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The WORD
Westville United Methodist Church
November 2016
Volume 47 Issue 11
Sunday Morning Schedule:
9 am Contemporary Services Family Life Center 10 am Sunday School Adult Founders Room & Children Basement
11 am Traditional Service Sanctuary
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!!!
THE WORD is a publication of Westville United Methodist Church at 154 Main St.,
P.O. Box 619; Westville, IN 46391 (219) 785-2314
*****CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY—THURSDAY, 7am—8:45am & 5:15 to 7:15
Our new Web Address is www.westvilleumc.org
First Sunday—November 6th Communion in 11 a.m. service
“Reach up, Reach in, Reach out
Reach up to God, Reach in to know
God, Reach out in Love”
Service Time Change for Advent
Beginning Nov 27th through Jan. 1st
Once Service at 10 am
Sunday School at 9 am
On Dec 25th there will be no Sunday School
In order to go green The Word will be e-mailed to you. Be sure to e-mail your address to Jane at [email protected]
Printed copies will continue to be available at the church for those who do not have e-mail.
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October we think of colorful leaves, hot apple cider, doughnuts and Halloween. November, however,
seems to be the month between Halloween and Christmas. November is when the leaves are falling.
November is the month of raking, preparing for winter, and planning Christmas. November is the
month when the sky is gray, the rain is cold and we start thinking about just when are going start
getting snow.
But, November also has thanksgiving. We almost forget about Thanksgiving. We are too busy. If we
do think about it, we are thinking about what we are going to eat and with whom. Often I have
wondered why we have Thanksgiving in November. This is not a month when one is naturally led to
thankfulness. We have to work at it in November. The leaves are gone or at least off the trees and
we are dealing with raking or other forms of leaf removal. The weather is blah. The harvest is
completed. We have not had fresh veggies for a while. Why is Thanksgiving in November?
Maybe we have Thanksgiving in November for the very reason that it is harder to be thankful this
time of year. Perhaps because when we need God the most, is when we find it the hardest to be
thankful. Yet, when we are thankful, we enter through God’s gates.
May we take time each day this month to thank God. Take time to truly look at your circumstances
and see how God has blest you. Make the entire month of November be the month of thanksgiving.
If we can find many things to be thankful for in November, imagine how our hearts will be filled with
God’s joy the other 11 months of the year.
It may be difficult to find things to be thankful for when it is cold, gray, and rainy. But we can still find
God, just look. May your November be filled with peace, joy, and many blessings.
Pastor Cathy
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Join us in local missions! Here are the Food Pantry items :
Food Pantry Information:
The American Legion is now working in cooperation with the WMC Food Pantry ministry.
Please drop off donations of the above mentioned items at the Legion. For those
receiving donations, items may be picked up at the American Legion on Thursdays
from 4:30—5:30.
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Family Life Center is available for rental for parties and celebrations.
Contact the church office at 219-785-2314 for more information.
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Donate flowers for the altar. The cost is $33.00 and the flowers will be
ordered by Jane in the church office.
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Save your pop cans and bring them to the church. The money earned from
the can collection supports the Heifer Project.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
INFORMATION FOR THE WORD IS DUE BY NOVEMBER 20TH IN ORDER TO BE READY
FOR PUBLICATION BY NOVEMBER 25TH AT THE LATEST. IT CAN BE EMAILED TO
SHEILA MCCAUGHEY AT [email protected]. OR LEFT WITH THE CHURCH SECRETARY.
TIME & LOCATION
Nov. 6 Personal Hygiene: toothpaste, tooth brushes,
soap, deodorant, sanitary napkins, Tampons, shaving cream
Nov. 13 Pastas, noodles, macaroni, sauces, Hamburger helper
Nov. 20 Sugar, flour, cake mixes, cooking oil or shortening
Nov. 27 Drinks: juices, coffee, coffee filters, tea
If you have a special need for
prayer, the prayer chain can be
activated by calling Pastor
Catherine Clayton cell (812-
620-1421) - church Secretary
Jane Bachman (785-2314) or
Prayer Coordinator Sheila
McCaughey (785-7008) or email
PRAYER CHAIN
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Men'sBreakfast
The monthly Men’s Breakfast will be held as follows:
When: Saturday, November 19th, at 8:45 a.m.
Where: Greenway Café on Hwy 421 in Westville
All men are welcome to come and bring a friend.
If you have any questions call: Bob McCaughey
********** Church Office Hours ********
Monday through Thurs. 7am to 8:45am & 5:15 to 7:15 pm
Please note the change in my office hours.!!!!
October Cares and Concerns Health and Healing Karen Emerich Ron Elliott Pat Long Ralph LaBarr Avery Braden Ed Hoag
Kathy Biggs Laura Zajac Nancy Nichols Gene Czarnecki Frank Davis Jim Colvin John Coulter Jr Cheryl White Joan Ewing Nathaniel Higgins Brian Townsend Sally & Larry Sparks Kim Glassley Lucas Beaderstadt Paula Branham & Family David Perkins Tom Pavlowski Danny Carpenter Bob McCaughey Ken Mattox Ellen Keplar Jack Bacon Kay Tetzloff Father of Craig Creutzburg Jim Zimmerle Those Suffering from Economic Hardship The Family of Robert Nusbaum Shut-ins Guidance & Protection James Haney Brandun Schweizer
Roselyn Reinfurth Michael Smith Korey Cornelis
All Military Personnel All Victims of War
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November Birthdays November Dates of Joining
Westville United Methodist
Give as the Lord calls you to give:
be as generous to God as God has been to you!
Sunday School Teachers are needed. Teaching children can be a blessing to
the teacher as well as the children. Please consider helping with our kids.
They are the future of our church.
November Anniversaries
11/11/1945 Jack Bacon
11/22/1982 JohnCulbertson
11/22/1982 Marie Culbertson
11/18/1990 Marsha Elliston
11/02/1997 Roberta Henry
11/11/1945 Vernon Hershman
11/28/1976 Mary Howard
11/28/1976 Warren Howard
11/18/1990 Dennis Kolosci
11/18/1990 Kathy Kolosci
11/22/2009 Greg McCuen
11/22/2009 Marian McCuen
11/02/1997 Judy Rehlander
Carl & Adele Lundahl November 4
Doug & Deb Adkins November 25
Bob McCaughey November 1
Daneen Kauffman November 6
George Wyels November 8
Natalie Dobos November 11
Lavina Moore November 12
Kathleen Nichols November 13
Michaela O'Brien November 17
Tammy May November 18
Ron Stallings November 21
Nancy Nichols November 25
Collin Nittner November 26
Date 9am 11am Total SS Giving
9/25/2016 21 34 55 26 $ 1,379.00
10/2/2016 14 31 45 24 $ 1,830.00
10/9/2016 18 39 57 25 $ 1,634.94
10/16/2016 19 32 51 32 $ 982.51
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Once a Month Craft Project:
Our first monthly craft project took place on Tuesday, October 11th. Mary Howard began by
sharing information about project plans for the next several months. Sheila McCaughey shared
information about different ways to make jewelry. Twelve ladies attended and enjoyed making
bracelets of various designs. Refreshments were provided.
This month’s meeting will be Tues. November 8th at 4:30 pm in the Family Life Center.
We will be decorating plaques with a fall theme—probably a different design on each side. All la-
dies are welcome. If you have a friend or neighbor who would enjoy an evening out making some-
thing new and visiting with a group of friendly ladies you are most welcome.
There is no charge at this time, but if at some time funding is no longer available there may
be a modest charge for the project.
Resale Shop News
Have you seen the jewelry section at the Resale Shop? Looks so good! With donated jewelry
forms we have been able to expand the jewelry department. It’s getting a lot of attention, and being
right up front, it is truly front and center making a nice entrance for the rest of the shop.
We have a new member to our team. Jill Carden will be replacing Bob McCaughey on the 4th
Tuesday of the month.
Our seasonal flip is over and we await those crisp autumn days. Leaves twirling down like snow-
flakes…wait a minute did I just say snowflakes? Yes, the seasonal flip is done and the team lead-
ers are thinking Christmas. We need your input. For the past few years we have not put any Christ-
mas out until the day after Thanksgiving. We work a few days prior to Thanksgiving then open on
‘Black Friday’ which we call ‘Thankful Friday’ with special sales, treats and giveaways. We are
wondering how this idea is working for the team. Should we do it again this year or put Christmas
out early like all the other stores? Waiting for ‘Thankful Friday’ does not seem to hurt our sales. If
we continue with ‘Thankful Friday’ we will again close the store that week to set up and will need
lots of elves. So please let one of the team leaders know your ideas regarding ‘Thankful Friday’
and if you can help anytime during the week of November 21 probably from around 9-4 to turn the
shop into a Christmas treat for our community to enjoy on November 25th.
Jan and Jan
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FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRIES
Fish Fries have begun and continue —Friday Evenings through November 18th
We need your help: setting up, prepping, putting meals together in the kitchen,
serving meals to our guest, making pies, taking money/selling tickets, kitchen
washing dishes and then the clean up.
The money from the Fish Fries pays the mortgage on the
Family Life Center for the YEAR!
Please consider finding a way you can help.
Sign up sheets are in the hall between the Sanctuary and the Family Life Center
Oct 26, 2016 Trustee Meeting
Ken, Stephan, Richard, Jane, Pastor were present
We opened with prayer for guidance.
Stephan is working on sound system upgrade, which would include devices for those who have trou-
ble hearing.
Cushions for the pews: We are working with a couple Upholstery companies. We are in process of
ordering new cushions using Capital Funds Designated money.
Items that need attention: water drip in kitchen, office outside light is broken, lawn mower was
looked at by Frank Long and suggestions were given to make it work better, adding an outlet in the
hall by the bathrooms in the Family Life Center, tree trimming at parsonage and broken branch in
the back yard, cleaning of gutters at the parsonage, sign in from of church needs replacing – must
rust and damage to the sign, Plexiglas on the stain glass window is broken and in process of being
repaired.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40
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Lion’s Club is sponsoring a Senior Citizen’s
Thanksgiving Dinner
November 12th; 4 -6pm
Family Life Center, 154 W Main Street
Service Time Change during Advent
Nov 27th through January 1st.
We will have a combined Service at 10am each Sunday during Advent and through
January 1st.
Sunday School will meet at 9 am except for December 25th
There will be a special Service December 25th
Christmas Carol singing
The whole community is invited to celebrate the birth of Jesus!!
Church Council Oct 13, 16
Members present: Pastor Cathy, Phil Koss, Jan Buchanan, Jane Bachman, Kathie Long, and Associate Dis-
trict Superintendent Paul Arnold
Jan explained our church financial needs. Arnold – We give out of Thanksgiving, we don’t give out of guilt:
People respond to an emphasis on giving is a part of their life, allowing ourselves to do ministry.
Pastor Cathy’s evaluation needs to be done by the end of November. We may do it at the next meeting.
We have two church positions that should be filled: member at large for the church council and Hospitality.
We will recognize All Saints Day the first Sunday in November
Pastor Cathy will have foot surgery Dec. 7th. We will have guest speakers for a couple of weeks. We dis-
cussed having a few combined services. December 11th is the Choirs Cantata.
We also have money to spend in the missions account. We did agree to help the Men’s Shelter in Michigan
City by providing Soup at lead once a month.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40pm Jane Bachman
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Holiday Cookie Walk &
Craft Fair
Saturday, December 3rd, 9am – 2pm
Westville United Methodist
Family Life Center
154 W Main Street
Space is available to rent a table.
Call Cathy Jo Grostefon
219-325-8503 or 219-608-4747
We are asking all to help by baking cookies and having them at the
church at 7am on Dec. 3rd
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