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LAKEWOOD PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NOVEMBER, 2018 NEWSLETTER

Thanksgiving

Revelation 7:12 ( NLT ) They said, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and forever. Amen!”

First of all, I want to say Happy Thanksgiving. The Scripture verse above says that thanksgiving belongs to God. I don’t think the verse is

talking about the holiday. Rather, I believe it is talking about the act of giving thanks to God. Our Thanksgiving is something that He deserves. Maybe a way to say it is “we could never thank God enough.”

We have a built-in time in the USA to help us remember to be thankful each November. What is

not quite as built in to our holiday of Thanksgiving is the part about God. Thanksgiving the holiday can easily become for us simply a day to give thanks to/for neighbors, friends and family while leaving God out of it.

I hope you will take some time this Thanksgiving to keep God as the focus. You can still enjoy the

other aspects of our American holiday while you keep God in the center of it. Pray for me that I will do so too.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Love in Chris, Pastor Kirk

TERRIFIC TUESDAY TIME!

Terrific Tuesday has had a strong start this fall with about 100 each week. Volunteers came in a week early to clean the kitchen thoroughly, shelves, refrigerators, stoves and ovens. We have had to raise our ticket price to $7 starting in October due to rising prices of groceries. We enjoy welcoming friends each week and sharing a meal. Our volunteers are efficient and effective, but we can always use extra help. ~ Kathy Isaacson Nov 6 Roast Pork Dinner Nov 13 Pizza Lover’s Casserole Nov 20 Turkey Dinner Nov 27 Beef Stroganoff Dec 4 Flounder Dinner Dec 11 Chicken Noodle Casserole

Dec 18 Ham Dinner Dec 25 No Dinner: Have a Blessed Holiday Celebration Jan 1 No Dinner: Have a Wonderful New Year’s Day.

Tickets must be purchased prior to the dinner ($7.). They are on sale in the Narthex before and after Worship Service on Sundays and you may purchase then for the following week or for the month at Terrific Tuesday. Please Contact Kathy Isaacson (772-596-0800) if you have any comments, complaints, questions or just wish to volunteer your services.

OTHER TUESDAY NIGHT EVENTS: 6:00p Youth Bible Study Youth Bldg. 6:00p Hand Bells practice resumes 6:30p Chancel Choir Rehearsal (6:30p-8:00p) Rm 4

The needs of our community and church family continue, as do our need for your assistance with our Food Pantry Ministry: Boxed cereals, cans of soup, canned vegetables, boxed shelf- stable milk, canned beans, peanut butter, jelly, mac and cheese, tuna, canned chicken, spam, and rice. Food donations have been great lately-thank you so much. If you take food out of your cupboard, please check the expiration date. We do not give out expired cans or boxes of food. Our Food Pantry is always grateful for donations you wish to make. Total Food Bank boxes given out in October was 24.

~Thank you, Kay Olson

FREE MOVIE NIGHT

SUNDAY, NOV. 18TH

6:00p.m.

JUST A REMINDER We continue to support the Methodist Children’s Home with our monthly Red Bucket Collection, taken the last Sunday of each month. The collection for October was $228.20 Thank you for all donations to this ministry.

~Kay Olson, Local Church Representative

LAKEWOOD PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

MUSIC MINISTRY NEWSLETTER

DIRECTOR: DIANE FLOAT

WELCOME TO THE 2018-2019 CHOIR YEAR

Join one of our exciting choir programs and be a blessing to all this year.

We have a growing and vibrant Ministry.

“BLESSING TO ALL THIS YEAR”

OUR REHERSAL SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Tuesdays

6:00pm Hand Bells, resuming

6:30-7:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal

(Youth and Adult)

Thursday 4:00-5:30pm Beginning Violin

Sunday 9:30-10:00a Chancel Choir Warm-up

“Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous, it is fitting for the upright to

praise Him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to Him on the ten-

stringed lyre. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully and shout for joy.

Psalm 33:1-3

Do you enjoy singing? Play a musical instrument?? Have you considered becoming a part of our Music Ministry?

Please contact Diane Float, Music Director

MUSIC DEPARTMENT NEWS

DINNER, THEATER & SILENT AUCTION EVENT

WAS HELD ON

Monday, October 29th

THE EVENT WAS SOLD OUT AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD

BY ALL!!!!

As I reflect back on the blessings of the Lord in our Music Ministry this year and look forward to presenting Thanksgiving Music in the Services, I am forever grateful to all who made our Broadway Dinner Theater possible on October 29th! To everyone who sang in the Choir as well as the Soloists and Narrators, Thank You for your beautiful Broadway Music that you brought to our church and community that night! The Sound, Lighting and Costumes were amazing! Thank You to all our LPUMC Violinists and parents! You brought tears to my eyes and I love working with you all! Thank-You from the bottom of my heart to everyone who cooked, set-up and served the dinner! It was delicious! I don't know how you served over 350 people!

To all those who administered, contributed items and bought in the Silent Auction, Thank You so much! Because you cared, $1700 was raised from the Silent Auction for our Music department! To the men in the parking lot, thank you for parking cars and directing traffic. You did such a good job of making the "first impression" for our church! The list goes on and on and I am afraid I have left some out for my appreciation, but I know you know my heart. May God bless you all richly is my prayer.

AND NOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME EXCITING EVENTS! PLEASE JOIN US!

1. November 18th in the morning Worship Thanksgiving Service, the Choir is holding its' "2nd Friends Choir Day"! Come out at 9:30 AM in the Loft and join us in singing: "Come Ye Thankful People Come"; "We Gather Together To Ask The Lord's Blessing" and "Bless This House O Lord We Pray". Help me to fill the Loft with your thankfulness to God on this special Sunday! 2. November 18th: Church-Wide Free Movie Night at 6:00 PM showing the 2018 Dove Award Winner and Triple Grammy Winner for the Best Christian Movie of all time: "I CAN ONLY IMAGINE" Bring your friends and neighbors! Free Pizza. popcorn and soft drinks will be served. Don't miss it! In FLC 3. Our LPUMC Violin Program will hold its'" Christmas Music and Carols' Concert" on Sunday afternoon, December 9th from 3 - 4 PM in our Church Sanctuary. You won't want to miss this beautiful free Christmas Concert and Cookie Reception meeting the Children and their parents. Santa will attend also! 4. Our very own Chancel Choir will present the beautiful Musical: "Peace Has Come" on Sunday Morning, December 23rd in the 10:30 AM morning Worship Service with live Nativity Players, Soloists, Narrators and Instrumentalists. Come early to get a seat in the Sanctuary.

5. Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24th our Choir will present "Carols By Candlelight" at 7:00 PM with an Audience Sing of all your favorite Carols! Just a beautiful Family and Community Service celebrating our Savior's Birth. Help me Lakewood Park United Methodist Church to bring new members into our Choir. I hope to have a Choir by the New Year of 35 Voices Praising God through song in the Choir Loft. Will you help me by bringing your voice to join our Choir? Reading Music is not required - just a love for serving God. See you in Church Sunday! Come up and say "hello". I would love to meet you!

Love In Christ, Diane

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Home Schooling Network “Classical Conversations”

8:00am-4:00pm “Classical Conversations” This is our LWPUMC Mission Home Schooling Network. This program for 2018-2019, will be ongoing until the middle of May of 2019 on our church campus.

~In Gratitude, Nicole Mules Director of Classical Conversations of Fort Pierce

Thank you, Classical Conversations…

What a joy it is to see the homeschoolers using the Family Life Center every Wednesday. To see learning going on in every single classroom and many ball games being played in the commons is exactly what was envisioned for the building 15 years ago. Mothers and fathers are supervising students who are very helpful and polite.

Praise the Lord! Kay Olson

YOUTH NEWS

In October, Pastor Kirk and I took 8 teens from LWPUMC to

Vero Beach Bowl for pizza and bowling. They had a great

time. They also folded boxes for the Operation Christmas

Child donations. The Youth group also sponsored two of the

boxes for the children. Fun was had by all….

~Denise Liddell

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CONFIRMATION INTEREST?

Are you a teen interested in professing your faith publicly though Confirmation? Please see Ms. Denise or Pastor Kirk and we’ll make arrangements for the next steps.

YOUNG CHILDREN’S ROOM

If you need nursery care for your child, please let one of the ushers know and we will be happy to assist you. Care is provided during our Worship Service at 10:30am. The Nursery is located in the Church, across from the restrooms.

If you are interested in lending a helping hand one time per month in our new young children’s room, please let us know on your connect card or contact Pastor Kirk.

Also, please know that we will still have a nursery available in the Family Life Center for young child care during special events.

NOTE:

If you lead a group or activity, we would love to hear from you so we can keep everyone updated on what is going on. If you have something that would interest our readers, please send an email and/or church photo of activities to the Church Office at: [email protected]. It could be as simple as a recipe, a thank you for a good deed or even a cute humanitarian story.

WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning Author unknown

Many folks want to serve Jesus – but only in an advisory capacity Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back The greatest message ever heard came from an empty tomb The most powerful position on Earth is kneeling before the Lord of the universe Don’t say ‘Our Father’ on Sundays and spend the rest of the week acting like an orphan Jesus paid a debt He didn’t owe because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDING

ANNIVERSARIES

Nov. 1 Corky Boddy Nov. 9 Jay and Robin Bell

Nov. 1 Larry Levins Nov. 10 William & Denise Liddell Nov. 2 Dave Golden Nov. 27 Jacques & Leila Innocent

Nov. 4 Michael Napier II Nov. 7 Jim Arndt

Nov. 9 Chris Strew Nov. 10 Sue Baker

Nov. 13 Audrey Kloeckner

Nov. 15 Harold French Nov. 19 Glenn Linsinbigler

Nov. 20 Linda Steele Nov. 21 Beckleton Chantiloupe

Nov. 24 Eleanore Mutchler

We wish a “Belated Happy Birthday to Michelle Dreiser” who celebrated her birthday on October 12th. Michelle, we all hope you had a fantastic day.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE MISSED YOUR SPECIAL DAY, IT WASN’T

INTENTIONAL, MAYBE WE DIDN’T HAVE YOUR INFORMATION ON FILE. IF

YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO NOTE YOUR BIRTHDAY AND/OR WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY WITH THE YEAR, AS OUR COMPUTER WON’T ACCEPT IT

WITHOUT THE DATE ON THE BLUE CONNECT CARD, WE WILL UPDATE

THE INFORMATION IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM. HOPE YOU HAD A

BLESSED DAY.

*******UPCOMING CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA ORDER

ENVELOPES MUST BE TURNED IN BY SUNDAY,

NOVEMBER 18TH. ANY ORDERS THAT COME IN LATE

CANNOT BE FILLED DUE TO THE NURSERY ORDER

DEADLINE, SORRY!! FLOWERS WILL BE RED WITH A

GOLD FOIL WRAP, THE COST ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR IS

$7.00********

ONGOING EVENTS

Recycling

Please remember to bring your aluminum cans to our recycling

collection site. Additional items to our collection: empty computer ink cartridges, pull

rings from soda cans and “Box Top $ Education labels”. These items can be placed in the

appropriate bins along the wall in the Family Life Center. They are taken to the recycling

center and the International Heifer Fund Mission benefits from the amount received. Mitch

Williford took the cans over to the recycling station in October and received $17.10.

Prayer and Praise Did you know that we have a group of Prayer Warriors who meet every Wednesday morning at

11:00 to read and pray over the blue connect cards? You are more than welcome to join them

as they offer prayers and praises in the Sanctuary.

**Need Prayers? Call the Prayer Chain: Helen Wilson, 772-465-5518 or

Sherry Dial, 772-579-5806.

If you would like to use the Prayer Chapel in the Memorial Garden, it is available for use.

Please contact the Church office for the key during regular office hours.

Altar Flowers Do you have a special occasion coming up that you’d like to remember with flowers? There is a

sign-up sheet posted in the Narthex for donating flowers. There is a $30. donation for the

flowers.

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CALANDER OF EVENTS (REMINDER: OFFICE CLOSED ON FRIDAYS)

Thurs. Nov. 1

9:00a.m. TOPS

10:00a.m. Ladies Bible Study

10:00a.m. Men’s Bible Study

4:00p.m. Beginning Violin Class 1 (4:00pm-5:30pm)

Sun. Nov. 4

9:00a.m. Adult Bible Study:

“The Role of Human Suffering in God’s Plan”

9:00a.m. Children’s Sunday School

9:00a.m. Youth Sunday School

9:30a.m. Chancel Choir Warm-up (9:30am-10:00am)

10:30a.m. Worship Service

Mon. Nov. 5

10:00a.m. Food Pantry Open (10:00a.m. – Noon)

7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Tues. Nov 6

5:30p.m. Terrific Tuesday

6:00p.m. Youth Bible Study

6:00p.m. Hand Bells Practice

6:30p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal (6:30pm-8:00pm)

Wed. Nov. 7

8:00a.m. Home Study Group (8:00am-4:00pm)

11:00a.m. Prayer & Praise

6:30p.m. Adult Bible Study (Narthex)

7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00pm-8:00pm)

Thurs. Nov. 8

9:00a.m. TOPS



4:00p.m. Beginning Violin Class 1 (4:00p.m.-5:30p.m.)

Sat. Nov. 10

9:30a.m. LWPUMC “Church Conference”

This is an important meeting for all Members and those

wanting to know what is happening in our church.

Please plan on attending this important meeting.

Sun. Nov. 11





9:30a.m. Chancel Choir Warm-up (9:30a.m.-10:00a.m. )


Mon. Nov. 12


7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Tues. Nov. 13


6:00 p.m. Hand Bells Practice



Wed. Nov. 14




7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00p.m.-8:00p.m.)

Thurs. Nov. 15

9:00a.m. TOPS



4:00p.m. Beginning Violin Class 1 (4:00pm-5:30pm)

Sun. Nov. 18





9:30-10:00a.m. Chancel Choir Warm-up

10:30a.m. Worship Service - Deadline for Christmas Poinsettias Orders

6:00p.m. Free Movie Night – “I Can Only Imagine”

Mon. Nov. 19


7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Tues. Nov. 20





Wed. Nov. 21




7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Thurs. Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING DAY – no service and office closed

Sun. Nov. 25





9:30-10:00a.m. Chancel Choir Warm-up


Mon. Nov. 26

10:00-Noon Food Pantry Open

7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Tues. Nov. 27





Wed. Nov. 28




7:00p.m. Zumba (7:00-8:00p.m.)

Thurs. Nov. 29 Fri, Nov. 30

Office Closed Have a Blessed Thanksgiving

Office Closed Day After Thanksgiving

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