The Monthly Messenger

MAY 2017

Dalton United Methodist

Church

Thirty years ago, Gary Dahl was working on an idea. After reading a book about puppies and how to take care of them, he was surprised at the amount of the instructions. Returning home from Mexico with a truckload of stones for which he paid a penny a piece, he marketed a scheme which would become the holiday sensation of 1975. You might remember it...The Pet Rock. It cost $4.00 and made Gary Dahl a very rich man. The secret was not the rock, but the

That’s why we’re so thankful for the word of God. God’s Word lasts forever. It’s truth is timeless. It’s message is always meaningful. And that’s why it is always wise to read it every day. Blessings,

36 page instruction manual that advised people about caring for their pet rock. Since then, Dahl has tried to replicate his success - with no success! But he is writing a book about the Pet Rock that is supposed to come out in the fall. Perhaps it will catch on. The Pet Rock was a fad - a trendy sensation that was red hot for an instant, and then blue cold the next. The world is like that. We go from one thing to the next thing, and we will give someone his or her 15 minutes of fame but then move on to create the next celebrity. And so on.

A Note From The

Pastor...

PRAYER CONCERNS Sandy Amstutz (sister of Jane Koontz), Barb Boss (friend of the Johnson’s), Jim Cisar (brother of Tom Cisar), Maggie Conrad, Dylan Domer, Dallas R. Falb, Carol Farriss,

Patrick Fone, Sonya Gatrell, Don Hoover, Rich Kamph (friend of the Johnson’s), Rev. Mike McHale, Terry Johnson Miller (cousin of Dan Stark), Gloria Mishler, Sally Peters, Marilyn Pittman (friend of Clarabel Kurzen), Dave Septer (friend of Maggie

Conrad), Ed Swan (friend of the Johnson’s), J White (friend of the Johnson’s), Laurie Zifcak (friend of

Diane Fischnich)

Our nursing home, assisted living, and homebound residents: Gloria Amstutz, Harold Douglas, George Hann,

Donna Schneider, Jerry Swihart, Kenny Walkup All Military personnel on active duty and their families.

Our country and our leaders. (Please advise the church office at (330)828-2939 if any these names should no longer be

listed or of any updates)

THANK YOU … Thanks to everyone who

purchased Easter flowers.

They looked and smelled

wonderful!!!

~Diane Fischnich,

Worship Committee

….We extend our sincere

appreciation to Lisa Meager

for her dedicated service as

our organist. We wish her

well as she explores other

ways to use her musical

talents.

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PLEASE NOTE!

We are working on

getting our entryway

decorated for all the

seasons, and we need

your help. Please check

out the office window to

see the sign-up sheet

and the options that are

available. The cost per

banner is $49, so feel

free to go together with

another family. Money

can be placed in the

offering and specified

with “ENTRYWAY

BANNERS.”

Call Bess Treisch with

any questions

#330-317-6828.

Thank you for your help!

From the Missions Committee . . .

Due to increase of need for help, our local missions fund is low. Since we are not a

budgeted item, we are asking for donations to carry us over

until our August Buy-Way Sale. This we are asking to

be above your regular giving. Please make checks payable to the Dalton UMC

and be sure to designate that your gift be used for “Local Missions.”

Thank you for your support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ALTAR FLOWERS

A sign-up calendar is

located on the

table outside the Church

Office for those wishing to

provide altar flowers for 2017.

Please see Becky

Jones with any

questions.

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Canton Calvary Mission

Collection Item For

MAY is: Cereal/Oatmeal

************************* Operation Christmas Child

Collection Item for

MAY is:

Hygiene items

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Conference Retirement Service The service for retiring pastors will be Monday evening June 12th, (in which our Pastor will be participating )at Lakeside. This is also the opening day of our conference, and everyone will join in communion at 1:30pm. We will organize a car-pool for anyone who would like to see a part of conference in action. This is open to anyone. Please use the sign-up sheet on the church office door. Those who sign-up will decide what time to leave.

~Sally Slusser Interim Lay Leader

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We are asking church members for donations of RED GERANIUMS, so that they may be used for the Mother’s Day

Worship Service on May 14. We plan to decorate the sanctuary with red

geraniums, which will then be planted on the church grounds on May 20th. Please bring the geraniums to the church (or turn

in monetary donations) by Friday, May 12th. Thank you for your donations

ABOUT OUR MEMBERS...

Our Deepest Sympathy…..

To the families and friends of:

...Larry Pauli (father of Travis Pauli)

...Eileen McHale (mother of Rev. Mike

McHale)

…Chris Barkman (friend of Rose Ann Stark)

...Roy Parsons (friend of Steve Yoder)

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Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels will be serving a meal each

Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. at the

Dalton Presbyterian Church.

Please call Karol Niehaus at

(330) 933-5144 for reservations.

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VBS Notes….

The Education Committee is looking someone to coordinate this year’s VBS.

For more information, please see Joellen Fone or Sarah Curtis.

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Sonya Gatrell and Sally Slusser have completed a course on Bible Study for

their recertification for “Lay Servant Speaker” from the East Ohio

Conference.

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MISSIONS NEWS Help us minister to those in need.

Elijah’s Cupboard can always use non-perishable food items for The Salvation Army. Please bring an item or two with you

and place them in the good cupboard in the hallway. We also continue to collect labels for the Red Bird Mission.

-Labels include "Campbell's Labels for Education", "General Mills Boxtops for Education"; and "Tyson Project A+ Labels for Education".

A collection envelope for the labels is located on the bulletin board, in the narthex of the Church.

Please consider donating today!

-Canton Calvary Missions food collections for MAY is:

Cereal/Oatmeal this can be placed in the large basket in the narthex.

Thank you for the continued support,

~ Missions Committee

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Please pray for the 600 delegates from 130 countries that will meet in Washington,

D.C. for the WORLD SUMMIT—praying in defense of persecuted Christians. Event

will be May 10, 2017. Please keep the Summit in your prayers. “Remember those . .

. who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” ~ Hebrews 13:3 NIV

Keep in your prayers DECISION AMERICA. Franklin Graham went to each state

capital last year with Prayer Rallies, asking for prayers for our nation and repentance.

In 2017, he will go to major cities in each state calling Christians to pray for lost

neighbors, communities, and our nation. In May, he will visit major cities in

Tennessee. “When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to

God.” ~ Acts 4:24

--Submitted by Sally Slusser, Interim Lay Leader

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto

a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

(1 Peter 1:3)

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BIRTHDAYS . . .

1 - Kaydin Fone, Mike McMullen

3 - Brooke Dye, Ryan Treisch

4 - Terrie Gregory

5 - Maggie Conrad, Sarah Curtis

10 - Samantha Clark, Tiffany

Peters

13 - Miles Treisch

16 - Logan Haer

17 - Les Gatrell, Tyler Herzog

18 - Vicki Cisar, Garrick

Johnson

MAY 2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DALTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

~ Psalm 33: 21

CANTON CALVARY

MISSION

COLLECTION

ITEM:

Cereal/Oatmeal

19 - Julie Renner

21 - Andrew Wyckoff

28 - Tom Cisar

30 - Steve Troyer

ANNIVERSARIES . . .

4 - Vaughn & Clarabel Kurzen

12 - Dave & Jennifer Reynolds

27 - Glenn & Mary Loomis

30 - Jeff & Bev McGinty

Operation Christmas

Child Collection

Item:

Hygiene Items

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 2:45 - 4:00 CON-FIRMATION CLASS

3 10:00 BIBLE ST. 3:30 JOYFUL N. 7:15 PRAISE

4 NATIONAL

DAY of PRAYER

5

6

7

8

9

10 10:00 BIBLE ST. 3:30 JOYFUL N. 7:15 PRAISE

11 12

13

14 MOTHER’S

DAY

PRAISE CHOIR/WORSHIP SERVICE

15

16 2:45 - 4:00 CON-FIRMATION CLASS

17 10:00 BIBLE ST. 3:30 JOYFUL N.

18

19

20 9:00 PLANTING FLOWERS YOUTH/SCOUTS

21 GRADUATION

SUNDAY

JOYFUL NOISE/WORSHIP SERVICE

22 23

24 10:00 BIBLE ST.

25 ASCENSION

DAY

26

27

28 29 MEMORIAL

DAY

Church Office Closed

30 2:45 - 4:00 CON-FIRMATION CLASS

31 10:00 BIBLE ST.

June 1

2 3

Spring is about preparing for the future.

When I read this, I thought this is what the

UMW is all about at this point in time. We need

to prepare and decide about the future of the

UMW. We had a wonderful morning on 4/29 at

the Time Out Café filled with good food ,

fellowship and a planning session. I was

relieved to find there are many UMW who want

to see the group continue and are very willing

to help. After the meeting Myrna Streb called

me and said she would take Vice President if I

was staying President. Boy! Did I hear the

Halleluiah Chorus singing? This is a blessing

and I know with Myrna’s help and everyone

else helping WE Will Succeed! Thank you to

everyone who made the effort to come to the

breakfast and the ones who couldn’t make it

who told me they would be willing to help also.

God does answer prayers!

How and when things happen in our lives can

surprise us. A few weeks ago Don, Garrick and

I made a weekend trip to Garrick’s home in

Missouri. The first night there we went to an

auction. Don and I decided to get some

supper. It was a nice and warm evening so we

sat at the picnic table they provided at the

auction. After we ate, Don went to look over

items going up for auction the next day and I

sat at the table. There was a lady sitting in a

pick-up close by and I got to watching her. I

realized she was crocheting. I went over to her

and started visiting. She told me she was

making a prayer shawl for her church. She

showed me the one she was working on and it

was a brilliant green with a colorful variegated

yarn intertwined. It was smaller than most

prayer shawls and she said the reason was

because it was going to be given to a child. I

can’t remember how many she and another

lady had made but I remember saying, “Wow”.

I told her we have some very talented ladies in

our church who make prayer shawls also. That

started a very nice visit with a lady named,

Julia. She had shared with me she was getting

over bronchitis and that was why she was in the

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truck while her husband was at the sale. She

didn’t want to catch any more germs. We

talked till Don came back and I was getting

tired standing because of the Lyme disease so

we went to the truck to rest. When I walked

away, she said she would pray for me and that

God didn’t want to see me sick. I told her

likewise and I that I would pray she would stay

well. While Don and I were resting and

reading, a knock came on the truck window. It

was Julia and she handed me a small little

plastic bag. In the bag was a small yellow

rectangle made of yarn with nubs forming a

cross. Julia said it was a prayer swatch which

she makes to give to people to let them know

she will pray for them. I was so taken aback

that all I could do was reply a very surprised

and grateful thank you. I will probably never

see her again but I know she is praying for me.

I carry that little swatch with me and remember

her with comforting thoughts and prayers.

An email came from a friend which I think has

thoughts we should all find helpful in our lives.

It is titled, “Life’s Priorities & Successes”.

1. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for

part of a research paper I’m working on for

my Psychology class. When I asked her to

define success in her own words, she said,

“Success is when you look back at your life

and the

memories make you smile.”

2. Today I asked my mentor a very successful

business man in his 70’s what his top

three tips are for success. He smiled

and said, “Read something no one else

is reading, think of something no one

else is thinking, and do something no

one else is doing.”

3. Today, after my ’72 hour shift at the fire

station, a woman ran up to me at the

grocery store and gave me a hug. When I

tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her.

She let go with tears of joy in her eyes

and the most sincere smile and said,

She re plied, “So you can help me save

the planet.” I chuckled again and

asked, “And why do you want to save

the planet?” “Because that’s where I

keep all my stuff.”

9. Today, when I witnessed a 27-year old

breast cancer patient laughing

hysterically at her 2-year old daughter’s

antics, I suddenly realized that I need to

stop complaining about my life and start

celebrating it.

10. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me

desperately struggling on crutches with

my broken leg and offered to carry my

backpack and books for me. He helped

me all the way across campus to my

class and as he was leaving he said, “I

hope you feel better soon.”

11. Today I was feeling down because the

results of a biopsy came back

malignant. When I got home I opened

an email that said, “Thinking of you to

day. If you need me, I’m a phone call

away.” It was from a high school friend I

hadn’t seen in 10 years.

12. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met

a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn’t

eaten anything in over three days. He looked

extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my

friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he

was eating. The first thing the man said was,

“We can share it.”

The last thought is, “The best sermons

are lived, not preached.” There are many

thoughts here as to how we should be living

and doing things in our lives for others. One

last thought of mine is don’t put things off

which are so easy to do.

God bless you all and just simply pray,

Beth Johnson

UMW President

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“On 9-11- 2011, you carried me out of

the World Trade Center.

4. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by

a car, I sat on the side of the road holding

him and crying. And just before he died,

he licked the tears off my face.

5. Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but

decided I needed the money, so I went

into work. At 3PM I got laid off. On my

drive home I got a flat tire. When I went

into the trunk for the spare, it was flat, too.

A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a

ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a

job. I start tomorrow.

6. Today, as my father, three brothers, and two

sisters stood around my mother’s hospital

bed, my mother uttered her last coherent

words before she died. She simply said, “I

feel so loved right now. We should have

gotten together like this more often.

7. Today I kissed my dad on the forehead as he

passed away in a small hospital bed.

About five seconds after he passed, I

realized it was the first time I had given

him a kiss since I was a little boy.

8. Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year old

daughter asked me to start recycling. I

chuckled and asked, “Why?”

Great and marvelous

are you deeds, Lord God

Almighty. Just and

true are your ways,

King of the ages.

(Revelation 15:3

NIV)

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The United Methodist Church

Ohio East Area

8800 Cleveland Ave. NW • PO Box 2800 • North Canton, OH 44720 Phone: (330) 499-3972

• Website: www.eocumc.com

Tracy S. Malone Resident Bishop

Gary George Assistant to the Bishop

April 29, 2017

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I write this

letter first and foremost to call upon all East Ohio clergy and churches to pray unceasingly as we, The United Methodist Church, commit ourselves to faithfully live out our mission, unity and connection while we continue to struggle together with the seemingly uncrossable impasse related to

human sexuality. I remind us that, “we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.”

As a bishop of The United Methodist Church, I am committed to the unity of the Church and the flourishing of its mission. One of the

instruments of this unity is the Council of Bishops’ Commission on a Way Forward. I trust that the Holy Spirit is at work in the leadership and the conferencing of both the Commission and the Council. The Commission on a Way Forward is accountable to the Council of Bishops and, through the Council, to the General Conference.

The Council of Bishops has called a special session of the General Conference for February 23- 26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of this session shall be limited to receiving and acting upon a report from the Council of Bishops, based on the recommendations of the Commission on a Way Forward.

I also write to inform you that on Friday, April 28 the Judicial Council, the Church’s highest court, ruled on the South Central Jurisdiction’s

request for a declaratory decision, in response to the 2016 election and consecration of Bishop Karen Oliveto by the Western Jurisdictional

Conference. The Judicial Council ruled that the consecration of a gay

bishop violates church law, but it also stated that Bishop Oliveto “remains in good standing” until an administrative or judicial process is completed. This decision means Bishop Oliveto will continue as a bishop of the Church until such a process is completed. This ruling does not affect the

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work of the Commission on a Way Forward because the Commission works concurrently with other legal, legislative, and supervisory

processes.

As we receive the Judicial Council’s ruling, we recognize that there are no winners. I am reminded of these words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be … “

We are the beloved community of Christ. When one part of the body hurts and suffers, we all hurt and suffer. Therefore, let us pray for Bishop Karen Oliveto, her spouse Robin, the Mountain Sky Area, the Judicial Council, the Commission on a Way Forward, and the entire United

Methodist Church.

While we wait in hope and in great anticipation of the Holy Spirit guiding us and leading us forward, I offer this prayer from

Ephesians 3:14-21:

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.”

Finally, let us stay encouraged and stay focused on the mission of Christ and his Church. Let us remember to keep the main thing the main thing. We are to: make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world; love the Lord with all our heart, our soul, our mind and our strength and love our neighbors as ourselves; and act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God.

Yours in Christ,

Tracy S. Malone Resident Bishop

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WANT TO GO TO CAMP

THIS SUMMER?????? Brochures are available on

the table

outside of the

church

office!

YOUTH GROUP NEWS

The CIA Youth celebrating Palm

Sunday

Now faith is the substance of

things hoped for, the evidence

of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 KJV)

Dylan Domer, 19, was honored

recently as the 2017 Wayne

County recipient of the R. A.

Horn Outstanding Achievement

Award for a Student.

Dylan attends a satellite

classroom of the Ida Sue

School at John R. Lea in the

Southeast Local School District.

He will graduate this spring.

Dylan is described as an

excellent student, and a hard

worker with a contagious “can

do” attitude.

“He has a disarming smile that

comes from his toes,” wrote

speech pathologist Judy Thompson. “When he smiles, his whole body smiles. If you are having a

bad day and experience his smile, you are better for it.” Dylan is the greeter/ticket taker at the door

of his church for fish fry dinners. He has been an active member of Boy Scouts and he has traveled

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The youth painted these stones to hand out on Easter Sunday after

the service.

May 7 – Open

May 14 – Chuck & Maggie Conrad

May 21 – Open

May 28 – Open

Dalton United Methodist Church

204 W Main St

PO Box 277

Dalton, OH 44618

Address Service Requested

Nonprofit Organization

Dalton United Methodist

Church

JUNE 2017 Newsletter Info Deadline: MAY 25, 2017

Please let Sharon Starling know of any news, notes or

additions/corrections to be included in the upcoming

newsletter.

Phone: #330-621-1327

Email to: TheStarlings@aol.com

Or leave items in Church Office.

Worship Hours

9:30 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

10:00 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Group

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Beverly McGinty; Praise & Bell Choir Director

Steve Yoder; Head Usher

Nina Schultz; AV coordinator

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Pastor: Paul Farren

Phone: 330-828-2939

Cell Phone: 330-317-1034

Email: pastorpaul@email.com