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Footprints

A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON 5810 Bryant Road, Ludington, MI 49431 (231) 843-8340 Email: office@ludingtonumc.org www.ludingtonumc.org Believers seeking and sharing the character of Christ

2010

UMC Special Events and Committee Meetings

1,8,15,22,29 Men‟s Book Club at Brenda‟s Harbor Café 6:00 am 1 Choir Picnic 5:30 pm 3 Emmaus Gathering/Potluck 5:00 pm 4 Communion, Food Pantry Day 5 Holiday—Office closed 6,13,20,27 Intercessory Prayer 9:30 am 6 Trustees 7:00 pm 7,14,21,28 Rug/Sleeping Bag Ladies 9 am 9,23 The Outlet 6:30 pm 11 Bill & Laura Walker 65th Anniversary Party 12:00 pm in Fellowship Hall 12 Finance Committee 7:00 pm 12 Church & Society 7:00 pm 13 Staff-Pastor-Parish Committee 7:00 pm 15,22 UMW cherry pie making 9:00-12:00 16 XYZ Group to Dulcimer Fest in Evart 18 UMW Cherry pie sale at church 19-23 Vacation Bible School 5:30-7:30 pm at pavilion 24 UMW Cherry Fest 25 Special musicians in worship 25 Blood Pressure Clinic 10:30-11:00 am 26 Evangelism Committee 6:30 pm 27 Administrative Board 6:30 pm United Methodist Women’s meetings and events are listed on page 9.

Farewell to Two Beloved Staff Members

Pastor Ken Tabor retired effective July 1, 2010. Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Zach Sweet

resigned to work for State Farm Insurance effective July 1, 2010.

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Community Events in Our Church This Month

3—Boy Scout Troop in Pavilion 4:00-8:00 pm 7,14,21,28—Recorder Group Practice 7:00 pm in sanctuary 8—Emmaus Board 7:00 pm in library 9—Emmaus Training 7:00-10:00 pm 10—Emmaus Training 8:00 am-4:00 pm; Family Re-union in Pavilion beginning at 12:00 pm 17—Private baptism 2:00 pm in sanctuary 21—Habitat for Humanity Board 5:30 pm 22—PEO FQ in Pavilion 11:15-2:00; Garden Club in Fellowship Hall 12:00-3:00 pm 24—Family Reunion in Pavilion 10:00 am-5:00 pm 26—Soccer registration 6:00-8:00 pm in Fell. Hall 29—Kids Against Hunger food packing 1:30-8:30 pm

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Maranatha Women’s Summer Breakaway Who: Kathy Troccoli & Ellie Lofaro, speakers Where: Muskegon When: August 10 & 11 (one great event, two iden-tical days), 9:30 am -3:00 pm Cost: $25, includes lunch How: Sign up in the office and go as a group on Wednesday, August 11, as we have done the past two years. See more information on the office bulle-tin board or call Lynne Gohn at 843-4746. Check it out at www.VacationWithPurpose.org.

Effective July 1, the Grand Traverse District Office zip code is 49696. The correct address is now

Grand Traverse District UMC 1249 Three Mile Rd. S

Traverse City, MI 49696

During the months of July and August, we will have an 8:15-9:00 am traditional wor-ship service. Carla Iris will provide piano accompaniment for the hymns. We will still have our usual 9:30 and 11:00 services.

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An updated address sheet of our nursing home residents is available at the Volunteer Counter.

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There will be no healing service in July.

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The West Michigan Emmaus Commu-nity will sponsor walks at our church this summer. The Walk to Emmaus is a three-day mini-course in Christianity for the men and women of Christ‟s

body, the Church. The focus of this course is self-renewal and it is conducted in a manner which strengthens faith and deepens one‟s Christian be-liefs. The Men‟s Walk is August 12-15, and the Women‟s Walk is August 19-22. For more informa-tion, please contact Penny Quillan (845-5303) or Marcie Anderson (845-6308).

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People preferring gluten-free bread and chalice for Communion, please contact Pastor Tom.

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More Rev. Ron Iris, recently retired Detroit Confer-ence United Methodist pastor and brother of Rommie MacDonald, has volunteered to be our new webmaster and also to manage our online pictorial directory. Thank you, Ron! Ron and his wife Carla have a home in Victory Township. Carla will play piano for the 8:15 am summer service. Watch upcoming bulletins for details about the web-site and the online directory. Bill and Laura Walker will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Sunday, July 11. Most of their children and grandchildren are coming in from Alaska, Florida, New York, New Mexico and Ari-zona to help them celebrate. Please join the family for coffee, cake and conversation after the 11:00 service on July 11 in Fellowship Hall.

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Relay for Life has a motto: Celebrate. Remember. Fight back. And our church team did just that!! Right from the beginning of the opening ceremony on Saturday to the closing event on Sunday, every-one present knew they were participating in some-thing very special. Joyful tears for the survivors wearing purple t-shirts, quiet reflection for those who are now a beloved memory, defiance and hope on the part of those presently in the battle. And we took a stand right beside them. Twenty-nine Mason County teams raised over $74,000. Our team raised over $8500 of that amount. To all of you who passed along their prayers, walked, visited us at the tent, and worked at the event--you have our gratitude. Now, get ready for next year, because the fight continues. Cris Wegener

XYZ Trip July 16 to Dulcimer Festival in Evart, Michigan

The 39th Annual Dulcimer Festival is taking place at the Osceola County Fairgrounds at Evart, Michigan July 15-18, 2010. Seven from our XYZ seniors group attended the Friday session of last year‟s Festi-val and had such a good time that we are planning to attend again. This year‟s Friday session is on July 16. We plan to leave our church parking lot at 10:30 am that day, arrive at the Fairgrounds in time for lunch at one of the concessions, spend the afternoon lis-tening to a variety of the wonderful music being played throughout the Fairgrounds, have a bite to

eat there for supper, and then take in a portion of the eve-ning concert before leaving for Ludington, arriving back at church at about 8:30 pm. I

have reserved the church van for use that day, so I hope we will have enough folks attending to fill the van. If more want to attend, we will arrange to have a couple of people drive their cars to accommodate these. The cost per person will be the admission cost of $5.00, the cost of your meals at the concessions, and $3.00 for gas for the van. If you enjoy music, I think you would really enjoy this Festival. If you are interested in attending, please sign up on the sheet posted on the Volunteer Office bulletin board by July 11. Allan Carlson

Congratulations to Pepper Veatch and Lloyd Gearhart, who were married April 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada!

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Beginning this fall, Ludington will have another re-sale store: Yada Yada, a ministry of Covenant Chris-tian School. For information on collection hours or how to donate, please call 690-7794. Yada Yada will be located at Leah‟s Landing in Ludington.

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Our annual Church Conference will be held Saturday, October 23, at 6:00 pm. Staff-Pastor-Parish will meet at 5:00 pm.

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At the 9:30 and 11:00 services on July 25, we will have special musical worship services provided by Tim Ellis and Aaron Meyer. Tim is an award-winning composer, music producer, and owner of Kung Fu Bakery Recording Studio, and a profes-sional guitarist. Aaron is a concert rock violinist, classically trained since age 5. Both men hail from Portland, Oregon, and are friends of Bob and Kay Neal. Rev. Ron Iris will lead the 8:15 am service that day.

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Congratulations to Bob and Margie Kruse, proud grandparents of Manuel Benjamin Garza, born June 19 to Benji Garza and Lauren Kruse Garza. Manuel was nine pounds, five ounces, and 21 inches long.

The 8th Annual MAD Ride to benefit HELP Ministries will begin at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Ludington Saturday, August 21, 2010. Since the MAD Ride has become HELP‟s premier fund-raising event, there are many incentives for rid-ers who obtain sponsorship for their ride. See the letter on the Volunteer Office bulletin board, pick up a flyer/sponsor sheet from the Volunteer Office counter, and/or check out www.helpmadride.com.

The Sleeping Bag Ministry needs sturdy dark fabrics for the outside of the sleeping bags: maybe bedspreads, drapes or other fabrics no longer of use in your home. If you would like to volunteer to help clean the church, please contact Pastor Tom. Pastor Ken‟s retirement will allow more lay involve-ment in the worship service. If you would occa-sionally like to offer the pastoral prayer, please contact Pastor Tom.

After crawling into Grandpa‟s lap, little Freddie asked, “Were you in the ark with Noah, Grandpa?” The grandfather chuckled, “Why, no, Son, I wasn‟t.” The youngster persisted, “Then why weren‟t you drowned?”

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United Methodist Church of Ludington Proposed by Wally Brown, Sound/Video Coordinator

Passed by Administrative Board June 22, 2010

Our church has a state-of-the-art sound and video system which can be used for weddings, funerals, memorial ser-vices and other activities. When the Senior Pastor is not able to handle the sound by himself, we need an au-thorized sound tech to run this system; both for security purposes and for appropriate use of the equipment. The following fees will be charged to the requesting party, thereby not incurring any expense to the church. Guidelines:

Tech requests will be made via appropriate format through the office, and approved by appropriate staff. Only church-appropriate audio and video will be used at any time. Only authorized techs are permitted to operate and be in the audio-video system area. (There is a list of au-thorized techs on file in the office.) The tech must receive all materials that he/she is expected to use at least 48 hours in advance of the activity. Stipends must be paid by the requesting party at least 48 hours in advance of the service.

Fee Schedule Church members: Audio only—$50 per hour for all or any part of each hour Audio and video—$75 per hour for all or any part of each hour Non-church members: Audio only—$75 per hour for all or any part of each hour Audio and video—$100 per hour for all or any part of each hour. Changes to the above guidelines can be adjusted if necessary by the Senior Pastor.

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Time to register your children, grandchildren, and neighbor children for Vacation Bible School! You may pre-register by mail

with the form from our web site, at the church office, in the narthex on Sunday, July 11 or 18 after either service, or at the pavil-

ion on July 19 (come early!) All pre-registered children need only to pick up a name tag before joining their group.

2010 Vacation Bible School

United Methodist Church of Ludington

Baobab Blast: God’s Great Get-Together

July 19 – July 23, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Church Pavilion, 5810 Bryant Road, Ludington

Ages 3 through completed 5th grade

Join us for supper, Bible lessons, crafts, music, recreation and Puppets of Faith.

Children need to be at the pavilion promptly at 5:30 for the blessing and meal. Please leave

your vehicle in the parking area and walk the younger children up to the pavilion. (Preschool

parents are encouraged to help younger children through the supper line, but food has been

planned for the staff and children only. Thank you for understanding.) Parents are invited to

return at 7:15 for announcements, puppets, and closing songs. Students will be dismissed at

7:30.

Mission Project: Since 1995 more than 22 thousand PETs (Personal Energy

Transportation) have traveled to 86 countries to provide mobility, dignity, hope, and

even the ability to work and provide for their families to 22,335 leg-handicapped

persons. This number includes child-size PETs. For folks without sufficient coordination or

upper body strength to operate a hand-cranked PET, the adaptable vehicle is now available in

push-PET and pull-PET models.

PETs are in use in 36 African countries. In just the countries of Zambia and the

Congo there are 4,400 people on a waiting list for a PET. Following the VBS African

theme, we would like to continue our support of this program. Let’s build one or two

together! (Lumber for one PET $22, a solid tire $36, crank assembly $18, etc.)

* If mosquitoes might be a problem, you may wish to use repellent on your children before dropping them off at the pavilion. If the

weather looks threatening, we will move into the church for VBS. Children will sing a VBS song at 9:30 worship July 25!

With questions please call Betty Tabor (845-5972) or Karen Disegna (843-6841).

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United Methodist Church of Ludington

Student Information and Parent/Guardian Permissions Form

Student Information

Name __________________________________________________________________ Sex: M_____F_____

Address________________________________________________________________ZIP ________________

Grade __________ Date of Birth ______________________School____________________________________

Phone Number ______________________________ Email __________________________________________

Allergies ___________________________________________________________________________________

Medical and/or emotional concerns (Use other side of this form if necessary) ____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Family Doctor _________________________________Phone Number _________________________________

Parent/Guardian Information

Name ______________________________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

Phone Number _______________________________________________________________________________

Emergency Contact other than Parent _____________________________________________________________

Phone Number ________________________ Relationship to Student ________________________________

Name(s) of person(s) other than parent to whom student may/can be released ______________________________

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Name(s) of person(s) to whom student MAY NOT be released _________________________________________

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Parent/Guardian Permissions

I hereby give my permission for my son/daughter to receive emergency care at Memorial Medical Center.

I give permission for my child’s name and photo to be published in the United Methodist Church of Ludington

newsletter (Footprints), on the website (ludingtonumc.org), and in the Ludington Daily News. I also give permis-

sion for my child to be videotaped during Sunday School, VBS or other church activities.

Parent/Guardian Signature __________________________________________Date ______________________

(Rev. 05-08-09)

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Thank you for the use of your wonderful church. Sheryl Martin, AFFEW Treasurer (Editor’s Note: A Few Friends for the Environment of the World donated $200 to our church after their Earth Day Cele-bration here April 17).

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To the congregation of the Ludington United Meth-odist Church, My name is Cory Young and I have been very for-tunate to receive both financial assistance as well as prayers and support from your church while I am at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evans-ton, Illinois. I have been truly blessed to be in the thoughts and prayers of your community, and I know that I am not in school by myself. There are times in the life of a seminary student that you won-der how you will afford to be in school (and afford food and gas at times too); and needless to say, your contribution has helped me greatly. I am the son of Carole Young, who is the girlfriend of Ted Towl, and I started seminary last fall. My undergraduate de-gree was in broadcasting from Grand Valley State University, and then I worked for seven years in the corporate sector before deciding that I needed to take up the call that God had for me. So last summer I left my job and started on this new path that God has laid before me. My goal is to be-come a campus minister and bring a better under-standing of God to those who are seeking their own faith. It is with great joy that I can tell you that my se-mester finished with a 3.2 grade point average and I am very pleased. I will do my best to keep you up to date in my schooling and my progress through the next two years. From the bottom of my heart I cannot thank you enough, and I hope that in my future I can offer the same type of support as you have offered me. May God bless you. Cory Young (Editor’s note: If you would like to write words of encouragement to Cory, his campus address is 916 1/2 Noyes, Apt. X2, Evanston, IL 60201).

Our church thanks photographer Russ Miller, who donated to us an Epson Stylus color printer. The printer will allow us to print color pages as large as 11x17 inches, and will provide backup for our smaller color printer.

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Dear Pastor Ken, Pastor Tom, and all of United Methodist Church, We would like to thank you for helping us to be able to send my son Drake to Bible Camp. I feel it will be a wonderful opportunity for him to learn more about God and make new friends. We have never felt such love and concern in any other church we‟ve been to. Thank you for your generosity and prayers. Love in Christ, Sharon, Rusty & Drake Fulker

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Thank you for all of the cards and warm wishes as my family and I transition out of full time ministry and into new endeavors. We have certainly enjoyed our years of ser-vice to this church and have some great memories to cherish. Thank you for your years of support and a shared vision to reach a new generation with the love of Christ. Sincerely, Zach, Jill, Jonah, and Ethan Sweet

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Many, many thanks to everyone who participated in our June 23 blood drive. Thanks to the efforts of setup and takedown people, canteen volunteers, reg-istration and recruitment people, and all our blood donors, the Red Cross left here with 20 units of blood!

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United Methodist Women

Ruth Circle, Priscilla Circle, and Lydia Circle do not meet in July.

The United Methodist Women are preparing for their July 24 Cherry Pie Festival by baking pies on July 15 and 22 in the church kitchen from 9:00 am to noon. Please contact Jane Clark (845-5310) to help make pies. In addition, the UMW will sell pies at church after each worship service July 18. The day of the Cherry Pie Festival, July 24, the UMW will sell to the public. Pies are $10 for a 9-inch pie.

A Report on Annual Conference By Al Bouda, Lay Member

The Forty-second Session of the West Michigan an-nual Conference was held June 3-6, 2010 on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michi-gan. Attended by approximately 1,000 Clergy and Lay Members, the Conference was declared by Bishop J. D. Keaton to be a huge success. Each daily session consisted of Worship, Business and Legislative segments as well as special speakers bringing uplifting messages. The Conference in-cluded a Memorial Service for departed members of Clergy, introduction of new members of Clergy and special recognition of retiring Clergy. (Our Pastor Ken Tabor spoke eloquently during the latter ses-sion). On the legislative front, of interest to UMCL was the rejection of a motion to return the annual Minis-try Shares to 10% of reported specific income. That motion was rejected and then adjusted to 12.6% in lieu of the 12.4% that had been in effect, to accom-modate a modest increase for conference employee salaries. The recommendation that the Conference

be moved from Calvin College was also rejected. Other elements of legislative business were also en-acted, but none had an immediate and direct impact upon UMCL. Of interest to all was a presentation by three leaders of The United Methodist Church for All People, located in Columbus, Ohio. Initiated in 1999 as a “Free Store” focused on mission work within the community, the organization rapidly grew into a for-mal church by 2003. The concept of the “Free Store” as based on allowing people to take from the items contained therein, that which they needed, and not what was presumed to be “suitable.” As of 2010 this inner city mission has now touched 110,000 people. Many of these persons are now part of and working within the organization. All items in the store are donated goods, and the directors of the store rapidly discovered that donations increased with the need to maintain supplies. They discussed the concept of “Radical Hospitality” and “Abundant Giving” as the driving force for the success of their organization (issues discussed by Pastor Tom last year). Their church has now grown to include food and meals as well as material goods. They have joined with another local church to provide meals to the needy several days a week. Their final speaker emphasized the importance of personal relationships with and within the membership of the congrega-tion. He said, “In this case, it‟s not just about „those people,‟ it‟s about us” (all of us). Worthy of note is the fact that our former pastor Bill Dobbs, currently the Heartland District Superinten-dent, is being appointed to the cabinet post of Clergy Assistant to the Bishop. The program materials for the session honoring re-tiring members of clergy contained written state-ments from each individual. I include below a very brief segment of the words written by two pastors, close to the hearts of UMCL, and whose presence in our midst provided enrichment to our lives. Joe Elenbaas: In our retirement Mary and I are enjoying our home in the pines on our eighty acres where we gaze at the stars, feed the trout in our ponds, work the land and continue to discover the presence of God in all that is around us. Ken Tabor: Always moving to deeper waters where ministry was needed, I feel blessed. When meeting people at their deep-est needs, I have learned the meaning of being on Holy Ground. I am in awe.

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A group of eight recently returned from an 11-day Haiti mission trip. Five were members of UMCL: Bob Neal, Nate Carrier (age 15), Rommie Mac-Donald, and Dave and Bev Hamman. Others on the mission team include Tracy Neal, Bob‟s daughter; Natascha Hamman 16-year-old granddaughter of Dave and Bev; and Suzi Hutchison, member of the Brighton United Methodist Church. Our church sponsors a school in Baudin. We hired three men from Haiti to put a roof on the elemen-tary school and we assisted them. We also repaired the Baudin Methodist Church roof, put up two bas-ketball backboards, rims and nets, and a volleyball court. We purchased food for a few Haitian women to cook for all the 300 schoolchildren and we helped serve them lunch. On Saturday, we conducted a Va-cation Bible School for approximately 200 children and served them a lunch of rice, beans and fish.

The team and finished roof on Baudin Elementary School

Many items were taken to Haiti including school supplies of lined paper, pencils, pens, chalk, chalk-board eraser, calculators, and teaching supplies. We brought several basketballs, soccer balls and volley-balls. We also brought 36 t-shirts with the United Methodist logo on them for one school class to use when they travel to special events. We supplied, and left behind, many tools for the construction projects, including battery-operated drills and a saw, since there is no electricity in the village of Baudin.

On our free day, we drove 17 miles outside of Cap Haitien to visit two World Heritage sites, the Citadel and Sans Souci Palace. We all went on an hour-long horseback ride to get to the top of a mountain to see the Citadel fortress.

The team at leisure

In Port-au-Prince, we visited the Methodist Chil-dren‟s Orphanage. The children still will not live in their house damaged by the earthquake. They live in tents in the orphanage complex. School is conducted in tents on a side road. We also visited King‟s Hos-pital/orphanage/school and the men from our team installed a volleyball court for the school. In Port-au-Prince, there is still lots of rubble but much of it has been removed. Reconstruction is taking place, with new building going up and old ones being repaired. Each team member had something to offer the peo-ple of Haiti, and all of us received so much more in return.

Nate and children

The Haiti Mission Trip By Dave Hamman

See and hear the Haiti Mission Team

report during worship on July 11!

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Marian Caplon (shut-in) Donna DePeel Johnny Dobb and family of John & Vivian Dobb Millie Frederick Bruce Gillett Aiden Harper Bob Herlein Robert Jones Arlene Kelsey Carolann Klinkhammer Shirley Larson Kristie Leclair Jennifer MacDonald Sean Nelson Karen & Pat O‟Brien Joseph Penrod People of Haiti Gail Piper Jerry Ponko Alyce Prescott Chesna Saxton Donna Shafer Priscilla Shaw Cathy Webster Linda Wolven Geoff Wooster MILITARY Tech Sg. Matt Bowling, OK, friend George Cone Jr., GA Son-in-law of Lee & Bonnie Vaught Travis DeMeester, CA Son of Alan & Suanne, Grandson of Vi Daron J. Diepenbruck, Afgh., grandson of Wally & Nina Wrege and son of Carolyn & Jim

Benjamin Gottwald, Okinawa Jonathan Gottwald, TX Dona’s grandsons, Patty’s nephews Jose Granados, friend Greg Heimall Jr. RI, son of Gregg and Phyllis Tyler Iteen, IL son-in-law of Brenda and Steve Begnoche Eric Luteyn, MO Grandson of Dave & Bev Hamman Michael M. Marquez, friend Adam Miller, LA Linda’s son Jonathan Oliver, friend Eric Piper, Afgh. Gail’s son Blaine Reed, Afgh. nephew of Mike & Ellamae McDonald Mark Shaw, Iraq Neil Williams’ son-in-law Christopher Stevens, friend Sgt. Jonathan Wagner, Iraq son-in-law of Karen Genson Tony Wagner, VA Ramona Myers’ son MISSIONARIES Bob & Sue Martin Paul Webster Pastor Bernard & Betty Lumene Delbert & Sandy Groves College students are removed from the list for the summer, except for Cory Young, student at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (son of Carole Young)

NURSING & ADULT CARE Cherry Blossom Manor Margie Cauchie Ludington Woods Alice & Warren Abrahamson Rosegate (Indiana) Idah Gearhart Autumn Winds AFC Helen Burmeister Oakview Leone Benedict Margaret Lunde Alex MacDonald Eileen Thiel

Tendercare (Baywood) Billie Jabrocki Gladys Martin Joan Rasmussen Tom McCumber Robert Laird Clark Retirement Community Emma VanHorn Bill Nickelson Jr. Pine Crest Helen Blum Other—Texas Marjorie Boardman

PRAYER REQUEST CARDS are located in the pews, the narthex and the Volunteer‟s Desk. Requests are prayed over on Tuesday mornings and are kept confidential. They are

prayed over for 30 days unless updated for a longer pe-riod of time. All prayer requests are kept in the office. If you have a prayer request of an urgent nature, you may activate the prayer chain by calling the church office at 843-8340. If the church office is closed, you may call either of the following: Lynne Gohn 843-4746 Anne Estle 843-6263

Ongoing Prayer Concerns

George Jr. (Bud) Dorrell

August 3, 1915 - June 16, 2010

A member for 78 years

Richard (Dick) Stover

July 28, 1945 - June 24, 2010

A member for nearly 5 years

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INSIDE THE JULY 2010 ISSUE OF FOOTPRINTS

Footprints A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON

United Methodist Church of Ludington

5810 Bryant Rd., Ludington, Michigan 49431 (231) 843-8340 Fax: (231) 843-0070

Email: office@ludingtonumc.org Web site: www.ludingtonumc.org

Rev. Tom Evans, Pastor

Laurie McKinven-Copus, Office Manager /Footprints Editor Rebecca Sopha, Music Director

Deb Wooster, Handbell Choir Director Jac Russell, Praise Choir Director

Renia Carrier & Sharon Dostal, Nursery

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

SUNDAY EVENTS July & August Early Worship 8:15 am

Contemporary Worship 9:30 am Fellowship 10:15 am

Traditional Worship 11:00 am Nursery 9:30 am - 12:15 pm

The Footprints deadline is the third Monday of each month.

United Methodist Church of Ludington 5810 Bryant Road Ludington, MI 49431 Address Service Requested

Non-Profit US Postage

PAID Ludington, MI Permit No. 163

Annual Conference Report…..9 A-V Guidelines………………5 Bits „N Pieces……….….....2,3,4 Calendar/Birthdays……….....13

Haiti Mission Trip…….……..10 Kids‟ Page…………………...12 Prayer Ministry……..……...…11

Thanks……..……………….………8 United Methodist Women…..…...….9 Vacation Bible School……....……..6,7 You Can Help……………....….....…4

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me,” said one boy. Sev-eral dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.” He knew just what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along. “Come here quick,” the boy said. “You won‟t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up souls!” The man said, “Beat it, kid. Can‟t you see it‟s hard for me to walk?” But when the boy insisted, the man slowly hobbled to the cemetery. Standing by the fence, they heard, “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.” The old man whispered, “Boy, you‟ve been telling me the truth. Let‟s see if we can see the Lord.” Tightly gripping the iron bars of the fence, the old man and the boy peered into the cemetery but couldn‟t see anything. At last they heard, “One for you, one for me. That‟s all...now let‟s go get those nuts by the fence and we‟ll be done.” They say the old man made it back to town a full five minutes ahead of the kid on the bike. Submitted by Lyn Pingle