Day of Prayer & Givingfor Shults-Lewis

May 31, 2015

Volume 61, Number 2 May 2015

In This issue... • Back to the Future

• Latest Developments• Waterford Auction • School Happenings Can you spell Champion? • From Our Homes • Thank You!• Honors & Memorials • Golf Tournament

TELEGRAM Newsletter of Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services

Jim Powell, Executive Director

Shults-Lewis Child and Family Services

Board of Trustees 2015

Dick Stockton President

Tyrone Thompson Vice-President

Rick Root Secretary

Alan Bain Treasurer

Ron Englehart

Jim Gordon

Merle Heckman

Dewayne Smith

Shults-Lewis Child andFamily Services

Executive Council

Jim Powell Executive Director

Sheilla Davis Director of Operations

Angela Robertson Interim Director of Program Services Beth Frump Director of Development

Do you recall the 1985 sci-fi classic entitled Back To The Future, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd? The storyline was about a small-town California teen who was thrown back into the 1950’s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend went wrong. He was transported through time in a DeLorean Motor Company vehicle and meets young versions of his parents, and must make sure that they fall in love or he will cease to exist. If that wasn’t enough, he must then return to his own time period to save the life of his scientist friend. In many ways I can truly relate to Marty McFly and his mission, as I’m transported in my mind (that’s the DeLorean), to a time growing up in what I considered a fairly large congregation in the metropolitan Detroit area (Gateway). One of my vivid memories is of a strong emphasis on and committed financial support to, mission efforts beyond the walls of the local church footprint. These efforts were being carried out by faithful Christian men and women in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Philippine Islands, and you guessed it, right here at Shults-Lewis in Valparaiso, Indiana! I sat through numerous presentations as a child and a teenager, listening to those involved in the various ministries, because the elders believed it would benefit the mission effort, as well as the local church, by helping the membership look beyond its own needs and wants. Those faithful leaders were helping all of us “fall in love” with the various missions so that they would NOT cease to exist. Now, back to the future! My prayer and desire is that those of you who are older and more familiar with Shults-Lewis, will help the younger generations “fall in love” with this ministry, just as you and I did. Our future is bright! We have been working to identify and streamline our strategies and goals for the future, as we fulfill our mission statement of “responding with God’s love to serve and strengthen children and families”. We have set the future date of Sunday, May 31, 2015, as an opportunity for you and others to commit to our future existence by participating in our Day of Prayer and Giving. Please pray that God would reveal the blessings He is already preparing for this ministry on that day. Ask that He would open your heart to the call of the children and families who need our help, prompting you to respond generously to our financial solicitations. Most importantly, take time to thank Him for the bountiful blessings he has bestowed on this agency over the past year. What an awesome God we serve!

For Christ and the kids,

Back to the FUTURE

Faith.Family.Future.

Beth Frump, Director of Developmentbethfrump@shultslewis.org

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Growing up, my parents encouraged my brother and me to use the phrase “get to” rather than “have to”. It’s a simple word change, but it changes the perspective on any given task. I “get to” clean my room. I “get to” help the family by doing dishes. But the biggest one was that we “get to” go to worship together as family. We “get to” study God’s word. We “get to “ give to help others. It’s not a command, it’s a pleasure. It is an awesome opportunity, not a dreaded task.

In March, over 80 volunteers took advantage of an awesome opportunity to be a part of our Annual Phone for Children Campaign by getting to make phone calls and over 2,000 of you “answered the call” by pledging a total of $144, 019.12! Thank you to everyone who made this event a successful one. What an incredible month!!

Another opportunity to “get to” help Shults-Lewis is coming this month. On May 31st, we are having our first Day of Prayer and Giving for Shults-Lewis. It is my prayer that this event gathers congregations together to pray for our kids, their families, our staff, and our future.

We have a HUGE goal set for this Day of Prayer and Giving. Back in 1991, we dedicated the Youth Development Center which houses our school and counseling staff. Many of you gave to make that dream a reality and we are so thankful for it. I also know that the plans didn’t stop with getting the building erected. There’s more work to be done.

As we plan for the future of Shults-Lewis, we have begun breaking down different areas of improvements that need to be done. The 2015 Day of Prayer and Giving is your “get to”. You get to help us continue a work that started many years ago. The first thing on our “to do” list is updating the gymnasium for the kids. It is our goal to raise $50,000 to paint and pad the walls, to put new flooring down, to install better, and more efficient lighting, and to put in new basketball goals.

Information packets will be sent to congregations which will include prayer requests from our kids and staff. It will also include more information regarding the updates we hope to complete.

As individuals and congregations, please use May 31st to say a special prayer for Shults-Lewis and provide an extra gift for updating the gymnasium for our kids.

Pray Big! We already have a congregation of less than 50 members who is aiming to give a gift of over $10,000. Anne Frank wrote, “No one has ever become poor by giving”. Paul encouraged us in 2nd Corinthians 8 to excel in everything, including our giving.

We “get to” give. Awesome!

Waterford Associated Women for Shults-Lewis

Benefit Auction & Pie Sales

at Waterford Church of Christ

May 2, 20156:00 p.m.

4991 Williams Lake Road • Waterford, MI 48329

Spring has finally arrived and with it the anticipation of some very special events including our annual

Spelling Bee, our spring field trip, our banquet honoring the strengths of our students, field day and graduation

for our two seniors, Pandora and Banita! The girls have been planning their special day and have created their own invitations and programs in

Computer class. We are so excited for them!

We weathered the long winter by planning some special activities for everyone to enjoy! In January we decorated the gym for a Beach

Party. Our lunch consisted of grilled hot dogs with all of the trimmings followed by beach ball volleyball, and then an appearance by our newest

attraction – the “Beach Bums.” The boys in Home 7 have formed a band with guitars and singers and their entertainment has become a real

hit!! They also performed at our winter carnival in February and I’m encouraging them to keep practicing for future events. We honored our

houseparents with a Progressive dinner in February and they were given gifts created by the students. At the end of third quarter two students

made the Distinguished High Honor Roll, three students made the High

Honor Roll and five students made the regular Honor Roll. We are

super proud of the academic successes that many of our students are

achieving.

Please continue to send us your Box Tops for Education and

Labels for Education – we will be using these funds for a very special

field trip this spring -- I can’t tell you about it now but will tell

you about it in the next Telegram! We think the students are really

going to enjoy this activity! Enjoy your summer!

SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

Vickie Terhune, School Principalvickieterhune@shultslewis.org

Can you spell

Champion?Hannah won our Annual Spelling Bee and Pandora

took 2nd Place. Congratulations, ladies!

As parents we often give our children gifts, some are tangible and others are not. We try very hard to prepare them for the “real world” and to equip them with all the tools they will need to navigate through this life successfully. We try to use every moment, and turn it into something that teaches life lessons, turning failures into future successes and every success into a stepping stone or a building block of something bigger or greater yet to come. What amazes me is that even now as my children have grown into beautiful young women with families of their

own, some grandchildren in college, others in junior high or elementary school, I once again find myself learning more than I am teaching. I am learning lessons of how incredible our young people are.

Last month I had the opportunity and pleasure of taking some of our girls out for the evening to celebrate their success of achieving a specific level. After dinner, but before the movie, we were able to get in a little fun shopping at a local large chain craft store. I had asked the girls to pick out something with a quote or saying on it that they felt represented them or applied specifically to them. After a little fun and goofing around, Pandora picked up a wooden wall hanging with the words SO LOVED on it. I took her picture holding it and really didn’t think too much about it until later that evening as I was looking through all of the pictures we had taken. I realized then that she really “gets it”. A sense of confidence at such a tender age. She really is so loved, we are all so loved. We are loved so much, not just by each other, or by our friends and family, by our congregations or even by our wonderfully generous donors who enrich our lives with their donations (some of which specifically made our evening out possible). We are loved so much by a God who never fails us, forsakes us or leaves us. What blessings God has showered on His children. I appreciate so much the lessons I am able to learn from such insightful young people. We are all so blessed to have these individuals in our homes.

I am always grateful to each and every one of you who have taken us into your hearts and given so much of your time, energy, talents, gifts, donations, cards and prayers. Thank you for blessing our lives, and as the summer approaches we look forward to seeing many of you on our campus as you visit and work with us.

Therefore be followers of God, as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.

Ephesians 5:1-2

FROM OUR HOMES TO YOURS

Janine French, Houseparent Supervisor

The housemoms sorting through the goodies from the Royal Oak congregation.

Thank You!

HONORS & REMEMBERS... HONORS Olive BatemanFor being a great mom!!Dan & Anne Bateman

Carl & Ruth Ann BurkybileFaithful servants!The Tom Vaughn Family

Cooksville Church of Christ Thursday school teachers and other youth leadersThe Tom Vaughn Family

Isaac DillmanHappy 7th Birthday!!Keith & Cecy Dillman

Olivia DillmanHappy 7th Birthday!!Keith & Cecy Dillman

Ron & Catherine EnglehartJim & Bertha O’Rourke

Gary & Melody FoutchFinishing the 1st Principles Class!!Don & Mary Jane Baugh

Matthew & Janine FrenchBrad & Rachel Heath

Gerald & Phyllis FrumpHappy 70th Birthday!!Matthew & Janine French

Hana GulliHappy Birthday!!James & Patrice Bass, Jr.

Jerseyville Church of ChristWilliam Williams

Louie & Carol KrumweideHappy 50th Wedding Anniversary!!Tom & Frances Vaughn

Dick & Billie Sue MillerFaithful servants!The Tom Vaughn Family

Barney & Sharon NeillFor always rememberingJames Racklyeft

Jim & Lavonne NorvilleFaithful Servants!The Tom Vaughn Family

Angela RobertsonHappy Birthday!!Robbie Wilkes

Montine RoseGregory & Janet Rose

Rena SpringerHappy 91st Birthday!!Helen Stewart

Terry & Jean StufflebeamLarry & Joyce Gabbert

Treva TurnerFor her baking skills & giving spirit!Don & Landra Shotts

January 5, 2015 – April 3, 2015Shults-Lewis

Myrtle UnderwoodHappy Birthday!!Christopher & Beth Underwood

Mr & Mrs Willie WagnerHappy 51st Anniversary!!The Tom Vaughn Family

Paul & Sandy WallisFaithful Servants!The Tom Vaughn Family

Wendell & Rochelle WardellFaithful Servants!The Tom Vaughn Family

MEMORIALSAllen BarberDavid & Michele Parson

Patsy BarhydtJohn Barhydt

Denise BarkerRandy Barker

James & Maydell BassJames & Patrice Bass, Jr.

Leo Bene, Jr.Alan & Michelle BainPatrick & Laura Odum

James Berry, Sr.Alan & Gail Diana

June BiggsThe Tom Vaughn Family

Judy BlakeDonald Blake

Norval Neal BooneMichigan City Church of Christ

Dick BorenPauline Hayden

Larry BoumanMartha Bouman

Wayne BrewerFern BakerRicky & Bonnie BrewerJim & Terri MorrowJack & Alberta RobinsonLeonard & Barbara ScanlonYour friends at Standard Sheet Metal, Peoria IL

John BurkybileCarl & Ruth Ann Burkybile

Jim ChambleeNell ChambleeDonald ClarkGerald & Phyllis Frump

Raymond ClarkBarbara Clark

Glenn & Anna Mae ClippCharles & Mary Rosenbaum

Jean CoffeyRobert Bell

Robbie CoxSherrill & Yvonne Cox

Reba Sue DavenportGordon & Peggy BennettTri-City Church of Christ in Centralia, IL

Mr & Mrs Henry DeBruyneColumbus Faircloth

Patricia Ann DennyLois Denny

Donald DoserJacquelyn Doser

Edward Downey, Sr.Quincy Church of Christ

Mickey DunnDoris Dunn

Floyd ElliottRussell & Ruth Miller

Joe ElliottHoughton Lake Church of Christ

Karren EvansAlex Jeal

Mary FennellMartha Bouman

Edna Mae FosterMarilyn Hart

Lyle & Blanche FowlerCarl & Peggy Price

Mark & Pauline GarnNancy Bachus

James & Tina Gatewood, Sr.Jim & Bonnie Gatewood

Laurie GibsonHoughton Lake Church of Christ

Rose GiffinNancy Wallace

Helen GoudyThe Tom Vaughn Family

Dorothy GrahlGlyn & Gale Howell

Art & Merle HaleyLouise Caldwell

Mike HartMarilyn Hart

Margie HembreeFlo Lanford

Jeanette HendersonWayne Henderson

Ray & Mabel HollandRobert & Betty Salley

Bobby HolmesThe Tom Vaughn Family

Donna HolmesMr & Mrs Jim BiggsCooksville Church of ChristDavid & Lynne GrangerMichael & Jacque Marks and Katherine SnyderThe Tom Vaughn FamilyWendell & Rochelle Wardell

Howard & Pearl HornMichael Colbert

Ronda HubbleMike & Kim Lawrence

Theol JackmanBillie & Joyce BurgessMartha Ellis

Ray JeskePatsy Free

Carrie JohnsonThe Knaack Family

Heidi KaprelianJackie Moore

Warren KenneyDon & Mary Jane Baugh

Nella M. KeathleyJames HowellMaggie HowellShirley Baleja

Ramona KeyLinda Cinader

Al KingGordon & Janet Payne

June KlahnJim & Ruth Maxwell

Eugene KnaackThe Knaack Family

Louise KnaackThe Knaack Family

Ed KrausPat Tipton

Grace JonesJames Scruggs

Ralph LambrechtBetty Birk

Odell LandohanRay & Iva Basham

Joe Lathrop, Sr.Jim & Carren Powell

Annie LeeManuel Gilliam

Fire Chief Kenneth LehrDon & Mary Jane Baugh

Iva LewisBrad & Barbara Dowdy

David LittleNorman Deckard

Paul MarihughMichael Marihugh

Norman Marlow

HONORS & REMEMBERS...

HONORS & REMEMBERS... HONORS & REMEMBERS... Florence MarlowRyan Weaver

Hazel MayMichigan City Church of Christ

Roger MaynardDiana Woloszyk

The Brother of Martha McCammonLois McCammon & Family

Joshua McCammonFlo Lanford

Donald & Louise McCarthyTerry & Jamesa McCarthy

Cindy McClainJoe & Pat McClain

Keith McCordRay Ann McCord

Dorris McCuistonJack & Mary Henson

Calvin & Jean McKameyJohn & Nancy StaleyDon & Karen Swearingen

Mary MeredithGordon & Peggy BennettTri-City Church of Christ in Centralia, IL

Bobbye MillerJames & Vivian AveyBob & Betsy JettLadies Class of the West Chicago Church of ChristLianne LangRick & Mary ShurWilliam & Susan Thornton

Don MorganJim & Bonnie Gatewood

Mary MotsingerMartha Bouman

John NorrisYour cousinsDouglas & Betty ElkinsMatthew & Janine FrenchBeth Frump

Gerald & Phyllis FrumpMarilyn HartByron & Sherry KingBob MorganMary PierceJim & Carren PowellHal & Mary SteinerHarold & Laura SteinerKen StewartMildred Stinson

Edmund & Shirley O’RourkeJames & Bertha O’Rourke

Annabelle ParrishVicki Walls EwingEsther MarrsStan & Melissa Stark

Lois PerkinsBetty Birk

Vince PetersJames & Jean McAfee

Otto & Ruth PetersonLouise Caldwell

Carson PhillipsJames Puckett

Thurman & Margaret PhillipsJim & Bonnie Gatewood

Jack PierceRuby Pierce

Margie PlatteAnn Eifler

Cindy ProughKathy Simpson

William PuttyHelen Putty

Lucinda Ann QuinnJim & Bonnie Gatewood

Summer Nicole QuinnMartha Bouman

Phila RacklyeftJames Racklyeft

Michael RayBillie & Joyce BurgessMartha Ellis

Bernice RitterJose & Anne Lopez

Doris Jean RosieRoger Rosie

David RowlandNorman Deckard

Ronald SchauThe Beigelbeck FamilyRonald & Susan EarlywineClifford & Beverly FacklerMatthew & Janine FrenchBeth FrumpGerald & Phyllis FrumpCarolyn HarrisMarvin & Brenda MaupinJim & Carren PowellBetsy RunionsJudy SchauMr & Mrs Arnie SchroederMichael & Taffy ScrementiPhyllis StairJack & Norma Wallace

Mary SchneiderChristine LibsCraig & Phyllis Slocum

Reba SeidellRuthaleen BradleyTom & Audrey Crampton

Raymond ShermanEugenie Priestley

Danny SmithLarry & Nell Norville

John SmithLarry & Nell Norville

Reginald StreetMelva Street

James Gregory StockardDosha Stockard

Jewel SwindleRuby Pierce

Linda TeelBob Teel

Donald TiffanyBetty Birk

David TruexMartha BoumanKeith & Anna DuttonWayne & Judy JamesMotor City PackardsNeal & Lois PorterVirginia Whitmyer & Family50th Wedding Anniversary, in loving memory of David TruexJim, Lori, Alyssa, Makenna, & Amelia Calkin, Kevin Eiswerth Jim, Beth, and Noah Truex

Ella WalkerDavid & Barbara Walker

Frances Smith WardErnestine Brown

Keith WarrenGordon & Peggy Bennett

Bob WhittingtonJacquelyn Doser

Dale WichertsPatrick, Laura, and Joshua Odum

James WolfgangChristopher & Beth Underwood

George Woodason, JrJoretta Roloff

Louise YoakamDick & Jackie HalseyChris LibsMarlene RathbunAlan & Marilyn RoederSarah Yoakum

Tamara ZoledziewskiRay & Diane Zoledziewski

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o The May & November issues of our newsletter, the Telegram? (currently we will continue to mail the February & August issues) o Receipts for all donations?

o Campus and Event Updates?

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Shults-Lewis Golf TournamentFriday, June 19, 2015

Brassie Golf ClubChesterton, Indiana

Come have a FUN day of golf for only $100!(includes green fees, cart, lunch, supper, and more)

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. (cst)Tee Time at 10:00 a.m. (cst)Dinner & Awards to Follow

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