November 4, 2007: FAPC Opens Our New Gift Shop!
Be sure to stop in FAPC’s new gift shop after this upcoming Sunday’s services! The shop is located in the hallway directly behind the Sanctuary. There are special items celebrating our upcoming 200-year anniversary. They include: logo lapel pins, baseball caps, tee shirts for kids and adults, coffee mugs, large canvas totes, a FAPC Christmas ornament and two very special pieces: a custom designed (by one of our members) women’s silk scarf depicting our Fish and Loaves logo along with a 173-page hardcover book commemorating the church history, complete with never-before seen photos. Be sure to reserve your book or scarf in advance. If you would like more information about the gift shop or to volunteer, contact Mary Jo Keeble (mjkeeble@nyc.rr.com).

October 28, 2007: Aid for Fire Victims
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding to the string of wildfires raging out of control in southern California. PDA National Response Team members are offering spiritual and emotional care giving to the staff of the Pacific Presbytery and especially to the congregation of the Malibu Presbyterian Church that burned Sunday night, October 21. One Great Hour of Sharing funds are also being made available to help the Malibu congregation continue their ministry and to help provide a humanitarian response to the community. Please continue to pray for all those living under the threat of fire, the courageous firefighters, the care givers and of those affected by the fires. You may respond financially by writing checks to FAPC marked “U.S. California Fires, DR000165”, and we will relay the contributions to PDA. Information on donating via credit card, phone or directly to the PC(USA) is available on this Website (www.fapc.org).

September 2007: Letter to the Congregation

Stephen Ministry
On September 11, Stephen Ministry training begins for a group of nine lay people from our congregation. Over the next few months our Stephen Minister trainees will receive extensive training in areas such as active listening, dealing with feelings, confidentiality, assertiveness, boundaries, using the resources of Christianity, and dealing with specific life crises. Following the training, these men and women will be commissioned as Stephen Ministers, to carry out ministries of caring within our congregation. Please keep our congregation’s Stephen Ministry program, and particularly our trainees, in prayer during the months ahead.

Choir Changes
As of Homecoming Sunday, September 9, 9:30 am worship services will feature a soloist and a guest organist in lieu of a full choir. The Session’s Worship Committee, chaired by Elder Janeen Sarlin, asked Interim Pastor Roland Perdue to approve this change on Tuesday, August 22, 2007. This will be a wiser use of our resources at this time and give the earlier service its own character and ambiance.

July 23: PC(USA) Helps Katrina Victims
According a recent article in USA Today, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has sent over 29,000 volunteers to the Gulf coast to help relief and rebuilding efforts since Hurricane Katrina struck almost two years ago, which is the fourth largest group among 29 faith-based organizations tracked. Our denomination’s Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has organized our effort and notes that over $8 million of the funds donated to the PC(USA) for the Hurricane Katrina and Rita response and reconstruction have been invested in the seven-year recovery effort to date, while the volunteer hours given today would have a monetary value of $20.88 million. PDA continues to work with the Presbyteries of Louisiana and Mississippi to assist with the long-term recovery.

To date, FAPC has contributed both funds and three mission work teams to contribute to the recovery effort. In 2008, FAPC looks forward to sending three more mission teams to New Orleans and Pearlington, Mississippi. We thank you all who have been a part of this relief effort.

Summer 2007: FAPC Member Blog: Softball Team Update

July 8, 2007: PNC Elected
At the July 8th congregational meeting, Evelyn Acosta, Ron Cruikshank, Jim Detterick, Joyce Hansen, Scott Holcombe, Glenn Hubbard, Jason Janning, Mary Jo Keeble, Thandi Khonje, Diane Klages, Josie Lawrence, Cherryl Martin, Nancy Moore, Jeanne Pape, Beatriz Rocha, Chad Stubbs, David Sytsma, JoAnn Weisel and Lynn Wishart were elected to serve on the pastor nominating committee. Joyce Hansen and Chad Stubbs will serve as co-chairs. The committee will nominate a pastor and head of staff for the congregation's consideration.

July 8, 2007: Three Deacons Elected
At the congregational meeting held on July 8, the following members were elected to the board of deacons: Ken Mulligan for the class of 2010, Johnny Lookabill for the class of 2009 and Zoe Lazarides for the class of 2008. We thank them for their gift of service!

June 2007: Congratulations, Randy!
This June, our beloved Rev. Randy Weber celebrates his 25th year as an ordained minister of the word and sacrament. At coffee hour next Sunday, June 3, please join us in praising God and in thanksgiving for his many years of dedication and pastoral gifts.

May 17, 2007: Annual and Financial Reports, Officer Nominees and Mission Review Documents Available Online

May 6, 2007: Margaret Shafer in India

April 2007: Operation Campfire: Give a Child the Gift of Happy Summer Memories!
You can help underprivileged children attend Holmes Presbyterian Camp in Holmes, NY this summer by donating to the deacons’ annual Operation Campfire fundraiser. It’s easy to help: Place a check marked “Operation Campfire” in the offering plate or give it to one of the deacons holding a butterfly net after both services on May 6, May 13, or May 20. Cash donations should be placed in an offering envelope marked “Operation Campfire.” For more information please contact Jennifer Noonan (jencelene@hotmail.com). Thank you!

March 2007: FAPC Blog: Rocks and the Church Clock

"Stage Door" Is a Big Hit!
The Theatre Fellowship production, which ran in March of 2007, was recently featured in the Off Off Broadway Review. They wrote, "What does deserve merit is producing this play as an important episode in the history of 20th century American entertainment, and the Theatre Fellowship of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church has done so as a successful tribute to theatre as art. Art might struggle in the face of adversity, but this theatre company makes it seem easy."

Jacob Bolton Appointed Family Ministries Director
After a thorough search of over one hundred applicants, Jacob Bolton was appointed as director of family ministries after serving in that role as an
interim. Bolton will work with and oversee all of the church’s family ministries programs. This May, he will graduate from Union Theological Seminary with his Masters of Divinity degree.

Relief Funds Needed
Since December a series of cyclones, with accompanying heavy rainfall, has hit several regions of Madagascar and has caused severe damage. Some 293,000 people are expected to require assistance in the coming months, including 33,000 displaced persons and 260,000 others affected by the loss of up to 80 percent of crops. If you are willing to contribute towards disaster relief through the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program, please make a check out to “FAPC” and put “PDA” in the notes section. For more information, please contact Randy Weber (rweber@fapc.org).

FAPC Homeless Ministry Mentioned in L.A. Times
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