June - St. Joseph First United Methodist Church

June 2016
First Connection
2950 Lakeview Ave., St. Joseph, MI 49085 www.sjfirstumc.org
269.983.3929
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Who: YOU and your neighbors, friends, family, work associates, etc.
What: A worship service intended for community outreach – “CROSSing Out Cancer.” This will be a
service of celebration, hope, and healing
Where: In our Sanctuary at St. Joe First UMC
When: Sunday, June 26, at 10:00AM (the morning after Relay for Life)
Almost every family has been touched, sometimes devastated, by cancer…
On Saturday, June 25, our community will be holding its annual Relay for Life.
Many of our friends and neighbors, including a team from our congregation, will
be participating in this symbolic fight against this dreaded disease.
This year, we would like to take these efforts just one step farther. We would
like to invite our entire community to a special service in which we will take
the time to celebrate the valiant efforts of those who have been on the frontlines
of this fight, either as patients, caregivers, or family members.
We want to celebrate both, the lives of those who have passed from our midst, as well as those who
survive and continue the fight.
We want to offer a message of hope that is uniquely tied to our faith to those people who are constantly
inundated by statistics of doom and gloom.
There will be uplifting music and opportunities to share. And we will end the
service with a time of healing prayer for all who wish to be blessed in that way.
What do you do? Begin inviting people NOW. There will be MUCH MORE
publicity and invitational materials… But you do not have to wait. Who do you
know that really needs this? Start praying for them and invite them. Let’s CROSS
out Cancer!
Pastor Harris
**PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE THE ONLY SERVICE FOR THIS DAY**
Graduation Breakfast: Sunday, June 5, 10:00 AM in
the Fellowship Hall
Everyone in the church is invited to join us for the Graduation Breakfast and
program in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, June 5, 10:00-11:00 AM. This
year’s graduates are: Rachel Achterberg, Andy Acker, Olivia Buck, Jayna
Colthorp, Heather Duschek, Xena Finehout, Will Goodman, Ally Jarvis, Jacob
Kraus, Michelle Lester, Allison Martinez, Sara McGilvra, Genny Pinkowski,
Sarah Schwyn, Jason Service, & Bronwen Wallace.
Middle School FLAME Schedule for June:
June 1: MS Flame, 7:00-8:30 PM.
June 14: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
June 15: No MS FLAME
June 21: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
June 22: MS FLAME at Hidden Pointe (Mini-Golf & Go Karts, 6-9 PM)
June 25: Relay for Life, 10 AM – Midnight at Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds
June 28: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
June 29: Humans vs. Zombies at the church, 8:00 PM - Midnight
High School FLAME Schedule for June:
June 5: No HS FLAME due to Graduations at SJHS and LHS
June 12: No HS FLAME (Dan getting ordained that day)
June 14: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
June 19: HS FLAME at Hidden Pointe (Mini-Golf & Go Karts, 6-9 PM)
June 21: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
June 25: Relay for Life, 10 AM – Midnight at Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds
June 26: HS FLAME at church (volleyball, basketball, 4 Square)
June 28: Help with Tubular Tuesdays, 6:00-8:30 PM
Jayna Colthorp’s Graduation Party, Saturday, June 25, 11-3 PM at the church – Everyone in the church
is invited.
VBS Tubular Tuesdays will begin
June 14, 6:00-8:30 PM.
I would love to see every child in our
church (and all their friends) age 4completed grade 6 come to the VBS
Tubular Tuesdays starting up in June.
There will be snacks, games, music,
skits, crafts, Bible stories, and cool
science experiments Come all 5 weeks
or for as many as you can attend.
YOUTH HAPPENINGS
June 8: No MS FLAME
Thank you to our Sewing
Ministry! Sue O’Neil, Diane
Goodman and Kim Otte who
faithfully cut out the projects; Sara
Lawrick who traces the patterns;
Linda Abshagen, Lynda Acker,
Jean Edwards, Julie Evans, Judy
Felland, Marilyn Herrman, Sue
O’Neil, Kim Otte, Ella Rimes, and
Marilyn’s friend, Mary Lou. And a special thanks to Les
Herrman who provides the extension cords so they have
enough plugs for everyone, and Jim Martin who faithfully
cleans up after us! We will not meet in the summer but
know that we will all be sewing or shopping in
preparation for fall. The Sewing Ministry is an
unbudgeted item with most of our funding coming from
members of the group and donations of fabric. Thank
you to the Women’s Ministry for the $100 gift!
—Barb Petzke
We want to thank Dan Colthorp and his youth group
members who were able to carry out the Herculean task
of cleaning out what was left in our house so we could
complete the sale and move on to getting our condo and
lives in order here in Midland. The moving sale left a lot
of furniture and “stuff” that we had accumulated during
our 32 years in the house. Dan and crew showed up
with the enthusiasm and equipment to get everything
out in a couple of hours. The rain that came did not
slow them down. This really helped us out and gives
the youth a good supply of items for their rummage sale.
Also, we want to thank Mary Ann and Gene Robinson,
the experts for all things rummage, for showing up to
advise everyone on the move and for providing their
nearby garage for interim storage until the rummage
sale.
After almost 40 years as members of St. Joe First, we
will miss all of you but hope that we will be well enough
to come back when we can to see everyone again. We
especially appreciate the prayers and support for June
with her health problems this year.
—Lynn and June Rayle
Newsletter article
deadline has changed
to the 20th of each
month!
Do you recognize
this SJ First UMC
“saint”?
This fellow has been
silently fixing items in
need of repair around
the church such as the
parlor door, lighting in
the sanctuary, fixing tables, mowing the church property
and various needed repairs that he saw, but we are not
aware of. Please let Bob Husek how much he is
appreciated!
3rd-5th grade Cookout, Water Wars, Nerf Gun game
day at Dan Colthorp’s house: Wednesday, June 8, 5:00
-8:00 PM.
All children and their friends who are in grades 3-5
completed are invited to Dan’s house for a cookout,
Water games, Nerf games, jumping on the trampoline,
and playing in the tree house. We will also talk about
all the fun children’s activities we will have during the
summer and upcoming ministries in the fall I would love
to see them get involved in. Dan lives at 5835
Demorrow Rd, Stevensville, 49127. For more info
contact Dan at 369
-8475.
Preschool-2nd
Grade Cookout,
Trampoline, and
game day at
Dan Colthorp’s
house, Sunday,
June 26, 12:303:30 PM (5835
Demorrow Rd, Stevensville, 49127).
All children and their families and their friends are
invited to Dan’s house for a cookout, jumping on the
trampoline, playing on the play set, and other fun
games. This will be a time for all the families to get to
know each other and have some fun. Need more info?
Contact Dan Colthorp at 369-8475.
BECOME A “BOOK MISSIONARY” Update...
The response to our book drive has been terrific, both from the church and the community thus far. People have
been coming in daily from the community and dropping off books and monetary donations to defray shipping
overseas costs. The collection goes until the end of June. Bibles and Christian enriching education materials are
still welcome. We have received home school, seminary, college textbooks and encyclopedias as well. You are
doing an excellent job of cleaning those shelves! (Please no more cook books, we have enough). Keep up the good
work! Any questions? Give Marilyn Herrman a call at 449-9963
—Marilyn Herrman
MISSIONS
SEWING MINISTRY UPDATE
May 9th found three of our snow
birds back to the soup kitchen,
helping right where they left off in
December 2015. So glad to have them back!
Our week to serve came a week earlier, in the month
(due to the calendar). As a result our count was down
by 18. We served 118. Often time they still have
money to buy food. A great group of people, that thank
us kindly and appreciate what we do.
Our faithful workers were: Gene & Mary Ann Robinson,
Carol Starks, Joyce Bliss, Julie Evans, Kevin Kraus and
Shirley Johnson. We are back serving our usual menu
after Tosi’s Spaghetti for three months. We serve
escalloped potatoes with hot dogs, corn, applesauce,
cake, bread with cheese slices, milk and juice.
The people donating cakes were: Glenna Collins,
Dawn Ankli, Sue O’Neil, Annie Kaeding, Julie Evans,
Robin Lydic and Shirley Johnson.
Juice providers were: Anne Hahn, DeDe Bitner, Gloria
Muth and milk providers were: Miriam Pede and Carol
Starks.
As you can see, it takes several people to make this
important mission possible. Our hearts would be
warmed if we could see some of our 11:00 am families
names on the signup sheet. The sign-up list is located
on the Opportunities Desk. Our next time to serve is
June 13th. Please feel free to sign up at the
Opportunities Desk or call Shirley at 429-9026 if you
have questions.
—Blessings, Mission Commission
GENEROSITY
1 Corinthians 4:2: “Now it is required
those who have been given a trust
must prove faithful”.
It is responsive management. It is based on the belief that all
we have has been entrusted unto us to manage for God.
Matthew 10:8: “Freely you have received, freely give.”
Employ all God has entrusted you with and enjoy the happiness
of giving effort, time and resources.
Thank you for being consistent and wise stewards this year.
Let us continue for the summer and the rest of the year
God Bless us all!
—Fred Breitkruez
During church on April 24th, we celebrated the
items completed since April 2015. These included:
30 chemo turbans, 143 boys’ sets (tank top &
shorts), 188 girls’ sets (gowns & shorts), 118 pairs
of boys’ shorts, 48 gowns for layettes, 68 sweaters
for layettes, 46 diapers for layettes, 84 school bags,
and 37 sewing kits! In addition, a number of school
bags have already been taken to the Emergency
shelter. The Missions Commission fills them with
supplies needed. We also deliver completed chemo
turbans to the Berrien County Cancer Center. The
other items are taken directly to Haiti by Del
Troutman when she goes to the Papillion
Orphanage or are delivered to the Midwest Mission
Distribution Center.
This ministry has a long history in this church!
The earthquake in 2010 inspired the group to
become more active, meeting monthly through the
school year. Our sewers have included elementary,
middle and high school students and adults to the
age of 80. We also have a faithful crew that shops
for the fabric (watching for the best sales to get the
most for our money), cuts out the projects and sew
on the third Saturday, and many days at home.
What a wonderful group! You are all a blessing!
The statistics in the first paragraph tell just one
year’s story. I don’t have records for all six years,
but here are the numbers for the past three years.
We have completed 414 boy’s sets, 437 girls’ sets,
93 layette gowns, 204 pairs of shorts, 233 sweaters,
308 school bags, 77 sewing kits, dozens of chemo
hats. Unfortunately, there is still a need! We
continue as long as there are children without
clothes, children being treated for diseases in Grace
Hospital, people being treated for cancer, children
and teachers in need of school bags. Please join
us!
—Jean Edwards and Barb Petzke
REMEMBER OUR CHURCH FAMILY MEMBERS
IN NURSING AND RETIREMENT HOMES,
THOSE HOME BOUND IN YOUR PRAYERS
Caretel– St. Joseph
Anona Myers
Royalton Manor- St. Joseph
Susan Larsson
Whitcomb Towers– St. Joseph
Edith Ammeson, Bob & Jean Smith, Jimmy Butt,
Noreen Sonnenberg, Joyce Coniglio, Paul Stright,
Dorothy Crow
Woodland Terrace- Bridgman
June Clauss, Wylna Johnson, Nancy Eggers
Shenandoah Valley Westminster-CanterburyWinchester, VA
Dorothy Gray
At Home
Betty Cassidy, Wayne Hatfield, Pam Lockwood,
Fred Mead, Marguerite Thierbach
FLAME is FIRED UP to FIGHT CANCER
Our church has a team taking part in Relay for Life at
the Berrien County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 25, to
raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Please go
online (relayforlife.org/berriencountymi) to support our team
St. Joe First UMC – FLAME or see our table in Fellowship
Hall between services.
For every $5 you donate, we will gladly decorate a luminary
bag in honor of or in memory of your loved one who has
battled cancer At the candlelight Luminaria Ceremony, we
remember loved ones lost to cancer, support those who
currently have cancer, and honor those who fought cancer
in the past. It's a powerful part of the event because it
provides an opportunity for people to work through grief and
find hope.
Come visit our tent site anytime from 10am to midnight and
walk a couple of laps with us! If you have any questions, just
ask one of our Team Captains Dan Colthorp, Brittney
Rogers or Kim Risk.
Picture: FLAME team member Sadie Colthorp with a
luminary bag she decorated. Last year we displayed 55
luminaria along the Relay track.
Those in our military service
Tommy Ryberg, John Grimm, John and Lisa
(Thurman) Clark, Justin Leemaster, James Ward,
Jacob Romelhardt, Russell Babcock, Jake Grimm,
David Dubel (Carlsons’ step-grandson), Steven
Brown (retired), Ross and Mason Smiedendorf
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
2016
Mark your calendar for November 6, 2016
for our church’s OCC Packing Day! It will be a great
morning of fellowship. A container marked for OCC is
under the table in Fellowship Hall, by the cappuccino
machine, for any donations for this packing day. If you
are out and about shopping and see a great gift for a
shoebox, go ahead and pick it up and place it in the
container. If you have a hobby, be it woodworking,
sewing, knitting, crocheting, etc., and would like to make
items for the shoeboxes, you can place them in the
container whenever you are at the church. Remember,
school supplies and hygiene items are always welcome
too. If you have any questions, please contact me at
jlevans29@csinet.net or 422-2285.
Julie Evans, OCC Coordinator
Picture: Last year we had 2 survivors from our church,
Scott Risk and Ron Petzke, walk the Survivors Lap as we
cheered their victory over cancer. Can we get more
survivors to come this year for us to honor? Be there by
10 am!
10:00 Mon. Musicals
10:00 Senior Breakfast
5:45 Women’s Bible Study
12:30 Preschool-2nd grade @
Colthorps
7:00 HS & College Life
2:00 Matter of Balance
10:00 Cross Out Cancer
7:30 HS Flame
27 9:00 Offering Counters
7:00 HS & College Life
5:45 Women’s Bible Study
2:00 Matter of Balance
2:00 Prayers for Nordstroms
20 9:00 Offering Counters
26
6:00 HS FLAME @ Mini-golf
Father’s Day
6:30 Stewardship Committee
6:00 Tubular Tuesdays
28
6:00 Tubular Tuesdays
21
2:00 Matter of Balance
19
6:30 Evangelism, Missions,
Worship Commissions
9:00 Soup Kitchen
10:00 Blood Pressures
5:45 Women’s Bible Study
6:00 Tubular Tuesdays
13 9:00 Offering Counters
14
5:30 Women’s Ministry
7
12
7:00 HS & College Life
5:45 Women’s Bible Study
2:00 Matter of Balance
6 9:00 Offering Counters
5
11:00 Casual Worship
10:15 Adult/MS/Positively Sun
8:00 MS?HS Nerf
9:00 Staff Meeting
29
6:00 MS FLAME
9:30 Whitcomb Service
22
5:00 Council on Ministries
9:00 Staff Meeting
15
5:00 3-5th grade cookout @
Colthorp’s
9:00 Staff Meeting
8
7:00 MS Flame
6:00 Youth Leader & Praise
Band
10:00 Coffee Connection
Newsletter Deadline
is now the 20th of
each month!
Wed
9:00 Traditional Worship
Tue
1 9:00 Staff Meeting
Mon
Each Sunday
Sun
7:00 Worship Band
30
7:00 Worship Band
5:30 Education Comm. @
Martins
7:00 Worship Band
23
7:00 Worship Band
6:30 Church Council
5:30 Stephen MinistrySupervision
Cont. Ed.
16 4:00 Stephen Ministry-
7:00 Worship Band
9
7:00 Worship Band
4:30 Stephen MinistrySupervision
2:30 High School Life
2 2:30 Sit & Stitch
Thu
Ju ne 2 0 16
June 8-13
Michigan Annual
Conference @ MSU
24
17
10
3
Fri
11:00 Jayna Colthorp Grad
Party
10:00 Relay for Life
8:00 Men’s Breakfast & Study
25
8:00 Men’s Breakfast & Study
18
8:00 Men’s Breakfast & Study
11
8:00 Men’s Breakfast & Study
4
Sat
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Read Song of Solomon 2
LaVonne Borgersen
Read Ecclesiastes 12
Song of Solomon 1
13
Read Isaiah 3
Nick & Julia Butcher
20
Read Isaiah 12
Tom, Jean, Gina &
Anthony Cellentani
27
Read Isaiah 21
Wyatt, Amy, Payton,
Riley & Grayson Cline
12
Read Isaiah 1-2
James, Trisha &
Jhaylee Busby
19
Read Isaiah 10-11
Betty Cassidy
26
Read Isaiah 19-20
June Clauss
Jerry & Sandy
Boomer
6
5
Royce, Katie, Abigail &
Riley Cole
Read Isaiah 22
28
Doris Champagne
Read Isaiah 13
21
Linda Butera
Read Isaiah 4
Joe & Glenna Collins
Read Isaiah 23
29
Cindy Chaney
Read Isaiah 14
22
Jimmy Butt
Read Isaiah 5
15
Fred & Pat Breitkreuz
Wayne & Sue Borr
14
Read Song of Solomon
4
Dan, Kris, Micah,
Jayna, Sadie &
Thaddeus Colthorp
Read Isaiah 24
30
Erik Clark
Read Isaiah 15
23
Bob & Joan Cade
Read Isaiah 6
16
David, Vicki, Hannah &
Olivia Buck
Read Song of Solomon
5
9
Joyce Bliss
Gerry & Ann Marie
Blasko
8
Read Ecclesiastes 8
Read Ecclesiastes 7
Read Song of Solomon
3
7
2
1
John & Lisa Clark
Read Isaiah 16
24
Larry & Sue Cairns
Read Isaiah 7
17
Keith Bundy
Read Song of Solomon 6
10
David Blunt
Read Ecclesiastes 9
3
Kevin, Beth, Colby,
Cooper & Carson Clark
Read Isaiah 17-18
25
Stanley & Barbara
Carlson
Read Isaiah 8-9
18
J D Busby
Solomon 7-8
Read Song of
11
Nathan Bolis
10-11
Read Ecclesiastes
4
The Church is a covenant community of prayer. As the body of Jesus Christ, we are one in Him. Set aside some time each day to read the designated
Scripture and to pray for those members or friends of St. Joseph First UMC whose names are recorded following the Scripture for that day.
SUNDAY
Prayer Calendar and Bible Reading Plan
JUNE 2016
Secret Saints Revealed
A very special thanks goes out to
many “Secret Saints“ who have
gone out of their way to show out
college students they are still cared
for as they are starting their next
step. Twelve of these young adults
received e-mails, cards and care packages throughout the
2015-16 school year, but most importantly they received
encouragement and prayer. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank each and every one of them. You are
a true “saint“ to these young adults.
Colby Clark
Renee Foote
Micah Colthorp
Men’s Group
Brendon Dent
Beth Clark
Caroline Jarvis
Linda Rajewski
Janet Kaeding
Janet Puzycki
Rachel Otte
Hoffman/Rockhill/Jarvis
Joe Pinkowski
Hoffman/Rockhill/Jarvis
Joe Puzycki
Men’s Group
Caitlin Rockhill
Lynda Acker
Conor Rockhill
Meryill Merritt
Ellen Schrock
Thurs Night Small Group
Kelsey Zinkil
Barb Petzke
If you are graduating high school and preparing to enter
the college world, or if you are already in college, you can
sign up to receive a secret saint for the 2016-17 school
year. Feel free to pick up a form at the Opportunities Desk,
or see Lynda Acker for more information. Have a happy
and safe summer!
Lakeview Resurfacing
Project
Lakeview Avenue, from Hilltop Road to
West Highland Avenue is slated to be
resurfaced this summer. The tentative plan
is to start mid-June and complete the project prior to Labor Day. The
project includes resurfacing of the asphalt street, replacement of the
storm sewer between Colonial Avenue and West Highland Avenue,
and upgrades to sidewalk ramps.
LOVE THE NEW CHURCH LOGO? WEAR IT &
CARRY IT!
POLOS T-SHIRTS HATS JACKETS
BOTTLES CELL WALLETS
We are offering fun promo gear with our new logo
to help spread the word that St. Joe First UMC is a
multi-generational church where people of all ages
can connect, learn and serve in the name of Jesus
Christ in our community and the world.
Let’s be visible in our community! Wear or carry
church gear at community events, volunteer
activities, work, school, the gym, etc. Consider
buying a jacket for a staff member as a special
way to contribute to this marketing effort.
Items will be for sale through June 10. Look for
the table in Fellowship Hall starting May 22nd on
Sundays with samples and order forms. During
the week, stop by the office. Order forms are
available to print at SJFirstumc.org. Payment
(cash or check) is required when you place your
order.
Through the sale of this promo gear, we hope to
make a profit to apply to future marketing
projects. We may plan a fall sale with coldweather items if this goes well.
Please take part in this opportunity to be visible in
our community on behalf of our
church! Questions? Contact Kim Risk at 556-9052
or ksrisk@sbcglobal.net.
Dear Members and Friends,
We know that this cooler than normal spring has us all wondering when summer will arrive with the
seasonally warmer temperatures. The silver lining with this cooler spring has been the prolonged beauty of
our spring flowering trees and bushes. We have much to be thankful for, in the wake of the storms,
flooding and tornados that have plagued the rest of the nation this spring.
Keeping this in mind, the Stewardship Team would like to express thanks on behalf of St. Joseph First
United Methodist Church for those who have pledged, tithed, and given to this date.
Summer is a great time to invite a friend or neighbor to join you in an activity or worship service at church.
Extending a sincere invitation to share an event is an extension of hospitality that only you can give.
May God bless you in all your activities this spring through summer.
Your Church Staff and Stewardship Team
Our church is part of the
Kalamazoo District of the
United Methodist
Church. We are one of
five districts that make up
the West Michigan
Annual Conference and
together with the Detroit
Annual Conference we
make up the Michigan
Area under one Bishop.
The Annual Conference meets once a year with
representatives from each church. This year the West
Michigan Annual Conference will be meeting on the
Campus of Michigan State University in Lansing. Most
of the conference will be held together with the Detroit
Conference as we anticipate the merge of both
conferences into one in 2018.
This year, our Youth Pastor, Dan Colthorp will be
commissioned as a Provisional Deacon at the
Annual Conference. This is the first of a two step
process of ordination to become a Deacon in Full
Connection in the UMC. (He will also be certified in
Youth Ministry.) You are invited to attend the
ordination service on June 12 at 2:00 pm. This
church is the sponsoring congregation for Dan and it is
important that we have a presence at the service not
only to show support for Dan as he begins his career
as a Deacon but also to represent our church as the
sponsoring body. We hope you can attend and be a
part of this great moment in Dan’s life but also as we
celebrate the clergy leadership of the Church.
The Ordination service will be on Sunday, June 12
at 2:00 pm at the Breslin Student Events Center,
534 Birch Rd. East Lansing.
St. Joe First UMC Wins First Prize in the
Children's Float Category!!
A big thank you goes out to: Mark Lester, Adeline
Lester, Lou Ann Stelter, Joe May, James Lawrick, Mikey
McGilvra, Rachel Adrian, Chris Ben Van Epps, Alex
Meilstrup, Zoey Holmstrom, and Dan Colthorp for making
the float and getting it ready for the parade. Also, thanks
to all the kids and teens that were on the float for the
kid’s parade and the Blossomtime parade!!
Baby, Oh, Baby
Open House
For Anyone
Who Loves
An Infant
Learn these important skills:
 Infant CPR
 The ABC s of safe sleep
 How to relieve choking in infants
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Drop in anytime between 4:30 pm & 7:00 pm
(Open House Format)
Fellowship Hall
Saint Joe First United Methodist Church
2950 Lakeview Avenue
Update from Women’s Ministry
Thank you to everyone who is participating in the Silent Auction for the benefit of victims of Human
Trafficking, especially locally. Here are some resources: The Southwest Michigan Human Trafficking Task
Force was founded by Cathy Knauf. Here is the link to their website: www.swmihumantrafficking.org
The Task Force is promoting the website www.ProtectMiChild.com created by the Michigan Child Protection
Registry. This allows parents to protect their children from electronic messages about pornography,
tobacco, drugs, alcohol or gambling.
Here are links to three short informative videos recommended by Rev. Dr. Christopher Momany, chaplain and director of church
relations at Adrian College and a member of the Department of Philosophy/Religion. He is an ordained United Methodist
minister and has been the pastor of several churches. Chris has been a national leader among college and church professionals
in confronting the issue of Human Trafficking.
“The first is an introductory video, produced by our Adrian College students that will appeal not only to young people but to most
church folk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4YDyN0GfTE
Here is a television story from WDIV in Detroit regarding our initiative called "One Dress, One Month.":http://
www.clickondetroit.com/news/college-students-fight-human-trafficking-in-metro-detroit
The next piece was produced by a senior who later became a Fulbright Scholar in Spain. It is a creative group project (simply
from one classroom experience) that deals with "labor trafficking" and interprets the number of people enslaved to make products
we count on every day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAOvJYZagjM
Here is one of my more theoretical pieces about slavery's role in the creation of American colleges/universities:http://
www.historiansagainstslavery.org/main/2016/01/right-and-rationalization-momany/ “
On behalf of Women’s Ministries, thank you to our congregation for reaching out to free these victims!
St. Joe First UMC
2950 Lakeview Ave.
St. Joseph, MI 49085