“You are the salt of the earth.” — Jesus (Matthew 5:13)

OUR MISSION

Parkville Presbyterian Church is a

community of believers following

Jesus Christ by sharing God’s Word,

serving and welcoming all.

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Men’s Chorus and

Women’s Circles

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Pastoral Visit 3

Survey; Pizza and Pop

Theology

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Parkville Days 5

Financial Statement 6

Final Fridays 7

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Congregational Picnic

Sunday, Sep. 27th —

East Shelter, English Landing Park

2:30-5:30 pm

The church will provide meats, buns, condiments, beverages and paper goods. Bring your favorite side dish/dessert to share, and a lawn chair.

Annual Parkville Commons Block Party is September 19th, 1-4 pm; PPC will have a presence there to be welcoming to community participants.

About the PEACE AND GLOBAL

WITNESS OFFERING

What you have previously known as the Peacemaking Offering has been trans-formed into the Peace and Global Wit-ness Offering. This new offering will have a greater global reach, more signif-icant impact, and bring peace to people through Christ.

At Parkville Presbyterian, this offering dedication is set for World Communion

Sunday, October 4.

How is my Gift Used?

A gift to the Peace and Global Witness Offering enables the Presbyterian Church, USA to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing systems of injus-tice across the world. Parkville’s congre-gation is encouraged to utilize up to 25 percent of this offering to sustain our local peacemaking ministries.

At its meeting on Sep. 10, the Mission Team will discern and designate PPC’s 25 percent of this offering to selected peacemaking ministries.

Thank you for all you do

to bless our neighbors!

Place shared items in

the grocery cart outside

the Sanctuary. Special

needs at this time are:

Mac and Cheese

Shampoo

Bath soap

Sugar

Cake mix

Laundry soap

Dried beans Rice

Cash donations are

always helpful—

make checks to

SPEAC Food Pantry

September

Food

Pantry

Needs

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Thank you —

I want to thank my church family for all your love and support during the last three months. Your prayers, cards, phone calls, and Pastor Steve’s visits have all been important to my recovery and healing. I have enjoyed the tasty meals that many of you provided and I appreciate the time you took to pre-pare and deliver them.

I am blessed to be a part of a church family that expresses such loving con-cern for its members. I thank each of you for helping me during a difficult time. —Judy Seifert

K.C. Metro Men's Chorus

“A choral group of men who serve God

through singing”

The Kansas City Metro Men's Chorus (KCMMC) sings concerts to benefit charities throughout the area. All pro-ceeds that are generated at their con-certs through donations go directly to the charity that they are singing for. Since their inception in the fall of 2001 they have raised $350,000 for charities in various cities in Kansas and Mis-souri. This concert’s proceeds will be to support Family Promise of the North-

land.

Please join us October 18th @ 7pm at the Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church, 7600 NW Barry Road.

The KC Metro Men’s Chorus —

Women’s Circles resume in September.

The study this year will be “Come to

the Waters.’

Circle III meets the first Thursday of

each month at 10:00 a.m. at the church.

The evening Circle normally meets the first Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.—sometimes at the church and some-times in members’ homes. However, the September meeting will be the second Monday (due to Labor Day hol-iday being the first), at Dorothy Cook’s home. All women are welcome and encouraged to join us. For more infor-mation you may contact Dixie Selvidge at 505-2689 or Nancy Ebberts at 587-5790.

Adult Education

in September

Faith and Family Group continues their study of “Smart Money, Smart Kids” September 6 and 13.

An adult education class will take up a study of “Same-Gender Marriage and the Bible” beginning September 6 and con-tinuing through the month. This will consist of frank and open conversa-tions, welcoming folks who are on both sides of the topic, and affording an op-portunity for thoughtful dialogue about the recommendations of the PC-USA’s Peace, Unity and Purity report.

Items are

welcome

throughout

the month!

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Pastoral Visit

This fall, we’re trying something different at Parkville Presbyteri-an. Something thrilling. Some-thing exotic. Something you’ve probably never heard of before. It’s… drumroll, please…

THE NARRATIVE LECTION-ARY!

Sounds exciting, right?

A lection-ary is a cy-cle of read-ings, and in this case, we’re talk-ing in par-ticular about read-ings from

the Bible. For several years, Parkville has subscribed to some-thing called the Revised Common Lectionary, which offers preach-ers a selection of four or more readings each week. The RCL is a three-year cycle of readings, and it was created as a tool to bring people together across denomina-tional lines. At this point it’s sev-eral decades old, and it’s used by churches of every stripe, all around the world.

But there are some difficulties with the RCL. First, it splits the books of the Bible into parts, and doesn’t spend a lot of time on any particular book. The Gospel of John especially gets short change, because the Gospels of Mark, Luke, and Matthew all receive their own dedicated years, while John is split into pieces and divid-ed among the three years. The result is a cycle of readings that

covers the broad swath of the Bi-ble, but doesn’t often dig in with any real sense of depth.

Also, there are a number of im-portant passages that are not in-cluded in the RCL, perhaps be-cause they are difficult to preach about, or because they don’t fit with other readings. The crafters of the RCL look for connections between each of the four readings they offer each week—though those connections are sometimes as tenuous as, “Each of these pas-sages mention some kind of riv-er.” Again, this creates a cycle of readings that are more broad than they are deep.

And final-ly, because there aren’t many inten-tional con-nections from one week to anoth-er, the RCL lifts up a variety of Biblical themes, but it isn’t great at demonstrating their connective tissue. As a result, folks learn a lot about parts of the Bible, but they don’t learn about the Bible as a whole.

The Narrative Lectionary, which was created only a few years ago and is growing in pop-ularity, is designed to address these issues. It’s a four-year cycle of readings, and the rhythm of the cycle is this: from September through Christmas, we read from the Old Testament, learning about the broad arc of the Old Testament story—where God cre-

ates a world and chooses a peo-ple, and then those people discov-er their need for a messiah; from Christmas until a little past East-er, we read from one of the Gos-pels—this year, it will be the Gos-pel of Mark; and from Easter until Pentecost, we read stories about the early church from the book of Acts and the apostolic letters.

Thus, the design of the lection-ary allows for a deep, connected story that brings the whole Bible to life. There’s free space in the summer to take on suggested ser-mon series, or for pastors to cre-

ate their own series, engaging particular books of the Bible or particu-lar themes.

Also, engage-ment with one particular Gos-pel from Christ-

mas through Easter allows for a sense of depth in… not only hear-ing about, but dwelling in, inter-nalizing, and living out… the sto-ry of Jesus as told through those four distinctive lenses.

I hope you’re as excited as I am for the advent of the Narrative Lectionary at Parkville Presbyter-ian. With God’s blessing, it will be a tool that helps us understand the ancient stories as our story, and gives us a chance to live more fully into God’s wild, won-drous, wonderful call. I’ll see you in worship!

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

PIZZA AND POP THEOLOGY

Stone Canyon Pizza

15 Main Street

in Downtown Parkville

Sundays, 7:00 pm

Not a worship service, but an experience of

worshipful

discussion

with FREE FOOD

and DRINK!

While targeted toward college-age students and

young adults,

ALL are welcome!

We invite your feedback!

The Passionate Worship ministry team is fielding a congregational survey allowing us all to pro-vide feedback about our church...ideas, sugges-tions, praises for what's working and concerns about what isn't. Similar to the survey in the Spring of 2013, which helped guide our pastor search efforts, the goal is 100 percent participa-tion by our current congregants. The more we hear from you, the better we will understand how to build on our current successes as well as improve areas that need work.

The survey will be available both online (through Survey Monkey) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/

VRGLW83 or in hard copy for those who want to respond on paper. Responses will be com-pletely anonymous, so we encour-age honest and prayerful feedback from everyone. We hope for eve-ryone to respond. Look for a letter from Pastor Steve sometime soon with more information, and thanks in advance for your partic-ipation!

A handsome group of PPC youth celebrating Parkville Days

P A G E 5

Parkville Days

Little Dresses for Africa

sewing group meets Friday,

September 4 at 1pm for a

workday in Whipple Hall.

Come when you can and

leave when you must. We

can find a task for persons

of all sewing skill levels.

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

PPC dedicates a

portion of worship

time to focus on our

young disciples—and

sometimes we have a

pretty lively group!

Thanks to all who are

committed to making

this ongoing ministry

vital and vibrant!

Next Highway

Clean-Up

Saturday, Sept 19 9 am – 10 am

Meet on the front steps of the church

Bring work gloves; trash bags and safety vests

will be provided

P A G E 7

Recent Final Fridays —

Left—July’s Final Friday

featured our own

Tori Handford, with Devin

Burton and Paul Erickson.

Below — August’s Final

Friday featured Flutist

Christina Webster sharing a

musical offering entitled “Life

and Legacy of Jehan Alain.”

Join us Friday, Sep. 25 at 7pm in the sanc-

tuary for a Final Friday featuring “The Art of

the Romantic Melodrama” featuring the nar-

ration of Bob Brand interpreting words of

Percy Bysshe Shelly and Sir Walter Scott

accompanied by the music of Schubert,

Schumann, Liszt and Richard Strauss.

Parkville Presbyterian Church

September 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

9a-10p Park University ICM 6:30 Cubs 205/206/208215 7:00 p.m. Session, Room 307

2 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal

3

9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Circle III, Room 307 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 208

4

9a-10p Park University ICM 9:30 a.m. Small Group/Room 311 1:00 p.m. Little Dresses for Africa

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6 15th Sunday after

Pentecost /Lord’s Supper/ Food Pantry Sunday

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship No Youth Group Mtg 7:00 p.m. Pizza & Pop Theology @ Stone Canyon, Downtown Parkville

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CHURCH OFFICE

CLOSED

8 9a-10p Park University ICM 2:00 p.m. SPEAC Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208/215

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8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00p.m. Choir Rehearsal

10 9a-10p Park University ICM 6:00 p.m. Ministry Teams light-meal 6:30 p.m. Worship 7:00 p.m. Ministry Team Meetings 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 208

11 9a-10p Park University ICM 9:30 a.m. Small Group/Room 311

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13 16th Sunday after

Pentecost 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Middle School Youth Group, Youth floor 7:00 p.m. Pizza & Pop Theology @ Stone Canyon, Downtown Parkville

14 9a-10p Park University ICM 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, Room 307 6:00 p.m. Sforzando, Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall 7:00 p.m. Evening Circle at the home of Dorothy

15 9a-10p Park University ICM 6:30 p.m. Cubs,/rooms 205/206/208/215 7:00 p.n. Board of Deacons, Room 307

16 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

17 9a-10p Park University ICM 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks/Room 208

18 9a-10p Park University ICM 9:30 a.m. Small Group/Room 311

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9:00 a.m. Worship Team 9:00 a.m. Highway Clean Up

20 17th Sunday after

Pentecost

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:00 p.m. Upper Elementary & Middle School Youth Group Youth floor 7:00 p.m. Pizza & Pop Theology @ Stone

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9a-10p Park University ICM 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, Room 307 6:00 p.m. Sforzando, Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall

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8:00 a.m. Heartland

Presbytery @ Second

Presbyterian, KCMO

9a-10p Park University ICM 6:30 p.m. Cubs,/rooms 205/206/208/215

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8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

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9a-10p Park University ICM

7:00 p.m. Coordinating Committee 7:00 p.m. Right Side of

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9a-10p Park University ICM 9:30 a.m. Small Group/Room 311

7:00 p.m. Final Friday Community Concert

26 1-4:00 p.m. Parkville Commons Block Party

27 18th Sunday after

Pentecost 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 2:30 p.m. All Church Picnic 7:00 p.m. Pizza & Pop Theology @ Stone Canyon, Downtown Parkville

28 9a-10p Park University ICM 6:00 p.m. Bible Study, Room 307 6:00 p.m. Sforzando, Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Cubs/rooms 205/206/208 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall

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9a-10p Park University ICM

6:30 p.m. Cub Pack

Meeting, Whipple Hall

30 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayers 9a-10p Park University ICM 10:00 a.m. Small Group Meeting, Youth Floor 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Church School: 9:45 a.m.

Wednesday Morning Prayers: 7:30 a.m.

Church Office: 816-741-1641

Church Fax: 816-741-1644

E-Mail: church@parkvillepresby.org

www.parkvillepresby.org

Parkville Presbyterian Church

819 Main Street

Parkville, MO 64152-3630

Office: 816.741.1641

Fax: 816.741.1744

E-mail church@parkvillepresby.org

www.parkvillepresby.org

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