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First Fruits SPRINGVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 474 East Main St., Springville, NY 14141 MAY 2016 — DIGITAL EDITION DEADLINE FOR THE JUNE FIRST FRUITS NEWSLETTER: MONDAY, MAY 23 EMAIL [email protected] OR DROP OFF ARTICLES TO CHURCH OFFICE Chaplain (Capt.) Keith Manry to preach at S1UMC May 29 It was 9 a.m., and Chaplain Cap- tain the Rev. Keith Manry received an email from his supervisor notify- ing Rev. Manry of a meeting in the commander’s office in one hour. When he entered the office, he saw his commander standing with a piece of paper, a letter from the Chief of Chaplains stat- ing that Rev. Manry was the 2014 Chaplain of the Year. Two weeks later, he received the award at a wing staff meeting. “I was in shock and incredibly grateful,” said Rev. Manry, an elder of the Upper New York Conference who’s most recent in-Conference appointment was at the First United Methodist Church in Akron in the Niagara Frontier District. He also served as associate pastor at Springville First UMC from 2000 to 2002. Rev. Manry received the 2014 Edwin R. Chess Award, which is given annually to one company- grade officer who best displays the United States Air Force Chaplain core values of “glorifying God, helping airmen, and pursuing excellence.” He was recognized for his work at both Malm- strom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., and Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (from article by By Kathleen Rubino) We are hon- ored to have Keith come and share a message of hope in Jesus Christ with us on Sunday, May 29. It is appropriate that he will be here on Memorial Day weekend to share what Christ has done in the life of this committed minister of the Gos- pel who has been an instrumental part of this community and beyond. e Niagara Frontier District will host its 12th Annual Laity Banquet, celebrating the sig- nificant ministry of the laity in our churches, on Sunday, May 15 at Samuel’s Grande Manor in Williamsville. Arlan Harvey has been se- lected as our church’s honoree. Advance registration for the banquet is required and in- cludes the reservation of your food items and payment. Reg- istration is due to the church office by May 3. Additional details, Page 5. Arlan Harvey to be honored at Laity Banquet

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Transcript of First Fruits — May 2016

First FruitsSPRINGVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

474 East Main St., Springville, NY 14141

MAY 2016 — DIGITAL EDITION

DEADLINE FOR THE JUNE FIRST FRUITS NEWSLETTER: MONDAY, MAY 23EMAIL [email protected] OR DROP OFF ARTICLES TO CHURCH OFFICE

Chaplain (Capt.) Keith Manry to preach at S1UMC May 29

It was 9 a.m., and Chaplain Cap-tain the Rev. Keith Manry received an email from his supervisor notify-ing Rev. Manry of a meeting in the commander’s office in one hour. When he entered the office, he saw his commander standing with a piece of paper, a letter from the Chief of Chaplains stat-ing that Rev. Manry was the 2014 Chaplain of the Year. Two weeks later, he received the award at a wing staff meeting.

“I was in shock and incredibly grateful,” said Rev. Manry, an elder of the Upper New York Conference who’s most recent in-Conference appointment was at the First United Methodist Church in Akron in the Niagara Frontier District. He also served as associate pastor at Springville First UMC from 2000 to 2002.

Rev. Manry received the 2014 Edwin R. Chess Award, which is given annually to one company-grade officer who best displays the United States Air Force Chaplain core values of “glorifying God,

helping airmen, and pursuing excellence.” He was recognized for his work at both Malm-strom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., and Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (from article by By Kathleen Rubino)

We are hon-ored to have Keith come and share a message of hope in Jesus Christ with us on Sunday, May 29. It is appropriate that he will be here on Memorial Day weekend to share what Christ has done in the life of this committed minister of the Gos-pel who has been an instrumental part of this community and beyond.

The Niagara Frontier District will host its 12th Annual Laity Banquet, celebrating the sig-nificant ministry of the laity in our churches, on Sunday, May 15 at Samuel’s Grande Manor in Williamsville.

Arlan Harvey has been se-lected as our church’s honoree.

Advance registration for the banquet is required and in-cludes the reservation of your food items and payment. Reg-istration is due to the church office by May 3.

Additional details, Page 5.

Arlan Harvey to be honored at Laity Banquet

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From the Pastor’s Desk...

As a follow up for last month’s article on Ministry Shares, I want to offer an example of those funds in ac-tion. The article by Kathleen Rubino below illustrates this well:

The Seneca Street United Methodist Church estab-lished a Sunday breakfast and dinner to feed the commu-nity – approximately 70 people each week, an after-school program, and a seven-week summer program – which includes a Vacation Bible School, reading camp, and a field trip at the end of each week.

“We’re here because the kids are here,” said Rev. Brian Rotach, pastor at Seneca Street UMC.

“We work together with the residents in the neighbor-hood to help improve … their educational opportunities, their job capabilities, their health capabilities, so we can continue to grow the neighborhood to be different for the next generation,” said Cheryl Bird, the board chair of the SSCDC and wife of Rev. Rotach.

The children that the church and the SSCDC serve face many challenges, including generational poverty and household instability.

“Fortunately, The United Methodist Church is here,” Rev. Rotach said. “This has become the district’s church and now the Conference’s church. At this moment, there are people from at least eight other United Methodist churches working as volunteers among our 80-something children in reading camp today.”

One of those churches is the Duluth First UMC in Georgia, Rev. Rotach’s sister’s church, whose volunteers help with the reading camp for two weeks each summer.

Natalie McHale, a SSCDC volunteer from Florida, has helped out with the reading camp for seven years and said she really enjoys working with the kids.

“I want to see them improve, and I want to see them go through their schooling and eventually graduate from here and then continue on in their school during the year,” she said.

And the church is starting to see results from the programs, as an increasing number of individuals in its programs are graduating from high school. The church also hosts a teen-only program each Friday. Seneca Street UMC hires the teens as part of the summer staff, provid-ing many of them with their first work experience and educating them through the job readiness program about how to fill out an application, how to interview, and more.

“I think the church fills a role as it’s just a safe place,”

Bird said. “It’s a welcoming place. It’s a place where some-one will listen to you and care about you and try and help you. We’re not going to do things for you; we’re going to try to do things with you or find resources to help you do things on your own.”

Rev. Rotach said Seneca Street UMC exists to “live out the gospel,” referencing the story of the good Samaritan as well as the story of the prodigal son. “Every one of us, me included, has needed some second chances,” he said. “And so this is a place where a lot of people who may have made some serious mistakes can get some second chances.”

In addition to the church’s other programs, it hosts Narcotics Anonymous meetings three nights each week. It also distributes coats in the winter, and handed out food to the community when the November 2014 snow storm buried Buffalo. “

Hopefully it (the church) has been and will continue to be a haven to get off of the street and come to a place where everybody knows your name and is glad you came,” Bird said.

Seneca Street UMC has been around for 125 years, but without the generosity of donors, the church would have closed its doors a long time ago. It resides in a very poor neighborhood in Buffalo, and the offering each week is usually less than $20. Bird calls Seneca Street UMC a “mission church” and joked that it’s “the world’s biggest recycling bin” that takes donations of any kind to equip the facility. It receives financial support from Reaching Our Neighbors Ministry Oversight Team grants and eq-uitable compensation among other Conference, district, and local sources.

“We are supported from the outside by individuals, by churches, by organizations,” Bird said. “The churches throughout Western New York and in other parts of the country have been our major support for many, many years. And people may send $5, or they may send $100, or whatever, but that just keeps us going. And somehow we never really think we’re going to be able to make it, and then another check comes in.”

In Christ’s Service,

Pastor Kevin

Ministry Shares in Action: Seneca Street UMC

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Sunday School News

The Women’s Classled by Mary Lou Forster

This class is continuing to lookat Twelve Women Of The Bible,

which is a study about 12 familiarand not-so-familiar women.

The Men’s Classled by Bill Skura

This class is using Andy Stanley’sBook, Starting Over, for its studies.

The Family Classled by Tracy & Jeff Maybray

This class is studying The Power Of A Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian.

The Discipleship Classled by Bud Vredenburg

The eight-week study is based on Phil Moore’s book, The Bible in 100 Pages.

God’s Girls Classled by Donna Benstead

This class is studying Jeremiah —Daring to Hope in an Unstable

World by Lissa Spoelstra.

Sunday Morning Adult Small Group Studies

Children’s Sunday SchoolThe month of May will find the boys and girls learning their key

Bible Verse: “They Praised God and demonstrated God’s goodness to everyone.” (Acts 2:27)

We will be studying about: “Choosing The Seven” with the key words: “Good News;” “Philip And The Ethiopian” with the key wood: “Understand;” “Pentecost” with the key words: “Holy Spir-it;” “First Called Christians” with the key word: “Christian;” and “We Are One Body” with the key words: “Body Of Christ.”

Our children will be concluding their mission project through World Vision of buying fruit trees and soccer balls for children in under developed countries. As of mid-April they have collected ap-proximately $340.

Please RSVP to your Sunday School Teacher or Vonnie

Children’s Pentecost Celebration!A birthday party for the Christian churchSaturday, May 1410 to 11:30 a.m.

For ages 2 through 5th gradeFamily Life Center

This spring the Senior High Sun-day school class has been focusing on answering BIG life and faith questions from a Biblical perspec-tive. Taking time to dive deep into current church and cultural issues we have approached discussing these topics with the scriptures as our guide.

It’s been a good year for Middle School Sunday school. Our overall goal has been to deepen our understanding of what the Bible is about and what that means for our lives. We have covered a lot of ground and learning a lot. We just finished the last five weeks about Jesus. We focused on His life and ministry, His death and resurrection, the old Jewish system of sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin, and how His ultimate sacrifice changed everything and gave us a new and better way for our sin to be forgiven as well as an opportunity for a personal relationship with Him.

As we finish up the year, we will turn our attention back to our curriculum and focus on concepts such as brokenness, fruitfulness, generosity, and humil-ity. We will explore what the Bible has to say on those topics as well as discuss how they apply to our lives.

Middle School Sunday School Senior High Sunday School

The last day of Sunday School before summer break is May 29

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Events/Announcements

The Mommy and Me Playground meets on the second, third and fourth Mondays of the month from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

This group meets so that mom-mies can get together to talk, en-courage and support one another while their pre-school age children play with their friends.

For more information, please contact Sam Skura.

Mommy & Me meets most Mondays

Our worship nurseries are active and alive — especially at the 8:45 a.m. service.

What a joy it is to see so many very young children and their parents par-ticipating in the life of our church.

Do you feel called by God to help us minister to these children and their parents? If so, please pray about becoming one of our nursery care-givers. Let Vonnie know of your interest in helping with this important ministry. We need loving help with both the 8:45 and 11 a.m. worship nurseries.

Worship nurseries are active and alive!

High School seniors ... don’t forget Ministerium Scholarship applica-tions need to be postmarked by May 10.

Scholarship deadline is May 10

There is a table in the Green Room with information regard-ing Summer Christian Camps. Take time to visit it and seriously consider having your child or youth attend one of the Christian Camps.

Through the generosity of the the Doud family and in memory of Richard and Donna Doud, we now have CAMPERSHIPS avail-able to assist families with the cost of attending a Christian Camp. The applications for a campership are located on the display table.

It’s time for summer camp!

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Events/Announcements

Arlan Harvey is a long standing member of the con-gregation whose experience has been utilized in several wood working related projects of the church.

Two projects in the sanctuary are the church’s com-munion table and an updated lectern that matches renovations recently completed on the front area of the sanctuary. His quiet and humble spirit is exhibited in his willingness to do these projects without fanfare. He takes to heart the little details that matter most in caring for the house of the Lord and the Lord’s people. This is reflected in the way he volunteers in various ar-eas within the church.

Most recently, he has been willing to grow in his dis-cipleship by co-teaching the Middle School Sunday School class, serving as a trustee, and always helping with set up, breakdown, and clean up required for vari-ous events in the Family Life Center. He also takes care of many small maintenance issues on short notice.

He and his wife, Waverley, have graciously helped serve through Sunday morning coffee hour ministry. It is a pleasure watching Arlan grow in his faith through the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a blessing to be able to honor this quiet, gentle servant of Christ at this year’s laity banquet.

The Niagara Frontier District will host its 12th Annual Laity Banquet, celebrat-ing the significant ministry of the la-ity in our churches, on Sunday, May 15 beginning with registration at 4:30 p.m. and dinner served promptly at 5:30 p.m. The location of this year’s banquet is once again at Samuel’s Grande Manor, 8750 Main Street, Williamsville.

Please note that advance registrations for the ban-quet are required and that includes the reservation of your food items and payment. (Please be sure that your reservations and payment are turned in to our church office by May 3.) The cost of the dinner is $25.

The menu includes:

Italian Wedding Soup and Dinner Rolls Josephine’s Salad and Dressing

Roasted Pork TenderloinMashed Potato w/butter & sour cream

Vegetable DuJourCoffee, Tea, Water

Dessert – Flaming Peace Jubilee

OR

Vegetarian MenuRed Pepper stuffed with seasoned Rice

Diced Vegetables accompanied by Fresh Steamed Broccoli and Cauliflower

Grilled Zucchini and Asparagus

(Please note on Reservation Form if you need Gluten Free.)

The Master of Ceremonies, Rev. Wayne Butler, along with Banquet Chairperson, Kathie McMoil, will guide through an evening of fellowship, great food, music, worship, and there will be recognition of the individual church honoree.

District Laity Banquet is May 15Arlan Harvey to be honored

at this year’s banquetReservations due May 3

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Events/Announcements

Memory Impairment Respite Program meets May 4

The Memory Impairment Respite Program meets the first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Applications for both participants and volunteers are available from Vonnie.

Final Harvest is a group of women sold out to the call of Christ.

Through their ministry in song, God binds the broken heart-ed, delivers the captives that are bound and heals those who are wounded. The message of Final Harvest: God will send to His Church an unquenchable fire. The wind of the Holy Spirit will cause it to burn hotter than on the day of Pentecost, and spread rapidly. It will spread with fury and devour all that is not holy. Then He will send the latter rain, wash away the dross, refresh and make new. The Glory of the Lord will be seen by the entire world and manifested through His Church. There begins the end time harvest.

This message burns in the heart of Final Harvest as they seri-ously pursue communicating the gospel of Jesus, the Messiah; the same yesterday, today and forever. Heb. 13:8. Through their unique and intricate harmonies, this gospel and message of God's last call for His final harvest has been their focal point since 2006.

We are blessed to have Final Harvest share their ministry through music with us on Sunday, May 8 for both morning ser-vices. Share the blessing by bringing a friend or neighbor to experience a wonderful time of worship as we are led into his presence by these faithful followers of Jesus Christ.

Final Harvest coming May 8

Friends,

Usually I start this off with a cartoon and joke then laity news. That does not seem appropriate today.

For 58 years, I have been af-filiated with this church, and for the last eight I have been your head lay leader, but I have decided to step down from that role.

In serving in this position, I’ve been privileged and honored to serve this congregation and its pastors. I’ve truly learned as much as I’ve given, and I owe that to the congregation, beliefs, and tra-ditions of the United Methodist Church.

United in Christ,Tom Place

A message fromthe lay leader...

Pentecost Sunday is May 15. Red gera-niums will adorn the church in celebra-tion of the church’s birthday.

Pentecost is May 15

At the May 22nd Sunday worship service there will be a Peace with Justice brochure available for your of-ferings. Your contribution gives witness to God’s de-mand for a faithful, just, disarmed and secure world. The United Methodist Peace with Justice Sunday of-fering makes a difference through ministries in the United States and around the world. Thank you in advance for supporting this ministry.

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Events/Announcements

Briefly...The Men’s Group meets each Tues-

day morning at 7 a.m. at the Apple Dumpling Restaurant. For further in-formation you can contact the church office.

Pastor Kevin leads a Bible Study session each Tuesday morning from 9:30 – 11:00 in room 2B. Currently he is utilizing the book “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: When God’s Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People” by Jim Cymbala.

A Prayer Group meets on Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m. downstairs to inter-cede for individuals and the needs of the church. Contact Marion Labincki for spe-cifics (243-6958).

If you have a desire to get in shape physically, an exercise class is offered each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 – 9:00 – in the Family Life Center. The group does low impact aerobics and Pilates stretching. If you would like to join in, please contact Shirley Orton at 592-4090.

The Family Life Center will be in use in the afternoon on May 13.

On May 6 the sanctuary is reserved beginning at 7 p.m., and then again on May 7 at 2:30 p.m.

There is also volleyball held in the Family Life Center on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. To get involved with this group, please contact Mike Lux at 592-2635.

On May 18 at 1 p.m. there will be a FORUM meeting. Watch the happening sheet for details.

The Conference has requested the use of the church on May 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a Right Start District Pastor’s meeting. Please be mindful of this as this day ap-proaches.

On May 28 the yellow room has been reserved beginning at noon.

The Confirmation classes run through the end of May.

There will be a Crop Walk at the Napoli Camp on May 21.

There will be a Gospel Music hymn sing at the Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church 8445 Grein-er Rd. in Williamsville on May 13th at 7:00 p.m. – doors open at 6:00. To purchase tickets visit IMCCONCERTS.com or call 800-965-9324.

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May Worship Assistants

USHERS/GREETERS

KateMoody

Mary Anne & Dave Garlock

Towsleys Drumstas DonnaYaeger

WORSHIP LEADER

KimJackson

DeBonenberger

GREETERS Mary Hill &Elaine Beyer

De & DolfBonenberger

Peggy Rice &Shirley Quick

Jon & JoyMaybray

BlesyFamily

RADIO CREW RichiePlace

JanIngerson

Mary KayWilliams

RichiePlace

MEDIACREW

MicahNarroway

RichiePlace

ElizabethChase

KateMoody

MicahNarroway

USHERS

A collection will be taken for the full time mis-sionary teachers in Malawi on May 1. Dan and Miranda Vacarro are serving at the Christian Acad-emy as full time teachers for K–12. Checks may be made out to Springville United Methodist Church or to the African Bible College and they will be for-warded to them.

Special collection for Vaccaros ongoing

Volunteers needed! Let the church office know of your interestor sign the clipboard by the Connection Center!

Volunteers needed! Contact Kim Jacksonfor more information.

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Mission Moments

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Thank yous

To Springville First UMC,

Thank you for the hospitality for al-lowing our 3rd teaming to happen at your church. It was greatly appreciated.

In Christ, Jessica White Board Rep for Walk to Emmaus

Dear First United Methodist Church:

A single mom called the office in need of help with food and her util-ity bill. “Kathy” can usually make ends meet, but when an unexpected expense surfaces, money gets tight. And because of her job, Kathy can’t get to the food pantry in her neighborhood. The Springville Food Pan-try was able to help with food. Love INC volunteers were able to make referrals for financial assistance.

“I would like to thank all the volunteers at Love INC and the food pantry. All of them treat you with kindness. I never feel embarrassed about receiving help at the food pantry. They know I am diabetic and always offer healthy options. When my daughter is there with me, they always acknowledge her, and she usually leaves there just as thankful as I for all their help.”

Your donation of $400 on March 24, 2016 has helped organize a vol-unteer base which answers phone calls, drives clients to appointments, schedules food pantry visits, coordinates special projects and so much more.

We look forward to sharing the program’s success with you in our e-news-letter, which is always available on our website at loveincspringville.com. In the meantime, if you’d like to schedule a visit to see, firsthand, the difference your gift is making, please contact Wendy at 592-3761.

Parishioners, I extend sincere thanks for your support throughout the year. Love INC is committed to using every penny you donated for the purpose of mobilizing Christ’s Church to love, hope, and care for a broken world.

Very truly yours,

Wendy S. CoccaExecutive Director

PS: Love INC has an e-newsletter and a weekly informational e-page. Keep up on how your donation changes lives through Love INC and area churches by subscribing today or by visiting loveincspringville.com.

Thank you to everyone who purchased or contributed financially to the Cleaning Bucket appeal that was held in the Green Room throughout the month of April. We will be shipping 5 buckets to Harris Hill United Methodist Church where they will be transported to the Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, La. for eventual distribution to those in need.

— Mission Team

I would like to say “thank you” to my church family for your love, prayers, con-cerns, cards and visits during the time of my surgery and rehab. A special “thank you” to Vonnie for taking over the 2nd and 3rd grade Sunday School class. The children enjoyed having her with them. “Thank you” to the Sunday School chil-dren for the awesome get-well card that they made for me. It was a very special card.

God's blessing to you all, Linda Blesy

Library CornerFirst Fruits May 201611

Beyond the Silence by Tracie Peterson &

Kimberley WoodhouseThis book is a new fictional

read. Lillian Porter has always wanted to fulfill her mother’s dream of going west, so when she hears about a nanny po-sition in CA, she defies her wealthy grandfather and takes a chance on a new future. Rumors surround her new employer as his wife was murdered and his young son has not spoken

since. Lillian wonders if she has made the right choice.

Meet our readers of the month: Bob and Amy ChurchAfter my mom bought me a book of my very own when I was 12 years old. she always

knew where to find me. My husband, however, didn’t discover the joy of reading until he was in the Air Force in the 1950’s. Much later he was challenged by an interview on TV when a gentleman stated that he had read 293 books in the previous year. Bob took up the challenge and in the first year of documenting the books he read, he recorded 31 books. From 1998 through 2015 Bob has read 1,453 books from various authors. These books include 53 Christian books in 1 1/2 years, all found in the Springville 1UMC library. I also continue to enjoy reading many books of which are found in this church library, especially fiction by authors such as Lorraine Snelling, Jan Karon and Beverly Lewis. We both look forward to a long relationship with this well organized system and wish to challenge others to experience this lovingly maintained library.

New reads:

Will the person who donated the book,

Revolution in World Missions by J.P. Yohan-nan please contact Jane

Neureuther?

People have requested War Room so please

return it to the church library.

Brush of Wings by Karen Kingsbury

The newest book by Karen Kingsbury, the number 1 author of Christian fiction, is Brush of Wings, the last book in Angels Walking Se-ries. Despite needing a heart transplant, Mary Catherine moves to Uganda to work at an orphanage. The days ahead would be easier if she could forget Marcus, the man she loves but feels

she can never have. Read the exciting conclu-sion to an unforgettable series.

A Treasure Concealed by Tracie PetersonA Treasure Concealed by Tracie Peterson is the first book in her new series, Sapphire

Brides. Emily Carver longs to have a home of her own, but instead endures the transient life with her father and dying mother in the gold mining camps of the Montana Terri-tory. A young geologist arrives trying to forget his unhappy past and becomes intrigued by Emily and her lack of desire to strike it rich.

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PASTORKevin [email protected]

PASTORAL ASSISTANTRev. Vonnie [email protected]

DIRECTOR OF STUDENTMINISTRIESLuke [email protected]

CHURCH SECRETARYPeggy [email protected]

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EMAIL US [email protected] US ONLINE WWW.S1UMC.ORG

Our Staff & Information

Undone by Michele Cushatt

Undone by Michele Cushatt is a memoir – a story of discovery, of learning that all of her at-tempts to control her life were robbing her of its vibrancy, and that faith in the midst of the un-known is the only real kind of faith at all. She never expected a dev-astating divorce and single motherhood or a second marriage

marred by the challenges of a blended family. Then cancer struck and eight months later she opened her near empty-nest to three little ones in crisis. Sometimes life’s greatest beauty shows up in life’s greatest chaos. An inspirational read!

The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

Most of us believe in God’s grace – in theory. But somehow we can’t seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper tallying our failures and successes. Yet God gives us His grace, no matter what we have done. We come to Him as ragamuffins – dirty, bedraggled, and

beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of his great love. Read and be inspired by this classic best-seller.

Library Corner

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AYM will meet each Sunday in May except Mother's Day, May 8.On May 7, the group will be having Duct Tape Wars in the FLC at 7 p.m.

Members of theAftershock Youth Group spent the afternoon of April 24 completing

service projects in the community!

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