FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH “LOVING GOD, SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS”

Phone: 419-447-6748 Email: office@tiffinfaith.org Website: tiffinfaith.org

Dear Friends, “I thank my God

whenever I think of you, and every

time I pray for you all, I always

pray with joy for your partnership in the gospel

from the very first day up to the present.” Those

words from Philippians 1 capture my thoughts

today as I think about Faith Congregation.

We are partners in carrying the Word of God into

our Community – in living out God’s grace.

What a joy it was to celebrate World Wide

Communion last month, with scripture being read

in both Japanese, and Hindi – by members of our

congregation. Reminding us that we are connected

to brothers and sisters around the world through our

faith in Christ.

What joy to celebrate the new ministry of The

Landing that is now underway – reaching out to

teenagers in our community – sharing God’s love

and hope. What enthusiasm and sweet smiles the

Children’s Bell choir brought to us yesterday in

worship as Donna Perrine directed them. The adult

hand chime choir is practicing and soon will be

enhancing worship as well.

Beyond our walls – later in the newsletter you will

read an update from Meredith Glover – currently in

Germany preparing for her mission into India, and

an article from Megan Briggs sharing of her mission

trip to Africa in June, and her plans to enter into the

Peace Corps. How exciting! You have been a part

of preparing these young women to carry God’s

work into the far reaches of the world. Thanks be to

God for your faithfulness in caring for their spiritual

formation.

And the work goes on. We are a church blessed

with young families and the sounds of children in

worship must fall as a sweet offering upon God’s

ears! Praise God for those of you who tirelessly

give of your time and energy to have a positive

impact on our young people!

And the work goes on. We are a church blessed

with those in the second half of life who can offer

wisdom and encouragement as well as hands on

help to make a difference in our community of faith

and beyond! Faithful workers who have realized

that the only retirement plan God offers is when we

cross through those pearly gates.

And the work goes on as together, young and old,

experienced and novice we work together to

become the congregation God sees us as being.

I hope you will come and be a part of our serving

the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

Leaning into the Future with Hope,

Rev. Donna

November Worship

Nov. 4 Sermon Saints in the Making

Scriptures Revelation 21:1-6a

John 11:32-44

Nov. 11 Sermon Taking our Place

Scriptures Mark 12:38-44

Hebrews 9:24-28

Nov. 18 Sermon Redirecting our Praise

Scriptures Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25

Mark 13:1-8

Nov. 25 Sermon King Me

Scriptures Revelation 1:4b-8

John 18:33-37

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Muggers Needed! The Connect Team is still looking for “Muggers.”

We need “muggers” to take mugs filled with small

gifts to the homes of visitors.

Requirements for Muggers: 1) Available Monday or Tuesday to go to

visitor's home.

2) Knock on door. Thank them for

worshiping with us.

3) Mug 'em - give them one of our mugs

4) This can be done in 5 minutes or less at

their door.

Muggers please sign up on the bulletin insert and

place it in the offering plate. Thanks!

We don't want to inconvenience anyone -

just thank them in person for worshiping with us -

of course if they have questions about church, we

would hope the muggers would answer them or let

Rev. Donna know of any needs.

Crop Walk

Nov. 4th

1pm starts at First

Presbyterian

Church

5 k walk – approx.. 3.5 miles

We all care about hungry people, but what can one

person do? You can join in the local CROP Hunger

Walk to raise your voice against hunger and raise

funds to help hungry people around the world and

here in our own area.

To register to walk – just pick up pledge envelopes

from the Narthex and start soliciting support for

your walk.

A gift to the Faith Endowment Fund is a

gift that will give forever

Special Praise & Worship Event!

Sponsored by the Starfish Project

of Huron County

4:00pm Sunday, November 4th

Ohio Valley (Youngstown)

Teen Challenge Men's Choir

At Grace United Methodist Church

108 W. Maple St.

Willard, Ohio Come and join us as the men from the Teen

Challenge center in Youngstown share songs and

stories of the transforming power of God's love and

grace that has set them free from addictions and

life-controlling issues. This event is open to the

public- everyone is welcome. A love offering will

be taken for Teen Challenge during this event.

Also, there will be a pot luck meal after the program

for those who wish to stay and have dinner with the

men from Teen Challenge. Tableware, drinks,

sandwiches and dessert will be provided. Just bring

a salad, finger food or side dish. Monetary

donations will be accepted for the Huron County

Starfish Project.

Square Dance

November 3rd

!

6:30 – 8:30pm

The Connect Team is sponsoring a Square Dance

on November 3, 2012 in the Fellowship Hall.

Ralph Kieffer will be the caller.

The Connect Team will serve cold water, apple

cider, and doughnut holes as refreshments.

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Dear Congregation, thank you so much for the

Pastor Appreciation Brunch, all of the cards and

gifts, and especially for the trip to Valley View

Cabin near Salt Fork State Park. Karl and I will

truly cherish that get-a-way when it happens. What

a surprise blessing! Thank you so much!

Dear Faith UMC Members,

St. Paul’s UMC would like to

thank you for your recent donation of

children’s chairs to us from the former

Washington Street UMC Building.

We will certainly put them to good

use in our pre-Kindergarten

Classroom

Blessings, St. Paul’s UMC

Dear Rev. Van Trees,

I would like to take this opportunity to

express my appreciation to you and the Faith

Methodist Church Congregation for affording me

the opportunity of being a part of the Washington

DC Honor Flight. Kudos to the

Honor Guard, the driver’s,

those who prepared the

breakfast, the people who bid

us farewell, and especially the

guides who took care of all our

needs, and the parting prayer.

Thanks again, John Gregory

Dear Friends:

Thank you for your gift of $200

to the Timothy Fund honoring

Bishop John Hopkins.

This fund will provide

scholarship support to

undergraduate students attending UM related

colleges.

With the Timothy Fund important financial support

will be available to students during their final 2

years of undergraduate studies.

Your support is truly affecting the life of the church

and society as a whole through the education and

training of individuals today who will lead

tomorrow.

Thank you for joining us in this worthy endeavor.

Sincerely,

Robert R. Fletcher, President/CEO

UM Higher Education Foundation

Dear Faith,

Thank you for giving me the bible. I will use

it at church and at Sunday School and camp.

From, Ryan Dietrich

Dear Ladies of the United Methodist Women;

On behalf of the staff of

Noble Elementary School, I want

to thank you for helping us this

year by providing us with some

sweatpants.

We occasionally have students

who spill their milk, slide down a

wet slide, or rip their pants. Sometimes we can’t get

hold of a parent to bring in a change of clothes and

it is nice to have clothing here. We appreciate your

donation and thank you for your kindness.

Sincerely, Mrs. Kontak,

Noble 4-5 Elementary School

Thank you!

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Sunday,

November

18th

The Connect Team will again sponsor

Thanksgiving Dinner on November 18, 2012. The

meal will be after the second service. We will cook

the turkeys and make dressing, gravy, and mashed

potatoes.

We are asking for the donation of four (4) fifteen

(15) pound turkeys to be at the church on November

12. Each family or individual is asked to bring their

own table service and a side dish or dessert.

We will be looking for some help. We will need

set-up help during the second service, servers

during the meal, and a clean-up crew. Please watch

the bulletin for opportunities to sign-up to help.

November 18th

after the

Thanksgiving

Dinner!

While some are cleaning

up after dinner, we invite others to help us decorate

the church for Advent and Christmas. With many

hands, the work will go quickly. If we have several

people, the tree will be up in no time and the

decorations around the church will be completed in

a timely fashion. Coordinated by the Celebrate

Team

Thanks to your generosity, over the past year

Sharon Richey has made and donated over 40 lap

robes to residents of nursing homes.

She’s running out of yarn! If you would like to donate

yarn to help her continue

her ministry of knitting,

please bring your

yarn donations to the church. There will be a box in

the Narthex.

Victorian Weekend

We are in need of volunteers to

help us present the Washington

Street Church building for the

Victorian Weekend.

November 30 – December 2

Please sign up through the

bulletin.

Lights Before Christmas

at the Toledo Zoo

The Connect Team will sponsor

a trip to the Toledo Zoo to view

the Lights Before Christmas on

December 4, 2012, Saturday.

We will be leaving the church at 4 pm.

To see the lights you have to pay

the Zoo admission.

Look for opportunities to sign-up.

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The Serve Team would like to

thank everyone who participated

in the Christmas Child Shoe Box

Ministry. We have received over 100 Shoe Boxes

to date. Final totals will be in the December

Newsletter.

Our mission for November will be the Flat Rock

Wish List and the Mitten Tree. We will have tags

on a tree that will have an

item that has been

requested by the residents

at Flat Rock. We are

asking that if you are able

to take at least one and purchase it, we will

appreciate it. Please DO NOT WRAP your gift but

DO include the original tag with the gift so that we

know to whom it is going. As always, thank you

for your generosity.

Help send me to

Africa!

As I am well

into the start of a new

year at Kent State

University, I become

more anxious at what the future will bring. I

am studying to earn my Bachelor's degree in

Public Health with a concentration in

Education and Health Promotion. I will be

graduating next May (2014) and plan on

joining the Peace Corps shortly after. This has

been something I have researched and wanted

to complete for a few years now. I have a

passion for using my skills and abilities to help

others and I believe the Peace Corps will give

me the opportunity to do this. I've been on

several mission trips to Henderson Settlement,

but this is only the start of what I want to

achieve. My next mission: volunteering at an

orphanage in Africa. The organization I will be

traveling through is called International

Volunteer; an organization formed in early

2007 with the aim of making volunteering

possible for everyone through affordable, safe,

high quality projects in developing countries.

There are ample volunteering opportunities;

however, working for an orphanage for one

week was the one I was immediately drawn to.

This is where I could use your help!

With this being my second year in college, I

continue to try and keep up with the financial

burden that is tacked along with it. I put in

much effort to keep my grades up, while still

working two jobs, being on the committee for

my school's chapter of Habitat for Humanity,

as well as partaking in a few other campus

organizations. As I prepare to make a journey

half way around the world, I just ask for a small

amount of generosity to help get me there so I

can offer what I have to help children who may

not have anything. I hope this gives you a little

more information about my aspirations, my

passion for volunteering, and the journey I will

soon be embarking on. I will be speaking soon,

with more information to come on the trip

itself and answer any other questions you may

have!

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Yingling Education

Unit at Faith UMC

When Faith Church came into

being, there was little debate on

what should be done with the

Yingling endowment money

that was part of Washington

Street UMC. It was proposed

that in honor of Charles

Yingling’s dedication to Sunday

school, that its interest be used only on the

education unit of Faith UMC. That proposal was

well received by both the Finance & Vision Teams.

Who was he? Charles J. Yingling was a well

known Superintendent of the Sunday School. He

was active in many ways in the former Methodist

Protestant Church on Market Street, which later

became Washington Street Church. In May 1896

he served as a page at the General Conference of the

M.P. Church in Kansas City, Kansas. There was an

article in the May 21, 1924 Methodist Protestant

paper that described him as: “One of the chief

influences in the up building of the Washington

Street church. He belonged to one of our great

Maryland Methodist Protestant families. Somehow

or other, down this way, we could never think of

Tiffin church without thinking of Brother Yingling.

A man most splendid in character, whom the Lord

blessed with means that he gave unstintedly to the

upbuilding of his church”.

For forty years he presided over the affairs of the

Sunday School as its superintendent. He delighted

in his work. He was ever faithful and loyal and due

to his loving interest in the same, the Sunday School

pursued a steady and progressive course through all

the years.

Not only in the Sunday School, but in the Church,

he played an important part and gave freely and

largely of his means that the church might have

success.

He was the first to give his pledge for the new

church, and this was given in his home when a few

members came together to launch the movement

and pledge themselves for its success.

After his pledge was given, he passed on to that

beautiful land where God had prepared for him a

home. Though departed, he lived – lived on in the

church where for so long he ministered. His

passion for the education of teaching the scriptures

lived on at Washington Street UMC, and now lives

on here at Faith as we honor his life and work by

naming the Education Unit after him.

Bible Study continues on

Tuesday Nights! We Continue Bible Study through

November with a study by

Dr. Mickey Efird

For everything there is a season – This month the

author looks at life not centered on God and the

consequences, as we study Ecclesiastes for three

weeks starting Nov. 6th.

Heidelberg University School of Music

Presents a

Tribute to American Veterans

Heidelberg University-Community Chorus

Dr. Paul Mayhew, Conductor

Heidelberg Symphonic Band

Dr. John Owen, Conductor

Ohio Memorial Chapel Tiffin Development Center

Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12 at 7:00pm

See bulletin board for more details.

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The U.M.W. will be meeting Saturday morning,

November 10 at 10am. Pastor Tress Hodkinson,

Board member and Sami Reamer, Coordinator from

First Step, Fostoria will be special guests/speakers

at the Nov. 10 meeting. First Step is a Healthy

Family Resource Center that deals

with parenting issues, counseling, domestic abuse

and many other family issues.

We invite ALL women of the church to attend this

meeting to hear what great things they are doing in

Seneca (and other counties) to help families in need.

The Sweat Pants for Schools was very successful.

We collected 15 pairs of sweat pants and Krout and

Washington schools were very appreciative of

receiving the pants.

Three of our members went to the Firelands District

meeting at Lorain Lighthouse Church on Oct. 13.

We enjoyed the Sycamore Drama Team's

interpretation of the Old Testament and a

presentation by Cathy Liggett about "Beaded Hope"

program to help girls and women in poor countries

who are forced into prostitution. "Beaded Hope"

gives them the opportunity to make jewelry that is

then sold in the United States that provides them the

chance to break the chains of human slavery and

support themselves.

Pastor Greg Sellers conducted the Installation of

the Firelands District Officers and then told us

about the growth of Lorain Lighthouse Church

since the merger of three Methodist churches in

Lorain three years ago.

Our Thank Offering service will be included in

our meeting on November 10. All women are

invited

The following people have

received our special prayers this

past month

Advent Bible Study Tuesdays, Dec 4, 11, 18

The Art of Christmas Kay Hicks, Fine Arts Department, Terra State CC

A study of Scripture and art as it relates to the

storytelling of Christ’s Birth.

Storytelling through Art was extremely important

during the Middle Ages when the

majority of the population of Europe

was illiterate. We continue to see some

of the best images from that era and the

Renaissance on many of our Christmas

cards. Over time artworks adorned

private chapels and monastery walls.

But we have also been influenced by the tradition

and symbolism in those artworks. We will compare

Scripture to Art (painting, sculpture, and even

architecture) and also study the styles and changes

in art over those centuries through PowerPoint

images.

Military personnel and

their families, our

homebound members,

those in nursing homes

Dolores Agerter

Fred & Sharon Avery

Julia Barger

Steve Brickner

Carol Coleman

Helen Cramer

Carol De Vaughn

Lowell Forbes

Gary Fout

Jan Foy

Betsy Frase

Aaron Gamble

Willie Garcia

John Gregory

Gary Hicks

Joan Hossler

Mike & Robin Hull

Anne Kenworhty

Richard Kisaberth

Keith Klair

Don Link

Larry Messer

Richard Neisler

Michael Perrine

The family of Bill Pryor

Maggie Simmons

Peg Snyder

Laurie Sturtz

Lindsay Vanderveen

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November Birthdays

1-Terri Everhart,

Bruce Morris;

2-Rachel Shoemaker; 3-Joe Rospert, Kelly Sellers;

4-Patti Bardon, Brian Briggs, Bonnie Covert;

6-Mary Ellen Fleure; 7-Deloris Jean Brown,

Torrie Stahl; 8-Jack Schalk, Brian Speicher;

9-Edward Carter, Allen Fuller;

10-Abby Burton; Greg Glover, Karen Henry,

Kimberly Kramer, Mitchell Smith;

11-Alexander Albert; 12-Robert Traunero;

13-James Cook, Jennifer Link;

14-Bryan Huffman, Satoko Kortlandt;

15-Darren Kummerer, Matt Reedy;

16-Steven Abbott, Ascencion Garcia, Peg Spitler,

Morgan Stahl; 18- Karen Kline, Jenica Shrode;

20-Janelle Albert, Dawn Bauer, Nancy Ferguson,

Alisa Gibson, Maris Kiser, Betty Quickle;

21-Carole LeBlanc, Iris Roy;

22-Chuck G. Dundore, Derek Kummerer;

23-Ray Babcock, Nathan Grover;

24-Carolyn Fetzer, Jacke Renninger; 25-Jan Henry,

Duane Hoffert, Michael Madden, Lauren Tusing,

Lindsay Tusing; 27-Jane Houdenshell,

Mike Lemons, Carol Taylor; 29-Kaitlin Kanable,

Kyle Starkey; 30-Jake Everhart, Hailey Perin,

Van Williams

November Anniversaries

7-Ray & Sandy Nutter

9-Glenn & Jean Fixler, Larry & Rachel Rentz;

10-Alvin & Helen Schubert

13-Charles & Dorothy Dundore

15- James & Barbara Trapp

16-Jim & Lois Berger, Mark & Sandy Mesnard

17-Jim & Ledora Melick;

21-David & Linda Main

27-Mark & Micki Tusing

28-Donald & Dianne Feasel, Glenn & Betty

Quickle, Rev. Donna Van Trees & Karl Hankins

29-Jason & Rebel March

31-William & Debra Dawson

Veterans Day

November 11

Worship

We would like to honor our veterans by listing them

in the bulletin on November 11th

.

Please help us have an accurate list by filling out

this form, and dropping it off in the office, or

calling and giving us your information.

Name:

Branch of Service:

Bell in place in North lawn

– In looking for a place to create a

memorial garden around the

bell, the North Lawn

seemed the best spot.

There are currently two trees

placed in memory there, and

the vision is to create landscape

around the bell to include those trees,

possibly have a few benches for seating, and offer

pavers to be placed in memory of loved ones in that

area. A sign capturing the history of the 1871 bell

is also planned for that area.

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This is where I belong!

Youth with a Mission

Report from Meredith Glover

training in Cologne Germany

Sword or Shoe? Sword or Shoe? On Monday our school leaders told us that they had

decided the outreach (missions trip) locations, but

that they wanted us to pray about where God

wanted to send US individually because now we

were OBVIOUSLY pros at hearing God's voice, we

would have two teams. We then had three options:

1. Go down to the basement and they would tell us

the two countries and we could pray that way.

2. Stay in the dining room and they would tell us the

different continents.

3. Go upstairs and they would give us two

symbols representing the countries and we could

pray that way.

Knowing myself, and how much I like to make

decisions, I chose the symbols that way I had to

totally rely on God for the answer.

It was frustrating.

The first night and part of the day I heard a big fat

nothing...

and I was like, "here's the thing God. I can't choose

between two ridiculous symbols on my own"

This went on and on...and then we were in lecture

and the speaker gave a verse from Zephaniah...I

honestly don't even know what the verse was now,

but the book wouldn't get out of my head. So

immediately I sat down in our little nook and read

Zephaniah. Where I came across this verse:

The Lord will be awesome to them when he

destroys all the gods of the earth.

Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them

in their own lands.

You Cushites too, will be slain by my sword.

BAM!! God had called me to the

sword.

I told the leaders, and then after a LONG day of

waiting, they revealed the teams and the country. I

am going to INDIA!!

For those of you who know me, you know this is

what I have been waiting for.

My heart has been heavy for the country of India for

years. Ever since I heard of human trafficking and

read the book Sold I have wanted to go there and

take action. Now I get to.

God is good.

This also means that the fundraising begins. I am

not sure the exact cost of the trip yet, but the cost

started with the visa for India.

A six month visa cost $103

A ten year visa cost $193

I am OBVIOUSLY getting the ten year one because

the job will not be done.

This cost has graciously been covered, and I would

like to thank God for that! I would also ask that you

would all put this trip in your heart and pray about

making a contribution.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

All Saints Day

8:30a TOPS

7p Choir

Practice

7:45a Men’s

Group

Barn Dance

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

All Saints

Sunday

6:30 Praise

Service

6p Serve

Team

7p Celebrate

Teem

4:30p Weight

Watchers

7p Bible

Study

6:30 The

Landing

8:30a TOPS

7p Choir

Practice

7:45a Men’s

Group

10a United Methodist Women

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

6:30 Praise

Service

7p Connect

Team

4:30p Weight

Watchers

7p Bible Study

6:30 The

Landing

8:30a TOPS

7p Choir

Practice

7:45a Men’s

Group

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Church

Thanksgiving

Dinner

Decorating of Church 6:30 Praise Service

4:30p Weight

Watchers

7p Bible

Study

6:30 The

Landing

Office Closed Day after

Thanksgiving

Office Closed

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

B’day &

Anniv. Table

by Depinets

NO Praise

Service

6p Finance

Team

7p Vision Team

4:30p Weight

Watchers

6:30 The

Landing

8:30a TOPS

7p Choir Practice

Victorian

Weekend

Victorian

Weekend

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FAITH UMC

75 N. Sandusky St.

Tiffin, OH 44883

LITURGISTS

8:00am Bonnie Scherger 10:15 Hollie Borer

READERS

Nov 4 John Munn Lois Eisenhard

Nov 11 David Dietrich Jacqueline Schalk

Nov 18 Kim Newman Joan Shobe

Nov 25 Bonnie Scherger Larry Messer

ACOLYTES

Nov 4 Ryan Depinet Abby Glover, Mallory Rife

Nov 11 Josh Briggs Larry & Evan Messer

Nov 18 Ryan Depinet, Josh Briggs Noah & Hannah Borer

Nov 25 David & Kevin Dietrich Ethan Gerding

A/V Operators

Nov 4 Brian & Josh Briggs Bruce Morris

Nov 11 Eric & Ryan Depinet Greg Glover

Nov 18 Kevin & Jonathan O’Millian Greg Glover

Nov 25 Tim Everhart and Josh Briggs Greg Glover

GREETERS AND USHERS

Tim & Terri Everhart Jim & Lois Berger

Ben & Marilee Ladd

NON-PROFIT ORG

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Tiffin, OH 44883