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ELKTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
April Newsletter 2020
Rev. Won D. Kim, Pastor
150 S. Main Street
Elkton, Mi 48713
989-375-4113
The Elkton United Methodist Church seeks to know, believe and share the Good News of Jesus Christ. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship joyfully, educate faithfully and serve actively.
Visit our website at:
www.elktonumchurch.org
The outbreak of coronavirus began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2020 of October and it has now spread to almost every continent of the world. It has spread enough to be considered pandemic resulting in the deaths of many people diagnosed positive. Schools and work places announced closure for the time being and the life pattern of many people around the globe has been inevitably changed. There are people that are avoiding crowded places, some are voluntarily quarantined at home and some by the order of public health department.
I notice that people are highly aware of this virus lately. It is a good thing that people are paying attention to what’s going on and being sensitive of what action to take in terms of prevention. According to the public health department, one of the things we can do to prevent coronavirus transference is to make sure that we constantly clean our hands either with sanitizer or water. This will help us to from spreading germs and bacteria. As I see people are being sensitive to this virus, I thought about how many people are really sensitive to a spiritual virus that is growing and spreading in human lives. Paul, in Galations tells us what a spiritual virus looks like. Galations 5:19-21 “The acts of flesh are obvious; sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension, faction, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.”
All of us enjoy indulging in a little bit of sin every now and then, both consciously and unconsciously, yet still do we not recognize what these spiritual viruses can do to our lives. How good are we at preventing these spiritual viruses? Are you being sensitive to this contamination and do you acknowledge that they are lurking around us at all time?
Sin is a spiritual virus. We may not see it, but once the virus is transmitted to our life, it makes us become lethargic, insecure and can only lead us into death (separation from God). Romans 8:13 says “For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” Dear Church, let us live by the spirit, not by the flesh. We need prayer, we need the holy and anointed Words of God in our life to prevent this kind of spiritual virus. We need God’s grace and mercy every day to prevent us from temptation. Please take care of yourself and do your best to prevent viruses both physical and spiritual. I will hold you all in my prayers.
Yours in Christ,
Won D. Kim
April Events CalendarIndividual birthdays are written in green
Anniversaries in redSun Mon Tues Wed Th Fri Sat
1Youth troop
3-5 PMChoir
Practice 6 PM
Lakers spring break
2TaeKwonDo
4-5 PM
Lakers spring break
3AA 7 pm
Lakers spring break
4
Richard Fritz
5ONLINE SERVICE
Adult Bible Study after
Service;Communion
6
Trustees 7 PMIsaiah 42:1-9,
Psalm 36: 5-11 or UMH771,
Hebrews 9:11-15, John 12:1-11
Stacer Damen
7SPRC 6 PM
Missions 7 PM
Isaiah 49:1-7. Psalm 71: 1-14 or UMH 794, I
Corinthians 1:18-31
8
Choir Practice 6
PMYouth troop
3-5 PM
9
TaeKwonDo4-5 PM
Maundy Thursday
Service 7PMBarb Krohn
10
AA 7pm
Good FridayVance Pillow
11
Arlene Faist
12Adult Bible Study after
Service
13 14
Evangelism/Worship
6PM
15Youth troop
3-5 PM Choir
Practice 6 PM
16
TaeKwonDo4-5 PM
17
AA 7pm
Men’s Bay Shore Retreat
18Lynda Adams
Frank and Deb Russell
Men’s Bay Shore Retreat
19Adult Bible Study after
ServiceCheryl Abbe
20
Jay and Mary Motz
21
Education 7PM
22Youth troop
3-5 PM Choir
Practice 6 PM
23
TaeKwonDo4-5 PM
24
AA 7pm
25
Annual Benefit
Auction for BSCamp
26
Adult BibleStudy after
Service
27
Scott Carr
28
Mark Carr
29Youth troop
3-5 PM Choir
Practice 6 PM
30TaeKwonDo
4-5 PM
Peggy Helwig
REMEMBER THAT THE CORONOVIRUS SCHEDULE TAKES PRECIDENCE AND THAT ALL GATHERINGS OVER 10 ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Those Helping with Worship in April Worship Leaders : Marv Tulppo Accompanists: Sherry Helmuth, Samantha Corrion Sound Technician: Russell Sowden, John Blair or Frank RussellProjectionists: Are still needed: include Jim Deming, Starla McKenzie, Sue Herford, Dee EschUshers: Lee Sowden, Kevin Mckenzie, Bill and Vivian OsborneJr. Church: Lorraine Pillow, Bev Damm, Margie Kanaski, Rosemary Farver, Bonnie Miller, Gayle
Reynolds, Jessie Kim, Bev Lackie, Faith Deming and others are still needed
Volunteers Needed:
Projectionists………………………..will train, call Sue Herford at 551-3398
Jr. Church………………………………call Lorraine Pillow at 375-5101
To support campers attending Bay Shore Camp or other Christian camps in Michigan this summer, we are selling note cards of different nature scenes and of our church for a donation of five dollars. Please stop by the office at any time and purchase cards. If you have a pet or special someone you would like cards made of, call and we can arrange to take a photo. More church photos have been added to the stack.
BAY SHORE CAMP UPCOMING EVENTS: (Dependant on Covid19 precautions)
Annual Benefit Auction April 25
Men’s Retreat April 17-18
GENERAL CONFERENCE scheduled for the early part of May has been cancelled until a later date to be announced.
General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church, which meets once every four years. The conference can revise church law, as well as adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs.
jokes
EASTER TRADITIONS
At dawn, Mary opened the tomb of Jesus to discover Him gone. For this reason we celebrate a sunrise service which first occurred in Germany in 1732 by a Moravian church.
Our English word Easter, comes from an Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre. (Astarte or Oster) Many traditions we adapted came from the missionaries of old cultures to help the people feel comfortable with Christian practices. The Christian celebration gradually took the place of the original pagan one.
Ham was chosen as a traditional meat for Easter dinner because farmers would slaughter pigs in the fall and smoke them for several months having them ready for Easter in the spring. Jewish Orthodox continue to eat lamb and eschew pork.
The Easter Bunny evolved out of ancient fertility rituals and spring baby bunnies overrunning the fields.
April Prayer Calendar
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Lorraine Pillow
2
Ernie Jr. and Sharon
Buccholz
3
Dwight Reibling
4
Fred and Gayle
Reynolds
5
Dede Russell
Service Online
6
Frank and Deb Russell
7
Rusty and Joy Sarles,
Crystal and Caytlyn
8
Karen Smithers, Jonathan
Brown
9
Phyllis Snider
10
Lee Sowden
11
Russell Sowden
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Matt and Abbe
Stanton;Presley
Fred and Kay Thompson
Shirley Weidman
Ruth Wolfe Ilene Young Dan and Cheryl Abbe
Eric and Amy Abbe;
Marissa, Elijah, and Chayton
19
Lynda Adams
20
John and Grace Blair
21
Kami and EdWard Burnett
22
Mark and Kim Carr
23
Scott Carr
24
Cheyenne Carter
25
Dan and Tracy
Cavanaugh; Todd Lay
26
James and Peggy
Champagne
27
Jamie Champagne
28
Samantha Corrion;
Cheyenne and Sheridan
Barker, Grayson
29
Vic and Karen Damen
30
Beverly Damm
