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Inside this issue:

From Pastor Amy 2

May Worship 3

Church News 5

Church Groups 6

May Events 7

Christian Education 10

Children/Youth

News

14

Volunteer/Mission/

Outreach Oppor.

16

Thank You’s 18

Birthdays/Anniv. 19

First United Methodist Church of Springboro

The Messenger

May 2017

60 East North Street Springboro, OH 45066 937-748-2612

fumcofspringboro.org [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday—Friday 8:00—1:00

Join us for worship each weekend:

Casual Saturday night worship with Springs at 5:30 p.m.

Sunday morning worship and Sunday school at 9:15 a.m.

Sunday worship and children’s church at 10:35 a.m.

From Pastor Suzanne.. .

First United Methodist Church

A word from Pastor Amy….

Happy Easter…Season! The journey of Lent is over. The earth-shattering moments of Holy Week have been remembered. Now the joy of Easter has begun! Last weekend we celebrated the foundational event of our faith—Jesus’ resurrection from the dead! We celebrated with beautiful flowers, joyful music, additional family members present in worship, and praise to our risen Savior. Yet the joy of Easter does not end on Easter evening. For the disciples of Jesus, Easter evening was the beginning of a new journey—the journey of following a risen Lord out into the world. First, they had to wrap their hearts and minds around the fact that Jesus was resurrected from the dead. Then, they had to determine what difference it would make in their lives to now fol-low a crucified and risen Lord. For us today, the joy of Easter can continue into the Easter Season, 50 days that last from Easter to Pentecost (June 4th this year). We, too, have to determine what difference it will make in our lives to follow a crucified and risen Lord. We will continue our celebration of Easter in April with our “Paid in Full” theme for the Mort-gage Burning Celebration and Easter Party, followed by the children’s Easter Musical “Happy Day.” In May we will build upon our Easter faith as we hear from passages in the letter of 1 Peter. What inheritance of faith have we received? How do we center ourselves in the good news of Jesus passed down to us for generations? What is our foundation that grounds us so that we can go forth and share our stories of faith and hope? May we continue to celebrate the joy of Easter all season long! Pastor Amy

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Worship In May

May 6/7 Holy Communion

Message: A Godly Inheritance Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

May 13/14

High Attendance Sunday and Mother’s Day Message: Built on a Strong Foundation

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-10

May 20/21 Graduate Sunday

Message: Grounded in Hope Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-22

May 27

Message: What Are You Looking For? Scripture: Acts 1:6-14

David Finney

May 28 Message: Rooted in Christ

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

EventsEventsEvents

1: Parent Connection to SCAC

1: Prayer Team

2: Staff Parish Relations Committee

2: Senior High Youth Group

3: Otterbein Avalon Visit

3: Choir & Bells Practices

6: Women in Faith Meeting

7: Spring Sing

7: 7th—8th Youth Group

8: Prayer Team

9: Tuesday Bible Study

9: 5th—8th Hope House Mission

9: Finance Team

9: Stephen Ministers

9: Women in Faith Bible Study


10: Choir and Bells Practices

14: High Attendance Sunday

15: Prayer Team

15: Missions Team


16: Trustees

17: 7th & 8th Grade Lunch with Kirby

17: Clearcreakers


17: Choir and Bells Practices

18: Newsletter Folding

18: Parent Connection Table Talk

18: 6th Grade Lunch with Kirby

20: United Methodist Men—Band of Brothers/The Gathering

21: Graduate Sunday

21: 5th—8th Church, Lunch, Fellowship

21: That Music Place Recital

22: Prayer Team

23: Tuesday Bible Study Continued on page 4


Lay Leader Report As I look out the window of my home office, I see trees that are becoming fully leafed. Daffodils have been in bloom for a few weeks and tulips are blooming all around. The red bud tree in our front yard is spectacular in its pink announcement that spring has sprung. Soon we all will be busy with flower and veg-etable gardens, raising color and healthy food from the soil. God’s bounty in this earth is amazing, as is God’s Amazing Grace. We might take the beauty of spring for granted, but if we should take a moment to admire and thank God for this annual blessing. God’s grace is even more beautiful than the floral bouquets that are everywhere. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we are offered this Amazing Grace, at no cost to us. Jesus paid the very high price for us so we are free to accept this gift of grace. We thank God for this blessing in each life. The Ohio River Valley District invites all to a spring district worship on May 24, at Mason UMC. This worship service will include won-derful music, district and conference news, and celebrations of clergy people who are making appointment moves. This event is a great opportunity to be with district officers and to learn what’s happening in our district. I plan to attend and encourage all to join me. It is good when a district event is located so close to home.

Plans are being finalized for West Ohio Annu-al Conference, in June in Lakeside Ohio. Gar-ry and Bev Haun have stepped down as our Lay Members. Jack Hott will fill that role now. Kirby Cain and Alexa Lawhorn will serve as district delegates and I will attend as a Cer-tified Lay Minister. Gavel to gavel coverage of this event will be live-streamed through the WOC website. The music, preaching and teaching promise to be outstanding. I always enjoy attending. This district is still accepting at large delegates, so tell Pastor Amy or my-self if you would like to attend with full voting credentials. As the school year winds down and summer vacations loom, please be safe. Also be safe in the comforting knowledge that God loves you. - David Finney

May Events continued from Page 3 23: Stephen Ministers


24: Choir Practice

24: 9th—12th Youth Group

26: Last Day of Bright Beginnings Classes

28: 7th—8th Grade Youth Group


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Church Group Information Needed Our church historian, Savannah Martin, is in need of information about our various church groups. She is looking for activities and mis-sions the groups have undertaken in the past few years, information on membership and photos of the groups. If you do not have photographs, Savannah will be happy to come to a meeting or event and take pic-tures. If you are part of a church group that has not yet provided information, please reach out to Savannah at abbyfanatic1 @yahoo.com or 937-266-3840.

First Steps Campaign

Step 1 Achieved! On April 23, we celebrated as a church family the payoff of our church mortgage! First United Methodist is now debt free thanks to our church family’s faithful giving! The First Steps committee encourages continued giv-ing to support Step 2 of the First Steps Cam-paign which will raise $50,000 for worship enhancements. Plans include providing some flexible seating, updating our audio and visual equipment and adjusting the back wall to allow for overflow services such as we had at Easter. We are already on our way, having $11,317 donated towards Step 2 as of April 16. Thank you for your support of our church and its future!

Wonderful Wednesdays on Hiatus Wonderful Wednesdays are now on hiatus until the fall. Thank you to all who joined in for the learning, food and fellowship we shared this past school year.

Spring Clean-Up Needed? Is your yard a mess from the harsh win-ter? Do you need help cleaning out the gar-age? Do you want help spreading fresh mulch in your flower beds this spring? The Senior High Youth are willing to help out if you are in need of some extra hands and strong backs. Please contact Brian Schlise at 937-272-6167 to talk about what jobs you need help with and to schedule a date and time the youth can come to your place and attack the job. We look forward to helping you out.

Name Tags

Please remember to wear your name tags to services. It helps visitors and new members get to know us better!

Memorial Day

The church office will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

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Church Groups Meetings/Schedules

Women In Faith The next meeting of Women in Faith will be Saturday, May 6 at 9:00 in Fellowship Hall. For information on Women in Faith, please call Judy Cook, Barb Mills or Jean Reazer

Clearcreakers Senior Group

The Clearcreakers meeting will be May 17 at 11:30 in Fellowship Hall. The program will be a presentation on the History of Technical In-telligence in Dayton by Rob Young, a long time employee of the National Air and Space Intelli-gence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Victor Bilek, a 98 year old veteran who was active in intelligence during WWII, will be joining Rob Young. Sloppy Joes will be served. Please bring a cas-serole, side dish, salad or dessert to share and please remember to bring your own eating utensils. Try to join us for some fun, food, and fellowship. Questions, call: Linda Tennant or Martha Ruth-erford.

United Methodist Men The men and older boys of our church will be visiting a neighboring church on May 20. It will be our privilege to join the Band of Brothers, the men’s ministry of Middletown’s The Gath-ering congregation. On the 20th, we will pre-pare and serve breakfast to the Band of Broth-ers, at their church. We will then join those men for their monthly Bible study. The Gathering is a United Methodist church in Middletown. Many of The Gathering congre-gation live at the poverty level so their month-ly Bible study and breakfast draws a large crowd. Since our guys are quite skilled at pre-paring breakfast, it is a good fit for us to cook breakfast. Then the Band of Brothers will lead us in their monthly study. This event is a great opportunity to be in service and to learn from another men’s fellowship. We encourage all men to participate in this

event. We will carpool from church, leaving at

7:30 am. We will then cook breakfast on site

at The Gathering. At 9:00, we will have break-

fast with our friends with the Band of Broth-

ers. Bible study will follow. We should be

back in Springboro before 11:00 am.

Other Group Meeting Dates May 2—Staff Parish Relations Comm.

May 9—Finance Team May 9 and 23—Stephen Ministers

May 15—Missions Team May 16—Trustees

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Events

Bright Beginnings Spring Sing Bright Beginnings Christian Pre-School will hold their annual Spring Sing fund raiser on Sunday, May 7. This event includes an art show and choir concert by Bright Beginnings’ students, and a silent auction with many items to bid on. Everyone is invited to attend.

High Attendance Sunday High Attendance Sunday will be Sunday, May 14. We will recognize students who have missed six or fewer weeks of Sunday School (or Wonderful Wednesday) that day. Please watch for a letter from Kim Crosen in late April if your child is eligible.

Graduate Sunday If you are a senior in high school or college, we want to celebrate your graduation with you! We will be honoring all graduates on Sunday, May 21 during regular services. In order to make sure we do not accidentally leave anyone out, please jot down answers to the following questions so that we can brag a bit about you!

School graduating from? If college gradu-ate, what was your major?

What are some of the highlights of your high school or college career? (sports, ex-tra-curricular activities, community ser-vice, etc.)

What are your plans for the future?

Please, include your full name and the an-swers to the questions and send them to the church office ([email protected]) by Monday, May 15.

Summer Sunday School

Our children need leaders this summer to help them in their Sunday school connection. Our regular leaders will take a much deserved break and we need some new leaders to con-tinue the connection during the summer months. If you are interested in helping and making a positive difference in our children’s lives, please contact Kim in the Education office (748-2612). We will need help in our 2-3 year old class, Kid Connection (4 yrs. through 4th grade) and Mission 56 (5th & 6th grade). Classes may be blended depending on num-ber of leaders available. Please consider serv-ing one or two Sundays this summer. You will have a blast and help our children in the pro-cess! Curriculum and training provided. Thanks!

ORV District Spring Celebration All clergy and lay persons in the Ohio River Valley District are invited to attend our annual Spring Celebration in recognition of retiring clergy, candidates being ordained and com-missioned, transitioning pastors, new pastors to our district, CLMs and more. The event is Wednesday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m. at Mason United Methodist Church, 6315 S. Mason-Montgomery Rd. Reservations are not needed.



Late April Reminders

Movie Night The next Movie Night will be Friday, April 28. Limited to 60 children, so reservations are needed (748-2612/kimfumc@gmail. com). Price of $10/child includes pizza, drinks, pop-corn. Proceeds from Movie Night help fund scholarships for needy Bright Beginnings stu-dents. And our youth volunteers earn money towards mission trip. It’s a win/win!

Easter Program—Happy Day! On April 30 during both Sunday services, our children will present the Easter program Hap-py Day! We hope you will join us as the chil-dren help us to continue the celebration of God’s great gift to us.

Five on the 5th for UMCH Family Services First United Methodist continues to support UMCH Family Services in Columbus through their “Five on the 5th” program. UMCH Fami-ly Services is an outreach program of the West Ohio Conference which finds, provides and strengthens homes for children. If you would like to contribute, simply place the $5 dona-tion in one of the pew envelopes and mark it UMCH Family Services on April 29 and 30. Your generosity is making a difference in the lives of children in need.

Relay for Life of Warren County Having cancer is so hard. Finding help should-n’t be. If you’ve heard the words “you have cancer” you know how important it is to have easy access to support and resources. Thanks in part to Relay For Life supporters, the Ameri-can Cancer Society is able to be there for mil-lions of people touched by cancer each year. Relay For Life is the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. It is a time to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease. Once again our church will be represented in this event. This year, there is not going to be a Springboro event, so we are going to be involved in the Warren County Relay on June 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Warren County Fair-ground (665 N. Broadway in Lebanon). Ways to get involved include:

Join the team or donate at www.RelayFor Life.org/WarrenCountyOH Our team name is Boromethodist/FUMC

Honor/Remember – In May we will display an honor and remembrance board. Please add names, pictures, stories, etc. in honor of those battling and surviving cancer and in remembrance of those lost.

Walk – Join the team and walk during the event. We would like for a team member to be on the track for the entire event but you are welcome to walk as much or as little as you like. continued

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Upcoming Events Continued

Donate – Sponsor your favorite walker or make a donation to the entire team.

Purchase a Luminary – Luminaries line the track and are lit just after dark in a very moving ceremony or remembering those who lost their lives to cancer.

Take Part in the Survivor/Care Giver Cere-mony – Cancer survivors and care givers walk the first lap of the Relay. You need to register for this.

Visit the Event – Relay For Life is a wonder-ful community event. Please consider stop-ping by to visit our team and see what the Relay is all about. Our team has it’s own campsite on the track, so bring a chair and stay awhile.

For more information about Relay For Life, please see the display board, check out the website or contact Zandra Woody at [email protected].

Rummage Sale The Youth Group’s annual rummage sale will be held on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3. So now is the time to start cleaning out your closets and basements to help provide donations for the sale. We will start ac-cepting donations on Sunday, May 28.

Church Birthday Party! Pentecost is also known as the birthday of the church and we are celebrating! On Sun-day, June 4 our youth groups will serve spe-cial treats between services and collect cake mixes/icing, and small toys that will go to the local food pantries for needy children’s birth-days. A collection box will be available throughout the week for donations. The chil-dren will also celebrate during Sunday School and Children’s Church.

SCAC Anniversary Celebration On Saturday, May 20 from 4:00 -6:00 p.m. Springboro Community Assistance Center will celebrate their 10-Year Anniversary at Careflight Field. They are inviting the com-munity to be a part of the celebration! There will be all kinds of free activities, in-cluding bounce houses, craft stations, carni-val games, a scavenger hunt and best of all, free food! Please come out and help them celebrate their anniversary of providing local families with help in their time of need! If you have any questions, need more infor-mation or would like to volunteer to help with the event, please contact Wendy Ford at [email protected]

Community Runs for Charity

Lift Your Leg Run to Benefit SICSA—SICSA Pet Adoption Center in Kettering will hold a 10K, 5K and 1 mile run on Saturday, June 3 to benefit the center. The run will be at Centerville High School, 500 East Franklin Street. Registration fee is $30 for adults and $15 for youth ages 12 and under and includes a shirt. You can register online a liftyourleg.everydayhero.do

Interfaith Hospitality Network Run4Home— If you’re a runner or walker, please consid-er joining the IHN Run4Home 5k on July 4 at Armco Park. For more information about the 5k, or IHNWC in general, please visit their website at www.ihnwc.org.

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Holy Java The Holy Java Sunday School class will begin a new study based on the book Follow by Andy Stanly on April 30. In this eight-session video-based Bible study, the class will journey through the Gospels tracing Jesus’ teaching on what it means to follow. Many think Christianity is all about doing what Jesus says. But what if doing what Jesus says isn’t what Jesus says to do at all? Jesus’ invitation is an invitation to relationship, and it begins with a simple request: follow me. For more information on the Holy Java class, please contact Maria Dershem. The class meets at 9:15 on Sunday mornings in the con-ference Room.

Cornerstone Class

Barbara Geiger will be leading the Corner-stone Class in May with a four week study on the spiritual discipline of prayer and listen-ing. The focus will be on building a relation-ship with God and relating to God in an au-thentic way through prayer and listening. For more information on the class, please contact Barb Geiger.

Tuesday Bible Study The Tuesday morning Bible study continues their study of the Book of James. In May the class will meet on 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th at 10:00 a.m. in the music room.

Women in Faith Bible Study The Women in Faith Bible Study will hold their final meeting of the school year on May 9 at 7:00 p.m. They continue their study of Know What You Believe by Paul E. Little. For information on the study, please contact Lor-raine Sower.

Vacation Bible School Registration Our Vacation Bible School theme this year is Hero Central. Our evening session will be the week of July 17 from 5:45—8:45 p.m. The morning session will be the week of the 24th from 9:00 a.m. to noon. VBS will take kids on awesome adventures alongside some of their favorite Bible heroes and discover the quali-ties that make us truly heroic in God. VBS He-ro Central uses epic music, spectacular sci-ence, crafty crafts, heroic recreation, and fan-tastic Bible stories to help kids discover their strength in God! Registration for this summer’s VBS will open to church members the week of May 1 and then opened to Bright Beginnings families the following week. The link to sign up is http://2017.cokesburyvbs.com/fumcspringboro. Our VBS is very popular so don’t delay in signing up your children.

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Bright Beginnings Buzz In May, the children will learn about animals and insects! The children will enjoy visits from animals during May. These activities reinforce our Bible verse “Let the Earth bring forth creatures of all kind.” (Genesis 1:24) and the Fruit of the Spirit of gentleness. Pas-tor Amy will lead us in our final Children’s Church sessions of the school year. In addi-tion, we’ll hold our annual “Spring Sing and Art Show” concert and silent auction fund-raiser, a carnival and graduation!

A.C.E. Our A.C.E. kids had a great time in April fo-cused on Earth Day! The children also “visited” Scotland. In May, the ACE students will learn about the national parks of the USA and will honor their mothers. ACE will wrap up a great year together with outdoor play and activities. If you would like to know more about our A.C.E. program for school-aged children please contact Kim Crosen.

In May our Parent Connection program will have two activities. First, Parents with a Pur-pose will meet on May 1 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. to stock shelves, date donations, and organize at the Springboro Community Assis-tance Center. Then on May 18, we will hold a Table Talk from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The topic will be “Safe as necessary, not as possible.” We will discuss the importance of allowing your children to make mistakes, practice making age appropriate choices, and why a little bit of risk is important for their develop-ment. Childcare is available for both events. Please email Becky Frost at bbcpfumc@ gmail.com to reserve.

West Ohio Conference Summer Camps Each summer, the West Ohio Conference offers a variety of summer camps at their three facilities—Camp Otterbein, Camp Wes-ley and Camp Widewater. If you are interest-ed in learning more about the exciting sum-mer adventures they offer, the church office has a copy of their 2017 Summer Camp Guide. Please stop by to learn more or go to www.westohiocamps.com.


VBS 2017 As we move into spring, it’s time to start planning for Vacation Bible School. It takes several months of planning to pull off the wonderful program that helps bring God’s word to many children both within our church and the greater Springboro community. Our evening ses-sion will be held the week of July 17-21 from 5:45—8:45 p.m. Our morning session will be the following week, July 24-28 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Volunteer sign-ups will be in future bulletins and Decorating Days will begin soon. Listed below are supplies that will be needed to make this two wonderful weeks. We will begin taking your donations in early summer. As a part of the craft station, we will be com-pleting service projects to donate to various groups in the local area. The donated items will allow the campers to show their love for others through these service projects. Thank you for your continued support of this great outreach program for children. If you have any questions on these class supplies, please contact Sarah Wrazen ([email protected] or 703-994-1788).

700 toilet paper/paper towel rolls Puffy paint, assorted colors Material scraps (we need 2 inch wide x 30

inch strips, we can cut to size) 5 rolls masking tape, 1 inch width Washable markers Sharpie Markers, assorted colors 350 felt squares, 8 x 8 inches, various col-

ors Felt scraps (any size) Craft foam with adhesive backing (any

size) 350 feet of thin elastic 350 square feet of aluminum foil 175 square feet of cardboard (cereal box-

es, cracker boxes, etc. are perfect) Foam shapes and letters (small size) 875 feet of 1 or 2 inch ribbon that looks

like it could be on a medal (red/white/blue striped, etc.)

Glue sticks School glue 350 large paper clips 22 blocks of floral foam (the green stuff)

medium sized

22 medium baskets (about 9x12 inch or something close to that)

50 sheets each of dark green, red, yellow, and orange tissue paper

350 wooden skewers Ribbons Cardstock, various pastel colors 350 small white cardboard boxes Yarn Scrapbook, origami, or wrapping paper

scraps Fabric scraps Model Magic air-dry clay Salt Masking tape Pony beads in yellow, orange, red, and na-

vy blue (350 each color) 200 pipe cleaners, various colors 350 resealable snack or sandwich baggies 350 clean baby food jars 700 paper plates 12 plastic tablecloths (large rectangle to fit

on the fellowship hall tables)

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Summer Creation Camps First United Methodist Church, in conjunction with Bright Beginnings Christian Preschool and A.C.E. (Active Christian Exploration), is excited to offer summer camps to help enrich and expand a child’s summer experience. This summer’s theme is Hero Headquarters. Each day will be a hands on experience as we undertake new adventures through games, cooking, science, art and more. Registration is now underway at brightbeginnings.campbrainregistra tion.com. Please see Bright Beginnings’ website (brightbeginnings.fumcofspringboro.org) for detailed information on the camp offerings.

Half-Day camps (9 a.m.- 12 p.m.) - $87 per week Offered throughout the summer for children aged 3 yrs.–entering 6th grade. During the morning children will begin in a large group setting where they will hear the Bible verse, sing silly songs, learn fascinating facts and relish in the wonder of our world. Afterwards we will separate into age appropriate groups and explore through art, games, cooking and science stations as we create, experi-ment, play and discover.

Full Day camps (9 a.m.- 4 p.m.) - $155 for 5 days, $140 for 4 days, $126 for 3 days and $95 for 2 day* (includes 1/2 day camp) For children entering K–6th grade in coming school year. During the morning children will participate in half day camps. Afternoons will consist of field trips, special visitors, in depth projects and more! Parents provide a packed lunch daily.

Extended Day camps (6:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m.) - $181 for 5 days, $163 for 4 days, $144 for 3 day and $106 for 2 days* (includes 1/2 day and full day camps) Allows children (entering K-6th grade) who need care before /after regular camp times to come in between 6:30– 9:00 a.m. and to stay as late as 6:30 p.m.

*There may be incremental fees based on additional costs of field trips

Camps: Week One (June 5-9) - Super Hero Training Academy

Week Two (June 12-16) - Hometown Heroes Week Three (June 19-23) - Comic-Con

Week Four (June 26—30) - Animal Allies Week Five (July 10-14) - Plant Power Week Six (July 17-21) - Steam Team

Week Seven (July 24-28) - Hero Central (Please note: our 1/2 day is our morning VBS which requires a separate registration)

Week Eight (July 31-August 4) - Good vs. Evil

Please note that we are CLOSED July 3-7 Contact us: 937-748-2612, [email protected]



Kids Who Care: K—2nd grades God Squad: 3 & 4th grades

Contact: Kim Crosen [email protected], 937-748-2612

The next event for Kids Who Care and God Squad will be in June before we break for the summer. Please watch for announcements in the bulletin insert and the June newsletter. If you are not on the e-mail distribution list, please contact Kim Crosen at 748-2612 or [email protected].

Mission 56: 5th & 6th grades

Jammers: 7th & 8th grade Contact: Kirby Cain

[email protected], 937-684-1097 What a great month of celebrations we had in April. It’s a blessing to be a part of this won-derful church family. More importantly, we thank God for giving us His Son and for loving us so much that he gave His life, only to rise from the grave so that we too can have eter-nal life. I’m looking forward to our time together this month. I hope you will make every effort to join us. Yours in Christ, Kirby Weekly Activities

Sunday Night Youth Group: Junior High Youth Group will meet from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 7 and 28. NO youth group activities on May 14 (Mother’s Day).

Every Friday – LIFT (Grades 6 - 8): LIFT (Living in Faith Together) meets after school until 3:30 p.m. at Springboro Junior High.

Every Wednesday Morning - PAW (Prayer & Worship) - Springboro Intermediate & Jun-ior High: 6th—8th graders have the oppor-tunity to gather with Christian youth at their school for a time of prayer and worship from 6:45 - 7:20 a.m. Milk and donuts pro-vided.

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May Special Events

Tuesday, May 9 – Hope House Mission Center for Women and Children: Provide dinner and games or crafts for the women and children of Hope House in Middletown from 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. Please RSVP if you plan on joining us.

Wednesday, May 17 – Lunch with Kirby at Springboro Junior High: Kirby will bring drinks and dessert. Youth are asked to pack their lunch.

Thursday, May 18 – Lunch with Kirby at Springboro Intermediate: Kirby will bring drinks and dessert. Youth are asked to pack their lunch.

Sunday, May 21 – "Church, Lunch & Fel-lowship" (Mission 56 & Junior High): 10:35 am Sunday morning Service, lunch and a time of fun and fellowship. Pick-up will be around 3:00 p.m. One parent volun-teer needed to assist with lunch and fel-lowship time.

End of School Year Event: Look for a future e-mail inviting you to join me for an End-of-School-Year event. The event will happen on the last Thursday, Friday or Saturday of May.

Senior High Youth: 9th—12 Grades Contact: Brian Schlise

[email protected] 937-748-9711 and 937-272-6167

The Senior High Youth meetings will be as follows in May: Tuesday, May 2, 7:00 to 8:30 Wednesday, May 24, 7:00 to 8:30 In addition, our Sr. High Youth will usher at second service on Sunday, May 7. We will also help church members with spring yard work. Please watch for texts with details on the help needed.

When God thought of Mother,

he must have laughed with satisfaction—

so rich, so deep, so divine,

so full of soul, power and beauty,

was the conception!

~Henry Ward Beecher

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Kroger Community Rewards Program: Please register our church as your Kroger Plus Community Rewards recipient. Through the program, we earn a quarterly check based on your purchases at no cost to you. Money earned goes to our First Steps Campaign. Questions, please contact Mariel Pesavento as 513-855-4243.

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Crotchetiers and knitters are needed to make prayer shawls for those in our church experiencing a diffi-cult time in their life. The finished shawls will be blessed. If interested, contact Sonia Dermis at 937-550-9412.

Loaves and Fishes Ministry: Our church is blessed to have a Loaves and Fishes Minis-try which provides meals for church mem-bers after birth of children, in times of seri-ous illness or at other critical family times. If you are interested in providing meals on an occasional basis or would like more in-formation, please contact Tina Yeamans at [email protected] or at 937-550-9568.

Dorothy Lane Market Good Neighbor Pro-gram: This program allows the church to earn money based on your spending at DLM. Just complete a Good Neighbor Form and designate our church. We are listed as First United Methodist Church – Springboro and our program ID is 815. You can find the forms in any DLM stores or online at: www.dorothylane. com/clubdlm/goodneighbor.pl. Re-registration is need-ed each year.

Fellowship Hosting: The Fellowship Com-mittee is looking for volunteers who want to help us with just one or two events per year (e.g. Chili Cook-off, Rally Day, etc.). If interested, please contact Rebecca in the church office.

Cookies: If you are interested in providing treats for fellowship time between the ser-vices, there is a sign-up sheet on the fel-lowship table or through the Church Needs link in Pastor Amy’s weekly e-mail. Treats do not need to be homemade or be cook-ies— any treat is welcome. We also appre-ciate the weekly donations being made to help off-set our expenses.

Franklin Food Pantry

The Pantry at Franklin Area Community Ser-vices continues to assist many people facing personal and financial hardships. Hundreds of our neighbors in need from Franklin, Springboro and Carlisle come to The Pantry every week. In 2016 we distributed about one million pounds of food to feed hungry families. The Pantry is in need of more vol-unteers to keep this safety net in our com-munity strong. We have volunteer opportu-nities each weekday morning and afternoon and Wednesday evenings. To learn more or want to volunteer, please call or email the Director, Terry Coyle at 937-746-7791 or [email protected].

Volunteer, Mission & Outreach Opportunities Please contact Rebecca in the church office ([email protected] or 748-2612), unless otherwise noted, if you are inter-ested in any of these opportunities.

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Volunteer, Mission and Outreach Opportunities Continued

Mission Trip Chaperone Needed

Have you often thought that the youth sum-mer mission trips sound like a time of great fun and service? Wish you could tag along? Well, now is your chance! We are in need of a female chaperone for the youth mission trip to Michigan. The trip is June 27 to July 2. If you are not able to commit to the entire week and would be willing to support half of the trip that would be great as well. If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Brian Schlise at Brianschlise@ habeggercorp.com or 937-272-6167.

Box Tops/Campbell Labels Our Mission Team will continue to collect box tops and Campbell food labels for Red Bird Mission throughout this school year. There are bins in which to place the labels and box tops located in the black stand across from the music room. Thank you.

Otterbein Avalon

David Finney leads a group to engage with senior residents of the Otterbein Avalon com-munity (located off north Bunnel Hill Road) every Wednesday. The carpool leaves from church at 1:15 and returns by 3:30. We will interact with the Otterbein residents through worship, singing and game time. If you are interested, please let David Finney know (513-727-4395).

Medical Driver Ministry

If you find you need someone to drive you to and/or from a medical appointment, our church offers a Medical Driver Ministry. This

ministry is a free gift of love to members and friends with no charge or fee. We look for-ward to providing medical transportation whenever and wherever needed. To schedule a medical driver, please contact Harold Mas-teller.

When Caregivers Need Care Every time you fly, the flight attendant tells you to put on your own oxygen mask first…then assist others. Yet too often, people who are caring for others put their own needs last…which makes providing care even more difficult. If someone you know is taking care of a loved one with a chronic illness, disability, or de-mentia, there’s a great way you can help them get their own oxygen mask in place: tell them about Stephen Ministry. Stephen Minis-ters are trained to provide care to those who are caring for others and to help them through the rough patches by listening, car-ing, encouraging, and providing emotional and spiritual support. A Stephen Minister can be a fresh breath of oxygen for a struggling caregiver. To learn how to connect someone with Ste-phen Ministry, talk with Zandra Woody or Su-san Raihala. Our Stephen Ministers are there to care!


Personal Thank You’s Dear Church Family, Thank you all for your prayers, cards, and ex-pressions of sympathy. Your kindness and caring is comforting during this difficult time. Zach was loved by many and will be missed. God bless, Tim, Donna and Daniel Miller

Dayton VA Medical Center Dear congregation, On behalf of the veterans, families and staff of the Dayton VA Medical Center, I wish to extend our sincere appreciation for your do-nations. Your thoughtfulness reflects the concern that you feel for our veterans and their service to our country. Your contribution makes it possible for us to enhance the care we provide for our nation’s heroes, the veteran patient. Again, thank you for caring. Sincerely, Glenn A. Costie, FACHE CEO/Medical Center Director

Jackson Area Ministry Seed Collection Thank you so much for your generous dona-tion of seed packets and money to enable to people of the Jackson area to grow their own food for their families. Through your gener-osity we were able to send them 272 seed packets and $225 toward bulk seeds and plants. Thank you again. Lois Eley, Missions Committee

Interfaith Hospitality Network Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make our IHN guests feel at home during spring break. As always, we couldn't do this without your continual support! Both were in their new housing by the end of April. Jennifer Fry, IHN Coordinator

When Helping Hurts The Missions Committee would like to thank everyone who attended When Helping Hurts. Your participation and insights were invaluable. Please keep the Mission Com-mittee in your prayers as we move forward in re-visioning our missions efforts. Jennifer Fry, Mission Committee

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Celebrating a May Birthday

5: John & Susan Stalcup 7: Alan & Stephanie Bindemann 8: Kevin & Shelly Houser 9: Michael & Tracy Stull 12: John & Jessie Golconda

13: Bob & Sandy Moser 14: Chuck & Amy Roderer 27: Terry & Kristy Shetterly 29: Ted & Greta Talbot, David & Retta Willis 30: Mike & Kara Hampton

Celebrating a May Anniversary

1: Daniel Miller 2: Adam Wilhelm 4: Sharon Griffith, Kevin Houser, Tina Stafford, Julia Miller, Jane Cook 6: Shelly Houser, Ruth Crane 7: Hannah Richard 8: Eric Thomison 10: Linda Pierce, Bill Combs, Amelia Lawhorn 11: Kyle Woodall 12: Emily Kline, Bob Lalich, Jessie Hall, Loren Foley 14: Will Hampton

15: Lois Eley, Niolana Roeder 16: Leigh Anne Tennant, Lois Cox, Rebecca Delbridge 18: Allison McCormick 19: Kim Crosen, Josh Petry 21: Greta Talbot 22: Erik Kogler, Alexa Lawhorn 24: Olivia Ingalls 25: Joy Mindling, Annette Eng, Amber Stull, Dusty Dershem 28: Alex Bindemann 30: Ashley Bauman 31: Ed Kuhn, Rory Houser

May Volunteers

Liturgists Acolytes Cookies Altar Flowers

May 7 Susan Raihala Open

Noah Townsend Dean Dershem

Cornerstone Class

The Pickett Family

May 14 Open Beverly Haun


Sarah Wrazen Jessie Hall

May 21 Open Joy Mindling


Open Cornerstone Class

May 28 Patti Hammett Jane Gregg

Open Dean Dershem

Open Ted & Greta Talbot

If we have missed your birthday or anniversary, please let the church office know so we can add you to our list.

First United Methodist Church of Springboro “Keeping First Things First!”

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Matthew 6:33

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