The Trumpet June 2019 Volume 36 Issue 5

Firelands Presbyterian Church

2626 East Harbor Road

Port Clinton, Ohio 43452

419-734-6211

Fax 419-734-5411

www.firelandschurch.org

Rev. Mark Cooper, Pastor

Ed Bettendorf, Clerk of Session

Musical Art Series
Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians
Boyd Meets Girl
Darrell Brand, Treasurer
June 2 at 3:30 PM
Rachel Johnson,
Robert Boyd, guitar and Laura Metcalf, ‘cello. Husband
Preschool Director
and wife make beautiful music together. This concert is
Janine Dress, sponsored by Dubbert’s Outdrive Service. Following the
Administrative Assistant concert, there will be a reception for the audience to
meet the artists. Tickets are available at the door for
Mark Owen, Custodian
$15 ($12 for Firelands members); students are admitted
free of charge.

Table of Contents
News, Notes & Upcoming Events ............. 2
News & June Lectionary ........................ 3
Project Linus .................................. 4 & 5
Preschool ............................................. 6
June Celebrations &
Monthly Prayer list ................................ 7
Calendar .............................................. 8
Ministry Schedule ................................. 9
Musical Arts 2019-2020 Season ............ 10
Baby Bottle
Campaign 2019
Deadline
June 16th (Father’s Day)
“Heartbeat of Ottawa County has been standing firm for
the sanctity of human life for over 25 years. The funds
we (they) collect stay in our area helping young women
and men to more fully embrace the life God has given
them, and to help them embrace the roles they hold in
their families.”

It is so very easy:

Take a bottle home and fill it with checks made

out to Heartbeat of Ottawa County, cash or
change.

Then return the bottle by Father’s Day

Your Mission Committee thanks you for your support of

this campaign!
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Grants have been issued to help those in need from

hurricanes, floods, human-caused disaster/trauma,
tornadoes, fires, storms, refugee ministry, and
Pastor Mark on Vacation earthquakes.

Pastor Mark will be on vacation until June 12. If you Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center has announced
have an emergency call Janine at 419-265-7298. "Grand Love," a support system for grandparents and
other adults raising children in their parents’ absence for
Supply Pastors are:
a number of reasons. For further information about this
Ed Carlson June 2
program please contact Judy Peters, Program
Rev. David Aber June 9
Coordinator, 419-367-6385, jpeters@ocfamilyadvocacy.org or
Rosalyn Barnhill, GRANDlove advocate, 419-301-
Janine on Vacation 0225, rbarnhill@ocfamilyadvocacy.org.

June 10-14 Firelands Food Bank has received $4,419.10 from Davis-
Besse's "Harvest for Hunger" campaign to help food
The Office will be closed.
donations for those in need in our community. Their
contribution is greatly appreciated and all involved have
Mission Committee been thanked for their generous contributions.

Mission Committee will meet June 4 at 1:30 p.m. at

church. We will discuss upcoming events for summer. Maumee Valley Presbytery Health Kits
Deadline June 16
We had a unique opportunity to help a homeless couple
 We are collecting items for Maumee Valley
through meeting them at the Bistro and United Way.
Presbytery’s migrant health fairs coming up this
After losing their car (their living space) they were about
summer.
to be on the street and through agency channels they
Please help us collect the following and put them
were placed in living quarters. We were able to deliver a
in the blue bin by the gathering table
double bed to them through the kindness of Libby
Ruppert. Thank you Libby. o Toothpaste

We've received a lengthy letter from the Fowlers who o Toothbrush

are living in Cleveland after retiring from Mission in o Regular size bar soap
Izmir. Now that they are close, they will try to get to
Firelands to visit. (Letter on bulletin board) o Washcloth

Ottawa County Dept. of Job ad Family Services' Task o Shampoo

Force on Aging announces that June 15th is the o Comb and/or brush
commemoration for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
(WEAAD):

"This international holiday provides an opportunity for

Pastoral Friends want to help
our community to live the principles of our faith. Reach you!
out to the older adults in your life and check on their
Some folks may have mobility issues or problems due to
wellbeing." Firelands is very good at keeping track of
bad weather that make getting in and out of church
our elders and their health situations. Our prayer time
difficult. Please be advised that there is a wheelchair
in worship and prayer chain can be active in prayer
and a walker available in the coat closet. If you pull up
for elders who may be at risk for mistreatment. "Stand
under the awning, we will help you! WE can get the
up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the
wheelchair or park/retrieve your car. Call the church
elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord." (Leviticus
office during the week, or let the Sunday Greeter know
19:32) Learn more about elder abuse and WEAAD
your needs. Also please know that communion can be
here: http://eldermistreatment.usc.edu/weaad-home.
served to you in the pew if needed.
A few facts from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance from Volunteers needed! If you would be willing to help park
its 2018 report (supported by One Great Hour of cars, please call Anne O’Malley at 440-488-3055 or Kay
Sharing): Total dollars granted, $3,559,424.38; 9,146 McIntosh 440-725-1546.
blue shirt volunteers gave more than 490,000 hours of
volunteer labor valued at more than $12 million.
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assisting the children with that day's activities and

projects. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. and then the activity
portion of the time is at about noon. If you would like
to help in this way, please call April at the United Way
office 419-734-6645.

Summer Lunch and Fun

Begins June 11
Summer Lunch and Fun! We are again supporting the
Summer Lunch and Fun program of United Way in
Ottawa County. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
from June 11 - August 23, groups of volunteers from
many community organizations will pack lunches in our
church kitchen. On Fridays, weekend food bags are also
packed, right after lunches are packed. These lunches
are then distributed to children at two sites: Lakeview
Estates and Rebirth Community Church. United Way
provides lunch and activities at these sites from 11:30
am until 1:00 p.m. United Way is also looking for
volunteers who would like to help out at the sites.
These can be small groups or individuals who would like
to spend some time distributing the lunches and
Internet Outreach
The Firelands church web site, www.firelandschurch.org, is
an important information resource, particularly for new
visitors seeking information about our church. During
the month of May, a total of 155 unique users visited
our web site, and a total of 195 sessions were
conducted, lasting an average of 1.5 minutes. 83.6% of
searchers were visiting our web site for the first time.
47% of visitors were using a desktop computer, 45% a
mobile device, and 7% a tablet. After landing on the
home page, users next visited:
Worship Sermons - 32 views Contact Us – 23 views
Newsletter – 23 views Contribute - 22 views

June Lectionary
June 2, 2019 *Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14, John 17:20-26
Seventh Sunday of Easter 16-17, 20-21

June 9, 2019 *Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27)
Day of Pentecost or 35b or
Genesis 11:1-9 Acts 2:1-21

June 16, 2019 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22- Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15
Trinity Sunday 31
First Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 8

June 23, 2019 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5- Isaiah 65:1-9 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39
Proper 7 (12) 7), 8-15a
Second Sunday after Psalm 22:19-28
Pentecost Psalm 42 and 43

June 30, 2019 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 1 Kings 19:15-16, Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62
Proper 8 (13) 19-21
Third Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 77:1-2, 11-
20 Psalm 16
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Project Linus
On Christmas Eve, 1995, an article titled “Joy to the World” appeared in Parade
Magazine. It was written by Pulitzer Prize winning photo-journalist, Eddie Adams. Part
of the article featured a petite, downy haired child. She had been going through
intensive chemotherapy and stated that her security blanket helped her get through
the treatments.
After reading the article, Karen Loucks decided to provide homemade security
blankets to Denver’s Rocky Mountain Children’s Cancer Center, and Project Linus was
born.
In 2004, Firelands Church adopted the Project Linus as one of their missions. Nine
interested sewers formed a group that met twice a month and during the first year
they made and donated 23 handmade quilts to the Akron Children’s Hospital which
services 20 northern counties in Ohio. Since then the group who personally buys all
their own fabrics has grown to 14 dedicated church members and who through monetary donations from our
congregation has been able to donate over 1,950 security blankets. And the mission continues to this day.
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Preschool News
As the month of May comes to an end, so is another school year. This month was all
about Moms and Fairy Tales. The kids made their Moms and Grandmas homemade
gift and crafts to give them at our Muffins with Moms Party. The kids loved having
their moms, grandmas and aunts come in for a special breakfast date.

For the last few weeks of school the classroom centers were all set up with Fairy Tale
items. We built castles with golden cups, made Humpty Dumpty's wall, cut out bean
stalks, practiced making Princess and the Pea patterns and much, much more.

After about a month of watching our caterpillars grow, they finally emerged from
their chrysalises! What a wonderful learning experience for out kiddos. Letting them
go is always so bittersweet.

We also spent a good amount of time practicing for our end of the year program and
graduation. This year’s program was The Greatest Show. We had acrobats, ballerinas,
ring masters, the strongest man, a fire breathing man, clowns, and many more
amazing acts. We graduated 12 Preschoolers this year, one of our largest classes
ever! Congratulations to the future class of 2032!!

Rachel Johnson Firelands Preschool Program Director and Teacher

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June
Celebrations

Pat Sharp 7 Karen Shifflet 24 Janine and Ted Dress 9

Anne O'Malley 10 Jean Witkowski 24 John and Karen Vardyan 15

Dave Wahlers 10 Connie Brand 26 Bill and Marilyn Umlauf 18

Joan Moore 12 Caroline Notestine 26 John and Joan Moore 19

John McIntosh 13 John Moore 27 John and Susan Rogers 20

Maxine Wilson 16 James Stouffer 27 Karen and Nick Shifflet 26

Dani Jagucki 20 Karen Dietz 29

Is your birthday or anniversary
Joan Brydon 22 Jim Dubbert 29 missing or incorrect? Contact
the office so we can make the
Betty Layton 22 changes to the list!

Ongoing Prayer Concerns

For those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:

Debbie Ballinger, Jenatha Boose, Harold, Kim Hudson, Diane Jordan, Craig Kaiser, Stephen Kessler, Angjuli Lele,
John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio, Michael, Jordan Moore, Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Justin
Waugh, Gary Waugh, Ann Wagnitz.

For those facing the infirmities of age:

Wilma Cooper, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy, and Irene Wilson

For those seeking freedom, security, and hope:

Bobby, Justin, Sara, Val, and CASA Families

For those in the service of our country:

SMGT Jeff Bundy, Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Matthew Devries, USAF;
Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Andrew Hogue, USA, Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;

For those in mission for our Lord:

Esther Wakeman, our co-mission worker in Thailand:

Elizabeth Prasad with Witnessing Ministries of Christ;
The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;
The Rev. Hazael Compuzano; Dios es Amor congregation in Mexico City;

To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Pastor Mark on Vacation until June 12 1

Office hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday 10 AM – 2 PM, unless otherwise noted.
2 3 5 6 7 8
9:30 Worship 10 Bible Study @Fulton 2 Memorial
3:30 MAS Café Service
Concert 11 Nature Story Time in
Pavilion
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
9:30 Worship 5 – 7 Free 9-10 Summer 10 Bible Study @Fulton 9-10 Summer 9-10 Summer
Community Lunch Café Lunch Lunch
Dinner @ 9:00 Quilting @ OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE
Bistro163 Wilsons 11 Nature Story Time OFFICE CLOSED CLOSED
OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED

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16 17 18 19 20 21 22
9:30 Worship 9-10 Summer 10 Bible Study @Fulton 9-10 Summer 9-10 Summer
Lunch Café Lunch Lunch
11 Nature Story Time
7 Session

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
9:30 Worship 9-10 Summer 10 Bible Study @Fulton 9-10 Summer 9-10 Summer
Lunch Café Lunch Lunch
9:00 Quilting @ 11 Nature Story Time
Wilsons

30
9:30 Worship
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Don’t Forget Your Time to Serve!

Ministry Names
Monthly Communion Steward Kay McIntosh

June 2 Greeter(s) Ginny & John McCook

Reader Karen Coffin
Communion Assistant Sally Walter
Servers Tim Flora, Dick Dietz, Jean Witkowski, Dick Coffin
Nursery Volunteer Debbie Flora
Pianist Kay McIntosh
Deacon of the Week Karen Dietz
June 9 Greeter(s) Connie Brand
Reader Ed Carlson
Communion Assistant Alison Falls
Servers Anita Fisher, Marsha Bordner, Dave Wahlers, Bill Sharp
Nursery Volunteer Anne O’Malley
Pianist Susan Larcey
Deacon of the Week Maxine Wilson
June 16 Greeter(s) Anne & Bill O’Malley
Reader Karen Dietz
Communion Assistant Bill Sharp
Servers Karen Coffin, Marilyn Umlauf, Sally Walter, Joyce DellaSantina
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist Kay McIntosh
Deacon of the Week Jean Witkowski
June 23 Greeter(s) Dave & Sally Wahlers
Reader Jean Witkowski
Communion Assistant Karen Coffin
Servers Dave & Sally Wahlers, Dick Coffin, Jean Witkowski
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist Susan Larcey
Deacon of the Week Joyce DellaSantina
June 30 Greeter(s) Bob & Maxine Wilson
Reader
Communion Assistant Sally Walter
Servers Marsha Bordner, Bob & Maxine Wilson, Bob Black
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist Kay McIntosh
Deacon of the Week Joyce DellaSantina
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The Musical Art Series / Port Clinton, OH

20198- 2020 Season

MAX RABINOVITSJ TRIO

Sunday,
September 22, 2019
3:30 PM
Sunday, CLEVELAND POPS JAZZ ENSEMBLE
October 20, 2019
3:30 PM
Saturday, JOHN AND NANCY-WILLIAMS SHUFFLE
November 16, 2019
7:30 PM
CLEVELAND’S BURNING RIVER BRASS
December , 2019
Place, date & time to be
determined
Saturday, KENARI SAXOPHONE QUARTET
January 25, 2020
7:30 PM
GAVIN GEORGE, PIANO
Sunday,
March 22, 2020
3:30 P.M.
YOUNG ARTISTS FROM THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF
Sunday,
MUSIC
April 26, 2020
3:30 P.M.
Sunday, MARK KOSOWER, ‘CELLO AND
May 17, 2019 JEE-WON OH, PIANO
3:30 PM.
STEVE AND LISA BALL,
Sunday,
GUITAR, BANJO AND DOUBLE BASS
June7, 2020
3:30 PM