August 1, 2010 Philo Presbyterian • 105 e. Jefferson • Philo, Illinois • 217-684-2317 Adam Talbott digs deep to contribute to the Vacation Bible School Mission Project. Grandmother Terry Pratt served as a crew leader for the 1-2 graders. PHILOPRES N e w s l e t t e r Youth Sunday August 1, the Philo/Tolono Youth shared their experiences from West Virginia. Page 3 Welcome Home, Jeri and Kirk! 40 hours of travel, and many meaningful moments marked the Kirkland’s Malawi pilgrimage. Page 2 Friends and Family Our church family has had occasions for celebration and for prayer this summer. Page 4 Softball Pitch Co-Ed Slow Pitch Softball Season is at hand. Grab a glove! Page 4 PASTOR’S NOTE Sailing, Sailing, Over the Ocean Blue! Those of us who are blessed to spend most of our lives in the beautiful MidWest don’t have much experience with sailing, but the Vacation Bible School theme - High Seas Adventure - was a great reminder that much of the New Testament is set near or even IN large bodies of water. One of my favorite stories is found in Mark - when Jesus and his disciples get into a storm on the Sea of Galilee. The disciples are afraid and Jesus chides them after calming the storm. I heard a preacher boil the story down to three sentences: Get in the boat. There will be rough waters. Jesus is here. You will not die. There are lots of times in life when storms overtake us and it is good to know that NOTHING is stronger than Jesus’ love. He will see us through. See you at church, Pastor Cindy
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Adam Talbott digs deep to contribute to the Vacation Bible School Mission Project. Grandmother Terry Pratt served as a crew leader for the 1-2 graders.
PHILOPRESN e w s l e t t e r
Youth Sunday
August 1, the Philo/Tolono
Youth shared their experiences
from West Virginia.
Page 3
Welcome Home, Jeri
and Kirk!
40 hours of travel, and many
meaningful moments marked the
Kirkland’s Malawi pilgrimage.
Page 2
Friends and Family
Our church family has had
occasions for celebration and for
prayer this summer.
Page 4
Softball Pitch
Co-Ed Slow Pitch Softball
Season is at hand. Grab a
glove!
Page 4
PASTOR’S NOTESailing, Sailing, Over the Ocean Blue!
Those of us who are blessed to spend most of our lives in the
beautiful MidWest don’t have much experience with sailing, but the
Vacation Bible School theme - High Seas Adventure - was a great
reminder that much of the New Testament is set near or even IN large
bodies of water.
One of my favorite stories is found in Mark - when Jesus and his
disciples get into a storm on the Sea of Galilee. The disciples are afraid
and Jesus chides them after calming the storm. I heard a preacher boil
the story down to three sentences: Get in the boat. There will be rough
waters. Jesus is here. You will not die.
There are lots of times in life when
storms overtake us and it is good to
know that NOTHING is stronger
than Jesus’ love. He will see us
through.
See you at church,
Pastor Cindy
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To the ends of the earth and back!
Jeri and Kirk Kirkland had a terrific experience on their
trip to Malawi, Africa in July. They met and worshipped
with the poorest people on earth, saw God working in new
ways, and were charged by a big angry elephant!
Amazing stuff !
They will share their experiences with
us in worship as soon as they’ve
rested up and organized some of the
great pictures they took. We look
forward to that, and, in the
meantime, thank God for their trip and their safe return.
PHILO PRES
Skye enjoys the singing at VBS.
PhiloPres Hospitality AppreciatedThe Synod of Lincoln Trails (the Presbyterian
governing body directly above the Presbytery) met at Philo Pres. on July 24th. The Afternoon Circle (along with help from Jeanne Martin) cooked and served up a delicious lunch and kept the coffee flowing throughout the day.
Several Synod delegates expressed gratitude for the use of the church and the great meal. One told me, “Whenever we come here, my heart just overflows with joy and peace. The church building is so lovely and everyone is so hospitable!” Yeah Philo Presbys! (Our secret is out!)
Hospitality of a Different SortWe also “hosted” a guest names Theodore for
several days in July. Theodore comes around once a year, soliciting work from area churches. He is an elderly man from Ohio who parks his van in the church lot and trims bushes and washes windows in exchange for a fee, which he negotiates pretty hard :-)
This year he stayed a bit longer than usual, as we tried to get his brake lights fixed before he got back on the road.
Here’s the Theodore quote for the year: Asked if he’d enjoyed a hamburger Tim made him, he said, “The meat was pretty good. But it was awfully small! I guess you can’t afford meat.” A character, for sure.
Vacation Bible School ReportCUPS Vacation Bible School is always fun! This year’s theme
was “High Seas Adventure” and focussed on the Book of Acts.
Terry Pratt was a Crew Leader, Karen Talbott was in charge of
the Nursery, Teri Patton lead the Recreation Portion of the evening
(with an assist from Mary Simon) and Pastor Cindy generally hung
out and had fun.
Students from Philo Pres were: Adam, Lynddsay and Kailee
Talbot, Tori Patton, Skye and Sadie Silver, and Arianna Bonner.
Thanks to EVERYONE who donated food! Great job!
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Prairie Dog/Picnic/Potluck in PresbyPark
Our friends from Tolono Pres joined us and the Prairie Dog Bluegrass Band led us in worship on July 25. The Rev. Kerry Bean and Pastor Cindy led prayer and praise. Fried chicken and potluck followed worship, along with more great music. And the weather was warm but perfect! Plenty of shade and and plenty of love made for a great morning.
PHILO PRES
Philo/Tolono Youth Group reports on West Virginia Trip
Our young people
will lead us in
worship on August 1.
Trying something
new, they will report
to us at Philo Pres.
during the first part of
our worship service - 10-10:30.
Then they’ll caravan over to Tolono
Pres. and repeat the report there.
They will show us their great
pictures, tell about the projects they
helped with in Raleigh County, and
tell us what new insights they
gained. Come and see!
After they leave, the
congregation
will conclude
worship with
the
celebration of
the Lord’s
Supper.
Fourteen high school
students and three adult leaders did mission in
Raleigh County, West Virginia.
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Congratulations are in order!
Jordan Herald and Chad Graybeal - both coroporals in the
Marine Corps - were united in marriage July 17th at Philo Pres.
After a brief honeymoon, they will return to duty in North
Carolina.
Madison Elizabeth Hatch was born July
26th to the Rev. Nick Hatch, who
completed his candidicy for the Gospel
ministry while a member at Philo Pres.
He and wife Amanda live in Great Falls,
Montana, where Nick is a youth pastor.
PHILOPRES FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Practice is held Thursdays, 6:30Games are Sunday evenings.
Recovering from Surgery/Illness/AccidentLeo Lafenhagen continues to recuperate at
Canterbury Ridge after a brief stay at Provena. Bob Lauchner is at home rehabilitating with his
new shoulder. Betty, Bob and son Andrew thank the congregation for the cards, flowers, visits and meals!
Bob Rice is getting his strength back after surgery July 19th.
Sadie Silver got stitches and didn’t even miss Vacation BBible School that night!
Marlene Evans is currently at Carle Hospital, recovering from pnuemonia.
Transition Times:Lisa Boucek has found an apartment in
Carbondale and will soon move there to begin the odyssey of medical school. Hooray, Lisa!
Chris Berger is headed to Illinois State in Bloomington.
Collin Friedemann is moving north to campus to begin his college career at the University of Illinois.
Andrew Lauchner, Bob and Betty’s son, has moved to the area from Virginia. Please give him a Philo Pres welcome!
Softball Team starts a new seasonCommissioner Jeff Burlew has declared the 2010 softball season
open! He has organized 8 teams from churches in southern
Champaign County again, and games begin August 1. If you’d like
to play, you are more than welcome. Team members have widely
varied skill levels, but we all have a good time.
Fans are also welcome to come cheer and laugh with the team.
The season schedule is posted on the bulletin board at church.
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Session
Session is the group that is responsible for
guiding and leading the work and worship
of the congregation. They met on August
2, and will meet again Sept 13, 7 pm.
Your elders are:
Barbara Burlew
Jim Evans
Pete Friedemann
Jeri Kirkland
Dirk Rice and
Mary Simon
Sue Boucek serves as Clerk.
Pastor Cindy is Moderator.
COMING UP IN AUGUST
Yes, We CanSome of the women of the
church have expressed an interest in
learning how to “can” some of the
bounty of summer. We have some
experienced “can-do”ers, too, and
hope to get them together in our
beautiful church kitchen to put up a
batch of spaghetti sauce. Watch the
bulletin and check on the website
for a date, which should be
forthcoming soon.
An Overview of the
New TestamentThis fall Pastor Cindy will lead
a 6 week adult class - probably on
Wednesday or Thursday nights -
that will introduce participants to
the various kinds of books in the
New Testament.
If you have ever wondered how
to tell the Gospels apart, or what
makes a book “an epistle” - - - or if
you would just like a refresher
course on early Christian writing,
please plan to be a part of this short
term class.
Each week will be “self-
contained” for those who may not
be able to make every session, and
there will be minimal homework.
Call the church office and let
Pastor Cindy know you’re
interested. We’ll find a time and
format that works for as many as
possible.
Picture above:
Arianna and Lyndssay paused (briefly) at
VBS to get their picture taken.
Presbytery - August 26th• Presbytery will meet August
