This Sunday in Worship from Pastor Darren:
Join us in person or through the live stream this Sunday for Sunil Kotian’s inaugural sermon. Sunil is our new pastor of mission and outreach. If you want to get to know him better, send him a message and make plans to share a meal or meet for coffee.
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Sermon Title: "The Surprise After the Storm"
Scripture Readings:
- Mark 4:35-41
- 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
- Psalm 9:9-20
The bulletin will be available on our website as soon as possible. It will be in the green "Bulletins" box next to the live-streaming box on the home page. It will also be in the drop-down menu under the "Worship" tab on the home page.
Pastor Diane has prepared devotions for June, which can be downloaded here.
Last Sunday's service can be found below:
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Last Sunday's bulletin is here.
Please continue to give by making contributions through the "online giving" tab on our website; by mailing them to the church at 3808 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208; by texting "Give" to 1-(317) 676-2061, or by using one of our offering boxes when attending in person.
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Thank You!
The total for our Easter offering for the Umoja Partnership was $8,009.80! Thank you to North for your generosity in supporting this important mission!
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Prayers
Send us your prayer requests through this email address:
If you would like to download our daily prayer bulletin for this week please click here.
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Attendance
Last Sunday's 8:30 a.m. service was attended by 21 people. The 11 a.m. service was attended by 88 people, and the 11 a.m. live stream was viewed 159 times.
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Praying for Our Parish:
A Thank You:
There are not enough words to express my gratitude for the prayers, cards, telephone calls, visits and flowers I received during my cancer treatments. Radiation is complete. On June 7 my doctor said no more treatments are needed now, and maybe forever! Thanks be to God, and thank you North Church for your support through this journey. I will forever hold you in my heart.
— Lela Russell
Prayer List:
Throughout the year each church member is prayed for on a monthly rotating list. The list for June is here. The members for this week follow:
- Kelly, Nic, Isla, Campbell & Riley Tabor
- Allyson & R.J. Talyor
- Jeremy, Laura, Adah & Ben Thomas
- Kay Thompson & Mylah King
- Kathy & Hal Thurston
- Carol & Dick Tiller-Luchtman
- Greg, Amie, Courtney, Elizabeth & Trent Tomaszewski
- Nilda Torres
- Robin & Michael Toulouse
- Rayna Traylor
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Howard Trivers, Cathy Buyarski & Gabriel Trivers
- Isabel Tumminello
- Lee & Nick Tumminello
- Sam Tumminello
- Kevin & Michele Turner
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Worship and Arts
Both Services Are Open for In-Person Worship
Through June we ask that you register for both our 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services before noon the preceding Friday by emailing Jennifer. Beginning July 4 no registration will be required.
Here are the details for those attending the 11 a.m. service:
- The doors open at 10:45 a.m.
- Please enter through the north chapel door.
- Seating is available in both the nave and the balcony.
- Following the service we invite you to a time of fellowship on the east lawn.
- Restrooms are available in the Community Room and across from the chapel.
- You can leave your offering in one of the offering boxes at the entrances.
- Hand-sanitizing stations are available in the sanctuary.
- We are following the Marion County Department of Health's orders regarding masks. Fully vaccinated people are not required to wear them.
Thank you for your cooperation in helping us promote health and safety measures.
We will continue to offer the 11 a.m. service as a live stream and recorded video on our YouTube page.
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Angela Brown Returns to North For 11 a.m. Service on June 27
We are blessed to have world-renowned opera singer Angela Brown join us on Sunday, June 27 for our 11 a.m. service.
Ms. Brown will sing a solo commissioned by the Tulsa Opera for the centennial of the Tulsa race massacre. "Inside Is What Remains" was written by female African-American composer/lyricist Nkeiru Okoye for the memorial concert Greenwood Overcomes.
For her second selection Ms. Brown will join the Cathedral Singers on Nancy Wertsch's arrangement of "Blessed Assurance," with Jim Caraher on piano and Heather Hinton on the organ.
The Voices in Accord ensemble will sing "Awake, My Soul" by Elaine Hagenberg, with lyrics from Psalm 57. The Cathedral Singers will begin the morning with Emily Crocker's arrangement of "When in Our Music God Is Glorified," and close our service with Joyce Eilers' "Go Ye Now in Peace."
All of the choral music and Ms. Brown's solo were written by female composers.
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Mission and Outreach
More Farmers Market Volunteers Are Needed
The North Church Farmers Market's opening day is in just 15 days, and we need more volunteers! You can help set up in the morning or afternoon, assist customers at the market, or tear down after we're finished. You can volunteer for every market or just once or twice. Use this sign-up genius link to get more information and to sign up. Please email Carolyn Svirsky or call her at (812) 340-9996 if you have any questions or prefer to sign up that way. You can also contact Lydia Shaw.
If you know of anyone who might be interested in becoming a vendor, please ask them to contact our market manager, Megan Fetter.
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North Church's School 43
Uniform Drive Gets Underway
North's School 43 Team is beginning to plan for the 2021-2022 school year, because Indianapolis Public Schools resume classes on Monday, Aug. 2.
Last year was a very difficult year for all the students and staff at School 43, but hopefully this year will be a much brighter one. Jamie Rogers, the school's social worker, has asked if our church could once again help provide the school with uniforms. Please click on the link to see Jamie's list of the clothing items needed most.
There will be a gray bin in the west entrance each Sunday morning from June 13 through Aug. 1 to drop off donations of new clothing. We greatly encourage the congregation to bring their donations to the church this year.
However, if this is not possible an Amazon website has been set up for orders. The deliveries should be sent to Phyllis Groth at 8026 Dean Road, Indianapolis, IN 46240. If there are any questions please email Phyllis.
If you don't have time to shop, monetary donations are always welcome. Checks can be made out to North United Methodist Church, and write "For School 43 " in the memo.
School 43 greatly appreciates our help in providing uniforms.
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Care and Nurture
Are 15-Minute Walks Beneficial?
While many studies have shown that small amounts of regular exercise can reap huge benefits for people of all ages and fitness levels, a study published in "The Lancet" found that just 15 minutes of moderate physical activity — like taking a short walk — can increase life expectancy by three years and lower the risk of death by 14 percent. This is the least amount of physical activity you can do to gain any health benefit.
Also, a small study found that taking a 15-minute walk three times a day (after breakfast, lunch and dinner) can help lower blood sugar levels more than a 45-minute walk at another point during the day.
Source: TimesNowNews.com, "Health benefits of walking for just 15 minutes: Will it help with weight loss?," Salome Phelamei, updated Jan. 9, 2020)
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'Liiving in the COVID Era" Videos Are Available
"Living in the COVID Era" videos, including the newest one, "COVID-19 and Stress," are available on the North website through the live-streaming tab.
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Children and Families
Worship Resources for Sunday
Here are the children’s worship bulletins for this Sunday, June 20 for kids age 3 and older and 7 and older. Enjoy these while you watch the worship service as a family.
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United Methodist Women
Masks Are Available to Pick Up This Sunday
If you ordered a North Church mask from the United Methodist Women, it is available to pick up this Sunday, June 20 by the Meridian Street doors. There are also extra red masks available for purchase for $10 each if you didn’t get one ordered in time or need an extra one.
Please Bring Soup Mix Jars to Church for Recycling
You may return empty soup mix glass jars, rings, canning lids, etc. to the church. Simply leave them on the west entry counter or in the recycle paper container by the Meridian Street doors. We believe in recycling to help the environment. Glass jars take at least 1 million years to decompose. Also, it will increase our ability to help more missions by decreasing our cost to buy new jars. The glass jars are easily sterilized and able to be reused.
And YES to our many requests; North’s UMW will sell the soup mixture this fall!
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