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NEWARK FIRST UMC
301 South Main Street PO Box 189 Newark, NY 14513
********************************* Email: [email protected] NewarkFirstUMC.org
NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID
NEWARK, NY PERMIT NO. 5
DECEMBERBER SERMON & SCRIPTURE LESSONS
12/2 — Confirmation Sunday
(First Sunday of Advent)
12/9 — “Be ready for the coming of the Lord”
(Malachi 3:1-4 Lk. 3:1-6)
12/16 — “Carols and Lessons” By the Chancel Choir
12/23 — “What the Child will Accomplish”
(Micah 5:2-5a Lk. 1:39-45 Heb. 10:5-10)
12/24 — “The Prince of Peace”
(Is. 9:2-7 Lk. 2:1-20)
12/30 — “The Greatest of all Virtues” (Love)
(I Samuel 2:18-20 Colo. 3:12-17)
DECEMBER 1, 2018
“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him ‘Emmanuel’ which means, ‘God with us’.” (Matt. 1:23)
What is the joy of Christmas? Is it in having the family together? Is it in deco-rating of Christmas tree? Is it in receiving lots of gifts? Or is it because of a holiday from school or work?
The real joy of Christmas is that God will come in Christ to save us. In Christ, the true God was truly present and in Christ, the true God was truly human. No one has ever seen God, but people saw Jesus and thus saw all of God that could be visible in a human form. In Jesus, God showed his character, he got up in our faces and hid nothing.
The Scripture says, “…today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord… (Luke 2:11).
The good news about Jesus is that he comes to all. He comes to anyone with a heart humble enough to accept him.
Newark First United Methodist Church
The Decem ber Messenger
Rev. Hyun Joo Yang
301 South Main Street
P.O. Box 189
Newark, NY 14513
V ISIT OUR W EBSITE N EWARKF IRSTUMC. ORG
Phone: 315-331-3895
E-mail: [email protected]
Newark-First-United-Methodist-Church
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST :
Tuesday-Prayer Service, 7pm
12/2—Confirmation Sunday 10am Service
12/6—Rebecca-Ruth / UMW Christmas Party
12/14-15—Cookie Sale Setup
12/15—Cookie Sale
12/16—Lessons & Carols 10am Service ONLY
12/23—Baptismal Service @ 10am Service
12/24—Christmas Eve Service, 7pm
12/25—TIC Christmas Dinner, 1pm
January Messenger deadline is December 14th.
www.unyumc.org
Like us:
@NewarkFUMC
@NewarkFUMC
PASTOR ’S CORNER
When Christ was born, God became a man. He was not part man and part God. Jesus was completely human and com-pletely divine. Jesus is the perfect expression of God in human form. God revealed through his prophets that he would come to us in the person of Emmanuel, so in this way we might know that God is with us.
The Lord promises us that he will be with us to the end of the age. He said, “…do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will up-hold you with my righteous right hand.”
There is a story about a man who heard a noise in the middle of the night. He went downstairs to investigate and found a burglar emptying the silver chest. He said to the man, “Stay where you are. I want to get my wife. She has been expecting you for twenty years.”
Worry cannot be solved if we insist on borrowing the anticipated problems of tomorrow. We insist on worrying today about what may happen in the future. Most of the things we worry about never happen.
Dear friends!
God is with us. He is in control of everything. He came to us through Jesus Christ. He will be with us forever. Emmanuel!
HAVE A PEACEFUL AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS!
Blessings,
Pastor Hyun Joo Yang
PAGE 2 THE DECEMBER MESSENGER
Hearing Assistance
is now available during
Sunday Service!
Ask for more
information at the
L ITURGIST SCHEDULE—DECEMBER
December 2 - Lindsey Wells
December 9 - Cole Talbot
December 16 - CE Presentation
December 23 - Kyle Houser
December 30 - J Joslyn
DECEMBER USHERS & GREETERS
December Ushers: Ron & Eloise Miller, Gail DeFisher, Betty Welch
Greeters: December 2 - Norma Walters December 9 - Vivian & John Greenlee December 16 - Donna O’Meal December 23 - Rita Clark December 30 - Jim & Cathy Knarr
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
If your December birthday is not listed above or to clear up any other errors, please call the office at 331-3895.
Thank you to the following volunteers who have offered to help in the
nursery with our little ones:
THIS MONTH: December 2 - Rob Barrett & Carole Nary
December 9 - Jessica Wells & Kris Joslyn
December 16 - Dawn Fischer & Eileen Godfrey
December 23 - TBD
December 30 - Unstaffed
NEXT MONTH: January 6 - Sue Ann Houser & Marlene Havert
January 13 - Jean Bendix & Wendy Hill
January 20 - Eileen Godfrey & Margaret Cepulo
January 27 - Lisa Barrett & Kathy Cornwell
NURSERY REMINDERS
4 Danielle Plain
6 Fred Ludwig Lucille Sprong
7 Hannah Vair
10 Don Palmatier
19 Kelby Russell Christina Elliott Anna Verdine Kathryn Verdine Hannah Herman
14 Ken Shufelt
16 James Miller
17 Vicki George
18 Bette Morrison
20 Cheyenne Yatteau Jeffrey Russell
25 Mike Elliott
26 Melissa DeCook
30 Don Combes
PAGE 3 DECEMBER 2018
Food Pantries: Newark Food Closet Newark Residents (Every other month) 100 E. Miller Street Newark Basement of Municipal Building Mon-Fri 10am—11am Helpful Hearts Community Closet Wayne County Residents (Every 30 days) 44 Williams Street Lyons Mon—Fri 10am—4pm Sat 9am—2pm Catholic Charities of Wayne County with Newark Rotary Newark Firemen’s Field Westshore Boulevard Newark 2nd Wednesday of the month 5pm—7pm May—October Salvation Army Emmanuel Methodist Church 301 E. Miller Street Newark Tues—Fri 9am-3pm 315-331-8755 Emergency Help with: Utilities, Rent, Food, Prescriptions & Clothing
Newark First United
7 pm
The food closet is back open at our new location 301 east Miller St. We are open 5 days a week 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Clients still need proof of residency for everyone over the age of 19 and an ID for the person registering each time.
PAGE 4 THE DECEMBER MESSENGER
REBECCA RUTH UMW C IRCLE
December 6th is the Rebecca Ruth-UMW Christmas Party, 12pm @ the Parsonage, devotionals: Eloise Miller, Hostess: Flo Davis, Pastor Yang & Rita Clark Our next meeting will be in March 2019. It will be in the church lounge at 10am on Thursday, March 14th. We have changed the meetings to day time--the 2nd Thursday of the month at 10am.
Rebecca-Ruth UMW Janie Reeder, President Elsie Dedrick, Vice President
FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES
Dec. 6 – Rebecca Ruth Christmas Party, 12pm @ the Parsonage Dec. 15h – Annual Christmas Cookie Sale – It’s not too soon to be collecting new recipes and
thinking of what you would like to bake. Mark off your calendar now to be part of this exciting time!
It is that time of year again when the UMW will be collecting items to send to our 8 students at exam time. Once again we will be collecting small individually wrapped things as in the past.
Any leftover Halloween candy, gum, lifesavers, bulk candy, micro-wave popcorn, hot chocolate, granola bars, packages of Little tissues (pocket size), pens, hi-lighters, post-it notes, etc.
Thank you for giving in the past and for helping if you can. If you have any questions, or know of anyone else from our church; please catch me at church or call me. Jean Hoe @ 331-7408
CAMPUS M INISTRY CARE PACKAGES
Operation Christmas Child
A BIG THANK YOU to every one who participated. Newark First had 34
boxes!!! This is wonderful! “Every gift-filled shoebox is a powerful tool for evan-
gelism and discipleship—transforming the lives of children and their families around the world through the good News
of Jesus Christ!”
PAGE 5 DECEMBER 2018
ANNOUNCING—NEW WEBSITE
Early in 2018 the Trustees accepted the task of updating the Newark First UMC website. Since the end of June, Nancy Schrader, Marlene Havert, and Pastor Yang have been working with Jesse Sheckler, our consultant for this project, to accomplish this task. After many prayers for guidance and many hours spent with our computers, we are pleased to announce that in mid-November we officially launched our new and improved website.
We have done our best to include information on all of the various activities of our church. However, we know that things can be missed. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need something to be added, changed or corrected. We will continue to do our best to keep this website up to date, informative, and relevant for our members and the community.
Please visit our new website at NewarkFirstUMC.org, the same web address as before. The more activity we have on this site, the more prominent we will appear when the community searches the web for churches in our surrounding area.
IMPORTANT: The accuracy and relevance of our Website content will take a continuous commitment from all. The committees and groups within our church should insure that they notify Nancy, Marlene, or Pastor Yang of any upcoming events, changes in meeting times, change in leaders, or additions, changes and corrections in content.
We encourage all members to submit items for publishing on the website such as photos and com-ments from recent events, or photos with related quotes for the “Inspirational Images” page found un-der “Faith Formation”. These can be emailed to Nancy Schrader, who is currently serving as the Web-site Coordinator.
Thank you to everyone who provided text, photos, etc., so we could accomplish this task.
Questions may be referred to Nancy Schrader, [email protected], phone 315-573-9273.
PAGE 8 THE DECEMBER MESSENGER
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We have a great group of young adults. Please keep them in prayer:
Trinity Wells Josh Mercer Ben Talbot Lynzee Havert Jenna Havert Leadership: Lucina Hallagan, Jean Bendix and Kyle Houser
Adult Mentors: Donna Havert, Kyle Houser, Steve Hallagan and Eileen Godfrey
Please add these names to your prayer list – cover them with the Holy Spirit through your prayers on a daily basis. It is hard to believe that as you are reading this our confirmation classes will be finished. Confirmation Sunday is December 2 at the 10:00 am service. What a joy it has been to journey with these five young adults. Together we have:
Read the Gospel of Mark together
Studied the creeds that are part of our faith tradition
Examined what we believe and written our own statement of faith, or creed.
Eaten a lot of M&M’s
Learned about the sacraments of the United Methodist Church: Baptism and Communion.
Talked about the foundation of United Methodist beliefs as taught by John Wesley
Grown together in our faith and love of God.
As part of the confirmation service the congregation makes a promise to the confirmands: With God’s help we will proclaim the good news and live according to the example of
Christ. We will surround Trinity, Ben, Lynzee, Jenna and Josh with a community of love and
forgiveness, that they may grow in their trust of God, and be found faithful in their service to others.
We will pray for them, that they may be true disciples who walk in the way that leads to life.
Please consider writing a brief note of welcome and encouragement to these five amazing youth. Through them the Hope of the world will continue to do his work of love and peace.
Sr. High Confirmation
2018
PAGE 9 DECEMBER 2018
CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE Saturday, December 15th
10:00 am – sold out Cookies good enough to give as a gift!
ARE YOU BAKING?
Please be baking cookies, cookies, and more cookies. Along with the tried and true, please be adventuresome this year and try some new varieties. Half the fun of this sale is seeing all the
many kinds spread on the tables.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS ~AND NON-ARTISTS:
We will be decorating cutouts in the church kitchen on Thursday, December 13th, starting at 1:00 pm. Bring 2-3 dozen cutouts already baked. All supplies are provided and the sampling
is great! There is a job for you.
JOIN THE ASSEMBLY LINE:
On Friday, December 14th at 1:00 pm, come to the church kitchen and help arrange platters of cookies and decorate tables. You can’t imagine how exciting it is to see the tables fill up with
the glorious displays!
CALLING ALL LITTLE ELVES:
On Saturday, December 15th please come and help with the sale. Arrive by 9:30am and we guarantee you’ll be home by noon at the latest! What fun greeting others from our community! And while you are helping, you can buy your own Christmas goodies.
Only $7 a pound.
If you have not already done so, please return your Cookie response postcard.
For further information, and offers to help, contact
Elsie Dedrick (331-1168) or Nancy Schrader (331-0266).
or sign up on the chart in the main hallway.
FREE LUNCH
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at Noon
Emmanuel United Methodist Church Corner of East Miller and Colton Ave.,
Newark
FREE CLOTHING AND BREAD! BRING A FRIEND!
PAGE 10 THE DECEMBER MESSENGER
Red Bird Reflections by Rod & Janie Reeder:
Our trip to Red Bird Mission was an experiment. We have done 60 some NOMADS projects that all involve working with seniors for a three weeks period of time. While we did take our camper to Red Bird and stayed in it rather than in the dorms we worked for two days, had a day off and worked for two more days and the project was over. On NOMADS projects we work four days and have three days off to see the area, do laundry and recuperate. The Wednesday off in the middle of the project was interesting.
The beauty of this mission trip was the experience of working and “teaching” and watching the young folks. Their hearts were absolutely in the project and they were willing to do whatever needed to be done with no complaints. They learned quickly and were enthusiastic about applying what they learned. We heard very few complaints about being bored or tired. This considering the fact that it was hot and the humidity was high and it rained a bunch.
All in all, it was a rewarding experience in which we got to work with and get better acquainted with sev-eral of our church members and youth. A huge thank you to Carolyn Leach for being our team leader and coordinator, she did a wonderful job of herding us in the same general direction.
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If you have a prayer concern you would like sent out on the prayer chain, please send
your request to Elie Bump: 946-9109 [email protected] or
Parsonage Open House
January 6th at 11:30am
Dish to Pass
Our time slots have been graciously filled, but there are many more slots that need volunteers.
