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On May 26, 2013 at 4:30 A.M. the Jascon 4, one of three tugboats towing an oil freighter off the coast of Nigeria, started to sink. Harrison Odjegba Okene, the tugboat’s 29-year-old cook, immediately knew something was wrong. As the vessel descended 100 feet to the floor of the Atlantic Ocean pitched upside down, Okene was tossed to and fro in his small quarters. He groped his way in the pitch dark-ness through the icy waters, finally find-ing a cabin with a four foot air pocket. He made a make-shift platform and stacked two mattresses together in his attempt to escape the rising water.
Okene sat on the mattresses and waited for help. But the thought of being rescued seemed remote. So Okene, a follower of Jesus, started to pray the Psalms: “Oh, God, by your name, save me,” and “The Lord sustains my life.” Okene told reporters, “I started calling on the name of God …. reminiscing on the verses I read before I slept. I read the Bible from Psalms 54 to 92. My wife had sent me the verses to read that night when she called me before I went to bed.”
Two-and-a-half days later, Okene was certain the rest of the eleven man crew had drowned and that he would also drown. Then he heard the sound of rescuers and started banging on the steel walls of his cabin with a hammer. The Dutch divers who found him couldn’t believe their eyes. As they reached out for a hand of a man they assumed was dead, the hand grabbed theirs.
To this day, Okene believes his rescue after 72 hours underwater was the result of divine deliver-ance. He told a Nigerian newspaper, “The rest of my life is not enough to thank God for this won-der. It is incredible.”
What a great story on the Word of God and prayer. It raises a couple of good questions. What
verses are stored up in your heart right now that can breathe spiritual life into you today
and when an emergency arises? If you don’t have any or just a few, what’s your plan to store up more of God’s
word in your heart? I have been personally challenged in prayer by the Lord to memorize 100 portions of Scripture. I have a number of verses al-ready memorized, but I definitely have some work to do to reach this goal. What about you? Would you consider setting a goal and working toward it?
Secondly, you may not personally be in such a state of crisis as Okene was, but in many ways our nation is morally sinking and in desperate need of prayer. Would you join us and about two million other Christians who are gathering this Thursday, May 5 for the National Day of Prayer to pray for our na-tion? We will be gathering at 7 p.m. this Thursday in the Mountainside Sanctuary with other believers from other churches. Please join us for this special time to be together and pray for our nation.
In God’s Grace, John
God’s Word, A Prayer, and A Miracle
May 1 – Growing into Joy – Phil 2:19-30May 8 – The Daily Five – Phil 3:1-21May 15 – The Book of Life – Phil 4:1-4
May 22 – Don’t Stress Out – Phil 4:4-9May 29 – Generous Promises – Phil 4:10-20
Sermon Series on Philippians“Rejoicing in the Rain”
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The Mountainside United Methodist ChurchMaking Disciples of Jesus Christ for the
Transformation of our Community and the World.
May 2016 Issue No. 145
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Welcome New Members
Larry and Mary Ann Buck who joined April 17th.
Email ListsWould you like to pray for someone or just
know what is happening at Mountainside? The church has 3 email lists. The first list is for receiving the church newsletter, the second list is for the church announcements that are sent on Thursday and the third list is for prayers that have been requested. So if you would like to be added to one of these lists, go to the website and follow the link to sign up, or please check the box by the email list on the attendance sheet you to which you would like to be added. It’s that easy. If you prefer, you can make your request by emailing the church office, [email protected] or call (505) 281-5117.
May 5th is the National Day of Prayer! Mark your calendars and plan to come to Mountainside for a 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. service. Prayer has been an important part of our country since its beginning. In 1952 a bill was passed for the Presi-dent to set aside a day (other than Sunday) each year for a National Day of Prayer. In 1988 President Reagan signed the bill to establish the first Thursday in May as the date for the annual observance of the National Day of Prayer. This year's theme is Wake Up, America! Let's join the millions of others across our land humbly raising our voices in prayer to seek God's wisdom, guidance, and His grace upon us.
National Day of Prayer
Kairos Cookie BakeWe need YOUR help to bake and package 1200
cookies for the Kairos Prison Ministry weekend event. The Cookie Bake will begin 8:00 a.m. on May 14 in the MAC Kitchen. Please contact Bobbie Carrillo at 480-2333 or sign up on the table in the Foyer.
MUMC Scholarships Mountainside offers scholarships to eligible
students. Music majors are the emphasis, but anyone may apply and all applications will be reviewed. Applications are in the foyer or may be picked up in the church office Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. May 15th is the deadline to return complete applications to one of the committee members or to the church office. For more information, please call: Dee Short, 503-1275.
Kairos Prayer Vigil The Kairos Prison Ministry weekend will be May
19-22 at the Guadalupe Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa. There is a 72 Prayer Vigil covering this event and we need your help in covering a 30 min-ute portion of the weekend in prayer. Please see the Kairos table in the Foyer to sign up for this event.
Volunteers Needed!If there is anyone not attending Sunday School
classes who would like to help coordinate funeral/memorial receptions occasionally, when the need arises, please contact Tomi Taylor - 281-2591/[email protected]
During March (5 Tuesdays & 5 Wednesdays) we made up and gave out 207 food boxes for 400 adults and 189 children. Three families were re-peats and sixteen families were new
East Mountain Food Pantry
May 2016
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May 21st from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., MUMC will be hosting a Country West-
ern Dance! Carolyn Hallett will be our wonderful teacher and guide for the dance by helping us learn
a few steps and how to dance to
the music! All ages are welcome and encouraged to come! We will be starting the evening with a Dessert Potluck! Th ere is no discrimination, all desserts are welcome! Nursery will be provided for our youngest children who can't yet participate.
Country Western Dance and Dessert Potluck! May 21st from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.,MUMC will be hosting a Country West-
ern Dance! Carolyn Hallett will be
Mums for MomsA mother is a person who seeing there are only four
pieces of pie for fi ve people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
— TENNEVA JORDANI want to take this time to sincerely and lovingly
thank all the Mothers out in the world today and all the Mothers of MUMC. You help make this world, this community, and this church a loving and safe place. A small token of MUMC's appreciation for mothers and everything they do for us, will be viewed on Mother's Day, Sunday May 8th at both the 9AM and 11:10AM service.
Callie
Financial ReportBudget Needs 04/25/2016 $145,894.00
Received for General Budget: $160,063.00
Diff erence: *+$ 14,169.00
Total Budget for 2016: $446,267.00
*We have been blessed with some substantial pre paid annual pledges, giving us a solid fi nancial start to the year, which places us ahead of our budget income projection.
Th is year our VBS will be June 20th to June 24th from 9AM - 12PM. Pre-registration is a MUST this year and I urge you to go onto our website at mountainsidemethodist.org and click on the VBS link to register as soon as possible. Each year our VBS has grown in numbers, activi-ties, and volunteers and this year is no exception. If you like to help out in any way from donating supplies, to helping with food and crafts, or teach-ing please come see me! Or you can email me at [email protected]. No job is too small!
2016 Vacation
Bible School
Cave Quest - Following Jesus, the Light of this world.
May 2016
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Calling all Young Adults, 18 years and up! You are invited to join us for a Coff ee Break Breakfast! With everything going on in our changing worlds, it means a lot to have a group of people to connect with. Come talk, laugh and refl ect in a spiritually minded group of MUMC young adults! We will be meeting for break-fast at 9 am at Greenside Cafe on Saturday, May 21st. Coff ee is on us! Call/text Tifani at (505) 417-6309 to RSVP or for more information.
Young Adult Coff ee Break
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May 2016
IGNITE will now be held twice a month: every 1st and 3rd Saturday, 5-7pm. All youth, 5th grade and up, are encouraged to attend this grow-ing youth group! Bring a friend and join us for great food, fun games, youth-led devotionals, and incredible fellowship that brings a chance to ignite your passion for Christ and grow your relationship with God.
Contact Tifani for more information or to sign up to HOST the next Ignite, either with food or your own devotional. Yes, adults are welcome to do a short devotional for the youth too!!
Contact Tifani today at (505) 417-6309 or [email protected].
Ignite!
On the last Monday of every month, our MUMC youth gather in fellowship at Roller Skate City, from 6 to 8 pm, for Christian Music Night. As with any skill, it can be a challenge to learn to roller skate, but I am so proud of many in our group that have used this opportunity to brave the skate. We welcome all family members and have many levels of skaters in our group. With a generally emp-
ty rink to play on, both learning and challenging other top skaters to a race, is easy and fun. We invite all youth to join us for some great food, fun and fellowship as well as adults who would like to volunteer as chaperone and race us on the skate rink! Skating not required! Fun to be expected! See you there! Contact Tifani at (505) 417-6309 for more information.
Youth Skate Night
It is always an accom-plishment to complete each level of academia, and it is our pleasure to announce that one of our own is graduat-ing with her GED this month! At 7pm on May 11th, Hannah Megan Barrett Walter will join friends and family at the UNM Valencia Campus in Los Lunas for commencement. We will be hosting a recep-tion on the 14th here in the MAC from 3 pm to 5 pm to celebrate Hannah and her successful comple-tion of this chapter in her journey, and the start of a new one. Hannah plans to pursue her bachelor's degree in communicative disorders at CNM, start-ing this fall semester. She states "I am truly thankful for my Aunt Susan, Uncle Laney, Cousin Cari, and her husband Jeff, and Cassidy Burleson my teacher for all the support encouragement and help they have done for me in the past two years. They are my world and I couldn't thank them enough". Help us in congratulating Hannah when you see her!
Congratulations Hannah
Our Easter program was not only extremely special but also quite diff erent as we combined an fun Children's Church, with an exceptional Easter Egg Hunt, and fi nally with the most individual-ized and unique Easter perfor-mance than we have ever had.
In Children's Church, the children were taught the mean-ing of Easter and how much God and his son sacrifi ced for our eternal spiritual health. Th e Easter Egg Hunt provided a much needed excuse for the kids to run,
play, and have the childlike fun that we all miss as adults. Th eir excitement was very con-tagious!
Finally, our Easter Program started with a sin-cere and humorous video of some members of our congregation sharing their favorite memories of Easter. Th ey shared heartfelt feelings about what Easter means to them, with our children voicing candy as a HUGE motivator! We ended with a two part performance of our youth acting out their own play on the true meaning of Easter.
What a lively bunny we had. Th ank you Nicky Moore! Th e chil-
dren then joined in on the cut-est and most beautiful rendition of "Jesus Loves Me" I have ever heard.
For a program such as this Easter season to go off so smoothly and beautifully, had to be truly blessed by God. I think all the amazing volunteers who contributed literal hours of their free time to help the youth practice,
help the children learn the lines, and of course helping to fi ll and hide the Easter Eggs. Tifani Vincent and I, send out a heartfelt thank you to these wonderful vol-unteers with the very true sentiment that these pro-grams would never be able to happen without them.
Callie
2016 Easter Program
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May 2016
Events like the Talent Show take hours of hard work, menial work, and even tedious work. However, we're constantly graced by God's hand in all of our labor. I say this in
all sincerity as I got to listen to my own daugh-ter sing a well known children's song, know-ing that she was shaking as she did it. I watched dozens of people get up on that stage, knowing they were afraid and
nervous and taking the microphone into their hand anyway. Facing their fears, living their dreams, and blessing others with their talents
were just some of the things our amazing contestants did. Over seventy people from our congregation and com-munity attended this magnificent event and had nothing but posi-tive words and praises
come from their mouths. Our talent included fourteen acts of both members of MUMC and guests from the community. Tifani
and I want to person-ally thank each and every individual who showed up to perform, each person from the community and con-gregation that came to support this event, and finally, each volunteer who helped accomplish the first
MUMC Talent Show.Callie
Talent ShowMay 2016
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In this issue: John’s Gospel 1Welcome New Members 2Kairos 2VBS 2016 3Dance 3Youth News 4Easter Program 5Talent Show 6
May May BirthdaysCharles Kelley 5-01Amy (Miszkiel) Duerre 5-02Janet Vertrees 5-02Judy Trever 5-03Becky West 5-03Ian Olson 5-03Tayler Davis 5-05Chase Davis 5-05Ainsley Shelton 5-05Tim Spears 5-05Dianna West 5-05Nicole Roehrig 5-06Ron Dykhuizen 5-06Gene Church 5-08Kathy Ferris 5-08
Ralph Amber 5-09Bob Mason 5-12Linda Rea 5-12Matthew Ross 5-15Sara Church 5-16David Broadwater 5-16Nick Payne 5-18Mike Seay 5-20Laurie Anderson 5-20Ira Blackwell 5-21Carolyn Watermiller 5-22Troy Porter 5-23Caden Burke 5-26Craig Mowrer 5-28Tomi Taylor 5-28
Joshua West 5-28Bethany Calderon 5-29Scott Riley 5-30Dorothy Pine 5-31Ben Carrillo 5-31
