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The Circuit RiderAsbury United Methodist Church Newsletter

Serving God in the community for over 150 years

JUNE 2015 | VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 6

OUR STAFF

Pastor The Rev. Laura L. Galbraith

Secretary & Newsletter Editor Melissa Gray

Custodian Bruce Lauzier

Music Director Michael Coderre

Organist Jana Ros

Bell Choir Director Kristen Russo

Nursery Coordinator Briana Hoffman

CONTACT INFO

Office: 860-584-0529Fax: 860-584-0520 (call first)Parsonage: 860-261-4131

Pastor e-mail: pastorlaura.g@sbcglobal.netSecretary e-mail: asburysecretary@sbcglobal.netAsbury Web Page: www.asburyumcforestville.com

June 2015

Dear Friends,

Within the structure of each local church of the United Methodist Church, there are many blessed opportunities for members of the church to serve in ministry. Our book of order, “The Book of Discipline,” states the following:

“All Christians are called through their baptism to this ministry of servanthood in the world to the glory of God and for human fulfillment. The forms of this ministry are diverse in locale, in interest, and in denominational accent, yet always catholic (universal) in spirit and outreach.”

The diversity of how members live out their ministry through Asbury is to be celebrated: we are involved in teaching, caring, serving, supporting, visiting and praying in many wonderful ways, both within and beyond the walls of Asbury each and every day!

A special opportunity to learn more and discern how God is calling you to serve is through the Lay Servant Ministry course that is offered by our Connecticut District. What used to be Lay Speaking courses (that prepared members to preach), is now expanded to Lay Servant ministries to prepare members to serve in a wide range of areas within the local church and beyond.

A new class is beginning on Saturday, August 15th at Wethersfield UMC. It will meet for three Saturdays in August. If you might be interested in exploring this further, let’s have a cup of coffee, tea, etc. and talk more!

God bless,

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J U N E W O R S H I P A S S I S T A N T SJune 7

 

Worship Leader 10:00 a..m. Stacey RichGreeters............................. Claudia Peterson & Ruby HarperFellowship Hour................. The Szydlo FamilyAltar Flowers...................... Natalie Cummings June 14

 

Worship Leader 10:00 a..m. Youth Of Asbury Greeters............................. Youth of AsburyFellowship Hour................. Education CommitteeAltar Flowers Betty Topalian June 21

 

Worship Leader 10:00 a..m. TBDGreeters............................. Mike & Wanda NesticoFellowship Hour................. Harriet Donovan & Stacey RichAltar Flowers...................... Open

June 28 

Worship Leaders 10:00 a.m. TBDGreeters............................. Phyllis Petit & Mernie Whitcomb

Altar Guild 

Tammy Buonafede and Kate Abekah Birthday Caller

 

Pat Potts Soup Kitchen

 

Ruth Circle 8:30 a.m. Worship Leader

 

Carl Aspland, Donna Motyl, Mike Motyl, Denise Krom

Ushers 

Wayne Fuller, Bonnie Emery, Dennis Floyd, Don Mazerolle, Dick Peterson, Roy DiYulio 

J U N E B I R T H D A Y S01 Sally Shea

Tyler AndersonJay Clement

02 Donavan Anderson03 James Clevenger06 Alvin Wysocki

Jeff AchilliHunter Smith

07 Sandra RichardsonCarrie ZahacewskiPaul TibbittsBruce BoucherThomas KomanetskyTammy BuonafedeColin Hagan

08 Madison-Min BarnabySandra Maier

09 Ben LinnCamryn TuckerTammy Johanns

10 Nathan PinetteMatthew KirschnerTyler Cyr

11 Brian KomanetskyDeborah Bechert

12 Lucille HamelNorm Fusaro

13 Mark KirschnerNatalie CummingsKenneth ClarkJoseph Grasso

14 Kim RichardsonLorraine ClarkLogan Annelli

16 David BarryJordyn VolpeCole Harrison

17 Heather Lafland18 Corey Pratt

Jean HaganDaniel Volpe

19 Karen Cranford20 Lori Bolduc

Joseph Wojcik21 Lorana Sardilli22 Jonathan Pierce

William Pierce

23 Marjorie WysockiSharon ParsonsJean Tibbitts

24 Emily Anderson25 Shannen Pullen

Joan Tilley26 Jushwua Flynn

Carolyn O'ShaughnessyCasey Voisine

27 Avery Horan28 Connor Cummings

Danielle Johnson30 Brenden Cummings

June KellertCharlene Clevenger

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In Our Thoughts and Prayers…

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your donation of aluminum can tabs. The proceeds from this recycling project are used to buy supplies for hospital patients to use in their leisure activities as well as transporting patients to and from the hospitals.

Recently, the success of this program has enabled the Prosthetic and Esthetics Department of the Springfield Hospital to purchase a trailer for the transport and storage of materials for their outreach clinics.

Sincerely yours,Richard K. White, Sphinx Shriners Potentate

Editor’s Note: A huge thank you to TRC Corp. for continuing to support this project in the memory of Mark Hultman. And also, to Mike Nestico, who delivers the tabs for us.

Arlene Petras, Tom Myers, Sr., Jennifer McLeod, Betty Topalian, Marilyn May, Patti Potts, Carey Bell, Bonnie Maskery, Shirley Nelson, Carl Aspland, Elsie Lyons, Edward Coloske, and others who have needs of which we may not be aware.

If you wish to be listed in the bulletin and newsletter for prayers, please call the church office at 860-584-0529 or e-mail us at: asburysecretary@sbcglobal.net.

If you wish to relate prayer needs to the prayer chain, please call Phyllis Petit at 860-589-6059 or Mernie Whitcomb at 860-583-5373, or e-mail Pastor Laura at pastorlaura.g@sbcglobal.net. Please keep your call brief, and be aware of the privacy rights of the person(s) for whom you are requesting prayers.

Asbury member Rebecca Ranucci, daughter of Pat and Dana Jandreau graduated from UCONN’s School of Business with a PhD in Business Management. She has accepted a teaching job with SCSU beginning with the fall semester.

Jeffrey Humphrey, grandson of Edith & Wayne Devino, graduated Cum Laude from SUNY with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. He plans to work towards his Master’s Degree at the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall with long term plans of teaching music.

Emma Avery, daughter of Daria & Dale Avery and granddaughter of Lorana Sardilli and Edith & Wayne Devino, will graduate from Lewis S Mills High School in June having achieved high honors for all 4 years. She is one of the top five academic students in her class. She is headed to ECSU in the fall as one of 25 students entering SCSU honors program and majoring in Environmental Earth Science.

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JUNEGod’s Comforting Word

1 Hosea 1.1—2.1 2 Hosea 2.2-23 3 Hosea 11.1-11 4 Hosea 14.1-9 5 Joel 2.1-27 6 Amos 9.1-15 7 Zephaniah 3.1-20 8 Haggai 1.1-15 9 Haggai 2.1-23 10 Zechariah 1.1-21 11 Zechariah 2.1-13 12 Zechariah 3.1-10 13 Zechariah 4.1-10 14 Zechariah 8.1-23 15 Zechariah 9.1-17 16 Zechariah 10.1-12 17 Isaiah 51.1-23 18 Isaiah 52.1-12 19 Isaiah 54.1-17 20 Isaiah 55.1-13 21 Isaiah 56.1-12 22 Isaiah 57.1-21 23 Isaiah 58.1-14 24 Isaiah 59.1-21 25 Isaiah 60.1-22 26 Isaiah 61.1-11 27 Isaiah 62.1-12 28 Isaiah 65.17-25 29 Jeremiah 30.1-24 30 Lamentations 3.1-58

What’s in the Shopping Cart for June?

Canned Peaches or Pears(light sauce)

As God has so generously given us the Fruit of the Spirit,

let us give our fruit to those in need.

Thank you for placing your donation in the shopping cart located in the Narthex.

The final total for the April collection of tuna was 273 cans.

Daily Bible Reading Guide

THE BACK PACK PROGRAM

Join us at Wendy’s of Bristol on 1247 Farmington Ave.

Tuesday, June 2nd Tuesday, July 7th

from 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Stay and enjoy fellowship or get take out. Ask to have your receipt put in the Asbury UMC basket! We receive 20% of all sales made! All proceeds will go to help pay our apportionments.

The deadline for the combined July / August Circuit Rider is

Sunday, June 14th.Please leave all articles in the mailbox

in the church office or e-mail them to:

asburysecretary@sbcglobal.net.

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F E L L O W S H I PSave The

June 2 @ 5:00 pm – Wendy’s Fundraiser June 14 @ 10:00 am – Children’s Sunday  June 21 Father’s Day June 27 @ 6:30 pm – Game Night 

Senior Fellowship

June 4 – Movie

June 11 – Wayne & JoAnn Bacon discuss their trip to Iceland

June 18 – Games, Grinder and Ice Cream Sundae Program

June 25 – Birthday Celebration, Bingo

Senior Fellowship will meet every other Thursday beginning July 9th for the summer. They will have no formal meetings, but will take day trips.

The Crochet Club will take a summer break after the June 9th meeting and will resume again in September.

For All Groups and May Women’s Retreat

What a great day was had by the 17 ladies who took part in our 3rd women’s retreat. The day began at the picturesque Wisdom House Retreat Center. The topic of the day was mindfulness and the importance of taking time for quiet, meditation, stillness and reflection through our day to recharge and better live a balanced life. A lot of food for thought! We were served a lovely lunch and given free time to just chat, look through the book and gift shop or walk the outdoor labyrinth overlooking the Litchfield hills.

Next we traveled to Lourdes of Litchfield where we visited an outdoor chapel and walked a nearby wooded path where we viewed the Stations of the Cross. For dinner we gathered at the Village Pub Restaurant on the Litchfield Green. We had a wonderful day of fellowship, relaxation and inspiration. And Karen Cranford presented each of the ladies with a beautiful plant to remember the day.

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COME ONE, COME ALL TO ASBURY’S GAME NIGHTSATURDAY, JUNE 27TH AT 6:30 PM

Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship and games. We have time honored games, and new games, competitive games and cooperative games, games for the young and for the young at heart.

We will have a movie set up for those children who are too young to play or don’t wish to play games. A babysitter will be available so Moms and Dads can play games while their children are entertained.

Free popcorn and lemonade will be available, but feel free to bring your own snack. A ping pong table will also be available.

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Please join us on Sunday, June 14th at 10:00 a.m.as the Children and Youth of Asbury

lead us in worship.

There will be NO Sunday School on the following dates:

June 21st

June 28th

July 5th

One Room ClassJuly 12th – August 23rd

Psalm 19 – paraphrased

1. Quarks and electrons, crystals and cells; stems and trunks and limbs and bodies –2. on the land, in the water, in the air – the elements of the universe wait to expand our understanding.3. Rocks have no words, nor do cells have syllables,4. yet their message can be read anywhere. Even the fiery stars,5. racing at unimaginable speeds through space,6. yield their secrets to those willing to probe the limits of God's universe.7. And what do they find? An underlying harmony, a delicate equilibrium built on the value of everything, living or inanimate, past, present, and future.8. There are no exceptions. No one is above the law of interdependence.9. Life dies and becomes new life; spirit and flesh are one. My fate is inextricably linked to yours, and our fate to the trees and insects.10. This is the beginning of wisdom. It is better than wealth, more valuable than possessions.11. Awareness of it will change you forever.12. But we are too often blind; we close our ears to the voices of the winds and the waves, to the insights of the rocks and the plants.13. God, keep us from thinking we know it all; human minds cannot encompass eternity; an assembly of facts does not equal truth.14. Keep us always open to wonder, to beauty, to mystery, O greatest of mysteries.

From: Everyday PsalmsWood Lake Books

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015SOMETHING BIG IS COMING

Henry G. Ashton, who recently resigned as sexton of the Methodist Church after eleven years of faithful service, was surprised by the official board of the church and a few friends who called at his home Saturday evening and presented him with a handsome parlor rocker.

June 15, 1871

June 15, 1905

The Ladies Aid Society propose holding a Festival on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week, the proceeds of which are to be used in furnishing the parsonage built last season.

June 23, 1930The annual church school picnic will take place at Rockwell Park, Saturday, June 28th. The special trolley will start from center at 10:30 and return at 5 p.m. If the weather is all right and the picnic is certain, the church bell will ring at 9:30 a.m. If no bell is rung at that time, it is understood that the picnic will be postponed.

June 14, 1872The ladies are preparing for a strawberry festival. The church is being painted inside, and an effort is being made to raise funds for the purpose of fencing in the church and parsonage, so as to keep stray cattle out of the meeting house and parsonage garden.

June 30, 1871The event of the week in our little village was the marriage of Fred P. Beach of Waterbury, to Miss Lillie Painter of this village on Wednesday evening 21st . It being the first wedding ceremony ever performed in the church here, as a matter of course everybody went, and the house was packed to its utmost capacity.

The information is courtesy of the Bristol Press and the Public Library. It is reproduced as it was originally presented.

If you have…any pictures or documents from Asbury’s past, please contact Karren Grayson.

Don’t forget…To check out the display cases and boards in the Narthex. Karren changes them frequently, and are a wonderful way to connect with the past.

Yesterdays at Asbury

Karren Grayson, Asbury’s Historian will be publishing each month in the newsletter a series entitled, “Yesterdays at Asbury”. It is a recollection of our history from the Bristol Press and the Bristol Library. The information was first collected as part of the 125th Anniversary celebration.

June 14, 1955June 14, 1955 – The Asbury Church School Board will have an outdoor roast tonight at the Lackman cottage on Farmington River. Cars will leave the church at 6:00 p.m.

June 4, 1874A convention of thirty Methodist clergymen will meet here next week… The difficulty of providing for so large a number of clergy caused some anxiety among the members of the church, till Mr. Alcott assured them that he could furnish accommodations for fifteen or twenty at his elegant hotel. The Alcott Hotel was located near the campground.

June 22, 1905The annual sale of ice cream donated by Mr. M. H. Barnard for the benefit of the Methodist Church will take place on the church lawn Tuesday evening, June 27. If stormy, then on Wednesday evening.

June 13, 1955The junior choir of the Asbury Methodist Church entertained at a party in the church rooms Saturday at 4 p.m. for Susan Sheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sheeler. Games were played following which a picnic supper was served with Mrs. Ray Sweeton and Mrs. Wilbur Gardner as hostesses. The honor guest was presented a gift by Mr. Edward Perret, junior choir director. Mrs. Edward Sheeler and daughters Susan and Ann will leave for Paris, France, in the near future to join Mr. Sheeler who is with the U.S. Foreign Service. Guests at the party were Barbara Dumbrowski, Carol Ubano, Georgine Reynolds, Arthur and Howard Simmons, Edward and Henry Perret, Mary Cobb, Norma West, Judith Chartner, Nancy and Mildred Sweeton, Marilyn McCabe, Gail Fawcett, Nell and Ann Gardner, Linda Roberts, Beth Trafton, Vance Syphers, Jean Limeburner, Judy Salmon and Susan Sheeler; also Mr. Edward Perret, Mrs. Edward Sheeler, Dr. and Mrs. Hartney, Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sweeton.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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6:15 PM Girl Scouts

7:30 PM NA

29:00 AM Crochet Class

5:00 PM Wendy’s Fundraiser

5:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Stephen Ministry

6:00 PM Bell Choir

6:00 PM Methodism 101

7:00 PM Boy Scouts

8:00 PM AA

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6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:30 PM Tai Chi

7:30 PM Chancel Choir

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10:15 AM Seniors

5:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:00 PM TOPS

6:30 PM Boy Scouts

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5:30 PM Tai Chi

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

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7 Communion, One Room Sunday School

9:00 AM Sunday Morning Study Group

11:30 AM Christian Outreach

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5:30 PM Church Council

7:30 PM NA

99:00 AM Crochet Class

3:30 PM Soup Kitchen

5:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Bell Choir

6:00 PM Methodism 101

8:00 PM AA

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6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:30 PM Tai Chi

7:30 PM Chancel Choir

Annual Conference

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10:15 AM Seniors

5:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:00 PM TOPS

6:30 PM Boy Scouts

Annual Conference

125:30 PM Tai Chi

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

Annual Conference

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Annual Conference

14 Children’s Sunday

9:00 AM Sunday Morning Study Group

Circuit Rider Deadline

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7:00 PM American Legion

7:30 PM NA

165:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Stephen Ministry

6:00 PM Bell Choir

6:00 PM Methodism 101

8:00 PM AA

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6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:30 PM Tai Chi

7:30 PM Chancel Choir

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10:15 AM Seniors

5:00 PM Exercise Class

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

6:00 PM TOPS

6:30 PM Boy Scouts

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5:30 PM Tai Chi

6:00 PM Girl Scouts

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21 Father’s Day, Tools Of Hope Collection9:00 AM Sunday Morning Study Group

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7:30 PM NA

238:00 PM AA

246:30 PM Tai Chi

2510:15 AM Seniors

6:00 PM TOPS

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5:30 PM Tai Chi

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Game Night6:30 – 8:30 pm

289:00 AM Sunday Morning Study Group

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7:30 PM NA

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8:00 PM AA

One Worship Service Sundays at 9:00 am begins July 5th

A S B U R Y U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H C A L E N D A RJUNE

Worship Services at 8:30 and 10:00 AM Fellowship Hour at 11:00

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