JANUARY 2016

NEWSLETTER

First

Presbyterian

Church

Huron SD

Andrew Crandall, Pastor—pastorandrew@santel.net

Chad Zachrison, Assoc. in Ministry—chad.zachrison@santel.net

Church Office—firstpc@santel.net Phone 605-352-8789

www.fpchuron.com

Pastor’s pen

Last year an article in The Washington

Post asserted, “Broadly speaking, American churches are in-

credibly generous to the needs of a hurting world.” Here are

some stats:

In 2009, overseas relief and development supported by all

American churches exceeded $13 billion.

Foundations and non-church charities spent $11 billion.

In addition, groups such as Samaritan's Purse, Food for the

Hungry, World Relief, and many others provide hundreds of

millions of dollars in anti-poverty programs at home and

abroad.

Those numbers don’t include all the work which churches pro-

vide locally for those in needs: clothing closets, food pantries, home-

less shelters, and hot meals.

One way our local Huron churches serve the needy is through

the Huron Ministerial Association’s Transient Help Fund. This fund –

supported by over a dozen area churches – helps people passing

through Huron get where they need to go. Transient persons can get a

safe place to spend the night and some help in the next leg of their jour-

ney.

The Ministerial Association is sponsoring a Community Soup

Supper at Riverview Methodist, Sunday, January 31st, 5-7pm. Freewill

offerings given at the meal will go to support the Ministerial Help

Fund. Come enjoy a great meal

and support a good cause.

We’ve Got Mail

Dear Deacons, thank you so much for the flowers, I really enjoy them. Ruth Herzberg

Thank you for the poinsettia, it is very beautiful and appreciated. Marilyn Rogers

Thank you for the beautiful bouquet of poinsettias. They are beautiful. This is a great church. I love everything about it. With Love, Idel McDonald

Thank you for the pretty red poinsettia, the deacons delivered on Sunday. I’m enjoying it. Sincerely, Ruth Winter

Thank you very much for the nice plant you brought, it is very nice. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Hap-py New Year. Thank you so much. Eva Vilhauer Thank you, Deacons for the beautiful red poinsettia that has helped bring Christmas cheer my way! Also for the beautiful birthday remembrances and cheerful visits of the Deacons as they make their faithful weekly delivery of tapes and bulletins. Blessings! Lorraine Jacobson

Do something special for your January Birthday by donating a penny for each year of

your age to the PW’s Birthday Box in the east room. You will help fund their mission projects Have a special happy birth-day! Dear Church Family,

Issue # 1

January

2016

Ministry Minute

I know that education is one of the most important things that

we can do. We know how important it is for our children and young

adults. We send our children to school during the week and to Sun-

day School on Sunday mornings. We expect our children to go to

college or tech school to learn and prepare themselves for their ca-

reers. How much time do we, as adults, spend in a group setting

learning about faith and studying scripture? We cannot learn and

grow alone, we need to learn from one another. We need to learn and

prepare ourselves, not only for our careers but for our lives. We need

to learn and grow so that we can better face the challenges that life

and the world puts before us.

As the new year begins I would like you to invite you to re-

start your Christian education. There are several different opportuni-

ties for learning and growth here at First Presbyterian. Andrew and I

are both teaching classes on Sunday mornings. In January I am

teaching a class for the deacons of our church and helping them to

continue doing the great work that they do. Andrew is teaching a

class centering around Christ in the Gospels.

I am starting a new book for the Thursday noon book study

on January 7th. We will be studying the book Altar Ego by Craig

Groeschel. This book explores who God has created us to be, not

who society tells us we should be.

Chad Zachrison

January Funerals

CAKE PROVIDERS AND WORKERS Terry & Marla Bawdon, Ruth Bennett, Dick & Pam Biel, Kathie Bostrom, Darrell Briscoe, Iris Brown, Ione Buckley, Robert & Sa-brena Brooks, Janice Christensen, Helen Clark, Becky Casper, Diane Clayton, Alissa Crandall, Barb Daugherty, Joan Daugherty, David & Cheryl Davidson.

We’ve Got Mail

Thank you so much for the care package. It was a great morale booster, not just for me either. I shared the contents with some of the people I work with. They enjoyed it as well. It is great knowing that there are people that still think about us Service Members even when we are state side. Just because we aren’t deployed does not mean we do not work long hours and are away from our loved ones. Thank you again for the package. It is very much appreciated. Yours in Christ, Pace Clayton. What a wonderful surprise to get a care package from home. The treats, baked goods, and personal items are all great-ly appreciated, as well as the sporting magazines. Most of all it was nice to know people from home were thinking of me. I will be deploying again within the next few months. Hopefully I will get time to come home first and attend church while I am home and see some of you. I have shared the treats with my bunkmates, and they think I am pretty fortunate. Thanks Again! Sincerely, Robert Pietz Staff Sgt. U.S. A. F. Travis Airforce Base, CA

Thank you for thinking of us at this time of the year. The party and Calendars are fun. Residents of VTMH

CENTS ABILITY UPDATE…

Holy Buckets Penny Offering December $1200.20 $600.10 was matched by Marvin & Ruth Kelly

1/3 Hunger Program, 1/3 Men’s Prayer Breakfast/Salvation Army meat, 1/3 Helping Hands for food.

Total for year 2015: $6332.73

Sunday School begins @ 9:10am beginning Jan-

uary 10 3yrs-K, 1st-3rd, 4th & 5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th & 2

Adults Classes. Worship at 10:30 Men’s Prayer Breakfast The men meet for breakfast the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at 8:00 am at the Plains for breakfast.

Praise Team meets at 5:10 Choir at 6:30

1st—8th grade, Senior Highs meet for a meal at 6:00 pm.

Covenant Group meets the 3rd Wednesday at

noon.

Chad’s book study meets at noon every Thursday.

Come late, leave early. This group meets year

round. Join at any time.

Circles meet the 2nd Thursday January 14, 2016

Hope Circle at 9:30 am – Fellowship hall Joy Circle at 1:30 pm – Fellowship hall

Our last pictorial directory was in 2010, we have many new members to include and update information. An organization meeting will be held January 5, at 1:00 pm. Please attend and be part of the 2016 directory

Lighting the advent

Calendar!

Sunday School

Christmas program.

SS party!

Christian Education

1st - 8th Grade

Schedule Jan. 6 Regular LOGOS night

13 Regular LOGOS night

20 Ice Skating /Drop off at the church, pick

up at the Bergman arena

27 Regular LOGOS night

Member Highlights

Jerry Galliger

Jerry Galliger was born to Roy and Elizabeth (Gritman) Galliger of Bonilla, SD on January 24, 1939. Both parents are deceased. He was the youngest of three boys and three girls. His brother, Cam, is the only living sibling. Jerry lived on the farm until about Second Grade when they moved into Bonilla. He attended all Twelve Years of school at Bonil-la graduating in 1957. He attended the Pres-byterian Church there as well. Jerry worked for the Federal Government beginning in 1957 as a Land Surveyor for the Bureau of Reclamation, then went into drafting and later Office Engineering for the Bureau. In 1980 he transferred to the Office Engineering Section of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). He worked a total of 37 years for the Government. In July 1960 Jerry married Carol Melstad at the United Church of Christ in DeSmet, Carol's hometown. During their mar-riage they lived in South Dakota, North Dakota, California, and Nevada and finally moved back to Huron. The couple had four children, one son and three daughters. Steven (Rhonda) Galliger lives in Hartford SD. He is a Mechanical Engineer and Vice Pres-ident of Procurement for Luverne Truck Equipment in Bran-don. They have three children; Brady of Rapid City and Michael and Samantha who both live in Sioux Falls. Daughter, Tana Hagel, a Registered Nurse worked for Sanford and also Avera Hospitals in Sioux Falls for a number of years. She is now a Trav-eling Registered Nurse for placement agencies. She serves for a minimum of 13 weeks at a time, extending up to a year if she so desires. She has served at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, in Kearney Nebraska, Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and presently Rapid City. Her two children, Christopher and Ashley both live in Sioux Falls. (continued)

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Daughter, Jeannette (Tod) Naser lives in Mitchell and is currently recuperating from a back injury. Tod works for Aurora Plains Academy in Plankiton. Jean-nette and Tod have two boys, Derek and Andrew

who both live in Mitchell. They also have one Granddaughter, Addaline. Jerry’s other daughter, Susan, is a paralegal. She is currently working in the Huron School System as a K-12 substitute teacher. Jerry has been involved with the American Cancer Socie-ty Relay for Life for a number of years. He had Prostate Can-cer in 2004 and Carol passed away in Dec. 2008 of Leukemia. The entire Galliger family, including the Grandchildren, en-joys going on camping trips during the summer. They go to many of the South Dakota campgrounds for fishing, jet skiing, paddle boarding, kayaking, building camp fires and just enjoy-ing each other. Jerry has also had interesting trips to Florida and Ha-waii. Jerry has remained a Presbyterian since joining in Bonil-la. He is currently serving First Church as an Elder and is Chairman of the Worship and Music Committee and Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee, and sings in the choir. Jerry has been a Deacon, a past Elder and an at-large member of Building and Grounds Committee. In 2003 he received the Hineni Award.

January Celebrations

Birthdays: Evelyn Cudmore 94, Joyce Reiter 86 Anniversaries: Dalmer & Jo Polly 20, Jim & Jill Reimer 35

PW Safe Birth Campaign Quarters save lives!

100 quarters saves one life. Deposit quarters in the Blue Tube in the East

Room

To: family Marion Van Poll, Louise’s mother. Family & friends of Victory Dracy Family & friends of Hugh Fullerton

Military Personnel and Families

President Obama Government Officials Prison Inmates Military Personnel & families

Assisted Living, Nursing Homes & Home Bound

SunQuest Village: Kathleen Amundson, Mary Haley, Lorraine Jacobson, Idel McDonald, Eva Vilhauer Violet Tschetter June Larsen StoneyBrook Suites: Darlene Olson, Evelyn Cudmore, Madelyn Nickel-son SunQuest Healthcare Center: Harriet Turnwall, Henry Sievers Out-of-Town Nursing Homes: Jill Baker. Courtyard Apts: Marilyn Rogers Home Bound: Mahalia Connell

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Attendance

Sunday School Worship Date # Date # Date # Date 12/07/14 49 12/06/15 51 12/07/2014–185 12/06/2015 – 168 12/14/14 52 12/13/15 66 12/14/2014–212 12/13/2015 – 229 12/21/14 39 12/20/15 31 12/21/2014–179 12/20/2015 – 194 12/24/2014–274 12/24/2015 – 310 Communion 245 Communion–271 12/28/2014–105 12/27/2015 – 73 Elder of the Month: Deacon of the Month: Ken Shoultz

Volunteers for Prayer Chain #1 #2

Greg & Donna Hepper 352-3621 Frances Langbehn 352-4079 Vi Magness 352-5377or 8759 Bev Erdahl 352-4746 Sue Gose 352-8104 Marlene Gamber 352-5219 Iris Brown 352-4718 Cam Galliger 352-4928 Mona Kotas 352-9517

Members Janis Andol Evelyn Cudmore Ruth Herzberg Ron Hastings David Hook Cherry Amick Henry Sievers LaVonne Nicholas Oliver Nicholas Alan Schmidt Madelyn Nickelson James Pownell

Friends & family

Kim Arbeiter Jan Balsley (Alissa Crandall’s mother) Roger Bierstedt Deb Baruth (neighbor and friend of Randall & Sandra Eden) Virgil Brugger (LaVonne Nicholas’ brother) Rev. Ballard Blount (Lori Magness’ father) Jene & Jan Carrol (Berneice M Muilenburg’s son-in-law &daughter) Carolyn Crathers (Ken Shoultz’ sister) Andrea Cook (Iris Brown’s daughter) Kim Crump (Cam & Melba Galliger’s daughter) Larry Claypool (Renea Katz’s father) Kory Farstad (Lisa Gogolin’s father) Ginny Folsom (Steve Peters’ Mom) Claudia Frey (former member) Beverly Hook (David’s mother) Gladys Hrdlicka (Donna Meiers’ mother) Cliff Hrdlicka (Donna Meiers brother) Tami Isreal (Barb Peterson’s friend) Cloe Jesson ( Marlene Gamber’s friend). Cam & Nancy Kruse (Inez Eddy’s brother & sister-in-law) Scott Lindblad (Peggy Mueller’s son) Mary Louise & Leslie Jensen (Brenda Schmidt’s parents) Patricia Moore (Greg Hepper’s aunt) Charlotte Mangan (sister of Oliver Nicholas) Doretta Nelson (sister of Berneice Muilenberg) Glen Millage (Pastor Andrew’s uncle) Susan Munion (friend of Cam & Melba Galliger) Marian (Wold) Martin (friend of Lori Magness) Kathi Mueller (wife of Mike and daughter-in-law of Karen Michelle Pulfrey (friend of the Alan Schmidt family) Michael Peterson (friend of the Alan Schmidt family) Patty Ruehle (Chuck Groth’s sister) Phyllis Schmidt (Alan Schmidt’s mother) Marilyn Schiekoff (Phyliss Lemke’s sister) Sonnie Schimke (14 mo. Old grandson of Merle Schimke) James Teer (Mona Kotas’ brother-in-law) Amy Weller (Dar King’s daughter) Jill Wurzer (friend of Erica McNeil)

January 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Office Closed

2

Dalmer & Jo

Polly 20

Jim & Jill Reimer

35

3

Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00

Worship 10:30

Holy Buckets

4 5 6

Praise Team 5:10

LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

7

Hope Circle 9:30

Book Study

With Chad Noon

Joy Circle 1:30

8 Presby Coun-

cil

9

10

Sunday School 9:10

Worship 10:30

Communion

11

Evelyn Cudmore

94

12 Ch. Ed. 6:30

Fin./Steward 6:30

Miss./Evan. 6:30

Bldg./Gr. 7:00

Church Life 7:00

Worship/Music 7:00

Session 7:30

13 Marlene Gamber 80

Praise Team 5:10

LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

14

Book Study

With Chad Noon

15 16

17 Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00

Sunday School 9:10

Worship 10:30

18 19

20

Praise Team 5:10

LOGOS /skating 6:00

Senior High 6:00

21

Book Study

With Chad Noon

22

23

24

Sunday School 9:10

Worship 10:30

31

Sunday School 9:10

Worship 10:30

Annual Mt & Pot Luck

25 26 27 Joyce Reiter 86

Praise Team 5:10

LOGOS 6:00

Senior High 6:00

Adult Choir 6:30

28

Book Study

With Chad Noon

29 30