*Events for November:

11/2 – Time Change

11/2 -

11/2 – Charge Conference 3:00

11/4 – Election Day

11/8 – Service App. Banquet 6PM

11/9 – Food & Friends 9AM

11/11 –

11/16 – Shoeboxes Due

11/23 – Baby Shower for

Vanessa Kopp 3:00 PM

11/26 – Community Thanksgiving

Service @ Oakland

11/30 – Hanging of the Greens 7PM

12/7 -

12/14 – Food & Friends 9AM

12/19 – Christmas Cantata&

Kids Pieces

12/21 – First Day of Winter

12/24 – Christmas Eve Communion

12/25 – Christmas Day

12/31 – New Years Eve

1/1/2009 – New Years Day

*Birthdays: 11/2 – Mary Jo Nelson

11/3 – Ron Glahn

11/4 – Whillden Allen

11/8 – Emily Cox

11/9 – Olivia Fries

11/10 – Lytle Turpen

11/12 – Pam Tester

11/13 – Jamie & Lorna Stiles

11/15 – Ben Grothaus

11/16 – Kim Mullins

11/25 – Olivia Grothaus

11/27 – Ruth Glahn

*Anniversaries: 11/18 – Bob & Becky Myers

11/20 – George & Joye Nelson

11/22 – Lytle & Liz Turpen

The Oakland Times Sunday Worship Service @10:30 AM November 2008

Sunday School @ 9:30 AM Volume 11 Issue 11

Wednesday Bible Study @ 7:00 PM Awana Wed. @ 6:30 PM

PASTOR DAVID RYAN 283-1371 (h) EDITOR - SHAWNA KOPP 572-0992

“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”…I Thessalonians 5:16-18

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Now is the time to trim the turkey, shuck the corn, bake the pumpkin pies, and buy a pair of pants one size larger than currently in your closet.

Ah, just imagine the sights, the smells, the aching bellies begging to be un-encumbered by belts! Is there any greater joy than a full stomach with gravy as an acceptable beverage?! But I digress…

What does this day called Thanksgiving mean to you and yours? In 2005, Denise and I held our 1st Thanksgiving in what was our new home. Both sides of the family arrived for our wonderful feast. Our home was filled to the brim with laughter and love. (Hey, the Bengal’s even won on that day!)

I remember being filled with pride as I gathered our extended family around the dining table to pray, but first I offered a toast. Essentially what I said was that our home had been the fulfillment of a dream long shared by Denise and I. “Last Christmas, Denise, I bought you a door knocker with our surname, and it came with a promise…next year, I will buy you the house to go with it.” It was a wonderfully emotional moment for the two of us, considering that we had recently moved from a mouse infested parsonage…I remember it like it was yesterday.

My point is simple: Thanksgiving to me means seeing the fulfillment of promise made. My prayer that day of Thanksgiving was most about thanking God for his faithfulness. That day we feasted not only on turkey with all the trimmings, but we feasted upon the faithfulness of God. May it always be so with us all. May the love of Christ fill your hearts this holiday and bring you peace, (with a full stomach).

Happy Thanksgiving Bro. David

*Acolytes: 11/2 - COMMUNION 11/9 – Miranda Kopp & Devon Poe 11/16 – Casey & Colton Graham 11/23 – Olivia Fries & Tanner Schweitzer 11/30 – Dustin Gosney & Brandon Phelps

*Greeters for the Month: 11/2 – David & Lori Graham 11/9 – Doug & JoAnn Schweitzer 11/16 – Aaron & Donna Cox 11/23 – Charley & Sharon Demoss 11/30 – Kim & Doug Holzschuh

*Ushers for the Month: 11/2 – Brian & Josh Myers (Alt. Tyler H.) 11/9 – Charley & Sharon Demoss (Alt. Doug S.) 11/16 – Jeremy & Shelly Gosney (Alt. Shawna) 11/23 – Luke & Rachel Cooper (Alt. Juanita) 11/30 – JD & Donna Nelson (Alt. Al Nelson)

*Children’s Church:

11/2 – Judy & Amy Fries

11/9 – Tyler Holzschuh & Brian Myers

11/16 – Becky & Kevin McCormick

11/23 – David & Lori Graham

11/30 – Becky & Josh Myers

If anyone cannot work one of these days, please see

Kim Holzschuh.

*Nursery Workers:

11/2 – Shawna & Miranda Kopp

11/9 – Shelly & Jeremy Gosney

11/16 – Karen & Craig Glahn

11/23 – Greg & Renee Phelps

11/30 – Kim & Lauren Holzschuh

If anyone else is willing to be on a rotation please see

Shelly. We still need volunteers.

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Attached to the back of this Newsletter will be a copy of a monthly calendar. Please place the sheet on your refrigerator for a reminder of upcoming events.

Oakland is once again participating in the Operation

Christmas Child Shoebox Ministry. The collection

week is November 17-24th so shoeboxes

need to be brought to church no later

than Sunday Nov. 16th. David and Lori

Graham and their family have

purchased school supplies for some

boxes and are bringing them to church for everyone’s

use. Please pray about filling one (or more) boxes this

year. The goal for the Alexandria is 15,000 shoeboxes

this year. Oakland collected 74 boxes last year. Maybe

we can add to that number for 2008.

The “Do’s & Don’ts” of packing the boxes are inside the

pamphlet with the labels. There were no specific

instructions this year regarding the opening of

packages, so use your own discretion about your box.

They only said “no liquids & no chocolate”. The cost of

shipping remains $7.00 this year. Please fill out the

information on the envelope provided in the pamphlet

and place inside your shoebox. If this cost is a problem

for you, don’t worry about it. The church has been kind

enough to say they will cover any shipping cost for you.

Thank you for helping these children around the world.

God Bless You!

Janet May

PLEASE REMEMBER

We still have Wednesday Night

Bible Study at 7:00 PM in the

sanctuary. Also, youth classes with

Shelly Gosney at the house next door

starting around 6:30 PM.

Our Men’s & Women’s

Fellowship meetings

will be Wednesday

Nov. 5th at 7:00 PM.

Rosella Schof, Ruth Painter, Marion Dean, Liz & Lytle Turpen, Sonia Finnell, Margie Kidd, Eileen Jones, Christy Auton, James Clark, Lil & Jim Mullins, Diana Dressman & Family, Richard Bowen & Family, Connie Hanson, Steve & Michelle Lynch, Sylvia Dougherty, Shorty Kleier, Joan Newman, Jesse Markland, Joey Mulloy, Elizabeth Specht, Nancy Zumwalde, Herb & Ethel Bass, Carl Schneider, Debbie Billiter, Jamie Fowee, Karra Robinson, Paul Meyer, Rich Nelson, Amy Brookbank and Family, Kenneth Ryan, Danielle Stubbs, Linda Laws, Becky Wiley, Sarah

Sturgeon, Connie Mudd, Whillden Allen, Leonard Kopp, Brad Evans, Katie Henry, Dain Paige, Joey Butke, Al Nelson, Noah Evans, Rick Hall, The Family of Ervin Whitford, The Family of Bill Hutchison For our Service Men & Women: *Dylan Nassano - Marine Corps *Charlie Fletcher - Army *Troy Merrill – Marines in Iraq *Evan Nelson – Marines *Adam Campbell – Serving in Iraq *John Franzen – Serving in Iraq *Mike Hundemer – US Army *Devon Gregory – US Army *Kris Nelson – National Guard *Jonathan Lee – Army Baghdad *Tara Miller - Army

*County Market Receipts:

We are still collecting County Market receipts. There is a bag in the vestibule. Please note we can only use receipts from the past 6 months.

Will be held here

Sunday Nov. 2nd at 3:00

PM.

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Awana is on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM. All club members need to be in uniform and have their handbooks. If you have any questions please see Leah Fries. The schedule for Nov. is:

5th – Parent Night – Parents feel free to attend and see what we do weekly at Awana!

12th – “Can” you show your love for Jesus? Bring in canned food for 20 points each can!

19th – “Can” you bring more canned food? Prize for biggest donation! Bring em’ in!

26th – NO AWANA – Thanksgiving Break and Thanksgiving Community Service at Oakland 7:00 PM.

*Christmas Cantata/Kids

Christmas Pieces:

Due to conflicting schedules, we have

cancelled the kids Christmas program. BUT,

we are going to combine the kids into the

Christmas Cantata this year. They will either

have a part to speak from the Cantata, a

Christmas piece or some little skit. Leah Fries

will be getting the parts to the kids in the next

few weeks. If you do not want to participate or

have any other questions, please let Leah

know.

Practices for the Christmas Cantata will be on

Sunday’s at 7:00 PM starting this Sunday the

2nd

.

Election Day

Nov. 4th

is Election Day. Please get out and

make your vote count and pray for our country

during this Election.

We would like to thank everyone who helped out on the “Stonehouse Tour” which was held Oct. 19th. We had approximately 60 + people that toured our facility. Thanks to Olivia Fries & Dustin Gosney who were our “Lil Tour Guides”, and to Bryce Fries & Ayden Gosney who helped pass out the church brochures. Thanks to Dave & Debbie Whitacre & Rusty Fries for supplying the music. Thanks to all the volunteers and all who supplied food for this event. The people who attended were surprised and thankful for the free food and drinks.

*Baby Shower:

There will be a baby shower for Vanessa Kopp on Sunday Nov. 23rd at 3:00 PM here at church. Vanessa is registered at Wal-Mart & Babies R Us. If you plan to attend please let Shawna Kopp know by November 16th.

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*Birdhouses: There have been MANY birdhouses that have been finished and sold. If you are still interested in doing any more birdhouses please see Sharon Demoss or Joyce Glahn. Any help is appreciated.

Sunday evening Nov. 30th we will be having a service “Hanging of the Greens” at 7:00 PM.

The church is sending a check for $2500.00 to the soup kitchen at Grace UMC in Covington, on behalf of the money collected from the birdhouses. The last time that Joyce Glahn and Mary Jo Nelson went down there, they found that the pantry was out of food. They made the decision to get a check to them as soon as possible to restock the pantry. Thanks for all

your help.

*Spaghetti Dinner: At the Alexandria Masonic Lodge Saturday November 8th

from 2-7 PM. Adults are $6.00 and Kids are $4.00.

*Thanksgiving Eve Service: The Community Thanksgiving Eve Service will

be held Wednesday Nov. 26th at Oakland UMC

at 7:00 PM. Regular Wed. night service &

Awana will be cancelled.

There will be a “Potluck” Service

Banquet on Saturday Nov. 8th at 6:00

PM. Please bring a dish and a drink.

This banquet is to thank everyone for

all they do for the church.

Oakland now has a website. Come see our

new look at: oaklandumc.wordpress.com.

More things will be added in

the future. Thanks to Rusty

Fries for getting the site set

up.

Mission Trip: Some of Oakland volunteers will be going to Owsley County, KY Nov. 1-4 to work on things at Faith Hill. Here are the phone numbers, in case of an emergency, that the mission team can be reached at while they are down in Owsley County: 606-493-6007 - Cleda Turner's cell number 606-593-5398 - Phone number to cabin at Faith Hill 859-322-5575 – Jeremy Gosney Cell 859-802-4833 – Shelly Gosney Cell

*Asbury UMC Craft Show: The craft show at Asbury UMC in

Highland Heights will be Friday Nov.

7th from 7-9 PM & Saturday Nov. 8th

from 9-3 PM.

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*Accomplishments:

We have started a section in the Newsletter where we will recognize people for any accomplishments they have done. You can put in whatever you would like. Examples: something in school, sports, work, church, community, etc.

*Oakland UMC received a package in the mail from the Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children & Youth.

We were very pleased when we opened it to learn that Oakland has received 2 awards from the children's home for

2007. The awards are:

1. 2nd Largest Overall Giver in the Covington District Kentucky Conference in 2007 ($13,689.36)

2. 2nd Largest Per Person Giver in the Covington District Kentucky

Conference in 2007 ($152.10 per person)

This is amazing to us considering the size of some of the churches in the Covington District. Oakland truly is a

giving congregation. In case you don't realize this...every 5th Sunday 1/2 of our regular offering is sent to the

children's home. We normally receive an acknowledgement of our gift that includes a letter telling about one of the

children. Watch the bulletin board in the vestibule and read these wonderful stories, and know that you are

personally helping to meet the needs of these precious young folks!

*Congratulations to Miranda Kopp whose soccer team “NKSA Rowdies” won the Forest Park Star

Invitational Tournament the weekend of Oct. 25th

& 26th

, 2008. The team won all 4 games in a shut out.

Also congratulations to Miranda who made the middle school varsity basketball team.

*Congratulations to Don Mullins who made it through another work week.

Please let me know of any accomplishments you would like to add before next month’s Newsletter.

Shawna

CHILDREN'S CHURCH NURSERY DATE

Jake/Donna Becky/Josh 26-Oct Judy/Amy Shawna/Miranda 2-Nov Tyler/Brian Shelly/Jeremy 9-Nov Becky Mc/Kevin Karen/Craig 16-Nov Lori/David Renee/Greg 23-Nov Becky/Josh Kim H./Lauren 30-Nov Shawna/Miranda Janet May/Noah 7-Dec Shelly/Jeremy Jake/Donna 14-Dec

Debbie/Earl Judy/Casey 21-Dec Renee/Greg Vanessa/Matt 28-Dec Kim H./Lauren Amy/Casey 4-Jan Janet May/Jerry Becky Mc/Kevin 11-Jan

This is the Children’s

Church/Nursery

schedule rotation.

When it comes to the

end, then it will start

back over unless

someone else would

like to volunteer. If

you cannot teach on a

day you are scheduled,

please see if someone

will switch with you

and let either Shelly

Gosney or Shawna

Kopp know.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1)

2) COMMUNION

*Time Chg. Fall Back

*Charge Conference

Mary Jo Nelson

*Choir Practice 7 PM

3)

Ron Glahn

4) Election Day

Whillden Allen

5) *Awana 6:30 PM

*Men’s/Women’s

Fellowship Mtg. 7 PM

6) 7) 8)

*Service Appreciation

Banquet 6:00 PM

Emily Cox

9)

*Food & Friends 9 AM

Olivia Fries

10)

Lytle Turpen

11) Veterans Day 12) *Awana 6:30 PM

*Reg. Wed. Night Bible

Study 7:00 PM

Pam Tester

13)

Jamie & Lorna Stiles

14) 15)

Ben Grothaus

16)

*Shoeboxes Due

Kim Mullins

*Choir Practice 7 PM

17) 18)

Bob & Becky Myers

19) *Awana 6:30 PM

*Reg. Wed. Night Bible

Study 7:00 PM.

20)

George & Joye Nelson

21) 22)

Lytle & Liz Turpen

23)

*Baby shower for Vanessa

Kopp 3:00 PM

*Choir Practice 7 PM

24) 25)

Olivia Grothaus

26) Community

Thanksgiving Service @

Oakland at 7:00 PM

Newsletter Info Due

27) Thanksgiving

Ruth Glahn

28) 29)

30)

1st Sunday of Advent

*Hanging of the Greens

Service 7:00 PM

November 2008

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