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| May 20, 2018 Worship Celebration |
8:45 am Praise Band Practice
8:45 am Sunday School
9:45 am Worship Celebration
Nursery
KidZone
6:00 pm Youth Group Meeting
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May 20th Willing Servants
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Refreshments: Rick & Trina Gilbert
Greeters: Rick & Trina Gilbert
Nursery: Marlana Baker
Back up: Trina Gilbert
KidZone: Linda Smith
Assistant: Rachel Snyder
Media Tech: Marge Preston
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May 20th Youth Group
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Don't be this face!!! Bring a friend and join us this Sunday evening at 6:00 pm in the parsonage.
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May 27th Worship Celebration
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On Sunday, May 27th, our Worship Celebration will be held on the main stage at the Ice
Cream Festival. There will be no worship service at Utica United Methodist Church. Please attend the service at the Ice Cream festival and bring your friends and neighbors with you.
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Ice Cream Festival
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Next weekend, May 26th, 27th, & 28th at the Ice Cream Festival, we need many pies and workers for our Pie & Ice Cream Tent. It is time to recheck your holiday schedule to see if you can make time to help in the Tent. Workers are needed for the Saturday 4:00-7:00 pm shift. We have someone who is able to work 4:00-5:15 pm, if you could come and finish that shift, it would be a very big help. We will still need at least one other person for that shift. Also, we need help for the Monday 1:00-4:00 pm and 4:00-6:00 pm shifts. The Monday 4:00-6:00 pm shift is the shift that cleans up and gets everything back to the church. Please let a Missions Committee member (Pat Blacksten, Marti Gindlesberger, Linda Owens, Jewel Porter, Melissa Owens, Marge Preston, or Paul Simmons) know if you are able to help with any of these shifts. Remember, all proceeds go toward our apportionments.
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June 3rd Worship Celebration
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Beginning on Sunday, June 3rd, through August 26th, our Worship Celebrations will be held in the Outdoor Sanctuary of the Utica United Methodist Church, weather permitting.
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EDUCATION VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
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This Sunday, May 20th, Utica United Methodist Church will be recognizing all volunteers who work with our children and youth. The Education Committee will be recognizing the KidZone teachers, Sunday School teachers, and nursery attendants.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL RECOGNITION AND BIBLE PRESENTATION
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This Sunday, May 20th, Bibles will be presented to Kyle Gilbert, Arthur Hollenback, Michael Imbody, Zachary Imbody, Cody Kidd, Katie Kidd, Emily Paxton, Madison Sichina and Annabelle Snyder. Kyle Gilbert and Kenzie Watson will be recognized for perfect attendance during the past year. We will also be recognizing the KidZone volunteers, Nursery Volunteers and promoting children to their new Sunday School classes.
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PROMOTION SUNDAY FOR GRADUATES
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We will also be recognizing our graduates from high school and colleges this Sunday, May 20th. If you know of any high school or college graduates connected to the church whose names have not been turned in, let the church office or Missions Committee member
(Pat Blacksten, Marti Gindlesberger, Linda Owens, Jewel Porter, Melissa Owens, Marge Preston, or Paul Simmons) know this week so they will not be skipped.
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Coming Events
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Thursday, May 17th
9:30 am Bible Study
Sunday, June 10th--Friday, June 15th
Rummage Sale Collection and Sorting
Saturday, June 16th
Rummage Sale
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Digging Deeper May 13th Message
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Twelve Months of Giving
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The Events Committee would like to begin Twelve Month of Giving. We plan on continuing to sponsor and collect items for Utica's food pantry.
Each month the pantry will let us know what is needed. Please place the items in the bin upstairs or downstairs by the door. We will collect these at the church and deliver them to the pantry.
Items Needed for the Month of May
Toilet Paper and Canned Soup (please no Tomato or Chicken Noodle Soups)
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:16
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The Upper Room
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The new issues of The Upper Room have arrived and are on the table in the back of the Sanctuary. These small magazines are designed to provide you with material to use in your daily devotions. Feel free to pick one up. You may make a contribution to the cost of The Upper Room by putting a dollar in the plastic cube.
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Thursday Morning Bible Study
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UMCOR Cleaning Kit
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The United Methodist Committee on Relief ("UMCOR") exists to assist United Methodists and churches to become involved globally in direct ministry to persons in need through programs of relief, rehabilitation, and service, including issues of displaced persons, hunger and poverty, disaster response, and disaster risk reduction. Each year Utica UMC joins in this project by assembling kits to be sent via our delegate to annual conference to be used in disaster response. Shopping list for assembly is as follows:
CLEANING Kits
- 5-gallon round bucket with resealable lid (Buckets from fast-food restaurants or bakeries can be used if washed and cleaned. Do not use buckets that have stored chemicals such as paint or pool cleaner. Advertisements on the outside are acceptable. No square buckets (Only round buckets are used to ensure proper stacking during transportation)
- Liquid laundry detergent (One 50-oz. or two 25-oz. bottle(s) only)
- Liquid household cleaner (12-16 oz. liquid cleaner that can be mixed with water-No spray cleaners)
- Dish soap (16-28 oz. bottle any brand)
- 1 can air freshener (Aerosol or pump)
- 1 insect repellant spray (6-14 oz. aerosol or spray pump with protective cover)
- 1 scrub brush (Plastic or wooden handle)
- 18 cleaning wipes (Handi Wipes or reusable wipes, No terry cleaning towels, Remove from packaging)
- 7 sponges (No cellulose sponges due to mold issues (Non-cellulose sponges or "foam sponges" only. Foam or man-made sponges will not retain water and cause mildew. These sponges can be found in the household and automotive departments of stores and some restaurant supplies houses. Some commonly available brands include but not limited to: Scotch-Brite Dobie All-Purpose Pad, Lysol Multi-Purpose Durable Scrub Sponge, Scrub Daddy Original, Melamine Foam Kitchen Wash Cleaning Sponge. Remove from wrapper)
- 5 scouring pads (Remove from wrapper. No stainless steel, Brillo pads, or SOS pads (nothing with soap built in)
- 50 clothespins
- Clothesline (One 100-ft. or two 50-ft. lines. Cotton or plastic)
- 24-roll heavy-duty trash bags (33- to 45-gallon sizes. Remove from the box)
- 5 dust masks
- 2 pairs kitchen dishwashing gloves (Should be durable enough for multiple uses. Remove from packaging)
- 1 pair work gloves (Cotton with leather palm or all leather)
For more details, see: www.umcor.org
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Moments with Mark #184
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Have you ever just put things off and coasted through life for a time? The older I get, I struggle mentally with attacking daily life like I used to and still should! As a society, we dread Mondays, look to Wednesday as "hump day" and then start counting down time until the weekend. It all starts over the next week! Things we need to accomplish don't get done and then, we play catch-up! Our minimal effort comes with consequences in every area of life.
Everything in life is about effort! Effort in our jobs, marriages, health, responsibilities, relationships, and seeking after our best life! Effort has a lot to do with our success. Effort is the one variable we can always control! If we want more and better, effort is often the missing link! In Proverbs 13:4, NLT, the word says, "Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard prosper (thrive, flourish, succeed)."
Some effort is good, more effort is better! Give every day all you've got! It's time for me to update my "to-do-list" and get busy!
Mark McDaniel
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Sincerely,
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Mary Lou Dixon, Administrative Assistant
Utica United Methodist Church
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