Messenger
Uniondale United Methodist Church
July-August 2016
5857 N. Main St.
P. O. Box 115
Website: www.uniondaleumc.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Pastor Troy Drayer
260-543-2256
Uniondale, IN 46791
UniondaleUnitedMethodistChurch
Sunday Worship Service – 9:00 a.m.
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Upcoming Events
Sunday, July 3 – Communion
Sunday, July 17 – Ouabache Retreat
July and August
Birthdays and Anniversaries
July
Sunday, August 7 – Communion
Saturday, September 10 – UUMC in “Ossian Days” Parade
Tuesday, September 20 – UUMC in Bluffton Street Fair Parade
Sunday, October 9 – UUMC “Homecoming Sunday”
1 – Gary Cook
5 – Harper Kahn
6 – Barry Jamison
6 – Sue Chaney
9 – Margaret Hasler
12 – Sharon Espich
20 – Hudson Kahn
29 – Cindy McAfee
30 – MaryEtta Blessing
30 – Betty Cary
August
1 – Kolson Herstad
2 – Amy Horne
4 – Paula McAfee
10 – Aiden Ford
12 – Ernie & Tina Barclay
15 – Sandra Imel
25 – Jeanette Gilbert
30 – Mindy Drayer
**Don’t forget**
* Save your pop tabs and can tabs for Riley’s
Children’s Hospital. Collection can at the back
of the church.
* Save your change for Children Changing the
World every 3rd Sunday
* Cut out your “Box Tops for Education”
* To sign up for CHURCH DUTIES on sheets at
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back table.
It’s time to celebrate………
Past…
“Our 100 years”
Present…
1916-2016
Future…
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, September 10 – Ossian Days Parade – UUMC will participate with a float
Tuesday, September 20 – Bluffton Street Fair – UUMC will participate with a float
Sunday, October 9 – Homecoming Sunday – Special worship service inviting former members and pastors
**more details to come on all events – stay tuned!
We'll Get Through This
Lord, our troubles
Are so great,
We don't know what to do;
The price for our
Iniquity
Is finally coming due.
The world is crumbling
All about;
No safe place can be found.
Right is wrong,
Wrong is right;
The change is quite profound.
You’re Always There for Me
When the world comes crashing in
And chaos rules my mind,
I turn my heart to you, Lord,
And pure, sweet peace I find.
You lift me out of trouble
You comfort me in pain;
You nourish, heal and cleanse me,
Like cool, refreshing rain.
Lord, we need
Your guiding light
To lead us out of here;
We'll focus on
Your Word, and prayer,
To take away our fear.
In times of joy and bliss,
When things are going right,
You lift me even higher,
And fill me with delight.
Temptations of
This dying world
We'll rule out and let go;
Give our burdens
All to you,
Shed all worldly woe.
You listen to my prayers;
You hear my every plea;
I’m safe because I know
You’re always there for me.
That's how we'll
Get through this, Lord,
Fixed on heaven above,
Assured of your
protection, help,
And everlasting love.
By Joanna Fuchs
By Joanna Fuchs
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Committee News
**Please remember:
Missions and Ministries –
• Ouabache retreat will be on Sunday, July 17, 2016
• Trunk or Treat will be on Monday, October 31, 2016
• Chili Cook-off will be on Sunday, November 13, 2016 after Sunday
School
Faith Circle Our Uniondale United Methodist Church Centennial Cookbooks are in!
They are beautiful, soft cover, spiral-bound books with 150 recipes,
church history with photo, and many cooking tips. Faith Circle
collected recipes, both old and new, from former and current church
members and their families. The books are being sold for $6.00 each.
If you would like one shipped to your home, please send $6.00, plus
$3.50 for shipping costs, to Uniondale United Methodist Church,
Cookbooks, P. O. Box 115, Uniondale, IN 46791. Please include your
name and return address. For multiple books to be shipped, please see
the table below. For local purchases, or any questions, please call
Connie at 260-750-0745, or Mindi at 260-758-2303, to make
arrangements to pick up your cookbooks. They make wonderful gifts
for family and friends. Happy cooking!! Thank you!!
To have books shipped to your home, please use the following table
for total costs:
1 cookbook $6.00 plus $3.50 S/H = $9.50 Total
2 cookbooks $12.00 plus $4.00 S/H = $16.00 Total
3 cookbooks $18.00 plus $7.00 S/H = $25.00 Total
4 cookbooks $24.00 plus $7.00 S/H = $31.00 Total
5 cookbooks $30.00 plus $7.00 S/H = $37.00 Total
6 cookbooks $36.00 plus $7.00 S/H = $43.00 Total
Mary Etta Blessing
3890 W. Oak Rd.
Bluffton, IN 46714
Lura Burke
Ossian Health & Rehabilitation
215 Davis Rd.
Ossian, IN 46777
Betty Cary
300 Caylor Blvd. Apt.#200
Bluffton, IN 46714
Barb Cook
100 Caylor Blvd. Apt. #100
Bluffton, IN 46714
Jeanette Gilbert
100 Caylor Blvd. Apt. #115
Bluffton, IN 46714
Mrs. Doris Emley
300 Caylor Blvd. Apt. #214
Bluffton, IN 46714
Margaret Hasler
37446 Carson
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)
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WOW!
An “E-pistle from Bishop Michael Coyner
"Wow" is the only way I can describe my feelings after celebrating and presiding for my last Annual Conference. This one
was special for so many reasons. Our theme of "Be. Hope." certainly resonated with everyone, including those powerful
"Hope Talks" and the story by Adolf Hansen about living in hope after the tragic death of his daughter 20 years ago –
right on the corner outside of the Convention Center where we were meeting. The AC staging was spectacular with the
100 foot screen and lighted curtains. The music was varied in style and excellent in presentation. The memorial and
ordination services were especially meaningful (including my privilege of baptizing five children of our clergy). The Prayer
Breakfast was meaningful, with an outstanding message from Indianapolis mayor (and United Methodist layman) Joe
Hogsett. And of course the Friday night celebration of my retirement was powerful, moving, overwhelming, and full of
nice surprises and gifts (even basketball tickets from Purdue Pete). Wow!
It was a "Wow" when we announced the success to date of our "Building Discipleship Centers" Campaign which is
nearing the $8 million mark. I can't wait for the Groundbreaking on August 7th at Epworth Forest, and Marsha and I are
honored by the generous gesture of naming the Discipleship Center after us.
So many people to thank, so much joy to celebrate (including hearing that our Conference giving this year is up 6%), so
wonderful to charter two new churches and to hear about 17 other launches, and so humbling to be loved and sent forth
into retirement (yes, I know that I still have work to do between now and September 1st). Marsha and I feel loved by the
United Methodist people of Indiana, and we love you, too.
As I said in my Ordination Sermon, the only appropriate response to our discovery of the depth of God's love is to say,
"Wow!" Knowing the love of God and the gift of God's grace which overcomes our human frailties and brokenness can
only lead to our saying with gratitude, "Wow!"
That is my feeling as I write this E-pistle in the aftermath of Annual Conference: "Wow!"
I realize that I have presided over 8 Conferences during my years in the Dakotas, another 12 Conferences in my first 6
years here when we were separate North and South Indiana Conferences, an additional 6 Conferences since we became
the new Indiana Conference, and one other time when I presided over the Red Bird Missionary Conference for my friend
Bishop Lindsey Davis when he was recovering from surgery. If I have counted right and not forgotten any others, that
makes a total of 27 Conferences. I think I can safely say that this last one was the best – for many of the reasons listed
above.
All I can say, and all that needs to be said is "Wow! Thanks be to God!"
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Did you know?
Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal
holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental
Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of
America, and no longer part of the British Empire. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks,
parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and
ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions
of the United States. Independence Day is the National Day of the United States.
Background
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2,
1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in
June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain rule. After voting
for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this
decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress
debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had
written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it
will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day
of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this
time forward forever more.
Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date
shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of
independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.
Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even
though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most
historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and
not on July 4 as is commonly believed.
Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to
serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the
Declaration. Although not a signer of the Declaration of Independence, but another Founding Father who became a
President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third President in a row who died on the holiday.
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, is the only U.S. President to have been born
on Independence Day.
Reference: Wikipedia
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