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It gives me joy to see God at work among people I love. And that is what I’ve been

seeing at Parkville Presbyterian…

In baptisms three Sundays in a row (including this coming Sunday), the church

coming together as family to celebrate babies joining our fold, confirmands

professing their faith, and all of us reclaiming God’s promises to wash away

our sins and give us new life…

In communion served at one service last week almost entirely by youth and

adults who were ordained as high schoolers to ministry as elder or deacon,

each one living out their faith in their studies, work and daily lives…

In commissioning for mission this Sunday as a combined group of youth and

adults—along with sisters and brothers from a partner church in south Kansas

City—all join to proclaim the gospel with our actions of rebuilding Joplin…

This Sunday brings all of these—baptism, communion, and commissioning—together.

It is Trinity Sunday, when we reflect on God’s absolute, abundant sufficiency for us. In

the whole being of God—whom we know as Father, Son and Holy Spirit—we are given

everything we need. Each of these special acts invokes God’s Trinitarian name but also

God’s Trinitarian purposes: marking us for lives of love and service, redeeming the sin

of the world through Christ, and sustaining us through all things, drawing us ever near-

er to God’s mercy and goodness. Each act is, in microcosm, the Good News of God

loving us.

We are called to live lives that reflect in the world the same God at work in the

sanctuary. To bathe our community with new life. To extend God’s gracious feast to

all who are hungry for bread or a word. To allow ourselves to be sent with boldness

not just to distant cities but also to our homes or schools or workplaces in a spirit of

missional generosity and proclamation. May this be how we live every Sunday and

every other day, and may we watch for God at work among us!

The Lord be with you,

OUR MISSION

Parkville

Presbyterian Church

is a community of

believers following

Jesus Christ by

sharing God’s

Word, serving and

welcoming all.

The Salt Shaker J U N E 2 0 1 2 P A R K V I L L E P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Handy Helpers:

Helping in New Ways

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Congrats to All Our

2012 Grads

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Recipes Needed for

PPC Cookbook

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Student Ministries

(See Summer 2012 Booklet)

P A G E 2

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Loving Our Neighbor Mission Update Highway Clean Up – June 9 Our next Highway Cleanup date is Saturday, June 9, in

the morning. A start time will be published in the bul-

letin a few weeks in advance. This is a combined adult

and youth activity that expresses our stewardship of

our community and God’s creation. Please note we

are now focusing our highway cleanup efforts on the

stretch of Highway 9 between downtown Parkville and

Hwy 45. By concentrating our efforts, we will be able

to make better use of our resources to keep our com-

munity beautiful! Plan to be one of Pete’s Picker-Uppers on June 9! For information,

contact Pete Myers at 769-5680, or [email protected].

Costa Rica 2013

Loving Our Neighbors has committed to advance exploration and planning for a

return to Costa Rica in 2013. Watch for announcements about timetable of events

and planning sessions in the months to come. If you are interested to participate –

either supporting the trip or going yourself – please provide your name and contact

information to Graham Houston, Moderator of Loving Our Neighbors Mission

Group, at [email protected].

—Graham Houston

The Parkville Presbyterian Church Dinners for Eight provides an opportunity to

dine with church members in their homes, to foster communications between es-

tablished members and new members, to allow church members to share time and

develop relationships and to serve as an outreach to church members who desire a

more personal connection with the church and its members.

Dinners for Eight will be held each quarter on the following dates: June 30,

September 29 and December 29 (subject to change) Eight (or more)

church members will be invited to each dinner. The groups will change at each

dinner. These dinners will be casual and held in the homes of church members

who have agreed to serve as hosts. Hosts may prepare the meal or ask guests

to bring dishes for the meal.

If you are interested, please complete the form available on the narthex kiosk and

give it to the church office (or drop it in the collection plate on Sunday). In a few

weeks, you will receive notice of the June 30 Dinners for Eight, identifying the host

for your dinner and the location of your host's home. If you have questions, please

contact Cheryl Rittman – 816-741-6428 or [email protected]

—Cheryl Rittman

Join us for Dinners for Eight

P A G E 3

Breaking Bread Bunch at Freight House The PPC Breaking Bread Bunch will meet Thursday, June 28,

5:00 p.m., at Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue at 101 West 22nd

Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Freight House Square in the Crossroads

District.)

All we do is talk and eat! There are no requirements for joining

us at this gathering other than wanting to participate in fellowship

with your church family. Questions? Contact Britt Miller, 584-

9720, [email protected] or Gary Blanck at 880-9527,

[email protected].

—Britt Miller


Your Board of Deacons sponsors a group of caring Parkville Presbyterian Church mem-

bers that call themselves the Handy Helpers. Their goal is to identify and fulfill needs of

our church congregation. In 2012, the Handy Helpers want to be more proactive in

promoting the services they can provide to our church family. Examples of services in-

clude:

Light shopping

Watering plants

Washing a car or outside windows

Shovel snow from front steps

Changing a light bulb or hanging a picture

Moving fall/spring clothes between closets

Sweeping a front/back porch or moving patio furniture

Putting up storm windows, cleaning a clogged gutter, cleaning out a fireplace

Minor home repairs (plumbing, electric, etc.)

Minor yard work (trim bush, minor leave raking)

Minor car work (air spare, change head light)

Any member of Parkville Presbyterian Church who needs assistance, please call the

church office at 816-741-1641 or at [email protected]. We will assess the re-

quest and assign a team member to fulfill the need. Handy Helpers will also schedule

work days in the second half of 2012 to focus on larger projects. More information on

work days will be communicated later this summer.

Please spread the word about the Handy Helper services and that there are some very

caring church members that want very much to help other church family members.

—Doug Gardner

Handy Helpers: Let Us Help You...or Others

P A G E 4

T H E S A L T

To the Chancel Bell Choir,

Thank you so much for the lovely lily plant. It really picked me up each time I looked at it.

Also for the cards and most especially for the prayers. You all “Ring the bells for Christ” in

many ways.

—Marjorie Williams

A very grateful thank you for the prayers, good wishes, cards, calls and help with my re-

sponsibilities at church during my recent surgery and recovery. The Holy Spirit is indeed

busy in your lives

—Marcia Tighe

Notes of Thanks

Congratulations to Our 2012 Graduates We give thanks to God for the accomplishments of this year’s graduates of high school,

college, and graduate school.

Graduated from Park Hill

Chloe Fey will be attending Northwest Missouri State University.

Graduated from Park Hill South

Connor Clark will be attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Caroline Glenn continues to make future educational plans.

Jordan Sherry will be attending Maple Woods Community College.

Laura Sickman will be attending the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Erica Welch will be attending the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Graduated from College

Lily Dixon from Park University, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology.

James Frazier from the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a Bachelor of Science

Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Sally Jackson from Central Methodist University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Amy Sickman from the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a Bachelor of Science

degree in Biology.

Advanced Degrees

Stephanie Berg from University of Missouri-Columbia, with a Masters of Music.

Catherine Bleish from Park University, Austin, Texas, with a Masters of Public

Administration.

Claire Bowers has completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Univer-

sity of Kansas and in partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital.

If you have information besides that included above, please contact the church office,

741-1641, or by email at [email protected]. We’ll print it in a future Salt

Shaker. (Any changes to address or school information to current college attendees

would also be helpful for future mailings.)

Thanks be to God for the accomplishments of these members of our church family!

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The Community Mission group is in the process of publishing a collection of recipes from

our church members for a cookbook, A Celebration of Fellowship - A Collection of Recipes Past

to Present from Parkville Presbyterian Church that will be available this fall. If you have that fa-

vorite recipe that everyone seems to request, an old family one that you would like to see

continue or that ‘off the wall’ one you came up with on a whim and turned out to be a hit -

WE WANT THEM!

We will be including some of the great recipes of past church

cookbooks so they may continue to carry on the heritage of

Parkville Presbyterian Church.

Please make a copy, pick up a recipe form in the Narthex, or fill

out the form on page 6. You can turn in your recipes to Todd

Hussong, Joyce Schrimsher, John Broyles or you may drop them

off in the “Cookbook” folder located in the Folder area. All rec-

ipes must be submitted by July 31, 2012.

REMEMBER these will be here in time for the Holidays and

will make excellent gifts! Each cookbook is only $10.00 and

payment is due when these tasty books arrive.

There are also Advance Order Coupons located next to the recipe forms that you can fill

out and hand in that will let us know how many copies we can set aside for you.

We do ask that if there are any specific or special steps, ingredients, amounts, brands, etc.

that you do note them on your recipe.

—Todd Hussong

On the first Sunday of the month, a grocery cart is placed in the

narthex to collect contributions. Many thanks to the congregation for

their generous support of the SPEAC Food Pantry. Monetary donations

are also greatly appreciated.

June needs: Pancake mix, mandarin oranges, pineapple, mayonnaise,

cooking oil, pineapple, cranberry sauce, cream soups, and Ramen

noodles.

—Linda Tillinghast

Needs for Food Pantry Sunday: June 3

Have You Wanted to Get That Recipe?

It’s Time for the Church Cook book

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P A G E 7

Issues Facing the Presbyterian Church

Led by Brian Ellison, June 3-24, Room 312

Every two years, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian

Church (U.S.A.) convenes to give overall direction and vision

to our 2.1-million-member denomination. As we approach

this year's assembly, this class will highlight issues that will get

the most attention and have the most substantial impact on

the church and its witness in the world. It will also provide an

overview of how the Assembly works, who attends, and how

all of us can participate in its work through our reading, view-

ing, and prayers.

Young Families Discussion Group

Led by group members, Sundays, Room 311

Raising children is one of life’s great challenges and joys. This class, intended for parents

and caregivers of elementary age children and younger, provides opportunity for fellow-

ship and discussion of what it means to raise children Christianly and well. Beginning Sun-

day, May 27, the class will utilize Have a New Kid by Friday by Kevin Lehman. We will

follow the workbook with provides guidance on how to change your child's attitude, be-

havior and character in 5 days. The class will cover this over a 5 week period, with a

new section being discussed each Sunday.

On behalf of the Growing Faith Mission, I invite you and encourage you to participate in

one of these adult education offerings. The more we open ourselves up to hearing and

studying God’s Word, the more we grow in our own faith journeys.

—Jan Myers


Growing Faith: Adult Education in June

Changes Ahead for the Salt Shaker The Message & Media Mission has been working hard to help the church communicate

better to one another in the congregation and in the community. One step we will be

exploring in the next two months is moving from a monthly print newsletter (which we

have been delivering electronically) to a weekly email newsletter (in which information is

contained in the email itself). The goal is to get information about the congregation’s life

out in a quicker, more interactive and more readable way. A printed digest of the

month’s articles would still be sent by postal mail to those who currently receive the Salt

Shaker by mail, so no one will miss out.

Bear with us as we experiment with the proposed new format, and by all means, offer

your thoughts and feedback to the church office or to Message & Media moderator Laura

Ozenberger. Thanks!


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

5:00 p.m. Girl Scout Dinner/Whipple Hall

2

3 Trinity Sunday

Lord’s Super

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship PPC Rebuild Joplin Mission Trip 6/3-6/6

4 6:30 p.m. Cubs 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

5

6

7 7:00 p.m. Session 7:00 p.m. N/A//Room 208

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9 9:00 a.m.

10 2nd Sunday after

Pentecost

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 6:30 p.m. SPARK Middle School Youth 7:30 p.m. BLAZE Senior High Youth

11 6:30 p.m. Cubs 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

12 Mission Night

11:00 a.m. AARP Lunch 2:30 p.m. SPEAC Board/Room 307 6:00 p.m. Food & Fellow-ship (light supper) 6:30 p.m. Worship 7:00 p.m. All Mission Groups Meet

13

14 7:00 p.m. N/A//Room 208

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16

17 3rd Sunday after

Pentecost 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship No Youth Group Meetings

18

6:30 p.m. Cubs 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

19 7:00 p.m. Board of Deacons/Room 307

20

7:00 p.m. Hospice Memorial/Celebration of Life Service

21

7:00 p.m. N/A/Room 208

22 5:00 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal

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11:00 a.m. Wedding

24 4th Sunday after

Pentecost 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 6:30 p.m. SPARK Middle School Youth 7:30 p.m. BLAZE Senior High Youth

25 Salt Shaker Deadline 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00 p.m. Pack Meet-ing/Whipple Hall

26 7:00 p.m. Coordinating

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5: 00 p.m. Breaking Bread Bunch/Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue Freight House Square 7:00 p.m. N/A/Whipple Whipple Hall

29 30General Assembly

convenes, Pittsburgh

Parkville Presbyterian Church

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For additional Children & Youth Group activities, please refer to the Summer 2012 booklet.

Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Church School: 9:40 a.m. Wednesday Morning Prayers: 7:00 a.m. Church Office: 816-741-1641 Church Fax: 816-741-1644 E-Mail: [email protected] www.parkvillepresby.org

Parkville Presbyterian Church

819 Main Street

Parkville, MO 64152-3630

Office: 816-741-1641

Fax: 816-741-1644

[email protected]

www.parkvillepresby.org

Mission Groups Everyone is invited to come and find a way to serve: Tuesday, June 12

6:00 p.m. Food and Fellowship (light supper, families welcome) 6:30 pm. Informal worship; children go to child care

7:00 p.m. All Mission Groups meet

Community Life Mission: Teresa Clark, 309-8991 Growing Faith Mission: Jan Myers, 741-0900

Loving Our Neighbors Mission: Graham Houston, 679-6714 Message & Media Mission: Laura Ozenberger, 587-5445

Student Ministry Mission: Cindy Wissinger, 695-6441 Stewardship Mission: Randy Smith, 516-2051

PPC now has a Facebook page! "Like" us at "Parkville Presbyterian Church"

Salt Shaker published monthly by Parkville Presbyterian Church The Rev. Brian D. Ellison, Pastor Michelle Phillips, Director of Student Ministries Paul Erickson, Organist & Director of Music and Arts Peggy Pape, Office Manager Deadline for next publication: June 25, 10 a.m.

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