Trinity United Methodist Church 75 East High Street, Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338

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1 Trinity United Methodist Church 75 East High Street, Mount Gilead, Ohio The Chimes April 2018 Sunday, 4/1 Easter Sunday 8:30 a.m. Worship (Upper Room) 9:30 a.m. - Breakfast (Trinity Hall) 10:30 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary) If Easter means anything to modern man, it means that eternal truth is eternal. You may nail it to the tree, wrap it up in grave clothes and seal it in a tomb. But truth crushed to earth shall rise again. Truth does not perish. It cannot be destroyed. It may be distorted. It has been silenced temporarily. It has been compelled to carry its cross to Calvary s brow but with an inevitable certainty, after every Black Friday dawns truth s Easter morn. Donald H. Tippet

2 Thank you Thank you all so much for everything you ve done to help our family after we had a house fire. That was so swee of you all and very much appreciated! - Molly McCracken & Family 1 John 3:2 says, We know that when Christ comes, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is. After Jesus resurrection the early believers saw Jesus in his resurrection body. Thus, based on their testimony, by faith we trust in our resurrected Lord. Of course, our eyes have not yet seen him. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13, Now we see as through a glass dimly, but one day face to face. We too will see Jesus, our resurrected Lord. One promise of God s word is that at that time we will be like him. We too will have resurrected bodies. But so too will we have glorified hearts. Max Lucado says in Just Like Jesus: When you arrive in heaven something wonderful will happen. A final transformation will take place. You will be just like Jesus. Of all the blessings of heaven one of the greatest will be for you! You will be God s magnum opus, His work of art. The angels will gasp. God s work will be completed. At last, you will have a heart like His. You will love with a perfect love. You will worship with a radiant face. You ll hear each word God speaks. Your heart will be pure. Your words will be like jewels. Your thoughts will be like treasures. You will be just like Jesus. You will at long last have a heart like His. This is not to say that even now we are not like Jesus. It is just that the perfect has not yet come. We still fight against flesh, the devil, and the world, which all tend to pull us down. For now, in the power of the Holy Spirit, we strive to be like Jesus. We all know we fall short. But what a promise that comes to us from the resurrected Christ who died on the cross one day we will be completely like him! God bless during the Easter celebration of the cross and resurrection of Christ. Have a Happy Spring! Pastor Jeff Missions Committee Diapers needed Heartbeat of Morrow County is a pregnancy and parenting resource center in an environment in which every human heart is cherished and protected. They are a faith-based, Christian organization that is dedicated to serving God and the community. Unlike some similar organizations, Heartbeat does not receive government support. Their money comes from donations and fundraising events. One of their programs, Earn While You Learn, offers clients a chance to earn Baby Bucks which can be used to buy diaper, wipes, new clothing and gently used furniture and equipment from the Heartbeat Boutique. It is a challenge to keep the Boutique stocked. Their immediate needs are for diapers, sizes 3, 5, and 6, and baby wipes. From April 8 through May 6 the Mission Committee will be collecting packages of diapers (sizes 3, 5, and 6) and baby wipes for Heartbeat s Boutique. Name brands are not necessary, any brand is welcome. If you prefer, you can donate cash by writing a check to Heartbeat of Morrow County. The money will be used to purchase diapers. Look for the collection basket in the narthex or shopping cart in the Upper Room. Thank you, Your Mission Committee Evangelism Tip We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it. Madeleine L Eng

3 PRAYER CONCERNS Trinity members and friends who have been in our prayers the past month.. New Prayer Concerns: Alice Foley, Bob Shaffer, Chuch Scott, Pastor Dale Turner, Doyle Shoewalter, Jo Thompson, Julie Vargo, Linda Wick, Mike Dupilka, Mike Lancaster, Nancy Burns, Sharon Vargo, Trainer Girls, Travis Tracy Ongoing Prayer: Belisa Sherman, Ben Thimmes, Cassidy Briggs, Cathy Maxwell, Cheryl Doyle, Cindy Borgman, Craig Mullins, Dale Lyman, Dale Steiner, Esther Sterritt, Floyd Sterritt, Gary Burke, Hartzler twins, Jack Garris, Jerry Thompson, June Jolif, Kalvari Kershner, Kathy Hart, Kristi Bulkowski, Lon Irons, Mandy Robinson, Marilee George, Michelle Shepard, Mike Lancaster Nathan Dotters, Pam Besseck, Phyllis Bell, Ron Carsner, Ryan Miller, Sherry Meyers, Sherry Seckel, Stephanie Jones, Steve Dabney, Susan Keightley, Tammy Ghent, Will Mullins, Unspoken Request. Civilians serving overseas. The Commission on A Way Forward. Opioid Crisis. Military: Curt Belohlavek, Emily Garry, Eric Mann, Kelly Mann, Jon Tschudi, our adopted platoon & all military personnel around the world Nursing Home Residents & Shut-Ins: Alice Foley, Aretha Richardson, Clair Bardo, Faye Willeke, Nettie Lyon, Marjorie West, Mary Dianne George Missionaries: Gordon & Ardell Graner [Dominican Republic] Our Trinity Family wishes to extend prayers to the following families in the loss of a loved one this past month: Barbara Shirrell, Doyle Shoewalter, Hal Jackson, Kathy Overly, Margaret Jagger, Melvin May DATE TRINITY VISITORS March, 2018 David & Laura Burrus TRINITY ATTENDANCE SUNDAY SCHOOL 8:30 AM 10:30 AM TOTAL 3/04/ /11/ /18/ /25/ COMMITTEE MEETINGS Trustees Meeting: Tuesday, 4/3, 7:00 pm Missions: Monday, 4/30, 7:00 pm Staff Parish: Monday, 4/30, 7:00 p.m. TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY AT SAMES & COOK 3:00-4:00 pm We will be continuing our study in the book of 2 Corinthians. Please feel free to join us as we dig into the Word! (We are presently meeting at Edison Depot.) April 03: Living as a Faithful Servant (Chapter 6:1-10) April 10: Follow the Leader (Chp.7:2-16) April 17: Money Matters (Chapter 9:1-15) April 24: Ground Zero (Chapter 12:12-26) COMMUNITY DINNER Wednesday, April 18 th 5:00-6:45 pm Pork Cutlet & Mashed Potatoes. Meals Include: vegetable, choice of salad, roll, dessert and drink. Dinners are $8.00 per person. Children 10 & under free. Carry out available. Thank you everyone for your help and support! TAYLOR HENDERSHOTT RECITAL Trinity UMC will host a Taylor Hendershott organ recital on Sunday, April 15 th at 3:00 p.m. Make plans now to attend. American Red Cross Bloodmobile In 2017 the Red Cross collected 250 units of blood at our church during their bi-monthly visits. Many people were helped and lives saved through this effort. At their last Bloodmobile (3/12), 40 units were collected and 129 lives saved! A New Sunday School Class will be starting on Sunday, 4/8 for younger adults. The class will be meeting in the Parlor off of Trinity Hall. If you have any questions regarding this new class, please contact Amy Barr.

4 UNITED METHODIST WOMEN NEWS Happy Spring Ladies and Easter blessings! There will be no meeting on the 2 nd Monday in April but we will be active in other ways. April 8th is UMW Sunday. Thank you to all who are participating in our worship service. There will be no sewing/ work day in April due to a conflict with Trinity Hall Saturday, April 14th is our Spring District Trinity UM church on Grace St. 10:00am-12:00 noon. The speaker is missionary, Arlene Smith. Let me know if you would like a ride. Poquer Club Breakfast is Wed., April 25, Depot. Thank you so much! Love and Blessings, Marilyn Turner New Pictorial Directory Pictures will be taken for our new pictorial directory on Tuesday, 4/10 and Wednesday, 4/11 from 2-8:30 pm. If you have not yet signed up for a time that is convenient for you to get your picture taken, please contact: Jodi Hayes at (419) or Ali Ruhl at (419) Midwest Mission Shipment to Port-Au-Prince Haiti - through Food for the Poor. A container filled with 4,190 Birthing Kits, 76 Sewing Machines, 1,197 Layette Kits, 24 Bicycles, various household cleaners, linens, and medical equipment (over 20,000 pounds of supplies, valued at $154,123.56!) left Midwest Mission on February 24th bound for Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Spring Rummage Sale May 10, 11 & 12, 2018 The spring Rummage Sale is right around the corner! Drop-Off begins on May 3 rd. Start a bag or box of items for the sale while you tidy up for spring. We will need lots of donations and also lots of volunteers! Let s make this the best sale yet! Thank you! ~Sandy Snyder

5 NURSERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Because of our Child Protection Policy we need 2 people in the nursery during the Sunday school hour and during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Please contact the church office if you are able to help during either of these times at trinityumc@redbird.net or There are also sign-up sheets in the nursery. Thanks to all those who volunteered in the nursery: Gary Begeman, Kristi Bulkowski, Tom Cotton, Alberta Stojkovic, Pat & Dick Miller, Joyce Overmoyer, Vince Brown, Kimberly Neal and Sue Williamson. LOW IMPACT/STEP AEROBICS CLASS Exercise to Energize - Classes meet on Mondays & Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. We exercise with music and mix in light weights and floor exercises. We would love to have you join us! If you have any questions ask Allen or Alberta Stojkovic REIMBURSEMENT VOUCHERS If you make any authorized purchases for the church, please return the original receipt and a completed Voucher to the church office within one month of the purchase. This will insure that you receive your reimbursement on time and it also helps the church keep its accounts up to date and accurate. Blank Vouchers are available in the church office Altar Flowers Make sure you write who is purchasing the flowers and who they are In Memory of or In Honor of. The cost of the flowers is $30. Please mark Altar Flowers in memo line of your check made out to Trinity UMC. The church office orders flowers for anyone who has signed up the week before the Sunday they are for. If you decide to get them yourself at another florist, please let the church office know in advance. Thanks! SPECIAL EVENTS AND USE OF FACILITIES We are fortunate to have a facility that is busy through the year. If you plan to hold a special event, work session or other function in the church, please make sure to check availability of date and time with the church office as far in advance as possible. A Building Use form may need to be completed and returned for approval and signature by the Trustee Committee. The forms are available in the church office or may be ed by the office at your request. Your cooperation in this process helps everyone coordinate use of the facility. Thank you! KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM Trinity is part of the Kroger Community Rewards program. Just by using your Kroger plus card when you shop at Kroger, they will make a donation to our church. Our most recent check was $ To sign up go online at and register your Kroger Plus Card, you will need to enter Trinity s # and your address. Thank you for supporting this program and Trinity UMC! KROGER S ROUND UP PROGRAM: Kroger s Round Up program has resulted in generous donations to the Mid Ohio Foodbank to help feed the hungry. These contributions have been passed on to local Food Pantries and Kitchens, including the one here at Trinity! Recently, our Food Pantry & End of Month Meal ministry received a total of $801.02! Your pennies really do make a difference! Thank you so much for rounding up at Krogers! ~Food Pantry & End of Month Meal Team

6 Youth Group April Youth Schedule Sunday, 4/1 7:00 p.m. Youth Group at church Sunday, 4/8 7:00 p.m. Youth Group at church Sunday, 4/15 7:00 p.m. Youth Group at church Sunday, 4/22 7:00 p.m. Youth Group at church Sunday, 4/29 7:00 p.m. Youth Group at church Filling Eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt Midwest Mission Team Did you know that 2017 held the record for the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history? Over $306 billion dollars. Midwest sent over 14,000 cleaning buckets to these areas to help with the cleanup efforts. Now with the warmer temperatures coming at the time of this writing, the snow piled high everywhere, it will melt and create another problem, flooding. We are looking for sponsors to purchase Cleaning Buckets! Would your Sunday School class, Bible Study group, Community Service organization, Scouts, or family like to sponsor a Cleaning Bucket? The cost of the bucket and its supplies is $65. It is cheaper for the Midwest Distribution Center in Chatham, Illinois to purchase the supplies in bulk to keep it at this cost. Therefore we are asking for monetary donations only. The money for the Cleaning Buckets needs to be turned into Trinity United Methodist Church, 75 East High Street, Mt. Gilead, by June 30 along with a form. You can pick up forms in the Narthex, Upper Room and church office. Thank you, any donation will help this campaign be a success. The Midwest Mission Team Why we need Easter No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment even God was not exempt. Jesus offered no immunity, no way out of the unfairness, but rather a way through it to the other side. Just as Good Friday demolished the instinctive belief that this life is supposed to be fair, Easter Sunday followed with its startling clue to the riddle of the universe. Out of the darkness, a bright light shone. The cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required, a bright clue that someday God will restore all physical reality to its proper place. - Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God

7 GOD S SERVANTS April 2018 April :30 am Greeters 8:30 am Call to Worship Readers 8:30 am Scripture Readers 1 Dick & Pat Miller Deb Knechtly Pam Clinger 8 Mike & Marlene Lancaster Marlene Lancaster Gary Begeman 15 Gary & Carol Begeman Gary Begeman Loretta Curts 22 Roger & Marcia Cooper Marcia Cooper Rod Clinger 29 Pat Tolbert Pat Tolbert Pat Tolbert April :30 am Greeters 10:30 am Call to Worship Readers 10:30 am Scripture Readers 1 Allen & Alberta Stojkovic Emily Shaffer Allen Stojkovic 8 Jim & Joyce Overmoyer Nancy Grossman UMW Sunday 15 Juanita Piercy & Suzy Piercy Ali Ruhl Kristi Bulkowski 22 Ruth Logan & Evelyn Shoults Glenn Hayes Donna Jackson 29 Juanita Piercy & Suzy Piercy David Grossman Della Mosier April :30 am Music 10:30 am Children s Church Altar Flowers ($30.00) 1 Dennis Hill (8:30 also) Cheryl Young Easter Flowers 8 Amy Barr Mandy Rocks Kilpatrick Family 15 Ken Barnett Kelly Hand Suzy Piercy 22 Dennis Hill Jim Brucker Jared & Ali Ruhl 29 Anne Cotton Kristi Bulkowski Katie Young April :30 am Nursery Volunteers 10:30 am Nursery 10:30 am Acolytes Volunteers 1 Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed The Hand Family 8 Dick Miller Dick Miller Jodi Hayes & Ali Ruhl 15 Gary Begeman Gary Begeman The Bulkowski Family 22 Amy Barr Volunteer Needed The Robinson Family 29 Kimberly Neal Volunteer Needed The Rocks Family 10:30 am Ushers: Olen Jackson, Merrill Brucker, Floyd Sterritt, Glenn Hayes Trinity United Methodist Church: Office Hours: 8:00 am 3:30 pm [Lunch 12:00-12:30 pm] Phone: Fax: Website: Address: trinityumc@redbird.net Pastor Jeff s Address: jcanankamp82@gmail.com The Chimes is a monthly publication of Trinity United Methodist Church. Copy deadline is the third Wednesday of each month by 4 pm. Trinity United Methodist Church Staff: Rev. Jeff Canankamp, Pastor - Parsonage Phone: Susan James, Music Director & Pianist/Organist Tina Schaeufele, Treasurer Denise Canankamp, Secretary Jacob Hayes, Custodian Barb Brewer, Kitchen Coordinator Diana Kemp, Nursery Care Giver