Christian Link. Just around the corner... Pastor Bob. March From the Pastor...

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1 Frazeysburg United Methodist Church Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors. From the Pastor... Just around the corner... Well, we ve almost made it. Spring is almost here just around the corner as they say. It seems odd that we re already into March and I m still not used to writing the year 2017 on my checks. Ash Wednesday is March 1 st. I wasn t ready for that when I turned the page of the calendar. Wow! We re into Lenten season already. Lent is the season when we remember Jesus being tempted in the wilderness by Satan for 40 days. Many people give something up for 40 days; they fast from something. Some people eat no meat during lent. Others refrain from consuming alcohol and still others don t watch their favorite T.V. show during lent. I know a few who do not give something up, but rather add something to their Lenten Season. They may add additional prayer time, make additional offerings, do additional mission work or service to the church, whatever they are led to do. Whatever you decide to do, don t let the Lenten Season go by without making it special. Your own observance of Lent will make Resurrection Sunday (Easter) all the more meaningful. Lent is about penitence, (repentance, regret, contrition). It requires hard work in looking within ourselves. It s hard to do and easy to make excuses for not doing it. It takes a lot of honesty and courage to own up to whom we are and where we are in our walk with Christ. My prayers are for your successful work in this Lenten Season. Yours in Christ, Pastor Bob March 2017 Inside this issue: Scheduled to Serve Upcoming Events on Our Calendar Attendance & Offering Bulletin Board Thank You Page and Prayer Concerns Outreach Page: Dare to Care Family Life Missions 10 KICK and SOS Youth 11

2 Page 2 Christian Link SERMON TITLES, TEXT AND THOSE SCHEDULED TO SERVE March 5 th 1 st Sunday in Lent ~ Communion Sermon: Death in Adam, Life in Christ Scripture: Romans 5:12-19 (NIV) pg Scripture Reader: Barb Fletcher Greeters: The Steer Family Acolytes: Kayley Harper and Taylor Hunter Nursery: Any Volunteer s? Children's Church: No Children s Church Today Head Usher: Dave Cowden March 12 th 2 nd Sunday in Lent Sermon: Now what? Scripture: Psalm 121 (NIV) pg. 965 Scripture Reader: Scott Ford Greeters: The Milatovich Family Acolytes: Olivia Gardner and Bailey Gray Nursery: Debbie Miller Children s Church: Desiree Milatovich Head Usher: Bradie Milatovich March 19 th 3 rd Sunday in Lent Sermon: Love Those You Hate? Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48 (NIV) pg Scripture Reader: Mat Lewis Greeters: Bob and Linda Moran Acolytes: Seth Zeman and Jobin Harney Nursery: Amber Lewis Children s Church: Judy Richards Head Usher: Any Volunteer s? March 26 th Sermon: Scripture: Scripture Reader: Greeters: Acolytes: Nursery: Children s Church: Head Usher: 4th Sunday in Lent Spiritual Blindness John 9:35-41 (NIV) pg.1666 Randall Miller Greg and Kitty Shaffer Clay Steer and Braden Harney Any Volunteer s? Patty Steer Any Volunteer s? March Verse of the Month Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Lay Leader: Eric Wasson Videographers: The Zeman Family Projector: Braden Harney

3 Page 3 UPCOMING EVENTS ON OUR CHURCH CALENDAR Ash Wednesday Service Wednesday, March 1 st AT 7:00PM Sermon: Less is More Scripture: Matthew 6:16-21 Are you looking for some devotion materials for the Lenten Season? On the table in the Welcome Center you will find devotion material for the whole family! PPR Meeting Tuesday, March 7 th at 7:00 p.m. ((2017) Anita Adams, Michele Hunter, Nina Ludwig (2018) Marilyn Martin, Amber Zeman, Sandy Sees (2019)Carolyn Craig, Jobin Harney Council on Ministry Tuesday, March 7 th at 7:30 p.m. All committee chairs should attend these meetings and share your ideas. We need to work together. These include: Marlene Hare (Circle of Friendship), Linda Mesnard (Evangelism), Linda Moran (Family Life), Eric Wasson (Lay Leader), Venetia Morin (Missions),? (PPR), Judy King (Social Concerns), Todd Bickle (Stewardship), Judy Richards (Christian Education Coordinator & Sunday School Superintendent),? (Trustees),? (Worship), (Youth Leaders), Pastor Bob Mesnard Trustees Meeting Tuesday, March 14 th at 7:00 p.m. (2017) Stan Ludwig, John Norman Donn Steer (2018) Mike Cohagen, Jack Stokes, Bob Moran (2019) Bob Hare, Scott Ford Ad. Council Meeting Tuesday, March 14 th at 7:30 p.m. Members at large: Tracy Boyd, Carroll Bumpus, Carolyn Craig, Sandy Sees, Tom Tyson, Marlene Hare, Michelle Majoy, Marilyn Martin Evangelism Tuesday, March 21 st at 7:00 p.m. Members are: Connie Rine, Linda Mesnard, Sandy Sees, Heather Wilson and Debbie Work Mark Your Calendars for VBS! Sunday, June th from 6-8:30pm Stay tuned for more information, volunteer opportunities, supply needs and t-shirt orders!

4 Page 4 BULLETIN BOARD 2017 Flower Chart The cost of providing flowers is $ We ask that you pay for your flowers one week prior to the date you choose. Checks should be made payable to Joanne Bumpus or Barb Fletcher, our Flower Stewards. Saturday, March 4 th at 8am All Men are invited! Bring a friend! Roses for our New Babies: Please call the church office when a new baby has arrived. The church will pay for the rose if the parents are active church members or regular attendees. Grandparents can place a rose announcing the birth, but the cost is $4.00. Merry Widow s The Merry Widow s luncheon for March will be held on March 27th at 12 noon, at the home of Darlene Lentz. The group meets every 4 th Monday of the month. The March guest speaker Marcie Lentz. She will teach us how to program our IPhone. Wednesday, at 7:30pm Tuesday at 10:30am Join us as we pack the kids Food bags. Thursday s at 10am!

5 Page 5 Christian Link THANK YOU and PRAYER CONCERNS Thank you for your service Check out our bulletin board in the vestibule that has family members who are currently serving in the service. Please keep them and their families lifted up in prayer as they are serving our country. Vanessa Bates Brandon Davis Justin Laird Nathan Fair Kyle Lefever Mark Fitzgerald Cole Ford Adam Miller Mitchell Cowden Brad Cowden Frazeysburg U.M.-Heartbeats want to thank you for the generous donation of blankets! These blankets have blessed many babies and kept them warm! Thank you, Heartbeats Staff and Volunteers! Dear Church family ~ I want to thank you for your thoughts, prayers and cards. It was good to see all the signatures on the large 90 th birthday card. With the help of my family and friends you made my 90 th birthday very special. Thank you again for your kindness Ide Belle Ludwig Thank you for all the cards, prayers and well wishes following my knee surgery. Thanks to Pastor Bob for his visit at the hospital. I appreciated each and every kind thought. ~ Bob Hare Thank you for the basket of fruit and popcorn that I received for The Circle of Friendship. Thanks~ Carolyn Dickerson Thank you to Linda Moran for organizing the Valentine s Day dinner on February 11 th. Everyone who attended the dinner had such a great time enjoying the fellowship and all the fun games! Thank you! Congratulations! To Linda Moore and Gary White Sr. On your Engagement! We are very happy for you both! Dear Friends~ Thank you so much for your donation of hats, gloves, and scarves for The Salvation Army here in Zanesville this winter. While we haven t had as much snow as some other parts of the US, the temperatures have been especially harsh. The hats, gloves, and scarves are available to those living in the shelter, attending the soup kitchen each afternoon or while picking up monthly pantry items. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness in helping us reach out to those in need. Thank you and God bless ~ George Bates, Director Prayer Concerns please keep the following in your prayers Diane Ackerman, Marilyn Banks, Kim Border & Family, Laura Bussey, Greg & Jackie Chapin, Chris Fisher, Elise Ford and family, Janet Gower, Shirley Harper, Larney Lacy, Emily Levering, Sarah Ludinich, Ida Belle Ludwig, Judy Miller, Mona Miller, Darliss Mock, Charmaine Palkiewicz, The Priest Family, Al & Marge Rohner, Karen & Rick Shipley, Megan Shipley, Isabel Tyson, Mildred Willey, and Hazel Williams

6 Page 6 OUTREACH PAGE: DARE TO CARE, EVANGELISM Dare to Care Those who served in February were: Carolyn Craig, Barb Fletcher, Mary Hunter, Nina Ludwig, Marilyn Martin, Linda Mesnard, Beth Norman, Connie Rine, Sandy Sees and Patty Stokes Our Monthly report: 8 telephone calls 87 note cards to families 556 prayers 15 visits We need you! Don t forget our shut-ins or those in the hospitals. We would like all visitations recorded on the sheet posted outside the church office. Please write your visits down or put on a slip of paper listing who you visited and the date and give to Sandy Sees. March Evangelism Our Card Ministry is still in full swing. Please see the list below. If your last name begins with A-F, send your cards the first week, G- L send the second week, M-S send the third week, and T-Z send your cards the last week of the month. The cards this month are for: Victoria Cowden Centennial Court A ~KSU New Front/Centennial Desk 225 Midway Dr. Kent, OH Charlie Robison PO Box 142 Frazeysburg, OH 43822

7 Page 7 FAMILY LIFE Valentines Day Dinner On Saturday, February 11 th our annual Valentines Day dinner was held at the Virtues Golf Club 40 guest enjoyed a night of great food, games and best of all amazing fellowship! Thank you to our host and hostess, Bob and Linda Moran for the great evening! A wonderful time was had by all who attended!

8 Page 8 FAMILY LIFE Join us at Exercise Class!! Each Monday and Wednesday at 6:30pm! The first 30 minutes will be a chair exercise video and the second 30 minutes will be the biggest loser exercise video. We hope to see you there!

9 Page 9 MISSIONS SALVATION ARMY CLOTHING DRIVE In January, we held a clothing drive for the Salvation Army that ran through Sunday, January 29 th. We are very happy to report that Linda and Bob Moran took a very full carload amount to the Salvation Army! Thank you to all who participated in the clothing drive and to Linda Moran for the heading up this great Mission! CUT UP S INSTRUCTIONAL DAY The Cut Up s will be meeting in the Church basement on Thursday, March 2 at 10:30am for instruction in making name tag lanyards for Vacation Bible School. It is a pocket to put the child's name card in. This pocket has a strap attached which goes around the child's neck. Please bring your cutting mats, cutting rollers, scissors and sewing machines. If anyone wishes to just come and cut out the parts, this would also be appreciated. The materials will be ready to take home and work on. We will also be talking about a fund raising project for the Youth. These are easy and quick projects so please plan to attend and we'll give God all the Glory for getting this job accomplished. LENTEN MISSION On Sunday, March 5 th (the first Sunday of Lent) large bags will be available for a special Lenten Mission for the Salvation Army. If you are interested in participating, feel free to pick up a bag with instructions on the 5 th.

10 Page 10 Christian Link SOS YOUTH AND KICK Congratulations to the following SOS Youth and KICK kids for achieving all A s in the second grading period! Grade 2 Brenna Milatovich Grade 3 Parker Cowden Owen Harney AJ Lawler Gage Ridgley Grade 5 Zoey Zeman Grade 6 Landon Harney Grade 7 Lacey Carroll Hunter Smith Grade 9 Braden Harney Seth Zeman Grade 11 Jobin Harney On Saturday evening February 11 th, the SOS Youth Group held a fundraiser to help raise money for summer camp! 5 kids took part in the evening of fun, crafts and pizza and the youth raised $105 toward the camp fund.

11 The Christian Link Frazeysburg United Methodist Church 87 West Second Street Frazeysburg, OH CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday (9am-1pm) Phone: Web site: WORSHIP SERVICES 9:30 a.m. Sunday 10:45 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:45-11:45 a.m. This Newsletter was made especially for YOU MISSION STATEMENT Frazeysburg United Methodist Church: The Body of Christ worshiping, learning, serving and growing together. HERITAGE SUNDAY April 30, 2017 Mark your calendars today. We will be recognizing our newest 50-year members and also recognize all of our past 50-year members. We hope that all will be in attendance on this Sunday during the worship service and then we will go downstairs for a carry-in dinner at 11:30 a.m. We plan to take pictures following the worship service. Our new 50-year members will be Marilyn Martin, Bob Miller and Bob Moran. Past 50-year members are: Carol Cookie Barcus, Mike Bebout, Leslie Bebout, Bob Bickle, Joan Bickle, Greg Bickle, Carroll Bumpus, Joanne Bumpus, Mary Delancey, Joyce Fitzgerald, Marlene Hare, Dave Hood, Yvonne Hood, Rick Hunter, Judy King, Mona Miller, Darliss Mock, Charles Robison, Lila Lee Robison, Howard Slaughter, Hazel Williams, Donna Wise and Paulette Young.