A monthly newsletter of Lansdale United Methodist Church Volume XL, Number 9, April 2014
www.lansdaleumc.org
Circuit Rider
Do some Spring cleaning now and bring your rummage to church!
The Sale takes place on:
Fri., April 4 (1PM to 7PM) and
Sat., April 5 (8AM to 1PM - ½ Price Sale all day $2 Bag Sale begins at 11AM) Lunch available both days
Collection, Setup & Sorting:
April 1st - April 3rd: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The following items are being collected (unless otherwise noted ):
In Stringer Auditorium Clothes - new or used - must be clean. Place items on the stage only. (If you have items that can remain on hangers, please do so.)
Inside Turner Room (place all items inside Turner Room. The hallway/stairs cannot be blocked)
*Household Items/Linens *Kitchen Items *Books/DVDs/CDs *Sporting Goods *Holiday Decorations *Pet Items *Electronics *Games/Puzzles
Your help is needed ... for merchandise sorting (April 1-3), merchandise pricing (April1-3.), cashiers on sale days (Fri. and Sat.), and cleanup on Sat. April 5th (Noon - 2PM).
Please see Brent Snyder with questions or Email: [email protected] .
HOLY THURSDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE
On Thursday, April 17th at 7:00 P.M., we will celebrate a solemn observance of the Lord's Supper known as “Tenebrae.” It was first
celebrated in the fourth century. The word "Tenebrae" means “darkness.” In this service, seven candles are gradually extinguished, symbolizing the flight and denial of the disciples and friends of Jesus as the story of the crucifixion unfolds. An eighth candle, symbolizing Christ, remains lit throughout the service. The light of Christ can never be extinguished. The altar will be stripped and the light of Christ will exit, not to return until Easter.
Order Easter flowers or make a donation to the “Easter Needy Fund” in memory of or in honor of your loved ones. Forms are on the bulletin board.
The Easter flowers cost is $8 each, due by April 13th (Palm Sunday). Include payment with your order and place it in the offering plate or church office.
Palm/Passion Sunday ~ April 13th Chancel Choir 9 A.M.
Praise Band 11:15 A.M. ~~~~~
Holy Thursday ~ April 17th Tenebrae Service 7P.M.
(see below)
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Good Friday ~ April 18th Children’s Program 1 – 3P.M. Ages 4 thru grade 6 (see page 9 )
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Easter Sunday ~ April 20th Traditional Worship 9A.M.
Chancel Choir, Broad Street Brass (see page 5)
Sunday School 10:15A.M. all ages
PRAISE! Contemporary Service 11:15A.M.
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Worship Services for April
6th - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Communion Sunday Gospel Readings: John 3:1-15, John 7:45-53, John 19:38-42 Meditation: “Nicodemus: A Work in Progress” Pastor Max Hymn: # 66 - Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven (Opening) #2162 Grace Alone (Prayer) #347 - Spirit Song (Preparation) #2269 Come Share the Lord (Communion) #357 Just As I Am Without One Plea (Closing) # Various Praise Choruses - Praise Service April 13th - Palm/Passion Sunday Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11; 27:22-31 Message: “From Triumph to Tragedy” Pastor Max Hymns: #280 - All Glory, Laud and Honor (Opening) #2113 - Lamb of God (Prayer) #2091 - The King of Glory Comes (Preparation) # (Insert) - The Palms (Closing) #Various Praise Choruses - Praise Service April 20th – Easter/Resurrection Sunday Gospel Reading: John 20:1-18 Message: “Christ is Alive, Are We?” Pastor Max and Chancel Choir Hymns: #302 - Christ the Lord Has Risen Today (Opening) #2115 - Christ Has Risen (Prayer) #307 - Christ is Risen (Preparation) #308 - Thine Be the Glory 710 - Faith of Our Fathers (Closing) #Various Praise Choruses - Praise Service April 27th - The Second Sunday of Easter Gospel Reading: John 20:24-31 Message: “A Bout with Doubts” Deb Neild, Assistant to the Pastor, Deacon Candidate
Hymns: #505- When Our Confidence is Shaken (Opening) #2196 - We Walk By Faith (Prayer) #2195 - In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful (Preparation) #462 - Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (Closing) #Various Praise Choruses - Praise Service
2014 Community Lenten Services Schedule Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. Theme: “Finding Your Place”
Date Church Speaker Topic
April 2
First Baptist Youth Presentation Upper Room
April 9
Holy Trinity Episco-pal
Rev. Lonnie Turnipseed Lansdale UMC
Gethsemane
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April 2014
Dear Friends, There is a Methodist minister who was continually bragging to his Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, all his clergy friends in the local ministerium about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Methodists were better. He had passion. Eventually his friends got tired of this and decided to play a prank on the Methodist. One day they dropped a tablet in his coffee and drugged him into a deep sleep. They took him down to the cemetery, laid him in a borrowed coffin, next to a freshly dug grave. They hid behind the bushes to see what would happen. Half an hour later, the Methodist began to awake. Yawning and looking around, he began to notice the coffin, the tombstones and the open grave. Then he shouted: "Amen! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! The day of resurrection has come and the Methodists are the first ones out!" Well, I’m not sure about Methodist being the first ones out. Some might barely make it, but there is going to be a resurrection. Unless the resurrection is the centrality of our faith, as it says in I Corinthians 15, our faith is useless and in vain. The entire Christian message hinges upon the fact of the Resurrection We have this hope because of the reality of His resurrection: no body was found, Jesus appeared to 500 people, and the apostles (except John) were martyred for Him. The apostles wouldn’t die for a hoax. For me it doesn’t make sense if there is no resurrection. Let us live as people of the resurrection. Our bodies will one day be resurrected after our death but our souls are resurrected now. We are transformed by the power of Holy Spirit through the Resurrection of Jesus the Christ. We have been given new life as our Lenten series indicated. We have been given new hearts - changed hearts - that allow us to love as God has loves us unconditionally. Let us love and care for others as He as loved and cared for us. One way to show this is to participate in the Lansdale Day of Service sponsored by the North Penn Partnership of Churches on May 3rd from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. So as you celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the Christ, live the life by serving others two weeks later. God bless and have a blessed Easter. In God’s Love,
Pastor Max
Pastor Max
Special
13 Day Holy Land Trip
is scheduled for
MARCH 3-15, 2015 There is still time to get a slight discount on the specialty tour of
the Holy Lands with Educational Opportunities scheduled from March 3rd to March 15th of 2015. This trip is titled a “Holy Land Experience” and will cover several sites that are not visited on the Classic Tour that many of us have already experienced. There will be no planned extensions to Egypt or Jordan, however you can join other tour groups if you desire to visit them.
The cost is approximately $3,548; however if you register with $300 down before April 3, 2014, the cost will be $3,468.
Let me know if you are interested and missed the February 22nd meeting. Call 215-855-8364 or email me at [email protected].
Pastor Max
Choir News
Easter arrives this month – the Chancel Choir will
partner with Pastor Max again this year in a sermon
dialog of music and preaching.
The choir will perform three
anthems by Keith Getty and
Stuart Townend, all from the
cantata “The Risen Christ”.
The Chancel Choir has been
performing pieces by Messrs,
Getty and Townend for some
years now. The famous Irish
duo has captured melodies and messages in their music
that are unequalled in the traditional/contemporary
religious music genre.
Our Children’s Choir will sing and the Broad Street Brass will be here performing with the Chancel Choir including the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” at the conclusion of the service. This Just In: We have just learned that Keith & Kristyn Getty will be performing locally in early May at Calva-ry Baptist Church at the corner of Valley Forge Road and Sumneytown Pike. The date is May 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Contact Calvary Baptist for more details.
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Get on the Energy Bus
Leadership training was held at LUMC on March 8th. Twelve people attended this program facilitated by Cindy Schertz. In her words it was a “small but mighty” group who represented a large cross-section of the groups at LUMC. And the group was very excited to have one of our youth participate.
The training focused on the book, The Energy Bus, written by Jon Gordon. This book is the current theme book of the Eastern PA Conference. Cindy tied the main concepts of The Energy Bus with those taught during the leadership training held a few years ago. There was a lot of lively discussion on how to apply these principles as leaders at Lansdale Methodist.
One of the main themes emphasized in this book is Positive Energy, focusing on the positive and not the negative. Also, you are the driver of your own bus and you must determine where it is going; in other words you must have a vision of your desired destination and planned goals or steps that will get you there. These principles apply in all aspects of your life (work, church and personal life) as well as to organizations and businesses.
The participants also had a brief time to discuss how their work area, ministry or team could contribute to the 2014 goals established for LUMC. A lot of great ideas were generated in a brief period of time.
This is an exciting time at LUMC and our leadership is prepared to embrace our future with teamwork, cooperation and goals that will take us out of our comfort zones and help us to grow in our faith and service.
Easter Breakfast
at the Church
The Lansdale United Methodist Men will host a breakfast for the congregation on Easter morning. Come to celebrate a glorious Easter Sunday Church Service and bring the family and friends to break bread with us.
Breakfast will be available prior to both Church services. There will be a free will offering taken. All profits will be donated to support the ongoing LUMC fund raising effort in the Fulfilling Our Covenant campaign.
Date: April 20, 2014
Place: Stringer Auditorium
Time: 7:30 - 8:30 A.M.. and
10:15 - 11:00 A.M..
A sign up sheet is posted on the Stringer Bulletin Board.
You can celebrate the Easter miracle by joining family and friends in breakfast prior to attending Easter services.
Exciting Announcement –
Attention ALL Women
On Saturday June 14th a spe-cial event for the women of LUMC and the community will be held in our church. Marie Monville will be the speaker for this event.
Marie Monville (formerly Marie Roberts) is the young widow of Charlie Roberts, the man responsi-ble for the Nickel Mines tragedy which resulted in the death of five Amish girls and injured five more. Marie, the mother of three, decided that this tragedy would not define her life and the lives of her chil-dren. Marie recently wrote a book entitled One Light Still Shines. Her message is that “no matter how tragic your circumstance, your life is not a tragedy. It is a love story. And in your love story, when you think all the lights have gone out, one light still shines.” Mark your calendars for this special event and invite your friends. The morning will start with a continen-tal breakfast and fellowship time, followed by a time of singing and music from our very own Praise Band, and then Marie Monville’s talk. Marie’s book will be available for purchase in Stringer after the event and she will be available to sign your copy. More information will be available shortly. Our vi-sion for this event is to FILL our sanctuary. There is no cost (a free will offering will be taken) but a reser-vation will be required.
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Letter to the Congregations of Central District From
Your District Superintendent
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
“I thank my God every time I remember you.” (Philippians 1:3) These words written by Apostle Paul fully capture my experience in serving as Central District superintendent for the past two and a half years. What a privilege it is for me to sit with you in worship, deliver God’s Word to you, participate with you in mission projects, attend your special events, mediate situations within your congregations, discern God’s will for your new appointment, engage with you in discussions, facilitate your mergers, conduct your charge conferences, administer the functioning of your district office (with Doris, of course), and everything else God has called me to say or do on your behalf. I thank God for your positive attitude and cooperative spirit as we try to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Your desire to be vital congregations is present, even as we are still in the process of discovering what that means and how to make it happen. Thank you! I thank God for allowing me to be a part of your congregational life, for inviting me to share the joys and challenges of being a Christian community. On those occasions when I am not quite sure what to say or what to do, you encourage and support my leadership. Thank you! I thank God for placing us on a journey to spiritual excellence where we may become more committed to giving God our best. You are exploring new approaches to ministry, resourcing each other more intentionally, and increasing your commitment to connectional giving. Thank you! I thank God for the new ventures that have been placed before us as a district. Mission ConneXion, Haiti Hot Lunch Global Mission Project, District Resource Fund have already received support from many congregations. I ask that you continue to offer prayers and lend your support to strengthen the ministry God has given to us as Central District. Thank you!
“I am confident of this very thing, that God who began a good work in you will complete it by the day of Jesus Christ. “ (Philippians 1: 6)
Counting it all joy, Rev. Dr. Anita Adams Powell Central District Superintendent
April Anthems
4/6 - “What Language Shall I Borrow” by Marty Parks using the text from the traditional “Passion Chorale” “O Sacred Head Now Wounded”.
4/13 (Palm Sunday) – “Christ’s Palm Sunday Welcome” by Austin Lovelace. 4/17 (Maundy Thursday) – “My Song is Love Unknown” in a setting by Robert
Powell using the 17th century text of Samuel Crossman (#2083 in The Faith We Sing).
4/20 (Easter Sunday) – Three selections from “The Risen Christ” by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, plus “Christ the Lord Has Triumphed Over Death” by Raymond Weidner .
4/27 – “In Christ Alone” Getty/Townend.
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While Manna appreciates all donations, the following goods are especially needed right now (updated 3/4/14):
•Canned Fruit (peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, etc) •Baked Beans and other types of Beans •Canned meats (tuna, chicken, salmon, pork & beans) •Spaghetti Sauce and Canned Tomatoes •Butter (for soup kitchen) •Eggs (for soup kitchen) •Egg Noodles •Fresh produce: Vegetables and fruits (apples, potatoes, and other produce that stores well)
Place food in the labeled box outside of Stringer Auditorium.
Summer Food Program
This summer from June 24 until August 21, LUMC will team up with Holy Trinity and First Baptist Churches in partnership with the North Penn School District and Manna on Main Street to provide meals for children. The meals will be boxed and contain a protein source, fruit or vegetable, healthy snack and drink. Any child from the ages of 3-18 can come to First Baptist each Tuesday and
Thursday and eat a meal, participate in an activity, and hear a Bible story. Many volunteers will be needed to make this program successful. All are encouraged to use their gifts to help in this ministry of feeding children who may otherwise go hungry this summer. Volunteers are needed to sign in children, hand out food, plan activities, tell the Bible story, lead the children and assist the leaders with the children. Information about how to volunteer coming soon!
Manna Mondays at Molly Maguire’s
Molly Maguire’s Pub Lansdale invites you to dine out to end hunger!
On Mondays, from 11A.M.-10P.M., Molly Maguire’s will donate 15% of your bill to Manna on Main Street (excludes alcohol sales). Please specify that you’re dining out for Manna!
Come on over to Molly’s for Manna Mondays. Thank you!
Molly Maguire’s: 329 W. Main Street, Lansdale www.mollymaguireslansdale.com
27th Annual United Methodist Afternoon with the Phillies
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2014 @ 3 p.m. Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves. $35/Ticket. Tickets are limited. Seats are in section 426 behind 3rd base. (Tickets benefit Conference United Methodist Ministries.) Sign up on bulle-tin board outside of Stringer. Contact: Bill Cole, 215-997-8133. Payment: $17.50 per ticket due when you sign up. Checks payable to: Lansdale UMC. Give to Bill Cole or put in his mailbox in the Conference Room. Re-mainder of the cost is due on May 11th. If enough people are interested in transportation we will look into it at an additional cost.
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Mission Emphasis for April Is for Camp Scholarships for our children & youth who will be attending summer camp at our Eastern Pa Conference Camps. They include Camp Innabah, Pocono Plateau, Gretna Glen, & Carson Simpson. Registrations are being accepted now.
Brochures are on or near the Missions bulletin board. There are various camps to choose. Summer Camp is fun, educational, and spiritually encouraging to our children and another connectional ministry of our church. Other camp scholarships may be available through the individual camps as well. See Liz Bonner with application for scholarship assistance. Help a child/youth go to camp this summer with a donation to the Camp Scholarship appeal this month.
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“Missions From The Kitchen” APPLE DUMPLING SALE
Yummy Good!!!
Date: Wed., May 7, 2014
Cost: $4.00 per apple dumpling
Order sheets on sign-up bulletin board
Deadline for orders: Sunday, April 27, 2014
(Or Call Betty Starrett at 215-855-6734 or Barbara Hartmann at 215-855-1722 or [email protected])
Adult Dine-Around
Please join us for the Adult Dine-around on Thurs., April 3rd at 11:30 A. M. at the West Main Diner. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board outside Stringer Auditorium. If you have questions or need a ride, please call Marlene Ney at 215-822-8067.
If you have a request for the Prayer Chain, please call Janet Harper, 215-699-3026.
Online Prayer Requests are also available at www.lansdaleumc.org.
Missions Work Area
Save the Date!
Volunteers in Motion
Imagine scores of local churches in the North Penn School District united to serve our community. Imagine homes of those who are struggling being painted, parks being cleaned, older folks being visited, and relationships being formed within our local community. Join other volunteers on May 3 from 9-12 A.M. A celebration, including a light lunch will follow. More information to follow in the coming months.
NEED HELP? Do you have a job that you could use help with but are unable to do yourself? Perhaps a cleaning or painting project, or mulching, or gutters to clean. Contact your pastor and they will pass on the information. Yours could be one of the projects for Volunteers in Motion on May 3rd.
Prayer & Praise
Breakfast Ladies, please join us for a relaxing breakfast on Thursday, April 24th at 8:30 A.M.. at Franconi’s. We would love to have you join us. Ques-tions??? Please call Marlene Ney at 215-822-8067.
The UMM Men's monthly breakfast for April will be on Saturday 19th at 8 a.m. in the Stringer Auditorium. In May we should return to the normal 2nd Saturday date for monthly meetings.
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Happy Easter! Jesus has risen! Wow, how blessed we are to have Jesus as our Savior.
We have an upcoming Good Friday Event for children ages 4-6th grade. They will learn what Good Friday and Easter really mean to us. They will experience God’s love through a les-son, crafts and a special snack. This event is free, but please register by April 11th. There are registration forms on the sign up board by Stringer, on the small table outside of Bright Begin-nings, and online on the church’s website.
Confirmation class is well underway and having a great time learning about Jesus, our Meth-odist traditions and being committed follower of Jesus. The class is taking a trip to Beth Ye-shua Messianic Synagogue in Philadelphia on Friday, April 11th. A Messianic synagogue is a place of worship for Jewish followers of Jesus. The trip will help the students link Jewish tradi-tion to Christianity and experience how Jesus worshipped. This trip is also open to other church members who would like to go. Please contact Liz Bonner for more details on this wonderful trip.
Our Lenten Mission Project is being well supported by the children and adults of the Sunday school. The mission project is “Feed the hungry children-Near and Far”. It is a twofold mission. The first is the international support of “The Haiti Hot Lunch Program” which is supported and run through UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief.) The Hot Lunch program pro-vides children in Methodist schools with hot, nutritional meals that many children otherwise would not receive. It has brought children back to school and, because they are fed, they are learning better and getting educated! The Sunday School children were given little blue “lunch bags” to collect their donations in. These will be returned to church on Easter.
The second part of our Mission Project is “Manna’s-Healthy Snack Bag Program.” Each month, Manna distributes more than 3000 snack bags for after-school homework clubs held at the North Penn and Indian Valley Boys and Girls Clubs. The program supports the children in the community, providing snacks that offer the energy and nutrition necessary to power through their homework and succeed in school. Our Sunday School children will be donating healthy snack foods. On May 4, the Sunday School will have a combined program so all the children can help to assemble the snack bags to be delivered to Manna.
Foods to donate include: Animal Crackers, Cereal-Chex, Cheerios, Unsweetened Cereal, Cheez-It Crackers, Fruit Snacks, Goldfish Cracker, Graham Crackers, Granola, Mini Rice Cakes, Packaged dry fruit, Mini Pretzels, Raisins, Teddy Grahams, and Whole Wheat Crackers. There are red barrels for the food donations located outside of Stringer Auditorium and in the Primary Sunday School Classroom upstairs.
Please support these two wonderful missions with your monetary and food donations. Let us be the Hands and Feet of Christ as we take care of his children!
Liz Bonner Education Director
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G.Y.M. God’s Youth in Motion
Thank you to the congregation for your support throughout the Youth’s performances of “Dave”.
Don’t forget about the Rummage Sale coming on Friday, April 4th (1PM to 7PM) and Saturday, April 5th (9AM to 1PM). Proceeds will benefit the Youth Mission Trip.
Last but not least, the Youth Mission Trip is coming July 12th-19th. We’re headed to McColl, SC and have started sign-ups now. Cost is $100 for church members, $200 for non-active and non-Members. A deposit of $50 is due now. Spots are limited. Please see Brent Snyder at ([email protected]) with questions.
What are you reading?
Have you read a good book lately? Do you have a fa-vorite story? What is the best book you have ever read?
Why not share it? Send me your selfie with your book ([email protected]). We’ll post them on the bulletin board. Be creative.
If you don’t have a book to share, find one in the LUMC library to read and then share it.
Verna Colliver, LUMC Library Director
You are invited to participate in a Good Friday Program for Children
Age 4 through Sixth Grade
Learn why Good Friday is so important to Easter!
Friday, April 18th - 1:00-3:00 P.M. Lansdale United Methodist Church 300 North Broad Street, Lansdale, PA 19446 (215) 855-8364 www.lansdaleumc.org
Enjoy music, crafts, a lesson, and a snack as part of the Good Friday program. All activities are free. Your registration on or before April 14th is greatly appreciated!
Kindly return your registration in 1 of 4 ways: 1. The church office 2. The bulletin board outside Stringer 3. The Education Director mailbox at LUMC Mail to the address above. For more information or to help with the program: [email protected]
Registration Form For April 18, 2014 Good Friday Program for Children
Name of Child:___________________________ Parents/Guardians’ Names:_________________ _______________________________________ Address:________________________________ _______________________________________ Home Phone #:___________________________ E-mail Address:___________________________ Phone # where we can reach you in case of emergency:______________________________ Age of Child:___________Birthdate:__________
Please list any allergies or any other physical or medical issues of which we should be aware. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Please indicate if you would like to help with the Good Friday program in any of these areas: Name :_________________________________ Phone #:________________________________ _____ Crafts ______ Photography _____ Snack ______Clean-up or _____ Lesson/Storytelling Where Needed
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4/4 Jim & Katia Edgar…………………...6 4/6 John & Claudia Feusner…….. ....50 Jackie & Bob Murray……………...56 4/9 Rob & Janet Blankenship…...…..30 Jim & Stacey Spencer……………..14 4/15 Edward & Barbara Hartmann...46 4/16 Andrew & Patrice Semicek…..…3 4/20 Michael & Amanda Witmer…...11 4/22 David & Lynn Whitman 4/27 Richard & Louise Lehman……….45 4/29 Nancy & Ron Fasano……………...13 4/30 Michele & Clark Benchouk……..19 Walt & Jane Bingham…………...58
~ Thank you ~
4/1 Ryan Neild 4/4 Glenn Colliver Don Dietterich Amanda Witmer 4/6 Steve Miller Doris Schaffer Ida Scholl 92 April Vogel 4/7 Donna Beausoleil 4/8 Chrishawn Hill Pearl Rhodes 4/9 Josh Litke Erika Shaedle Jean Weaver 4/10 David DeLong Ruth Dietterich Barbara Gottlieb Alexandra Mann Frank Mensah 4/11 Eric Beideman 4/13 Stephanie Ringbloom Joseph Vogel 4/15 Chase Montgomery 4/16 Sandi DeLong Chase Snyder 4/17 Katie Bradley Fred Dyer 4/18 Ben Barnhart 4/19 David Murphy Tara Reinmiller 4/20 Jim Steele Don Vance 4/23 David Franklin Elizabeth Hollenbeck 4/24 Pete Clelland 4/25 Max Jaouen Jackie Murray 4/26 Shirley Eyre Kerri Joyce Jackie McGuire 4/27 Timothy Kurtz Johnny Mowbray Gary Silknitter 4/29 Patrick Stendahl 4/30 Abigail Ernst Lizzie Kosten
Thank you everyone for the prayers, words of comfort and concern and the cards following my father’s death. His failing health meant it was only a matter of time, but those last hours still came upon us so suddenly. God answers prayers in His time and my fa-ther is now resting in peace in his heavenly home. Praise God and praise be to all of you for your compassion and thoughtfulness.
Peter & Mary Noll and family
MUSIC CLASSES for families with young children
It is believed that all children are musical and learn best from the example of the adults closest to them in a re-laxed environment. I will be starting up classes for families who would like to expose their little ones to rhythm, folk tunes and dance. Classes will start here at LUMC on April 22 from 6pm till apx. 6:30pm and will run for 10 weeks. More sessions will follow. Please contact me at [email protected] for registration, class fees and more information. I can also be reached at 267-536-5706.
A Thank You for Maryellen Reinmiller and Deb Neild, Paul and I would like to thank both of you for all your help with my parents Fran and Tony Mackiewicz. Thank you for all your visits and for getting my Mother around on all those bad weather days. Also, thank you for staying with her while my Dad was moved from the hospital and settled into Golden Living. This has been a very difficult time for both of them as they have always been together. They both enjoyed the flowers and the card that you brought for my Dad on his Birthday. They are grateful that you bring them communion and the love of our church. God Bless, Paul and Karen Alger
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Lansdale United Methodist Church
215-855-8364 Fax : 215-855-1534
e-mail: [email protected]
www.lansdaleumc.org
Church Office Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Our church extends a warm welcome to you.
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Max Jaouen
Staff
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Max Jaouen Assistant to the Pastor: Debra Neild Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Warner Music/Choir Director: Ed Roberts Organist: Ruth Rineer Contemporary Worship Leader: Eva Jennings Children’s Education Director: Liz Bonner Youth Director: Brent Snyder Nursery Director: Donna Fritz Bright Beginnings Nursery School: Liz Bonner Custodian: Bill Scheetz
Lansdale United Methodist Church 300 North Broad Street Lansdale, PA 19446 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Nonprofit Org. U.S. POSTAGE
PAID Permit No. 180 Lansdale, PA
Church Leadership
Lay Leaders: Luann Ingram Church Council: Bill Cole, Assistant Chair Cindy Scheetz Church and Society: Lonnie Turnipseed Discipleship: Peter Noll and Paul DeLong Family Council: Patty Stemler and Sheila Weiss Finance: Ron Joyce Financial Secretary: Warren Shaedle Lay Leadership: Max Jaouen and Bob Kennedy Librarian: Verna Colliver Missions: Ed Hartmann Staff Parish Relations: Dave Edwards Treasurer: Darren Johnson, Assistant Treasurer: Richard Hardisty Trustees: John Dasch UMM President: (Acting) Joe Millman UMW President: Worship: Connie Barnes and Maryellen Reinmiller
Sunday Morning Worship Services:
9 A.M. Traditional 11:15 A.M. Contemporary
Church School: 10:15 A.M. All ages
Nursery Care: (infants to age 3) all morning
The May newsletter deadline is April 6, 2014. The Circuit Rider is a monthly newsletter of Lansdale United Methodist Church. Leave articles with name and phone number in the newsletter mailbox in the church office or e-mail to [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit for con-tent and space. Editor: Frank Mensah: (215) 872-9255 Production: Joan Johnson, Dick Lehman, Collation: Jim Ney & friends