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What’s Happening at St. Luke
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Mission committee schedule August * The annual back-to-school supply campaign for the Children’s Home will begin Sunday, August 3. The deadline is August 17. A printed list will be available at the Mission Committee table in the hall. For your convenience, below is the list of needed items: 2" polybinders, ½ “ polybinders 1" polybinders Dividers, 3- and 1-subject notebooks, 3-prong folders, blue/black pens, cap erasers, facial tissue, big erasers, highlighters, rulers, red pens, map colors, compasses, protractors, scissors, pencil bags, calculators, crayons, scientific calculators, locks, backpacks, pencils, notebook paper, glue sticks, markers, Trapper Keepers, glue (bottles), Flashcards (division and multiplication), red grading pens, graph paper, poster board, September * Sept 7th: SLY 2009 Mission Trip Kick-Off Luncheon/Fellowship Hour * Downtown Women’s Center Monthly Meal, Betty Dugger October * Downtown Women’s Center Monthly Meal, Jo Ann Jolley * High Plains Food Bank Canned Food Drive * Oct 12th, Minute for Mission, Homeless Coalition, Art Crosser * December is still open for the Downtown Monthly Women’s Center As always, the first Sunday of each month is peanut butter Sunday. Also, Helping hands is an ongoing mission. Anyone needing help with household tasks, transportation, etc., should contact Dale Ballard. Meals on Wheels always needs drivers. Contact Dale Ballard if you would like to volunteer. Hot meals are delivered Monday through Friday. The Love Packet Ministry is going strong. The director has relocated to the Eveline Rivers headquarters downtown. For more information contact Kim Lacey. SLY activities planned On Sunday, August 17th, SLY will meet at Amarillo College Experimental Theatre at 2:30 p.m. for "Cotton Patch Gospel.” Please check your email for more info. Melissa Wheeler will be returning to the States in August! We hope to join FPC, Canyon, this month for a welcome home pool party. We'll let you know details as soon as they become available. On Friday, August 29th, the youth are going to attend the AHS/Randall game together and then have a lock-in at the church. Those of us who aren't in one of the bands will meet at the game - maybe we can sit on the Randall side for the first half and on the AHS side for the second half?? By Aug. 28th, let Helen Thorsheim know if you'll be going, so we can talk and make plans about where we'll meet. Around 9:30 p.m. (or when the game ends) we'll go back to the church for food, video games, and maybe some duct tape activities. The event will be over at 7 a.m. on Saturday. September calendar: 9/7 - Mission Committee-sponsored SLY Mission Trip Kick-Off Meal after church. Slide show presentation of 2008 Mission Trip. Get your photos to Tim Lacey as soon as possible. Wear your new green shirts to church. 9/14 - Paintballing at Aggression Paintball. Time to be announced. 9/28 - Synod Youth Workshop participants will lead the program at 5:30 p.m. Kary Wingo Intensive Bible study to begin On Sunday, Aug. 3rd, at 7:00 p.m., an organizational meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall for those interested in joining an intensive Bible study this fall. Meeting dates, time, and curricula will be decided. Nights of the Round Table program accepting members It’s time to sign up for “Nights of the Round Table.” Each month, beginning in September, four couples (two singles are welcome to make a couple) meet for dinner and fellowship. The host couple will furnish the entree and the other couples will provide a salad, vegetable, or dessert. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and, of course, there will be good food. A sign-up sheet will be on the desk in the old church office for the next few weeks. If you have questions, call Joyce Fliehler. New office worker We are pleased to have Marilyn Baland in the church office helping Sharon. Please make her feel welcome the next time you see her! Session meeting highlights Below is a summary of the June meeting of the Session.( The Session did not meet in July.) 1. As of June 16, membership of St. Luke was 234. 2. Dr. Kennedy provided a written report, which was approved by the Session. 3. On recommendation of the Finance Committee, the budget, excluding expenditures for Administration and Mission, was reduced by 10%. 4. The Human Resources committee offered for approval drafts of a Pastor Job Description, Specific Job Requirements for Current Pastor, Specific Evaluation for Current Pastor, and Pastor Performance Review. The recommendations were approved. 5. Commendations were offered for the following: a. To the Helping Hands ministry for its continuing work with the congregation. b. To Tim Lacey for planning and organizing the SLY Mission Trip. c. To SLY (St. Luke Youth) for their work and fellowship during the mission trip. d. To Ann Hefner and Marlis Fisher, the moderators of the Fellowship Committee, and the Fellowship Committee for their work. e. To Dick Mackie for his work during the Father’s Day Luncheon. David Kemp, Clerk of Session Christian sympathy is extended to... †Greg and Dodie Levitt and family, in the death of Dodie’s mother, Peggy Sue Parker, of Graham, Texas. Memorial services were held on Friday, June 20, 2008. † Joe and Lorraine Mains, in the death of their daughter, Sherri Ziegler, on June 26, 2008. She resided in California. † Roger and Cheri Castleberry, Paige, Darcy and Alli, in the death of Roger’s father, Thomas David Castleberry, on July 6th. He resided in Perkins, OK. † Niels and Susan Nevad, in the death of Niel’s father, Norman Nevad, on June 22. He was a resident of Florida. † Bill and Cathy Berry in the death of Cathy’s father-in-law, B.E. Berry on June 12, 2008. Mr. Berry died of leukemia. He was a life-long resident of Shadron, NE. Prayer concerns ▪ Connie Yager will have extensive surgery on Monday, August 4th at Northwest Hospital. ▪ Betsy McCampbell had back surgery on July 18th. ▪ Barbara Taylor had gall bladder surgery on July 17th. ▪ Joyce Fliehler had extensive heart surgery on July 24th at BSA Hospital. ▪ Quentin Smith had a bad fall and suffered several broken bones. He is recuperating at home. ▪ Ralph Hall is back at Ussery Roan Veteran’s Home. He was in the Verteran’s hospital and also Triumph Hospital for several weeks. ▪ Bill Kemp, David’s father, is recuperating following a very serious heart attack. ▪ Ben Gunn, Sara Gibson’s father, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Continue to remember: Bea Kennedy, Ralph Hall, Peggy Ellis, Ted Nix, Billie Brauchi, Wilma Crutchfield, Ruth Mills, Trent Phipps, Doug Forsyth, former husband of Linda Prickett, Wayne Rivers, brother of Sallie Amason, Sammy Mata, friend of Bobby Hernandez, and Virginia Frasier (kidney failure) and Jerry Musick, (breast cancer), aunts of Kearney and Linda Cole. Lectionary readings for August This schedule can also be found at http://www.pcusa.org/devotions/lectionary/lectionary list.htm. Aug 3 Aug 10 Gen. 32:22-31 Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 17:1-7, 15 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, Romans 9:1-5 45b Matthew 14:13-21 Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-23 Aug 17 Aug 24 Genesis 45:1-15 Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 133:1-3 Psalm 124:1-8 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 15:10-20, 21-28 Matthew 16:13-20 Aug 31 Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Men’s breakfasts to change schedule, location The first men’s breakfast of the fall will be held at Furr’s Cafeteria on Soncy at 8 a.m. on Sept. 13th. The men will meet at this location on the second Saturday of each month. Make plans to join St. Luke gentlemen for breakfast and fellowship before starting your mowing, child-chauffeuring, errand-running, golfing, or whatever is on your schedule. Ice-Cream Social The Fellowship Committee will host the annual St. Luke ice cream social on Sunday evening, August 24 at 6PM. Watch for details in our Sunday bulletins. This will be our last event of the summer before the back-to-school rush begins. We hope to see all of you there. ☺ ▪ Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. ▪ Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. Cotton Patch Gospel to be repeated at AC Because the first round was so popular, Merely Players has revived its production of “Cotton Patch Gospel” for five performances in August. The play is based on Clarence Jordan’s book “The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John,” with book by Tom Key and Russell Treyz and music & lyrics by Harry Chapin. Performances are August 15, 16 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and 17th and 24th at 3 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre at Amarillo College. The production is directed by Stacy Yates with musical direction by Dean Yates and a cameo appearance by Choice Yates. Dean and Stacy are also in the cast - Dean for all performances and Stacy for the final weekend. Bulletin board Thanks go to Dick Mackie and his helpers for the Fathers Day Luncheon. It was wonderful, as usual. A reminder to those visiting the church during the week: please be sure to lock the doors behind you. Dr. Kennedy’s office hours are 10 a.m.-noon and 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday (Mondays off). If you have a question, concern, or suggestion for the Session, please take time to fill out and sign a yellow card (available in the pew) and drop it in the offering plate during the Sunday worship service. Congratulations to Abby Gibson, who was awarded Top Woodwind, Outstanding 8th Grade Woodwind, and Outstanding Achievement in Band at Bonham Middle School Captain Tucker Norton, fiancé of Katie Long (Flossie's granddaughter) is serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was home recently for a brief vacation, and at a ceremony in Ft. Carson, Colorado, he was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor. Tucker is a member of Easy Company, 1-68AR, 3rd Battalion Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. This division is based in Ft. Carson, CO. We are sorry to lose the Botsonis’ and Priscilla Sheets and family (they are moving to Idaho. SLY mission trip report On June 1st, a group of 32 youth and adult sponsors left from the church parking lot bound for Leadville, CO. We arrived around 6:00 that evening at First Presbyterian Church USA and met with our mission coordinator for the week. We thought we were going to work on various repair projects in the homes of elderly residents of Leadville. When we arrived we found that God had other plans for us. The First Presbyterian Church in Leadville needed repairs of its own and the Session had decided that this was what they wanted us to do. You see, Leadville had just had one of the heaviest winter snowfalls in 10 years. This church also has been without a full-time pastor for 7 of the last 10 years. Membership and attendance have declined over the years. Also, the average age of members is 65. Needless to say, the church needed several things repaired. They opened up accounts at the hardware and lumber stores in town and gave us a list of things they would like for us to do. We repaired a fire escape that had rotted out during the heavy snows, repaired a part of their roof that had a leak, painted the inside of a pre-school that they were running out of the church, repainted the exterior of the church, and built a wheelchair access to another of their buildings. These were the things that they had on their list. In typical SLY fashion, the youth determined that these were not enough projects for the week, so we also trimmed up all of the trees around the church, which were hiding the building, and cleaned out flowerbeds. The church sign was repainted and all of the playground equipment for the pre-school was repaired and tightened. A deck got a fresh coat of paint and windows were washed. To say the least, the church was shining like a new penny when we were through. The congregation was so appreciative that most of the active members made a point to come by at least once during the week and have a look and to say thank you. We finished the week by taking a white water rafting trip down the Arkansas River. God taught each of us a lesson about the willingness to be available and serve Him in whatever He needs at the time. Each participant was blessed by this experience. There will be a slide show and presentation about this trip at the SLY Mission Trip Kick-Off on September 7th at St. Luke. The Mission Committee will provide lunch. Tim Lacey Library, office relocated New books have been added to the library, which has been relocated to the northwest corner of the Fellowship Hall. These new items have been placed on a separate shelf that is marked for recent additions. We would be pleased for you to look at them and check some out. There is a clipboard and paper for you to sign your name, title of book, and date. The church office has been moved to where the library used to be, on the east side of the church. The intercom will be moved from the north door to the east entrance as soon as possible. If you come to the church office, knock at the east door to be allowed in. (You will see Sharon’s car parked there.) Expenses don’t take vacation The Finance Committee asks that we all remember to keep our “Estimate of Giving” amounts current during the summer months. We may take vacations, but bills for the operation of the church remain constant. Thanks for your support of St. Luke. Even though we have adjusted the budget by 10%, we could still have a deficit of $8,000.00 by year’s end. It is important that you understand that the money being spent in the new office and sanctuary are gifts of money that were designated for these two projects and that this money cannot be used for operating expenses or any other expense. |
