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JULY
Vacation Bible School 2008 July 28 through July 31 from 9:00 to Noon
We are inviting children age 4 thru 6th grade to be a part of the excitement at our Vacation Bible School, Beach Party: Surfin’ Through the Scriptures.
At the Beach Party, your children will become surfers, riding the wave of God’s love. The Bible stories presented at the Scripture Scene encourage your children to develop Beach Be-Attitudes: Be Obedient, Be Kind, Be Forgiving, Be Bold, and Believe. Your children will extend their learning through every activity: making their own special memories in Beachcomber science activities at the Surf’ n’ Sand Science Lab, participating in recreational activities at Rockin’ Rec, and enjoying tasty snacks at the Snack Shack.
Come enjoy the surf and sand from July 28 through July 31 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Registration forms are available in the Fellowship Hall.
Church Office Hours
Our Church Office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a lunch hour from noon to 1:00 p.m. We will be glad to help you. You may call us at 775-5362 or fax us at 775-6475.
All of our staff have Voice Mail available. If you call and they are not present, please feel free to leave a voice mail as directed by the answering machine message.
July’s Hospitality Committee
Chairwomen: Dee Brinks Lisa Weaver Carolyn Brines Skaya Brown Bev Campbell Linda Campbell Rochelle Carroll Kris Darrow Karen Elenbaas Darlene Fowler Amy Gullekson Lisa Kassuba Judy Murdoch Pat Schroeder Beth Stebbins Laura Sundstrom
The DEADLINE for the August Newsletter is Monday, July 21 at Noon. Please submit your articles in a timely manner. The information can be faxed to 775-6475 or e-mailed umccadillac@sbcglobal.net or left in the church office. Thank you!
Hazel Jarvis Member of the Month
With a cheerful smile and a ready laugh, Hazel can also smile with her eyes.
Hazel was born in St. Clair, Michigan. She graduated from high school there and after marriage she and her husband, Donald, owned and operated a mariana in St. Clair. People owned the boats but she and Donald ran and operated the wharves and also provided winter boat storage.
After the death of her husband, her daughter, Mary, wanted “Mom” to come to Cadillac and find a home here. Hazel has often said that God brought her here where she has an apartment at Kirtland Terrace. She enjoys the friendliness of the people here and those she has learned to know.
Her father was a Lay Minister in the Methodist Church. After joining the United Methodist Church in Cadillac, she has been involved in several activities including Susannah Wesley Circle, United Methodist Women, the A-Team for church mailings, ushering/greeting for many worship services.
Blessed with three granddaughters and one great-granddaughter, time with them brings her great pleasure; reading is a favorite pastime.
Hazel’s concerns are mainly about the war. She wonders what will happen in the future as she thinks about her grandchildren and other young people becoming adults in the years ahead.
Her favorite Bible verses are Matthew 7:1-2 and Matthew 7:7-8. A favorite hymn of Hazel’s is “Promises” and the assurance we have of God’s care.
With a confident outlook to the future and the willingness to be of use and help wherever she can, we know Hazel will be active and assured of this: God has the world in His Hands! God loves you and so do we!
A Memorial Service for John “Tim” Mangan was held at the church on June 20. Tim passed away on May 20 and is the spouse of Boo Mangan. He is best remembered for his passion for John Deere tractors and memorabilia, his service to our nation, his love of history and haying and his love and care for his family. We extend our love and condolences to Boo and her family.
We extend our deepest sympathy to Diana and Dave Burrill and their family on the death of Diana’s mother, Jean Gilbert, on June 10 and her father, Asa Jenny, on June 11 in Battle Creek.
July Birthdays
1 Mike Elmore, Michael Fisk Sr., Irene Gladding, Gay Thompson 2 Meagan Hughes 3 Harriett Gaumer 4 Paul Bihlmeyer 5 Ethan Hinkston, Kyle Smith 6 Christine Barton, Tim George 7 Ruth Conradson 9 Jim Hodges, Barb Tatarchuk 10 John Hines, Scott Kassuba, Ryan Olson, Zachary Perrin 12 DeAnn McClintock 13 Allen McCreedy, Dan Zenner 14 Bill Geeseman, Hazel Jarvis 15 Daniel Fisk 16 Kelly Pendrick, Neil Sheridan 17 Norma Stuart, Irene Szymke 18 Todd Foster 19 Lee Bilyea, Sara Haskins, Jack Tyler Racignol 20 Pete Buehler, Susan Greenman 21 Randy Perrin 22 Gloria Fountain, Michael James Sundstrom 25 Charles Bilyea, Ray Mayer 26 Kenneth Baker, William Olmstead 27 Matthew Christensen, Dale Greenman, Roger Johnson, Jeanne Lamphere, Lynda Tulick, John Wheat 28 Kathy Green 29 Jack Fitzgerald, Samuel Payne, Megan Payne, Christopher Truax 30 Terry Beck, Rachel Stewart 31 Linda Everett, Jesse Farmer, Austin Lee Pendrick
Harriett Gaumer will be celebrating her 90th birthday on July 3. Greetings can be sent to her at Harriett Gaumer ℅ Lakeview Lutheran Manor • 460 Pearl St - Room 414 • Cadillac, MI 49601
Parish Nurse “Health Bit” • Toy Safety 101
Babies and young toddlers have narrow airways and a tendency to put most everything in their mouth. This combination puts them at an especially high risk of choking on a toy. To help prevent choking, follow these safety tips:
Taken from Mayo Clinic Health Solutions
From The Finance Committee
The Finance Committee met on June 9 and reviewed the Treasurer’s Report. For May, we had a net loss of $7,038.35, with a net income for the year of $1,922.01. We had extra expenditures for the month, including a down payment on the Youth Mission - Eagle Ranch Flight School, Camp Scholarships and a down payment on the new dishwasher. The Committee also discussed starting the Annual Stewardship Campaign next month. The Treasurer reported that interest from the Mark Stoel Camper Fund is now available for Camp Scholarships. The amount, going to help campers, as of this writing, will be $450.
Are you an early riser? Begin your day with a close encounter with God. A small prayer group meets every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. in the Wesley Room. Bring your prayer concerns and joys and spend a sweet hour in prayer. Please use the entrance by the kitchen.
Another Prayer Group meets each Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Church Library. You are invited to come and share in prayer with either group. All are invited and welcomed.
Naomi Circle will meet at the Frosty Cup for Breakfast on Thursday, July 17 at 9:30 a.m..
UMW Reading Program
The deadline of August 1 is fast approaching. Please fill out your completed 2008 Reading Program Pamphlet. List all the books that you have read, and what plan you have completed. To receive your certificate, give your pamphlet to Mary Beuhler or Sally Smith, who will send them to the UMW District.
You Are Invited . . .
The United Methodist Community House is sponsoring a “buy out” of Circle Theater at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. This will be on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. for the evening’s performance of “Crowns”. “Crowns” is a moving and celebratory musical theater production in which women’s hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity. Tickets are $25 each. A silent auction and sale of the book on site is also planned. Please contact UMW Secretary Clara Handy for more ticket information.
The Methodist Men have voted to sponsor the second annual "Night at the old Ball Park". The date is Saturday, August 9, 2008. The Traverse City Beach Bums will be playing the Evansville Otters. (Are those great names or what?) Game time begins at 7:05 p.m.
The men hope that you will use this as an opportunity to invite someone who is not a part of our church to join you. The ticket costs are $10 each. We will begin taking reservations in a few weeks.
Wesley Fellowship will meet Saturday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. for the Community Hymn Sing, featuring the Jack Pine Pickers.
This event will be held at the Finstrom Barn located at 6027 East 44 Road in Cadillac. Look for the sign that will be displayed on the northwest corner of M115 & E. 44 Rd.
Please bring a chair & your own finger food Info, call Jeanne Lamphere
Congratulations to our Congregation!
The Missions/Church & Society Committee has just received certificates of recognition and appreciation for the following:
From the West Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church
We are extremely pleased to inform you of these certificates. They are posted on the Missions Board in the hallway across from the office/work room.
Your Generosity Shines!!! Loose Plate Offering Collections for January through April, 2008:
January - Oasis/ WRC $520.08 February - New Life Center $361.91 March - New Gathering Church $383.77 April - US 2 Missionary Education $333.85
Grand Total • $1599.61
Thank you for your continued generosity! The Missions/Church & Society Committee
Thank you for making our last Sunday in Cadillac so very special. Special thanks to our dear friends, Walt and Jean Stump and Jerry and Joyce Seward for arranging our luncheon and also to Judy and Pastor Tom. We will miss all your friendly faces.
Fred and Sue Kloepfer 404 Willow Bend • Auburn, MI 48611
The next Equal Exchange Coffee and Tea Sale will be held July 6 following both worship services.
Trustees Report
The last Trustee meeting was held June 17 and was a working meeting. We did some organizing and cleaning of the storage shed. We also fixed a few handicap signs that had come out of the ground from the winter snow and tightened up some of the loose chairs in the choir room.
The installation date for the new dishwasher will be June 24! Thank you to all that contributed to the new dishwasher with gifts of money and or input as to what would work best for our kitchen.
We also are working with Pastor Tom and his family to get the storm water damage in the basement of the parsonage fixed as soon as possible. The carpet and padding will have to be replaced.
The church phone system was taken out by one of the recent storms we had. A new phone system has been installed and is now working. The phone repair will be covered by the church's insurance.
The copy machine / work room has had some updates done. A couple of wall shelves were put up and the table underneath them raised to a better working height for someone standing.
We are also very thankful for our Summer Yard and Garden Volunteers. The grass always looks great and the garden is continuing to reveal its beauty.
Sundays in July
July 6 Worship at 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Eighth Sunday After Pentecost Come, be refreshed at the Lord’s Table as we celebrate Holy Communion
Text: Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 “Do We Get It?”
July 13 Worship at 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Text: Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 “Are We Good Soil Ready To Receive The Seed Of God’s Word?”
July 20 Worship at 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Pastor Ed Gilbert, CAMA Chaplain and pastor of the Fresh Start Church, will be preaching and bringing along his guitar as he leads the Informal Hymn Sing
July 27 Worship at 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Our Parish Assistant, Judy Coffey, will be speaking. We will have some special music and always a surprise!
July Volunteer Ministry
Month of Fortune Cookie
The Mission Committee is declaring July the Month of the Fortune Cookie and ask you to help support Jo through your prayers that God reveal Jo’s path and through your gifts to the July Loose Plate offering on Sunday, July 6. If you are unable to be at worship that Sunday or want your contribution credited to your giving statement, put it in a pew envelope and mark the Envelope Jo Brown and put it in any Sunday offering or mail it to the church
Fortune cookies are not a Chinese contribution to world cuisine but were adapted by from a Japanese cookie containing a little slip of paper with a bit of wisdom or a vague prophecy. Indeed. Jo Brown, working in ministry in China, reports fortune cookies are little known in China.
If they were, Jo might be tempted to hunt through them for a clue to her own work. Jo has seen increasing seen the Spirit of God is moving among the people with whom she has contact in her present job at Quanzhou University in China. However, this coming year seemed to call for a change.
Discussion with her ministry organization, Mission to Unreached Peoples (MUP), led her to consider working as a community organizer, to help the Chinese (Christians) create community based efforts to work holistically to meet societal needs and to spread God’s word. As you know from Jo’s work here in Cadillac, she has great skills in this area and she was excited about the idea. Then the summer training session for such work had to be cancelled and her applications to work with other universities were rejected. Dejection. Her only option appears to be to teach English in a different department (Business) of her current university. “Fortune” does not seem very clear.
As Christians, we and Jo know that a fortune cookie is not an adequate guide. God’s plan is definite and He will meet our needs, but waiting for His timing frays our impatient nerves. Jo asks that we pray diligently that she feel God’s guidance in the way to go. She asks prayers for patience that she be willing to wait for windows to open and the Spirit to fill her.
In some capacity, Jo will be working in God’s fields in China in the coming year. As a congregation, we have supported her ministry work for four years and have continued that pledge. So, we ask that you support Jo’s work through the July Loose Plate offering.
May God’s Fortune Shine on You.
And More Cookies …
Summer munchers and picnic ready goodies! On Sunday, July 20, the Mission Committee hosts the Cookie Hour. We will have four or five varieties of great cookies for you to try. If you like some, we will be taking orders for cookies by the dozen or half dozen for delivery after a Mission Baking Day in the church kitchen, July 27. Cookies will be packaged in freezer ready bags. Proceeds used for Jo Brown’s Ministry.
Big Ticket Festival
Kans for Kids
Our July can collectors will be Seth Myer and Family. Please label the donation and place it in the collection plate when done.
Christmas in July
July JD & Sr. High Meetings
Trip to Lake Michigan Beach
Bike ride around Lake Cadillac
Grand Traverse District Main Event 2008
As a District, we are attempting to create opportunities for the Holy Spirit to captivate our imaginations. We are persuaded that the day of opportunity is now. May God rekindle faith in our souls that moves us to action, so that Christ may receive even greater glory.
For our 2009 Grand Traverse District Main Event, Bishop Robert Schnase of the Missouri Area will be with us on October 3-4 at Central United Methodist Church in Traverse City to share “The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations.” In a book by the same title, Bishop Schnase outlines the five core practices that congregations desiring to be effective and fruitful in ministry should engage. These practices include radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity.
On Saturday, October 4, Bishop Schnase will encourage and inspire both laity and clergy, offering practical snapshots of what various congregations have done. On Friday, Bishop Schnase will meet with the clergy in the afternoon for a time of teaching and dialog, with a clergy appreciation dinner to follow. Please reserve these dates now and bring a carload or two to this event. |