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The Messenger C e n t r a l United Methodist Church August 2012

Jack Scott, Senior Pastor

300 Mary Street

Evansville, Indiana 47710-1292

Phone (812) 424-3574

Fax (812) 424-3575

The Green River Kiwanis Club hosted its annual Back to School Party on July 26. The UE Men’s soccer coach and

two of his assistants played relay games with the kids and taught them a few fancy soccer moves. The Kiwanians then

handed out 30 back packs filled with school supplies and treats. After all the bags were distributed the kids were treat-

ed to a sack lunch and drinks.

Each child will also receive a picture which was taken as his or her back pack was presented. The Green River Kiwa-

nis Club also hosts a Christmas Breakfast with Santa each year. If you know a Kiwanian, please say thanks!

Thanks to the Green River Kiwanis Club

for hosting our Back to School Party!

SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR POWER CHILDREN

We would like your help to equip our Power Kids for the new school year. When you purchase supplies for your

own family, or rather than avoiding the whole area like the plague, please pick up a few of these items as you are able:

1 inch 3-ring binders, dividers, folders, highlighters, glue, red pens, calculators, thumb drives (1 GB min.) and back-

packs for older children. Please drop off in the next two weeks in the back of the worship spaces.

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Worship should be enthusiastic, and Christ centered with the gospel message proclaimed weekly. I firmly believe that the entire worship celebration should focus on the life changing message of Christ, and should open the door for transformation and change in the life of the church as a whole. Our mission at Central is to "make disciples for Jesus Christ to transform the world".

5. Finally, as a church we must cast a vision for growth not only numerically but also in spiritual maturity. Vision is a word that has become antiquated to many people in the church. I don't believe that. I believe in God's word that says "without vision the people perish."

Therefore, I also firmly believe that God is going to do "A NEW THING" in the midst of this community of faith. Isaiah (42:9, 43:19)

God has called all of the "family of faith" at Central UMC to play a crucial role in the perception and reception of this "NEW THING".

When we as a church spend time in prayer and service, this vision will begin to emerge.

I have high expectations for our church and we will pray and journey together as we fulfill God's mission for Cen-tral.

In closing, I pray each of you will have attended one of the gatherings set up by the Staff-Parish or the one on August 1 at the home of Steve and Gloria Millay at 3:00 p.m. so Martha and I will have gotten a chance to meet our new church family. We are excited at the opportunity to get to know each of you better in a relaxed social set-ting.

Also, remember our new worship schedule, which will begin on September 9.

I am looking forward to preaching at the traditional and casual services.

Please keep in mind that these two services are being pro-vided to reach two different cultural segments of our so-ciety. Reaching new people for Christ is our mission at Central Church.

Prayerfully consider your place in this new service time as we "journey from one place to another."

I hope to see you at worship Sunday and by the way bring an unchurched family member, friend or coworker with you. Offer them Christ. Remember someone offered Him to you.

Be blessed and have a Holy Spirit filled week.

Peace and Grace,

Your pastor,

PASTOR JACK’S OFFICE HOURS

Monday 9-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday 9-12 p.m. Sermon preparation in afternoon

Wednesday-Thursday 9-4:30 p.m.

Friday Off – Family Day

BEGINNING A NEW PASTORATE:

THE HIGH FIVE

A change in appointment to a new church is the be-ginning of a new journey for both the people here at Central Church and for Martha and I.

This transition is filled with anticipation, joy, new-ness, fear, anxiety and a host of other feelings.

Martha and I are EXCITED about our new ministry journey and we have been welcomed by many church family members personally, through cards and e-mails.

We thank each of you for your prayers and for all of your support and help in cleaning and unpacking as we prepared and moved into our home. THANK YOU.

We still have a lot of work to do at the house, as well as in the office at church but all of this will be taken care of in time.

With so much to do I have put together five points that will guide me and the Central congregation over the next few months. I believe we will work and grow stronger together as a unified body when we focus and create early momentum for moving for-ward together as a community of faith. Many of the-se five points will be covered later in a sermon and in committee meetings.

1. Make prayer a priority. As we begin our ministry journey together, I invite you to re-examine the depth and power of your prayer life.

Prayer is the ministry that will give us the, power, strength, encouragement, wisdom and fortitude to work in this ministry together. The success of our ministry is in our prayer life.

2. We must model Spiritual Leadership in our actions. As pastor and laity we focus on being am-bassadors of Christ in the church, at worship, at the committee table, but also in the life of the communi-ty where we work and live. We model Christ every-day and other people are looking at us. To some peo-ple the only Christ they will see is in us.

3. We must look for signs in the congregation that point to fruitfulness and faithfulness, then celebrate God and blessings. God has gone before us and provided our needs, which calls us to be faith-ful. Our task is to pay attention, listen and obey God's direction.

Central Church is blessed with a wonderful facility and we have many gifted leaders. Our call is to look and listen for direction, and use our spiritual gifts. As we develop new models for ministry we then must celebrate God's blessings. Too often in the church and community we ignore opportunities to give God the praise He deserves.

4. I believe worship is the center piece of Cen-tral's ministry and I will do everything I can as pas-tor to set the tempo and to develop VIBRANT wor-ship in the traditional and casual services. Our goal is to honor Christ each time we meet in worship.

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SEPTEMBER 9 WORSHIP TRANSITION AND CELEBRATION

A reminder to everyone that we will be making a change to our worship schedule on Sunday, Septem-ber 9. This change is occurring to allow us the op-portunity to better engage our neighborhood, and reach out beyond our church walls and invite others to join in our community of faith. The Outreach team will be building some publicity around this first Sunday with the new schedule and we hope that you will be in attendance with new guests at your side.

September 9 Schedule:

8:45 a.m. – Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary

10:00 a.m. – Spiritual Formation Hour for all ages

11:00 a.m. – Casual Worship in Family Life Center

12:00 p.m. – Block Party and Cook-Out on the

Mary Street Lawn

GREETERS

The Trinity Class will have representatives outside at our Mary Street and Canopy Doors greeting our members

and guests as they arrive at Central for our Worship time together. We hope this will make our guests feel welcomed and allow them to access our nursery with ease, and find our worship spaces.

July 5 > Mary Street Doors: Barron Family

Canopy Doors: Daugherty Family

July 12 >Mary Street Doors: Rhett Schreiber Family

Canopy Doors: Counts Family

July 19 >Mary Street Doors: Scott Schreiber Family

Canopy Doors: Bruce Armstrong

July 26 > Mary Street Doors: Ferris Family

Canopy Doors: Lynch Family

JOIN CENTRAL’S TEAM

2012 Komen Race for the Cure Join your church family by participating in the 2012 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The race takes place Saturday, September 22 in downtown Evansville. Events in-clude the Survivor Recognition Program at 8 a.m., and the 3.1 mile/5K run/walk at 9 a..m. Register online at www.komenevansville.org.

1) Click the "Register" box;

2) Click "Join an Existing Team";

3) Enter team name: Central United Methodist Church;

4) Click "Search for a Team";

5) Scan down until you see "Central UMC" and click "Join"

Complete the registration including payment by charge card. Online registration is strongly encour-aged; however, paper registrations are available in the church office. Adult registration-$25 (ages 13 and over). Children (12 and under) -$15.00. Timed participant - $5.00 additional. Contact Ruth Ran-dall, Central’s race chairperson, if you have ques-tions (425-0326).

YOUNITY CONFERENCE

All youth in 6th to 12th grade are invited to attend the Younity Conference at Camp Illiana on September 29-30 in Washington, Indiana. The conference starts on Saturday morning and ends Sunday afternoon and will be led by an awesome worship group, The School of Worship. Please check out younityconfer-ence.com for more details. The price per student is $50 which includes overnight lodging, three meals, all activities (zip line, giant swing, rock wall) and workshop sessions. Fundraising is available! This will be a great way to connect with our own youth group and meet other youth groups in the area. Deadline to register for this event is AUGUST 12. Please con-tact Abby Warneke if you are interested in attend-ing.

YOUNG ADULT OPPORTUNITIES

Our Wednesday young adult small group will dismiss for the months of May through August with an occasional fellowship oppor-tunity scheduled each month. There will also be volleyball scheduled throughout the summer. So please check the calen-dar for these dates. We will play volley-ball from 6 to 8 p.m. on the following Wednesdays in August – 8, 15, 22 and 29. This time is open to anyone who would like some fellowship and occasional exercise. There will also be a Young Adult “Tacky T” BBQ during the Labor Day weekend. Find the tackiest t-shirt to wear and join us for a cookout and swim party with your family. More details will be available as Labor Day weekend draws closer.

IN WORSHIP THIS MONTH

August 5 Communion in Combined Service in FLC

Pastor Jack

Sermon: “Loose Ends Tight Knots”

Scripture: Matt. 5:23-26

August 12 Traditional: Pastor Jack

Sermon: Double Portion Christians

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-15

Casual: Linda Romain

August 19 Traditional: Mike Warneke

Casual: Nancy Reid

August 26 Traditional: Nancy Reid

Casual: Testimony Sunday

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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

2 Polly Flener Mattie Woods 4 Brenda Miller 5 Doris Thompson 6 Amy Huey 8 Matt Schreiber 9 Barbara Brooks Flossie Wilson 10 Joseph O’Bryan Nicole Mitsopoulos 12 Susan Herring 14 Pam Dugan Gideon Warneke 16 Kristy Broyles Alicia Deig Lynn Kratzer 17 Matthew Dillow Cameron Ferris Andrew Pfender Connie Romain 18 Hal Bootz Hope Hartmann Daniel Romain 20 Libby Pittman 21 Judy Boettger 22 Susan Gerding David Wegner 24 Elaine Barron 25 Anna Schreiber 26 Velma Berry Harold Pittman Gloria Simmons Chelsea Vonhor Ray Yonts 27 Jeffrey Romain 28 Robert Jarrett Jr. Mark Schmitt Letta Fraccaro Quentin Martin Stan Schmitt 31 Jacob Dillow

THANK YOU AUGUST NURSERY VOLUNTEERS

August 5—Amber Schreiber and Emma Schreiber August 12—Heather Morse and Melissa Counts

August 19—Abby Warneke and Kristi Frazier August 26—Claire Dugan

NEW NURSERY VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

Please consider helping in the nursery on a quarterly basis. With our new worship schedule starting in Sep-tember, the nursery shifts can be split which will allow more opportunities to volunteer at varying times. Please let Abby Warneke know if you can help during the tra-ditional or casual services, or even both!

THANK YOU TO THE ACOLYTES FOR AUGUST

August 5—Haley Worland August 12—Evan Lynch August 19—Anna Schreiber August 26—Talon Counts

Please let Abby Warneke know if you have a child who will be entering 2nd grade and is interested in being an acolyte. More kids are needed for the quarterly rotation!

DEADLINE FOR MESSENGER ARTICLES

The deadline for our newsletter, the Messenger, is the 20th of every month at noon. If that day falls on the weekend, it will then be the Friday before. If articles submitted do not get turned in by that time, they will NOT make it into the newsletter. If the time frame of the article allows, the article will be saved for the next monthly newsletter.

CHILD CARE NEWS

Come join us!! Child Care is hav-ing an Open House – August 9 at 5:45-7:00 p.m. Join us and bring a friend. We’re on the move again. Children will move to their new rooms on August 13. Rooms 303 & 305 will hold parent –teacher conferences on August 28 & 29 Please note: Central Child Care will be closed for Labor Day on September 3.

UPCOMING COFFEE

QUARTER HOSTS

With our worship time changes going into affect on September 9, our Au-gust coffee quarter will be the last of

its kind. The Outreach team would love for a class, fami-ly, or committee to take on this great task of providing food and fellowship for our church body. We are in need of committees, Sunday School classes or families to assist with our third Sunday of the month fellowship time by providing light refreshments and coffee. Please get in touch with Mike Warneke if you would like to host a future coffee quarter.

CENTRAL CINEMA NIGHTS

The Outreach Team would like to invite both you and your friends and family to the Central Cinema. This will take place on the 3rd Thursday of each month, now be-ing held in the Youth Room, followed by a discussion time about each film. This time will begin at 6:00 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. We can’t offer you a drive-in experience, but we encourage a ”dine-in” ex-perience where you can bring your dinner with you, and enjoy it while you watch that month’s offering. The film line up will be as follows for the next couple of months:

August 16 at 6:00 p.m. – We Bought a Zoo, rated PG (A film about a family find-ing their purpose and finding one another.)

September 20 at 6:00 p.m.—Blue Like Jazz

LEARN WHAT "JUST FAITH" LOOKS LIKE

As brothers and sisters in Christ, we are ALL called to be compassionate human beings as our God is compas-sionate. (Luke 6:36) What does the compassion of Christ look like in today’s world? A study adventure beginning in September can help you see this more clearly. Just Faith, a 30 week program, will help to answer this ques-tion through reflection, study, prayer and community. Two come-and-see sessions to learn whether this is for you will be held: Monday, August 20 at Central Church and on Wednesday, August 22 at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Both Just Faith informational sessions will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information about this life-changing program, contact Sr. Jackie Kissel, OSB at 423-5209, ext. 103 or Rev. Joe Easley (401-9007).

OPEN POSITION

Weekday Christian Education is in need of a qualified individual to fill the position of Executive Director. Du-ties include coordinating and managing the Weekday program, fundraising, writing grant requests and public speaking. Hours average 20-25 hours per week. Email resume' to weekdayce@gmail.com or call 425-3524 for more information.

Weekday Christian Education office is located at 2001 Bayard Park Drive, Evansville, IN 47714.

YOU ARE INVITED to: Simpsons United Methodist Women’s annual salad supper on Tuesday, August 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall at 2201 W. Illinois St. There is more information on the bulletin board.