June 2011 Grapevine

VOLUME 6:6 June, 2011

First Presbyterian Church 112 S. Jefferson St.

Athens, AL 35611

Vision Statement:

“Worship God, Serve Others and Make Disciples”

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Pastor Jaina on V

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Admin. Assistant on V

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Presbyterian W

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God Provides after T

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Presbyterian Foundation

June Birthdays

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Disaster Relief

June Calen

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Congratulations Class of 2011

Youth A

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Montreat Lunch

FPC C

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FROM DAVID'S PEN . . . Dear Friends,

Other than preaching the Sunday after the tornados of April 27th, this is the first opportunity I have had to let you know what we as a church (and a denomination) have been doing (and are planning to do) in regards to recovery

efforts for our community.

On May 1st, an emergency meeting was held at the North Alabama Presbytery offices, and folks from across the Presbytery immediately began the process of coming together and setting up the necessary structures to respond (both in the short and long range terms) to the disaster that just occurred. A follow-up meeting was held the next Sunday, and an Administrative Commission was formed to direct the monies and the volunteer efforts that were already flooding into the Presbytery. Elder Shari Duke and I were tapped as two of the seven persons to serve on this commission, and with the help of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, a branch of the General Assembly, we have been setting up the structures necessary to respond to our recent and major natural disaster.

Our community’s churches and social help agencies met on Monday at an emergency called meeting of ALMA (Athens Limestone Ministerial Alliance) to organize ourselves in very similar ways. As a result of that meeting, the United Way was named as the “hub” for our community’s relief efforts. We were informed that an Emergency Warehouse was being established at the RJW Building on HW31 to receive and distribute donated household items. We were also informed that food donations would be handled by those agencies already established in our community to do so (i.e. LCCI and the Tanner Food Bank).

Many of you have asked the question, “What can I do to help,” and this is what we have discovered: • Non-perishable food donations are still in great need, as are basic

household items. Food can be dropped off at the church or taken to LCCI or Tanner’s Food Bank.

• Household items, like towels, cookware, kitchen equipment, etc., can be dropped off at the Emergency Warehouse on HW31. Clothing items are not being accepted at this time. The Emergency Warehouse has not posted hours yet, for they won’t be able to open their doors until the mid part of next week.

• Tanner Baptist Church is also receiving food, household items, and clothes at their facilities. They are open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9-12pm and 1-3pm. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they are open from 9-12pm and 1-4:30pm. The contact person for them is Jerry Naylor and his number is 682-6889. The church’s number is 232-8440.

• Volunteers are needed to serve at the Emergency Warehouse and other locations, and you can contact the United Way to volunteer by calling 233-2323 or emailing them at [email protected]

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2 Noteworthy News Noteworthy News Noteworthy News Noteworthy News

THE 2011 FLOWER CHART is now up in the hallway behind the sanctuary. Please sign-up for your choice of a Sunday(s) soon.

THE PW “HAPPY PM CIRCLE” will meet on Tuesday, June 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the Rodgers Center.

SESSION WILL MEET, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN MEN’S BREAKFAST is Sunday, June 12 at 8:00 a.m.

VIP TRIP: June 9, 2011 to tour Courtland, dine at Dot’s, maybe tour Joe Wheeler’s home. Look for sign-up sheets in Sunday’s bulletin.

REVELATION BIBLE STUDY SERIES will meet on Wednesday, June 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rodgers Center.

THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED, Monday, May 30 for the Me-morial Day Holiday.

PASTOR DAVID PALMER will be on vacation Tuesday, May 31 through Sunday, June 5, 2011.

PASTOR JAINA ANDERSON will be on vacation Sunday, June 12 through Saturday, June 18, 2011.

FPC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Sandra Mitchell will be on vacation Monday, June 13-17.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S BAKE SALE in April raised $752.25 to pur-chase items for the Rodgers Center kitchen!!! Thank you to everyone who baked, bought, ate and donated! We’ve been asked when is the next one....so...it’s possible we may plan one for a future date!

THE CORNER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS has been using study material from a website, thethoughtfulchristian.com. The website is well-named. Our class have found the studies insightful, informative, and thought-provoking. We have now set up a subscription for the church so we can all have access with no further cost. Visit the website and see what’s there. Contact Emily Clem for the specifics about downloading. We can set up four more users on this same account. There are also handouts in file fold-ers on the shelf in the corner classroom from lessons over the last few months. Feel free to take any of those handouts. These cover topics such as immigration, legalized gambling, medical ethics, atheism, and many more. Some are more biblically based than these examples. This website is affiliated with the Presbyterian Publishing House and we have found it to be an excellent resource..

5 Savannah Foster Brandon Noel 7 Kate Aday Jane Boyd 10 Matt Colvin Mike Holdren Rachel VanKirk 11 Pearl Nugent George H. VanKirk 12 Pete Kiep Sara Lehman 13 Reid Lauderdale 15 Sara McMahan Jake Moore 18 Lee Patterson Jan Ruth 19 Kay Burlingame Avery Foster 20 Roberta Smith 21 Witt Black Vickie Kellogg George P. VanKirk 22 Jamie Poole 23 Ryan Smith 24 Kayo Pinson 26 Joyce Counter 29 Caleb Counter Eleanore Guthrie

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To benefit the Pres-byterian Home for

Children.

$12.00 each for a package of 10 cards.

Charlotte Lyle, Presbyterian Women Moderator, will be placing an order for the Presbyterian Women. Please call Charlotte If you’d like to be in-cluded in the order. If we order 25 or more packages we do not have to pay shipping charges.

Last week an e-mail was sent about some lumber John Emberton had salvaged from the destruction of a building of his by one of the tornados. Being a good steward of God’s resources, John graciously thought of his Church family and offered it to anyone having a use for it rather than just scrapping it. The Lord does provide. We, (the Church) are going to pour a 150’ concrete cap on the existing concrete ledge behind the church in an effort to stop the leaks into the basement and the used lumber will make a great forms to cast the cap. Thanks to the Lord for providing and to John for thinking of his “family”.

Mike Holdren, FPC Property Committee

Please continue to support the Church Development Foundation of the North Alabama Presbytery. For information and questions please call the NAP Office , 256-883-0855 or Harriet Bibb, 256-468-6945.

VIP ROADTRIP �� JUNE 9, 2011 �� 9:00 A.M. LEAVE COST: Lunch, Gas donation & Wheeler Admission Charge

We’ve planned a road trip to Trinity & Courtland (downtown & historic district) with a stop for lunch at Dot’s near Hillsboro. If there is enough interest, we can also tour Joe Wheeler’s home ($3 admis-

sion). We’ll come back home to Athens via Town Creek, and across Wheeler Dam. For more information please see or call Peggy Chris-tensen.

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I’D LIKE TO TOUR THE JOE WHEELER HOME: Yes: ___ No: ___

Pentecost is such an impor-tant time in the church year because it’s when we celebrate the birthday of the Christian church and the com-ing of the Holy Spirit as a bringer of new life. The Spirit’s presence in our lives empowers us, purifies us, re-veals the power and presence of God and unifies us for service in Christ’s name.

That’s why the Pentecost Offering, which is one of the four annual churchwide special offerings of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is so special and meaningful: through the Holy Spirit’s presence in our lives, the Pentecost Offering provides a tangible way to bring God’s trans-forming love to children at risk, guide and nurture the faith of young people, and call forth a new genera-tion of church leadership through the PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer program.

Since 1998, Presbyterians of all ages have raised more than $8 million for important ministries that help younger members of God’s family through the Pentecost Offering, and your congregation has probably done its part to contribute generously. This year, we encourage you to en-gage them to prayerfully consider the stories of real people who bene-fit from their contributions. Between now and Sunday, June 12, take a few moments to consider ways to connect your members with the ministries and recipients of the Pentecost Of-fering.

FREE TREE REMOVAL: If anyone still needs help removing trees that came down during the storm, please contact THE UNITED WAY at 256-536-0745. They will come out and remove the trees for free. Please tell others who may also need assistance.

You are invited

To a Mexico Mission

Fundraiser Luncheon

On Sunday,

June 26, 2011

Following Sunday

Worship in the

Rodger’s Center

Menu: will include beef brisket, charro

beans, corn on the cob, chopped let-

tuce and guacamole, Texas Toast,

and for dessert sherbet with lemon

lime soda to make floats along with

cake and cookies.

We will raffle a 3 piece set of Karen

Catlett’s needlework and hold a silent

auction of some really neat and

creative items

You will not want to miss it!.

Co$t: a generou$ donation.

Thanks for your continued support!

Raffle Tickets for the 3 piece

needlework set can be purchased

from a member of the Mexico Mission

Team or from the church office.

Tickets are $5.00 each. You do not have

to be present to win.

(“FROM DAVID’S PEN” Continued from page 1)

They are also posting on a daily basis the various needs that arise, as well as having weekly storm recovery meetings at the United Way offices at Marion and Lee Streets every Tuesday at 11am. These are open meetings and you are more than welcome to at-tend and give them suggestions.

Each new week brings new discoveries and needs. I will continue to let you know what those are as they emerge. I am so thankful to be a part of a community that cares for one another and part of a denomination that is connectional. We will make it through this disaster by sticking together and counting on God to give us the strength we need. Please continue to keep all those affected by this year’s tornados in your prayers, and, if able, please contact the above numbers (or the church office) to see how you can physi-cally help.

Yours in Christ’s service,

─ David

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Youth: Youth: Youth: Youth: NEWS & HAPPENINGSNEWS & HAPPENINGSNEWS & HAPPENINGSNEWS & HAPPENINGS MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Montreat Youth Conference 2011, July 9-16, 2011. Please see Jaina for more information and applica-tion forms.

YOUTH AUCTION & MONTREAT LUNCHEON FUNDRAISER: Due to the tornado disaster, our Youth Auction scheduled for May 15 wasl not be held this year. If you would like to make a donation to help fund the Montreat trip, please send a check to the church office with a notation for “Camp and Conference Fees.” Whatever excess gifts we have will be used for Maranatha scholarships. The Montreat Partici-pants give great thanks to the family of Mr. Leonard Gossett, Sr. for designating memorials for Camp and Conference ministry.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FPC CLASS OF 2011: Anna Black, East Limestone High School; Claire Patterson, Elkmont High School.

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To receive an email edition, submit information, or to make address

corrections please contact the church office at:

112 S. Jefferson Street Office Hours: Monday - Friday

Athens, Alabama 35611 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Phone: 256-232-0122 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Email: [email protected]. Website: www.fpcathens.org

Information for the newsletter is due by 2:00 p.m.

on the third Tuesday of each month.

CHURCH STAFF: Rev. David Palmer, Stated Supply Pastor Rev. Jaina Anderson, Associate Pastor

Niles Patrick Bacon, Music Director Duane Counter, Treasurer

Sandra Mitchell, Administrative Assistant

Please turn in your information for the July Calendar and Grapevine

Newsletter by Tuesday, June 21. You can bring or call the church

office (256-232-0122),or you can email to [email protected].

FYI...Plans are in motion to produce our own pictorial directory! Watch

and listen for more information in the coming weeks!!

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The reprint of the 2007 Presbyterian Women’s The reprint of the 2007 Presbyterian Women’s The reprint of the 2007 Presbyterian Women’s cookbook is now on sale. A display has been setcookbook is now on sale. A display has been setcookbook is now on sale. A display has been set---up in up in up in the hallway of the Rodger’s Center. You can purchase the hallway of the Rodger’s Center. You can purchase the hallway of the Rodger’s Center. You can purchase your copy or copies using the honor system anytime your copy or copies using the honor system anytime your copy or copies using the honor system anytime

you are at church or cookbooks may also be purchased from the Church you are at church or cookbooks may also be purchased from the Church you are at church or cookbooks may also be purchased from the Church Office during the week. Office during the week. Office during the week. The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each.The cookbooks are $10.00 each. Please make Please make Please make checks payable to “The Presbyterian Women.” The books are going fast! checks payable to “The Presbyterian Women.” The books are going fast! checks payable to “The Presbyterian Women.” The books are going fast! Don’t forget to get your copy!Don’t forget to get your copy!Don’t forget to get your copy!

On Sale Now!

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June 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 7 p Choir

2

3 4 7 a Gideons (RC)

2-8 p “Cruise-In” Downtown Square

5 COMMUNION

9:30 a Sunday School 10:30 a Fellowship 11:00 a Worship 12 p - 5 p RC reserved 2-4 p Churchwide “Baby Shower” in RC for Elena & Ross Averitt

6 6:30 p 4th Day

7 2p Happy PM Circle (RC) 6:30 p Committees

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7 p Choir

9 9:00 a VIP TRIP to Courtland 6:30 p Yoga (Basement)

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11 7 a Gideons & Ladies Auxiliary (RC)

12 Jaina Vacation 8:00a Men’s Breakfast 9:30 a Sunday School

Sunday School Assembly

10:30 a Fellowship 11:00 a Worship 12:00 p Churchwide FISH FRY LUNCH

Please bring a dessert to share.

13 Jaina Vacation Sandra Vacation


6:30 p Session


2 p “Ministers of the Cloth (RC) 6 p Revelation Bible Study & Lite supper 7 p Choir


7a - 10:30 a Family Res Center “Step-Up Meeting” (RC)


18 Jaina Vacation 7 a Gideons (RC)

19 Children’s Home Mission Trip

9:30 a Sunday School 10:15 a Fellowship 11:00 a Worship


6:30 p 4th Day

21 Newsletter Info For July Due Today!

Children’s Home Mission Trip


2 p “Ministers of the Cloth (RC) 7 p Choir



25 7 a Gideons (RC)

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9:30 a Sunday School 10:30 a Fellowship 11:00 a Worship 12:00 p Mexico Mission Fundraiser Luncheon. Raffle & Silent Auction

27 6:30 p 4th Day

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29 7 p Choir

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ALTAR FLOWERS :

5 _____________________ 12 ______________________ 19 _____Virginia Calvin _ 26 ______________________

Just a note from the Worship Committee: When you provide floral arrangements for a Sunday morning service. Please remember to remove them following the service. If you wish to leave the flowers, please call the Church Office (232-0122) the following Monday and let us know, so we can have the janitor remove them. Thank You!

May 2011

5 James Clem Emily Gossett 12 Ellis Gossett Jon Lewis Kiep 19 Joseph Davis Emily Gossett 26 Anna Black Claire Patterson

COMMUNION SERVERS - June 5, 2011

North Section: Center Section: South Section: Choir & Nursery:

JUNE USHERS Charlotte Lyle

Angie Nazaretian _____________________

─ ANTIQUE CAR SHOW ─

Around the Athens Square June 3 (Set-up)

June 4 - Show 8a - 3 p

PENTECOST OFFCERING RECEIVED

June 12

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