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Volume 16 Issue 1 January 2016 ST. ANDREW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH The people of St. Andrew have been called by God to embrace, equip and encourage persons of all ages to live as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. e 3 words from Pastor John A Season of Prayer We’re quickly coming up on that calendar moment where we will transition from 2015 to 2016. It’s a simple thing to do on paper, but living into the New Year is often easier said than done. I’m relatively certain that at some point I’m going to write 2015 rather than 2016 as I process a check. Another element of living into the New Year has to do with our approach. In many ways, the New Year is like a blank slate filled with beginnings, possibilities, and great hope. I recently took the Strength Finders assessment and was reminded again of my number one strength, which is Futuristic. It is defined in this way: “People exceptionally talented in the futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They energize others with their visions of the future. People with strong futuristic talents love to peer over the horizon. They are fascinated by the future. They anticipate and imagine in detail what tomorrow could or should be. They usually see the future positively.” I see this transitional time period as a gift. It as an opportunity that brings together a countless number of data points for us to consider. For myself, I reflect on the past year by remembering the mountain top moments, as well as periods of uncertainty, darkness and grief. I review and celebrate accomplishments, and at the same time, acknowledge shortcomings and failures. Then, I begin to “peer over the horizon.” I do love the way that sounds. Together as the community of faith, the Body of Christ we know as the St. Andrew United Methodist Church, we are making a difference in the world. We further the Kingdom of God as we share the Good News of Jesus Christ. It’s the constant coming in, and going out that propels us forward into each new moment and every new day. We come in to Connect with God and others through worship and fellowship. Then we Grow via Sunday School, small groups, retreats, and other special times. And finally we go out and Serve in our mission and outreach ministries. When we are finished with one cycle, we begin anew. Each opportunity to Connect, Grow, and Serve frames a new time for us. We discover new beginnings, possibilities, and great hope as we peer over the horizon. As your Pastor and spiritual leader, I am issuing a call to a season of prayer as we make the transition from 2015 to 2016. May our prayers center on discerning and discovering God’s will for the church, and for God’s blessing upon us. May God vastly multiply our impact on many lives. I leave you now with Paul’s words to the Philippians, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) In Ministry With You, Pastor John
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Volume 16 Issue 1
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words from Pastor John
A Season of Prayer We’re quickly coming up on that calendar moment where we will transition from 2015 to 2016. It’s a simple thing to do on paper, but living into the New Year is often easier said than done. I’m relatively certain that at some point I’m going to write 2015 rather than 2016 as I process a check. Another element of living into the New Year has to do with our approach. In many ways, the New Year is like a blank slate filled with beginnings, possibilities, and great hope.
I recently took the Strength Finders assessment and was reminded again of my number one strength, which is Futuristic. It is defined in this way: “People exceptionally talented in the futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They energize others with their visions of the future. People with strong futuristic talents love to peer over the horizon. They are fascinated by the future. They anticipate and imagine in detail what tomorrow could or should be. They usually see the future positively.”
I see this transitional time period as a gift. It as an opportunity that brings together a countless number of data points for us to consider. For myself, I reflect on the past year by remembering the mountain top moments, as well as periods of uncertainty, darkness and grief. I review and celebrate accomplishments, and at the same time, acknowledge shortcomings and failures. Then, I begin to “peer over the horizon.” I do love the way that sounds.
Together as the community of faith, the Body of Christ we know as the St. Andrew United Methodist Church, we are making a difference in the world. We further the Kingdom of God as we share the Good News of Jesus Christ. It’s the constant coming in, and going out that propels us forward into each new moment and every new day. We come in to Connect with God and others through worship and fellowship. Then we Grow via Sunday School, small groups, retreats, and other special times. And finally we go out and Serve in our mission and outreach ministries. When we are finished with one cycle, we begin anew. Each opportunity to Connect, Grow, and Serve frames a new time for us. We discover new beginnings, possibilities, and great hope as we peer over the horizon. As your Pastor and spiritual leader, I am issuing a call to a season of prayer as we make the transition from 2015 to 2016. May our prayers center on discerning and discovering God’s will for the church, and for God’s blessing upon us. May God vastly multiply our impact on many lives. I leave you now with Paul’s words to the Philippians, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
In Ministry With You, Pastor John
JANUARY ~Friday 1 New Years Office Closed ~Wednesday 6 Meals From the Heart ~Tuesday 12 St.Paul Luncheon ~Monday 18 MLK JR Day Office Closed ~Sunday 31 New Hope Dinner and Worship FEBRUARY ~Tuesday 9 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
~Wednesday 10 Ash Wednesday ~Saturday 13 Bistro Dinner ~Sunday 14 Boy Scout Sunday MARCH ~Sunday 20 Palm Sunday ~Thursday 24 Maundy Thursday Service ~Friday 25 Good Friday Service ~Sunday 27 Easter Sunday
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Phone: 937-426-6491 Fax: 937-426-6746
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.standrewumchurch.org
Office Hours:
9:00—3:00pm Monday—Thursday
9:00—Noon Friday
Sunday Worship Times
8:15am, 9:30am & 11:00am
9:30am Sunday School
Child Care at Sunday Services
St. Andrew UMC is a Safe Sanctuary Congregation
Staff of St. Andrew
Rev. John Schlicher - Senior Pastor
Debbie Caudill - Director of Spiritual
Formation
Music Director: Cameron Voorhees
Ed Baker- Organist
Donna Kirk - Administrative Assistant
Childcare: - Chelsea Welch
The Personal Touch - Custodians
Congregation - Ministers of St. Andrew
Looking Ahead
If your birthday is in January & is not here,
please let Donna know
Happy January Birthday!
Edie Keast 01/01
Jennifer Tucker 01/03
Jim VerStreate 01/04
Emmy Holt 01/05
Ivy Spray 01/10
Aaron Cheney 01/11
Ben Fenning 01/11
Dale Mateer 01/12
Thongsay Boualavong 01/17
Nick Dihrkop 01/25
Stephen Moad 01/25
Marc Caudill 01/29
Jeannie Duncan 01/29
Eric Schwartz 01/29
Bob Steele 01/29
Bob Gray 01/30
Sermon Topics and Scriptures
Lessons for January 2016
January 3
Communion Sunday
When God Moves
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Rev. John Schlicher
January 10
Experience God’s Presence
Isaiah 43:1-7
Rev. John Schlicher
January 17
Guest Minister:
Rev. Wendy Lybarger
January 24
Community:
One For All and All For One
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Guest Minister:
Rev. Katie Wilson
January 31
Equipping for Ministry
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Rev. John Schlicher
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Please pray for these people who have been in the hospital, ill, or recuperating in the past month or are simply in need of our prayers and support.
Ann Shelton Julie and Stan Erk Diane Hutton Edith Leonard Betty Bracken Jack Darst Kara Sandberg Marjorie Craver Nancy Schlicher Mary Lou Fox Vera Kercher Alia Powell Alex Reed, grandson of Art & Kathy Bauer Marilyn Hackett
The St. Andrew prayer chain is always available to pray for you. Contact Jan Garrett 426-0320. Prayer requests can be made at the Atrium prayer box, or by contacting the church office. Every week, a group of people pray for the needs of our members, our church, our community, our country and world.
—remember “where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them” - Matthew 18:20
Care and Prayer
Thank you for your loving support throughout the year.
Looking forward to an amazing and blessed 2016
at St. Andrew.
Pastor John, Debbie, Cameron, Donna, Ed, Adam, Chelsea, and Molly
St. Andrew and the UMW will be serving lunch at St. Paul Church on January 12. There will be several opportunities to support this outreach. More information will be posted in the Atrium and bulletins.
New Book in Library:
Rewilding our Hearts
By Marc Bekoff Review by Jane Henry
I recently finished Rewilding our Hearts; Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexis-tence. It was a wonderful read which I strongly recommend to you. Bekoff has a deep love and appreciation for all of the non-human creatures that share our glorious planet. They are sentient beings that often experience emotions,
joys, and sorrows. He sees the process of rewild-ing as a personal journey and transformative exploration that centers on bringing other ani-mals and their homes, all ecosystems, back into our heart. In spite of the mess we have made of things, Bekoff writes in a hopeful and joyful spirit. It is a beautifully written book, deeply philosophical with a powerful and uplifting mes-sage. Also it is one that can be counted (as one of five books read in a year’s time) for the UMW read-ing program. If you are not familiar with the program, pickup a brochure in our library.
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Martha's Closet Jerry Sedlacek The new year doesn't change the need for food for those still struggling in today's economy. We'll resume collecting food in January for the Wesley Center to serve those in need. The red wagon will be placed in the Atrium on Sunday, 1/3, as a reminder of our food collection on Sunday, 1/10. Please support this St. Andrew out-reach program by bringing food items that you can spare with emphasis on the lists below: Food Items Canned goods (meat, fruit, vegetables, & soup) Cereal Cooking oil Crackers Flour Fresh fruit and vegetables Jelly Noodles Peanut butter Pork & beans Spaghetti Spaghetti sauce Wesley also has refrigeration for chicken, fresh meat, and eggs and a freezer for fro-zen items. Additional Items (items that food stamps can't buy) Bathroom tissue Bleach (30 oz.) Dishwashing liquid Disposable diapers Face soap Deodorant Laundry detergent (30 oz.) Paper towels Toothpaste & brushes
St. Andrew STARS will begin the new year with a gathering at Neidhart’s Park Hills club-house on Wed. January 20th at 11:00. It will be a potluck lunch and Dave and Kathy
Engwall will give a presentation about Beavercreek FISH. We will then have an afternoon of game play-ing. Bring your favorite game if you wish. Sign up on the event sheet on the STARS bul-letin board, outside of the Gathering Grounds, and indicate what food item you will bring to share. You are also encouraged to bring canned goods which will be given to Beavercreek FISH for their local distribution. As a recap of our December outing: 28 peo-ple traveled to Westerville to attend the Living Christmas Tree program, followed by a dinner at Der Dutchman Inn.
STaRS St. Andrew Retirees
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Happy New Year! As 2016 opens up with all of its potential, we have a wonderful opportunity to join in fellowship with New Hope UMC (536 Xenia Ave., Dayton) through dinner and wor-ship on Sunday, 31 January 2016! We will carpool from St Andrew UMC at 4:15pm. The worship service is at 5:00pm and the dinner is at 6:00pm. How can you participate?! There are several ways! First: You can pray for New Hope UMC and its
congregation and for the St Andrew UMC mem-bers who will serve.
Second: You can donate to the dinner menu
items either through delivery of the food items by noon on 31 January or through a cash dona-tion. There will be sign-up sheets in the atrium highlighting the pulled pork dinner menu and the needed ingredients and their quantities.
Third: You can come along and help serve the
dinner - there are normally 100 individuals and families who are served and we will need St. Andrew UMC volunteers to help serve the meals.
Fourth: You can come along and join in the New Hope UMC worship service and get to know the folks at New Hope in a more personal way.
Fifth: You can donate items to the New Hope UMC "free store". The "free store" was estab-lished so that neighborhood people could trade items that can be purchased with food stamps for items that can’t be purchased with food stamps. The items that are needed in-clude: laundry detergent, soap, cleaning prod-ucts, paper towels, toilet paper, aftershave, acne products, baby lotion, baby wipes, body wash for men & women, cleaners (Mr. Clean, Ajax, etc.), denture creams & paste, deodorant, detergents, dish soap, diapers, lotions, sanitary pads, shampoo, conditioners, hair brushes, combs, shaving cream, razors, soap, toilet pa-per, toothpaste & toothbrushes. Please start collecting these items and drop them in the box that is located in the church atrium throughout January. Final collection date will be noon on Sunday, 31 January.
If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Moad at [email protected] or (937) 554-9301.
Welcome to New Hope Church!“Restoring Hope one life at a time”
A New Year and A New Opportunity!
Human Relations Day is January 17, 2016 Human Relations Day is one of the six United Methodist Church Special Sundays with offer-ings. The church-wide Special Sunday calls United Methodists to recognize the right of all God’s children in realizing their potential as human beings in relationship with one an-other. The special offering benefits neighborhood ministries through Community Developers, community advocacy through United Methodist Voluntary Services and work with at-risk teens through the Youth Offender Rehabilitation Program. Turn on the news or drive around the out-skirts of your town and you will find what Jesus called “the least of these.” Over and over Jesus served people living in the mar-gins of society, struggling to survive, embrac-ing them. And that’s what we want to model
as the people of The United Methodist Church. To continue the ministry of Jesus, we established Human Relations Day as a Spe-cial Sunday that calls all of our churches to par-ticipate in helping all God’s children to real-ize their potential.
When you give generously on Human Rela-tions Day, you encourage ordinary people to have a voice in changing the world. Please consider giving, Amy Schalle Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I com-mand you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
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ST. ANDREW UMC JANUARY YOUTH EVENTS
Wednesday Youth 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Sunday Mornings 9:30—10:45 Special Event: MAGIC CASTLE ARCADE
Sunday January 17th - 12 noon to 3:30 p.m. Meet in the youth room at noon for lunch. We will then go to the magic castle arcade.
Cost—$20.00 each for arcade games Invite a Friend or Classmate!
(scholarships are available for those needing assistance)
For more information or to RSVP for an event please contact our youth team at [email protected] or Ann & Dan LaMothe at
(571)243-4964
Memorial Garden
The Memorial Committee will continue to accept orders for memorial bricks until January 10, 2016. This will en-sure we will have them to set in the garden in late spring. If you would like to order either a 4” x 8” or 8” x 8” engraved brick for our garden, the forms are in the of-fice and the information shelf by the ramp entrance. If you have any questions, please see Karen Spencer.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Office Closed
New Years Day
8:00 NA FH
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8:15, 9:30, 11:00 Worship
9:30 Sunday School-All Ages
11:00 Adult Bible Study
2:00 Scouts FH
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7:00 Boy Scouts FH
7:00 Why Weight105
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6:00 Oak Tree Corner FH, EDU
7:00 Scouts 116
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5:30 Meals From the Heart
6:30 Small Groups meet
7:00 Choir Practice
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7:00 Ascent Practice
7:00 Spiritual Formation CR
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8:00 NA FH
2:00 GS FH
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8:15, 9:30, 11:00 Worship
9:30 Sunday School-All Ages
11:00 Adult Bible Study
6:30 Women’s Bible Study
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7:00 Boy Scouts FH
7:00 Why Weight105
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9:30 St. Paul Lunch
10:00 Quilt Group 107
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12:00 Worship CR
1:30 Staff CR
6:30 Small Groups meet
7:00 Choir Practice
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7:00 Ascent Practice
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8:00 NA FH
2:00 GS FH
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9:00 Esther Circle CR
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Human Relations Day
8:15, 9:30, 11:00 Worship
9:30 Sunday School-All Ages
11:00 Adult Bible Study
6:30 Women’s Bible Study
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MLK JR Day office closed
7:00 Why Weight105
7:00 Finance CR
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10:00 Quilt Group 107
6:00 Oak Tree Corner FH, EDU
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6:30 Small Groups meet
7:00 Choir Practice
11:00 STARS Beavercreek FISH
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7:00 Ascent Practice
7:00 Memorial Team CR
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8:00 NA FH
2:00 GS FH
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8:15, 9:30, 11:00 Worship
9:30 Sunday School-All Ages
11:00 Adult Bible Study
6:30 Women’s Bible Study
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7:00 Boy Scouts FH
7:00 Why Weight105
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10:00 Quilt Group 107
7:00 Trustee CR
6:00 Naomi Circle OS
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10:00 Koinonia Circle 105
6:30 Small Groups meet
7:00 Choir Practice
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7:00 Ascent Practice
7:00 Lydia Circle 105
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8:00 NA FH
2:00 GS FH
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8:15, 9:30, 11:00 Worship
9:30 Sunday School-All Ages
11:00 Adult Bible Study
4:15 New Hope Dinner &
Worship
6:30 Women’s Bible Study
January 2016
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