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For period October 2021 Mailing Date: 9/30/2021 Featured in this issue: October 2021 Session Notes HBKids, HBTweens, & HBYouth Activities I Love to Tell the Story Earlier this month, I was meeting with the son of a member who had recently died. He came in- to my office from the main hallway of the church, and you could tell his eyes struggled to focus. He was captivated by the building, by every corner of it – looking at the pictures, the colors, taking in the smell that accompanied the sights of just being at Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church. When he finally fixed his eyes with mine, he had tears in his eyes. “I have so many memories from this place,” he said. “This is where I grew up.” As I sat with him, hearing stories of his mother’s life, he also shared stories from his life in this church. Sunday School classes, Boy Scout troops, worship services in what is now the chapel. Though he had moved away and found a church home elsewhere, just stepping into this space reminded him of stories. Stories of formation. Stories of community. Stories of God’s people gathering for worship and service. So often, Stewardship season is accompanied with lists of what we will or what we have done. Which makes sense. It is our way of letting you know what your pledge dollars are going to- ward. But sometimes – and particularly in a year like we have just had – it is important for us to remember who we are. What our story is. Why we are here and how we have come to know God here in this place. In the coming month, I invite you to think about your story here at Harvey Browne. Some of our stories will be shared in worship and in writing. Some of our stories will be shared around tables and over Zoom calls. But in this season, think about your story here in this place. For some of you, that story may be lifelong. For some it is just getting started. But consider how that story has shaped you – has shaped us. And how it will lead us into the future God is preparing. Because stories have power. They make us who we are. So this October, let’s remember those stories that make us who we are as God’s people. And let’s pledge ourselves toward living into that future story God is creating here at Harvey Browne. Rev. Christine Coy Fohr Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church 311 Browns Lane | Louisville, Kentucky 40207 | Phone: 502-896-1791 | www.hbpres.net
HBPres October 2021 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 10:00-5,000 Steps+ (Eline) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9:30-Sunday School for 11:00-Tai Chi 9:45-Staff 10:00-5,000 9:00-HBQuilters 10:00-5,000 All Ages+ (Loft) Meeting Steps+ (Eline) (209) Steps+ (Eline) 10:30-Worship+ 7:00- 7:00-Session 5:30- 1:00-Midday 11:30-Blood Pressure Congregation- Meeting* Wednesday Prayers* Checks al Life Nights at 3:00-Rev. Walt Sutton Committee HBPres (See Funeral Meeting page 8) 5:30-HBYouth Meeting (Eline) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9:30-Sunday School for 11:00-Tai Chi 9:45-Staff 10:00-5,000 1:00-Midday 10:00-5,000 All Ages+ (Loft) Meeting Steps+ (Eline) Prayers* Steps+ (Eline) 10:30-Worship+ 5:30- 11:30-Blood Pressure Wednesday Checks Nights at 11:30-HBTweens Bible HBPres (See Lesson page 8) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 9:30-Sunday School for 11:00-Tai Chi 9:45-Staff 10:00-5,000 9:00-HBQuilters 12:30-Cabbage 10:00-5,000 All Ages+ (Loft) Meeting Steps+ (Eline) (209) Patch Lunch & Steps+ (Eline) 10:30-Worship+ 2:00-Outreach 7:00-Christian 5:30- 1:00-Midday Learn* 11:30-Blood Pressure Committee Education Wednesday Prayers* Checks Meeting* Committee* Nights at 5:30-HBYouth Meeting 7:00-Worship & HBPres (See Music Meeting page 8) (Session) 6:30- Bookanalia* (209) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 9:30-Sunday School for 11:00-Tai Chi 9:45-Staff 10:00-5,000 1:00-Midday 5:30-Food 10:00-5,000 All Ages+ (Loft) Meeting Steps+ (Eline) Prayers* Truck Fall Steps+ (Eline) 10:30-Worship+ 11:30-Booktalk* 4:00-PW Festival & 11:30-Blood Pressure Coord. Team Trunk or Treat Checks Mtg (Session)+ 11:30-HBTweens Bible 5:30- Lesson Wednesday Nights at HBPres (See page 8) * = meeting led via Zoom. 31 9:30-Sunday School for + = meeting in person and via Zoom/online All Ages+ 10:30-Worship+ Links to most meetings are available in our weekly 11:30-Blood Pressure Highlights or you can contact the church office to Checks join. All meetings on-site at HBPres require a mask. 2
HBPres October Ushers If you switch dates with someone, please contact the church office and let then know. Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Claudette Taylor Anne Hughes Bill Bliven Steve Whitehouse Jim Rissler Tom Taylor Margaret Lindsey Pam Bliven Leslie Whitehouse Bob Smith Karen Overpeck Bruce Lindsey Devin Hoert Diane DeLong Laura Krausen Brian Pollock Dee Pregliasco Jennifer Hoert Peggy Campbell Robbie Krausen Jeanne Luhr Frank Anderson Dick Blaney Heather Drake Cynthia Hilyerd Joni Burke Susan Anderson Al Pollock Gail Hudson Will Hilyerd Nancy Pollock HBPres website www.HBPres. October Lay YouTube channel HBPres Readers Facebook www.facebook.com/hbpres Oct. 3 TBD Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Cynthia Hilyerd Jim Boswell HAPPY BIRTHDAY Oct. 24 Gary Luhr Oct. 31 Bob Smith October Harvey Browne Birthdays! Be sure to join us in wishing them a Happy Birthday! Elaine Anderson George Creznic Jr. Candyce Gordon Lia Krausen Sherryl Schmied Judy Askins Rob Davis Josh Gordon Logan Lewis Jacob Sedgwick Claudia Beck Billy Davis III Sohila Guinn Gary Luhr Scott Simpson Bill Becker Andrew Doelling Cason Henderson Sheri Lyle Norman Spratt Nicholas Bliven Eric Effinger Bettye-Ruth Hill Beth McClellan Kit Tossmann Matthew Brandenburg Katie Effinger Jayne Hines L.T. Mimi LaVaughn Will Earle Brown Calvin Ellis Gail Hudson Cary Ricketts Kathy Williams Kim Byram Amelia Esterle Alex Hunt Dorothy Scheynost Betty Wolfe Peggy Campbell David Esterle Mark Joyce Pamela Schmidt Jacob Wood Laura Carter Sophia Esterle Taylor Koczot Charlotte Schmied 3
HBPres Harvey Browne Prayer List The Family of Walt Sutton on his death, Suzanne Crawford, Linda Schoolcraft, Nyoka Woods (friend of Veda Pendleton), John Glaze and Family at the death of his sister Cindy Edmonds, Stew Bridgman Sr., Megan (Dick Blayney’s granddaughter), Mark and Barbara Barnes, Marie Clark, Jackie Cain, Lindsey Warken (Cousin of Scott Doelling & Suzy Doelling), Jerry Scott, Barbara Noland, Mary & John Lightner, (Friends of Gary Faltin), Allan Mears (father of Cynthia Hilyerd), Pam Wood's mom Sue, Lucy Rapp, Rick Williams's parents, Dottie Baker, Janet Harshaw, David Owens (Grandson of Betty Wolfe), Anne Hickey, Larry Brantley (Son of Linda Brantley), Fred Bennett, Carol (Sister of Diane DeLong), Karen Frank (Sister of Pam Schmidt), Diana (Daughter of Skip & Edith Light) Mission Co-workers: Tyler, Rochelle & Mphatso Holm, Jeff & Christie Boyd, Rev. Dr. Dustin & Sherry Ellington, Dr. Larry and Inge Sthreshley Presbyterian Chaplains: Fred Ehrman, Marie Ellis, Jessica Gibo, Jennifer Gingerich, Amy Helwig, Jenny Hockenberry, Robin Hogle, Jim Martin, Caroline Wood If you or someone you know needs to be added to or removed from the prayer list, let us know by noon on Wednesdays. Also, if you are ever in the hospital, please call the church office and let us know. The hospitals no longer inform churches that a member is in the hospital. Deacon’s Corner Deacons and members of HBPres, due to some folks relocating, others dropping land lines or acquiring cell phones and other life events, the church is attempting to update all current information about members. This is helpful in case of emergency or you need to be contacted. Deacons, it would be helpful when contacting your flock if you could remind them to be sure their info is up to date and correct. Also ask them if their emergency contact is on file. Members, if you have a change of phone, address, or family contacts in case the church needs to notify someone of your illness or other event, or if you have not given the church any of this information, please notify the church office so it may be put in your file. Thank you Deacons for all you do for your flocks. Remember to pray for your flock daily and contact them often. The Board of Deacons Lynn Overstreet 4
HBPres - Preschool Harvey Browne Preschool Highlights The preschool hallways will be full of treats not tricks in late October! We are looking forward to Trick or Treating through the hallways and fun Halloween/Fall parties at the end of the month. While we have needed to limit visitors in the building at this time, teachers have worked together with parents to provide games, snacks, and special activities for the parties. In mid-September the Preschool Board voted to continue having our children wear masks during the time they are at preschool. This small act has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC to help protect the children from COVID. We learned very quickly that children rise to the expectation set before them and our children have done an amazing job learning the skill of mask wearing! The preschool teachers approached mask wearing as a skill to be taught and supported, they are committed to supporting children where they are in their development in all areas and mask wearing is no exception. The preschool is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all children to thrive. We are proud to have 100% COVID vaccination participation with our staff members, a number we reached prior to the start of school. The preschool is also requiring substitute teachers and therapists to be vaccinated to work in the classrooms. Did you know that we offer Speech and Occupational Therapy? We have two wonderful therapists that work with our children on a contracted basis. At the beginning of the school year, children can participate in Speech and OT screening with parent permission at a reduced rate through the school. If a child is identified as needing extra support, those therapies can be done while the child attends or at the therapists’ clinic depending on the needs of the child. This is just another way that the preschool works to meet the needs of all children. We are hard at work having fun this fall and are grateful to provide a rich preschool experience for our youngest learners. Gratefully, The Harvey Browne Preschool Board 5
HBKids & HBTweens Planning for Autumn and Advent is happening at HBPres! HBKids Sunday school is going well. One change is being made and may affect your family. The 1 st-5th grade class is being moved inside to the gym where they will wear masks and social distance. The teachers for that group feels this will be better for the class because of the noise and distractions on Browns Lane. • October 3 - World Communion Sunday and the worship committee would love to involve the children in the worship service. Please let me know if you will be in town (Fall break) because we are asking that families bring different types of bread to represent other cultures and grapes to make the Communion table look like a feast representing other countries. We would love to have the children/families process into the sanctuary at the beginning of the service to “set” the table. We would love to have participation of the children. • November 7, 3:00-5:00pm (weather permitting) All are invited to Cedar Ridge Camp for camp activities and fellowship with one another. • November 28 – Advent Buddies will begin! • December 19 - Christmas Pageant to be recorded before that day outside. Help is needed for this adventure. HBTweens • October 10 & 24, 11:30am-1:30pm (Note time change) On both Sundays, the Tweens will meet at church in the gym for a lesson from Learning to Use My Bible. It would be helpful to bring Bibles on these days. After the Bible lesson we will enjoy some recreation time together. All of this subject to change and feedback, help are always welcome! 6
HBPres Events and News! HBYouth • October 3, 5:30 – 7:30pm (Note slight change in time) The youth will meet at Harvey Browne to talk about upcoming activities. We will meet outside for pizza and planning. • October 17, 5:30 – 7:30pm (Note slight change in time) The youth will meet at Harvey Browne to plan the Trunk or Treat and fall activities for the children. College • Please provide updated addresses for all college students to the church office so we can stay in touch with them throughout the year. • Montreat College Conference is January 2-5, 2022. Any college student interested in attending the Montreat College Conference please be in touch with Terry Hargrave as soon as possible. The conference fills up quickly each year. Adults • October 9 – Autumn Under the Cedars, fundraiser event for Cedar Ridge Camp. For tickets and more information go to the Cedar Ridge Camp website. • Join the HBUniversity class this month as Rev. Dr. Cynthia Campbell explore the prevalence of tables in the ministry of Jesus. Cynthia and Christine are writing a devotional book for Westminster/John Knox Press on this topic, for use in Lent of 2023. It will be great to hear your feedback as they work on this text together. 7
HBPres Congregational Life The Congregational Life team is working hard to create some fun, safe activities for our church community this fall. We hope that you will plan to attend! • Wednesday Night Dinner & Fellowship - We will host Wednesday night dinners outside, while weather allows. These will be simple meals that we can share before our Wednesday activities. Following dinner, we will host room for various speakers, studies, and conversations. If you have suggestions of a speaker or a topic for study, please contact Christine (christine@hbpres.net) 5:30 – 6:15 Dinner Outside Children: 6:00 – 6:45 Preschool Choir (ages 4 & 5) and Children’s Choir (1st-5th grade) 6:45 – 7:00 Recreation with Terry (meet in gym) 6:00 – 7:00 Nursery available for children ages 3 and under Adults and Youth: 6:00 – 6:45 Handbell Choir 6:15 – 7:00 Learning Together – Faith and Bible Study conversations 7:00 – 8:00 Chancel Choir Rehearsal • October 29 – Food Truck Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat Come out at 5:30 for some food and a chance to enjoy some fun fall activities. Wear your costumes, if you dare! • (Date TBD) - Hanging of the Greens Join your church family in preparing our worship space for the season of Advent! • December 5 - Lights Under Louisville at 2:00 Experience the fun of Lights Under Louisville with your church community. We will at Lights Under Louisville (everyone riding in their own vehicle). Afterwards, we will come to the church to decorate Christmas cookies and make Advent crafts. 8
HBPres Booktalk and Bookanalia will be available though Zoom. They will also be available in person as soon as it is safe to gather together again. Watch Highlights for updated information. Booktalk Looking for a Booktalk for 11:30 on Tuesday, October 26 great deal? will be How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning Mention Booktalk or with the History of Slavery Across America Bookanalia when by Clint Smith. Everyone is welcome to join purchasing one of our us. highlighted books at Carmichael’s and receive a 20% discount! Bookanalia Bookanalia for 6:30PM, Wednesday, October 20 Molly Pollock will present Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. In this acclaimed book, a PhD candidate turns to both hard science and her childhood faith in attempts to understand the suffering she sees around her. All are welcome to join us! Advent Craft Fair Our Annual Advent Craft Fair will be held this year on Sunday, December 5 from 9:00am- 12:30pm. We will have fair trade crafts, as well as others, and would welcome crafts made and contributed by members of Harvey Browne! So, if you paint, knit. sculpt, bake or do some other kind of creative activity, please feel free to contribute. As before, all proceeds will be contributed to the Build Congo Schools project. 9
HBPres HBPres Grocery Cart The Grocery Cart for October is Center for Women And Families. The Center for Women and Families provides trauma-informed advocacy and support for individuals, families and communities affected by intimate partner violence and sexual assault. We mitigate the impact of trauma by building resiliency and reducing risk factors at all levels. We are guided by a strong grassroots feminist history, and a commitment to social and economic justice. We co-create violence free lives, families, and communities. Their biggest needs are: Pasta, Coffee, Sugar, Coffee Creamer, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Canned Vegetables and Canned Soups (all kinds), Lysol/cleaning wipes, Laundry detergent pods, and Hand Sanitizer. Of course other donations will be accepted and appreciated. We want to thank you in advance for helping this mission. For questions or concerns, please contact Pam or Mark Wood prmw@juno.com mew40222@gmail.com Peace & Global Witness Offering A gift to the Peace & Global Witness Offering enables the church to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing systems of conflict and injustice across the world. Individual congregations are encouraged to utilize up to 25% of this Offering to connect with the global witness of Christ's peace. Mid councils retain an additional 25% for ministries of peace and reconciliation. The remaining 50% is used by the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advocate for peace and justice in cultures of violence, including our own, through collaborative projects of education and Christian witness. We will collect the Peace & Global Witness Offering on Sunday, October 3. Your donation can be dropped in the special offering pitchers that Sunday or they can be mailed to the church. If you are writing a check, please make check payable to Harvey Browne Presbyterian and write Peacemaking in the memo line. 10
HBPres Cabbage Patch Lunch & Learn Cabbage Patch has launched a new Lunch & Learn program and all are invited. Join us for Lunch & Learn by visiting the Cabbage Patch Settlement house website (listed below) and clicking on the Zoom link. Upcoming Topics: Friday, October 22 at 12:30 pm • Christmas Baskets • Calvin Holloway and Doug Holm Friday, November 19 at 12:30 pm • Alumni, Where are They Now? • Panel Discussion Visit the Cabbage Patch Settlement House website or YouTube channel for previous Lunch & Learn videos. Website — https://www.cabbagepatch.org/stories-and-news/lunch-learn/ YouTube— https://www.youtube.com/user/CabbagePatchSH Cabbage Patch Christmas Our hearts and gifts are open For now, Cabbage Patch is asking that we be flexible with our Christmas support since we are experiencing an increase in Covid. One plan is to shop for families - November 13 And deliver to families December 12 Another plan is to repeat last year’s by donating money so the Patch can buy gift cards for families. We will keep you informed as things develop. Please keep these dates as possible events for our church family. Monetary donations are always welcomed from now until Christmas. 11
HBPres Harvey’s Helpers making a difference and making friends! Harvey’s Helpers is a group of people meeting on Mondays from 9:00am – 12:00pm to complete projects around the church. During the past 6 years we have completed projects throughout the church. With a list of diverse projects volunteers can choose a project that meets their ability and interest on arriving Monday morning. Sometimes we are all working on the same project while other weeks you may find a solo job that interests you. We can’t even begin to estimate the amount of money the church has saved to use in other areas. Drop in next Monday for more information or come work on one of our projects. We’re always looking for new projects, notify the church office if there is something you would like fixed, cleaned, or painted. Below is a list of some of the successful projects of the past 6 years: Harvey’s projects: • Painting – Barrett (Session) Room, Living Room, Sacristy, Men’s & Women’s restroom under sanctuary, most of the 2nd floor classrooms, Eline Hall, old kitchen in basement, exterior doors, exterior sign posts, exterior lights, church office, kitchen adjacent to Emory Hall, youth center, stairwell going to Youth Center, library, benches in courtyard. • Removed debris following collapse of ceiling in bell tower. • Repaired walls in chapel area and youth center caused by water damage. • Built frame and mounted mosaic in Eline Hall. • Deep cleaned Emory Hall kitchen and all tables used for dinners in Emory Hall. • Shampooed rugs in Living Room, Library, and church office. • Assembled pastor’s desk. • Completed exterior landscaping, spread mulch, and cleaned the drainage ditch. • Repaired concrete on exterior ramp. • Moved furniture for preschool. • Installed automatic light switches. • Repaired water fountain. We look forward to seeing you Monday. 12
HBPres Notes from Session The Session of HBPres met, through the technology of Zoom, a stated meeting on Tuesday, September 7. Following a devotion by Cason Henderson the following business was handled: • Approved recommendations from our Covid Safety Taskforce. Details of these recommendations are included in this newsletter. • Rev. Coy Fohr gave the Pastor’s report. • Approve Rev. Tim Cargal to preach on September 26, 2021. • Reviewed Terry’s report on children and youth. • Marcia Lewis gave the financial report as of July 31, 2021. • Approved a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for all employees of HBPres, including the Harvey Browne Preschool and Parents’ Day Out programs. If you would like to read the policy, please contact Anne Hughes via email hughestaaj@gmail.com. • Received an undesignated bequest of $72,332.62 from Thomas J. Head, Jr. Revocable Living Trust. Dr. Head was the husband of Patty Stonecipher Head. The check is in the Temporary Restricted Fund. Session will discuss at a later date the best use for these funds. • Committees gave their reports. Next stated meeting will be October 5, 2021. Anne Hughes, Clerk of Session 13
HBPres Report from the COVID Safety Taskforce (formerly the “Reopening Task Force”) The COVID Safety Taskforce has very few changes to offer to our current policy despite the current status of COVID in the community and the recent positive COVID individuals at HBPres. We feel that the high percentage of vaccination amongst our members provides greater safety than available in the community. We also believe that our current guidelines have been very effective as evidenced by the small incidence of COVID positivity in our church and that there was no spread following the presence of a COVID positive individual at church. In an effort to balance the emotional and spiritual needs of our members with COVID safety we feel comfortable progressing with programming starting in September. This could include Sunday School for all ages, Wednesday evening dinners, community groups using the building, youth meetings, etc. Mask use should continue for anyone over the age of 2 years old when in the church building. Events held outside, when weather allows, further increases the safety for all. When possible, indoor programming should include a “hybrid” for those staying at home. A safe method of serving food with church activities is feasible but caution should avoid congregating at a serving table. We urge all church ministries to seek innovative means to carry out the mission of the Church. Members of the COVID Safety Taskforce will be willing participants in your planning discussions on request. With the occurrence of our first known COVID positive individuals at church we realized a plan for addressing this should be formalized. It is desirable that close contacts (a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24- hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes)) are notified in a timely fashion. We agreed on a three-step approach: • Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness Department will be contacted for guidance. • Events considered to be church wide will lead to a general announcement made using the usual means of church communications. If the event involved a smaller group, only attendees at that event will be notified. • Any individual who has attended a church event and learns they are positive for COVID will be asked to contact Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness Department. It will be suggested that this individual make a list of “close contacts” and notify each contact. Church staff will request a copy of this contact list to offer support to all in- volved. Continued on Page 15 14
HBPres Cont. Guidance suggestions which likely require Session action: • Allow congregational singing at the end of a service to remain as policy but at the discretion of staff on a weekly basis. • Events at church should include an attendance list to use for contact of close contacts when indicated. In summary – Masks, Masks, Masks. Look for innovative means to provide for the emotional and spiritual wellbeing of all individuals. Call a Task Force member to seek suggestions on implementing programming. This is a very fluid situation and requires diligence from all of us. Thank you – In Christ’s Name, COVID Safety Taskforce 15
Session Pastor & Staff Contact Information Members Christine Coy Fohr, Pastor Ext. 105, christine@hbpres.net Anne Hughes—Clerk Terry Hargrave, Dir. of Children & Youth Ministry Ext. 117, terryhargrave@hbpres.net Dan Askins Larry D. Brandenburg, Minister of Music Ext. 110, ldblouisville@yahoo.com Ben Blake Beth Brandenburg, Director Children’s Choir bethbrandenburg12@yahoo.com Jim Boswell Carl Enoch, Sign Language Interpreter Darrell Darby Timothy L. Baker, Organist/Assistant Director of Music kewlpipes2@gmail.com April Davenport Amy Squires, Dir. of Weekday Preschool (895-2577) harveybrownepreschool@gmail.com Becky Evans Julie Rousseau, Director Nursery and Parents’ Day Out Ext. 119, jrousseau@hbpres.net Cason Henderson Cheryl Granger, Church Administrator Ext. 104, cherylgranger@hbpres.net Mike Hunter Laura Krausen Chrissy Barroso, Administrative Assistant Ext. 100. chrissybarroso@hbpres.net Marcia Lewis Tim Miller, Building Manager Ext. 112, tmillerhb@hbpres.net Claudette Taylor Nathaniel Potts, Maintenance nathanhbpres@gmail.com Sarah Zuber Church Office Phone: (502) 896-1791 | Harvey Browne Weekday Preschool: (502) 895-2577 After-hours pastoral emergency number: (502) 208-8472 | Visit us online at: www.hbpres.net Deadline for submissions to the November Newsletter is Monday, October 11, 2021 Permit No. 1174 Louisville, KY U.S. Postage PAID Nonprofit Org.
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