Perry Peeper. Who Is Jesus? Church Events. August 2018

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1 Perry Peeper August 2018 Who Is Jesus? He is the reflection of God s glory and the exact imprint of God s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. Hebrews 1:3a (NRSV) The He the writer of Hebrews refers to is, or course, Jesus. We hold Jesus as Savior (which is correct) and we place our faith in him to get me to heaven. For some folk, that s enough. As long as they get to heaven, Jesus has served his purpose for them. However, Jesus is more than we think. The New Testament advances a great deal more about Jesus than tickets to heaven. Stop and consider that Jesus has to be more than just a ticket to heaven if faith in him ultimately lands us in the very heavenly state we seek. Maybe what we really mean with our heaven talk is that Jesus is able to redeem us, sinners all, acceptable before a holy and righteous God. As the passage claims, he is the reflection of God s glory. The description is infinitely larger than a ticket to heaven. How much better to say: I have faith and Jesus is saving me in an ongoing journey. The Hebrews passage is a good checkpoint for disciples. Consider: the imprint of God s very being. What Jesus says and does is exactly as God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit, intends for us to perceive, live, and experience in order that our sinful lives transform for the good of God s reign. Jesus is God and God is more than getting to heaven! much more! The gospel message lived out ever transforms our lives towards the image of Christ. Church Events August 4 th Men s Breakfast August 11 th Bingo August 12 th 8:30a Perry Church Service & 11:30a Picnic at Rehoboth Church August 16 th Perry Luncheon August 18 th Beckley Day of Hope August 19 th Administrative Council Meeting August 24 th Feed the Team 1:00p August 25 th Shepherd s Table Continued on page 2...

2 ...continued from page 1 I must then wonder, what sense does it make when folk fail to advance along a disciple s path or, worse, ignore God completely? What sense concludes when folk decide that God is out to punish them? What sense develops when folk get mad at God for failing as a personal Divine vending machine. Well, these make no sense of course. All waste precious humanity. Perhaps you find yourself in one or more of the above unfortunate categories. The truth is, God will not change. God can and will still love and call you to maturity in Christ. However, if you choose to stagnate, ignore, or rant on God, please pause to consider another of Jesus dimensions: you are breathing! That s the sustains all things in the Hebrews passage. A new perspective I hope. Personal reflection is good just about now. The real ticket is to accept God s grace as encountered in Jesus and live out God s grace as a disciple who actually is getting to know and follow Jesus. While illness can make breathing labored and difficult, breathing remains a gift. Jesus invites you to use your gift for the Christ who loves you. Lord, save us from ourselves... Pastor Scott 1 st Feeding the Team of 2018 Friday, August 24 th, 2018 Dr. Kelly Pitsenbarger Office Servants are Needed!! For more information contact Joyce or Kelly at Health & Wellness Meeting Saturday, August 11th, :30a Reveal & Preview of Perry s 2018 Christmas Cantata Monday, Sept 3 rd, :00p At Pitsenbarger House 154 Carpenter St., Shady Spring We will gather for Low Country Boil Dinner & Fellowship Anyone that is interested in being part of the Cantata is encouraged to attend!! Youth is encouraged to attend too! At the Pitsenbarger Home Brunch will be served! 2

3 Health & Wellness Walk With school starting this month times and location will change. Please check our Church Bulletin for updates on time and location. 3

4 Perry Luncheon Everyone is invited!! Thursday, August 16 th, Black Knight Country Club on South Kanawha St. Carpool at 12:30p from Perry ALF Meeting Wednesday, August 8 th, :30p We will discuss the Fall Fun Fest! Bring some ideas FALL FUN FEST SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 th, 2018 Look for more information in September s Peeper. Shepherd s Table Saturday, August 25 th, :00a to 2:00p Perry Servants Needed! August Menu Hamburgers Mac & Cheese Bake Beans Desserts 4

5 Church Picnic Old Fashioned Dinner on the Grounds Sunday, August 12 th 11:30a Rehoboth Church and Museum Union, WV WHAT TO BRING Bring your specialty side dish or dessert Everything else is provided It is suggested that you also bring a flashlight. There is no power inside the church or should I say no electricity. The Power of the Holy Spirit is very present inside the church! PLEASE SIGN UP A sign up sheet is located on the bulletin board in the hallway. We must have a rough estimate on the number of people attending in order to supply meat, bread, drinks, etc. TRANSPORTATION Please indicate on the sign up sheet if you would like to have transportation or if you are interested in helping to provide transportation to others. Union, West Virginia Heritage Landmark of The United Methodist Church Rehoboth Church and Museum is rich in the history of the early Methodist Church. Bishop Francis Asbury's journal indicates he conducted three conferences at Rehoboth Church (1792, 1793, 1796). He preached in the church in 1790 and 1797, as well. We will learn some of the history of early Methodism, visit the museum and celebrate communion using Bishop Asbury s table. The picnic will be at the shelter on the grounds of Rehoboth. 5

6 Directions from Perry Memorial to Rehoboth Church & Museum 1 h 20 min (52.0 mi) via WV-122 E and WV-3 E Perry Memorial United Methodist Head north on Perry Ln toward Livingston St 59 ft Turn left onto Livingston St 453 ft Turn left onto Ritter Dr 0.3 mi Turn left onto WV-3 E/Hinton Rd Continue to follow WV-3 E 4.5 mi Turn right onto WV-20 S/WV-3 E 1.0 mi Turn left onto WV-3 E 0.2 mi Turn right onto WV-3 E/Greenbrier Dr Continue to follow WV-3 E 5.3 mi Continue straight onto WV-12 S 6.6 mi Slight left onto WV-122 E 13.4 mi Turn left onto US-219 N 8.5 mi Turn right onto WV-3 E/North St Continue to follow WV-3 E 2.0 mi Turn left onto Rehoboth Church Rd 0.1 mi Rehoboth Church and Museum, Rehoboth Church Rd, Union, WV

7 God Winks A few weeks ago, Pastor Scott sent me a text message asking if I would be willing to prepare a children s message using the story of Jairus (Mark 5). As a young girl, Jairus and his daughter was my favorite story to read from my family s Children s Bible Story book. I remember reading this story over and over and over again. I immediately replied that I would love to relay this story to the children. Jairus daughter was near death when he heard that Jesus was coming to his town. Jairus left his daughter s side for a chance to ask Jesus to heal his daughter. But the crowd was so large that before Jesus was able to make his way to Jairus house, word came to them that his daughter had died and there was no need to bother Jesus any longer. But Jesus continued on his way and told Jairus to have faith. When they arrived at the house Jesus told them that the girl was only sleeping. Then, Jesus raised her from the dead! I dearly loved this story possibly because death of a child struck my family when my six-year-old sister, Melanie, was killed in a tragic accident on May 20, I was only three years old and I don t remember Melanie, which saddens me. All I have are the stories of her short life on earth told to me through the years and an experience I had when my daughter, Megan, was a baby. Megan had curly hair much like Melanie s. One day as I held her close and rocked her, those curls so close to my face, triggered a memory. It was very vivid and much like a flashback scene in a movie. Even though it was gone in a flash, it prompted me to call my mom and ask her if Melanie ever rocked me when I was a baby. Mom told me that Melanie loved to hold and rock me. She would sit in a child-sized rocker and mom would securely wrap a scarf around both of us preventing me from slipping out of Melanie s arms and there we rocked. A bond between sisters formed in a rocking chair unfortunately came to a tragic end way too soon. All these memories came flooding back when Scott s text message came. As I thought about how I was going to tell the story of Jairus to the children that Sunday morning I pondered the thought, Why was this story so important to me growing up? Perhaps I questioned why Jesus healed Jairus daughter but didn t heal Melanie. Perhaps I felt closeness to Jairus, he not wanting to let go of his daughter, and I longing to have known Melanie. Perhaps it was the fairy tale ending that left a feeling of hope in my heart. I don t have a definitive answer to that question. What I do have is an understanding that bad things happen to good people even the goodness of Jesus did not prevent bad things from happening to him. I understand that God also knows the heartache of suffering the death of a loved one. I understand that through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus we are promised life eternal. I do have faith in God and I receive God wink moments to help keep my faith strong. God winked at me through Scott the day he asked me to bring the message of Jairus to the children. God winked at me through Megan the day I recalled my sisterly bond with Melanie. I love God wink moments. It is my hope and prayer that each one of us be keenly aware of the moments when God winks at us and also open to the opportunities when God chooses us to be the vessel to deliver a wink to others. Love, blessings, and God winks to you, Mitzi Richmond 7

8 Good Sam Update July has been a quiet month. Three families received food boxes and one family was given hygiene products. Thank You to the United Methodist Women for supplying food and filling boxes for this community outreach ministry. I also say Thank You to everyone who brings in food during Bringing in Harvest Sundays and also to everyone who generously donates to Good Sam allowing us to purchase perishable items to add to the food box. Below is a list of food items we put in food boxes if you would like to make donations during Bringing in the Harvest Sundays: Cereal Pancake Mix (just add water recipe) & syrup Instant Oatmeal packets Canned ham, tuna, chicken Chicken rice Cans of veggies and fruit Spaghetti and spaghetti sauce Mac and cheese Canned pasta Soup Saltine Crackers 10 oz. Peanut butter Beans Cornbread Mix Jelly Shelf Milk Drink Mixes: Tang, Kool-Aide or Country Time Lemonade Boxes of Tuna Helper Boxes of Pop Tarts Little container of Parmesan Cheese We have the list of food items on the bulletin board. Thank you again for all your help with this Ministry! Kim Cummings Perry Packers It's August already! Where did summer go? Our food items for August will be: 10 oz. Peanut Butter Shelf Milk Any help with this is greatly appreciated. I will find out after school starts how many students we will feed and we will start packing in September. If you bring in food, we will assume it is for backpacks unless it is labeled, so please label as we do not want to take from other ministries. Fresh ideas are welcome as well as new faces in our backpack ministry. Please let me know if you have questions, I will do my best to answer them. Thanks again for all the love and support. Love and Prayers, God Bless!! Deanna Hall drhalla4562@gmail.com Shepherds Table Hygiene Kits Shepherd s Table will be giving out hygiene kit s in September. Items we need: Shampoo Razors Deodorant Toothpaste Thank you for your support of this ministry. Susie Dotson 8

9 Pathfinder update July has come and gone! In July a few us from the youth group were able to attend Rally on the Mountain at Winterplace Ski Resort. Rally was made by youth, for youth and ran by youth. Leah, Noah, Raven, Bree, Allison Mabry and I had not done this before so we really had no idea what to expect. It was a four day event. The theme of the 2018 Rally on the Mountain was Challenge. The youth was challenged to step out of their comfort zone and get to know other youth from all over WV. They were challenged to learn to pray, pray out loud, get to know the Lord more and learn who they are in Christ. Our four Perry Youth were separated the very first night. The look on their faces were priceless. As they were called into their groups Allison and I would tell them they will be fine. Not only did they have to go into their groups the adult leaders that brought the youth had go into a group to pray with each other. So then I realized that this was not only a challenge for the youth it was for us adults too. Friday and Saturday were full days of Worship, Encounter Groups, Service project at New Vision Depot and Fun Activities (Talent Show & Messy Olympics). In their encounter groups they were to learn about prayer and pray with each other. Everything they did was mostly in their Encounter Groups. The adult leaders were not to interrupt them and had to stay far away. So Allison and I sat and talked to other adult leaders. Trying to keep ourselves busy and not too adulty. We were told by the youth that the adult leaders were not to hover over them and let them be. So that was somewhat of a challenge for us adults, but I think we did pretty well. Our Perry youth had their times where they would come up to Allison and I worried about the other youth. We told them there was no need to worry because the Lord does not give us a spirit of worry. That He is with them and loves them. This experience was a great one for them! As I watched our youth interact with the other youth and then when they came back together I was amazed. All the youth at Rally worked together wonderfully and was there supporting each other. They grew close in such a short time. 9 God was all over this Rally. He gave the youth that were giving the sermons so much knowledge. It was awesome to listen to 15 to 18 year olds sharing God s love to the rest of us. They sounded like men and women that had been doing sermons for years. It brought back memories of my first experience with God and the young people I was around. They were on fire for the Lord and excited to spread the Good News to everyone they could!! It was a great experience and I am so proud of our youth. Yes, I worry sometimes about how many youth are at youth group on Wednesday nights and worry about our youth s Spiritual life. God has given me hope and faith. I love our youth and I want the very best for them. As their Youth Leader I want to give them every opportunity to experience God and for them to know that they are not to young too be a Disciple of God. One of my favorite Scripture passages: Don t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 Now August will be busy but fun also. We will possibly go to Grandview for Willy Wonka Jr. drama on August 1 st and go to the Mercy Me concert at the State Fair on August 11 th. Then we will start school and lessons again!! We will be getting ready for our next fundraiser, Kids Classic Parade on September 9 th. We will need help with pepperoni rolls, candy and possibly fruit and veggies. More info on that coming these next few weeks. We are excited and ready for a fun fall and winter. Thank you again for all your love and support! We have an awesome church family that we love! Love and Blessings, Perry Pathfinders & Kim Cummings

10 Our Faithfulness in Giving July 1, 2018 Pledges & Tithes $3, Good Sam $ Shepherds Table $ Health & Wellness $50.00 Total $4, July 8, 2018 Pledges & Tithes $1, Apportionment $1, Good Sam $25.00 Prosperity $ Shepherd s Table $ Day of Hope $ Total $4, July 15, 2018 Pledges & Tithes $2, Good Sam $20.00 Shepherds Table $ Backpack Ministry $50.00 Total $2, July 22, 2018 Pledges & Tithes $2, Good Sam $20.00 Total $2, Our Faithfulness in Attendance July 1 Sunday School 10 Worship Service 54 Study Group 6 Online 2 July 8 Sunday School 7 Worship Service 65 Study Group 9 Online 6 July 16 Sunday School 13 Worship Service 60 Group Study 7 July 22 Sunday School 8 Worship Service 58 Group Study 7 Birthdays Annette Presley Gabrielle Cummings Jacob Williams Susan Winston Joseph Williams Jeannie Elliott Tana Tiller Tammy Caponiti John C. Caponiti Wayne Richmond Anniversaries Jim & Jewell Whitmer Eugene & Marge Holland Rick and Amy Crawford

11 Sunday Services 9:30a Adult Sunday School 9:45a Children Sunday School 10:30a Meet & Greet Hospitality 10:45a Family Worship Service 4:00p Group Study 1 12:00p Wellness Raleigh General 6:00p Pathfinders/Cubs 2 7:30a Health & Wellness Shady High School 3 4 8:00a Men s Breakfast 6:30p Choir Rehearsal Bringing in the Harvest 6:00p Worship Committee Meeting 6:00p Cub Scout Committee Meeting 6:30p LMI 6:30p Scouts 7:30a Health & Wellness Shady High School 5:30p ALF Meeting 6:00p Pathfinders/Cubs 6:30p UMW 7:30a Health & Wellness Shady High School 6:00p Ruritan Rummage Sale Set-up 7:30a Ruritan Rummage Sale 9:30a Health & Wellness Mtg 2:00p BINGO 6:30p Choir :30a Worship service at Perry 11:30a Rehoboth Church Service & Perry s Church Picnic 6:00p Shepherd s Table Meeting 6:30p Revival Class 7:30a Health & Wellness Shady High School 6:30p Scouts NO Pathfinders/ Cubs 6:30p Choir Rehearsal 1:00p Perry Luncheon at Black Knight Country Club Carpool leaving Perry at 12:30 7:00p Beckley Day of Hope Rally Beckley Day of Hope 6:30p Revival Class :30p Administrative Council Meeting 6:00p Ruritan Meeting 6:30p Revival Class 10:30a Nominations & Leadership Committee Meeting 6:30p Scouts 6:00p Pathfinders/Cubs 6:30p Choir Rehearsal 6:30p Revival Class 1:00p Feed the Team 6:00p Shepherd s Table Setup 11a-2p Shepherd s Table Meal :30p Sermon on the Mount Grandview Christian Picnic 6:30p Revival Class 6:30p Scout Roundup 6:00p Pathfinders/Cubs 6:30p Revival Class 6:30p Choir Rehearsal 11

12 Serving Community in Christ s Love Perry Memorial UMC PO Box 1264 Shady Spring, WV Physical Address: 202 Livingston Street Shady Spring, WV