Rev. Dr. Olin McBride

Pastor

Destiny Williams

Director of

Youth Ministry

Sophe Pope

Director of

Children’s Ministry

Julie Garcia Director of

Children’s Choir

Jason Montague

Director of Music

Jane Robinson

Organist

Wes Shannon

Pianist

ELDERS

Jay Fisher, Clerk

Danny Brown

Reid Burch

Bob Crane

Emerson Elliott (Youth)

Julie Garcia

Ginger Irby

Warren Nesbit

Mary Plishker

Chuck Standard

Eddy Smith

Peter Thornton

John Wadsworth

DEACONS Catherine Engelbracht

Doris Griffin

Todd Harvey

Cheryl Joyner

Lynn Lowrey

Cindy Murray

Tony Okrutny

Bob Phillips

Jill Shedd

Ruth Rucker

Tyler Standard (Youth)

Jill Stroud

MPC News McDonough Presbyterian Church

July 2017

RALLY DAY IS JULY 30 Kick off the new school year with a commitment to MPC! Please join the Christian Education Commit-

tee on July 30 for Rally Day. A pancake and bacon breakfast will be served at 9:15 a.m. and then every-

one is invited to explore the Anchor and find out all about the committees, groups, and Sunday school

and Wednesday night classes available at MPC. This is a great opportunity to find where you belong at

MPC.

Also, all the children are invited to bring their backpacks to church so we can bless them to start off the school year. Hope to see you there.

Do you say any of these things?

Let’s remember what God says in His Word. Look up these scriptures to encourage

you.

MPC News July 2017

Thank You Announcements

We will celebrate the

SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION on Sunday, July 2.

The Church Office will be closed on

Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4

In observance of Independence Day.

CALLED CONGREGATIONAL

MEETING SUNDAY, JULY 9

The session of MPC has called a con-

gregational meeting for Sunday, July 9

following the 11:00 a.m. worship ser-

vice. The purpose of this meeting is to

dissolve the pastoral relationship be-

tween Rev. Olin W. McBride and

McDonough Presbyterian Church so

Rev. McBride can pursue his calling to

interim ministry.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CEDARKIRK

MISSION TRIP - July 9-15

USHERS NEEDED If you are willing to add your name to

the ushering list please contact Elaine

Hopkins at sehopkins427@charter.net

or call (770)898-4980.

AARP Drivers Safety Program

Friday, July 21 from 9am to 4pm. If

you're interested in participating con-

tact Bob Williams. Cost is $12 for

AARP members and $14 for non-

members

SUPPER CLUBS ARE FORMING NOW!

What are Supper Clubs?

They are small casual adult dinner

groups. All adults are welcome whether

they are single or couples. The groups

meet for dinner and fellowship once a

month.

If you are interested in signing up for

Supper Club NOW IS THE TIME!

Watch future bulletins for sign-up sheets

or sign-up using your pew pad sheets.

You can also contact Jill shedd at

jgshedd@yahoo.com.

Dear MPC Family,

You will never know how

much Larry and I appreciate all the food,

calls, cards, visits and prayers you have

extended to us during Larry’s health is-

sues this year. Unfortunately, he still has a

lot of hills to climb so please continue to

keep us in your prayers. It is wonderful

being a part of such an amazing congrega-

tion as we have here at MPC.

Many thanks again for your love and con-

cern.

In Christ,

Noni & Larry Babb

SAVE

THE

DATE

Ice Cream and Pie Social

Sunday, September 24

6pm-8pm

It has been decided to not have the Fall

Festival this year. Instead we will have

an ice cream and pie social. We are con-

sidering making it a competition!

There will be a sign up sheet soon for

entries.

We are requesting home churned ice

cream and made from scratch pies!

More info to come soon.

Mark your calendars!

Go-Go’s

Update

It’s about time to start planning our Go-

Go’s outings for the next year. Pat Rob-

inson and I have decided to become the

organizers (or “point people”) for the

group and operate it like we did two

years ago with a lot of participation from

our members. We met with Jill Stroud

and Doris Griffin last week and they

were happy with our plan but wanted

each one of you to know how much they

had enjoyed sharing last year with us.

We all need to thank them for all their

work to ensure the Go-Go’s had a great

year. We will have our organizational

meeting on Thursday, August 17th at the

Golden Corral in McDonough. Please

mark the date on your calendar, it will

start at 11:30am. You can help us by

writing down any suggestions you have

and bring them with you to the meeting.

We are also brain storming to come up

with a few new and different outings.

Let us hear from you if you have any

questions or suggestions.

Pam & Pat

pamketner1177@gmail.com

Flower Calendar

If you would like to sign up

for Sanctuary flowers in the

coming months, please call or

stop by the church office to

pick a date. We have several

Sundays in June available and all of July,

August & September available.

Flowers options:

*two niches (pricing begins at $75)

*Chancel floor (pricing begins at $85)

*Chancel pedestal (pricing begins at $55).

MPC News July 2017

July Birthdays

1 Will Wofford

2 Kylah MacDonald

4 Nita Kerr

5 Joyce King

5 Tim Engelbracht

5 Rachel Ewert

7 Lamar Duke

7 Logan Lowrey

9 Cathy Phillips

9 Austin Griffin

12 Jason Montague

12 Hannah Burch

14 Sherri Gamble

14 Christopher Gansel

14 Tracey Tomme-Patterson

14 Jake Peterson

15 Jean Foster

15 Joe Fowler

17 Lindsey Burch

17 Katy Healy

17 Collin Wimer

18 Debbie Becker

18 Debbie Withers

19 Misty Quattlebaum

19 Jordan Ketner

20 Dave Roegner

21 Virgil Cole

22 Gray Simpson

25 Nelle Bowen

25 Kimberly Peterson

25 Gregory Shedd

26 Ellie Ann Pope

28 Sue Oglesby

28 Bill Caudill

28 Asheley Carpenter

30 Bryce Gibbs

31 Beth Williams

31 Patti Brown

31 Holden Gamble

SUNDAY VOLUNTEERS

Ushers

8:30 Service

7/2 Kathi & Kelli Lee

7/9 Mary Plishker & Cindy Murray

7/16 Kaye & Jerry Repp

7/23 Kay & Eddy Smith

7/30 Debby & George Stellings

11:00 Service

7/2 Wade & Judy Burch, Patrick & Beth Healy

7/9 Bob & Nola Crane, Jim Stanton, Elaine Hopkins

7/16 Elaine Hopkins, Deric Garcia, Debra Brown, Tim Englebracht

7/23 Robert & Ginger Irby, Sally Hale, Chazz Gable

7/30 David & J.G. Humphries, Cyndi Israel, Elaine Hopkins

Acolyte Cross Bearer

7/2 Communion Addison Okrutny

7/9 Lily Maddox Jaden Griffin

7/16 Kyndall Caudill Rollins Irby

7/23 Nate Andrews Jessica Hawxhurst

7/30 Jamie Gibson Christina Snider

OFFICERS ON-CALL Elder: Mary Plishker

Deacon: Cheryl Joyner

PLEASE NOTE:

Children’s Sunday School for ages 3 through 5th grade

will meet in the Chapel though July 23rd.

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE

JUNE 2017

8:30 11:00

4-Jun 52 170

11-Jun 67 142

18-Jun 67 144

25-Jun 62 177

Actual YTD

05/31/2017

Budget YTD

05/31/2017 Difference

General Fund Receipts 268,029$ 284,408$ (16,379.03)

Disbursements:

Operating Expenses 68,696 72,781 (4,085.15)

Personnel 171,435 173,361 (1,926.00)

Programs & Missions 16,687 25,480 (8,793.39)

Payment on Debt 20,530 20,530 0.00

Total Disbursements 277,348 292,152 (14,804.54)

05/31/17 12/31/16 Difference

Debt (Journey of Faith)

Long Term (Building) 335,927 388,958 (53,030.73)

Total Debt 335,927 388,958 (53,030.73)

McDonough Presbyterian Church

427 McGarity Rd.

McDonough, GA 30252

“Serving Others

Beyond Sunday Morning”

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

McDonough Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Worship: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School: 9:40 a.m.

Church Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Phone: (770) 957-9890 * Website: www.mcdonoughpresbyterian.com

mcdonoughpresbyterian.onthecity.org

mixlr.com/McDonough-presbyterian-church

By Jo Mercer

Summertime…and the living is easy - unless you are a member of the Stephen Ministry at MPC! This group is continuing the challenging preparation process to become Stephen Ministers. The Stephen Leaders plan and present classroom sessions related to the numerous required train-ing topics. Meeting every other Monday night, the Stephen Ministry trainees explore these in-depth concepts and issues related to serving our congregation. Everything will come together in late summer when our first group of Stephen Ministers is commissioned and begins responding to the specific needs of our MPC Congregation. Please pray for our fledgling Stephen Ministry that we may remain focused during training and steadfast in our commitment to serve. MPC Stephen Leader Team

Bob Griffin, Vivian Smith, Debra Brown,

Jo Mercer, Debby Stellings, Greg Smith