November Worship Services

November Worship Services

November 1st This Sunday is All Saints Day. Don’t forget to turn your

clocks “BACK” or else you will be really late for church! The Sermon title will be “When the Saints…” and will be based on Ephesians 4:11-16.

November 8

th “From Moab to the Promised Land” is the Sermon title for

this Sunday. We’ll step back into the Old Testament in the Book of Ruth, Chapter 4, verses 13-17.

November 15

th We will have a guest speaker this morning as Pastor Lee will be taking a short

vacation. Pastor Mariano (Nonong) Ordonez of the Filipino-American Presbyterian Church will fill the pulpit this Sunday. Nonong has “filled the pulpit” on previous occasions and has been well received. Come and hear this energetic man of God.

November 22

nd We will have a special speaker—one of our own—this “Christ the King” Sunday.

Jim Purtill will be sharing how God has worked in his life. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear Jim’s testimony. Stay after church and help decorate the sanctuary and church for Advent.

November 29

th On this first Sunday in Advent, the Sermon is called “Watching”. Luke 21:25-36 is

the Gospel Lesson for the message. This is also the day of our very special

“Chrismon Service.”

NOVEMBER 2015

HENDERSON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PO Box 91346 Henderson, NV 89009

A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY THE HENDERSON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Pastor Lee Styer

Parish Associate Hilda Pecoraro

www.hendersonpres.org

702-565-9684 E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.hendersonpres.org/

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November 2015 1 9:00 AM Youth Sunday School/Bible Study

1 10:00 AM Worship Service/Communion/Kid’s Sunday School

All-Church Potluck Commission Meetings

3 12:00 PM Head, Heart, Hands Craft Group

4 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study

5 7:00 PM Choir Practice

7 8:00 AM Men’s Fellowship Group

8 9:00 AM Youth Sunday School/Bible Study

10:00 AM Worship Service/Kid’s Sunday School

11:00 AM Congregational Meeting

11:10 AM Deacons’ Meeting


11 Veteran’s Day



15 9:00 AM Youth Sunday School/Bible Study


17 10:00 AM Women’s Bible Study

12:00 PM Head, Heart, Hands Craft Group

7:00 PM Session Meeting

18 11:30 AM Daytimer’s Meeting



9:00 AM Thanksgiving Basket Preparation

22 9:00AM Youth Sunday School/Bible Study


11:30 AM Hanging of the Greens

1:00 PM Thanksgiving Basket

Distribution



26 Happy Thanksgiving! 29 9:00 AM Youth Sunday School/Bible Study

10:00 AM Worship Service with the special

Chrismon Service

November Birthdays 1 Tom Mack

2 Harmony Neal

3 Barbara Gillaspy

3 Joseph Guerra

5 Chuck Parsons

8 Ashley McDade

12 Elinor Spaulding

15 JR Doyel

18 Marian Rolf

18 Rita Yeager

21 Dallas LeMoine

24 Merry Schick

25 Emily Grear-Hendry

28 David Massy

29 Michael Pierce

Celebrating an Anniversary

3 Dannie and Brian Garrett

27 Karen and Dan Chandler

28 Victoria and Peter Silvia

I f y o u d o n ’ t s e e y o u r n a m e l i s t e d i n t h e b i r t h d a y s o r a n n i v e r s a r i e s , p l e a s e l e t

t h e o f f i c e k n o w s o w e c a n a d d y o u t o t h e l i s t !

Don’t Forget!!

Set clocks back one hour in the wee hours on Nov. 1st.

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PASTOR LEE THOUGHTS

There are so many things to be thankful for. I am thankful for the wonderful people of Henderson Presbyterian Church. November 1

st marks my “one year anniversary” as

your called Pastor. I have been blessed beyond what I could possibly have imagined by your love and support. For all you have done to further God’s Kingdom I am truly thankful. It is truly a blessing to serve as your Pastor.

In this special time of Thanksgiving, I would like to share a few verses that focus on ways to be thankful, to give thanks, or to express our thanks to God. Take a few moments to read these verses this month, meditate on what they say, even look them up in your own Bibles and read the verses before and after them. They will lift your spirit during this month.

Philippians 4:6—“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with

thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

Revelation 7:12—“singing, ‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.’”

Psalm 50:14—“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.”

Psalm 52:9—“I will thank you forever, because of what you have done. In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim your name, for it is good.”

1 Chronicles 16:8—“O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.”

Psalm 107:1—“O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.”

2 Corinthians 9:15—“Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!”

1 Corinthians 11:24—“and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’”

This is truly a month to be thankful. Thanks be to God!

In His Service, Pastor Lee

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING CALLED

The Session of our church has called for a special Congregational Meeting for Sunday, November 8th

immediately after the Worship Service. The purpose of the meeting will be to elect new Ruling Elders and

Deacons. The Nominating Committee will be nominating the following members for these positions:

Ruling Elders Deacons

Alice Cain Karen Fallon

Nancy Sprague Richard Frassato

Please stay, cast your vote, and support the nominees. Serving as a Ruling Elder or Deacon is a

tremendous responsibility and commitment. They need to have everyone’s support to do the task God—and the

congregation—has called them to do.

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Thanksgiving is not far away and the Deacons are trying to get prepared. This year we hope to give out 150 baskets to the needy. With the economy as it still is, our little church will be inundated with telephone calls to get a basket.

In the past, we have asked our membership to bring in different items to help us out. The last couple of years we have asked for money instead of food. Since we will have so many baskets to prepare this year, it will be easier for us to buy the food

that’s needed ourselves. Your check should be made out to HPC and at the bottom left of the check put "Turkeys."

Thank you for continuing to help in our endeavor to feed those in need this Thanksgiving.

Baskets will be distributed on Sunday, November 22nd

from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

MEN’S GROUP

The Men’s Fellowship group

will be meeting on Saturday,

November 7th. Come and

join other men in a time of a

fellowship over a delicious

breakfast, prayer, and a devotional thought to

inspire us in our lives. The group meets in the

Fireside Room at 8:00 a.m. Thanks to Marshall

Hanson for his outstanding leadership!

The Betty Baucom Memorial Food Bank continues assisting with the feeding of over 1,000 local residents each month. Your financial contributions are still needed to assist in this ongoing and vital church ministry. Please make your checks payable to "HPC Food Bank" or simply put cash in an envelope marked “Food Bank.” Thanks for your support!

KKIDID’’SS CCHURCHHURCH

Kids Church is held every Sunday during the worship service. Children are asked to sit with their families for the first part of the worship service and come up for the Children’s Message. They are then excused to the Sunday School Room to learn more about God, sing a few songs, and do other activities that help them in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Invite children you know (and, of course,

their family) to church. We are working hard to

bring younger families into our church.

SCOUTS THIS MONTH

Tuesdays 5:30 PM, Girl Scouts

Wednesdays 5:30 PM, Cub Scouts

6:30 PM, Boy Scouts

1st & 3rd Mondays 6:30 PM, Sea Scouts

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT

BIBLE STUDY The Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study meets at 7:00 p.m. each Wednesday in November. We will continue to work through the Book of Ruth—finishing up this marvelous letter this month and starting a new study. All are welcome to attend. If you have never come to the Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study we would love to have you join us. We look forward to seeing you there!

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

The Women’s Bible Study will meet on

Tuesday, November 17th at 10:00 a.m. in

the Fireside Room. The women are

studying “Come to the Waters.” Copies of

the study guide are available in the

Women’s Bible Study mail box. Contact

Barbara Sylvis for more information-(702)

565-0668.

DEACONS, COMMISSIONS,

AND SESSION MEETINGS The Deacons will meet on November 8

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immediately after the Congregational Meeting and Coffee Fellowship. The Commissions will meet during the Coffee Fellowship on November 1

st. This will make it

easier for all that are interested in participating in the Commissions to do so since the meetings will be immediately after our Sunday morning worship. Fill up your plate and bring it with you to the Commission of your choice. Look for announcements in the bulletin regarding where each Commission will meet. The Session of our church will meet on

November 17th at their regularly scheduled 7:00

p.m. meeting time. All are welcome to attend

and give their input at this meeting.

OPPORTUNITIES AT HPC Calling all who worship at Henderson Presbyterian Church! We need you to sign up on the clipboards on the end of the hallway leading to the Sanctuary. There are multiple opportunities to be part of your church. Get involved in the life of the church in one of these ways. You can sign up …

to be a Lay Leader on Sunday morning,

for Coffee Fellowship (sign up with several friends if you like),

to be a Greeter to welcome those who come to worship with us.

SAVE THE DATE!! November 21

st Deacons will be filling the Thanksgiving Baskets all morning

November 22nd

Stay after the Worship Service and help decorate our church for Advent The Deacons will be handing out Thanksgiving Baskets November 29

th First Sunday of Advent

December 24th Christmas Eve Service at 7:00 p.m.

December 25th Jesus’ Birthday! Celebrate the birth of our Savior with your family and

friends.

VALLEY OF FIRE CAMPOUT/

EVANGELISM WORKSHOP

On October 16-18 several in our congregation

traveled to beautiful Valley of Fire State Park

for a campout and Evangelism Workshop. All

had a great time enjoying God’s creation and

were challenged to spread the good news—the

Gospel—to all they meet. Answer to Bible Quotefall, page 7.

Philemon 1:4

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Hanging of the Greens

Come one and all and bring your

friends! Christmas decorations will be

hung on Sunday, November 22nd

following the church service. Come and

join in the fun and celebration!

Christmas is Coming!!

Yes, it’s still a month away,

but it will be here before you

know it. Even though we are

all having economic difficulties, there are

still many less fortunate than

ourselves. Please keep in mind

our Angel Tree project as you plan

for the holidays.

HEAD HEART HANDS Is gathering unused Christmas cards to give to Food Bank clients. Please leave them in the outer office. Also

November 7, 2015 Gently-Used Christmas Decoration Sale

Fireside Room 8 AM—Noon

Open to the Community

Bring your donations of gently used ornaments to the church prior to the sale.

QUOTEFALLS

Draw from the letters above each column to fill in the spaces in the grid below. Only the letters in each column may be used in that column. Looking at the grid, you see clear squares and solid squares. The clear or white squares indicate missing letters in the grid. The solid squares indicate the end of a word or, looking at it another way, the space between two words. Words can wrap around from one row to the next, so the end of a row DOES NOT mean that is the end of the word. ONLY a solid square indicates the end of a word. Once the puzzle is solved, the message reads horizontally, from left to right, across each row—as if you’re reading a book. Answer on page 5.

Bible Quotefall Puzzle

I N E M A M B E M H Y G S I

I A T W Y N S R R Y E R O D

R L M E Y K W Y E N U

H A P A O

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THE THANKFULNESS BOOK Purchase a photo album or scrapbook kit and make a “blessings” theme. Add photos of loved ones, including stories about why they are special to you. Also include pages of your favorite foods, favorite stories, favorite movies and all the other things that make you happy. Any time you or your kids feel down, you can open the blessing book and see all the reasons you have to be thankful—and happy about the blessings in your life.

THANKSGIVING HISTORY Though many competing claims exist, the most familiar story of the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, in present-day Massachusetts, in 1621. More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941. Taken from www.history.com

PLANNING FOR A SAFE

HOLIDAY MEAL

As Thanksgiving approaches, the prospect of seeing family and friends builds excitement and sometimes anxiety in people’s minds. If the cause of your anxiety is due to cooking the traditional holiday meal, RELAX! A few simple steps can ensure a delicious and safe meal for family and friends. Fresh or Frozen? There is no real difference between a fresh or frozen turkey. Some people think a fresh turkey is tenderer or has more flavor than a frozen bird. It’s really an individual preference. When should you purchase your turkey? If you are buying a frozen turkey, you can buy it any time before the holiday, but be sure you have plenty of room in your freezer to store it. If buying a fresh turkey, buy it only 1 or 2 days before cooking it. NEVER buy a pre-stuffed fresh turkey. How much turkey do you need? Use this chart to help you decide:

Thawing. It’s best to thaw a frozen turkey in the refrigerator, in its original wrapper. Allow 24 hours of thawing time for each 4 to 5 pounds of turkey. Do not start thawing too early. You should not store a thawed turkey for more than two days. If you realize that you’ve waited too long to start thawing your turkey, don’t despair. You can thaw your bird in cold water, changing the water every 30 minutes. You’ll need about 30 minutes of thawing time per pound of turkey. Never thaw your turkey on the counter. Bacteria can grow rapidly putting you at risk of illness. Stuffing. If you choose to stuff your turkey, make the stuffing and stuff the turkey right before you are ready to place it in the oven. Stuff it loosely with about ¾ cup of stuffing per pound of turkey. The

Whole Turkey 1 pound per person

Boneless Turkey Breast 1/2 pound per person

Turkey Breast 3/4 pound per person

Pre-stuffed frozen turkey 1 1/4 pounds per person

Keep frozen until ready to cook.

stuffing should be moist, not dry, as heat destroys bacteria more rapidly in a moist environment. You also can put the stuffing in a casserole and cook it separately from the turkey. Cooking your turkey. The time needed to cook the turkey is dependent on the method of cooking used (cooking bag, convection oven, stuffed vs. unstuffed, etc.). If cooking in a roasting pan in the oven, allow approximately 25 minutes per pound for a stuffed turkey. The turkey is done when it reaches 180ºF to 185ºF in the inner thigh. The stuffing should reach at least 165ºF. Use a meat or instant-read thermometer to check for doneness. For additional food safety information or for more

information on cooking the holiday bird, call the

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension at 702-

222-3130.

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

http://www.history.com/topics/plymouth

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/massachusetts

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln

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