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- 1. EpworthUnitedMethodistChurch 3061LincolnWayW. MassillonOH44647 CHANGESERVICEREQUESTED DATEDMATERIAL February/March 2017 Email AddressesNeeded: We are trying to conserve mailing costs. If you are willing to have the newsletter emailed to you, please contact Frances at epworthum@sssnet.com The Echo February/March 2017 Newsletter of Epworth United Methodist Church Worship Time: Sunday 9:30 am Sermons for February and March February 5: Service of Holy Communion “The Great Invitation: Salt and Light” Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20 February 12 “Anger and Reconciliation”; Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Matthew 5:21-26 February 19: “Love Your Enemies!”, Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18, Matthew 5:38-48 February 26: “A Mountain Top Experience”, Exodus 24:12-18, Matthew 17:1-9 March 5: Service of Holy Communion “Jesus’ Temptations”, Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11 March 12: “Blessed to be a Blessing!” Genesis 12:1-4a, John 3:1-17 March 19: “Drinking from the Well of Life”, Genesis 17:1-7, John 4:5-42 March 26: “Open My Eyes!”, I Samuel 16:1-3, John 9:1-41 March 1—Ash Wednesday Service at First United Methodist, Rev. Partridge April 13—Maundy Thursday Service at Trinity, Rev. Peine April 14—Good Friday at Epworth, Rev. Wertz April 16—Easter Sunrise at Epworth
- 2. Pastor’s Pen Church OfficeHours 9 am—Noon, Monday-Friday contact Frances. Please call the office if you or a family member are to be hospitalized, are under a doctor’s care, Pastor Les Home #330.478.5118 Cell#330.284.6531 Prayer Line—Barb Dillen: 330.705.9049 or 330.832.7253 Echo Article By Rev. Les Peine Luke 6:38 38 “give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back." The New Testament model of stewardship is tied not to money, but to how people live out their lives. One part of stew- ardship is money, but it is not the only thing. Stewardship is about all of our time, talents, gifts and service; in other words all we are and all that we have. All of that which comes from God is involved in Stewardship. The New Testament model of stewardship of money is based, not on what you give, but on what you keep. Pledging or giving to a Budget is about as non‑biblical as a church can get; although the budget is the financial reality that the church deals with. But from a spiritual perspective, we need to see that we are giving to God, not the church. The church is merely a vehicle through which God works, so long as it and we are faithful to God. The New Testament model of stewardship is “Radical Gratitude-Giving.” We are to give to God, not a church. We give through a network of fellow Christians, which we identify as the church. What matters is this: have I given enough so that I have mastered my money rather than it mastering me. Is my giving sacrificial? Does my giving cause me to cut back on my standard of living? So, here is the formula or financial philosophy that most of us live by: “MY STANDARD OF LIVING DETERMINES MY STANDARD OF GIVING. When what God really has called to do is embodied in this philosophy: “MY STANDARD OF GIVING DETERMINES MY STANDARD OF LIVING. Please pray that we all may be faithful as we gather together as the church in the community and the church in the world. We are called to give sacrificially and yet joyfully! We give out of a sense of gratitude, rather than a sense of du- ty alone. Let us give God the praise in all that we do and all that we are. Easter Flower Order Form If you have questions about the following areas, contact the people listed below: Admin Board Nathan Lockwood 330.685.4199 Council on Min Alyce Ripple 330.832.5216 Trustees Marcia Paul 330.837.5424 Usher Allen Hendricks 330.832.4850 Director of Music Marie Deitz 330.837.1651 Spirit Marie Deitz 330.837.1651 Joyful Noise Debbie Scheetz 330.477.3985 Youth Marie & Rod Deitz 330.837.1651 Prayer Line Barb Dillen 330.705-9049 SPR Chair Debbie Scheetz 330.477.3895 Finance Alice Fazzone 330.833.5521 Lay Leader Debbie Sheetz 330.477.3895 Stewardship Fellowship Hall Rental—Cost is only $50.00 for members and $250.00 for non-members. You will need to contact Frances from 9am to noon Mon– Friday to get a rental form & will be put on the schedule when the deposit is made. To order your Easter flowers, send this completed form and your check to the church office. Make your check out to Epworth United Methodist. Please mark memo line “Easter Flower”. Deadline March 26. Potted Easter Lilies-$9.00 Potted Tulips $9.00 Potted Hyacinths $9.00 Your Name _____________________________________________________ (as you want printed in acknowledgment insert) Phone # _____________________________________________________ What Flower _________________________________________________ How Many___________________________________________________ Please specify for bulletin: In Memory Of _____________________________________________ In Honor Of _______________________________________________
- 3. Thank you toour musicians for their music each week during worship. We always wel- come new singers! Come and join us! Adult Choir rehearses at 8:40 in the Choir Room on the Sundays they sing. Spirit Praise re- hearses at 8:30 in the Sanctuary when they sing. The music schedule coming up is: February 5 -Adult Choir February 12 -Adult Choir February 19 -Adult Choir February 26 -Spirit Praise March 5 -Adult choir March 12 -Adult Choir March 19 -Spirit Praise March 26 - special music - Marie on vacation Nate Lock wood is sub April 1 - special music— Marie on vacation Robin Schumacher is sub Make a joyful noise! Marie New Church Photo Directory Pictures will be taken on Tuesday March 7, 2017, for a new church direc- tory. During the weeks prior to this, you will be receiving a recorded phone message from Nate Lockwood concerning the directory. Please call the church, 330.832.7271, Monday- Friday, from 9 a.m.—noon to schedule your appointment. The last day to schedule an appointment is February 27. Please consider having your photo taken as we commemorate our 175th Anniversary of the church. 175th Celebration The 175th anniversary committee is working hard on planning some special events for the church and community. The Independent recently featured Ep- worth’s celebration on the front page with a great article about the history of the church and the plans for the 175th anniversary. We’re still working on details for a few of the events, but we have set July 16th as an outdoor tent service featuring a circuit rider. Also, if anyone has any pictures of the church/church events, or would like to help in go- ing through the pictures and documents that we have, please contact myself or Alyce Ripple. We’ve been “Walking With Jesus” this year at Bible Bud- dies. In February we will learn how “Jesus Talks to Out- casts.” Thanks to Linda Lockwood, Krissy and Nate Lockwood and Evelyn and Larry Hinson for their leader- ship each month with stories, activities, games, crafts, snacks and music. All kids, ages 4-6th grade are invit- ed to join us from 5:30-7:30 on February 19th! We also invite Youth in grades 7-12 to join us as helpers. Our annual Kids’ Camp-in will be March 18-19. Our theme is “Jesus enters Jerusalem and More”. The camp- in will include stories, games, crafts, worship, snacks and fellowship. Children ages 3-preschool may come on Saturday evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Children who are kindergarten through 6th grade will arrive at 6:30 and spend the night. Registration forms will be available at the end of February in the office or from Linda or me. There is no charge, but we would like to know how many children to plan for. Children are a very important part of our Epworth fami- ly. They are a welcome part of our Sunday worship, as well as children’s programs. Thank you to Debbie Scheetz for her Children’s Chats each week in worship. Her words are not only good ones for the kids to hear, but we adults can benefit from them also! Sunday School Class follows worship each week! All kids ages 3-6th grade are welcome. Thank you to Linda and Debbie for sharing their faith with our kids. Vacation Bible School plans are underway! “”Hero Cen- tral: Discover Your Strength in God!” is the theme this summer. VBS will be held Sunday, July 30, through Thursday, August 3, for ages 4-6th grade, from 6:15- 8:30 p.m. We will need lots of help from adults and youth to make it a successful week. Think about how YOU can help! You’ll be hearing more from me soon! Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Blessings, Marie Thank you Alyce and Alice for your visit and to the church for the Christmas Bag. I really en- joyed it. Char Epworth Family, Thank you for your generous gift this Christmas season. I appreciate all you do for me., Frances Friends at Epworth UMC—On behalf of the Make-A-Way Center, I would like to thank you for your generous gift. Your commitment to helping the less fortunate in our community is sincerely appreciated. We are humbled by your recent expression of support for our work. Thank You, Bryan Stuck Thank you to everyone who rang bells for the Salvation Army. We collected $284.48 on Sat and $251.09 on Monday for a total of $535.57 Thank you to everyone who helped with the Christmas bags for our shut-ins. Whether you helped pack the bags, donated items for the bags, or delivered the bags, you are all very much appreciated. Thank you to Larry Hinson for overseeing the Building Fund Account and taking the deposits to the bank. Thank you to Marcia Paul, Duane Paul, Nate Lockwood, Bruce Lockwood, Ralph Cox, Nor- ma Cox, and Scott DeLuca for all your work in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Operation Christmas Child. We were able to send 17 shoeboxes.
- 4. PRESCHOOL THEMES 2/6 Weather 2/13Valentines 2/20 Dental/Personal Health 2/27 Sounds INFANT/TODDLERS 2 Blue Triangle 3 Black Circle 4 White Diamond 5 Red Octagon UPCOMING EVENTS Feb 14—Valentine’s Day Party Feb 20—President’s Day—Day Care Only March 2-3—School Pictures—Lifetouch March 27-31—Spring Break March ASQ Evaluation for Children April—Hop-A-Thon—TBD May 24—Preschool Graduation—7 p.m. May 26 Last Day for Preschool May 29—Memorial Day Community Outreach St. Barb’s grades 3-7 will be sending a few students four times during the month of February to read to the Preschool A & B classes. I am very excited to see the interaction between the children. What a great way to encourage literacy!! OUTREACH I am in need of help with Chapel. I am reach- ing out to see if a few people would like to come once a month in the morning between 9:30 and 11 to tell a Bible story. I will be re- sponsible for songs and prayers. The story should only last 5-10 minutes. Thank You for Serving February Greeters Head Usher Mission Prj Calvary Mission 2-5 Barb Baker Allen Hendricks Bingo Prizes for Make-A-Way Canned Fruit 2-12 2-19 Norma & Ralph Cox 2-26 March Greeters Head Usher Mission Prj Calvary Mission 3-5 Barb Baker Allen Hendricks Backpacks for Calvary Peanut Butter 3-12 Laura Otte 3-19 3-26 LaVonne Cindric February Birthdays 2/2 Allen Hendricks 2/2 Becky Labriola 2/3 Bernice Edie 2/3 Donna Yant 2/4 Betty Jo Ronk 2/7 Jake Ripple 2/8 Barb Wartman 2/11 Lavonne Cindric 2/11 Sam Wimsatt 2/13 Mike Parker 2/20 Garret Davis 2/22 Linda Lockwood 2/22 Doug Remley 2/23 Jordan Ripple 2/24 Terry Siber 2/25 Lorraine Bushmire 2/25 Jake Eberhart 2/28 Susan Freed February Anniversaries 12/20 Tom & Kristen Ledger March Birthdays 3/1 Bryan Stuck 3/2 Bryan Cox 3/2 Nikki DeCeuster 3/3 Kassidy Ledger 3/4 Ester Davis 3/5 Corinne Davis 3/12 Zac Lockwood 3/12 Rodney Nichols 3/13 Krissy Lockwood 3/15 Elaine Burgess 3/21 Alyce Ripple 3/22 Barb Kennedy 3/23 Margaret Stauffer 3/24 Randy Stuck 3/27 Ray Kennedy 3/28 Susi Slater 3.28 Deb Scheetz 3/29 Marcia Emmert March Anniversaries 3/30 Mark & Cheryl Carter CHURCH CHECKBOOK 11/30/2016Bal. fwd. 19,772.73 Receipts 11,058.72 Total In- come 30,831.45 Expenses 8,680.21 12/31/2016Balance 22,151.24 BUILDING EXPANSION CHECK- BOOK 11/30/2016Bal. Fwd. 294.08 Pledges $ 1,140.22 Church $ 1,300.00 Memorial $ 1,000.00 Hall Rent $ 50.00 3490.22 Total In- come 3,784.43 Monthly Payment $ 2,453.35 Extra Pay Principal $ 1,060.22 Total Expenses 3,513.57 12/31/2016Checkbook Balance 270.73 LOAN BALANCE 11/30/2016Loan Bal. 204.624.48 Payment on Principal $ 1,729.12 Extra Payment on Prin. 1060.22 $ 2,789.34 12/31/2016Loan Balance $ 201,835.14 Loan Balance at the beginning of the year was $ 228,408.63 Thanks for everyone for helping to bring the principal down!