July 2006 Pisgah Post Newsletter, Pisgah Presbyterian Church

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Thoughts from Ground Levelhen I returned from vacation with my family

in California last week, I was greeted with—asas you can imagine—a tall stack of mail, an

inbox full of emails, a sermon to write for a fastapproaching Sunday service, a wedding to conduct theSaturday before, and a few pastoral calls to make.

I am grateful to Sue’s leadership in my absence. Ididn’t even check email while I was away. Our cellphone was on, but it didn’t ring once. My family vacation

was two weeks of visiting my family, touring the state,and trying to escape the heat of summer in the San

Joaquin Valley. The vacation was wonderfully restful andlong enough that we are all glad to be home again.

Spinning the General AssemblyIn the tall stack of stuff waiting for my return wasinformation and questions sent my way following the217th General Assembly of our denomination. Thebiennial assembly met in Birmingham,

Alabama this year at the end of June. Ourpresbytery’s commissioners to the Assembly

were two ministers and two elders from thePresbytery, who along with elders andministers from every presbytery in thePC(USA), met for a week to conduct thenational business of the church.

Chris Roseland, the pastor at BeaumontPresbyterian Church in Lexington, was one of our Presbytery commissioners. He writes thathis head is still spinning from amount of work the commissioners accomplished.

I can imagine many commissioners’ headsspinning after receiving stacks of information, working

very hard with little sleep, and feeling the weight of making decisions for a denomination of people, and all-the-while seeking the will of God. After I returned fromCalifornia, I read much about the assembly that includesa whole lot of spin, which is admittedly different thanthe kind spinning Chris Roseland wrote about. You may

be having the same reaction about what you’ve read andheard. If you are, then I want to remind you about a partof our Presbyterian heritage that may help you.

A Lesson from the ReformersOur reformation ancestors, the reformers of the

1500’s who included John Calvin, Martin Luther, and John Knox, belonged to a radical group. To them,however, radical meant something more than it meanstoday. The dictionary definition of radical that we aremost familiar with is “favoring or effecting extreme orrevolutionary changes.” This certainly fits with what washappening in Europe in the 16th Century, for that was atime of much change for the church.

Our early reformers also embody another definitionof the word radical , a definition that the modern world isnot as used to associating with radical behavior. Thislesser-known definition is: “arising from or going to theroot or source.” To be radical then means to go to thesource. Radical comes from the Latin word radix whichmeans root. Think about the word, radish.

Our reformation ancestors were radical. They wentto the source, the Scripture, so that it would shape thedirection of the reformation of the church. They alsoreread the early church leaders. Finally, they understoodbeing radical meant reading the Bible in Greek andHebrew. John Calvin required reformation pastorsstudying with him to learn those ancient languages. Thatrequirement continues today for ministers in the

PC(USA).Go to the Source

All of this is to point to a long tradition of going tothe source, a tradition that has its own roots inthe John 1. One day Philip told Nathanael thathe had seen the one about whom Moses in the law and also in the prophets wrote, Jesus, the son of

Joseph from Nazareth. Nathanael answered, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip’sanswer was radical. Come and see, he said.

The weeks after a General Assembly arealways filled with articles, blogs (lately),

sermons, and headlines that will report on what happened and the consequences of whathappened for the church. In light of that, I

want to encourage you to be radical. Go to thesource by doing one of the following:

o Come to Sunday School for the next few weeks and we will look at the decisions that were made inBirmingham last month.

o Whenever you can, try to read source material. If someone refers to a report, find the report andread for yourself. If you can’t find it, let me know and I will help.

o Register for the Presbytery Mission Conference nextmonth (August 19 in Richmond, KY) and hear

reports directly from our presbytery commissioners. Registration forms are in the

Academy Building.o Remember that no one person, group, or ideology

has all the answers. Paul writes that we only know in part.

Keep praying for great work God has in store for usall. I hope to see you soon in worship or in Sunday school. I also hope your summer will include a time of rest and travel. As you are here and away in the weeksahead, I wish you much… Grace and peace, Jon

The Pisgah PostPisgah Presbyterian Church July 2006 Versailles, Kentucky

Our Mission: to worship God, study the Scripture, practice the teachings of Jesus



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The Peasall Sisters in Concert!Outdoor Gospel Concert, August 5 at 6:00 pm!

The Peasall Sisters are coming back to Pisgah Church!Bring a blanket or a chair. Bring your friends and family to share in this unforgettable evening. To find out more

about The Peasall Sisters , go to www.peacehall.org .

Thank You!Dear Peggy Graddy,

Thank you so much for inviting me to vacationBible School! I had a blast! Everyone was so nice to meand my mom. It gave me a chance to meet some new friends. All of the dinners were fantastic! Thank you somuch for taking me to VBS and dropping me off from

VBS. (I love your blue bug!) Your Friend, Lucy Bibb Landrum Brown

Pisgah Postings!

Picture Directory UpdateIf you did not have your picture taken for the new

directory, please mark your calendar for Saturday August19, 2006. The photographer will be back for anadditional day of picture taking. We encourage as many people as possible to be included in the latest picturedirectory.

You will receive a free 8 x 10 photo without

pressure to purchase extras. To schedule an appointmentyou can sign up at church or call the church office.

General AssemblyInformation andReports

Documents from the 217th General Assembly can be found athttp://www.pcusa.org/ ga217/. If you do not have an internetconnection, call the church officeand we will print the report or

document you are looking for.

Snippets

o Louise and Jeff Lagrew announce the engagement

of Lucy Lagrew to Tim MacCarthy. They areplanning to be married in Fall 2007. Lucy alsohas graduated with a degree in M.S. Educationfrom the College of Charleston.

o Congratulations to Ward and Joan Crowe, whocelebrated with their 53rd wedding anniversary on

July 1. Ask them about it!o Congratulations to Smith and Lela Mitchell, who

celebrated their Golden Anniversary, 50th withfamily and members of the original wedding party on June 30.

o Amanda Howard has begun her training in

Annapolis. Please send cards and letters to her,especially in these initial weeks and months. Heraddress is: MIDN Amanda Howard Class of 2010O Company 28 Platoon P.O. Box 12756

Annapolis, MD 21412-2756. Additional “Snippets” are posted on the Pisgah

Fridge in the Academy Building.

Shepherd ListEveryone at Pisgah has been assigned a “Shepherd”.

Most of the Shepherds are Elders, but not all. Their jobis to check in with you from time to time and make surelife is treating you right. If not, then Pisgah is here tohelp in anyway it can.

Needed –Your news! Tell us what’s going on inyour life so we can share in the Snippetssection of the newsletter and on the churchfridge.

Photos of church events and people for a newPicture directory! Details to follow!

People to help fold the newsletter each month!

The Pisgah Post is published monthly by the PisgahPresbyterian Church, 710 Pisgah Pike, Versailles, KY 40383. The deadline for the August 2006 issue of thenewsletter is July 17. Please submit articles to thechurch office or email them tooffice is ah resb terian.or .



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For a current copy of the Shepherd List, check thebulletin board in the Academy Building by the Mary Shepherd Circle table. If you have a need that Pisgahcan help with, then contact your Shepherd. Know toothat someone, (your Shepherd), is praying for you daily.

If somehow your name has not gotten to the listplease let a committee member know. You can contactSarah Cox (269-6648 or Lisa Johnson (873-4388)

DCE ReflectionA Report on Bible Camp 2006

On the last day of bible camp a young mother of apreschooler came up and thanked me for allowing herchild to participate. She said that she was especially happy that we were “teaching” the bible in a way thatyoung children could understand. Then she shared thisexperience with me. Her husband often works out of town for a couple of days at a time and was gone when

we started Bible Camp. The father returned on Tuesday, which was our third day of Bible Camp, and her son wasexcited to see his dad when their neighbor brought himhome. She said her son climbed into her husband’s lapand said, “Daddy, God treasures you.” The father wascaught off guard and just responded with “Oh, really” to

which the little boy told him, “That’s one of God’spromises—God loves you, God knows you and Godtreasures you. Tomorrow, I’ll find out what else Hepromises and tell you.”

In some ways, Bible Camp seems like a long timeago but it was just last month. How do I begin to thank everyone? Jamie Gilbert and the entire EducationCommittee were invaluable in the planning andrecruiting months before the actual week. This was the

year for many “firsts.” It was the first time that we triedan evening bible camp, the first time that we offereddinner to those who attended, the first time we had theentire Bible Camp outdoors in various tents and the firsttime we offered an adult bible study. Becky Prater did agreat job organizing the evening meals with fooddonations and volunteers. Special thanks go to Boy Scout Troop 1784 for coming to cook hamburgers onthe grill for the opening of Bible Camp and to the Mary Shepherd Circle for supplying pizzas for our closing celebration.

Children are still singing the songs (and hand

motions) taught to them by Jamie Torp and DottieSchmidt. “Dig Deep” remains the favorite. They wouldalso reinforce learning the songs during our daily assembly time. This year, there were three Missionalaspects of Bible Camp. The children collected $214.88 – primarily in coins-- to contribute to the American CancerSociety via the Relay for Life. This was a lively competition between the boys and the girls. To give youan idea: the girls had been ahead for most of the week until one of the boys brought in a coffee can full of change! With that, the boys won. Besides bragging rights, the boys won the honor of breaking the Pinata the

last night. Secondly, they collected 1 ½ quart size bags

worth of pop tops for the Ronald McDonald House.Poptops are turned in for money used to provide kitchensupplies available to all families who stay in the house

when a child is in the hospital. Thirdly, children wereasked to bring in an additional T-shirt on the tie-dyecraft day to donate to other children in need. On behalf of Pisgah’s Bible Camp, we collected 41 T-shirts of

various children’s sizes and donated the shirts to Woodford County Clothing Bank.

The Bible Storyteller Tent, “Big Dig” site and smallgroup Reflection Time were grouped together for thechildren. The bible promise was reinforced severaltimes. The story-tellers told the story about God’spromise, costumed bible characters acted out a skit foreach day’s story, children dug for tokens each day thatrepresented God’s promise, then field guides andstorytellers asked questions about the story andencouraged discussion with children as they articulatedtheir thoughts.

Crafts were a favorite activity. Treasure boxes tohold the tokens were made the first day. Rainbow

magnets, feathered birds and reversed tie-dyed shirts were made during the week and taken home. On the lastday, the children painted the cement cylinder in theplayground area with the symbols of God’s Promiseslearned during the week as their gift to the church.

Recreation provided organized games and fellowshiptime together for each of the small age-level groups.Conrad and Brett—popular and well-loved horses --provided rides for the children three of the five days of Bible Camp. I was told of this unique feature of BibleCamp during my initial interview at Pisgah and saw how much the children love this tradition.

We had 63 children participate during the week. Wealso had 67 adults from the church serve in somecapacity. During the course of the week, the breakdown

went something like this:Nursery 0Preschool-Kindergarten 15First & Second Grade 14

Third & Forth Grade 16Fifth & Sixth Grade 18

Adult Bible Study 11 Youth Helpers 17

The adult class bible study used the same promisesthat the children were learning as their basis. Only fourpeople in the class had children or grandchildrenattending Bible Camp—the others came for the adultstudy itself. This was co-taught by Jamie Gilbert and

Wanda Rodgers. The comments I have heard about thishave been overwhelmingly positive.It rained the last half of the first night but was great

weather the rest of the week. On a personal note, a very nice “perk” is that twice while shopping at Kroger,children from the community have come up to me to say “hi.” Their parents have also come over to say what agood time their kids had at our Bible Camp.

I look forward to Cathy Johnson and Ann Hayes

being the co-directors for next year’s Bible Camp. -Sue



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Confirmation 2006Confirmands answer membership Questions

While Confirmands, each member of the class wasasked to write a response to the questions they would beasked on the Sunday they were received intomembership. The youth each took a different questionand shared their answers with the Session. They are now sharing their responses with the congregation

Question 1: Do you turn from the ways of sin and renounce evil and its power in the world?

Lucie Chandler: “Yes, I am sure I can renounce the ways of evil as the question says but turning away completely? Well, one can only hope to try that! I wasnervous at first because I was taking the questionliterally, thinking things like ‘how can I answer thisquestion if I won’t be able to totally turn from the waysof evil?’ Well, that afternoon, my class talked about thisquestion. Jon told us about the line between good andevil. He said, “When you’re going through confirmation,it’s kind of like you’re passing through the wall between

good and evil.” So I got to thinking again, “Oh no!” Well, I came up with the idea about the color linebetween good and evil.Good = Yellow-------------Orange----------------Red=Evil

Everything in-between those colors is a combinationof yellow, red and orange. Yellow would be Jesus. Only one person has been totally yellow (Jesus). Red would bethe devil. Orange is where I believe I am. This is whatmakes me feel that by answering the question, “Yes,” I

will be able to make a personal commitment to myself to work on becoming more and more yellow everyday.

Question #2 Who is your Lord and Savior?

Field Broadbent: Jesus Christ is our Lord andSavior. Jesus Christ is known as our Lord because He isour leader and is looked up to by many like a King

would be in one country.I feel that Jesus Christ is our Savior because He

sacrificed His life on the cross to save us. He is also ourSavior because He bears our sins and loves us.

Question #3 Will you be Christ’s faithful disciple, obeying His Word and showing His love?

Melanie Burrier: I will be Christ’s faithful discipleobeying His word and showing His love. I will worship

the Lord through prayer, song and love. I will take partin a fellowship that will help me understand my life andthe impression I am supposed to make upon others lives.

I will study the Bible as a tool and a compass. I willlet it show me the path to God and everything thatcomes with it. I will obey God, as a child, through His

Word. I will live by it because the Bible and the TenCommandments are my law.

As well as living by God’s law and having Him inmy life, I will try my best to add Him to others lives as

well. I will show God’s love for everyone through me. I will show His fatherly love to the world through service

or mission work. I am Christ’s faithful disciple.

Summer Sunday SchoolNursery is available each week and younger children

will continue to use the material from Adventures of the Treasure Seekers Bible Camp on the five Promises Godmakes to us.

The Mayberry Bible Study will continue for thesummer—it is designed for upper elementary children,youth and adults alike. It is necessary that we start the

video of the Andy Griffith Show right at 9:00 a.m. sothat we will have more time for our discussion of the values and biblical truths portrayed in the episode. Thefirst few weeks have proven to be a fun way to start themorning and the discussions lend themselves to continueat home.

General Assembly Follow-up: For a couple of weeks, Jon will meet to review the events of the General Assembly from last month in Birmingham. Wrap upmaterials copies of General Assembly reports will beavailable.

Camp Burnamwood Fifth SundayOffering“Equipping the Saints Campaign 2006”

July 30th is the Fifth Sunday and the Mission andEvangelism Committee along with the Pisgah Sessionhave agreed that Camp Burnamwood is in need of ourhelp. As you know, many of our children have attendedthis marvelous facility near Irvine, KY. through theyears. Those that have attended have wonderfulmemories and a deepen faith because of it.

This past year the Camp’s funding has beendrastically cut at the Presbytery level and the camp is

now responsible for raising $80,000.00 of its ownfunding. We think Pisgah can help meet this goal.

On Sunday July 30th the interim director of thecamp, Lee Boyd will address our Sunday school at 9:00a.m. about the needs of the camp. We hope you canjoin us for some refreshments and a time to hear fromLee about his hopes and dreams for the future of Burnamwood.

For more information you can visit: www.burnamwood.net. There you will find a list of volunteer needs, camp, reunion and conferenceschedules.

Faithfully, Your Mission & Evangelism Committee



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Calling all Camp BurnamwoodAlumni

Did you ever attend Camp Burnamwood as acamper? Or as a counselor? Or know someone who did?

The Camp Burnamwood Committee is gathering information on Burnamwood Alumni and is planning acamp reunion for September 10, 2006. Send your name,address, email address and approximate years you

attended Burnamwood to Amy Palmer at [email protected].

Want to join the Burnamwood Alumni group on Yahoo? The alumni group is a free group created to helpformer campers and counselors reconnect. There is aplace to post photos as well as a contact list with themembers’ names and current addresses and phonenumbers. We’re up to over 130 members from many yras of Burnamwood and would love for you to join.Even if you don’t think you’ll be able to make it to thereunion, we would love to know where you are forfuture events! To join, send an email to:

[email protected] .

Talent Show Details!With Picnic on August 12

You’ve heard us ask you to dedicate your time... Weoften ask you to think about your tithe. Today theStewardship Committee encourages you to share your

TALENTS with Pisgah. We are actively seeking individuals or small groups to participate in the 3rd

Almost-Annual Pisgah Talent Show which will be heldon Saturday, August 12th. There will be potluck dinner incombination with the Pisgah Community Club followed

immediately by 12 to 15 acts. Sing, Dance, Make a JoyfulNoise! If you’d like to be an act please contact Lisa Johnson (873-4388) or Abe Fosson (873-7582). If you’dlike to see the acts, please mark your calendar forSaturday, August 12th.

Relay For Life Report The Relay For Life was held on June 9-10, 2006. To

date the Pisgah Pony Express has raised $2,489.88. Thank You to the McHattons for their helpdecorating/breaking down the tent decorations (Danalso served as our pony express rider on his horse namedCURE). Thank You to our survivors who started ourevening with the first lap-YOU are the reason we relay.

Thank You to everyone who came out that evening and walked and/or made a donation. Thank You to Hank Graddy, who walked all evening, returning in theEARLY morning hours to walk until the event closed.

Thank You to John Walker, Jr. for asking me to serve asteam captain. It was an important step in my healing process. Thank You to my teammates, Jon Martin, SueHenry, and Mission & Evangelism for helping to make adifference in the battle against cancer.

Janet Lake\

Saturday, August 126:30p.m.

Church Picnic and

Sunday, August 13Beginning at 10:00a.m.

Outdoor Hymn Sing

and Worship Service

One Big Church

Family Photo

Covered Dish Brunch

Everyone Is Welcome!

Pisgah Presbyterian Church

H H o o m m e e c c o o m m i i n n g g W W e e e e k k e e n n d d ! !

August 12 – 13, 2006



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Adventures of the Treasure Seekers! Pisgah Bible Camp

June 11-15, 2006

Ed Clark and Andrew Johnson, both in costume,help lead reflection time.

Once again, Conrad led by Alli Howard, does a great job helping

with Bible Camp, with Lillie Broadbent atop.

The first and second grade class seeks treasure.

Getting ready for music time.

We all saw the great musical and dancing talents of Jamie Torp and Dottie Schmidt. “Archaeology…”

Happy Birthday to You in July3 Joe Johnson4 Vince Straub6 Julie Lacy, Donna Lawrence7 Jeff Lagrew, Graddy Prewitt, Carolyn Ryan,

Chuck Martie8 Field Broadbent, Jaqlyn Fey 9 Elizabeth Collier, Susanne Martin

10 Amy Shropshire11 Noah Mobley 12 Pattie Broadbent, Reed Gilbert, Victor Torres14 Kristine Cullen, Jim Rodgers, Tyrone Sparks,

Rita Cope, Hardin Field16 Anna Coleman Prewitt, Martha Sweet19 Johnny Mac Smith20 Jayne Cheetham, Alex Davis21 Jonah Martin22 Chuck Craycraft, Neile Ifland23 Carol Weldon24 Leslie Gilbert29 Joyce Simpson30 Jane Pryor

…and in early August! 1 W. Gay Reading 2 Allan Sweet, Jamie Torp3 Alice Schaaf. Will Smith4 Nicki Graddy 8 Monty Hinton, Vera Kadamyan9 Tom Cope11 Bob James

Please help us keep this list up to date!



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Sundays at Pisgah Church!9:00a.m. Sunday School10:00a.m. Morning Worship

The Staff Email Jon: [email protected] Sue: [email protected] Laura: [email protected]

Peggy: [email protected] Presbyterian Web Sites:Pisgah: www.pisgahpresbyterian.org Presbyterian Church (USA): www.pcusa.org Transylvania Presbytery: www.transypby.org Synod: www.synodoflivingwaters.org Pby. New Service: www.pcusa.org/pcusa.brief.htmPresbyterians Today: www.pcusa.org/pcusa/today Pby. Disaster Assistance: www.pcusa.org/pda

Pisgah Church Staff Jon Martin, PastorLinda Jones, OrganistSue Henry, Director of Christian EducationLaura Lilly, Youth DirectorPeggy Graddy, Secretary Ted Bendis, BookkeeperBob Keller, Groundskeeper

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