the Visitor Sunday Worship 8:45 am Traditional 11:15 am Contemporary VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Registration Form Inside! Our Vision Statement

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1 July & August 2015 the Visitor a publication of Flushing United Methodist Church Our Vision Statement Preparing servants who make a difference in their community and the world by knowing Christ, sharing Christ and emulating Christ. Church Staff Debbie LineYencer Lore Dearing Jeanne Wisenbaugh Marty Cheely Pat Helmer Christie Dover Monday thru Thursday July 27-30, :00 am 12:30 pm VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Registration Form Inside! Sunday Worship 8:45 am Traditional 11:15 am Contemporary Matt Packer Sara Bledsoe Jess Rowley Kurt Kegler Published the last Wednesday of the month (810) Editor: Marty Cheely 413 E Main St, Flushing MI flumc@sbcglobal.net

2 If you are old enough to remember the 60 s song Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds - it was a song based on writings from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. In a generation of restlessness, this song seemed to add to our attitude of what really matters anyway! Ecclesiastes 3 starts out reading 1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. This is credited to King Solomon. He would have reached an old age. He had lived of life of great wisdom, great wealth and then great failure in his relationship to God as he wandered from Jehovah. He sounds almost cynical as the book reads. Later is chapter 3 he writes, 9 What do people really get for all their hard work? 10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God s work from beginning to end. 12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. 13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God. Solomon does come to the conclusion that in all of life, God is central. He gives us so much life, work, pleasure. I think he desires for us to understand his blessings and to enjoy them. One of the blessings is indeed summer. It is the time of year when we can get out and enjoy nature and better weather. We can grow flowers and vegetables and enjoy seeing God s miracle of plants and yield! In summer we get away to different places to be recreated. We go to the lake, we go camping, we go to Cedar Point (well some of us do!), or maybe we go visit relatives. Remember in it all - these are gifts from God! Thank and praise him in it all. When you are home here come to church we need you! So may God bless your summer. Nichole Nordeman sings a song called Every Season. These are the ending words: So it is with You, and how You make me new, with every season s change, and so it will be as You are re-creating me, summer, autumn, winter, spring. God gives us seasons on the calendar and in our lives. Enjoy this season called summer with God in your mind and heart. Be re-created into a greater likeness of our Savior Jesus Christ.

3 Anchored That is the name of our new young adults group. We will meet during the summer months as vacation plans allow. Currently we are discussing Andy Stanley s study Ask It. If you are under 40 please come and join us! Contact Pastor Debbie or Brooke Booth for details! Coffee with the Pastor Are there questions you are just chomping on the bit to ask Pastor Debbie? About Church? About Faith? About the Bible? On Sunday, July 26 during coffee hour after each service, she will host a time of sharing and answering questions. Perhaps you are newer to our church and there are things you do not understand. Come to the back of the Fellowship Hall for a visit! August Picnic On August 9 we will have a chance to come together to celebrate being the family of God here at Flushing UMC. We will have ONE SERVICE AT 10:15 am. Then we will gather at a picnic outside weather permitting! If it rains we will eat in the Fellowship Hall. Burgers and hot dogs will be provided. Please bring a dish to share for the rest. We will provide paper products and beverages. Circle the date and let s picnic together! Summer Book Study for Church Leaders This summer different church leaders and committees will read a book called Overflow. We will meet two times this summer to discuss and glean ideas that we may be able to implement here. In July and August there are two dates and times: July Discuss chapters 1-4 Tuesday, 7-7 at 7 p.m. at the church Saturday, 7-18 at 9 a.m. at the parsonage August Discuss chapters 5-Conclusion Tuesday, 8-4 at 7 p.m. at the church Saturday, 8-22 at 9 a.m. at the parsonage If you did not receive a book, but would like to participate, please call the church office.

4 August Picnic Sunday, August 9 ONE SERVICE at 10:15 am Picnic following the service Bring a dish to share Circle the date and let s picnic together! Family Promise Host Week Our next host week is Sunday, Aug 23-Sunday, Aug 30. An orientation and information session will be scheduled for new servants who wish to join us. There are a variety of ways that you can be of assistance. A volunteer application and an explanation of the various tasks are available in Fellowship Hall at the mission table or on the rack in the Lobby. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Carolyn at cfmalaski@aol.com or at Donating Items For Family Promise-Updated Information Family Promise of Genesee County and Habitat for Humanity Re-Store have made changes to the donation policy and will now pick items up at your home. It is your responsibility to contact them to schedule pick up. Before calling to schedule pick-up, please review the list of acceptable items, found on the mission table or Lobby rack. In order for the items to be donated/credited to Family Promise, you must clearly state that the donation is intended for Family Promise of Genesee County when you schedule the pick up and when they pick up the item(s). The Re-Store number is Pick ups are scheduled Tuesday-Saturday between 9-5. A Family Promise rep does not have to be present to accept the delivery.

5 Give Me Shelter 5K Run/Walk August 8 The annual walk/run is the second of two major fund-raising efforts held by FPGC. The majority of the operating budget for the year comes from the gala held in February and the walk/run. The course is flat with fully paved roads and trails that wind through the Davison Abernathy Regional Park. Entry fee is $25 and includes a t-shirt. Free child care and pancake breakfast is available for all participants. A free Kids Fun Run will be held before the event for children under 10. T-shirts for children can be ordered in advance. Register by July 24 to receive a Tech T-shirt. Registration can be sent by mail or completed online. Online registration closes August 6th at or give me shelter5k.com For more information, check the web sites or the flyer/ registration available on the mission table in Fellowship Hall or in the literature rack inside the front door of the church. Consider getting together with a group and registering for the walk/ run. Help FPGC provide for families who are temporarily homeless. Confirmation Congratulations to our 2015 confirmands! Tiffany Card, Ramsey Lechota, Katelyn Messina, Julia Pattee, Lilah Williams, Arlie Wisenbaugh became members of our church. Arlie, Lilah and Ramsey were baptized. We welcome them all as a vital part of our congregation! Servants Needed Would you be willing to serve once a month caring for our sanctuary? Duties include checking the hymnal racks, filling the Friendship Register folders, changing the altar cloths, children s clipboards and dusting. Please contact the church office if you can help.

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8 Monday thru Thursday Kids Age 3 4 th Grade July 27-30, :00 am 12:30 pm VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2015 Vacation Bible School Needs List for 2015 The following items are needed for Vacation Bible School Non-perishable Donations may be dropped off any time in Lore s office. Perishable Donations dropped off July 26 th in the Church Kitchen Refrigerator or Freezer marked VBS Shoeboxes approximately 10x3x5 inches Black Tissue Paper Empty Toilet Paper Rolls Empty Paper Towel Rolls Rubber bands 3 ½ x ¼ inch Wood Spring Clothes Pins Watermelon Cantaloupe Honey Dew Melons Plastic Knives, Forks and Spoons Paper Bowls Coconut Milk Canned Pineapple Rings Sweet & Sour Chili Sauce Soy Sauce Frozen Mangos Pancake Mix Syrup Apple Sauce Strawberry Jelly Chocolate Chips 3 oz Plastic or Paper Cups Yarn Napkins Paper Plates Gummy Worms or Bugs Wonder Type Bread Whipped Butter Thank you for your help! Monetary Donations (Checks payable to Flushing UMC with VBS in memo line.) NO PEANUT BUTTER or NUTS

9 Mark Your Calendar!! UM Women Summer Fun!! There's Something for Everyone! Wednesday, July 15 Linda Alsager's Home 9135 Overland Trail 4:30 pm ~ Social Time Begins! 5:30 pm ~ Eating Begins! 7:00 pm ~ Pool & Patio Closes! All Women & Gals Welcome! Bring a Guest & Dish to Pass Beverages & Tableware Provided *Please note...this social event replaces the potluck at Laragene's Home*

10 Vacation Bible School 2015 Flushing UMC Family Registration Form July 27-30, 10:00 am 12:30 pm Name of Responsible Adult (Parent/Guardian): Address: City: State: Zip: Primary Contact Number: Secondary Contact Number: Emergency Contact Name/Number: In addition to parents and Emergency Contact, the VBS children listed below may be picked up and may leave Vacation Bible School with: I hereby assign and grant to Flushing United Methodist Church (FUMC) the right and permission to use and publish photographs/film/video/ electronic representations or sound recordings and/or text, illustrations, multimedia or other materials of my child(ren) made by individuals connected with FUMC, or for church use only and hereby release FUMC from any and all liability from such use and publication. Responsible Adult (Parent/Guardian) Signature: Date:

11 *IMPORTANT:* Children listed below that are attending FUMC s Vacation Bible School MAY ONLY LEAVE VBS with the adults listed above. Child s Name and Age 3 or 4 or Grade in Fall Allergies/Special Needs: If you have more than six children, please check the box below, and then write their names and allergies or special needs on the back of this registration form. Yes! I have more than four children attending VBS.

12 Summer Meals Remember the children in Flushing area who will not be receiving lunches or breakfasts from their schools during the summer. Every time you grocery shop for yourself, pick up a jar of peanut butter and a jar of grape jelly in July and boxes of cereal in August. Bring them to the FCOC tub in Fellowship Hall and they will be given to Flushing area families. Christmas in July Summertime is a great time to pick up sale items to pack in a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. the shoeboxes filled with gifts such as school supplies, jump ropes, yo-yos, dolls and trucks are shipped to numerous locations around the world by Samaritan's Purse. There are brochures describing what to buy and boxes on the mission station in Fellowship Hall. Boxes will not be collected until November. Mission Pledge Half Year Report As a church, we have pledged to give money to 5 different mission projects during This is how much we have collected for each project. Money can be given by designating a specific project on your church envelope or memo line of your check or just designate missions and it will be distributed to one of these projects. Looking Glass (Shiawasee County) $500 pledged $1,000 Cass Community (downtown Detroit) $275 pledged $500 Family Promise (Genesee County) -0- pledged $1,000 El Porvenir wells (Nicaragua) -0- no pledge amount Princess JuSu - missionary support $ no pledge amount (usually loose change, but can designate also) Save the Date Sat, Sept 19 - Pulled pork dinner with Bob Marshall country western music to benefit Nicaragua Mission Team. Save the Date Tues, Sept 29 food give away on our parking lot.

13 Saturday, August 8 9:00 am 1:00 pm $2 entry fee Snacks available All profits go to missions! To rent space: $10 for 8 ft table $1 per large item Sellers may bring racks, cost based on size. Contact Jess Rowley Do You Use Hearing Aids? People with hearing loss often struggle to catch the words and softer sounds during the worship service. Our new Induction Loop System will work with the individual's t-coil equipped hearing aids. The sound is broadcast through a wire installed in the church. A small coil of wire in the hearing aid, called a t-coil, is the receiver. While the listener is located within the field created by the loop wire, the t-coil in the hearing aid will receive the signal from the loop. Individuals with any type and degree of hearing loss and any t-coil-equipped hearing aid can take advantage of this Loop technology. Background noise and echo are no longer a problem.

14 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. Gary who had heart surgery Maggie whose son died suddenly Gunther recovering from surgery Tim dealing with chemo For son Christopher Anne with 3 surgeries in 1 week Jeannie for healing and strength A son with difficult challenges Please remember in your hearts and prayers: Sympathy To Mark & Carolyn Malaski on the June 6 death of Mark s brother. To the Lewis and Butts families on the June 12 death of their father, Allen Flickinger. To friends and family of Mark Jones who died on June 10. To David Shipley on the June 16 passing of his sister, Nancy Goethe. May these families be uplifted by our prayers. New Baby John struggling to find God Neil struggling with memory loss Parent feeling helpless with daughter still into drugs Family of Jim who died Family of the suicide death Megan with health issues Dave having tests for cancer Helen with failing health June 1 Travis & Melissa Whalen welcomed daughter Hunter Claire, 6 lbs 14oz and 19. Proud grandparents are Larry & Muriel Schack. Ella was born June 5 to Jeff & Tania Allard, 9lbs 11oz Proud grandparents are Tino & Nancy Otero. Thank You for being an extremely vital part of the PET Project at FUMC. both in volunteer effort and in financial partnership. We could not be what we are, we could not serve nearly as many people as we do, without the service from your congregation. PET, MI East Thank you everyone for your prayers and cards. Brenda Thorsby Newsletter Helpers Wednesday, August 26 Jim & Laragene Triplett, Bill & Germaine Knox Worship Attendance June June :45 am 81 8:45 am :15 am 86 11:15 am 84

15 8:45 am Worship Servants 11:15 am Scripture Readers 8:45 am July 5 Dave Lewis July 12 Glenda Johnston July 19 Carol Dick July 26 Sue Durling August 2 Carolyn Malaski August 9 Mary Lou Martin August 16 Dorothy McKay August 23 Cathy Metz August 30 Joe Metz Greeters 8:45 am July 5 Paul & Peggy Blanchard July 12 Don & Helen Hodges July 19 Jim & Velma Graham July 26 Marshall Knight August 2 Mel & Donnie Weeden August 9 Barry & Cindy Pratt August 16 Bill & Dorothy McKay August 23 Bill & Sue Martin August 30 Harry & Ellen Hulet Coffee Hosts 8:45 am July 5 Gerry & Dorothy Byard July 12 Ruth Brown, N Elsner July 19 Rusty Eavy, Judy Martz July 26 B Farrow, M Looney August 2 D Essy, B Reed August 9 Jim & Liz Fonger August 16 Jim & Velma Graham August 23 B & S Hathaway August 30 Dan & Pat Helmer Ushers 8:45 am July 5 J&M Henson, D&S Lewis July 12 B & R Dessinger, C Metz, M Weeden July 19 G & D Byard, L Griffin, J Todd July 26 B Hathaway, B McKay, J & L Triplett August 2 H & E Hulet, B & S Martin August 9 J & C Dick, B Farrow, J Graham August 16 L Griffin, D Hodges, M Knight, C Malaski August 23 B McKay, C Metz, J & L Triplett August 30 G & D Byard, B & R Dessinger Greeters 11:15 am July 5 Daren & Nikki Hawley July 12 Kim Noe, Laurie Pitkin July 19 Kristie Packer, Lynn Whitmire July 26 Leonard Pickelmann, Chris Pritt August 2 Bob & Mary Lou Martin August 9 Tom Lawrence, Jeff Welch August 16 Kurt & Megan Kegler August 23 Lisa Pieknik, Chris Pritt August 30 Kevin & Wendy Meredith Coffee Hosts 11:15 am July 5 Blair & Tracey Booth July 12 Kurt & Megan Kegler July 19 Leonard Pickelmann July 26 Denise Trantham August 2 Bob & Kris S Halbedel August 9 Teresa Casteel, Marlene Cooper August 16 Kris Burns, Jeff Welch August 23 Jamie & Sandy Kitts August 30 Kim Noe, Laurie Pitkin Ushers 11:15 am July 5 Barry & Denise Trantham July 12 Tom & Roxie Casteel July 19 Jim & Tracey Messina July 26 Kevin & Wendy August 2 Blair & Tracey Booth August 9 Kim Noe August 16 Gunther & Kay Romoslawski August 23 Barry & Denise Trantham August 30 Denise Sands, Becky Stamm August 9 September Newsletter Deadline August 15

16 FLUSHING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 413 E MAIN ST FLUSHING MI ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID FLUSHING MI PERMIT #38 the Visitor June 24, 2015 Issue #6