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Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church January 2015

Important Dates

Inside...

1 Happy New Year

10 All Church Work Party

23 Leadership TrainingSocial

24 Leadership Training atLaguna Presbyterian

14 Wednesday Night YouthGroup Resumes

18 Sunday Night YouthGroup Resumes

2 Children’s Ministries

4 Outreach

4 Facilities & PW

5 Calendar

6 Worship & Music

7 Birthdays & Anniversaries

7 Book Group

8 Pictures from ChristmasConcert

3 Youth Ministries

What do you want to be whenyou grow up? When we are children weare asked that question by well meaningadults looking for a conversationstarter. The expected answers usuallyrange from broad vocationalheadings: doctor, lawyer, police officer,firefighter, mommy, pilot, musician,dancer, designer, teacher, and theoccasional sanitation engineer. But earlyon in our psyche it is imprinted that weneed to have a goal, a dream, a directionif we are to move ahead and mature intoadulthood. As motivational speaker ZigZiglar phrased it, “If you aim at nothing,you’ll hit it every time.”

The beginning of a new yearseems like a good time to assess wherewe are and decide what we want to be aswe mature as a family of faith, the Bodyof Christ, called to this particular settingat this particular time. The Church, ourchurch, is a living, complex organismthat continues to grow and transformover time and if we intend to fulfill ourmission we need to decide upon a courseof action. As children we may havewanted to be a great many things butover time and through a process ofrefinement we hopefully discovered whatwe were gifted to be and set our courseaccordingly.

In high school I rememberwanting to be a marine biologist and Ihad a great knack for life sciences butonly average math acuity so ultimately a

career in the science field would havebeen a struggle at best. Instead, overtime, I found my niche in religiouseducation and the rest became historyand continues to unfold as future. Justas each of us have individual strengthsand abilities as a church body we possescollectively the aptitudes and gifts forparticular ministries and pursuits. Everysuccess and failure thus far has led us tothis point and as a living body we haveadapted and changed and transformedinto who we are today, poised to takehold of future with gusto andimagination.

I am confident that our futurelies in how we make connections andbuild relationships with our communityand with the communities that liebeyond our borders. Our aim is wherewe come in contact with our neighbors,our co-workers, our friends, and thosewho are relegated to the margins of oursociety. Deep within us, as acongregation and as the individuals thatcomprise this Body of Christ we havegood news that needs to be shared, finegifts of music, laughter and love, couragethrough prayer and reflection, a sense ofcomfort and healing, gestures ofkindness and welcome, inspiring acts ofgenerosity.

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Parents Day-OutParents Day-Out was a huge success. The children started the afternoon with Leslie Berger singing carols,

thank you Leslie for helping out with all the kids. Pizza was delivered, movies were playing, ping-pong, foosball,puzzles, coloring, and games, were enjoyed by all. Even running up and down the fellowship hall was fun and allof this was done with smiles and laughter.

We finished the day with making an Advent Calendar for all of them to take home. Thank you to all thevolunteers that made Parents Day-Out possible. Children’s Ministry will be hosting two more Parents Nights-Outand one more Parents Day-Out in 2015, watch for the those dates to come.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

(Lissa’s pondering continued from page 1)The Apostle Paul reminds us in Ephesians that Christ is at work in us every moment equipping us for

works of service and building us up as mature disciples and missionaries: “So Christ himself gave the apostles, the proph-ets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until weall reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness ofChrist…speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does itswork.” (Eph. 4:11 ff)

Our destiny is waiting for us in the streets of our community, in the classrooms of our children, in the boardrooms of our work, in the pantries that help the homeless, in the hotel rooms of the working poor, in the sheltersand the prisons and the graveside of those who mourn. We may stumble and fall when we take the Gospel out tothe people we have contact with each day, we might feel awkward and out of place but in time we will experiencethe fruits of our labors. But, as the New Year unfolds we are encouraged to “Start where you are. Use what youhave. Do what you can.” (Arthur Ashe). May God continue to bless our efforts into 2015. Happy New Year!

Lissa


YOUTH MINISTRIES

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to host a Gratitude Breakfast inNovember to express how thankful we are for the support of the wholecongregation! Our middle schooler’s prepare breakfast each Sunday morning as partof their Sunday school program and they decided they wanted to prepare a meal andhost the whole congregation for that meal.

Our team of volunteers worked for weeks to prepare decorations, gather theingredients for the food, recruit chefs, and invite the congregation to the meal. Aspecial thank you to Kerilyn Counter for coordinating the event. It was Kerilyn's ideato express our gratitude to the congregation in this way, and her vision for the eventwas fulfilled thanks to the hard work and support of Elder Mary Byrne, Cathy Dyla, and all of our middle schooland senior high students who were up early on a Sunday morning to flip pancakes and fry bacon.

Thank you to all who attended our Gratitude Breakfast for the continued love and support! CHPC Youthappreciates you!

Save the Date!

Middle School/Senior High Sunday School Kickoff January 18th

Middle SchoolWednesday Night Fellowship resumes January 14thWinter Camp in Big Bear February 6th-8th

Register online at canyonhillspc.orgPayment Plans available!

Senior HighSunday Night Youth Group resumes January 18thMexico Mission March 27th-April 1st

Montreat Summer Camp August 2nd-August 9th

Register online at canyonhillspc.orgPayment Plans available!


OUTREACHThank you from Outreach

As I am “retiring” from the office of Elder for Outreach and Membership, I wouldjust like to thank all of you for supporting our efforts these past three years. A special bigthank you to those who brought cookies and snacks for the Connect table – it has beennice to have such a great variety of yummy homemade, bakery and Costco items! (All ofwhich were happily consumed!) The donations left in our little basket have also paid forthe lemonade supplies and the flavored creamers for your coffee. We like to think thatthese little extras provide a nice and welcoming atmosphere as people come for worship.Many thanks to those who left a few dollars there as well.

Special thanks to those who take the tablecloths home each week to launder thecoffee stains out! This is one of those quiet, behind-the-scenes gifts of love and service that is so appreciated andnecessary in the life of a church. If you’d like to help out next year with any of these little areas of service, pleaselet me know!

I hope you have enjoyed the car show and the concerts that we have held at CHPC. These are intended togive you opportunities to bring friends and neighbors to the church as well as to give a fun event for our members.We hope to host more of this type of event in the future.

We have several new members who have come to us this past year. I hope you have had a chance to meetthem – they are a bunch of delightful people! A couple of them are already stepping up to serve as deacons in ourchurch, and several are now in the choir!

Lastly, I hope you are enjoying our new website. It has been re-designed to be more current anduser-friendly. It only works, though, if you go on it to see all that’s happening in the life of our wonderful church.If you have questions about how to navigate it, please let us know so that we can help you.

It has been my pleasure to serve this church as an Elder for the last few years. I hope you will continue tosupport Tammy Grant and the rest of the Outreach Committee as we move in to another exciting year for CHPC!Sincerely, Jana Kidd

Have you been looking for a way to exercise and help thechurch at the same time? The Facilities Committee has got theperfect solution . WE ARE HAVING A WORK-PARTY ONSAT. JAN. 10, 2015 from 8 am until Noon. Coffee and donutswill be served as well as Subway or Pizza for lunch. There will bejobs for everyone !

We need volunteers to get the food. PLEASE come outand help for whatever time you can. Volunteers, please email JefSchleiger NOW (before you get booked up for that day) and putit on your calendar. Send email to [email protected] or call760 212-1079. Thanks, Jef

Facilities

Happy New Year everyone!Now that all the Christmas decorations have been put away and we have all begun our diets to shed those

extra holiday pounds may 2015 be a blessed year for us all! We begin our Knock Your Socks Off mission projectto help the homeless and needy at Mercy House.

Bring new or gently used men's, women's and children's socks to church. You can find us by the SockMonkey before and after worship service beginning the second Sunday in January. Maria Lindsey, Moderator


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Happy New Year(Office Closed)

2

Office Closed

3

9:00 PM PWCoordinating Team

48:45AM Bible Study

10:00 AM Worship &Sunday School

6:30 PM YouthConnection

5

7:00 PMAdmin. Committee

69:30 AM Women’s BibleStudy

7:00 PM FellowshipMeeting7:00 PM Boy Scouts7:15PM Deacon’s

77:00 AM Men’s Breakfast

7:00 PM Godsend7:15 PM Hand Bells

8

6:30 PM Worship &Music

7:30 PM ChancelChoir

9

MusicDepartmentChristmasParty at theCoy’s

Office Closed

10

118:45AM Bible Study



12

6:00 PM Itchin’ toStitchin’

7:00 PM Facilities


7:00 PM Boy Scouts



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16

Office Closed

17

188:45 AM Bible Study



19

All Day Don JoseFundraiser


7:00 PM Boy Scouts7:15 PM Session(Newsletter Articles due)



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6:00 - 9:00 PMElders,Deacons andStaff,LeadershipSocial at theConrey’s

24

8:30 AM - 3:00 PMLeadershipTraining at LagunaPresbyterianChurch

258:45 AM Bible Study



26

Alzheimer’s Meeting


7:00 PM Boy Scouts



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Worship and Music


Joan Coy 1Barbara Greenfield 1Scott Douglas 3Michael Solo 3Peter Simeone 5Leslie Ditch 6Regina Howard 6Linda Oakford 6Grant Crum 8Nancy Erker 8

Eleanor Beatty 10Steve Ditch 10Lauren Drum 10Kellie Young 11Trenton Gersbacher 13Brandon Price 13Cole Stevens 13Mary Byrne 14Debra Marsh 14Kathy Mills 14Alexandra Subramanyan 14Randy Cockrell 15Blake O’Donnell 15Matthew Burns 16Ruthann Greene 16Steve McCue 16Jacob Wiens 16Jef Schleiger 17Alice Bell 20Jim Guziak 21

Phyllis Hart 21Verna Horton 21Hannah Schroeder 21Liza Clay 22Richard Stevens 22Wyatt Pannier 23Rachel Evans 24Morgan Bell 25Ashley Genrich 25Carol Gully 25Colby O’Neill 25Daniel Evans 26John Martindale 26Richard O’Neill 26Chuck Collins 27Tom Watts 30

John & Melinda Bowman 2Scott & Brooke Barton 3David & Mary Byrne 5Dennis & Gail Edmondson 21Ed & Louise Hafferkamp 22

Women’s Book Group:“When Jane Forrester takes a position as a social worker in North Carolina, she is given the task of

deciding which of her clients should be sterilized without their knowledge or consent.” Based in truth, this story,Necessary Lies, by Diane Chamberlain, is about the courage it takes to be who you’re supposed to be whensociety’s messages tell you otherwise. (Yes, from 1933 until 1973, state action in North Carolina led to thesterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people.)

Please join the Women’s Book Group on Tuesday, January 27, as we discuss the struggles andemotions presented by this meaningful novel. We will meet at the home of Mary Douglas at 7:00 p.m. Pleasecontact Mary Douglas for more information. (714-281-1472.)


Joyful Noise is a monthly publication of Canyon HillsPresbyterian Church. If you need more informationabout our church or about upcoming events, pleasecall the church office.Pastor:Rev. Melissa Smith

Staff:Staci Ashby ………………….. Family Ministry CoordinatorKathie Consalvi ………….Director of Children’s MinistryLeslie Berger ………………………………….Minister of MusicLee Massie………………………………………………….OrganistDeanne Simeone…………………………..Hand Bell DirectorCraig Coy……………………………………...Godsend DirectorJoan Coy……………………………….Administrative AssistantLaura Kidd…………………..Office Administrative ManagerPhone………………………………………………….714-637-7660FAX……………………………………………………714-637-8652e-mail……………………………[email protected]……………………………………………….canyonhillspc.org

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