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Lamplighter
November 2014
In This Issue
Page 2
Pastor, Continued
Stitches United News
Page 3
Membership Notes
Poinsettia Sale
Page 4
Calendar
Page 5
Birthdays
Guiding Shepherd
~Yuletide Wreath Sale
~Box Tops
Page 6
Prayer Concerns
Thank Yous
Page 7
Grassroots News
Birthday Party for
Jesus
UMW News
The legendary comedian, Bob Hope, is remembered best for the many USO
shows he brought to our troops while fighting on foreign soil. The first such show,
however, didn't have to leave the country. Bob was doing the "Bob Hope Pepsodent
Show" on radio when he was told that the Pepsodent Company wanted him to take
the radio program on the road to visit one of the military air bases. His first live
performance outside of the radio studio took place on May 6, 1941. They only traveled from Hollywood to Riverside, California where the March Field Army Base
was located. At that time the United States still had not entered the war, and so Bob
was reluctant to even do this. His first response, to the idea was, "What for? There's
no war going on here. Why should we drag the whole show down there? We're doing all right without going out of the studio" Bob said that he resisted an idea that
was going to change his whole life.
When they arrived at the base they were met by Tom Harmon, who at the time was
one of the biggest names in football in the nation, and who was also in uniform and
stationed at the base. Harmon told Hope and those with him that they were doing
the biggest thing for the U. S. Army since the victory at Gettysburg: they had gotten
live girls past the front gate! One of those "girls" was Frances Langford, their lead
singer who was replacing Judy Garland. The show was a huge hit, so huge that Bob
had to think about why it was so big. Every joke Bob told got huge laughs. "One of
the aviators here took me for a plane ride this afternoon. I wasn't frightened, but at
2,000 feet one of my goose pimples bailed out!" The laughter was so big Bob said
he looked around to see what else was going on that was so funny, not realizing they
were laughing at him. Then Hope said, "I started to understand. What I said coincided with what these guys were feeling, and laughter was the only way they could
communicate how they felt to the rest of the country. I was their messenger boy. A
ski-nosed Western Union. We represented everything those new recruits didn't
have: home cooking, mother and soft roommates. When they heard us speak they
were back in their living room with mom and dad and their pesky little brother or
sister, listening to the Atwater Kent radio." Later on that would be true for troops
who were sitting in North Africa or Sicily or Guadalcanal. Hope said that he understood why, when they were laughing the hardest, they were trying to hide their tears
too. We know why too. They were scared and longed for the security of home.
When Veterans' Day comes and we remember our vets on Sunday, November 9th,
we will be giving special tribute to our World War II vets, those guys who first saw
the Bob Hope USO shows. We honor them, not only for what they did, but what
they did in spite of the danger they faced and the feelings they felt. Security is
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something we all need. Sometimes when we leave the shelter of all we know
that makes us feel safe, someone like a Bob Hope can help to bring it to us. Visits when we are in the hospital,
phone calls from a friend when we feel low or a hug from someone who cares can mean a lot. Sometimes, however, we feel like we have gone to places where no human hand can reach us. Sorrows, depression, fears and traumatic events of all kinds can become so great that we feel truly alone. No matter how bad our situation may feel,
no matter how insecure we may feel or how alone we may be, we can always know that God is there. What a
comfort it is to know, as Jesus tells us, that "Even the hairs of your head are all numbered." (Luke 12:7) Sometimes only God is there to bring to us the security we desperately need, and in the presence of Christ's Holy Spirit,
we have it. We can never fall any farther than into the secure hands of God! Through a fifty year span of time,
from that show in 1941 until our troops took part in Desert Storm in 1991, Bob Hope was there for our troops doing his best to bring a little of the security of home to them all. Praise God we have the security that comes from
knowing the love of God in Christ Jesus, a security we will continue to celebrate with the greatest of joy when we
finally reach our eternal home. See you in church.
Pastor, Continued
God’s peace,
Jeff
Everyone is invited to come to the open house hosted by Stitches
United in celebrating their ten years (and
25,000+ items later). Saturday, Nov 15, from 1-3pm in the church lounge Stitches United will display all their
items and answer any questions you may have. We (S.U.) would like to thank the church and the community for
their prayers, support and donations. We are a non-profit (grass roots) group of volunteers. God has given each
and everyone of us a talent and we are using those talents to comfort others.
Here is a small example of items and how many were made and given out:
Chemo hats
1,095
Winter hats
2,088
Gloves/mittens
660
Baby blankets
355
Lap blankets
1,512
We have given to 6 different hospice organizations, 2 hospital baby units, FYI (Family & Youth Initiatives), IHN
(Interfaith Hospitality Network), Kettering Medical, Miami Valley, Good Sam, rehab units, Cancer Centers in Springfield and in Dayton.
The transporting of items was done by: Don Cameron-Dayton VA, Judy Kirkpatrick-Springfield Hospice, Hospital
and IHN, Carolyn Boor-Springfield in House Rehab, Bill Scarff- IHN, Tom & Barb Lee-South View Maternity, Janet
Garrett and Janet Shaver-Dayton Hospice, KMC, Colleen Smith-MVH, Margaret McIntire-Springfield Hospital, IHN,
Tina Smith and Roselyn Riley-Columbus area—just to name a few.
Special thanks to those of you making items of comfort. Marsha Benson, Barb Lee, Tom Lee, Jewell Eidemiller,
Janet Garrett, Janet Shaver, Karen Bertke, Kim Lindamood, Donna Algren, Val Carsey, Brenda Solch, Janice
Bunch, and Gerry Jarratt are some of the makers over the last 10 yrs. Our pet beds are made of left over scraps,
so we waste very little fabric. We also share material with the Church of the Brethren, My Brother's Keeper and
the Fairborn UMC. Come check us out, see the items we make, a list of receivers and be amazed. If you have any
questions please call Anne Brewer 845-1697.
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The annual Charge Conference was held October 25th. There were two lists of names presented for approval,
the First and Second Reading of professing members not participating without cause. The Second Reading are
those members identified last year as not participating for at least 3 years prior to 2014 and have not participated
this past year. The First Reading is a list of professing members who have not participated during the past 3 years.
The approved list of names will be included in the next Newsletter.
During October, we lost a long time constituent member, Joe Dunn to the Role of the Victorious. Joe was 88, a
WWII and Korean War veteran. Our sympathy goes out to his wife, Nancy and all the Dunn family. Also, the Jon
Stafford family has transferred to Lake Avenue Christian.
The 2014 Directory has been published and is available in the Narthex. If you are unable to get to church and
would like a directory, please contact the church office.
Jess Underwood
Membership Secretary
Suggested cost this year is $ 9.00 each.
Anyone interested in purchasing a Poinsettia for a loved one, shut-in, or a friend should
indicate your choice on the appropriate line at the bottom of this page. Please fill in the form,
place the money (cash or check) and the form in a pew envelope (mark it “flowers”) and
place it in the offering plate or turn it in to the church office.
Deadline for ordering is Sunday, December 7th.
Poinsettias may be picked up after the Christmas Eve Service on December 24th.
Proceeds will go to Vacation Bible School.
**********************
Name_________________________________________________________________
Quantity _________________________________
$ Amount _________________
In Memory of __________________________________________________________
In Honor of ____________________________________________________________
Other ________________________________________________________________
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November 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
5p Deep Water
2
3
8: 3 0 a S e r v i c e
9:30a Sunday School
10:45a Service
2p Puppet Practice
4:15p Youth Group
5:30p Comm Prayer
6p NA Meeting
6:30p Prayer & Share
10a UMW Exec
Meeting
12p AA Meeting
7p Knitting Group
9
10
8: 3 0 a S e r v i c e
9:30a Sunday School
10:45a Service
2p Puppet Practice
4:15p Youth Group
5:30p Comm Prayer
6p NA Meeting
6:30p Prayer & Share
12p AA Meeting
7p Knitting Group
4 Election
5p
6p
6p
6p
8p
Day
Samaritan Kit.
Ballet
Brownies
Education Mtg
AA Meeting
11 Veterans
5p
6p
6p
6p
8p
Day
Samaritan Kit.
Ballet
Brownies
Leadership Mtg
AA Meeting
Office Closed
5
6
7
8
4-5:30p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
6:15p Girl Scouts
7p Bible Study
7p Women’s Bible Study
9a Butterfly
Learning
12p UMW Lunch
1:30p Prayer Mtg
6:30p Ballet
7:30p Choir
8p AA Meeting
1 2 - 2 p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
9a Retired
Men’s Bkfst
5p Deep Water
12
13
14
15
10a Hobby Club
4-5:30p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
6:15p Girl Scouts
7p Bible Study
7p Women’s Bible Study
9a Butterfly
Learning
1:30p Prayer Mtg
6:30p Ballet
7:30p Choir
8p AA Meeting
1 2 - 2 p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
9a Retired
Men’s Bkfst
10a-2p Ballet
Pictures in
Wesley Hall
1-3p Stitches
United Open
House
5p Deep Water
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
8: 3 0 a S e r v i c e
9:30a Sunday School
10:45a Service
2p Puppet Practice
4:15p Youth Group
5:30p Comm Prayer
6p NA Meeting
6:30p Prayer & Share
12p AA Meeting
7p Knitting Group
5p
6p
6p
7p
8p
4-5:30p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
6:15p Girl Scouts
7p Bible Study
9a Butterfly
Learning
1p Charity Circle
1:30p Prayer Mtg
6:30p Ballet
7:30p Choir
8p AA Meeting
Lamplighter
Deadline
1 2 - 2 p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
9a Retired
Men’s Bkfst
5p Deep Water
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
8: 3 0 a S e r v i c e
9:30a Sunday School
10:45a Service
12p Church
Thanksgiving Dinner
5:30p Comm Prayer
6p NA Meeting
6:30p Prayer & Share
12p AA Meeting
7p Knitting Group
5p Samaritan Kit.
6p Ballet
6p Brownies
7:30p Choir
8p AA Meeting
4-5:30p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
6:15p Girl Scouts
7p Bible Study
8p AA Meeting
1 2 - 2 p Christmas Food
Basket Sign ups
9a Retired
Men’s Bkfst
9a Hanging of
the Greens
3-7p Asbury/
Kitchen
Reserved
5p Deep Water
Samaritan Kit.
Ballet
Brownies
Faith Circle
AA Meeting
Office Closed
30
8: 3 0 a S e r v i c e
9:30a Sunday School
10:45a Service
2p Puppet Practice
4:15p Youth Group
5:30p Comm Prayer
6p NA Meeting
6:30p Prayer & Share
MISSION OF
THE MONTH
Angel House
Orphanage &
Shoebox
Ministry
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Nov. 1
Guiding Shepherd will be holding their annual
greenery sale fundraiser from Oct. 20 thru Nov. 7. The following is an
order form if you would like to purchase fresh greenery:
Name
_________________________________________________
Address
_________________________________________________
Phone Number _________________________________________________
Noble Fir
Ring Size
Overall Diameter/Length
8-inch round wreath
24-inches
12-inch round wreath 28-inches
20-inch round wreath 36-inches
candy cane
25-inches
cross
32-inches
door spray
32-inches
Price
17.00
20.00
27.00
19.00
27.00
18.00
QTY
____
____
____
____
____
____
TOTAL
______
______
______
______
______
______
Roping
Item
16-foot coil of roping
75-feet supreme white
pine roping
Price
15.00
23.00
GRAND TOTAL
QTY
____
____
TOTAL
______
______
____
______
Amy Haffelt
Alec Upton
Nov 2
Don Boor
Nov 3
Dale Algren
Nov 6
Renee Stacey
Nov 8
Cherryl Huffenburger
Nov 9
Bruce Macy
Virginia Ross
Nov 10 Jacob Rogers
Loraine Russell
Jaydyn Murnahan
Nov 14 Allyson Owens
Nov 15 Rick Smith
Nov 17 Robert Strome
Gavin Wiles
Nov 18 Shelly Appelhans
Ralph Campbell
Mary Miller
Nov 19 Jack Davis
Nov 21 Chris Angert
Nov 22 Leslie Clark
Nov 24 Tom Lee
Bill McIntire, Jr
Nov 25 Aaron Lee
Nov 26 Jameson (Kindred)
Rowe
Nov 27 Carolyn Boor
Jamie Rogers
Nov 28 George Kirby
Nov. 30 Patrick Stafford
Please put your order form and the payment (checks payable to Guiding Shepherd Christian School) in the school mailbox next to the
church office. You will be able to pick up your greenery on Nov. 25
at the church.
The proceeds from the fundraiser will help individual families with
their tuition costs and help pay for classroom materials.
Guiding Shepherd collects Box Tops for Education, Campbell’s Labels, and Community Market receipts for cash back and
classroom materials. If you would like to help by saving these items for the school, please put them in the school mailbox
next to the church office. Thank you for your support.
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Jeanette Zsambok
Diane Brosey
Dan & Karen Bertke
Cheyenne Smith
Scott Smith
Ron & Carolyn Ossege
Carol Plunkett
Gary Welbaum
Tom Baugh
Teresa Kander
Sylvia Brooks
June Roberts
Cathy Harvey
Elwood & Maxine
Leathley
Marilyn Leatherman
Charles & Ruth Keller
Nancy Dunn
Connie Urban
David & Judy Grube
Andrea Florence
Bill McIntire
Lilly Stull
Don & Judy Dicken
Middle East
Continue in Prayer
for:
Frank Sweeney
Justin & Megan Foutz
Joan Brandt
Gerald Gracy
A Huge
Colin & Patti Dill
Linda Wittman
Summer Geisel
Ada Lampert
Don Stevison
Dorothy Skinner
Randy Robinson
Karen Davis
Ted & Helen Chapman
Marc Jennings
Val Carsey
Those keeping near
home:
Mary Miller
Friends and Loved
Ones:
Wally Wadsworth’s
daughter-in-law
Wally Wadsworth’s
sister-in-law
Donavin Bender
Nancy Keller
Terry Emig
Rachel Hollingsworth
Lori Ramsey
Suzy G
Ruth Harvey
Eugene Brubaker
Steve Thompson
Lester Miller
Melissa Pierson
Ruth Ann McGlophlen
Tisha West
Greg Pietsmeyer
Robert Jones
Jenny Smith
Gina Roesch
Ronnie & Kenny (brothers
of Linda Wittman)
Jerry & Brenda Souders
Marge Skillings
Keith Titus
Kevin Beard
Gene Ossege
Samantha MacKay
Barbara Frazier
Jeff Stevison
Shelley Grout
Cindi (Anne Brewer’s
cousin)
Richard (Elaine Pooler’s
brother)
Virginia Feaver
Janie Skillings’ Cousin,
Patsy
Janie Skillings’ Aunt Sissy
Jane Caughlin
Angeal Kae
Adele Sturgill
Brian (Judy Grube’s son)
Rich McElwaine
Stan Hicks
Lavonna Headlee
Glenda Moody
Kerry Smith
Extended Care & Assisted Living
Facilities
Belle Manor
Ada Lampert
Carmel Care Center
Madge Snider
Dayview Care Center
Don Dicken
Mildred Jenkins
Lou Morris
Nora Shively
Bud & Margaret Young
Elwood Leathley
Homestead at Logan Acres
Lorraine Russell
Koester Pavilion
Marilyn Leatherman
Masonic Home
Ted & Helen Chapman
Wright Nursing & Rehab Center
Dolores Dye
Marie Achbach
10533 Pierson Circle
Westminster, CO 80021
THANK YOU to all who helped with the fall dinner!
I would like to thank everyone who
helped at the Bake/Craft sale on
October 16 & 17 at the Harvest
Dinner. I really appreciated the help
of both those who made something
to sell at the Bake/Craft sale and
those that helped out by clerking.
Many thanks to all who helped make the Fall Dinner a success! Whether you
put your time in, made pies, came and ate – all of your support to our annual
fundraiser was very much appreciated.
Val Carsey
Everyone deserves a pat on the back. We will have the money totals as soon
as possible and will be publishing them in a Sunday bulletin.
We baked 29 turkeys, approx. 45 pans of dressing and over 90 pies. Our
volunteers also put in countless hours before, during, and after the dinner to
get the fellowship hall ready. The Fall Dinner couldn’t have happened without
each of you pitching in. The community’s response was terrific.
And yes, we’re planning for another Fall Dinner next year!
Alice Sherick
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Celebrate!
God’s vision of caring for orphaned and abandoned children in Tarime Tanzania was taken up by the First
United Methodist Church in 2003 and, oh, how we have been blessed to be a part of this mission. We have
had the opportunity to help children with little hope find a home, become educated, join a Christian community and thrive.
We will begin our tenth anniversary celebration on Sunday, November 30, when Anna Migera will speak at
our church. Anna has been with Angel House Orphanage since January 2005 when it opened and is regarded as the mother of the Angel House children. More celebration details will follow.
Did you know we have individuals in our church and community who have supported the ministry or sponsored a child for the past ten years? What a blessing! Grassroots still needs additional sponsors if you are
interested.
For Christmas this year the needs are a pair of shoes and a mattress for each child, as well as providing
the special holiday food the kids and staff look forward to each year. If you wish to contribute to the children’s Christmas, please write your checks to the church and label your gift Angel House Christmas.
For more information about Angel House or Angel Secondary School, please contact Colleen Smith, Charles
Frazier, Linda Hellinger, Donn Hellinger or Pastor Jeff. You can also check out the websites at:
grassrootsangelhouse.org
facebook.com/angelhouse
On behalf of the Angel House kids and staff, I thank you for your generosity to the children and your steadfast support. We have reason to celebrate!
Donn Hellinger
11 United Methodist Women attended a luncheon at
Tecumseh High School in October. The food, which was
yummy, was prepared and served by the students. Afterwards we had a tour of the new school building. Many of us
had not seen it before. It is impressive.
Come join us on December 5th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
and celebrate Jesus’ birthday. There will be
games, crafts, ice cream, and cake. And yes,
there will be a special visitor from
the north pole!
The November Executive meeting will be November 3rd at
10am in the church library. The November Luncheon will be
held on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 12 noon.
Although the party is geared for
children, all ages are welcome!
The program for November will be the World Thank Offering
presented by Jeanette Zsambok.
November 8th from 9:45am—3:00pm will be the West Ohio
Conference UMW Annual Celebration. The place is to be
determined.
Assignments:
Hostess: Faith Circle
Reception: Charity Circle
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TIPP CITY, OHIO
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
PERMIT NO. 48
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
220 S. Main Street • New Carlisle, OH 45344
Phone: (937) 845-8435 or (937) 845-9796
Rev. Jeff Burdsall, Pastor
Judy Kindred, Secretary
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
November 2014
Saturday Service…………………………..5:00 pm
Sunday Worship Services…………...……8:30 am
10:45 am
Sunday School……………………..……... 9:30 am
The Oasis (K-5th Grade)
MYC’s (6th—12th Grades)
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Contact us:
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Judy: jkindred.fumcnco@earthlink.net
Church Website: www.newcarlisle-fumc.org
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Two big sins—giving the
wrong impressions and
drawing the wrong
conclusions.