June July 2 Newsletter 2011

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On the Inside:From Our Pastor. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .Focus on Finance .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .Mission Project .. .. . .. ... . .. .. Mission Ministry . . . .Presbyterian Women .. ... Welcome New Members .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . .

Music Ministry . . . . . . .. ..Christian Education .. . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . ...Congratulations Graduates . .. . . . .. . . .Library Footnotes.. .. . .. . . . . . . ..Need Accurate Addresses .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. . .. ..Ways to Get Involved .. .. .. .. .. . . .June Birthdays .. .. .. . .. .. .. . . . . .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . .Necrology for 2011 .. .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . . .July Birthdays . . .. .. .. .. ..Easter in our Chancel . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. ..

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OUR CHURCH STAFF

Rev. Bill GoodPastor/Head of Staff

Rev. Stan JonesParish Associate

Marta LudwigAdministrative Coordinator

Debbie FisherDirector of Music Ministry

Dorothy ParrisPianist

Lynn MedleyCustodian

Anna HillNursery

CHURCH TREASURER

Bud Fuls

CHURCH SESSIONClass of 2011

Norm CollinsPeggy LinkinHelen Roesch

Pat TuttleClass of 2012

John BrockelmanSusan PhillipsTerri SchmidtJohn WymanClass of 2013

Charlie Eberspacher

Susan OwensJim RoyDonna Yordy

BOARD OF DEACONS

Moderator: Ruby PearsonClass of 2011

Ralph BerryBud Fuls

Linda MaplesChandler Roesch

Class of 2012

Ben FastRuby Pearson

Bev WattersChris YoungClass of 2013

Yvonne EllingsonSandy HeunischJohn Schopbach

Donna Sims

Rev. Glenn AtchinsonPastor Emeritus

Focus on FinanceFocus on FinanceFocus on FinanceFocus on Finance

The income in April fell below our budgeted amount, but our expenses also fellbelow the budgeted amount, yielding a small positivevalue of income over expenses. Year to date resultsremain positive for both income and expenses. For thesummer months, it is projected that our income will

decline and the expenses remain about the same, butthe current surplus should carry us through.

Respectfully,Bud Fuls, Treasurer

April Income $ 27,882 Budget $ 30,627

April Expense $ 27,105 Budget $ 31,882

Yr to date Income $ 139,688 Budget $ 123,288

Yr to date Expense $ 107,906 Budget $ 118,524

Difference $ 31,782


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SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS

At the McDowell Mountain Elementary School

Large zipper pencil bag#2 pencils

Box of gallon and small size zip lock bagsBoxed Family size Kleenex tissue

Elmers Glue sticks white, regular sizeElmers glue (small bottle)

White copy paper (by the ream)Colored copy paper (by the ream)

Fiskar scissors (blunt point)

Fiskar 5 scissorsCrayola crayons, 8, 16, and 24 count. (regular size)Washable Crayola Markers Classic Colors 8 ct.

Box of 12 colored pencilsYellow highlightersLarge pink erasers

Pack of pencil erasersExpo Dry Erase Markers

ClipboardPlastic Ruler (12 plus Centimeter Side)

Two pocket folders (blue, red, green and yellow)Wet Ones Pop-up Towelettes

Purell Hand Sanitizer

Please bring as many items as youd like to the Mission Table in the Narthex on Sunday, July 17, July 24,and July 31. The supplies will be taken to the school prior to the Opening Day of School which is August9.

THANK YOU

Mission ProjectMission ProjectMission ProjectMission Project

Happiness is . . .Experiencing a friendly atmosphere.

Now you can see it in the faces at FHPCs Sunday services. The enthusiasm hasreturned.

Seize the moment: Introduce yourself to someone you dont know. Making new friends is fun.


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Mission MinistryMission MinistryMission MinistryMission Ministry

Susan Titus

Susan Titus is a member of First United Methodist Church dur-ing the summer months and FHPC during the winter months.She has served on many church committees in Madison, WI.

For example: new member, church luncheon, and 3 holidaymeals for the homeless. Sue has been a Rotarian for 16 yearsand Chairwoman of Hope House ( 120 day safe house foryoung mothers w/ babies). Sue has been a Madison LibraryFoundation board member as well as serving on several Madi-son Commissions: Parks, Zoo, and Planning.Susan & Bob manage/work at the Attic Angel Nursing homedental clinic and enjoy treating our patients ( age range 75-104)We have worked at the clinic for 8 years.

Lisa Kern Linda Maples Terry Martin

Things to remember to bring to the

Mission Table on Sunday mornings.....Box Tops for EducationBetty Crocker CouponsCampbell Soup Labels (UPC label only)Small toiletriesGently used clothing

Mission Ministry CommitteeBLANKET SUNDAY

The Church is once again in receipt of an Honor Certifi-cate for our response and support of the Blankets for

Church World Service. We have helped enable them to

assist people overcome by natural and human-caused

disasters. Thank you!!

PENTECOST SUNDAY

This year Pentecost is on June 12th at which time we willbe collecting an offering to be used for Children at Riskwith congregations utilizing new ways to minister tosuch children in our community. 40% of the offeringstays here in Fountain Hills. General Assembly helps

facilitate outreach to youth through a website, facilitatethe work of the Human Trafficking issues on child sexand labor abuse, advocate to eradicate child poverty toname just a few.We thank you for your participation to help work to-

wards a safer environment for out youth, our future.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

We are pleased that we can once again work withMcDowell Mountain Elementary School here in Foun-tain Hills to provide school sup-plies for children who can notafford to purchase their own.

These items are for grade K-2.Every child wants to be just likehis or her friend and come toschool with the required schoolsupplies. By donating theseitems we can make this possiblefor each child. The list can befound on page 3.We suggest you watch for cou-pons from office supply storesfor their sales etc. Items can bebrought to church on July 17, 24 and 31st. We willhave a basket in the narthex to collect the items.Thank you in advance for helping.

Susan Owens, Elder Pat Tuttle, Elder

Susan Titus Arlene Johnson


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Dear members of Fountain

Hills Presbyterian Church,

I received your care package and I wanted tothank all of you who contributed with goodies,thoughts, or prayers. With so many supporters

like you back home, Easter was a blessing forall of us out here. I regret that it took so long

for me to send my gratitude.We'll continue todo our best to make you proud, and we look

forward to returning to US soil this summer!Thanks again for your heartfelt generosity,for remembering your Soldiers half a world

away, and please continue to pray for us.

Gratefully,

1LT John-Paul Burca

CHANGING LIVES CENTER

The Mission committee was joined by Evelyn Hrunek,Mary Alice and John Bivens in attending the open houseand tour of the Changing Lives Center. We were in awe ofthe facility to its brightness, homey and comfortable feel-ing for women/children in need. We were all moved by

the art work on the walls in the dining room of Christholding and hugging children. The Center has been builton Faith and Prayer for the need of those who need a safeplace to be while they get their lives back together.This is an outreach from the Phoenix Rescue Mission.The Mission Committee will be working with PresbyterianWomen and Men's Fellowship to see how we can bestserve them and help them meet their needs.The facility opens July 1st.

Labels for Menaul School

A gentle reminder they can NOT usethe entire soup label as Campbell's nolonger accepts the entire label. Please,just bring in the UPC product codeand/or coupon.These labels can be

put in a snack zip

lock bag. Thank

you!

Changing Lives Center Chapel

As the parents and grandparent of LCPL Michael A.

O. Dallmann, we would like to express our sincere

gratitude and heartfelt appreciation for the care

packages, cards, and prayers this congregation has so

graciously sent to our son/grandson. Every link they

receive from home is welcomed with open arms. As a

handler for a bomb sniffing dog named Lode, Mi-

chael and Lode have taken care of each other and

protected their fellow marines while in Afghanistan.

We are extremely proud of Michael and the sacrifice

he makes to ensure our freedom. We pray every dayfor his safe return. God is good and has watched

over him during his deployment. He should be back

on American soil soon and will be able to thank you

in person.

May God Bless each of you,

Paul and Denise Dallmann

Richard Westphal

Thank You Letters:


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Presbyterian Women Coordinating Team for 2010-2011

Moderator: Ilene Berg Mission Coordinator: Mary Alice BivensVice-Moderator (Program): Jan Hoff Search Committee: Donna YordySecretary: Linda Warren Membership/Yearbook Coordinator: Maria BerryTreasurer: Maria Berry Bible Study Coordinator: Evelyn HrunekPublicity: Letha Neely Historian: Barbara Oakeson

Presbyterian WomenPresbyterian WomenPresbyterian WomenPresbyterian Women

CLOTHES SILO

A BIG Thank You to all who donated clothing for theClothes Silo. Donna Yordy, Mary Ann Nichol and MaryAlice Biven each took a car load full of clothing and madethe delivery to the Silo. For ALL your generosity we re-

ceived a huge THANK YOU from Tamera Zivic, ExecutiveDirector of the WHEATS Clothes Silo. She informs us thatin 2010 Wheat:

Provided 5300 faith communities, education institutionsand organizations around Arizona with dynamic speak-ers, training workshops, and important resource materi-als;

Trained, mentored and placed 144 unemployed indi-viduals into living wage positions through our Manage-ment Training program, supporting their efforts to selfsufficiency.

Provided 6,113 women in need with appropriate busi-ness wear, completely free of charge, thanks to the gen-

erous donations of people in our community; Operated WHEATs Hand to Hand Fair Trade Store;

Worked with national, state and local elected officialsand advocates to bring about change through legislationand appropriation on Child Nutrition ReAuthorization,the Arizona State Budget, and so much more.

EASTER BASKETS

One of the ongoing missions of FHPC isto provide Easter baskets for underprivi-leged children. For several years the

recipient has been those attending theDevereux Center in Phoenix.

During the month of April women of the church were askedto provide Easter baskets for this institutions 48 children.The response was tremendous resulting in 51 baskets.

Wanda Collins and Linda Maples were in charge of the pro-gram and along with their husbands, Norm and Jerry, deliv-ered the baskets a few days before Easter.

BABY SHOWER

My Oh My!!!..what a JOYOUS occasion. As onestepped into the Fellowship Center your eyes took in thecenter pieces, which were baby items, (to be given toMommy at end of Shower) surrounded with small potted

plants. Stuffed animals were every where you looked.

And all of the gifts for baby Anabelle Grace were piled highupon the stage. It took almost an hour for Tami to unwrapall of the packages. One heard many Ohs and Ahs aseach gift was unwrapped. Those present were all smilesthrough-out this FIRST EVER baby shower held by theFountain Hills Presbyterian Women.

Pastor Bill was planning to attend this shower, but becauseof a conflicting schedule, he was not able to share this JOYwith us. However, he was not forgotten. On Sunday, May1st., he was presented with HIS gift of an apron, (made byBarbara Oakeson) with the words DADDYS DIAPER

DUTY.What a FUNweekend!!

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A RE-CAP ON THE SPRING GATHERING

The theme HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW was

enlarged with many tips from John Rolfe and Rita Applegate,from the Verde Valley Nursery. Providing us with info as tothe best selections, plant wise, for the FHPC Biblical Garden.

We were entertained by the GRACE NOTESTristin Miller& Deb Alexandar from the Mountain View PresbyterianChurch, who gave an inspiring performance of songs related togardening. (My favorite was Seeds.)

One of the high-lights of this gathering was the PW HonoraryLife Membership Recipient, with the 2011 Reward being pre-sented to Pat Tuttle by Donna Yordy.

HOOKED ON BOOKSOUT N ABOUT

THANKS to all who took part and supported these 2 groups.Have a fun and great summer. See you all in September.

Continued from page 6.PW

Also, on May15th, duringWorship Ser-vice, a check

for $185.00 waspresented toDawn Lau byLinda Capronfor the benefitof the BiblicalGardens.

CHURCH WOMEN UNITED

Beverly Roselieb hosted an orga-nizing meeting on May 12th, toform a CWU ecumenical group inFountain Hills. Lorna Bennettlead the meeting. The group willbe hosting World CommunityDay on November 4th at FHPC.Baby Shower Photos.

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Welcome New MembersWelcome New MembersWelcome New MembersWelcome New Members

On Sunday, May 15th , we were delighted to welcome thenewest members of our church family.

Tom and Cheryl Kautz are joining our church by Lettersof Transfer. Originally from North Dakota, they have livedin Fountain Hills for 30 years now. Many of you may al-ready know Tom and Cheryl because they used to be mem-bers here many years ago and they also own a business herein town called Cheryls! Tom and Cheryl have been mar-ried for 43 years and they have 2 sons and 3 grandchil-dren. Cheryl said that 43 years ago, when she got mar-ried, she never thought that her husband would be her assis-tant!!! Tom said, that after 30 plus years in the corporateworld, he never thoughthe would end up sellingwomens and childrens

apparel.

Amy Martinson is join-ing by Letter of Transfer.She was born in NorthDakota and has lived herein Fountain Hills for 29years. Amy is the motherof 5 children-one isCheryl Kautz and anotheryou might know of isKent Martinson. Amy isa huge Phoenix Suns fan.

She knows every memberof the Suns players andhas missed very few oftheir games in the last 20years. Something elseyou should know is thatAmy recently celebratedher 95 th birthday!!!!!Congratulations, Amy!

Phyliss Burkett is joining by Reaffirmation of Faith.Phyllis is originally from Alma, Michigan but moved herein December from Fort Lauderdale, FL after the death ofher husband in September of last year. She travels andcamps with her dog Sitka throughout the US two months ormore a year and loves swimming, horseback riding, and

Not Yet A Member?If you are interested in joining our church family, please see or call Susan Phillipsat 480-837-1225 or call the church office at 480-837-1763.

taking scenic photography. Phyllis is sharing a homewith Marsha Brizzie and has even gotten busy helpingMarsha prep, decorate and set up for events here in the

Fellowship Center. Together, they cater and host alltypes of parties and other events in the area.

John and Carol Skewes are joining by Reaffirmationof Faith. Johns father was a career military man andthey moved often. In fact, John said that the first timehe spent a second year at the same school was not until8th grade! John and Carol met while they were bothworking in a restaurant while in college and they havebeen happily married for 33 years now. Fours years

ago, and after theirchildren had movedaway to college, they

both quit their long-standing jobs andmoved here fromFresno California tostart a new chapter intheir lives together.By the way theirdaughter Stephanie isan Actress in LA!!!John is a Manager ofa Law Firm in Scotts-dale. He enjoys golf-ing periodically and

watching the HistoryChannel on TV.Carol was a RealEstate Appraiser for30 plus years and shenow works in thechurch office at Pin-

nacle PresbyterianChurch in North Scotts-dale. You might say

she is their Marta Ludwig!!!!!Make sure you give a warm and friendly welcome to the

newest members of Fountain Hills Presbyterian

Church!!!!!!!!

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Music MinistryMusic MinistryMusic MinistryMusic Ministry

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Whew! Well, we'venow come to the time wherewe sit down for a second,evaluate, clear out the fold-ers and prepare to startanew in the fall. I wish youall good and relaxing timesthroughout the summer.To those of you who have

been involved with making the Music Minis-try of this church so vital an activity, withsuch a meaningful purpose, I extend a heart-felt thanks. That comes from Dorothy,too! You are such wonderful people to workwith. To the congregation, we say ThankYou for supporting and encouraging us fromSunday to Sunday. We felt your love!The Celebration Singers and the CelebrationRingers will begin next seasons rehearsalsThursday, September 8th. Watch for thetimes in the bulletin.The youth band, "Committed" will continue

through the summer months, as they havefor the last two summers. We are trying anew event this summer;

"The Committed Band Camp" which will bethe same week as the VBS, only in the after-noons... when they finally get out ofbed. We will spend a longer, more thor-ough time building repertoire, and con-tinue to develop the sound of this awesomegroup of Youths playing music with theirstyles in mind, carrying the same messageof praise and thanks to God as we alldo. They are such respectful people to workwith. I look forward to the week of June 20-24 with excitement! Any youth interested,

contact me through the office, or stop intorehearsals on Wednesday's, from 5:00 to6:30.

We all look forward to the summer musi-cians who define our music ministry for thenext few months. The combinations of voiceand instrument we'll hear can be absolutelydivine. Some will make you want to tap your

toe, and some will just touch you with theirspecific way and approach that will remind usof God's everlasting love. If you have such agift, and you would like to share in worship,please notify me through the office, and I'llwork to incorporateyou into our worshipexperience.

I will be attendinga workshop/conference at thePresbyterian Confer-ence Center /

Zephyr Point, inReno, during the firstweek of August. Iam excited! Thankyou to those of youwho arranged this so that the growth of theMusic Ministry of our beautiful church willcontinue in its nurturing process, and con-tinue to develop by the wisdom and knowl-edge that comes from working with otherswho are like-minded in their endeavor towardbringing inspiring and heartfelt music forward

to the glory of God.We are truly a blessed congregation! I ap-

preciate hearing from you, and I appreciatewhat you have done for the Music Ministry ofour church. We are truly on this journey to-gether, but, now, to quote Marta,it feels like we're holdinghands!

Deborah FisherDirector of Music Ministries

Proverbs 24.27Prepare your work outside, get everything

ready for you in the field; and after that buildyour house.


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Christian EducationChristian EducationChristian EducationChristian Education

Christian Education

We are winding down here for thesummer months. Even thoughthere seems to be plenty of windfor our sails, we are cutting backon some of the programming. Weare still busy trying to get our pro-jects underway and I will explainand report on some of them in thefollowing paragraphs. But I want

to take this time to thank my Chris-tian Education committee on all their hard work this year.So my hat (if I was wearing one) is off to: Paula Eber-spacher, Sandy Heunisch, Carol Hencz, Elder CharlieEberspacher, and Shawn Uphoff. These people have all

stepped up and helped me make a success of all of thethings we tried to accomplish this year. Thank you to allof the many other volunteers who helped with our manyprojects.

Easter Egg HuntAs I said in the last newsletter, we had an Easter

Egg Hunt for the real young people who attended Churchon Easter Sunday. The youth from our Wednesday nightswere kind enough to help me hide 250 eggs (we were an-ticipating lots of youngsters). Unfortunately, or fortu-nately depending on who you ask, there were only about10 youngsters who hunted eggs. We had to help them find

the eggs we hid, so as not to leave any egg unfound. Wehope there will be more youngsters next year!

You may have noticed that we have a basket of

dry boards at the main doors on Sunday mornings for

the little ones to play with in church if they dont want

to go to the nursery. Please return these to the basket,

to be used again. This is just our way of keeping the

young ones busy while still exposing them to Church.

Youth ConnectionWe had our last Wednesday evening Youth Con-

nection on May 11th. I want to take this opportunity to

thank a few people. Most of all I want to give a bigTHANK YOU to Sandie Guiney who has faithfully beenthere to teach and lead our young people. This is Sandieslast year with us, as we are in the process of getting a newCE Director and we will be trying to reformat some of ourprogramming. We hope she will not be a stranger aroundour campus as our young people love her immensely. (Aswell as some of us big kids)

Next I want to thank those of you who fed the

Terri Schmidt, Elder

youth this year. We all helped when we had ourWednesday evening Bible studies and brought pot-luck. But I especially want to Thank: Beverly

Watters, Bob and Linda Lull, Bill and Ruth Martin,Richard and Dawn Lau, Marsha Brizzie, Ralph andMaria Berry, John and Jeanene Schopbach, andFrederic and Nicole Zenhausern. These peoplestepped up and fed the youth on their own on thosedays we did not meet as a church family. You areall wonderful cooks and the youth were very grate-ful. Though I have heard through the grapevinethat they did enjoy the evenings when we were allthere.

Midnight MadnessThe youth ended their year with a

Midnight Madness or Lock-In depending on who you weretalking to. This was on FridayMay 13th, from 6:00pm to 12:00midnight. Everyone who attended,including the adults, had a funtime. We started off the eveningwith a meet and greet and dinnerof pizza and drinks. The kids gotinto a Jousting competition rightoff the bat. We had gotten from

Arizona Bounce Company, a jousting air balloonring. Then we divided the kids into two teams:They named their teams Hazardous Matter andWhoopya. They jousted among their team todetermine the best jouster then jousted against theother team. While one team was in the FellowshipCenter jousting the other was in the Youth Centerplaying Wii and Air Hockey and Ping Pong. The

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overall winner of the jousting was Josh Jablonsky fromthe Whoopya team, congratulations to Josh. Joshcompeted against Jacob Eberspacher from theHazardous Matter team. After this they played agame called Capture the Flag. This game took a lot ofenergy as it entailed lots of sneaking and running around

outside. We wound down the last 2 hours with popcorn,cookies and a movie. The movie was called To Save aLife. This was a very thought provoking and inspira-tional movie about Teen Suicide and how one youngperson dealt with the suicide of a friend. We had 14youth all night with 4 more coming at different times.So we declare this a huge success. Thank you to Paulaand Charlie Eberspacher for getting this all togetherfor the youth.

Vacation Bible SchoolWell it is official! We will haveour Vacation Bible School June

20

th

through June 24

th

. Itwillbegin at 8:45 AM and concludeeach day at 12:00 Noon. We willhave snacks for the children, butnot a meal. Our curriculum iscalled Shake it up Caf. Itlooks like great fun. ShawnUphoff has graciously agreed tobe our Head Chef in this en-deavor. We still need sou chefs (helpers). So if youfeel you can help in some way, please call Terri Schmidt837-7083 or Shawn Uphoff at 837-3386. Pastor Bill,Shawn Uphoff, Carol Hencz and Terri Schmidt all metwith Janice Fitch at Mountain View PresbyterianChurch, to see how they run their VBS. We came awayfrom this meeting with lots of ideas and very enthusias-tic. Now we can say Bring on the Kids. This will forchildren from 3 years of age to 3rd grade. We will behaving a minimal fee, to be decided at a later date. Weare so excited to be having this again.

GraduationI am hanging my head as I write this paragraph. I oweAnna Martinson a big apology for leaving you out oflast months newsletter. Anna along with Katie Myhrand Charlie Eberspacher all graduate from FountainHills High School on May 27th. Congratulations to all

the graduates. (See their photos and bios on page 12)

Nursery NewsWe are still looking for someoneto step up and agree to be incharge of the nursery duringchurch service on Sunday morn-ings. If you are interested, pleasecall Terri Schmidt at 837-7083.

Christian Education DirectorWe are still interviewing for our new Christian EducationDirector. Our Committee has met with 2 wonderfulwomen already and we are looking forward to at least 1more. We hope to have her or him in position before ourVacation Bible School starts. We ask for your continued

prayers that we will find the right person for this job.

Pastor Bible StudyPastor Bill has taken up his study of Mark again. He

leads us all on our journey through the book of Mark, onSunday mornings at 10:30 after fellowship. Although ournumbers have diminished some with the leaving of ourwinter members, there are still many of us who enjoy ourSunday morning study. Come join us and learn the sto-ries Mark has to tell.

Mens Bible StudyThe men are continuing to meet on Thursday mornings at

7:00am. They are enjoyingthe books of Samuel. Theyare also enjoying somelight refreshment whilethey are studying. If youwish to join them, theymeet in the Adult Centeron Thursdays at 7:00am.

This concludes the news I have for you at thistime. I know you were probably wondering if I was go-ing to stop. I am excited for the direction we are going

here at Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church and I ask thatyou continue to hold us in your prayers. We need all theguidance we can get to lead our church down our newpath. We have wonderful people here and so many ofyou have been so generous and stepped up when we haveasked. Thank you for your service and time.

Terri SchmidtChristian Education Elder

~~Laugh Loudly~~Laugh Long~~Love Wholly~~

Remember to recycle your

papers, ink cartridges and cell

phones!


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Charlie Eberspacher

Charlie Eberspachers par-

ents are Paula and ChuckEberspacher. They have

lived in Fountain Hills for

5 years and have been at-

tending Fountain Hills

Presbyterian Church for 4

of those 5years. In school

Charlie has been involved

with the music program

through choir and guitar, as

well as the robotics club,

Mayors Youth Council,

and Teen Court. Outside, Charlie has been heavily involved in

Boy Scouts in Troop 343. After graduation Charlie plans on

attending college at ASU Polytechnic this fall. In 4 years, he

hopes to be closing in on obtaining a degree in 3D Game Art

and Design and getting a job with a game company helping to

design characters, environments, or anything else within the

game world.

Anna Martinson

Baptized and con-

firmed at FountainHills Presbyterian

Church, Anna has

lived in Fountain

Hills her entire 18

years.

High school brought

3 years of varsity

volleyball as team

setter and 2 year cap-

tain. She holds the school record for most assists in a season

and most blocks in a career. Anna was awarded 1st Team All

State senior year and will participate in the All-Star game this

June. She is a member of the National Honor Society and

served as treasurer her senior year. She was also an active

member of Falcon Leadership and Key Club.

Future plans are to attend Arizona State University this fall.

She has been awarded the ASU President Award Scholarship.

Her major is undecided.

Parents, Mary and Kent along with her brother Tyler know

what a blessing they were given in this happy, fun and friendly

young woman.

Katie Myhr

Katherine Grace Myhrs parents are Bill and Sandy Myhr.

Katie has lived in Fountain Hills for 4 years. She has beenattending Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church for around 3years.

Katie is involved in severalactivities. She played bas-ketball for her first twoyears at school and playedVarsity softball all fouryears. She was a cheer-leader during football sea-son this year. Katie hasalso been involved in KeyClub and Falcon Leader-

ship.She plans to attend ASU inthe fall. She doesnt knowwhere she sees herself fouryears from now. A lot de-pends on what she discov-ers during her four years incollege. One thing she doessee is that she should be graduating from college fouryears from now.

Congratulations GraduatesCongratulations GraduatesCongratulations GraduatesCongratulations Graduates

A word for graduatesCongratulations to the young members of our con-gregation who are graduating! No doubt they lookforward to the next phase of their lives with excite-

ment, anticipation and perhaps a little apprehen-

sion. We hope these words, adapted from PhillipsBrooks, will serve graduates well as they embark

on their journeys:

Do not pray for an easy life; pray to be a

stronger person. Do not pray for tasks equal to

your powers but for powers equal to your tasks.

Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle,

but you will be the miracle. Every day you shall

wonder at yourself and the richness

of life which has come to you by the grace of God.


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How exciting to hear the news that a Va-cation Bible School is being planned at

our church this month! For any of you thatare helping or participating in any way,assistance is available in our church Li-brary Resource Center. All of the chil-drens books are shelved separately fromthe adult books. They are divided into

two categories the ones with the EZ stickers on the bookspine are geared toward preschool and early elementaryage children. The books with the Juvenile stickers on thebook spine are appropriate for older elementary childrenand some middle school. We have a good selection ofBible stories as well as some nice devotional and prayerbooks. Also on hand are books for the leaders such assong books and Bible skits that can be acted out.

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Besides books, there are CDs with childrens songs andvideotapes about many Bible heroes.

And if you wont be helping with VBS, keep these re-sources in mind when you have young visitors at yourhouse. Besides providing free entertainment, they are achance to expose unchurched childrento Christian beliefs.

Barbara Oakeson

Important information about addresses!We are now mailing out the monthly newsletter to all members, affiliate mem-bers, friends and prospective members. It is very important that we have a cor-rect address for you. It is especially important for those of us who have two ad-dresses. Our computer program can maintain two addresses and if we knowyour months of residency here, the program knows which address to use for mailings. We mail out the newsletter in bulkmail. But if we have the wrong address, it gets returned to us and we are responsible for full postage for it and you missout on the newsletter. Can you please help us and insure that we have the correct dates for your alternate address? Pleasecall or email the church office with your information. 480-837-1763 or [email protected]. Thank you for your timeand caring.

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Midnight madness with the Youth


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Ways to Get InvolvedWays to Get InvolvedWays to Get InvolvedWays to Get InvolvedWays to get involved:MISSION OUTREACH

Serve on Unit

Assist with Spec. Projects

Special Offering Speaker

Write Newsletter Articles

Deliver Items to Food Bank

Mission trips

WORSHIP & MUSIC

Choir, Celebration Singers

Play Instrument

Presby Ringers

Art/Drama

Usher/Greeter

Sound Booth Celebration Ringers

Pearwood Recorders

Liturgist

OFFICE ANGELS

Computer skills, typing

Telephone support

General Office Help(folding & Stuffing envelopes)

HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAYS!

06/25 Mary Morris06/27 Kyanne Bracher06/27 Sandy Myhr06/27 Bob Sanderson06/28 Suellen Monahan06/29 Ruby Pearson06/30 Wilbur Nelson

06/13 Sandra Heunisch06/15 Megan Bracher06/18 Heather Vawter06/19 John Brockelman06/20 Sandra Henningson06/21 Ken Root, Jr.06/23 Howard Olsen

06/02 Sally Atchinson06/03 Richard Lau06/07 Bob Bracher06/09 Jerry Cain06/11 Leanne Reynolds06/12 Terry Martin06/12 Walter Robinson

Ways to get involved:BDLG & GROUNDS

Maintenance Projects

Landscaping Decorating Wood Working

Electrical Work

Plumbing

FC Kitchen

Biblical GardensCOMMUNITY & PUBLIC

RELATIONS

Photography

Writing Ads

Media Relations

Create Brochures

Public Relations

Community OutreachOTHER INTERESTS

Social Concerns Events Rummage Sale Special Events

There is an insert in thenewsletter:

Yellow Pages of

Caring and Sharing

Please share with us on theinsert areas where youwould be willing to give ofyour time and talents. Youmay drop the insert in theoffering plate or bring/mailit into the church office.

Thank you!


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HAPPY JULY BIRTHDAYS!

07/21 Tami Good07/23 Don Tepfer

07/27 Jean Linzer07/28 Ramona Moore07/29 Christopher Carillo07/29 Deborah Fisher07/29 Don Miller07/29 Dorothy Parris07/30 Susan Owens

07/09 Ann Neal07/10 Roger Essenburg

07/11 John Youngquist07/13 Arlene Olsen07/14 Evelyn Hrunek07/14 Dawn Lau07/16 Janie Miller07/16 Violet Wieder07/17 John Schopbach07/19 Nancy Saine

07/01 Harry Grider07/02 Susan Phillips

07/03 Bill Covault07/03 Jean Ipema07/04 Caryl Bates07/04 Chandler Roesch07/05 Dorraine Aggen07/05 Elizabeth Brown07/05 Donald Young07/07 Janice McGuire

With deepest sympathy we listthose members who have

passed away in 2011

Jack HrunekDick Patterson

Ruth Sherick

Molly PitcherRon Behrends

Thelma Blake

Eric BlakeJim Rudack

Paul BrisbaneMaida Navis

Walter BreidenbachBob Hutchinson

Dick Dresser

Well done, Thou good and faithful servant.

Enter thou into the joy Of thy Lord.Matthew 25:21

Hospitalized? Call the church!

Ifyou are sick, hospitalized or home recovering from ill-ness, we want you to call the church and let us know! In a con-gregation like ours where people leave in droves for extended

summer months, it is easy for the staff, elders and deacons toassume, when we dont see someone, that they are simplyvacationing away. The truth is that some of you are sick andwe are not aware of it.You can help us by simply letting one of the staff know ofyour situation. We have an excellent support system in placedue to the diligent efforts of our deacons. Help us serve youby communicating your situation.

Last month we failed to mentionKurt Augustines birthday on May13 and Phyliss Burketts on May30. Our sincerest apologies for ouroversight.

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY

KURT

And PHYLLIS!


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Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church

13001 N. Fountain Hills Boulevard

Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

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In Touch is published monthly; deadline for each issue is the 15th of the month before publication.News and information should be submitted to the church office in hard copy, or email to [email protected] Editor, Marta Ludwig; Assistant Editor, Carol Hencz; Proof Reader, HelenRoesch; Staff Photographer: Gary Oakeson; Production and Circulation: Mary Wernecke, Bobbie Dan-gremond, Ruby Pearson, Arlene Olsen, Marilyn Humes, Barb Hegwood, Vivian Virden and Joyce Stott.Travel to Bulk Mail Post Office: Mary Martinson.

Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church13001 Fountain Hills Blvd. - Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

Phone - (480) 837-1763 Fax - (480) 837-1729 OfficeE-Mail Address: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday Thursday : 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. www.fhpresbyterian.info

Pastor/Head of Staff Rev Bill Good email: [email protected] cell phone: 480-329-8090

If anyone is not getting our newsletter or Presb-E-News andwould like to, please let the church office know at 480-837-1763.

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Photo courtesy of Gary OakesonEASTER 2011

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