CAMDEN UMC NEWSLETTER Pastor: Rev. Stephen Maddox Secretary: Leslie Coe Organist: Barbara Schwartz November 2016 Pastor s News for the People of God October 16-18 Camden United Methodist church and St. John's Catholic Church joined together to be hear a wonderful message of unity by Fr. Francis Pompei an ordained Catholic priest and friar in the Franciscan order. For those who were able to arrive early on Tuesday evening he even treated the two congregations with his fantastic illusions that amazed and delighted the crowd. What was important though is that for three evenings we heard wonderful stories about young people sincerely and passionately moved to become followers of Jesus Christ. Fr. Pompei spoke of how important it is for all of us to find that same deep and intimate connection to Jesus. And then on Thursday we were all treated to a most delicious harvest dinner! I N S I D E THIS I S S U E 2 Pastor s News cont., Adult Studies, Christmas Bazaar, Food Pantry for September, Church Charge Conference, signup 3 Volunteer schedules, Time change, Special Offering, Bloodmobile, Card Supplies 4 Card ministry, Harvest Dinner, Increased Giving Sunday, Church teams, Wanted stickers 5 Calendar of events, Prayer List- November continued on page 2 Church Office News The church office hours are Monday through Friday 1-3pm. The secretary is not in the office on Thursday. The Pastor will be in the office most Wednesdays and Thursdays 1-3pm. You may call during these hours to speak with the secretary, 315-245-2600 or e-mail the office at: camdenumc@centralny.twcbc.com. If you would like to come in during these hours please use the side door across from the office, and ring the bell to the right. The doors to our building will remain locked. If you would like to dedicate our worship bulletins to loved ones please check with the office to book the date. The minimum suggested donation is $6.60 a Sunday. If you would like to dedicate a hymn to loved ones for one of our worship services, for a donation, please check with the office for the date and to pick the hymn. The deadline for the December newsletter is Wednesday, November 2, 2016. If your group has news for the newsletter, please let the office know. If you are planning an event please be sure to check the church calendar for availability, a copy of the calendar is on the board outside of the office. If your event requires the office to participate or prepare any information for that event, please let the office know before it is announced. Ladies Fellowship The next ladies meeting is November 12, 2016 at. All ladies are welcome! Choir News The choir is rehearsing on Sunday mornings at. Come join us! Newsletter 1
continued from page 1 Pastor s News Cont. It appeared that most of the congregation was engaged in some way in preparing, serving and cleaning up after what was truly an ecumenical community oriented event. Thanks everyone who participated in any way including lifting up prayers. The next two major happening in the church are the Christmas Bazaar and Charge Conference. Unfortunately this year they will be occurring simultaneously. I am hoping that some of the churches leaders will be able to attend Charge conference this year at Rome First UMC. There will be worship and then reporting as is traditional. Speaking of reporting if you are leading or chairing an administrative ministry of the church (finance, trustees, SPRC etc.) I would ask you to please, please, please check with Leslie to see if your annual report is due for Charge conference. If it is it may be that the report needs to be submitted by November 4 which is quickly approaching. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Blessings, Pastor Steve Adult News Sunday Morning: SEEKERS adult study group meets on Sunday mornings from in the Library Lounge. All are invited to join us on our journey through life via the Bible. Wednesday evening We will be starting the Disciple I course. This is a 34 week study with daily reading and thought provoking questions. Come join us! 2016 Christmas Bazaar The bazaar will be held on Saturday November 19, 2016 10:00-4:00. Come out and help support our local vendors. For questions please call Karleen Yager at 245-2433 *Before 8pm. Food Pantry News for September Hello dear church family. Once again the food pantry has had a busy month of September. We served 113 families, 347 individuals, and gave out 5,205 meals. We are still receiving wonderful fresh vegetables from community gardens. We served 113 families, 347 individuals and gave out 5,205 meals. Our Methodist church gave $113 and 141 items for a total of approximately 255 entire meals. This helps us out so much. We appreciate your generosity and caring. Thank you from all of us at the pantry. I m sure Jacqui is happy to know we are still going strong! The Camden Area Food Pantry is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, and now Tuesday evenings from 6-7 pm. Phone (315) 245-5788. Church Charge Conference November 19, 2016 at Rome First UMC. The worship service is from 2:45-3:30. Our charge conference will be 3:45-4:45. Who is recommended to be at charge conference? All church leadership chairs (SPRC, Ad Council, Trustees, Finance, Lay Member to Annual Conference, Safe Sanctuaries). signup The signup for s will be November 16, 17, 18 & 19. The 16-18 th will be from 4-7pm, the 19 th will be 9am-12pm. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday will be at the Camden United Methodist Church in the Head Start rooms. The Thursday signup will be from 4-7pm at the North Bay Village Hall. Volunteers will be needed to help supply soups, baked goods, and to clean up after. Please contact Karleen Yager at 245-2433 *Before 8pm. Newsletter 2
VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES Please note: on the printed schedules for October, I missed October 30 th. I moved every person or team forward to fill in the gap. COUNTER SCHEDULE November 6- Bob & Barb Conniff November 13- Karl Keil November 20- Debbie Leach November 27- Dan Coe & Janice Alvord ACOLYTES November 6- Annaka Stauring November 13- Carter Keller November 20- Bella Keller November 27- Annaka Stauring (If you would like to be an acolyte, young and mature welcome, please let the office know) BIBLE READERS November 6- November 13- November 20- November 27- (If you would like to read we have openings. A signup sheet is on the table by the front of the sanctuary. I will let you know what the reading is the week scheduled. The slip has the possible readings for each service.) SUNDAY SCHOOL November 6- Janice Alvord November 13- Carol Stauring November 20- Kathy Flinchum November 27- Racheal Keller COMMUNION STEWARDS November 6- Dan & Leslie Coe & Janice Alvord (If you would like to help with communion, please see Leslie Coe. Our teams take care of communion about 2-3 times for the year) CLOCKS GET TURNED BACK NOVEMBER 6 TH! VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES Cont. USHER SCHEDULE November 6- Dan & Leslie Coe; Leo Seaton; Alice Trumble November 13- Steve & Racheal Keller; Carol Stauring; Bernice Flagg November 20- Karl & Judy Keil; Joanne Karboski; Morgan Comins November 27- Bill & Jan Bickford; Dan & Leslie Coe Special Offering November 27, 2016 United Methodist Student Day Sunday. Your contribution on this Sunday enriches ministry and connects students to their faith. Please give generously. Your gifts will support United Methodist Student Day scholarships, administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Your choice to give on this Sunday transforms lives through education. American Red Cross Bloodmobile News The next Bloodmobile will be November 7, 2016 1:00-6:00pm. Come out and help to meet or exceed the goal! Please note that the Bloodmobile is on Mondays. Rapid Pass allows you to complete the reading material and the questions the day of your donation, but before you arrive. This will allow more donors by speeding up your registration process. Visit redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to learn more. Please help by sharing the gift of life, the need is always present. The cost to you is about one hour of your time. Card Supplies There are card supplies available, free to use for personal use or to send a card to someone in our church family near and far. Supplies located on the card ministry table in the hall near the sanctuary. Help yourself. Newsletter 3
Do you know someone who needs a card? If you have someone who you would like to receive a card from our Church please let me know and provide an address for me. You can e mail me at janicealvord@gmail.com or give me a name and address at Church any Sunday morning. Thanks, Janice Harvest Dinner Thank you for all of your help this year to make our dinner a success! After the expenses we have $1,422+ profit. Some of the places the profit will be going toward are UMCOR, Worship Without Walls (Utica mission group), Cluster 13, Camden Area Food Pantry, Shoebox Ministry, and fuel oil for the church. Increased Giving Sunday Our finance team would like to thank you all for your giving so far this year. The team would like to encourage you, if you are able, to give 10% more than you have been on November 6 th. This will help us meet our budget for this year. Thank you for your continued financial support. People needed to fill teams! We are looking for people to help lead our church for the next year. If you are interested in helping out, please see Pastor Steve to let him know. Please take the time to pray for our church leadership. If you feel called to one of these positions please pray, ask questions, pray, and answer the call as called. We will have more information to come about the teams. Below are the current needs for the next year. Most of these teams meet as needed or quarterly. Some of these will need to meet monthly. Staff/Parish Relations: 5-9 members Trustees: 3-9 members Safe Sanctuaries: at least 1 male and 1 female Sunday School Superintendent/s: 1-2 Christian Education: at least 5 Worship planning: 5-9 Wanted, Stickers If you receive stickers in your mail, that you will be throwing away. (For example free gift for your donation to ) Please consider giving them to Bette Moore instead. You can leave them in the office, or give them directly to Betty. Thank you! Newsletter 4
November 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Reformation Sunday Halloween All Saints Day 4:30-6:00 Library December Newsletter deadline 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 All Saints Sunday Turn clocks back Choir Blood Drive 1-6 5:30-7:30 Villagers 12-? Veterans Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Library Signup 4-7 Head Start rooms Signup 4-7 in North Bay Signup 4-7 Head Start rooms 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Shoebox deadline 6-7:30 Fellowship Hall Library Thanksgiving Office Closed 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 SP Offering 1 st advent Library 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6-7:30 Fellowship Hall 4:30-6:00 Library December Newsletter deadline 6:30-8pm Ladies Fellowship 10a Signup 9-12 Head Start Christmas Bazaar 10-4 Charge Conference Prayer List: Names remain on list for one month, unless requested to keep on the list. Joseph Wiggins; those with dementia and Alzheimer s, their families & caretakers; Nancy & Rachel Curtis; Darrin Halstead & family; Aaron Keville; those fighting cancer; Police, Fire, Rescue, & Military personnel; Scott Manzer; Destinee Sobles; All religious minorities under persecution; Tom Young; families dealing with recent loss; Skyla 8 yr old; Liborio Barbagallo; Service members & families; Jack Estrella; The world; Students, Teachers, & Parents; Lillian, 6yr. old; Carole Abbott; Terry Polini & family; Marcia Bogle; Walt DeLosh; Brayden Hughes; Cindy Polniaszek; Jeff Johnson s friend Carole; Susane Lewchanin; Tom Fanning; Paul Horn; those dealing with loss from violence, hurt, and anger; Communities and police officers dealing with recent death and violence; People dealing with loss of life due to violence around the world; Terry Graser s family; Lorraine, Beth & Josie Story; Ruth Maddox s family; Sandy Ciani s family; Roderick Pellitier; Ken Rank family; Families dealing with health issues and concern for finances; families struggling especially during the winter; Bob Taskey s family; Mike Hayes family; Dustin Bartlett s family; Amanda Relyea; Susan Ames-Klein; Our Country; Hurricane Mathew destruction; Helen Lehosky Seaton s family; Frank Lescyck s family Newsletter 5
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