Oglethorpe Presbyterian

Crossings

May 2014

404.233.5469 ٠ www.opcbrookhaven.org ٠ info@opcbrookhaven.org

What’s Inside:

Prayer List (page 2)

Monthly Calendar (page 3)

Buildings and Grounds (page 4)

Financial & Stew-

ardship (page 5) Evangelism (page

6)

Mission News & Easter Photos (page 7)

Our Summer Minister, L’Anni Hill! We are thrilled to introduce our Summer Min-ister, the Rev. Dr. L’Anni Hill! L’Anni (pronounced “LANN-ee”) is an experi-enced pastor and therapist whose back-ground includes everything from international ministry in the Netherlands to her own pri-vate practice in Dunwoody. We are fortunate to have L’Anni minister with us this summer! The interview team (John Gunter, Linda Hawthorne, Mark Kelly, Cortlandt Minnich, and Donna Poseidon) started with nine applicants, which they nar-rowed down to three finalists whom they met, interviewed, and re-viewed sermons. Even with such a strong field, L’Anni was still the committee’s unanimous choice. L’Anni’s first Sunday with us will be June 1. It promises to be a good summer for all of us at Oglethorpe Pres-byterian, and we are particularly blessed to be able to provide our Pastor, Marthame Sanders, with three months of well-deserved renewal. Our receipt of a generous Lilly Endowment, Inc., grant has made all of this possible. From June 1 to September 1, Marthame will be spending the sum-mer in Chicago. As a stipulation of the grant, Marthame will not be engaged in any pastoral responsibilities during that time. This is important, as it will allow him time to refresh and re-energize. Our wonderful Parish Associate, Linda Hawthorne, will expand her ongoing pastoral care and visitation efforts. Our Christian Edu-cator (and Office Manager) Cheryl Hartman will increase her hours from thirty to forty per week to maintain program and office continuity. If you have any questions, please contact the members of the Pastoral Renewal Committee: John Gunter, Linda Hawthorne, Mark Kelly, or Donna Poseidon.

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CHURCH STAFF Pastoral The Rev. Marthame Sanders Pastor/Head of Staff ext. 222 marthame@opcbrookhaven.org The Rev. Dr. Linda Hawthorne Parish Associate Allison Wehrung Student Pastor allison@opcbrookhaven.org

Program and Support Cheryl Hartman, C.C.E. Office Manager Director of Christian Education ext. 221 cheryl@opcbrookhaven.org Bethany Benz Student Pastor for Outreach bethany@opcbrookhaven.org Dr. Tim Hsu Music Director tim@opcbrookhaven.org Francisco Flores Sexton

Preschool 404.233.5479 Beverly Moon Director beverly@oppbrookhaven.org Lynnette Kachel Assistant Director lynnette@oppbrookhaven.org

Pastor Emeritus The Rev. Dr. Fitzhugh Legerton

Ministers All Members of OPC

SUNDAY SCHEDULE 9:45am Sunday School 11am Worship

Next Deadline

May 20, 2014

www.opcbrookhaven.org

The community is our congregation.

People in Our Prayers

Pat Lee; Courtney Starns; Sid Vahal; Floyd Vann; Karen Emory; Chris and Dakota Matthews (John Gunter’s fami-ly); Ashley Benson; Diane Powell; Jody Hand; Karen Zacek (Amy Chance's mother); Rodolfo Flores Ra-mos, Anjela Ramos Salinas, and Gua-dalupe Villareal (Francisco Flores' family); Joe Hensley (JoAnn Kearns' father); Ennis Coble; Martha Hyduke and William Ransom (Pat Morrison's family); Bob Allison (Steve's father); Jerry Crouse, Sophie Essex, and Sha-ron Kirkpatrick (Victoria Weaver's friends); Jerry Romano (Amanda Mar-shall's father); Owen Mulvaney (Marshalls' friend); Nick Isley (Rachel's cousin); Richard Stephenson (Barbara Landes' friend); Lee Andrews (Elizabeth Sanders' mother); David Vickers (Lorraine Jones Wynn's friend); Louise Timmons (Brock & El-eanor's daughter-in-law); Denny Spear (Balmers' friend); Harmon Family (Mary Ann Hawthorne's friends); Leo Costa; Brian Delinski; Dave Kelley (Diane Leyburn's Cousin); Jeff & Erin Schneider (Betty Dalziel's friends); Jake Buchanan (Margy Jones' family); Guy and Lee Marley; John Suder; Betty Jackson (Genie String-er's friend); Beth and Steve Cunning-ham (Beth's brother); Mary Ratliff; Doug Hill (Eleanor Timmons' brother-in-law); Fiona Isham (Cassidys' friend); Dolly Azar (Coulters' friend); Linda Marley (Guy and Lee's daughter-in-law); Jane Newton (Kyle's family); Diana Miller (Jim Coulter's cousin); Dan Hagler (Bo's father); Dot Gunter (John's mother); George Kelly (Ingrid's father); Carole Noonan (Betty Sanders' friend); Frances Bockman (Marthame Sanders' cousin); Rachel Galotti; Al Paul; Patty Livingston (Georgia Gunter's cousin); Lawrence Docherty (Betty Dalziel's nephew); Hilde Hildebrandt (Chris Hagler's mother); Connie Delinski; Mary Zumot; Martha Stoy; Florence and Helen Ot-tah Aleh (Florence's mother); friends at Journey Night Shelter; Neal Presa (Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

The Session of Oglethorpe Presby-terian met on Sunday, April 27, and approved the following: Sustained the examinations of Jean Cox, Jeff Morris, and Emily Texter as elders and Georgia Gunter, Debra Hogan, and Linda Morris as deacons Hired and approved the job descrip-tion for L’Anni Hill, Summer Minister Approved L’Anni Hill and Mike Poley as adult Sunday School teachers Contracted with Emery and Associ-ates for design/build of Fellowship Hall and Sanctuary level restrooms Approved the updated Child Protec-tion Policy Changed Tim Hsu’s title from Interim Music Director to Music Director Approved, in principle, a plan to move classrooms and walls around with the intent of creating an addi-tional Pre-K class in the Preschool Raised the cost of a plaque in the Memorial Garden from $300 to $500 effective May 1, 2014 Authorized Stewardship to initiate an additional ask for funds to supple-ment this year’s budget

Approved a provisional budget through May 31, 2014

DEACONS

CLERK’S CORNER Mary Ann Hawthorne

Ted Kloss

Xavier McKay (Renee Guttman-Starks’ friend)

Mike Noonan

(Betty Sanders’ friend)

Angel Matthews (John Gunter’s family)

Nothing in all creation will separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

-Romans 8

In Memoriam

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Calendar: May, 2014

Regular Meetings (except when noted elsewhere)

Weekly Sundays: 9:45-10:45 Sunday School for all ages 11:00am Worship

Tuesdays: 10am Food Pantry at Suthers Center 8pm Alcoholics Anonymous (FH)

Wednesdays: 5:15pm Centering Prayer Group (Parlor) 6:15pm Handbell Choir (Sanctuary) 7:30pm Chancel Choir (Choir Room)

Fridays: 10 am Food Pantry at Suthers Center 8pm Alcoholics Anonymous (FH)

Monthly First Sundays after Worship Lunch at OU

Third Sundays after Worship Session Meeting

Fourth Saturdays OPC Serves Dinner at Journey

Stewards Serving on Sundays at OPC May 4: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Jeff Chance; ush-er/greeters: Ingrid Kelly, Jamil Zainaldin; usher/counters: Julia Berry, Beth Cunningham; sound/open: Brandon Cas-sidy; refreshments: Lisa Kelly; PowerPoint: Kim Crocker; nursery: Jen Allison. May 11: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Andrew Hazen; usher/greeters: Cindy Alexander, Ruth Anderson; usher/counters: Donna Poseidon, Jim Anderson; sound/open: Bill Coble; refreshments: Amy Chance; PowerPoint: Tamara Lopata; nursery: Mark Kelly. May 18: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Jamil Zainaldin; usher/greeters: Carol Moore, Cortlandt Minnich; usher/counters: Nancy Minnich, Adam Weaver; sound/open: Bill Cox; refreshments: Margy Jones; PowerPoint: Weston Manders; nursery: Geoff Stephenson. May 25: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Reyn Langwell; usher/greeters: Andrew Hazen, Pat Morrison; usher/counters: Mary Lee Williams, Gini Hazen; sound/open: Bri-an Pierce; refreshments: Debra Hogan; PowerPoint: Jean Cox; nursery: Ingrid Kelly. June 1: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Eleanor Tim-mons; usher/greeters: Jean Cox, Dan Delinski; usher/counters: Mary Ann Hawthorne, Victoria Weaver; sound/open: Jean Cox; refreshments: Nancy Minnich; Power-Point: Christopher Soltis; nursery: ________. June 8: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Linda Morris; usher/greeters: Charles Hawthorne, Eleanor Davis; usher/counters: _______, ________; sound/open: Geoff Stephenson; refreshments: Ingrid Kelly; PowerPoint: Brian Pierce; nursery: Barbara Coble. June 15: music: Tim Hsu; Chancel Choir; liturgist: Ingrid Kelly; ush-er/greeters: Steve Greene, Molly PIerce; usher/counters: Eka Cox, Brandon Cassidy; sound/open: Mike Lopata; re-freshments: Ruth Anderson; PowerPoint: Trent Lopata; nursery: __________.

Sunday Morning Hospitality

It takes many hands to make Sunday morning run smoothly. In an effort to share the fun and responsibility, we are aiming for a three-month rotation in our various roles. And we are very, very close! We are looking for a few more folks to lend a hand with ushering, the sound system, PowerPoint, and in the nurse-ry. Want to get involved? Contact the church office: 404.233.5469, office@opcbrookhaven.org.

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The Easter Lilies that graced our Sanctuary Easter Sunday were given: In Honor of Jalen Moore (Carol Moore) In Memory of Rita Salisbury (Carol Moore) In Memory of Kenneth & Leila Stringer (Genie String-er) (2) In Honor of Lori Isley (Leanne, June and Rachel Is-ley) In Memory of Boyd Leyburn, Jr. (His Family) In Memory of Miles and JoAnn Hanlon (Margy Jones) In Honor of Carol Moore (Miriam Paul) In Memory of Kathryn Grace Soltis (Jennifer and Christopher Soltis) In Memory of Lawrence M. Jones, Sr. (Margaret H. Jones) In Memory of Alec & Dolly Florence; Tom & Thomasine Hagler; William Hildebrandt (Bo, Chris & Rebecca Hagler) (3) In celebration of OPC’s music program (Bo, Chris & Rebecca Hagler) In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. John W. Miller (Cindy Alex-ander) In Memory of Roberta Bertolet (Donna Poseidon) In Memory of Eva Kelly, Todd Kelly; Norbet Bruch-mann; Virginia and James W. Deen, Jr. (Ingrid Kelly & Jamil Zainaldin) (2) In Memory of Rev. Beckwith, Doris H. & Dr. Richard Kloss (Ted Kloss) In Memory of Joyce F. Greene (Steve Greene) In Honor of Family and Friends (Earline Willcott (2) In Memory of Jim and Helen Stine (The Hogan Fami-ly)

In Memory of Jim Gunter (John and Georgia Gunter) In Honor of Anna and Jim Coulter (Maggie, Jay & Me-ghan) In Memory of Kathryn Cox (Bill Cox) In Honor of Jean & John Cox, and in memory of Tim Cox (Liz & Gordon Johnson) In Memory of Dolores Brown Smith; Haskin & Wilma Coble (Bill & Barbara Coble) (2) In Memory of Sarah Lee Paterson (The Paterson Family) In Honor of Felton Grace Skupny; in memory of Lau-ren Michelle Atkins (Dodie Atkins) In Honor of Cheryl Hartman (Charles & Linda Haw-thorne) In Honor of Bargain Shop Volunteers, Mary Ann & Cheryl Hartman (Pat Morrison) (2) In Memory of Charles Nama, Kim Smith, Kyle Cole (Jan Thomas) (3) In Memory of Pat & Ann Thompson, Cy & Elmira Tim-mons (Brock and Eleanor Timmons) In Honor of our children (Whitney & Drew), their spouses and children (Brock and Eleanor Timmons)

Next Care Day on May 3 The first Saturday of the month is our church care day! We have plenty of things to do outside this month! In case of rain, we have dozens of indoor projects needing attention such as painting the boiler room floor, repairing ceiling tiles, touch-up paint-ing, and cleaning out storage rooms, among many others. Come and lend a hand on Saturday, May 3, from 9am to 12pm.

Potholes You have probably noticed the potholes “decorating” our parking lot, especially the one that has rendered one of the lower lot entrances unusable. We are looking to our community to help us fix this non-budgeted item, estimated at a cost of $3000. You can send your contributions to the church. Be sure to put “potholes” in the memo line.

Capital Campaign Construction Construction on two new bathrooms - one on the sanctuary level and one on the fellowship hall level - begins soon!

WORSHIP Ingrid Kelly

Easter Lilies

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Bill Cox

June and July

Sunday School 9am

Worship 10am

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Outside the window, everything that flowers in May is sprouting up. A few weeks ago, there was a quick and light snowfall which seemed incongruous against the newly-green grass… but those days are past. Spring is firmly in control now. Linked linguistically with spring, dawn and new light, Easter is firmly in control now, too. The May Sunday scripture readings continually re-mind us of the events of that resurrection day. We hear stories of the appearances of Jesus, of the disciples’ attempts to understand what was happening, and ultimately of deciding what to do next. So with us. Having celebrated Easter a few weeks ago, we now have to decide what to do next. Remember the story of Peter, who uncer-tain what he should do next, simply announced,

“I’m going fishing.” When the fishing yielded no results, he was then able to look up and see Je-sus, who said , “Follow me.” And that’s what Peter did. Let’s do the same.

Blessings to you, as you follow Jesus.

Finally, May

FINANCE Charles Hawthorne

STEWARDSHIP Cindy Alexander

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Hospitality Ministry What is an OPC usher/counter? The face of the church...ushers you from outside world into sanc-tuary...welcomes you to worship...collects and counts the offering...gives you a bulletin and helps you feel comfortable during the worship service… What is an OPC greeter? Welcomes you to OPC...a smile...opens the door...answers ques-tions...guides you to the sanctuary and other are-as of the building...collects the offering… These descriptions are from a gathering of greet-ers and ushers for an evening of discussion and fellowship as we shared best practices with one another. We generated a number of ideas to better wel-come our visitors. Some have been put in place already, including offering guests a nametag and adding information for visitors to our recently re-vamped web site (www.opcbrookhaven.org). The Evangelism team will consider many other ideas in the next few months.

We also learned that at least two (and usually four to six!) people come to OPC Sunday worship for the first time each week since the beginning of 2014. That means that, by the end of March, 40 new faces had come through our doors! Our greeters and ushers shape guests’ first impres-sions, and we are grateful for their service. If you want to share your spiritual gift of hospitali-ty , we are looking for a few additional greeters, ushers, and counters to serve four times a year. Please consider this opportunity for service; to learn more or volunteer, contact Donna Poseidon (dposeidon@roadrunner.com, 216.280.0950).

The Brookhaven Bolt Approaches! Put on your OPC t-shirt and running shoes and take part in the Brookhaven Bolt 5K! The event benefits Ashford Park Elementary and will take place on Saturday, May 17, at 8am. Registration forms are on the bulletin board in the church lobby. If you want to participate, contact Donna Poseidon (216.280.0950) or Jeff Morris (770.452.1799).

EVANGELISM Donna Poseidon

Book Club The book group will be meet-ing on May 12th at 7:00 pm at Eleanor Davis' home. Our book is A Wed-ding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez.

FELLOWSHIP Jean Cox

Leadership Transition After they are ordained and installed on May 18, Georgia Gunter, Debra Hogan, and Linda Morris will join Linda Jones, Margy Jones, and Eleanor Timmons as Deacons. Thanks to Mark Kelly and Marilyn Peatman for their faithful service! Session Committee Chairs for the coming year will be: Administration: Cortlandt Minnich Buildings and Grounds: Bill Cox Christian Education: Kristi Stephenson Evangelism: Donna Poseidon Fellowship: Jean Cox Finance: Charles Hawthorne Mission: Emily Texter Stewardship: Cindy Alexander Worship: Jeff Morris Thanks to Ingrid Kelly for her session leadership these last three years!

ADMINISTRATION Cortlandt Minnich

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MISSION Jeff Morris

Habitat for Humanity

OPC's thirteenth Habitat for Humanity build be-gins on May 3, 2014! Construction will continue for the next six Saturdays (excluding Memorial Day weekend), wrapping up with the house dedi-cation on June 21st. We need volunteers of all skill levels (or no skill whatsoever) for all dates! OPC volunteers typically meet at the church at 7:30 a.m. and then carpool to the build site. This year, our homeowner is Ms. Hardy, and the build site is 1317 Gideons Drive, SW, At-lanta 30314. Note: On May 10th, OPC will pro-vide lunch at the build site and we could use help with this, too. Please sign up in the church lobby, where additional information is posted! You may also call Jeff Morris at 770-452-1799.

Food Pantry Numbers This March, our food pantry served 252 house-holds. That’s 934 persons (including 393 children and 28 seniors), 680 bags of food, and 12,720 total pounds of food! Thank you to all of our faithful volunteers! Volunteers are needed to serve dinner at the Journey Night Shelter on 4th Saturday of each month. Serving in this ministry is fun and easy! Coordinate your menu in advance with your fellow volunteers, arrive to prepare the meal at 6:30pm, and serve the meal at 7pm. We typi-cally depart by 8pm.

EASTER 2014 at Oglethorpe Presbyterian Church

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As many of you know, our Pastor Mar-thame Sanders will be spending the months of June, July, and August partici-pating in a Pastoral Renewal Program in Chicago. On Sunday, May 25, we will send him off in style! In addition to marking this time in worship, we will also gather for lunch and program after worship in Fellowship Hall. Come and celebrate with us!

Send-Off Celebration Sunday, May 25