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Lost Creek Presbyterian Church

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Officers of the Church

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of Lost Creek Presbyterian Church

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Church Officers

Session -- The Session is the ruling board of the church. It oversees all aspects of the life and ministry of the congregation. It meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. It is composed of 6 Elders divided into 3classes, and each class serves a 3 year term. Elders are elected by the congregation at the annual congregational meeting. The class of 2005 is Ron Knouse and Ann Scheirer. The class of 2006 is Cheryl Booker and Sam Ritzman. The class of 2007 is Anna Mae Peoples and Sue Watts. The pastor, Graham Fowler, is the moderator of the Session. The Clerk of Session is Cheryl Booker. The Treasurer is Anna Mae Peoples.

Trustees -- The Board of Trustees oversees the upkeep of the buildings and grounds of the church and manse. It meets on the first Tuesday, every other month. Like the Session is is composed of 6 Trustees divided into 3 classes, each class serving a 3 year term, and the Trustees are also elected by the congregation at the annual congregational meeting. The class of 2005 is Bev Holesapple and Carla Strawser. The class of 2006 is Jack Musser and Barry Scheirer. The class of 2007 is Bob Brandt and Nathan Watts. The president of the Trustees is Bob Brandt. The Treasurer is Anna Mae Peoples.


Sunday School

We have Sunday School classes for Adults and children. The classes start after worship, usually about 10:15 a.m.

Children's Sunday School -- We use the Rotational model for our children's Sunday school program. The material we use is published by the PC(USA) and is called, "We Believe: Workshop." The children explore one story of the Bible through 5 or 6 workshops. The workshops are Art, Worship, Drama, Games, and Video. Since we are a smaller church, we do a different workshop each week. For example, during Advent the children learned about the shepherds who worshiped the Baby Jesus. In the workshops they made copper Christmas tree ornaments, they played instruments as they sang Christmas hymns, they pretended to be the shepherds going to worship Jesus, they played a board game, and they watched videos about the birth of Jesus. The program is broadly graded for Kindergarten through 6th grade, although we have some preschool children attend and we have youth who help with the program. Our Teachers are: Sonya Delancey, Karen Slingland, Patty Strawser, Dana Swartwood, Sue Watts, and Glenn & Tina Zeitler. The class meets in the Fellowship Hall.

Adult Sunday School -- Our Adult Sunday School program is lead by Sam Ritzman. The class gets into in depth discussions about the meaning and application of various Bible passages, guided by their Sunday school curriculum. The class meets in the kitchen (near the coffee pot.)


Women of the Church

The Women of the Church are very active at Lost Creek Presbyterian Church.  They meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. for devotions and to discuss business. They provide flowers for the worship services, desserts for the Meals on Wheels program, have fellowship dinners throughout the year, and hold fund raising events like selling meat ball subs at the Fayette Carnival, a Salad bar in September, and a Holiday Bazaar in October. The Women support mission through their donations to the Presbyterian Women's Global Mission Fund, through the collection of the Least Coin Offering, and through contributions to specific needs from the funds that they raise.

The Officers for 2006 are: Secretary - Patty Strawser. Local Treasurer - Sue Watts. Global Mission Treasurer - Janet Heckman. Meals on Wheels Coordinator - Janet Heckman.

Below are some events that the Women of the Church have hosted.
Salad Bar - Pictures from the 2002 Salad Bar.
Holiday Bazaar - Pictures from the 2001 Bazaar.
Fellowship Meals - Pictures from the 2001 St. Patrick's Day Dinner.

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Fund Raisers

In 2003, the first day of fishing season was Saturday, April 12. To help the fishermen get a good start, we served a breakfast that included sausage, scrambled eggs, French toast, and home made sticky buns. The cost of the breakfast was by donation. Even though the weather was not the best (and turn out at the streams and rivers was low) we had a good turn out for breakfast and raised $320.00 for the church. The breakfast was headed up by Cheryl Booker and Anna Mae Peoples from the Session, and included men, women, and youth. The Session has decided that, when we have a fund raiser to benefit the church, we will give 10% of the funds to a ministry outside the church. For this breakfast fund raiser we gave the tithe to Krislund Camp. Click on the picture to see more scenes from the breakfast.


Krislund Camp

Krislund is a camp of the Presbyterian Church (USA) that is supported by the 150 churches in the Presbyteries of Carlisle, Huntingdon, and Northumberland. This year our church is sending two young people to camp on full scholarships.

Pastor Fowler and his family, along with Kim Kratzer and Elder Steve Musser, had an opportunity to visit the camp to see the land that was recently added and to hear the vision Director Steve Cort has for the use of the land.




Vacation Bible School

Each year Lost Creek Presbyterian helps Trinity Lutheran with their Vacation Bible School program. VBS is open for all the children in the community from ages pre-school through 6th grade. Both congregations contribute money and materials and teens and adults from both churches provide the leadership. On the last night parents are invited to attend the closing program to see what their children have learned during the week, and then they have a hot dog picnic. In 2003 Patti Strawser from Lost Creek directed the program. She chose Group Publishing's "Super Cool Undersea Bible Adventure" for the material. Lost Creek joined Trinity for worship the Sunday following VBS so that the children could perform songs and share what they learned with both congregations. Click here to learn more about our 2003 program.




2002 Fayette Township Carnival

During the first week of August, Fayette Township holds a carnival in the ball field behind our church.  The carnival benefits the Fayette Emergency Services, the Park The 2002 TALC FloatAssociation, and the Lions Club.  An amusement company brings rides and games, and local organizations provide food and entertainment.  There is a wonderful fireworks display on Wednesday night.

On Saturday there is a large parade featuring marching bands, emergency vehicles, classic cars, farm equipment, and lots of floats sponsored by local organizations. The theme this year was "Going Hawaiian." The TALC youth group entered a float using the theme ALOHA - A Life of Hope Always and used as its verse Romans 15:13a, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace." Along with candy the youth threw bags of dried Hawaiian fruit representing the Fruit of the Spirit. Our float won first place in the Religious Float category. There's more information about the TALC youth group on the youth page.

Along with helping out in the church food stand, our members are busy helping in the Main Food Stand, other organizations' booths, and preparing the Chicken Bar-b-que on Saturday morning. This year Sam Ritzman was the announcer for the nightly drawings and Graham was the Emcee for the Parade.

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