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Footprints

A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON 5810 Bryant Road, Ludington, MI 49431 (231) 843-8340 Email: office@ludingtonumc.org www.ludingtonumc.org Believers seeking and sharing the character of Christ

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UMC Special Events

and Committee Meetings 1,8,15,22,29 Rug & Sleeping Bag Ladies 9:00 am; Praise Band Rehearsal 6:30 pm 1-4 West Michigan Annual Conference, GR 2,9,16,23,30 Men’s Book Club at Brenda’s Café 6:00 am; Chancel Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm; Praise Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm 2 XYZ 12:00 pm; Finance Committee 5:30 pm 4 Youth Rummage Sale 8:00 am-2:00 pm 5 Communion; Food Pantry Day; Chris-tian Educator Recognition (9:30) 7,14,21,28 Intercessory Prayer 9:30 am 7 Trustees 7:00 pm 10 The Outlet 6:30-8:30 pm (not at church) 11 Memorial Service for Fern Wrege at Oak Grove 11:00 am 12 Day of Pentecost 14 Staff-Pastor-Parish 7:00 pm 19 Capital Campaign Celebration Sunday and All-Church Photo 24 Blood Drive 12:00-6:00 pm 26 Patriotic Concerts at 5:00 and 7:00 pm 27 Vacation Bible School 5:30-7:30 pm at Pavilion 28 Administrative Board 6:30 pm

Kristin Korendyke wearing one of Mother’s Many Hats at the May 2 Mother/Daughter Banquet

Shirley Dust won a prize at the M/D Banquet. Who knew Shirley had 30 children, grand-children and great-grandchildren?

Vanessa Madl and Halle Korendyke plant petunias for their moms in Sun-day School on Mother’s Day.

Next column: Just a few of our hardworking landscape volunteers

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Community Events in Our Church This Month

1,8,15,22,29—Business Network International (BNI) 6:30-9:00 am; Recorder Group Practice 7 pm 5,12,19,26—Hispanic Church 5:00-7:00 pm 8 Ride for Haiti rest stop here in AM; Habitat for Human-ity Board 12:00 pm 9 Emmaus Board 7:00 pm 10 UM Clergy Cluster Cookout at Pavilion 4-7 pm 11 Emmaus Gathering/Potluck 5:00 pm 16 Mich. Retired School Personnel 12:00-2:00 pm 24 Blood Drive 12:00-6:00 pm; Fairmount Avenue (MN) Youth Sleepover 6:30 pm Friday through 7:30 am Saturday.

The XYZ (Xtra Years of Zest) Group will meet at noon on Thursday, June 2 in Fellowship Hall. Our meeting will begin as usual with a potluck meal. After

lunch Don Newberg will present a program on the Panama Canal. Bring a dish to pass and your table service. Please join us for time of good food and fellowship and what I‟m sure will be an interesting program. Allan Carlson

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We will not have special Giving In Faith Together (GIFT) offering envelopes. Please use one of your

regular offering envelopes or a pew envelope for GIFT contributions and mark it “Building Fund.”

Thanks! Congratulations to Patrick Luke, who graduated from Michigan Tech on April 30. He begins work May 31 as a metallurgical engineer with a global min-ing corporation in Salt Lake City. Congratulations also to Jessica Reum, who graduated May 6 from Michigan State University with a degree in veterinary medicine. We praise God and give God grateful thanks for these young people and their success.

Maranatha Women’s Summer Breakaway

July 26 & 27 (2 identical days) $25 (includes lunch)

Speakers: Nancy Lee DeMoss, who has a daily radio program on Christian radio and

has authored several books; and Gracia Burnham, a missionary sharing the incredible story of her hus-band and her captivity for 376 days in the Philippine jungle. A group of women from our church will at-tend Wednesday, July 27. Please contact Lynne Gohn at 843-4746.

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Reminders If you take something from the library or the library cart, please sign it out! Also, we are missing our DVD For the Bible Tells Me So. Please bring it to the office if you have it. Thanks! Please don‟t send children down to the nursery without adult supervision. The nursery staff has found toys scattered and the toddlers‟ snacks eaten. We have a Casserole Ministry to provide home-cooked meals for our church folks those first few days after hospitalization or surgery. Please phone Nanette Kibbey-Scribner or the church office if you or someone you know needs this ministry.

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There will be a memorial service for Marion Boardman at 11:00 am Saturday, July 2 in the sanc-tuary, with a luncheon following in Fellowship Hall.

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It’s Petunia Time! Now that the pe-tunias have been planted to beautify our city streets, please join us in main-taining our church block (west side of

city marina—Ferry Street). We plan to weed on Wednesday mornings at 10:30. It‟s a great opportu-nity to bond with friends, appreciate the beautiful marina waterfront, greet summer visitors and make a difference for our community. This time doesn‟t work for you? Feel free to stop by and pull a few weeds any time! Carol Pehrson & Kathy Radtke

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LEGACY LEGACY High School Mission Trip

This summer 8 youth and 3 leaders will be

packing up and traveling to Cortez, Colorado

for a week of mission work. The area they

will be traveling to is full of poverty due to a

Chrysler factory being shut down. Many lost

their jobs and of course incomes. We will be

bringing them some hope by fixing up houses,

working with their children and much more!

The dates of the trip will be July 8th-17th.

The team members are as follows: Dakota

Gottwald, Marissa Martinez, Maggie Morton,

Nate Carrier, Nathan Allen, Shelbi Harden-

bugh, Bailey Yax, Deana Raspotnik, Janet

Raspotnik, Todd and Jennifer Courtland.

Please keep them in your prayers!

Middle School Mission Trip

This group will be traveling to Sault Ste.

Marie to spend a week working with other

youth groups. They will paint, do Kid’s

Clubs, work and service projects. The 11

team members are: Katie and Lauren

Biggs, Emma Taranko, Skylar Korendyke,

Mallory Shinn, Melissa and Kaitlyn Davis,

Kayla Gottwald, Jessica Blank, Sue

Vengen and Pat Shinn. The dates are July

31st-August 6th.

Special thanks to all the volunteers

who brought snack or came and

helped with youth group this year! It

was greatly appreciated!

Monthly Calendar

June 1st– Ministry Hour

June 4th-Legacy Rummage Sale

8am-2pm/

Annual Conference Miracle

Saturday

June 8th-Ministry Hour

June 10th– Legacy Outing to

Winston Speedway

June 15th– No Ministry Hour

June 22nd– Ministry Hour

June 27th-July 1st- VBS

JUNE 4th 8am-2pm

Come and find the bargains. All proceeds go towards the youth group. If you’d like to donate items please bring them into the office before

June 3rd. We will price them. Thanks!

Legacy Family Night at Winston

Speedway On Friday, June 10th we are going to Rothbury for a

night at the dirt track races! There will be games,

give-a-ways, and of course lots of races. We will

leave the church at 5:30pm. The cost is $12 for 12

and up, Kids 5-11 are $3, and Infants-FREE. Races

start at 7:15pm. Bring the whole family and enjoy!

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Many thanks to all our garden gnomes—all the people who have worked so hard to landscape the church. It looks great!

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We want to thank you for letting us host our Mother/Daughter Banquet here in your Fellowship Hall. We had a blessed time fellowshipping together.

Captain Camie McPherson,

The Salvation Army

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Dear Family and Friends:

Life is good. It‟s been three months since my surgery for breast cancer. Due to my trust in God, and prayers and well wishes sent my way, all is well. I‟ve learned to appreciate an unhurried life and devel-oped patience with myself. Thanks again.

God bless you.

Love, Mary Walker

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Thank you so much to the wonderful group of Methodist men who cheerfully served at the Mother/Daughter Banquet this year AND cleaned up afterwards. Those men who worked that evening included Steve Begnoche, Allan Carlson, Jim Clark, Tom Evans, Dennis Genson, Don Gohn, Dave Hamman, Gregg Heimall, Bob Johnson, Norm Lyon, Bill Olmstead, Kirk Myers, Ted Schwass, Max Schipper, Dan Sleeman, Stub Willick, Lew Wilson, Dennis Tabor, and Lee Vaught. Thank you very much!

Thank you also to the ladies who were especially re-sponsible for making the Mother/Daughter Banquet such an enjoyable night — Janice Wolff and her kitchen crew for the delicious food, Barb Bush and Dona Gottwald for creating and arranging for the program and planning the table décor, all the women and girls who took part in the program and tributes, and Jane Clark for willingly designing and printing the attractive programs for the evening. It was a very special evening that was enjoyed by about 150 women and girls. Thank you so much to all those

who helped make it so nice!

Karen Genson, United Methodist Women President

Sunday School officially ended for the academic year on May 22 with Sundae Sunday, and will resume in early September.

We will recognize and celebrate all our Christian educators at the 9:30

Christian Educators’ Appreciation Service June 5. Please see the list of educators on page 5.

Beginning June 5 and continuing through August 28, we will have Son Shine Kids during the 9:30 service for children entering Kindergarten through those having completed fourth grade. Children leave the sanctuary during the offering time* for a children‟s message in the Sunday School Gathering Room, fol-lowed by a snack and playtime outside.

Vacation Bible School is June 27 through July 1. See the ad on page 6 and the VBS registration form on page 7. Even if your child was enrolled in our Nursery or Sunday School during the 2010-2011 aca-demic year, you need to fill out a VBS registration form. We will use those forms for the 2011-2012 academic year as well. The registration forms are also available online and at the church office, and you may register your children in the narthex on June 19 and 26. Please register early!

*Occasionally the children‟s message will be in the sanctuary.

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Today we will be recognizing the following people for their

dedicated service to the children, youth, and adults of our church:

Sunday School

*Betty Tabor (Coordinator)

Tanya Gasaway

Emily Garland

*Jennifer Courtland

Sunday School Staff

Preschool

Nancy Kelley

Jonette Wilson

K-1st Grade

Laurie McKinven-Copus

Bev Pahoski

2nd and 3rd Grade

Amy Taranko

*Betty Tabor

4th and 5th Grade

Kristin Korendyke

6th – 8th Grade

Pat Shinn

High School

Jennifer Courtland

Music

*Karen Disegna

Emily Garland (chimes and Kristal Bells)

Children’s Librarians

Bev Hamman (coordinator)

Kristen Madl

Michaele Kaatz

Emily Garland

Tanya Gasaway

Christmas Program Director

Kristin Korendyke

Christmas Program Producer

Darlene Ponko

Subs and Helpers

Carleen Shinn

*Jennifer Courtland

Emily Garland

Jody Dickinson

Angie Adams

*Patty Gottwald

Sue Vengen

*Patricia Waterchilde

Tanya Gasaway (Worship in the Woods)

Sandy Sgro

Sally Reed

Paul Garland

SS Welcome Bags

*Kathy Radtke

*also a member of Christian Education Committee

Puppets of Faith

Marian Riffle

Penny Quillan

Connie Anderson

Janet Raspotnik

Wayne Disegna

Paul Garland

Nursery

Sharon Dostal

Jill Jebavy

Ashley Anderson

Nate Carrier

Jordyn Sanders

Kids For Christ

*Karen Disegna (coordinator)

Youth Groups

*Jennifer Courtland

Janet Raspotnik

Fred Holden

Ashley Steig

Youth Ministry Hour

*Jennifer Courtland

Youth Board

Fred Holden

Dean and Janet Raspotnik

Scott and Penny Quillan

Matt Wood

Bob McCary

Wednesday Evening Studies

Allan Carlson

Thursday Bible Studies

Lynne Gohn

Childrens Activity Folders

Anne Estle

*Christian Education Committee

Karen Disegna

Ed Sanders

Priscilla McBeth

Judy Evans (nursery supply)

The Christian Education Committee is very grateful to all who have

helped with Vacation Bible School, Summer KFC and SSK, intergen-

erational activities, the Christmas program or elsewhere. Working

together as a team has allowed our programs to grow and to touch

many lives for the Lord.

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JUNE 27th-JULY 1st

5:30-7:30PM

VBS will take place in the pavilion. You

may register when you come! Bring your

friends and enjoy the Gold Rush!

YOU! JOIN THE FUN AT V

BS!

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United Methodist Church of Ludington

Student Information and Parent/Guardian Permissions Form

Student Information

Name __________________________________________________________________ Sex: M_____F_____

Address________________________________________________________________ZIP ________________

Grade __________ Date of Birth ______________________School____________________________________

Phone Number ______________________________ Email __________________________________________

Allergies ___________________________________________________________________________________

Medical and/or emotional concerns (Use other side of this form if necessary) ____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Family Doctor _________________________________Phone Number _________________________________

Parent/Guardian Information

Name ______________________________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

Phone Number _______________________________________________________________________________

Emergency Contact other than Parent _____________________________________________________________

Phone Number ________________________ Relationship to Student ________________________________

Name(s) of person(s) other than parent to whom student may/can be released ______________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Name(s) of person(s) to whom student MAY NOT be released _________________________________________

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Parent/Guardian Permissions

I hereby give my permission for my son/daughter to receive emergency care at Memorial Medical Center.

I give permission for my child’s name and photo to be published in the United Methodist Church of Ludington

newsletter (Footprints), on the website (ludingtonumc.org), and in the Ludington Daily News. I also give permis-

sion for my child to be videotaped during Sunday School, VBS or other church activities.

Parent/Guardian Signature __________________________________________Date ______________________

(Rev. 05-08-09)

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Guidelines for Interment in United Methodist Church of Ludington

Memorial Garden

Editor’s Note: The Memorial Garden is located on the northwest side of the church.

The Memorial Committee shall maintain an aestheti-cally beautiful garden to be used to place ashes after cremation. There is no set fee for interment in the Garden. However, most families who avail them-selves of the garden wish to make some contribution to the Memorial Fund to aid in the perpetual care and landscaping. These gifts directed to the Memo-rial Committee are usually at least $100 or more. While these gifts are thankfully received, they are not required. We feel that the Garden provides an im-portant service at the time of great need. We don‟t want anyone deprived of these services because of financial considerations. A request for burial shall be submitted to the Pastor with the time of committal mutually agreed upon between clergy and the family. The Pastor will con-duct a short prayer service at the time of placement. A member of the Memorial Committee or a person designated as a representative will also be present. Family members‟ attendance is optional with a signed waiver. The cremains will be accepted accord-ing to the wishes of the person‟s valid Will or the person‟s family. Ashes of any baptized Christian hu-man are acceptable. Ashes can be placed directly into the soil or, for the comfort of the family, a bio-degradable container can be used at the discretion of the Pastor and Memorial Committee. We respectfully request no plants or flowers be placed in the garden without prior approval from the Memorial Committee. Donations for flowers in planters will be gratefully accepted. A Memorial Board has been placed in the church with names, birth dates and death dates of the in-terred. A Master Plan noting burial sites has been prepared showing placement of cremains and is maintained by the Memorial Committee. (continued on page 9)

Relay for Life We‟re back (and again asking for your help), just like we promised af-ter the 2010 event. Our team raised nearly $9000 last year; badly needed

money to support those fighting cancer. Your par-ticipation is meaningful on many different levels, and is a statement that we are united in our fight against this disease. We hope you will join us to make up the United Methodist Church team. Dates: Noon July 11 through 10:00 am July 12 Opening ceremonies: Noon July 11 Place: Oriole Field, 700 Tinkham, Ludington 24 one-hour slots for walking are available on June 11 and 12. You may choose your walking time. We will have a signup table in the narthex May 22, May 29 and June 5. At that time you may sign up for a time slot, make a donation, or purchase luminaria. It is not necessary to collect money in order to walk, although individual team members who do collect $100 for RFL will receive a t-shirt. Luminaria can be purchased for $10 to honor a can-cer survivor or to honor the memory of a loved one. These will be placed around the Oriole Field track as part of the event. It is such a moving part of the Re-lay.

Vi DeMeester: 231-757-3920 Cris Wegener: 231-845-0781 Jane Mengot: 231-845-3390

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Our church is hosting another blood drive Friday, June 24, from 12 to 6 pm. If you would like to help with the blood drive or donate blood, please contact Laurie in the church office at 843-8340. Walk-ins are welcome too!

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We need a Friday morning office volunteer all summer! Please contact Laurie at 843-8340 for more information. Even if you could only work one or two Friday mornings, that would be great.

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Tom Bentz Johnny Dobb & family Sam Eickleberry Flood and tornado victims Millie Frederick Bruce Gillett Aiden Harper Robert Jones Arlene Kelsey Carolann Klinkhammer Shirley Larson Debbie MacDonald Don Miller John Nelson Sean Nelson Joseph Penrod People of Haiti, Japan and the city of Christchurch, New Zealand Gail Piper Donna Possehn Alyce Prescott Ted Radtke Ken Rathert Lillian Russell, Chesna Saxton Pat Shinn‟s sister Amy Sayers Harold Wieland Linda Wolven

MILITARY Matt Bowling, OK Christina Collins, Afgh. George Cone, GA Travis DeMeester, CA Kristian Eckley, Afgh. Benjamin Gottwald, Okinawa Jonathan Gottwald, TX Jose Granados Gregg Heimall, Jr., RI Tyler Iteen, IL

Sgt. Phillip Jibson, Afgh. Eric Luteyn, MO Michael M. Marquez Adam Miller, LA Jonathan Oliver Kenneth (Mark) Shaw, Iraq Christopher Stevens Anthony Wagner, Medit. Sgt. Jonathan Wagner, Iraq Phil Wingate MISSIONARIES Bob & Sue Martin Paul Webster Pastor Bernard & Betty Lumene Delbert & Sandy Groves College students have been removed from the prayer list for the summer. SEMINARY Cory Young, G-ETS NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING Warren Abrahamson Leone Benedict Helen Blum Margie Cauchie Ralph Fowler Idah Gearhart Frieda Hansen Billie Jabrocki Margaret Lunde Tom McCumber Don & Iva Randall Joan Rasmussen Eileen Thiel Emma Van Horn

Soweto-Kapisha UMC and Front Porch Or-phanage, Zambia; Baudin School, Haiti

Ongoing Prayer Concerns

PRAYER REQUEST CARDS are located in the pews, the narthex and the Volunteer‟s Desk. Requests are prayed over on Tuesday mornings and are kept confidential. They are prayed over for 30 days unless updated for a

longer period of time. All prayer requests are kept in the office. If you have an urgent prayer request, you may activate the prayer chains by calling the church office at 843-8340. If the church office is closed, you may call either Lynne Gohn (843-4746) or Anne Estle (843-6263).

Colleen Dust August 10, 1963—May 12, 2011

Beloved daughter of Willa Jean

Marjorie Boardman September 25, 1915—May 18, 2011

Beloved mother of Phyllis Heimall

“God... will wipe away every tear from their

eyes…” Rev. 21:4

Memorial Garden continued from p. 8

The Ludington United Meth-odist Memorial Garden is a place to visit, meditate and give thanks for the happy memories of special lives that have been shared. The quiet beauty of the Garden speaks of life—Life Everlast-ing. The United Methodist Church of Ludington‟s church office is open 9-4 Monday through Fri-day. Call 843-8340 or email office@ludingtonumc.org. We would be delighted to answer any questions you may have.

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INSIDE THE JUNE 2011 ISSUE OF FOOTPRINTS

Footprints A publication of UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF LUDINGTON

United Methodist Church of Ludington

5810 Bryant Rd., Ludington, Michigan 49431 (231) 843-8340 Fax: (231) 843-0070

Email: office@ludingtonumc.org Web site: www.ludingtonumc.org

Rev. Tom Evans, Pastor

Jennifer Courtland, Youth and Christian Education Director Laurie McKinven-Copus, Office Manager /Footprints Editor

Rebecca Sopha, Music Director Deb Wooster, Handbell Choir Director

Jac Russell, Praise Band Director Sharon Dostal and Jill Jebavy, Nursery

OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

SUNDAY EVENTS Contemporary Worship 9:30 am

Fellowship 10:15 am Traditional Worship 11:00 am

Nursery 9:30 am - 12:15 pm

The Footprints deadline is the third Monday of each month.

United Methodist Church of Ludington 5810 Bryant Road Ludington, MI 49431 Address Service Requested

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PAID Ludington, MI Permit No. 163

Bits „N Pieces………….…........2 Calendar/Birthdays………..…11 Kids‟ Page …...……...….….....10

Prayer Ministry…..….…..…..…9 Sunday School News/VBS.…4-7 Thanks………….……………..4

You Can Help……...………………..8 Youth……………...…….………….3

Why didn’t we think of this for our Capital Campaign?