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1 The Bell Ringer of the United Methodist Church of Cooperstown 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown NY Telephone: (607) JULY/AUG Editor: Brenda Alton COOPERSTOWN ECUMENICAL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Vacation Bible School will be held the week of July 6- July 10 and hosted by the Christ Episcopal Church. The program will begin with a light supper at 5:30pm each evening and conclude by 8:00pm. Children through Grade 5 are invited to participate. Older youth may serve as volunteer helpers. Registration is still open at the website: Our congregation will be providing the supper on Wednesday, July 8. If you can help with the meal please contact Pastor Bill. CHICKEN BARBECUE HOF Church Chicken Bar-b-que, July 25th Winnie Denny-Smith is chair of this major church fundraiser and Winnie needs much help in order for this event to be a success. Please sign up to help with the following: Pie donations, food donations, money donations, working, food prep, etc. July 24th- morning preparation of food July 25th-morning set-up, cutting watermelon, beverage prep, pie set, etc. July 25th afternoon/evening-servers, runners, cashiers, CLEAN-UP CREW Please sign up to help and/or call Winnie Thank you, Winnie INDUCTION DAY WORSHIP Induction Day for the National Baseball Hall of Fame is expected to bring thousands of visitors to town for the weekend of July All of the excitement may create traffic and travel difficulties on Sunday morning. We plan to worship at 9:00 AM on Sunday July 26 in the tent on the front lawn of the church, weather permitting. The service will be an informal praise service of songs, prayers and scripture. Please help us to spread the word about the special time for this service! Thank you! PARKING FUNDRAISER Baseball fans take advantage of our convenient parking behind the church for the Hall of Fame Induction Day on July you can too! Parking will start at 10 AM. SUMMER WORSHIP Morning worship services will be held at 9:30 AM. There are no Christian Education classes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULY Amanda Gelatt Matthew Phillips Alan Dutton Doris Hill Janet Hayford Ariel Powers Shirley Banner Ray Hillhouse, Sr. Thomas Gus, Sr.

2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULY Amanda Gelatt Matthew Phillips Alan Dutton Doris Hill Janet Hayford Ariel Powers Shirley Banner Ray Hillhouse, Sr. Thomas Gus, Sr. Michael Otis Susan Malota Benjamin Otis Cal Larsen Bernice Key Scott Evans Emily Bliss Carrie (Key) Offen Amanda Green Jessica Otis Donald Clark HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Robert & Sandra Chase Alan & Sharon Dutton Clark & Sue Clapper Dick & Jane Hanson Bill & Laurie Glockler 01 st 03 rd 11 th 12 th 16 th 20 th 23 rd 26 th 30 th 31 st 31 st 04 th 22 nd HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST Aaron Gill Michael Reynolds Susan Gelatt Ryan Davine Merrilyn O Connell Pamela (Gus) Macias Neil Dutton Bessie Dumond Anna Beth Becker Elizabeth Dunn Bobie Graham Ron Jennings Jackie Folts Sandy Chase Judy Green Eulene Smith 04 th 08 th 09 th 12 th 30 th HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Joe & Mary Powers Dan & Kate Evans John & Brenda Alton John & Tara Santello 03 rd 13 th Special Thanks to all Church Members who sent cards or called me during my long absence from Church. Extra Special Thanks to Dick & Jane Hanson and Laurie Glockler and Kathryn Mollach. for providing transportation for me. I truly am blessed to have such a loving Church Family. Also thanks to John Smirk and Winnie Smith for giving me rides here in town to hospital. My next appointment in Albany is August 25 at 2:30 PM. If anyone can help me with a ride please call I also will need someone to drive me home from Bassett on July 10 after minor surgery. Thank You!! Helen M. Moore LIVING IN THE WORD BLOG Pastor Bill s Living in the Word blog continues on our CUMC website Each week he posts a new reflection or conversation starter. He also sends out a Mid-Week Message via as a reminder about the blog, and other announcements and prayer concerns. If you are not receiving the , please send Pastor Bill an requesting to be added to the list. DEVOTIONAL READING "Upper Room" (also large print copies), "Alive Now," "devozine" (for teens by teens) for July-August, and "Our Daily Bread" for June/July/August, are in the literature racks in the church entrance. Please help yourself to this devotional reading -- take a copy to a homebound church member.

3 UMW NEWS RUMMAGE THANKS to all who helped setup, organized, worked at the sale, and cleaned up. Many hands do make light work! The rummage sale was a success - $1247! See you all again for the fall sale, Jan and Dawne NO JULY MEETING COVERED DISH PICNIC, Monday, August 11:30 AM (Note date, (3 rd Monday) and time change). Covered dish picnic at Sandy Chase s, 331 Beaver Meadow Road. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks furnished. All women of the church are invited. BAKELESS PIE SALE--In lieu of the usual sidewalk bazaar pie sale, we ask your support in this endeavor by making a voluntary contribution equal to the cost of one or two pies. We will mail reminder cards in early August. Money from this event is used for helping women & children, supplying reception food for funerals, giving Bibles to our graduates, keeping our secretary supplied with materials, heritage book, computer & copier, and all other materials to continue our mission projects. You may mail your contribution directly to our treasurer, Nancy Davis, PO Box 603, Cooperstown, New York anytime before August 29 th. If you contribute by check make it payable to United Methodist Women and mark BAKELESS PIE SALE. LITURGISTS NEEDED Liturgists are needed for the 9:30 AM summer worship services. Please check your calendars and call Alice Stiles, , if you can serve. GREETERS/USHERS NEEDED A sign-up sheet for July/August is in the Fellowship Room, it is a hard time of the year, but any and all help would be appreciated. You may also Joan Ackerman to volunteer. FOOD BANK The need for donations of non-perishable food items continues through the summer. The number of people served has greatly increased. Food items (double bagged) may be left in the collection box in the back of the sanctuary or dropped off at the Food Bank located in the Presbyterian Parish House (back entrance, downstairs) on Church Street, M-F 10 AM-4 PM and last two and 2-4. Cash donations are also appreciated and offering envelopes are available on the collection box. Checks may be made payable to Cooperstown Food Bank, mailed to 25 Church Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or placed in the offering plate and they will be delivered. To volunteer, call Ellen St. John at SKY LAKE EVENTS The Sky Lake Brochure announces camping opportunities for all ages. The 2014 Sky Lake Summer Camp Guide is now available by contacting the Sky Lake Office at (607) or If there is any child who is interested in attending Sky Lake, there is a scholarship which the UMW gives for children to attend. Info., Nancy Davis at ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC Sunday, August 9 th After Worship On the Lawn Under the Tent Potluck Picnic Please bring a dish to pass Dessert VOLUNTEERS are needed to set up tables and chairs the 9 th at 8 AM. Chair: Mary Beekman

4 Christianity and The Magic Flute (Cooperstown Masonic Temple) SATURDAY S BREAD Rena would like to Thank Dawne Dietz, Nancy Davis, and Kathryn Mollach for volunteering at Saturday s Bread on June 20 th. Our church has been volunteering at Saturday s Bread for, at least, 12 years. Church members volunteer four times a year. We have one more date to fill our 2015 commitment. Please put October 31 st on your calendar and let Rena Lull know if you can help. NOTE: The July 16, 2015 session originally scheduled to be hosted at our church has been cancelled. The discussion series will culminate in group attendance of the July 23 performance of THE MAGIC FLUTE. Plan to bring (or purchase) a picnic and join us at 5:30 p.m. for a shared meal, followed by a presentation and facilitated discussion, on the Glimmerglass campus. Glimmerglass has extended a special discounted $30 ticket price to seminar participants; please mention the code FluteOtsego when ordering your tickets. Call (607) or order online atwww.glimmerglass.org. FAITH AND THE FLUTE SEMINAR SERIES--CONTINUES The seminar series on spiritual themes in Mozart s opera The Magic Flute continues in July. The series culminates with a chance to attend a performance of the opera with reduced ticket prices (details below). The schedule for the remaining session follows: July 2 (Thursday, 7 p.m.): The Wisdom Tree (The Glimmerglass Festival Campus) Troy Hourie, set designer for The Magic Flute, is creating a media based landscape installation on the Glimmerglass campus designed to reflect on local Native American traditions of storytelling. Troy will meet with us around his installation, titled "The Wisdom Tree," and describe the process of conceiving, designing, and building it. Participants will have time to experience the installation and the voices of four Native storytellers from multiple angles; those brave enough to crawl inside the trunk will have a special opportunity for reflection, removed from everyday life. Pastor Elsie Rhodes will moderate a discussion after everyone has had a chance to explore The Wisdom Tree. July 9 (Thursday, 7 p.m.): Freemasonry, 2015 FUNDRAISING CALENDAR The schedule includes Chairperson(s) and their contact information, and where help is needed. Fri. June 5, 9-4 p.m. & Sat. June 6, 9-11 a.m. UMW Rummage Sale. Co-Chairs: Jan Kerr and Dawne Dietz Sat. July 25, time TBA, Hall of Fame Brooks Chicken Barbecue. Chair: Winnie Denny Smith MANY HELPERS. Sun. July 26, begins 9 a.m. Hall of Fame Induction Day - Car Parking at Church. Rena Lull and HELPER. Fri. October 2, 9-4 p.m. & Sat. October 3, 9-11 a.m. UMW Rummage Sale. Co- Chairs: Jan Kerr and Dawne Dietz Sat. November 14, 4:30-7 p.m. Harvest Turkey Dinner. Chair: Linda Smirk Sat. December 5, 1-4 p.m. UMW Christmas Tea and Bazaar.

5 Pastor s Page Rev. William Bill H. Delia Pastor, United Methodist Church of Cooperstown 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown, NY Telephone (607) Cell Phone (607) pastorbilldelia@gmail.com I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in the Lord s word I hope; - Psalm 130:5 A few days ago, I ventured onto Main Street to visit the Post Office and discovered that summer really is here. The sidewalks were teeming with people: boys in baseball uniforms, surrounded by coaches and family members walking in procession. Long lines of visitors waited to enter the Hall of Fame and even Sal s Pizza had a line of customers out the door onto the sidewalk. I sat at the flagpole intersection much longer than usual waiting for pedestrian group after group to empty the crosswalk. I must admit, if I don t make a conscious effort to be patient I can easily get perturbed by waiting. These days it seems we spend an enormous amount of time waiting waiting in line, waiting in traffic, waiting for doctor s appointments, waiting But even with all this time waiting, it seems we become more impatient with each passing day. We wait a lot, but we are not very good at it. Waiting for the Lord is even more difficult for us because God s sense of time is nothing like our own. God sees things through eternity while we live in a nanosecond world. God wants all things in their time while we usually want all things NOW! My mother always said, patience is a virtue so I suppose our lack of patience does not speak well of us. As we enter into this summer season, let s see if we can find a pace of life more conducive to patience even as the season around us seems busier and busier, let s try to slow down and enjoy each day. If we can, we will not only relieve some of the stress in our lives, it will help us be better neighbors, better hosts to our visitors and most of all it will better equip us to see things from God s perspective and that is always a good thing. For as the Psalm says, in waiting for the Lord we find hope. On a personal note, I am pleased to remain as your Pastor for another year. Being in ministry with you here in Cooperstown is a blessing and I am confident that God has good things in store for all of us in the coming year. Thanks be to God! Bill Pastor Bill Delia

of the United Methodist Church of Cooperstown 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown NY 13326

The Bell Ringer of the United Methodist Church of Cooperstown 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-9540 JULY/AUG 2016 Email: ctownumc@gmail.com Editor: Brenda Alton stdx06@gmail.com