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SEPTEM BER 2016

The CORNERSTONE

2 Pastor Paul

2 The Fife Class!

3 David Champ and YO!

3 Special Friends

3 Mission Team Photos

4 Mission Update

4 Men’s Prayer Breakfast

& Women’s Bible Study

5 Women of Westfield

6 P3 Children’s Ministry

A publication of Westfield Presbyterian Church, New Castle, Pennsylvania

Celebrate with us!

Fall Schedule Begins September 11

Fishers of Men Sunday School Attendance Contest for Children, Youth and Adults Each of our classes will be divided into

teams, the “nets” and the “poles” You

catch fish (earn points) each week by at-

tending Sunday School, bringing your

Bible, wearing your team symbol, bring-

ing a friend and learning the weekly mem-

ory verse. Not a member of a class yet?

You can sign up on September 11 for a

class for your age or grade level or one of

our 5 adult classes. We look forward to

seeing you in the sanctuary at 9:45 A.M.

on Sunday, September 11.

Faith Roots: A Celebration of the Scottish Heritage of the Presbyterian Church

Wear your tartan plaid and join us for

worship at 11 A.M. featuring a bagpiper

and traditional Scottish procession. We

will honor our 50-year members and our

chancel choir will return after their sum-

mer break.

There will be a potluck picnic lunch at

noon featur-

ing your

favorite

family rec-

ipe (recipe

cards re-

ceived in

the church

office by September 4 will be copied for

distribution at the picnic).

Highland Games after lunch! Can your

tartan clan win the Tug of War, Caber

Toss, Welly Throw and Farmer’s Dash?

We invite you to provide old pictures,

memorabilia and family heirlooms for

display. Contact Marcy McClymonds at

mrmcclymonds@yahoo.com or

724.674.1369 for more information.

What’s INSIDE

Faith That Sticks for Life Westfield is hosting our Presbytery’s Fall Gathering on Septem-

ber 23 and 24. This enriching and renewing 2-day event is open

to church members and friends, with special emphasis on “Faith

that Sticks” as our youth transition into adulthood. You can at-

tend meetings and events on Friday, Saturday or both days. To

register, please print a registration form and send it with your pay-

ment to the address on the form. Click here for the form.

Food Pantry Needs Items for the Project HOPE

Food Pantry in September are

peanut butter and jelly. Items

always in demand are coffee,

laundry soap, dish soap, ce-

real and juice.

Please leave your donations in

the bins in the coat rack area.

Monetary donations may be

made payable to Westfield

with “Project HOPE” on the

memo line.

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On September 11 we begin our fall minis-

try schedule. It is a combination of Rally

Day and Heritage Sunday. This is an im-

portant day in the life of our church for

several reasons:

We dedicate the year to God and ac-

knowledge our dependence on him

We celebrate our heritage with spe-

cial music and ceremony in worship

We rally our Sunday School Classes

and kick off our Christian Education

Ministry

We join together for food and West-

field Fellowship.

This year we are also going to honor the

Fife Sunday School Class as they cele-

brate their 70th year. The Fife Class was

started in 1946 by Reverend John

McMillan Fife. As far as we know it is the

longest running Sunday School Class in

Westfield’s history or at the very least

the longest running of our current Sunday

classes. Imagine the dedication and desire

for learning and fellowship that it takes to

carry on as a group for 70 years!

Current class members, pictured here

from l-r, top row: Leroy Harriger, Pat

Musitano, Eileen Mateer, Eunice

Randolph, Hazel Pence, Russ & Judy

Bryan; bottom row: Andy Williams,

Libby McCullough, Hazel Harriger, Ha-

zel Hassig, Harry & Pearl Jolley, and

Ann and Don Fox. Congratulations to

the Fife Class!

Psalm 145:4 says, “One generation shall

praise your works to another.” Join us

on September 11 as we come together -

young, old and in between - to praise the

Lord and celebrate his works.

Hosts Needed

Coffee and Conversation, offered before and after

Sunday School and Worship, returns on September

11. This casual gathering gives us a time to chit-chat

with friends while enjoying a cup of MoCo House cof-

fee and a few other offerings. It’s a wonderful way to

start off Sunday mornings! Please consider being a

host. Volunteers are needed. There is a sign-up sheet

in the Parlor.

Fall Ministry Schedule by Paul Votaw

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New Schedule Begins September 11:

9:45 A.M.

Sunday School

for all ages

11:00 A.M.

Worship

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We have an evening planned that is full of

games, food, prizes, and information on

the upcoming semester of YO! This is

happening on Sunday, September 11,

from 6-8 P.M. YO! kids and family mem-

bers are invited to bring an ethnic dish to

share for the potluck.

Throughout this fall we will have our an-

nual events like 5th Quarter Bonfires after

Mohawk football games, our annual Fall

D-Now retreat in

November, and

our fall party in

October. Stay

tuned for more

details on our

upcoming events!

I want to thank you for all the help, sup-

port and prayers you provided to the

youth and family ministries program

throughout this summer. It was truly a

great summer full of amazing events.

My hope is that we can continue this

great momentum of youth ministry into

the fall semester!

YO! Family Potluck on September 11 by David Champ

Judy & Russ Bryan at their residence

Alice Fullerton at her residence

Shirley Gibson at her residence

Mary Lou Williams

at her residence

Giving Your All

Christ says, “Give me all. … No half-measures are any good. … Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked — the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.”

—C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Mission Trip 2016 Photos

Top row (l-r) Morgan and a

circle of girls at Kids Club;

sidewalk chalk fun; Clarke,

Director of the Root Cellar

and Sue McCurley; middle

row: the 33 team members!;

bottom: Preston, Daniel and

Jonathan at Kids Club

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Westfield Fellowship Hall

Saturday, September 19

8:00—9:30 A.M.

Join us for a hearty breakfast

followed by a continuing study of

the book of James. Contact Bob

Wigg or Chester Mace to find out

more.

In July we welcomed Kevin & Wendy

Mason who are on home leave from Hun-

gary through August, and are staying on

Wendy’s family farm. Their two older

children are establishing themselves in the

states with jobs and schooling. Kevin asks

for prayer to seek out high quality partner-

ships through which he will see many

come to Christ in Asia.

Mission & Outreach is holding an appre-

ciation picnic on September 8 for all our

hardworking township workers and first

responders.

Juanita Rug, pictured here, has returned

from her mission trip to Belgium and is

grateful for the prayer and financial sup-

port you provided. She comments, “This

whole journey has been an adventure as

well as a huge blessing.” She worked

with children of missionaries at the Zav

Center in Brussels, as well as a hospital-

ity group (washing dishes for every-

one!), and a church team. Juanita is

now considering an offer to work in an

orphanage in Peru from September -

November. Since she lived in an orphan-

age for the first 8 years of her life, she

has a special interest in this work.

A Great Way You Can Help a Hurting Friend

The CORNERSTONE September 2016

Women’s Bible Study

Marcia Votaw invites the women of the church

to join her for a study of Genesis. The group

meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the

month at 7:30 P.M. All women are welcome as

we resume on Tuesday, September 6. Invite a

friend!

Shoes and Socks for Students Thank you so much for your over-whelming generosity with the shoe & sock project! Thanks to you, we were able to supply over 60 students with new shoes and socks for the upcom-ing school year! They were all so excited to have something special just for them! Your kindness towards our students is greatly appreciated by the Mohawk Area School District and me. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

God Bless, Phyllis McCullough

Mission & Outreach Update by Deborah Replogle

Do you have a friend, neighbor, coworker,

or relative who has suffered a loss or is

going through a difficult time? Here’s a

great way you can help them—tell them

about our Stephen Ministry! Stephen Min-

isters are members of Westfield Church

who have received special training to pro-

vide high-quality, confidential, one-to-

one, Christian care to hurting people.

Stephen Ministers meet weekly with their

care receivers to listen, care, encourage,

and provide emotional and spiritual sup-

port. (Males are matched with males, and

females are matched with females.) The

caring relationship lasts for as long as the

person needs care. It’s free, and it’s a

powerful way you can help a hurting

friend.

To learn how to connect someone you

know with a Stephen Minister, talk with

one of our Stephen Ministry Leaders -

Lorraine Book, Linda McBride or Evan

Ernst.

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At the mention of miracles, we often pic-

ture the biblical kind: a dead person

brought back to life, a small amount of

food feeding a crowd, sight restored to a

blind man. Yet even today we look for

unexpected healings or an earthquake

victim found alive after days amid rubble.

But consider someone born with poor

eyesight who, thanks to technology, can

work as a professional proofreader or cre-

ate intricate digital paintings. Consider

someone with a prosthetic leg who can

run and even win races. Consider some-

one who, thanks to a donated heart, kid-

ney or blood, continues to live. Consider

friends in the United States and Europe

who can connect in “real time,” offering

support during a crisis.

Technology — whose source is the hu-

man brain created by God — makes pos-

sible a new, modern-day type of miracle.

When used for good,

it can overcome barri-

ers, allowing us to

celebrate life and

serve one another.

Miracles, indeed!

Modern Miracles

Food and Fellowship at Community Meal

September’s Community Meal is set for Wednesday, September 28, from 5-7 P.M. To volunteer, please contact Lorraine Book or any Deacon to find out more about our greeting, cooking, serving, set-up and clean-up teams. If you’re not volunteering, why not invite a friend or neighbor to join you for an evening of fellowship and great food?

Wanted: VBS Directors for 2017

We know you have a heart for Christ-

centered ministry to children and an atti-

tude of servant leadership. That’s why

we want you to volunteer to be one of

our 2017 VBS directors!

Our 2017 dates are tentatively set for

June 12-16. Won’t you take a moment

to prayerfully consider if God is calling

you to this vital ministry that our church

provides for our children and others in

the community? Please talk with Marcy

McClymonds or Linda McBride soon to

find out more about this exciting oppor-

tunity!

Women of Westfield Welcome You by Mary Mikesell

Join Women of Westfield (WOW) on

Tuesday, September 20, in Fellowship

Hall at 10:30 A.M. for Bible study and

fellowship. The study this year is “Who

is Jesus? What a Difference a Lens

Makes.” We will explore the Gospels,

Hebrews, Paul and other cultural inter-

pretations to “see” Jesus through these

different lenses. Won’t you join us?

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After taking the summer off, our P3 Chil-

dren’s Ministry is getting ready for an

exciting year. We will be changing things

up a bit this year by adding more games

and activities and fun for all ages: pre-K

through 6th grade. Our evenings will still

consist of Praise, Bible Point and Prayer,

but we will be singing more contemporary

songs, meeting in different areas of the

church and exploring many ways to talk

to God in prayer.

We hope to engage in several activities

outside of the church building with possi-

ble field trips and perhaps interact with

YO! occasionally. This fall we will begin

our lessons on “ the Armor of God.”

Tell your elementary children, tell your

friends… Come out for fun, fellowship

and learning about God. Our first evening

is September 18, from 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.

Put on the Whole Armor of God

The Belt of Truth

The Breastplate of Righteousness

The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace

The Shield of Faith

The Helmet of Salvation

The Sword of the Spirit,

Which is the Word of God

Ephesians 6:11-17

The CORNERSTONE September 2016

Back to School = Back to YO! & P3 by Rhonda Breuer

The Cornerstone is a monthly

publication of Westfield Presby-

terian Church. We are a congre-

gation of the Covenant Order of

Evangelical

Presbyterians.

We worship together every Sun-

day at 11:00 A.M. We welcome

all members, friends, and visi-

tors to join us.

Editor & Church Secretary:

Maribeth Jones

Church Staff:

Rev. Paul Votaw

Pastor

David Champ

Director of Youth & Family

Ministries

Sarah Phillips

Organist/Choir Director

Stacy Cosgrove

Financial Secretary

Dave Micco

Custodian

The Christian church has long been sym-

bolized by a ship. While the Old Testa-

ment tells of Noah’s ark preserving right-

eous people during the flood, the New

Christian Symbols: Ship Testament recounts Jesus calming the

storm that battered the disciples’ fish-

ing boat. St. Ambrose described the

church as a ship with the cross as its

mast, and others have compared salva-

tion to being drawn out of the sea of

death into the safety of the church

(ship). Indeed, many large churches are

constructed to represent a big boat, with

the main worship space called the nave

— Latin for ship.