What did you do this week?

 

Wash lots of laundry, take kids to soccer, make several dinners, pack lunches, fix the car, spend at least 8 hours each day supporting your family, maybe even find time to do some volunteer work.

 

We are a doing people aren’t we? I’ll bet that at some time or other we’ve all heard it said, “Don’t just stand there do something.”

 

Consider this. God just wants us to enter into a love relationship with him. He wants to get to know us and us to know him.

 

Maybe he’s saying, “Don’t just do something. Stand there !”

 

Just be with me…. be in worship….be in my presence…the time for doing will come…..but right now, let’s just be together.

 

Worshipping……that’s the greatest thing to be “doing” anytime. And in that, he will be pleased.

 

Worshipping allows us to develop a relationship that will last for eternity. And when we’ve worshipped first, then we’re better prepared to do what he really wants us to be doing….rather than doing for the sake of doing alone.

 

One of the best ways to worship is daily Bible reading and meditation on God’s word. So we pray, “Open your word to us….and us to your word.

 

Help us to see where YOU are at work, and allow us to join in after you’ve prepared our hearts through worship.

 

We know you are at work in the lives of so many persons in this faith community, and we thank you that we can join in in so many ways that we trust are pleasing to you.”

                                                                                      Rev. Ev

 

Praise Points

 

            Praise God for all the effort given to his glory in the Relay For Life events. God blessed the 24-hour marathon with some great weather, some great fellowship and some great fun. You raised more than double the original goal for our first year team! And when it was over, everyone who was involved had a “good tired” feeling.

 

            Praise God for his work in the lives of youth. Bible studies are active, fellowship and team building is developing and the faith community is being supportive of efforts to make and mature disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Your prayers for this ministry are the foundation of all the good that can be done.

 

            Praise God for Prairie Chapel’s outpouring of love for the Ravenna First United Methodist Church Teen Choir and Alive Every Day band. God rocked the house! Special thanks to the Aslanides, the Scheetz, the Warschauers, the Hartsocks, Russell Conrad and the Trish Wilson family – ask them what a blessing they got when they opened their hearts and their homes to folks who just wanted to share what God is doing in their lives.

 

            Praise God for all our active Bible studies and small group learning including “The Patriarchs” and “Christianity and World Religions.” We’ve opened the opportunity for more participation in the Adam Hamilton “Christianity and World Religions” study by offering it after worship each Sunday. Take a bold step this week to join in on Wednesdays at 6:30 or Sundays at 10:40. The Beth Moore “The Patriarchs” study is Tuesday at 9:30. You’ll be blessed. Guaranteed.

 

PRAIRIE CHAPEL’S ANNUAL

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

When:  July 23^th

Time: 4

 

Menu includes:  Baked Beans, Potato/Macaroni/Slaw Salad, Sloppy Joes & Chicken Sandwiches, Homemade Noodles, Drinks, and ICE CREAM.

 

Proceeds will go into the general church fund to be disbursed where it is needed.

 

East Ohio Annual Conference

The 40th session of East Ohio Annual Conference will be held June 15 – 18 at Lakeside.  The 2009 theme is “Be Transformed -- Transform our Hearts, Transform our Minds, Transform our Doors.  Featured speakers will include Bishop Lindsey Davis of The Louisville Area, Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton of the Michigan Area, and the Rev. Nancy Hull, president and chief executive officer of Flat Rock Homes and Care Center.                                                                                                                                                                              

Challenge to Annual Conference
A Part of the Bishop’s 3Cs Mission Initiative

Bishop Hopkins is issuing a challenge to each member of Annual Conference (both clergy and lay) to work within their local church to bring $100 per annual conference member to annual conference for a significant offering that will support the Bishop’s 3Cs Mission Initiative.  This challenge is per member of Annual Conference; if your church has 2 members it would need to raise $200 to meet the challenge, $300 for 3 members, etc.  Your church may decide how to meet this challenge – whether it is from individual donations, a church fund raiser, etc.  This would be a great way to involve children, youth and adults in a major mission initiative.  Begin now to plan and implement ways to meet the bishop’s challenge from your church.

 

    

THANK YOU…

 

-         To everyone for their donations of money and supplies to help the youth work on their service projects.

-         To Jim Border who donated his supplies and time to make the flower boxes for the kids to paint.

-         To the United Methodist Women for their donation of $50 to the rock sale.  We will be placing some of the rocks around the church in the flower beds.

-         To everyone in and out of the church family for their support of the new group. Everyone has been very helpful.

  

 

ALIVE 2009

 

            Hey gang we will be heading to Canal Fulton, OH on June 19^th for an all day Christian Music Festival.  The kids will need to be at the church by 6:45 in the morning and we will return to the church between 11:30 and midnight.  The kids will need to bring the following:

 

-Bathing Suits          -Food Money $20 (McDonalds Breakfast & Dinner @ the Concert)

-Towel                    -Changed of Clothes and poncho (in case of rain). 

-Spending Money                -Small backpack that they will be carrying on them.

-Bagged Lunch (They can bring 2 if they don’t want to buy dinner @ the concert)         

 

-We will provide water, snacks, and sunscreen.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

            The YAC group will have some fun in the sun on July 12^th at Prairie Chapel from 3 to 6:30.  We will be having a cookout around 6 Parents are invited to come and join the kids for dinner.  They will need to bring their bathing suit, towel, lawn chair and a change of clothes.

 

 

                                                                                                            

 

            The YAC group will be hosting a church wide movie night July 26^th at 6.  So, bring your family and friends and enjoy the movie (Evan Almighty) and popcorn.

 

 

If there is any youth ages 8-16 years old that would like to join the YAC group please contact Kris Finton or Edie Harris.

 

 

RIDES

If any of the youth ever need to be picked up or a ride home after meets or trips please call Kris at 294-0061 or Edie at 502-3367 to make arrangement.

 

 

Great Food For All

      Prairie Chapel will be holding an open presentation Saturday, June 6^th at 8:30 for everyone

in the community who is interested in finding out more about the GFFA program. 

 

UPCOMING ORDER DATES:

 

Order June 27^th      Pickup July 11^th

Order August 1^st    Pickup August 15^th

Order August 29^th  Pickup September 12^th

 

Order time is 10 am to Noon

Pickup time is 11 to 11:30 am

 

      You can pay for your orders by Cash and money orders.  We will no longer be taking Debit or Credit Cards.

 

UMW MEETING

 

      President Joan Scheetz read from the New World Outlook about a family from Sudan who relocated to Michigan.  Mike, their son, plans to attend college there.  A Methodist Church sponsored them.

      Melissa Stoddard gave the missions report.  Mark Smallwood, a minister, trains the Cardinal Singers and his wife, Rebecca, teaches grades 1 through 5 at the Red Bird Missions in Kentucky.

      A scholarship for the School of Missions is available to a member and a youth.  This is in July at Mt. Union College.

      Katherine Miller will be speaker for U.M.W. day on July 12^th.  Gertrude Mikesell and Lucy Baumgardner will be honored as our Charter members.

      Plans were made for Memorial Day Services on May 24^th.  We will honor those who have passed on to new life in Christ.

      Mary Barrick gave the treasurer’s report.  Lorraine Dickerson will have the June 10^th meeting.  In closing, the least coin was collected, with prayers.

      At the spring meeting in Mt. Vernon, Prairie Chapel U.M.W. received a Reading certificate, Rainbow Unit, Five Star Unit and a Mission Today Certificate.

 

 

Hey Gang,

 

      Vacation Bible School is fast approaching - starting June 22^nd – 26^th from 6 - 7:30.  There is still time to volunteer or if you would like to make a donation to VBS this year call Kris at the church office 622-3992 or Melissa at 622-3330.

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

      Also, you thought Christmas was over; we are asking everyone to dig out your fake green Christmas Trees to use for the woods at Camp Edge and drop them off at the church by June 7^th.  Please tag your trees with your name.  All trees that we used will be taken down on the 29^th and available for pickup on the 30^th.

 

Congratulations graduates:

 

Justin Szeker with a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary.

 

Maggie Richmond with a Bachelors of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Kent State University.