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Haskins Community Church News
January 2018
RULE OF LIFE
During worship the month of January, we will be
looking into ways that we can deepen our relationship
with God, hear his call for our life, and discern the ways
in which he wants us to live. We will begin with a
reflection on baptism and it’s importance, starting with
the remembrance of Jesus’ own baptism. This is an
excellent opportunity for those who have never been
baptized to consider taking this important step. I would
be happy to discuss this with anyone who might be
interested.
We then will spend a few weeks discussing
Spiritual Disciplines: What is their purpose, what are
some examples of Spiritual Disciplines, and how can
they help us not only prepare our hearts for the
upcoming Lenten Season, but open our lives for
continued service.
The last part of the month, we will explore the
concept of the “Personal Rule of Life.” We’ll begin
with a definition and explanation of this concept,
followed by perusing and considering the “Rule of Life”
designed by others. And we will end the month by each
of us constructing (if you so desire) a “Personal Rule of
Life” which I pray will be a practical and useful
document that you will also find inspiring and uplifting.
I pray God will open our hearts and minds to new
opportunities and experiences in 2018!
Pastor Jenny
Jennifer Jackson, Pastor cell: 419/260-9677
Hours made by appt.
Haskins Community Church 209 Main St., P.O. Box 287
Haskins, OH 43525
Phone: 419/823-1972
Visit our webpage at: www.haskinscommunitychurch.org
Laura Meyer, Secretary
Office: 419/823-1972
E-mail: [email protected]
Worship Services: Sundays 10:00a.m.
Coffee Fellowship: following worship
Communion: 1st Sunday each month
Sunday School: 11:15 a.m. (Sept.-May)
Church Office Hours: Tues., - Thurs. 8:00-3 p.m.
The Annual Meeting is
January 28th, followed by
a potluck dinner.
The Annual Report will be available to the congregation
on January 21st.
Committee Chairs
Annual Report submissions are due by Tues., Jan. 2nd.
Reports can be emailed (in Word or
Works) to: [email protected]
or dropped off at the office.
Prayer Concerns
For those who are ill, recovering, and with on-going concerns:
Please call or e-mail the church office to let us know of any new
prayer concerns and also when names can be removed. Thanks!
Merle Peoples Sharon McIntyre Chet Newton Karen Farriker Richard Collett Drew Baus Janice Kaiser Brown Bob Herman Jonathan Parsons Katherine Zemke Ethan Scott Carol Fischer Lynn Pfaender Neva Studer Bob Genson Janet Sunderman
Our “shut in” members: Mike Genson Bernetta Podolak Donelda Shedrick Nancy Stork All service men & women in the military including: Kyle Neumann Todd Audet Emerson & Ivy Wu, Amer. Baptist Missionaries in Hong Kong Back Bay Mission
For Family and Friends of Deceased: Jean Pocket James Studer Valerie McIntyre Ken Bostdorff
Worship Schedule
for January 2018
January 7
Worship: Epiphany/Communion Scriptures: Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11
Sermon: “Born Anew” We begin our focus on new beginnings as we remember the baptism of our Lord. In the significant moment of baptism, there is a new beginning for each of us As we grow in understanding of our own baptism, or consider taking that important step to be baptized, rejoice that we also are God’s beloved.
Ushers: Bennett Family Kids Konnection: Sue Rider Liturgist: Media: Coffee fellowship:
January 14
Worship: Second Sunday after Epiphany Scriptures: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20); John 1:43-51
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Sermon: “Discerning God’s Call” God calls us, often in unexpected ways. In today’s readings, people are called. How will they hear the call? How will they respond? How will they live out the call? And how do we each hear and respond to our call? The best way to hear God’s call is to explore spiritual disciplines.
Ushers: Bennett Family Kids Konnection: Sue Rider Liturgist: MaryEllen Futrell Media: Coffee fellowship:
Worship Schedule for January 2018
January 21
Worship: 3rd Sunday after Epiphany/ Christian Unity Sunday Scriptures Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12;
Mark 1:14-20; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Sermon: “What is a Personal Rule of Life?” A Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth in holiness. We will continue to explore spiritual disciplines in depth as we look at various examples created by many others.
Ushers: Bennett Family /Kids Konnection: Christine Liturgist: Media: Coffee fellowship:
January 28
Worship: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Scriptures: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28
Sermon: “Creating a Personal Rule of Life” Working together, we will help you create a Personal Rule of Life to help with direction, contentment, focus and discernment of God’s call in your life.
Ushers: Bennett Family/ Kids Konnection: Laura M. Liturgist: Media: Coffee fellowship:
MEN’S BREAKFAST
All men are invited to join us for
breakfast the first Tuesday of every month.
Our next breakfast will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, 9:00 a.m. at Scrambler Marie’s in Perrysburg.
Note: Breakfast is canceled if Wood or Lucas counties
have a snow emergency.
Girl’s Night Out
PLANNING MEETING
January 11th, 2018 at 6:15 p.m.
“Charlie’s” Restaurant on Toll Gate Drive
Maumee. Meet at HCC at 6:00 p.m. to
carpool or 6:20 at the restaurant.
Bring along your calendars and any ideas
for 2018 events!
Sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in
the sanctuary.
Bring in canned goods
now through
Super Bowl Sunday February 4th, 2018
All donations benefit the Otsego Food Pantry.
Monetary donations will be collected on Super Bowl
Sunday. With your donations, millions will be raised
across the country to help people in need.
ORDINATION SERVICE INVITATION
Everyone is invited to attend the ordination of Vickie Rankins
Anderson at Cass Road Baptist Church on Sunday, January
21st at 3:00 p.m. Some of you had the pleasure to meet
Vickie when she preached at HCC on December 3, 2017. Come and help celebrate this special occasion.
NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY
We hope you will sign up to have your picture taken as part of the new HCC church directory being made. Sign up sheets will be posted soon for February 5th and 6th, from 2:00—9:00 p.m. There is no cost to be photographed, and you will receive a free 8x10. Watch for more details!
Channels 11 & 13 will be notified when Sunday worship services are cancelled.
Check the prayer chain emails first.
When there is a Level 3 Snow Emergency there will be no worship services. Only snow removal equipment and emergency vehicles are allowed on the roads.
When there is a Level 2 Snow Emergency, if we haven’t cancelled, please use your discretion about coming to church.
For weekday activities: please contact the committee and organi-zation members concerning cancellations.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover Sat. December 30 at Haskins Community Church
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SPONSORED BY THE HCC YOUTH GROUP
Drop your stuffed animal off at Haskins Community Church at 209
W. Main St. in Haskins between 6PM-8PM on Sat. Dec. 30. The
youth group will throw a New Year's Party for the toys later that
evening. Your child can pick them up the next morning between
11AM-noon. The child will receive pictures of the activities and a
letter "written" by their stuffed animal describing their fun evening.
Donations of $10 per animal (max $20 per family) are suggested to
benefit missions projects. For inquiries, please contact Hayley
Studer at: [email protected] or 419-340-2599
What we’re up to during Wednesday Bible Study
Bible study on Wednesdays at noon has covered the Book of Acts which
could also be called the Book of the Holy Spirit. The first study Acts
Chapter 1, focused on the ascension of Christ after His Resurrection
from the dead and His appearance to the apostles and others. Before He
ascended He promised they would receive the Power of the Holy Spirit.
Christ told them not to leave Jerusalem. As promised the Holy Spirit
came to the followers on Pentecost and from there the early church
began. The Spirit filled church existed in continuity with the old ways
but established a personal relationship with God (the veil was torn).
A new boldness overtook those filled with the Holy Spirit and
condemnation, threats and beatings from the Sanhedrin could not stop
these men from proclaiming the Life, Death and Resurrection of our
Lord and Savior.
My favorite reading so far begins in Chapter 6. There was a dispute in
the church because certain widows were not given a fair portion of what
was collected from the early church to help the less fortunate (the early
ministry for missions). Seven deacons were appointed to distribute the
resources so the apostles could continue to preach and witness about our
glorious Savior. These were the first deacons one of which was Stephen.
He is described as full of the Holy Spirit and through the Spirit’s power
began preaching with such authority of Old Testament and the
Resurrected Savior that the Sanhedrin became jealous and defensive.
False charges were brought against Stephen and he stood before the
assembly with the longest speech in Acts (Chapter 7). He spoke not to
save his life but to proclaim the glory of Jesus Christ who he accused the
Sanhedrin of killing. They became furious and carried Stephen outside
the city gates and stoned him. As he was dying he forgave his
persecutors and all who witnessed his trial and death saw, The Face of
an Angel. One in the crowd was Saul who after meeting Jesus on his
way to Damascus became Paul.
Gives me goosebumps seeing God’s perfect plan and ability to turn what
seems to be senseless violence into a part of His perfect plan. Can this
relate to the events in our world and in your life?
That’s what we’re doing Wednesday at noon beginning January 10th. I
invite you to join us.
Teresa Venis
Haskins Community Church Annual Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, January 28th
Join us for this important annual event following worship as we look back on our efforts and accomplishments for 2017, and then focus on discerning God’s call for 2018.
CARD/GAME NIGHT Tuesday, January 23rd at 6:30 p.m.
Adults and children alike are welcome to attend! Bring a deck of cards, your favorite board games, or even a puzzle!
(Note: If there is any type of snow emergency for Wood County, we will not meet.)
Thank you so much for the Kohl’s gift card you gave me!
Also, a HUGE thank you for the gift of money you gave me for
Christmas! I will greatly miss this job, it was truly a blessing
working for HCC! I appreciate everything! Love, Tracy
Save the date
February 17, 2017 Haskins Community Church Blood Drive
Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesday, February 14th
6:00 p.m. potluck
7:00 p.m. Worship service
with communion and imposition of ashes.
Let us begin our Lenten journey together!
Cards of Thanks
Thank you so much for your gift of the beautiful throw! Dawn, Kim & Doug (Davisson Family) ______________________________________________________________________
Your gift of the prayer shawl came at a most “needed time.” Larry was in hospitals (x3) for almost 12 wks. Now is taking outpatient PT, OT and speech each week. God blessed us with so many “praying people.” We thank you for your love and prayer support. He is gaining strength each week and is only using a cane. The therapy has served him well. “Eating” is getting much better, as he hardly chokes or coughs now. He does get cold easily so Larry loves that blanket that was knitted together with love. Merry Christmas to all! Larry and Evelyn Canfield ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you to Doug Futrell for donating a 12 foot ladder to the church. We appreciate it so much! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A huge thank you to all our faithful HCC members and friends who helped us reach yet another milestone on Facebook! With your help in sharing our HCC page with family and friends, we were able to reach 100 followers! Thank you so much for your help in getting HCC missions and activities out to our community and even farther. If you haven’t done it already, follow us on Facebook! And a special thank your to Jillian Green and Hayley Studer for maintaining our Facebook page! Your hard work and dedications are appreciated! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \We want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continued support of the missions and ministries of Impact With Hope. Your generous donation of $440.00 on 9/27/17 has helped to support the hurricane relief effort. Your ongoing support helps us continue to bring hope to children, families and communities around the world who are facing hunger, famine, major health crisis or whose lives have been shattered by disasters. Linda Greene President/CEO Impact for Hope ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sue and I would like to thank everyone who worked or donated to the Country Store. We had a lot of nice donations and a good variety. Proceeds of $457.00 were received and used for gift purchases for Crossroad Child & Family Services. Sue & Ruth _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks to everyone who baked cookies and bought cookies at the cookie walk. We raised $270.00 to be used to purchase gifts for the children at Crossroad. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our Christmas project of providing items from the Wish List for Crossroads Child & Family Services was a success! We received almost $850.00 to purchase items for the kids. With additional items donated by people in the community and thanks to the generosity of Meijer in Rossford, we were able to fill an entire large rolling bin of items for Crossroad. Thanks to those that helped me shop and deliver the gifts! Hayley Studer
Care Notes: are available in the Sanctuary for yourself, or others that are in need of words of encourage-ment. Donations for this ministry can be put in the offering envelopes found in the pew racks, please note that it’s for Care Notes Ministry.
Clean up & personal care kits: needed to replenish stock used in disaster areas. Flyers are on the info table listing items to put in the kits.
Compassion Fund: envelopes marked Compassion Fund (which helps area families in need), are in the pew racks and can be placed in the offering plate.
Kroger Community Rewards: Kroger Plus Cards (available at Kroger service desks) can raise funds for our Church when you register your card at: www.krogercommunityrewards.com
All cards need to be re-registered in April.
Prayer Shawls: help crochet or knit shawls, info. packets are on the infor-mation table in the sanctuary.
Otsego Food Pantry: Leave non-perishable food and paper products downstairs behind the partition on the north end. Monetary donations can be placed in the can in the kitchen.
Pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House: Please place pop tabs on the info. table in the sanctuary.
Wood Lane: Greeting card covers, Box Tops for Educ. UPC’s and Campbell’s Soup Label UPC’s. Place in the drawers on the information table in the sanctuary.
Recycle Items: Ink cartridges; old cell phones (delete personal info and contacts); Digital cameras (3 mega pixels or greater); MP3 play-ers; and GPS devices. Proceeds benefit our Compassion Fund. Drop-off box downstairs.
St. Mark Furniture Pantry: Furniture, small appliances, general home goods (towels, dishes, etc.) are accepted. Please call them at (419-353-9305) from 8-4:30 to arrange a pick up. No sleeper sofas or large appliance accepted.
Daisy Dishcloths: $2.00 each. Sales support missionary work. See Beth Schutzberg to purchase.
mark your calendars for the
hcc annual pancake day Saturday, March 3, 2018
Note Time Change: 8:00 am—2:00 pm
2nd Joci Sheldrick 3rd Bronson Young 4th Kate Winters 5th Erin Valentine 7th Peter Swanson 8th Justin Dickey 8th Tyler Dickey 11th Chelsea Peterson 12th Ashley Brooks 13th James Genson 14th Jason Green 15th Melody Grosswiler 16th Hanna Bostdorff 16th Laura Genson Meyer 18th Peter Genson 18th Cathy Wenig 19th Brittany Buchanan 22nd Amanda Gadsby 23rd Dave Goodman 25th Annette (Herman) Beck 26th Melissa Lang 28th Genson Meyer 30th Gerald Longstreet 31st Janelle Brooks 31st David Genson
19th Brittanee/Tom Colston
(our weekly budget is $1,939.52)
December 3: attendance, 59 Total: $ 1,503.00 Envelopes $ 1,395.00 Loose $ 108.00 Cookie Walk: $ 270.00 December 10: attendance, 83 Total: $ 1,543.00 Envelopes $ 1,245.00 Loose $ 298.00 Memorial offering: $590.00 Bill Davisson December 17: attendance, 51 Total: $ 1,52900 Envelopes $ 1,485.00 Loose $ 44.00 December 24 - Christmas Eve: attendance: 61 Total: $ 1,277.00 Envelopes $ 1,144.00 Loose $ 133.00 Special offerings: Compassion $20.00 Memorial : Bill Davisson $57.00 December 24—Candlelight attendance: 51 Total: $ 172.00 Crossroads Offering:
