TRINITY TIDINGS. Tuesday, May 24: 6pm ~ Girl Scouts Wednesday, May 25: 10:30am & 6:30pm ~ Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:30pm ~ Choir Rehearsal

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1 May 2016 TRINITY TIDINGS Trinity United Church of Christ, 355 Hublersburg Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823, Web site: trinityucchublersgburg.org This Month at Trinity Monday, May 2: 7:00pm ~ 4-H Club Mtg. 6:00pm ~ Cub Scout Committee Meeting 6:30pm ~ Church & Ministry Meeting Tuesday, May 3: 9am ~ Quilting/Knotting 6pm ~ Girl Scouts Wednesday, May 4: 10:30am & 6:30pm ~ Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:30pm ~ Choir Rehearsal Sunday, May 8: Happy Mother s Day Monday, May 9: 6:30pm ~ Council Mtg. Tuesday, May 10: 6pm ~ Girl Scouts Wednesday, May 11: 10:30am & 6:30pm ~ Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:30pm ~ Choir Rehearsal Tuesday, May 17: 9am ~ Quilting/Knotting 6pm ~ Girl Scout Wednesday, May 18: 6:30pm ~ Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 6pm ~ Mother/Child Banquet Saturday, May 21: 8am ~ Men s Breakfast Tuesday, May 24: 6pm ~ Girl Scouts Wednesday, May 25: 10:30am & 6:30pm ~ Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:30pm ~ Choir Rehearsal Tuesday, May 31: 6pm ~ Girl Scouts Meeting Please Pray For... Doris Haagen, Ed Kerstetter (Sandy Haagen s brother in law), John Hench, Jacob Storm, Julie Evey s father & grandfather, Henry Weight, George Adgate, Noah Weaver Friends in Personal Care Homes: Centre Crest (502 E Howard St., Bellefonte PA 16823) Laura Dunkle, Mary Rice, Vivian Boob, Anna Baughman Wynwood House (Rm. 37, Wynwood Drive, Centre Hall, PA 16828) David Vonada Susqueview (52 Cree Drive, Lock Haven, PA 17745) Jennie Heckman Eagle Valley (420 Railroad St, Milesburg, PA 16853) Margaret Baker Missionaries: Gayle Confer, Jack & Neepa DeVries, Dann & TammyJohnson

2 Council Update Minutes: April 11, 2016: 6:30 PM Present: Sue Besch, Frank Wagner, Doris Yarnell, Alan Haagen, Sharlene Nolan, Susan Higgins, Joyce Adgate, Pastor Koch Guest representing Erie Insurance: Tawnya Swatsworth Prayer: Doris Devotions: Sue Besch Forgiveness Erie Insurance Report - Compared to Guide 1 we were under covered and also had an agreed value Now: we are at $1,397,000 value for the church, pavilion, and Yarnell house we are now blanketed instead of agreed value + an enhancement package. June renewal - $2308 with a $5000 deductible (Tawnya may come back with a $1000 deductible quote) Pastor Koch pastor professional liability pg. 3 of policy religious enhancement package covers Pastor Koch if someone feels that he violated them through his role as a pastor. Treasurer's Report: Emily (absent) We are on track for the year with our current income and expenses. Ingram s said we have overpaid by $5100 for the year So, we are not currently paying until the balance is back at zero. Sue Besch motioned to approve the treasurer s report and Joyce Adgate seconded. Secretary's Report: Sue B. minutes from March 2015 one correction New Business Changing the OCWM communion offering in May to Building Maintenance since that budget is in the red. Sue Higgins motioned to approve and Alan seconded. Congregational Meeting Sue H. Sue Besch will update the minutes with changes from Doris and we will approve it in May. Correspondence: Sue B. no report Committee Reports: Head Usher Frank no report Property Committee Frank Should we increase the pay for our lawnmower since there is more property to mow now that we have the Yarnell property? We will see how long it takes them to mow and see if they have a suggestion on how much they would like and the council will decide at the May meeting. Emergency lighting system should we switch this over to Ingram s instead of having it through Amerigas? We would have to pay to switch the tank; but then all expenses would be together. Let s find out how much Ingram s will charge to switch it over and then we can vote. New smoke alarm was purchased for the stairs by the main entrance that was not working any longer. Permit on will be picked up on Thursday (4/14/16) for tearing down the Yarnell property. Then they will begin the demolition on the house. Cemetery needs weed eated before it can be mowed, electric fence is an issue. Hasn t been touched all summer of V-President Joyce no report

3 Greeters Joyce no report Candle/Altar Clothes Joyce no report Scouts Bob Helwig Worship Team Sue Higgins Meeting right after church on April 17 to discuss Mother s Day Christian Ed Sue H no report from the Sunday School Memorial Fund Sue H no report Asst. Secretary Sue H no report Nominating Committee Sue H no report Youth/Mission Crystal Dinner on April 10 th - $740 Water Piano Sharlene Sharlene watered it recently. Asst. Treasurer Sharlene no report Nittany Valley Fellowship Shirley B & Shirley V Acolytes Sue B no report Financial Secretary Sue B no report Camcorder/Sound System Doris no report Church & Ministry Alan Waiting for members to return to start meetings. Other Old Business: VBS Looking at doing this in the middle of July for one week from Sunday to Thursday Voting at the congregational meeting o Results from voting on 4/3/2016 Demolition: Troy Peters 28 Jay Coder 12 # of communions 7 times/year times/year 14 Designate whom will receive communion offering Designate on the envelope 9 Designate 2 weeks prior for a current need 34 New Business: Taxes on the new land need to be paid by the end of April. Suggestion was made that there be an update on the people on our bulletin prayer list maybe once a month Sue can ask for updates once a month during the opening of the service. Northern Association Banquet Wednesday, May 18 th at Hartman Center Penn Central Conference June th at Selinsgrove Focus on changing the by-laws and constitution. Susan Higgins will work on welcome/visitor cards for the pews. Dog hair by water fountain yes, the 4-H had the seeing-eye puppies here for a demonstration Sue Besch will send an asking them to leave the space nicer than it was found and invite them to use the cleaning supplies of the church whenever needed.

4 Pastor's Report Pastor Koch May 15 th Pentecost Sunday o We will invite Ari Hauben from The Chosen People Ministries. He will present, Messiah in the Passover for the congregation. We will provide him $200 for transportation, a honorarium, and a love collection for Chosen People Ministries. Calendar Items: Thursday, April 21 st Sunday school class meeting Saturday, April 23 rd private reception Saturday, April 23 rd Men s Brotherhood breakfast Monday, May 9 Council meeting 6:30 pm Wednesday, May 18 th Northern Association Banquet, Hartman Center June th Penn Central Conference, Selinsgrove Next meeting and Devotions: May 9, 2016: 6:30 pm Alan Haagen, devotions Prayer Requests: Marisa Cameron car accident, Pat Wagner - fall, Charlie Way is home from surgery and now both he and Louise are sick, plus the personal loss of a family member, George Adgate has lung cancer let s pray for both he and Joyce plus their family. Prayer: Pastor Koch for our prayer requests and Doris to close the meeting. Frank motioned to adjourn and Susan Higgins seconded. March Financial Report Current Beginning Balance Income Expenses Ending Balance $31, $6, $6, $31, Special offerings Communion $0 $ $0 $ Church Improvement Maintenance -$ $0 $0 -$ Memorial Fund $2, $0 $0 $2, Total March Income: $6, Total March Expenses: $6, Investments UCF Investments: $109,369.32

5 Congregational Meeting: April 3, 2016 President, Doris Yarnell opened the Congregational Meeting at 10:40 am, by reading a scripture verse: II Chronicles 7:14 and led everybody in prayer. Called the meeting to order to discuss and will be voting by way of secret ballot: 1) Yarnell property 2 bids on demolishing the Yarnell property 2) How many communions per year down to 7 or keep at 12 3) Vote on designation of funds leave on envelopes or leave off 1 Vote on person to demolish the Yarnell property: Troy Peters - $5, (Quoted price) Jay Coder - $7, (Estimated price, depending on how many loads of top soil needed) Doris - The congregation voted to demolish the Yarnell house in January at the Annual Meeting. The Property Committee received two bids. Our Constitution reads that anything over $5, must have congregational approval. Everything in the house has been disconnected Are there any questions: Roger Vandermark Is it necessary to demolish the house now? We do not have the funds; the church maintenance funds are in the negative? Wouldn t it be better to wait until we have the funds? What is the ground to be used for, do we have to have it demolished right away? Doris The money will come from the New Pastor Fund, which came from monies on the budget to pay a pastor. However, we did not have a pastor. Also, some of the donations were given by members directly to the pastor funds. There is $14, in the Pastor fund. Plus, Pastor Koch only is asking for $39, instead of the $63, for full time pastor. We can take the money from there, and are asking for congregational approval. Any money left over will be discussed in another time. Anybody that would like to view the bids, see Doris. We do not like to spend money until we have to, but right now we are paying the taxes and insurance on the property. Doris - If there are no more questions mark your ballot with a check mark as to which contractor you want. 2 Vote on how many communions per year: 7 times per year 12 times per year Doris for the past 10 years, we have had communion the first of each month. Before that we had it 7 times a year on Christian holidays. Some feel that is too often as it loses it importance and meaning. It is hard to get people to take care of getting communion ready and clean up. I have talked to Pastor Koch, he said whatever we decide will be fine with him. We need to order the envelopes now. Are there any questions on this issue: Lois Stringer by having it 12 times a year, we are reminded of what Christ means to us. If you only come sometimes you will miss out on communion. Shirley Brungart Will it only be the first Sunday of the month?

6 Doris On Christian Sundays, some are not always Christian Sunday s First Sunday after Ash Wednesday (March 5, 2017 Easter (April 16, 2017) Pentecost (June 4, 2017) First Sunday in August (August 6, 2017 First Sunday in October World Wide Communion (October 1, 2017) First Sunday in Advent (December 3, 2017) Christmas Eve (December 24, 2017) Gerogia Homan It is hard to find people to help with communion, some that are asked will not help. Seven is fine. Doris - If there are no more questions mark your ballot with a check mark for 7 or Vote do you prefer designation funds on envelope or leave off when we have communion: Designate funds Leave off Doris The past several years, it was printed on the envelopes, however some of the places were already a line item for the budget. Some prefer that we have no communions envelopes for budget items which were about half of them. Without place being designated on the envelopes, we can look at other needs at time of a communion and advise the congregation at least 2 weeks before where it will go. May s communion is designated to OCWM which we already had an offering for them in January and also they are on the budget for $2, for the year. It was agreed on by Council at March s meeting to change the designation to our Building/Maintenance as we are in the minus instead of OCWM. Are there any questions on this issue: Joyce Adgate Right now we have (4) envelopes designated for Building/Maintenance, is it not enough since we are $ in the minus. Doris - If there are no other questions please vote to what you prefer. We will have the results in next weeks bulletin. After the results are tallied we will advise the person to proceed with the demolition. Anything else? Do I hear a motion to close the meeting? Georgia Homan made a motion, Lucretia Swatsworth seconded the motion..

7 Birthday Celebrations May 3 Nevin Deitrich Sr. 4 Henry Weight 7 Albert Haagen 9 Cade Fortney 9 Chad Haagen 9 Bob Helwig 10 Doris Haagen 11 Charles Heckman 14 Betty Deitrich 15 Kylah Evey 18 Hunter Vandermark 19 Jennifer Shuey 21 Kyle Krisch Anniversary Celebrations May 10 Todd & Susan Holden 27 Fred & Peggy Yost Women s Guild March 28, 2016 Meeting The Women s Guild met for the first time in 2016 on Monday, March 28 th with six ladies present. Martha Deitrich opened the meeting with various scripture readings. She shared a few Sunny Side of Life sayings and closed with prayer. President Georgia Homan called the meeting to order. The minutes from the November 30, 2015 meeting were read and approved; the treasurer s report as of December 31, 2015 was given and approved. The Guild currently has a balance of $1, but a bill from January has not been subtracted from this total. Old Business: 1) Georgia noted this year s Guild booklet was dedicated to Kay Shultz for her service to the Guild and also in memory of Barbara Vandermark who faithfully served the Women s Guild. 2) The sheet to sign up for flowers on the altar is located on the bulletin board in the vestibule Please sign up for a Sunday. Plants may be used as well as flowers. New Business: 1) Georgia thanked Lucretia Swatsworth for her time and effort cleaning the communion sets They now sparkle! 2) The communion set was moved and is now located in a cupboard in the kitchen. It is locked The key to the lock is on the ring with the kitchen key. 3) The prayer chain seems to be going okay. No problems have been reported. 4) Joann Truckenmiller motioned we begin the Guild meetings at 7:00p instead of 7:30p and also to not have snacks. Kay Shultz seconded. The next meeting of the Women s Guild will be April 25 th, 2016 at 7:00p Kay Shultz volunteered for devotions. Respectfully submitted, ~Tam Helwig

8 MAY NEWS LETTER FROM PASTOR KEITH We are told that "April showers bring May flowers" well, at least this month has a lot of opportunities for us at Trinity. Sunday mornings will see us continue our verse-by-verse messages from the Book of Romans. Let me encourage you to bring your Bibles to church and to follow along with our study in God's Holy Word. Wednesdays our Bible Study/Prayer Meetings will continue at 10:30am and 6:30pm. Pick the time that is convenient for you as both times we will cover the same material. We are studying the Book of 1 Corinthians. May is also the time to celebrate "Mother's Day" the 18 th. Trinity will hold a "Mother/Daughter Banquet" on the 18 th. Look for more information and sign-up sheets as the date gets closer. (There will be no 6:30pm Bible Study/Prayer Meeting this night.) Pentecost Sunday is the 15 th. Pentecost Sunday celebrates Christ sending the Holy Spirit to indwell His followers. (see Acts chapter 2) On this Sunday, we will have a guest speaker from Chosen People Ministries to demonstrate "Christ in the Passover." Using the typical Jewish Seder, we will see how this yearly Passover Meal points to Jesus as the Messiah. Of course, May has the "Armed Forces Day" (21 st ) and "Memorial Day" (30 th ). This month has a lot to look forward to, and a lot to celebrate. May our LORD bless Trinity this month of May. What: Mother/Child Banquet Where Fellowship Hall at our Church When May 18, 2016 Time: 6:OOPM Cost: $9.00 for adult, $5 for children 5 and younger) Meal includes: stuffed chicken breast, 2 kinds of potatoes, 2 kinds of vegetables, dinner roll, and pie for dessert. Along with coffee and hot tea. All homemade food. We must have your paid reservation by May 11. Please make your paid reservation to Tam H. or Georgia H.

9 Greeters: Lowell & Nancy Krape Communion: May 15 (Offering Building Maintenance) Food Bank: Cereal, boxed potatoes, canned corn, canned fruit, condiments Trinity Brothers: May 8:30am Women s Guild: May 6pm Mother/Child Banquet Trinity United Church of Christ 355 Hublersburg Road Bellefonte, PA