Independent Presbyterian Church
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  Independent Presbyterian Church is currently searching for a qualified individual to fill the full-time position of 
CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
The meeting of the Independent Presbyterian Church is hereby called for Sunday, September 12, 2010, to be convened with the opening prayer at the 11:00 a.m. worship service in the sanctuary. The business meeting will begin immediately following the worship service.
The purposes of the meeting are:
1.To elect elders for the class of 2013.
2.To elect deacons for the class of 2013. 3.To elect a President and Vice-President of the congregation. 4.To elect members of the IPC Foundation Board of Directors/Trustees 5.To elect the Representative Nominating Committee class of 2013 No other business may be transacted at this meeting.
By order of the session,
Conrad Sharps, Moderator Lisa Burton, Clerk
Click here to read a great blog with photos about our Children's Fresh Air Farm Summer Learning Program by Robyn Hyden, Alabama Poverty Project/Americorps* VISTA. This is the last week of this year's program. June 28-July 30, 2010
July 16 - 25, 2010
The IPC Mexico Mission Team is home safe and sound, though sore and tired! Many thanks to them for their service to a family in need in Piedras Negras, who now have their very first home thanks to our team and Constructores Para Cristo! What a blessing!
Rev. Susan Clayton
 NOTE: The next IPC Mexico Mission Trip is scheduled for July 15-24, 2011.
Please prayerfully consider using the gifts God has given you on this valuable mission.
 You are invited to accompany the IPC Choir on their upcoming tour! We will be spending five nights in Prague, three nights in Bratislava, and two nights in Vienna. Besides singing concerts and services, tours to monasteries, vineyards, castles, and scenicvillages will round out the schedule for this wonderful trip. If you are interested in tagging along with us, we would love to have you!
The link to the trip brochure is posted below. Early-Bird Deposits are due by the end of September, 2010.
Call Jeff McLelland (933-3701) or Barb Fillmer (933-3700) for more information.
 4TH QUARTER: September 28, 2010 LUNCH BUNCH: The September Lunch Bunch To Visit Noted Downtown Restaurant
Café Dupont
The 4th Quarter’s Lunch Bunch group will travel to Café Dupont in downtown Birmingham for our September gathering. Please join us on Tuesday, September 28, at 12:00 Noon. Café Dupont’s slogan is “inspired by the season, fl avored by the region,” and their menu features an array of excellent dishes for your selection! To join us for the September Lunch Bunch, contact Jeannine Usher at 933-3694.
We hope you'll join us!
Living in Community
ATTENTION: Young Adults (Highlanders)
HIGHLANDERS: There is a "newly revamped" Highlanders group at IPC for young professionals (married or single) ages 23-30.
If you are interested in this group, please contact Cindy Shaw at 933-3693
or at cshaw@ipc-usa.org
HIGHLANDERS will begin church school classes September 12, 2010, with an especially dynamic teacher, Dr. Joe Scrivner, Department of Religion, Samford University! Please join us!
(Start the Adventure in Reading) Can you help?
STAIR’s first day of the 2010-2011 school year is Monday, October 4.
Will you be there?
Tutor Training for new tutors and new substitute tutors will be Monday and Tuesday, September 13 and 14, 2010, from 3:00 -5:00 p.m. on the first floor at IPC.
Our goal is to have 24 students each from Gibson (Monday-Wednesday) and Whatley (Tuesday-Thursday) Schools. That means we need 96 weekly tutors, at least 15 substitute tutors, snack servers each day, Christmaselves, family dinner helpers, andmore. STAIR has developed quite a good reputation in the schools we serve. Last year we had a waiting list of students because we can only accept a student for whom we have tutors.
Don’t leave anybody out. You can make a difference. Come share the joy.
 Fall Grace Groups Fall Grace Groups: October 10-November 20, 2010
Registration begins September 12, 2010
Our busy Fall season begins in September! We wanted to let you know dates for Fall Grace Groups…and hope that you’ll be able to join a Grace Group and take part in October and November. Registration begins Sunday, September 12, and the groups themselves will meet October 10 – November 20, 2010.
Cindy Shaw is currently seeking new Grace Group leaders. Please contact Cindy Shaw (933-3696 or cshaw@ipc-usa.org) if you have an interest in serving as a Grace Group leader or if you have any questions about our Fall Grace Groups.
 Attention Bridge Players or those who want to learn!Alan Drennen has offered to lead another Tweeners Bridge class this Fall, where he’ll teach the New Convention, beginning September 20, 2010. Beginners, if you’re interested in learning the wonderful game of Bridge, we are tentatively scheduling a Beginners class beginning September 20, 2010. For more information about either of these classes or to sign up for the Beginners class, please contact Jeannine Usher at 933-3694.
 Living River Faith Flows Festival
Sunday, October 3, 2010
2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Vespers 5:30 p.m. led by Rev. Dr. Conrad Sharps
 Prayer Campat the Children's Fresh Air Farm
for Youth and Adults
Sunday, October 17, 2010 Watch for details soon!
 IPC Fall Festival at the Children's Fresh Air Farm Save the Date! Sunday, October 24, 2010 Everyone is invited to join the fun! The Partner’s Committee is proud and excited to announce plans for this year’s IPC Fall Festival. The Festival will be held on Sunday, October 24, at the Children’s Fresh Air Farm. Events will include live music, dinner, a petting zoo for the kids, a bonfire and more. More details and registration forms will be available soon! at the Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center in Cullman, Ala.
We hope you will prayerfully consider including this Retreat in your busy Fall plans as it will offer participants the opportunity for guidance in strengthening their faith and fellowship with other IPC members. For information, contact Rev. Lucy Turner (933-3706).
Friday, November 19 - Sunday, November 21, 2010
 Louisville Seminary calls Michael Jinkins as its ninth PresidentRev. Dr. Conrad Sharps has served as the search committee chair
“Of the many diverse and qualified candidates we considered and engaged in prayerful conversation and discernment, Dr. Jinkins most envisioned our mission to educate men and women to participate in the redemptive ministry of Jesus Christ in the world,” said Trustee Conrad Sharps, of Birmingham, Ala., who served as the search committee chair. The committee was comprised of representatives from the Board of Trustees, faculty, administration, staff, alumni association, and student body.
Regarding his credentials, Sharps summarized, “Michael Jinkins possesses the array of experience, instincts, wisdom, patience, intellect, and temperament that is required of a successful seminary president,…he understands the vocation and calling of a pastor and the training and equipping necessary for effective pastors, and …he is one of the most promising academicians and administrators in the Presbyterian family of seminaries.” (The Presbyterian Outlook)
 SUMMER TERM Adult Church School Come and join us!
(includes Sundays, Weekdays, and Wednesday Nights)
Independent Presbyterian Church is currently searching for a qualified individual to fill the full-time position of "Independent"Original aquatint etching on fine paper image size 8x10/ matted 16x20 This image is part of a 100 limited edition series created by Jill Marlar. Jill is a "Four Year Olds" teacher in the Day School and also a printmaker specializing in aquatint etchings on zinc plate, printed on fine European paper. Her love of IPC and the Day School inspired this print which she is offering to those who might be interested in owning their own original. Each print is hand printed by Jill and is available for $100 each, with fifty percent donated to the IPC Day School. If you are interested please contact:
Jill Marlar jmarlar@bham.rr.com (205) 602-1256  Keeping Flowers on the IPC Sanctuary War Memorial Every Day FRESH FLOWERS will be kept on the sanctuary War Memorial every day of the week to honor our country's military personnel, both past and present.
The Family of the late Major General John D. Higgins (U.S. Army) who was President of the Congregation in 1954, is honoring his memory and his service to country and church through an extended commitment of financial support for the weekly flowers on the War Memorial located just inside the sanctuary from the Parlor entrance. Additional donors may still designate a particular Sunday to honor their loved ones who are currently serving or who have previously served in any branch of service by contacting Valerie Pankey at 933.7060 and sending in a check for $20 made payable to IPC MEMORIAL FLOWERS. Please let Mrs. Pankey know the name of the honoree and the date you wish their name recognized. Members of the congregation are asked to pray for the named individual being honored as well as all service personnel. Prayer in the War Memorial Chapel
The IPC Spiritual Formation Group prepared a prayer for the War Memorial Chapel. (Click here for the prayer.) Copies of the prayer are also available on the War Memorial. You are invited to come by to pray and/or take a copy of the prayer with you to use or send to someone else. Living in the Spirit...
 FUNERAL USHERS NEEDED. Do you like to help someone in a time of need, but sometimes wonder what you have to offer? Are you at a loss for words when you try to express your condolences at a time of death? Would you believe it if you were told that ushering at funeral and memorial services can be a most rewarding experience for you as well as a tangible way for you to offer your support to those who grieve? We need to expand our list of volunteers...men and women...for this important ministry at IPC. Since we only have one or two days' notice before a service is held, we understand that some volunteers will not be available when we need them. This makes it even more important to have a large pool of volunteers from which to draw. Please contact Jeannine Usher in Congregational Care at 933-3694 to add your name to the list. If you have any questions about the duties and time commitment, please call Lucy Turner at 933-3706. Living in the Spirit Living in Community Living in Service to Others  Celebrating the ten thousandth new well with clean drinking water in AfricaThursday, December 10, IPC hosted Marion Medical Mission (MMM) for a Foundation Luncheon.
Marion Medical Mission (MMM) builds shallow wells in Africa. Each well provides sustainable, clean, safe, protected drinking water to a village populated primarily by subsistence farmers. Through the program, the health, happiness, and general welfare of hundreds of thousands of villagers has been improved. The IPC Foundation has been a major supporter of MMM since 2006. Click here for a description of MMM in the IPC Foundation 2007 Annual Report.
 Opportunities for spiritual growth and service at IPC
The Pathways booklet (Pathways to Spiritual Growth and Service at IPC) is intended to help our members decide where they might like to become involved to enhance their church experience. It explains all the many activities going on at IPC in one place with detailed information on all of our offerings for study, service, and general community events along with contact information. You can pick one up in the Narthex on Sunday mornings or at the receptionist's desk.
Living in the Spirit Living in Community Living in Service to Others  Encouraging the church to be a community of prayer and a spiritual home. New Church-wide IPC Prayer Click here for prayer."There is such power in a community praying a common prayer and appealing to the Holy Spirit in one voice." Rev. Lucy Turner
This prayer is to be used by all groups, classes, committees, and gatherings of church members for the rest of 2009.
 Don't miss any news from the church! IPC needs your email address.Click here for details. or Contact Marsha Harbin to add/update your email addresses.IPC is now emailing an electronic version of the weekly Update: The E-Update.
Printed versions will still be mailed to members' homes unless you tell us otherwise.
Career Transition MinistrySponsored by the IPC Congregational Care Committee
For IPC members or others connected through our church who are seeking employment, you may add your resume to this section of our website. We will list your name with a link to your resume. Click here for Career Transition MInistry. If you are an employer searching for employees, please check the resumes of IPC members. Send your resumes (Word file or pdf) to Rev. Lucy Turner (lturner@ipc-usa.org) or call her at 205.933.3706.  IPC Funeral ServicesMany members have requested that we post funeral notices on our website. We will now post any deaths that appear on the IPC Prayer List as soon as we are notified. Then we will post funeral arrangements on the same page when plans have been finalized. The web page is located under "Care" then "Funeral Services."
Living in Service to Others...
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