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Unforgettable Moments At Maple Street
It was breath-taking, when those men and women brought the colors into the service of Worship and Praise on September 8. It a holy time. The pictures tell the story in the center section of this month’s Maple Leaf. |
Church Conference Will be November 4 Newark District Supt. Sue Ellen Miller will preside at the annual Maple Street Church Conference Monday, November 4th at 7 p.m. Mt. Zion UMC also will have its charge conference that night at Maple Street. Church Conference is the annual policy-setting meeting. All members of the church may attend and have a vote. The previous year of ministry will be reviewed, and the coming year planned. Major decisions include election of leaders and setting pastoral compensation.
For Body And Soul! Spirit Wednesday is a time when both body and soul are fed. This year a meal is served to all who wish to attend at 6 p.m. Beginning at 6:30 our children’s programs and Bible Study sessions start. The programs reach those from 3 years through adult. Above DanielMcBrrrm (left) Kaylnn Renko and Stacy Renko hoist a 6-foot sub that served about 50 people recently. The sub was provided by the Maple Leaf Sunday School Class. Other groups which provide and serve the Wednesday, 6 p.m. meal include the Wednesday Community Kitchen Crew, the New Beginners Class and the SOS Class. On months when there are five Wednesdays, the Children’s Department provides pizza. There is no charge for the meal, although an offering basket is provided. It is recommended that families contribute no more than $2 per week for the meal. Children’s Coordinator Marianne Jackson said an average of 50 students are attending the Spirit Wednesday. This includes the new sessions for Spirit Explorers (7th grade and up) and the Adult Bible Studies. We hope you will plan to join us in this wonderful time of learning about our Lord Jesus. Back to Top Maple Street Home Page E-Mail Pastor Don
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from 'Selves Makes Sense & Dollars By MITCH NUSSER, Chair, Finance CommittedAbout two months ago, the Administrative Council instructed the Finance Committee to change how we borrow money. Basically, the AC said it makes more sense to borrow money from ourselves than it does to borrom money from commercial lenders. In response, the Finance team borrowed $5,560 from the General Fund Endowment to pay off the $5,560 owed to a local bank. The sense of the cents is this: Maple Street in September was paying the bank and annual percentage rate of 5.75 — or a yearly amount of $319.70. The interest rate at the bank fluctuated, and actually had been higher earlier this year. Also, Maple Street had been receiving from the bank where the General Fund Endowment was kept a percentage rate of 1.04. This means that the $5,560 would earn a yearly return of $57.83. Well, what finance has done is: Paid off the bank, and is paying back to General Fund Endowment money at a 2.5 per cent annual rate. This means, the church will pay itself back $111.20, thus saving itself $208.50. Therefore, there really is no outgo from the church, and the General Fund Endowment will receive back $112.20, not $57.83, which is a increase of $53.37. That is nearly double what the bank was paying us. These figures, of course, will change during the year, as money is paid back, or borrowed. But, we have reduced outflow and increased income to the endowment. The Finance Committee believes the Administrative Council made a wise decision, and know that you will agree. FACTS ABOUT 2002 STEWARDSHIP
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 Music Notes by Steve McGee The Music Department of Maple Street Church had their annual kick-off picnic at the home of Steve McGee, Saturday, August 31st at 6:00 pm. Many were in attendance and everyone had a great time. Lots of good food and fellowship was enjoyed by all. Rick Hart brought his guitar and led a sing along. Ge also shared with us another one of his wonderful original compositions. Rick shared that song with the congregation on September 22nd. Beautiful Music Rick, Thank you. You are so talented and God Bless!! The Music Ministries are in full swing for the 2002-2003 season. Chancel Choir practices on Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Bells of Praise practice at 6:30 pm on Thursdays. Praise Team practices at 5:00 pm on Sundays and Heavenly Chimes practices at 11:30 am on Sundays or 15 minutes after church lets out. Joyful voices rehearse Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. Brass Choir TBA as needed.We invite anyone who would like to participate and share in one or more of our Music Ministries to please feel free to come to a rehearsal and give it a try. We have plenty of room for anyone and everyone to participate in all of our groups. A Love for the Lord, a sense of humor and a sincere desire to serve God through our music is all that is required to participate. We hope to see many new faces in our ranks this fall and in the future.As a point of interest, I believe |
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Maple Street Administrative Council
meeting of September 17, 2002
Present: Bill Baughman, Bob Boyer, Sr., Betty Buckalew, Erston Buckalew, Rick Combs, Donna Gunder, Norma Lytle, Bill McBroom, Janet Meadows, Pastor Meadows, Mitch Nusser, Ed Robbins, Fred Snider and Chairperson Earl Strawn.
August Minutes - Donna Gunder had clarification about the rate of interest to be paid on the funds borrowed from church accounts. Mitch Nusser explained the interest rate structure would produce more income to church funds than received from bank and would reduce interest paid to bank on line of credit.
Finance Report - Erston Buckalew made a motion to accept the Treasurer*s Report. Bill McBroom seconded. Carried.
Missions - Janet Meadows reported the following: 1) The Parking Lot Sale on August 24th was a great success. They made $195 on rentals, $209 on the Missions table, $161 on the food booth and had donations of $23 for a total of $588. 2) The special offering on August 25th for our missionary in Nepal, Dr. Lester Dornan, was $181. 3) Proceeds from the September 14th Farmers Market bake sale was $290. 4) Also on September 14th, around 50 people from Maple Street helped with the Pumpkin picking at Dave Ward*s. 5) The Festival of Sharing is September 28th at the Fairgrounds in Springfield. So far we have received 25 health and school kits. 6) The next 2 Cents a Meal offering is September 29th. 7) The CROP walk sponsored by Church World Service is October 13th. Sign up sheets will be available soon for anyone interested in joining in the walk. 8) Mission Emphasis Sunday is being planned for November 17th. Special speaker will be Jim Hofstetter from International Child Care. He will be sharing about Grace Children*s Hospital in Haiti. Missions is planning to serve a Haitian meal during the Fellowship Hour. Following that, Jim Hofstetter will talk to those interested in making the Missions trip to Haiti next year. Rick Combs made a motion to allow Janet to put out a basket for donations to help on the trip to Haiti. Norma Lytle seconded. Carried.
Memorial - Fred Snider reported that the Memorial Committee approved $1,500 to be used by the Music Department as follows: 1) $500 for the purchase of a CD Rom, tape system for choir rehearsals. 2) Up to $1,000 for the purchase of a Midi keyboard, which will assist the evening praise service and enable the recording of music to be used for accompanying the choir if necessary. If there is any balance after the purchases, it may be used at the discretion of the Director of Music and the Pastor. Fred made a motion that Ad Council approve the above Memorial Committee recommendation. Erston seconded. Carried.
Membership - Bill Baughman stated we need a new church directory. Bill also made a motion to approve the making of our own place mats (using paid ads) for future Fish Fry events. Bill McBroom seconded. Carried.
Finance - Mitch reported that Finance has restructured the loan by borrowing from church funds and paying off the line of credit. Finance also discussed different fund raisers to cover carpet and other items.
September 8th Special Service - Erston made a report about the special service.
Other Business - Pastor Don asked that time be kept open at next month*s Ad Council meeting for Charge Conference planning. Dick Gunder is to chair a Sausage, Pancake Breakfast on November 16st and Bill McBroom is to chair a Pig Roast later this year. Proceeds from both fund raisers will go toward new carpet in the Sanctuary. Norma Lytle made a motion for Ad Council to authorize the committee to arrange fund raisers for carpeting. Ed Robbins reported that based upon a request from a church the Mapleaires sang at recently, it was suggested that they made a CD.
Education - Rick reported the following for Dianne. 1) Dave Fairchild has distributed curriculum materials to Sunday School classes. 2) Various supplies such as paper, glue and tape have been purchased by Patti Snoke. 3) October 13th will be Teacher Recognition Sunday, with pastor praying for teachers and aides in our Sunday morning and Wednesday evening programs.
Special Report - Looking to the Future Committee led a discussion on results of the survey with recommendations that Ad Council chair appoint a committee to make recommendation on action to be taken based upon survey results.
Meeting adjourned.
Conference UMW Event Nov. 2
Maple Street’s United Methodist Women have been busy, and would like to extend an invitation to any ladies of our congregation to join us in attending the 29th Annual Celebration of the UMW of the West Ohio Conference on Saturday, November 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Villa Milano, 1630 Schrock Rd., Columbus.
Bible Study will be led by Cincinnati’s District Superintendent, the Rev. Greg Stover. Guest Speaker: Abdur-Rauf Rashid, founder of the National Council of Ex-Offenders, Inc. Reservations & fee of $12 are due prior to October 12. Please contact Gay Seifert 654-1394 for more information. We will probably carpool from the church. The programs presented are excellent and it is truly a lot of fun.
Speaking of fun, our unit attended a couple of delightful programs in September, including being guests of Sixth Avenue UMW. Carmen Horn presented an outstanding program. She had everyone wear hats and used that in her program. We also went to Etna UM Church for Annual Day for the swearing in of officers for 2003 and again, an exceptional program "Virtuous Women Who Knew Jesus". We were awarded a Silver "Mission Today" certificate from the West Ohio Conference. Mission Today promotes the use of mission resources throughout the organization, increases contact between mission personnel & projects, explains money distributions, expands concepts of mission and energizes United Methodist Women to be more involved through prayer, study and action. Our award will be proudly placed in the showcase.
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or 2003 for our United Methodist Women unit has been named. Gay Seifert, President; Marjorie Allen, Vice-President; Janet Meadows, Honorary Vice-President; Kathie Fosnaugh, Secretary; Arlene Ramsey, Treasurer; Dorothy Franklin, Program Resources; Margaret Robbins, Membership; and Helen Parcels, Social Action. In addition, Janet will head up Spiritual Growth, Marjorie will be in charge of Education & Interpretation and Kathie will be Communication Coordinator.One interesting item I want to share with the ladies of Maple Street is that, of all the women attending the Etna gathering, only 10 of us were under the age of 50 years old. This is an area our church needs to improve upon. The programs I have attended have been informative, entertaining and the ladies from other churches in our Newark District have been warm and inviting. Please consider joining us.
— Kathie Fosnaugh, UMW Secretary
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Philathia Class Lunch Members met for lunch at Best Western on Sept. 10. Above, right, Spurg Fosnaugh chats with Erston and Betty Buckalew. Spurg and Erston share teaching duties. |
Pages 6 & 7 -- October Maple Leaf
Sept. 8, 2002:
A Special Service Honoring Special Men, Women!
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Honor guard brings colors into service | Colors are placed |
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City safety director presented framed bulletin | For those who serve |
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Capt. David Ward | Ohio Highway Patrol |
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Police Chief Randy Lutz greeted by Erston Buckalew | Ohio's finest |
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Chief Lutz, Fire Captain Dempsey address people | Erston Buckalew greets City Patrolman |
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October, 2002 |
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2 CK 12:00 noon Spirit Wednesday Meal 6:00 pm Joyful Voices 6:30 Adult Bible Study 6:45 Spirit Explorers 6:45 Spirit Sprouts & Voygers 7:00 |
3 Bells of Praise 6:30 pm Chancel Choir 7:30 pm
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8 Education 6:30 Membership7:00 Missions 7:00 Staff/Parish 7:00 Trustees 7:00 Worship 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 |
9 CK 12:00 noon Spirit Wednesday Meal 6:00 pm Joyful Voices 6:30 Adult Bible Study 6:45 Spirit Explorers 6:45 Spirit Sprouts & Voygers 7:00 |
10 Bells of Praise 6:30 pm Chancel Choir 7:30 pm BSA Committee Meeting 7:30 |
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13 Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00 Teacher Recognition Heavenly Chimes 11:30 UMYF to Lanfair 1:30 Praise Ser.6:30 |
14 Esther Circle 1:00 pm
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15 Administrative Council 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00
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16 CK 12:00 noon Spirit Wednesday Meal 6:00 pm Joyful Voices 6:30 Adult Bible Study 6:45 Spirit Explorers 6:45 Spirit Sprouts & Voygers 7:00 |
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20 Laity Sunday Coal Bucket Award Heavenly Chimes 11:30 UMYF 11:30 Praise Ser.6:30 |
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23 CK 12:00 noon Spirit Wednesday Meal 6:00 pm Joyful Voices 6:30 Adult Bible Study 6:45 Spirit Explorers 6:45 Spirit Sprouts & Voygers 7:00 |
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Fellowship Hour 6 - Community K. Crew 13 - UM Men 20 - SOS Class 27 - New Beginnings |
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 SEAN AMIET—Every little bit helps Carrys her load — STACY RENKO
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Pumpkin Pickers Produce!
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BAKE SALE Proceeds from our bake sale at the Farmers’ Market on September 14th were $290. Mitch & Diane Nusser handled the sale with help from Margaret & Ed Robbins and Frank Melick. Bookmarks, designed by Dianne Nusser and listing all the services held at Maple Street were made and given to each customer at the sale. Many thanks to all who donated items for this sale. THE PUMPKINS ARE PICKED Maple Street has received $1,000 for its Mission work. On September 14th around 50 people from Maple Street helped with the pumpkin picking at Dave Ward’s and again on September 21 around 30 people showed up to pick. We picked two 10-acre fields. There was lots of sweat, but I don’t think there was any blood or tears. We had a great time of fellowship and a great meal with roasted pig. The Missions team wants all the workers to know how much we appreciated your help. Because of you Maple Street will be able to reach out to others in need. MISSIONS SUNDAY Mission Emphasis Sunday is November 17th. Special speaker for morning Worship service will be Jim Hofstetter from International Child One of the day’s hardest workers was Helen Parcels, shown above at a distance loading a bin. Above, Ed Sharp loads pumpkins on a trailer using a tractor. Dave Ward estimated 10,000 pumpkins were picked by workers. |
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Fred Mendell, Dianne Combs and David Fairchild load pumpkins; Judy Strawn (right) cuts them off the vines. She knows how to use shears. |
    Terry Balsimo (left) and Matt and Rick Snider add to the stack; Larry Noland (top) is all business with the roasted pig. About 50 volunteers helped on this day. |
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To Hospital Ped Unit The Maple Street Youth are meeting in the youth room directly after worship service each Sunday. The meeting lasts from 11:30 to 12:30. We continue to visit LanFair on the second Sunday of each month. That service is from 1:30 to approximately 2:00 p.m. We are going on a weiner roast and activity night at the Fosnaugh homestead on the 4th of October. We will be playing lots of games and eating lots of hot dogs. We would like to thank them for this opportunity. We are already planning for the holidays and our Christmas trip to the hospital. We will be delivering gifts to the children in the pediatric unit. We all look forward to serving our Lord this school year. — Shawn Hinkle--Youth Coordinator |
 FOR THE CHILDREN — "It is better than sitting around doing nothing, or dozing off." So, Cecil Jones makes simple dresses and shorts sets for the children of Haiti. Above, she sits with her latest batch of clothes from material pieces she had, was given or made do by using two kinds of cloth to make a single garment. She has made about 50 garments total, which are sent to Haiti through Child Care International, the agency which has worked closely with Maple Street Church for the past two or three years. In fact, the Missions Committee is planning a mission trip there for next year. And, oh, by the way: Cecil just turned 89 years old. |
This One Didn’t
Get Away
from Lisa
Lisa DeLong beams after "snagging" a delicious lunker at the September 28 Fish Fry at Maple Street. Lisa worked in the sweltering kitchen, filling plate after plate after plate. It was a tremendous day for Fish Lovers. More than 400 meals were served and great fellowship enjoyed. Receipts totaled (as of Sept. 30) $2,973, with expenses of $1,451.70, resulting in a preliminary profit of $1,521.30. That money will be used to pay toward our 2002 apportionments. David Fair-child and Rick Combs wants to say a mighty big "THANK YOU" to the many, many people who worked. It was a full-team effort, and the Maple Street Family can be very proud, they said. The next Fish Fry will be Nov. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Please tell your friends to keep the date open, for food, fun and fellowship.
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 October 2002 Birthdays *80 or older
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October 2002 Anniversaries * 50 years or more
Change of Address Mabel CampbellSunbridge Care & Rehabilitation 1900 East Main Street Lancaster, Ohio 43130 - - - - - - Darrell & Jennifer Poling 2017 E. Main Street Apt. 2 Lancaster, Ohio 43130-8164 |
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to Janet Meadows for helping me to assemble the August Maple Leaf.-
Carolyn Starner