Vol. 21 No. 10 October 2015

First Presbyterian Church of Fairbury

Elders Serving Communion on October 4th:

Bill Fugate Robin Buchenau Matt Kilgus Kelly Kinate

Traditional Holy Communion will be served on Sunday, October 4th. Home Communion will be served on Tuesday, October 27th. Deacons Preparing Communion for October 4th: Jack & Shirley Mitchell

10/4 Jack & Shirley Mitchell 10/11 Lisa Kilgus Pam Teske 10/18 Todd & Becky Webster 10/25 Phyllis Tipton Jeanette Franklin

Communion

10/4 Theresa Rafferty 10/11 Art Walter 10/18 Pearle Jeffries 10/25 Jeanette Franklin

Flowers Liturgists Greeters

Mike & Michelle O’Shea, Doug Travis, Perry Rich, Ali Erakhane, Jeanie Ingram, Carrie Ferm, and John Enderli, and Deanna Stewart.

Prayer Concerns

Deacons Calling Food Pantry Sunday

The Deacons have designated the second Sunday of every month as Food Pantry Sunday.

Please help us fill the Food Pantry box with

boxes of cereal this month. Thank you for your help!

Did you know that you can get the newsletter emailed right to your inbox every month? Simply send an email to fairburypresbyterian@route24.net and we will add you to the list! And our newsletter and the most up-to-date version of the church calendar is always available for viewing on our website www.firstpresfairbury.org!

Stay Informed!

10/4 Kelly Kinate 10/11 Pam Moore 10/18 Connie Rich 10/25 Sandie Moore

10/4 Pat & Joe Small 10/11 Judy Wells, Marilyn Wells 10/18 Phyllis Nussbaum Fyke 10/25 John & Connie Rich

Our Mission Statement

We, The First Presbyterian Church of Fairbury, Illinois through

~ worshiping the God of love, ~ inviting everyone to experience grace through Christ, ~ reflecting Christ in our daily lives,

are working with God (the Holy Spirit) to make life improvements happen.

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

(Proverbs 29:18, KJV)

Birthdays 1 Kenadee Casson 2 Emma Goodwin 4 Dave Jeffries Jill Krieger 6 Bob Wharton 8 Kent Casson 9 Martha Meister 10 Todd Stevens Dale Casson 14 Brett Teske Anthony Dawson 15 Jeanette Franklin 16 Hunter Rich 16 Theresa Rafferty 17 Art Walter 19 Mary Orth 20 Violet Kerber 22 Corey Peters 23 Ainzley Bach 26 Kaley Stuckey 29 Colter Kerber 30 Terry Casson Spencer Ray 31 Keith Jeffries

Anniversaries

4 Nathan & Kiley Addis 22 Perry & Alma Augsburger 27 John & Beverly Enderli 29 Matthew & Susan Starr 30 Denny & Linda Weber

If your birthday or anniversary has been omitted, please contact the church office.

Baptism Days

1 Jay Walter 8 Amy Enderli 10 Marlene Janssen 12 Grant Jones 12 Morgan Jones 15 Eddie Ricketts 15 Anna Ricketts 15 Grant Ricketts 19 Ashley Youngsma 20 Rob Hobart 23 Lydia Clemons 24 Heidi Forestier 26 Ella Casson 27 Pearle Jeffries

Seeking New Members

The Presbyterian Women Coordinating Team is seeking new members in 2016. The PW Coordinating Team meets once a month to plan activities and mission projects for the women of the church. If you are interested in more information, please contact Alma Augsburger.

Clean Up Buckets

PW has been challenged to put together 10 clean-up buckets for the November Presbytery meeting on November 9th. These buckets are used whenever there are natural disasters in the United States. PW will be asking the congregation for donations of simple items need, such as sponges and rubber gloves. They put out a sign-up sheet with needed items in October. The items will need to be brought back by November 1st.

KITCHEN DUTY FOR OCTOBER Lisa Kilgus

PW Coordinating Team

The next meeting of the PWCT is scheduled for October 6th at the home of Alma Augsburger with Sandy Dawson providing devotions.

Officers Sandy Dawson, Moderator (815-692-3658) Michelle Clemons, Vice Moderator (815-692-0622) Lisa Kilgus, Secretary (815-692-3956) Ann Lage, Treasurer (309-723-4043)

Together in Service Committee (Mission Opportunities)

Alyssa Homan, Jennifer Stuckey, Anna McKeon

Search Committee Alma Augsburger, Sara Okai, Donna Roman, Wendi Zimmerman

Did you know?

Every year, Presbyterian Women provides a $100 Dave’s gift card and 12 dozen cookies to the American Red Cross to help support their monthly blood drives. They provided these supplies for the September 23rd blood drive.

Wednesday Bible Study

This group meets every Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. They are studying Ray Vander Laan’s Faith Lessons DVD

series.

Sunday Morning Adult Class

The Adult Sunday School is doing a study based on some of TV’s classic sitcoms and relating them to valuable lessons from the

Bible. This class meets Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Library.

John 3:16

This group of couples with children meets once a month for fellowship and study. Free childcare is provided. They are studying a video series called “H2O.”

The next meeting date for John 3:16 will be announced. It will be held at the home of

Spencer & Alyssa Homan 313 E. Wanda Lane

Koinonia“κοινωνία”

A faith, food, and fellowship class aimed at 40-50 something’s meets on the 1st Friday of the month.

Koinonia will meet on Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

At the home of Perry & Alma Augsburger 22216 E 1400 North Rd.

Lake Geneva Youth Retreat

All 9th through 12th grade students are invited to attend the Lake Geneva Youth Retreat November 6th through 8th. Registration forms are due back to the church by October 18th.

Christmas Program

Christian Education Committee is looking for anyone who might be willing to put together the Christmas program this year. If you are interested, please contact Robin Buchenau.

Christian Education News

Spotlight on Sunday School

This Month’s Focus: Big Promises

Memory Verse: “The Lord bless you and keep you.” - Numbers 6:24

Oct. 4: Abraham and Sarah Oct. 11: Abraham and Lot Oct 18: The Birth of Isaac Oct. 25: Isaac and Rebekah

Informational Meeting

October 4th

Session is considering purchasing the white house immediately to the east of the church (109 East Elm). No final decision has been made, but they would like an opportunity to share their ideas with the

congregation. Please join us after worship on October 4th for an informational meeting to learn more and to share your thoughts.

Area IV PW Fall Gathering Saturday, October 10th

First Presbyterian Church of Gibson City

All women of the church are invited to attend the Area IV Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering. This is a gathering of women from Presbyterian Churches in our area. It will be held on Saturday, October 10th at First Presbyterian Church in Gibson City. Registration and continental breakfast will be from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., followed by the meeting until 2:30 p.m. The program includes: Presentation of McCormick Tutoring, Gibson City Music Foundaiton, SIDS, Kemmerer Village, Quilt Program, and history of their church and the stained glass windows. There will also be a Fall Festival in downtown Gibson City that day. Prepaid reservations are due by October 1st. The cost is $8 and includes the breakfast and childcare. Registration forms are in the narthex.

Bible Presentation Sunday, October 25th

The Christian Education Committee has decided to postpone presenting bibles to new Sunday School student until October 25th. This gives them more time to evaluate which students need bibles as we are getting new students every year! Bibles will be presented to the new students to celebrate Reformation Sunday on October 25th during worship. If your child is registered for Sunday School and does not have a bible, please let Robin Buchenau know as soon as possible.

Pastor Homan will be out of town for continuing education from October 5th to October 12th. Josh Clemons will lead us in worship on October 11th. There will not be any office hours on October 5th or 12th, but Alyssa will be in the office on October 6th, 7th, and 9th (barring any illness of course). On behalf of the Chatsworth Elementary students and staff, I would like to thank you for your generous donation of school supplies. This donation has benefited students in need of school supplies. Please know that your support is very much appreciated by the students and staff. From Mrs. Karen Hazelrigg, Principal of Chatsworth Elementary School

Costume Contest…

Great prizes!

First Presbyterian Church of Fairbury Location: 101 East Elm Street, Fairbury

Phone: 815-692-2963 24

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This is a SAFE and extremely FUN family event!

Free Halloween Event Open to the Public!

Decorated car trunks

filled with goodies!

Free Bouncy Slide! Free games & prizes!

Free Food!

Everyone is

welcome!

Sunday Night, Oct. 25th! 4 pm to 6 pm

Trunk or Treat Sunday, October

25th 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Trunk or Treat 2015 is coming up! If you are not familiar with

Trunk or Treat, it is a community outreach event where we as a church provide a safe and fun environment for kids to go trick or treating. We fill our church parking lot with decorated car trunks filled with candy, and kids from the community are able to come and collect candy from each “trunk.” In addition to the trunks, we have a bouncy slide, fun games with prizes, and food. And it is all free!

Trunk or Treat is a wonderful opportunity to connect with those in our community that may not have a church and share God’s love with them. And it is lots of fun! This is one of our major evangelism efforts for the year, and so we ask that everyone participate in helping in one way or another. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex with a list of all the volunteer opportunities. Here are some of the ways you can help...

Provide Some Candy! If you can’t make it to Trunk or Treat, you can help by providing a bag or two of candy. We will put out a plastic “candy cauldron” in the narthex to collect candy donations in October.

Help Set Up! We will meet on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. to decorate for Trunk or Treat. We will be putting together the goodie bags we give out to parents at that time as well. There are lots of sitting jobs that can be done!

Volunteer! It takes a lot of volunteer help to host a Trunk or Treat! We need help manning the games, serving food, and supervising the bouncy slide. We would also like a couple of people to work as “car hops,” to refill candy in the trunks or give those handing out candy a break.

Provide a Trunk! We need 18-20 families to provide trunks. Providing a trunk involves bringing your car to the parking lot, decorating it, and providing two large bags of candy and someone to hand it out. The church will provide additional candy if you run out.

Get the word out! Invite your family, friends, and neighbors! We can even send a postcard to anyone you want to invite. Simply contact the church office with contact information and they will take care of the rest.

Habitat for Humanity Fall Festival Saturday, October 10th

1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

The Board of Directors of the Livingston County Habitat for Humanity cordially invites you to a “Donor Appreciation Fall Festival” to thank you for your continued support. We would be honored to have you, your family and friends as guests for an afternoon of food, fun, music and fellowship on Saturday, October 10th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Hampsher Hotel Bed and Breakfast (303 E Krack St. in Forrest). Brats, burgers, salads, dessert and beverage will be provided. Entertainment will be by Banjovi and Hawkins. You will also be treated to a private tour of the recently renovated Historic Forrest Depot. Please RSVP to Gary Huston at 815-692-3673 by October 1st if you are attending.

Benefit for Brent Edelman Thursday, October 15th

4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The students and faculty at Prairie Central High School will be serving a chicken dinner as a benefit for 16-year-old Brent Edelman of Fairbury. Brent was diagnosed with Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, a very rare form of Leukemia, last April and has spent much time at Mayo Clinic and OSF St. Francis. The dinner will take place on Thursday, October 17th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. For $10, you will receive a quarter of a grilled chicken, baked potato, green beans, cornbread muffin, ice cream sundae and a drink. Carry outs are available.

Session Summary Session took the following action at the September 22nd meeting which will affect the life and work of the church: Motion approved for Pastor’s Continuing

Education time away Sunday, October 11th. Motion approved for Pastor Sunday away

November 8 for the Lake Geneva Youth Retreat November 6, 7, and 8.

Motion approved for Pastor time off November 21 through 27, 2015 for vacation.

Motion approved for International Club to use the Friendship Room on the first Thursday of the month September through April from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Motion approved to receive the 2016 Challenge Budget.

Motion approved to have a congregational information meeting after church on October 4 to discuss the possibility of the church purchasing the property immediately east of the church at 109 E. Elm St.

Motion approved that next Stated Session Meeting by Tuesday, December 1.

TREASURER'S REPORT

8 Months Thru August 31, 2015

Actual Budget

Income

Pledges 85,344 96,744

Non-Pledged 11,291 8,000

Per Capita 1,586 2,500

Interest on Checking 15 16

Use of Church 120 104

Special Reserve Fund Interest 1,115 1,336

Bequest/Memorial Funds 17,044 13,200

Total Income 116,514 121,900

Expenses 113,162 121,000

Excess (Shortage) 3,353 900

Benefit Dinner

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