the news on what’s happening in the life of cameron...
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CROP Walk............................................2Mission & Outreach Goals...................2From the Pastor.....................................3Church Community Events..................4Upcoming Birthdays........................... ..4Town of Cameron News........................5Musical Director Notes.........................6Getting to Know You.............................7Puzzle.....................................................8
The news on what’s happening in the life of
Cameron Presbyterian Church.
InsIde ThIs Issue
May2018
Cameron Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 68 • Cameron, NC 28326
Phone: (910) 245-7901 Email: [email protected]
www.cameronpresbyterian.org
On a Mission: Volunteers Build Ramps for easier home Access
Three CPC members put their carpentry skills to work recently in the construction of two ramps for local residents.
One was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Barton, Jr., on Red Hill Road. Admiring the finished ramp after three days of work, below from left: Andy Oksendahl, Phil Keith and Joe McKay with the Bartons.
A second ramp, built at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sugg, repurposed the materials first used to construct a ramp for the Cameron home of the late Sue Phillips. The home’s new owners donated the lumber back to the church .
Photo by Rev. Kathryn dudley
Bible Crossword I - Solution
Across: 1 Shekel, 4 Appeared, 10 Ephesians, 11 Cubit, 12 Rare, 13 Meditation, 15 Raisins, 16 Nathan, 19 Agreed, 21 Torches, 23 Atonements, 25 Baal, 27 Glean, 28 Millstone, 29 Teachers, 30 Rashly.
Down: 1 Shearers, 2 Exhorting, 3 East, 5 Passion, 6 Enchanters, 7 Rabbi, 8 Doting, 9 Bakers, 14 Nineteenth, 17 Ashtaroth, 18 Psaltery, 20 Dreamer, 21 Tittle, 22 Taught, 24 Omega, 26 Asia.
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These members of our church walked in the April 15 Sandhills CROP Hunger Walk: (from left) Kathy Oldham, Shan Chase, Phil Keith holding 4-year-old grand-son Shepherd Campbell (doing his second CROP walk!), Bronson Keith, Dawn Barber, new CPC member B.J. Grissinger and Rev. Kathryn Dudley. Of funds raised by walkers’ sponsor donations, 25 percent stays with the community for Food Bank, Hunger Initiatives or Community Gardens.
Crosswordsolution
Here’s the solution to the last issue’s Biblical crossword puzzle.
See page 8 for this week’s challenge!
Mission & Outreach Includes Food Collection, student needsAt its April 9 meeting, the Mission & Outreach Committee
reviewed its goals for the rest of the year.The first Sunday of each month (June 3, July 1, August
5, September 2, October 7, November 4, December 2), donations for the Two Cents a Meal program will be collected after worship. Fifth Sundays are the time for collecting non-perishable foods for the Sandhills Coalition; the remaining fifth Sundays are July 29, September 30 and December 30.
In early summer, the committee will ask Cameron Elementary School for a list of needed school supplies.
Donations of these will be taken to the school the first week it is in session.
In later October/early November, the committee will ask the school to suggest a local “adoptive family” that our church can help with Christmas gifts.
We will once again have a Blanket Trree in the Sanctuary in support of the Church World Service blankets program.
The committee also plans to once again support the Vass Lions Club Christmas food distribution with nonperishable food donations and volunteers.
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-The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese
Art of Decluttering and Organizing is an unlikely title for a popular book. But Marie Kondo’s 2014 bestseller that offers her “KonMari Method” of decluttering gives many readers a new perspective and a plan for tackling overstuffed homes.
I’m not a KonMari disciple, but my interim ministry experience has taught me to look at a church’s physical environment as one area for sparking spiritual renewal. You may remember that this past January a table of miscellaneous articles culled from the pastor’s office was sitting in the sanctuary entrance, looking for a new home. I have encouraged leaders to look with “new eyes” around areas of the church for outdated or unused or simply useless things during this time of pastoral transition.
Our little kitchenette off the parlor quickly got a clean-out and a thorough scrubbing, thanks to veteran declutterers! Flower arrangements that seemed to be visiting one another in the Heritage Room have now been stored more appropriately elsewhere. But that’s just a beginning. The next step is a major “Clean-Out Day” on Saturday, June 2, sponsored by the Buildings and Grounds committee.
That’s where you come in. Do you know the significance of the items that are stored in the Heritage Room or the value of the books in the church library? Volunteer to help clean out and organize those areas on June 2. Will you sort through office supplies and organize colored printer
In response to feedback from our growing and changing congregation, we envision fullfilling our mission by: • Expanding our programs • Attracting and inspiring through worship • Serving faithfully through our missions
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paper? We need your help in the copy room. Are you simply someone who is gifted at throwing things away? We need you, too! Bring a pickup.
But what does decluttering have to do with spiritual renewal in a church? I see three ways that cleaning out and cleaning up affect a church’s ministry:
Cleaning requires actually looking at what you have. If you’ve been at CPC for awhile, you probably don’t notice your surroundings like a newcomer does. But when you clean out you see items that you have forgotten, items that might be used for a new purpose.
Second, decluttering opens up areas that have become (as one member put it) just big closets. Seeing those rooms without all their “stuff” can spark ideas for using those spaces in new ways for ministry activities or community groups.
Finally, there is an unmistakable psychological change when physical settings are free of clutter. The secular “decluttering” movement points out that too much stuff weighs on our spirits. There is freedom in simplicity, having just what we need. Your remodeled sanctuary is a wonderful example. It is not filled with “gee-gaws” for decoration, but only objects that call our attention to worship. I’m not surprised that newcomers feel a sense of peace and welcome in that physical environment.
What does the Holy Spirit have to do with decluttering? God’s Spirit is a spirit of renewal, a cleansing fire, a fresh wind. Our church building can be filled with “stuff”—or it can invite the Spirit to move among us in a new way. Open the closet doors and let the cleaning begin!
- Rev Kathryn Dudley
Pastor
The holy spirit and the KonMari Method
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Come Join us!
May Cathy McRae May 9Peggy Phillips May 11Phyllis Frederiksen May 13Louise Danley May 16Lynda Thomas May 17Billy Ethridge May 19Ashley Phillips May 19Bruce Phillips May 20Rose Cooper May 23 Karol Boyd May 26Clinton Peele May 30Carlyle Edmundson May 31
JuneSharon Bettini June 6Michael Thomas June 6Christie Allen June 8Valerie Haynes June 15Bronson Keith June 24
www.cameronpresbyterian.com
Adult sunday school Adult Sunday School is offered most Sundays (except
in summer). The schedule (subject to change) for the rest of this year is:
May 13 - Revelation Part II - Julie OksendahlMay 20 - Daniel - Group DiscussionMay 27 - Planning for Fall - Group DiscussionCoffee Talk is back. Come chat with Rev. Dudley and
fellow CPC members!
The Presbyterian Women’s Spring Gathering took place Saturday, April 14 at First Presbyterian in Carthage. Among the CPC women attending were (above from left) Linda Seiberling, Laura Younts and Billie Krigler. Cathy McRae took the photo. Not in the frame: Kathy Oldham and Dawn Barber.
PW spring Gathering
six Clergy Participate in Community sunrise service
Worshippers attending a clear, chilly Easter sunrise service on April 1 heard prayers, scripture reading and a homily from six area clergy: Pastor Curtis Cheek (First Missionary Baptist Church), Pastor Vanya Mullinax (Rocky Fork Christian Church,) Bishop Tavaris La Keith Johnson (Missionary Baptist Church), Pastor Bill Altman (Cameron United Methodist Church), Pastor Jared McNeil (Cameron Baptist CHurch) and Interim Pastor Kathryn Dudley (Cameron Presbyterian Church).
Ken Haynes of Cameron Presbyterian provided special music, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”
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www.cameronpresbyterian.com
Meet the Current Cameron Board of Commissioners Each Board member heads a committee that is responsible for a particular town department: *Mayor Cristina Moore—Administration, Water *Commissioner Sarah Hillmer—Cultural and Recreation (Phillips Memorial Park and Town Beauti-fication *Commissioner David Seiberling—Public Safety (Police) *Commissioner Mark Hildreth—Economic Devel-opment & Planning (Zoning) *Commissioner Ginger Bauerband—Streets *Commissioner Pete Zubay—Solid Waste and Street Fair
The Link needs your news! Please send items of interest to our church community to Sandy Leiby ([email protected]) or call 910-245-2535.
Good Weather Brings Crowds for street Fair
Most shoppers walked but Rosco, a Boston terrier (above), rode in a stroller.
A perfect spring day motivated throngs of shoppers to come to the fair, and CPC volunteers including Terry Kerr (left) and Kay McKay and Andy Oksendahl (right) parked a steady stream of vehicles on church property, benefiting our Mission efforts with $1,333. Across the street, youth from the Baptist church enlivened the scene with music at their “Hydration Registration” booth (below).
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elders
Class of 2018Jane Ethridge - Chair, Member Care
(910)[email protected]
Cathy McRae - Clerk of Session
(910)[email protected]
Julie Oksendahl - Chair, Fellowship(406)-697-3584
Class of 2019Shan Chase - Chair , Mission & Outreach
(910)[email protected]
Linda Seiberling - Chair, Worship(910)-245-7267
Kathy Oldham - Co-Chair, Budget & FInance(919)[email protected]
Class of 2020
Jim Leiby - Chair , Christian Education(910)-245-2535
Joe McKay - Chair, Building & Grounds(910)-245-1696
Tom Shaw - Co-Chair, Budget & FInance(910)-245-9907
Concert Series: Tyler Young, saxophonist, at 4 p.m. on May 27 Sanctuary Choir Seasonal Finale: Sunday, June 3, 9:30 a.m. along with Larry Allen. Sweet rolls and cof-fee at 10:10 in the parlor.Summer solos and ensembles will begin as special music on June 10 during morning worship.Sunday, June 17, Men sing on Father’s Day
Try some Low-Impact Yoga Do you want to get a little
healthier and more flexible? Join our yoga group on Mondays from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Education Building. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in, and bring a yoga mat or large towel. We use low-impact yoga DVDs as we exercise together. All movements can be done in a chair if you prefer.
Join us! n
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Born in Ohio, and raised on a dairy farm just west of Wellsville, Mary Rush has her early roots in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She began playing organ at Yellow Creek Presbyterian Church at the age of 10, after becoming bored with piano. Her uncle, Ralph Falconer, was her inspiration and first teacher. Actually her mother and the uncle were co-conspirators in initially getting the old player piano ready for lessons. This now old Gulbransen piano, which was a prize won by her Granny Boyd and Aunt Dorothy after having written a jingle for Smith and Phillips Furniture in East Liverpool, currently sits in Mary’s brother’s farm home in Minerva, Ohio (which was President William McKinley’s summer place).
As most churches seem to need a musician occasionally, Mary became organist for Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church and Central United Methodist Church. On any given Sunday beginning in her ninth grade year, Mary played for Oak Ridge at 9:30, and then made a quick 3-mile trip to CUMC to play at 11.
Mary’s college years were spent at Mount Union College (now University) in Alliance, Ohio, where she received a Bachelor of Music Education degree. Shortly after graduation from Mount, Mary married Mike Rush—whom she had met in, of all places, a church! (It just happened she was playing pipe organ there during college.) Mike was student pastor at First Christian Church (DOC) in Alliance, and had become Timothy No. 40 from that church to go into pastoral ministry. So off to Indianapolis they went for seminary. There, Mary taught choral music at Cascade High School, while Mike served a student church and drove 40 miles one way to Christian Theological Seminary every day. A second student church popped up that needed help, so a change of address 70 miles away took them to St. Paul, Indiana. The Rushes visited their Indy car builder friends in St. Paul frequently, and eventually were given a permanent pit pass for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Vroom!
After seminary, Mike and Mary headed to Nevada, Iowa for their first full pastorate at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Next came Beckley, West Virginia; then Logan, West Virginia for 12 years. During this time Mike became Dr. Michael G. Rush, with a Doctor of Ministry degree in Ecumenism from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Not long after the awarding of the degree, Mike became ill with an hereditary condition called alpha1anti-trypsin deficiency. Through a long haul of researching, being treated, having surgeries and finding a specialist, Mike was referred to Duke Medical Center for evaluation and an eventual liver transplant. Complications from prior surgeries inhibited recovery from the transplant.
Mary continued to live and teach in Logan County, West Virginia while getting their two sons Todd and Dan through
Getting to Know You: Mary Rush, CPC director of MusicWe started this column in The Link to help our members get to know each other better. In each issue, we’ll feature details that
different members would like to share with our church family. This issue features Mary Rush, our beloved Director of Music.
the remainder of their public school years and off to college.After retiring from Logan County Schools and First
Presbyterian Church in Logan, Mary sold her house (to a Presbyterian), and moved to Virginia Beach; then Frederick, Maryland, and then Pinehurst, North Carolina. Oh, the lengths one will go to follow grandchildren!
Mary’s family also includes her sons’ beautiful and talented wives (Julie and Mary Katherine), and those two teenage characters whom most of you know, Laura and William.
In addition to directing music at Cameron Presbyterian (where she conducts two cantatas a year in addition to music for weekly worship, directs the Memorial Hand Chimes group and organizes the popular concert series), Mary teaches choral/general music four days a week at Sandhills Classical Christian School in Southern Pines.
She also maintains a schedule of private piano lessons.
Mary with her grandchildren Laura, 16, who is a junior at Grace Christian school and is involved with drama productions at Temple Theatre, and William, 14, an eighth grader at sandhills Classical Christian school. he plays bass in dan’s group, 7 north. “I’ve had the pleasure of having William in my Logic school Chorus this year!”
Both Laura and William are youth worship leaders/musicians at Christ Community Church in Pinehurst, and sing and play on a regular basis there.
Cameron Presbyterian Church 600 Carthage Street, P.O. Box 68 Cameron, NC 28326
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