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November 2014 UPon the HillNewsletter of The Hill United Presbyterian Church Butler, PA

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP, STUDY AND FELLOWSHIP

9:15 A.M.J.A.M. Session and Adult Study

9:30 A.M.30 Minutes (!) For Youth

10:30 A.M.Worship Service

11:30 A.M.Coffee / Fellowship Time in the Fellowship Hall

PASTORAL MINISTRY

Rev. Clark T. Sawyer

PROGRAM MINISTRY

Kathy O. Sawyer

MUSIC MINISTRY

Kathy O. Sawyer, Director of Musi

Margaret E. McGuirk, Organist

Nancy Slezak, Memorial Handbell

Director and Assistant Organist

CHURCH OFFICE

Elean Heist, Administrative Assistan

Jennifer Gilliland, Financial Secreta

Lyn Goehring, Treasurer

CUSTODIANS

John D. Whittington

Bobby Jo Sullins

The Hill United

Presbyterian Church

501 Second Street

Butler, Pennsylvania 16001

724-287-5427

E-mail: hillup@zoominternet.

www.hillup.org

Worship, Study and Fellowship With Us!


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NOVEMBER 9, 201422nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon: Is There Oil In Your Lamp?

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Joshua 24: 1-3 and 14-25; Matthew 25: 1-13

NOVEMBER 16, 201423rd Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon: Holy Waste

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Genesis 22: 1-14; Matthew 26: 6-13

NOVEMBER 23, 2014Christ The King Sunday

Sermon: The Prophet, Priest, And King

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Hebrews 5: 1-10; Matthew 25: 31-46

NOVEMBER 30, 20141st Sunday in Advent

Sermon: The Word That Will Not Pass Away

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Isaiah 64: 1-9; Mark 13: 24-37

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SUNDAY MORNING

WORSHIP SERVICES

10:30 - 11:30 A.M.

SUNDAYNOVEMBER 2, 2014

21st Sunday after Pentecost

Consecration Sunday

Lords Supper - Traditional

Sermon: The Reformation Faith

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Ephesians 2: 1-10; Matthew 23: 1-15


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NOVEMBERWORSHIP ATTENDANCE

IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2014

The Worship of God is the central act in ou

life together with Jesus Christ. The writer to theHebrews reminds us to not neglect the habit ofmeeting together so that we may be stirred up t

love and good works!.Come to worship and bring others that we might be

stirred up together through the Holy Spirit! See you atworship!

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Sunday

9/7 129

9/14 1029/21 160

9/28 126

10/5 127

10/12 91

10/19 121

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Dear Brothers andSisters, Members andFriends of the Hill United

Presbyterian Church:

November brings with it ournational holiday of giving thanks forthe blessings that we do have in ourlives.

In a former Pastorate, one of ourchurch members loved the gospelsong, Count Your Blessings.

One of the stanzas to that songreads this way:

When upon lifes billows you aretempest-tossed, when you arediscouraged, thinking all is lost, countyour many blessings, name them oneby one, and it will surprise you whatthe Lord hath done!

This gospel song echoes thewords of Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, prayconstantly, give thanks in allcircumstances; for this is the will ofGod in Christ Jesus for you.

In our stewardship of this lifethrough our time, talent, and

treasure, what a tremendous blessingto serve our Lord Jesus Christ.Happy Thanksgiving and the

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ bewith you!

Pastor ClarkRev. Clark T. Sawyer

Session HighlightsOctober 13 and 26, 2014

The following motions from the Worship and Discipleship Committwere approved by Session:1. To purchase ProPresenter software and license in the amount o

$399.00, with money to come from the Helen Beck Fund and

from Tom Moser and family.2. To approve the Hill United Presbyterian Church Communion D

for 2015.The following motions from the Stewardship and Mission SupportCommittee were approved by Session:1. To accept a gift from the estate of Harry D. Wimer in the amo

of $30,000 which the donor stipulations that $15,000 be usedexclusively to maintain the existing building and that $15,000 bused for Hill Church youth wishing to attend Camps Lambec oCrestfield.

2. To create a fund with our New Covenant Funds named the HaD. Wimer and Evelyn Philips Ewing Fund and deposit in it the$15,000 given by the Wimer estate for use by Hill Church you

attending Camps Lambec or Crestfield.3. To deposit $15,000 of the Wimer estate gift into the EmergenBuilding Fund which will be renamed the Building MaintenanceFund.

4. To give 25% of the 2014 Peace and Global Witness denominatioffering to VOICe.

The following motion from Worship and Discipleship andAdministration Committees were approved by Session:1. That Preston Showman of Pipe Organ Services be contracted to

perform repair to the organ including installation of a quiet fanremoval of the acoustical fabric, and replacement with copperscreening, and any necessary painting with an estimated cost of$3,600, not to exceed $5,000. The funds will be taken from tOrgan Fund, #310.76.

Clark Sawyer, Mode


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The above amounts represent the 2014 financialtransactions in the general operating fund. Thissummary does not include any of the special andendowment funds.

You may help the work of the Lord and your Hillfamily of faith by staying current on the payment ofyour tithes and offerings. Our ministries, programsand mission commitments go on throughout the yearregardless of the season.

The next newsletter deadline is NOVEMBER 15, 2014!

BIBLE RE DING S FOR NOVEMBER

Financial

Summary

Hill U.P. Prayer List

Would you like to receive our weeklyprayer list by email? If this is something youare interested in receiving, please send an emailto Elean Heist at our church office [email protected] asking to be added tothe weekly prayer email list.

Do you have a person or persons that youwould like added to our weekly prayer list?You can also email the information to Elean

Heist at our church office [email protected] to have them added.

Please be sure to have your emails sent inby 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays each week to beincluded in the weekly prayer list. If you haveany questions, please feel free to contact Elean.

Morning Evening

1 Jer. 24, 25, 26 Titus 2

2 Jer. 27, 28, 29 Titus 3

3 Jer. 30, 31 Philemon

4 Jer. 32, 33 Heb. 1

5 Jer. 34, 35, 36 Heb. 2

6 Jer. 37, 38, 39 Heb. 37 Jer. 40, 41, 42 Heb. 4

8 Jer. 43, 44, 45 Heb. 5

9 Jer. 46, 47 Heb. 6

10 Jer. 48, 49 Heb. 7

11 Jer. 50 Heb. 8

12 Jer. 51, 52 Heb. 9

13 Lam. 1, 2 Heb. 10: 1-18

14 Lam. 3, 4, 5 Heb. 10: 19-39

15 Ezek. 1, 2 Heb. 11: 1-19

16 Ezek. 3, 4 Heb. 11: 20-40

17 Ezek. 5, 6, 7 Heb. 12

18 Ezek. 8, 9, 10 Heb. 13

19 Ezek. 11, 12, 13 Jas. 120 Ezek. 14, 15 Jas. 2

21 Ezek. 16, 17 Jas. 3

22 Ezek. 18, 19 Jas. 4

23 Ezek. 20, 21 Jas. 5

24 Ezek. 22, 23 I. Pet. 1

25 Ezek. 24, 25, 26 I. Pet. 2

26 Ezek. 27, 28, 29 I. Pet. 3

27 Ezek. 30, 31, 32 I. Pet. 4

28 Ezek. 33, 34 I. Pet. 5

29 Ezek. 35, 36 II. Pet. 1

30 Ezek. 37, 37, 39 II. Pet. 2

Receipts and DisbursementsFOR MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Actual Budget

Variance

Favorable

(Unfavorable)

ReceiptsEnvelope **Offerings $150,183 $165,744 ($15,561)

Other Offerings

& Receipts 119,133 88,290 30,843

Total Receipts 269,316 254,034 15,282

Disbursements

Personnel 149,966 152,587 2,621

Buildings &

Grounds 31,701 29,772 (1,929)

Capital

Improvements 4,165 0 (4,165)

Office

Operations 5,807 7,131 1,324

Stewardship 7,332 9,756 2,424

Mission Support 18,483 16,920 (1,563)

Christian

Education 10,262 12,753 2,491

Nurture 1,880 4,356 2,476

Worship 12,051 8,406 (3,645)

Discipleship 26,153 12,150 (14,003)

Total

Disbursements 267,800 253,831 (13,969)

Net of Receipts

over

Disbursements 1,516 203 1,313

Fund Balance

Unrestricted (Deficit) ($16,071)

Designated 23,040

Total General Fund 6,969

NOTE: The $203 difference in the YTD budget is

due to the upgraded CW software adding

whole dollars to the last budgeted month.


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Stewardship Emphasis Time

and 2015 Stewardship Campaign

Abundant Giving

Dear Friends,

By now you should have received the 2015 stewardship letter and pledge form. Our 2015 stewardship

message comes from 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 and reads: The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will

also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as

you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. This

lesson challenges us to recognize that we have been abundantly blessed by God and thereby, through the

Grace of God, can give abundantly to meet the needs of others.

As in past years our stewardship emphasis time started with leadership giving by members of the Session

and Board of Deacons. Our church leaders pledged a total of $51,260.00 tosupport the ministries and

programs of Hill Church for 2015. And as of October 29, 2014 additional pledges totaling $81,332.00 have

been received from other members of our Hill Church family of faith for a combined total of $132,592.00.

If you have not already done so, please prayerfully consider how you can support the mission and

ministries of Hill Church. Please complete the pledge form that came with your stewardship message and

return it in the envelope provided. If you have misplaced your pledge form you may use the form included

with this newsletter article. You may return your pledge form by mailing it to the church office or placing

it in the offering plate during worship.

During the next two months the Session will continue our stewardship emphasis and prepare the 2015 HillChurch budget. We are hopeful that even in these challenging times you and your family will continue to

share your time, talent and treasure, giving abundantly as God has given to you.

Thank you for honoring God through your support of the ministries and mission of Hill Church. Your

generosity makes all the difference!

The Stewardship and Mission Support Committee

2015 ESTIMATE OF GIVING CARD*

I want to help support the work of my church.I estimate that during the next year I will give my church:

$________ per week, or $ ________per month, or $________per yea

NAME _____________________________________

ADDRESS___________________________________

*I understand that this giving estimate may be raised or lowered anytimesimply by calling the church office.


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4th - Cathy Zarnick and Victoria Campbell5th - William Leroy6th - Heather Kretzer, Morgan Miller, and

Ray Dougherty8th - Laura Clark9th - Amber Selfridge10th - Louise Evans11th - Lin Ellis and Sherie Snow12th - Emily Selfridge13th - Carol Cunningham14th - Laraine McCrea and Mary Waggoner15th - Casey Arn and Grier Lyons

16th - Linda Fend and Timothy Kennedy18th - Christopher Wandell19th - William Snow21st - Cara Moses and David Dougherty22nd - Heather Porter and Steve Arn26th - April Miller27th - Simon Brown and William Brown29th - Carrie Birch and William McGarvey30th - Edna Mae Knauer

Keep Me Warm TreesWe will once again this year be asking forcontributions to decorate our Keep Me WarmTrees. We will have one set up in the ChurchAnnex and another in the Fellowship Halldownstairs. Your gifts of mittens, hats, scarves,socks, sweaters, and other warm winter clothing

will be greatly appreciated. They will be takento local organizations to be given to folks inneed. Bless each of you for your generosity.

- Presbyterian Women

ShopThroughAmazon.com!As the Christmas season quickly approaches, we would like to remind you all to consider shopping

through Amazon.com where a percentage of your purchases will go to OUR church! Simply visit our

website at hillup.org and click on the Amazon icon, which can be seen at the right hand side of the

page when you click on the Church News tab at the top of the page. No other action is needed onyour part. If you are planning on shopping on Amazon this holiday season or anytime at all, please

remember to do this, and tell your family and friends too!

The 2015 Pulpit Flowers sign

up sheet is now available on

the bulletin board in the

Overflow Room. The price of

the flowers is $30. Please be

sure to fill out your form(s)

clearly and attach your

payment. Thank you

CookbooksLast year at the WomensLuncheon, we had a wonderful

variety of salads, which prompted some of thewomen to think we should be sharing those recipes.

The result is that the Presbyterian Women arelooking for your recipes for a new cookbook. Startthinking of your favorite recipes that were notincluded in our 2002 cookbook. Forms will beincluded for your use in the Sunday Bulletinsbeginning November 2nd. Our deadline to submitrecipes will be December 14th. We know that someof the fellas in the church enjoy cooking and/orbaking. Wed be happy to get your recipes also.We expect to have the books for sale in the Springof 2015.


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HARVEST HOME 2014

It is that time of year when theDeacons will be collecting food for thecommunity for the Thanksgiving season. The foodwill be distributed through Covenant Cupboard intime for the November holiday. For three weeksfood will be collected in the southeast corner ofthe sanctuary near the organ. The following aresuggestions of food items by weeksthough it'snot a strict guideline, just a suggestion.

It is the Deacons hope that our congregation will

continue to be generous in bringing in food itemsand/or money donations to support our HarvestHome Project, and as a result, benefit CovenantCupboard.

November 2: Canned and jarred foods;vegetables, fruits, soup, jelly, spaghetti sauce,tuna, salmon, peanut butter, beef stew, pumpkin.

November 9: Boxed and bagged food; flour,

sugar, macaroni and cheese, pancake mix, cereals,rice, cake mixes, pie mixes, crackers.

November 16: Three-pound bags of apples andfive pound bags of potatoes which require theleast cold storage time. Other fresh vegetablesand fruits cannot be collected due to the lack ofcold storage areas.

Hill Church Christmas MusicalThe Christmas Shoe Tree

Join us Sunday, December 14th at 7 p.m.!

Director: Kathy SawyerThe rehearsal schedule is as follows

(no absences, please):

Wed, November 19 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Everyone Sat, November 22 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

EveryoneLeads

Sun, November 23 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Leads Wed, December 3 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Everyone

Sat, December 6 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

EveryoneLeads

Wed, December 10 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Everyone

Sat, December 13Dress Rehearsal

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

EveryoneLeads

Sun, December 14 5:00 p.m. EveryoneShow at 7 p.m.

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH

YOUR CHURCH FAMILY

Please join your church family at the annualChristmas dinner on December 7th at 6:00P.M. in the Fellowship Hall. Following the dinner,the Hill Church Instrumental Ensemble will lead usin singing Christmas carols. Look for moreinformation and a reservation form in Churchbulletins this month. Please reservethe date and plan to celebrate with

us this holiday season (along witha special visitor!)!

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N D H A E C Y L I M A F T K W C S P H P

Q A L A O I W R D K Z U H O T U T D M U

H K T L R N P W V A M G A O D B U P J M

Q E O I R V Y S E B F K N C M M F Q O P

A N W O V E E E F E F A K T D V F Q E K

Y C C C K E M S L P I H S D N E I R F I

E I I R O O A L T F O J G K A C N C P N

N C U R D R O M W C H Z I W L Z G B J W

R T A E E W M X E T Z Y V S G S E G Y T

J E E E S M F Q U R C I I Q N M X X H Z

S R W H P L A O Z R I E N V E I K Q Z R

F I I O Q B M K P M E C G Z Q R E P O H

Y P C G L Y V O C A B Y A W A G J V F H

R W H K L F T E Z I A M A N D L W M E Y

F Z Q P N A Y S E T T L E R S I M H A A

F A L L T E G A W O R S H I P P F S S M

S I I O V R S L M S S E N D N I K A T S

S A E T A G M S G I V I N G S G Z U N P

M S I V H Z S P R U B J L H Q Q S Q J I

K H Y L N O V T Y B K F L C U T U S G U

AMERICA

COLONY

COOK

CORN

ENGLAND

FAITH

FALL

FAMILY

FEAST

FELLOWSHIP

FISH

FREEDOM

FRIENDSHIP

GIVING

GRAVY

HARVEST

HOPE

KINDNESS

MAIZE

MAYFLOWER

NATIVE AMERICANS

PEACE

PIE

PILGRIMS

PLYMOUTH

POTATOES

PRAYER

PUMPKIN

SAIL

SETTLERS

SICKNESS

SQUASH

STUFFING

THANKSGIVING

TURKEY

WORSHIP

YAMS


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VOLUNTEERS for NOVEMBER 2014 SUNDAY

MIDDLE SECTIONBRADY STREET SECTION PEARL ST. SECTIONOVERFLOW AREA

NOVEMBER 2 Sharon Montag, 724-285-3231 Karen Shultz, 724-283-2413

NOVEMBER 9 Nancy Daugherty, 724-285-1013 Janet Edinger, 724-282-7782

NOVEMBER 16 Lois Minich, 724-283-1875 Volunteer Needed

NOVEMBER 23 Dennis Hawk, 724-285-6355 Peg Dumbaugh, 724-789-7331

NOVEMBER 30 Anne Miller, 724-282-2072 Kim Selfridge, 724-285-9017

NOVEMBER 2 NOVEMBER 9 NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER

Donated in lovingmemory of

Craig Daugherty byNancy, Stacie and

Sue.

Donated in loving memory ofElroy and Crystal Beisheim andRichard R.B. Beisheim, Jr. byRichard and Maxine Beisheim

Donated in lovingmemory of our parents

by Jan and WayneHoover.

Donated in lovingmemory of

Ruth Brookhart byHelen Knauer

and Family

Donated inloving memoof Jack T. Str

by CarolynStreet.

COMMUNION TEAM Team ANEWSLETTER TEAM in NOVEMBER (for December) Team B (Willing Workers)

VAN DRIVER for NOVEMBER - Jim Kamerer (724-283-2248)

PULPIT FLOWERS

USHERTEAM

GREETERSBEFORE

GREETERSAFTER

(DEACONS)

COUNTINGELDERS

NURSERY ACOLYTECOFFEEHOUR

NOVEMBER

2

Ladies

Team

Volunteer

Needed

Tanner

McCawCarolyn Street

Carol Gadsby Lane Hawk

Stewardsh

Committe

Consecrati

Sunday

Celebratio

David McCrea Kathy Ruffel

NOVEMBER

9

Bob Scotts

TeamBea Welch

Sharon

MontagDiane Olenic

Lois MinichLauren

CavaleroThe Fagan

Jack MontagNancy

Daugherty

NOVEMBER

16

Junior

Team

Anne

McCaw

Karen Shultz Bob Kennedy

Jim Kamerer Lydia Reeger Deacons

Bea Welch Michael Fagan

NOVEMBER

23

Jack

MontagsTeam

Audrey

Nossokoff

Cathy Zarnick Anne MillerNancy

Daugherty Madison Hall

Voluntee

NeededJohn Anderson Pat Brennen

NOVEMBER

30

Combined

Teams

Volunteer

Needed

Patti

DonaldsonMarsh Miller

Kerry

McElhaneyNoah Reeger Deacons

Carole Hall Dennis Hawk

PEW GREETERS

Hill Church for many years was known as The Glad Hand Church. The Nurture

Committee wants to continue this tradition. Pew Greeters will now welcome visitors,encourage them to sign the guest registry, and invite them to Fellowship Hour on Sunday.


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