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The SCPC Way 2
Board of Elders 4
Church Staff 5
Executive Report: Steve Schibsted & Candie Blankman 6
Caring Ministries 8
Deacon Report 11
Family Ministries 12
Discipleship 13
Mission Ministries 14
Hispanic Ministries 15
Worship Ministries 16
SCPC Preschool 17
Financial Report-Executive Summary 18
General Fund Report 19
Building Fund Report 20
Membership & Baptisms 21
Attendance 22
In Our Father’s House 23
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*Team Chair/Lead
Name Committees Class
Connie Crichton* Mission Participation 2015
Bret Daniels Family Ministry 2017
Mike Duerksen Ministry Report 2016
Mark Enmeier Discipleship, Engagement & Caring 2016
Steven Ernest* Ministry Support 2015
Abel Haro Discipleship, Engagement & Caring 2017
Libby Hawkes Family Ministry 2015
Tracy Knox Family Ministry 2016
Dana Leonard-Cialdella* Family Ministry 2017
Pat Marvin* Discipleship, Engagement & Caring 2016
Denise Nesper Discipleship, Engagement & Caring 2015
Jim Purser Missional Participation 2016
Edward Smith Ministry Support 2017
Larry Thomas* Worship 2015
Dick Veale Worship 2017
2014-2015 Ruling Elder Roster
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Candie Blankman
Interim Pastor & Head of Staff
Associate Pastor of Discipleship
Crystal Bonilla
Preschool Assistant Director
Juan Bonilla
Director of Hispanic Ministry
Saul Bonilla
Facilities
Charlie Campbell
Associate Pastor of Worship
Diana Castruita
Director of Family Ministry for
Spiritual Experiences
Laura Clark
Communications Director
Jill Dupree
Childcare/Nursery Head
Sheryl France-Moran
Director of Missional Participation
Sally Henry
Receptionist and Administrative
Assistant to Family Ministry
Janet Goode
Worship and Communications
Administrative Assistant
Heather Brandriff
Director of Family Ministry Invita-
tion to Leadership Investment
Kelly Perry
Event Coordinator and
Assistant to Hispanic Ministry and
Discipleship
Becky Knip
Assistant to Senior Pastor and
Business Manager
Brieann Knutson
Director of Worship
Jon Knutson
Director of Technical Production
Bob Miller
Senior Facilities
Sarah Norris
Director of Choral Music
Julio Perez
Facilities
Ryan Romberg Director of Family Ministry
Education and Formation
Steve Schibsted
Senior Pastor and Head of Staff
Peter Sedlewicz
Business Manager
Julie Snyder
Director of Preschool
Lynda Thomas
Director of Worship
Production
John Zechiel
Worship Accompanist
Church staff 2014—2015
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EXECUTIVE REPORT by
Candie Blankman
We believe that July 2014-June 2015, SCPC’s
fiscal year, is one that will prove to be a year
when the Lord began doing a new thing. The
majority of this year was spent with myself
serving as interim pastor while the Pastor
Nominating Committee continued their search
for a new pastor. We believe that the discerning
work they did brought a pastor for SCPC that is
an evidence of a new work of the Spirit among
us. Move evidence of a fresh moving of the Spirit
among us was the work the Session did in their
study of desiring and discerning God’s will
together. Ask any one of the elders who
participated in this study and you will hear a
story of transformation.
It was a very challenging year financially. But this,
too, proved to be evidence of God’s work in and
through us. Lay leadership and the staff rose to
the occasion and ministry and mission continued
to not only be maintained, but to flourish despite
deep cuts in our budget. With the steady and
spiritually grounded guidance of Sheryl France-
Moran, our Director of Missional Participation
even new ministries sprang up. In human
trafficking through Hagar’s Hope and with
migrant workers through Campo Esperanza WE
are being transformed. This can only happen
when the Lord is in it.
The new leadership of Julie Snyder for the
preschool is more evidence of something new
stirring. More volunteer engagement and more
focus on connecting preschool families to our
wider ministry is already reaping encouraging
signs for our future. And the all volunteer teams
for our caring ministry did amazing work. Stories
abound of individuals and families whose lives
have been deeply touched by their work. The
engagement ministry of our deacons under the
leadership of Casey Comeau, who passed the
baton to Dave Robinson and Jon Moran is
making significant impact with our new members
and our multicultural and multigenerational
congregation. Something new is stirring for sure!
No report can adequately communicate the
faithfulness and dedication of all the staff during
this time. Only God at work in and through
people can create such peace and joy in a
working environment when everything is shifting
and changing. It was a pleasure to lead with
them.
Steve Schibsted
Senior Pastor & Head of Staff and
Pastor Candie Blankman, Interim Pastor 8/2014—5/2015
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Through educational forums and many small group
discussions and individual conversations we learned
a great deal about ourselves and what it means to be
Presbyterian. Sadly, as a result we also lost many
dearly loved friends through this time. But we
entrust them to the Lord’s care and to whatever
new the Lord might be doing in their lives as well.
What is happening through Groundings, as well, can
only be attributed to the Lord doing something new.
Again, ask those who have been through the
experience and they will tell you. Their faith has
been deepened and their eyes have been opened to
what God is doing—something new. Those who are
leading these experiences are helping to lay the
foundation for a very spiritually focused future
through a culture of discipleship with a heightened
awareness of God’s presence and power at work in
and through us.
Steve, take it away!
EXECUTIVE REPORT by
Steve Schibsted
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly 6 months
since I arrived in San Clemente, having started my
new call at just the tail end of the 2014-15 fiscal
year. Although it’s been a somewhat rocky start,
I echo what Candie has written above and believe
wholeheartedly that God is indeed doing a new
thing. Death always comes before resurrection.
In some ways, we have experienced the death of
some old things this past year. Although it has
been painful, we are now beginning to see signs of
new life everywhere in the life of the church. It’s
time to move on from the old and lean into the
new. My hope and prayer is that we can now
focus our attention on the important work God is
calling us to do in our church, community and
world. Even more importantly, I hope we can
experience his grace and joy as we fulfill the
mission he has given us.
I am confident that God has good things in store
for us in the years ahead. The God who has been
faithful to us in the past will be faithful in the years
to come. I am excited to see what’s ahead!
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do
you not perceive it?”
-Isaiah 43:19
With gratitude in being your pastor,
Steve
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The Care Ministries encompass the following, along
with their leaders/coordinators:
The Ones (Jean Cammack); Stephen’s Ministry
(Sharon Davidson and Marsha Easterday); Meals
Delivery, (Cyndi Martin); Shut-Ins
Communication, (Cyndi Martin); Super Seniors
Advocate/Card Writers, (Cyndi Martin); Prayer
Quilts, (Carolyn Pierce and Pat McNeil);
Grandmother’s Prayer Group, (Sharon Rice);
Cancer Support Group, (Katie and Dave
Robinson); Visitation, (Kelly King), Memorial
Team, (Helen Bluett and Diane Olsen); Prayer
Chain, (Kelly Perry); Home Communion, (Mary
Ann Whittier); Two Women’s Circle Groups,
(Virginia Simmons and Dorothy Johnson).
This is the first year these ministries have had a
dedicated elder. Every three months the elder has
connected with each ministry leader to understand
what God is doing, to ask for prayer needs and how
the church leadership can support them.
THE ONES, for ladies over 60 years of age, meet
twice a month and have 12-14 regular attendees. The
format of one meeting is to have snacks and coffee,
interview a person of interest and follow up with the
business at hand. The other meeting is held at a
restaurant for lunch and fellowship.
STEPHEN’S MINISTRY, made up of 17
caregivers, meets twice a month. One meeting is
for the leaders and focuses on the leadership retreat
and general planning. The other meeting is for all the
caregivers. It is in this meeting that everyone checks
in about their care receivers, the relationship, issues
they encounter and how everyone is doing. It is a
time of team building and prayer. Each caregiver
meets once a week for one hour with their care
receivers. Every Sunday at each service a Stephen
Minister is available in the crying room to pray for
people.
A special service, called Hope for the Holidays, is
held in December in the chapel and is for people
who have difficulty during he holidays. This group
read “Tattoos on the Heart” as part of their
continuing education. A training class is planned for
January 2016.
MEALS DELIVERY is made up of 105 volunteers,
however 15 are usually the ones delivering a meal.
The “Take Them A Meal” website is used by both
the volunteers and the family needing the meal to
organize the sign up and delivery of the meals.
Volunteers pay for the meals and provide
transportation, so there is no cost to SCPC. Two
weeks of meals are provided and generally restricted
to the San Clemente, Dana Point and San Juan
Capistrano areas. This team provides meals to
families who have experienced loss, illness, pregnancy
or any other crisis. To date 6 families have received
meals
SHUT INS is a ministry where advocates visit at
least once a month people who are unable to get out
of their home. If the advocates cannot make a visit,
they are asked to send a card, a note of
encouragement or make a phone call. Each advocate
arranges their schedule and visit activity. The
coordinator in this ministry updates the list of
shut-ins and coordinates changes through the church
office. There is no cost for this ministry.
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SUPER SENIORS ADVOCATE/CARD
WRITERS is a ministry whereby postcards are
mailed to a list of people in need of encouragement
and communication. At present there are 26 faithful
card writers and 29 card recipients. The postcards
that are mailed out are photographs of the quilts
our quilting ministry has made. These postcards are
printed by the church and kept in the Welcome
Cart for the card writers to pick up on Sundays. All
card writers provide their own stamps at present.
The leader of this ministry sends out a reminder
message to the card writers to send the cards to
two different people on the list each time. All our
card writers are computer literate and receive the
updated list of recipients on their computer.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP meets on the 2nd
Monday of the month in the library with 8-14
people attending, most of whom are from our
church. The agenda includes prayer, status of
current cancer research and information, projects
that the group is working on, health status check for
the attendees, their need for support and help,
discussion of issues going on in the church, the need
for help and more prayer. They share experiences,
commonalities, feelings of helplessness, difficulties
with doctors, insurance, side effects of treatment
and information needed. Right now the group is
60% survivors and 40% caregivers. This group has
been around for 8 years and had over 51 unique
individuals in attendance. This group is also actively
involved in the Relay for Life cancer fundraiser
event every July.
VISITATION TEAM, made up of a combination
of 11 pastors and lay members, make visits to
hospitals during a crisis or near death. The church
office notifies the lead pastor of the need and asks if
there has already been a visit. If not, an email is
sent to the visitation team of the need. Team
members are to log onto CCB and report the needs
and progress of the situation so all are updated.
MEMORIAL TEAM consists of 6 members and
serve families in need of a memorial service. The
leaders are given the information and proceed to
contact the family to go over all details of the
memorial service. They also determine if they want
a reception and all the details that accompany that,
along with what other support will be needed to
hold the memorial. There is a fees sheet given to
each family. Non-members pay for the facility,
custodian, staff, sound and lighting and members do
not. The church provides the lemonade, coffee, tea
paper/plastic cups and condiments for the coffee
and tea. The pastors are Dee Hazen, Carolyn
McOwen, Candie Blankman, Ron Eckert and
Garrett Erickson.
PRAYER CHAIN is a ministry coordinated and
carried out by Kelly Perry in the office of SCPC.
Prayer requests come in from all over and are
emailed or called in to the church. Kelly monitors
these prayer requests over the weekend so no one
slips through the cracks. The prayer requests are
then sent out via email to all our prayer warriors.
The challenge is people want to give lots of details
that cannot be forwarded on due to privacy issues.
This ministry needs a lay minister to take this over
who has a heart for prayer, one who is not
interested in gossip and who can keep
confidentiality and discern how much to put in the
emails.
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HOME COMMUNION focuses on taking
Holy Communion to shut-ins on at least a
quarterly basis. This is designed as a Worship
Service where they visit, pray, read scripture,
discuss it, and then administer communion by
intinction. The usual words of institution are
used and a prayer of confession added.
Communion is always offered to the shut-ins
and the family or friends present. There is a
need for ordained and trained elders and
deacons to administer communion. The service
is then closed in prayer. To help the shut-ins
feel more connected, they try to discuss what is
going on at church. The leader then provides a
report to the church, outlining any physical or
mental health changes, along with their needs,
what is happening with their care and their
caregivers. This is included in the clerk of
session’s report.
CIRCLE GROUPS are two groups that
originally came from the Presbyterian Women’s
Group and span 25 years of friendship and
association. One meets in the library once a
month and the other in a home. Each group
averages 10-12 women, though dwindling due to
age. Both are currently studying “Stories
Behind the Hymns That Inspire.” The meeting
agenda is refreshments, fellowship, study,
personal stories of faith and singing from the
book.
PRAYER QUILT Ministry meets on the 1st
and 3rd Saturdays at Carolyn Pierce’s house
where quilts, each a work of art, are made for
our church congregation and community friends
who are recovering from illness, loss or injury.
Carolyn stores the donated fabric in her home.
The batting is purchased from the prayer quilt
budget and is the only expense incurred. Eight
women give their time on these mornings to
sew the requested quilts. Each quilt can take up
to 25 hours to make and assemble. 450 plus
quilts have been made since 2002. Carolyn and
Pat provide an opportunity for the members of
the church to tie knots and say a prayer for the
person receiving the quilt every Sunday.
GRANDMOTHER’S PRAYER GROUP
meets in the library on the 2nd Thursday of the
month. This group started 10 years ago in
Sharon’s living room and now they are down to
four members due to health issues and death.
They are actively seeking new younger
grandmothers to join. When they meet, they
discuss their individual families, the problems at
hand and then pray out loud for each other.
Denise Nesper
Elder, Caring Ministries
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Fifteen members served as deacons this past
year. Tasks accomplished in 2014/2015 are as
follows:
The “Plugged-In-Card” and the
“Welcome Lounge” The goal of the
Welcome Lounge is to provide a place for
visitors and members to engage with one
another. Along with welcoming visitors on the
patio on Sunday mornings Deacons routinely
follow-up on all plugged in cards that are turned
with a friendly phone call or e-mail to connect
with those who are looking to get plugged in.
Often folks are looking to join a small group or
get involved in a ministry, so we inform them of
opportunities and get them connected to the
right people.
New Member Brunch– Deacons continue to
assist with each new membership class. We
hosted a class this past May. Each table is hosted
by a Deacon and an Elder to help facilitate
conversation that follows with the presentation.
Those in attendance complete a profile that
allows the Deacons to get to know them and
how they might get plugged into the SCPC
community. After the brunch weekend
mentoring and follow-up is the continued goal,
so that new members are feeling welcomed and
connected to the community.
Greeting - Deacons served as greeters on
several occasions for two weeks periods of time
during the past year at the Sunday morning
worship services.
Cookie Ministry- After some transition, the
Deacons have taken over the coordination of
the Café Clemente Cookie Table. While we
have a great team of host, who prep the cookie
table each Sunday we had a seen a drop in
cookie donations. The Deacons coordinated a
schedule for our small groups and some large
groups to bring cookies on an assigned Sunday.
The schedule is working well and we welcome
others to bring cookies donations as well.
Photo Directory- This past spring the
Deacons took on the task of coordinating a new
photo directory. It has been over 5 years since
our last directory and the deacons were excited
to take it on as it’s a great tool for getting to
know our members. This project was led by
Sally Henry and Dave Robinson. We
coordinated volunteers to greet families as they
arrived for their appointment. We also
uploaded all photos that were taken on to CCB
to keep our digital directory up to date.
Casey Comeau
Deacon Moderator
Board of Deacons:
Casey Comeau
Thomas Dollar
Stacey Enmeier
Linda Fry
Jan Galati
Sally Henry
John Kavlich
Jon Moran
Dave Robinson
Brian and Janet Shannon
Derek and Corby Williams
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Family Ministry at SCPC saw an intense focusing
of values and a dramatic shift in staffing strategy in
2014-2015. Our vision focus intensified on
building for our graduates a foundation of
Conviction, Community, and Character. We do
that by 1) equipping and supporting parents to live
their faith, 2) connecting kids with mature, adult
Christians, as well as 3) connecting them to the
worshiping community, so that they can 4) work
through their doubts well, 5) experience God in an
abundance of ways, to ultimately 6) make their
faith a priority in all of their decisions in life.
Our staff, greatly diminished from years past,
found creative ways to accomplish this by focusing
on particular values of the church rather than on
particular age groups. As a team we tackled family
ministry together. The team is made up of Family
Ministry Director for Education and Formation,
Ryan Romberg, Family Ministry Director for
Spiritual Experiences, Diana Castruita, Family
Ministry Director for Invitation to Leadership
Investment, Heather Brandriff, and Family Ministry
Administrative Assistant, Sally Henry. Joining
these as always is our Nursery Director, Jill
Dupree.
One of the main ways we pursue our vision is
through milestones. Milestones are special
programs centered around specific developmental
faith markers. They always include parents and
families, and they always finish with a take-home
“milestone”.
This year our list of milestones included- 4 year
old, 2nd/5th Bible Sunday, Kindergarten Prayer
Milestone, 1st grade Communion (the milestone
was a communion chalice), 6th grade Squad 51 (the
milestone are people who pray and support our
kids through school!), 7th/8th Pura Vida (the
milestone is a letter of praise and promise from
their parents), 9th grade ID (the milestone is the
results from the StrengthsFinders test), High
School Deep Justice (the milestone is a mission
trip), 12th grade Senior Blessing Sunday. Each of
these milestones was well attended. And each was
impactful to the participants in their own
ways. The milestone tradition of our church is
very strong. We still are attending to each one to
strengthen and develop it, as well as add some
new milestones for future years.
On Sundays we’ve seen a waning in our
elementary Sunday School program. This decline
has come since we cut an official Sunday School
Director some years ago. Still, our teachers are
very strong and they desperately love to teach our
kids the sacred truths of Scripture. Middle Sunday
School averages around 12 very faithful
participants. They work through the Scripture for
the morning’s sermon in words they can really
understand so that they can learn to study
Scripture for themselves. High School
experimented with a brand new series called Echo
The Story and utilized supervised student teachers
- Ali Bolsinger, Caleb Henry, and Brooke
Frolich- to teach their peers God’s grand
narrative.
Finally, we’ve seen a growth in student led, adult
directed worship in song. Led mainly by Natalie
Dupree, this group has led worship for both
Middle School and High School for the
year. We’ve seen people come a long way and
develop not only their musical craft but also their
sense of worship leadership.
Ryan Romberg-
Director of Family Ministry for Education and
Formation
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A new command I give to you: Love one
another. As I have loved you, so you must love
one another. By this all men will know that you
are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.” John 13:34-35 (NIV)
The mission of the Discipleship Committee
continues to be getting our congregation
Plugged In to a deeper relationship with our
Lord and the life of our church. This is being
accomplished through a variety of programs
including bible studies, adult discipleship classes,
small groups and the Groundings Experience.
One of our goals is to transform SCPC from a
church with small groups to a church of small
groups. We held several events throughout the
year to encourage connectedness between
groups, to get more members involved in small
groups and present the opportunity for leaders
to share and learn from each other. Several new
groups were formed, and we are working with
the Deacons to ensure every person who
expresses interest is connected to a group.
Our second Groundings Experience was
offered in the fall of 2014. The purpose is to
help us live out the teachings of Jesus in our
everyday lives and is the centerpiece of our
Discipleship curriculum at SCPC. A
comprehensive teaching guide was developed by
Rev. Candie Blankman, Associate Pastor of
Discipleship which will be used in all future
Groundings courses beginning with the fall, 2015
session.
One of our “graduates” expressed the
following about her experience:
“One of the greatest things Groundings did for
me is it really taught me the value of
LISTENING. We are so quick to give “our
story”, where God worked in our lives,
without even listening to the real needs or
thoughts of others. Groundings helped me to
become aware of how God is working in
ordinary lives, ordinary days and in ordinary
people. We need not look very far, for He is
absolutely present and here working.”
The 2014-2015 church year saw the beginning
of Adult Discipleship classes. These are several
weeks in length, taught by staff or SCPC
members and devoted to delving deeper into
scripture. We are excited to offer a full schedule
throughout the coming year giving our church
community several opportunities to grow in the
Word.
The Discipleship Committee is excited for
the future of the ministry. There is great energy
in our congregation and an expressed desire to
be more connected. Getting more and more
people plugged in is one of the cornerstones of a
vibrant, healthy and growing church. Come! See!
Join!
Pat Marvin
Elder, Discipleship
SCPC ADULT DISCIPLESHIP
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The mission ministries had another fruitful year in
serving our Lord’s kingdom locally and globally. This
year brought unique opportunities and challenges for
the missions committee as we prayed, planned,
implemented programs, supported new mission calls
and let go of some of our long term mission partners.
Listed below are some key highlights that reflect God’s
goodness and grace locally and globally.
We started new ministries this year:
Campo Esperanza is a partnership with a church in
Ensenada ministering to migrant farmers and their
families.
Hagar’s Hope was started to raise awareness and
fight human trafficking.
Mentors 4 Tyrannus Halls was started to match our
members with international college students.
We continued to give and serve:
Advent Conspiracy and Giving Tree – 178 gifts to
nearly 75 ministries totaling $58,370 along with 350
people serving over 3,500 hours.
Baja Ministry: Roofing Project, House Build and
New Year’s Party
Chrysalis Ministries hosted their Institute and
meetings
FAM Food Drives 1st Sunday of every Month, FAM
Hunger Walk
Love San Clemente
Marine Ministry: Prayer Partners, Christmas Dinner
served to 1,000 1CEB Marines, Marine Baby Shower
for 25 1CEB families, 1CEB Jane Wayne Day,
Summer Picnic, Provided Welcomed Home Gift
Bags for 1CEB Marines
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
Pregnancy Resource Center Walk for Life
Rancho Sordo Mudo: three Food Drives, sent
Allie Torres and Noemy Bonilla to serve as a
dorm parents, Thanksgiving and May Weekend
Trips
Terrific Tuesday Tutoring at San Onofre School
Welcome INN Feeding the Hungry 4th and 5th
Tuesdays of the Month
Worship at the State Park during the
summer
Y-Malawi: 8-member Service Team July 2014
We prayed and learned:
Prayer Gathering 1st Sunday of the Month
Visits from Mission Partners
o Noemy Bonilla and Allie Torres with
Rancho Sordo Mudo
o Steve and Julie Olsen with Tyrannus
Halls International
o John and Carol Dettoni with Chrysalis
Ministries
o Partners serving in Central Asia
Los Ranchos Presbytery Missions Summit
Inside Outside Fair
Mission Committee members:
Elder/Chair, Connie Crichton
Elder, Jim Purser
Director of Missional Participation, Sheryl France-Moran
Brenda Elizardi (Representing our Spanish-speaking
brothers and sisters)
Jim Hawkes
Fred Meyer
Marilyn Miller
Kim Nicolai
Connie Veldkamp
Jodie Wenrich
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This year has been one full of growth, not so much in
numbers, but spiritually. In October 2014, we had the
privilege of hosting the Hispanic Leadership Retreat for
Los Ranchos Presbytery, where approximately 20 of our
folks from third service attended. Nestor Bonilla, worship
leader for the third service, has been teaching music
classes where students are learning to play guitar, piano,
or bass for free. We have enough people on our worship
team now for musicians to rotate. The individuals on the
worship team are also invested in their spiritual growth,
as many of them have begun attending our midweek Bible
study.
Our midweek Bible study has grown from 8 people last
year, to anywhere between 15 - 20 people each week.
Our Men’s monthly gathering had not been very
consistent, but this year it is back with approximately 10
men at each meeting. The women also began meeting on
a weekly basis, instead of just once a month. They gather
for Bible study and prayer. We have also implemented a
rotation of three hospitality teams. These folks organize
and serve lunch after the third service each Sunday. They
work together to plan the menu, prepare, serve and clean
up. The purpose of this is not just to provide food, but to
grow relationships, teamwork, and unity within the folks
of the third service.
In addition to having Abel Haro serving on Session, we
now have Gabino Castañeda serving as a Deacon as well.
It is a blessing to start seeing the blending between the
English and Spanish speaking members. We also had the
opportunity to visit and partner with Campo Esperanza,
which is down in Ensenada, Baja Ca. We first visited in
the fall of 2014, and began going down biweekly to serve
on short term mission trips in spring 2015. This has been
a great opportunity for both our English and Spanish
speaking members to serve together.
It was a blessing to have Pastor Steve join our team in the
spring, and we look forward to learning and growing
together this year as well. In spite of challenges along the
way, God is faithful and we continue seeking his guidance
and will for the future of SCPC.
Juan Bonilla
Director of Hispanic Ministry
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The worship team, lead by Rev. Charlie Campbell,
Pastor of Worship, continued to explore the broader
concept of worship and how it takes place within our
congregation and how leaders can guide, enrich, and
inspire the worship experience. Because we are
inclined to be more “audience” than “actors” when
we go to church, it is incumbent on us to continually
look for ways to enable our congregation to
understand and experience the fact that worship is
something we all “do” together. ...community for the
community.
We offer three Sunday services; a more traditional
9:00 a.m. service, a more contemporary service at
10:45 a.m., and our service in Spanish beginning at
12:45 p.m. The Sanctuary Choir, the Isaiah Chorus
and the Sounds of Brass Bell Choir participate each
month in the morning services under the leadership
of Sarah Norris, with Nesa Anderson directing the
bells. John Zechiel continues to accompany the singing
groups, play with the instrumentalists, and assist
Charlie with charting as well as providing piano and
organ solos.
Lay leaders continue to be a vital, integral and
indispensable component of our worship services as
leaders, musicians, greeters, ushers, communion
servers, and communion elements for our weekly
communion. We continue to seek new ways to
maximize these roles as we seek to increase
members “engagement” in the life of the church.
In 2014 we continued the long tradition at SCPC’s
annual Christmas Concert for our own church family
and for our community. The concert tells the story of
Christmas in music and the spoken word.
The ongoing experiment in church planting, under the
leadership of Brieann Knutson, continues to undergo
change and transition. The Monday Night Gathering
has merged with another SCPC small group who
gather weekly around the Word, and then once a
month open up their home for a “community dinner”
where 20-25 people of different faith backgrounds
and life stages gather together for authentic
community and conversation. It has been designed as
a “no agenda” evening so that people feel comfortable
coming just as they are.
Worship ministry experienced some staffing position
changes linked to budget reduction. We said good
bye to Milo Otmar, bass guitar player and Josh
Huppert, our drummer. Through the leadership of
worship ministry, God provided very solid lay
ministry participants to include Saul Bonilla on drums,
Dave Barton on bass, and Jim McCoy, Mike Bautista
and Ross Anderson on acoustic guitar. Finally, we
have seen our lay vocal support grow with young
Natalie Dupree and Brandon Lanford, along with long
standing support from Bette Kerhoulas and Janet
Goode.
The complete worship team, under the leadership
and guidance of Rev. Charlie Campbell, includes
Brieann Knutson, Director of Worship, Lynda
Thomas, Director of Worship Production, Jon
Knutson, Director of Technical Production, Sarah
Norris, Director of Choral Ministries, John Zechiel,
Worship Accompanist, and Janet Goode, Worship
Administrative Assistant. Ruling Elders currently
serving Worship include Larry Thomas and Dick
Veale.
Larry Thomas Ruling Chair Elder, Worship
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The 2014-2015 school year brought change to our
preschool staff. Julie Snyder took over as the
Preschool Director which opened up a lead
teaching position. Elana Benge stepped in as lead
teacher in the Bluebird Class. Claudia Ruiz joined
our preschool staff as an assistant teacher in the
Apple class. She earned her B.A. in Early
Childhood Education from California State
University, Fullerton. Crystal Bonilla, the Assistant
Director and church member will be going into
her 7th year. Stacie Shepherd resigned from the
preschool staff to serve at the local preschool her
children attended. This opened up a position for
Rebecca Lanford, who had been on maternity
leave, to return to our preschool staff. Rebecca
and her family are active in SCPC community.
Julie Snyder has been a long time member, as well
as staff member, and thoroughly enjoyed her first
year in her new role as director. She is passionate
about educating young children, serving young
families of our community, and connecting
preschool families to the church community. 20
preschool families attended our Family Mix It Up
event in December.
Our current program offers morning sessions five
days a week and an afternoon enrichment class
(Owls) three days a week. Our afternoon
enrichment class has proven to be very popular
with our parents and the children. This class is so
exciting because it provides opportunities for
children to participate in live science, music, and
the arts. Also popular with our preschool families
is our daily Lunch Bunch Program. This is our
Extended Day Program and it is designed to meet
our parents’ need for a longer school day. It is
offered after school each day. Families may sign-up
for one, two, or three hours each day their child
attends school. We are able to accommodate 30 –
40 children per day.
On a daily basis we employee15 staff members 5
days a week, 75 children attend our morning
session and 15 children attend our afternoon
session. Our preschool is able to accommodate
approximately150 families.
The preschool is deeply devoted to its critical role
in our church and community, and our preschool
staff continues to thank the Lord as He continues
to care for the preschool and its thriving ministry.
Julie Snyder
Preschool Director
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SCPC’s fiscal year ended 31 June 2015.
Contributions received were $250,554 short of
our budget expectation. During the Fall of 2014,
the Session anticipated this dramatic shortfall, and
reduced our budgeted expenditures. Surely you
have noticed the staff layoffs necessitated by these
revenue shortfalls. We regret their necessity. Our
total receipts exceeded spending by $82,939; we
ran a surplus.
In round figures, SCPC spends $200,000 per
month in total operations. This sum includes
mortgage payments, utilities, salaries, mission
projects, payments to the Presbytery, and myriad
other costs. A general business principle would
suggest we have 'operating reserve' for two
months, or $400,000. At the end of the FY, SCPC
had a negative operating reserve ($91,965). SCPC
had to borrow that sum in order to meet its
continuing obligations. The funds were borrowed
from several ‘dedicated accounts’ maintained by the
church. That is, donations were made to the
church, earmarked for expenditures on specific
programs (i.e. sending kids to camp). The church
‘borrowed’ funds from those accounts to pay its
continuing obligations (salaries, utilities, etc.).
When those $91,965 are paid back, the church can
start to build its operating reserve. The church is
presented a financial challenge which becomes
more severe each month. Please continue to pray
for our church finances.
During this calendar year, certain members of the
committee have been pursuing refinance of the
existing mortgages. Recently, a lender has
provided a letter of intent to loan funds to us
which will result in approximately $90,000 in
annual savings, every year for 7 years. We are
confident this loan will be realized, thus removing
some of the financial stress of the church.
The debt reduction campaign is progressing well.
$711,000 was pledged, of which $485,810 has been
collected.
The Ministry Support team is grateful to all of you
who contributed to SCPC throughout the year and
answered our prayers of need. Thank you. We
are truly blessed.
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FISCAL YEAR 2014 2015
YTD YTD YTD Actual %
Actual Budget vs. Budget Change
Variance
General Fund Income $2,146,736 $2,377,001 ($230,265) -10%
General Fund Expenses
PHOS 18,382 78,200 (59,818) -76%
Admin 338,341 344,100 (5,759) -2%
Family Ministry 16,742 26,700 (9,958) -37%
Missions 24,002 61,000 (36,998) -61%
Worship 28,773 35,645 (6,872) -19%
Salaries/Benefits 1,234,215 1,345,355 (111,140) -8%
Discipleship 12,523 23,000 (10,477) (46%)
Mortgage 390,819 396,000 (5,181) -1%
Total General Fund Expenses $2,063,797 $2,310,000 $(246,203) -11%
Surplus/
Deficit $82,939 $67,001 $15,938
Current Assets - June 2015
Dedicated Funds $291,358
Capital Reserve $41,189
Operating Reserve ($91,965)
Total Current Assets $240,582
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FISCAL YEAR 2013 2014
Current through
June 30, 2014 %Rate
Monthly
Principal
Monthly
Interest
Total
Payment
Current
Balance
Time Remaining
Loan Due/
Adjust
First BF Mortgage-
Fixed 2.17% $11,078 $5,788 $16,866 $3,097,301
2.5 Years January 1, 2018
Second BF Mortgage-
Fixed 6.31% $4,916 $10,370 $15,286 $1,908,445
2.5 Years January 1, 2018
Total Mortgage Loans $15,994 $16,158 $32,152 $5,005,746
Debt Reduction Balances - June 2014
Pledges $701,000
Total Given $485,810
Total Building Fund Cash on Hand $254,376
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Total Active Membership June 30, 2015 1265
Active membership reported June 30, 2014: 1537
Total Gains in fiscal year 2014/15 10
Total Losses in fiscal year 2014/15 21
Total Losses from 2014 Membership Review 261
Baptisms July 1, 2014—June 30, 2015
1 Adult 10 Infants
Clerk of Session
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July 2014 785
August 783
September 840
October 832
November 869
December 1029
January 2015 898
February 852
March 841
April (Easter) 1375
May 733
June 866
ANNUAL WEEKLY AVERAGE: 855
AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE PER MONTH:
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2010 2011 Marguerite Beauchamp August 9, 2014 Mary Morgan August 9, 2014 Leon Burke August 28, 2014 June Poindexter October 21, 2014 Lawrence Burr November 30, 2014 Gus Sintetos December 17, 2014 John Dempsey April 1, 2015 Julie Bright April 18, 2015 Don Vincent June 15, 2015
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119 north avenida de la estrella san clemente ca 92672
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