July 2018

Newsletter of The Hill United Presbyterian Church Butler, PA

“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5: 1

Rev. Dr. William Jackson

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

Elder Louise Evans
10:30 A.M.—Worship Service
11:30 A.M.—Coffee and Fellowship Time in the Fellowship Hall
Jenny Martin, Choir Director

Nancy Slezak, Memorial Handbell

Director and Organist

Kathleen Davis

Elean Heist, Administrative Assistant

and Financial Secretary
Elean.hillup@zoominternet.net

Lyn Goehring, Treasurer

John D. Whittington

Memorial Ringers, June 10th

501 Second Street
Butler, Pennsylvania 16001
724-287-5427
E-mail: hillup@zoominternet.net
www.hillup.org
 WORSHIP SCHEDULE
SUNDAY MORNING
WORSHIP SERVICES
10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
JULY 1, 2018
6th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon: “What Really Counts?”

Rev. Fred Young

Scripture: John 15: 1-17; Galatians 5: 3-6, 16-18, and 22-25

JULY 8, 2018
7th Sunday After Pentecost
Lord’s Supper - by Intinction

Sermon: “You’re Not Lost - You’re Here!”

Rev. Dr. William Jackson

Scripture: Ezekiel 34: 11-16; Luke 19: 1-10

JULY 15, 2018

8th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon: “Dance Before The Lord With All Your Might”

Rev. Karl Kennedy

Scripture: II Samuel 6: 12-19; Mark 6: 14-29

JULY 22, 2018
9th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon: “Homeless In Samaria”

Elder Tom McMeekin

Scripture: Luke 9: 51-62

JULY 29, 2018
10th Sunday After Pentecost

Sermon: “Keep Your Heads Up”

Rev. Karl Kennedy

Scripture: II Samuel 11: 1-15; Ephesians 3: 14-21

 PNC PROCESS

The PNC has announced that their first choice has verbally accepted the invitation to
become pastor of Hill U.P. Church. I want to outline for you the next steps in the process.

The candidate will be presented to the Beaver-Butler Presbytery meeting on July 24,
2018 at the New Sewickley Church in Ellwood City. The candidate’s statement of faith
will be read after which there will be an opportunity for questions from the floor about
the statement. The candidate will be excused, after which the Presbytery will have
discussion about what they have heard, followed by a vote (yay or nay) for or against the
candidate (this meeting is open to the public and several people are planning to attend but
only our 2 official commissioners may vote).

When the vote is “yay” a date will be set for the candidate to come to the church on a
Sunday morning; to preach and conduct worship, after which a congregational meeting
(called two weeks in advance) will be held to vote for or against the candidate. When the
vote is positive the results will be sent to the Presbytery Committee, for their agreement
with the congregation.

All those things being in place this candidate will be presented to the September
Presbytery Meeting where they will ratify the acceptance by the congregation and the
committee, approve the terms of call, and set a date (probably around mid October) for
the pastorate to officially begin.

An installation service will be held, usually 3 to 4 weeks into the starting time where
the Presbytery will officially install the pastor.

Nothing should ever be considered a forgone conclusion, but, at this point, I

personally do not see any potential glitches.

So, in these next 2 /1/2 months let us keep our “prayer covenant” going, for the
candidate, the PNC, and the Presbytery, and for the “rapidly aging” interim pastor, as
well.

May God bless this church in all of its important ministry and mission, and all the
work as you and I conclude this transition time.

Sincerely,
Bill Jackson

Interim Pastor II

The next newsletter deadline is

JULY 15, 2018!
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 BIBLE READING S FOR JULY

Morning Evening
1 Job 20, 21 Acts 10: 24-48
2 Job 22, 23, 24 Acts 11
3 Job 25, 26, 27 Acts 12
7th - Lois Minich and Chris Leroy 4 Job 28, 29 Acts 13: 1-25
5 Job 30, 31 Acts 13: 26-52
9th - Nancy Slezak and Kaitlyn Pesci 6 Job 32, 33 Acts 14
10th - Ruth McKinney 7
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Job 34, 35
Job 36, 37
Acts 15: 1-21
Acts 15: 22-41
11th - Mason Montag 9 Job 38, 39, 40 Acts 16: 1-21
10 Job 41, 42 Acts 16: 22-40
12th - Robert Kennedy 11 Ps. 1, 2, 3 Acts 17: 1-15
12 Ps. 4, 5, 6 Acts 17: 16-34
15th - Sami Roth 13 Ps. 7, 8, 9 Acts 18
17th - Helen Knauer 101st! 14
15
Ps. 10, 11, 12
Ps. 13, 14, 15
Acts 19: 1-20
Acts 19: 21-41
18th - Jane Kennedy 16 Ps. 16, 17 Acts 20: 1-16
17 Ps. 18, 19 Acts 20: 17-38
20th - Don Lane 18 Ps. 20, 21, 22 Acts 21: 1-17
21st - Jim Ihlenfeld 19
20
Ps. 23, 24, 25
Ps. 26, 27, 28
Acts 21: 18-40
Acts 22
22nd - Betty Scarnato and Jared Hinkle 21 Ps. 29, 30 Acts 23: 1-15
22 Ps. 31, 32 Acts 23: 16-35
23rd - Marge Corona and Bev Montag 23 Ps. 33, 34 Acts 24
24 Ps. 35, 36 Acts 25
24th - Corah Hawk 25 Ps. 37, 38, 39 Acts 26
25th - Lauren McElhaney 26
27
Ps. 40, 41, 42
Ps. 43, 44, 45
Acts 27: 1-26
Acts 27: 27-44
30th - Patti Donaldson 28 Ps. 46, 47, 48 Acts 28
29 Ps. 49, 50 Rom. 1
31st - Emily Rogers and Jennifer Miller 30 Ps. 51, 52, 53 Rom. 2
31 Ps. 54, 55, 56 Rom. 3

The evening of June 13th was a beautiful one, with 109 guests coming out to
enjoy Community Dinner. On the menu was beef or ham barbecue, fruit
salad, baked beans, coleslaw, and cake. Sadly, Dick and Maxine Beisheim
announced that they could no longer serve as co-chairs of this committee. We
thank them for the gift of their time and talents to this important ministry.
WORSHIP
Session Notes
ATTENDANCE
The Session held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018. The following IN MAY AND JUNE
actions were approved at the meeting:
Sunday
++ That the August communion date be changed to August 12, 2018. 5/6 88
++ Set the Ordination and Installation of elders and deacons to Sunday, August 12 during
worship. 5/13 - Not Recorded
++ Accepted the bequest of $25,000 from the estate of Robert Thompson.
++ Designated the bequest of $25,000 from the Robert Thompson estate for use in 5/20 75
completing the lift and door projects. 5/24 76
++ Accepted the audit review of the 2017 Hill Church financial information.
++ To reclassify the Cornelius Mission Fund Investment Account as an unrestricted 6/3 82
account (this is the interest earned from one of two Cornelius trust accounts, and had been 6/10 78
incorrectly designated as restricted.)
6/17 75
The Session will not meet in July.
Respectfully submitted, 6/24 86
Louise Evans
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 I / We will attend:
Name(s)_____________________________________
#Adults_______ #Children 10 and under _____
# of Dairy Free ________

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS: Sunday, July 22nd

Upcoming Deacon Events! Save the date for our July 29th Ice Cream Social immediately
following our Worship Service. Our Deacons are also sponsoring a Butler BlueSox Firework
night on Friday, August 3rd at 7:05 p.m. We have 40 tickets, first come, first serve.
Members and family up to 4 tickets are free and $5 per ticket for non-members. Please use
the reservation forms found in your bulletin or here in the newsletter!

I / We will be going with the Deacons to the Blue Sox Game & Fireworks Night
on Friday, August 3rd at 7:05 p.m.

Name(s)_____________________________________________________

Phone # _____________________________________________________
#Tickets (members & family free up to 4) _____ #Tickets (non-members) $5 ______
Place payment and reservation forms in the offering plate. Make checks payable
to Hill United Presbyterian Church with “Deacons BlueSox” in the Memo.
If paying with cash please be sure to attach your money to the
registration form so it can be counted properly!

Our PNC will be having a brief presentation to give their report on Sunday, July
29th at 10:20 ( just prior to the beginning of our worship service) in the sanctuary.

WILDFIRE WEDNESDAYS are the place to be this summer! The youth from Hill Presbyterian
Church and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church are joining together this summer to provide some
activities for elementary-age children in the city of Butler. Be at Memorial Park, Miller Shelter
from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm on July 18th and August 15, 2018! There’ll be lunch, crafts,
games, and stories! Our first Wild Wednesday was a BIG hit; don’t miss out on our next two!

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Presbyterian Women want to thank each of you who contributed the beautiful baby
clothing to our Layette Sundays. Just to let you know there were 25 little girl outfits and 26
little boy outfits. Also, we received 11 baby quilts (mostly from the Hill Quilters), 7 knitted
blankets, 13 receiving blankets, and 3 blanket sets. Also contributed were 2 packages of crib
sheets, 15 sets of burp cloths and wash cloths, and 3 packages of baby wipes. There were
also 5 knitted caps, 2 packages of socks, 2 pair of little shoes, a box of diapers, a cute little
snuggle toy, and 3 packages of pacifiers. What a wonderful response! We appreciate your
generosity! On May 25th everything was taken to Lifeline. Those folks were so very
grateful for such a wonderful and beautiful contribution.

Dr. Barry Dawson and Shelly Dawson who had been Mission Co-Workers in Southeast Asia
and had been supported by Hill Church until their service expired earlier this year are headed
for a new position. The Dawsons will go to Bonn, Germany on June 30th where Barry will
become Senior Pastor for the International Church of Bonn, Germany. It is a three year
term. Following their arrival, Barry expects it will take 30 days to get settled due to
government work regulations. On June 14th, Barry had a second cataract operation and
expects healing to be swift and similar to the surgery a few weeks prior. Shelly is doing
well. She is on no medication and will continue to get lung scans every nine months at Sloan
-Kettering Hospital. The Dawsons will have a joy in that daughter, Bethany, who now resides
in Seoul, South Korea, and is currently touring Europe with two friends, will be able to be in
Bonn with her parents for a few day shortly after their arrival. The Dawsons express their
thanks for prayers and financial support from the Hill Church over the past several years.

GHANA MISSION TASK FORCE REPORT

The Bubiashie Congregation sent us an invitation to celebrate with

them, their 50th anniversary as a church. See the invitation on the
following page. We sent a response declining this opportunity to celebrate with them in
person. But, please remember this parish and their milestone in your prayers.

Hill Church was represented in a meeting at Old Union Presbyterian Church where Ruth
Brown, a newly appointed mission co-worker to Ghana spoke. She was based in the Congo
these past few years. Ruth is a community health facilitator and will be assigned to Northern
Ghana. Her mode of transportation will be a motor bike to maneuver the ultra-bumpy and pot
bunker hole roads.

Exciting things are happening in Ghana. We hope to discover more.

PRAYER CONCERNS CONTINUE

Please continue to keep the Bubiashie District Churchs, Bernard Daddy, chairperson of the
Bubiashie Scholarship Committee, as well as the students, and Joshua Heikkila, the West
Africa Liaison for the PC(USA), in your prayers. Also for Dr. McWilson ‘Koku’ Atakro, the
Executive Presbyter and Moderator for the West Volta Presbytery.
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 VOLUNTEERS FOR
JULY 2018
CHURCH
USHER GREETERS COUNTING OPENER/ COFFEE
LITURGIST ACOLYTE
TEAM BEFORE ELDERS POWER- HOUR
POINT
Dale None - Due
JULY Ladies’ Deacon Anderson Elder To
Seth Heist Louise Evans
1 Team Mark Hall Anne Miller Independence
Jack Barkley Day
Tom Graham Deacon
JULY Ladies’ Volunteer
Bea Welch Barb Ben Huba Tom Graham
8 Team Jack Barkley Needed
Graham
Barb Kamerer Nancy
Deacon Elder
JULY Men’s Pete Luellen and
Lynda Audrey Bella Heist
15 Team Ruth Scott McElhaney Deacon Susan
Lavorini Nossokoff
Catanzarito
Pam Lentz Jack and
JULY Men’s Audrey Elder Juliet Alan
Alan Sharon
22 Team Nossokoff Bob Kennedy Miller Milanovich
Milanovich Montag
Deacon Anne Miller
JULY Combined Elder Deacons’ 5th
Miranda Seth Heist Anne Miller
29 Teams Diane Olenic Jim Ihlenfeld Sunday
Brady
Communion Team – Team A
Newsletter Team in JULY (for August) – Team A (The Hoover Family)
Sunday morning ride service driver for JULY - Marsh Miller (724-287-5444)
PULPIT FLOWERS
JULY 1 JULY 8 JULY 15 JULY 22 JULY 29
Donated with love in Donated with love in Donated with love
Donated with love in Donated with love
memory of those who honor of Kaydi Hall’s in memory of
memory of in memory of
have died for our 4th birthday Trula and Jerry
Betty Kamerer Bert Knauer
freedoms by by Momma, Daddy, Duane
by Jim and Barb by
Nancy and Norbert Maddy, Grandma, by Jami Lyn Duane
Kamerer Edna Mae Knauer
Slezak and Pup Pup Brady
PEW GREETERS
Hill Church for many years was known as “The Glad Hand Church.” The Nurture
Committee wants to continue this tradition. Pew Greeters will now welcome visitors,
encourage them to sign the guest registry, and invite them to Fellowship Hour on Sunday.

MIDDLE SECTION—BRADY STREET SECTION PEARL ST. SECTION—OVERFLOW AREA

JULY 1 Sharon Montag, 724-285-3231 Karen Shultz, 724-283-2413
JULY 8 Nancy Daugherty, 724-285-1013 Janet Edinger, 724-282-7782
JULY 15 Lois Minich, 724-283-1875 Volunteer Needed
JULY 22 Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed
JULY 29 Anne Miller, 724-282-2072 Kim Selfridge, 724-285-9017
 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT
6th Sunday After Church Office Closed
Pentecost
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10:30am - Worship Rev. 9:00am - Hill Quilters 11am - AA Meeting
Fred Young preaching All day - Arlene Roth
Fellowship Hall

7th Sunday After

Pentecost
8 Lord’s Supper - 9 10 11 12 13 14
By Intinction
8:00am - Women’s 11:00am - AA Meeting
9:30am - Community Fellowship Breakfast at All day - Provident
Lunches Mac’s Café Bridal Shower
10:30am - Worship Rev. Dr. 5:00pm - Community Fellowship Hall
William Jackson preaching Dinner
11:30am - Fellowship Hour

8th Sunday
After
15 Pentecost 16 17 18 19 20 21
10:30am - Worship - Rev. 9:30am - Piano Tuning 1:00pm - Betsy 8:00am - Women’s 11:00am - AA Meeting
Karl Kennedy preaching McCormick Circle Fellowship Breakfast at
11:30am - Fellowship Hour Mac’s Café
9:30am - Willing Workers
12:30pm - Mary Lou
Boyer Circle

“So if the
9th Sunday
After
Son makes 22 Pentecost 23 24 25 26 27 28
10:30am - Worship - Elder 6:00pm - Beaver-Butler 8:00am - Women’s 11:00am - AA Meeting
Tom McMeekin preaching Presbytery Meeting at Fellowship Breakfast at
11:30am - Fellowship Hour North Sewickley Mac’s Café
you free,
you will be
10th Sunday
free After
29 Pentecost 30 31
Deacons’ 5th Sunday
8:00am - Women’s
10:30am - Worship - Rev. Fellowship Breakfast at
indeed.” Karl Kennedy Mac’s Café
11:30am - Deacons’ 5th
Sunday Ice Cream Social

John 8: 36

July 2018
Cut out the picture and Bible verse and use it as your bookmark for your Bible for the month of July!