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MARANATHA NEWSLETTER5/5/2023

Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Jim McCann, President

Today: 24 January 2016 Next Week: 31 January 2016Birthdays:Thad Leonard (25)Rob Morgan (26)Judy Harkins (28)Brenda Spencer (29)Sarah Maldonado (30)Susan Rose (30)

Birthdays:Paul Giessen (2)Dave Been (5)Art Campbell (7)Bob Jones (7)Sherry Stinson (7)



Anniversaries: Anniversaries:

Prayer this week:Richard Wansley

Prayer next week:Lynn Jessee

Speaker this week:Marita Morgan

**Speaker next week:Rev. EvaMarie Campbell

Snacks this week:G = Gary & Patti SmithH = Andrea Davis

Snacks next week:G = Jim McCann & Angelyn DaleH = Stuart & Dana Solomon

Boston Avenue UMC: Maranatha Class:



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MINUTES:Thank you for the snacks and refreshments. Marita Morgan’s benediction yesterday was so lovely that I wanted to print it for you here in case you wanted a copy.

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The Maker's blessing be yourson your road, on your journeyguiding you, cherishing you.

The Son's blessing be yourswine and water, bread and storiesfeeding you, challenging you.

The Spirit's blessing be yours



wind and fire, joy and wisdomcomforting you, disturbing you.

The Angels' blessing be yourson your house, on your livingguarding you, encouraging you.

God's blessing be ours;the blessing of pilgrims



all the nights and daysof our journey home.

Taken from Journeys with Celtic Christians by Rodney Newman p. 144

GUESTS:Kelly Waters returned again and we were delighted to have Kelly as a repeat visitor.



Scott and Sandi Gardner are not really guests but instead are family who came home. Few things could have provided a bigger joy than to have them back with us! What a lovely moment to see their faces in the Maranatha crowd!

FINANCE:



The paintings that David Cooley generously donated are still up for auction/bid. Ed Payton is working on how to have them up loaded to an art website for potential bidding to people outside of our circles. IF you know how to do this or have insight into the art world, please contact Ed Payton as he would be interested in talking to you about this subject.

For any requested class expenditure, please contact a member of the Finance Committee: Bob Russell, Jim Embrey, Dave Grim or Karen Campbell (Emerita) & Jim McCann.



SOCIALS:Hockey, anyone? The Social Committee has organized a group of Maranatha folks to go to the Tulsa Oilers vs. Utah Grizzlies hockey game on Saturday, February 6 at 7:05 p.m. Signup sheets went around on 1/17 and 1/24 and the group tickets were purchased on Monday, 1/25. There is nothing more fun than watching giant padded men bash each other’s teeth out, so we’re hoping for a great evening!



MISSIONS:St. Luke’s Redemption Dinner –Sunday, 1/31 On January 31st, we will be serving dinner for St. Luke’s Redemption Dinner/Meeting. Several people have already signed up to help but anyone else who would like to serve should contact Glenna Arnott or Jim Embrey to participate. Class



members who are serving should bring a cake or pie. The advance team will arrive at 4:00 to begin warming food. Everyone should be finished by 7:00 p.m. Thank you to all for representing Maranatha in this great service.

Sunday Night Live Talent Show & Chili Cook-Off – Sunday, 1/31 At the same date/time as the St. Luke’s mission project, our class has been asked to participate in this all church event to support missions. Due to the seemingly limitless talents of our members, we are able to do it all! Margaret Been has agreed to be our Maranatha Chili Chef, while Susie Butterworth, Margaret Been & Ed Payton will work together to create a Maranatha basket of donated items



for the event’s basket auction. We appreciate these class members stepping up to represent us all. If you are not serving at St. Luke’s, please try to attend the Chili Cook Off to support Margaret’s culinary masterpiece!

Christmas Morning Congregational Brunch - The generosity of this class continually knocks me out! After discussing the matter in class, thirty people committed to give of their time on Christmas Eve Day to set up or Christmas morning to cook, serve and clean up so that Maranatha can serve brunch to the entire church from 9:30 to 10:30 on Christmas morning before the 11:00 service. We will sell tickets to the brunch to know how many we are serving,



with the goal being to break even financially. This is not intended as a fundraiser, but we don’t want to dip into our auction funds to pay for the brunch. If we accidentally make money, the profit will be added to our auction funds to be donated to worthy causes within the church. Thank you so much, Maranatha, for embracing this once-in-a-lifetime idea for a special Christmas morning.

22nd February: Chili Dinner for Barton/Clinton/Gordey series at BAUMC11th March: Day Center for the Homeless, feeding dinnerApril – Open month for mission



22nd May: St Luke's Redemption Church, serving dinnerJune – Open month for mission24th July: St Luke's Redemption Church, serving dinnerAugust – Open month for mission9th September: Day Center for the Homeless, feeding dinnerOctober – Open month for missionNovember – Open month for missionDecember – Neighbor for Neighbor, managing families for photos and presents



If you know of a mission opportunity that would fit into Maranatha’s scope of work, let Glenna Arnott or Jim Embrey know and we will look into it for a possible opportunity to serve.

PRAYER VOLUNTEERS:

1/31 Lynn Jessee 2/7 William Meyer



SPEAKERS:

1/31 Rev. EvaMarie Campbell 2/7 Rev. Ken Tobler

CLASS PRAYER REQUESTS (Joys):Please give thanks for the following:



Bethany Willyard is celebrating four years of sobriety.

CLASS PRAYER REQUESTS (Concerns):Please keep the following in your prayers:

Mary Bundren is having back surgery and would appreciate prayers from the class.



Please email our Caranatha Chair Carol Grim at [email protected] and copy our President at [email protected] with concerns that need immediate class response or prayer during the week such as accidents, injuries, deaths, etc. For Joys and Concerns to be communicated to the class and incorporated into the newsletter, please email our class mailbox at [email protected]. I will incorporate them into our newsletter and, if time permits, into our class announcements, next week.

CHURCH WIDE PRAYER REQUESTS:

mailto:[email protected]





01-24-16 Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Prayer Ministry: This is a good time to remind ourselves about the importance of confidentiality in our prayers. We must honor those who ask us to pray for them in confidence with the integrity of activity in God’s presence but silence before others. We carry out our promise to take these requests to God and not engage in gossip with anyone else. Lord help us in this difficult task and make it a pure joy to make a difference through prayer. Amen. Jacques Cunningham, 749 7040, [email protected] God’s peace to rule in the hearts of all his children, the Boston Avenue Church & staff, the ministries of Boston Avenue - the Prayer Ministry for the ministers of Boston Avenue and their families: David Wiggs, Eva Marie Campbell, Shari Goodwin, Audra Fogle, Bill Crowell, Bill




Tankersley, Brenda Reed, Sheri Nellis, Sarah Thornhill, Joel Panciera, Susan Panciera, Debbie Peterson, Paula Gradney Garner, Jose Luis Hernandez-Estrada, Belynda Clanton, Paul Staat - for Merri Whitaker, the Cookson Mission, the Burroughs students, teachers and staff

Prayer Requests Received on 01-24-16:- for the Boston Avenue families who have lost these loved ones: Jean Kelly, Guenter Bode- for these Boston Avenue members who are or have been in the hospital: John Bond, Joyce Skalla, Phyllis Logsdon, Jack Martin



- for these first time visitors: Barbara, Jason & Kevin Blake, Stacey Darr, Colin, Michael & Nancy Duncan, Guerry Duncan, Evan Elsberry, Magdalene Kiedaish, Natalia Millspaugh, Keith Morgan, Brad, Carol & Lydia Petry, Cary & Lewis Sitterly, Dana Van Meter- for Rev. Charles Herndon & his family, as they make important decisions about his health care- that everyone will find the Lord and live life that he has given. To love everyone as he loves us.- for Jerome Combs.- for parent elderly person. Kathleen suffering from a stroke.- for Brittnee Hoyt, Faden Hoyt, Briley Mortenson, wife and kids. Return home safely of my family so me and my new wife can start our real life at being married.



- for H Polk, Herbert Polk myself. Just for good health and healing to overcome fear & mercy.- for Judy and Don Kihle. Judy has Alzheimer’s and has just been put on hospice.- for the Senior High Youth, the parents, and volunteers during this time of transition and that just the right person is found in the next few months to be our Senior High Youth minister.-for Heather & Gabe Palacios. Today marks the first anniversary of the death of their sweet daughter, Charlotte Ellis Palacios who was five days old. Please pray for peace on their hearts.- for Marcus & Charles Fairless. For my husband’s family upon the death of his grandmother, Marieta Fairless. She was the matriarch of the family & of course will be greatly missed.



- for Arg Stratton during Arg’s search for over 18 months in Dallas. He is praying he gets a job offer this week. After several interviews, he hopes the company will offer a job.- for Donna Rowe, Harrison White, Alma Churchill, Emily and baby Cooper- for Kathy. The freedom to be healthy, the will to make good decisions, the glory of God to bring light into my whole being – spirit, soul, mind and body- for John, Alec & Joel Cooper, needing comfort and strength as they grieve the sudden and unexpected loss of Brenda Chockley (Jon’s wife & Alec & Joel’s mother)- for job for William & Jordon. Prayer for James, JJ, Jaggar, Jorden, Jamison



- for Lester Family. Prayers of gratitude for our neighbors who have hosted us over two weeks and counting while we’re in between homes- for my father-in-law. Bladder surgery this week to remove a cancerous spot.- for Joyce Scalla. She is still in ICU recovering from heart valve replacement.-for Gerri who is weak as she recovers from pneumonia and for her house to sell quickly.-for Susan that financial issues will be solved and I won’t have to lose my house. - for Paul Staat to have wisdom and discernment as he decides next step in cancer treatment.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:



APPRECIATION PARTY AND DATE CHANGE – We learned recently that the church staff is planning a big party on Friday, February 26, 2016, to honor our own Shari Goodwin as she retires from her many years of service as Director of Communications for Boston Avenue. David Wiggs has informed us that all of Maranatha will be invited to the party! To make sure that we can all support and celebrate our friend Shari’s accomplishments, we are moving the Maranatha Social previously planned for that night (Private Planetarium Viewing and Los Cabos Dinner) to Friday, March 4th. Please put both events on your calendar and plan to celebrate!



ADVENT SPEAKERS SOUGHT – It is always special to have our Advent lessons taught by members of our own class, and is something to which our class looks forward all year. If you would be willing to teach one Sunday during Advent (December 11 or December 18), please contact Michelle Place to discuss scheduling.

CLASS ROSTER AVAILABLE - The 2016 Maranatha Roster (prepared by Pam Low) is available on the classroom’s back table in hardcopy form and was sent via email to all class members.

2016 Maranatha Officers



President: Jim McCannVP Curriculum: Michelle PlaceVP Finance: Bob Russell/Jim Embrey/Dave Grim/Karen Campbell (Emerita)/Jim McCannVP Missions: Glenna Arnott/Jim EmbreySocial: Angelyn Dale/Karen Campbell/Sarah Maldonado/Jeanie Payton/Judith PaytonAuction: Judith and Ed PaytonAttendance taker(s)/Secretary: Sharon EarleyRefreshments: Debbie and Scott MorganReporter: Meredith Davison-WansleyCaranatha: Carol and Dave Grim



Chili Supper: Jim & Julee EmbreyHistorian: Pam LowTreasurer: Susie ButterworthWeb Master: Barbara Meehan

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