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Footprints

A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON 5810 Bryant Road, Ludington, MI 49431 (231) 843-8340 Email: office@ludingtonumc.org www.ludingtonumc.org Believers seeking and sharing the character of Christ

2012

UMC Special Events

and Committee Meetings 1 New Year’s Day: One worship service at 10:00 am 2 Office closed for holiday 3,10,17,24,31 Intercessory Prayer 9:30 am, Bell Choir Rehearsal 5:00 pm 3 We serve Community Table 4:30-6:00 pm at Community Church 3 Trustees 7:00 pm 4,11,18,25 Rug & Sleeping Bag Ladies 9:00 am, Praise Band Rehearsal 7:00 pm 5,12,19,26 Women’s Bible Study 9:30 am, Chancel Choir 7:00 pm, Praise Choir 8:00 pm 5 XYZ 12:00 pm, Finance Committee 5:30 pm 9,16,23,30 Woodworking class 7:00 pm 10 Staff-Pastor-Parish Committee 7:00 pm 11,18,25 Family Meal 6:00 pm 16 Evangelism Committee 6:30 pm 18,25 Book Study 7:00 pm 19 Youth Board 7:00 pm 22 All Church Bowling Party 1:45-4:00 pm, Park Lanes (see page 3 inside) 24 Administrative Board 6:30 pm 27 Youth Mission Trip Training 4:00-8:00 pm 28 Crop & Craft for Missions 9 am – 9 pm Please see page 2 for community activities, page 3 for Legacy, and page 6 for United Methodist Women.

“...And what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”

Micah 6:8

Maralee McCumber is shown with the results of the December 4 food ingathering she coordinated for the Salvation Army Food Pantry. Many thanks to all who donated!

For more missions news, see the Haiti Mission Trip report on page 7.

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Community Events in Our Church This Month

1,8,15,22,29—Hispanic Church 5:00-7:00 pm 4,11,18,25—Business Network International (BNI) 6:30-9:00 am, Recorder Group 7:00 pm 7—Emmaus Potluck & Worship 3:00-8:00 pm 11—Habitat Board 12:00 pm 12—Emmaus Board 6:00 pm 16—MOMSnext 9:00-11:00 am 19—Cub Scout sledding in back yard, time TBA

If you have a Sunday morning announce-ment to make, please let Pastor Tom know ASAP. Often he has to say no to announce-ment requests because of time considera-tions.

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Please note: The Thursday morning Women’s Bible Study, which begins at 9:30 am January 5, will use The Fruit of the Spirit: Cultivating Christ-like Character. The Senior Saints book was out of print.

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Bob & Marge Kruse proudly announce the birth of their granddaughter, Clara Elizabeth Ward, born November 7 to Hope and Mike Ward. Hope is Bob and Marge’s youngest daughter and this is her first child. Clara weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce and meas-ured 18 inches.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Wednesday Night Meals in Fellowship Hall will recommence January 11 and will continue until the end of April. These meals will take place at 6:00 pm, with singing and devotions to follow. Cost of the meal is $6. We plan to have a five week study of John Ort-berg’s The Me I Want to Be beginning Wednes-day, January 18, if there is sufficient interest. Please express your interest by calling Al Carlson at 843-7071, or sign up on the sheet posted in the church office.

January 2012 XYZ MEETING

The XYZ (Xtra Years of Zest) Group will meet at noon on Thursday, January 5 in Fellowship Hall. The meeting will begin with a potluck lunch, so please bring a dish to pass and your own table ser-vice. Following lunch, Cris Wegener and the Lud-ington Center for the Arts volunteer coordinator will present a program on the activities taking place in our former church building on Harrison Street. Please join us for a time of good food, fellowship and what I’m sure will be an interesting program regarding the uses for our former church.

A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tourna-ment victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.” This timely pun submitted by Lyman Lauver.

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LEGACY Crop and Craft For Missions

January 28, 9am-9pm Cost- $25

Anyone is welcome to come and spend a day crafting, sewing, or

scrapbooking. The cost will cover your own table and all three

meals. There will be drawings for prizes and games as well! All

proceeds go towards the youth summer mission teams. This is a

great time of doing what you love for a good cause. You can pre-

register for this event by contacting Jennifer Courtland.

Legacy@ludingtonumc.org or 231-843-8340

Confirmation

Congratulations to our six confirmands. We are so proud of you!

The following students faithfully attended 9 confirmation sessions,

completed a project, memorized Bible verses, served 5 hours of

community service and passed the final exam. Blaise Iles, Anika

Korendyke, Kaitlyn Davis, Chance Iles, Melody Houk, and Skylar

Korendyke. We welcome you as new members of our church!

Confirmation

Congratulations to our six confirmands. We are so proud of you!

The following students faithfully attended 9 confirmation sessions,

completed a project, memorized Bible verses, served 5 hours of

community service and passed the final exam. Blaise Iles, Anika

Korendyke, Kaitlyn Davis, Chance Iles, Melody Houk, and Skylar

Korendyke. We welcome you as new members of our church!

Monthly Calendar

1/1– Happy New Year

1/8– MS Legacy 5pm HS Legacy 7pm

1/15– MS Legacy 5pm HS Legacy 7pm

1/21– Puerto Rico Mission Team Training

1/22– Bowling Party

1/27– Savannah Mission Team Training

1/27– Set-up for Crop and Craft

1/28– Crop and Craft for Missions

1/29– MS Legacy 5pm HS Legacy 7pm

Attention Mission

Team Members:

Please make note of the

dates for the training

sessions listed on the left.

Remember it is crucial

that you attend as

important information

will be shared.

Times-TBA Thanks!

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January

2012

SPECIAL THANK YOU

Thank you so much to all of the

wonderful volunteers who helped make

the Christmas program a success. The

children did a great job and everyone

worked together so nicely.

MISSIONS

Last month the Sunday

School children raised

money for Toys for Tots and

were able to purchase

several nice items. The

Salvation Army distributed

the toys to children in need.

Great job guys!

For January and February

we will be using our offer-

ings to purchase undergar-

ments, socks, and other

similar items for the chil-

dren associated with COVE.

We will dedicate the items

on Undie Sunday. It’s so

nice to see the children giv-

ing to the commnity. What

a great habit to instill in our

future generation!

FAMILY BOWLING PARTY

On January 22 we invite all Sunday

School children and their families to

participate in this fun event. We will

meet at Park Lanes and bowl from

1:45-5pm. The cost is $5 per person.

This includes shoes, two games, and a

can of pop. The church will also provide

popcorn. Bumpers will be available for

the younger children.

The sign-up sheet will

be posted on the CE

bulletin board on Janu-

ary 8. We hope that you

will be able to join us.

This is a great activity

for all ages!

SS MONTHLY

CALENDAR

1/1—Happy New Years

1/8– SS resumes– 9:30am

Bowling Party Sign-up

Begins

1/15– SS 9:30am

1/22– SS 9:30am

Bowling Party 1:45-4pm

1/29– SS 9:30

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To Friends and Family at the United Methodist Church of Ludington, Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your prayers, calls, cards and visits

during my time of healing. I further appreciate your expressions of concern as expressed to Eldonna dur-ing my absence from church and normal daily activi-ties. I have been blessed! No longer do I wear the medical vacuum that accompanied me twenty-four hours a day nor am I under the care of Home Health Care anymore. In September I was told that I would be facing twelve months of healing. Nevertheless, I am now allowed to participate in activities of my choice. So I continue to pray for complete healing in God’s time and patience so that I may endure the wait. Please continue to pray that the healing power of Jesus Christ will continue to touch me. With thanksgiving and in Christ’s Love, Ken Tabor

to all those who helped with the December 11 Children’s Christ-mas Program and Birthday Party for Jesus: Jennifer Courtland—Director

Darlene Ponko—Producer Judy Shoemaker—Music/PK Bruce Rillema & Bob Kruse—Camel song duet Patti Gottwald, Donna Peterson, Jane Clark— Costumes Jeanne Worm—Bethlehem backdrop Kristin Korendyke, Bev Hamman, Anne Flutur, Sue Vengen—Script help Paul Garland—Video Jim Clark & Steve Begnoche—Photography Todd Courtland—Sound Tech Laurie McKinven-Copus—Program Betty Tabor & Tricia Fountain—Snack Reception Coordinators—Sally Reed, Anne Flutur, Erma Rodgers Ellamae McDonald—Birthday Cake All children, teachers and parents

The program was great! See the photos in the next column.

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The stars

Some happy singers

Birthday party for Jesus

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Would you like to help the church keep track of im-portant events in its life? We need a Church Histo-rian. Contact Pastor Tom for more information.

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Our church serves Community Table on Tuesday, January 3. Please call Jeanie Burtch at 843-8306 to volunteer for food preparation, serving, or cleanup.

Friday, January 6—Executive Board 1:00 pm Wednesday, January 18—Naomi Circle at church 1:30 pm

United Methodist Women

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I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of our congregation who have served so willingly as Ludington United Methodist Church leaders during the time I have served as Administrative Board Chair-man. Thank you for your cooperation and your par-ticipation! Gregg Heimall I would like to thank all of you who rang bells for the Salvation Army at Walmart this Christmas season: 72 of our church people, age 6 to almost 90, rang a total of 174 hours. Your time and efforts were greatly ap-preciated. Bev Hamman, Coordinator

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On November 10, 2011 seven men and women went on a 12 day mission trip to Haiti. Members of the team include: Becky Sopha, Rommie Mac-Donald, Dave Hamman-team leader, from UMC of Ludington; Delberta Troutman, Hartford UMC; Dawn Brown, Traverse Bay UMC; and Steve and Chris Wettle, Marshall UMC. We left Detroit Thursday morning and arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti later that day and spent the night at the Meth-odist guesthouse. The next day we went to the town of Petit Goave about two hours west of Port-au-Prince, near the epicenter of the 2010 earthquake. We stayed at a Methodist guesthouse. In Petit Goave we distrib-uted 10 Sawyer water filters to the Brakeman Meth-odist School, and 31 water filter systems to pre-chosen women at the Olivier Medical Clinic outside of Petit Goave. The following day we gave 10 more to selected families of the Central Methodist Church of Petit Goave.

Above: Part of the mission team with Haitians who received some water filter systems. Right column: Becky with infant at La Pistere clinic

At each place of distribution we assembled the sys-tems and gave instructions as to how to use and maintain them. We also left $100 for a nurse to do a follow up with the recipients. Another 20 systems were left to be distributed by the District Superin-tendent in Miragoane and 10 for the Leone area near the town of Jeremie. We attended a church service in Petit Goave on Friday night and another one on Sunday which was a special harvest service. Becky played a few songs on the keyboard at the Sunday service and the congregation sang along. We

returned to Port-au-Prince later that afternoon. On Monday, November 14, we flew north on a small 30 passenger plane over the beautiful mountains of Haiti to the city of Cap Haitien. The Methodist Guesthouse we stayed at for five nights overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. While in the Cap Haitien area, we distributed 20 more water filter systems to schools, clinics and families. We visited Baudin Elementary School, which our church sponsors, and distributed one pair of shoes to each teacher. Last June the teachers had requested black shoes so we brought them from home. We also gave each of them $20 for transportation back and forth to school. Next door to the school is Baudin Agricultural School where we cleaned walls, ceiling, and floor and then painted the walls. While Becky was sweeping and painting she was humming and singing. Then young Haitian men from the Baudin Methodist Church came in and started singing and working right along with her. Just outside Cap Haitien we visited the small village of Pistere at the foot of a mountain. Here we visited a spe-cial medical clinic operated by a United Methodist woman from Michigan. While there we met four Meth-odist Haitian men who have started an orphanage next to the clinic. They also started a very poor government school and we vis-ited both places. The next day in that same area, we visited an amazing program empower-ing women in busi-ness. The program makes micro loans to women to each start a business. For example, each woman signs for 10 chickens for ap-proximately 80 cents each. Then they go out and sell them for $2 a chicken. continued on next page

MISSION TEAM TO HAITI - NOVEMBER 2011

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With the profit, they pay back their loans and then have money left over to purchase 15 more and sell them for a total profit. Most of the women are sell-ing up to 200 chickens per month. Other animals and fruit they sell are goats, guinea fowl, plantains, bananas, other fruit, and chocolate. The following day we packed up food and drink for the day and 11 of us took a challenging four hour ride in and on a pickup truck following the Grande Riviere du Nord north all the way up to the moun-tain top village of Ranquitte. We crossed four streams along the way and at one point had to stop and repair a muffler. We stopped at a medical clinic at Latannerie and left $510 to hire a nurse to reopen the clinic. In Ranquitte, we visited the construction site of the new church our Methodist Church of Ludington is helping fund. The walls are two-thirds complete.

UMC of Ludington is one of the funders of this Methodist church being built in the mountainous town of Ranquitte. On Saturday, November 19, we flew back over the rugged mountains of Haiti to Port-au-Prince (PAP). We gave away a few more water filters to people in PAP. On Sunday, the 20th, we attended Frere Cam-pus Methodist Church along with orphan friends, then went to lunch with some of our Haitian friends at a nice American style restaurant. We also visited King's Orphanage, school and hospital where we visited with old and new friends alike. On Monday, November 21, most of the group re-turned to the U.S., arriving in Detroit late that night. Rommie & Dave stayed in PAP an extra day to meet with the President of the Eglise Methodiste de Haiti.

Dave also visited the home of the orphan girl he and Bev are sponsoring. The major accomplishment on this mission trip was the distribution of 102 life-saving water filter sys-tems. Overall, we were happy to see much more of the debris from the earthquake has been removed since last June and more construction has been tak-ing place throughout Port-au-Prince. Dave Hamman Mission Team Leader The office receptionists and newsletter folders attended an appreciation party December 15. These are the folks who answer the office phone and greet visitors; fold and stuff the weekly bulletins; fold, label and tape the monthly newsletters; and do many other behind-the-scenes duties to keep the gears of the church running smoothly.

Front Row: Versil Larsen, Dona Gottwald, Ruth Gillespie, Jane Clark, Maralee McCumber, Marcie Anderson, Marian Riffle Back Row: Phyllis Larsen, Donna King, Clarence Genson, Loraine Abrahamson, Lyn Pingle, Anne Estle, Allan Carlson, Cindy Genter, Office Manager Laurie McKinven-Copus, Lyman Lauver Not pictured: Todd Courtland, Bill McBeth, Ramona Myers, Ruthie Peterson, Vi Christopherson, Louise Davis, Edna and Will Nelson, Elta Vander Veer and Bob Peterson

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Jerry Beers Todd Courtland Addie Evans Stu Gartside Ashton Grimm Aiden Harper Brady Hubbs Phil & Carol Hunt Arlene Kelsey Carolann Klinkhammer Rick Lemke Debbie MacDonald Craig Mantey Sean Nelson Joseph Penrod People of Haiti Donna Rathert Brittany Kay Roat Pat Shinn’s sister Amy Sayers Dale Swanson Dennis Tabor Rev. Ken Tabor Victims of war, violence & trafficking worldwide Harold & Alice Wieland Linda Wolven

MILITARY Matt Bowling, OK Christina Collins, CA George Cone, Jr., SC Travis DeMeester, Afghan. Benjamin Gottwald, NC Jonathan Gottwald, TX Gregg Heimall, Jr Tyler Iteen, IL PFC Seth Keyser Sgt. Eric Luteyn, MO Adam Miller, LA Jonathan Oliver, CO

Richard Prez Christopher Stevens, CA Anthony (Tony) Wagner, VA Jason Harper works for a pri-vate contractor in Afghanistan. MISSIONARIES Bob & Sue Martin Paul Webster Pastor Bernard & Betty Lumene Delbert & Sandy Groves NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING Warren Abrahamson Leone Benedict Helen Blum Margie Cauchie Frieda Hansen Billie Jabrocki Shirley Larson Margaret Lunde Tom McCumber Don & Iva Randall Frances Shuey Eileen Thiel Emma Van Horn Soweto-Kapisha UMC and Front Porch Orphanage, Zambia; Baudin School, Haiti; Bwafano Care Project, Zambia; Ranquitte Methodist Church, Haiti

COLLEGE Nathan Allen, Trine Univ. Ashley Betke, MSU Brent Gillett, CMU Jenna Luke, Baker College Courtney Marshall, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA Thomas Marshall, MSU Mallory Pehrson, MSU Kate Post, Ferris Emma Post, Alma Darren Quillan, MSU Eric Reum, MSU Bethany Sonefeld, Ferris Matt Sonefeld, CMU Emily Sparks, MSU Ian Stubbs, U of M Jenni Stubbs, WSCC Rachael Sparks, U of MT Julie Swanson, WSCC SEMINARY Corey Young

Ongoing Prayer Concerns

PRAYER REQUEST CARDS are located in the pews, the narthex and the Volunteer’s Desk. Requests are prayed over on Tuesday mornings and are kept confidential. They are prayed over for 30 days unless updated for a

longer period of time. All prayer requests are kept in the office. If you have an urgent prayer request, you may activate the prayer chains by calling the church office at 843-8340. If the church office is closed, you may call either Lynne Gohn (843-4746) or Anne Estle (843-6263).

Christopher Wenzel b. March 11, 1958

d. December 1, 2011

Beloved husband of Kathy and father of Ian

“Peace I leave with you;

my peace I give to you…” John 14:27a

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INSIDE THE JANUARY 2012 ISSUE OF FOOTPRINTS

Footprints A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON

United Methodist Church of Ludington

5810 Bryant Rd., Ludington, Michigan 49431 (231) 843-8340 Fax: (231) 843-0070

Email: office@ludingtonumc.org Web site: www.ludingtonumc.org

Rev. Tom Evans, Pastor

Jennifer Courtland, Youth and Christian Education Director Laurie McKinven-Copus, Office Manager /Footprints Editor

Rebecca Sopha, Music Director Deb Wooster, Handbell Choir Director

Jac Russell, Praise Band Director Sharon Dostal and Jordyn Sanders, Nursery

OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

SUNDAY EVENTS Contemporary Worship and Sunday School for

Pre-Kindergarten through Adults 9:30 am Fellowship 10:15 am

Traditional Worship 11:00 am Nursery 9:30 am - 12:15 pm

The Footprints deadline is the third Monday of each month.

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PAID Ludington, MI Permit No. 163

Bits ‘N Pieces………….…........2 Calendar/Birthdays…..…..…..11 Financial Report…………...….6

Kids’ Page…………..……….10 Legacy…………..…………….3 Mission Team to Haiti ………..7 Prayer Ministry……...…........…9

Sunday School Report……..………...4 Thanks…………..……...…...………5 United Methodist Women…………..6 You Can Help……...………………..6