Summer Worship Service MAY SERMONS & SERVICES

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2 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 MAY SERMONS & SERVICES Communion Questions for the Faithful: Does Jesus call you friend? John 15:9-17 Questions for the Faithful: Are you ready to go? Luke 24:44-53 Pentecost Questions for the Faithful: Are you watching and listening? John 15:26-27; 16:4-15 Memorial Day Weekend Children of God Romans 8:12-17 Would you like to provide altar flowers in memory or honor of someone? Please contact the altar guild member below: June: Barb Flock (570) July: Cathy Marr (570) Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one anothe, and all the more as you see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 Did you know: you can sponsor the bulletin or radio broadcast in honor of or in memory of someone? Please see sign-up board in courtyard hallway. Cost of sponsorship is $25.00 each. Forms are also available at the sign-up board. 8:30AM Contemporary Service 9:45AM Sunday School 11:00AM Traditional Service We also broadcast the 11:00AM service on WWPA 1340AM and 101.3FM. JUNE/JULY COMBINED PINE NEEDLE Please have any material for the June/July Pine Needle in the church office no later than Wednesday, May 16 th. Any early articles are appreciated and helpful. Articles not received by May 16 th may not be included in the May Pine Needle. Monday - Thursday 8:00AM -3:00PM Friday - 8:00AM 1:30PM streetpine@hotmail.com Website: Also find us on Facebook under Pine Street United Methodist Church. **Summer hours begin May 29 th. Monday-Friday 8:00AM 1:30PM Summer Worship Service Beginning May 27 th through September 2 nd our Summer Worship Service will be at 10:15AM. Page 2

3 MAY SPECIAL OFFERING ENVELOPE Our GOLDEN CROSS SUNDAY designated by our Susquehanna Conference means we have the opportunity to designate offerings in addition to the regular budget. Our church sends a portion of our budget to the Conference for their budget. The special Sunday Offerings focus on mission or human needs in addition to regular budget expense. GOLDEN CROSS offering is distributed among our Conference Homes: Home for Children that cares short-term or long-term for children suffering from neglect or abuse and our retirement/nursing homes to aid those who have exhausted their funds: Bethany Village, Quincy village, Normandie Ridge, River Woods and Wesley Village. We all wonder what will happen when we run out of money. This assures those in our homes that their care will continue.. UNITED METHODIST WOMEN MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET will be held on Thursday, May 10 th in Fellowship Hall at 6:00 pm. A chicken dinner catered by Crouse Catering will be served by the men of the church. The Williamsport High School Choir will present a musical program. Tickets are $12.00 adults, $5.00 children 6-12 and under 6 are free. Tickets will be on sale each Sunday after both service and in the church office during the week. Come and enjoy an evening of food and fellowship. Wednesday, June 6th our spring picnic will be held in Wesley Hall at 6:00 p.m. Bring a tureen to pass. The meat and beverage will be provided. Hostesses will be Juanita Shaw and Pat Wittig Mission Express will be held at Bucknell University on July 11 th. The three-day school will also be held July 12th-14th at Bucknell. The topics this year are Embracing Wholeness-An Earth Perspective, The Missionary Conferences of the United Methodist Church and What About Our Money. Please contact Pat Wittig if you are able to attend any of the events. Pine Street UMW hosted Spiritual Enrichment Day this year. Our thanks to Karen Cook and Marian Schell for preparing our breakfast and Charlie Getchell for providing the music. Thanks to our ladies for providing muffins for our breakfast. Pat Wittig received a certificate for her 29th year of participating in the Plan I of the Reading program. EUMENICAL LUNCHEON MAY Join us Wednesdays for lunch a program! The lunch line opens about 11:45a.m and cost for lunch is $6. Come and join with friends and fellowship. May 2 nd TBA May 9 th Providing New Socks and Sneakers for Children and Youth. Mr. & Mrs. Rick (Nancy) Jacobs, Shoe Express May 16 th An Update on the World of Little League. Ms. Janice Ogurcak, Director of Public Programing and Outreach, LL International May 23 rd Love Reaching Out from the New Love Center. Rev. Dr. Kerry Aucker, St. Johns and St. James Lutheran Churches, Jersey Shore. May 30 th Seasoned Helpers. Mrs. Linda Dieffenbach, Messiah Lutheran Church, So. Williamsport CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE As part of the Connection Team s continued role in the Capital Campaign, we want to keep the congregation up to date on the progress of our campaign. This has certainly been an exciting start to the campaign. Because of your generosity, our church was able to already completely repay the money that was necessary to accomplish the roof project. Other projects will be starting soon, but it is because of your gifts that we have not had to use the Line of Credit that had been originally planned. As of March 31 st, the Capital Campaign has received 32% of the $605,000 goal, which is total of $193,796. This was an increase of $34,988 from our update in January. We are so thankful to all who have made a sacrifice and supported the Campaign as we are well on our way to reaching our 3 year goal. Please remember to check out Journey Board in the church s fellowship areas, as it was created to visual track our campaign efforts. Connection Team Donna and Dale Diermyer, Gail Maurer, and Jake Sekel Page 3

4 USHERS AND GREETERS May 6 th Bill Burd, Carol Porter, Karen Wynn, Pat Bailey, Martin & Diane Belzer May 13 th Dave & Gail Bair, Bill Burd, Carol Porter, Pat Scaife, Dale & Donna Diermyer May 20th Dale & Donna Diermyer, Karen Wynn, Bill Burd, Martin & Diane Belzer May 27 th Martin & Diane Belzer, Dale & Donna Diermyer, Pat Scaife DATE: June TIME: 10:00 am - Noon The adventure includes energizing music, interactive Bible fun, super science, cool crafts, delicious snacks, great games and more. DONATIONS: As in other years, we will have a donation board set up in the lobby with items needed for both science experiments and snacks. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. Please be sure to invite your friends, neighbors or family members to our VBS. Registration is simple: Go to Open up News and Events, drop down to Vacation Bible School and register your child online. Those serving in May I would like to thank the Ushers and Greeters who give of their time each Sunday morning. They are all dependable, very friendly and always ready to replace another usher when needed. They never complain and I appreciate their willingness to help. We would like to have more people join us and become part of a wonderful way to know your fellow church family, not only by face but also by name. It is a rewarding and good feeling experience. If you are willing to help, see Eleanor Snyder on Sunday morning in the lobby. Enjoy serving your church by volunteering. May 6 th May 13 th May 20 th May 27 th May 6 th May 13 th May 20 th May 27 th ACOLYTES Juliette Grimes Ciara Beaghley Rylie French Collin Porter NURSERY VOLUNTEERS Jenna McWilliams Chris Nevill Marion Reeser Kate Heaster CRIB NURSERY Tammy Lundy FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWING 11AM SERVICE May 6 th Jim and Mitzi Burget May 13 th Kathryn Penfield May 20 th Gloria Spangenburg May 27 th Diane Belzer May 6 th May 13 th May 20 th May 27 th WORSHIP LEADERS Michelle Hopkins Donna Diermyer Jerry Walls Dee Eberly Page 4

5 PERSONALS Thank you to those who helped assemble the April Pine Needle. We could not do this each month without your help: We are always looking for volunteers. If you would like to help, please contact Juanita Shaw at (570) ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS Scholarship help is available from funds given to the church. A gift is designated for music students. If you are going to study music in college, you may be eligible for tuition assistance or help with lesson fees. If you are going to attend one of our United Methodist Colleges, you may be eligible for tuition assistance from the R. Andrew Lady Scholarship Fund. The Scholarship Committee will receive the applications due June 5 th and determine the recipients. Applications are available from the church office. I would like to thank everyone who sent cards while I was in the hospital. They made my day. I also appreciated the delicious soups after I came home and also the lovely flowers. My thanks to all-each and every one. My blessings to all. Juanita Shaw. Thank you to the following people who have made donations to our Heritage Room. If you see then, thank them for their contributions: Walter Schell and the Nancy Sauer Family RED GERANIUMS FOR PENTECOST May 20th Order deadline, Sunday, May 13 th Price - $3.00 each Name Phone number: Numbered ordered: Total Amount due: Please put your order in the offering plate or drop it off at the church office. Enclose payment with your order make checks payable to Pine Street UMC and include Geraniums in the memo line. Please pick up your plant(s) following the Worship Service Page 5

6 Think about inviting a friend or cousin or neighbor to Vacation Bible School. VBS registration forms are enclosed. You can register online at Open up News and Events And drop down to VBS. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Youth Group May 2018 THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO PURCHASED PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE EGGS IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH GROUP! A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO BEN LIDDIC FOR PROVIDING THE INGREDIENTS. WE RAISED $431, AND THE THE TEENS HAVE DECIDED TO PURCHASE LASER TAG CONTROLLERS AS IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AT THE LOCKIN. THE CONTROLLERS WILL BE FOR YOUTH GROUP FUNCTIONS AND UTILIZIED TO GROW OUR YOUTH GROUP AND HOPEFULLY CONNECT WITH OTHER CHURCHES. WE ALSO WILL BE TITHING TO THE CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE FUND AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE USED FOR YOUTH GROUP EVENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS YOUTH GROUP WILL BE EVERY SUNDAY AT 6:30PM-8PM EXCEPT FOR MOTHE S DAY, MAY 13th Page 6

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9 M ay Birthdays Elyann Hoskins May 1 Aynslie French May 2 Barbara Johnson May 2 Christine Nevill May 2 Robert Riggle May 2 Sharleen Shoff May 2 Valleri Smith May 2 Kent Young May 2 Glenda Breon May 3 Shirley Springman May 3 *** Emily Herb May 4 Paula Yenner May 4 Alex McWilliams May 5 Gene Weigle May 5 Mark Nevill May 6 Amelia Peterson May 6 Shari Poust May 6 Connie Smith May 6 Paul Stachowski May 6 Linda Wright May 7 Krislin Banzhof May 9 G William Bishop May 10 Austin Morgan May 10 James Springman May 10 Scott Williams May 10 Brenda Beaghley May 11 Gary Helsel May 11 Michael Person May 11 Dana Pick May 11 David Staccone May 11 Suzanne Heilman May 12 Noah Reed May 12 Mikalyn Boatman May 13 Geneva Ertel May 13 Esther Horner May 13 Allen Page May 13 Karl Ivers May 15 Kelly Allmaras May 16 Jackqulyn Brooks May 16 Christopher Miller May 16 Zoe Silva May 17 Judy Staccone May 17 Victoria Young May 17 Mckenna Rosser May 18 Mark Sauers May 18 Robert Schell May 18 Marlene Daneker May 19 *** Bertha Hall May 19 Bold *** Jubilee Birthday Ayana Schork May 19 Linda Huyck May 19 William Russell May 19 Mia James May 21 Alyssa Sick May 21 Larry Breon May 21 Mary Bower May 22 Laraine Cooper May 22 Elijah Grimes May 23 Ryder Haines May 23 Triston Ryder May 23 Erin Hubbard May 25 Brian Paulhamus May 25 Jacob Person May 25 Madeleine Wittle May 25 Francis Beaghley May 26 Cynthia Person May 26 Amanda Stanzione May 26 Jim Benson May 28 Justin Pandolfi May 28 John Ryder May 28 Kile Banzhof May 30 Susan Stopper May 30 Susan Koser May 31 Nicole Perry May 31 May Anniversaries Blessings on your Special Day! Marr, James & Cathy (Shaw) May 3 Riggle, Lesli & Robert May 4 Adams, Eric & Kristin May 5 Kindon, Robert & Christine (Rogers) May 5 Moyer, Charles & Jean May 6 Maeulen, James & Susan (Konkle) May 9 Parente, Anthony & Judith (Gouldin) May 15 Shoff, Thomas & Sharleen May 16 Bishop, G William & Nancy (Wilkinson) May 17 Gower, Walter & Pamela May 23 Belzer, Joseph & Caitlin May 24 Huyck, John & Linda (Robinson) May 25 Schell, Walter & Marian (Meyer) May 26 Burget, James & Kara (Mish) May 27 Hartman, Heather & Timothy May 28 Clark, Dennis & Sally (Hunt) May 29 Page 9

10 Children s Activity Page Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, All are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world. Page 10

11 "Spirit of the Living God" Daniel Iverson The UM Hymnal, No. 393 Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. This is one of the most long-lasting and widely used choruses in Christian worship. Every aspect of the song embodies a simple sincerity. The melody encompasses only five notes, with every pitch in its place. The harmonies can be played by a very modestly skilled pianist, and three of the four lines repeat the same nine words. Yet for many, the straightforward petitions of this song draw the singer into an attitude of prayer. The late hymnologist William J. Reynolds provided background on the song s creation: During January and February of 1926, the George T. Stephans Evangelistic Party conducted a citywide revival in the tabernacle in Orlando, Fla. Daniel Iverson, a Presbyterian minister from Lumberton, N.C., spent several days in Orlando visiting with the Stephans team. The day he arrived, he was greatly impressed by a message on the Holy Spirit given by Dr. Barron, a physician from Columbia, S.C. Later that day Iverson went to the First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, sat down at the piano, and wrote this song. Miss Birdie Loes, the pianist for the Stephans team, wrote it out on manuscript paper. E. Powell Lee, the team song leader, was immediately impressed and taught it to the people that evening in the tabernacle and used it throughout the campaign. While the inspiration for the hymn is not known for certain, it is likely that Iverson knew a hymn by Adelaide Pollard ( ), Have Thine Own Way, Lord, based on Jeremiah 18:6: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel (KJV). The first stanza of Pollard s hymn uses similar language ( Mold me and make me ). The final stanza also contains a petition to the Spirit ( Fill with thy Spirit ). Pollard s hymn was written about 25 years before Iverson s 1926 composition. Both use a similar musical idiom. The Rev. Carlton Young, editor of the UM Hymnal, notes that the authorship of Spirit of the Living God was lost for a time because the song could so easily be taught without music or even printed words. It first appeared in Revival Songs (1929) in a slightly revised version that was published without the author s permission, according to Dr. Young. Southern Baptist gospel song composer B.B. McKinney made slight alterations and published it again in his Songs of Victory (1937). The altered version was solidified when it was published in the Baptist Hymnal (1956) without the composer s name. E. Powell Lee, the song leader for the Stephans evangelistic team, brought Iverson s name to light and his name was restored to the song in later printings of the Baptist Hymnal in the 1960s. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8 Page 11

12 Pine Street United Methodist Church 441 Pine Street Williamsport PA Address Service Request NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Williamsport, PA PERMIT No. 36 May 2018 MAY HAPPENINGS AT PINE STREET UMC 8:30am Contemporary Worship 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Traditional Worship May 6 th May 4 th May 8 th May 27 th May 27 th May 27 th May 28 th May 31 st Communion UMW May Friendship Day Mission Central ½ daytrip Summer Unified Service begins Family Promise Week begins Worship Service at 10:15AM (New Summer schedule) Memorial Day, Office Closed, Summer office hours begin Tuesday 29th Annual Hershey Check your calendar for a list of committee meetings and other events. Please be sure to read your newsletter for the details of the events happening at Pine Street UMC for the month May. Have you checked out the website for Pine Street? Check out Pine Street UMC Facebook page. Show Christ s Love.Teach God s Truth Share the Gospel