october 2020 from pastor casey
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1804 GUILFORD
COLLEGE RD. JAMESTOWN, NC
27282
336-454-3718 [email protected]
Worship Schedule
10:00 am Virtual Worship
JPC’s website
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Rev. Dr. Jay D. Smith Senior Pastor
Rev. Casey Riker Associate Pastor
SESSION Class of 2020 Becky Brown Amanda Coles Linda Honeycutt Betty McCray Kerry Miller Rob Mitchell Class of 2021 Mary Brooke Guernier Ricki Hall Kim Schoepske Charles Stanfield Michelle Wentz George Wissmiller Class of 2022 Chip Cromartie Lenny Dean Gary Fulp Joanne Graham Karen Johnson Danielle King
FROM PASTOR CASEY
This past month has been full of amazing things for both JPC and me. I am officially
ordained! Hurray! I am so excited to be able to call myself the associate pastor at
Jamestown Presbyterian! Sunday the 13th was truly an amazing day for me and I am
blessed to have been able to share that day with all of you.
Being involved with helping Kim and Linda in Outreach has been so fun! If you are
interested in helping out a bit more, we are looking for volunteers to help take on
some upcoming projects! As many of you may have heard, we have been involved
with an organization called Lisa’s Kids. This ministry provides food for about 170
families every month. Personally, I was amazed with how much food this organiza-
tion gives out. Being a part of this ministry is something we should all be proud of.
We are hoping to get Lisa to come and speak with our church to help us get a bet-
ter understanding of how we are actively changing people's lives and feeding fami-
lies in need. Be on the lookout for that event and be sure to be there to hear Lisa’s
story and how she started Lisa’s Kids.
This year was my first year ever doing Rise Against Hunger and it was so much fun!
The representative from Rise Against Hunger was so helpful and asked us an inter-
esting question. He said, “Now in 2020 with everything that has been going on like
COVID, do you think people are experiencing more hunger or less.” To be honest
I was hoping it was less. It is 2020 after all! We should be doing better with help-
ing those in need. But I was wrong. Due to COVID, many organizations have not
been able to send as much help as they have in the past creating a greater need.
When deciding if we were even going to have Rise against Hunger come to JPC,
our church decided that it was more important to help others than to worry about
COVID. This was a noble move and by the grace of God all who came to lend a
hand remained healthy. Rise Against Hunger is such a great ministry and I cannot
wait to do it again next year.
Youth group is starting this week! I am so excited to be able to get together and
learn about God with the young adults at this church! It has felt like forever since
we have been able to do anything together. Although youth group will be different
because of COVID, it will also be different because I will be leading it! We will have
to wear masks and we will not be able to eat together, but we will still be able to
hang out, have fun and learn about God. What more could you ask for?
Although I am so bummed summer has come to an end, it is spooky season! I can-
not wait to partake in fun fall activities and live in our new normal.
OCTOBER 2020
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Please don’t forget that
50th Anniversary Pledges
are due by December 31,
2020. Thank you!
JPC BLOOD DRIVE October 14 2:30—7:30 pm
DID YOU KNOW???? • Our local hospitals need over 400 units of blood per day. • One donation can save up to three lives! • 4.5 million Americans will need blood transfusions each year. • Someone needs blood every two seconds. The American Red Cross will host a blood drive at Jamestown Presbyterian Church on Oct 14 from 2:30 pm - 7:30 pm in the CLC. Click below to signup or email Kim at [email protected].
Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!
Click here to make an appointment
JPC LIBRARY
We are retiring the library. People are welcome to come
November 8th and take any books they like! We will no longer be
accepting book donations.
Thank you!
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
OCTOBER 11TH
We are having a Congregational Meeting immediately
following outdoor service on Sunday, October 11th.
The purpose of the meeting is to elect elders for the
class of 2023 and to dissolve the APNC.
Please be sure to attend!
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OUTREACH NEWS Although the building may be closed, JPC is open to continue our Outreach Ministry! We have been very, very busy during the entire Covid period. On October 7th Outreach will be delivering 170 bags of toiletries to Lisa’s Kids - that will make 680 bags so far! We have also recently made up 460 food boxes for local schools, Family Services of the Piedmont, Church World Services and the Lutheran Church of Our Father food pantry. We have made over 700 sandwiches for Sunday Serve to serve the homeless. We are so thankful to everyone who donates food and supplies, and to the JPC volunteers who pack, stuff and deliver to the various organiza-tions. We could not reach the number of people we do without your continued help. Thank you!! Thank You!
GIRLS NIGHT OUT Hey Ladies! I know we all are started back to school...whether you're a teacher, parent, or both...and we will all need a break to rest, relax, and rejuvenate in October at our annual beach trip! Mark your calendars for October 23-25. Only $26 per night
per person and no limit on who can come! Contact Amy
Underwood to RSVP at [email protected] or call/text at 919-946-0387.
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JPC Members that have been submitted by the Church Nominating Committee for Elders of the Class of 2023
KRISTA HANNAH has been a member of the JPC family for nearly 15 years along with her husband Fred and their son, Zack. She has served on session previously as an elder on both the Christian Education and Worship com-mittees. Krista has been active in many aspects of our church serving as both a Junior and Senior High Sunday school teacher, volunteer for VBS, chaperone for the Senior High Mission trip to Jamaica along with several trips to Montreat, and as a former member of Decided. Krista and Fred are both active members in the NC Presbyterian Pilgrimage movement, and Zack, a sophomore at NC State, was an active member of the JPC Youth and is currently active with the youth Pilgrimage movement called ARISE. Krista has served as an educator in Guilford County Schools more than 21 years. She is currently in her 11th year at Ferndale Middle School serving as an instructional coach and Math Multi-Classroom Leader where she coaches a team of math teachers and serves in many leadership roles. Krista enjoys spending time with her family and friends, going to the beach or anywhere there is water, reading, coloring/crafting, watching movies, and helping others. She is looking forward to once again serv-ing JPC as an elder in the class of 2023.
DOUG MACCOLL and his wife, Amanda, have two amazing children—daughter Avis is 9, and son Briggs is 6. They have only been official members of JPC for about a year but have been a part of the JPC family for over 7 years, and both of their children had the opportunity to attend Jamestown Presbyterian Preschool. Doug is a graduate of Furman University, and started in Sales almost 18 years ago. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in the pharmaceutical industry, and has been with Novartis Pharmaceuticals for the past 3 years. When he is not at work, he loves spending time with his family - hikes , bike rides, impromptu dance parties in the living room, or drive-in family movie nights in the driveway! When Doug was asked to serve on Session he was both honored and humbled! He said when his daughter began pre school here 7 years ago, he knew there was something spe-cial about this church and the people in it. Doug says he thanks God every day for guiding his family to JPC and it would be his great honor to serve this amazing con-gregation and help further propel this church and its ministry into the next 50 years!
RANDY DABBS earned a Biology degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He recently semi-retired and is currently doing some consulting in food safety management. His career included Account Management at Ciba Geigy Chemicals and a Health Inspector in Public Health. His strengths include relationship building, working through challeng-ing situations, and encouraging others. Randy has been active in church and commu-nity his entire life. He has served as a church treasurer, Civitan President, and a facili-tator for a church-led divorce program for adults and children. He is dearly blessed with friends, family, 2 daughters and a granddaughter. His lovely wife is Theresa. Even amidst the pandemic erasing the 2020 season, he has accumulated 2,718 hits on the baseball/softball diamond toward his lifetime quest of 3,000 hits.
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CHRIS MILLS grew up in Greenville, SC;. He grew up Catholic and went to parochial school through 8th grade. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineer-ing from Clemson University. Chris and Terri have been married 34 years and have two grown children, Katie and Patrick. Chris joined JPC in 1991 and his two earliest strong connections were the Presbyterian Men and the Bible Discovery Sunday School Class. He has been teaching that class for over 20 years. He has previously served four terms as Elder at JPC working with Chris-tian Education and Admin ministries. He has also served on various other com-mittees including Pastor Nominating Committee, Associate Pastor Nominating Committee, Church Nominating Committee, and programs such as Celebration. Chris is currently the Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Energy Systems Group. They do energy efficiency and renewable/resilient energy projects for Federal installations, including a lot of military bases. This has given Chris the opportunity to see some of the really cool things our Federal government does while helping them reduce how much they spend on energy. For recrea-tion, Chris likes all things outdoors (cycling, hiking, paddling, camping, golf, etc.) and he and Terri like to travel. He hopes to retire in the not-so-distant future and spend time with their NEW granddaughter.
DARRYL RAY has been a member of Jamestown Presbyterian since 1977. Moving from Graham, their realtor and JPC member Bill Hylton invited the family to a church picnic at JPC where they experienced the warmth and hospitality of the church. They knew they found a home and joined the church. In 1980 she joined the staff as Direc-tor of Christian Education and later added Director of Afterschool. Before retiring in August 2019, she served as Associate Director of Children’s Ministry at First Presby-terian Greensboro and later as Director of Christian Education at Highland Presbyteri-an in Winston Salem. Her claim to fame was while at FPC Greensboro, she worked with Newton Cowan, Scott Brown, Bill Chase, Grammy Sammie’s husband Steve! and Terri Mill’s mother, Martha Holt. At JPC she has served on the building committee for the Education Wing, the startup committees’ for the Preschool and After School Pro-grams, the 40th Anniversary Committee, Preschool Board and currently on the Congre-gational Life Committee. She has been past moderator of Presbyterian Women and a Stephen Minister. Her favorite memories at JPC include trips to Presbyterian Point, Camp Caraway Women’s Retreats, Appalachian Mountain youth ski trips, Montreat Youth Conferences and her favorite being Vacation Bible School. Darryl and her hus-band Jim have three children, six grandchildren, and two blue tick hound grand-dogs. Since retiring they have spent much of their time in Saluda, NC. Darryl looks forward to serving the church in a new capacity as a first time elder .
BRUCE SHAW joined Jamestown Presbyterian Church in 2007. He is currently
a Stephen Minister, and a North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrim. Bruce is married to Susan and they have two grown daughters, Heather and Amber. He holds a BA degree from Muskingum University in Ohio, is a CPA, and is currently employed as General Ledger Manager for General Dynamics Mission System Shared Services.
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We had tons of fun on a beautiful, cool fall day playing Gaga ball, celebrating Ben Meadow’s birthday
and talking about the legend of the sand dollar. I always love when my FROGS can meet and spend
time together!
We have another great time planned on October 28th from 4:30 to 6:00. We will have a snack and
help out one of the JPC ministries by doing a service project.
I can’t wait to see you all again! I love you and so does God!
FROGS
OCTOBER YOUTH NEWS!!!
We have two OFT events planned this month for combined middle and high school youth! The first is on Saturday, October 17th. We are headed to Spooky Woods! This is sure to fright and delight! The second is on Friday, October 30th...Zombie Paintball! This is a different experience than the traditional paintball you may be thinking of. We will be in a converted bus, and we will be trying to target the “zombies” as we ride on the bus. The zombies do not approach the bus or the students, so definitely a different way to paintball! Please be sure to keep an eye on your email and Instagram ac-counts for details! Not only do we have 2 OFT events, we will ALSO have a Costume Party (complete with prizes for best costume and most creative costume!) AND a fun night of carving pumpkins and fellowship! Youth group will continue to meet at the normal times, and again, no dinner at this time due to Covid. Jr High Youth 4:30 pm—6:00 pm Sr High Youth 6:30 pm— 8:00 pm If you have any questions, contact Casey at [email protected]
Donation to JPC Music Fund In memorial of Russ Durbin by Tommy & Debra Lange Donation to JPC Outreach Food Pantry Fund In memorial of Louise Ramsay In memorial of Stu Schurr In memorial of Russ Durbin In memorial of Lester Wentz, Doug Wentz’ brother, In honor of Kim Schoepske and Linda Honeycutt by Doug & Anne Wright Donation to JPC Outreach Endowment Fund In honor of Kim Schoepske and Linda Honeycutt by Bill & Clarajo Pleasants
Donation to JPC Food Pantry In memorial of Stu Schurr by Randy & Nancy Choura Donation to JPC Endowment Fund In honor of my friend Pam by Sharon Barbee Donation to JPC Outreach Hurricane Relief In memorial of Bill Clark, Lela Jones’ son by Jim & Darryl Ray Donation to JPC Music Fund In memorial of Donald Grubb, Donna Brotherton’s fa-ther, by Jim & Darryl Ray Mike & Tara Daniel
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DONATIONS
October 11th is Pastor Appreciation Day! We at JPC are blessed to have 3 pastors hard at work to make our church a vibrant, caring and enthusiastic community. Each one of them has their own special skills and talents that make them a perfect fit for our
church. As you can imagine, being a pastor is not a 9:00 to 5:00 job. Many extra hours are spent with home visits, youth activities, emergency calls,
outreach opportunities, and committee meetings. We appreciate all three of our leaders, Pastor Jay Smith, Pastor Casey Riker, and Pastor Judy Fitch-ett.
Please be sure to let them know how much you love them on Pastor Appre-ciation Day, Sunday, October 11th! If you miss the 11th, do not fret. The
entire month is designated as Pastor Appreciation Month!
PENNIES FOR HUNGER
August 2020
$351.78
Year-to-Date Total
$2336.67
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Pastor Casey’s Ordination We were so excited to share in Pastor Casey’s excitement and joy on September 13th at her ordination here at JPC! Pastor Casey was surrounded by her family and friends that had come from near and far to celebrate with her! The ordination was a lovely service, comprised of sever-al pastors and elders, including Pastor Jay, David Farmer and Casey’s own youth pastor from Pennsylvania, Rev. Brian Wallace, who delivered the Sermon. Following the ordination, Pastor Casey served her first Communion. David Farmer presented Pastor Casey with a beautiful green stole as a gift from the APNC. Congregational Life presented Casey with her favorite scripture in a beautiful frame. The music was wonderful as always and the entire service was very special and will be remembered by all for a long time!
Pastor Casey’s Ordination Reception Congregational Life wanted to celebrate the ordination of Pastor Casey so immediately after the ordination service people were invited to come to a reception to congratulate Casey and meet her family. Luckily it was a gorgeous fall day, and the weather cooperated beautifully. There were 3 tents set up on the Joy House lawn along the edge of the parking lot, and people walked through them to grab a cookie bag, individual bag of chips, and a bottled water or soft drink. The cookie bags looked festive, as they were tied at the top with black and gold ribbons- Pittsburgh colors since Casey is a Steelers fan. The snack tables were beautifully decorated with pots of fall colored mums and yellow fabric tablecloths. Congregational Life would like to give a big thank you to our cookie bakers. They outdid them-selves and there were many rave reviews about the great variety and flavors! Thanks to: Judy Fitchett, Jim Gonsiewski, Joanne Graham, Jane Hogan, Cheryl Jennings, Betty McCray, Joanne Miller, Clarajo Pleasants, Joanne Vitelli and Lisa Walker. We also want to thank the volunteers who helped to set up, clean up, and did jobs large and small to make the day a success: Anne Barts, Debra Catto, Chip Cromartie, Gary Fulp, Joanne Graham, Mary Brooke Guernier, Jane Hogan, Scott King, Doug Maccoll, Joanne Miller, Kim Schoepske, Jay Smith, Michelle Wentz and Anne Wright. As some of Casey’s family and friends traveled a great distance to be here for her big milestone event, that evening we served them a genuine NC BBQ dinner in the CLC. We had BBQ and buns, slaw, hushpuppies, baked beans, sweet tea, and peach cobbler with ice cream. They en-joyed the southern meal, and were appreciative of the JPC hospitality. It was a special day in our JPC history, and we appreciate all who came out to support Pastor Casey and all who helped to make the day a success!
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CLERK’S CORNER
If you have ever wondered about the use of the picnic shelter, Tuesday, Septem-
ber 15 would have been a good time to come by and take a look. There was soc-
cer practice, Cub Scout meetings, and a Session meeting all scheduled for the
shelter and the surrounding area. Our shelter is being used!
Mark your calendar. There will be a Congregational Meeting on October 11. The purpose of the
meeting is to elect the Elder Class of 2023 (see info in this newsletter) and to dissolve the Associate
Pastor Nominating Committee. We need to give the APNC a big thank-you. They did a good job in
finding Casey and bringing her to JPC. Her Ordination and Installation service on September 13 was a
great service and the Session voted, at this meeting on September 15, that a copy of the form for the
Salem Presbytery Administrative Commission be entered into the official JPC Session minutes. Wel-
come, Reverend Cassandra Ann Riker.
The Re-Opening Task Force recommends that we start slowly moving back inside. No outside
groups will be allowed in the building yet, but the Session approved church meetings back inside with
the following limitations: Ten or less in room 222; Twenty-five or less in the CLC. Session also ap-
proved fifty or less in the picnic shelter but with overflow allowed spreading out around the shelter.
Masks and social distancing will be required for all activities. The Fellowship Hall is now being used as
the Food Pantry and the Sanctuary has filming equipment so these two rooms will not be used until
we can go back inside for worship ---- which we are all praying can be soon!
Committees are getting back into full swing for the JPC program year. Admin is working with the
RTF in re-opening procedures and extra COVID cleaning. Christian Education is working on plans
for Sunday School and Youth programs. Congregational Life hosted a reception and a meal for
Casey’s guests after the ordination. They are also continuing to communicate with our Grace Group
and other members who are experiencing difficult times. Connections is finding creative ways of
reaching out to Grace Group and potential new members. Outreach continues to prepare food
boxes and bags for Lisa’s Kids. Property continues to make improvements in the CLC and they are
discussing the disposition of the church buses. Resource Management is gearing up for the 2021
Generosity Campaign and continues to present positive budget reports for 2020. Worship contin-
ues to make sure we have virtual services and outdoor services.
As we start to move back inside and start our fall programs, remember that God is at work at JPC.
Thank you for your patience, your continuing financial support, your donations of food and supplies
and most of all your prayers. Say thank you when you see a Session member or one of your pastors.
We are working through some hard decisions during the pandemic. We couldn’t do without you.
Thanks for being there to support your church leaders.
Becky Brown
Clerk of Session
Visit us on the Web www.jamestownprez.org
CHURCH STAFF Rev. Dr. Jay Smith, Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Casey Riker, Associate Pastor
Rev. Judy Fitchett, Parish Associate for Pastoral Care
Mrs. Sammie Braxton, Children’s Coordinator
Dr. Jon Brotherton, Director of Music Ministries
Ms. Donna Brotherton, Director of Contemporary Music & Organist
Mr. Chris Henry, Assistant Director of Chancel Choir [email protected]
Mrs. Tara Daniel, Financial Secretary
Mrs. Jen McNamara, Administrative Assistant
Mrs. April Bolick, Director of Preschool
Jamestown Presbyterian Church 1804 Guilford College Road Jamestown NC 27282