Summer Newsletter - Winthrop United Methodist Church

Winthrop United Methodist Church
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Summer 2016
Camp Mechuwana News!
Summer Camp and Day Camp Programs
at Mechuwana that still have openings:
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‘NATIVE AMERICAN CAMP’ FOR CHILDREN JUST FINISHED 5TH & 6TH GRADES
‘‘YOUNG ADVENTURERS’ FOR THOSE FINISHED 3RD & 4TH GRADES
‘FIRST TIMER’ FOR THOSE FINISHED 2ND & 3RD GRADES
‘ELEMENTARY CO-ED SOCCER’ AND ‘BASKETBALL’ CAMPS FOR THOSE
FINISHED 3RD-6TH GRADES
JR/SR HIGH ‘MUSIC THEATRE’
‘ELEMENTARY OUT POST’ FOR BOYS ONLY GRADES 4-6
‘GRANDCAMP’
‘GOLDEN OLDIES’
FOR DAY CAMP PROGRAM: AGES 5-11 MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30-3:30 DAILY
WEEK #4 AUGUST 1-5
For more information check the website: Mechuwana.org and scroll the main page for the summer camp
brochure and day camp flyer. Need some financial help? Or have questions? Call 377-2924 or email
Mechuwana@fairpoint.net. Don’t miss out on these great camp experiences!
The 1st Annual Camp Mechuwana Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, August 6
at Springbrook Golf Course in Leeds. 1 p.m. Shotgun Start - rain or shine. Proceeds will
go towards Mechuwana’s Camper Scholarship Program. For more information check the
Mechuwana.org website.
Also on that day….Mechuwana Alumni Day! Mark your calendars and plan to join other
alumni at camp beginning at 1 p.m. and stay for dinner! Come enjoy the camp, tour our facilities to see what is new, swim, boat, do arts and crafts and much more! The day ends with
dinner at 5:30 pm for all of our guests and participants in the golf tournament. If you plan to
come, please RSVP to mechuwana@fairpoint.net or call 377-2924 so we can be sure to have
enough food for all!
Tabitha’s Closet
School Supplies Giveaway
This year’s Tabitha’s Closet
School Supplies Giveaway will
take place on Saturday, August
13th, from 9:00 ‘til 11:00 AM.
This has become a highly-anticipated event; in
fact, many area families rely on the School Supplies Giveaway to prepare their youngsters for
school.
The success of this program is solely due to
the generous donations that you, the people of
the Winthrop United Methodist Church, provide
each year. Your commitment to this ministry is
evident in your unwavering support.
Below is a list of items needed to make 2016’s
Giveaway a success. Thank you.
 Backpacks for ages pre-K through high
school/boys and girls
 #2 Pencils
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Ball point pens, black, blue, and red ink
1 Subject Notebooks
3-Ring binder Filler Paper
3-Ring Binders
Glue Sticks (Please, no liquid glue)
Crayons, boxes of 24
Hi-liters
Colored Pencils
Permanent Markers
Erasers, Large and Pencil End
Rulers
Toothbrushes
We have a heightened need for
backpacks this year, since we
do not have the
reserve supply we
had last year.
Yeow! (rhymes with meow!) The noise, the
sand piles, the nailing, the boards, and even a tree
that came down in a heavy wind very near where
the nursery school storage building was moved,
folks working, and God made sure it missed all but
the ground. For now the Trustees point to Ms. Jane
as she so skillfully guides and engineers men and
boys constructing the new playground equipment.
Others such as Sue Reinke have pitched in with
providing the meals, etc.
Trustees are now concentrating on the next
green phase for our church. There has been lots of
conversation and we are starting slowly by the
placement of a new container marked for none separated trash. This is not for food or drink. We are
hopeful that the habit of recycling the dry elements
of our waste will find their way into it...... paper,
glass, bottles, etc. NO FOOD or GARBAGE, etc.
We have volunteers standing by to be sure our recycling bags when full are headed in the right direction. Any questions, ask Bill Buck, the Recycle
Royale.
The pears are small and green yet on the three
trees but we are hopeful that they will come along
as we really nipped the caterpillar problem in the
bud (nests). Time will tell but all eyes will be on
the trees.
It has been a busy spring. Our seniors have
graduated, the Sunday School youngsters have received Bibles and recognition. Now is the time for
some outside painting, edges, trim, covers, Nursery
School sign posts, and more talk about the hopefully new outside sign telling the world where we are,
what we are doing, and what we have to offer.
Hope you all have a great summer. Feel free to
deadhead our flowers when you go by and be a litter picker-upper, esp. on the west side. The winds
of spring have kept some of us busy. Remember,
too, one good deed a day can make
you feel peaceful. Imagine what
more than one can do.....your faithful trustees.
Sue Thomas
Calendar
WUMC Prayer Chain
Our church has an electronic prayer
chain which enables instant sending of
prayer requests to a large number of prayer warriors made up of members of the WUMC congregation. If you have a request, or if you would like to
become a prayer warrior and be added to the prayer
chain, please e-mail Christina Kennedy at
ckenny@roadrunner.com.
Sundays:
9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
10:00 a.m. Worship Services
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Mondays: 7:00 p.m. AA and Al-anon
Wednesdays: 7:00 a.m. Men’s Study Group
9:00 a.m. Lectionary Study
Thursdays: 3:30-5 p.m. Handbells Practice
6:30 p.m. Choir Practice
Fridays: 6:00a.m. Dawn Patrol
2nd & 4th Saturdays: 8:00a.m. Tabitha’s Closet 72 Main St.
VISITATION REMINDER: Pastor Ned is
available to all parishioners for
hospital, nursing home and home
visits. Please call the church office or his cell
phone for any visitation need.
Camp Candy
Spending time at camp this summer?
Here’s an easy recipe for a sweet treat.
Goes great with board games
(especially Scrabble), cards, ghost stories, just
about anything!
Hannaford Gift Cards
Don’t forget that Hannaford gift
cards are for sale every Sunday
during Fellowship time immediately following worship. They are available in amounts of $25, $50,
and $100. This project is a fundraiser for the
church; for every $2,000 in cards we order, the
church receives $100 in free cards, amounting to
$2,000 - $3,000 per year. If you shop at Hannaford,
and you are going to eat anyway J, why not shop
using gift cards purchased at WUMC? (Cannot be
used for alcohol or tobacco products.)
Medical Devices Ministry
Are you aware our church has a supply of donated crutches, canes, walkers,
wheelchairs, toilet seat adapters, shower chairs, etc.
that people can use when they are recovering at
home from an injury, surgery, or other medical issue. Please see Chris O’Connell or make your request at the church office. If we have it, we’d love
to have you borrow it.
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Regular Saltine Crackers – enough to completely
line a 10”x15”cookie sheet, with sides
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 cup light brown sugar
1 (12 oz.) package chocolate chips
1-1/2 cups finely chopped nuts of your choice
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Completely line, in a
single layer, the cookie sheet with the crackers. In
a saucepan, bring butter and brown sugar to a boil;
boil for 3 minutes. Pour butter/sugar mixture over
crackers, completely covering them. Bake in oven
for 5 minutes.
Immediately after removing from oven, sprinkle
chocolate chips on top. They will melt and spread
easily to cover all. BE CAREFUL – THIS STUFF
IS HOT! Immediately sprinkle chopped nuts over
all. Cool and break into bark-like pieces.
The deadline for the September 2016
newsletter is August 15th.
Please email your committee’s article,
news, announcement to the church office
prior to that date.
Food Pantry Donations
On the first Sunday of each
month, the congregation is invited to
bring non-perishable food items and
personal hygiene items to donate to
the Winthrop Food Pantry. If the pantry has specific
needs, we will pass that information on, however, all
donations of nutritious foods are welcome. A volunteer from WUMC (currently Kay Riggs) will take
the donated items to the Food Pantry.
Bottles and Cans
Needed!
Over the past few months, the
church has experienced a noticeable
decrease in the numbers of recyclable bottles and cans that have been
donated. The proceeds from these
donations fund the gifts the church presents to its
graduating high school seniors every year. The bottles and cans you donate are the only financial support of this ministry. Over the next few years, there
will be a number of young people connected to
WUMC who will be reaching the significant milestone that is high school graduation.
If you are not already doing so, will you please
prayerfully consider contributing your bottles and
cans? They can be brought to the church or brought
directly to MT Bottle Co. on Royal Street in
Winthrop. Just tell them to credit the WUMC account. Thank you.
Summer is upon us and Sunday School is on
vacation. We wish everyone a wonderful summer.
Sunday School will begin again on Rally Day,
Sunday, September 11, 2016.
A church family bowling outing is being
planned for anyone who would like to enjoy a fun
time that afternoon. More information will follow
in the church bulletin.
Soon will be the time for filling all the committee seats for the coming year. Anyone interested in joining the CE Committee, please speak to
Pastor Ned or Lynda Pratt.
Blessings to All, Lynda Pratt
Laundry Tip
Brought to you by Tabitha’s Closet!
Add 1/2 cup of white vinegar to the final rinse
in your washing machine, and it will soften your
laundry and help keep your machine smelling
sweet and clean! Bonus benefit is you never have
to buy fabric softener again!
Thanks for all of the kind words
and prayers said during my father’s
illness and recent death. Having the
support of our church family is very
meaningful especially during
difficult times. God bless!
Mark Johnston
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Anyone is welcome to knit or crochet a
shawl that will be made available to someone who is suffering from illness, surgery
or injury. The shawls bring a great deal of
comfort to the recipients. If you know of
someone who would benefit from receiving one, or
if you would like help with knitting or getting a pattern, speak with Shelley Gearheart or Jan Leighton.
COME TO THE
WHALE OF A SALE!
Saturday, August 20, 2016
8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Winthrop united Methodist church
58 main street
Huge selection of
Toys, books, household goods, etc.
Come Find your buried treasure!
“Her Heart Can See”
Fanny Crosby Program
“Her Heart Can See,” a special
program based on the life of one of
America’s most prolific and beloved hymn writers,
Fanny Crosby, will be presented on Sunday, September 18 at 3:00 p.m. at the United Methodist
Church in Winthrop. This unique first-person, living history interpretation will be presented by the
Rev. Ann Partner Nelson of Wells, Maine and her
husband. Nelson has been researching, writing, and
giving monologues about Crosby for more than 20
years. This event, featuring the singing of several
hymns, will be a journey through Crosby’s amazing
life, including the fact that she was blind from an
early age yet still managed to write some 8,000
hymns. Many of those hymns are still sung in our
churches.
There will be no charge for attending. A mission
offering for the Wonder-A-While Nursery School
will be received. Children and youth will be especially inspired by the program. Refreshments will
follow. Child Care will be available.
If you have any questions, contact John or Helen
Neff.
Tabitha’s Closet has had a very busy spring, with
many donations and visitors on every other Saturday when they are open. People continue to come
from Winthrop and several surrounding towns.
This summer we will have the pleasure of many
mission team people joining us to help with the daily process of sorting cloths and storing them for use
when Tabitha closets is open. Thank you to everyone who will help this summer.
The annual Back Pack and School Supply Give
Away will be on Saturday August 13, 2016. This is
always a very wonderful event and many children
are given a back pack with other school supplies. If
you would like to know more on how you can help
make this a great success again this year please contact Barbara Hamlin at 377-8620. Tabitha’s Closet
will also be open this Saturday and weathering permitting we will have a large Yard Sale of free
items.
Sue Reinke is opening her home on Saturday
September 17, 2016 from 1-4 pm, for all the Tabitha Closet volunteers and workers. Everyone has
worked very hard this year and the Steering Committee would like to Thank Everyone for all they
have done. Sue has a lovely home on the lake and
this will be a day of outdoor fun and food. Please
plan to come and bring your family. An RSVP to
Sue would be very appreciated by September 10,
2016, at 377-6036.
New volunteers are always welcome.
Have a wonderful summer.
Blessings, Lynda Pratt
WUMC Youth Active This Summer
Jesse Lee Meeting House
Summer Vesper Services
Summer evening worship at
Jesse Lee Meeting House is organized by the Jesse Lee Cluster/Mid
-Maine District of the United Methodist Church
and hosted by Readfield United Methodist
Church. The Jesse Lee Meeting House is located
on Route 17, Readfield, ME. Services begin at 7
pm.
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July 24 Mechuwana Music with Pastor Laura
Church
July 31 Music with Mitch Thomas and Jeff
Munson
August 7 Wayne CC: Paul Bright, Gospel
August 14 Readfield UMC: Michele Johnson,
Rick Smith, and John Twitchell – Gospel and
Praise Music
August 21 Cox Memorial UMC: Rev. Nancy
Bischoff
August 28 Readfield UMC: with Rev. Myung
Eun Park
Young members of the WUMC family will be
busy this summer displaying their artistic and
performing talents.
Michael Dolan will be appearing at the
Theater at Monmouth for the second year in a
row. This season Michael can be seen in William
Shakespeare’s Henry V. The show will be performed
in repertoire between July 21 and August 20,
2016.
Owen Kennedy will be performing as one
third of the group Fiddlocity2 at a number of
venues throughout the summer. He will be playing
his fiddle at the Monmouth Fair on August 4, (time
TBA), at the Gardiner Art Walk on August 5, Wolfe’s
Neck Farm “Family Farm Celebration” in Freeport on
August 14, and at the Maine Highland Games with the
Pineland Fiddlers in Topsham on August 15. For
more information about Owen’s appearances with
Fiddlocity2, please check their website:
http://www.fiddlocity2.com/upcoming.
Finally, Camp Mechuwana will host their
Jr./Sr. High School Music Theater Camp July 24 –
July 30. Campers will spend much of the week preparing a full-length music theater production to be
performed Friday and Saturday evenings. Chances
are a few familiar young people will be spotted on
stage.
Church Office Hours:
Tuesday—Friday
9 a.m—2 p.m
(207) 377-8620
P.O. Box 136
58 Main Street
Winthrop, ME 04364
Ned S. Crockett - Pastor
Jill Howes - Lay Leader
Barbara Hamblin - Administrative Ass’t
Email: office@winthropumc.org
Pastor Ned: pastor@winthropumc.org
Sunday Worship service
10:00 a.m.
www.winthropumc.org
www.wonderawhile.org
The mission of the Winthrop United Methodist Church is to be a Christian community that invites all people to participate in God’s love.
Our purpose is to live out the mission through nurture, outreach and witness.
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Winthrop United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 136
Winthrop, ME 04364