First Presbyterian Church • Haddonfield

October 2011

Inside:Pastors’ NotesMusic MinistryChristian Ed.Youth MinistryPreschool NewsPresbyterian WomenMission NewsCalendar

Photos by Joseph Routon

Rally Day 2011: A Time of Return,

Renewal and Remembrance.

Dear Family of Faith Members,

During our September Stewardship Committee meeting when we were finalizing plans for this month’s campaign, one of the members repeated this comment made to him over the summer: “It seems like all we talk about around here is money!” It was not the committee member’s sense

that the comment was meant as a compliment! I had to admit that it was true, partially true anyway. I’m pretty sure it’s not “all we talk about around here.” But it is something we talk about quite a bit. And it will continue to be, not only in October but during the rest of the year, too. Why? Because one of the clearest ways we express our love for God is through the sharing of our most treasured resources, money being one of them. Because the church can only serve Christ’s people when we have the resources necessary to do so. And because good stewards find joy in sharing those resources. Stewardship is not just about money. It is also about the commitment of our time, our talents, our compassion and our love for one another in the strengthening of the body of Christ, his church. I hope that this stewardship season will encourage you to reflect on all dimensions of your commitment to our family of faith. And I sincerely hope that you will speak with me if you think we talk about money too much! In Christ’s peace, Bill

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Church Staff

Rev. Bill Getman Senior Pastor

Rev. Rachel RhodesAssociate Pastor

Ken Carter Music Director

Donna Cashman Christian Education

Barbara Sewall Preschool Director

Joe Routon Choral/Pastoral Assistant

Joyce Ann RoutonOrganist

David RhodyChapel Organist

Nancy Ruth Wainwright Children’s Choirs

Rebecca Wilhjelm Lentine 9:30 Pianist

Children’s and Youth Choir Accompanist

Elizabeth OlsonCherub Accompanist

Logan PetersonDirector, Live-Streaming

Carol Tatem Financial Secretary

Linda Wilhjelm Secretary

Betsy Baumhauer Secretary/Receptionist

Mike RichardsonCustodian

First Presbyterian Church20 Kings Highway EastHaddonfield, NJ 08033

www.haddonfieldpres.org856-429-1960

Rev. Bill GetmanSenior Pastor

Need a Ride?The Deacons’ Transportation

Committee will provide rides to and from church on Sunday

mornings. If you or someone you know needs a ride, call Kevin

McKeown at 229-1206.

Music Ministry

Choir Performance Schedule: Oct 16 – Thomas Sherrerd & Carol Choirs Oct 23 - Chapel Choir & Whitechapel Bells Oct 30 – Kirk Ringers & Thomas Sherrerd Choir Our Oratorio Choir will be presenting Mozart’s Coronation Mass, accompanied by orchestra and organ on Sunday, November 20th, at our 11:00 AM worship service as part of our 140th Anniversary celebration. Invite your friends and family to this special service. The fall Choir Performance Schedule has been mailed to the homes of all choir participants. Please call the church office, 429-1960, if you did not receive your schedule. All Sunday morning choir warm ups begin at 10:25 AM. Please have your children or youth at the robing area on time. There will be no children’s youth or handbell rehearsals on Wednesday, November 9th, due to the Haddonfield School’s fall break. Thomas Sherrerd Choir and parents: our meeting for our New York Trip will be on Wednesday, October 19, at 7:15 PM in the choir room. One parent per child must be present and a $90 per child non-refundable deposit will be due the night of the meeting. Scholarships are available for any who need them. Please call me, 429-1960, in advance of the meeting if you cannot attend.

Ken CarterMusic Director

A Time to Remember:We Ring the Bells forThose Lost on 9/11/01

Photos by Joe Routon

On Sunday afternoon, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, the names were read by Mayor Tish Colombi, and a wide variety of volunteers from the community rang the bells in our tower.

Youth MinistryGreetings, friends! Here’s what to expect in the coming month in Youth Group…

Oct. 2nd—Bowling at Pinsetters—MS, 5:30-7:30pm

Oct. 5th—HS Bible Study—8:15-9:00pm, Hospitality Center

Oct. 8th—HS Movie Marathon—10am-3pm, Rachel’s house

Oct. 9th—NO YOUTH GROUP

Oct. 12th— HS Bible Study—8:15-9:00pm, Hospitality Center

Oct. 16th—YOUTH GROUP—The Vine (MS), 5-6:30pm, Youth Lounge; Dive! (HS),

7-8:30pm, Rachel’s House

Oct. 19th — HS Bible Study—8:15-9:00pm, Hospitality Center

Oct. 23rd—CROP WALK—2:00pm, Kings Court

Oct. 30th—“How ‘bout a HAYRIDE?”—MS & HS, 5:15-7:30pm, Springdale Farms

**If you would like to receive regular updates about Youth Group events, please send your name and e-

mail address to Rachel Rhodes at rrhodes@haddonfieldpres.org

HIGH SCHOOLERS…

Have you ever been curious to learn more about the Bible and the life of Jesus?

Would you like to explore God’s Word in a safe and loving environment?

Join us every week for….

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY

at 8:15pm (after choir) in the Hospitality Center

Rachel RhodesAssociate Pastor

Christian Education

What a wonderful turnout on Rally Day and our first day of Sunday School! Please be sure to take a minute to introduce yourself to your child’s Sunday School teachers (see list). If you have not yet registered your children for Sunday School, registration forms are available in the church office, in each classroom, and on our church website, www.haddonfieldpres.org (click “Forms”).

Thanks to so many of you for completing the Parent Volunteer Form and agreeing to support our Christian Education program in many ways. Do not hesitate to contact me at any time via phone (429-1960), e-mail (dce@haddonfieldpres.org), or in person on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Baptism Class – Joyce StoutNursery – Shina Shinkowitz3 and 4 Year Olds – Chuck and Jayne GrabowskiPre-K – Kelly Shirley, Tina EdmonstonKindergarten - Caroline Yount, Adam ElgartFirst Grade – Katy Labrie, Megan Zeigler, and Wendy PreihsSecond Grade – Joanna Carlson, Mike Nuckols, Allysa GattiThird Grade – Lisa Hurd, Laura Poliero, Karen Dante, Kim KipersThird Grade Communion – Maria WatsonFourth Grade– Diana Connolly, Larissa Willison, Glenn and Pam GessFifth and Sixth Grades - Steve and Denise TuckerSeventh and Eighth Grades – Bonnie Dewey, Vani Elgart, Lisa TighueNinth Grade Confirmation – Lee Federline, Judith Spering, Anne WaltersHigh School “Breakfast Club” – Maggie Sell, Dan Cho, Eric Catalina

Donna CashmanChristian Education

EVERYDAY MISSIONYou are invited to join in as we answer Christ’s call to care for others. Some of our mission activities call for a bit of expertise but most require nothing more than willing hands and open hearts with no experience or special skills.

God has blessed each of us with different gifts.You never know what you can do until you try.Your personal touch could make all the difference in the world to someone in need.

• Continue to bring canned goods every Sunday. Baskets will be near the doors to the sanctuary and chapel when you arrive for worship.

• Place food, clothing, hygiene products and household items in the open “white” closet on the first floor so our volunteers can deliver them to those in need. Please no toys at this time- no storage space.

• Collect travel size shampoos, soaps, toothpaste, lotions and other toiletries. Place them in the small, wire shelves in the open “white” closet on the first floor. The various groups who collect these items throughout the year are cooperating so you may bring them in as you get them and not wait for special collection dates.

• Join others from our congregation to prepare food for needy people in Camden. Come cook with us in the church kitchen or be part of the Sweet Eats Club and send in desserts to top off the meals. Contact Sharon Hoobler at JLHSEA@comcast.net.

• Think ahead before overloading your schedule. Make time for mission all year long. Learn about programs for tutoring and mentoring. Play bingo at the Haddonfield Home. Take that big leap and commit to crossing the road into Camden to meet the people and learn first hand about programs like New Visions, Urban Promise, South Jersey Food Bank, Cathedral Kitchen or Kids Alley Cafe.

• Scholarships for Kids Alley Café and Urban Promise are needed now more than ever.

• The Guatemala Milk Fund needs donors to continue to provide for the medical and nutritional needs of babies with no other hope.

• Caring Hearts Ministry has many ways you can help. Please call first (confidentiality). Contact Ilyse at 428-2273 or stilmida@aol.com.

• The Clinic at St. Wilfred’s Church will need doctors, nurses, receptionists and translators. At this time FPC members are holding the clinic every other month. For information contact Melinda Lamb at 428-3325 or Jill Mascena at 428-7342.

• Emergency Clean-Up Buckets are a good project to do with family, friends, neighbors or co-workers.

• Potential mission trips to ravaged areas in the U.S. and even an international mission trip are in the planning stages. Contact Rita Brown (see below) to express your interest.

• Keep your eyes and ears open for special opportunities to participate in mission activities as part of a group and/or individually.

The weekly pew bulletins, monthly Glad Tidings, and the mission bulletin boards (outside the sanctuary and Fellowship Hall, as well as, on the first floor stairways) will have information for you. A real effort will be made to place updates on our new web page. The Mission Notebooks on the shelves at the end of the hall between the parlor and the sanctuary offer more information about PC(USA) mission, past and present FPC Haddonfield’s mission activities and our partner organizations.

Find the call that fits you best and answer it.

Thank you to all those dedicated members of our congregation who have served others so faithfully over the years.

New ideas and leaders are always welcomed.

If you have any questions or comments please contact the mission committee chairperson, Rita Brown, at 856-768-3293 or pqtrit@verizon.net or drop a note in the “Mission/R. Brown” mailbox with the yellow label outside the church office. Leave your contact information and every effort will be made to respond to you within a week.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Oct. 1st Walk for Hope in Mantua, N.J. benefits Kids Alley Cafe Oct. 2nd Peacemaking Offering receivedOct. 12th Silver Diner Fund Raiser for Caring HeartsOct. 23rd CROP WALK

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Mozart’s Coronation Mass Sunday, November 20, with choir and orchestra will be presented at our

11:00 AM worship service.

Preschool News

Thank You to Andy and Brian from the Preschool!!

Thank you to Andy Reinicker and Brian Needham for their hard work this summer to improve several areas outside our church. They installed the new wooden fence in

between the Manse and the playground, which was in great need of repair. The new fence will help keep children on our playground safe, and it looks beautiful! They also installed the pavers outside the church doors by the Masonic Lodge. Some of these pavers will be replaced with engraved pavers. Engraved pavers may still be ordered through the preschool.

Barbara SewallPreschool Director

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SENIOR MINISTRY How many times have you sat in the same pew or the same section of the church and seen the same people, old and young. Then you notice two or three weeks have gone by and the older person you always saw is no longer there or is now struggling to walk.

The Senior Ministry is looking for seniors in our congregation who need assistance getting to church, someone who is homebound and would like visits or calls. Perhaps this is your parent or a neighbor. Or that person who sat in your pew.

Please let Betsy B. in the church office know of any needs or concerns of any of our senior members. Nearly one-quarter of our congregation is in this category. We are here to help them.

Megan Mascena Now Associate Producer for New Fox ShowIn Hollywood, Megan Mascena, who grew up in our church, is Associate Producer on the Fox series NEW GIRL, which premiered September 20, at 9 p.m., on Tuesday night. She supervises all aspects of Post Production, from filming through delivery of the show. Megan was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Producers Guild of America and, more importantly, as an Elder at Silverlake Community Church, in Los Angeles, which has her parents, Tony and Jill, dancing with glee!

According to one of her bios: "Since her Emerson College days of running around Boston with a 20 pound video camera, Megan has spent her career working in all aspects of production. Involved in producing content for all the major networks, Megan found her niche in Post Production.

For a more creative roll she has teamed up with Robert Gaston to produce the independent film '2 Minutes Later' and the short film 'Will You.' "

Gatherings

Presbyterian Women Coordinating Team, Oct. 4, 9:45 a.m., in the Hospitality Center\ Circle 4E, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m. Hostess: Susan Leach, church Parlor (910-8733)

October 18 Circles:1M, 9:30 a.m., Hostess: Rose Guthrie, 5 Wayne Ct., Blackwood (346-1193)2A, 1:30 a.m., Hostess: Dorothy Cook, church Parlor (866-0008)3M, 9:30 a.m., Hostess: Carol Carty, 1021 Merrick Ave. (858-6442)

Bible verse for October: Matthew 5:4

NEWS FROM PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

The “Purpose for Presbyterian Women” states, among other things, that members support the mission of the church worldwide. One of the projects taken on by the group to fulfill its commitment has been to support Church World Service through their Blankets+ program. Thanks to the generous support of our congregation, PW has been able to reach that goal.

Blankets+ is a special mission of CWS which provides funds for people in need around the world. During the past sixty years, Church World Service has worked in partnership with local communities to identify their needs and access the resources they need to build a foundation for a better future. Some of these resources include blankets, tents, food and other emergency supplies after a disaster has struck; tools and seeds for refugees; wells for drought areas; and literacy training for women struggling to realize their potential.

Presently an Emergency Clean Up is in progress for those affected by Hurricane Irene from North Carolina to New England. Items being distributed include not only blankets but also buckets, supplies for food banks, hygiene kits and school kits.

Presbyterian Women recently received a letter from the Rev. John L McCullough, Executive Director of CWS, thanking us for our generous contribution. As he writes “…Thanks to caring donors like you, we can provide food, water and other necessities to families displaced by natural disasters… I remain hopeful because of the creative, resilient women, men and children we assist around the world, and because of caring people like you who empower us to act on your behalf.”

Once again, Presbyterian Women thanks our congregation for its generous support which gave us the opportunity to send $869.00 to Church World Service.

Crop Walks are interfaith, community fund-raisers to support Church World Service’s ministry for hunger and disaster relief, development, and refugee resettlement. Church World Service will receive 75% of the funds raised to provide food, shelter, water, and necessities for survival around the world. In our community, Cathedral Kitchen and Kids Alley Café will receive the remaining 25% of the funds raised. Ask friends, family and co-workers to walk or sponsor you as you spend two hours of your Sunday afternoon to make a difference for people here in Camden and all over the world. Let's make Haddonfield a Community Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP)!To sign up to walk, or sponsor a walker, stop by the church parlor after any worship service during October. Virginia Ritchie

SHORTER HADDONFIELD CROP WALK

Sunday, October 23, 2011, 2:00 pm Kings Court in Haddonfield. 

Church World Service : Emergency Clean Up Buckets

Assembling CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets is a way to help before disaster strikes. These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood, hurricane, tornado, or other disaster here in the United States.

To assemble an Emergency Clean-up Bucket you will need: One five-gallon bucket with resealable lid Five scouring pads Seven sponges, assorted sizes One scrub brush Eighteen cleaning towels (reusable, like Easy Wipes™) One 50-78 oz. box dry laundry detergent One 12 oz. bottle of liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol™)

One 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn™) One package of 48-50 clothespins Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft. Five dust masks Two pairs latex gloves (like Playtex™) One pair work gloves 28-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags (30-45 gallon) One 6-9 oz. bottle of insect repellent (pump, drops or lotion, not aerosol) Please provide all liquids in new, unopened plastic bottles. Be sure to send only new materials. Place all items in the plastic bucket, making sure they are packed securely to avoid damage during shipment, and seal lid with packing tape.

Note: Because of the volatility of the contents, Emergency Clean-up Kits are not shipped internationally. Clean-up Bucket value: $56 Processing/Shipping Cost: $3 per Bucket

Packing and Shipping Kits Pack CWS Kits in boxes with only one type of Kit in each box. Complete this Kits Coupon and enclose a copy in the top of each box before sealing. Clearly indicate the type of Kit on the outside of the box. Secure the boxes with packing tape. Provide a return address on the box. Ship all Kits prepaid to: CHURCH WORLD SERVICE Brethren Service Center Annex

601 Main Street P.O. Box 188 New Windsor, MD 21776-0188 (Please include both the PO box and the street address on boxes.) Some states in the east have dropoff points. Check here for current listing. For individuals, churches, and groups west of the Mississippi River, CWS Kits may also be sent to: CHURCH WORLD SERVICE Ferncliff Disaster Assistance Center 1720 Ferncliff Road Little Rock, AR 72223 Funds for Processing/Shipping and Purchasing Kits Funds are needed to cover sorting, packing, and insurance, as well as shipping Kits to their final destination. Please give at least $3 for each Clean-up Bucket. Cash donations in lieu of assembled Kits also help us to provide much-needed supplies. Send your check or money order payable to Church World Service with the coupon to: CHURCH WORLD SERVICE P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 Questions? Call 800-297-1516

Interfaith Homeless Outreach Council’s

20th Anniversary Dinner Dance

“Fly Like An Eagle”Saint Mary’s Catholic Church,

Cherry HillSaturday October 15

6:30 to 10 p.m. - $30 per person($25 pp, table of 8)

Appetizer, Dinner, Dancing and Auction

Tickets:  Call Ruth Morgenroth @261-3464

First Presbyterian Church20 Kings Highway EastHaddonfield, NJ 08033

PERIODICAL

Many thanks to all who baked, painted, printed, presented, and preached to make our 2011 Rally Day a positive experience for our entire church family.