August, 2019

First Presbyterian Church

Street: 10612 Dayton Pike, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
Mail: P. O. Box 9, Soddy Daisy, TN 37384 Phone 423-332-2327
E-Mail firstpresbyterian@epbfi.com

Knitted Together
"...speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up into Him in every way who is the head, into Christ, from
whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is
working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love." Ephesians 4:15-16 RSV
"For Thou didst form my inward parts, Thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb."
Psalm 139:13 RSV

PASTOR’S NOTES:

When science explains how things are in the world, one of the concepts that come to mind is the Second
Law of Thermodynamics, which states that there is the natural tendency of any isolated system to degen-
erate into a more disordered state. Simply put, things break down over time and it does not get better by
itself. And I know too well of degeneration of our church which includes, our carpets in the fellowship hall
that needs replacement, the old light fixtures going out over time, old swings that were replaced with
new ones and our American flag in the field had to be replaced with new ones.
In June, through VBS we learned that God plans to bring all the necessary pieces together to make things
work again and ultimately to save us. God is at work to restore our lives. When we have so much broken-
ness and degeneration in our lives, we need God to reveal His mercy, His grace and His love to bring about
change into our lives.
What do you think of when you hear the word “repentance”? The word simply means “to change one’s
mind.” It is when we experience a fundamental change in how we view ourselves as sinners and how we
view Christ as our Savior. It is the fruit of true faith that brings about a radical change in our thinking, be-
lieving, and living. And that change begins when we realize that we have sinned against God and deserve
nothing short of punishment. Remember, we never sin alone, and we never sin in secret either, because
God is always there. Because God already knows all that we do, we don’t have to fear Him or be ashamed
to confess our sins before Him. God comes to us to forgive and God comes to us to restore our lives.
We need to see God at work rather than focus on the brokenness in the world and the brokenness in us.
Things cannot get better by ourselves, but we need to confront God’s love for our lives to be healed, for-
given, and restored. Repentance is the first step towards revival. And we pray for the revival in our church
and in our lives.
- Rev. Peter Choi
LET’S PRAY TOGETHER!

Members and Participants: Nita Crowe, Danny Curvin, Dottie Curvin, Gene Curvin, Bud Ellis, Barbara Newman, Jan Newman,
Dora Sowell, Doug Stephenson, Lorie Tessmer, Delores White, Taylor Williams.

Family and Friends: Becky Burchard (Irene Ammons’ niece), The Clifton Family (friends of Linda Kurzenberger), Gary Cross (friend
of Bill Newberry), Kevin Daughtery (nephew of Jan Newman), Marilyn Kurzenberger-Wittke (family of John and Linda Kurzen-
berger), Bobby Legg, David McCarell, Jerry Newman (Gary’s brother/Barbara’s son), Karen Smith, Vickie Sullivan, Jill Tobin,
Sophia Turner.

Military: Thomas Pelham and Family. (Thomas is the son of John and Jody Pelham; grandson of Billy and Nita Crowe).
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NEWS FROM THE SESSION

We hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer vacation and participated in some of our church activi-
ties. As kids go back to school and we look forward to fall, Rev. Choi will continue teaching the Wednes-
day night Bible study and showing the monthly movie. Please join us for these opportunities for fellow-
ship and enrichment of our faith.
During Sunday worship if you have trouble hearing Rev. Choi, please ask for one of the new personal lis-
tening devices. The people who use them say the sound is crystal clear. Also, we will start having an elder
lead part of the worship service. Please contact Bill Newberry if you are willing to help.
We are grateful that Rev. Peter and Angela Choi are editing and publishing this Newsletter, but we want
to find another person to help with this. If you have some computer skills and would be willing to help
as the NEWSLETTER EDITOR please let Rev. Peter or Jim Hargrove know.
Continuing to make improvements to our facilities, Danny Curvin is getting estimates to install new floor-
ing in the Fellowship Hall. We are looking at possible alternatives to carpet that might be easier to main-
tain. In other projects we will be working with Angela Choi to paint and upgrade the rooms used for chil-
dren activities. We will also be working with Rev. Choi to install a wooden deck on the back of the
Manse. Contact Danny Curvin if you can help with these projects.
We continue to pray for those members suffering with physical and emotional problems. May the Peace
of Christ be with you.

Jim Hargrove, Clerk of Session

ATTENTION MEN OF THE CHURCH!

The men’s group meeting will be held on August 31, Saturday at 9:00 AM. We would like
to thank Bill Rock for giving the presentation in our previous gathering of his trip to
South Korea and the sharing of the medical facility certification process.
Our guest speaker for this month is an honorable judge Shattuck from Hamilton County.
Please mark your calendars and join us for breakfast and fellowship.
Gary Newman, Coordinator

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the National Council of Presbyterian Men have a Covenant of
Agreement. The Council was officially established in 1948 but can trace its beginnings to 1906-1907.
The mission of Presbyterian Men is to lead men into a vital relationship with Christ and to assist them in

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VBS Preparation

We would like to thank all those who helped with the VBS especially John & Linda for setting up the
back drop. Dottie, Stacey and Cali for creating a stage once again with spaceship, stars, rocks and the
robots. And all those Puppets from the Bible story that were handed out to the children were made
by Angela.

July 4th Indoor Picnic by Curvin’s Family

GREETINGS FROM PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN [PW] FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Many thanks to all those who helped with the VBS, Men’s
Breakfast and School Supply Volunteering at the Northside.

Looking Ahead: Presbyterian Women Bible study will not meet in August but we will resume
in September.

Peace, Nancy Burks PW Moderator

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL—VBS

MINISTERED TO 25 CHILDREN & 7 NEW CHILDREN ATTENDED WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR CHURCH.
CHILDREN ENJOYED STORY TIME WITH PUPPETS GIVEN BY MS ANGEL MUSIC BY MS JAN WAS ENJOYED BY
ALL CRAFTS BY MS RACQUEL WHICH INCLUDED A PRAYER JOURNAL,BOOK MARKS, LIGHT SWITCH COVER
AND LET'S NOT FORGET SLIME. OUR WOMEN OF THE CHURCH DID A FABULOUS JOB WITH THEMED
SNACKS AND LAST DAY SPECIAL FOOD. GARY NEWMAN HELPED WITH OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES WHEN THE
WEATHER PERMITTED. PASTOR PETER TOOK PICTURES AND EACH CHILD RECEIVED THEIR PICTURE MEM-
ORY AND GROUP PICTURE. THE LAST DAY EACH CHILD RECEIVED A DRAW STRING BAG WITH THEIR NAME
THANKS TO JAN NEWMAN AND GOODIES.
CHILDREN PERFORMED SONGS AND DANCE TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CHURCH FAMILY.
WE THANK GOD FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL VBS. PRAISE GOD!

Congratulations To all the Graduates!

Will Hopkins graduated High school
from Chattanooga STEM Class of 2019
(From the left: Dena Newberry Hopkins,
Will, Katherine, Morgan)

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Church Schedule:

Services: Mission opportunities:

Each Sunday: Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Adults in Fellowship Hall Gifts of Talents:
Worship 11:00 a.m.
(Communion on August 11th) Newsletter Editor: Monthly (talk to Rev. Choi)

Nursery: Caregiver Kathleen Djami Knitting— no meeting in August

available for children ages cradle to 4 years old;
Children’s Worship: Children ages 5 to 5th grade Fellowship of the Table:
See Linda Kurzenberger if you are available to volunteer Lunch following Sunday worship—various locations
Covered dish dinner Wednesday night —6:30 p.m.
Each Wednesday:
Adult Bible Study /Youth and Children’s Activities 6:30 p.m. Men of the Church Meeting
Caregiver Kathleen Djami available Saturday August 28, 9:00am
Friday August 23—Movie Night at the Church (Special Speaker Hamilton County Judge)

Opportunities of serving:
Presbyterian Women—
PW Circle—No meeting in August
Acolytes—6 years and older
Greeters—for Sunday morning worship

The Mission of First Presbyterian Church, Soddy-Daisy,

We love to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with our church

family. Please share your special dates and we will include it too!

August 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3
James Shanon

4 SS 10 5 6 7 Dinner 6:30 8 9 10
Worship 11
Bible Study 7:00 Lorie Tessmer
Youth Study 7:00

11 SS 10 12 13 14 Dinner 6:30 15 16 17
Worship 11
Communion Gary/Mary Esther Bible Study 7:00 Presbytery Meeting
Shannon Youth Study 7:00 at First Presbyterian
Dora Sowell – Knoxville
101th

18 SS 10 19 20 21 Dinner 6:30 22 23 24
Worship 11
Bible Study 7:00 Movie Night at
Youth Study 7:00 Church 6PM
Teresa Ard

25 SS 10 26 27 28 Dinner 6:30 29 30 31
Worship 11
Stacy Fuller Taylor Williams Bible Study 7:00 Men’s Breakfast
Youth Study 7:00 9AM

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Soddy Daisy, TN 37384
P. O. Box 9
First Presbyterian Church
Knitted Together will be published monthly near the 1st of the month. Please send items to publish
to Pastor Peter, soddydaisypc@gmail.com by the 20th of the previous month. Thank you.
Our newsletter staff is: (production manager); Jim Hargrove (distribution manager).
Review editors include Effie Heiss, Doug Stephenson, Danny Curvin, Peter Choi.
Please give Jim Hargrove (423-760-8787; jhargrove@epbfi.com) the names, mailing addresses or
email addresses of family and friends, and possible new members, so that we can send them our
monthly newsletter. Please let Jim know if you prefer your newsletter via email.
Newsletter can also be found on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/FPC37379
Church telephone number is 423-332-2327. Church email is firstpresbyterian@epbfi.com.
August, 2019