LAKESIDE STAFF Pastor ................. Rev. Mark Rickman Music Director ................ Jason Grife Pianist ....................... Corie Melaugh Media ...............................Don Taylor Youth Director ............Lauryn Schmitt Youth Director ...............Lanc Schmitt Admin. Assistant ............. Randy Rice Nursery Attendant .....Patsy Kouhdari Nursery Attendant ...... Deanna Bond

A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF LAKESIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

2925 NW 66th Street, OKC, OK 73116405-843-5777

email: lakesideumc@coxinet.netweb: http://lakesideumcokc.ning.com

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The LAKESIDER June, 2013

From The Pastor

United Methodist Church websites: www.UMC.org www.OKUMC.org

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Amphibious Spirituality

What’s the purpose of worship? The Westminster Confession declares that the chief end of life is to "glorify God and enjoy God forever." That may or may not, however, be what’s on the mind of each person coming to wor-ship on Sunday morning. A variety of factors influence our decision to attend church: habit, fellowship, guilt, image, study, fear, longing, and on and on. We often come to worship with mixed motives and confused convictions.Our indecision often results, therefore, in the equivalent of treading water in worship. We come, yet we don’t have the clear intention of opening ourselves to God, of pursuing new paths of service and discipleship. We come hoping, in essence, for lightning to strike – for God to speak so clearly and unequivo-cally to us that the life of faith seems abundantly plain. But until that moment of stark revelation, we tread water – hoping for, daring, God to speak to us. But rather than tread water, perhaps our intention should be to become more amphibious in our faith. Amphibians are creatures equally at home on land or in water, and perhaps our aim should be to be aware of and open to God whether in church or away. Could our “God sensibilities” adapt so that our openness to God ex-tends from worship into the workplace or our homes? Could our prayer in the sanctuary become our prayer in the car, in bed? Could our voice rise in song not only in the pew but in the shower, on the trail?Perhaps it is all a version of what Paul meant when he told the Christians in Thessalonica to “pray without ceasing?” How might our lives, our hearts, change if our worship were to extend to every moment of our lives? How might our priorities change were we no longer content simply to tread water in our faith? Perhaps our surprise will be to learn that we are endowed with gills for land or water, that whatever our location or situation, our lives give evidence of the presence and love of God.

– Mark

“Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!” – Neal A. Maxwell

The theme for this summer’s Vacation Bible School is: Operation Overboard: Dare to Go Deep with God. The room will be decorated with an underwater theme and “Ocho, the Octopus”. Both will help grab the attention of children attending VBS this year, June 9th - 13th. For more information, contact Kristi Smith or Amanda Smith.

JUNE 9TH - 12TH

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

On June 7, summer office hours will begin for the United Methodist Ministry Center in Oklahoma City. The Church’s headquarters building at 1501 NW 24th Street will be open Mondays through Thursdays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed on Fridays. Regular hours of operation, Monday through Friday, will resume on August 30.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

A UMNS ReportBy Barbara Dunlap-Berg

United Methodists in Africa, Europe, the Philippines and the United States are packing their suitcases, gathering their Books of Discipline and perusing reams of documents as they prepare for days of deliberation and celebra-tion.It’s annual conference time in the United States and around the world. May and June are the most popular months for United Methodism’s annual (regional) conference sessions, with Eastern Pennsylvania starting the cycle May 16-18. The last U.S. conference to convene will be Desert Southwest on June 27-30. Oklahoma City will be meeting the evening of Mon., May 27 through Thurs., May 30, 2013.High on the agendas for all annual conferences are four proposed amendments to The United Methodist Church’s Constitution. The 2012 General Conference approved all four amendments. To see the amendments in their en-tirety go to: http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=13113939

www.OKUMC.org

Last bell choir rehearsal is May 29

Last choir rehearsal is June 26

Both will resume rehearsal August 21

GREETINGS FROM JOY CLASSWe finished a wonderful New Testament study and will start Old Testament in one week. Our breakfast will be June 23rd. Ya’ll Come! We welcome Jack Irvine, who has been in our class, as a new member of the church. Our prayers are with all the tornado victims.

9:30 am-Sunday School 10:45 am-Worship COMMUNION

9:30 am-Sunday School 10:45 am-Worship Noisy Offering

9:30 am-Sunday School 10:45 am-Worship

9:30 am-Sunday School 10:45 am-Worship

7:00 pm - AA 7:00 pm-Choir 6:30 pm-Finance Meeting

7:00 pm-Choir

1:30 - 3:00 Hearing Loss Assn.

7:00 pm-Choir last rehearsal until Aug. 21st

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Sunday Saturday

7:00 pm-Choir

5:30 pm-Missions

7:00 pm - AA

5:00 pm-Youth Fellowship

5:00 pm-Youth Fellowship6:00 - 8:00 pm – Hearing Loss Assn.

5:00 pm-Youth Fellowship

Baby Shower for Lauryn and Lanc Schmitt following Worship. They are expecting a baby boy and are registered at Babies R Us.

5:00 pm-Youth Fellowship

Rev. Adam Leathers to be guest speaker

5:00 pm-Youth Fellowship

7:00 pm - AA

Dinner for Project Transformation interns at OCU.

7:00 pm - AA

GREETERS AND USHERS

Following is the schedule for the next two months:

June – Disciple Class July - Share Class

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 9TH THROUGH 12TH6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

PROJECT TRANSFORMATION JUNE 3-6

9:30 am-Sunday School 10:45 am-Worship COMMUNION

Liturgist for month of June: Lanc Schmitt

Lakeside Golf Tournament at Cedar Valley. See Curtis Cromwell for details.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS Derek Smith ..............................................03 William Roberson ....................................03 Phyllis McGerry .......................................05 Moreta Kimball ........................................05Jackie Crawford ........................................05Camille Anderson ....................................12 Mark Williams ..........................................13 David Moore .............................................14 Kerri Richards ...........................................14 Nick Geist ..................................................15 Charles Stoabs ...........................................16 Bob Alexander ..........................................19A. M. Nowlin ............................................19 Terry Severtsen Brady .............................21John McGaugh, Sr. ...................................26 Jack Aikman ..............................................27

Fatherhood is pretending the gift you love most is soap-on-a-rope. – Bill Cosby

Project Transformation is a summer literacy camp for under-served children in urban areas of Oklahoma. The camp provides children one-on-one time with mentors and leadership in reading, computers, arts and crafts, music and theater, field trips and enrichment activities. The program is sponsored by the Oklahoma United Meth-odist Conference, AmeriCorps, and community individu-als and organizations. Project Transformation now serves over 500 children in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Bartlesville with the help of 55 AmeriCorps members, 1,000+ volunteers, and more than 50 partner churches. This year, Lakeside will be back-up help only. We will not have a regular time, but need vol-unteers to be prepared to fill-in on an emergency basis.

(Contact Mary Ellen Cromwell if you are interested in

volunteering your time with these children. )

Molly and I computed the rough dimensions of Noah’s Ark. Then we went to the parking lot to lay out toilet paper to try and get a visual of just how big it really was. Here is Molly laying out a roll for the length. – Derek Smith

Lakeside’s annual blood drive will be August 25th. For more information, contact Mary Ellen Cromwell.

A golf tournament will be held June 29th at Cedar Valley Golf

Course to raise money for the church. Contact

Curtis Cromwell for details.

A big Lakeside Thank You to Curtis & Mary Ellen Cromwell and John & Pam Green for the beautiful gardening in front of the church, and to Barbara Smith for donating furniture to the parsonage.

Dear Lakeside, We are enclosing a donation for $450.00. Our children were both in day care at Lakeside and we have fond memories of your church. We understand that the day care is no longer operat-ing so please put this donation wherever you need it the most. Thank you for being there when we needed you. Jim and Nancy Cothren

Dear Friends in Mission: Thank you for your generous gift to United Methodist Committee on Relief. 100% of your con-tribution will go to church World Service, Blankets+, through The Advance, the designated giving channel of The United Methodist Church. Your gift received on 4/16/13 for $505.00 is sup-porting emergency response and sustainable commu-nity development. Because you gave, UMCOR is able to “Be There” and “Be Hope” on your behalf. We give thanks for your generosity. You can find out more about UMCOR’s work by visiting our website at http://www.umcor.org.

Please contact A.M. Nowlin with prayer requests and updates(843-6811) or

Use prayer request card located in sanctuary seat back.

Micah Delisandro (baby grandson of Megan DeCastro) Lizz Foxhoven (friend of Linda Coffman)

Mike Thomas & Family (friend of Pat Donnelly)Nita Winters (Barbara Harris’ daughter-in-law)

Ace Jordan (friend of Bobbie Kaserman) Jay Richardson (John Richardson’s father) Jackie Robb (May Newcomb’s daughter)

Jim and Judy Prophater Christel Murdock

Phil Tow

For those of you whom I have not met, my name is Rev. Adam Leath-ers and I have been blessed with the oppor-tunity to serve as your new CJAMM* Direc-tor. I have been work-ing closely with Rev. Dr. Stan Basler for two years and have also served on the pastoral staff at Penn Redemption UMC since

May, 2011. I have seen the transformative power of God’s grace for those who are incarcerated and their families as well as the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and all those who make this ministry so wonderful. I give thanks to God for the passion of my mentor and friend Stan Basler and am looking forward to expanding his vision for this ministry.I have outlined three objectives for Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries as we proceed into the future, and I hope you will join me in making these goals a reality.#1 Develop more partnerships with local United Methodist Churches and Annual Conference Ministries. #2 Increase the CJAMM volunteer base. #3 Develop more financial and structural efficiency and transparency.With God’s help I believe we can achieve these goals and make this already great ministry even better.I look forward to continuing to work with our CJAMM Board and all of our volunteers and pray God’s blessing upon each and every one of you.

*Criminal Justice And Mercy Ministries

Reverend Adam Leathers to Be Guest Speaker at Lakeside UMC

Sunday, June 23rd

Donation Received

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LAKESIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2925 NW 66th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73116

The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad! — Author Unknown

Sunday, June 16