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UMW Unit Meeting 10:00am

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Church Council 6:30pm

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Tracyton United Methodist Church

PO Box 127 5153 Naomi St

Tracyton, WA 98393 Bremerton, WA 98311

Phone# 360-373-6425

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Inside this issue:

Letter from Pastor 2

Finance 3

Memorial Day 3

Imagine No Malaria 4

What TJ Drew 4

Silverdale Antiques 4

WMTRBW 5

Sunday School 5

Prayer Tree 5

Prayer Vigil 5

Inside this issue:

Coming in July 5

Walk & Talk 6

Coins for Lent 6

Backpack Brigade 6

Clothes Closet 6

Food Bank 6

UMW 7

Bazaar 8

Note from John Holly 9

5th Sunday Car Wash 9

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Permission to Experiment May 2015

Dear sisters and brothers,

One of these days, you’ll see a new flyer in church, with the heading, “To Join Tracyton United Methodist Church TODAY.”

Church membership isn’t as simple as showing up for two or three Sundays and getting put on the list. It never was. But there shouldn’t be big barriers and post-ponements attached to it either. So I’ve decided to re-institute something we Methodists have done for most of our nearly 300-year history, and invite people to become Exploring Members, beginning TODAY – or any Sunday morning.

Exploring Membership isn’t an official United Methodist category. You won’t find it in our Book of Discipline. But we need a way in which the church can wel-come and uphold people as they explore Christian discipleship and church mem-bership. And we need a way for every person to take the next step, quickly and easily, toward fuller participation in the life of this congregation and toward more fulfilling Christian discipleship.

It’s not an official category in our denomination, but the idea comes straight from our Methodist genes: in the old days, people went through a time as “Probationary Members” – during which they would be expected to demonstrate their seriousness about a disciple’s life and give proof of the genuineness and “correctness” of their faith. For us today, though, Exploring Membership isn’t so much a time of probation judged by others, as of learning and discernment by the Exploring Members themselves, with the support of others in the church.

A while back, our bishop gave every one of us pastors a certificate of “Permission to Experiment.” Permission to color outside the lines, in an age when the lines don’t match the demands of our mission. Permission to be creative. Permission to take risks, to risk failing, and risk success.

We don’t know precisely how this experiment will turn out. But it looks like a good direction to explore.

Love,

Wes

In the first three months

of 2015, our thorny fi-nances appear to be turn-ing into beautiful roses! I did a quick scan of our profit/loss state-ments and could hardly believe my eyes. I have a friend who never wants to hear numbers because they mean nothing to her and make her crazy. In case that describes you, too, let me just say that after my eyes stopped bugging out in disbelief,

a smile started to grow. We get two re-ports every month –cash basis and accrual basis. Don’t worry about what that means. Ideally, the numbers on those re-ports should be close.

Here’s the good news: finally they are!!! In fact, the bot-tom line of each report, by the end of March, shows a positive num-ber. Positive! That’s a

good thing!! Granted, a little of that positivity comes from using some of our rent money for general expenses. But not all of it, and that’s a step in the right direc-tion.

Oh, and guess what else? Our Apportion-ments are paid in full at this point. We did re-ceive a 25% reduction in the amount we owe for apportionments. But if we keep things

and the Bremerton

High School JROTC,

the Agate Passage

Barbershop Quartet,

singer Niki Saulsberry,

and Keyboardist

Roberta Daniel will

highlight music from

the 1940s.

We will honor our ser-

vicemen and women

with the “Table of Re-

membrance” per-

formed by a special

military veterans

Honor Guard. The

firing of a salute by

Sunday, May 24th

at 8:00pm

5505 Kitsap Way

Bremerton

This event is free and

open to the public.

The service will bring

community leaders and

veteran’s organizations

together to honor those

who have made the ulti-

mate sacrifice for their

country. Master of Cere-

monies will be Mayor Tim

Matthes of Port Orchard.

Performing will be the

Keith Highlander Band

Suquamish Warriors

Veteran Service Organi-

zation, the playing of

“echo” Taps and 10-15

minutes of fireworks

will close out the event.

“The annual Memorial

Day observance is our

way of saying ‘thank

you’ to the men and

women who have

served and who have

sacrificed.” said John

T H A N K Y O U F A I T H F U L

S E R V A N T S ! ! !

M i l l e r - W o o d l a w n ’ s A n n u a l

M e m o r i a l D a y S e r v i c e

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up this year, maybe we won’t need that assistance next year!

That’s a rosy picture all by itself.

We know that God

continues to call us

in ministry. Thank

you for your contin-

ued faithfulness in

answering

God’s call.

by Kathy Bogue, Finance Chair

Van de Water,

general manager of

Miller-Woodlawn

Funeral Home and

Memorial Park.

“We hope the fami-

lies who join us for

the service gain a

deeper apprecia-

tion for the impor-

tance of honoring

our military,

whether that is

those currently on

active duty or

veterans who

served in the past.”

A Puppet Show by well-known puppeteer

Craig Jacobrown,

Pianist Roberta Daniel will play the grand

piano prior to and following the puppet

show. Come sing Happy Birthday to

owner Debbie Housen!

Refreshments served.

A gift to the community by

Denis & Debbie Housen of

Silverdale Antiques

For more Information:

360-692-2462

A weary mother returned

from the store, lugging gro-

ceries through the kitchen

door.

Awaiting her arrival was

her 8 year old son, anxious

to relate what his younger

brother had done.

"While I was out playing

and Dad was on a call, T.J.

took his crayons and wrote

on the wall!

It's on the new paper you

just hung in the den. I told

him you'd be mad at hav-

ing to do it again."

A G i f t f r o m S i l v e r d a l e A n t i q u e s

WHAT T.J. DREW

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Saturday

May 23rd at 6PM

Silverdale Antiques

9490 Silverdale Way NW

This Mother’s Day, United

Methodists in the northwest

are taking a special offering

for Imagine No Malaria as a

way to show solidarity and

love for our brothers and sis-

ters on the other side of the

world.

Consider honoring a woman

who has influenced you by

making a gift in her name to:

Imagine No Malaria.

Please consider taking a do-

nation cup home and collect-

ing that pocket change each

evening. Help us make a

change for life.

All proceeds will go to Imag-

ine No Malaria. Your dona-

tion matters, we can make a

difference.

The message she read

pierced her soul with a

dart. It said, "I love

Mommy," surrounded

by a heart.

Well, the wallpaper

remained, just as she

found it, with an empty

picture frame hung to

surround it.

A reminder to her, and

indeed to all, take time

to read the handwriting

on the wall.

-- Author

Unknown

paper and how she had

slaved.

Lamenting all the work

it would take to repair,

she condemned his ac-

tions and total lack of

care.

The more she scolded,

the madder she got, then

stomped from his room,

totally distraught!

She headed for the den

to confirm her fears.

When she saw the wall,

her eyes flooded with

tears.

S h a r e t h e l o v e . S a v e a l i f e

She let out a moan and

furrowed her brow,

"Where is your little

brother right now?"

She emptied her arms and

with a purposeful stride,

she marched to his closet

where he had gone to

hide. She

called his full name as she

entered his room. He

trembled with fear--he

knew that meant doom!

For the next ten minutes,

she ranted and raved

about the expensive wall-

May 4-10 Chapter 38 “The Uprising of Stewardship”

Deuteronomy 15:1-11 1 Timothy 6:3-19

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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S c r i p t u r e T h e m e s f o r M a y

T r a c y t o n T i d i n g s

May 11-17 Chapter 39 “Whatever the Hardship Keep

Rising Up” Isaiah 40:27-31

Acts 9:1-25 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; 11:22-33

April 27-May 3 Chapter 37 “The Uprising of Partnership”

Matthew 10:16-20; 11:28-30; 28:16-20

Psalm 146 Acts 16:11-40

May 25-31 Chapter 41 “Spirit of Love: Loving God”

Psalm 116 Romans 8:1-47

Ephesians 3:14-21

“ W E M A K E T H E R O A D B Y W A L K I N G ”

May 18-24 Chapter 40 “The Spirit Is Moving”

Pentecost Sunday John 3:1-21 Acts 2:1-41

Romans 6:1-14

The Adult Sunday School Class is following the study of

“We Make the Road by Walking”

Adult Sunday School is open to everyone. The class meets between

Services at 9:45 and lasts approximately an hour. Do join us!

Join us for our study of

“We Make the Road

by Walking”

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If you would like to add the power

of your prayers to others

please join us on

Thursday mornings from 8:15-9:15

there is time for conversation then sitting

quietly practicing “Centering Prayers”

If you can not be here in person then do join us

spiritually from home. We wish to bow our

heads and ask for strength and guidance to

carry out our mission for our church in thanks

and praise, for beauty and love surrounding us,

in the silence of contemplation of Gods mercy.

There’s something new in July is happening in the church backyard,

a summer neighborhood Bible Study Group will meet on the church patio, instead

of the confines of someone's living room, to sing awhile, study Gods Word, and pray. Susie White

is the hostess, the guitarist and discussion leader is Sheila Dean, the place is our own Church patio

on Monday evenings starting July 13 and running 6 weeks with a couple of breaks

in August. 7:00 to 8:30pm All are invited to come and see if this is

not a wonderful way to spend a summer evening.

C o m i n g i n J u l y

Would you like to

be a member of the

prayer tree?

Would you be able to

make a call to one or

two people whenever

the prayer tree is acti-

vated? Or would you

just like to receive a

call?

Would you like to re-

ceive an e-mail when

the prayer tree is acti-

vated?

If you answered yes to

any of these questions

please leave your name

and number with the

office 360-373-6425

or drop us an e-mail.

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S p r u c e u p

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Thank you for your

continuing support of the

Foster Children’s

Clothes Closet

Providing clothing for children placed in homes by Child

Protective Services. The items in the

closet are chosen especially for foster

children. There is a special need for

socks and underclothes, as well as

clothing and pajamas (5-10)

Thanks to your generosity during the season of Lent we

were able to collect $399.51 to put towards supplying

meals to the teens at Coffee Oasis!

Your continuing support is immensely appreciated!

The food bank totals for March are

$205 and 32 pounds of

food. That brings the yearly

total to $530 and 225

pounds of food. Thank

you for helping to feed the families of

Kitsap County.

The Backpack Brigade, is designed to provide nutri-

tional support over weekends during the school year to

children of families in urgent need. Teachers are in-

creasingly aware of children who come to school on

Monday mornings hungry. During the week these chil-

dren receive free or reduced meals at school, but on the

weekends parents are unable to provide the same level

of nutrition.

The Backpack program is designed to provide these families with backpacks containing nutritious food for the week-ends. Children are chosen by classroom teachers who discretely deliver the backpacks on Friday afternoons

Your financial support as well as your donations of non perishable food are greatly appreciated.

Food Bank

Summer walks begin in the

Spring this year. Come out to

join the walk and talk group as

you are able, when you are

able. We plan to be out walk-

ing in our church neighbor-

hood on Tuesday mornings...

meeting in the parking lot at

9:30am starting May 19th.

Katherine Smith and Susie

White and Marilyn Winterowd

are the core group and one or

another of us is there each

Tuesday morning through the

summer. Well, that is unless it

is raining, we are sort of a fair

weather group. It does not

seem to be as wet as it is most

years--and so I nearly forgot to

mention rain keeps us

home. We are out for an hour

or two, sometimes in the im-

mediate church neighborhood,

sometimes walking along the

shore, sometimes climbing the

high hills to the East of the

church, on back roads. Our

route and even the length of

time we walk varies with who

comes to join us and which

neighbors we stop to visit with-

and with the checking of the

local blackberries-or whatever

else seems important that day.

No two walks are ever the

same. It is a time to stretch out

those muscles confined to win-

ter sitting, enjoy the beauty of

the neighborhood of our

church home, say hello to

neighbors and to see what is

new and changing around us.

Backpack Brigade

Watch For Exciting New Developments For Our

Local Backpack Program!

Coins For Lent

Tuesdays In Tracyton Otherwise Known As Walk & Talk

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Tracyton United Methodist Women

Consider becoming an active member of the Tracyton United Methodist Women.

There are all kinds of projects in development and your input and support are

greatly needed. Please take and fill out a pledge form from the Information Wall

and put your pledge to work.

Check out the TUMW INFORMATION WALL for any upcoming events and new program

information.

Sunday May 3rd at 2:00pm

TUMW Charity Knitting Group will hold a class on how to

knit a Christmas stocking. These will be sold at the Bazaar. If

you are interested or would like more info please contact

Sally Klein.

May 17th from 2-4pm

Everyone is welcome to join this industrious group to help

make “small items for big improvements” currently they are

working on warm wear for the homeless, like hats, gloves,

vests and items to be sold at the Bazaar in November.

TUMW Charity

Please feel free to contribute when you are

gardening, or cutting flowers from your gar-

den, or even making that homemade bread

you make each week - bring in some to share

with others!

There will be a dona-

tion box for any dona-

tions you feel moved to

give, but the object is to

offer to each other, and

any who pass through

our church, the oppor-

tunity to take some of TUMC's "harvest" with

them as they go about their daily lives.

Tracyton UMW Gleaning Table

UMW Unit Meeting TUMW will hold their bi-monthly Unit Meeting

on Saturday, May 9th at 10:00am to discuss up-

coming programs and fundraisers. Everyone is

invited to attend. Let your voice be heard, all

ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Katherine Parker

she writes from Nepal:

The UMN web servers are now back up

and being updated with our earthquake response

efforts at www.umn.org.np

UMCOR has already released funds to us here in

Nepal and I am so grateful to everyone who has

responded with gifts to the international disaster

funds which enabled this.

TUMW Proudly Supports Missionary

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Tracyton Bazaar by the Bay

Event Coordinators: (Kathy Bogue, Elaine Cook, Marilyn Winterowd)

Work with Team Leaders to make sure tasks are

Accomplished in a timely manner.

Vendor Team (Shirley Siegel, Elaine Cook, Sally Klein)

Contact and correspond with vendors

Collect and record vendor applications and payments

Organize vendor table arrangement (work with Building Coordinator)

Check in vendors and assist as needed during set-up

Publicity Team (Lyla Begor, Roberta Daniel)

Signs

Bremerton Chiropractor Sign

Sandwich Boards on the street

Church Sign

Newspaper Advertising

Church publications

TUMC, area churches. District Conference Churches

On-line Posts

Church information pamphlet for distribution at the bazaar

Building Team

Set-up of bazaar areas (work with Vendor Coordinator)

Decorating/Music

Take down of bazaar areas/Make sure church is ready for Sunday worship

Food Team (Carol Wnek, Judy Rowson)

Make sure food service permit is up to date

Make sure at least one kitchen staff has a current food handler’s permit

Plan menu/Prepare lunch and beverages

Collect money from sale of lunch/beverage items

Clean up kitchen and food serving areas

Tracyton Bazaar by the Bay 2015

The teams are starting to come together for the Bazaar. Shirley Siegel is hosting a potluck for the Crafts Group and those involved with the Bazaar. We hope to have this as our first planning meeting for the Bazaar by the Bay. There is still a need for volunteers to round out our teams. If you are interested in helping out please contact anyone on the lists below

When: Wednesday, May 27th at 6:30 p.m. Where: 4988 Painter Street NW

Directions: Turn left at the Tracyton Tavern, Shirley’s home is blue and two

blocks down at the corner of Tracy Ave and Painter St on the left hand side of the street.

You can’t miss it, it’s also on the way to our Church.

You can help your church earn donations just by

shopping with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card

If you have a Fred Meyer Re-wards card please remember to

use it and link it to

Tracyton United Methodist Church

You can call 1-866-518-2686 or go to www.fredmeyer.com/

communityrewards

Spread the word!

Tell your friends and neighbors! Forward e-mail announcements

to your contacts!

If you have a Facebook page, post it and share it with your

friends!

Our supporters (21 households) who shopped at Fred Meyer

between 01/01/2015 and 03/31/2015 (Cycle 2015, Qtr 1) have contributed to our $74.38

total donation. We will be re-ceiving a Kroger check in this

amount within 30 days.

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Prayer Shawl Ministry needs you! If anyone would like to join in this rewarding

Ministry all are welcome. If you don't know how to Knit or Crochet we will teach you.

Please give me a call at 613-0488, Debbie Atkinson.

Members of T.U.M.C.: I am writing this little note to inform

all of those that missed out on the Maundy Thursday service, each of you missed a wonderful

selection of soups, conviviality and an inspirational service. The soups were crafted by several

members including our own Jeanie Johns and were well received by those in attendance. (21)

The service was presented by Pastor Wes and was worth any admission price that could

have been charged. The service was enjoyed by all attendees, me and mine included. Maybe all

can be lucky next time!

This, brings to mind the wonderful “Ash Wednesday” service so many members didn’t

have the chance to experience and take part in. maybe some have differing ideas about “ashes”

and the reason behind this practice. No fear, Methodist’s observe the practice also.

Pastor Wes puts an enormous amount of work, time and travel into these services. I for one,

think members would show him a little more appreciation for all his efforts in bringing us un-

derstanding each week. By the by and by. Pastor Wes also provided the hot soup and bread for

the Ash Wednesday service.

If any think I’m out of line with my thoughts, feel free to let me know.

A NOTE FROM JOHN HOLLY

5th Sunday May 31st

ONE SERVICE AT 10:00

Cars washed during Service! All donations go toward camp

scholarships !

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Worship Times 8:30am Early Service

9:45am Adult Sunday School 10:00am Children’s Sunday School

11:00am Late Service

PO Box 127

5153 Naomi St

Tracyton, WA 98393

360-373-6425

church@tracytonumc.org

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We are a multi-generational community growing together in the grace,

love and service of God. Children are welcome at all services. Should you desire, a

nursery is available for children 5 years and under at the 11:00am service.

On the Fifth Sunday of any month,

One Worship Service only at 10:00am

followed by a potluck lunch.

Our Mission

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