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Gladstone’s

First Congregation

Serving Christ Since 1837

Staff

Tim Melin - Pastor

John Foster Music and Choir Director

Organist/Accompanist

Marva Besette Administrative Assistant

Administrative Council

ADC Chair - Len Ohrnell

ADC Secretary - Darlene Yeo

Baby Grace - DeEtta Jacobs

Care Team - Peggy Withers

Education & Worship - Laura Stewart

Faubion Women - Abby Call

Fellowship - Congregation

Finance - Glenn Fowler

Financial Sec. - Glenda Berg

Food Pantry & Mozambique - Natalie & Eric Sligar

Historian - Joan Fowler

Lay Leader - Terry Runyan

Membership - Vicki Ohrnell

Missions - Bonnie Reed

Nominations - Tim Melin

Prayer - Tammy Eldridge

SPRC - Mike Heston

Sunday School Teachers - Glenn Fowler & Larry Yeo

Treasurer - Kelli Clayton

Trustees - Tom Clayton

UM Men - Kenny Eldridge

7113 N. Troost Ave. Gladstone, MO 64118

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Sunday School 9:30 am

Worship Service 10:45 am

Wed. Bible Study 6:30 pm

Faubion United Methodist Church

Community Partnerships

As many of you know, community is a very important part of what we do here at Faubion United Methodist, and is a huge driving factor behind why I do what I do as you

pastor. We here at Faubion have the distinguished privilege of being able to trace our

roots back to the very founding of this community. It is in that spirit that I’d like to up-

date you all as to the ways in which our church continues its partnership with the Boy

Scouts of America.

We are very blessed to have Pack 606 of the Cub Scouts meeting in our church

facility throughout the year. Pack 606 has been meeting at our church since the fall of

2019. The Webelos recently wrapped up a six week class entitled God and Family where

they learned how to build their life upon the foundation of faith in God. The pack also

just completed the 2020/2021 year of programming with a ceremony that honored the

scouts accomplishments achieved throughout the year. Chris Warrent, one of the packs

leaders, recently contacted me about possible service project opportunities. I let him

know that our playground area was in need of some fresh mulch and weeding.

Thanks to a generous donation of Mulch from Noll Landscaping, our playground

area is looking great. Pictured below are some of the scouts hard at work, helping to

maintain our facilities.

As many of you may know, our church has been

the recipient of a few Eagle Scout projects in the past,

Korey and Riley Heustis (Grandsons of Glenn and Joan

Fowler) completed their Eagle Scout projects in 2016 and

2017 respectively. This tradition will continue this fall as

Jackson Heustis will be scraping, priming and painting our

community garden shed, as well as building a retaining wall

for the shed to divert water runoff from entering the shed.

It’s partnerships like these that bring out com-

munity together, and continue to strengthen our ties

within the community.

As we continue to emerge from

this season of pandemic and quarantine,

it is my hope that we can continue to en-

gage with our community as we pursue

our place of ministry within it.

For the glory of The Kingdom

Pastor Tim

June 2021

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Income and Expenses

Latest Data Available April Year to Date Apportionments April YTD

Income: $ 11,718.93 $ 77,651.84* Conference: $ 1,594.00 $ 6,376.00

Expenses: $ 12,010.79 $ 52,092.03 District: $ 0.00 $ 1,486.00

General Fund Position: $ < 291.86 > $ 25,559.81 Other Benevolence

Mozambique: $ 0.00 $ 0.00

*Includes Opening Balance $ 24,692.42 Love INC: $ 250.00 $ 870.00

Other Local Outreach $ 50.00 $ 50.00

CHURCH BUSINESS

Administrative Council

The Administrative Council held their monthly meeting Monday, May 10th with 15 in attendance. • Kelli Clayton gave the April financial report. We ended the month $300.00 in the red.

• Tom Clayton reported the choir room has been finished and really looks good. The garden is doing well. If you would like to help, Garden parties are Saturdays at 9:00 A.M. weather permitting.

• Joan Fowler mentioned Judy Steele had talked to the Clay County Health Department and Com-

munity dinners may begin again in June.

• Pastor Tim mentioned May 26th the mask mandate is due to expire. Barring no

extension masks will not be required in church. Some of the things he will be

looking at are resuming Fellowship time after the service and Sunday School. The Administrative Council meets the secondary Monday of the month at 7:00 P.M.

in Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to attend. - Lenny Ohrnell, ADC Chair

Faubion Women

The United Methodist Women (UMW) is a separate entity from the Methodist Church and is an integral

part of the church as well. Many Methodist churches have a UMW that not only provides a lot of

community service but also in the church it resides in. Faubion had a UMW unit until a couple of years

ago. The UMW By-laws were revised and we noticed two particular changes that would severely

impact the way we operate. The By-Laws stated that all elected officers be members of the church. I

am not a member of any church which means I could no longer be President or hold any elected

office. We decided that was not necessary for us to operate and do what God has asked us to

do. The second change was that we could keep $500 in our Treasury and send the rest to the District

UMW at the end of year. As many of you know we support approximately 20 local charities at the end

of the year as well as some missions in the church itself. We also leave a cushion in our Treasury in

case we have needs in the kitchen or other areas of the church. After much discussion we decided to

no longer be a part of the UMW but go our separate ways. We became the Faubion Women. We still

continue all the work we did before and feel we have more freedom to do

what we believe God calls us to do.

With all the new women in the church we invite you to join us. We do meet

monthly and often have field trips or lunch out as well as our sales. Next

month I will talk about all the areas the FW participate in the church and local

community. ~ Abby Call

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What a joyous occasion to be back in church with all our dear friends and

family! As Christians, we are to be within our community; sharing, laughing,

loving, hugging, listening, and worshipping together. My friends, we are

finally back together as one family in God’s House in full capacity. Come

celebrate this joy with us on June 27th, at 2pm as we praise God in song for

an awesome Hymn Sing event. We will have special music from choir, bells,

men’s quartet, solos, and much more! We will also be singing our favorite

hymns and timeless treasures that are near and dear to our hearts.

~ John Foster

Anniversaries

June Calendar Highlights

Special Days!

We don’t want to miss your SPECIAL DAY! If you have recently become a church member or attend

regularly, please give our secretary your, (and your spouse’s) birthday and if applicable, your anniversary

date. Don’t worry - we won’t share the year you were born with anyone!

Birthdays

From Faubion’s Calendar and From the Official UMC Program Calendar

This Month Planning and Suggested Activities Next Month

July

4 - Independence Day

• Consider attending a school of Christian mission, some other mission education event or visit a mission project during summer travel

June

20 - Father’s Day

20 - 1st Day of Summer

23 - Faubion’s Community Dinner begins again!

27 - Hymn Sing at Faubion

28 - John Wesley’s Birthday (1703)

This is a good time for churches to hold an annual planning “retreat”. Develop the church’s program of mission and ministry for next year, project the costs, develop a budget and prepare for your con-gregation’s stewardship campaign in the fall.

Please mark your calendar for Community Dinner

on June 23rd, 4 to 6 pm. We are excited to start this

event again and look forward to seeing you. - Faubion Kitchen Crew

Jean Straub 3-Jun

Lyle Blakeley 4-Jun

Carol Burton 5-Jun

Gary Clevenger 14-Jun

Kory Heustis 14-Jun

Cheryl Bruner 28-Jun

Matthew Morris 30-Jun

Dan & Marie Madinger 7-Jun

Dave & Sally Richardson 8-Jun

Music Ministry

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B I B L I C A L F A T H E R S

– faithful, flawed servants of God

The first Father's Day celebration in a church

took place in what is now Central United

Methodist Church in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Still, it was not until 1972 that the third Sunday

in June was officially designated as Father's Day

in the United States.

As we thank God for dads, it is interesting,

appropriate and sometimes amusing to look

at some important biblical fathers.

In Scripture, fathers play a dominant role as

leaders, providers, protectors, and spokespersons

for the larger family unit. It can be a challenge

to read these ancient stories with modern eyes.

Yes, times have changed, but there is still much

to learn about human nature and redemption

from how God uses biblical fathers, despite their

imperfections,

in the creation

and salvation

of the world.

• Adam -

The first

father and

human being is introduced in Genesis 2:7.

He and Eve became parents with the birth of

two sons, Cain, Abel and another child, Seth.

• Abraham - God promises a new blessing to

make his offspring as numerous as the stars of

heaven or sand on the seashore.

• Jacob - He and his two wives and concubines

have 12 sons and one named daughter. The

sons' names represent the 12 tribes of Israel.

• Joseph - Matthew and Luke trace the lineage

of Jesus' earthly father through King David,

to Judah, Abraham and Adam, son of God.

Matthew describes Joseph as a righteous man.

Excerpts taken from www.umc.org/en/content/biblical -fathers-faithful-flawed-servants-of-god

From Faubion Memoirs book by the History Committee

Faubion Chapel Dianne Ratledge Ridgley - Pt. 84

Del and I were married in the new sanctuary, but the wedding party dressed in the rooms of the old chapel. There was no air-conditioning and June 12, 1964 was dry and sultry but only our guests noticed that while they waited for my maid-of-honor, Sue Musick, who was thirty minutes late due to city traffic. When Rev. Charles Holt announced that we were waiting for a member of the wedding party to arrive, I’m sure the congregation of over 150 though it was the groom who was late.

I knew better. I could see him pacing up and down outside the opaque window which had been raised just a bit for air.

My sister, Debbie, age 9, couldn’t decide which of her three friends were to be my candlelighters so mom made four green dresses and all four of them lighted the tapers. They stood in front of our barren chancel and created the prettiest decoration. I could see Debbie’s big tears in her huge green eyes as she watched the wedding of her big sister.

My sister, Janet, was a lovely blond flower girl in a lime-green dress. She too noticed the heat and humidity even though she was only three and a

half. During the singing of “The Lord’s Prayer”, she removed her hat, her gloves, and was ready for her shoes when the song ended the ceremony and her strip-tease act.

After our reception in the basement of the church, we took off in Del’s 1962 white corvette which had been carefully decorated by many friends.

(Continued in the next issue.)

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FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AND GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT!

The issues discussed at Faubion clubs and committees, and the decisions made there, matter to everyone at Faubion and have an impact

on the community. Find out what’s going on or share your information through our many formats of communication. Newsletter - Facebook - Bulletin - Email Broadcasts - Website - PhoneTree - E-news

Reaching Everyone When requesting that a message goes out through any of our media methods, please submit your information in writing to the church office so that it’s complete, it ’s correct and it will reach exactly the right people. Turn in your articles for the next newsletter by June 18 th.

If there’s anything you think should be presented ONSCREEN during Sunday worship service,

send your notice to the Pastor, in writing with details, no later than Tuesday before that Sunday.

Thank You!

Lifting Spirits! Your phone calls, cards and visits will brighten someone’s day! Please call the

office if you need to get or wish to share contact information about anyone who would benefit from this.

Medical Equipment for Loan

Reminder - Faubion has several medical items available for loan. These

items include shower chairs, commodes, crutches, a wheel chair and slide

board. Please contact Marjorie Riley at 816-536-8743 if you have a need.

The wheel chair in the narthex is not for loan, as we need to keep it for use

in the church. Thanks - Marjorie

Baby Grace

LoveINC asked their member churches to have a baby shower to help their

clients. As our baby shower donation, we gave the excess of blankets, bibs,

burp cloths, and other baby items that we had on hand from Baby Grace.

For Fabuion’s Baby Grace ministry, we have one

event each year requesting monetary donations to help buy diapers for our

clients. This fundraiser began on Mother’s Day and ends on Father’s

Day. Grab a baby bottle in the narthex and drop your coins in during this

time. If you don’t have coins, we also accept paper money and checks. Mark

checks for Baby Grace please. Bring bottles with you on Father’s Day.

Thank you for your ongoing support of our Baby Grace mission. ~ Jan Pace

and the BBG Crew