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Non-Profit Organizaon U.S. Postage PAID Permit #1015 Spokane, WA Thank you for supporng the work of the church through your prayers, your presence, your giſts, your service and your witness as we pursue our mission: “Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformaon of the World.” Join us for Celebraon Sunday on June 7th at 11:30am Vespers Contemporary Worship gathers Sundays at 6:00pm. Be sure to join us for worship as we begin a new summer sermon series. Join us on June 7th after our 10:30am worship! The Evangel Audubon Park United Methodist Church June 2015 Newsleer One the fondest memories I have of the church of my childhood is of sitting in the sanctuary during worship with light streaming in through the beautiful stained glass windows depicting scenes from the life of Jesus. Stained glass, as an art form, reached it’s height during the middle ages when it was used to teach the Bible stories to a largely illiterate populace. It was, at the time, state of the art educational technology, but while the images in those windows were beautiful, powerful even, a window can’t depict or portray all the details and nuances of the story. A window can’t describe the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well, or explain the significance of the stories’ setting in the land of Samaria. I was raised for the most part, at least in terms of religious education, on the flannel graph. To this day, although I know that the scriptures are peopled with characters of texture and nuance, I think of Bible people and see pastel paper figures pressed on a felt board. Just like stained glass windows the flannel graph flattened the characters and stories of the Bible. In turning these complex biblical narratives into children's stories, much of the depth, complexity and even meaning was lost. In Sunday school and through children’s bibles we learned these classic bible stories, but do they really mean what we think they mean? Might there be more to the bible stories of our youth? Is there more depth to the characters we read about? Is there more to the story? In this sermon series we’ll take a closer look at some of the bible stories we learned as children and ask ourselves if there might be more for us to learn in these stories we know so well. — Pastor Geoff Helton Join us for this summer sermon series. We gather as a church on Sundays for Traditional Worship at 10:30 AM and for our Contemporary Vespers Worship at 6:00pm. :
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Permit #1015 Spokane, WA
Thank you for supporting the work of the church through your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service and your witness as we pursue our mission:
“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”
Join us for Celebration Sunday on June 7th at 11:30am
Vespers Contemporary Worship gathers Sundays at 6:00pm.
Be sure to join us for worship as we begin a new summer sermon series.
Join us on June 7th after our 10:30am worship!
The Evangel Audubon Park United Methodist Church
June 2015 Newsletter
One the fondest memories I have of the church of my childhood is of sitting in the sanctuary during worship with light streaming in through the beautiful stained glass windows depicting scenes from the life of Jesus. Stained glass, as an art form, reached it’s height during the middle ages when it was used to teach the Bible stories to a largely illiterate populace. It was, at the time, state of the art educational technology, but while the images in those windows were beautiful, powerful even, a window can’t depict or portray all the details and nuances of the story. A window can’t describe the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well, or explain the significance of the stories’ setting in the land of Samaria. I was raised for the most part, at least in terms of religious education, on the flannel graph. To this day, although I know that the scriptures are peopled with characters of texture and nuance, I think of Bible people and see pastel paper figures pressed on a felt board. Just like stained glass windows the flannel graph flattened the characters and stories of the Bible. In turning these complex biblical narratives into children's stories, much of the depth, complexity and even meaning was lost. In Sunday school and through children’s bibles we learned these classic bible stories, but do they really mean what we think they mean? Might there be more to the bible stories of our youth? Is there more depth to the characters we read about? Is there more to the story? In this sermon series we’ll take a closer look at some of the bible stories we learned as children and ask ourselves if there might be more for us to learn in these stories we know so well.
— Pastor Geoff Helton
Join us for this summer sermon series. We gather as a church on Sundays for Traditional
Worship at 10:30 AM and for our Contemporary Vespers Worship at 6:00pm.
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IN SYMPATHY: Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of Harry Vaughan, who passed away May 12th. His memorial service was held at the church on May 26th.
CONGRATULATIONS: Baby congratulations to Janet Baker on the birth of twin grandsons, Lyndon and Hayes, born earlier this month.
CELEBRATION SUNDAY! Please join us on June 7th for Celebration Sunday!
We will be celebrating all of the ministry that is happening at APUMC with a picnic after the morning worship service. The church will be providing hot dogs & burgers. We would appreciate if everyone could help by bringing an item that corresponds with the first letter of their last name:
A-G: Beverages
H-L: Disposable cups, plates & silverware
M-S: Side dishes (i.e. chips, potato salad,
fruit/veggies
T-Z: Dessert
We look forward to seeing you there!
FAMILY PROMISE 12th Annual Fundraiser: “The Music Man” Wednesday June 10th Civic Theater Tickets are $35 (includes a free drink and hors d’oeuvres)
Doors open: 6:30 p.m. Show begins: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets available from Mel Gantney, through Family Promise office (747-5487) or online at FamilyPromiseofSpokane.org
Do you notice non-emergency items
around the church that need to be
repaired or replaced? There is a small
clipboard in the ‘cubby hole’ across from the
church office windows where you can list
what needs to be done. The Trustees will
refer to the list often.
Helping Our Teachers:
On Wednesday, June 3, Audubon Park
UMC will be providing a lunch for the
Audubon School staff. If you can help,
please call Karen Peacock
(867- 5741). Thank you!
WOW!
Our spring food drive netted 1,870
pounds of food for our food bank located
in our church. Thanks to all!
Join us on June 7th after Join us on June 7th after
our 10:30am worship!
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Tuesday, 6/23 Free Breakfast & Produce (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Downtown Food Bank 9 a.m. Quilters 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, 6/24 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Needlework Group 10 a.m. Young Adult Study 7 p.m.
June 25-27 PNW Annual Conference: Pasco, WA
June 25-28 Youth Journey with Christ Retreat
Thursday, 6/25 Praise Band 6:30 p.m.
June 28 - July 3 Youth Mission Trip: Portland
Sunday, 6/28 Worship 10:30 a.m. Vespers Service 6 p.m. Young Adults: Manito Tap House 7:15 p.m.
June 29 - July 3 School Lunch Program (Parlor) 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday, 6/29 Study Group 11:30 a.m. AA Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/30 Free Breakfast & Produce (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Downtown Food Bank 9 a.m. Quilters 9:30 a.m. Audubon Park Food Bank 9:30 a.m.
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
June 3 Mickey & Chris Moreau June 6 David & Brenda Banks June 7 Art & Norma Bauer Drew & Heather Homchick June 10 John & Janet Olson June 13 Chuck & Anna Mae Luther June 22 Steve & Laurie Whitford June 24 Ron & Nancy Brooks Bob & Jeanette Johnson June 25 Galen & Glenda Buterbaugh June 30 Rich & Connie Hickman
JUNE BIRTHDAYS:
June 5 Shirley Moore June 6 Pat Clark June 7 Connie Mutton June 9 Claudia Biggs, Sherry Detlaff, Janet Rhodes June 12 Cecil Loveland June 13 Dorinda Young June 14 Susie Shearer June 16 Perri Charbonneau June 23 Marilyn Hallett June 26 Kay Nanson June 27 Melva Lohstroh, Corinne Reitmeier June 29 Nicholas Strobeck
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Monday, 6/1 Art Class 9 a.m. Study Group 11:30 a.m. Church Council Meeting 7 p.m. AA Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/2 Free Breakfast & Produce (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 - 10 a.m. Downtown Food Bank 9 a.m. Quilters 9:30 a.m. Clergy Meeting (Parlor) Noon
Wednesday, 6/3 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Needlework Group 10 a.m. Choir at Moreau’s home 6p.m. Boy Scouts (Fellowship Hall) 6:30 p.m. Young Adult Study 7 p.m.
Thursday, 6/4 Stephen Ministry Supervision 3 p.m. Praise Group 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, 6/7 Celebration Sunday Christian Educ. Classes 9 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. All Church Potluck 11:30 a.m. Vespers Service 6 p.m.
Monday, 6/8 Study Group 11:30 a.m. Cub Scouts 6:00 p.m. AA Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/9 Free Breakfast & Produce (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 - 10 a.m. Downtown Food Bank 9 a.m. Quilters 9:30 a.m. Audubon Park Food Bank 9:30 a.m. Finance Meeting 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 6/10 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Needlework Group 10 a.m. Young Adult Study 7 p.m.
Thursday, 6/11 Praise Band 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 6/13 Community Meal Noon– 2 p.m.
Sunday, 6/14 Worship 10:30 a.m. Vespers Service 6 p.m.
Monday, 6/15 Art Class 9 a.m. Study Group 11:30 a.m. Trustees 6:30 p.m. AA Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 6/16 Free Breakfast & Produce (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 - 10 a.m. Downtown Food Bank 9 a.m. Quilters 9:30 a.m. SPR Meeting 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 6/17 Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Needlework Group 10 a.m. Young Adult Study 7 p.m.
Thursday, 6/18 Stephen Ministry Supervision 3p.m. Praise Band 6:30 p.m. Strength for the Journey meeting 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 6/20 Men’s Breakfast 9 a.m Young Adults carpool to Mt Spokane 10 a.m.
Sunday, 6/21 Worship 10:30 a.m. Vespers Service 6 p.m.
June 22-26 School Lunch Program (Parlor) 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Monday, 6/22 Art Class 9 a.m. Study Group 11:30 a.m. AA Meeting 7:30 p.m.
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June Calendar
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UPDATES ON OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
There are exciting things happening at APUMC!
Our church for several years now has had a café open twice a month during
the hours of the food bank to give food bank patrons a place to sit and wait
comfortably. This café is expanding; now you can get a full breakfast at our
Food Bank Café. The Food Bank Café will be open every Tuesday from 8:30 -
10 a.m. While the food bank will not be open every week, there will be free
produce available during the hours of the café. Breakfast is open to all, not
only those in need. In fact we encourage church members to come down for
breakfast and get to know people in our community.
Saturday, June 13, Community Lunch from Noon– 2 p.m. All from our church
and community are invited. You don’t want to miss out! It’s our hope that
these lunches will become a regular, even monthly, event.
Our church will be serving a free lunch weekdays from 11 a.m.
- 1 p.m. to children under 18 years of age. These meals will
begin on June 22 and will run throughout the summer. Contact Lou
Dobberstein (326-1736) or Kirk White (467-1850) for more information about
the food bank café, the Saturday lunch or the daily children’s meal.
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Pastor’s Book Club
The Pastor’s Book Club will take a break for the summer and we’re planning to start up again in the fall. If you’d like to suggest a book for next year, please email Pastor Geoff: [email protected].
Pub Theology will take a break for the summer. See you in September! If you’d like to suggest a topic for our gatherings next year, email Pastor Geoff: [email protected]
Our church has a new communication tool! We’re calling it the Weekly E-Note. Each Thursday we’ll send an email that will include a personal message from Pastor Geoff, church news and updates about activities and events. To subscribe to the Weekly E-Note go to: www.audubonparkumc.org/connect/weekly-e-note
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS: Summer is quickly approaching and with that summer office hours will soon begin.
June 15 - August 15
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
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Audubon Park Young Adults is a ministry geared toward people (generally
between the ages of 18 and 35) who are in college, just starting their careers, just
starting their families… We are committed to being a Christ-centered community
with room for exploration and discussion. We don’t profess to have things all fig-
ured out or that we have all the answers, but we do try to be companions for the
journey.
Join us at one of our young adult gatherings or events or contact our Associate
Student Minister Rachael for more info:
June Young Adult Events
Saturday, June 20th
I Hike Mt. Spokane
Meet at the church at 10am to carpool to Mount Spokane for an early afternoon
hike! Bring a snack or lunch and we will have a picnic along the way.
Sunday, June 28th
I Dinner at Manito Tap House
Join us for dinner and a time of fellowship with one another! 7:15pm at Manito Tap
House (3011 S Grand Blvd)
Also be sure to join us for our new contemporary worship service called Vespers
at 6:00 p.m. on Sundays. We’d love to have you worship with us!
Young Adult Events for June 2015
