The Messenger Newsletter

Sunday, October 8 th
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
     At the corner of Audelia Road & McCree
     Free Admission

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• Bring your baked goods for the Cake Walk to church on the morning of Oct 8th.
• Bring new or slightly used stuffed animals to church on Sunday mornings for the Stuffed Animal Adoption.
• Sign up on the poster to help on the 8th!

We are looking forward to our 3rd annual event listed below with three ways you can help make this year's event a great success!

1. Donate gently loved stuffed animals for the Stuffed Animal Adoption.
2. Bring cakes, cookies, and cupcakes for the Cake Walk.
3. Sign up to work a shift during the event.

On this Reformation Sunday, October 29, Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church will celebrate our great Reformed heritage with a Festival of Banners.  We Presbyterians are a people who throughout our history have borne witness to God’s grace in Jesus Christ and our understanding of the gospel in confessions of Faith.  Eight banners will be presented containing symbols of the content and settings of each of eight historic confessions of faith.  The music of this service has been carefully selected to represent the faith for which each of these confessions stands.

This is a festive, dramatic, colorful celebration.  Festivity and gladness are appropriate before the living and acting God, for we glorify God as the inspiration of the faith of our fathers and mothers -- and our Lord now and forever.  This is a service of celebration!  A festival of thanksgiving!  As the Psalmist declared:  "We shall triumph in your Salvation, and in the name of God we shall set up our banners!"

This is a service for the whole family.  Bring your children! Invite your neighbors!

Missionary of the Month
October is "Missions Month" and we at LHPC will be focusing on the many missions supported by our congregation.  Throughout the month several local organizations will be highlighted, as well as our support of worldwide missions.  Be sure to visit the Missions and Reach Out bulletin board and write a note of thanks and encouragement to our "Missionary of the Month."

LHPC Missions Ministry Team
2005/2006 has brought many joys and new adventures to LHPC: new interim pastor, new members, and new energy!  The Session and Committee Chairs studied together, "Twelve Dynamic Shifts for Transforming Your Church," by Stanley Ott, which brought a lot of new energy and great ideas to the LHPC leadership teams.

One of the ideas is to move from "committees" towards "ministry teams," a group of people with a passion for what they are working on, who spend time energizing each other as much as the ongoing projects.  The Missions Committee is ready to move in this direction.  If you are involved with the Missions Committee and Reach Out Task Force now or have a passion for "reaching out," we want to invite you to be a part of the Missions Ministry Team, as we live out our Mission to "Go...and make disciples."

Love Loaf Program
In partnership with the Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Missions we will be participating in the 2006 Love Loaf Program.  The donations this year will provide relief for children in the country of Georgia in Eastern Europe, where 70% of households do live below the poverty level.  Offerings can be collected at home in the small "loaf" boxes that will be available on Sunday, October 29, that returned on Sunday November 26.  After this time we will resume our collection of coins for the "2 cents a meal" program.

McCree Esprit
We are looking forward to our 3rd annual event listed below with three ways you can help make this year’s event a great success!

1. Donate gently loved stuffed animals for the Stuffed Animal Adoption.
2. Bring cakes, cookies, and cupcakes for the Cake Walk.
3. Sign up to work a shift during the event.

Alzheimer’s Memory Walk 2006
Join the "Grace Team" from Grace Presbyterian Village on Saturday, November 4, at the Dallas Zoo as they walk to help raise funds for the research on Alzheimers.  You can help by joining the "Grace Team" as a walker, sponsoring the walkers with donations, or volunteering to help the day of the event. Contact Missy Rodgers at 214-902-9935 or missyro@earthlink.net.

Sack Lunch Stories
Tuesday, October 3rd, is the next Sack Lunch Story.  The group will meet in Fellowship Hall at 12:00 p.m.  Bring a sack lunch and hear what Charles Matz has to say about his faith story.

     — Missy Rodgers, Missions Committee Chair

Congregations for Transformation
World Communion will be celebrated on Sunday, October 1st.  During the 11:00 a.m. worship the Chancel Choir will be singing music from around the World!  The emphasis will be twofold, music is appropriate for the celebration of Lord’s Supper as well as being music that is from a more global perspective.  Please join us for this exciting day in the life of Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church!

Sunday, October 29th
4:00-6:00 p.m.

The 20/30 Something Group of LHPC will be hosting a Fall Fun Fest for the church!  This event is especially geared for our younger members, but there will be fun for everyone!  Some of the events will include:

"Trunk-or-Treating" in the parking lot (we will need lots of volunteers on hand by the trunk loads of candy for the kiddos!) - Cookie Decorating - Crafts - Games - Refreshments - And more!

Mark your calendars, invite friends, family and neighbors and don't miss this very special event!

Saturday, October 7th
11:00 a.m.

All ladies of the church are invited. All proceeds will go to White Rock Center of Hope.

Sponsored by LHPW

Saturday, November 11th
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Be sure to attend the Annual Corner Market!  Come support our vendors.  The 2005 Corner Market netted over $3,200 for the LHPC Women's Mission Projects, and also allowed contributions by the women’s group to various other projects and to some enhancements at LHPC.

Not only will there be plenty of vendors, but the LHPC Women will have their bake sale.  Men’s Fellowship will be cooking hotdogs and hamburgers.  So mark your calendars for the Annual Corner Market.  Please bring your family, friends and your neighbors!

After a meaningful Women’s Retreat in September, the Women of LHPC are looking forward to Saturday, October 7, at 11:00 a.m. when The Stone Soup Luncheon, followed by a Style Show, will be held.  The clothing for the models will be supplied by The White Rock Center of Hope, and Ginger Williams will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies.  All women of the church and community are invited to attend.

An open invitation is extended to all women to attend the October Women's Circles.

Circle l meets on Monday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. with Joyce Doss as hostess.  For information phone Renee Kunde at 214-341-0740.

Circle 2 meets on Tuesday, October 17, at 9:30 a.m. with Betty Davis as hostess.  For information phone Collene Ziegenfuss at 214-348-3513.

Circle of Hope meets on Wednesday, October 18, at 9:45 a.m. with Marion Santangelo and Barbara Sudderth serving as hostesses.  For information, phone Linda Swanson at 214-327-5113.

Circle of Joy will enjoy quarterly dinner meetings and a study meeting once a month on a Monday Evening.  For information phone Missy Rogers at 214-902-9935.

White Rock Women's Circle is a new circle this year which will meet Wednesday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. at Whiterock Court, 9215 White Rock Trail.  Any woman at Whiterock Court or LHPC are invited to attend this circle meeting.

For information concerning the Women of LHPC please contact the moderator, Helen Kelso, at 214-348-0668.

Crosswave Schedule

October 1:-Youth Fellowship 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
October 8:-McCree Esprit 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
October 15:-Youth Fellowship 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
October 21:-Youth Garage Sale Fundraiser 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Please see Meg Richardson for more information concerning any of these events and programs.

Saturday, October 21st
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Donations for this fundraiser will be accepted in Fellowship Hall from October 15-20 . Your help is needed!  This will be the biggest garage sale ever and the Youth will need adult support!  Sign up sheets will be available soon to help with pricing during the weekend and to work the actual sale.  Money raised will go to the youth fund and a youth designated church ministry.

If you need assistance in transporting your goods, donation pickup is available on Sunday, Oct. 15th.  Please call Meg Richardson to schedule the pickup.

Children’s Sabbath is an Ecumenical and inter-religious celebration.  Its purpose is to highlight our ministry to, with, and by children and to encourage religious groups to commit to care for and protect children by advocating justice and intercession.

On October 15th, our church will join with hundreds of others in celebrating Children’s Sabbath.  Invite the children from your neighborhood to come and bring their families for this special service honoring children.  Lake Highlands children will lead worship and offer musical selections.  Rev. Larry Thomas will preach on the theme, "Suffer The Little Children To Come."

Friday, October 6th
1st Friday Luncheon
At Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church

Young at Heart will meet at 11:00 a.m. in the LHPC parking lot to carpool to Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church.  At 11:45 a.m. we will enjoy a delicious lunch, cost will be $8.00 per person.  The guest speaker, David Dillon, is an Architectural Critic for the Dallas Morning News.  His topic will be "Bridges of Dallas."  David has a Ph.D. from Harvard in literature and art history, and is the author of numerous books, including "Dallas Architecture, 1936-1986."

Friday, October 20th

Please meet in Fellowship Hall at 11:00 a.m. and bring a sack lunch.  We will assemble personal care kits for White Rock Center of Hope clients.

Call Jan Gifford (after October 15th,) at 214-348-8595 for more information concerning any of the Young at Heart events.

Men's Fellowship has a lot going on for the month of October.  All men of the church are welcome to participate in the following activities:

• October 21st:  Men will grill hot dogs for sale at the Youth Garage Sale.
• October 23rd:  Neighborhood Monday Night Football for all men and boys.  Come enjoy pizza and soft drinks.
• Tuesday evenings:  at 7:00 p.m. Men's Bible Study, except for Men's Fellowship on the second Tuesday evenings.

Memorials Mark Ansley Sara Secor Women's Circle #2 Honorary Gifts In Honor of Steve Moore Bob & Ione Humphrey Special Gifts LHPC Men’s Fund Bob & Ione Humphrey LHPC Women’s Fund Amy Chester Amy Jeter Music Ministries/POH Anonymous Ralph & Jan Gifford Billie Hill Steve Moore J. B. & Mary Lou Pendergrass Sara Secor Linda Swanson Marilyn Thomas Women's Circle #2 Sound System Steve Moore

The best thing about the future is that it comes only on day at a time. Please bring your empty ink jet cartridges and old cell phones to the church for recycling.  Collection boxes can be found in the work room in the church office.  All proceeds will support the youth fund.

LHPC visitors for worship during the months of August are listed below:

Roland & Dottie Mackey, Greg Harrison, Betsy Longdon, Roy Sayler, Catherine Harrison, Frank Duckett, Bob Volker, Linda Craig, Marcie & Trey Bunch, Marion Brockette, David & Pam Brandun, Don & Susie Cook, Lillian Quinn, Sarah Kidd, Martha Duke, Sue McComb, Archie & Mary Campbell, Patti, Greg, Michelle & Matt Smith, Jenni Morgan, Ciocan Family, B.J. Thomas