Delphi United Methodist Church Sept. 2017

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1 Delphi United Methodist Church Sept Dan s Fish Fry for Teen Mission Trip Tickets are available in the church office or from any teen member. More details inside. Sep- 10 th, 10AM and 12:30PM here at the church. tember Something Funny Is Happening Featuring Comedian JOHN BRANYAN Saturday, September 30 th 7pm Details inside

2 Letters to Home Hi Mom and Dad, We had a great time in Canada with you in early August. Always fun to visit family and see your great grandkids. School has launched this year and the kids are fully back in the swing of things. We are back into the groove as well at church. August was an awesome month with the Chicken BBQ working well and the Missions Auction a great success! The Teen ministry kicked off their school year and we had 57 youth in attendance. That ministry is working so well and we are excited to have Micah Hudson leading an awesome team of adult leaders. Already I can see the influence these youth are having in their schools. This month, the youth will be holding their fish fry that will help fund the mission trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana during fall break. I hope you two can come and join us on September 8 th. There will be lots of good food to eat and even better fellowship. This fall we are working on our values as a church, so we can stay on target in our ministries. I find that this church loves ministry with others and believes, if we are making a difference in peoples lives, they will come along. You can see this everywhere. I just finished teaching on the book of Ephesians. In that book of the Bible, Paul speaks of the body of Christ in the world. How we, as the church, are the body of Christ to carry out his work, and we are uniquely gifted, not only as individuals, but also as a body of believers, to carry out God s work. That will be a theme for this year to understand how the body works in carrying out God s mission. Peace, Todd, Rhonda, Jordan, Elijah and Hannah It s time to SHOW UP for A national, church-owned, school based mentoring program to build a relationship focused on a child s emotional, social, and academic needs. One child, One hour, One church, One school We are hoping to add to our team of mentors for the school year. If you are interested in giving and in receiving gifts of time (just one hour a week) and love, please contact Rita Smith for more information. Call/text , smithrathome@hotmail.com Step out of your story and into someone else s. David Staal, president of Kids Hope USA Let s show Christ s love to our community as we serve together at this year s Fall Carnival Tuesday October 31 st 6:00 8:00 pm Mark your calendars so that you can come and be a part of this exciting night and help us greet the public as we welcome them to our church. You may be the personal, friendly connection that they need to take that first step to make that connection to Christ. Ways you can help: Serve by working 1 or 2 hour shifts at game booths Helping with set up or tear down Working in the kitchen Donating bags of individually wrapped Candy Donating hot dogs and buns More information will be available in the Rotunda in October. Please help us make this a spectacular event for families and children in our community!

3 From the Kids Hope USA book Show Up: The world often changes two people at a time; one person making a difference in another person s life. Would anything have changed if an adult had consistently shown up in your early life, like in elementary school, and encouraged you? The young man paused. If someone had been there for me, I wouldn t have needed a gang to feel like someone cared for me. None of this would ve happened. It s crazy what hope can do. A life can change in a moment. Especially when someone shows up and remains willing to stay around long enough for that moment to happen maybe within a few minutes maybe over a few months maybe even longer. Availability really does trump rules and administration. As does simplicity over complexity. No matter how hard you try, you cannot make a miracle happen for yourself. But you can put yourself in position to help a miracle happen for someone else. What many people need most in this world is one person, just one, willing to spend time, to offer encouragement, to prove that there IS someone who cares. Who listens. Smiles. And along the way stubbornly believes in the goodness that exists in every heart - young or old. Someone whose simple presence paints a hope-filled picture of how life could be. Or should be. YOU COULD BE THAT SOMEONE!!! Monthly Morsel As iron sharpens iron, we need confrontation and truth from others to grow. No one likes to hear negative things about him or herself. But in the long run it may be good for us. - Dr. Henry Cloud Proverbs 27:17 says, As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. It is hard to be on the receiving end of a tough truth about ourselves. However, Christ calls us to be humble enough to allow truth to enter our lives. When we do this we are saying I want to grow, I want to grow in my maturity and in my relationships with others and with God. The truth is, every single one of us has rough edges that need smoothing out. God uses us to help each other grow and to bring us to a deeper brotherly love and respect for one another. When we are open to hearing a truth about ourselves, see it as a gift of growth given because God loves you and wants to develop you. And don t forget, when you share a truth that may be hard for someone to receive, do so with love and grace. After all, that is how we all want to be treated. FINANCES: Thank you for caring so much! For last week of July, August 2017: Giving Online Quick General tithes/offering: $44, Debt Reduction: $ 6, Wow, what an outpouring of love!!!

4 United Methodist Women Next meeting is Guest night September 12 th, 7PM, here at Delphi UMC. Carol Weaver will be the guest speaker, with the F.R.O.G.S. providing entertainment with their Barbershop Quartet Harmony. All ladies are invited to attend. Now is the perfect opportunity to invite a friend or neighbor. NW District Fall UMW Meeting will be September 23 rd at Burket UMC. The topic is The Dangers of Sex Trafficking of Teens. Registration and brunch ($10) starts at 8:50AM. Cindy Reinke (Carroll FACS teacher) and Gail Moffitt will share information about Ascent 121, the faith based group that works with sex trafficking in Indianapolis. Many questions answered as well as information on how to help will be addressed. This is a needed call to action! Teen girls are invited to attend. Call in reservations by September 16 th to Jana Schwartz at 765/ Attention College-bound students: UMW wants to send you a Care package. To do that, we need the following: your name, college address (even if it s home), your birthday and school you are attending. Please get those addresses to Peggy Lewellen at lewellen52@comcast.net, by phone or text at 765/ or by filling out the Orange Connect Cards. Have a wonderful school year! Rotary Meal Preparation Help Still Needed!! We are excited to have some new volunteers and greatly appreciate the generous commitments to help each Tuesday. However, we are still looking for others to assist, so if you want to have fun in the kitchen, contact Linda 574/ A big Thank you to the members of the Wesley Weds class and to Micah and the Youth group for all the support in making the Chicken BBQ a success again this year. Thank you to everyone who worked Friday night, and those who made cakes, prepared food, sold tickets, helped with clean-up and resetting the worship center and for all who faithfully came for the chicken dinner. Without the help of countless people, it could not be successful. Also, a special thank you to Dean and Marilyn Barbour and Dave Smith for all the hard work in preparations. Couldn t do it without your help. Thank you. Janie Smith I would like to thank my church family for all that you did for me during and after my surgery. I know that many people prayed for me and I am grateful. Thank you to all that visited me in the hospital and at home. Thank you for all the cards and meals. It is so great to have a church family. Debbie Hyman The Missions committee would like to express our heartfelt thanks for making our first Harvest Auction a success. Thank you to Dwaine Ward for his excellent auctioneering and for his advice in so many areas. Thank you to Maudeen for keeping the auction moving along and for adding fun to the experience. Thank you to staff who organized the mission s worship service. Many decorated, recorded sales, collected money and more. There were so many who willingly and joyfully supplied vegetables, meat, baked goods and so, so much more! Thank you to the congregation for buying all the goods for mission projects. Most of all now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen Ephesians 3:20-21

5 Have you noticed all of the bees swarming around the trash cans recently? It seems that any trash receptacle that is open and outside is suddenly attracting every bee in the neighborhood. It happens every summer July-August, and I had never really paid attention to the timing until someone pointed it out to me. Basically, the pollinators have run out of a natural food supply; the bees (and some wasps) you see swarming outdoor trash bins are HUNGRY they are looking for food! In beekeeping terminology, this lack of nectar is called the dearth, and some beekeepers actually feed their bees this time of year to keep the hive from losing numbers. At first I thought, How can this be? There are all kinds of flowers blooming right now. But the more I observed my garden, the woods, and even the roadside ditches from a bee s perspective, I realized that, this time of year, there is a huge gap in nectar-producing plants. Many flowering plants (including weeds) are done blooming. Even the white clover in my lawn, which the bees were all over several weeks ago, is pretty sparse now. The late-summer/fall bloomers, like Goldenrod and Aster, have not started yet. The good news is that, in a normal year, the fall nectar-producing plants will start blooming soon and the bees will be able to recover and store enough food for winter. In the meantime, be extra careful while dealing with trash and recycling containers located outdoors. Please don t spray/kill the bees (it won t help anyway, because more will come, unless you make the trash can inaccessible to them). If you re a gardener, consider planting some nectar producing plants next spring for July and August blooms: Agastache (Hyssop), Joe Pye Weed, Catmint, Caryopteris, and perennial Salvias and Veronicas, to name a few. There are lots of bee-friendly plant lists available online. Bees would MUCH rather get their food from a flower than your trash! FUN FACT: Did you know bees can t see the color red. They will actually avoid red flowers because it looks gray to them, which they dislike. I wonder if they would avoid a red trash can **Creation Care is a ministry at Delphi UMC focusing on caring for our earth for generations to come to enjoy and appreciate. For more information, see members Dr. Dawn Frank, Wanda Duff, Anita Force, Jill Clothier, Keith Kalish, or indicate your interest on your Orange Connect card. Important Dates for 2017 Listed below are some scheduled 2017 Delphi UMC events. Mark your calendars now to see how you can get involved. September Food Pantry Item: Pork N Beans For many, right here in our community, hunger is real, every day. Hunger knows no season. Thank you for your continuing, generous donations. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat Matthew 25:35 Open Arms (Women s Shelter in Kokomo) is continually in need of the following school supplies: Paper, folders and pens. If you see great prices on these items and would like to donate them, there will be a collection box on the Food Pantry Table. Thank you = 2 A,B,C September 8: Teen Fish Fry September 10: Ministry Fair September 12: UMW Guest Night September 17: Newcomers Lunch September 17-24: Methodist Mountain Mission Collections 8AM-8PM September 20: Mobile Food Pantry September 24: S.A.F.E. training (initial and refresher) September 30: Christian Comedian John Branyan 7PM October 6 & 7: Life Touch Directory Photo Sessions* October 12-14: Life Touch Photo Sessions* October 31: Fall Carnival 6 pm November 11: Hometown Heroes Dinner December 24: Christmas Eve Services *Online scheduling of appointments is now available.

6 Congregational Ministry: Caring for mind, body and spirit of all Blood pressure checks When/Time: Sunday, September 3 rd, between services Where: Office Area Why: Being a good steward of God s gift of life and health! Prayer Ministry Love grows more through our time spent in prayer. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved shared by Victor Hugo. Love is the first requirement for mental health spoken by Sigmund Freud. Jesus spoke in multiple passages in the bible about love and how important it is in every believer s life. One of my favorites is in 1 John 4:7-21. Please read this sometime and meditate on it, allowing God s love to deepen in your life. One of the special ways of showing love for God, ourselves and others is through our time spent in prayer with our loving father who showed the greatest amount of love by sending His son, Jesus, as a sacrifice to take away our sins and provide our place in Heaven with Him. Ministry Fair Opportunities for Congregational Caring: Stop by our table and learn more about these ministries. Prayer Chain Ministry phone call or Card Ministry keep in touch with our church family (homebound, nursing home residents, surgery patients, and others) Meal Ministry assisting with meals for new parents after childbirth, post-op patients, shut-ins and others. ODIST MOUNTAIN MISSION METH- It s time again to consider giving to the Methodist Mountain Mission! Every year we collect used clothing and household goods for the Mission, who in turn use these donations to assist the poor and needy in their 8 stores throughout eastern Kentucky. We will be collecting items in our bus barn September 17 h -24 th. Aaron, our Facility Manager, will unlock the doors at 8:00am. Please place your items to the back of the barn, filling it towards the front. The barn will be locked at 8:00pm each night. Items needed: Clothing and shoes for all ages, swim suits, winter coats, dishes, pots and pans, linens, tools, toys, hand soap, 13 & 33 gallon trash bags, paper towels, toilet paper, rubber bands, safety pins, brooms/mops, and used furniture in good shape. Please note, any small appliances or electronics must be in good working order. Items NOT accepted: books, hymnals, out of date electronics, pianos, organs, car seats and anything broken. MMM is in the process of purchasing another truck. If you would like to make a monetary donation toward this, please make your checks out to METHODIST MOUNTAIN MISSION and drop them off to the office by Monday, September 25 th. Jamaican mission trip call out: September 17 th at 3:00 p.m. Delphi UMC, Room 202. Do you feel called to build people, build homes, and change the world? If so come and discover how you can share God s love in Jamaica June 9-16, We will share requirements for the trip, timeline, vision, cost and fundraising opportunities.

7 It s Church Directory Time! What an exciting way to show how we ve grown. We will have two weekends for photo sessions total of 5 days! By now, you have received a letter and data sheet (that needs to be returned to the church office ASAP). We want each of you included in this directory. We also want to make sure that we have all your personal information correct, which is where your data sheet comes in. If you haven t already, think about making your appointment. The times are as follows: Friday, October 6th 2-9PM Saturday, October 7th 10AM-5PM Thursday, October 12th 2-9PM Friday, October 13th 2-9PM Saturday, October 14th 10AM-5PM Ways to make your appointment: Go to our church website at delphiumc.org and click on the link. This will direct you to the Lifetouch site. Takes less than 5 minutes! Sign up in the Rotunda on Sunday mornings. Call or stop in the church office and Sarah or Ruth will be happy to make that appointment for you. Want more than just your immediate family in your photo? Grandma and Grandpa, brothers and sisters and their families? Not a problem. All we ask is that you make one appointment time for each family unit being photographed. For example: Three families, plus one combined larger family photo equals four appointment times. Those appointments may be made back to back. For further information or if you have any questions, please call Ruth or Sarah, Monday-Thursday 9-4, at It s hard to believe, but we are already looking forward to church business 2018! If you are currently receiving offering envelopes and would like to continue receiving them for your tithes or want envelopes, please let the office know or indicate your choice on your Connect Card. Envelopes will be distributed in December. Thank you. Caregiver Support Group Thursday, September 14 th from 1:30-2:30PM Conference Room 200. What season of being a caregiver are you in? Whether your journey is just beginning or you are nearing the end of the journey, come join us. Learn and support each other through many hard struggles of being a caregiver to someone. INVITE A NEIGHBOR, FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER! CPR/AED Class Notice: Heart-Saver Certification and Recertification When: Saturday, October 21 st Time: 8 11:30AM Cost: $10.00 Class size limited make reservations now! Questions? Contact Connie Hughes at 765/ or at parishnurse@comcast.net. Why, you might ask, do we ask you to fill out the orange Connect Cards? Do we want to know who s here? Yes! Are we tracking attendance? Yes, we ARE tracking attendance. WHY??? For a couple of reasons: We want to stay connected with our members and visitors. We report our attendance numbers to the Indiana Conference each year. These numbers are important; they show the conference that our church has a growing attendance, that our church is inviting and meeting the needs of those coming through our doors. We are your church. Your needs are our concerns. Connections to ministry opportunities, prayer requests, praises, volunteering - all essential for staying connected! Help us please, to make this reporting more accurate fill out the orange Connect Cards.

8 Delphi United Methodist Church & Family Life Ministries Presents: Something Funny Is Happening Featuring Comedian JOHN BRANYAN FALL GROWTH GROUP SEASON: September 10 th -December 10 th, 2017 (13 weeks) PICK UP A GROWTH GROUP CATALOG IN ROTUNDA TO VIEW ALL GROWTH GROUP OPTIONS! Saturday, September 30 th at 7pm Families, seniors, couples, singles, and youth (recommended age 8 and up) $12.50 per ticket (online at johnbranyan.com) **No at-the-door sales** John s hilarious on stage energy and real life stories have been quoted as being hazardous to your health. Be prepared to be sore from laughing so hard! John is a full-time stand-up Christian Comedian who brings clean comedy to all ages. GREAT NEW GROUPS FOR FALL! Men, Husbands and Dads: Play the Man by Mark Batterson. Led by Robert Rohrer and Jack Cross. Sunday mornings 10am. Women, Wives and Mothers: Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist. Led by Pastor Sheri Rohrer. Sunday mornings 10am. Getting Started and Starting Over: for anyone new to church, groups, Christianity or anyone wanting to start over with God. Fun, safe, open and exciting environment in which to grow. Led by Sheila Wilimitis and team. Sunday Nights 5-7pm.

9 Nurture Your Marriage Couples who laugh together, last together. The family who plays together, stays together. Sunday September 10 th 10:00am and 12:30pm In Rotunda and Hallways Do you lead a ministry group or a committee? Would you like to have a booth at the fair? You ve heard these types of things before. They re great little quips, but there s also truth to them. Sometimes we can take life so seriously that we forget to enjoy one another along the way. When we can find moments of simply enjoying the company of one another, stress lowers, intimacy increases, and feel good endorphins are released. All of those things contribute to healthy and strong relationships. So laugh often and have fun! HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO: 1. Contact Sheila Wilimitis at , texting is welcomed. 2. Prepare a flier or brochure of your ministry area, show some pictures, create a poster, hand out candy! You will have a 37 inch square table for your booth. 3. Pray and ask God to bring the people to your booth whom He has chosen to serve with you for the growth of His Kingdom. Parent Corner Communicating with Your Kiddos When open communication with your child is established while they re young, it is more likely it will continue when they re teens. Tips to establish open communication: Have meals together (have it be an electronic-free zone) and make conversation together Ask questions that require more than a yes or no Don t interrupt your child Give them your full attention and listen to the small stuff they share, they ll learn they can also share the big stuff

10 Scared Praise and Worship time A special offering focus. Prayer activities that teach how and why we pray. Fun and Bible packed messages. Some of our themes this fall include... Emojis: Expressing emotions in a Godly way Glow in the Dark: Trusting God When We re Dan s Fish Fry Fundraiser for Teen Mission Trip Friday, September 8 th, 4-7pm Tickets on sale at church office and on Sunday mornings or through a youth going on the mission trip! Tickets are $10 advance and $11 at the door. Children 6-12 $5. Under 6, kids eat free. We need students going on the Mission trip to sign up for a 2 hour shift to help. We also need any adults willing to help as well. Sign up sheet in the church rotunda on Sunday morning! 4th Sunday Youth 4 all! September 24th Kids in grades 2-5 meet for Bible packed messages, snacks, games, crafts and fun with friends. September 24th 5:15-6:45PM in Room 211 Fort Wayne Mission Trip For all 8th to 12th graders Fill out a registration and Pay $60 ASAP to get a spot on the Trip. Registration will close on Sept. 8 th! We will are going through Mission Serve in Ft. Wayne to do small jobs (like painting, clean-up, light construction, etc.) to help those in need in the Ft. Wayne community. We are looking for 2 males and 1 female (21 or over) to go as chaperones for the trip as well! S.A.F.E. Training!! Because we value the safety of kids and volunteers. If you ve never trained: Sunday September 24th 9:30-10:45 Room 218 Delphi UM Youth Ministry, Micah Hudson, Youth Director Cell # / mhudson@delphiumc.org /

11 Meets September 3 rd, 10 th, 17 th and 24 th from 5 to 7pm New series about the Elements of Service! Then we will discuss the Circle Maker (on Prayer)! Upcoming Events See You At The Pole Rally: Sunday, Sept. 24 th 5-7pm We will have an extended time of worship. We will give students time to plan for SYATP happening in 3 days! See You At The Pole Wednesday, September 27 th National Student led prayer time at school flag poles! Check with your school to see what time students will be meeting or help to organize this event at your school! Delphi HS and MS will each meet at their own flag poles at 7:30am. Selfie Challenge Sunday, October 15 Teams of 4 race to get pictures, dress up for fun, and compete for prizes and need a driver! We re excited to introduce a new curriculum in Children s Church this fall! Beginning September 10th, your children will be experiencing Deep Blue; a fun and bible packed curriculum brought to them by these four little friends. Check out the free app, too! Just search Deep Blue in your app store! Kids can play games and you can see what they learned in class that week. It should be a fun adventure! Children s Choir! Wednesday, September 6 th at 6:30 in the children s wing. Sonshine Singers: 1st-5th grade Contact Ashley Duff with questions. (574) Mustard Seeds: Ages 3-Kindergarten (must be potty trained) Contact Teresa Isley with questions. (765)

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