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Volume 15 Issue 6 JUNE 24, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR2010 GRADUATES!!

Graduation Sunday was celebrated on June13

. Amy Hamill preached the sermon andLydia Gruber and Marshall Strong were thereaders during the Sunday Worship Service.The Board of Family Ministry hosted a specialCoffee Hour to honor our graduates.

High School:

Rebecca Allen is graduating from Victor High Schoolwith an International Baccalaureate Diploma and CumLaude Honors. She is a member of National HonorSciety, French Honor Society and has received mutliplescholar-athlete awards for her participation in VarsitySofball, Volleyball and Alpine Skiing, She has alsoparticpated in the REACH program over the past threesummers. This fall Becky will be attending St.Lawrence University and playing softball for the“Saints”. She has not decided on her area of study.Lydia Gruber is graduating from Fairport HighSchool. Next Year she will attend Fredonia StateUniversity where she will major in BiologyEducation.Amy Hamill is graduating from Fairport High Schoolthis June. She will attend Allegheny College inMeadville, PA, study liberal arts and play on theirvolleyball team.Kevin Jones is graduating from Fairport HighSchool and will attend the University at Buffalo inthe fall. He plans to study Engineering andComputer Science. Kevin plans to row for the UBmens crew team, and will continue pursuing musicalinterests, as well.Lauren Kelsey graduated from Holy SpiritPreparatory School, Atlanta, Georgia and became amember of Mu Alpha Theta (National Math HonorSociety). She will be attending Wofford College,Spartanburg, South Carolina and will be a pre-medmajor. She is the granddaughter of Joanne andEaston Kelsey.Mitchell Meraw is graduating from Fairport HighSchool, and will receive a Regents Diploma. He hasenrolled in Liberal Arts at Monroe CommunityCollege. Mitchell has played hockey with theEmpire League in Fairport, he has been recognizedby his coaches, referees and teammates as a goodsportsman, good player with dedication andcommitment to the sport. He received an honorableAward in the Spring at The Big Thaw Tournament.Mitchell has done volunteer work through the YouthGroup by attending Reach Camp and working oncommunity dinners. He also has a new part-time jobat Aaron Manor.Marshall Strong is graduating from Penfield HighSchool in the top 1% of his class. He is a NationalMerit Scholar and was a Candidate for the

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Presidential Scholars Program. He is the recipient of the Boy Scouts of America Seneca Waterways CouncilJim Cooper Training Award and the recipient of theLangie Eagle Scout Scholarship. In the fall, Marshallwill be attending Middlebury College in theMiddlebury, VT where he anticipates studying PoliticalScience and Economics.

College:

Julie Tieslink graduated in May from the University of Miami, FL with a bachelor's degree in Biology. Nextfall she will be attending the University of Maryland,Baltimore, School of Pharmacy.Jaime Rogers will be graduating July 31, 2010 fromCanisius College in Buffalo, NY with a BA inCommunications and Political Science. She will beattending Franklin Pierce School of Law in Concord,New Hampshire August 17, 2010 to pursue her degree.

CONGRATULATIONS AND AFOND FAREWELL TO OURCHOIR DIRECTOR!!

We want to wish Sarah Frook, our choir director, ahearty congratulations on her graduation from theEastman School of Music where she received aMaster of Music in Conducting. It was achallenge completingher degree whiletaking on theresponsibilities of being our choirdirector, but I’m sureyou’ll agree, she hasdone an excellent job. And now, wemust wish Sarah afond farewell. Shehas taken a teachingposition at St.Catherine’s School in Richmond, Virginia. Sarahis from Virginia and will be fairly close to familyand friends. We will miss her smile, her friendlyface, and, of course, the music she and the choirmade together. We feel very fortunate to have hadher in our church family, if even for a short while,and we wish her God speed in her new adventures.There will be a special recognition coffee hourfor Sarah in Fellowship Hall after the churchservice on June 20. We hope you can be there tocelebrate her graduation and her time with us asthe choir director. Sarah, you will be missed.

BORROWING CHURCHEQUIPMENT?

If you need to borrow equipment from thechurch, please call the church office and letme know. With graduation parties andsummer picnics and garage sales oftenpeople just come in and take the tables andchairs assuming no one else needs them.This can cause confusion and other churchmembers are left without when they havecalled ahead and requested items. So giveme a call at 223-0224 or email me atchurch1@choiceonemail.comto reservedneeded items. Thank you. Cathy Kinton

FAIRPORT COMMUNITY VACATIONBIBLE SCHOOL

Fairport Community Vacation Bible Schoolinvites you to join us for …

Step Up and GoGreen for Jesus

…August 2nd—August 6th,2010 - 9:00 AM-Noon. VBS will be held atPerinton Presbyterian Church. The FinalCelebration will be on Friday August 6th,2010 at 7:00 PM, also at PerintonPresbyterian Church. Fairport CommunityVBS is a ministry of the EcumenicalMinistries of Perinton, Inc. Studentregistration and volunteer forms areavailable in Fellowship Hall

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PASTORAL PERSPECTIVE

This is the last Epistle until the end of Augustwhen we come out with our “Welcome Back Issue.” I’m sure that most of you are lookingforward to the summer and a bit of a rest fromthe normal routine. I hope that you all willhave an opportunity to do a little re-creation,spending more time together as a family andotherwise enjoying some leisure.Of course, you know that God doesn’t take avacation and that part of your summer routineshould be Sunday worship. If you are in town,make a special effort to join others at Sundayworship. Things are a bit more relaxed in thesummer with a hiatus from Church School.You will have a more leisurely fellowshiptime to catch up with folks you may not havehad a chance to spend time with.In the last issue of the Epistle, I mentionedthat our liturgy for the summer will reflect thesimplicity of our worship pace. Our first hymnwill be a festive one and after the greeting wewill move directly to the children’s message,the prayer of the day and the word. Normallywe have three lessons and a psalm response.This will not necessarily be the case in thesummer. There will also be times when wewill depart from the assigned readings.

Doyou have sermon suggestions? Let me knowby e-mailing me.

Finally remember that ourchoir takes a much needed break in July andAugust and that “their spot” is filled by“special music”. Do you sing, or play aninstrument. Sign up for a Sunday on themoveable bulletin board in Fellowship Hallor e mail or call the church office.Your church council and the membershipcommittee are aware that we need to reachout with a welcome and invite men andwomen, youth and children into ourcommunity of faith. We all know that thechurch (our church, most churches) need togrow; not only in numbers, but also incommitment to the work of Christ.Over the next year, and more, we are goingto be making a special effort to reach outwith a warm welcome. Are there things weshould be doing in order to do this well? Letme, or any council member, or membershipcommittee member know.When Welcome Back Sunday comes aroundon September 12, we will have a beautifulnew entrance into the church from theparking lot. This “Memorial Door” with thecrafted and lighted stained glass cross madeby John Hecker will be a welcominginvitation to the life of First Church. Thebuilding is important because it houses apeople committed to the work of JesusChrist here and away. More important,though, is the welcome exhibited bymembers as they reach out to others.Do you know someone who is looking for achurch home; a church that is small enoughto make you feel welcome, but also largeenough to be able to offer opportunities forworship, learning, fellowship and service?Invite them to join you at worship andintroduce them to others.We have a wonderful story to tell. Help usget it out.Finally, if you are traveling this summer,take time to worship. Bring back a bulletinand we’ll post it.Your pastor,