REHOBETH UMC LOVETTSVILLE, VA WINCHESTER DISTRICT
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REHOBETH UMCLOVETTSVILLE, VAWINCHESTER DISTRICT
BISHOP: REV. SHARMA D. LEWIS
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT: REV. STEVEN J. SUMMERS
PASTOR: REV. MICHELLE KIM
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REHOBETH MEC WAS FORMED IN 1789. LAND WAS PURCHASED FOR A PENNY ON AUGUST 14, 1809. WHERE FIRST A SCHOOL-MEETING HOUSE WAS BUILT, THEN A CHURCH WAS BUILT 1814. A GROWING CONGREGATION REPLACED THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WITH A LARGER CHURCH IN DEC 1892. THE SCHOOL HOUSE WAS BURNED DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
“THE MOTHER CHURCH OF METHODISM IN NORTHERN LOUDOUN COUNTY … FOUNDED BY BISHOP ASBURY PRIOR TO 1814….”
CHECK OUT “OUR STORY”
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
REHOBETHCHURCH.ORG
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THIS POWER POINT PROGRAM WAS CREATED FOR REHOBETH’S CHARGE CONFERENCE, OCT 7, 2018
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REHOBETH UMCLIFELONG LEARNING, INFLUENCING, AND SERVING AS CHRIST’S DISCIPLES
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CONNECTIONAL SYSTEM
• LIFE LONG LEARNING
• INFLUENCING
• SERVING
• BUILDING DISCIPLES
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HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR
• WEBSITE
• SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS -- SOUL STUDY
• LEADERSHIP & TRUSTEES RESTRUCTURING
• NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
• NETWORKING WITH LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
• BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
• VISIONING FOR THE FUTURE
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WEBSITE
• Jeremy purchased domain for Rehobeth
• Jim became website manager
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SON HELPS DAD DEVELOP WEBSITE
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REHOBETH WEBSITE IS STEADILY GROWING
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SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS -- SOUL STUDY
• Sunday Class meetings began as Kathryn Work led worship services
• Classes continued with the study of Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast when Shelly Ballard
(January to June) led worship services
• “Soul” work continued until the end of September and Rev. Michelle Kim became the
pastor
• Jim has been the consistent Class facilitator until winter, when Julie Cornelius facilitates
the class
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SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
Small Groups are excellent ways to learn by sharing and
enjoying the dialogue of meaningful study related to
today’s life styles.
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SUNDAY CLASS MEETING
• Study of Soul Feast comes to a close – though the work
continues to grow deeper to find our way higher
• A new study begins on “The Story.” This is a chronological
study of the development of the Bible.
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STUDY BOOKS
We began with open discussions
Then moved to a study of Soul Feast
Now beginning a Study of the chronology of the Bible
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SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
• Fall of 2017 – Soul Feast study began after several months of
class meetings following Sunday Worship
• Class Meetings used Soul Feast as a Guide as the Class
explored “soul.”
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SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
• 2018 – Soul Feast study continued
• Class Meeting attendance averaged 7
• Presently the Sunday Class Meeting is introducing a lengthly
study using “The Story” as a Guide to overview the creation of
the Bible.
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CLASS MEETINGS
- Are an endeavor to build upon a solid foundation
- Lifelong learning, influencing, and serving as Christ’s
disciples
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LIFELONG LEARNING TODAY DRAWS FROM ALL CULTURES
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LEADERSHIP & TRUSTEES RESTRUCTURING
Bob Ward – Chairman of Trustees
Trustees: David Thompson, Scott Brock, Jeremy
Nenninger, Donald Murry, Jim Nenninger
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TRUSTEES PICTURED
Scott Brock, David Thompson, Jim Nenninger, Rev.
Michelle Kim, Bob Ward, and Jeremy Nenninger.
(Donald Murry was not present.)
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PARALLELING PROBLEMS
• External and Internal Challenges
• Physically the church pulling and falling in
disrepair
• Spiritually the church’s remnant core of members
has regrouped, assumed double assignments, and
has entered a process of
• Mending, regrouping, repairing, replacing,
restructuring, and renovating – inside and out.
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MOST EVIDENT IS REPARING OUR ENTRY
- “serving and building disciples”
- Begins with strengthening inner (spiritual) and outer
(physical) structures.
- Examining what’s there and making necessary changes.
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TERMITE DAMAGE
The scars and traces of lives lived
… and the changes and correctives that have to be made
to be whole again
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GOING DEEPER DOWN
Beginning on the ground floor, “the ground of our being”
both in tradition and in the present
… working as a group
… as a team
… growing as we work through the failures
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REBUILDING
Replacing the old with the new.
… firming up
… strengthening
… restructuring
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DOORS OPENING AFRESH
Preparing to invite others into the hospitality we are
making for our church
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BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
Scott laying tile with Don’s help
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BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
The guys laying the final sheet of sub-floor
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BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
Cutting a temporary transome
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MESSY
Removing what’s left of old threshold to make new
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BUILDING A FIRM FOUNDATION
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SPIRITUALITY, SOUL WORK, BUILDING, STRUCTURING, THINKING THROUGH
Cobwebs replaced with transparency
… Catching breath
… renewal
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FRIENDS FROM PENNSYLVANIA JOINED IN RENOVATING
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NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
Reggie Sanbower from St Paul’s UCC congregation
helped us get a fund raiser started with Chicken BBQ’s
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ORGANIZING
• Our first meeting to consider
BBQ Project for
• - building fellowship
• - working with St Paul’s UCC
• - activating the neighborhood
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NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
REGGIE AND JEREMY – 1ST BBQ TRAINING ON THE PIG ROASTER
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WE BEGAN SIMPLY CONNECTING WITH OUR NEIGHBOR’S FROM ST PAUL’S UCC
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ROY DINGUS FROM ST PAUL’S HELPS US WITH THE LOGISTICS OF MANAGING CHICKEN BBQ
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GETTING READY
BOB AND JEREMY PUTT’N ON THE
SAUCE
DAVID AND GUYS WASHING
CHICKS
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FROM PIG ROASTER TO CHICKEN COOKER
28 HALF CHICKS A PIT YUMMY
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CLEANING UP
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SERVING THE NEIGHBORS AND ADDING ANOTHER PIT … ROY AND SCOTT PUTT’N ON THE RUB
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YOU CAN TELL BY THE SMILES – A SUCCESSFUL DAY
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NETWORKING WITH NEIGHBORINGCONGREGATIONS
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WE THOUGHT WE COULD AND WE DID
NOW TO EVALUATE,
CRITIQUE, STRATEGIZE,
PLAN, AND CONTINUE ON.
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REHOBETH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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