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Below is the current edition of the Gathering & Scattering newsletter. If you have any questions about anything found in this newsletter,
please visit our website or contact the church office by calling (225) 344-0343. We hope to see you in worship this Sunday!
Not all events happening at the church are able to be highlighted in our newsletter.
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THIS SUNDAY @ UUMC:
Please read the entire newsletter for more details on the items listed below, as well as for other details of events and news from the church. Not all events happening at the church are listed below.
SUNDAY, May 17: High School Senior Sunday
8:00 a.m. OLOL Blood Drive in Front Parking Lot
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Fellowship time in the Fellowship Hall
9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
12:00 p.m. Fellowship time in the Fellowship Hall
1:00 p.m. VBS Decoration Work Day in Fellowship Hall
4:30 p.m. Disciple 4 Bible Study
5:30 p.m. Youth Dinner
6:00 p.m. Youth Group
This week's scriptures:
This Sunday's Sermon:
Rev. Larry Miller - "The OTHER Lord's Prayer"
This Sunday's Choral & Special Music:
8:30 AM and 11:00 AM: Piano Selection by Hank Patrick, Chapel Choir, and the Youth Band
THIS SUNDAY WE WILL COLLECT A SPECIAL OFFERING FOR UMCOR TO GO TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE RELEIF IN NEPAL. If you would like to donate, please drop a check written to UUMC in the offering plate with "NEPAL" written in the memo section. Thank you for your generosity! All donations will be sent to the conference.
BLOOD DRIVE FOR OLOL - On Sunday we have a blood drive in our front parking lot from 8 AM - 1 PM. Donors should eat first and bring a picture ID. For more information contact Our Lady of the Lake Blood Bank at 225-765-8843
VBS DECORATION WORKDAY THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1-4 PM IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. Please come by and help us get our decorations together for VBS! All help will be greatly appreciated!!!
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VBS DECORATION WORK DAY: WE NEED YOU!
VBS Decoration Dates: May 16 and 17 from 1 - 4 PM in the Fellowship Hall.
Please come by one day or both days to help us get our decorations together for VBS!
All help will be greatly appreciated!!!!
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On May 24th we will celebrate Heritage Sunday!
Join us as we celebrate Heritage Sunday by recognizing those who have been members of University UMC for 50 or more years. According to our records we have 99 people that fit that description! Below is a list of our the class of 2015, who will be recognized in worship, as well as the previous 50 year members.
Heritage Sunday Class of 2015
Gladys Brown
Mary Sue Smith-Chambers
Albert Clary
James "Jim" Cole
Mary Eleanor Cole
John Garrett
Evalyn Horton
Richard Horton, Jr.
Linda Moore
Sharon Nason
Louise Prescott
William "Bill" Reich
William "Will" Wilton
Previous 50 Year Members: Bill Austin, John Baker, Walter Barnes, Jr., Billie Bell, Ed Brodbeck, Marie Bruns, Faye Brydels, Carol Butler, Mildred Caldwell, Carol Calhoun, Barry Callari, Bill Cocreham, Chris Cocreham, Jo Corty, Doris Dobson, William Dodd, Dale Ducote, George Eaton, Jr., Jack Eaton, June Eaton, Bridger Eglin, Dorothy Eglin, Merrill Faye Eglin, Louis Farmer, Ann Flack, Naomi Flowers, Barbara Freiberg, Liz Gibbens, Pendery Gibbens, Jr., George Grammer, Elizabeth Griffith, Brian Gunn, Florence Gunn, Rosemarie Hall, Terry Patrick Harris, Frances Harvey, Oleta Hathaway, Jere Hopkins, Diane Horswell, Susan Jeansonne, Henrietta Jones, Barbara Kavanaugh, John Kent, Jr., Eddie Lakin, Mary Lynn Langlois, June Lank, Robert Lank, Florence Larguier, Helen Law, Maxine McCall, Richard McDowell, Arthur Moles, Carol Moore, Don Moore, Nancy Neher, Joann Parker, Roy Parker, Ruth Patrick, Karen Penny, George Perkins, Jr, Dora Perry, Steve Perry, Pat Phillips, Harold Pilcher, Jeune Pipes, Dick Pourciau, Sr., Sarah Powell, Dee Ross, III, Josephine "Jo" Salter, Alta Sanders, Bob Sanders, Judy Scott, Mattie Sherrouse, Rosalind Sigler, Anne Smith, Esther Socolofsky, Leon Standifer, Jr., Cathy Stehlin, Yvonne Teeter, Betsy Thomas, Jim Traynham, Corinne Watts, Elizabeth Wilton, Diane Zufall
Please mark May 24th on your calendars and plan to be present as we present a certificate to each of these new long term members who can be present in worship at 8:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. on that day. If you are family
or a friend or neighbor to some of these members, you will especially want to be present to support them and help celebrate their long service and commitment to this church.
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SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE &
CHURCH WIDE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
For the month of July our church will once again combine into one worship service at 10:30 AM. Please mark this down on your calendar as a great month to come to church and meet church goers from the "other" worship service that you don't often see!
JULY @ UUMC:
9:30 AM - Sunday School
10:30 AM - One Combined Worship
11:30 AM - Fellowship Time
Additionally, Our new Minister, Rev. Dr. Jane Riecke, will be leading a study in the fellowship hall during the Sunday School hour on the book of Ephesians. All are invited to attend!
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CO-ED SOFTBALL: TEAM MEMBERS NEEDED!
Fun and fellowship await you this summer with the UUMC co-ed softball team! A new season is about to begin and UUMC needs players to compete with our team in the Methodist Summer Co-Ed Softball League. Men and women who are interested in some exercise and excitement this summer batting, pitching, and catching should contact Jonathan Stuckey @ 225-205-0205 or Rob Roux @ 225- 933-9453. Come help UUMC have a winning season!
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Registration for Everest Vacation Bible School 2015 is now OPEN! 
During the week of Vacation Bible School, children will learn to conquer challenges with God's mighty power. They will participate in memorable Bible learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork games, make and eat Mountaintop Treats, experience cool Bible adventures, and collect Bible Memory Buddies to remind them of God's mighty power. Each day will include an opening at Base Camp and a Summit Celebration at the end of the day. We will also take part in Operation Kid to Kid where the children will learn about a special mission project. This year's participants at Everest VBS will collect money for the purchase of colorful, kid friendly, Thai language New Testaments. The New Testaments will be distributed to children in Thailand through Biblica.
Everest VBS is for kids from 3 years old through 5th grade and will be during the week of June 15 - 19 from 9am to 12pm each day.
Registration is now open, so sign up soon - You don't want to miss the COOLEST week of the Summer!!! To register pick up a form in the church office or the narthex on Sunday, or download a form on our website.
There is a small charge of $20 per child for Everest VBS 2015. This will cover the costs of a t-shirt and other fun surprises throughout the week! Once you have registered your child(ren), you will need to send a check written out to UUMC with "VBS 2015" in the memo section of your check to:
University United Methodist Church
3350 Dalrymple Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Your check must be received for your registration to be complete.
Afternoon Child Care is also available at an additional charge of $50 per child for the week. Children will need to be picked up by 5:30pm. Extended Care is available for grades K - 8th grade only. For information on signing up your child for this, please contact the church office directly.
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Join in celebrating United Methodist Committee on Relief's 75th Anniversary at Annual Conference this year! 
We will celebrate by collecting items and putting together health kits. Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition, and cooking classes.
We will gather in the fellowship hall to pack the health kits during the Sunday School hour on Sunday, May 24. Materials needed for donation are listed below. Please follow the regulations for each item listed below as many countries have strict polities about what can be donate. Feel free to buy all or part of the items needed and drop them off in the fellowship hall on the designated table. Many items can be purchased in bulk for a financial savings, which will allow us to make more kits! Thank you for your donations.
Health Kit Materials
- 1 hand towel
- 15 x 25 inches to 17 x 27 inches;
- Kitchen, cleaning, and microfiber towels not acceptable.
- 1 washcloth
- 1 comb
- Comb needs to be sturdy and longer than 6 inches long;
- No pocket combs or picks please;
- Rattail combs and combs without handles are acceptable with a minimum of 6 inches of teeth.
- 1 metal nail file or nail clippers
- 1 bath-size soap
- 3 oz. and larger sizes only;
- No Ivory or Jergens soap due to moisture content;
- Do not remove from original packaging.
- 1 toothbrush
- Adult size only;
- Do not remove from original packaging.
- 6 adhesive bandages
- ¾ inch to 1 inch-size;
- Common household Band-Aids.
- 1 plastic bag
- One-gallon size seal-able bag only.
- $1.00 to purchase toothpaste
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Kids Hope News
We've wrapped up all of the volunteer activities at University Terrace Elementary for this school year and what a great year it was! I want to thank all of the mentors, prayer partners, book club leaders, Garden Team, and the music instructors for giving their time this year. Without you, sweet volunteers, there would be no Kids Hope Program at UUMC.
I would like to say an extra special thank you to the following volunteers who have served for 5 or more years:
Nina Anderson - 5 years
Stew Craig - 5 years
Brycen Daniels - 5 years
Fred Enright - 6 years
Tommy Moore - 6 years
Sean Nelson - 6 years
Monelle Wells - 7 years
John Rayers - 7 years
Tom Miles - 8 years
Jenny Sutcliffe - 8 years
Margarita Wetzel - 8 years
Jane Blackledge - 9 years
Robert Blackledge - 10 years
Susan Pourciau - 10 years
Marylyn Wood - 13 years
WOW!!! You all are amazing! Your commitment and dedication is truly awe-inspiring and we're so blessed by your service.
Love,
Director, Kids Hope of UUMC
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UNIVERSITY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
3350 Dalrymple Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
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FAX: 225.344.0530
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UUMC MEETING SCHEDULE
for 2015
JULY
Finance Committee: 13th @ 6PM
AUGUST
Executive Committee: 10th @ Noon
Trustees: 17th @ 6PM
Finance Committee: 24th @ 6PM
Church Council: 24th @ 7PM
SEPTEMBER
Nominations Committee: 14th @ 6PM
Preschool / After School Board: 21st @ 6PM
Nominations Committee: 28th @ 6PM
OCTOBER
Staff Parish Relations: 5th @ 6PM
Executive Committee: 12th @ Noon
Finance Committee: 12th @ 6PM
Church Council: 26th @ 7PM
NOVEMBER
Trustees: 16th @ 6PM
DECEMBER
Finance Committee: 7th @ 6PM
Executive Committee: 14th @ Noon
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015:
COME AND SEE
Sunday, June 7 through Wednesday, June 10 more than 1,000 United Methodists from throughout Louisiana will gather in the Gold Dome at Centenary College in Shreveport for their annual gathering. The scriptural focus for AC2015: Come and See is John 1:39-51, where Jesus invites some of His disciples to believe in Him-and to "come and see."
Local churches are asked to join in celebrating United Methodist Committee on Relief's 75th anniversary by filling a truck with health and school kits! (Please see the article in this newsletter about our Health Kit Collection). At Annual Conference an UMCOR truck will be on site to collect the kits and transport them to UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin, La. for verification, packing and distribution.
Also, wouldn't it be awesome if the annual conference could raise at least $75,000 for UMCOR as the special offering on Sunday night of conference?
If you would like to contribute to this special offering being collected for UMCOR, please make your check out to UUMC and note in the memo section "UMCOR 75th Anniversary Offering". Please get this offering to the church office by the end of May so that our ministers can take one check to the LA Annual Conference for the total amount donated. Thank you for your generous giving!
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On Sunday, May 24th, make sure to stop by the fellowship hall between services to view the wonderful Art Show Displays from our Pre-school. The kids have worked hard all year and this is a chance to celebrate their work and artistic discovery as a child! Thank you to all parents and teachers who have worked so hard to make this Art Show a Success.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES:
Did you or a family member graduate from
College or Grad School this semester?
Please email the graduates name, degree received, and school graduated from to [email protected] so that we can include them in our JOYS section of the newsletter in the next few weeks. Thank you!
Camp Istrouma is looking to fill three cook positions for weekends and summer camp sessions.
As a member of Camp Istrouma, the Cook is responsible for the kitchen/dining hall oversight, food preparation, serving and cleaning of the Food Service area at Camp Istrouma. For a complete job description please click here http://goo.gl/sCeklj For more information, you may call Garth Frenzel at 225-239-4950. Resumes can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Camp Istrouma, ATTN: Garth Frenzel, PO Box 333, Greenwell Springs, LA 70739.
Do you or your office have an older copy machine that they aren't using any more and would be willing to donate to our Preschool? If so, please call the church office today!
The Interfaith Federation of Great Baton Rouge is looking for a few great college students to serve as Summer Interns for 2015. The position is paid. If you are interested, please call the church office for a copy of the job description and information on how to apply.
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ADULT SUNDAY EDUCATION CLASSES FOR SUNDAY, May 17th:
[ If your Sunday School Class would like their weekly study listed below, please email Kelly Surace at
[email protected] or call 344-0343 each Monday to be included in that weeks G&S listing ] To find out more information about the Sunday School classes below, please visit our website.
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WITHIN THE CHURCH FAMILY...
JOYS:
- Congratulations to Hayes Patrick who was selected to be the University of Georgia Class of 2015 Student Speaker. He was recommended by UGA faculty and was selected based upon his campus leadership and involvement.
- Happy Birthday to Mary Helen Hamilton.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER:
Kathleen Arceneaux, John Baker, Gloria Bickford, Mildred Caldwell, Charlotte Carrier, Irma Cassel, Fred Churchman, Doris Dobson, Sue Ducote, Peyton Feigley, Sandy Godail, Mary Elizabeth Goings, Gene Gordon, Rosemarie Hall, Oleta Hathaway, Cathy Hoffman, Carol Kelly, Penny LeSage, Helen Law, Rainey Muse, Lynda Perry, Louise Prescott, David Pourciau, Pat Rives, Debbie Roux, Bob and Alta Sanders, Fred Smith, Marvin Stuckey, Art Swanson, Tom Talley, Inez Townsend, Nick Trichel, Karen and Paul Unger, Claudette Whisnant, Phil Woodland.
*If you have a Joy, Concern, or a name for the prayer list that you would like mentioned here, please email [email protected] or call her in the church office at 225-344-0343. Deadline for submitting information to the newsletter is every Monday at noon for information to be included in that weeks newsletter. We also celebrate birthdays of our members who have reached the age of 80+, if you fit this category but we missed your birthday, please call us so we can add your birthday to our database.*
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Shirley Flake,
