September 2013 Newsletter the Vine

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Just as a branch separated rom its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any ruit,

so we are helpless when we are not connected to Jesus, the source o our hope and salvation.

- John 15:5

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Monthly Newsletter of Ithaca and Beebe United Methodist ChurchesSeptember 2013 Edition

Dear Church Family,

I know in my heart that you are a giving church body. In the past you have beenvery gracious and generous in your giving toward special requests and projects.When the roo needed repairing, you came through. When the education wingneeded upgrading, you came through. Other projects you have given to helpcomplete include the youths basement project and most recently the youthsmission trip. You came through.

As your Finance Chairman, I have been conronted with a situation which I eelcalls or the creation o this special request. Our roo is leaking, uh, er . . . no . . .We need to re-do some wing o the church, er, uh, . . . well, yes but not right now. . . wait, I got it, I want to take a mission trip to, er . . . well I would like to, but Godwill decide when I do that.

Hmmm, you say, what is your special request then? Well, our nancial roo hassprung a leak . . . the wings have allen o our balance sheet . . . and my missionnow is to ask you to help once again.

The summer has been brutal on our General Fund. We have paid up our MinistryShares and Conerence responsibilities through July. But our General Fund isbehind, in that we owe approximately $12,000 in every day type bills (like utilities,payroll, insurances, materials, supplies, you get the picture).

Our church treasurer, Laura Peet, has done a magnicent job o paying bills ina ashion that covers the most important rst, and then the ones that are closestto being over due. (Actually, some are already over due.) We are trying diligentlyto reduce waste, become more ecient, and we are trying our best to be costconscientious across the board.

With your help, I know we can master this special request. Please pray, then ollowwhat the Holy Spirit leads you to do. We need to seriously consider this nancialappeal so that we can continue to carry out the ministries o the Ithaca UnitedMethodist Church.

Thank you.

Sincerely,Donn GatesIthaca United Methodist Church - Finance Chairman

Dear God,

Make me a cheerfulgiver of all my tithesand offerings. I choseto receive all of Yourpromises and blessingsas I am obedient toYour Word.

Help me to rememberthe poor, knowing thatI am lending to Youand You will repay.

Let me give with anattitude of gratitudeand worship. I havenothing without You. Iam blessed to give!

Help me to hear the

exact amount and towhom to give of myofferings. In Jesusname.

Amen.


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PLEASE COME: Dr. Elma Jocson, one o the missionaries

we help to support, will be visiting our church on

Thursday, September 12.

A native o the Philippines, Dr. Jocson was working at the

Tansen Mission Hospital in Nepal as general surgeon and

in obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedics, when we rst

began to support her about eleven years ago. Since then

she took two years o rom her mission assignment to

study pediatric surgery.

Three years ago she returned to mission service at

the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in rural Liberia.

Please come to meet Elma and hear about her

mission experiences in Liberia. Potluck at 6:00 p.m..

Presentation at 7:00 p.m. in the Asbury/Youth Room.

Hope to see you there.

You are invited!

CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events, sponsored by Church World Services and organized by local congregations, tharaise unds and awareness to combat hunger at home and around the world. In the last twenty years, CROP walks have raised morthan $294 million to help people struggling to eed their amilies. Twenty-fve percento the unds raised by CROP Hunger Walksbenet the communities where they take place, by supporting local ood banks, pantries, community gardens and other hunger-

ghting initiatives. The walks are community-based and interaith and have an impact locally and globally.

CROP Hunger Walk participants nd sponsors to pledge a donation to them or walking to help end hunger. I you would like towalk in the CROP walk, please pick up a donation envelop and more inormation rom Carol Merchant.

The CROP Hunger Walk will be on Sunday, October 6 at the Alma Public Library, registration at 1:30, ceremony at 1:45 and walat 2:00. The walking course is three miles long, but you can walk all or as much o it as you like. Rereshments and ellowship willollow the walk in the library.

Please consider walking to help stop hunger and pick up your donation envelop up as soon as possible to start nding your spon-sors. Thank you.

UMCOR Disaster Relie

We have received an appeal romUMCOR (United Methodist Com-mittee on Relie) or help with theirUS Disaster Relie Fund. The undis depleted due to the number oweather related problems lately.

UMCOR has been there to help thedisaster victims o the tornados in

Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma; the wide spread foodingin Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota,and other states; the explosion in West, Texas, and Hurri-cane Sandy continuing recovery.

I you would like to help replenish UMCORs Disaster Fund,please send your donation, payable to

Advance GCFA #901670, to:

Advance GCFAP. O. Box 9068New York, NY 10087-9068

One hundred percent o what you give will go to help thevictims and none to administrative costs.

Crop

HungerWalk


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Ithaca/Beebe Newsletter The Vine - September 20133

Growing in Grace, Sue Silverthorn, Evangelism Facilitator

by Sandra Reeves, Beebe UM

(If you have any news for Beebe Corner, please contact Sandra a t 875-368

Beebe Corner

We place a lot o value on the lives we currently have on this earth, including all ourdreams and goals that are tied to the American Dream.

According to David Platt, author oRadical, we seek saety, security and success; and we determine whether this is happeningor not by i weve achieved more comort, own bigger and better things, and have greater prosperty to do things that we enjoy.And we will spend most o our time, attention and eort seeking these our whole lives.

Yet God has prepared something more glorious or us! He has prepared a growing, intimate relationship with Him, and an ac-tive part in His redeeming plans, plus an eternal lie with Him that is more glorious than we can imagine! God has prepared thisor ALL mankind - each person - through the gracious git o His Son, Jesus Christ, dying or all our sins, i we believe, receive andollow Him (Jesus).

Let me ask you, based on how busy American lives are today, can you t a growing, intimate relationship with Jesus into yourAmerican lie? Are you willing to give up things to grow your relationship with Jesus?

What do you thinkour eternal uture would look like today (heaven or hell) i the rst disciples that Jesus called on told Himno? Or i they said, Sounds interesting, but not now, Im too busy?

Where would we be today i the saints who lived later on had accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and said, Thank youJesus or what you did or me, but did little or nothing to pass the gospel truth on to others?

What would your uture look like i all the people around you thanked Jesus or saving them, but in their busy American livesthey didnt think they had time to tell you?

God had glorious plans or saving you!! And He honored mankind by using people to reach you! He now has placed you, Hisredeemed child, in this position o honor o reaching others who are lost and need Jesus.

God wants more o your time and attention. He has something glorious that He wants to do with you - God and you together!Are you willing to give Him more?

Love the Lord with ALL your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbor as yoursel. (Matt. 22:37-39)

Come September 1st, there will be 22 days let in summer.

September 12th, is the National Day o Encouragement. Lets be an encourager to someone.September has ve Sundays and we oer ministry to the residents at Schneps. That will beSeptember 29th at 3 p.m. We encourage members rom Beebe and Ithaca to join togetherin this ellowship and worship.

September birthdays to remember are: Jerry Hamm on the 7th, address 601 N. Union St. IthacaLucy Priskasky on the 18th, address 3690 N Union Rd, Alma 4881Kay and Dick Edgar have an anniversary on the 23rdMarian Schleder s on the 28th, shell be 95, cards may be sent to 2386 E. Polk Rd, IthacaDick Edgar on the 30th, address 2377 N. Baldwin Rd, Ithaca.

Beebe services begin at 9:00 a.m. and we welcome guests at any time. Our churchis located at the corner o North Baldwin and East Tyler Roads.

September Greetings rom Beebe UMC


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Adult Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. in the Wesley Room

K-5 Sunday School - 10:30 am. Downstairs in the Asbury Room

September 1 - The Church has left the building. Prayer walksthrougout the city and community service projects.

September 12 - BINS UMW, 1:00 p.m. at Ithaca UMC.

September 12 - Dr. Elma Jocson, missionary in Liberia here.Potluck 6:30, presentation 7:00 p.m.

September 15 - Leadership Team 1:30, Ad Board ollows.All members are highly encouraged to attend.

September 15 -Youth Kick-Of(6 - 12 grade) 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. atHubschers Park.

Youth Kick-Of is September 8th at Hubcshers Park

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

September 15, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in The Basement be-gins new lessons rom YM360. Our rst three weeks wewill be looking at Gods Love. A parent meeting will beheld September 15 at 4:30 p.m. in the sancuary beorethe Youth Group meeting.

October 6th is Seek and Destroyat Nancy O Boyles.Meeting time 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Come join us!

Hello Friends and Partners in Ministry,

In my last newsletter I shared that there were some stachanges taking place. The most recent change is that as oSunday I am now the new lead minister at His House-CMU!Im humbled by my new position and excited or the opportu-nity to lead His House. Please be praying or me to lead withwisdom, compassion, and courage.

Thank you all or your support and prayers! They are greatlyappreciated and needed. Thousands o students arrived inMt. Pleasant today and we are looking or ways to minister tothem.

Joyully serving Christ!Josh ChanSenior MinisterHis House Christian Fellowship - CMU

Pre K - 5th Grade Sunday School

Sunday, September 8th, we ask that Pre K - 5th graders go tothe Sanctuary (10:30 a.m.) and at the beginning o the servicethey will be called up ront or the Childrens Message. Ater theChildrens Message they will be directed to the Education Wingwhere they will meet with Steve Foster and June Husted in theMovie Room or a brie opening and then they will go to theirrespective classrooms.

Parents/grandparents are reminded to pick up the childrenimmediately ollowing service.

Ater this Sunday, the children can be taken directly to theeducation wing or Sunday School (10:30 a.m.).The schedulewill remain the same as last year with the rst three Sundayso the month in the childs regular classroom where a team oteachers will rotate or each grade level. All ourth Sundays willbe Music/Bells with Sue Bates, Vicki Parling and Gwen Beckerin the education wing. On the 5th Sundays, the children willhave Shake-it-up-Caf and will meet with Karen Weller, BarbSavage and Gwen Becker in the kitchen.

We want to thankthe Teaching Teams who gave up a Sundaythis summer to teach the children downstairs in a coolerlocation with a little dierent ormat. Having the space set up

or Sunday school centers helped to accommodate the dierentage-levels while we had them all together this summer.

A BIG THANK YOU to those who did this very importantministry. They are: Mary Hall, Kathy Wilson, Sue Silverthorn,Kathleen Silvers, Steve Foster, Mary Williams and Sue Knowles,Karen Weller and Faith Costen, Deana Schaer, Vicki Parling,Becky Hartman and Autumn Morris, Keith and Donnalea Chan,June Husted, and Gwen Becker.

FORTRESS 56DATES or 2013-2014:October 25, 2013; January 24, March 14, and May 30, 2014

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