August 2010

Things in Common

BUCHANAN FIRST NEWS

Newsletter contact: Charlotte Varney, phone/fax 935-2293; e-mail: bfpcgrundy@verizon.net

The motto for Buchanan First is: "Think with the mind of Christ; Love with the heart of Christ; Serve with the hands of Christ!"

Come join us for Sunday School at 9:45 am; Kemper Bausell will be teaching the adult Sunday School class. A class for children is also being offered and will be taught by Connie Bausell. So bring your children, grandchildren, and children of friends and neighbors so they can learn about Jesus. The material being used is from the PC(UCA) Wee Believe Sunday School series.

Choir practice will also resume at 10:30 am, followed by worship at 11 am. Also please note that the Communion Schedule for the remainder of this year are: Sunday, October 3 (World Communion Sunday), Sunday, November 23, and Friday, December 24.

The special offering on Sunday, August 1, was in support of the work of Missionaries Michael and Rachel Weller as they continue their work in Ethiopia. A total of $77.10 was given in support of this work.

The special offering on Sunday, September 4 will be to support the many food banks that serve our area through the two-cents-a-meal hunger program of Abingdon Presbytery. These are difficult times we are facing, and your offering helps provide nutritious food for many families in our area.

 Wednesday Morning Bible Study Group

Year-Round Mission

 Our year-round mission project of providing items for the domestic violence shelter continues as we assist in providing cleaning items, including liquid Tide detergent HE, fabric softeners, dish detergent, Lysol cleaner and soaps. If you wish, you can also provide non-perishable food items, such as soups, Vienna sausage, crackers, etc. There is a box in the narthex to leave the items, or you can bring them by the office when Charlotte is in the church office.

 The date for the monthly fellowship for September had not been set by the deadline for the newsletter. As soon as the hostesses set the date, we will announce it in the bulletin. Hostesses for this month are Sandy McGlothlin, Sandy Dailey, Kaye Keen, Juanita Coleman, Phyllis Sumrall, and co-chairs Banna Bevins and Carol Chambers.

 Congratulations to Deborah Jones Minton as she recently completed a second master's degree - while working full time - in Reading Specialist through Radford University graduating with a 4.0 GP A. Debbie graduated from Grundy Senior High School; she earned her bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University and her first master's degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. She has taught in Buchanan County, Myrtle Beach, Bristol City Schools and is now employed by Montgomery County Public Schools in Christiansburg, V A. Her son, Jantzen, is a rising senior at Virginia Tech and daughter Kortlyn, is a rising sophomore at Radford Univeristy. Debbie is married to Pete Minton and is the daughter of Penny and Jay McCallum, and Leroy and Kay Jones, of Abingdon (all are former residents and members of Buchanan First).

Presbyterian Women News:

A new study year will begin in September for our Presbyterian Women. The first meeting of the new year will be Sunday, September 12, at 6 pm. We usually meet the first Sunday of the month,

but changed this meeting due to the Labor Day holiday. Judy Osborne has agreed to the role of moderator of our PW. but she stresses that everyone needs to help to continue the success of the work of our women. Se\eral items are on the agenda to be discussed, including deciding ifthere is another day and/or time that would be better suited to meet. We also need to work on the hostess lists as there have been several changes. Ladies, please note this date and time and plan to attend. The Bible Study for this year is titled "Journeys Through Revelation: Apocalyptic Hope for Today".

Other officers for the PW, in addition to Judy as moderator, include: Kaye Keen, Co­moderator; Cindy Matney, Secretary; Banna Bevins, Treasurer; Jennifer Parish, chair of Justice and Peace; Jessie Hunt, Historian; Connie Bausell, chair of Spiritual Growth; Denys Marcum, chair of Mission Opportunities; and Phyllis Sumrall, chair of Search.

The PW's year-round mission project continues as we assist in providing items for the domestic violence shelter. Cleaning items, such as liquid Tide detergent HE, fabric softeners, dish detergent, lysol cleaner and soaps are always needed at the shelter. If you wish, you can also provide non-perishable food items, such as soups, Vienna sausage, crackers, etc. There is a box in the narthex to leave the items, or you can bring them by the office when Charlotte is there.

Nursery volunteers: please note your date to help in the nursery; this is posted on the list outside the office door. If you can't be here for your Sunday, be sure to exchange with someone so we can have a person available for the nursery. Our list is now down to four volunteers as we have had to remove some people due to illness and moving away.

 The Buchanan First Coffee Club

The Buchanan First Coffee Club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at l0am. Our September meeting will be held on the 13th Bring names and addresses for those in need of cards.

Prayer Concerns

Recent Illnesses and Hospitalizations: Bob Beaver, Chuck Chaffin, Sandy Chester, Frenchman Church, Jerry Coleman, Juanita Coleman, Junior Crouse, Johnny Deel, Mattie Dotson, Cynthia Dowling, Barbara Stiltner Fried, Mark Hibbitts, Wade Horn, Patty Home, Hattie Keene, Jody Lester, Josephine Lester, Helen Matney, Karen Matney, Travis Matney, Jr., Sandra McGlothlin, Harold Mitchell, Ruth Muncy, Ed Norris, Louise Osborne, Wanda Rosentrater, Mary Sherman, Dave Shortt, Virginia Shortt, Gail Rife Skeens, Mary Ann Skeens, Clarence Spencer, Joyce Stiltner, Sue Stiltner, Jim Talbott, Terry Trivett, Hayden Taylor, Diana Wallace, Mary Ward, and Mary Yates.

Shut-Ins: Melissa Dillow, Elizabeth Fore, Mabel Hurst, JeITy Jones, Fern Marcum, Bernice Matney, Dewey & Jan Miner, Kyle Miner, Jr., Leona Miner, Doris Lee Stiltner.

Dave Shortt, a member of Vansant Presbyterian, had open heart surgery recently at Holston

Valley Medical Center; he is now recovering at home. Remember him and his family in your prayers.

                Jerry Coleman, brother-in-law to Juanita Coleman, also had open heart surgery at Holston

Valley Medical Center and is recovering at home. Remember him and his family in your prayers.

                Clarence Spencer is undergoing treatments for cancer. His wife, Mary, cleans for the

church. Remember them in your prayers.

Hayden Taylor, a student at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle School, has undergone surgery

for a brain tumor; his family asked that he be included on our prayer list.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY  TO.....

September 1 - Melissa Jones McCormick                                    September 13 - Steve Gillespie

                    2 - Stella Boyd                                                                             15 - Edd Talbott, Jr.

                    5 - Jared Lee Hunt                                                                      16 - Brenda Harper

                    6 - Chrissy Blevins                                                                      17 - Mary Virginia Lester

                    6 - Brandon Deel                                                                         18 - Kay Sanders

                    6 - Dan and Ben Street                                                               20 - Sandy McGlothlin

                    8 - John Bagwell                                                                         23 - Gaynell Fowler

                    8 - Sharon McCoy Collins                                                        26 - Jack Lester

                  11 - Stephanie Compton                                                              27 - Becca Cecil

                  13 - Carol Chambers                                                                    28 - Lisa Blackwell

                  13 - Mabel Akers                                                                           30 - Penny Anderson

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO..... September 5 - Jon and Stephanie Compton

Memorials and gifts given to Buchanan First this past month are listed below. PLEASE NOTE: If you give a memorial for someone we are not familiar with or who is not connected to Buchanan First, please provide a name and mailing address of who should be notified of your gift. Memorials received are as follows:

From Ed and Lynn Bunn, a memorial to Ted Osborne, Jr., Geraldine Chalfa, and Sandra Lester Vandyke.

 From Ron and Sandra Cole, a memorial to Patricia Ratliff Viers. From Judy Osborne, a gift in honor of Ted's birthday on August 5th.

From Peggy P. Daniel, Salem, V A, a memorial to Ted Osborne, Jr.

From Louit and Mary Kay Owens, and Gene Belcher, a memorial for Rose Justus Dotson.

From Connie Bausell, a donation of study books in honor of the women who brought food and/or worked in the kitchen during the funeral of her mother, Geraldine Chalfa.

From the McClanahans, Parishes and Marcums, an angel for the Angel Room in memory of Geraldine Chalfa.

From Sharon Flake, an angel for the Angel Room in memory of Monica Bausell.

From Connie Bausell and Jeff Chalfa, an angel for the Angel Room in memory of their mother,

               Geraldine Chalfa. This angel was kept in her room and remained lit during her time in the nursing home.