the Visitor the Visitor May 2018

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1 FLUSHING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 413 E MAIN ST FLUSHING MI the Visitor April 25, 2018 Issue #4 NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID FLUSHING MI PERMIT #38 May 2018 the Visitor Our Vision Statement Preparing servants who make a difference in their community and the world by knowing Christ, sharing Christ and emulating Christ. a publication of Flushing United Methodist Church Sunday Worship 8:45 am Traditional 11:15 am Contemporary Sunday School 11:15 am Pre-k thru High School 10:00 am Young Adult & Adult Classes Office Hours: Monday -Thursday: 9 - noon & 1-4 pm Friday: 9 - noon Published the last Wednesday of the month (810) Editor: Rose Dessinger 413 E Main St, Flushing MI flumc@sbcglobal.net

2 National Day of Prayer Service On Thursday, May 3 we will gather as a Flushing community to pray for our nation. This year we will have a service at 7:00 pm at the Flushing Community Nazarene Church. We will have music and prayer together. There will also be a community choir. Save the date! Now is the time for us to clearly agree to pray in this manner for America: 1. Pray for unity of thought and strategy among our nation s leadership over these critical issues in America today. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly and it will be given to him. James 1:5 2. Pray that we agree clearly, unite visibly, and pray extraordinarily for the next Great Spiritual Awakening in America. They all were continually united in prayer. Acts 1:14 3. Pray for God to intervene supernaturally across America as we call upon all Americans to pray for our nation on the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, Making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:3 Scripture Readers 8:45am May 6 Cheryl Butts May 13 Carol Dick May 20 Lois Griffin May 27 Dave Lewis Greeters 8:45am May 6 John & Marcia Henson May 13 Bill Dessinger May 20 Harry & Ellen Hulet May 27 Bill & Dorothy McKay Coffee Hosts 8:45am May 6 Rusty Eavy, Judy Martz May 13 Jim & Laragene Triplett May 20 Bill & Dorothy McKay May 27 Rusty Eavy, Judy Martz Ushers 8:45am May 6 Duane & Dawn Hiller May 13 Harry & Ellen Hulet May 20 Bill & Sue Martin May 27 Jim & Laragene Triplett Articles for June Newsletter: Deadline May 15 Newsletter Helpers Wednesday, May 23 Ed & Cheryl Nixon Worship Servants Worship Leaders 11:15am May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 Greeters 11:15am May 6 Chris Pritt, Becky Stamm May 13 Kris Supernaw May 20 Betty Weber, Jeff Welch May 27 Lori & Joe Dorman Coffee Hosts 11:15am May 6 Teresa Casteel, Betty Weber May 13 Jamie & Sandy Kitts May 20 Barb & Sarah Covert May 27 Becky Stamm, Jeff Welch Ushers 11:15am May 6 Barb & Sarah Covert May 13 Kris Burns, Betty Weber May 20 Greg & Anne Winarski May 27 Blair & Tracey Booth Worship Attendance Apr Apr Apr Apr

3 Our Church Family Aware of a concern or joy in our family? Please notify the church, so we can share them with you. Only first names will be published in prayer concerns. Finishing Well on May 6th at 1:00 pm we will welcome guest speaker Lindsay Caterer Christopher, Funeral Director from Rossell s Funeral Home, who will talk about decisions made around death. Also Dick Lowthian, retired State Police Officer and long time hospice volunteer will share about hospice. Books are available at church and on Kindle. Please remember in your hearts and prayers: Jan, rushed to hospital for stroke Quinten, who relapsed with leukemia Art, for healing and kidney issues For the Thomas family on the loss of Janet & for daughter, Terri with cancer A daughter who struggles with belief Elizabeth applying for a new job For a brother in law with cancer Jesse, struggling to get closer to Christ, habitual sin and addiction Laurel s mom who fell and broke hip Basil family, on loss of John and has brain bleed Ron, recovering from surgery Jeff s mom, having breathing issues Muriel, for continued healing Sylvia with a cancer diagnosis Elizabeth applying for a new job Sympathy To Lore Dearing, family and friends on the loss of her father, Arthur Maass. To the St. John family and friends on the loss of Lee St. John. To the Luce family and friends on the loss of Carl Luce. May these families be uplifted by our prayers Thank you to all of my church family for their support since Millie s passing. -Jerry Crandell Thank you to Carol Dick and her helpers for the funeral dinner they served for Lee. Many positive comments were received from guests regarding the delicious food and warm atmosphere. -The family of Lee St. John Flushing United Methodist Church Family: Soon we ll graduate a 43rd family and it is in no small part thanks to your generosity! With thanks & Blessings, Lindsay More, Network Director of Family Promise of Genesee County Thank you for the Facebook comments and likes, texts, s, cards, being at the Memorial Service and hugs, your faithfulness, from so many touched our hearts! Lore and Gary Dearing Sermons Laying the Foundation Starting with the Right Stuff Praying Through Pentecost CE Celebration Obstacles & Delays Ezra 1:1-7 Ezra 3:8-13 Ezra 8:21-23 & Neh 1:3-4 Nehemiah 4: 1-10 Don t forget to wear your RED on Pentecost Sunday! SUNDAY Pastor Debbie s last worship service with her Flushing United Methodist Church family be on June 17th. Please join with us as we say good bye.

4 Ways to give in May 2018 We have moved the offering for Golden Cross Sunday to July 8th this year in order to better prepare for our annual conference. Sunday, May 6th - Detroit Annual Conference special offering. The 2018 Michigan Area Annual Conference is May 31 - June 3. We will be taking a special offering for this conference on Sunday, May 6th. Bob Halbadel and Kris Supernaw will take our special offering with them to Traverse City for the opening ceremony. This year s offering will again include our covenant partners in Haiti and Liberia. This will be the last time the Detroit Annual Conference and the West Michigan Annual Conference will meet as separate organizations. On January 1, 2019 we will become the Michigan Conference of The United Methodist Church. The 2018 theme of annual conference is Engage With ministry and mission. Over four special days, we will introduce a new model for mission for the Michigan Conference. This year, we ask that members explore how they can move from a mission of charity to a ministry of engagement. The type of engagement that leads to lifelong empowerment and change. Church World Service Blanket Sunday Sunday, May 13th Our neighbors deserve warmth and comfort You will have an opportunity to give this Mother s Day. We will be taking up an offering to help provide comfort in times of crisis. Your contribution will help families around the world recover from disasters and displacement, and build viable, sustainable lives and communities. CWS Blankets provides warm blankets for families left homeless by a tornado or other disaster. Each blanket costs only $10, but these blankets can be a vital resource for someone needing a little support, warmth and encouragement. Envelopes will be provided in the bulletin. Next time, we will look at the history and development of the United Brethren Church. Major social issues divided the churches and their congregations after the Civil War, but discussions about mergers also began to be heard. Jim Thomas Historian Evangelical United Brethren Church Bishop Reuben H. Mueller (left) and Methodist Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke join hands on April 23, A Coordination of Nurturing Ministries is being formed! In response to a change in Pastor Jeanne s responsibility last fall, a decision has been made to implement a new role of lay ministry, to be known as Coordination of Nurturing Ministries, as a means of extending the hands and feet of our Pastors in providing Congregational Care. The Coordinator position will be shared by a team of two lay members, Mary Lou Martin who attends the traditional service and Denise Sands who attends the Contemporary service. By bringing our current caring and nurturing ministries together under one umbrella, we hope to provide a way to reach out proactively to assist our congregation in understanding, accessing and serving in the nurturing services currently being provided which include: CarePartners (led by A list of potential caring Laragene Triplett) ministries, include: Stephen Ministry (led by DivorceCare for Adults John Henson & Rose Dessinger) DivorceCare for youth Caring Post (led by Nancy Elsner) GriefShare for youth Worship Service at Hyde Park Congregational visitation UMM Helping Hands team to follow up with post hospital support. GriefShare (led by Mary Lou Martin) Prison Ministry (led by Teresa Casteel) Also, a Telecare ministry (led by Peggy Blanchard) is currently being developed as a means of proactively reaching out to our congregation and is expected to be launched within the next month and will be looking for volunteers willing to call people once a month.

5 A History of the United Methodist Church On April 23, 1968, The United Methodist Church was created when bishops of The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church joined hands at a conference in Dallas, TX. This was the culmination of many years of discussions and meeting between the two denominations that each had a long history of influential ministries. The Methodist movement began with the work of John and Charles Wesley in England during the Seventeen Hundreds. The Methodist Episcopal Church in America was organized at the Christmas Conference at Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore in December In 1800, Philip Otterbein and Martin Boehm formed The Church of the United Brethren in Christ and in 1803, The Evangelical Association was organized by Jacob Albright, a former Lutheran. Both churches were influenced by and nurtured in Methodist teaching. They would formally unite in Issues of slavery, racism and women s rights created divisions in the Methodist Church that split the denomination. Richard Allen, an emancipated slave, left the church in 1816 and organized The African Methodist Episcopal Church. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was begun in A dispute in 1830 about granting representation and voting privileges to laity resulted in several thousand defections and the creation of The Methodist Protestant Church. This church remained strong until 1939, when it joined The Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Episcopal Church, South to become The Methodist Church. Slavery was an issue simmering below the surface of the church until 1844, when the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions clashed at the General Conference. The conflict concerned one of the church s five bishops, who owned slaves. The Conference voted to suspend him, which led dissidents in slave holding states to separate and create The Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The animosity between the two churches remained high leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War. The M.E. Church, South suffered heavily during the war as many of its churches were damaged or destroyed and many of its clergy and young members were killed or wounded. However, in the years after the war the southern Methodists experienced a time of growth and vitality, which saw its membership grow four fold in fifty years. You are invited to attend a special reception to recognize our High School Graduates. Seniors will be honored in both worship services. Open house will be between services on Christian Education Sunday. Annual Fund Raising Event For PET Project There will be a dinner to honor Ed Noll for his commitment to the Mobility Project, formerly P.E.T. The dinner will be Friday, May 18 at Goodrich UMC at 6:15 PM. The adult price is $15.00 per adult and $10.00 per child. See Carl Pierce for tickets before Sunday, May 13. Call and leave a message. Or see Carl in person. The requested Food Pantry donation for the month of May is: Peanut Butter and/or Jelly Finance Snapshot through March 2018 Annual Budget: $300,000 Amount needed per month: $25,000 Amount needed year to date: $75,000 Amount received to date: $67,242 Annual Apportionments: $50,216 Apportionments paid to date: $ 5,022 Ways to give in June 2018: June 3 Peace with Justice Sunday June 17 Church World Service Tools New this year and just in time

6 McCarty, Alysha May 11 Rundell, Sandra May 12 Roman, Connie May 13 Dorman, Lori May 13 Whalen, Travis May 15 Messina, Anthony May 15 Basey, Benjamin May 16 Basey, Tessa May 16 Popovits, Maverick May 2 Venters, Nan May 19 Waldo, Ann May 3 Fleury, Jessica May 20 Kinney, Shari May 3 VanPatten, Brian May 21 Klorres, Lauryn May 3 Hawley, Ryan May 22 Eavy, Sue May 4 Wisenbaugh, Tom May 23 Everett, Dawn May 5 Goodale, Keith May 25 Mathews, Terry May 6 McKay, Dorothy May 26 Mills, Ethelyn Lechota, Lauren May 26 Sturgeon, Bill Allyn, Sarah May 27 Byard, Gerry Thorson, Betty May 28 Elsner, Nancy Bisaha, Sheila May 28 Burns, Kristina Anderson, Chris May 28 Boerger, John May 8 Popovits, Jennifer May 28 Pattee, Drake May 11 Alexander, Jim May 29 Drubin, Nicholas May 11 We would like to recognize your birthday but may not have your birthday in our records. So please make sure you let the office know when your birthday is, so that we can say Happy Birthday! New Attendees: Removed (Deceased): St John, Lee Luce, Carl Baptism: Sienna Riley Roman Marriage: Laurie Walker & Dan Yaklin Swigart, Preston & Michelle 6312 N Seymour Rd, Humphries, John 300 Mill St, humphries@gmail.com Venters, Dan & Nan 3186 O Leary Rd, Flint Tuesday, May 29th thru Monday, Sept 3rd We will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 28th, Wednesday, July 4th & Labor Day on Monday, September 3rd. Program 9:00 am - noon & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm 9:00 am - Genesee County Jail Friday, May 4th, Arrive at 6:00 pm, Leave by 8:30 pm If you can join me or would like more information about this ministry, please call Teresa Casteel

7 Debbie You Are Invited! Let s ALL celebrate TOGETHER Come share Stories, Love, and Joy When: June 7, 2018 Where: Flushing UMC, 413 E. Main St. Time: 6:30 p.m. RSVP Church Office Please share your joy and appreciation of Debbie s ministry by sending a letter to Nancy Line for a scrap book. nline123@gmail.com or 2599 Columbia Berkley, MI (June 1 deadline for letters) Donations for a gift for Debbie are also being accepted in the church office or on Sundays in the offering plate labeled, Debbie s retirement Attention All Church Women: GIRLS NIGHT OUT - Tuesday, May 15 at 6:00 pm. You are invited to join the UM Women for Dinner Out at the Signature Chop House Total cost is $13 (includes beverage, tax and tip) for a gourmet burger, fries or salad, and a drink. RSVP by May 9 to Lynne Whitmire (text or call ) Prepay with a check for $13 made out to Flushing UMW. There will be a manila envelope in UMW Mailbox for checks. We would love to have you join us for this fun evening.

8 Sunday Worship Traditional: 8:45 am Contemporary: 11:15 am 11 am Frances Phillips Memorial Service 5pm Jesus in the Gospels Committee/Ministry Meetings At A Glance : 7:00 pm Trustee Meeting - meet in the Heritage Room : 7:00 pm Faith In Action Meeting - meet in Fellowship Hall May 8: 6:00 pm All Staff Meeting/Dinner - meet in Fellowship Hall May 9: Stephen Ministry - meet in the Heritage Room May 14: Staff Parish/Pastor Relations - meet in the Heritage Room May 21: AD Council Meeting - meet in the Heritage Room Youth Meeting May 20 : 12:30 2:00 pm - meet in the Undercroft