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REHOBETH UMC LOVETTSVILLE,VA WINCHESTER DISTRICT BISHOP: REV. SHARMA D. LEWIS DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT: REV. STEVEN J. SUMMERS PASTOR: REV. MICHELLE KIM

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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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