You Made It Possible
The monthly missions offering in June, sent to the JESUS Film Project, was $316.
Results of July’s Tools and Blankets offering, a project of the United Methodist Women, are reported elsewhere in this issue.
WBUMC continues to support the food pantry of Community Action of Orleans County. A box of foodstuffs is delivered almost every week. (Several additional boxfuls were brought in following April’s family night dinner. Two representatives of the Food Pantry attended, spoke, answered many questions, and showed a video.) Containers are at both doorways. We encourage you to consult the bulletin each week and to follow the suggestions for useful contributions. This is a United Methodist Women project.
Worship At The Villages
Pastor Jack is scheduled to lead the weekly worship service at The Villages of Orleans County on Sunday, September 19th at 2:00 p.m. This will be the fourth in a series of eight services for which he has volunteered leadership in 2010. Members of our congregation are invited to join in the worship, and he especially welcomes those who are willing to provide music, to lead in prayer, to read the Scriptures, etc. Please speak to him, if you can help any month.
Senior Luncheon Series
Will Return In September
This year’s second round of ten Senior Luncheons is scheduled to begin on Monday, September 13th at Noon in the church office. The series will conclude with luncheon on November 15th. Wilma Richardson, who directs our Senior Adult ministries, has charge of the meal. But she will be counting on several of the attendees to volunteer leadership at one or more of the luncheons. Pastor Jack will provide the devotional moments and the song service. The lunch menu varies, from week to week, and a freewill offering helps with the expenses. Both men and women are invited. Watch the bulletin for further details or see/call Wilma (589-2373).
Fall Schedule Just Ahead
Our Sunday School (with classes for all ages and a variety of adult classes) will be reactivated on September12th.
Classes begin at 9:30 a.m. Our teachers, workers and other Christian education staff members will be installed in the 10:30 a.m. service of worship, also on September 12th.
Congratulations!
Danny William Shuler, III was born to Janelle and Danny, Jr. at Rochester’s Highland Hospital on July 31st. He weighed in at 8 pounds 13 ounces.
“Bring-A-Friend-Or Relative”
Brunch Set For September 26th
The Church Council has selected Sunday, September 26th as the date for our next Hospitality Brunch. They urge you to plan ahead, then invite friends and family members who are not now attending church here or elsewhere to join you at worship (10:30 a.m.) and to be our guest(s) for brunch in the fellowship hall after worship. There will be no Coffee Hour.
This is a whole-church activity that will require everyone’s
participation, and will be well worth the effort. Sign-up sheets for food dishes and for workers will circulate on Sundays beginning September 5th.
The Villages Introduces
Transitional Care Program
The Villages of Orleans County has expanded its 50-year-old long term care services to include transitional care. The program is intended to meet the needs of individuals requiring aggressive 5-6 day a week therapy outside of the hospital setting, a service not offered within the community until now.
Posters and flyers describing the new service may be found on our bulletin boards at WBUMC or by calling the office of Jeffrey M. Glatz, administrator, at 585-589-3238.
Wilma Richardson hopes to have a spokesperson from The Villages as our guest to talk about the program at one of the September/November senior luncheons. Keep tuned!
September Missions Offering
Will Help Ship Christmas Boxes
The monthly missions offering this month will help with the shipping costs ($7.00 per box) of this year’s Christmas shoeboxes. A portion of this summer’s Vacation Bible School offering was also directed to this purpose. These two sources, then, determine the number of shoeboxes which we’ll be able to send, this year.
In October, the congregation will be invited to prepare and pay the shipping for a box or boxes. The committee will offer sturdy, plastic boxes, free of charge. We generally distribute fifty or so. But the bulk of our shipment is comprised of boxes prepared by the Missions Committee. This month’s offering, added to the VBS collection, will determine how many boxes the committee will be able to pack.
Whatever the total, ours will join some eight million others which will be sent to children living in desperate and frequently dangerous circumstances in about 100 nations. Rev. Franklin Graham’s Operation Christmas Child is a project of his Samaritan’s Purse ministry.
Contributions will be welcome any time in September. They should be earmarked, “Shoeboxes.”
Worship In September
“Christ is King” is always our September theme. Apart from Communion Sunday’s white, the sanctuary will be decked in green. Kingdomtide continues through Thanksgiving.
The Old Testament lessons will all be the words of Jeremiah. The New Testament lessons in September (except for the first week) will be from 1 Timothy. The Gospel lessons in September consist of readings from Luke 14-16. See the Lay Readers Schedule in this issue for particulars.
Our summertime, 9:30 a.m. worship hour extends through the Labor Day weekend. Rev. David Phelps will be our Guest Minister that morning, September 5th, with Holy Communion offered in the pews.
Roberta Call will be our preacher in the very busy September 12th morning service, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. The service will include the Installation of our Christian education staff (Sunday School resumes that morning). Grandparents with their grandkids will be photographed in celebration of Grandparents Day.
Our monthly Membership Anniversary Remembrance is set for Sunday the 19th.
There will be a brunch following the service on September 26th. See the related article in this issue. Here is a great opportunity to bring a friend or relative who is in need of a church home.
September Calendar
Sunday School Sundays, 9:30 a.m. beginning 9/12
Worship Service Sundays, 10:30 a.m. beginning 9/12
Choir Rehearsal Tuesdays, 8:00 p.m.
1 Hospitality Team at Chandlers’, 7:00 p.m.
5 Communion in the Pews
Rev. David Phelps, Guest Minister
6 Labor Day
8 United Methodist Women, 1:00 p.m.
12 Fly-in Breakfast at Pine Hill
Roberta Call, preaching
Installation of Christian education staff
Grandparents Day photos taken
13 Senior Luncheon, Noon, church office
18 Day Trip departure, 11:30 a.m., to Varysburg
Animal Adventure
19 Membership Anniversary Remembrance
Worship at The Villages, 2:00 p.m.
20 Senior Luncheon, Noon, church office
22 Leadership Committee, 7:30 p.m.
26 Hospitality Brunch follows worship service
27 Senior Luncheon, Noon, church office
United Methodist Men, 7:00 p.m.
28 Trustees, 7:00 p.m.
UNY Annual Conference Stats
As we have been reporting, four conferences, including the Western New York Annual Conference, were merged in June
to form the Upper New York Annual Conference (virtually the whole state apart from the New York City area). The new entity contains 942 churches, with a combined membership of 189,000, divided into 12 districts (ours is called the Genesee Valley District) under Resident Bishop Marcus Matthews, who will reside in Baldwinsville.
Church Conference November 13th
District Superintendent Ted Anderson has confirmed the date of our annual church conference for Saturday, November 13th. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. He’ll meet with the Staff/Pastor Parish Committee at 6:30 p.m., and the business session will begin at 7:00 p.m. Details will follow; but the date is firm, and we urge all members and friends to be on hand for this most important gathering.
And Now, Face Book!
WBUMC is now on Face Book. Check us out by searching for West Barre United Methodist Church and then hitting, “Like.” Once you “Like” the page you can post to the site (this includes pictures and videos, as well). You will also receive notices from Face Book when someone posts new content to our site, but only if you “Like” this page. Happy Face Booking! Hope to see you there soon. This is a great way for those living at a distance from us to keep in touch!
Animal Adventure Day Trip
Coming Up September 18th
The Hospitality Team invites you to come along to their September Day Trip, an Animal Adventure Day at Hidden Valley in Varysburg.
Hidden Valley tour leaders say, “Join us for a leisurely guided tour along the scenic wildlife drive. Experience an exciting afternoon being introduced to addax, wildebeest, and 30 other exotic residents. Find out about the animal collection. The tour offers an educational experience you won’t soon forget.”
Come one, come all! Please invite family and friends to this event. It sounds like fun! The tour is about one hour long in the park’s special, open air trucks. You’ll receive a cup of grain to feed the animals! If we have 25 or more in our group, we’ll get our own guided tour. So sign up soon. All are welcome. Money is due at the time of sign-up, by September 9th.
Ticket prices: Adults, $15.00; Children (3-10), $11.00; Younger Children, free. Senior discounts do not apply on Saturdays.
Our caravan will depart the church at 11:30 a.m. Lunch plans are yet to be firmed. Keep tuned through the church bulletin and the web site.
Remember Our Nursing Home Loved Ones . . .
Orchard Manor, 600 Bates Road, Medina 14103
. Grace Hales, Room 205
Applegate Manor, 400 Ohio Street, Medina 14103
. Millie Carr, Room 10
The Villages of Orleans, 14012 Route 31, Albion 14411
. Bonnie Baron, Room 20
. Rhea (Eileen) Durrant, Room 40a
. Marion (Mickey) Lusk, Room 224a
Clover Hill Adult Home, 355 S. Main Street, Albion 14411.
. Grace Allen, Room 202; phone 283-4605
. . . . And Those Who Are Homebound
Margaret Brundage 14183 W. County House Road 589-9056 Albion 14411
Beatrice Fite 12793 Hemlock Ridge Road 798-0015 Medina 14103
Elizabeth Peters 13712 West Barre Road
589-9988 Albion 14411
Address Changes
. Joseph Mohney is residing at 15 Nina Place, Cheektowaga, NY 14215. Phone 716/352-1835.
College Students Addresses
Rachel Preston
134 Dari St.
Christiansburg, VA 24073-3557
585-507-2095
Chad Baker
P.O. Box 0001
44 Greenfield St.
Tiffin, OH 44883
Kerri McKenna
312 Thurston Ave., Apt A12
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
585-813-3124
Churchtime Activities
9/5 Communion Sunday
9/12 Iva McKenna
9/19 Alice Mathes, Louise Henderson
9/26 Wilma Richardson
Preschool Care
9/5 Michaela Depatie, Brooke Chandler
9/12 Jenny McKenna, Samantha Markle
9/19 Noah Preston, Scott Miller
9/26 Melissa Dibley
Membership Anniversary Celebrants
Grace Allen, Margaret Brundage, Leonard Hales, Elizabeth Peters, 78 years;
Douglas Campbell, Judy Shaffer, 49 years
*Certificates of appreciation presented in five-year increments.
VBS 2010
THE JESUS EXPEDITION
Exploring the Miracles of Jesus
This year, out Pre-K through 6th graders went around the world exploring the Miracles of Jesus. Our travels and Bible stories confirmed that Jesus performed amazing miracles proving his sincerity, and that he is truly our Savior, has power over death, deserves our thanks, rewards persistence and is our true provider in all things. At each of our locations, we listened to a story relating one of the many miracles performed by Jesus. Our Itinerary, lessons, verses, and Bible points were:
ANTARCTICA: The paralyzed man and his four friends. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” [Isaiah 1:18]. Jesus is the Savior.
EGYPTIAN DESERT: Jairus’s daughter rising from death. “For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” [1 Corinthians 15:22]. Jesus has power over death.
BRAZILIAN JUNGLE: Healing of the 10 lepers. “You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.” [Psalm 118:28]. Jesus deserves our thanks.
MOUNT EVEREST: Jesus restores Bartimaeus’s sight. Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” [Hebrews 12:1]. Jesus rewards persistence.
PACIFIC OCEAN: Jesus provides a coin in a fish’s mouth. “But in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” [Philippians 4:6]. Jesus is our provider.
Each evening opened with a skit relating to the destination and the telling of the Bible story. Our characters were “unique” to say the least and were an entertaining start to our evenings. We had our murals hanging in the Church on Sunday, August 15th so that the congregation could experience part of our VBS tour.
This year, our Teen and Adult class leaders chose their own curriculum and discussion points. The teens discussed areas of prayer and communication with God, words are important /not using unwholesome words, building others up by listening to their needs that it may benefit those who listen and those who are in need, accepting Jesus as Savior, and sharing the wonders of Jesus. The Adult class curriculum followed a Philip Yancey series "The Bible Jesus Read." The Leaders took the approach that if Jesus had gone to VBS, he would be studying these Scriptures, with specific lessons on Job, Moses, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Prophets.
The average nightly attendance for our Pre-K through Adult classes was approximately 50 individuals. Each class earned nightly points for attendance, memorization of the night’s Bible Verse, bringing a friend, and bringing their Bible. Our 4th – 6th grade class and 7th – 12th grade classes shared the winnings of the point competition this year.
The annual free will offering competition between the “Boys and Girls” was won by the “Girls” this year. The proceeds collected from all involved will be apportioned for our Mission Projects – (1) Orleans County Hospice; and (2) our annual pledge to West Barre’s Operation Christmas Child to help with the mailing costs of the Shoe Box packages. The offering totaled $517.00.
Our volunteers are many and dedicated. They are the ones who truly make the week a success and bring the children back the following year. Our many, THANKS to our teachers, assistants, actors, cooks, and prep/clean-up teams. We could not do it without you. All who attended VBS experienced a wonderful week because of you. Remember, Jesus is our Savior with Power over Death; he rewards persistence, is our provider and deserves our Thanks by Prayer and living by example.
Wilma Richardson and Karen Markle
Co-Directors of Education