Pisgah Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Newsletter

September 2018September 2018

Pisgah

After School Care 2:30-5:30 PM

Monday-Friday

Pre-K—5th Grade

Pisgah ARP Church

3600 Linwood Road, Gastonia, NC 28052

Call or text 704-842-9713

or

Call 704-865-7611, ext 5 or 0

PWS is a ministry of Pisgah ARP Church located at

3600 S. Linwood Road Gastonia, NC 28052

You can schedule an appointment to visit our facility by calling

704-865-7611 x 5 or call or text 704-842-9713.

Email: pwsdirector@pisgaharpchurch.org

Pisgah Weekday School

Infants Toddlers Twos Threes Pre-K

8:30 am - 12:00 noon, Monday - Friday September-May

Pisgah Weekday School offers an exciting

learning environment in a Christian

atmosphere where children develop a life-

long love for learning.

27TH

Church offices will be

closed on Monday,

September 3rd in

observance of Labor Day.

Please prepare and return your 2019 budget pledge

card as soon as possible, if you haven’t already done so. These are needed no

later than 9/4/18. Input from everyone is essential in order to properly prepare next year’s General Fund Budget. There are extra pledge cards and envelopes in the narthex and on Sherry’s desk. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Pisgah’s Children’s Church Graduates were promoted on August 26, 2018:

Railynn Gamble Ella Holt Callie Jo Sisk

Addie Wray Bella Wray

PWM September Circle Meetings:

Rachel Boyce September 2 2 pm

Mary Kennedy September 2 10 am

Suzanne Elliott September 10 7pm

Midweek resumes September 5 Dinner 5:30 PM

Bible Studies 6:15 PM Midweek Bible Study resumes 9/12: "Why I Believe"

Panhandler Teams & Desserts Schedule: 9/05 Barbara Oates’ Team Mary Kennedy 9/12 Jane Falls’ Team Rachel Boyce 9/19 Wiggins’ Team Suzanne Elliott 9/26 Treasure Teague’s Team Mary Kennedy

Happy Grandparents DayHappy Grandparents Day

September 9thSeptember 9th

Family Game Nights will

resume on

October 6th 7-8:30 PM

Elliott Center Fellowship Hall

Bring your family & join us for an

exciting night of fun & fellowship!

Join us on a trip to

Sky Top and Grandad

Apple Orchards with

lunch downtown

Hendersonville on

Monday, September 10, 2018

Leaving at 8:30

Sponsored by : Community Club and The

Uniform Sunday School Class.

Let’s fill the bus and have a fun day!

Please reserve your spot by confirming with

Pat Powell.

Capital Campaign Committee Meeting

September 15th

8:30 am

Senior High Fall Retreat September 21-23, 2018

Start making plans to attend this fun weekend!

A deposit of $40(non-refundable) and your T-

shirt size is due on Wednesday, September 9th.

$20 late fee will apply after the 9th.

College Students…

Help Us Stay Up To Date

Please send your new addresses to Kathy Spencer at

kspencer956@gmail.com or to the church office, sherry@pisgaharpchurch.org as soon as possible.

September Meals-On-Wheels Delivery Schedule

Listed below is our meals-on-wheels schedule. If you cannot deliver on the date I have assigned you, please contact someone on the schedule and see if they will swap days with you. If you change your schedule, please call Phyllis at the Adult Nutrition Office at 704-862-7825 and let her know about the change. Thank you for delivering meals on wheels and if you have any problems, please call me. Thanks, Treasure Teague 704-867-9809

Sept. 07 - Hank & Wanda Haskins Sept. 14 - Tom & Judy McCarthy Sept. 21 - Chris & Kathy Spencer

Christian Education

Committee Meeting

9/24 @ 7 pm

Nominating Committee

September 26th

7:15 PM (after Midweek)

The Nominating Committee of the

Session would ask that you prayerfully

consider those that you would like to

serve as officers. If you would like a

member to be considered by the

Nominating Committee, please place their name in the

suggestion box no later than Sunday, September 16, 2018.

Suggestion boxes are located in the narthex of the sanctuary

building and in the lobby of the Elliott Center beginning

September 2nd. Ballots are available in your bulletin

beginning August 26.

October 07 Congregational Meeting to approve nominees for Elders

October 21 Congregational Meeting to elect 3 Elders

November 4 Congregational Meeting to approve nominees for Deacon,

Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Congregational Chairman

November 11 Congregational meeting to adopt 2019 budget, elect 5

Deacons, treasurer, assistant treasurer, trustee and

congregational chairman

5th Sunday Breakfast

9/30 @ 8:30 AM

Pisgah Fall Services

October 14, 2018

Sunday School 9:30 am

Morning worship 10:30 am

Dinner 5:30 pm

Evening worship 7:00 pm

Invite family and friends to join us for this time of worship.

Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm. Everyone is asked to bring a

covered dish or two.

Pisgah Women’s Ministries will have the following items for

sale beginning September 5th at Midweek:

Please plan to purchase some for gifts or for yourself. These

are limited and WILL NOT be re-ordered.

Mugs $5

Ornaments $5

Plates $25

Cookbooks $10

THANK YOU Pisgah for another very successful food drive for

Crisis Assistance Ministry.

Preparation of the 2019 Pisgah Yearbook has begun.

Please be sure that the information that the church

office has for you is correct. Check the 2018 Yearbook

and send changes to sherry@pisgaharpchurch.org.

OCC Shoeboxes have arrived! Pick yours up

today and help spread the Good News to

children all over the world! Brochures are also

available if you have questions about how to

pack your shoebox. You can also check it out

on the web at www.samaritanspurse.org

2018 Charlotte Processing Center APPLICANT INFORMATION

This year all applications for employment consideration must be submitted on the Internet on Samaritan’s Purse website. TO APPLY:

Go to the Samaritan's Purse website: www.samaritanspurse.org. (Once you arrive at the home page, there will be a black bar at the top of the page.)

Choose/click “Get Involved” From that drop down, choose/click “Job Opportunities”. At the top left on the page there will be a search option. Type

in job number 9546 which will take you to the job for Operation Christmas Child Processing Center Associates – Charlotte, NC.

The title of the job will be available on the page. Click on the job title to open up the full job description.

At the top and bottom of the job description there will be a yellow/gold "Apply" button. This is how you will begin your application. You will need to have a valid email address and you will need to create a password. Please record your email address and password, as you will need both of these to access your information in the future.

Please note: If you do not have an email address, you can go to gmail.com or yahoo.com and set up one for free.

It is important that you complete the application in one sitting - If you start it and then stop part way through, it will "time out", you will lose everything you began and you will have to start over from the beginning.

You can start applying immediately. We will begin reviewing application beginning September 24. If you have any questions you may contact us at 704-916-8020. The gates will be open starting September 24, 2018; 9:00am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday.

Pisgah’s Sunshine Friends

Mary Bell 2223 Sparrow Springs Road Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Elizabeth (Lib) Boyd Alexandria Place 1770 Oak Hollow Road Gastonia, NC 28054 704-865-1144 Jane Carson 218 W. Forestland Ct. West Colombia, SC 29169 803-796-1349 Mary Ann Clemmer The Haven @ Springwood 2321 Freedom Hwy. York, PA 17402 717-741-9919 Eva Nell Crawford White Oak Manor Room 300 304 Garrison Dr. Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Gail Greene Morningside 2755 Union Road Gastonia, NC 28054 Johnnie Henry 1610 B Union Road Gastonia, NC 28054 704-865-3385 Isabell Hiatt Covenant Village Room B-141 1351 Robinwood Road 7A Gastonia, NC 28054 704-867-2846

Betty Mincey Delmar Gardens Apt 414 414 King Way Spring Valley Smyrna, GA 30082 (980)-329-3448 Jennie Delle Ormand 946 Oates Road Bessemer City, NC 28016 704-864-2160 Claudia Propst 2666 Providence Dr. Mail to PO Box 12714 Gastonia, NC 28052 Gastonia, NC 28052 (704)864-8254 Sheldon Spencer Summit Place Room 310 1001 Phifer Road Kings Mtn, NC 28086 Dean Thompson 1023 Unity Church Road Kings Mtn., NC 28086 704-288-7245

Happy Birthday

9/2 Ty Robinson

9/3 Randy Harris, Benjamin Rubenstein, Carson Merrill 9/4 Caroline Holt, Jacob Greene, Ronald Bell, Jesse Lutz

9/6 Melissa Grant 9/7 Preston Teague, Dillon Teague, Max Michaels

9/8 Penny Reller 9/9 Craig Stapleton, Kristy Jenkins, Phyllis Warnock,

Callie Jo Sisk 9/10 Janet Crawford

9/11 Jenny Basie, Samantha Ormond 9/14 Myra Carson, Kevin Adams, Carla Burleson

9/15 Drew Jenkins 9/16 Raelynn Pendleton

9/17 Donna Messer , Carolyn King 9/18 Nathan Grant 9/22 Melody King

9/23 Kent Keplinger 9/24 Jordyn Baysden 9/27 Kitty Anthony

9/28 Charlie Noah Sisk

Missionary Birthdays 9/08 Judy Buis 9/19 Doug Kracht

9/13 Sheila Osborne 9/20 Vonia Thomas

9/14 Jeff Osborne 9/21 Margie Marsh

9/16 Josiah Pettett 9/25 Alex Pettett

9/02 Mr. & Mrs. Andy Greene

Mr. & Mrs Scott Jenkins

9/06 Mr. & Mrs. Ed Warnock

9/16 Mr. & Mrs. Jason Hall

9/19 Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Pendleton

9/23 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Becker

Mr. & Mrs. Jake Ratchford

“Go into all the earth and proclaim the gospel”

PISGAH

Suzanne Elliott Circle Ann Teague

The Suzanne Elliott Circle met on August

6, 2019 with nine members and one visitor,

Susan Jenkins, present. Laura Bumgardner

opened our meeting with prayer, and

Barbara Oates did our devotional on “Making Time Alone”. Susan

Jenkins did our Bible Study.

Cards were signed for our Sunshine Friends, Evelyn Carson, and

Michelle Ferguson. Kathy Spencer will represent our circle on the PWM

Nominating Committee. We are in the process of securing new circle

officers for 2019.

Our September meeting will be on September 10th since our regular

meeting date falls on Labor Day. Tracy Adams and Beverly Baysden

will be our hostesses.

Our meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediction, after which

Barbara Oates served delicious refreshments.

Mary Kennedy Circle Myra Stewart The Mary Kennedy Circle met on August 6, 2018 in the lounge of Pisgah ARP Church.

Gail McMorris will be our circle leader as Gail Jones has family with health issues.

We thank Gail for her service and hope she will be able to join us again soon.

Gail McMorris called our meeting to order.

We remembered Tom McCarthy and Evelyn Spearman in our prayers.

Donna Forbes gave our mission update and conveyed that Andrew Brunson is now on

house arrest in Turkey.

"Bible vs Cellphone" was the very adaptable devotion given by Beverly Kimbro.

Susan Jenkins had our Bible study of Genesis 21-21 on Abraham, Sarah, and King

Abemalech. With Susan's vast knowledge of the Bible, she always gives such a good

Bible study.

Our treasurer report was given by Treasure Teague.

The newsletter was reviewed.

Sept 5 midweek desserts will be members-M-Z..

We closed with prayer.

from Ann…

Hospital patients- Kitty Anthony, Tom McCarthy

With Deepest Sympathy- The sympathy of the Pisgah

congregation is extended to Sharon Pearson and her family and to Doug

Black and family in the death of their father, William “Earl” Black on

August 11, 2018.

Did you know that – Susan Jenkins broke her arm in a fall at

home......Dr. Guy Smith was our guest minister on July 15,

2018......Attending the Music Conference at Bonclarken were: Jane

Falls, Nate Wray, Elizabeth Foy, Rebecca Foy, Carson Merrill, Brianne

Crawford, Claire Morgan, Cohen Morgan, Chris and Kathy Spencer,

Lauren Romines, Josh Adams, Jeff Adams, Abbey Clark and Jessica

Clark......Casual Sunday was observed on July 22, 2018......All Adult

Sabbath School Classes met jointly in the Fellowship Hall for the month

of July......Our August Summer in the Grove was held on August 15,

2018......Attending the Family Bible Conference at Bonclarken were Kay

Robinson, Susan Jenkins, Suzanne Elliott, and Kathy

Spencer.......Flowers in the Sanctuary on July22, 2018 were given in

honor of Evelyn “Mom” Carson for the celebration of her 95th Birthday

on July 22, 2018......Sheldon Spencer celebrated his 97th Birthday on July

8, 2018.......We extend a warm welcome to our new Financial Secretary,

Kimberly Wall, as we say goodby to Ed Warnock, who is retiring. Our

best wishes to Ed, and a big “thank you” for the wonderful job he has

done for us during his time as Financial Secretary......Beth Wolfe had an

infection in her hand......A Celebration of Life Service for Larry Clay

Continued on next page

PWM Executive Board Meeting September 30 @ 2:30 PM

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PWM General Meeting October 14 @ 9:30 AM

The Scoop continued….

was held on August 25, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Rehobeth Methodist

Church in Shelby, N. C.......Rev. Buzzy Elder was our guest minister on

April 12, 2018......Seppo Seppanen and his son, Juna, from Finland

visited Dan and Carolyn Ashworth. Seppo was a Foreign Exchange

Student at Hunter Huss a number of years ago. While here, he was able

to attend the 30th Class Reunion of his graduating class. Tracy Teague

Adams was also a member of that class......Daughtry Hopper had her

picture in the August 19, 2018 Gaston Gazette presenting checks on

behalf of the United Way of Gaston County to various organizations

across the community.......Kitty Anthony was injured in a fall at

home......The flowers in the sanctuary on August 26 are in honor of

Rebecca LeAnne Foy on her 12th birthday, August 24th, given by Dad,

Mom, Elizabeth, Grandma, Uncle Todd, Aunt T., Nana, Uncle and Aunt

Nelda.......Rev. & Mrs. Rick Lewis visited Michael and Rebekah Hall

and Julia in Omaha, Nebraska......Elaine Burleson fell and broke her

arm......Ronald Boyd was able to be a church on August 26th to celebrate

his birthday and to attend the Boyd reunion. It was very good to see him

and Happy Birthday, Ronald.......Children's Church graduates are

Railynn Gamble, Ella Holt, Callie Jo Sisk, Addie Wray and Bella Wray.

Congratulations to them!

Pisgah Family,

I would like to express my appreciation for the cards, calls, visits and prayers during my recent heart surgery. It is so great to have a family like Pisgah supporting you during these times.

Sincerely,

Tom McCarthy

Pisgah Family,

I would like to thank the Pisgah Family and Friends for the calls, cards, your visits and mostly for your prayers during my recent accident. Thank you for your love and support.

Dylan Falls

September Psalm Sing The Session and members of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church invite you to a September Psalm Sing on September 30, 2018, beginning at 5:00PM. Following the singing we will enjoy a time of fellowship with refreshments. Please mark your calendar and gather at Hopewell with those who chose to continue the tradition of the singing the Psalms.

Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 1341 Hopewell Church Road

Blackstock, South Carolina 29014

10/07 Worldwide Communion

Congregational Meeting

10/14 Fall Services

10/14 PWM General Meeting

10/21 Congregational Meeting

10/31 Trunk or Treat

Financial Report for July 2018

General Fund Receipts for the month Envelopes $ 32,208.00 Honorariums and Memorials 1,075.00 Loose Cash Received in Collection Plates 123.00 Initial Offering 5.00 Sunday School Offerings 113.50 Total Contributions for month $ 33,534.50 Total Disbursements for month $ (31,368.40) Receipts less disbursements $ 2,156.10

General Fund YTD Receipts & Disbursements YTD Total Contributions $196,221.26 YTD Disbursements (213,629.50) YTD G/F Receipts less G/F Disbursements $(17,408.24) Building Fund Receipts & Disbursements for month Envelopes $4,713.00 Honorariums and Memorials 55.00 Sunday School Offering (1st Sunday) 32.00 Interest received from Bank of the Ozarks/First National .76 Total Receipts for month $ 4,800.76 The FLOC mortgage was paid off on 2/22/18 BCIF Receipts less disbursements for month 4,800.76 Designated Receipts for month Cemetery Trust Fund 350.38 Cemetery Maintenance Fund 300.00 ARP World Missions 200.00 Appalachia Mission Trip 100.00 Rec’d on retaining wall replacement costs 100.00 Gift to WDS 760.60 Prepaid for current year (1,261.00) Music Program 25.00 Senior High Youth Program 38.00 Capital Campaign 2015 gifts & pledge payments 1,759.00 Total designated gifts for the month 2,371.98

2018 Annual Budget is $387,582 or $32,298.50 per month.

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