FREEDOM
PLAINS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Non-Profit Org.
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Freedom
Plains Presbyterian Church
Staff:
Rev.
Paul Lent, Pastor
Rev.
Heather Finck, Parish Associate
Denise
Bassen, Music Director
Susan
Walsh, Administrative Assistant
Gail
Gemmell & Christine Lent, Co-Directors of Sunday School
Bonnie
Biskup, Parish Nurse
Kevin
Coyne, Sexton
Katherine DeFiglio, Junior Choir Director
Donna
Logan & Em Jorgenson, Bell Choir Directors
Rich
Roeser, Website Director
Office
Hours: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Office
Telephone: (845) 452-0684
Office
Fax # (845) 452-7816
E-Mail
Address: office@fppchurch.org
Website:
fppchurch.org
THE HERALD
Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church
Founded 1827 Summer,
2006
“You
may plant your land for six years and gather its crops. But during the seventh
year, you must leave it alone and withdraw from it.”
(Exodus 23:10)
Dear Friends,
The Bible structures time in increments of work and rest.
This is also true for individuals, and even for the land itself. The Bible
can, if we let it, remind us of something we too often forget these days, rest
and pulling back from the frantic pace of modern life, which is good from time
to time.
We are discovering this at Freedom Plains during the summer
months. During the school year we are so busy; two services, all kinds of
programs and activities, run, run, run! Summer really is a slower time.
Sunday mornings we cut back to one service at 10:00 AM and in the comfort of
air-conditioning, we worship God as a church family.
It is nice to slow down and be together. Many people say
that they miss seeing some people because they attend the 9:00 am service and
so and so attends the 11:00 AM service. During the summer, we are together and
it is really something to enjoy and even celebrate.
So, this summer, I invite you to come attend church if you
are in town, for it is good to remember that sometimes it is important to slow
down and be together. It is also important at our church, in our lives and in
our relationships, including our relationship with God.
Have a wonderful summer!
Peace,
Office
Hours - 11:00 - 11:45 during the summer.
For an appointment, please call the church office or
Bonnie
Biskup at 724-5631. B/P Screenings and Consultations ongoing on Sundays.
Care Notes -
Fellowship Hall.
-
Spiritual and Emotional health and
well-being for adults.
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Help for parents and kids on
school issues, peer pressure, bullying, anger, grief, self-esteem, fear,
respect.
Educational Bulletin Board –
Learn the “safe fun in the sun” info to keep
you and your family protected this summer. Learn to recognize melanoma.
Protect yourselves from tick bites.
Lending Library in Parish
Health Nurse Office – We now have the following books to lend:
Adults
– “You – the Owner’s Manual”
Parents
& Kids – “Bye-Bye Bully”, “Keeping School Cool”, “When You’re Sick or in
the Hospital”, “When Your Grandparent Dies”, “Standing Up to Peer Pressure”, “A
New Baby is Coming”, When Mom & Dad Divorce”.
Prayers for Comfort & Healing – Jean Bernard, Mary Best, Maureen Cavanaugh, Jill
Edmonds, Emily & Ed Johnson,
Tammy
Maier, Renie Milliken, Annalice Puckette, Robin Schatz, Ellice Tobin, Edwan Van
Etten, Jim Vaughan, Dick Volke, Carol Webster.
For Visits or Cards –
Jean Bernard – Lutheran Care, 216 A North, Jim Vaughan at home, Dick Volke at
home.
Have
a safe and healthy summer! Take time to “lie down in green pastures and be led
beside the still waters”. Psalm 23
.
Yours
In Christ,
Bonnie
Biskup, Parish Health Nurse
NEW!!
A MORNING FOR MOM! – Beginning
September 20th, we will start a Wednesday morning fellowship group
for mothers of young children. We will meet at 10:00 AM at the church. We
hope to provide childcare for the children. Please contact
Rev. Heather Finck if you
have any questions.
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY – The Women’s Bible Study will continue to meet
throughout the summer on 7/25, 8/8, and 8/22 at 7:30 PM in Fellowship Hall. We
will finish the Horizons Bible Study, “For Everything a Season”: a study of
the liturgical calendar. All are welcome to join the group.
DORCAS BIBLE STUDY – Will Resume in September.
MEN’S BIBLE STUDY BREAFAST –Will Resume in September.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL! - Thanks
to all the people who worked on making this year’s Vacation Bible School such a
success. We had a total of 55 children this year and everyone enjoyed the week
as we visited Alaska, California, Kentucky, Florida and Illinois!
The theme for the week
centered around becoming a Mission
Minded Person which requires Prayer, Hospitality, Evangelism, Generosity, and
Action.
There were many people involved
with this year’s event. A lot of time and dedication went into all the many
phases, including preparation for the week, the design and construction of our
boat, registration, setting up the dock activities, teaching in all of the four
stations, child care, group leaders and assistants, church staff support,
administrative tasks, photography, special presentations, caring hands that
prepared snacks and kept us all from starving, and all those who cheered us on
when we needed it.
Over 50 volunteers were
involved with this year’s Vacation Bible School and “Kept Our Ship Afloat!”
Thank you to
all!
The Christian Education Committee
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE – Congratulations to the following students who
received church scholarships on June 18 for their continuing education:
Evan
Burrow – Binghampton University
Tyler Fandl – Amherst College
Caitlin Frank – Stony Brook University
Abigail Horstmann – Penn State University
Russell Koch – SUNY Oswego
Nicole Puckette –
Dutchess Community College
Nick Taylor – Vassar College
Austin Weber – Binghampton University
Kelsey Zeyher – Sacred
Heart University
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
- There are still positions available
for Sunday School Teachers and Senior High Teaching Assistants beginning
September. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Gail Gemmell
at 849-1917 or Christine Lent at 471-4146.
CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH
BELL CHOIR - The Children’s Bell
Choir is open to all 4th to 6th Graders, or any younger
child who already studies an instrument or voice and can read music. The
season is from mid November to Palm Sunday. The Youth Bell Choir is open to
all 7th to 12th graders who can read music and want to
take part in a spirited musical activity. The season is from mid-November
until the Sunday prior to Memorial Day.
Bell choir rehearsals will
resume in November. YBC will be held at 10:20 and CBC will be held at 11:15.
FREEDOM PLAINS NURSERY
SCHOOL
Our church-sponsored Freedom
Plains Nursery School 2006-2007 School Year is presently accepting
registrations for the 4-year-old program. The four-year-old class schedule is
as follows: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM. Mondays,
Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Please contact Call Valorie
Parry, Nursery School Director, at 485-1145 to register your child for this
wonderful program.
ASP MISSION TRIP - The next ASP mtg. will be held
at the church on JULY 23 at 7:00 PM. All volunteers should attend this
meeting. The ASP Mission Team will soon be on the road to West Virginia,
departing on July 29rd. Please pray for all are going and for those
people who they will be helping while on this trip. May this be a wonderful
experience for all of us!
Rev. Paul Lent
LUNCHBOX - The
Mission Committee will be preparing a meal for the lunchbox on Sunday, August
13. We will be feeding 150 hungry people in downtown Poughkeepsie. We need
your help! Please donate money to buy the chicken and ice cream. We also need
donations of fresh produce, homemade rolls, and fresh macaroni salad. Please
consider volunteering to help us to help those in need! Please contact Marie
Coyne at 635-8619 or Gail Gemmell at 849-1917 if you have any questions.
LOCAL MISSION PROJECT - This year money was set aside to initiate a local,
hands-on mission project. The committee needs input from you to choose and
plan carefully a project that will meet a serious need in our community and/or
our country, in which you would volunteer to participate. Some areas of
concern where we already do outreach include housing needs, homeless needs,
hunger needs, environmental needs. We could enhance our efforts in these areas
or move on to new ones such as social injustice needs, advocacy needs, medical
needs, minority needs. Please write down specific ideas and place them in the
collection plate or at the church office addressed to Jill Edmonds, or call
Jill at 473-3998.
SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE – Through September 3, our
worship service will be held at 10:00 AM with fellowship following. Beginning September 10, we
will return to two worship services, 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
CLEARWATER
SAIL – THE
BOAT RIDE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 20 IS CANCELLED DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED SCHEDULING
CONFLICT WITH CLEARWATER. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF IT IS RESCHEDULED FOR A
FUTURE DATE.
CHURCH
PICNIC/FIELD DAY
– FPPC picnic/field day is scheduled for Sunday, September 24th from
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Freedom Park. (Picnic will start immediately following
the first worship service.) Hamburgers and Hot Dogs will be provided. Please
bring a dish to share! All are welcome!
If you
have any questions, please contact Sally Woods at 223-3800.
FREEDOM RINGERS – The Freedom Ringers are looking for additional adult players (post high
school males/females) for next season. Our rehearsals are Thursday evenings,
from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM and will begin in mid-October. Prerequisites are the
ability to read music and a strong commitment to attending rehearsals.
Training sessions will be held in the fall for new players prior to the first
rehearsal. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact Em
Jorgensen at 471-2979.
KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS
A HUG? – Our teddy bears in the sanctuary are just waiting
to come home to someone’s house and bring him or her a smile. Please feel free
to take a teddy bear while at church on Sunday to brighten someone’s day!
SEPTEMBER HERALD – Please submit articles for the September Herald in writing or by email
to Susan Walsh at the church office by Monday, August 21. The email address is
office@fppchurch.org. Thank you in
advance.
FREEDOM PLAINS CHURCH ONLINE CALENDAR! – Please
visit our website: www.fppchurch.org and click on “calendar” to view our
current events. If you would like an event posted to the calendar, forms are
located at the church office, or submit the event in writing by email with any
pertinent details regarding the event to office@fppchurch.org.
