Table of Contents
Prayers and Comfort
Church News
Read the Bible in 9 Months!
Mission
Faith & Grief
Preparing for Growth
Nurture & Care
Session, Officers & Committee Moderators
Staff
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SUNDAYS
Adult Sunday School in Hancock Hall 9:00 a.m.
Worship-Virtual and In-Person 10:30 a.m.
Ghanaian Presbyterian Community Church 2:00 p.m.
Office Hours
M - Th, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Closed Fridays
(972)541-0747
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PRAYERS AND COMFORT
To update information, please contact Betty Ladusau, 214.505.6043
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Bereavement
Wanda Durham's sister and Bob Durham's Aunt Pat Stovall passed from Covid.
Limited Travelers
Rob Allen
Dick Bock
Dr. Ron Clodfelter
Sharon Dickey
Kathleen "Kitty" Douglas
Maggie & Marty Evans
Wanda & Bill Durham
Dona Holt
Scott McKissick
Jack Murphy
Ellen Paul
Susie Smith
Mike Todd
Gladys Valchar
Paul Wood
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Hospital
Beverly Vukovich
VIP Living Center
Ladeane Murphy
West Fort Assisted Living
Georgia Christy
Villages on MacArthur
Dana Wright
Caregivers
Ruby Blackwell
Sandy Dickey
Dena Owens
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Service Women & Men
and Their Families
SSGT Stephanie Cole,
granddaughter of Bernice Steele
Seaman Houston Neff, grandson of Kitty Neff
Captain Marty Schubert, Chaplain, U.S. Army
USAF Lt. Colonel Phillip Hartnett, grandson of Nancy Miller
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Family Members
Alan and Suzanne Baroody
Ruby Blackwell's husband Joel
Gwen Buhmann's step-father
Barbara Curry's son, Bryan Oliver
Debbie Dickinson's husband Gene, and cousin Pete Doherty
Jennifer Douglas' daughters, Sarah Douglas Becker & Lauren Douglas
Kathy and Bob Durham's daughter and son-in-law, Megan and Dan Reese
Eulalia Hallman's son, Rhoden, and granddaughter, Ashton
Chuck and Dona Holt's son, Kevin Montaque
Dena Owens mother, Lorna Griffis
Cobbie and Dessa Palm, Missionaries
Ellen Paul's brother-in-law, Bob Ralph
Pat Reese's son, Johnny
Lillyan Reyes brothers, David and Edgar
Margaret Robison's sister, Sara
Mike Todd's mother
Gladys Valchar's friend, Marilyn Portis
Gaylene Webb's daughter Sharia Ellis, and friend Jamie NcNiel
Requests are gathered during our worship service, via email, or calls to the office. We do our best to ensure that all requests are included. If you would like to add someone to this list or have your name removed, please contact the church office.
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Hello All!
New Year. New Ideas. Our congregation has received and responded so well on our Healing Prayers. In our last Session meeting an idea was presented - it went along with the concept of staying connected.
Praise for Celebrations
Prayers for Concerns
All who wish, share your celebrations, “in our Groundhog Day world”. Seeing each other on Sundays, we tell our friends the good things. Here is a way we can continue that idea. I personally have had some good events.
Life does go on, events take place and we celebrate. Not exactly like we are used to, but they still put a smile in our lives.
Now, you can email/call to me or the church. All are welcome.
Betty Ladusau
214.505.6043
Thanks Priscilla-got the ball rolling
God’s Grace is with us! Stay Safe
Nurture and Care
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Hello Fellow Woodhaven Quarantiners,
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Hello friends!
This week's video is about how Jesus calmed a scary storm, and taught his disciples to have faith when they are afraid. Remember that every time we hear a story, we see something new - about ourselves AND the story. I wonder . . . who do YOU go to when you are feeling scared and what do they do to calm you? Just a friendly reminder that a Sunday School lesson is also included as an attachment in this email.
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Know that each and every moment of your life God looks upon you and says you are holy, you are sacred, you are worthy. You are God's Beloved Child! God Bless!
Hallie
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Read the Bible in 9 Months!
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February 2021 - October 2021
Welcome to Read the Bible in 9 Months! You are invited to join an exciting Bible reading program created by Rev. Michael Waschevski at First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth. Reading the Bible in 9 Months is a daily reading program that weaves together both testaments in an enlightening and enriching experience of our history as God's people.
As you commit to the discipline of daily scripture reading know that you are held in prayer - and joined by many others who are also engaged in this discipline. Participants in the program are encouraged to reach out to each other for support, encouragement, and to engage questions that the readings have raised.
The reading plan for February is listed below. Blessings as you Read the Bible in 9 Months!
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February 01: Joshua 1-5
February 02: Joshua 6-8
February 03: Joshua 9-14
February 04: Joshua 15-21
February 05: Joshua 22-24
February 06: Judges 1-5
February 07: Judges 6-8
February 08: Judges 9-12
February 09: Judges 13-16
February 10: Judges 17-21
February 11: Ruth
February 12: Psalm 104; Matthew 1-4
February 13: Psalm 105; Matthew 5-7
February 14: Psalm 106; Matthew 8,9
February 15: Psalm 107; Matthew 10,11
February 16: Psalm 108; Matthew 12-14
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February 17: Psalm 109; Matthew 15-17
February 18: Psalm 110; Matthew 18-20
February 19: Psalm 111; Matthew 21-25
February 20: Psalm 112; Mathew 26-28
February 21: Psalm 113; James
February 22: Psalm 114;1 and 2 Peter,
Jude
February 23: Psalms 115,116; 1,2,3 John
February 24: Psalms 117,118;
1 Samuel 1,2
February 25: Psalm 119.28;
1 Samuel 3-7
February 26: Psalm 119.29-52;
1 Samuel 8-11
February 27: Psalm 119.53-72,
1 Samuel 12-15
February 28: Psalm 119.73-104;
1 Samuel 16-19
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NESSL Presbyterian Church in Aleppo, Syria, gives out samples of healthy food and teaches their children in very difficult circumstances (pictures below). Good nutritious food is hard to get consistently in many areas of this war-ravaged country, with economic sanctions making it worse.
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It's the month of love, February. It's a time to remember those we love, but for us who are grieving it can be hard to get excited about the festivities. It's another holiday without our loved ones. So, we put together a post with some ideas of how to remember your loved one this month. Things that are easy to do and can be very meaningful.
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During this time of Covid-19 recommendations, we are offering support gatherings online. For the safety of our participants, we and our host sites will not be hosting in-person support gathers, for the time being. Please check for updates on future in-person support gatherings.
Please register and you will receive an email confirmation with the meeting access link & dial-in instructions, click the link below to register for:
Tuesday, February 16, @ 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 18, @Noon
Register at: https://www.faithandgrief.org/gatherings/
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New Episode Every Wednesday
Download & Listen Today
Learn more at: www.faithandgrief.org/podcast/
Download & listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple podcasts and Google podcasts. You can listen on your desktop or mobile devices, download these podcast apps today.
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Preparing for Growth
January 28, 2021 by Rev. Ivan Herman
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper. He removes any of my branches that don’t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. You are already trimmed because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch can’t produce fruit by itself but must remain in the vine. Likewise, you can’t produce fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, then you will produce much fruit. Without me, you can’t do anything. – John 15:1-5 (Common English Bible)
Not much fruit grows in my small and shaded back yard. Sometimes I can coax a tomato or cucumber to bring fruit from the vine in the summertime, but by February, even such little bounty is a faded memory. Now is the time to prune, prepare, and persevere.
While I don’t have a vineyard to prune and keep, there are assorted roses along the driveway that sit dormant during these cold months. They were planted long before me and will remain long after I leave this house unless my brown thumb gets in the way.
Last year I forgot to prune the roses. Instead of dozens of dark pink or cream-yellow flowers in spring and summer, the flowers were fewer and smaller. The bushes sprouted pencil-thin branches that couldn’t hold the weight of what they did produce. Fungal outbreaks of blackspot and powdery mildew were widespread. One of the taller rose bushes, in a bid for freedom from the tangled mess, pushed upward into the tiles of an overhanging roof and tried to jab its way through.
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Jesus may not have grown hybrid tea roses but pruning in a vineyard is similar in many ways. Pruning rose canes and vineyard canes can improve the health and productivity of the plant if done well and at the right time. It is labor-intensive and must be done with care and intent to what future growth will look like. When pruning roses, diagonal cuts are made just above outward-facing buds so that new growth moves away from the center of the bush, where there is greater competition for space and light. Outward growth encourages increased airflow to reduce disease, and it lets in more light to the center for a healthier, more vigorous plant.
As I prune the roses this year, each snip of the shears makes me ponder how to make room for new, healthy growth in my life and in the church. During this long season of pandemic, many of our activities and collective spiritual practices have remained dormant, and some may never return. Even still, we remain in Christ, our true vine, and our God is laboring to trim branches. That doesn’t necessarily mean these haven’t produced fruit, but that they will produce more fruit. God is preparing us for outward growth so that more light may come into our world, and that is good news, indeed.
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Hello All!
Nurture and Care and Fellowship Committees appreciate all the positive comments in regard to Healing Prayers and the Happy Birthday listing.
We have been on our own, but we still care/miss everyone. If there is anything we can do to help each other, please let me know. Also if you haven't given your birthday information through PowerChurch, you are welcome to send to me via text/email/phone call.
God's grace is with us, together or physically apart. Our Worshiping of God is either by phone, laptop or computer. Yes, this is different; no fellowship and in different surroundings . We are still listening to the scriptures, singing along with the hymns, listening to the sermon and enjoying special music.
Be safe. Stay in touch.
God Bless All,
Betty Ladusau - Nurture and Care
214.505.6043
Ashley Todd - Fellowship
972.603.8679
Committee Members: Georgia Regelsky, Sandra Wright, Peggy Duvall, Gloria Poole, Susie Smith, Melodi Rozell, Tim Ladusau (he does the heavy lifting . . .), and all members of our church as we stay in touch with each other.
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2020 - 2021 Session, Officers & Committee Moderators
Discipleship - Elias Muludiki, Priscilla Meadows
Fellowship - Ashley Todd
Finance - Enoch Azu
Mission/Outreach - Carol Wortham
Special Missions - Steve Schlarb
Nurture & Care - Betty Ladusau
Personnel - Alice Owen
Property - Greg Smith
Technology Task Force - Coy Donald
Facilities Task Force - Brian Parker & Gary Westerman
Worship - Martin Osae
Director of Music and Production - Tracy Herron
Stewardship - Peter Buhmann
Youth Elder - Kimberly Jordy
Officers:
Clerk of Session - Brian Parker, clerk@woodhavenpres.org
Assistant Clerk of Session - Alice Owen
Treasurer - Earllene Hausinger, treasurer@woodhavenpres.org
Assistant Treasurer - Stephen Walker
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Minister & Head of Staff
Shane Webb
pastor@woodhavenpres.org
Director of Music and Production
Tracy Herron
tracy@woodhavenpres.org
Organist
William "Joe" Snyder
jsnyder@woodhavenpres.org
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Bookkeeper
Elouise Murphy
bookkeeper@woodhavenpres.org
Office Administrator
Deborah Dickinson
office@woodhavenpres.org
Nursery Attendant
Nikki Homberg
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