Crossword puzzles, word searches, small puzzles, etc.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34
We Worship the Liv-ing God with Joy and
Thanksgiving
HOP
Hunger Outreach
Program
On the 4th Tuesday of each
month (with the exception of
June, July and August), our
church participates in the
“Hunger Outreach Program”. We
are a member of a consortium of
several churches who meet and
prepare approximately 240 meals,
which are bagged and delivered
to the hungry and needy in our
community. Our next HOP meet-
ing will be September 24th .
Contact Christy Goodner (803-
370-0848) or Wendy Blanchard
(803-366-7862) if you would like
to assist in this community effort.
Dorothy Day
Soup Kitchen Ladies will meet on Thursday,
August 22nd from 10:00 a.m. -
1:00 p.m. We help cook for the
Soup Kitchen on Crawford Road.
Anyone interested should call
Wendy Blanchard at (803) 366-
7862 or Christy Goodner (803-
370-0848) to volunteer.
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Return Service Requested
The Officers of First Presbyterian Church
Members of the Session
Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021
Heather Deese Bob Barrett Matt Goodner Jimmy Hicklin Peggy Casey Jimmy Jurado Tom Hickman Paul Horne Laura Lengers Sherry Hutchison Kathy James Susan Roberson Se Murdoch Julia Nichols George White, Clerk
Members of the Diaconate
Class of 2019 Class of 2020 Class of 2021
Deena Campbell Susannah Hayes Gene Black David Chubb Dave Keely Teresa Bradley Charles Gresham Joan Musselwhite Michelle Elston Karen Holt, Moderator Eric Park Pat Johnson Bobby Smith Jane Williams Leslie Jurado
First Presbyterian Church 234 East Main Street POST OFFICE BOX 1011 ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA 29731
Staff Contact Information:
Church Office: (803) 328-2467
Rev. Richard W. Carr, III Minister [email protected] (803) 818-1863 [cell] Rev. Dr. Craig C. Butler Marriage and Family Minister [email protected] (803) 366-5445 [cell]
Dr. Donald M. Rogers Director of Music [email protected]
Janet Miller Organist [email protected]
Mickey Johnson Handbell Choir Director [email protected] Joanne Stogner Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Jackie Johnson Financial Secretary [email protected]