Kiva - Christ Presbyterian Church
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Kiva - Christ Presbyterian Church
November 2014 Pastor Melde’s Page Ah, November. Thanksgiving. We have so much for which to be grateful at CPC. We still have four of our Charter Members who are participating in the life of CPC, people who made a commitment back on May 13, 1956, to grow a congregation where people could come to live out their faith in God through Jesus Christ. We still have some of their families active here. And we still have folks who joined in those few months right after that Chartering who are active in the life of CPC. How amazing! Now at about 400 members, we continue that tradition. I pray that we continue the tradition of being a congregation where people can come to and go from to live out their faith in God through Christ. I am thankful this month of November for all who support CPC through their financial resources as well as with their time, talents, and prayers. It’s a congregation in which I serve not only as pastor, but I grow myself as a person of faith, a congregation in which I raised my own children to know how to trust God through Christ. I am deeply thankful. I pray that we continue to be a congregation that does this for many generations. Peace in all our journeys, Pastor Steve Melde Growing In Christ Through WORSHIP AT CPC Sunday mornings are great opportunities to be in conversation with God. Join us each week for worship services that will guide you in your faith and help you connect with God through Jesus Christ. 8:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall with our Band 10:45 a.m. in the Round Sanctuary with our choirs/ organist Be sure to join us on the first Sunday of each month as we celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. At CPC we use grape juice (to include any who might be challenges with alcohol addictions), and we use bread that is Gluten/Soy/Nut/Dairy free to include those who have these four major food allergies. We believe that all are welcome at the Table. 3 Making a Difference: Stewardship 2015 CPC is Making a Difference in the name of God through Jesus Christ in our congregation, in Tucson, in the U.S.A., and throughout the world. YOU are Making a Difference through your participation in this congregation by giving financially to the budget which supports our ministries and missions, through your prayers for CPC, and through your participation in all of our ministries and missions. Thank you! Thank you for your sacrificial generosity. Here at CPC we are able to offer Christian education and faith development for people of all ages through our fantastic Sunday Funday School program. Did you know that we have about 20 middle and high school youth right now who are active? Didn’t they do a faithful job leading worship last month? Did you know that our youngest children are really learning the Bible Stories, and our two Adult Sunday classes are providing in depth enrichment in faith? continued on next page We believe our worship services offer the congregation an opportunity to not only praise God but also the opportunity to ponder the deeper questions of faith and keep our trust in God through Christ at the center of our lives. Reaching out beyond the congregation by supporting other Presbyterian mission congregations, coming alongside our public schools and the children and educators, helping to feed the hungry of the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen, and so many more outreach programs is all allowing us to live out the call to faithfulness. Your financial giving to CPC makes this all possible. We dedicate our Estimate of Giving Pledges for 2015 on Sunday, November 2nd in worship. Please bring your pledge cards with you or mail them in to the church office. If you miss that date, please send them in to the church office in November. Our Session Leadership Team is in the final stages of setting our budget and mission/ministry directions for the coming year and will rely on these pledges to set priorities. Together, CPC is Making a Difference. Thank you for being a part of CPC. Darrell Dunafon, Chairperson of Stewardship for CPC 5 CPC ANNOUNCEMENTS Congregational Meeting Our Session Leadership Team has called an All Congregational Meeting for Sunday, November 23rd, at 9:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. We will receive the report from our Nominating Team and elect Elders and Deacons to serve in leadership in the coming years. We will also review and approve the Pastor’s Compensation Package for 2015. All members are invited and encouraged to attend. ....More Announcements...................... Help Wanted! Sunday Fellowship Have you ever stayed after a Sunday service to visit with friends, meet new members and visitors, discuss the sermon, or even (gasp……………) grab a little snack? Have you ever thought about how The Table is prepared every Sunday? Webster’s defines “fellowship” in part as “communion, companionship.” Hmmmmm, sound familiar? Jesus himself said that “where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them.” (see where you can find this in the Bible). Be a part of the fellowship at CPC in a new and fun way volunteer to help on Sundays to set The Table for all to enjoy! Stop by The Table on Sunday November 2nd to visit, grab a little bite to eat, and sign up - help us all to carry on the true meaning of Fellowship! Yoga at CPC! Next yoga class is November 5th. Classes also on November 12th and 19th. After Nov. 19th, yoga classes will not be held again until Wednesday, January 14th, due to an 8 week holiday break. Contact Mary if you want to take yoga classes outside of CPC within her private practice. People who attend CPC can take any class Mary teaches for just $5.00 per class with purchase of a stamp card. 7 4th Annual Craft Fair Set for November 14-15 Annual Craft Fair Returns to St John on the Desert Presbyterian Church St John on the Desert Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announces the return of its annual Craft Fair in 2014. The 4thannual fair will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014 from 10 AM until 4 PM and continues on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9 AM to 3 PM. Dozens of the area's finest crafts people will be displaying and selling their wares. St John on the Desert is located at 2695 N. Houghton Road in Tucson, Arizona, onequarter mile north of Tanque Verde Road. For more information call the church office at 520-749-3615 or visit the church web site atwww.stjohnonthedesert.org. The St John 4th Annual Craft Fair presents artisans and crafters using wood, wool, fabric, metal and minerals to create hand made crafts, jewelry, garden art, sculpture, fine art, kitchen goods and every other type of craft imaginable. According to Susan Patton, 2014 Fair Chairperson, “Every year brings a surprisingly high-quality of crafters and items to the fair. We never know exactly what we’ll find, but it is always beautifully done and well priced. And just in time for Christmas shopping!” CPC MUSIC MINISTRY The Campanos de Cristo (Handbell Choir) is looking for at least two good musicians who are interested in filling spots in the handbell choir. New singers and ringers are always welcome to join us. Please see our Music Director, Richard Hintze for more information. Let us make a joyful noise unto the Lord! 9 Zambian Children’s Fund Kathe Padilla wishes to thank the congregation for her warm welcome and the generous outpouring of support to the Zambian Children's Fund. She prays for God to bless our church for our kindness to her and the children. CPC is supporting three Zambian Children this year. Our youth has agreed to support one of those three! Way to go kids! Food for Kids: Another new mission at CPC! HAVEN TOTES, a program to feed some low income students who attend Kellond Elementary School. In October we began signing up volunteers to donate selected food items, shop, pack and deliver food totes. We ask that you pray about how you can be of service to God by helping these less fortunate children. Our mission with Totes for Kids will begin in January 2015 starting off the New Year with another exciting opportunity to reach out to others in the name of Jesus! Are you willing to be part of the new HAVEN TOTES mission that will be starting in January? You can purchase selected food items, donate money, help pack the totes or deliver them to Kellond Elementary once a week. See Lana or Rada Rich to sign up! Our Prayer Shawl Ministry Team meets the first Tuesday of each month in room E/F to make shawls for those in our congregation and others who need some special TLC. They have made shawls for babies, new mothers, those who have lost loved ones or suffered some other type of loss. For special occasions, for our children who are in first grade and just beginning to learn about the Bible and Jesus’ love. They also make mini prayer shawls for our military people to carry in their pockets, helmets, shirts or jackets. Each one has a special military prayer sent with it to let them know we are praying for them. Prayer shawl request forms are available in the office in the Prayer Shawl Ministry mailbox. After completing the information requested, please return the form to the box on top of all folders. We have cards that accompany the shawls which include a prayer, history of the prayer shawl ministry and where the shawl originates (CPC). For more information or questions, please contact LuAnn Cobb at 721-7338. And think about joining our Ministry Team . 11 We could use a hand or two! Join us each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 pm or every Wednesday evening from 6 - 8 pm...or both (exceptions occasionally apply) as we prepare for our Christmas Sale. Exciting new craft projects and continuing standards to choose from. We are making items to sell at the Christmas Brunch/Craft Sale on December 6 -7. Monies raised from the sale of our Craft Items are given to special mission ministries o CPC. Bring a friend, your teen or 'tween to participate in creativity and good old fashioned fellowship! Our next meeting would fall on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 1 PM in the Library at CPC. The book we will be discussing is Willa Cather's classic fiction, My Antonia. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time, the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier. As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. 13 Lunch Together Friday, November 14th, Noon – 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to have Lunch Together at CPC (prepaid reservations can be made through the church office or on the patio, $10/person). We will have a variety of table games to play so that we can have a chance to have some fun and get to know each other a little bit better. You will get a chance to play a game for 10 minutes, and then, move to a new table, and play a new game, picking up where others have left off! C P C Out to Lunch Join us for CPC Out to Lunch at 11:30am on: November 18, at Macaroni Grill, 5100 E Broadway, Call the church office to make reservations, so we can sit together! We will order from the menu and each will pay our own tab. Men’s Breakfast, Wednesday, November 19th at 7:30am. Join us for Bible Roulette. We’ll open the Scripture, and wherever our eyes go is what we’ll read and discuss. Men of ALL AGES are invited to join us each Third Wednesday of the month at Biscuits (7026 E. Broadway). We meet in the private dining area and each has a separate check. See you there and bring a friend or two. Women’s Breakfast, Thursday, November 20th at 8:30a.m Each Third Thursday of the month ALL WOMEN are invited to breakfast at 8:30 am at Biscuits (7026 E. Broadway). Join us for good food, fabulous fellowship, and excellent conversation. No reservations needed. Bring a friend! Bring a smile! Bring your laughs! And even bring your tears! Together we eat and separate we pay. Dominoes Every Thursday @ 1pm Mexican Train Dominoes meet in room A/B. NO experience is necessary. We’ll teach you the game. Come enjoy the fun, all are welcome! Caregiver’s Support Group Providing caregivers a chance to not only talk about their day-to-day experiences and challenges but to also find emotional and spiritual support. We usually meet on the First Tuesday of the month, at 3 p.m. There will NOT be a meeting in November! Join us December 2nd. 15 9:30 a.m. each Sunday Morning features our Sunday Funday School Classes for youth, too. Middle School (Faith Trek) meets in Room D of the North Education Wing High School/Young Adult meets in Room C of the North Education Wing 2-4 Youth Fellowship meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, 6-7:30 p.m. at CPC November 9: Game Night November 23: Thanksgiving Dinner Celebration… Youth bring their favorite Side Dish Have you been out to look at our Memorial Garden Lately? It is beautiful! The Memorial Garden is available to church members, past members, active attendees, former clergy and immediate families of all above. Members may be honored in one of three ways: The ashes may be stored in urns that will be sealed in niches and faced with engraved granite plaques. The ashes may be buried in the garden area with the deceased honored by an engraved granite plaque on the memorial wall of the church. The third choice is to honor your loved one who has been buried elsewhere with an engraved granite plaque mounted on the exterior memorial wall of the church. The CPC Memorial Garden will be a place especially for those who love this church and have a sense of closeness to it. It will be a place sacred to the memory of those who have departed. It will be maintained as a place of eternal peace, serenity and meditation. If you are interested in securing a niche or would like more information and prices, please contact Marian Rogerson, 749-5215. 17 All women of the CPC congregation are members of Presbyterian Women and are invited to participate in Bible study and learn about local, national and international mission service projects. PW BIBLE STUDY GROUP AND FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE First Friday of the Month Bible Study 1—2 pm in Rm E/F followed by Fellowship Circle 2 –3 pm (Sept.—June) No Meeting in December November 2014 Calendar— PW BIBLE STUDY GROUP Bible Study with Pastor Steve Melde @ 1 PM in Room A/B (Lesson 3) Friday, November 7, 2014, 1 PM in Room A/B Lesson , “Covenants and God’s Enduring Faithfulness” In the Horizon Bible Study RECONCILING PAUL; A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF 2 CORINTHIANS By Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE 2 – 3PM in Room A/B For information about PW of CPC please call either Marilyn McConnell (579-8438) or Julia Potter (298-4415). CROSSROADS SHOWER MINISTRY: always has need of large bars of soap, Towels, washcloths, men's clothing and UNOPENED personal hygiene items. RONALD MC DONALD HOUSE has earned the highest ratings from charity evaluation groups such as Guide Star MINISTRIES and Charity Navigator. Our contribution stays in Tucson to help over 450 families per year NO family is turned away! Women of Christ Presbyterian Church with the help of all members are still collecting tabs, bleach, disinfectant wipes and chemo caps. MENAUL SCHOOL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM: needs education labels and Point Labels WITH the BAR CODE attached. Bridge - Every Third Thursday at 12:00 p.m We invite you to come out and join this friendly group of women for fellowship and great games of bridge. Bring a light lunch at Noon for fellowship and enjoy the light snacks and drinks that are provided. Please call Pauline Standifer at 733-3152 or Mary Clark at 2902276 if you are able to attend our game.. Game time starts at 12:30p.m. 19 Thanksgiving Prayer Heavenly Father, on Thanksgiving Day We bow our hearts to You and pray. We give You thanks for all You've done Especially for the gift of Jesus, Your Son. For beauty in nature, Your glory we see For joy and health, friends and family, For daily provision, Your mercy and care These are the blessings You graciously share. So today we offer this response of praise With a promise to follow You all of our days. --Mary Fairchild Please join the CPC family on the prayer chain. as we pray for those in need of prayer. Email, CPCTucsonPrayers@gmail.com and ask to be added to the mailings and/or request prayer. 2015 CPC Flea Market News! Can you lend us a hand? Second Saturdays at 9:30 am until done We will price and box. Second Sundays We will put boxes into the pods. Pricing and boxing will continue from 9:30 am until 1 pm. Donation delivery: Please bring your donations to church on pricing and boxing days or any Sunday when you come to church. Donation pick Up We are very limited in the ability to pick up donations. Please call to make arrangements. (contact Donna Kuehn or Pam Cullop for details) 21 11/01 Meghan Koch Leslie Courville 11/03 Sherrie Colbert Bruce Frederick Kathy Kimball Eva Letson Olivia Smith 11/05 Carole Pyter 11/06 James Lenhart Adam Wik 11/07 Cal Pigman Joyce Coon Jan Marshall 11/08 Marilyn McConnell Madelyn Doubrava 11/10 Stephanie Davis 11/12 Bill Lincoln 11/13 Dorothy Graham Our November Birthdays 11/20 Phil Mendoza 11/22 Chris Courville Jonathan Alberding 11/23 Lee Barker Tom Bradley Jack Dimond Bob Sundt Murry Short 11/24 Ava Gardiner Cole Gardiner Nathan Parkey 11/25 Mary Brown 11/26 Jennifer Hudgens 11/28 John Couzens 11/29 Susan Foxx Marie Jacobus Nancy Waite Katie Gilbert 11/30 Cassie Hoke Did we miss your birthday? We are sorry. Please let us know in the church office so we can get you on our list! Happy Birthday to all who have birthdays in November! Than k CPC You ! Dear CPC Congregation: You have been a very valuable friend to the Community Food Bank! We are so grateful for your support and kindness, and so are the many hungry in our community your generosity has helped. Families throughout our community are facing some tough economic times right now. People who have never needed assistance before are now looking to us for help. Your gifts help us secure and distribute food to our member agencies and into the hands of the people that need it the most: hungry children, seniors and families in Southern Arizona. ~Michael McDonald In Sympathy Please hold our grieving CPC families in prayer ...... Jack Standifer family, Lorraine Stough Family and David Hardy Family Memorial services: Lorraine Stough—Saturday, November 8th at 11:00 am at CPC David Hardy—Saturday, November 15th 1:00 pm at Trinity Presbyterian 400 E University Blvd. Tucson 23 6565 E. Broadway Member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) & Presbytery de Cristo The Rev. Steven P. Melde, Pastor (PastorSteveMelde@gmail.com) Steve Brownson, CRE, Pastoral Assistant (sbrownson52@gmail.com) Robin Gilbert, Director of Children’s Christian Ed (robbert77@juno.com) Richard Hintze, Director of Music (rhintze@email.arizona.edu) Dr. Kathryn Snodgrass, Organist (kbspnorg@q.com) Cathy Grossman, Bookkeeper (oasisbandb@cox.net) Lon Bothwell, Facility Manager Debby Anderson, Office Manager (christpresbyteriantucson@gmail.com) Shirley McClain, Administrative Assistant Church Office Hours Monday—Thursday, 9 a.m.—4 p.m. (Closed for lunch 12 —1 p.m.) Friday 9 a.m.—12 noon Deadlines KIVA December Issue– Wednesday, November15th Weekly Bulletins - Noon the previous Wednesday Thursday Blast - Noon the Phone: 520-886-5535 previous Wednesday Fax: 520-886-5686 www.cpctucson.org Christ Presbyterian Tucson Email: christpresbyteriantucson@gmail.com Twitter: @CPCTucsonAZ