October 2014

UP on the Hill

May joy and peace

surround you,
Newsletter of The Hill United Presbyterian Church Butler, PA
contentment latch
your door, and
happiness be with
you now, and
forever more.
- Irish Blessing

PASTORAL MINISTRY

Worship, Study and Fellowship With Us!

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP, STUDY AND FELLOWSHIP
10:30 A.M.Worship Service
11:30 A.M.Coffee / Fellowship Time in the Fellowship Hall

Rev. Clark T. Sawyer

PROGRAM MINISTRY
Kathy O. Sawyer

MUSIC MINISTRY
Kathy O. Sawyer, Director of Music
Margaret E. McGuirk, Organist
Nancy Slezak, Memorial Handbell
Director and Assistant Organist

CHURCH OFFICE
Elean Heist, Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Gilliland, Financial Secretary
Lyn Goehring, Treasurer

CUSTODIANS
John D. Whittington
Bobby Jo Sullins

The Hill United

Presbyterian Church
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.

SUNDAY
OCTOBER 5, 2014
17th Sunday after Pentecost
Peacemaking Sunday
World Communion - Lords Supper,Traditional
Sermon: The Vineyard Of The Lord
Rev. Clark Sawyer
Scripture: Psalm 18: 15-25; Matthew 21: 33-46
OCTOBER 12, 2014
18th Sunday after Pentecost
2015 Stewardship Emphasis
Sermon: The Time Of Your Life
Rev. Clark Sawyer
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15; Ephesians 4: 29-5: 2 and 5: 14-20
OCTOBER 19, 2014
19th Sunday after Pentecost
2015 Stewardship Emphasis
Sermon: The Parable Of The Talents
Rev. Clark Sawyer
Scripture: Exodus 3: 1-16; Matthew 25: 14-30
OCTOBER 26, 2014
20th Sunday after Pentecost
2015 Stewardship Emphasis
Sermon: Where Your Treasure Is
Rev. Clark Sawyer
Scripture: Isaiah 33: 2-6; Mark 10: 17-31

OCTOBER 2014

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2014
Members and Friends of
Sunday
the Hill United
8/3
98
Presbyterian Church:

As we enter the month of October,

at Hill Church we often take time for
our Stewardship Emphasis.
I often say to you that in Jesus
Christ we have Spiritual life, Eternal
life, and Abundant life!.
It is God who comes in Jesus and
says to us, I have come that you might
have life, and have it abundantly!.
To give abundantly is to give
beyond measure. Jesus gives to you
and me beyond measure in so very
many ways.

8/10

96

8/17

121

8/24
Worship Without Walls

90

8/31

88

9/7

129

9/14

102

9/21

160

9/28

126

The Worship of God in Jesus

Christ is the central act of the
People of God. Jesus regularly went to the
Synagogue and to the Temple to pray, worship,
and hear and share Gods Word. My thought is
that if Jesus did it regularly, shouldnt those who
follow Jesus make it a regular happening of their
week? Take time to invite and bring others to our
times of Worship, Study, Fellowship, Service and
Outreach. Thank you!

How about you and me? In our

thankfulness to God through our Lord
Session Highlights
and Savior Jesus will we take the steps
September 8, 2014
to give of our time, talent and treasure
The following motion from
without measure for the ministry of the
Administration was approved:
Kingdom of God?
Motion: That the proposal from
Bronder Technical Services for the
Please think and pray about your
installation of a new light and fixture
commitment in the upcoming weeks.
beside the Brady Street stairs in the
amount of $3,070.00 be accepted.
Thank you!
Worship and Discipleship reported
See you in Worship! that at September Lords Supper Service
Pastor Clark 122 received Communion and 14 at the
Rev. Clark Sawyer New Haven Lords Supper Service.
Clark Sawyer, Moderator

Financial
Summary

BIBLE READING S FOR OCTOBER

Receipts and Disbursements

FOR MONTH ENDING AUGUST 31, 2014

Actual

Variance
Favorable
(Unfavorable)

Budget

Receipts
Envelope **
Offerings
Other Offerings
& Receipts
Total Receipts

$133,019

$147,328

($14,309)

100,676
233,695

78,480
225,808

22,196
7,887

Disbursements
Personnel
Buildings &
Grounds
Capital
Improvements
Office
Operations
Stewardship
Mission Support
Christian
Education
Nurture
Worship
Discipleship
Total
Disbursements
Net of Receipts
over
Disbursements

132,355

135,848

3,493

27,938

26,464

(1,474)

4,165

(4,165)

5,271
7,332
10,761

6,340
8,672
15,040

1,069
1,340
4,279

9,557
1,600
10,997
25,634

11,336
3,872
7,472
10,800

1,779
2,272
(3,525)
(14,834)

235,610

225,844

(9,766)

(1,915)

(36)

(1,879)

Fund Balance
Unrestricted (Deficit)
Designated
Total General Fund

($20,964)
24,502
3,538

NOTE: The $36 difference in the YTD budget is

due to the upgraded CW software adding
whole dollars to the last budgeted month.
The above amounts represent the 2014 financial
transactions in the general operating fund. This summary
does not include any of the special and endowment funds.

You may help the work of the Lord and your Hill family
of faith by staying current on the payment of your tithes
and offerings. Our ministries, programs and mission
commitments go on throughout the year regardless of the
season.

The next newsletter deadline is OCTOBER 15, 2014!

Date
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Morning
Isa. 11, 12, 13
Isa. 14, 15, 16
Isa. 17, 18, 19
Isa. 20, 21, 22
Isa. 23, 24, 25
Isa. 26, 27
Isa. 28, 29
Isa. 30, 31
Isa. 32, 33
Isa. 34, 35, 36
Isa. 37, 38
Isa. 39, 40
Isa. 41, 42
Isa. 43, 44
Isa. 45, 46
Isa. 47, 48, 49
Isa. 50, 51, 52
Isa. 53, 54, 55
Isa. 56, 57, 58
Isa. 59, 60, 61
Isa. 62, 63, 64
Isa. 65, 66
Jer. 1, 2
Jer. 3, 4, 5
Jer. 6, 7, 8
Jer. 9, 10, 11
Jer. 12, 13, 14
Jer. 15, 16, 17
Jer. 18, 19
Jer. 20, 21
Jer. 22, 23

Evening
Eph. 4
Eph. 5: 1-16
Eph. 5: 17-33
Eph. 6
Phil. 1
Phil. 2
Phil. 3
Phil. 4
Col. 1
Col. 2
Col. 3
Col. 4
I. Thes. 1
I. Thes. 2
I. Thes. 3
I. Thes. 4
I. Thes. 5
II. Thes. 1
II. Thes. 2
II. Thes. 3
I. Tim. 1
I. Tim. 2
I. Tim. 3
I. Tim. 4
I. Tim. 5
I. Tim. 6
II. Tim. 1
II. Tim. 2
II. Tim. 3
II. Tim. 4
Titus 1

Hill U.P. Prayer List

Would you like to receive our weekly
prayer list by email? If this is something you are
interested in receiving, please send an email to
Elean Heist at our church office email
hillup@zoominternet.net asking to be added to
the weekly prayer email list.
Do you have a person or persons that you
would like added to our weekly prayer list? You
can also email the information to Elean Heist at
our church office email hillup@zoominternet.net
to have them added.
Please be sure to have your emails sent in
by 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays each week to be
included in the weekly prayer list. If you have

Stewardship Emphasis Time

and 2015 Stewardship Campaign
The Stewardship and Mission Support Committee is pleased to announce that our stewardship emphasis
for 2015 will focus on Abundant Giving. This stewardship message is based on 2 Corinthians 9: 6-8
and 11 which reads:
The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who
sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up
your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Our stewardship emphasis time and 2015 campaign will run from October 12- 26, 2014. Prior to the
start of the campaign members of the Session and the Board of Deacons will conduct a special leadership
giving drive to get the campaign off to a positive start. The campaign will wrap up on Sunday, November 2th
when we will consecrate our estimate of giving cards. Light refreshments will be served in the Fellowship
Hall following this Worship service.
Abundant Giving starts with recognizing that we have been abundantly blessed by God. It is about
prayer and about our willingness to be led by the Spirit to discover the ways we can pay it forward and
share generously of our time, talents, and treasure with all who need them.
During this campaign everyone will receive this stewardship message and estimate of giving card by
mail. This will allow you to make your decision about giving in the privacy of your home, without another
person from the church present to solicit a response. Estimate of giving cards are only that estimates, and
in no way obligate a person to give more of their time, talent or treasure than they can afford or wish to
share.
We are hopeful that this years stewardship emphasis time will help all of us realize the joy we can
experience by giving abundantly of our time talent and treasure to others and about how pleasing our giving
is to God when we do it with a cheerful heart.
If you have any questions about our stewardship emphasis time or our 2015 stewardship campaign
please contact Tim Moses, Carolyn Street or Pat Brennen from the Stewardship and Mission Support
Committee, Pastor Clark Sawyer or any of our leaders from Session or the Board of Deacons.

2015 ESTIMATE OF GIVING CARD*

I want to help support the work of my church.
I estimate that during the next year I will give my church:
$________ per week, or $ ________per month, or $________per year

NAME _____________________________________
ADDRESS___________________________________
*I understand that this giving estimate may be raised or lowered anytime
simply by calling the church office.

GHANA MISSION TASK FORCE REPORT

The Task Force transmitted your funds to the Bubiashie District committee on September 9th. We sent
$6,500. Thanks to the individuals, groups, and families who have supported this mission cause and
we would request others of you to do likewise in this next year. Upon receipt of the monies, just less than an hour after
being sent by our Treasurer Lyn Goehring, Bernard Daddy, Chairperson of the Bubiashie Scholarship Committee
responded by e-mail:
Dear Lyn,
Please, this is to acknowledge receipt of $6,500.00 as remittance from Hill United Presbyterian Church, Butler, for the
purpose of awarding scholarships to deserving ladies of the Bubiashie District, E.P Church, for the 2014/2015 academic
year.
We say thanks to you and to the congregation very much. May The Lord richly replenish your source.
Bernard
Joshua Heikklila, the PC(USA) mission co-worker in West Africa, writes to tell us about the needs in Niger, probably
the poorest of the African countries. There are four primary schools in Niger, serving both Muslim and Christian
children. These church-run schools have a reputation for academic excellence. Throughout Niger there is a high
degree of good will toward the church, even among the 98 percent of Nigers population who are not Christian, because
of what the work of the church is doing to help people in the country.
This is just a continuing example of how the church is called to be the hands, feet, eyes, and heart of Jesus. In
cooperation with the Bubiashie District we do likewise in Ghana, but only with Christian young women. As noted in
articles by many others concerning the great needs of Africa, we can claim to continue to be at the forefront in
addressing one of these needs in West Africa. Again, thanks to you, the Hill Church members, and thanks be to God.
Our next item of business will be to send Christmas greetings to students and key persons in the Bubiashie District.
Meantime, with Christmas being closer than we think, consider a contribution to the scholarship fund instead of a
material gift to honor a family member or a friend.
Please keep the Bubiashie District churches, Bernard Daddy, chairperson of the Bubiashie Scholarship Committee, as
well as the students in your prayers. Also pray for resolution to the Ebola health crisis in West Africa.
James Ihlenfeld for the Ghana Mission Task Force

ITS SHOEBOX TIME!

Our Church will once again be collecting filled shoeboxes for girls and boys for
Operation Christmas Child. We will have more information in an upcoming
Church bulletin insert about ideas for filling the shoeboxes with goodies for needy
children, or you can visit the Operation Christmas child website at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ for ideas,
boy and girl box labels, and an informative video. All shoe boxes need to be collected on or before
November 23rd to make sure that the children receive them in time for Christmas. If shopping and filling
shoeboxes are not for you, we will also accept monetary donations.
Christmas is about sharing the gift of God's Son, Jesus Christ, with the world. Operation Christmas Child
brings joy and hope to poor children around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of
Gods love. You can share Gods love with needy children in Honduras, Kosovo, or another country by
participating with other members of our church. You can start by filling out and coloring the enclosed letter
to put in the shoebox. Also consider if you want your shoebox to go to a boy or girl and what age group for
which you would like to buy. Wrap the lid and the bottom of your shoebox in colorful Christmas paper, and
look for a brochure in church or visit the website www.samaritanspurse.org/occ for gift ideas to fill your
box.
Don't forget to bring your shoe box gift to church on or before Sunday,
November 23, 2014. What a perfect gift to give in honor of Jesus' birthday!

21st Annual Chef Tasting

Party & Auction
Benefits Community Care
Connections, Inc.
Sunday, October 5, 2014, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at
The Mansion, Route 8 South of Butler.

1st - Melissa Weaver

5th - Bethany Sowa
6th - Lisa Vulakovich and Austin McElhaney
Join us for appetizers, entrees, desserts, wine and beer
7th - Dennis King
tasting. The event is limited to 300 people and tickets
($40, per person) must be purchased prior to the event. 8th - Marilyn Blair and Michael Miller
10th - Deborah Ihlenfeld
Dont miss out on the Chef Hat Drawing $500 in
11th - Barret Williams
Restaurant Gift Cards, Steelers Tickets/Tailgate
12th - Susan Catanzarito
Drawing, 60 Visio TV Drawing, and Silent/Ticket
13th - William Raabe
Auction!
14th - Stephen Chaf and Brian Mueller
Phone: 724-283-3198, www.communitycareconnect.org 16th - Lauren Cavalero
17th - Peggy Brewster and John Scarnato
18th - Timothy Moses and Mariah Seymour
As the Christmas season quickly approaches, we 19th - William Snow
would like to remind you all to consider shopping 20th - Phyllis Lane, Janet Edinger, and Paige Schreffler
22nd - Michael McNeish
through Amazon.com where a percentage of
23rd - Lynda Lavorini and Lindsey Hull
your purchases will go to OUR church! Simply
24th - Henry Muth, Connor Campbell, Clarisse Twentier, and
visit our website at hillup.org and click on the
Kian Campbell
Amazon icon, which can be seen at the right
25th - Keith Swank and Sue McKnight
hand side of the page when you click on the
26th - Beverly Jack
Church News tab at the top of the page. No
27th - Jared Rogerson and Edward Augustine
other action is needed on your part. If you are
28th - Mackenzie Peters
29th - Deanna Miller
planning on shopping on Amazon this holiday
season or anytime at all, please remember to do 30th - Dawn Yourish, Luke Montag, and Juliet Miller
31st - Marilyn Johnston
this, and tell your family and friends too!

Shop Through Amazon.com!

Fall Luncheon and Program

Ladies, girls of all ages are invited to the Fall Luncheon and Program to be held in the Fellowship
Hall at noon on October 18th. The program will be The Dancing Dogs. These therapy dogs will
really dance and we will have the opportunity to meet and greet them. These dogs are of great
importance and help to many folks! Be sure to fill out the signup form below!

WOMENS FALL LUNCHEON

DANCING DOGS
Please join us in the Fellowship Hall
October 18, 2014 at noon

Name(s) ________________________________________________
Number Attending ____________
Ride needed ________________, Phone Number_________________

Reservations due by October 12, 2014

VOLUNTEERS for OCTOBER 2014 SUNDAY

USHER
TEAM

GREETERS
BEFORE

OCTOBER
5

Ladies
Team

Volunteers
Needed

OCTOBER
12

Bob Scotts
Team

Bea Welch

OCTOBER
19

Junior
Team

Anne
McCaw

OCTOBER
26

Jack
Montags
Team

Audrey
Nossokoff

GREETERS
AFTER
(DEACONS)

COUNTING
ELDERS

Karen Shultz

Dennis Hawk

Bea Welch

Louise Evans

Cathy Zarnick

Nancy
Daughterty

John
Anderson

Carolyn
Street

Patti
Donaldson

Pat Brennen

Carole Hall

Tommy
Walters

Barb
Kamerer

Laraine
McCrea

Pam Lentz

Tim Moses

NURSERY

ACOLYTE

COFFEE
HOUR

Carol Gadsby

Brianna
Reeger

Volunteers
Needed

Lois Minich

Bryce Hawk

Volunteers
Needed

Jim Kamerer

Declan
Graham

Deacons

Kerry
McElhaney

Emily Rogers

Volunteers
Needed

COMMUNION TEAM Team C

NEWSLETTER TEAM in OCTOBER (for November) Team A
(The Hoover Family)
VAN DRIVER for OCTOBER - Keith Swank (724-282-6546)
PULPIT FLOWERS
OCTOBER 5

OCTOBER 12

OCTOBER 19

OCTOBER 26

Donated in loving
memory of loved ones by
Audrey Nossokoff.

Donated in loving
memory of family and
friends by
Susan Catanzarito

Donated in loving
memory of Raymond
Daubenspeck by
Linda Smialowski

Donated in loving
memory of Nancy
Knauer Burns by Helen
Knauer and Family.

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 SECTIONBRADY STREET SECTION

PEARL ST. SECTIONOVERFLOW AREA

OCTOBER 5

Sharon Montag, 724-285-3231

Karen Shultz, 724-283-2413

OCTOBER 12

Nancy Daugherty, 724-285-1013

Janet Edinger, 724-282-7782

OCTOBER 19

Lois Minich, 724-283-1875

Volunteer Needed

OCTOBER 26

Dennis Hawk, 724-285-6355

Peg Dumbaugh, 724-789-7331

October 2014

18th Sunday
After Pentecost

20

27

26

20th Sunday
After
Pentecost
2015 Stewardship Emphasis
9:15am - JAM Session
9:15am - Adult Sunday Sch
9:30am - 30 Mins!
10:00am - Choir
10:30am - Worship Rev.
Clark Sawyer Preaching Min for Stewardship
11:30am - Fellowship

19
5:30pm - Senior Night
Out

13

5:30pm - Training on
Financial Statements
6:45pm - Session
Meeting

MON

19th Sunday
After Pentecost
2015
Stewardship Emphasis
9:15am - JAM Session
9:15am - Adult Sunday Sch
9:30am - 30 Mins!
10:00am - Choir
10:30am - Worship Rev.
Clark Sawyer Preaching Min for Stewardship
11:30am - Fellowship
11:45am - Seekers Potluck
Luncheon in Hall Lounge
12:15pm - HYC

9:15am - JAM Session

9:15am - Adult Sunday Sch
9:30am - 30 Mins!
10:30am - Worship Rev.
Clark Sawyer Preaching
11:30am - Fellowship
11:30am - PWCT Meeting

12

17th Sunday
After Pentecost
Lords Supper
Traditional
Peacemaking Offering
9:15am - JAM Session
9:15am - Adult Sunday Sch
9:30am - 30 Mins!
10:30am - Worship Rev.
Clark Sawyer Preaching
11:30am - Fellowship
12:15pm - HYC
12:15pm - Womens Book
Club

SUN

15

9:30-11:30am Womens Bible Study

7:15pm - Ghana Task
Force Meeting

28

21

9:30-11:30am - Womens
Bible Study
1:00pm - Betsy
McCormick Circle

8:00am - Breakfast at
Macs Cafe
4:45-5:30pm - JoyBells
and Jubilation Ringers

29

22
8:00am - Breakfast at
Macs Cafe
4:45-5:30pm - JoyBells
and Jubilation Ringers
5:30-7:00pm - Kids Club
(Costume Party, last
meeting for the fall)
7-8:00pm - Delve 912

8:00am - Breakfast at
Macs Cafe
4:45-5:30pm - JoyBells
and Jubilation Ringers
5:30-7:00pm - Kids Club
7-8:00pm - Delve 912
7-8:30pm - Master Class
in Sanctuary

14

9:30-11:30am Womens Bible Study

7-8:30pm - Master
Classes in Sanctuary

8:00am - Breakfast at
Macs Cafe
4:45-5:30pm - JoyBells
and Jubilation Ringers
5:30-7:00pm - Kids Club
7-8:00pm - Delve 912

8:00am - Breakfast at
Macs Cafe
4:45-5:30pm - JoyBells
and Jubilation Ringers
5:30-7:00pm - Kids Club
7-8:00pm - Delve 912

WED

9:30-11:30am Womens Bible Study

1:30pm - Administration
Mtg.
7:00pm - Deacons
Meeting

TUES

9:30am - Willing Workers

6:30pm - Memorial Ringers
7:30pm - Chancel Choir

30

23
6:30pm - Memorial Ringers
6:30pm - Kathy Sawyer
Studio Halloween Recital in
Fellowship Hall
7:30pm - Chancel Choir

16
9:30am - Willing Workers
7:30pm - Chancel Choir

3:30pm - New Haven L.S.

Service
6:30pm - Memorial Ringers
7:30pm - Chancel Choir

9:30am - Willing Workers

6:30pm - Memorial Ringers
7:30pm - Chancel Choir

THUR

SAT

31
5-6:00pm - JumpStart 78
and Delve 912 Candy
Hand-Out at Church

Halloween

24
6:30-9:00pm - Little Stars
Rehearsal in Fellowship
Hall

17
6:30pm - JumpStart 78
and Club 56 Scavenger
Hunt

10

25
11:00am - AA Meeting
9:00am-5:00pm - Little
Stars Pageant in
Fellowship Hall
5:30-8:30pm - Deacons
Dessert and Movie Night

18
11:00am - AA Meeting
12:00pm - Womens Fall
Luncheon

11

11:00am - AA Meeting

11am - AA Meeting
9:30am - Hill Quilters
6:30pm - Bowling Night for
Club 56 and JumpStart 78

FRI