Faith United Methodist Church
Newsletter

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Faith-A-Gram

Edition 01-28

Weekly Newsletter - 4th Week of July 2009

Happy Birthday to all members and friends of our Faith Church family that have birthday’s in July. (Names and dates are not shown here to honor personal data privacy on the Internet.)

The altar flowers this week will be presented in celebration of Buddy Wagaman’s thirteenth birthday.

SCRIPTURES FOR NEXT SUNDAY, August 2, 2009, Kingdomtide

2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a, Psalm 51:1-12, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:24-35

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS

Monday, July 27:

Faith UMC providing Community Meal at Zion Lutheran Church, East Petersburg, 4:30 PM

Thursday, July 30:

AA meeting, 10:00am

Thursday, July 30:

Sharing and Bible Study Group 1:00 PM

“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”

Psalm 104:33

MISSION UPDATE: Thank you to all the Vacation Bible School kids who brought cereals and quick-fix foods for the St. Paul’s Food-and-Clothing bank! Charles and Donna Parmer were able to take a trunk load of food to the bank. We appreciate your support!

For our next mission project, we’ll be helping a local girl named Asia Wiggins. Asia suffers from Goodpasture’s Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease that attacks the lungs and kidneys. She has no medical insurance and her bills are piling up. We would like to help by buying gas cards for the family and giving monetary support. To help, make your checks payable to “Faith UMC” and put “Asia” in the memo line. For more information, see page 3 in the August paper newsletter.

For September, we’ll be collecting school supplies for bags for United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). See page 3 in the August paper newsletter for more info.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing your children to Vacation Bible School! We had a great attendance. There were at least forty children on every night of VBS!

Thank you to all the persons who helped, from decorating to station counselors. We could not have made this possible without all your help.

Please start thinking about Sunday School. We would like to see all the children back. We may be in need of one teacher. We’re planning to start on September 13, 2009. Please keep Faith UMC’s children’s Sunday School in your prayers!

ATTENTION VBS DONORS: If you have ANY expenses related to Vacation Bible School, PLEASE turn in your receipts IMMEDIATELY. We are asking that you turn in your receipts even if you don’t wish to be reimbursed for the items you donated. If you need reimbursement, fill out a green check request and attach receipts. Please turn all these items in right away. Thank you!

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL will continue through the summer months at 9am Sunday mornings. We are working through 1 Thessalonians with plenty of material to follow. Early risers? Don’t let your spiritual muscles get flabby over the summer – join us for a lively and thoughtful discussion guaranteed to help keep your eye on the prize!

HELP THOSE IN NEED: The food bank at St. Paul’s UMC is looking for specific items to give to families with children that are home alone while school is out. They’re asking for cereals and microwavable single-serve items (no frozen items, please). Please see page 11 in the August paper newsletter for more information. Thank you!

HAVE YOU NOTICED that the “Faith Church” sign at the intersection is looking pretty bad? It is in need of replacement. The Board of Trustees has been looking into a new sign that would be an attractive addition to the property. The sign which they have decided on contains a professionally-installed lighted message board along with a lighted header that identifies the church. The cost of the new sign would be approximately $4,100. If you are in a position to give a portion, or all, of the cost as an honorarium or a memorial gift, see Brian Rhodes, our Trustee Chairperson, about the possibility of sharing in this way of keeping our property inviting and appealing to the neighborhood. This would be a very important and worthwhile contribution.

OUR MILITARY MEMBERS

Please keep these persons in prayer. We encourage you to write letters or send cards to these men to thank them for their service. If you have an armed forces member you would like to include on this list, or you would like to make a correction, please contact Daphne Stoltzfus at 717-560-0321 or email faithumc@hotmail.com with the subject line “Soldiers”.

Armed Forces Members Overseas

Sgt. Timothy Kuster

HSC, STB 41D (Maint)

Unit #43118

Camp Liberty

APO, AE 09344

SFC Boughter Theron

HHT 2-104 CAV RSTA

Unit 6260

APO AE 09378

Armed Forces Members in the States

SSG Scott F. Eckenrod

7168 Mazarron Drive

Fayetteville, NC 28314

LtCol Gregory Patschke

898 Seventeenth Tee Cove

Niceville, FL 32578

Roy Haldeman

700 Vandora Ave

Gardener, NC 27529

We do not have an address for the Mark Compton’s father (Rev. Doug Compton)

SUBMISSIONS TO FAITH-A-GRAM will be accepted until Wednesday night. Articles received later will not be included in that week’s e-newsletter.  PLEASE NOTE that not all submissions will be accepted. The editor reserves the right to edit or reject submissions. To submit something, place it in the Office mailbox or email faithumc@hotmail.com with the subject line “Submission.”

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