Newsletter July 2018 Vol. 16, No. 7 My St. Mark s family- Have you ever wondered what Jesus family must have been like? Did Mary have a favorite? What was it like to have the Lord as a brother, and how would that affect your faith and discipleship? We are going to spend the month of July getting some Brotherly Advice as we walk through the Book of James. James was the brother of Jesus, and he served as a leader in the early church after Christ s resurrection. The letter from James is filled with wisdom and good advice to the early church, and to us! James calls us to grow, calls us to action, and calls us to truly live in to our faith in Jesus Christ. So join us on Sundays throughout July, as we grow in our own faith journey by listening to some brotherly advice! Strength and Wisdom, Pastor Justin INSIDE THIS ISSUE NEWS /ANNOUNCEMENTS 2 CHILDREN S MINISTRIES 6 BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES 7 YOUTH 7
news announcements news announcements news July, 2018 Summertime! If you are traveling, I pray that you have a safe and happy vacation, whether to visit relatives or head off on a new adventure somewhere. May you celebrate the people you share your time with and make many good memories. If vacation is not in your plans, I pray that God will bless you, whatever is going on in your life. God s peace be with you, however you plan to spend your summer. Peggy Lootens Oberammergau 2020 Since 1634, the most famous Passion Play in the world has taken place in Oberammergau, Germany. Every 10 years, over 2000 villagers of the area put on the play about Christ s suffering, death, and resurrection. In just 2 years, 2020 will mark the 42nd production in the last 380 years. Pastor Justin will be leading a pilgrimage to see the play and visit sites in Italy in July of 2020. After spending 2 days in Germany and seeing the Oberammergau play, we ll travel to Italy: Venice, Florence, Assisi, and 3 days in Rome where we ll visit the Vatican, catacombs, and many other ancient and Christian sites. If you would like more information or are interested in going on the trip, please talk to Pastor Justin or drop him an email at: justinwhite@vaumc.org Scholarship Recipients The Round Table Sunday School class is pleased to announce the awarding of the Monica Stevens Scholarship to the following: Katie Farris, Skylar Gay, Pahl Pappas and Nick Francis. Congratulations to these fine young people!! Adult Fellowship Luncheon There will be no Adult Fellowship Luncheon this month as it falls on the 4th of July. Enjoy your holiday!! 2 Financial Update The wonderful missions and ministries of St. Mark's are only possible because of your support! Through the end of May, St. Mark s YTD receipts were $167,395. The YTD expenses were $174,739. This leaves a shortfall of $7,344. Let s all do our part to help meet our expenses. Potential Tax Savings For Seniors 70 Or Older If you are 70 ½ or older currently or will reach that age in calendar year 2018 and have an IRA that requires you to take Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) this year, PLEASE READ ON. By contributing some or all of your RMD (maximum $ 100,000) to a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) you can reduce your RMD and Gross Income by the amount you contribute to Saint Mark s UMC and/or any qualified organization (501 (c) (3). This action reduces your taxable income and offers you an opportunity to provide a contribution for 2018 and/ or allocation of your contribution to the Church s 2019 General Fund or Building Fund or any of the ministries of the Church. For further information concerning a QCD we suggest you read details associated with IRS Tax Form 590 B and talk with your Financial Advisor and Tax Preparer. Tom Wenrich (992-4308) and Chuck Kessler (366-4967) can share with you their experiences relative to this QCD subject. Scrapbooking Fellowship Since the third Thursday in July is VBS Week, the Scrapbooking Fellowship will meet Thursday, July 26th from 9:00-2:00. All are welcome to join us even if you have never scrapbooked. Bring your pictures and we will get you started. Bring your lunch, beverages and any snacks you might want to have. UMW News There will be no UMW meeting in July. Stay tuned for information on our August Dinner Out. Back To School Blast
news announcements news announcements news Mark your calendars! On August 11th we are going to be making our way down to Parkway Church on the Mountain in order to participate in the Back 2 School Blast! We will be taking old shoes and socks off of young people who are under-served in the Roanoke Valley, washing their feet, and giving them brand news shoes and socks to start their school year! This service opportunity is for people who are 18 and over. Please sign up to be a part of this holy event! If you have any questions please feel free to contact Erin Huddleston (StMarksErinH@gmail.com) If you would like to provide child care at St. Mark s while others go and serve at Back 2 School Blast we would love for you to volunteer! Many people with young children would like to serve but cannot because of the age requirement. In the spirit of removing obstacles childcare would be appreciated on the morning of August 11th. Safe Sanctuaries A Safe Sanctuaries training will be held on July 8th during the 11 am worship service and directly after the 11 am worship service in the Fellowship Hall! Lunch will be provided during the training directly after the 11 am worship. If you are due to be updated, have never been through Safe Sanctuaries and would like to serve with children or youth please be sure to come to this training! You must be Safe Sanctuaries compliant before Vacation Bible School if you plan to help with it. Please RSVP by July 5th t o E r i n H u d d l e s t o n (StMarksErinH@gmail.com) so she can be sure to order enough food for lunch! A support group open to teen girls, along with mom and ladies up to age 125. The next meeting "Let it be Summer" is a pool party on July 6 at 6 pm Please RSVP to Becky Gay at reach2sky14@gmail.com by July 3 for location. Save the Date: September 7th (evening) through the 8th, we will complete the largest mission of the year at Camp Alta Mons. Tweens entering 5th grade this fall along with moms will be able to participate. Details, cost and RSVP information will be in the August newsletter. Thank you the UMW for supporting Girl Power Missions. St. Mark s Blood Drive Saturday, July 14, 2018 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Did you know? The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs. More than 1.6 million people were diagnosed with cancer last year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment. A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood. Please consider stopping by to donate a pint of blood. Volunteers are needed to help with the blood drive. If you can help please call Nancy Craft at 992-4129. JOYFUL JOURNEY GOES ON THE ROAD AGAIN JOYFUL JOURNEY TRAVELERS Please check below for information on upcoming trips. Final payment in full is due by August 1 for the Sept. 27-28 trip to see the drama of JE- SUS at the Sight and Sound Theater in PA. Make checks payable to the JOYFUL JOUR- NEY TRAVEL CLUB and return them to the church. You may mail them, put them in the white envelop on the bulletin board by the sign up sheet, or put them in Julia's mailbox next to the office. A day trip to D.C to see the Museum of the Bible is planned for Oct. 26. Sign up on the bulletin board across from the choir room. The full payment of $75 is due by Oct. 5. This covers the cost of the bus, the driver's tip, and entrance to the museum. The bus will leave St. Mark's at 6:30 am and return by 10:00 pm. We will travel to a Wohlfhart Haus Christmas for a matinee dinner and program on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The cost of $74 covers the meal, program, bus, and tips. Payment in full is due by November 11. Make checks payable to the Joyful Journey Travel Club. See number 1 above for returning them to the church. 3
news announcements news announcements news VBS is for Adults, too! An Adult VBS study will be offered at 6:00 each night of VBS! This group will be led by Norman Craft (992-4129). Please let Norman know if you plan to attend! UMW Book Selection The UMW has a library of books in the bride s room. These can be read for credit in the UMW reading program. If you are not a UMW member and would like to read one of these books just sign one or more out in the large binder available and return it after you are done. A new selection to be added is Born On Third Base by Chuck Collins. He is among the 1 percent of ultra wealthy Americans. He gave up his wealth and is dedicated to reversing the huge inequality gap that exists in America. He advocates that the 1 percent at the top of the income scale must work to bridge the income gap to produce a fair economy in America. He offers solutions to bridge the economic divide. News from TAME Many thanks for all that helped to make our Doughnuts for Dad a success. We thank all of you that baked goodies, bought goodies and helped with the event. We also thank Julie Gladu for donating the lovely afghan for our raffle. At this writing we don t know who the lucky winner will be on July 1st. It could be YOU, that is if you bought a ticket. We have set the date for our Rise Against Hunger meal packing event this fall. Mark your calendars for September 29th and I hope you will plan to be there. We need your help to pack approximately 30,000 meals to send to some of the hungry and food insecure in the world. We hope to have some breakfast items available at the event as packing meals can make you hungry. If you would like to donate a dish call Karen Sledd at 992-3592. This month's 5th Sunday Fellowship will be held on the 4th Sunday of the month! You're invited to join us for our first Pickin N Lickin Event on July 22nd. Easy Pickins will play while we enjoy hotdogs, chips and all the fixings. TAME will be providing ice cream for which you may give a free-will donation to support their ministries to feed the hungry. This promises to be a fun family event! Kits for Conference What a GREAT 2018 response! Once again we came through -- this time with a total of 108 KITS -- consisting of 100 School Kits and 8 Health Kits. Our KITS were delivered to our Virginia Annual Conference in Hampton Roads on June 15-17. They were then trucked to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, Louisiana, to be shipped where they are needed most - here at home and all around the world. Thanks to the many hands that provided completed KITS, supplies to make them, and worked so faithfully to sew the tote bags, assemble the Kits and then box them up. Thanks also to Norman Craft, our Conference Delegate, for delivering our 14 boxes to Conference. If you had wanted to help, but did not have time to put a KIT together you can still help! UMCOR does request that we provide $1 per KIT to help with processing and shipping. If you would like to make a donation, please make your check payable to St. Mark s United Methodist Women, earmarked KITS. If you have any questions, please see Mona Tolley (992-3496). Thank you so much for your continued support of this important mission project! 4
news announcements news announcements news VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL All children ages 3 through rising 4th graders are invited to Rolling River Rampage, July 15th through 19th from 6:00 to 8:30 pm! Please come and bring a friend! VBS Registration forms are available on the VBS bulletin board in the Narthex and on the church website. To register online, please go to www.stmarksmethodist.com and click on the registration form link. You may either print the form and mail it or bring it to the church, or fill it out and email it back to: leeanncritz@yahoo.com. All those registered by July 15th will receive a free CD of VBS music! Space in the Preschool class is limited now! Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis! Rising 5th and 6th graders are invited to join us for Service Squad during VBS. Service Squad is a hands-on mission program for tweens at local missions. Service Squad Registration form may be found on the VBS bulletin board in the Narthex hallway. An Adult Study is planned during VBS and will be taught by Norman Craft. Please let Norman know if you plan to attend. We are excited that the children will have 3 opportunities to support mission work through our Vacation Bible School this year! Our VBS Mission Projects include collecting school supplies for the Roanoke Rescue Mission s Back 2 School Blast. The following school supplies are needed: Book Bags, Loose Leaf Paper, 1 and 2 3-ring Binders, Spiral Notebooks, Pocket Folders, Pens, Pencils, Pencil Pouches, Erasers, Highlighters, Colored Pencils, Crayola Markers, Crayons, Glue Sticks and Scissors. All monetary donations made during VBS will be given to TAME, the year round hunger ministry of St. Mark s UMC, that has been feeding people both locally and internationally for the past 10 years. The children will also have the opportunity to support the Backpack Buddies program by memorizing the 6 scriptures from VBS! These scriptures will be sent home the first night of VBS. An anonymous donor has offered to give $1 to the Backpack Buddies for every VBS scripture that the children memorize! Each child has the opportunity to generate a $6 donation to our new Backpack Buddies! Please encourage your child to support our VBS Mission Projects! ** Dinner will be offered for VBS Volunteers, and their families, at 5:15 pm each night. Reservations for dinner must be made on the blue Volunteer Form (back of the VBS registration form) and must be turned into Lee Ann by Sunday, July 8th. Color of the Day: Each day we will all try to wear the same color clothing to promote VBS excitement! The color of the day, Sunday, July 15th, will be ORANGE. Please try to dress your child in some piece of clothing that is the Color of the Day. You will be reminded each day of the color of the day for the next day in our Take Home Page. The color of the day for each day of the week is as follows: Sunday Orange, Monday Yellow, Tuesday Green, Wednesday Blue, Thursday red, and Sunday, July 22nd white. VBS MISSION PROJECTS 5 VBS NEEDS The following items (see page 7) are needed for VBS (as strange as some may sound)! If you wish to share an item with VBS, simply pick a note off our VBS bulletin board in the Narthex with the item written on it. Then, put the item in the large basket under the VBS bulletin board. If you would like the item returned to you, please clearly mark your name on it. Please leave your donation in the basket under the VBS bulletin board in the Narthex, no later than Sunday, July 8th. Once VBS is over, your item can be found in the basket for pick-up, if you marked you name on it. If you have questions, please contact Lee Ann. THANK YOU! The following items are needed for VBS: 6 Artificial green Christmas trees of any size, (Continued on page 6)
news announcements news announcements news which you are willing to set up prior to VBS and take down after VBS is over. They do not have to have lights. 1 Small row boat or fishing boat 18 NEW cans of playdough Empty spice containers that have been washed and dried 2 6 foot Lengths of rain gutter with ends 4 Oranges 2 Lemons 1 Funnel 10 Large baby food jars with lids Your prayers for the Adult and youth volunteers and participants of VBS! Thank you!! We will be DECORATING the church for VBS on Thursday, July 12th at 9:30 am and also after church on Sunday, July 15th. Adults and youth are needed to help transform our church into a rolling river campground! Please let Lee Ann know if you are able to help either of those times! Children in Third Grade This Fall! The church will be presenting a Children s NRSV Bible to those children who will be in 3rd grade in the fall, on Sunday, August 12th during the Worship Services. These are the Bibles we will be using as we move forward both in The Garden and in FROGs. Your child will be invited to take this Bible home with them, read it daily and return to St. Mark's each week with it. Children who bring their Bibles with them to The Garden and FROGs will receive a FROG dollar each time they bring their Bible to church! Please let Lee Ann know if you wish for your child to receive a Bible. Please contact Lee Ann at 580-3905 or at leeanncritz@yahoo.com, no later than Sunday, July 15th! Nursery Helpers Needed! We are in need of folks who enjoy babies, toddlers and preschoolers during our Sunday morning Worship Services! Please see Carrie DeHart, our Nursery Coordinator, in the Nursery on Sunday to let her know that you can help! Right now, we need people to take their turn in the Nursery during one service every 6 weeks, but if we have more volunteers, people will not have to serve that often. Please consider if God is calling you to help care for our youngest disciples!! Parents of ATTENTION!! 6
youth news youth news Birthdays Anniversaries Youth Events and News: July will be our busy month and be full of blessings! July 1 the Youth will be going bowling! We will be trying our luck at knocking down pins and praising the Lord. July 8th- the 13th the Youth will be traveling on their mission trip were they will be in service with one another and in the community of Charleston, SC. We will be commissioning our missionaries during the 8:30 service on July 8th. They will return home to St. Marks July 13th tired, blessed and excited for the next week of service. July 16th-20th During Vacation Bible School the Youth will be assisting with VBS and service projects each day of VBS. We are excited to be home and serving in our home community. July 22nd we will be playing putt putt at the Putt Putt Fun Center on Peter s Creek Rd. We will be shooting for all birdies and no bogeys, and having fun being together. July 29th Thunder Valley where we will be racing our way towards fellowship and the Lord. Times will be determined and shared as soon as they re available! I am very excited and blessed to be in ministry with such amazing young people, and all of you. In the few weeks I have been there you have made me feel very welcome in my new home! ~ Kelly Berry Birthdays 1 - Declan Fulton 2 - Shirley Bowman 3 - Nathan Falls 3 - Jeff Smith 3 - Priscilla Woodmansee 4 - Ian Graham 4 - Granville Grant 5 - Justus Boitnott 5 - Nathan St. Clair 9 - Susan Lust 10 - Lee Ann Critz 10 - Olivia Hoye 13 - Mike Tetrault 14 - Lorraine Eisner 14 - Tina Koloda 15 - Linda Koloda 15 - Ellie White 16 - Jessica Foster 17 - David Mucha 17 - Zachary St. Clair 17 - Grace Saunders 18 - Becky Sartorius 19 - Linda Prillaman 20 - Michael Wiley 21 - Linda Boitnott 21 - Kendra Harris 21 - Avery White 22 - Amanda Griffeth If your name does not appear in birthdays or anniversaries on the appropriate day, we are sorry! Please contact Becky Arthur in the church office. Newsletter Deadline is the 20th of each month Bulletin Deadline: Thurs. 9 AM St. Mark s United Methodist Church 19 Cedar Ridge Drive Daleville, VA 24083 Phone: 540-992-3030 Website: www.stmarksmethodist.com 22 - Chris Hoye 22 - Ben Rochford 23 - Nancy Butts 23 - Ramona Tolley 24 - Marcia Fralin 24 - Wendy Grimshaw 25 - Brenin Witcher 26 - Pat Roberts 27 - Teresa Bryant 27 - Charlotte Parker 28 - Brian Tolley 29 - Andrew Burton 29 - Cyndi Smith 29 - Norma Craft Paxton 30 - Susan Wagner 7 Anniversaries 2 - Zach & Courtney Pritt 7 - Terry & Ramona Tolley 8 - Lynwood & Bonnie Cox 8 - Mark & Karen Lee 10 - Jim & Wendy Grimshaw 10 - Taylor & Michele Richardson 14 - Gene & Shirley Callaway 13 - Robert & Patricia Smith 18 - Jack & Jane Orr 18 - Marvin & Jenetta Pitsenbarger 20 - Ken & Alison Gergely 21 - Mike & Carol Stevens 24 - Larry & Stephanie Harris 29 - Oakey & Charlotte Parker 31 - Boris & Linda Koloda E-mail: Rev. Dr. Justin White: justinwhite@vaumc.org Becky Arthur: stmarksumcdaleville@gmail.com Lee Ann Critz: leeanncritz@yahoo.com Erin Huddleston: StMarksErinH@gmail.com Michele Richardson: stmarksmusicminister@gmail.com Kelly Berry: ShipyardYouth@gmail.com
July 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Youth Group: 6-8 pm 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2 3 4 No Midweek Service The Church Office will be closed in observance of the Holiday NO Adult Fellowship Luncheon this month 5 6 Girl Power Pool Party 6 pm 7 8 Safe Sanctuaries Training 11:00 am AND 12:00 pm NO Youth Group 9 NO UMW UMM 7 pm 10 11 12 13 14 Red Cross Blood Drive 10 am-2 pm Youth Mission Trip to Charleston, SC 7th Sunday after Pentecost 15 NO Youth Group 16 17 18 19 20 21 Vacation Bible School 6:00-8:30 p.m. 8th Sunday after Pentecost 22 Youth Group Fifth on the Fourth Lunch and Ice Cream following 11:00 service (see TAME ad) 23 24 25 26 Scrapbook Felloship 9 am-2 pm 27 28 9th Sunday after Pentecost 29 Youth Group 30 August 1 August 2 Adult Fellowship Luncheon 11:30 am August 3 August 4 August 5 10th Sunday after Pentecost
July 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Youth Group: 6-8 pm 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2 3 4 No Midweek Service The Church Office will be closed in observance of the Holiday NO Adult Fellowship Luncheon this month 5 6 Girl Power Pool Party 6 pm 7 8 Safe Sanctuaries Training 11:00 am AND 12:00 pm NO Youth Group 9 NO UMW UMM 7 pm 10 11 12 13 14 Red Cross Blood Drive 10 am-2 pm Youth Mission Trip to Charleston, SC 7th Sunday after Pentecost 15 NO Youth Group 16 17 18 19 20 21 Vacation Bible School 6:00-8:30 p.m. 8th Sunday after Pentecost 22 Youth Group Fifth on the Fourth Lunch and Ice Cream following 11:00 service (see TAME ad) 23 24 25 26 Scrapbook Felloship 9 am-2 pm 27 28 9th Sunday after Pentecost 29 Youth Group 30 August 1 August 2 Adult Fellowship Luncheon 11:30 am August 3 August 4 August 5 10th Sunday after Pentecost