The Monthly Messenger A Note From The Pastor... Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime is on its way. Are you ready for some fun in the Son??? I hope so!!! The votes and suggestions are in and are almost tallied. Sooo we will be doing and planning as many things on the lists as possible, as soon as possible, all in God s time There is much work to be done as we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit We are told to ask, seek and knock in the Bible and when we do it according to God s will, it will happen. Sooo, are you ready for it to happen??? Yeppers! Nothing is impossible for God. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! Sooo, get ready for the summer Dalton United Methodist Church JUNE 2018 adventure of a lifetime, as we journey together with JC, empowered by the Holy Spirit to do some awesome stuff together. God Bless, Pastor Dave
PRAYER CONCERNS Sharon Aduddell (friend of the Starling s), Jeff Barkman (friend of Rose Ann Stark), Barb Boss (friend of the Johnson s), Barb Bowers, Holly Buchwalter, Susie Cooper, Dylan Domer, Kim Domer, Alan Farriss, Patrick Fone, Sonya Gatrell, Avah Green, Jessica (friend of Rose Ann Stark), Jodi Hannan (friend of Jane King), Timothy Hedden (friend of Rose Ann Stark), Vicky Hodges, Don Hoover, Clarabel Kurzen, Pauline O Hara (mother of Paulette Martin), Marilyn Pittman (friend of Clarabel Kurzen), Jo Pugh, Gloria Shilling (friend of Rose Ann Stark), Steve Seifried (co-worker of Helen Domer), Kevin Yoder (brother of Steve Yoder), Laurie Zifcak (friend of Diane Fischnich) Our nursing home, assisted living, and homebound residents: George Hann, Donna Schneider All Military personnel on active duty and their families. Our country and our leaders. (Please advise the church office at (330)828-2939 if any these names should no longer be listed or of any updates) Thank you all for your prayers and caring sympathy. God bless all of you. ~Marge & Clarence Troyer ********************************** Operation Christmas Child Collection Item for JUNE is: Toys Canton Calvary Mission Collection Item For JUNE is: Bathroom Tissue SMALL WHITE CROSS Magnolia UMC is a sponsor of the Small White Cross Project. There are two crosses that are still available on the table outside the Church Office to anyone who would like to display one in their yard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please contact the Church Office or Pastor Dave as soon as possible with the names of those students who will be graduating or have graduated this year. We will be recognizing our graduates during the Worship Service on Sunday, June 24th. Just as each of us now has a body like Adam s, so we shall some day have a body like Christ s. 1 Corinthians 15:49 TLB) Page 2 The Monthly Messenger
ABOUT OUR MEMBERS... MISSIONS NEWS Help us minister to those in need. Elijah s Cupboard can always use non-perishable food items for The Salvation Army. Please bring an item or two with you and place them in the good cupboard in the hallway. We also continue to collect labels for the Red Bird Mission. -Labels include: "General Mills Boxtops for Education"; and "Tyson Project A+ Labels for Education". A collection envelope for the labels is located on the bulletin board, in the narthex of the Church. Please consider donating today! -Canton Calvary Missions food collections for JUNE is: Bathroom Tissue this can be placed in the large basket in the narthex. Thank you for the continued support ~ Missions Committee Thank you to everyone for your help to provide a large boxful of mittens, hats, socks, and, gloves to Canton Calvary s clients. Your generosity will benefit many. Our Deepest Sympathy.. To the families and friends of: Judy Gardner (sister of Marge Troyer)...William Morris (husband of Paulette Martin s niece, Jennifer)...Harold Douglas...Tim Walters (friend of Ed & Sharon Starling) ***************************************** Lost and Found There are several items that have been left in the Church narthex. They have been placed on the coat rack next to the food cupboard outside the Church Office. Please take a moment to stop by and see if you might be missing one of these items! Next Mission meeting is June 12th @ 9:30 am. Issue 6 Page 3
Operation Christmas Child Collection Item: TOYS JUNE 2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DALTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. - Isaiah 41:10 CANTON CALVARY MISSION COLLECTION ITEM: BATHROOM TISSUE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 10:00 BIBLE ST 7 8 YOUTH ANNUAL 9 YOUTH ANNUAL 10 YOUTH ANNUAL 11 ANNUAL LAKESIDE 12 ANNUAL LAKESIDE 13 ANNUAL LAKESIDE 10:00 BIBLE ST 14 ANNUAL LAKESIDE FLAG DAY 15 ANNUAL LAKESIDE 16 17 18 19 20 10:00 BIBLE ST 21 SUMMER BEGINS 22 23 24 GRADUATION SUNDAY 25 26 27 10:00 BIBLE ST 28 29 30 JUNE Birthdays 1 - Ben Finer, Richard Smale 4 - Carol Farriss 5 - Linda Sword 6 - Judy Harbaugh 7 - Jordan Nussbaum, Kendel Nussbaum, Morgan Nussbaum 10 - Tyler Renner 13 - Joey Ann Reynolds 17 - Emily Finer 18 - Kristina Parkanzky 19 - Chris Dye 21 - Susan McMullen 23 - Penny Renner 26 - Don Meager, Jerry Weaver 28 - Dave Owens 29 - Jordan Bradford 30 - Ashley Brown JUNE Anniversaries 2 - Steve & Jeanette Troyer 8 - Ben & Emily Finer 10 - Todd & Myrna Farriss 11 - Rick & Jackie Clark 19 - Bob & Gladys Kiplinger 20 - Rev. Mike & Sue McHale, Jim & Ethel Streb 24 - Eric & Joellen Fone, Scott & Melinda Heindl, Mark & Myrna Streb 27 - Don & Mary Haer Page 4 The Monthly Messenger
********************************************************* Publicity and Communications We are looking for individuals to form a team that will be handling the publicity and communications of events and activities that are happening here at the church. If you would be interested in serving on our Publicity and Communications team, please see Pastor Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLAGS Please see Don Wyckoff if you would like to take part in sponsoring an American Flag from the Dalton Rotary club that will be placed along the church lawn. The cost to sponsor a flag is $30.00 ************************************* Altar Flowers A Sign-up calendar is located on the table outside the Church Office for those wishing to provide altar flowers for 2018. Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels will be serving a meal each Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Dalton Presbyterian Church. Please call Karol Niehaus at (330) 933-5144 for reservations. Don t you know by now that the everlasting God, the Creator of the farthest parts of the earth, never grows faint or weary? No one can fathom the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the tired and worn out, and strength to the weak. (Isaiah 40:28-29 TLB) Issue 6 Page 5
News from the United Methodist Women Are you coming? Hope you can come to the Ice Cream Social at Ed, Sharon and Scott Starling s 5008 Shreve Rd. Wooster, Ohio. Bring a dessert or snack to go along with the ice cream. There will be fun for the whole family! Don t forget the date and time Sunday, July 22 @ 4:00pm. The vegetable soup will be cooking in the church kitchen on Saturday, September 22 at 8:00 am for the Shut-ins. This is the most important mission work the UMW has in the year. A crafty evening will be on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:00pm when the UMW will get together to create three different crafts. One of the crafter will be making holiday cards, led by Joann Watson. Come and take home your creations and enjoy an evening of fellowship. The rest of the year is rounded out by the Fall Harvest Dinner on Sunday, November 4 following the Church service. Of course the last event of the year for the UMW is the cookie walk, luncheon, and bake sale on December 1 at 9:00 am. Were you at the All Daughter Tea? Wasn t it just elegant when you walked into the fellowship hall? Everything was so feminine in pink and white with tea cups and saucers in the center of the tables with real flowers tucked in. Everyone had lots of laughs when we were playing the games. Also it was fun to see what everyone tied on as their apron of the afternoon. Then there was the delicious food served on real glass dessert dishes. And what food there was! There were little tea sandwiches to little cream puffs and goodies in between! Do you have your favor, which was a bottle of soap with the cute apron tied on, sitting on your kitchen counter like I do? It fitted in with the apron theme perfectly. So many people need to be thanked for making it just a perfect afternoon. Two of the people to thank are Bev McGinty and Diane Fischnich for their clever ideas and hard work. Also to everyone else who helped in any way. Have you ever watched the show The Dirtiest Jobs? The lead star of the program Mike Rowe has started a new program called Returning the Favor. In the series he travels the country in search of remarkable people making a difference in their communities. In one of his first programs he was struck by a statement by Angelina Jolie who had just divorced Brad Pitt saying, It never even crossed my mind that my son would need a father. Mike wondered how many other Americans might share her view and asked, Can you imagine anyone saying such a thing just 20 years ago? That brought about finding a person named Carlos who experienced bullying for this episode of his show. Mike stated, It occurred to me halfway through filming that bullying like so many other social ills in today s headlines-isn t really a problem at all: it s a symptom. Carlos then presented facts on fatherless homes: 63 percent of youth suicides are from fatherless homes five times the average. Page 6 The Monthly Messenger
90 percent of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes-32 times the average. 85 percent of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes-20 times the average 80 percent of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes-14 times the average 71 percent of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes- nine times the average. 43 percent of U.S. children live without their father. Then Carlos had three questions: Is it really so surprising to learn that a majority of bullies also come from fatherless homes? As do a majority of school shooters? As do a majority of older male shooters? Carlos stated that this thing we like to call an epidemic of bullying is really an epidemic of fatherlessness. Carlos concluded by saying that the root cause has nothing to do with video games, or guns, or social media, or rock and roll, or sugary drinks, or any of the other boogymen currently in fashion, but instead has everything to do with parents who have changed. It s the parents who have put their own happiness above the best interests of their kids, he said. It s the parents who actually believe the village will raise their kids when the village is profoundly incapable of doing anything of the sort. These are some harsh and scary words. We live in a small village where these numbers can t seem real and don t concern us but maybe they do. People have to wake up and discover what needs to be done to change and make the world better for our children. You may say this isn t an appropriate article for a church newsletter but I think it is because that is where the change will start by following the word of Jesus Christ. We need to grow in our outreach to others and if we know of fatherless children try mentoring to them. These statistics show how important fathers are in a family. This coming Father s Day thank your father for everything he does for you and your family. Jim Streb shared in Bible Sturdy a saying I think really fits this situation in how we should be to others. Never practice what you preach. If you re going to practice it, why preach it? Think about these words written by Lincoln Steffens. God Bless everyone, Beth Johnson UMW Newsletter Contributor Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 KJV) Issue 6 Page 7
YOUTH HAPPENINGS May 6, 2018 Canal District Youth Spring Event at Sky Zone in Boston Heights, OH I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6 NIV) Page 8 The Monthly Messenger
Joyful Noise sounded wonderful on Sunday, May 20th. They did a great job with those bells! Issue 6 Page 9
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY MAY 20, 2018 Congratulations to our 2018 confirmation class : Patrick, Scott, Collin, Callie and Joey. They participated in leading the service today. Jacquie Douglas presents the confirmands to the congregation Page 10 The Monthly Messenger
Receiving Christian Baptism: Joey Reynolds and Collin Jones Confirmed into Christ s holy Church and received as professing members of The Dalton United Methodist Church Welcome to our church family! Issue 6 Page 11
Dalton United Methodist Church 204 W Main St PO Box 277 Dalton, OH 44618 Address Service Requested Nonprofit Organization JUNE Newsletter Dalton United Methodist Church JUNE - Altar Flowers Pastor: David Martin Phone: 330-828-2939 Cell Phone: 740-317-2828 Email: pastordycdave@gmail.com Summer Worship Hours Sunday 10:00 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Bible Study & Prayer Group June 3 - Mike & Susan McMullen June 10 - The Schultz Family in Memory of Shirley June 17 - The Sexton Family in Memory of Rebecca June 24 - Open *************************************************** Beverly McGinty; Praise & Bell Choir Director Steve Yoder; Head Usher Nina Schultz; AV coordinator JUNE 2018 Newsletter Info Deadline: MAY 25, 2018 Please let Sharon Starling know of any news, notes or additions/corrections to be included in the upcoming newsletter. Phone: #330-621-1327 Email to: TheStarlings@aol.com Or leave items in Church Office.