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Please read on for updates from Pine Street Church
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Pastoral Search Process
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A Word From the Pastor
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Consecration Sunday
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Congratulations!
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Missions Update
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Share-A-Gift
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Did You Know
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Ongoing Announcements
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PASTORAL SEARCH PROCESS BEGINS . . .
 We have now begun the process of seeking our new spiritual leader. A Pastoral Search Committee will commence the search soon, but all of the church family have an important role in this vital task. As the committee labors for many hours over these next months, your support is critical. Your affirmations and prayers make all the difference. Please, let's all do our part.
We feel strongly that we need and want your thoughts about the personal and professional qualities that you deem important in our new pastor. Our pastoral search team will very soon be organizing small group conversations with the Pine Street Church family to hear your thoughts. In the meantime, please feel free to contact any of the committee members with your input and/or questions, and they will bring your thoughts to the whole team. The following are the Pastoral Search Committee members:
Larry VanSpriell, chair (larryvanspriell@gmail.com)
Estelle Torpy, secretary (emtorpy@comcast.net)
Barbara Schuttenberg (barb.schuttenberg@gmail.com)
Debbie Setlock (setlock7@msn.com)
Ruth Efe (Ru.efe100@gmail.com)
Rick Vaughn (rickvaughn58@gmail.com)
Doug Yeiser (dyeiser@gmail.com)
Be assured that we will keep you fully informed of this entire journey. Periodically we will include reports during worship on Sunday mornings. There will be regular articles in the Weekly Update, as well as related info on the church website (pinestreetchurch.net, click on Pastoral Search).
Our Pastoral Search Committee met for the first time this past Sunday to choose a chair and a secretary, to identify our first tasks, and to make some assignments that will help prepare us for the interviewing process which will begin in the new year. The committee will be meeting on a regular basis. Next week our team will meet twice; we will meet with our ABC Region Consultant, Mike Oldham, who will provide region support throughout the search process; and, subsequently, we will gather the following evening for a planning session related to the upcoming small group meetings.
With deep gratitude to you and our beloved church, ~
Larry
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A Word From The Pastor...
Dear Pine Street Church Friends,
For the past several weeks our congregation has hosted the 27 portraits of the art exhibit Project (In)Visible. These portraits are of the homeless and marginalized people in our community. Being here four to five days a week I have had a lot of opportunities to reflect upon this exhibit. Below is a rather sarcastic letter to God that I have written, so don't take it literally. These are not my true feelings. But as I have lived with the exhibit day after day for the past eight weeks, I began to realize that my attitude toward the portraits was become closer to what the homeless and marginalized in our community experience every day. I have written this as a letter to God.
After you have read this I want to challenge you to do something. I want to challenge you to respond to my letter as though you are God. Put in your own words what you believe God
would say to me concerning my letter. How would God answer me back? I would love to hear your thoughts. With your permission, I would like to take your responses and publish them in future weekly updates. Who knows, perhaps all of the responses will work their way into a sermon some Sunday morning. You have my permi
ssion to be as blunt with me as you want, or as blunt as you think God would be. Let's have some fun with this. But let's also enter
in
to this e
xercise with a prayerful and thoughtful attitude. Please send your response to my e-mail: duncanmil22@gmail.com
A Letter To God About "Project (In)Visible"
God, in
these past eight weeks I have grown tired of these 27 people hanging out in
my church. When they first came in I could not help but notice them. I was even emotionally moved by th
eir presence and proud that my church could house them for a while. I even took the time to listen to them, though I had
to strain to do so. Now that they have been hanging out here for eight week I find myself becoming more and more annoyed by their presence. They are always getting in my way and I am tired bumping into them. Not once have they ev
er said, "Excuse me". Not once have their ever said, "Thank you for giving us a place to hang out." Perhaps it is time to relegate them down to the church basement where for the most part they will be out of sight and thus out of mind.
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e they leave my church I don't know where they will go next. I guess that is their problem. I just want my church foyer back. From my pulpit on Sunday morning, as I am preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, I want to look out and see the smiling faces of bright eyed people. These people in the foyer keep reminded me of things in our society that I would rather not be reminded. At least when I meet these people on the street I can ignore them if I want. It is hard to ignore them in my church foyer. By in large these people don't look like they belong here and I am tired of having to explain their presence to any visitor that comes on Sunday morning. They don't make very good church greeters you know.
Well, God, that is my two cents worth. What do you have to say about that?
I look forward to hearing how you think God might respond. ~
Duncan
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Consecration Sunday
This Sunday, November 20th, will be our Stewardship Consecration Sunday. As an act of worship we will dedicate to the Lord's service our 2017 Estimate of Giving.
Sunday is also Thanksgiving Sunday. Rev. Miller's morning message will be on the very simple prayer "Thank You, Lord." We hope everyone can come and offer praise to our God for all our blessings as we remember that indeed it is a Blessing to be a Blessing.
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Congratulations to Jan Arney
We want to congratulate Jan Arney. The following letter was set out from the United Nations Associate of Boulder County.
We are pleased to announce that JAN ARNEY is the recipient of our chapter's twenty-first annual International Human Rights Award for her work with Partners in Parenting Haiti, the model foster care program she founded.
We invite you to a reception in her honor on Sunday afternoon, December 11th, 2016, from 2:00 pm to 4:00, at Frasier Meadows Retirement Community, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, in the Sky Lounge, 5th Floor.
Jan Arney contributes to making the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights a living, vital, and effective document, in her defense of the rights to education, food, clothing, housing, and medical care. As you probably know, she founded Partners in Parenting Haiti (PIPH) in Jérémie, Haiti, following the devastating 2010 earthquake, and continues to serve as executive director. Her work is entirely volunteer. PIPH provides a foster home for an orphaned or abandoned child; provides a stipend for the families to offset the cost of food and clothing; insists on the child being in school and pays costs for tuition, books, and uniforms; pays for medical care; provides both a health focused group program monthly and a tutoring center for those children who need it. It also has plans for a program to provide job training for any child who has finished formal schooling to enable him or her to be self supporting. The PIPH program has been so successful for its now twenty-two children that it serves as a model for other organizations in Haiti. It is supported by generous donations, both to the general fund and as a sponsorship of an individual child.
At the December 11th reception, following presentation of the award at about 2:30pm, Jan Arney will speak about her extraordinary work.
We hope you will join us in congratulating her!
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Missions Update
Pine Street Church Saturday 'BOHO Day Shelter" Hosting
During the November 15 Council of Ministries meeting, CoM members approved our church serving as a Saturday "BOHO Day Shelter" to provide a safe, warm place for homeless from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays from November 19 through April 25. (Note: On extremely bad-weather days, the times will be from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) Homeless will use our church's southeast door for access to the downstairs Fellowship Hall, where they'll not have access to other areas of the church except for the downstairs bathrooms. BOHO will provide coffee/snacks to the homeless, and they can go to First Presbyterian Church for a "Lamb's Lunch" midday meal. No loitering will be allowed on our church grounds by the homeless on Saturdays. If you have questions, please contact M&O Team Leader Kerry Hassler at -- kerryhassler@comcast.net. Thanks!
Volunteers needed for our church's BOHO Sunday Snacks Program
Our church will shelter overnight Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow (BOHO) homeless in our Fellowship Hall on Sunday nights as an Emergency Warming Center (EWC) starting November 20 and ending in late April. We'll provide snacks from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on these Sunday evening through our church's BOHO Sunday Snacks Program, where we need volunteers from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. to prepare/serve snacks and clean up afterwards. If you're interested in volunteering, please contact BOHO Sunday Snacks Program Volunteer Coordinator Mary Beth Mankin at -- mbmankin545@gmail.com -- to let her know of your interest and availability. You may also volunteer via our church website's Missions webpage at -- http://www.pinestreetchurch.net/missions.html. Thanks for your support of our church's BOHO Sunday Snacks Program!
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Share-A-Gift
Share-A-Gift is an all-volunteer, annual holiday project that seeks to provide toys, bikes and books for less fortunate children in the Boulder Valley School District. Pine Street Church will again be participating in this Toy Drive. Look for a donation box in the Reception area after Thanksgiving. Contact Aleta Purcell with any further questions. blondealeta@msn.com or 720-382-3814
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Did You Know that Chloe Lord's Water Polo team won four straight games and took first place in their recent tournament. Way to go, Chloe!!!!!
Did You Know that Ruth Efe, who also plays Water Polo, got a nice shout out for her major role in getting her time into the 1st place game against Thunder from Dallas. She has been having an outstanding year. Way to go Ruth!!!!
Did You Know that the church now has its own "GoToMeeting.com" account. GoToMeeting in an on-line video and phone conferring web site. Rev. Miller has been using GoToMeeting for his weekly Minister's Covenant Group meeting for over three years. The account was set up to help facilitate the work of the Search Committee, but can be used for other events such as educational or other church meetings. Our total cost for the service is only $9.00 per month.
Did You Know that this week is the last week Project Invisible will be inhabiting our Reception Area, so be sure to invite any friends or family who haven't seen it yet.
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Ongoing Announcements
"Oasis"; formerly our Wednesday Women's Group
Wednesdays,
1:30 p.m. in the Parlor. All are welcome!
Independent Prayer and Meditation Time
Wednesdays noon-3pm, The Sanctuary at Pine Street Church is open to all for a time of of independent prayer and meditation.
Sunday Morning Refreshments
Each Sunday following our worship service we offer refreshments.
Coffee is already made, but if you would like to volunteer to
provide another beverage & snacks,
email
or call
303-931-5556
. Than
ks everybody!! -Debbie
Setlock, Hospitality Team Chair.
Men's Fellowship Breakfast
Every first Tuesday of the month starting at 7:30 a.m., the men of our church are invited to gather for good food and fellowship at the Parkway Cafe (4700 Old Pearl St. in Boulder, just north of the Larry Miller Toyota dealership).
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Calendar
Sunday, November 20
9:30 am
Coffee and Conversation
Reception Area
10:00 am
Sunday Morning Worship
Sanctuary
Monday, November 21
7:00 pm
Pastoral Search Committee Meeting
Conference Room
Tuesday, November 22
7:00 pm
Pastoral Search Committee Meeting
Conference Room
Wednesday, November 23
OFFICES CLOSED
Noon
Prayer and Meditation time
Sanctuary
1:30 pm
Oasis
(Women's books study)
Parlor
Thursday, November 24
THANKSGIVING
OFFICES CLOSED
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Prayer Requests
Dan Purcell
Gregg Bradbury
Andrew Buckner
Sid and Beth Scott
Jessie, Amy Carr's Nephew
The people of Haiti
Jo White
Mary Kate - friend of Polly McDonald
The Family of Scotty Scott
Virginia Beach - Manor Care
Family of Neil Smith
Kay Lopez
Butch Stanko-Friend of Polly McDonald
Aladine & Dwight Neuenschwander
Mildred Nilon
Jane Kephardt
Frances Swanson
Donna Hawkins
Pete Sprenkle
Paula Vaughn
Brendan Torpy
Annas Seitz, Vondell Martin's sister
Annette Parish
Cyndie Sharkey
R.C. and Faye Parrish
Randy Martindale, Betty Eldridge's nephew
Asa Sanchu, ABCIM missionary
Tom and Terry Myers, ABCIM missionaries in Bulgaria
Pieter & Nora Kalkman, ABCIM missionaries, Czech Republic
A host of other unnamed needs, both locally and globally.
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| Contact Information |
1237 Pine Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Office Hours M - Th, 10-5
303-442-6530
admin@pinestreetchurch.net
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