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North Bethesda
United Methodist Church
November 2014
Volume 43, Issue 10
Pumpkins and Ponies and Goats, Oh My!
The Harvest Festival was a huge success with
pumpkins rolling out of the patch by the barrel;
cowgirls and cowboys riding Casper, Eva, and Gidget
around the lower yard; everyone oooing and ahhing
over the softness of the bunny fur; the shave ice
delighting folks with its many colors and flavors,
including pumpkin pie; Jack
Enders regaling folks with
jokes while dispensing
tickets; Mark and Rose Aehle
selling yummy snacks,
including healthful apples and granola bars; and Pastor Jeff being
decked out in an orange NBUMC shirt and cap.
There were so many special moments. The baby
goats were so adorable that Janet Replogle
named them Nutmeg and Ginger. One little
boy’s mom treated him to eight rides in a row on
Casper. He highly entertained pony leader
Valerie Blane by sharing stories of horses he had known. Jacqui Cragg’s
mom, who does NOT live in assisted living, arrived in her wheelchair,
thanks to her caregiver. Dayna Fellows brought Gidget, the smallest
pony, over to see her, while Joe, the head of the ponies, introduced her
to Eva, the largest pony.
Parents took pictures of their kids standing in the Big
Pumpkin, riding ponies, eating shave ice that turned their lips
and tongues bright colors, and
running happily around those
incredibly beautiful pumpkins. What
a glorious day!
Valerie Blane
North Bethesda United
Methodist Church
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Obrimpong Amoa-Awua
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For additions or corrections you can
contact Diane Tabatabai at 301-9836878 or [email protected].
10100 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda MD 20814
Phone: (301) 530–4342
E–mail: [email protected]
Website:
www.NorthBethesdaUMC.org
Office Manager: Chris Lee
Office Hours: Tuesday thru Thursday 8:30
AM– 4:30 PM
Pastor: Pastor Jeff Jones
Cell Phone: (240) 994-1505
Minister of Visitation: Linda Thompson
Music Director: Tony Ashur
Coordinator of Education: Vicki Morrison
Custodian: Ram Phuyal
Contact Newsletter Editor: Valerie Blane
Contact Newsletter Publisher: Chris Lee
Sign Language Corner: Signs
for people
Although we already discussed name signs for
specific people, there are also signs for family
members, including father, mother, daughter,
son, grandmother, grandfather, niece,
nephew, cousin, aunt, and uncle. Male signs
are made at the forehead or temple. Female
signs are made at
the chin or jaw
area.
Valerie Blane
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PREACHER FEATURE
As a child, I remember driving to Quakertown, PA, for my mother’s
family’s Thanksgiving celebrations. My uncle owned a construction
company and had done very well. They had an old farm house and barn,
and it was the perfect place for a feast. All my mother’s siblings and my
cousins would arrive for Thanksgiving. We would camp out with the
cousins, sleep everywhere, and stay for a couple of days. We thought we
were like the Kennedys at their compound. That should clue you in to how
long ago that was.
What I remember was that we had a feast of so many different kinds of foods. We were
urged to try everything as a part of the meal. Sometimes the stuffing seemed to have too
many onions or mushrooms in it for my liking, but it was an adventure. And there were
always several desserts to choose. We remained at the table a very long time talking
about all the things going on in the world. I remember moving to the grown up table my
last year or so of high school. That was a real privilege to be included with the adults.
It’s been years since we gathered together. I lost my mother, then her brother and his
wife both died. We haven’t been with that side of the family since. I still think of that as
my Norman Rockwell imagine of Thanksgiving. I tell you this because we, too, are at a
feast table here at North Bethesda. We, too, have so many choices to make as well.
First, I want to thank God for the variety of gifts, skills, and service that the members
and participants provide for the life of the church. It’s as if each of us brings a dish, our
time, resources, or abilities to put on the table for all to enjoy. It is a feast; we have been
blessed.
Second, we have a feast of activities going on in our lives. There are many, many
choices for what to do and how to spend our time. It’s a blessing, too, but it can be
overwhelming. There are activities in the building all week.
There are many ways we can make a difference in the life of others. The challenge
becomes what we can do that will help someone else, such as services to the community,
mission projects, and people in need. Although these can be overwhelming, our challenge
is how to respond. Out of gratitude for our time and money, we need to think about doing
as much as we can to share generously.
St. Paul said that when he was a child, he thought like a child, acted like a child, and
did childish things. But when he grew up he put away childish ways. As a child, I didn’t
have to worry about fixing food to bring to the Thanksgiving table. I could really just think
about playing with my cousins. But as I got older and became eligible for the grown up
table, responsibilities increased.
As participants of this congregation, we can show our gratitude to God by participating
in bringing our resources to the table. We could use your help. There are services you can
provide as we make sure there are two adults in every classroom of Sunday School. We
need volunteers for the Nursery and Prime Time for the same reason. Look around and
respond when someone asks if you can give some. Sometimes the help is financial, as you
give more for our ministries. It all helps.
Elaine and I want to thank North Bethesda for welcoming us into your church family.
May our time together be another reason to give thanks to God.
Thank you, Pastor Jeff
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SCENES FROM OUR HARVEST FESTIVAL
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November worship will cover a multitude of emotions and expectations. By letting you
know what will happen in November’s worship moments, we hope you prepare and
come with some anticipation of sensing God in our midst and be available to His
touching our very own lives.
11/2 All Saint’s Communion - Psalm 23, “The Lord Is My Shepherd”
We will remember those who have died by lighting candles on the altar in their
memories. We hope that those who have lost loved ones will be here with their
families to remember the touch these people have had on our lives. If you’ve lost a
loved one, please notify the office right away.
11/9 Veteran’s Day - 1 Kings 18: 20-39, “Elijah & the Battle for faith at Mt.
Carmel”
We will have an invitation to remember the power of God to help us and a chance to
think on ways we show our gratitude in our giving back to enhance the ministry of
Jesus.
11/16 - John 11: 1-44, “Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead”
We will discuss how Jesus can bring us back from impossible situations and reflect with
gratitude the way we can bring others back to life with a significant ministry support
by our gifts and service.
11/23 Thanksgiving Sunday -Deuteronomy 8: 7-18, “God has blessed us and
we shouldn’t forget”
We will have an opportunity to commit our resources into God’s hands in
remembrance of God’s many blessings by putting our estimate of giving cards on the
altar in commitment and gratitude.
11/30 Advent One - 1 John 4: 7-21, “Love is from God “
Love is from God. Love our neighbors with God’s love.
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Advent is Coming
Advent is a church season that has been
around since the third century of Christianity.
It was a time for the church to prepare for the
coming of the Christ Child into our lives and
to remember that Christ will come again at
the end of time, to end the reign of bad
things and set the Kingdom of God
permanently into all our hearts and minds.
In our culture, Advent’s season of preparation seems to begin in the summer, when
the first hints of Christmas music floats over Christmas decorations in Hallmark stores.
Decorations take on hues of red, white, and green as a reminder of the season. Black
Friday becomes a giant effort to encourage people to begin a period of frenzied
shopping.
Spiritually, Advent is a time for us to prepare for more Christ-like living. If we know
he is returning really soon, we should be doing what he asked us to do and not get
caught all of a sudden. That’s certainly one way to look at it. Or, we can decide we’ve
looked around our world, and we know we could use a whole lot more Christ-like love,
patience, and hope. We start to act with the love, patience, and hope that was in
Jesus, to give a good gift to our world, our families, our culture.
In the sanctuary, the color turns to purple or blue as a reminder of Jesus’ royalty and
of our owed allegiance to him for bringing our relationship to God into a perfect place.
The candles we light each week point to a major step toward God, and our living more
Christ-like shows that God is with us. Blessings on your Advent preparations.
Pastor Jeff Jones
Hospitality Starts with an
Invitation
The next few weeks will be perfect opportunities for you
to invite a friend to church. With all the events that
help us give thanks to God, and with all the Christmas
preparations appearing, this is the best time to suggest
to friends that they join you at North Bethesda.
Begin now to pray about whom you should bring during this season. Ask God to
identify who will be ready to accept your invitation. Pray for the courage to find the
right moment to invite them. You will be doing yourself and your friends a great
service. You are helping to restore their relationship to God.
Hint for people you meet at church. “Hello, I’m (your name), and we haven’t met yet,
have we?” “Do you have a question I might be able to answer?” “Would you like to
meet some other great people here?” “Let me take you to our Fellowship Hall for
coffee and great treats.” “Would you like to meet our pastor? Let me introduce you to
him.”
Pastor Jeff Jones
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Recipe: Chicken & Rice Florentine Casserole
From the Kitchen of: Kathy Devadas
4 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
½ lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 pkgs Uncle Ben’s White & Wild Rice mix, prepared
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 pkgs. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
Seasoned salt & pepper to taste
2 cups Pepperidge Farm herbed stuffing cubes
½ cup melted butter
½ cup slivered almonds
Cook Uncle Ben’s rice mix according to package directions. Combine cooked
rice with cubed chicken, onion, celery, mushrooms, water chestnuts, garlic,
cream of mushroom soup, cheese, walnuts, spinach, salt & pepper. Put into
greased 9x13” baking dish. In a separate bowl, combine the herbed stuffing
cubes, melted butter and slivered almonds. Spread over top of casserole, then
cover with foil. Bake at 350˚ for 30 minutes. Remove foil cover and continue
baking for another 15-20 minutes until topping browns. Serves 6-8.
We thank the following people for submitting photos: Elaine Jones, Linda
Thompson, Jacqueline Jones-Smith, Carol Malmi, and Ludmila Gawrisch.
For sale: lamp or plant stand of dark wood mahogany; one
drawer and a shelf at the bottom. Please call 301-9475566, if interested.
David Early
(not actual picture)
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DIEGO MILLER’S MUSIC HISTORY PROJECT
Diego Miller, 8, is passionate about learning. His
two favorite subjects are piano music and
mathematics. With his parents’ and teachers’
support and encouragement, he dives into these
subjects with 100% effort and is eager to share
what he learns.
Diego studies piano with Jennifer Fellows. After
the fall 2013 Fellows Studio recital, Diego and his
father, Daniel, started forming the idea for the
music history project. In January 2014,
everybody started working in earnest. Diego
concentrated on the Baroque, Romantic, and Jazz
music, although with his father, he first studied an overview of all of music history. Ms.
Ann Bartlow, Diego’s 2nd grade teacher, has a degree in piano performance from the
University of Maryland, in addition to her public school teaching credentials. She
suggested a PowerPoint Presentation for Diego. He read
many books and chose attractive pictures to illuminate
the main points. Jennifer and Spencer Fellows helped
Diego choose and polish his repertoire for the
project. Diego wrote his entire text (over 70 pages) by
hand. Over many hours, Diego and his father assembled
his project, including reading and discussing books,
visiting interesting locations, working on the clarity of
Diego’s delivery, and finally, filming and condensing
over two hours of material into a twenty-five minute
presentation.
Grammarian’s Corner: Adjectival phrases
Last month, we discussed relative clauses. Adjectival phrases will often have a
present participle in them. They are not clauses, because they do not have a subject/
verb format. In the examples below, they describe the subject of the sentence.
Washing the car, John sprayed water on me. John was washing the car, and he
sprayed water on me.
While blessing the animals, Pastor Jeff was licked, nudged, and sat upon, but not
bitten.
Thinking ahead, Pope Francis welcomed gays and lesbians into the church.
Valerie Blane
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Blessing of the Animals
Barks and meows rang across the patch on
Saturday, October 25, at the blessing of the
animals. A small, but certainly vocal, group of four
-legged friends and their companions gathered
under the bright sun with Pastor Jeff as he led us in
a short service inspired by Saint Francis and several
Bible verses adapted for the occasion. At the end
of the service, Pastor Jeff touched each animal,
spoke each name, and blessed the beloved pet.
Even the incorrigible Gwynneth was calm and belly
up!
William Bradford Visits Patch
William Bradford, second governor of
Plymouth Colony, visited the patch on
Sunday, October 26, sharing the story
of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving.
Attired in black coat, vest, breeches,
stockings, and those iconic Pilgrim
shoes, he told of his religious conversion
from the Church of England to that of
the Separatists, the longing for freedom
to worship God without restraint, and
the establishing of Plymouth town.
Bradford concluded with the story of the
relationship with the Indians and the
grand feast they called Thanksgiving,
praising God for friends, food, and the
ability to worship God.
Many thanks to Pastor Jeff for his
excellent and inspiring portrayal,
including the British accent!
Valerie Blane
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Endowment Fund Founders Loyse and Warren Hardin:
Giving the Tree of Life to Their Church Family
Loyse and Warren Hardin, NBUMC members who had no
children and no close relatives, enjoyed their friendships at
NBUMC and depended on members for support in their
retirement years. After Warren’s death, Loyse depended
heavily on church members as her health gradually failed in her
last years. For them, the words “church family” had deep and
heartfelt meaning. When Loyse told church members that she
thought Warren would want her to leave his accumulated
investment income to NBUMC, church officers were caught by
surprise. But we’re getting ahead of the story. Let’s get to
know Loyse and Warren.
Loyse was born on a farm near Economy, Missouri, on
October 14, 1903. Her great-grandfather, James Moody, was a
Baptist preacher and one of the earliest circuit riders in
Missouri. Her mother died when Loyse was quite young. She
and her father moved to Little Rock and then to Dallas, Texas,
where she graduated from high school and worked as a secretary. Early in the 1940s like many young women all
around the country, Loyse received a letter from Uncle Sam inviting her to accept a government job. She boarded a
train and came to Washington to work for the U.S. Treasury Department. She was detailed to help the Social
Security Administration as a keypunch operator (an early form of data entry clerk.) With a bevy of ten other young
“government girls,” she lived in a boarding house in downtown Washington.
Warren was born in Atlanta, on May 24, 1908. He graduated from Emory University cum laude with a Bachelor of
Philosophy degree in 1929. He went on to earn his law degree at Emory in 1931 and was admitted to practice in the
Georgia Court of Appeals in 1933. In the late 1930’s, Warren came to Washington, DC, to work in the General
Accounting Office. When he proposed to Loyse, he was an established professional, but he had not yet made his
fortune.
They met on the steps of Loyes’s boarding house. At the end of the working day, after dinner, the young ladies
sat on the broad front steps taking in the evening air and people watching. Inevitably, young men gravitated toward
those steps for light conversation and flirtation. Many a marriage was launched on those evenings. Loyse, a
vivacious young lady, enjoyed conversation and appreciated the good-natured courtesies of gentlemen like Warren,
who became her greatest admirer. Soon they were wed.
Loyse and Warren’s marriage was rudely interrupted by World War II. Warren went into the Army in 1943. He
served in the 121st Finance Disbursing Unit in both England and France. He was in Paris on VE Day, May 7, 1945.
While he was away, Loyse used her secretarial skills as a Sergeant in the Army Air Forces, stationed in Washington.
After returning from the war, Warren opened a law practice. He and Loyse picked up married life where they had left
off.
Warren and Loyse loved to travel all over the world and took many trips in the 1960s and 1970s. They
enjoyed living in the Grosvenor Park apartments where they had many friends and entertained frequently.
They played golf at the nearby course at Georgetown Prep. Warren managed their business affairs and
finances. During these years, he enjoyed researching and investing in stocks. He bought small amounts of
stock on the New York Stock Exchange – always and only blue chips. These bits and pieces of finance flooded
into his mailbox in the form of brisk business envelopes containing dividend checks, vote-or-proxy requests,
and investment information. He kept his financial records in order and up to date, and he systematically
squirrelled away dividends for decades. Loyse paid little attention to these details and threw up her hands at
the pesky stream of investment correspondence that cluttered the mailbox. They were faithful members of
NBUMC and joined Jesse Shelton’s Adult Bible Study class in the late 1970s. As they moved into their own
seventies, they gave up their car, and NBUMC members became their transportation team.
In the mid-1980’s, they decided to move to Asbury Methodist Village. They had bought an apartment and
were ready to pack up and move when disaster struck. Warren suffered a severe stroke. The move was put
on hold. Warren was taken to the Veteran’s Administration hospital at the Perry Point, Maryland, Medical
Center north of Baltimore and remained there for the rest of his life. Fanny Shelton and other members of
NBUMC drove Loyse the long distance to the hospital as often as possible to visit him. Warren died on
September 20, 1988. He was buried at Quantico National Cemetery with military honors. In the September
25 NBUMC church bulletin, Loyse’s name appeared in the circle of concern list of those in need of prayer.
Loyse was lost. She was baffled by the task of sorting, discarding, and packing for a move to the Asbury
apartment. Jesse Shelton, Henry Benedict, and other NBUMC members pitched in and got the job done. Fanny
Shelton drove her to her new home. Loyse began a new way of life, without Warren. She needed help.
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Fanny became Loyes’s medical guardian angel. She accompanied Loyse to doctor’s appointments at a
medical office just across the street from the apartment. When Loyse was confused by an increasing number
of medications, Fanny set up a large chart showing when to take each pill. She called Loyse daily at the times
when Loyse should be taking a pill. Loyse welcomed these reminders, and Fanny looked after her as a family
member. Fannie was Loyse’s “periscope to the world.”
The Sheltons also helped Loyse keep up at least some of her social life. She loved Chinese food, and once a
week Jesse and Fanny took her out to an excellent Chinese restaurant near Asbury Village. Often another
Asbury resident, Dr. Philip Edwards, a retired Methodist minister, joined them. Loyse and Philip put their
heads together and kept up lively conversations, talking about old times and good times and having many a
good laugh. Fanny and Jesse could only listen in on the seamless stream of reminiscences.
Henry Benedict, then the Minister of Visitation as well as the church organist and choir director, visited
Loyse weekly on Thursday afternoons to help her with business and financial matters. By now, Loyse’s vision
was failing, and she could not see very well. Henry opened the mail, which Loyse had been collecting for a
week, and read the letters to her. He wrote checks for Loyse to sign to pay her bills. He responded to
business notices. He collected those pesky investment dividends, which Warren had left in a trust to Loyse,
and deposited them in Loyes’s bank account. Loyes was glad to have him handle it all, and as he went
through the mail, she engaged him in bantering conversation. She always offered hot tea and dessert. Henry,
a man of charm and wit, was a gallant companion during those visits, and then took his leave to take deposits
to the bank.
In her last year, Loyse told Jesse and Henry that she believed Warren would want to leave the long
accumulating investment dividends to the church. She had paid little attention to the money, and she and
Warren had always enjoyed living on his income. Now, with no children and no close family members, Loyse
wanted to give the money to her church family. Jesse, who was then the church Treasurer, and several other
NBUMC officers talked over her request and formed a plan that seemed to honor her wish while protecting the
fiduciary interests that Warren would have wanted. Jesse presented the idea to Loyse: after she made any
other bequests, the church would accept a bequest to be used as an Endowment Fund devoted to capital
improvements. Interest on the investment of the funds could be disbursed, on the basis of very conservative
principles, for capital needs such as roof repair. An Investment Committee would be formed to manage
investment and disbursement of Endowment funds. Loyse approved of this approach and signed a letter of
agreement.
Loyse’s eyesight and general health continued to fail. Henry realized that she would not be able to sign her
own check for much longer. Loyse agreed to have Jesse Shelton and Henry act as Powers of Attorney and also
to become trustees of a newly created Loyse Hardin Trust. As late as 1994, all of Loyse’s accounts and
investments were still listed as belonging to “Warren and Loyse Hardin,” with Warren’s social security number
as ID. To protect Loyse’s assets, Henry corrected the ownership records. In June, 1995, Loyse moved to the
Wilson Health Care Center where she received more concentrated medical care. Six months later, she died on
November 18, 1995. Church members attended a viewing and service at a local funeral home, and later,
several members joined Rev. Jeanne Klauda at a graveside service and interment at Quantico National
Cemetery.
The Church Council established an Endowment Fund and an Investment Committee to manage the fund,
with disbursements to be made to the Trustees for capital expenditures. Marvin Burt, whose financial
management firm had decades of experience in fiduciary management of very large investment funds as well
as individual investors’ savings, accepted responsibility for advising the Investment Committee and supervising
the initial fund transfers. He worked with Charles Schwab Company to establish a special no-fee account for
the Endowment, a courtesy Schwab extended on the basis of its longstanding relationship with Burt Financial
Management. That arrangement has continued since Marvin’s retirement.
Before her death Loyse had made a gift of stocks with a paper value of $35,000 at
that time, and this became the first deposit made into the Endowment fund. After
her death, and after the many small investments had been liquidated one by one,
those funds were deposited in the Endowment, bringing the total to well over
$360,000. Since its inception, the original gift has grown to over $391,000 today.
The conservative terms of its management are strictly observed by the Investment
Committee. A Tree of Life, located in the Narthex, is a beautiful memorial
established in honor of Warren and Loyse Hardin’s faithfulness and generosity to the
Church.
Loyse and Warren are buried together at Quantico National Cemetery in a double
grave. Warren lies below, and Loyse rests above. They are remembered with
gratitude and affection here at NBUMC, the Hardin’s church family.
Carol Malmi, with thanks to Jesse and Fannie Shelton
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SPOTLIGHT ON JOSHUA SMITH
On October 17, 2014, Central State University in
Wilberforce, Ohio dedicated the “Joshua I. Smith
Center for Education and Natural Sciences” building.
This dedication was in recognition of Josh’s
achievements and contributions in business as well
as his commitment to Central State University.
NBUMC is so proud of you!
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Giant Card Program Hopes to Make $2,000
The Giant card program is on track to raise over $2,000 again this
year. The money will go directly to the church to support our
comprehensive ministry to individuals and people throughout the
world. Thanks to everyone who has supported this program, both
regularly and occasionally.
The cards are sold at face value. For example, $20 buys a $20 card;
$100 buys a $100 card. There are no hidden fees. Giant gives the church a 5% discount
when we buy the cards to re-sell. That’s how we make our money.
You can now use a credit card to buy Giant cards. Of course, cash and checks can also be
used. We sell on the first and third Sundays of the month after worship in Johnson Hall.
We’re still looking for volunteers to help sell once a month. We will go back to a weekly
sales schedule if we get more volunteers. Just speak to Betty Ball, Patience Ball, Claude
Bartholomot, or me.
Hope to see you at the Giant table. Maybe YOU will make that $20 purchase that will put
us over the top!
Paul Hurlburt, program manager
Calling all parents and other adults who enjoy working with
children!
To follow the guidelines of the United Methodist Church, we must follow the Safe
Sanctuaries Policies and Guidelines. This policy suggests that all parents leading activities
with children and youth should have a recent background check (through fingerprinting.)
Safe Sanctuary requires that more than one adult always be with children at youth.
What does this mean for NBUMC? It means more adult volunteers are required on
Sundays (for Sunday School at 9:30, Nursery at10:45, PrimeTime following children's
moments, and Youth Group meetings/events.) One adult will almost always be
fingerprinted and have passed a background check. The other adult must complete a Safe
Sanctuary disclosure form. (This has been done routinely in the past for volunteers.)
THERE MUST BE A SECOND VOLUNTEER. NO ONE (including Tripta and Vicki) SHOULD BE
ALONE WITH CHILDREN/YOUTH. When only one person is with a group of children, NBUMC
is in violation of the Safe Sanctuaries Policy.
Please see me ASAP on Sunday or call me at (301)537-8466 to volunteer. No, this does
not mean you'll be volunteering every week. The idea is to have many volunteers to fill the
slots. Once I have potential volunteers, I will then schedule a Safe Sanctuaries training
meeting. This meeting will likely be immediately after worship in the next few weeks. It will
take less than an hour.
For your review, here's the link to NBUMC's policy:
http://www.northbethesdaumc.org/site/1/docs/NBUMC_SAFE_SANCTUARIES_final.pdf
Thanks so much for your consideration and participation.
Vicki Morrison
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