How's our budget doing? Click Here to find out. Special Announcement Adopt a Piece of John Knox! The summer time is finally here! This means new growth and beautiful flowers. As you know our campus is quite large and we are fortunate enough to have it beautifully landscaped. Unfortunately, this is a lot of space. We are asking anyone with a green thumb to step up and contribute their skills to weed a portion of the flower beds. A small portion will make a huge difference and make the landscaping even more beautiful than it is now! You can simply arrive and work where you would like, the weeds can be placed in the south corner dumpster. A big THANK YOU to the folks who have already started their weeding projects. Email Bob Erickson if you'd like to help. Session Highlights · The second phase of Pastor Bryan Burton’s sabbatical/vacation will begin 7/21 through 8/25. He will return to the pulpit on 8/31. · Septemberfest is moved to hiatus for 2008 and will be re-evaluated at a later time. · Session and Deacons met with representatives from RSI consulting firm for the purpose of developing a church-wide stewardship plan. · Session approved moving forward with the RSI plan beginning in Sept. 2008. · A search committee has begun its work to find a full-time, permanent, and non-ordained Director of Children and Family Ministries. · The Personnel committee has begun its search for a church bookkeeper and a church business administrator. · The Finance committee has recommended and session has approved a revised budget of $1,021,642 for the remainder of 2008. · Changes to the worship folder are forthcoming and will save staff time and money. Church information will be available at the Welcome center, the church web-site, the weekly e-mail newsletter, in the church office, and in the new abbreviated worship folder.
New Wee Waddlers Class Begins in the Fall!
The John Knox Community Preschool is happy to announce a new class this fall for children 3 months - 24 months old called Wee Waddlers. The class will meet weekly on Tuesday mornings from 9:45 - 11:00 AM. This is a co-op class (i.e. parents attend with their baby) and will provide a structured play environment for the children that will encourage imaginative play and sensory learning with age-approriate crafts, toys and songs.
Each week teachers/facilitators or guest speakers will present on differnet topics for parents, such as discipline, language development, nutrition, children's heath and more.
The cost is $30 per month with a $25 one time non-refundable registration fee.
To download a registration form click here.
To download the informational flier click here.
Children's Ministries
CFM Missionary Update:
· Congratulations to the children who attended VBS. They donated just about 1,000 food items to the Highline Community Food Bank and collected $550.79 in coins to be donated to the missionary organization Society of St. Andrew to help feed the hungry nationwide.
· The Sunday school children have been collecting their offerings to purchase a tricycle with Equip India for a 19 year old who was afflicted with Polio. The tricycle is specially designed to allow him to get around his village and to travel to and from his job. The tricycle costs $130.00. So far the children have donated $117.37. That means they are only $12.63 short of their goal which they plan to meet within the next 2 weeks.
Required Background Screening
The JKPC session adopted a new policy. National Background Screening for volunteers who work with children and youth will now be run. Prior to now, volunteers underwent a state wide screening process; but in an attempt to do the most we can to safeguard our children it was felt a national screening was in order. Anyone who works at JKPC with children or youth under the age of 18 will need to enter some information. You may utilize the following computer link. The background checks will be run by a company named Protect My Ministry. It will only take about 3 minutes to enter your information. For more information, or questions about this policy please contact Beth Tweitmann or Dave Roberts.
Worship, Music and the Arts
Atrium Art Exhibit
John Knox Presbyterian Church is excited to be hosting, Seeing The Savior: Images From The Life Of Christ. This exhibit is a new venture from CIVA (Christians In The Visual Arts) and was specifically collected with a church audience in mind. JKPC is only the third venue to host this new exhibit. The exhibit will be here through the end of July. For more information contact Brian Moss. (Artwork "Jesus Walks on Water" by Rudolf Bostic)
Prayer Meeting — “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” — 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV.
Please join our next prayer meeting Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30 PM in the Chapel. Nursery Care is provided for kids 3 years and under. You are encouraged to spend the day fasting. The fast will be broken as we come to the table together for communion during the service. This meeting is open to all. For more information contact Brian Moss.
2008 Back-to-School Backpack Project
God’s Grace in Action will once again be collecting items to give local disadvantaged children a good start in school this fall. They’ll be collecting supplies through August 17th and then assembling the backpacks for the local schools. If you’d like to donate any of the items listed below, you can drop them off in the collection boxes located in front of the office reception window in the Administration Building.
#2 Pencils Folders WIDE RULED notebook paper
Pencil Sharpeners Rulers 3 Ring Binders
Erasers Student Scissors Notebook dividers
Pens Glue sticks One-theme spiral notebooks
Markers Bottle Glue Colored Pencils
Cloth Backpacks 24 Count Crayons Pencil Boxes/Cases
Financial donations are also welcome. Checks can be made out to GGIA and marked “Back to School”. Send checks to PO Box 69461, Seattle WA 98168. Thanks once again for your support. For more information on GGIA, please visit their website at www.ggiahighline.org.
Lt. Col. Charles "Ty" Harris, a friend of JKPC serving in Anbar Province, Iraq, has requested assistance in gathering school supplies for Iraqi children. The patrols from Camp Ramadi take these gifts with them when they go into town, and have identified the following needs:
Kids Sized Backpacks, Notebooks, Pens/Pencils, Chalk, Crayons, Erasers, Boy’s Shoes (they have a ton of girl’s shoes already) and Soccer balls
As a church, we are responding by coordinating the collection of school supplies and have designated a drop off point at the bottom of the stairs in the administrative building. We endeavor to support this effort with monthly shipments and prayer. Please contact Brian Hewitt if you have any questions, or would like to help.
Adult Ministries
Monday Night Miracles! An open AA / 12-step meeting. Every Monday, 7:30 PM. Questions? Contact facilitator Gerri Walters.
What are Life Groups? They are complementary to our times of corporate worship and service together. They are a place to help people connect relationally to the community of faith; where they can grow toward full devotion to Christ and where they can reach out to others with His love.
In a large church like John Knox, Life Groups help us to get smaller as we grow bigger, to foster intimacy, maturity, and accountability as followers of Christ. Life Groups are the place where one can be grounded in truth while staying real with life; where what we believe is aligned with what we practice. They involve study, prayer, relationship, and service. Groups meet in homes, coffee houses, or even here at JKPC. Gatherings take place anywhere from weekly to bi-weekly to once a month and normally last an hour and a half to two hours. There are groups for men, women and couples.
For information contact our Life Group Coordinator Gregg Baklund.
Men's On-Going Life Groups - Join one of the men's groups and become a Man after God's own heart.
Tue. 6:30 AM @ Olympic Coffee - Contact Dave Duke (weekly)
Tue. 7:00 AM @
Sat. 8:00 AM @ JKPC - Contact Dave Doll (selected weeks during the summer)
Student and Family Ministries
Sunday Mornings in July
We'll meet on July 27th at 9:00 AM
Jr. High Midweek Events
July 23rd , Family Fun Center, 4:30 PM
July 30th, Lake Day, 5:00 PM
To find out what's happening in Student Ministries, please visit the web sites below.
Click HERE to visit the Parent's site.
Click HERE to visit the Student's site.