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First Presbyterian Church of Upland
First Presbyterian Church of Upland Volume MMXVI Number 8
www.fpc-upland.com
August 2016
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FIRST PRESSFirst Presbyterian Church of Upland
Family Home DestroyeD in Fire, page 5
new ministry team, page 9
Jesus’ opinion on politics, page 2
Quarterly Financial report, page 10
cHurcH attenDance cHart, page 5
august calenDar, page 3
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
Volume MMXVI Number 8
www.fpc-upland.com
August 2016
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Senior PastorOn Politics: Part 1
Jesus was not political. Some of his followers were. They were called Zealots. One of Jesus’ apostles, Simon, was a Zealot. The Zealots emerged as a patriotic reactionary movement against Roman rule. Their roots may trace back to one Judas of Galilee who attempted a revolt in 6AD against the census put in place by Publius Suplicius Quirinius, as you re-member from the Luke 2 birth narrative of Jesus. The Zealots believed in Israel and believed that the Romans had no business ruling over them. They believed that God wanted Israel under the rule of the Jews—a real rule, unlike Herod’s puppet-kingship—totally free from Rome. Zealots were very political; they supported forces and ideas that supplied momentum to resisting Roman rule. They would have been happy to give their lives overthrowing Rome and taking back Jerusalem for good. We are in an election year, which means between now and November we will be forced to endure the non-stop scathing polemics of Fox, CNN and MSNBC; their easily-agitated, snarky spin; and their high blood pressure acrobatics in defense of one candidate or another. They look for blood and pounce at the first whiff. They criticize mercilessly and throw all blame across the table at their opponents. It’s no surprise that we begin to feel like specta-tors at WWF wrestling matches. In fact, it begins to feel too much like highly-emotional spectating. People drop snidely quips of their polit-ical foes at every chance, testing the water to see whether you and I will echo their sentiments. Do we take the bait? Do we jump into the feeding frenzy? It depends whom you favor. It’s a lot like being a fan, which is only short for fanatic. Angels or Dodgers? Trojans or Bruins? (Some of you may be frothing already “How dare you mention the lousy Angels in the same sentence as the righteous Dodgers!?”) Like superfans, we can get so emotionally invested in our party or candidate that anyone supporting the opponent begins to look…well, stupid, wrong, unholy, unrighteous and a total threat to the American way! Our Christianity forbids us from getting out of control over this stuff. It is just an election. There are good Christian brothers and sisters sitting in the pews near you who feel as strongly about their candidate or party as you do yours. Do you really want to deliver them your cheap shots? Of course not. Jesus didn’t tell us to pick a party and give our whole passions to it. He never once spoke up against Rome. Not once. He was non-political, apolitical, post-political—whatever you like—and as his followers we need to em-body something of that higher perspective. It’s good to care and fine to enjoy the energy of the blessed American electoral process, but let us keep our heads—our Christian perspective—which is well above party politics. Our hearts and passions were not given to us for them to be spent on causes so cheap as party politics. Let us keep our sense of perspective, our senses of humor, and our love for one another—despite political leanings—constant and strong indeed.
Noel K. AndersonSenior Pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
First Presbyterian Church of Upland Volume MMXVI Number 8
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August CalendarSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
14:30pm Buildings and Grounds7pm Boy Scouts
26:30am Men’s Breakfast7:30/8pm AA
33pm Family Beach Day
47pm Deacons
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79am Sunday School10am Worship w/ Communion
84:30pm Trustees5:30pm Grow Team7pm Boy Scouts
96:30am Men’s Breakfast7:30/8pm AA
105pm Youth Group Pool Party
114:30 Preschool Board4:30 Worship Team6:30 Gather Team7pm Serve Team
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149am Sunday School10am Worship
156:30pm Reach Team7pm Boy Scouts
166:30am Men’s Breakfast7:30/8pm AA
175pm Youth Group Fall Launch
184pm Loaves and Fishes5pm Daisy Troop
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21Fall Kickoff &Special Offering9am Sunday School10am Worship
227pm Boy Scouts
236:30am Men’s Breakfast6:30pm Session7:30/8pm AA
245pm Youth Group Game Night
256:30pm Personnel
26 279am Session Retreat
289am Sunday School10am Worship 11am Bring 4th Coffee Hour
297pm Boy Scouts
306:30am Men’s Breakfast7:30/8pm AA
315pm Youth Group Movie Night
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
Volume MMXVI Number 8
www.fpc-upland.com
August 2016
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Birthdays & Prayers
Prayer Calendar- AugustSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1- Antolin 2- Barker 3- Bell 4- Bennetts 5- Berkowitz 6- Bimber
7 8- Bledsoe 9- Borger 10- Bragg 11- Brewart 12- Bridge 13- Brinkley
14 15- Brown 16- Burke 17- Burns 18- Butler 19- Cabe 20- Campbell
21 22- Carder 23- Carlson 24- Carpenter 25- Carter 26- Casenave 27- Clipperton
28 29- Clothier 30- Coleman 31- Combe
Happy Birthday to the following who are celebrating AUGUST birthdays:
We would also like to extend “Birthday Greetings” to any other “AUGUST babies” we did not have on our list. If you know of a birthday that we have missed, please call Gael in the church office, (909) 982-8811, so we can update our computer files. Thank you, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU!
Please remember those that have been ill or are recovering from surgery.
Those that are homebound or in convalescent care:Felicia and Drexel Foreman, Ruth Fudge, Richard and Carol Hutton, Muriel Innes, Fred Johnson, Pat Palmer, Tommy Reeder, Beverly Scales, Irene Sepe, Clay Simpson, and Carol Zerillo.
Please call Gael in the office, so that we can make sure all of our information is correct. Thank you. 909-982-8811.
02 - EMILY CARLSON02 - HEATHER DECAUWER 02 - JUDY HAAS 03 - EMMA TONK 04 - COREY VAN DAM 06 - KEVIN ANGUKA 06 - ZECHARIAH WOLF 07 - PASTOR NOEL 10 − EBIE FOGLE 11 - CHRISTINE RICHARDSON 11 - LINDSEY WHEELER 12 - MARTHA HEBERT
12 - GENE MUELCHI 14 - THOMAS GAGE 14 - BILL GRIST 14 - RANDY RIGHETTI 14 − JARRET SPARKS 16 − TREVOR KEMNGANG 16 − LELIVELD KEMNGANG 16 − MIKE KONING 17 − MCADAM BURKE 18 − JONAH COLEMAN 18 − BOB KLER 19 - DAVID ROTH
20 - PAT CABE 22 - VICTORIA INGLEHART 22 - JENNA TONK 23 - EKEN MBA28 - JESSIE PHIRI29 - GEORGE COLEMAN,JR29 - DARYL GRIFFIN30 - JENNIFER COLEMAN30 - RANDY GMEINER30 - FRED WILDING31 - BILL HOWIE
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
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The Mack Family is one of the families that attends our Preschool! They lost everything in a fire last month that started from an electrical short in a new lamp they had purchased. No one was hurt, but all personal property appears to be a total loss.
Read more of their story and consider donating to help them out at the following website:
https://www.gofundme.com/codymack
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Youth Ministry
Questions? Feel free to email me!
Presley [email protected]
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Children’s Ministry
Awana Club
September 14, 2016 to May 17, 2017Wednesday nights 5:30 pm
Dates to Remember:Sept. 14, 2016 - First night of AWANA classes
Sept. 28, 2016 - Parent OrientationOct. 26, 2016 - AWANA Trunk or Treat Festival
Nov. 23, 2016 - No AWANADec. 21, 2016 - Christmas Celebration
Dec. 28, 2016 - No AWANAJan. 4, 2017 - No AWANA
Feb. 15 2017 - Valentine’s CelebrationMar. 29 Spring Break - No AWANA
May 17, 2017 - Final Celebration
Homework Club
September 14, 2016 to May 17, 2017Wednesday nights 4:00 pm
Dates to remember:Sept. 14, 2016 - First night of HW ClubOct. 26, 2016 - Trunk or Treat Festival
Nov. 23, 2016 - No HW ClubDec. 21, 2016 - Christmas Celebration
Dec. 28, 2016 - No HW Club Jan. 4, 2017 - No HW Club
Feb. 15 2017 - Valentine’s CelebrationMar. 29 Spring Break - No HW Club
May 17, 2017 - Final Celebration
Join us for this FREE event Wednesday, October 26, 2016 @ 5:30pm
Father & Daughter Princess Ball Saturday, November 5, 2016 @ 6:00pm
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First Presbyterian Church of Upland
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Serve TeamAugust 21st
Mariposa, Inc./ Loaves & FishesSpecial Offering
Our offering will support this ministry’s efforts to assist the homeless with training and job placement. May we be generous of spirit in helping this ministry of com-
passion and encouragement.
We helped Secoiya, Jacob and Jason get settled in their new
home on July 16th.
Thanks go to our GREAT move/assembly team and all
of you who support this ministry through your donations and prayers!
Thanks to your generosity the new preschool is moving along beautifully
St. James Preschool is rising!
This month’s food donation suggestion is
Cereal and Canned Fruit!
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B&G, Reach Team Summer is in full force and boy has it been getting hot. Now that Preschool is out for the summer it’s time to try and get some things done around the campus. We are working on having a new coating on the balcony outside the Sunday
School rooms, replacing air and water filters in the classrooms, and continuing to just repair things as needed. It is just like what you have to do with your own home. As things age you need to repair and replace. Our property is over 57 years old. We have been given this great property to share with our community in many ways, but it takes many hands to maintain it.
There are always opportunities for you to pitch in and be part of the team around the church. You don’t have to attend meetings. All you have to
do is let me know what type of projects you like to work on and when one needs done we will contact you. There are gardens that need tending, bushes
that need trimming, gutters cleaned out, occasional electrical work, and many other things. If there is a project you would like to work on just let me know. Any questions please call me at 909-949-8427
Leslie BorgerBuildings and Grounds Chair
I’d like to introduce to you FPCU’s newest team: Reach! The Reach Team was recently added to work alongside our current teams Gather, Grow, Worship and Serve to meet some needs we’ve noticed deserve some special attention at our church.
The Reach Team has 3 main goals:
Outreach – Encouraging members of our community not currently attending a church to visit FPCUEvangelism – To lead people into Christian Faith and a life in FPCU.Membership – To help outsiders become insiders and to help new mem-bers become active within the church.
We have several exciting events coming up, but we need your help! If you would like to join the Reach Team or have any ideas or suggestions, please contact me at 909-908-3146 or [email protected].
Laura McMullenReach Team Chair
session neeDs a stateD clerk. tHis person takes minutes at
session meetings anD communi-cates witH tHe Denomination. iF interesteD, please call tHe cHurcH oFFice. 909.982.8811
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
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Treasurer’s Corner At the request of Session, Trustees agreed to provide quarterly reviews of the church’s financial situation. The purpose of this report is to give the congregation a status report of the financial situation of the church for the second quarter (April 1 – June 30) and the year-to-date (Jan.1 – June 30). It is not an encouraging picture. When the 2016 Program Budget was approved last December, it contained some ambitious assumptions and concepts in order to create a budget in which projected revenues at least equaled projected expenses. The most ambitious concept involved renting unused space to smaller churches who desired to meet in a real church atmosphere versus an industrial building or a commercial storefront. The objective for 2016 is to generate $62,100 in space rental income. The second quarter of 2016 generally continued the less than positive example set in the first quarter. Overall revenues have not kept up with expenditures. Year-to-date, $23,200 had to borrowed from Prudent Reserves to meet daily expenses in January, February, and April. If current trends continue, our year end deficit could be as high as $51,180 Pledge revenue was down during the 2nd the quarter and year-to-date timeframes. Sunday plate offerings are up in the 2nd quar-ter and year-to-date. Overall fixed expenses were lower than projected for the 2nd quarter and year-to-date. One lease agreement for the upstairs chapel was signed in March. Space rental interest continues but has leveled off. Wedding revenue is disappointing.
Significant Financial Indicators During the Second Quarter and Year-to-Date Follow:
Checking Account: The Church Checking Account opened April 1 with a balance of $6,535.89.The Church Checking Account closed June 30 with a balance of $6,378.84.
However, it is important to remember that $7,000.00 had to be borrowed from Prudent Reserves to meet daily expenses in April. The total year-to-date amount borrowed is $23,200.
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2nd Quarter Total Budget Revenues vs. Expenses: 2nd Quarter Results Total projected, budgeted revenues: $164,162. Actual revenues: $142,977. Lower $21,185 Total projected, budgeted expenses: $166,430. Actual expenses: $157,525. Lower $ 8,905
Year-to-Date Total Budget Revenues vs. Expenses: YTD Results Total projected, budgeted revenues: $328,325. Actual revenues: $302,715. Lower $25,610 Total projected, budgeted expenses: $332,861. Actual expenses: $335,069. Higher $ 2,208
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2nd Quarter Total Pledge Revenue: Projected pledge revenue: $100,000. Actual pledge revenue: $83,072. Lower $16,928
Year-to-Date Total Pledge Revenue: Projected pledge revenue: $200,000. Actual pledge revenue: $173,849. Lower $26,151
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2nd Quarter Total Sunday Plate Offerings: Projected plate offerings: $15,000. Actual Plate offerings: $23,834 Higher $ 8,834
Year-to-Date Total Sunday Plate Offerings: Projected plate offerings: $30,000. Actual Plate offerings: $43,252 Higher $ 13,252
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2nd Quarter Total Fixed Expenses (salaries, administrative, Insurances, and Utilities): Projected fixed expenses: $140,843. Actual fixed expenses: $129,657 Lower $11,186
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Year-to-Date Total Fixed Expenses (salaries, administrative, Insurances, and Utilities): Projected fixed expenses: $281,686. Actual fixed expenses: $271,565 Lower $10,121
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2nd Quarter Total Team, Board, Operations, and Committee Expenses: Total expenses projected: $25,587. Actual expenses: $22,133 Lower $ 3,454
Year-to-Date Total Team, Board, Operations, and Committee Expenses: Total expenses projected: $51,175. Actual expenses: $53,067 Higher $ 1,892
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2nd Quarter Space Rental:Session agreed to begin an aggressive program to increase revenue from space rental opportunities as follows:Lease upstairs chapel for Sunday morning worship by February 28. 2nd Quarter revenue from Upper Room congregation. Revenue $ 3,600 Deficit $ 1,200
Lease upstairs chapel for Sunday afternoon worship by February 28. Afternoon chapel has been shown to several potential churches. Deficit $ 4,800
Lease separate office facilities by February 28 @$1,000/month. Office has been shown to several interested churches. Deficit $ 4,000
Lease main sanctuary for Sunday afternoon worship by June 1 @ $2,700/monthMain sanctuary has been shown to several potential churches. Deficit $ 2,700
Lease Hart Hall for Sunday afternoon worship by July 1 @ $1,200/month. -0-Hart Hall has been shown to a couple of interested churches.
Weddings and Receptions: 10 weddings & receptions @ $1,000 each. Revenue $ 816A marketing program is needed to get this activity going. Assumes4 weddings in second quarter. Deficit $ 3,184
Potential Salary Savings:Defer hiring a new Associate Pastor (May-December). Savings $52,560
Recommendations:1. Hiring an Associate Pastor (or any other new personnel) shall be done with financial considerations in mind.
2. Formally identify Gael Lecce as the church wedding coordinator; create a team to assist her; and develop and implement a marketing program regarding our church as a wedding/reception venue.
3. Continue the strong program, working with our realtor, to market our facilities to Christian congregations and organizations looking for better space to meet and worship.
4. Finally, a strong emphasis by Session and the Sunday pulpit on giving is im-perative for the remainder of the year to eliminate mounting deficits and achieve a balanced budget.
Ray BraggFPCU Treasurer
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Our Staff
First Presbyterian Church of Upland869 North Euclid AvenueUpland, CA 91786
OFFICE: (909) 982-8811FAX: (909) 525-4861PRESCHOOL: (909) 982-8616PS FAX: (909) 532-8356
EMAIL: [email protected]: fpc-upland.com
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
Noel AndersonSenior Pastor
Julia SmithOffice/Communications Manager
Gael LecceReceptionist
Misty WrenPreschool Director
Lonettia SparksChildren’s Ministry [email protected]
Presley GreenwaldYouth Ministry [email protected]
Dr. Judd BonnerMusic Director
Desiree BrynerAssistant Music Director
Larry FerrelCustodian
