July 2013

Weekly Worship

Opportunities

Saturdays Country & Gospel Service

5:00 p.m.

Sundays Traditional Service

9:00 a.m. Blended Contemporary Service

10:30 a.m.

PUMC will host local low-income children for our fourth annual Shoes from the Shepherd on July 27 from 9 AM – 2 PM. Gift cards, New Testa-ments, story books will be given to the children. In conjunction with this event, Open Door will host its Fair Start program,

which will provide school supplies and other items. Last year over 1,000 children participated! If you want to be part of a very exciting back-to-school event, share God's love with children and go home feeling you have really made a

difference, contact the church office. In conjunction with this event, Open Door will provide school supplies.

Please look inside to see all the ways you can help!

2nd Annual Old-Fashioned Country Worship Services At all three worship services for the weekend of July 6 - 7, PUMC will offer our 2nd

annual old-fashioned “Cowboy Worship Service,” featuring those old familiar hymns, the Saturday night gospel band, special music, (a special guest at the 9 AM service) … and more. The sermon by Pastor Dave will be “Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail,” from a poem by Prescott’s own Gail Gardner. This will be a wonderful time to invite your friends and neighbors…and anyone who is town enjoying Prescott’s Frontier Days!!

What an opportunity!!

Be sure to wear your western “duds”!

Vacation Bible School

July 8 – 12 4:30 – 7:45 PM 3 years – 5th grade

Dinner and snacks included For registration information, call the church office.

Inside Information!

New Associate Pastor Claire

Your participation in PUMC’s

parade entry

UMM Sound Improvement Project

Items to bring for:

o Vacation Bible School

o Shoes from the Shepherd

o Open Door’s Fair Start

Convalescing Mary Lea Adkins, Diane Andrus, Bob Banfield, Patti Blackwood, Lois Colt, Kristi Cornell, Glen Driskill, Favre Eaton, Michael Franovich, Joyce Freeman, Lorie Gates, Margaret Hawley, Ted Hazlett, Barbara McKinzie, Winnie McLain, Bill Montierth, Rev. Susan Root, Don and Norma Wigal, Virginia Williams

At a Care Facility Betty Ash, Helen Ashe, Barbara Brubaker, Dave Burnett, Dorothy Clemens, *Gracie Endicott, Virginia Eck, *Gladys Gardner, Rena Goodale, *Mary Lane Jason, Gerry Kemp, Bonny Kempf, Peggy Kennedy, Helen Lakes, Bonnie Madsen, Ione McCauley, Joanne Moeller, Carol Overly, LaVerne Pease, Jim Price, Helen Simmons, Mary Spath, Pat Teeters, *Marjorie Webster

In the Hospital Harriet Brugmann, Joyce Freeman

*Hospice care

Our Mission The mission of Prescott United

Methodist Church is to make

disciples for Jesus Christ for the

transformation of the world.

Adopted by Church Council November 23, 2010

Who Are We As PUMC? We seek to be an active and diverse

body united through Christ, where we

joyously contribute our gifts, deepen our personal relationships,

and live our mission.

Adopted by Charge Conference October 21, 2007

Things were not necessarily easy in the earliest days of the church, but they were good. According to Luke in Acts, “Day by day the Lord added to their number those he was saving.”

Why wouldn’t others want to join? The believers not only had the saving message, but they also were attractive as a community of faith, a living embodiment of “the way.” They were a caravan of people who actually dared to live what they said they believed and in doing so demonstrated it really did work.

What was it that the believing community did together in that initial period? Acts 2:42-47 indicates that they met together constantly (with great regularity and consistency) to listen to the word as interpreted by their apos-tolic leaders (preaching), to share the common life (fellowship), to break bread (eat together and share the early form of communion), and to pray together. They shared what they had with the rest of the community to insure no one went without and that the expenses of their mutual ministry were met (good stewardship).

Luke further explained that they kept up daily attendance at the temple and would eat in one another’s homes. These things were not considered duties or impositions, but were occasions for great, unaffected joy. Looking from the outside inside, the unchurched marveled at the quality and ease of their togetherness. “Look at how they love one another!” was an early state-ment of this. The community life of the earliest church spoke volumes about the truth of Christ, maybe even better than the proclamations of Peter or John. As Francis of Assisi later expressed it, “Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”

Alas, the nascent church had to go through some adjustments together once it became evident that the “cosmic bus” was not coming immediately to pick them up. Other things began to creep into their community life, such as ego-centrism, a lessening of concern for making new disciples, and spiritual apathy. The record shows they also became less charitable in their dealings with one another. Most of this was because they misplaced their singular focus on the will of God and their desire to advance the reign of God. In the history of the Church ever since there have been many luminous moments when people managed to have their heads and hearts on straight, but there has also been times when the Church and the individual members thereof forgot what they were all about and became obsessed with lesser, secondary matters. Manifestations of this historical trend can be readily seen today.

What the early church possessed in its earliest days is exactly what we need to continually revitalize within our modern communities of faith, a firm grasp of what is the main thing, our “raison d’etre” for being a Christian and being a Church. As someone has said, “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”

Please Pray For…

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Alberts’ Angle

Thank you all for two wonderful, mem-orable and fruitful two years together. Thank you for your cards, gifts and celebra-tions. I pray that this congregation will continue to listen, to one another, to the cries of the community, to the

yearnings of the unchurched and especially to the voice of God as you discern your future together. The possibilities are only limited by your imaginations. You are a special group of people who have made a huge impact on the com-munity and continue to create wonderful ministry here in Prescott. I know you have changed my life forever.

I look forward to staying connected to many of you via Facebook or via email: kastolz@aol.com.

I know that many of you, like me, don’t like to use the words “goodbye” so I leave you with some words I heard a few years ago. Rather than saying “Goodbye” to you, my friends and faith family, I wish you enough….

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and ever- lasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

Sound Improvement Fund

Contributions Continue to Increase Contributions to the Sound Improvement Fund being sponsored by the

Methodist Men’s Club continue to increase. At this printing $18,627 has been contributed to the fund. All those contributions are independent from the regular church budget.

Preliminary steps are being taken to initiate the three-stage process which will assure uniform and consistent sound delivery throughout the sanctuary:

replacement of the two projection screens at the front of the church, application of acoustic treatment materials to interior walls, repositioning and replacing of sound system speakers.

Updates will continue as progress is being made, said Jack McLain, club president.

New Group Forming

When Someone You Love Has Died – What Now?

It can be helpful to share in a grief support group when mourning the death of a loved one. Whether your grief is recent or from years ago, you are invited to attend a new six-week session that will start on Thursday, July 25, and continue through Thursday, August 29. Meetings will last from 10:30 AM to 12 PM in Mary’s Parlor/206.

The goal of our group is to pro-vide a safe, non-threatening, confiden-tial space for grief support. Please, contact Patti Blackwood through the church office (778-1950) with any inquiries.

Another Way

to Serve A work team (up to 15

people) will be going to

the UMCOR distribution

center in Salt Lake City,

UT in APRIL 2014.

Please call Earl Bolkan

Note: The church offices will be closed

on Thursday, July 4.

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Graduation Sunday

Kandidly Kathleen

at for information.

July Committees

July 2 – Tuesday Evangelism Committee

3:00 p.m. – Mary’s Parlor/206

Church & Society Committee

5:30 p.m. – Douglas/513

July 11 – Thursday Board of Trustees

5:30 p.m. – Upper Room/307

July 15 – Monday Finance Committee

5:30 PM – Mary’s Parlor/206

July 23 – Tuesday Church Council

7:00 PM – Douglas/513

CPR Program for

Home Viewing On May 1, Staff Parish sponsored

a Wonder Full Wednesday Program on Chest Compression Only CPR. It was a very easy and informative session on how to make the difference between life or death to a family member, friend or stranger.

A CD was produced so anyone wanting to view it can sign out the package through the Church Office. This includes the resuscitation doll for practice.

Just a Reminder

Chapel Communion In Rasch Chapel Sundays (except the

1st Sunday) 10:10 a.m.

Blood Pressure Screening Saturday, July 13

6:00 p.m. – Narthex

Sunday, July 14 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. - Mary’s Parlor/206

DEADLINES The deadline for the August 2013

Preview issue is July 17.

The deadline for the Reminder is Tuesday at noon.

Servant Images: Randy and Kris Holt

Variety, it is said, is the spice of life. And life doesn’t get much spicier than the one shared by Randy and Kris Holt, as both tend to revel in various outreaching activities resulting in the enrichment of the many lives that they touch.

First, let’s look at that dandy named Randy, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and who would go on to earn a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in that field from Arizona State

University. He worked for 25 years in that chosen industry as an engineer and manager, taught engineering technology programs for 20 years at Northern Kentucky University, and currently teaches computer classes at Yavapai College in Prescott as an adjunct professor. He sings in YC’s Community Chorale, and his PUMC activities include membership on the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, work as the co-webmaster on the church website, and he records Celebration Choir songs. Together, he and Kris sing in the Celebration Choir and serve on the Church and Society Committee.

Kris, on the other hand, was born in New York City, but both of her parents were Prescott natives. She lived in New York and Massachusetts for many years (her dad worked for General Electric), but she resided in Prescott as a sixth-grader when the family moved to the city from Schenectady, N.Y., and she would go on to attend junior and senior high school and college in Tucson. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychol-ogy and master’s degree in child development from the University of Arizona. Her work history includes service as a psychologist at the Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati and as an early intervention service coordinator with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities in that state’s Hamilton County. In Prescott, meanwhile, in addition to the aforementioned PUMC activities, she serves as a volunteer for People Who Care and as a volunteer Master Gardener at the UA Extension Office.

Randy and Kris, who have been married for 37 years, have two children each from previous marriages and have nine grandchildren and one great-grandson between them. They live in Manzanita Village, a co-housing com-munity, and share concerns about environmental issues such as solar panels, water catchment, etc.

Incidentally, that brief mention of Kris’ sixth-grade schooling in Prescott doesn’t give justice to that earlier time in her life from an historical aspect, as the roots in her family tree sink deep into the city’s terra firma. You see, her dad had eight siblings, and among her uncles were Jim Born, who was the organist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for many years, and that revered pioneering Prescott medical doctor, Ernie Born. Kris’ mom grew up in that beautiful Victorian home a stone’s throw from the Courthouse Plaza that now houses the Hampton Funeral Home. Her great-grandmother, on the other hand, was married to Morris Goldwater, Senator Barry Goldwater’s uncle who was a giant in territorial politics and served as mayor of Prescott on and off for a total of 20 years “back when.” I would be remiss, too, if I failed to mention Kris’ grandfather, Charles Born, who won management of Prescott’s Elks Club in a poker game. And “oh, there’s one other thing” as TV gumshoe Columbo used to say with regularity. Yet another distinguished uncle in Kris’ fold was a well-known Prescott denizen who penned numerous short stories focusing on the city’s history. That would be C.D. “Dewey” Born, who estimated he spent approximately one-third of his life working with stage

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Please contact in the Church Office if you are interested. If you have any questions, please call or email Molly Krifchin.

New Associate Pastor Arriving

With great expectation, we anticipate the arrival of our new associate pastor, Claire Saunders, in early August. Some have asked for additional information about our new spiritual friend in Christ. We soon will let her speak for herself, but for now here is a brief introduction.

Claire was raised in the pleasant small countyseat town of Elizabeth-town, North Carolina. She has indicated that she was especially pleased to be appointed to Prescott because it reminded her of many of the things she liked about her hometown. While she was not raised in a United Methodist congregation, she has come to appreciate its values and is anxious to live out her call to ministry as a part of this denomination. Claire recently gradu-ated from our United Methodist theological seminary at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

While in seminary, Claire came to enjoy her experiences of doing ministry in a variety of contexts and with diverse constituencies. She has spent time working with local churches and agencies with youth, seniors, and the men-tally ill. She reports she found ministry with each of these groups exciting and fulfilling. Claire appreciates all kinds of people and loves them in Jesus’ name, traits that will serve her well in her time among us and with the wider Prescott community.

Claire is currently taking a group of young people on a previously arranged visit to the ecumenical community of Taize in France, whose minis-try is focused on worship and the spirituality of young persons. We know Claire will be sharing this experience with us when she arrives.

Pastor Claire will be a wonderful addition to our church’s life. Be praying for her as she makes her transition to Prescott. She is excited to come and we have every reason to be filled with anticipation as we prepare to claim her as our own.

Scouts at the Parade When you are enjoying the float at the parade and need some refreshment, try the Troop 7 Hotdog Booth. The boys and their

parents will be selling soda, water and ever tasty hotdogs. This is the main source of funds for the scouts for awards, camps,

equipment and other activities. Of course, Troop 7 is sponsored

by PUMC and use Esther Hall most Tuesday evenings.

July’s Outreach

Offering

The Rev. Dr. Romeo L. del Rosario (Romy) is one of PUMC’s Covenant Missionaries and is currently serving as country director of the United Methodist Mission in Cambodia. As country director, he is administrator and supervisor of mission programs and projects with a team of workers that includes Cambo-dians and 9 missionaries from differ-ent parts of the world. During the past two years, Romy also served consecu-tively as superintendent of two districts encompassing four provinces.

The Cambodia Mission is part of the emerging Methodist Church of Cambodia. Since 1998 the Methodist Church in Singapore, the Korean Methodist Church, the United Metho-dist Church in France, Switzerland and the United States, and the World Federation of Chinese Methodist Churches have been cooperating and coordinating their mission efforts toward one autonomous Methodist Church in Cambodia by 2016.

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Servant Images, The Holts

shows and as a projectionist at his dad’s Elks Theatre. He also served as a Seabee in World War II and, according to a feature article in the Courier of December 9, 1965, he was a member of the crew that “built the resting place of the A-bombs which left Tinian Island en route to Japan in August of 1945.”

Pretty prolific progeny to feed on,

eh? --Jerry Jackson

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Watch for Us

at the Frontier Days

Parade July 6 – 9 AM

AND if you’d like to participate by walking with our float, volunteer by calling the

church office!

Congratulations To those celebrating “significant” anniversaries (50+ years) in July:

* July 2 Bob and Joyce Pratt 64 years

* July 3 Tony and Arlene Comón 56 years

* July 6 Ron and Mable Brown 65 years

* July 13 Bob and Karen Severy 57 years

* July 19 Gene and Nancy Shaffer 61 years

These names and dates are supplied through PUMC’s data base. If you are anticipating an anniversary of 50+ years and you would like to be listed, please contact the church office to supply your anniversary day and year.

Sympathy to: The family and friends of PUMC member Dollie Wilkerson, who passed away in Sioux Falls, SD on June 14. Judy Schwartz, also a member, wanted to thank the congre-gation for the care Dollie received while she was in Prescott.

Opportunity

Awaits Every 7 weeks volunteers from

PUMC sack groceries at the Community

Cupboard. We are in need of more

workers. It is a 3 ½ hour commitment

that helps the less fortunate in our com-

munity. If you are interested, call the

church office, 778-1950.

--Kay Finley, Sandy Hester

PUMC Community Cupboard

Captains

There is a wooden box in the Narthex

in which you may place your donations

of non-perishable food items to

be distributed through the

Community Cupboard.

Concert at the PUMC Sunday, July 28 3 - 4 PM

Toe tapping diversions (music), humor and sing-a-longs will be the order of the day! Mary Alberts and Rick Jordan will provide entertain-ment for an amazing hour of belly laughs and

tunes you can hang your hat on. Audience participation is encouraged but not required for the price of the ticket (which is free).

On the menu will be Jimmy Buffett, Adele, Roy Orbison, Jay and the Americans, Kathy Mattea, Porky Pig and many more of your favorites!

Last year’s concert was such a success that we thought we’d do it again and even better. Don’t miss it. We will be taking attendance and please sit in your assigned seats. If we see that you are not there, you will need a note from your mother to get in the next time.

Church and Society – Faith in Action

Putting our faith into action is a daily challenge and a way to strengthen our walk with God. Showing God’s love to others and seeking justice are powerful ways to reach our community to make disciples of Christ to change the world. The United Methodist denomination has a wonderful tradition of demonstrating God’s love through actions to meet social needs and to pro-mote justice.

Our church provides many avenues to help us examine issues and to seek God’s guidance. Sermons, Bible studies, classes and study groups all help us in our journey. The United Methodist Church also provides guidance through our Social Creed, the Social Principles, “a prayerful dialogue of faith and practice,” and the on-going work of the Board of Church and Society.

Within our local congregation we have an active Church and Society Committee. This group seeks to promote awareness and understanding of issues such as violence in our society, hunger, prejudice, immigration and environmental stewardship. We also plan ways to put our faith into action and address such issues to promote change that shows love and justice.

Church and Society meets the first Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 PM in Douglas/513. The meetings are open to all in our fellowship and may be an excellent way for us to join together to make a difference. On July 2, Pastor Dave will join in the discussion of ways to work together in promoting God’s principles of justice. The committee will also be making the newly revised Social Principles of The United Methodist Church available at the church office for anyone who would like a copy.

Please watch the Church and Society section of our church’s web page for postings and activities. Also, take advantage of The United Methodist Board of Church and Society webpage (umc-gbcs.org) for many articles and for opportunities to join others to address today’s issues and to put our faith into action. –Phil Clayton, Chair

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PUMC Financial June YTD 2013 Update

We continue to have a slow start this year. For the first 5 months, our income is $40,081 under budget and $29,628 less than 2012, primarily in Pledged and Unpledged Income. As you know, after a record Pledge Cam-paign our 2013 income budget is an increase over 2012 so that we can fund more local ministries and discipleship programs. Expenses are under budget. But since we are not meeting our income budget we have had to adjust some of our planned expenses for this year.

2013 YTD Actual 2013 YTD Budget Difference Inc/Dec

Income. $270,929 $311,010 -$40,081 12.9% Expenses. 309,681 336,324 --26,642 -7.9% Net Income. -37,753 - 25,314 -13,439

Good news! We have paid down almost $43,624 on our Mortgage Princi-pal this year and the balance is now $550,719.

You should have received a pledge update in June with your giving though May. If you didn’t, please contact Jean Canoose for an update.

If you ever have a question about our Church finances, please contact either of us. A copy of the current financial report is always available in the Church office.

Sharon Scanlan Don Michelman PUMC Finance Chair PUMC Finance Vice-chair

I’d Rather Keep One Than Catch Three.” --John Wesley

With that in mind, our P.A.L. program has begun. A Personal Activity Link (P.A.L.) is a member who has volunteered for only 3 months to help one new member become involved in church activities and form friendships with established members.

To support our P.A.L. program you can:

Look for P.A.L.s when you are at church. The P.A.L. designation will be on their name tag. Reach out to their new member with a greeting and some conversation or even an invitation to join you in a church activity.

Become a P.A.L. Why not? It’s a wonderful way to help PUMC grow. Church is better when you’re connected.

Wear your name tag. Helping others remember your name is one more way to make they feel comfortable in church. Learning their name adds to their feeling of significance.

Our new P.A.L.s are: Bob Dunham Bob and Candy Heath Gary Lange Iyone Meyer Denny and Barbara Mishler Peggy Rambikur Varen and Carol Thorne Ron and Regina Younger

Women’s Bible Study

The Women’s Bible Study continues to meet on Tuesday mornings, from 10 - 11:30 AM in Mary’s Parlor/206. This group welcomes new participants any time, and since we follow the Revised Common Lectionary readings, it’s okay to come and go as your busy schedule takes you out of town occasionally. Many of the members of the group have copies of The Disci-plines daily readings published by The Upper Room, but others use a printed copy of the lectionary readings to keep on schedule. Questions can be directed to Patti Blackwood or any member of the group. We are a friendly group that started in January under the leadership of Pastor Kathleen and Patti Blackwood, but we all have special insights and under-standings to add to the conversation. During the summer months we will be sharing the leadership as Pastor Kathleen has moved and Patti vacations.

Thank you to: Everyone who contributed to this

year’s Feinstein Challenge and Mountain of Food at Yavapai College! We surpassed our goal of 35,000 food items in 2 months!

the Community Cupboard workers for June: Dan and Addie Buchanan, Buz and Judy Davies, Charlene Guderian, Vivian Swanson, Evelyn Topp, Kay Waters. Another job well done!

The Chest Compression CPR Wonder Full Wednesday program on May 1 was a success because of the talents and expertise of our own church family. Thank you to Barbara Jacobsen for her nursing skills and easy teaching method, Jim Soileau for running the sound booth so effortlessly and Ann and Andy Somerville for taping the program and formatting it to a CD. You were all wonderful to give your time for this vital program. --Your SPRC

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For more information, call Toni Reynolds, Jeannie McCall or Becky Franklin.

Members and friends can now get a lanyard for their name tag—free of

charge. Pick one up either on Sunday or from the church office. With a

lanyard, there are no more worries about harming your clothing or any

questions about where to put it. Everyone has a neck!!

And then be sure to wear it—so we can get to know each other better. In addition, your wearing your name tag

will make it easier for our new Associate Pastor to learn our names!!

Visitors and Members

Visit the Welcome Station for information about

PUMC and have any of your questions

answered.

July Healthy Hikers NOTE: Hikes start at 7 AM at the trailhead.

Hikes on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays are usually of greater difficulty (*), being steeper and longer than the 1st and 3rd Wednesday hikes, which

are to be no more than 2 hours nor exceed 5 miles.

Hikes will take place weather and forest conditions permitting. For details about specific hikes, please contact the hike leader.

July 3 No Hike [Enjoy your holiday]

Lynx Creek North Shore Hike: we will do a lollipop hike using trails 94 and 95

Aspen Creek /Circle Trail to Rancho Vista: This is a shuttle hike!

From Our Mailbox

What a pleasant surprise I got last week when Sally brought me the lovely blanket from the church. Thank you so much for thinking of me. The blanket keeps this old broken leg warm and cozy. We are doing well biding our time ‘till I can walk once more. Thank you again for the lovely blanket and God bless you all.

--Barbara McKinzie Dear Prescott UMC, Thessalonians 1:11-12 says: “To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good, and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” We are praying for you. -- Pioneer UMF, Phoenix AZ

I thank you all—the ones who made the quilt and everyone who said a prayer for Glen as you tied a knot. –Barbara and Glen Driskill

Just a note to let you know we are praying for you and yours. Wishing you all “good health.” Take care.

–First UMC of Sun City, AZ [Tom Andra and Gary Roper]

Thank you for the beautiful quilts Sally brought us—we know that the prayers were answered! We appreciate all the hard work. –Bob and Eleanor Maas

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Wearing Your Name

Tag Is Easier Now!!

July 17 Leader: Doug Iverson-

July 24 Leader: Roy Row -

July 31 Leader: Randy Clark -

July 10

Leader: Bruce Williams - Spruce Mt. Loop (Groom Creek Loop trail #307)

BRIDGE The Bridge Marathon group is now on hiatus until Septem-ber. Watch for more information about the group and how you can join in upcoming Reminders.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Women’s support group led by Harriet Brugmann Meets at 2:30 PM every 2

nd and 4

th Saturday

Cupper’s Coffee House on South Cortez Street

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS A support group for those parents who have lost a child—

at any age and however long ago 1:30 PM on the 2

nd Tuesday of the month

Leader: Carol Mumford – Mary’s Parlor/206

DEALING WITH DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP Usually meets 4

th Thursday of each month

3:00-4:30 PM – Mary’s Parlor/206 Leaders: Karen Allbright Jones Group limited to 12 participants On hiatus until September

FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE Meets 4

th Monday of each month

3:30 to 5 PM in Douglas/513 Leader: Kelley Poynter

See article in next column

WARMING UP PRESCOTT (Knitting/Crocheting) Meets 4

th

PRAYER QUILTERS Meets 4

th Friday of each month

1:30 PM in the Upper Room/307 Leader: Phyllis Moss

SPANISH/ENGLISH CLASSES Held at various times throughout the week, under the leader- ship of Rena-Grace Nietmann and Bill Price. Check the calen-dar for times and places and contact the leaders about levels of instruction.

UMCOR SUPPORT Sewing baby jackets for UMCOR—United Methodist Committee on Relief—the emergency response arm of our church. Contact Rena-Grace Nietmann or Arlene Comón.

Adult Study Group Opportunities KOINONIA CLASS

Sundays, 10:30 - 11:30 AM - Douglas/513

Topic: The Gospel of John

Leader: Paul Wolfe

LIFETREE CAFÉ Sundays, 6 – 7 PM, Douglas/513 Leader: Nikki Seguin

[See article on page 11 for list of July topics]

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Tuesdays – 8 AM - Library/511

Leader: Dick Unkenholz

On hiatus until September

PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY GROUP Thursdays, 10 AM - Mary’s Parlor/206

SPIRIT BUILDERS

Sundays, 10:30 - 11:30 AM

Library/511

Leader: Steve Chadwick.

Topic: The First Days of Christianity (a video discussion)

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 AM

Mary’s Parlor/206

Leader: Patti Blackwood and others

Topic: Usually the weekly lectionary

Financial Peace University

Financial Peace University is a 9-week life-changing program that empowers and teaches you how to make the right money decisions to achieve your financial goals and God's plan for your life. The course includes practical lessons on eliminating debt, building wealth, giving like never before, and much, much more!

Support, Service & Fellowship Groups

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Questions: Virginia Williams

On hiatus until September

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY Now accepting new students Classes will meet Sundays beginning September 8 A 9-week course with practical lessons Contact Marilyn DeVan, Coordinator

Thursday of each month 10:30 PM in the Upper Room/307 Call Peggy Pate for more information

PUMC’s Financial Peace University is NOW accept-ing new students for a class beginning on September 8, 2013, Sundays from 3 - 5 PM in Douglas/513 and contin-uing for 9 weeks. Childcare will be provided with advance notice. Please contact Marilyn DeVan, the coordinator of this class. This class will help everyone better understand and manage their money and plan for the future.

Vacation Bible School Needs

Red food coloring

Blue food coloring

Unsweetened cocoa powder

Brown paper lunch size sacks (100)

Newspaper for stuffing bags

Straws (different colors) (3 boxes)

Small bouncing balls

Small pillows (throw size), clean (6)

Hand towels, used fine – clean (6)

Small buckets, beach size (5)

World Maps, large 3x5 or so (3)

For Borrowing: Any items that are related to the following countries:

Japan

Zimbabwe

United Kingdom

Australia

Mexico We would like to borrow items to decorate our main meeting room.

Shoes from the

Shepherd Needs We can’t do it without you! If you

would like to be part of this

wonderful event, call the church

office (778-1950) to sign up.

How You Can Help!

Volunteer for the Event:

Saturday, July 27 from 9 AM - 2

PM.

Spanish Speaking Translators

Needed.

Cookies: Two dozen or more

cookies to be dropped off at the

PUMC kitchen on Friday, July 26.

Also, fruit/granola bars and juice

boxes.

Bottled Water: To be dropped off

outside the PUMC kitchen the

week of July 20.

Giving Kids a Fair Start Prescott area parents struggling to

pay bills and put food on the table are

soon facing the time when they must

choose between these household

necessities and the supplies their child-

ren need to succeed in school. The

Coalition for Compassion and Justice’s

(CCJ) Open Door Program is seeking to

help provide another option for low-

income families.

On July 27, Open Door will host its 11th annual Fair Start Project, distributing

backpacks filled with school supplies to low-income students in grades K-12. The

distribution will take place here at PUMC (in conjunction with the Shoes from the

Shepherd program), between 9 AM and 1 PM. There is no pre-registration, but

parents must provide ID for children who are not present at the event. CCJ is

excited to have representatives from the Arizona Sundogs on hand to welcome

students.

“Being a mother of five children it is difficult when non-food expenses add

up, so for me Fair Start is incredible…Open Door is incredible,” says Heidi Hart of

Prescott. Hart’s five kids were part of the 1,129 children who received school

supplies at last year’s Fair Start Project. Hart is both a client and volunteer at

CCJ’s Open Door Program.

It costs between $25 and $35 per student for required classroom items,

depending upon school grade. For many local low-income families buying school

supplies for their children is very difficult or impossible financially. Over 1,000

children are expected to attend this year’s Fair Start Project. In order to serve all

of these kids in need, Open Door relies on community contributions of funding

and school supplies.

Caring citizens can help today by making a financial contribution, donating

backpacks and school supplies. Financial contributions can be made online at

yavapaiccj.org or mailed to PO Box 1882, Prescott, Arizona 86302. Please write

the check out to CCJ and make sure “Fair Start” is noted with the contribution.

Donated school supplies may also be dropped off, July 4 through July 29, at

CCJ Open Door from 9 AM – 1 PM Tuesday through Friday.

Supplies needed: Backpacks, spiral notebooks, pocket folders, glue (bottles

and sticks), colored markers, colored pencils, #2 pencils, pens (blue, black and

red), rulers, erasers, water color paints, highlighters, crayons, scissors, binder

paper (wide and college rule), pencil sharpeners, dry-erase markers, 3-ring

binders and dividers, pencil bags, tissues, 3X5 index cards, compass and

protractor sets, hand sanitizer, copy paper, flash drives and calculators.

Please help support our local school kids to ensure that they have a vibrant

future! For further information or to get involved with Fair Start, please call CCJ

Open Door at 928-776-0353 or contact Diane Iverson at

directoropendoor@gmail.com.

Special Program Note There will be NO Wednesday dinners or programs in July. But wait until you see what

we have planned for August!!!

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Lifetree Café Lifetree Café will continue to meet at PUMC in July in Douglas/

513 at 6 PM every Sunday. You are cordially invited and encouraged

to join in and continue the conversation. This is a great opportunity

to connect with other PUMC members as well as members of the

community at large to discuss relevant and timely topics.

Discussion topics are:

July 7 Coping with Grief

Find your path to peace

July 14 UFOs

Chilling tales from the

most abducted man

July 21 Toxic Faith

When religion hurts

July 28 Mental Illness

Breaking the silence,

overcoming the shame

For more information or to volunteer to help,

please contact Nikki at nikkiseguin@gmail.com.

People Who Care People Who Care is seeking caring volunteers to help adults who can no

longer drive due to medical and aging issues, to continue living independently in

their own homes in Prescott and Chino Valley. They are especially looking for

volunteers to help with essential transportation, grocery shopping, caregiver relief,

and home safety programs.

Volunteer Information/Orientation Meeting

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 10 AM – 12 PM

Call 928 445-2480

www.peoplewhocareaz.com

Peoplewhocareaz@gmail.com

Join us July 17 to see if this opportunity to

make a difference in your community is a

good fit for you! No obligation. Flexibility is

our middle name. Volunteers do what they

can, when they can!

Scotty Miller, Volunteer Coordinator

People Who Care

A BIG Thank You!!

A special thanks to Dale and Sharon Piepenbrink for creating and

constructing the special covered wagon for the Frontier Days Parade. In addition thanks to the people who help construct fans for the parade:

Patti Blackwood, Bob and Marsha Dunham, Kay Finley, Bob and Candy Heath, Lois Jucksch, Shari Lewis, Joanne Morey, Janice Neumann, Lee and Peg Norman, Lynne Nuber, Dale and Sharon Piepenbrink, Joan Renner, Toni Reynolds, Gena Soileau, Carol Tanner, Varen and Carol Thorne, Wayne Valerius, Regina Younger.

Remember To save * Campbell soup labels; place in

appropriate box in the church

office. (The label must contain

the UPC bar code.)

* Metal can tabs to benefit the

Ronald McDonald House;

deposit in the Narthex or

church office.

To pray * And knot the Reception Area

prayer quilts.

Warming Up Prescott

...as you did it to one of the least of these... Matthew 25:40

Our goal: 600 Finished items: 288 312

Warming Up Prescott, our church's group of crocheters and knitters, will meet in the Upper Room/307 Thurs-day, July 25 at 10 AM. For those who wish to learn, lessons in crochet, loom or needle knitting are available.

The group can always use donations of yarn. It can be left

at the church office.

Making a Difference

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Do you yearn to make a differ-ence in the world? Do you desire to foster peace between nations? Why not consider opening your heart and home to an international exchange student? Hosting breaks down stereo-types, fosters understanding, and develops a life-long bond with a future leader from another country. Call Sharon Peters for more information.

Prescott UMC Staff David Alberts Senior Pastor x15

Claire Saunders Associate Pastor x14

Carole Nickerson Music Director x25

Patty Newton Organist

Kay Price Office Manager x20

Gena Soileau Office Assistant x10

Patti Blackwood Sally Valerius Beth Williams Pastoral Assistants

Jim Soileau A/V Technicians

Grace Cook Childcare Coordinator

Jimmy Woolsey Childcare Assistant

Larry Keeter Custodian

Ron Comón Custodial Assistant

Carol Edwards Custodial Assistant

What Is UMCOR? The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the globe. UMCOR’s work reaches people in more than 80 countries, including the United States. We provide humanitarian relief when war, conflict, or natural disaster disrupt life to such an extent that communities are unable to recover on their own.

UMCOR is a ministry of The United Methodist Church, and our goal is to assist the most vulnerable persons affected by crisis or chronic need with-out regard to their race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. We believe all people have God-given worth and dignity.

While UMCOR cooperates with other aid organizations to extend our reach, our most important partners are the people we serve. We are confident that successful solutions to emergency or chronic conditions begin with the affected population. UMCOR provides these survivors not only temporary relief but long-term education, training, and support.

UMCOR spends 100 percent of designated donations on the projects our donors specify. When UMCOR donors give their time, money, and supplies, they join UMCOR as the hands and feet of Christ.

UMCOR is also involved in global development work. Speci- fic programs address issues of health, sanitation, poverty, sus- tainable agriculture, nutrition, and food security. Many develop- ment problems are interrelated, so UMCOR uses integrated solutions to address their root causes. UMCOR seeks to em- power local hospitals, schools, churches, and other stakeholders by enhancing their capacity to address these issues.