The Shallowford Steeple

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1 The Shallowford Steeple Lewisville United Methodist Church, Lewisville, NC June 15, 2016 WEDNESDAY NIGHT POT-LUCK SUPPER Come join your church family on July 6 for our monthly Wednesday Night Pot-Luck Supper at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. The food and fellowship are great fun, so be sure to include an LUMC evening in your plans. Please remember our 15 guests from UMAR and bring extra food to share. METHODIST MEN S BREAKFAST MEETING The Methodist Men will have their monthly breakfast meeting Sunday, July 10, at 7:30 am in Asbury Hall. All men are invited.

2 The Shallowford Steeple Lewisville United Methodist Church 6290 Shallowford Road P. O. Box 305 Lewisville, NC Phones: / Fax (Church): Website: Church Pre-Sorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Lewisville, NC Permit No. 1 DATED MATERIAL Address Service Requested Ministry and Staff of the Church Resident Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Patterson Pastor Dr. Ivan Peden Director of Christian Education June Hayes Music Director Debby Trivett Director, Youth/Young Adult Ministries Emily Roach Missionary to Cambodia Esther Gitobu Chairperson of Administrative Board Bo Houff Chairperson of Council on Ministries Mike Hayes Lay Leader Dean Norman School Care Director Rachel Dominico Preschool Director Marcia Sexton Secretary Toni Jones Gift for the month of June for Crisis Control: canned meats (salmon, beef, ham, etc.) Gift for the month of June for LCAP: bleach Tuesday, June 28, is the deadline for news to be submitted for the July 6 issue of The Steeple.

3 Catalyst 411: Here s what s happening with the Catalyst Youth. IMPORTANT INFO: Website: If you want the most up-to-date info, familiarize yourself with our website: WOW Wednesday Trips: The deadline to sign up for all WOW Wednesday trips has already passed. All participants will receive information no later than the Monday before the WOW Wednesday with important details about the week s WOW Wednesday. Visitors and friends must bring a copy of a Catalyst Medical Form with them in order to participate (these can be found on our website). Attending the Lake Junaluska Retreat or Give Kids the World Mission Trip? All participants and at least one parent should attend our prep meetings on Sunday, June 26th at 3:30pm (Lake J) and Sunday, July 17th at 6:45pm (GKTW) in the Youth Room. Important details about the trips will be given out at these meetings. If you cannot attend, please let Emily know immediately. Emily s Summer Office Hours: Like any other week, E s office hours are hard to predict since each week is different; however, she will continue to announce them in each week s bulletin, e-blast and on the website. If you d like to talk, pray, or just hang out, let any leader know. CATALYST CALENDAR: JUNE: 21-23rd- Open Arms Day Camp (Participants be on the look out for e-details!) 26th- Lake Junaluska Prep 3:30pm; 4:30-6:30pm 27-30th- Assist with Vacation Bible School JULY: 6th- WOW Wednesday: Water Day Williams Farm 10-14th- Lake Junaluska Retreat 17th- 4:30-6:30pm; Give Kids the World Mission Trip 6:45pm 20th- WOW Wednesday: Carowinds (8:30-6:30pm) 22-23rd- Adult Leadership Training (Please be praying for all of your Catalyst leaders!!) 24th- Youth Council 2:30pm; 4:30-6:30pm 27th- WOW Wednesday: Paintball (10-4pm) 31st- 4:30-6:30pm AUGUST: 3rd- WOW Wednesday: Hanging Rock (9:15-4pm) 7-13th- Give Kids the World Mission Trip to Kissimmee, FL 14th- Catalyst Small LUMC, 4:30-5:45pm; Potluck 6-7:30pm 15-19th- Emily away to plan Calendar (Prayers please!) 20th- End of Summer Trip to Wet N Wild (9-7pm) 21st- NO Catalyst 28th- 4:30-6:30pm; Leader 6:45pm

4 UMW NEWS º The SOC Circle will meet on Saturday, June 25, at 8:30 am at Panera Bread in Clemmons. º The UMW Morning Circle will meet on Monday, July 11, at 10:00 am in the Yokefellow Class. Please bring deodorant for our health kits. º UMW Circle 1 will meet on Monday, July 11, at 1 pm in the parlor. UMW MORNING READING GROUP Monday, June am in the church library The UMW Morning Reading Group will meet Monday, June 27, at 10:00 am in the church library. We will be discussing the book Miss Brenda and the Loveladies. This is a heartwarming true story of grace, God and gumption. A copy of the book is circulating. LUMC VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL CAVE QUEST: FOLLOWING JESUS June am 12 noon In order to have a successful VBS we need many volunteers! Join the children in experiencing the joy and satisfaction of serving others by signing up as a volunteer! If you are interested in serving at VBS, please fill out the form below and return it to the church office or place it in the offering plate. Questions? Call June Hayes at or Emma Hayes at Please sign your child up in the west wing lobby. VBS is open to children who will be 3 years old by 8/31/16 through rising sixth graders Yes, I would like to help with VBS! Name VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Phone I will help where needed. Work Area

5 STEWARDSHIP RECORD OF FAITHFULNESS As members, we uphold the Church with our promise to give of our presence, gifts, prayers, and service. Promises to Keep: Presence June 5 Sunday School: 180 8:30 am Worship: :00 am Worship: 144 June 12 Sunday School: 143 8:30 am Worship: :00 am Worship: 148 MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS General Budget Gifts: In memory of Woody Coxe and in honor of Carol Coxe by Emily Cox; Capital Improvement Fund Gift: In memory of my dad, Phil Ball, whose wisdom and love is missed on Father s Day and always by Phyllis Moore. Promises to Keep: Gifts June 5 General Budget $16, Hunger Fund $ Capital Improv. Fd. $ Bus Fund $ UMCOR $ Bell Tower $ :30 Refreshments $ Open Arms Kitchen Remodel $ June 12 General Budget $ 9, Hunger Fund $ 9.00 Capital Improv. Fd. $ Bus Fund $ Bell Tower Fund $ Open Arms Kitchen $ WE COULD REALLY USE YOUR HELP! If you love to spend time with little ones and have an extra hour to spare throughout the year, please go to this link : sixdih at Volunteer Spot to sign up for dates for both the 8:30 and 11 am worship services. Questions? Call Lindsay Watson at or her at Lindsaywats@gmail.com. LEWISVILLE IS A STEPHEN MINISTRY CHURCH. Stephen Ministers are trained lay care-givers who provide emotional and spiritual care to persons who are experiencing difficulties in their lives hospitalization, loss of a loved one, loss of job, or any other crisis situation. This is care in addition to the care the pastor gives. If you are interested in having a Stephen Minister, fill out one of the slips in the pew rack and put it in the offering plate or hand it to the minister or one of the Stephen Leaders or Tom Lee.

6 Summer: The Season of Rest [The following article is adapted from the writings of Rev. Dr. Dave Barnhart, a United Methodist pastor in the North Alabama Conference. I hope you find it helpful, as I did.] Rest is not a word that we Americans understand too well. Sure, we rest at night when we sleep. But rest is so much more than sleeping. For many of us rest seems like a waste of time. Some people have a difficult time imagining a day devoted to rest. We admire people who work hard and play hard. We have weekend projects, maintaining home or yard or garden. We travel or watch television. We have ball games and family obligations and hobbies. There is too much to do and too little time, and anyway, idle hands are the devil s workshop, right? As the old saying goes, there s no rest for the wicked, and the righteous don t need any. So to many of us, rest seems like a waste of time. We all feel the stress of busyness. We know we need a break, and we say that we should stop and smell the roses. But there never seems to be enough time for rest. We try to budget our time, stuffing time into envelopes and rationing it the way we budget money. We make distinctions between regular time and quality time. We know the consequences of such stress: high blood pressure, heart attacks, broken relationships, sleep deprivation, poor eating habits, and so on. Yet even knowing these things, hearing that we ought or should try to take a break simply gives us one more thing to squeeze into our calendars between the doctor s appointment and the deadline. Unfortunately, church doesn t help much, with our programs and studies and mission projects, all of which are so important to our spiritual growth. How can we rest? We re doing the Lord s work! So although we may know we need a break, we don t feel that we have time to rest. Yet God rested. How strange! A God who never sleeps, who is all-powerful and ever-present, decides to take the day off. We can hardly imagine it. What does God do on God s off day? The point is that because God rested, God directs God s people to rest (Exodus 31:17). The word sabbath actually comes from the Hebrew verb for rest. God instructs God s people to keep the sabbath holy as a perpetual sign of the covenant between God and Israel. Keeping the sabbath is like tithing our time to God. We give to God the first moments of the day, or the first day of our week. Because we are made in the image of God, we imitate God s rest after a busy week of doing and creating. It reminds us that all time is God s time. We make time for a little slice of eternity, and give that time as an offering to God in the same way that we put money into the offering plate. People who keep a sabbath, whether it is Saturday, Sunday, or some other regular day of rest and reflection, often say that it helps them value their time during the week even more. There s a paradox at work in the spiritual discipline of keeping a sabbath. Just as people who give generously never seem to run out of money, people who make a habit of carving out time for sabbath rest never seem to run out of time. Actually, we have more than enough time. Although time is finite, God somehow gives us minutes as fast as we spend them. God promises us eternal life, a joyful life without end, an abundant life where seconds and minutes, weeks and years are simply the beats and rests of an amazing symphony that never stops. We mark time within this music, playing our instruments with the skill God has given us, careful to pause during the rests, so that we may play on cue. God is generous with God s time. We have more than enough time, so we tithe that time back to God. Imagine your life with a regular sabbath rest. What do you do with those twenty-four hours if God forbids work? Nap in a hammock? Swing on a porch swing, sipping lemonade? Talk with friends? Picnic in the park with the kids? The Bible tells us that the sabbath is a foretaste of the kingdom of God, where children play in the streets and everyone sits in the shade of their own vineyard. Imagine: God wants such a life for us! An endless summer afternoon, spent in the company of people we love. God says, Why wait for heaven? Start doing it now. Shalom and happy Sabbath rest this summer! Ivan

7 CLUB 45 will be meeting on June 16 from 6:30-8:30 pm for our next time together. Bring your board games to play. No electronics! Join us in Asbury Hall for all the fun! This is for those who have just completed the fourth and fifth grades. See you there! UPCOMING CLUB 45 EVENTS July: Pool Party (date to be decided) August 4: Movie Night (Please note change of date for movie night.) PLEASE JOIN US! CHURCH BUS FUNDRAISER COFFEE HOUSE Saturday June 18, 2016, 7 pm Fellowship Hall Featuring The Williams Brothers Enjoy fellowship, great bluegrass music, coffee and dessert and all for a great cause! All donations will go towards the purchase of our church buses. SAVE THE DATE: June 26! Welcome Home Potluck Supper for Kevin Tiddy at LUMC picnic shelter. Watch for details!

8 Dads need lovin too! Join us for Father s Day! Turning the calendar to June, we find the wonderful day of celebration for our fathers or like-fathers. Irrespective of the language you speak, the word Dad or whoever you call Dad, speaks volumes about those special men who have contributed so much to who we are. The fatherly ways of love, guidance, wisdom and sometimes downright silliness, help to mold our future. On Sunday, June 19 th, at both services we are planning to have a Table of Tribute to the Dads. We encourage you to bring a photo, poem or a written letter/ , or any other item that reminds you of that special Dad such as an old tool or sports ball. Please bring the item with a sticky note attached (optional) including your name and that of your Father or Special Dad. At the designated time during the service, you will be asked to bring the item to the altar area as a Living Thanks and place it on the Tribute Table. Your items can be collected immediately following the service for return home. All men are a masterpiece of the living God. Let us celebrate the amazing men who have given us strength, encouragement and leadership, making an awesome difference in our lives. For info: Judi Burkhart ( ); Debbie Weston ( ) WANT TO FLOAT DOWN THE DAN RIVER??? What better way to cool off on a hot July day than a float on the Dan River? Join the Fellowship Ministry Team as we go tubing on the Dan River on Saturday, July 9, 2016! The cost is $9 per person ($7 for small children) for a 2 2 ½ hour float trip. The cost includes a life vest and shuttle trip to the starting point of the float. We ll meet at the Danbury General Store/General Dan Tubing Co. at 201 N. Main St. in Danbury, NC at 1:00pm. For those who want to arrive earlier and bring your own lunch to enjoy together at 12:00, come on! They also have a small variety of lunch items for sale at the General Store. Anyone wanting more information about how the trip is run, or about the General Store itself, is welcome to visit their website at danburygeneralstore.net or call them at We have reservations made for our group but will need to give an exact number in the morning before we arrive, so we ll be sure to have enough tubes for everyone. We will need payment up front to reserve your spot, and are asking $9 for all single floaters and $18 for 2 or more. We will pay the full amount the day we arrive. Please make checks to LUMC and mark the memo line Dan River Trip. Deadline to sign up is July 3. Sound fun? Please join us for a relaxing afternoon of fellowship! DAN RIVER FLOAT TRIP Name Names of all participants Phone number Amount of check

9 WILL YOU HELP BUILD THE KINGDOM KITCHEN? Open Arms Community, a ministry of the Board of Global Missions of the United Methodist Church since 2000, serves over 4500 meals a year to low-resource children and adults in Winston- Salem. The meals are prepared in a residential kitchen that is so severely in need of repairs and updates that the floor is in danger of collapsing. We often think about disaster missions and international missions, but this is a mission in our own community that desperately needs our assistance. Some of our local United Methodist churches working together through missional networks have committed to making these renovations happen. The project is called Kingdom Kitchen. So far Open Arms has financial grants totaling $19,000 against a budget of $71,000, which is 26% of the funds needed. We are asking churches and groups within churches, such as UMW Circles, UMM, and Sunday School classes, to help us raise this funding. Please help us by spreading the word about this need in your congregation and prayerfully considering how you can help. Perhaps your church or group can meet one of these specific needs. Cabinets, stainless steel counter tops, flooring, appliances, painting, new wiring, new plumbing from street, etc. will be replaced. We need everything including the kitchen sink! For more information, contact: Paul Mullican, pwmullican@aol.com, or at You can mail checks directly to Open Arms, 437 E. Sprague Street, Winston- Salem, NC Please mark your check: "KINGDOM KITCHEN". UPCOMING DATES º June 19: Father s Day º June 27-30: Vacation Bible School º July 9: Trip on the Dan River º Aug. 5: Dash Ball Game DONATIONS FOR OUR UMAR FRIENDS! Items needed: paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, zip-lock bags (all sizes), aluminum foil, Saran Wrap, craft supplies. Please leave your donations in the box under the table outside the Fellowship Hall. Our UMAR friends pick up our donations each month when they attend the Wednesday Night Pot-Luck Suppers A NIGHT AT THE DASH BALLGAME!!! Make your plans now to join us on August 5 for a night at the DASH. We are only reserving 60 seats on a first-come, first-served basis, so sign up as soon as you can! Cost for the tickets is $10 per person. Yes, I/we would like to attend the Dash ballgame on August 5. Name Number attending Phone number

10 Our two covenant classes would like to thank Ivan for his leadership and teaching of this wonderful and spiritual journey. Talk to anyone who attended and they will verify this was time well spent in our walk with Christ. When this is taught again, may I suggest you start expanding your covenant with God. And please remember; this is all for God's glory. AMEN & AMEN! Below is a covenant prayer I wrote from the Covenant teaching that was presented. Since covenant is your own personal relationship with God, may you start now making your covenant with our God. He is waiting! AMEN! Blessing & Shalom, Paul Mullican Paul's Covenant Prayer My one and only glorious and most loving God. Use me as you would any servant who loves and glorifies his GOD! You put me on this earth to serve and please you. Let your will be done through Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and your servant, Paul. My whole being, heart, soul, and mind is on this earth because you put me here for your Glory. You are the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. You placed the four corners of the earth and hung the stars. I only say this because it is true and to acknowledge your Godliness. I am not even worthy to gather up the crumbs under your table. But thank you, my blessed Lord, for forgiveness of my many sins. And may your word always be embedded in my heart and soul. You are the potter, I am the clay. Your spirit is my spirit. Mold me and make me into your image. And the moment my life comes to an end on this earth, I know this covenant will go with me to heaven; forever and ever. AMEN & AMEN! HELP BID FAREWELL TO OUR GRADUATES In the hallway outside of the youth room, there are laundry hampers for each high school graduate. As our gift to them, we all have the opportunity between now and Sunday, August 7th, to drop off items for them to take to college. Be creative, and shower them with love! Below is a suggested list of items that college students love, for all different kinds of budgets (but items shouldn t be limited to this list): Pens, pencils, paper, notebook, index cards, highlighters, desk accessories, microwavable food/ snacks, gift cards/money, laundry detergent, fabric softener, rolls of quarters, toiletries, address book, photo album, extra long sheets, air freshener, 3m strips, something homemade, any pieces of home, quick recipes, first aid kit, devotional, flash drive, iron, dvds/cds, alarm clock, extension cord/surge protector, stamps, stationery, personalized items, etc. If you give to one graduate, we ask that you give to all. Thank you for helping us share {and evenly disperse} the love! BIG THANKS to all who helped make Graduation Sunday a huge success: our speakers, our cooks, our staff, our graduates, and of course, our God. THANK YOU ALL! -Love, Emily

11 SHARING IN MINISTRY GREETERS AND USHERS (8:30 AM SERVICE) June 19 Gail and Heidi Sturtevant June 26 Linda and Butch Fossier July 3 Mitzi and Dusty Swing July 10 Susan and David Britten GREETER (11:00 AM SERVICE) June: Carol Miller WHO COMMITTEE July WHO Committee Chairpersons: Ellen Farmer and Denise Criss Margy Smith Lynn Sonafrank Jane Peeler Cathy Wells Heather Riddick Donna Tickle Angela Adams Jessica Baker Jean Gross Lori Gee Carol Portis Mariedith Appanaitis Catherine Trosan WHY COMMITTEE July WHY Committee Chairmen: Jerry Farmer and Ken Criss Roger Armstrong John Crider Mike Collins Kim Daniel Bob Skinner Jack Hall Barry Brown Tom Kellar Robert Barrett Don Schweighart Ken Jones John Morris Children s Church Schedule (8:30 am Worship Service) June 19 June Hayes June 26 June Hayes July 3 June Hayes Please note: Materials for Children s Church will be in the classroom for you to check out ahead of time as resources for Sunday morning activities. If unavailable to teach, please be responsible for finding your own substitute. Remember: Children s Church is offered for 4-year-olds through 2nd graders. 8:30 am Nursery Schedule June 19 Robin Eberhart June 26 Robin Eberhart July 3 Robin and Kurt Speckhart 11:00 am Nursery Schedule June 19 June 26 Sunny Cordray July 3 Beth Johnson LUMC MISSION STATEMENT: The Mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The Book of Discipline 2012 LUMC VISION STATEMENT: The Vision of Lewisville United Methodist Church is to provide love, hope, and faith to all through education, fellowship, and worship of our Lord. We encourage stewardship of our time, our talents, and our gifts to support our church, our community, and our mission.

12 1 Joe Brewster Trevor Howe Carol Hutton Betty Leslie Catherine Trosan 2 Houston Hunter Lou Kirk Caroline Saalweachter 3 Sara Brewster Donna Tickle Jonas Williams 4 Kaydee Kellam Margaret Lee Alex Maglio Billy Robbins Janet Sizemore Roman Ziegler 5 Floyd Craft Glenn Yarnell 6 Spencer Ballus Tanya Kivett Emily Roach 7 Robbie Jester Randy Simmons 8 Will Auringer Roy Sparks 9 Alex Bingham Anna Layton Judie Leach Paul Spicer Melanie Swing 10 Hope Daniel 11 Austin Arnett Brad Daniel Brady Gee Brittany Dawn Neal Ron Smith Trevor Stilphen 12 Doug Beatty Ty Choplin Kathleen Mundy Trudy Portis Dona Stilphen 13 Finley Church Victoria Karlek 14 Kristina Able Leigh Howard Mark Pettenati Melissa Skinner 15 Jennifer Hunter David Ihme 16 Courtney Bates Burgan Campbell Eric Horsley Terry McGuinness JULY BIRTHDAYS 17 Jennifer Little Kelly Scott 18 Charles Johnson Christopher Miller Diane Vogler Martha Williams 19 Jack Hall Andrew Harper Randy Melton 20 Joyce Bowers Savannah Hauser Scott Harris Dick Herring Ray Trosan William Watkins 21 Olivia Morris Nikki Robbins Amanda Vining 22 Jim McNamara Mike Skipper Kevin Yow 23 Ethan Dankwardt Max Earle Leah Shellberg 24 Hank Allen Robert Barrett Brandon Byrd Jackson Hayes Cara Loftin 25 Katie Herring Buckner David Lee Dodder Trent James Sarah Watkins 26 John Trivett Frances Schweighart Don Schweighart 27 John Couch Wayne Hutchens Debra Mabe Alex Stebbins Adam Wells 28 Sandra Mock Brad Watson 29 Josh Collins Carson Crider David Googe Ian Hart Monica Hunolt Giszelle Jones Manda Snow Ann Tallant 30 Judy James John Simmons Ryan Stroud Heidi Sturtevant 31 Brian Byrd Addie Gorman JULY ANNIVERSARIES 1 Ivan and Carol Peden John and Aprell Taylor 2 Kirk and Cindy Rieger 3 Skipp and Kristen Crider 7 Gaylon and Joan Howe 11 Randy and Jo Beth Melton Jeff Hall and Donna Coram 15 Grayson and Dorene Bates Randy and Susan Orr 16 William and Suzanne Farlow Mark and Britt Anne McClelland Dan and Margaret Williams 17 Barry Brown and Angie Pantazopoulos 18 Paul and Karon Holliday 21 Ken and Giszelle Jones 26 Bobby and Tamara Walsh 28 Brian and Judi Burkhart 29 Jon David and Kelly Crider 30 Roger and Sherry Armstrong