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1 VOL. 48, No. 15 NOVEMBER, 2013 OWER OPICS Tower Topics Change Tower Topics is still going through changes and refinement. We will issue a full newsletter at the first of the month. This issue will be mailed, ed, and posted on the web site. During the middle of the month we will issue a special UPDATE ISSUE of Tower Topics. This issue will be placed throughout the church, ed to those on our list and posted on the web site. We are also attempting to break the newsletter down by catagories: Worship, Connect, and Serve, along with our regular monthly information and general contact information. Please bear with us as we continue to refine and change your newsletter! TOWER TOPICS DEADLINES Deadline for Submission is 12:00 Noon on Fridays before the Wednesday Issue Date Submit By: Issue Date: November 8 November 15 (mid-month) November 29 December 4 (Last Issue of 2013) Church: info@munciehighstreet.com Pastor Mendenhall: dalemendenhall@munciehighstreet.com Pastor Gilbert: dgilbert@munciehighstreet.com Pastor Overmyer: cbovermyer@munciehighstreet.com Pastor Hartman: jackwhartman@munciehighstreet.com Tower Topics is a bi-weekly publication of High Street UMC. Send items for Tower Topics to Lori Gibson, editor, by mail or to rebelnomo@munciehighstreet.com Please put Tower Topics in your subject line. Articles cannot be taken over the telephone! High Street United Methodist Church 219 S. Hi g h St. Mu n c i e, IN Church: Fax: info@munciehighstreet.com Service Times 8:30-9:30 Traditional Worship 9:45-10:45 Sunday School 9:45-10:30 Chapel Worship 11:00-Noon Contemporary Worship Traditional Worship Broadcast at 11 a.m. on WXFN AM WORSHIP At High Street Church A Stained Glass Window... page 2 It s Happening Nov. 3rd!... page 3 Sermon Titles & Scripture... Back Page CONNECT At High Street Church Youth News... page 7 Charge Conference... page 6 UMW General Meeting & Lunch... page 3 Thursday Luncheon... page 3 SERVE At High Street Church Africa University Rally... page 6 Foundation Grants... page 6 Calendar... page 5 GENERAL Information At High St. Church Wisdom People... page 4 Preschool Update... page 4 Offering Envelopes... page 3 Food Pantry... page 7 How We Help... page 7 High Street Travelers... page 7

2 A Stained Glass Window We all have stories of how God has intersected our lives. I call them God sightings. This is one story of a God sighting that happened to me recently. Flagstaff, Arizona is a beautiful town with tall ponderosa pine trees, snow-covered San Francisco Peaks, miles of picturesque trails, and flavored with cowboys and Native Americans. The town is charming with its southwestern shops, yet many call it poverty with a view because of the high cost of living, and few jobs. My daughter who lives in Flagstaff called me to pray for her to find another job. She had scattered resumés throughout the city, and was waiting for calls to interview. She applied at the school district and out of 18 applicants, they had decided to interview four, and she was one of the four. She called and asked me to pray. She interviewed, and was called back for a second interview. They had narrowed the playing field down to two, and she was one of the two. She was excited as she relayed the news to me. I m one of the finalists for the job, Mom. I asked her when she was interviewing, and she told me, 8:30 a.m. I said, that s 11:30 my time. I ll pray at that time. Now we all know about the beautiful stained glass windows that grace the sanctuary here at the church. From every direction, a kaleidoscope of color will dance in the sacred space as the sunshine and quietness of God s peace saturates our hearts. Such was the case, one Tuesday morning when I went to pray. At 11:35 I went to the sanctuary, and knelt at the altar. I asked God to give my daughter favor with the people interviewing her, and to reveal His love for her. Just as I ended the prayer, rays of sunlight hit my shoulder as light poured into the sanctuary from the corner of the stained glass window. I looked up toward the light, and knew God had heard my prayer. I waited for her call. She finally called me to tell me the interview had gone well, but she didn t know what was going to happen. I shared with her. Let me 2. tell you what happened in the sanctuary as I prayed for you the exact time you were in the interview. I shared with her the story of the sunshine coming through the stained glass window warming my shoulder at the exact spot I was kneeling. She exclaimed, Mom, the lady that is retiring has a stained glass window in her office. I excitedly told her, Honey, you ve got the job. I know it. You ve got the job. She questioned, Mom, do you really think so? I said, Yes. One hour later, the call came in to me. Mom, I got the job! I quietly went back to the sanctuary, and knelt down in the same spot, and thanked God for blessing my child; for giving her favor, and revealing His love for her. As parents, we never stop praying for our children whether near or far; always asking Him to reveal His love to them. A stained glass window So simple, yet grand. Revealing God s love By the touch of His Hand. A loving prayer from a mother s heart. Asking God to bless A child and never depart His grace and mercy Wherever they are. Whether near to us Or places so far. Warming their hearts. Assured of His care. God will be a Father And always be there. Til we meet again, Deborah P.S. She loves her job!! Deborah Musick

3 It s Happening November 3 All Saints Celebration We will remember in the 8:30 and 9:45 services those members who have passed away since All Saints Sunday of last year and those persons for whom our pastors have conducted memorial services. The people we will remember are: Mary Green Harrold Jeanne Hanley Paul Wearly Lex Richards Martha Butler Lee Shank Neoma Colpitts Margaret Hyde Margaret Hisle Georgia Creagmile Dorris Silverthorn John Dale Louise Satterlee Hannah Taylor Betty Hillary John Robinson Mary Lou Rogers Ann Dale June Johnson Mary Youngblood Kenneth Poucher Don Waite Gloria Jean Jones Worship Connect Serve Stewardship In each of the three services on November 3, we will return our estimate of giving cards for The Children s Choirs will sing in the 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. services. Brown Bag Sunday: Please remember to bring your donations for our High Street Food Pantry. Special Music on November 10: Our Angels On High Preschool children will be singing in our 11:00 service. Our Chapel Handbell Ringers will add to our worship at 8:30 and 9: UMW General Meeting The United Methodist Women will meet Tuesday, November 19, in Parish Hall at 10:30 a.m. Our program is Let s Go To School! Just what IS happening in Education? Vouchers (good or bad?); A-F school ranking...hmmm, what is the good news? Steve Hall, Delaware Community Superintendent will be here to educate us! Reservations should be made with Mary Swanger ( ). Church women and friends are welcome, so come one, come all and share fun, food, and fellowship! Wesleyan Circle is hosting. College/Career Small Group The College/Career Small Group has changed the day and time they are meeting. The group now meets on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 in the High Street Church Parlor. As always, there will be free food! Jim Mahoney leads the group. For more information, contact the church office at Thursday Lunch Schedule For November Nov. 7: Debbie Heeter Highlights of Trips Nov. 14: Laughter Yoga Nov. 21: Madison Co. Music Makers Thursday Luncheon Thanksgiving and Anniversary Nov. 28: Happy Thanksgiving No Luncheon Please call the office by Tuesday afternoon to register for Thursday Luncheon. Dec. 2: Senior Supper at MCL - 4:30 P.M. Visit to Heritage Pointe Join us as we travel to Heritage Pointe, our UM Retirement Community in Warren, IN. We will leave the church at 11:45 on Tuesday, November 12. While there we will visit with our High Street friends and share pumpkin pie! Call the church office, , if you are interested in our trip! Offering Envelopes Offering envelopes for 2014 have been ordered. They should mail mid-december. We edited the list of people receiving envelopes. It costs the church $2.47 for each packet, so if you always use the pew envelopes, we did not order for you this year.

4 Angels On High Preschool Update Angels on High Preschool and PDO is off to a great start! We have had many events and activities throughout the last months. Our classes enjoyed their first two chapels. It is always a blessing to listen to the preschool children as they praise God with their songs, and to witness their learning about Jesus. A special thank you to Pastor Daryl and Deborah Musick for providing the Bible story during the chapel. The HSUMC congregation and preschool families are always invited to our chapels, so please feel free to join us! During October, we held two Open Houses and Pizza Fellowship Dinners. These events were a great time and we enjoyed seeing everyone there! We also celebrated the fall season with a Fall Party. The children were invited to wear their costumes and parade for the preschool and church staff. It was great fun! This month, our students were able to attend a variety of field trips. The 4-year old classes were able to learn about Johnny Appleseed and visit a pumpkin patch. Next month, they look forward to visiting the BSU Planetarium. Our 3-year old classes explored their senses at the Muncie Children s Museum and nature at Minnetrista Cultural Center. In November, they will have a chance to visit Winter Wonderland at the Muncie Children s Museum. The Enrichment classes learned about nature at the Cardinal Depot and visited a pumpkin patch. The Transition Class had a great time at One Fun Farm and are looking forward to visiting the Winter Wonderland and a visit from a bat expert. We are looking forward to our first Preschool Sunday of the school year. The students will be performing a few songs and there will be a short slide show. This will be held on Sunday, November 10 at the 11:00 service. We hope many will join us for this special event! As our preschool and PDO continues to grow, so do our needs of consumable supplies. In the parlor of the church, the preschool has placed a board listing the needs we have at this time. Please take a moment to visit this board or our website ( to see what items are needed. We can always use donation of packaged snacks, disinfecting wipes, baby wipes, kleenex, paper towels! We thank you in advance for your donations. There are many ways to support Angels on High Preschool. As mentioned above, you can donate essential items or volunteer in the classroom. Another way to support the preschool is to help with the fall fund raisers. During the months of 4. November and December the preschool will be selling our own delicious cheese balls for $6.00. We offer dessert cheese balls and cheddar. These are great for upcoming holiday gatherings, as well as gifts! You can purchase these at church or by contacting Rebecca. The preschool is also selling Christmas Wreaths for the holiday season. These wreaths can be purchased as gifts and mailed directly to the recipient. You can also purchase them for yourself! These will be sold during church and more information can be found on our website at www. angelsonhigh.org. We have been very fortunate to have Ball State University students volunteering in our classrooms! Their energy and love for the children allows us to provide even more for our students. Unfortunately, we will be without our students during their breaks. We would invite you to consider volunteering in our classrooms. You are always welcome in our classrooms, but we especially need help during the weeks of December 16-20, January 6-10, and January Also, if you love to read, our Transition Class invites you to join them as a guest mystery reader. If you are interested, please contact Rebecca at or rswander@anglesonhigh. org. Wisdom People for December (There were no November birthdays.) Katy Geckler 99 on December W. North St. Muncie, IN Jim Barnell 91 on December N. Everett Rd. Muncie, IN Mary Alice Huffman 94 on December E. Heritage Circle Muncie, IN Mildred Estabrook 95 on December W. Ace St. Muncie, IN Anna Louise Jurt 90 on December W. Petty Rd. Muncie, IN Maxine Clark 98 on December 23 c/o Jan Whealy W. CR 1000 S. Losantville, IN 47354

5 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Daylight Saving Time ENDS Sunday November 3 at 2:00 AM Turn your clocks BACK! :45 AM Presch. Chapel 6:00 PM Kids Nite Out :00 AM SHIP 10:15 AM Blood Pressure 11:30 AM Thurs. Lunch 8:30 AM Trad. Worship 9:30 AM Coffee 9:45 AM Worship 9:45 AM Sunday Sch 10:30 AM Coffee 11:00 AM Contemporary Worship 3:00 PM Africa Univ. 5:30 PM Women s Grp. 6:00 PM SAF at Gethsemane (youth) :00 AM SHIP 10:15 AM Lunch Activity 11:00 AM Thurs. Lunch 1:30 PM Naomi Circle 6:00 PM Kids Nite Out 8:30 AM Trad. Worship 9:30 AM Coffee 9:45 AM Worship 9:45 AM Sunday Sch 9:45 AM Room Assign. 10:30 AM Coffee 11:00 AM Contemporary Worship 3:00 PM Thanksinging at Glad Tidings Church 5:00 PM Youth Council 5:30 PM Women s Grp. 6:00 PM The Grove 9:00 AM Quilting Class 9:30 AM Bridge for Fun 10:00 AM Pastoral Staff 12 Noon Mah Jongg 1:30 PM Food Pantry 4:00 PM Presch. Board 4:30 PM Senior MCL Cafeteria 6:00 PM Nursery Staff 6:30 PM Grief Recovery 9:00 AM Quilting Class 9:30 AM Bridge for Fun 10:00 AM Pastoral Staff 12 Noon Mah Jongg 1:30 PM Food Pantry 6:30 PM Grief Recovery 6:45 AM Renovaré 9:15 AM Mary Circle 10:00 AM Pastoral Staff 1:30 PM Food Pantry 6:30 PM Noah s Ark 7:00 PM Church Council 6:45 AM Renovaré 8:30 AM Staff 9:30 AM Ruth Circle 11:45 AM Heritage Pointe in Warren, IN 1:30 PM Food Pantry 3:30 PM Trustees 5:30 PM Missions 6:30 AM Travelers to Panama Canal (Marsh on Tillotson) 9:00 AM M & M s 9:15 AM Wm. Bible Study 5:45 PM Hand Bell Reh. 6:00 PM Kids Choirs 6:30 PM Praise Band 7:00 PM Overeaters Anon. 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 7:45 PM Al-Anon s 8:00 PM AA s 9:00 PM College/Career 9:00 AM M & M s 9:15 AM Wm. Bible Study 1:00 PM Elder-Law 5:45 PM Hand Bell Reh. 6:00 PM Kids Choirs 6:30 PM Praise Band 7:00 PM Overeaters Anon. 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 7:45 PM Al-Anon s 8:00 PM AA s 9:00 PM College/Career 10:00 AM Westminster Fellowship - Westminster Village 12 Noon TT Deadline :30 AM Trad. Worship 9:30 AM Bridge for Fun 6:45 AM Renovaré 7:00 AM UM Men Brkfst. 8:00 AM SHIP 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Pastoral Staff 8:00 AM LifeStream 9:00 AM M & M S 10:15 AM Lunch Activity 1:00 PM UMW Exec. Brd. 9:45 AM Worship 12 Noon Mah Jongg 8:30 AM Staff 9:15 AM Wm. Bible Study 9:45 AM Sunday Sch 1:30 PM Food Pantry 5:45 PM Hand Bell Reh. 11:00 AM Thurs. Lunch 5:00 PM Travelers Return 10:30 AM Coffee 6:00 PM Kids Choirs 11:00 AM 10:30 AM UMW Mtg. 6:30 PM Praise Band Contemporary Worship 1:30 PM Food Pantry 7:00 PM Overeaters Anon 12 Noon Supper for Syria 5:30 PM Martha/Mary 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 5:00 PM Jamaica Parents Circle at Thai Smile 7:45 PM Al-Anon s 5:30 PM Women s Grp. 6:00 PM Children s Minis. 8:00 PM AA s 6:00 PM The Grove 9:00 PM College/Career 12 Noon Bridges Community Thanksgiving Dinner Set-Up 5:00 PM Bridges Community Thanksgiving Dinner :30 AM Trad. Worship 9:30 AM Bridge for Fun 6:45 AM Renovaré 11:30 AM PreSch. 4/5 s 9:00 AM Thanksgiving 9:00 AM Hanging Of 9:30 AM Coffee 10:00 AM Pastoral Staff 8:30 AM Staff 12 Noon TT Deadline Day Worship The Greens 9:45 AM Worship 12 Noon Mah Jongg 3:00 PM PreSch. 4/5 s 9:45 AM Sunday Sch 1:30 PM Food Pantry 1:30 PM Food Pantry 6:00 PM Kids Choirs OFFICE CLOSED 10:30 AM Coffee 6:30 PM Praise Band 11:00 AM 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 7:00 PM Overeaters Anon OFFICE CLOSED Contemporary Worship 5:30 PM Women s Grp. 6:00 PM The Grove 7:45 PM Al-Anon s 8:00 PM AA s 9:00 PM College/Career 5.

6 Charge Conference 2013 Our Charge Conference will be held on Wednesdsay, November 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Center Chapel UMC. All members of our Church Council are members of the Charge Conference and are encouraged to attend. We will join the other six churches in our cluster in listening to Bob Riggles, our campus pastor at Ball State, whom we are supporting together as a cluster. We will also take care of the annual business of electing officers, setting pastoral compensation and removing inactive members from our rolls. Foundation Underwrites Two Events At a recent meeting, the High Street Foundation voted to approve two requests that will bring some very special opportunities to our church. In both cases, the monies are coming from the Nearing Fund, which is to be used to bring in special religious leaders, speakers, music, etc. On Saturday, December 14, the Masterworks Chorale will be performing its Christmas Concert in our sanctuary. The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. under the direction of Dr. Andrew Crow. On Saturday, January 25, Dr. Craig Hill will be presenting two workshops here at High Street Church in conjunction with our East District. Dr. Hill is the Research Professor of Theological Pedagogy and Executive Director of the D. Min. and M.A.C.P. programs at Duke Divinity School. The two workshops will be for pastors and church members and deal with a United Methodist understanding of apocalyptic literature ( end times ) in the Bible. Then on Sunday, Dr. Hill will preach at both our 8:30 and 9:45 services. Africa University Rally Here Bishop Mike Coyner will be leading into High Street Church for a rally for Africa University on Sunday, November 3. High Street Church is one of the few sites that Bishop Coyner and the team have selected in an effort to ignite Indiana United Methodists in raising $1,000,000 to endow a faculty position in agriculture and natural resources and at least $600,000 in scholarships for Africa University students. Africa University is a United Methodist institution in Zimbabwe that is educating students from all around Africa. The rally begins at 3:00 p.m. and will go until 4:30. Resounding Mercy will provide the music. 6. Thank You Thank you for all who prayed, sent cards, phoned, visited, or helped in so many ways at the time of my hospitalization and recovery. I am truly grateful. Your expressions of friendship are a true blessing to me! Please forgive my lateness in posting my thanks. Louise Eddington Angels On High Serves Record Number! At the last Angels On High board meeting, Director Rebecca Swander reported that we now have 111 children registered in our preschool ministry and 55 in our Parents Day Out ministry. There is, of course, some overlap, as some preschoolers arrive early and stay later and are part of PDO. Last year our Angels On High preschool set a record high registration mark at 72. The Trustees have finalized their expenditures from the capital campaign funds for the Willa Stevenson Center. We are finalizing the costs, which should end up in the mid $700,000 range. We had approved a figure of $498, for the project; that figure did not include furnishings. The total figure will include furnishings. It also includes cost overruns, the largest of which had to do with the totally unexpected drainage problem with the parking lot. As you know, we ended up having to tear up a good section of our lot, excavate and remove from that area, connect to the sewer system, and repave the lot so that water would not drain toward and into the Stevenson Center. Now with the tuck pointing of the church completed and the Stevenson Center in operation, we now turn our attention toward paying off the two loans related to these first two projects ($95,764 to the Trustees Major Maintenance Fund and $192,788 to the High Street Foundation) and toward the renovation of our organ. We are about halfway along in our three-year capital campaign and have accomplished much. Our continued support is needed to complete our goals.

7 High Street Food Pantry Facts The Food Pantry is now serving: 10 families and 4 singles weekly 40 families and 16 singles monthly 480 families and 192 singles annually With a voucher from Christian Ministries over 2,000 people are served! High Street Memorials Lex Richards Martha Sue Butler The High Street Food Pantry The High Street Food Pantry needs: Instant Milk Applesauce Canned Fruit Macaroni & Cheese Please leave donations in the wicker baskets at the North Door entrance at in the Narthex. Food Pantry 2013 The High Street Food Pantry has served this year: 1,431 people Thank you for your contributions, both food and monetary, to the High Street Food Pantry! HOSPITALIZED RECENTLY and giving High Street Church as their preference: Corinne Moore, Rhonda Hayden, Claudia Updike, June Crawford (IUH Ball Memorial Hospital). How We Help! The Samaritan Fund People Helped: 621 Rent: $4, Utilities: $11, Prescriptions: $1, Misc.: $1, Total: $19, Thank you for helping us help. You have been so generous this year, allowing us to help keep people in their homes, with power and water. Unfortunately the demand is so great that even though we budget carefully we are out of funds to assist anyone. Please give to help us help those in need. 7. High Street Travelers Check out Deb s Updated Travel Blog at: Trips: Nov. 6-22: Panama Canal Cruise 16 nights/1 night hotel/transfer air/insurance/ start $2,899/dbl. Dec. 11: Christmas Spectacular at LaComedia $75 per person SOLD OUT WAITING LIST Youth Events October brought lots of fall activities! The month started with the first Seek And Find at Corinth UMC. We also built a catapult and launched a demolished pumpkins at our Pumpkin Bash. We took a trip to the One Fun Farm corn maze and visited the Chocolate Moose. In the meantime, we ve discussed Cain and Abel and Noah and what we can learn from them in Sunday school, visited the Promiseland lids while Savannah Myers shared about her mission trip to Brazil. We ve talked about who God is during our Grove meetings and we ve flocked several yards! November will have more fun in store as well as an excellent opportunity to serve - we hope you join us! November Events Nov. 3: SAF with Gethsemane, 6-8:00 PM Nov. 10: Youth Council, 5:00 PM Nov. 10: The Grove, 6-8:00 PM Nov. 17: Supper For Syria, 12 Noon Nov. 17: Jamaica Parent s meeting, 5:00 PM Nov. 17: The Grove, 6-8:00 PM Nov. 24: The Grove, 6-8:00 PM Supper For Syria The youth will be hosting a lunch on Nov. 17 that is open to the entire congregation. Admittance will be the exact price of an UMCOR health kit, $12. Come and be thankful with us as we anticipate coming holidays, and help us share from what we have with those who do not have the basics of life. Questions? See Kristy or contact her at kmahoney@ munciehighstreet.com

8 High Street United Methodist Church 219 S Hi g h Street Muncie IN Return Service Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage P A I D Muncie, IN Permit No. 679 The 97th Is Now Over! The 97th annual UMW Bazaar is over! A big thank you to everyone who helped in any way to make it another success. Thanks to all the booth chairs who made lots of phone calls and then worked hard at making it all happen. We re so fortunate to have so many talented craft persons (men and women!) who shared their efforts with us. A special thanks goes to all the men who helped us getting tables, chairs, and screens set up and then helping again when it was over and also helped in the kitchen. We certainly appreciate your servants hearts. All Joel s help on Saturday was especially appreciated! NOVEMBER 3, 2013 Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16 Life at the Intersections Pastor Dale Mendenhall NOVEMBER 10, 2013 Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 Jesus Is Life s Reset Button Pastor Daryl Gilbert