October 2012

NEWSLETTER

First Presbyterian Church

Huron SD

I Appeal to You, Brothers and Sisters I’m honored and humbled by your call to serve as your pas-tor. I’m excited and energized for the ministry that lies ahead. But I’d also like to raise a point of personal privilege. Please pray for me. Pray for me, Alissa, Levi, and our sec-ond son who’s on-the-way. Pray that we will be given bold-ness to proclaim the gospel, sheltered from the devil’s at-tacks, and filled with the love that blossoms into faithfulness. I need this from you. Does this strike you as an odd request? We modern prag-matists are so easily tempted to think, “Why waste time on prayer?” Shouldn’t we just get busy? One super-achiever was the Apostle Paul. He founded churches across Asia and Europe. He nurtured new believ-ers. He raised up a second generation of leaders. He crys-tallized a significant portion of Christian doctrine in his many letters. What an amazing and accomplished man! And yet, a quick survey of Paul’s writings reveals a strange obsession with prayer. Throughout his writings Paul both talks about prayer and actually prays right in his letters. And Paul not only prays for his congregations, he repeatedly asks for their prayers. Think of it. Mighty Paul! Asking for prayer!

He’s unashamed in his asking. “Pray that I may declare the gospel boldly” (Eph. 6:20). “Beloved, pray for us” (I Thess. 5:25).

“Pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread and be glorified everywhere” (II Thess. 3:1). “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf…that my ministry…may be acceptable” (Rom. 15:30-1). “Join in helping us by your prayers” (II Cor. 1:11). And more!

Why was successful Paul so fixated on prayer? Because he knew that real, lasting, and spiritually meaningful ‘success’ is “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts (Zech. 4:6). Friends, the simple truth – the truth that Paul clearly recognized and acted upon – is that without the empowerment of God’s grace and life-bringing Spirit all our human ‘doings’ are fruitless. Even those things which look like ‘effective ministry’ are ultimately unproductive if Christ is not working therein. And that’s the last thing I want for myself or for you. So as we begin this new relationship please pray for me, the ministry here at First Presbyterian, and my family. - Pastor Andrew

Issue # 10

October

2012

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

Sunday School Worship Date # Date # Date # Date #

9/11/11– 58 9/09/12–47 09/04/11—138 09/03/12— 87 9/18/11–59 9/16/12–41 09/11/11—241 09/09/12—184 9/25/12–57 9/23/12–40 09/18/11—171 09/16/12—166 9/30/12–49 09/25/11—162 09/23/12—151 09/30/12—147

September SESSION Highlights

The next Session meeting will be a joint meeting with the Deacons on Tuesday, October 9 in the Dining Room. The “Raising the Roof” Church Supper will be held October 28 from 4:30-7:00. Leadership training will be given by Evelyn Reynen on November 17 from 1-5 pm. All church officers are encouraged to attend. Rebecca Rowen and Tyler Trigg were married at 1

st Pres-

byterian, Huron on September 8, 2012 with Pastor Andrew Cran-dall officiating. Building & Grounds: Linoleum has been installed to re-place some of the tiles in the kitchen. Replacement of windows in the Christian Education wing is complete. Work on the roof is pro-gressing. Christian Education: Fall programming has begun. The Christmas program has been scheduled for December 16.

Church Life: The 2nd

Annual Christmas Around the World Din-ner is being planned for December 16. Linda McGirr and Stephanie Myers are coordinating an entry for the Parade of Lights. Church Administration: Installation date of the new sound system has been moved to October 1. The committee is looking for members who would volunteer to be trained to use the system. Budget requests are due to the committee by the October 9

th Session meeting. Session voted to authorize

Pastor Andrew and Jeannette to apply for and be the primary users of a church office credit card. The purpose of the card is for making online purchases when necessary. Mission & Evangelism: The Fall Food Drive will begin September 28 and will include a friendly challenge between the main floor and balcony worshippers. They plan to send a Christmas box to military members who have family in our con-gregation. Names should be submitted to the church office. Session voted to purchase a page in the Plainsman’s church directory. Worship & Music: Communion was served to 153 peo-ple on August 19. The next communion date will be October 7. The Shriner’s Chorus presented special music during worship September 16. Session voted to allow a donation box for con-tributions to the Shriner’s Transportation Fund. Nominating Committee: Session voted to accept the nominating committees report and present the names to the congregation for election. Those people elected to office at the September 23 Congregational meeting were: Elders – Brenda Arteman, Erica McNeil, Larry Peterson, Milo Pietz, Jake Vil-hauer; Deacons – Janice Christensen, Sandy Fisher, Chuck Groth, Jeanne Sager, Peggy Smith; Nominating Committee – Marlis Balvin, Cam Galliger, Donna Hepper, Vi Magness, Max Peterson, and alternate Corrine Decker. Presbytery Report: The next Presbytery Meeting will be October 26 in Hot Springs. Dave Armstrong will represent our church as delegate.

First Annual Fall Supper & Raising the Roof Project

Our church’s building is unique and we want to preserve

its beauty and strengthen our church family. That is why we are

“Raising the Roof.” Our church will be holding the first annual fall supper on

Sunday, October 28th from 4:30 to 7:00 PM. This will be a tur-

key dinner with all the trimmings, a silent auction and games for

the kids.

This is a family event! Bring your family and friends. On

an average we have 130 people attend lunches and events, so we

challenge you to bring 4 family members or friends with you to

this event. We will have games for the kids and child-care for

small children of the workers.

To include the shut-ins we want to deliver a meal to each

and every-one of them. We can do this by having members

sponsor a meal for them. Sponsor a shut-in by getting us their in-

f o r m a t i o n a n d b u y i n g t h e m a t i c k e t .

We have already had some donations for the silent auc-

tion, but we are hoping to have more. If you would like informa-

tion on the silent auction please contact one of us.

We aim to serve at least 500 people and raise $5,000.00 This is a

high bar and we can’t reach it by ourselves! So sign-up in the

East Room and take some tickets to sell.

Make sure you check out our progress each week on our “Raising

The Roof” display in the east room. Please contact Stephanie

Myers at 354-0473 or Deb VanOverschelde at 350-4491 with

any questions.

The cost of the roof, sound and video projects to-

tals approximately $157,000.00. $40,461.08 (26%) has been con-tributed toward these projects–You may contribute by noting for roof and/or sound on your gift.

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PW Thank You Our Annual Bazaar and Luncheon was very successful because of all of you who donated food, bazaar items and money. Thanks also to those who worked and/or purchased bazaar items. A special thank you to all workers who stayed to clean up. We hope all of you enjoyed the luncheon. Your co-operation and willingness to help ensures that we can fulfill our mission work. Again, Thank you. Judy Neuharth, PW Moderator

CAKE PROVIDERS AND WORKERS October 2012 FUNERALS

Henry & Jackie Sievers, Joseph Sievers, Peggy Smith, Mike & Judy Stahly, Harvey & Ann Wollman, Scott & Deb Alex-ander, Darlene Ames, Roland & Cherry Amick, Kathleen Amundson, Frank & Donna Amundson, David Armstrong, Fern Armstrong, Tony and Brenda Arteman, Doug & Marlas Balvin. Elder of the Month: Nursery Schedule Mike Scheibe Oct. 7 Abby Scheibe Deacon of the Month: Oct. 14 Cheri Leyendecker Karen Mueller Oct. 21 Erica McNeil

Oct. 28 Tabitha Schmidt

Volunteers for Prayer Chain #1 #2

Harriet Turnwall 353-1750 Frances Langbehn 352-4079 Greg &Donna Hepper 352-3621 Bev Erdahl 352-4746 Vi Magness 352-5377or 8759 Thelma Peterson 352-4343 LaVonne Nicholas 352-7957 Marlene Gamber 352-5219 Sue Gose 352-8104 Cam Galliger 352-4928 Betty Freeman 352-1447 Mona Kotas 352-9517

Brad Magness 352-9545 To join a prayer chains, please call the church office .

Balcony

Vs

Main Floor

Totes in the

East Room

We’ve Got Mail

We want to thank the church for the membership longevity award and the beautiful bouquet of flowers. Fifty years have flown by and we hope we have been of service to our church and hope to continue to serve. LeRoy and Judy Neuharth. A big thank you to everyone for the beautiful cards and many good wishes on our 60th wedding anniversary! We had a flying trip to Dayton Ohio, where all our family was present for the celebration. We had a wonderful time. God’s blessings to you all! Helen & Howard Clark ++++++ Thanks to all our church friends at the loss of our Mother, Donna Katz. Jamie, Jacklyn & Jordan Nagel

Do something special for your October Birthday by donating a penny for each year of your age to the PW’s Birthday Box in the east room. You will be helping to fund our mission projects. Have a spe-cial happy birthday.

Food Pantry

Challenge Sept. 30-

Oct. 28

Another look back at the PW 2012 Churchwide Gathering

The theme of the Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women was “The River of Hope.” The theme scripture was Psalm 46:4-5 (NRSV): “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.” I loved the creative way the images of water ran through the whole program. Our days began at 8 a.m., with “splashes of joy” at morning devotions. The exhibits, Presbyterian Bookstore, and Global Marketplace where called the “Hope River Wharf.” Our forums were called “diving deeper” and our workshops were “anchors of hope.” In our seven plenary sessions, we explored the themes of The River of God, The River is Deep, The River is Wide, The River is Life, and The River is Hope. Our Gathering offering of $40,000 will be used to build 20 wells in South Sudan. Two of the 20 wells were for a hospital that P.W. helped build with a previous Thank Offering Grant. It isn’t ALL worship and workshop though. There was a craft lounge, PW scrapbooking, a tweetup(?) — conversation and camaraderie, whether you communicate in 140-character tweets or not (I don’t). You’ll just have to see it to believe it! Come and experience a mini-churchwide gathering at the PW Gathering Thursday Nov. 15th in Fellowship Hall at 1:30 P.M. All women are invited. -Sandy Weil Fisher

In The News

Sandy Weil Fisher is in the group featured in the recent issue of Hori-zons Magazine.

Celebrations & Congratulations September

President’s Call to Service Award: Diane Clayton for 4,000 or more service hours to the community.

Birthdays: Emma Timothy’s 95th, Alvina Maher’s 81st, Marvin Kelley’s 87th, Maxie Cooks’s 94th, Jo Long’s 84th

Anniversaries: Les & Bev Erdahl’s 59th, Marlas & Doug Balvin’s 51st,

Weddings: Becky Rowen & Tyler Trigg, Sept 8. 2012 Jenna Eckmann & Brian Diede, Sept 8, 2012

New Baby: Jennifer and Michael Law, Maddison Ann was born September 24. Grandparents are Greg & Donna Hepper.

Member

Highlights

Michael & Tara

Eggleston

Less than a year ago Michael and Tara Eggleston moved to the peaceful country-side where their children could romp in the outdoors. Mi-chael was born to Scott and Jennifer Eggleston. Scott is the safety and maximo coordinator at Huron Wheat Growers and Jennifer is the manager of the Elks. The family lived near Virgil and Michael

graduated from Wolsey High School. He then attended MTI where he became a medical lab technician. He now works for HRMC. He has two sisters and a brother. Stephanie is a teller at American Bank and Trust and has a daughter, Aubree who is one. Kimberly and Derek Wipf have two sons and a daughter, Teagen, age two, A.J. age five and Ashlyn who is seven. Kimberly is currently attending Dakota Wesleyan University. Michael’s brother, Patrick, attends school at SDSU. Tara was born in Watertown to Ken and Nancy Shoultz. Ken works for the State Fair, in the maintenance department, while Nancy is the cashier at Buchanan School. Tara gradu-ated from Huron High School and drives to DeSmet where she works for Legend Seeds as the Assistant Distribution Manager. Her brother, Josh, works for Northwestern in Aberdeen. Tara and Michael have three children. Kailynn, age seven, attends 2

nd grade at Madison school. Morgan, age five attends kinder-

garten at Buchanan School. Rylan is two. All of the children go to Sunday School while Kailynn is also in Logos.

The girls take dancing classes. You will see them singing in the children’s choirs at church. Tara has assisted with Sunday School. Michael and Tara enjoy horse back riding, playing soft-ball, hunting and camping with their family in various places in South Dakota. Now they are also busy attending their kids’ sports, T-Ball and Coach Pitch. During the winter snowmobi-ling is a source of recreation.

Parade of Lights & Event Center Christmas Tree

Help needed!

Last year the FPC had a small float in the parade, however we would like to continue that tradition by entering a larger float to share with the city of Huron the great things happening at FPC of Huron! We need volunteers and a chair-person for the float. If there is enough interest we will have an organizational meet-ing. We also had a tree at the Crossroads–volunteers for decorations for that are needed. The parade is November 23, the tree can be put up after Dec. 1st. Contact the church office or Linda Schwartz at lrschwartz@yahoo.com

October 21 7:30 am -1 pm

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Pancake Feed–Elks

benefit for local food

programs.

October 7 – Operation X-Mas Child. The 1

st-12

th graders will

spend Sunday School hour packing Christmas boxes for needy children around the world.

October 14 – Sunday School Choirs (Pre-6

th)

_______________________________________ Special Events: Oct. 17 – Mitchell Youth Nigh at DWU

Oct. 24 – Hay Ride at Pe-terson’s

Director: Gina Griffith Who: 1

st-8

th Graders

When: Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. (Supper included!)

Upcoming Events: 10/7 – Chimes / Puppets in Worship 10/10 – Circus Night 10/24 – Hayride / Coat Night ________________________________________________________

Wednesday Night Bible Study Wednesdays 7:45-9 p.m.

LOGOS

To: The family and friends of Robert Olson. Friends and family of Janette Talley. Family of Scott Brugger

PRAYER LIST Members

Anonymous Kathleen Amundson Keri Brede Jan Carroll Gene Carroll Linda Marcus Sally Meyer Bob Mueller Cade Clayton Betty McBride Alan Schmidt Beverly Hook Paul Ford Phyllis Lemke Pace Clayton Baby Alex (son of Tiffany Lawrence and Adam Atkins.) (in Afghanistan)

Friends & family

Stephanie Beigh (granddaughter of Betty McBride and Charles & Shirley Katz)

David Bryan (Alan Schmidt’s brother in law)

Orville Brugger & Virgil Brugger (LaVonne Nicholas’ brothers) Carolyn Carathers (Ken Shoultz’s sister)

Larry Claypool (Renea Katz’s father)

Lois Duxbury (Jack Duxbury’s mother)

Yvonne Fossum (Berneice Muilenburg’s sister)

Ron Gogolin Elaine Hale (former CE Director) Seth Hastings (son of Brady V and grandson of Ron and Sharon Hastings)

Gladys Hrdlicka (Donna Meiers’ mother)

Mary Louise & Leslie Jensen (Brenda Schmidt’s parents)

Donna Hulst (friend of Sandy Fisher) Dianne Kaardal (Oliver & LoVonne Nicholas’ daughter) Braxton Klein, (Great grandson of Cobbie & Vi Magness)

Nita Kirkham (Steve Peters’ stepsister)

Cam Kruse (Inez Eddy’s brother)

Charlotte Mangan (sister of Oliver Nicholas)

Phyllis Miedema (Adele Jacobson’s mother)

Corrie Muilenburg (Berneice Muilenburg’s son)

Doretta Nelson (sister of Berneice Muilenberg)

Susie Meyer Page (daughter of Dutch & Sally Meyer) Casen Peters (grandson of Steve & Diane Peters)

Angel Pietz (Cheryl Davidson’s great niece) Harvey Pietz (Milo Pietz’s cousin) April Pimental (Dave Armstrong’s daughter) Ron Portner (Alan Schmidt’s cousin) James Teer (Mona Kotas’ brother-in-law)

Berniece“Schamp”Lowenberg (Keri Brede’s Grandmother)

Phyllis Schmidt (Alan Schmidt’s mother) Kent Schneider (Iris Brown’s son-in-law) Karen Winson (friend of Marlene Gamber) Joe Wolf, (JoLynne Parmely’s brother –in-law)

Military Personnel

Pace Clayton (in Afghanistan) President Obama Government Officials Prison Inmates

Assisted Living, Nursing Homes & Home bound

CountryView Estates: Evelyn Williams. SunQuest Village: Kathleen Amundson, Mary Haley, Harlow & June Larsen, Eva Vilhauer. Country Side Living, Mitchell: Don & Korlas Winter. StoneyBrook Suites: Viola Hins, Gertrude Troth, Harriet Turn-wall. SunQuest Healthcare Center: Maxie Cook, Les Erdahl, Bernice Hermanson, Emma Timothy. Out-of-Town Nursing Homes: Jean Ann Beach, Florence Reim-ers, Ella Hanson, Ann Thomkins, Jill Baker. Home Bound: Mahalia Connell and Leah Ochsner.

October 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

Praise Team 7:45

Adult Bible Study 7:45

Roland & Cherri Amick’s

61st Anniversary

Jim Dunbar’s 84th Birthday

4

PW CT 9 am

5 6

Jack & Sharon DeD-

eyne’s 41st Anniversary.

Delmer Polly’s 84th

Birthday

S

7Men’s Prayer Breakfast

8:00

Sunday School 9:15

Worship 10:30

Chimes & Puppets

Communion

8 Berneice

Muellenburg’s

86th Birthday

Native American

Day

Office Closed?

9 Kathleen Ammundson’s

89th Birthday

C. E. 6:30

Church Admin. 6:30

Miss./Evan. 6:30

Bldg./Gr. 7:00

Church Life 7:00

Worship/Music 7:00

Session 7:30

10LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

Praise Team 7:45

Adult Bible Study 7:45

11

Ruth Herzburg’s 93rd

Birthday

Circles FH 9:30

1:30

12 13

Harriet Turnwall’s 91st

Birthday

14

Sunday School 9:15

Worship 10:30

15 16

Laurell Rogers 87th Birth-

day

17LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

Praise Team 7:45

Adult Bible Study 7:45

18 19

Betty Dornbush”s

80th Birthday

20

21

Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00

Sunday School 9:15

Worship 10:30

Praise Team

22

Vi & Cobbie

Magness’ 61st

Anniversary

23 24LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

Praise Team 7:45

Adult Bible Study 7:45

25 26 27

28 Francis Langbehm’s 90th BD

Sunday School 9:15

Worship 10:30

Fall supper 4:30-7 pm

29 30 31LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

Praise Team 7:45

Adult Bible Study 7:45