December 12, 2016
Welcome to Monday News N E X T M E E T I N G December 19th -‐ 6:15 PM Granville Inn – Denison Rm. Meal cost $10.00 Program – White Elephant/Blue Angel gift exchange. You bring a gift you get one. A fair exhchange? Right? Right? Or is it? A short Board Meeting before the regular meeting. Christmas Party Basic Rules: From the 12/15/14 Party 1. Each participant brings a wrapped gift. Do not include whom it’s from on the packaging. 2. Participants will draw numbers. These determine the order of picking the presents. 3. The first player (#1) will select a gift and unwrap it in front of everyone 4. After the 1st player selects their gift, everyone else will have a choice to either steal any gift that has already been unwrapped or they can select an unwrapped gift for their turn. 5. Each gift can only be stolen three (3) times. 6. At the end of the exchange player #1 can steal any gift that has been unwrapped – even if it’s been stolen 3 times. The ABC’s Tips for gifts: a. The funnier or more weird the gift, the better! b. Keep the price at a maximum of $10. c. There’s nothing wrong with bringing a magnificent gift. H ow a r e y o u k n o w n a s a K i w a n i a n ? Interested B I R T H D A Y S & A N N I V E R S A R I E S Norma Krueger 12/11 Oscar & Gloria Mayet-‐Rivera 12/17 Nolan Cox 12/17 Mike Birkmeyer 12/17 Mike Moore 12/18 C O M M U N I C A T I O N S
Ashley See of the Licking County Health Dept. thanked us for our donation of $500. The money was used to purchase 8 car seats, which were given to families along with instructions for the proper installation of the seats. I am guessing, the donation was made by the YCPO (Young Children Priority One) committee.
Stacy Thompson of the Foundation for Hospice of Central Ohio thanked us for our donation of $50 in memory of Betsy Spencer. The Foundation funds in 2015 provided grief support for 2400 adults and children.
A grant request from the GHS (Granville High School) Swim Team to be used for travel to state meets.
A C T I V I T I E S
1. SLP (Service Leadership Programs) A) Aktion Club of Licking County -‐ Charter Party was held Dec 12th (Mon) at the DoubleTree Hotel in Nerk.
There were 121 in attendance, including the NHS Key Club, Aktion club members from Knox & Delaware Counties, & Cambridge, Granville Mayor Melissa Hartfield, Heath Mayor Mark Johns, Past Ohio Gov. Sharon O’Neil, representatives from the sponsoring Kiwanis clubs -‐ Newark (the host club) Heath Moundbuilders, and Granville. (Mike Birkmeyer Walt Chaney, Marianne Jording, Norma Krueger, Jennifer Lewis, Alice and Don Lewis, Dave Thomas, and Mickey Smith were in attendance). The NHS (Newark High School) Swing Choir entertained us. The charter members received their membership certificates, pins, membership card, & name badges. The club was presented their Charter, Club Banner, & Gavel. This is the 36th Aktion Club in the Ohio District. B) K-‐Kids Maple tree was planted Tues. Dec. 13th (Tues) at the North side of the GES (Granville Elem. School). The K-‐Kids on Dec. 20th (Tues) will go to Middleton to play Holiday Bingo and read holiday books with the residents. Kiwanis volunteers meet them at Middleton at 4:00 pm. 2 . R em i n d e r s
v Help needed to take tickets at the GHS (Granville High School} boys & girls basketball games. If interested see Jerry’s e-‐mails for schedules.
v The stage is to be delivered to Abe’s Thur. (12/15) and returned to Duane’s on Sat. (12/17} for storage.
v Fred Abraham has invited our club members to his Christmas party on Fri. (12/16) starting after 6:30 pm at Abe’s. Bring canned food that will be donated to the Food Pantry.
v Red Kettle bell ringing at Ross’ Granville Market Sat. (12/24). Start 10:00 am end 8:00 pm.
v Salvation Army “Adopt a Family” gifts will be delivered to the Salvation Army Dec. 16th (Fri).
v Attendance at Mondays (12/19) meeting is a 4fer meeting.
C O M M I T T E E S
Ø Investment Foundation Committee. – Roger reported the committee met today Mon. (12/12) to finalize their report. They will write up their recommendations and send the report to the Foundation Board for their review.
Ø YCPO Committee – Charlene reported: A) They will be purchasing $500 worth of books to give to Boy Scout Bjorn Ludwig Eagle Scout project. B) Donate $900 to Flying Colors Public Preschool (ages 3 – 6) to assist in purchasing Potty watches (I really, really, really do hope I heard this correctly) and other school supplies. They have schools in Newark and Etna. C) Donate $200 to the Coalition for Housing.
MONDAY NEWS G R A N V I L L E
2016-‐2017 Officers: *Pres. – Don Lewis, *Pres. Elect –Sally Schaadt, *Vice Pres. – Lisa Matula *Secr. – Charlene Lossing , *Treas. – Tom Esh *Imm. P. P. – Dave Thomas
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1. Pres. Don asked if anyone would be interested in going on interclubs to other club meetings in our division and some possibly outside of our division. By a show of hands there would be some interest.
2. Tom Harvey received an e-‐mail from Alan Minton asking if we would participate in the MLK (Martin Luther King) food drive at Ross’ on Jan. 16, 2017 (Mon) at 5 -‐6 pm. Would need 2 or 3 members.
3. Two 12’ Kiwanis Streamer Flags have been ordered. 4. Selected a Motorists Business Policy to insure our
vehicles, building, and contents on or off the property. Effective date is Dec. 12, 2016.
P R O G R A M Sally Schaadt introduced Rev. Casey Wilson Centenary United Methodist Church Senior Pastor. Rev. Wilson has been in full-‐time ministry since 1997. He joins Centenary from Asbury South UMC in Columbus and previously served as associate pastor at Wesley UMC, in Bryan, Ohio; lead pastor at Amlin UMC in Dublin; and executive pastor at Lewis Center UMC in Lewis Center. Rev. Wilson grew up on a farm near Mt. Sterling. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and French from Ohio Wesleyan University, and a master of divinity degree from Boston University. He, his wife, Sharon, and son Matthew look forward to being a part of the Granville and Licking County communities. We are enjoying Granville. We moved into the parsonage the end of June this year in time for the 4th of July Celebration. The parsonage is located on the corner of E. Broadway and S. Pearl St. It seems like a party is going on in Granville, with the Farmers Market, Pelotonia, Porsche Car Show, Turkey Trot, and the Candlelight Walk. When Dave asked me to speak tonight, I asked him what type of message he would like me to talk about. Dave commented, “I shouldn’t have to tell a minister what to say”. Casey distributed a sheet of three Christmas Carols; Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, and Joy to the World. Christmas Carols are associated with Christianity, but carols have nothing to do with the church. They are the result of Celtic nation fertility rituals and pagan dances. Christians adopted these carols and dances. Around the 7th – 12th centuries they were banned from churches. In the year 1223 St Francis of Assisi held a service with a nativity scene with animals and baby. The Franciscans delivered lively music in worship. In the 17th century the English Puritan Church abolished Christmas. They felt people were having too much fun and it was becoming too commercial. If they celebrated Christmas it was related to witchcraft and people were jailed and two were put to death. In the 18th & 19th centuries carols once again became popular. “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley. Charles Wesley wrote over 9,000 poems or 10 lines of verses every day for 50 yrs. This song begins with the Shepard’s and who Jesus is, the King who brings peace between God and sinners. In Wesley, Jesus as a baby brings peace and life to all incarnate with eternal life and resurrection of life on earth with birth and the later picture of life, death, and the resurrection. The music was by Felix Mendelssohn, a Jew. It would not be expected that music by a Jew would be combined with words written by Wesley. In the 15th century William H. Cummings an organist combined the words and music. We sang verses 1 & 3 accompanied by Casey on the Trumpet. “Silent Night” by Joseph Mohr in 1816. Franz Gruber composed the music. In preparation for the children of the
church to sing Silent Night at a midnight mass, Franz was practicing on the organ when it broke. It is said he then used a guitar to play Silent Night. However there is no evidence that this actually happened. Joseph is said to have wanted the song played with a guitar accompaniment. In 1860 the song was translated from German to English. Silent Night has been published in 100 languages. During the World War in 1914 the Germans were singing Silent Night and the allied forces recognizing the tune, joined in singing it and for a while there was peace. The Christmas truce. We sang verses 1 & 3 accompanied by Casey on the Trumpet. “Joy to the World” by Isaac Watts in 1719. Famous carols at that time were to be hymns for church services and not Christmas carols. The hymns were to be based on the bible verses. This song is based on Psalm 98; judge people with equity, King will send a savior, receiving Jesus, announce to the world, and preparation. Lowell Mason added the music in 1839 from an arrangement by Handel. The music tells the Christmas story and starts high and down to a lower scale of God coming down to earth. We sang verses 1 & 3 accompanied by Casey on the Trumpet. “Thank you for inviting me and may your Christmas season be filled with peace of mind, hope, joy, and love”. 5 0 / 5 0 d r a w i n g w i n n e r – Lesa Miller – no jackpot but Lesa does win a free Kiwanis dinner. Standard Operating Procedures for Allocation of Kiwanis Club of Granville Funds
(Circa 2012, prelude to Ralph McGrath’s Treasurer’s reports)\
1. Each Kiwanis committee chairperson has the authority to approve expenses within their budget. If a member is proposing to withdraw money out of a committee's funds, that member must contact the chair of the committee prior to the request and obtain approval.
2. Requests should include the name of the organization the money is for, why the money is being requested, the organization's purpose, and how this request for funds furthers our Kiwanis motto: Serving the Children of the World.
3. Priority should be given to requests for local organizations within Licking County. If the request is for a national organization, then it would be expected that there would be a major need for the funding, since most local organizations are in need of funds and the majority of the membership prefers to keep the funds local.
4. All requests for funds over and above a committee's budgeted amount should be submitted in writing at least one week prior to the monthly Board meeting if at all possible. This will allow Board members enough time to speak about the proposal ahead of the Board meeting and get the consensus of the membership.
5. Any non-‐emergency requests for funds over the budgeted amount must be approved by the board.
6. If the combined budget for the club results in an excess amount of monies remaining at the end of the administrative year, then those monies may be carried over and re-‐assigned into the Principal for the Foundation.
Walt Chaney Notes: Slanted words are my commentaries Corrections – welcomed Criticisms – tolerated Kiwanis Club of Granville Meets @ Granville Inn 6:15PM Monday’s P.O. Box 133 Presiding – Don Lewis President Granville, OH 43023 Invocation – Bob Warner Web Site-‐ www.granvillekiwanisclub.org Volume 3 eighty fourth edition of Monday News