Apr 2013
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Apr 2013
The Monitor St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church 2738 MacArthur View, San Antonio, Texas 78217 April, 2013 www.stmattsumcsa.org How Are We Different? I’ve been taught that every human being is different. We have different finger prints, different DNA and even different foot prints. We have different personalities. We like different things. We respond to the same things differently. Different things cause us to laugh and cry. Some have personalities that make it a blessing to be around them and others have personalities that people try to avoid. If we were to try to define who we are and what makes us different from everyone else, it would probably be a combination of physical characteristics and personality traits. What things make you different from everyone else? Individual people are not the only ones that are different. Organizations, specifically churches, are different as well. We have some things in common with each other. We all worship God, mostly on Sunday morning. We all offer Bible studies. Most have buildings that need to be maintained. We are all glad to meet new guests who come to our church. We do have differences. Our style of worship is different. Our offerings of Bible studies is different. The way we greet guests on Sunday morning is different. Our physical buildings are different. We have a pumpkin patch in the fall as well as a Fall Festival. A lot of churches have VBS ministries but the way we do VBS is different. Like all of the churches we celebrate Christmas and Easter but we do that in different ways. The staff and lay leadership certainly make us different. Can you think of any others? Now let me ask the same question from a different point of view. What would you say the people in our neighborhood say about us? How are we different from the other churches in their minds? What they think about us may be based on previous experiences in In This Edition Page 2 New Members Page 3 PNO/Children’s Events Page 4 Thank You’s/ Fox Run Apartments Fire Page 5 UMW Page 6 Church/Society/ UMM/Trustees Page 7/8 Calendar/ Prayer Concerns Page 9 Day School Page 10/11 Youth ATF Page 12/13 Family Mission Trip other churches. After all, aren’t all churches the same? It may be based on the outward appearance of our facilities. Mowed lawns are like nice hair cuts. It may be based on the one time they came to worship with a friend or family member. We can’t change people’s minds but we can start giving them a positive image that will encourage them to come “try us out” One of the things I have heard from a lot of members who have been here a while is how great the church was during the 70’s when all the youth were here. I have heard people brag on what a great Day School we have had. (The new and improved version is pretty good, too.) I have seen the way people come together to reach out to the families in our neighborhood. It seems to me that neighborhood, family, children and youth have been core to almost every positive image. So I made a proposal to the Council on Ministries that we add something positive to our name, St. Matthew’s. After all, St. Matthew’s doesn’t tell the people anything about us. So we agreed to add, “your neighborhood, family church” after St. Matthew’s. If people begin to think of us in this manner, more people may want to come and see if it’s true. Let us know what you think. Alan St. Matthew’s United Methodist your neighborhood, family church 2738 MacArthur View San Antonio, Texas 78217 Website: www.stmattsumcsa.org Phone: 210-822-0252 1 WE SAVED Month Church DEC JAN FEB 180 172 193 Sunday School 70 88 94 Average Church and Sunday School Attendance December — February 2012 WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS: March 3, 2013 Terry and Dawn White, and 7 year old Logan Maury Scales Bryan and Gerry Lesch Tim and Kelli Diemert , and 7 year old TJ Rebekah Diemert and Eric Pokladnik ******REMINDER****** Altar Flower Donations 2013 ps—s next o O re tu Pic nitor Mo ALTAR FLOWERS ---- 2013 Please feel free to choose an open date on the flower calendar for 2013 Flower arrangements for the altar are $35.00 After sharing your beautiful bouquet with your St. Matthew’s friends, you may pick them up after the 11:00 service. Thank you for sharing!!!! The Flower Calendar is ready for your flower reservations List is on the wall in the Narthex 2 UPCOMING CHILDREN’S EVENTS Mark your calendars for these summer events: Wednesday Fun Days—June 12, 19, 26 (Kinder—5th grade) Daytime Vacation Bible School—July 15-19 (4 years—5th grade) MAD Camp (Music, Art and Drama) at Mt. Wesley for grades 4th—6th July 24—27 Rev. Alan Delafield will be the Dean and Judy Langford will be his trusty assistant Evening ARTS Camp—August 6—8 (Kinder—5th grade) Parents Night Out Friday April 5th **The First Friday Night of each Month** Volunteers are always needed for our monthly Parent’s Night Out Ministry Held on the first Friday night of each month. Getting involved is such a blessing to these children. The children arrive at 6:30 pm for play, dinner, story, crafts, and games and stay till 9:00 pm. We are now using our Power Xpress Sunday School curriculum as a basis for planning each month’s activities. It’s a blessing to reach children with the Good News of Jesus Christ. This outreach is a living expression of the vitality of this church. Please contact Maria Cantu at 270-505-3578 or 3 Thank you to our St. Matts family for your kindness and expressions of sympathy at the death of my mother, Marie Odiorne. She left us with a strong legacy of faith and love. Sincerely, Marianne Dorsett & Family Thank you from Kerry and Mark White: Thanks to all who prayed, sent messages, phone calls and inquired about Mark’s health. We appreciate all our friends at St. Matthew’s!! Thank you —to all our members who wrote devotionals for our beautiful Lenten Devotional Booklet. A special thankyou to Ray and Vivian Taylor for not only their input, but for their time in gathering, organizing, editing and printing of the booklet. The children’s drawings were certainly an extra blessing to each of us. Thanks to everyone who helped!!! Truly a BLESSING to all!!! FOX RUN APARTMENTS FIRE The Fox Run Apartment Fire on Monday, March 18th destroyed several units and damaged several others, forcing many families and individuals into homelessness and loss. We thank our loving God for the protection of the occupants, as no one was injured. The St. Matthew’s community, Regency School, Red Cross and other agencies and individuals came together with one plan in mind and that is to help and assist these families. St. Matthew’s served food, collected clothing, contributions of money and household goods, for these families, thrown into helplessness. More importantly, we prayed, we hugged, we cried and we showed God’s love and mercy through our acts of kindness. We thank everyone who gave of their time, their money and especially the prayers offered. We are continuing to help these families as we gather information about their actual needs. Many of these families have been part of St. Matthew’s Family for years as relationships with Parents Night Out, Vacation Bible School, Church and Youth Activities and Regency Elem. One of our members, Sherrie Rogers lost all of her belongings in this devastating fire. Please contact the Church Office for information or contributions. 4 April General Meeting Thursday, April 4th at 6:00 PM Dinner provided by Sarah & Ladybug Circles Program will start at 6:30 PM Guest speaker: Eileen Lehmberg San Antonio District UMW President C I R C L E S Lady Bugs- Sunday,April 14 in Youth Building , 12:30PM, contact Katy Oursland H.O.P.E.-Sunday, April 14 in Youth Building, 12:30PM, contact Kelli Diemert Lydia-Thur, April 18, 10:30am, Parlor at church, contact Georganne Freund Sarah-Sat, April 20, 12:00, at Marion Jacob’s Eve-Thur, April 25, 7:00PM at LaJean Tyk’s Mission Action Project in Manos Juntas Mexico Wesley Health & Wellness Center Style Show & Lunch Saturday, April 6, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Supporting emergency needs of Wesley families For more information, contact Barbara Gadsby St. Matthew’s UMW has made a commitment to provide 20 backpacks filled with school supplies for the Mission Action Project in Manos Juntas Mexico. The Methodist Church supports the mission and the Director will be one of the presenters at "Mission u" in July. We are purchasing the bags and spirals in a big order through the district UMW. Other items that are needed are listed below. We appreciate any donations given. We will have a box in the Fellowship Hall and cash donations can be given to Jean Seymour or the church office. 1 pencil box (8 1/2 X 5 1/2 X 2 1/4) 1-7.6 oz. bottle of school glue 2 small glue sticks 1 compass (not metal) 1 pr. school scissors-rounded tip 1 box of 8 watercolors 10 pencils-plain wooded 1 calculator (+,-,X,/) 1 box 24 Crayola crayons 1 unbreakable/metric ruler 1 pink eraser (2 X 3) 1 protractor 1 compass (not metal) 5 blue or black ball point pens 1 pencil sharpener with case to catch shavings 5 SAVE THIS DATE Saturday May 4th —10:00 AM to 1:00 PM The Church and Society Ministry is sponsoring a Community Health and Wellness Fiesta. Plans call for booth addressing such things as nutrition, fitness, heart health and diabetes for adults and children. The children’s corner will include a moon walk, jump rope contests and piñatas. Other booths will collect information on how St. Matthew’s can address the community. A new idea will be explored on providing opportunity for migrants to talk to their families in their native country. Please save this date and plan to be a part of this bold new community outreach effort. For volunteer participation please contact Leila Hileman at 646-9003. We started our series on Lifelong Health with a lecture by Dr. Anthony A. Goodman at our March Men’s breakfast meeting and will continue with a lecture on The Cellular Biology of Aging at our April meeting. The UMM meet the 2nd Sunday each month for breakfast at 8:00 AM followed by a 30 minute program. We invite all interested to join us. Robert G. Freund, President Trustees Report We did not meet in March because of Spring Break, but will resume with a meeting on April 11th to set priorities for projects on record. Several projects have already been completed like repainting the counter in the church office—thanks Wes Dorsett! Replacing the side fence at the parsonage—thanks for the materials UMM and labor Robert Freund, son Kenneth Freund, grandson Sam Wittlinger and friend Christian, and Steve Bartels and neighbor Roland. There’s still lots more for the Trustees to get done, but we will prioritize them at our April meeting and move ahead. Robert G. Freund, Chairman 6 PRAYER CONCERNS UPDATED 3/27/2013 Members, WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Please review our prayer concern list below. If you notice an individual has been blessed by healing, or if you feel your name or another name should be removed from this list, please notify the church secretary to remove the name. Church office 210-822-0252 or email Worship Services Members of St. Matt’s who continue to need prayer for healing: 8:30 a.m.—Traditional Worship Service/Sanctuary 11:00 a.m.—Blended Worship Service/Sanctuary information@stmattsumcsa.org Charles & Pat Howell Kay Washington David Tyk Mitchell Ledford Sherrie Rogers Debbie Barrow Jackie Fleenor Lila Wilson Jan Leader Linell Pipes Clark Erwin Anne LaMothe Priscilla Grammer Don Culwell Bill Hart Lottie Ewan Rachel Ludloff Duncan Rice Frances Lieberman Lisa Strand Donna Salm Al Cargen Family and friends of our members who need our prayers: Lydia Miller, (mother of Burnie Miller) Bob Keim, (brother of Walter Keim) Randy Chivers, (grandson of Wilma West) Zoe Balbaugh, Grandaughter of Gary & Ethel Balbaugh Margaret Cervantes (Greg Klaerner’s Grandmother) Heil family (friends of James & Kay Washington) Ben Barnes (Son-in-law of Ray and Vivian Taylor) Helen Cain (Mother of David Cain) Mark Collins (brother of Mike Collins) Meagan Wall, (Jerry Harvey’s granddaugter) Campbell and Jim Martin (great niece and brother of Marilyn Seidel) Ed, (friend of Kay & Dick Cary) Ben Rodriguez (Son of Arlene Rodriguez) Sandy McConnell’s Dad Jackie Ledford’s brother-in-law Elissa (Friend of Ann LaMothe) Rick Hoffman (son of Ylita Hoffman) The Tracie Etter (Jeannie Etter’s daughter) Ian Tamez (Grandson of Annelie Tamez) Diane (Cindy Campbell’s Sister) Donna Gilbert (Sister-in-law of Heather Mason) Hilary (Friend of Anne Zulaica) Sunday Worship— Sunday School—9:45 a.m. Wednesday Communion Praise Service—6:30 p.m. CHURCH STAFF Pastor: Alan Delafield Business Administrator: Hermy Rudloff Dir. Of Christian Ed: Judy Langford Dir. Of College/Youth Ministries: Tim Diemert Day School Director: Kelly LaRose Secretary: Carolyn Johnston Music Director: David Cain Organist: Irwin Witebsky Handbell Director: Susan Collins Nursery Coordinator: Annalie Tamez Individual Prayer Needs: Family & Friends of Jacquetta Watson, Memorial Service March 27th Families who lost their apartments in the Fox Run Apartments Fire Members in Healthcare Facilities: Elizabeth Rutherford @ Patriot Heights Retirement Center Vivian McCannon @ Los Patios Ernie Upton @ Elmcroft (Windcrest) Priscilla Grammer, Hospitalized in ICU at Methodist Metropolitan, (downtown) Jeff Coffey @ Independence Hill Elise (Tinkey) Word @ Los Patios Maurine Wells @ Emeritus Oakwell Farms Carol Keim @ Los Patios #226 Joe & Patty Cross @ Waterford (Thousand Oaks) Members and Members’ family in the active military: Hector Rodriguez, grandson of Arlene Rodriguez (Marines, wounded) Trey Willette, Ginger Klaerner’s brother (in Afghanistan) Ben Curry, son of Stephen & Sharon Curry (Army) Kirk Hebert, nephew of Jeanne (Air Force) Andy Miscisin, son-in-law of Lucy & Jack Hoover (Air Force) Jarrett Sonnen, grandson of Helen Olson (Afghanistan) Eddie Watson, nephew of Jeanne Adams Dan and Stephan LaMothe (Air Force) Raleigh Gosdin, grandson of Arlene Morgan (Air Force, Korea) Anna Virdell (Air Force) Kevin Pople Matthew McConnell (Navy) Grandson of Nilda McConnell Monday: 9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m. Tuesday: 9:00 a.m.—Noon Wednesday: 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m.—Noon Church Office Monday-Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00pm Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Phone: (210) 822-0252 Fax: (210) 828-2195 Church Email Address Information@stmattsumcsa.org St. Matthew’s Website www.stmattsumcsa.org St. Matthew’s Youth Website: www.stmattsyouth.org St. Matthew’s Day School Phone: (210) 826-4850 Fax: (210) 822-5425 dayschool@stmattsumcsa.org 7 APRIL 2013 8 St. Matthew’S Day School KinDer chatter Playing outside and enjoying sunshine and good, clean fresh air. The children Enjoyed watching and of course helping. You can see they loved it!!! Raking is so much fun!!! Now When do we eat???? Fun in the garden with Miss Becca and Miss Leila. ****************** WE WELCOME MISS NIKKI 9 ATF CONCERTS All of us are pursuing something. What do you pursue more than anything else? Hint—— Read: Matthew 6:32-33 DRAMA FRIENDS FUN FELLOWSHIP 10 A 2 T 0 1 This year, Acquire the Fire was held March 1st and March 2nd—totaling 27 hours of : Compelling Drama, Anointed Worship, Exciting Christian Bands, Powerful Teaching, Preaching and Praising our Lord, in the Freeman Coliseum. Among the few thousands present, St. Matthew’s group numbered over 35 with youth, parents, chaperones and Ma and Pa Diemert.. Today’s teens are the hope of Christianity. This opportunity for our youth to encounter God in this manner helps them to express their feelings, their love and their emotions about their faith and what they believe in. Our youth are on a Relentless Pursuit to follow Christ. We thank each of you for your support, and your prayers during this “spirit growth of our St. Matt’s youth.” Tim Diemert, Youth Director F 3 Zechariah 13:9 I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’” 11 Multi-Generation Mission Trip On Tuesday, Mar. 12, a van load of mostly middle school youth traveled to near Bastrop, Texas for camp; not to partake, but to conduct, a day camp for 46 Bastrop area elementary age children. The eight youth, and two who came later, provided leadership and care from 8am until 5pm Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. These youth were eating breakfast at 6:30 am, planning in the evenings, and busy all the time. They camped in tents in the Piney Woods, a long walk from the bathrooms. Tim and Kelli Diemert, Judy Langford , Larry & Jeanie Etter stood back in awe as our youth followed the guidance of the camp staff in crafts, games, bible time, and leadership development at the ropes course. We rode the zip line late Friday, into the dark, for a great adventure. The youth participating in this event were : Christine Diemert, Summer Virga, Taylor Virga, Katy Hoursland, Agatha Scales, Anthony Diemert, John Paul , Zach Lynch, Garrett Rouse, and Shawn Lesch. We followed up after a group of about 25 youth from an Austin church. 12 13 St. Matthew’s Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas Permit No. 1283 2738 MacArthur View San Antonio, TX 78217-4598 -Address Service Requested- 2013 Check out our NEW website at www.stmattsumcsa.org Youth Website at www.stmattsyouth.org Comfort-Air Engineering, Inc. Piano Lessons by Irwin Witebsky St. Matthew’s organist. Expert instruction for a reasonable fee. Please call (210) 690-2188. “A New Generation of Comfort!” Robert & Georganne Freund St. Mathew’s members since 1984 Commercial / Residential / Sales & Service 11403 Jones Maltsberger / www.comfort-air.com / Phone: 210-494-1691 CHOLULA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT 10124 Broadway San Antonio, 78217 Bus. Phone (210) 824-0671 Fax (210) 824-0936 BREAKFAST TACOS 3 FOR $3.50 Bacon & Egg Chorizo & Egg Potatoe & Egg Bean & Cheese Bean & Egg Egg A La Mexicana Potato A La Mexicana New Business Hours Mon - sat 6 am—3 pm Sunday 7 am— 3 PM SUNDAY SPECIALS $3.99 2 Eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 bacon, 2 tortillas Huevos Rancheros with bacon Migas Plate Ham & egg plate 14