REDWOOD BARK�September 2014�

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK�

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice” --Philippians 4:4�

Dear Family and Friends at Felton Presbyterian Church,�

We have had a very active summer as a church this year. Our Youth�Program, led by Uriah and Mary Ann Volinsky, has had road trips, camp�fires, and Epic Friday events all summer.�

Rachel Lockridge and a wonderful group of volunteers held a very success-�ful and exciting Vacation Bible School (VBS) this summer. Every parent�and kid I have talked to since has said that they really enjoyed the week.�

Randy Fujishin, Kanda Whaley, Rachel Lockridge and Henrique Coura�have all blessed us with outstanding messages on “Choosing to Celebrate”�this summer.�

Our worship team and Barbara Lang have led us in worship all summer.�Michele Izor was traveling for most of the summer, but she ensured that we�had excellent special music on Sunday mornings.�

Felton�Presbyterian�Church Staff�

Ed Snedeker…….............……Pastor�

Kelly Gibbs………...Office Manager�

Allen/Kari Deeble…..........................�Office Assistants�

Uriah Volinsky……………………...� Director of Youth Ministries/� Contemporary Worship Leader�

Malcolm Mackinnon.........…………� Interim Director of Children’s Ministry�

Mary Ann Volinsky………......…….� Interim Middle School Leader�

Renee Seligman......Nursery Director�

Michele Izor.…....…...Choir Director�

Barbara Lang……………....Organist�

Connie Trombetta……..... Custodian�

6090 Highway 9�Felton, CA 95018�

831-335-6900�

Office Email Address�office@feltonpresbyterian.org�

Bulletin Contact�Kari Deeble�

fpcbulletin@netzero.net�

Website�www.feltonpresbyterian.org�

Our Mission:�

To bring people�into a lifelong relationship�

with Jesus Christ,�to seek to know�

Jesus Christ more deeply,�to grow in His likeness,�

and to show His love�and truth to each other�and to our community�

LUNCH BUNCH NEXT MONTH - WEDNESDAY, NOON�

As Lunch Bunch begins its 23rd (or is it 24th year) on September 28th, we “Bunchers”�invite you to join us each Wednesday noon (except the 3rd Wednesday) for a time of�food, fellowship, and a program. Where else can you have a lunch including dessert�made by our great bakers for only $3.00? We dismiss promptly at 1pm.�

Octob e r Pr o g r am Pr ev i ew�Considering a major move in the future? Wondering what you will do about selling�your home? What to do with all the stuff you have accumulated?�TAILORED�TRANSITIONS� can remove these worries.�Wednesday, Oct. 1�, Stephanie Dorsey�will speak and explain the group’s services. What a relief!�

Wednesday, Oct. 8�, Leslie Potenzo will explain her services as an appraiser and�conductor of estate sales. You are invited to bring one item for Leslie to examine and�possibly give you an estimate of its value. Tables will be set up to display the item�and for you to explain your connection to it. Please call Ken Clouse with questions.�

Wednesday, Oct. 22,� Jerry and Sandy Thormann will show and tell of their 3-week�road trip to and from Alaska. Have you tried it? Two Thormanns went north and�three came back.�

Women’s Association�Board Meeting - Sept. 4-10am�First Meeting - Sept 11-10am�

Lunch, Fellowship, Study�

“After Vacation” Church Picnic� September 14. Save the date for a�

great time and fantastic food!�

Lunch Bunch�Sept. 28 - noon�

Kids’ Club�Wednesdays 2-4pm�

Homework Club - 4-5pm�

The Bible in Fifty Words�

God made�Adam bit�

Noah arked�Abraham split�Jacob fooled�Joseph ruled�Bush talked�

Moses balked�Pharaoh plagued�People walked�

Sea divided�Tablets guided�Promise landed�

Saul freaked�David peeked�

Prophets warned�Jesus born�

God walked�Love talked�

Anger crucified�Hope died�Love rose�

Spirit flamed�Word spread�

God remained�

September Birthdays�

Dave Berkey 9/1�Mary Eklof 9/1�Terry Hollenbeck 9/1�Hilda Murray 9/3�David Wade 9/4�Ella Summers 9/5�Betty Clouse 9/7�Samurai Summers 9/7�Annette Tjeerdema 9/9�Dixie McNeil 9/1l�Keith Swedlund 9/11�Connie Trombetta 9/11�Michael McNeil 9/23�Charlie Johnson 9/25�Linda Richmond 9/25�Nick Rhodeos 9/29�

Sir, my concern is not whether�God� is on our side; my greatest�concern is to be on�God’s�side,�

for God is always right.�

Abraham Lincoln�wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww�

Favorite Old Testament Characters of FPC Elders�

Steve Richmond Joshua Courageous, obedient, served God without fear. His� words give us courage even today - Joshua 1:9....�Be� strong and of good courage for the Lord your God is with us.�

Kanda Whaley Esther Obedient, humble, courageous, faithful�

Flora Schweitzer Deborah Wise, courageous servant of God, a warrior, a judge and� ruler, ahead of her time�

C�harles Murray Moses Listened to God and let Him lead�

Kathleen McNair David His life taught me a lot. He was a warrior, shepherd,� loved God passionately, a poet who wrote many psalms� including my favorite - the 23rd.�

John Kegebein Hezekiah He followed God all his life.�

Randy Fujishin Joshua Did everything God demanded of him�

Terry Hollenbeck Job He took a licking and kept on ticking.�

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From the Hills of North Carolina Where The Lord Lives!�(quoting Klaus)�

Thank you for including us in the mailing list for the Redwood Bark. The miles are many�between us, but our hearts still live in Felton. No, we are not returning. We love it here. We�love the people, the mountains and the fact that most folks here love the Lord. We have not yet�changed our church membership even though we have found a very nice church with loving�ministers and people. Of course, nothing to compare with the members of FPC�.�

Klaus (and Heidi) Conrad�Klaus is responsible for the beautiful stained glass framing the entrance to the narthex. Heidi�knit�many� pairs of booties for Pregnancy Resource Center.�

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Thanks to Susan Henrich, Leslie Nelson, Keith Carpenter, Jerry Thormann�for proofing, printing, folding, and addressing the� Redwood Bark�

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Flea Markets for Children’s Ministry�September 20 and October 25�

Time for fall cleaning of the garage and storage areas.�Come and sell ($15 space rental)�

Call 335-6905 for more information�

4th Deacons’ Parish Potluck�October 25�

It’s “ Harvest Time”�Family fun at 5:30pm (carving pumpkins, decorating�

cookies)�Dinner at 6pm. Your deacon will call to invite you.�

More in the next� Redwood Bark�

Coming Up!�

Women’s Association�

Women’s Association will resume Thursday, September 11, at�10 am. Join us for fellowship, refreshments and Bible study.�

Missions�

Clarita Badua� is a wonderful missionary to West Sumatra�supported by FPC. She is a single, amazing, courageous wom-�an, a retired Filipina business woman in her 50’s. Her goal is�to present a clear testimony of Christ-Messiah to the Muslims�of her community.�She lives in Padang and operates her own travel agency and has�been managing it alone for 8 years. The national agencies and�government have welcomed her contribution to tourism in Su-�matra.�She is part of the Minangkabau Team composed of both Indo-�nesians and Filipinos working in earthquake relief and commu-�nity development.�Pray for her:� for a new visa allowing her to continue her business�For her new partner for this busy enterprise�For her health.�

Amazon Smile�

Do you purchase items from Amazon? If you do, you may�donate 5% of your purchase price to a non-profit organization .�

Felton Presbyterian Church is now signed up for donations.�Please choose your church to receive this 5% of your purchase�price. It is exciting to find new ways to raise money for our�church. Let’s see how this works. If you have questions,�contact Harold or Kanda Whaley or Sandy Thormann.�

Treasurer’s Report�

July 2014�Receipts $16,204�Expenses� $20,436�Expenses� above� receipts $ 4,232�

Year to Date�Receipts 53.9% $126.714�Expenses 57%� 135,399�Receipts�below� expenses $ 8,685�

There were more than normal expenses for July. August looks�better so far. Please pray that our giving improves as the year�continues.�

Children’s Ministry�

My name is Malcolm Mackinnon and I will be the interim�director of children’s ministries while Rachel is away on mater-�nity leave.�

Originally from England, my wife Donna and I have lived in�Felton for three years, where I have been associate pastor at�Trinity Bible Church. Much of my ministry is geared towards�children. I design and present large visual talks aimed at�helping kids of all ages engage with and remember Bible�lessons.�

I am looking forward to working with the team here at FPC -�both on Sundays, where we will be studying the life and work�of Elisha, and also on Wednesdays at Kids’ Club, where we will�be exploring the parables of Jesus.�

Worry�

Worry doesn’t prevent disaster; it prevents joy.�

Don’t let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses�started out as a basket case.�

From a church bulletin: Don’t let worry kill you….let the�church help!�

Worry can’t change our past or your future, but it can ruin our�present.�

Philippians 4�:�6� Don't worry about anything; instead, pray�about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for�all he has done.�

Luke 14:27� (Jesus said)�Let your hearts not be troubled. Do�not be afraid.�

Tom Escott�1 Corinthians 10:31�

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do,�do all to the glory of God.�This is the testimony of Tom Escott. He was asked about�this Bark article and was very hesitant to draw attention to�the gifts of carpentry he has contributed to FPC.�He is the man whose accent reminds one of the Geico�commercial. Besides singing in the choir, Tom has made�numerous contributions to the beauty and usefulness of the�church property. Who made the benches on the church�patio? Who made the storage drawers and counter in the�copy room? Who (along with Vern Slinker) constructed the�sound booth and the enlarged front platform in the sanctu-�ary? The many beautiful crosses that grace our facility? The�frame for the picture near the piano? The small table near�the organ? It was Tom Escott!�

Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might�.�Ecclesiastes 9:11�

Redwood bark�September 2014�

Felton Presbyterian Church�6090 Highway 9�Felton, CA 95018�

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED�

Bobby Mungaven�

We lost a friend with the passing of Bobby Mungaven in March. She was a faithful attendee of our Community Dinners.�She crocheted many baby booties, stroller blankets and baby caps which were donated to the Pregnancy Resource Center�in Santa Cruz.�

Bobby had an interesting life. Born in Holland, she was named after the wise man, Malchior. Later a friend found�“Malchoiria” too much of a mouthful and nicknamed her after her bobbed hairstyle. She was Bobby from then on. Her�father was an oil company engineer. Bobby and her mother lived in Indonesia while her father worked on an oil tanker.�

At the start of World War II she and her mother were put in a concentration camp. It was there she began to knit. They�would take unneeded sweaters and unravel them to get yarn. From that humble beginning Bobby became a master of�knitting and crocheting. On her way home after the war, she remembered that the Red Cross gave everyone on the ship�sweaters. Since they had been living in a tropical climate for years, they had no warm clothes to face the cold winters .�

She married an Englishman named John. John was a commercial artist and moved his family to Canada and ultimately to�the United States in search of work. The Mungavens called the Santa Cruz Mountains their home for many years. John�passed away a few years ago. The couple’s two sons survive them.�

Bobby was appreciated for her skill at sewing, knitting and other handicrafts. She also sold handmade period doll clothes�at Roaring Camp. We at FPC especially appreciate the beautiful useful gifts we were able to donate to the Pregnancy�Resource Center, a local mission supported by this congregation.�

Getting to Know You�

Hello, Congregation:�

It’s me, back again. I couldn’t find anyone to�interview because of the�Bark� deadline, so I�decided the “interviewee” would be ME.�

I was adopted three days after my birth in�Hayward. Before my adoption I was named�“Baby Girl Post.” My name changed from�Post to Samson to Nielsen after adoptions,�unadoptions and readoptions by new fathers.�(I had more fathers than a church), marriages,�divorces, remarriages. At age four I was go-�ing to school in Los Gatos and graduated�from high school there in 1971. I led a dream�life from age 10 - 17. My dad bred and raised�Arabian horses. I competed in horse shows�and endurance rides. Once, I was in the�Grand Nationals at the Cow Palace.�

School landed me a job at Watsonville Hos-�pital. Marriage brought us two children. I�was a stay-at-home mom for 20 years until�my divorce.�

My hobbies include beading, rock collecting,�drawing, music, and chiseling bowling balls.�I am writing a book entitled “Taking the�Cake” - a book of poetry written from kinder-�garten on. I have two phobias - snakes and�heights. I don’t like mean people, raccoons,�skunks, gophers or coyotes. My favorite�foods include rice pudding, ice cream and�key lime pie. I love roses and cats. I tend the�garden area near the front of the church.�

After the deaths of my mom and sister, I fell�apart and found comfort in going to this�wonderful church. The church became the�family that I lost. There are only two�branches on our family tree. I am trying my�best to be a strong trunk.�

I have been a member of this church for 13�years. You have helped me be strong in my�life and faith. Until we meet again - God’s�blessings each and every day to all of us.�

This is your kooky, roving reporter� Leslie Nelson�

Musings by Michael�

In this time of church transition, it is so important�that we know who our Lord and Savior truly is.�

I recently visited another church with an acquaint-�ance. Because it had the name of Jesus in the�church name, I thought it was a Christian church.�

I was greeted warmly. I wasn’t given a free loaf of�bread, but hey! Not every church has the gift of�baking.�

I sat down and opened the six-page bulletin, full of�an hour and half of liturgy. Red flags went up in�my spirit. I kept feeling the Holy Spirit cautioning�me in parts of the service. Jesus was not men-�tioned as Lord and Savior, but rather as teacher and�prophet. There were no Bibles in the church.�Incorrect scriptures were in the bulletin. The�Lord’s Prayer was directed to some kind of sky�god referencing Father and Mother. A key sen-�tence “Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who�sin against us.” was not part of the prayer.�

The pastor stood up and said he had just come back�from Turkey visiting Muslim temples. I thought to�myself, “Oh, he went to evangelize for Jesus.” But�no, he got evangelized by them. He then held up a�pair of Muslim prayer beads. He urged the congre-�gation to use them to pray to Jesus. He said it�would promote a sense of universal truth and that�there were many ways to pray to God. He then�held up an icon of Jesus holding a lotus flower -�something to do with Sophia and the universal�Buddhist spirit of peace. (After all their Jesus was�also a Buddhist.) I cannot find that in my scriptures.�

Then came communion - not based on my Jesus’�death and resurrection but on I-know-not-what. As�communion began the worship leader sang a song�by the Beatles, “Imagine.”�Imagine there is no�heaven, imagine there is no hell, etc...�I did not�partake.�

I left the service feeling very sad. They did not�know my Jesus. My Jesus is the one who died for�my sins and rose again on the 3rd day. He is the�Son of God. He�is� God. Their Jesus was a meta-�physical Buddhist. All religions and all life styles�lead to God. Jesus was just a teacher and prophet�teaching peace. This is a great concept. Who�could be against peace!�

1 John 2:22 says�Who is the liar? It is whoever�denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the�antichrist - denying the Father and the Son.�

I left feeling as if these people were truly lost and�deceived. We must be careful to back up our�beliefs with scripture. Discernment is vital in our�walk with Christ. I was not judging these people�but rather seeing through the enemy’s deception.�Do you know who your Jesus is?�

1 Timothy 4:16...�Pay close attention to yourself�and to your teaching; persevere in these things.�

Matt 16:16...�Peter answered, You are the Messiah,�the Son of the living God.�

Frank Winkler�Shirley Pilgrim�Vern Slinker�

Loves to travel to England�A faithful usher�Has two children�

A plumber�

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Long Time Member�Has two children�

Attends Thursday Bible Study�Loves movies and cards�

Daughter of a pastor�

Can fix anything electrical�Makes delicious desserts�

Member of Buildings and�Grounds for many years�

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Guess Who!�

Who Said This?�

1.�Am I my brother’s keeper?�

2. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.�

3. How will you lose your strength?�

4. Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water� from this rock?�

5. I am not even fit to remove His sandals.�

6. I have been crucified with Christ.�

7. There is no God.�

8. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall� I fear?�

9. Even though all will fall away, I will not.�

10. They have no wine.�

Answers:�1. Cain Genesis 4:9�2. A voice from heaven Matthew 3:17�3. Delilah Judges 13:20�4. Moses Numbers 20:11�5. John the Baptist Matthew 3:11�6. Paul Galatians 2:20�7. The fool Psalms 14:1�8. David Psalm 27:1�9. Peter Matthew 26:33�10.Mary, mother of Jesus John 2:3�

From the Pastor’s Desk�(Continued from page 1)�

A team of dedicated servants provided a free lunch for our�community each Tuesday at noon. And finally, we ended�our three-year discernment process in July by voting to�move to a new and growing Presbyterian denomination.�

This is all very exciting and a reason to celebrate. Life is�filled with good times and hard times, difficult circum-�stance and blessings, grief and joy, failure and achievement.�But the pain and brokenness does not have to define us.�

Throughout our lives we can have joy because God loves us�with an everlasting, unconditional love. God has adopted�us and through faith in Jesus Christ, we are His children.�God is always with us, is infinitely gracious to us and�blesses us with every spiritual blessing in heaven.�

And God wants us to “enter into the celebration of His�lavish gift-giving by the hand of His beloved Son.”�(Ephesians 1:6 in�The Message�). God is the most joyful�being in all the universe and God wants His joy to be in us�so that our joy may be full and overflow (John 15:11).�

I hope and pray, as we move into the fall season and�continue our Christ-centered ministries to our community,�that we will be a church that reflects God’s abundant joy in�life.�

Try this today! Ask God to fill you with His joy today and�then choose to celebrate what God is doing in your life and�in the lives of those who are a part of your church.�

Yours in Christ,�

Ed Snedeker�Pastor�

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,�kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control.�

Ephesians 5:22, 23�

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and�uphold me with thy free spirit.� Psalm 51:12�

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may�be in you, and that your joy may be made full.�

John 15:11�

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit�dries up the bones.�

Proverbs 17:22�

Meet Baby Lockridge Party�Sandy Thormann�

On September 21st, right after church, you are invited to a party�to celebrate the birth of Rachel and Matt’s baby boy.�

I hope that all the church family will come and invite this child into�our wonderful church family. It will be a joy to have this new baby�coming into our lives. Rachel is taking a few months’ leave from�her position as Children’s Director. It has been a blessing to have�her this past year.�

Gift suggestions: gift cards, diapers, baby wipes or help with�purchasing a pack-and-play pen.�

If you have questions or would like to help with the party, see me�or call 335-3081.�