Calendar of Events - Perrysville United Methodist Church
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Calendar of Events - Perrysville United Methodist Church
The Lamplighter Perrysville United Methodist Church Millissa Hartson, Pastor November 2013 He made the night a little brighter Wherever he would go The old lamplighter Of long, long ago His snowy hair was so much whiter Beneath the candle glow The old lamplighter Of long, long ago You'd hear the patter of his feet As he came toddling down the street His smile would cheer a lonely heart you see If there were sweethearts in the park He'd pass a lamp and leave it dark Remembering the days that used to be For he recalled when things were new He loved someone who loved him too Who walks with him alone in memories He made the night a little brighter Wherever he would go The old lamplighter Of long, long ago His snowy hair was so much whiter Beneath the candle glow The old lamplighter Of long, long ago Now if you look up in the sky You'll understand the reason why The little stars at night are all aglow He turns them on when night is near He turns them off when dawn is here The little man we left so long ago He made the night a little brighter Wherever he would go The old lamplighter of long, long ago Fulfilling Our 2014 Mission Statement I have just completed my ninth year as Pastor of Jesus with those who we come into contact of Perrysville United Methodist Church. Each through our outreach missions. year has been a progressively deepening of my Passionate Worship Biblical preaching; faith and the faith of the flock. We are fully faithful in worship and avail ourselves to the committed followers of Jesus sacraments; undergird all Christ striving to mature activities with prayer; embrace disciples with in the church laity participation in the life of walls and to make disciples for the church, do no harm, do good changing our community and and stay in love with God. our world. Intentional Faith Development We embrace our motto of being Faithful support of current “The Little Church with a Big development programs (Sunday Heart while fulfilling our 2014 School, Sisterhood, Jr. Church, mission of “Serving Our God, etc) Avail ourselves to Our Church, Our Community. educational offerings. We can achieve this by planning Risk taking Mission and and implication of the agreed Service Being open to God’s upon goals based on the Five direction for mission outreach Tonya Parker caught this Practices of Fruitful beyond current programs. beautiful scene earlier this Congregation by Robert Extravagant Generosity fall. Schnase. Continue to prayerfully develop outreach to meet the Radical Hospitality Faithfully strengthen physical needs of those in our community. our Youth programs and outreach, while also Review and evaluate current missions while ministering to seniors; utilize greeters and being open to needs of others as God reveals members to welcome and support visitors; them. May God change prayerfully support and share the Good News (cont’d on page 3) This and That We as a village church helped celebrate Perrysville’s 200th birthday by attending services held outside the Community Center this summer. Mansfield Plumbing Products has power washed the church building following a major facility upgrade in the plant. Thanks to the Eric Parker family for the donation of a much needed lift chair for our front stairs. It is really a God send for those who attend our community meals! Join us for our Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday, Nov. 20. We would love to visit with you! 2013 Outreach Programs in Action HELP!!! We are cleaning out cupboards and trying to make some room for food storage for our community suppers and we need your help. We have many sets of glass snack plates and cups to match and they are taking up valuable space. I If you are interested in some or all of these, call Tammy at 419-938-7682 Perrysville United Methodist Church P.O. Box 115 139 East First Street Perrysville, OH 44864 Mobile: 419-543-4737 E-mail: [email protected] Calendar of Events November 11 Veterans Day November 13 Sisterhood Hostesses Betty Bookman and Helen Mott November 20 Community Thanksgiving supper November 24 Christ the King Sunday November 28 Thanksgiving Day. December 1 First Sunday of Advent. We will decorate the church for Christmas as well as monthly Church Council and a pizza party! December 7 Food baskets distribution at community center, sponsored by Perrysville Association of Churches. December 11 - Sisterhood December 18—Christmas community supper, 5 to 7 p.m. December 22 Annual Christmas worship service and program. NOVEMBER Ted Schaffer, 11/5; Brittany Kettlewell, 11/10; Theresa Cool, 11/11, Riley Gossom, 11/13, Carol Toms 11/29 We are on the Web! www.perrysvilleumc.com DECEMBER Chad Draper, 12/4; Marvin Cates, 12/5; Donte DiBenedetto, 12/6; Francesca Depue, 12/7; Chelsea Murphy and Pastor Millissa, 12/16; Larry Krichbaum, 12/25. God Doesn’t Call the Equipped, He Equips the Called Have you felt God calling you to use your teaching and leadership skills within your church? This is the season within the church when the Lay Leadership Committee prayerful identifies gifts and talents among the congregation. Have you been approached? Are you prayerfully considering the request? Thoughtful contemplation may center around God calling you from your comfort zone into active service. Romans 12: 1 -2 from the Message states: “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” Remember, God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called. Secondly, if your calling involves service to the larger community, then the invitation to explore Lay Servant/Lay Speaking Ministries is a first step from the local congregation to the district-at-large. Trainings are provided on an annual basis to provide you with the development of your skills for whatever ministry God may be leading you toward. In March of 2014, trainings will be held at Millersburg UMC for basic and certified lay servant/lay speakers. The Mission Statement of the UMC says it best: “The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” Joining the ranks with likeminded lay leaders from the district may be just the first step for you to begin to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. If your passion is to serve Christ then contact Janet Boyd, the Three Rivers District Director of Lay Servant Ministries, to discuss the options available to you for active service in the ministry of the laity. Janet can be reach at 740-504-2238 or email her at missionjeb2003yahoo.com. Follow us on our Facebook page Lay servant Ministries of EOC and Three Rivers District. (cont’d from page 1) lives and transform us in the process. Looking to the future, there are many reasons to praise God as we continue to worship, grow and serve in the love of Christ here in Perrysville. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and it is so much more that a big meal with family and friends. It is a time to reflect on and to be thankful for all of the good things we have been received from our Lord and Savior. Even with all of the uncertainty and turmoil in the world, we have so much to be thankful for. Instead of lamenting what you feel is lacking in your life why not begin each new day by developing an attitude of gratitude. Friends, if we have enough to eat, a place to live, a way to get around, people who care about us, people we care about than we are truly blessed and very wealthy. Make everyday a day of Thanksgiving! I am thankful for being able to celebrate another thanksgiving with the Perrysville Church family. Memories of the past nine years will be with me forever and I am looking forward to creating many more with my brothers and sisters in Christ. Happy Thanksgiving! Pastor Millissa Let’s talk turkey! Thanksgiving is the first holiday established in the United States. Which of the founding fathers suggested the turkey be the American national bird? George Washington John Adams Benjamin Franklin John Hancock Answer: Benjamin Franklin he thought the turkey although “vain and silly” was a better choice than the bald eagle. Which he felt was a “coward” Thomas Jefferson wanted the symbol to be a dove. Thanks to John Adams the national symbol/bird is the eagle. Why should we never talk like a turkey? Because it’s bad to use fowl language! What did the American Indian call the Pilgrim with a bucket over his head? Paleface. What’s the key to a great Thanksgiving? A tur-key! What would you get if you crossed a famous Giant with Indian corn? Willie Maize MIDWEST Mission Trip August 5-9, 2013 Four first timers joined 17 seasoned volunteers on their annual pilgrim to the Midwest Mission Distribution Center (MMDC). The team represented five churches: Galion Christ UMC, Fredericktown UMC, Cardington First UMC, Salem UMC, Trinity UMC-Mt Gilead, and Perrysville UMC, all traveling to Chatham ILL. They took with them six hundred plus pounds of book bags, sewing machines, school supplies, hospital gowns, receiving blankets, diapers, boys/girls shorts and tops, bicycle, treadle sewing machine and flood buckets. The group did a variety of activities. There were a variety of kits counted, packed and readied for shipment. They emptied, quality checked and repacked cleaning buckets, built desks for an inner city school in Springfield, painted signs for MMDC, mowed grass, cut patterns, cut and sewed school bags, Haitian school uniforms/hospital gowns/outfits for the children in the orphanage. We worshiped, laughed, ate great meals (prepared by none other than our Pastor Millissa), ate icecream, went sightseeing and felt blessed for the work we did. On Friday our last assignment for MMDC was to pray a blessing a shipment that was ready to be sent out of the country to various parts of the world. We laid our hands on the shipment praying for safe delivery, praying for those individuals delivering/distributing, and those receiving. This was truly the high point of the week for many of us. On April 27, 2014 Mark Freeman, Warehouse Supervisor for MMDC and his wife Pat will be guest of Trinity UMC in Mt Gilead for United Methodist Women Sunday. They are inviting others to join them in worship at 8:30 or 10:30 to hear about the destinations Midwest Mission Distribution sends the items that the teams from all over America work on. Pastor Millissa has a DVD of this year’s team in action if anyone has an interest in participating on a mission team. Twenty –one spirit filled members along with 425 pounds of fabric. Which the ladies of various churches will cut and sew into school bags, gowns, etc all readied Check Us Out . . . Our adult Sunday School has grown to 10 participants and we are presently studying Proverbs. Our Junior Church has had as many as nine children attending during worship service. Sisterhood continues to be enjoyed with 16 ladies attending in October.