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12 APRIL Centre Presbyterian Church

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

Pastor: Robert Howard ([email protected])

Director of Christian Education: Phil Mannino ([email protected])

Church Secretary: April Gardin ([email protected])

Music Director: Eddie Karriker ([email protected])

Accompanist: Jennifer Mounce ([email protected])

Treasurer: Richard Woods ([email protected])

Youth Director: Julie Choi ([email protected]) Nursery Care: Barbara Turner

Youth Advisors: Amy Brotherton, Kris Whitney-Rene, Jane Sholar Custodians: Rich & Chris Horton

129 Centre Church Road Mooresville, N.C. 28117

Church office phone/voice mail: 704-664-3160 Pastor’s cell phone: 704-252-2977

[email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Office Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

704-664-3160

Email: [email protected]

www.thecentrechurch.org

2015 Teams

Bible Based Christian Ed. Amy Brotherton Ted Mikels Ken Belk Chris Brotherton Janet Johnson Caring & Sharing Lee Ann Jenkins John Shuler Nell Landers Sheri Wolfe

God Centric Worship Jay Luckwaldt Beth Mikels Jerri Philemon Sam Weir Evangelism & Outreach Rick Wagner Joanna Hatton Carl Hoglund Kris Whitney-Rene

Operational Effectiveness Russ Gavitt Rick Sorenson Bryan Hatton Ian Robb Howard Nudi Ro Johnson Jim Toole Russell Seay

John Johnston, Clerk of Session Beth Mikels, Diaconate Moderator Howard Nudi, Assistant Diaconate Moderator

August 2015

August 2015

os entre The Monthly Newsletter of Centre Presbyterian Church

Services in August:

August 2

8:30 a.m.— Contemporary Service

11:00 a.m.— Traditional Service

Scripture: Galatians: 4:8-10

Sermon: Substituting Gods for God

August 9

8:30 a.m.—Contemporary Service



Sermon: It’s Personal

August 16




Sermon: Two Covenants

August 23




Sermon: Christ’s Freedom

August 30




Sermon: An Appeal to Truth

Christian is the winner of the Gouger-Gudger Family Scholarship Award. He will be attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC.

We will be having a recognition service for Christian on Sunday, August 9, 2015 during our morning

worship service.

Centre Presbyterian Church Columbarium Committee

has been formed by the Session to discuss the location of a

columbarium on the church grounds, to commemorate the

church’s 250th anniversary.

It will be named “Sestercentennial Memorial Columbarium.”

For those of you who are not familiar with the word, a

columbarium is a structure containing recesses in which to

place urns containing the ashes of departed loved ones. It is

usually surrounded by trees and benches for those who wish to

rest and contemplate in the presence of their departed.

The members of the Centre Presbyterian Church Columbarium

Committee are: Sam Weir, June Robb, Clay Sholar, and Tim

Brotherton.

Great thanks to these four individuals for being willing to lead

our church in this endeavor.

Memorials—Gifts have been made in loving

memory of Colleen Davis by the following:

Catherine Cowan

Margaret Cowan

Fay and Larry Cook

Mt. Mourne ECA Club

Charles Karriker

Jann Peck

Ray Washam

Larry & Suzanne Swindell

Gifts have been made in loving memory of

Terry Sims by the following:

Catherine Cowan

Margaret Cowan

Jann Peck

Contributions Report Richard Woods, Treasurer

Budget Fund - MTD $40,049.00

YTD $199,492.59

Cemetery Fund - MTD $370.00

YTD $3,265.00

Total Expenses - YTD $199,360.24

Hello from India... Dear Centre Presbyterian Church, Hello from India, friends!!! We have the opportunity to get mail out while me are here in the mountains studying language, and we want you to know how much we appreciate your love, support, and prayers for our family. They have meant so much to us during our first year in India. Our language studies have gone very well, and we are so thankful for our time here to just focus on learning Hindi. We hope you all are having a wonderful summer, and we look forward to spending time with you while we are in the U.S. next summer. We think of you and pray for you often!

Much love, Dan, Stefanie, and the girls

Please Pray for...

Current Concerns Family of Joncie Church Family of Colleen Davis Family of Terry Sims Russ Gavitt Dick Lubold Jimmy MacIntosh Dot Morrow Merle Seay Bob Wagers Dick Williard Homebound & Nursing Home Vicky Bennett Mary Brantley, Genesis Hazel Freeze, Churchill Laurine Nesbit, Churchill Mary Priester, Churchill (Jeanelle Sorenson’s mother) Lynda Morrison, Heritage in Troutman Mission Asaph & Lynn Din, Central Asia Dan & Stephanie Finegan, South Asia Courtney & Krista Roes, Germany Serenity House & Residents Whitney Tunnell, Sweden Doug & Abby Vinez, Zambia (currently home in the U.S.) Please notify Jann Peck or the church office with prayer requests and updates.

August

Cans of Tuna and

Cans of Chicken

Thanks to everyone for

making the following

Manna of the Month

donations during June: 99 toilet paper rolls

Thank You Dear Centre Church Family, Thank you for the food that nourished our bodies after Mom’s service. We enjoyed the food as well as the fellowship. Thanks to all for the cards, visits and special treats Mom received over the years. Mother’s Centre Church family has been important to her over the years. There was a bond that was formed during her fifty some years as a member of Centre that was priceless. Thank you again for everything.

Always,

Susan Lee Jane Garcia

P.S. The flowers that were given for Mother’s service were beautiful. Thank you!

Key Activities for our 250th

Anniversary Celebration

August 16th-Traditional Ice Cream Social. Emphasis upon youth group involvement and

sponsorship. Hand churned ice cream to be featured.

September 27th-Homecoming Gala Event. Re-enactors from the Over Mountain Victory

Trail will join us for the 11:00 am service. Members will arrive on horseback and wagon.

Luncheon will be followed by historic story telling and blue grass music performance.

October 15th-Evening presentation by speakers from Gordon Conwell and the EPC focused

upon our future as the Outpost for the King in the Wilderness of 2015. Dedication of the

EPC Commemorative Plaque.

October 24th-Fall Festival 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Docents to present historical perspective in

the Sanctuary, the Session House and the Graveyards as well as our traditional activities.

Youth Group involvement to be encouraged.

November 22nd-Church wide Thanksgiving Dinner. 11:00 am service to feature the

Kirkin’ of the Tartans Celebration.

November 24th-Participation in the Mooresville Christmas Parade.

December - Traditional as well as new Christmas ideas to highlight our commitment to the

King throughout the Christmas Season.

August Birthdays 1 Leslie Schwartz, Meredith Tew 4 John Sparrow 6 Samantha Wagner 7 Janet Johnson, Lynda Sholar 13 Kellie Brosseau, Ray Washam 14 Brandon Alexander 15 Dot Morrow 17 Russell Seay Sr. 19 Karrie Bailor, Carolyn Summerville 21 Lynda Morrison 22 Emory Fiorentino 23 Teresa Boyer, Nathaniel Losik 26 Cameron Brotherton, Michael Losik, Haiden Detmer 28 Kendal Alexander 31 David Barr

August Wedding Anniversaries 1 Clay and Jane Sholar 3 Paul and Carol Sanford 10 Hilary and Kris Whitney-Rene 17 Jeff and Amy Brotherton 19 Charlie and Evelyn Weatherman 22 Ellen and Howard Nudi 27 Rick and Tammy Wagner 31 Ted and Beth Mikels

Fall Work Day We will have our Fall Work Day on Wednesday, September 12, 2015.

Please plan to help clean up the church at 8:30 a.m. All you need to bring is a smile!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

01

02

Communion Sunday

03

7:00 pm Session Meeting

04

05

06

9:00am-12:00pm Pine Needlers

(Faith Building)

07

8

09

4:00 to 8:00pm Youth Group Summer Bash

10

11

12

13 14 15

16

Ice Cream Social

17

7:00-8:00pm Caring & Sharing (Renewal Room)

18 19 20 21 22

23

4:00-6:00pm YOUth Group

24 25 6:30pm BBCE

(Renewal Room)

7:00pm E&O

(Brantley Room)

26

250th Anniversary Team

7:00pm (Brantley Room)

27 28 29 8:00-4:00pm

TRES DIAZ - Men's Cursillo Meeting (Fellowship Hall)

30

9:00-10:45am Rally Day

(Williams Building)

31

4

August 2 9 16 23 30

Nursery 8:30 Kellie Brosseau OPEN Beth Puckett Jeanelle Sorenson Ellen Nudi

Nursery 11:00 Louisa Sholar Jerri Philemon Michele Smith Brantley Sherrill Melanie/Emily Tatum

Greeter 8:30 & 11:00 Janet Johnson Sheri Wolfe Tammy Wagner Jerri Philemon Beth Mikels

Usher 8:30 Mack Puckett Amy Luckwaldt Roger Myers Judy Daniel Jeff Brotherton

Usher 11:00 Steve Wolfe Teresa Boyer Mildred Wiggins Dana Thompson Jann Peck

Sunday Fellowship Tammy Wagner Celi & Daryl Jones Louisa & Claire Sholar OPEN Jann Peck Lee Ann Jenkins

Bread Delivery Jeanelle Sorenson Amy Luckwaldt Evelyn Weatherman Rosanne Mitchell Jeanelle Sorenson

Flowers Communion OPEN TAKEN Ted Mikels Jann Peck

CD Ministry Lonnie Brotherton Ruth Christenbury

Mildred Wiggins Nancy Fineran Lee Ann Jenkins

Carolyn Summerville Teresa Boyer

After 11 am Service Refreshments

John & Jenn Phelps OPEN Rick & Tammy Wagner OPEN OPEN

In Service

Fold Bulletins August 6

Dot Morrow Nancy Gavitt

August 13

Dot Morrow Sheri Wolfe

August 20

Dot Morrow Nell Landers

August 27

Dot Morrow Dana Thompson

Pastor’s Corner Pastor Robert Howard [email protected]

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news! "Gospel" literally means

"good news". Its a message of freedom. That's the news that is so

good. But freedom from what? Freedom to what? Freedom for what?

In our culture we think of freedom as a personal right. We have a

right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those are the words

from the Declaration of Independence. The nation's founding fathers

debated the rule of law and the abuses of those laws by the King of Great Britain. They deter-

mined that God gives each man and woman unalienable rights (i.e., rights that are impossible to

take away or give up). So we are freed from British rule to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of

happiness. To delineate those specific rights our Constitution

includes a Bill enumerating twenty-seven rights including the

freedom of religion and speech. The danger we face in apply-

ing these freedoms is in thinking that we can worship any-

thing or say anything without consequences. Courts are filled

with complaints where people have abused religious faith to

the determent of others. There are a voluminous numbers of

cases where a person has lied or impugned the integrity of

another through lies and deceit.

The Gospel proclaims that we are first and foremost freed from out

ignorance of God through our faith in Jesus Christ. Paul writes in

Galatians 4:8 "you were enslaved" by what you once believed. Be-

fore coming to know God through Jesus Christ we were left to our

own insight and imagination as to who God is and why God has

made us. Regardless of how noble our attempt, how sincere our

search, how zealous our devotion, we were separated from God in

our thinking, feeling or acting by our rebellious nature. We were

slaves to sin.

The Gospel proclaims that we are free to know and love God.

This isn't a fact finding mission where we list the attributes of

God and analyze Him under a microscope of perception. The

good news is that through Jesus Christ we have an access to

God that is relational and personal. We can truly know God

relationally. We can talk with God and hear God talk to us.

We can commune with the God we now have come to know.

Finally, the Gospel is the good news that we are free to pursue

God and all that He has created us for. The chief end of our

life is to know God and enjoy Him forever. Knowing God is

never an accomplished task. We learn each day in how to

trust and obey the Lord through interacting with Him in the

Bible, prayer, worship, fellowship and acts of service.

I hope that you are growing in your understanding of the Gospel and learning through these five

basics of the faith the power of the Gospel and experiencing each day the good news we have in

Jesus Christ.

If anyone has any church records, either old newspaper articles, books, photos, etc. that they would like to donate to the church, please let me know. Thank you! Shirley Wagers Email: [email protected] Tel: (704) 360-4838

We plan to have members of the Church sitting at several gravesites in the old grave-yard during the Fall Festival on October 24. They will explain to visitors the person who is buried there and what that person achieved during his/her lifetime. Priority for docents will be given to relatives of those buried, but anyone with a flair for recitation and an interest in history would be more than welcome. If you are interested, please contact Chris Brotherton, June Robb, Lee Ann Jenkins, or Russ Gavitt and please come to any or all of the meetings of the 250th Anniversary team which will be held in the Brantley Room at 7 pm on August 26, September 16 and October 14. Even if you don’t wish to be a docent, you would be welcome at any of those meetings. We have lots of activities planned at the Church this year and would welcome any help you could offer.

EVEREST…..what an amazing expedition!!! What challenges the folks in that re-gion have faced this past year!!! Our kids learned this year at VBS EVEREST how

to conquer challenges through GOD’S ALMIGHTY POWER!!!! VBS at Centre reached approximately 65 kids this summer…..sharing the wonderful, saving

gospel of Jesus Christ. I always find it so incredibly heartwarming and promis-ing at how eager and open their hearts are to God’s LOVE. I also find it heart-

warming and promising as to how many volunteers join us for not just the week but also weeks prepping for and wrapping up VBS. We had 50 loving

volunteers and that is a great testimony to the serving hearts in our church and community. We had a tremendous amount of items donated to VBS to help with this ministry, and the mission total to send children’s New Testament Thai Bibles amounts to $631.185 (that’s 157 Bibles). Without each of you, your gifts and your talents, Centre would not be so privileged to share the Gospel in this

fashion… and because of that I thank you ALL from the bottom of my heart. THANK YOU—for being an important part of this outreach!!!!!

Come join us next year-spelunking?????

ALL FOR HIM, Amy Brotherton.

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