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1 Bartlett Chapel News June 2016 KEEP ON SWINGING! If you like baseball and spend some time looking up the stats of baseball players, you will find an interesting one under the lifetime achievements section. It has some rather impressive names on it. At the top of the list was Reggie Jackson. His name was followed by Willie Stargell. Also on the list, near the top, were Jose Canseco, Tony Perez, Mickey Mantle, Sammy Sosa, and Willie Mays. Do you know what lifetime achievement this list represented? The most strikeouts. Can you believe it? Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays. These three men combined struck out almost 6,000 times. And yet, that s not the legacy they left to the game; each left a legacy of greatness. A key to that legacy can be found in the fact that they kept stepping up to the plate. Even when the number of strikeouts were piling up, even when the slumps extended game after game, even when their failure caused their team to lose games, even when disgruntled fans called them overpaid bums they kept stepping up to the plate. They were Pastor Jeff, Page 2 DON T MISS bible school from june 12-16! In This Issue Pg Bartlett History 2 General News 3 Graduation Open Houses 4 June 12 Open House 4 Birthdays 5 Anniversaries 5 Holiday World Tickets 5 Thank You s 6 Meeting Notices 6 Volunteer Schedule 7 Join the conversation: facebook.com /bartlettchapel Hey, Bartlett Chapel! Our Cave Quest: Following Jesus, the Light of the World Vacation Bible School is this month! Join us from 6:15-8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, through Thursday, June 16! VBS is for children preschool age through Grade 6. You may register children in advance at any time by utilizing our easy-to-use online registration system at bartlettchapel.com/vbs or by picking up a printed registration form at our church s Welcome Desk. Invite your children s friends to join them for an exciting week of VBS! At VBS, your children will explore what it means to follow Jesus through dark times through Biblelearning activities, catchy songs, games, yummy treats, and more! Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called, God Sightings. Kids at Cave Quest VBS also will join a missions effort to collect non-perishable food items for our local Buddy Bags program, which allows schoolchildren who don t have enough food to take some extras home to their families on the weekends. Items needed for this program are cans of vegetables, cans of soup, mac & cheese, fruit cups, small boxes of cereal, oatmeal packets, cereal bars, etc. For more information: (317) (church office)

2 July news deadline Sunday, June 12, is the deadline for the July edition of the Bartlett Chapel Newsletter. You may turn items into the office or them to Please turn news in on time. We cannot include news that is late. 2 BARTLETT HISTORY 50 Years Ago June 1966 Rev. Glenn Clark was our new minister. 40 Years Ago June 13, 1976 Bartlett Chapel had a bicentennial picnic. The Bartlett Band made its debut and Esda Myers won the bicentennial poem contest. Jim Sell won the diaper changing contest (no Pampers allowed), and Thelma Stevenson won the husband-calling contest. 35 Years Ago June 22, 1981 The second annual Father-Son Banquet was held at the home of John & Nancy Munn. The theme was a western roundup. 30 Years Ago June 1986 We are getting air-conditioning in our church. 25 Years Ago June 2, 1991 Krysta Roberts, infant daughter of Lynn Roberts, was dedicated during the Sunday morning services. 20 Years Ago June 15, 1996 the 17th annual Father-Son Banquet was held in the shelter house with several animals from the Indianapolis Zoo as guests. 16 Years Ago July 9-10, 2000 The Bartlett Chapel Partners in Prayer team participated in Relay for Life at the Danville High School track. There were six cancer survivors on our team. One or more team members were walking on the track for 24 hours. The team raised $3,218 for cancer research. Rex McClain, Bartlett Historian Pastor Jeff continued from Page 1 successful because they kept stepping up to the plate and swinging the bat. A very wise man, who knew a little something about striking out in life and preserving through the hardships of life, wrote a letter of love and encouragement. In his letter to a church, written from behind prison bars after hardship and defeat after defeat, Paul wrote: I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Jesus Christ, is calling us. (Philippians 3:13-14) You may have a string of strikeouts behind you, and you may feel as though you re on the verge of setting the world record for failure. Keep stepping up to the plate. No matter how many times you miss, if you keep swinging you ll eventually make contact. Don t give up. Don t get stuck in the past with a strike out or some other disappointment or failure. Get back up. Dust yourself off. Pick up the bat. Step up to the plate, and take another swing. Who knows? Perhaps the very next swing will be the one. Keeping swinging and looking ahead through Jesus Christ. Never allow the failures or the disappointments of life to define you. For God, in Christ, is always calling you forward, and with Christ, there is always another day and another swing. Grace and peace be with you. Pastor Jeff Reed, Senior Pastor Save the date: picnic Save the date now for 5 p.m. Saturday, July 16, for an all-church pitch-in picnic at the Bartlett Chapel shelter house that includes a white elephant silent auction. Start searching around your home or at thrift stores/yard sales now for that humorous item to wrap up in Christmas paper and auction off at this event! All proceeds from the silent auction will go toward purchasing updated Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations for the church. Please plan to join us.

3 General Announcements Welcome cathy stenger to the staff! Please welcome new administrative assistant Cathy Stenger to the Bartlett Chapel UMC staff! Cathy begins her position in the church office on Wednesday, June 1. A Danville resident, Cathy brings several years of office experience to the position. When you are at church, please give Cathy a Bartlett Chapel welcome and assist her in getting to know this congregation! JOIN US FOR PASTOR TREN TS COMMISSIONING Make plans now to join us at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 11, at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis to celebrate the commissioning and ordination of those entering ministry in the Indiana Conference. This year will be very special because Bartlett Chapel UMC will be celebrating the commissioning of Pastor Trenton Prieshoff for his future ministry in the United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to have a wonderful Bartlett Chapel presence at this worship service to join in prayer and support for Pastor Trent! If you wish to carpool, meet in the Bartlett Chapel UMC parking lot at 9:15 a.m. and drive together. SUNDAY, JUNE 5, IS GRADUATION SUNDAY! Just a reminder that we will be celebrating all graduates (preschool through university) at our Sunday, June 5, worship services! Join us and celebrate these milestones with our Bartlett Chapel UMC families. Also, the United Methodist Women will host our annual breakfast for our graduating high school seniors and their families at 7 a.m. Sunday, June 5, in the church s multi-purpose room. Special speaker will be Rachel Burns, who is just finishing her freshman year in college. CELEBRATE WITH THE WHITESELLS ON JUNE 11 Brian & Trissa Whitesell Request your presence to celebrate the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Jim & Ann Whitesell on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Bartlett Chapel UMC from 1-3 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room In Luau of gifts, please wear your favorite Hawaiian getup. JOIN US TO PACK LUNCH FOR LOCAL children The United Methodist Women will be serving lunches at the East Main Apartments under the Lunch Bunch Program on June 30 and July 21. The sign-up sheets to purchase lunch items for the lunch packing on June 30 will be on the table outside the office in early June. Also, watch for more information in the Chat. All are welcome to join us in making God s love real through this community project! Umw seeking yard sale items The United Methodist Women are hosting an Indoor Yard Sale on Saturday, July 30, at the church. The UMW is selling booth space to anyone who wants to have their own sale along with ours. Space is $12 per table space. If you do not have enough or want to have your own sale, plan to donate it to the UMW s sale. We also will have an area for baked sale goods. To reserve table space for your own sale, contact a United Methodist member or President Ruth Ann Franklin at (317)

4 Graduation Open House for Sam Orebaugh Sam Orebaugh is celebrating his graduation from Danville High School with an open house from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Orebaugh home, 1243 James Drive, Avon. The church family is invited. Please come celebrate with Sam! Graduation Open House for Garrett Vandagrifft Garrett Vandagrifft is celebrating his graduation from Danville High School with an open house from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Vandagrifft home, 55 Harvest Court, Danville. The church family is invited. Please come celebrate with Garrett! June 12 celebration for Pastor trent, Maistos Stay in Touch! Brad & Sarah Maisto 5466 N. Owl Town Sand Cut Road Grandview, IN Brad: (317) bradrmaisto@yahoo.com Sarah: (812) sarahmaisto@yahoo.com On Sunday, June 12, during our Sunday School time (approximately 10-10:45 a.m.), we will have an open house reception in the church s multipurpose room to say goodbye and to give our best wishes to Pastor Trenton Prieshoff, who is being commissioned into full-time ministry and leaving Bartlett Chapel to serve a twopoint charge in northern Indiana at North Liberty and Sumption Prairie, and to administrative assistant Sarah Maisto & her husband, Brad, who have built a new home in Sarah s home county in southern Indiana. Come wish Pastor Trent and the Maistos well as they begin these new chapters in their lives. Pastor Trenton Prieshoff Roosevelt Road South Bend, IN (317) trent.prieshoff@inumc.org 4

5 2 Evan Altman 3 Leanna Sherman 4 Kim Knight, Chris Sorrentino 5 Ryan Stailey 6 Mark Price 8 John Munn, Susie Truax 10 Kevin Cumbie 12 Bob Niemeyer, Ray Patterson, Helen Stamper, Jerry Weakly 18 Duke Merrion, David Whitis 19 Katie Hamilton 21 Emma Vianco 22 Mary Jane Hartung, Megan Price 23 Brian Arnot JUNE birthdays 25 Dan Kurbursky, Tammy Orebaugh 26 Austen Leath, Janie Schaeffer, Brenda Smith, Janice Tow 27 David Moeller 28 Gerald Legan 29 Marcus Kikendall 30 Leon Davis, Shawn Weir Bartlett Chapel UMC 4396 E. Main St., Avon IN Worship Times Traditional Service 8:45 AM Sunday School for All Ages 10:00 AM Contemporary Service 11:00 AM Church Office: (317) Jeff Reed, Senior Pastor (317) (office) (317) (parsonage) pastorjeff@bartlettchapel.com Julie Macy, Associate Pastor Children s & Family Ministry (260) (cell) pastorjulie@bartlettchapel.com june Anniversaries 1 Jeff & Missy Bell 3 Ralph & Jan Kidder, Larry & Patricia Stuffle 4 Mike & Lisa Smith, Brian & Kimberly Whitis 5 Tom & Jennise Palmer 7 Brent & Lea Brinkley, Marvin & Sharon Taylor 9 Daryl & Molly Hensley 11 Wesley & Virginia Morgan, Jim & Ann Whitesell 14 Kevin & Pastor Julie Macy 16 Pastor Jeff Reed & Linda 22 Dave & Sue Martin, Jim & Joanna Sell, Matt & Amy Spicer 24 Bob & Esther Brown 27 Keith & Kim Knight 30 John & Gloria Hill DISCOUNTED holiday world Tickets for sale You now can purchase discounted tickets for Holiday World in the church office. Tickets are $36 each (a savings of nearly $12 off the gate price). These discounted tickets are valid June 24 through July 8. Sales support the upkeep and maintenance of the Historic Santa Claus Campground. If you need tickets, please stop by the church office or contact the administrative assistant in the church office at (317) during office hours. Tickets may be purchased in advance of these dates but may only be used June 24-July 8. Your checks should be made payable to: Historic Santa Claus Campground Corporation. 5

6 To our family at Bartlett Chapel, It is very hard to find the words to express the gratitude that we feel for all you have done: the food, cards, kind words, support and many prayers. You have shared our joys. Thank you for also sharing in our sorrow. May God bless you all, Larry, Jamie, Rachel & Sarah Burns Dear Bartlett Chapel, What a wonderful Celebration of Life Service for my wife, Nancy. Bartlett Chapel was a major part of her life for all of her life. I want to thank everyone that played a part in the service and especially the United Methodist Women for a delicious meal for family and friends. Nancy was truly honored by all the cards, flowers, gifts and the presence of all who came. Thank you, Bartlett. You were our Rock throughout. John Munn Dear Bartlett Chapel, I want to thank everyone for the love and support my family has been shown these past few years as we journeyed with my Mom s illness. We are at peace knowing that she is finally whole again and in the arms of the Lord. We appreciate all the cards, notes, flowers, and especially the hugs we received during Mom s Celebration of Life service on Saturday. Bartlett was a THANK YOU S big part of Mom s life, and I also feel blessed to be part of this church family. In Christ s Love, Molly, Daryl & Jack Hensley Dear pastors and Bartlett Chapel congregation, Thank you all so very much for all the love you have shown to each of us over the past month. Thank you for the cards, flowers, hugs, and prayers. As we cry each day, please keep us in your prayers, as I don t think we will ever stop crying. The loss of our mother is by far the greatest sorrow we have ever felt. We thank each and every one of you for being more than just a friend to her. Thank you for being her family. Randy, Gary, Kayla, Levi, Liz & Alice Hoover Dear Bartlett Chapel family, Thank you so much for all the flowers, cards, the afghan with the Lord s Prayer printed on it, and especially for all the prayers for Brian. Thanks also to Pastor Trenton and Pastor Dodson for doing the funeral service; to Rhoda for playing the playing the piano; and to the United Methodist Women for preparing a wonderful dinner. How people go through something like this without a church family, we will never know. Margaret & Jerry Marge squad MEETS JUNE 22 Marge Squad, who knits and crochets blankets for Project Linus, will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, in Room 11 at the church. Beginners are welcome and encouraged to join us! Questions? Contact Leanna Sherman at (317) or creative-rn@prodigy.net UMW MEETS JUNE 11 The next meeting of the United Methodist Women will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 11, in Rooms 11 & 12 at the church with Earlene Niemeyer as our hostess. We welcome all women and girls to come and get involved in our mission and service projects. It is a great way to get to know the ladies of the church. Child care is provided. We also want to thank all who helped with the food, decorations, auction baskets or cleanup for our May 7 Ladies Spring Brunch, which was very well attended. The event was a wonderful time with good food, good friends and a good message from Rev. Karen Devaisher. JUNE 17: SISTERS IN FELLOWSHIP MEETS Sisters in Fellowship will meet on Friday, June 17. The place is yet to be determined by Jan Kidder. All ladies are invited, so please mark your calendars! No serendipity GROUP IN summer The Serendipity Bible Study will not meet during the months of June, July, and August. 6

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