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The Trumpet July 2016 Volume 33 Issue7Firelands Presbyterian Church

2626 East Harbor Road

Port Clinton, Ohio 43452

419-734-6211

Fax 419-734-5411

www.firelandschurch.org

Rev. Mark Cooper, Pastor

Dave Moore, Clerk of Session

Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians

Darrell Brand, Treasurer

Rachel Johnson,

Preschool Director

Janine Dress,

Administrative Assistant

Mark Owen, Custodian

Table of Contents

Events & Notes ................................. 2 -3

Preschool news and events ..................... 4

Special Vespers ................................. 5-6

Pastors Page........................................ 7

Lectionary Texts & Monthly Prayer List ..... 8

Birthdays & Calendar ............................. 9

Ministry Schedule ................................ 10

Musical Arts 2016-2017 Season ............ 11

Come Join the Fun!Summer Vespers Services

Sunday evening gatherings for fun, worship and

Fellowship will be held in the pavilion beginning at 6:00

PM on the following Sundays.

July 24 August 28

Please bring snacks to share.

The Firelands folk will help provide music and It is

rumored that Elvis may return from Kalamazoo.

Preschool Summer ReadingOur Preschoolers Need Us!

Please volunteer to read to our preschoolers on the

second Tuesday of the following months:

July, and August (7/12, 8/9) from 10:30-11:00. Sign-up

sheets are on the gathering table.

Thank YouThank YouYour Mission Committee would like to thank you for your

contributions to Heartbeat of Ottawa County. The Baby

Bottle Campaign funds will remain in our area helping

young women, men and their children.
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Spirituality of WineRetreat Thursday,

July 7th from9:30 a.m. to 2:30

p.m.You are invited to participate in a retreat on the

Spirituality of Wine to be held from at the Chateau

Tebeau Winery, 525 State Route 635, Helena Ohio. The

winery is easy to find. Route 635 is off of Route 6. It's

one mile east of Helena and 5 miles west of Route 53 in

Fremont).

We will gather, and begin the day with a meditation on

the Biblical passages involving wine. Bob Butcher and

the members of the Spiritual Formation Team will be

leading. There will be time to wander the outdoor spaces

and stroll through the vineyard and koi pond. For thosewho desire, there will be a wine tasting prior to lunch.

The wine tasting itself costs $5.00 per person. Those

who do not wish to do not have to pay the $5.00 but will

be invited to listen and observe.

Lunch is available for your purchase. We will need pre-

reservations. Please indicate your choice of meal from

the menu on flyer on the Kiosk when you register.

Registrations may be made by emailing bking@

maumeevp.org before July 6th. You will pay for your

lunch on the day of the retreat.

We will have a spacious room to ourselves, plus verynice outside spaces where we could have small groups

or private reflection. We can stroll through the vineyard

and around the koi pond. A big heavy door will separate

the retreat participants from the restaurant.

Internet OutreachOur Firelands Presbyterian Church web site this month

was consulted by 277 people; 85% of visits were first

time viewers; an average of 1.88 pages were viewed.

Web pages most often viewed were the preschool,

worship/sermons, and about us. We are transitioning toa new web hosting service, Destination Designs. It is

not clear at this time if that will result in any change to

the cost to maintain our web site.

Facebook entries that reached the highest number of

people in April included:

50thAnniversary Celebration for Bob Butcher 225

views

Memorial Day 149 views

WCWA Wine Tasting Event 38 views

WCWA EventThe WCWA will be meeting on July 19 at 6:00 PMin the

fellowship hall. Bring a small snack to share. Call Lori

Madison; W:419-732-3171,C: with any questions,

The program will be John and Ginny McCook talking to usabout The Daughter Project. The Daughter Project is a

501c3 non-profit operating Ohio's first licensed group home

for girls who have been rescued from sex traffickers.

Goals

1. Non-profit Incorporation & 501(c)3 Status Done

2. Community connections and Committee development Done & on-going

3. Resource for other ministries/organizations - Done & on-going

4. First recovery home built, licensed and operational Done

& on-going

5. We have helped 12 girls between the ages of 13 & 17 sofar - Done & on-going

6. College and job assistance for girls - Done & on-going

7. Second home construction begin - Spring 2017

8. Rehab outreach to perpetrators in prison Spring 2017

9. Second home construction done - Spring 2018

10. Foster home network created - Fall 2018

11. TDP 'franchises' elsewhere in Ohio and around thecountry - Fall 2018

Mission OpportunityThe Mission Committee has decided to

help our local students by collecting

school supplies for the Salvation

Army's Tools for School. The list is

below and a box will be by the

gathering table for these items. We will

be collecting for the month of July.

folders - 2 pocket 1 subject spiral notebooks

composition notebooks erasers - large pink

loose leaf wide ruled paper crayons (24 pack)

glue sticks (small, no colored) pens - black

markers - dry erase highlighters - yellow

pencils - #2 yellow markers - washable (8 pack)

pencils - colored (12 pack) pencil pouches

pens blue pens - red

post-it-notes scissors - pointed (Fiskars)

supply box


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Bistro 163

A Success!!

Bistro 163 celebrated its

GRAND OPENING to the

community beginning on

Monday, June 6th.

Executive Chef Stacy

Maple is offering a fresh,

locally sourced lunch menu on weekdays from 11:00 to

2:00, and a Saturday brunch menu from 8:00 to 2:00.

Another newspaper article appeared in the Beacon

covering the Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting

ceremony on Monday, June 20th, at 10:30 AM. Bert Fall

conducted a 25 minute interview for his WPCR radio talk

show Talk at Ten.

Bistro 163 Caters

In addition to serving diners in the Bistro, we have also

been filling to go orders called in by local businesses

as far away as Oak Harbor and Lakeside. Bistro 163 has

also catered breakfast for the Red Horse Squadron

working on the LEAP playground, a Chamber of

Commerce luncheon, a luncheon for a delegation visiting

from the Ukraine, and breakfast for the Ottawa County

Community Foundation. At that event, Bistro 163 was

awarded a grant check in the amount of $2000.00 to

cover the cost of meals for the underserved. We will be

catering breakfast and lunch for the Firelands WomensRetreat at Shirley Carlsons home in August. We have

fed a number of homeless people already, and have

given vouchers for distribution by the Salvation Army,

Transitional Housing, and the United Way, as a way to

reach the food insecure in our community. We also

have gift cards available for purchase for those wishing

to gift a meal or meals to a specific person.

Bistro 163 has a Website, Facebook Page,and is on Twitter

We are maintaining a very active web site at

www.bistro163.org ,our popular Facebook page Bistro

163 is gathering testimonials, and a Twitter feed

@Bistro163 features daily photographs. Our corps of

volunteers is growing, representing a number of local

organizations and churches, and more volunteers are

always needed, whether someone can volunteer one day

a week or one day a month!

Volunteers Needed!!

Please contact Joyce Jagucki if you would like to give

some time serving in the restaurant or washing dishes

in the catering kitchen. Brochures and menus have

been widely distributed, including the Chamber of

Commerce office, Lakeside, hotels/motels/B&Bs, and the

Ottawa County Visitors Center/Lake Erie Shores and

Islands in Port Clinton and Sandusky.

Bistro 163 Community MealJuly 11

BISTRO 163 is hosting a free public dinner on Monday,

July 11th, at 1848 E Perry Street in Port Clinton.

Serving hours are from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Chef Stacy

Maple and our bistro volunteers will be offering pasta

with meat sauce, fresh salad, bread, and our signature

bread pudding. This is a free public dinner, open to all

neighbors. See you there!

Summer Lunch and Fun!Help at church!Help at the Lunch Centers!Our church members will have an opportunity to pack

lunches on Thursday, July 21; Friday, July 22; and

Tuesday, July 26 from 9-10 a.m. in the Firelands

Church kitchen. Please indicate a date which works well

for you on the sign-up sheet on the opportunity table.

United Way is also looking for volunteers who would like

to spend some time distributing the lunches and

assisting the children with that day's activities and

programs after lunch. If you would like to help in this

way, please call Kristen Gerwin at the United Way office

419-734-6645.

Thanks for helping

our community's

children obtain a

nutritious lunch

and enrichment

activities again

this summer.

Pop Can Tabs Needed!

Please save those flimsy aluminum rings on food and

beverage cans for the Ronald McDonald House. There is a

jar in the kitchen to put them in. Lets Collect them and

turn trash into cash!
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Christmas in July for FirelandsPreschool!

One of our closest and dearest Mission ministries is our

own Firelands Preschool. As they celebrate Christmas in

July we would like to gift them with some new play

and craft items as well as new toys for their playground.

Preschool Director, Rachel Johnson, and the kids have

come up with a wish list of preschool age items which

can be purchased and brought into the gathering area

during the month of July. Look for a box in Fellowship

Hall to place your gifts.

The Mission Committee will also be using Mission monies

to purchase an outdoor climber, wading pool, and a

preschool mini-trampoline with bar for the Firelands

Preschool.

Their Wish List includes:

any Paw Patrol toys

a toy vacuum

new dress-up clothes

sand toys and trucks

playground balls

some new craft materials, such as crazy

scissors, fun markers, and stamps for crafts

Preschool NewsJune has been a very

exciting month in

Preschool, Not only

have we been busy

playing outside and

reviewing skills we

learned all school

year, we learned

about Camping, Outer

space, Our Dads,

Summer, and TheUSA!

During camping week,

we set up a tent,

roasted pretend

smores' over a "fire",

and talked about all

the things we would

need to go camping. The kids enjoyed playing and

relaxing in the tent throughout the day!

Outer space week was out of this world!! We read

books, sang songs and leaned about the sun, moon,

stars, and planets. The kids had so much fun creating

different parts of the solar system during craft time. Wemade shooting stars, marble painting planets, 3D

aluminum foil moons, rocket ships, and UFOs with aliens

in them.

We also spent a week talking about our Dads and

creating wonderful art work and poems for them. We

celebrated Father's Day with our Dads by having a

doughnut party complete with doughnuts, fruit, milk,

juice and coffee. The kids loved having their dads and

grandpas in their classroom with them. Thank you to all

who were able to attend!

Summer officially arrived on June 20th! We dedicated awhole week to "summery" activities! Our favorite was

playing outside in the water and eating popsicles! We

had a special visitor, Ms. Amanda from Ottawa

Sandusky Seneca Solid Waste Management, come talk

to us about taking care of our planet and the importance

of recycling. She brought along some recycled materials

to make projects with us. We really liked the story she

read to us, Michael Recycles!

We ended the month leaning about America and why we

celebrate the 4th of July. The kids loved celebrating

America's birthday with a red white and blue picnic! We

ate hot dogs, watermelon, and potato chips...all ofAmericasfavorite things!

Rachel Johnson

Firelands Preschool

Program Director

and Teacher


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A Very Special Vespers Indeed!On June 5th, at 5:00 in the Pavilion, Pastor Emeritus,

Rev. Bob Butcher celebrated the 50 thAnniversary of his

Ordination as a Presbyterian Minister. Friends, Firelands

Folks, and distinguished guests gathered for a light mealin the fellowship hall. Several well-wishers traveled a

long time to come help celebrate. Following the cutting

of the cake, all went out to our pavilion for a vespers

service honoring Bob. Mayor Hugh Wheeler made June 5

Bobs honorary day and gave him a key to the city. Rev.

Susan Meier, Presbyter for Common Life of the Maumee

Valley Presbytery spoke of her appreciation of Bobs

continued ministry in the Presbytery.


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Bob Butchers Thank You


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Pastors Page

I have heard it said that a pastors newsletter article is the most widely read or heard of all the things the minister

does. More people will read that article than will sit in on any class or hear any sermon or read anything else the

minister writes. Having said that, I will now write a word that just might drive away some of those reading this article

Stewardship!

Some people will read that article and cry, Foul! Its only July and you arent allowed to say stewardship

until October! Yes, thats the way weve learned to handle stewardship. The congregation agrees to tolerate talk

about stewardship during the fall campaign as long as the pastor, the stewardship and finance committee, and the

session agree not to talk about it the rest of the year. So for a few weeks we plead with people to pledge so that we

can keep the lights on a little while longer, and then (believe it or not) we do our best to keep quiet about it until the

next fall.

That is a horrible way of teaching about stewardship. For one thing, while it seems to work at raising a church

budget it probably works about as poorly as any way we could possibly devise. Typically such a process allows a

church to barely keep operating and nothing more. I doubt that people expect any other organizations they are

members of to raise funds in such a way. Secondly, this process has precious little to do with real stewardship. Real

stewardship is not about paying the light bill. It is vital for us to pay our light bill, and well probably keep talk ing

about the light bill, but thats not what stewardship is all about. Stewardship, - which involves how we use all of what

God has entrusted to us, not just money - is a vital spiritual issue. It does not apply only during a few weeks in the

fall. (What if we had a fall Faith Campaign and that was the only time of the year we were allowed to talk about

faith?)

Your stewardship and finance committee works very hard, asking how stewardship can be more meaningful

to FPC and to all its members. Your session has been talking about stewardship, and some of your members recently

attended a day-long stewardship seminar. All this might mean some refreshing changes on how we do things aroundhere regarding stewardship in general and financial contributions inparticular. There is no news yet, but keep

watching and waiting. You might be hearing something before too long.

This is important stuff, and not just in terms of how the church raises funds. Thats actually the least

important part of this. What is most important is how it affects and enhances our own personal walks of faith.

Fondly,

Mark


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Lectionary Texts for June

July 3Ordinary

14

July 10

Ordinary 15

July 17Ordinary

16

July 24

Ordinary 17

July 31

Ordinary 1

OLD

TESTAMENT:

Semicontnuous

2 Kings 5:1-14

Psalm 30

Complementary

Isaiah 66:10-

14

Psalm 66:1-9

NEW

TESTAMENT

Galatians 6:[1-

6] 7-16

Luke 10:1-11,

16-20

OLD

TESTAMENT:

Semicontnuous

Amos 7:7-17

Psalm 82

Complementary

Deuteronomy

30:9-14

Psalm 25:1-10

NEW

TESTAMENT

Colossians

1:1-14

Luke 10:25-37

OLD

TESTAMENT:

Semicontnuous

Amos 8:1-12

Psalm 52

Complementary

Genesis 18:1-

10a

Psalm 15

NEW

TESTAMENT

Colossians

1:15-28

Luke 10:38-42

OLD

TESTAMENT:

Semicontnuous

Hosea 1:2-10

Psalm 85

Complementary

Genesis 18:20-

32

Psalm 138

NEW

TESTAMENT

Colossians

2:6-15

[16-19]

Luke 11:1-13

OLD

TESTAMENT

Semicontnuo

Hosea 11:1-1

Psalm 107:1-

43

Complementa

Ecclesiastes

1:2, 12-14,

2:18-23

Psalm 49:1-

NEW

TESTAMENT

Colossians

3:1-11

Luke 12:13-2

Ongoing Prayer ConcernsFor those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:

Debbie Ballinger, Jenatha Boose, June Gahris, Harold, Kim Hudson, Craig Kaiser, Arlene Kakareka, Stephen

Kessler, Angjuli Lele, Judy McCollough, John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio, Michael, Jordan Moore,

John Rick, Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Justin Waugh, Ann Wagnitz.

For those facing the infirmities of age:

Carolyn Doane, Tom Gahris, Clara Maag, Shirley Ohles, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy,

Gordan Wahlers, and Irene Wilson

For those seeking freedom, security, and hope:

Bobby, Justin, Sara, Val, and CASA Families

For those in the service of our country:

SMGT Jeff Bundy, Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Mathew Devries, USAF;

Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Andrew Hogue, USA, Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;

For those in mission for our Lord:

Our missionaries in the Middle East; Phillip and Elizabeth Prasad in India;

The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;

The Rev. Hazael Compuzano, Dios es Amor congregation in Mexico City;

The Christian Community of Restoration and Renewal(CCRR) in Maumee Valley Presbytery.

To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.


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July Celebrations

June 2016Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturd

3

9:30 Worship

4

OFFICECLOSED

5

OFFICE OPEN

9-10 SummerLunch

6

10 Bible Study @Magruder

7

9-10 SummerLunch

6:30 PC VisioningComm.

8

9-10 SummerLunch

9

10

9:30 Worship

11

10-2Bistro163CommunityMeal

12

9-10 SummerLunch

9 Quilting atWilsons

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14

9-10 SummerLunch

15

9-10 SummerLunch

16

17

9:30 Worship

18 19

OFFICE OPEN

9-10 SummerLunch

20


21

9-10 SummerLunch FPCVolunteers


22


23

24

9:30 Worship

6:00 Fun, Worship &Fellowship

25 26


9 Quilting atWilsons

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28

9-10 SummerLunch

29 30

31

9:30 Worship

Lily Stouffer 2 Bob Reynolds 20 Bill & Anne O'Malley 2

Janine Dress 6

Meredith Howerth

Devries 22

Harold Brown & Marsha

Bordner 3

Shirley Stary 7 Marilyn Umlauf 22 Tom & Joyce Jagucki 6

Karen Coffin 18 Sarah Hartley 22 Dick and Karen Coffin 7

Wayne Walter 19 Anne Butcher 28

Is your birthday or anniversary missing or incorrect

Contact the office so we can make the changes to th

list!

JANINE ON VACATION UNTIL JULY 19


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DontForget Your Time to Serve!

Ministry Names

Monthly Deacon of the Month Bob Reynolds

Communion Steward Rosemarie ShindeJuly 3 Greeter(s) Moores

Reader Marta Vielhaber

Communion Assistant Heather Stouffer

Servers Joyce Jagucki, Joyce DellaSantina, Marilyn Umlauf, & Dave Moore

Nursery Volunteer Janet Gray-Moore

Pianist Kay McIntosh

July 10 Greeter(s) Coffins

Reader Connie Brand

Communion Assistant Bob Black

Servers Ed Bettendorf, Marsha Bordner, Dave Wahlers, & Sally Wahlers

Nursery Volunteer Lily Stouffer


July 17 Greeter(s) Heather Stouffer

Reader Joyce Jagucki

Communion Assistant Bill Sharp

Servers Karen Coffin, Jim Layton, Dick Coffin, John McIntosh

Nursery Volunteer Merissa Jagucki

Pianist Susan Larcey

July 24 Greeter(s) OMalleys

Reader Ed Bettendorf

Communion Assistant Alison Falls

Servers Sally Walter, Betty Layton, Joyce Jagucki, Joyce DellaSantina

Nursery Volunteer Anne OMalley


July 31 Greeter(s) Alison Falls

Reader Shirley Carlson

Communion Assistant Karen Coffin

Servers Alison Falls, Bob Reynolds, Anita Fisher, Anne OMalley

Nursery Volunteer Heather Stouffer



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The Musical Art Series / Port Clinton, OH

2016

2017 Season

Sunday, October 9, 2016

3:30 PM

STEVE & LISA BALL

Exploring music & stories of the American Civil War

Sunday, November 20,

2016

3:30 PM

YIDDISHE CUP KLEZMER BANDBe Klezmerzed by Easter European folk/jazz

Saturday, December 10,

2016

7:30 PM

YOUNGARTISTSFROM

CLEVELANDINSTITUTEOFMUSIC

We salute talented musicians at this annual concert

Sunday, January 15, 2017

7:30 PM

GAVINGEORGE-PIANO12 year-old Ohio native performs to international acclaim

Sunday, March 12, 20173:30 PM

JACOBCORDOVER&RUPERTBOYD

CLASSICALGUITAR

Dynamic Duo from Down Under

Sunday Apri l 2, 2017

3:30 PM

CLEVELANDORCHESTRABRASSTRIOFactory Seconds but second to none

Sunday May 7, 2017

3:30 PM

CLEVELANDBLUEGRASSORCHESTRAThe classics go down home

Sunday, June 10, 2017

3:30 PM

THEHIREDHANDSCeltic harps, fiddle concertina & penny whistle

All concerts at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton, OH

Tickets $15 at the door; students and children admitted free.

For information or season tickets, call 419-734-6211, go to WWW.MUSICALARTSPORTCLINTON.COM,or find us on Facebook (The Musical Arts Series/Port Clinton).

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