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Fellowship - 2

Youth - 3

Missions - 4

Christian Ed - 5

Birthdays & Milestones - 7

February 2010

Simply Live When I was a child, my family had many traditions, one of which was a Lenten Tradition. Every Friday, in addition to fasting from meat (a custom we retained from our Catholic heritage) we would abstain from watching television, movies, and listening to music. It was a disci-pline I came to appreciate, even though at times as a teenager it was dif-ficult to turn down the Friday night movie invitation. It afforded me the

chance to experience life without sensory bombardment, to simply live.

In the Reformed tradition, to give something up for Lent, has for the most part been replaced by the discipline to take something up, citing selfish reasons for giving up things like chocolate and alcohol. As much as I believe this to be a faithful reframing, there may be some value in taking stock of what we trust in for pleasure or comfort, and think about how we might give that up to empty our hands for what we can take

up…

Jesus was in the wilderness after his baptism and the devil was tempt-ing him to make his journey easier, and in so doing, give himself over to the devil’s service. At one point he says, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’” (Luke 4:3-4). Jesus was no doubt hungry and tired. The devil saw he could use a break. Hey,

Jesus, conjure up some bread, its ok. But Jesus knew that there is more to nourishment than what fills the stomach, just as there is more to pleasure than what is conjured up by the media. Jesus knew that to

simply live with full reliance on God meant giving something up.

Lent is a time to consider what we can leave behind with Jesus in the desert, and what we take up to live more faithfully. What distractions clutter your life? Maybe God is calling you to them up for a day, or a week, forty days, or perhaps the rest of your life? You then might con-sider what God calls you to take up instead? Let this season of Lent be

your personal challenge to simply live.

Peace

All members and visitors are invited to the Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, February 16, from 5:45-7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The Empty Nesters fellowship will setup, cook, serve and cleanup. After the supper, at 7:00 p.m., our Volunteers in Mission, David and Karen Johnson, will present a program about their time in

Indonesia during 2009.

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Circle of Joy Monday, Feb. 1, 10:00am Church Parlor Joanne Farley, 371-2631

Circle of New Beginnings

No meeting in February Betsy Lewis, 361-4337

Circle of Prayer Wednesday, Feb. 10, 12noon Middle House Jeanne Rambsurg, 710-6891

Faith Circle

Monday, Feb. 8, 12:30pm Home Meetings Sonie Horstman, 972-7129

Friendship Circle

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1:00pm Chancellor’s Village-Red Rm Carol Johnson, 373-2703

Grace Circle Monday, Feb. 8, 1:00pm Church Parlor Opal Stroup, 785-8960

Never Ending Circle No Meeting in February Trudy McNatt, 373-2852

PW Circles

Presbyterian Women will have a Mission Workshop and luncheon in the Church Parlor on Monday, February 22, at 10:00 a.m. We will trim postage stamps and work on other mission projects. All women of the church are welcome. If you are new to the church and are interested in learning about PW opportunities for Bible study, mission, and fellowship, please join us. Soup, bread, and dessert will be provided. Questions? Call

Marsha Luckett at 372-2050.

Other dates to put on your calendar in February: PW Coordinating Team meets on Tuesday, February 16, at 10:00 a.m. in the Church Parlor; Review of Lessons 7, 8, and 9 on Sunday, February 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Church

Parlor.

The Prime Timers will meet on Wednesday, February 10 at 10:30 a.m. in the church parking lot. We will tour the Goodwill laundry located in the industrial park across from the Thurman Brisben Shelter, visit the Massapo-nax store and job help center and enjoy a box lunch. We will leave our vehicles at the laundry and ride a bus out to Massaponax. There is no cost. We will be back at church between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. Please call Harry or

Gerry Smart at 786-6170 by January 31, if you plan to go.

A deposit of $50 is due by February 28 for the May 12-13 overnight trip to Longwood Gardens, Winterthur – former home of H. F. DuPont designed in the spirit of 18th and 19th century country houses and Chaddsford Winery. The total cost will be approximately $90. We will stay in a Days Inn close

to the points of interest.

March 17: Prime Timers will set-up, serve and clean-up at the Mid-

Week Dinner.

The April Even will be on Wednesday, April 21.

The Empty Nesters have rescheduled their welcome back party for David and Karen Johnson for Saturday, February 6, at 7:00 p.m. at Pete and Jane Kolakowski’s home, 10706 Joshua Lane. Please bring a hors d’ oeu-vres to share and your choice of beverage. Please let Pete or Jane (374-

0476 or [email protected]) know, if you plan to attend.

If you (Empter Nesters) would be able to help setup, serve and/or cleanup the Mid-week meal on Wednesday, February 10 or be able to help with the Pancake supper on Shrove Tuesday, February 16, please let Donna Hudgins (368-9741 or [email protected]) or Bruce Harvey (373-7057

or [email protected]) know, as soon as possible.

The February Forever Young Luncheon will be on Tuesday, February 23, at 11:30 a.m. in the Church House. There is reserved parking and a lift at the back of the Row Houses that can assist getting you to the first floor. Please call Shelley Miller at 710-9146 by February 16 if you plan to come. The food is great and the fellowship is wonderful. The menu this month is:

Scalloped potatoes & ham, bluegrass salad, rolls, vegetable and dessert.

Here we are in the shortest month of the year, but that does not mean it is short of activity for the youth. They had a great January and are onto a fantastic February. The highlight this month will be Youth Sunday, I hope you are all ready to be blown away by the passion of our

youth!

Things to look for : Montreat (July 25-31) information will be coming out

soon!

Senior high retreat to Massanetta is March 6-7. Come

join us as we ponder our relationships in our family.

Middle School retreat to Camp Hanover with the Pres-

bytery is April 24-25, look for forms in the mail.

And don’t forget to check out the website, fredericks-

burgpc.org, for fun facts and new pictures!!


Youth Supper Cooks:

Youth Childcare Providers: Feb. 7th ~ No Youth Group

Youth Sunday

14th ~ Vicky & Marty Wilder

21st ~ Donna DeSimini

28th ~ Terri & Jeff Kunkler

Feb. 7th ~ No Youth Group-

Youth Sunday

14th ~ Tricia & Bill Garner

Kristy & Greg Allison

Sarah Gormley

21st ~ Lisa & Mike Harrison

Marjolin Bijlefeld & Bob Burke

Julie Hamlet

28th ~ Terri & Jeff Kunkler

Michele Coffman

Our Middle School Youth group will once again sponsor the Souper Bowl offering on Sunday, Feb-ruary 7, after both worship services. Donations col-

lected will benefit hunger relief efforts.

Started in 1990 by a pastor and youth group in South Carolina, The Souper Bowl has grown into an international event, raising over $41 million dollars for hunger relief. Please support our youth in this effort to “love our neighbors” by dropping your

dollar in the soup pot on February 6.

Library Project

The Library Committee is continuing their pro-ject of cataloguing all of our books. Can you spare a morning or an afternoon to help us? The goal is to catalogue all the books in the Adult Library first and then make the list available on our church web-site. The more hands on the project the better! Contact Lynda Baer, 373-3450 [email protected] to to arrange a different time to

show you the process.

Paper Recyc l ing

The Presbyterian Church needs help with

recycling office paper and the weekly bulletins:

First, place only paper in the Recycling bins in the church office or the black bins on the Church porch after each service. Please do not place any other materials (e.g.,bottles, plastics, cans, plastic coated paper, trash, and especially used facial tissue

(Yuk)or any amount of liquid) in the recycling bins. Your recycler is usually dressed for worship and cof-fee, while delicious, is not a good fashion accessory! Please place trash in the trash bin inside the stairwell to the undercroft (to your left as you face the sanctu-ary) and take other recyclables home or to a recycling

center (e.g., Pratt Park or Hugh Mercer School).

Second, you can assist our recycler in gathering the office paper each Sunday and taking it to her car and occasionally serve as a substitute. If you can

help, please call Opal Stroup at 540-785-8960.


Last month for New Year’s, the Out-reach Committee, did your New Year’s resolutions for you, eliminating your stress of doing so. This month, this same con-cerned group has taken the month of Feb-ruary (which has been Presidentially pro-claimed as “American Heart Health Month”) to heart. This ad hoc committee has laid out the steps to make your heart a little warmer and maybe a size or two lar-ger (somewhat like the Grinch). One of the greatest health initiatives you can do for your heart is to GET MOVING,

NOW. On Saturday, the 20th of February, you have the opportunity to stretch your heartstrings a little by showing up at the Community Dinner or, mayhap, providing delicious homemade brownies for the oc-casion. How much more heart smart could you be than to give a little time in order to exercise those heart cockles which occa-sionally need a little CPR? Karen Johnson at [email protected], or 371-2719, has the technology to show you how to reap the benefits of heeding this month’s

exhortation.

We have a new missionary, the Rev. Josh Heikkila (Hike-kill-aaah), who is the regional liaison for West Africa. Our for-mer missionary, Shirley Hill, came home for a time of discernment. We hope to cre-ate a strong relationship with Josh in the coming months. In this month’s newsletter you will find a brief description of the work Josh is doing and some biographical information. Please keep Josh, Shirley and

all our missionaries in your prayers.

Let Bruce Harvey know, now, (373-7057 or [email protected]) if you wish go on the adult mission trip to Galveston, Texas, March 21-27. We will work through PDA to repair homes dam-aged by hurricane Ike in 2008. Skilled and unskilled workers and others who want to lend a hand are welcome. The cost is around $315 to $350 for the airline ticket. We will stay at the PDA village near Gal-

veston.

New Miss ionary Miss ion Trip to Galvaston

Congregat iona l Retreat

Find YOUR love for God…Where?…Inside of YOU!

Join us March 13-14th for “Living Inside-Out” at beautiful Camp Hanover. We’ll look to Scripture for Inspiration and Meditation. Weekend highlights for members of all ages include: awesome group activities; free-time for yourself and your family; a unique worship experience; fellowship and fun with your church family; the great, invigorating outdoors; a crackling campfire (with s-more’s); music, and of course, fantastic Camp Hanover vittles…how could you pass this up!! Most of all, our Congregational Retreat

experience is more fulfilling when YOU are with us. Registration form on back.

The Romans Bible study this past Fall went very well with about 8 participants on Tuesday evenings and about 7 participants on Wednesday mornings. This Winter/Spring we will study the book of Hebrews, beginning Tuesday, February 2, at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, February 3, at 10:00 a.m. both meet in the Middle House. The Bible study will meet every week through March 16 & 17 respectively. Please see Bruce if you would like to attend. The study books are in his office. The Tuesday evening class

will not meet on February 16, but will find an alternative time to meet that week.

Hebrews Bible Study

Community Dinners

Sunday, July 11

through

Thursday, July 15

More Details to Come

Mark Your Calendars!

MidMidMidMid----Week Suppers/ActivitiesWeek Suppers/ActivitiesWeek Suppers/ActivitiesWeek Suppers/Activities

Our new semester of Church School has begun. Children, youth, and adults are invited to join a class. Enjoy coffee/tea/hot chocolate and snacks in the hallway of the Middle House and great fellowship in each class. The two year old through 3rd grade classes are located in the Education Building and the fourth grade through 12th grade

classes are located in the Row Houses including the 2010 Confirmation Journey.

Our adults may choose from five classes (look for the Christian Education bro-

chure with more details about each adult class:

The Thoughtful Christian continues, led by Bruce Leek, Pam Eisensmith, Tamie

Pratt-Fartro and Dennis Rapkins and meets in the Church House, 1st floor;

Listening for God – changes focus to Oswald Chamber’s study on the Sermon on the Mount. Led by Leif Johnston, Nancy Wilson, and Al Erkert and meets in the

Undercroft.

Timeless Stories in the Life of Jesus – led by Harry Farley, Kay Lanceley and Larry

Diebold and meets in the Middle House, 1st floor.

Parenting – Using the book, Soft-Spoken Parenting, this class is led and coordinated by Dave & Meg Bohmke and Erma & Brian Baker and meets in the Church House, 2nd

floor, back room.

Faith & Discipleship – Using the book, Exploring Faith & Discipleship – Selected Readings by Tony Campolo, Frederick Buechner, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and others, this class is coordinated by Amy Talmadge, with the help of class participants and

meets in the Church House, 2nd floor, front room.


Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday

SchoolSchoolSchoolSchool

Have you been to our Mid-week suppers and activities? Some comments from the

fall were:

�The food is great and I do not have to fix

a meal;

�The games are crazy but they help us to

get to know one another

�The hymn sing is wonderful and it is

good to sing some of the old favorites

�The classes are very informative, fun &

interesting, an academy award, well-

prepared and interesting leaders

Our Mid-week suppers and activities will begin on Wednesday, February 3 and go through Wednesday, March 31. We will take a break for the Ash Wednesday service on February 17. Supper is from 5:45-6:45 p.m. with a game, hymn sing,

time of prayer and announcements.

The dinner on February 3rd will be

free - for everyone, but please make a

reservation by calling/emailing the

church office or use the bulletin insert

on January 31. Olive Garden will pro-vide the meal on the 3rd. The cost of sup-

per, for the remaining weeks, is $5 for adults and $3 for children 3-11 with a fam-

ily maximum of $15.

At 6:45 children, youth and adults will go to separate activities. Adults may choose to go to “The Big Church Theory” taught by Pastor Dennis, the Faith & Movie class (movie to be discussed on February 3, is Taking Chance) led by Bridget Harvey and Jim Ford, or Christian Meditation coordinated by Diane Peterson. Second through sixth graders will attend “Music Extravaganza” led by Mary Ann and Larry Casey, 4-year olds through first graders will have games and movies, and there is a nursery for the youngest chil-dren. Youth will have a study hall Febru-ary 3 and 10, then begin a Lenten Bible study on February 24, that will run through March 31. Stay tuned for more

details.

The mission project is hygiene kits to

help earthquake victims in Haiti.

Worship:

8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Sunday School:

9:45 a.m.

Phone: (540) 373-7057

FAX (540) 370-0210

Web: www.fredericksburgpc.org

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 4:30 p.m.

Friday 9:00am - 12 noon

The Presbyterian Lamp is published monthly. The

deadline submitting item for the February issue is

Monday, January 11. Items may be submitted to

[email protected] or brought to the

church office. All articles are edited for length and

content.

Rev. Allen H. Fisher, Jr., Pastor

Rev. Patrick Dennis, Associate Pastor

E. Bruce Harvey, Jr., Coordinator of Christian Ed.

Sarah Dennis, Director of Youth Ministry

Rev. Terry Diebold, Parish Associate

Mary Ann and Larry Casey, Choirmasters

Amy Shirk, Organist

Ron Rebman, Financial Secretary

Carole-Jean Forsing, Administrative Assistant

John Copley, Maintenance Engineer

Kaci LeFebre, Kitchen Coordinator

2009-2010 Session

Moderator – Rev. Allen H. Fisher, Jr., Pastor

Clerk of Session - C. Milton McNatt

Associate Pastor - Rev. Patrick Dennis

Session Committee Responsibilities

Administration - Dave Farley, Barry Hall

Building and Grounds - Steve Eckel,

Johnny Boyles

Christian Ed. - Barbara Howe, Dorothy Mondak

Congregational Care - Robert Fidler,

Tracey Rembisz

Evangelism - Scott Fischer, Beth Rabatin

Personnel and Volunteers - Pete Kolakowski,

Annette Lowery

Mission - Elaine Benzio Hild, Betsy Lewis

Stewardship - Dick Balch, Carter Hudgins

Worship - Dave Peterson, Porter Blakemore , Mia Day

Fellowship/Group Ministries - Tracey Rembisz,

Scott Fischer


Montreat is predictable…in a good way. Every group that goes from our church has a spiritually rich experience, and our college students were no

exception.

On January 2nd through the 5th, a group of four college students decided that reputation was enough for them and were the pilot group from our church for the College Conference. This year’s theme was, “God without Borders.” The Modera-tor of the General Assembly, Bruce Reyes-Chow, acted as co-emcee. The keynote leaders was great. Eboo Patel, director of Interfaith Youth Corp in Chicago, challenged us to think how we can stay true to our faith while affirming others. Professor Cynthia Rigby from Austin Theological Seminary had a stirring lecture on how we might live without borders in our relationship with God. Professor Anna Carter-Florence from Columbia Seminary offered fresh sermons, and a

creativity that was inspirational.

In addition there were workshops which ranged from creative projects such as story-telling and crafts, to informative sessions like the church’s response to poverty, national legislation on immigration, and opportunities to serve such as

Teach for America.

In the evenings, we would

head back to what seemed like our private lobby at William Black Lodge for our “fireside chats” where we would discuss the day’s lectures and work-shops before worship. There were plenty of recreational activities to keep energy

flowing into the late night.

Amidst all that, there was time to hike up the popular “Lookout” which was covered in packed snow and ice. There were many slips, and graceful (and not so graceful) recoveries from falls. It was worth it to take in the beautiful snow

speckled landscape below.

Montreat is a mountain top experience in many ways, and the challenge is to take what was learned with the energy and conviction and weave it into the everyday, to keep the borders open between God’s call and

our response.

God willing, we will. If you are in college this time next year, seriously consider joining the group. You will not be

disappointed.

Col lege Conference ~ Montreat

Birthdays

1. Karen Chichester, Elizabeth Adams, David Scott 2. Winnie Vyverberg, Sandy Gillenwater 4. Marty Wilder, Judy Lowman, Paula Kallay, Madison Herndon, Candace Johnston 5. Michael Brown, Polly Estes 7. Preston Simms, Kathleen Kuker, Heather Garrison 8. Jeanne Ramsburg, Laura Polk, Mason Bako 9. Ruth Moffitt, Laura Jaworski, Noah Fellinger, Lee Pugh, Jen Benedict 10. Richard Ranels, Susan Tyrrell, Cameron Brandon 11. Keren Pritchett, Kristen Shambarger 12. Porter Blakemore 13. William Lloyd, Miller Love, Rosie Morris, Opal Stroup 14. Jeanne Carelock, Anita Holle, Carl King, Gay Sullivan 15. Lydia Collett, Lynda Starnes, Lauren Snow, Madison Snow, Steve McCullough 16. Scott Bushman, Thelma Fisher, Marilyn Lloyd, Susan Ranels, Robin Medsker

17. Will Jacobs, Walker Steven, Justin Garrison 18. Robert Miller, Carol King, Bob Furr, Polly Furr, Austin Tyrrell, Douglas Ryan 19. Carson Pugh 20. Kylie Keffer, Larry Glassco, Anna Lowery, Morgan Hughes, Megan Hughes, Amy Spinnanger, Mike Harrison 21. Andy Grussendorf, Ryan Hughes, James Avery, IV, Steve Stone 22. Erin Bushman, Lou Garrison, Lisa Kuiper, Patrick Gates, Benjamin Broman 23. Sharon Robertson, Theo Blashford 24 Collin Stoddard, Joe Rowe 25. Di Johannsen 26. James Miller, Judy Balch, Curtis Ramer, Sophie Statler 27. Joyce Allison, Louis Illi, Evan Sullivan, Dave Bohmke, Kyle Coble, Dave Farley, Monica Cox, Michael Diebold 28. Les Johnson, Matthew Green, James McLaughlin


Capsule of Concern: Karl Karch, Earl Lowman, Charles Kindred, Sallie Nowacek,

Ruth Moffitt

Continued Prayers: Bob Benn, Jim Eck, Jean Gill, Marjorie Glassco, Bud Helmen, Kathryn Hower, Janie Kash, Pilly Liebenow, Stacy Lloyd, Thelma Mann, Roberta

Mealey, Bob Miller, Stacey Orcutt, Tillie Paul, Jim Roberson, and Jeanne Waite,

Our heartfelt Christian love and sympathies are extended to Wyatt Thompson and family on the death of his sister, Elizabeth Jane Thompson, who died on December 20,

2009.

Our heartfelt Christian love and sympathies are extended to Kathy Stephen and family

on the death of her father, John C. Broderick, who died on January 5, 2010.

MILESTONES

Many thanks to all who supported the Christmas Joy Offering during Advent and Christmas. The total was $5800 and it will go to help retired missionaries and other church professionals with supplemental income and to support racial ethnic students at

Presbyterian supported colleges and secondary schools.

In case you missed Church on the first Sunday of the year, January 3, early ser-vice, you have no clue about the true mean-ing of the Frozen Chosen Presbyterian. The Robert B. Payne truck sitting out by the fellowship hall could have been your first clue. The second would have been when there was no one in sight except Wayne looking like Nanook’s twin at the chair lift. Upon opening the doors to the sanctuary you got the third clue when the college aged greeters were gathered in a huddled mass similar to a pack of puppies to separate only to extend a chilly paw for a warm welcome to worship. Yikes, had the offertory been that bad? Yes, the economy has been ugly but surely, the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg could pay the heating bills . . . did Ron forget to pay the bill or maybe it was something about

“when hell freezes over”?

Yep, it was cold. Seems as though there was a slight problem with the natural gas talking (or maybe not talking) to the fur-nace resulting in a stalemate of NO HEAT. Harry absolved himself of all blame al-though there was some thought he was re-sponsible. The ambient temperature of the

sanctuary was somewhere between cold and a late November night. Gloved fin-gers strived mightily to fumble through the hymnal to find the long awaited Christmas carols celebrating the birth of Christ. Folks left their usual seats by the windows to find less drafty but more crowded and friendly accommodations in the center. The room was filled with envy when the graceful Sacred Dancers got up to move quickly and joyously to the song, “Sister

Mary Had But One Child.” Pastor Fisher initially referred to a sermon of hell fire and brimstone but compromised with a warm message of the wise men celebrating the birth of Christ and their surreptitious journey home to avoid King Herod. The ushers rendered an offertory which gave a whole new perspective of cold cash. The service ended with all verses of the beloved

hymn, O Come all ye Frigid, er…Faithful.

Frozen—not quite; Chosen—most

definitely!!

P.S. Columbia Gas restored the fuel supply to our furnace in time for the Sanctuary to warm up for the 11:00 a.m. Worship

Service.

The Presbyterian Churches in the Fredericks-burg area are joining forces to put on a Men's Retreat right here in Fredericksburg, Virginia! The Retreat will be led by John Growth, a Presbyterian Pastor, former USAF Chaplain, and currently the leader of a Men's Ministry called Priority One www.priorityone.org in the Northeast. The title for the retreat will be, “Two’s

Company, Three’s a Fire Team.” The retreat will begin on Friday February 19, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. and continue at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning until 5:00 p.m. that afternoon. The Saturday afternoon session will include multiple small group seminars with themes like: “Developing a Chris-tian Worldview,” “Sexual fidelity, a man's battle,” and many others. There will also be music and humor

mixed in throughout the Retreat. Additionally, John will preach at Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and there will be a luncheon to which the wives are invited

Sunday at 12:15 p.m. If you are interested in attend-ing or would like to assist with organizing and sup-porting this event, please contact Bill Nix at 540-834-

0355 or [email protected]

Chi l ly Musings ( “The Not Quite “Frozen Chosen”) By Mary Raye Cox

Local Presbyter ian Men's Retreat


New missionary, the Rev.

Josh Heikkila (Hike-kill-aaah),

regional liaison for West Africa.

Camp Hanover summer brochures are available on the table out-side the Sanctuary or in the church office. Rising 2nd graders through high school graduates. Please be sure to get your registra-

tions in early, as some camps fill up very fast.

New camps for the summer of 2010 are:

Let’s Get Physical – build your body, build up one another and build your faith – for rising

7th-12th graders – July 25-31;

Exploring Art – professional artists will teach and support you as you explore the “artist

within.” Rising 5th-12th graders – August 8-14;

Read On! – concentrate on learning reading skills with trained teachers encouraging you. For

rising 4th-7th graders – June 14-20

Other camps include “Test Your Wings” for rising 2nd -3rd graders giving them a 48-hour first time camp experience and “Flap Your Wings” for veteran Test your Wingers giving them a 3-day experience. There are adventure camps and a mission camp for senior highs, adventure camp and one-week camps for middlers, and a variety of camps for elementary age children. You are encouraged to make Camp Hanover a part of your summer. The website is

www.camphanover.org, email is [email protected], and phone is 877 – Our-Camp or 804-779-2811.

Appointed as a PC(USA) mission co-worker in October, 2009, Josh Heikkila (Hike-kill-aah) is regional liaison for West Africa. He facilitates support for the program, relationships, and activities of PC(USA) partners. And he also provides support to PC(USA) mission personnel and helps connect partner churches with PC(USA) churches that want to be involved in

ministry in the region.

Commenting about his recent faith life, Joshua writes, “Over the last several

months, I have come to experience more

and more God’s powerful and transforma-

tive presence in the sacraments of the

church. In the past, I think I tended to treat

Communion as something we occasionally

tacked onto the end of worship. But in

gathering around a table, in sharing bread

and wine—the body and blood of Christ—I

have come to experience God’s presence in

ways I never did before. Experiencing God

in the sacraments of worship has also

helped me appreciate more the sacramen-

tal quality of daily life. Most of us in our

daily lives do pretty mundane things. We

go to work, pay the bills, and take care of

family responsibilities. Mountaintop ex-

periences don’t happen very often. In the

Lord’s Supper, though, God takes everyday

items like bread and wine and makes them

holy as a way to reach out to us. God uses

water in baptism in the very same manner.

How more mundane can you get than

bread and water?”

Josh has a wide variety of overseas ex-perience. He served as Young Adult Vol-unteer for the PC(USA) in a one-year term (2002-2003) in Ghana, where he learned the Ewe language. He also spent four months in Argentina during high school, six months in Hungary during college, and

six weeks in Croatia while in seminary.

Meet Our New Miss ionary


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