Saint James United Methodist Church August 2016

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

What’s Happening Saint James UMC 2049 N. Honore Ave. Sarasota, Fl. 34235

Phone 941 377 6180 Fax 941 378 8911 E-mail faith.saintjames@gmail.com

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What’s Happening

Connect 2 God and Community

Kudos to…

Did you Know…

Pastor’s Grace Notes

Church Calendar

OUR FINANCIAL PROGRESS

We want to keep you up to date on the financial

status of the church. We are off to a great start

and here is some information that should show

you where we are at as of the end of April.

Income for the month:

Expenses for the month:

Incom

e Year to Date:

Expenses Year to Date:

Annual Apportionments 33,710.00

Amount Paid this month

Total Paid to date

One Celebration

Service at 10:00 am

Sunday

Kingdom Seekers

Bible Study

Will Begin again on

Sunday August 7th

at 8:45 am

OUR FINANCIAL PROGRESS

We want to keep you up to date on the financial

status of the church. Here is some information that

should show you where we are at as of 07/31/16

Annual Apportionments 29,005.00

Paid in July, 2016 1,069.80

BALANCE DUE $19,717.24

Starting Balance 55,123.44 Income July 13,459.50 Expense July 19,915.63 Balance $48,667.31

Thank you for being such faithful givers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Your Finance Team

My Summer Vacation

We had a wonderful time on our vacation to

North Carolina and Tennessee. I got to take my

first trip to Lake Junaluska and enjoyed spending time visiting all the little shops in Maggie Valley and in

Waynesville, NC with an old friend. While we enjoyed the drier climate, it was very hot, even in the

mountains! While I ran around and had fun, Rod attended the UM Church’s Jurisdictional Conference.

Then we would meet for dinner and talk about our days. While I am not at all excited about these kind of

conferences, it was interesting to hear about how they elected five new bishops. One of those elected

is from Florida. We finished our trip up with a stop in Tennessee to see family and just relax. Then

home for a week of “stay-cation,” which I highly recommend after vacation.

While Rod was attending our Jurisdictional Conference, there were conferences like this across the

country. Each Conference elected Bishops. Some of you may have heard that the West Coast

Jurisdiction elected a self-avowed, practicing, married lesbian to be Bishop. This election was in direct

violation of Scripture and the Book of Discipline in the United Methodist Church. Needless to say, it has

created even sharper tensions within the church. And it is this that I want to address, so you know what

is going on and more importantly how it impacts us.

Initially, you need to know, nothing changes. You and I, other than knowing what happened, are in truth

not impacted by this election. We are going to continue to meet together. We are going to continue to

reach out to our neighbors and friends in the love of Jesus Christ. We are going to minister to the poor,

the rich and anyone else who will listen. We will gather for worship, prayer, communion and fellowship.

Nothing for us will change.

Nevertheless, I have to be honest with you. This election may eventually lead to a split in our

denomination. There is no reason to be concerned now, but this may happen in the future. If it does, we

as a church will have to make decisions about what to do and with whom to be affiliated. Be assured

that I will keep you informed as to all developments and options, so that if such a time comes—if and

only IF—we will be able to make decisions wisely. For now, pray for our Bishops, the soon-to-be formed

study commission, St. James and especially for the United Methodist Church. Now let’s get back to

work, making and maturing disciples for Jesus Christ!

Praying with you,

Pastor Shirley

Just a reminder that our tenants Worship on

Sundays – we are moving our parking to the West

side of our building, over by the District Office, to

allow enough space for those worshiping in

Fellowship Hall

Don’t forget to join us on Wednesday evenings

at 6:30 pm for worship and at

7:00 for our DLT groups.

What’s Happening

We Are A Praying People! Join us in keeping the following people in your prayers

thmonth:

Bishop & Mrs. Carter, Rev. & Mrs. Rini

Hernandez, President Obama and Gov. Scott,

all of our elected officials, Pastor Shirley &

Rod, our staff, our church leaders,

Randall & Karen Morgan, Cecil & Marcia

Mulvaney, Chip Newberger, Jim & Harriett

Newcomb, David, Meg, Bella, Dawson & Anya

Normandin, Ken & Anna Overmyer, Winnie

Pisani, Stan Rauh, Bee Rudawsky, Paula

Sanders, Ruth Scott, Harry & Judy Shannon

CHANGE FOR CHANGE

LOOSE CHANGE FOR RED BIRD MISSION TRIP

Our giving will allow us to change the lives of the family our

team goes to help. The more we raise the more we can

help!

New Dress Ministry

We are launghing a new outreach ministry. We will be making little girls’

dresses – called pillowcase dresses. There are several different groups in

our area that we can bless with these dresses. Everyone is invited to join

in. If you don’t sew we still need you! Come and cut out patterns, put the

dresses in bags or just come join in the fun and fellowship. Our first

meeting will be on August 12th from 10-12 am, and the second meeting

on August 23rd from 6-8 pm. We will discuss if these times are convenient

to include everyone interested. For More Information you can contact

Kathy Barbour at 941-350-0231

We will need several things to get started:

If you sew – please bring your sewing machine

Items needed:

Ribbon bias tape buttons

1-2 yards of material pinking shears

small pieces of material rotary cutters

mats for cutting notions

several plastic containers to store fabric

shoebox size containers for smaller items

Ziploc bags (Gallon Size) to put the dresses in

Prayer Requests

Please send all prayer requests to the office to

either

The receptionist at faith.saintjames@gmail.com or

Pastor Shirley at pastor.saintjames@gmail.com

BAGS OF HOPE Winter Needs list

Our next set of bags will be packed with items for winter needs, and delivered the first

week of November.

Please bring in your donations of:

Tooth paste

Tooth Brush

Combs

Hand towels

Wash Cloths

Winter caps – mens and ladies

Socks - mens and ladies

Soap

Water

Fruit cups

Power Bars

Individually wrapped tampons (120)

Bandaids (2x4) we need several boxes

The Bags of Hope will be assembled on 5th Sunday, October 30th t and then delivered

to The Remnant Café.

Answered Prayer

To all who prayed for me: During the past few years, my health began to worsen, with no known cause. Unfortunately, six months ago I was near death. OnDecember 13, I was given a double lung transplant and was blessed with a second chance at life and more time to be there for my wife and children. After many complications, and, thankfully, as many recoveries, I am now better and hopeful to continue on the road to recovery. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers. My family and I are very grateful for your support. Sincerely, Eric Wurst

Did you know…

Because of God’s faithfulness and moving Spirit, we were able to build and distribute Bags of Hope again to 50 homeless in our community.

Because of faithful stewardship, we are able to allow more folks to use our facility.

Because of your steadfast love and giving, we are able to help those in need.

Because of your faithfulness we will be able to send our Red Bird Mission Team with the extra money needed to further help the family they will assist.

Because you care, we can work side by side with our Hispanic brothers and sisters spreading the Kingdom of God even farther.

Because of your faithfulness, we are making a difference in the community that surrounds us.

God is moving in wonderful ways.

We just wanted to make sure you knew!

Anniversaries in August

August 1 Bill Johnson

August 8 Harry Shannon

Fred Fowler

August 13 Ruth Scott

August 18 Bonnie Kitzmiller

August 22 Debbie White

August 23 Harriett Newcomb

Birthdays in August

Kudos this month go to…

What’s Happ What’s Happening

I Do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

To Judy Snodgrass, Kathy Barbour, Sennie Lansdowne and the

Petrucci family for the wonderful 3rd of July cook out celebrating the

4th of July and Nueva Vida’s first worship service.

To Terri Chapman and the Praise Team for a wonderful and

inspiring Music Worship Service.

To the fabulous Lawn Teams keeping our grounds looking so nice

through this very hot summer. You all rock!

To our magnificent office volunteers as they work so lovingly to

keep us up and moving forward week in and week out. We thank

you.

To all who continue to be part of our Doing Life Together Groups.

You answered God’s call on your life with your “Yes Lord”

response. Praise God.

August 11 Pat and David Dixon

August 21 Bonnie and Eugene

Kitzmiller

August 29 Cyndi and Ron Andrasi

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1

6:00 Trustees

7:00 NA

7:00 AA

2 3 12:00 Prayer

5:30 Praise Team

6:30 Worship

7:00 DLT’S

7:30 GA

4

5 OFFICE CLOSED

8:00PM AA 6

7

8:45 Kingdom Seekers

10:00 Worship Service

8

6:00 Leadership

7:00 NA

7:00 AA

9

1012:00 Prayer

5:30 Praise Team

6:30 Worship

7:00 DLT’S

7:30 GA

11 12

OFFICE CLOSED

8:00PM AA

13

14

8:45 Kingdom Seekers

10:00 Worship Service

15

6:30 Nominations

7:00 NA

7:00 AA

16

7:00 Faithsharing

17 12:00 Prayer

5:30 Praise Team

6:30 Worship

7:00 DLT’S

7:30 GA

18

19

OFFICE CLOSED

8:00 PM AA

20

21

8:45 Kingdom Seekers

10:00 Worship Service

22

7:00 NA

7:00 AA

23

2412:00 Prayer

5:30 Praise Team

6:30 Worship

7:00 DLT’S

7:30 GA

25

6:30 Emmaus Team

Training

26

OFFICE CLOSED

8:00PM AA

27

28

8:45 Kingdom Seekers

10:00 Worship Service

29

7:00 NA

7:00 AA

30

3112:00 Prayer

5:30 Praise Team

6:30 Worship

7:00 DLT’S

7:30 GA

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 2016

Date Reader Prayer

Warriors Audio Visual

Worship

Welcome Team

Children's

Sunday

School

Communion

Servers

Discovery

Devotion

Leader

Counters

Lawn Team

August 7th

9th

Sunday of

Pentecost

Green

Joan Masucci Rod Groom Michael

Thomas Karen Kehrli

Kathy Barbour – TL

Mike Barbour

Cyndi Andrasi

John Turner

Judy

Snodgrass

Cecil

Mulvaney

Judy Snodgrass

Sennie

Lansdowne

Beatriz Lower

Jean Flugel

Debbie White

Sennie

Lansdowne

Jean Flugel

Aug. 3rd

Chip Newberger

Betty

Bill Highberger

August 14th

10th

Sunday of

Pentecost

Green

Judy Shannon Michael

Thomas

Dave

Strait

Katie

Michalski

Sennie Lansdowne –

TL

Jean Flugel

Vera Bellanca

Bill Highberger

Bernice

Highberger

Mike Barbour

N/A Rod Groom

Judy Snodgrass

Karen Kehrli

Aug 13th

Dave Strait

Rod Groom

Shirley Groom

August 21st

11th

Sunday of

Pentecost

Green

Mike Barbour Dave Strait Michael

Thomas Cyndi Andrasi

Nancy Winding – TL

Jim Winding

Marcia Mulvaney

Pat Dixon

Fred Fowler

Katie

Machalski

N/A Joan Masucci

Dixie Thomas

Cyndi Andrassi

Aug 20th

Dave Normandin

Mike Barbour

The Chapmans

August 28th

12th

Sunday of

Pentecost

Green

Leo Masucci Pat Dixon Mike

Thomas John Turner

Cecil Mulvaney TL

Leo Masucci

Nancy Cozy

Laura Frederickson

Judy

Snodgrass

Marcia

Mulvaney

N/A Terri Chapman

Judy Snodgrass

Katie Michalski

Aug 27th

Jamie White

Michael Thomas

Dixie Thomas