From Faith to Faith
August 2005 VOL. XXI No. 8
Senior Pastor: Dr. Carl W. Bogue
Assistant Pastors: Rev. Bruce Buchanan & Rev. James Kobb
The Faith Presbyterian Church Annual Picnic has been scheduled for Saturday, August 27th, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Come to Eastwood Park in North Canton. We will eat (beginning at noon) and play games and have a good time of food and fellowship. Closer to the picnic date look for the sign up sheet on the vestibule table along with a flyer with maps to the park.
Bring with you: 1. Whatever dish you signed up for on the sign up sheet to share with others.
2. Your own drinks and meat to grill (or sandwiches). (If you grill bring your own spatula.)
3. Lawn chairs if you want. (There are six or eight picnic tables available under the pavilion.)
4. Lawn games or basketball or tennis.
Provided for you: 1. Grills and charcoal.
2. Paper products (plates, napkins, silverware)
3. Condiments (catsup, BBQ sauce, mustard, etc.)
The WIC Annual Fall Retreat will be held at Quail Hollow State Park again this year on Sat., Aug. 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Breakfast will be provided. Bring a dish to share for the lunch buffet table and your own beverage. Table service will be provided for you. The course of study will be “The Lord’s Prayer” using the Westminster Confession of Faith. Bring your copy of the WCF along with your Bible to the retreat. Watch the vestibule table closer to the retreat date for maps to the retreat location. There is a sign up sheet on the vestibule table. If you have any questions please see Kelly Rastetter the WIC President.
Vacation Bible School is August 1-5 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Friday, August 5th, there will be a closing exercise all parents will want to attend from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please remember to invite your grandchildren, neighbors and any children you know ages 3-12 to come to VBS. Thank you to all the people who donated to the “VBS Lunch Money Fund”. You were all so generous this year and we have plenty of money now to provide lunches for the staff. This is always such a big help to have a meal together, discuss the day, and plan strategy for the next day’s VBS. Thank you for your generous spirit in donating this year!
If your child is involved in Junior Choir please note these rehearsal changes:
Junior Choir will meet the second Sunday of each month from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and the fourth Sunday of each month for a half hour following the congregational dinner. If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Stone.
We have some new addresses in our congregation. Please make a note of these new changes:
Carl Bogue, Sr.
Creek Convalescent Centec/o Pebble r,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bruder
Fairlawn, Ohio 44333
(Their phone number did not change)
August Sunday School Nursery Duties:
Aug. 7: Kristen Green & Elizabeth Sevcik
Aug. 14:Avone & Elizabeth Blasiman
Aug. 21:Kelly & Bethany Rastetter
Aug. 28:Carol & Audrey Tasseff
Prayer Chain Requests
June 20: Funeral plans for Rol Richard’s brother, Art, are made. Calling hours are tomorrow and the funeral the following day. Please continue to uplift this family in your prayers.
June 20: Barb Imke is having another painful bout of sinus headaches and ear infections. Please pray for a speedy recovery.
June 20: An update on Betty Curtiss’ friend Blane that had heart surgery. He is home now and resting.
June 20: Jim and Edana Bruder are moving this week. Please pray for them as they have lived in the same home for 40 years and it is hard to move. Please pray for God’s hand upon them physically and emotionally as they move.
June 24: Sarah Bogue-Coombes had symptoms resembling a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. She will have a heart catheterization tomorrow to try to determine what actually happened.
June 24: Steve Totaro’s brother John, his wife Regina and their two children were involved in a terrible car accident in Florida. John and the children were ok, but Regina was injured. She was life flighted to a hospital and it appears her foot was so severely damaged they could not re-attach it.
June 25: Sarah Coombes’ heart catheterization malfunctioned and was postponed. However her cardiac enzymes have peaked and are tapering off and she seems on the road to recovery.
June 28: Sarah Coombes had her heart catheterization today and everything was negative. The cardiologist believes that a virus she contracted moved into her heart and caused the enzyme reaction.
June 28: G. J., our MTW missionary to a country in Europe, has an urgent prayer request. They received a letter from the local social serviced department requesting a meeting as someone reported them. This department has the power to remove their children immediately if they have any suspicions
July 1: The meeting with social services went just fine for the Johnsons for the time being. The branch of government who reported them is still causing trouble, but the social services department realizes they were sent there for no reason. The Johnsons are expecting baby #8 in Feb. 2006.
July 3: Kelly Rastetter’s father is breathing easier, but in a lot of pain. Besides the pacemaker he will have to have dental surgery. Please pray for continued healing and for the pain to subside.
July 3: Mary Sebright’s grandson, Samuel, is on a trip to Australia and became ill. There are 40 people on this trip and 31 are ill. Samuel is in the hospital.
July 3: Sandy Wybenga’s mother passed away. Pray for the family to have safe travels for the funeral in southern Ohio.
July 3: Regina Totaro had surgery on her leg to have it amputated. She had additional surgery on her other leg to insert a pin and one arm is in a cast. Please pray for her recovery.
July 11: Mary Sebright’s grandson, Samuel, is back in the U.S. He is weak and still running a fever. Pray for his speedy recovery.
July 12: Please pray for Karla Richard’s co-worker Cindy and her family. Her mother, Loretta Knopp, passed away from pancreatic cancer.
July 13: Update from Lee Whaley in Florida: I survived the hurricane and am fine, as well as my house. I have no phone service, but I do have a cell phone. I am using my neighbor’s computer that runs on cable. Please pray for all the hurricane victims.
July 13: Please pray for Wade Anderson (Rol Richard’s brother-in-law). He is in City Hospital with an enlarged pancreas, and low red/white blood counts. He is very sick and the doctors are running tests to determine the cause.
July 15: Carl Bogue moved to Pebble Creek Convalescent Center.
July 17: Susan Brown is having surgery tomorrow.
July 18: Deborah Bogue was in a bad car accident. She was rear ended. She and both grandsons are fine, though the car is a total loss.
July 18: Susan Brown’s surgery went well. Her right ovary and the mass were removed and all tests indicate it is non-malignant.
July 24: Susan Brown is home from the hospital and resting. The biopsy came back negative for cancer.
Missionary Updates
Geoffrey Donnan – Reformation Christian Ministries: Geoffrey Donnan reports that Franco Maggiotto, the married priest with whom he is collaborating in the Reformation of Italy, has been hospitalized with leukemia. It has been caught early so his doctor is confident that it is highly treatable. His family asks for our prayers and for God’s healing hand to be upon Franco, and for him to feel God’s presence and the love and prayers of saints around the world who are praying for him.
G. J. – MTW Missionary to a country in Europe: Pray for Gary and his family as they have received a letter from the local social service department requesting a meeting in their home because someone has issued a complaint against them. The first meeting went well, but there will be a series of meetings until they close their investigation. This department can remove their children if they are concerned for the children’s welfare. Gary says that their every move is watched and that their large family (seven children and one on the way) sticks out like a sore thumb. Pray for God’s intervention in their persecution and for God to make His will known regarding their mission work in a country in Europe.
Sid Anderson – MTW Missionary to Czech Republic: Sid reports that his preaching trip to Uganda was very rewarding. He preached at a pastor’s conference near the Kenya border with 35 pastors in attendance. The church is prospering in Uganda. He asks for prayer that the fire they saw in the Ugandan church might take root in secular Central Europe. He and his Czech team also preached a number of times at a new congregation near the Kenya border, with more than 900 present at the first worship. Two hundred had to stand outside the new building. Pray that God will give them some of the abundance they saw in Africa.
August Preaching Schedule
August 7: AM: Pastor Kobb PM: Pastor Buchanan
August 14: AM: Pastor Buchanan PM: Pastor Kobb
August 21: AM and PM: Pastor Buchanan
August 28: AM: Pastor Buchanan PM: Pastor Kobb