CUMC Newsletter July/August Community United Methodist Church. Reaching the Heart of Brookville with the Love of Christ. Pastor Jennifer Burns

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1 CUMC Newsletter July/August 2015 Vacation Bible School at First UMC Brookville Sunday July 12 through Wednesday July 15 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunday July pm Picnic Kick -off & VBS Registration Monday July 13, Tuesday July 14 and Wednesday July 15 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm will be Bible School Classes. The Children will be learning about Susanna, John & Charles Wesley. They will be collecting for school supplies, canned goods and Imagine No Malaria. Community United Methodist Church Reaching the Heart of Brookville with the Love of Christ 114 Hay Avenue P.O. Box 172 Brookville, OH Phone: bcumchurch@swohio.twcbc.com Church Web Page: BrookvilleCUMC.org Pastor Jennifer Burns pastorjhb@gmail.com Cell phone: (937) Secretary: Bea Sullivan - (937) Lutheran Outdoor Ministries in Ohio will be having a Christian Summer Day Camp at Trinity Lutheran Church July 27-31, Please call (937) for more information for this Kids Camp. Joint Worship Service at Brookville Golden Gate Park August 23, :30 am Set this date aside to join with our other local Methodist Churches. Featured music will be the Gospel singing group The Kramers. We will have more information regarding this event as time nears closer to the date.

2 Greetings from Pastor Jennifer... As I sit next to Roger and Judy Hoover in Hoover Auditorium at Lakeside, OH for Annual Conference, I feel my spirit rejoice in our upcoming partnership for ministry in Brookville. There is sadness in transition that cannot and should not be ignored. It is right and good to grieve because it is a sign of our love in relationship. I am full of joy at the call of God into this new relationship with you. Throughout this transition, well meaning friends and colleagues ask me about the church, the community, the demographics, and/or my feelings. These are all good strategic questions, but I'm not called to a church; I'm called to people. God has been calling me to the people of Brookville. Perhaps that is why I love the name of our church so much: Community. Our world longs for community. Our world longs for genuine relationships. One of the ways I hope to develop our relationship is through home visits. I would like to have the opportunity to sit and get to know your family outside the hustle and bustle of worship and meetings. If you have not yet signed up with the Hospitality team, please make it a point to sign up. I am looking forward to the opportunity to hear your story. As we get to know one another, I feel so blessed that you are welcoming me into your community. As we enter into ministry together I am proud that what we will be inviting people into isn't a church, but Community, God's Community. Though we are just now meeting, we have always been united in Christ. We are God's people, God's community, and I am blessed to be your pastor. Blessings & Peace, Pastor Jennifer Burns Pastor Jennifer s Home Visits Pastor Jennifer would like to visit with each of you in your homes during the next couple months. If you are not yet signed up for a visit you will have another opportunity this Sunday. If you are not able to be at church this Sunday you may call the church office and schedule your visit. The purpose of these Home Visits is to get to know the pastor and for the pastor to get to know you and the church. WELCOME TO COMMUNITY UMC PASTOR JENNIFER, JOHN & MICAH Pastor Jennifer Burns has begun her ministry at Brookville Community Church on June 28, 2015, per her appointment by Bishop Palmer. Pastor Jennifer has a BA in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Epworth UMC Toledo and Church of the Messiah UMC Westerville. As a college student, she and John were charter members of the Church for All People in Columbus. After college she served as Children's Minister for Dayton Korean UMC and Assistant to the District Superintendent for the Miami Valley District for Mission. During Seminary she became Intern at a young adult emergent church plant in Maryland called New Leaf Church. For the last three and a half years she has served as the Pastor of Howard UMC in Findlay, OH, and was Ordained Elder in Pastor Jennifer has a deep love for all people rooted in her understanding that God is love (1 John 4:8). She has a heart for the marginalized and believes in the importance of ministry with the poor. She is passionate and intelligent with giftedness in preaching, collaborative team leadership, and creative approaches to worship and more. She looks forward to continuing the good work at Community Church and helping us grow in building the Kingdom of God. Pastor Jennifer is married to John. John is an amateur board game designer and Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT). They have a ten month old son named Micah.

3 JULY 3 Dakota Sochacki 6 Jacque Collins 8 Edie Jerd 9 Eric Dolan 14 Cliff Loeb 15 Layne Trent 23 Stacey Becker 28 Brandon Cera ~ Wayne Wolfe 29 Janet Loeb 31 John Yancik AUGUST 1 Paula Hoblit 2 Andy Hoover 4 Jill Bowers 7 Micah Burns ~ Matthew Stark 14 Jerry Rhodifer 15 John Devlin 24 Vivian Kurtz ~ Lou Mohr 27 Andrew Murphy 29 Martha Ballengee ~ Anna Miller ~ Charry Walker 31 Joyce Rhodifer 9 Phil & Jonell Roberts 10 Dale & Hazel Crawford 12 Doug & Jill Bowers 17 John & Kris Yancik 24 Kevin & Nancy Cera 25 Harold & Judy Liming If you have a birthday or an anniversary and it isn t listed, please contact Bea in office at Thank you. If you have a birthday or an anniversary and it isn t listed, please contact Bea in office at Thank you.

4 JULY CALENDAR EVENTS 5th 6th Communion Leadership Team Meeting at 6:30 pm 11th Laundry Ministry Outreach meet at church at 11:30 am 12th Special Offering for the Handivan Taco Booth 16th Women s Fellowship Group meet at church at 10:00 am for outing to Troy 16th Preschool Board Meeting at 9:30 am 19th Deadline to hand in offering for Community Preschool Children s T-shirts 26th Outdoor Worship service at Golden Gate Park at 10:30 am 28th Trustees meet at 7:00 pm Mary Bogan ~ PRAYER CONCERNS Dale Vaughn ~ Community Preschool Students Those we don t want to forget: Mary Lou Good ~ Carolyn Hilty ~ Edie Jerd ~ Betty Johnston Dorothy Parker ~ Bobbie Walklet ~ Gayle Wolfe Our Military Men and Women For any prayer concerns please contact the office or Pastor Jennifer AUGUST CALENDAR EVENTS 2nd 3rd Communion Leadership Team Meeting at 6:30 pm Brookville Community Picnic 16th Annual Dayton Dragons Game outing - Game at 2:00 pm 18th Preschool Board Meeting at 6:30 pm 19th Blood Drive at Brookhaven from 12:30 pm - 6:30 pm 20th - 22nd Preschool Teachers set up for Parents Night & Children s Orientation 24th Preschool Parents Night at 6:30 pm for 4 & 5 year olds 25th 29th Preschool Parents Night at 6:30 pm for 3 year olds Men s Prayer Breakfast at 8:00 am WEEKLY EVENTS Every Thursday the Piecemakers Sewing Group meet at 9:30 am Every Thursday at 7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop #47 meet The 2 day event will be July 25th and July 26th. Saturday will be music, games, food and fireworks. On Sunday we will be holding our Worship service at the park at 10:30 am. Remember to bring your lawn chairs. After worship we can eat lunch at the Handivan Taco Booth. The annual Quilt Auction will be held also on Sunday with proceeds to benefit the Brookville Area Handivan Ministry. Pray for good weather and come out and join our community s picnic festivities. Every Sunday: 9:15 am Sunday School Classes for all ages 10:30 am Worship Reminder to keep the date of our annual Dayton Dragons outing on Sunday August 16 for the 2:00 pm game.

5 Monthly Servants July Worship Leader: Roger Hoover July Ushers: Dale & Susan Creamer and Thelma Landis Liturgists Jr. Church Assistants Sound System *Denotes Lead Teacher 5th Kathy Ferriell *Kim Elling Harold Liming Thelma Landis 12th Kathy Idle *Debi Smith Phil Roberts Peggy Gilbert 19th Susan Creamer *Nicole Newbauer Stacey Becker Pat Brumbaugh 26th Karen Osswald *Stacy Hoover Mike Ferriell Margaret Porter Outreach Update: Outreach Vision: To extend our hand to others where it is needed, to build relationships with those we help; to serve Christ through our faith and help others. On Saturday, July 25 our church is providing a pancake breakfast at Golden Gate Park for all runners and workers of the Annual Brookville Community Picnic 5k run which is sponsored by the Brookville Band Association. This is the first year that the Brookville Band is sponsoring this event which gives our church an opportunity to connect with the youth in our community! Helpers are needed starting at 7:30 a.m. until approximately 10:00 a.m. If anyone (including the youth), is interested in helping please see Nicole Newbauer or Amy Hoover. Annual Quilt Auction will be on Sunday, July 26 at Golden Gate Park. Quilt Auction day starts with Sunday service in the park at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch (and yes the Handivan Taco Booth will be open for lunch) and then it s quilt auction time around 12:30 p.m.! All proceeds will benefit Brookville Area Handivan Ministry. Last year s auction surpassed the $100,000 mark for money raised for Handivan who provides such an awesome outreach for our community! August Worship Leader: Susan Creamer August Ushers: Geno & Robin Knipp and Karen Osswald 2nd Robin Knipp *Kim Elling Doug Bowers Thelma Landis 9th Jill Bowers *Debi Smith Bob Miller Peggy Gilbert 16th Amy Hoover *Nicole Newbauer Harold Liming Pat Brumbaugh 23rd Debi Smith *Stacy Hoover Phil Roberts Margaret Porter We met our goal! A check for over $3,000 was taken to annual conference! Mark your calendars; Sunday, September 13 will be the Preschool Tailgate Kickoff! More details coming soon. Piecemakers meets every Thursday at the church, whether you are just learning to quilt or are an experienced quilter, come join the fun! Calling all women in the congregation.the Women s Group meets on the 4 th Monday of every month at 1:00 p.m. at Carmela s, come join them for good food and fellowship! As part of our Prison Ministry outreach we invite you to write a letter to an inmate and those who are re-entering should you feel led to do so. Remember to continue to pray for all the youth and children in our church! Also, please remember to continue to pray for your preschool prayer partner. God s timing has put these families here NOW and this is one way we can build a relationship with these families! 30th Kathy Ferriell No Children s Church Stacey Becker Kids in service

6 Hospitality Events... he CUMC annual Pool Party was a splashing success. The kids of all ages had fun in the pool. Great food, and parting words and gifts to Pastor Therese made for a day to be remembered. WELCOME PASTOR JENNIFER PICNIC FELLOWSHIP Well, we are all so thankful for the beautiful weather that the Lord blessed us with this past Sunday to welcome our new pastor and her family. After a beautiful worship service we all gathered on the church lawn for a picnic style lunch. We welcome Pastor Jennifer, John and Micah to our CUMC family! (Pictures for both of these events can be found on CUMC s Facebook page.) Special thanks to all of those that helped in anyway at all with both of these special events in our church. Many hands and helpful hearts make all of these special events enjoyable for all! Opportunities for Learning & Fun... District Creative Worship/Advent Resource Design Retreat When: Saturday, July 11, 9am-4pm Where: Grace UMC, 9411 North County Rd 25A, Piqua OH What: Come be a part of a unique learning/hands-on design experience for creative worship design. Together we ll explore how to effectively communicate the gospel to our image/creativity obsessed culture. Learn 4 essential methods for creative communication that will result in more engaging, more discipleship focused worship. Next we ll explore the ins and outs of best practices of collaborative worship design. After lunch (provided), we ll roll up our sleeves for some hands-on advent worship design. Our ideas will be brought to life by the district staff and then made available to churches across the district. How: RSVP by July 5th to Pastor Jennifer Burns pastorjhb@gmail.com Trustees Report on Church Parsonage: A three week long project has come to an end thanks to several people who worked very hard to make this happen. A new kitchen was installed with all new cabinets, counter tops, new microwave and new garbage disposal. A new front door was installed and painted, along with new carpet in the living room, dining room, family room and hallway. Bedroom carpets were professionally cleaned. A new medicine cabinet was installed in the master bathroom, and new blinds installed in the family room and master bedroom. A special thanks to Roger and Judy Hoover for their countless hours of work and driving to pick up parts to do the kitchen remodel. Thanks to Harold Liming for his work on installing all of the door hardware on the cabinets and assisting with the new front door. Thanks to Thelma Denlinger, Becky Vaughn and her husband and daughter, and the crew of ladies for cleaning the house after all of the work was done. The parsonage looks better than it has for a long time thanks to the efforts of all these people. Pastor Jennifer and her family were very pleased with the house when they arrived in town on Sunday, June 21. And last but not least, thanks to Pastor Therese for being so cooperative in allowing us to tear up her kitchen before she had officially moved out, and for Karen Osswald who graciously allowed Therese to move in with her while this work was being done. Together, we can all make a difference. I also want to thank Don Thokey for helping with the painting of the pastor s office at the church. Thanks, Bob Miller Imagine No Malaria Celebration Day at the Zoo! Saturday, August 29, 2015 the West Ohio Conference Council on Development will sponsor an event at the Columbus Ohio Zoo and Aquarium. The purpose is to honor the generosity of our children in the Imagine No Malaria Campaign. From Vacation Bible Schools to car washes, bake sales, congregational challenges and the sacrificial giving by some of our youngest United Methodists; the children and youth of our Conference have made a tremendous difference in our Imagine No Malaria fund raising! We want to say thanks in a special way, so we ve scheduled a day for them at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on August 29. Thanks to the West Ohio Council on Development, Admissions, parking, animal demonstrations, buffet lunch at Noon, $5 Zoo cash for every child, caricature artists, face painters and handimals are all included in the $5 registration! You may also purchase Zoo Ride Wristbands for $7, and/or Zoombezi Bay tickets for $25. How to sign up? Ticket order forms will be available outside the Sanctuary. Questions? Contact Dave Boling, Associate Director, Council on Development, , ext. 247 or dboling@wocumc.org

7 You can support the preschool program when you shop at Kroger! TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM: Simply encourage your members to register online at krogercommunityrewards.com Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up. If a member does not yet have a Kroger Plus card, please let them know that they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger. Click on Sign In/Register Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the New Customer? box. Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions You will then get a message to check your inbox and click on the link within the body of the . Click on My Account and use your address and password to proceed to the next step. Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information. Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm. To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization s name on the right side of your information page. REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their card(s). Do you use your phone number at the register? Call , select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card number. Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count. Organization name: Brookville Community United Methodist Church NPO Number Contact Judy H. at preschool or Bea in the church office for more information. THANK YOU! Note if you do not have computer access, you may come to the church office and Bea will assist you with enrolling your Kroger card. COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL NEWS communitypreschool71@gmail.com brookvillecumc.org Director: Judy Hoover An Outreach Ministry of Community United Methodist Church since 1971 Registration Fee: $35.00 Tuition: 4 s Class Mon.- Wed.- Fri. $120.00/monthly Children must be 4 years old by August 1st 3 s Class Tuesday & Thursday $90.00/monthly Children must be 3 years old by August 1st Little Blessings Scholarships Families needing assistance with tuition are invited to First Days of Preschool: Four Year Olds - August 31 Three Year Olds - September 1 Preschool Outreach Sponsor a preschool child by buying their T-shirt for $10. Then chose a paper cut-out T-shirt in the Narthex to take home and start praying for that child (ren). Place your T-shirt money in the specially marked envelope. Community Preschool Parents Night will be held on Monday August 24th and Tuesday August 25th at 6:30 pm. Children s Orientation nights will be Wednesday August 26 at 6:30 pm for the 4 & 5 year olds, and Thursday August 27 at 6:30 pm for 3 year olds. Please note the basement will be unavailable for use from August 20th through August 27th, as the teachers prepare for these special nights.

8 Report on Annual Conference The 46 th session of Annual Conference for West Ohio was convened on Sunday June 7 th at Lakeside, Ohio. In attendance representing Community was voting delegate Roger Hoover accompanied by wife Judy. During the three day session, the members of the West Ohio Annual Conference tended to the business of the annual conference, voted on recommendations to be sent to General Conference, listened to reports, elected delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conference to be held in 2016, worshipped, sang and celebrated the mission and ministry of our West Ohio United Methodist congregations. Highlights of note for the week included the Celebration of Ministry Service, Memorial Service, Retirement Service and reaching the $3.5 million dollar goal for Imagine No Malaria. Business: The business of the church was conducted under the leadership of Bishop Palmer as both lay and clergy delegates voted and discussed many items. There were eleven recommendations before the conference to be discussed and voted on. These included discussions on property, conference offices, investments for the conference and discussions of marriage and ordination eligibility. Lively and passionate discussions were heard on all topics. More information is available on the West Ohio website. Election of delegates was held for both General and Jurisdictional Conference. Jurisdictional Conference is regional and primarily elects and appoints Bishops. General Conference is the global gathering of the UMC which directs the church for the next four years. Many rounds of voting resulted in the final choices of who would represent the conference next year. Awards were presented to congregations and individuals in recognition of a wide variety of ministries and achievements. Evangelism, missionary service, Lay Leadership, and Hispanic ministry training were but a few awards celebrated. Episcopal address: Bishop Palmer addressed the gathering with his thoughts on the world and challenged the church to engage in bold new ideas this year. He is an excellent speaker that moves each of the delegates to consider their faith and their actions. Pictures from the 46th Annual Conference for West Ohio Bishop Palmer Imagine No Malaria Booth Fun Family Games Worship: Each day offered an opportunity to share in worship with the delegates and visitors of the conference. All worship opportunities are moving, inspirational and challenging as the leaders used this year s theme of brokenness to lead us through the worship services. Excellent music, dancing and singing is shared. Baptism Prayer Time Teaching: This year s teaching preacher, Dr. Thomas Long, looked at the four gospels in a thought provoking, interesting and humorous address. His teaching reminded us that our Gospels present a variety of ways that people experience God. Other Activities: There was long list of activities for the families and visitors to annual conference to choose from which to participate including Bible School, a 5k run, coffee with the Bishop s wife, and more other opportunities than we can list. Business concluded at nearly 8PM on Wednesday. The conference again was quite successful. Worship with Dance