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“They are to do good, to be rich in good works, gen-

erous, and ready to share, thus storing up for them-

selves the treasure of a good foundation for the fu-

ture, so that they may take hold of the life that really

is life.” – 1 Timothy 6:18-19

Dear Friends, “Live Simply, Love Generously!” You proba-bly received a letter from the Finance Com-mittee in the last week or so highlighting these words. Back in October, PCW adopted those words as the theme of our 2020 Stewardship Drive. On Sunday, October 27th, I preached a brief sermon on the topic. The Apostle Paul mentored a young man by the name of Timothy, who was “pastoring” his own congregation. One of the many nug-gets of wisdom that Paul imparted to him in his two epistles is that he and the people he served could experience true “life” when they loved generously through their service and sharing. Those wonderful words are printed above. Those words were true then and they are still true now. We too, can “take hold of the life that really is life.” We do this by loving gener-ously, both with our good works and our shar-ing. By loving generously, we really do store

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up for ourselves the “treasure of a good foun-dation for the future.” And, speaking of the future, I truly believe the future is very bright at PCW. I hope and pray you feel the same way. Worship attendance and mission engagement are higher now than they have been since I came to Washington in 2013. Please join me in prayer that this posi-tive momentum will continue. We are in a good place at the moment. And, we are there because of the loving generosity of so many of our members and friends. Imagine where God might be leading us tomorrow…could our fu-ture be even brighter than our positive pre-sent? We can continue to grow, add minis-tries, increase visitation and mission in 2020. But, doing so may take a lovingly generous commitment of the congregation. All members and regular attendees were mailed a pledge card for our annual operating budget for 2020. If you did not receive one in the mail, please contact the church office as soon as you can. Please prayerfully consider your level of generosity. Then, fill out the card and bring it with you to worship on No-vember 10. If you cannot be in worship that Sunday, please submit your pledge card to the office prior to the 10th. Generosity comes in all sizes. We are appre-ciative of gifts in all sizes. I hope that you agree that a bright future awaits us all here at PCW. As the Finance Committee letter states, “With zero debt, an increased staff, new mis-sion initiatives and a goal to reach younger generations, PCW stands at the precipice of a new chapter.” Through the loving generosity of friends and members, that new chapter can be realized. In Christ, Pastor Pat

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OUR CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT

Jesus Christ calls us to: Enliven our spiritual lives by experiencing God among us, Grow in love for one another as children of God, Invite all to Share in our fellowship, Demonstrate God’s love through service to others.

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4834 South Point Road

Washington, MO 63090

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email: [email protected]

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CHURCH ELDERS

Name Committees

Karen Ladd Church Life [email protected] Finance David Brunworth Mission/Outreach [email protected] Property (Chair)

Tim Urban Personnel (Chair) [email protected] John Anglin Worship (Chair)

[email protected] Barbara Duemler Clerk of Session [email protected] Worship Ian McCracken Christian Education (Chair)

[email protected] Jean Weekley Church Life [email protected] Mission/Outreach

Bruce Wiese Finance (Chair) [email protected] Personnel Christy Eckert Mission/Outreach (Chair) [email protected]

Robert Eade Property [email protected] Finance Joe Hagan Personnel

[email protected] Property Kay Hucke Finance [email protected] Mission/Outreach

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Christian Education Meets the 3rd Monday at 6pm Ian McCracken* - Chair Andy Wanager Jocelyn VanBuskirk Gerry Urban Gary Brehe Gretchen Farrell Nancy Sebastian Heather Miller Jolene Patterson

Church Life Meets the 2nd Tuesday 9:30am Karen Ladd* Jean Weekley* Judy Bierbaum – Chair Shirley Coulter Jan Hardin Anna Mae Boehmer Sharon Wiese Jan Eade Linda Booher Heather Miller Sarah Spear Barbara Hagan

Finance Meets the 3rd Monday at 10am Bruce Wiese* - Chair

Karen Ladd*

Kay Hucke*

Bob Eade*

Becky Vogt

Ed Bonney

Mission/Outreach

Meets the second Monday @ 11am

David Brunworth*

Jean Weekley*

Christy Eckert* - Chair

Kay Hucke*

Gretchen Farrell

Lois Kempf

Jolene Patterson

Pam Schwarzen

Debbie Bandy

Personnel

Meets the 2nd Tuesday at 6pm

Tim Urban* - Chair

Bruce Wiese*

Joe Hagan*

Mary Ellenberger Gretchen Farrell

Roland Schwarzen

Property

David Brunworth* - Chair

Joe Hagan*

Bob Eade*

Roland Schwarzen

Steve Sebastian

Mary Ellenberger

Anna Mae Boehmer

2019 Committee Members Asterisk (*) Donates Session Members

Worship

John Anglin* - Chair Judy Bierbaum

Anna Mae Boehmer Tom Kempf

Karla Becker Barbara Duemler*

Tom Ellenberger

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NOVEMBER USHERS

11/3 Kay Hucke & Christy Eckert 11/10 Barbara Hagan & Roland Schwarzen 11/17 Steve & Nancy Sebastian 11/24 Linda Booher & Michele Zumsteg

NOVEMBER COMMUNION LEADERS

& SERVERS

NOVEMBER 3 Preparer

Tim Urban

Servers

Karen Ladd Bruce Wiese

Ian McCracken Joe Hagan

NOVEMBER GREETERS

POWER POINT

Chris Brehe

WORSHIP LEADER

Barbara Schofield


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SOUND TECHS

11/3 Ed Bonney 11/10 Ian McCracken 11/17 Joe Hagan

11/24 Tom Ellenberger

11/3 Sharon Wiese & Sarah Spear 11/10 Karen Ladd & Nancy Klingert 11/17 To Be Determined 11/24 To Be Determined

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Festival of Sharing We are pleased to announce that a total of 724 items were collected this year. The items were taken to our local Sharefest on October 18 & 19 by the youth, where they were assembled into kits and distrib-uted to local charities for dis-persing to the area needy. Thanks to all that participated.

Per Capita The Per Capita allocation for

2019 is $31.00 per member. There are special envelopes in your contribution packets you received in December. Or,

you can just use a “Welcome” envelope available in the sanctuary. Please designate

“Per Capita” on the outside of your envelope.

The Presbytery set the Per Capital allocation for 2020 at

$32.00 per member.

Mission Garden

Thanks to our Master Garden-er and his helpers, approxi-mately 100# of God's Green Beans were harvested and dis-tributed to Loving Hearts. A special thanks to Gretchen Farrell for packaging all the beans and transporting them.

Coffee Sales Equal Exchange, Fair Trade Coffee Sales - Sales have been very good, necessitating a second order. The profits from the sale, along with sep-arate contributions will be designated to Marion Medical Mission, specifically for their Water Well project in Africa. Our goal is to donate enough funds to provide 3 wells ($1350). See December Pres-bits for fund raising updates.

http://www.festivalofsharing.org/

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“Thanks for…What?”

November is Thanks-Giving

month, but, of course, we give thanks every month. Indeed, we should give thanks and praise to God every day and

even every minute of every day.

We are to give thanks for God’s many blessings to us. So we

think, perhaps, of our wellbeing and health, our peace and pros-perity, our meaningful work and pleasurable pastimes, our

families and friends. We see pictures of family members gathered from near and far, sit-

ting at tables spread with an enormous variety of favorite and familiar foods. Or we see other, smaller and simpler

scenes of togetherness and goodness.

We don’t think of giving thanks for less pleasant realities: phys-ical pain, mental anguish, lone-liness, or hopelessness. We do not believe that God brings us natural disasters of floods and fires; nor does God bring us dis-ease or infirmity. All these come from nature.

And human nature causes war, domestic violence, destruction

and upheavals of different, more personal sorts.

But when we give thanks to God it is important to be honest and

forthcoming about our actual current circumstances, experi-ences, and observations. Not all

of life is wonderful and we ought not just sugarcoat our cir-cumstances nor sweep them un-der the rug by shrugging it off as

“God’s Will.” But negative hap-penings need not be all bad. We aren’t enthusiastic about

physical pain, but we do know that pain is helpful in alerting us to something that needs atten-tion and fixing. We are not en-

amored with mental anguish, isolation, confusion, or aimless-ness: we want to be focused,

loving-and-loved sociable be-ings with purposeful endeavors and goals. But perhaps when we can face adversity with

strength and confidence we can get on with life and enable other survivors to succeed as well.

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So, in our thanks-giving we should acknowledge all that is in our hearts, heads and hands - and “on our plates” along with the feast-day food. It is not only Things – tangible or intangible – with which we are blessed, but also Faith, Hope, and Love that enable us to give thanks for all of life’s happen-ings. We are not thankful for suffering but we are thankful for the perspective on life we attain from having suffered. When we have lost much we can rejoice in what we may have found because of loss. In our weakness and helplessness we can acknowledge more poignantly God’s gracious for-giveness and love. In short, we thank God that we are human and rejoice in all that life gives us.

-Jocelyn VanBuskirk

Warners’ Warm-Up Coat Drive

It is time again for the weather to turn a bit chilly and that means only ONE thing…the Warners’ Warm-Up Coat Drive is starting! This year, the two week collection period, October 25th – November 7th, is a little earlier to match with the STL area drive but everyone needs to know that ALL the coats we collect in Franklin County STAY in Franklin County as we disperse all the coats to nine area needy agencies. We are desperate for children’s coats, as always! Every agency wants children’s coats but we accept any jacket or coat, men’s women’s or chil-dren’s, slightly or gently worn, or even BRAND NEW! Please see our own collection box in the main church hallway but we have 35 collection sites all over Frank-lin County, from Pacific to New Haven, Washington to Union and St. Clair. This is our tenth year in Franklin County, so let’s amp things up, get those closets cleaned out and collect those coats! Thank you!

Gretchen Farrell, Franklin County Leader

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“Reel Faith” Movie Club Everyone is invited to the “Reel Faith” Movie Club! Each month, Pastor Pat will pick a movie that everyone can go and see at their leisure. Then the group meets to discuss themes, theological under-pinnings, and various theatrical nuances. We’ll announce the mov-ie at the beginning of each month to give ample time to see it be-fore the Club meets on the last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. for fellowship and discussion. November’s “Reel Faith” movie is the 2019 film Harriet, based on the thrilling and inspirational life of the iconic American freedom fighter. Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s es-cape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s great-est heroes. The movie is rated PG-13. Harriet opened in theaters on November 1st. Watch Harriet sometime in November and join us for “Reel Faith” Movie Club gathering at 7pm on Monday, November 25th at the church. For more information, contact Pastor Pat.

Hanging of the Greens

Mark your calendars! Join us following worship on Sun-

day, November 24 to decorate the

sanctuary and the church for

Advent and the Christmas season.

November 3, 2019

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Presbytery Gathering On Saturday, November 9th, our church will be hosting a Gather-ing of the Presbytery. This will be an all-day gathering with regis-tration beginning at 9am and completing around 4pm. We al-ready have many volunteers lined up to help provide Radical Hos-pitality. If you have not yet volunteered and would like to help host, serve, set-up and/or clean-up, please contact Pastor Pat.

Next Harvest Table is on December 28th

Saturday, December 28th is our last Harvest Table event for the 2019 year and we need your help! Sign-ups will be posted soon, so please check the church narthex bulletin boards. It will be a busy day at our church for many people but we hope you can join us and help out at this fantastic event that serves so many people in our community, serving a sit-down warm meal to all that enter at St. Peter’s UCC dining hall. Thank you! The Mission Committee

Confirmation in November Please continue to pray for the Confirmation Class all this school year. In November, confirmation will meet following worship on the 10th and 24th of the month. They will also be worshipping together at St Francis Borgia on Saturday, No-vember 16th. The Confirmation Class of 2019-20 is made up of Ada and Adric Montgomery, Marilyn Napier, Lucas and Lo-gan Struckhoff, Brooke Tucker and Matt Wanager. Pastor Pat teaches the class.

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Pet Blessing THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to all who helped with the service, all who donated food, and all who attended and enjoyed the wonder-ful weather during our 6th Annual Blessing of the Animals Service we had on Sunday, October 13th on the back patio of our church. All, or most pets were very well behaved, and some were quite nervous, but they were all individually blessed and given so much love! We are privileged to cele-brate the connection with our pets in such a beautiful service on our property and welcomed about 60 humans that day along with over 30 pets: 26 dogs, 5 cats and one cute goat! We collected over 170 pounds of Purina dog and cat food and $176 in monetary donations, all of which will benefit the Franklin County Humane Society very well. Thank you to Lin-da Booher, not only a church member of PCW but she repre-sented the FCHS Board that day and is quite the animal lover as well. Many thanks to Vivian Marshall who made all the custom pet bandanas in several different pet sizes. We also had homemade dog treats for all of our canine visitors. Many thanks, also, to Ian McCracken, Andy Wanager, Pastor Pat and all the youth that were there to expertly take on the indi-vidual pet blessings and even hand out several hugs and head pats! We look forward to continuing this wonderful tradition next year!

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Potluck

Our next potluck supper will be Wednesday, November

13th at 5:30 p.m. The main entrée will be turkey & dressing. Brady Richey will be the guest speak-er to talk about Creative Giving. A sign-up sheet is available in the hallway.

Weekend Meals on Wheels

This month, the Meals on Wheels committee will be preparing chicken and rice on Saturday, November 16th. Please let Pastor Pat know if you would like to deliver meals. Cookies can also be donated at any time by putting them in the freezer marked "Meals on Wheels."

Van Der Kamp Memorial Library

On Sunday, December 1st, the church li-brary will be officially dedicated as “The Van Der Kamp Memorial Library.” The new name is in honor of Jean and Ralph Van Der Kamp whose passion shaped and maintained the sacred space we know and love. Following worship that Sunday, there will be a brief dedication service in and around the library with Van Der Kamp family members present.

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November 5 Bruce Wiese

November 6 Phyllis McElhinney

November 9 Barbara Hagan

November 11 Phyllis Orgeich

November 12 Mary Ellenberger

November 19 Elda Seener

November 21 Jane Bugele

November 26 Diane Brunworth

November 29 Allen Vogt

Alternative Gift Market

As Christians, we are called to care for the least of these, show-

ing our love of Christ through our actions. The Alternative Gift Market being held on November 17th and 24th and December 1st is a wonderful opportunity to show our Christian love and to learn about projects around the world that relieve poverty and

suffering. Thirty projects ranging from water wells in South Su-dan to medicine for Burmese refugees are available through our partner, Alternative Gifts International. An Alternative Gift is a

humanitarian gift given in honor of a friend or loved one. Just like traditional gifts, Alternative Gifts express love and affec-tion, celebrate occasions and show you care. Alternative Gifts express our stewardship of the world God gave us, and give us a

real way to care for our brothers and sisters. An order form is available on the following page for your ordering convenience.

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COMMUNITY THANSKGIVING SERVICE Combined Christian Choir &

Combined Christian’s Children’s Choir “THE ROAD HOME”

Sunday, November 24, 3:00 PM Our Lady of Lourdes Church

1014 Madison, Washington, MO

Free-will offering to benefit local food pantries & Harvest Table.

Combined Christian Children’s Choir Welcomes singers from All Congregations, Grades 3—8.

This is an opportunity to participate in the annual Thanksgiving Concert. See the flyer on the bulletin board for more infor-

mation, or contact director Katie Alexander at [email protected] or 314-324-3331.

Free Thanksgiving Day Dinner

Free dinner for anyone who would otherwise be alone November 28, 2019,

St Francis Borgia School Cafeteria, 225 Cedar Street, Washington, MO

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Carryout dinners are available to

those unable to attend due to sickness of physical impairments. To request carryout meals or delivery, call Mike at

636-667-9443 by November 22nd. If you wish to make a donation, make your checks payable to

Thanksgiving Day Dinner, C/O Nancy Wood, Treasurer, 119 East Fourth Street, Washington, MO 63090

To Volunteer, call Gail at 636-239-2705.

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MEMBERS WITH CONTINUING NEEDS Laura Fenner, Lisa Conrad, Jean Weekley, Scott McCracken, Allen Vogt, Heather Miller, Jim Jackson, Judy Bierbaum, Laura Evans

SOUTH POINTE: George Peters CEDAR CREST: Dorothy Mutert, Lorene Brun-worth, Connie Conrad

FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH REQUESTING PRAYERS: Eddie & Sarah McGurthy & family (daughter and son-in- law of Ollie & Virginia Whyte) Pam Evangelist (sister of Sharon Fenner) JoAnne Hagedorn (friend of SharonFenner and Shirley Coulter) Marjorie Hines (grandmother of Miles & Ian McCracken) Vicki Turner (friend of Tom & Lois Kempf) Mary Rinne (friend of the Fenners) Emma Venginnit (client of Tom Kempf) Lydia Disbro (great granddaughter of Laura Evans) Kay Beckmann (friend of Lois Kempf) Barb Roach (friend of Nancy Thater, Mauri Truesdell & Susan Benedict) Diana Hayes (daughter of Barbara Schofield) Tom Jett (cousin-in-law of Mauri Truesdell & Kathy Froning) Greg Butler (son-in-law of the Kempfs) Helen Boggs (sister of Sid Thayer) Lila Blose (aunt of Beth Brehe) Diana Brinker (niece of Anna Mae Boehmer) Betty Buerk (cousin of Becky & Allen Vogt)

David Gruendler (brother of Laura Lawson) Arlene Moll (mother of Pam Kellermann)

Joanne Ellenberger (mother of Tom Ellenberger) Quinn Burton (daughter of Kelly Burton) Norma Klemme (friend of the Fenners and the Friends Foundation) Mary Washabaugh (former member) The Confirmation Class of 2020


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