Jun2016courier

The Family, Events, and Ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Springboro

Financial/

Clerk’s

Corner

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From

Pastor

Sarah

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Calendar

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CPW & Service

Schedule

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Covenant

Happenings

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If you would like to have your concern lifted to the Lord through the Prayer Chain, contact Charlotte McCarthy at [email protected]. Please pray for: Judy Tysseling, Nadine Drew, Mike Wentzel, Mike McKitrick, Fred Richards, Bill Madison, Eleanor Axiotes, Karen Fuerst, our military men & women and their

families.

The next Blood Drive is July 5 from 4-8PM here at Covenant. Sign up to donate at: www.donortime.com. Besides saving a life, you could win a trip to Alaska!

Join us for CAVE QUEST!! Covenant Presbyterian Church invites you to Cave Quest VBS. Join us July 25-29 from

9am to 11:30am to learn about Following Jesus, The Light of The World. Children ages 3 to completing fifth grade can participate in an epic Bible adventure. If you are entering 6th grade or older, please join us as a volunteer. We would love for you to help us spread the word of God through this amazing ministry. Visit the homepage of our website: www.covenantspringboro.com and click on the VBS link to secure your spot!

Vacation Bible School (July 25 – 29)

CAVE QUEST needs our help. We will

help them get ready with our Hearts and

our Hands on June 12, 2016 following

worship. Let’s ALL help this most

impressive VBS (best anywhere in our

area) get off to a great start.

Young at Heart We will gather for food and fun on July 16 at noon at

TGIF (Friday’s), 2022 Miamisburg Centerville Rd. We have a reservation under Young at Heart/Hunt. After we eat,

we’ll have some trivia games (July 4th, Independence Day, (the movie) and summertime trivia. There’ll be fun - and

some prizes!!! See Dale Hunt if you have questions.

Springboro Chamber of Commerce Our participation in Hometown Expo included membership in the Springboro Chamber of

Commerce (325 S. Main Street, Springboro OH 45066, 937-748-0074). The Church joined and that means that every member of the Church is also entitled to all benefits of Chamber membership. The chamber is active and highly motivated to be helpful. They have many services including: member to member weekly emails; several special events each year; Ladies Night Out; Young Professionals gatherings, a discount card for medication and much more. If you have email, send a request to

[email protected] to get on their mailing list. Stop by and visit them (Office Hours: M-F 8am-4pm EST; Sat. hours in summer months) or check out their very impressive web page:

http://www.springboroohio.org.

There will be a Youth Mission Trip meeting immediately following the service on June 5. The following Sunday, June 12, will be the Youth Lock In from 7PM until 7AM for grades 7-12. If you have any questions, please contact Erica Hicks at [email protected].

June Ushers Jim & Carole Hepp, Bill West June Counters 05 Jay White & Dave Siegler 12 Vera Escott & Tom Sebastian 19 Jack McCarthy & Tom Sebastian 26 Bill Ilg & Tom Sebastian

Pre/K Volunteers 05 Susan P. & Pam G. 12 Kristin Tibbits 19 Erica Hicks 26 Yvonne Craycraft

Grades 1-6 05 Maryanna Catrine 12 Becky Hegwood 19 Loretta Sebastian 26 Jen Knoth

Fellowship 05 Kerin Campbell 12 The Catrine Family 19 TBD 26 TBD

Amicae Circle will finish up their current study of “Come to the Waters” on June 28 at 1PM. They will then take the months of July and August off and return with a new study in September.

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PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

Join us on 6/9/16 at 6:30 p.m. in the small room next to Pastor Sarah’s

office. If you want to learn how to knit or crochet, we’ll be glad to help you!

Nursery 05 Mary White 12 Kristin Tibbits 19 Erica Hicks 26 Madison Caiarelli

Garage Sale Results! Thank you everyone for all the help given before, during and after the garage sale. We made

$2,026.35 which is way over the amount we were hoping to receive. We had over 20 people help during the sale but also had a lot of people who donated items for the sale. Although it was a lot of work, it was great working with people we may not normally have worked with

before; it strengthened our Covenant family! Thank you again.

Sun Mon Tue

5 10:00 AM Worship

11:15 AM Youth Mission Trip

Meeting

6:30-8PM Youth Group

6 5-7:30 PM Weight Watchers

7:00 PM Bi-Monthly Meeting

7 7:00 AM Men at McDonalds

7:00 PM Outreach Ministry

12 10:00 AM Worship

11:15 AM Hearts & Hands

7PM-7AM Youth Lock In



6:30 PM Admin/Personnel

19 10:00 AM Worship

20

5-7:30 PM Weight Watchers


6:30 PM Session

26 10:00 AM Worship 6:30-8PM Youth Group


7 PM Deacons


1 PM Amicae Circle

6:00 PM Adult Ministry

Birthdays and Anniversaries are published with your

permission only. In an effort to update our list, please

notify the office of your family’s special dates,

especially if you are new to our fellowship.

We want to include you!

Please email any updates and articles to the secretary at: [email protected] or call me at (937) 748-0272.

1 Megan Neumann

3 Pam Goins

Leandra Hess

Alex Spaeth

6 Melinda Neumann

11 Daniel Gardner

15 Orv Tysseling

18 Mary McKitrick

19 Ken Craycraft

24 Emma Hicks

27 Corinna Justice

Jono Sparks-Franklin

30 Jacob Tibbits

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5 Frank & Karyn Catrine

12 Steve & Michelle Teska

19 George & Barbara Mourouzis

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Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10:00 AM Adult Bible Study 6:45 PM Choir Practice

8:00 PM Praise Band

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8-9:30 AM Weight Watchers 8 AM Halo 5K Run/Walk

7:00 AM Men at McDonalds

7:00 PM Outreach Ministry


8:00 PM Praise Band

9 1:00 PM CPW Team

6:30 PM Prayer Shawl

6:30 PM Clearcreek GS Svc. Unit

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11 8-9:30 AM Weight Watchers


6:30 PM Admin/Personnel


8:00 PM Praise Band

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18

8-9:30 AM Weight Watchers



8:00 PM Praise Band

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25 8-9:30 AM Weight Watchers


6:00 PM Adult Ministry


7 PM Youth Ministry

8:00 PM Praise Band

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Financial Info Month of Month of Year to date Year to date

Operating Fund Apr-16 Apr-15 Apr-16 Apr-15 Receipts $8,211 $10,768 $40,149 $44,650 Expenditures $7,587 $11,042 $46,494 $45,916 Net Receipts (Expenditures) $624 -$274 -$6,345 -$1,266 Mortgage Reduction Beg. Balance $1,852 $1,040 Receipts $1,440 $5,465 Mortgage Payments $1,071 $4,284 Balance End of Month $2,221 $2,221 Cash Flow Beginning Cash $54,060 Cash Used (received): Operating Fund $624 Other Designated Funds $738 Payroll taxes $10 FSA Liability $545 Mortgage Payments Principal -$922 Total Cash (Used) Received $995 Ending Cash Balance $55,055

Church Staff Sarah Sparks-Franklin Pastor Janet Wayne Church Secretary

Kim Denney Music/Choir Director Susan Pfeiffer Pianist/Organist Vera Escott Treasurer Tom Sebastian Financial Secretary

www.covenantspringboro.com [email protected]

CLERK’S CORNER The 5K Halo was a rousing success for its first year raising $554 which will be split between SCAC, Franklin Food Pantry and our own VBS. Many thanks to Amy Lehman and her crew to make it wonderful and fun experience. The garage sale raised over $2000 that will help our current deficit. Lots of activities are gearing up for the youth this summer like mission trip, lock-in and everyone’s favorite, VBS. Keep a watch on the church’s scrolling marquee or website for details. Look for a church wide small group opportunity on fall sermon series. Launch date is mid-September. Gordon Neumann Clerk, Covenant Presbyterian Church; [email protected]

Sharing the Gift of CPC with Others I was sitting across from an old friend of mine over dinner at one of our old haunts. So much has changed in both of our lives since we last spent time together, but now that I am back in the Dayton area, it was time for us to reconnect. Before our dinner date, I had prayed for an opportunity to share with her all of the wonderful things that are happening in our community here at CPC. Before I continue with this story, let me be completely candid…I was nervous about how I might come across if I tried to invite my friend to our church. I didn’t want to be pushy. I would never want my friends to feel pressured or uncomfortable around me, especially if they decide that visiting CPC is not something they are interested in doing. So anyway, as our dinner progressed we talked about everything. We laughed about memories from high school, reminisced about our college years, and shared what was currently going on in our lives. Both of us busy with our vocations and juggling being full-time working moms to babies, we had so much to talk about! But then the time came for me to begin to talk about this crazy pastoring thing that I do. I had prayed for an organic opportunity to bring it up, and as per usual, the Holy Spirit came through for me. She shared with me that since the birth of her daughter, community and family has become much more of a priority. With both sets of grandparents living out of state, the transition to being a family of three has been much harder for them than they had anticipated. Like many of my peers, she and her family attend one of the nearby mega churches occasionally, but they have not found a faith community that they would call “home.” In response to her, I took a deep breath, and then I began to talk to her about CPC. I told her all about the wonderful things that I see happening in our church. And I boasted about all of you. How welcomed Jono, Cora, and I have been into this community. I invited her to come visit us soon. I walked away from that dinner so thankful for the opportunity to plant that seed. I don’t know how God will use it. I am hopeful that my friend will visit us, but that might not happen. However, my experience with her encouraged me to continue to pray for other opportunities to share the gift of CPC with others. I have to tell you, that since then, God has answered my prayers. I have been spreading the word about our VBS. I am talking about the exciting things God is doing here with folks that I am meeting out in our community. But I can’t do all of it alone. We are in this thing together! This month, I’d like to encourage you to pray for opportunities to share the gift that is CPC with others. From personal experience, I can tell you that when we pray, stuff happens! I am so excited to be a part of this journey with each one of you.

In Christ,

Pastor Sarah

CPC - Called and Connected by Christ, Partners in Our Community, Committed to Serve

Worship Guide Deadline By 9:00 a.m. on the Tuesday before the Sunday you would like it to appear in the worship guide.

Courier Newsletter Deadline June 21, 9:00 a.m. for the July

edition. You may leave articles on the office desk or e-mail them to [email protected].

Men’s Fellowship Men meet weekly at McDonalds every Tuesday morning from 7:00 - 7:30 a.m. Contact John Ritzinger (748-1437) if you have any questions. If you’ve never joined us, we would greatly welcome you!

Administration/Personnel Ministry Admin/Personnel will meet on June 14 at 6:30 p.m. Contact David Payne 513-836-3464 or Vera Escott 937-298-3410 for questions.

Adult Ministries meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Vera Escott at 937- 298-3410 or Barb Mourouzis at 937-748-3049.

Session Session will meet on June 21, at 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Partners We have a vital prayer ministry here at Covenant. We have an electronic prayer chain for those who would prefer to be notified of needs as they arise via email. To get connected in prayer through the internet, contact Charlotte McCarthy at 937-558-2120 or [email protected].

Outreach Ministry will meet on June 7 at 7:00 p.m. Contact Dale Hunt for questions. (937-305-7055)

Youth Ministry meets the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Contact Erica Hicks for questions at 937-748-6352.

Covenant Presbyterian Church 415 N. Main St.

Springboro, OH 45066

Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Worship

Toddlers and children through 6th grade have age appropriate learning opportunities.

Nursery - provided for ages 2 and under.

Office Hours

The Pastor is in the office Monday-Thursday.

Our secretary is generally in the office Tuesday through Friday from 9AM-Noon.

Phone: (937) 748-0272 & (937) 748-4734

Fax: (937) 748-4734

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