The Connection MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF WATKINS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH , JUNE 2016

June 19 - Pastor Errol’s last Worship Service

June 26 - Pastor Ken’s first Worship Service

June 26 - Pizza w/Pastor

June 26 - Gift of Song Community Choir

July 9 - Watkins Yard sale

July 11-15 - Stem Day Camp session 1

July 18-22 - Stem Day Camp session 2

July 25-28 - Vacation Bible School

“Be Disciples of Christ”

Dear Friends,

Words are inadequate to properly express my gratitude to the people of Watkins Church for the love which has been shared with me and my family during the past 12 years. I hope you will join me on my last Sunday on June 19th. We will gather for worship at 10:30 a.m. My farewell message is entitled: "When Jesus Comes In."

We wish you every success in the future. God has blessed you; and will continue to bless you as you seek to be obedient to God's will. Love your new pastor, Ken Hughes and his wife Patsy. Pray for them the way you have for us. You will always be in our thoughts and prayers. May God richly bless each of you.

Sincerely in Christ,

Errol

Upcoming Events

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,

says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil,

to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

June is a time when we can relax and recount what a wonderful school year we have had! Our enrollment for

next year is looking great and we are poised for new growth as we add our Jr. Kindergarten class.

2016 was a year that brought its own challenges and we rose up and met them with grace and enthusiasm. We

finished strong and, with God’s provision, we will have our best year EVER in 2017.

The love and support we received this year overwhelmed me, and it’s difficult to express my thankful heart for

the trust that was given to me to lead an amazing group of women.

We love being a ministry of WUMC and pray that for years to come we will be a sweet little shining light in

Northeast Jefferson County to all those families looking for a perfect preschool experience for their child.

Peggie Peterson,

Director, Watkins Early Learning Center

VBS is quickly approaching! It'll be here before we know it!

We need lots of volunteers - to move children from room to room, to help with dinner prep and serving, to help with games and activities! If you're interested please let me know! Monday, July 25-28, 5:30-8pm

Also, please sign children, friends and neighbors up! http://2016.cokesburyvbs.com/watkinsumc/ We'd love for them to ride the wave of God's amazing love!

Jane Weishaar, weishaarjane@gmail.com (502)-608-3494

WELCOME PASTOR KEN HUGHES AND PATSY TO WATKINS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Dear Watkins Family,

I am Ken Hughes and I am excited to be appointed as your new Pastor beginning June 26th! My wife's name

is Patsy Hughes and we have two children. Our son Jonathan is married, and he and his wife Tracey live in

Shelbyville Ky. Our daughter Rachael and her husband Chris and our two granddaughters, Penelope June (2)

& Lucy Catherine (5mos) live in Jeffersonville IN. Jonathan & Rachael graduated from U of L! Patsy and I

both are from Bowling Green KY and both graduated from Western Kentucky University. Patsy is a Medical

Technologist and works part-time. I graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and have been a Pastor

for 24 years. I am thrilled to be appointed to Watkins UMC which is my 7th. church appointment! Patsy and I

love to ride horses as our hobby and have participated in Equine Ministry in our appointments. Together, my

wife and I have been the deans at the Sr. High Horse Camp Ministry at our United Methodist Church Camp

Aldersgate for the last five years! We love working with all age groups and are very excited to hear about all

the ministry opportunities at Watkins UMC. We look forward with anticipation to working with all of the

ministries at present and the ministries that God has in store for the future! I love Worship and look forward

to hearing the beautiful music from The Chancel Choir, Handbell Choir & Crosswalk. I love Preaching The

Gospel and Pray that God will use me to richly Bless you and your families. I also am a man of Prayer and

take time to Pray very seriously; I believe what John Wesley said. He believed that nothing on earth hap-

pened for God without Prayer! I have made it a practice to participate in a retreat twice a year to be alone

with God and pray and study. I believe in Jesus’s example that we all need to get away to be alone with

God. Mark 1:35 says " Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went

off to a solitary place where he prayed." I celebrate all the wonderful things that God has done through you

at Watkins and through all the Godly Pastors and leaders that have led this congregation to where it is in The

Kingdom of God today and ask you to join me in praying about the future for this great church! May God

richly bless you and your families!

Pastor Ken Hughes

Pizza with the Pastor

Join us June 26th to welcome our

new pastor, Ken Hughes.

We will gather together after church

for some pizza, salad and cake.

Contact Amy Singer at 479-8592 with

any questions.

Watkins June, 2016 Softball Schedule

MEN’S Monday Games

6/6 - 8:30 pm

6/13 - no game

6/20 - 8:30 pm

6/27 - 6:30 pm

WOMEN’S Tuesday Games

6/7 - 7:00 pm

6/14 - 8:00 & 9:00 pm

6/21 - 8:00 & 9:00 pm

6/28 - 7:00 pm

COED Wednesday Games

6/8 - 8:30 pm

6/15 - 6:30 pm

6/22 - 6:30 pm

6/29 - 7:30 & 8:30 pm

All the games are posted on the Watkins website www.watkinsumc.com

Players,

We have now made it easy to find out if your game has been rained out. We

are teaming with REACH Alert to send you rainout information the moment we

make the decision. Even if we play a 6:30 and 7:30 game, if we get heavy rain,

we will send an alert to let you know the 8:30 and 9:30 games have been rained

out.

However, if you don’t register, you won’t receive our messages.

Registration takes less than a minute to complete! To register, go to

www.reachalert.com and click on MY ACCOUNT. Then select CREATE

ACCOUNT to establish your initial account. If you have already joined

REACH Alert for another organization, just LOGIN TO ACCOUNT and Join

Network. When prompted, please use the following information to register for

our Network.

Network Name: Watkins - Monday Softball (or Tuesday, Wednesday, or

Thursday).

Role: select Player.

If you opted to receive text alerts, Reach Alert will send a text message

to your cell phone immediately upon completion of your registration. Please

enter the 4-digit number on the registration screen and then click the work

VALIDATE. If you do not receive this message, please call Reach Alert.

If you do not have access to a computer or if you experience any difficulty

registering, please contact REACH Alert at (877) 307-9313.

DARTBALL

Watkins Dartball team won the first place trophy for the 2016-2016 season with the help of the following players:

Jeremy Paulin Pete Laney

Gene Sewell Bev Laney

Keith Anderson Robin Archer Stewart

Carolyn Wesley Jim Stewart

Wendell Lockhart Barbara Stacey

Norm Ward Jay Evans

Dick Bernard

Doug Wilham

Andrew Weishaar

Congratulations Brittany and Dickerson on

the birth of your daughter, Katherine Grace

Glenny Moreno, 8.9 lbs. born on May 13,

2016 at 3:36 pm

Summer can’t stop us!!

Hand and Foot will meet Friday,

June 10 and Friday June 24 at

1:00 pm in the Conference Room.

A good time to take a break from

outside chores. See you then!

Lunch Bunch is on Safari. We will meet at noon Tuesday, June 7th at Outback on Highway 22

(Old Brownsboro Rd). This is across the street from the Summit (Paddock) in the same shopping

strip with Kroger's and Feeders Supply. Call if you are unsure where this is - - we’ll get you there!

Faith Fellowship is scheduled

for Tuesday, June 14th at 10 am

in the Conference Room.

Stay tuned for further info!

Gift of Song (A Community Choir)

Everyone is invited to the “American Jubilee” concert,

on June 26th, at 7:00 pm here at Watkins. This concert

is a collection of many of America’s greatest and most

beloved songs featuring, but not limited to, the genres

of Patriotic and early Sacred music. Several Watkin’s

Choir members will be performing.

Tickets will only be sold at the door and will cost $10

per ticket.

We are still looking for Adult Choir

Members to sing with the choir over

the summer.

If you are interested please contact

Martha Eberenz -

email: meberenz6@hotmail.com

Or call the church office 502-425-2200

Congregational Concerns

Remember the housebound

members of our church

family

Dee and Mary Lou Williams

Francis Eline

Elizabeth Long

Howard Massey

Jack and Marjorie Payne

Jes’us Miranda

Norva Erickson

Mildred Sedoris

Roy Whitworth

WATKINS UMC

BUDGET UPDATE - 2016

Total Operating Budget per month

$32,127.33

Income January $31,206.30

Income February $33,454.60

Income March $31,978,06

Income April $30,339.02

Income May $31.718.80

SAVE THE DATE !!

Watkins UMC Yard Sale

July 9, 2016

Donations accepted after July 4th

Proceeds will benefit Missions

More information to follow

New Beginnings Sunday School Schedule

Starting June 5th, 2016

We hope to get started around 10– and meet for 30

minutes before the combined service at 10:30

Come join us as we explore Christ with Rob Bell. Each

week we will watch a short video and have a discussion

afterwards.

Here is a list of the video topics and dates:

June 5: Rain August 7: Breathe

June 12: Trees August 14: Today

June 19: Sunday August 21: Open

June 26: Noise August 28: Corner

July 3: Kickball

July 10: Dust

July 17: Rhythm

July 24: Matthew

July 31: Rich

We would love to have people join us for Sunday School

Fellowship! Please contact Janet Johnson (ljpkj1@gmail.com)

or Judy Nichols (judy.nichols@aspect.com)

Dear Rev. Archerson and Friends:

Thank you for your gift of $250.00 - KY Conference Check

The lives of children and families are being changed each and every day

because of what we are doing at The Kentucky United Methodist Homes

for Children & Youth.

Together, as the body of Christ, and through God’s grace, we can offer

children and families hope for a better future.

Sincerely,

Randy Coy

President/Senior Pastor