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1 Epworth: a United Methodist Church Newsletter E-NEWS ~ August 2016 The CARE Line Oh how good I feel when I hear a song or a prayer that soothes my hurting soul! How many of you remember a song that was really popular by Celine Dion and Josh Groban, The Prayer? The lyrics, written by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster, really speak to me when I find myself in need of special care for my scared, worried, or hurting soul/heart! Let this be our prayer As we go our way Lead us to a place Guide us with your Grace To a place where we'll be safe I don t know about you, but Celine or Josh s phone number is not programmed into my cell phone that I can call on them when I am in need of Pastoral Care. And, isn t that what those lyrics are really about - Pastoral Care Dear Lord, be my guide through this troublesome time. Guide me with your Grace to that place where I know I will be safe! Epworth s Pastoral Care Team wants to be with you during those times when your soul is scared, broken and hurting. We know there are times when you are traveling through a difficult situation alone because you choose to do so. However, more often than any of us like, there are those who want support, yet do not receive it they fall through the cracks. Epworth now has The Care Line, a cell phone for those times when the UNEXPECTED comes into your life and Pastoral Care is wanted. When you call, the Pastoral Care Team will know of your need and will respond! Examples of UNEXPECTED life events: An unscheduled hospital visit for treatment, surgery You receive news of a family member s death A person in hospice care is close to death Your husband, wife, child or significant other dies An accident or house fire The Pastoral Care Team will respond as soon as possible to bring prayer, grace and a reminder that God is with us always and will guide us to that safe place in him. I pray we'll find your light And hold it in our hearts When stars go out each night Let this be our prayer When shadows fill our day Lead us to a place Guide us with your grace Give us faith so we'll be safe. Caring and serving together in Christ, Mickie McManamon, Caring Ministries Director Please stop by the office or look in the narthex on Sundays for: a Care Line Magnet for your refrigerator and a Care Line Wallet Card for each family member. Also program Care Line directly into your cell phone: The CARE Line number is In This Issue The CARE Line Worship Page Calendar of Events Pathway Pages Church Leadership Special Announcements Epworth Classifieds Birthdays & Anniversaries 2016 August ~ The CARE Line

2 Worship in August Sundays in August Church Leadership August 7, th Sunday after Pentecost Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16 Preacher: Rev. Vicky Starnes Rev. Victoria Starnes Senior Pastor Rev. Glenn Cately Interim Associate Pastor Mickie McManamon August 14, th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a, 13 Preacher: Rev. Glenn Catley Doug Yetter Director of Music Ministries Linda Hess Accompanist Darlene Ford Office Manager Betsy Plowman Preschool & Children s Ministries Director Debbie Hunt Special Projects/Newsletter Ken Mahan August 21, th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 13: Preacher: Rev. Vicky Starnes Josh Megee Sound Tech Diana Young Administrative Assistant Wanda Hudson, Sheila Cottman, Bill Steward, Mike Harrigan Custodians Fred Smith Cemetery Superintendent Glen Pruitt Lay Leader Church Council Members EPWORTH NEWS is published periodically by the Epworth United Methodist Church and distributed without charge to members and friends of the church by Epworth United Methodist Church. All rights reserved. August 28, th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 14: 1, 7-14 Healing Service Preacher: Rev. Vicky Starnes August Newsletter Sponsored to the glory of God and by Epworth United Methodist Church Worship Page ~ August 2016

3 August 2016 Monday thru Friday, Aug. 1-5 & Aug at 9:00 a.m. Preschool Summer Camp Monday afternoon, Aug. 1 at 3:00 p.m.: Worship/Music Pathway Monday afternoon, Aug. 1 at 5:00 p.m.: Staff Parish Relations Committee Meeting Tuesday morning, Aug. 2 at 9:30 a.m.: Growing Comfortable with Contemplation Book Study group Tuesday evenings, Aug. 2, 9, 16 & 23 at 5:30 p.m.: ISOP Dinners Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 3, 17 & 31 at 1:00 p.m.: Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 3 at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday evenings, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday morning, Aug. 4 at 7:30 a.m. Thursday afternoon, Aug. 4 at 2:00 p.m.: Thursday evenings, Aug. 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 6:15 p.m.: Sunday mornings, Aug. 7, 14, 21 & 28 at 10:45 a.m.: Sunday evenings, Aug. 7, 14, 21 & 28 at 2:00 p.m.: Thursday, Aug. 11 at 12:00 p.m.: Thursday evening, Aug. 11 & 25 at 4:00 p.m. Friday evening, Aug. 13 at 6:00 p.m.: Tuesday evening, Aug 16 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening, Aug. 18 at 4:00 p.m.: Card Making Caring Ministries Choir Servant Leadership Team Stitchers of Love Praise Team practice Deaf Bible Study Food & Love Monday, Aug. 8 at 11:00 a.m.: UMW Executive Mtg. Monday, Aug. 8 at 4:15 p.m.: Trustees Meeting Monday, Aug. 8 at 5:00 p.m.: SAFE Team Meeting Wednesday, Aug. 10 & 24 at 9:30 a.m.: Staff Meeting Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 3:00 p.m. Stephen Ministries Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 5:15 p.m.: Kiva@Epworth Wednesday, Aug. 10 & 24 at 7:00 p.m.: Open Gym Skate Jam Food Truck Fridays Dinner Theater Church Council Stewardship Meeting Calendar of Events ~ August 2016

4 Faith Development Here are our 2016 Confirmands. Please pray for them: Jazmyn Lorraine Bates Alexis Catherine Brown Sadie Furman Madison Paige Ludwig Arin Martin Preston Moran Juliana Russo Thomas Vyas Connor Camiolo Epworth Preschool Summer Camps: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Ages 2-7 year olds M-F/$ per week 10% off additional children from the same family. Aug. 1 Fun & Fitness Aug. 8 Music Makers Call the preschool office at or bplowman@eumcrb.org to enroll. Sunday School News Summer Sunday school schedule: August 7 and 21 Join us at the 9:15 service for Sunday school during the summer. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Betsy Plowman at United Methodist Women Reading Program: United Methodist Women are still looking for women to read 5 books in 2016 to help Epworth UMW and its UMW Reading Program. You just need to read one book from each of the 5 Categories, Education for Mission, Leadership Development, Nurturing For Community, Social Action and Spiritual Growth and fill out a report form. The 2016 list is on the small shelf near the windows in Branford Lounge or online (UMW Reading 2016). You may include books from the lists back to 2011.You may borrow books from the shelf and return them for the next reader. If you read a youth book, you would need to sign that out with the Children's Library. There is also a list of the books that are available in the Delaware Library System. Wendy shared a review: Thanks to Teri Moore for donating books to the UMW Reading program. I just finished" Coaltown Jesus" (2016 Spiritual growth- Youth) donated by Teri. Jesus comes to visit a young boy, Walker, trying to deal with the death of his brother and his Mother's grief. Jesus doesn't answer all of his questions but walks with him through this difficult time. This is a quick but powerful read. Linda Gregory also shared a review: I just finished reading"bully.com" by Joe Lawlor (2015 Nurturing For Community-Youth). This book is an easy read. It is geared toward 5th grade and above. I loved the message about how harmful bullying can be. This would be a great book to share with a young person. Maybe grandma and grandchild could discuss the topic or it would be a good Sunday school topic to read and discuss. I hope when you think of a book for the beach, pool or porch this summer, you will read some from the UMW Reading List. These books are interesting, informative and lead us to spiritual topics, usually concerning women and youth. Please contact one of us on the committee and we will help get you started. If you are already on the Epworth UMW Reading list and need a suggestion, contact us, as well. Happy Reading! Wave Starnes (twstar54@aol.com or ), W e n d y H e r m a n (weherman@verizon.net or ) o r K a y e W e b b (misskaye1182@hotmail.com or ) Pathway Pages ~ August 2016

5 Peace Week Delaware: September Since the violence in our world and in our communities is a growing concern, the Social Justice Committee is helping create Peace Week Delaware in Rehoboth, Lewes and surrounding areas. Peace-loving folks across our state will participate in a series of events raising awareness and hope for peace in our communities, nation, and world. The overall purpose of Peace Week Delaware is to shift attitudes and actions of people to favor peace over violence. We hope to feature children s peace art, peace vigils and marches, and community forums. Joining this effort is a chance to actively promote peace in our community and the state. If you are interested in joining this effort, give Wave Starnes, a call. M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n i s a t Stewardship: Thanks to everyone who has participated in Grocery Card Program. If you haven t yet purchased your gift cards please consider doing so this week. Here is how it works: We have $25.00 cards for Food Lion, Safeway and Acme. We have $50.00 cards for Giant. We also have cards for Starbucks and will be adding others as time goes on. This is a great way to help the Church without costing you any money you wouldn t already spend. You purchase the card for face value. The Church receives a discount on the card from the store. So it costs you nothing extra!! A win-win for the you and the Church. If you have any questions please stop by the table in the Narthex. Again, a big thank you to all who have supported this and continue to support it. Giant, Acme, Food Lion, and Safeway. STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITY One way to give to Epworth is via hundreds of Online Merchants. If you shop online you may already be using a participating merchant and if you join shopepworth, every time you shop online the merchant will send a referral check to Epworth. It is really easy to do, too. Once you join, your computer will do all the work- automatically. Yes, automatically. shopepworth is part of the UMCmarket EPWORTH WEBPAGES eumcrb.org caring.eumcrb.org preschool.eumcrb.org Pathway Pages ~ August 2016

6 Social Justice: Fair trade coffee, teas, chocolate bars, and olive oil products are sold by the Social Justice Pathway the first Sunday of every month. Look for the fair trade sales table in Fellowship Hall from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. Social Justice Pathway sales of fair trade products is through the Coffee Project of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Approximately 15 cents of each pound of Equal Exchange fair trade products is donated to UMCOR. Despite the Coffee Project name, the effort now encompasses the full range of Equal Exchange products sold by participating United Methodist congregations. UMCOR is now actively involved in disaster response for the June 23 and 24 floods in West Virginia that left thousands of people in the dark, damaged hundreds of homes and killed 23 people. Soon after the flood, Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball, of the West Virginia Annual Conference, toured communities h a r d h i t b y f l o o d i n g w i t h representatives of UMCOR and other conference staff. Cathy Earl, UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response program manager, noted that at least nine United Methodist churches were damaged in the floods. But that didn t stop the people of the United Methodist Church from responding to their neighbors. Food, water, and relief supplies were offered with a compassion I can only describe as easy. Ms. Earl was in West Virginia to support the conference s planning for recovery ministries. United Methodist response was kick started by UMCOR assistance with Conference disaster preparedness training and establishment of a depot for relief supplies before June tragedy. After the flood, UMCOR provided an emergency grant to help with relief work in the affected communities. UMCOR is also involved with recovery in southern and southeastern Virginia from eight tornadoes that struck on February 24 taking four lives, wounding dozens, and damaging or destroying 400 homes. Those interested in making a special donation to UMCOR to assist with these efforts in Virginia and West Virginia may designate their gift for UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response, Advance No , which helps with disasters and crises across the United States. More information at UMCOR is also involved with international disaster response. One is example is UMCOR s work with other relief organizations to provide emergency food relief, much-needed hygiene kits, and cash disbursement to allow survivors to meet their own emergency priorities following the strike of Cyclone Roanu in Bangladesh in May of this year. That storm killed 27 and displaced half a million people, especially in the coastal communities of Bangladesh. Of course, your continued purchase of Equal Exchange fair trade products at Epworth helps UMCOR in a small way each month! Pathway Pages ~ August 2016

7 We loan because.. We want to be the change we want to see in the world Come join us Wednesday August 10 th in Scott s Chapel at 5:30 p.m. as we connect with a worldwide network of microfinance institutions to help alleviate poverty. To learn more, visit Kiva.org. Open Gym Dates August 10, August 24 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Rising 6th grade through 12th grade. In Fellowship Hall. Completed permission forms must be submitted to an adult volunteer at Open Gym in order to attend and are available in the Narthex or at Open Gym. Wear sneakers. Bring a bottle of water. Please pick up your child promptly by 9:00 p.m. Contacts: Sharon Wert, ; Dee Speck, ; Bud Frampton, (302) Pathway Pages ~ August 2016

8 Saturday October 1, th Annual Golf Outing American Classic Golf Club (9-hole course) Bethpage Drive Lewes MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! The George B. Simpson Men's Group at Epworth hereby gives you plenty of notice so you can practice your swing! Drive Away Hunger benefits three community-wide outreach programs: Food & Love Soup Kitchen, the Pantry at Epworth and Immanuel Shelter. American Class Golf Course is located behind the ACME store. It s a fun and walkable 9-hole layout, with a mix of par 3 and par 4 holes. Carts will be available for those who would prefer to ride. This is a fun event for all even if you don t golf! (There also will be lunch and prizes!) Last year we raised over $7000, and this year the George B. Simpson Men's Group at Epworth is aiming even higher. So please stay tuned as we complete our plans and share those with you! THANKS FOR HELPING US DRIVE AWAY HUNGER! Special Announcements ~ August 2016

9 Special Announcements ~ August 2016

10 HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED FALL IS SOON UPON US! OUTSIDE GARDENERS NEEDED Our Outside Gardening Team is still looking for team members. The Wetherall Garden is still in need of a caregiver. The Wetherall Playground and Garden was given to Epworth by the family of Robert and Ruth Wetherall. The garden is a meditative garden which includes memorial plantings given by our Cancer in Common Support Group. If this sounds like a job for you, please contact Kenny Mahan at kmahan@eumcrb.org or ext epworth-online-giving/ MANY HANDS MAKE LESS WORK & MORE FUN... Many of our Pathways are busy working on many, many, many different projects. Call the church office to volunteer, thekitchen@epworth food rescue Christmas Joy! 365 ISOP Dinners thegarden@epworth Worship Visuals Planning Set-up Basic plumbers Basic painters Bus volunteers Office volunteers Sunday School teachers Nursery helpers Worship Service helpers Food Truck Friday hosts Send your HELP WANTED messages to newsletter@eumcrb.org The deadline is the 15th of each month Do you have a few hours to share volunteering with the Caring Ministry at Epworth? Listed below are a few areas that need your help. Experience is not needed.we will teach you everything you need to know! Just call or Mickie at or mmcmanamon@eumcrb.org... Flowers for Shut-Ins Card Making Leashes of Love Military Ministry Stitchers of Love Good Samaritans HELP WANTED ~ August 2016

11 August Birthdays 1 st Jeannie Scott Glenn Catley 2 nd Wayne Brzoska Karen Kreiser Joyce Silon 3 rd Buddy Borradaile *Annabell Hanna Brian Beideman 4 th Jack Rodgers 5 th *Clarence Good Charles Baker 6 th Gil Borradaile *Joan Ruggiano 7 th Scott Furman 8 th Chris Berg *Peter Rupprecht Annette Stellhorn 9 th Jimmy Holdridge David Bendekovits Falon Costango 10 th Tom Safrit 11 th Stacey Furman 12 th Wanda Hudson Wayne Ericksen 13 th Bill Martin 14 th Jeb Lee Nancy Mahoney Sandy Roberts Ed Keefer 15 th Loretta Mahan Michael Satchell 16 th Kelly Fehrenbach Darlene Ford Miguel Gomez Diana Young 17 th John Riley-Spillane Terri Surabian 18 th Donald Griner 19 th Justin Fehrenbach Laura Unruh 20 th Chuck Landon Sue Truitt Chase Evans Bob Smiles 21 st Christa Shannon 22 nd Jim Brebner Carole Moody 23 rd Virginia Barney Leonard Stielper 24 th Terri Lingo Annie Hocker Gary Ralph Steven Thorp Cathie Lewis 25 th *Peggy Waltersdorf Rosemarie VanIngen *Dick Thomas *Moni Albert 26 th Diane Bruce *Gail Gingrich 27 th Jim Reiter Stacia Wilson Lisanne Kane 29 th Jill Stewart 30 th *Ken Diggs Jack Rodgers, Jr. Megan Tylecki 31 st Murray Archibald *Carol Ewing Suzanne Landon *Joel Underwood Jo Pokorny! - Cradle Roll (infant - 3 yrs) * year August Anniversaries 7 th *Rosalie & Michael Snyder 8 th Anne & Emory Buck 13 th *Jack & Alise Rodgers 14 th Jeannie & Joe Scott Joann & Albert Helmeczi 16 th Wanda & Lamont Hudson 19 th Howard & Joyce Blizzard 20 th Jim& Mary Ellen Monos 24 th Sharon & Charles Baker 25 th Martha & Jeremiah Wright 26 th Diana Harbert & Sandie Hensley Lauren & Andrew Stayton 50+ years Congratulations To Edna Ritter, family and friends on the death of Edna s husband, Maynard, 6/28; To Jonathan Blandin, family and friends on the death of Jonathan s mother, Joan Blandin Kostelnik, 6/25; To Ferris Wharton, family and friends on the death of his mother, Mildred Wharton, 6/26; To Special Olympian Ryan Bradford s family and friends on his death, 6/26 To Joyce Poole family and friends on the death of her brother in law, Ted Thomas, 7/14; To Ed Scarborough family and friends on the death of his uncle, George Marvel, 7/16. Camp Pecometh News Later this fall, join us for our upcoming River of Life Retreat September held here at our Riverview Retreat Center. Led by Rev. R. Kay Lanasa, this year's focus is "Reviving Prayer." You'll be invited to come to the river to reflect on how you are listening to the voice of God. Take your prayer life to a deeper level- --and then share it! Register online today at our River of Life retreat page or call us at We look forward to seeing you here this fall. Birthdays, Anniversaries & Sympathies ~ July 2016

12 Food Truck Friday continues on Thursdays Food Truck Friday has moved to Thursday in an effort to avoid weekend traffic. A number of people have discovered the Junction & Breakwater Trail as a way of doing the same. "Summer is a game changer," says organizer, Susan Selph. "Fortunately Epworth is a great venue and we have the ability to set up tables outside in the shade and also inside in the air conditioning." The line-up of vendors continues to expand. The two newest are Delicious Craving, serving mostly Greek cuisine like khebabs and gyros, and Getta Pizza This, which offers wood-fired, plant-based pizza. Cultural food diversity is driving force behind Food Truck Friday. Food Truck Friday is a fundraiser for The Food & Love Soup Kitchen, Epworth Skate Park, and Epworth UMC. The events are held from 4 pm to 8 pm on the second and fourth Thursday in July and August. In September, the event will return to Fridays. For detailed information please visit or Facebook: FoodTruck-Friday. Contact: Susan Selph (302) Sunday Morning Worship Services 7:45 ~ 9:15 ~ 11:15 7:45 &11:15 * Traditional Worship Message of Faith Choir and Special Music 9:15* PRAISE! Contemporary Worship** Sunday School for all Ages * Child Care Available Dress is Casual ** American Sign Language Interpreted Holland Glade Road Rehoboth Beach, DE Fax: office@eumcrb.org PLACE STAMP HERE