Chimes Volume XLIX No. 831 Aug. 22, 2018

Website: www.greenmontoakpark.com

Office Hours

1921 Woodman Dr

Kettering, Oh 45420

9 AM—3 PM Mon.—Fri.

Telephone: 937-252-6705

Pastor: Rev. Kathryn Anadein Pastor@greenmontoakpark.com

Office Manager: Nova Kigar

office@greenmontoakpark.com

Admin. Chairperson:

Robert Beall

Choir Director:

Organists:

Shelley Outlaw

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Chapel Worship: 8:45 AM

Morning Worship: 10:45 AM

Christian Education: 9:30 AM

Ushers:

8:45 AM 10:45 AM

Gary Etter Jerry Archer

Arlene Uldrich Tom Wheeler

Linda Oxley Jim Coleman

WORSHIP LEADERS:

Frank Lakins—Aug. 26

Paul Marcum—Sept. 2

Greeters:

Greenmont-Oak Park Community

United Church of Christ

Greenmont Church is called to:

S—Support families & youth

E—encourage spiritual development

R—Reach out with service & fellowship

V—Voice the hope of Good News in Jesus Christ

E—Envision a better world through Christ’s example

Church membership is based on the affirmation of the

Biblical covenant:

“You shall love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, and

with all your mind, and with all your strength. You shall love your

neighbor as yourself. ( Mark 12:30-31)

Scripture Readings for weeks:

Aug. 19— I Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Ps 111 Prov 9:1-6

Ps 34:9-14 Eph 5:15-20 Jn 6:51-58

Aug. 26—I Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43 Ps 84

Josh 24:1-2a, 14-18 Ps 34:15-22 Eph 6:10-20

Jn 6:56-59

Sept. 2- Song of Sol 2:8-13 Ps 45:1-2,6-9 Deut 4:1-2,6-9

James 1:17-27 Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Inside this Issue:

Page 2— Pastor , Birthdays, Prayer list

Page 3—

Page 4—

Thank you Lord for Your Bounty

And

Thank you Anna and Toni for sharing

that bounty with us last spring.

Jeanne & Brian Jankovich Diana Knowlton Nancy Meyer Kelly McRonney Bob McCray Charles Miller Steve & Sue Mills Jim Murrphy Nancy Nerny Delbert Newhouse John Parnell Joyce Pratt Bill/ Judy Price Kay Rearick Cindy R0mano Calire Riccos Deb Richey Patty Ricky Andrew Saylers Beverly Smith Diana Smith Hunter Smith Elizabeth Sumner Joe Trevan Lynn Uldrich Gloria Van Camp Gina Van Camp Larry Van Camp Barb Varine Sue Wagner Rosalee Weber Larry Wilson Pat White Please let the church office know of prayers answered, or any changes for the prayer list.

Attendance - Aug 12 , 19 ‘18

8:45 service 23 17 10:45 service 45 53 Sunday School 10 9 confirmation Offering—operating income (2018 Monthly budget need -$10,624) Income rec’d +/- Amt.

Dec ‘17 $14,344 - 160

Jan. ‘18 $10,302 - 322

Feb. ‘18 $8,367 - 2,267

Mar. ‘18 $9,512 -1,112

Apr. ’18 $13,675 +3,051

May ‘18 $11,316 + 157

June ‘18 $7,952 -2,682

July ‘18 $14,049 +3,425

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Happy Birthday Bethanne Bleeke—Aug. 26 Allen Dicks—Aug. 26 Landon Dull—Aug. 26 Ron Lyttle—Aug. 26 Joan Gastineau—Sept. 5 Susan beall—Sept.. 8 Greg Goodner—Sept. 8 Pat White—Sept. 11

In Our Prayers

Kevin Bader Lori Black Glenda Boddie Kristi Carr Rhonda Curry Robert Davis Alan & Cletta Dicks Matt Gard Tim Fox John George Jamie Geswein Gary Gillett Peggy Goldberg Kim Hinely Edna Holland Crystal Hudson

Those in Assisted/Nursing Care Charlene Brown—Lincoln Park Manor Ginny Hambrick —Walnut Creek Betty Hine —St. Leonard Center Pat White—Spring Hill Singing Woods

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The summer season is coming to a close. Families are planning for another

school year and some have already started back. All the Stuff the Bus col-

lection items have been distributed. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

There is no doubt that those items helped kids return to school a little bit

more prepared.

Here at GOPCC we are also gearing up for a new school year. Our director,

Val Baker, the preschool board, and all the teachers are readying the class-

rooms, curriculum, and making sure everything needed to provide our

young students with a wonderful, positive, and safe environment is in

place.

Our pre-schoolers fill our building with energy, curiosity, giggles, and

sometimes when Nova and I leave our office doors open we can hear them

singing during music time. It always puts a smile on our faces.

These kids, and the families that entrust them to us, are a blessing to this

church and in turn we want to be a blessing to all of them.

We can't all be involved in the day to day activities of our preschool or of

schools across our country though we can find ways to be supportive:

thank a teacher, volunteer to read a story, become a tutor in your local

school system, or donate supplies throughout the year. These are just a

few examples. And, of course, something we can all do is pray that the

interactions of our students, teachers, and staff are grace-filled.

My personal prayer is that every student in every school in this country and

beyond along with teachers, staff, and volunteers have a productive, hap-

py, and safe year.

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Chimes Article Deadlines are:

Sept 4 and 17, 2018

Bulletin Announcement deadline is: Wednesday of each week.

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Christian Education Schedule

The SUMMER schedule : 9:30 AM— Guest Speakers 10:45 AM—Nursery (babies to 3yrs)

We will resume the Adult Bible Class and the Contempo-rary Adult Class beginning Sept. 16th. The Confirmation class will continue to meet on Sunday’s at 12 noon.

Our Guest

Speaker Topics are:

Aug. 26—Laura Arber, will share

about the Kettering Arts Councils.

- Barbara Richards

Church Directory Update

I am working on updating the Church Di-rectory this month and in Sept. Please let us know of any changes to your address or phone or email address. I plan to have the New Directory ready by the end of Sept. - Nova, Church Office

Meijer’s Simply Give Food Pantry Cam-paign has begun at the Wilmington Store. It runs from Aug. 19 thru Sept. 15th. The $10 donation cards are available from the Pantry bulletin board in the Gathering Place or at the store. There are no double value days this time. We appreciate your support of our Food Pantry by participat-ing in this program or donating food items of your choice. It all helps us serve our neighbors. - Pantry volunteers

The Stuff the Bus School Supply

collection made 65 school kits for

pantry families and provided ex-

tras to give to Greenmont Ele-

mentary school. WE thank you

for your support of these families

and children.

- Connie Sink & Lori Keltner

TRUSTEE AND SHELTER NEWS

Good news on the shelter. We are about to cross the finish line after jumping hurdles, dodging darts, obstacles with the city and various contractors. Here is the condensed version of some of our challenges.

We finally got the city to tell us what process they would accept to place the decora-tive bricks around each of our 18 posts in the shelter. They said that a piece of angle iron around each post would be acceptable. So, Randy Medlin made the 18 angle irons and Jack Gibson and Ron Lyttle put them on. The concrete contractors came back and didn’t like that idea. They wanted a small steel plate welded around each post for support of the bricks. We had the steel plates made and welded on sight. Next, when that contractor, who had given us a verbal quote returned, he changed that quote to a much higher amount that was not acceptable or doable for us. Connie then contacted a dependable company that she and the Trustees had used before on other projects.

Rider’s Lawn & Landscape have previously worked on church issues; landscaping, tree trimming and cutting, mulching play area, and projects at the Foster house to name a few. They are licensed and bonded and have experience in brick and paver work. And, coincidently owner Bob Hurt is Connie’s brother and owner Kim Medlin is Randy’s brother. Ok we have a contractor lined up so time to order bricks.

Ron and Connie went to Snyder Brick and Block Hardscape Division to select color and style to match our engraved bricks. They were sent out into the “brick yard” to match what we have and luckily we found a match and they had two pallets. We weren’t sure exactly how many we needed so we left feeling great that what we wanted was available. Next day, Connie had the exact number and headed back to the brick yard to make the long awaited purchase.

When she got there the manager said he had just loaded them up for another cus-tomer who had ordered them long ago but had not gotten around to having them delivered. We’ve had set backs before so we placed the order with a two week deliv-ery promised. That was until today when Connie called to check the status and the manager said, “ut oh, hold on” and we are still holding waiting for him to call back and let us know when the bricks will be delivered.

Then the phone call came, 2:19 on Friday afternoon, the voice said “your bricks are loaded and will be delivered sometime today. And so they were. All 515 bricks and bags of mortar ready to be laid around the shelter posts to complete that part of the project.

In the meantime, the Trustees have been hard at work taking care of other things that need attention. Some of these are:

Carpeting the sanctuary, fixing the TV in the Hilty Room, fixing a downspout to redirect waterflow, repairs to boys restroom, exit signs installed, light fixture repairs, drinking fountain repair, boiler pump repair, elevator repair and light replaced, replacing and/or cleaning all the air filters, supervising the repair of the cracked foundation in the Charter Room which required a backhoe, correcting issues from the Fire Department inspection, the lawn mower maintained and grass cut so we can keep the outside looking great. These are just a few of the jobs our

devoted Trustees work on to keep our church safe, beautiful & functioning for us.

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I am just a phone call away.

Just a reminder that if you need

any Pastoral assistance, just call,

or text me. I can meet with you

at church or your home, hospital-whatever is convenient for you.

Rev. Kathryn Anadein’s contact

information:

Phone: 937-672-4039

email:

Pastor@greenmontoakpark.com

Birth Announcement

Proud grandparents Bob & Susan Beall announce that they have a new grand-son, Halcyon Rigel born to Sarah and Matthew on Aug. 10th.

This is their 3rd grandchild, what won-derful blessings. All the family is doing well.

We congratulate the Beall family and pray for God’s blessings to be with them all their days.

Congratulations Nova

The Official Board recognized Nova Kiger, our Office Manager for twenty years of service at the meeting on 8/15/18. The staff committee gave her a card and a small gift to commemorate the occasion. Please join us in congratulating and thanking Nova for her dedicated service to GOPCC for 20 years. She is truly a blessing and we appreciate her. Susan Beall for the Staff Committee ********* I THANK YOU ALL for your love, trust, kindness and teamwork approach to serving our Lord and church. This work has blessed my life. - Nova

All Church Picnic—Sept. 9th

Rally Day we will hold an all church picnic in the shelter house.

We will join in this fellowship meal following the morning worship ser-vices. Chicken will be provided. We are asking that side dishes, salads and desserts be brought to share. It was a delicious buffet last year, and promises to be again this year.

We will have tables and chairs out, but if you want to bring your lawn chair please do.

B_I_N_G_O fun will follow the meal, we are collecting prizes for the game. Please give Toni Bailey or the church office any prizes you want to donate.

Most of all we look forward to shar-ing in this fellowship meal and social time. - Worship Committee, coor-dinating the picnic

Green-Oak Preschool starts Sept 4th

We now have 103 students enrolled in our Green-Oak Preschool. We will have 5 classes of Mon-Wed-Fri morn-ing sessions and 5 classes of Tue-Thurs sessions. There will not be any afternoon classes this year. Please lift prayers for the teachers and students as this new school year begins soon.

We Thank you for your work and

skills that God has revealed in/

through you.