August 2013 VOL. XLV, NO. 8 St. Paul s United Methodist Church Tucson, Arizona IT S STILL NEWS!. Hello Friends! This is a great time to be a part of St Paul s United Methodist Church! As Angie begins her new ministry at Santa Cruz Valley UMC we are blessed to welcome our new pastor, Janessa Chastain. By this time most of you have met Janessa and even heard her preach. She is an outstanding pastor and by her presence we have been offered an unusual gift. As she begins to develop her ministry and come to understand what it means to be the pastor of a local congregation we get to learn from her and to offer ourselves as truly generous, welcoming hospitable people. Which is to say that we all get to be like Jesus for each other! I am looking forward to this continuing mutuality of hospitality and believe that God has a unique word for us all in this time of transition. I am eager to receive it! We are called to be a community of generosity and love where we invite others to join us in becoming disciples of Jesus Christ for the good of the world. Called... for the good of the world! STRATEGIC TASK FORCE HIGHLIGHTS Contact: Nancy Scott - leadership@stpaulsumctucson.net or 520.29 6.6149 UPDATES ON OUR ACTIVITIES ST. PAUL S PRESCHOOL (Preschool Council Chair: Tommy Sanford) Enrollment for the 2013/2014 school year continues.we encourage you to enroll your preschooler (2, 3, 4, or 5 year old) as soon as possible to make sure a slot is available for your child. Please contact Sheri Van Wormer, Preschool Director at 520.260.1350 or spumcpreschool@gmail.com with questions. WELCOMING AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION (Leader: Debbie Spohn) Monthly meetings are held at St. Paul s on the third Monday of every month. Currently the focus is on implementing a New Member Guide Program. Please watch for details in the coming weeks. We still have room for you! Please contact Nancy Scott if interested in this or any other task force. COMMUNITY EVENTS (Leader: Linda Jones) Are you considering getting involved at St. Paul s on a larger scale? This may be your task force! We are looking for more members to be part of this task force which coordinates many of our large Community Events! If interested, please contact Linda Jones or Nancy Scott. 1 STEWARDSHIP DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE (Leader: Rich Revis) Thank you to all who contributed to our Second Annual July 4 th Scholarship Silent Auction Event! It was a success because of you! What a joy seeing so many Task Force Groups working together; Stewardship Development, Community Events and Developing Relationships between Parents and Children. Thank you to our St. Paul s Foundation for sponsoring this event again this year by donating $1,500 to the Scholarship Fund. We are also grateful to our many volunteers and those of you who made generous donations to our silent auction. Thank you to our St. Paul s Harp Choir and Grace Multiplied for sharing your talents. The musical entertainment was superb! Thank you to Upward Sports and our St. Paul s Youth for helping with the popcorn and silent auction. Finally a BIG thank you to Michael DeSchalit for being our Master of Ceremonies as well as providing us with an incredible magic show! Approximately 300 attended and after expenses, we added $5,300 to our Scholarship Fund. We praise God for such amazing results which will allow us to support all who want to participate in fee based programs at St. Paul's. Our goal is to continually improve our large community events and we hope you will respond to the July 4 th Event Survey that will be forthcoming in the near future via email. Thank you for making a difference! COFFEE TABLE Thank you to our Children s Ministry for handling the coffee table in June; only September
and December remain open. Our goal is to have a coffee table every Sunday and if we get commitments to cover the two open months, we will achieve that goal. Please contact Nancy Scott to reserve your month. IF YOU CAN HELP, UPWARD SPORTS NEEDS YOUR TIME AND ENERGY Our biggest need is coaches and referees but there are numerous opportunities available at Upward Basketball and Cheerleading. There are always youth seeking scholarships, so are you called to support a youth in need by paying his/her registration? The Snack Bar staff (primarily three in number) work every Saturday to ensure the snack bar is up and running. All monies earned at the snack bar go back into Upward for scholarships, trophies and additional supplies for the snack bar. Are you moved to volunteer one week in the snack bar? Starbucks (22nd and Harrison) provides Upward with pastries each Saturday to help raise money for Upward, so would you consider donating some pastries or other treats to be offered during game day? Maybe you would offer to run the time clock/scoreboard during Upward games? Or just maybe you would like to show up on game day and cheer for the youth during their games? Open your heart, hear God's calling, come be a part of Upward Basketball and Cheerleading. You won't regret it. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the church office at 296-6149. Part-time Afternoon Office Staff Position still open Membership Secretary - General Description: Maintains an accurate, upto-date membership database which includes mailing information, vital statistics, and attendance at worship, Sunday school, and weekly classes. Work experience requirements: Previous office experience, good customer service skills, and proficient in Microsoft Word and Publisher programs. Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and data input is beneficial. Please send resume with cover letter to St. Paul s UMC, 8051 E Broadway Tucson, AZ 85710, Attn: Karen Calfee. For additional information, call the church office at 296-6149. Join us August 4th at 9:30 and 11 for our Sunday School kickoff! We will have games and celebrations as we get excited for the year ahead! And of course, Sunday School starts August 11. We look forward to seeing 2 all of you as the fun begins. Our Deepest Sympathy...to the family of Paul Pressler on the passing of his wife, Lois on June 26....to the family of Shirley Ball on the passing of her husband and long-time SPUMC member Harry Ball on July 3. The First Book Tucson Advisory Board would like to thank the people of St. Paul s United Methodist Church for their 5 th Sunday donations of $1,886 to purchase 750 new books for Deitz Elementary School. The principal and the teachers will choose which books to purchase and how to use the books before they are given to the children to take home to begin a library in their homes. Mary Harvey, Chair First Book Tucson Thank you to everyone who sent cards and prayed for our grandson, Tyler, during his hospitalization and recovery. He is doing just fine now and is back in school. Dan & Linda Kopp PINE CANYON FAMILY CAMP BEGINS AUGUST 31! Family Camp will be held on August 31 (Saturday) - Sept 2 (Monday) at Pine Canyon Camp. We're back at Pine Canyon, one hour south of Willcox in the cool pines. All ages are invited. Kids are not required, but they make it more fun. Camp starts before lunch on Saturday and runs until after breakfast on Monday (Labor Day). Register on the patio between services on August 11th and August 18th. Hiking,
basketball, great meals, horseshoes, camp fires, songs, s mores, crafts, ping pong, tetherball, snacks, mountain biking (BYO Bike), relaxation, more. See the Sunday bulletins for more details or call 760-1439 (Bob Kruse). OFFERING ENVELOPES We encourage everyone to use numbered offering envelopes. You do not need to pledge to receive envelopes. Reminder: Taxpayers wanting a tax deduction for charitable gifts must have written proof of all cash contributions - no matter how small. Just call the church office at 296-6149 or mark the box on the attendance sheets at worship services if you would like offering envelopes. UNITED METHODIST WOMEN The United Methodist Women will not be meeting this summer. Watch for our meetings to begin again in September! GREETING CARDS NEEDED! If you have any new or used greeting cards, please help by donating them. You may drop them off at the Church Office. Shirley Burlingame and her group turn them into beautiful new works of art. Youth News ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS & RETREAT information CROSSROADS & JR. HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL For Grades 6 8, 11:00 AM - Noon, Shalom South, led by Betty Howard & Claire Bothwell. Join us to get connected to God's Word with an in-depth study of Christian life, encouraging us to get with God and engage in a life-changing encounter with Scripture. Remember to bring your Bible. If you don t have one we will provide you with one. SENIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL For grades 9 12, 11:00 AM - Noon, in the Life Center Loft. Led by Dennis & Susan Krantz. A youth empowering in-depth class that takes you on a journey looking deeper into scripture and what it means to live courageously as a Christian teen. UNITED METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP (UMYF YOUTH GROUP) All youth grades 6-12 are welcome. Sundays from 12:30-2:30 PM in the Life Center. Led by Michael C. DeSchalit and his awesome team of Youth Workers. We start gathering at Noon for some basketball or other games and then enjoy a great lunch. After we eat, we get together in the Loft for some fellowship and to talk about topics that concern today s Christian youth. YOUTH NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE The mission trip was a HUGE SUCCESS!!! I wish there was enough room in this article to give you all the details of the trip, but that would fill Epistles for the next year. So to sum it up in a sentence or two, we spent five days at a beautiful host church in San Diego, where we could conduct prayer group and leadership training. We served others less fortunate as us by provided one of the most basic of necessities Clean drinking water. And, we shared our vision with the community by distributing book marks with the Footprints in the Sand poem on one side and our youth group vision statement on the other all while letting folks know where we came from and what we stand for. The kids that went on this trip exceeded my every expectation in how they conducted themselves and by how much they all grew spiritually in just one week. Now that the mission trip is complete, we continue to meet more regularly to enjoy many summer activities such as going to a Tucson Padres Baseball game, weekly prayer groups at the Krantz residence and a hike planned for the top of Mt. Lemmon. Our youth are also looking forward to a visit from our very new Associate Pastor, Janessa, which is also in the works in the very near future. For more information about our SPUMC youth group, please contact Michael DeSchalit at 270-0183. 3 SPORTS MINISTRY DAYTIME ZUMBA GOLD CLASSES - Zumba Gold is for lower energy level participants. Zumba Gold is offered weekly on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 10:30 a.m. in the Life Center Activity Room. Each one hour class costs $6.00 or you can buy a Zumba card (10 sessions) for just $45.00. The instructor is Leslie Lundquist and she s a great instructor and fun to work with. ZUMBA CLASS DAYS Classes are offered on Monday and Thursday evenings, at 6:00 PM, and Saturday mornings, at 8:30 AM. Additionally, a second Zumba class called Zumba Sentao (using a chair) is being offered on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Zumba is held in Brummet Hall, but class location could change due to other campus activities. Cost is $6.00 per session, or you can buy a Zumba Card (10 sessions) for $45.00. No prior registration required. MONDAY ZUMBA CLASS CANCELLED FOR AUGUST: The Monday night Zumba instructor will be on vacation during the month of August so the Monday night classes will be on hiatus for August 2013. The Thursday night class is still in question but may be continued with another instructor. The Saturday Zumba and Sentau classes will continue their normal schedule, 8:30am for Zumba and 9:45am for Sentau. ST. PAUL S CYCLING GROUP meets Saturdays at the Starbucks on Broadway and Houghton. Come out for coffee and a bicycle ride (maybe breakfast too)! For more
information, contact Chris Ruhl at 205-1225 or chrisruhl@yahoo.com. UPWARD SPORTS Upward basketball and cheerleading for boys and girls, Kindergarten through 6 th grade, will start the Fall 2013 basketball and cheerleading session with practice beginning the week of September 23, 2013. Registration for the Fall 2013 Session will begin August 12, 2013, and will continue through September 14, 2013. Evaluations will take place on Saturday, September 14, 2013, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Beginning August 12, 2013, you can pick up registration forms in the office. Or sign up online at https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/st paulsumc starting August 12, 2013. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the church office at 296-6149. PLEASE HELP US SAVE MONEY ON POSTAGE If you are planning to move, have moved or are going to be away for awhile, please indicate this to the Membership Secretary by emailing your information to membership@stpaulsumctucson.net or by calling 296-6149. It costs the church money when your mail is returned to us, so please make sure that we have your current address! CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Name Address ZIP Phone# FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR If you would like to have flowers on the altar for a special occasion or in remembrance of someone, please call or email the church office at 296-6149 or spumc@qwestoffice.net. You may also indicate on the registration pad your name, phone number, the occasion & the date you would like to give flowers. The cost is $27.00 per bouquet. OFFICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The church office is in need of volunteers to help with assisting one day a week for 2 hours or more in the morning and/or afternoon by greeting people, handing out bus passes and answering phones. Also, needed are volunteers to assist with monthly Epistle mailing preparation, drivers willing to take the Epistles to the post office when our drivers are on vacation (training provided). Please call 296-6149 if you are interested. Thank you to all the wonderful people who have already volunteered to help SPECIAL TOUR TO SILVER CITY, NM FOR ST. PAUL S SENIORS Our special fall tour for seniors will be to Silver City, New Mexico this September. We will leave St. Paul s on Monday, September 16th at 8:00 AM and spend the 17th, 18th and 19th in Silver City and then drive home on Friday, the 20th. Silver City is 260 miles from Tucson. There will be opportunities for sight seeing and shopping on the tour, also two 4 short hikes to the Gila Cliff Dwellings and the Cat Walk. We will stay at the Rodeway Inn in Silver City. All rooms have two beds and are non-smoking rooms. The room cost is $59.95 per night with an 18% tax. We ll eat at restaurants in the area. The estimated cost for meals is $224 for a couple and $112 for a single person. There will be a charge for gas of $30 per person. We will take two vans so there will be plenty of room in each van. Call the office to register by Tuesday, September 3rd. The gas fee must be paid in advance in the office. Make your reservation early! If you have any questions, please call Jim Moffett. SAVVY SENIORS STRETCHING AND STRENGTHENING CLASS Meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9:00 AM in the Life Center Activity Room. A $1 donation per class is appreciated. NO SENIOR HIKE IN AUGUST WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE MOVIES Beginning a new tradition of older films during the summer months, the August movie will be the classic How The West Was Won featuring Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart and John Wayne. The film will be shown on Wednesday, August 21st, at 10:30 AM in the Covenant Room just after the exercise class. Cost 25 cents! This covers popcorn and drinks.
BIBLE STUDY CLASS The regular Bible study class led by Gene Kern meets Monday at 10:30 AM in the Covenant Room. WATERCOLOR CLASS will not be meeting in the Summer. Look for class to begin again in the Fall. THE BELLES OF ST. PAUL S welcomes ladies 50 years and older to join us for fun, food and fellowship. For more information about their activities, please call Sandy Cannon at 298-1470. THE GLAD HATTERS will not be meeting in August. Our next luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. on September 20. For more information contact Betty at 886-2276. CHAPEAUX ROJAS will not be meeting in August. A planning meeting to schedule activities for the coming year will be held in September. Watch for details in the September Epistle or call Barbara at 296-9792 for more information. DESERT ROSES will be going to the Dry River Company, 800 N. Kolb Rd. on Thursday, August 22 at 11:30 a.m. Contact Sandy at 298-1470. OTHER BITS AND PIECES St. Paul s provides both a Telecare Ministry and a Friendly Visitors Ministry. Both of these services provide care and fellowship for home-bound, or residential care members of St. Paul s. For information on either ministry, call Jim Moffett at St. Paul s. *********** Mark your calendars now. The flu shot clinic will be held at the church on Sunday, September 22. *********** Volunteer Opportunity: If you would be willing to tutor a child in reading, call Jim Moffett at 954-2884. ********** Remember: Turn in your devotion for St. Paul s Devotion Book. Turn them in at the office, or mail them to Jim Moffett at the church. ********** Blood Pressure Clinic: Returns in the Fall The next Epistle deadline is THURSDAY, August 15, at 5:00 p.m. It will be mailed on Tuesday, August 27. Please submit all Epistle articles for the September issue to Linda Kopp at linda_kopp@stpaulsumctucson.net. St. Paul s Epistle is mailed the 4th Tuesday of the month by St. Paul s United Methodist Church, 8051 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85710. 5