Hartland United

Methodist Church

10300 Maple

Hartland, MI 48353

www.hartlandumc.org

Phone: 810-632-7476

Fax: 810-632-9860

Email:

secretary@hartlandumc.org

pastorpaul@hartlandumc.org

Pastor:

Rev. Paul Gruenberg

Sunday

Worship:

Adult Sunday School:

8:45 a.m.

Service: 10:00 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School:

10:15 a.m.

Coffee Hour:

11:15 a.m.

Inside this Issue:

Pastor’s Message 2

Calendar of Events 3

Birthdays/Anniversaries 4

Mission Page 5

Other News 6-10

Volume 8, Issue 9

Heavenly Notes

“Having Conversations about God”

September, 2014

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RALLY SUNDAY

September 7th Breakfast served by our United Methodist Men

from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Kick-off of The Story at 10:00 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School Resumes, 10:20 a.m.

To better understand

the Bible you must know this!

There is an upper story -

God’s story.

There is a lower story - Our story

Beginning

September 7, 2014

Coming Soon - Our New Pictorial Directory

See page 7 for details

Pastor’s Message

So many shifts are occurring within peoples lives this month! The summer is over and vacations are finished. For those with children, the kids are headed back to school, some for the first time. They will be getting back into the routine of...reading, writing and economics? Okay, arithmetic! We recently helped two of our kids (can they still be called “kids” when they are older than 20?) move back to Northern Michigan University. We are once again without children at home and our dog and cat really miss them! Life in the church is also gearing up for one of the most exciting set of series, beginning this fall, called “The Story”. This series will follow the Bible chronologically… beginning with the creation story to when God re-establishes heaven on earth. What makes this a must for everyone is: 1. The whole family will be involved. All Sunday Schools/Small Groups will be covering the same stories allowing for better family discussion on “What we learned about God”, week by week. 2. There will be an age appropriate version of “The Story” for everyone in the family (adult, teen, older children & younger children). 3. “The Story” is the Bible written chronologically to better see God’s activity from beginning to end. This will enable you to see the major movement of God through history with portions of the Bible summarized to not get bogged down in the minutia. 4. One chapter will be covered each week (takes an average of 15-20 minutes to read). So within 31 weeks, you will understand the Bible like never before. I must confess I am really looking forward to this series as it will help us all to put God, the Bible and people in proper perspective. Better still… there will be four different opportunities to get involved in small group discussions over what you have read as well as listening to a short 15 minute teaching by the author of the series each week (see page 6). If you would like to really take up the challenge, you can use a secondary resource (Participant Guide) which will help you follow along in the Small Groups. What ever level of involvement you choose, realize this is a real opportunity to grow in your overall understanding of the Bible. Your spiritual life will also grow as a result of better biblical knowledge and understanding. This will be an awesome experience and an exceptional year...See you there!

Pastor Paul

P.S. More info about “The Story” can be found on page 6 of this newsletter.

Meetings for September, 2014

Monday, September 8: Board of Trustees, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30: Stewardship Committee, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 3: Design Works, 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 10: Worship Committee, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, September 18: Finance Committee, 6:00 p.m. Administrative Council, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21: United Methodist Men, 8:00 a.m.

Upcoming Events in September Every Monday: Disciple Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. Every Tuesday: Prayers and Squares Quilting at 9:00 a.m. Every Wednesday: Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. Boy Scouts at 7:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous at 7:00 p.m. Every Thursday: Alcoholics Anonymous at 10:00 a.m. Every Saturday: Alcoholics Anonymous at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, September 7: Rally Sunday - All Church Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. - The Story begins at 10:00 a.m. - Children’s Sunday School resumes at 10:20 a.m. Saturday, September 13: Serve at Cass Community at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 14: Mission Team meets at 11:30 a.m. in Church Library Saturday, September 20: United Methodist Men’s Love INC Furniture Pick Up and Delivery at 8:30 a.m. Hartland’s Heritage Day Tuesday, September 23, and Wednesday, September 24: Photos taken for our new Pictorial Directory from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28: Young Adults Group meeting at 11:30 a.m.. Tuesday, September 30: 50 - More or Less! at 1:00 p.m.

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Calendar of Events

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Special Dates

September Anniversaries 3,1963 - Jim & Collene Myers 9, 2000 - Chris & Renee Zimmerman 19,1992 - Brian & Becky Toth

Note:

We would like to include everyone,

so if we have missed your birthday or

anniversary, please let the church

office know A.S.A.P.!

September Birthdays

10 - Shannon Rodocker 16 - Jaclyn Pollock 18 - Doug Daniel 21 - Charles Kirkpatrick 22 - Michele Cannaert 23 - Terri Clark 28 - Sue Cornell David Zimmerman

September Servants

Greeters Multi Media Specialist September 7: Cheri Kowal & Beckie Wren September 7: Jeff Jackson September 14: September 14: Christian Muzo September 21: United Methodist Men September 21: September 28: September 28: Renee Zimmerman Ushers Acolytes September 7: Michael & Terri Clark September 7: September 14: Beckie Wren & September 14: Ruth Wyckoff September 21: United Methodist Men September 21: September 28: Don & Marty Hansen September 28: Liturgists Nursery Workers September 7: Shelia Daniel September 7: Cheri Kowal September 14: Jo Campbell September 14: Pat Schleh September 21: Pat Harton September 21: September 28: Mary Monroe September 28:

C.R.O.P. Hunger Walk This year’s C.R.O.P. Walk Hunger Walk date is set! Please save the day and consider participating.

Sunday, October 5th, 2014 3:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Howell

A C.R.O.P. Walk coordinator is needed! If you can help, please see Darcie Westbrook. Watch for details in the bulletins and sign up to participate soon. C.R.O.P. Hunger Walks are held across the United States to raise money for the Church World Service to provide food, medical care, disaster relief and self-help development efforts for people across the world. 25% of the money raised in our walk is given to local agencies in Livingston County: Love, INC; Salvation Armey and Gleaner’s Food Bank. Please ask for a donation envelope today!

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Save the Date Saturday, September 13th Our next mission opportunity at the Cass Community in Detroit is Saturday, September 13th. Sign up sheets are posted for food/ money donations and volunteers. Please, stop at the bulletin board and sign up to help however you can. Please be in prayer for the people we serve, the mission of the Cass Social Service and for our own hearts to be open to God’s calling to serve His people! If you have any questions, please call Sue LaRoy at 248-634-4861. Thanks, in God’s name, for all you do!

Sue LaRoy

Mission Team Meeting

The Mission Team will meet on Sunday, September 14th immediately after church in the library. This will be a short organizational meeting - no longer than 30 minutes. If you have ideas on future or current mission projects please join in. All are welcome (and needed)! Please see Sue LaRoy if you have questions.

Sue LaRoy

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Gas Card Ministry People who call Love INC, are often in desperate need of gas, so they can get out to look for work, go to a doctor appointment or bring home the few groceries they can afford. We have joined with other Livingston County churches in supplying prepaid gas cards for Love, INC to give to those who need them. 39 cards have been given out so far in 2014. Since becoming a part of the Gas Card Ministry in 2012, we have given out 191 cards to those less fortunate. THANK YOU as you keep paying on those pledges as we continue to make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors.

THE STORY

FINDING YOUR STORY IN GOD’S STORY

The Story is a book of selections from the Bible, arranged chronologically, that reads like a novel. During this unique 31-week experience, every member of the family reads one chapter per week of their own version of The Story. Come discover together how our

story is found in God’s story!

JOIN US FOR A JOURNEY THROUGH THE STORY!

Our journey begins on

Sunday, September 7th, 2014 during the 10 a.m. worship service

at Hartland United Methodist Church For more information please call 810-632-7476

Small Group Opportunities:

Children’s Sunday School, 10:20 a.m. Adult Small Group 7:00 p.m., Tuesday Adult Sunday School, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday Morning Study Group, 9:30 a.m. Youth Group 11:45 a.m., Sunday Adult Small Group 7:00 p.m., Wednesday

Books Available: The Story, hardcover $7.50

Participant’s Guide $5.00 The Story, teen edition, $5.00

The Story, Kids softcover, $6.00 The Story, for Children, hardcover, $12.00

The Story for Little Ones, hardcover, $11.00

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2014 Church Conference Date Set

Wednesday, November 19th

Mark your calendars now and plan to attend our 2014 Church

Conference on Wednesday, November 19. Our District

Superintendent, Rev. Mark Spaw, will meet with the Staff/Pastor

Parish Relations Committee at 6:30 p.m. and the Conference will

begin in the sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. Committees—begin your

preparations!

What do you think about paying $50-$100 for a card to a store you frequent and $3-$16 of that going to the church? Sounds too good to be true? Read on! Scrip is a program where gift cards from a variety of companies can be purchased. You pay the full face value of the card. When these cards are ordered, the church just pays a percentage of the face value. There are gas cards, discount store cards, restaurants,

department stores and many, many more cards available. Several cards are offered at a table in the Fellowship Hall for immediate purchase. Thank you for supporting our Scrip program. All money made through the Scrip program goes into the General Fund and helps support our church. Hartland UMC has been associated with the Scrip program since 2006. Since that time, over $14,572 has gone into the General Fund. So far, in 2014, over $619 has gone into the General Fund. This is with an average of just over 5 families participating each week! Thank you to all of you who shop our Scrip Table! Your support is appreciated! Stop by the Scrip table on Sunday and check out what we can do for you and you can do for our church!

Coming Soon - A New Church Pictorial Directory We are getting ready to create a new pictorial directory and we need you to help make it complete! By participating you will receive a printed directory. Sign up for your professional photography session on September 23 and 24, 2:00-9:00 p.m. in three convenient ways: 1 - Schedule your appointment online at our website: hartlandumc.org 2- Look for the sign up tables on Sundays in Armstrong Hall

3 - Or for assistance, call Darcie in the Church Office, 810-632-7476 Our directory won‘t be complete without you. Sign up today!

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Automate the important! To support God’s work, Hartland United Methodist Church wants to remind you that we offer electronic giving as a way to automate your regular weekly offering. Electronic giving offers convenience for individual congregation members and provides much-needed donation consistency for God’s work through our church. There are two avenues to automate your giving: 1. Online Giving lets you go to hartlandumc.org (click on “Online Giving” at the bottom of the page) at anytime to set up an automatic donation plan, change your donation plan, make a one-time donation or view your online donation history. 2. Bill Pay through Online Banking lets you make your offering automatic on a pre-determined schedule. You can set this up through your online bank or through your bank’s customer service people. As you contemplate future contributions, please consider electronic giving.

Additional information is available from the church office.

Prayers and Squares Quilt Ministry, Chapter 1128

Prayers & Squares would like to thank everyone for their generous contributions. Because of your support, we have been able to gift over 50 people with prayer quilts since we started in September, 2013. Also, thank you to those who have tied prayer knots for each of these people receiving a prayer quilt. Your prayers and contributions have greatly impacted the Kingdom of God. If you would like to help put quilts together, please join us on Tuesday mornings at 9:00. If you have any questions regarding this ministry or if you know someone going through a physical, emotional or spiritual rough patch and you think they would like a prayer quilt, please call Shelia Daniel at 810-227-6922.

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Wifi is now available in our Sanctuary

Wifi is now available in the sanctuary for

electronic Bibles and electronic giving. To connect please go to: HUMC_Guest;

password is: hartlandumc

United Methodist Men

The Men’s Group will begin meeting for the new season at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 21, in the Fellowship Hall. All men are invited to attend the meeting where breakfast will be served. Planning for the 2-14-2015 year will be discussed.

Ann Arbor

District United

Methodist Men’s

Gathering - - - - - -

Saturday, September 20

9:00 a.m.

Attention All Photographers

The Church Office needs the help of all photographers. Please bring your camera with you to church activities—worship, Sunday School, meetings, potlucks, and gatherings— and start taking pictures of these events. Then please email them to the Church Office (secretary@hartlandumc.org) With the screens in the fellowship hall and sanctuary, we can show everyone what has been happening and what they are missing! Thank you for your help!

The altar on Pentecost Sunday

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Young Adults Group Are you a high schooler, in college, just out of college or in your twenties and looking for some thing to do instead of just “hanging out”? If so, come and check out the new Young Adults Group. The first meeting will be on Sunday, September 30, at 11:30 a.m., at the Hart land United Methodist Church. Pizza will be furnished and we will make plans for the upcoming year. If you have any questions, please see Shelia Daniel or Jeff and Laura Walker.

50 - More or Less - A Time of Fellowship for those Young at Heart!

You are invited to join a new monthly activity at Hartland United Methodist Church starting Tuesday, September 30th, at 1:00 p.m. This group is for folks 50 and over who would like to get together to play cards, games, visit and enjoy some snacks. Invite your friends and neighbors to come and join in the fun!

Rally Sunday September 7th!

Open for Exciting Upcoming Events at H.U.M.C.!!

Hartland United Methodist Church 10300 Maple Street

Hartland, MI 48353