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Good News From Gobin Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church

307 Simpson Street, PO Box 66, Greencastle IN 46135

765-658-6010 fax 765-658-6025 [email protected]

www.gobinumc.org

Wanted: Liturgy Box Volunteers Mitten Tree Giving was Super Successful Gobin Now Has Online Giving Through Easy Tithe Numbers Check for November

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Bread, Bath and Beyond: A Journey Through Epiphany

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January Birthdays

Congregation Handbook Updates

Thank You from the Staff of Gobin

Remembering Individuals in

Assistance Centers

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First Quarter Mission Project: SEP

A Message from Princess Jusu

Thanks for a Fantastic Cookie Sale

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What is the “Fruitful Congregations

Journey” - also known as FCJ?

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Gobin Activities Calendar 7

Activities at Gobin Calendar 8

“Cleanliness is Indeed Next to

Godliness”

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Final Budget 2015—page 1 10

Final Budget 2015—page 2 11

Transformers-Difference Makers

Christmas Wreaths Bring Beauty

and Joy

The Little Red Wagon

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Lest We Forget as Ebola is No

Longer a Current News Headliner

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Matt Cummings Taking Trip to

Eduador

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The Pastor’s Point!!! for January 2015 Epipha-what?

It happens every year.

As soon as the Halloween

decorations come down,

the world around us goes

into a holiday frenzy.

Everywhere you turn it’s

Epiphany this and Epiph-

any that. You hear Epiph-

any music on the radio.

Kroger and Walmart have

entire aisles dedicated to

Epiphany. Epiphany has

become commercialized,

and it’s unsettling. It has

become a season of self-

ishness and irresponsible

spending. The true mes-

sage has been lost. And,

at the same time, some

seem to think there is a

war on Epiphany in our

own cultural context.

Some suggest it’s not po-

litically correct to pro-

claim the true meaning

of the Epiphany season in

a pluralistic society.

I hope you realize by

now I’m being facetious.

You’ve likely heard noth-

ing about Epiphany from

the good folks at Kroger

and Walmart, and even

church folk struggle to

remember what we

mean by the word. Is it a

day or a season? There

are no songs on the radio

and no twice-a-year

church-goers lining up for

the Epiphany service.

Epiphany remains a bit of

a mystery.

Epiphany comes from

a Greek word meaning

manifestation. It only ap-

pears three times in the

New Testament, and is

used two of these times

by the Apostle Paul. In

the early church, Epiph-

any was a celebration

second only to Easter in

significance. At first, the

celebration of the birth

of Jesus was only a

smaller piece within the

great celebration of

Epiphany. Later, when

Jesus’ birth was given

recognition on December

25th to rival the pagan

celebrations of the return

of the sun, it only then

became a separate ob-

servance.

The feast of Epiphany

occurs on January 6th,

after the completion of

the 12th day of Christ-

mas. Here at Gobin we’ll

celebrate Epiphany on

Sunday, January 4th in

the 10:30am worship ser-

vice. Then, the Season

after Epiphany lasts until

Ash Wednesday, Febru-

ary 18, which is the be-

ginning of Lent. During

Epiphany we’ll hear the

stories of the manifesta-

tion of Jesus’ divinity - his

baptism, his miracles.

Let’s be honest:

Epiphany will never be at

risk of being commercial-

ized. There will never be

an Epiphany aisle at

Kroger. But as the rest of

the world continues to

come down from their

Christmas high, we in the

church have the opportu-

nity to share some good

news. Remember that

baby in the manger? God

saw fit to reveal to the

entire world that this

baby is his son. Jesus is

the Light that has come

into the darkness. And

this light is for all people.

All people. May the light

of Christ continue to

shine within us and

within our weary world.

Merry Epiphany!

~ Rev. Bryan Langdoc

2015201520152015

JANUARYJANUARYJANUARYJANUARY

Good News From Gobin

Wanted: Liturgy Box Volunteers

Last month the Intentional Faith Development Team implemented Liturgy

Boxes in our Sunday morning worship gathering. These boxes are intended to

engage young ones in the service, providing them with objects related to the

various components of the liturgy. It has been a blessing to see the children

wave their scarves during the Gloria Patri and hold their globes during prayer.

Each week these boxes need to be reorganized and updated. If you are able to

help with this weekly task (about an hour a week), please contact Maureen

Knudsen Langdoc ([email protected]; 765-365-2269) or

contact the church office.

NUMBERS CHECK for NovemberNUMBERS CHECK for NovemberNUMBERS CHECK for NovemberNUMBERS CHECK for November

November Receipts: $15,425.61

November Disbursements: $13,936.67

Year to Date Receipts as of 11/30/14 $158,919.97

Year to Date Disbursements as of 11/30/14 $160,756.97

($1,837.00)

November Average Attendance: 127

GOBIN NOW HAS ONLINE GIVING THROUGH EASY TITHE

We are excited to announce that you can now make your donations to Go-

bin online on our website at www.gobinumc.org or via text message from

your smart phones and electronic devices. If texting, please text your amount to 765-253-4477 to get

started. Got questions? Check with Denise, and she will try to help you.

MITTEN TREE GIVING WAS SUPER SUCCESSFUL!!!

Joe and I delivered the hats, gloves, and scarves to the Getting Ahead program, Beyond Homeless, the John-

son-Nichols Clinic and Deer meadow. They were all very appreciative!!! Thank YOU for your help with this

handS-on mission project. ~ Rita Ferguson

January 2015

January 4, 2015—Epiphany Bread Bread Bread Bread Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... God will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." ... Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Al-pha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." — Revelation 21:1-6 As Christians, we believe that when we gather around the communion table to remember the last night Jesus was with his disciples in the Upper Room, it is beyond just an "historical" remembering. It is also a remem-bering "into the future." We gather around the table with all who have ever done so, who do now, and who ever will do so. It is a "little heaven below" that transforms us into the One Spirit. As we stand on the preci-pice of the new year, we begin this series with a commitment to "break open" our lives to God's future for us. January 11, 2015—Baptism of the Lord Bath Bath Bath Bath "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." Then Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's bap-tism." Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." — Acts 19:1-7 Christian baptism is rich with meaning. Paul invites the early believers depicted in the Acts story to go be-yond one teaching of baptism into the fullness of living in the Spirit of Christ available to them. On this day we remember our baptism and affirm the Spirit that lives and moves and breathes through us — offering power and strength beyond what we think we have. January 18, 2015 Beyond Belief Beyond Belief Beyond Belief Beyond Belief Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." — John 1:43-51 As the Season of Epiphany progresses, we will see people discovering this remarkable man named "Jesus of Nazareth." The people had been waiting so long for a Messiah that it was hard to believe for some that the Savior had come out of a little town like Nazareth, much less the son of a common carpenter. How can we go beyond our own beliefs and assumptions about where God shows up? Can we move beyond these to open our eyes to the holy in unexpected places and people? January 25, 2015 Beyond the Horizon Beyond the Horizon Beyond the Horizon Beyond the Horizon As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea — for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people." And imme-diately they left their nets and followed him. — Mark 1:14-20 The scriptures today tell of the calling of fishermen on the shores of the Sea of Galilee to leave their work and follow Jesus. He is calling them to work they probably never in a million years imagined themselves do-ing. For years they had sailed that sea, perhaps never thinking what was beyond the horizons, beyond the distant shores. Where is Jesus calling us that just might be beyond the horizons we now see for ourselves?

JANUARY BIRTHDAYSJANUARY BIRTHDAYSJANUARY BIRTHDAYSJANUARY BIRTHDAYS

1/02 Virginia Childress

1/03 Robert Newton

1/03 Larry Anderson

1/04 Zachary Hatcher

1/05 Agnes Rud

1/06 Carl Scaggs

1/07 Fran Allen

1/08 Theresa Doud

1/09 Clinton Gass

1/09 Alexander Bruggemann

1/10 Virginia Hanna

1/11 Alex Pare

1/14 Suzanne Hopkins

1/16 Tiffany Hebb

1/16 Nickolas Ring

1/18 Jocie Kircher

1/18 Mickey Meehan

1/19 Linda Ruark

1/23 Karen Tucker

1/28 Katie Hedge


Congregational Handbook UpdatesCongregational Handbook UpdatesCongregational Handbook UpdatesCongregational Handbook Updates

Gobin Membership as of December 31 is 191Gobin Membership as of December 31 is 191Gobin Membership as of December 31 is 191Gobin Membership as of December 31 is 191

Position

January

4

January

11

January

18

January

25

Ushers

Joe Ferguson

Amber Hecko

Vic Hunter

Linda Hunter

Chris Hebb

Tiffany Hebb

Anne Kinton

Kathy Sanders

Rick Barcus

Lottie Barcus

Barbara Jackson

Charles Miles

Rita Ferguson

Sharon High

Lynette Gwinn

Doretta Poynter

Communion

Steward

Fellowship Vickie Anderson Sharon High Suzanne Hopkins Anita Edenfield

Counters Dick Sunkel Fran Allen Doretta Poynter Pat Clover

Assisting in

the Nursery Doretta Poynter Lottie Barcus Mariette Bargen Danielle Cummings

Children’s

Church Denise Thede Teddy Shuck Teddy Shuck Alisa Isaacs-Bailey

Nettie Smithers

SERVING ON SUNDAYS IN JANUARY SERVING ON SUNDAYS IN JANUARY SERVING ON SUNDAYS IN JANUARY SERVING ON SUNDAYS IN JANUARY

Remembering these individuals by sending a card, making a phone

call, visiting, or including in prayer would be appreciated.

Asbury Tower Residents: Asbury Tower Residents: Asbury Tower Residents: Asbury Tower Residents: Dorothy Buechler, Pat & Robert Clover,

Dorothy Edenfield, Virginia Hanna, Suzanne Hebb, Helen Houck,

Joyce Jones, John & Jane Long and Kent & Maria Mecum.

Hickory Creek at Sunset: Hickory Creek at Sunset: Hickory Creek at Sunset: Hickory Creek at Sunset: Loretta Bumgardner

Mill Pond Campus: Mill Pond Campus: Mill Pond Campus: Mill Pond Campus: Jocie Kircher & Carolyn Schenk

Thank You from the Staff of Gobin

Rev. Bryan Langdoc, Denise Thede, Barbara Paré, Jenni-

fer Peacock, and Jenny Jackson would like to thank all of

you who donated toward their very generous staff gifts.

They are greatly appreciated. It is our pleasure to work

for you and Gobin Church. Thanks again!!

January 2015

Thanks for a Fantastic Cookie Sale Thanks to everyone that helped make the Cookie Sale such a success this year. This project wouldn't happen without all of the people that baked cookies and all of the people that worked during the Cookie Sale! Special thanks to the Cookie Sale committee members: Sharon High, Barb Rice, Kathy Sanders, Heddy Scaggs and Suzanne Hopkins. Thanks also to the coffee drinkers for saving your cans. Please start saving your coffee cans now for next year. In

addition to the metal cans, we are collecting plastic and cardboard coffee cans. Thanks to those that decorated the coffee cans. Thanks to everyone that bought cookies. A special thank you to Marilyn Culler for donating the stained glass window cards. We raised over $1,100 which was given to the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry and the Gobin Kitchen Fund.

First Quarter Mission Project is Summer Enrichment Program

The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) was chosen by the Gobin Mis-

sion Committee as the first quarter mission project in 2015. The Sum-

mer Enrichment Program helps about 65 at-risk children in Putnam County. SEP par-

ticipates in the USDA Summer Food Program to provide a nutritionally complete

breakfast and lunch to meet the nutritional needs of these children. For some of them,

these are the only meals they get during the day. Many of the children who participate

in SEP live in very stressful situations. Some have a parent in jail or other difficult fam-

ily situations. The children enjoy swim lessons, arts activities, sports, social skills les-

sons, and a wide variety of enrichment opportunities as an alternative to a summer of

mind-numbing TV and video games, or troublemaking. But perhaps the most valuable

part of SEP is having a place for the children to go where they are loved and ac-

cepted. This is great way for Gobin and the community to help make a difference in

the lives of Putnam County children who need extra support during the summer.

Please consider contributing to SEP this quarter to help meet the goal of raising $2000

by the end of March.

A Message from Princess JusuA Message from Princess JusuA Message from Princess JusuA Message from Princess Jusu Dear Friends, Season’s Greetings. This is the time to share with friends like you. The Glory, the Wonder and the Miracles of the Holy season. I hope you are doing well. During the time I visited you and so many others, I informed you of my plan to return to Liberia as soon as the Ebola Virus is under control. The time is now here for me to return to resume work. I know it is a difficult decision for anyone to make to return to a country which has been badly affected with such a dangerous disease. But with the help of God, I can make it especial to help the women and children in my own little way. And if everything works to plan, I will go January 29th 2015. While I prepare myself to return to Liberia, I want to also take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to you for the open hand you extended to welcome me in your Church and home. My God continue to richly bless you and your work. Please continue to pray for me and my colleagues who are planning to return to Liberia, We need your Prayers and support more than ever before. Wishing you a happy Christmas and healthy New Year.

Blessings, Princess.


What is the “Fruitful Congregation Journey” What is the “Fruitful Congregation Journey” What is the “Fruitful Congregation Journey” What is the “Fruitful Congregation Journey”

---- also known as FCJ?also known as FCJ?also known as FCJ?also known as FCJ? Starting this fall, a group of church leaders are participating in a monthly reading group about church revitalization. You many have heard the phrase “fruitful congregation journey” and, like many of us, wonder what

is this and what trip are we on? Below is an overview of this three-year process with com-ments on our first five months. Much of this information is from Indiana United Methodist

website: http://www.inumc.org/fruitfulcongregationjourneyoverview.

The Fruitful Congregation JourneyThe Fruitful Congregation JourneyThe Fruitful Congregation JourneyThe Fruitful Congregation Journey is a team-based, leadership development discovery proc-ess to help churches more effectively fulfill the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Over 220 Indiana United Methodist Churches have par-ticipated in Step 1(see below) and already they are experiencing renewed hope and energy and clarity of focus and direction. And although 90% of those that have completed the en-tire process were plateaued or declining when they began, over half are now growing at

nearly twice the rate of the Indiana Conference churches in general.

The Fruitful Congregation Journey consists of the following three steps:

Step 1: Shared Learning Experience (7 months) This process develops a church’s leadership base, helping grow leaders and providing them with key concepts for church ef-fectiveness. Our team, called “Lay Leadership Development,” meets with three other teams for seven Saturday learning sessions at First UM Church in Martinsville. The sessions are led by laity with experience in churches that have effective ministry. The goal is to help each team learn key concepts and best practices—tapping into the discoveries of other ef-fective churches and church leaders—and then apply them in their own lives in order to de-velop as church leaders. As a result, your church will develop a cadre of leaders to help it more effectively carry out its mission and become more fruitful. Meanwhile Pastor Bryan meets with pastors from the other churches separately for “Pastor Leadership Develop-

ment,” led by a trained lead pastor of a growing congregation, reading the same material.

Between sessions we meet with Pastor Bryan in a member’s home sharing a meal, fellow-

ships and what we have learned from the session.

Once a church’s pastor and lay team complete the Shared Learning Experience (Step 1), it will be eligible for steps 2 and 3 of the Fruitful Congregation Journey. It is in these steps that the focus moves from leadership development to church development, from develop-ing leaders at Gobin to developing the church as a whole—applying the concepts in Step 1 within the church and identifying the areas that need focused attention in order to move

your church forward to greater effectiveness and fruitfulness.

Step 2: Consultation/Intervention Process (approximately 5 months). This will help your church assess its strengths and weakness and provide it with a Ministry Action Plan that is tailored to our unique context and vision and will help Gobin move forward. A con-sultant will help us discern our vision, where Gobin’s strengths, Greencastle’s needs, and our pastor’s passion intersect. The Ministry Action Plan will be shared with members of the

congregation before a vote is taken on whether to adopt the plan.

Step 3: Implementation of Ministry Action Plan (up to 24 months). With the help of

a coach, the church will implement the next steps outlined in its Ministry Action Plan.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Church Office

Closed—

New Year’s Day

2

3

9am-1pm

FCJ Team Mtg

in Martinsville

4 9 Fell. Time 9:15 Choir Reh.

9:30 Sun. Schl

10:30 Worship

1:15 Taking down

of Christmas

Decorations

5pm Bells Reh.

5

6-8pm Transformers

6

5:30pm Fllwship

at Putnam Inn

6:30-9:30 FCJ

Clergy Mtg in

Martinsville

7

8

10am Office mtg

7pm Admin.

Council Mtg

9

10

11

9:15 Chr Reh.

9:30 Sun. Schl

10:30 Worship

5pm Bells Reh.

12

6:00pm??

Circles of Hope

13

5:30pm Fllwship

at PI

6:30 Circles

14

15

10am Office mtg

16

17

18 9 Fell Time 9:30 Sun. Schl

10:30 Worship

12 Fundraiser

Lunch

3-5 Prayer Shawl

5pm Bells Reh.

19

20 5:30pm Fllwship

at Putnam Inn

21

7:00pm Genesis

Circle at Gobin

22 9am-3pm

Sewing Bee

10am Office mtg

23

24

25 9 Fell Time 9:30 Sun. Schl

10:30 Worship—

UMW Sunday

5pm Bells Reh.

26 2-5pm Rev. John

Groves & John

Davis here at Go-

bin

7:00pm Missions

27

5:30pm Fllwship

at Putnam Inn

28

29

10am Office mtg

30 31

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Pastor’s

Sabbath

Pastor’s

Sabbath

Pastor’s

Sabbath

Pastor’s

Sabbath

ACTIVITIES AT GOBIN

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

6:30-8:00pm

Lisa T Girl Scouts

3

8:00 pm AA mtg

4

5

9-12noon Brian

Howard’s Bell

Class in Colonn rm

4:00 pm TOPS

6 9-12 Tot’s Time 9-12noon Brian

Howard’s Bell Class

in Colonn rm

4:30pm Daydream

Believers rehearsal

7

9-12noon Brian How-

ard’s Bell Class in

Colonn rm

8

9-12noon Brian Howard’s

Bell Class in Colonn rm

4:30 pm PCCS

cooking in kitchen

9

9-12noon Brian


in Colonn rm

10

8:00 pm AA mtg

11

12

9-12noon Brian

Howard’s Bell

Class in Colonn rm

13 9-12Tot’s Time 9-12noon Brian


in Colonn rm

4:30pm Daydream

Believers rehearsal

14

9-12noon Brian How-


Colonn rm

15

9-12noon Brian Howard’s


4:30 pm PCCS

cooking in kitchen

16

9-12noon Brian


in Colonn rm

6:30-8:00pm

17

1:30-4pm ??

Greencastle Commu-

nity Reiki Share

8:00 pm AA mtg

18

19

9-12noon Brian

Howard’s Bell

Class in Colonn rm

4:00 pm TOPS

20 9-12 Tot’s Time

9-12noon Brian


in Colonn rm

4:30pm Daydream

Believers rehearsal

21 9-12noon Brian How-


Colonn rm

22 9-12noon Brian Howard’s


Bell Concert in sanctuary in

afternoon

4:30 pm PCCS cooking

23

24

8:00 pm AA mtg

25

26

4:00 pm TOPS

27

9-12 Tot’s Time

4:30pm Daydream

Believers rehearsal

28 29

4:30 pm PCCS

cooking in kitchen

30 31

8:00 pm AA mtg

January 2015


January 2015

“Cleanliness is Indeed Next to Godliness““Cleanliness is Indeed Next to Godliness““Cleanliness is Indeed Next to Godliness““Cleanliness is Indeed Next to Godliness“

Did John Wesley REALLY say this? Well, he did use these words in a

written sermon in 1778, and he did include the words in quota-

tions, taken from the writings of Phineas ben Yair, a rabbi. He also

said he “looked at all the world as his parish.”

His rule of Conduct was:

“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the

places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you

can.”

So, where am I going with this? Beginning on January 1, 2015, we will no longer have

a cleaning company to help clean the church. The trustees and leadership of the

church are asking us all as the family of Gobin to “step up” and remember that

“Cleanliness is Indeed Next to Godliness.” We ask you to take a look online at the jobs

that have not yet been taken and sign up to help keep the church building and

grounds clean. We decided that programming is more important right now as long as

Gobin people can keep the building clean. Will it be easy? Probably not. Is it doable?

Of course it is!! You clean your own house, why can’t we work together to clean God’s

house? So, here are a list of the jobs left to be picked up, and there may be more as

we go into the beginning of this year. And remember, “do all the good you can in help-

ing to clean Gobin, . . . As long as ever you can in the way of helping to keep God’s

house at Gobin clean.”

4. Daily vacuuming and dust mopping of the main entrance and Wesley Hall

6. Daily cleaning and stocking of restrooms in lower level of church

18. Daily inspection of the HVAC/Heating/Cooling units and checking all thermostat

settings

21. Semi-annual floor treatment (spray-buff)

25. Monthly inspection of all window wells and the removal of any debris that might

prevent draining

28. Semi—annual shampooing of the carpets in Wesley Hall classroom

Call the church office, and let Denise know how you can help. Together we can do this

if we all pitch in and help a little bit.


1 Income

2 Pledges $128,650.00

3 Anticipated Pledges $6,300.00

4 Misc. Gen. Income $2,000.00

5 General Offering - Non-Pledge Giving $25,000.00

6 $161,950.00

7 Rozelle Endowment - Unrestricted Gen. Fund 2500.00

8 Gobin Memorial Endowment -PCF - Unrestricted GF 9750

9 Gobin Memorial Endowment - UMF - Unrestricted GF 7890

10 $20,140.00

11 Building Fund - Special Fund $12,170.00

12 McCord Endowment Fund - 2015 Payout $4,490.00

13 $16,660.00

14 AA Donation $300.00

15 TOPS Donation $120.00

16 $420.00

17 Fundraising

18 SCRIP & Kroger $2,000.00

19 Brunch Dinners $500.00

20 Fundraising Income $2,500.00

21 Total Income $201,670.00

22

23 Programming

24 Conference Tithing $16,190.00

25 District Apportionments $2,350.00

26 Passionate Worship Committee Expense $1,000.00

27 Intentional Faith Development Expense $2,000.00

28 Hospitality Expense $750.00

29 Extravagant Generosity Expense $750.00

30 RTMS Expense $500.00

31 Annual Conference Attendance $500.00

32 Programming $24,040.00

33

34 Trustee Expenses

35 Building Loan $19,430.00

36 Insurance $10,500.00

37 Water $1,300.00

38 Gas Heat $18,000.00

39 Less DePauw ($14,620.00)

40 Maintenance & Repairs $15,000.00

41 Janitorial Supplies $500.00

42 Cleaning Services $6,000.00

43 Legal Fees $20.00

44 Bank Fees $250.00

45 Parsonage Electricity $5,430.00

46 Parsonage Gas Heat

47 Parsonage Water and Trash Pickup

48 Parsonage TV/Phone/Internet Bundle $1,560.00

49 Trustee Expenses $63,370.00

50

2015 2015 2015 2015

Final Final Final Final

BudgetBudgetBudgetBudget

This 2015 budget

was approved by

members of Admin-

istrative Council on

December 23,

2014. As Adminis-

trative Council

Chair, John Schlot-

terbeck, included in

an email to the

other council mem-

bers, “We need to

celebrate the good

news: giving is up

substantially, we

have new pledging

units, aND a bal-

anced budget.” In

addition we have

programming back

in our budget for our

5 Fruitful Practices

(lines 26-30) as well

as one of our con-

nections to the

United Methodist

Church through our

tithing to the Confer-

ence and apportion-

ments to the West

District. Many

thanks to those of

you who have

pledged so gener-

ously for 2015 and

also to those who

will give abundantly

as they are able!!

January 2015

51 Church Office Expense

52 Church Telephone $1,200.00

53 Church Internet $150.00

54 Paper Supplies $700.00

55 Postage $1,750.00

56 Copier $1,200.00

57 Other Office Supplies $800.00

58 Advertising $200.00

59 Church Office Expense $6,000.00

60

61 Pastoral Staff Expense

62 Pastoral Staff Salary $39,970.00

63 Pastoral Health Insurance $13,120.00

64 Pastoral Pension $7,750.00

65 Pastoral Phone $600.00

66 Accountable Reimbursement $7,000.00

67 Mileage

68 Continuing Education

69 Pastor Maureen Travel $1,680.00

70 Pastoral Staff Expense $70,120.00

71

72 Lay Staff Expense

73 Lay Staff Secretary $20,910.00

74 Lay Staff Choir Director $4,100.00

75 Lay Staff Instrumentalist $5,460.00

76 Lay Staff Nursery Director $1,670.00

77 Lay Staff FICA Expense $2,460.00

78 Lay Staff Accounting Services $2,400.00

79 Workers' Comp. Insurance $1,140.00

80 Lay Staff Expense $38,140.00

81

82 Total Expenses $201,670.00

83 Total Income $201,670.00

84 Balanced Budget $0

85

86

2015 2015 2015 2015

Final Final Final Final

Budget Budget Budget Budget

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THE LITTLE RED WAGON THE LITTLE RED WAGON THE LITTLE RED WAGON THE LITTLE RED WAGON

Help us fill the Little Red Wagon each Sunday morning with your donations

of non-perishable food items. The Food Pantry is ALWAYS in need of food

to distribute.

Christmas Wreaths Bring Beauty and JoyChristmas Wreaths Bring Beauty and JoyChristmas Wreaths Bring Beauty and JoyChristmas Wreaths Bring Beauty and Joy

Many thanks to all who purchased the fresh evergreen wreaths this year from Gobin. Not

only do they bring beauty and joy to those who receive them, but they also bring some ex-

tra money to whatever program of the church needs some additional help. This year we

purchase 55 wreaths and were able to give the proceeds of over $500 to the Education

Fund. Sally Sunkel has done this for the past several years. If someone else would like to

take this over in 2015, she would be happy to show you her notes, and she thinks we

could really help aa new program if we would promote these throughout out friends and

family. If you’re interested, contact Sally Sunkel. Many thanks to Sally for pulling this

together this year!!

Transformers=Difference Makers Transformers is making a difference one life at a time. The “Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World” class was just completed for the third time under the leadership of Teddy Shuck and one of our former gradu-ates. In this class, “investigators” are challenged to evaluate where they are now and to dream about where they want to be. They are encouraged to build resources in eleven dif-ferent categories (financial resources being only one of the eleven!) We have a total of 15 graduates now from the three classes and I want to share some of the ways their lives are different. One can now see after getting health insurance so she could have cataract surgery. Others have become more involved in their churches, build-ing spiritual and social resources. One is active volunteering to serve our community now. Several have pursued educational goals from finishing a GED to starting classes at Ivy Tech so they can get better jobs. One has moved out of state after purchasing a home with the dream of being a foster parent and even adopting. Nearly everyone feels more confi-dent about their future. Hope is a priceless commodity. Graduates continue to meet once a month at “Circles of Hope,” a support group for them and allies from the middle class who want to encourage them in completing their “future story.” Each graduate writes their own future story but we all need a little support and en-couragement. Getting Ahead is just one of the ministries under Transformers. Together we are making a difference. Thank you for both your financial and prayer support! If you would like to be-come more involved, please contact Lori Miller at [email protected].

Lori Miller

Getting Ahead Coordinator

January 2015

Right: "Modern Day Heroes/Heroine who lost their lives fight-ing Ebola in West Africa. More than 18,000 have been infected and over 6,000 have died, among them these doctors and nurses. We honor them and their coura-geous fight against this deadly disease in publishing their pic-tures this month. They braved Ebola out of their Faith. The New York Times tells us 'The workers offer medicine, meals, cookies and com-fort. They try to make patients smile. Very, very carefully, they start IVs, spray clorine over and over, and dig graves. They pray.' (NYT, 11/2, 2014, p 14). Matthew 25:31ff says: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gath-ered before him and he will sepa-rate people one from an-other...Then the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come you that are blessed by my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for...I was sick and you took care of me..."

Left: These are some of

the fallen soldiers in the

fight against Ebola. All

these nurses in this pic-

ture are from a hospital in

Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Sadly they all lost their

lives while providing care

to other Ebola victims.

Bless their souls and RIP.

Taken from Fightebola.org

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Matt Cummings along with another DePauw fac-

ulty member, some doctors, and several De-

Pauw students will soon be traveling to Ecuador

to partner with Timmy Global health, a non-profit

organization that provide medical care, screen-

ings, vitamins, and medicine to rural villages, in

the Amazon region. Matt, himself, used his love

of cycling to try to raise some of the funds to

take 2 large suitcases full of medical items in-

cluding prenatal vitamins for this trip. Although

we didn’t make him ride his bicycle to get it , our

mission committee did provide one hundred dol-

lars to purchase several bottles of prenatal vita-

mins. Initially they wanted to give Matt eh money for the vitamins, but Matt said he really

just needed the prenatal vitamins for the trip. So, Joe Ferguson, Chair of the Missions

Committee, went to Walmart and bough out all the prenatal vitamins they had at the time

and had to go back to get more later. We will pray for the safety of Matt and his group as

they work to improve the health of those in Ecuador in the near future, and we look forward

to pictures and possible a presentation about his adventures soon.

Joe Ferguson and Matt Cummings pose with

some of the prenatal vitamins that will be given

to the women of Ecuador.

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