June 2012 LINK Newsletter

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Visitation Pastor (Ret.) ........... . Tom McNeil

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Greetings all,

This past month I have been working on mysermon forecast through Christmas. This is atime when I sit down, read through theweekly scriptures that are to be read eachSunday, and then come up with some ideas

for sermons. I also take this time to think ofideas to enhance your worship experience.

As I read and wrote, I began to think aboutwhat we do when we come together eachSunday for those sixty to seventy-fiveminutes. We all come for different reasons.Some come out of habit, others come tolearn something new or to be reassured of

something they learned in the past. Still oth-ers come to seek the presence of God in theworld and their lives. Many come for thecommunity. For whatever reason, or combi-nation of reasons you come, I am thankfuland I enjoy seeing your face.

Worship is a wonderful act but, it shouldntbe contained to, or thought of as, the one

hour or so we meet on Sunday mornings.Our worship, our adoration, our gratitudetowards God should be a constant act. Ourlives, our words, our actions, should all bean outpouring of thanks towards our creator.

So this summer while you are out travelingto see friends or family, sunning yourself by apool or on a beach, on a mission trip or at

camp, think about worshiping God throughall of your activities. Give thanks and gloryto the One who gave you the ability to enjoythese activities. May your summer be aworshipful experience!

Blessings,


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Fort King Presbyterian Church

Financials Effective 4/30/12

Monthly 2011 Delta

Budget ActualApr

2012

DeltaBudget- Actual

Budget ActualJan Apr

2012

DeltaBudget -Actual

AprActual

2012 YTD-2011YTD

Income

Estimateof Giving

22,297 24,944 2,646 89,189 105,261 16,072 101,247 4,013

MortgageReduction

0 125 125 0 575 575 2835 (2,260)

OtherIncome

0 3,695 3,695 0 16,786 16,786 38 16,748

TotalIncome

22,297 28,764 6,466 89,189 122,622 33,434 104,120 18,502

TotalExpense

21,587 15,409 (6,178) 86,348 85,210 (1,139) 103,301 (18,091)

NetSurplus/Deficit

710 13,355 12,644 2,840 37,413 34,572 819 36,593

Year-To-Date

Endowment 0 0 0 0 0 0 39,611 (39,611)

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

June Birthdays

CONGREGATIONALCARE

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CONGREGATIONAL CARE (continued)

Thank You

I wish to thank my family and friends for their cards, their calls, their visits, and the flowers. I especially apprciate the visits from Tom and Andy Gans. Most of all, thank you for those prayers. This I ask in Jesus namfor Christs sake. Amen. Nancy Redheffer.

Christmas In JulyHow God Answers Our Prayer and We Listen!

During the month of July, there will be a Christmas tree in the Narthex with angels. Each angel will containname of one of our homebound and others who will benefit from some extra FKPC care. Families will take aangel(s) from the tree and visit, pray, telephone, and perhaps invite that person to your home. This will be aopportunity for the family to put their creative heads together and think outside the box. What a glorious Gowe serve, and he is always there for us, so let us be Christ-like and reach out to others.

Earth MattersBy Lucy Beebe Tobias

Here is an act we do every day and take for granted pouring water into a glass.

Now look at the picture and tell me is the glass half full or half empty?

It is a serious question in todays world. Well be asking this question every night during theadult education part of Vacation Bible School from June 24-28. Join us in the Session Room! In

fact, well even vote every night is that glass half full or half empty and tally all the results.This years VBS theme is clean water for all Gods children.

Take another look at the water in the glass is it clean, drinkable, will we die from drinking it? There arhealth laws to protect us, right? But around the world, an estimated 1.1 billion people are without access tsafe water (UNICEF, 2004) and 1.6 million people die each year from dirty water and poor sanitation (WorlWatch). Perhaps, like me, anything that is six digits or more boggles the mind, making it hard to know what do. Lets start right here at home with conservation we need to insure when we turn on the tap, water wcome out to pour into that glass. It is not an unlimited resource.

Here are some small things we do:

Water for steamed vegetables is cooled then taken outside to water plants. The water used for boiling potatoes makes excellent water for making bread. Rainwater is collected in rain barrels (well talk about this at VBS) A five-gallon bucket in the shower collects water as it is being heated for your shower.

Someno nos:

Dont run the faucet while you brush your teeth. Dont think washing dishes by hand beats the dishwasher, turns out the dishwasher is actually more wate

efficient. Make sure not to run the dishwasher until it is completely full.

Mother Earth thanks you!


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Honor Teachers June 3rd

June 3rd will be a time to recognize all the teachers that have given their time to Fort King this year! Wewill have a congregational covered dish breakfast in the Fellowship Hall beginning at 9:15 a.m. Please takethe time to thank these teachers - Adult - Youth - Children for the time they have spent teaching classesthis year. Please bring your favorite breakfast dish (casseroles, bagels, fruit, donuts, etc.) at 9:15 a.m. onJune 3rd. A brief program will follow to honor these teachers.

Reserve the Date Now Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School is just around the corner...mark your calendars for June 24 -28, 2012! We have a great VBS planned for this year titled "Clean Water for All

God's Children." What a perfect theme for Fort King as we move forward with the church's plan as an"Earth Care Congregation." Melanie Marsh will be the VBS Director with Niki Tripodi as Assistant Direc-tor. Our VBS will include classes for all ages - the adults have a treat in store as Lucy Tobias is recruitingexciting guest speakers for each night. We will begin with the tradition of a full dinner each evening at5:30 p.m., followed by classes and recreation.

Registration will begin the first Sunday in June (6/3), with June 17th being the deadline. The meal cost forthe entire five days will be $25 for adults, $12.50 for children through 5th grade, and free to children under5. This cost is only for dinner - people are welcome to come after dinner at no cost. See you there!

Did You Know?(Some Little Known Facts About Your FKPC Library)

Your FKPC library has approximately 1,900 items in its inventory.The inventory includes books, pamphlets, CDs, DVDs and videos.There is a wide variety in the inventory, with topics ranging from Abraham to Zacchaeus.

There areBooks on nearly every subject you can imagine.Bibles in various translations, Bible dictionaries and Bible commentaries.Books related to the study of Jesus and to the study of the New Testament.Books on devotionals, Christian history, Presbyterian history, and health.Non-fiction books as well, with a large collection of mysteries.Special books for children and youth.

The library is open from 9:00 11:45 a.m. every Sunday morning.You can check items out for two weeks with renewal possible.There is no limit to the number of items you can check out.Louise Olivarez is the church librarian and is happy to assist you.4

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DISCIPLESHIP (continued)

Womens Retreat

Attention ladies. Its time to mark your calendar for Fort Kings annual Womens Retreat at Camp Montgom-ery. The retreat will be held November 2nd - 4th. Our theme for this years retreat is Expectations. We are

pleased to have Rebecca Gillespie, pastor of Middleburg Presbyterian Church as our Spiritual Leader and Fa-cilitator this year. The costs, including meals and supplies are as follows: The Inn (2 nights) $149.00 Cabin (2 nights) $117.00 Cabin (1 night - Sat. before breakfast) $86.00 Cabin (1 night - Sat after breakfast) $78.00 No lodging (Sat. before breakfast) $45.00 No lodging (Sat. after breakfast) $37.00

The deadline for the $25.00 deposit is October 1st. If you would like to make payments toward the cost, Ber-nice Henry will be glad to receive them. If you have any questions concerning the retreat, you can call ChrisBerryhill at 622-6613.

Adult Discipleship Ministry

Sunday Seminars for Adults

Earlier this year, Rabbi Tom McNeil led us through a study of Jesus of Nazareth covering what it was like tolive in the top down society that existed under Greek, Roman and Judaic cultures. The classes then movedinto a study of the parables of Jesus all the while remembering the lessons learned earlier.

Some of the parables already studied include the Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor, the Widow and the Judge,the Parable of the Talents, and the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. As there are many parables of Jesus,the study will continue into the summer months.

Come join us every Sunday morning! Classes begin at 9:15 and are held in the Session Room. Coffee is avail-able.

Vacation Bible School for Adults

You are invited to hear and participate in five nights of adult seminars on the theme of Water.- the Wonder,the Waste and WWJD. The seminars will take place in the Session Room beginning at 6:30 pm each eveningto about 7:15 or longer for those who want to continue discussions with the speakers.

The outstanding group of speakers includes the following:Sunday, June 24 Lisa Sapp from Aqua Pure Laboratories speaking on the Silver Springs Alliance and water

issues in Marion County.Monday, June 25 Margaret Spontak, Director of Gifts and Grants, Florida Audubon, speaking on the con-nections between wildlife and water.Tuesday, June 26 Jean Henning, Conservation & Public Education Specialist, City of Ocala Utility Services,speaking on water conservation in our homes.Wednesday, June 27 Lucy Tobias, Florida Author, speaking on rain barrels and water projects you can do.Thursday, June 28 Alan Youngblood, Photo Editor at Star Banner, showing photos from his underwater as-signments around Florida.

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Card Making Ministry

Come join us on the 2nd Friday of every month at 10:00 a.m. until about Noon.We will meet off-site. Please contact Prudence Pritz if you are interested in join-ing this group.

Presbyterian WomenCircles

All women of Fort King are Presbyterian Women and are invited to participate in all the activities of Presby-

terian Women. If you have not attended a Circle meeting before, plan to start in September with our newstudy. Esther Circle meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in members homes. Deborah Circlemeets the 3rd Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in the Session Room.

In September, we will begin a new study, Dispatches to Gods Household: The General Epistles. These let-ters were meant to inspire and comfort the faithful in first-century Asia Minor, and they continue to speak tous today as we grapple with how to live in a community as disciples of Christ. It will teach us what it meansto live in a community and what it means to belong to the household of God.

Domestic Violence Rape Crisis Center

Thank you to the congregation for all the donations you have provided for the Domestic Violence Rape Cri-sis Center. Please continue to place your contributions in the box in the Narthex. Presbyterian Womenhave made individual tote bags filled with toiletries for the women that come into the Rape Crisis Center.

Mens Night Out

Mens Night Out will meet on Monday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m., at Joe Tylers home. Please callJoe at 854-1100 to R.S.V.P.

Crafts Group

Please join the Crafts Group on Thursdays from 1:00 - 3:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. We work on individual projects and joint projects.

Sassy Seniors

The Sassy Seniors meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Junes luncheonwill be at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13th at Horse and Hound.

GROUP ACTIVITIESGROUP ACTIVITIESGROUP ACTIVITIESGROUP ACTIVITIES

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PERSONNELPERSONNELPERSONNELPERSONNEL

SESSIONSESSIONSESSIONSESSIONSession Notes

May 17, 2012

Celebrations: thank you, Jesus, For Susan Jensens gifts of art and lyric writing. Relational developments at the May Picnic at the Bridge.

AA Meeting on Thursday nights is growing. The Memorial Garden should be started in a couple of weeks. 16 people (6 from Kanapaha and 10 from FKPC) are going on the ASP trip. Five of those are youth. The school year is winding down.

Motions: Motion to appoint Steve Layendecker as the active Elder/Chair of the Elder Nominating Committee

for 2012. Motion to appoint Lorraine Fuller, Ray Ruark, and Allen Hall to the Audit Committee for 2011. Motion to add Carol DeLucian as a member of the Finance Committee.

Welcome our New Music Director

It is with great joy that the Personnel Ministry informs you that the search is over and wehave hired a new Director of Music! Join us in welcoming Rick Roberts to our ministry

team. Rick joins our ministry team with over forty years of organ and choral experience.Rick realized his gifts and began his musical training at the very early age of five. Rick hasspent many years as a music director and organist for several churches, including twenty-sixyears in the Presbyterian Church. Rick lives in Belleview and currently manages a businessin the medical field. Rick has a BS Degree in Business Administration with a Minor inMusic from Loyola University of the South in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rick is a very nice, southern gentleman whose personality is warm and welcoming. The Music DirectorSearch Committee was very impressed with Ricks musical knowledge, experience, vision for the ministry,and his ability to play many songs and scores from memory. Rick understands and appreciates how musicadds to the message and overall worship experience.

We are excited about how God has called Rick to serve our community and to be a witness to the mightypower and grace of our living God. We look forward to seeing how God uses his gifts to enhance the worshipexperience and draw the Fort King family closer to God.

We invite you to join us for worship on Sunday, June 24th as we formally welcome Rick into our Fort King

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WORSHIPWORSHIPWORSHIPWORSHIP

Something to Think About

Book of Revelation Chapter 19

Apocalypse of John

We will focus on Chapter 19 ofThe Book of Revelation Apocalypse of John,because it represents wor-ship in the early church of the late first century and early second century CE. It is an amazing statementbecause

* It presents a theology of history that says there is meaning, purpose, and direction in/forhistory; it affirms that God is somehow involved in human history in spite ofholocost; and,* It proclaims the conquest of imperial state and cultural systems that distort/twist/crush hu-man beings by controlling/manipulatinghuman life to fulfill their vision of man as a political ani-mal (see Aristotle Politics Book I).

TheBook of Revelation is clear-eyed, no mixed-messages or confusion, no gray-areas; it is a vision of the

future: God is involved in human history to liberate all human life from its own idolatrous self-madetraps. No question about it: its language and imagery are overwhelming (recall the movie ApocalypseNow of the Vietnam era); we tend to be put off by such. On the other hand, Greco-Roman society andculture would not have understood the message ofRevelation 19; so, what better way to communicatehope for the future to those undergoing Imperial domination/subjection!

Onto Revelation 19: The Worship of God* verses 1 8: hallelujah hallel + Yah(weh) = Praise God. Compare Psalms 111-117,146-150 (TheHallel Psalms) in which Hallelujah occurs forty times, all within the context ofworship (Synagogue).

- vv. 1-2: The Hymn of Praise to God, versus Rome has corruptedthe whole earth.- v. 3: Antiphonal Response by the multitude, i.e. the Church.- v. 4: Antiphonal Response by the elders and all living

creatures.- v. 5: Antiphonal Response from the throne for the

servants= the oppressed=the Poor=the Church.- vv. 6-8: The Hymn of the Church Triumphant even in

persecution and under domination: The Almightyreigns is in direct contradiction toEmperor Domitiansdeclaration (81-96 CE) that he was dominus et deus

noster = the Almighty. A note: he liked catching flies,and then stabbing them with a sharp needle: a cruel man!

* verses 9-10: The Messenger speaks (the meaning of angel in Greek):- Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the

Lamb (compare Luke 14:16-24).- The leader falls down to worship the messenger who responds:

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worship God!Prophecy isnot foretelling the future but it is addressingwith ones life the idolatry of Imperial power to mold human lifein the image of a Caesar/Pharaoh that misuses and abuses humanlife; to witness to the life of Jesus of Nazareth is to address that

idolatry! This is prophecy!

The remainder ofChapter 19 of Revelation gives a vague description of the Battle of Armageddon;there is no detail other than the violence and bloodshed that occurs in the battle because thewar between images (state and culture versus God!) is historical; future historical events cannot bedescribed in detail, because the form of the conflict between the images is always changing.

What is perfectly clear is this: the worship of God in/by the Church is the recognition and confessionthat we are made in the imago Dei/image of God, (Genesis1), not in the image of Caesar or any socio-cultural system which creates a new form of slavery. The Churchs worship of God proclaims hu-man liberation from any form of socio-cultural domination that enslaves us.

The church is the new exodus in the midst of new forms of slavery to and domination by a societyand culture. Armageddon = the great tribulation = the war of ideologies is the Churchs contin-ual historical reality and struggle. Jesus of Nazareth made this perfectly clear before the Church wascreated. To be the Body of Christ (Paul) in the world means we have to figure this out for ourselvesin our time and place, not just be religious!

The question is: do we follow Jesus of Nazareths model of active non-violent resistance to socio-cultural oppression, or the Revelation-model of a violent blood-thirsty God? We have to figure thisout for ourselves. Clearly the history of the Christian Church has opted in favor ofthe methods of Cae-

sar instead of Jesus And who do we say we worship?

Please read John Dominic Crossan 2008 God and Empire in particular Chapter 5 (Re Revelation): heraises important questions.

Something to think about. And something to do differently.

Shalom,

Tom

Choir Notes

By the time you receive this, the choir will be on summer schedule. That means noWednesday rehearsals, but a gathering at 10 a.m. on Sunday to practice the anthem forworship. If anyone would like to join us for a week or two, or more, just show up at theappointed time and well find you a seat and some music.


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Flower CalendarPlease note: I am trying to work ahead on the flowers, so if you would like to provide flowers to commemoratespecial event/occasion/memory etc. for a specific date, please call Nancy Hall at 694-3221 as soon as possiblePlease also note: It is never too early to call to select your chosen date.

As of this mailing, the following people will be providing flowers in June through October 2012. If you can providflowers for a date in 2012, please call Nancy Hall. Thank you.

Thank you to these people as they share in donating the flowers for the following worship services.

June 3, 2012In memory of our parents, Aleta, Max, and Robert, from the Repp familyJune 10, 2012In celebration of three June anniversaries and three June birthdays from Cash and Gwynn PealerJune 17, 2012From Bernice and Bob Henry in celebration of their 52nd wedding anniversaryJune 24, 2012In honor of our 50th wedding anniversary from Charles and Mary Ellen Vowinkel

July 1, 2012In loving memory of my mother, Ann Patnode and my brother, Edward, from Kay DahlenJuly 8, 2012From Vince and Margaret Spontak in celebration of our 30th wedding anniversaryJuly 15, 2012(This date is taken but the occasion and names will be revealed at a later time)July 22, 2012OPEN

July 29, 2012From Martha Slemmer

August 5, 2012OPEN

August 12, 2012OPEN

August 19, 2012From the Clegornes in honor of the Clegorne family birthdays - sons Nicholas and Patrick andAnthonys mother and father

August 26, 2012OPEN

September 2, 2012OPEN

September 9, 2012From Jack and Sue Harshman in honor of our 60th wedding anniversarySeptember 16, 2012In celebration of our 65th wedding anniversary from Glendon and Mildred ShankSeptember 23, 2012In loving memory of Julien from Kay Dahlen

September 30, 2012From Dorothy Roth in loving memory of Merl on their wedding date

October 7, 2012In loving memory of Ken from Shirley and the familyOctober 14, 2012From David and Martha MacKay in celebration of their 27th wedding anniversaryOctober 21, 2012In celebration of their 59th wedding anniversary from Dick and Margy MarshallOctober 28, 2012OPEN


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Turning

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Hall

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Wedding

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Food4Kids

9:00 - 11:45 Library

9:15 Teacher

Appreciation

Breakfast

10:00 Choir Practice

10:30 Worship

11:30 Picnic Lunch

5:00 PYC

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7:30 Mens Bible

Study

5:15 TOPS (FH)

6:00 Mission Ministry

7:00 Adult Bible

Study (off-site)

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6:00 Evangelism

Ministry

7:00 Discipleship

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6:00 Worship

Ministry

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Marions United

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10:30 Worship

5:00 PYC

5:00 High Tide

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7:30 Mens Bible

Study

9:30 Adult Bible

Study

5:15 TOPS (FH)

6:30 Mens NightOut (off-site)

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10:00 Prayer

Shawl

6:00 FinanceMinistry

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Skill Day Center - Best In Show

The Presbytery of St. Augustine held its second annual Peacemaking Art Show

May 1 in conjunction with its spring meeting at Camp Montgomery. The thewas "The Peaceable Kingdom" as envisioned in Isaiah 11 and was reflecthroughout the morning in sermon and song and in the presentation of the Jim Ervin Bullock Peacemaker Award.

This year, prizes were awarded to the best of the youth entries in the art show. First place went to the childrenthe Skill Day Center here in Ocala for their group interpretation of the theme. To create a 3 X 4-foot wall hangthey wove fabric, cord, yarn, and ribbon into a framework of needle-point canvas. The eclectic assortment of fibrepresents the varied expressions of humanity coming together as one, People are all colors and types, some flasome plain; some thick, some thin; some tightly integrated, some at loose ends; some rich, some ragged; some domining, some retiring; some confined to place, some wandering adventurously--but all beautiful when brought gether. Attached to the weaving are scriptures that speak of peace, and representative animals of the Peaceable Ki

dom, predator and prey alike, content to graze and lie down together. At the bottom, hanging like a fringe, are names of the SDC children, who learned about peaceful cooperation in order to accomplish this group undertaking

The Skill Day Center is a faith-based after-school homework help and enrichment program founded to serve a nfor at-risk children in the Busby community of west Ocala. It is run entirely by donations and the services of volteers. Fort King members who make the SDC part of their volunteer ministry include Harvey Bohner, math tutor; Susan Jensen, art teacher. The $250 prize for their first-place art show entry is given by the Presbytery from the Peamaking Offering to serve the cause of peace in these children's lives.

Fort King was also represented in the adult (non-competitive) division of the show. The "Brokenness Restorstained glass piece from our Lenten/Easter theme was entered by Andy Gans. A hymn written for the occasionSusan Jensen reflected our call to be peacemakers. It was chosen to be the theme hymn for that day's worship.

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