Wesley United Methodist Church

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1 WESLEY MESSENGER Wesley United Methodist Church 40 West Main Street, Strasburg, PA Church address: Pastor s address: pastortimp@verizon.net Web: September 2014 Volume 6, Issue 9 Inside this issue: Worship Schedule 8:30 am Traditional - 10:50 am Contemporary 9:45 am Holy Grounds Fellowship in Epworth 10:00 am Sunday School for all ages Sunday, 7 September 13 th Sunday after Pentecost Matthew The Covenant The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated Sunday, 14 September - Invite a Friend Sunday 14 th Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah The name is Biker Man Sunday, 21 September 15 th Sunday after Pentecost Matthew Sunday, 28 September 16 th Sunday after Pentecost Matthew More Worship Schedule 1 Pastor s Page 2 Worship 3-4 Building Info Finding Our Way: A Laity Conversation Noah s Rainbow Preschool Education 6 & Finance 8 Youth: CCT/CCK Trustees 9 Members at Home 10 Missions Office Hours: M, T, Th, & F 8:00am - 1:00pm Office Phone: Rev. Timothy J. Patterson - Pastor Tyler Williams - Praise Leader Kim Badman - Organist/Choir Director Holly Miller - Secretary Judy Heiney - Treasurer/Finance Sec

2 Pastor s Ponderings Having witnessed the financial meltdown of 2008 I believe it s safe to say, in one way or another, we are all familiar with the volatility and uncertainty of Wall Street....American writer and humorist Mark Twain had an interesting insight: October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are: July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Here are some other Wall Street words of wisdom: Buy low, sell high Never throw good money after bad Stock prices fall faster than they rise No one was ever ruined by taking a profit Kim Hubbard once said, The only safe way to double your money is to fold it once and put it in your hip pocket. There are very few certainties in this life especially in the stock market. It is, however, a very sure thing that God loves us, created us and desires for us to be in meaningful relationship with him. Let s invest in a sure thing! Adapted from: Jeff Spiller, Perceptions: Observations on Everyday Life, Volume II, (Durham, Inc., 2004), p. 42. Too often we fall prey to investing in that which enslaves us: the whims of our wants. Instead, God s desire is that we should invest our hearts into the certainty of His provision, that we would discover that God s provision is enough to meet all our needs, and that we would know the freedom such investment brings. To this end - the freedom in finding Enough through God s provision - this Fall we will embark on a congregational study of Adam Hamilton s book Enough. Please see page 8 for more information about the study. I pray you will consider taking part in this spiritual journey of investment: finding Enough through God s provision. Peace and Grace Pastor Tim Patterson TRUSTEES ON CALL IN SEPTEMBER Mike Lockard ( ) Dave Work ( ) Trustees on call, rather than Pastor Tim, should be called first in the case of a building emergency. Pastor s Schedule Monday, 1 Sept - Labor Day Holiday Mon-Tues 1-2 Sept 10:00p-8:00a- On-call Chaplain; LGH Wednesday, 3 Sept 8:00 am - Strasburg Ministerium Thursday, 4 Sept 11:00 am-3:00 pm - Main Street Evangelism Thursday, 4 Sept 4:00-8:00 pm - Continuing Education; LGH Friday, 5 Sept - Pastor s Day Off Monday 8 Sept 11:30 am - Peer Mentoring; Reading Monday 8 Sept 6:00 pm - Nominations Monday 8 Sept 11:30 am - Administrative Council Wednesday 10 Sept 2:45-4:00 pm - CCK/T Thursday, 11 Sept 11:00 am-3:00 pm - Main Street Evangelism Thursday, 11 Sept 7:00 pm - 9/11 Remembrance; Wesley Friday, 12 Sept - Pastor s Day Off Saturday, 13 Sept 8am-3pm. - Mission Central; Mechanicsburg Sunday, 14 Sept 4:00 pm - Installation of DS; Lancaster Wednesday 17 Sept 2:45-4:00 pm - CCK/T Thursday, 18 Sept 11:00 am-3:00 pm - Main Street Evangelism Friday, 19 Sept - Pastor s Day Off Sun 2pm -Wed, 3 pm, Sept - Planning/Spiritual Retreat Thursday, 25 Sept 11:00 am-3:00 pm - Main Street Evangelism Friday, 26 Sept - Pastor s Day Off Saturday, 27 Sept, Noon-5:00pm Family Fun Fest; Wesley Sunday, 28 Sept, 1:00-4:00pm Share the Walk; Greenfield Monday, 29 Sept 7:00 pm - SPRC Pastor s Drop-in Office Hours Monday, Wednesday & Thursday mornings Other times by appointment through the church office or the Pastor s - pastortimp@verizon.net. Pastoral Emergency In the event of a pastoral emergency, during those times when I am unavailable or away on vacation, please call a member of the Pastor s Away Team: Ginny Gardner, Lay Leader Maria Llinas, Lay Leader Bill Hawes, Chair, Ad Council Pastor s Contact Information Please contact the Pastor through the church office If he is not in the office, select mailbox #1 for further instructions or to leave a message. The Pastor will respond to you at his earliest convenience. Thank you! 2

3 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path -Psalm Vacation Bible School Wow! What an awesome week. I want to thank everyone who came out and helped during the week of VBS, as well as everyone who made donations. Without all of you, it would not have been possible. We had the opportunity to witness to 61 children, sharing our love of God and how even the everyday ordinary can be made extraordinary. Our mission project for the week was breakfast bags. We smashed our goal of 500, making a total of 601 bags! It was so much fun! Thank you, Liana Kieley All women are invited to the start of the fall Women s Bible Study. Join us Tuesday, September 9, in the Sunday school room #101 on the second floor of the Asbury building. From 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. our own Dr. Lanie Price will be leading the group in Bible study, discussion and warm fellowship. A NEED for CCT & CCK We are in need of a refrigerator for the pole barn. Do you know someone who might be looking to get rid of one full size or dorm size we re happy for either! Noah s Rainbow Wish List Arts & Craft Supplies: Elmer s white glue, blue gel glue, or glue sticks Play-doh (any colors) Crayola Pip Squeaks fat markers (no wacky tips!) Unscented baby wipes Heavy duty plastic shower curtain liners Watercolors Big and little cheap paper plates (plain white & not Styrofoam) Snack & Birthday Supplies: Birthday Treat bags Paper towels Bathroom size plastic drinking cups Napkins Plastic forks & spoons Snack & Gallon Ziploc bags Individual bags of goldfish and M & M s Teaching Supplies: White copy paper White copier cardstock Colored copier paper & cardstock Large paper clips Masking & scotch tape Medium point pens (blue or black) Packing Tape Black Sharpie Markers Cleaning Supplies: Simple Green cleaner/refill jug Tall kitchen size trash bags Pledge Windex Clorox Wipes Mr. Clean Magic Erasers THANK YOU!! **We will also accept cash donations and we will shop for you.** Questions? Please contact Kerri Shindle at or at noahsrainbowwumc@gmail.com 3

4 How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. ~ Psalm Contact Information Church Office wesleystrasburg@verizon.net Christian Education Open, Co-Chairs Liana Kieley - Children/Youth wesleycct@verizon.net Carol Work, Nursery carolstras@aol.com Nursery Beginning at 10:00 am each Sunday in the Infant Nursing & Changing Room located at the right on the lower level as you descend the stairs from the lobby. We are excited to have a Nursery Sunday School class each week at 10:00 AM. Children up to age 5 are welcome to attend. Taught by Kerri Shindle and Bonnie Yoder, our time together includes a Bible story & review, craft time, and a snack. Each week, free play stations are set up with toys that reflect that week s lesson. Please have your little ones join us in September. Our unit value will be God-Seeking as we discover This is the Bible. Questions may be directed to Kerri Shindle at or at noahsrainbowwumc@gmail.com. Children s Sunday School & Children s Chapel Sunday School & Children s Chapel are centered in the Fellowship Hall Building. 10:00 am - Parents sign in children for Sunday School in Fellowship Hall 10:45 am - Parents pick up children in Fellowship Hall 11:05 am - Children are released to Chapel from Worship Parents pick up children in Fellowship Hall at conclusion of Worship Middle/High School Sunday School Meeting in the Youth Room at 10:05-10:35 am Pastor Tim is leading the Middle/High School Sunday School class. The class is currently studying the book Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo. In mid-september, the class will be choosing a new study to embark on. Adult Sunday School There will be 3 Sunday School Electives for Adults to choose from: In September, the Wrestling with Words Sunday school class will be reading and studying John Irving s novel, A Prayer for Owen Meaney. Owen is a very odd child who becomes a very unusual young man. He is one of two eleven-year-old boys best friends playing a baseball game and hits a foul ball that kills his best friend s mother. The boy who hit the ball doesn t believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God s instrument (from the dust jacket). This moving and very funny novel is a story of belief and doubt. If you would like to share in the class, please contact Roy Rineer. Short Term Studies is designed to offer participants the opportunity to meet God and to grow through Bible study. Topics such as prayer, commitment, character, etc. will be studied in approximately 6-week sessions. Making use of study booklets which often incorporate Bible lessons with study questions, the class provides a welcoming atmosphere for those who might be new to a Bible study. The class meets in Fellowship Hall and is facilitated by Carol Rice Inquirers Class meets in Asbury 103. We are currently studying Feasts of the Bible. If you have been considering Sunday School, this is a GREAT time for a visit!!! This class is facilitated by Carrie Patterson

5 Contact Information Liana Kieley, Director, CCT, CCK or Creative Christian Teens 6th - 12th graders Wednesdays 3-5:30 pm Starts Sept. 10 Grapple with God s Word and learn to serve others! *Teens: Stay Tuned for community service opportunities! Creative Christian Kids K - 5th graders Wednesdays 3:45-5:30 pm Starts Sept. 10 Come, take an adventure through the Bible with us! * Volunteers are needed on a once/month rotation for CCK. Share your love of God with the children just by being present in their lives. We have been gifted a bus for our youth ministries! Now we need... a Second bus driver to share duties with Pastor Tim; Also, donations for fuel and maintenance of the bus. Contact Liana with your questions! Chair - Pete Kingsley Dave Work Chris Heisner Tom Fish Mike Lockard Sheila Dunlap John Yoder Don Herr Andy Nauman TRUSTEES ON CALL IN SEPTEMBER Wesley Memorial Garden offers a peaceful and dignified final resting place for the cremated human remains of our church members, their immediate family, or members who have moved away. A choice of single in-ground burial, double in-ground burial or burial in the communal underground receptacle is offered. For inquiries, please contact any committee member if you have questions or would like to have your loved one s cremated remains laid to rest in the garden. Barb Rathbone Frank ( ) Pete Kingsley ( ) Norm Mable ( ) Mike Lockard ( ) Dave Work ( ) Trustees on call, rather than Pastor Tim, should be called first in the case of a building emergency. A Special thank you to all of the parishioners who aided the Trustees on the August Cleanup Day. Once each month the Trustees schedule a Saturday morning work time to maintain the church building and grounds. All are invited to help! The next scheduled work date is Saturday, September 13, at 8:00 am to help the Trustees with any needed scraping, painting & cleaning outside, weather permitting. If not, the workers will move indoors. You are welcome to join in! How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! - Psalm

6 Saturday, Sept PM Silent Auction Vendors Food & Games Pony Rides Hayrides Praise Band Bluegrass Jam Pop Pop Magic Help Wanted: Stand Volunteers Auction Donations (by Sept 18) Monetary Donations (for prizes & food) Food Donations (Rolls, Hot Dogs, Chip Snack Bags, Pretzels, Drinks) Small Pumpkins at a discount) Wagons for Hayrides A Pony for Rides Vendors (to rent tables for the day at $25). Info & money by Sept. 14. Questions? Call Wanda Albright ( or ) or Janet Robinson ( ). Carrie Patterson, Chair Kathy Boyce Lynda Houck Carol Rice Team Wesley & Pennies for Missions Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~ St. Francis of Assisi Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. ~ Mark Twain Opportunities to Act and Preach the Gospel September 2 Team Wesley Meeting 7-8 p.m. September 13 Mission Central 8 a. m. - 3 p.m. September 21 Baked Ziti Dinner Noon - 2 p.m. September 28 Pennies for Mission September 30 Team Wesley Meeting 7-8 p.m. October 17 Pulled Pork Dinner THANK YOU for continuing to support Team Wesley! It is amazing what we can accomplish when we work together to serve our Lord!! Pennies for Missions collected $ in July. To join in: Pick up a soup can on the counter in the Epworth Room and take it home. Each family member then places 2 pennies in your soup can for every meal that each one eats. On the last Sunday of each month, please bring your Pennies for Missions can to church so that the children of Wesley can collect the pennies during the Children s Lesson. Every penny collected will be used to support a mission project of Wesley UMC. This is a fantastic opportunity for all of God s Children to support Wesley s Mission Projects. Next Pennies for Missions collection: September 28,

7 MISSION WORK DAY: Mission Central - September 13, 2014 On Saturday, September 13, Wesley will be sending a work team to Mission Central in Mechanicsburg. Mission Central is a staging/distribution warehouse for disaster relief kits needed nationally as well as internationally. A typical work day will be spent sorting or verifying kits for distribution. We will meet at Wesley to complete paperwork and car pool to Mechanicsburg. Please pack a lunch, put on your work clothes and sneakers and join us for a day in the Mission Field. We will depart Wesley at 8 a.m. and return by 3 p.m. 1 - Stop - Shop Praise God! We celebrate your outpouring of filling soup items during August s Mission Challenge. Thank you for your generous support of our L-S School District families. Sunday, October 19 Wesley will be participating in the Paradise Crop Walk.. The Crop Walk is a fundraising event focused on hunger relief on both the local and international level. Please consider walking the three to five mile route as a family, Sunday school class, or small group! September s Mission Challenge is Cereal. During the month of August, you are invited to bring to worship your gifts of cereal boxes (cold or hot cereals) to help local families. It s All about the Labels! Coming soon: Collection Container for labels! What labels you ask? Campbell, Tyson, & A Plus Box Tops for Education labels, of course. We will collect these labels and forward them to the Redbird Mission in Henderson, KY. Soooooooo...start snipping & saving those labels! PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY An outreach ministry to those in need. If there is a loved one or friend that you would like to have a shawl or wrap, please contact Joyce Strubel or Ruby Botham and we will have one made for them! If you are interested in knitting or crocheting a prayer shawl or wrap, we will be glad to give you any information we have. Information is also available if you would like to know more about the prayer shawls or how the ministry started. 7