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Inside this Issue
August 19th Worship Celebration
August 19th Willing Servants
August 26th Willing Servants
Committee Meeting Schedule
Note from our Trustees
Church Picnic at Apple Valley
Is This Bible Yours?
Twelve Months of Giving
Community Back-to-School Dinner
We Need Help
Moments with Mark
From the Office
Special!

Utica United Methodist Church 
HEARTBEAT NEWSLETTER 
August 15th, 2018
Sunday, August 19th Worship Celebration


This Sunday, August 19th, and continuing through September 2nd, weather permitting, our Sunday Morning 
Worship Celebrations will be held at 9:00 AM in the Outdoor Sanctuary.  Our worship schedule is as follows:

8:45 AM   Praise Band Practice 
9:00 AM   Worship Celebration
            Nursery (Kindergarten and Younger)
    10:00 AM   Adult Sunday School
August 19th Willing Servants
Refreshments:    NEED VOLUNTEERS
Greeters:            NEED VOLUNTEERS
Nursery:             Diane Simmons
Back up:             Karen Shomaker
August 26th Willing Servants
Refreshments:    Jim & Bettie Shoemaker
Greeters:            Jim & Bettie Shoemaker
Nursery:             Marlana Baker
Back up:             Marge Preston
Committee Meeting Schedule 
As we begin making plans for the coming year, please familiarize yourself with our meeting schedule and make plans to attend any meetings of committees of which you may be a member. 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19TH
10:00 AM-Greeting-Media-Sound Meeting
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26TH
10:00 AM-SPRC Committee Potluck Meeting
7:00 PM-Nomination & Leadership Meeting
Note from our Trustees
Regarding our church building's security.  If you find yourself the only person left in the church and you don't know how to set the alarms, please call Jim Shomaker at 740/892-3542 or Mark Smith at 740-507-3484.  It is important that we use the alarm system to protect the gifts the Lord has provided.  Thank you!
Church Picnic at Apple Valley

When:   Sunday, August 19, 2018
Where:  113 Green Valley Drive
        Howard, Ohio
Time:     Anytime after 1:00 pm
Dinner:   6:00 pm 

Hotdogs, hamburgers and drinks will be provided!
Bring a covered dish with your favorite food!
Don't forget your swim suit and towel!

Directions:  Apple Valley is on Route 36 between Mount Vernon and Howard.  Enter the valley then take a left on Apple Valley Drive.  Follow this for three miles until you come to Green Valley Drive, which bears to the right.  We are the fourth house on the right.  Park anywhere along the road.  If you get lost, call Diane or Paul at 740-501-0763 or 740-501-8388.
Is This Bible Yours?
Last month, a brown leather bound Bible was left in the outdoor sanctuary.  If you are missing your Bible, please contact the office to retrieve it.  Thank you.
Twelve Months of Giving


     

The Events Committee is continuing Twelve Month of Giving, sponsoring and collecting items for Utica's food pantry.  Each month the pantry volunteers let us know what is most needed.  Please place your donations in the bin upstairs or downstairs by the door.  We will collect your donations at the church and deliver them to the pantry.

Items Needed for the Month of August:
Tuna and Varieties of Canned Soups
 
  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.  Hebrews 13:16
Community Back-to-School Dinner
For your convenience in dropping off your donations of school supplies for our give-away this weekend, Linda Owens will have Wesley Hall open beginning at 2:30 pm on Wednesday, August 15th, and Thursday, August 16th.
Here are the School Supply Lists for those items to be included in our book bags given to school kids at our Community Dinner on Saturday, August 19th.  Please start your shopping now and bring your donations in to the church prior to August 17th.  Please remember that we also need shoes for the school kids who attend our dinner so don't forget to pick up shoes to donate while you're out shopping.  We also have copies of these lists on the table at the rear of the Sanctuary:

KINDERGARTEN - 5TH GRADE

The following is needed for all grades per student:
Age appropriate book bag
24 count packages of Crayola crayons (2-4)
Large box of tissues
Yellow #2 pencils (12-24)
Plastic two-pocket folder for music
Plastic plan colored two-pocket folders in blue, red, purple, yellow, and green
Pair of good scissors
Pink block pearl erasers (2-4)
8 oz. bottle of handsanitizer
Zip gallon storage bags
Zip sandwich bags
Spiral wide-ruled notebooks (red and green in color) x 4
Glue sticks (6-12)
Expo dry erase markers (2-4)
Index cards (any size) 100-200
Large container of Clorox/Lysol wipes
School box
Plastic zippered pencil pouch with three-hole punch to go in binder

Grade Specific:
First grade:      1 inch three-ring binder with outer plastic pocket x 1
Second grade:  bottle of Elmer's glue
                       1 inch three-ring binder with outer plastic pocket x 1
Third grade:     Wide-ruled loose leaf notebook paper
                       1.5 inch three-ring binder x 1
Fourth grade:    1 box of 12 colored pencils
                       Two-inch binders x 3
                       Three subject spiral note book x 2 
                       One package post-it notes
                       Highlighter x 4
Fifth Grade:       1.5 inch three-ring binder in each color:  red, green, purple
                       2 250 sheet package of wide ruled loose leaf notebook paper

GRADES 6-8

Pair of five-inch scissors
Set of five-tab dividers
3 x 5 lined index cards, 100 count
Black composition notebook
Package of Crayola crayons
Colored Pencils
Highlighters
Markers
Wide-rule loose leaf paper
Dry erase Expo markers
Tissues
Box or #2 lead pencls
Blue or black pens (no gel)
Two pocket folders
Clorox/Lysol sipes
Glue sticks

Grade specific:
6th Grade:     Eraser caps
                    One-inch three-ring binder
                    Two-inch three ring binder
7th Grade:     Combination lock for phys ed
                    Two-inch three ring binder x2
1.5 -inch three ring binder x2
Package of sticky notes
Spiral note book x 1
Calculator TI-30C II S
Handheld pencil sharpener
8th Grade:     Combination lock for phys ed
                    One-inch three ring binder x4
1.5 -inch three ring binder x1
Calculator TI-30C II S
We Need Help from Willing Servants for our Worship Celebrations
 


We are looking for volunteers to serve refreshments and/or great your fellow worshipers for the following dates:

Sunday, September 2        Refreshments
Sunday, November 25       Refreshments
Sunday, December 16       Refreshments                          Greeters
Sunday, December 23       Refreshments
Sunday, December 30       Refreshments                          Greeters

If you are able to help on any of these dates, please send an email or make a phone call to the office to let us know which dates you can help.
Moments with Mark #196
Depending on the source you research, there are between 3,000 and 8,000 promises in God's word.  What that means for the believer is God covers every situation and circumstance we might face in life with a promise!  We can speak and pray these promises over our situation!
 
"For every problem in life, God has given us a promise.  Make it your aim to get so acquainted with these promises that you can write yourself a prescription." (Max Lucado)  God's word also provides us with confidence relative to the many promises of God. "For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between 'Yes' and 'No.'  He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God's ultimate 'Yes,' He always does what he says.  For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding 'Yes!'  And through Christ, our 'Amen' (which means 'Yes') ascends to God for his glory."  (2Corinthians 1:19-20 NLT)
 
In simple terms, we can trust God to do what He says He will do! He is faithful to his word!  These promises are rock-solid commitments made by God himself.  We need to trust and believe!  It is His good pleasure to give us His kingdom! 

                                                                    Mark McDaniel
From the Office
 
Our regular office hours are 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  To submit information for Heartbeats or the bulletin, please deliver copy ready items to the office by hand or email no later than 1:00 pm on Wednesday of each week.
 
Sincerely,
 

Mary Lou Dixon, Administrative Assistant
Utica United Methodist Church
Contact Information
OUR MISSION: 
"To transform lives for Christ" 
 
Utica United Methodist Church
626 North Street
Utica, OH 43080
Church Office
(740) 892-2621
Email:
UticaUMC@hotamail.com
Web Page:
UticaUnited MethodistChurch.org



 
Pastor Jason Snyder
Cell:  419-688-9057
Email: jasnyder105@gmail.com.  

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