THE VISITOR Zion United Church of Christ

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1 THE VISITOR Zion United Church of Christ *A Just Peace and Open & Affirming Church* 211 S. St. Peter St., South Bend, IN Phone: (574) Webpage: zionsb.org The Peg Board We Are Open & Affirming (Our ONA Statement) We recognize Christ's great mandate for inclusion, celebrate and give thanks for the diversity in which God created us, each in God's image and loved by God. In this spirit, our family of faith declares itself to be Open and Affirming and a Peace with Justice church, welcoming and affirming all people as children of God regardless of marital status, race, cultural heritage, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, or religious tradition. We welcome all people seeking a church home into the full life, membership, leadership, and employment of Zion Church. We celebrate family in all its diverse forms and honor, support, and bless all loving and committed relationships. We commit ourselves to work diligently to end all oppression and discrimination which afflicts God's people in our society. Within the past couple of weeks, a significant event took place that prompted a renewal of the covenantal nature of an ONA statement. Our Music Director, Kyle, was dismissed from the summer job at Bethel College that he was faithful to during his entire college career. He was dismissed because he refused to take down his relationship status on Facebook. Why? Because Bethel s policy does not allow openly gay people to be employed there. Bethel College is therefore open, but not affirming. Zion UCC is open AND affirming. Because I already led one congregation through the ONA process, my desire was to pastor a church that already completed the process. Zion is in the stage of the continual renewal of our ONA covenant with each other, and I am up for the task of helping us to live into the ideal of being unabashedly ONA. This is a process, my friends, and because we love and support Kyle, including everything he is as a child of God, we are challenged to take a deep breath, and head into our next stage of being extravagantly welcoming. The Elders Report Change can do you good. Even though the weather may not feel like it, Spring is here! One of my annual chores, and maybe yours too, is Spring cleaning. This year, because of the flooding, my cleaning started earlier than usual. The job consisted of 30 years of basement storage and living. The question I had to ask myself was not so easy. What was drying, cleaning and repacking stored treasures going to do for me? I already know that my children don t have interest in my memories and treasures. Was it time to let go of things? I needed to transform my thinking, to change my opinion on what was important to me, to change my beliefs. The basement is still a work in progress, at least until more time off and warmer weather come around. But I have changed my opinion on what is important to me. I have changed my beliefs. During my cleaning, I ran across a notebook that was started over 40 years ago. It was my first notebook of quotes and sayings that I had found to be inspirational, that caused me to think. I m sure some of them also helped me to change my beliefs. I ve included three of my many favorites. I hope you enjoy them! Peace, Sue Goldstein A touch is a touch, no matter how light it may be and the mark left by it is indelible. - Donald Nicholl If you don t find God in the very next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further. Mahatma Ghandi It never hurts to help someone, it never helps to hurt someone. - Richard Sweet

2 WORSHIP, MINISTRIES AND MISSIONS Sunday Ministries Deacons Rick Meece & Don Zutter Liturgists June 3 Rich Schroeder June 10 Hal Brueseke June 17 Fred Goldstein June 24 Melanie Nellis Communion Hosts Melanie Nellis & Sue Taylor Audio Rick Muhlbeier Visual Julie Niedbalski Altar Paraments Julie Niedbalski Coffee Hosts June 3 Congregational Meeting, fellowship sponsored by Abby W. June 10 Fellowship Dept., June Fest June 17 Jan Raymond June 24 Coffee Host needed WORSHIP MINISTRY MEETING Monday, June 4, 2018 at 4:15 p.m. MISSIONS MINISTRY MEETING Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. EVANGELISM MINISTRY MEETING Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. THE ELDERS MEETING Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. THE WHITLOCK BOARD MEETING Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. SISTERS OF FAITH Monday, June 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. PROPERTY MINISTRY MEETING Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. 100 CENTER MEAL Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. DISMAS HOUSE DINNER Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. If you like to eat and love to converse around a table, then join us! Dismas House provides transitional housing and support services to adults who have been recently released from prison or jail., and emphasizes the importance of family. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Our Children s Sunday School Teacher and helpers are taking a break for the summer. Thanks to Nancy Philabaum and her helpers, Beth Green and Marcie Muhlbeier! There will be NO Adult Christian Education until the fall. Have a restful summer!! CHOIR REHEARSAL Choir season is over until September. Thanks to Kyle, Gail, and our singers!!!! HELP NEEDED!!! We could use more Deacons! If you are interested, please see Janell Stayton. Julie could use some time off on a regular basis. If you d like to help spell Julie on the powerpoint presentation for worship, please see her, so that we can train and schedule you in. Rick might even like a break on the sound board, too! PRAYER REQUESTS Autumn Arndt, Hilda Bare, Jan and Cliff Schalliol, Michelle Seals, Geneva Sweet, Alice Trubey, & the family of Bill Whipkey who died on May 25 th * Please contact the church office if you would like a prayer request for you, or if you d like to remove one. A new Summer Sunday Evening Worship Service is beginning! Gather at 5pm around the fire-pit for a simple worship service and a cookout after. Bring a comfy chair! June 24, July 29, August 26

3 Gifts in Memory of Betty Green Jean Magrane Alma Bolen Vincent & Sharon Keletes Bob & Frances Lang Marianna Weaver Don Zutter Nancy Philabaum Lynn Kucela Lynn & Tom DeCocker John & Sharon Kereszturi

4 ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 211 S. ST. PETER STREET SOUTH BEND, IN Sunday Worship 9:30 am Coffee Hour 10:30 am Adult Sunday School 11:00 11:30 am Church Office Hours M-F 9:30 am 12:30 pm Rev. Peg Faulmann s Office Hours M-Th 10:00 am 12:00 am and by appt. Connecting People with God Our Church Community: Ministers Every Member of the Congregation Pastor Rev. Peg M. Faulmann Music Director / Accompanist Kyle Walterhouse Church Secretary Jessica Sams Bookkeeper Roy Raymond Building & Grounds Michelle Cain Board of Elders Tom Whipkey - President Matt Reese - Vice President Sue Taylor - Secretary Beth Green -Treasurer Rich Schroeder Nancy Philabaum John Bair Susan Goldstein Linda Kowatch Rick Meece Abbie Wozniak The Board of Elders has the power and responsibility to monitor the activities and actions of all Ministry Areas and Committees and serves as the forum for study and conversation with regard to policy decisions.

5 CHURCH WORLD SERVICE BLANKET/TOOLS OFFERING How does your congregation s support change lives? Contributions to CWS Blankets/Tools mean Church World Service will be ready to help families around the world recover from disasters and displacement. What s more, we ll be there to help people gain the resources and develop the skills necessary to build or rebuild sustainable lives and communities! Please accept my TOOLS donation: In Memory of In Honor of Donor: Telephone # Please accept my BLANKET donation: In Memory of In Honor of Donor: Telephone #

6 Announcements and Notifications June 3 is our Spring Meeting after worship. The City Parking Lot Proposal will be addressed. See the plans on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall. Need a proxy? They will be available in the office. Every first Wednesday of the month, beginning on June 6, Rich Schroeder is providing a dinner at 5:30. No reservations are necessary, but please bring your own take-out container. Love offerings are welcome. Come around 4:00 and play cards/games. During/after dinner, hear more about a newly formed group that you might be interested in. The June 9 th Coffee House is a Luau theme! If you can sing like Don Ho, please come! Please come even if you CAN T sing like Don Ho! Bring something hawaiianish (like a dish with coconut or pineapple), and wear your Hawaiian shirt and hula skirt! The time is 7-9. There will be no Coffee House in July. On June 10 th, our Fellowship Ministry is presenting us with a Food Bar, including salads, meats, desserts, and a variety of other yummy food. Please get a reservation to Cherie. The cost is $10.00 per person, and please covering the cost for those who might not be able to partake. While we are waiting for our food, some of our ministries will have brief presentations on what they are all about. Please note that there are copies of the approved Elders minutes in the Connection. If you d like a hard copy of our bylaws in addition to having a copy ed, please tell someone in the office. Did you know that you could join the Howard Park folks on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in Fellowship Hall from 11-4 for game-playing? Friends can be made, and it s a good way to connect the outside world with people from our church!!! Check out the schedule in the Hall. We are pleased to announce that Julian of Norwich Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture-CSA, will be setting up in our parking lot every Wednesday from 5-7 during the harvest season. Our lot will be one of the sites where those who belong to the co-op can pick up their boxes of fresh produce for the week. Kraig Beyerleih will be presenting this at the next Elders meeting. All are welcome to come and see what this is all about! Grocery gift cards, $ for bus passes, and food for the Helping Hands Cart are always welcome contributions! Please note that the monthly calendar now has the birthdays included at the top. Rumor has it that the hearing aids that are available in the back of the church really help our seniors to hear the pastor and Liturgist during worship. We are in process of making sure that they all are in working order. Please feel free to ask an usher/deacon if you need one.

7 Christmas in June! Choral concert Carol sing-along Ice cream social Sunday, June 24 at 4:30 pm First Baptist Church 3010 S. Ironwood Dr., South Bend, IN Ground-Breaking Vocal Group The Ripple Effect presents a variety of Christmas favorites followed by a traditional carol sing-along and the warm and spirited cantata, A Child This Day. (complete with chamber orchestra). Right after the performance is a Christmas Ice Cream Social! A free-will offering will be taken, and ten percent of the monetary proceeds will be donated to the Broadway Christian Parish food pantry. You can also contribute by bringing non-perishable food items. VIGILS FOR PEACE On every first Tuesday of the month, beginning on June 5 at 6:00, we will hold Vigils for Peace here at Zion. If you are interested in helping to plan, please see Pastor Peg. In the future, we plan to add vigils for peace after mass shootings, and we are also hoping to plug into vigils around the community when they are held. We would love to be wearing Zion T-Shirts, so if anyone is interested in getting more of those for us, please see anyone from the evangelism team. ZION PRIDE BOOTH The PRIDE event is a whole week this year, beginning on June 10 th, and ending on June 16 th with the traditional Block Party. Zion will have a booth set up on the 16 th, and we need your help!!!! Contact Marcie Muhlbeier. Come in support of our LGBTQ community! PFLAG Michiana meets at First Congregational in Elkhart this month, on June 21, from 6:30-8 p.m. Locations are alternated between First Congregational and Zion. This is another opportunity to support our LGBTQ community!

8 WORSHIP MINISTRY One of the responsibilities of the Worship Ministry is to assist the Pastor and music staff in planning and executing worship services. Cathy Bair (Chair), John Bair, Beth Green, Kyle Walterhouse, Joshua Turnock, Tami Stayton, Sharon Kereszturi, Pastor Peg Faulmann (ex-officio) PASTORAL RELATIONS MINISTRY Pastoral Relations Committee (PRC) serves as an advisory group, sharing ideas, hopes, expectations, and concerns of the congregation with the Pastor. The PRC helps interpret functions, roles, and the needs of the Pastor to the congregation. Don Zutter (Chair), Helen Greglio, Karen Hintz, Sue Taylor, Tom Whipkey, Sue Goldstein MISSIONS MINISTRY One of the responsibilities of the Missions Ministry is to educate the congregation regarding issues it deems of concern to the Christian community and provide opportunities for congregational involvement in community, national, or worldwide issues. Jan Raymond (Chair), Helen Geglio, Nancy Philabaum, Sue Taylor, Judy Waldo, Ann Markley, Beth Green, Pastor Peg Faulmann (ex-officio) EVANGELISM MINISTRY One of the responsibilities of the Evangelism Ministry is to develop ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the Congregation and within the community, nation, and world. Marcie Muhlbeier (chair), Rick Mullbeier, Beth Green, Tami Stayton, Linda Kowatch, Sharon Kereszturi, Pastor Peg Faulmann (ex-officio) PROPERTY MINISTRY Among the responsibilities of the Property Ministry is to maintain, repair, and improve all church properties. Chair: Beth Green, Beth Sargent, Malcolm Cain, Jan Raymond, Karen Hintz, Roger Hintz, Tom Whipkey, Pastor Peg Faulmann (ex-officio) PERSONNEL BOARD This board is responsible for hiring and evaluating staff, creating job descriptions, and defining policies for church staff. Sue Taylor (Chair), Judy Waldo, Becky debruyn, Abbie Wozniak, Pastor Peg Faulmann (ex-officio)

9 Scholarship applications are available in the Church office on Monday, July 9 th, 2018 Thank you to Helen Geglio & all of the folks who have been working hard to beautify our grounds! Our Garden Party gathers every 10 a.m. Please join us!

10 ZION United Church of Christ 211 S. St. Peter St., South Bend, IN Church Office (574) Office Hours: M-F 9:30AM - 12:30PM ZIONSB@ZIONSB.ORG Website: June Cortney Nellis 13 Jan Raymond 18 Paul Koepke 20 Judith Taelman 22 David Wozniak 23 Laurie Schalliol 27 Marcie Muhlbier 28 Elizabeth Sargent 29 Rhonda Meece Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Wedding rehearsal 3 Worship 9:30 a.m. Spring Meeting (after Worship) Fellowship after Jonker Wedding 4 Worship Min. Mtg. 4:15 p.m. LGBT AA-7:00 p.m. 5 Garden Party 10:00 a.m. Missions Min. Mtg. 4:30 p.m. Peace Vigil 6:00-6:30 p.m. Y&R AA 7:00 p.m. 6 Community Dinner 5:30 p.m. 7 Women s AA-10:30a.m. 8 9 Bill Whipkey Memorial 11:00 a.m. Coffee House 7-9 p.m. (Luau theme) 10 Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship Ministry Luncheon 11 Evangelism Min. Mtg. 5:30 p.m. 12 Garden Party 10:00 a.m. The Elders 6:00 p.m Zion Pride block party LGBT AA-7:00 p.m. Y&R AA 7:00 p.m. Women s AA-10:30 a.m. 17 Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship 10:30 a.m Garden Party 10:00 a.m Whitlock 4:30 p.m LGBT AA-7:00 p.m. Y&R AA 7:00 p.m. Visitor articles due Women s AA-10:30 a.m. 24 Worship 9:30 a.m. Fellowship10:30 a.m. 100 Center Dinner 1 p.m. Summer Sunday worship 5 p.m. 25 Sisters of Faith 6:00 p.m. LGBT AA-7:00 p.m. 26 Garden Party 10:00 a.m. Property Ministry 5:30 p.m. Y&R AA 7:00 p.m. 27 The Visitor Mailing Team 9:30 a.m. 28 DISMAS House 6:00 p.m. Women s AA-10:30 a.m Work Day 9-12 p.m.