April birthdays & anniversaries

New sanctuary to be consecrated!

Apr 3

Apr 3

Apr 6

Apr 15

Apr 19

Apr 26

Apr 29

Apr 30

Judy Wagner

Dale Baumgras

Madelyn Angst

C.J. Kjolhede

Joan Peck

Sean Divine

Hanna Angst

Julia Angst

April acolytes & coffee hour Acolytes:

1 ~ Emalee Hobbs & Tori Holyfield

8 ~ Olivia Hill & Georgia Hill

15 ~ Hanna Angst & Maddie Angst

22 ~ Brian Wagner & Brady Hawks

29 ~ Natalie Angst & Julia Angst

Coffee Hour:

1 ~ Randy & Val Meder & Heather

Wicke

8 ~ Jean Austin & Rob & Jody Frank

15 ~ Nancy Koerner & Lisa Koerner

22 ~ Troy & Mary Angst

29 ~ Troy & Katrina Hill

Laingsburg United Methodist Church • Pastor Elbert P. Dulworth • 210 N. Crum St.

Laingsburg, MI 48848 • 517-651-5531 • email: lumc@cablespeed.com • April, 2012

Sunday, May 6, 2012, Bishop Jonathan Keaton

(MI Area), the Rev. Dr. Eugene Blair

(Crossroads District Superintendant), and the

Reverend Joanne Bartelt (Bluewater District

Superintendent), will be joining us for worship

to consecrate our new building.

Mark your calendars now and plan to be with

us for worship and a host of other activities as

we celebrate the completion of our building

project and open wide our doors to our

community.

Stay tuned for more information on events

planned for this day!

April 1 ~ Palm Sunday 10am worship

5 ~ Maundy Thursday service here 7:15pm (food

bank to close early at 7pm)

6 ~ Good Friday service at St. Isidore’s Catholic

Church 7pm

8 ~ Easter Sunday

7:30am Sunrise service

8:00am Breakfast

10:00am Celebration Service

Holy Week

Worship

Schedule

The new library

Front entrance to the church

It took 10 men to carry the new steeple

Sanctuary

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Meet Brian West, joining LUMC as Pastor in July

If anyone desires to contribute

toward new seating, stained

glass windows etc, in honor or

memory of someone, please

contact Norma Parker.

517-651-6468

The Clothesline will reopen Saturday, April 14, 10-2, with a grand reopening special: “Buy

10 items that fit in a bag for $10 and get 10 more items that fit in another bag for

$5”(some exclusions apply).

We are stocked with all new spring and summer merchandise for the whole family, open

every Saturday after the 14th, from 10-2 and Thursdays 3-6. The

Clothesline is a non-profit clothing store with gently used and

new clothing; donations of spring and summer merchandise are

being accepted at this time. If you would like to volunteer, please

call Pat White,651-5390.

Building Project Update Bishop Jonathon Keaton has appointed

the Reverend Brian G. West, effective

July 1st, to serve at Laingsburg United

Methodist Church.

Brian comes to us from the Mount

Clemens, MI area. He is engaged and

is planning to be married in April

2013.He is self-motivated, faith-filled,

hard working, and mature. Brian brings

experience in lay ministry, campus

ministry, and local church ministry.

He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity Degree at

Methodist Theological School in Ohio where he will be

graduating this Spring. He will be commissioned May 20,

2012, at the Detroit Annual Conference in Adrian, MI. He

earned a BA in Religious Studies with a minor in Sociology

from Mount Union College, Alliance, OH.

As a student, Brian served as the Associate Student Pastor

at the Amlin United Methodist Church, in Dublin, Oh.

Stay tuned to your bulletin and newsletter as the Pastor

Parish Relations Committee prepares events to welcome

Brian in July.

Clothesline store grand re-opening

Everyday new things are

happening! It’s an exciting

place to be! Here’s the latest:

Expected by the end of March:

Sidewalks & driveway

Entrance doors

Carpeting

Ceiling tiles

Painting of sanctuary

Sound/projection

Cabinetry in classrooms,

offices, & library

Interior doors

ePIFany Now!

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Come together with your neighbors to perform random acts of

kindness throughout the area and encourage others to pay it

forward. Nearly 300 people attended the most recent event Feb.

12 in Lansing. We're very fortunate to have this nationally

recognized program – recently featured on the CBS Evening

News – available to us! Learn more at ePIFanyNow.org.

We will need many hands to make this amazing program

happen. If you'd like to help organize food, set up the venue,

promote the event or just greet people at the door, there will

many opportunities to be involved. Please e-mail Carrie

Rathbun Hawks (carrie@rathbunpr.com) or Ed Buskirk

(edbuskirk@gmail.com) with your interest or questions.

Lions Club Springtime Festival

Farewell

Luncheon for

the Dulworths

Mark your calendars now! Sunday, June

10, following worship there will be a

luncheon to honor pastor and Dawn. You

don’t want to miss this opportunity to

fellowship with them one last time!

Sean Divine is wrestling for the

Laingsburg club of MYWAY, a

Michigan youth wrestling

association.

He weighs in at 79 to 80 lbs and

that makes him a heavyweight.

He has taken firsts in five

tournaments and one second. Even

though he had no one in his bracket

for regionals, he wrestled 2-77 lbs

in exhibition. He pinned one and

won the other 11-4.

We are so excited for him and very

proud. He is working really hard and keeps positive. Sean just

got a second place in the state finals, wrestling a boy from

Montrose. “He worked super hard! He said he had fun! We are

so very proud of our son.” Marty & Deb Divine

Spotlight on Sean

Wolf pack band Springtime Parade 2011

LUMC is offering a core exercise class in

partnership with the Shiawassee YMCA.

Registration is open to anyone in the community

and is not limited to church members.

Classes will start at 1 p.m. on April 24 and run for

seven weeks. Cost is $4 per week. The group will

meet temporarily at St. Isidore’s Catholic Church

on Crum Street while the Methodist church

construction finishes up.

The core exercise class is a low-impact program

designed for older adults, some of whom may

have minor health issues. But it is also open to all

who wish to incorporate more healthy movement

in their lives.

For more information, contact Jean Smith at

517-651-7520. Registration closes April 17.

YMCA @ LUMC

Once again the Lions Club of Laingsburg is hosting its annual Springtime

Festival the week of May 10-13. Below are some of the activities that our

congregation will be a part of:

Breakfast for the carnival workers,

here the 10th at 10am

Rummage sale (May 10-12)

Parade entry

Info table at downtown festivities

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Food Bank 6-8pm

Worship 10am Communion Palm Sunday Food Bank Collection Trustees Meet 11am

Men’s B-fast 8:30am

Worship 10am

EASTER SUNDAY Sunrise Service 7:30am Breakfast 8am Celebration Service

Food Bank 1-3

Weight Watchers 5-7

Food Bank 1-3 Weight Watchers 5-7 Work Areas 7pm

Food Bank 1-3 Weight Watchers 5-7 Finance 7:30pm Council 8pm

Food Bank 1-3

Weight Watchers 5-7

Worship 10am Native American Ministries Offering

Bells 7pm

Choir 7:30pm

Food Bank 6-8pm

UMW Meeting 10am

Food Bank 6-8pm

Maundy Thursday @ LUMC 7:15pm

Good Friday Service 7pm At St. Isidore’s Catholic Church

Worship 10am

Bells 7pm

Choir 7:30pm

Bells 7pm

Choir 7:30pm

Bells 7pm

Choir 7:30pm Food Bank 6-8pm

Food Bank 1-3

Weight Watchers 5-7

Scrapbookers 6:30pm

Scrapbookers 6:30pm

Scrapbookers 6:30pm

Scrapbookers 1-5pm

Clothesline Grand Re-opening 10am-2pm

Clothesline 10-2

Clothesline 10-2

Clothesline 3-6pm

Clothesline 3-6pm