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1 Sermon Series November 5 Keeping Your Suitcase Light November 12 Smart Shoppers Shop Early November 19 Does God Shortchange Some of Us? November 26 Every One a King CUMC Newsletter November Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty. ” Then the second tree said, “Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull. ” Finally the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me.” After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, “This looks like a strong tree. I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter” and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest. At the second tree a woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to a shipyard.” The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship. ” When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams wouldn’t come true. One of the woodsmen said, “I don’t need any- thing special from my tree so I’ll take this one,” and he cut it down.
Transcript of CUMC Newsletter...Save the Date! hristmas Programs: Wed. Dec. 20 & Thurs. Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m....
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Sermon Series
November 5
Keeping Your
Suitcase Light
November 12
Smart Shoppers
Shop Early
November 19
Does God
Shortchange
Some of Us?
November 26
Every One a
King
CUMC Newsletter November
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their
hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure
chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be
decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty.”
Then the second tree said, “Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take
kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world.
Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull.”
Finally the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest
tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my
branches and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am
reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember
me.”
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group
of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said,
“This looks like a strong tree. I think I should be able to sell the wood to a
carpenter” and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew
that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.
At the second tree a woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree. I
should be able to sell it to a shipyard.” The second tree was happy because he
knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.”
When the woodsmen came
upon the third tree, the tree was
frightened because he knew that if
they cut him down his dreams
wouldn’t come true. One of the
woodsmen said, “I don’t need any-
thing special from my tree so I’ll take
this one,” and he cut it down.
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When the first tree arrived at the carpenters,
he was made into a feed box for animals. He was
then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was
not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree
was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His
dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings
had come to an end. The third tree was cut into
large pieces and left alone in the dark.
The years went by and the
trees forgot about their
dreams. Then one day a
man and a woman came
to the barn. She gave
birth and they placed the
baby in the hay in the feed box that was made
from the first tree. The man wished that he could
have made a crib for the baby, but the manger
would have to do. The tree could feel the
importance of this event and knew that it had held
the greatest treasure of all time.
Years later a group of men got in the fishing
boat made from the second tree. One of them was
tired and went to sleep. While they were out on
the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn’t
think it was strong enough to keep the men safe.
The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood
and said, “Peace” and the storm stopped. At this
the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings
in its boat.
Finally someone came and got the third
tree. It was carried through the streets as the
people mocked the man who was carrying it.
When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to
the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a
hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize
that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the
hill and be as close to God as was possible,
because Jesus had been crucified on it.
Brothers and sisters, the moral of this story
is that when things don’t seem to be going your
way, always know that God has a plan for you. If
you place your trust in Him, He will give you great
gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just
not in the way they had imagined. We don’t
always now what God’s plans are for us either.
We just know that His ways are not our ways, but
His ways are always best.
See you in church!
Pastor Chuck
The Vision of CUMC
is to assist every one
to grow in their personal,
dependent and
Obedient life with Jesus.
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Save the Date!
December 2 Church Decorating
December 9 OLOG Concert
December 16 Cookie Decorating & Visitation
Birthdays & Anniversaries
3 Mallory Hoover
4 Sydney Newbauer
11 Kathy Idle
15 Madelyn Elling
18 Dorothy Johnson
18 Logan Leis
19 Terry & Yvonne Denlinger
20 Rodney Stark
23 Kasey & Anna Miller
24 Jan Shaw
New Archives And History Commission
The West Ohio Conference has an Archives and History Commission, which began working only two years
ago under a new structure. The 2016 Annual Conference voted in this eight-member board along with a
Conference Archivist and an Conference Historian. They have several goals:
• To help churches compile histories, and preserve records(see box below).
• To collect and keep records of closed churches.
• To maintain a fire-safe historical and archival depository.
• To nominate historical structures and sites and heritage landmarks.
This year’s annual reporting requests our church to complete and compile a historical record. Once the past
history has been completed (and turned in on-line) then it can be annually updated.
50th Anniversary
There will be a gathering in Dayton, Ohio in
the summer of 2018 to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of The United Methodist
Church. (Yeah! Right in our own backyard!)
First & Last Names Please
If you are a recording secretary for any committee in our
church, please use the first and last names of everyone.
All of these records will now become part of our
historical documents that will be kept forever.
Church Conference Our church’s annual conference will
be held here at church on Monday,
November 13 at 7:00 p.m. All members are
encouraged to come, to vote on officers,
church budget and other items for 2018. The
meeting will begin with a brief worship time
and then continue to the business session.
The meeting will last around an hour.
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At the Luau!!
Hawaii is so beautiful!
Dale & Susan Creamer’s
50th anniversary
Celebrating Families
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Thank You!
Our Parent’s Club Popcorn and Pretzel fund-raiser was a success once again. Thank you to all our parent and staff volunteers. The sale raised
approximately $2995.00! This money will help purchase items for our classrooms.
Kroger Plus Card Community Rewards
Parking Lot Safety
Our parking lot is often busy.
Please be mindful of the
children that might be there too.
If you would like to register your
Plus Card, you may do so at
www.krogercommunityrewards.com.
Link your card to Brookville
Community United Methodist Church.
Thanks to our families who have linked their
Kroger Plus Card to Brookville Community
United Methodist Church. Our supporters
who shopped between May 1 and July 31
have contributed $147.37 to the preschool.
Save the Date!
Christmas Programs:
Wed. Dec. 20 & Thurs. Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Services at CUMC
Sunday, Dec. 24 at 7:00 p.m.
“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.” Psalms 17:8
Game Night
Join us for a family game night at Bob and Bev Miller’s House.
Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
Bring your favorite soup, and snack or dessert.
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
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Blood Drive
4:00 Believe 5:40 Praise Team 6:30 Bells 7:30 Chancel Choir
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9:30
Piecemakers
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10:00 Saturday
Bible School
11:30 Feed
Brookville
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9:15 Sunday
School
10:30 Worship
11:30 Believe
& Luncheon
SET YOUR
CLOCKS
BACK
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7:00 Scouts
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6:00
Discipleship
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4:00 Believe 5:40 Praise Team 6:30 Bells 7:30 Chancel Choir
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9:30
Piecemakers
6:30 Preschool
Parents Club
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11:30 Feed
Brookville
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9:15 Sunday
School
10:30 Worship
11:30 Believe
& Luncheon
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7:00 Scouts
7:00 Church
Conference
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6:30 Outreach
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4:00 Believe 5:40 Praise Team 6:30 Bells 7:30 Chancel Choir
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9:30
Piecemakers
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9:00 Safe
Sanctuary
Training
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9:15 Sunday
School
10:30 Worship
11:30 Believe
& Luncheon
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6:30 Leader-
ship Team
7:00 Scouts
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8:00 Men’s
Prayer
Breakfast
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9:15 Sunday
School
10:30 Worship
5:00 Game
Night
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11:30 Women’s
Fellowship
7:00 Scouts
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5:40 Praise Team 6:30 Bells 7:30 Chancel Choir
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9:30
Piecemakers
November 2017
Community UMC
Pastor Chuck Eagle
Phone: (937) 770-1212-home
Office Hours Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Secretary: Sylvia Koeller
Phone: (937) 833-3262
E-mail: [email protected]
Church Web Page: BrookvilleCUMC.org
Preschool Parent Conferences after school—Preschool still in session
No Preschool in Session
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