volume 57, issue 10 july - august, 2014 - wayne first · 2014-06-25 · fellowship lantern page 3...

Published by

THE FIRSTUNITED

METHODISTCHURCH

ofWayne-Westland

To promote Fellowship WithinThe Congregation

PastorCarter Cortelyou

3 Town SquareWayne, MI 48184

Telephone734-721-4801

Fax734-721-4838

Volume 57, Issue 10 July - August, 2014

Fifty years ago this summer, my father, Tim Cortelyou, walked into the principal’soffice of the Phelps High School to apply for the open Eighth grade Social Studiesposition. Over his objections the application was marked Seventh grade English andhe was hired on the spot. Standing 6’3”, and still almost as fit as during his ship’smechanics days in the Navy, my dad met the primary qualification for a positionwhich would mean enforcing discipline in the particularly unruly class that wouldeventually graduate in 1970. The next year, the Eighth grade Social Studies positionwas filled with a 6’4” Marine Corps veteran. For the next thirty years, my father andEd McChesney towered over the west upstairs hall of the building, and rabble rouserslearned to mind their p’s & q’s.

For all of the authority given to him as a 7th grade schoolteacher, my father under-stood that each year he was presented with a new group of students, almost all ofwhom had been together for several years. And something he learned about teaching11-13 year-old children is largely true about pastoring congregations as well. It is theteacher’s classroom, and the pastor’s pulpit, and it is the students’ class and thepeople’s congregation and it is the partnership between them which makes the schoola place of learning and the church a community of disciples in service to God’s word.

As I come to you as your new pastor, I am tuned to making a partnership with thepeople of Wayne First United Methodist that we might be for our day such acommunity of disciples. I can’t come in knowing what that partnership will look likeexactly, but just has a teacher has curriculum marks toward which they strive, as a pastor, I hope that ourcongregation will joyfully bear such marks as the fruits of the spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, the requirementsof God in Micah 6:6-8, or the Beatitudes of Jesus Sermon on the Mount in Matthew and Luke.

I was a student in my father’s classroom for a year. He was the first teacher to ever put me on detention (Ithink my older sister can say the same thing, while my younger sister learned from our mistakes). He wasalso the first to grin and erase my name from the detention list on a different occasion. Along with manyof his colleagues, he set me on a lifetime course of learning that has brought joy not only to my mind butto my heart and spirit as well. I hope that as your pastor, God’s Holy Spirit can work through me to bringthe joy of Christ into the years, yes, years, we spend together.

Pastor Carter

Fellowship Lantern July-August 2014

MOVING ON

A new Pastor came to town. After about a month the church received a billfor lawn work at the parsonage. No one paid much attention to it; the Pastor hadbeen busy getting acquainted and familiar with the community and probablydidn't have time to cut the grass. The next month another bill came, so thefinance committee met and decided they couldn't afford to pay these bills eachmonth. They sent the chairperson out to talk to the Pastor about it. After a shortcordial visit the chairperson ask the Pastor about the bills. The Pastor said, "Yes,I've hired a crew to take care of the yard and they are really doing a good Job."So, the chairperson responded by saying "the former Pastor cut the grass himself,have thought about that?" Yes said the Pastor" and I asked him but he don't wantto do it anymore."

The point of this story is: The only reason to look at our experiences of thepast, both good and bad, is to make better decisions as we move forward. Thepast is gone, it's history and it's time to forget the past and move ahead into thefuture.

In the book of Ephesians 4:11-13 Paul writes, "Now these are the gifts Christ gaveto the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors andteachers, their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build upthe church, the body of Christ.

The key word in our scripture above is equip. If we were asked the questioncan the Pastor do it all? I think we would all agree that the answer is no. Thoughthe Pastor's job is to equip the people for ministry, certainly there are some obviousministries that the Pastor must do, such as preach, visit the sick and do Christiancounseling. However, the Holy Spirit has also given each Christian special gifts forbuilding up the church. This involves teaching, nurturing, giving, administering,building, and many other tasks. By pooling these gifts we are able to do manythings that an individual cannot do alone. We all need to look for opportunities touse are special gift for building up the church. Working together, the church canexpress the fullness of Christ.

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy! Phil. 1:4

Red Miller


Coffee HourJuly

6th SPRC members Welcoming Pastor Carter

13th Roy & Jeannine KlayIn Honor of Roy’s Birthday

20th COFFEE HOUR HELP NEEDED27th Luann Grosse & Nancy Farmer

In Honor of Shannon’s 18th Birthday

August3rd HELP NEEDED HERE!!

10th Ilene Saunders, Marlene Crow & Maria Johnson 17th HELP NEEDED HERE TOO!! 24th Shirleen Curtis In Honor of Grandchildren 31st AND HERE!!

THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPENINGS FROM NOWUNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR

THE SIGN UP SHEET IS ON THE BULLETINBOARD IN THE NARTHEX.

Altar FlowersJuly

6th Nancy Farmer In Memory of Grandmother, Ellen Ahreberg

13th Schoonover’s In Memory of Fathers Francis Weber & Charles Schoonover

20th Roy & Jeannine Klay In Honor of Roy’s Birthday 27th Luann Grosse In Honor of Shannon’s 18th Birthday

August

3rd Fran Boomer In Memory of Robert Boomer

10th Red & Anita Miller In Honor of 4 Blessed Years 17th Shirleen Curtis In Honor of Grandchildren

24th Tonia Szabo In Memory of Dave Curtis

31st This Date is Available

Somebody took the time to Smile

And somebody else smiled back.

Somebody took the time to learn

What so many people lack.

Somebody gave a cooling drink

To a thirsty passer-by;

Somebody fed a hungry child,

And the child forgot to cry.

Somebody took the time to pray,

And the bells began to chime.

What a wonderful world this world

Could be -

If somebody took the time.

Goldie Schlosser Ackerman


Please come…to the All Church Picnic!

Saturday, July 19 – 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Meet Pastor Carter Cortelyou!

Play Games! Campfire Sing-Along!

Food, Fun and Fellowship!

The United Methodist Men are providing the chicken;The United Methodist Women are providing the dessert!

We are asking you to bring:

Your own lawn chair(s)

A dish to pass

We are providing the plates, utensils, and beveragesContact Linda Maylone with questions 734-674-7239

Volunteers needed for set up (4:45 p.m.)And clean up (until finished)

Contact Linda to help

All Fire Department rules regarding the campfirewill be followed

Everyone is welcome!


Detroit Renaissance District United Methodist Women

Announcing…..

The 2014 In-Gathering Project

This year we have chosen to support elder care at the American Houselocated on Venoy north of Palmer Rd. We currently have a church mem-ber there (Winifred Story), and other members of our church havestayed there in the past.

Their wish list includes:

Toilet paper Slippers (S-M-L)

Deodorant Slipper Sox with padded bottoms

Shampoo Bar Soap

Tooth Paste Tooth Brushes

Mouthwash Wet Wipes

Depends Canvas bags to hang on walkers

Twin size bottom sheets Yarn - New or Old

Fabric Scraps - For Qauilting

Gift cards to: Dollar Tree Kroger Wal-Mart

We hope the entire congregation will find a way to participate in our In-gathering project. We will accept donations through September 15th.

We will have a collection box in the Fellowship Hall for your donations.

Thank you in advance for joining the U.M.W. to support this worthycause.

?Any Questions? See Jan Podgers

Romans 12:13a


If you're not familiar with the work of StevenWright, he's the famous erudite (comic) scientistwho once said: "I woke up one morning, and all ofmy stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact du-plicates."

His mind sees things differently than most of usdo. Here are some of his gems:

1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don'texpect it back.

3 - Half the people you know are below average.

4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your otherparts feel so good.

7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a badmemory.

8 - If you want the rainbow, you have got to put upwith the rain.

9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raisemy hand.

10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the sec-ond mouse gets the cheese.

11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend...But she leftme before we met.

12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?

13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisibleink?

14 - If everything seems to be going well, you haveobviously overlooked something.

15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusi-asm.

16 - When everything is coming your way, you'rein the wrong lane.

17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not havingenough sense to be lazy.

18 - Hard work pays off in the future; lazinesspays off now.

19 - I intend to live forever...So far, so good.

20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have tobuy her friends?

21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't getsucked into jet engines.

22 - What happens if you get scared half to deathtwice?

23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repairyour brakes, so I made your horn louder."

24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for yourname.

25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evi-dence that you tried.

26 - A conclusion is the place where you gottired of thinking.

27 - Experience is something you don't get untiljust after you need it.

28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional tothe softness of the bread.

29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism;to steal from many is research.

30 - The problem with the gene pool is that thereis no lifeguard.

31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more timeyou'll have to catch up.

32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of yourbody is required to be on it.

33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; somejust don't have film.

34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is notfor you.

And the all-time favorite:

35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light,would your headlights work.


3rd Amanda Ross4th Katrina Cupps5th Alice Sheffield Dee Almas6th Kathleen Wiles7th Brion Hopper

8th Donna Ross12th Alison Johnson16th Carol Simons20th Roy Klay23rd Lois Mathe24th Shannon Grosse

1st Sara Buckingham2nd David Bondie Rebecca Miller5th Dorothy Belden Jeff Dean11th Norma Weisesr14th Teri Nitzel17th Ashlee Szabo Jan Podgers

22nd Gale Wilbur23rd Angie Szabo Vivian Speakman24th Nick Jahn26th Zac LeTourneau30th Cindy Joseph Karen MarkhamAugustHave a

Happy

Birthday!

Mission StatementWe are the Congregation of First United Methodist Church of Wayne-Westland and are acommitted, loving, Christian community of Jesus Christ, in ministry, witnessing to the loveof God as experienced in our lives, and expressed by: worship together, Christian nurture,education evangelism, Christian fellowship and support of one another, invitation to othersto share our faith, social awareness, involvement and support of world wide Methodism. Ourwitness embraces all people.

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 A.M.ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 9:00 A.M.

YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 A.M.

FELLOWSHIP LANTERN REV. CARTER CORTELYOU PASTORis published monthly except August

VINCE MAYLONE EDITOR

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