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COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
May 2015
MAY EVENTS
5/3 Worship Service 11:00 am
JOURNEYING WITH PASTOR MANNY
5/13 MOPS 9:15 am
Last Sunday, April 26, we joyfully received ten new members (full and
preparatory membership) in our church. Enfolding the Tisseras, the
Nonezes, Noemi Bernasol, and Cheryl Gero in our community of faith
calls us not only to celebrate God’s faithfulness in making disciples of
Christ through our local church, but also to recommit ourselves to our
mission as faithful disciples of Christ. I find the following ten guidelines
for our daily ministry from The United Methodist Primer a good
reminder as we do ministries with our new brothers and sisters in Jesus:
5/16 District Day of Learning
1.
5/5 Trustees Meeting 7:30 pm
5/9 Men’s Group 9:00 am
Spring Clean Up 9:45 am
5/10 Worship Service 11:00 am
5/17 Worship Service 11:00 am
Orchid Club Celebration
5/18 CPS 12:15 pm
5/23 Interfaith Breakfast
5/24 Worship Service 11:00 am
5/25 Memorial Day Parade
5/28 Prayer Meeting 7:00 pm
5/29 Music @ CUMC 7:00 pm
5/31 Worship Service 11:00 am
Realize that you are not alone. God’s grace will sustain you.
2. Be sensitive to the needs of others. Try to put yourself in their place.
How might you feel if you were in their situation? What might you do to
respond to their needs?
3. Consider yourself on call in terms of those who need you. Make
yourself available. At the same time, don’t wait to be asked. Many people
who desperately need friendship and help are hesitant to make their
needs known.
4. Recognize that you do not have all the answers. You may not change
the situation at hand, but you have the compassion and understanding
to share.
5. As you minister with and to others, be willing to deal with the
unexpected. Remain flexible. There may well be surprises no one can
predict.
6. Be willing to accept failure. Everything may not turn out just the
way you want it to. You will need to learn to live with an awareness of
the incomplete and unfinished.
7. Be willing to accept people as they are, with all their failures and
shortcomings.
8. Be willing to tackle one small part of a big problem, realizing that
you may not be able to transform the entire situation.
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9. Know that ministry involves both giving and receiving. How often
I have tried to lend support to someone facing crisis only to find that I
came away strengthened by the one I had come to help. In ministering,
I was ministered to.
10. Keep your eyes fixed on Christ. Mother Teresa of Calcutta asked
that people pray for her so that she would not lose sight of Christ even
while ministering to the poor. That is the secret of sharing our gifts
and lives with others.i
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
Marion Bjornsen,
Carol Caffrey,
Helen Sheldon,
Garry B., Alix,
Diana Rineer,
Don & Jean Apsley,
Catherine & Frank Wargo,
CUMC our church family,
The MOPS Group,
Community Preschool
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To be a transformed and transforming church means that we never
cease to learn new life-giving truths about being and doing as the
church in relation to one another, our community, the world, and all of
God’s creation. In learning, the Church is shaped to listen to and learn
from one another, from various disciplines, the local and global world,
and even from people of other faiths. In doing, the church is
empowered to preach the gospel and lead peoples to know the truth
that challenges them to be participants in God’s liberating activity. Let
us give our warmest welcome, love, and support to the new members
of our church family, Community UMC!
Rev. Manuel P. Cruz, Jr.
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iChester E. Custer, The United Methodist Primer 2001 Revised Edition (Nashville, TN:
Discipleship Resources 2001), 76-77.
CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR:
Those suffering from drug and
alcohol addiction and the loved
ones of those who suffer. For the
safety and the service of men and
women in Iraq, Afghanistan, and
other overseas bases, and for
their families.
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NURSING HOMES &
REHABILITATION FACILITIES
Thomas Gilbert Black
Patricia Klose
Gertrude Taynor
Edna Delventhal
Patricia Gunther
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Pastor Manny, the New Members, and their spiritual mentors.
ORCHID CLUB CELEBRATION
Please join Community United Methodist Church in honoring the
members of our Orchid Club on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the 11:00 a.m.
Worship Service. Following worship, everyone is invited to a reception
in Reeves Hall so that the entire Church can share in this celebration.
MONTHLY PRAYER MEETING:
Thursday, May 28
7:00 pm
Reeves Hall
ALL ARE WELCOME!
We need your help in locating new members (men or women) for this
special “Club”. If you or someone you know has already reached the
age of 80 or will become 80 years young during the year of 2015,
you are eligible to be part of this group. If you know of someone who
should be included in our celebration, please call the church office at
(908) 245-2237.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
May 3
May 4
May 9
May 16
May 17
May 26
May 31
Jesse Rineer
Edith Hartmann
Shirl Borowski
Dennis Berry
Karen Fischer
Lois Kouaho
Lilly Manzo
Beverly Espuga
Janet DuBeau
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CLEAN-UP/ WORK DAY
Saturday May 9
Meet in Reeves Hall at 9:45 am
Coffee and donuts will be served.
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CASANO CENTER FOOD
PANTRY COLLECTION
Sunday May 17
Please bring all donations to
worship. Needs include:
TUNA, PASTA SAUCE, RICE,
PEANUT BUTTER, OATMEAL,
CEREALS, CANNED FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES, SOUP.
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Interfaith Unity Breakfast
COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL
After our restful Easter break, we all returned to school excited for the
Week of The Young Child! We held our annual Flag Walk to celebrate
our wonderful kids. So many parents, grandparents, siblings and
friends joined us as we waved American flags and walked down
Chestnut Street! Thanks to the RP Police Dept. for keeping us safe as
we crossed each street.
May brings lots of learning about the world around us. Each class will
be studying the life cycle of butterflies as we watch the metamorphosis
first hand. This is always so exciting! After our study is complete, we
wish the new butterflies well as we watch them fly away. The Four’s
Class will expand their observation of animal life even further as they
ride a yellow school bus to the Turtle Back Zoo. Parents and children
alike love this day full of fun and exploration! Both of these programs
are paid for by the fundraising that we do throughout the year.
Thank you to all who support our preschool through our fundraisers,
and in lots of big and small ways. You bless both the staff and the
students as you generously care and help this ministry!
Pamela Henn, Preschool Director
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND PICNIC!
Everyone who wishes to walk in the Memorial Day Parade and
represent CUMC, please gather at Sherman elementary school on East
Grant Ave/ Sherman Ave at 9:15 am, Monday May 25th. The parade
will end at the library, where a service will be held. Our Preschool will
also be participating in the parade and Pastor Manny will be doing the
closing prayer.
After the service, everyone is invited to a backyard picnic hosted by the
Casano Community Center, 314 Chestnut street. (In case of rain, the
ceremony will be held at the Casano Center instead of the library lawn.)
YOUTH & ADULT BOWLING LEAGUE
At 2nd Baptist Church, 200
Locust Street, Roselle, NJ.
The Roselle/Roselle Park Interfaith Council is organizing a youth and
adult bowling league for all the churches in the council. The season will
start Friday June 5th and end Friday August 21st. Games will be played
at 7pm at the Jersey Lanes on Park Avenue in Linden (by Kohl’s). The
cost is $12-$13 per player, per week and includes trophies and an end
of season party.
RSVP to Heidi Hoos by
May 20th, at 908-241-3310.
Contact Starr McDowell at 908-245-0567/908-397-3698 or Heidi
Hoos at 908-241-3310 to register.
Hosted by Roselle/Roselle Park
Interfaith Council
Saturday May 23, 9:00am
MUSIC @ CUMC PRESENTS
A Musical Concert of Old Favorite Tunes
with New Meanings from the Bible
“To God with Love”
Let’s keep coffee hour going!
Starring:
Featuring:
And on Piano:
We are in need of juice & cookies.
Thank you!
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Father John and Diane Kurz
Joyce McCoy
Donna Terkildsen
Friday May 29th, 7:00 pm, in the sanctuary
FREE WILL OFFERING
The Gateway North 2015
District Day of Learning
Saturday May 16
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Morrow Memorial UMC, 600
Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ
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RESIDENT PASTOR
Rev. Manuel P. Cruz, Jr.
Phone: 908-245-2202
Email: manpcruz@yahoo.com
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday, Thursday, Friday
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
THANK YOU!
It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. Words can not
express my thanks to the CUMC 'village' for all the love and support
shown to me and my two foster children, Lois and Michael! From
'boo-boo' bunnies, donations of children's books and stuffed animals,
gifts for the children, braiding Lois' hair (that has been a whole new
world for me!), babysitting (official or attending to them during Coffee
time), Easter cards, the Pastor's special blessing...the list of the gifts
and givers is too long to print! Both children have felt welcomed and
loved from the first time they came, and they look forward to coming
to church each Sunday. AMEN!!! I am so blessed to be a member of
this wonderful, wonderful village!
From the bottom of my heart - thank you all for your love and
support!
Blessings to you all!
Eileen Hirsch
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
301 Chestnut Street, Roselle Park, NJ 07204
PHONE: (908) 245-2237
FAX: (908) 245-8820
E-MAIL: cumcrosellepark@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.roselleparkcumc.org
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