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Presbyterian ‘Connection’ November 2013 Volume 20 Issue 11
HUMILITY
How are you doing with your review of Colossians 3:12-17? The third trait the Apostle
Paul said we should clothe ourselves, as God’s chosen people, with is “Humility”. Paul
is reminding us that we are to be different in our actions and not allow ourselves to be
swamped by human actions that are outside the norm of being clothed in the Spirit of
Jesus Christ. I recently read a gem spoken by George Washington: “Without humble
imitation of the divine Author of our blessed religion, we can never hope to be a happy
nation.” We, as well as our nation, need to awaken to these wise words along with the
ones Paul challenged us to in his letter to the Christians at Colosse.
Humility characterizes itself in such actions as modesty, meekness, and being
unpretentious. Jesus told us in the Beatitudes “Blessed are the meek.” We are not to be
overbearing to others. The humble are mild, gentle, and tolerant of those who don’t do
or see things our way. We are challenged to be tenderhearted. Let’s not soil our
“spiritual clothing” by getting caught up in the “angry spirit” of American politics today.
Whatever we are faced with, remember the challenges Paul gave to us. Let us walk hand
in hand with the Lord. One of my favorite passages from the Old Testament is Micah 6:8.
He has shown you, O man, what is good,
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God.
God Bless!
Fred
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Thank you notes received
-Bull Shoals Food Pantry - for our Mission Endowment Committee gift of $200.00 to help the needy in the area.
-Ferncliff Camp & Conference Center - for our Mission Endowment Committee
gift of $100.00 to help the center continue to offer help to groups and young
people.
-Flippin Schools - for our Mission Endowment Committee gift of $161.00 for
financial support for the student lunch program.
New Food Pantry Board Chairman
Fred Taylor is the new chairman of the Bull
Shoals Food Pantry Board, replacing David
Mattson upon his retirement from Christ By The
Lake Lutheran Church.
NEW PIANIST
We wish to welcome Allison Backus as our new pianist. Allison is the daughter of the Rev. Jerry &
Mrs. Backus from the Baptist Church just up the street.
Karla Thompson had to step down as pianist, but will continue on as Choir Director. This is a bit
different from the way it has been, but without change, growth cannot occur. We welcome these
changes and Allison to our church family.
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WORSHIP IN NOVEMBER
November 3rd
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144
2 Thessalonians 4:1-4, 11-12 & Luke 19:1-10
COMMUNION
November 10th
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Haggai 1:15, 2:9; Psalm 98
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 & Luke 20:27-38
POTLUCK
November 17th
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 65:17-25, Isaiah 12
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 & Luke 21:5-19
BLESSING OF THE FOOD PANTRY
November 24th
34th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 23:1-6; Luke 1:68-79
Colossians 1:11-20 & Luke 23:33-43
MINUTE FOR MISSION
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CHURCH USHERS/GREETERS COMMUNION SERVERS
November 3 - Irene Bere & Sandy Erickson Ken Hobart & Dick Sass
November 10 - Betty Aaron & Ken Hobart
November 17 - Ed & Peni Lloyd
November 24 - Amy Johnson & Sandy Erickson
PRAYER LIST FOR CONGREGATIONS, PRESBYTERY OF AR.- 2013
November 3 - Presbyterian Church of Bull Shoals First, Arkadelphia
November 10 - Campus & Camp Ministries Hospital Chaplains & Counselors
November 17 - First, Siloam Springs First, Rogers
November 24 - First, Marianna Westminster, Hot Springs
PLEASE NOTIFY PAT ERLEWINE IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO SHOULD BE ON OUR PRAYER LIST.
BIRTHDAYS November December November 11 - Sandy Erickson December 5 - Lee Powell November 13 - Charlie Lowe December 6 - Shirley Lowe November 18 - Mary Lou Bryant December 11 - Jewel Riley November 27 - Frieda Danderson December 20 - Bruce Powell
ANNIVERSARIES
November 13 - Charlie & Shirley Lowe December 30 - Bob & Gloria Wiles
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LIBRARY LINES NOVEMBER 2013
The featured book this month is GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson.
This is the story “…about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage in America’s heart. In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and manages to convey the miracle of existence itself.”
In the children’s library on the cart are books free for the taking.
The Christmas books, videos, and music will be put out the end of November, so watch for those items. We have some really nice Christmas books. While you are browsing remember to check out the non-fiction section of the library. We have some wonderful books to feed the soul and lift up our spirits. We have two new books that have been donated to the library:
MONTANA SKIES by Ann Bell (fiction) and STORIES OF FAITH by Ruth Tucker (non-fiction).
Thank you to all those who so generously donate to the library.
Thank you all for your support.
Faye Brackett, Librarian
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MISSION MINUTE
NOVEMBER-2013
“What can you do?” muttered the grief-stricken teenage son of a heart attack victim during the dark morning hours at a community hospital. Having only been a hospital chaplain for a few weeks, I had no answer for him. Instead, I offered what I could: “I could pray with you or call your spiritual leader?” He shook his head and turned back into the dim room where his mother and siblings were.
I sat down at the nurse’s station, feeling completely helpless. I was only a student chaplain, there to fulfill a requirement for ordination. Yet somehow here I was: the chaplain to a grieving family; helpless.
It is easy to keep those who sit in darkness at arm’s length, whether they are grieving the loss of a loved one, drowning in debt, or dealing with abusive relationships. We can sit next to them and have no idea how dark their shadows are. That night I could no longer keep those sitting in darkness at arm’s length, and I saw with new clarity how that person was me. I and this family sat in death’s shadow that night--the death of a loved one and the death of the self-reliant me.
The reign of Christ is no longer an abstract concept for me. In Luke 1:78-79, we are reminded that even in the midst of the deepest darkness God will bring the dawn and somehow guide our lives and world into the way of peace. Christ’s reign can be embodied in us each time we act on the prayer “Thy will be done.” It is not our helplessness that makes us weak but our unwillingness to be the body of Christ for the world.
I was not helpless that night, but I had made a mistake. My mistake was thinking that what the family needed was me.”
- Emily Hope Morgan, student at Princeton Theological Seminary
Submitted by the Mission Committee
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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
On Monday, October 7, 2013, the Presbyterian Women met at 9:30 a.m. at the Village Wheel for their monthly meeting. Breakfast was their own choice.
We had a great speaker to inform us of the Backpack program. Mrs. Rainbolt from Flippin School sure opened our eyes & ears to the much needed help to make sure the young children have food to eat over the weekends.
With a vote from our ladies, we have agreed to send $300.00 to the Backpack program. Also our Mission program sent $100.00 to the ‘Mountain Home Christian Clinic’, $100.00 to the ‘Flippin Children Lunch Program’, and $100.00 to the ‘Vera Lloyd Home’. We have paid out $2,200.00 this year for Missions.
Our new officers for the year of 2014 will remain the same as last year. Mary Kerr will be your Moderator & Treasurer. Amy Johnson will be Vice-Moderator and Vicky Bair has agreed to take charge of publicity.
I hope everyone will attend the Potato Bash on October 26th, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Have a blessed month and remember to change your clocks back 1 hour on November 3rd to ‘fall back’ off Daylights Saving Time.
Mary Kerr
Moderator
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Thanksgiving History
In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized
a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colony’s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag
chief Massasoit. Now remembered as American’s “first Thanksgiving”—although the Pilgrims themselves may not
have used the term at the time—the festival lasted for three days. While no record exists of the historic banquet’s
exact menu, the Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow wrote in his journal that Governor Bradford sent four men on
a “fowling” mission in preparation for the event, and that the Wampanoag guests arrived bearing five deer.
Historians have suggested that many of the dishes were likely prepared using traditional Native American spices
and cooking methods. Because the Pilgrims had no oven and the Mayflower’s sugar supply had dwindled by the
fall of 1621, the meal did not feature pies, cakes or other desserts, which have become a hallmark of
contemporary celebrations.
Did You Know?
What we probably did not know about Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Becomes an Official Holiday
Pilgrims held their second Thanksgiving celebration in 1623 to mark the end of a long drought that had
threatened the year’s harvest and prompted Governor Bradford to call for a religious fast. Days of fasting and
thanksgiving on an annual or occasional basis became common practice in other New England settlements as
well. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress designated one or more days of thanksgiving a
year, and in 1789 George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the national government of
the United States; in it, he called upon Americans to express their gratitude for the happy conclusion to the
country’s war of independence and the successful ratification of the U.S. Constitution. His successors John
Adams and James Madison also designated days of thanks during their presidencies.
In 1817, New York became the first of several states to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday; each
celebrated it on a different day, however, and the American South remained largely unfamiliar with the tradition.
In 1827, the noted magazine editor and prolific writer Sarah Josepha Hale—author, among countless other
things, of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb”—launched a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a
national holiday. For 36 years, she published numerous editorials and sent scores of letters to governors,
senators, presidents and other politicians. Abraham Lincoln finally heeded her request in 1863, at the height of
the Civil War, in a proclamation entreating all Americans to ask God to “commend to his tender care all those who
have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife” and to “heal the wounds of the
nation.” He scheduled Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November, and it was celebrated on that day every
year until 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday up a week in an attempt to spur retail sales during
the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s plan, known derisively as Franksgiving, was met with passionate opposition,
and in 1941 the president reluctantly signed a bill making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.
Lobster, seal and swans were on the Pilgrims' menu
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NOVEMBER INFORMATION
REMINDER - Concerning Bulletin Announcements
Any submissions for the Announcements which are to go into Sunday’s Bulletin must be approved
in writing by the Moderator in charge as listed below for each category. Submission forms are
provided on the Secretary’s desk in the office. If the announcement is personal and does not fall
into any category listed, it must be approved and signed for by Session. We also ask that
submissions be brief and to the point to allow room for all concerned.
- Thank you! - Session
Clerk of Session & Membership – Vicky Bair
Missions - Jini Sass (and Faye Brackett, Assistant)
Treasurer & Finance Committees – Ken Hobart & Elaine Miller
Church Financial Plan & Investments – Ken Hobart
Worship & Music – Meg Simons
Property, Building and Grounds –Steve Broskovak
Moderator of Session - Dick Shinkle
Deacon Moderator – Pat Erlewine (and Sandy Erickson, Assistant)
Prayer Chain – Pat Erlewine
PW Moderator - Mary Kerr
Memorial Hall - Pam Hobart
Evangelism Committee & Thursday Morning Coffee - Session
Christian Education - Session
Personnel - Session
Food Pantry “List of Items” or any Food Pantry announcements – Pat Erlewine
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“TILL WE SPEAK AGAIN”
Question: I can’t be a Christian, it’s just too hard. Why is that?
Answer: That’s a cop-out...an excuse for not even trying!!! If you’ve even
thought about this, you’d realize that this statement just isn’t so!! The Jewish
people in the old testament had it hard. They had over 600 laws (rules) to follow,
and boy oh boy were they strict way back then. Thank goodness the old testament
is just the history and foundation of our Christian beliefs of today.
When God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins, he changed all of the old rules.
Jesus taught us that to be a Christian we had to remember only two things. Two
rules are way easier to remember than 600 plus. Half the time I can’t remember
where I’ve set my glasses at.
The first rule - Love God with your whole heart, mind and every fiber of your
being.
The second rule - Love your neighbor (the rest of mankind) as yourself.
Think about it...If you follow these 2 simple rules, the 10 commandments will be
followed automatically. You’d never lie, cheat, steal, or covet from yourself, etc..
See, it’s really easy to be a Christian if you just think about it a little.
I do hope this has answered your question.
Luv, Millie aka-Meg
Thought for the day: When driving, always remember, your car
is a Christian too!
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NOVEMBER PUZZLE
Across
2. Unto you, O God, do we give thanks, unto you do we give thanks:
for that your name is near your wondrous _____ declare. Ps 75:1
6. Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the
remembrance of His ________. Ps 30:4
8. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a
______ noise unto Him with psalms.
10. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the ____
unto our God. Ps 147:7
12. Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good:
for His _____ endures for ever. Ps 106:1
14. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with
praise: be _______ unto Him, and bless His name. Ps 100:4
16. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will _______ Him
with thanksgiving. Ps 69:30
17. O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon His name: make known
His _____ among the people. Ps 105:1
21. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises
unto your ____, O most High. Ps 92:1
22. O give thanks unto the ____ of gods: for His mercy endures for
ever. Ps 136:2
23. O give thanks unto the God of ______: for His mercy endures for
ever. Ps 136:26
24. That I may publish with the ______ of thanksgiving, and tell of all
your wondrous works. Ps 26:7
25. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the
__________ of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. Ps
122:4
26. I will give thanks in the great _________: I will praise you among
much people. Ps 35:18
Down
1. So we your ______ and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks for
ever: we will show forth your praise to all generations. Ps 79:13
3. And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His
works with _________. Ps 107:22
4. At _______ I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your
righteous judgments. Ps 119:62
5. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the ______, and
sing praises unto your name. Ps 18:49
7. I will offer to you the _________ of thanksgiving, and will call upon
the name of the Lord. Ps 116:17
9. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; and give thanks at the ___________
of His holiness. Ps 97:12
11. Offer unto God _____________; and pay your vows unto the most
High. Ps 50:14
13. Save us, O Lord out God, and gather us from among the heathen, to
give thanks unto your holy name, and to _______ in your praise. Ps
106:47
15. O give thanks to the ______ of lords: for His mercy endures for ever.
Ps 136:3
18. O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: for His mercy ________
for ever. Ps 107:1
19. To the end that my glory may sing praises to you, and not be _____. O
Lord my God, I will give thanks unto you for ever. Ps 30:12
20. Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto your name: the upright
shall dwell in your ________. Ps 140:13
22. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the _____ who shall
give thee thanks? Ps 6:5
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RECIPES
‘3’ ENVELOPE ROAST
Directions
Put the water in a measuring cup that is larger then the amount of water you are
using. Now add and mix all three envelopes of dry salad dressings to the water. Mix
until blended completely.
Brown the roast (if desired). Add the meat to your cooker. Pour the water, salad
dressing mixture over the roast. In the slow cooker cook it on high for about 4
hours on low about 8 hours.
Ingredients
The recipe calls for 2 cups but I do use a little more, 2 cups never seems to cover
the roast!!
3 pound beef roast such as chuck roast
1 envelope of dry Italian salad dressing mix
1 envelope of dry ranch salad dressing mix
1 envelope of dry brown gravy mix
2 cups water
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THIS WE BELIEVE for NOVEMBER
“ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.“ “1 Peter 5:6-8”
~MISSION STATEMENT~
“We will be scripture-based to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and spiritually led to guide all people to be active doers of the Word”
Approved by Session on November 16, 2007
CHURCH STAFF
Clerk of Session: Vicky Bair, Church Treasurer: Ken Hobart, Secretary: Christi Partee
Financial Secretary: Dick Sass, Asst. Financial Secretary: Elaine Miller
DEACONS
Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Class of 2015
Ed Lloyd Dot Pitts Pam Hobart
Gloria Wiles Sandy Erickson Vacant
Pat Erlewine
ELDERS
Class of 2013 Class of 2014 Class of 2015
Vicky Bair Meg Simons Ken Hobart
Jini Sass Vacant Steve Broskovak
Presbyterian Church of Bull Shoals
P.O. Box 305
Bull Shoals, AR. 72619