Good Shepherd United Methodist Church 1570 Mason Dearborn, MI 48124

phone: 313-278-4350

email: gshepherdumc@att.net

website: www.dearborngsumc.org

Pastor

Rev. Dr. Douglas E. Ralston

Church Office Hours

Mon – Thurs – 2 pm - 5 pm

Sunday Schedule

9:30 am: Sunday School: Tweens (4th – 8th grades)

Youth Encounter (9th – 12th grades)

(September – May)

Willing Disciples (adults)

10:30 am: worship service; 10:45 am: Sunday School for

pre K-3rd grades

11:45 am fellowship time

Wednesday

Small group 5:30 in the lounge 7-8 pm Choir Practice (September – May)

Thursday

LOGOS Program 4:30-7:30 pm for grades 2-12 (Oct – March)

Friday

Spaghetti Dinner on the first Friday of the month,

October-May, from 5-7 pm.

United Methodist Men

Dinner meeting the first Monday of the month at 6 pm in Leon’s.

The Fold Good Shepherd United Methodist Church

Serving God and the Dearborn Area since 1859

February 2015

Lose Your Luggage for Lent

Have you ever stood at an airport baggage carousel, waiting for your luggage but it doesn’t come out? You stand there and watch the few remaining bags circling, as if your bag is going to magically materialize. The airline has lost your luggage. They usually find your bag and try to get it to you, but some pieces of luggage are sent here and there and never end up where they belong.

Ash Wednesday is on February 18 and it begins this year’s journey through Lent. We should all make a conscious effort to “lose our luggage” for Lent! How many suitcases of grudges are you packing around? We shouldn’t take old grudges and unforgiven acts with us into Easter. Easter is the time when God’s son died so we could be forgiven. How ironic that we refuse to forgive one another.

We have the capacity for forgiveness because God forgives us. We acknowledge God’s forgiveness of us and extend this divine gift of forgiveness to others as part of an act of worship to God. By forgiving others, we offer genuine worship to God.

It is hard for us to let go of our well-worn bags of resentments and old hurts. Each of us has names and faces that we simply cannot imagine being able to forgive. Christ calls us to forgive. We respond that we would prefer to get even.

Paul offers some advice that we must hear as we find ourselves busily packing away plans for revenge or plotting ways to get even. “Whatever you do, do in the name of the Lord Jesus.” Can you carry around anger against someone who said or did something to you “in the name of Jesus?” Can you assassinate the character and integrity of a person “in the name of Jesus?”

Paul insists that, “as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” Those words sound familiar. We say something very close to them each Sunday when we pray the Lord’s Prayer. Say it with me, “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” And say it yet again…

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”

Pastor Doug

Micah Betts Debi Black John Bobo Tom Boyd Bonnie Estes Dawn Dapprich Ferrara Ben Fewell William & Violet Friend Erin Nancy Fry Fraser and family Percilla Gabany Clara Gilroy David Gray Eric Greenwell Mary-Kate & Glennda Greenwell Dorothy Grovesteen Shirley & Henry Hall Carolyn & Randy Halloway Jessica Hanks Cheryl Kramm Lexys Lamp & family Doug & Lynn Lebeck Kathy Lebeck Kathleen LeBlanc Elmer Leigh Aron & Danielle Lewis and family Jillian LoSchaivo Dennis Ludwig Marilyn & Jack MacTavish Gary Maddox Allie & Nole McCullough Michael Mercurio Samantha Mihalik & family Aaron Miles & family Amanda Milton Samantha Myers & family Sally Rausch Jack & Ann Schaub Evelyn Schmult Tim Shaw Julie Shively Annie Smith Beverly Smith & family Daniella & Justin Solano Jonathon Staley Colleen Stewart George & Karen Stoops Bruce Temperley Pat Trent The Turbett family Andrew Urban and family Linda Wall Maurice & family OUR MILITARY & THEIR FAMILIES M/Sgt. Jason Boyle Ryan Brennan, USAir Force, & family Spc. John Glasco & family Eliot Hanks, USM Sean Levigne, US Army – Fort Hood Brandyn Waterman, US Marines

OUR HOME BOUND

Judy Barker

Shirley Carter

Anne Creek

Shirley DeRosia

Helen Hickey

Mary Catherine Luoma

Francis (Skip) Peck

Fred Rausch

Robert Signoretti

FELLOWSHIP HOUR MINISTRY AFTER CHURCH

SERVICE

Please consider serving your fellow worshippers by hosting the fellowship hour. A quarterly list of Sundays is

available at the Opportunity Center for sign-ups. The beverages will be handled by others. Paper supplies and assorted snacks are stocked in the cake room cupboard. If you wish to contribute something from your own kitchen, the choice is yours. We recommend working with a partner. There are times when a cake or other special refreshments are appropriate and appreciated. Jan Poush or Georgia Grovesteen are happy to work with you. Let's resolve to simplify our efforts so that we can all truly enjoy this time of fellowship.

LOOKING FORWARD IN WORSHIP

2/1 With Authority Mark 1:21-28 2/8 All by Myself Mark 1:29-39 2/18 Ash Wednesday Matt 6:1-6; 16-21 2/15 Listen to Him Mark 9:2-9 2/22 Good News Mark 1:9-15

Feb. 1 Samm Myers & David Scannell Feb. 8 Annie Smith & Al Costantino Feb. 15 Carla Schneider & Paula Turbett Feb. 22 Donna Eberhart & Dean Lewis

Feb. 1 Sabrina Perry Feb. 8 Lilly Lawson Feb. 15 Josh Costantino Feb. 22 Aubree Belzyt

Feb. 1 Marti Boynton Tamaroglio Feb. 8 Gary Atkins Feb. 15 Sandie Post Feb. 22 Nancy Murdoch

1st Joe & Margee O’Brien & Jim Woods 2nd Dave Johnson & Scott Williams

3rd Jim Woods & Randy Jensen 4th Jim Woods & Sandra Lowe 5th Jim Woods & Randy Jensen

(Substitute: Randy Jensen)

1st Delores Lebeck & Pam Post 2nd Sharon Mangan & Sally Rausch 3rd Georgia Grovesteen & Paula Turbett 4th Donna Eberhart & Anita Polzin

Feb. 1 Served during worship Feb. 8 Paula Turbett & Donna Eberhart Feb. 15 Marti Tamaroglio & Delores Lebeck Feb. 22 Irene Addison & Tom Garrant

Nursery Caregivers

1st Carolyn & Emma Costantino 2nd Liz Cairo & Bea Woehlke 3rd Carolyn Costantino & Lori Lawson 4th Paula Turbett & Emma Costantino

(Substitute: Bea Woehlke)

Openers & Closers 1st Sunday Thomas Garrant 2nd Sunday Alan Costantino 3rd Sunday Bruce Coburn 4th Sunday Scott Williams

ARTICLES FOR THE MARCH FOLD

ARE DUE FEBRUARY 15!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 2/3 Josephine Sillanpaa 2/4 Linda Wall Mark Malone 2/5 Addison Cairo 2/7 Curtis Stoddard 2/8 Dean Lewis Jan Poush Thomas Garrant 2/9 Gwen LeBlanc 2/11 Jennifer Castillo 2/14 Andrew Beavers 2/17 Thomas Jakubiak Veronica Jakubiak 2/19 Samantha Hall 2/24 Aidan Woods 2/25 Joyce Johnson Sarah Walker Audrey Malone

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

2/2/1968 Janet and Robert Connick 2/10/1951 Joyce and David Johnson

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS

canned pasta & soup canned meat (tuna, chicken, pork, beef) canned vegetables & fruit boxed mac ’n’ cheese canned or bottled juice jelly canned spaghetti sauce long shelf-life milk laundry detergent dish detergent shampoo & soap tooth brushes and toothpaste deodorant toilet paper

There is a constant need for the above items, as they are “staples” of our emergency supplies. Monetary donations may also be made, marked “Food Pantry” on the memo line!

ASH WEDNESDAY Meditation, Prayer, Holy Communion, and Imposition of Ashes from Noon until 6 pm in the Chapel.

SPECIAL SPAGHETTI DINNER

The Blessings in a Backpack program will receive 100% of all ticket sales from the spaghetti dinner on Friday, February 6th at GSUMC. The time frame for this dinner is extended and will be from 4:30 to 7:30pm.

This will be the third year that we’ve held a fund raiser for this program, which GSUMC began here in our area after a challenge from our District Superintendent Melanie Carey. You may recall that she offered $1000 to churches in her district and the only stipulation was not to use it for church expenses. She wanted some imagination used to make it ‘work’ in our community. In a very short time the Blessings in a Backpack program in Dearborn grew from GSUMC and about 25 kids at DuVall to now serving 5 schools and partnering with several other local churches in Dearborn plus Meijer and Panera Cares.

The premise of this program is that kids who qualify for partial or full pay breakfast and lunch at school during the week may also need help with food on the weekends. So every week backpacks are packed with a variety of items and distributed to them. Not all kids who qualify accept the backpacks, which is a parental decision.

This will be the same spaghetti dinner as any of our other dinners in that the menu is the same and all of the preparation is the same. But there is more food to prepare and serve, more dishes to wash. The added hour and more guests being expected means more hands are needed to help in every area.

PLEASE add your name to a space on the worker sheet at the Opportunity Center. None of the help opportunities are difficult. It is understood that many can’t be there early to begin the dinner nor for prep prior to it. However, it would be very beneficial and appreciated that those who cannot arrive until later during the event step up and take over the last hour from the folks who started at 4:30.

SAVE THE DATE A seven-week Lenten study starts February 18, 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Explore Jesus’ “I Am” sayings and how they connect to your life.

BE SURE TO SIGN UP AT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER

TO HOST REFRESHMENT TIME DURING

MARCH AND APRIL!

TALENTS: Tools for Building God’s Kingdom

February 5 Talent Show Night

February 12 Mystery Guest Night ~ Use

Your Tools ~ ALL INVITED ~ Chris Hillier,

“Wolverine,” will share his experiences

about hiking from Mexico to Canada in

2014. Meet in Fellowship Hall @ 6pm.

February 19 Winter Break ~ No LOGOS

February 26 Tool Box Night

~Thursdays ~

LOGOS YOUTH CLUB All are welcome to experience Christian fun in a safe environment among friends.

Enrollment is Open @ Good Shepherd UM Church 4:30-7:30PM Grades 2-8

MUSIC NOTES Hand Bells will meet after church 12:15 to 1:15 PM on February 8th and 22nd.

Chancel choir will meet on Wednesdays, February 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th from 7 PM to 8:30 PM..

The Itty Bitties Choir, our youngest children, will meet each Saturday morning, February 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th at 10 AM for only 15 minutes.

PANERA CARES BREAD AUCTION Our Panera Cares Bread Auctions on the First Sunday of every month have been quite successful! Our February auction will become part of our contributions to Blessings in a Backpack-Dearborn.

UMCOR – THE ADVANCE

Dear Friends in Mission:

Thank for your gift received on 12/31/2014 of $2,400.00 to the Imagine No Malaria campaign through The

Advance, the designated mission giving channel of The United Methodist Church. We are pleased to share that 100% of your contribution will go towards eliminating one of the world’s most deadly diseases. Giving through The Advance enables United Methodists to support one another in mission and ministry around the world. Thank you for partnering with us in God’s mission.

Through gifts like yours, Imagine NO Malaria has already distributed 1.2 million insecticide-treated bed nets throughout Africa. We have also trained more than 5,400 community health workers to personally deliver mosquito nets and measure usage rates. Today, because of the dedicated and generous support of people like you, malaria’s impact has been cut in half!

Your gift supports the work of the United Methodist Church and our many partners including The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; The United Nations Foundation; the international Federation of the Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies; Nets for Life©; and United Methodist central conferences across Africa.

Please visit www.imaginenomalaria.org to learn more about how your support is making an impact with a full range of interventions to combat malaria.

May God grant you a sense of hope and joy as your continue your support for mission and as we advance towards a day with no malaria.

Grace and Peace,

Roland Fernandes, General Treasurer UMCOR, General Board of Global Ministries

Shawn Bakker, Deputy General Secretary Communications and Development

~~~~~~ SPECIAL THANKS to Pastor Doug and our church family for prayers, calls, cards and visits during my bout and recovery from pneumonia. What precious family you are! My love and God’s special blessings to each of you. Delores Lebeck

~~~~~~~ THANK YOU to Joe O'Brien for all his work repairing and painting our pew candle holders this past holiday season. They looked so nice and for the first time in several years the candles stayed upright!! Your work was much appreciated.

CHRIS HILLIER'S EXCELLENT HIKING ADVENTURES

Please join the LOGOS club on Thursday, February 12th as Chris Hillier shares his hiking adventures with us. Chris is a member of the Good Shepherd family--you may know him by his hiking name, "Wolverine." We have followed his recent hikes, particularly in 2014, when he walked from Mexico to Canada. Come early and have a dessert with us at 6 in the fellowship hall, just before Chris begins. The talk should last 30-45 minutes. Please sign up at the opportunity center.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAVE!!

Please continue to save PLASTIC caps and lids for the ongoing LOGOS project. We particularly are in need of smaller caps in any color and shape. As examples, milk bottle caps

and pop bottle caps come in many colors and work very well. We also need the very small ones from things like tooth paste, chap stick and so on, again in any color.

My suggestion is to have a zip lock or something similar and collect them after you have washed them off, then periodically bring them into the Opportunity Center. A black bin can be found in the unit at the window side of the Opportunity Center for you to put them into.

Please continue to save them and bring them in until further notice. Thanks!!

SKATE DATE

Sunday, March 1 All invited for fun! Bring your friends!

After worship @ 11:45am, we’ll gather for lunch in the fellowship hall and then head out for the Lincoln Park Skating Center on

Southfield Road for our skate date. 1-4pm $5 entrance includes roller skates!

Questions?

Offering transportation or assistance with

lunch?

Talk with Kathy Lewis, Lori Lawson or Jan Poush.

Sign up at the opportunity center!

SPAGHETTI DINNER

to benefit

Blessings in a Backpack-Dearborn Good Shepherd United Methodist Church

1570 Mason at Monroe Dearborn

Friday, February 6th 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Dinner includes: spaghetti (choice of meat or vegetarian sauce), salad bar, garlic bread, dessert, and beverage

Adults: $8.00 Children 6 to 12: $3.00 Under 6: free Carry outs available. PLEASE come – and bring a friend!

The Fold

Good Shepherd United Methodist Church 1570 Mason at Monroe Dearborn, MI 48124 Church phone: 313-278-4350 Dated Material – Do Not Hold

February

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Sunday School 9:30 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Refreshments 11:45 am Hand Bells 12:15 pm Oakwood Worship 1 pm

2 United Methodist

Men’s Dinner at Leon’s

on Michigan Ave. 6 pm

3 Run for God

6:30 am

Tai Chi Easy 10 am

4 Sharing the Gospel

Study 5:30 pm

Choir Practice 7 pm

5 Run for God

6:30 am

Veggie Prep 9 am

Prayer Group 2 pm

LOGOS Youth Club 4:30 pm

6 Spaghetti

Dinner 4:30-7:30 pm

7 Run for God

6:30 am

Itty Bitties 10 am

8 Sunday School 9:30 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Refreshments 11:45 am Oakwood Worship 1 pm Hubbard Worship 4:30 pm

9

10 Run for God

6:30 am

Tai Chi Easy 10 am

Visitation Team 6:00 pm

11

Choir Practice 7 pm

12 Run for God

6:30 am

Prayer Group 2 pm

LOGOS Youth Club 4:30 pm, with Chris

Hiller at 6 pm

13

14 Run for God

6:30 am

Itty Bitties 10 am

Valentine’s Day!

15

Sunday School 9:30 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Refreshments 11:45 am Hand Bells 12:15 pm Oakwood Worship 1 pm March Fold Articles Due

16

Spark! mtg. 6:30 pm

17

Run for God 6:30 am

Tai Chi Easy 10 am

18

Jesus’ “I Am” Study 5:30 pm

Choir Practice

7 pm

19 Run for God 6:30 am

Prayer Group 2 pm

LOGOS Youth Club 4:30 pm

20

21 Run for God

6:30 am

Prayer Shawl Ministry 9 am

Itty Bitties 10 am

22

Sunday School 9:30 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Refreshments 11:45 am Oakwood Worship 1 pm

23

24 Run for God

6:30 am

Tai Chi Easy 10 am

25 Jesus’ “I Am” Study

5:30 pm

Choir Practice 7 pm

26

Run for God 6:30 am Prayer Group 2 pm

LOGOS Youth Club 4:30 pm

23

28 Run for God

6:30 am

Itty Bitties 10 am