www.petoskeyumc.org volume 25 • number 8 Dear Friends, Grace and peace to you. Paul prayed in Ephesians, Ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Fa- ther, may give you the Spirit [f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious in- heritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead. Paul is writing to the people of the church who he has not seen for a while. That is somewhat how I feel at the ending of every summer. Summer for us is a time for travel, sailing, cabins, you name it. It is a “come and go” affair. It is a short time of warmth and sunshine. But somewhere in the back of our minds there is an omnipresent thought of February, blowing winds and cold. September is our time to re-connect. Fall is a time to come back to church on a regular basis to meet and greet known and new friends. It is a safe time to say, “I’ve missed you” because your sisters and brothers in faith have been coming and going just like you. September is a time to reset our church life—to find time to worship together and discover plac- es to be connected. Summer is for re-creation. Fall is for reconnect and a whole new manner of re-creation. Paul wrote to the church in Colossus, Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Walking in faith and being a church is both individual and corporate. Each of us has a responsibility for our own personal discipleship—to worship, to read and meditate on scripture, to pray. We also have a corporate responsibility to offer and engage in opportunities to grow in the faith. In so doing each of us being proactive and intentional will grow as disciples and leaders which will affect our homes, church, and community. As a church, we will be a faithful group of disciples who will affect our homes, community, nation, and maybe in some small way the world. These are not easy times to be a Christian. These times are not easy to be the body of Christ. These aren’t easy times to be a United Methodist. Yet we are called and united together by Jesus Christ. The writer of Hebrews tells us, The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd. [The Message] I look forward to these coming weeks as we reconnect and God re-creates among and through us. May the peace of Christ be with you, September 2019 volume 25 • number 8 A publication of the Petoskey United Methodist Church The BELLTOWER
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Dear Friends,
Grace and peace to you. Paul prayed in Ephesians,
Ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving
thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Fa-
ther, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your
heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious in-
heritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the
mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead.
Paul is writing to the people of the church who he has not seen for a while. That is somewhat how I feel at the ending of
every summer. Summer for us is a time for travel, sailing, cabins, you name it. It is a “come and go” affair. It is a short
time of warmth and sunshine. But somewhere in the back of our minds there is an omnipresent thought of February,
blowing winds and cold.
September is our time to re-connect. Fall is a time to come back to church on a regular basis to meet and greet known
and new friends. It is a safe time to say, “I’ve missed you” because your sisters and brothers in faith have been coming
and going just like you. September is a time to reset our church life—to find time to worship together and discover plac-
es to be connected. Summer is for re-creation. Fall is for reconnect and a whole new manner of re-creation.
Paul wrote to the church in Colossus,
Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as
you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Walking in faith and being a church is both individual and corporate. Each of us has a responsibility for our own personal
discipleship—to worship, to read and meditate on scripture, to pray. We also have a corporate responsibility to offer and
engage in opportunities to grow in the faith. In so doing each of us being proactive and intentional will grow as disciples
and leaders which will affect our homes, church, and community. As a church, we will be a faithful group of disciples who
will affect our homes, community, nation, and maybe in some small way the world.
These are not easy times to be a Christian. These times are not easy to be the body of Christ. These aren’t easy times to
be a United Methodist. Yet we are called and united together by Jesus Christ. The writer of Hebrews tells us,
The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes
life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above
the crowd. [The Message]
I look forward to these coming weeks as we reconnect and God re-creates among and through us.
May the peace of Christ be with you,
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 9
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September Anniversaries
Roy & Linda Longworth 09-02-1995 24 years
Leroy & Patsy Sumner 09-02-1960 59 years
Dennis & Connie Foltz 09-12-1969 50 years
Roger Farley & Teresa Whitley-Farley 09-12-2014 5 years
Nick & Heather Bullock 09-12-2015 4 years
Brad & Eve Rider 09-14-1991 28 years
Bill & Pauline Webb 09-15-1953 66 years
Gordon & Susan Coffin 09-16-1967 52 years
Perry & Karen Clark 09-17-1994 25 years
Fred & Barb Fry 09-17-1966 53 years
Lampton & Angie Kamalii 09-18-2004 15 years
Chuck & Mitzi Cook 09-21-1957 62 years
Joel & Michelle Smith 09-24-2005 14 years
Vic & Carol Shanley 09-25-1965 54 years
Bill & Linda Clutter 09-29-1990 29 years
1 Erin Rautio
2 Linda Longworth
3 Bob McCoy
5 Jim Cantrell
8 Bill Clutter
9 Melissa Joneson, Marian Jurries
10 Joan Marshall, Michelle Mitchum
12 Madysen Webster
13 Leona Affendikis, Deb Munn
Mike Durbin
14 Marshon Erickson
16 Jason Cranick
17 Chuck Cook, David Meyer
18 Gus Guthrie, Jonathon Meyer
Tammie Keene
20 Steve Fink
21 Mark Antonishen
23 Connie Burt
24 Bob Davis
29 Robin Bloch, Christian Myers,
Teresa Whitley-Farley
30 Jean Hausler, Dave Moyer
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Next month is the fall rummage sale! The sale is actually October 4 & 5. We start work-
ing on Tuesday October 1, so be sure to put that on your calendar. Lots of help is needed for clean up
on Saturday, October 5 starting at 1:00 p.m.—come at noon if you would like to have lunch! Please
mark your calendar NOW! Sign up lists will be posted soon for working and for donating food to feed
the hungry workers. You may start bringing your clean rummage, in working order, to the Fellowship
Hall on Thursday, September 19. We are no longer able to accept TV’s—please do NOT bring them. If
you need to bring rummage before then, please contact Susan Wirgau to see if special arrangements
can be made. Some limited pick up of rummage will be available but the earlier we can get it sched-
uled the better. Contact the church office or Susan at 231-838-5986 or [email protected] by
September 27.
Clean up on Saturday starting at 1:00 p.m. October 5 is becoming a larger task as our work crew is get-
ting older and by then is very tired from working all week. With a fresh, young crew coming in to
HELP, it can be done in just a few hours. Please consider putting this on your calendar NOW as a fami-
ly event and signing up so we know we can count on you! (If you come at noon, we will feed you a
fantastic lunch, too!) We also need people with vans//trucks to help deliver left over rummage to a lo-
cal cause that Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Please sign up for this op-
portunity also.
Please help another huge rummage sale be a grand success! Won’t you please be a part of this fun by
coming in for an hour or two and/or to donate some food? (You may also make a cash donation if
that is easier for you than shopping and preparing. We always have expenses.) You can sign up for all
of the work slots or just one or two. If you have questions, please contact: Susan Wirgau, 231-838-
5986 (text or voice) or [email protected] !!!!! Watch for the sign-up sheets to be posted in the
lobby for specific hours and food needs!!
Remember we feed workers and you get to shop while you work. Workers get to buy before the sale
opens; you get to choose from the cream of the crop!!!!
Wednesday Dinners
Wednesday evening dinners will begin on Sept. 18th
at 6:00.
We are asking church members to form teams of 4-6 people who will prepare and clean up a
meal. Volunteers should sign up for a date with the assigned menu on the sign up sheet located
on the bulletin board.
As done in the past, everyone attending each weekly dinner is asked to bring a side dish or des-
sert to pass. Come join us for a delicious dinner and fellowship!
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Long-Term Care &
Shut-ins
American House
Miriam Rasmussen
The Villa at the Bay
Mary Jane Dick
Boulder Park Terrace
Gail Liebold
Independence Village
Mary Brubacher, Norman DuCoin
Betty Hayner, Marian Jurries
George & Martha Palmateer
Mallard Cove
Betty Doherty
At Home
Dean & Jackie Carper
Barb Fannin
Jennifer Osborn
Friends & Relatives of Church Family
Norma Wirgau (mother of Bob Wirgau)
Dolores & Ron Dawson (friends of
John & Nancy Miett)
Active Military Duty
Ben Fannin (Doug & Michele Fannin)
Jacob Kuziel (Mitch Kuziel & Deb Munn)
Adam Upleger (Nancy Miett)
Ethan Gulledge, U.S. Navy (Grandson of
Bob & Sue Gulledge)
Names can be added or removed to the prayer list by calling Pastor James or Doug Mantha.
