Faith In Action. July 2016 PASTOR JOY S NOTES INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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1 Faith United Methodist Church 1616 Blue Avenue Zanesville, Ohio July 2016 Faith In Action PASTOR JOY S NOTES Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, our District held an event for clergy about keeping Sabbath rest. Perhaps you are like some of my friends who tease me that I only work two hours a week! But the reality is that many clergy struggle to find Sabbath time. By Sabbath time, we do not mean free time or time to catch up on our to do list. Sabbath is time set aside for being with God and feeding ones soul. Eugene Peterson (writer of The Message) says, Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing. Some days, life comes at us fast. When it doesn t, many of us keep ourselves moving at a quick pace anyway, filling free time with hobbies or sports and the noise of radio or TV, making it more than a little challenging to hear anything God might be trying to communicate. We need to regularly hit the pause button on our lives: to take quiet time away from the rush of daily living and our to do lists, and focus on being with and even listening to God. When we don t do this, we can lose track of where God is and what God is doing. As Wayne Muller says, Like a path through the forest, Sabbath creates a marker for ourselves so, if we are lost, we can find our way back to our center. When God is not kept at the center of our live, everything begins to get out of balance. We can lose track of what is truly important and struggle to find where God is leading. Many take comfort in the words of Jesus: Come to me all who are weary and carrying a heavy load, and I will give you rest. It is easy to listen to the news or hear the struggles of our family and friends and become INSIDE THIS ISSUE Servant Schedule... 2 Thank You... 2 Summer Flyer... 3 Missions... 4 UMW Picnic Info... 4 Web-site... 5 UM Women....5 July Calendar...6 Christmas in July.. 7 Prayer List...8 Funeral Dinners...8 Trustees...9

2 SERVANT SCHEDULE July 3 Heather DeGarmo, Chris DeGarmo, Barb Tignor, Jim Tignor Liturgist: Barb Tignor July 10 Cindy Howard, Nick Howard, Pat Tolle, Floyd Tolle Liturgist: Mark Crawmer July 17 Vicky Wolfe, Don Wolfe, Marsha Kelly, Beth Dougherty Liturgist: Barb Wolfe July 24 Roberta Covert, Donnie Covert, Jeri Schreiber, Randy Schreiber Liturgist: Marsha Kelly July 31 Thea Crawmer, Mark Crawmer, Susie Dunlap and Vickie Finlay Liturgist: Jim Tignor July 3 Communion Stewards: Nick & Cindy Howard, Pat & Floyd Tolle Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1 READER S SCHEDULE July 3 Barb Tignor July 10 Mark Crawmer July 17 Barb Wolfe July 24 Marsha Kelly July 31 Jim Tignor THANK YOU! Thank you from the UMW We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations of food during our UMW food drive in June. We are using the food to create delicious meals for the residents of the homeless shelter. Thanks also to those of you who donated money to buy the rest of the food needed to complete the meals. Our mission project will continue through July, August and September. We will still happily accept food items/and or monetary donations. See Barb Wolfe or Larisa Harper for details. Thank you! 2

3 Drive In Movies at Faith UMC 1616 blue avenue Summer 2016 Free Hot Dogs, popcorn, & sno-cones start at 8:30pm Saturday, July 30 th Do you believe? Ice cream social & car show Saturday, Aug 27 th NEWSLETTER DEADLINE The deadline for submissions to the August newsletter is coming! Do you have an event or something that you would like to share, please do so. THIS IS THE TIME TO TALK UP YOUR SUMMER EVENTS AND PROGRAMS! All submissions should be sent as separate attachments, ideally in Word format. Please send images as separate jpg attachments (do not embed them in your text files). submissions to August newsletter and be sure to put for August newsletter or the equivalent in your subject field. We look forward to receiving your submissions! JULY 20 DEADLINE 3

4 MISSIONS As we are fed, so we reach out to feed others We continue our challenge to collect items for the food pantry at Eastside Community Ministries. We will be collecting jars of Peanut Butter or cans of Tuna (your choice) on Sunday, July 3. We remember that as Christ feeds us at the Holy Communion Table, so we reach out to feed those in need in our community. Well done, good and faithful servants! Keep it coming! 4 UMW SUMMER PICNIC Catch the Son Shine The Faith United Methodist Women s summer luncheon will be held on Saturday, July 16th at 12:00 noon in the fellowship hall. Our mission theme is Spiritual Growth. Our program will focus on the Bible passages John 3:16-21, John 8:12 - Jesus is the Light. All ladies of the church are invited. Lunch will be served and the cost is $5.00. We will be having turkey wraps, salad and broccolicheese soup. Sweet and unsweet tea, water and coffee will be served. Please join as we enjoy fellowship, good food and even make a beachy sun catcher to take home. Reservations are due to Roberta Covert by Sunday, July 10th. We need volunteers for the nursery during worship on the 4th Sunday of the month. This ministry would begin as soon as possible. For more information or to sign up, please contact Barb Wolfe.

5 FAITH UMC WEBSITE We are continually updating our web-site for Faith UMC. Want to know what is happening in the church, the calendar is available. Did you miss last week s bulletin, it on there! Not sure when your favorite meeting is taking place, it s on there! We have updated the look and added several new pages. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact the church office. You can see us at: fumcz.com Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. Samuel M. Shoemaker UNITED METHODIST WOMEN IN ACTION EVENTIDE CIRCLE Eventide will be taking a short vacation during the month of July! The August 4th meeting has been moved to the church social hall at 12:00 Noon. See you in August! NEW HOPE CIRCLE The ladies of New Hope Circle will meet on Sunday, July 10 at 6:30 PM at the Faith UMC with Barb Wolfe serving as hostess. BOOK CLUB Please join us for the next book club meeting We are ready for our third book selection for the UMW book club. The book will be Sum It Up, by Pat Summit. You are welcome to join in on the discussion of any of the books at any time. our next gettogether will be July 25 at 6:30 PM in the lounge. 5

6 July 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 10 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 6:30 PM New Hope 17 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 24 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship 31 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship :00 PM UMW Supper Bake :00 Noon UMW Summer Picnic :30 PM UMW Book Club 9:00 AM Playground Clean-up Drive-in Movie 6

7 CHRISTMAS IN JULY Once again, the New Hope Circle is sponsoring Christmas in July at Faith United Methodist Church. Every year the congregation has been very generous with collecting coins and loose change for our small Christmas boxes. We hope you will be cheerful givers* again this year. The money raised will go to the Salvation Army Christmas food baskets. As we did last year, we will be giving the money collected directly to the Salvation Army (instead of buying the food ourselves). The Salvation Army has the ability to purchase the most needed food from the Food Bank. This is more cost effective in terms of purchasing at a price that will serve more families in need. So start saving your coins! Thank you in advance for helping with this UMW mission project. *If you would like this donation to be reflected on your Giving Statement, please sign the label on your little box. Didn t get a little box? See a member of the New Hope Circle. CHICKEN DINNER Thea Crawmer has tickets for the Zanesville Concert Band fund raiser. Zanesville High School Athletic Boosters will be cooking a Chicken Dinner at the fairgrounds on July 24 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Cost: $9.00 each 7

8 PRAYER LIST Prayer and Praise: Give praises for your blessings, your family, home, friends, job, the Community. Prayer and Praise: Give praises for your blessings, your family, home, friends, job, the Community. Please pray for: Faith UMC, Ben Welker, Shawn McNally, Carole Sayre, Ellen Kelton, Rita Blancett, Debbie Paul, Nancy Williams, Don Barnes, Doug Adams, Alice Goyne, Jim Paul, Kevin Williams, Roger Brosie, Jay Jennings, Don West, Norma Coyle, Jeannine Cady, Freda Adams, Pam Thomas, Henrietta Hurst, Logan Wolford, Joyce Stimpert, Art Herron, Todd Sands, Erin Watts, Dorothy Walcutt, the homeless, abused, sick, imprisoned, those who have not yet accepted Christ and those who only minimally follow the teachings of Christ. Medical Faith shut-ins: Kathleen McCutcheon, Frances Johnson, and Jean Buckley. Pray for your church, your pastor and your church leaders. 8 PASTOR JOY CONTINUED... Continued from page 1 weary. At times, it is enough to merely bare our own life challenges. We need one who can help us with that load and we need to take that solace regularly. In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, [God] will give us rest. All [God] asks is that we come and spend a while thinking about Him, meditating on Him, talking to Him, listening in silence, occupying ourselves with Him totally and thoroughly lost in the hiding place of His presence. (Chuck Swindoll) We find ourselves in mid-summer, a season that is supposed to be a little less tedious with a less stressful rhythm that that of fall or spring. Are you taking the much needed time away? Not just mental health time, but time to nourish your soul through the presence of the Holy Spirit? Perhaps you would be interested in joining me in August for a four-week class about the Sabbath and being intentional about spending that time with God? We would consider the same material our District utilized, 24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life, by Matthew Sleeth. I ve not finalized dates and time for the class and would be interested in knowing if you are interested in attending. Until then, please join me in contemplating what is Sabbath time or soul nurturing for you and when you make that time in your schedule. It s so good to be home and to know this is home for another year! I hope to see you Sunday! Yours in Christ, Joy God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine FUNERAL DINNER MINISTRY Would you be willing to volunteer your time and cooking talents for funeral dinners if the need arises? For more information contact Barb Tignor or Marsha Kelly!

9 NOTE FROM THE TRUSTEES The trustees have been looking into having the parking lots patched, cracks filled in, and lots resurfaced with the goal of having them taken care of this spring or summer. We have been taking bids and they are over $10,000 higher than previous estimates. Neff Paving: 3 Lot Total Range $14,761 - $21, Williams Paving Inc.: 3 Lot Total Range $19,915 - $59,935 Main Parking Lot Option 1 $49, Mill existing asphalt, clean & prep for new asphalt, apply tack coat, install & compact 2 inches of #448-1 asphalt top coat, and layout & strip parking lines Option 2 $ 9, Clean & fill cracks ½ wide or larger with hot applied rubberized crack filler, clean surface, apply 2 coats of asphalt sealer, & restripe existing parking lines. The lowest bid is $14,761 and the highest is $ Current balance in the parking lot fund is $5,130 as of 4/19/16. With this in mind, the trustees have decided to patch the parking lot the best we can and hold off on resurfacing for at least another year. We will continue to search for lower bids. A copy of the proposals will be posted on the bulletin board. Prayer: Thank you, O God, for the Marthas and Marys of the world. Thank you for blessing me with strengths and abilities that are uniquely mine. May they be used for your glory. Amen 9

10 FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH What to expect If you are new, don t panic. Sit back, relax and enjoy a cup of coffee. We re excited you re here! Worship is our gift to God. It s okay to sing loud, whisper, laugh, cry, dance, clap or bow and kneel. You are welcomed and loved. Whatever your circumstances single, single again, married, with or without children and no matter where you ve been or what you ve done, you matter to God and to us. Find us on Facebook search for Faith UMC FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1616 Blue Avenue Zanesville, Ohio PLEASE PLACE STAMP HERE Phone: fumcza@gmail.com Website: fumcz.com