June 2007
The worship Team is looking for a new Chancel Choir Director. If you are interested, please contact Ben Miller (millerb@tmdinc.com, 694-1308) or the church office. Thanks to Carol for her many years of service as choir director. We are redoing the two Prayer Chains again due to people moving! If you want to be on one of these please contact the church office or Judy Eatherton! For the phone prayer chain we ask that you are a person that is home a lot of the time. This chain is meant for immediate prayers and answer machines slow this process down! For everyone else we will put you on the E- mail pray chain so it can get through faster! Thanks, Judy Martha Jan Steen New Phone Number 419-581-2226 Safe Sanctuary meetings: June 6 th - anyone, July 11 th- Youth Only, & July 14 th anyone! If you haven t attend please do, our Youth Need You! The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, A loop called Confusion, Speed bumps called Friends, Red lights called Enemies, Caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, An engine called Perseverance, Insurance called Faith, A driver called Jesus, You will make it to a place called Success. Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Drive Carefully!!
Library Now Open! The library is now ready for use. It still needs some fine tuning, but we welcome you to use and peruse it. We have been busy organizing and cleaning, and hope to add some space. We will have the categories clearly marked soon, and the entire catalog posted on the website and a printed copy in the library. We have many wonderful resources, ranging from Bible study to fiction to children's books to teaching material. The teen material has been relocated to their Sunday School classroom. Please take time to take a look. We also have many audio and video items, including the past six months of church services. We only ask that you place all returns in the box provided. Donations are also welcome. We are going to use the honor system, so there is no need to fill out a card. You may use the material as long as you wish. We request that you be respectful of others with your time. "Nothing But Nets" is a grassroots campaign which helps prevent malaria by the use of hanging nets. This project has been approved as an Advance Special Offering through the United Methodist Board of Global Missions. That means that you can now donate a gift by writing a check to our local church Mt. Blanchard UMC and noting Nothing But Nets in the memo line. 100% of giving to the Advance goes to the purchase and distribution of bed nets. The people of The United Methodist Church have been in mission across Africa for more than 160 years. Thank you for your patience while waiting for the library to be updated. Jennifer and Carol Congratulations to these couples who will celebrate new marriages in the coming weeks The daughter of Blake and Jessica Cavinee was baptized during our Mother s Day worship service. Sarah s grandparents are Herb and Deb Launder and Gary and Penny Cavinee. We welcome Sarah into the family of God. Jayme Myers and Jerod Hiller to marry on May 26 th Amber Moser and Richard Wonderly to marry on June 16 th Lindsey Hohn and Kevin Grey to marry on June 30 th
We extend our heart-felt sympathy to Lane Stewart, whose father was killed in an accident on May 15. Lane is a 5 th grader at Riverdale, and the son and stepson of Lori and John Myers. WEST OHIO ANNUAL CONFERENCE Tom and Pastor Karen will be attending the West Ohio Annual Conference at Lakeside from June 10 14 th. If you have a pastoral care need, please call the church to leave a message for Office Manager Tammy Dunbar. 419-694-3245. Transition Time Pastor Karen recently informed the congregation that she will be leaving the church at the end of the summer. She has applied for incapacity leave and will not be serving a church. Karen and Tom will be moving to Darke County and a new pastor will be appointed to our church. Please be in prayer for the congregation, Karen and Tom, and the appointment process as we go through this season of change. Nurture and Outreach News and Happenings! National Treasure is this month's Family Movie Night selection. Please remember this event is not just for kids, but for the whole family, this is why it is called "Family" movie night! Trade in life's busy schedule for just one night of relaxing with your family! Refreshments are served at 7:00 pm and the movie starts at 7:30. In July we will be hosting the Picnic in the Park on the 29th in the evening and this year the entertainment is YOU! We need your help because we are having a talent show and we want to see the all the hidden talent just waiting to be discovered. You may be surprised who has talent and who doesn't! The sign up sheet will be located on a table in the Solarium starting the first Sunday of this month (June) so you should have plenty of time to get your act/s together. This event is open to children to participate in too! This could be the start of our own "Mt Blanchard's Got Talent"!
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MT. BLANCHARD Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication How do you talk with God? Communication through prayer is essential for our relationship with God. On June 24 th, we will begin a series designed to strengthen and deepen our prayer lives. Making Prayer Your Second Language is a four-week series that will help us understand basic elements of prayer based on the ACTS model (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication) and how to apply them effectively. Scriptures, sermons, videos, and music will follow the theme of the day. Plan now to join us for this important series as we explore how to make prayer your second language. SUNDAY SCHEDULE Sunday School 9am Worship 10:30am Pastor Rev. Karen A. Fourman Special Ministries Children & Youth Director, Jessica Cavinee Office Manager, Tammy Dunbar Noah s Ark Preschool Director, Lynn McCasland Financial Secretary, Tammy Dunbar Treasurer, Julie Miller Office Hours Mon Fri, 9am 2pm Phone: 419-694-3245 E-mail: mbumcoffice@wcoil.com Website: www.mtbumc.org
Missions Ministry Team Moments Once again our team is trying to continue to have our church be a Six Hands of Hope Church and here is a list that we need to reach! 1. Pay all our District and Conference apportionments and receive an offering for all conference approved Special Sundays. 2. Support at least one High-Priority Advance Ministry. 3. Support at least one Global Project. 4. Support at least one United States Project. 5. Support: a. At least one General Board of Global Ministries Missionary @ $3, $4, or $5 per member, or $2500 per congregation. b. For Hand 5 you are encouraged but not required to support at least one Global Missions Partner @ $2 per member or at least $1,000 as a congregation over 500 members. 6. a. Send out a least one or more members or groups as Volunteer(s) in Mission and /or b. Support one of the 3 special partnerships our conference has in North Katanga, Russia or Mexico. Here is what we have done so far! February we turned in $825 from Blanket Sunday. March we sent 1140 packets of seeds which included 6 lbs. of onion sets to Jackson Area Ministries. May we held a Soup & Salad Fundraiser to help pay for the support of our Covenant Missionaries. One of our other ministries is kits (baby, school & health) for the Festival of Sharing. There are 100 school kits already completed for 2007. We contributed $500 for the youth trip to Mon Valley, PA. Thank you for all the support for our projects!!! The Meaning of Church Colors The Christian Calendar The Christian Calendar is made up of several seasons. The seasons of the year are centered around the birth, life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the sending of the Holy Spirit to the Church, and our part in the Kingdom of God. Special Sundays and other days within the Christian Year serve as times to celebrate particular events of importance to us as Christians. Different seasons of the Christian Year have colors and other symbols associated with them to remind us of the meaning of the season. Bright Blue Bright Blue symbolizes the sky or heaven, where choirs of angels proclaimed Jesus' birth. It can symbolize the waters of Genesis 1, the beginning of a new creation. It can also symbolize the sky in which the star appeared to announce the birth of Jesus. While purple has traditionally been the color used for Advent, Blue is increasingly used to distinguish it from Lent. White White symbolizes purity, holiness, and virtue, as well as respect and reverence. White is used for special days like Christmas and Easter, as well as for baptism, marriage, ordination, and dedications. It can also be used for funerals as a symbol of the resurrection. Green Green symbolizes the renewal of vegetation and generally of living things and the promise of new life. It is used for the season of Epiphany and between Pentecost and the beginning of Advent Purple Purple can symbolize pain, suffering, and therefore mourning and penitence. It is the liturgical color for the Season of Lent. It is also the color of royalty, so traditionally has also been used for Advent and is still used in Catholic churches. However, Blue is replacing purple for Advent in many Protestant churches. Red Red is the color of fire and so symbolizes the presence of God. It is the color for Pentecost. In some traditions it is used at funerals, particularly the funerals of pastors when many clergy wear their red ordination stoles.