Visual Arts Team Enhanced Digital Newsletter€¦ · THE HIGHLIGHTER March 2019 Page 3 The music ministry will be sponsoring two guest choirs this season: Psalt and Light and Matsilo

Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Newark, Delaware March 2019 Then Samuel took a stone, set it up…and said, “The L�� has helped us all the way,”

and he named it Ebenezer [Stone of Help]. 1 Samuel 7:12 GNB

The music ministry will be sponsoring two guest

choirs this season: Psalt and Light;

Matsilo World Orphan Choir. See details on page 3.

Enhanced Digital Newsletter

The Council of Ministries and the Newsletter Ministry are about to embark on a new program designed to offer the congregation of Ebenezer United Methodist Church a more enhanced and informative monthly newsletter. The enhanced newsletter will begin with the June 2019 issue. The various ministries involved in the creation of the new newsletter are excited to offer this to the congregation.

When the June Newsletter is distributed there will be two methods of delivery: digital (to your e-mail account) and US Postal. This change will save the church money in both printing and mailing costs. The more members who sign up to receive the digital version the greater the overall savings we will realize. The content will be identical for both formats but the presentation will be different. The digital will include enhanced color graphics and when appropriate higher resolution photographs.

To receive the newsletter by digital format we are asking that you e-mail the church office with the subject line “Digital Newsletter Request.” Each individual in the household can request a digital copy of the newsletter. Each must send in a request by e-mail to the church office. Once the office receives your e-mail it will be checked against the existing data base and a mailing list will be created. If for whatever reason you do not wish to receive the digital version you need to do nothing and a paper copy will continue to be sent to your current address. We hope that you will take advantage of the new version and that your will enjoy the changes.

CHURCH E-MAIL – [email protected]

SUBJECT LINE — DIGITAL NEWSLETTER REQUEST

Visual Arts Team Every Sunday, the appearance of the sanctuary is enhanced with changing the paraments, creating stunning visual displays on the altar, and at times, other creative touches. These are all done by the Visual Arts Team.

The VAT meets on Thursday mornings at 10am. This is a very exciting ministry of which to be part. No experience is necessary. Please consider volunteering one to two hours a week and be part of this ministry.

In March, a very new program will roll out to provide enhancements to our sanctuary and new members to the team would be very welcome.

The season of Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday, March 6.

On that day, we will have 3 services for the imposition of ashes. The 6:30 a.m. service will be brief and not include Holy Communion; it is intended for persons who are on their way to work or who wish to have the presence of ashes as a reminder of the significance of the day present with them throughout the day. The 12:00 noon service and the 7:00 p.m. service will each include imposition of ashes and Holy Communion. The 12:00 noon service offers the possibility to attend worship for folks who prefer not to drive at night. Everyone is welcome to attend any of the services.

March 6

6:30 am

12:00 noon

7:00 pm

THE HIGHLIGHTER March 2019 Page 2

Greetings, Sisters and Brothers,

Thank you so very much for the cards, greetings, and treats for my birthday in February. I am blessed by the kindness and encouragement you showed me. I am honored to travel with you in our faith walk as disciples of Jesus. Thank you again.

As this March issue of The Highlighter arrives at your home, the special General Conference 2019 held February 23-26 in St. Louis will have concluded and we will know what decision(s) has(have) been made. At the time I am writing this column, however, GC2019 has not yet started. The implication of and implementation of the decision(s) made will likely raise many new questions. Bishop Peggy Johnson has scheduled a Post-Conference Briefing on Saturday, March 9, at Cornerstone UMC, 3135 Summit Br idge Road, Bear . The Post-Conference Briefing will be held 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. with refreshments available at 9:30 a.m.

The season of Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday, March 6. Service times and descr iptions are on

page 1. Everyone is welcome to attend any of the services.

Our preparations for Ash Wednesday actually begin the day before, on March 5, known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday). The tradition of observing Shrove Tuesday has been part of the Christian church for more than 1000 years. In its earliest expression, the day before Ash Wednesday was a day of confession of sins and receiving absolution through penance; “shrove” is the past tense of the verb “to shrive” which means to hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone). There was also the practice of ridding the house of foods forbidden during Lent such as eggs, sugar, and fat. Rather than waste the foods, they were used up in feasting on the days before Ash Wednesday. That is why pancake breakfasts or suppers are so popular on Shrove Tuesday. I hope you will attend our Pancake Supper and fellowship on Tuesday, March 5.

In this season of formation and preparation, we approach the forty days of Lent from a variety of different perspectives and points along the Christian faith journey. It does not matter how long we have been walking in the steps of Jesus, even the most mature Christians hear the call to return to God with all their hearts. We enter this season that is characterized by prayer, self-examination, fasting, and almsgiving. These works of discipline for hundreds of years served as a means by which new converts prepared for baptism, which historically took place during the Easter Vigil.

These Lenten disciplines are not unusual or special in and of themselves. They are spiritual practices that can and should be part of our daily walk as disciples of Jesus, but the intentional practice of them during the season of Lent can bring a heightened awareness of God’s call on our lives to be transformed into the likeness of Jesus, a deepening of our personal relationship with Jesus. In our Wesleyan tradition,

it is the work of God through sanctifying grace, our “going on to perfection.” I find these words from 20th century mystic Evelyn Underhill helpful in recognizing the wisdom of observing spiritual practices during Lent: “Lent is a good moment for a spiritual stocktaking; a pause, a retreat from life’s busy surface to its solemn depths. There are few who cannot benefit by a bit by bit examination of the resources that each baptized Christian has, a discernment of those things which must be treasured and kept in good order as opposed to the spiritual odds and ends which we have accumulated for ourselves.”

I invite you to consider how you will engage in spiritual disciplines during the solemn season of Lent. Here are a few suggestions – observe the “Wesley Fast” from sundown on Thursday until 3:00 p.m. on Friday; participate in our Lenten Bible Study – What Makes a Hero by Matt Rawle; participate in our Wednesday morning (11:00) intercessory prayer group or set aside a period of time each day to engage in meditative and intercessory prayer; make a donation to the Lenten Almsgiving Fund that will be divided between a local and global mission project or organization.

As always, I pray that the peace of Christ will fill your soul,

Pastor Mary Browne

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525 Polly Drummond Hill Rd. Newark, Delaware 19711

Pastor: Rev. Mary H. Browne

Voice: (302) 731-9495

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Editor: Beverly Shunta

Newsletter deadline: The 15th of each month

Web site: EbenezerUMCNewark.org

“Lent is a good moment for a spiritual stocktaking; a pause, a retreat from life’s busy sur-

face to its solemn depths.”


The music ministry will be sponsoring two guest choirs this season: Psalt and Light and Matsilo World Orphan Choir.

Psalt and Light, is a quartet of local energetic musicians that has been together for over 16 years. They share uplifting music of current artists with congregations throughout the region. On Sunday, March 3rd, Psalt and Light will bring music to the 8:30am and 11am services. In addition, they will give a short concert of music in the sanctuary at 10:15am – 10:45am. Their music will inspire us and lift our spirits.

On Sunday, April 7th (last Sunday of Lent), Matsiko World Orphan Choir, will join us for worship and a concert. This 23-member children and youth choir tours throughout the world sharing their story, joy and exuberance in praise of God. They will worship with us at the 8:30am and 11am services. A short concert will take place between services at 10:15am – 10:45am. In addition to presenting their music for worship, they will also have a display of their handmade crafts. They will need overnight housing for Sunday and Monday nights, which we will organize closer to the time of their visit.

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Chancel choir has a commitment of only one- and one-half hours a week and one Sunday service. Yet, the rewards for this ministry are endless. These rewards include: fun, fellowship, artistic expression, and most of all being a vital part of the ministry that ministers to the congregation during worship. The choir is open to all who have a desire to praise God with their singing. Tight schedule? Questionable talent? Let’s talk about it.

The Good Chimes Handbell Choir will be attending the Region III Handbell festival at Ocean City on March 15th and 16th. This two-day event will include: playing along side of some 35 handbell choirs from around the region; seminars geared toward beginners and advanced players; and an opportunity to fellowship with other bell choirs. The experience is tiring and exhilarating. From Friday night through Saturday night it is non-stop rehearsing, seminar attendance and fellowship. Our choir needs two more players. A basic knowledge of music is necessary, but previous handbell experience is not.

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For our youth, a new program has been established to compliment the Sunday youth program experience. Starting at 4:30pm, in the GHH, a high energy praise and worship service takes place, focusing on the youth and contemporary praise music. This is a time of singing, praying, Biblical teaching and brief meditation. Everyone is welcome to join in this worship. Adult musicians are welcome to join me in providing the praise music: drums, guitars, talent.

To God’s Glory Robert Rudolph

Director of Music

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LENTEN SHORT TERM BIBLE STUDY

WHAT MAKES A HERO?

The Death-Defying Ministry of Jesus

What Makes a Hero? offers us an image of what it looks like to be victorious over trials and temptations. It is written by Matt Rawle who has authored a number of small group studies including The Redemption of Scrooge, which we used as an Advent study in 2017. In the study we will see how Jesus turned the concept of hero on its head from what we assume as the pop culture image. The study examines how good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and overcoming adversity are fundamental to how Christians understand salvation, discern the good, fight for what’s right, spark revolution and save lives.

Study groups will be offered: Tuesday mornings beginning March 5, 9:55-11:15 a.m. Thursday evenings beginning March 7, 6:45 – 8:00 p.m. (we are hoping to have child care for these sessions) Sunday mornings beginning March 10, 9:45-10:55 a.m.

There will be a clipboard on the table in the Narthex where you can indicate your interest in one of the study group times or you can e-mail Pastor Mary at [email protected]


United Methodist Women Circle Meetings

Naomi 3/11 12:00 noon CLC

Priscilla 3/12 7:00pm, church

S & S 3/13 10:00am, church

Executive Board 3/5 12:30pm, church

Meals on Wheels

A Route — 4 Ben & Sandy Berk

11 Sharon Keeler & Gail Donaldson

18 Paul & Beverly Shunta

25 Garnet Dennis & Donna Sperow B Route — 4 Paul Kelley

11 Paul Kelley

18 Paul Kelley

25 Sue Connell & Barbara Thurman

Substitutes

Sandy Berk 410-392-4147

Stephanie Carpenter 302-731-4308

Ron Case 302-737-8567

Gail Lloyd 302-368-4965

Marianne Menghi 302-234-1544

Newark Senior Center 302-737-5747

Paul & Beverly Shunta 302-239-7765

(coordinator)

If you need transportation to doctor appointments, the drug store, etc., call one of the REMMs (retired Ebenezer members and mates) who have volunteered to drive: Ron Case 302-737-8567, Rick Guretsky 302-239-4911, Paul Kelley 302-737-2669, Paul Shunta 302-239-7765, or Reed and Elaine Wil-liams 302-737-1882.

Chicken and Dumplings Dinner

Saturday, March 2nd

Dine-in or Take-out

Take-out will be available at 5:00pm.

Dinner will be served starting at 5:30pm.

Cost: Adults - $12 Children 4-12 - $6 3 & under free

Reservations for take-out and dine-in are needed by Feb. 27. Please make a reservation to allow us to plan appropriately.

To reserve call Diane Clark at 302-239-6835 or Carol in the church office 302-731-9495. .

Invite your family and friends to enjoy a delicious meal — and help the UMW support their missions and ministries.

The United Methodist Men are proud to present:

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner

In the CLC Tuesday, March 5th

5:30pm to 7:30pm

$5.00 per adult,

Children up to 12 free

All you can eat!

Benefits our Missions!

Wear your Mardi Gras beads and come hungry!

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

begins

MARCH 10


God’s Grace Group Junior service project

Did you miss our Youth Service on January 27? For the children’s chapel time, our Junior G3ers presented a service project. The G3 juniors are working on a special collection of material for the HUB at Christiana. The kids made a poster with specific items needed for the UMCOR school kits. If you are in the narthex, you can see their poster and collection tub ready to collect donated items for those UMCOR school kits. Here is the list of things that can be donated:

• one pair blunt scissors, not plas-tic

• One box of 24 crayons

• Three one-subject notebooks, not composition books

• One pack of loose-leaf paper

• One hand-held pencil sharpener

• One ruler

• Six unsharpened pencils

• One eraser—2 inches or larger

• One two-gallon re-sealable plas-tic bag

It sure is awesome how God works! Shortly after their presentation for their service project, the HUB at Christiana sent an email stating they needed school kits! The HUB will

open on Saturday, June 8th and will put together these kits. They need items for school kits and baby kits. We ask that you donate items for our junior youth group from now through April 28th so we can work on getting them to the HUB before June the 8th. Thank you to eve-ryone who started donating items!

Youth Group Meeting Times

We have made slight changes to the youth group schedule. Youth group still meets Sunday afternoons. Junior G3 is for Pre-K through Grade 5 and is from 3pm – 4:30 pm. We have a shared high energy praise and worship service starting at 4:30 with Mr. Rudolph, which runs until approximately 5:00pm. Our Older Youth group now starts at 4:30 pm in order to participate in the worship. Older G3 is open for grade 6-12 from 4:30 – 6pm.

Education

Ministry

The F.I.S.H class is start-ing a new study.

The New Testament You Nev-er Knew, by N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. In this video Bible study, the authors team up to take us on a tour of the story behind the explosive story of the New Testa-ment. Through reading the New Testament we continually discover that God indeed keeps his promises, but those promis-es don’t always look like peo-ple expected. Come join the journey as the authors help us understand the New Testament we never knew. We meet in Room 204 at 10:45 Sundays.

The month of February the students celebrated with “I love to read month!” When students read 10 books with their

families they would write the books names down and Hand in their forms. They shared with their classmates the titles of these books and their favorite part about them . All students who participated were given a free book to keep and take home. We finished the month with our Annual Literacy Parade.

Soup-er Bowl —Preschool successfully collected soup cans for the Souper-bowl. During our Monday morning chapel, Pastor Mary blessed our soup cans and helped us add them to the collection from EUMC. We would like to thank the Youth Group for providing a Kids Night Out Event!

The Children and a great time and we are looking forward to the next one!

On Thursday, March 21st, 2018, the Down Syndrome Association of DE will be joining schools and organizations around the world in

celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. The DSA of DE supplies socks for our school to distribute so that we can show your support on 3/21/18. Here is a link to find out more about this special cause: http://dsadelaware.org /events/rock-your-socks/ Ebenezer Preschool will be selling a pair of mismatched socks for $1 starting March 4th until March 20th. You can wear your socks to work, shopping, school or any where you want to. When you wear these socks, you are helping bring awareness and showing your support for World Down Syndrome day.

March 27th – OPEN HOUSE

For New Family Enrollment 6-7 pm


New praise and

worship experience offered

A new program has been established for our youth to com-pliment the Sunday youth pro-gram experience. Starting at 4:30pm, in the Goodley-Helms Hall, a high energy praise and worship service takes place, focusing on the youth and contemporary praise music.

This is a time of singing, praying, Biblical teaching and brief meditation. Everyone is welcome to join in this worship. Adult musicians are welcome to join Robert Rudolph in providing the praise music: drums, guitars, talent.

HUB collecting supplies for school kits and

baby kits

You can help UMCOR by donating a complete kit, supplies for kits or give a monetary donation. The school kit supplies can be left in the round red tub in the narthex that is the youth project. If you want to deliver items yourself please call Bonnie at 302-286-7002 or Ruth at 302-507-2514 to schedule a drop-off.

They hope to meet at the HUB in March to take an inventory of supplies to see what else they will need to complete kits. Packing day is tentatively planned for June 8.

Monetary donations should be made payable to “Wilmington HUB at Christiana” and mailed to HUB at Christiana, 21 West Main Street, Christiana DE 19702.

A list for school supplies is on page 5 in the Youth Group column. Lists with details are available in the narthex. Please donate only the specific sizes listed, so that they will fit properly into the kits.

Baby Kit supplies:

All items must be new. Do NOT wash any of the items. Clothing sizes should be 9 months or smaller.

6 cloth diapers, pre-folded or plain

2 diaper pins w/ plastic closures

2 undershirts or onesies

2 wash cloths, infant size only

2 gowns or sleepers

1 sweater or jacket—front opening

2 receiving blankets 26x26 or 32x32. No heavy fleece. Do NOT prewash.

PACKAGING: Lay one or both of the receiving blankets flat on a table. Set aside the diaper pins and place all remaining items stacked on top of the blanket. Fold the blanket around the contents, securing "the bundle" tightly with the diaper pins.

GriefShare is a 13-week program of support for anyone who is grieving the loss of a fami-ly member or friend. It is structured around group discussion with focus, video seminars on a variety of grief and recovery subjects, and per-sonal study and reflection.

GriefShare helps people meet the challenges of emotional struggles, con-fusion, and the isolation they may be feeling. It is the opportunity to connect with other people who can understand the deep hurt a person feels after the loss of a loved one. GriefShare is not only for people who may be feeling acute grief because of a recent loss, it is also a resource for people who may have experienced the death of a loved one some time ago but find they may have questions about the recovery process and feeling optimistic about the future.

Our GriefShare group will be facilitated by Sue Katzmire, a counselor with Daybreak Counseling. For more information or to sign-up to attend the group, you may contact Sue at (302) 272-0625 or [email protected], or contact church office at 302-731-9495 or [email protected] .

Mark your calendar now for an out of this world

Vacation Bible School adventure!

June 17 – 21, 2019

Registration opens April 1.

Volunteers needed to help man the space station!

Contact Martha Helojoki at [email protected]


Greetings from your Health and Wellness Ministry

First I have to say I am so happy to be back serving as your Parish Nurse. Thank all of you who sent me cards, called me, visited me, and brought Carl and me dinner. Thank you Pastor Mary and Calvin for your visits as well. You are all wonderful Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

We have several ideas for upcoming lectures. I am trying to contact UMCOR to come and share with us what they do for our brothers and sisters in need when catastrophe strikes. This will not be a disease specific lecture, but very informative I am sure. In October we will observe Breast Cancer awareness month with a lecture on Breast cancer.

Now I will leave you with some info on Shingles.

You can think of shingles as the one-two punch of infections. Anyone who ever gets it had a case of the chickenpox first, often many decades earlier. The reason these two conditions are paired up is because they come from the same virus.

Chickenpox causes itchy blisters that might start on your back, chest, and face and spread to the rest of your body. Shingles is a rash with shooting pain. It usually shows up on just one side of your body and can occur on your face.

If you start to feel tingly and itchy on one side of your torso and then notice a rash, call your doctor. They can examine you and figure out whether you have shingles. The virus that gets the blame for both conditions is varicella zoster.

When it gets into your body, the first problem it causes is chickenpox, also called varicella. You may think of

it as a childhood disease, but adults can get it, too. After the chickenpox runs its itchy course, the virus retreats to nerve tissues near your spinal cord and brain, where it hides out. Doctors don’t know why, but sometimes the virus “wakes up” and travels along nerve fibers to your skin. That’s when it lands its second punch -- shingles, also called herpes zoster.

Who Can Get It?

We know that a weakened immune system might wake the virus up. If you’ve had chickenpox, you’re more likely to get shingles if you: have cancer, HIV, or another disease that lower your body’s defenses; are 50 or older; are under a lot of stress; have had a physical trauma; and take long-

term steroids or other medicines that can weaken your immune system. However, many people who get shingles do not fit in any of these categories.

What Are the Symptoms?

If you have shingles, you’ll most likely see a row of raised dots pop up on one side of your body or face. Your skin will look red in that area. You’ll get a stabbing or shooting kind of pain. You may also feel a tingling feeling in or under your skin, fever, chills, and headache, an upset stomach. The rash eventually turns into painful, red, fluid-filled blisters. They should begin to dry out and crust over within 7 to 10 days.

Call your doctor quickly if you have any of these signs. Shingles can’t be cured once you’re infected, but treatment can lessen how long it lasts and make you feel better. Treatment is usually a medication you take by mouth. You may also receive

medication to reduce the pain if you are unable to tolerate the discomfort

Is It Contagious?

Yes. You can spread the varicella zoster virus to people who’ve never had chickenpox and haven’t been vaccinated.

You are contagious until all of the sores have crusted over. Until then, avoid pregnant women who may not have had chickenpox or the vaccine, people with weak immune systems, and newborns.

The FDA has approved two shingles vaccines for prevention: Shingrix and Zostavax.

Shingrix is newer and is preferred over Zostavax because it is considered 90% effective. The CDC recommends people 50 and older get it, even if you’ve had shingles before. You should also get it even if you have had the Zostavax vaccine.

Margie Pankok for the

Health and Wellness Ministry


Social Senior Club meets monthly

1st Monday, 11:30am for dinners, movies, day trips, but most of all

we make new friends. Bring a sandwich and drink. If possible bring another sin-gle senior to join us — all are welcome (male or female, and

they don’t have to be Ebenezer members). For more information call Lou Bernie 738-0536

Hope to meet you soon! Never grow old! Keep active!

Come Join Us!

TLC Playgroup

For all children—Infants through Pre-K, with caregiver

Every Thursday—9:45 to 11:15

Ebenezer United Methodist Church

In the CLC

“AND I RISE UP”

Young Adult Summit

March 29-31

Hyatt Place Oceanfront Ocean City, MD

The Peninsula-Delaware Conference Vision Team presents the 2019 Young Adult Summit, open to every adult ages 18-35. Get ready for an exciting weekend in the Spirit of the Lord! This year’s YAS will feature 3 terrific workshop presenters, passion-ate worship, and time to make con-nections and build relationships with other young adults in our annual con-ference.

Registration brochure is available at pen-del.org; online registration is en-couraged (deadline is March 1). For questions, contact Rev. Carlos Reyes, [email protected] or Rev. Lester Justice, ljustice@pen-

del.org.

“Rise up and shine, for your light has come.

The shining-greatness of the Lord has risen upon you.” Isaiah 60:1

MARCH 3/02 Sarah Wood

3/03 Daniel Klopfenstein

Emilie Murray

3/04 Hailie Rosario

Dan Shelton

3/05 Ed Wolfe

3/07 Braedon Smith

3/08 Sandy Berk

Debbie Donnelly

3/10 Jim Gates

3/11 Christy Williams Thomson

3/12 Madison Brookens

3/13 Connor McGovern

Alli Mullin

Geoffrey Steggell 3/14 Carolyn Klein

3/16 Rebecca Hanus

3/17 Kathy Zinn

3/18 Rodney Dempsey

Nancy Eldreth

Jeffrey Park

Luann Pugh

3/19 Marlene Tribbitt

3/20 Chris Brendza

Amelia Schmidt 3/21 James DiOrio

Suellen Ward

3/22 Kyren Keys

3/23 Jordan Ormsby

3/24 Nancy Connell Jeremy Keeler

Al Sowden

3/26 Levi Merritt Joanne Schlosser

3/27 Robert Bosari Charles Connell, Jr. Frank Hicken

3/29 Blair Case

Diane Clark

Kay Leventry

Edith Williams

3/30 Wayne Patterson

APRIL 4/1 Austin Logan

Michelle Meney Virginia Parker 4/2 Billy Feldmann

Emma Feldmann

Lauren Jackson

Elyse Miller Joanne Monarski Will Thomson

4/3 Melissa Delaney

Nathan Harlan

Beth Manchester 4/4 Shirley Gardner 4/5 Sandy Ashby

4/6 Andrew Feldmann

Beth Jackson Ava Grace Sterkenburg

4/7 Jacob Peffley Carolyn Wilhelm


KIDS NIGHT OUT! Calling all Kids!!!! Calling All Kids!!!

Want to come and have a play date at Church! Fun, Games, Movie Night!

Come Party with your friends! Let Your Parents go and enjoy a yucky Romantic evening!

Where: Ebenezer UMC; In The Christian Life Center When: Saturday, March 30, 2019

Saturday, May 18, 2019

5:30 pm – 9:00pm Ages: 2 - 12 Cost: Free

Have your kids wear their PJ’s and bring a pillow and blanket for the movie night.

**Please pack a yummy dinner or snack for your child. We will provide water only due to Allergies.**

Movie: TBD

Donations to Benefit Ebenezer Youth Group Appreciated

If you have questions, please contact Megan Jones Youth Pastor Ebenezer UMC.

[email protected] (302)740- 8836

Is God calling you to serve at Kentucky Red Bird Mission from August 1st to 6th, 2019?

Proverbs 16:9 We can make our plans, but the L�� determines our steps.

What is Red Bird Mission?

Red Bird Mission, founded by Methodists and guided by Jesus Christ, empowers individuals and advo-cates justice by providing spiritual, educational, health, and community outreach ministries in Beverly, Kentucky.

What will I do at Red Bird?

EUMC youth and adults will do a Work Camp and help build or renovate buildings such as painting, plumbing, electrical, siding, landscaping or may do crafts, music, food preparation or help in outreach or at community store or at the Senior Center,etc!

How much is it, when will we go and what is included in $375 fee?

Mark your calendar for Sunday, August 4th- Saturday, August 10th!!

Knowledgeable and enthusiastic crew leader, cozy cabins, good food, evening devotions and program-ming. EUMC will rent one or more vans to transport us and it will be a great time!

Want to know more? A Mission trip meeting will be held at church soon! So start praying for and planning for the trip!! For more information go to www.rbmission.org or email Ms. Heller at [email protected].


Easter Lily Order Form

On Easter Sunday, an array of lilies will adorn the chancel area, proclaiming through their beauty the glorious news that Christ is risen indeed! If you would like to purchase one or more lilies to be part of the display, please complete the order form below. In lieu of flowers, you may remember or honor your loved ones through a gift of equal amount to Family Promise and Friendship House to support their work with homeless and at-risk persons and families.

The absolute deadline to order is Sunday, March 31 (no late orders can be accepted). The cost of each potted lily is $12.00. Please prepay your order by making checks to Ebenezer UMC, indicating in the memo line either Lily and/or the homeless.

I want to order _____ (indicate number) lilies.

I want to donate _____ (indicate $ donation) to Family Promise & Friendship House.

Check enclosed _____ Cash enclosed _____

Envelope Number __________

PLEASE PRINT DEDICATION(S) FOR THIS YEAR.

IN MEMORY OF: ___________________________________________________

IN HONOR OF: ____________________________________________________________

GIVEN BY: ________________________________________________________________

The Pound Auction

Wednesday, April 23rd 6:00pm in the CLC

Mark your calendars, get your creative juices flowing … the Pound Auction is just around the corner! All you need to do is bring a bag (the more intriguing or prettier the better) filled with

a POUND of something, then let the bidding wars begin! We bid on the bags, contents unknown.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend for an evening of hilarity!

All proceeds benefit Fabricio, the student in Paraguay sponsored by Priscilla Circle

If you have any questions, please ask Donna Guretsky, Rhonda Vible or Kristin Moser.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

.

1 Family

Promise 12:30pm GriefShare 8:00pm 2x4 Square Danc-

2 Family

Promise 5:30pm UMW Chicken & Dumpling Din-ner 9:30pm NA

3Transfig-

uration Sun-day 8:30am Wor-ship 9:45am Sun-day School 11:00am Wor-ship 3:00pm G3 4:15pm Youth Singers 5:00pm BSA50

4 9:00am Pre-school Chapel 11:30am So-cial Senior Club 5:30pm Slim Sculpt Class 7:15pm Square Dance Class

5

9:00am Preschool Chapel 9:55 Lenten Bible Study 10:00am Pre-school Music 11:30am AA 12:30pm Day-break Counseling 12:30pm UMW Exec. Board 5:00pm Shrove Pancake Dinner 7:00pm COM

6 Ash

Wednesday

6:30am Wor-ship 10:00am AA 12:00pm Wor-ship 5:30pm Slim Sculpt Class 7:00pm Wor-ship 7:15pm Square Dance Class 7:30pm Al-Anon

7

9:15am BSFT 9:45am TLC 10:00am Visual Arts 12:30pm Daybreak Counseling 6:00pm BSA50 6:00pm Preschool Board 6:30pm Health & Wellness 6:45pm NA 6:45pm Lenten Bible Study 7:30pm Chancel Choir

8

12:30pm GriefShare 7:00pm 2x4 Square Dance

9

8:00am Scrap-booking 1:00pm Boy Scout Court of Honor 9:30pm NA

10 1st Sun-

day in Lent 8:30am Worship 9:45am Lenten Bible Study 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Wor-ship 3:00pm G3 4:15pm Youth Singers

11

9:00am Preschool Chapel 12:00pm Naomi Circle 12:30pm Staff Meeting 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 5:35pm GS Troop 672 6:30pm 4-H 7:15pm Square Dance Class

12

9:00am Preschool Chapel 9:55 Lenten Bible Study 10:00am Preschool Music 11:30am AA 12:30pm Daybreak Counseling 6:00pm Silent Knights 7:00pm Priscilla Circle 7:00pm Trustees

13

9:30am Preschool Music 10:00am S&S 10:00 AA 11:00am Intercesso-ry Prayer 5:30pm Project Linus 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 6:30pm Missions 7:00pm Good Chimes 7:15pm Square Dance Class 7:30pm Al-Anon

14

9:15am BSFT 9:45am TLC 10:00am Visual Arts 12:30pm Day-break Counseling 6:00pm BSA50 6:45pm Lenten Bible Study 6:45pm NA 7:30pm Chancel Choir

15

12:30pm GriefShare 7:00pm 2x4 Square Danc-ing

16

9:30pm NA

172nd Sun-

day in Lent 8:30am Worship 9:45am Lenten Bible Study 9:45am Sunday School 11::00am Wor-ship 3:00pm G3 4:15pm Youth Singers

18

9:00am Pre-school Chapel 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 7:15pm Square Dance Class

19

9:00am Pre-school Chapel 9:55 Lenten Bible Study 10:00am Pre-school Music 11:30am AA 12:30pm Day-break Counseling 7:00pm Ste-phen Ministry

20

9:30am Pre-school Music 10:00am AA 11:00am Inter-cessory Prayer 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 7:00pm Good Chimes 7:15pm Square Dance Class 7:30pm Al-Anon

21

9:15am BSFT 9:45am TLC 10:00am Visual Arts 12:30pm Daybreak Counseling 6:00pm BSA50 6:45pm Lenten Bible Study 6:45pm NA 7:00pm VBS Meet-ing 7:30pm Chancel Choir

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23

9:00am CLC Kitchen Clean Up 9:30pm NA

24 3rd Sun-

day in Lent 8:30am Worship 9:45am Lenten Bible Study 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 3:00pm G3 3:00pm Millcroft 4:15pm Youth Singers

25 9:00am Preschool Chapel 12:30pm Staff Meeting 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 5:45pm GS Troop 672 7:00pm Deacons Walk 7:15pm Square Dance Class

26 9:00am Preschool Chapel 9:55 Lenten Bible Study 10:00am Pre-school Music 11:30am AA 12:30pm Day-break Counseling 7:00pm Missions

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9:30am Preschool Music 10:00am Hope Dining Room 10:00am AA 11:00am Intercesso-ry Prayer 5:30pm Slim Sculpt 7:00pm Good Chimes 7:15pm Square Dance Class 7:30pm Al-Anon

28 9:15am BSFT 9:45am TLC 10:00am Visual Arts 12:30pm Daybreak Counseling 6:00pm BSA50 6:45pm Lenten Bible Study 6:45pm NA 7:30pm Chancel Choir

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30

5:30pm Kids Night Out 9:30pm NA

314th Sunday

in Lent 8:30am Worship 9:45am Lenten Bible Study 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 3:00pm G3 4:15pm Youth Singers

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EBENEZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

525 Polly Drummond Hill Road

Newark, Delaware 19711

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Inside

Enhanced Digital Newsletter p. 1

Ash Wednesday services p. 1

Visual Arts Team p. 1

A word from the Pastor p. 2

Music and Worship p. 3

Lenten Bible Study p. 3

Chicken and Dumplings Dinner / Pancake Dinner p. 4

Youth Service Project and Praise Service p. 5

Preschool News p. 5

HUB collecting supplies for UMCOR p. 6

VBS p. 6

GriefShare p. 6

Health and Wellness—Shingles p. 7

Young Adult Summit p. 8

Kids Night Out p. 9

Pound Auction p. 9

Easter Lily Order Form p.10

Visual Arts Team Enhanced Digital Newsletter€¦ · THE HIGHLIGHTER March 2019 Page 3 The music ministry will be sponsoring two guest choirs this season: Psalt and Light and Matsilo

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