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MAY 2008 THE FELLOWSHIP FLAME APRIL TRUSTEES MEETING (Steve Payer)
Coming
up in May is our spring Workday (scheduled for 9 to noon on May 3) and the
CROP Walk (scheduled to begin at Fellowship) on Sunday, May 4. Be sure and
sign on to sponsor one of the walkers and help out with registration if
needed. Here
is a list developed at the meeting of the top priority property capital
improvements for this year, including HVAC service and A/C unit replacement
(#1), replacing the sign covers (#2) and replacing the fence around the
mechanical components (#3). Parking lot
lighting improvements (#4) and eave painting (#5) round out the top
five. Want to help out with ideas or a contribution? All are welcome. We have been given permission to sell the parsonage at last. The parsonage is leased for the next 18 months, and Rene (our rental agent) is going to prepare a market analysis for us. When we have that available, we’ll let everyone know how things stand. VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL UPDATE (Marguerite
Zawislak) Early registration for Vacation
Bible School will begin on May 4, 2008. You will find
registration forms on the bulletin board across from the office and also in
the education hallway. Please turn the registrations in by June 8.
You may leave them in the Zawislak's mail slot in the hall outside the church
office. There will be an adult class during Vacation Bible School. Adults will use the same registration form to sign up. The class is entitled "Doctrine of Human Being" and will be taught by Rev. Johnny Liles. Help is still needed for Vacation Bible School. If you are able to help out, please let us know. MEMBERSHIP CARE (Carolyn Jones)
The committee held a Popcorn & Move Night on April 25 at 7 PM. The movie “Second Hand Lions” was shown. The committee provided popcorn and snacks and those attending were asked to “Bring Your Own Pop”. Great appreciation and thanks to John Hart for lending the committee the use of his projector to show the movie. The
committee met earlier in April and revised the procedures to be followed to
keep in contact with congregation members who may be sick, absent from worship
or shut-in. Committee members will phone members to keep them informed
of church activities and offer assistance if needed. A poster advertising performances of “Jesus Christ Superstar” is on the bulletin board across from the pastor’s office. A signup sheet for those interested in attending a performance is located on a table in the Fellowship Hall. Performance dates are June 1 and June 8. The committee will keep the congregation informed of the interest in this activity. WORSHIP COMMITTEE (Jeff Walker and James Sawyer) We have a need for people to sign up for coffee hour! Starting next month, we’ll publish a list of people who have signed up to help out in the Worship service on Sunday. We didn’t have enough people signed up this time, so please help out if you are able. OUR OWN LAVENDER HILL MOB (Fay Brown)
DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE LAST SUNDAY ABOUT WEARING
LAVENDER?
UNITED
METHODIST WOMEN (Liz Travis) Join us on Tuesday
evening, May 13 at 7 PM and hear about Phyllis Hart’s visit to Haiti. Everyone
is invited to this special UMW meeting; dessert and coffee will follow the
program. We plan to celebrate “United Methodist Women’s Sunday” on the
first of June. School of Christian
Mission Events and Locations: School
of the South: Saturday, July 26, Howell First UMC Hands
on Mission Experience: Thursday, August 14, Port Huron area Two-Day
by the Lake: Friday/Saturday, August 15-16, Lake Huron Retreat Center Spiritual
Growth Study: I Believe in Jesus Leader:
Linda A. Schramm Geographic
Study: Israel/Palestine
Leaders: Rev. Ann Emerson and Diane E. Allarding Giving
Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival
Leaders: Rev. Dr. Theresa Little Eagle Sayles & Genie Banks
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forget to keep on saving the labels from Campbell and related labels. Also
look for the Education points on General Foods, including Ziploc products.
These are being sent to Redbird Mission in Kentucky. They are able to turn
these in for school supplies, computers and even vans! A FEW ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
(Fay Brown) A
WORD FROM THE PASTOR (Johnny
Liles) Usually I save personal notes
until the end of “A Word
From...” However, at this time
it occupies front and center of my thoughts.
I am basically repeating what I have communicated by other means. A recent ultra-sound revealed that I have a “significant”
blockage in the right carotid artery. My
internist was very surprised because he has been checking me regularly and I
have not had a cholesterol problem. I have an appointment with a specialist on May 8 and we will
go from there. Most of you are not surprised that the doctor told me if
nothing is done it could lead to a “massive stroke.”
It may be of interest to you that the ultra-sound was prompted by my
eye doctor who saw something in my right eye and strongly recommended that I
see either my internist or cardiologist as soon as possible.
I followed up on his recommendation, believe it or not. Even though Lynda and I are
very much concerned, we do not intend to alter our schedule and routine until
I see the specialist. We are
expecting to take the vacation to Arkansas at the end of May and early June.
However, no tickets for Amtrak will be purchased until after May 8 –
just in case. Even if we are not on vacation on June 1, the United Methodist
Women will be in charge of worship. Therefore,
communion will be on the following Sunday, June 8. The baptism of Gavin David
Ottinger on May 4 has been announced previously.
I am very appreciative of the people who have volunteered to make the
coffee hour special that day. I
am announcing now that there will also be a baptism on June 8 of Faithlynn Ann
Donegan. The family resides in
Madison Heights. We will want to
make that a special day for the family also. The Detroit Annual Conference
will convene at Adrian College, beginning Friday, May 16 at 8:30 AM.
We are scheduled to conclude on Sunday, May 18 at 5:30 PM.
Martin, John, Maxine, Lynda and I will be in attendance.
On that Sunday, Fay Brown will substitute for me in the pulpit and Earl
Morgan will be substituting for Lynda at the organ and piano. I am very disappointed that
the West Michigan and Detroit Annual Conferences will not be merging. During Vacation Bible School (VBS)
at the end of June, I will be teaching adults on the topic: The Doctrine of
Humankind. The five sub-topics
will be: As We Were; As We Are; As We Can Be; What We Should Do; and What We
Shall Become. We will be using
the Articles of Religion as written by John Wesley, as well as other
resources. I will share with the
class the materials I wrote in 1970, revised in 2000 and revised again in
2008. I invite you to be a part
of this study, if you are not helping with other things during VBS. The church is responsible for
Worship at Brookdale in the afternoon of the second Sunday of every month.
We have moved the time to 3:00 PM instead of 3:15 PM.
I strongly encourage you to participate in this worship.
The residents are so appreciative that we come to have worship with
them. You will be blessed. The
peace of Christ be with you.
WORDS OF WISDOM When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would have not a single bit of
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