CARILLON JANUARY 2014 Re-Discover King Avenue! Details on pages 4 & 5 WINTER WEDNESDAYS ARE BACK! See page 5! Parking in Pennsylvania Lot on Sunday Please note that CampusParc has rented five spaces in the northeast corner of the Pennsylvania lot to Car2Go. King Avenue worshipers are not to park in those spaces on Sunday. Thank you. MISSION: CHRISTMAS by Anna Guillozet The Mission Leadership Team would like extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who made a donation to King Avenue s first Mission: Christmas. Through your generous giving we raised $7635.50 for King Avenue s Mission Teams and Partnerships. Receiving gifts from Mission: Christmas are Church for All People Gates Fourth Breakfast Heifer International Imagine No Malaria Open Shelter Lunch Packing Meals on Wheels (through LifeCare Alliance) Casa de Misericordia Templo Aleluya NNEMAP New Life UMC Meals Stone Village ID Ministries University District Freedom School (sponsored by UMW) Volunteers in Mission/ Emergency Response Team INSIDE THIS ISSUE Preaching Schedule 2 Prayer List 2 Birth Announcements 2 Condolences 3 New Members 4 Cuisine for a Cause 4 Re-Discover King Avenue 4-5 Online Communications 6 Spectrum 7 King Avenue Players 7 Campus Ministry 8 ERT/VIM 8 Lit Club 8 United Methodist Women 9 Stone Village Church 9 NNEMAP 10 New Life UMC 10 January Birthdays 11 Mission/Staff 12
P AGE 2 J ANUARY 2014 January Preaching Schedule January 5 Communion Epiphany John Keeny Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12* January 12 Baptism of the Lord Linda Middelberg Acts 2:38-39, 42-47 Matthew 3:13-17* January 19 Human Relations Day New Member Sunday Rediscover King Avenue John Keeny Luke 14:12-14 Ephesians 2:11-22* January 26 Rediscover King Avenue John Keeny Psalm 1 Ephesians 4:1-16 *Preaching Text Prayer List If you wish to have someone listed in the monthly newsletter or have their name remain on the list, you will need to contact Rebecca Naas each month in the church office, (614) 424-6050, ext 100, or rebecca@kingave.org. Frank Dowdle Nicki Nickerson James Laspisa Leon Zornes Birth Announcements Ethan William Poole was born on Friday, December 13 Congratulations Shannon, Andrew, and big sister Ella! Giavonna Marie Jennings was born on Thursday, December 5. Congratulations Jaylene and Jeff! Eleanor Mabel Vardaro was born on Monday, December 2. Congratulations Amanda and Jeff!
CARILLON P AGE 3 Our thoughts and prayers are extended to the friends and family of Ira Paige Martin, father of Peggy O Connor, who died on Sunday, December 1. Bertha Beery, mother of Pat Hunter, who died on Saturday, November 30. New Members Tiffany Anderson, Robert Carson, Robert Clay, Christopher Cooper, Sarah Hartnell, Nicole Felice Lopez, Eric Lopez, Michael Madry, Michelle Merriman, Derrick Pope, Stacie Tassos, and Michael Wykoff Mark your calendars for the 2014 Cuisine for a Cause event benefitting the House of Mercy orphanage in Pidras Negras, Mexico. The event will be at The Boat House at Confluence Park on Friday, March 21. The founder of the orphanage, Pastor Miguel DeLeon, will be our guest and will be speaking at the event. We need your auction items! If you have any silent or live auction items, please contact Scott Vaughan at vaughax4@icloud.com. We need volunteers to make it all happen! If you're interested in volunteering, please contact Sharon Wiles at sharoncwiles@yahoo.com. See you there!
P AGE 4 J ANUARY 2014 Re Discover King Avenue! by Linda Middelberg The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday (January and February) is usually a down time in churches. Christmas is over, Lent hasn t begun, and the days are short and dark. This year we want to use that time to re-introduce ourselves to our wonderful King Avenue Community by reminding people of who we are, what we believe, and how we live out those beliefs. We hope to encourage everyone to become actively involved in our mission of Inviting, welcoming, and honoring all people and nurturing them to grow in service with Christ. There will special programs coming from all the ministries and missions of the church. Watch the Website and Facebook pages for specifics as we get closer to the kick off on January 12. Events to mark on your calendar now! Sermon Series with witnesses each week January 12 Worship/Sacraments January 19 Hospitality January 26 Faith Formation February 2 Missions February 9 Diversity February 16 Children February 23 The Arts Hymn Sing each week at 10:50am in the Sanctuary. Come early and sing your favorite hymn! King Avenue Chatter (church blog) talks about the history of King Avenue on the church s website, www.kingave.org. Pizza Party to welcome new members on Friday, January 10 at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. Look for your invitation soon! OSU-MSU Pride Hockey Game on Saturday, January 11; tickets on sale January 5 in the Milling Area between worship services. Mission/Ministry Fair in the Milling Area Sundays, January 12 & 19 th, at 10am Rhonda Luetje will be providing a 3- part Sunday school series on Online Communications. These classes will focus on Facebook, Twitter, and navigating the website. Stay tuned for dates! More information on page 6.
CARILLON P AGE 5 Winter Wednesdays 2014 Session 1 January 15 thru February 12 Session 2 February 19 and February 26 Structure Dinner: 6-6:45pm Classes: 6:45-8:15pm Classes Session One Worship 101 taught by pastors Not in My Backyard - Social issues like poverty, environmental, etc. Home Fellowship Small Group Children - homework help/activity Nursery Session Two This We Believe, led by Julie Hazelbaker Children - Monsters Incorporated Small Group continues Spectrum-Sponsored Euchre Night on Friday, January 24 at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. Pizza & pop will be provided. Please bring your favorite sweet or salty munchies to share. Don't worry if you don't play Euchre, as there will be alternative card games at several tables. All Church Brunch on Sunday, January 26 at 10am to bring our entire community together (in lieu of the All Church Lunch). Spectrum Meet and Greet on Sunday, February 2 at 10am in the Parlor Why Marriage Matters on Mondays at 7pm, February 3-24 February 3 The Bible Texts on Homosexuality (Linda Middelberg) February 10 The Biblical Views of Marriage and What the UM Discipline Says (John Keeny) February 17 Why Same Sex Marriage Matters (Michael Premo of Equality Ohio) February 24 Where Does King Avenue Go from Here? (John Keeny) All Church Lunch, followed by a concert featuring all of our talented music groups on Sunday, February 23 at noon in the Fellowship Hall
P AGE 6 J ANUARY 2014 ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS by Rhonda Luetje King Avenue is not only committed to communicating effectively with its congregants, but also to providing information to those who are searching for a church home. We do that through our website, email blasts, and social media. O u r w e b s i t e, www.kingave.org, provides a plethora of resources. You will find articles highlighting the upcoming events, past sermons, a page for all of the ministries of the church, and the Carillon newsletter. A new feature is the weekly blog...the King Avenue Chatter. We are excited for people to visit the blog each week to learn something about our church, and to leave their own two-cents worth. If you are already receiving email blasts, then you know how helpful it can be to keep you in the loop of the upcoming events. If you d like to be included in the King Avenue blast list, simply scroll down to the bottom of our website s home page, and look on the right-hand side. You will see a spot to sign up. We are also reaching out to people on social media. King Avenue has a Facebook Page (King Avenue UMC) and a Facebook Group (King Avenue United Methodist Church). The Page is the official Facebook presence of King Avenue and the content is populated by the King Avenue Director of Online Communications. It s open for anyone to Like and visit. The Group is a closed Facebook presence in which people request to join, and must be approved. The Group pro- Rhonda Luetje rhonda@kingave.org vides a forum for people to post joys, concerns, or anything else for the good of the church. You can follow King Avenue on Twitter (@kingaveumc). Youtube provides a way to follow King Avenue video content. You can find us on YouTube by searching for King Ave UMC. We also have a new Instagram account at KINGAVEUMC. Hopefully you ve found King Avenue s online presence to be helpful, and perhaps has that it has in some way enriched your experience here. Our hope also is that our online presence will provide an avenue for people to find us, and hopefully find a church home in us!
CARILLON P AGE 7 by Judy Callander We want to express our gratitude to Susan Keeny and Lynn Kirch for another year of kitchen miracles. Susan and Lynn plan our luncheon menus, estimate how much food is needed, shop & deliver the food, arrive very early to begin preparations, patiently oversee kitchen volunteers as they help cook and serve the food, make sure that the kitchen is put back in order, and so much more. Thank you, Susan and Lynn, for all of the joy that you bring to our luncheons! Reminders: Tickets for OSU Pride Hockey Night on January 11 will be on sale in the Milling Area between services on Sunday, January 5. The tickets are $10 and you can pay by cash or check. We only have 50 tickets and they will go fast! Euchre/Cards Night is Friday, January 24 at 6:30pm. Drinks and a casual dinner will be provided. Please bring your favorite sweet or salty munchies to share! Contact Judy by Thursday, January 23 if you plan to attend. Our next Meet & Greet is on Sunday, February 2. Stop by and say hi! Judy Callender Judith.callander@sbcglobal.net KING AVENUE PLAYERS by Max Moore King Avenue Players will present Clue: The Musical on March 27-29. Based on the Parker Brother's board game, this murdermystery-comedy involves one dead host, six suspects, a hard-nosed detective and 216 possible outcomes. Was it Mrs. Peacock in the parlor with the lead pipe? Or Mr. Green in the Billiard Room with the candlestick? Mark your calendars to find out! Auditions will be held on Sunday, February 2 and Monday, February 3 at 6:30pm in the church parlor. Those auditioning should come prepared to sing a short song and do some cold readings from the script. More information about the show, including descriptions of the characters, is available at www.kingaveplayers.org.
P AGE 8 J ANUARY 2014 CAMPUS MINISTRY by Anna Guillozet Spring Semester Kick-Off Join us in kicking off the Spring Semester with dinner and fellowship in the Logos Lounge Tuesday, January 7 at 6:30pm. Bring a friend! All are welcome! Join other students and your King Avenue family for Winter Wednesdays January 15 February 26 at 6pm. These Wednesdays will serve as our weekly meeting. You can either serve as a tutor (volunteer hours offered, please contact Pastor Anna to sign up), or enjoy any of the classes offered. Dinner is provided! Flapjack Friday Join Pastor Anna for breakfast or coffee at Sloopy s at the Union. We ll order breakfast at 8am, but we ll stick around for coffee until 10am. Come and go as your class schedule allows. Don t have a Friday morning class? Let this be your motivation to have breakfast and then hit the books! Meet us January 10, 17, 24, and 31. Pastor Anna anna@kingave.org ERT/VIM by Anna Guillozet King Avenue s Emergency Response and Volunteers in Mission Team is looking for work projects to keep our skills top notch. Do you know of someone in need of basic home repair (reinforcing steps, installing railing, painting, etc.) that would benefit from a volunteer team? Please contact Trena Brown at trenamo@columbus.rr.com for an application. Lit Club The Secret History by Donna Tartt Sunday, January 26 at 7pm in the Logos Lounge Amazon calls it a contemporary classic. All are welcome!
CARILLON P AGE 9 UNITED METHODIST WOMEN by Marge Horrocks Hard to believe we are now in 2014 and getting started on another year of activities and two rummage sales! This month will include a board meeting on Thursday, January 9th at 6:45pm and sorting of rummage on several Thursday mornings, to be scheduled as needed. Check your emails for that info. tines of Wednesday, 6-7:30pm and Sundays after each worship service. We know that Christmas may require the creation of storage space at home so we are always happy to relieve that crowding of closets and cupboards! We are always in awe of your generosity and quality of the donations. We raise all our mission monies through our sales and pledges. Last Rummage collections will continue in our usual rouyear over $20,000 was raised and distributed. Looking ahead to February, the UMW is planning a retreat on Saturday February 22, 9am 3pm. Pastor Anna will be our leader and more information will be coming soon. This event is open to all women of the church. Its a great way to spend a cold day with all the good food and in-depth topics, discussions, and fellowship. STONE VILLAGE CHURCH by John Wooden January Gallery Hop on Saturday, January 4 at 5:30pm Artist: Michael Bush Exhibit: "Movement and Motion" Sunday Worship 8:45, 10, and 11:15am
P AGE 10 J ANUARY 2014 NNEMAP by Anne Nelson King Avenue UMC is the largest participant of the NNEMAP Christmas tree and green sale: We represented 26% of sales and 23% of number of people ordering. I know your homes were filled the aroma of the Grayson Highlands of Virginia. Thank you, generous congregation! Our youth group helped to assemble 117 grooming kits December 8. These will be given to the NNEMAP clients through out the month of December. King Ave Pantry Needs Baby Food/Formula/Cereal Diapers Drinks of all kinds Laundry Detergent Sugar Flour also provided the tooth brushes and tooth paste for the kits. Another service provided at NNEMAP: United Way on Kindergarten Readiness Program. We have been selected by United Way to participate in their Kindergarten Readiness Program. A staff member will come to our pantry to work with our parents on an assessment questionnaire that can assist the parents in finding out how well their child is prepared for their first year of school. Homeless Needs Pop-top canned Meats like Tuna, Sardines, Spam Pop-top cans of chili and ravioli Pop-top cans of fruit NEW LIFE UMC by Sharon Poole Winter coats are still needed, as well as men s, women s and children s white tube socks.
CARILLON P AGE 11 If a birthday has not been listed, please contact the church office, 424-6050, ext.100. 1st Ryan Livingston-Sanders 11th Ophelia Morgan 26th Zachary Mewhort Knapper Sean Livingston-Sanders Andy Shockney Chris Nau Jack Rensch Brittany Westbrook Dwight Tingley Mandy Yates Patience Whitworth 27th Mike Asher 2nd John Keeny 12th Laurel Palmer Lynn Powell Dodie Vallee 14th Jodie Brown 28th Kermit Ball Marc Woerlein Patti Howe Lynne Johnston 3rd Abigail Cox Allen Price 29th Tom Finney Jennifer Kearns 15th Lynn Feils 30th Joy Bronson Ron Koons 17th Sarah Grim Tara Staron 5th Edwina Gregory 18th Corbin Davis 31st Tiffany Anderson Tina Tomeo Nancy Vannatta Zane Geiger Max Ward Lisa Zangmeister Connor Mitchell 6th Norm Brown 19th Robert Lewis Kristina Mahoney Hickey Alex McFerron 20th Jessica Hofstetter Jerry Reber Bill Hunter 8th J.R. Logsdon 21st Jim Keller 9th Carol Chappell Rudy Lopez Peggy Hull 22nd Ally Johns 10th Bella Stafa 23rd Debbie York Maggie Yates 24th Luca DiPiazza Maura Yates David Smalarz 25th Paulette Felker
Mission Statement We invite, welcome and honor all people and nurture them to grow in service with Christ. Worship Services 9am Morning Blend in the Fellowship Hall 11am Traditional Service in the Sanctuary Sunday School 10am Children s Sunday School and Choir 10am Adult Sunday School Senior Pastor Executive Pastor Minister of Discipleship and Mission Stone Village Church Pastor Director of Children s & Youth Ministries Building Manager Director of Music Organist Carilloneur Finance Manager Office Manager Director of Online Communications Sunday Hospitality Coordinator John Keeny Linda Middelberg Anna Guillozet John Wooden April Olt Bill Meadows Chris McManus Andrew Willis Jeff Wyckoff Diana Sells Rebecca Naas Rhonda Luetje Marlene Wagonrod