Pastor’s Pen: Is it warmer back at Temple yet? I’m writing this from Jacksonville, Florida. We have been gone for about 7 days and will be back in a couple more. As we drove south from Indiana, I was constantly watching the miles increase and slowly watching the temperature outside increase. I have to admit I liked that a lot!!! Two days ago I was on a boat 40 miles off Ft. Myers beach, fishing in 80 degree temps… and the gulf where we were fishing was 80 feet deep (thank goodness for friends with boats!) I kept thinking how bizarre that it is -20 below back home… hard to wrap my mind around that one. I have to be honest with you… I was glad to not be in Indiana this last week. Weird that we all were having weather… everyday we experi- enced weather… higher temperatures or more heat and sunlight seemed to make my journey south much more enjoyable. Revelation 3.14-22 14“To the angel of the church in Laod- icea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: 15‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19‘Those whom I love, I re- prove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” In the preceding scripture, God is calling for people to be excited about the opportunity to be the church Jesus has called them to be. Sometimes we talk about people “catching fire” for the Lord. I guess their passion has increased… their drive for Christian maturity may be developing rapidly… their “Christian temperature” is getting hotter!!! (continued on Page 5) UNITED METHODIST TEMPLE 2015 March Temple Tower www.terrehauteumtemple.org Our mission: To make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the world. Our vision: Know Christ Grow in Christ Show Christ to All Inside this issue: Assisting in Worship 2 Financial News 3 March Events 4 Mission and Outreach Corner 6 Kudos and Notes 7 Our Church Family 9 Calendar 11 www.facebook.com /TerreHauteUMT Deadline for items to be included in the April Temple Tower is March 26, 2015. Items submitted after that time will be saved for the next issue.
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Pastor’s Pen: Is it warmer back at Temple yet?
I’m writing this from Jacksonville, Florida. We have
been gone for about 7 days and will be back in a couple more. As we drove south from Indiana, I was constantly
watching the miles increase and slowly watching the temperature outside increase. I have to admit I liked that a lot!!! Two days ago
I was on a boat 40 miles off Ft. Myers beach, fishing in 80 degree temps… and the gulf where we were fishing was 80 feet deep (thank
goodness for friends with boats!) I kept thinking how bizarre that it
is -20 below back home… hard to wrap my mind around that one. I have to be honest with you… I was glad to not be in Indiana this last
week. Weird that we all were having weather… everyday we experi-enced weather… higher temperatures or more heat and sunlight
seemed to make my journey south much more enjoyable.
Revelation 3.14-22 14“To the angel of the church in Laod-icea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of
the creation of God, says this: 15‘I know your deeds, that you are
neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My
mouth. 17‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are
wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become
rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to
anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19‘Those whom I love, I re-prove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20‘Behold, I
stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
21‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His
throne. 22‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches.’”
In the preceding scripture, God is calling for people to be excited about the opportunity to be the church Jesus has called them
to be. Sometimes we talk about people “catching fire” for the Lord. I guess their passion has increased… their drive for Christian
maturity may be developing rapidly… their “Christian temperature” is getting hotter!!!
(continued on Page 5)
UNITED
METHODIST
TEMPLE
2015 March
Temple Tower www.terrehauteumtemple.org
Our mission:
To make Disciples
of Jesus Christ
for the
Transformation
of the world.
Our vision:
Know Christ
Grow in Christ Show Christ to All
Inside this issue:
Assisting in
Worship
2
Financial News 3
March Events 4
Mission and
Outreach Corner
6
Kudos and Notes 7
Our Church
Family
9
Calendar 11
www.facebook.com
/TerreHauteUMT
Deadline for items to be
included in the April Temple Tower is March 26, 2015. Items
submitted after that time will be saved for the next
March 1 Gene Finley TBA Karen Blythe Jill Kuckewich
Sandra Small Jill Kuckewich
TBA Jill Kuckewich
Debbie Hoopingarner Jill Kuckewich
TBA Jill Kuckewich
March 8 Ruth Price Joe McDonald
March 15 Linda Sperry Beth Thompson
March 22 Joann Orman Paula Hochstetler
March 29 Gene Finley Dick Vining
Nursery Caregivers & Helpers
8:45 A.M. Sunday School 11:00 A.M.
March 1 TBA TBA Gail Stewart
March 8 Volunteer Needed Pam Hopler Susan McDonald and Linda Sperry
March 15 Linda Storey Michele Lynch and Karen Blythe Amy Jarvis
March 22 Debbie Morgan Beth Thompson Ashley Luken and Morgan Vedder-
Rubeck March 29 TBA TBA TBA
Friendship Class 8:45 Ushers 11:00 Van Drivers
March 1 Brad Kesler Don Wrin
Phil Carter
Hazel Perry
Christine Young
Sharron Jeffers
George Bakker
Barb Coveleskie
Brad Brubaker
Don Wrin
Randy Camp
Phil Small
Mike Johnson
March 8 Deb Kesler
March 15 Jean Graf
March 22 Jill Kuckewich
March 29 TBA
FINANCIAL NEWS FOR JANUARY, 2015
January YTD
Income $30,315.17 $ 30,315.17
Expense - 31,865.90 - 31,865.90
TOTAL (1,550.73) ( 1,550.73)
Total Pledged through January, 2015 = $46,352.48
Total Received through January, 2015 = $13,508.50
Difference = $32,843.98
Total Percentage Paid for 2015 = 12%
Are you keeping up with your pledge?
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TURN IN YOUR 2015 PLEDGE!!
Monthly Financial statements are available to anyone who would like one.
Please let Jill know if you would like to receive a copy.
CURRENT LOAN BALANCE (end of January, ‘15) $405,816.31
February Attendance and Offering
8:45 am Service 11:00 am Service Total
Date Attendance Attendance Offering
February 1 53 27 80 $7295.05
February 8 72 54 126 $9690.82
February 15 56 61 117 $5373.00
Feburary 22 60 48 108 $3719.02
Orders for Easter Flowers for the Altar are due by March 15th this year. The plants cost $10 each and are delivered to the church in 6 inch, foil wrapped pots. You may choose between Easter Lilies, Tulips, Daffodils or Hyacinths. Forms will be available March 8th and 15th at the Worship Services, or you may email or call the office. Just let us know how many of each you would like to have, and if the flower is “In Honor Of” or “In Memory Of” someone. Please make checks payable to UMT and note “Easter Flowers” on the memo line.
SENIOR CONNECTION will meet Friday, March 6,
2015 at 12:30 pm for a carry in luncheon and fellowship. Bring a favorite covered dish to share.
. The UNITED METHODIST WOMEN will
meet on Wednesday, March 11
th at 12:00
pm for our first meeting of 2015. Our guest speaker will be Kathy Hart, District UMW president. All women of the church are invited to attend. Those who are first-time attenders get lunch for free! Please call Paula West, Chris Young or Theresa Camp to make a reservation. Come, bring a friend and learn about our UMW group!
MARY-MARTHA CIRCLE will
meet at 6:00 pm on Monday, March 23
rd in the Fellowship Hall.
We will be making cards for our shut-ins. Everyone is invited. Please bring a snack to share and any “card makin’s” that you might have.
The United Meth-odist Men will con-
tinue to meet each Saturday morning at
8:00 am as part of the Vigo County UMM Lenten Breakfast series. The remaining sessions are: March 8 at United Methodist Tem-ple; March 14 at Mt. Pleasant; March 21 at Maple Avenue; March 28 at Breden Memorial. If you wish to pool a ride, meet at UMT at 7:30 am. If you need a ride, please call Phil Small (812-696-5056)
ALSO IN MARCH: March 21st—Easter Egg Hunt. Mark your calendars now! Watch for further de-tails soon! Also, please consider donating individu-ally wrapped candy to hide in Easter Eggs.
Church Events
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MUSIC NEWS!
It is time to really start to dig in on our Easter Cantata, so if you are interested in joining us, come by on Thursday evenings at 7:15 pm.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME BEGINS MARCH
8TH.
DON’T FORGET TO
“SPRING FORWARD”
(Continued from Page 1) Just like we have enjoyed warmer temperatures,
God is seeking those that are warming up to be the hands and feet of Christ. I like
a warmer climate in February and God likes a church that is on fire to share the Gospel with the world. Maybe this is a tremendous oversimplification, but God
makes it clear in this scripture that he desires people and churches that are pas-sionate or he will “spew them out of his mouth”.
Let me wrap it up this way: we each are on a journey toward holiness, to-
ward Christian maturity, toward becoming the son or daughter that God calls us to be. We each have “weather” we are subjected to in our lives (good times and bad)
and we each have an opportunity to “be the church” by sharing the Gospel… some of us are probably, as God stated, cold or lukewarm or hot. Where we are depends
on the decisions we are making in our lives and what we are asking the Holy Spirit
to do in our lives. I know I enjoyed the warmer temperatures on my vacation… I’ll just bet I will also enjoy being warmer or more passionate as a Christian and if our
church catches fire for sharing the Gospel too. Tomorrow we begin heading home, toward Terre Haute and toward Temple. May we arrive to find things are really be-
ginning to heat up… physically & spiritually.
PK & Marlene
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The WNL! continues to grow!! Twenty three chil-dren and Middle School Youth have participated so far and thirty four adults with an average attendance of 34 each night. The kid’s choirs (2) will be singing for the 11:00 service soon. The adult class is growing. The suppers have been great! The stories and crafts are exciting and fun! What more could you ask for on a cold, boring Wednesday night than a super awesome time at Temple?!? We begin at 5:45 with a light supper, followed at 6:15 pm by an hour of study, crafts, singing and fun! Join us! Bring your family, friends, neighbors to attend class or help—or both! If you would be willing to plan and prepare a light meal for one Wednesday Night Live!, please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex or call the office to volunteer.
MISSION AND OUTREACH CORNER
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A few Changes you may notice…
1. Prayer list in the bulletin… effective immediately we will begin placing people on the prayer list and leaving them on until the person submitting the person or per-sons has called Margaret to take them off the list or until the beginning of the next month. At the start of each new month, the entire list will be erased and we will start over… people will need to call in again if they want someone on the prayer list. ALSO, please remember to ask the individual or family you are requesting prayer for to make sure they are alright with you placing them on our prayer list. 2. Team Leaders & ministry leaders: we will begin placing a new section in the Temple Tower encouraging members to volunteer to serve in various capacities here at Temple. PLEASE, if your group or ministry needs help/volunteers, make sure and contact Margaret and get your needs listed in the monthly newsletter.
How would you like a $1700.00 utility bill EVERY
month? This is just one expense 14th and Chestnut
Community Center has. The Mission Team is having a
spaghetti and salad luncheon on Sunday, March 22
starting at 11:00. A free will offering will be taken to
help 14th and Chestnut. Our first luncheon made $547, so we have a
ways to go! This is our quarterly Mission Project for January-March. If you
would like to donate, you may do so at anytime during this first quarter.
Always Needed: Food for 14th and Chestnut Community Center. (Collection barrels
located in the Narthex) Money for “Change for Change” for Benevolence Fund. (Collection jars by
Exit doors in the Narthex) Labels and UPC codes for Red Bird Mission. (Basket on table in Narthex
across from office.)
Items for Families by Choice (see Bulletin Board for list)
Supplies for Back2School Bash 2015
MISSION AND OUTREACH CORNER
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KUDOS AND NOTES
Rev. Alan & Pat Rumble
228 Highland Ct. - Open House (with refreshments)
for UM Temple church family & guests
Sunday, March 15 – after worship thru 3pm
$1,000 for donation to the church
We are inviting you to be our eyes, and ears. Our parsonage at 228 Highland Ct. is in excel-
lent shape and the price has been a reduced. Decide for yourself- we know it is a bargain.
If any of you do introduce a buyer to our Realtor, Linda & Tom Chiado (249-0995), after the
closing we will offer $1,000 for donation to the church. (The check will be written-by-me to
the individual with the expectation that they donate it to the church in their own name and
thereby receive a tax deduction.)
This blesses us who need to sell the house, the buyer with a great home, the congregation
with a donation, and the finder with a tax deduction. It also awakens at least in me the deep
potential of a church family in our spiritual lives, and in every aspect of our lives together.
We plan to be at worship and the Open House. Please join us.
(The offer, of course, is available even if you are not able to attend the Open House.)
Fondly,
Rev. Alan & Pat Rumble
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with preparing our bulk mail-ings and who continue to help with our Wednesday Night Live, Light-house Mission, Celebrate Recovery and other ministries. The church can-not succeed in its Mission without you!
Thank you to those who helped
support our Children and Youth
programs by purchasing a
Community Days Coupon Book
from our church. We were
able to add $115 to our fund.
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As I write this letter for the Temple Tower I cannot help but feel the presence of Joe Petty. Mr. Petty wrote many stories over the years for the Temple Tower and I always enjoyed reading them. Mr. Petty was one of my role models, one of my mentors and I considered him one of my friends. I miss Mr. Petty and his words of wisdom. On a cold winter evening last week, as I was suffering from the winter-time blues, my wife told me I had a phone call. The call was from a resident of the Light House Mission. Our church has been preparing breakfast every
Friday since November, 2014 for the men and women who stay at the mission. Through this commit-ment I have made several new friends. The caller asked if I would be interested in going to lunch the next afternoon with some of the residents, to which I readily replied I would love to have lunch with some of the guys. The caller told me the residents had taken up a monetary collection and wanted to take me to lunch as their guest. My immediate response was to tell the caller that was not necessary, but he wouldn’t accept that, he told me they wanted very much to do this for me. I humbly accepted the invitation and with that phone call, my wintertime blues suddenly disappeared. The next day I picked up a few of the residents at the mission and we went to a local restau-rant, had lunch together and shared a moving discussion. The men thanked me for cooking and serv-ing breakfast and asked that I thank all the fine folks from United Methodist Temple. They especially wanted to thank “the family”, who are Don and Jan Wrin’s family, for coming every Friday as well. They have noticed the family comes every Friday morning even if it is below zero outside and they re-ally enjoy seeing the little boy that is part of the family who is always smiling and happy. They said it is so great to be served by smiling faces and receiving a warm, tasty meal. The men told me it means so much to them and that they look forward to Fridays for the wonderful food and kind people who prepare and serve that food. One of the men at the lunch told me he usually does not go to the chapel after breakfast but he heard Pastor Drane speak a few weeks ago and now he looks forward to chapel on Fridays. The men want to thank Pastor Drane and his wife for coming and being part of Friday mornings. They have been impressed that the pastor and his wife help prepare many of the breakfast meals.
After our meal the men paid for the lunch and again said they wished they had enough money
to take everyone from Temple out for a meal. I promised them I would relay their message to the
church members and this is the purpose of my letter. For those who do not know, the United Method-
ist Temple Men started this Breakfast on Friday at the mission and have paid and prepared the meal in
November and December. Don and Jan Wrin, along with their family, and I mean their entire family
including young Tanner, took over in January. They purchased, prepared and served the breakfast for
the month. The men at our lunch mentioned how nice it is to see a family together, cooking and serv-
ing a meal. I believe most of the men at the mission miss their families or wish they had a family to
share the simple things in life, like making breakfast. Many different organizations and individuals do-
nate money to the mission or help serve the meals, but the fact we crack the eggs ourselves, we make
them pancakes on the stove and are not serving them pre-cooked meals, that we serve them with a
warm welcome and a smile make a huge difference in the residents’ lives.
I hope I have kept my promise to the men and have said a proper thank you to the members
of United Methodist Temple. I am proud of my church and my church family. I hope we can continue
with the Friday Morning Breakfast at the mission. Jesus said that whoever does something for the
least does something for me.
God bless you all. Brad Kesler
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Our Church Family
March Birthdays
3/1 Jeri Altvater
3/3 Jill Kuckewich
3/3 Fern VanAllen
3/5 Josh Rubeck
3/6 Bonnie Tincher
3/8 Don Hamrick
3/10 Jessie Gilbreath
3/10 George Bakker
3/12 David Eisenman
3/17 Aaron Bonar
3/17 Pat Price
3/26 Phil Rogers
Anniversaries
We apologize if we’ve left off your birthday or anniversary. Please contact the
church office and we will be happy to include it in the future.
This is a new page about Our Church Family. Please help make it complete by sub-
mitting information, prayer updates and requests to the office for the next month by
the 3rd Sunday of the current month.
Prayer Requests and
Updates
This is a spot for listing items needed to enhance our ministries and services. If you see a need that is not in our budget, we can add it to the list so all can be on the lookout.
Additional freezer for kitchen area Welcome Center Kiosk Individually wrapped candy for Easter Egg Hunt ?
Preschool Graduation took place on May 22, 2014. The sanctuary was filled with proud parents and grandparents celebrating a terrific year. The children sang songs and we watched a slide show. Soon the graduates were announced and I read off their names and what each one planned to be as an adult. We had many ideas, everything from Sam wanting to be a paleontologist (dinosaur expert) to Maggie wanted to be a princess fairy. Thank you to Jill, who accompanied us on the piano and led us in prayer. The happy, but somewhat teary, crowd enjoyed refresh-ments in fellowship hall afterwards. It is amazing to think how quickly our school year passed. Each year I am sad to see some of stu-dents heading off to Kindergarten, but I know they are ready to go and they will do well. It seems just yesterday these four and five year olds were just little two year olds arriving for the first time. How quickly they change and become so grown up! This summer we have a large group of kids enjoying Summer Mom's Day Out on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Several of our teachers are leading the kids through fun activities and enjoying the playground.
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Lenten Devotions will be emailed daily. If you are not on our email list and would like to be, please call the church office.
April 2, 2015—Maundy Thursday Worship. 5:30-7:00 pm. This is a self-paced Worship experience. You may move through three stations at your own pace:
Contemplation and Meditation Communion Prayer
April 3, 2015—Good Friday Service at 6:30 pm April 5, 2015—Easter Sunday Worship Services at 8:45 am and 11:00 am. Sunday School at 10:00 am.
Here are some ways you can Serve! Most can be done
in less than two hours and are ongoing needs. If you
can help, please call the office!
Volunteers to help with Easter Egg Hunt
Cooks for Wednesday Night Live!
Offering Counters (Immediate Need!)
Straighten and Prepare the Sanctuary; replace envelopes and cards (can be done during the week)
Ushers—Sunday Morning and Special Services
Greeters—Sunday Morning and Special Services
Help with Wednesday Night Live!
Shampoo section of carpet
Wash some windows
Fold and stuff Bulletins
AV/Tech Help for Sunday and Special Events
Sing in Choir
Play Bells
Help in Nursery
Help with Kid’s Own Worship
Communion Preparation—First Sunday
Weed flower beds
Trim Hedges
Clean Pews
Watch this space for other areas and special projects needing assistance! Team Leaders and Ministry Leaders—if your group or ministry needs help/volunteers, make
sure and contact Margaret and get your needs listed in the monthly newsletter.
4 9:30 AM TPS--Time with Pastor 5:45 PM Wednesday Night Live
5 9:30 AM TPS--Time with Pastor 10:00 AM Quilting 4:00 PM Signing for the Savior 6:00 PM Temple Bells Rehearsal 7:00 PM Aikido 7:15 PM Chancel Choir Practice
6 10:00 AM Yoga 12:30 PM Senior Connection
7 8:00 AM UMM Lenten Breakfast at UMT 10:30 AM Women's Self Defense Class--Aikido
8 Daylight Savings Time begins 8:45 AM Service 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Service
9 9:00 AM West District Meeting at UMT 12:15 PM Celebrate Recovery 7:30 PM Holy Yoga
10 4:30 PM Yoga 7:00 PM Aikido
11 10:00 AM West Dis-trict Operational Team 12:00 PM UMW Luncheon 5:45 PM Wednesday Night Live
12 10:00 AM Quilting 4:00 PM Signing for the Savior 5:00 PM Girl Scout Troop 2203 6:00 PM Temple Bells Rehearsal 7:00 PM Aikido 7:15 PM Chancel Choir Practice
13 10:00 AM Yoga
14 8:00 AM UMM Lenten Breakfast at Mt. Pleasant 8:00 AM United Methodist Men
15 8:45 AM Service 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Service
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