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“Making disciples of Jesus that transform the world.” Inside This Issue:
Pastor’s Letter
Because We Are Family . . .
Christmas Market
Information
Bob Evans Day Flyer
415 W. Greene Street,
Piqua, Ohio 45356
(937) 773-5313
Fax (937) 773-5397
www.greenestreetumc.org
Pastor Kenneth A. Stewart
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Electronic
Giving
How can I help at the Christmas Market?
We need donations of pies and cakes for meals in the dining room and additional donations for the country store (for example, pies, jellies, candy, bread, pickles, cakes, and coffee cakes). There are sign up posters in the narthex if you can provide any of these! You may also phone the office regarding a donation.
If you’d like to work at the market, you can sign up in the narthex or call the church office. We’d love to have you help!
Here’s the schedule:
Saturday, October 4
8:30 a—Meat Day—help cook chicken for the chicken sandwiches. Then return on Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 p.m. to help cook and stir the chicken sandwiches.
9 a—Heavy Set up
Sunday, October 5
1:30 p—Decorating - Stop by & help roll out paper, decorate, and watch the activity!
Thursday, October 9
10 a-7 p
Stop and shop. Eat and fellowship. Meals are served from 11 a-1:30 p and 5-6:30 p
7 p- Tear down. We need help folding up chairs, tables, tablecloths, securing the baskets that were not claimed and cleaning up the kitchen.
All help is gratefully appreciated.
Other ways to help:
Sign up for a yard sign
Take fliers to all of your friends
Invite a friend to come for lunch or supper
Buy tickets in church
Clean out your Kitchen—items for “Ye Olde Kitchen Shoppe”
“Little Tykes Treasures” - bring in items for kids to buy for their loved ones
The Market will be successful and fun if everyone helps!
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Staff FAQ’s
What happens throughout the week at Greene Street? What do your staff members do on a daily basis in between Sundays? It’s a story worth telling, especially since multiple new people are connecting with us regularly. Many organizations call these “FAQ’s – Frequently Asked Questions.” I’ll do my best to answer some in this space, specifically concerning our wonderful staff.
What does the pastor do throughout the week?
According to the United Methodist Book of Discipline (¶ 340, pp. 250-253) I am responsible for four broad areas of mission and ministry in the local church:
Ministry of the Word, such as preparing and leading corporate worship gatherings, counseling individuals and visiting persons as needed, and officiating at weddings and funerals.
Ministry of the Sacraments, such as preparing individuals for baptism and administering Holy Communion.
Ministry of Order, ensuring that organizational concerns are addressed, empowering lay leaders in the congregation to use their gifts and appointing leaders to teams responsible for specific ministries, and communicating clearly the vision and mission of the church.
Ministry of Service, by serving alongside others in the trenches of daily life.
I report to a committee called SPRC – Staff/Parish Relations Committee, represented by 7-9 congregational members who hold me accountable and field any congregational concerns people may have regarding my leadership. I also provide a detailed timelog to each member of your Administrative Board, which meets no less than six times per year. I average just over fifty hours per week to ensure the above responsibilities are carried out. I am happy to share these timelogs with you should you be interested in learning what your pastor does on a daily basis.
What does our support staff do Monday – Friday?
Our Office Manager, Jennifer Sweetman, is the welcoming face and voice of Greene Street Church. Her role as Office Manager brings her into daily contact with many people from our congregation and community, both in person and on the telephone. One of her primary roles is helping me complete necessary tasks so I may do my job to the best of my ability.
Jennifer is responsible for all in-house publishing, keeping us all up-to-date with the exciting things happening in the life of the church. This includes the creation and printing of the weekly worship bulletins, this monthly Chimes newsletter you are reading, and any other special mailings. Jennifer regularly updates our Social Media outreach through Facebook and our web site, tracks church membership and attendance, manages the church calendar, and produces weekly worship slides. In addition to all her church related duties, she also assists the Daycare by answering phone calls, taking payments, and calculating daycare timecards for payroll.
Our Treasurer, Sherry Heath, works part-time to attend to the many financial concerns of the congregation and daycare and preschool ministries. The financial responsibilities include the posting of members’ contributions (after a separate group of counters have prepared the deposit), maintaining pledge information, providing contribution information, and reporting financial status of church funds to various committees and Administrative Board.
She also prepares and processes payroll for 38 church and day care employees on a bi-weekly basis, while filing monthly payroll reports to city, state, school, and federal agencies. Sherry oversees the disbursement of withheld funds for pension and United Way.
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Sherry processes all credit card, electronic contributions, and payments, posts and reconciles monthly bank statements, and generates checks to vendors and individuals involved in church purchases. Sherry’s responsibilities also extend to maintaining adequate records to support all the mission and ministry of the church. Payroll will be outsourced beginning October 1, and the treasurer’s hours will be reduced to reflect this change.
In addition, we have hundreds of children entrusted to our care up to twelve hours a day, five days a week in our daycare and preschool ministries. These children and their staff are led by Debbie Frazier, our full-time Director who spends hours each day caring for an average of 130 children each day, providing transportation to an average of 65 school-agers to and from school, helping parents with needs or concerns, serving as a referral agency when parents need additional help, providing discipline when children are having trouble following the rules in the classroom, and making the decision about what should be done with a child who is ill.
Debbie also oversees the daycare and preschool staff, ensuring qualified adults are available to meet the needs of all the children based on the ODJF licensing rules. Scheduling staff is also one of her jobs and providing coverage for those who are vacationing or ill. Debbie opens up her heart to new families that might stop by for a tour and shares the outreach of the church in meaningful ways.
As director, Debbie manages a variety of daily concerns, which requires lots of juggling many hats. She could be managing a group of children or managing the staff of thirty, all while the phone is ringing and future families are walking in the door. Or, she could be helping with a child who may have had an accident or cleaning up an overflowing toilet. When other staff are unavailable, Debbie receives payments from parents and ensures people are paying their bills in a timely manner. She also oversees billing for families who get assistance from with their bill though job and family services.
Are there any future staff plans?
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of our highly-gifted staff. I am proud of each one’s commitment to God, to the church, and to each of you. But as you can imagine, managing the growth we have experienced over the previous two years has squeezed our support staff, spreading us thin. As a result, your Staff-Parish Relations Committee, in conjunction with the Childcare Committee, is pleased to announce the creation of a new part-time Receptionist position that will alleviate the constant interruptions our staff face on a daily basis in addition to helping close the daycare and preschool each weekday. Thanks to Sherry Heath, who voluntarily reduced her hours and the financial assistance from our Daycare and Preschool budget, we are able to hire this crucial position without additional funds, which means there is little to no impact on our general budget for 2014.
If you are interested in knowing more or applying for the position, contact the church office for a job description and application. We will open this to the congregation for two weeks, and then post to the wider community if necessary. We will close the job posting for congregational applicants on October 14 with the hopes of a person beginning November 3, if not before. We are excited about all God has in store, and humbled to be part of his good work at Greene Street!
Together with You In Christ,
Rev. Kenneth A. Stewart
Because We Are Family . . .
CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED TO:
Andy Stilwell and Carly Gerwels with the birth of Evelyn Diane, on September 3, 2014. The proud grandparents are Doug and Marj Stilwell.
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Sterling House Virginia Gross Maxine Zimmerman Spring Meade Martha Fraley Bob Jones Garbry Ridge Barbara Minton
Dorothy Love Ruth Brush John Phillips Gladys Mullen Lincoln Park Manor Margie Trimmer
Hospitalized Since Last Month: Kathleen Smith, Tina Elliott,
Ron Cooper, Tom Tabler
6 Morris & Carolyn McClannon Mike & Michelle Taylor Amy & Chris Vosler 9 George & Kathy Sweetman 13 Jeff & Diana Hall 16 Beth & Steve Collins Britney & Robert Davis Pat & Edna Middleton 19 Charles & Shirley Sanders 21 Jim & Kelli Meckstroth 24 Rick & Karen Kist 26 Tom & Missy Brinkman 28 Scott & Renee Helman 30 Dick & Nancy Callison
1 Susan Hopkins 2 Jill Weimer 3 Jace Palmer 4 Chandler Hite 7 Jean Heath Don Hiser 8 Jeff Erbes Lily Stewart 9 Jim Bennett Chuck Woods 10 Jo Reed Mick Robinette 12 Mary-Jo Morgan 13 Nancy Woods 14 Andy Stilwell 15 Martha Wagner 16 Cale Meckstroth Carris Meckstroth 17 Julia Hale Meredith Hale 18 Ken Heath Dorothy Hogston 20 Don Ruffner 21 Grace Liette 23 Jake Slusher 24 Amy Hartman 26 Toni Thompson 27 Phil Reimer Melanie Sever 28 Avery Helman Landon Helman Hannah Kingrey Jenny Pettit Dee Stevens Charlie Vosler 29 Jade Piatt Michelle Underwood 30 Kay Hardman Darlene Montgomery
Greene Street Church Family - Jim Whetstone, Mabel Bragg, Hubert Bateman, Pat Walker, Rita Ash, Jim Christy, Don Motter, Lois Erbes, Peg Hance, Jean Francony, Ron Cooper, Kathleen Smith, Tina Elliott, Tom Tabler
Friends and Family of Greene Street- Jennifer Ketrow Bragg, Betty Leist (Stilwell), David Blevins (Blevins), Missy Brinkman (Luby), Bob and Lucy Fess, Trina Davis, Brandon (Community), Jason Jensvold, Dan Scott (Sweetman)
Military - Jed Cooper, Ronnie Cooper, Clarke Cripe (Elliott), Kristopher Palsgrove (Ash), Andy Pearson (Hudson/Carter), Alexander Yantis (Williamson), Tyler Fellure (Christy), Brian Pummill, Joseph Sherman (Shellenberg), Terry Perkins (Shoemaker), LTJG Moira Campbell, FC2 Ben Datu (Mullikin)
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September 7, 2014
The Altar Flowers are given by Colleen Fry in honor of her granddaughter Farrah’s Wedding on September 13th in Aspen.
September 14, 2014
The Altar flowers are given by Edna and Pat Middleton in memory of Ralph and Henrietta Hahn.
September 21, 2014
The Altar Flowers are given by Marilyn Marratta in loving memory of Ralph.
The Additional Flower Arrangement on the piano is to celebrate the birth of Evelyn Diane, daughter of Andy Stilwell and Carly Gerwels, born September 3, 2014. The proud grandparents are Doug and Marj Stilwell.
September 28, 2014
The Altar Flowers are given by Jeff and JoJo Marrs in celebration of Brett’s Birthday!
September Dedications Thank You
Dear Greene Streeters, Thank you so much for all the love and concern you gave to me during my recent hospitalization. All the cards, flowers, prayers, visits, and the beautiful purple prayer shawl were greatly appreciated. Also thanks to Pastor Kenneth for his visit and prayers. Sincerely, Jean Francony Dear Greene Street, Thank you for my care package you guys have sent me. I’m sorry I couldn’t write this before. I didn’t have any time. I will be sure to share it with all my friends here with me. I currently am stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as a Marine Combat Engineer. My job is pretty cool. I like doing it. I’m about to go on a deployment to Spain, France, Italy, and Romania. I’m pretty excited. Next time I am home I will be sure to come in and say “hello” and give my thanks. Semper F1, Tyler Fellure Dear Friends at Greene Street, Please accept our thanks for the many ways in which you partner with us and help serve our mission here at Hospice of Miami County. Your donation of supplies for our Children’s Bereavement Camp as well as the donation of handmade afghans and prayer shawls will touch many lives. Thank you again for your continued support and generosity. Sincerely, Krissy McKim-Barker Hospice of Miami County Greene Street Family, On behalf of mother, I would like to say “Thank you”. She always enjoys visitors and the flowers are quite beautiful. Thanks for remembering her. Shirley Borts-Grabo Virginia Gross
Trunk or Treat!
Thursday, October 30st
6-8 p.m.
Greene Street Parking Lot
Decorate your car trunk, truck bed, or back hatch for Halloween and join us in the parking lot for our fourth annual “Trunk or Treat”. Children will travel from vehicle to vehicle on the city’s Beggar’s Night dressed in their Halloween costumes and go “Trunk or Treating”. Bring your decorated vehicle and candy (or pencils, toothbrushes, McDonald’s coupons, stickers, etc.) to share.
There are a total of eleven parking spaces in our lot. Contact Michelle Underwood (214-1255) or the church office (773-5313) for more information and to reserve your parking place. Everyone is welcome to dress in costume and be a part of the fun! If you want to watch the fun and need a ride to church, call the office and we will come and get you!
Last year we “treated” over 400 children!! If you would like to donate a bag of goodies to be distributed October 30st, it would greatly be appreciated! You can leave your contribution in the church office or in the narthex.
In case of rain, we will move indoors to the hallway outside the church office.
KidzWorship Schedule for October & November
Date K-2nd Grade 3rd—6th Grade
October 5 Kara Hare Barb Hudson
October 12 JoJo Marrs & April Vosler Michelle Underwood
October 19 Children’s Sabbath : Children remain in sanctuary
October 26 Elizabeth DuBois & Alice Marrs Tanya Stewart
November 2 Michelle Underwood
November 9 Joyce Paldino
November 16 Natalee Heath Tanya Stewart
November 23 Elizabeth DuBois & Alice Marrs
November 30 Erin Monnier Joe Thompson
Guidelines for Trunk or Treat
Arrive anytime after 5 p.m.
Be ready to “treat” by 6 p.m.
Be prepared for up to 400 Trick or Treaters. Greene Street will provide some of your candy.
Candy you distribute must be individually wrapped and child safe.
Pencils, erasers, toothbrushes, McDonald’s coupons are acceptable substitutions for candy.
Vehicle decorations should be appropriate for a church setting.**
Avoid fire (lit candles) and sharp objects in your decorations.
Dress in an appropriate costume!
**Decorations should focus on things that are made by God, such as spiders and spider webs, bats, black cats, etc. We want to avoid violent or gory images of Halloween.
As you can see, a few Sundays are without a leader. Contact Michelle Underwood if you would like to help. (93-214-1255) Curriculum is provided.
Backpack Drive
The backpacks have been distributed to eight Piqua schools. Thank you from my heart for your generosity! We collected 45 fine quality, good sized packs. I’m sure they will be appreciated by a child whose zipper broke on their other one (this has al-ready happened at Nicklin) or when a new family enrolls their child and they don’t have a backpack, nor can they afford to buy one.
The backpack ministry is a favorite of mine because the schools staff so appreciates being able to easily go to their storage closet and hand a child in need a brand new backpack!
God Bless Greene Street Church for helping our com-munity’s children through your kindhearted, giving spirits.
In His Love,
Susan Hopkins
Looking Ahead . . .
2015 will be time for a new pictorial directory. If you are interested in being part of the task force working towards this goal, please contact the church office.
From the Pantry As we near the date of the Christmas Market, we ask that you consider donating new or gently used kitchen items for the Olde Kitchen Shoppe. October is "Soup" month. As the weather starts to turn colder, soup will be in demand and your donations will be very much appreciated. Thank you for your support of the Food Pantry. We wish you a blessed fall season.
Please contact Tanya Stewart for any questions-
The nursery is looking for adult and teen
volunteers.. If you are interested in
volunteering 1 hour a month, please contact
Robyn Cooper 773-0165.
Daycare News
October is filled with such color. The leaves are changing, the brisk cool mornings get our attention. Have you taken the time to just listen, listen to the words of a child. The
excitement about a new school year and all they are learning. You can be a part of all this excitement. Lets get off the bench and volunteer to read a favorite childhood story to the children of Greene Street. Just give me a call and we can plan that special time together.
Although we are not getting money back any longer for the Kroger bags we do earn points for Campbell soup labels. We can now earn double the points if you sign up on line. By signing up we get points right away and again when you bring in the labels. Please follow the directions below to sign up and thank you for your continued support. If you need help with this I will be happy to help you get signed up. Just stop by the office any time between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.
Debbie Frazier—Director
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Simply go to www.eLabelsForEducation.com and follow the instructions to set up your Labels for Education® account. Regis-tration steps are as follows: Enter your first and last name, email address, choose & confirm password, date of birth, (must be at least 18 to register), zip code, and the participating retailer where you shop. Then choose whether you would like to receive infor-mational emails from Labels for Education, answer 2 simple questions, and accept the program rules and regulations by clicking on the appropriate box.
Next, enter your Shopper Card number from a participating retailer in the appropriate box to receive 1-point for each participating product purchased using your Shopper Card. You will then be prompted to select the school(s) you would like to receive your Labels for Education points. You can find your school by doing the following, enter the School Name, City and State or Zip code. When your school appears, click on the box next to it to select. If your school does not appear, click here for information about how you can help sign up your school for the Labels for Education program. If you would like to distribute points to more than one school, you can select up to 5 schools to receive your points. Simply click the box next to each school that you would like to receive the points. Points will be distributed equally between your chosen schools unless you revise the percentage going to each school manually. Click "Submit" and you are done! You can start earning 1 point for each participating product purchase that you make using your shopper card at your favorite participating retailer today! *Remember eLabels for Education supplements the regular Labels for Education program so you can still clip and redeem participating product UPCs to earn the face value of the Labels for Education points.
Daycare Help with Christmas Market
Since 1973, Greene Street Church has had a wonderful day of fellowship, food, and vendors as our fundraiser. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!! Greene Street is known for it's delicious 7 layer salad for the meals. All committees of the church are responsible for an area of the market. The committees will share evenly in the profits. DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL are part of the Childcare Committee and we are in charge of SALADS....We would like your help in supplying these items for the 7 layer salad and broccoli & cauliflower salad. Please sign the poster in the hallway by the office and help support our children!!! If we must purchase these items it will come out of our profits.......Thank you!
Unless otherwise stated . . .
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
6:30 p Praise Team Practice
2 3 4
9 a Meat Day
5
5 p NA
5 p TEEM
6 7 8
5 p Choir Practice
6:30 p Praise Team Practice
9
42nd Christmas
Market 10 a—7 p
10 11
12
5 p NA
5 p TEEM
13 14
7 p Worship Committee
Meeting
15
6:30 p Praise Team Practice
16 17 18
19
12 p Worship Design Team
Meeting
5 p NA
5 p TEEM
20 21 22
5 p Choir Practice
6:30 p Praise Team Practice
23 24 25
26
5 p NA
5 p TEEM
27 28
Bob Evans Day
29
6:30 p Praise Team Practice
30
6-8 p Trunk-or-Treat
31
Sunday Schedules 9 a.m. Liturgical Worship 10:30 a.m. Unveiled Worship 5:00 p.m. T.E.E.M. 6 p.m. Ch. 5 Rebroadcast
Greene Street
United Methodist Church 415 W. Greene Street
Piqua, Ohio 45356-2198
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