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| April 29, 2018 Worship Celebration |
8:45 am Praise Band Practice
8:45 am Sunday School
9:45 am Worship Celebration
Nursery
KidZone
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April 29th Willing Servants
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Refreshments: Jim & Bettie Shomaker
Greeters: Jim & Bettie Shomaker
Nursery: Jacki Nutt
Back up: Kathy Shomaker
KidZone: Duane & Amy Fovargue
Media Tech: Kim Watson
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May 6th Willing Servants
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Refreshments: Robert & Vicki Newton
Greeters: Robert & Vicki Newton
Nursery: Sherri Cline
Back up: Kim Waton
KidZone: Margaret Bowman
Assistant: Karen Barkeloo
Media Tech: Lauren Iarael
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Coming Events
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Sunday, April 29th
6:00 pm Youth Group Meeting
Tuesday, May 1st
7:00 pm Trustees, Finance, Mission/Fellowship, & Council Meetings
Wednesday, May 2nd
6:30 pm Women's Bible Study
Thursday, May 3rd
9:30 am Bible Study
Sunday, May 6th
3:00 pm, Memorial Service for Pam Shaw
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Digging Deeper April 22nd 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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Heartbeats Baby Bottle Campaign
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Heartbeats is the pregnancy crisis center in Licking County. Baby bottles are available in the back of the Sanctuary to pick up. Fill the bottle with cash, change, or a check and return it to Utica UMC on Mother's Day, May 13th.
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Ice Cream Festival
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It is only five weeks until the Ice Cream Festival! Mark your calendars for May 26-28. We will need many pies and workers that weekend as we are having our pie and ice cream tent once again. Remember, all proceeds go toward our apportionments. Watch for sign-up sheets.
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Rummage Sale
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If you have started your Spring cleaning, save your STUFF! We will have a rummage sale on Saturday, June 16th, the day of the Utica Yard Sale.
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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 and, you may make a contribution to the cost of The Upper Room by putting a dollar in the plastic cube.
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Youth Group Meeting
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The Youth Group meets at 6:00 pm every Sunday evening at the Parsonage. All teens between 6th and 12th grades are welcome. Please come and bring a friend or two.
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Women's Bible Study
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Each Wednesday Evening
6:30 pm in Wesley Hall
Plan to attend and bring a friend
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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 #181
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Psychologist-educator John Dewey said, "The most useful virtue in the world is patience." We need it all the time, and we need it everywhere. I don't know about you, but patience is my biggest struggle. I'm not good at waiting for things to happen. I want things to move when I want to move! God "tests" our patience. That's how He develops it.
There are several things that test our patience: interruptions, inconveniences, irritations, and inactivity (the worst one for me, I want to go!). Proverbs 16:32 NLT tells us that its, "Better to be patient than powerful." So to be patient, we must learn patience! We do that by going through things that develop our patience. Why, God why?!
There are four ways to learn patience: develop a new perspective, acquire a sense of humor, deepen your love, and depend on the Lord. He is never in a hurry but right on time! We need to be patient because God is patient (be thankful for that). We are to be like Him. We will live with more peace and joy if we cultivate the fruit of patience in our lives. I'm still a work in progress! What about you?
Mark McDaniel
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Sincerely,
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Mary Lou Dixon, Administrative Assistant
Utica United Methodist Church
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