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September 2011Volume 32, Number 10

825 E Beloit, Salina KS 67401 www.sunrisepresbyterian.com785-823-6344

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Martha’s Musings . .Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear

Things I would ask him to tell me if he were here.Scenes by the wayside, tales of the sea,

Stories of Jesus, tell them to me.

Tell me the stories of Jesus – I loved to sing in Junior Choir, and I have loved tolearn stories of Jesus in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Women’s Circles,Seminary and Bible studies ever since. Tell me the stories of Jesus – guides usat Sunrise as we share these stories with one another. Tell me the stories of Jesus –

leads our Christian Education Committee to plan our educational programs.Sunday School begins on September 11. We have classes for young and old at 10:45 fol-

lowing Fellowship Time. Our youngest members will find a comfortable spot in the nursery, andthe burgeoning pre-school class will have lots of helpers with great smiles and hugs. Lisa McFad-den will be leading the Kids of the Kingdom Choir during the first 10 minutes of Sunday School.Classes for our kindergarten and elementary youth will be fun and focus on those great stories ofJesus. Our youth classes will discuss how the stories impact their lives. Adults have the opportuni-ty to keep studying the stories in the Present Word class and to ask the question “What’s the Least ICan Believe in and Still be a Christian?” in the Parlor Class.

We keep telling those stories on Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study beginning September 13,and on Wednesdays at God’s Kids beginning September 14. Jackie Thompson has lots of greatplans for stories, games and fun. Youth Groups also begin on the 14th with good discussion and fun.The Sunrise Deli will open that day also. The deli offers a quick supper for youth and adults.

Wednesday night studies will begin at 5:30 on the 13th. We will begin the year studying theRob Bell’s bestseller, God Wins, A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ev-er Lived. You do not need to have read the book to participate in the class – but you do need to beready to enter into lively discussion!

Music offers us another way to tell the stories of Jesus. Chancel Choir has already begunrehearsals for the year. We welcome Kathy House who will serve as our God’s Kids Choir Direc-tor, Youth Ensemble Director and Bell Choir Director this year. God’s Kids Choir begins their re-hearsals on September 13 at 5:00. The Youth Ensemble will rehearse that day at 5:30 and the BellChoir will rehearse at 8:00.

We are telling the stories of Jesus to young and old and to all in between. We are laughing,singing, and questioning while we are learning. Join us for one of these times – bring a friend –come listen to the stories of Jesus so that we can tell them afresh.

Love,Martha


September News from Christian Education

Follow us on Facebook: Parents and Youth, we have a new, church wide, consolidated Facebook page.

Search Sunrise Presbyterian Church of Salina, KS and add us as a friend. We will be communicatingimportant information about youth dates, Sunday school, God’s Kids and other activities on this page. Thisreally can be an extremely effective form of communication. All you have to do is search: Sunrise Presbyteri-an Education page and then “Like” the page. From there you will receive any information from the wall.

Youth Adult and Parents: We are responsible for picking up donuts, serving, and cleaning up the remnants for

the Coffee Hours in September. If you are interested in volunteering, come by the Christian Educationbulletin board and put your name down to help.

The Mission Trip was truly amazing this year and we can’t wait to share our pictures, stories, thoughts,and thanks with all of you that helped make the trip possible. On September 18th, after the Sunday schoolhour, we will be giving a full report on the activities, sharing photos and maybe even a song. It is a potluck, sobring a dish and enjoy.

A Tremendous Thank You is owed to all of you who helped support our mission trip. Your donationsof food, supplies, and money made it possible for us to go out and serve. We are truly blessed at Sunrise tohave a wonderful congregation and a mission heart. Thank you again to everyone who supported us.

This year we are making a few exciting changes to God’s Kids. Last year we had a tremendously success-ful program with an average of 15 kids attending. In order to make it even better we have moved recreation tothe beginning of the program, extended Bible study, and incorporated the Shiners Choir into God’s Kids.These changes have resulted in adding an additional 30 minutes to our scheduled time. So this year, God’sKids will run from 3:30 to 5:30. We hope this works for all you parents. We really feel like the changes willresult in a superior program.

BACK TO SCHOOLSEPTEMBER CALENDAR

Worship Center: Begins September 11 @ServiceSunday school: Begins September 11 @10:45God’ Kids: Begins September 14 @3:30Sunrise Deli: Begins September 14@5:45Youth: Begins September 14@6:15

We are always looking for Volunteers in the Christian Education department. Volunteers are the life bloodof our church. If you are interested in teaching or helping to teach a Sunday school class, working with theYouth Group or Gods Kids, serving on the committee or want to bring a snack for the kids we would love tohave your help. Many of you have done this before and we hope you will again. It takes many people to makeour Christian Education programs successful and we would love for you to be a part of making them special.If you are interested, visit with Scott about opportunities available.

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AROUND THE CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN WOMENNEWS

It is time for PW to begin our new year. We have anew lesson book, "Confessing The Beatitudes".

Circle leaders have the books if you haven'treceived yours.

September 1 9:00 am PW Board

September 8 10:00 am Leader Training--"Greatly Honored are the Poor",Colleen Jewell and Linda Tysen

September 8 6:30 pm First PW GatheringSupper--Hostess, Coordinating Team

Program: "Its All About China" Jean Burch

September 229:15 am Morning Circle

Sunrise ParlorLesson--Colleen Jewell

Hostess--Gladys Reid and Melba Buck7:00 pm Evening Circle

Salad SupperLesson--Linda TysenHostess--JoAnn Gile

The 2011-12 Reading List is in the circle book.Hope you are able to enjoy several or all of them.

Thanks to all the PW for making the July PresbyteryMeeting a success. We had many compliments.

Sunrise did it again!!!!!

Please join us for our first gathering on September 8and on September 22 for our Circle Meetings.

Beth Miller, Moderator

ADULT CLASS IN THE PARLOR

What’s the Least I Can Believe and Still Be aChristian?

Start off the church school year in the adult classin the parlor with

a discussion of this interesting book by PastorMartin Thielen.

Thielen asserts Christians don’t need to believe inclosed-minded faith: we don’t need to believe thatJews are going to hell or that it’s heresy to believe

in evolution. Jesus’ life and teachings providepromising answers to life’s most profound ques-

tions, such as Where is God? What matters most?What brings fulfillment? What about suffering? Isthere hope? We will meet in the parlor at 10:45-11:45 beginning Sunday, September 11. Leaders

will present material from the book; you don’tneed to read the book.

HEUSNER SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS

Sunrise has offered volunteer help at Heusner Ele-mentary for many years. If you are interested involunteering or have volunteered in the past andwould like to continue to help, please call Kay

Peppiatt at Heusner 309-4203.Judy Christensen is our liaison to Heusner. Pleasecontact her if you would like to learn more about

ways that we can help.

CIRCLE THE DATESunday, September 18

Potluck LuncheonNoon

Bring food, table service, and plan to hear allabout Sunrise’s Mission Trip this past July.

Nothing better than food, fun, and fellowship.

Don’t Miss This One!

SUNRISE NEWS AND VIEWS September 2011

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AROUND THE CHURCH

SUNRISE LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

Sunrise is launching a new website with a newweb address: www.sunrisepresbyterian.com. The

new site is simple and easy to navigate, and ourstaff will be able to edit it and make changes to

it. The design by Eli MacPherson, was chosen byMelisa McElwee, Melanie Hancock, and MindyJohnson. Martha and Lydia have helped to write

and edit the content. The group hopes that theweb site will invite visitors to learn about Sunriseand join us to find out more. There is a MembersOnly section which will be password protected. Itlists our new church directory and members of theSession and the Deacons. In addition, we’ll have

new staff email addresses. The old ones will workfor a few more months, but please update your

address books to add these.

[email protected]@[email protected]@sunrisepresbyterian.com

[email protected]@sunrisepresbyterian.com

SAVE THE DATEServing Salina Together

Saturday, October 15Contact Clay Thompson

For more details.

PLEASE WELCOMENew Members

Pat & Patti Breedingwho are transferring to Sunrise by way of

The Presbyterian Church in Pratt, KS.

We will have more informationand a photo in the next newsletter.


50th Open House

Warren and Rose Marie Merrill will be married50 years on Sept. 10 and Warren's 70th birthdayis Sept. 26. We think both are cause for celebra-

tion. You are invited to celebrate with us onSat., Sept 17, 2011 at Sunrise PresbyterianChurch. Open house will be from 2-4 PM.

The family request no presents, your presenceis a gift.

A CHINESE ADVENTUREJoin the Presbyterian Women on

Thursday, September 8,6:30 p.m.

There will be a dinner followedBy a presentation by

Jean BurchOn her trip to

China.

Please call a Circle Leader orthe church office if you are able to attend.

Everyone is welcome to attend ourFall Kick Off Adventure.

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Session Highlights for 18 August 2011

TREASURER’S REPORT was approved.New Website should be completed shortly with a mem-ber login.Mindy Johnson, Maurice Kerr, Mary Lee Arnold andDeena Horst make up a small task group to recommendOperating Manual changes.Approved the Book of Order 2009/2011, as amended by10-A through 10-O, to be the Transitional Manual forSunrise until the task group completes its workNOMINATING COMMITTEE is forming under theleadership of Ken MillerPERSONNEL COMMITTEE is conducting the pastor’sevaluationApproved the amended minutes and statistical report ofthe Stated Meeting June 23.Accepted with sadness and regret the resignation of El-der Clay Thompson from Session and Mission Commit-tee.Reauthorized Ken and Nancy Klostermeyer as affiliatemembers.Received Thank You note from PNK Presbyter, EdThompson.Approved involvement in Habitat for Humanity homebuilding project.We need a core of people (10-20) who will work on theactual construction of the property starting in Sept. Thefirst group would be responsible for putting up the studs,installing the windows, siding and roofing the house.The second part would be installing all of the finish onthe inside. Contact Church office if interested.STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE announced a $166,000gift from the Rose Anderson Estate to the Greater SalinaEndowment for Sunrise.

CONSENT AGENDAPastor:Motion to receive Pat and Patti Breeding as active mem-bers by transfer of letter from Pratt Presbyterian Church,Pratt, KS.Christian Education:Motion to approve the study “What’s the Least I CanBelieve and Still Be a Christian?” by Martin Thielen, 7weeks beginning September 11 and through October 23.Motion: to approve the Marcus Borg DVD Series“Embracing an Adult Faith” for 5 weeks beginning Oc-tober 30 though November 27.Congregational Nurture/Evangelism:Motion to Move to our inactive roll the following: AldenFlanders, Loren and Lyniece Meyer, Lisa Parker, Rich-ard Yaple, Glynnis Nixon and Stacy Stanford.

Approved the consent agenda.


FINANCIAL FLASHAugust

Thank you, Sunrise for your generosity!The sharing of your financial resources has beenvery helpful as we strive to provide for the missionsof Sunrise. As you know, our missions includeworking with individuals and groups within ourchurch family, as well as working with and assist-ing individuals and groups outside our church mem-bership. In order for Sunrise to be successful in allof our missions, commitment of financial support,of time and of talent has been very important.

As we end our “summer vacations” andbegin our “fall activities”, it continues to be im-portant for all of us to remain committed to finan-cially supporting the missions of Sunrise. In addi-tion, we recognize that the commitment of time andtalent are also important components of successful-ly supporting Sunrise missions. Let’s finish theyear with a level of stewardship which is second tonone other!

FYI: one of the fall activities will be the

Stewardship Drive scheduled for October. In Sep-

tember and October, watch for “Saints Alive! Liv-

ing Generously” as we share plans for future suc-

cesses within the missions of Sunrise Presbyterian

Church.

Correction for the church directory.

Please add the following to the church roster in theback of your directory:Dr. Richard and Jackie Pennington3277 S. Crest LaneSalina, Kansas 67401785-825-5784

Our apology for the omission.If you discover other errors, pleasenotify Pat Tomlins. Thank you.


Thank you Thank you Thank you from the Sunrise Worship Committee,Thank you, Sunrise Mariners!!!! Mariner Sunday was a wonderfulcelebration! And an extra special thank you to Colleen Jewell for all of herwork in coordinating everything and to Jack Gillam for a great message!We are so fortunate at Sunrise to have such a special family.ALSO, thank you to Betty Rassette for yet another beautiful bannerin our lounge. Betty, thank you so much for sharing your gift with Sunrise.

Sunrise-

Thank you for all the support during thetime of bringing our new joy into the world.Also, thanks for the blankets and meals.

It was much appreciated.

Mindy, John,Allen & Cameron Johnson

Sunrise Friends:

Your special waysAnd generous heart

Make a beautiful difference.Thank you so much.My blessings to all.

Dorothea Webb

To Martha & the Deacons- Friends,“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait

We really appreciate the talks and calls we had a single moment beforewith Martha during this time in our lives. starting to improve the world.”At the luncheon, Martha greeted family and Anne Frankfriends and the “August” girls presented Joan’sfamily with a lovely, welcoming luncheon. We Thank you for caring enough to startwere proud to have everyone at our church. improving the world with your

donation of food to help others.Len & Lyla Buehre

Salina Emergency Aid/Food Bank

Thank you for donating the blankets toAshby House.

We appreciate your kindness and generosity.

Sincerely,Dorothy

Ashby House

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your gift of $75.00. I amgrateful to be serving in partnership with

you in rescuing the lost. Thank You!

May his light continue to grant youguidance and direction.

God Bless!

SteveThe Salina Rescue Mission


SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

2- Ben Alsop 23– Alden FlandersAnreya Ordonoz

3- Clay Fischer Ayella OrdonozShawna Hutton

24– Ruth Hutton4- Dexter Eggers

25– Kristina Will5- Lauren Zimmerman

26– Warren Merrill8- Elizabeth Fox

Mary Ellen Nelson 27– Hannah Benyshek

9- Tanya Ewing 28– Joyce EwingJosh Sebree

11- Kyle McFadden Emily Sanders

12- Kris Boyer 29– Carol DeppeCliff Winters

18- Jennie CrowJulie CrowKim Newell

20- Chaz Coberly

21- Anne HoekstraKevin McElwee

22- Holly AyresScott GriffithJohn Johnson

MILITARY PRAYER LIST

Daniel Klemason-in-law of Colleen Jewell

If you have family or friends deployedoverseas that you would like listed here,please turn those names into the officeand we will add them to the list. Pleaselet the office know when they returnhome. Thank you.

Daniel Klema has returned to the USAsafely. Thanks to all for your prayersand let’s continue to pray for all of ourtroops. Colleen Jewell


ACOLYTESSept 4 Brady McAfee

11 Annie Ewing18 Lauren Zimmerman25 Brady McAfee

Aug 7 108

14 86

21 110

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LITURGISTSept 4 Don Hamilton

11 Ann Zimmerman18 Linda Tysen25 Mark Zimmerman

GREETERS USHERSSept 4East Charlie & Shirley Lang Ed & Jackie ThompsonSouth Roger & Sharon Herrington

Sept 11East Ann Zimmerman Don & Noreen SlaughterSouth Lewis & Gladys Reid Roger & Sharon Herrington

Sept 18East Jack & Trudy Chaney Lewis & Gladys ReidSouth Jim & JoAnn Gile Roger & Sharon Herrington

Sept 25East Jean Reed Lewis & Gladys ReidSouth Lois McBeth Roger & Sharon Herrington

Tuesday by Noon Sept. 21


This calendar is available on the new website and it mucheasier to read. It is also available for printing and will print

to the size of a regular 81/2 x 11 sheet of paper.


SUNRISE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH825 E BeloitSalina KS 67401

Sunday Mornings

9:30 a.m. Worship

(Communion– First Sunday of Each Month)

10:30 a.m. Fellowship

*10:45 a.m. Sunday School for All

*(Sunday School returns in the fall)

Wednesday Evenings

*3:30 p.m. God’s Kids, Sunrise Ringers (youth bells)

*5:00 p.m. Shiners Choir (youth)

*6:00 p.m. Youth Group

*7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir (adult)*8:00 p.m. Handbell Choir (adult bells)

*(these groups return in the fall.)

SUNRISE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH825 E. Beloit, Salina, Kansas 67401785-823-6344 Fax: 785-823-6345

www.sunrisepresbyterian.orgemail: [email protected]

Office Hours: 8:30 am-12:30 pm & 1:30-5 pm,Mon-Fri

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Martha MurchisonDir. Christian Education: Scott LeeDir. Of Music: Leslie MangrumDir. Of Handbells & Youth Choirs: Kathy HouseOrganist: Sue WillChurch Office Administrator, Newsletter Editor:Lydia LoweChurch Treasurer: JoAnn GileFinancial Secretary: Karmel SwindlerCustodian: Greg Kerr

SENIOR SINGLESSeptember 10

Mr. K’s Farmhouse,Abilene, KS

Roast beef, potatoes/ gravy,$12.60;

Jean Burch will talk about her trip to China.Meet at Sunrise Church,at 4:00 p.m. to carpool.

Reservations: Jean Burch 827-2878by September 6.

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