The Monthly Messenger SEPTEMBER 2012 Dalton United Methodist Church After the end of World War One, the famous desert fighter, Lawrence of Arabia, brought several Arab leaders to Paris to represent their interests at the Versailles Peace Conference. Those men of the desert were filled with astonishment at the sights of Paris, that’s for sure. But nothing intrigued them quite as much as the running water in their hotel rooms. In the desert, water was so rare and hard to come by, yet in their rooms it seemed to be free and never end- ing, simply at the turning of a tap. When it was time to leave Paris, Lawrence of Arabia encountered a unique problem. It seems that the visiting Arabs had begun to remove the Gospel flow through us. Are you hooked up with the love of Christ? Does that love guide you as you worship and work in our church? Does the flow of the Spirit lead you in your job and in your home? Does it help you set priorities and direct you in your habits and disciplines? It can. This week why don’t you play plumber and check out where your faucet of life is hooked up. I look forward to sharing with you as we experience the presence of Christ “flowing” through you and me. Peace, faucets in order to take them back to the desert! They had come to believe that these magic instruments would give them water at will in their native Arabia. Only with great difficulty did Lawrence convince them that the faucets were no good if detached from the water supply. “No good if detached!” How true. We are not much in faith if we are detached from the love of Christ, that free and never ending flow of love that enriches and enlivens. Without that open fau- cet of love from above we struggle to keep life in perspective. We find it difficult to forgive and be forgiven, to love and to be loved, to cleanse and be cleaned, to give and receive, to share and to listen. Only when we are “fully hooked up” does the power and peace of the A Note From The Pastor... NEW WEBSITE! Try it! www.daltonumc.wordpress.com
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The Monthly Messenger
SEPTEMBER 2012
Dalton United Methodist Church
After the end of World War One, the
famous desert fighter, Lawrence of Arabia, brought several Arab
leaders to Paris to
represent their interests at the Versailles Peace
Conference. Those men of the desert were filled with astonishment at the sights of Paris, that’s for sure. But nothing intrigued them quite as much as the running water in their hotel rooms. In the desert,
water was so rare and hard to come by, yet in their rooms it seemed to be free and never end-ing, simply at the turning of a tap.
When it was time to leave Paris, Lawrence of Arabia encountered a unique problem. It seems that the visiting Arabs had begun to remove the
Gospel flow through us.
Are you hooked up with the love of Christ? Does that love guide you as you worship and work in our church? Does the flow of the Spirit lead you in your job and in your home? Does it help you set
priorities and direct you in your habits and disciplines? It can.
This week why don’t you play plumber and check out where your
faucet of life is hooked up. I look forward to sharing with you as we experience the presence of Christ “flowing” through you and me.
Peace,
faucets in order to take them back to the desert! They had come to believe that these magic
instruments would give them water at will in their native Arabia. Only with great difficulty did
Lawrence convince them that the faucets were no good if detached from the water supply.
“No good if detached!” How true. We are not much in faith if we are
detached from the love of Christ, that free and never
ending flow of love that
enriches and enlivens. Without that open fau-cet of love from above we
struggle to keep life in
perspective. We find it
difficult to forgive and be forgiven, to love and to be loved, to cleanse and be cleaned, to give and
receive, to share and to
listen. Only when we are “fully hooked up” does the power and peace of the
A Note From
The Pastor...
NEW WEBSITE! Try it!
www.daltonumc.wordpress.com
PRAYER CONCERNS Bethany Cook, Cynthia Falb, Alan Farriss, Larry Frantz, Carol Gardner, Grant Geib, Sandy Gill, Marjorie Hallam, Trina Haught, Ellen Horst, Lucy Indorf, Phyllis McCall, Sue McHale, Kelly Neal (brother of Mary Loomis), Sally Peters, Lloyal Santmyer,
Donna Shie, Jessica Smith, Eli Weaver, Ashley Wheeler, Daniel Yoder, Laurie Zifcak, Unspoken, Karen (friend of Maggie Conrad).
Our nursing home, assisted living, and homebound residents: Alvin Buchwalter, Dylan Domer, Harold & Hazeljean Douglas, George Hann, Earl Mason, Donna
Schneider, Blake Sommer, Trish Spence, Elizabeth Spires, Jerry Swihart , Kenny Walkup, Betty Wertz,
All Military personnel on active duty and their families, Including;
Ian Earle, Samson Hershberger, Austin Leonard, Steven Miller,
Jeremy Triner & Bill Wertz.
(Please advise the church office at (330)828-2939 if any these names should no
longer be listed or of any updates)
Thank You ...My nephew, Ian has just gotten out of the service. He has started back to school. All of the prayers have been much appreciated by Ian and the rest of the family. Thanks so much. ~Rev. Sharon Carson ...thank you to everyone for their prayers for our brother-in-law; Mark Clutter. He is now back stateside. ~Ed, Sharon & Scott Starling
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Be of
one mind,
live in peace.
And the God
of love and
peace will be
with you
(2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV)
IMPORTANT!!!
Elijah’s Cupboard is
in need of food items
for the
Salvation Army!!
(Please consider
donating items
today)
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A Notice for all Women of the Church:
Everyone is asked to take part in the
UMW Sacrificial Thank Offering
Project
Thank you!
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ATTENTION...
Do you own a camera,
love photography?.......or know of someone who
does??
Then you’re just the person we’re looking for!!
We are in need of someone to take pictures during programs, special
Chain, we are developing a prayer chain via your email address.
Simply contact the church office with your address and you will be
notified thru your email. If you are currently on
the phone chain, you will still be contacted as well.
This way everyone can be
informed of prayer requests and
concerns as they arise.
MEN’S GROUP
We currently meet for breakfast and
fellowship and will begin to start planning for activities and
church-wide events in the fall.
The next gathering will be on
August 25th. We did meet this past
Saturday with 8 in attendance.
The next gathering will be
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
at Das Dutch Kitchen,
just west of Dalton on Route 30
at 8:00 am.
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Ice Cream Social
The evening was chilly, but well
attended.
Delicious ice cream and great
conversation!
How can it be very hot all summer and just when we have the ice cream social it cools off? I
believe that is what kept some of the people away. We who were there had a very nice evening. The ice cream was delicious, the
company enjoyable, and not all that cool in the building. Overall, it was a fun evening. Oh, by the way Ed
Starling’s flavors were Vanilla,
Orange Dreamsicle and Butter
Pecan. An extra surprise was Dixie and Bill Jones made Strawberry.
M-m-m-good! All were delicious! It is going to be a long year to wait to have more. Don and I also would like to thank everyone who helped to make it a successful event. (see
photos on previous page)
The time is almost here for our UMW Retreat led by Ruth Ann Robinson. It will
be on Saturday,
September 15 from
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the new
fellowship hall. We will serve a light breakfast and Penny’s Pantry will cater lunch. There will be a sign up sheet on the office door to register if you are coming and to make your luncheon
News from the United Methodist Women
selections. The selections for
sandwiches are: chicken salad, egg salad, or tuna salad on a Kaiser roll and selections for the side are
macaroni salad, potato salad or cole slaw. The charge for lunch will be $4.50, which you can pay to Dixie Jones on the 15th or before. If you would like to bring a friend, we would be delighted to have them. Be sure to register their name and selections for lunch. I am looking forward to the day and meeting Ruth Ann. Please join us for a day of Christian
fellowship. Ruth Ann emailed me a message she wanted me to convey to the
ladies of the Church: In the weeks preceding the Women's Retreat (Sept. 15) please join us in praying for this event... 1. Ask the Lord to prepare our hearts and make them open for what He would want us to learn 2. Pray that the Lord would bring the women who he would desire to be a part of this day 3. Pray that the Lord would
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bake at least 12 dozen cookies. We will need many cookies to make the event a success. The event will be a total success when we have helped people through our mission
projects. Come and join us for all the programs we have planned. I will leave you with this thought: God does not ask about our ability or inability, but about our availability.
God Bless You All,
~Beth Johnson
UMW President
increase unity and joy among the women of the church 4. Lastly, pray that the day would be a time of refreshment, laughter, and inspiration for all who attend. Do not forget to men of our church know they will be free to join the UMW on the evening of Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 PM in the old fellowship hall. Mark Basinger the Stark County Wildlife Officer will lead the program on Wildlife and Birds. I am sure it will be an interesting
program for all. On October 9 at 6:00 PM, the UMW will be making vegetable soup for the shut-ins. On the same evening, Teri Weaver will be giving the program on PEAK Education. We will be
enjoying a light meal and dessert that evening.
Sunday, November 11th will be the Thanksgiving Dinner for the church family following the service.
November 27th: starting the
evening off at 6:00, we will make candy for the Cookie Walk/Bazaar/Luncheon then Sally Slusser will have the THANK OFFERING
PROGRAM.
December 1st is the date for the Cookie Walk. Hope everyone can
VBS NOTES VBS 2012 was held Aug. 5-8 at the Dalton Presbyterian Church, with the theme
"What's Cooking...God's recipe for our lives." The theme focused on how God's cookbook (the Bible) contains all the recipes we need to follow to cook/bake our lives the way He would want us to live it. There were approximately 50 different children attending throughout the week. The children enjoyed learning about God's plan for
our lives, making some awesome crafts, singing fun songs, and having some snacks.
My thanks to Pastor Paul for coming and helping out each night, Carol Farriss for planning and serving the snacks, Bev McGinty for pinch-hitting with the music one evening, and our helpers...Chelsey Detwiler; Alexzandra Haer; John, Jake, Emilee,
and Abby Gregory; Ellie Martinez; and Kourtney Argabrite. From DPC...The Greg Miller Family, the Chuck Henning Family, June Hiner, Shirley Hare, Karol
Niehaus, Jocelyn Carver, Bree Wilson, Pastor Trubee, and especially Lisa and Nate Elett. My sincere apologies if I omitted anyone.
We are busy planning some other fun events before the Christmas season and the New Year. Details will be announced later. Please keep checking
here for more information.
Come One, Come all…...Enjoy the Fellowship with your Church Family!!
Anyone with ideas/suggestions for future events…
please see a member of the fellowship committee.
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May God who gives patience, steadiness, and encouragement help you to live in complete harmony
with each other—each with the attitude of Christ toward the other.
(Romans 15:5 TLB)
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Fish Fry News
The Fall season is upon us and it’s time for the
September fish fry. We will be having an “all you can eat” fish fry on Friday, September 21 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
We will again be offering carry outs from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Those wanting to dine in at the church will be served from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Even though carry out requests will not be turned away, we are encouraging those who want carry outs to come between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.
All you can eat fish, fries, slaw, apple sauce, rolls and beverage.
Desserts available but not included. $9.00 adults, kids 12 years and under $3.00. Carry outs available. Now frying chicken strips. 4-piece Adult Dinner $7.00, 2-piece Kids Dinner $3.00
Is there someone you’d like to say “Thank You” to or perhaps “Welcome to the Neighborhood” or maybe “Happy Birthday” or “Happy Anniversary”? Those
sentiments can be expressed with a Fish Fry Gift Certificate. If you’d like more details or would like to purchase a gift certificate for the September 21 fish fry, please contact Jane Koontz at 330-828-8284.
Anyone who has helped with past fish fries is welcomed back to help. If there is anyone out there who would like to be added to the helper list, please give Jane Koontz a call at 330-828-8284. There are many opportunities to help including: fish fryer, runner, kitchen helper, server, cutter/breader, table cleaner, carry out, cashier, clean-up and pie makers/donators. Participation is greatly appreciated.
We hope everyone will attend the September 21st fish fry and make it a “whale” of a
success. See you there!!
From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given
through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
(John 1:16-17 NIV)
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SEEKERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
End of Summer Low Country Boil—hosted by Paul & Beth Adams
Thanks to all who helped, attended and enjoyed! We all had a great time!
Come See what the fun is all about—Join us the Seekers
starting Sunday, September 16 @ 9:30 am!
2—Bill & Carol Farriss
9—OPEN
16—OPEN
23—Weaver Family—In Honor
of Johanna’s 18th birthday
30—Dallas Falb—birthday
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