From the Pastor’s Desk

Southminster Presbyterian Church

4200 Cartwright Road

Missouri City, TX 77459

(281) 499-2310

http://www.southminpres.org

Non Profit

Permit #4

POSTAGE PAID

Missouri City, TX 77459

Rev. Kent Landry……....……………….............. Pastor

Rev. David Northcutt…………….....…Parish Associate

for Pastoral Care

Pam Drake………….…..…………….Church Secretary

Scott Lofgren.................................Facilities Coordinator

Angela Holden …....………………..Business Manager

Scott Bonasso……..……..…Director of Music Ministry

Andrew Meddaugh…..…...Contemporary Music Leader

Donald Doucet…...……….………………Accompanist

Gabriele Hodges.......Dir. Handbell & Children’s Choirs

Leslie Crosley……......…………………...Signal Editor

Jeanne Peabody…………..……..Childcare Coordinator

Irma Feliu-Badalo…...…………....Childcare Supervisor

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Southminster School

Helen Jackson.………......Head of Southminster School

Karen Rombach..................................Preschool Director

Our Deepest Sympathy is extended to...

The David Bauer family as they grieve the death of David ’s s t epmother , Shirley Bauer.

The Jean Benner family as they grieve the death of Jean’s daughter, Viletta.

The Richard Early family as they grieve the death of Richard’s mother, Lillian.

This past Sunday (May 20th), we had the joy of worshipping together outside under the big

tent for Commitment Sunday. There were a number of special elements of that day that stand out

to me. First, did you notice how many visitors and families we had join us? We had first-time

visitors from Southminster School, the Upward sports program, Date Night and friends and

neighbors of church members. I pray that you made them feel welcome in God’s house. Second,

we had the opportunity to celebrate the upcoming graduation of three of our High School Seniors

(Tia Wettman, Jessica Landry and Gavin Bauer). All three of these fine young men and women

are going off to college and our prayers go with them in this next chapter of life. Third we had

the privilege in welcoming three youth group members into full membership of the congregation

through Confirmation (Sabrina James, Matthew Mockaitis and Kyle Landry). And lastly, we

rejoiced in the beginning of a search for a new full-time Director of Youth Ministries.

So what do all of these things have to do with one another? Simply put, I think that they

are signs of the positive changes that are happening around here. Things at Southminster are

starting to transform as we envision new opportunities and tackle the challenges before us. It’s

not always fun, easy or even what we want to do, but I know that this process of change is what

we’re called to do together.

I recently came across the following quote from an unknown author that captures this

process:

"We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next

generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That

is what we mean by progress."

To carry that thought forward, those of us who are older are called to begin the change

process and nurture those who will come after us. Progress is not usually easy, but it is exciting

to be part of the new things that God is unveiling in our midst. I hope and pray that God

continues to use this church in new and mighty ways to touch lives with the love of Christ.

In Christ,

BRIDGE

The Bridge Group will

meet on Friday, June

15, and Friday,

July 20, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you would like more information

concerning the Bridge Group, please

contact Betty Duckworth.

The deadline for the August 2012 Signal will be July 15th. Please email your article(s) to Leslie Crosley at crosleyca@aol.com. Articles may also be submitted to the church office with your name and phone number.

EDITOR’S

CORNER

FOOD BANK

Summer food products are:

Breakfast Bars, Cereal, Canned

Pasta, Mac & Cheese, Pork &

Beans, Peanut Butter & Jelly,

Crackers, Canned Fruit, Jello &

Pudding Cups and Juice Boxes. Our days to work at the Food Pantry:

June 5 & 19 and July 3, 17 & 19

from 10:00am - 1:30pm.

Please come and join us!

RECYCLING

Thank you for your

recycling efforts.

Please remember to

bring your aluminum

cans the first Sunday

of each month.

EYEGLASSES

Dorothy Goforth is collecting

eyeglasses for a mission in Mexico.

Please leave them in the treasure box

in the Narthex.

Fellowship for All Adults

Saturday, June 9, 6:30 pm

3334 FM1092

(in the Township Shopping Center)

Missouri City

We’ll order from the menu.

RSVP by Monday, June 4

Don and Penny Johnson

281-499-6014 or

dpenjohn@comcast.net

If you use the kitchen, please return it to

ready-to-use condition for the next group.

If you use the aprons or towels, please take

them home and launder them.

Sr. High Youth Group

5:0

0 p

m

Middle-Schoolers in God’s Hands Together

6:1

5 p

m

MO-RANCH RETREAT REPORT

Mo-Ranch was GREAT! It was so good to be back as a church family.

Twenty families participated in our fun Mother’s Day adventure in the

Hill Country and everyone had a great time. We canoed, swam, fished,

hiked, and we played! We played at the rapids, on the playground, in the

sand volleyball court, on the disc golf course, on the lawns, in the

common rooms… and of course at the famous Mo-Ranch waterslide.

After a fun-filled day of fellowship, Saturday night culminated in a bonfire with s’mores and lots

of laughter.

Kent led us in worship at the outdoor Chapel on the Hill, which was wonderfully announced by

Jim Harper and his bagpipes. Following worship Jim piped us to the river for Rachel and Adam

Hauschel’s baptisms by immersion. How can you not appreciate worship amidst God’s beautiful

scenery?

Worship Notes

We’ve started our single-service summer worship schedule.

Service starts at 10am each Sunday.

There will be no Sunday School or Children’s Chapel.

On Sunday, June 17th from 11am-12Noon there will be a

Town Hall Meeting on an

Overview of the Worship Survey Results

Enjoy a variety of music styles week-to-week.

Make church a part of your weekly summer plans.

CALLING ALL FAMILY PROMISE VOLUNTEERS!

It is time, once again, to roll out the carpet and welcome our

Family Promise families. Southminster’s summer hosting runs

from July 8 - July 22. Look for the sign-up board in the narthex

and let’s fill those slots. Remember, you can be as hands-on as

you want to be and there are plenty of ways to help out. Contact

Carole LeGard, 713-819-8110 if you have any questions.

Southminster School and Church families joined together for an evening of pizza and bingo recently. Everyone enjoyed all-you-can-eat pizza from Pepperoni's and a variety of bingo games called by Don Watts, Caller Extraordinaire.

Preschool students closed out the year with the Summer Olympics and Splash Day the last week of school. A variety of water activities were available, including a big water slide.

First through fifth graders celebrated Authors and Illustrators Week May 7-11. All of the students created personal books or class books which were entered in a school-wide competition. Winners were First Grade - Mrs. Simon: 1st Sophie Sheara, 2nd Joshua Nieboer, 3rd Austin Vanderford; First Grade - Ms. Bess - 1st Molly Thompson, 2nd Leila Moon, 3rd Josie Condry; Second Grade - 1st Genny Sheara, 2nd Connor Aga, 3rd Ellie Castano; Third Grade - 1st Autumn Sinegal, 2nd - Nia Botti, 3rd Emily Holler; Fourth Grade - 1st Scott Ramirtha, 2nd Ryan Michlewicz, 3rd Madison Swanson; Fifth Grade - 1st Meagan Mehrdad, 1st Skylar Mann, 2nd Sarah Wang, 3rd Stone Simmons. In addition three published authors visited with the students during the week. Pop-up author Bruce Foster presented how a pop-up book is created from start to finish. Karen Young, Christian novelist and grandmoth-er of 5th grader Stone Simmons, shared information about the writing process and what it takes for a novel to make it to the shelves in a bookstore. Erin Casey shared her work with 3rd-5th grade students and autographed some of her books.

Prior to Mothers Day, students in both the Preschool and the Elementary School honored their mothers with the annual Moms and Muffins event. Moms and their children enjoyed treats and gifts. The elementary students also presented a talent show coordinated by the school's music teacher, Gabriele Hodges.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Sandy Buell

2

3

Donald Sykes

4 Sayrah Gilbert

Sarah Wood

5

6 Donald Doucet

Gary Nilsen

7

8

9 Grace Christie

David Newell

10

11 Sally Dougherty

Emily Mayes

12

13 Aurora McMillen

14

15 Winfred Christie

16 Ginger Jones

Brian Wolf

17 John Tomlinson

18 Dalton Drake

Joshua Sanders

19 Travis Boyd

Shameika

Mendes

Pat Welsh

20 Vicky Brod

Molly Federwisch

Matthew Jackson

Jack Reed

21 Stephen James

22 Tish Haines

23

24

25 Pat McDaniel

26

27 Angela Holden

Scarlet Mostaert

28 Lynda Sokol

29

30 Joshua Christie

TELLERS

3rd Myron Goforth

Frank Haines

10th Bea McClung

Pat Welsh

17th Owen Irish

Clif Peabody

24th David Bauer

Travis Boyd

Is your birthday missing or incorrect? Contact Pam Drake in the church office.

AUDIO VISUAL

10 am Service

3rd

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Leslie Crosley

Debbie Yoho

Brad McKee

10th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Benny Gilbert

Jon Schwartz

17th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Jon Schwartz

Rick & Niki

Bramer

24th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Leslie Crosley

Jon Schwartz

Carrie & Nicole

Freund

ELDERS SCHEDULED TO

SERVE COMMUNION JUNE 3

10:00AM SERVICE

Communion Prep Tim Cashion

Servers

Ava Humme Clif Peabody

Dustin James Nell Schwartz

Bob Jones Frank Haines

WORSHIP

ASSISTANTS

10 am Service

3rd David Northcutt

10th Matthew Mockaitis

17th Brian Harkins

24th Jennifer Plummer

CHILDREN’S SERMON

10 am Service

3rd David Northcutt

10th Brad Federwisch

17th Brian Harkins

24th Lynn Atherton

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

3 Jason Browning

4 Frank Haines

Yvonne Reed

5 John Pierpont

6 Kaitlyn Musick

7 Landon Denker

Linden Denker

Christy Hodge-

Mundy

8

Peter Anderson

Martha Harkins

Lisa Landry

9 Cherry Tsuang

10

11 Kay Hardcastle

12

13 Eugene Petru

14 Mark Mostaert

15 David Yoho

16 Janice Hodge

17 Brad McKee

Glenna Mendes

18 Colin Harper

19 Lizzie Garcia

20

21 Naomi Maxwell

22 Natalie Freund

23 Bruce Beatty

Barbara Cruse

24 John Carpenter

Chris Thorney

25 Gladys Dasi

Dillon Drake

Jessica Kij

26 Wally Fratt

27

28 Gordon Freund

Lena Hardee

29 Jason Landry

30 Charles

Atherton

31

TELLERS

1st John Barnhart

Myron Goforth

8th Bea McClung

Pat Welsh

15th Owen Irish

Clif Peabody

22nd David Bauer

Travis Boyd

29th John Barnhart

Don Watts

AUDIO VISUAL

10 am Service

1st

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Leslie Crosley

Brad Federwisch

8th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Benny Gilbert

Benny Gilbert

15th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Jon Schwartz

Brad Federwisch

Stephen James

22nd

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Leslie Crosley

Ava Humme

29th

Set-Up

Audio

Visual

Benny Gilbert

Debbie Yoho

Brad McKee

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS

10 am Service

1st David Northcutt

8th Kyle Landry

15th Rachel Hauschel

22nd Sabrina James

29th Marisa Harkins CHILDREN’S SERMON

10 am Service

1st David Northcutt

8th

15th

22nd Ellen Earle

29th

ELDERS SCHEDULED TO SERVE JULY 1

10:00AM

Communion Prep Nell & Jon Schwartz

Servers

Lynn Atherton

John Barnhart

Chandler Mayes Pat Welsh

Is your birthday missing or incorrect? Contact Pam Drake in the church office.