January 2018 Grace Notes-News from Grace UMC

CHIMES

Jan. 1: In honor and

memory of Beloved

Friends of Alice &

Jerry Nicholson

Auld Lang Syne

Jan. 2: In honor of All

the Missionaries

Have Thine Own

Way Lord

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old

self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude

of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteous-

ness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:22-24)

New Beginnings With the coming of a new year each of us has the opportunity for a new

beginning! Our lives in Christ are defined by new beginnings. Ultimately it was Christ

who was responsible for each person to be made right with God and raising us up from

a life of sin, which would have led to our death. In Christ we are given a clean slate.

As we end one year and begin another I would encourage you to look at your

faith walk and prayerfully consider where you have fallen short in the last twelve

months. Maybe you haven’t read your Bible or prayed as much as you should have.

There may be broken relationships where you have not sought reconciliation. The truth

is that each of us has had our issues in this last calendar year. In the new year let us all

resolve to work on one or more of our issues as we get this chance to start anew.

Below are the Sermon Titles and Scriptures for my messages in January. I

encourage you to take a few minutes on Saturday evening or Sunday morning each

week and read the scripture for the coming Sunday message and see where the Holy

Spirit leads you.

1/7/18 “Living Into God’s Future” Matthew 28:16-20

1/14/18 “Life in the Valley – The Valley of Questions” Matthew 26:36-46

& Romans 8:28

1/21/1 “Life in the Valley – The Valley of Disappointment”

Matthew 26:25-35a, John 21:7 & 2 Corinthians 7:10

1/28/18 “Life in the Valley – The Valley of Loneliness” Matthew 26:48-56,

Romans 8:15-16, & Psalm 142:4

I hope and pray that you have a blessed New Year as we continue to

journey with each other and with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

In Christ,

Pastor Jared

Happy New Year from the 7th Day Youth Crew !

It’s a busy time with so much packed into our schedule. On November 11 we participated in Project

Rise and set up, assembled and packaged over 20,000 pre-made meals which will be going to Mada-

gascar. Then we went to Oglebay, West Virginia to see the Christmas lights and had a great time. On

November 12, we were honored to serve the Over 80 Luncheon at church.

We had the Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on November 18 and were blessed with the turn out! So much

love was shown for the youth and they all worked so hard. We raised over $1,000 and we have

initially used those funds to adopt a family for Christmas. The youth was given a family with four

children and shopped and wrapped clothing and toys for each child.

On December 10, we visited a Live Nativity and the youth enjoyed and learned from the opportu-

nity. We love all of these opportunities of fellowship and serving. The youth will be on a break due to

the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve holidays. We will begin again Sunday January 10, 2018. We

would love to have visitors join us! -Kelli Law

GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FROM THE BEGINNING by Leland Spencer Jr.

Chapter One

Several members have asked me about history of Grace Church. So, I decided to start way back in the original

beginning. I mean waaay back. We will start from a program of the 60th Anniversary of Grace Evangelical

Church, whom we came from in 1961.

Jacob Albright, a godly minister of the Gospel in the state of Pennsylvania, founded the Evangelical Associa-

tion and we are proud to consider ourselves followers of this disciple of God. The trials and tribulations en-

countered in the building of our denomination parallel those of the early church, but we are glad that our firm

foundation has anchored us to the Christian way and we can truthfully say that we believe as our forefathers in

a true God with emphasis upon conversion and inward change of heart.

Grace Evangelical Church was established in March 1885, by direction of the Pittsburgh Conference with a

congregation of 25 members who formed the nucleus for this Mission. The Sunday school was organized with

an enrollment of about 50 with Rev. A.J. Bird as Superintendent and Rev. A. Niebel as assistant. The Church

and Sunday school first met in the old Tabernacle Building in East Seventh Street (now 2nd St. S.E. and Rex

Ave). The following is a description of the first meeting place as written by Edward Byerly, one of the charter

members of Grace Church and Sunday school:

“In the spring of 1885, the Pittsburgh Conference started a Mission in the City of Canton and sent Rev. A.J.

Bird as Pastor. Some 50 members left the station church to join the Mission. I am one of them.

On Sunday, May 31st, we held the first preaching service. Having attended Sabbath School at the station

church, we, as members of the new Mission, bid goodbye to the station church and went to the Tabernacle on

East 7th Street for preaching. On the following Sabbath we organized a Sunday school.

Our Church then was a very odd looking one indeed. The Tabernacle was entirely too large for so small a con-

gregation, and another bad feature about the place was that it was used as an Armory at the same time and dur-

ing services, the congregation faced a wall hung full of muskets. Judging from my own experience, I suppose

that many of us would often lose a good part of the sermon by the sight of what was at some distance beyond

the Preacher.”

On September 22, 1885, a lot was purchased near the southeast corner of Corell and 4th Street N.E. and a com-

fortable building erected immediately; this was occupied in December 1885. The Sunday school was in a flour-

ishing condition with an average attendance of 112, in 10 months more than doubling the original enrollment.

Two other schools were started through the efforts of Grace Sunday School; “Bethany,” (272 membership) on

Mahoning Road, and “Trinity,” (352 membership) on Navarre Road.

By congregational action in 1894, the name was changed to “First United Evangelical Church”, and again in

1924, after the merger, changed back to Grace Evangelical Church.

On May 6, 1906, the present building, located at the corner of 4th Street and Mahoning Road N.E. was dedi-

cated, (The church is still standing today and is being used by another congregation.)

At that time, the Sunday school had an enrollment, in the main school of about 500, a Cradle Roll Department

of 90, and a Home Department of 50. The membership of the church in 1945 is 372. The enrollment of the

Sunday school is 384, the Home Department 21, Cradle Roll 35. We have a Crusader Christian Endeavor with

28 members and two Departments of Youth. The church records noted that seven Sundays in October and No-

vember 1918, there was no Sunday School because of influence epidemic, by order of the Board of Health. The

highest enrollment reported was in 1915-630 members and the highest attendance was on May 24, 1931 with

588 present.

The Sunday School has always been a very important factor in the life of the Church and for a good many

years has been prominent in monetary contributions for different church activities through the monthly Bank

Sunday offering taken the last Sunday of every month.

Fellowship have been organized with an enrollment of 27. We have four departments of Missionary Work, Sr.

W.M.S. membership 58, Jr. W.M.S. 17, Mission Band 25 and Little Heralds 39. I

In 1945 the congregation also owned two properties at the rear of the Church building facing 3rd St. NE. In 1920

the parsonage was built next to the church with the Sunday school pledging $2000 each year for three years. =

$6000.

In 1925 they pledged $6000.00 for a pipe organ. The chimes were donated by Mr. and Mrs., J.E. Bowman. A

harp attachment was donated by H. J. Fromm. The present building was remodeled from time to time to meet the

needs of the congregation.

Other contemplated improvements include an electrically-operated motor to move the door of the auditorium up

and down and outside repairs to the steeple.

In 1945, the Grace Church was made up with the following organizations, (Much like today): Trustees, Stewards,

Church organist, Choir Director, Committee on Evangelism, Administrative Council, Woman’s Missionary Soci-

ety, Junior Missionary Society, Mission Band, Little heralds, Home Department, Class leaders, Crusader’s C.E.,

Youth Fellowship (Young People), Youth Fellowship (Senior Young People), Youth’s Fellowship Council, Mu-

sic Committee, Publicity Committee, Audit Committee, Finance Committee, Board of Christian Education, and

an Usher’s Association.

For those interested, the Old Grace Church is still standing and being used in 2010. It is at 4th Street and Mahon-

ing Road N.E. The parsonage was just left of the church building. It is no longer standing.

The following ministers have served that Grace Church from its beginning up to 1961.:

A.J. Bird W.M. Stanford S.S. Condo L.M. Boyer E.W. Rishel

W.S. Harpster Amos Evans N.W. Sager Daniel Poling M.M. Rader

N.W. Sager (Twice) P.E. Smoke L.M. Boyer (Twice) W.E. Seesholtz W.E. Bailey

N.W. Keck F.A. Firestone W.L. Nauman W.L. Martin H.E. Williamson

O.V. Latta Earl Toy Terrancee Bigelow Sharrod Davis Richard Glass

PRAYER CONCERNS & JOYS FOR 2017 & 2018

PRAYER CONCERNS WILL BE LISTED BY DATE RECEIVED AND WILL REMAIN ACTIVE FOR ONE MONTH ON THIS PAGE.

Minimal information is given to respect the privacy of the persons for whom the requests are made.

Received Week of December 3 Baby Maverick Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance All with mental health issues Jim Sean Betty 5th Grader from Plain Local hit by Car The Donzell Family Bernice K., Dick K. Melynda Johnson Family Shundry Family Received week of December 10 Jim

Received Week of December 24 Sue Carlisle Donna Swanson Steve Klausner Richard Palmer Mother of college age son who Passed away right before Christmas All Troops President & Family Cherie Braucher Della Schaffren Family CJ Lear Family Bernice Melynda Dick K.

Cherie Braucher All Troops President Trump & his family Lee Spencer Melissa Hubbard Toya Kuntz Rachel Byrd Sue Carlisle Donna Swanson Mandy Received Week of December 17 Patti Andelmo Sue Carlisle Donna Swanson Steve Klausner Joan Mohler - Tooth Surgery Melissa Hubbard

Grace Church Family/Friends

Who Currently Reside in a Nursing Home or are Shut-Ins

Windsor Medical Center

1454 East Maple Street

North Canton, OH 44720

Elva Cooper Room 5391

(In Woodlawn until first of 2018)

330-305-5391

Bethany

626 34th Street NW

Canton, OH 44709

Mary Jane Renick

Room 128

Jim Thomas

Room 217

330-634-0759

Danbury

181 Applegrove NE

North Canton, OH 44720

Caroline Hann

Room 314

Green Meadows 7770 Columbus Rd NE

Louisville OH 44641

Thelma Carson

Room A23

The Inn at Belden

3927 38th St NW

Canton, OH 44718

Dorothy Horgas

Room A-2

Oakhill Manor

4466 Lynhaven Ave NE

Louisville OH 44641

Kyle Kocher

Room 304

St Luke Lutheran Community

220 Applegrove St NE

Canton, OH 44720

330-399-8341

Alice Nicholson-Room 211

(330-498-5527)

Glenwood

836 34th St. NW

Canton, OH 44709

Carol Andring

Room 114

Cypress Palms ALF

400 Lake Ave NE Largo, FL 33771

727-212-1825 Richard Buzza Room 408A

Homebound Shut-Ins:

Lois Wise

4955 Higbee Ave

Apt# 603

Canton, OH 44718

Jim Hone Sr.

1145 Applegrove Road NE

North Canton, OH 44721

Carolyn Metz

2119 Maple NE

Canton, OH 44714

Mary Lou Trudeau

414 Woodside Ave NE

N Canton, OH 44720

Please note that the people on this list are permanent

names on the church prayer list.

If you know of someone who needs added, please let the office know.

Please send a card or make a visit to these members and friends of our church

who reside in a nursing home or are homebound so that they know that they are

not forgotten but rather remembered, loved and missed.

Thank You

Grace Church Family,

Thank you for my Christmas gift.

It has been an honor to serve you

this last year. Your thoughtful-

ness is greatly appreciated. Jennifer Duckworth

UMW

The United Methodist Women will not be

meeting during January or February due

to the cold weather. They will resume

meetings in March, 2018. Watch your

bulletins for information on the next

meeting.

Choir Director & Organist Matt Brown Director of Youth ministry Kelli Law Children’s Ministry Coordinator Eva Boszor Office Administration Linda Bradley Mailing Coordinator/Security Judy Carl Deaf Interpreter Jennifer Duckworth Custodians Tina Takacs, Jeff Fry Nursery Caregiver Linda Ferguson

Grace United Methodist Church 1720 Schneider Street NW

North Canton OH 44720

Phone: 330-499-2330

Fax: 330-499-6997

Email: office@northcantongrace.org

Website: northcantongrace.org

Facebook: NorthCantonGraceUMC

MISSION:

We are a community of

Christians reaching up to

God in faith and out to

others in love.

VISION:

We will spread the net of

Jesus Christ to keep people

from slipping through the

cracks of life.

SERVICE TIMES:

8:00 Traditional in Chapel

9:15 Casual

9:15 Sunday School

10:45 Traditional in

Sanctuary

Church council Diane Spencer Staff Parish Relations Tiffany DeBois Trustees Cathy Green Finance Bill Lacy

Pastor:

Reverend Jared Williams Email:

pastorncgraceumc@gmail.com

Church Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.