S p r e ad in g B r an c h e s “I am the Vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me bears much fruit...” John 15:5 May 2017 www.lansdalepres.org The Newsletter of Lansdale Presbyterian Church 215-368-1119 e-mail: [email protected] Deacons’ Work Day a Success! God blessed us this year with a break in the rains for our April 1st work day. In God’s wisdom and providence, he gave us wet ground---not something we usually would want---but which served to make some of our digging easier (although some areas were pretty mucky). Digging this year was necessary in preparation for our renovations out front later this spring. We saved several newer bushes by moving them to a new planting area-- a small privacy berm we created between our south parking lot and our neighbor in front. We also dug out and moved an estimated four tons of garden block from the front walk and garden areas---rescuing it from the renovators for possible future use. In addition, we did our usual Spring maintenance in cleaning out all the front garden beds, interior courtyard beds and parking lot stone beds of weeds, plant debris and tree branches, raking the front beds (which had to be releveled due to the removed block), mulching the areas that won’t be touched by construction, laying new wood chips in the playground, planting flowers and grass seed, repairing playground equipment, interior wall repairs, trim paint in the sanctuary, and more. Not sure how far we would have gotten without the very good turnout of help plus one of our helpers donating the use of his garden tractor and trailer. So thank you God for your provision. Also thank you to everyone who was able to participate and help our congregation care for God’s gift of our own church building and property. From your Board of Deacons Thank You from Presbyteriano’s Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the evening at Presbyteriano’s and support Youth Missions at LPC. Your generosity allowed us to bring in over $3,000 in donations! Based on reports it sounds like everyone had a lovely time. We had 68 in attendance and nearly a third of those were from outside the members and regular attenders of LPC. It is always exciting to see how many are inviting others to this event. More than just increasing the donation pool, having so many visitors allows our youth to let their light shine as they work hard in serving the Lord. When it comes to a fundraiser for youth missions, the situation is really that they are working hard serving the Lord so that they can work hard serving the Lord. All this is for God’s glory and I heard several attendees give glory to God for what they saw (Matthew 5:16). Speaking of workers…it took more than 30 workers over two nights to make the event a success. Thank you to everyone who set the time aside to serve. Special thanks are in order to Tom and Chris Greene for holding down the kitchen and keeping things running smoothly. Special thanks also to Mary Hand for providing the childcare. Lastly, special thanks are in order to John, Dave, and Joe Hathaway. An event like this that runs late into Saturday evening results in an extra late night in order to get things ready for Sunday morning. Finally, I’d like to mention a word of appreciation to Lansdale Meats & Deli. They provided the chicken at a significantly reduced cost, both for Presbyteriano’s and for the March Food from the Heart dinner. If you are not familiar with this business, it is a local business located in the Pennwood Plaza on Broad Street in Lansdale. They have always given us good service and prices for every Men’s retreat and Presbyteriano’s that I have run. - Brian Hand May 2017 Spreading Branches S.L.I.C (Seniors Living in Christ) Short-term Mission Trip On April 19th, fourteen seniors met together to watch "Atta Girl, Kelly". This Walt Disney movie followed the training of a German Shepherd being taught to become a seeing eye dog and how she changed the lives of three masters. It was filmed on location in Morristown, NJ. We then enjoyed our lunch of pizza with fruit for dessert. “Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!” Psalm 96:1 On Wednesday, May 17th, we will have Walt Fitzgerald, from the Montgomery County Beekeepers Association, speak to us. Plan to come for lunch (hoagies) at 11:30am with the program after. Look for the sign-up sheet for further information. SAVE THE DATE! “I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.” 1 Cor. 14:15b The first two weeks of July, Henry and I, along with Dan McBride, will be in the West African country of The Gambia, encouraging the church to use the local musical styles in Christian worship that speak most deeply to them so that they can sing new songs to the Lord from their heart. We have been invited by Pastor Abou Camara, of the Presbyterian Church of Gambia (he spoke at LPC a few years ago), and he will be our host. Our time there will be in two parts: first, Pastor Abou will take us to several places so that we can listen to and learn about Gambian music first-hand and interact with musicians; then, he has arranged for pastors and lay musicians to attend a 5-day seminar where I (Ginny) will present topics for study and discussion such as, What does Scripture teach us about worship and making music? and How can we apply that in our local congregations? Lord willing, this will culminate with several sessions of actual scripture-song composition. We would appreciate prayer not only for our time there, but for our preparation and financial support for this trip. Support can be given through LPC’s Dedicated Missions Fund, noting that the contribution is for the mission and music ministry. (Please do not put any names on the memo line of the check.) It is privilege to represent the body at LPC in this way. July 23rd Plains Mennonite Pavilion May 2017 - Spreading Branches Ginny Whitney LPC’s Updated Missions Budget 2017 Missions Budget breakdown MISSIONS MTW Missionaries Angert McBride Ramsey Rathbun Talley Wessel Eide Fitzpatrick Other Missionaries Imbert (Huguenot Fellowship) Klett (CHAIM) Gituka Zaka (Church Without Walls) Newbrander (ISI) PCA Organizations Eastern PA Presbytery Church Planting (Hollenbach) RUF (Mitchell) Discretionary Missions Fund May 2017 2017 39,648 22,700 2,300 6,600 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 8,400 2,300 600 1,200 2,000 2,300 3,000 2,000 500 500 5,548 Final as decided at Mission Committee Meeting 2/6/17 $ 39,648.00 $ 24,200.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 6,600.00 $ 2,600.00 $ 2,300.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,600.00 $ 2,600.00 $ 9,700.00 $ 2,300.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,400.00 $ 2,400.00 $ 2,600.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 800.00 $ 800.00 $ 2,148.00 Spreading Branches May 2017 Schedules Greeters: 7th John & Sue Hathaway 14th Craig & Anita Schwartz 21st Dave & Wendy Fox 28th Michael & Kay Kennedy Food From the Heart Dinner * Date: April 30, 2017 Number of Guests: 38 Counters: 7th Dennis Nice, Rick & Lori Davis 14th Dennis & Carol Nice, Phil Mooney st 21 Dennis & Carol Nice, Phil Mooney, Henry Whitney (refresher) th 28 Henry Whitney, Shelley Berg, Janet Younathan Ushers: Tom Greene, Larry Snell, Ari Koudis, Henry Whitney Thanks to our many volunteers who help things to run smoothly every Sunday! Building Fund Update as of: 4/30/17 Estimated Project Cost: $1,500,000 Building Fund Balance: $1,369,578 Total Commitments: $630,558 Commitments Fulfilled: $415,758 May 2017 Spreading Branches Menu: Tossed Salad, Roll/butter, Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans, Applesauce, Apple cobbler with whipped cream Head Chef: Al Zeller Speaker: Rev. Brian Hand Topic: Personal Testimony * Food from the Heart Dinners are the last Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm. This Month at LPC 1 7:00 pm Women’s Ministry Planning Meeting 3 6:00 am Men’s Ministry (weekly) 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal (weekly) 7:30 pm Band Rehearsal (weekly) 4 National Day of Prayer 9:00 am Ladies Bible Study (weekly) - last one until the fall 6:30 pm Session Meeting 5 10:30 am Small Group Study (weekly) 6 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast at Hennings’ Market 11:00 am Memorial Service for Louise Blake 7 9:15 am Sunday School (weekly) 10:30 am Worship Service (weekly) 1:00 pm Multipurpose Room Reserved 5:30 pm Youth Group (weekly) 5:30 pm Small Groups (weekly) 8 7:00 pm MOPS 10 7:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting 14 Mother’s Day 2:00 pm Meadowood Ministry No evening ministries 15 7:00 pm Deacons’ Meeting 16 7:00 pm Board of Christian Ed. Meeting 17 11:30 am Seniors Living in Christ (SLIC) : Lunch and Beekeeper Program 20 11 am – 3 pm MPR Reserved 21 5:30 pm Children’s Ministry 28 1:00 pm Food from the Heart Dinner 29 Memorial Day 1 4 6 7 9 15 17 19 20 21 22 24 27 5 15 19 21 23 26 30 Ruth Rush Martha Foote Tom Strohlein Erin Godshall Stephanie Miller Matt Brumbaugh Sybelle Gunnell Sue Snell Laura Santos Judah Hand Riham Halvorsen John Hathaway Janet Younathan Sarah Brumbaugh Albert & Becky Swartz Bill & Myrt Jones James & Martha Gunnell Tom & Lydia Keane Henry & Ginny Whitney Scott & Shirley Wilson Jeff & Jennifer Gray Jamie & Sherrie Bard Matt & Riham Halvorsen If your birthday or anniversary does not appear on our list or if there has been an error, please contact the church office. Thank you. May 2017 Spreading Branches
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