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Volume 4, Issue 1 March 2015
The Friendly Flyer Ac k e r m a n v i l l e U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h
INSIDE:
VBS 2
B.L.A.S.T. 2
Community Org. 2
Anniversaries 3
Birthdays 3
SB Medical Center 3
Ushers 3
Calendar 4
B.L.A.S.T. 5
Prayer Chain 6
Easter Cantata 7
Acolyte 8
Junior Church 8
Liturgists 8
Upper Rooms 8
From the Pastor’s Desk ~
I find myself amazed that Ash Wednesday is just eight days away. I doesn’t seem that
Christmas was all that long ago. I still have decorations about my house. That’s mostly because I
haven’t wanted to trudge through the snow to get the boxes out of the storage room. I guess all of
this snow has caused me to want to burrow in and not pay attention to the passage of time.
The coming of Ash Wednesday means that the season of Lent is upon us. The season of
Lent has its origins in the very early church. Since many new converts to Christianity were
baptized on the eve of Easter or Easter Sunday it was thought that a formal period of preparation
was needed. (The period of Lent is modeled after Jesus’ 40 days in the desert after his baptism in
the Jordan.) It was during this time that new converts were instructed in the faith and traditions of
the church. It was also a time when believers that had been separated from the community
because of sin(s) went through a period of penance so to be enabled to rejoin the community on
Easter. All of this has led to the season we know as Lent.
So how do we spend Lent? Do we give up chocolate for forty days so we can over indulge
on chocolate Easter bunnies later? Do we fast from TV, Facebook or electronic games? The
answer to this question is as individual as we each are. But if Lent is a season for preparation and
penance maybe it would be a good idea to decide what sort of preparation or penance was most
needed in our own lives. Is there some place that God has been trying to get our attention? Have
we been called to a particular task? Maybe this would be a good time to look at whatever God has
been doing in our lives that we have so diligently been ignoring.
In other words instead of giving up something for Lent, how about if we take up something
instead? Might it be that God is calling us to begin or strengthen a devotional time in your life?
Maybe God wants us to volunteer somewhere in the community? There are countless people we
meet every day that need a kind word or gesture. What if we spent the next 40 days being
deliberately kind and caring to everyone we meet in a day? How about
saying, “God bless you.” to the grocery story checker or the sales clerk in the
store? Maybe a full bag of groceries for the food bank every time you come
to church is a way to strengthen you on your journey. How about letting the
person behind you get in front of you in the grocery store checkout line -
every time you go.
Lent is not so much about giving up as giving in – giving in to the will
and direction of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It’s about learning to let our faith
be first in our life not last. It’s putting our trust in God who loved us enough to
send His son to die for us that we would have eternal life. It’s about living into
the hope and the promise that gift gives to us. Lent is not about deprivation
it’s about inspiration and hope and blessings. May Lent be holy.
In Christ’s love,
Pastor Alice Ann
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Bowls, Plates, and Containers, Oh My!
If you brought in any cookies,
desserts, or food to the church in the past year, we thank you; but there's a good chance your bowl,
plate, tray, or cake or cookie container are still in the church kitchen.
Please have a look around and claim what's yours.
Thanks!
Volunteers Needed for VBS Planning Committee
A planning meeting was scheduled for March 1, for
Vacation Bible School. We are planning to do the
“Group’s EVEREST VBS”, which is from a different
publisher than we’ve been using for the past several
years. We are very excited to try something new!
Please consider helping with 2015 VBS.
Please watch for more information in future bulletins
or newsletters.
“Community Organizations”
Slater Family Network The Slater Family Network Foundation is a non-profit
family center. Our service is free and confidential for all
residents of the Bangor Area School District. We provide
resources, referrals, advocacy, and programs. Slater Family
Network is grant, community, and school district funded.
Resources for food - on site Emergency Food pantry;
Clothing - on site Clothes Closet Assistance; housing
Assistance, employment assistance, health insurance, free
dental care for adults and children, Free Mental Health
Counseling for adults and children, Free Vision Care for
children, School supplies, Holiday Meals and Gifts and much
more. Call our office at 610-599-7019. The office is located in a
modular building behind DeFranco Elementary School. Park
in the small lot between Five Points and DeFranco. Access
to Slater Family Network is direct from the parking lot. Our
hours are Monday-Friday from 8 am-2 p.m. Summer hours
vary, Please call.
A Clean Slate (cleanslatebangor.org) A Clean Slate’s mission is to provide recovery resources
and referrals to the Slate Belt community The center
welcomes all men, women, and teenagers who in anyway
have been affected by the disease of addiction.
The staff at the Clean Slate are knowledgeable about recovery and can assist people in finding treatment programs
and/or services appropriate to their needs. A Clean Slate
does not offer any counseling services and is not a treatment
program. The Center has a variety of
recovery and self-help material for
individuals seeking help, family
members seeking help or those that are
in a recovery process to help sustain
their own recovery.
A Clean Slate will also be providing a
computer lab and business resources for
the recovering community to help with resume building, job searching, letter
writing, attending an online 12-step
meeting, completing medical assistance
applications and other recovery-related
services.
Summer Camp
You know summer
camp is a special place for
children and youth to
connect with God's creation and deepen their
relationship with Jesus
Christ. We now have summer camp brochures
for all those who are
interested. Brochures will
be in the narthex. Please help yourself!
Please, Keep up your weekly giving The winter weather has not been
kind to our worship schedule. And even
though we haven’t been gathering
together, the need for your gifts continues. Please endeavor to keep
your weekly giving up to date. Thank
you so much for your faithfulness to
AUMC. It is greatly appreciated.
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Postage Stamps
Birthday cards to be sent out
1 Walter Hopstetter 2 Carter Davis 3 Christopher Hopstetter 4 Cheryl Grubb 9 Kara-Mia Kurtz 10 Zaden Lutz Justin Bauder 12 Peter Nell Ruth Hahn 13 Justin Ott 15 Kermit LaBar 17 Wade Traviss Jean Ackerman
19 Bruce Ott 20 Pastor Alice Ann Victoria Castle 21 Linda Pasko 22 Bernice Bettini 23 David Stockman 26 Greg Martin 28 Evan Johnson
March Birthdays
22 Viola & Jack Davies
24 Donna & Bill Bright
E-Mail Change: [email protected]
Phone: 610-588-8235
Publicity If you have an event that
you would like publicized,
please contact Holly
Sussick.
March Anniversaries
Keep Them Coming Ink Cartridges
Weis Receipts
Campbells Soup Labels
Box Tops for Education
Old Prescription Glasses
Greeters & Ushers March 1 Bill & Matt Bright
March 8 Kay Young & Maci Herman
March 15 Bonnie & Jim Commins
March 22 Dora Greenleaf & Bernice Bettini
March 28 Janet Crafa & Shelly Lees
Forbidden fruits create many jams.
"Let's Start Sponsoring Flowers and Bulletins Again"
2015 Flower and Bulletin sponsorship charts are now in the narthex. Sponsoring altar flowers is a simple way to glorify
God and beautify the altar. They can be placed in honor of
someone, in memory of someone, in celebration of a
birthday, anniversary, or other milestone, or just to give
thanks for God's blessings. Your sponsorship and dedication
will be printed in the bulletin for that Sunday. The same
goes for sponsoring bulletins.
The cost for sponsoring altar flowers is $40 (quoted
recently by Albanese Florist) and the cost for sponsoring
bulletins is $10. Please consider signing up. First, write
your name and dedication on the chart. Second, if
sponsoring flowers, call Albanese Florist (610-588-0441) or J.C. Bloom Designs (610-588-3855) and place an order with
them under the Ackermanville UMC account. Third, place
the cost of flowers (or bulletins) in the offering plate on
Sunday in a separate envelope, designating that it is for the
cost of the flowers or bulletins. Thank you.
March Counters
March 1 Barry Young & Terri Brescancine
March 8 Barry Young & Bonnie Commins
March 15 Barry Young & Bonnie Commins
March 22 Barry Young & Bonnie Commins
March 29 Barry Young & Bonnie Commins
Slate Belt Medical Center
First Sunday of Each Month at 2:15 PM
Come Join Us If You Can!!!
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 Sunday School 9:00
Worship 10:00 Cantata Practice 11:15 SB Nursing 2:15
2 Office Hours
9 am-Noon
3 4 Office Hours 9 am-noon
Scouts 6:30-7:30
Choir 7:30
5 Office Hours 9am-Noon
Disciple Bible Study
7:30-8:45
6 7 Tools For Ministry
Asbury Church
8 Time Change SPRING UP Sunday School 9:00 Worship 10:00 Cantata Practice 11:15
9 Office Hours
9 am-Noon
10
11 Office Hours 9 am-noon
Scouts 6:30-7:30
Choir 7:30
12 Office Hours
9am-noon
Crafty Crew 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Disciple Bible Study
7:30-8:45
13
14 Men’s Breakfast at
TK’s 7:00 am
15Sunday School 9:00
Worship 10:00 Cantata Practice 11:15 Community Meal 4 pm BLAST
16 Office Hours
9 am-Noon
Newsletter Articles Due
17
18 Office Hours 9am-Noon
19 Office Hours 9:00 am-Noon
Disciple Bible Study
7:30-8:45
20
21
22 Sunday School 9:00
Worship 10:00
Cantata Practice 11:15
23 Office Hours
9 am-Noon
24
25 Office Hours 9am-Noon
Scouts 6:30-7:30
Choir 7:30
26 Office Hours 9am-Noon
Disciple Bible Study
7:30-8:45
27
28
29 Sunday School 9:00
Worship 10:00
Cantata Practice 11:15
30 Office Hours
9 am-Noon
31
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March 2015
Office Hours - Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings 9am – noon unless I am taken out of the office by meetings or emergencies.
Please note that Friday is Pastor Alice Ann’s Sabbath day. She will return all non-urgent contacts on the next business day.
For an emergency on Friday, please call the parsonage phone number 610-452-2699 and she will get back to you as soon as possible.
Deadline for “Friendly Flyer” is March 16, 2015 Please submit all articles and news to Joan at
[email protected] or by handwriting them and placing them in the office mail bin.
Bulletin Information
Weekly announcements for the worship bulletin
can be sent to Lauranette at [email protected].
Thank You!!!!
Ackermanville United Methodist Church
Mission Statement
Growing in Faith by Sharing God’s Love.
LIKE US on Facebook!
Crafty Crew News The Crafty Crew will now meet the second Thursday of
each month in Young Hall from 2 pm to 4 pm beginning
March 12, 2015.
We are extending an invitation to any one who would
like to join us. Bring your favorite project to work on and
join the fun!
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Thirteen Different Soups!!!
Thank you to everyone who supported our very successful "Soup Bowl Saturday". Due to your generosity
in donating soups, items and services for auction, and bidding, BLAST was able to make sizable contributions
to the Congo Mission, and to the Portland Food Pantry (PUMP). BLAST would especially like to say "Thank
You!" to the following businesses for their generous donations:
Subway of Wind Gap Subway of Pen Argyl
Bono Pizza of Pen Argyl Three Brother's Pizza and Restaurant
Albanese Flowers and Plants Capitol Ace Hardware
Mr. Pastie Bakery Pies to Die For Cafe
Tolino's Fuel Johnnie's Restaurant and Pizza
Lane's Auto Repair Old Mill Family Restaurant
East Coast Touring Co. Detzi's Tavern
J-Nails Reagle Dodge Passion Nails
Giant Food Store of Wind Gap Pen Argyl Pizza
Thanks again to everyone for making this
another successful mission fundraiser.
B.L.A.S.T.
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Prayer Chain We are blessed here at AUMC with a prayer chain. You can submit prayer requests through Pastor Alice Ann and receive prayer requests through email or phone. If you are not a part of the prayer chain and would like
to be, please contact Pastor Alice Ann for the email portion and Janice Roberts for the phone portion.
Prayer List Please help us keep the prayer list, printed in the
bulletin, up to date. If you would like someone to go on the prayer list, or
removed from it, please use a prayer request card found in the pews or email the church at [email protected].
Thank You
"If it Snows!!" 1. Check your email
and/or phone/voice mail to
see if Sunday School and
Worship or your event is
cancelled or postponed.
2. While you're
s h o v e l i n g s n o w a t
home, remember, the church
needs volunteers also, to
shovel the walks and
steps. If you are able, please come down to the
church to shovel. Thank you.
If you have any concerns about coming to
worship, then please stay home. Coming to worship is
not worth a dented fender or a broken bone.
“If it Snows!!
NEW INFORMATION!!!
(effective approximately February 2)
Now, if you suspect that worship, a meeting, or a church event may be postponed or cancelled, you can go to: www.wfmz.com and then click on "Storm Center Delays and Closings." If we have a closing it will appear here on their website. It may or may not also appear on TV, on Channel 69, so it's best to check the website instead.
Writer’s Wanted!! The newsletter is always looking for article
contributions. Please consider writing an article or articles
about anything church-related. Perhaps there's someone you
think should be thanked. Perhaps you'd like to write
something about an event we just had or an event coming up
in the near future. Have you read a good Christian book or
seen a good Christian movie lately? Write a summary or a
review. Maybe you have fond memories of your church
when you were growing up, especially if they are of
Ackermanville Church. Write them down and submit
them! Perhaps you have a vision for the future of our
church. Write an article about it. Perhaps many people have
asked you for a certain recipe? If there's anything else you'd like to share, go ahead and write it down and submit it. We
can all be contributors and editors of the
newsletter!! Submissions may be handed to Pastor Alice
Ann or Lauranette Grubb; or you can email them to:
**All articles/submissions are subject to pastoral approval**
Thank You!
Northeast District
Tools for Ministry
Asbury Church - A United Methodist Community
1533 Springhouse Road, Allentown, PA 18104 www.asburylv.org
March 7, 2015
Snow Date: APRIL 25
“Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ
has welcomed you, for the glory of God”
Romans 15:7
Standard Registration: $10 before Feb. 22 Registration Feb. 22-Feb. 28 $12
Late Registration after Feb. 28: $15
Registration 8:30-8:55 - Worship 9:00-9:30 Morning Workshops 9:40-11:40 - Lunch 11:50-12:50
Afternoon Workshops 1:00-3:00 Morning Workshops: Recognizing Addiction in the Faith Family and Community The Church As God’s Sacred Garden for Children From Friendly to Radically Hospitable: What that Means for your Church Calling All Youth (youth in 6-12 grades)
Afternoon Workshops: Providing Ministry for All Older Adults
“in”tentional Accessibility Safe Sanctuaries: The Impact of the New PA Law for Your Church
Faith in Action for Youth (youth in 6-12 grades)
Register at: https://epaumc.smarteventscom/public/events/ne-district-tools-for-ministry
For questions / Information
contact Sheila Milz at [email protected] or call 610.395.6661
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Thanks to
Our volunteer snow shovelers and removers: Dan & Suzanne Hawes, Jeff Sandercock, and Dave Jones.
Sandy Collins for her generous donation of copy paper to the church office.
Bonnie Commins for filling in as secretary during Lauranette's recuperation.
All our soup makers, merchandise donators, and helpers for Soup Bowl Saturday.
Thanks to all our congregation. Every thing you do makes a difference!
Lenten Lunches The Lenten Lunches, sponsored by the Slate
Belt United Methodist Cluster and will be held at, the Trinity Lutheran Church, 404 Broadway, Bangor, PA: February 24 - East Bangor UMC March 3 - First UMC March 10 - TBD March 17 - Richmond UMC March 24 - Ackermanville UMC
The meal starts at 12:00 Noon followed by a
devotion. All will be finished by 1:00 pm.
Cantata Singers Wanted!
This Easter (April 5th)
our Cantata Choir will present
"Come, Touch the Robe" by Pepper Choplin. We did this
cantata 5 years ago, and were
so moved that we couldn't
wait any longer to present it again. This work uses the simple garment Jesus wore as a thematic device to
recount the interaction of several people who were with
Jesus during His last days on earth. This cantata allows us to experience the healing, the glory, and the power
of Christ, and rejoice in the stirring celebration of the
resurrection of the Lamb of God. Rehearsals began on February 22nd, cantata
rehearsals will be held every Sunday after worship, and
every Wednesday evening at 7:45 pm. Everyone is
invited to join the choir; for the whole year, or just for the cantata. There are plenty of cantata
books! Rehearsal CD's are also available for practicing
at home. Please join us!
Dear Friends, My "thank you" seems so small
compared to all you've done for me,
but it comes from the heart. Thank you for all the
prayers, concerns, cards, and visits--all deeply
appreciated.
Kay Nell
To my Ackermanville
UM Church family,
Thank you so much for your cards, and your
continuing help, thoughts, and prayers during my
recovery from my accident. I am so thankful for
my church family and your kindness and
generosity. God bless all of you.
Lauranette Grubb
Thank You
On Sunday,
February 1st,
we honored
Jack Davies
(as he retires
from choir)
for his many,
many years
of service to
the church,
especially as Sunday School Orchestra leader, Church
Choir director, and choir member. His musical gifts
added a great deal to the quality and enjoyment of
worship in this church. “Thank you Jack for your
dedication, and hard work. "
In Honor of Jack Davies
Praise the Lord for the Disciples of AUMC! We have now had many months of successful ministry thru our Free Community Care Meals! We are slowly building our client base and are seeing familiar faces each month.
Thank you to all who have prepared side dishes, salads and baked desserts. We couldn’t do it without you!!!
The Community Care Committee
Join us on the web at: www.ackermanvilleumc.org
Ackermanville United Methodist Church 1410 Ackermanville Road Bangor PA 18013
The Rev. Alice Ann Bonham
Church Phone: 610-588-7818
Parsonage Phone: 610-452-2699
www.ackermanvilleumc.org
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Acolytes Junior Church Liturgists
March 1 Porter Sussick Angela Colino / Maci Donna Bright
March 8 Maci Herman Tonia Overfield / Aubrey Lauranette Grubb
March 15 Mia Herman Suzanne Hawes / Sarah Pete Nell
March 22 Aubrey Tarr Amy White / Hailey Sharon Herman
March 29 Khloe Overfield Holly Sussick / Grace Jeff Sandercock
Please let Pastor Alice Ann know if you
or a loved one is in the hospital. She
would love to support you and your family
with a visit. She depends on you to share
the information of which hospital the loved
one is in. Please also let Pastor Alice Ann know of any
other pastoral needs. She is available in the Church
Office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9am-
noon. The church phone number is 610-588-7818.
You can reach her by email: [email protected].
The parsonage number is 610-452-2699 for pastoral
emergencies. If you do not reach her, please leave a
message. Thank you!
Please don’t forget those in need
of our prayers.
We will have an updated list in
the bulletins each Sunday.
Remember our members in Nursing Homes or
Assisted Living Facilities
Ernest Bartholomew, Rm 135, 4100 Freemansburg Ave., Easton, PA 18045
Bernice Bettini
Walden III, Unit 122, 325 N. Broadway, Wind Gap, PA 18091
Elsie Houck
c/o Chandler Estates, Apartment 3A 1569 Teels Rd., Pen Argyl, PA 18072
Evelyn Jennings Apt. 414B
175 W. North Street, Nazareth, PA 18064 Marilyn Osborne
c/o Whitehall Manor 1177 N. 6th Street, Whitehall, PA 18052
Clara Schweitzer
Gracedale 2 Gracedale Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064
Slate Belt Nursing and Rehabilitation On the first Sunday of the month, we offer worship at
Slate Belt Nursing and Rehabilitation at 2:15pm. We
have been blessed by getting to know folks and develop
relationships with them. Consider joining us to share
the love of Christ with the folks at Slate Belt.
During worship, we have BLAST bags available
for children in the sanctuary. These bags are
changed regularly and coordinate with the
sermon series. Please help your children see the
connections!
“The March/April Upper Rooms are now
available in the narthex. There are also large print
Upper Rooms available.”