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Stone Church really turned out in force for the annual CROP Walk to On Bike to Church Day, Stone Church showed how much we
raise awareness of and funds for the hungry. We raised over $4,650 (at care about the environment. Over 67 Stone members took alternate
press time, checks were still coming in) and had 30 walkers. (Some were forms of transportation (biking, bus, carpooling, and walking).
not available for the picture.) The organizers, Lizanne Oliver and Emily Rhonda Lakatos said, “The thing I liked best about the whole day was
Meacham, want to thank the Stone Church congregation and friends how enthusiastic everyone was who tried some different way to get
for your time and generosity, and most of all, for your caring. to church.” Thanks especially to Jonathan Miller for organizing this.
THE STONE NEWS, PAGE 4
What is so rare as a day in June? women who make the nets. Thanks to
General Assembly in San Jose, that’s all of you who joined in the celebra-
what. Volunteers are still needed, so tion of mothers and made such a large
contact Bill Laka- sum possible.
tos if you are inter- The coupons we are targeting this
ested. month are Prego Pasta Sauce and
Speaking of GA, Hamburger Helper. We shall pres-
the Women of Faith ent all the coupons to the receiving
breakfast will be schools at the August brunch. (Please
held at 7:30 am, look at the list on the PW bulletin
News Sunday, June 22, at board or take a list from the library
the Fairmont Hotel, cart found in the social hall each
from PW at a cost of $30 and Sunday.)
will end well before PW Schedule for June/July
the opening wor- Please note that Circles and Book Group
ship service. It’s a great chance to hear II will not meet until September.
about our faithful workers. Lunch Bunch, 11:30 am, Tuesday,
All of Stone Church marveled at June 10, Taiwan Restaurant, Lincoln
the outstanding portraits of women Avenue
displayed on Gifts of Women Sunday. Fair Trade Coffee (and other prod-
They are the work of Jeanette Rapp, ucts) Sales, after Worship, June 15
who also did the bulletin cover. How Book Group I, 1 pm, Monday,
fortunate we are to have her talents! June 16, Liz Shandera’s home, read-
Our traditional June picnic, to ing The Friday Night Knitting Club by
include installation of leaders, will Kate Jacobs.
be held at noon, Thursday, June 5, Focus Group, 9:30 am, Tuesday,
at Jan Keifer’s home. Bring a salad to June 17, Elizabeth Shandera’s home
Lea Lawrence share and layette items for our County Prayer Shawl Group, 4 pm, Thurs-
Nurses to distribute to new mothers. day, July 24 (no June meeting - it is GA
named Moderator
This is also the time for us to partici- week), Fireside Room. Janice Goertz
pate in the Birthday Offering. Child emphasizes this knitting & other hand-
care is available at the church. work group is not gender-specific.
of PW in the Synod This year the Birthday Offering will There is no Bible study in June or
be used for the Presbyterian Church of July; however, we shall start up again
At the Synodwide Gathering held Congo and the Presbyterian Church in August when Rev. Marge will begin
in early April, Lea Lawrence was of Kinshasa for nineteen schools. It Insiders/Outsiders: A Study of the Gospel
elected Moderator of Presbyterian will provide for repairs, new build- of Luke for 2008-2009. If you do not
Women in the Synod. The photo ings, teachers and school supplies. A subscribe to Horizons magazine, Sally
shows her acting the part of PW grant has also been made to Lakeview Magee has additional copies.
Wonder Woman, while telling about Presbyterian Church in New Orleans - Catherine Amos
the Churchwide gathering to be held to help rebuild
in Louisville, KY, in 2009. facilities dam-
Lea is former Moderator of PW aged in Hurri-
in the Presbytery of San Jose and cane Katrina.
continues to serve on the PSJ Coor- The Moth-
dinating Team. She borrowed the ers’ Day cards,
cape from Pat Jones, Los Gatos, who the proceeds of
created it for the role of Horizons which go to Net-
Woman. Workers to pro-
PW in the Synod of the Pacific vide mosquito
oversees the work of eleven Pres- nets for women
byteries in California, Nevada, and children in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. malaria zones
Its Coordinating Team draws in Africa, raised
women from those Presbyteries. $1,010. We are
Lea follows Sheena Brooke, former- proud to sup-
ly of Los Gatos and now living in port this effort,
Vancouver, WA. - Pat Magee which also pro- On Gifts of Women Sunday, the Stone Church PW presented Fred
Groppuso and Rhonda Lakatos with PW Honorary Life Memberships.
vides income to
THE STONE NEWS, PAGE 5
Nancy’s Column singers at the General Assembly Choir Recording
Sunday Worship service. of Seven Last
Summertime isn’t On July 14, the choir, guests from Words Online
“Easy” for this choir! the congregation, and members Now the world can hear our choir!
by Nancy Wait-Kromm of both the San Jose Symphonic The Palm Sunday presentation of
Director of Music Ministry Choir and the Monterey Symphony Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ,
Chorus will be traveling to Ireland along with the scripture readings
Hello everyone! and Scotland for a two-week con- and Ken’s homily of that day, are on
It has been a very rich and ful- cert tour under my direction. The our “Selected Sermons” webpage at
filling musical year for the Stone choir will present an Irish Blessing stonechurch.org/sermons/index.php.
Church choir, and we will be pre- Bon Voyage Concert on July 6 at 4:30 Alice Thorn’s sermon of April 27 is
senting a few more weeks of music pm, and you are warmly invited. also included on that same webpage.
before our summer break. June 1 If you would like to join the choir - Rod Thorn, Webmaster
will feature a lively new spiritual, next year, please let me know. We
Little innocent lamb, and on June 15, are ordering extra robes and music
the choir will present Henry Mol- to accommodate new members, so Men’s Group Selects
licone’s Hear me, Redeemer as our please don’t hesitate - come and
final anthem of the year. sing with us. Summer/Fall Reading
Then on June 22, most of the Regards, The Men’s Book Group has made selec-
choir will be part of a group of 400+ Nancy tions for summer and fall reading. Keep-
ing in mind the political season, the first
At its regular meeting, Tuesday, May survey, and 96 advocated reinstating competing demands for its use, and
20, the Session had the sad and joyful the program. the committee feels the need to step
task of transferring Virginia Holtz reported on the work back and think about the overall use
Session Evelyn Radunich’s of the task force on the Use of Down- of the area.
membership to stairs Space. The group has spent a Bea Groppuso gave a final summary
Beat Church of the Roses year surveying the downstairs and the of the work of the Pantry Partners, who
in Santa Rosa. needs for storage and meeting space. have cleaned out and organized the
Evelyn has been a member of Stone Virginia presented a detailed plan kitchen, labeling spaces for their use
Church since March 26, 1948. for answers to those needs. Session and posting instruction sheets.
The Session approved a special offer- will be asked to make decisions on The Christian Education commit-
ing for Presbyterian Disaster Assis- implementing plans at its meeting in tee has chosen Mary Jo Blazek as the
tance in aid of those stricken by the June. new Children’s Ministry Coordina-
tragedies in Myanmar and China. Judith Kaiser reported that the tor. Bill Ribble said Mary Jo is known
Session approved reinstatement of Buildings and Grounds Committee to the Stone community as one who
the Stephen Ministry program after will be planning for the use of the loves children and who works to bring
hearing a report from Mary Johnson outdoor space in back of the church. Christian education to the children of
that 100 people replied to a recent There is limited space, and there are Stone. - Alice Thorn, Clerk of Session
THE STONE NEWS, PAGE 6
Meet new member, ership of a Visioning team. When FPC Valley Chamber of Commerce. Follow-
Katherine Webb Calhoon received the gift of handbells, my short- ing my tenure at the chamber, I worked
My faith journey began as a teenager lived experience as a samba percussion- for InnVision, planning events and
at the Community United Presbyterian ist made me jump right in. I followed fundraising.
Church in Vacaville. High school youth the handbells to Stone Church and was Currently, I’m the Director of Course-
group backpacking on Mt. so moved by the music, message and ware Management for the SANS Insti-
Diablo and in Yosemite, people here, I knew God was leading tute, the largest source for information
mission trips, and regular me to a new faith community. security training, certification and
participation in Worship I moved to San Jose to study at San research in the world. With a staff of
were treasured activities. Jose State University, earning my Bach- two, we support the worldwide effort
And I was the youngest elor’s degree in Radio and Television to keep the cyberworld safe by ensuring
person (17) to be elected a Broadcasting. While at SJSU, I met that up-to-date curriculum and collat-
Deacon at that church my soul mate, Steven. We married 10 eral materials are delivered for all SANS
Seeking a spiritual ele- years later and enjoy traveling, cooking, training sessions. When not coordinat-
ment that was missing in my adult life, music, cool gadgets and collecting 60s- ing printing efforts, I travel to SANS
I sought my Presbyterian roots at First era art rock posters. events in the US and run the SANS
Presbyterian Church in San Jose. Not My career has included coordinating School Store, where our students pur-
being one to sit on the sidelines, I volun- a volunteer program for the San Jose chase items that enhance their learning
teered for church communication efforts Convention & Visitors Bureau and experience, as well as other geeky stuff
– which led to two terms as an Elder, serving as Associate Director of Com- to take home to their families and
seven years as Clerk of Session and lead- munications for the San Jose/Silicon co-workers.
The Deacons’
Senior Tea & Bar-
beque was full of
good music (by Jerry
Keifer & a friend,
bottom right), good
food (prepared by
Andrew Edwards &
Rodney Cannady,
top right), and good
fellowship (Dean
& Joan Helms &
Nancy Weiss, top
left; Mary Margaret
Teel, Fern Swanson,
Ruth White, &
Catherine Amos,
bottom left).
New Church
Directory!
A new Stone Church Pictorial Direc-
tory, featuring Rev. Dr. Ken Henry, is
in the works. Directory pictures will be
taken 8/29-30 and 9/12-19. Signups
for photo shoots will begin July 13.
You can sign up on Sunday morn-
ings or online. The more members
photographed, the more color pages
of church activities we’ll have in the
directory. Photos should be available
for use as Christmas gifts, but there is Rev. Dr. Ken Henry sports
The Men’s Flying Group [left to right: Gary Weiss, Hal no obligation to purchase anything. some rather unorthodox head-
Rathbun (Claire Ribble’s brother), Bill Ribble (pilot), and Directories should be available by gear on Bike to Church Sunday.
David Minehart] recently flew from Reid Hillview to Napa the end of the year, and all members, Ken rode his bike all the way in
to tour the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) whether or not they are photographed, from Los Gatos! (See page 4 for
B-17, the Aluminum Overcast. They also ate at the legend- will get one. To serve on the directory a picture of lots of biking folks!)
ary Jonesy’s Famous Steak House at the Napa airport. committee, contact Pat Magee. THE STONE NEWS, PAGE 7
Mary Jo Blazek named
new Children’s
Ministry Coordinator
The Christian Education committee
is proud to announce the appointment
of Mary Jo Blazek as the new Children’s
Ministry Coordinator.
Moderator Bill Ribble said Mary Jo is
known to the Stone community as “one
who loves chil-
dren and who
works to bring
Christian educa-
tion to the chil-
Two of the honorably retired pastors who worship at Stone, Bill Lytle (former moderator of GA) dren of Stone
and David Zuverink, are leading a class on the General Assembly through June 15 (see page 2). Church.”
Mary Jo has
Why Should I Go to General Assembly? shown her com-
mitment to our
Deborah Block and Jon Walton uplifting. In the Exhibit Hall in the children by vol-
described Presbyterians beautifully Convention Center, open Friday, unteering as a
in the recent Covenant Network news- June 20, through Wednesday, June church school
letter: “We are a family. Sometimes 25, you can catch up on the latest teacher for many years, helping to form the
as a family we are a bit resources and happenings, browse Logos program, and most recently, work-
dysfunctional, some- through the Cokesbury Book Store ing as a recreational therapist at Ronald
times embarrassing, and the Global Marketplace McDonald house.
sometimes wonderful The election of the Moderator,
to be with, and other which takes place on Saturday,
times we have our dis- June 21, from 7 - 9:30 pm, is always The Stone Church ofWillow Glen
agreements. But we belong together a highlight. If there is a particular Presbyterian Church (USA)
... City folks and country folks, rich issue with which you are deeply 1937 Lincoln Avenue
and poor, black and white and Asian interested, you can sit in on the com- (corner of Clark & Lincoln)
and Native American and Latino ... mittee meetings, Sunday evening, San Jose, CA 95125-3499
a gathering of the commonwealth Monday and Tuesday, where that
of God that only God could have issue is being considered and see Website:
imagined.” Presbyterian discernment in action. stonechurch.org
Our family is gathering in San If you are free in the daytime, don’t
Jose during the last week of June. miss the Ecumenical Worship Ser- Church Office:
We call our gathering the General vice on Wednesday morning, 8:30- phone: 408-269-1593
Assembly. You need to be there. This 9:15 am, with Archbishop Elias fax: 408-269-8412
is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to Chacour, of the Melkite Catholic
see your family up close, from every Church preaching and the Thursday The Reverend Doctor Ken Henry, Pastor
state in the union, from all parts of afternoon Worship Service, 1:30 - Claudia Hoagland, Office Manager
the world. The simultaneous wor- 2:15 pm, with Cynthia Rigby from
ship services on Sunday morning, Austin Seminary preaching. You will The Stone News Staff:
June 22, promise to be inspiring and be enriched! - Bill Lytle Emily Moak Meacham, Editor
Pat Magee, Rhonda Lakatos,
Non-Partisan Election Church Picnic in August! Fred Oliver, Lizanne Oliver,
Information Available The annual Jody Meacham: Assistant Editors
Easy access to election infor- Stone Church Sylvia Snyder, Chief Photographer
mation can be found on the Worship and Dale Bracey, Ken Henry,
League of Women Voters website Picnic in the Shirley Kistler, Rhonda Lakatos,
(www.smartvoter.org). When you type Park will be Dan Raby, Alison van Diggelen,
in your address, your personal ballot held Sunday, Rod Thorn: Additional Photos
will appear, with polling place. Addi- August 17, in Catherine Amos, Dulcie Janzen,
tional information on the election, History Park at Sylvia Snyder, Fred Gardner,
voting, and most candidates can be the south end Jan Keifer, Jerry Keifer: Production
viewed, as well. - Virginia Holtz of Kelley Park.
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