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Wimberley Presbyterian Church Newsletter January 2012 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

So as 2012 unfolds, it is a time to look back and to look ahead. For me and my family that is easy to do because today (December 28) is the one year anniversary of our arrival in Wimberley. We came full of hope and optimism that 2011 was going to be a good year for us and it has exceeded all of our expectations! Transitions of any kind-good or bad- have their share of stress, but you, our wonderful church family, have made this a fantastic experience for all of us. Thank you.

As I look ahead to 2012, I am again filled with hope. There are life changes

ahead: our daughter Renee will be married on January 7, we continue to settle in to our life here in Wimberley, and new relationships will be strengthened and others devel-oped. It is an exciting time for us.

As a church, I am excited about the leadership of our session. We have an excep-

tional group of women and men who possess the heart and capacity to guide our life together as a church body. I look forward to making advances in children’s ministry, adult discipleship, music, fellowship and forging our identity together in mission. What a great time to be your pastor!

May your 2012 be a year of the Lord’s favor and blessing as we walk with him

together into a future that has one great certainty: “Emmanuel, God with us” will be with us every step of the way! Happy New Year!

Yours in Christ, Pastor Clint

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YOUR SESSION AT WORK December, 2011

The December meeting was held on December 20. Four were absent for the holidays, and two eld-ers-elect attended. Clint opened with prayer. The session approved the November Stated Session minutes. There were no changes to the membership roles. Committee reports included Administration, which reported on Christmas bonuses granted for staff. Tom Gabrielson will receive an additional 4% in 2012, and Maria Mullins will receive $50 weekly to cover organ lessons. Buildings and Grounds replaced a heater strip in the Kitchen A/C unit. Discipleship was not happy with the November decision to serve Communion only to the Children's Church participants (in the Admin. building). The Session finally agreed that children will sit with their parents in worship on Communion Sundays. Fellowship is recommending that the Wednesday evening potlucks will be on 5th Wednesdays, or once a quarter, since committees are not using that night for meetings and gen-eral attendance has been below expectations. They requested someone take over the responsibility for themes, as that is above and beyond Fellowship's duties. The next Wednesday potluck will be the Chili Cook-off on January 11. Stewardship presented and commented on the current receipts versus budget. We are behind on income by the end of November but expect to be even by year's end. There have been 53 pledges totaling $210,498, or well ahead of last year. Final 2012 commit-tee budget requests must be in before mid-January in time for the budget to be prepared for the Re-port to the Congregation. Worship reported 159 were served Communion on December 4. Rev. Regen announced the following chairmen for Session Committees for 2012: Administration: Laura Peyton, assisted by Dallas Laumbach. Sub-committee: Tech, Matt McNeil* Buildings & Grounds: James Higgins Congregational Care: Dawn Kidd*, assisted by Sandra Gregg Discipleship: Linda Richter* Fellowship: Kari Byers*, assisted by Kim Hyde Outreach: Ron Bagby* Stewardship: Dallas Laumbach* *Continuing from 2011 Worship: Jimmy Connell Clerk of Session: David Junkin Nominating Chairman: Linda Richter New 2012 dates set: Jan. 15, present chairmen to have 2011 committee recap to clerk of session. Jan. 15, install new elders at Worship Jan. 17, Stated Session Meeting 7:00 PM (new elders only) Jan. 29, Annual Congregational meeting to approve budget and receive the Annual Report, after Worship Moderator's Report: Clint suggested Googling 'Daily Lectionary Readings' to find recom-mended personal daily readings and prayers as aids to following the Church lectionary program. He closed with prayer as dismissal.

Keith Haney, Clerk of Session

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December 1 - 31, 2011

Monthly Requirement Received $19,660 $20,615 Designated Offerings Received Purpose $2,188 SF Urban Ministries Sarah Gibbs-CAM International Christmas Joy Offering Poinsettias

Ushers for the Month…

Jan 1 Bill Hull Mary Northern Jan 8 Jan Barr Melanie Cagle Jan 15 Miguel Nino Marissa Nino Jan 22 Tinka Eoff Janice Rogers Jan 29 Ron & Nita Bagby

Liturgists for the Month…

Jan 1 Paul Rathbun Jan 8 Barbara Barks Jan 15 Wellborn Gregg Jan 22 Keith Haney Jan 29 Bill Hull

Please use Pew Bible or NRSV.

Head Usher for the

Month …

Gordon Butler

From the Pulpit… Jan 1 Sheep and Goats Matthew 25:31-46 Jan 8 Rev. Peter Traben Haas - Guest Living Under the Influence Mark 1:4-11 Jan 15 Come and See John 1:43-51 Jan 22 Ready. Set…. Mark 1:14-20 Jan 29 Jesus Power Mark 1:21-28

Podcasts • Free podcasts of the sermons are available on iTunes. Search for Wimberley Presbyterian in the iTunes store.

January 17 7:00 PM

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Children’s Church Teachers

Linda Richter Sandra Gregg

January 2012

Sun Mo Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

No Youth- Happy New Year!

2 3 4 5 6 7

8

All Youth- 12:30 9 10 11

MBBS- 6:45

12 13

Jr. High Mid Winters

14

Jr. High Mid Winters

15

No Youth Jr. High Mid

Winters-

16 17 18

MBBS- 6:45

19 20 21

22 23 24 25

MBBS- 6:45

26 27 28

29 30 31

A Huge Thank You to Melanie Cagle and Pam Drake for putting together a wonderful Children’s Church Christmas Pageant on Dec. the 11th! It was enjoyed by all in-cluding the kids. They celebrated their great success with a pizza and buffalo wing party in Children’s Church and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus with cup-cakes. The Jr. High Youth will be participating in Mid-Winters at Mo Ranch Jan. 13th-15th. Our own Andy Watson has been selected to be on the planning team and the youth are very excited and looking forward to their weekend at MO Ranch to say the least. We would also like to acknowledge the hard work of Andy Watson in the Spirit of Texas Marching Band and Brenna Sturdivant for cheering during the past football season and their dedication to their school and activities. We also had quite a few of our youth that just finished up the production of Tom Jones at the Lone Star Theatre. They were Brenna Sturdivant, Hope and Nate Wil-ton, Andy and Bobby Watson. MBBS and many other congregation members were lucky enough to attend one Wednesday evening. It was a great time and the kids did an excellent job. We are just full of talented kids at WPC!! Hope everyone had a great Christmas Holiday and enjoyed their families!!

Linda Richter

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Gifts to the Church of Appreciated Stock

If you give stock to the church that has appreciated in value you will not owe any capital gains tax on the stock and the Church will not owe any tax on the stock. You can take a charitable deduc-tion on your taxes for the full value of the stock when you donate it. For further information on this, contact your tax ad-visor or Dallas Laumbach or go to the Internet.

WOMENS BIBLE STUDY  Join our Women’s Ministry as we explore James with Beth Moore.  JAMES, Mercy Triumphs, by Beth Moore – Tuesday, 6:30 – 8 p.m. beginning Janu‐ary 3 in the Library. Study dates: January 3, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 28 and March 6. Workbook cost: $15.  James forces us to face the implications of faith. Be inspired to put your faith into action in practical ways as you get to know both the man and the Book of James. Join us as we explore such concepts as joy, hardship, faith, wisdom, single‐mindedness, the tongue, humility, prayer, and more.  This interactive study features 7 weeks of personal, daily assignments and 8 weekly group sessions with DVD.  Please register online or contact Teresa Ward tward@austin.rr.com, 512‐925‐8589.  

Calling all chili cooks and chili lovers!

Our January Potluck dinner will be a chili cook-off. Plan your chili to cook now and save the date.

Wednesday - January 11 at 6:00pm.

Everyone is invited to come for this most

delicious fellowship.

Community Support Monday: Alanon 12 Noon Thursday: Alanon 7:30 pm

1st Wed: Quilters Guild 12:30 to 3:30 pm 2nd/4th Wed: Quilters Guild 11:00 to 3:00 pm 3rd Wed: Herb Group 9:30 to 12:00 pm 1st Thurs: Duplicate Bridge 10:00 am 2nd Thurs: Alzheimer Support Group 1:00 pm

1 Zach Junkin Sue Wortham 2 Ann Wharton 3 Valerie Chandler 7 Jim Casper Anne Sloten 10 Clint Regen 11 Jan Barr 13 Marcia Easley 14 Ande Hubert 16 Johnna Dennis 18 Sarah McNeil 20 Karen Foster 22 Sally Pool 25 Madge Liscomb 26 Heidi Brazil James Calkins 30 Jan Allison 1 Sandy & Clyde Fortenberry 5 Judy & Bruce Padgett 7 Diane & Jason Aldridge

And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my Son the Beloved, with you I am well pleased.”

Mark 1:11

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Wimberley Presbyterian

Church

P. O. Box 1854 956 RR 2325

Wimberley, TX 78676 Phone: 512-847-5292 Fax: 512-847-9715

Website: www.wimpres.org

Rev. Clint Regen

Email: cregen@wimpres.org secretary@wimpres.org

CURRENT SESSION

ELDERS

Pam Drake & Matt McNeil Administration

John Easley, Keith Haney & James Higgins

Building & Grounds

Kari Byers Fellowship

Keith Haney

Clerk of Session

Dawn Kidd Congregational Care

Linda Richter Discipleship

Ron Bagby

Outreach

Dallas Laumbach & Kim Hyde Stewardship

Annanette Harper

Worship

John Easley Dallas Laumbach Board of Trustees

Elders-Elect David Junkin, Sandra Gregg, Laura Peyton

Jimmy Connell & Marissa Nino

WPC Staff

Rev. Clint Regen………………………………………………………………….Pastor Rev. Conway Wharton………………………………………………Pastor Emeritus Ms. Rachel McCarty…………………………………………………...Youth Director Mr. Tom Gabrielsen, Ms. Maria Mullins………………….Music Director, Pianist Ms. Janice Herreth………………………………………………….……….Secretary Ms. Kim McMillan, Ms. Diane Zeitler, Ms. Emily Junkin………………...Nursery Mr. Robert Miller……………………………………………………...…………Sexton Ms. Sandra Haney……………………………………………………………Treasurer

Information for publications is due in the church office on the 20th of each month. Please e-mail your announcements or articles to the office at jherreth@wimpres.org.

This edition produced by Janice Herreth.

Adult Sunday School ………………………………………………...9:45 AM Pre-School Sunday School…………………………………………..9:45 AM (Potty trained - 5 yrs.) Elementary Sunday School………………………………………….9:45 AM

(1st - 5th Grade) Pre-School Children’s Church……………………………………..10:45 AM (Potty trained - 5 yrs.) Children’s Church……………………………………………………11:00 AM (Pre K - 5th Grade) Worship Service…………………………………………………….. 11:00 AM

(Followed by Fellowship & Refreshments) Sr. High Youth…………………… …………………………………....4:30 PM

(1st & 3rd Sundays) Jr. High Youth………………………………………………………… .4:30 PM

(2nd & 4th Sundays) Prayer Group………………………………………………Monday, 10:30 AM

(Room 8) Youth “Mystery Bus” Bible Study………………….Wednesday, 6:45 PM

(Grades 6-12)

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