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Huntingdon, PA 16652 U.S. POSTAGE

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SSttoonnee CChhuurrcchh NNeewwss

June 2013

Summer Hours Begin— June 9

9 am Christian Education 10am Worship

Sunday— June 2

SSttoonnee CChhuurrcchh NNeewwss June 2013

A Celebration of our

***Everyone is encouraged to attend! 8:41 am The Oatmeal/Breakfast Bar will be open in Fellowship Hall 9-10:30 am Sharing and Celebrating

110 Adults and 9 youth participated in small groups, and have now completed the 6 sessions of listening to scripture and to one another. District Minister David Steele will facilitate the discussion on Sunday, June 2nd, to help us express what we have experienced, noticed and learned. IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE to be part of a small group, we hope you’ll come this Sunday and be part of hearing these reflections and participate in the discussion.

*** (Activities will be provided for all children during this time. They will meet in Room 203 following breakfast.)

Here’s a little of what we have heard about person’s experiences: “This small group has been so important to me.” “I think this experience will powerfully impact our church.” “I hope we do this again.” “It was hard to find time, but I’m glad I was part of a group.” “Do you think I’ll have a chance to do it… Since I wasn’t able to participate this time?”

Wonderful Wednesdays for Children Grades 5 and Under

June 19 & 26

July 10, 17, 24

6 pm—7:45 pm

(see more information inside)

Three Sentences Strong—

Leadership Team Report by Brooke Meadows, Vice Chair

We voted yes to hosting the Progressive Brethren Gathering in early November of

2014. We agreed to move forward with replacing the copy machine in the office

with one that actually works and includes many other awesome features. We used

doodle.com to schedule a retreat-style meeting (June 13 from 5-9 p.m.) in order to

discern next steps at the conclusion of the Vital Ministry Journey.

Upcoming event . . . WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS

The Christian Education Team announces a summer event for children, grade five and under. This event

will be held at Stone Church on select Wednesday evenings in June and July. Please mark your calendars

for Wednesday, June 19 and 26 and July 10, 17 and a culminating event on Wednesday, July 24.We

will meet in the gathering space at 6:00 p.m. and conclude in the gathering space at 7:45 p.m. Come

listen and explore Bible stories, participate and engage in activities, and create and have fun with snacks

and more! Registration forms will be located in the back of the church sanctuary, and in the church

office Completing a registration form will help with planning All children are welcome whether or not a

registration form is completed The children will experience the theme, “Alive in God’s World” Our

activities will focus on a night of “Music and Movement”, “Art and Media”, “Our Senses”, and

“Plants” If you have questions, need a registration form, or want to help with

Wonderful Wednesdays, please contact Carol Fultz at 644-9996 or

fultz.carol@gmail.com.

Dear Stone Church Congregation,

June 22, 2013 will be our 50th wedding anniversary. On the 23rd of June, Lisa

has agreed to prepare "Lisa Lunch" for those who gather for worship and we

hope that you will help us celebrate by being our guests. Please RSVP as you

normally would for a Lunch by Lisa. Those who want to make an extra

contribution to the ministry Lisa provides for us should feel free to do so, but

we will take care of the normal contribution for everyone that honors our

family with their presence.

Andy and Terry Murray

Stone Church Summer Christian Education News…

2013 Stone Church Graduates Logan Fultz, son of Carol and Terry Fultz, will graduate June 7, 2013, from Huntingdon Area High School. Logan was home schooled for the first 10 years of his school career, and became a full time student at the local high school during his junior and senior years. Logan has been active with instrumental music, playing coronet in the band and the jazz ensemble. He was selected for District, Regional and All State Band honors. He has been an active athlete, playing for the HAHS soccer team, as well as participating in track and field. His most recent 200 meter race set a HAHS school record and qualified him for the PA State Track Meet. Logan is an active Boy Scout, and recently completed all the requirements to earn his Eagle Scout Award. Logan plans to attend college at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), enrolling in the nursing program.

Dan Santos graduates from Huntingdon Area High School on June 7, 2013. He will be attending Alleghany College this coming fall, after having accepted a Trustee scholarship, and enrolling in the economics program. Dan has played varsity tennis since his freshman year in high school and was team captain during this past senior year. Dan was also a member of Interract Club (Rotary) and the Ski Club. Dan is the son of Mary Garvey and Jeremy Santos.

Fiona Grugan graduated from Villanova University, outside of Philadelphia with a BA in Latin American Studies and Global Interdisciplinary Studies on May 18. She will continue graduate work next year at Seton Hall University in Newark, NJ to complete a master of Clinical Nurse Leadership. During her college years, Fiona has served as a resident assistant, and been active with the Office of Disability Services and Habitat for Humanity. Fiona is the daughter of Pam Grugan and the late Scott Grugan.

Joel Rhodes graduated from Juniata College on May 18, with a Program of Emphasis in Environmental Resource Management. Joel has been active in the Juniata College Choir during his 4 years of study, as well as involved in ski club, and many other activities. He studied in Ireland during his junior year, and has actively participated at Stone Church these past 4 years, while a JC student. Joel has most recently been hired as a Park Ranger for the summer to work at Raystown Lake. Joel is the son of Donna and Loren Rhodes.

Sandra (Parlett) Norris graduated from Juniata College on May 18th, with a BS degree in Educational Studies and Child Development. She returned to secure her college degree following several years working in banking. Sandra is the spouse of Robert, the mother of Zach and Amanda, and the daughter of Barb and Howard Parlett.

Erica Rhodes Hayden received her Ph.D in History from Vanderbilt University on May 10th. Erica’s dissertation is entitled: "Plunged into the vortex of iniquity: Female Criminality and Punishment in Pennsylvania, 1820-1860.” Erica is the daughter of Loren and Donna Rhodes, and the spouse of James Hayden

Have you sent in

your Camp Blue

Diamond

registration??

Youth News

Summer Songs and Celebration

for all Stone Church Youth and their families

Wednesday night, June 12, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Supper and fun & music making together!

Hot dogs and mountain pie fixings will be available

Bring:

A dish (or bag of chips) to share

Instruments: guitars, drums, etc.

Mountain Pie cookers (if you have them)

At the Gibboney’s … 8924 Gibboney Lane

(Follow Penn Street past the Huntingdon Community Pool; Turn left on

School House Hollow Road/Stone Creek Ridge for approx. 5 miles; turn left on

Gibboney Lane, at the corner of the white Lutheran church)

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Stone Church Youth Garage Sale and Bake Sale

Saturday, July 27—8 am until 1

Your garage sale items are requested!

Call Pastor Christy Dowdy to arrange a June “drop off” or

ALL items will be accepted in the Fellowship Hall from

Saturday, July 20 – July 25 (Bake sale items will also be appreciated; monies

earned from the Bake Sale will benefit “Give a Girl a Chance” from New

Community Project)

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National Junior High Conference count down is here! LOVE SPEAKS!

June 14—16, 2012 in Elizabethtown, PA

Attending from Stone Church: Grace Cook-Huffman, Sabin Fisher, Leah Lashlee,

Chloe Soliday, Meredith Widman, and Richard Widman.

CBD Volunteer Network It takes time and hard work to maintain Camp’s nearly 50 structures and 200+ acres. Thus, once again the staff and board of directors have been compiling a network of volunteers to offer skilled labor and general maintenance on Wednesdays during Spring, Summer and Fall. If you would enjoy serving in this way, whether regularly or a couple times per season, please e-mail Camp at

campbluediamond@verizon.net or call 814-667-2355.

Brethren Open Golf Tournament – August 13 Bring your friends and enjoy a great day of golf while helping to raise funds for Middle PA District and Camp Blue Diamond. Sign-in at Iron Masters Country Club is from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for a 1:00 p.m. start. Cost is $75 per golfer, which includes a banquet at 6:00 p.m. Registration deadline is August 1.

Summer Camp It’s not too late to register! However, please note that Senior High Canoe Camp and Wild OLS are full and have been closed. In addition, the Yough Adventure is closed for girls. Don’t forget about the Multiple Sibling and Bring a Friend to Camp discounts. If finances stand in the way of a child going to camp, check out the new scholarship chart in the brochure and consider applying.

Have questions or need a brochure? Contact your Camp Representative, David Meadows, at 814-599-6017 or meadowd@juniata.edu. Brochures are available at the back of the sanctuary and in the conference room.

Men’s Breakfast—Saturday, June 22 – 8am

All men in the congregation are invited to join with a group of men from the

congregation as we gather once a month. As noted, we will meet on Saturday,

June 22 at 8 am for a meal, fellowship and moments of reflection. This is a great

opportunity to get to know one another in a deeper way and experience the joy of

the journey together as men. If you have questions, see Pastor Dale.

Locking the Church Building

We are now approaching that season of the year when we have fewer evening activities. In order for the building to be secured overnight, when no evening activities are scheduled, the building will locked as early as 3 pm. This will save time for someone having to make an extra trip back in the evening to lock the building. If you wish to come to the church building later in the day, you are encouraged to call the church office and check to see if the building will be open. If you are the last one out of the building after an evening meeting, make sure that ALL doors are locked.

Church Mortgage Update

To keep you updated on the current status of the church mortgage, we will regularly include information in the newsletter.

Current mortgage balance: $117,316.05 Monthly payment amount: $1473.85 Outstanding Renovation Pledges yet to be paid: $42,419.49

To date we have been blessed with enough funds to make monthly payments and to pay down the mortgage balance a bit. We are deeply appreciative of the generosity of members and friends of Stone Church.

Blessings, Stone Church Finance Team

Living and Leaving Your Legacy

On Sunday March 3, Steve Mason, from Brethren Benefit Trust, came to Stone Church and shared his expertise about the subject of Living and Leaving Your Legacy. Following the baked potato bar, Steve shared helpful information concerning ways to plan and be involved in our legacy as stewards of all our resources. Some of the highlights included:

What is our “legacy?”

What we leave behind

What we have done

How we are remembered How do we live our legacy?

We let it happen or we make it happen What is our financial legacy?

Plan first!

Between 65% and 75% of adults die without an estate plan Have you thought about a will? Or better yet, have you had a will drawn up?

All these questions and more, help us to recognize our need to plan for the future and to be responsible stewards of all the resources that we have been entrusted. Look for other articles in the future as we continue to look at and live faithful stewardship! Stone Church Finance Team

Farmers’ Market Bucks Are Back – with a New Twist!

Entering its fourth season, the Farmers’ Market Bucks program is going strong. This year, we’re excited to begin a new partnership with PRIDE. In exchange for their assistance with

promotion and sales, PRIDE will receive 5% of the value of each Market Buck sold. (While this means that Market Bucks purchasers will no longer receive a 5% discount, we trust that you will understand and rejoice with us in this new collaboration!) What are Huntingdon Farmers’ Market Bucks? They’re “fake money” that can be used like cash at the Huntingdon Farmers’ Market. They come in $1 and $10 denominations. Why purchase Market Bucks? To commit…

to eating more fresh, nutritious, locally-grown food

to supporting and strengthening the market, its environmentally-responsible farmers and our local economy

to helping increase access to the market for folks who otherwise couldn’t afford it

to enhancing our sense of our community

to supporting PRIDE and its mission of Promoting Rehabilitation, Independence, Dignity and Education for persons with special needs in Huntingdon County.

How will Market Bucks help folks otherwise unable to afford shopping at the market? Donations may be made toward the purchase of Market Bucks for use by persons who get government food assistance (i.e. SNAP benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps, now on EBT cards). When folks use their EBT cards at the market, they’ll receive $1 of “Bonus Bucks” (donated Market Bucks) for each $2 they spend. How can one buy Market Bucks and/or make donations to support the “Bonus Bucks” program? Market Bucks purchases and donations may be made using cash or check:

in the back of the sanctuary following worship on Sunday mornings in May and June

at the Stone Church office Mon-Fri mornings in May and June (see Diahann)

at the Farmers’ Market (in June only)

at the PRIDE office, 1301 Mt. Vernon Ave., Huntingdon (Smithfield Twp.), Mon-Fri, 8:30-4:30 (now through the end of the market season in October)

Other questions? Interested in helping out with the project? Please contact Laura White at laura.jamie@gmail.com or 814-251-4363. A component of the Stone Church Witness Team’s “Daily Bread Initiative,” the Market Bucks/ Bonus Bucks program is a cooperative project involving the Huntingdon Forum of Churches, the Huntingdon Farmers’ Market, the Center for Community Action, the Salvation Army, St. Vincent dePaul Society, Huntingdon House, Mary Alexander Outreach and PRIDE.

Farmers’ Market Opens Thursday, 6 June

Noon-5:00

Portstown Park pavilion (across from Laney’s Feed Mill)

Guatemala Partnership Update

April was Ecology Month at the Asturias Academy, and the culminating activity was a trip to the local zoo, the Parque Zoológico Minerva, located about a 20-minute walk from the school. The organizing teacher, Seño Alexandra, contacted the zoo director at the beginning of the month to see whether the zoo would be interested in having bins for recyclables. Upon receiving an affirmative response, she and the elementary students began work on the bins, using old plastic bottles, wire, sand, etc., and in about two weeks they had completed the recycling containers. The final step was a trip to the zoo to install the new bins, which included a lecture by the director, a tour of the zoo, and a cleanup activity in which they deposited the trash collected in the new containers. This project was a great way to build student awareness of the need to recycle as well as to provide the ongoing means for zoo visitors to do so.

The non-governmental organization Librarians Without Borders is a Canadian-based organization that was founded in 2005. Their principal goal is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians. Seventeen of these volunteer librarians spent two weeks at the Asturias Academy in April, bringing with them wisdom, energy and fresh ideas. Carmen, one of the coordinators, arrived with a new system for lending books, and the volunteers spent many hours cataloguing the existing collection and new books they had brought with bar codes. This lending system will allow the school to let students take books home, a standard practice in the United States but very rare in Guatemala and a longtime goal at the Asturias Academy. The school’s new librarian, Shanoor, hired with funding support from Librarians Without Borders, will work hard to make this dream a reality as soon as possible.

We are starting the planning process for our next medical and educational delegations during the summer of 2014. An initial meeting will be scheduled in late August, but in the meantime, please contact Henry Thurston-Griswold (thurston@juniata.edu) if you are interested in participating and would like to be added to our delegations email distribution list. We may attempt something a bit different this time around, which would include an extended option for the educational delegations for anyone interested in spending an additional two weeks at the Asturias Academy.

Grocery Gift Cards—Every card helps our church! Purchase a Stone Church Grocery Gift Card on Sundays at the back of the sanctuary or in the church office. Coordinators, Barb Purdy and Cheryl Ritchey, have challenged everyone to purchase a card one week out of every month.

FOOD PANTRY June’s Food Pantry item of the month is Saltines- but other items may be brought to help alleviate hunger in our community. Sunday, June 16, is Food Pantry Sunday- the children will come around with a wagon to collect your gifts during Children’s Circle Time of the worship service, as they do every third Sunday of the month. You may also drop off your items in the food pantry wagon located outside the sanctuary organ door at any time. The Food Pantry would also welcome monetary donations.

Messenger Musings Lost in a Strange Land

Have you ever been lost? I don’t mean lost, in the sense of the evangelist’s warnings, as in having no hope of

going to heaven when you die. I mean lost as in where on earth is that room, or that floor, or that building?

For four days (May 7-10) I experienced being lost in a strange land, the UPMC complex in the Oakland section of

Pittsburgh. Its impressive layout is confusing to a country girl, even one who spent a year of graduate school a

couple of blocks down the hill from the hospitals. Although lots of changes have taken place, both in my life and

in Oakland in the last 47 years, I still love to read books. And my experiences at UPMC remind me of a line in

one. A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie contains this gem: “Three times she’d driven around the village, and

she couldn’t tell by this time where she’d been and where she hadn’t.” That describes my four days in May!

The two hospitals, Montefiore and Presbyterian, are connected, and people can walk back and forth between them

without having to go outside. Convenient that, especially in bad weather, also extremely confusing to visitors.

Gene was prepped in Montefiore and then wheeled over to Presbyterian for surgery. I had to get there via the

Pedestrian Bridge, which, if you haven’t yet experienced it, you ought to. It is magnificent, with marvelous views

and great artwork along the way, and it is very long. Once I got to Presby, I think I was on a lower floor than I’d

started, but maybe not. These hospitals are built on a hill, so when you are climbing up a grade, you may end up

being lower than your starting point, and if this is confusing, you really must take a weekend trip out there and

investigate. The only thing I can tell you for certain: The cafeteria is on the 11th

floor but all elevators don’t stop

there—or else they don’t stop on the floor your patient is on. My advice: just stand your ground and look lost. It

worked for me. Within seconds some smiling, uniformed person would sing out, “Are you lost?”

At this writing, Gene is at The Oaks, here at Westminster Woods, the proud possessor of a Stone Church prayer

shawl, a physical expression of warmth and Christian love. In the April issue of Messenger “Blanketed in Prayer”

tells of an Indiana church that distributes prayer blankets. If you don’t subscribe to Messenger, you’ll need to

borrow someone else’s copy to read this article. Better yet, contact Diahann about getting your own.

----- Alberta Haught Goshorn

We Remember….. Carolyn Dowdy January 27, 1936 – April 20, 2013

A graveside memorial service was held at Huntingdon Memorial Gardens on April 23, 2013. Pastors Dale and Christy Dowdy officiated at the service assisted by Hospice Chaplain Joe Shawley.

Carolyn Hess Dowdy was born on January 27, 1936 in Huntingdon, to the late Elvin E. and Sarah Bell Hess and the twin sister of Marilyn Hess. She graduated from Huntingdon High School in 1953 and became a graduate of the Polyclinic Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg, PA. She was married to Earl G. Dowdy on February 12, 1979 in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was important to Carolyn and Earl to adopt a baby to raise as their own. While Earl was on the road in August 1986, Earl was notified that their new daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Hess Dowdy was born.

Carolyn was a member of Stone Church of the Brethren transferring her letter on January 31, 1993. For a number of years, Carolyn and her sister Marilyn faithfully folded the bulletins each Friday. We will miss her warm and caring presence!

Dear Stone Church Staff, Members & Friends,

Thanks so much for making the Fellowship Hall, kitchen, ground floor classroom and hallway

available to us for the recent Hattie Meal. The space really lent itself beautifully to hosting the dinner and silent auction. We’re pleased to report that we were able to raise approximately $1,600 to help out with Hattie’s veterinary expenses. We truly appreciate your generous sharing of the wonderful facility and your support of the event with your

attendance and/or prayers. Gratefully, Laura White, on behalf of the Leadership Huntingdon County Class of 2013

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your kind donation of 51 Hygiene Kits to Church World Service. Your compassion has given individuals and families touched by disaster the tangible evidence

that they matter. That someone cares. And they are not alone. Disasters can strike anywhere, anytime. And they can take many forms: tornadoes, earthquakes, civil

conflict, drought, hurricanes and more. But with the support of caring people like you—who understand the urgency of responding after a disaster—people in crisis receive help

when they need it, and hope for the future. For updates on our most recent work, visit cwsglobal.org. Or, for info about the CWS Kit Program, visit www.cwsglobal.org/kits.

Here at home or overseas, when tragedy strikes your donations ensure that help is never far behind.

With deepest gratitude, Rev. John L. McCullough, President and CEO of Church World Service

Beauty Lives on … For 30 years, Pauline Kagarise created Worship Centers for the Stone Church of the Brethren. She and her husband, Blaire, worked together to create and offer a central

focus at the front of the sanctuary Sunday after Sunday. Pauline said: “My goal was to interpret the message of the sermon. I tried to create balance and rhythm while

making sure everything could be seen from the back of the sanctuary.” During those years, they took photos of many of the centers and had them in a scrapbook which

many enjoyed.

On Monday, May 13, 2013, Pauline’s daughter, Lynita Kagarise Shimizu, invited Pastors Dale and Christy Dowdy to Pauline’s home where they were presented with a

beautiful book, “The Worship Centers of Pauline Kagarise.” Lynita had taken the photos of Pauline’s collection and beautifully arranged and enhanced them in sections

in the photo collage book so that the beauty might live on for all to enjoy. She dedicated the book to “Pauline and Blaire Kagarise, whose time together was filled

with love for family, church, and community.” This beautiful book will be placed in the library area of the gathering space so that all might enjoy this special gift. Thank

you, Lynita, Pauline and Blaire!

Thank You

June-July-August Birthdays

June

4—Max Moyer 16—Bonnie Frijters 22—Cheryl Washburn

4—Julie Pheasant 16—Ethan Lashlee 22—Norma Walter

4—Jack Hosler 16—Roberta Parlett 24—Howard Crouch

5—James Garman 16—Eva Wampler 24—June Peters

5—Barbara Anderson 17—Taran Pelkay 25—Carolyn English

6—Jesse Cook-Huffman 17—Elias Rivello 25—Andy Murray

7—Ruby Detwiler—101st 18—William Grubb 25—Dale Wampler

7—Pat Kepple 19—Joel Pheasant 27—Evelyn Pembrooke

8—Tara Yorke 20—Linda Carpenter 28—Jeff Adams

8—Patti Paterson 21—Mary Garvey

15—Barb Parlett 22—Rebecca Mitchell

July 13—John Glick 21—Carol Fultz

3—Peggy Ruegg 14—Jennifer Newman 22—Dave Witkovsky

4—Joe Biddle 16—Bill Fagan 24—Austin Pheasant

4—Sandy Brechbiel 16—Carol Swigart 24—Belle Tuten

4—Margy Miller 16—John Hille 24—Kieran Wright

5—Fiona Grugan 17—Sandy Norris 26—Bob McMinn

6—Ian Busko 19—Sarah Strunk 27—Claudia McDowell

10—Ron Detwiler 20—Tan Hille 27—Lona Norris

11—Rachel Witkovsky 20—Mitch Laabs 31—Doris Fittery

June-July Anniversaries

June

1—Carol & Charles Swigart 18—Anne & Norman Siems

3—Kim & Dave Witkovsky 19—June & Bill Peters

5—Myrna & Dick Landrum 20—Chris & Chip Gibboney

10—Carol & William Grubb 20—Laura & Jamie White

11—Carolyn & Bruce Lidston 22—Terry & Andy Murray—50th

11—Cheryl & Robert Washburn 26—Donna & Loren Rhodes

13—Joanne & Henry Thurston-Griswold 28—Daisy & Jeff Decker

15—Hazel & Howard Crouch 29—Lisa & Jay Hosler

16—Carol & Terry Fultz 29—Rebecca & Donald Mitchell

16—Erica & James Hayden 30—Harriet & Earl Kaylor

16—Eva & Dale Wampler 30—Julie & Joel Pheasant

17—Martha & John Swigart 30—Zilla & Jack Wagner

July

1—Erlene & John Garber 23—Barb & Howard Parlett

5—Sandra & Robert Norris 25—Norma & Roy Walter

12—Judi Howrylak & Steve Stroman 26—Kristina & Tim Launtz

15—Joanne & Otto Krugh 31—Cheryl & Robert Ritchey

19—Jill & Marty Keeney