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The WORD
Westville United Methodist Church
December 2019
Volume 50 Issue 12
Sunday Morning Schedule:
9 am—10am Sunday School :
Adult Founders Room & Brick Room,
Children Basement
Fellowship 10 am—10:15 am
10:15 am—11:15 am Worship Service
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN!!!
THE WORD is a publication of Westville United Methodist Church at 154 Main St.,
P.O. Box 619; Westville, IN 46391 (219) 785-2314
*****CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY—THURSDAY, 3:15 to 7:15
Our Web Address is www.westvilleumc.org
First Sunday—Dec 1st 10:15 a.m. service
“Reach up, Reach in, Reach out
Reach up to God, Reach in to know
God, Reach out in Love”
In order to go green The Word will be e-mailed to you. Be sure to e-mail your address to Jane at [email protected]
Printed copies will continue to be available at the church for those who do not have e-mail.
Christmas Eve
Candle Light Service
11pm
Dec 24th
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The season of Advent, which comes from the Latin word adventus meaning “coming” or “visit,"
begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve. Advent is the beginning of
the liturgical year for Christians and will begin this year on December 1st
.
During Advent, we prepare for, and anticipate, the coming of Christ. We remember the longing of Jews for a
Messiah and our own longing for, and need of, forgiveness, salvation and a new beginning. Even as we look back
and celebrate the birth of Jesus in a humble stable in Bethlehem, we also look forward anticipating the second
coming of Christ as the fulfillment of all that was promised by his first coming.
The Advent wreath was originally a German and Scandinavian home devotional practice used to mark the four
weeks of Advent. Although many symbols have been attributed to it since that time, it was originally intended as a
way to mark the Advent season and the weeks until Christmas.
Families would light a candle for each past week and the current week at their dinner or evening time of prayer.
The configuration of candles, whether in a line or a circle, did not matter. Neither did the color of the candles (all
colors are used in homes in Europe). What mattered was the marking of time and the increase of light each week
in the face of increasing darkness as the winter solstice approached.
As Advent wreaths began to be used by congregations on Sundays in some places in Europe and America
beginning in the late 19th century, adaptations were needed for the larger worship spaces. Candles needed to be
larger and more specialized than the "daily candles" handmade or purchased for home use. They also needed to
be more uniform in color to fit with other decor in the sanctuary. Purple (and more recently blue) has become the
basic color of the candles to coordinate with color of the paraments used duringthis season.
As Advent wreaths changed from practical private use to the more symbolic context of public worship, it became
important for the candles to have meaning rather than simply mark time and add light. Ceremonies were
developed around the lighting of the candles each week. We will continue this tradition by asking members of the
congregation to come forward to light the advent candles during our Sunday services.
In time there was an effort, largely spurred by church supply houses that sold the special candles and wreaths, to
provide a particular meaning to each candle. The themes of Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace became popular, based on
scriptures from the one-year lectionaries used at that time. However, the historic theme of Advent is more broad
and deep than any one-word theme can capture.
So what are we to say, then, about the meaning of the Advent wreath today? We can still draw meaning from its
original home use: to mark time while increasing light. Advent, the first season of the Christian year, is all about
time. We await the day described in Revelation 21:23 when, “The city doesn’t need the sun or the moon to shine
on it, because God’s glory is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” At Christmas we celebrate that in Christ, “The true
light that shines on all people was coming into the world” (John 1:9).
Peace in Jesus
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Join us in local missions! Items needed for the Food Pantry:
Food Pantry Information:
The American Legion is now working in cooperation with the WMC Food Pantry ministry.
Please drop off donations of the above mentioned items at the Legion. For those
receiving donations, items may be picked up at the American Legion on Thursdays
from 4:30—5:30.
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Family Life Center is available for rental for parties and celebrations.
Contact the church office at 219-785-2314 for more information.
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Donate flowers for the altar. The cost is $35.00 and the flowers will be
ordered by Jane in the church office.
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Save your pop cans and bring them to the church. The money earned from
the can collection supports the Heifer Project.
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TIME & LOCATION
12/1 cleaning products: laundry soap, dish soap, mopping products
12/8 Pastas, noodles, macaroni, sauces, Hamburger helper
12/15 Canned fruits and vegetables, soup
12/22 Crackers, cereal
12/29 Your Choice
If you have a special need for prayer, the
prayer chain can be activated by calling church
Secretary Jane Bachman (785-2314)
PRAYER CHAIN
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Men's BreakfastMen's BreakfastMen's BreakfastMen's Breakfast
The monthly Men’s Breakfast will be held as follows:
When: Saturday, Dec 21st, at 8:45 a.m.
Where: Greenway Café on Hwy 421 in Westville
All men are welcome to come and bring a friend. If you have
any questions call: Bob McCaughey - at 219-312-5336.
********** Church Office Hours ********
Monday—Thursday 3:15-7:15pm
All Military Personnel All Victims of War
Pastor Toby Guill maybe reached @ 219-850-3768
Or email at [email protected]
Cares and Concerns Cares and Concerns
Health and Healing Karen Emerich John Coulter Jr
Joan Ewing Kelly Murphy Sherry Pearson Viny Moore Nancy Nichols Dan McBride Kim Buchanan Bob Bulger Candy McGarry Keith Affeld
The Family of Tim Stallings *Thos suffering with addiction, poverty, &/or depression *Unspoken Prayers *Families The Care Corner Guidance & Protection Ruby White Brandun Schweizer
Roselyn Reinfurth Michael Smith Kathy Howard Quinn Bacon Madeline Tetzloff Aaron Hale
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Our Friday Back Packs are being delivered every Friday. We are looking for the dona-
tions listed below and any financial help you can give to purchase perishable items
such as Cheese, yogurt, fruit. We are preparing 41 bags at this time.
Thank you for your support and help with this mission!
Care & Share Friday Back Pack Program
We are trying to fill back packs with healthy snacks or with foods that kids can make
themselves. A donation box will be placed in the Family Life Center for the following
donation items:
NO GLASS OR BREAKABLES PLEASE.
Peanut butter
Cheese or peanut butter crackers
Cereals (not sugary)
Raisins (individual serving plain or yogurt covered)
Canned fruit (low or no sugar)
Peanuts or other nuts
Pretzels, crackers
Zip lock plastic bags (sandwich size)
Granola or cereal bars (low sugar)
Pasta, sauce
Any snack packs with 18 carbohydrates or less
Any canned meats or healthy dinners that are healthy that kids like
MONETARY DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME FOR PURCHASING REFRIGERATED ITEMS
SUCH AS CHEESE AND FRESH FRUITS/VEGETABLES
Thank you for your donations!
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We will be gathering in the life center Dec. 15 following church to plate cookies for seniors &, shut in's from our church. We hope you can come & bring a batch of cookies. If unable to come, feel free to drop off cookies that morning. Also, we
would like to know of anyone that would appreciate this holiday gift from our church. This will not involve a lot of time following church.
We are collecting hats, mittens, scarves for the
Community Christmas Food Baskets.
Your donations need to be at the church by Dec. 8th.
The Baskets will be distributed on Dec. 9th.
Operation Christmas Child
We collected 26 boxes for children around the world this year.
Good job church. Children’s lives will be touched
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November 14, 2019 Church Council
Evert, Jane, Kim, Jan, Pastor Toby, Kay were present
Minutes from last meeting were approved
New Business: We have a request from Westville Tri Kappa to use the FLC for a soup
kitchen once a month. This project is in process with Tri Kappa. Jan Buchanan made a
motion to allow Tri Kappa to use the FLC for the Soup Kitchen. Kay 2nd the motion and the
motion passed.
Jan will work with Cory with the pledge cards and begin putting a budget together for re-
view.
We are putting together Thanksgiving meals for 3 families. The meals will be delivered
the Monday prior to thanksgiving. The church has donated the items for the dinners.
A discussion was held about the greeters being place at both entrances before 10am on
Sunday mornings. We want to make sure anyone who is new is greeted and given infor-
mation about moving around our facility. No one was at the door recently with brand new
people who were looking pretty lost. The greeter should stay in place for a bit after ser-
vice begins.
The projector in the sanctuary is dead and needs to be replaced. Kay made a motion to
purchase a new projector and Jane 2nd the motion that passed. Also Pastor Toby pur-
chased a drum set. The church council agreed to reimburse Pastor for the drums. He will
get the receipt for the reimbursement.
Old Business: Phil brought the idea of a chili supper at our last meeting. We continued
this conversation with the idea of doing a chili cook off.
Discipleship: Kay Tetzloff
Education: Amanda is working on putting together a Christmas Program for the kids.
Nurture: Kim continues to send cards
Outreach Ministry – Kathie Long
C & S is giving 39 bags a week of healthy snacks
Resale: The resale shop is hosting their customer appreciation day on Nov. 16th, with ac-
tivities for kids snacks and many deals.
UMW: The ladies put on a funeral dinner that was held at the American Legion as out fa-
cility is busy that day.
Financial: Jan passed out the reports. There was some discussion
Trustee: Kathy and Jan are going to put together a letter for Everdry asking for a meet-
ing, as we have a difficult time getting them to commit to a meeting time to resolve out
issues.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:10, Jane Bachman, Secretary
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Oct. 28, 2019 Trustee Meeting
Present: Jane, Ken, Phil, Alan, Stephan
Discussed topics
Everdry will be here Sat. to take care of our leak in the basement. 11/2
Chair Lift is up to date with the state of Ind.
Toilet in KDO needs valve and the urinal in FLC needs repair.
Light in the women’s restroom is a disco light and needs repair
Ken is scheduled to do the walk through at the parsonage 10/29 and the air quality test.
Alan is going to seed the front yard of the FLC
Jane and Phil will change the filters and batteries on Monday 11/4
The siding that is on the church office is not made any longer. We wanted to replace the bottom boards???
Talked about the upstairs small room – the ceiling is coming down. The light does not work
We adjourned at 7:30pm
Jane
Trustee Meeting Nov. 25, 2019
Alan, Jane, Richard, Stephan were present.
The letter for Everdry is ready to go and will be mailed certified mail.
We worked on a light in the bathroom, and in the sanctuary.
Worked on putting up smoke detectors
We worked on getting glass door fixed and getting the toilet in KDO fixed and the urinal in the bath-
room in the FLC repaired.
Jane
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Dec Birthdays
Dec Dates of Joining
Give as the Lord calls you to give: be as generous to God as God has
been to you!
Sunday School Teachers are needed. Thank you to all those who have volun-
teered to teach and care for our children. We still need a few more people to fill in occa-
sionally as a substitute. Teaching children can be a blessing to the teacher as well as the
children. They are the future of our church.
Dec Anniversaries
Westville United Methodist Church
WELCOME STATEMENT “With open hearts, open minds and open
doors; we welcome people of all races, nation-alities theologies and abilities. We welcome people of all sexual orientations and gender
identities. We offer a safe and compassionate place to reconcile faith, identity, hope, under-
standing and mutual respect”.
Date Worship SS Giving
10/27/2019 55 22 $ 1,134.00
11/3/2019 67 20 $ 3,411.00
11/10/2019 55 18 $ 1,099.00
11/17/2019 70 23 $ 1,325.00
12/29/2002 Leslie Daugherty
12/29/2002 Sue Daugherty
12/28/2003 Mary DeGarmo
12/28/2003 Russ GeGarmo
12/20/1960 Helen Hershman
12/24/2000 Herb Lennartz
12/24/2000 Linda Lennartz
12/20/1981 Kay Tetzloff
12/17/2017 David McKee
12/17/2017 Sunny McKee
12/17/2017 Robert Allison
12/17/2017 Eric Allison
12/17/2017 Melanie Allison
12/17/2017 Christoper Buehrer
12/17/2017 Missy Buehrer
12/17/2017 Nathan Buehrer
12/24/2017 Levi Simmons
12/24/2017 Connor Allison
12/24/2017 Robert D Allison
Pearl Moore 1-Dec
Amy McMahon 2-Dec
Ron Elliott 3-Dec
Brenda Vann 5-Dec
Aaron Hale 9-Dec
Sam Elliston 10-Dec
Doug Adkins 12-Dec
Jane Bachman 13-Dec
Toby Guill 14-Dec
Holly Martin 18-Dec
Peggy VanMeter 18-Dec
Cathy Murphy 19-Dec
Carol Wyels 23-Dec
Ruby White 25-Dec
Karen Jerde 29-Dec
Warren Howard 31-Dec
Bob & Sheila McCaughey 20-Dec
Ray & Cheryl White 23-Dec
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