The Chimes

April 2019

Trinity United Methodist Church 75 East High Street, Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338

Thursday, 4/18 at 7:00 p.m. - Maundy Thursday Communion Service Friday, 4/19 at 7:00 p.m. - Community Good Friday Service

Easter Sunday, 4/21 – 8:30 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary)

9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – coffee, donuts etc. (Trinity Hall) 10:30 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary)

Continue Seeking the Lord in Lent On April 28th I will be preaching on the woman who touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and was healed (Matt. 9, Mark 5). In that

message I will share how the woman was in need of healing. Her situation was desperate, for 12 years she had a bleeding problem (possibly menstrual bleeding). The doctors were never able to help her. She suffered physically, financially and socially (she was an outcast). And yet the day came when she was determined to turn her need over to someone, she believed could truly help her – Jesus. When the opportunity came and she pressed through the crowd believing if she could just touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, she would be healed, and this is what happened. Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has made you well.”

I will share in the message how faith has two sides like a coin: first, the aggressive side, do all you can do side, illustrated by the woman pushing through the crowd and being determined to touch Jesus’ garment. Second, the passive side or the receiving side, illustrated by the woman receiving healing as she touched the Lord. I will emphasize in the message that the woman did not have to stress and strain to touch Jesus’ garment. She simply reached out in simple faith. Sometimes when we are stressed, we also get stressed out in our faith. But the Lord would have us do all we can to enable our faith – read God’s Word, spend time in pray (ask, seek and knock). But after we have done all we can in seeking God in the context of our need, we must then REST IN THE LORD because the rest is up to Him. The woman reached out to touch Jesus’ garment, but it was the Lord who ultimately healed her. By faith she received!

These two sides of faith go together. During this season of Lent continue to seek the Lord in your life, to be close to him, to serve him, and to love him. At the same time rest in him, receive from him. Allow him to be your strength in the

midst of stressful situations. Remember, if you are straining to have faith, step back, relax and rest in the Lord. Having done all you can to reach out to be in touch with God, let His touch come to you. Also remember the reason for God’s touch in our lives is so that we can reach out and touch others with God’s love, grace and presence. Neither Matthew 9 nor Mark 5 talk about the woman going out to touch others after having been touched herself. But we can be sure that she did. Having a testimony of God’s touch, we can rest assured others were touched through this woman who was touched by God’s grace. Let us do the same in this season of Lent as we approach Resurrection Sunday, Easter!

God Bless, Pastor Jeff

Needed - Vacation Bible School Coordinator We are in need of

someone who would be willing to be the VBS Coordinator for the summer of 2019. If you are interested, please contact Jim

Brucker.

Maundy Thursday

Communion Service will be held on Thursday, 4/18 at

7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Good Friday Community Service will be held at Trinity this year. The service is at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary on Friday, 4/19. Our choir will be singing several songs in the worship service.

Mid-Ohio District Conference will be held here at Trinity UMC on Sunday, 4/7 from 3-5 p.m. It will be a time for networking, training and the required annual business at our spring district conference. If you are interested in attending, you can contact the church office for more information.

PRAYER CONCERNS Trinity members and friends

who have been in our prayers

the past month…..

New Prayer Concerns: Amber (Young) Bailey & Kasin Bailey, Charlene Wilson, Ernie, Josh Wallis, Mary Enos, Merrill & Jane Brucker, Teresa Dickenson, Bob Shaffer, New Zealand Shooting, Plane crashes

Ongoing Prayer: Barb Detwiler, Rev. Beth Mansperger, Bill Brucker, Carlotta Blair, Charlotte Geyer, Deb Dupilka, Doug Stossel, Gale Fragan, Jeff Taylor, Julie Vargo, Marty Reuss, Neva Turner, Pat Tolbert, Phyllis Bell, Ruth Ann George, Sarah Roberts, Shelly Hastings-Toms, Sherry Seckel, Steve Dabney, Tammy Ghent, Tom Geyer, Unspoken Request. Civilians serving overseas.

Military: Curt Belohlavek, Emily Garry, Eric Mann, Kelly Mann-Sorgenfrei, Jon Tschudi, & all other military personnel around the world

Nursing Home Residents & Shut-Ins: Alice Foley, Aretha Richardson, Bill Maggs, Nettie Lyon, Marjorie West, Mary Dianne George, Rebecca Patterson

Missionaries: Gordon & Ardell Graner [Dominican Republic], Matthew Laferty [Austria]

Our Trinity Family wishes to extend prayers to the following families in the loss of a loved one this past month: Harold Wilson, Kirk Sparks, Mary Van Sickle

TRINITY ATTENDANCE

DATE

SUNDAY

SCHOOL

8:30

AM

10:30

AM

TOTAL

03/03/2019 34 31 82 113

03/10/2019 36 25 55 80

03/17/2019 33 31 60 91

03/24/2019 40 37 80 117

03/31/2019

Blue Apron Boxes – The Sewing Group is looking for

Blue Apron boxes. They are the perfect size and work really well for packing

up sewing projects for Mid-West. If you have any Blue Apron boxes, you can drop

them off at the church office.

APRIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS…

Trustees: Tuesday, 4/2, 7:00 pm Staff Parish: Tuesday, 4/9, 7:00 pm

TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY AT SAMES & COOK 3:00-4:00 pm

The Sames and Cook Bible Study will be reading the book by Liz Curtis Higgs – The Bad

Girls of the Bible. The author offers a clear-sighted, life-changing approach to understanding those “other women” in Scripture such as Delilah, Jezebel, Rahab, Lot’s wife and others. Liz combines a contemporary retelling of their stories with a solid, verse-by-verse study of their lives and the lessons we can learn from them.

Whether they were Bad to the Bone, Bad for a Moment, or Bad for a Season but Not Forever, these infamous sisters show us how not to handle the challenges of life.

April 2: No Bible Study

April 9: No Bible Study

April 16: Potiphar’s Wife: Bad to the Bone (Isaiah

40:26; Isaiah 43:1; Exodus 33:17)

April 23: Lot’s Wife: Bad for a Moment (Proverbs

17:1; 1 Peter 3:5-6; Psalm 39:2-4) April 30: The Woman at the Well: Bad for a Season, but Not Forever (John 10:14; Jeremiah 9:23-24;

Psalm 139:13-16)

COMMUNITY DINNER

Wednesday, April 17th 5:00-6:45 pm Pork Cutlet & Mashed Potatoes. Meals Include: vegetable, choice of salad, roll, dessert and drink. Dinners are $8.00 per person. Children 10 & under free. Carry out available. Thank you everyone for your help and support!

Easter Egg Hunt – This year we will be holding an Easter Egg hunt for the children during the Sunday School hour and also during Children’s Church on Easter Sunday (4/21). Donations of candy and other items to fill the plastic eggs would be greatly appreciated. You can drop off your donations at the church office.

Youth Group

April Youth Schedule

Sunday, 4/7 7:00 p.m. – Youth Group at church Sunday, 4/14 7:00 p.m. – Youth Group at church

Sunday, 4/21 - Easter – No Youth Group

Sunday, 4/28 7:00 p.m. – Youth Group at church

American Red Cross Bloodmobile Collected 36 units with 108 potential lives saved. The next Bloodmobile will be at Trinity on Monday 5/13 from noon

to 6:00 p.m.

Spring Rummage Sale May 9, 10, & 11, 2019

The spring Rummage Sale is right around the corner! Drop-Off begins on May 2nd. Start a bag or box of items for the sale while you tidy up for spring. We will need lots of donations and also lots of volunteers! Let’s make this the best sale yet! Thank you!

~Sandy Snyder

Flat Rock Notices: Save the Date!

Race at the Rock: May 4, 2019 Quilt Auction: October 26, 2019

Check the Flat Rock website and follow Flat Rock on social media for the

most up-to-date information!

Race at the Rock - Saturday, 5/4/2019 Is the 14th Annual Race at the Rock to benefit the individuals served by Flat Rock Homes, Care Center, and Community Services. There are events for participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as the general public. A 1-mile walk is $25. The 5K Race is $30. If several from Trinity are interested in going, we could form a Trinity team and compete for the Dick Parks Fundraising Award. Register online today at WWW.FLATROCKHOMES.ORG ~ Donna Jackson & the Missions Committee

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN NEWS

Happy Spring Ladies of Trinity!

We have no local business meeting in April because we are encouraged to attend the Mid-Ohio District Spring Meeting on Saturday. 4/13. It is being held at Cardington UM from 9:30-12:00. We will meet at our church parking lot at 9:00 a.m. for those that want car pool. We do need to preregister for this one and pay $3.00. Please give this to Barb Brewer and she will send in the registration form for all of us. The speaker for this meeting is Judi Blanton from Thoburn UMC in St Clairsville, OH. She will be portraying Isabella Thoburn one of our founding mothers. There will also be a memorial service held to honor our members who passed in 2018 including - Faye Willeke and Marilee George. We will be taking our second mile giving items as well so be sure to turn in your pill bottles, stamps and pop tabs.

UMW Sunday is 4/28. We will be leading the service in many ways and celebrating UMW’s 150th Birthday.

Thank you for all you do and God bless you! Marilyn Turner

Vulnerable yet victorious

While taking boxing lessons, Timothy Keller was warned to never put his hands at his side. That position leaves one’s face and torso exposed to the opponent.

In a video on ChurchLeaders.com, the pastor and author notes that Jesus’ hands

weren’t just out to the side on the cross; they were nailed there. “How much more vulnerable could he be?” That vulnerability, Keller says, makes Jesus’ death the ultimate act of friendship, which should encourage people who feel far from God.

Defining friendship as candor and consistency, Keller notes that friends always let you in, never let you down and always have time for you. Jesus didn’t let us down on Good Friday — or on Easter. Although Jesus “had all of hell coming down on him,” Keller says, our Savior proclaimed to his Father, “Not my will but thine be done.”

Midwest Mission Team

Spring is almost here and that means time for

planning our annual Midwest Mission Distribution

Center mission trip. This year it will be July 14 - 20,

leaving after the 8:30 service and commissioning and

returning the following Saturday.

The work is light and easy

with many opportunities to

sit and work if necessary. We

have great fellowship,

fantastic meals, super

accommodations and fun. We do daily devotions,

play games and relax in the evenings, go sightseeing

one afternoon and eat ice cream, even for breakfast! .

It’s not too late to sign up even though we have had

our first meeting, we have one more before we go.

Information packets can be picked up in the church

office and if you have any questions, contact Robin.

The cost is $200 and includes room and board, travel,

MMDC fees, a ride on an indoor Ferris wheel and

one trip to the ice cream shop! Additional costs are

the two meals on our travel days, two meals out while

there and any sightseeing expenses. Come see the

great things Midwest Mission Distribution Center

does for our country and the world.

New for this

year are the

Tornado Kits. A

display in the

Narthex shows

what the kit

includes. If you

would like to

donate the cost

of a kit of $50, information can be found in the

Narthex on the desk next to the Overflow area. Please

write “Tornado Kit” on the memo line of the check,

place the order form and check into the envelope also

provided and drop it off in the Offering Plate on

Sunday or the Church Office.

We truly appreciate the support this Church Family

provides in donations, sewing days and prayers.

~The Midwest Mission Team

Robin Brucker

419-768-1238

The Ark Encounter & Creation Museum September 9 – 10, 2019 $345.00 per person

Eagle Rock tours from Fredericktown is offering an overnight trip to see the Ark Encounter

and Creation Museum. The following is from their brochure:

Experience the life–size Noah’s Ark! The Ark Encounter is a one-of-a-kind theme attraction the whole family will enjoy, located in Williamstown, KY. It is a Christian evangelical and fundamentalist theme park that opened in 2016. The centerpiece of the park is a full-scaled model of Noah’s Ark as described in the Genesis flood narrative of the Bible. It is 510 feet (155m) long, 85 feet (26m) wide and 51 feet (16m) high. We will also visit the Creation Museum, the state-of-the-art 75,000-square-foot museum brings the Bible to life, casting its characters and animals in dynamic form. Prepare to believe.

Includes: Escorted transportation, 1 night’s lodging, 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, admission to listed attractions, and included meal tips.

Reservations are to be made directly to Eagle Rock Tours, by phone, email or in person. Tour reservations require a per person deposit of $100 by personal check, money order, cash or credit card to be received by Eagle Rock Tours within 10 days of making the reservation. Credit cards are accepted for a 5% fee. Reservations are confirmed upon receipt of deposit. Prices based on double occupancy.

Easter possibilities The message of Easter is not only that Christ is risen, not only that suffering is not the last word, not only that God gives new life, but this: Nothing is impossible with God. —The Rev. James Martin, S.J.

NURSERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Because of our Child Protection Policy we need 2 people in the nursery during the Sunday school hour and during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Please contact the church office if you are able to help during either of these times at trinityumc@redbird.net or 419-947-6040. There are also sign-up sheets in the nursery. Thanks to all those who volunteered in the nursery: Gary Begeman, Kristi Bulkowski, Tom Cotton, Alberta Stojkovic, Pat & Dick Miller, Joyce Overmoyer, Vince Brown, Kimberly Neal and Sue Williamson.

LOW IMPACT/STEP AEROBICS CLASS

Exercise to Energize - Classes meet

on Mondays & Wednesdays at 7:00

p.m. and Saturday mornings at 10:00

a.m. We exercise with music and mix

in light weights and floor exercises.

We would love to have you join us! If you have any

questions ask Allen or Alberta Stojkovic 419-946-

4982.

REIMBURSEMENT VOUCHERS

If you make any authorized purchases for the church, please return the original

receipt and a completed Voucher to the church office within one month of the purchase. This will insure that you receive your reimbursement on time and it also helps the church keep its accounts up to date and accurate. Blank Vouchers are available in the church office.

2019 Altar Flowers

The Altar flower sign-up sheet is located in the hall next to the workroom. Make sure you write who is purchasing the flowers and who they are “In Memory of” or “In Honor of”. The cost of the flowers is $30. Please mark “Altar Flowers” in memo line of your check made out to Trinity UMC. The church office orders flowers for anyone who has signed up the week before the Sunday they are for. If you decide to get them yourself at another florist, please let the church office know in advance. Thank you!

SPECIAL EVENTS AND USE OF FACILITIES

We are fortunate to have a facility that is busy through the year. If you plan to hold a special event, work session or other function in the church, please make sure to check availability of date and time with the church office as far in advance as possible. A Building Use form may need to be completed and returned for approval and signature by the Trustee Committee. The forms are available in the church office or may be emailed by the office at your request. Your cooperation in this process helps everyone coordinate use of the facility. Thank you!

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM

Trinity is part of the Kroger Community Rewards program. Just by using your Kroger plus card when you shop at Kroger, they will make a donation to our church. Our most recent check was $253.79. To sign up go online at www.kroger.com/community and register your Kroger Plus Card. Kroger recently updated its Community Rewards system. Trinity has been assigned a new number. You will need to enter Trinity’s number #RH570 and your email address. Thank you for supporting this program and Trinity UMC!

KROGER’S ROUND UP PROGRAM: Kroger’s

“Round Up” program has resulted in

generous donations to the Mid Ohio

Foodbank to help feed the hungry.

These contributions have been

passed on to local Food Pantries and

Kitchens, including the one here at Trinity! Recently,

our Food Pantry & End of Month Meal ministry

received a total of $136.61! Your pennies really do

make a difference! Thank you so much for “rounding

up” at Krogers!

~Food Pantry & End of Month Meal Team

GOD’S SERVANTS – April 2019

April 2019

8:30 am Greeters

8:30 am Call to Worship Readers

8:30 am Scripture Readers

7 Don & Marilyn Rhodebeck Donna Shirk Rod Clinger

14 Rod & Pam Clinger Rod Clinger Pat Tolbert

21 Pat Tolbert Carolyn Barr Alan Torppa

28 Roger & Marcia Cooper Marcia Cooper Pam Clinger

April 2019 10:30 am Greeters

10:30 am Call to Worship Readers

10:30 am Scripture Readers

7 Allen & Alberta Stojkovic Amy Barr Ken Barnett

14 Jim & Joyce Overmoyer Marilyn Turner Allen Stojkovic

21 Juanita Piercy & Suzy Piercy Jim Brucker Dennis Hill

28 Ruth Logan & Evelyn Shoults Susan Keightley Anne Cotton

April 2019

10:30 am Music

10:30 am Children’s Church

Altar Flowers ($30.00)

7 Dennis Hill Cheryl Young Micky, Cathy & Jessica Kilpatrick

14 Jaime Zeger Kristi Bulkowski Suzy Piercy

21 Amy Barr Kelly Hand Easter Flowers

28 Dennis Hill Jim Brucker

April 2019

9:30 am Nursery Volunteers

10:30 am Nursery Volunteers

10:30 am Acolytes

7 Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed The Bulkowski Family

14 Pat Miller Pat Miller The Rocks Family

21 Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed The Hand Family

28 Volunteer Needed Volunteer Needed The Bulkowski Family

10:30 am Ushers: Olen Jackson, Merrill Brucker, Floyd Sterritt, Glenn Hayes

Trinity United Methodist Church: Office Hours: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm [Lunch 12:00-12:30 pm]

Phone: 419-947-6040 Fax: 419-947-6050 Website: www.mgtrinity.com Email Address: trinityumc@redbird.net

Pastor Jeff’s Email Address: jcanankamp82@gmail.com

The Chimes is a monthly publication of Trinity United Methodist Church. Copy deadline is the third Wednesday of each month by 4 pm.

Trinity United Methodist Church Staff: Rev. Jeff Canankamp, Pastor - Parsonage Phone: 419-751-7572

Sabina Anderson, Music Director Susan James, Pianist Tina Schaeufele, Treasurer

Denise Canankamp, Secretary Sara Ness, Custodian Barb Brewer, Kitchen Coordinator Diana Kemp, Nursery Care Giver