Where Do We Go From Here? September 2015 l Page 1 The First Presbyterian Church in Wamego Newsletter • September 2015 I LLUMINATOR The First Presbyterian Church in Wamego September ____ 3 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 6 Churchwide Campout cancelled 7 Labor Day , office closed. 9 Moms of Oz meet, 9 a.m., Fellowship Hall. Deacons meet, 6 p.m., Conference Room. 13 Churchwide breakfast and Christian Education Kick-off , 9 a.m., meet in Fellowship Hall for breakfast, classes begin after breakfast. Committee Fair and Potluck POSTPONED until spring. 17 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 26 OZtoberfest. Downtown Wamego. 30 Fellowship dinner and committee meetings, dinner at 5:45 p.m., Fellowship Hall. October ____ 1 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 7 Moms of Oz meet, 9 a.m., Fellowship Hall. 8 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 11 Children’s CE Committee meets, after worship, Fellowship Hall. 14 Deacons meet, 6 p.m., Conference Room. 15 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 25 Congregational Meeting, immediately following worship. 28 Fellowship dinner and committee meetings, dinner at 5:45 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 29 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. 31 Last Day for Farmer’s Market Mum Sales, 8 a.m. to noon, Brown Chevrolet Parking Lot, 4th & Elm Street. The above listed activities and times are subject to change, so please check the weekly email from Brenda, the church website, or Sunday bulletin for up-to-date information. by Glenn Brunkow Personnel Committee Elder The Personnel Committee is well on the way to finding an interim pastor. Shortly after Pastor Bill Seitz’s last day, the committee met with Melanie Hancock, associate presbyter, and Rev. Helen Hutchinson, Committee on Ministry. The Ministry Information Form (MIF) was completed and approved by Session and the Committee on Ministry of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas. The form is an extensive document about the church and is used to match our church with potential interim candidates. In the coming weeks we will view the Pastor Information Forms (PIF) of potential matches and determine if we would like to interview those candi- dates further. This is a long process but we are trying to find the best match for our church and a candidate who will help us through this transition period. Stay tuned for more exciting news in the weeks to come. n Well on Our Way Music Notes We’re looking for individuals who are interested in sharing their talents playing their instrument, or sharing their voice in song before or during worship. If you are interested, please contact Dale Breymeyer for more information, by calling 456-2742 or emailing [email protected]. n The choir is going to take a break until the Advent season. For more information, contact the church office, or call Sarah Hancock at 341-1583 or email [email protected]. n
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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The First Presbyterian Church in Wamego Newsletter • September 2015
IllumInatorThe First Presbyterian Church in Wamego
September ____3 Hollyfest Committee meets, 6 p.m.,
Fellowship Hall.6 Churchwide Campout cancelled7 Labor Day, office closed.9 Moms of Oz meet, 9 a.m., Fellowship
Hall. Deacons meet, 6 p.m., Conference
Room.13 Churchwide breakfast and
Christian Education Kick-off, 9 a.m., meet in Fellowship Hall for breakfast, classes begin after breakfast.
Committee Fair and Potluck POstPOnED until spring.
31 Last Day for Farmer’s Market Mum sales, 8 a.m. to noon, Brown Chevrolet Parking Lot, 4th & Elm Street.
The above listed activities and times are subject to change, so please check the weekly email from Brenda, the church
website, or Sunday bulletin for up-to-date information.
by Glenn BrunkowPersonnel Committee Elder The Personnel Committee is well on the way to finding an interim pastor. Shortly after Pastor Bill Seitz’s last day, the committee met with Melanie Hancock, associate presbyter, and Rev. Helen Hutchinson, Committee on Ministry. The Ministry Information Form (MIF) was completed and approved by Session and the Committee on Ministry of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas.
The form is an extensive document about the church and is used to match our church with potential interim candidates. In the coming weeks we will view the Pastor Information Forms (PIF) of potential matches and determine if we would like to interview those candi-dates further. This is a long process but we are trying to find the best match for our church and a candidate who will help us through this transition period.
Stay tuned for more exciting news in the weeks to come. n
Well on Our Way
Music Notes We’re looking for individuals who are interested in sharing their talents playing their instrument, or sharing their voice in song before or during worship. If you are interested, please contact Dale Breymeyer for more information, by calling 456-2742 or emailing [email protected]. n
The choir is going to take a break until the Advent season. For more information, contact the church office, or call Sarah Hancock at 341-1583 or email [email protected]. n
Come explore the other side of Sunday SchoolAttention middle school students At 9 a.m. Sept. 13 there will be a Sunday School Class designed just for you. Do you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that YOU belong to God? Well, you do. You are a continuation of a story — God’s story that started thousands and thousands of years ago. We are going to explore what it means to be a part of His story. This is the journey we will take together this fall semester. Expect the unexpected and prepare yourself for a fun time of learning to-gether. We will meet in the youth room downstairs, unless all of you show up. If all of you show up … well, you will have to wait and see what I do! If you need a ride let me know, 785-844-0115. Did I mention there will be donuts? Beginning in January we will offer a Communicants Class at First Presbyte-rian. We will invite the ninth graders and anyone else who might like to under-stand what it means to be a member of this church family. Come find out why it is important to become a member of a church. You are experiencing the age of independence; make God a part of your independence. See you Sept. 13. Sheryl Wohler n
Hello high school studentsWe have not forgotten you. We will resume meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 every Sunday at Bill and Terri Hollenbeck’s house, 4510 North Highway 99, Wamego, The get-togethers are very informal and include food, fun and fire — a camp-fire that is. n
Hey there, adults During the 9 a.m. Sunday School hour, there are several options for you. The High School students are invited to join the Adult Bible Class on Sun-day mornings to continue with its reading of the Gospel according to Luke. Ev-eryone is welcome. The class is currently up to Luke’s account of the start of Je-sus’ ministry in Chapter 5. Knowledge of the Bible is not required to participate. This is a terrific Sunday School Class taught by Dave Hancock. The class takes its time and covers each passage as if we were reading it for the first time in our lives. Dave Hancock’s teaching style doesn’t pretend he knows the “an-swer” when there are multiple ways to interpret a passage. No one tells anyone what to believe. What matters for purposes of the class is to learn, to the best of our ability, what the words on the page actually say. We meet in the Conference Room in the basement. The coffee pot is always on. We are encouraging those eager for a more informal gathering to come to Fellowship Hall during the same time. The coffee pot there is also always on and the Sunday morning newspapers will be available. The conversation and care for one another are always a welcome start to a hectic week. See you at 9 a.m. Sundays. n
Our ChurChIn the News
StaffAdministrative Assistant: Brenda Patterson
Clerk of Session: Richard ShieldsOrganist: Dale Breymeyer
Choir Director: Sarah HancockCustodians: Bob and Lorinda Sultzer
Child Care: Position open
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EldersAngela Allenbrand
Darold BrunkowGlenn BrunkowSarah Hancock
Terri Hollenbeck
First Presbyterian Church601 Elm Street
Wamego, KS 66547785-456-2556
Mary Beth PfrangDick ShieldsBrandon WalkerSheryl Wohler
Carol RohrerCheryl SeitzJulie ShieldsLorinda SultzerSharen Tessendorf
OtherCorporation President:
Darold BrunkowFamily Emergency Fund:
Sherry Breymeyer, Darold Brunkow,
and Pat Nelson
Treasurers: Sherry Breymeyer and Julie ShieldsAssistant Treasurers: Stan and Susan Symons
Elders
Others
Deacons
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You are invited to the churchwide breakfast to celebrate the new Sunday School Year The 2015/2016 Children’s Christian Education year will kick-off at 9 a.m. Sun-day, Sept. 13 with a churchwide breakfast in Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited.
We will begin our opening in Fellowship Hall for the churchwide breakfast served by the deacons. We’ll then move down-stairs for a short time together. We will meet in one of the classrooms at the end of the hallway. All of the adult volunteers will be invited for this first class time to be in-troduced to our children and their families.
Our curriculum, “Growing in Grace & Gratitude,” comes from the Presbyterian
Church USA. Teachers will be given all the materials needed for each class, with the lessons, crafts, snacks, etc. for each Sunday prepared in advance so teachers will not have to do that.
Because there will be an unknown number of participants, all children will meet together in one classroom. The committee will continuously monitor how this class style works. If we need to break the class into two classes — kindergar-ten and under and first grade to fifth grade — because of class size, or difficulty in presenting the lesson, then we will divide the classes.
For children age three and under, parents are encouraged to be with their child. Parents may opt to be in the adult Sunday School class.
We have some great adult volunteers to help lead this new class, but are cur-rently looking for more adults to teach. A sign-up clipboard is available in the Narthex. We need two class leaders each Sunday.
If you are interested in being on the Children’s Christian Education commit-tee, our next meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 11, immediately following worship in Fellowship Hall. You don’t have to teach to be on this committee.
For more information, call the church office at 456-2556, or talk to Laura Fails or Lorinda Sultzer. n
sarah Heineken is the great grandmother of another baby; this time, a baby girl weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Parents are Danielle and Luke Cordell and big brother is Liam; grandparents are Wally and Carolyn Heineken. Baby’s name is Katherine or Katie.
susannah Walker won First All-around at Missouri Valley District Gymnas-tics Championships for Level 2 in her age group in May. She was fourth on vault, first on bars, second on beam and second on floor.
Isabelle Walker will be competing on the Sparklers Dance Team with Bates Dance Studio for the upcoming school year. BJ Kerr was chosen Southwest Conference Commissioner of the Year at the NAHRO Conference in June in New Orleans. The Southwest NAHRO group in-cludes Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.
Many of our younger members were involved in 4-H this year. See the re-sults on pages 6-7. n
A look at what our members have been doing outside of church.
Isabelle Walker Sydney Shaffer Sarah Shaffer Cambrey Eichem Sheena Savaloja Aliyah WilkenClaire Wohler Page Nelson
Last year, our church was involved with a cooperative program with Wamego High School. This program involves high school students who are working to develop job skills. Coordinated through the high school with Cristi Wiegers, Bob and Lorinda Sultzer work with three, sometimes four, high school students each week in our church along with their para. It has proven to be a worth-while program, and the students were great. Our church will benefit from this cooperative program again this school year. n
A Helping Hand
Love Never FailsVBS Summer Day Camp
by Lorinda Sultzer
This year, we tried something different. Instead of Vacation Bible School, we had a Day Camp, complete with water games, morning watch, Bible study, silly camp songs, crafts, story time, great food and snacks, afternoon worship and so much more. This was not VBS, but an actual full-day Day Camp at our church and, we did not charge campers to attend. Because of the generosity of our church members for their food donations for snack times, and the funds from Hollyfest, the meals did not add any additional cost.
Our success was largely due to the many dedicated volunteers from our church with a genuine heart for children. Our theme this year was “Love Never Fails.” We had 38 children, ages 4 to 12, registered for Day Camp, and had 36 at-tend. We served around 440 nutritious snacks and prepared 230 lunches during the week. On the last day of camp, the campers made their own s’mores.
Counselors who joined us from Heartland Camps in Parkville, MO were MacKenzie Marchant (lead counselor), Emy Blake, Caleb Orr and Megan Ander-son. The four counselors “camped” in our church during the week.
Volunteers from our church were the Kitchen Crew and Snack Prep team: Brenda Patterson, Dora Morris, Betty Bretz, BJ Kerr, DeAnn Savaloja, Callie Hildeb-rand, Evelyn Webb, Laura Fails and Sarah Porey. Other volunteers were Shirley Walker, Devin Ulrich, Brook Ulrich and Lizzie Allenbrand.
Camp counselors from our church were Reade Wohler, Skylar Ritter, Alex MacKenzie, Rana Kelty McAlpine, Adam Patterson, DeAnn Savaloja, Lorinda and Bob Sultzer.
Alex MacKenzie not only assisted with a group each day, but read at least three stories after lunch to the campers. A 15’x15’ tent pitched in the center of Fellowship Hall provided a camp-like atmosphere, complete with a rug and lots of pillows for campers to lay down and relax for story time. DeAnn Savaloja also helped throughout the day wherever needed. Bob Sultzer not only helped with all games and activity set-ups, he stepped in to provide assistance to each group wherever needed throughout the day. He also came back every evening to make sure the church was clean and ready for the next day. The Camp Coordinator was Lorinda Sultzer.
Thank you to our dinner hosts Dave and Sarah Hancock, Gary and Cheryl Seitz who hosted a dinner for the Heartland counselors in their homes, and Bill and Terri Hollenbeck who hosted a pizza and pool party for the Heartland coun-selors and our middle school and high school students.
Activities and games included: Fort Building, Blob Tag, Four Square in the Air, Thirsty Hippos, Sand Castles, Team Volleyball, Shaving Cream Wars, Group Serve, Archery/Sling Shot, Heart Hunt, Daniel and The Lion’s Den Game, Called Cere-mony, Water Slide and Water Slide Bowling, and more. Some of the lessons were even taught in the tents in the sanctuary, because, well, it was day camp!
Many parents of the campers expressed their appreciation for providing such a well rounded program, and were all especially thankful that their children slept very well each evening and couldn’t wait to come back the next day.
It was a little stressful going into this program not knowing what to expect. It was a true day camp. This was a well put-together program through Heartland Camps. Together with the caring counselors from Heartland and the dedicated volunteers from our own church, the outreach our church provided to our youth and to the youth in our community was extremely valuable. Thank you for pro-viding this wonderful opportunity to so many. n
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Church Committee Contacts
Adult Christian Education Mary Beth Pfrang ..................... 456-4651Children’s Christian Education Call the Church Office ............ 456-2556Church Life Darold Brunkow ....................... 456-2475Choir Director Sarah Hancock .......................... 456-2677Corporation President Darold Brunkow ....................... 456-2475Clerk of Session Dick Shields ........................ 785-537-7783Communications Angela Allenbrand ................... 456-7152 Deacon Moderator Cheryl Seitz ....................... 785-610-2000Evangelism Call the Church Office ............ 456-2556Library Task Force Jennifer Brunkow ..................... 457-3960Missions Terri Hollenbeck ............... 785-223-2947Personnel Glenn Brunkow ................. 785-457-3960Presbyterian Women Call the Church Office ............ 456-2556Property Brandon Walker ........................ 456-1705 Scholarship Task Force Darold Brunkow ....................... 456-2475Stewardship Sheryl Wohler ..............................456-6611 Worship Sarah Hancock ...........................456-2677 Youth Call the Church Office ............ 456-2556
Card of thanksThanks for the card, prayers and use of the wheel chair at the time of the death of my husband Danny.
– Pauline Myers
Ongoing ActivitiesAdult Christian Education Class9 a.m. each Sunday in the Conference Room, nursery available.
Children’s Christian Education Class9 a.m. each Sunday in the Kid’s Club Room, starting Sept. 13.
Middle school Class9 a.m. each Sunday in the Middle School / High School Room, starting Sept. 13.
Worship10:15 a.m. each Sunday with Communion the first Sunday of each month.
Fellowship Dinner & Committee meetings at 5:45 p.m. the last Wednesday of month in Fellowship Hall.
High school Youth Fellowship6:30 p.m. each Sunday at Bill & Terri Hollenbecks house, starting Sept. 13.
Women’s study Group1:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday in Piece Makers Room.
Inductive Bible study6 p.m. each Friday in Fellowship Hall.
AA Meets8 p.m. each Thursday in basement Fellowship Hall.
September _ 1 Taryn Hall Barry Jacques 2 Marjory Artzer 3 Sherry Breymeyer 5 Stacie Eichem 6 Rosanne Allenbrand 8 Callie Hildebrand 9 Gwendolyn Walker12 Lyle Phinney13 Don & Betty Bretz14 Tracy & Beverly
Howard17 Carol Rohrer 19 Isaac Brunkow20 David Sauer21 Pat Nelson23 Allison Moser Francis & Margaret Feyh25 Glenn Brunkow Mike Scheffel28 David & Sarah Hancock30 Hunter Andrews
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October ____
2 Jacob Eichem Sandra Ninas-Scheffel 3 Angela Allenbrand 4 Isabelle Walker 5 Kathy Bracken Alia Robertson 6 Corbin Fink 7 Pat & Mark Nelson 8 Dick & Julie Shields 9 Tracy Howard11 Stephanie Jacques12 Carl & Sharon Oliver13 Deb McManus14 Austin Fink Page Nelson16 Sheena Savaloja Reade Wohler19 Bob Sultzer, Jr.20 Eric Artzer22 Juanita Habluetzel26 Bill Hollenbeck Berkley Wiegers27 Cristi Wiegers Chris & Melissa Anderson28 Nate Hollenbeck Heather Jones30 Lizzie Allenbrand
Listed below are the results of some of our 4-Hers. Justin Moser — Meat Goat Show - Yearling Doe, Blue; Fall Doe, Red. FACS Judging - top senior. Horticulture judging participant.
Ryan Moser — Meat Goat Show - Spring Doe, Blue; Beef Show - Blue and Reserve Champion Hereford; Live-stock Judging - Intermediate Division 6th place. Livestock Skillathon - Top Intermediate Judge. Stockman’s Quiz - participant.
Allison Moser — Meat Goat Show - Spring Doe, Blue; Yearling Doe,
Red, Champion Jr. Meat Goat Showman; Beef Show - Heifer, Blue, Reserve Champion Jr. Beef Showman; Livestock Skillathon - 3rd place junior; FACS judg-ing, 6th place junior; Horticulture judging, participant; Stockman’s Quiz, partic-ipant; Round Robin, Champion Junior Showman. Photography, 3 purples and 2 blues with the black and white photo being selected as the grand champion intermediate.Rocketry, blue. Youth recycling challenge - blue, article; blue - most useful item; Clothing construction: 4 purples, 1 blue and champion junior constructed garment. Educational exhibit, purple. Fashion revue, 2 purples and selection as the top junior model. Shepherd’s Lead - reserve champion.
tatum Brunkow — Clothing and Textiles, Blue and Red. 4-H Fashion Re-vue, 3 purples, Food and Nutrition, 1 purple, 2 blues. Sheep 2 BC, 2 4 B, 1 blue. Beef 5B-1, blue.
Issac Brunkow — Individual display red. Sheep, Blue Champi-on-2, Reserve Champion and Blue, 3B-1. Beef 4B-1, blue.
Page nelson — Clothing and textiles, red. Food and nutrition, red. Swine 3B-1, blue. n
Birthdays &Anniversaries
And the results are in ...Several of our youth and their families are active in 4-H. They work very hard all year long to learn new skills from cooking, to sewing, to crafts, to photography, to fashion revue, to raising and showing their animals — and every-thing in between — they participate in the hot summer temps during the County Fair to show what they know!
Photo on right:
tatum Brunkow and Allison Moser from Shepherd’s Lead Outfit that showcases their top constructed wool garment.
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Justin Moser exhibiting his goat.
Ryan Moser holding the belt buckle he won for Skillathon.
Isaac Brunkow exhibiting his lamb, Wilma.
tatum Brunkow showing her lamb, Fancy.Allison Moser standing with her goat and prize.
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olly FestHSaturday, Nov. 7, 2015 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
If you are a crafter, have a home business, or know of someone who does, contact the church office
to sign up for a booth. We’re looking for volunteers to help in the kitchen, be a cashier, help run the cookie booth and the
WPW craft booth, be a greeter, donate food items, help clean up and reset the church for Sunday services. Watch for clipboards in the Narthex. Let us know if you can help!
Proceeds from Hollyfest support the missions of the Wamego Presbyterian Women’s Group. For more information, please call the church office at 785-456-2556.
