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Spiritual Renewal
Conference
Presents
October 25-27
Details on page 4
The View Outside My Window
Welcome Every resource we have is something God wants us to
Elsewhere in this newsletter, you will find an article, share with others. We are responsible to pass on what
complete with a photo, of our new Interim Associate God has given us, as well as to use our resources to care
Pastor for Adult Disciplemaking – Rev. Dr. Scott Peterson. for ourselves and our families. Oh...and don’t forget that
Scott comes to us with decades of experience as a God encourages us to enjoy life through the way we use
pastor at almost every level of leadership – associate, these resources as well.
head of staff, solo pastor, seminary professor, and Most people don’t ever reflect and consider how
interim pastor. He is wise, warm, and fun to be with. I God wants them to deploy all these gifts in the service of
know everyone will like him a great deal. He will be with His Kingdom work in the world. They just sort of toss in a
us for a few years while we take the proper time to look buck or two and then go off and scatter their many
for an installed pastor for disciplemaking and adult resources in ways that wear them out over time.
ministry here at CPC. But a thoughtful, planned generosity of life – as a
Scott is also a husband and a dad – you can read way of life – does something else – it centers us in Christ
more about his delightful family in the aforementioned as the only One who can truly satisfy our needs and
article. Suffice it to say that we are both blessed and longings.
privileged to have Scott on staff, as well as the gift of his Many studies have been done that prove this is true
family in worship in our communitas. – a generous life is a centered life. Most of these studies
Scott will start out at 20 hours a week and will go to aren’t even faith-based in nature, but from the working
full-time on January 1. He’ll be here on Sundays, world and business research! Colleagues who share their
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. His focus at first, will be on knowledge and encourage the careers of their fellow
getting to know all of us by name – so help him out and workers are more centered, happy, and successful than
remind him of your name when you see him. There are those who are always protecting themselves and thus
only two of them – Scott and Mary – but around 1,400 of never share anything with anyone else. Go figure.
us! (Wear your name tags...or order a new one if you’ve Generosity is one of the keys to the good life.
lost your previous one.)
Welcome, Scott and Mary! Consecration
So enter this season of focusing on generosity
A Centered Life joyfully, eagerly, and with great hope that the Lord wants
As we continue with our fall series – Life@Center – to bless your life through generous living.
exploring what it means to live a centered life, rather Then, be prepared to be in worship on November 3
than a scattered one, we will be focusing on that aspect with your plans already in place for how you will support
of a centered life that shows up in personal generous the life of Columbia financially and with your many other
living. We won’t have a sermon on that topic every week gifts.
– but we WILL ask each household – whether you’re It’s a great privilege to band together and honor the
household is one person, or twelve – to center your life Lord in a solemn assembly of worship, praise and gift-
on Christ by planning how you intend to share your giving. Then, once again, we’ll party in the Gathering
resources with others in 2020. Area with good food and time to share our common life
What is a resource? Good question. Personal and faith.
resources can be summed up by these words: time,
emotional energy, health, experience, expertise, See you then!
listening, love, encouragement, and finances. (We could Blessings,
add more to this list, but you get the idea...).
Generosity Update from the Trustees
As the end of summer draws near, September signaled the start of yet another busy season in the life of
Columbia. But this fall is different from those of the past several years. As programs ramp up we are pleased to advise
that because of your generosity and faithful giving Columbia continues to be on course to fulfill our budget.
Your diligence in supporting Columbia means programs can proceed as planned without the dark cloud of possible
spending cuts looming overhead. What a blessing to our program staff, volunteers and participants.
Thank you for your support. We pray that God will continue to bless each of you and your families. And that your
generosity will continue to bless Columbia and our vision.
Trustees: Marc Hartquist, Bill Wheeler & Tricia Williamson
2019 YTD YTD Budget
Pledges & Offering Gifts $1,003,282 $1,016.242
Total P&O Expenditures $1,051,067 $1,075,979
Net Surplus (Deficit) ($47,785) ($59,737)
Ways to Give...
Online banking through your financial institution
Columbia App, Click on GIVING
By check made out to CPC
Text “Give” to (360) 409-7809
columbiapresbyterian.org & click GIVE ONLINE
Articles for the next edition of the Pilot Light are
due on Monday, October 18, and should be
emailed to info@columbiapresbyterian.org.
Meet Interim Associate Pastor Scott Peterson
Peanut butter, chocolate, my family, dogs, cycling: these are a few of my favorite things. But my most favorite thing is
Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior! I love being a part of what God is doing and so I am eagerly looking forward to joining
the ministry team at Columbia. What excites me about Columbia is your clear mission and vision, your engagement
with the community, and your unapologetic proclamation of the Gospel. I believe that I fit very well with your values
and direction and I have a strong sense of God’s call to join you in this good work.
In 1981, after graduating from college, I led a team of young men on a ministry trip to Australia, where we traveled and
worked with the renewal movement in the Uniting Church of Australia. It was an exciting trip and we saw God work in
amazing ways. But what frustrated me was not being able to stay around and follow up with those who had come to
Christ. I learned that renewal is not a one-time event, but is a lifelong process of becoming and making disciples. Ever
since that trip I have been committed to biblical and spiritual renewal in the church through making disciples. Making
disciples is the work that God has given to the church. We are
all called to this great work, which is a grand adventure as we
follow our Lord to new depths of fellowship with Him and one
another.
I am so excited that Columbia has embraced making disciples
as part of your three-fold vision (I love the Intergenerational
and Missional parts, too). I am excited because now I get to
focus on helping you work toward achieving this part of your
vision, which is also my vision. I want to be clear that I am not
coming as the expert who has all of the answers. I believe that
all ministry is deeply contextual, and that each place will need
a fresh, Spirit led approach. But I will come as a person who
keeps my eye on the goal and vision of making disciples. We
will work on this together, making plans, revising them,
implementing them, evaluating them, and improving them. I enjoy working on a team and believe that healthy teams
do much better work and make better decisions than an individual working on their own.
For the last few years, I have been working at Mt. Scott Park Presbyterian Church in S.E. Portland. About a year ago, a
homeless man showed up at church and asked if he could park his truck overnight in our parking lot. We would often
have vehicles show up in our parking lot and stay for a few days, but this was the first time anyone had asked
permission. I told him that I could not give him permission to stay, but I would not ask him to leave if he did not cause
trouble or make a mess. He got a big grin on his face and said, “OK.” He ended up living in our parking lot for about
nine months, he kept things clean, watched out for troublemakers, and even volunteered to help around the church.
We often talked about God and it became a discipling relationship. He is now sober, living in an apartment, and on the
church payroll as the lawn maintenance specialist. You never know who God is going to bring into your life and which
relationships will turn into discipling opportunities. But I know that I am looking forward to making disciples with all of
you at Columbia Presbyterian.
Grace and Peace to you all!
Pastor Scott Peterson
Spiritual Renewal this world we are like Jesus”? Do we hear St. Paul’s
description of our renewed life as God’s human children
as those beautifully “conformed to the image of the
Conference Son”? If not, why not? Do we see Jesus as living in true
obedience to the Father, in the power of the Spirit? Or
presents do we see God in a borrowed body?
Let’s look together at Jesus’ life as God’s true image-
Cherith Fee Nordling bearer, not only to see what God looks like, but to find
out what human life in Jesus’ image is really meant to
Cherith is Associate Professor of Theology at Northern be.
Seminary in Chicago.
Conference Schedule:
Cherith is a dynamic and passionate teacher and
witness of the good news of the gospel. She grew up in Friday, October 25
Pentecostal circles with her father and grandfathers as
6:00pm Dinner
Assembly of God pastors. (Her father is Gordon Fee
7:00pm Session 1
and is a well known writer/teacher.) For the past 30
years Cherith and her husband, Robert, have been
involved in the Spirit’s renewal of the mainline Saturday, October 26
Presbyterian, Anglican and Christian Reformed 9:00am Session 2
communities, of which they’ve been a part, either on 10:30am Session 3
staff or as laypersons.
Cherith teaches and writes on many subjects, but her
Sunday, October 27
current work focuses on what it means to be human 9:00am & 10:30am
and how the resurrection of Jesus empowers and Worship Services
enlivens our lives in Christ.
Register online from the church website
About the Conference: www.columbiapresbyterian.org
(scroll down home page to “Featured Events”)
Being human is not for the faint-hearted. It’s hard and
glorious, costly and rich, and it is the only life we will OR
ever have. Just ask Jesus. After all, he’s the only person
who has ever pulled off a truly human life, death, and In the Gathering Area on Sunday mornings
resurrection. So why do we speak of his humanity with
some reservation, or only in the past tense? Why do we Cost:
pray as if Jesus doesn’t understand us, or indeed pray
for us from his own human experience? Why don’t we $21 per person
take him seriously when he calls us to be like him? Is it $11 per student
because we don’t think he’s as human as we are? $42 per couple/family
Perhaps he is really God’s Superman posing as a
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Moreover, when it comes to growing as Christian
disciples, we are often quicker to turn for help to the Scholarships are always available if the cost of the
early church, or to our favorite Christian authors, event prohibits attendance.
instead of to Jesus himself - the very person who told us
that we are to be like him by the person and power Childcare (birth to 5th grade) is available by
of the Spirit. Do we hear St. John remind us that the reservation ONLY
mark of God’s loving Presence in our midst is that “in
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Resources for Parents & Families:
One of the goals of Children’s Ministry is to come along side families as they seek to teach their children to walk in faith.
This year my goal is to be more intentional about providing resources to help you do that. One way to do that is to high-
light books and other resources that you and your kids/grandkids might enjoy. Here are a few new titles to check out:
The Bible is far from boring, but sometimes it can feel that way to kids.
Spark their excitement for God's Word with this craze-mazing collection
of infographic spreads designed to make the Bible come alive for kids
and adults alike. These colorful creations visually depict the key
concepts, important people, and most unusual facts from the Bible in a
new and exciting way.
For instance, did you know...
You'd need 7,453,506 soccer balls to fill up Noah's Ark.
Paul travelled over 10,000 miles on his missionary journeys—the
distance from New York City to Rio Grande at the tip of South
America.
There is a talking donkey in the Bible.
Roughly 3-4 million left Egypt during the Exodus. Imagine the entire
city of Los Angeles leaving town and wandering in the desert for 40
years!
The phrase "a leopard can't change its spots" comes from Jeremiah
13:23
In addition to the incredible infographics found throughout, you and
your kids will love playing a Bible timeline board game that folds out
from the middle of the book. This game will help your family see God's
awesome plan from Genesis to Revelation!
Instill in your kids a lifelong love of God and the Bible. And who knows?
You might learn a thing or two yourself along the way.
(Volume 2 is new!)
Louie Giglio offers 100 devotions about God and science that will expand
the curiosity of your 6 to 10-year-olds. The book includes amazing scientific
facts, beautiful photography, fun illustrations, and simple activities.
With this science devotional, which is based on Giglio's well-known "How
Great Is Our God" and “Indescribable” messages, children will embark on a
journey to discover more about God and His incredible creation. From the
pink lake in Senegal to the earth's trip around the sun to the water-holding
frog that can live up to five years without a drink, the wonders of the
universe will deepen your kids’ appreciation for God's wild imagination.
Meet our 2019-2020 Preschool Staff
Circle of Friends Preschool has been a children’s ministry program of
Columbia Presbyterian Church for 25 years.
Angie Scheidel Audri Lambert Beth Short Carrie Smith Deana Bacon
9 Years 9 years 15 years 14 years 8 years
Laura Ericcsen Lindsay Schmierer Monica Hill Tara Urbanek Tricia Bonine
8 Years 6 years 9 years 7 years 14 years
Erin Gipson Jenn Thelen Debbie Johnson Sharon Wallenborn
Welcome to our staff Welcome to our staff Assistant Director Director
Just around the corner:
October…
8 & 10 Open House AM Session 11:00 PM Session 12:30
11 No School Teacher in-service (Safety Preparedness)
15 & 17 Pumpkin Patch 4’s and 5’s
28 & 31 Harvest Party Two-tsy pops
29 & 31 Harvest Party Preschool & Pre-K classes
Fall Food Drive
A wonderful opportunity awaits our church! The fall
food drive will take place on Sundays, October 20 & 27,
just outside the church front doors, before each Caring for Ourselves, Caring for Others
service. So many people want to help the hungry in
Clark County and this is our chance to do it. To Save the date! Health Ministry Team event on October
participate, just bring non-perishable food items or 20! There will be blood pressure screenings as well as
cash donations to the Food Drive tables. If you bring a resources and information about a host of health
check, please make it payable to Columbia issues—bring your questions about general family,
Presbyterian Church, with Food Drive, on the memo mental health, and dental health issues. In addition,
line. there will be opportunities to learn about physical/
occupational therapy and physical disability
In addition to donating to the Clark County Food Bank, modification needs. We hope you will take a few
we are also donating some of the monetary donations minutes to complete a survey of your health education
and food to the McLoughlin Middle School and needs. This event also coincides with one of our two
Marshall Elementary School Family and Community Sunday food drives in October to help provide food for
Resource Centers to aid their families in need. those in SW Washington who need assistance.
When you shop for donations, have fun! Think of what A Safeway pharmacist will be onsite to administer flu
will bring a smile to a child or joy to a parent who is shots to those 18 and older. He can bill all insurance
trying to prepare a nutritious and tasty snack or meal. companies (except Kaiser) and Medicare directly. If
you do not have insurance, you can get a flu shot for a
Some suggestions for the school Resource Centers are: discounted rate of $25.99 for those under 65, and
Canned fruit or fruit cups $45.99 for the high dose vaccine for those over 65.
Crackers Either checks or cash are acceptable. Please plan to
Boxed cereal wear clothing that easily allows access to your upper
Cookies shoulder, and bring your insurance card. If you would
Cereal bars like your primary care provider to be faxed your
Peanut butter immunization status, bring his/her name and phone
Jam number if possible.
Canned soup
Easy Mac
Canned meats
Spaghetti noodles and sauce
Condiments
Suggestions for the Clark County Food Bank are:
Basic food staples
Please avoid glass containers and large bulk
packaged items such as rice, beans, flour, etc.
Empty egg cartons are also needed
Our spring food drive brought in 1,071 pounds of food
and over $1,000 in monetary donations. Fantastic!
Maybe we will even break our record this time.
Presbyterian Women
So who are CPC Presbyterian Women, anyway? The
short answer is, every woman who does now or might
2020 Senegal Go Team consider calling Columbia Presbyterian her church
CPC has been involved in Senegal for 20+ years, home. All you need to get involved with Presbyterian
partnering with missionaries and ministries working to Women (PW) is a desire to spend time with other
spread God’s word to the unreached. The team is women who share CPC's mission: “encouraging you to
selected from members of the congregation who apply encounter God, to enter into a life-changing
to be representatives of CPC on these trips. More than relationship with Jesus, and to allow the Holy Spirit to
85 people have traveled to Senegal in support of this show you your place in God's work.”
ministry.
What does PW do? Here at Columbia, we are four small
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Go Team has groups of women, called Circles, who involve
been selected. They are beginning to meet as a team themselves in Bible study as well as serving our
and discuss preparations for the trip. Members are: congregation and our community and supporting
missions around the world. We do the Prayer Shawl
Ministry and Ellen Torongo Scholarship Program. We
sponsor rummage sales, held twice a year in spring and
October, where more than 90% of the proceeds go to
missional activities, about 2/3 in Clark County. Our fall
sale will be held October 3-5, with volunteers needed
beginning September 28, and our spring sale will be
held April 2-4, 2020, with volunteers needed beginning
March 28.
PW also holds four Saturday events each year, called
2020 Go Team Members: Bob McFarlin, Connie Warner, Gatherings, which include good food and good
Katie Phelan, Gina Nie, Christiana Amewudah, Bob Swenson fellowship, plus guest speakers on timely topics. Our
December Gathering features a Christmas Marketplace
The purpose of the trip is to visit our Christian partners
to better understand their struggles, challenges and to benefit our Scholarship Program and missions. Our
triumphs in reaching the unreached. Also, to convey 2019-2020 Gatherings will be luncheons on Saturdays
that they are not alone-that there are other Christians November 9, December 14, March 7, and May 9.
who both support and pray for them.
We would love to welcome you into one of our Circles.
There will be lots of preparation for the team and They meet monthly as follows:
activities you can be involved in to come alongside the > Elizabeth Circle - third Thursday, 1:30PM – Lynne
team. This year’s trip is planned for late January Libby or Sharon Loomis
through early February. More information about the > Lydia Circle - third Thursday, 9:30AM – Marcia Daly
trip will be shared in future Pilot Lights. Learn how you or Joan Regor
can be a part of this mission by supporting the Go Team > Marian Circle - fourth Thursday, 1:00PM - Mary
as they prepare for their life-changing journey to Lange or Nancy Biccum
Senegal. > Ruth Circle - third Monday, 6:30PM - Jane Erickson
or Penny VanNess
Jesus is the treasure we carry in our jars of clay (2 Cor. Please contact the Circle Chairs listed above or Eileen
4:7), but if people don’t know us, how can they meet O’Neil for more information. We'd love to have you join
Him? us!
LIBRARY CORNER The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Fiction
The library is located across from the elevator by the
Gathering Area. Books, except reference materials, may Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her
life is only hinted at in a brief and
be checked out for three weeks. The library catalog is
violent detour within the more
available at: www.librarything.com/catalog/colpresvan
familiar chapters of the Book of
Genesis that tell of her father,
Jacob, and his twelve sons.
Unfinished: Filling the Hole in Our
Gospel Told in Dinah's voice, Anita
by Richard Stearns Diamant imagines the traditions
Mission and turmoils of ancient
womanhood--the world of the red
Do you long for a deeper sense of tent. It begins with the story of the mothers--Leah,
meaning and purpose in your Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They
life? Do you believe all the right love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through
things, go to church, and faithfully childhood, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a
read your Bible, still feeling that foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a
something is missing? You may be right. remarkable period of early history and creates an
Two thousand years ago Jesus gave an urgent intimate connection with the past.
assignment to his followers right before he left. As its
Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling
essence it was not just an invitation to believe; it was a
with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new
bold call to action. It was a challenge to go into the
view of biblical women's lives.
world to reclaim, reform, and restore it for
Christ. Simply stated, the message of this book is that
Anita Diamant is a wonderful storyteller, not only
God has invited you to join him in this world-changing
bringing to life these women about whom the Bible tells
mission. And if you are not personally participating in
us so little. She makes readers see there’s not much
God’s great endeavor, you could be missing the very
difference between people across the eons, at least
thing he created you to do.
when it come to trial and tragedy, happiness and love.
Richard Stearns has served as president of World Vision,
US since 1998, having formerly been the CEO of Parker
Brother Games and Lenox, Inc.
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NOTE: Team and committee meetings are not listed on the website calendar.MILITARY PRAYER MINISTRY...
Thanks for those who have served our country through the years, and continued prayer for those in our church family currently
on active duty. Keep in prayer:
Tim Powell, US Army (grandson of Ken & Gilda Powell)
Muirne Cooney, US Army (granddaughter of Ken & Yvonne Fowler)
Calvin Frakes, US Army (grandson of Floyd & Betty Ruth Frakes)
Bryant Flores, US Army (son of Virginia Vines-Flores)
James Sarchet, Marines (son of Jean Sarchet)
2nd Lt. Hanna Walton, US Army (daughter of Rhonda Walton)
Tyler Dillon, USAF (son of Jim Dillon Jr., grandson of Jim & Ruth Dillon)
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Anderson, US Army (grandson of Bob Weller)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Sara Farrior, US Navy (wife of Alasdair Stuart)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Carney, US Navy (son of Kevin Carney)
Sgt. Lucas Swanson, US Army (son of Terry Hurley)
Captain Blake Hawthorne, US Army (son of Robyn Hawthorne & Charles Hawthorne)
Captain Amy Hawthorne, US Army (daughter-in-law of Robyn Hawthorne & Charles Hawthorne)
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Wolff (grandson of Sandy Stark)
Airman 1st Class Courtney Loewen, USAF (granddaughter of Carole Loewen)
Airman Katherine Meakins, USAF (cousin of Debbie Edwards-Wu)
2nd Lt. Jennifer McKinney, ROTC (daughter of Kim McKinney and granddaughter of Carolyn Peterson)
Petty Officer 3rd Class Duncan Stuart, US Navy (son of Robert & Geri Stuart and grandson of Marge van Nus)
Captain Thomas Roller, USAF (son of Bill & Shannon Roller, brother of Chris Roller)
Lt. Steven Whitham (cousin of Julie Mauer)
Petty Officer 1st Alasdair Stuart, US Navy (son of Robert & Geri Stuart and grandson of Marge van Nus)
Lt. Drew Ziccardi, U.S. Army (godson of Pastor Fitz Neal)
LS2 Roger Shannon, U. S. Navy (son of Colette & Robert Shannon)
CPC Movie Night
Friday, October 11
CPC Chapel
6:00 PM - (BYOBBD) Bring your own brown bag dinner
7:00 PM - Movie starts
DIRECTORY UPDATES Sunday Worship Times:
Please contact the office for the
new addresses. 9:00 Traditional
10:30 Contemporary
Mears, Tom & Kathy
Office Hours:
Campbell, Alicia
Monday - Friday
Drummond, Mickie 8:30am - 4:30pm
Carter, Josh & Rachel
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