JuneJulyAugust 2015 - Stout Memorial United Methodist Church

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Our Mission and Vision as a Congregation
To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of
the world through:
Building up… Reaching out… And Growing Together
PASTOR PAUL’S PONDERINGS
St. Anne, Grandmother of Jesus
Though never mentioned in the Bible, St. Anne (or Ann) is traditionally known as the mother of Mary and
grandmother of Jesus. Her name comes from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning “grace.” Legend holds that she
believed herself barren until finally, after 20 years of marriage, she gave birth to the baby who would become Jesus’ mother. As the story goes, Anne later had two more daughters, Mary Cleopas and Mary Salome, each of whom gave birth to boys who came to be followers of their cousin Jesus: James the Younger
and James the Elder, Simon, Jude and John the Evangelist.
Statues and pictures of Anne often show her teaching Mary to read. Others show her with both her oldest
daughter and her grandson Jesus. Commemorated on July 26, Anne is considered the patron saint of grandmothers. In some parts of the world, Roman Catholics consider her their grandmother, too.
Thanks to all of our grandmothers, who so often go unrecognized and humbly hidden in the background.
Yet for many of us (including Jesus) our grandmothers are special and have taught us about the meaning of
self-giving love.
This summer spend some time with your grandmother. Or if she has already joined the heavenly procession, whisper a prayer of thanks.
Food Drive
Saturday, June 20, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
at the Vienna Walmart
Non-perishable food items and monetary donations to benefit Old Man Rivers Mission
and our Youth going to Florida.
Softball Players Needed
With Spring comes the sound of bats hitting balls, the smell of freshly
mowed grass and softball. We are looking for men willing to play on our
softball team. If you are interested, see Bill Smith. If you don’t know Bill,
call the office at 304-428-1179 and get him your information. We guarantee a spring/summer of fun and fellowship. Sign up today!
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MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Save the Date!! The music department will hold a music Extravaganza on Sunday, June 7th at 3:00 p.m. in
the church sanctuary. Come and enjoy choral and hand bell music!
Summer Series 2015 - Special Music
June
14 Tracy Miller
September
6 Susan Woods
21 Kim Vineyard
28 Rick Poling
July
5 David and Patty Bush
12 Bob & Melissa Herceg
19 C-notes (Tom Blissett, Don Hainkel, Bob Herceg & Emerson Shimp)
26 Roger Bush
August
2 David Imboden
9 Staats, Poling & Miller (Johnny Staats, Rick Poling & Tracy Miller)
16 Jane Wilfong
23 The Proclaimers
30 RB3 (Roger Bush, Buddy Lee & Rick Poling)
Vacation Bible School 2015 -“BLAST TO THE PAST”
SAVE THE DATE…. VBS 2015:
Blast to the Past, July 19-23
It’s that time of year again………Vacation Bible School!!! Our Bible School
this year will be held July 19th-23rd, and we are currently recruiting help.
Your help is needed in games, snack, meals, crafts, teachers, and registration, just to name a few. Currently you can sign up on the back of the
weekly communication cards, but you can also call the church office or see
either one of our directors: Gabby Olson and Juli Cramer. This year’s VBS
will have a mission theme, and our mission project will be our backpack
ministry. More details about the mission project will follow as the date approaches. Also, watch the bulletin for pre-registration for students. We
hope you’ll join us as we take a “Blast to the Past” this July!!!
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Youth & Family Summer Activities
The Journey
Pizza, Prayer and Play will resume on June 17th, Wednesdays at noon, at the church. We’ll do our devotion
and have lunch first, then travel to our activities. See below for the activities.
June
August
17th: Goofy Golf
5th: Snowbiz
July
1st: Board Games
8th: Bowling - Emerson Lanes (2 free games)
15th: Movie - TBD
22nd: VBS - “Blast to the Past”
29th: St. Mary’s Aquatic Center
Summer Family Events
June 19th: WV Power Game - Leave from the church at 5:30 p.m. and
caravan to Charleston Power Park for the 7:05 p.m. game. Tickets are
$8/each (unless we have enough fro group rates - minimum 20). Firework display following the game, and free plush black bear giveaway.
July 17th: Outdoor Movie Night - Weather permitting, big screen outside with popcorn, hot dogs and candy. Bring your own lawn chair and
drinks to share. Movie title to be announced. 9:15 p.m. (In case of rain,
movie will be moved to the Fellowship Hall.)
August 9th: Annual Back to School Pool Party - details will be announced in the bulletin closer to the date.
Join us for some good family fun!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU….
For all that the congregation has done to support the youth that will be traveling to the National Youth Event,
“Go On”, June 21st—June 28th. This trip would not be possible without all of the support you have given
over the last few months. The youth group at Stout, as a whole, is so blessed to have such a generous,
supportive congregation, and we just want you to know how much we love and appreciate you!! We are especially grateful for all of your prayers, and ask for you to please continue your prayers not only for us, but
for all attending the event. We are truly blessed to be a part of your church family!!
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VISITATION NEWS
BIRTHDAY CARD SHOWERS
We continue to celebrate our shut-in birthdays and those in our church family turning 90 or older with a card
shower and a little surprise (when appropriate). We are now putting out the card bag the
month prior to the individual’s birthday for two weeks. You may use the cards provided or
bring one of your own. You are welcome to put anything in the bags. We will have a list
in each newsletter of the upcoming birthdays as well as including it in the “This week at
Stout” email monthly. Please make sure you stop by the birthday table to send your love
to our church family who need to know you care.
P.S. Thank you so much for all the beautiful birthday cards that are being donated!!
The upcoming birthdays are:
July
Pat Dawkins
Freda Little
George Sigler
Betty Davis
Betty Rollins
September
August
July
July
July
July
July
3
15
15
23
30
Clara Wilson
Charlie Smith
Helen Sandy
August 8
August 22
August 25
Virginia Jeffrey
Hope Chambers
Bob Wilson
Mary Hoover
September 3
September 18
September 18
Sept. 25 (99)
The next Visitation Team meeting is scheduled for July 7th at 1:30pm in the parlor. If you have a heart for
spending a little time with a shut in or helping with the ministry projects we do throughout the year I would
encourage you to attend a meeting. Become a part of a very important ministry in our church. All are welcome!
Blessings,
Susan Woods
Visitation Team Chairman
Giving to Building Fund
April 1, 2015 – April 30, 2015
Paid on Loan to date: $1,067,791.52
Gifts during period: $3,236.00
Balance of Loan: $593,980.94
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Upcoming Sermons
June 7
8:15/10:45 am
 “Don’t Give Up Now!”
 II Corinthians 4:13-5:1
9:30 am
 “Up the Wrong Tree”
 Genesis 3:8-15
June 14
8:15/10:45 am
 “Hamburgers Don’t Grow on
Trees”
 Mark 4:26-34
9:30 am
 “Hope in a Seed”
 Mark 4:20-35
July 5
8:15/10:45 am
 “Chickens With Eyeglasses”
 II Corinthians 12:7-10
9:30 am
 “Take Nothing for the Journey”
 Mark 6:1-13
July 12
8:15/10:45 am
 “Are You a Polar Bear?”
 Ephesians 1:3-14
9:30 am
 “Coming Clean”
 Psalm 24
June 21
8:15/10:45 am
 “It Was a Dark and Stormy
Night”
 Mark 4:35-41
9:30 am
 “Faith, Risk and Sky-High
Selfie
 Mark 4:35-41
July 19
8:15/10:45 am
 “Shall We Take the Escalator?”
 Mark 6:30-34
9:30 am
 “The Greatest Gift of All
Time”
 Ephesians 2:11-22
June 28
8:15/10:45 am
 “Is the Doctor in Today?
 Mark 5:21-43
9:30 am
 “When Is Rich, Rich?”
 I John 3:16-24
July 26
8:15/10:45 am
 “The World’s Largest Covered
Dish Dinner”
 John 6:1-15
9:30 am
 “Two Fish and a 3-D Printer”
 John 6:1-21
August 2
8:15/10:45 am
 “Don’t’ Forget the Bread”
 John 6:24-35
9:30 am
 “Church With Integrity”
 Ephesians 4:1-16
August 9
8:15/10:45 am
 “Dealing With Cantankerous
People”
 Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2
9:30 am
 “Eating for Eternal Life”
 John 6:35, 41-51
August 16
8:15/10:45 am
 “About Getting Drunk
 Ephesians 5:15-20
9:30 am
 “Am I Dying?”
 I Kings 2:10-12
August 23
8:15/10:45 am
 “No Turning Back”
 John 6:56-69
9:30 am
 “Paul’s Product Proposal”
 Ephesians 6:10-20
August 30
8:15/10:45 am
 “She Looked Great, But . . .”
 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
9:30 am
 “The Depravity Standard”
 Mark 7:1-8
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MISSION NEWS
Parkersburg Urban Ministries
The Parkersburg Urban Ministries (PUM) is made up of United Methodist Churches in the Parkersburg Urban
Parish. Each church supports the pantry operated by PUM director, Rev. Lisa Taylor and her volunteers. The
Parkersburg area has been divided up geographically by the Wood County Food Co-op. Administrators keep
track of who picks up food at each pantry. Therefore, they do not necessarily serve the same people. Here
at Stout, we have two containers outside the church office to collect donated items - one is labeled for Christ
UMC and the other for Parkersburg, Urban Ministry donations. Please continue to support both Christ UMC
and PUM, a ministry that helps often when Christ UMC can’t. Every month, each church in the Parish is given
a different list of items needed for PUM.
PUM Needs for June, July & August
June: Canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, white sugar.
Special needs: Canned fruit & canned mixed vegetable.
July: Hot cereal (oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, etc.), cold cereal - 10-20 oz. boxes, canned fruit
Special needs: Boxed macaroni & cheese, canned meat.
August: Soups, stews, milk (canned evaporated or dry powdered)
Special Needs: Boxed “meal helpers”, skillet dinners.
FaithLink Shoe Drive: Coming July 1st. Start saving your shoes!
PUM Summer Spirit Day
Please support our summer Spirit Day, June 18th, at Chick-Fil-A by having the cashier put your receipt in the
donations box - all day - eat in or carry out.
Thank You
Dear Friends, Thank you very much for the cards, messages and
calls during the illness and death of my mother, Mary Garnes. The
donations made in her name are greatly appreciated. These expressions of love continue to help us as we go through this difficult time.
Judy Bennon & family
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United Methodist Women
The organization of the United Methodist Women is organized so that each woman of
the United Methodist Church may live out her calling and faith story for God’s mission.
God calls us to step out in faith to minister to folks in need of God’s hope and love in
their lives. The programs of the United Methodist Women will help us accomplish mission and ministry in our personal life, our church, our community and the world.
All women of Stout Memorial United Methodist Church are called to step out in faith to mission with others in
service to those in need of God’s hope and love. Not all women are active in the organized group of United
Methodist Women but all are called. Please join us in our call to mission and fellowship.
Each year in June, the United Methodist Women (UMW) have a Salad Lunch that is prepared and served by
the members for the women of the church, as well as the members of the organized Unit. We encourage all
of Stout Memorial’s women to prepare their favorite salad and come together for lunch on June 25, 2015 at
Noon in the Fellowship Hall. The Chairman of the Board of the Latrobe Street Mission, Greg Smith, will be
our speaker. The Latrobe Street Mission is one of the missions supported by the UMW, not only with our
money but, very frequently, with food that has been prepared and left from events held here at Stout Memorial. We will learn more about this mission as it is now, their plans for its future, as well as the ongoing
“hands on” needs of this mission that is so closely located to our church.
Other missions supported by the Stout Memorial UMW include Burlington UM Family Services, Scotts Run Settlement, Christ UMC Food Pantry, Family Crisis Center, Good Samaritan Center, Children’s Home Society,
PACH, Meals for One Program, Old Man Rivers Mission, and Wesley Child Care Center.
In addition to local Units support of mission, we support cooperatively with programs of the Little Kanawha
District UMW by :
Collecting tabs from pop cans and other cans in support of raising money to help the Morgantown Ronald
McDonald House
Cutting and snipping Labels for Education for CDOM (Community Development Outreach Ministries).
Containers are available in the Gathering Space to drop off pop tabs or Labels for Education. We ask the
church to join us in collecting these items that will be used to do much good for others.
Remember This Date: June 25th, 2015 Salad Lunch for all United Methodist Women.
Prepared By: Patsy Flensborg, President, Stout Memorial UMW
United Methodist Men
In June, July and August, we will have our Executive meetings on the first Saturday of each month, but no
regular meetings and breakfasts. On July 11th, we will host the District UMM meeting and breakfast.
In September, we will have our Executive meeting on the first Saturday of the month and our regular breakfast and meeting on the second Saturday. On September 19th, we will begin making peanut brittle.
Men, if you are not joining us in Christian fellowship and good times, please do. We
will always have an extra plate set for you. Our breakfast and meetings start at 8:30
a.m. and we finish by 11:00 a.m.
Stout Memorial United Methodist Church
3329 Broad Street
Parkersburg, WV 26104
Phone: 304-428-1179
Fax: 304-428-4593
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: stoutmemorial.org
Ministry Chairs: Deadline
for September newsletter
items is August 16, 2015.
Kroger Community Rewards Program
Stout Memorial is now enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Whether you already have a
Kroger Plus card, or need to sign up for one, registering your card so that Stout will receive a small portion of
purchases is easy. This won’t affect any of the points or benefits each individual receives, but are in addition
to. Just go to: www.krogercommunityrewards.com and follow the simple instructions. If you don’t already
have a card, just stop by the service desk at any Kroger and sign up for one… it’s free! Once you’re registered, just use your card for purchases in store and for gas, and while you’re earning points, Stout Memorial
will see benefits, too! If you have any questions, or need help registering, just call or stop by the office and
we’ll be happy to help you! Remember to have your card handy when registering.
To Use the KCRP:
 Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com & click on Sign in/Register
 Most participants are new on-line customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in
the “New Customer” box.
 Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by enter zip code, click on favorite store, enter your email address
& create a password, agree to the terms & conditions.
 You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
 Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
 Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
 Update or confirm your information.
 Enter NPO number (81666) or the name of the organization (Stout Memorial), select organization from
list and click confirm.
 To verify that you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization's name on the right side of your
information page.
 REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their card(s).
 Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 1-800-576-4377, select option 4 to get your Kroger
Plus card number.
 Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is attached to their
registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.