April 2018 Maynard Messenger
Maynard Messenger
Phone: 614-263-5145
eMail: [email protected]
Web Site: (new as of 3/20/18)
www.maynardaveumc.org Worship Services: Sunday School: 9:15/9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Sacred Time Out Tuesday: 7 p.m. Pastor: Rev. Patricia Wagner
Music Director: Bryan Babcock Custodian:
Anna Borsick Secretary: Claudia Erlenbach
Inside this issue: The McCurdy Schools .............. 2 World Book Day ........................ 2 Maynard Avenue Small Group
Book Study .............................. 2 I Am the Dream.......................... 3 Book Donations and The
Welcome Home Project ..... 3 For Everyone Born 2018
Conference .............................. 4 Faith Based Re-entry Summit .. 4 Living a Faith-filled Life with
Parkinson’s Disease ............... 4 Introducing Pastor Jeff Mullinix ..................................... 5 Holy Humor Sunday—Sunday
after Easter .............................. 6 Bell Choir Trip/Thanks You! ... 6 Maynard’s Heart ......................... 7 Laos Mission Initiative ............... 8 Lent 2018—”Overcomers” ..... 9 20 Interesting Things about
April Fools’ Day ................... 10 Celebrating 70 Years of
Methodist Mission Giving .. 12 Native American Ministries
Sunday ..................................... 13 The Grief Recovery Method . 13 Leadership Retreat................... 14 Palm Sunday at Maynard ......... 14 Invitation from Bishop Palmer ..................................... 15 Calendar of Events .................. 16
Perhaps we have always been anxious to move onto spring. This winter, brutal for a while then simply unending, is one we will be glad to leave behind. While the world looks rather bleak at the moment, we know that there are bulbs hidden underground and tiny leaves curled up tight just waiting for spring warmth and water and light to unfurl and rise up in beauty.
It gives us some hope, and confidence, doesn't it, that things are going to be okay? That life will return even in where there is loss or sorrow. Even when we humans mess up, creation, beloved of God, will continue to bring forth goodness.
I hope that you are finding those places where life is coming back, to you and those you love, and to this old world
********************** Over at the parsonage, we are
beginning to spruce up the place for Jeff and Steve who will arrive at the end of June. The Staff-Parish team and I feel deeply that the Spirit of God is in this change and that there will spring up from the ground of this magnificent congregation great goodness, mercy, and kindness, as you receive these two Christian men. Jeff has so clearly been called to parish ministry. He has served in many settings in different denominations, and has overcome great obstacles to bring you the gospel of Jesus Christ. Steve, a high school teacher, is a person who with joy and delight
serves young people. What a blessing they will be to you and the new folks who will come because of them.
I know that their marriage is a source of some concern for you as you worry what this means for Jeff’s tenure here. While it is fully legal, our denomination is still in process over how to respond to changes in our understanding of human relationships.
Our bishop, Gregory Palmer, is part of a committee discerning “A Way Forward” for the UMC on these matters to see how we can remain in connection as a denomination even as we have deep differences on human sexuality. That team is considering several paths, and will bring a recommendation to a special session of the General Conference in February 2019, one year before our regular General Conference. Such a special session has only occurred once in our denominational history. We don’t know what is coming, except change.
Because this is such a transitional time in regard to these matters, we don’t expect charges or disciplinary actions to be taken. That gives everyone some breathing room, to live into this moment, this spring awakening to the new life in the spirit. I am proud and grateful to be part of a congregation that the Bishop and cabinet trust to receive Jeff and Steve with love and grace.
Spring Awakening!
by Pastor Patricia
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The Christian Workers Class
and the United Methodist Women
have both lost members in the past
several years and are no longer
vital at Maynard. Over the years
both of these groups supported the
MCurdy Schools of Northern New
Mexico located in Espaňola, NM.
Giving Tuesday (November 18,
2017) was a record giving day for
McCurdy by raising $71,050 from
128 donors across the U.S. But
Maynard continues to support
McCurdy Schools by sending them
Box Tops for Education. Along with Box Tops, they can also use
The McCurdy Schools
Tyson Project A+ labels. The
Tyson labels are worth 24 cents
each, Box Tops are worth 10 cents
in donation. (They are no longer
permitted to submit Campbell
Soup labels so if you have any to
bring in, please find another
worthy place that accepts them.)
There is a receptacle on the
shelf beside the office where you
can put your box tops and Tyson
Project A+ labels.
Thanks for your continued
support of the McCurdy Schools.
The legacy for the two defunct groups lives on through you!
World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as
International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event
celebrated on April 23.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized this day
to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.
Although organized by UNESCO, several countries
around the world have chosen their own date for
World Book Day. Example: in the United Kingdom,
the day is recognized on the first Thursday in March.
World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on
April 23, 1995.
Encourage your children (and yourself) to read a book!!
World Book Day
Three books were in the
running for April’s book discussion
but The Women of Easter won out.
Join us on April 26 at 7 p.m.
in the Parlor for a discussion and
snacks. Bring some snacks to share
if you’d like. We’ll see you then
Maynard Avenue Small Group Book Study
with a book in your
hand and questions in
your heart.
Let Claudia know if
you’d like her to order
you a book. All are
welcome.
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On Wednesday, April 4, The
West Ohio Conference will hold a
Remembrance Service for the 50th
anniversary of the assassination of
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The service, titled “I Am the
Dream,” will acknowledge the life
and legacy of Dr. King, as well as
recognize all those who lost their
lives in the Civil Rights movement.
It will also be a time of
encouraging and celebrating the
God-Dreams we have for our own
lives, as well as those for the
beloved community of Christ.
The evening will include a
variety of vibrant music, along with
prayers, stories, and a message
from Bishop Palmer.
The gathering will begin at
6 p.m. at Maize Manor United
Methodist Church in Columbus,
with the service starting at
6:30 p.m. A multicultural reception
will follow. The event will also be
live-streamed on the Conference
website.
For more information, contact
Donnetta Peaks at
I Am the Dream: Embracing the Legacy of MLK
Did you know that a GED and computer literacy education can reduce recidivism by 13% and significantly increase the chance for employment after returning to the community? Did you know that YOU can help individuals prepare to return to the community?
Maynard’s “Welcome Home” ministry is partnering with the OSU student organization, PassGo (www.ohiopassgo.org) to collect current non-fiction and popular fiction books, any genre, for local prison libraries. Your generous donation can be dropped off at the church between now and April 13 and will contribute to improving the academic and career outcomes of returning citizens.
For more information about PassGo, contact Eleni Christofides at [email protected].
For more information about Welcome Home, call 614- 284-6787.
Book Donations and The Welcome Home Project
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For Everyone Born 2018 Conference
2019 General Conference as we
work for justice and dream about
what it means to be a church that
is “For Everyone Born.”
RMN looks forward to being
able to share the agenda and
registration with you soon, but
until then, plan to see RMN
committee and members in St.
Louis in July!
After much anticipation,
it is with oy that
Reconciling Ministries
Network (RMN) is able to
share that we have a new
location for “For Everyone Born -
2018 Convocation”!
Join us and hundreds of other
United Methodists at the St. Louis
Airport Hilton in St. Louis, MO on
July 26-29.
It will be a powerful experience
to gather so close to the site of the
Faith-Based Re-entry Summit—April 12
Building Communities of Hope
and Healing
Thursday, April 12
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Central Community Center
102 W. High St. Springfield, OH
Join us for a day focused on
balancing justice with mercy by
building relationships of hope and
healing between churches,
correctional institutions, and
communities. Free — so space is
limited to the first 200 who
register for this free event.
For more information, map/
directions, and to register visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/
e/2018-southwest-region-faith-
based-reentry-summit-tickets-
41289561189
Living a Faith-filled Life with Parkinson’s Disease
The Riverside United Methodist
Church, 2701 Zollinger Rd.,
Columbus, has scheduled an
evening service on Tuesday,
April 3 at 7:15 p.m. featuring
Rev. James Freshour who brings a
message entitled, “Living a Faith-
Filled Life with Parkinson’s
Disease.”
Rev. Freshour, a retired
member of the West Ohio Annual
Conference, was diagnosed with
PD in September 2014. He will be
offering words of hope and
encouragement for persons with
PD, their families, friends, and
caregivers. The gathered
community will have an
opportunity to receive the
sacrament of Holy Communion
and prayers for healing.
For other information about
this event call the church at
614-486-5201.
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Pastor Jeff was born and raised
in Dayton, OH, and is a graduate of
Cedarville College (University)
with a BA in Communication Arts.
He received his MA Religious
Education in 1995 from
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary and his MDiv from
United Theological Seminary in
2011. Originally ordained in the
Baptist church, his life journey
brought him to the United
Methodist Church where he has
been an elder since 2012. He has
served United Methodist churches in the West Ohio Conference in
Defiance, Springfield, and more
recently, Glenwood UMC in the
Hilltop area of Columbus. He is
also active in the West Ohio
Reconciling Ministries.
Pastor Jeff has three adult
children: Bethany who lives in San
Francisco, CA; Scott who lives in
Sacramento, CA; and Bryant and
wife Alicia who live in Dayton. He
has one granddaughter, Georgia,
who is 2 years old.
Pastor Jeff and his husband,
Steve Shamblin, have been married
since December 17, 2016. Steve
also has three children, one
grandchild, and one due in May.
Steve currently teaches high school
Advanced Placement Literature,
English, and Art in Charleston, WV.
He is hopeful to soon find a
teaching position in the Columbus
area.
Jeff and Steve love living in the
Columbus area where they enjoy
cooking (Steve is the better cook),
attending the theatre, touring art
museums, finding new “non-chain”
places to eat, and spending time
with friends.
Both Pastor Jeff and Steve are
excited about coming to Maynard
Ave. UMC, and they look forward
to serving this community together
in ministry.
Pastor Jeff will begin his
ministry at Maynard on Sunday,
July 1, 2018. Be here to welcome
him and Steve to their new home!
Introducing Pastor Jeff Mullinix
Pastor Jeff (r) and
Steve Shamblin (l)
Sunrise Service April 1 at 7 a.m. Summit and Maynard Park
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Holy Humor Sunday — Sunday after Easter
generations. (We need those by
Wednesday, April 4). Email to
put in the offering plate on Easter!
Jokes don’t have to be religious,
or about Jesus, although good-
spirited ones about the Son of God
would make him laugh, too!
If you have a funny story that
you want to be sure we tell aloud,
there will be time for a couple of
those in worship.
Bring along a percussion
instrument to accentuate the
punchlines!
On April 8, we will celebrate
an old tradition in the Christian
world. For centuries, people of
faith have gathered after Easter to
celebrate with stories and jokes
and dancing and feasting to honor
the great “joke” that God pulled on
the forces of Evil by resurrecting
Jesus. The Latin Church called
it :Risus Paschalis — God’s Joke or
The Easter Laugh.
We hope that you will be here
that Sunday, and that you might
share, in advance, a good joke or
cartoon, suitable for sharing across
Bell Choir Trip/Thank You!
APRIL 13-14, 2018
Michael Lindner and the
Maynard Handbell Choir
are planning to attend the
Handbell Musicians of
American Spring Festival
in Charleston, WV,
joining choirs from a five-
state area for a weekend
of music, education, and fun.
Handbell Choir members thank
you for your generous donations
making this trip possible!
A big thank you to Jim
Stephenson for making the aprons
for the Handbell ringers to wear.
They look so professional!
Good luck on your trip!
Nessum Dorma played solo
by Michael Lindner,
Handbell director
Diego Bernal, Ayden Baugus, Luna Bernal, Lauren Hazel, Shelli Hazel, Vianna Luu, Victor Luu, Verich Luu,
Vanessa Luu, Merv Matteson, and two guests, and Michael directing
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It was just an idea. A
combination of pictures I saw on
Pinterest. A big red heart covered
with handprints. And it seemed so
appropriate for February and a
lesson on LOVE.
With the help of many in the
congregation that responded to the
request for the tracing of their
handprints, our project began to
take shape. We used several
different shades of red paper to
show diversity. We cut out all of
the imprints and even Pink helped.
I should have counted how many, but I can guarantee that we cut a
lot of prints. We had big
handprints like Michael, dainty
prints like Venus, gnarled prints like
those of us who are older, hard
working hands, and creative
decorated prints from our artists.
We had toddler prints from Mercy,
and alien prints from Spock (yes,
That Spock), and sign language
LOVE prints. We are a wonderful
diverse group and that is what
makes this church so amazing!
After cutting out the big red
background heart, we started to
place the handprints. Many had
names written on them, so as we
decided the best place to
artistically put them, we lifted that
person with a prayer envisioning
them in our minds. As the hands
blended into a heart, they just
seemed to fit perfectly. A beautiful
blend of people just like our
Church Family.
Ayden, Luna, Ava (a visitor and
friend of Luna’s), and I talked about
love … Agape (God’s), Philio
(Family and
Friends),
and Eros
(Romantic).
We
answered
questions
like, “how
do I show
God love?”
And “what
does Friendship mean to you?”
Their answers are on the board in
the Kid’s Room. Stop by and read
their answers. These young ladies are such wonderful examples of
what it is to be a Spirit-filled
person. They are our living
pictures of “A young child shall
lead.”
So, how do you show God
Love? Do you share, support,
care, and love each other and
those you meet outside of church?
Do you invite others to our church
to experience that community and
acceptance? Remember what we
say every Sunday, “We Celebrate
and Share Christ’s Love and
Acceptance of ALL.” I don’t hear
an “if” or a “but” in that sentence.
Reach out and embrace that
person, take a breath, and
welcome them home. It may be
the only one they know at that
moment. Aren’t we blessed?
Now, if you somehow missed
tracing your hand and still want to
be a part of Maynard’s Heart, let
me know. We have plenty of red
paper and there is always room for
more hands in this family! by Natalie Snarr
Maynard’s Heart
The West Ohio
Conference of The
United Methodist
Church supports a wide
variety of mission
partners, both local
and global, in
advancing our common
mission to 'make
disciples of Jesus Christ
for the transformation of the world.'
Each month, we will join together in
praying for our brothers and sisters
doing mission and ministry around the world.
Laos Mission Initiative
More than 15 years of mission
work in Laos has led to the
creation of 60 congregations across
8 provinces, with 56 lay leaders and
over 4,000 members. Worshipers
gather in sunlit homes where they
study scriptures, pray, and sing.
Held back by formal restrictions and the difficulty of travel, Laotian
United Methodists labor with
patience. Congregations grow as
friends and family members come
around one or two at a time. They
have also begun reaching out into
Laos Mission Initiative
communities by offering vocational
training, creating educational
opportunities, empowering
women, and strengthening the local
economy.
Please pray for:
Expansion of the Christian faith
and the United Methodist
Church in Laos, with freedom
of religion for those professing
their faith, as well as a peaceful,
safe place of worship.
Support for local programs, such as the Sunbeam Language
and Vocational School, as well
as ministries with women,
children, and youth.
Official, government
recognition and registration of
the United Methodist Church
in Laos.
Continued growth and maturity
for the leaders and members of
discipleship ministries in Laos.
NewsNET: March 7, 2018 Vol 11, Issue 10
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NEW WEBSITE: MAYNARDAVEUMC.ORG
The new website is still being worked on but Maynard’s old website
maynardav.org is no longer active.
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Lent 2018 — Overcomers (cont’d from March newsletter)
diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
could not have been any better
written than by Martha herself.
The story of her frustration and
hopes around this disease were
expressed beautifully, painfully,
hopefully.
March 18, the Fifth Sunday of
Lent, brought Yalande Jeffries to
the pulpit to share her story of
overcoming her life of
homelessness. She said it best:
“Look how far I have come from
dumpster diving to having my own
apartment.” No longer homeless, Yalande is gainfully employed and
recently was able to move into her
own apartment with all her own
furniture. What a joyful life!
March 25 brought back a
favorite speaker, Rev. Ben
Weisbrod (Beth was working at
another church and could not join
him.) Joyful for their time in Africa,
there were obstacles to overcome.
First they had to learn the language
before even heading to Africa.
Being away from family is a difficult
obstacle to overcome but one you
learn to accept as you follow God’s
calling on your life. Losing friends
to violence when you are preaching
peace—how do you walk onward
and overcome that loss? We are
glad they are both home safe and
sound.
Join us on Easter Sunday at
10:30 a.m. to hear again the story
of the biggest overcomer of all,
Christ. Relearn about his
overcoming sin and death and his
resurrection! Help us make a
joyful noise!
“The Overcomer”
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
We are hard pressed
on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair,
persecuted, but not abandoned;
struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body
the death of Jesus, so that the life of
Jesus may also be revealed in our
body. For we who are alive are
always being given over to death for
Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also
be revealed in our mortal body.
So then, death is at work in us,
but life is at work in you.
Continuing last month’s article
about the overcomers at Maynard:
On March 4, Leo Soboslai
spoke, not about overcoming
cancer—although thankful for that
— about overcoming addiction to
smoking. He started smoking as a
young teen but it was his battle
with cancer that played a big role in
overcoming his addiction to
smoking. Smoking had a lot to do
with getting cancer in the first
place. Now smoke and cancer
free, Leo was glad to share his story with everyone.
Then on March 11, the Fourth
Sunday of Lent, Martha Matteson’s
life was told through readers of her
poetry. Martha has a lovely way
with words and was able to
describe her joy in overcoming
people thinking she could not be a
minister, even Merv was a little
doubtful, yet became one. Then
her fear and anger with the
Leo Soboslai
Rev. Martha Matteson
Yalande Jeffries
Rev. Ben Weisbrod
1. The earliest recorded reference to April Fools’ Day was in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in 1392.
2. Although historians believe April Fools’ began in France, no one is entirely certain. One belief is that it began with a calendar change in the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII adopted the Gregorian calendar, and New Year’s Day was moved from April 1 to January 1.
3. The ancient Romans had a day of jokes called Festival of Hilaria (a.k.a. Roman Laughing Day). In ancient Rome, the festival of Hilaria was held to celebrate the vernal equinox and honor the Anatolian Earth Goddess.
4. Boese of the Museum of Hoaxes points out that April Fools’ is a day where social inequalities could be confronted; for example, in the 1800s street urchins played tricks on the London gentlemen.
5. As an April Fools’ Day prank in 1998, Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA TODAY introducing the newest menu item: a “Left-Handed Whopper.”
6. In Scotland, April Fools’ Day used to be called “Hunt the Gowk Day.” “Gowk” is an old Scottish word for a foolish person. A traditional prank involved sending the “gowk” to deliver a sealed message. The message instructed the recipient, “Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile.” The recipient would then send the victim onward to another person, bearing an identical sealed message. The joke went on until
Twenty Interesting Things about April Fools’ Day
either the “gowk” got wise to what was going on, or someone took pity on him.
7. The French call April 1 Poisson d’Avril, or “April Fish.” French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying “Poisson d’Avril” when the prank is discovered.
8. In Spain, December 28 is the equivalent of the U.S.’s April Fools’ Day. Dia de los Santos Inocentes (“Day of the Holly Innocents”), a religious holiday named in honor of young children slaughtered by order of King Herod around the time of Jesus’ birth, has largely lost its religious aspect. Now, “pranks that became popular during the Middle Ages have been combined with winter festivities of pagan origin.”
9. On April 1, 1976, BBC radio astronomer Patrick Moore stated to radio listeners that an astronomical event (the conjunction of Jupiter and Pluto) would take place at 9:47 a.m. that day, which would noticeably decrease gravity on Earth. If listeners were to jump into the air at that exact moment, they would find they felt a floating sensation.
10. Twenty years earlier, the BBC fooled the nation with a spoof documentary broadcast about spaghetti crops in Switzerland. The documentary “featured a family in Switzerland carrying out their annual spaghetti harvest…carefully plucking strands of spaghetti from a tree and laying them in the sun to dry.” Apparently, millions were duped —
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cont’d pg. 9
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Twenty Interesting Things about April Fools’ Day (cont’d)
15. A Flemish April Fools’ tradition has children locking their parents or teachers from their homes/rooms, only letting them back in when they promise a treat.
16. In England, depending on where you live, instead of being called “fool” on April Fools’ Day, you could be called a “noodle,” “noddy,” “gobby,” or “gob.”
17. Even Mark Twain had something to say about April Fools’ Day: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.” (Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1894)
18. Twitter jumped in on the April Fools’ Day bandwagon in 2013 to announce that they were shifting to a two-tiered service. Those who wanted to use their services for free could use Twttr, where they could tweet ONLY consonants. Those who paid $5/monthly could use consonants AND vowels.
19. According to a 2010 national study, 68% of advertising and marketing executives consider April Fools’ pranks unsuitable; only 3% found pranks “very appropriate.”
20. Based on its readers’ feedback and ongoing research over at The Museum of Hoaxes, there is an entertaining and in- depth list of the Top 100 April Fools’ Day Hoaxes of All Time.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
fun-and-learning/twenty-interesting-things-about-april-fools-day/
calling in to ask how they could grow their own spaghetti trees.
11. On April Fools’ Day in 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing their purchase of the Liberty Bell, which they purportedly renamed the “Taco Liberty Bell.” At noon on the same day, it was revealed that the story was a hoax.
12. In 2001, another successful April Fools’ marketing ploy was set-up in Denmark involving a car from Copenhagen’s new subway. It appeared as though one of the subway cars accidentally pushed through the ground in the square directly in front of town hall.
13. Google outdoes itself each year with April Fools’ jokes. In 2013, they introduced the Google Wallet Mobile ATM which advertised that it could attach to most smartphones and “dispense money instantly and effortlessly,” including rare $2 and $50 bills. No more searching for an ATM or bank! “If your mobile ATM is running low on funds, a self-driving, armored, hybrid vehicle will be alerted and dispatched to your location — arriving within minutes to quickly and safely refill [your] ATM.”
14. Funnily enough, because of their chronic hoaxes through the years, when Google actually launched its Gmail service on April 1, 2004, everyone assumed it was another joke. Of course, that was the plan because Google knew it would offer additional free publicity when everyone realized the service was real.
Celebrating 70 years of The Advance: God’s love at work in training leaders
For 70 years, The Advance has
been a vital means through which United Methodists and their predecessors have shared the love of God throughout the world. Today, The Advance supports more than 300 missionaries and more than 600 projects.
Some of the work supported by The Advance is highly innovative and forward-looking, from malaria eradication to disaster-risk reduction to social-justice initiatives. But The Advance also supports the equally vital and fundamental work of providing theological training for local church leaders around the globe.
Young Seon “Christina”Kim (Advance #3021957) serves as a Global Ministries missionary in Tanzania and directs Next Generation Ministries (Advance #3022281). Her Bible seminars equip United Methodist leaders throughout Tanzania to provide faithful teaching to their congregations, including five churches in the Nyarangusu camp for refugees fleeing civil war in the Congo.
Kim writes, “I love to listen to young people reading the Bible
Celebrating 70 Years of Methodist Mission Giving
together. How beautiful. In the Nyarugusu camp seminar, each church was supposed to send five young leaders for the seminar, for a total of 25. But I ended up having 50, with additional pastors and some women and children. … ‘Life is fragile, but God is with us.’ This is the testimony from the congregations in the Nyarugusu refugee camp that I take with me.”
The areas of impact for Advance projects are comprehensive, touching on the whole human experience:
Disaster Response & Recovery
Economic Empowerment
Education
Evangelism and Church Growth
Food & Agriculture
Health
Migration
Mission Personnel
Social Justice
Water & Sanitation
Women & Children
Seventy years of The Advance. Seventy years of God’s love at work. That’s a lot to celebrate. Would you please join the celebration by giving $70 or $700 or $7,000 to The Advance? Go to UMCmission.org/give to select the projects or missionaries you would like to support. One hundred percent of your gift will go to the destination you specify.
Thomas Kemper General Secretary General Board of Global
Ministries
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Special Sunday: Native American Ministries Sunday
history. Through Native American
Ministries Sunday, we’re able to
equip and empower Native
American pastors, congregations
and seminary students to do what
only they can do: authentically
worship and serve Jesus.
When you support Native
American Ministries Sunday, you
equip seminary students who will
honor and celebrate Native
American culture in their
ministries. And you empower
congregations that are finding fresh
new ways to minister to their communities with the love of
Christ.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Together, we empower local
spiritual development and educate
Native American seminary students
to service God faithfully.
Today Native Americans —
with many unique languages, many
unique cultures — honor their
heritage, and live as Jesus-followers,
led by a rotation of primarily
Native American pastors.
Most Americans today
recognize that the history following
the arrival of the large canoes bore little resemblance to the one all
Christians identify as Creator.
That’s why the people of The
United Methodist Church, Native
and non-Native, are creating a new
The Grief Recovery Method®
of the Messiah UMC, 51 N State
St., Westerville.
Cost: $40 (includes book).
For further information or to
register, please contact Glen
Needham, 614-578-3417, or email
[email protected]; or Pat
Trout, 614-337-1570, or email
____________
Ed: Although this class has
already begun, you might still be
able to catch up. Call Glenn or
Pat.
10-Week Support
Group Program An Action Program for Moving
Beyond Losses due to Death,
Divorce, Career, Health, Trust, or
Faith
People say you have to let go
and move on in your life after a
loss, but they don’t tell you what
you need to do to accomplish that.
The Grief Recovery Method® helps
to make that possible by providing
guidance and support.
The 10-week program will meet
Tuesdays, March 27 – May 29,
2018, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Church
Leadership
Retreat Sunday, April 22
Time: TBA
Jorie S is again willing to assist
us with the Leadership retreat! Michael Lindner has reserved
his place of work for the retreat.
So the date is confirmed:
Sunday, April 22. Please block out
Leadership Retreat
that afternoon and evening on your
calendars!
The time of the retreat has not
been set yet, nor has the retreat
agenda. Jorie will help with those
as well. by Leo Soboslai
Leadership Chair
Page 14 Maynard Messenger
Palm Sunday at Maynard
Even you, oh Princess, In your cold
room, Watch the stars, That tremble with
love and with hope. But my secret is hidden within me, My
name no one shall know, No.. no… On your mouth, I will tell it, When the
light shines. And my kiss will dissolve the silence
that makes you mine! (No one will know his name and we
must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will
win!”
Pastor Patricia and
Joan Krause explained to
the children why we
celebrated with palms on
this particular Sunday.
The children answered
questions from Patty,
showed they were
listening in their Sunday
School class.
Michael Lindner,
Handbell director, played
Nessum Dorma as we
pondered the words to
this Puccini opera.
“None shall sleep, None
shall sleep!
Iona Community Trinity Prayer
In 1938, Scottish minister George MacLeod began the Iona Community to connect more working people with the church. This prayer from the Iona Community offers praise to each member of the Trinity:
“We have heard about you, God of all power. You made the world out of kindness, creating order out of
confusion. We have heard about you, Jesus Christ … the poor man who made others rich; the healer who let himself be wounded’ the Savior who died and rose again. We have heard about you, Holy Spirit. You broke the bonds of every race and nation, to let God speak in every tongue … you showed how love made all things new.”
NewsletterNewsletter, April 2018
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Invitation from Bishop Palmer
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