July 25th, 2024

A Note From Pastor Randy

I met this week with Bishop Brian Hill, pastor at Gift of Life Church. They are selling their current building to the city. The transaction will become final at a city council meeting in August. Members of First Presbyterian have been invited to attend this meeting. I will pass along further information when I have it. Gift of Life will then have 120 days to vacate their building, after which the city will likely tear it down. It was the old union meeting hall at Rath Packing.

Our Session offered space in our building and Gift of Life accepted. This happened thanks to the efforts of Jean Seeland, Rev. Dave Feltman, and Mayor Quentin Hart. Session appointed a transition team of Craig Cose, Jim Christensen, and Jean Seeland, who have been working diligently to prepare for their move here. Gift of Life will worship in our gymnasium and use our

kitchen and fellowship hall. In addition, they will use two rooms for offices. The building use agreement, yet to be signed but accepted by both parties, includes a monthly fee and runs to the end of 2026.

You may recall that we held an “Open House” on June 2 and many of their members came over for tours, refreshments and fellowship. The current plan is for them to begin worship here sometime in October. Ahead of this date, they would like to hold some “trial-run” worship services on September 8 and 15. Their Sunday service will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the kitchen and fellowship hall will be returned to their original state by 2:30 p.m. Thus, there is no

foreseeable conflict with either our regular worship time or with Sunday Suppers.

There will be exciting opportunities in future months for First Presbyterian and Gift of Life to have times of joint fellowship and ministry. It’s starting already. Bishop Hill informs me that they will be attending the Walnut Neighborhood Night Out on Tuesday, August 6. They have announced it at church, plan to bring food for the potluck, and look forward to meeting some new friends. This event is from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Vineyard Church. I invite you to come and

have a great time connecting with Gift of Life and Walnut community members!

Irish Fest Fundraiser

Irish Fest will be coming to Lincoln Park, right across from the church, August 2-4, 2024. We plan to take advantage of our location and again use our parking lot as a fundraiser for the Building & Grounds. We need volunteers to direct cars and collect the fee. Each volunteer time slot will last about 2-1/2 hours.

We will need volunteers for Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Someone will be in the hall on Sunday mornings to sign up volunteers or the signup sheet will be in the office. We appreciate your help.

Bucks Baseball Game

If you signed up for the ball game on Aug. 3rd, Terry Sage will be handing tickets out this Sunday morning. If you are unable to attend this Sunday, Terry will meet you at the gate starting at 6 pm. The game starts at 6:35 pm. Let's go Bucks!

Loving Our Neighbor

There are two opportunities to help in the neighborhood.

1. Peoples Health Clinic is hosting a free garage sale on August 4th . They need help sorting and staging items on Friday and Saturday and then actually helping at the sale on the 4th . A signup sheet is in the church office.

2. Neighborhood Night Out is August 6th. Volunteers are needed to help set up, serve, and clean-up. Again, the signup sheet is in the office.

Even if you cannot volunteer, please plan on attending Neighborhood Night Out. Bring a side dish as the meat will be provided. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet our friends in the neighborhood.

Quilt Stories

This quilt was made for Sherrianne Noyes by her mother Wendy Noyes in 2018.  Her mother had made several quilts as a youth but hadn’t been quilting for several years. When she reached her 50’s, she decided to get back into quilting and decided she would make a quilt for Sherrianne first.

Using Sherrianne’s favorite colors, orange, green, and purple, she picked a pattern and off they went to the quilt shop to buy fabric. That plan went out the window when they saw the panel of fabric picturing the ocean and sharks; two of Sherrianne’s favorites. The pattern was changed to use the panel and added fabric in orange, green, and purple. You can see the results.  

Wendy wanted the backing to match the colors in the front. They found sliced geode fabric with matching colors so that became the backing fabric.  It was quilted by Treasured Quilting & Gifts in Waverly.

Sherrianne’s mom went on to make many more quilts. She died three years ago, so this quilt gives Sherrianne comfort coming from her mom.

Did you miss our Dementia Friend training? This training is free and open to the public at the Waterloo Library!

LIVE STREAMING WORSHIP

We are now live streaming our Worship Services every Sunday! The stream will start at 10:00 am on Sundays, and you can view it live on our YouTube channel wherever you have internet access!

If you are unable to watch the service live, the video will be recorded and you can watch at any time by clicking on the video on the YouTube page. The link is (Click Here) bit.ly/1stpresby. 

You can also find the link to the YouTube page on the church website.

Please click HERE for the Sunday bulletin.

We look forward to worshiping with you every week!

Church Calendar

Sunday July 28: 10:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary

5:00 pm Sunday Supper Fellowship Hall

Tuesday Jul. 30: 9:00 am Bible Study

10:00 am Staff Meeting Church Office

Friday Aug. 2: 12:30 pm 415 Walnut Collective Meeting

Saturday Aug. 3: 5:00 pm Waterloo Bucks Baseball Game

Sunday Aug. 4: 9:15 am Church Volunteer Meeting

10:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary

5:00 pm Sunday Supper Fellowship Hall

Pulpit Flower Volunteers Needed

We are accepting donations of flower arrangements for our Sunday Services. We currently have August 4, 18, and 25th available. If you would like to donate, please contact Amber in the office to find a date that works for you. You can call the office or email Amber directly. 319-233-6145 or amber@1stpresby.org. Alternatively, you can let Nancy Valentine know on Sundays after service and she will relay your information to Amber. Thank you!

Elder Standing Team Assignments 

Stewardship and Finance:  Nancy Newhoff 

Mission and Outreach: Sally Davis, Mallory Sage, Sue Albright 

Christian Nurture and Fellowship:  Terry Sage, Dan Davis 

Worship and Music:  Mary Kabel, Marsha Muir, Sally Davis 

Personnel: Dan Davis 

Building and Grounds: Craig Cose 

Thank You

Thank you to the congregation for coming to Gerald's funeral, and all the cards and prayers. Thank you for the wonderful service the ministers provided.

Regina Buls

Church Prayer List

Ongoing/Continuing Prayers:

Marilyn Lottich

Connie Leeper

Don Broadston

Sally Davis

Pat & Kari Narey

Betty Wexter

Jan Schwab

Steve Miller

Sherrianne Noyes

Prayer for Member Households:

Jim & Kim Reisinger

Tommy & Darlene Roberts

Jorja & John Roderick

Prayer in the Presbytery:

Lakeshore Center at Okoboji

Rev. Sara Sutter, Steve Sutter, and Rev. John Hanna

Click HERE to view their website

Prayer for Local Church:

River's Edge Christian Church, 1247 Cedar Bend St., Waterloo 50703

Pastor Tim Platt

Click HERE to view their website

 Add to the Prayer List

Click HERE to submit a prayer request online. Our pastors will be praying for you and sharing concerns with the congregation as requested.

Church Family Birthdays

We celebrate our members with birthdays in July and August. If you get a chance, please join us in wishing them a very happy birthday!

July

28 Layla Sommerlot

29 Sally Davis, Dan Klann

30 Madison Fairbanks, Pat Stanhope

August

04 Danielle DeSerano

05 Nicole Jamieson

06 Courtney Pilcher, Kira Sommerlot

07 Chris Bass, Betty Wexter

12 Iris Gilles

13 Larry Lightbody

14 Ryan McDowell

15 Marsha Platt

17 Connie Dawson

19 Craig Sage

20 Kevin DeSerano, Marsha Muir

21 Judy Lee

22 Megan Collins

24 Lucas Robinson

26 Stephen Quirk

27 Kari Narey, Mallory Sage

29 Pat Narey

30 Dennis Bunger, Will Kabel, Jennifer Lightbody

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