DECEMBER 2014 Newsletter.pdf

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DECEMBER 2014#548

Rev. Scott Bowerman Pastor

Helen Wingert Organist

Sandy Wilson Childrens Ministry Director

Erin Regan Contemporary Worship & Youth Minister

Deb Mummert Director of Mothers Day Out

Danielle Kardisco Director of Music Ministry

Roberta Lawyer Secretary

Ron George Custodian

Central Presbyterian Church

40 Lincoln Way West

Chambersburg, PA 17201

Church Phone: 717.264.4113 Fax: 717.264.9272

Office Hours: 8:00am4:00pm

email: [email protected]

Website: www.centralonthesquare.org

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T h e Pa s t o r s N o t e s

Wednesday Noontime Musical Meditations: December: 3rd , 10th & 17th (details on page 5)

Wonderful Wednesdays in AdventWell gather on December 3 , 10 and 17 at 6 PM for a simple supper (potluck) and then well have classesfor children and adults from 6:30 -7:30 PM. Adults will be studying The Advent Conspiracy, a study thatinvites us to SLOW DOWN during the Christmas season in order to recapture the wonder, beauty and depthof Gods gift of his Son at Christmas.

Sunday, December 14th

Worship services at 8:30 & 10:45. Well look at an alternate, little-known version of the Christmas story fromRevelation 12.

Sunday, December 14thWorship services at 8:30 & 10:45. The scripture of the day will be Luke 2:8-20, and well be visited by a spe-cial guest who will tell us what he experienced during the first Christmas.

Christmas EveCentral will celebrate two services -one at 5 PM in Friendship Hall and the second at 7 PM in the Sanctuary.The 5 PM service will be led by Erin and our worship band, but well still be singing familiar Christmas car-ols and hearing the traditional Christmas scriptures. The 7 PM service will be a service of lessons and carols,and include special music presented by members of the congregation. Both services will, of course, end withsinging Silent Night by candlelight and then Joy to the World. continued on page 5

Christmas Celebration WORSHIPDecember 7; 10:00am in the Sanctuary

Our Worship Service on December 7th will be a joyous cele-bration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Pleasejoin us as we honor Jesus during the Advent season with Scrip-ture, prayers, Advent Candle lighting, music, and presentationsby children, youth and adults. The children are preparing themusical Gimme, Gimme..JESUS! as part of the Christmas Celebration Service. Their presentation re-minds us to challenge the worlds theme of spending and getting and instead focus on giving to others.

Light lunch to follow in Friendship Hall. Invite your family and friends.


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Church FamilyThank you....

Central Presbyterian and Mission Outreach

A very special thank you to Brenda Geiman and

Mary Norcross for coming in to the church after the

Pork & Sauerkraut Dinner fundraiser to scrub,wash and scour the kitchen. It was a good thing

they were there since the borough just happened tobe inspecting all the areas church kitchens thatday. These two ladies worked tirelessly all day to

get things clean and organized. God bless you both!

Three Cheers for Central Knitters!

A dozen sweaters, sent to Knit For Kids World

Vision, will keep 12 children warm, toasty and hap-py throughout the winter. Many thanks to all you

knitters for your support. The easy instructions and

colorful yarn are on the table in the hallway (firstfloor) for anyone interested in this worthwhile mis-sion. Help is also available if needed.

From Ingrid Herbert

Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers I re-

ceived after the Pork & Sauerkraut Dinnertheywere very undeserved, but very much appreciated.

JANUARY NEWSLETTEREARLY Deadline

FRIDAY December 19th

Central will be ringing Bells again this year for the Salvation Army. We will be ringing at

the Butcher Shoppe on Wednesday, December 10 from 11 am to 7 pm. This is a great loca-tion to ring because you will be inside! There is a sign up sheet on the Mission bulletinboard across from the office. We need 2 ringers per hour so please sign up for 1 or 2 hourshifts. If you have any questions please call Bill McKelvie at 477-2132. A little bit of timewill go a long way for those less fortunate than we are.Time slots still available: 11am1 extra individual still needed.

12 noonOpen2pmOpen5pm1 extra individual still needed.

Central Presbyterian Book ClubIn the month of November we will have ourbook club on Wednesday, December 2nd.December book selection is The ChristmasList, by Richard Paul Evans. All are welcome.

With gratitude, Central has received letters of thanks

for its financial and facility support from the follow-ing organizations:

Maranatha Food Pantry (CPC monetary donation)Martina K. Fagan, OrganizerCraft for a Cure (for use of the Friendship Hall)

Wilson College (CPC monetary donation)

JOY VILLAGE NEWSAs Christmas approaches, you may be thinking of acharitable donation. Recently, a church in New Jerseysent each resident of Joy Village a placemat with thechilds name and photo on it. The kids were thrilled,and the Tree of Lives newsletter showed a few of themholding up their placemats decorated with multi-colored handprints, presumably of the child in the U.S.who had decorated it.There are other ways to add to the support CPC issending to Kenya. One way is to give a 167 Clubmembership as a Christmas gift. You may rememberthat $167 a month will provide housing, food, school,clothing and medication for one Joy Village child. Visitthe website www.treeoflives.orgto find out details.(Have members of your family been talking about howgifts should be cut back this year? This is a perfectway to honor your loved ones, and not have to shop!)The website will also tell you about the 2015 Pilgrim-age to Kenya, either June 27 to July 11, or Oct. 24 toNov. 7. Go and see for yourself what Christian lovecan do!
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Ushers - Sanctuary7th Jay Keefer(H), Jean Gisriel, Sam Worley, Newt Stake14th Eric Mellott(H), Susan Snyder, Art & Gladys Kuehn21st Dale Hastings(H), Alex Shearer, Bill Daniels, Missy Igou24th Eric Mellott, Gary Lewis, Jay Keefer, Jean Gisriel, Susan Snyder, Rod Varner, James Kearns28th Pat Shreiner(H), Jay Keefer, Howard Brand, Bette Boyer

Greeters - Sanctuary 10:45am7th Esther Johnson, Tom & Rosemary Elder, Bill & Laurie McKelvie17th Jerry & Jane McClelland, Rodney & Linda Martin, Karl & Pat Shreiner21st Phil & Carol Rohr, Ed & Sookie Fisher, Eric Ritchey24th CHRISTMAS EVE ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!28th Joel & Cindy Happel, Ron & Linda Igou, Bob Creter

Assistant Leaders7th Erin Regan17th Ed Fisher21st Jean Gisriel24th Christmas Eve28th David Bowers

Praying forCentrals Missions

Cold WeatherShelter

Prayer Partners:Gary & Ginger LewisThe Lieberman FamilyLaVerne LittleNancy MacFarlane

Karen Mann

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Hosts - Sanctuary 10:45am7th Don Weber14th Rod & Carol Varner21st Don Weber24th Christmas Eve28th Don Weber

Host - Friendship Hall 8:30 am7th Cindy Shoemaker14th Mary Mohr & Elise Stendal21st Rich & Tammy Carbaugh24th Christmas Eve28th Cindy Shoemaker

Greeters - Friendship Hall 8:30 am7th Bree Rauhut, Scott & Kari Wiley, Gary & Ginger Lewis14th Tim Miller, Scott & Deb Mummert, Chris & Amber Pereschuk21st Denise Sharp, Tony & Buffy Super, Rich & Tammy Carbaugh24th CHRISTMAS EVE ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!28th Richard & Janice Dalton, James & Kathleen White, Howard Brand

Ministry Duties for the Month of DECEMBER

BEST 50 hours of Training You Will EVER Receive!

Beginning Feb. 10 and ending by Memorial Day. Held onTuesday evenings from 6-8:30 pm, and three Saturdays.

(to be determined)Contact Trena Oyler, 261-5727, [email protected] orCindy Happel, 830-1760, [email protected] for moreinformation.

Is it time to grow in your caring abilities?


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SEPARATION DIVORCE RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP

Starting in 2015: Monday, January 12February 16 and March 30May 4, 7-8:30pmat the Wholeness Center located on the square at 19 South Main Street downtown Cham-bersburg. Session Cost is $10. For more information or to register, email Cindy Shoemak-er at [email protected] or by calling Central Presbyterian Church 264-4113.

From the Session

Dear Friends in Christ,

Some in our congregation are deeply unhappy with the larger Presbyterian Church (USA), inpart because of the actions of the latest General Assembly that met in June, and will not contin-ue to financially support Central Presbyterian when part of their contributions go to support the

PCUSA. In order to provide relief of conscience for those so convicted, the Session took thefollowing actions at its Nov. 18th meeting:

Directed that our General Assembly Mission giving will continue to be designated entirely tosupport the ministry of Dan & Elizabeth Turk, missionaries to Madagascar. Our GA missiongiving has been designated to support the Turks for many years. Directed that our mission giving to Carlisle Presbytery be retained entirely within CarlislePresbytery. Currently 37.5% of this giving is sent to the Office of the General Assembly. Voted to allow individuals and families to opt out of Per-Capita giving. The church is as-sessed a per-capita payment of $25 per active member, with the monies divided among thePresbytery, Synod and General Assembly to fund the administrative workings of those entities.If for example ten active members wish to opt out of per-capita, Central will withhold $250 ofour total per-capita assessment and redirect that $250 to local mission. Those wishing to optout are asked to send their request by letter or email to Don Wissner, chairman of the FinanceCommittee. Directed the Clerk and Pastor to write a letter to the Office of General Assembly stating theSessions deep unhappiness and concern regarding the actions of the last General Assemblyand stating we are taking the above actions.

The Session recognizes that we have differences of opinion on the actions of the General As-sembly, and hopes the above will satisfy the concerns of all involved and allow us to disagreeagreeably. If you have any comments to share, please contact Pastor Scott or Clerk of SessionKathryn Finley.

From Centrals Trustees: It is with great sadness that we must announce the demise of an oldfriend the faux wood-paneled refrigerator in the church kitchen. Said refrigerator hasserved us well for over twenty years, but could no longer keep its cool. Our trusty friendhas now transitioned to whatever awaits refrigerators when they shuffle off their refrigerantcoil. However, we have some good news as well the Trustees have replaced the old with a

shiny new commercial refrigerator that we hope will serve us as well as the old one. The re-frigerator was paid for by monies drawn from the Building Fund.


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SESSION ACTIONS ~ NOVEMBER 2014Session took the following actions at its November meeting. If you have any questions, please talk to one of the Elders:Brenda Black, Bill Daniels, Jean Gisriel, Linda Igou, Pat McNamee, Jim Sharp, Karl Shreiner, Luella Smith, Don Weber,Scott Wiley, Sam Worley, or Kathryn Finley, Clerk.

Sustained the examination of new officers. Scheduled the ordination and installation of new officers on Sunday December 14, at the 10:45 service.

Accepted Gary Geimans resignation as treasurer and will send him an appropriate letter of thanks for his 20+ yearsof service.

Approved the job description for a new Finance Administrator position recommended by the Finance Committee. Approved the recommendation that all monies in Centrals budget line 550.104 for Carlisle Presbytery be

designated solely for use within the Presbytery.

Approved the recommendation to allow members of Central to stipulate their per capita contribution be kept atCentral and designated for local missions.

Directed the Clerk and Pastor to write a letter to the Office of General Assembly stating the Sessions deepunhappiness and concern regarding the actions of the last General Assembly and that Central is responding by:(1) continuing to designate all General Assembly Mission giving for the support of Dan & Elizabeth Turk, (2) directing

Carlisle Presbytery to retain all of Centrals mission giving to the Presbytery within the Presbytery, with none of ourmonies forwarded to Synod or General Assembly, and (3) withholding per capita payments for those individuals andfamilies who cannot in good conscience support the PCUSA.

Approved the Worship Committees recommendation to serve communion on Sunday January 25, 2015 andSunday February 22, 2015.

Approved the Memorial Committees recommendation to finalize the payments for the organ project and to usevarious small memorial donations for the installation of handrails on the steps to the nave in the sanctuary.

COOKS NEEDED!!! The men and women at the Cold Weather Drop In Shelter are hun-gry. Central can do something about that. We have committed to providing meals the firstand third Friday's from December through March. Eight home cooked meals from the mem-bers of Central! Meals should be delivered at 7:00. The shelter will provide all utensils anddishes. All you have to do is deliver the meal in disposable containers. There is a sign upsheet on the Mission bulletin board across from the office. This is a wonderful opportunity toserve our community. We need 2 volunteer families per date. Partner with another fami-ly to divide the work. If you have any questions please call Bill McKelvie at 477-2132.The following dates still have openings: December 19th1family or individual;February 20th2 families or 2 individuals; March 20th1 family or individual.

Central Presbyterian seeks to hire a part-time Finance Administrator.Experience with QuickBooks and non-profit financials a big plus.Resumes will be accepted at [email protected] position

description is available on request from the church office.

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ORGAN ADDITIONS TO THE GLORY OF GODAND

IN MEMORY OF JOHN H. WINGERT

The Casavant pipe organ originally installed in 1940 hasundergone some revisions in past years. In the 1960s and1970s both the swell and great divisions were updated.

However, nothing had been done to the choir division.

After John Wingerts death a little over a year ago it wasdecided that upgrading the choir division plus a few otheradditions would be a nice memorial for John, given byhis wife Helen, Selma Thomson, and many other contrib-

utors.

Craig Doyle, asproject coordina-tor, has had a lot

of experience in the organ building field having workedat one time for the Moller Organ Company in Hager-stown MD. He was instrumental in doing the releather-ing of our Casavant in the late 1990s and putting in thesolid state combination action for the pistons. Workingwith Craig was Mark Cooley of Orrstown, also a formerMoller Organ Company employee. Walker Technical,

based in the Allentown PA area was the firm that sup-plied the new digital ranks.

The preparation for and the installation of this

project took several days. The pictures showjust some of the many wires and parts that noone sees on an ordinary Sunday. Finally thehead of Walker Technical, Bob Walker, came tovoice the digital stops so all would be compati-ble with the current Casavant stops.

We are grateful to all who contributed to thisproject in any way, but a special thanks goes toCraig Doyle who gave very generously of histime and expertise and to Mark Cooley and his

crew for their climbing high into the organchamber, accessing the chamber by removing thedecorative bronze-looking pipes you can seefrom the congregation. Last but not least in the listdeserving recognition were the young men from Walker Technical, one in particular whocrawled down a hole through a trap door located under the pew where Pastor Scott sits in thechancel and then continued to crawl under the floor in a very narrow space to the corner whereHelens mirror is located. (For anyone interested, ask Helen to see the pictures she took). Thiswas done to connect wires from the chamber to the organ console.

L to R: Brian Evans, John McBride, Bob Walker(founder of Walker Technical) Craig Doyle

(project co-ordinator), and Mark Cooley, whoworks with Craig

Inside the organ console

Installing new parts which requiredremoving the organ pipes

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First, a humongous THANK YOU to all our youthgroup volunteers!!! Truly, we could not have successful youth groups or events without you!

Thank you Amber, Amy, Bill, Cindy, Gene, Da-

ni, Jeff, Jenine, John, Kari, Kristen, Mary,Missy, Nick, Olivia, Pat, Sandy, Shelley, andTrena!!!! You are such blessings.

Thank you also to those who substituted for Madeline and Scotts Middlers classwhile they were on maternity leave! Thank you Don, Gene, Nathan, and Shel-ley!! And welcome back, Wilsons!If youre interested in volunteering with the youth in any way (events, youthgroups, Sunday School, etc.), please see Erin! You wont regret working withthese youth!

Coming up:Raking for Isabelle, Dec. 1st10am

Downtown Luminary Night, Dec. 5thChristmas Celebration Service, Dec. 7th10am blended worship

Babysitting Extravaganza mission team Fundraiser, Dec. 12th6-9pmYouth Christmas Party, Dec. 21st5-7:30pm

NO YOUTH GROUP, Dec. 28thenjoy the holidays JYouth snowtubing at White Tail, Jan. 4th3-7pm

*Be on the lookout for how you can help our youth mission team!*

The 7th-12thgraders will be going to Pasadena, MD July 5th

-10thin 2015!

The 6thgraders will be going to York, PA July 12th-16thin 2015!

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP

The contemporary Christmas Eve worship service is as follows:4:45 preludes5pm worship

We hope to see you there!

Remember to keep in touch with our upcoming worship services on our website!http://www.centralonthesquare.org/#!music-ministry/c23po

Do you have a testimony that youd like to share with us? Wed love to hear it!Email [email protected] all the good news!

YOUTHGROUP

NEWS
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Come be part ofHEARTBEAT

CENTRALChildrens

Ministrywhere we dig into

Gods WordandLearn it!Love it!Live it!

Be part of the Sundaymorning team!

Volunteer in thenursery

Teach a Sunday

School classBe a Sunday School

AssistantBe a greeter to

children and families

Bible lessons! Drama! Art!

Music! Cooking!We apply the Bible to our

lives! Want more info? Talkto Sandy, or email

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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