Newsletter July 2017.pub
Newsletter July
MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF ROLLING BAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Church Picnic Save The Date!
Sixth annual Marketplace Vacation Bible School: July 17th – 20th, 9:30am – 12:30pm KIDS! If you are a preschooler (age 4) through 6th grader, come and join the fun! Registration forms available on the CYFM bulletin board, outside the church office or on our website (www.rbpres.org ).
YOUTH and ADULTS! We have an amazing program planned but are still looking for more volunteers to help bring our Marketplace to life. If you are available to help at any point during the week, please let us know. Even a few hours of your time would help make this experience truly special for all involved. Contact Eleanor Gray ([email protected] or 842-3098) for more information.
Sunday, August 19th, the deacons are having a picnic for the congregation. It will be at Fay Bainbridge park from 4 to 8 PM. Bring a dish to pass and the deacons will provide hots and burgers! Details and sign ups will follow as we get closer.
Christmas Crafts Gift Fair I’m Dreaming of a Crafty Christmas! Just a reminder for anyone interested in selling handmade crafts to please sign up for our Holiday market on November 11. We are working with Seabold Methodist Church to have both of our bazaars the same day. What do you like to make? Quilts, purses, socks, candles, paintings, pottery, jams, cookies, pies… just about ANY handmade items. The cost is $15 for a space. You keep the money you make. We hope to have a café for shoppers to sit and enjoy some treats while they ponder their choices of handcrafts. Applications are in the coffee area. All the info is right there. Reserve your space quickly! We will offer spaces to church members first and soon will be inviting members of the community so don’t wait! Sign up now and get crafting!
Leaving?
Are you going on vacation? Rolling Bay Presbyterian doesn’t go on vacation. Before you leave on a trip, can you please send your pledge so we can continue to take care of everyday expenses? We appreciate all that you have done so far in 2017. You have been awesome! Blessings, Your Finance and Stewardship Committees
Greeters! Thank you to those who have volunteered to be greeters at Sunday worship this past year. It is great to meet the congregation as they enter the sanctuary. Greeters are needed each week and if you can be a greeter some Sunday, please call Gary Harrington (831-206-7530.)
Book Review FROM OUR LIBRARY Have you ever just looked at a library book and know that you have to read it? That was true for me when I discovered I Can’t Walk So I’ll Learn to Dance by Carolyn Martin. Born with severe Cerebral Palsy and considered mentally defective, it is amazing to learn that she succeeded in graduating from high school and Shoreline Community College. To top that, she has written this, her autobiography. “I think when God created me he must have used leftover funny bones.” At the age of four, she couldn’t sit up, roll over, feed herself or talk. Her only communication was to scream and cry at any unexpected sound. With poor eyesight, she had little response to visual stimuli. But it was also about that time that her mother and grandmother discovered that she could hear and understand. Although born in San Jose CA, most of her childhood was spent in Alaska. Her father was a construction worker and, with eight children to support, life was not easy. By the time Carolyn was a teenager, her parents could no longer give her the care she needed. She was moved to an institution in Seattle where she spent the next 17 years. Most of the other residents had serious intellectual disabilities. It is hard to imagine the experience of being intelligent but treated like a non-person. The reader learns much about institution life, how it can be very poor or tolerable and, hopefully, beneficial. It is also a lesson about our making the effort to recognize the person inside a handicapped body. Carolyn Martin’s faith journey is a major part of her story. She shows us the best and the very worst of church ministries. But it was largely through God’s grace and the compassion of Christian friends that she ultimately accomplished so much. Eventually, Carolyn was able to live independently. She concludes, “Today, with God’s help I can laugh and say, “I cannot walk – so I’ll learn to dance.” Lind Carr
What is this about? I am sure you all have been wondering what the people walking around the narthex on Sunday mornings wearing signs that say ASK ME, so here is what it is all about. Many years ago, Barbara Leidner wore a sign every Sunday morning in order to help new people maneuver our building. She willingly answered their questions. The membership committee decided to begin the program again. The ASK ME person will answer questions new people might have, such as, but not limited to where are the Sunday school rooms, can we drink coffee in the sanctuary, where are the youth this morning, can you show me where to find the restrooms. You will find an ASK ME person in the narthex to help people find their way around Rolling Bay each Sunday morning. Should you be interested in becoming an ASK ME person, please talk with one of the members of the membership committee - Kent Chadwick, Dianne Thompson Brian Alonso, Brent Olson or Judy Dulay.
Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church PO Box 131 Rolling Bay, WA 98061
Non-Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID Bainbridge Island, WA Bulk Permit #5876
MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF ROLLING BAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Church Picnic Save The Date!
Sixth annual Marketplace Vacation Bible School: July 17th – 20th, 9:30am – 12:30pm KIDS! If you are a preschooler (age 4) through 6th grader, come and join the fun! Registration forms available on the CYFM bulletin board, outside the church office or on our website (www.rbpres.org ).
YOUTH and ADULTS! We have an amazing program planned but are still looking for more volunteers to help bring our Marketplace to life. If you are available to help at any point during the week, please let us know. Even a few hours of your time would help make this experience truly special for all involved. Contact Eleanor Gray ([email protected] or 842-3098) for more information.
Sunday, August 19th, the deacons are having a picnic for the congregation. It will be at Fay Bainbridge park from 4 to 8 PM. Bring a dish to pass and the deacons will provide hots and burgers! Details and sign ups will follow as we get closer.
Christmas Crafts Gift Fair I’m Dreaming of a Crafty Christmas! Just a reminder for anyone interested in selling handmade crafts to please sign up for our Holiday market on November 11. We are working with Seabold Methodist Church to have both of our bazaars the same day. What do you like to make? Quilts, purses, socks, candles, paintings, pottery, jams, cookies, pies… just about ANY handmade items. The cost is $15 for a space. You keep the money you make. We hope to have a café for shoppers to sit and enjoy some treats while they ponder their choices of handcrafts. Applications are in the coffee area. All the info is right there. Reserve your space quickly! We will offer spaces to church members first and soon will be inviting members of the community so don’t wait! Sign up now and get crafting!
Leaving?
Are you going on vacation? Rolling Bay Presbyterian doesn’t go on vacation. Before you leave on a trip, can you please send your pledge so we can continue to take care of everyday expenses? We appreciate all that you have done so far in 2017. You have been awesome! Blessings, Your Finance and Stewardship Committees
Greeters! Thank you to those who have volunteered to be greeters at Sunday worship this past year. It is great to meet the congregation as they enter the sanctuary. Greeters are needed each week and if you can be a greeter some Sunday, please call Gary Harrington (831-206-7530.)
Book Review FROM OUR LIBRARY Have you ever just looked at a library book and know that you have to read it? That was true for me when I discovered I Can’t Walk So I’ll Learn to Dance by Carolyn Martin. Born with severe Cerebral Palsy and considered mentally defective, it is amazing to learn that she succeeded in graduating from high school and Shoreline Community College. To top that, she has written this, her autobiography. “I think when God created me he must have used leftover funny bones.” At the age of four, she couldn’t sit up, roll over, feed herself or talk. Her only communication was to scream and cry at any unexpected sound. With poor eyesight, she had little response to visual stimuli. But it was also about that time that her mother and grandmother discovered that she could hear and understand. Although born in San Jose CA, most of her childhood was spent in Alaska. Her father was a construction worker and, with eight children to support, life was not easy. By the time Carolyn was a teenager, her parents could no longer give her the care she needed. She was moved to an institution in Seattle where she spent the next 17 years. Most of the other residents had serious intellectual disabilities. It is hard to imagine the experience of being intelligent but treated like a non-person. The reader learns much about institution life, how it can be very poor or tolerable and, hopefully, beneficial. It is also a lesson about our making the effort to recognize the person inside a handicapped body. Carolyn Martin’s faith journey is a major part of her story. She shows us the best and the very worst of church ministries. But it was largely through God’s grace and the compassion of Christian friends that she ultimately accomplished so much. Eventually, Carolyn was able to live independently. She concludes, “Today, with God’s help I can laugh and say, “I cannot walk – so I’ll learn to dance.” Lind Carr
What is this about? I am sure you all have been wondering what the people walking around the narthex on Sunday mornings wearing signs that say ASK ME, so here is what it is all about. Many years ago, Barbara Leidner wore a sign every Sunday morning in order to help new people maneuver our building. She willingly answered their questions. The membership committee decided to begin the program again. The ASK ME person will answer questions new people might have, such as, but not limited to where are the Sunday school rooms, can we drink coffee in the sanctuary, where are the youth this morning, can you show me where to find the restrooms. You will find an ASK ME person in the narthex to help people find their way around Rolling Bay each Sunday morning. Should you be interested in becoming an ASK ME person, please talk with one of the members of the membership committee - Kent Chadwick, Dianne Thompson Brian Alonso, Brent Olson or Judy Dulay.
Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church PO Box 131 Rolling Bay, WA 98061
Non-Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID Bainbridge Island, WA Bulk Permit #5876
