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Presbyterian ‘Connection’ October 2016 Volume 23 Issue 10

ACROSTICS

I’m sure most of you know that I like “acrostics” and similar ways of using the

English language. On August 14th, I used “SAD” and “GlAD” in a sermon:

SAD: Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder; GLAD: God’s Love Always Delights. At

the close of the service, Meg, alias “Millie”, handed me a piece of paper as the choir

walked by me at the entry to the sanctuary. “Millie” came up with a very good

acrostic for SAD (the sermon got her wondering (maybe wandering) thoughts rolling.

Her acrostic read SAD: Satan Always Destroys. Wow! What great insight. It made

my day. My sermon got someone’s thought process into high gear. Of course there is

the one we repeat together once in awhile that goes back to me freshman in college

days and an evening devotional gathering that a fellow student shared and I have never

forgotten: JOY! Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last.

On September 11th, I preached a sermon titled “Limitless Horizons” tied in with

Hebrews 11:1-16. I closed the sermon with the following:

Christian faith makes life an exciting adventure. Our faith is summed up in this

commitment:

Like David, we will lift up our eyes to the hill from which our help comes.

Like Abraham, we will trust God implicitly.

Like Moses, we will suffer rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin.

Like Job, we will be patient and faithful in all circumstances.

Like Joseph, we will turn our backs on all evil advances.

Like Gideon, we will advance even when our friends are few.

Like Andrew, we will strive to lead others to Christ.

Let us always remember, personally and as a church, that when we follow God’s

leading, our horizons are unlimited. He leads us from one blessing to another.

God bless!

Fred

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Danish or cookies and wonderful fellowship on

Thursday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in Memorial

Hall!

August Income - $4,688.96

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CHRIST

C = CREATOR

H = HEALER

R = REDEEMER

I = INVIGORATOR

S = SAVIOR

T = TEACHER

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WORSHIP IN OCTOBER

OCTOBER 2nd

“How Do We Think?”

1 Kings 21:1-10; Galatians 5:13-21

COMMUNION

OCTOBER 9th

“This Day Is Salvation Come To This House”

Luke 19:1-10

Guest Pastor, “Gary Adler”

OCTOBER 16th “As We Have Opportunity”

Galatians 6:1-10 BLESSING OF THE FOOD PANTRY

OCTOBER 23rd “Inheritance”

Ephesians 1:11-23

OCTOBER 30th “Why Did I Do That?”

Psalm 119:57-80 MINUTE FOR MISSION

~FIFTH SUNDAY SING~ 6:00 P.M. AT CBTL

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CHURCH USHERS/GREETERS COMMUNION SERVERS

October 2 - Irene Bere & Amy Johnson Ed & Peni Lloyd

October 9 - Celia & Roger Millard

October 16 - Irene Bere & Ken Hobart

October 23 - Gloria & Bob Wiles

October 30 - Faye Brackett & Sandy Erickson

PRAYER LIST FOR CONGREGATIONS, PRESBYTERY OF AR.- 2016

October 2 - Retired Teaching Elders Active Christian Educators

October 9 - First, Van Buren First, Batesville

October 16 - First, Eureka Springs Central, Russellville

October 23 - First, Helena West End, Arkadelphia

October 30 - Presbyterian Church of Bull Shoals First, Arkadelphia

PLEASE NOTIFY PAT ERLEWINE IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO SHOULD BE ON OUR PRAYER LIST.

BIRTHDAYS

October November October 12 - Elaine Miller November 11 - Sandy Erickson

October 17 - Nancy Soares November 16 - Roger Millard

ANNIVERSARIES

October 22 - Bruce & Lee Powell No November Anniversaries

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LIBRARY LINES - OCTOBER 2016

We have a series of new fiction books: Marta Perry’s Keepers of the Promise series: THE FORGIVEN, THE RESCUED, and THE REBEL; Cindy Woodsmall’s Amish of Summer Grove Series: TIES THAT BIND, AND FRAYING AT THE EDGE; Shelley Shepard Gray’s Charmed Amish Life Series: A SON’S VOW, A DAUGHTER’S DREAM, and A SISTER’S WISH; Kathleen Fuller’s Amish of Birch Creek: A RELUCTANT BRIDE, AN UNBROKEN HEART, and A LOVE MADE NEW; Kelly Long’s Amish of Ice Mountain Series: THE AMISH BRIDE OF ICE MOUNTAIN, AN AMISH MAN OF ICE MOUNTAIN, and THE AMISH HEART OF ICE MOUNTAIN; Karen Kingsbury’s Angel’s Walking Series: Book 3 and final book in series: BRUSH OF WINGS. The featured book is TIES THAT BIND by Cindy Woodsmall: “Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. She has two aspirations: open a café in historic Summer Grove to help support her family’s ever-expanding brood and to keep any other Amish from being lured into the Englisch life by Quill Schlabach.” “Five years ago Quill, along with her dear friend Frieda, ran off together, and Ariana still carries the wounds of that betrayal. When she unexpectedly encounters him, she soon realizes he has plans to help someone else she loves leave the Amish.” “Despite how things look, Quill’s goal has always been to protect Ariana from anything that may hurt her, including the reasons he left. After returning to Summer Grove on another matter, he unearths secrets about Ariana and her family that she is unaware of. His love and loyalty to her beckons him to try to win her trust and help her find a way to buy the café—because when she learns the truth that connects her and a stranger named Skylar Nash, Quill knows it may upend her life forever.” Faye Brackett, Librarian

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MISSION MINUTE

OCTOBER-2016

LOUISVILLE – If Jessica Fitzgerald asks your church to get involved in hunger and poverty issues in your community, be prepared to say yes. No is not an answer she will accept. Fitzgerald is the Hunger Action Advocate for the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia. It’s one of many hats she wears for the presbytery and she’s gotten quite good at it the past five years. “I mainly encourage churches to work in hunger and outreach ministries. Some are doing food pantries, some are partnering with other denominations close to them,” she said. “We don’t always have enough people to manage a project so why not work together? We must have an open mind to partnering with other churches in the community.” A few of the churches in the presbytery support the local food bank mobile pantry while others operate their own pantries. There are churches, according to Fitzgerald, that grow their own food. “We have at least 15 churches in the presbytery that have their own gardens, some are small while others are quite large,” she said. “The bigger gardens produce a lot of vegetables through what they call a ‘Giving Garden,’ giving the food away to those who need it. It’s been amazing to watch.” Fitzgerald, who is a member of Third Presbyterian Church, has taken on the job of creating a garden at the church, and, like others, gives the vegetables to those in need. “One of the hardest things Fitzgerald has seen is the number of active duty military families that come to the food banks. She says approximately 45 percent of those who collect food stamps or seek food are enlisted individuals who have two or more children. The families live on one income while one spouse stays home with the children to save on childcare costs. Fitzgerald says the Southeastern Virginia Food Bank has served over 15 million meals to those struggling with food insecurity over the last year, including more than 60,000 children. She adds the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank has distributed 10 million pounds of food to residents struggling with hunger across the greater peninsula in the last year. “The biggest struggle I have is hearing churches say they are too small and can’t do anything to help. I don’t accept that. It’s not an answer,” she said. “There’s got to be another church nearby that wants to do something and needs help. You’ve got to partner and do it together.” Fitzgerald credits the Presbyterian Hunger Program and interaction with other Hunger Action Advocates for inspiring her in the work. “The resources are great and it is encouraging to know the church is praying for me.” “Hunger Action Advocates are a vital part of the PHP’s local work as they serve presbyteries as educators and motivators,” said Jessica Maudlin, associate for Enough for Everyone, Presbyterian Hunger Program. “Jessica is a great example of how Hunger Action Advocates assist congregations and other groups to become engaged with the hunger needs in their own communities, while at the same time connecting congregations to the broader church around topics like hunger-related development assistance, public policy advocacy, lifestyle issues and environmental justice.”

Submitted by the Mission Committee

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OCTOBER PUZZLE

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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN & MEN

General Meeting for Presbyterian Women and Men

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

For our September meeting, we hosted a guest speaker from University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, AR, Ms Dawn Dvoracek, spokesperson for the university and house guest of Pastor Fred and Norma Taylor. We served a full breakfast for 17 members who attended the breakfast event. We want to thank Norma for providing two delicious egg casseroles for the meal and Irene Bere for the delicious fruit cups and thank all our PW&M team members for providing a

variety of baked treats and the service with set-up and clean-up and coffee.

After the meal Pastor Fred introduced our delightful speaker, Dawn who has been with the University of the Ozarks for 23 years. She enjoys visiting supporting churches all over Arkansas to keep us up-to-date on their Presbyterian campus. She left us with brochures that explain all the particulars that she expounded upon in her presentation. Our church does

support the school yearly.

At 11 AM Moderator Steve Broskovak opened our business meeting with prayer. We had 8 members in attendance for this monthly meeting. Due to the lateness of the morning, this was

a brief meeting.

REPORTS:

Secretary Amy Johnson had no changes or additions brought to her attention for the last June 2016 meeting minutes so they were accepted as presented and are currently on our bulletin board. She asked for volunteers for hosts for the October 11 meeting. Steve and Amy will

host and Betty Aaron will provide food. Irene Bere will give the devotion.

Treasurer Mary Kerr presented the reports for June and July. These were accepted as presented and will be posted on the bulletin board. The ending balance for July was $1693.87.

Please see the reports for specific breakdown.

Publicity and Announcements: neither Pastor Fred nor Vicky Bair stayed for the meeting.

Missions: Linda Allensworth reports that she should be able to make a mailing of 1000 Best Choice labels before she leaves for several months. Treasurer, Mary will watch for the payment when it comes to us in Linda's absence. Linda made a recommendation at the team meeting that was approved by a unanimous vote to send out some of our pledged funds to these ministries we support: Our Kids of Marion Co. $100; Bull Shoals Food Pantry $300; and now makes a recommendation to make a one-time donation of $50 to missionary Rebekah Hall, Sandy Erickson's granddaughter, to help her with finances as she serves in Medellin, Columbia. This was approved by all present. Mary will send this check directly to Rebekah Hall. It also is recommended today by Pastor Fred to make a one-time $50 donation to

University of the Ozarks. This also was approved by all and Mary will take care of that.

OLD BUSINESS: $431 was collected from the Ice Cream Social fundraiser.

NEW BUSINESS: The next fundraiser is the Baked Potato Bash headed by Peni Lloyd who will make necessary preparations beginning in early October for the Oct.29th fundraiser. It was decided by the coordinating team that the ticket price would remain at $6 and suggested that

the size of the potatoes be reduced somewhat if necessary to keep that price.

OTHER BUSINESS: The next general meeting of PW&M will be October 11, 2016 at 9:30 AM in

Memorial Hall with hosts Steve, Amy and Betty Aaron. Irene Bere will give the devotion.

Steve adjourned the meeting at 11:30 AM with prayer.

Respectfully submitted by Secretary Amy Johnson

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BULL SHOALS FOOD PANTRY – NEWSLETTER

(By the Community, for the Community)

July - August 2016

It has certainly been a hot and humid summer, and I am sure we are all ready for some “fall” weather,

to go outside and enjoy all the beauty around us.

The July 4th Jubilee was rained out on the 4

th, but the event was re-scheduled for the next weekend. A

lot of people really enjoyed the bingo games, and plenty of food was sold, plus the Methodist Women’s

group had their bake sale, and it went over very well. A big Thank You to all the Methodist Church

members who baked items for this event, we certainly have some wonderful cooks in our area.

On July 26th, with plenty of prior planning, a large group from “Altria”, who were holding their annual

sales meeting here in Bull Shoals, came over to the Pantry on Tuesday afternoon, and volunteered

their time to cleaning both inside and out at our building. What a wonderful group!!! They scrubbed the

outside walls, washed all the shelves, cleaned refrigerators and freezers and mopped floors. It was

such fun to watch this happy group of people “dig in” and go to work in such a wonderful way. But, not

only did they volunteer their time, they also had a contest amongst themselves to see which division

donated the most food/non-food items, and they outdid themselves. The total donation weight was 314

lbs of canned goods, and 104 lbs of toilet paper for our shelves, and they even helped put it all away.

THANK YOU ALTRIA, the work was incredible and the donations fantastic.

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Be sure to mark your calendars for upcoming events including:

City Wide Yard Sales will be September 9th and 10

th, and the Food Pantry will again be serving “taco

in a bag”, soft drinks and coffee, and for that sweet tooth, Caramel Apple Slices in a bowl. There will

be many nice items for purchase, and all we ask is for a donation, none of the items will be priced. We

had a great turnout last year, and we hope to see even more people this year.

The Octoberfest Dinner and silent auction will be October 1st, starting at 4:00 p.m. The menu

includes pork loin, brats, roast potato’s, cole slaw and dessert. The Hedins, all the way from Colorado

(the same band as last year), will be entertaining us, and they are wonderful to listen to. Dinner tickets

are $10.00 each, or $5.00 for children under age 10 and can be purchased at the door. Volunteers

have already started selling raffle tickets and what great prizes we have this year; a $250 gift

certificate to Harp’s Food Stores, $250 gift certificate to Walmart, a 2 night stay in a 1 bedroom cabin

at White Hole Resort, a 1 day boat rental from White Hole Resort, and a hand-embroidered queen

size quilt made by Elaine Cook of Bull Shoals. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00, so be sure to get

yours … tickets will be available up until 6:00 p.m. October 1st. Also, we are very thankful for special

funding from PGW/Slinging Iron and Thrivent Financial. Plus there will be many gift baskets and

items for the silent auction and bidding will start at 4:00 and end at 6:30. So make plans to join us at

the VFW Hall, Bull Shoals to have a great meal, listen to good music, and be a lucky winner.

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Two more items of note:

From the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas weekly newsletter, September is Hunger Action

Month which brings to attention the poverty and hunger-related issues people in our community face

every day.

And Bridge Bash 2016 will be Saturday, September 24th at Big Spring Park, Cotter, AR. This is a

great event to attend, and anyone who participates and lists Bull Shoals Food Pantry on the

registration sheet helps our pantry with credits to be used to purchase food from the Food Bank.

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As many of you already know, the churches of our community started the Food Pantry quite a few

years ago. The churches are also represented on the full board, with members from each church

participating. Every month each church receives a notice of items most needed for the Pantry. For

the rest of this year the items are: August – canned tuna or chicken and peanut butter. September –

rice, canned potatoes and toilet paper. October – pasta sauce, soup and cereal. November – canned

fruit or vegetables and jelly. December – soup, oatmeal and jello. We mention this so that if you are

out shopping, you also know what items are needed to keep our shelves stocked.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend, and an autumn full of color and sunshine.

Who Can You Call? Our Manager, Bonnie Galvan 870-431-4338 or Peni Lloyd (newsletter) 870-656-5033

June/July by the numbers: (2 month statistics)

Number of Households served: 319 Total Number of People: 760

Pounds of food donated: 6198 Total Volunteer Hours: 666

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The Open Hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance even as it receives.

Love is the language everybody understands.

Commodity Pounds: 2489 Total Pounds distributed: 15950 (est)

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Till We Speak Again

MILLLIE IS ON VACATION THIS MONTH….SEE YOU NEXT TIME….

Luv, Millie

Church Picnic Lemon Filling Cake (Amy Johnson)

Makes one 9x13” cake

One box yellow cake mix, (plus the eggs and oil needed listed on the box)

One 22oz. can Lemon pie filling

One 16 oz. can Lemon Supreme cake frosting

One 8 oz tub Cool Whip, thawed

Zest from one small lemon

Oven 350*; grease and flour bottom of 9x13 baking dish

Prepare cake mix by box directions and pour into prepared pan. Drop dollops of lemon pie filling all

over the top of the batter then swirl gently into the cake batter with a table knife. Take care to

pull some to the edges so it's throughout the cake. (Don't mix it in too thoroughly - you will want

pockets of filling in the baked cake.) Bake 40 minutes or until there's very little “jiggle” left in

center of the cake. Cool completely.

Combine frosting, lemon zest, and cool whip by folding gently until well combined. Spread evenly

over cooled cake and keep refrigerated. Take to picnic and bring home empty pan.

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RECIPE FOR OCTOBER

Peanut Sauce Noodles

Ingredients 1 cup peanut butter 1⁄4 cup soy sauce

1⁄4 cup sesame oil

3 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic 2 tablespoons grated gingerroot 1

1⁄2 teaspoons Asian chili sauce or 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (lemon at a pinch – use a little less) 3⁄4 cup water

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1 lb noodles, of your choice finely chopped scallion chopped roasted unsalted peanuts

DIRECTIONS

Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Transfer to a jar with a tight-fitting lid (keeps 1 week, chilled; or distribute among

3 small containers and freeze what you don’t want to use within a week). To use: Boil 1 lb Asian noodles or spaghetti until al dente. Toss with ¾ cup of sauce (or more to taste), finely chopped scallions and

chopped peanuts. Note: In the winter, I eat these noodles hot. In summer I rinse under cold water, cool and drain and serve them as a spicy

noodle salad, often adding shredded bok choy, carrots, snow peas, lots more of the peanut sauce, etc.

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THIS WE BELIEVE FOR SEPTEMBER

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

“Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

“Romans 12:2”

~MISSION STATEMENT~

“We will be scripture-based to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

and spiritually led to guide all people to be active doers of the Word”

Approved by Session on November 16, 2007

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor: Fred Taylor, Clerk of Session: Vicky Bair, Church Treasurer: Ken Hobart,

Secretary: Christi Partee, Financial Secretary: Elaine Miller

DEACONS

Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Class of 2018

Sandy Erickson Ed Lloyd Pam Hobart

Pat Erlewine Amy Johnson Vacancy

ELDERS

Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Class of 2018

Vicky Bair Meg Simons Ken Hobart

Vacancy Peni Lloyd Steve Broskovak

Presbyterian Church of Bull Shoals

P.O. Box 305

Bull Shoals, AR. 72619