5220 S. 159th Ave Omaha, NE 68135 402 - 895 - 4044 www.hopepresbyterianchurch.org Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service. Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service. Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service. The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken. The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken. The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!! AUGUST 2017-VOLUME 8 A Message of Hope Loving God, Loving Others, Living in Grace Pantry of Hope Submitted by Mike Molacek Sermon Topics Did you know that in Douglas County alone, an esmated 13.8% of all individuals have food insecurity. Because of your generosity, we are fighng hunger in Omaha. Foods that you enjoy at your house are perfect to donate. We make good use of all non-perishable items. Currently we could use granola bars, cereal, canned chicken, and juice boxes. Thanks to everyone who donates to the Pantry From June 21 – July 18, 2017, 7 families totaling 19 people came in for food. There were 247 items distributed. Thanks to all of you for your support in helping keep the Pantry stocked. August 6, 2017 “The Test Of Appete” Daniel 1: 1-21 Pastor Dave August 13, 2017 “Faith By Fire” Daniel 3: 1-30 Sarah Marn August 20, 2017 “Tough Love” Daniel 4: 10-28 Pastor Dave August 27, 2017 “When Egos Soar” Daniel 6: 1-23 Pastor Dave
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5220 S. 159th Ave
Omaha, NE 68135
402-895-4044
www.hopepresbyterianchurch.org
Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service.Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service.Sunday, August 27, 2017, following the Sunday Morning Service.
The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken.The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken.The Fellowship Committee will be providing Fried Chicken.
Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. See you There!!
AUGUST 2017-VOLUME 8
A Message of Hope
Loving God, Loving Others, Living in Grace
Pantry of Hope Submitted by Mike Molacek Sermon Topics
Did you know that in Douglas County alone, an es!mated 13.8% of all individuals
have food insecurity. Because of your generosity, we are figh!ng hunger in
Omaha.
Foods that you enjoy at your house are perfect to donate. We make good use of
all non-perishable items. Currently we could use granola bars, cereal, canned
chicken, and juice boxes.
Thanks to everyone who donates to the Pantry
From June 21 – July 18, 2017, 7 families totaling 19 people came in for food.
There were 247 items distributed. Thanks to all of you for your support in
helping keep the Pantry stocked.
¨ August 6, 2017
“The Test Of Appe!te”
Daniel 1: 1-21
Pastor Dave
¨ August 13, 2017
“Faith By Fire”
Daniel 3: 1-30
Sarah Mar!n
¨ August 20, 2017
“Tough Love”
Daniel 4: 10-28
Pastor Dave
¨ August 27, 2017
“When Egos Soar”
Daniel 6: 1-23
Pastor Dave
Mission Submitted by JB Turner, Mission Elder
Siena Francis House Meal Serving
Every first Saturday of the month, Hope Church is blessed serve at the Siena-Francis House. We serve
the nigh#me meals. Time invested is only a few hours (4 pm-7 pm) and the signup sheet is located in
the Narthex on the side table. Not much is easier than that – and the rewards are immense! Please
sign up to help serve….it is a worthwhile project that Hope Church has embraced wholeheartedly! IF
you are interested in you and your family, friends or small group taking over a month (all by
yourselves), please contact Mark Canady [email protected] for more details. Thank you to those who served
the meals in July - Ron and Judy and Bruening, Judy Klostermeyer, Dave and Lillian Fehr, Mark Turner, Mark, Theresa,
Madison, and Isabel Canady.
Our next meal to be served will be Saturday August 5th, please sign up to help out!
We are always looking for volunteers for this very rewarding mission!!!
Thank you to all who donated items and those who volunteered many long hours working at the
mission garage sale. Because of your efforts Hope raised $3956.23! 100% of these funds will be
used to show Hope’s love towards others by suppor!ng local Omaha mission projects.
Salva!on Army Kids Cruisin’ Kitchen Thank You
A sincere thanks to everyone who par!cipated this summer with Salva!on Army’s Kids Cruisin’ Kitchen program. Your
efforts helped children in Omaha who typically receive reduced rate meals during the school year to con!nue to receive
hot nutri!ous lunches. Most of these children would go hungry during the summer if it weren’t for the efforts of this
amazing program.
ABIDE Hope-Abide Lighthouse Opportuni!es (HALO) - 29 July Block Party
A huge thank you to the Hope congrega!on and friends who visited our new friends in our partner
Abide Lighthouse neighborhood at 24th and Evans St. We had a great !me ge#ng to know new
friends, grilling out, and playing games. We hope to con!nue building this rela!onship with our
partners in north Omaha. Look for more opportuni!es to par!cipate in events with the Abide Lighthouse
neighborhood. If you would like to volunteer for those opportuni!es please contact Kathy Anderson, Brian Claus, or JB
Hope Mission Spotlight of the Month – Brush Up Nebraska – Paint-A-Thon
Calling Painters of All Ages!!! August is the !me of year when we pull the Hope Presbyterian team together for Brush
Up Nebraska.
BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon is a community based volunteer program that
paints homes of qualified low-income elderly and low-income permanently
disabled homeowners, in the Omaha Metropolitan Area, so that they may
maintain their property, increase energy efficiency and beau!fy the community.
Paint-A-Thon is like an old fashion “Barn Raising”, it is people helping people in the
best spirit of giving to others. The phrase “many hands make light work” applies to
this project. Historically, Paint-A- Thon has been going on in this country since
neighbors worked together for a common cause. Officially, the first organized
Paint-A-Thon started in Denver, Colorado in 1979 through the help of Brother’s
Development Corpora!on. That program con!nues to this day. The second longest
program was started in the Twin Ci!es as a Chore Program run through the Minneapolis Council of Churches.
BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon was started in 1989 by Norwest Bank, U S West, ConAgra, and Diamond Vogel
Paints. A total of 50 homes were painted in September of 1989, mostly through teams from the sponsoring
corpora!ons. In 1990 Union Pacific Railroad, ENRON Northern Natural Gas and Northern Border Partners and Mutual
of Omaha joined as partners and added many new teams. Total number of homes painted in 1990 was 120. In 1991
First Data Resources, Barnhart Press, Lozier Corp, Lincoln Financial Group and Rigel Corpora!on (KFC and Krispy Kreme
Donuts), joined as partners and the total number of homes swelled to 137. Convergys was added as a sponsor in the
year 2000, Tenaska and the Gary and Mary West Founda!on were both added in 2009. The Gavilon Group, U.S. Bank
and Pay Pal were added in 2012; Dunkin Donuts joined in 2014 as a contributor with strong support from TD
Ameritrade.
Execu!ve Directors of the programs are Tom & Sheila Pe#grew who started the program in 1989, and con!nue as
execu!ve directors to this day. BRUSH UP NEBRASKA Paint-A-Thon has helped launch 13 programs in Iowa, one in
Montana, one in Wyoming, and several small programs in communi!es throughout Nebraska. These programs have no
affilia!on with the corpora!on and were simply mentored by Tom and Sheila.
By the year 2013, the 25th year of opera!on, the project reached a new milestone in homes painted totaling 2,578
homes of elderly and disabled homeowners in the Omaha Metro Area.
The financial impact to the community is immeasurable as is the posi!ve benefit to both families and volunteers.
Hope is pu#ng together a team again this year to paint a low-income Omaha resident’s one-story home on Saturday
August 12th and 19th from 8am to 4pm. We will be pain!ng Shirley Jack’s home at 6008 North 47th Street in Omaha.
Shirley is a wonderful woman whose husband passed away a few years ago and could use our assistance sprucing up
the outside of her home. Please join Hope’s team to help serve God by giving back to our community. See Chuck
Lundquist 402-321-1026 or JB Turner 402-669-3753 to sign up.
Mission Spotlight of the Month Submitted by JB Turner, Mission Elder
From the Desk of Pastor Rus Kosits When I had a chance to look at the VBS curriculum a few months back, I really liked the feel of the music, I knew the kids would
have fun, but felt that the theme song for “Maker Fun Factory” was missing something. I re-wrote a bit of the song, and added this
simple verse “There is a God who loves us, everything we are. God knows our joy and sorrow, God is never far.” Knowing God is
near is crucial to surviving intense ministry opportuni!es like VBS and Mission trips, and PHEW, WE DID IT! Cheers and thanks to
those who made it happen. So now, we can…
Rest? Sure, but not for too long, there is plenty to be done, especially when it comes to planning our Fall and Winter children’s and
youth ministries. Some plans have already been made and we are at the stage where ge#ng input from parents and par!cipants
will help us perfect our plans.
Changes are being made to our Sunday morning Children’s ministry (Sunday School) to reflect what we like best about VBS as well
as what our volunteer teachers have to offer from their !me, talent and passion for the spiritual forma!on of our children. Please
stay on alert for announcement of when and where our informa!on mee!ngs are being held, and prayerfully consider if you would
like to be a part of our Sunday school for children.
As a pilot program, we are going to start off the fall seeking help from adults, not to teach a class for a specific age or grade level,
but by filling one of these 3 roles each Sunday: Shepherd, Story Teller ( I might change the name of this role to Sage) or Spelunker.
By making this shi* we will be relying on the group of teachers that have always been involved, but also open up par!cipa!on to
those who iden!fy more with a par!cular skill set, and can see more easily how they can make a contribu!on from day one without
being overwhelmed. Volunteers can specialize in just one of these areas, or offer to help across all areas.
- Shepherds will focus on the children, helping to remind them of basic behavior, assist them with tasks or ac!vi!es they might be
struggling with, and encourage and support them to get the most out of our !me together on Sunday. There is no set up or
prepara!on for the Shepherd. We will be looking for about 3 such volunteers each week (more as our ministry grows)
- Story Teller/Sages will teach the lesson, which starts with taking !me read and understand the Bible story being presented that
week. Story Tellers will be co-presenters with Rus (Me), and we will work together on how we want to tell the story, in skit form,
with props, in costume, ect. This is a great opportunity to take on as li-le or as much responsibility as you like, and get a chance to
go deeper into the Bible for your own spiritual forma!on.
-Spelunkers are our explora!on specialists. In real life, a spelunker is an expert in cave explora!on. In our Sunday school, the
spelunkers will set up and teach our reflec!on ac!vi!es. These will vary from week to week and may be cra*s, puzzles, projects,
games, etc. Spelunkers work best in teams, and our program will be enhanced with the broadest variety of people willing to share
their own passions and interests in helping our children to have a fun, hands on experience each week that reinforces the lessons
they learn.
Please prayerfully consider how you might serve, and don’t hesitate to contact me with ideas, ques!ons and comments about how
we can make our Sunday experience outstanding for our young people. I look forward to seeing you at our organiza!onal and
informa!onal mee!ngs in August.
ALSO: if Sunday morning is not your thing, there is a need and opportunity to have adults par!cipate on Wednesday nights in our
youth ministry. We are looking for commi-ed adults willing to par!cipate with, learn from, and listen to our youth. Adult
par!cipa!on, from people who demonstrate the love of Jesus and the church, is the only way to have effec!ve youth ministry. No
experience or skill or coolness necessary. No age limits. Contact Rus if this interests you.
ALSO (ALSO): Thank you for your warm and gracious thanks marking my first year of service to this congrega!on. I do indeed look
forward to work here everyday, and for the opportuni!es to learn and grow as a part of the Hope family for the years to come.
Blessings,
Rus
Associate Pastor for Chris!an Educa!on.
YOUTH Submi!ed by Chris Ahrenholtz, Youth Ministry Elder
Hope is holding a Middle School/High School end-of-summer/back-to-school campfire and movie night
August 4, 2017.
Middle School and High School students, are invited, along with their parents and siblings, to spend the
evening at Hope.
Details are below. Please RSVP ([email protected]) by Wednesday, August 2nd, le#ng us know how
many will a-end.
Plan to gather between 5:30 and 6:00 pm West of the church, and we will begin cooking hot dogs
over the campfires at 6:15. We also plan to have baked beans, chips, fruit and sodas - it will be
just like camping out.
A*er ea!ng (around 7:00) we will have a neighborhood scavenger hunt. Pastor Rus may have
a California twist to make this even more exci!ng.
Plan on some exci!ng yard games a*er the scavenger hunt. There will be badminton, ladders, and maybe
even a bean bag toss.
As it begins to get dark, around 9:00, the popcorn machine will be making hot & fresh
popcorn. Remember the campfires? They logs should be a nice embers at this point perfect
for roas!ng marshmallows and making s'mores.
Once everyone has their snacks, there will be an outside movie. Make sure to bring your blankets and lawn
chairs to get comfortable.
Please respond back, and vote on your movie pick -
* Fantas!c Beasts and where to find them
* Doctor Strange
* Arrival
* Rogue One
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Session Highlights Submitted by Jayne Molacek, Clerk of Session
Mo!on from Fellowship Commi-ee to put Sunday, August 27, 2017 on the calendar for the Annual Church
Picnic. Seconded and carried.
Mo!on from Building and Grounds to have Madden Enterprises, Inc. do the sidewalk to the deck. Cost:
$1,489.00. The sidewalk needs to be 5 feet wide per ADA requirements. It also has to be 3500 psi. Anoth-
er bid was received from JV Concrete came in at $1,600.00. Seconded and carried.
Mo!on from Outreach Commi-ee to start the September 19, 2017 session mee!ng at 6:00 p.m. in the sanc-
tuary to receive new members. Seconded and carried.
Mo!on from Adult Educa!on to put on the calendar Sunday morning classes from September 17 - October
29, 2017 (7 weeks) with Philip Yancey - "Prayer Does It Make Any Difference and Rob Bel Nooma - one topic
videos." Seconded and carried.
Mo!on to allow New Life Presbyterian Church to borrow 5 racks and hangers for their nickel sale. Pick-up of
racks would be on Friday, July 14 and returning a*er July 24. We have done this in the past for Peace Presby-
terian Church when Dwight Williams was their pastor. He is now the pastor at New Life. (Apparently we
have also lent the racks to New Life in the past so this is a repeat, not a new thing.) Seconded and carried.
Mo!on from Elder Dave Fehr and Moderator Dave Matsumura to call a Special Session Mee!ng on
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at6:30 p.m. to hear the results of the feasibility study. The plan is to discuss and
have !me to reflect and pray on this and vote at the August 15, 2017 Session mee!ng. A light dinner will be
provided. Seconded and carried.
Fellowship Submi!ed by Tracy Comba, Fellowship Elder
Sunday, August 27, is the Annual Church Picnic! This year’s picnic will again be in the gym immediately
following service. The Fellowship Commi-ee will provide fried chicken. We ask each family a-ending bring a
side dish or dessert to share. A sign-up sheet will be in the Narthex.
There will be ac!vi!es for the kids, as well as the ever-popular Bounce House and Kona-Ice truck!
Please watch the bulle!n and Sunday slide show for more details as they become available.
We are always looking for volunteers to provide fellowship a*er Sunday morning service. If you’d like to
provide drinks and snacks on any Sunday, please check the sign-up sheet in the Narthex or on the fridge in
the kitchen. We are thankful for anyone who wants to provide fellowship on any Sunday.
The Outreach team seeks to welcome the guests God brings to Hope and facilitate the membership process
by running periodic new member classes. Our next class is scheduled for Tuesday, September 12 from 6-9
pm in Mee!ng Room #1. Dinner will be provided. During the class, We'll get to know one another, take care
of some paper work, talk about the history and future of the Hope congrega!on, and some of our beliefs
and theology. We think that membership in the local church is both a privilege and a responsibility and one
of the ways you can connect with a faith community to live out God's restora!ve vision for the world.
Please get in touch with Outreach Elder Ma- Van Hook ([email protected] or 401-368-1233...yes, it's a
401 area code!) to sign up or for more info.
Outreach Submitted by Matt Van Hook, Outreach Elder