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Finley’s Newsletter VOLUME 5, ISSUE 4 FINLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015

FROM OUR PASTOR

September/October 2015

Dear Finley Church family,

It is hard to believe the summer of 2015 is already over and we are into a new school year. This means new programs starting back up and opportunities to get involved and grow. Pastor Derek is organizing the fall small groups as we will have five (5) to offer this September. Kidmo and Middle School Youth will be starting back up on October 7th. Plus, all the regular services and Bible Studies that never recess. I wanted to spend a few moments going over the membership vows members pledge to when they vow to God when joining Finley United Methodist Church. The question a Methodist minister asks those joining the Church is this: “Will you be loyal to the United Methodist Church, and uphold it by your PRAYERS, your PRESENCE, your GIFTS, your SERVICE, and your WITNESS?”

When a person joins as a member of Christ’s Holy Church it is a vow of loyalty and commitment. It is better not to join than to join without much thought of follow through (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7). I know “life” and circumstances can be grueling and can change. But, we as Christians are called to something much higher than ourselves – a life in Jesus Christ! Your Church is as strong as its membership. In other words, it is as strong as you! We in the Church say, “We need you.” We do need you, but more importantly than our perspective is that from God Almighty. You are in need of God. And being around other Christians and learning together in discipleship is very important. Think about those five (5) areas above: PRAYERS, PRESENCE, GIFTS, SERVICE AND WITNESS. I challenge not only our “members” but attendees in these five (5) areas. Do you PRAY for Finley Church? Many people do, faithfully. Do you? Do you attend (PRESENCE) weekly? Not just a morning worship service, but also in a small group (Sunday school, Wednesday Bible study, small groups, ministry outreach)? Do you GIVE (tithe, regular support of the ministry)? Do you SERVE (inside and outside the church Body, in ministry; *we have

needed nursery workers and van drivers for over a year – still in need of help). Do you WITNESS? With your actions, words, personal testimony, and even when you are the only one in your neighborhood pulling out of your driveway on a Sunday morning to go to Church – this is a witness. Each Sunday, I notice my neighbors watching us come home from church. This is a witness – in and of itself – because they know we have attended the house of God! As you come home from church in the upcoming weeks, think about how you might use this as a witness – and invite a neighbor to our “Back to Church Sunday” on September 20th. It might just change their life and the direction they are going (Matthew 9:35-38). Can you be counted on? Your Shepherd, Pastor Jerry Ernst

September/October 2015 Finley’s Newsletter

BIRTHDAYS

September 6 Violet Recchie 2055 Eve Drive Steubenville OH 43952 September 16 Gordon Graner Iglesia, Evangelica Dominicana Apartado 727 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic September 21 Tillie Hickle 2531 County Road 22A Bloomingdale OH 43910 September 22 Ruth Falter 111 Wanda Street Weirton WV 26062

October 11

Robert Blessing

2030 Walnut St Unit 2

Dover DE 19901

October 13

Don George

102 Grandview Drive

Wintersville OH 43953

October 17

Emma Banovsky

Lancia Villa Royale

1852 Sinclair Avenue

Steubenville OH 43952

October 21

Elisabeth Sawka

PO Box 455

Richmond, OH 43944

October 23

Betty Christopher

Hearthside Community Apt. 105

1561 Stone Ridge Pkwy

Woodstock, GA 30189

October 29

S/Sgt William M Sargeant

8130 Bushclover Drive

Tipp City OH 45371

October 31

Delores Heflin

Box 34 Patricia Avenue

Weirton WV 26062

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Our deepest sympathies and prayers go out to: Fritz and Esther VanDyke in the death of his sister Elva McDougle on June 6, 2015. The family of Jacob Blackburn in his death on June 18, 2015. Wylene Thorn and family in the death of her uncle Eddie Thorn on July 2, 2015. The family of Margaret “Peggy” Lawrence, July 16, 2015

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HOLY COMMUNION

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We are preparing for the

publication of our 2015 pictorial

directory and we need you to

make our new family album

complete!

Photographs will be taken on

the following dates & times:

· Thursday, September 17

2:00 pm - 8:30 pm

· Friday, September 18

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

· Saturday September 19

10:30 am - 5:00 pm

You can sign up for your

portrait appointment at the

church on Sunday, August 23rd

,

30th

, and September 6th

or online Monday – Friday.

Use the following link to

schedule online:

http://www.ucdir.com/schedul

e/login.php

and then enter the login

information below:

or visit www.finleyumc.org

and click on the “schedule your

photography session” link.

Immediately following the

portrait session, you will be

given the opportunity to view

your images digitally and make

your selection for the directory.

There is no cost to the church or

to you for the complimentary

8x10 or the directory. Each

family will be given the

opportunity to purchase

additional portraits for families

and friends. In addition to cash

or personal checks, Universal

Church Directories accepts

Visa, American Express, Master

Card, and Discover. If you

purchase any portraits they will

be sent to your home within 3 to

4 weeks.

Gabe’s Bakes

Gabe Ernst has his own

little baking business going

on and would like you to

support it. He bakes

chocolate chip-peanut

butter cookies, deep dish

fudge brownies, and

different kinds of cupcakes.

Donations are accepted and

every dollar goes to his

Guatemala Mission Trip.

He’s been baking for a long

time and has a good

reputation. Some people

from the congregation have

already tried his goodies

and really enjoyed them,

how about you?

If you are interested just e-

mail him at

[email protected] ,

call him at 740-264-9980 ,

or see him after church

anytime.

UMW

The Marguerite/FWM Circles

met at Hollow Rock on

Thursday, July 23rd

. This was

Missionary Day. There were

fourteen women present.

During the morning service

we heard from missionary

Nathan Smith from Bolivia

and Zack and Esther Motz.

Zack and Nathan both grew

up going to Hollow Rock.

The Motz’s are missionaries

to Japan. Following the

10:30 service, we had a

delicious lunch served by

Lucinda Kell Lovelace and

her daughters. A short

business meeting was held

following lunch. Plans were

finalized for UMW Sunday to

be held on August 9th

.

***

The Marguerite/FWM Circle

will meet on September 1st at

6:30 p.m. These meetings are

open to any ladies in the

church, teens included. We

will be hosting the Executive

meeting for the District on

Sept. 10th

from 9:00 – 12:00.

The Circle meetings will be

held in the library. The

Executive meeting will be

held in the Fellowship Hall.

- Carol Canyock

***

As you know August 9th was

the annual UMW Sunday. We

hope you enjoyed the music, the

biographies about the

composers and their music, the

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history of UMW at Finley

and hearing about the mission

work of the Marguerite/FWM

circle.

We need to thank many people:-

Angie Van Kirk did a wonderful

job as song leader as did Elaine

Goble on the organ and Martha

Sisler (she played at both the

8:30 and 10:45 services) on the

piano. The beautiful piece that

Martha played for the offertory

in both service was composed

by her. The song that

Darlene Vandyke sang and the

worshipful dance her daughter

preformed to that

piece was wonderful.

Pam Edgar's did a wonderful job

with the Offertory Prayer at the

8:30 and 10:45 services. The

women who agreed to ushers

were Lisa Hlivko at the 8:30

service, Joy Clements, Marsha

Anderson, Abbey and Harper

Ernst and Joyce Williamson at

the 10:45 service. Ben Hlivko

prepared the power point for the

service and Ryan Call made

sure it worked smoothly during

the service.

We appreciated all of these

people who were willing helped

the UMW with this service.

I would also like to thank Paula

Leasure. She agreed to give the

Congregational prayer but was

unable to do it because she

became ill at the Block Party. I

want you and her to know who

much I appreciated the fact that

she was willing to help when I

asked.

It is wonderful to have people

who willing help when

called upon.

Lastly, I would like to thank

the Marguerite/FWM

circle members who read the

biographies, scripture, led

the Apostle's Creed and gave

the Benediction.

If I missed anyone please

forgive me.

The Marguerite/FWM Circle

hope you will consider joining

us. We would love to have

women who are interested in

missions and want to spend

time with other women who

feel the same. All you have to

do is come to our meeting and

be willing to learn about

missions and help with our

mission projects. There are no

dues but we do take a collection

at each meeting to help pay for

the global, national and

local missionary projects. Our

next meeting is Sept. 1st at

6:30 in the church library. In

October we have no circle

meeting because of the Fall

District Meeting which is in

Shadyside, Ohio and the annual

Conference Celebration which

is in Norwalk, Ohio. If you're

interested in going to either of

these meetings let Juanita "Dee"

Whisman know. In November

we will have our last circle

meeting of 2015 the date and

time will be announced later.

Please watch the Sunday

bulletin of that

information. –Dee Whisman

It takes sadness to know

happiness, noise to

appreciate silence, and

absence to value presence

Back to Church Sunday

Sept. 20th

* Do you know someone who

should be attending church?

* Invite family, friends,

neighbors who don't already

attend church.

or

* List their names on the

bulletin board sign up sheet in

the hallway and the

Evangelism Committee will

invite them.

* Luncheon to follow 10:45

service.

Fall Revival Oct. 11-14th

Evangelist Tom Hermiz

Song Leader Brock Barnhouse

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Sunday Evening Service

November 1st

Evangelism Committee in

Charge

Special skit, special music, and

testimonies

Mark your calendar !


2015 Camp Report By Abbey Ernst

Thank you, Finley Church for

your offerings, donations, and

prayers in helping our children

and youth attend church camp

this summer. We had 18 kids

attend Camp Wanake in Beach

City, Ohio and nine youth attend

CYF camp at Malone University

– both are East Ohio United

Methodist camps. Out of our

27 total campers, seven were

high schoolers , seven were

middle school and 13 were

children. The youngest camper

was six years old, going into

the 1st grade We were very

blessed by our Ohio Valley

District and the East Ohio UM

Camps & Retreats Ministries

who offered generous

scholarships to each of our

children and youth. Thank you,

Jesus, for those blessings!!! The

Senior Highers at CYF camps

studied a theme called,

“Collide”, teaching them to

connect with God and then

setting a future goal in their

spiritual walk once they

returned home. The Wanake

campers theme was, “Listen!

God is Calling”. They

memorized scriptures and

studied Bible lessons regarding

being called to love, called to

gratitude, called to faith, called

to love, and called to share. The

following are some brief

testimonials from a few children

and youth about their camp

experience. Be blessed reading

them:

Thank you for sending me to

camp. It was awesome! I wish I

could stay. I like the Go Karts!

– Josiah Ernst

CYF was really fun and it

changed my life a lot –

Quarnetta Gee

Church camp was amazing and

it meant a lot to me and thanks

for helping to pay for it. God is

good and I don’t know what I

would do without Him. At camp

you are with believers who are

like you and want the same

things you do. – Summer Clark

Thank you for sending us to

camp. We had fun! My favorite

part of the week was the Go

Karts and making new friends. –

Tristan Sutton

Thank you for helping to

send me to camp! I had so much

fun! I loved the camp fire and I

loved the Worship. – Autumn

Godman

Thanks for sending me to camp.

I love camp and it was nice to

be there. I loved the horseback

riding and I loved my

counselors – Treyvon Wagner

Thank you ! My favorite thing

was my Loving counselors –

Shealor Lowe

Thank you! What I liked about

camp was swimming, morning

watch, and the polar bear swim.

– Briana Holmes

I worked at Camp Wanake for

my second year in a row.

Because of camp, I got to

experience spiritual birth,

growth and renewal with other

people who are not shy about

sharing their love and God’s

love with me. Being with people

who love God is such a feeling

that I cannot describe. – Macy

Yoho

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VBS 2015 Update! By Abbey Ernst

Thank you to all who

volunteered at VBS to minister

to our church and community.

We had a great week with many,

many workers, (ages 13 to 90)

and a good group of kids, (ages

4 to 14).

Our three church vans and

dedicated drivers drove all over

Steubenville to bring kids to the

church so they would be able to

be a part of all kinds of

interactive and creative ways to

learn about God.

Kids ate interesting snacks

while sitting in tents. They

played goofy games, enjoyed

wacky experiments, and shared

a Bible adventure with Elijah

and the ravens.

Thanks to everyone who prayed

for our week, donated food and

supplies, prepared lessons, led

the kids around to their stations,


drove the vans, decorated,

cleaned up, registered kids,

prepared food, and worked

behind the scenes.

This year we had a contest to

raise money for missions. We

raised over $500 which was

split between a local ministry –

Teen Challenge of the Ohio

Valley and a foreign mission –

the earthquake disaster in Nepal.

Our theme was “Everest” –

Conquering Challenges with

God’s Mighty Power. We

learned that God has the power

to provide, comfort, heal,

forgive and to love us forever.

For many, this week is a big

sacrifice of time and energy, but

also so rewarding to witness to

many children responding to

God’s calling on their lives.

Thank you VBS team.

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PRAYER AND

FASTING WEEKENDS September 5 & 6 October 3 & 4

Only God can turn a MESS

into a MESSage,

a TEST into a TESTimony,

a TRIal into a TRIumph,

a VICTim into a VICTory,

GOD is GOOD… all the

time!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

September 1

5:30-6:30 Aerobics and

Worship at the Ministry Center

6:30 UMW Meeting

7:00 Choir Practice

September 2

11:00 Bible Study & Prayer

6:00 Lay Leadership Meeting

6:30 Senior High Youth


September 4, 11, 25

6:30–7:30 N.A. meeting

September 5 & 6 Prayer & Fasting Weekend

September 6, 13, 20 Back to

Church Sunday, 27

8:30 Worship Service

9:30 Sunday School



September 7 Labor Day

Church Office Closed

September 8

11:00 Staff Meeting


Worship at Ministry Center 7:00 Choir Practice

7:00 Trustees Meeting

September 9, 16, 23, 30




September 10

7:00 Commissions/Committees

8:00 Administrative Council

September 14, 21, 28

10:30 Prayer

September 15, 29



September 17

2:00-8:00 Pictures for the New

Directory

September 18

1:00-6:00 Pictures for the New

Directory

September 19

10:30-5:00 Pictures for the New Directory

September 22

10:30 Senior Friends



7:00 Choir Practice

October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

6:30–7:30 N.A. meeting

October 3 & 4 Prayer & Fasting Weekend

4:30 – 6:30 KidMo KickOff


October 4 World Communion

Sunday


9:30 Sunday School



October 5, 19, 26

10:30 Prayer

October 6

11:00 Staff Meeting

7:00 Choir Practice

7:00 Trustees Meeting

October 7, 21, 28


5:00 KidMo

5:00 Middle School Youth



October 8

7:00 Commissions/Committees

8:00 Administrative Council

October 11

8:30 Revival Service

9:30 Sunday School



October 12

10:30 Prayer


October 13




October 14


5:00 KidMo

5:00 Middle School Youth


October 18, 25


9:30 Sunday School



October 20



October 27

10:30 Senior Friends



____________________________ Articles for the November / December 2015 / January 2016 newsletter are due October 20th. Please email your article to [email protected], or you may put your article in the newsletter mailbox, or give to Sharon Christopher. THANK YOU!

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Rev. Jerry Ernst, Pastor Associate Pastor Derek Trout

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September/October 2015

Picture Days for Directory – September 17-19

BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY - September 20TH

KidMo “Kick-Off “ –Saturday, October 3rd

KidMo & Middle School Youth begins Wednesday, October 7th

Fall Revival w/ Tom Hermiz & Brock Barnhouse – October 11-14

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