Marcus Whitman Presbyterian Church
WHITMANEWS
MWPC Welcomes Rebecca Foutz
(Our New Office Administrator)
JUNE,2016
Inside this issue:
A Note from the Pastor
2
KidREACH…
3
June Sermons & Scripture
Super Sunday
4
June Birthdays
June Anniversaries
Food Bank Update
Bible Quiz
5
June Calendar
6
Financial Report
Father's Day
CROP WALK
7
Summer Solstice
8
If you’ve called the office or stopped by in
the last week, you’ve probably noticed
that we have a new person sitting the
secretary’s chair. Meet Rebecca (Becky)
Foutz, our new Office Administrator.
Here’s a little information and background
on Becky:
I am so happy and grateful to be able to
work at Marcus Whitman Presbyterian
Church, and am looking forward to getting
to know you all as the days go by. I am no
stranger to churches, having been raised as
a pastor’s daughter, and then I married a pastor. My husband (Tim) and I
have been married for 38 years and have three grown children, Jon (36),
Chris (34) and Katie (27). The boys both live in the Seattle area, and Katie
lives with her husband in Illinois.
Tim pastored two churches in Montana for a total of 10 years. We then
moved out to the Seattle area where he taught Bible at a Christian High
School for 16 years. During this time I enjoyed being a mom at home, and
then working full time when the kids got older. After our daughter
married, we felt God calling us to a new ministry. We have been working
with college students on the University of Washington campus for 3 years
now, endeavoring to help them keep their faith in the midst of a
sometimes hostile environment.
June 20, 2016
Some of my favorite things to do are reading, gardening, watching good
movies, and spending time with my family. I plan to do my very best to
help in the ministries of Marcus Whitman in whatever ways I can.
A Note from the Pastor
Pastor Rob
One evening arriving home from work, this dad found his 7 year old son sitting on the front porch steps
with his elbows on his knees, his chin resting in his hands with a forlorn look on his face looking down at
the walkway. He walked up the steps and sat down next to his son. He asked, “What’s the matter,
Champ?” After a big sigh (a sigh that only 7 years olds can give), the boy looked up at his dad and said,
“Well dad, I’m having a lot of trouble with your wife.”
It seems we may also have the same feelings about God. Maybe sharing with Jesus, when asked “What’s
the matter, brother/sister?” After a big sigh, “Jesus, I am having a lot of trouble with your Father.” It
seems that most of all we really like and enjoy Jesus and what Jesus wants us to be and to do. The trouble
comes when we look at and have to take seriously what God wants us to do and to be. A big part of what
is communicated through God’s word is God’s statutes, ordinances and law.. Again, we like Jesus for all his
words, teachings and call to grace, forgiveness and love. With God, we unfortunately (and mistakenly) do
not see the same message. In fact, some see two Gods – one described in the Old Testament as harsh,
rigid, stern, judging, and full of laws and rules; and the New Testament God who has loosened up, is more
understanding, giving more slack and lots of grace and love.
On Sunday mornings, we have been exploring and learning about “Growing up in God’s family”. In this
series, we have given attention to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. What I have personally discovered in my
preparation and I have shared on Sunday mornings, is that the God of both the Old and New Testament is
the same - same attributes, same nature and same gracious and life-giving words based on relationship to
God, which is communicated and demonstrated by God’s truthful and holy words - the law and the
prophets, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we are called, expected and must take seriously in
our relationship with God, God’s full and gracious revelation. And trusting and acknowledging, you and I
have a Good God who is truly good in all He has done, shown and said.
Peace,
Pastor Rob
Emily Chant
Children and Family Coordinator
“Faces of KidREACH: Spring 2016”
Supporting Youth to Strengthen Families and Communities
Dean
Bella
Lilli
Nesra
Kiki
Hamid
Julio
Kristionna
JUNE
SERMONS AND SCRIPTURE
June 5th
Celebrating the Lord’s Supper
“But I Tell You…
Practice What HE Preached”
Matthew 5:38-48
June 12th
Super Sunday
“But I Tell You...Investments”
Matthew 6:1-4; 19-21
June 19th
Father’s Day
“But I Tell You...Pray Like This”
Matthew 6:5-14
MWPC’S SUPER SUNDAY
June 12th is when we honor those
graduating from high school and
college. This month MWPC is
honoring:
Madison Lee Campbell
Central Washington University
Bachelors in Public Relations
June 26th
“But I Tell You...Spiritual Diet”
Matthew 6:16-18
Nick Hendrickson
Seattle Pacific University
Applied Human Biology
Theology with an Emphasis on Scripture
Mikaela Marie King
Don & Diana Cochran’s Granddaughter
West High School
Wichita, KS
Katherine Rickleton
Elk Grove High School
Elk Grove, CA
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Whitmanews June, 2016
BIBLE QUIZ
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
Vince & Kim Seal
19
Randy & Michelle Flodin 26
Chris & Lorilee Campbell 30
June is a popular month for weddings.
The gospel of John tells about a wedding
Jesus attended at Cana. At the reception,
he offered a special gift. What was it?
A.Money
B.Pottery
C.Healing
D.Wine
Answer: D. (John 2:1-11)
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
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Patrick Martin
1
Georgie Nupen
7
Drew Camp
13
LaTonya Ausler
13
Amelia Martin
14
Vince Seal
15
Ted Hendrickson
17
Steve Kennedy
19
Dave Dimmitt
30
The Des Moines Food Bank needs your
donations! Some needed items for June
for our school backpack program are:
EasyMac, individual apple sauce or fruit
cups, oatmeal packets and small 100%
fruit juices). Baby food is also needed.
Please place your donations directly
into the blue Food Bank receptacle in
the Hallway. Thank you.
Whitmanews June, 2016
JUNE 2016
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
1
THU
FRI
SAT
2
3
4
9
10
11
16
17
18
23
24
25
Work Crew
9:00 A.M.
KidREACH
3:45 P.M.
5
6
Lord’s
Supper &
Worship
10:00 A.M.
12
7
Work Crew
9:00 A.M.
OFFICE
CLOSED
KidREACH
3:45 P.M.
13
Worship
10:00 A.M.
14
OFFICE
CLOSED
Super
Sunday
19
8
Gathering for
Prayer
6:30 p.m.
Council Meeting
7:00 P.M.
20
Worship
10:00 A.M.
21
15
Work Crew
9:00 A.M.
KidREACH
3:45 P.M.
Final Day
22
Work Crew
9:00 A.M.
OFFICE
CLOSED
Father’s Day
26
Worship
10:00 A.M.
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27
28
OFFICE
CLOSED
29
30
Work Crew
9:00 A.M.
Whitmanews June, 2016
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ENDING - APRIL 30, 2016
INCOME
Offerings
Rental
Int. Income
Total Income
ACTUAL
BUDGETED
$60,454.06
$42,874.24
1,400.00
1,392.33
7.20
3.65
$61,861.26
$44,270.22
Income Minus Expenses
To Date:
$13,100.29
EXPENSE
ACTUAL
BUDGETED
Pastors Pkg
Salaries/Taxes
Admin/Bldg
Bldg/Gnds
Office Mgmt
Christian Ed
Children & Fam
Deacon
Fellowship
Mission
Worship
$27,310.57
12,622.00
5,849.89
363.74
1,577.19
337.82
347.72
166.44
37.94
0.00
147.66
$27,329.33
12,052.42
5,469.88
828.76
1,524.93
430.95
397.81
107.75
546.99
1,160.27
696.15
Total Expenses
$48,760.97
$50,545.24
In 1910, a Father's Day celebration was held in Spokane,
Washington, at the YMCA by Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born
in Arkansas. Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June
19, 1910. Her father, the civil war veteran William Jackson Smart,
was a single parent who raised his six children there. However, it
was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made
Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in
the United States.
This year’s CROP
WALK raised a grand
total of $13,158.00.
Some of these funds
will go to our local
food bank.
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Sunday, June 19th
Whitmanews June, 2016
Marcus Whitman
Presbyterian Church
2130 S. 248th Street
Des Moines, WA 98198
Phone: 206-878-2013
Fax: 206-878-2013
E-mail: [email protected]
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SUMMER SOLSTICE
June 20, 2016
The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in either northern or southern hemispheres, is most
inclined toward the star that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23° 26'. This happens twice each
year (once in each hemisphere), at which times the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north
or the south pole.
The summer solstice occurs during a hemisphere's summer. This is the northern solstice in the northern
hemisphere and the southern solstice in the southern hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the
summer solstice occurs some time between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere [2][3] and between
December 20 and December 23 each year in the southern hemisphere.[4] The same dates in the opposite hemisphere
are referred to as the winter solstice.
When on a geographic pole, the Sun reaches its greatest height, the moment of solstice, it can be noon only along
that longitude which at that moment lies in the direction of the Sun from the pole. For other longitudes, it is not
noon. Noon has either passed or has yet to come. Hence the notion of a solstice day is useful. The term is colloquially
used like midsummer to refer to the day on which solstice occurs. The summer solstice day has the longest period of
daylight – except in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous, from a few days to six months around the
summer solstice.
Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way
with holidays, festivals, and rituals around that time with themes of religion or fertility.[5]Solstice is derived from
the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).