Congratulations to our Graduates Denim Bennett Abagail Elkins JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!!! *****CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY THURSDAY, 3:30 7pm

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1 The WORD June 2017 Volume 48 Issue 6 Reach up, Reach in, Reach out Reach up to God, Reach in to know God, Reach out in Love Westville United Methodist Church First Sunday June 4th Communion in 10:15 a.m. service Sunday Morning Schedule: 9 am 10a.m Sunday School : Adult Founders Room & Brick Room, Children Basement Fellowship 10 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 11:15 am Worship Service Sanctuary Congratulations to our Graduates Denim Bennett Abagail Elkins JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!!! THE WORD is a publication of Westville United Methodist Church at 154 Main St., P.O. Box 619; Westville, IN (219) *****CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY THURSDAY, 3:30 7pm Our new Web Address is In order to go green The Word will be ed to you. Be sure to your address to Jane at secretarywumc@csinet.net Printed copies will continue to be available at the church for those who do not have .

2 Page 2 THE W ORD Volum e 48 Issue 6 WUMC Update: This past month has been a transitional, healing period for us, as we are all adjusting to our dear Pastor Cathy s passing. We have been blessed with the pastoral leadership of Pastor Ray Music, Toby Guill from Chesterton UMC, and our own Cindy Gilbert. We so appreciate how everyone has pulled together to get through this difficult time and feel that we have become a stronger church. We have been in contact with our District Superintendent, Larry Whitehead, who has been working to fill our pastoral position. A new pastor should be in place by July 1st. We need to inform you that our church s giving has been going down for the past year, and paying our bills has been an ongoing challenge. While we are presently solvent, we will need to be faithful givers to provide the salary of our new part-time pastor. Since we all love our Westville United Methodist Church, we ask that you, as a member or friend of our church examine your hearts and your giving. Our beautiful church has been the mainstay of faith in our community for generations. We ask that you pray daily for our church and our ministry to this community. We ask that we follow the greatest commandments to love God with all our heart, mind, and soul and love our neighbors as ourselves. We ask that if you have not been to church in a while, that you know that you are missed, and that we would love to have you back. We ask that YOU become a stronger disciple and help to make disciples for the transformation of the world. We ask that you pray for the conference and the DS as they seek to place a Pastor with us that will lead us into a stronger relationship with God, that will work beside us in the harvest field of introducing Jesus to those who may not know Him, and to infuse us with the growth that we need both financially and spiritually. God has big plans for this church. We ask Him to make us strong, committed, and prayerful ambassadors in becoming the church He wants us to be. Kathie Long & Jan Buchanan ~SPPRC Chairs~

3 Page 3 Join us in local missions! Here are the Food Pantry items : June 4th June 11th June 18th Cleaning products: laundry soap, dish soap, mopping products Pastas, noodles, macaroni, sauces, Hamburger helper Canned fruits and vegetables, Soup, June 25th Cereal, crackers TIME & LOCATION Food Pantry Information: The American Legion is now working in cooperation with the WMC Food Pantry ministry. Please drop off donations of the above mentioned items at the Legion. For those receiving donations, items may be picked up at the American Legion on Thursdays from 4:30 5:30. IMPORTANT REMINDER INFORMATION FOR THE WORD IS DUE BY JUNE 20TH IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR PUBLI- CATION BY JUNE 25TH AT THE LATEST. IT CAN BE ED TO SHEILA MCCAUGHEY, OR LEFT WITH THE CHURCH SECRETARY. Family Life Center is available for rental for parties and celebrations. Contact the church office at for more information. ********************************************************************************************************** Donate flowers for the altar. The cost is $33.00 and the flowers will be ordered by Jane in the church office. ********************************************************************************************************** Save your pop cans and bring them to the church. The money earned from the can collection supports the Heifer Project.

4 Page 4 Men'sBreakfast The monthly Men s Breakfast will be held as follows: When: Saturday, June 17th, at 8:45 a.m. Where: Greenway Café on Hwy 421 in Westville All men are welcome to come and bring a friend. If you have any questions call: Bob McCaughey Cares and Concerns Health and Healing Karen Emerich Avery Braden Laura Zajac Joan Ewing Kelly Murphy LaVina Moore Walker Allen Cody Young Jack Bacon Dennis Walters Kim Buchanan Ken Mattox Jill Carden Pat Long Ed Hoag John Coulter Jr Bob McCaughey Newton Parks Keith Ridgeway Trinity Milner Sharon Hagenow Mary Lou Coulter Barb Marsovich Phil Hannon Steve Swanson Greg McCuen PRAYER CHAIN If you have a special need for prayer, the prayer chain can be activated by calling church Secretary Jane Bachman ( ) or Prayer Coordinator Sheila McCaughey ( ) or jaybirds@csinet.net. Those Suffering from Economic Hardship Shut-ins James Haney Roselyn Reinfurth Wilma Long Ellen Keplar Guidance & Protection Brandun Schweizer Michael Smith Korey Cornelis ********** Church Office Hours ******** Monday through Thurs. 3:30 7pm Please note the change in my office hours.!!!!

5 Page 5 June Dates of Joining 6/27/2004 Judy Cavinder 6/17/2007 Brian Cherry 6/17/2007 Erin Cherry 6/17/2007 Marion Cherry 6/01/2003 Jerry Elkins 6/12/1983 Sheryl Elliott 6/27/2004 Jane Pawlik 6/27/2004 Steve Satkoski 6/27/2004 Renni Stallings 6/27/2004 Ron Stallings 6/27/2004 Holly Tomblin 6/27/2004 Mike Tomblin 6/27/2004 Brenda Vann 6/13/1993 Evert White 6/27/2004 Karen White 6/26/2016 Jill Carden Westville United Methodist Church June Birthdays Elmo Elliott June 1 Rod Martin June 2 Marion Cherry June 5 Shane McClintock June 12 Frank Bagwell June 13 Elijah Davis June 15 Jan Koss June 18 Jacque Pitrowski June 25 Deb Adkins June 26 Paige Nittner June 28 Amanda Kelly June 29 June Anniversaries John & Melissa Culbertson June 3 Shane & Kandi Jo Hale June 5 Jim & Ruby Anderson June 11 Steve & Bobbie Bachman June 11 Ed & Jacque Pitrowski June 14 Steve & Connie Pluimer June 29 Date Worship SS Giving 4/23/ $ /30/ $ 1, /7/ $ 1, /14/ $ 1, /21/ $ Give as the Lord calls you to give: be as generous to God as God has been to you! Sunday School Teachers are needed. Teaching children can be a blessing to the teacher as well as the children. Please consider helping with our kids. They are the future of our church.

6 Page 6 Vacation Bible School 2017 This Is My Father's World When: July 24th (5:30-7:30pm), July 25th (5:30-7:30pm), and July 26th (5:30-8:00pm) Where: Westville United Methodist Church Family Life Center 154 West Main St. Westville, IN Ages: Entering Preschool - Entering 7th grade Highlights: Water Balloons, Live Animals, Games, Crafts, Snacks, Music, and more! Items to Remember: We will be collecting items for the Food Pantry every day. We are hoping for non-food items that cannot be bought with donations. These include: toilet paper, toothpaste, tissues, soap, shampoo, and conditioner. This will also be a Boys vs. Girls Competition, and the winners will be announced Wednesday evening. Tuesday will include some water themed activities, and we ask that children come in clothes that can get wet. Wednesday will be animal themed, and we will allow the kids to share pictures of current or previous pets. Feel free to send 1 or 2 pictures on that day, and please write first and last names on the backs of the pictures.

7 Page 7 May 22, 2017 Trustee Meeting Present: Ken, Jane, Stephan, Phil, Richard, Mark Prayer Items left from last meeting: AAA Valley Fire came and updated our fire extinguishers. We found one that was missed up stairs and will add to the list for the next update. We also received a quote for the system in the kitchen and will add that to the next visit also. Fascia on the garage by the office came down in the wind storm in March. We are waiting for repair We discussed selling one of our organs, the one in the brick room. We made no decission on that. Working on handling the dripping sink in the kitchen FLC Ken is working on getting a lawn mower for the church. We are making plans to strip and wax floor in the FLC The branch at the parsonage was taken down by Jay Stark (Thank You Jay!) The storage shed in the back yard of the parsonage has a hole in it. The side walk on the North side of the home needs to be lifted and the step out the north door needs attention. We will need a cleaning day at the parsonage after David moves. Much help will be needed. Jane will make a sign up sheet. We have a ruling on the capacity of the FLC from the Fire Department 122 with tables and chairs. We continue to discuss the water coming into the basement and plan to try another repair. We adjourned at 7:40pm, Jane

8 Page 8 Thank You for Your Care & Share Sharing We have come to the end of another school year of giving out Friday Care & Share bags to Westville students in need. This school year, we gave out an average of 40 bags weekly, which is about 1,440 bags. A Special THANK YOU to all the volunteers who shopped, packed, donated, delivered, and prayed for this sharing ministry. Thank you, God for Continuing to Bless Care & Share! Trustees need your help: June 16 th and 17 th Friday and Saturday We have set aside June 16 th and 17 th for jobs that need to be done at the Parsonage. We will start with the outside jobs until David has moved to his new location. The shed in the back yard has a hole in the roof. It needs to be repaired. If you have that skill and can help please let me know. The yard needs some attention weeds and such. Also after David moves to his new location will need to go into the parsonage and do a cleaning top to bottom. I will have more information after this weekend for the kind of work to be done. I expect washing windows, dusting, vacuuming, washing down cabinet inside and out mopping and etc. Please let me know if you can be available to help. We will have the carpets cleaned after we are done with the inside jobs. Thanks for calling and offering to help!! Church Office

9 Page 9 BECAUSE HUNGER DOES NOT TAKE A SUMMER VACATION Care and Share is ministry of the Westville United Methodist Church in partnership with the Westville Community, whose mission is to provide food for children who may not have adequate food on weekends during the school year and during the summer months. Care and Share is trying something new this summer, and will need a lot of cooperation from the community to be successful. So your job is to help spread the word about this new idea to help others have healthy food during the summer months. Care and Share will be sponsoring weekly FREE FARMER S MARKETS. Many times gardeners have more produce more than they can use. We would like for the gardeners in our community to share their produce periodically with others. The FREE FARMER S MARKETS WILL start on July 17th at the Westville United Methodist Church from 5:00-6:00. We will also be giving away food staples, such as cereal, peanut butter, and any other food that may be donated. FREE FARMER S MARKETS will continue on Mondays from 5:00-6:00 on the side yard of the United Methodist Church on Main Street throughout the growing season. If you are not a gardener, but would still like to help, please donate other foods that will be given away during the market. For more information, please contact us by calling the church at TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! If you can help with this, would you take a turn mowing at the church? Call Jane Cindy Gilbert is taking a break from teaching Sunday school to the Kindergarten through 5th grade age group. Would you take one Sunday to work with the young people. The materials are provided. You just need to show up and follow the plans left for that week. Call Amanda at

10 11 12 JUNE 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat KDO=Kids Day Out FLC=Family Life Center OEA=Over Eaters Anonymous TOPS=Take Off Pounds Sensibly 4 6:30 Choir 18 Father s Day 4:00 p 1 5 4:00 p.m. Women Walk 4:00 p.m. Women Walk :00p.m. Women Walk Trustee Meeting 4:00 p.m. Women Walk 6 6 p.m. OEA Brick Rm 13 Craft Project 4:30 for Ellen 6 p.m. OEA Brick Rm 20 6 p.m. OEA Brick Rm 27 6 p.m. OEA Brick Rm 7 Resale Shop 1-4 pm Man to Man 6:30pm Women Walkers 4pm TOPS Meet FLC 5-7pm 14 Resale Shop 1-4 pm Man to Man 6:30pm Women Walkers 4pm 21 Resale Shop 1-4 p Man to Man 6:30pm Women Walkers 4pm TOPS Meet FLC 5-7pm 28 Resale Shop 1-4 p Man to Man 6:30pm Women Walkers 4pm TOPS Meet FLC 5-7pm Lions Club FLC Resale Shop 1-4 PM 8 Resale Shop 1-4 PM Church Council 6:30 pm 15 Resale Shop 1-4 PM 22 Resale Shop 1-4 PM 29 Resale Shop 1-4 PM Work Day at Parsonage Outside Work Parsonage 8:45 a.m. Men s Breakfast at Greenway