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SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP, STUDY AND FELLOWSHIP

9:15 A.M.J.A.M. Session and Adult Study

9:30 A.M.30 Minutes (!) For Youth

10:30 A.M.Worship Service

11:30 A.M.Coffee / Fellowship Time in the Fellowship Hall

The Christmas Shoe Tree

Our Christmas Musical 2014

PASTORAL MINISTRY

Rev. Clark T. Sawyer

PROGRAM MINISTRY

Kathy O. Sawyer

MUSIC MINISTRY

Kathy O. Sawyer, Director of Musi

Margaret E. McGuirk, OrganistNancy Slezak, Memorial Handbell

Director and Assistant Organist

CHURCH OFFICE

Elean Heist, Administrative Assistan

Jennifer Gilliland, Financial Secreta

Lyn Goehring, Treasurer

CUSTODIANSJohn D. Whittington

Bobby Jo Sullins

The Hill United

Presbyterian Church

501 Second Street

Butler, Pennsylvania 16001

724-287-5427

E-mail: hillup@zoominternet.

www.hillup.org

Worship, Study and Fellowship With Us!

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away;

see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5: 19

January 2015

UPon the HillNewsletter of The Hill United Presbyterian Church Butler, PA

Happy New Year!


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SUNDAY

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SUNDAY MORNING

WORSHIP SERVICES

10:30 - 11:30 A.M.

JANUARY 11, 2015Baptism of the Lord

Sermon: A Fatherly Approval

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Isaiah 42: 1-10; Mark 1: 4-11

JANUARY 4, 2015

2nd Sunday in ChristmastideLords Supper - Traditional

The Sacrament of Baptism

Sermon: A New Covenant

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: Jeremiah 31: 31-34; John 1: 9-18

JANUARY 25, 20153rd Sunday After Epiphany

The Presentation of Godspell, Jr.Presented by the Hill Youth ChoraleAs A Part Of Its Musical Ministry

Followed By Lunch In The Fellowship Hall

JANUARY 18, 2015

2nd Sunday After Epiphany

Sermon: Come And See

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3: 1-18; John 1: 43-51


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JANUARY 2015WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2014

Please remember, when Jesus was young he regularlywent to the Synagogue for prayer and worship in Nazarethand also attended the festivals with his parents at theTemple in Jerusalem. As a young man and during his daysof preaching and teaching, Jesus, as his custom was, wentregularly to the Synagogue, went to the Temple and taughtin the Temple precincts.

Jesus thought gathering for worship, prayer, teachingand preaching is time well spent.

How about you?See you at our gatherings for worship, teaching,

fellowship, service and outreach!

Session HighlightsDecember 8, 2014

It was with joy that the Hill Church receivedKaren Bryson as a new member of Hill Church basedupon her Reaffirmation of Faith in Jesus Christ. Wewelcome Karen and pray Gods Blessings as sheunites with us!

Session passed a motion from the Worship andDiscipleship Committee to authorize the Baptism of

Kendall Elizabeth Nace, born November 9, 2012. Sheis the daughter of Lauren Nace with Baptism to bescheduled at a later date.

The Session approved a motion fromStewardship and Mission Support to create a SpecialCommittee to define a mission and prioritizeministry goals as a long term plan as shared in theStewardship article on page 5 of the newsletter.

Clark Sawyer,Moderator

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,Members and Friends of

the Hill UnitedPresbyterian Church:

Paul, in Romans 12: 1-8, speaksabout living the consecrated life, a lifedevoted and dedicated on a dailybasis to A WHOLE NEW WAY OFLIFE!

How about that for the New Year of2015?

Paul wrote this to the RomanChristians: I appeal to you therefore,brothers and sisters, by the mercies ofGod, to present yourselves as a livingsacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,which is your spiritual worship. Do notbe conformed to this world but beTRANSFORMED by the renewal ofyour mind, that you may show what is

the will of God, what is good andacceptable and perfect.

The question comes to be are youand I living a life of conformity to thisworld or are you and I living livestransformed through the love, faithand hope in Jesus the Messiah andLord?

Jesus can bring an entirely newvision of transformative living throughthe Kingdom of God to and throughyou and me!

Yours in the New Life altogether inJesus Christ,Pastor Clark

Rev. Clark Sawyer

Sunday

11/2 132

11/9 126

11/16 156

11/23 131

11/30 85

12/7 129

12/14 117

12/14 (Christmas Musical) 245

12/21 (Cantata) 392


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The above amounts represent the 2014 financialtransactions in the general operating fund. This summarydoes not include any of the special and endowment funds.

You may help the work of the Lord and your Hill familyof faith by staying current on the payment of your tithesand offerings. Our ministries, programs and missioncommitments go on throughout the year regardless of theseason.

The next newsletter deadline is JANUARY 15, 2015!

BIBLE RE DING S FOR J NU RY

Financial

Summary

Hill U.P. Prayer List

Would you like to receive our weeklyprayer list by email? If this is something you areinterested in receiving, please send an email toElean Heist at our church office [email protected] asking to be added tothe weekly prayer email list.

Do you have a person or persons that youwould like added to our weekly prayer list? You

can also email the information to Elean Heist atour church office email [email protected] have them added.

Please be sure to have your emails sent inby 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays each week to be

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Receipts and DisbursementsFOR MONTH ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Actual Budget

Variance Fa-

vorable(Unfavorable)

Receipts

Envelope **

Offerings $189,977 $202,576 ($12,599)

Other Offerings

& Receipts 139,409 107,910 31,499

Total Receipts 329,386 310,486 18,900

Disbursements

Personnel 183,145 186,742 3,597

Buildings &

Grounds 37,043 36,392 (651)

Capital

Improvements 4,165 0 (4,165)

Office

Operations 7,810 8,713 903

Stewardship 7,377 11,924 4,547

Mission Support 23,497 20,680 (2,817)

Christian

Education 11,717 15,587 3,870

Nurture 2,651 5,324 2,673

Worship 13,718 10,274 (3,444)

Discipleship 32,585 14,850 (17,735)

Total

Disbursements 323,708 310,486 (13,222)

Net of Receipts

over

Disbursements 5,678 0 5,678

Fund Balance

Unrestricted (Deficit) ($16,660)

Designated 27,791

Total General Fund 11,131

Morning Evening

1 Gen. 1, 2, 3 Matt. 1

2 Gen. 4, 5, 6 Matt. 2

3 Gen. 7, 8, 9 Matt. 3

4 Gen. 10, 11, 12 Matt. 4

5 Gen. 13, 14, 15 Matt. 5: 1 - 26

6 Gen. 16, 17 Matt. 5: 27

487 Gen. 18, 19 Matt. 6: 1 - 18

8 Gen. 20, 21, 22 Matt. 6: 19 - 34

9 Gen. 23, 24 Matt. 7

10 Gen. 25, 26 Matt. 8: 1 - 17

11 Gen. 27, 28 Matt. 8: 18 - 34

12 Gen. 29, 30 Matt. 9: 1 - 17

13 Gen. 31, 32 Matt. 9: 18 - 38

14 Gen. 33, 34, 35 Matt. 10: 1 - 20

15 Gen. 36, 37, 38 Matt. 10: 21 - 42

16 Gen. 39, 40 Matt. 11

17 Gen. 41, 42 Matt. 12: 1 - 23

18 Gen. 43, 44, 45 Matt. 12: 24 - 50

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Gen. 46, 47, 48 Matt. 13: 1 - 30

20 Gen. 49, 50 Matt. 13: 31 - 58

21 Ex. 1, 2, 3 Matt. 14: 1 21

22 Ex. 4, 5, 6 Matt. 14: 22 - 36

23 Ex. 7, 8 Matt. 15: 1 - 20

24 Ex. 9, 10, 11 Matt. 15: 21 - 39

25 Ex. 12, 13 Matt. 16

26 Ex. 14, 15 Matt. 17

27 Ex. 16, 17, 18 Matt. 18: 1 - 20

28 Ex. 19, 20 Matt. 18: 21 35

29 Ex. 21, 22 Matt. 19

30 Ex. 23, 24 Matt. 20: 1 - 16

31 Ex. 25, 26 Matt. 20: 17 - 34


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The 2015 Hill Church Stewardship Campaign has ended and it is now time to use the results of the campaign along with other historicagiving information to develop the 2015 Hill Church budget. It is this budget that drives how Hill Church will provide opportunities forWorship, ministry and service for the coming year.

Here is some of the information the Session will use when developing the 2015 Hill Church budget:

The Stewardship and Mission Support Committee estimates that the church will have $145,000 in pledged offerings (adjusted tinclude uncollected pledges) to use towards the 2015 budget. The amount of pledged offerings adjusted for uncollected pledgefor 2014 was $181,000.

Based on historical information the committee estimates that the church will have $45,000 in unpledged offerings and $14,000miscellaneous revenue in 2015.

These amounts when added to the 2015 pledged offerings will give the church $204,000 to cover church expenses including stsalaries; building upkeep, utilities and maintenance; mission support; and supplies and materials needed to support ministries a

programs.

The budgeted costs for church operations in 2014 was $338,704. The Session authorized the use of approximately $67,000 fromthe churchs endowment funds to close the gap between pledged, unpledged and miscellaneous revenue and church expenses.

Increases in church operational costs have been minimal over the past five to seven years. During the same period the church hused money from its endowment funds to cover operational shortfalls, balance its budget and pay its bills.

If 2015 church expenses remain the same as those of 2014 the stewardship and mission support committee projects the churchwould need to use approximately $100,000 of its endowment funds to pay for general operational costs including staff, buildinministry supplies and mission support.

Continued use of the endowment funds to cover general operating expenses will cause some of these funds to be completelydepleted in the next two to four years. Only those endowment funds that have restrictions on how they can be used will remain

In order to deal with the many issues that must be addressed for 2015 and beyond the Session has agreed to form a special committee tocomplete the following tasks:

Review the current ministries and programs offered by each committee and prioritize them as to their importance to the churchThis review will include but not be limited to assessing how much staff time and volunteer time is needed to successfully run tministry or program and how many people benefit directly and indirectly from that ministry or program. Adjustments to the

current budget as well as future church budgets may be one of the results of this process.

Determine, what if, any critical ministries and programs the church should be offering but currently is not, and estimate whatresources including staff time, volunteer time and supply costs would be needed to run those ministries and programs.

Define and implement measures to increase membership growth within the congregation and encourage active participation inWorship, ministries and programs by church members and others interested in finding a church home.

Return to a more personalized approach to encourage financial support of the church through pledging. The stewardship emphatime will run for an extended period of time rather than four weeks each Fall, allowing Session members and other church leadto personally speak with members of the Hill Church family of faith about the importance their pledge to the continued operatiand growth of church ministries and programs.

Develop a policy for the utilization of the churchs endowment funds. This policy should determine how and when the endowmfunds may be used to cover select general operational costs; to serve as seed money for the start of new ministries or outreachactivities; and to cover unexpected, but necessary capital repairs and improvements or handle other unexpected emergencies.

By engaging in these and other activities the special committee will in essence be developing a strategic plan for Hill Church. The speccommittee will need input from every member of the Hill Church family of faith if this process is to be successful. The committee will reaching out frequently and in a variety of ways to ask for your ideas. Please take the time to respond as your suggestion may be the onethat improves a ministry or program. Details about this special committee will be made available during the next two months.

Hill Church is an active church made up of generous and hardworking members. The church is debt free and has successfully completeimportant repairs and upgrades to its building. It has been blessed by gifts to its endowment fund by members who cared about this chuand its work. As we embark on our second hundred years of Worship to God and service to His community it is time for us to get HillChurchs financial affairs in order and develop a plan that will carry our ministries and mission out into the community for years to com


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2nd - Carol McKinney4th - Amy Muisiner

5th - Martha Mager, Kaitlyn Nevel and KyleNevel9th - Paige Williams10th - Jane Weichey11th - Thomas Bayne12th - Shirley Winship13th - Jay Barkley14th - A.J. Pagano16th - John Mager17th - John Sandora, Tim Porter, and Ben Huba18th - John Minich19th - Doug Hall and Nikki Karwoski21st - Elma Hall22nd - Barb Graham23rd - Danielle Hull and Seth Heist24th - Betty Graham25th - Clinton Evans and Karsten Lenyk

26th - Lori Williams27th - Piper Wentling29th - John Gilliland, Jr.30th - Pam Lentz

Kids Club will resume onWednesday, February 4th at5:30 p.m. Invite kids youknow to be part of a fun way

to learn about the love ofChrist in their lives! If youdlike to help inany way, contactKathy Sawyer.

OFF RING NV LOP S

Offering envelopes will be mailed to those peopwho were unable to pick them up in the sanctuaafter Dec 28, 2014. Please start using these ne

envelopes the first weekend in 2015. Pleacontact Jennifer in the church office if you have nreceived a box of offering envelopes, either in tchurch or by mail, by January 15, 2015. If yhave already picked up your box,thank you for helping the Churchsave postage money. Postal rates tomail the boxes are high andincreased again this year.

DATESTHATPOPULARPROGRAMSRESUMEATHILLCHURCHIN2015!

January 2: Hill Quilters at 9:00 a.m.

January 6: Potpourri Ringers at7:00 p.m.

January 7: Breakfast at Macs Caf at

8:00 a.m.

January 8: Willing Workers at 9:30a.m., Memorial Ringers at 6:30 p.m.

January 11: HYC rehearsal, WomensBook Club

January 13: Womens Bible Study at

9:30 a.m.

January 15: Chancel Choir at 7:30P.M.

January 18: Adult Sunday School,J.A.M. Sessions, 30 Minutes! ForYouth at 9:30 a.m., Yarn Group


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GHANA MISSION TASK FORCE REPORT

The new year is upon us. What will be different? What will be the same? The Task Forcehopes to embark upon some new thinking and planning later this month. Do you have any

suggestions for us? Let me know.

Have you received any Christmas correspondence from someone in Ghana? We would like to know so that itcould be communicated to the rest of the church.

McWilson Atakro sent a brief note on December 16th. He said, I have had some challenges with my

computer, until this morning. How is the church and the entire membership? The Seminary is fine. I have beenreceiving the newsletter; thank you for it.McWilson also noted a changed e-mail address: [email protected]

Please continue to keep the Bubiashie District churches, Bernard Daddy, chairperson of the BubiashieScholarship Committee, as well as the 40 students, and Joshua Heikkila, the West Africa Liaison for the PC(USA), in your prayers. Also continue to pray for resolution to the Ebola health crisis in West Africa.

Happy New Year to each one of you.

James Ihlenfeld for the Ghana Mission Task Force

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Hill Youth Chorale Cabarets present Godspell, Jr.. Tickets are now

available in the church office or from any HYC member for our threepresentations of this classic musical story of the GOOD NEWS! What

better way to spend a couple of hours during the coldest part of the year, thanto come into the warmth for great food, fun, fellowship, and entertainment!Please invite your neighbors, friends, and families to attend our Cabarets:

Friday, January 23, 2015 Doors open at 6:30 p.m. (downstairs) for DESSERT BUFFETShow begins at 7:30 p.m. (upstairs)

Saturday, January 24, 2015 Doors open at 12:30 p.m. (downstairs) for HOMEMADEPIZZA/SALADSShow begins at 1:30 p.m. (upstairs)

Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:30 a.m. worship service (upstairs) includes GODSPELL, JR.Tickets needed for lunch only (downstairs) at NOON.

Friday and Saturday tickets - for DESSERTS/COFFEES or PIZZA/SALADS and show - $12Adults/$10 Children under 12

Sunday tickets - lunch only $6 Adults/$5 Children under 12.

All proceeds benefit HYC Music Ministry.

Tickets are limited for each performance, so please purchase early.


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VOLUNTEERS for JANUARY 2015 SUNDAY

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MIDDLE SECTIONBRADY STREET SECTION PEARL ST. SECTIONOVERFLOW AREA

JANUARY 4 Sharon Montag, 724-285-3231 Karen Shultz, 724-283-2413

JANUARY 11 Nancy Daugherty, 724-285-1013 Janet Edinger, 724-282-7782

JANUARY 18 Lois Minich, 724-283-1875 Volunteer Needed

JANUARY 25 Dennis Hawk, 724-285-6355 Peg Dumbaugh, 724-789-7331

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Donated in lovingmemory of Sam Cavaleroby Patti Donaldson and

Cathy Zarnick.

Donated in honor ofMark, Doug, and

Elmas birthdays bytheir children and

grandchildren.

Donated in lovingmemory of their son

John P. Mager by Mr.and Mrs. John Mager

and family.

Donated in lovingmemory of Ruth Cupp

by her children andgrandchildren.

PEW GREETERS

Hill Church for many years was known as The Glad Hand Church. The Nurture

Committee wants to continue this tradition. Pew Greeters will now welcome visitors,encourage them to sign the guest registry, and invite them to Fellowship Hour on Sunday.

COMMUNION TEAM Team CNEWSLETTER TEAM in JANUARY (for February) Team A

(The Hoover Family)VAN DRIVER for JANUARY - Brandon Wentling (724-282-4941)

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