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ASP (Appalachia Service Project) The Appalachia Service Project is a mission of bringing hope to the impoverished people of the rural, central Appalachia Mountains by building relationships centered around Christ while completing home repairs to make living conditions safer, warmer and drier. The Appalachia Service Project is open to all people over the age of 14 and provides volunteer opportunities year-round with both a summer program and a year-round program. ASP lives into the mission of White Plains being a disciple-making church on a mission for Christ by providing an opportunity for volunteers to step out of their daily lives and be the hands and feet of God, serving others in a personal, radical way, meeting them where they are, just as they are, and engaging in relationships that change their lives and the lives of the people they serve. Through scripture, and study, immersion into the culture and fellowship, volunteers are encouraged to process and learn through their experiences. ASP is a humbling experience that fosters a spiritual awareness and growth and impacts all aspects of volunteers’ lives leading them towards a path of discipleship.

If you would like more information about ASP or are thinking about going next summer and have never been, please join us for a meeting on Sunday, October 8, at 11:00am, or Sunday, October 15, at 3:00pm.

We hope that you can join us for our ASP 2018 summer mission trip June 24 - 30, 2018. You may go to the White Plains ACS page to sign up fill out a registration form and give it to us. The out-of-pocket cost per participant is $175. Scholarships are available. A nonrefundable deposit of $75, which can be paid online or by check, is due with each registration. The remaining amount is due by February 15. To be guaranteed a spot, sign up by October 25. After October 25 the openings will be on a first come/first served basis.

The actual cost of ASP is $475 per participant; $175 is paid by each participant, $150 is funded by White Plains through mission funding, and the ASP team is responsible for fundraising the remaining $150 per person. We will have several ASP fundraisers throughout the year. As an ASP participant, please plan on supporting each fundraiser to the best of your ability.

The first fundraiser that we need to support is working the food booth at the State Fair. The proceeds from the State Fair booth go to support all missions at White Plains, which in turn support ASP. To sign up for the fair booth, go to the White Plains website and look for the link for the State Fair on Sign-up Genius. Please sign up for at least one shift.

The next two fundraising events to mark on your calendar are 'Yard Work for Hire' and Breakfast with Santa (SANTA'S COMING!). On October 28, November 4 and November 18, ASP will hire out teams to do yard work. Breakfast with Santa will be on December 9. Mark your calendars, and I will send out more info. soon.

Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to serving with you on ASP in 2018!

In God’s Love,

Jeff and Kristin Smith

919-291-1134, 919-268-9168

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The Light of Day Book Club (new name) will meet Tuesday, October 17, 3:00–4:30pm, in room C205, to dis-cuss Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. This book is readily available in public libraries. On November 14 (moved up to avoid Thanksgiving week), the selection is Hill-billy Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J. D. Vance. Newcomers are always welcome.

Operation Christmas Child-The children and youth of White Plains UMC will be filling shoeboxes on November 13, 2017 during the Sunday School hour. Please help them in this worthy mission by donating items for the shoeboxes. Suggested items may be left in the box outside the CLC.

Do not include glue, toothpaste, liquids, lotions, food (candy, fruit snacks, drink mixes), breakables, war re-lated items (toy guns, military figures). A donation of $9 is needed for each box to help cover the cost of shipping. Please make a donation to WPUMC and write “Samaritan’s Purse” in the memo.

Toy cars

Slinkys

Jump ropes

Plastic dinosaurs

Yo-yos

Tennis balls

Finger puppets

Stuffed animals

Socks

Playdough

Underwear

Foam balls

Hats

Coloring books

Sunglasses

Markers

Hair clips

Notebooks

Jewelry

Crayons

Toothbrushes

Pencils

Bar soap

Sharpeners

Washcloths

Dry paint sets

Glue sticks

Water bottles

Combs

Stickers

Scissors

Bright colored squirt guns

Wet Wipes

Attention, Sunday School Teachers and Group Leaders. We are excited to introduce a new system that gives you convenient access to all the church’s group study resources. The 122 studies we currently own are now housed in the church library, which is always open, and this collection will continue to grow. Look for the plastic packets on the left wall under the sign “Group Studies.” The studies are included in the card cata-log by subject, author, and title. A guide in notebook form is provided as well and will soon be added to our website. Check out as many sets as you like for review. Complete the check-out card in the packet and leave the card in the check-out box on the card catalog. If you decide to use a study, see Cindy Pike, Minister of Discipleship, to obtain any additional materials available for the set (DVDs, extra books, participant guides, etc.) If you have study materials that your group has already used and you would like to make them availa-ble to the rest of the congregation, we would be happy to receive them. Contact Dale Williams, library@wpumc.com.

Library Corner – “Where there is doubt, faith has its reason for being. Clearly faith is not needed where cer-tainty supposedly exists, but only in situations where doubt is possible, even present,” writes Daniel Taylor, author of The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian & the Risk of Commitment. If you worry that it’s wrong to doubt or question God, we have books that will not only calm your fears but challenge you to let go of certainty — in favor of better things. Read more at wpumc.com/suggested-reading/certainty-and-the-skeptical-believer/

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Hispanic Ministries

Seeds of Love tutoring program. Would you like to be part of

Seeds of Love this Fall 2017 semester? We are always in need of more volunteers. Knowledge of Spanish is not required. If you would like to be part of this awesome program, you can contact Carolyn Booker, Connie Orander and Dick Orander at

seedsoflove@wpumc.com for more info.

Right now we are serving 43 students in total; 36 students come on Tuesdays and 32 on Thursdays. Thank you to all Seeds of Love volunteers. This program will not be successful without your help! Important: No tutoring on October 31.

Phrases of the Month

Una Iglesia=One Church

De hecho, aunque el cuerpo es uno solo, tiene muchos miembros, y todos los miembros, no obstante ser

muchos, forman un solo cuerpo. Así sucede con Cristo. 1 Corintios 12:12 (NVI)

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:12 (NIV)

Coming Events

October 5-8: Hispanic women participate in the Emmaus Walk in Atlanta, Georgia.

October 9: Cooking and exercise classes, a six week program in room 111-113 at 6:00pm.

October 12-22: NC State Fair. We need volunteers to work at the fairbooth.

October 28: Hispanic women’s breakfast and devotional time in room C111-113 at 9:00am.

Weekly Activities

Every Sunday

Sunday school at 9:30am and worship at 11:00am.

Every Monday

Women’s group classes and devotional in room C111/113 at 6pm.

Every Tuesday

Bible Study in C203, 5:30-6:30pm

Hispanic worship band classes in the Sanctuary from 7pm to 9pm.

Every Tuesday and Thursday

Seeds of Love tutoring, 5:30-6:30pm

Every Wednesday

Music practice at 6pm in the Sanctuary.

Hispanic chorus practice 7pm

Every Friday

Bible Study in the community (Ashton Woods Apartments) at 6pm. For more information call Pastor Edith at 919-413-0027.

If you have any question about Hispanic ministries or want to volunteer,

contact Rev. Edith Salazar, (919) 413-0027.

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Sisters in Support, a breast cancer support group for women who have had breast cancer and those currently undergoing treatment, meets on the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:30pm in C205. Email Lee Heathcoat, lee@wpumc.com, for more info.

Leaves will be falling and The NC State Fair will be here before we know it. Several members of the management staff from both White Plains and FUMC have retired. We need new folks willing to step up and be trained as assistant managers, for both the dining room and the kitchen. Both men and women are needed and welcomed. This is our biggest outreach project, and we receive

about 18-20% of our outreach budget from our fair booth proceeds. Don’t wait…sign up today at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45ada82e5-ncstate6. Contact Dave DeMaster for more in-formation, or either of our current assistant managers, Pat LiVecchi or Lee Edmonds. You will be helping our mission projects and also have a lot of FUN!

The next United Methodist Men's breakfast meeting is October 7, at 8:30am at the Cary

Methodist fair booth on the State Fairgrounds. We will be helping set up the fair booth for the

State Fair opening on the 12th. Everyone is invited!

For more information see: wpumc.com/umm-fellowship/.

The International Missions Team at White Plains is currently seeking new opportunities within the UMC Global Missions Program to serve the people of Haiti. For the past 3 years White Plains has been working with the Lighthouse Lands Project, which was started by former pastor Regine Jean-Baptiste and her family. This mission program in Jeremie, Haiti included refurbishing of an elemen-tary school, gardening ministries, and sewing programs, to name just a few of the associated activi-ties. As most of you know Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti as a Category 4 storm on October 4 of last year. The hurricane flooded the refurbished school and destroyed most of the family dwellings near the school. The school building has served as a relief facility for the community ever since and is no longer being operated as a school. There has been no word from Lighthouse Lands regarding the gardening programs or the sewing ministries since Hurricane Matthew. The Lighthouse Lands Pro-ject is no longer a NC Conference Sponsored activity and Regine is no longer Director of the pro-gram in Jeremie, Haiti. The White Plains International Work Team has worked hard over the past year to resurrect its support of the Lighthouse Lands Project; however, we have not been assured that our new activities with Lighthouse Lands will be part of a larger missions program and will be managed locally in a safe and efficient manner. Consequently, the White Plains International Work Team is looking into other opportunities, as part of the UMC Global Missions Program, for service in Haiti. The need for assistance is still there, especially since the United Nations Haiti Earthquake re-lief effort that started in 2010 has recently ended.

White Plains on a Mission and more...

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October 2017 Children’s Ministries

Find White Plains Children’s Ministry on Facebook White Plains Children’s Ministry

Michele Vansteen

Children’s Ministries Coordinator

Michele@wpumc.com

Sign up to pay for your Sunday night meals online. Fall/Winter semester cost $40

Sign up for text reminders for weekly events and special activities.

rmd.at/wpchildren

Sundays Sunday School for children 3 years-5th grade 9:45-10:45 Children’s Music for ages 3yrs- 5th grade 4:30-5:00pm Our new Children’s Music Coordinator, Tevin (TJ) Rogers, joined us in September. Watch for the children this fall as they lead and inspire us in worship!

JAM is a fellowship group for children in Kindergarten-5th grade.

The group will participate in Bible stories, mission projects, and fellowship.

JAM meets 5:00-6:30 and includes dinner.

Snack Supper Pass: At 6:00pm the children and youth will share a meal together. Children may donate week-ly for their meal, or sign up for a semester pass online using the link above ($4 at the door or $40 for the se-mester).

All children are welcome to join our programs! Let us know how we can accommodate YOUR child!

The Fall Festival is coming!

Lots of fun activities planned including a chili-cook off,

children’s costume parade, Trunk-or-Treating, magic show

and more! Please join us from 5 to 7pm on October 29. Sign

up at wpumc.com/fallfest to bring your favorite chili and drop it off by 4:45.

Decorate your car for Trunk-or-Treating!

No registration is necessary to attend.

Everyone is welcome!

Nursery Hours Regularly scheduled nursery hours:

Sunday Mornings 8:15-12:15

Sunday Afternoons 4:30-6:30

Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:15-6:45

Care may be requested for other days and times as needed. Con-tact Michele at the church office to schedule additional hours.

WPUMC

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In the meantime here is a great

way you can get involved:

Sign up for Sunday School Snacks

This year our Youth Ministry theme is “Forever Living in His Love” and we

will study the book of Matthew all year long! Our theme verse is Psalm 100:5,

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues

through all generations.”

Jenny Garrott, Jenny@wpumc.com

Youth Ministry is back in full swing ! Our Back to School

Retreat (August 18-20) was an amazing experience of

bonding and learning how everyone can “Share Your Sto-

ry” of what God does in our lives in hopes of showing oth-

ers that God loves them. UMYF Kickoff on September 10

was a blast! We mostly got hot and sweaty playing on the

inflatable jump house and obstacle course! We also got

our Youth Ministry

Theme t-shirts that remind us that we are “Forever Living in

His Love.” On September 24 we had a fun night playing a

real life version of the classic board game CLUE! We had

students and adult volunteers dress up as characters who

knew who kidnapped Mr. Peabody. Our phenomenal youth

figured out the mystery kidnapping and we successfully res-

cued Mr. Peabody. What a great time we have had together

already!

In October, the Youth Ministry will hold its annual Unselfish Beggar Bag Food Drive for the WPUMC

Food Pantry. We will assemble, distribute, and collect bags during UMYF on Sunday nights in Octo-

ber. The bags are distributed to our White Plains neighbors and collected a week later. This year,

we will have bags available for our church family so you can participate. Look out for youth passing

out bags after services in late October. Please note that UMYF on October 29 will begin at 3pm and

end in time for the Fall Festival at 6pm. Follow us on Twitter @wpumcyouth,

Instagram at wpumc_youth,

join the Facebook Group.

Are you signed up for our texts?

Here are links on how to do that!

General Youth Ministry; Parents; Adult Volunteers;

Credo Members and Parents

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WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

September 3, 2017

8:30am………..179 11am ............ 118 Hispanic Min…44 TOTAL .......... 341

Sunday School Children .......... 16 Youth .............. 22 Adults ........... 238 TOTAL .......... 276

September 10, 2017

8:30am………..195 11am ............. 129 Hispanic Min…58 TOTAL .......... 382

Sunday School Children .......... 26 Youth .............. 22 Adults ............ 268 TOTAL .......... 316

September 17, 2017

8:30am………..203 11am ............. 117 Hispanic Min…60 TOTAL .......... 380

Sunday School Children .......... 25 Youth .............. 30 Adults ............ 273 TOTAL .......... 328

September 24, 2017

8:30am………..174 11am ............ 134 Hispanic Min…86 TOTAL .......... 394

Sunday School Children .......... 25 Youth .............. 25 Adults ........... 269 TOTAL .......... 319

Deadline for the November

newsletter is October 15, to be

sent out November 1.

Bulletin deadline is

each Monday at noon. Please send

articles and information about

upcoming events to: submit@wpumc.com.

Prayer Concerns Anna Avery, Anjalie Bhattacharyya, Danny Bowling, Carol Boykin, John Brettschneider, Maria del Carmen Burgos, Roy Carawan, Jack Farmer, Rob Frohlking, Tempie Furr, Rose Gaddy, Carol Garland, Dylan Harrell, Eleanor Hennis, Hortencia Herlinda, Bob Hinshaw, Polly Hinshaw, Becky Humphrey, Pat Johnson, Phyllis Lang, Beth Laverty, Joe Long, Lucy Lowry, Ernie Miller, Jane Miller, Jim Morgan, Gary Parker, Lorraine Perkinson, Amy Pethick, Don Remley, Ginny Sapp, Millie Sofley, Harlyn Van Sloten, Elaine Zisek, and those serving in the Armed Forces

Celebrations

Congratulations to Meghan and Chris Anderson on the birth of their son Parker Christopher Anderson, born on September 24. Parker is the grandson son of Bert and Lisa Fox; and to Matt and Jen Secrest on the birth of their son Colton Eliott Secrest, born on August 31. Colt is the grandson of Russ and Melody Secrest; and too Amber and Zach Gaynor on the birth of their daughter Eveline “Evie” Kathryn Gaynor, born on Septem-ber 25. Evie is the granddaughter of Trip and Kathy Alden.

The United Methodist Foundation (UMF) will now process stock donations to White Plains at no cost to us. Please follow this procedure: Go to umf-nc.org/stock-liquidation-service/.

Complete and submit the "Memorandum of Intention" on that page, noting to which funds you

wish to contribute. An automatic email will be sent to you with the account number and DTC. You

then contact your broker with the account number and DTC to transfer the shares.

UMF will sell the shares upon receipt, issue a check to White Plains, and issue you a tax deduction

letter. When we receive the stock proceeds check, we will record your donation on your member

record as nondeductible, since UMF will have given you the tax deduction.

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Church Office Fax Number 919-467-9394 919-481-0213

Hispanic Ministry Stephen Ministry 919-467-4685 919-467-5933

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