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HOW TO RECEIVE CHRIST

1. Admit your need.

“I am a sinner.”

2. Be willing to turn from

your sins.

“I am sorry for my sins,

Lord. Please forgive

me.”

3. Believe that Jesus Christ

died for you on the cross

and rose from the grave.

“I believe you did what

you said you did—that

you died on the cross

then rose from the

dead and have the power

to save me.”

4. Through prayer, invite

Jesus Christ to come in

and control your life

through the Holy Spirit.

“Please come into my

life and change me.

Make me a new per-

son.”

5. If you have recently

received Christ, we

would like to give you

a Bible and some

study materials. Con-

tact Janine Miller if you

are interested.

First Presbyterian Church PO Box P

15 N. Chillicothe St. South Charleston, OH

45368 Phone: 937-462-8479

Email: scharleston-first@sbcglobal.net

www.scharlestonfirst.org

Today 12:30 pm BC 101 (Rm. B-01) Monday 6:00 pm Session Bible Study (Rm. B-01) 6:30 pm Young Life Campaigners (Baldauff’s) 8:00 pm Young Life Club (Gilbert’s) Wednesday 6:15 am Men’s Fellowship (Fellowship Hall) 6:30 pm Pioneer Clubs 6:30 pm Quartet Practice (Basement) 6:45 pm Women’s Small Group (Rm. B-01) 7:00 pm Brass Practice (Sanctuary) Thursday 10:00 am Women’s Small Group (Fell. Hall) 6-10 pm Church Reserved 6:30 pm Adult Small Group (Rm. B-01) Friday 9:30-11:00 Women’s Brunch (Fell. Hall) Saturday 7:00 am Men’s Bible Study (Rice Residence) Sunday 8:30 am Traditional Worship 10:00 am Sunday School for All Ages 11:00 am Contemporary Worship 12:30 pm BC 101 (Rm. B-01)

Events in Our Church Family

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Sept. 30, 2018

FPC NEWS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Women’s Brunch 2

Fall Picnic 2

Addresses 2

Thank You 3

Painters 3

New Baby 3

Nursery Workers 4

Session Retreat 4

Generous Offer 4

PRC Updates 4

Trunk or Treat 5

Food Pantry 6

Greeters & Readers 6

Anniversaries 6

Upcoming Sermons 7

Where to Turn 7

Church Calendar 8

Operation Christmas Child

For the past several years, our church has participated in

Operation Christmas Child—the Shoebox Ministry— sponsored by

Samaritan’s Purse. This Christmas season, you too can help share

joy and hope with a needy child in a troubled country. All you

need to do is pack a shoebox with age-appropriate gift items. For

complete details, please pick up a brochure from the table in the

Sanctuary overflow or contact April Entler.

You may leave your packed shoebox in the corner near the

Get Connected table. The final date for collection of our shoeboxes

is Sunday, November 11th. Please make sure to attach a label to

the top of your box. These can be found in the brochures. Please

also include a check for $9 to cover shipping. If you would like to

“follow” your shoebox, you may contribute $9 online (at

www.samaritanspurse.org) and print a packing label from there.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Please don’t pack toothpaste or

candy in your box due to new customs regulations.

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Fall Picnic at the

Berrier’s Sunday, Nov 4th—come at 4:00pm, eat at 5:00ish

Bring soup, sandwiches, and/or dessert to share

and your lawn chairs.

Bonfire & paper supplies provided!

(4169 Cortsville Rd. )

Women’s Brunch This Friday

Our fall brunch will kickoff our year of brunches this Fri-

day , Oct. 5, from 9:30 -11:00 in the Fellowship Hall. Childcare will

be provided. Come to enjoy the fellowship. Please RSVP to Lois at

390-2696 or 207-8621.

Parents of College Students/Military:

If you would like your young adult’s address in an upcoming issue of the Newsletter, please

give it to Janine Miller or leave it on the church voicemail (937-462-8479), email it

(scharlestonfirst@sbcglobal.net), or text it (937-207-7679).

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Card Ministry......................................................................................... Barbara Florence

Chair Loan ................................................................................................... Janine Miller

Change of Address, Phone or Name ........................................................... Janine Miller

Christian Ed Elder ..................................................................................... Dave Morrow

Church Calendar.......................................................................................... Janine Miller

Church Grounds ............................................................................................ Jay Mitchell

Deacons ................................................................... Dan Smith, Fred Berge, Jim Lightle

Evangelism Elder .................................................................................... Aaron Baldauff

Facilities Elder ...................................................................................... Chuck Wildman

Fellowship Elder ....................................................................................................... TBD

Finance Elder ......................................................................................... Jim Hildebrand

Food Pantry ................................................................................ Jim Lightle, Fred Berge

Maintenance, Church Building ....................................................................... Bob Entler

Membership...................................................................................... Pastor Aaron White

Missions Elder ........................................................................................ Aaron Baldauff

Music Ministry ........................................................ Carol Wildman, Deanna Mattinson

Newsletter .................................................................................................... Janine Miller

Nursery ........................................................................................................... Julie White

Pioneer Clubs ........................................................................................... Rachel Baldauff

Prayer Chain ............................................................................................... Janine Miller

Rental, Church Facilities ............................................................................. Janine Miller

Small Groups ............................................................................................... Dave Morrow

Website ....................................................................................................... Janine Miller,

Worship Elder ............................................................................................ Janine Miller

Youth Ministry......................................... Dave Morrow, Pam Vaughn, Rachel Baldauff

Upcoming Sermon Topics

Where to turn to for help & answers...

Oct. 7—Prepare to Meet Thy God (Amos 4:12)

Oct. 14—The Destruction of Wisdom (Obadiah 8)

Oct. 21—Conviction of Sin (Micah 3:8)

Oct. 28—I Desire Love, Not Boasting (Hosea 6:6)

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Canned Fruits &

Vegetables

Thank you so much for

your donations! Please

place them in the Food

Pantry bin in the Fellow-

ship Hall.

October’s Items of the Month for the Food Pantry

October Greeters & Readers

Greeters

8:30 Service—Vaughn Family

11:00 Service—Rotroff Family

8:30 Service Reader

Rick Burton

October Anniversaries

Oct. 9 Jim & Jane Hildebrand—47 years

Oct. 13 Russ & Rose White—33 years

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Thanks to the following people for their service to God dur-

ing the past month:

Jay Mitchell, Hunter Parker, Greg Rice, Aiden White, and

Ron Phillips for mowing the grass.

Connie Rice, Rachel Baldauff, Deanna Mattinson, & Janine

Miller for serving in the nursery.

Rick Burton, Aaron Baldauff , Bob Entler, & Dave Bryant for reading Scripture dur-

ing worship.

John Eichelberger for doing such a nice job hanging the historical pictures in the base-

ment hallway and Diane Eichelberger for volunteering him.

Rachel Baldauff for the beautiful sermon series posters hanging on our walls!

Thank You

To my friends at First Presbyterian Church,

Thank you all for your cards, well wish-

es, and prayers.

In Christ,

Teresa Hanson

We are looking for 5-6 people to help

put a fresh coat of paint on the Sanctuary

overflow area. If you would like to partic-

ipate in this project, please see Pam

Vaughn.

Jeff and Cathy Delk are blessed to announce another grandson has ar-

rived! Leo Evan Hofer, born to Tyler and Kayleigh Hofer in San Diego, on

September 20th weighing 8lbs 8ozs and 20” long. Leo joins big brother,

Abel, age 2.

A New Baby

Painters Needed

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Thank You, Nursery Workers!

Today Terri Paugh

Oct. 7 Pam Vaughn

A Generous Offer to Our Church Family

Keith Rotroff would like to extend his services as a recently board certified Family Nurse

Practitioner, to our church family, at no cost. He is reachable by phone 937-536-0439 or

email keithfnp@gmail.com. Please do not give out his phone number or email to those out-

side our church family. Keith says that he is also willing to make house calls at no charge.

"The Lord has blessed me with knowledge and skills in this area and I would like to bless oth-

ers as the need arises."

Blessings in A Bottle Results

The Pregnancy Resource Clinic’s an-

nual fundraising banquet, Legacy of

Life, will be on Friday, Oct. 12 at the

Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center

(275 S. Limestone St.). You have your

choice of a luncheon from 11:30am-1

pm or dinner from 6:30-8:30 pm. To

register, go to

www.support.yourpregnancyresource.o

rg/share-(events).html or call 937-525-

3781 by October 3.

The total proceeds from the

Pregnancy Resource Clinic’s

annual fundraiser, Blessings

in A Bottle, came to

$41,483.64. FPC’s contribu-

tion was $915.84. Thank

you to everyone who partici-

pated!

The Session will be going on a retreat to Bergamo Retreat Center the weekend of Oct. 12 &

13. Please keep the elders in your prayers as they seek God’s guidance in making decisions re-

garding vision implementation and leadership roles for next year.

Prayer Request: Session Retreat

Oct. 14 Rachel Baldauff

Oct. 21 Mackenzie White

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Trunk or Treat

Saturday, Oct. 27, 6-8 pm

Church Parking Lot

Each year on Beggar’s Night, FPC enjoys opening

our parking lot to the community, dressing up for

the area children, and handing out candy, tracts,

and other goodies. We’d love to have a good portion of you reading this participate

this year! Throw on a goofy hat, park your car in the parking lot, sit next to it, and

hand out candy. It doesn’t have to be complicated! If you want to decorate even more,

google “Trunk or Treat Ideas” or check out “Trunk or Treat” on Pinterest. No scary

stuff though, please. We want to REACH our community, not scare them away.

We are also looking for someone to:

• Help hand out hot chocolate OR apple cider (depending on the weather)

• Grill hot dogs and/or help serve them to kids & their parents (Hot dogs sup-

plied!)

• Anything else fun you can think of!

See Janine Miller if you’d like to help!

If you can’t come but would like to donate can-

dy for participants to hand out to neighbor-

hood children, there will be a candy donation

box in the Fellowship Hall next week to collect

donated bags of candy.