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October 2014

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

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP, STUDY AND FELLOWSHIP

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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SUNDAY

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SUNDAY MORNING

WORSHIP SERVICES

10:30 - 11:30 A.M.

OCTOBER 5, 201417th Sunday after Pentecost

Peacemaking SundayWorld Communion - Lords Supper, Traditional

Sermon: The Vineyard Of The Lord

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Psalm 18: 15-25; Matthew 21: 33-46

OCTOBER 26, 2014

20th Sunday after Pentecost2015 Stewardship Emphasis

Sermon: Where Your Treasure Is

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Isaiah 33: 2-6; Mark 10: 17-31

OCTOBER 19, 2014


Sermon: The Parable Of The Talents

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Exodus 3: 1-16; Matthew 25: 14-30

OCTOBER 12, 2014


Sermon: The Time Of Your Life

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15; Ephesians 4: 29-5: 2 and 5: 14-20


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OCTOBER 2014WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2014

The Worship of God in JesusChrist is the central act of the

People of God. Jesus regularly went to theSynagogue and to the Temple to pray, worship,and hear and share Gods Word. My thought isthat if Jesus did it regularly, shouldnt those whofollow Jesus make it a regular happening of theirweek? Take time to invite and bring others to our

times of Worship, Study, Fellowship, Service andOutreach. Thank you!

Session HighlightsSeptember 8, 2014

The following motion fromAdministration was approved:

Motion: That the proposal fromBronder Technical Services for the

installation of a new light and fixturebeside the Brady Street stairs in theamount of $3,070.00 be accepted.

Worship and Discipleship reportedthat at September Lords Supper Service122 received Communion and 14 at theNew Haven Lords Supper Service.

Clark Sawyer, Moderator

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Sunday

8/3 98

8/10 96

8/17 121

8/24Worship Without Walls

90

8/31 88

9/7 129

9/14 102

9/21 160

9/28 126

Dear Brothers and Sisters,Members and Friends ofthe Hill United

Presbyterian Church:

As we enter the month of October,at Hill Church we often take time forour Stewardship Emphasis.

I often say to you that in JesusChrist we have Spiritual life, Eternallife, and Abundant life!.

It is God who comes in Jesus andsays to us, I have come that you mighthave life, and have it abundantly!.

To give abundantly is to givebeyond measure. Jesus gives to youand me beyond measure in so verymany ways.

How about you and me? In ourthankfulness to God through our Lordand Savior Jesus will we take the stepsto give of our time, talent and treasurewithout measure for the ministry of theKingdom of God?

Please think and pray about your

commitment in the upcoming weeks.

Thank you!

See you in Worship!Pastor Clark

Rev. Clark Sawyer


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The above amounts represent the 2014 financialtransactions in the general operating fund. This summarydoes not include any of the special and endowment funds.

You may help the work of the Lord and your Hill familyof faith by staying current on the payment of your tithesand offerings. Our ministries, programs and missioncommitments go on throughout the year regardless of theseason.

The next newsletter deadline is OCTOBER 15, 2014!

BIBLE RE DING S FOR OCTOBER

Financial

Summary

Hill U.P. Prayer List

Would you like to receive our weeklyprayer list by email? If this is something you areinterested in receiving, please send an email toElean 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? Youcan also email the information to Elean Heist at

our church office email [email protected] 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 have

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Morning

Evening

1 Isa. 11, 12, 13 Eph. 4

2 Isa. 14, 15, 16 Eph. 5: 1-16

3 Isa. 17, 18, 19 Eph. 5: 17-33

4 Isa. 20, 21, 22 Eph. 6

5 Isa. 23, 24, 25 Phil. 1

6 Isa. 26, 27 Phil. 2

7 Isa. 28, 29 Phil. 3

8 Isa. 30, 31 Phil. 4

9 Isa. 32, 33 Col. 1

10 Isa. 34, 35, 36 Col. 2

11 Isa. 37, 38 Col. 3

12 Isa. 39, 40 Col. 4

13 Isa. 41, 42 I. Thes. 1

14 Isa. 43, 44 I. Thes. 2

15 Isa. 45, 46 I. Thes. 3

16 Isa. 47, 48, 49 I. Thes. 4

17 Isa. 50, 51, 52 I. Thes. 5

18 Isa. 53, 54, 55 II. Thes. 1

19 Isa. 56, 57, 58 II. Thes. 2

20 Isa. 59, 60, 61 II. Thes. 3

21 Isa. 62, 63, 64 I. Tim. 1

22 Isa. 65, 66 I. Tim. 2

23 Jer. 1, 2 I. Tim. 3

24 Jer. 3, 4, 5 I. Tim. 4

25 Jer. 6, 7, 8 I. Tim. 5

26 Jer. 9, 10, 11 I. Tim. 6

27 Jer. 12, 13, 14 II. Tim. 1

28 Jer. 15, 16, 17 II. Tim. 2

29 Jer. 18, 19 II. Tim. 3

30 Jer. 20, 21 II. Tim. 4

31 Jer. 22, 23 Titus 1

Receipts and DisbursementsFOR MONTH ENDING AUGUST 31, 2014

Actual Budget

VarianceFavorable(Unfavorable)

Receipts

Envelope **Offerings $133,019 $147,328 ($14,309)

Other Offerings& Receipts 100,676 78,480 22,196

Total Receipts 233,695 225,808 7,887

Disbursements

Personnel 132,355 135,848 3,493

Buildings &Grounds 27,938 26,464 (1,474)

CapitalImprovements 4,165 0 (4,165)

OfficeOperations 5,271 6,340 1,069

Stewardship 7,332 8,672 1,340

Mission Support 10,761 15,040 4,279

ChristianEducation 9,557 11,336 1,779

Nurture 1,600 3,872 2,272

Worship 10,997 7,472 (3,525)

Discipleship 25,634 10,800 (14,834)

Total

Disbursements 235,610 225,844 (9,766)

Net of Receipts

over

Disbursements (1,915) (36) (1,879)

Fund Balance

Unrestricted (Deficit) ($20,964)

Designated 24,502

Total General Fund 3,538

NOTE: The $36 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

The Stewardship and Mission Support Committee is pleased to announce that our stewardship emphasis

for 2015 will focus on Abundant Giving. This stewardship message is based on 2 Corinthians 9: 6-8and 11which 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.

Our stewardship emphasis time and 2015 campaign will run from October 12- 26, 2014. Prior to thestart of the campaign members of the Session and the Board of Deacons will conduct a special leadershipgiving drive to get the campaign off to a positive start. The campaign will wrap up on Sunday, November 2thwhen we will consecrate our estimate of giving cards. Light refreshments will be served in the Fellowship

Hall following this Worship service.

Abundant Giving starts with recognizing that we have been abundantly blessed by God. It is aboutprayer and about our willingness to be led by the Spirit to discover the ways we can pay it forward andshare generously of our time, talents, and treasure with all who need them.

During this campaign everyone will receive this stewardship message and estimate of giving card bymail. This will allow you to make your decision about giving in the privacy of your home, without another

person from the church present to solicit a response. Estimate of giving cards are only that estimates, andin no way obligate a person to give more of their time, talent or treasure than they can afford or wish toshare.

We are hopeful that this years stewardship emphasis time will help all of us realize the joy we canexperience by giving abundantly of our time talent and treasure to others and about how pleasing our givingis to God when we do it with a cheerful heart.

If you have any questions about our stewardship emphasis time or our 2015 stewardship campaign

please contact Tim Moses, Carolyn Street or Pat Brennen from the Stewardship and Mission Support

Committee, Pastor Clark Sawyer or any of our leaders from Session or the Board of Deacons.

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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GHANA MISSION TASK FORCE REPORT

The Task Force transmitted your funds to the Bubiashie District committee on September 9th. We sent$6,500. Thanks to the individuals, groups, and families who have supported this mission cause and

we would request others of you to do likewise in this next year. Upon receipt of the monies, just less than an hour afterbeing sent by our Treasurer Lyn Goehring, Bernard Daddy, Chairperson of the Bubiashie Scholarship Committeeresponded by e-mail:

Dear Lyn,Please, this is to acknowledge receipt of $6,500.00 as remittance from Hill United Presbyterian Church, Butler, for thepurpose of awarding scholarships to deserving ladies of the Bubiashie District, E.P Church, for the 2014/2015 academicyear.We say thanks to you and to the congregation very much. May The Lord richly replenish your source.

Bernard

Joshua Heikklila, the PC(USA) mission co-worker in West Africa,writes to tell us about the needs in Niger, probablythe poorest of the African countries. There are four primary schools in Niger, serving both Muslim and Christianchildren. These church-run schools have a reputation for academic excellence. Throughout Niger there is a high

degree of good will toward the church, even among the 98 percent of Nigers population who are not Christian, becauseof what the work of the church is doing to help people in the country.

This is just a continuing example of how the church is called to be the hands, feet, eyes, and heart of Jesus. Incooperation with the Bubiashie District we do likewise in Ghana, but only with Christian young women. As noted inarticles by many others concerning the great needs of Africa, we can claim to continue to be at the forefront inaddressing one of these needs in West Africa. Again, thanks to you, the Hill Church members, and thanks be to God.

Our next item of business will be to send Christmas greetings to students and key persons in the Bubiashie District.Meantime, with Christmas being closer than we think, consider a contribution to the scholarship fund instead of amaterial gift to honor a family member or a friend.

Please keep the Bubiashie District churches, Bernard Daddy, chairperson of the Bubiashie Scholarship Committee, aswell as the students in your prayers. Also pray for resolution to the Ebola health crisis in West Africa.

James Ihlenfeld for the Ghana Mission Task Force

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ITS SHOEBOX TIME!Our Church will once again be collecting filled shoeboxes for girls and boys forOperation Christmas Child. We will have more information in an upcomingChurch bulletin insert about ideas for filling the shoeboxes with goodies for needy

children, or you can visit the Operation Christmas child website at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ for ideas,boy and girl box labels, and an informative video. All shoe boxes need to be collected on or beforeNovember 23rd to make sure that the children receive them in time for Christmas. If shopping and fillingshoeboxes are not for you, we will also accept monetary donations.

Christmas is about sharing the gift of God's Son, Jesus Christ, with the world. Operation Christmas Childbrings joy and hope to poor children around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News ofGods love. You can share Gods love with needy children in Honduras, Kosovo, or another country byparticipating with other members of our church. You can start by filling out and coloring the enclosed letterto put in the shoebox. Also consider if you want your shoebox to go to a boy or girl and what age group forwhich you would like to buy. Wrap the lid and the bottom of your shoebox in colorful Christmas paper, andlook for a brochure in church or visit the website www.samaritanspurse.org/occ for gift ideas to fill yourbox.

Don't forget to bring your shoe box gift to church on or before Sunday,November 23, 2014. What a perfect gift to give in honor of Jesus' birthday!
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ShopThroughAmazon.com!As the Christmas season quickly approaches, wewould like to remind you all to consider shopping

through Amazon.com where a percentage ofyour 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 righthand side of the page when you click on the

Church News tab at the top of the page. Noother action is needed on your part. If you are

planning on shopping on Amazon this holidayseason or anytime at all, please remember to do

this, and tell your family and friends too!

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WOMENS F LL LUNCHEON

D NCING DOGS

Please join us in the Fellowship HallOctober 18, 2014 at noon

Name(s) ________________________________________________

Number Attending ____________

Ride needed ________________, Phone Number_________________Reservations due by October 12, 2014

21st Annual Chef TastingParty & Auction

Benefits Community CareConnections, Inc.

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. atThe Mansion, Route 8 South of Butler.

Join us for appetizers, entrees, desserts, wine and beertasting. The event is limited to 300 people and tickets

($40, per person) must be purchased prior to the event.Dont miss out on the Chef Hat Drawing $500 inRestaurant Gift Cards, Steelers Tickets/TailgateDrawing, 60 Visio TV Drawing, and Silent/TicketAuction!

Phone: 724-283-3198, www.communitycareconnect.org

1st - Melissa Weaver5th - Bethany Sowa6th - Lisa Vulakovich and Austin McElhaney7th - Dennis King

8th - Marilyn Blair and Michael Miller10th - Deborah Ihlenfeld11th - Barret Williams12th - Susan Catanzarito13th - William Raabe14th - Stephen Chaf and Brian Mueller16th - Lauren Cavalero17th - Peggy Brewster and John Scarnato18th - Timothy Moses and Mariah Seymour19th - William Snow20th - Phyllis Lane, Janet Edinger, and Paige Schreffler

22nd - Michael McNeish23rd - Lynda Lavorini and Lindsey Hull24th - Henry Muth, Connor Campbell, Clarisse Twentier, and

Kian Campbell25th - Keith Swank and Sue McKnight26th - Beverly Jack27th - Jared Rogerson and Edward Augustine28th - Mackenzie Peters29th - Deanna Miller30th - Dawn Yourish, Luke Montag, and Juliet Miller31st - Marilyn Johnston

Fall Luncheon and Program

noon on October 18th The program will be The Dancing Dogs These therapy dogs wil

will have the opportunity to meet and greet them. These dogs are of great

help to many folks Be sure to fill out the signup form below


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VOLUNTEERS for OCTOBER 2014 SUNDAY

USHERTEAM

GREETERSBEFORE

GREETERSAFTER

(DEACONS)

COUNTINGELDERS

NURSERY ACOLYTECOFFEEHOUR

OCTOBER

5

Ladies

Team

Volunteers

Needed

Karen Shultz Dennis Hawk

Carol GadsbyBrianna

Reeger

Volunteers

NeededBea Welch Louise Evans

OCTOBER

12

Bob Scotts

TeamBea Welch

Cathy ZarnickNancy

DaughtertyLois Minich Bryce Hawk

Volunteers

NeededJohn

Anderson

Carolyn

Street

OCTOBER19

Junior

Team

Anne

McCaw

Patti

DonaldsonPat Brennen

Jim KamererDeclan

GrahamDeacons

Carole HallTommy

Walters

OCTOBER26

Jack

Montags

Team

Audrey

Nossokoff

Barb

Kamerer

Laraine

McCrea Kerry

McElhaneyEmily Rogers

Volunteers

NeededPam Lentz Tim Moses

MIDDLE SECTIONBRADY STREET SECTION PEARL ST. SECTIONOVERFLOW AREA

OCTOBER 5 Sharon Montag, 724-285-3231 Karen Shultz, 724-283-2413

OCTOBER 12 Nancy Daugherty, 724-285-1013 Janet Edinger, 724-282-7782

OCTOBER 19 Lois Minich, 724-283-1875 Volunteer Needed

OCTOBER 26 Dennis Hawk, 724-285-6355 Peg Dumbaugh, 724-789-7331

OCTOBER 5 OCTOBER 12 OCTOBER 19 OCTOBER 26

Donated in lovingmemory of loved ones by

Audrey Nossokoff.

Donated in lovingmemory of family and

friends bySusan Catanzarito

Donated in lovingmemory of Raymond

Daubenspeck byLinda Smialowski

Donated in lovingmemory of Nancy

Knauer Burns by HelenKnauer and Family.

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.

COMMUNION TEAM Team CNEWSLETTER TEAM in OCTOBER (for November) Team A

(The Hoover Family)VAN DRIVER for OCTOBER - Keith Swank (724-282-6546)

PULPIT FLOWERS


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