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THE TRUMPET CALL

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Our Vision

To challenge and encourage everyone in our congregation to know and follow

Christ by:

Growing as disciples through Christ ’s teachings

Connecting with one another in Christian community

Serving Christ by serving others

Praising God as we worship Christ

Sunday ServicesTraditional 8:30

Contemporary 10:45

Sunday School/Discipleship Classes 9:45

East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church October 25 2015

Pastors Corner

We are now halfway through our commitment campaign, ChangingLives, and it's been meaningful watching various colored cards goingup on our themed boards in Oberholtzer Hall as we explore facets ofour church's vision statement. Thanks to all who have participated inthat exercise the past two Sundays. This coming Sunday, we will lookat "Praise," and what it is we are doing (and not doing) when we cometogether to worship each Sunday morning and other times of praiseand worship.

Part of what I do each year with our Staff Parish Relations (SPR) teamis to establish goals for the coming year and review the past year. Ithought it important for you to know what I have shared with both SPRand Steering Team for the coming year:

Full implementation of the CATCH Program to help our church be-come more outwardly focused and welcoming of new people. Also,integration of other strategies and ideas on evangelism and out-reach so that our church becomes known in the area for the way itwelcomes people.

Identify our church’s unique “niche” in the community, and begin toimplement strategies to address the human needs found in that niche.Instead of trying to become all things to all people which is impossiblefor any church, find those things that we can and are doing well and

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Faith Promise Update 2

Stephen Ministry 2

Info Session 3

Opportunities 4

Calendar 5

Events 6

Staff Directory 6

Pastor Jim Todd

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strengthen them for our work in the community.

By the end of 2016, establish a young adult group meetingon a regular basis. This would include those in the 18-34 age cate-gory.

By the middle of 2016, establish a target date for the launchof a new worship experience in our church or in the community.

Review and refinement of our current Mission and Vision State-ments, and addition of Core Values to help guide our church.

These are ambitious goals, and can only be accomplished by all ofus working together. They are in response to felt needs expressedto me by people in our church and community. I welcome your re-sponse to these goals and am very open to refinement of them. Ilook forward to sharing with all of you and with our District Superin-tendent our accomplishments over the past year in the State of theChurch report at Church Conference on Saturday, October 24 at3:30 p.m.

Here are several other notes before I close. I will be starting myJames on James Bible study on Wednesday, November 4, 3:00-

4:15 pm. We have six people who have expressed a desire to jointhis four week study, and you are welcome to come, too! I have

decided to offer this as a daytime study to help those who don'tdrive at night.

Finally, Karen and I will be away most of the coming week, fromOctober 26-30. In case there are any pastoral emergencies or fu-nerals needed, the Rev. Candy LaBar will be filling in. I will be backfor Sunday, November 1, as we celebrate Holy Communion and liftup the saints who have passed away this last year. Scott Kuhnlewill be preaching on the final part of our Vision Statement: Service.I look forward to seeing you this Sunday and next!

Pastor Jim ( [email protected])

Don’t SufferAlone!We have many needs for care

in our congregation and com-

munity: people experiencing

divorce, grief, illness, unem-

ployment, and other life stress-

es. It is not possible for Pastor

Jim to meet every single need

of every single person. Ste-

phen Ministry expands the care

ESUMC can offer by equipping

and organizing members to

provide Christian care, provid-

ing a larger pool of people with

caregiving skills to bring

Christ’s love and care to those

who need it most. For more

information about Stephen Min-

istry, please contact Peggy

Strack, 570-421-3280, ext.

1023.

Members of ESUMC who are no

longer able to attend church, al-

ways enjoy hearing from

you! Cards and notes of encour-

agement may be sent to:

John McMahonWhitestone Health Care Center-

Stroudsburg, Pa. 18360

Hearing AssistanceDevices are Here!

ESUMC now owns several hearing

assistance devices which can be

worn to improve your ability to

hear our worship services. Please

Stephen Ministry

This is letting you know aboutan “UPCOMING” date. OnDecember 6th there will be aFAITH PROMISE/MISSIONS

FAIR in Fellowship Hall all morning from 8:30 to 12:30 a.m. Somerepresentatives from our Partners will be present and information willbe available for all Partners we support. Also, some representativeswill share information on their ministry during both Worship Services.The Faith Promise team is excited about sharing the unique ministryof each Partner in their witness to God’s ongoing kingdom work.

More information will be coming. In the meantime, consider anyquestions you may have about Faith Promise and the 12 Partnersyou support with prayer, communications and donations. Remembertoo, something special will happen at ESUMC on December 8th.

There are some Thank You notes to share with you. From ThePhiladelphia Project, “We just wanted to send a quick note to sayhow incredibly thankful we are for your support towards our ministry.

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Stand Down Day

By Vets For Vets

Nov. 8, 2015

10:00 AM to 2 PM

Dansbury Park

FREE FOOD,CLOTHES, AND

HOUSINGREFERRALS FORTHE HOMELESS

Junior Church for

Children in Grades

K-3

We need 2 volunteerseach week. It will beginat about 11 a.m. when

the children in grades K-3

are dismissed from the

Contemporary Serviceand concludes at the endof the service. Materialwill be provided toconduct Children’sChurch. Please pray andthink about volunteeringfor this importantministry.

Children’s Workshop

Rotation 9:45 a.m. to

10:30 a.m. Sunday

The theme of this year ’s

workshop rotation is

Healing, Miracles,

Compassion and Power

Changing Lives Through Service

Information Session: Sunday, November 1st

9:00am – 12:00pm in Fellowship Hall

ESUMC’s programs are changing lives as we continue to extend

the love of Christ through critical ministries. We invite those who

have the heart for service and desire to change lives for Christ to

make a commitment to support these important ministries.

Ministry Placement Stewardship Team offers you the opportunity

to meet some of the participants in each ministry for more infor-

mation regarding the need and scope of your commitment to

serve. Commitment cards will be available.

Labels & Box TopsThank you for continuing to save Campbell Soup

Company Labels and Box Tops for Education.This past June I mailed 700 la-bels and a big bag of box tops to Red Bird Mission. I’m sure they could putthem to good use. Please cut the labels down the front of the can to avoid tear-ing the label. They will not accept the badly torn ones. Thank you, Erma Powell

YOUTH MINISTRY

FOOD & HOSPITALITY

STEPHENS MINISTRY

DISCIPLESHIP

CHILDREN ’ S MINISTRY

PRAISE & WORSHIP

MISSIONS

PRAYER

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Opportunities toServe

Many thanks to all whohelped at the

Organ Concert last Sund

CounterWe are in need of a counter, now that GeBlitz has moved to Nevada. Two counters meet Monday mornings froabout 9-11 a.m., and work with the FinanSecretary to count the gifts. Job Requirements: Honest , good with ba

math skills, ability to maintain privacy anconfidentiality, and able to commit to thison a weekly basis. If interested, contact the office at(570) 421-3280, ext. 1025.

Blood DriveNovember 10th. 1 pm – 6pm. Need volunto help unload and load truck around Noothen again at 6pm when drive is over.

ESUMC is committed to uphold

a faithful response to domestic

violence and abuse.

You are not alone. Call

1-800-799-SAFE

National Coalition Against

Domestic Violence

We are so grateful for your generosity. We pray you are doingwell. God Bless!”

From Pocono Plateau Camp & Retreat Center, “It is because ofthe commitment of people like you that we are able to continue

to hold this property and this ministry in place- over time

- so

God can use it. There is no way a ‘thank you’ can carry to youall that it means to each person who steps on this place andhas walked here over time.”

This note from Family Promise, “On behalf of the Board ofTrustees, I am grateful to have this opportunity to extend to youour thanks for your recent gift to Family Promise. Weappreciate your kindness and generosity in support of ourprogram which will enable Family Promise to continue to offera fresh start to struggling homeless families with children inMonroe County.”

The commitment of ESUMC to the Partners in mission is surely ablessed opportunity of sharing the witness of God’s presence in aworld burdened with pain and tragedy. Come on December 8th tosee and hear of their ministry.

UNITED METHODISTWOMEN Dollar Challenge

October -Operation Christmas ChildShoebox items-small dolls, stuffedanimals, toys, crafts ,coloring books,school supplies, toothbrushes, anythelse you can think of for a totthrough teens in an impoverishedcountry.

November -Stocking stuffers for adumen and women in local nursinghomes

December -hats, mittens, scarves- aages

Everything can be found at theDollar Tree.

HIKING Today….

There will a church hike for our annual best trail

hike on the AT near Camp Mohican in NJ. The

views are spectacular for this approx. 3 hour

hike. Bring lunch, snacks, water and enjoy the

exercise.

Meet in the Church parking lot at 12:30 p.m.

we leave at 12:45sharp. Also, trying to organize a week day hike. Anyone interested in that or

questions with the 10/25 hike, call Bob, 570 223-7076.

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Calendar

Cub ScoutPack 103

Cub Scouts from Pack 103,sponsored by ESUMC, is

conducting a fundraiser outside

the church on Sunday, October

25, 2015, after the services.

The boys will take orders, with

delivery in time for the

holidays. If you miss, please

e-Mail [email protected].

The boys are also collecting

food in November , which will

be donated to ESUMC’s

Community Meal and Food

Pantry.

Holiday Wreath and Greenery Sale

Open Positions atESUMC

Due to the recent restructuring of

our music ministry and a staff res-

ignation, we have some open posi-

tions for the congregation to con-sider. These are positions which

can be either paid or volunteer,

and you are welcome to share

them with your friends who may be

interested and qualified. They are:

Director of Bell Choirs and Chim-

ers, Director of Chancel and Chil-

dren’s Choirs, and Director of Chil-

dren’s Ministries. Please see or

contact Jill Malefyt for more infor-

mation: [email protected].

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Contact Us

Office (570) 421-3280

[email protected]

Pastor

Jim Todd

[email protected]

Ext. 1014

Secretary

Maria Ragonese

[email protected]

Ext. 1010

Congregational Care

Peggy Strack

[email protected]

Ext. 1023

Youth Ministries

Scott Kuhnle

[email protected]

Ext. 1013

Children’s Ministries

(Vacant)

[email protected]

Ext. 1017

Finances

Sue Mertz

[email protected]

Ext. 1015

Financial Secretary

Cyndie Faunce

[email protected]

Ext. 1025

Maintenance

William Mack

[email protected]

Ext. 1018

Organist/Traditional

Music

Pauline Fox

[email protected]

Contemporary Music

Doug Malefyt [email protected]

Audio/Visual

Joe Dorsch

[email protected]

Events

Advanced Notice

OK 55

+

The OK’s will be going to our annual Thanksgiving dinner atVo-Tech School on Nov. 16th. No transportation will be pro-vided. Meet there at 12 noon.

To register, call Erma at 570-421-1422 . The deadline is Nov.8th to register. Thank you, Erma

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

All women of the church are invited to all UMW meetings andevents . November 10th will be the Thank Offering meetingat 9 AM in the Bridal Lounge. Dec 11 will be set up for Breakfast with St Nicholas which isDec 12. Hope to see many of you .

Questions contact Linda Drake at 570-856-9395.

Chili Cook Off

Nov. 14th from 4:30pm- 7:30pm

Agenda

4:30pm-5:30pm Dinner

5:30pm-6pm Judging of Desserts

6pm-7pm Games

7pm prizes

East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church

83 S. Courtland St.

East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

www.esumc.net

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