Asbury United Methodist Church 10,000 Candelaria Rd NE Albuquerque, NM 87112

Phone: 505-299-0643 www.AsburyABQ.org

church@AsburyABQ.org

Rev. Jane Voelkel, Interim Pastor Rev. Milton Propp, Pastor Emeritus

Gil Flores, Lay Pastor R. Lisa Massimo,

Office Administrator/Bookkeeper Vera Kleinhenz,

Director of Traditional Music Joshua Holley,

Director Youth Ministries Dacia Lust,

Children & Youth Worship Arts Abraham Quartey-Papafio, Building Facilities Manager Vesta Major, MDO Director Susan Mathews, Nursery Director

Come Worship With Us!

Traditional services: Sunday mornings 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.

Contemporary service: Sunday mornings 11:00 a.m.

The Mission of Asbury United Methodist Church is to love God and one another through Jesus Christ as we raise up a new generation of Christians.

Asbury eTrails October 2017

Asbury Pie Cafe Has Another Successful Year

This year was the 58th year of the Asbury Pie Cafe . Most of you know that it started in the Goat Barn at the NM State Fair and has been in the present building on Main Street since the early 1970s. In 1987 St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church joined with Asbury UMC to expand the volunteer workers and supplement the outreach of the cafe . In 1993 St. John’s UMC joined. The 3 churches shared in all aspects of the cafe , such as picking fruit, processing fruit, making pies, and running the cafe . In 2001 three more churches joined. For 2017 there were 12 churches participating in the cafe :

Asbury United Methodist Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Cornerstone United Methodist Mountainside United Methodist Covenant Presbyterian Paradise Hills United Methodist Covenant United Methodist St. John’s United Methodist Faith Lutheran St. Stephen’s United Methodist First United Methodist Rio Rancho First Baptist

This year there are 12 charity organizations that will be funded, these are: The Storehouse Project Share Meals on Wheels First UMC Grace Meal The Rock @ Noon Day South ABQ Coop Ministry Good Shepherd Family Promise ABQ Street Outreach East Mountain Food Pantry Asbury UMC Breaking Bread Silver Horizons

The church members provide all the pies at no cost to the cafe . This makes the profit margin of the cafe very large. Every penny of the profit goes to helping charities that feed the needy. This year the total number of pies sold was 1869 and the total income was $65,626. After paying expenses there will be $50,000 to fund the charities.

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Read for the Fun of it! There are some new things happening in the library. A new patron in the Asbury library has a toddler who likes to keep busy. This "business" interferes with Mom and her search for books. So, the Asbury library now has a collection of toys in a red basket to keep little hand busy while the adult in the family looks at the books. Right now we have blocks and a cloth alphabet book, perfect for little hands to explore. Other things will be added as time progresses. To try to keep things interesting, some things will leave the basket and others will appear on a rotating basis. The binder of committee minutes and reports has been updated with some new financial information. Please feel free to examine these reports. The large white binder is labeled and located on the shelf near the computer CPU and next to the globe in the library. New in the Asbury Library: Children's Non Fiction: The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola. Donated by Suzanne Rhodes in Memory of Bob and Carolyn Cranfill. In response to some of the concerns voiced during the Annual Church Conference in November, 2016 and from the town hall question and answer session held later, printed copies of the minutes and reports from church committees are now available in the library. Look for the white binder on top of the shelf near the computer. Search our online catalog from your home computer or smart phone on the Asbury web site Library Page, found under Church Info, or go directly to www.asburyabq.org/AsburySearch.htm. Use the search function of your browser to find any combination of words, numbers or letters in any column. For Windows that would be Ctrl-F, for an Apple product Command-F or Apple-F, etc. Books currently on the UMW Reading Program have UMW in the Subject column and are found on the wooden cart in the library. A member of the Asbury Library staff is usually in the library during the Sunday School hour and on Thursdays from 9 to 3 to help you. You may contact us by e-mail at library@asburyabq.org with any questions, suggestions, requests or to place a hold on a book.

Pictures from our Emergency Response Team in Rockport, TX the week of 9/25

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Revised Lectionary Readings "Copyright General Board of Discipleship. www.GBOD.org Used by permission."

October 1, 2016

Seventeenth Sunday

After Pentecost

• Exodus 17:1-7

• Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16

• Philippians 2:1-13

• Matthew 21:23-32

October 8, 2016

Eighteenth Sunday After

Pentecost

• Exodus 20:1-4

• Psalm 19

• Philippians 3:4b-14

• Matthew 21:33-46

October 15, 2016

Nineteenth Sunday After

Pentecost

• Exodus 32:1-14

• Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23

• Philippians 4:1-9

• Matthew 22:1-14

October 22, 2016

Twentieth Sunday After

Pentecost

• Exodus 33:12-23

• Psalm 99

• 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

• Matthew 22:15-22

Climate change is the hot topic of our next Unit Meeting. On Sunday, 1 October, at 12:30 p.m., Ms. Dodie Hawkins from Central United Methodist Church will give a timely and informative presentation on the effects of climate change and what we can do now. The Elizabeth Circle will provide a light lunch. All UMW functions are open to all women from the

Asbury community and the greater Albuquerque area. Child care is always available. For more information please contact Kay Martinez at (505) 296-7308. The 45th Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Conference of United Methodist Women is scheduled for October 27th and 28th in Odessa, TX. Registration deadline is October 11th. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation and lodging arrangements. If you want to attend please submit your application as soon as possible along with a check for $40 for the meals provided. For more information please contact Kay Martinez. Registration is now open for the national United Methodist Women Assembly 2018, "The Power of Bold." The Assembly will meet in Columbus, Ohio, May 18th - 20th, 2018. The early registration discount ends November 30th. Please visit umwassembly.org to register. Circle Meetings in October: The Elizabeth Circle will meet on Tuesday, 17 October at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Carolyn Sparks; the Hannah Circle will have a pie party on Tuesday 17 October starting at 6:30 p.m. at the church's main kitchen; and the Ruth Circle will meet on Thursday, 19 October at 9:30 a.m. at the church's Hospitality Room. Circle meetings are open to all women in the Asbury community and the greater Albuquerque area. Please join us for Christian fellowship and friendship. UMW Birthdays in October - Happy birthday to Irma Caskey on the 14th; Terry McGinnis on the 17th; Bonnie Hardesty on the 25th; & Melissa Maher on the 26th! Good-bye to long time member Barbara Daniel who moved to Virginia. Barbara's new address is 674 Azalea Rd., Daleville, VA 24083. Pray for each other & Asbury United Methodist church. Send updates to marjoriebahm@gmail.com or call me at (505) 332-8456.

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• For Jimmy Richardson, Lee Beard, Jim Cochran, Mike Robertson, and Mike Baldwin for delivering pies to the Asbury Cafe . On Saturday September 16, a record number of pies were delivered to the fair in record time.

• Thanks for all the cards, thoughts, and prayers. I am feeling better! Vicki Kerley

• Happy birthday to Nellie and Raschia Schell! • Dave Dean’s father has returned home after

being in the hospital and rehab. Please pray for continued healing for my parents.

• George and Becky March celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary.

• Norma McClelland, Pam’s mom, had successful knee surgery Friday. Ken and Pam Smith

• My mom is healing and doing better, Dave Dean

• Thanks for all the cards and prayers. Laura Merritt

• Our friend Lanelle fainted and fell, hitting her head. She was taken to the hospital and had surgery for a brain bleed. Prayers for healing. Liza Feldman and Becky March

• Erin Padilla’s son-in-law is traveling to Iraq for his 3rd deployment. Prayers for his safety are needed, as well as for his family.

• I had to put my dog down a few days ago. Please pray that I get another one half as sweet as Jack. Debora Elliot

• Hap Escue is teaching two early responder team courses in Las Cruces. On 9/25 the team goes to Corpus Christi to help with the recovery.

• Marjorie Bahms’s father was interred at National Cemetery in Santa Fe.

• Tana Thomas’ family in Florida and all who have been affected by the hurricanes.

• Wiliie Chastang passed away. Prayers for family and friends. Services are pending.

• Prayers for Lisa Massimo. • Prayers for arthroscopic surgery on right

shoulder. Jeryl Newcomer • Michael Bischoff’s father, Ernest, was called

home to the Lord. • My cousin, Frank Escue, needs bypass surgery

but must first be treated for colon cancer. Hap Escue

• Our nephew, Richard A. House, had laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer. Rick and Beth House

• Please, prayers for our dogs, Zeke and Gussie. Both have major cases of ringworm. PJ

• My dad is in the hospital. Doctors are not certain what has occurred. He is scheduled to be released to a rehab home on September 5. Dave Dean

• Chemotherapy for the next two months. Laura Merritt

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Adult Sunday School Classes

Meet at 9:45 a.m.

Trailblazers - Open to adults of all ages and meets in the Hospitality Room on the south end of the Atrium.

Adult Bible Study - uses the “Adult Bible Studies” series published through Cokesbury and meets in Rooms 1-2 in the West Hall.

Rotation Sunday School October Theme—Psalm 23

Oct. 1 - Movie

Oct. 8 – Games

Oct. 15 - Story

Oct. 22 - Art

Oct. 29 - Computers

Rotation Sunday School is for 1st-5th

grades. We focus on one story for a month,

so we can remember them well. Our year-

long theme is Walking with God.

ASBURY eTRAILS is a monthly publication of Asbury UMC, 10,000 Candelaria NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112.

Rev. Ron Colwell, senior pastor; Barbara Lewis, editor.

Opinions expressed in articles are those of the individual authors and may not reflect the opinions held by the church. Please e-mail

articles by the 22nd of the month to trailseditor@asburyabq.org or leave articles in the Trails mailbox at the church.

© 2017 Asbury United Methodist Church

Youth News!

Sunday School Every week @ 10:00 a.m.

Meeting in the Youth room

Oct. 1: Breaking Bread 4:30-6:30 p.m. Youth Group: Sundays at 5:00 Oct. 8: Decorate for Fall Oct. 15: Prep for Trunk or Treat Oct. 22: Trunk or Treat (time TBD) Oct. 29: Pumpkin Patch?

Annual UMW Craft Bazaar

Saturday, November 4

The Asbury United Methodist Women will have their

35th Asbury Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November

4, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. There will be over 65 crafters.

Burritos will be available for purchase throughout the

day.

Homemade pies will be for sale as well as baked

goodies. There will be a free parking lot shuttle.

See you there!

Operation Christmas Child

Collection Week: November 13-20

Save the Date

Sunday October 22