Royersford United Methodist Church

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1 Royersford United Methodist Church 380 Church St., Royersford, PA Web: Church Office: Pastor: UNITED METHODIST VANE February 2019 Our Vision Statement Energizing Our Ministries And Making Disciples Of Jesus Christ. RUMC Children s Sunday School Christmas Presentation The Good News Flash Deadlines Bulletin: Every Wed. at Noon March Newsletter: Feb. 7, 2019 The Upper Room Look for the latest editions of regular and large print on the side table in the Sanctuary. Weather-Related Closings For information concerning Sunday morning worship service cancellations due to weather, please call the church office and listen to the recording or check your .

2 FEBRUARY 2019 UNITED METHODIST VANE PAGE 2 FEBRUARY DAILY BIBLE READINGS 1 A new teaching Mark 1: Good news! God reigns! Isa. 52: th Sunday after the Epiphany Job 38:4-7 4 Keep these words Deut. 6:4-9 5 Have you not heard? Isa. 40: The Lord lifts up Ps. 147:1-11,20c 7 All things to all men 1 Cor. 9: Jesus heals Mark 1: Our soul waits Ps. 33: th Sunday after the Epiphany Prov. 13:12 11 The Lord is my portion Lam. 3: Trusting the promise 2 Kings 5: Be Thou My Helper Ps Run to win 1 Cor. 9: Jesus makes clean a leper Mark 1: Mercy, not sacrifice Matt. 9; th Sunday after the Epiphany Ezek. 18: Learn to do good Isa. 1: A prophet s mantle passes 2 Kings 2: God summons the earth Ps. 50: Let light shine out of darkness 2 Cor. 4: Jesus is transfigured Mark 9: His face was shining Exod. 34: th Sunday after the Epiphany Col. 1: Guard against hypocrisy Matt. 6:1-6, God s everlasting covenant Gen. 9: Lead me in your truth Ps. 25: Made alive in the spirit 1 Pet. 3:18-22 RUMC Community Dinner February 14, 2019 Please see the sign-up sheet on the Chapel table for more details. We are also asking for a few people to come earlier in the afternoon to help with the food preparations and set-up. Thanks again for all the help and support in this outreach and mission! Willa February Birthdays 2 - Al Jones Matthew Pantelich 3 - Carole Adams 4 - Alex Cushman 8 - Luke Cirullo Joyce Edleman Jason Jefferson Brice Carrigan Anniversaries 10 - Brigitte Smith 11 - Barbara Rantz 12 - Alexa Cullum 13 - Melinda Fink 20 - Amy Donovan 25 - Elaine Kurtz Verna Lawson 26 - Janice Jackowski 14th Linda and Bob Boness 28th Jane and Charles Rantz Special Music: There is a sign-up sheet in the choir room for special music. Please be generous with your talents! Thank you. Shut-Ins to Remember Joan Bender C/O Barbara Van Walleghen 66-1 Azalea Way Reading, PA Helen Christman 774 Church Street Royersford, PA Greeters: Volunteers 3 Robin Chang and Cindy Skrocki 10 Laurie Higgins and Scott Johnson 17 Joy Cullum and Dave DeHart 24 Carol Sorber and JoAnn Waddell Acolyte: Kylie Jefferson Ushers: Bruce Burns Dave Barnhart Christel Smith Ja-Nica Smith Flower Delivery: Polly Steeb In Sympathy Our love and prayers go out to the family of Carl Lawson who passed away on January 30, Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life.

3 PAGE 3 UNITED METHODIST VANE FEBRUARY 2019 Parish Health Ministries Notes Fraud/Scam Alert Below is an which originated from the Social Security Administration Office and it was confirmed. Please be very careful with any phone message or that you receive, and please do not open any links on these types of s. Go directly to the Social Security website (or other OFFICIAL) site to contact an agency or organization. We have become aware of reports of fraudulent telephone calls from individuals claiming to represent the Social Security Administration (SSA). In them, unknown callers are using threatening language to warn unknowing victims that they will be arrested or face other legal action if they fail to call a provided phone number or press the number indicated in the message to address the issue. In some instances, these unknown callers switch tactics and communicate that they want to help an individual with activating a suspended Social Security number. Such calls are a scam, and are not coming from official SSA representatives. We encourage you to inform your members and extended networks not to engage with such callers, and to report any suspicious calls to Social Security s Office of the Inspector General by calling or submitting a report on the OIG website. We also urge you to read and share our Social Security Matters blog, which provides more information on the nature of these fraudulent calls, as well as instructions on how to report such activity. Social Security is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the people we serve. We appreciate your help in spreading the word about this important topic. Sincerely, Matthew Baxter Public Affairs Specialist Social Security Administration (T) ext. Valentine s Day Dinner Sunday February 10, 2019 Once again, the youth will be serving all couples in attendance at the annual Youth Valentine s Day Dinner on February 10. The menu includes salad, lasagna, bread, fruit cup, drink and dessert. There will be 2 seatings: 5:15 and 5:45 P.M. Sign-up sheets will be on the table in the Chapel. The cost is $20 per couple, and for those of you who have little ones, free babysitting will be provided. Your participation and generosity will help fund the youth group and their activities. Thank you very much. Any questions, please contact Sandi Barron. Youth: Please plan on arriving to help at 4:30 P.M. Parents: Please let me know if you are able to donate a lasagna or any other item (bread, salad item, fruit salad). Thank you! And parents, sign up in Chapel!

4 FEBRUARY 2019 UNITED METHODIST VANE PAGE 4 Happy New Year to the RUMC Family and Friends! I would just like to say THANK YOU for your generosity with our mission projects and programs in You have gone above and beyond with donations to the Food Pantry at Project Outreach, school supplies, UNICEF, UMCOR Cleaning Buckets, socks and toiletry items, toys for Methodist Home, Christmas Angels, coats and winter clothing, Community Dinner, and much more. We may not know the recipients of these items, but I am sure they are much appreciated. Thank you again for your generosity. Willa 50 buckets to UMCOR $ to UNICEF (+ matching donation) 6 families for Christmas Angels Hundreds of food items Many book bags and school supplies basket of socks basket of toiletry items 120+ items of winter clothing desserts, beverages, salads for Community Dinner monetary donations Thank You: Carl Lawson (and Verna) would like to thank our RUMC family for the many cards; the carolers and carols; the cookies; the flowers; the Advent Wreath; the UMW gift bag; the pastoral visits and phone calls, and messages of goodwill that were received has been a challenging year: there were times when we wondered if Carl would have been able to make it to 2019, but he did. We know that your individual and combined prayers made it possible and so, we were able to celebrate our 54th wedding anniversary on January 2. Thank you all very much. We wish you and your families a Happy and Holy May God bless you all. From Arlene Swavely: To the Kind people of the RUM Church Thank you so much for stopping by to sing carols. I enjoyed my favorite songs. The cookies were a treat since I don t bake and to think people took time from their busy schedule to sign such nice Christmas cards was greatly appreciated. Happy New Year!!! Dear Church Family: Though we are still learning spoken English, allow us to express our heartfelt thanks in writing. Our family went through a lot this past 2018 yet we have received so much help and love from you and other brothers and sisters during this difficult time. Thank you for your prayers when I was in the midst of my difficulties. Thank you for the warm clothes. Thank you for helping us start a new life. We are loved fully because we are in Him. We used to be foolish thinking that we could achieve anything with our own efforts, that studying hard for a good school, working hard for a good life and finishing a PhD had the greatest value. We thought everything was to be done our way. Yes, they are good, but we missed the most important thing: we should rely on God, not on ourselves. Therefore God smites us with what we are so proud of. A PhD degree could not do anything and we had to start all over again. Everyone turned their backs on us, even old friends because of their fears or other reasons. We drifted in another country and we didn't know where the future is. Everything is out of our way -- the end of man, the beginning of God. Weakness helps us to depend on God. We read the Bible every day and we have learned to rely on God and not on ourselves. It has increased our faith in God. When we begin to obey, God will begin to bless us. In retrospect, we couldn t have escaped without God s grace. Thanks be to God! Through experience, we know that God is truly faithful and merciful. He does things in His time and His grace is always sufficient. Thanks be to God! And thank you all! In Christian love, Yoke and Annie

5 PAGE 5 UNITED METHODIST VANE Attention Envelope Holders Please use your envelopes when making contributions for various church activities. If you find you forgot to use an envelope, remember your envelope number and write it on the memo line found on most personal checks. The envelope number is utilized to capture all your contributions for personal income tax deductions and should be used for itemizing contributions. If you do not have envelopes, please contact the Church Office. Thank you. Mondays at RUMC 11:30 A.M. - 1 P.M. All are welcome! Sandwiches courtesy of Wawa with sides and beverages included CANCELLATION INFORMATION FEBRU- Carry Out Hope will not operate if the Spring Ford Area School District is closed due to severe weather. You may check on line by going to an area school website to see if an announcement has been posted on the home page of a school or on the district home site. You may also check with any of the below radio/television stations: YW-TV Philadelphia (CBS - Comcast 3) - WPVI Philadelphia (ABC - Comcast 6) - WCAU Philadelphia (NBC - Comcast 10) - WTXF Philadelphia (Fox - Comcast 9) - WFMZ Allentown (Ind - Comcast 15) - HOUSING NEEDED: Professional female / single parent with teenage daughter looking for a 2 BR / 1 BA apartment or house in the Spring- Ford High school district. Would consider a 1 BR and 1 Den / 1 BA or 1 large BR / 1 BA. Mom would also consider sharing a house, she is very handy and mechanically inclined. Price less than 1, month & would need to include most utilities. Mom has FT employment and works M-F usually 7:00 am 4:00 pm. Please contact Lorie at Lorie wildflowers2@live.com or Pastor Deb Timmins at pastordebtimmins@gmail.com I have met Lori and she would be a great home sharer for someone older who is having problems keeping up with housing cost. God knows there is a place for her. Hope someone can be blessed by her situation. Meda Maron DECEMBER AND JANUARY ATTENDANCE 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/24 12/30 Christmas Eve Sunday School Worship /6 1/13 1/20 1/27 Sunday School Worship

6 FEBRUARY 2019 UNITED METHODIST VANE PAGE 6 United Methodist Women February 11, 2019 The next United Methodist Women meeting will be held on February 11, Watch the bulletin for details. Address Update Joan Bender s new address is as follows: Joan Bender C/O Barbara Van Walleghen 66-1 Azalea Way Reading, PA Come sample the favorite chili recipes of our RUMC cooks and vote for your favorite! The Sunday School Council is holding a chili cook-off on February 24, following the worship service. Please join us and help support our Children s Sunday School and Vacation Bible School programs. The congregation will have a chance to try all the chili and then cast their vote! Not into chili? Come for lunch and enjoy soup, hot dogs, chips, salad, desserts, and beverages. There will be a donation basket and all contributions collected will help provide funds for VBS! Congratulations to Lisa and Greg Siu on the birth of Danica Renee Siu, born on December 17, Danica is the granddaughter of Robin Swartzentruber, and great-granddaughter of Glenda Hanson.

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