A newsletter for the Amlin United Methodist Church community
C OUNTRY T ALK AmlinUMC.org
March 2013
The Word ““Hosanna for the Son of David! Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in the highest heaven!” Matthew 21:9
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You won’t want to miss these exciting church events that will be coming later in the year! Check out the calendar on the back for March events! April 6 Spring Clean Up July 21-25 Vacation Bible School Oct. 11-13 Fall Family Retreat
Youth joined together for weekend of serving others Fourteen servants left Amlin UMC on Friday, February 15. By the following Monday, a home was transformed through God’s love. Our Amlin missionaries left Canton physically tired but spiritually fulfilled! The President’s Day weekend mission trip, a tradition at Amlin UMC, was very successful. The group of adults and youth worked tirelessly, accomplishing demolition, home repairs, and interior painting throughout the two-story home. We served a homeowner who had served previously as a social worker. Following a brutal attack by a client, her disability and further health problems left her with both cognitive and physical impairment. Our new friend
Deb was certainly appreciative of our church’s care for her, and she enjoyed talking with us, praying with us, and even ministering to us as we ministered to her! We are grateful to Hammer and Nails, a local ministry which links other churches and groups with people in need. They provided us with tools, supplies, skilled support, and a beautiful retreat house where we spent our recreational and sleep time. We are also grateful to folks at Amlin UMC who provided scholarship funding, so all who chose to serve would be able to participate. An additional highlight from the trip involved worshipping at a United Methodist church in North Canton. After receiving a tour and departing, our
mission team discussed similarities and differences with our two churches, and discussed new ideas we could bring to Amlin UMC. Prayer and devotional times also occurred several times each day. Social highlights included playing card games, including a serious and injuryproducing game of “spoons,” and lots of singing, including an amazing and memorable youth rendition of the a capella sudden hit, “I am Cow.” (Look for the first public performance soon at a church near you…) We’ll be announcing the dates of a summer mission trip in the next few months. Please prayerfully consider joining us next time!
A Letter to Our Church Dear Members of Amlin United Methodist Church, How nice of you to prepare the reception for Ed’s service. It brought back good memories of pot-luck sharing times. Amlin held a special place in Ed’s heart and he spoke often of the church. Many blessings as you continue your ministry in this area. With Best Wishes, Eleanor Cherryholmes
Would you help with a service ministry on Sundays?
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We are looking for new people willing to commit to serving as Lay Reader, Usher, Greeter, or Nursery Volunteer. Our hope is to get enough people not already serving so the rotation will be one time every two or three months. This is a very easy but very important way to help! Please contact Eugene Pauley at sepauley@aol.com or 614-570-8706 and he will get you signed up! Thank you for your consideration!
Would you help clean God’s house? Our church is seeking God’s servants willing to rotate weekly cleaning/custodial duties in the NLC. You will share a turn no more than once a month. This will be light to moderate cleaning, restocking of bathroom supplies, and other miscellaneous duties that can be performed at your convenience. Checklist provided. For interest in helping with the NLC cleaning, please contact Bev Hart at bhart@worly.com or 614519-3971.
We are recording attendance at all Amlin UMC meetings/events for reporting to the UMC. We will be using attendance sheets at all church functions. If you are in charge of the meeting or, even just attending, please be sure these sheets are completed. The sheets will be available on the Welcome Desk in the New Life Center and on the table in Fellowship Hall. Thank you for your cooperation!
Don't be a stranger! Please be sure to sign in! We are starting to take advantage of more functionality in our church management system. Part of this involves more robust attendance tracking than Amlin has done in the past. In order to ensure accuracy, please sign the friendship pad as it passes by on Sunday morning. If you have recently moved or are unsure whether the church has your current address/phone/ email, please include those as well. Thank you! Amlin Unite
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Please keep the following persons and situations in your prayers. If you have a prayer request, you are invited to share it during worship, write it in the Friendship Pad, or contact Pastor Steve or the church office. We will list prayer requests in the bulletin and newsletter, unless you prefer not to have them printed. Names will remain on the list for one month, unless otherwise directed. Ellis Family Danielle Mary Kay Withrow Julie McAllister Linda Keller Tim Johnson Jim Oldman’s recovery Baby Finn Steve Nesselrotte
Rhonda Clendening Marybeth Hurst Jagger Dick Carla Heckathorn Adkins Family and: Angie’s father, sister, & Bree and her family Residents of Hayden Heights Newtown, Connecticut
International Evangelism Those searching for jobs The people and ministries of our church Our world, our leaders and those serving our nation, especially our troops.
Country Talk is a monthly publication of Amlin United Methodist Church, issued at the beginning of each month. The deadline for articles is the 20th of each month for the next month’s issue. Articles and photos should be put in the church’s DropBox account, in the “Newsletter” folder. If you need access to the DropBox account, please contact the office at AmlinUMC@aol.com. If you have other questions or suggestions about the newsletter, please email Jennifer Sayre at JenniferSayre7@gmail.com.
Regular Sunday Morning Schedule 9:30–10:30 Traditional Worship* & Sunday School in the Chapel 10:30–11:00 Fellowship Time for Both Services in the New Life Center 11:00–12:00 Contemporary Worship* & Sunday School in the New Life Center 12:00 p.m. – Fellowship Time in the New Life Center *Nursery care (birth through 2 years) is provided in the New Life Center throughout the morning. Sunday School is for ages 3 through grade 6 is held during both services. Children start in the worship service and are dismissed following “Children’s Moments.” They move to the Fellowship Hall, where they participate in lessons including songs, prayer, bible study, etc.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: (614) 771-1904 Email: AmlinUMC@aol.com Website: www.amlinumc.org Pastor Steve Putka sputka@me.com or (614) 668-5001 Pastor of Administration Jennifer Gedeon (614) 562-2868 Organist & Pianist Marianne Dillon & Angela Adkins Worship Music Leader Jason Hissong Church Office Hours: Tuesday & Thurs. 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Friday 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Treasurer Pam Ellis (614) 761-1371 Financial Secretary Becky Kent (614) 446-2359
The Pastor’s Message
things get more difficult precisely when we live out our faith, speak God’s truth as we understand it, and stand against the brokenness in our world. Sometimes, our supFrom Pastor Steve Putka portive words to a person being bullied or gossiped about might raise the anger of others. Sometimes our best intenThe Road to Jerusalem tions within our church, or in the community, are misunderstood by others. We can get frustrated as we serve I hese past several weeks in Lent, we faithfully. have been following Jesus, the divine Son Lent is a time to remember that we are human, as are of God, on his journey to Jerusalem. In his others. We stumble and fall, as do others. We sometimes humanity, Jesus was a country find ourselves in new situations where we boy who grew up in the rural begin to feel uncomfortable or unfamiliar, area of the Galilee. His ministry for three years As followers of and can’t understand why others don’t think, involved teaching, healing, feeding, casting out feel, and behave like we do. Jesus, as we grow demons, declaring God’s forgiveness of sin, and Like Jesus, we face the temptation to back in Christian maturhelping many back into the community of faith. out, turn around, or turn back on our promMost of it took place in little villages along the ity we come to un- ises or goals. Like Jesus, we can be lake close to where he grew up. But at a certain derstand that our tempted to turn back to Galilee, where point, the Scriptures say “he set his face toward life in the faith has things are much more comfortable. But faithJerusalem” for the suffering that he knew waited fulness frequently leads us to the cross, different phases for him in the city. where we find that our strength alone isn’t and seasons. As followers of Jesus, as we grow in Christian enough. But with God’s strength and care, maturity we come to understand that our life in we can move through the loss and chalthe faith has different phases and seasons. Our lenge, and into the power of the Resurrection. family and friends might be grateful to us for the care that the It is my hope and prayer that our Lenten journey toHoly Spirit inspires in us. Folks at church might be grateful for gether leads you deeper in faith, closer to one another, our service within our church or out in the greater community. and upward into God’s presence. We understand there are times, like Jesus, when we are apYours in the joy of Christ’s service, preciated for our care, service, and faith. Pastor Steve But there are also times, like Jesus, when it seems like
Planning a church activity? Share your news before and after the event! Get it in the newsletter! Email your article and a graphic or picture to Jennifer Sayre at JenniferSayre7@gmail.com by 20th of the month to be included in the next month’s issue of Country Talk!
Join us for a seven-week Lenten Bible study with Pastor Steve. The class will meet on Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:00 in Fellowship Hall, beginning on February 20 and ending on March 27. To register, please contact the church office at 771-1904, or by email at AmlinUMC@aol.com.
New children’s choir meets between services The joy of music continues to spread throughout Amlin! Christian Mateos, who attends the second service, has started a children’s choir at Amlin. The choir is for children in the 6th grade and younger. Practices are
every Sunday in the Chapel, immediately following the first service (approximately 10:30) until 10:50. The first performance was on Feb. 10 and the second performance date will be announced soon! If you have any questions, contact Christian at mateos0412@yahoo.com or 614572-4589.
The tile flooring that was in the chapel building was from the 1970s. New carpet brightens the space.
New carpet installed in chapel Through the generosity of an Amlin church family, new carpet has been installed in the business office, fellowship hall, and the foyer areas. The installation was approved by our trustees. The prior tile floor was damaged in many areas, and was original to the addition in the 1970s. We are grateful to the family who donated the carpet, as well as other servants who moved furniture and appliances for the installation. If you'd like to make a special gift beyond your weekly offering to improve our facilities, please see Trustee Chair Bob Cook, Pastor Jennifer, or Pastor Steve. Gifts are typically given anonymously, unless in honor or memory of a loved one
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Mini Retreat Planned The United Methodist Women will have a mini retreat on March 9 from 9am-1pm in the New Life Center. There will be several sessions with the theme of Faith, Hope, and Love in Action Through the Purpose. A planning session will also be held for upcoming events sponsored by the UMW. Lunch will be provided. All women and guests of the church are invited and encouraged to attend Monthly Meeting The next meeting will by April 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. There will be no meeting on March 7. We welcome all women of the church to meet with us! Fair Trade Coffee/Tea A reminder that we continue to have coffee and tea for sale through the Fair Trade Coffee Project. These are available in the NLC each week.
Free Store Monthly Collection This year the UMW will continue collecting donations for the Westside Free Store with a monthly theme. The overall focus is collecting the small, mostly consumable items that are seldom covered by usual donations. We will take the items to the Westside Free Store at the end of each month. We appreciate everything you are able to do to help the growing number of individuals needing assistance in these economic rough times. As you do your own shopping please keep in mind the themes for each month and consider contributing to the program. March: sun care products April: tooth care May: bath soap June: deodorant July: shaving supplies
August: new underwear September: socks October: hats & gloves November: diapers/wipes December: shampoo
For more information, please contact Mary Vulic & Jane Fink, Mission Projects Coordinators
Women’s Bible Study The Women’s Bible Study will not meet during lent. We will resume meeting on April 3, 2103 at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall. All women are invited to attend. We are studying Remarkable Women of the Bible
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