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The WORD

Westville United Methodist Church

August 2017

Volume 48 Issue 8

Sunday Morning Schedule:

9 am—10a.m Sunday School :

Adult Founders Room & Brick Room,

Children Basement

Fellowship 10 am—10:15 am

10:15 am—11:15 am Worship Service Sanctuary

JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!!!

THE WORD is a publication of Westville United Methodist Church at 154 Main St.,

P.O. Box 619; Westville, IN 46391 (219) 785-2314

*****CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY—THURSDAY, 7am—8:45am & 5:15 to 7:15

Our new Web Address is www.westvilleumc.org

First Sunday—August 6th Communion in 10:15 a.m. service

“Reach up, Reach in, Reach out

Reach up to God, Reach in to know

God, Reach out in Love”

In order to go green The Word will be e-mailed to you. Be sure to e-mail your address to Jane at [email protected]

Printed copies will continue to be available at the church for those who do not have e-mail.

Free Farmers Market

Mondays 5-6pm

Food Pantry

Thurs. 4:30-5:30pm

mailto:[email protected]

Volume 48 Issue 8

Greetings Westville UMC Family!

It’s hard to believe that we are going into August already. I’m trying to figure out where our summer

has gone. As I sit in my office, the rain is really coming down. Not to mention the thunder and the

lightning. It’s just a reminder that we need the rain just as much as we need the sunshine. Even

though it may look gloomy outside, the rain is another way that God takes care of us. God is so

amazing!

Speaking of amazing, I can’t thank you enough for the warm welcome that my family and I received on

our first Sunday here. I could feel God’s presence throughout the morning as you greeted us; all

through the worship service; and during the luncheon that you provided for us. We are truly blessed

and we feel honored to be here at Westville UMC. Thank you for your generosity and for your

hospitality!

Thank you to Amanda Kelly and all the volunteers who came together to make VBS a reality. We are

blessed to have such dedicated servants among us. Please take the time to thank them for their

dedication and their hard work. They deserve recognition and praise. Our children are our future!

Before you know it, our children and our college students will be going back to school. We see those

reminders everywhere: Back—to—School Shopping (Yuck!). I am not one who likes to shop. So you

can imagine the joy I have when we are shopping for school supplies and school clothes.

On a serious note: as we prepare to send our children off to school, please be in prayer for all children

everywhere, along with parents, school staff & administration, bus drivers and their administration, as

well. We will have a “Back-to-School Blessing” on Sunday, August 13th during the Children’s Time.

This will be for all age students. Since college students go back sooner, we will have a “Blessing for

College Students” on Sunday, August 6th. Let’s not stop there, please continue to pray for them

throughout the year.

One of my favorite verses of Scripture is Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,”

declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I

know that God has great plans for our future at Westville United Methodist Church. As we move

forward, may we be reminded that change is inevitable, but there is always one constant in our lives

and that is our LORD and SAVIOR. May the peace of God be with you always.

Blessings to you and yours,

Pastor Cathy

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THE W ORD Volume 48 Issue 8

Join us in local missions! Here are the Food Pantry items :

Food Pantry Information:

The American Legion is now working in cooperation with the WMC Food Pantry ministry.

Please drop off donations of the above mentioned items at the Legion. For those

receiving donations, items may be picked up at the American Legion on Thursdays

from 4:30—5:30.

Family Life Center is available for rental for parties and celebrations.

Contact the church office at 219-785-2314 for more information.

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Donate flowers for the altar. The cost is $33.00 and the flowers will be

ordered by Jane in the church office.

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Save your pop cans and bring them to the church. The money earned from

the can collection supports the Heifer Project.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

INFORMATION FOR THE WORD IS DUE BY AUGUST 20TH IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR

PUBLICATION BY AUGUST 25TH AT THE LATEST. IT CAN BE EMAILED TO SHEILA

MCCAUGHEY, OR LEFT WITH THE CHURCH SECRETARY.

TIME & LOCATION

Aug. 6th Personal Hygiene: toothpaste, tooth brushes, soap, deodorant, sanitary

napkins, Tampons, shaving cream

Aug. 13th Pastas, noodles, macaroni, sauces,

Hamburger helper

Aug. 20th Sugar, flour, cake mixes, cooking oil or

Shortening

Aug. 27th Drinks: juices, coffee, coffee filters, tea

If you have a special need for prayer,

the prayer chain can be activated by

calling church Secretary Jane Bachman

(785-2314) or Prayer Coordinator Sheila

McCaughey (785-7008) or email jay-

[email protected].

PRAYER CHAIN


Men'sBreakfast

The monthly Men’s Breakfast will be held as follows:

When: Saturday, August 19th , at 8:45 a.m.

Where: Greenway Café on Hwy 421 in Westville

All men are welcome to come and bring a friend.

If you have any questions call: Bob McCaughey

********** Church Office Hours ********

Monday through Thurs. 7am to 8:45am & 5:15 to 7:15 pm

Please note the change in my office hours.!!!!

Cares and Concerns

Health and Healing Karen Emerich Pat Long Avery Braden Ed Hoag Laura Zajac John Coulter Jr Joan Ewing Bob McCaughey Kelly Murphy Newton Parks LaVina Moore Keith Ridgeway Walker Allen Trinity Milner Mary Lou Coulter Kim Buchanan Phil Hannon Steve Swanson LaRue Gilbert Marcia Carlson Dr Manakus’s wife Sheryl Elliott Pam McKee’s mother Jon Gerolium Ron Bachman Barbara Marasovich Melody Austin Those Suffering from Economic Hardship The Care Corner Guidance & Protection James Haney Brandun Schweizer

Roselyn Reinfurth Michael Smith Wilma Long Korey Cornelis Ellen Keplar Jack Bacon


August Birthdays August Dates of Joining

Westville United Methodist Church

Give as the Lord calls you to give:

be as generous to God as God has been to you!

Sunday School Teachers are needed. Teaching children can be a blessing to

the teacher as well as the children. Please consider helping with our kids.

They are the future of our church.

August Anniversaries

James & Kathy Howard August 4

Doug & Dawn Tharp August 8

Phil & Jan Koss August 10

Herb & Linda Lennartz August 12

Gary(Jr) & Kellie VanMeter August 12

Claude & Sandy Ames August 14

George & Lynn Davis August 14

Stephen & Karen Jerde August 18

Frank & Kathie Long August 22

Warren & Mary Howard August 27

Kelsey Herrold August 1

Amanda Elkins August 2

Randy Bennett August 3

Evert White August 9

Marie Culbertson August 10

Michael Jerde August 10

Charlene Glassley August 12

Linda Lennartz August 12

Sheila McCaughey August 15

Herb Lennartz August 16

Penny Coates August 17

Margaret Fischer August 17

Kathy Kolosci August 20

Charles Isaac Adkins August 21

Erin Cherry August 22

Gary VanMeter August 24

Kristen Pitrowski August 25

Jill Carden August 27

Bryan McCuen August 27

Greg McCuen August 27

Shane Hale August 28

8/4/1940 Mary Lou Coulter

8/17/2014 Claude Ames

8/17/2014 Sandy Ames

Date Worship SS Giving

6/25/2017 50 19 $ 1,375.00

7/2/2017 58 28 $ 2,402.00

7/9/2017 78 33 $ 1,378.00

7/16/2017 64 35 $ 1,382.01


A PICTURE OF MY LIFE

By Frank Bagwell

What if I’m asked to paint

a picture of my life.

Not only of the happy times,

but also of the strife.

Think of my life on a canvas

each stroke is something I’ve done.

And what will it say about me?

Could I look or will I run.

Just think of my life as a picture.

Did I help my fellow man?

Or did I even try to do

the very best I can.

Think of my life as a picture

colorful and dark and grey.

But always my love for my family

painted brightly day after day.

When I put the last brush to my canvas

I pray there’re more good deeds than bad.

And I hope you’ll see Christ in my picture

Or my life had no meaning. How sad.

Craft Project August 8th

Instead of a craft, anyone

who is interested will be visit-

ing Jack Bacon at the Pines

Village in Valparaiso and

sharing dinner with him.

Please contact Mary Howard

(785-4484) to let her know if

you would like to go. More

information will be available

soon. (Time and carpooling)


July 13, 2017 Church Council

Members present: Cory, Kay, Evert, Phil, Ken Pastor Cathy, Kathie, Kim, Jan B

Kim read a devotion.

Minutes from the last meeting were approved

We read a Thank You from the Alumni Association for our sponsorship of the golf outing. $7000. In

scholarships were given from the Alumni Assoc.

The Drum and Bugle Corp asked for permission to use our Family Life Center Aug. 6-9th for a living

space as they compete in Michigan City. It was approved for the usage of the FLC during that time.

There is a fee charged for their stay.

Kay stated that there would be a Blood Drive July 22nd from 8-noon in memory of Pastor Cathy Clay-

ton.

Discipleship: Kay Tetzloff

Education: Amanda Kelly is busy organizing VBS that will be held July 24, 25, 26. The theme is “This

is My Fathers World”. Door hangers were passed around town and they ran out J. It is also noted

that Thrivent for Christians Action Packs were used to purchase the door hangers and will also be

used for snacks and craft supplies. The value of the action packs are $500.00

Worship: NR

Prayer Ministries: NR

Historian: NR

Nurture: Kim Glassley reported that she and her team have been sending cards as needed. If any-

one knows of care that is needed please contact her to share your information.

Outreach Ministries: Kathie Long

Outreach/Mission: NR

Care & Share: Free Farmers Market will begin July 24th – hoping for produce to share. Advertising

should happen at town website and more.

Resale Shop: All is well

Food Pantry: NR

UMW: NR

Fish Fries: NR

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FREE FARMER'S MARKET!!!!!!!!!! CARE AND SHARE MISSION

Please help us spread the word that every Monday during the summer from 5:00-6:00 p.m., the

Westville United Methodist Church will be sponsoring this free market on the east side of the

church on Clyborn St. If you have an abundance of garden produce (or know someone who does)

and would want to share your harvest with others, please drop it off at the church anytime on

MONDAYS. Encourage those in need of food to take advantage of this market. Thank you for par-

ticipating in sharing the blessings God has provided with those who could benefit from it. ❤️

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Administrative Ministries:

Finance: Cory Stark presented the balance sheet and Monthly Summary Detail Reports. We need to bring

in $8500. month to cover monthly expenses such as payroll, & utilities. We are barely handling this amount

as giving.

We are closing the youth checking account and depositing in the church account as a youth fund.

SPRC: Kathie Long presented our new Pastor Cathy Allison. We had a welcome lunch after church on July

9th

Trustee: Ken Mattox

Ken stated that the trustees had meet earlier this evening and after discussion voted to rent the parsonage

at this time. The trustees will proceed to find a property management company to handle the rental. We

agreed no pets, or smoking for the renters.

The shed at the parsonage has been refurbished and will be painted soon. A company will come and raise

the sidewalk that is caving towards the parsonage and causing water to go into the basement of the parson-

age. The cost is $750.00. There is a day set up to clean the parsonage and get it ready for renting.

We are getting estimates to have the floor in the kitchen at the FLC replaced before the fish fries. Also get-

ting estimates to have the floor in the FLC stripped and waxed.

Pastor Comments: Pastor Cathy is happy to be at Westville UMC and is looking forward to getting know

each of us and doing God’s work!


Trustee Meeting June 26, 2017

Present: Jane, Jerry, Richard, Alan, Phil, Ken

Meeting opened at 6:50 with prayer

Discussion items:

The Shed at parsonage is almost done with lots of hard work by several. The yard is also cleaned up.

Ken is working on a lawn mower for the church.

We want to have the floor stripped and waxed in the FLC

The chairlift needs to be inspected and it needs a new battery

The estimate for lifting the sidewalk at the parsonage is $750.00

We had a discussion on renting or selling the parsonage. We will have a rental company come and give us

an estimate on renting and we will get estimates of selling the property. We will have this information before

the next church council meeting and make a recommendation on selling or renting to the council. We will

wait on the sidewalk lifting until we make a decision on the property.

We agreed to allow Tri Kappa to the use the FLC the first Tues of the months that they meet.

The meeting adjourned with prayer and a walk around the church and learning about all the work Stephan

has done with the sound system. J

Jane

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Trustee Meeting July 13, 201

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the renting or selling of the parsonage. Members present were

Jerry McCall, Richard Lambert, Pastor Cathy Allison, Phil Koss Alan Buvelot, Ken Mattox, Mark Glassley,

Jane Bachman, Stephan Jerde

Each person expressed their opinion of selling or renting the parsonage. The biggest concern was that pas-

tors have been leaving after 3 or 4 years and we may need a living home for a new pastor in a few years

and we could never purchase a different home for the money we would receive from the sale of the parson-

age. The discussion was to rent the parsonage at this time. The estimates for selling from 2 realtors were

between 119,000 and 149,000.

A motion was made by Jane Bachman to rent the parsonage. Jerry McCall seconded the motion. All were

in favor of renting the parsonage.

We will proceed with looking for a property management company to handle the rental of the property.

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