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Welcome to Hunter Presbyterian Church


Our hope is that in this place,
   those who are disturbed will find comfort,
     and those who have grown too comfortable
       will find challenge.

The members of Hunter Presbyterian Church affirm their faith in God and realize that they must be open to the call of God in Jesus Christ. As the Holy Spirit calls us to action, we must recognize the cost of discipleship and be willing to sacrifice our personal goals. Loving each other, we will work, study and worship together, using our diverse gifts and talents, within the framework of the Presbyterian Church (USA), to serve the larger community and each other.

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Greetings From Our Pastor

Welcome to the online presence of Hunter Presbyterian Church.  I hope you’ll find our website helpful.  Of course, as much as it allows us to reach out beyond our walls, it cannot substitute for visiting Hunter in person.  So I invite you to join us for worship, and I look forward to meeting you.

At Hunter, we strive to offer a warm, visitor-friendly experience.  Our building is wheelchair-accessible; our community is open to all, including our communion table; and we nurture an atmosphere in which every person feels invited to use his or her gifts and abilities to make a positive difference in the world.

We are blessed with diversity.  Our members come from many walks of life and represent all ages.  Children and youth participate in the life of the church and have a variety of opportunities to grow together in friendship and faith.  Young adults to seniors come together regularly for study and reflection, conversation and support, fellowship and fun.

We are a liturgical congregation, which means that we recognize the power and beauty of time-honored patterns of worship, and these inform our acts of prayer, proclamation, remembering, and offering.  At the same time, we infuse our worship with music and language that speaks to today’s world. 

We have two Sunday morning services—a casual service with weekly communion at 8:45, followed by a traditional service at 11:00.  Between worship times we offer Sunday school for all ages at 9:30, followed by coffee hour at 10:30.  We also hold a supper every Wednesday evening at 6:00, followed by a program for adults that varies in content week to week.  Childcare is provided.

Hunter Presbyterian Church is a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  We are enriched and inspired by our Presbyterian heritage and theological roots.  But most of all, we understand ourselves as Christians:  redeemed by the grace of God that we have come to know in Jesus Christ and renewed by our ongoing commitment to discipleship and learning.

Thanks for your interest in our community.  If you have any questions, please call us at 277-5126 or send e-mail to info@hunterpresbyterian.org.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Together we serve,

Jason Santalucia, pastor

Adult Sunday School Options

 

The Theology Seminar

"What has happened to the Presbyterian Church since 1950?" will be the topic for the Theology Seminar beginning on September 26, 2010. Why has overall membership declined? Is it our liberalism and our stance on women, racial integration, and gay rights? Is it our theology? This seminar will argue that the primary reasons have been sociological, not theological or social. Society has changed drastically and the churches have not kept up. We will begin by looking at the mainline churches as wholes and then focus on the Presbyterians, especially on Transylvania Presbytery and on Hunter Church itself, which, since 1970, has declined from a membership of more than 500 persons. Remember our starting date is September 26. All are welcome to join this adult Sunday school class!

The Alternatives Class

In the month of September, we will bediscussing the topic, "Can Science & Religion Meet?" This discussion will be led by Cara Richards. Come by the Lounge on Sundays at 9:30 and join us!

 

Wednesday Dinner and Program

   Wednesday, September 8th, 6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Dinner: Coleslaw, meatloaf and gravy, green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls, and melon.
Program: Val Zeps, "The Clock Is Ticking"—Val, a Hunter member, teaches physics and astronomy at
BCTC.


Wednesday, September 15th, 6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Dinner: Green salad, pasta and meat sauce, bread sticks, and dessert.
Program: Jim Rebmann, "McConnell Springs"—Jim, an LFUCG employee, was a driving force behind
cleaning up McConnell Springs.


Wednesday, September 22nd, 6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Dinner: Salad, Loretta's Chicken casserole, rice, rolls, and ice cream.
Program: Jason Santalucia, "Luke 16: 19-31"—(the text for the following Sunday sermon) a Bible Study.


Wednesday, September 29th, 6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Dinner: Salad, Stroganoff with noodles, peas, garden salad, rolls, and cake.
Program: Ginny Ramsey (tentative).

  

 Childcare is provided at our Wednesday Night Dinner & Program, so bring the whole family and enjoy some good food and fellowship!!

Presbyterian Women of Hunter (PWOH)

 
Stitch ‘N Listen
Will be meeting on Thursday, September 16 at 10 am in the Undercroft.
 
Deborah Circle will meet on Thursday, September 9 at 10 am in the Undercroft.  We will be packing backpacks for the "Blessings" program afterwards.
 
Night Circle will meet on Tuesday, September 14 at 7:00 at Ann Freytag's.
 
The Lunch Bunch
Tuesda, September 21 at 11:30 a.m. at Wallace Station Restaurant (3854 Old Frankfort Pike).  We need to carpool from church at 11 .m.  To be picked up and for reservations, call Betty Scott or Polly Martin.
 
Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, September 1 at 1:30 pm in the Undercroft.
 
 
 

Dinner to Honor Our 50-Year Members

Be sure to mark your calendars for Sunday, September 19th as we’ll be having a

Potluck Dinner at 12:00 pm (right after the 11:00 service) to commemorate those members of Hunter who have been here for 50 years or more! These members have made Hunter strong for so many years; let’s honor them and enjoy some good food and fellowship together. The dinner will be in the Fellowship Hall and you are encouraged to bring a dish to share and leave it in the kitchen or Fellowship Hall that Sunday morning. Come to Worship and stay for the meal! All are welcome!!

New Time for Worship and Wonder!!

Starting August 15, Worship and Wonder will begin meeting at 10:50 a.m. in the Worship and Wonder room. We'll be teaming up with Worship in Practice for some engaging and meaningful liturgical practices. But don't worry! We'll still join you in the sanctuary every now and then to practice what we learned. So remember...on August 15, bring your children to Worship and Wonder BEFORE the 11 am service.
 
 
10:50 am Gather, chat, informal catching up
11:00 am Circle Prayer, Announcement of the day’s subject
11:10 am Call to Worship, Morning Prayer and Hymn with Worship in Wonder
11:15 am Activities related to understanding prayer and discerning God's presence
11:40 am Gather, share, Closing Prayer
11:45 am Blessings and Dismissal
 
 
 
WORSHIP IN PRACTICE
SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER
ADULT HELPER SCHEDULE

 

 

September 5 Christina Tipton
September 12 Kelly Telech
September 19 Tami Daniel
September 26 Helper Needed
October 3 Mackie Lockhart 
 
October 10 Melinda Ashworth-French
October 17 John Goodrich
October 24 Christina Tipton
October 31 Joe Oldham
 
Many thanks to all who volunteered. If you have a conflict with the days you were assigned please feel free to switch with another adult. Please let Daisy Rhau know ahead of time, if possible, so that she can also make appropriate changes.            

It's UK Football Parking Time!

UK football season is just around the corner and once again Hunter will be parking cars to raise funds for our outreach programs.
Volunteers are needed to fill 2 hour slots for each home game. If you are interested in helping out please see the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board next to the kitchen or contact Dan French.

Here is the Home Game UK Football Schedule:
9/11/10 vs. Western Kentucky at 7:30 p.m.
9/18/10 vs. Akron at 7:00 p.m.
10/09/10 vs Auburn, time TBA
10/16/10 vs. South Carolina, time TBA
10/23/10 vs. Georgia, time TBA
11/06/10 vs. Charleston Southern, time TBA
11/13/10 vs. Vanderbilt, time TBA
 
Church committees and groups should avoid scheduling activities at the church on the days of home games. Thank you.
Hunter Outreach Committee
 
 

Blessings in a Backpack

The Presbyterian Women’s project, "Blessings in a Backpack", is starting up on Wednesday evening, September 1st at 5:30 pm at Hunter. Anyone who would like to volunteer at that time to help pack backpacks should contact
Carolyn Holmes for details.
Volunteer
*Pick up food
from Meijer on Reynolds Road on Wednesday morning.
*Pack the food
on Wednesday evenings at Hunter.
*Deliver the food
to Glendover Elementary School on Thursday morning.
Donate

If you wish to make a monetary donation to "Blessings in a Backpack", please make your check payable to PWOH and put
Backpack Program in the memo line.

We were recently given enough donations to bump up the number of children we are able to help from 25 to 35!! Thanks so much to all who have contributed and, please, keep giving so we can help even more of the children who so desperately need it!
 
 

 
 

Kroger Cards

Did you know Kroger gives 4 cents of every dollar to Hunter if you have a Kroger gift card?
Here’s how:
1) You MUST buy a $5 Kroger gift card from Ashley (in the church office) or from a Stewardship member on Sundays.
2) It works like a debit card, even the $5 initial fee is spendable.
3) Load the card with your desired amount of money when you enter Kroger at the customer counter (for small orders). For large orders, load the card before the clerk rings up your groceries at the register.
From one family who spends $100 a week for a year, Hunter gets $208. We ALL eat, what an easy way to benefit the church!
Direct questions to Ashley, in the church office, or any Stewardship member: Andrew Bernard (chair), Dick Covert, David Hulse, Cindy Mitchell, or Howard Moffett.

The Flower Guild

The Flower Guild is a volunteer group which takes responsibility for Sunday’s Sanctuary flowers and small arrangements that are sent out each Monday to Sunday’s visitors and our homebound church members. Volunteers of the Flower Guild make the arrangements and write cards to accompany them. Then a group of wonderfully faithful volunteers deliver them on Mondays. We have no regular source of income but depend on gifts of flowers, memorials, and occasional donations and the profit from the sale of the Christmas and Easter flowers, which have been used to decorate the church. These funds are used to purchase the flowers for our arrangements.
The Flower Guild needs your help in three ways:
1. We need new volunteers to be able to continue our work. We meet on Mondays at 9:30 am. No experience is
necessary.
2. We would appreciate any donations of blossoming shrubs, trees, or flowers that you have in your yard
and that you could share with us to be used in our arrangements. (If you have such a donation, you
can drop it off at the church during normal office hours.)
3. Cash donations are always welcome.

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