Salem UM Church July 2013 newsletter

Salem United Methodist Church 202 E. 9TH Avenue, Havana, Florida 32333 (850) 539-6634 salemumchavana.org

July 2013 Greg Doss, Pastor

SUMMER OF CHANGE

July typically means less activity, but this sum-mer at Salem is not your typical July. We are in the process of hiring a new music director to take over for the departing Alex Scheuermann who graduated from FSU and is moving onward and upward with studies at the University of Houston. We are also filling a new staff position: director of student minis-try. This position will focus on our middle and senior high students in our families and community. July 14 our Sunday schedule shifts: the Coffeehouse service start time moves from 8 to 9am. Why the change in service time? Glad you asked. Keeping our eyes on the main purpose of growing as disciples of Jesus and inviting others into this life-changing relationship means occasionally reviewing how and why we do things the way we do them. In this case we find that holding our first service an hour later in the morning is more attrac-tive to guests and supports greater participation in Sunday school classes by those attending that serv-ice. Jim Harnish, author of the “Disciple’s Path” study that two of our Sunday morning classes are experi-encing, speaks to the vital role of being connected to a small group within the church:

“The evidence is clear that if an individual’s only contact with the congregation is worship, there is a good chance that he or she will fall away or will miss out on the concern and care of the church community.” (A Disciple’s Path, pg. 40)

To grow as a vital church family I ask those of you who are actively participating to support our efforts to do three things:

1. Engage as many individuals as possible in a small group or class to better connect with each another.

2. Encourage all of us to spend time daily in prayer and Bible reading to grow in our un-derstanding and faith in Christ.

3. Continue to improve our setting so guests and returners feel genuinely welcomed and expected.

May you find grace and peace in the risen Jesus, our Lord and the Light of the world. - Greg

NEW ADULT SUNDAY CLASS: July 14

Not in a Sunday morning class yet? You can come and con-nect with our newest adult weekly Bible class on Sunday, July 14 from 9:45-10:40am in the JOY class-room (upstairs from the fel-lowship hall – first room on right). We begin with the en-gaging DVD segment / study by John Ortberg called “Who Is This Man?” Please let the church office know if you plan to come.

NEW MEMBERS JOINING: July 14

We praise and give thanks to God for leading folks to take the step of joining our Salem congregation. This month we will receive new members in both Sunday services. This occasion also celebrates the first group to complete our new six-week Disciple’s Path study as preparation for committed member-ship in our church.

NEW: STUDENT MINISTRY DIRECTOR

Salem United Methodist Church is seeking candi-dates interested in serving as part-time Student Ministry Director. This position oversees ministry with middle and high school students for 16 hours per week. Interested candidates need to submit a résumé to the church office by Monday, July 15. For more information please contact Pastor Greg Doss at [email protected].

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS HERE! We are excited to host our annual VBS week July

28 – August 1 (Sunday through Thursday eve-nings). Dinner is at 5:30pm, fol-lowed by classes for all ages from 6-8pm.

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FROM THE STREET TO THE SEAT

o Looking for a place to serve? We need volun-teers for a new Outside Welcome crew on Sun-day mornings. Each week we need people stationed in both main parking areas before and after the 11am worship service to guide and assist as needed. Please let Schel Collins or the church office know if you want to help us make a friendly first impression on guests. o Our choir has three robes that have gone astray. Please keep your eyes peeled. We would like to re-turn them to their assigned place so that they are ready for use. Any Choir member will be glad to put them away when they are found or you can just place them in the Choir room. Thank you!

DEAR SALEM: THANK YOU

o “Your compassion, support, generosity and love shown to Ehren and me have made such a differ-ence in our time of loss. Your kindness is appreci-ated and will be used for the purpose it was in-tended. It is such a great help at this time. With grateful thanks for your gifts and with our love, Carolyn and Ehren Britton” o “Thank you so much for the love offering for our family. Your random act of kindness will never be forgotten. This kind gesture will help with the unex-pected expenses that occur during the sickness and death of a loved one. It is wonderful to be a part of such a wonderful and giving church family. With Love, The Family of Jimmy Maxwell” o “On behalf of the Florida Veteran’s Foundation, I want to express our grateful thanks for all your assistance with the North Florida Homeless Vet-eran Stand Down this spring.” – Washington San-chez, Project Director. o “Thanks to your regular financial support, the Wesley Foundation UM Campus Ministry of FSU & TCC has experienced another successful school year of ministry for Jesus Christ. 800 stu-dents and others attended our Easter service and over $6,000 was raised for “micro-loan” projects around the world! And as a Lenten season chal-lenge, students recorded 5,400 hours of community service at Tallahassee area projects and events. Thank you for your support making all this possi-ble!” - Vance Rains, Pastor, and Erik Seise, Director.

PREGNANCY CENTER of GADSDEN Dedication & Grand Opening!

This service to the community provides a place of loving support and compassion for expecting moth-ers-to-be in difficult circumstances. A celebration open house event dedicated this volunteer ministry to Christ on Sunday, June 23. Havana hosts the first center for our county and is the fruit of many people and hours of labor over a few years. Our own “Moses Baskets” ministry lovingly provides a beautiful and practical expression of Christian love to those needing to know grace is real for them. Here is a sample photo of these works of love from Salem:

2013 FLORIDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE So what happened?

Pastor Greg Doss, Alyce Parmer, Kimsey Helms, Bud Parmer, and Tyler Hodges joined with nearly 2,000 other church representatives June 12-15 for the 2013 Florida Annual Conference in Lakeland, Florida. The Conference welcomed Bishop Ken Carter and spouse Pam Carter to the 171st Conference event. In keeping with the theme of “Becoming Disciples of Jesus Christ,” several conference members from churches across the state shared their stories of their faith journeys. Greg and Kimsey represented our North West District as facilitators during discipleship small group sessions. Our church gave $350 toward the conference offering to benefit three vital ministries, including repair and renovation of FSU Wesley campus ministries buildings. Total raised: $74,215. Another recipient, “A Million Reasons” – our yearlong conference mission to pack 1 million meals to help


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Our Faithfulness in Giving

2013 Church Budget $ 182,000 January-May: Needed $ 73,500 Received $ 65,195

the hungry – was launched at the conference with a special event in which volunteers packaged 101,306 meals. Facts & Figures

o Local church membership in 2012: 269,000, down 2.9% from 2011. Average weekly worship attendance was down 3% to 137,800.

o The Florida Conference 2014 budget request is 1.8% less than in 2013.

o Local churches giving 100% of apportionments (proportional share of conference mission cost) was 394 in 2012. 83% compared to 81.4% in 2011.

o For the first time, all sessions of the conference event were streamed live via the internet.

Want to know more? Go to www.flumc2.org.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE READING THE BIBLE TOGETHER IN 2013 Jul 1 Job 20-21; Acts 10:24-48 Jul 2 Job 22-24; Acts 11 Jul 3 Job 25-27; Acts 12 Jul 4 Job 28-29; Acts 13:1-25 Jul 5 Job 30-31; Acts 13:26-52 Jul 6 Job 32-33; Acts 14 Jul 7 Job 34-35; Acts 15:1-21 Jul 8 Job 36-37; Acts 15:22-41 Jul 9 Job 38-40; Acts 16:1-21 Jul 10 Job 41-42; Acts 16:22-4 Jul 11 Ps 1-3; Acts 17:1-15 Jul 12 Ps 4-6; Acts 17:16-34 Jul 13 Ps 7-9; Acts 18 Jul 14 Ps 10-12; Acts 19:1-20 Jul 15 Ps 13-15; Acts 19:21-41 Jul 16 Ps 16-17; Acts 20:1-16 Jul 17 Ps 18-19; Acts 20:17-38 Jul 18 Ps 20-22; Acts 21:1-17 Jul 19 Ps 23-25; Acts 21:18-40 Jul 20 Ps 26-28; Acts 22 Jul 21 Ps 29-30; Acts 23:1-15 Jul 22 Ps 31-32; Acts 23:16-35 Jul 23 Ps 33-34; Acts 24 Jul 24 Ps 35-36; Acts 25 Jul 25 Ps 37-39; Acts 26 Jul 26 Ps 40-42; Acts 27:1-26 Jul 27 Ps 43-45; Acts 27:27-44 Jul 28 Ps 46-48; Acts 28 Jul 29 Ps 49-50; Rom 1 Jul 30 Ps 51-53; Rom 2 Jul 31 Ps 54-56; Rom 3

JULY LECTIONARY SCRIPTURES

Pastor Greg leads a Bible Study on these passages each Wednesday at noon in the Conference Room. Lectionary Readings - July 2013 July 7, 2013 2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Galatians 6:1-6 (7-16) Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 July 14, 2013 Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 July 21, 2013 Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52; Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 July 28, 2013 Hosea 1:2-10; Psalm 85; Colossians 2:6-19 Luke 11:1-13

ALPHA: Thursday Eve Bible Study

Pastor Greg leads our Thursday evening Bible Study from 7 to 8pm in the sanctuary. We continue the

series called, “Alpha: The Meaning of Life,” featuring Nicky Gumbel. Each

week’s video segment is followed by group study. You are very welcome to

join with us.

CENTENARY CAMP, July 7-‐13 Last Chance!

Exploration Camp is for ages 9 - 11. These campers will explore the world around them; they will have treasure maps and all kinds of fun things. At the same time a camp session is offered for ages 12 - 14. Confidence Camp includes teaching on defending against bullying, and prevention of bullying. The main focus is on building self-confidence. Both camps will offer personal spiritual growth with Bible studies and interaction with pas-tors and church leaders. The cost is $225.00 per camper for the week. Space is limited to 36 middle school students (18 boys, 18 girls); and 34 elemen-tary school campers (17 boys, 17 girls). For more information: (850) 856-9779 or [email protected].


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JULY BIRTHDAYS Joshua Chellman 3 Louise Bates 6 Addy (Addison) Poppell 9 Jean Gilbar 13 Wil Whiddon 13 Craig Stephens 14 Margaret Doll 16 Bob Miller 16 Don Gilbar 17 Logan Holden 19 Yu Chien Chen 20 Celese Whiddon 20 Rachel Loy 22 Mary Leonard 23 Lindsey Boyington 23 Barbara Bendert 25 Dan Miller 26 Jimmy Suber 27 Greg Doss 28 Tim Mentry 28 Dick Williams 31

IN MEMORIUM Jimmy Maxwell

James (“Jimmy”) Alexander Maxwell, 65, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Big Bend Hospice House. Jimmy was a member of Bible Believers Fel-lowship in Tallahassee, and grew up with us at Sa-lem. He was baptized as a young child into our Sa-lem congregation’s care on April 9, 1950. The funeral service was held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Faith Funeral Home Chapel in Havana. Pastor Dennis Young of Bible Believers Fellowship in Tallahassee, and Pastor Greg Doss of

Salem United Methodist Church led the service. We offer our Christian love and heart-felt sympa-thies to his mother, Lucile Poppell Maxwell, his daugh-ter, Phoebe, and to Margie Smith and all extended family and friends.

PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT

1st Street Entrance “Smoothed Out”

By now you have likely experienced the drastic improvement to our driveway coming into the park-ing lot from 1st Street. A drainage pipe was in-stalled and covered by asphalt to eliminate the dip that has long jarred and scraped vehicles entering and departing our campus. We offer our thanks to the Town of Havana for responding to our trustees’ request to address the problem (we asked for permission to fix it and Ha-vana leadership evaluated and concluded they would make the improvement). Salem says a spe-cial thank you to Howard McKinnon, Town Man-ager.

A NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR

As this newsletter is going to print we await the good news of selection of our next music director by the Staff-Parish Relations Committee. A four-member panel from this appointed committee has served as our interview team and will recommend a candidate to the SPRC for final decision on hiring. God has blessed Salem with a difficult chal-lenge: offering the position to only one of the three excellent candidates. We pray the Lord will guide our church in this and every step of faith from this time forward. Each choice or planning decision we make in the present will have a major impact on the fruitful growth and mission achievement of our congrega-tion for decades to come. Another recent church council decision moves us forward as we get ready for a new paid part-time staff position to provide critically important ministry to our middle and high school students in the community. We exist as a body to serve the ultimate pur-pose of Christ: to go and make new followers of Jesus, while growing deeper in our own trust rela-tionship with Him as Lord of Life.


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Salem United Methodist Church 202 E 9TH Avenue, Havana, Florida 32333 (850) 539-‐6634 salemumchavana.org salemumchavana/facebook

SUNDAY SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 9am Coffee House Service 11:30 Prayer Circle Group

9:35 Weekly Communion Noon –Pastor’s Bible Study 9:45 Sunday School Classes 1:30 Worship Planning Team 11am Traditional Service

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Independence Day

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27 Greensboro Thrift Shop 1-‐5pm

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July 2013

Vacation Bible School (July 28-‐Aug 1) 5:30pm Dinner & 6-‐-‐8pm Classes

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