CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3625 WEST 138TH STREET CLEVELAND, OH 44111 ------------------------------------ Phone: 216-671-2600 Email: [email protected]Fax: 216-671-2601 Website: www.christumc.com Rev. Dianne Tobey Covault 216-509-4229 [email protected]CHRIST UMC WELCOMES YOU If you would like to know more about Christ United Methodist Church or how to become a member, you may contact the church office. Church Summer Office Hours Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:00am - 1:00pm Worship Service is Sunday at 10:30am. Communion is served the first Sunday of each month. Our Nursery is available during both Sunday School and Worship. Sunday School classes are held September through May. Start time is 9:00am. Classes are available for children, teenagers and adults. Our Music Program includes a Chancel Choir and Bell Choir for adults, and a children’s choir, King’s Kids. Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings, September through May. Bell Choir at 6:30pm Chancel Choir at 7:00pm King’s Kids, practice times vary July/August 2019
If you would like to know more about Christ United Methodist Church or how to become a member, you may contact the church office.
Church Summer Office Hours Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
8:00am - 1:00pm
Worship Service is Sunday at 10:30am.
Communion is served the first Sunday of each month.
Our Nursery is available during both Sunday School and Worship.
Sunday School classes are held September through May.
Start time is 9:00am. Classes are available for children,
teenagers and adults.
Our Music Program includes a Chancel Choir and Bell Choir for adults,
and a children’s choir, King’s Kids.
Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings, September through May.
Bell Choir at 6:30pm Chancel Choir at 7:00pm
King’s Kids, practice times vary
July/August 2019
LETTER FROM PASTOR DIANNE
I attended my first Annual Conference in June of 1999, with my then husband Corbin and our six month old child Louis. We were meeting in a large conference room in DeKalb, Illinois, at a university in the middle of a cornfield. The main thing I remember about that conference? Sitting at long tables with about 1000 other United Methodists….laying Louis on the floor for a minute while the Bishop spoke….watching helplessly as a small bottle of hand sanitizer fell on Louis’ head and Louis began screaming….and hearing the Bishop tell the conference, “I’ve felt like that a lot lately too!” Last week, then, marked my 20th annual conference, including three in Northern Illinois and 17 here in East Ohio. I have to say, this one was among the most difficult, including the one where Louis screamed! We came to this Annual Conference acutely aware that as the United Methodist Church, we are fractured and divided. More than once, a person came to a microphone to debate an issue and said he would favor a split of the UMC. Voting on petitions and resolutions (both of which require a 2/3 majority) was often so close that we did a “standing count” – literally going down each aisle and counting those standing for “yes” and those standing for “no”. Petitions are documents that can be sent to the 2020 General Conference for review, and these were voted on whether they would be endorsed by the conference. Resolutions are essentially referenda that affect only our annual conference. If you’d like a summary of what passed and failed, you can see the eocumc.com website, or ask me or one of our FOUR amazing delegates to Annual Conference – Jill Pongallo, Ruby Cunningham, Barb Emery and Dee Dee Rencehausen. Some of the most important work we did this past week, however, was electing delegates to the 2020 General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference. All of that voting is done by majority, and we ended up having to take 18 votes to get all of the delegates and alternates elected - a process made more difficult due to the failure of the scantron machine on the first morning! As a member of the secretarial staff, I was “on duty” from the end of the first worship service through the end of business for the day. I sat up front with the bishop and the rest of the staff, monitoring microphones and timing speeches so they did not go over the agreed upon limit. I helped the journal and daily proceedings editors get names and numbers right and calculated what the number was for that 2/3 majority (gotta use those MIT degrees sometimes!).
The last day, conference was in session from 9:15 am through 7:15 pm with a break for lunch. Every evening, I gathered with the group from East Ohio Forward, a centrist/progressive caucus, to strategize and plan. You can imagine, I came home exhausted. But there were holy moments as well. Time praying morning prayer and compline (bedtime prayer) with my Order of St Luke brothers and sisters. The ordination service where about 200 clergy processed to show support for those about to be commissioned and ordained. The Open Table service, sponsored by the Reconciling Ministries Network, where I led the communion liturgy along with newly elected delegate to General Conference, the Reverend Matt Laferty. Early morning runs along the lake. And of course, ice cream with good friends. I am very grateful for the representation from Christ UMC at this Annual Conference, and most delighted that appointments were fixed for the 2019-2020 year, and I have been reappointed to serve as your pastor! So, Fear Not! Dianne
THANK YOU to those who contributed either school supplies or money for the
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) Mission project. Also, thanks to the RFM class for helping us assemble the kits. We delivered 38 School Kits plus a check to the Mission trucks at Annual Conference. Overall, the Midwest Mission Distribution truck and Eastbrook Mission Barn truck left Lakeside carrying more than $12,000 in cash donations as well as:
• 850 cleaning buckets, • 750 hygiene kits, • 540 school kits, • 1,325 personal dignity kits, • 185 baby palettes, • 300 homemade hospital gowns, and • medical supplies.
Dee Dee Rencehausen, Annual Conference Delegate
If you would like to be taken off the MESSENGER mailing list,
simply let the church office know to remove your name, [email protected] or 216.671.2600.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Elaine Darvas Norma Munrow David Thurau Galen Younkin Pat & Pam Finnegan Paul Burlij Bobby Blankenship Guy Mann, Jr. Jim Evans Debbie Nesbitt Karyn Murphy Cynthia Light Connie Van Kuren Beth Feiler Sandy Cotner Carol De Laat Nadene & Dennis Smith Russ Van Scyoc Lindsey Parker Marianne Keith-Rueting Chris Leu Lynn Parker Denise Oesterreich Dana Younkin, Galen Younkin’s daughter-in-law Marilyn Novak, Galen Younkin’s sister-in-law Jim Hoover, Galen Younkin’s nephew
The baptism of Greyson Charles Staley was on Sunday, June 9, 2019.
Thank you for all of your kind and heartfelt wishes, cards and even gifts for my birthday. It is a blessing to be in ministry with all of you! -- Pastor Dianne Saying thank you doesn’t seem to be enough for everything everyone has done for me and my family concerning my sister’s passing. Just know that every prayer, hug, and show of support was felt and deeply appreciated. -- Debbie Motley
SUMMER MUSICIANS NEEDED! We are looking for musicians
to share their musical gifts during worship this summer. Sign-up on the bulletin board in front of the choir room or call the church office if you are interested. If you want Roy to accompany you, please give him notice two weeks ahead to allow for practice. Using an accompanist is optional.
ROB & HEIDI KIRKPATRICK INVITE the congregation
to the Marriage Ceremony of their daughter, Amanda Kirkpatrick, to Andrew Killmeyer on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 3:00pm.
WE ARE GROWING!
Please feel free to visit W 138th and San Diego. Seeds are up. Pre-started plants look great. We have beds 4, 6 & 7. Frankly, it’s a great place to sit, think, pray and ponder. Pretty amazing how a tiny, planted seed can make a difference.
We have a chore list - CUMC volunteers greatly accepted and needed.
July 24 - July 30 Watering/Litter pickup
Aug 21 - Aug 27 Watering/Litter pickup
Sept 18 - Sept 24 Cistern fill
Oct 23 - Oct 31 Mowing
Willing to fill one of these spots? Please see Roy Buser or call 216-339-3526.
OUR PLANT BEDS NEED YOUR EGGSHELLS! RECIPE
Bake at 250° for 30 minutes. Set aside to cool. Place in bag and crush.
Give to Roy or Gill.
SPIRITUAL CARE VOLUNTEER TRAINING 2019 at FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL
Fairview Hospital’s Spiritual Care Department is looking for Spiritual Care Volunteers to help provide support and comfort to our patients in the non-critical care units of the hospital. Eight (8) weeks of training are required, held on
Tuesday afternoons, beginning September 10th thru October29th, from 2:00 to 4:30pm at the Fairview Wellness Center
located at Center Ridge and Wooster Road. To receive an application form or for more information, contact Rev. Alice Walsh at [email protected] or call 216.476.7067. Your time, presence and compassionate service will be greatly appreciated, and are greatly needed.
Come hear about Pastor Dianne’s mission trip to Cambodia.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
UMW Sunday was June 16. I thank special participants: Sharon Zothner (liturgist), Janis and Jill Pongallo (“Mary Did You Know” duet and prayer beads for graduates), Sandy Foster (Children’s Happening), ushers: Carol Thomas (chr), Monta Demchak, Sandy Foster and Joy Slipp, Pastor Dianne (prayers, awards). My talk included:
• UMW began 150 years ago in Boston.
• Women pledged two cents a day and prayed for mission.
• The original name was Women’s Foreign Missionary Society.
• First missionaries were sent to India, bold or brave Isabella Thoburn (Ohio teacher) and Dr. Clara Swaim.
• With the merger of the Methodist and Evanglical United Brethren churches, there were 800,000 UMW members world-wide.
• 6000 attended the quadrennial UMW assembly in Columbus in May, including Jill Pongallo and myself.
UMW has almost 100 mission institutions in the USA.
• Westside Community House (formerly a house for deaconesses at West 30th Street and Bridge Avenue) is at West 93rd Street and Lorain Avenue.
• Deaconesses served in seven Methodist churches in Greater Cleveland.
• If the deaconess from Christ Church had not called on and invited my future husband’s family, I would not be here today.
• We are fortunate to have a UMW organization.
• We need more younger people in the UMW and Christ Church. Our past theme was Faith, Hope and Love-in-Action. The present theme is Remember the Past, Embrace the Present, and Transform the Future.
- Ruby Cunningham, president
CONGRATULATIONS 2019 GRADUATES!
Susie Alley, daughter of Sharon Alley and granddaughter of Shirley Schneider, graduated from Strongsville High School. Next year she will be studying elementary education at Ashland University.
Glennis Covault, daughter of Pastor Dianne Tobey Covault, graduated from Cleveland Heights High School. Next year she will be studying chemistry and pre-med at Case Western Reserve University.
Ruth Ann Cunningham, daughter of Ruby Cunningham and wife of Emanuel Mora, graduated from Concordia College with a Bachelor of Science in nursing.
Kendra Helfrich, granddaughter of Gerald & Dee Dee Rencehausen, graduated from Cleveland State University with a Masters of Science in Mathematics with a specialization in Applied Statistics.
Benjamin Kirkpatrick, son of Rob & Heidi Kirkpatrick and grandson of Bob &Nanci Kirkpatrick, graduated from Cleveland State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
Gillian Lewis, granddaughter of Barb Emery, graduated from North Olmsted High School. Next year she will be studying nursing at Ohio University.
Lily Perkins, daughter of Ryan & Julie Perkins and granddaughter of Cheryl Holmes, graduated from John Carroll University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Next year she will be attending Ohio State in their PhD program.
Rebecca Roberts, daughter of Lori Darvas Roberts & Matthew Roberts and granddaughter of Elaine & Les Darvas, graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Hospitality and Event Planning.
Diamond Starks, granddaughter of Kathy Nichols, graduated from John Marshall High School. She will be attending Ohio State in the Fall.
Jiří Trtik, CUMC choir director, graduated from Cleveland Institute of Music with a Master of Music degree.
Zac Van Scyoc, son of Dave & Lisa Van Scyoc and grandson of Russ & Delores Van Scyoc and Art & Carol Sherman, graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
LECTIONARY/SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: JULY
July 7: 2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Galatians 6:1-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 July 14: Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37
July 21: Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42
July 28: Hosea 1:2-10; Psalm 85; Colossians 2:6-19; Luke 11:1-13
