The Trumpet

February 2016 Volume 33 Issue 2

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

Dave Moore, Clerk of Session
Susan Larcey and Kay McIntosh, Musicians
Darrell Brand, Treasurer
Rachel Johnson,
Preschool Director
Janine Dress,
Administrative Assistant
Mark Owen, Custodian

Table of Contents
Special Request & Preschool News........... 2
Operation Organization , ComeUnity Caf
and Website & Facebook ........................ 3
Pastors Page & Lectionary Texts ............. 4
& Monthly Prayer List & schedule for
Lenten Study * Lunch* Worship .............. 5
Birthdays, Calendar ............................... 6
Ministry Schedule .................................. 7
Musical Arts 2015-2016 Season .............. 8

Lent At Firelands
February 9 Ash Wednesday 7 PM
Service with Imposition of Ashes and communion.

March 24 Maundy Thursday 7 PM

Service with communion and symbolic hand washing

March 25 Good Friday

Time and place to be announced
Join our community in remembering the complete
sacrifice that our Lord made for our salvation.

Friday Firelands Family Dinner

February 19 at 6 PM
Dine out with your church family. We will meet at CIC
on Catawba and our organizers are Darrell & Connie
Brand. Please sign up on the sheet on the gathering
table.

Please Pay Per Capita

Last year we asked all our members to contribute an
extra $30 toward both their per capitathe amount
we pay for each member to support the Presbyterian
Church (USA) on the regional and national levelsand
the cost of offering envelopes. Many of you did so,
which was an enormous help toward our 2015 budget.

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Special Request
Dear Friends,
Recently we learned that our custodian, Mark Owen,
who is studying to obtain a nursing degree at Terra
Community College is in need of a new computer, as his
died. Since many of you have often asked about Marks
needs, we are now asking you to contribute to a Love
Offering to benefit Mark and to specifically pay for a
new computer. Envelopes will be placed in Sunday
bulletins the weeks of January 31 and the first week of
February. If you wish to contribute, please leave these
envelopes in the offering plate or the church office. If
you are not able to be in church, you may mail a check
to the church and put love offering in the memo line of
the check. Please prayerfully consider this need for one
of our own.
We ask you also to pray for Mark Owen in his continued
studies and for his family.
Thank You

Preschool News
January was all about Winter and Snow! We did units on
snow, snowmen, hibernation, and animals form the polar
regions. Each unit was accompanied by books, art projects
and learning activities that centered around the theme. We
also started working on letters and letter sounds. We learned
all about S, A, T, and I this month. The children are really
enjoying learning the hand motions and songs for each letter.
I have been impressed with their hard work on their
homework as well!
With the colder weather, we have been spending a lot of time
playing inside. In addition to having free play in The
Fellowship Hall, we have been doing yoga as well as playing
interactive games on gonoodle.com. We have been able to
bundle up and go outside a few time for a quick walk!
This month we had visits from Mrs.D and Mrs.Winkie. Mrs. D.
read Llama Llama Red Pajama and helped the kids make a
quilt project out of cut up pieces of fabric. Mrs.Winkie read
books and song songs about hibernation.
Thank you to all that helped with "Operation Clean Floors!"
Our room looks so much cleaner and brighter. And thank to
Karen Coffin for or organizing "Operation Organization!" We
love our new office/storage room!
Rachel Johnson
Firelands Preschool
Program Director and Teacher

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Session Highlights will be in

Next Newsletter

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OPERATION ORGANIZATION
During one hectic weekend, Rachel Johnson, our
PreSchool Director, and Kelly Markley, a professional
organizer, tackled the nightmare storage project of the
Rae Ellen Dale classroom. (Full disclosure: Kelly is my
daughter and I want to adopt Rachel.) . They managed
to turn it from a nightmare to a showplace in 2 ten hour
work days.
For the last 18 years or so, that room has been used for
many worthy causes including Sunday School classes
and storage for summer lunch program supplies. Most
recently, the room had become a storage area for
PreSchool equipment, toys, paperwork and staff work
area. Everyone could see that it has become so full that
it wasnt good for much of anything.
Kelly, after looking at some pictures of the room,
declared that it was an impossible storage situation the
way it was arranged and volunteered to help. Rachel
and her staff were delighted to get on board with the
project and began to sort through supplies that have
accumulated since the beginning of the PreSchool.
Members of the congregation helped throw out old
paperwork and supplies. Do you use it? was the
motto. It was OK to throw away or give away items no
longer needed. The dumpster was filled twice and
donations were taken to Goodwill and the Portage
Resale Center.
Huge thanks go to all the folks who helped sort, carry,
transport, lift, move and cheer.We also appreciate Dave
Koebels contributions of attaching accessories to the
walls to make it an office as well as a storage area.
Incidentally, Kelly has recommended that a flat screen
TV be placed on the wall in the activity room so the
current TV stand, which takes up a lot of space and
could be a safety concern, can be removed. If you
happen to have a flat screen TV that you can donate, it
would be wonderful.
All the kind remarks about the project have been passed
on to Kelly and Rachel, who are both thrilled with how it
turned out. We hope you are too.
Karen Coffin

Website & Facebook

January visits to our church web site and Facebook pages
were lower than December, but still a good source of
information about Firelands Presbyterian Church. Our web
site was consulted 263 times this month. 78.8% of visits
were first time viewers; an average of 2.1 pages were

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consulted, led by Preschool, Sermons, and Contact Us.

Our web hosting firm, Catawba Digital, has made a
business decision to move away from that part of their
business and focus on Catawba Security. We are
investigating another local firm that they have
recommended for web hosting, Destination Designs,
owned by Tim Wilford.
Facebook entries that reached the highest number of
people in January included:

New Years Day Message 226

ComeUnity Caf 10,000 Matching Gift Opportunity
65
Musical Arts Series Bagpipe Concert 52
Sandusky Register Article about ComeUnity Caf
96
Port Clinton News Herald Article about Bagpipe
Concert 47

ComeUnity Caf Happenings

Planning for the ComeUnity Cafe has
continued during the month of
January in several key business
areas. A thorough review of the
kitchen and seating areas has been
completed, and plans are in place to
move a grill into the kitchen, and
install an overmount hood. Two market research
surveys have been created and tested, one for the
occupants of the Sutton Center, and another for
residents of Ottawa County who are potential volunteers
and pay-it-forward customers for the caf. These
surveys will inform the steering committee about
possible hours of operation and menu pricing. Watch
your email inbox for the opportunity to give your input!
Ed Carlson has begun to put together a financial plan for
the operation, and Mary Caracci is drafting a marketing
plan for the months leading up to opening, and beyond.
The Sandusky Registers Melissa Topey wrote a
comprehensive article with photograph, announcing
plans for the ComeUnity Caf

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/Business/2016/01/14/Co
mmunity-Cafe-coming-to-PortClinton.html?ci=stream&lp=1&p=3.
As a direct result of that story, the Oak Harbor High
School National Honor Society has called to volunteer.
And the mens prayer group at Trinity United Methodist
Church has requested a speaker.

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Pastors Page
In this month I celebrate the one-year anniversary of my work with you. Thats a little bit surprising to me, since,
honestly, I didnt expect to be doing anything like this in my retirement. I expected to come home to Sandusky and
begin to think back on my time in ministry, and not be collecting any more ministry memories. In fact, when I was
first contacted about the position at FPC, I expressed a lack of interest not thinking I wanted to take another
position, regardless of which church it was or what it was like. Im also a bit surprised because not only is this my first
anniversary here, I have agreed to celebrate two more anniversaries here. So, yes, I am somewhat surprised at how
all this has worked out.
Why would I have agreed to not only come, but to stay two additional years? Honestly, I wouldnt have agreed to stay
two additional years at just any church. The fact is I do not think Firelands Presbyterian Church is just any church. I
think in many ways it is an extraordinary church. A church is primarily all about the people, and I have found the
people here to be simply wonderful. They are a great bunch friendly, funny, caring, compassionate. The caring part
means that this is a church with a tremendous heart for mission. It does all it knows to do and can do to help the
needy in our community and in parts of the world beyond this community as well. And FPC is known in the community
for its commitment and its can-do attitude. A member of the local ministerial association said to me, Your church
does things well. All in all, the people make this church a great place. They may not all agree with each other on
everything, but they have agreed to worship and serve together regardless of whatever differences there may be.
Another great and somewhat rare thing about this church is that they know how to have fun together. I personally
enjoy humor quite a lot, and I am so pleased to have found that this congregation always has a laugh at the ready.
And their activities together are fun. Im thinking about the Friday evening fellowship meals, and the summer vesper
services in the pavilion. People here get together and when they do they have fun. I think that it marvelous.
This is a good place to be. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it.

Fondly,

Mark
Lectionary Texts for February
February 7
Transfigurat
ion of the
Lord

February 10
Ash
Wednesday

Psalm 99

Joel 2:1-2,
12-17 OR
Isaiah 58:112

2 Corinthians
3:12-4:2

Psalm 51:117

Luke 9:28
36(37-43)

2 Corinthians
5:20b-6:10

Exodus
34:29-35

Matthew
6:1-6, 16-21
February 14
Lent 1
Deut. 26:111

February 21
Lent 2
Genesis
15:1-12, 1718

Luke
9:28-36
February 28
Lent 3

Psalm 27

Isaiah
55:1-9

Psalm
91:1-2, 9-16

Philippians
3:17-4:1

Psalm 63:18

Romans
10:8b-13

Luke
13:31-35
OR

1 Corinthians
10:1-13

Luke 4:1-13

Luke 13:1-9

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Ongoing Prayer Concerns

For those receiving medical treatment or therapy, or undergoing medical tests:
Debbie Ballinger, Richard Berlinger, Jenatha Boose, June Gahris, Harold, Kim Hudson, Craig Kaiser, Arlene
Kakareka, Stephen Kessler, Angjuli Lele, Judy McCollough, John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio,
Michael, Jordan Moore, John Rick, Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Justin Waugh, Ann Wagnitz, Phil Wierzba
For those facing the infirmities of age:
Carolyn Doane, Tom Gahris, Clara Maag, Shirley Ohles, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy,
Gordan Wahlers, 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; Mathew Devries, USAF;
Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Ted Livingstine, USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC;
For those in mission for our Lord:
Our missionaries in the Middle East; Phillip and Elizabeth Prasad in India;
The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Berea Presbytery;
The Rev. Hazael Compuzano and our sister congregation, Dios es Amor, Mexico City;
The Monte Sinai Mexican Mission in our Presbytery
To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.

Lenten Study * Lunch * Worship

Vineyard on Catawba Community Center, 3820 E. Vineyard Village Dr.
Port Clinton, Oh 43452
419-797-3100
Study, 10:30 AM
Pr. Kurt Borows

Lunch, Noon
$6.00

Worship, 12:30

February
10

The Upper Room

Egg salad on Croissant, Spinach

Salad, Chocolate Pudding Parfait

Reverend Lisa Petersen

February
17

The Garden of
Betrayal

Monte Cristo Sandwich, Potato

Soup, Cheesecake

Pastor Harry Hunt, Erie Shores

Assembly of God

February
24

The Judean Trials

Philly Steak Sandwich, Mushroom,

Soup, Cake

Pastor Tony Setley of Peace

Lutheran Church/ St. Thomas
Episcopal Church

March 2

The Roman Trials and

Crucifixion

Italian sub, cottage cheese,

cake

Pastor Janine Of Hope Lutheran

Church

March 9

Jesus Death and

Burial With a Look
Back at Lazarus

Turkey & provolone on croissant,

broccoli soup, brownie

Pastor Bruce Rodgers of Fellowship

Bible Church

March 16

Why Palm Sunday?

Hot Shredded Chicken Sandwich,

Chips, Carrot Cake

Pastor Jim Lehman of St. John

Lutheran Church

March 23

Holy Week The

Burial and
Resurrection of Jesus

Chicken salad on croissant,

toss salad, brownie

Pastor Bruce Batchelor-Glader of

Trinity United Methodist Church

PM

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February Celebrations

Richard Coffin

10

Jay Viery

18

Joyce Jagucki

22

John Vardyan

22

Kara Gogolek

27

February 2015
Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

6 Power
Squadron
Class

10 Bible Study @
Magruder

10

9:30 Sunday School

OFFICE
CLOSED

9:30 Quilting
at Fishers

OFFICE
CLOSED

6 Power
Squadron

Ash Wednesday

10:30 Worship

15

16

17

9:30 Sunday School

10:30 Worship

OFFICE
CLOSED

6 Power
Squadron
Class

10 Bible Study @
Magruder Noon
Lenten Lunch &
service

21

22

23

24

9:30 Quilting
at Fishers

10 Bible Study @
Magruder Noon
Lenten Lunch &
service

10:30 Worship

28

6 Power
Squadron
Class

11

13

OFFICE
CLOSED

18

19

20

6 Firleands
Family dinner
out @ CIC

25

29

9:30 Sunday School

10:30 Worship

12

10 Bible Study @
Magruder Noon
Lenten Lunch and
service

14

9:30 Sunday School

JANINE ON VACATION UNTIL FEBRUARY 16

PASTOR MARK ON VACATION UNTIL MARCH 9

26

27

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Dont Forget Your Time to Serve!

Monthly

Ministry
Deacon of the Month
Communion Steward

Names
Anita Fisher
Margaret Black

Feb.7

Greeter(s)

McCulloughs

Reader
Communion Assistant
Servers
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist

Ernie McCullough
Heather Stouffer
Alison Falls, Jay Viery, Bob Reynolds, Bob Black
Nila McCullough
Susan Larcey

Greeter(s)
Reader
Communion Assistant
Servers

Douglass
Lily Stouffer
Ernie McCullough

Feb.14

Nursery Volunteer
Pianist

Nila McCullough, Heather Stouffer, Susan Rogers, Dave Moore

Janet Gray-Moore
Susan Larcey

Feb. 21

Greeter(s)
Reader
Communion Assistant
Servers
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist

McCulloughs
Ed Bettendorf
Bob Black
Nila McCullough, Bob Reynolds, Connie Brand, Jack Combs
Heather Stouffer
Susan Larcey

Feb. 28

Greeter(s)
Reader
Communion Assistant
Servers
Nursery Volunteer
Pianist

Brands
Connie Brand
Nila McCullough
Bob Black, Heather Stouffer, Ernie McCullough , Ed Bettendorf
Anne OMalley
Susan Larcey

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The Musical Art Series / Port Clinton, OH

2015 2016 Season
Sunday, October 11, 2015

ERIE WATERS THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA

FLUTE CHOIR

3:00 PM

The mellow voices of sixteen flutes

Sponsored by The Van Der Giessen Family
1812 Food & Spirits

Saturday, November 7, 2015

7:30 PM

JAMES DLEON, PIANIST

Powerful emotion and dazzling artistry
Sponsored by Dr. Jay M. and Margaret N. Mann

The Stouffer Family & Catawba Island Club

Saturday, December 5, 2015

7:30 PM

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

FASQUELLE, MEZZO-SOPRANO
ANDREW ROSENBLUM, PIANO
Amber Fasquelle, mezzo-soprano and Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Sponsored by Roth & Bacon Attorneys at Law

Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser

Sunday, January 17, 2016

3:30 PM

ANDREW BOVA, BAGPIPES

Traditional music by Scottish-trained Highland bagpiper
Sponsored by The Frederick Insurance Agency
Otterbein North Shore Senior Lifestyle Community

Sunday, April 3, 2016

AMANDA POWELL, JAZZ WITH PIANO & BASS

3:30 PM

Authentic and vibrant jazz celebration

Sponsored by Crown Battery
Dubberts Outdrive Service

Saturday April 16, 2016

MICHIKO OTAKI, PIANO

7:30 PM

Celebrating her 25th anniversary appearance in Port Clinton

Sponsored by Arbys
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP and Jack Hilbert

Friday May 6, 2016

JINJO CHO, VIOLINIST HYUN SOO KIM, PIANO

7:30 PM

Next Stop Carnegie Hall (really!)

Sponsored by Bassetts Market
Miller Boat Line to Put-in-Bay

Friday, June 3, 2016

TRINITY CATHEDRAL CHOIR TODD WILSON, DIR.

Clevelands acclaimed cathedral choir

Sponsored by Dr. Gil and Jan Bucholz
The Jet Express
All concerts at Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 East Harbor Rd., Port Clinton, OH
Tickets $15 at the door; students and children admitted free.
For information or season tickets, call 419-734-6211, go to WWW.MUSICALARTSPORTCLINTON.COM,
or find us on Facebook (The Musical Arts Series/Port Clinton).

7:30 PM