Worship this Week
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Text: Luke 10:25-28 – The Greatest Commandment
We need each other. This is a core belief in our congregation, and it is part of our calling to be creators of beloved community. It is also difficult work in such a time as this. Our summer sermon series will focus us on the task of how we can better connect with one another through curiosity, compassion, empathy, and conversation.
UPCOMING WORSHIP EVENTS
June 4 – Kick-off Summer Worship Series on CONNECTION
June 11 – Rev. Bill Warhover, Guest Preacher
June 18 – Ecumenical Worship at Seeds of Faith at 9:00 featuring VBS kids
Find this week’s bulletin online here
Paper bulletins are available in the sanctuary.
Find Our Worship Online
Join us on Facebook or YouTube beginning at 9:20 (to enjoy the prelude; service begins at 9:30) for a LIVE stream of the service!
To find us on Facebook, search “First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon, Iowa.”
To find us on YouTube, search “FirstPresMV” to find our channel, then click on LIVE. 
NOISY OFFERING RESULTS
Last Sunday, the children collected $61.93 in coins and “quiet money” to support Camp Wyoming, an affiliated ministry of the PC(USA) where generations of young people have grown in love for God and God’s good creation. Thanks for your generosity!
PASTOR LORI HEADS TO CAMP!
From Sunday afternoon, June 4 through Friday, June 9, Pastor Lori will be a chaplain at Camp Wyoming to a TTT camp for 4th grade girls. Then on the weekend, the Wunder-Bonewalds will be at the Small Town State Baseball Tournament in Grinnell. Please welcome Rev. Bill Warhover back to the pulpit on June 11!
ECUMENICAL WORSHIP SERVICE ON JUNE 18
Sunday, June 18 at 9:00am + Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
On June 18, the Sunday following Vacation Bible School, First Pres and the United Methodists will be joining our friends at Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church for worship. We will be inside this year and VBS participants will be sharing what they learned. We will also share communion together. Join us!
UPDATE ON THE AV SYSTEM
Scott Larson and Gerald Gerber mounted the second large screen in the sanctuary, and Scott mounted another flat panel television in the social hall. Thank you, Scott and Gerald, for your faithful work! We now will focus on living into the new system and finding others to help run it.
+ AV SYSTEM TRAINING SESSION
Saturday, June 3 from 9:00-Noon (if needed)
Our final goal is to have several people who know how to run the AV system. If you are willing to learn, please RSVP to Scott Larson ([email protected]). Young people are welcome!
SAVE THE DATES + MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
+ Meet Up for Dinner at Morning Glory Farm
Third Thursdays, June 15 – July 20 – August 17 – September 21 from 5:30-7:00
Join your FirstPresMV friends for dinner from the Morning Glory food truck–or bring your own. We will have tables staked out, so join us when you can. The Thursday market runs from 4:00-6:00 with local vendors selling baked goods, meats, personal care products, and plant starts in addition to Morning Glory produce. The food truck will serve food from 4:00-7:00.
+ Pool Party & Cook Out at the Austerman’s
Sunday, July 2 in the afternoon (time TBA)
Entrees provided; please bring lawn chairs and a side/dessert to share;
swimsuit and towel for those who want to swim or use the slip-n-slide.
+ Cook Out at the Wunder-Bonewald’s
Sunday, August 20, 5:00-7:30pm
Entrees provided; please bring lawn chairs and a side/dessert to share
+ Fall Kick Off at the Lodge at Palisades-Kepler State Park
Sunday, September 10
Details TBA
FIRST PRES MV & MVL CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS
Our congregation is working with Mount Vernon Lisbon Child Care Solutions group to serve as an infant childcare location. The required documentation has been submitted to the State Fire Marshal for approval. Meanwhile, the MVL Child Care Solutions work group is looking for an entrepreneur to run a daycare. The daycare administration will be independent of the church. Our goal is to meet a critical need in our community, not to have a source of income for the church.
PER CAPITA PAYMENT
Each PC(USA) congregation shares in the financial support for the work of the wider denomination at the presbytery, synod and national level. This support is called Per Capita, an amount per member apportioned by the member presbytery (in our case, the Presbytery of East Iowa). Our congregation’s per capita is $40.70 per member, or $5403 total. Thank you to everyone who has contributed the cost of their per capita. So far we have received $1363.45, or 25% of our share of support for the larger church.
VBS–WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
Monday, June 12 through Friday, June 16
1:00-4:00pm at Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church
At this year’s VBS we take a deep dive into the Parable of the Good Samaritan and learn about neighbors around the globe. Cooperatively led by First Pres MV, Seeds of Faith Lutheran and the Mount Vernon UMC. Register here.
CHURCH CALENDAR
Saturday, June 3
9:00am AV Training in the Sanctuary Balcony
Sunday, June 4
9:15am Nursery care is available
9:30am Worship in the Sanctuary & Online
10:30am Coffee Hour in the Social Hall
Tuesday, June 6
1:00-3:00pm Church office hours
7:00pm Acrylics Painting Class in Community Room
Thursday, June 8
6:00pm PEO group in Community Room
Friday, June 9
9:00-12:00 Church Office Hours
Sunday, June 11
9:15am Nursery care is available
9:30am Worship in the Sanctuary & Online
10:30am Coffee Hour in the Social Hall
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
“Who Is My Neighbor?”
June 12-16 from 1:00 – 4:00
at Seeds of Faith Lutheran Church
Cost is free! Click here to register
