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1 The Monthly Messenger A Note From The Pastor... If holidays can be said to be a color, for me, Thanksgiving is a brown holiday something other than the frenzied red of the secular Christmas, the holy white of Easter, the patriotic red, white and blue of July 4th or the garish black and orange of Halloween. Brown is a peaceful, earthly tone, suggestive of fallen leaves, dried corn stalks and landscapes at rest after the harvest. A peaceful color is appropriate for the day. Other than a trip to the grocery store, there is, thank goodness, no shopping season in preparation for Thanksgiving. There are no office parties, no tinsel and no obligatory gift exchanges. More than any other special day, Thanksgiving remains private and personal. And, as someone has said, no one is complaining that they have somehow taken the thanks out of Thanksgiving. No one has needed to make that complaint, for even the most hardened of us recognize that undeserved blessings come our way. Some who are less conversant with the vocabulary of the church might substitute good luck or opportunities for blessings, but the fact remains that the majority of us are aware that life graces us with gifts we ve done nothing to earn. Most of us absorbed the meaning of Thanksgiving Day as first-graders when we portrayed Pilgrims in construction paper hats or bonnets or friendly Indians in cardboard feathers we d color with crayons. We learned that the day was for offering thanks. Christians have an advantage at Dalton United Methodist Church NOVEMBER 2016 Thanksgiving because we know who to thank, Our faith provides a perspective that enables us to see that boons and bounty are not something owed to us, but gifts from a loving God. Christians understand that even in hard times when obvious blessings seem scarce, we are still abundantly graced with life itself a wonderful gift and with the abiding presence of God. As you offer thanks to God on that special day this month, may the brown peace of gratitude flood your soul. Thankfully, Peace,

2 PRAYER CONCERNS Sandy Amstutz (sister of Jane Koontz), Chris Barkman, (friend of Rose Ann Stark), Jim Cisar (brother of Tom Cisar), Vicki Cisar, Maggie Conrad, Dylan Domer, Dallas R. Falb, Patrick Fone, Sonya Gatrell, Judy Harbaugh, Rev. Dwight Hayes, Sheryl Heart (sister of Steve Yoder), Dale Imhoff (friend of Steve Yoder), Rich Kamph (friend of the Johnson s), Mary Loomis, Rev. Mike McHale, Don Meager, Brady Miller, Roy Parsons (friend of Steve Yoder), Marilyn Pittman (friend of Clarabel Kurzen), Lavonne Speicher (friend of the Loomis ), Ron Tongue (cancer patient), Brian Ziegler (friend of the Johnson s), Laurie Zifcak. (friend of Diane Fischnich), Our nursing home, assisted living, and homebound residents: Gloria Amstutz, Harold Douglas, George Hann, Lucy Indorf, Donna Schneider, Jerry Swihart, Kenny Walkup All Military personnel on active duty and their families. (Please advise the church office at (330) if any these names should no longer be listed or of any updates) THANK YOU Thanks and praises go out to all the youth and the organizers for Youth Sunday that the youth led and participated in. It was truly a joy to see them taking part in our Worship service October 23rd....to all the ladies who donated supplies and their time to make the vegetable soup on Saturday, October 15. We took soup to our shut-in members and sold some to the rest of our congregation. We took in $180 that will go to Missions. Canton Calvary Mission Collection Item For NOVEMBER is: Canned Vegetables ************************* Operation Christmas Child Collection Item for NOVEMBER is: $7 Shipping Donation ************************************** New Addition Callen Michael King Born Sunday ~Proud Parents: Eric & Lindsay ~Grandparents: Gene & Jane King CONGRATULATIONS! Sunday, November 6th Daylight Savings Time ends. (Turn Your Clocks Back) Page 2 The Monthly Messenger

3 ABOUT OUR MEMBERS... *************************************** IMPORTANT DATES Charge Conference in Sunday, November 20, at 2:00pm at Shreve UMC. November 8 Election Day Sunday, November 13 Thanksgiving Dinner following the morning Worship Service November 24 Thanksgiving Day November 29 UMW Thank Offering Program ******************************************* Think Christmas! Poinsettias may be ordered once again for our Christmas Season! Please place your order by using the sign-up sheet on the Church Office door. Also, please indicate if you would like for your poinsettia to be donated to a nursing home/shut-in. The order deadline is Sunday, November 27. They are $9.35 each. Colors are: Red, White, Pink, Jingle Bells and Marble Poinsettias will be placed in the sanctuary for the December 11th and 18th Sunday morning Worship Services, and may be picked up after the Christmas Eve Service, on Saturday, December 24. Thanks so much for making our sanctuary beautiful for Christmas! ~Diane Fischnich Worship Committee Our Deepest Sympathy.. To the families and friends of:...bob Heart (Steve Yoder s brother-in-law).don Shisler (friend of Carol Farriss)...Rhett Acker (Wayne Co farmer, accident victim) *************************************** COMMUNITY NOTES. The fourth Saturday of each month, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm., drop off your gently used clothing, computers, and household items at the Dalton Village Hall. For more information, call # x232 ************************************************* PLEASE REMEMBER!!! Elijah s Cupboard can always use non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army and that we continue to collect food labels for the Red Bird Mission. Thank you for your support!! (Please consider donating items today) ****************************** Issue 11 Page 3

4 MISSIONS NEWS Help us minister to those in need. Elijah s Cupboard can always use non-perishable food items for The Salvation Army. Please bring an item or two with you and place them in the good cupboard in the hallway. We also continue to collect labels for the Red Bird Mission. -Labels include "Campbell's Labels for Education", "General Mills Boxtops for Education"; and "Tyson Project A+ Labels for Education". A collection envelope for the labels is located on the bulletin board, in the narthex of the Church. Please consider donating today! -Canton Calvary Missions food collections for NOVEMBER is: Canned Vegetables this can be placed in the large basket in the narthex. Thank you for the continued support, ~ Missions Committee ******************************************************************************************** PRAYER ALERT Please pray for the WORLD SUMMIT IN DEFENSE OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS, on May 10-13, 2017, in Washington, D.C. All around the world today, Christians suffer at the hands of those who oppose the Name of Jesus Christ. Hundreds of Christian leaders, advocates, and victims of persecution from many countries will be invited to come together to address this scourge. Original plans were to hold the meeting in Moscow, but government changes there have caused this event to be moved to Washington, D.C. Pray for our brothers and sisters in the Lord who endure so much for their faith. Do you want more and more of God s kindness and peace? Then learn to know him better and better. For as you know him better, he will give you, through his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us! (2 Peter 1:2-3 TLB) Page 4 The Monthly Messenger

5 Operation Christmas Child Collection Item: $7 Shipping Donation NOVEMBER 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DALTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever. ~ Psalm 100: 4b - 5 CANTON CALVARY MISSION COLLECTION ITEM: Canned Vegetables Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :00 Bible St. 3:30 Joyful N. 6:30 Bell Choir 7:15 Praise Choir ALL SAINTS DAY PRAISE CHOIR Daylight Saving Time Ends 7 8 ELECTION DAY 9 10:00 Bible St. 3:30 Joyful N. 6:30 Bell Choir 7:00 Nominations 7:15 Praise Choir VETERAN S DAY PRAISE CHOIR THANKSGIVING DINNER :00 Bible St. 3:30 Joyful N. 6:30 Bell Choir 7:00 Finance 7:15 Praise Choir 7:30 Ad Council JOYFUL NOISE HANGING OF THE GREENS 2:00 Church Conference :00 Bible St. 3:30 Joyful N. 6:30 Bell Choir 7:15 Praise Choir 24 THANKSGIVING (Office Closed) 25 (Office Closed) FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT BELL CHOIR :00 pm. UMW THANK OFFERING PROGRAM 30 10:00 Bible St. 3:30 Joyful N. 6:30 Bell Choir 7:15 Praise Choir December 1 2 OPEN HOUSE LIVE NATIVITY 5:00-7:00 BELL CHOIR 6:30-7:00 3 UMW COOKIE WALK 9:00-2:00 DHS CHORALATION 7:30 pm BIRTHDAYS... 1 ~ Scott Heindl, Sarah Wyckoff 2 ~ Chad Wyckoff 5 ~ Jennifer Smale 6 ~ Mark Sexton 10 ~ Nina Schultz, Janis Weltlich 11 ~ Ellen Indorf, Collin Jones 12 ~ Abby Kipping, Scott Starling 14 ~ Jennifer Bradford 15 ~ Chad Detwiler, Jerry Koontz, Teresa Weisgarber 16 ~ Kiana Fone 19 ~ Jon Farren 20 ~ Harry Weibel 22 ~ Steve Yoder 27 - Sarah Wertz 29 ~ Lillian Smale ANNIVERSARIES... 3 ~ Dwight & Maxine Hayes 6 ~ Dave & Linda Sword 9 ~ Jeff & Barb Geib, Ted & Penny Renner 20 ~ Clarence & Marge Troyer 25 ~ Don & Beth Johnson Issue 11 Page 5

6 News from the United Methodist Women ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT 7:00 PM, JOANN WATSON IS GIVING THE THANK OFFERING PROGRAM AT THE CHURCH. I know Joann will have an inspiring program. Hope you will all be able to come and enjoy the evening. Also at this meeting we will finalize plans for the COOKIE WALK, BAKE SALE, AND LUNCHEON, WHICH WILL BE ON DECEMBER 3 FROM 9 AM TO 2 PM. Hope all the UMW are starting to bake cookies and goodies for the bake sale. We always need lots of cookies and if everyone could make at least 12 dozen it would make a tremendous cookie walk. Last year we tried the bake sale for the first time and we had a great success. The people who came to the cookie walk liked to pick up the baked items to take home or give as gifts. The UMW appreciate all you can do to make the day a success. Before long the Christmas decorations will be going up in the church. Be sure to watch for one special tree, that being the ANGEL TREE. The UMW will again be sponsoring the ANGEL TREE project. It is done through the Salvation Army and it helps a family have a very special Christmas which they would not have had without our gifts. Please consider taking a tag from the tree and buying a gift for a needy family. The UMW made vegetable soup on November 15 for the shut-ins. There were many hands on board to help. There were 35 quarts and 35 pints when we finished and the jars were full. Did it ever smell delicious! Also we were Page 6 treated to a light breakfast by Mary Loomis and Sharon Starling. While we snacked we had a short business meeting and Bev McGinty said she would organize the THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR CHURCH ON NOVEMBER 13. If you have not yet volunteered to help, please speak to Bev. I know she will be very happy for any help you can give. Have you ever said, That is awesome? I read an article in the Parade paper which comes in the Wooster Daily Record on Sundays. It was about feeling AWE! A psychologist, Dacher Keltner, says that awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast or beyond human scale that transcends our current understanding of things. Bet you all can come up with a lot of times you were in awe. Think about that and what Mr. Keltner s definition. In the article the experts have discovered this about awe: it binds us together, it helps us see things in new ways, it makes us nicer and happier and it alters our bodies. They say on the average of 2.5 times a week people feel awe. What are ways to find awe in everyday life? Drop the devices and gaze at the clouds or stars. Visit a local, state or national park. Take an Awe Walk in your neighborhood, noticing things as if for the first time. Describe to a friend or write about a time you once felt awe. Visit a museum or planetarium. Get up early to watch the sunrise. Play amazing music. Give them a try. There are many times in my life I have felt awe but I d like to tell you about The Monthly Messenger

7 one. I was 19 and my girlfriend and I drove to California in her VW. On the way back we stopped overnight in Provo, Utah. We met some people and they said they would show us the most awesome thing on earth. They did! We went up a mountain outside of Provo. It was dark and was I glad because it was a very narrow road with shear drop offs. When we had an oncoming car, one or the other had to back up to a pull off. Finally we reached the top. It was the awesome sight they promised! It was total darkness except for all the stars. There was no moon that night. There was one shooting star after another. Never knew there could be so many stars or shooting stars. All I could say was that it was just awesome. I remember it today as if it had just happened. I wondered what the Bible had to say about awe. I looked it up on the computer. It said there are 20 places it refers to awe. I won t list them all here but I will tell you a few. In Psalm 33: 8 it says: Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him! In Genesis 28: 17: He was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. One more is in Exodus 15:11: Who is like You among gods, O Lord? Who is like You majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders? One last thought I found in the study of Romans. In the commentary the author said that Paul had a point and it is: We should stand in awe of God because He designs and controls all of history to display His faithfulness to His promises and the glory of His mercy to sinners. Try to find how many times you find awe in the Bible and in your daily lives. It may surprise you how many times it happens. Don t forget the THANKSGIVING MEAL ON NOVEMBER 13 AFTER CHURCH AND THE THANK OFFERING PROGRAM ON NOVEMBER 29 AT 7:00 PM AT THE CHURCH. Like the advertisement says, We ll leave the light on for you. Sure hope you ll be baking cookies and goodies for the December 3 Cookie Walk, Bake Sale and Luncheon, which will be held from 9:00 am to 2;00pm. God Bless, ~Beth Johnson, UMW President I am with you, and will protect you wherever you go...i will be with you constantly until I have finished giving you all I am promising. (Genesis 28:15) Issue 11 Page 7

8 Today for Youth Sunday our youth ran the service. The message was one of appreciation. We at the Dalton United Methodist Church are incredibly thankful for our youth and the wonderful congregation that supports them. The positive impact the church family has on the children will be with them the rest of their lives. Thank you all! YOUTH SUNDAY OCTOBER 23, 2016 You, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. (Lamentations 5:19 NIV) Page 8 The Monthly Messenger

9 May the Lord bless and protect you; may the Lord s face radiate with joy because of you; may he be gracious to you, show you his favor, and give you his peace. (Numbers 6:24-26 TLB) Issue 11 Page 9

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12 Dalton United Methodist Church 204 W Main St PO Box 277 Dalton, OH Address Service Requested Nonprofit Organization NOVEMBER Newsletter Dalton United Methodist Church Pastor: Paul Farren Phone: Cell Phone: pastorpaul@ .com Worship Hours 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Group *************************************************** Lisa Meager; Organist Beverly McGinty; Praise & Bell Choir Director Steve Yoder; Head Usher Paul Schultz; Assistant Usher/Sound NOVEMBER- Altar Flowers November 6 The Sexton Family ~ In honor daughter, Rachel Schattschneider s birthday on November 2 & Mark s birthday on November 6. November 13 In celebration of Collin Jones birthday on November 11. November 20 The Schultz Family ~ In honor of Nina s birthday on November 10. November 27 In honor of the anniversary of Clarence & Marge Troyer on November 20. DECEMBER 2016 Newsletter Info Deadline: NOVEMBER 25, 2016 Please let Sharon Starling know of any news, notes or additions/corrections to be included in the upcoming newsletter. Phone: # to: TheStarlings@aol.com Or leave items in Church Office.