First Presbyterian Church of Amarillo

Stacey Pybus

Church hires director of family ministry

Director of Ministry to
Children and Their Families

What do you like to be called? Stacey.

Have you worked someplace where we might have seen you before? First- and third-grade teacher at Coronado Elementary.

Tell us where you went to school? Amarillo High School (I’m a Sandie living in Rebel land!) West Texas A&M University with a bachelor of science in education.

Tell us about your family: Husband, Dewayne, and daughters Audrey, 7, and Kate, 6.

What is your church home? Trinity Fellowship.

What do you do for fun? Creative writing, decorating and shopping, public speaking, birthday parties for homeless children.

What is your favorite food, movie or book? Food - scampi; movie: “Life Is Beautiful” and “Miracle on 34th Street.”

I am most proud of: My two daughters’ faith and their willingness to share.

Anything else you would like to say to introduce yourself: I am so excited about this amazing opportunity to help children develop their relationship with God.

The World Mission Team of FPC is charged with joining the Lord in the work He is doing outside the Amarillo area. With the approval of the 2008 budget, where the Session voted not to cut mission spending, we want you to know where some of your contributions are going:

3. $1,000 One by One a ministry working with PCUSA churches to encourage them in ministry to those caught in a homosexual lifestyle.

4. $1,000 to support Rev. Andrew Adair, a mission mobilizer helping put people where God has called them overseas.

5. $300 to Shawna Endrizzi in her effort represent Christ through the People to People Program.

Here are a list of the Compassion Projects FPC is undertaking during April. Eveyone is invited to get involved in one or more projects. For more information, contact Murray Gossett at the church or the contacts for the individual projects.

Hem blankets to help out the goal of 4500 blankets for the Eveline Rivers Christmas Project. 50”x 60” blankets need to be surged, fringed or blanket stitched around the edges. The colors are yellow, red, grey, navy, purple, pink, light blue, burgundy, turquoise, and dark lime. Please bring your sewing machine or Serger and thread.

CONTACT: Barbara Biehler—356-7501. Location will be determined by the number of people interested in helping.

Friday, April 18, 2008
3 pm — 6pm
Saturday, April 19, 2008
1 pm— 4 pm
Help organize and clean a closet and filing cabinet drawers.

CONTACT: Ruth Whitehead for address of work site. 690-2921 or 358-0946 (after 7 pm)

Phase I and II are completed, two garden beds are completed, with two forsythia bushes and one tall evergreen on the south. On the north, the bed was fully planted.
Several holes were started for a Desert Willow, 2 Lilac bushes and other plants. Phase III will be the patio area which will require extra man power. Donations for supplies have been requested from local stores.

Please bring work gloves and any personal hand tools. (Tools will be provided)
Wear long pants, work shirt and closed toe shoes.

Help prepare the gardens for the Presbyterian Children’s Home. Bring any garden tools, rotor tillers, rakes, etc.

The Hutson family. Mrs. Hutson was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in February. Two weeks after her diagnosis she was found to have brain cancer. She left her career to undergo treatment and was the financial stability in the family, which include her husband and two teenage children. They are now under incredible financial burden.
What can we do: Pray, pray, pray. Simple cards or letters of encouragement, gift cards, etc.

CONTACT: Kerry Smith, 678-4116 or 354-0200. Cards can be dropped in my Deacon Box, brought to Budding Art at 45th & Bell or I would be happy to pick them up from you personally.

Bring items to FPC Children’s Ministry Dept. 2nd floor of CE Building for Bible verse card making and for assembly of packets Eveline Rivers’ warehouse.
Children in area hospitals, shelters, foster homes, the Ronald McDonald House, and other government or volunteer agencies who are involved in various health or personal crises. Love Packet Ministries, founded by Mary Beth Waters and Laura Cook, prepare and deliver these special packets to area organizations and agencies

Table will be set up in the Great hall to drop the supplies
The new school in Belize is almost completed. We would like to collect school supplies to send for the children. Donations needed: Backpacks (all sizes), pencils, notebook paper, markers, pens, writing tablets, scissors (all sizes), crayons, etc.

Prepare food & treats for elderly in the neighborhood. If you would like to prepare or help deliver the food and treats

Deliver donuts to men standing in front of Texas Employment Commission on Adams St., waiting for work.

By giving just a few hours on a Saturday morning (not even that early), we can help the Food Bank in their mission of providing food to thousands of our areas needy, including a bunch of kids. This organization has a big impact on our area, and does so in a very efficient way, helping many other charitable causes.

CONTACT: George Cason office 373-8133, cell 683-6598 or gcason@suddenlinkmail.com

The annual Music Ministries Plant Sale will take place starting from noon to 6 p.m. April 25, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27. All proceeds from the sale go to help fund music ministry educational trips.

Sue Duckett, who lists piano teacher as the latest of her careers, which include working in rehabilitation and child protective services, teaching English, and teaching blind and visually impaired students, will present the Nuffs’ program at 10:30 a.m. May 8.

She has written her own course of study for the piano, which she says is fun and easy. Duckett guarantees that she can have any student playing piano with both hands within 15 minutes.

Her students, whose ages range from 21 to 80+, play on keyboards spread around the room at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church. You won’t want to miss this fun and informative program.

The $100 deposit for Great Escape middle school summer camp is due April 25. For more information or details, please call Alana in the Student Ministries office.

We would like to honor all mothers on Mother’s Day, May 11, with a “Muffin for Mom” to say thank you, and we appreciate you. After the 8:30 and 11 a.m. service all moms are invited to the Great Hall for a muffin.

If you are a member of FPC and have been on a Walk to Emmaus, mark your calendars for a Reunion Potluck Supper from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 8 in the Parlor.

Also, please send your contact info to Rita Rogers, who is compiling a list of everyone from FPC who has been on the Walk. Her address is double_r@suddenlink.net or call her at 672-5555.

FPC will be hold a Women’s Prayer Retreat from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 29 at the Bishop DeFalco Conference Center.

The DeFalco Center will provide a prayer labyrinth, which provides a single path in and out and is designed to quiet the mind for prayer and meditation.

Bring your Bible and prayer journals as this is not a guided walk but a personal meditation at your own pace.

Dress comfortably as we will remove our shoes to walk the labyrinth. Those who would like to carpool can meet at FPC at 9 a.m. and drive to DeFalco together.

For those who are working, please come by the DeFalco Center anytime during the day as the prayer labyrinth will be open until 5 p.m.

Please call Jean Edwards at 373-4242 by April 25 to make your lunch reservation and to let us know if child care is needed.

It’s time to plan for the 9th Annual Jim Bankhead Golf Scramble scheduled for June 6 at the Arrowhead Course at Comanche Trail Golf Club.

That’s only two months away! So, start recruiting your teammates and look for further announcements in the next few weeks.

Vacation Bible School 2008 is officially set for June 9-13. It’s never too soon to plan on joining us!

Please feel free to contact Charee Godwin-Smith at cgodwinsmith@phcama.org if you would like to volunteer your time and services. It’s sure to be a great week!

Congratulations to Jimmy and Beth Throckmorton in the April 17 birth of their daughter, Annie Boxwell Throckmorton. Grandparents are Mike and Vicky Boxwell.

Sympathy is extended to Kay Serrurier in the April 11 death of her mother, Dorothy.