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March 2017

230 E. High St., Springfield OH 45505 | (937) 322-2527 | HighStreetUMC.com | /HighStreetUMC

Lenten Series and Services pg.2

Good News for UMC pg 3 Our 200 Year Old Bibles, Special Edition pg 9

Look ing at the Cross through New G lasses

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C e l e b r a t e N u r t u r e S e r v e 2

March 2017

A price increase of the devotionals has snuck up on us but we give you fair warning that beginning with the April-May publications the regular print books will be $1.25 and the large print will be $1.75.

March 5 thru April 9

Explore the foundational beliefs

expressed in the Apostle’s

Creed and why.

Look ing at the Cross through New Glasses

Sometimes we look but do not see clearly. Our sight can be affected by where we are, how we feel, who we are with, and what we are trying to do. Often we need the assistance of the Holy Scriptures to see as God would have us see. Jesus said to the man he healed from blindness, “I came into the world so that those who do not see might have sight, and those who believe they see might realize they are blind.” (John 9:39) We look at the cross expecting to find Jesus. Our Lenten journey in preparation for Easter can be like “Looking at the Cross (with new eyes), through New Glasses, dis-covering new truth for our lives together.

Ash Wednesday—March 1 12-1pm - Imposition of Ashes and private prayer time throughout the hour. 5:30pm— Ash Wednesday Service with Imposition of Ashes March 5—Matthew 4: 1-11 Looking at Our Tempta-tions March 12—John 3:1-17 Looking at Life with a Broader View March 19—John 4: 5-42 Looking at Ourselves (as God does) March 26—John 9:1-41 Looking with New Eyes April 2—John 11: 1-45 Looking beyond Death (to Life Eternal)

April 9—Matthew 21: 1-11 Palm Sunday: Looking

for Deliverance

April 16—John 20:1-18 Easter Sunday: Looking at

the Gardener

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The altar flowers beautifully complement the traditional worship service but not the less formal contemporary service. Therefore beginning March 5, the flowers may be taken home after the 9:30 service. Be sure to get a clear plastic receptacle and leave the color cups with the church. If your intention is to leave them at the church for our sick or homebound we will move them into the Commons for our congregational care givers.

This Sunday, March 5

10:15—11:15am

It is never too early for a delicious bowl of home made

soup. Come and enjoy vegetable beef or potato soup with breads. Free-will donations will cover the cost then benefit the Open Hands Free Store.

Calling our youth and High Street Families! Come to the Chiller Ice Skating Center, 301 W. Main St. on Sunday, March 5 from 1—3:45pm. The cost is $8.00 a person. Contact person is Curt Hefner at 323-7465 or [email protected].

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March 2017

230 E. High St., Springfield OH 45505 | (937) 322-2527 | HighStreetUMC.com | / HighStreetUMC 3

By Jeremy Steele , United Methodist Communications, MyCom 1. United Methodists are well thought of by those not in church.

In the intensely practical research detailed in the book "Churchless: Understanding Today's Unchurched and How to Connect With Them," Barna Group did a sentiment analysis of leading religious groups across the country. When those not involved in church were asked to give their impression of major religious groups in the United States, The United Methodist Church came out on the top with the highest favorability score (55% favorable) of any group in the study. Capitalizing on that positive response is important from the first impression of your church. Your first step should be to make sure your church has curb appeal both physically and virtually. 2. Personal invitations still carry the day.

For churches who are hoping to help new people feel comfortable visiting their church, personal invitations still carry the most weight with those not currently attached to a local congregation. When asked what would make them interested in visiting a church, the clear leader is a personal invitation from a friend, with 47% indicating it would make them more likely to visit. Rounding out the top four reasons cited for visiting are all versions of personal invitations: a pastor or church leader making a visit to their home and asking them to attend (27%), a phone call from a church member giving information about the church and inviting them to attend (24%), and a church representative taking a poll on church habits that concludes with an invitation to attend (21%). That means that we can super-charge any community outreach by equipping church members with tools to make inviting their friends and coworkers easier. Whether it is creating hand-deliverable invitation cards for a special event or inviting church members to come back on a Sunday evening to making personal invitations over the phone, complementing church promotions with personal invitations will take them to the next level.

3. Involvement in service to others is important.

The United Methodist Church has always been known for its deep commitment to help the sick and oppressed and to take a stand on human rights issues. John Wesley would preach about these topics as often to coal miners as to English elites. That DNA is just what currently unchurched adults are looking for. When asked what churches can contribute to their communities, the top two responses from those without church affiliations were addressing poverty and serving youth/families/elderly. That means that when we advertise our church, it is important that we highlight the many outreach opportunities we engage in and support financially through apportionments. Need help finding the incredible things we financially support as United Methodists? Check out umcgiving.org for an exciting interface to explore all that we fund!

4. We support science.

One of the major reasons that those who do not attend church say that they do not like the church is that many churches seem antagonistic to science. More than 29% of young adults who have left the church cite “churches are out of step with the scientific world we live in” as a primary reason. Yet again, this represents good news for The United Methodist Church. Our deep commit-ment to science in our social principles turns out to be exactly what many young adults are seeking. In the section on the natural world, we state our belief in science saying, “We recognize science as a legitimate interpretation of God’s natural world. We affirm the validity of the claims of science in describing the natural world and in determining what is scien-tific.” One of our characteristics as United Methodists aligns with the type of church being desired by those who are not yet part of our congregations. Highlighting our acceptance of science can start with sharing stories of scientific breakthroughs from NASA or Psychology Today on social media, and thanking God for the gift of science and scientists when we do. Beyond that, we can even use scientific experi-ments as illustrations for our lessons to help make the often intangible realm of faith come to life in the real world. This research is an encouraging word to The United Methodist Church and can help shape how we communicate and advertise to our communities. If we are hoping to reach those who have not yet discovered the power of a life lived as part of a local church community, these stats show us that through personal invitation, we can share our deep heart for peace and fairness and our harmonious relationship with science. Many of the churchless are primed and ready to hear the good news. Let us go now and give it to them.

Research by the Barna Group offers good news for The United Methodist Church and helpful insight into how we can bring people into our open doors. Jeremy oversees youth and college ministries and leads the evening worship service at Christ UMC in Mobile, Ala. Jeremy is an author of several books and resources that you can find atJeremyWords.com or follow him on Twitter!

http://e.umc.org/Lb50QX0020uO0JIGJ0r0k0s

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March 2017


Sanctuary Series

Sunday, March 12

3:00pm

Dulahan Unplugged Irish jigs and reels by Dayton’s

premier Celtic Band.

Admission free and includes a meet the

artist reception following

the performance.

Today, I visited Ruth Clark at Eaglewood. I took her the valentines our children made, read them to her since she doesn’t see well, and asked her about valentines when she was teaching years ago. In spite of the stom-ach pain she woke with this morning, she smiled broad-ly and told me those “first graders are just angels!” They love giving valentines. “I guess it made them feel grown up.” Ruth stated again, as she does every time I visit, “I just love this church! I don’t know why. It just makes you feel good! It’s just the best church!” I suggested it might be the forgiveness, kindness and love that are shared here, and she agreed. Congratulations, High Street United Methodist Church! Then Ruth told me that she and another person whose name she could not recall, decided one year to spend their summer visiting all the people who couldn’t get to church. She didn’t remember whether they visited only people from this church, or just everyone in the homes. I commented about the joy they must have brought to all those people. She quickly corrected me, telling me it was she who received joy in the visits. Everyone in our church has the opportunity to experi-ence that joy. You can be a Caring Friend. You don’t need to spend the whole summer; just take a little time each month. Talk to Sharon Crews. She will match you with one or two people who will enjoy our visits, cards, or calls….And you will receive the joy! Ruth Fischer

Daylight Savings Time Begins

Sunday, March 12.

Friendly reminder to set your

clocks ahead one hour before

you go to bed on Saturday,

March 11.

In order of priority.

Macaroni and Cheese Mixes

Pasta (all types)

Ramen Noodles

Canned tuna & chicken

Soup

Crackers Quart & Gallon ziplock bags

Peanut Butter

Pork & Beans

Canned Beans

Deodorant, Soap, Shampoo, Toothpaste &

brushes, Toilet Paper & Diapers, and any

travel size items of these.

Thank you.

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March 2017

Children’s Ministry

Martha Crawmer

Missions

Cathy Tuckerman

Becky Bonerigo

SPR

Ruth Fischer

Trustees

Bill Brougher

Welcome

Bonnie Pinkerman

Communications

Susan Roosen

Worship

Chris Moore

Congregational Care

Sharon Crews

Finance

Rodney Engelbrecht

Lead Pastor

Steven Fewell

Dir. of Children’s Ministry

Martha Crawmer

Lay Minister of Visitation

Walt Brooker

Office Manager

Marcia Lyons

Custodian

Larry Lytle

Music Dir. Traditional Worship

J. Chris Moore

Contemporary Worship Leader

Kent Brooks

Sound Technician

Paden Frank

Nursery Caregivers

Michelle Halbirt

Brenda Tovar

9:30am 11:00am February 5 82 61 February 12 70 57 February 19 72 60 February 26 75 62

Year-to-Date Income $50,640.00

Year-to-Date Expenses $52,696.00

Tyler Bayliss 03/01

Nancy Lyons 03/04

Tamara Brooker 03/06

Keegan Byrd 03/07

Molly Krauss 03/10

Bryce Hornberger 03/11

Gene Kelly 03/11

Allison Drain 03/13

Susan Roosen 03/13

Peggy Shelton 03/14

Nancy Dietrich 03/15

Becky Bonerigo 03/17

Darrell Kitchen 03/17

Norma Knowlton 03/19

Fred James 03/20

Betty Raup 03/21

Bernice Goodfellow 03/28

Linda Green 03/29

Shirley Jackson 03/29

Harriet Carter 03/30

Marjorie Rice 03/31

Richard Black — January 6, 1929—January 17, 2017

Rest in peace Richard.


David & Sherry McKinnon 03/16

Gary & Ginny Slack 03/20

Larry & Susan Taylor 03/26

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February 2017

Family Game Night, March 17, 6 – 8 PM On Friday, March 17, we will have a Family Game Night – this event is open to anyone and everyone who would like to join us for supper and a fin evening of board games. RSVP’s requested by noon on Wednesday March 15. Email Martha Crawmer at [email protected] or call the church office at 322-2527. Please join us and bring a friend!

Volunteers needed!!! Our next Parents’ Night Out is scheduled for Friday May 5. And we need you to help us make it happen. There are a wide variety of opportunities to came and have fun with the kids: Crafts, Baking, Science, Games, Closing group activity, Nursery and preschool care, serving supper, Registration table, … We need people who are excited about leading our activity stations. But, if you’re not sure you’re ready for that level of involvement, we also need people to help in all areas. A sign-up sheet is in the hallway, or contact Martha at [email protected] or 322-2527. Please join us – I’m not sure who has more fun, the kids or the adults!

Easter Egg Hunt This year we will again have an Easter Egg Hunt on our front lawn (rain location: dining room) on April 16, Easter Sunday morn-ing at 10:45, between the two services. We need your help to provide candy and small trinkets for the eggs. Note that the trin-kets need to be able to fit inside an egg, and should be safe for young children. We also need you to help stuff eggs! If you are able to provide candy or trinkets for eggs, or to help stuff eggs, please contact Martha at [email protected] or 322-2527.

Summer Camps Did you know that the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church has summer camps? There

are activities ranging from One-Day Adventures to One Week camps, for children and youth ages 6

through 17, novices and experienced campers, and even opportunities for the whole family! You can

“Spend a Day” or participate in specialty theme camps (Horse Camp, Sports Camp, Culinary Creations, a

River Trip on the Hocking River and more!) Informational brochures are available in the office. And, the

Miami Valley United Methodist Women sponsor “camperships.” Parents, watch your email for more in-

formation about the camperships.

Vacation Bible School will be July 30 through August 3, 6:00 – 8:15 pm. Our theme this year is “Hero Central.”

Start planning now to be part of this ministry to our local children and families.

Save The Date!

mailto:[email protected]



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Calendar of Events ~ March

Wednesday, March 1 12:-00-1:00pm Imposition of Ashes and Individual Prayer S

1:00pm Disciple 1 Study C

5:30pm Ash Wednesday Service with Imposition of Ashes

6:00pm AA Recovery CR

7:00pm Disciple 1 C

Thursday, March 2 10:00am Dedicate Prayer Hour C

Saturday, March 4 1:00pm Knitting Group WR

2:15pm Youth Knitting Class WR

Sunday, March 5 9:30pm Sunday School—All Ages

9:30am Traditional Worship Service

10:15—11:15am Soul Food Sunday

10:30am Children’s Choir Rehearsal

10:30am Fellowship

11:00am Contemporary Worship Service

Monday, March 6 5:30pm Bell Choir Practice CHR

Tuesday, March 7 1:30pm Tuesday Afternoon Learners (TAL) C

Wednesday, March 8 1:00pm Disciple 1 Study C


7:00pm Disciple 1 C

Thursday, March 9 10:00am Dedicated Prayer Hour C

4:00pm Communications Team Meeting CR


2-6pm Emmaus Team Meeting C & S





10:30am Fellowship


3:00pm Dulahan Unplugged S & C

5:30pm Emmaus Board Meeting CR

7:00pm Emmaus Gathering S & DH


6:00pm AAUW Meeting C

7:00pm Trustee Meeting CR

7:00pm SPR Meeting CR

Tuesday, March 14 1:30pm Tuesday Afternoon Learners (TAL)

Wednesday, March 15 1:00pm Disciple 1 C


7:00pm Disciple 1 C


6:00pm Finance Team Meeting CR

Friday, March 17 6-9:00pm Family Game Night C



OV: Oakwood Village DH: Dining Hall Commons: C Sanctuary: S Wesley Room: WR Entire Church: EC Carr Room: CR NA: Noah’s Ark PR: Private Residence YFR: Youth Fellowship Rooms Choir Room: CHR Education Wing: EW


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Sunday, March 19 9:30pm Sunday School—All Ages CHR

9:30am Traditional Worship Service CR


10:30am Fellowship Commons C


7:00pm Leadership Council CR

Tuesday, March 21 9:30-1:30pm High Street works at Open Hands Free Store

1:30pm TAL (Tuesday Afternoon Learners) C


6:00pm AA Recovery Group CR

7:00pm Disciple 1 C


Saturday, March 25 8:30am High Street works at Open Hands Free Store

1:00pm Group Knitting WR

2:15pm Youth Knitting WR




10:30am Fellowship



Tuesday, March 28 9:30-1:00pm High Street works at Open Hands Free Store

1:30pm Tuesday Afternoon Learners (TAL) C



7:00pm Disciple 1 C


Calendar of Events ~ March


OV: Oakwood Village DH: Dining Hall Commons: C Sanctuary: S Wesley Room: WR Entire Church: EC Carr Room:CR NA: Noah’s Ark PR: Private Residence YFR: Youth Fellowship Rooms Choir Room: CHR Education Wing: EW

We sure to check our online calendar at www.highstreetumc.com for additions, deletions or changes.

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As I began the archiving process late in 2015, I was gratified to find that

Ginny Slack’s committee had organized “likes” with “likes” in various file

boxes. One of those boxes was labelled “really old Bibles.” My first re-

sponse was to preserve them in proper archival boxes. I then went about

chronologically archiving other documents and, over the course of a

year, writing our recently published church history. Recently I have fur-

ther researched these Bibles and am now prepared to share the results.

The four Bibles with the red title bands in the

above photo are Volumes II - V of the Benson

Bible. We do not seem to have Volume 1. The

Rev. Joseph Benson (1749-1821) was an early

Methodist minister who knew and followed both

John and Charles Wesley.

Thomas Cordeux published Rev. Benson’s original

five-volume Bible on City Road, London, near

Wesley Chapel and John Wesley’s residence.

High Street’s 200-year-old Bibles

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This is the Frontispiece of Vol. II (1812) indicating that it is in all

likelihood a first edition.

Volume V (1818) is even more revealing in that it includes a handwritten

order from a J. Van der Natern to bind this edition “...in plain calf with

a large raised Bands…”

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Barely visible at the upper right is the signature of Rev. G. Wykes.

Information from Carol Holliger, Archivist for the Archives of Ohio

United Methodism, indicates that George Kenard Wike (1797-1865)

lived in the area and is buried in Springfield. Members of the Wike

family are listed in Methodist Episcopal Conference records and

appear to have been involved in missionary efforts in Springfield and

points south.

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Finally, there is the signature page in Vol. IV.

Rev. Waldemar A. Haupt of course was our pastor

from 1957-1964.

Mrs. George Sabin Dial was the widow of Attorney

George S. Dial who, with his brother Morris, during

the 1942 chancel renovation gave our church the rose

window above the altar in memory of his father, origi-

nal High Street trustee Judge E. G. Dial.

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Rev. Geoge Wykes/Wike was 52 years of age when High Street was

founded in 1849 and would undoubtedly have known Judge Dial. The

Judge was a great student of the Bible, taught Sunday School his entire

adult life, and would have valued a collection which included copious

notations, what we now call a concordance. We’ll never know whether

Rev. Wike sold the Benson Bibles to Judge Dial or gave them to him, but

it is safe to say they ended up in his possession and now in ours at least

167 years later.

The large Bible on the left in the opening photo on page 9 is very similar

in age and style and may also be a first edition. It was printed in 1814 by

Collins and Co., New York. This is its Frontispiece.

Inscribed in pencil inside the cover is the name “Hiram M. Harman, age

11.” I wondered if this could be a family Bible.

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Sure enough the interior contained pages containing the handwritten

genealogy of the Harman family of Shenandoah County, Virginia. This is

the pertinent page.

With a little help from ancestry.com I determined that Hiram M. Har-

man was the father of Benjamin Franklin Harman, born 1879, who was

in turn the father of Ralph H. Harman, born 1903 in Shenandoah

County, Virginia.

http://ancestry.com

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Ralph H. Harman* was a well-known Springfield architect who was a

stalwart High Street member. There are still a number of people in our

congregation who remember him. In 1933 he designed City Hospital,

later known as Community Hospital. In 1942 he designed and coordinat-

ed our own chancel renovation. In 1967 he designed our Educational

Wing followed by a new sign design in 1971 and the handicap ramp on

the east side in 1974.

There can be no doubt that what we have is the Harman Family Bible do-

nated by Ralph Harman himself. This and the four volumes of the Ben-

son Bible are treasures that parallel the history of High Street going back

to our beginning days. For now they are stored safely. It is our hope that

eventually we may be able to present them for permanent display.

Dan Walter,

Church Historian

*Note: His name has also been spelled “Harmon” in various publica-

tions.

Ralph H. and Mary Liz Harman

High Street Directory of 1978

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