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2006
Events
This page includes information and pictures about events
that either took place at First Presbyterian Church
or involved members or supported organizations in 2006.
Please contact Susan Miller at 630-682-0108 or by email
at GGM81@aol.com
with any items and photos you would like to contribute.
Past events from 2008, 2007, 2005,
2004, 2003
and 2002 are also online,
as well as upcoming events. Some
information and photos about events prior to 2002 can be found
in our Church
History Section.
The Genesis Christmas Party was held on December 20, 2006,
followed by caroling by Genesis
youth.
Our Sunday School kindergarten, first, and second grade children
participated in an "Advent
Rotation" during the first three Sundays of December
2006.
Our Advent Festival and
the Genesis Breakfast were
held between worship services on the first Sunday of Advent,
December 3, 2006.
Our Genesis
youth had a BLAST at the Wheaton
Sports Center on December 1, 2006.
Dr. Paul J.
Kirbas was installed as Pastor/Head of Staff on Sunday
afternoon, October 29, 2006. A reception in Stewart Hall followed
the service.
At our Pathways Stations
of Service program in the Ministry Center on October 29,
2006, church members and visitors were given the opportunity
to learn about many of our church committees, the work done by
each of them, and the many opportunities to meet and connect
with people at church by volunteering and becoming involved.
Our Westminster Fellowship (WF) Fall
Retreat was held at Camp Stronghold in Oregon, Illinois, the
weekend of October 27-29, 2006.
Our Genesis Middle Schoolers
enjoyed a trip to Sonny Acres Farm in
West Chicago, including a spooky haunted hayride and a trip
through the haunted barn, on October 22, 2006.
The Norwich Cathedral
Choir of England held a concert in the Sanctuary of First
Presbyterian Church on Friday, October 20, 2006. This English
choir was joined by the Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Choir.
The Supper
Club Oktoberfest on October 14, 2006, included authentic
German cuisine, singing German songs, and a cutting from the
heartwarming and thoughtful story, “Grace and Glorie,” performed
by Cindy Bolds and Marge Elstrom, members of Wheaton Drama Club.
On September 17, 2006, our Genesis
Middle Schoolers visited Vertical Endeavors in Naperville
and enjoyed rock climbing over cracks, overhangs, pockets, chimneys,
and overhanging arches.
Food, fun, fellowship, and music provided by the WF Band were
enjoyed by all ages at the First Presbyterian Church Homecoming
Picnic on Sunday, September 10, 2006.
Members gathered at a farewell
reception for Jerry and Carolyn Landrey on August 27,
2006, thanking them for their service to our church and wishing
them well as they move to Sarasota, Florida, where Jerry has accepted
the call to be the interim Senior Pastor.
The members of First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton voted overwhelmingly
to approve the recommendation of our Pastor Nominating Committee
to call Reverend Dr. Paul J. Kirbas as our new Pastor, Head of
Staff Elect at a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, August 6, 2006.
The meeting followed the preaching of his candidacy sermon during
our worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. that morning.
A reception in Stewart Hall followed the meeting. Photos from
the August 6, 2006, worship
service and reception welcoming Dr. Paul J. Kirbas and his family,
more information about Paul
Kirbas, and an August 7, 2006, letter
from him are available online.
Students from
Mar Elias University in Galilee, Israel, the school begun
by now Archbishop Elias Chacour, visited Wheaton and the Chicago
area on the weekend of July 14-16, 2006. The 47 students
enjoyed going to Chicago by train and seeing the sites; but, what
is far more important, through this short weekend we let them
see a different face of America. In their homeland they see Americans
as the enemy, providing the weapons, helicopters, tanks, and support
to the Israeli defense force. When they left, they called us "The
beautiful face of America." What was accomplished by this
weekend was changing the world one student at a time. We helped
to provide dignity and hope for the 47 students that visited here.
A good time was had by all (except the pig) at our Saturday
night Supper Club Pig Roast on July 8, 2006, organized
by Denny Lawson. Blues Music was provided by Boss Hog and the
Piglets, led by Pete Lawson.
From July 5-15, 2006, 22 members and friends of First Presbyterian
Church, led by Robb Frank and Diane Easter, traveled
to Scotland and Ireland to learn more about our Presbyterian
roots.
Trading Places was
the theme of our Vacation Bible
School held June 19-23, 2006. Over 100 children
from four-year-old preschool through fifth grade had a wonderful
time enjoying the opportunity to learn what it would be like to
trade places with children all over the world. Along the
way, the children discovered that no matter where you are, Jesus
makes a world of difference!!
We welcomed our new Assistant to the Director of Music, Trevor
McMaken, and his wife, Bonnie Joy, at a reception held
in the Rotunda on Sunday, June 11, 2006.
Over 200 photos of our 2005-2006
Genesis activities are now available in a slide show format
in Macromedia Flash.
All of the Youth Sunday
sermons presented by some of our high school seniors on May 21,
2006, are online in mp3 format along with a photo of our Westminster
Fellowship youth taken in May 2006.
Everyone in attendance had a great time at the Supper
Club's Tour of Italy on May 21, 2006, with the final portion
of the evening a terrific performance of "Sister Act"
by Nancy Goodwin and Mary Beth deBolt, accompanied by Paul Burgess.
Models in the Second Annual PW
Tea and Fashion Show on May 6, 2006, included some men
and boys as well as women and girls.
On April 23, 2006, a reception
was held to honor Janet Wilson for her ten years of service
as Stated Clerk of the Chicago Presbytery.
The drama "The Living
Last Supper" was presented during the Maundy Thursday
service on April 13, 2006,
A Pilgrim's Breakfast with Archbishop
Elias Chacour on Saturday, March 25, 2006, here at First
Presbyterian Church was attended by about 275 people.
Mission
Trip to Mexicali - March 25 to 30, 2006 - Twenty-nine
members and friends, including four families, traveled
to Mexicali, Mexico, to start a relationship with the
Presbyterian communities there. Click on the link above
to learn about the challenges and successes of this
wonderful, enthusiastic group.
Over 100 people enjoyed music, fun, food, and fellowship
at the Supper Club's
St. Patrick's Day dinner on March 18, 2006.
The 5th grade Sunday School interviewed Pastor Jerry
Landrey on February 5, 2006, on the third annual “Interview
a Pastor” Sunday. Jerry and his wife, Carolyn
Landrey, returned to the class on March 12, 2006, and
provided the students with a taste and history of India.
A reception was held in Stewart Hall following the
11:00 a.m. service on March 5, 2006, to welcome
Reverend Caryle Aitken Wilkie, our new Interim
Associate Pastor, and her husband, Peter.
The second annual senior revue Radio Daze
was held with afternoon and evening performances on
Saturday, February 18, 2006, in our Ministry Center.
It was sponsored jointly by the First Presbyterian and
Gary Methodist Churches of Wheaton, produced by Harold
Crittenden, Georgia Hamilton, Dick Mitchell, Jerry O'Neil
and Vanessa Roth and directed by Georgia Hamilton. Proceeds
benefit the Older
Adults' Program of Outreach
Community Ministries in Carol Stream. To view posed
and live action photos of the all star cast and crew
for Radio Daze
click here.
The annual WF Spaghetti
Dinner, was held in Stewart Hall on Saturday
evening, January 28, 2006. It was a great time for all
to sample the traditional spaghetti and souses and be
entertained by our HS praise band. The dinner benefits
the WF Mission Trip, again planned for June this year.
Click the link above to see a small sample of photos
taken at the dinner.
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