The Trinitarian. Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton, Kansas August 2016

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1 The Trinitarian Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton, Kansas August 2016 A LITTLE DESERT FIRST WITH THE PASTOR: So what is your favorite flavor of Ice Cream? No other desert makes my top favorite list for the summer than Ice Cream. You decide - could be a sundae or banana split, or a master blast or just a plain dish of good ole vanilla. I love sherbet, or sorbet, homemade, store-bought Brier s, or Hagan Daz, frozen custard, or frozen yogurt. I haven t met or tasted a flavor I don t like. Nothing says summer like Ice Cream or even a sno cone. It was so much fun to have the sno-cone truck come to VBS. The different flavors were amazing, and it was so much fun to sit around and eat them together. Since I am thinking about Ice Cream I want to use that imagery to write this article, and you will need to use that imagery to read my article. Each paragraph is another scoop; change the flavor, or change the topping you decide. I will try to use small scoops so you don t get too full. First scoop; is A BIG THANK YOU to STEPHANIE AND MARY AND ALL THE WORKERS. We had such a great time. I loved seeing the kids learn their bible verses and songs and they really enjoyed the games. We collected food for the Salvation Army and the kids gave several of their quarters into the Sunday offering to help pay for VBS. Needless to say we should be impressed with their generosity. Second scoop; August is the start up for Choir, youth group, youth bells, and adult bells. I can t wait for the first Sunday the choir sings. I always love their music and what their voices add to worship. It is awesome to hear the bells play. We are truly blessed with great and talented people to help us worship. Third scoop; WOW is coming we will start the ten weeks of the fall session on September 14. That will give us ten weeks for the fall and we will stop the week before Thanksgiving. Fourth Scoop: In August we, as an Annual Conference, may truly find ourselves as a Great Plains annual conference in the news. Bishop Jones has decided that we should hold a church trial to take up the case of Cynthia Meyer, a pastor of a UMC church who came out and said that she was in a covenant relationship with another woman. Charges were filed and now we will have a church trial in Concordia Kansas at the historic Grand Theater which is the Bishop s choice for a site for the trial. The date is August 24 th, one week before the bishop will leave to assume his new duties as the Bishop of the Texas Annual conference. Whipped Cream, Cherry and Nuts: It has been my honor to be able to lead us in the funeral services for several of our saints in this church. I am so thankful to God for the Laity of this church for their gifts, talents, and commitments. We have been blessed. I hope we remember their families, and loved ones who miss them, and cherish their memories. The great cloud of witnesses who watch and encircle our church continues to grow. I will be preaching in August from the book of Hebrews so my last reference will be explained as we unpack the powerful message of the writings to the Christians with Hebrew heritage. Hope you didn t get brain freeze! Christ s richest love to you: Pastor Donna

2 VBS The Christian Education Thank you to everyone who helped with Everest. We had 36 children participate in VBS this year. We collected 343 pounds of food during the week as we built our mountain of food for the Salvation Army. All the helpers are listed below along with their roles during the week. VBS Coordinators: Stephanie Anton and Mary Kaufman Group Leaders: Shanna Adams, Lisa Cherry, Connie Rickard, Ann Walker and Todd Wedel and helpers Olivia Adams, Misty Henderson, Aryanna Rossiter, Asia Steward and Kaylie Valle Music Leader: Adrianne Wedel and helper Jaden Anton Snack Leaders: Sue Walker, Eileen Kloster, Jan Hoberecht, and helper Bryttan Adams Games: Jayson and Lauren Artaz and helpers Clayton Kaufman, Cheyenne Temple and Mya Winter Science: Marci Brenneman, Amanda Jaworsky and helper Lauren Anton Bible Story: Evelyn Adams, Pam Wedel and Judy Rittgers Assembly Leader: Pastor Donna Voteau Decorating: Mary Kaufman, Connie Rickard, and Stephanie Anton Donating baked goods: Evelyn Adams, Eula Boylan, Jackie Dalke, Karen Farrell, Sue Lammers, Betty Melcher, Jean Pauley, Cheryl Williams, and Deb Smurr Video Presentation: Lauren Anton Blessing of Backpacks Any child/youth that will be attending Preschool through High School this year should bring their backpacks to church on Sunday, August 14 th. We will be having a special blessing of backpacks as we begin a new school year. Children s Sunday School There will be no children s Sunday school for the remainder of the summer in order to remodel the children s wing. Our new Sunday school year will begin Sept. 11 th with a celebration to kick off our new space called KOOL ZONE!

3 Phone Calling Has Started The phone calls are progressing. You may have already gotten your call; expect your call soon if you haven t received one yet. This will not be a long phone call, but it will be important. The Next Steps task force and the Evangelism committee decided we should call the church members and those who attend to find out the answer to these three questions. 1. What are we doing well? 2. What can we do better? 3. Do you know of any needs we can meet as a church? Pastor Donna has recruited people to call. If you haven t received your call yet -- there s still time to think about your answers to the questions. August Birthdays Steve McCullough 8/1 Bryttan Adams 8/2 Olivia Adams 8/2 Aryanna Rossiter 8/2 Beverly Stigge 8/2 Connie Hosford 8/2 Dan Buchanan 8/4 Doug Crumrine 8/4 Mike McConnell 8/4 Marcella Timmons 8/4 The birthday list is continued on page 8 What is happening at Trinity Heights Respite Care? Providing care to a family for a child with special needs whose father was a shooting victim in the Hesston Excel incident Four new families Training for CPR/First Aid in August Received grants from Walmart, Ecetera Shop, Trinity Heights UMW, DeVaughn/James Lawyer firm, WATCO Company, Newton and Marion Knights of Columbus, and Women Community Foundation. Recently received monetary contribution from Trinity Heights United Methodist Church Trinity Heights Respite is involved in the following events: HOPE FEST-JULY 30 TH AT THE NEW- TON RECREATION CENTER- 10:00 A.M.- 1:00 A.M. HARVEY COUNTY UNITED WAY CHILI COOKOFF-SEPTEMBER 27 TH, 11:00 A.M.- 1:30 P.M. This fall Together We Walk is being planned as a fundraiser/recognition for all community members that have challenges with disabilities. The month of October is designated as the month we as a nation recognize disabilities. More communication will be provided as plans are decided. Mark your calendar for October 8 th to walk join the celebration of Together We Walk. Thank You Trinity Heights United Methodist Church for the donation of $4, Your gifts and support to this program reaches many needed families. What an awesome gift of ministry. Connie Rickard Director Your kind expression of sympathy is deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. Thank you for your thoughtfulness in helping with the food. We are so thankful for your helping hands in our time of need. Family of Brenda Pfortmiller

4 Can you believe it s August already. The heat outside certainly verifies that. We had the first meeting of our new Board in July. We approved the Budget It will be in your new Program book that will be coming out in the middle of Aug. We will get the books to the Circle leaders and they will distribute them. E-Circle will receive yours by . In past years the churches in the area have gone together for a tea. We have decided to try that again in April A specific date will be set later. We also talked about making it easier for young mothers to attend events - like Bazaar, Circle meetings, Annual Meeting, etc - by providing a sitter for the younger children. There will be reminders and a number to call if you want us to have a sitter available. The money from our Bazaar goes to local missions. All the Pledge money from our members goes to the District for missions of the larger church. We do not have anything to finance our own expenses, like a sitter. So we decided we would do a WOW meal and use those funds for our needs. A date will be set and you will receive plenty of notice to help out. We hope to see you Sept 12 at Elizabeth Circle at 6:30pm and Martha Circle on Sept 21 at 9:30 am at the church. God Bless, Judy Rittgers, President Dillons Rewards Extends Our Community Caring Thank you! Because you shop at Dillons, and are registered online, our church benefits. As of July, 67 of our households shopped at Dillons in the previous 3 months; so we received $ for our ministries. Recently, our Dillons Dollars program gave $4,000 to our local Salvation Army. Salvation Army helps our neighbors with low resources. Thank you for continuing to support this program. If you want help to register, contact our church office. New Addresses For Sue, Burt, and Patricia Burt Sanders has moved to Kidron Bethel. His new address is: Burt Sanders Room 29W 3054 Ivy Ct North Newton KS All of Sue s mail should be sent to Hope Lodge, not to the medical center. The address for Sue is: Sondra Sue Engel Hope Lodge - Room Pennsylvania Ave Kansas City MO Here is an address for Patricia Wheeler, Pastor Donna s daughter: Patricia Wheeler 210 3rd St W Apt 6206 Bradenton FL Dear Friends, Thanks for making my 100th birthday so special! I enjoyed all the lovely cards and it was great to see and greet so many friends. Sincerely, Mary Kessler Chancel Choir Chancel Choir begins rehearsals on Wednesday, August 17; 7:00pm in the church sanctuary. The choir would love to have some additional voices join them. There are no auditions or try-outs. If you love to sing - come to rehearsal and add your voice to the choir!

5 Mission News We want to thank all that brought items to VBS. When I called Salvation Army to see what they need they said they had given out 50 boxes the day before, so they can use whatever we bring. Special needs at this time are: toilet paper, bar bath soap and the usual items like pb&j and canned veggies. It is wonderful that we are living our faith by sharing with others in need. God Bless Alzheimer s Support Group The next meeting of the Alzheimer's Support Group will be held at Asbury Park on Friday, September 16, at 3:00pm. Harlan Rittgers RELAY FOR LIFE September 10 5:00 TO 9:00 P.M. Trinity Heights United Methodist Church (note: new date and place) Team Trinity Heights United Methodist Church needs more members!!! Everyone is welcome The Relay for Life team will continue selling Luminaries. We will have them available each Sunday until the Relay for Life Event. It is Harvey County Fair parade time again August 6, 5:30pm. That means it is FLOAT TIME!!!!! Not an ice cream float, but a PARADE FLOAT. Which makes us happy and wanting to DANCE. SO, let s kick off our shoes and dance! The parade theme is FOOTLOOSE AT THE FAIR! We are celebrating the fair gathering with a float representing the movie FOOTLOOSE. Everyone can dance, at least by the end of the movie, And David danced before the LORD with all his might (ESV) We encourage you to help us gather supplies needed, as well as join in the parade day fun. We will need: Shoes to tie/clip to float skirt (any type - boots to flip-flops, any condition), Bandanas - all colors Help making posters, decorating float, etc. Float decorating will be done Thursday, Aug 4, 6:30 at Chance English s barn N Meridian. Float riders can dress up in their favorite decade attire (ex, 50 s, 80 s) to represent our welcome and embrace of all to celebrate in a dance for the LORD. The Footloose music will be playing and there will be hay bales available for sitting and wave/ toss fun items to the crowds. People can also walk along with the float handing out our Frisbees and stress relief balls. Bring yourself, your family, bikes and strollers ad meet us on E 11th by 5:00 on August 6th - wear bandanas if you have them. The Evangelism Committee wants to give our thanks to the English family for providing the wagon, hay and build and storage area. Please bring shoes and bandanas to the church by August 1. Just ask us how you may help prepare for a FUN day. (Eileen Kloster, Arlene Garrison, Pam Duffy, Sue Lammers, Dave Lyon, Norma Jean Miller, John Hosford, Willis Heck, Pastor Donna)

6 Greetings! I simply cannot believe that summer is over! It is incredible how time flies, and each year it seems to go even faster than the last. Our Youth Group went to KC, KS July 7-9 th for our 2016 Mission Work. We stayed at Valley View Church in Lenexa, KS. The church was big and we could easily get lost! The gym was amazing and the kids really enjoyed utilizing it while we were there. They were able to play basketball, volleyball, indoors baseball (with a whiffle ball of course), and scoot around on scooters. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the gym and I was so grateful it was there for them to get their energy out. We performed our mission work at Trinity Community Church in Wyandotte County. Mark Holland is the pastor there and his father Ron Holland is the Associate Pastor. All staff at the church works on a Part-Time basis; so our help was greatly appreciated! It was a pleasure getting to hear from Mark on how he manages to be the Pastor of Trinity and the Mayor of Wyandotte County. How does one separate church from state in that position? Well, it isn t all that easy according to him. He said that his faith plays a role in decisions that he makes in his position as Mayor. There are also times when he may seem a little to Preachy in meetings that aren t church meetings. He has quite a full load and we feel honored that he took time out of his busy schedule to meet with us. Regretfully, we did not capture a photo with him. The kids performed work cleaning tables, chairs, windows, and detail cleaned the kitchen. They did a fantastic job and worked really hard. We have an incredible group of kids that demonstrated hard work, loving interactions, and dedication to complete the task at hand. They represented THUMC well! We are entering the fall season and will be starting up our regular Youth Group Meetings. Our first one will be August 24 th at 5:30pm and will run until 7:15pm. Youth Bells will start the same evening at 7:15pm-8:00pm. I am pleased to announce that I had a couple of volunteers to help with Youth Group after our service on Sunday. I am excited about the possibilities! I did agree to let them do a trial run to see how they like it and make sure they know what they are getting into! Once there is a full commitment I will announce their names. Thank you again for all your support of our Youth. If you are interested in helping with the youth please call, text, or me. The more the merrier! Also, if there is a special skill or talent that you have and would like to arrange a time to come to a youth meeting we would definitely make time for you. I am looking forward to a fantastic year with these kiddos! Love and Blessings to you all, Christy Rossiter

7 The buckets are coming, the buckets are coming, August , and 28. After the 9:00 and 11:11 services. Please help the Trinity Heights Relay for Life team meet their goal of $5,000 by dropping your change into the buckets team members will be holding!!! Thank you from all the THUMC Relay for Life team members. Youth Handbell Choir Begins August 24 Are you going to be in the 5 th grade up through high school? Do you like music? Would you like to play in the youth handbell choir? Well, I have a deal for you! We are beginning practices on August 24 th. The practice time will be 7:15 8:00. Our practices will NOT interfere with youth group activities. Even if you don t read music, you are welcome to come. It is really a great deal of fun!!! Everyone is invited! If you have questions, please call Pam Wedel at or me at pcwedel@cox.net. Youth Handbell Choir Are you going to be in the 5 th grade up through high school? Do you like music? Would you like to learn to play the handbells? Well, I have a deal for you! Come and try out the bells. August 17 at 7:00 7:45 I will be at the church to help anyone who has never played and would like to see what it is like to play the handbells. You don t have to be able to read music as I will teach you what you need to know. Everyone is invited! If you have questions, please call Pam Wedel at or me at pcwedel@cox.net. CONCERT Harlan and Judy Rittgers and Curtis and Marian Stubbs represented Trinity Heights in the 150+ gospel choir which performed at the July 15 concert; a part of the South Central Jurisdictional Conference.

8 August Birthdays {Rest of list is on page 3} Shanna Adams 8/6 Matthew Montano 8/6 Pam Duffy 8/8 Ed Stahl 8/8 Jim Neal 8/10 Bonnie Royer 8/12 Kendra Davis 8/13 Doug Brenneman 8/14 Marilyn Schmidt 8/15 Lucille Randall 8/18 Dallas Thiessen 8/18 Justin Zielke 8/18 Harlin Balzer 8/19 Rylan Dalke 8/20 Clyde Erwin 8/20 Robert Lyles 8/20 Sylvia Stigge 8/20 Pam McCullough 8/21 Truman Meyer 8/21 Shirley Stauffer 8/21 John Hosford 8/22 Ben Peyton 8/22 Edna Mae Grant 8/23 Tim Graber 8/24 Jason Harkness 8/24 John Nicodemus 8/24 Carole Malin 8/25 Chuck Engel 8/26 Delores Morgan 8/26 Sue Lammers 8/28 Walt Long 8/28 Tim Timmons 8/28 Max Gatz 8/30 Eva Gatz 8/30 Carla McConnell 8/31 August Anniversaries Doug & Marci Brenneman 8/1 Mike & Karen Farrell 8/3 Tim & Pat Timmons 8/6 Todd & Adrianne Wedel 8/12 Pat & Pam Duffy 8/13 Bob & Pat Granaas 8/14 Rod & Dana Kreie 8/14 Tom & Phyllis Schneider 8/14 Curtis & Marian Stubbs 8/14 Don & Sue Swender 8/15 John & Connie Hosford 8/22 Doug & Angela Thurston 8/23 Duane & Jennifer Miles 8/27 Larry & Dee Reber 8/27 Walt & Shirley Long 8/28 Bob & Pearl Simison 8/29 THUMC CALENDAR... The church calendar can be viewed by going to the Trinity Heights website: trinityheightsumc.org. TRINITARIAN DEADLINE Monday, August 22 for the September Trinitarian HOW TO REACH US... Trinity Heights UMC PO Box 232, 1200 Boyd Ave Newton, KS ( Church THUMC Website: trinityheightsumc.org