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Volume 40

Issue 4Denbigh Presbyterian Church

Our Church Staff

Pastor

The Reverend Deborah Dail

Ministerial Intern

Rusty Norton

Director of Childrens/Youth Ministries

Liz Marshall

Director of Music Ministries

Dr. Kelly Montgomery

Administrative Assistant

Wanda Hale

Sexton Team

Mark, June, Lauren and Nick Tessarolo

Pre-Kindergarten Director

Maggie Vincelette

The Denbigh Digest ispublishedmonthly on the third or fourth

MondayThe deadline for items

to be included is 9:00 AMon that Monday

Comments or Questions?

Contact the church officeat 877-2048 or e-mail us atsession@denbighpres.org

April 16, 2012

Inside this issue:

Bible Study/Sermon Series 1

Worship/Finance/Prayer 2

Session News/Endowment 3

DPPK 4

Outreach 4-5

Stewardship/Fellowship 6

Confirmation Class 7

Childrens and Youth Ministries 8

Congregational Care 9

Birthdays/Thank you 10

May Schedule 11

Calendar 12

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Next IssueMay 21, 2012

Bible Study on PrayerPlease join us on Monday evenings for Biblestudy. The focus of our study is prayer, and we areutilizing Philip Yancey'sPrayer: Does It Make Any

Difference? The study begins at 7 p.m. and endsat 8:30 p.m. each Monday evening through May21. Child care is provided. Please notify the churchoffice of your specific child care needs. The cost ofthe books for this study is $20; however, if cost is

prohibitive, the books are our gift to you. Please join us! Call the

church office at 877-2048 for more information.

We begin a sermon series on prayer on Sunday, April 22.

April 22 Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

April 29 Prayers of Adoration and Praise

May 6 Youth Sunday

May 13 Graduate Sunday Prayers of Blessing

May 20 Prayers of Confession and Repentance

May 27 Prayers of Thanksgiving

The Day of Pentecost/Communion

June 3 Confirmation SundayPrayers of Commitment

June 10 Prayers of Request

A Service of Wholeness and Healing

June 17 Prayers for our Enemies

June 24 Worship on the Lawn

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Church Record Active Membership (386)

Maundy Thurs, 4/5 Easter 4/8

Attendance 4/1 4/5 4/8 6:30am 4/8 10:30am 4/15

Worship 134 57 55 160 138

Nurseries 1 3 4

Sunday School 20 n/a 18

Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper

Please join us in celebrating the Lords Supper on Sunday, May 27.

Please prayerfully prepare for the celebration of the Lords Supper.

CHURCH BUDGET

Actual Year to Date March 31, 2012

Total Income $ 63,730.21

Total Expenses $ 66,151.65

Net Difference $ (2,421.44)

ASAP?? What would you think if you received an email signed with those ini-tials? New members of our congregation might think the sender had been texting toolong. Those who now belong to our email Prayer Group know that each prayer request sentout ends with the gentle reminderASAPAlways Say a Prayer.

To become a member of this group simply send your email address

to: veryverni@verizon.net. You do not have to be a member of our congregation. You do nothave to join the group to request prayers. (Send your requests to the above email) There areno joining fees. No monthly duesonly abundant blessings and the knowledge that many,many have received healing, comfort, and peace of mind from the prayers of our group.

ASAPVerni

mailto:veryverni@verizon.netmailto:veryverni@verizon.netmailto:veryverni@verizon.net

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Our endowment continues to grow. Last year it received contributions in almost every monthand now totals $18,450. Once this core principle reaches $50,000, half of its annual growthwill help our Church expand its mission programs, provide for special training of Churchmembers, upgrade our facilities and grounds, or whatever is needed to help us do Gods work

better. The Endowment Committee has set a goal this year to expand our total contributions to$25,000. Individual gifts are appreciated, as well as larger amounts which can be madethrough bequests in wills, stocks, and insurance policies. Now that the Kitchen Fund hasended successfully, perhaps you may be interested in supporting the Church fund that will keepon giving and giving and giving. Please call Whit Mayes at 874-2525 if you have any ques-

tions.

DPC Endowment Update

Highlights from our late March and April Meetings:

Received Kelly Phelps as a member of DPC by reaffirmation of faith.

Received Lloyd Martin, Jr. as a member of DPC by profession of faith and approved hisbaptism.

Approved discontinuation of the Shepherding Program per the recommendation of the Con-gregational Care Committee. We encourage anyone who has special relationships with theirsheep to continue those relationships on a personal basis. The Session has asked the Con-gregational Care Committee to collaborate with the New Member Assimilation Team in

providing special attention to our new members in their first year of membership. Addition-ally, the Session has asked the Congregational Care Committee to continue to explore alter-natives to the Shepherding program, especially for our more vulnerable members.

Approved the recommendation from the Finance Committee that the session not develop a

repayment plan for the $10,000 that was moved from savings in 2011 to improve cash flowin the operating funds.

Approved the recommendation from the Finance Committee that the Investment AdvisoryGroup (IAG) authorize Heather Schwarting, Ray Minch, Don Eason, John Mayes and

Charles Miller to act with Smith Barney on behalf of the IAG.

Approved recommendation from the Stewardship Committee to designate 40 percent of re-ceipts from the upcoming Pentecost Offering for our local ministry at Pauls Mobile HomesEstates.

Approved financial reports from the church treasurer and the Denbigh Presbyterian Pre-K

treasurer through March 2012. Received reports from Session committees.

Waived last 2011 payment from DPPK to DPC for utilities due to DPPK cash flowconcerns.

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S.H.A.R.E.May 2012 S.H.A.R.E. order can be placed the week of April 30 through May 4.The order will be placed on Monday, May 7 at 10:00 AM and will be distributed inthe Narthex area of Denbigh Presbyterian Church on Saturday, May 19 from 7:00-7:30 AM. All orders must be picked up by 7:30 AM. Volunteers cannot be held

responsible for orders which are not picked up.

Denbigh Presbyterian Pre-KindergartenOur school year is winding down. There are only a few more weeks of school left, but

that doesnt mean that we arent busy! Our four year olds are learning all about how Kinder-garten will be the same and different as DPPK, and they are taking a field trip to visit a local

elementary school. Our three year olds had a visit this week from the zoo to culminate theirlearning on the five senses, and our 2 year old class is preparing to have a Teddy Bear Pic-nic.

The week of April 23-27 is The Week of the Young Child, and as part of our celebrationwe will have a Crazy Hat Parade at 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27.Id like to invite you to stop by to see our crazy hats and watch our students walk the obstaclecourse. We would love to see you there!

As always, thank you for your support of our program, and please continue to tell your

family and friends all about us!

Maggie Vincelette

Director, DPPK

DPC will work on Saturday, May 19, 2012. For more information contact Terry Hall.

Fundraiser for our 2013 Haiti Mission TeamWhat: Race for Christ

When: Saturday, May 19 at 8:00 AM

Where: Colonial Williamsburg

Runners: Deborah Dail, Christy Silva, Delores Fleming

How you can help: Support one or more of the runners by pledging a certain amount for just finishing therace! Your donations will go towards our 2013 Haiti Mission Team. You may also donate to the Achievable

Dream and the Wounded Warriors Programs for which the race is designed.

Sign up will start this Sunday at the kitchen counter.

Questions: See Sandi Murawski for details

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WORLD MISSIONS

Haiti Projects

The World Missions team would like to thank members of the congregation and their friends for thefollowing contributions made during March and the first half of April on behalf of the people of Haiti:

For the school at Foison:

(*denotes items for which we need additional donations)

$60 for school fees for students at Foison school (school fees are $150-200 per year per child)$1630 to provide school lunches for Foisons school children ($23 per year per child)

$385 for undesignated construction projects

$190 for the Foison Water Project ($10 to lay each length of pipe on hand presently)

Bruce Robinson, a member of our church and an engineering missionary in Haiti, reports that a steadystream of children at the Foison school are being brought to the nurse daily because they have passedout from hunger. Bruce asks that through the end of May our congregation focus on providingfunds for school lunches for these children. When school ends for the summer, Bruce would like usto turn our attention to financial support for the water project that will bring clean water to Foison.This water project will help Foisons people survive the hot summer months and provide a means ofirrigating food gardens in the region.

Contributions of school materials may be left on the kitchen counter at the church. Financial dona-tions may be placed in envelopes and designated for the following purposes:

School Fees (Foison/Passe Catabois)

School Equipment/Materials (Foison/Passe Catabois)

School Lunches (Foison)

Clean Water (Foison)

Undesignated (General Construction FundsCrossworld)

40 Computer keyboards 8 Glue sticks

5 Flat-screen computer monitors 725 Index cards

*7 Protractors 3 Blackboard erasers

*6 Compasses *6 Boxes of chalk

8 Foam clocks 6 Hand-held pencil sharpeners

*49 Foot-rulers *28 Large pencil erasers

27 Sets of flash cards *86 Pencil erasers

*8 Sets of number strips *165 Pens

14 Sets of alphabet strips *766 Pencils

*1 Classroom pencil sharpener

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Reserve these dates on your calendar!

May 1 & 2 - "Jonah" in Lancaster, PA

May 12, 10:00 AM - Volunteer for Adopt-a-Spot

May 13, 11:45 AM - Host Graduates' Reception

June 6Tour Agecroft Hall & lunch at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond. Watch formore details. Contact Elaine Minch if you think you are interested in going

Are you a graduate or do you have agraduate in your family?

We have set Sunday, May 13 to celebrate and pray for the gradu-ates in worship. We need your help to make this a meaningful celebra-tion. Please call the church office at 877-2048 to confirm your graduatecan attend the events on May 13. We know that many are working and traveling, but we arehopeful that the day might be cleared on schedules.

Please submit to the church office several pictures of your graduate (ideas are the senior

picture, baptism, confirmation, one from a church event, a baby picture etc.). We need thesephotos as soon as possible. Also, please complete an information form with details about yourgraduate and his/her future plans for inclusion in the Graduate Brochure.

Thank you for participating in One Great Hour of Sharing. $655.00 has been

collected for this offering.

Relay For LifeLasagna Luncheon was held on Sunday, April 15. A total of $542.02was collected for Relay for Life. Thank you Denbigh Presbyterian

Church members who supported this event.

As we celebrate the Day of Pentecost, May 27, we also have the opportunity to donate tothe Pentecost offering, one of the four special offerings by the General Assembly of ourchurch. This offering is used to help children around the world.

Forty percent of our offering will remain in this area.

The smiles and enthusiasm of the children we have met through our ministry at PaulsMobile Home Estates have been a real delight. Therefore, our portion of this offeringwill be used to further our ministry there.

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Our confirmation class has been active in recent weeks with many activities. Classmembers have attended a Presbytery confirmation retreat at Makemie Woods, a Jewish wor-

ship service at Temple Sinai, a Passover Seder Meal and many Sunday morning classes. Theclass has also served those in need by helping to pack 36,000 meals for hungry people throughStop Hunger Now.

The class will be attending a worship service at St. Jerome Catholic Church, volunteer-ing at the Food Bank, continuing their classes and having their own confirmation retreat hereat DPC in the coming weeks.

Please keep in prayer the members of the confirmation class as well as their mentors asthey follow their faith journey. Members of the confirmation class are Heather and SuzannaMansell, Nimere Smith, Ethan and Brendon Barkdull, Bayley and Kinsey Shefelton, Josh

Avery and Chloe Lascara.

Our confirmation class; mentors, Bob and Rosemary Murphy; DeborahDail and Liz Marshall participated in the Stop Hunger Now event atYorkminster Presbyterian Church on April 14. Together with 150 othervolunteers from 5 churches we packed 36,000 high protein dehydratedmeals for impoverished children. For more information go to

www.stophungernow.org.

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Coming Soon:Relay For Life

Mark your calendar and join DPC youth at Todd Stadium

Friday, June 1, 2011

Luminaries For Sale

Youth will be selling luminaries for The American Cancer Society May 13, 20, and 27. Suggested do-

nation is $10.00. Purchase your luminary in honor/memory of loved ones. Each luminary will be

placed along the track at Todd Stadium during the Relay for Life. Thank you for your support.

Lend your helping hands to the Food Bank

Middle and High School Youth and Confirmation Class students are scheduledto volunteer at the Peninsula Food Bank

Saturday, May 19, 2012Meet at DPC at 5:00 AM to carpool

We will finish by 8:00 AM and stop for breakfast on the way home.

Sign up on the Facebook event page or see Mrs. Canaday for more information.

V.B.S. is Coming!

Please save the dates ofJuly 23-27 and attend this yearsVacation Bible School. We will be doing something a littledifferent this year by holding a Middle and High School Lead-ers program every day from 5:00-6:00 PM with the regular Va-cation Bible School program following from 6:00-9:00 PM.Vacation Bible School is open to children 4 years of agethrough the 5th grade. Our theme this year is

Sky: Everything is Possible with God.

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Joan Kiser

Rhett Hickman

Myrna Bickhart

David and LuAnn Jusino

Jerry HelmsAmelia Britts son

Amelia Britts daughter-in-law

Carl and Lillie Gagliardi

Jeanne Kent

Marianne Williams father

Michelle Ramdeholls mother and brother

Trudy Bowmans husband

Kathy Baldwins father

Leslie Maloney

Jamie Eason

Pete Buchanan

Stephanie Harris

Anne Averys sister-in-law

Benstens granddaughter Abigail

Chip Shefeltons father

Dick Gray

Bonna Baffer

Sandra Mays, Bill and Ellen Percivals daughter

Dan Jones

Charles Miller

Penny Norton

Judy Jones, upcoming surgery

Jim Hiltabidle, upcoming surgeryMartha Millers mother

Morris Kincaid

Pat Murawski

Beth Coulson, upcoming surgery

Sadie Johnson

Our MilitaryTom Joyce Bruce Baffer Chris Rupp

Robert Depp Caroline Joyce Michael SheaPete Marshall Lee Holfert Daniel Jones

Jennifer Lambert David Baird Jeff Williams

David Powers Jacob Mayes Kelly Keen

Jonathan

Graebener

Dan

Barnhart

David Burrough

Terri Minch Osner Daniel Troyer Rob Phelps

Lazaro Durruty Joel Silva

Mark Manoso Ryan Jones Jennifer Hale Will iam

Our Deployed Mil i tary Ricardo Marquez

Preston Duhamel

James OSuna

Our Missionaries in HaitiBruce and Deb Robinson

Serving in thePeace Corps KirkMcCullough

We express our sympathies to the

following families. May God

bring comfort and hope to all

who grieve.

The Marchese family on the death ofAndreas father Ron Limneas.

The Spivey family on the death ofKristis father Charlie Everly.

The Vollmer family on the death ofDebbies aunt Hilda Parker.

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1 Robert Ragsdale

3 Marcie Lynn

A4 Rusty & Penny Norton

A5 Jeff & Casey Nance

5 Heather Jones

5 LuAnn Jusino

5 Rita Stevens

5 Shirlie Anson

8 Chris Capps

10 Jack Tuftie

13 Jettie Watts

13 Geoff Rogers

13 Katelynn Powers

A14 Steve & Linda Ruggles

14 Bobbie Phelps

14 Ray Minch

16 Helen Thiessen

16 Jackie LedBetter

18 Kendal Wightman

18 Shirley Aiken

18 Bill Jones

19 JoAnn Phelan

22 Allison Gonzalez

22 Cami Clark

22 Curtis Troyer

26 Seth Jones

26 Ken Bowers

26 Carolyn Woodard

26 Trudy Bowman

A28 Bob and Joan Amos

29 Tamie Capps

29 Emily Potts

30 Andrea Marchese

The First Baptist Cancer Support Groupinvites anyone who has cancer, a cancer survi-vor, a caregiver, a friend, neighbor, or anyoneinterested to come to their support group thatmeets the third Thursday of every month at

7 PM. The meetings are held in Slate Foyerlocated by the choir room at First BaptistChurch, 12716 Warwick Blvd., Newport

News, VA 23606. We will lift each other up inprayer, and work together to meet the needs ofthose dealing with cancer issues. If you areinterested and would like additional informa-tion, please contact Jean Darnell at 757-599-

9075.

We completed our second week of host-ing the PORT homeless shelter for the 2011-2012 season. Thank you to all the volunteers

who served an average of 75 guests per night.Thank you to our Local Missions Team for

providing lunches for our guests each day andto all who have donated to the PORT LunchFund.

Thank you to Wanda Hale who hasserved as site coordinator for three sessions ofPORT over the last two years. Wanda isretiring as site coordinator, and we are seek-

ing a new coordinator or two people who willshare this role. Wanda will continue to pro-vide administrative support for this ministry asour administrative assistant and will train ournext coordinator(s).

Special thanks goes out to the following peo-ple who were so gracious with their time andtalents for our Palm Sunday and Easter dcor:Connie Hunt, Donna Hull, Debbie Ames,

Marianne Williams, Terry Hall and EdwinHall. Thank you for all your hard work.

Patti Hall

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6 13 20 27

Greeters

(front/rearentrances)

Mayes, BettyWickline, Darlene

Marshall, PeteMarshall, Sara

Marshall, LizMarshall, Justin

Williams, EmilyWilliams, Marianne

Ushers* Denotes

team captain

*MCLEOD, JOHNBrown, George

Marchese, AndreaMurphy, Rosemary

*LASSITER, EARLHarris, BrianHarris, SteffiMayes, Whit

*BOWERS, KENGrant, AureliaGrant, Lorenzo

Woodard, Carolyn

*JONES, BILLHoopes, IreneMurawski, Pat

Murawski, Sandi

WorshipLeader

(Youth Sunday) Fleming, Delores Hall, Patti Marshall, Pete

YouthReader

(Youth Sunday) Tuftie, Jack Baldwin, Erin Bishop, Megan

ChildrensMoment

(Youth Sunday) Marshall, Liz Spivey, Kristi Murawski, Pat

CribNursery

Burns, DreamaRogers, Sarah

Lamb, BrendaNorton, Penny

Pennell, DaleTuftie, Lana

Brown, SarahCole, Betty

ToddlerNursery

Scott, ShannonVigilante, Debbie

Baldwin, KathyBaldwin, Erin

Pennell, KeithTuftie, Claire

Marshall, LizMarshall, Sara

WelcomeTable

Murawski, Sandi Rogers, SarahScott, Shannon

Vigilante, DebbieEllis, Gerry

Counters Avery, AnneCrippen, Sara

McLeod, JohnWilliams, Phil

Kincaid, JoyceVassos, Carolyn

Bill, JanetEason, Charlotte

Preparation ofElements

Burroughs, Bob

Lamb, BrendaMarshall, Liz

Communion

Fleming, DeloresFleming, JohnGrant, LorenzoHunt, ConnieHarvey, Don

Harvey, PeggyJones, BillJones, Dee

Mayes, BettyMayes, Whit

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PORT Homeless Shelter March16-23, 2011

Youth Leader WSUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

MAY

1

7:30 OA (Rm 9)

2

6:30 Choir

3National Day

ofPrayer

8:00 AA (FR,CR)

4 5

10:00 AA

(FR,CR)

6Youth Sunday

9:15 Sunday School10:30 Worship11:45 Confirmation

Class (CR)

710:00 PG (P)

7:00-8:30 Adult

BS

89:40 Pre-K

Chapel/music(S, Rm 5)11:00 EASE Support

Group (FR,CR)7:00 Session (FR)

7:30 OA (Rm 9)

99:40 Pre-K

Chapel/music(S, Rm 5)

6:30 Choir

10

7:00 Priscilla

Circle @ Pennells8:00 AA (FR,CR)

11 129:00 Adopt-a-

Spot

(Prime Timers)10:00 AA (FR)2:00 PTs set pfor Graduate

Reception (FR)

13 Mothers DayGraduate Sunday

9:15 Sunday School10:30 Worship11:45 GraduateReceptionLuminaries for Sale for

Relay for Life

1410:00 PG (P)

7:00-8:30 Adult

BS

1510:00 Esther Circle

(L)

7:00 Lydia Circle7:30 OA (Rm 9)

16

6:30 Choir

17

7:00 Kerry Lake

Mtg (Rm9)

8:00 AA (FR,CR)

18 195:30 Food Bank7:00 SHARE10:00 AA

(FR,CR)

209:00 Confirmation Class

to St. Jeromes Church9:15 Sunday School

10:30 Worship11:45 Confirmation Class

Meeting (CR)Luminaries for sale for

Relay for Life

21Digest

Deadline10:00 PG (P)

7:00-8:30 AdultBS

22

7:30 OA (Rm9)

23

6:30 Choir

24Pre-K End of

Year Picnic

8:00 AA (FR,CR)

25Rain Datefor Pre-K

Picnic

26

10:00 AA

(FR,CR)

27 Day ofPentecost

9:15 Sunday School10:30 Worship / Com-

munionLuminaries for Sale for

Relay for Life

28Office Closed

29

7:00 Session Meetswith Confirmation

Class (FR)7:30 OA (Rm 9)

30

6:30 Choir

31

8:00 AA (FR,CR)2012

AAAlcoholics Anonymous SSanctuary PGPrayer Group MOCMen of the Church

EASEEarly Alzheimers Support and Education DPW Denbigh Presbyterian Women FWFFaith Weaver Friends HSHigh School

P-Parlor or Pastors Office CR-Conference Room L-Library

MSMiddle School OAOvereaters Anonymous PEVAPresbytery of Eastern Virginia

BSBible Study PTs Prime Timers FR-Fellowship Room