“You are the salt of the earth . . .

You are the light of the world.” — Jesus (Matthew 5:13-14)

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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9

OUR MISSION

Parkville Presbyterian Church is a community of believers

following

Jesus Christ by sharing God’s Word,

serving and

welcoming all.

Parkville

Presbyterian

Church

Where Everyone is

Loved,

Where Everyone

Belongs

I N TH I S I S S U E :

2. Board of Deacons;

Hillcrest Graduate

3. Pastor’s Perspective

5. Pastor’s Confirmation

Class

6. Good News from the

Capital Campaign

7. Developing Leadership

Skills

8. Building and Grounds;

Adult Sunday School

Classes

9. February Calendar

God’s Mission

for Us:

To accept,

embrace, and

love all people,

through Christ

who loves us!

Soup is Good, Wintertime Hot Food!

And Feb. 3rd is SOUP-er Bowl Sunday!

Do you recognize this scene? Most of us don’t—because it dates back to 1932.

It is a Depression-era Soup Line. All these decades later, there are still many peo-

ple who would welcome a hot bowl of soup on a cold winter day — and we can

make that happen by bringing a can of soup (or as many as you “can”) to church

on Sunday, Feb. 3. Drop your soup donation in the Narthex container for the team

you hope will win the day’s SOUP-er football event — N. E. Patriots or L. A.

Rams. And if you’re still feeling glum about the KC Chiefs being out of the con-

test, feel free to drop a whole case of soup into the SPEAC food pantry cart!

It will make you feel better! Remember that this Sunday is also our regular

SPEAC food pantry Sunday; see the list of current pantry needs on page 2.

Sunday, Feb. 3, is

Food Pantry

Sunday! Special

needs at this time

include:

Pancake mix

Syrup

Jelly

Cake mix

Shampoo

Soups

Kleenex

Hamburger Helper

Spaghetti

Egg noodles

FEBRUARY

Food Pantry

Needs

Please extend happy birthday wishes to the

following members of our

church family:

2/2 Alan Grimes

2/4 Chris Davis

2/6 Russell Jones

2/7 Marianne Sportsman

2/8 Liliana Dixon

2/16 Gerry Lowery

2/17 Martha Allen

2/18 Gary Blanck

2/19 Ernestine Claycomb, Glenda Craig

2/23 Malcolm Andrews, Jill Ballou

2/26 Nancy Ebberts

The Board of Deacons - 2019

The Board of Deacons is comprised of in-dividuals ordained to lead the congrega-tion in its ministries of compassion, sym-pathy, witness and service. Deacons serve in many areas of the church‟s life, but they place particular emphasis on visiting con-gregants with limited mobility, assisting in worship, and helping people in need of home repairs.

Our current Board of Deacons' mission is to foster connection and community within our congregation. Please reach out to a deacon if you are in need of spiritual or practical support.

Left to right in photo: Kay Jackson, Susan Zimmerman, Nancy Stifter, Carol Lehman, Kathy Plack and Doug Walker. Not pictured: Susan Heim-Davis and Pam-ela Godlove.

Hillcrest Transitional Housing News

Congratulations to Matt who reached his goal and successfully completed the

Hillcrest program! Several PPC members joined Matt for his graduation cere-

mony on January 15 at Platte Woods United Methodist Church. Matt plans to

move out of the PPC Hillcrest apartment on January 31. We pray for continued

success for Matt in the future.

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Pastoral Perspective ~ Rev. Steve Andrews

Churches are resilient, and ours is especially so.

We stand on the shoulders of nineteenth-century pioneers

who could see the outlines of a church in the dust kicked

up by the horses on the dirt roads. We stand on the shoul-

ders of those early set-

tlers, and especially Colo-

nel George Park, who

cleared the land and built

the town and built a

church to keep it focused

on God as it grew. We

stand with former pastors

Elisha Sherwood and

John McAffee, who

founded Park College to

train teachers and preach-

ers for the frontier.

In the pioneer days and

afterward, throughout

the 174 year history of PPC, there have been joys and strug-

gles, moments of triumph and moments of uncertainty.

There have been budget shortfalls. There has been insur-

mountable debt. There have been fires and floods and

changes no one could have seen coming.

But churches are resilient, and ours is especially so. That‟s

how God made us—when the Lord formed us to be the

body of Christ—when the Lord chose us to be the “living

stones” with which his church would be built (1 Peter 2:4-

5).

On January 20th, we held a congregational meeting where

we celebrated the triumph of our capital campaign and

explored the challenges of the 2019 budget. If you were not

able to attend that meeting, I‟m glad to share the most sig-

nificant information our session conveyed.

First, we have experienced extraordinary success with our

capital campaign. We have reached our $300,000 goal a

year early, and when we submit our next payment to our

lender in April (they accept payments quarterly), they will

offer the final part of their $150,000 match. When I became

your pastor in October 2014, the principal of our mortgage

stood at $2.8 million and it felt like there was no end in

sight. Today, the principal is approaching $1.3 million and

there are ten years left on the loan.

For your extravagant, extraordinary generosity, thanks be

to God!

But even as we celebrate this burst of holy inspiration, our

projections for the 2019 budget are much lower than we

expected. As you may recall, we

began 2018 with a „deficit‟

budget, where income was pro-

jected to be $15,000 less than ex-

penses, but we had a plan to

close that deficit. By the time

2018 closed, we had received

$25,000 more than projected and

spent $15,000 more than pro-

jected.

The overall picture is that we

closed the year with about $5,000

less than we started, but that still

puts us in a strong position for

the beginning of the year and

our needs for ministry. For those of you who like charts,

here‟s a summary of that information:

Money Spent for Missions, Ministry,

Projected 2018 Actual 2018

Operations of PPC $461,670.00 $475,480.23

Total Contributions, Gifts and Other

Money Received $446,275.00 $470,094.19

And here‟s a summary of where we are for 2019: we have

not yet set a budget of projected expenses because there are

too many uncertainties. The church‟s ministries will require

fewer financial resources this year than last because there

won‟t be an overlap between two office managers, and be-

cause other steps are being taken to reduce expenses. How-

ever, I believe that in order to avoid any major structural

changes (cuts in mission spending, reducing staff or staff

hours, or reamortizing the mortgage, for example), we will

need around $450,000 for mission and ministry in 2019.

Unfortunately, our projected income currently stands at

$360,000.

But we are going to be okay. Churches are resilient, and

ours is especially so. That‟s simply how God made us when

he built PPC out of living stones—out of you and me.

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Cont’d on next page

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Pastor’s Perspective—Rev. Steve Andrews, cont. from previous page

Here are the steps being taken:

Leaders in the church are contacting anyone who has an outstanding pledge to the capital cam-paign. Since the campaign has met its goal, we are asking those who still have gifts to give to offer them to the church‟s general fund instead of the campaign. Through the general fund, those gifts will help us make regular payments on our mort-gage and keep our mo-mentum going, both in paying off the loan and maintaining our momen-tum in ministry.

All those who may be able to offer additional gifts, perhaps because they can repeat a sacrificial gift that was given to the campaign in previous years, or simply because they feel called to sup-port the church in this moment, are encouraged to do so.

The leadership team of the church, our deacons and elders, met together on January 26th for their leaders‟ retreat. They have developed a strong plan for growth that leverages the strongest gift

God has given us, our warmth and hospitality, to not only put on great events—but to build rela-tionships with new people through great follow-up and support.

For this year, once all our giving is resettled and recal-

culated, we‟ll make our best effort to construct a

budget that involves no major

cuts and does not draw on the

church‟s reserves. This will be

a careful effort that attempts

to maintain the momentum,

energy, and growth we have,

build for the future, and take good care of the gifts

being given in the present.

Of course, there may be some painful budget cuts in

the future, and this whole effort will be challenging,

but I have no doubt about the power of God working

in us. Churches are resilient, and ours is especially so.

That‟s simply how God made us when he built PPC

out of living stones—when he formed a church from

people made in his image.

Churches are resilient,

and ours is especially so.

How grateful we are for our choral interns and young adult singers who add so much to worship!

Pastor Steve and this year‟s confirmation class work through statements of faith based on their understanding of The Apostle‟s Creed and The Book of Confession. Complicated questions are coming from our youth as our pastor guides the discussion.

Pastor’s Confirmation Class

Photos for a New Church Directory

We‟ll have the opportunity and equipment to take pic-tures for the new church directory on the first three Sundays in February. There will be a camera on a tri-pod and our Outreach Ministry team will be available with a laptop between services to make directory in-formation updates.

Note: if you have a good, individual/family picture that you would like to use, it is not necessary to take a new one. Just send it to outreach@parkvillepresby.org. Pictures need to be in either .jpg or .png format and not larger than 2mb. We are not able to re-use pictures from the old directory because we do not have the originals and the directory pictures would be blurry in a new publication.

We also need you to update your personal or fam-ily information (name, address, phone number, emails, and birthdays)—and mail this to the email address above.

Sunday Snacks and Hospitality

We need volunteers to sign up for bringing Snacks between services, and to provide the monthly coffee (sign up for monthly Coffee donations sign up sheet is on inside of door above coffee machine).

To sign up for providing and hosting (setting up/cleaning up) Sunday snacks, you can go to the church website www.parkvillepreby.org, then select MEMBERS at the top or bottom. Enter password—which is johncalvin — and navigate to menu choice: Sunday morning Snack Signup. Here you may choose one of the available dates. We welcome cookies, fruit, bagels, or similar snack foods.

Help us Locate Lost Items

We‟re looking for a 36” round, white, foldable table to use in narthex that was in storage, and also for one of our two microwave ovens. If you know where these have been moved to, please contact Building and Grounds Chair Steve Walker. Thanks!

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T H E S A L T S H A K E R

We have had an amazing two years of success with the Capital Campaign, so much so that we will have reached our goal and had our lender-matches com-pleted upon submitting our April payment. As a result, we only have 10 years left on the length of the loan! As we discussed in our congregational meeting a couple weeks ago, because we are struggling with meeting our expenses for 2019, we are hoping that those of you who still have remaining amounts on your Capital Campaign pledge will consider redirecting that remaining amount (or more!) toward the General Fund this year. In addition to your regular gifts for the church‟s operations, redirecting the remaining amount on your CC pledge will help tremendously this year. If

you would like to help in this way, please contact the church office, or send Capital Campaign chair Steve Walker a note at steve.walker@fleishman.com. If you are uncertain about how much is outstanding on your CC pledge, please reach out to Janet Walker (jhawkcat147@gmail.com) and she can help you.

Capital Campaign Good News and Progress

Something to Look Forward to in April! “Little Big Band” will

provide a unique

Final Friday

experience

on Friday, April 26, 2019

7-9 pm at PPC

Plan now to join us—and

invite friends!

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Little Dresses for Africa

will meet for our workday Friday,

Feb 1, 1:00 pm, Whipple Hall

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Some of our PPC Youth—Intermediate Sunday School Class. Clockwise, around the table, start-ing at left: Xander Raines, Serenity Pederson, Sarah Listrom, Marlee Flores, Jack Listrom.

Those who wish to develop skills as leaders at church, work, and home, are invited to join us for Lead in Love, on February 11th, 18th, and 25th--three successive Mondays at 7pm. Facilitated by Pastor Steve, this burst of spiritual formation is designed to shape how we pray, how we discern God‟ will, and how we shape people and places--through the words we use and the examples we live. For more information or to RSVP, contact Pastor Steve at stevenan-drews@parkvillepresby.org.

Isn’t Winter Beautiful — and Fun!

Feel Free to Disagree!

Greetings from the Building and Grounds Ministry—2019

Beginning this year, Steve Walker will be taking on leading the ministry that cares for our building and grounds. It is a big job and requires as much help as we can get.

For those of you who feel a special calling to help out with occasional jobs related to plumbing, electri-cal, miscellaneous repairs, outside work, etc, please contact Steve Walker so he can keep a list of people and call on them when needs arise.

Steve can be reached at 816-289-3735 or by email at steve.walker@fleishman.com. Or you can let Jolene know and she can forward the information to Steve.

Many thanks to all those who have been so helpful in the past, and we look forward to your help in 2019 and beyond

T H E S A L T S H A K E R

Adult Christian Education

Opportunities

Sojourners Class Begins New Study

Beginning the first Sunday in Feb-ruary, the Sojourners‟ Class will be “Following Jesus‟ Ministry in Gali-lee,” facilitated by Rev. John Bren-tlinger. We will be focusing on sig-nificant events in the life of Jesus during his second year of ministry; this begins with his entry into

Galilee where he is proclaiming that the kingdom of God is drawing near. We will examine historical and geo-graphical settings of each event to help illuminate their meaning for our faith. Each class is a stand-alone lesson that will have a combination of presentation, bible study and class discussion. We encourage anyone who is want-ing to learn more about Jesus‟ teachings and ministry through the gospels to join us—9:40 Sunday mornings, just to the left of the Coffee service.

Faith and Families Class

Our other adult class, Faith and Families, is exploring “Effective Parenting in a Defective World.” How can we help our children deal with peer pressure and other challenges of the world they live in? We invite you to join us at 9:40 Sunday mornings as we use scriptures to consider our concerns. This class may be of special inter-est to those who are dating , married, or dealing with parenting issues. But all are welcome!

Thank You!

On behalf of the Leavenworth VA E Kansas HCS patients and staff, we would like to extend our ap-preciation for your church‟s donation of 412 Christ-mas cards. It is through the efforts of community partners like you that allow us to continue the quality care and services that we seek to provide our deserving Veterans. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you again for future events. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, Charles Ramey Voluntary Service Specialist

The Mission Team delivered 18 bags to Park Uni-versity to welcome the incoming international students for the 2019 spring semester. A huge thank you to everyone who donated items, assem-bled the bags and helped with the delivery. This ministry would not be possible without the help of the congrega-tion and the SPEAC food pan-try, so again thank you! Park U is very grateful for our partnership.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9--12:00p.m. Music Together, All Together Now

1:00p.m. Little Dresses for Africa

2

9--12:00p.m. Music Together, All Together Now

3 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship Scout Sunday

4 9-12:00p.m. SYNOD #307 7:00p.m. Evening Circle 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 600 p.m. Bible Study 7:00p.m. 20/30 Vision 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Whipple Hall

5

6:00p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208

6 7:00p.m. Choir

7 10:00a.m. Morning Circle 5-9:00p.m. SYNOD @Library 5:30-6:30p.m.Intentional Faith Development 6:30p.m. Session 7:00 p.m. Right Side

8 9-12:00p.m. Music Together, All Together Now

1-4:00p.m. Girl Scouts 9:00-5:00p.m. SYNOD

9

9-12:00p.m. . Music Together, All Together Now 8:30-11:30a.m. Girl Scouts 4-8p.m. Boy Scouts Chili Cook Off

10 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 3:30-5:00p.m. Girl Scouts

11 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 6:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00p.m. 20/30 Vision 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00p.m. Lead in Love

12

2:00p.m.SPEAC Board Meeting 6:00p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208

13

7:00p.m. Choir

14 North Co-op Valentine’s Orientation 7:00 p.m. Right Side Of the Tracks

15 9-12:00p.m. Music Together, All Together Now

16 9:00 a.m. Worship

Ministry Meeting

9-12:00p.m. Little Dresses of Africa work day 4-8:00p.m. Blue Gold Banquet Boy Scouts

17 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship 4:30 p.m. Youth Group

18OFFICE CLOSED

6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 600 p.m. Bible Study 7:00p.m. 20/30 Vision 7:00p.m. Lead in Love

19 6:00 p.m. Cubs rooms 205/206/208/215 7:00p.m. Board of Deacons

20

7:00p.m. Choir

21 9-3:00p.m. North Co-op 7:00p.m. Generosity & Mission 6-9:00p.m. Little Dresses of Africa work day 7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks

22 9-12:00p.m. . Music Together, All Together Now

7:00p.m. Final Friday Community Concert

23 9-12:00p.m. . Music Together, All Together Now

9-12:00p.m.. Music Together, All Together Now 2-6:00p.m. Girl Scout Event Whipple Hall

24

8:30 a.m. Worship 9:40 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Worship

25

6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 205/206/208 6:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00p.m. 20/30 Vision 7:00p.m. Boy Scouts 7:00p.m. Lead in Love

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6:00 p.m. Cubs rooms 205/206/208/215

27

7:00p.m. Choir

28

9-3:00p.m. North Co-op

7:00 p.m. Right Side of the Tracks

Parkville Presbyterian Church

February 2019

Sunday Worship 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Church School: 9:45 a.m.

Church Office: 816-741-1641

Church Fax: 816-741-1644

E-Mail: church@parkvillepresby.org

www.parkvillepresby.org

Parkville Presbyterian Church

819 Main Street

Parkville, MO 64152-3630

Office: 816.741.1641

Fax: 816.741.1744

E-mail church@parkvillepresby.org

www.parkvillepresby.org

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