October 23, 2013 Central Life Central Presbyterian Church **Halloween costume contest** APPLE will be having a Halloween Costume Contest on October 26 at 11:00 a.m. in Central Hall! This will be a fundraising event to help us continue to provide our stu- dents with tumbling as well as other classroom necessities. Entry fee for each partici- pant will be $5.00. Admission to the program will be $3.00. The contest is not limited to APPLE students…..everyone is welcome to enter, even the grown-ups!! ALL contestants will receive a prize and they will love getting on stage and hearing their family cheer them on! The contestants will have a turn walking across the stage to show off their costumes. Then, we will have a special guest from the Bristol VA Police Department give a quick presentation on Halloween safety and pass out some goodies. At that point our “judges” will pass out prizes. Each child and/or family will also have the opportunity to have their pictures tak- en….these will be 5x7 photos that will cost $5.00 each. Please contact Selena in the APPLE office by Thursday if you would like to participate in the contest. Hope to see you there!!! Also, THANK YOU for your participation in the Food City School Bucks program. Last year’s participation earned our school a big check for $512! If you haven’t already, please ask the cashier to make sure that your ValuCard is linked to APPLE Academy (may be listed at FC as APPLE Institute, Bristol, VA). Pastor’s Corner Whenever a family or a church family is living through transional mes and issues, it is natu- ral to feel that the ground upon which we live is not stable. We wish for easier and simpler soluons and wish for some problems to just go away, so we could just live life as we wish it to be. I have recently been reading some work of David Sawyer, our interim consultant. He speaks of how we learn from and grow through issues and conflicts that we experience with other people and with life in general. He notes that many of us want to manage conflicts that we face with others and life issues, while others wish to resolve those conflicts, so we can move on to our next challenge. Dr. Sawyer offers us a new term that he names “conflict ulizaon.” Names maer, whether the topic is what our parents named us as babies and what we name condions in our lives up to this point in life. Here is the kernel in the nutshell. If we face issues in our lives and fail to learn the deeper les- sons from the experience, we have lost ground and are less happy. Dr. Sawyer goes further when he says that “conflict ulizaon” presents us with an opportunity to imagine what God desires for our future. He further states that if we will stay with the ulizaon poron, we have a chance to unravel life’s clues, listen to each other’s concerns and listen for how and where God is showing us blessing and new life. This is more than we could have imagined before. If I could make an analogy from the medical field, I would say to us all that our family doctor is doing his or her best work while listening to our story during the visit. Our doctor does not get upset at our disease or malady, but ulizes our emoonal and spiritual resources to part- ner with his or her treatments and medicines for there to be life beyond the disease. What I glean from all of this is that when we face issues that could have derailed life before learning “conflict ulizaon,” we can now begin to listen for and search for life’s lile clues for learning to live beer and more happily. This is to say, when we are faced with issues and people that displease us, we can now look for the posive clues for our growth and happiness that allow us to place less significance in the events themselves and more reason for what God would have us to learn and become. Let us connue on a path of learning and growing into the ministry and mission to which Christ leads us. In His peace, Pastor Mike Central Life October 23, 2013 PAGE 2
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October 23, 2013
Central Life C e n t r a l P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h
**Halloween costume contest**
APPLE will be having a Halloween Costume Contest on October 26 at 11:00 a.m. in
Central Hall! This will be a fundraising event to help us continue to provide our stu-
dents with tumbling as well as other classroom necessities. Entry fee for each partici-
pant will be $5.00. Admission to the program will be $3.00.
The contest is not limited to APPLE students…..everyone is welcome to enter, even the
grown-ups!! ALL contestants will receive a prize and they will love getting on stage
and hearing their family cheer them on!
The contestants will have a turn walking across the stage to show off their costumes.
Then, we will have a special guest from the Bristol VA Police Department give a quick
presentation on Halloween safety and pass out some goodies. At that point our “judges”
will pass out prizes.
Each child and/or family will also have the opportunity to have their pictures tak-
en….these will be 5x7 photos that will cost $5.00 each.
Please contact Selena in the APPLE office by Thursday if you would like to participate
in the contest. Hope to see you there!!!
Also, THANK YOU for your participation in the Food City School Bucks program. Last
year’s participation earned our school a big check for $512! If you haven’t already,
please ask the cashier to make sure that your ValuCard is linked to APPLE Academy
(may be listed at FC as APPLE Institute, Bristol, VA).
Pastor’s Corner
Whenever a family or a church family is living through transitional times and issues, it is natu-
ral to feel that the ground upon which we live is not stable. We wish for easier and simpler
solutions and wish for some problems to just go away, so we could just live life as we wish it
to be.
I have recently been reading some work of David Sawyer, our interim consultant. He speaks
of how we learn from and grow through issues and conflicts that we experience with other
people and with life in general. He notes that many of us want to manage conflicts that we
face with others and life issues, while others wish to resolve those conflicts, so we can move
on to our next challenge. Dr. Sawyer offers us a new term that he names “conflict utilization.”
Names matter, whether the topic is what our parents named us as babies and what we name
conditions in our lives up to this point in life.
Here is the kernel in the nutshell. If we face issues in our lives and fail to learn the deeper les-
sons from the experience, we have lost ground and are less happy. Dr. Sawyer goes further
when he says that “conflict utilization” presents us with an opportunity to imagine what God
desires for our future. He further states that if we will stay with the utilization portion, we
have a chance to unravel life’s clues, listen to each other’s concerns and listen for how and
where God is showing us blessing and new life. This is more than we could have imagined
before.
If I could make an analogy from the medical field, I would say to us all that our family doctor is
doing his or her best work while listening to our story during the visit. Our doctor does not
get upset at our disease or malady, but utilizes our emotional and spiritual resources to part-
ner with his or her treatments and medicines for there to be life beyond the disease.
What I glean from all of this is that when we face issues that could have derailed life before
learning “conflict utilization,” we can now begin to listen for and search for life’s little clues for
learning to live better and more happily. This is to say, when we are faced with issues and
people that displease us, we can now look for the positive clues for our growth and happiness
that allow us to place less significance in the events themselves and more reason for what
God would have us to learn and become.
Let us continue on a path of learning and growing into the ministry and mission to which
Christ leads us.
In His peace, Pastor Mike
Central Life October 23, 2013
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Worship News
Sunday, October 27 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Mike Chamberlain preaching “Humility Is a Gift”
Joel 2:23-32; Luke 18:9-14
Sunday, November 3 NOTE… Daylight Savings Time ends
8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Mike Chamberlain preaching
“Salvation Comes to Us” Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Luke 19:1-10
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper 5 cents a Meal Offering Bring Food Pantry items
Sunday, November 10
8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Mike Chamberlain preaching
“Be of Good Heart” Haggai 2:1-9; Luke 20:27-38
New Member reception following the 11:00 worship service
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Meetings Coming Up
PW Coordinating Team—Tuesday,
Nov. 5, 10:00 am
Committee Chairs—Tuesday, Nov. 5,
6:00 pm
Church Committees—Tuesday, Nov.
5, 7:00 pm
View From The Pew Over a year ago, I was studying Ephesians 2:19-22 and 1 Peter 2:4-5, and loved read-ing that we “are living stones that God is building into His spiritual temple.” God is building a home, using us “brick by brick, stone by stone with Jesus Christ as the cor-nerstone that holds all the parts together.” When a brick lies by itself, it is useless until it is incorporated into a building. So it is with each of us; we must not remain alone but be built into the fabric of our church. However, we can endure only if our lives are built upon God’s strength by living in harmony with each other to show God’s love. Last week in a daily devotion, I read about this again and wanted to share it with you. We are all in this together, building this beautiful house for God in His presence, making it “a sanctuary vibrant with life.” I’m excited; I hope you are, too. Ann Landis
All Medicare Recipients (or soon to be recipients) Tuesday, October 29 1:30 PM Meeting in the CPC Chapel Melody Conkin, Coordinator of Services with First Tennessee Area on Aging will present an unbiased view of Medicare A, B, and D. This is not a sales pitch, only a way to understand the choices we have and how to best meet our personal needs. She will answer any questions we may have. Thais Sikora, Parish Nurse volunteer
SRI LANKA
We are so fortunate to have members,
Jim and Joan Keith, willing to go help in
missions as the Lakpahana Mission
School , and industries to support it, are
being reestablished on a 150 acre estate.
While we do not have an exact date they
need to return to Sri Lanka, you will be
updated as soon as we know. Please pray
for the leaders, students, workers…and the
Keiths as they carry God and Central in
their heart to “go and serve.” If you can,
we encourage you to give financially, too
(make donations directly to Jim and Joan
Keith), as the expense and needs of the
school are enormous.
Great progress in the basics is already
being made on site with dorm bedding re-
paired and/or purchased, a bakery in opera-
tion, and an order for baby chicks! Teach-
ers are being hired, students enrolled, and
networks for employment being formed
after their education and industrial train-
ing. As they report now, they are “forging
new directions”!
We can share together in this exciting
mission outreach and spread the love of
Christ….and I pray you can!
Grace Himstedt, MOE Committee Chair
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DONATION HELP
Agencies are asking that we cut or
mark out the UPC code on all items
donated to charitable organizations.
While it is unfortunate, this has be-
come necessary due to a few recipi-
ents returning donated food and oth-
er items back to stores for cash. We
certainly appreciate your help!
Operation Shoebox Reminder
Please bring your packed shoe-boxes to church by Nov. 10, 2013. The Operation Shoebox forms lo-cated with the 2 displays (outside Central Hall and the Sanctuary) can be filled out and your box will be packed with goodies for you. If you would like for your box to be packed, please turn your form and check in by Oct. 27, 2013. We will pack the requested boxes on Wed. Nov. 6, 2013. Thank you, Janis Davis Backpack needs this week (all indi-vidually packaged): Oatmeal Applesauce Vienna Sausages Beanie Wienies
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Volunteers
For Sunday, October 27:
Coffee helpers - Trish James, Lois Clark
Nursery helpers - Jack & Alicia Wycoff
Greeters
8:30 - Trish James, Phyllis Gilbert,
Butch Pack
11:00 - Ed & Verle Sutphin
Head Usher - Dick Gordon
Safety Teams - Jim Gibson, Casey
McComish, Larry Clarke; Ralph Davis, Bob
Stuart
After Church Visitor - Ruby Brown
For Sunday, November 3:
Coffee helpers - Kim Pruett, Lauren
Calloway
Nursery helpers - Drew & Rebecca Porter
Greeters
8:30 - Jean Thomason, Ellie Ward
11:00 - Allen & Retta Vance
Head Usher - Tom Caldwell
Safety Teams - Jay Hall, Sheree Taylor;
Ken Moss, Mark McCord
After Church Visitor - TBA
For Sunday, November 10:
Coffee helpers - David & Cathy White
Nursery helpers - Crystal & Ashlyn Stacy
Greeters
8:30 - Carol Curry, Steve & Karen
Smith
11:00 - George & Kimberly Parks
Head Usher - Tom Caldwell
Safety Teams - Nelson Pyle, Niki McGrew;
Woody McGlothlin, Hugh Wise
After Church Visitors - Randy & Phyllis
Morris
Healing Hands Health Center will be cele-brating 50,000 patient visits next month!
Come join us for a Chamber of Commerce After Hours Event on Tuesday, November 19 at Healing Hands, 210 Memorial Dr, Bristol, TN from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Healing Hands provides free medical and dental care to the working, uninsured and underinsured residents of the greater Bris-tol community. We salute our wonderful volunteers and supporters!
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55+ Planning Meeting
Ann, Caroline & Jean would like you to meet with us on Friday, Nov. 1, 12:00 noon at Cracker Barrel (Exit 7) to discuss plans for 2014. There will not be bus transportation, please meet us there. We need your help with your ideas. Please sign up on the sheet on the bulle-tin board (near the Parlor) so that we can reserve a big enough table! Don’t forget that payment for the Pi-geon Forge trip is now due. Thanks. 55+ Coordinators
Jay Helms 11 - Joseph Fitsanakis 14 - Peter B. Buhls 15 - Connie Boger Terri Surber Joseph Timp 16 - Clayton Kiser Mackenzie Porter 17 - Edith Harmon
Mark McCord 18 - Rebecca Porter 19 - Kelly Ambrose 20 - Jason Harris 21 - Nancy Arnold Crystal Stacy 22 - Andy Arnold Rhonda Comer Terri Davis Debbie Wagner 23 - Bill Kiser Martha Milner Oceana Tadlock 24 - Mason Carroll Harry Land 25 - John Dodge Miriam Kesler Mary Catherine Morrell 26 - Ralph Horne 27 - Leigh Shepherd 28 - Vickie Clark 29 - Andrew Porter 30 - Kelly McBride
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Mission Central
Saturday,
November 2
9:00 to 12:00
This is the day that we are Central folks helping Central folks. Many jobs get done - raking leaves, repairing steps, cleaning out gutters, replacing light bulbs - all kinds of jobs, large and small. If you want help at your house, mark the space below: Name_______________________________ Phone number _______________________ Email _______________________________ Jobs I need or would like to have done: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ If you would like to help out on Mission Central Day: Name_______________________________ Phone number_______________________ Email_______________________________ Jobs I’m good at or like to do: ___________________________________ ___________________________________
Please return the form to the church office by October 27.
CENTRAL STAFF:
Mike Chamberlain, Pastor [email protected] Robert Campbelle, Music Director [email protected] Joy Smith-Briggs, Organist [email protected] Rob Hollo, Contemporary Worship Leader [email protected] Mark Rash, Contemporary Worship Leader [email protected] Patty Caldwell, Office Manager/Newsletter Editor [email protected] Sarah Blakeney, Financial Director [email protected] Selena Jackson, Director of APPLE Academy [email protected] Donna Leonard, APPLE Administrative Assistant Thais Sikora, Volunteer Parish Nurse Barbara Mann, Volunteer Parish Nurse OFFICE HOURS: M-F 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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News of the Church Family
Hospital/ Rehab—Patsy Wampler, Frank Blanton, Jim McCord (please no visitors right now, send cards instead) We offer our Christian sympathy to Dr. Bob Lowry on the death of his wife, Dr. Lois Low-ry on Sept. 19, 2013. Bob served as Interim Pastor at Central in 2000-01. He and Lois had been married 58 years. His address is : Dr. Robert Lowry 500 Lentz Landing Ln Nebo, NC 28761 Please keep Dr. Bob and his family in your prayers during this difficult time.
The Family of the late Joe W. Street wishes to express our deep appreciation to Central’s members for the many cards and expres-sions of sympathy you have shown during the recent
death of our Dad. We sincerely appreciate your kind words and deeds. May God bless each of you. Lois and Larry Clarke and all the Street family Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Nov. 26,
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. David Meade (Jamie Howard) who were mar-ried on Saturday, October 19. David has been a member of Central for many years and we are pleased to have Jamie join by reaffirmation of faith. She is an account manager at Burke, Powers, & Harty Insurance and she enjoys run-ning, baking & cooking, crafts, interior decorating, and fitness & health. Their home is at 209 Yellow Sorrell Dr, Bluff City, TN 37618 and includes Jamie’s dog, Rocco “The Buddy.”
Nov. 6 – Church-wide packing of Samaritan boxes, led by Janis Davis (Menu – Beef Stroganoff with Noodles, peas, jello, rolls, pineapple upside down cake)
Nov. 13 – Musical Entertainment from Central’s Blue-grass or Praise Team (Menu – Tacos, Spanish rice, corn & black bean salad)
