Highland Avenue United Methodist Church · disciples and the group starts moving around Galilee....
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Highland Avenue UMC
35 Highland Avenue
Gardiner, ME 04345
Website: highlandaveumc.org E-mail: [email protected]
Highland Avenue United Methodist Church
February— April , 2018
Gardiner, Me. 582-2303 Worship & Church School: 9:30 am Reverend Kathleen Decker Szakas Lay Leaders: Patricia G. McKee Susan Hynson
2 We celebrate the accomplishments of our youth
4 Please join us for a busy spring in our Sunday School.
5 Lent begins February 14; Ash Wednesday service, 7 pm
6 Would you like to be a prayer partner?
8 New officers for 2018; thanks to all who serve our church.
9 Two new Mission Pin Recipients honored.
Ins ide this issue:
Dear Friends -
In our January-
February Sunday worship we
are walking with Jesus
through the early days of his
public ministry. In the Gospel
of Mark, Jesus gathers
disciples and the group starts moving around Galilee. Jesus begins
his public work of teaching, healing, and casting out evil. Jesus
goes from place to place with a powerful new teaching: love more
than law. And crowds come to hear him and to be healed by him.
We, the people of the Highland Ave UMC are moving about in
the patterns of our daily lives and in our church’s ministries. We
reach out to one another and to our neighbors. Perhaps we might
consider how we are offering healing and hope in our neighbor-
hood. Are we teaching and learning, and offering the healing grace
of Christ?
The message of Jesus’ life affirms that God goes with us, to
every broken thing around us, and to every broken thing about us.
Every imperfect thing belongs to God, and God belongs…to every
riven thing. May this sense of belonging to God grow in each of us,
as we strengthen our bonds of faith and make our way through Lent
to Easter, so that in celebrating the resurrection of Christ we echo
the good news of God’s power over every form of death. May we
go from place to place and be part of God's life-giving work in
Jesus.
In the love of Christ -
Pastor Kathleen
A Note from the Pastor
See the poem Every Riven Thing, page 6
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February 1 Lois Dunstan
5 Dwight Littlefield 14 Andrew Lufkin 14 Al Nisbet
15 Lois Church 19 Matthew Riley Curtis 22 Nicolas Robert Sinclair
22 Tori Beth MacDougall 23 Brad Sparrow
27 Nina Dennis
27 Eleanor Nisbet
27 Bradley Moore 27 Cindy Choi
March 4 Lee-Anne Greenleaf 5 Kay Ericson
6 Lydia Szakas
8 Hadley Pracher
11 Lauren Greenleaf 11 Doug Peabody 17 Joshua Nickless 19 Wes Littlefield
27 Sullivan Birch
Anderson
28 Mariah Damon
30 Wyatt Rush
April 3 Alicia Hicks 6 Joan Anastasio
8 Catherine Greenleaf
10 Kathleen Decker Szakas 11 James Beckwith
11 Brian Michael Dunn 15 Judy Meserve
15 Lindsey Elise Greenleaf 15 Barb Gipson
18 Rick Danforth 21 Morgan Rush 21 Becky Hicks
Happy Birthday to:
People in the News
Wishing a Happy Anniversary to:
Bill and Tanya Moulton - Mar. 10 Kim and Matthew Backus - Apr. 15
Celebrations
We are pleased to recognize the following
accomplishments of many of our youth at HAUMC:
Trevor Backus was named to the
President’s list at Bentley University.
Morgan Rush made the Dean’s List at the
University of Maine at Farmington.
Ryan Sinclair made the Dean’s List at
College of the Holy Cross
Lee-Anne Greenleaf made Dean’s List at
the University of Maine at Farmington.
Lindsey Greenleaf made Dean’s List at
Western New England University in
Springfield Massachusetts.
Chelsea Crawford passed her Nursing
Boards and will be working at UNC
hospital in Chapel Hill North Carolina in the Maternity Ward.
Samantha Beneski made the Dean’s List at
Lasell College, and
Kristen Record graduated from Boston
University with a Masters in Social Work.
Congratulations and God’s Blessings!
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Words of Appreciation
Advent and Christmas Thanks
A special word of thanks for the many people who helped to make the Advent and Christmas seasons at HAUMC a true reflection of God’s love.
to the Greenleaf family who helped arrange and care for our poinsettias and to Ralph Chaney who also helped care for them;
to Kay Ericson for allowing us to use the “Star of the East” once again this year;
to the Sunday School students, Aiden and Kristin Poisson, Connie Greenleaf and Susan Hynson for helping light the Advent Candles.
to Jaye Trimm and her family for once again organizing our Giving Tree ministry and to all who donated gifts so that several families could have a wonderful Christmas this year;
to Pat McKee, Susan Hynson, Ralph Cheney, the Greenleaf family and the Record family for taking part in the Christmas Eve service of worship;
to the choir members and music minister Ralph Cheney who provided inspiring music during the season;
to those who visited the prayer chapel
to those who read along in the Advent devotional, making our preparations for Jesus arrival more meaningful.
and to all those who worked behind the scenes to make the season special.
Yuletide Fair 2017
The United Methodist Women would like to thank all of you who baked, cooked, crafted, set up, priced, cleaned up, and decorated. The effort that goes into the luncheon, wreath decorating, White Elephant room and main room is amazing. A lot goes into having our fair and we greatly appreciate all of you for making it happen. Our fair was very successful and we made over $2,642.00. Again, thank you to all who helped make this event happen.
Susan Hynson
Yuletide Fair chairperson
[Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Susan for
volunteering to chair the fair this year; your work is
truly appreciated!]
Many Thanks to our Lay Readers
Many thanks to our Lay Readers for November
through January. We appreciate your ministry to our community of faith.
Susan Hynson (5x) Gene Anastasio (2x) Patsy Tessier (3x) Vicki Record
God’s blessings to you all.
Mission Shares Thank You
Highland Avenue UMC received a thank you and a certificate from the District for 100% completion of our (reduced) mission shares. Many thanks to all of you who helped make this possible.
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Sunday School News
Bev. Fernald LaPlante
Our students are back to lessons, learning and fun. We have plans for the second semester that should be fun and interesting. For February we will be
working on our card ministry by making Valentines for members of our church family. We are also planning a movie morning during which we watch a movie, eat snacks and have a fun time together.
In March we will hear the story of the Lenten
pretzels and make some surprise decorations for the sanctuary for Easter. We will also help with the activities on Palm Sunday.
During April we will celebrate the birthdays of
members of the congregation and also celebrate Earth Day. Mark your calendars and plan to participate in the fun on April 22!
During May we will be collecting decorations
for birthday cakes for the residents at Bread of Life Shelter. Our annual Children’s Day presentation is planned for June 10. Please try to attend our presentation and celebrate our year of Sunday School!
Our Sunday School has lots of activities, lessons and fun planned for the winter\spring. Any and all students are invited to join us and bring their friends! See you in church!
Christian Education News
Pictures from the Children’s Sunday School Christmas
Program, December 10, 2107.
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Lenten News
Memorial Flower List Form
If you wish to have the name or names of a loved one included on the Memorial flower list on Easter Sunday, please indicate the name of the person or persons whom you would like to have listed as well as whom it is from. Please indicate whether it is in memory of or in celebration of those persons. Please return it to the secretary or pastor prior to March 28.
Loved one or Ones You Wish to Remember (Please print):
From: (please print it as you would like it printed on the list):
Please Note:
Easter Flowers
The Committee on Stewardship and Finance will be selling Easter flowers once again as a fundraiser this year. Order forms will be distributed in church when available. If you would like to order and can’t get
a form, contact Kay Gregory at 582-1452.
Lent
Lent is a season of repentance (turning around – away from wrongdoing and toward God.) It is the 40 days before Easter (not counting Sundays) which
starts on Ash Wednesday. Our worshipping community gathers a few extra
times in this season of preparation and then Holy Week (Palm Sunday Mar 25 – Easter Sunday April 1.) Mid-week services offer the opportunity to deepen our practice of worship and to align our-selves with God at a time we normally do other things. The services are somewhat different from Sunday worship, offering a meaningful time to par-ticipate in the traditions of the Christian church.
We will host the Randolph UMC for our service
on Feb 14 at 7 when we offer ashes as a sign to “remember you are dust and to dust you will return.” Lent is a season of “self-examination and repent-ance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by read-ing and meditating on God’s Holy Word.”
(From the United Methodist Book of Worship)
Ash Wednesday
Service of Worship
February 14, 7pm
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Would you like someone to pray for you every day of Lent? Are you willing to pray for someone every day of Lent? This year the season of Lent runs from February 14 (Ash Wednesday) until March 31 (Easter) and we are looking for people to partner in prayer.
Prayer partners will commit to pray for each
other each other for the forty days of Lent, and connect with each other at least once a week to check in. The prayers can be as simple as speaking the persons name to God, or as long and detailed as you may like. The weekly connection could be by phone, a brief conversation at church, or lunch, or a visit to ask how they are, and whether there is anything in particular to pray for. If you are interested in being and having a prayer partner, please fill out a slip or just let Pastor Kathleen know.
Riven: torn, rent, split, cracked, torn
violently
“Every Riven Thing”
B Y C H R I S T I A N W I M A N
God goes, belonging to every riven thing he's
made sing his being simply by being the thing it is: stone and tree and sky, man who sees and sings and wonders why God goes. Belonging, to every riven thing he's
made, means a storm of peace. Think of the atoms inside the stone. Think of the man who sits alone trying to will himself into a stillness where God goes belonging. To every riven thing he's
made there is given one shade shaped exactly to the thing itself: under the tree a darker tree; under the man the only man to see God goes belonging to every riven thing. He's
made the things that bring him near, made the mind that makes him go. A part of what man knows, apart from what man knows, God goes belonging to every riven thing he's
made.
Prayer Partner Sign Up
Name: ______________________________________ Best way to contact you: ______________________________________
More Lenten Celebrations
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Stewardship and Finance Committee
HANNAFORD GIFT CARD PROGRAM
From the Hannaford Gift Card Program for 2017 the church received $8,691.22 to help pay our bills and mission shares. We received $6,866.22 from Hannaford and $1,825.00 from the credit card bonus points. For more info or if you would like to join this program to help our church meet it's expenses you can contact Kay Gregory. Thank you to all who have participated in this program.
Many thanks to those who participated in the Pie and Dessert Auction. Our auctioneers, Dwight and Ross Littlefield did a wonderful job and a great time was had by all. We were able to raise $1175. thanks to delicious desserts you provided. In addition to that, we made $210 on the Baked Bean Supper. What a great way to spend a cold winter evening with family and friends!
Mark your calendar: Please join us for these Public Suppers, March 24, April 28, 5pm
UM Women’s Scholarship
If you will be graduating from high
school in June, you are eligible to be
considered for the UMW Scholar-
ship. You may obtain a scholarship
application form from Vicki Record
(582-3584) or e-mail
[email protected].. This can be e-mailed to
you in pdf format, picked up in church or sent to you
in the mail. The application must be filled out and
returned by May 1st. Students will receive their
scholarship at the beginning of their second semester
of their Freshman year. The Executive Committee
of the UMW will decide on the recipients.
Committee and Group News
United Methodist Group Meetings
The United Methodist Women will meet March 7th at 6:30pm. (note change of date) The budget meeting will be February 18th after church.
The United Methodist Men’s breakfast will be February 17th at 8:00 am and will focus on “fellowship and brainstorming”. They will meet again March 24th and will help set up the tables for the Public Supper that evening. All are welcome!
Would You Like to be a Lay Reader?
Susan Hynson
The Worship Team decided to make some changes to assign-ment of Lay Reading on Sunday morning. I will be available to meet with folks to generate a roster of names for the reading.
We will have a brief orientation to these duties after church once this list is compiled. If you have an interest in participating in the service in this way, please touch base with me. We feel as if it is important to include anyone interested. HAUMC is fortunate to have a small faithful group already, we just want to expand the list. My phone # 582-7048.
Easter Breakfast
Volunteers are needed for this year’s Easter Sunrise Breakfast. Workers are needed to prepare the breakfast and another
group of workers would be needed to clean up afterwards. The breakfast menu has not been finalized yet. There may also be a need for muffins, depending on what the menu is. If you would like to help, please contact Phil Garwood (582-8301). Many thanks in advance for your help.
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Officers of Our Church
Thank You, Thank You
Many thanks to those in our community of faith whose term of office expired at the end of 2017; we sincerely appreciate your ministry on behalf of Highland Avenue UMC and wish you God’s blessings for the year ahead.
Greg Batten, Administrative Council Sandy Hickey, Board of Trustees Phil Garwood, Board of Trustees Lynn Gerard, Staff/Parish Relations Committee Lindsay Greenleaf, Staff/Parish Relations Committee Cheryl Ramsay, Stewardship and Finance Committee Patsy Tessier, Committee on Lay Leadership
Welcome New Church Officers
Highland Avenue UMC wishes to express its appreciation to those persons who became part of our church leadership in this new year as well. Please keep in your prayers the ministry of the following persons who joined our church leadership in a new way in 2018:
Gene Anastasio, Administrative Council Chairperson Sandy Hickey, Administrative Council Rhonda Rush, Board of Trustees Phil Garwood, Board of Trustees Rich Nickless, Board of Trustees Patsy Tessier, Staff/Parish Relations Committee Terry Tatlock, Staff/Parish Relations Committee Becky Hicks, Staff/Parish Relations Committee Cheryl Ramsay, Stewardship and Finance Committee Susan Hynson, Committee on Lay Leadership Wendy Vigue, Worship Committee Susan Hynson, Worship Committee Susan Hynson, Co-Lay Leader
According to our Book of Discipline, committee membership is for a three-year cycle. This allows
volunteers to rotate off a committee and perhaps look to a new way to serve every three years. Changing committee membership allows us to share knowledge about how the teams together support all aspects of the church’s mission and offers the chance to strengthen relationships with additional people. The Nominations/Lay Leadership Committee appreciates the long-term committee members who have developed valuable experience in different areas of the church, and we are grateful for those who are willing to serve in new ways. We are hoping that with the spark of the Holy Spirit among new combinations of people, some creative solutions will emerge to address challenges we face in our church and community. Through intentional discernment, we hope to hear and move in the direction that God calls us. I’m glad we are on this journey together!
~ Pastor Kathleen
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Congratulations!
Nonie Smith
I want to share some info about this special lady. She grew up in this church, was bap-tized, attended Sunday School, became a mem-ber at age 13. As a child and teenager she was active in many of the church activities. During the summer she would play the organ for a small church in West Gardiner. Nonie & Smitty were married here in 1956 and moved
away for many years. Wherever Nonie lived she be-came active in the life of her church. While in Wis-consin she taught Sunday School, helped with Vaca-tion Bible School, played the bells. She was a mem-ber of the women’s group and helped with their many functions. She and Smitty gave rides to church to a disabled couple and became family to an elderly church couple who’s family lived away.
In 2004 Nonie & Smitty returned to Maine and
became a part of our church family again. Nonie has become active in the life of her church here at HAUMC. She joined the UMW, Friendship Circle, craft group, and working on the Christmas fair. Her and Smitty have worked on many church suppers peeling veggies and serving in the dining room. While in Wisconsin she was part of the church funer-al reception committee. We are most thankful for her leadership organizing and chairing our funeral recep-tion committee for many years.
She is the mother of three children and four
grandchildren. For enjoyment she and Smitty are members of a square dancing group.
Mission Pin Recipients
On November 26th during worship, Kay Gregory, UMWomen’s president, presented mission pins to these two very worthy recipients. The following is what she said about them:
Nonie, we love you and thank you for all the ways you have shared God’s love throughout your life.
Jaye Trimm
This person grew up in this church attending Sunday School along with helping in many activities of the church growing up. She also joined in many school and community activities during her youth. She is the mother of a daughter and son and grandmother of two grandsons. She was very supportive of her children’s activities as they grew up and is still there for them. The grandsons bring her much love and enjoyment. Her community involvement includes Chrysalis Place volunteer, Host Home Coalition Committee, Board member of Oak Grove Cemetery.
Church activities include UMW, a starting
member of the Highlanders Circle 40ish years ago, trustee member, parsonage committee, finance & special finance committee, giving tree coordinator and thank you for coordinating that, community suppers, church fair and church supper kitchen worker.
Jaye, We thank
you for sharing God’s love through your talents and love with our church and community.
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Our Mission is to welcome all people to experience God through Jesus Christ; to
empower them as disciples with a faith that works in real life and send them into the world
to serve in Jesus’ name.
Additional News...
Lenten Study
The Kennebec River
United Methodist churches
will be engaging together
in conversation about the
Lenten study book “Holy
Solitude: Lenten
Reflections with Saints,
Hermits, Prophets, and
Rebels.” All are invited to participate in reading
the daily devotions and attend one or more of the
Saturday sessions 8:30-10 AM Feb 17-Mar 31.
We will host at Highland Ave UMC on March 10.
See Pastor Kathleen for a book and details.
Chrysalis Place
Bev. Fernald LaPlante In the winter and early spring many people
in our community face difficult times and decisions about food, heat and medicines. Also in that time donations tend to drop off making it challenging to meet the needs of our cli-ents. We are adding new families to our rolls weekly. Please bring food donations to the church and they will be taken to the food bank. Monetary gifts are always welcome and may be sent to
Chrysalis Place P.O.Box 542 Gardiner,ME 04345. Thank you for helping our friends and neighbors!
Commission on a Way Forward.
Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar will meet with
clergy and laity to talk about the work of the
Commission on a Way Forward as our denomination
debates our understanding of human sexuality. He
will be joined by his episcopal colleagues Bishop
Susan Hassinger, Bishop Cliff Ives, and Bishop Jane
Middleton.
Saturday February 17, 2018
1:00-3:00PM
Green Street UMC, Augusta, ME
Website Bulletins and
Announcements
Posted Each Week
Did you know? If you miss a week of church but don’t want to miss anything – each week’s bulletin and announcement sheet is posted on the church website. You can find them at http://highlandaveumc.org/bulletins/newsletters under More communications ….bulletins And while you’re there, check out some of the other things happening on our website. It is still a work in progress but continues to grow.
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In Our Prayers
Please Pray For:
Carolyn Andrus Angel Rob Baker Brent Beckwith Jacka Beckwith Tim Bellavance Bill June Black Suzanne and Allen Boufford
David Bouthot Mildred Bowan Polly Boynton’s sister Carolyn Bradford Karen Brann Karen’s brother’s fiancé Alice Brown David Brown Jim Brown Kristi Bryant Ken Carlson
Susie Chandler and George Crumley
David Chapman Amelia Churchill Debbie Collins Bill Corcoran Joan and Bill Cummings and their son
Dakota Jackie Danforth Vanessa Darling Alvin Davis Vera Davis Peter Dennis Ginna Dix Ester Downie Lois and Bill Dunstan Donald Dunton Mollie Egold Carol Fahnestock Emily Fickett Mary Fowler Gaye Lynn Gerard Kitty Goggin Zerilla Greenleaf Richard Harriman Carol Hickey
Lisa Hickey Mike Hicks Rob Hicks Jeff Jewett Kelly Jean Knox Lindsay Rae Atty Lawrence Linda Billi-Jo Loard Karen Longfellow Judy Lumbert Dick Manelick Marcia Dianne and Paul McCollor
Linda Folsom McEacheren Arthur McKee Don McFarland Jayne McLaughlin Bob Moody Bill Moulton Eleanor and Al Nisbet Mary Pelletier Joyce Perry David Pottle Chloe Reny Betty Robbins
Sandra Robinson Alex Rosenberg Flo Rost Ron Smith Terry Tatlock’s daughters
Mary and Sarah Rhoda Thombs Tom and Dick Wendy Towle Mary Turcotte Grace Walton Zoe Weeks and Family Rebecca Welch Norma Wells Jim White Mary Catherine Wilson People of Yemen Victims of Violence Victims of Natural Disasters Refugees from Syria especially children People in Underdeveloped
countries needing food and medical care
Do You Want to Lift Someone in Prayer?
If you have a name you would like added to our prayer list, please contact Vicki at 582-3584 or [email protected]. In addition to being added to our list, the name can be added to our Prayer Wall located in the hallway at the back of the sanctuary. Another method of prayer is our e-mail prayer chain. If you would like to have your name sent to the members of our prayer chain, please indicate that when you send your request. And please don’t forget to update us as conditions change. Prayer does matter!
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HIGHLANDER NEWS
We welcome your suggestions and contributions to our newsletter. Contact the pastor or church secretary with your
news prior to the 25th
of each month. Tel: (207) 582-2303
Pastor…………………….. Kathleen Decker Szakas Lay Leaders……………….Patricia G. McKee Susan Hynson Music Minister…………….Ralph Cheney Church School Sup’t……. Bev. Fernald LaPlante Treasurer………………… Norine Leathers Financial Secretary…….. Kay Gregory Church Secretary & Newsletter Editor…. Vicki Record
Worship and Church School 9:30 AM All are welcome !!
Looking Ahead to Holy Week Please mark these dates on your March and April calendars so that we may
experience a sacred Holy Week as the people of God:
March 25 Palm Sunday
Children’s parade of palms Choir Festival will be held in
the evening; 6:30pm; Green Street UMC
March 29 Maundy Thursday 7 pm in our sanctuary
March 30 Good Friday Service of Worship at Randolph UMC; 7 pm
April 1 Easter Sunday
GAMA Sunrise Service at Gardiner Waterfront, 6:30 am
Easter breakfast, 7:15 am Easter Service, 9:30 am