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Report
from the Interim Pastor Search Committee The Interim Pastor Search
Committee is delighted to report that we now have an interim pastor, Reverend
Jan Kennedy. She will begin her
service at RCLPC in mid-October. Rev. Kennedy, ordained in
1996, is a PC(USA) Presbyterian Minister of Word and
Sacrament and member of Blackhawk Presbytery.
She earned a Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in
Pastoring is a second career for Rev. Kennedy. From 1980-1989 she was employed by the
Family Support Center in Aurora, IL., a community not-for-profit agency for
the prevention and treatment of child abuse.
She served as a therapist and program director for 3 years and as
Executive Director for 6 years. Rev. Kennedy says she has
a passion for and a clear sense of calling to interim ministry. She gets satisfaction in “preparing
congregations to make good pastoral matches and to meet the challenges the
future holds.” Her list of primary
skills includes administrative leadership, preaching, corporate
worship/sacraments, counseling, evangelism,
involvement in mission beyond the local church, leadership development,
pastoral care, spiritual development and transitional/interim ministry. She and her husband, a
builder, live in the area. They have
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have Frequent Flier Miles?
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CROP
Walk October 5! It’s that time
again! The Crystal Lake CROP Walk this
year will be on October 5 and will be starting from 25% of the funds raised
will stay in the area. One half will go to PADS and the other half to the
Interfaith Food Pantry. The remaining 75% will be
used by Church World Services. $25 – can provide blankets to a family of five
displaced by violence or natural disaster. $45 – can provide 30 jerry cans to carry clean
water for drinking and cooking. $50 – can buy a hundred chickens and two wire
chicken coops, providing two families with a reliable source of eggs, protein
and income. As a CROP Hunger Walker
or sponsor, you help us reach out to children and families in Darfur, Kenya, Myanmar, Katrina, and elsewhere with the
gift of clean, fresh water and other empowering tools of hope, as well as
helping overcome poverty here in our own community.
RCLPC has been and is
always generous. The Youth of RCLPC are actively involved as are many others.
Join the Walk, take an envelope and help us collect funds, and/or please
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Volunteer
Appreciation Coffee The Crystal Lake Food Pantry
is having a volunteer appreciation coffee on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at |
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Cookie
Lift Project Brings Back Treats to Fellowship Hall Volunteers for the Cookie
Lift Project have baked and bought treats for you to enjoy with your
coffee or tea in Fellowship Hall this Sunday between the services! On
the second Sunday of the month we will offer an always changing selection of
homemade and store bought pastries such as brownies and bars, cookies,
coffeecake, and nut bread. So stop by for some fellowship and something sweet
with your coffee. A basket will be there to welcome donations to the Cookie
Lift Project that supports our Troops. |
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Please check the Connecting Link bulletin board
for two Sign-Up opportunities: |
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PADS Lunch Program starts in October on the second and fifth Sundays
of each month through April 2009. We also have the fourth
Friday of each month from October through April available for a different
church in Mission Outreach Ministry
- Joy Martin |
Tillie Blackbear, a respected leader and Executive Director of the
White Buffalo Calf Woman's Society Shelter on Rosebud Indian Reservation in
South Dakota, will be making two presentations at Fourth Presbyterian Church
in Chicago on October 12th, one at 9:30 a.m. on Indian Spirituality and one
at 12:30 p.m. on Domestic Violence. Please note the Sign Up Sheet
in the Connecting Link. We will either be taking the train downtown or
carpooling depending on the preference. |
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What is
the RCLPC Café? Presbyterians like good
food and great conversation, so we have combined those two activities into a new
fellowship activity. On four dates
during the year, eight people will gather in participants’ homes to share a
meal together. The host will decide
the main course, and the other attendees will bring the accompanying side
dishes. Anyone who signs up for RCLPC Café will be responsible for hosting an
evening in their home. This fellowship is
similar to our former Gourmet Group, but we are trying to keep it more
informal and casual. You can choose to
cook one of your favorite dishes or try out a new recipe on the group. The main focus is to have fun and get to
know each other. There won’t be too
much planning, other than picking a date that you would want to host and
signing up for each event that you plan to attend. If you still are not sure
how this all will work, please join us at Lou & Kathy Rabe’s
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RCLPC
Youth The youth ministry is off
and running! All youth grades 6-12 are
welcome to join in anytime. Full
schedules for the year can be found on the church website and in the church
office, too. Here’s what’s going on
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Middle
School Youth: Sunday, September 14, Sunday, October 5,
12.15-3.30: CROP walk!
We’ll have lunch together and then go for a walk to help raise money
and awareness to overcome poverty, here in our community and around the
world. |
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School Youth: Sunday, September 21, Sunday, October 5,
12.15-4.45: CROP walk!
We’ll have lunch, then walk to raise money
and awareness to overcome poverty, and then we’ll have a meeting afterward to
talk about and experience ways we live our faith in the world as well as
caring for one another. |
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Come
Together for
Turning Point Friday, September 19th in
Fellowship Hall at RCLPC
Three bands will be performing:
"Half Mile from
"Thabor" from
Cary/Huntley
"STOCKWOOD" from
The award winning
"World's Youngest Beatles Tribute Band" (featuring Collin and Evan
Berg, John Morefield and J.D. Fuller) |
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WEAVE—Wednesday
Evening AVEnues:
come journey with us! We have a number of
avenues to walk down each Wednesday evening here at RCLPC—we hope you’ll join
us on one or more of these roads as we walk together! Musical avenues: Fellowship avenues: Volunteer avenues (please sign up in the Connecting Link—and/or
contact either Fellowship or Education Team for more information!): Education avenues: (led by Teri) in the
fellowship hall: |
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*Faith
and Family: |
**Series
“101” We’ll
be covering theology, worship, spirituality, Christian ethics, and church
history. We’ll also do our best to answer all your burning theological and
spiritual questions! |
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If you’re interested in reading on our various
topics, here are some book suggestions. All these books will be in the church library
soon, too! |
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Shirley
Guthrie: Christian Doctrine |
Donald Miller: Blue
Like Jazz |
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Other
Educational Opportunities: *Inquirer’s Class—Sundays, Sept. 14, 21, 28 Interested
in exploring membership here at RCLPC? An Inquirer’s class has been scheduled to begin
this Sunday, Sept. 14, from noon-1pm and will run for three consecutive weeks
(Sept. 14, 21, & 28). This class
will meet in the Lounge. We will explore what it means to be a Christian,
what it means to be a Presbyterian, and what it means to be a member of
RCLPC. Light refreshments will be
served and childcare will be provided. Please RSVP to the church office for
the class. * Lectionary Study group (LSG) The LSG meets every
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What’s up with Taizé? Our service of prayer in
the spirit and style of Taizé went on a little
summer sabbatical, but it will be returning soon, with newly invigorated and
inspired leadership! The Taizé Prayer Service will be back at RCLPC on Tuesday, October 7, at What kind
of music is at this service? The service of prayer in
the style of Taizé is almost entirely music! Our wonderful musicians (including various
combinations of cello, flute, clarinet, guitar, and piano) lead us in short
songs that are easy to learn. We sing
them a number of times over, so that they become a part of the very fabric of
our beings. The songs range in style
of upbeat and energetic to slower and more contemplative, from praise to
lament to prayer, from hopeful to trusting.
We often sing 7 or more songs in a service, each 10 or more times
through—so it’s easy to learn, easy to remember, easy to pray with. How is
the Word proclaimed at this service? There is no sermon at a Taizé-style service.
We hear a psalm sung (just as they were originally used back in
biblical times) and we hear a Bible story read. Then we listen together in silence for how
the living Word will speak to us this evening. Is it
possible for me to participate in the service in some way? Musicians are always
welcome—just talk to Sherri! You can
also participate by reading—talk to Teri if you’d like to read. And you can participate by coming to the
service and praying with us. In
addition to singing our prayer and to listening for God in the silence, we
also have a time when we can mention names or places in need of prayer, when
we can name those things we are grateful for, and when we can offer our own
prayers (short or long—whatever you feel led to say). You don’t have to be “good” at praying out
loud, anyone is welcome to pray anything that’s on your heart or mind. When is
this service again? First Tuesdays, |
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Part 1… Let's go apple picking! There are plenty of good
apples left in October. Let's meet at an orchard and have some family fun! We'll
pick apples for our individual families and some for part 2.... Part 2… Following the apple picking, let's meet back at the church for an
apple extravaganza. Bring a peeler
and your favorite apple recipe. The church will provide the baking
basics (flour, cinnamon, sugar, butter) and we'll bake apple goodies
together! We can then sell them the next day to raise money for the
Cookie Lift Project and help support our troops. Won't the church smell
delicious on Sunday? So, bring some
peelers and any specialized apple baking gear you may have... (anyone have a cider press?) and
we'll have some good ole fashioned family fun! Please note you are
welcome to attend part 1, part 2 or both!
Please sign up in the Connecting Link. If you have any questions, feel
free to contact Rebecca Floyd or if you have any special recipes you'd like
to share, we'll see that we have the ingredients! Watch the bulletin for
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Save the Date for November 15 Meet N’ Eat…
a fellowship opportunity at a local restaurant! |
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Remember
the Beautiful Doves Flying Above the Sanctuary in Pentecost? They were majestic in
their simplicity and beauty and added a wonderful presence to our
Sanctuary. The dove mobile was the result
of planning and implementation by our own, very creative, Worship Enhancement
Team. This team works to provide a
backdrop for all our services by adding banners, fabrics, art, textures,
shapes, and images that reach our worshippers in differing ways.
The Planning Team will be
meeting for one hour each month to brainstorm ideas that might be used in our
worship services. This will be a group
of committed individuals who share the enjoyment of creating a beautiful
worship space. Our first meeting will be September 24th
at The Implementation Team
will meet when we need to carry out the vision of the planning team. If you were moved by the
majestic doves at Pentecost and would like to help make our worship space
inspiring to all our worshippers, we would love to have you be a part of our
Worship Enhancement Team. If you would like to join
the team or talk to us about the possibility, please contact either Dale
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Thanks to Summer Musicians Thank you to all the
people who shared their gifts and love of music during summer worship. Participants at 9:30 and 11:00 were Emily
Floyd, Jean Joslyn, Janet Holub,
Katy Holub, Rebecca Floyd, Jack Kelewae, Marin
Lilly, Sarah Metivier, Jaunita Miller, the RCLPC
men’s ensemble, Ann Legg, Lois Johnson, Marissa LeFevre, Joshua Fleming,
Giana Stipati, Carl Wesa, the blue grass ensemble consisting of, Scott
Iddings, Bruce Gilmore, Steve Polnow, Dan Gilman and Al Popp, the adult
choir, and the congregation during the hymn sing on August 31. Musicians serving at |
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Top 10
reasons to sing in Jubilation choir
10.
To praise God with your voice. 9. To
spend time with your friends. 8. Because
“everyone else is doing it!” 7. To
learn new music parts or techniques 6. To
have more understanding about singing in worship, even songs you already know
well. 5. To
get the chance to hear what a beautiful sound a group of youth can make
together. 4. To
sing in different languages! 3. To
share your gifts with the congregation. 2. Because
you might as well stay, it is right after service anyway! 1. To
let God speak to you in song. (“Top 10” by Anna Zoerner) JOIN US THIS SUNDAY
FROM NOON-1:00 P.M. Contact Sherri Dees
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Have You
Seen Our New Retaining Wall? There has been recent
construction going on at RCLPC. Matt Genova has installed a retaining wall at the front of the
church for his Eagle Scout project. Matt
has worked very hard on this project and did a great job. He was ably assisted by his dad, Tom Genova, and his Boy Scout Troop #166. Paveloc
Industries was most generous and donated all the construction materials, and
Horizon Landscaping was also very helpful.
Chuck Rasmussen works for Paveloc, and his
advice was a great asset on this project.
Thanks, Matt, for a job well done! |
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Finding
his voice – HOCAK WORAK newspaper News from the Ho-Chunk
nation in “We are
known forever by the tracks we leave” |
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