Let's Rake Leaves to Help Others

Attention:  All Ages 
November 3    12-4 p.m.  - Weather permitting

Bring your rakes (bags provided) as we go door-to-door offering to rake leaves. Everyone is encouraged to join together for an afternoon of Christian outreach in our church neighborhood. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to serve the community and share the love of Jesus Christ.

Election Day Bake Sale
Tuesday, November 6
Beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Help support the young people of our church by bringing your baked goods to be sold to the church on Monday, November 5 in the afternoon or Tuesday, November 6 in the morning.

Please don’t forget to stop by on Election Day to purchase some goodies!

If you would be willing to work at the sale, call the church office (724-654-6657).

FAITH NITES continue…

Beginning November 28 and continuing on Wednesdays through December 19, Rev. Meyer will lead a 4-week series called “A Clear View of the Birth of Jesus” by Dr. Kenneth Bailey.

Come and join us for praise singing and dinner followed by this Middle Eastern understanding of the biblical narrative of the Nativity.

Programs will continue for students.

Silver Ring Thing coming to Grove City, PA!!

With exciting NEW skits, videos, comedy, and testimonies, the Silver Ring Thing is coming to Grove City and challenging teens to a life of abstinence until marriage. The Silver Ring Thing Live Event is a 2.5 hour dynamic stage performance that incorporates high energy music, special effects, fast-paced video, personal testimonies, and comedy all in a concert-style approach so teens can relate.

All youth groups, youth leaders, teens and parents should not miss this event! All churches welcome!

In a world with so many messages about sex and stories of people making unhealthy and devastating choices, The Silver Ring Thing offers parents and teens a chance to hear about a different way. It’s a high-energy presentation that gives honest answers to some pretty big questions.

All event information can be found at www.silverringthing.com or by calling 412-424-2400.

Thursday, 15^th!! - Grove City College Crawford Auditorium
100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA - 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m. - Parents Session from 7:00-7:40 p.m.

If you are planning to attend, please call Sue McFarland by November 13^th to save a seat in the van. We will leave the church at 5:30 p.m.

Mary Circle

Date:   Thursday, November 8
Time:   9:30 a.m.
Place:  Church Parlor
Devotions:  Jessie Wilt
Mission Yearbook:  Diane LaGatta
Hostess:  Betty Hale
Project:   Operation Christmas Child: Inspect                    boxes and pack for shipment.

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Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling when you feel like stripping your gears.

November Bible Readings

1.     Lamentations 1, 2; Proverbs 31:10-31; Revelation 4

2.     Lamentations 3; Revelation 5

3.     Lamentations 4, 5; Revelation 6

4.     Daniel 1, 2; Revelation 7

5.     Daniel 3, 4; Revelation 8

6.     Ezekiel 33, 34; Revelation 9

7.     Ezekiel 35, 36; Revelation 10

8.     Ezekiel 37, 38; Revelation 11:1-14

9.     Ezekiel 39, 40; Revelation 11:15-19

10. Ezekiel 41, 42; Revelation 12

11. Ezekiel 43, 44; Revelation 13

12. Ezekiel 45, 46; Revelation 14

13. Ezekiel 47, 48; Revelation 15

14. Daniel 5, 6; Revelation 16

15. Daniel 7, 8; Revelation 17

16. Daniel 9, 10; Revelation 18          

17. Daniel 11, 12; Revelation 19

18. 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Psalm 137;    Ezra 1-3

19. Ezra 5:1-2; Haggai 1:1-15; Ezra 4:1-5; Haggai 2:1-9; Revelation 20

20. Zechariah 1:1-6; Haggai 2:10-23; Revelation 21

21. Ezra 5:3-6:14; Revelation 22

22. Zechariah 1:7-6:8

23. Zechariah 6:9-15, 7, 8; Ezra 6:15-22, Psalm 111, 112, 96

24. Psalm 100, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118

25. Zechariah 9-14

26. Esther 1-3; Matthew 1

27. Esther 4-6; Matthew 2

28. Esther 7-10; Matthew 3

29. Ezra 7, 8; Matthew 4; Psalm 91

30. Ezra 9, 10; Matthew 5:1-26

Used Cell Phones Still Needed

The Mary Circle wants to remind everyone that they are still willing to collect used cell phones and battery chargers. They are given to the Women’s Shelter and programmed to only dial 911. Place donations in the baskets in the Circle Drive and the Office Entrance. Thank you.

Operations Christmas Child

“Operation Christmas Child” boxes are ready and on display in the Narthex and the Assembly Room. Just take a box, sign your name, make sure directions are inside, and have fun shopping for a child “in Timbuktu and beyond!” Follow the directions for “How to Pack a Shoe Box” and complete the donation envelope if you are able to contribute $7.00 toward shipping. Some members of the congregation may be unable to pack a box but would like to contribute toward shipping expenses. Make your check payable to Samaritan’s Purse and note on the memo line “Operation Christmas Child”. Drop it in the offering plate. Many thanks for your enthusiasm and generosity.

P.S. If we run out of boxes, you can pack one of your own and the Mary Circle will be glad to wrap it for you.

PW Holly Brunch

When:  Saturday, December 1, 2007
Where:  Clen-Moore Church
Time:  9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Guest Performer:  Joni McFarland
Bring a friend!
Babysitting available with reservations.

Presbyterian Thanksgiving Union Service

Highland Presbyterian Church
Sunday, November 18,   7:00 o’clock

 Congregation takes action on two proposals

At the specially called Congregational Meeting on Sunday, September 30, following worship, members unanimously agreed with two proposals from Session. First, the congregation adopted a motion to reduce the size of Session over a three year period beginning this fall, making the size of Session eighteen members by 2010. Secondly, the membership agreed to schedule an Annual Fall Meeting of the Congregation on the third Sunday of October every year after morning worship. The purpose of this fall meeting is to hear the report of the Nominating Committee and elect Elders, Deacons, an Auditor and four members from the congregation at large for the following year’s Nominating Committee. Normally, there will be no other business conducted at the fall meeting. The Annual Meeting will, of course, remain on the last Sunday of January.

New elders and deacons will be trained in November and December each year and be ordained and/or installed the second Sunday of January each new year.

The Congregational Meeting on October 21^st heard the report of the Church Nominating Committee and elected the following persons to serve in the following capacities:

Elders:  Barbara Harper (1 year)
              Elaine Meyers    (1 year)
              John Book
              Andrea Lamb
              Bill Nesbitt
              Carol Oliver
              Tom Rapp
              Evan Tinstman

Deacons:  Jennie Conrad
                 Esther Drane
                 Teri Fulkerson
                 Susan Jackson
                 Roger McClay
                 Michelle Singer

Auditor:  Ruth Ann Sholler

2008 Nominating Committee: Bob McFarland
                                              Joan Rapp
                                              Barbara Richards
                                              Norman Wilson

Stewardship Emphasis Sundays - November 4 & 11.

Pledge Dedication Sunday is November 11. We will present our estimate of giving cards in worship that Sunday.

Please participate in the Five Week Stewardship Discipline of STEPPING UP TO FIRST FRUITS GIVING AND LIVING.

For your convenience, there will be inserts in the worship bulletin for the next several weeks.

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He who is waiting for something to turn up might start with his own shirt sleeves.

Thanks You's

To all the Deacons:

You are really “caring” and I appreciate you remembering me with the beautiful mum. You have brightened my fall season.

                      Anonymous
Dear Clen-Moore Family & Friends:

Thank you for the beautiful Rieger Begonia. It was a wonderful surprise and I appreciate it very much.

                                 God bless you all, Kathryn Myler

Dear Mary Circle:

We so appreciate the Mary Circle sewing items for us and of course, dear Julia Snyder’s wonderful quilted lap robes. Just recently, Carol Oliver “dropped off” neck pillows, shirt protectors, catheter bag covers and lap robes. We see what a labor of love this is. You are dear thoughtful women and may God continue to bless your faithfulness.

                                       Sincerely, Sharyn McCaskey,      Activities Director at Shenango Presby SeniorCare

Dear Church Family:

I’m so glad I’m a part of the family of God, that is, Clen-Moore Church. Even though I’m just a few miles away and don’t get back too often, my heart and prayers are with you. Thank you for your visits, prayers, and most recently, the lovely chrysanthemum plant. It’s so nice to know that the seed planted in a 10 year old’s heart so many years ago is thriving.

             In Christian love, Doris Candioto

To Clen-Moore Church:

Thank you for the chalk boards that you donated to the Academy. We have several boards that were very old and almost unusable, so these are most welcome and will be well-used. As always, we thank God for your continued support in so many areas.

        In Him, Marcia Votaw, New Castle Christian Academy

Dear Church Friends:

Thank you so much for all the “goodies” and the beautiful plant you sent me. I really enjoyed them and appreciate them more than I can say.

                     God bless, Ruth Cartwright

To my Friends at Clen-Moore Church:

I want to let you know that I am doing well and recovering after having broken my hip Aug. 30^th of this year. I had a partial hip replacement, spent one week at St. Clair Hospital and then spent the rest of September at Covenant South Hills getting my strength back and rehabbing. I want to extend a big thanks to those of you who sent me cards and kept me in prayer during this time. For someone of 90 years, I count each day a blessing.

                         God bless you all, Bill Brandon

Dear Clen-Moore Family:

Thanks so much for your continuous prayers and outpouring of cards. They mean so much. You’ve gotten me this far and I still have a long way to go so don’t forget about me in your prayers. Thanks again.

              Sincerely, Mary Ann McConnell

All Saints' Sunday

The first Sunday of November, November 4, we will have a special time in the 10:30 a.m. service to remember members of the church who have entered the church triumphant from November 2006 through October 2007.

Hanging of the Greens

 "The Hanging of the Greens” will take place on Saturday, November 24^th at 3 p.m. by Session members, Board of Deacons, as well as any and all who can help. Hope to see you there.

Help Wanted

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Remember the banana - when it left the bunch, it got skinned.

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."  Hebrews 10:25.

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Caring Friends Needs Your Help

The Caring Friends Ministry Team would like to send cards to any relation of a church member who is in the active military. Please give the names & addresses to anyone on the Caring Friends Ministry or the church office.

Some of their other plans are to do something with the neighbors as they did last year, but at Thanksgiving time and reach out to those in Assisted Living and those who are living alone.

If you would like to be a part of Caring Friends in any way, please call the church office.

Thank Offering Sunday

November 18

Our speaker this year will be Dr. Mark Meyer, M.D., Presbyterian Elder, and President of the local UPMC chapter of Shoulder to Shoulder, a national organization that fosters medical team outreach to medically underserved areas in the world. He has just returned from a two week medical mission project which occurs three to four times a year in a mountain village in Honduras.

Inspired by the witness of his great grandfather on his mother’s side of the family, he has committed his career to distinctively Christian family practice medicine. His great grandfather, Dr. Charles Lewis, was a pioneer missionary surgeon of the Presbyterian Church to China. He has volunteered hours and days of his time to Pittsburgh’s homeless population also through Operation Safety Net, a medical advocate for the homeless in the city.

 Attendance

                          Sunday                        
                          School                 10:30

Sept.  30               109                    137 
Oct.     7                    93                   155           
Oct.   14                  134                   165 
Oct.   21                  120                   348  

Habitat Pictures

Both Ed VanDusen & Bob Rapp did a magnificent job of photographing the step by step progress of the Apostles Build, the Habitat House built on Franklin Ave. Ed has put together an album that features many of the Clen-Moore volunteers and is on display in the Narthex. Bob has assembled a CD slide show of over a hundred pictures. Does anyone in our congregation have a computer that is capable of projecting these pictures? Please let Kathy or Denise in the church office know if you have equipment with this capability.

Inter-Church Food Bank
(Info from 2 Food Bank programs)

During September, there were 170 visits for a total of 397 individuals being served.

 Needed for November
canned soup
canned vegetables
canned meats
pork & beans

Many a good man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.

"Have not I commanded thee:  Be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with three whithersoever thou goest.  Joshua 1:9

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2007 Year-End Tax Benefits

You are able to tithe your gifts to the Lord and Clen -Moore Church while getting a tax advantage through the Pension Protection Act of 2006.  This benefit will end December 31, 2007.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 specifically benefits public charities like ours!

Americans aged 70 ½ and older can take tax-free distributions from their IRA’s and have those funds directly transferred from their financial institutions to Clen-Moore Presbyterian Church. These sums will count toward any required minimum distribution that the IRA must satisfy for the year. Distributions can be made in any amount up to $100,000.00! 

Consider fulfilling your gifts to the Lord by using this strategy. Please contact your tax and financial advisors before initiating this.

Alzheimer’s Association Support Group

Will be held the second Monday of every month at 2:00 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care Library, 238 S. Market St., New Wilmington, PA.