June 2013

Vacation Bible School June 10-14 ▪ 9am to Noon

Register Online Today! www.columbusfpc.org

3 years old – 5th Grade 1 Cost: $15 includes t-shirt

VBS Mission Project: MercyMed (see p.6 for details)

26TH ANNUAL PRESBYTERIAN MUSIC CAMP

JUNE 17-21 ▪ 9:30 AM TO 12:30 PM Open to all children in rising grades

(5 years old) K–7

Children are encouraged to invite their friends to join them. Registration forms

are available in the church office. Contact Tom George for additional information or

to volunteer, 706.322.4523.

Music Camp donation list can be found on page 6.

Music skil ls ▪ singing ▪ recreation ▪ crafts ▪ fun ▪ Music skil ls ▪ singing ▪ recreation

Music skil ls ▪ singing ▪ recreation ▪ crafts ▪ fun ▪ Music skil ls ▪ singing ▪ recreation

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Have you heard all the ruckus?

Ignite@9 has transitioned to

Ignite@nite for the summer months

of June and July and you are invited

to join us on Sunday evenings

at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

CHECK. IT. OUT.

SUNDAYS. 6PM.

Our summer sermon series will be

“Kingdom Come.” This summer we will

explore Jesus’ teachings on the kingdom

and what it means for us to be part of it.

 CHURCH FAMILY  

SUMMER REUNION SUPPER Wednesday, July 10th at 5:30 p.m. 

 

Featuring  Special Guest

Dr. Paul Huh Assistant Professor of                   Worship and Director  

of Korean American Ministries  at Columbia Theological  

Seminary 

Dr. Huh will be sharing about the new Presbyterian hymnal  and  his  role  in  helping  to  create  it.    His                    research  interests  include  liturgical  musicology, space,  time,  history,  theology,  and  arts  in  both            Korean  and North American  settings. Additionally, he  is  interested  in  the  praxis  of  bilingual/bicultural performing, designing, leading, and evaluating wor‐ship in an ecumenical setting.   

Worship the

King All

Summer Long!

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Church Family Supper Programs

Church Family Suppers will take a break during the month of June.  There will be two Summer Reunion Suppers in July.  Please be sure to sign‐up on the church 

bulletin insert or contact the church office.  

JULY 10TH

Dr. Paul Huh Assistant Professor of Worship

and Director of Korean American Ministries

Columbia Theological Seminary

JULY 31ST Updates from our Youth

on their Summer Mission Projects

Summer Adult

Sunday School Schedule

June Adult classes will meet during the month of June.  Some classes may elect to combine for the month.   

July

Classes will take a break in July. 

August

September Adult classes will resume  Sunday, September 8th.

Meet and Greet

Sunday, June 9th

Meet  and  greet with  our  friends  from  our  partner  church, The Good News Church in Moscow, who will be working with our Vacation Bible School.   This gathering will take place as an Adult Sunday School Class  in 303 A & B.   Our guests will be  Olga  Checkalina,  Andrew  Checkalin,  Anna  Grishina, Evgeniy Petrivich, and Luba Smagina.  Olga and Andrew are the  daughter  and  son  of  Misha  Checkalin,  pastor  of  The Good News Church.   Olga was with us  in 2008 and Andrew went with our youth to Triennium in 2010.  Anna also attend‐ed Triennium in 2010.  Evgeniy has directed Summer Camps for  the  church  on  numerous      occasions.   He  directed  the camps  staffed by church members  in 2007 and 2009.   Sun‐day, June 16th, they will share their puppet ministry with us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Special Anniversary Sunday, June 2nd, was a busy day at First Presbyterian Church. We marked the graduation of eleven high school and four college students, we rejoiced in the baptism of a baby, we celebrated worship together and awaited, with anticipation, the start of Vacation Bible School and music camp. June 2nd also marked the fifth anniversary of a special staff member – that of our day school director, Robyn Moore.

Robyn is a native of New Jersey but moved to the south with her family about ten years ago. She has two children, a daughter, Ashley, and a son, Devon, (whose wedding day was also on June 2nd). But she is probably best known as the grand-mother of Aiden, a recent graduate of the Pre-K program who is loved by all who have encountered her outgoing and captivat-ing five-year-old personality.

One of the appealing qualities about Robyn’s back-ground that first enticed the search committee was her experience and training in Montessori curriculum. Therefore, an early goal of hers was to help bring a Montessori school to the Columbus area, but to do this in a way that would not lose sight of the traditional classes. Two years ago, the First Presbyterian Day School started one Montessori pre-school class. This past year, we added another one and this upcoming school year, we are on track to have a third Montessori classroom, to include kindergarten.

The classes are for children ages 3 – 6 years and the Montessori approach allows mixed-aged group classroom instruction which fosters independent learning and thinking

while encouraging children to grow and explore on their own level, wherever they happen to be, developmentally. This teach-ing method offers more independence and the environment is geared toward building self-confidence, exploration, and discov-ery. Robyn is proud of the teachers and students with whom she works and is always striving for excellence. You can see the evidence of this in our school here at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Hasty commented that, “five years ago Robyn took over a very good day school program and she has turned it into an excel-lent day school program. Our Montessori classes, which Robyn brought to our program, set us apart from all other day schools in Columbus, Georgia. Robyn is an exceptional director and a blessing to her students and to our staff. I can’t wait to see what her next five years will bring.”

In her free time, Robyn enjoys reading, trips to the beach, and spending time with her family. But beware, she is an avid Auburn football fan and apparently bleeds orange and blue!

So please take time to speak to Robyn and thank her, not only for her five years of service, but for the wonderful work she is doing with the children and the day school. Thank you, Robyn, for a job very well done!

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Summer Program July 1st –July 26th Open for One-year olds

to rising Kindergarteners Call 706.322.4523 for more info.

Day School Class of 2013

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YOUTH MISSION TRIP

JULY 6-12

CHATTANOOGA, TN

Summer Activities

Congratulations go to our three

Valedictorians in the Class of 2013:

Amelia Barton,

Northside High

Alan Giles,

Hardaway High

Sam Hatcher,

Brookstone School

and Salutatorian

Kaitlin Moye,

Glenwood School,

Phenix City

Way to go!

Alan  Giles,  a  member  of                   First  Presbyterian  Church  and                  former  Troop  24  Scout, was  a 2013  Ledger‐Enquirer  "Page One"  nominee  for  Drama  and was chosen as the "Runner‐Up" in  that   category.   Alan  is both an accomplished public speaker but  also  a  fine  musician  and                     singer. Alan is the son of Glen & Patricia Giles.   Congratulations, Alan!   

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Another Success Story for VIP!!

The Moore Family Moves Into a Home!

Lavetta Moore and her two children (pictured above) will be moving into their new house this week. Another family’s dream

has been made possible through VIP’s partnership with S.E.E. The

American Dream.

During VBS we will be collecting donations for MercyMed.  This  year  MercyMed  is  saving money  to  purchase  laptops  and  a  postal                 meter/scale.    Donations  of  any  increment, large or  small, will be appreciated.   Look  for the  container  in  the  reception hall beginning Sunday, June 9th through the week of VBS. 

Mercy Med   exist to proclaim   Jesus Christ as Lord and  to demonstrate His  love by provid‐ing  affordable  quality  primary  healthcare  for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the underserved of Columbus, Georgia.  

To find out more about MercyMed, check out their website:  mercymedcolumbus.com 

Music Camp Needs magazines 

old CDs & plastic CD cases 

1 & 2 liter soda bottles with tops 

white or light t‐shirts 

glass bottles & Jars with or without lids 

metal bottle caps 

empty milk bottles with lids 

empty laundry detergent bottles with lids 

empty baby food jars 

toilet/paper towel rolls (cardboard tubes) 

wire hangers 

old golf balls 

Please place these items in the box located  

in the reception hall near the elevator. 

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  24  John & Katharine Flory   Libbie Stone   Nyla Reherman  25  Scott & Mandy Barton   Walt Gunby, III   John Van Kley  26  Blair & Lesslie Carnahan   Lowry & Ann Reid   A Illges, Jr.   Melissa Thomas   John Kelly  27  Tom & Loretta Flowers   Matt & Ellen Lane   Sidney & Becky Yarbrough   June Ellis   Gary Singley   Carl Hopp   Martha Espada   Rob Harbison   Katie Post   Frank Lumpkin, IV  28  John & Julia Bailey   James Atkins   Jane Jarrell  29  Diane Blackwell  30  Mary Jane Galer   Carole Embry   Julie Kyser   Chris Woodruff  

 2  Bill & Zada Feighner   Bennett & Lynley Hipps   Chong Lee   Brian Anderson   Virginia Pearson  3  Katie Strickland  4  Marian Poovey  5  Cory & Frazer Loomis   Howard & Jean Park   Loren & Alicia West  6  Rex & Lynn Whiddon   Sumanda Dunn   Prather Hudson  7  Mac & Tena McQueen   Joan Cheves   Ida Page   Virginia Snavely   Justin Hopf  8  Terry & Deb Sellers   Dudley & Joyce Wells   Ray & Eleanor Williams   Fran Paepcke   Sarah Pennington  9  Cherry Pease   Cammy Currie   Taylor Weekley   Kevin Beasley  10  Bill & Kit Hamilton   Bunky Pease   Charlotte Kaeserman   Jack Benedict   Tucker  Pearson   Sawyer Micheli  11  Faye Woodruff   Kacie Huff   John Avant   Hobbs Avant  12  Bill & Eleanor Hardegree 

 13  Loren West  14  Justin & Beth Bridges   Mike & Kathy Wolfe   Margaret Zollo  15  Sam & Sara Dismuke   Grace Ebstyne   Scott Bryan   David Bufogle   Edward Neal   Anna Van Kley  16  Mike Terry   Keith Moyer   Jennifer Campbell  17  George & Georgene Voltz   Virginia Peebles   Andrew Hendley, Jr.  18  John & Carol Johnston   Nancy McClung   Gloria Benedict   Margaret Page   Cathy Ahr   John Van Doorn   Hartley Bickerstaff  19  William & Vandy Middleton   Dick Norman  20  Mike & LeAnne Bonner   Bo & Mary Bradley   Carl & Edith Pignato   Paul Calhoun, Jr.   JoAnna Williams   Lindsay Nevill    21  Tim & Lindsey Bauler   Betsy Flournoy  22  Marty Harbison   Joy Davis  23  Laura Hardin   Casey Watkins  

June Anniversar ies and Bir thdays

If your birthday or anniversary is this month, but is not listed, please contact the church office so we can add it to your member profile. 

To opt out of receiving the Inspire Newsletter by mail, please contact JoAnna Williams at 706.322.4523 or jwilliams@columbusfpc.org. 

1100 First Avenue 

Columbus, Georgia  31901 

 

Phone:   706.322.4523 

Fax:       706.596‐8531 

Web:  www.columbusfpc.org 

Share God’s Love: First Presbyterian, a historic church located in uptown Columbus, Georgia, seeks to minister to all people in Christ’s name through an inclusive, caring, and faithful community that joyfully shares the gift of salvation from a loving and forgiving God.

SEN IOR  PASTOR  

The Reverend. Charles R. Hasty, Jr. 

ASSOC IATE  PASTOR  

The Reverend  Dr. E. Jones Doughton 

ORGANIST  AND  CHOIRMASTER  

Mr. Thomas H. George, Jr. 

CHURCH  ADMIN ISTRATOR  

Ms. Suzanne McCary 

CAMPUS  PASTOR ,  THE  ABBEY    

The Reverend Jason Micheli