Unity. We find ourselves face-to-face with

this issue, both corporately as a denomination,

and more personally within our local church.

This shouldn’t surprise us. Paying attention to

the larger culture in which we find ourselves, we

can acknowledge divisive forces at work. We are

naïve to think that the Church of Jesus Christ is

immune to those forces that work to discourage,

divide, and destroy. Long before there were

Democrats and Republicans, there were men

and women encountering divisive forces. For if

the Bible is true, then we battle “against the cos-

mic powers of this present darkness, against

spiritual forces of evil …” (Ephesians 6: 12)

Those forces are intent on destroying the things

of God, so it only makes sense to find them at

work in the Church.

The One given the Name above all names en-

tered our world on purpose. Likewise, Jesus left

this world on purpose. We recently celebrated

Ascension Sunday, and drew attention to spe-

cific things Jesus said before He ascended into

Heaven, and He was intentional about encour-

aging us with the awareness of receiving power

when the Holy Spirit becomes one with us, em-

powering us to be His witnesses. On that day

He ascended, there were two messengers who

made it clear that Jesus will return in the same

way that He departed. And my question is:

How will He find us?

The night before He gave His very life for you

and me, He poured out His heart unto our Fa-

ther in Heaven. Praying like none of us has ever

prayed before or since, Jesus implored our Fa-

ther, “I ask not only on behalf of these, but on

behalf of those who will believe in Me through

their word, that they may all be one. As You,

Father, are in Me and I am in You, may they also

be in Us, so that the world may believe You have

sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I

have given them, so that they may be one, I in

them and You in Me, that they may be completely

one, so that the world may know that You have sent

Me and have loved them as You have loved Me…

Righteous Father, the world does not know You,

but I know You; and these know that You have sent

Me. I made Your Name known to them, and I will

make it known, so that the love with which You

have loved Me may be in them, and I in

them.” (John 17: 20-26)

We become wise as we take seriously God’s Word to

us. We become fools to ignore Him. We are wise to

ponder Jesus’ prayer for genuine unity, recognizing

that anything resembling unity derived from some-

thing other than authentic oneness with Him is

misguided and temporary at best. Serious exami-

nation of ideas becomes our responsibility, whereby

we discuss, evaluate, and engage one another

around issues with important implications about

our future and, yes, our witness to the world look-

ing on. And the world will know we are Christians

by our love.

All those things that tend to divide and destroy

bring us face-to-face with the chance to grow

deeper in unconditional love. For sure, we enjoy

those moments of agreement with one another, but

we are much better at conditional love than we are

with unconditional love. Agape love (unconditional

love) is that which our Lord provides us with, and

our oneness with Him is essential to our being filled

with such. Being one with the One Who promised

that the gates of hell shall not prevail over His

Church becomes imperative if we are to experience

true unity. Do we know Him? Are we becoming

more like Him?

Grateful for His Word,

John

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7/13—7/17

Tiger Baseball

7/29

Family Camping

8/1

ASP—10/ 9-12

Beacon

June 10, 2014 Volume 41, Issue 6

July Events

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Worship Arts Team

Calling all artists, people with creative ideas, and all who enjoy being involved with artistic endeavors. We would like your help in expressing the themes of worship with visual art for both Sanctuary and Impact worship. The general worship themes and sermon topics are synchronized between our services, and though they will be expressed in different ways to mesh with each worship environment, we would like to develop a team of people who work on adding creative content to both services. All sorts of creative work that members of our congregation do is welcome – painting, drawing, sewing, creating objects, deco-rating our worship spaces, or lending a hand wherever needed. Our Worship Committee will still handle decoration of our worship spaces for the liturgical seasons of the year – Ad-vent, Christmas, Lent, etc. – while the Worship Arts team will work on specific worship themes that may cover one Sunday or several. If you would like to be involved, please con-tact Holly Good at onefabulousevent@gmail.com or 734-451-8685.

Chancel Choir and Festival Bells Ministry Trip June 28 - 29

Our Chancel and Bell Choirs will be traveling to Lakeside Chautauqua in north-

west Ohio. For more than 140 years, Lakeside Chautauqua has welcomed families

to the Lake Erie shore to take part in a summer Chautauqua experience dedicated

to nurturing mind, body and spirit. Lakeside Chautauqua is an historic community

in Ohio that offers an abundance of spiritual opportunities, educational lectures,

cultural arts performances and recreational activities.

We’ll be sharing our music ministry at the Otterbein Retirement Home on Saturday afternoon and at

Lakeside United Methodist Church for Sunday morning worship. Please pray for us as we travel, share

our music and spend time in devotions and retreat as a group.

Men and women are welcome to come

and answer the phone and do a variety

of light office duties in the church office

during the week. We could use your

smile and friendly voice.

To volunteer, please contact the church

office at 453-5280.

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staff of PFUMC will be developing

the church wide program for the fall.

This program is based on Bishop

Robert Schnase’s book, Five Practices

of a Fruitful Congregation. I mention this

because as you head out to your vacation

and you’re looking for some reading mate-

rial, consider getting a jump on the fall pro-

gram by reading this book now.

So the question is, where are you in this pic-

ture? Are you a planter of the seeds, are

you one that helps water the soil, is your gift

weeding, maybe you have talent of support-

ing the growing plants? This fall you will

have the chance to find out where you can

help tend the garden.

Once we all know where we fit in, we can

do the work and really start getting ready for

the harvest!

God bless you and yours on your travels this

summer.

Pastor Nick

As we enter into the summer months my mind

goes to the cycle of the seasons. It was still win-

ter when I arrived back at PFMUC. Now Spring

has come, and is nearly gone. The season of

planting is passing, and now comes the season of

weeding, watering and pruning.

It’s funny how when we think of a garden, we talk about

planting the seeds and the harvest in the fall. Yet, we

tend to gloss over the really hard work that is required of

a good gardener. The tending of the fields in the heat of

the summer. Any good gardener will tell you that’s

what determines how successful your garden will be.

After all, we’ve all seen different gardens where the

same seeds are used, but one garden thrives and pro-

duces an abundance of fruit, the other struggles, and the

fruit withers on the vine.

It’s the work between the planting and the harvest that is

important. Without water the soil dries up and cracks.

The plants turn brittle and their growth is stunted. The

good gardener makes sure the soil is kept from getting

too dry, even if it means hauling bucket after bucket of

water from the spigot to the garden.

Without weeding, the plants struggle to get food.

They’re blocked from the sun by their faster growing

enemies. The good gardener gets on their hands and

knees and pulls out the weeds so the seedlings can get

rooted. Later when the plants are taller, the gardener

stakes them up, and supports them so they can grow up

right.

The church is like a garden, and we’re all gardeners.

We can plant the seeds and talk about the harvest, but

are we willing to do the hard work of the summer

months? The work that determines how successful the

garden will be. Are we committed to bearing an abun-

dance of good fruit, or are we content to accept what

happens to grow through the weeds and parched soil.

Over the course of this summer some of the leaders and

Our Soup Kitchen ministry needs help. As of early May, we only have three people signed up for the next soup kitchen on July 19. We need at least ten! Can you help? We need people high-school age and up. There are five ways to sign up: on the sign-up sheet on the kiosk outside of the sanctuary OR click on the link for Soup Kitchen help on our website at pfumc.org OR go to signupgenius.com directly and search for the sign up under mmhend-erston@ameritech.net OR you could contact Melissa Henderson directly at mmhender-son@ameritech.net OR 734-455-4227 to let her know when you can help.

The remaining dates for 2014 are: July 19 (note the change) at Cass, August 23 at Cass, October 12 at Baldwin and December 14 at Baldwin.

Soup Kitchen Ministry

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Are you interested in becom-

ing a member of Plymouth

First United Methodist

Church?

The next new member class will be held on Wednesday, July 9 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the church Parlor. Din-ner and child care will be provided. The new member class provides a great opportunity for you to make connections within the PFUMC church family and others attending the class. We will share information about our rich Methodist heritage, our local Church congregation as well as share ways for you to become involved in the life of PFUMC. New members will join in the wor-ship service of their choice on Sun-day, July 13 at 10:10 am. The next set of new member classes will be on October 26 and November 2 in the church Parlor following the worship services. Lunch and child care will be available. Members will join on Sunday, November 9 in the service of their choice.

N e w M e m b e r / B a p t i s m

BAPTISMBAPTISMBAPTISMBAPTISM

Baptism will be in the worship ser-

vice of your choice and will be of-

fered on the following dates.

July 13, September 14,

November 9

There will be a 1 hour baptism

class the Sunday prior to Baptism

with the Pastor.

Contact Cathy Montgomery or Pat

Fleming in the church office to reg-

ister for New Membership or Bap-

tism. Thank you.

P a g e 5 Plymouth First United Methodist Church Small Group and Leadership Ministry

June 10, 2014

“Let us hold unswervingly to the

hope we profess, for He who

promised is faithful. And let us

consider how we may spur one

another on toward love and good

deeds. Let us not give up meeting

together, as some are in the habit

of doing, but let us encourage

one another.” Hebrew 10:23-25

Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation

Intentional Faith Development Radical Hospitality

Risk-Taking Mission and Service Extravagant Generosity Passionate Worship

How are we doing in practicing these qualities of ministry in our congregation? In our classes, choirs, small group ministries, mission teams, and leadership circles? The task of repeating, deepening, ex-tending, teaching, and improving these practices should fill church agendas, guide church boards, and

shape leadership training. Leadership teams are forming this summer to create a common lan-guage and vision for our church. As a result we hope that our congre-gation will become clear about our mission and confident about our future. In September our church will learn about each of these practices through Sunday sermons, family friendly dinners and a time of com-munity sharing. More information is on the way. If you have a passion for any of these areas of ministry and would like to be a part of the conversation please contact Pastor Nick Ber-langa or Renee McKarge, Chair of Church Council.

Don’t miss the next Leadership Team

Training on Tuesday, August 26 at 7 pm.

“YOU’RE A LEADER. It’s your job to keep your passion HOT.

Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go

TO STAY FIRED UP.” Bill Hybels

$149 per person www.willowcreek.com

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Thursday mornings from 7 am Thursday mornings from 7 am Thursday mornings from 7 am Thursday mornings from 7 am until 10 am I will be at the until 10 am I will be at the until 10 am I will be at the until 10 am I will be at the Biggby Coffee near Bucsh’sBiggby Coffee near Bucsh’sBiggby Coffee near Bucsh’sBiggby Coffee near Bucsh’s on 5 Mile and Sheldon Road. on 5 Mile and Sheldon Road. on 5 Mile and Sheldon Road. on 5 Mile and Sheldon Road. Let’s talk about small group Let’s talk about small group Let’s talk about small group Let’s talk about small group

ministry, faith development and ministry, faith development and ministry, faith development and ministry, faith development and leadership skills. leadership skills. leadership skills. leadership skills.

Cathy Montgomery, PFUMC Small Group Ministry Coordinator cathym@pfumc.org cell...(734) 560-3498

Church-wide

Small Group

Study and

Sermon Series

A guided journey

retracing the steps

that led to the birth

of Jesus in a stable

in Bethlehem.

1. Dream of leading a healthy,

growing, multiplying group.

2. Pray for group members daily.

3. Invite new people to visit the

group weekly.

4. Contact group members regu-

larly.

From 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders, by Dave Earley, Cell Group

Resources, a division of TOUCH Outreach Ministries, http://www.touchusa.org..

Share your Testimonies We would love to hear your stories about how being a part of the small group ministry has impacted your life. When did members of your group support and care for you during a difficult time? How has your group encouraged you? What have you learned by being a member of a Sunday School class or small group? Send your story to Amy & Cathy @ christianed@pfumc.org.

5. Prepare for the group meeting.

6. Mentor an apprentice leader.

7. Plan group fellowship activities.

8. Be committed to personal

growth.

PRIORITIES How do you set priorities? At the 2013 Global Leadership Summit Bill Hybels talked about the work habits of effective leaders and that the greatest asset any leader can give to their organi-zation is energy. In order to maximize his energy, Hybels utilizes a strategy he calls 6 X 6. He takes time to write out the top 6 contri-butions he needs to make in the next 6 weeks—above and beyond the normal

scope of his job. He then ar-ranges his daily schedule around his 6 X 6 card. Take a few minutes to brainstorm what your 6 X 6 card would look like. Pick one of the ideas on your card and identify a few ways you could re-arrange your daily and/or weekly schedule to ac-complish this goal. The church library has a copy of the 2013 Global Leadership Summit where you can watch this video in its entirety. Check it out!

Bill Hybels

founded The

Global Leadership

Summit, now in

525+ cities and 90

countries. He is

the senior pastor of Willow Creek

Community Church, a pioneer in

contemporary church strategy.

He is committed to developing

and mentoring leaders world-

wide.

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Music @ 1st Fine Arts Academy News

The Academy’s Spring Recital is Sunday, June 22nd at 2:00 in the choir room. There will

be a reception following in the Parlor. Our student musicians work very hard all semes-

ter and look forward to the opportunity to perform and share what they have learned.

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a varied and interesting program.

Our Summer Semester is July 7 – August 30. This 8 week semester is the perfect time to

learn something new or continue your studies on your favorite instrument. We offer 30

minute private lessons in most band and orchestra instruments as well as voice. We also

will be offering 1 hour group lessons in voice on Wednesday evenings. Special pricing is

being offered to church members who wish to study voice either privately or in group

lessons. $15 per lesson for private lessons $75 for 8 group lessons

Contact Barbara Levengood for more information or to register.

Call 734-453-5280 ext 12 or email fineartsacademy@pfumc.org

Come sing with us!! Summer Choir Sunday – August 3 All choral singers are invited to join us on Sunday, August 3 for summer choir. We’ll

meet at 9:15 am to prepare an easy piece to sing for sanctuary worship at 10:10 am.

If you’ve never tried singing in choir before or can’t be a part of choir regularly

come join us!

Tuesday, JULY 29,2014

Join your PFUMC friends and family at

Comerica Park to watch the Tigers play

the White Sox

Game time 7:05 pm

Travel by bus from the church at 5:30 pm

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Financial Update for May, 2014

Income = $ 78,694 Expenses = $ 72,751 YTD Income = $ 377,927 YTD Expenses = $ 388,523

Thank you for shopping at

Kroger

Reward for April was $86.23.

Sunday 9 am Sunday School 10:10 am Worship

11:30 am Fellowship Time 5:30 pm FUSION youth

Monday 9:30 am Monday Morning

Women Bible Study

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Family Camp Myers Lake—Friday August 1—Aug 3

Reservations due 7/1/2014

$29 per site—per night ref #G1304780

Call 810-266-4511

go on church website for more details

Wednesday 6 am Prayer Breakfast 5:45 pm Jubilate Choir

6 pm Cherub Choir 6 pm Bible Study

6 pm Impact Band Practice 6:30 pm Learn to Knit 7:30 pm Chancel Choir

Thursday 5:20 pm Holy Yoga

6:25 pm Prayer Meeting 7:30 pm Festival Bells

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Prayer and

Praise

Shout triumphantly to the

Lord, all the earth!

Psalm 100:1-2

Bible Stories

• Psalm 100

• Psalm 150

• Solomon’s Prayer

• The Tax collector and the Pharissee

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Sunday School Lessons 9 am

Mission Focus: UM Children’s Home

5:30 pm Area 56 is a place for 5th & 6th Graders to experience

meaningful Bible Study, Life Changing Fellowship, Outra-

geous Games, Important Service Projects, & Wacky Snacks

— AUGUST 2 —NOON—3 PM—AT

HUDSON MILLS PARK—DEXTER

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT MARK SPAW COOKING HOT DOGS—

BRING A DISH TO PASS AND ENJOY THE FELLOWSHIP

PFUMC is looking for someone

to coordinate our meal ministry

to those members who are sick,

have lost a loved one, or have a

new baby. We have a list of indi-

viduals who will prepare and de-

liver meals but we are in need of

a person to organize their efforts

and be a contact for the member

in need of a meal.

We are looking for individuals or

teams to straighten and resupply

the pews in the Sanctuary on aver-

age once a month. The job takes a

couple of hours and goes much

faster if you have a friend to share

the task. Some days also include a

private music concert when Marcia

practices the Organ.

Contact the church office if you’re

available to help

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Plymouth First United Methodist

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45201 N. Territorial Road

Plymouth, MI 48170

734.453.5280 www.pfumc.org

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Friends in Christ,

As reported last month, the Trustees committed to keeping you informed about the proposal to lease the Core space for the proposed Charter High School. In doing so, we informed you that before a lease is to be executed we would secure the following: 1. An acknowledgement from Bible Study Fellowship and the Pre-School that the High School and the two groups can coexist in the building; 2. An acknowledgement that the High School will abide by, and will not contradict, the Social Principles set forth in the Book of Discipline, Section 2253, referencing sections 160-166; 3. An agreement that should the State of Michigan require the School to modify the building in a manner that contradicts the core principles of the Church, we will not accept the lease, and; 4. An agreement that we will have a lease completed within the 90 days. The first three standards were met. Both Bible Study Fellowship and the Pre-School acknowledged that they could coexist in the building with the Charter High School. The Charter High School reviewed the Social Principles of the Book of Discipline and acknowledged that they could abide by the same. Fur-ther, an inspection of the building occurred and the Core meets the requirements of the State of Michi-gan to lease space for the Charter High School. However, the fourth standard cannot be met. Therefore, we have ended lease negotiations with the Charter High School. We have advised Bible Study Fellow-ship, the Pre-School and the Charter High School of this decision. The Charter High School is now look-ing at other spaces within the community to meet its needs. Respectfully, Daniel Dalton Chair, Board of Trustees

Another Great Finale to the 60+ 2013-14 Season

It almost appears that a tradition is in the mak-ing for 60+ June luncheons. We had a return engagement of the singers David (Daly), Oscar (Linares), Doris (Edwards), Mary (Pauline) and Sandy (Kosky), but now the quintet has a name: Heart, Mind & Song. This year the theme of their program was “Broadway and Movie Melo-dies ~ Morning to Evening” starting out with Oh, What a Beautiful Morning, from “Oklahoma” and ending with Sunrise, Sunset from “Fiddler on the Roof”. In between were some great movie songs such as Moon River, Buttons & Bows, Que Sera and South of the Border, and what made it more fun was that so many joined in the singing. Of course, Chef Cheryl and her sidekick Rosie served up an-other scrumptious lunch of chicken cordon

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J u l y B i r t h d a y s

7/19 Christopher Holland Dolly Porter 7/20 Jeff Garcia Tom Green Kara Joy Paige Novak 7/21 Michael Hartke Elizabeth Henderson Ashley Taylor 7/22 Maryjane Garcia Jim Kruger Carolyn McWhirter Tyler Schroeder 7/23 Jack Ammons Betty Ankrapp Christine Beaudoin Fred Cooley Sophia Daly Nancy Gorham Chuck Olson William Peckrul Nolan Sutphin Karen Tolley Devon Wisniewski

7/3 Ronald Lowe II Dorothy Lybarger 7/4 Cassandra Best Judith Cox Basil DeWitt 7/5 Laura Grenfell Zach Holmes Katelyn Montgomery Christopher Penney William Pickering Andrew Townley 7/7 Ryan Bird Steve Edwards 7/8 William Stirton 7/9 Meri Lyn Hill Robert Thompson 7/10 Don Iler Jennifer Kruger 7/11 Julie Kimsal 7/12 Charles Roebuck Chantel Spieth

7/13 Sandy Burr Walter Murray Mara Patterson Chris Satterfield 7/14 Glen Kordick Andrew Slatin George Thompson 7/15 Elaine Honecker Eric Joy Marian Owens David Person Linda Selberg 7/16 Dennis Brunzell Kevin Henderson Cheryl Hetherington Lisa Hollo 7/17 Harriet Hotchkin Wesley Kappler Richard Pushies Thomas Williams 7/18 Warren Buzzard Karl Little

7/24 Lynne Coker 7/25 Erik Gorham Douglas Hubbard David Loveland Donna Moore Amber Morrison 7/26 Jerry Morrison Susan Sayers 7/27 Robert Beaudoin James Hutchings Carl Robertson Nicholas Saia Gary Krueger Michael Marble 7/29 Jan Wilbur 7/30 Stephanie Murray Bridgette Rowe 7/31 Paul Carr

bleu, roast potatoes, corn casserole and strawberry shortcake. All in all, it was a rather jolly good time.

Again, we played Stump the Singers, with Marilyn and Whitney Stevens singing a duet of an old hymn that some might remember, Mission on the Hill, Doris Kuhns stumped us again this year, and Anna Fowler singing Tell Me Why. Your reporter’s memory has gotten a little rustier and not having a chance to take notes can’t remember all those who contributed to the fun, but we thank all of you. What great sports 60 Plussers are! Our time together ended with a prayer song from Heart, Mind & Song to all of the loyal sup-porters of 60+ and our wish for everyone to enjoy a blessed summer. “May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You” ~ till we meet again on September 8th. Put it on your calendars.

60 + LUNCHEON

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF

WARNER STEVEN WHITE—

BORN May 28th—to Kelly White—

grandparents—Dan & Julie White

If you have announcements you would like to have made during a par-ticular worship service, please notify the church the Monday before that service, so the staff is able to incorpo-rate it in the bulletin and service.

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Prayer concerns

Sanford Burr Calvin Gress Joann Gress Pharold Haist Harriet Hotchkin Mel Litke Rev. Bob Selberg Helen Sorensen Ned Stirton Carol Thomas Paul Worley

Beverly Booker Timarie Freeman Muriel Gyde Sandy Hackett Ben Holland Margie Kappler Gary Krueger David Loveland Alex Magee Vince Maiorana Carol Meszaros Gene Overholt

John Paul Nancy Remick Glendora Rice Esther Richards Kathleen Salla Peter Slazinski Barbara Stinebaugh Garrett & Sarah Sutphin Eden Sutphin Meredith VanValken-burgh

Kris & Sarah Kappler

Churches in Russia & Poland

Pam & Ron Fair

Dear Church Family ~ I want to thank all of you for helping me through the last couple of months during my surgery and recovery. It is hard to imagine such an experience without the prayers, cards, calls, caring and words of en-couragement that surrounded me, beginning with the beautiful, cozy prayer shawl which gave me warmth and comfort (from the moment I woke up after surgery!) both for my body and spirit. Thank you ladies for your ministry ~ unless you have received one, you may not realize how significant it truly is. Thank you Pastor John and Pastor Carrie for your visits and prayers.

Thank you to all who visited me in the hospital, telephoned, and chauffeured me (or even offered to) when I needed it. “I thank my God every time I re-member you” Philippians 1:3

In Christ’s Love ~ Sandy Kosky

Justin Atkinson Kevin Clafton (Strobridge)

Linda Erickson Danielle Gomrick Nathan King Austin McCall (Triebwasser)

Andrew D. Piggott Evan Ray (Ramsay) Dan & Ashley Schmitt Marshall Gartner (Henderson)

Amanda, Liz Ramsay’s niece Bill McKarge, Jason McKarge’s dad Deb, Marcia Van Oyen’s sister-in-law Elaine Cook, Pete Slazinski’s sister Elicia Clark, niece of Mona Brown Harold Boven, grandpa of Chelsea Noack Herb Head, brother of Kathy Berliner Jean Swartz, Amy Triebwasser’s aunt Karen Marshall, friend of Sandy Hackett Kim Golich, friend of Jill Leeper Ron Robinson, Pastor John’s cousin Sandy Cook, friend of Wes Kappler

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The Adult A.S.P. Group would like to invite you to join us for our annual trip down to the Appalachia area to work on homes that are in need of repair. We have our dates and we are registered to go.

This year’s dates are Oct 9 thru the 12. We will be staying at the Jonesville Center in Lee County, Virginia at their year round housing center. The cost will be about $65.00 each. This year we have 12 spots open, they have had a lot of churches volunteering for the fall and dates have filled up fast. We have been to this center before and enjoyed our stay there. We meet new people from other churches and make new friends, and there is an ice cream center near by for some evening treats. (Yum!)

Please consider joining us for some fun, fellowship and hard work that’s very rewarding. If you have any questions please see me at church or any of the others that have gone before.

You can also e-mail at philipdaigneau@att.net. We would love to have you join us.

Along with this I wanted to ask if there is anyone interested in taking over the duties of be-ing the coordinator for this group. I have been thinking and praying about this for a while and have decided to make this my last year as the leader of this group. I have done this for several years, not sure what God has for me next but will cross that bridge when it comes. I would hate to have this group not happen anymore so if this tugs at your heart come and talk to me, it’s not that complicated at all.

In Service for Him,

Phil Daigneau