Grace United Methodist Church NEWSCASTER

2014 EDITION

Dear People of Grace:

One of the Conferences I try to attend every year is Willow Creek Church’s Global Leadership Summit that attracts over 190,000 Christian leaders every year around the world at hundreds of satellite sites. I recently attended the Summit for my tenth time in August. The Summit is now in its 20th year started from a vision by Bill Hybels to help Christians to grow in their leadership. The Summit features leading voices in church, business, and society. Louie Giglio closed the 2014 Summit with his talk. Louie Giglio is the founder of the Passion Movement that unites thousands of college students in events around the world and the pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta. He is also the author of several books and several popular praise songs. Here are some thoughts from Louie Giglio from the closing session of the 2014 Summit:

Reflecting on “the summit.” “What is your mountain?” What are the heights you want to attend? Who do you want to take with you? A lot of times I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m not going to let that keep God from doing something great! Sometimes you’re just trying to lead%but you just – don’t – know – what – to – do. You don’t have to know everything about getting up the mountain ahead of you to know how to take the next step.

1. Life is short. Most people don’t feel a great sense of urgency about the great things of life. What is it that God wants you to accomplish in this life?

2. God is big. The entirety of life is about the fame and the glory of the person of Jesus Christ. Knowing it’s all about him is the most important thing I can know about life. 3. Take the next step. Whatever your next step is, you can do it. But you can’t unless God does it in you.

The Passion Movement was born out of a dark season in Louie’s life (the death of his father). In 1964 Louie’s dad made the Chick-fil-a logo. In Jan 2014 Louie spoke to 64,000 students at the Passion Conference in Atlanta which was on top of the Chick-fil-a logo on the field because of a football game a few days before.

Humility is what makes great leaders.

God’s grace is sufficient for you. In our weakness, WE are made strong.

Good words – Thanks, Louie! How Great Is Our God!

I love being your Pastor!

Pastor Jim

If you have a pre-teen girl, you don’t want to miss this awesome night! September 4th

at 7pm. More information at http://secretkeepergirl.com

We still have 2 tickets available for this tour! The cost is $10 per person! Call Vicki @ 488-1374

Our Sunday School

Kick-off

Is September 7!

KIDS IN DISCIPLESHIP ZONE

Happy Back to School and back to schedules! Summer is great but, it is nice for the routine. We are starting this month with the passing out of Bibles to our current third graders.

Please congratulate Bailey Clark, Alexa Higginbotham, and Neily Stubbs. Just in time, we will also start our fall curriculum in Sunday School classes. Kidz Club will be every Wednesday, bring a friend!

Until we meet again, Vicki

PIZZA & PRAYERS

This month our prayer partners will have a pizza and game night. Friday, September 19 @ 6pm. Bring your favorite

card or board game to have a “family fun night” RSVP to Vicki by September 17 at 488-1374 or

children@graceontheisland.com

Getting ready for a very busy year! First thing is "Rock The Universe" We are going on Saturday, September 6. If any adults or kids would like to join us, tickets are still available. The cost is $58. Transportation is with our own vehicles.

Now is the time when we get ready for a great year of Youth Ministry. We will be hard at work trying to reach the young people of our church and community. Our middle school and high school students will meet every week on Sunday evenings for fun, discipleship, and worship. We also have several monthly events planned that are sure to be instrumental in building the faith of our youth. There are a few fundraisers planned and another exciting mission experiences as well. There will be a Confirmation class beginning in the Spring for students in 8th grade or older. If anyone is interested in helping out as an adult mentor please let me know. One of the ways we build youth ministry is with volunteers who give of their time to work with our students. I would also like to invite any student who is now in 6th grade or older to join us. We can't wait for you to be a part of our ministry. If you have any questions you can call Mike Kramer at 941 451 3824 or call the church office.

On behalf of all the families that went to Georgia for the mission experience, I would like to again, thank the members of the congregation for all the support we received. The prayers and donations and the participation in our fundraisers were greatly appreciated. We would not have been able to do this without you. God has blessed others through your hands. It was such a wonderful experience for our youth and their families. I was so pleased with how our church came together and made this all possible. We are so blessed. I would like to thank Pastor Jim and Diane Bender for helping us make the practical and financial decisions on where to serve as missionaries this year. Their leadership and diligence led us to the place God wanted us to serve.

Staff Change

Katrina Cook has been given a new title along with additional responsibilities – “Office Manager” effective August 1. Katrina will continue with her responsibilities in the role as church secretary but also be responsible for managing the building and grounds of our church along with personnel functions. Volunteers will continued to be utilized in the church office in the mornings and afternoons.

I have been blessed to be the Church Secretary at Grace since October 2002. I am excited to be offered the opportunity to expand my position and start my new role as Office Manager. My husband Roy and I both transferred to Venice in 1992 and were married here in Venice 21 years ago. We became members of Grace in November 1998, our daughters Chrissy and Virginia (JJ) grew up at Grace and joined through confirmation in 2009 & 2011. Chrissy is starting her sophomore year of college at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers and Virginia will be starting her freshman year at Florida State University in Tallahassee. You may not know that I grew up just a few counties north in Clearwater or that I was a resident at the Florida United Methodist Children’s home in Enterprise Florida for little over a year. I have an AA degree in Psychology, love rollercoasters, cars, jet skiing, RVing, designing/renovating houses and watching movies with my family. Blessings! Katrina

Position Available – Sunday Custodian

We are looking a person to work a few hours on Sunday mornings with opening responsibilities along with some setups during the week during the Season. Interested persons may apply with Katrina Cook in the church office.

Back to School Blessing Pray for our schools as we begin a new school year – 2014-2015.

Pray for the students and their families, teachers, the staff, the administrators, and the volunteers.

Teachers and Staff in our Schools from Grace UMC

Cindi Anderson - Venice Elementary; Dottie Behm- Homeschool; Shirley Boone- Venice High; Matt Delaney- Glenallen Elementary; Meg Green – Sarasota High School; Kim Henderson-Substitute in Sarasota County; Lauren Hunt-Glenallen and Garden Elementary; Tami Ingerick – Laurel Nokomis; Jennifer Kingsbury- Garden Elementary; Meredith Kingsbury- Orlando; Troy Mackey – Epiphany Cathedral Catholic School; Kristin Mikarts- Venice Middle; Dottie Pitser- Substitute; Carla Rollinson- Suncoast School for Innovative Studies (SSIS); Barry Rossheim- Venice High; Shala Rossheim- Laurel Nokomis; Samantha Rutherford- Venice Elementary; Dawn Smith- Venice Elementary; Stephany Stoddart- Venice High; Cheryl Strayer- Garden Elementary; Sheldon Toepfer – Island Montessori ; Dorris Ann Wasson - Substitute in Sarasota County; Meredith Wilkinson – Orlando.

Grace United Methodist Preschool Teachers and Staff (including some of our members) DIRECTOR Patsye Dulmer VPK TEAM Jennifer Kranz & Leslie Novak; Carol Delehanty; Lisa Atwell; Rebecca Handwork & Juli Duzs 3YR.OLD TEAM Cheryl Johnston; Isabelle El Shafie; Anna Sweeting; Vicki Mackey & Liz Mori; Bev Rogers; Jenny Summerville & Tiffany Yakubov 2YR. OLD TEAM Krystal Kruger & Julia Dorsett; Liz Di Giacomo & Kecia Younts; Donna Newcomb PRE-2 TEAM Veronica Keller & Anne Barrett; Mallory Johnston & Sarah Tarlowski AIDES Sue Weishaar; Christy Brinton-Perz; Faye Sundin OFFICE STAFF Debi Hammet, Office Manager; Linda Tallman, Finance

VOLUNTEERS Carol Erb, Board Chair; Carol Simpson; Diane Plough

Grace United Methodist Church – Mother’s Morning Out Program (MMO) Ashley Hager, Coordinator; Dorothy Brooks, Teacher; Carol Flaherty, Teacher; Diana Gailbreath, Teacher.

Keep Our College Students in Your Prayers

Jason Bossert - FGCU; Jeff Bossert - UF; Christina Cook - FGCU; Virginia Cook - FSU; Emily Donoghue - UCF; Alyssia Freeman - FGCU; Andrew Hammett - Alabama; Payton Harris - Georgia; Katie Kramer - UF;

Mike Kramer - UF; Elliott Kresse – FGCU; Vicki Mackey - SCF; Hannah Matosky - FGCU; Elizabeth Mori - SCF

Tyler Sherknus - USF; Kailey Taylor - USF; Kelsey Taylor - SCF; Victoria Valleau – USF; Johnny Wellbeloved - SCF; Alley Whittaker - UCF

NON– PERISHABLE ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE!

Mark through the bar code then place in the shopping cart located in the TFEC Lobby and Narthex.

ALSO check the expiration date!! Thank you for your support!!

POLICY REMINDERS:

1. Room Reservations: Any time you wish to use any Grace Campus room (s) or equipment, please see Trina in the church office. There is a schedule that will need to be checked first and paperwork filled out for both the office and custodians.

2. Groups currently using rooms: If your group currently uses a space and needs a larger space, a different date/time, or is not meeting (any changes to your regular event) please see Trina in the church office so we can be sure your needs can be met.

3. Table reservations: Any time you wish to have tables or easels in the TFEC lobby or Narthex, please see Trina in the church office. There is a schedule that will need to be checked first and paperwork filled out for both the office and custodians.

These policies/procedures are in place to ensure your space or equipment will be available to you and applies to anyone within the congregation, staff and outside groups. The last thing that we want is for you to be planning to use the space or table and it is already in use by another group. Due Date Information:

1. Information for Sunday bulletins, Sunday Power Point slides, Sunday Morning public announcements, posters and tables are due 10 days prior to the date.

2. Newscaster due date schedule is located on the bulletin board in the staff office hallway or in the work room on the bulletin board.

Thank you, Grace Staff

ADULT MISSION TRIP – IN NOVEMBER TO RED

BIRD MISSION

The dates of November 8 - 16 have been set for going

to the Work Camp at the Red Bird Mission (a popular

United Methodist Mission site) in the Appalachian

Mountains of Kentucky. The minimum cost per person

will be $100 - $300, depending on transportation details

and fund-raising. We now have a group of nine but

there still is room for you to go! It might be a

life-changing experience for you as you serve God on

mission. More information about the Red Bird Mission

can be found at www.rbmission.org. Contact Pastor

Jim - jim@graceontheisland.com if you might be

interested or need more information about the mission

trip.

Saving Campbell’s Soup Labels AND Box Tops for

the Red Bird Mission

This mission outreach supports a school that is

teaching new job skills, music programs and much

more. On Campbell label please save the circled part of

the coupons . If that is not present they are considered

void.

MINISTRY FAIR ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

The Goal: We want every active disciple here at Grace to have a Ministry & a Mission –

Ministry in the Church & Mission in the World. This month we are focusing on Ministry in the Church. On Sunday morning on September 28, we want to help you select a ministry within the Body of Christ here at Grace United Methodist Church. We invite you to come to the Ministry Fair in Punch Hall before or after the worship services. We will have many examples of ministry within Grace Church and will help you get connected in a ministry. Imagine what God can do through us in Grace Church if every active disciple was involved in a ministry! To God Be The Glory! Plan to be present on September 28 for the Ministry Fair. (Note: Future steps in our Discipleship Path will be a

Mission and a Grace Group.)

Happy September - time for our traditional music ensembles to resume regular rehearsals. The Chancel Choir will begin gathering for rehearsal on Wednesday, the 3rd of September, at 6:30 in the choir room. GraceTones Handbell Ensemble will crank back up on Tuesday, September 23, at 5:30. Between those dates, our annual Church-Wide Music Department, back-to-choir, covered dish dinner will take place. This event has been a huge success in past years so we're expecting nothing less this year. Everybody who currently makes music at Grace UMC, and all who are interested in becoming a member of one of our music groups is invited. On Thursday, September 18, we'll begin gathering in Punch Hall around 5:00, and dinner will be begin at 5:30. All we ask is that you let me know you'll be joining us, how many will be in your party, and what dish you'll be bringing to share. Send an email to me at: gene@graceontheisland.com or call the church office to leave a message: 488-1374. Let's try for a record number of at-tendees this year. Hope to see you there!

On a personal note . . . on the third Sunday of this past August, I began my 14th year as organist here at Grace Church. It's hard to believe that so much time has transpired, but you know what they say . . . "Time flies when you're having a good time!" I cannot imagine a job for me any more wonderful than my association with Grace United Methodist Church on the Island in Venice has been. My sincere thanks to all the good people of God here at GUMC who have supported my music ministry over the years and who have helped nurture me in my Christian growth. I am ever grateful!

I remain your humble village organist, Gene Hodges

Interested in volunteering at Grace but you work during the week or have a full schedule weekdays? We have a great ministry volunteer opportunity! Our Sunday pick up and take home ministry is a great outreach to our homebound and shut-ins. This ministry enables them to come to church to worship God with their fellow Christians in faith. This ministry uses the Grace Van, so no special license is required. You can sign up for either a pick up run, take home run or both. If you are only available certain months, we are totally open and flexible with your schedule! If you are interested in volunteering in this ministry outreach please give Trina a call in the church office 488-1374.

Notes from Members

To my friends at Grace United Methodist Church: I would like to thank you all for the prayers during my ordeal with my recent illness. I am doing better everyday. Again thank you for your prayers and support. May God bless you all. Margaret Tilton

Thank you to all of you that arrived early to greet for the CONTEMPORARY service: Stacy and Matt Cary, Gerrie and Jay Geerdes, Jane Ann and Gary Jennings, Mary King, Clyde Peters, Jean and Ray Rogers and Sam and Ryan Rutherford

MEMORIALS

MEMORIAL FUND IN MEMORY OF JIM CLARK by Margaret Rodgers, Joyce Gibson, Carolyn Waits & family, Gordon Baker, and Dorothy Moseley.

MEMORIAL FUND IN MEMORY OF BARBARA O’BRIEN

by Marsha Juday and Family.

GRACE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY JIM CLARK by Helen & Marlin Boruff.

ALTAR FLOWERS

Kindly consider enhancing the beauty of our worship areas by placing flowers on the altar. Flowers can be given

IN MEMORY OF or IN HONOR OF loved ones or friends.

Bouquets are $30.00 each and are yours to claim after the 11:00 AM service. Sign up on the flower Calendar in the hallway by

the staff offices.

IN MEMORIAM

James Clark

Bricks may be engraved in memory of loved ones. In

order to maintain consistency throughout the walkway,

memorial bricks will be engraved with your loved one’s

name , year of birth and year of death. Money received

from the purchase in excess of memorial bricks cost will

be used for the continued maintenance and upkeep of

the Memorial Garden and Walkway.

Orders for bricks will be batched in increments of no

less than five so it may take some time for your brick to

be placed in the walkway. A dedication ceremony will

be held quarterly. We will notify you of the date and

time should you wish to attend. Forms are located in

the Church front office. Return the completed form and

check in the amount of $100.

In the Hospital?

If you or a loved one goes into the hospital, please call the church office and notify us. Clergy no longer have access to the patient listing that lists patients by local churches and denominations. This means that our church and Pastor Jim will not know if one of our church family is in one of the hospitals unless someone calls the church office and notifies us. Pastor Jim and others visits the hospitals Monday through Friday, and on the weekends and in emergencies. It is now important to call the church office at 941.488.1374 if you, a family member, or a friend is admitted to the hospital, We would like to know for visitations and prayers. Thank you for your help.

Homebound Ministry

We sometimes hear through casual comments of church members who are in assisted living, rehabilitation, or are home bound. Then it begs the question: how many are there that we don’t know about? Please, if you know of someone in assisted living, rehabilitation or homebound (even if they have a caregiver), please call the church office with their name and location. We want to make sure that we are not missing anyone and we want to do a better job in reaching out to our homebound members.

Thank you for your assistance.

Grace Travel Opportunities 2014/2015

November 8, 2014 - Weeki Wachee, $40.00 includes

transportation and entrance fee. Dinner on your own.

December 10, 2014 - Palm Dinner Theater “A

Christmas Carol”, $60.00 with 50 persons.

January-TBD

February 12, 2015 - 9 nights Southern Caribbean

Cruise aboard the Explorer of the Seas out of Port

Canaveral. Ship is selling out fast – call Chris at

1-855-431-2584.

March - Baseball game, time place, date and cost TBD

April - Sailor Circus--date and cost TBD

A transatlantic cruise is available April 11, 2015 sailing from Tampa to Barcelona, Spain, with return air from Barcelona -From $1,699. More on this later.

News from the

`Your Trustees continue to keep your church clean, safe, and secure. We are moving ahead with new projects.

• Our 2002 Van A/C was not working up to par, so we had the minor problem repaired. ($252.13)

• The big Sanctuary A/C was repaired. The outside, A/C unit, new in 2008, was found to be OK. The inside air handler, a 1983 unit, had a small pin size hole in a copper coil. That was repaired and more Freon was added, cost about $500. New unit cost is about $4,000 each.

• The 6X6X8 wooden pressure treated post, was installed, and is now ready for the new Bell Tower cross light.

The Brownie Scouts are having a class on welding, and how to operate a drill; soon they will bring the light over to the church for the connection.

• We have painted all the campus, cement ditch drains, yellow.

• Our great Staff caught our Shell credit card number, being used, at other locations. Shell Oil was called, and our cards were cleared and funding returned.

• The Butterfly garden is still increasing in plants and Butter-fly’s.

• Purchased a pol chain saw ($600), a Simpson Pressure washer ($400) – will be purchasing cleaning attachments to clean the campus, and a used lawn tractor ($800) to replace the one that keeps braking down. We have the old one for sale, looking for about $500.

• Made repairs to the Bus AC ($1,079.32) and the TFEC Ice Maker ($325)

• Security cameras are still being updated. We have installed 6 more cameras in required locations:

-another camera in the Sanctuary -a camera in the Choir room

-changed the camera in the Ushers closet -added a new camera around the Punch Hall exit door, by the restrooms -added a camera to the TFEC food storage room

-added a camera to the TFEC upstairs student room -we have additional cameras to be added

• Current projects: -Blinds ordered for TFEC hall & Chapel.($1200) about

3 weeks it will be in. -Start updating all campus locks, and re-key some

doors. -Paint the Bell Tower and steeple. -Fill Pot holes around the campus. -Add new identification signs inside buildings. -Identify what parts are needed, to start updating the old

organ. -Continue painting class rooms, in the Pre-school. -Provide area for wheel chairs in main Sanctuary.

• Church loan is down to $196,784.72. We make a payment of $4,000 each month about $196 of it is interest.

BOT savings is at $55,605 and there is $11,000 in bequests. We thank all who help each week. Larry Carmack, Board of Trustees

United Methodist Men

United Methodist Women LIVING OUT VISION

United Methodist Women is turning faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children and youth around the world. We provide opportunities and resources to grow spiritually, become more deeply rooted in Christ and put faith into action. We are organized for growth, with flexible structures leading to effective witness and action. We equip women and girls around the world to be leaders in communities, agencies, workplaces, governments and churches. We work for justice through compassionate service and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems. We provide educational experiences to lead to personal change in order to transform the world.

The United Methodist Women (COUNTRY STORE) wish to THANK everyone for a very successful year.

Without your wonderful donations we would have nothing but we were able to make over $8,000.00 for our mission fund!

Please keep your donation coming over the summer and if you have any questions please contact Judy Johnson at 941-488-6929. See you at our first sale in October!

ATTENTION MEN

Conference Wide Weekend Retreat at Warren Willis

Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park, FL

October 10-12 (Friday PM to Sunday AM)

Inspiration – Devotion – Learning

Sign up by August 31 for best Rooms

$159 for 2 man rooms.

Retreat Leaders

Humorist & Motivation Speaker: John Riley

Pastor: Rev. Scott Smith

Worship Leaders: From First UMC Coral Gables,

Lighthouse Band.

Get all the details and download registration forms at:

www.ummflconf.org or call: 863-858-4985

For further information contact: Trina or Pastor Jim in

the office OR John Milton at 484-7975.

The Piecemakers’ News

The Piecemakers will continue to meet during the summer, on Wednesdays in the East Wing from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Anyone interested in sewing is welcome to join us. Our mission is “to support each other in fellowship and love as we create quilts for our babies, shut-ins, and friends of Grace United Methodist Church who need comfort; and to make items for sale to assist our church financially.” We also make military quilts for the Quilts of Valor Foundation.

If you know of someone in the congregation who would like to receive a visit and a comfort quilt please let the Piecemakers know. If you have a son or daughter returning home from active duty in the military and would like to have him or her receive a quilt, please call Carol Simpson at 497-6738 or Audrey Tamblingson at 497-5478.

The Threadcatchers quilting circle meets every Friday 9am – Noon in Room A8. For information call Lorry Stover at 485-0094.

JULY 2014

ATTENDANCE Worship - 267 Sunday School - 78

Yearly Attendance Average Worship - 424

AUGUST Special Offerings Missions: $135.00

Children’s Coin Ministry: $115.95 Children’s Home: $380.00

FINANCIAL CORNER

Grace UMC 2013 vs 2014 Financial Comparison

INCOME as of JULY

2013 2014

$476,024 $432,953 Income is down over 2013 by 9%

EXPENSES as of JULY

2013 2014

$479,865 $404,269

Expenses down over 2013

Have you made a Financial Commitment to Grace

United Methodist Church for 2014?

We encourage all of our members and friends to make a financial commitment, whether you are here year-round or here for 1 to 6 months. Commitment Cards are available from the ushers or in the church office.

You can also manage your giving online: GUMC is excited to announce that you can now manage your giving online! Giving online is easy and allows you to set up automatic recurring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the Internet. Simply follow these easy steps: 1. Visit the church website at www.graceontheisland.com

2. Click on the on line giving button, 3. Click on the Create Profile button, then 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to create an online

profile and to schedule your recurring contributions.

OR Donate from your smart phone

Grace now offers a mobile version of our online giving page to make it easy for you to give anytime from your smart phone. Simply scan the image you see here using your phone’s QR code reader.

In August we RE-KEYED several locks and ALL the EXTERIOR locks. If you are a Grace key holder, please get with Trina to ensure you still need a key and to exchange it out.

NEWSCASTER DEADLINE

Please submit all articles by September 25 for inclusion in the October Newscaster. Thank you, Katrina Cook

The Newscaster is sent as an E-Mail publication. Contact Katrina Cook at 941-488-1374 or

trina@graceontheisland.com to be added to the list or pick up a hard copy in the Narthex.

Meetings

Staff Parish Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 PM in Parlor B

Finance Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 16 at 8:00AM in Punch Hall Conference Room

UMW Executive Board Meeting

Tuesday, September 16 at 10:100AM in East Wing

Church Council Meeting

Sunday, September 21 at 12:15PM in Punch Hall

Grace has several opportunities to volunteer in the office!

Open shifts we currently need to fill:

• Thursday, September 25, 9-12 & 12-2:30

• Thursday, October 2, 9-12 & 12-2:30

• Friday, October 3, 12-2:30

We are adding a new shift!

We are seeking morning volunteers.

♦ Work 1 morning a week, every week, from 9am to 12

♦ Answering the phone and assist with general office work ♦ No experience is necessary, we provide training and are

flexible with your schedule.

If you are interested, please contact Trina in the front office.

CHARGE CONFERENCE: Our Church will host this year’s Cluster Charge Conference for our area on Sunday, October 5, at 6:00 p.m. The churches in our cluster include: Boca Grande, Christ-Venice, Englewood, Grace-Venice, Slavic Christian Fellowship, and Venice-Nokomis. We will need volunteers for hospitality and refreshments for the fellowship time.

Operation Christmas Child

Mark the Date

When you are shopping for school

supplies, pick up a few extra items

and don’t throw away that shoe box

that your new shoes came in.

For over a decade Operation Christmas Child has been

sharing the message of God’s love with millions of

hurting children through gift filled shoe boxes. The shoe

box gifts bring joy to children who may have never

received a Christmas present and introduces them to the

greatest gift of all - Jesus Christ.

Grace church will again be filling shoeboxes and

wrapping them on November 16 in Punch Hall. Watch

for more details in the coming months. For more

information call Mary King at 492-9809.

DISCIPLE BIBLE STUDY SERIES

DISCIPLE II Bible Study “INTO THE WORD INTO THE WORLD” will be offered this Fall.

Disciple II is a follow-up study to Disciple I and focuses on Genesis/Exodus and Luke/Acts for 32 weeks. All persons who have completed Disciple I are encouraged to register for Disciple II. Disciple II is open for all persons, whether you have taken a Disciple class before or not. Disciple II graduates are welcome to retake the class. Two small group options for Disciple II: Tuesday evenings or Wednesday mornings. If you are interested in Disciple II, please make a note on your Response Card or call the church office. For more information, contact Larry Carmack, Joyce Shelso, or Pastor Jim.

EVERY SUNDAY

8:15 - 11:00 Coffee Time, TFEC

9:00 LifeJourney Worship, TFEC

9:15 Galaxy; Children’s Sunday School 9:30 & 10:10 Adult Sunday School Classes 10:00 Kids Club Class, 206/207 11:00 Traditional Worship, Sanctuary

EVERY MONDAY

9:00 MMO, TFEC Nursery 10:00 Staff Meeting, Library 12:00 Preschool Dance Class, TFEC

7:00 First Place 4 Health, West Wing

EVERY TUESDAY

9:00 MMO, TFEC Nursery 5:30 GraceTones Rehearsal, Music Room 6:00 Girl Scouts, TFEC Room 203 6:30 Cub Scouts, PH/EW/WW/MRC

7:00 AA, Parlor B

7:00 Emmaus Men’s Meeting, Library

EVERY WEDNESDAY

9:00 MMO, TFEC Nursery 9:00 Piecemakers Quilting, A8 & PH 12:00 Preschool Gymnastics, TFEC

5:30 Grace Kids Club, TFEC RM108 6:30 Boy Scouts, PH/EW/WW

6:30 Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Music Room

7:00 Al-Anon, Mtg. Rm C

EVERY THURSDAY

9:00 MMO, TFEC Nursery 12:00 Preschool Gymnastics, TFEC

6:30 LJ Praise Team Practice, TFEC

7:00 AA, Parlor B

EVERY FRIDAY 7:30 Men’s Bible Study, Parlor B

9:00 Threadcatcher Circle, A8

Be sure to check the Church Calendar on our website at: www.graceontheisland.com

The calendar is updated daily and is now the MAIN calendar for the church!!

September Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Labor Day

OFFICE

CLOSED

2 3 4 5

6

7 Communion

8 MMO STARTS

9 7:00PM Staff

Parish Meeting, Parlor

B

10 11 1:30PM VOI

Communion

12

13

14 Mission

Opportunity

11:30AM Your Turn

Class gathering, PH

12:15PM Healing

Service, Chapel

15 OCTOBER

Newscaster

Information DUE

4:30PM Community

Dinner, Punch Hall

6:30PM Suncoast

Emmaus Group

Meeting, East Wing

16 8:00AM Finance

Meeting, Punch Hall

Conference Room

12:30PM Preschool

Directors Meeting,

MRC

10:00AM UMW

Executive Board Meeting, East Wing

17

18 6:00PM Back

to Music Dinner,

Punch Hall

19 6:00PM Pizza &

Prayers, Punch Hall

20

21 Children’s Coin

Ministry

12:15PM Church Council Meeting,

Punch Hall

22

23

24 8:00AM

Newscaster Collators,

MRC

25

26

27

28 Canned Food

10:00AM

Ministry Fair, Punch Hall

29

30

If your birthday or anniversary is not listed but should be, or if there are any errors, please email or call the church office so that a correction can be made. Thank you!

Pick Up Take Home

9/7 Bob Bainbridge Bob Bainbridge 9/14 Sheldon Toepfer Sheldon Toepfer 9/21 Steve Boone Steve Boone 9/28 Terry Winfrey Sheldon Toepfer

Randy & Lynda Johnson Diane Slikas Barb Newcomb Tami Weaver

TRADITIONAL SERVICE

9/7 F Terry Winfrey B Betty Shiell 9/14 F Linda Trigg

B Judy Johnson

9/21 F Jac & Sarah Slight B Marge Buchanan

9/28 F Linda Trigg B Phyllis Riedler & David Pinson

SEPTEMBER VOLUNTEERS

2 Jalna Vaughan

Mike Kramer 4 Nicole Ramsland

Matthew Remo

5 Marian Mahics Tammy Dreyer 6 Victoria Kranz Pat Birt 7 Jim Beacom

Carol Moruzzi Mary Lou Maradeo

Aetna Howe

8 Tammy Beebe

Kinley Rutherford

Dana Meyer 9 Ray Finn

David Erb

10 Tom Granata

Phil Baker Nancy Hurley Jack Williams

11 Lorry Stover Bill Rodgers Helen Baker 12 Shirley Boone

Jane Rosequist Tena Hoskins 13 Karsyn Rutherford

14 Jim Douras Glen Wagner 15 Johnny Wellbeloved

16 Rhett Rutherford

17 Emery Candy 18 Bev Kruger 19 Bill Schulte

Betty Evans

20 Phyllis Johns Ray Fleming

Bob Crick Matthew Hogue

21 Margaret White

Emma Nadler 22 David Farley Charles Neal Kristen Mikarts

23 Rhoda Kerridge

Audrey Tamblingson

Kathy Luedemann

Lauren Hunt Jack Erkilla

Ken Taylor Lisa DeGenaro

26 Pauline Ricketts Betty Dickinson

27 Sally Walker Patsye Dulmer Dianne Cogburn

Debbie Campbell Marianne Dowdy 28 Dorothy Woehr 29 Jim Steranko

Tiffany Taylor Paula Wellbeloved

30 Doris Eiffe

Yvedda Hempler Velma Tashman David Pinson

10 Floyd & Audrey Tamblingson

Ned & Dawn Thompson

12 John & Julie Kern

14 Leon & Carole Goolden

18 Kirk & Janie Merritt 19 Mike & Suzanne Berndt 20 Bob & Jane Crick Jerry & Pam Craw

25 Ralph & Doris Heck 29 Sanford & Charlotte Earle

1 Jon & Kari Allen 2 Tom & Bev Newton

3 Ron & Linda Ledford Glenn & Ruth Courts

4 Ned & Margee Katterheinrich Marlin & Helen Boruff 6 William & Cora Paquin

Jack & Jill Schmidt 7 Art & Martha Swenson

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LABEL

CHURCH STAFF

Ken Carter, Resident Bishop, Florida Conference

Rinaldo Hernandez, District Superintendent, SW District

All Members of the Church, Ministers

Jim Mitchell, Pastor Mike Kramer, Interim Youth Director

Gene Hodges, Organist/Director, Traditional Music Rob Lincoln, LifeJourney Praise Team Director

Vicki Mackey, Children’s Director Patsye Dulmer, Preschool Director Scott Dowdy, Finance Manager Katrina Cook, Office Manager

Frank Hall, Custodian

Karen Bowles, Housekeeper Mary Jeanne Moorman, Pianist

Whew! We survived the beginning of a new year. We are off to a good start with some new fun classes and activities for our preschool children. In addition to Spanish, Dance, Gymnastics, Chapel and Music we have a new Science class for our 4 year old children and a re-invented Discovery Center and Nature Center. Stop over and visit – we’d love to show them to you! Ident-a-Kid will be at the preschool on September 10 & 11. This is a service that provides identification cards with your child’s photo and information that law enforcement officers would need in case of an emergency. Church families are welcome to bring their children over. Call preschool for times. Remember this year’s auction will be held on November 8 at Plantation G&CC. The theme this year will be “Evening Under the Big Top”. Tickets are $50 pp or $85 per couple. We are also looking for sponsorships or any donation to the auction (items or services) so if you have a business that would like to support our preschool at this great event – we’d love to hear from you! Finally we would like to express a great big THANK YOU to Gene Stover and his little band of community service helpers. They painted classrooms and hallways; they cleaned lanais and kitchens and worked on our playground to help get us ready for the new school year. We are forever grateful for their help. Another big THANK YOU to Frank Hall our church custodian who has put together, taken apart, disposed of trash and been a huge help getting us ready for school.