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Te a y s Va l l e y P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h The Valley Viewer

Pastor Kyle Key Installation

Everyone is invited to attend the Installation

Service of Dr. Kyle Key on Sunday, May 15,

2016 at 3:00 pm at Teays Valley Presbyterian

Church. After a long pastor nominating process,

and with God’s guidance, members of Teays

Valley Presbyterian Church chose Pastor Key to

be our Pastor. He began his service at TVPC in

January 2016. The installation will be a formal

recognition of this pastorate. Local pastors and

representatives from the WV Synod have been

invited, and many will be present for the service.

Dr. Key served most recently as the Associate

Pastor of Discipleship at First Presbyterian

Church, Harrisonburg, VA. He has served as

Pastor at Roxborough Presbyterian Church,

Philadelphia, PA, St. Andrew Presbyterian

Church, Elkview, WV and Piedmont Presbyterian

Church, Callaway, VA.

Dr. Key and his wife, Chris, have family in this

area and are familiar with Teays Valley. Kyle grew

up in South Charleston, and Chris was raised in

Dunbar. They met at Marshall University in the

Christian student group, CRU. Pastor Key noted

that “after a long process of God pursuing me, I

answered His call to go into the pastoral ministry

during my sophomore year”. After graduation from

Marshall, he attended Gordon- Conwell Seminary

for two years and then transferred to Union

Theological Seminary, where he received his

D.Min.

Pastor Key and his wife Chris are blessed with

three wonderful children, Sarah, Joshua, and

Jonathan. They hope to soon sell their residence

in VA and purchase a home in the Teays Valley

area. Pastor Key is looking forward to “beginning

a new chapter of service to his Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ.” He welcomes the opportunity to

minister along side others and to watch God work

in us and through us.

Plan to join us on Sunday, May 15 at 3:00 p.m. at

TVPC for the service, followed by refreshments

and a time of fellowship.

Are you graduating either from

high school or college??? Please contact the church office with the following

information: Graduating from where? Degree?

Next step? etc. We would love to be able to

announce it in our next newsletter issue and at the

Church!

Pastor Kyle’s Sermon Schedule

After Mother's Day, we will continue with our

series through the Gospel of John, Journeying

Through John, picking up at Chapter 7. .

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 COMMUNION Narthex Coffee 9:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Praise Team Practice 10:00 AM Worship Service 2:00 PM Sunday FUNday

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6:30 PM Boy Scouts 6:30 PM Worship Ministry Team

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7:00 PM Hannah Circle 4

6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

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6:30 PM Girl Scouts 6:30 PM Scout Leadership 6:30 PM Scouts Council

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8 MOTHER'S DAY 9:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Praise Team Practice 10:00 AM Worship Service 2:00 PM Sunday FUNday

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6:30 PM Boy Scouts 6:30 PM Mission Outreach Ministry Team

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Deep Cleaning Party

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6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

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6:30 PM Girl Scouts 13

Putnam County Schools Developmental Screening

14 DOG JOG Valley Park, Hurricane 8am

15 Bucket Brigade Pastor Kyle Installation

9:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Praise Team Practice 10:00 AM Worship Service 12:30 PM Session 2:00 PM Sunday FUNday

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6:30 PM Boy Scouts

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11:30 AM Owls 18

6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

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6:30 PM Girl Scouts 20 21

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9:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Praise Team Practice 10:00 AM Worship Service 2:00 PM Sunday FUNday

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6:30 PM Boy Scouts 6:30 PM Evangelism Ministry Team

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7:00 PM Member Care Ministry Team

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6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

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6:30 PM Girl Scouts 6:30 PM Scouts Order of the Arrow

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9:00 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM Praise Team Practice 10:00 AM Worship Service 2:00 PM Sunday FUNday

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6:30 PM Boy Scouts

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6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal

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6:30 PM Girl Scouts 6:30 PM Scout Leadership 6:30 PM Scouts Council

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Putnam County Schools Developmental Screening

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MAY

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Thank you all for your donations of Macaroni and Cheese in April. In May, the Christian Community Cupboard is in need of Canned Pinto Beans and

Baked Beans.

The Board of the Christian Community Cupboard decided to start opening the Cupboard to provide food to those in need the last Saturday of each month, in addition to every Tuesday and Friday during the month. To give you some feedback, the first Saturday the Cupboard was open, no families came to pick up food. The second Saturday the Cupboard was open, four families were served. Hopefully as the word gets out, this additional service day will be helpful and used by families who are unable to come during the week.

As in past years, Teays Valley Presbyterian Church will provide volunteers to staff the Cupboard the last two weeks in July.

The dates we will work are: Tuesday, July 19, Friday, July 22, Tuesday, July 26, and Friday July 29.

Those who volunteer are asked to be at the Cupboard at 9:15 am and should plan to stay until noon or a little after. In addition to our adult volunteers, this is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to participate in a Mission Outreach activity. Please let me know if you would like to volunteer for one or more days.

Thanks, Barb 304-757-7369 bbdavis01@hotmail.com

Deep Cleaning!!!

Mark May 10 th on your calendars…The second Tuesday of May will be our next Deep Cleaning Day at TVPC. Everyone is encouraged to come any time between 9:00am to 5:00pm and help with the various cleaning tasks needed in our church. It is a time of fun, fellowship and work to make our church one that is inviting and welcoming to everyone who enters our doors.

This image is of David Brown cleaning Pastor

Key's office windows.

Mission Outreach Ministry Team is

planning our annual summer picnic for the residents of Teays Valley Manor on Saturday, June 11, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. We grill hamburgers and hot dogs and bring all of the usual picnic food for a wonderful meal together in the picnic shelter beside the Manor. Anyone who would like to join us for this special evening is welcome to come and share a meal together and get to know our Manor neighbors.

Teays Valley Manor Hymn Sing…

The Spring Hymn Sing at Teays Valley Manor was held Thursday evening, April

Mission Outreach Updates:

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21, and twelve residents and several Mission Outreach team members joined together in beautiful harmony with many of our favorite old hymns. We were so appreciative of Donna Ball’s accompanying us on the piano. She had prepared two sheets with some of the most popular hymns from our gathering in the Fall. There was a short break from singing, time to enjoy some cookies and coffee and good fellowship. This semi-annual event is quite popular with the residents and our participating church members. Images below are from the event.

The Evangelism Ministry Team is very pleased to announce that our

new TVPC Web Site will be live very soon. Tina Cobb and members of the team have worked many months gathering information and pictures for this new site. We also very much appreciate our “church photographer,” Bruce Davis, who has taken

hundreds of pictures to find the perfect ones to tell the story of our church. Once the site is live, we will be able to make changes and updates. The Evangelism Team hopes that everyone at TVPC will visit the site and offer suggestions for keeping it updated. We would also encourage you to invite your friends to check out the new TVPC site. We will let everyone know when it is available. Fall Festival…The Evangelism Ministry Team is thinking about having a Fall Festival at TVPC and reaching out to the local community, inviting them to join with us for some fun fall activities. The team is considering the possibility of having the event on a Sunday, in October, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. We would like to have a theme with activities from the past, such as hay rides, relay games, bobbing for apples, corn hole. We could serve hot dogs and other foods for a light supper and end with a bonfire, maybe smores, and finally a vesper service around the fire. Anyone who would be interested in helping with these plans, and especially with ideas for fun activities from the past, please speak to Bob Hansen or Becky King.

Coming in May...the Putnam

County Dog Jog 5K Walk/Run, and TVPC

will once again be working with Race

Director, Tom Smith to help with this local

event. The Dog Jog will be Saturday, May

14 at 8:00 a.m. at Valley Park in

Hurricane. This event benefits the Putnam

County Animal Shelter. Volunteers are

needed with registration, handing out water

at the water tables, and general traffic

control. If you would be able to help,

please speak with Bob Hansen or Tom

Smith.

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Above is a picture from last year’s event.

We would love to have you join us for this

year’s event!

Coming in June: Blood Drive at TVPC! June 22nd! The Red Cross will have a Blood Drive at

TVPC on June 22nd. Come and give this life

saving product. It's a chance to "GIVE BACK"

for all of the goodness GOD has given each of

us.

NEW MEMBER SHOUT OUT

Welcome New Members Charlie and Charlene Davis!

Charlie and Charlene Davis lived in the Charleston area all of their lives until their move to Teays Valley in 2010. They were married in 1949, and are the parents of 3 children: Jeff Davis (Edie) of Teays Valley, Martha O’Dell (Don) of Huntington, and Beth Trumpy (Dave) of Wheaton, Illinois. They have 9 grandchildren and 6 (7 in October) great-grandchildren!

Charlie retired from Union Carbide as a Safety Coordinator with 38 years of service. He has enjoyed woodworking and photography as retirement hobbies. Charlie was a supplier for Tamarck having had his woodworking pass their jury and examination. He can no longer pursue these passions due to advanced macular degeneration. Charlie also served on the board of the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in in Lexington, Kentucky for 9 years. Charlie is also a World War II veteran having served in the US Navy.

Charlene retired from Bell Atlantic (Verizon) as a District Manager with 30 years of service. Charlene’s interests are gardening, sewing and knitting. She has volunteered at Ronald MacDonald House in Charleston for over 25 years, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors, and as Volunteer chairperson.

Charlene and Charlie have been Presbyterians for over 50 years. First, at Elk Hills Presbyterian, followed by Bream Presbyterian, and now at TVPC, where they look forward to making new church friends.

Welcome to the TVPC family Charlie and Charlene!

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

If you know someone who’s looking for a church, recently moved, or would just like to come to sing a few songs with us, please feel free to invite them! We’re always looking for more smiling faces to join us at TVPC and you never know, they could be the next New Member Shout Out!

Hannah Circle Hannah Circle will resume meeting on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the parlor. All women are invited to join us for an evening of Bible Study,

refreshments and fellowship.

O.W.L.S. The OWLS met at the Baker's Table restaurant

(images on this page) in Eleanor on Tuesday,

April 19th. The luncheon was hosted by

Dianne Harrah, and eighteen attended the

event. Everyone had a great time and good

food.

Come and join us. All are welcome to attend

OWLS functions, you don't have to be retired or old to enjoy the fellowship of Older, Wiser, Livelier, Sexier people

Happy Spring ... and almost Summer! It’s

been so nice seeing

all of the lovely

flowers and hearing

the birds chirping.

I hope all the mothers,

grandmothers,

godmothers, and

those who are motherly to others all had a

lovely Mother’s Day.

The OWLS are going to J&E Barbeque; it is

next to Hurricane High that used be the

Blue Rooster on May 17th at 11:30am. Last

month they went to the Bakers Table in

Eleanor and were invited to visit with Charlie

Rollyson. Nancy Hill is still in Cleveland

doing some rehab, but our prayers are with

her and the others on the pray list both in

print, and in our hearts. I’m keeping this

one brief as it’s so lovely outside (between

the rain showers) and I hope you can enjoy

it!

Blessings, the CM

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May BIRTHDAYS

Kevin Conaway 05/04

Bob Jarrett 05/04

Frances Gillenwater 05/07

Hannah Sims 05/07

Becky King 05/13

Christy Walls 05/16

Jay Pemberton 05/18

Alec Hayes 05/19

Bonnie Prisk 05/20

Ben Vest 05/21

Mary Beth Harrah 05/25

Leo Arthur 05/24

Jacob Ingram 05/24

Patty Newman 05/24

Janice Early 05/26

Rose Hensley 05/26

Roberta Farmer 05/28

Alice Broyles 05/29

Eddie Dumont 05/29

Recent Prayer Requests

TOM ADAMS – Chemo – cousin of Janet Sims

BOB ALLEN – surgery April 12

JUDY ANDREWS —Christy Walls‘ mother

HELEN BAXTER

TED BOGGESS - treatments

ALICE BROYLES —healing

BEN COBB- recovery

JACK VAN DYKE – pacemaker implant

BECKY GOODMAN – recovery

NANCY GOODMAN – Hospice House of Huntington

NANCY HILL – Recovery from 2 surgeries at Cleveland Clinic

CATHERINE KING – manor resident – various health problems

ROBERT KRASZEWSKI — leukemia (Uncle of Andrea Lupson)

JULIAN PEMBERTON –recovery

KEITH PEMBERTON –recovery

VICKI PRIDDY- recovery

CHARLIE ROLLYSON - recovery

DEBBIE SOWARDS – recovery

BARB STRINGER

DIANE STRINGER – recovery

JOSHUA KEY – recovery

If you have an prayer request and would like our chain of Prayer Warriors to pray for you, please call Pastor Kyle, 540-405-1042, Bill Hensley 304-757-8599, Dianne Harrah, 304-549-0026 and they will notify the prayer chain.

The Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13 King James Version (KJV) 9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is

in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And

forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And

lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For

thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,

forever. Amen.

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Pastor’s Note Greetings!

As I look out my clear,

clean office windows I can

see two beautiful lavender

orchids, at least I think

they are orchids! Chris is

the gardener in the family.

What is so wonderful is

that I can see so clearly out of my windows

because several people like Linda Hansen, Don

Farmer, David Brown, Janet Sims, and I am not

sure who else, worked really hard to remove the

cloudy tint that was on them, while I was on

vacation in Harrisonburg for Josh’s surgery. I

can see clearly now and it is really nice until late

afternoon when the afternoon sun comes

pouring in and I have to close the shades, but

that is a good problem to have! Thanks to

everyone who worked so hard to help me see

out!

It is always amazing to me how quickly

everything turns green once it starts to happen,

and it is always so refreshing to see the

kaleidoscope of colors after the drab browns of

winter. As we continue to move through May,

which ends with Memorial Day, I want to

encourage us to be in prayer.

Pray for our nation and for spiritual revival.

Pray for missionaries who are serving our Lord

in foreign lands, many of which are dangerous

places.

Pray for Christians all around the world who are

being forced to leave their homes, and

everything they know, because they claim Jesus

Christ as their Lord, and pray for those who take

risks to help them.

Pray for our troops who are serving our country

in many places around the world, and pray for

their families and loved ones who are waiting for

them to return.

Pray for our veterans as they return to civilian

life, many of whom carry scars, both visible and

invisible, directly related to their service to our

country. Pray for their families as they struggle

to deal with those changes.

Pray for those who have lost loved ones who

were fighting to protect our freedoms.

Pray for our government leaders at every level

of government and that they would seek wisdom

from above and God’s Word as they try to lead

our country.

Pray for churches around the world as they

strive to fulfill their mission of revealing Jesus

Christ to the world around them.

Pray for Teays Valley Presbyterian Church and

our leaders as we seek God’s will and purpose

for this church as we move forward in ministry.

Pray for our members who need God’s healing

touch.

Pray for our community and that people will be

drawn to Jesus Christ as we seek to be His

faithful ambassadors!

Finally, pray for me as I seek to shepherd the

flock to whom God has called me.

Your Pastor and friend, Kyle

P. S. I would love for you to join me at my

Installation Service as pastor of TVPC on May

15 at 3:00 PM.

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Leaps and Bounds ELC

News

Leaps and

Bounds ELC

would like to

thank the

WV

Presbytery

for its grant

of $2,800.00.

We will be

purchasing indoor play equipment and safety

flooring to turn the fellowship hall into a fully

removable indoor play area. We will focus on

gross and fine motor equipment along with

special sensory rich activities to meet the needs

of our students during inclement weather

periods. We are also having a scholarship drive

to help our program meet the needs of low-

income families. If you would like to donate to

our scholarship drive, please mark Leaps and

Bounds on your check, and place it in the

offering basket on Sundays. Thank you for your

support as we work to enrich the lives of our

students and bring them the message of God’s

love.

Family Health Ministries

Teays Valley Presbyterian Church has enjoyed a twelve year history of working with Family Health Ministries in Durham, NC. In 2003, Cathy and David Walmer visited our church and spoke about their ministry. Since that time we have financially supported their mission, providing needed medical supplies and other hygiene items. We have also had four members of our church travel on their medical trips.

Family Health Ministries has recently announced their 2016 mission travel dates. There are presently openings for:

June 11-19 for a Blanchard Clinic Medical Trip. Healthcare providers and non-medical members are needed.

July 16-24 for the Vacation Bible School week. There are also three other weeks with openings with Hope Community Church, Raleigh, NC. Participants would work with members of this church in three different medical locations in Haiti.

Please visit their site at www.familyhm.org for more information about Family Health Ministries, their mission travel, their work in Haiti, other ways to get involved with their ministries, Haiti news, and how to contact them. Also, do not hesitate to speak with Laura Boggess, Laura Lees, or Bob and Linda Hansen about any questions you might have about the Family Health Ministries mission in Haiti

“Supporting Haitian communities in their efforts to build and sustain healthy families” is the Mission Statement of Family Health Ministries. “Together-Learning to live God’s love” is the Mission Statement of Teays Valley Presbyterian Church.

2016 Financial Update:

Budgeted Offerings/ Other

Receipts $200,000

Budgeted Expenses $226,219

YEAR – TO - DATE April 17, 2016

Budgeted Actual

Offerings/Other

Receipts $61,538 $72,919

Expenses $69,606 $65,651

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Then and Now: Sarah Stevens is the daughter of Bill and Helen

Stevens, former members of TVPC. Sarah

Stevens and Wesley Gillespie were married here

at TVPC on July 20, 1996, by our very own and

loved Dr. Jerry Harrah. Now look how lovely

they are and how their family has grown. In

the “present” picture, we can see their sons

Caleb and Luke.

Travel to Scotland - THIS MONTH

Travel to Scotland focusing on Church Heritage, Partnership and Spiritual Retreat. Peter and Tina Vial are leading a trip May 24 - June 6, 2016 to explore our rich Scottish heritage, the Coolest Small Country on the Planet, and a time of spiritual retreat. There are only a few spots left! For more information please contact Rev. Vial at minister@dmpc.org WV Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster Update

Wondering about just how we are recovering from the floods that occurred earlier this year? We are moving forward and with great partnerships we are beginning a ground breaking project that hopes to address the significant need for bridge repair and replacement for some of those who lost access to their homes during the flooding. Please click here to see what WVVOAD has planned and about how you can be a part of the story. If you watch the video and notice some people in royal blue shirts... They are us! Presbyterian Disaster Assistance on the move!

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2016 Presbyterian Youth Triennium Now's the time to identify youth in grades 8-12 in your congregation who might be interested in attending the 2016 Presbyterian Youth Triennium held on the campus of Purdue University, July 18-23, 2016. The presbytery will be taking a delegation of youth and adult advisors to this faith/life changing event with other Presbyterians across the nation and the world. The cost per youth will be $425, which includes housing, transportation, program, t-shirts and meals. Adult advisors over the age of 25 will also be needed, though the exact number won't be known until registrations are in; interested adults should be in touch with Susan Sharp Campbell as soon as possible. It is our intention to take all interested youth from the presbytery.

Bluestone Year-End Updates Bluestone We're not far from closing out another year at Bluestone. The majority of camp is winterized, except for two of our recently remodeled cabins which we will keep open through the winter... which means... Bluestone is now officially a year-round retreat center! We encourage small groups of up to 20 people to consider coming to Bluestone this winter for a weekend retreat... We anticipate the opening of

registration for Summer Camp 2016 by January 1 via our online process. In the meantime, these are the dates for camp this coming summer: June 12 - June 18, June 19 - June 25, June 26 - July 2, July 3 - July 9

I'm once again challenging you to respond to me. Feel free to post on our Facebook page, or just send me an email. I challenge you to send me pictures that remind you of God’s love. Also, I would like to do a special edition with before and after shots for all the couples TVPC has seen get married. So please, send me wedding and years later shots of couples who’ve gotten married at TVPC (please have their names and ideally the years they got married too).

Have something you want in the Newsletter? Feel free to email the Newsletter at: TeaysValleyPresbyNewsletter@gmail.com

Challenge

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How to receive your newsletter in the future

Contact Sara if you would like to get on the mailing list for a printed copy, even if you also receive a digital copy. Currently, the printed newsletter will be in black and white. The digital copy which will go out to everyone our email list. It will be as a Portable Document Format (PDF). We recommend either Foxit Reader or Adobe Reader to open these documents. These readers are both available for free. Many people may already have the Adobe Reader installed.

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Our Staff Rev Kyle Key ........................................ Pastor Karren Sparks .................................. Secretary Michael Wright .................. Organist/Keyboard Laura Boggess................................Lay Pastor Jeff Boggess ……………..Praise Team Leader Susie Konstanty ... …………………CE Director Paul Konstanty………………… .. Youth Leader Kim Lemons……...... Leaps & Bounds Director Tyler Mullens …………………Choir Director Andrea Lupson .....................Newsletter Editor

The Valley Viewer is produced by:

Teays Valley Presbyterian Church

5339 Teays Valley Road Scott Depot WV 25560

304 757-6073 – off ice phone

off ice@teaysvalleypresby.com

Reminders: May 15th – Key Installation

Hannah Circle – 5/3 7pm

Cleaning Day – 5/10

Owls – 5/17 11:30am

Upcoming Events:

May 14- Putnam County Dog Jog – to raise funds for the Putnam

County Animal Shelter.

Blood Drive in June!

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Sunday Funday Sundays 2:00-3:30 pm Cub & Boy Scouts Mondays at 6:30 pm Women’s Bible Study Wednesdays at 9:00 am

Chancel Choir Wednesdays at 7:30 pm

Girl Scouts Thursdays at 6:30 pm

Visit us on the Web! www.teaysvalleypresby.com

View the calendar online – just click on the link.

Check out our Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/TeaysValleyPresby

Teays Valley Presbyterian Church

5339 Teays Valley Road

Scott Depot WV 25560