Newsletter - The Logan Church of the Nazarene

JULY | AUGUST 2016
LOGAN CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
650 Walhonding Ave | Logan, Ohio 43138 | (740) 385-5360
Camp Meeting
Food Booth
We are in need of several
more volunteers to help with
the camp meeting food booth
before and after the camp
meeting services. We need
servers (3 nightly), grill
cooks (1-2 nightly), ice
cream and pop station
workers (2 nightly), and help
with dishes (1 nightly). Sign
up in the foyer or contact
Debbie Cherry or Tisa
Barlow if you are available or
for more information. Food
booth workers are able to
attend the majority of the
camp meeting service as the
booth is closed during
services. Funds from the food
booth help many ministries of
the
church
including
women’s ministry, Christmas
gifts for shut-ins, outreach
ministries, children and youth
programs, scholarships for
students at MVNU, and much
more.
Sunday, July 24 at 5:00 p.m.
at the Logan Conference Center shelter house
Please bring a covered dish to share (dessert, salad, chips, vegetables,
etc...) and a 2–liter drink. Hamburgers, hotdogs, buns, and table
service will be provided. Bring your cornhole games, table/board
games, frisbees, ball gloves, bikes & scooters, etc… Come to have a
great time and get to know others in our church better. We will also be
recognizing and celebrating with those who have birthdays or
anniversaries in July, August, and September.
$ 2,200 for full day elementary
(K-6th Grade)
$ 810 for M/W/F Preschool
$ 675 for T/Th Preschool
$ 295 annual supply/activity fee for
all elementary students
Notification System
Our church is implementing the One Call
Now church notification system to deliver
communications with a consistent message
in a timely manner. The system will help us
to communicate emergencies or church
closings due to weather, urgent prayer requests, special announcements, group announcements, etc… Sign up sheets have
been provided in the newsletter. Please sign
up each member of your household who
wishes to receive notifications, select the
notification they wish to receive and the
method they wish to receive them by
(voice, text, or email).
School begins August 25 and
enrollment is still open for the
2016-2017 school year for
preschool through grade 6.
L.C.S. curriculum and activities are
centered in and upon the eternal
principles of God’s Word and the life
and revelation of His Son, Jesus
Christ. For more information about
providing your child with a Christcentered education, call the school
office at 740-385-5360 or visit their
website
at,
www.loganchristianschool.com .
Fees for 2015-16 are as follows:
$ 40 registration fee (new students)
 Monthly payment plan available
L.C.S. Job Posting
Logan Christian School is seeking a
part-time preschool aide for the 201617 school year. Applicants must be a
born-again believer and active in a
local church. He or she must be a
Christian role model, have a highschool diploma, pass a BCI and FBI
background check, be in good health,
and be willing to take yearly classes
(in First Aide, CPR, child abuse,
etc...). Contact Pastor Tom at 740385-5360 for more information.
The new 2016-17 missionary books have been ordered
and will be available shortly. See Nancy Poling to sign out
one of this year’s great books. The books are also available
on Audio CD. PLEASE BE SURE TO RETURN BOOKS
OR CD’S TO NANCY ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED SO
THAT SOMEONE ELSE CAN ENJOY THEM.
New this year—all of the 2016-17 books can be
download in PDF format for reading on a tablet or
computer or in MP3 format for audio listening at
Faith Promise & Encuentro Mission Service
www.livingmission.com. Click on the “NMI Missions
Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m.
Books” tab and scroll to the bottom. Look for the word
On Sunday, August 7 we will hear from our team of students “FREE”.
and adults who participated in the Encuentro mission trip to
2016-17 Missionary Reading Book Highlight
Puerto Rico. This will also be Faith Promise Sunday. Faith
Branching Into Missions
Promise is one of the most meaningful methods for supporting
by Tim Crutcher
missions. It is not a pledge. A Faith Promise is exactly what it
Have you ever wondered how your life
says — a promise made in faith between an individual and God.
connects to God’s mission within the Church
That promise is based on what the giver believes God wants
of the Nazarene? If so, this book is for you.
him or her to give to ministries beyond those of the local church.
Everyone—not just missionaries—should be
Giving through Faith Promise is an adventure and an
involved in God’s mission to redeem the
opportunity to allow God to show how He can provide when we
world. Just as a tree’s roots, trunk, and
open our hearts and our pocketbooks to do generous things for
branches provide specific roles in producing
His Kingdom. Most people arrive at their Faith Promise amount
fruit, various aspects of the church help
following time in prayer and Bible study. By listening to the voice produce fruit for God’s kingdom. Like a tree reaching out in
of God, we learn what the Holy Spirit wants to do through us to many directions, the Church of the Nazarene has many
support the mission ministries of our church. Our goal for “branches” of mission. This book invites you to find an
missions giving through Faith Promise is approximately opportunity for missions-involvement that connects your heart
with the needs around the world.
$19,500.
Blood Drive
Saturday, August 27
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
in the fellowship hall
Sponsored/hosted by Brenna Gates for her college health & fitness course.
KidsOwn Worship
Sunday’s @ 10 a.m.
Our KidsOwn Worship leaders for
July are Jen DeBord—elementary
and Paige Collinsworth—preschool.
The leaders for August are Audra
Luicart—elementary and Susie
McVey—preschool.
Beginning
sometime in July, KidsOwn Worship will have a change of location
and will begin meeting in the fellowship hall.
July & August Nursery Schedule
Summer Wednesday Kids Program
Our summer Wednesday kids’ program for children preschoolgrade 5 takes place each Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at the
church (unless another location or time is noted.)
 July 6—Happy Independence Day Party
 July 13—Camp meeting @ Logan Conference Center, 7 p.m.
 July 20—Swimming @ the Harden’s
 July 27—Hiking to Kachelmacher Park
 August 3—Summer Olympics/Crazy Games with the teens
 August 10—Swimming @ the Harden’s
 August 17—Scavenger Hunt/Back to School Party
 August 24—Kachelmacher Park Cleanup & Outreach
 August 31—Cookie Baking to send to shut-ins
 September 7—Create your own mini fruit pizza & games
July 3—Teresa Whited
Jul 10—Lisa & Taylor Poling
July 17—Melissa & Alexa Poling
July 24—Cynthia Bauers & Becca Gates
July 31—Dani Gray, Cheyanne & Willow
Krivesti
August 7—Sherri & Paige Simons
August 14—Mindy Driggs & Becca
Gates
Children’s Missionary Books Reading Program
August 21—Ann & Sophia Gadrim
Get a glimpse of what is going on
August 28—Jen DeBord & Bailey Gates
around the world through reading.
Please be in the nursery 5-10 minutes before service. If you find
There are 6 brand new children’s
you are unavailable to serve on the date assigned or have any
missionary books (3 for K-2
questions regarding the Nursery Ministry, please contact the
graders and 3 advanced books for
church office at 740-385-5360. If you are interested in volunteering
3-5 graders) with stories about
in the nursery, please contact DeeAna Raymer or the church office.
Nazarene Compassionate
Volunteers are asked to serve one Sunday every other month.
Ministries, Kosovar, typhoon Haiyan, Phineas F. Bresse and more.
Children who read all 3 books for their age level by August 14 will
District Children’s Mission Rally
get to attend a special Dairy Queen outing with Mrs. Jen DeBord,
Join children from around the district for our
our children’s director. Books can be signed out during KidsOwn
district summer children’s mission rally on
Worship, one book at a time, and may only be kept for one week at
Saturday, July 16 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00
a time.
p.m. in the conference room at Logan
Conference Center. The speakers are Dr.
Children’s Day & Sunday School Promotion Sunday
John & Janice Nielson, former missionaries in
On August 28, we will have Children’s day with children
Denmark, the Philippines, and Switzerland.
participating in the service (praise team, ushers, etc…). We will
Please pre-register by July 13. Cost $5 which includes lunch. also recognize those being promoted to a new Sunday School
Contact Stephanie Diehlmann at 614-800-2296 or glass and those moving from the children’s department to the youth
[email protected] to register.
group. There will be a small gift for children preschool—grade 5.
Logan Church of the Nazarene
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650 Walhonding Ave. Logan, Ohio 43138
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JULY | AUGUST 2016
Annual School
Supply Giveaway
August 13, 9-10 a.m.
We are collecting the following items for our annual
school supply giveaway:
 Book bags
 Notebooks & folders
 Crayons (24 pack) & markers (washable)
 Regular & colored pencils
 Glue sticks (packs)
 Scissors
 Erasers (packs)
 Rulers (plastic)
Please drop off items to the church by Sunday,
August 7 so items can be inventoried.
Logan Nazarene will be helping with Heaventrain
Columbus on Saturday, August 6 (leaving Logan at
about 7:30 a.m. & returning at about 6:30 p.m.). If
you are interested in volunteering, you will need to
have a completed background check and a
Heaventrain Columbus t-shirt ($10). Background
checks are available through the church office.
Contact Cynthia Bauers at 740-380-1262 for more
information.
Projects Around the Church: As we prepare for the
2016-2017 school year there are several projects
around the church that we could use some help with
including removing a wall, hanging a new door,
drywall repair, replacing a water fountain, hanging
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer sound tiles in the fellowship hall, installing an electric
to be a part of this this great outreach event please outlet, etc… If you are able to help with any of these
projects, please contact Pastor Jeff in the church
contact Brody or Cynthia Bauers at 740-380-1262.
office at 740-385-5360.
“Our Church Can Be Your Home”
SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday School for all ages
Worship
KidsOwn Worship (Prek-Grade 5)
Small Groups
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Choir Practice (September-May)
Adult Prayer/Bible Studies
Illuminate Kids (September-May)
Summer Kids Program (June-August)
Youth A.L.I.V.E.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Various Times
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
OTHER MINISTRIES
Men’s Prayer Meeting (Tuesdays-6:00 a.m.) at KFC
Small Groups meeting at various times & locations
Home of Logan Christian School (Pre-K through 6th Grade)
PASTORAL STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION
Rev. Thomas L. Gates II
(740) 475-7193
[email protected]
Rev. Jeff Gray, Minister of Worship/Admin.
(740) 380-1694
[email protected]
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CHURCH OF NAZARENE
PERMIT NO. 19
Logan Church
of the Nazarene
650 Walhonding Ave. ▪ Logan, OH 43138
(740) 385-5360
www.logannazarene.com
[email protected]
Home of Logan Christian School
(Pre-K through 6th grade)
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Sunday Schedule
Sunday School
Worship
Kids Own Worship
Bible Quizzing
Small Groups
3
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
4
5
Wed.
Thur.
Wednesday Schedule
Family Night
6 p.m.
Fri.
Sat.
1
2
8
9
• Adult Prayer Meeting
• Choir Practice (resumes in Sept.)
• Children/Teen Activities
Men’s Prayer
6 a.m. KFC
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
Family Night
6 p.m.
6
7
Summer Kids
Program:
Happy Independence
Day Party
Team departs
for Encuentro
Puerto Rico
Mission Trip
Team returns
from Encuentro
Puerto Rico
Mission Trip
Camp Meeting—7 p.m.
10
11
Prayer
12 Men’s
6 a.m. KFC 13
14
15
16
SCO Camp Meeting: Sunday @ 3 & 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday @ 7 p.m.
17
18
Prayer 20
19 Men’s
6 a.m. KFC
Camp Meeting
3 & 6 p.m.
22
23
29
30
SCO Preteen (5th & 6th Grade) Camp
25
26 Men’s Prayer 27
6 a.m. KFC
All Church Picnic
@ Logan
Conference Center
5 p.m.
Family Night
6 p.m.
03
04
06
07
08
09
16
19
19
21
BIRTHDAYS
Pastor Jeff Gray
Dwayne McVey
Jayne Cline
Faith Todd
Kati Klinger
Brody Bauers
Eli Reed
Gene Klinger Jr.
Betty Dexter
Larry Mohler
21
22
26
27
29
29
29
29
29
30
30
28
Summer Kids
Program:
Hiking/
Kachelmacher Park
SCO 3rd & 4th Grade Camp
31
21
Summer Kids
Program:
Swimming @
Harden’s
Dr. Stan Toler
10:00 a.m.
24
Family Night
6 p.m.
Carol Mohler
Dean Sowers
Roy Kelch
Bruce Simons
Lynn Butterbaugh
George Aurand
Gerold Allman
Sherri Simons
Ken Carpenter
Dolores Inboden
Jeff Thompson
SCO 1st & 2nd Grade Camp
30 Azure Raymer
ANNIVERSARIES
02 Barlow (Denny)
19 Kilbarger
27 Poling (Albert)
27 DeBord (Jim)
If we have somehow
missed your special day,
please contact the
church office at
740.385.5360 or
contact@logannazarene.
com to help us update
our records so that we
can recognize you and
celebrate with you!
Logan Church
of the Nazarene
650 Walhonding Ave. ▪ Logan, OH 43138
(740) 385-5360
www.logannazarene.com
[email protected]
Home of Logan Christian School
(Pre-K through 6th grade)
Sun.
Mon.
1
Tues.
Wed.
Thur.
Night
3 Family
4
6 p.m.
2
Fri.
Sat.
5
6
12
13
19
20
26
27
Kids Summer
Program:
Summer Olympics /
Crazy Games
(with teens)
7 Faith Promise 8
9
&
Encuentro
Mission Trip
Service
10 a.m..
14
Men’s Prayer
6 a.m. KFC
10Family Night 11
Heaventrain
Columbus
Service Day
6 p.m.
Church Board
Meeting
7 p.m.
15
Kids Summer
Program:
Swimming @
Harden’s
Prayer 17 Family Night
16 Men’s
18
6 a.m. KFC
6 p.m.
School
Supply
Giveaway
9-10 a.m.
Kids Summer
Program:
Scavenger Hunt /
Back to School Party
21
22
L.C.S. Preschool
Orientation—6:30
p.m. & Open
House—7-8 p.m.
BIRTHDAYS
Andrew Todd
Ray McLaughlin
Jonathan Poling
Denny Barlow
Laurel Messner
Misty Kitchen
Sharma Weedy
Linda Donley
Fred Weghorst
Ed Daubenmire
Ken Bell
Kids Summer
Program:
Kachelmacher Park
Clean Up &
Outreach
25
L.C.S.
First Day of School
(Early Dismissal)
30Men’s Prayer 31
Sunday School
Promotion
Sunday
04
04
05
06
06
09
10
10
11
12
13
Family Night
6 p.m.
Family Night
6 p.m.
29
28
Prayer 24
23 Men’s
6 a.m. KFC
6 a.m. KFC
13
15
16
18
18
18
22
25
25
26
27
27
Daniel Kuhn
Tom Collins
Jim Deible
John Graham
Bill Simons
Andrew Whited
Bob Cline
Doug Kitchen
Rev. Rodney Kuhn
Steve Harden
Calvin Chaffin
Halle Gray
Kids Summer
Program:
Cookie Baking
29
30
04
04
07
20
20
30
Karen Carpenter
Bonnie Blair
ANNIVERSARIES
Barlow (Tim)
Cherry (Gene)
Shrieves
Dexter (Jack)
Ralph (George)
Weghorst
Red Cross Blood
Drive
10 a.m.—3 p.m.
Sunday Schedule
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
Sunday School
Worship
Kids Own Worship
Wednesday Schedule
Family Night
6 p.m.
• Adult Prayer Meeting
• Kids Summer Program
• Youth A.L.I.V.E.