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788 Venetia Road
Venetia, PA 15367
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Wright’s Word Our Mission @ Wright ‘s United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world
Wright’s United Methodist Church February & March 2019
788 Venetia Road Venetia, PA 15367 ~ 724-348-5718 ~ www.wrightsumc.com
Inside this Issue Pg 1Pg 1Pg 1Pg 1… Pastors Article
Pg 2Pg 2Pg 2Pg 2… Tax, Youth Camp, Worship Times, Ash
Wednesday, Birthdays/Anniversary , Steward
Update, Pg 3Pg 3Pg 3Pg 3...Kid Korner, Bible Study, Lenten Services Pg 4Pg 4Pg 4Pg 4...Lay Servant, Lite-
up Night Wrap-up Pg 5Pg 5Pg 5Pg 5...Year End Update, Confirmands, Deeply
Rooted Pg 6Pg 6Pg 6Pg 6...A Valentine’s
Celebration Pg 7/8Pg 7/8Pg 7/8Pg 7/8...Calendar
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I hate change! The word “Hate” is rather strong, but I do not use it lightly! As a Global
learner that is in a constant state of ideas and possibilities, I count on the Analytical style
learners to organize and make sense of life. I count even more on the few routines I do
have, to tether this Macy’s Day balloon to the ground so when those strings are loosened
or broken I have a difficult time. I recognize we need each others variety of gifts and
graces to make the village, family, church successful, so when change occurs it takes a
team to maneuver the rippling effects and to keep the boat steady? Let me mention two
things and you can add your own changes to the list. They changed the day of our gar-
bage pick-up at our home/church from Friday to Wednesday. Seems trivial, but when we
have sometimes up to seven (7) cans of trash and recycling from church activities it takes
preparation and a little effort to gather things together. When you don’t know of the
change and the trash is already on the curb and is not picked up -now it becomes a
health and racoon concern, and the next week there is another three (3) cans when you
haul everything out again only to learn that the time also changed. I called the township
politely to inquire and they sent a truck out to get it and our Wednesday has now be-
come our Friday for trash pickup. Kmart is closed. That was a twice a week stop for me
since we moved to Peters for, I had a long nostalgic history going to Kmart in the com-
munities we have pastored over the last 38 years. I knew where everything was in the
store, familiar with there products and enjoyed conversation with a few of there employ-
ees that are church members at Wrights. The pleasant smell of just walking in the store
and at certain times of the year you could smell the pizza from the café, the rubber from
the winter boots or the glow of a blue light special. I handled the Peters store closing
well, but when they announced the Butler street, my home Kmart closing in January, that
was too much! As kids we used to ride our bikes that mile from home, with baseball
cards cloth pinned to the spokes, down to Kmart buy the latest baseball cards, a sub
sandwich, stop at Grandmas for some fresh squeezed lemonade and ride back home like
an episode out of The Andy Griffith show, those dreams of that lasting forever is closed!
Someone said “The more things change-the more they stay the same” I don’t think that
was Jesus talking their cause when Jesus spoke things changed dramatically. He said
more than once “You’ve heard it said before. But I tell you” , “I haven’t come to abolish
the law but to fulfill it” “You were taught to love your friends but hate your enemies I
tell you, you have to love your neighbor as you love yourself” that’s a real change to the
world view in 1st
century . Organized religion did not maneuver change well in Jesus day,
in fact they killed the messenger of change on a Roman cross on a lonely hill outside the
village on a Friday afternoon but because of that death everything else did change for
the better for everyone whether you liked it or not. I guess now after getting this off my
chest, I’m a little bit better with change. It still is difficult, I don’t like it but I can adapt
and remember with fondness the past, remember that Christ died for me, and remem-
ber we need each other as the body of Christ to prepare with eagerness for the future.
Worship Service
…his worshippers must worship
in spirit and in truth. – John 4:24
Between Wrights and Edwards Chapel we offer three worship
opportunities every weekend:
Sunday @ 9:30 AM – Family Worship at Wrights Children’s church is available following the
Children’s message
Sunday @ 11 AM – Family Wor-
ship at Edwards Chapel children’s church is available following the
Children’s Message.
INVITE SOMEONE TO JOIN US
FOR WORSHIP
January
8 Dave Hummel
Sarah Schafer
19 Lou Kernen, Jr.
20 Dan Lutes
22 Chelsey Leech
24 Jody Simmons
26 Ed Schults
30 Pat Durham
February
7 Cam Waalters
10 Matt Lytle
20 Helen Matyas
27 Robert Leech Sr.
January
26 Jack & Cheryl Gereshenski
February
5 Terry & Kitty Schwarzbach
26 Matthew & Sharon Blasch
March
5 Pastors Ron & Marge Lin-
dahl
9 Pat & Joyce Durham
13 John & Linda Metrovich
2019 Summer Camp information is
now available . To find out more about
what Jumonville offers for your child,
please refer to their website @:
www.jumonville.org. Form for registra-
tion can also be located on the website.
For active members, please have your
$50 non refundable payment checks
made payable to Wrights . All payment
and registration form to be given to
Doreen Franks by April 1st. Forms can
be printed or picked un in Narthex.
If sending more than 1 child per family
an additional form will need to be filled
out. See Doreen with any questions.
724-348-9183 or email:
Free income Tax Assistance
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance will be available at The Bible Chapel, 300 Gallery Drive McMurray, PA beginning Monday, February 4, 2019 through Fri-day, April 12, 2019. Regular hours are weekdays 8:30 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.. There are no appointments, only walk- ins. For more information, see the flier in the Narthex.
Lenten begins at Edwards March 6th, with an Ash Wednesday service at
7:00pm. Come and begin your 40 day journey of spiritual reflection, repentance and renewal with the imposition of Ashes
in a night of great reverence.
March
1 Bobby Schafer
8 Malina Ridgeway
9 Olivia Taylor
14 Michael Ridgeway
14 Marion Sphar
16 George Peterson
17 Greg Smaroff
17 Jesse Muntan
21 Matthew Blasch
22 Kenton Hummel
26 Darryl Jones
29 Donna Schwarz
Stewardship Update
A big welcome to all of our new mem-
bers & baptism from 2018. That helps
us all renew our covenant in Christ
that we pledged when we joined
Wright’s UMC. We said we would
support Wright with our prayers,
presences, gifts, services & witness.
You will receiving your annual state-
ments of giving for 2018 and also en-
velopes in the Narthex for 2019.
Thanks to all who regularly support the
ministries of Wrights, The United
Methodist church nationally and mis-
sionary workers through out the
world.
Adult Fellowship Bible Study to
start Wed. March 13, 20, 27
April 3 & 10 Dinner @ 6p
Study Starts @ 6:30p-7:30p
“Simon Peter” by Adam Hamilton
He left everything to follow his teacher and possessed a passion that would change the world. That’s one way to describe Peter. Here’s another: poor, unedu-cated, quick-tempered, and full of doubts and fears. Doesn’t even sound like the same man. And that’s the point of Simon Pe-ter, a 5 week adult Bible study by Adam Hamilton. Peter was just an ordinary guy who heard and followed God’s extraordinary call. Discover how you, too, have special gifts, talents, and abilities that God can use to make a dif-ference today.
Sign up in Narthex
LENTEN SERVICES
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at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church
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March 24March 24March 24March 24th
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at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church at First Presbyterian Church
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at First Baptist Church Brett at First Baptist Church Brett at First Baptist Church Brett at First Baptist Church Brett
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at Nottingham Christian Church at Nottingham Christian Church at Nottingham Christian Church at Nottingham Christian Church
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April 14April 14April 14April 14th
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at Mingo Presbyterian Church at Mingo Presbyterian Church at Mingo Presbyterian Church at Mingo Presbyterian Church
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GoodGoodGoodGood Friday, Wrights Method-Friday, Wrights Method-Friday, Wrights Method-Friday, Wrights Method-
ist Church will have service 7:30PM Pas-ist Church will have service 7:30PM Pas-ist Church will have service 7:30PM Pas-ist Church will have service 7:30PM Pas-
tor Richard Robertstor Richard Robertstor Richard Robertstor Richard Roberts
Kids Korner
Robin's Egg Nest Treats
Items you will need:
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 package JET-PUFFED Marshmallows
4 cups JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies
1/2 cup flaked coconut
JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
Jelly beans
Chocolate eggs
1/4 teaspoon water
2 to 4 drops green food coloring
1. In small bowl stir together water and green
food coloring. Add coconut. Stir until coconut
is tinted. Spread on baking sheet to dry.
2. In large saucepan melt butter over low
heat. Add marshmallows and stir until com-
pletely melted. Remove from heat.
3. Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal. Stir
until well coated. 4. Divide warm mixture
into sixteen 2 1/2-inch muffin-pan cups
coated with cooking spray. Shape mixture
into individual cups. Cool. Remove from pans.
5. Fill cooled nests with coconut, marshmal-
lows, jelly beans or chocolate eggs. Best if
served the same day.
Washington District Lay Servant Ministries School
March 10, 17, 24, 31 & April 10, 2019
Mark your calendars now! Plan to attend Lay Ser-vant Ministries classes in the new year!
The school will be open to anyone who wants to be inspired to a deeper commitment to Christ, to be equipped for more effective discipleship and encouraged for leadership and service. Classes will be held five Sundays during Lent, at the First United Methodist Church of Washington.
Classes offered:
Basic Course for Lay Servant Ministries
Called To Preach
Life Together in the United Methodist Connection
Exploring Faith for Today’s Teen
Social Justice
Ministering to the Boomer and the Aged
Note: Please encourage our Youth to attend Lay Servant Ministries School! There will be a sepa-rate Basic Course class available for Youth, regis-trations permitting. Youth are also welcome to take any of the other classes being offered.
We hope you will announce this information in your churches now! More information about Wash-ington District's Lay Servant Ministries School, class details, and registration forms will be distrib-uted in late January early February.
Christmas at the Village of Venetia Wrap-Up
Over 160 folks strolled thru the Christmas Lites, Displays, Trains and Automobiles decorated for the Season of Joy!
We Honored all Local First Responders, Fire, Police & EMT Friday with Peters Township New Ladder Truck and Saturday morning pancake breakfast for all
The excitement of the night had many exclaim “It’s like a Giant Block Party”. Bluegrass Concert and Seek & Fins Nativity Activity filled the Sanctuary with Sights & Seasonal Sounds
Ham BBQ, Walking Tacos, Hot Chocolate & Hot Dogs & Smoked Turkey Legs along with Smores on two open fires warmed tummies and toes wel-coming new visitors to the village.
Red Bird Mission, WOW, Homemade Chocolates, Tara’s Wool Works, Nadirya Connection, Peters Rowing Club. Thanks to all the hard working vol-unteers at Wrights UMC, the Venetia Heritage So-ciety, The DARE Model Train Club, Junior Girl Scout Troop 52499 and Peters Creek Historical Society, Sundays Soup and Stroll was the best ever.
Women of Wrights (WOW) End of Year Update
WOW fundraisers for 2018 were spring and fall soup and bake sales on election days and Easter and Christmas candy sales. The group has a rule that funds raised during a year be distributed by the end of the year to missions. In 2018, proceeds benefited local missions except for Redbird and Jes-sica Teder. Following is this year’s list; ∗ Washington City Mission ∗ Peters Township Meals on Wheels ∗ Finleyville Food Pantry ∗ Jessica Teder- A teacher of non-speaking
(autistic) children in Maryland who purchases clothing for two boys
∗ Domestic Violence of Washington County ∗ Ward Home for Children ∗ Red Bird Mission in Kentucky ∗ Samaritan Shoe Box Postage ∗ Wrights UM Church general fund
A total of $1800 was distributed. WOW also sup-ports local shut-ins and the pastor on Pastor Ap-preciation Day and at Christmas. All women are invited to be a part of WOW. Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at 10 am in the
church social hall. Support is needed to help with bereavement luncheons including set-up, food do-
nations and help on the funeral day.
We are thrilled that students from both Ed-wards’ Chapel & Wright’s have been working hard for the past several weeks at Edwards’ to become Confirmands. They just joined he Methodist Church and are now new members. Congratulations to them. Please pray for them as they begin their new Spiritual Journey. Bradley Michael Banaszak, Kayla Marie Franks, Gabby Marie Kress, Colton Shawn Lusk, & Caroline Roberts
Deeply Rooted From the office of Cynthia Moore-Koikoi. We are excited to bring the “Deeply Rooted, Upward Reaching” campaign is off to a great start in attaining our base goal of $2.5 million and the challenge goal of $5 million. Funds raised in the appeal will provide scholar-ships for children and adults to attend events and programs at out camping and retreat sites, as well as capital im-provements at those sites in order to provide quality experi-ences. At this time, congregations are being invited to participate in the congregational phase of the campaign. I encourage you and your congregation to set a non-binding, three year goal for your campaign effort and invite a member of your con-gregation to be the leader. The camping office will provide training to all congregation leaders on stewardship and generosity, as well as promo-tional materials to run a suc-cessful campaign.
