Pine Street Pine Street Presbyterian Church
VOLUME 33 | ISSUE 6
Good and Beautiful Things for the Summer by Russell Sullivan, Pastor
In our culture, summer is a time for Sabbath and rest. People take much needed vacation, visit relatives, and read great books. Our congregation shifts gears too for the summer. Although a steady diet of worship, education, and mission is served to our members, we serve it with a different flavor. Beginning on June 9, we will begin our summer adult forums in the Fellowship Hall at 9:40 a.m. with our missionaries to Lithuania, Eric and Becky Hinderliter. It will be great to hear about their work and ministry. Over the summer we will hear also from favorite theologian and teacher, Lee Barrett of Lancaster Theological Seminary, and other teachers. In worship we will introduce new hymns from the soon-to-bepublished Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God. You may have noticed in the
pew racks a sampler of these hymns. It is a truly beautiful hymnal that we will be studying and learning more about over the summer. Alex and I are also preaching some topical series of sermons this summer. For me, that is a departure from my usual fare of texts from the lectionary. As you may recall, I have done that before over the summer. This summer I will be preaching on the subject of relationships, and in August, Alex will focus on select texts from Genesis, chapters 1 through 11. So worship will offer us some new alternatives both in music and preaching. Mission too has a different focus. Ably led by our Associate Pastor, Alex Lang, our youth will depart on June 22 for Haiti to engage in mission to that island. Let’s keep them in our prayers See Summer on page 3
Summer Reading Rocks by Laura Messner
Summer is around the bend. That means it’s time for Mission Committee’s reading program at Hansel and Gretel’s summer camp. This year, Pine Street members have the opportunity to read to a group of 3-4 year-olds on Thursdays between 9:30-10:30, from June 27th to August 15th. Volunteers, you may choose your own book, or find one provided at the Gathering See Reading on page 3
JUNE 1, 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Session Notes. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trustee Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DDB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 June Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . 7 June Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . 8
June At A Glance Progressive Dinner. . . . . June 1 Bagels & Belief . . . . . . . . June 2 Mission Celebration . . . . June 18 Youth Mission Trip. . . . . . June 22
PSL Deadline Articles, photos and items of interest for the July, 2013 issue of Pine Street Life are due by June 15, 2013. Please e-mail to Sue Black at BL3COL@aol.com