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Saturday, November 12 8 am—9:30 am

Mt. Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church (next door)

Sign-up in church office or contact Matt Baker, baker9400@yahoo.com

Holiday Gift Bazaar

Saturday, November 12 10 am to 2 pm

Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church

3319 West Liberty Ave. 15216

Browse and buy beautiful gifts in a festive, peaceful setting.

Avoid the crowded shopping mall. Enjoy yourself and celebrate the season.

Bake Sale & Pick-A-Prize Raffle

Sponsored by the United Methodist Women.

All proceeds benefit women, children & youth, locally and globally.

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October 30, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WELCOME ! If you are a visitor or new to Mt.

Lebanon United Methodist Church—we’re glad you’re

here. Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew. Worship

at our church is a joyful, prayerful, music-filled,

traditional experience. We worship to glorify God and

build up the community of believers to live in this world

as followers of Jesus Christ.

The 8:30 am service meets in Sanner Chapel,

immediately inside the front entrance of the church, and

the 10: 45 am service is in our beautiful sanctuary. Kids

Praise, a special worship service for ages 3 through 3rd

grade, takes place during our 10:45 Sunday service. For

more information

www.mlumc.org or 412-531-7131.

PANCAKES,

HAM & APPLESAUCE

Sunday, October 30 Asbury Center

After services, 9:30 am & noon $6

Proceeds support

Mixers’ mission projects

TODAY

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This Saturday

Rummage Sale

Here at Last

It’s time. Tuesday

evening Boy Scout

Troop 23 will help

us move all of the

stuff out of the

Asbury Center

annex into rooms

throughout the first and even second

floors. Then Wednesday, Thursday and

Friday, we'll arrange, sort and price

Ready to be sorted

Donations continue to be

welcome;

Wednesday through Friday,

helping hands of all sizes can

fold or unpack donated

rummage;

On Saturday you could be a

welcoming church member, a

cashier, a cook, or clean-up

volunteer.

Romans: 12:13

Share with the Lord's people who are in need.

NOVEMBER HAPPENINGS

Fri. 11/4 3 pm Rummage Presale

Sat. 11/5 9 am Rummage Sale

Mon. 11/7 7 pm Olmstead Evening

Thurs. 11/10 11 am UMW Meeting

Sat. 11/12 8 am Reveille Breakfast

Sat. 11/12 10 am Gift Bazaar

Sun. 11/13 12 pm Ministries Lunch

Mon. 11/14 7 pm German Class Begins

Wed. 11/16 7 pm Nativity Wrap

Sun. 11/20 6 pm Contemporary Svc.

Thurs. 11/24 day Thanksgiving

Meal Delivery

Check this announcement booklet and the

bulletin for details on the events. Endowment & Mission Funds

to West Virginia Flood Cleanup

The Mission Committee is happy to report

that due to the generosity of the Albright

Endowment and with additional funds

from the spring rummage sale, $1500 was

sent to support clean up efforts from the

summer flooding in West Virginia. By

sending this donation to UMCOR Special

#WV2016 (United Methodist Committee

on Relief) we are assured that the entire

amount will be used for flood relief. We

are grateful to Betty Lou Albright for

directing the interest from the Albright

Endowment to the support of mission causes.

Friday at 3 is the pre-sale. Members of

this congregation, the Korean Church, the

Weekday Ministries families, and the boy

scouts’ families are invited to a pre-sale.

There is still opportunity to contribute:

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Brick by Brick Throughout Oct., MLUMC’s Christian Ed

students are collecting donations for

renovations at a Nyadire health clinic that

serves as the only source of health care for

thousands of people in rural Zimbabwe.

Money for renovations comes from The

Nyadire Connection and other United

Methodist

Churches.

MLUMC’s goal

is to raise $700

with 100%

going directly to

building clinics.

Fliers and a

display are

located in the

Narthex.

Checks can be made to MLUMC with

Zimbabwe clinics in the memo line.

For more information, see Kim Rhoton or

www.nyadire.org.

Please join the United Methodist Women

on Thursday, November 10 at 11 am in

Wesley Hall and hear Bonnie Lawson

provide an update on the Girl

Empowerment Pad Project. As a bonus,

Don Ziegler will join us to provide an

overview of a new project called Mission

Vision, which benefits the Nyadire

Connection.

We will be collecting the following items on

Bonnie and Don’s behalf:

Empty pill bottles and thread (any

color, full & partial spools)

Old eyeglasses and sunglasses

(prescription & non-prescription )

After the joint presentation, you’re invited

to stay for lunch hosted by the Rebecca

Circle with devotions and grace by Gwen

Lammert. Cost for lunch is $6. Reservations

are appreciated, but not necessary as drop-

ins are welcome and encouraged. To make

a reservation, please call the church office at

412.531.7131.

Nov. 10 UMW

meeting focuses

on empowerment

Code Change The code to open the doors to the church

and education building is changing on

November 14. If you or your ministry need

after hours access, contact the office for

more information.

Weekday Ministries is

looking for someone to

work from 3 pm to 6 pm

with young children. This

is a great position for a college student or

retiree who would like a few extra dollars.

Please call Mettelise at 412-531-5790 or

email mziegler@mlumc.org.

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Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your participation at the sewing party at Mt. Lebanon

United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 9. Because of you and about 90 other

women and girls, a total of 927 Girl Empowerment Pad (GEP) kits were assembled and

packed for shipment to girls in Zimbabwe. (Our goal was 800.)

Added to other kits made throughout the year by volunteers, the total for

shipment is 1427, along with seven donated sewing machines. At least three other

sewing machines were donated as a result of the October 9 sewing party.

This impressive achievement would not have been possible without your help and

support. You have made a difference in the lives of girls, who often miss school every

month for lack of sanitary protection. Now girls who get a kit you made can stay in

school this year!

On behalf of The Nyadire Connection (TNC) and the GEP program team, please

accept our gratitude for your work. Also: If you see them, please also help us thank

those individuals who came to the sewing party who may not have provided us with an e

-mail address.

We also appreciate the donations of refreshments by Starbucks, Panera, Potomac

Bakery and Giant Eagle, as well as the hand-made prizes from the Hearts and Hands

Ministry of Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church. This church was an extremely

gracious host for this event. We thank Girl.gov of the Women and Girls Foundation,

girls from local high schools, and the Brothers Brother Foundation for their help with

container deliveries. The team called The Nyadire Connection (TNC) of Christ United

Methodist Church also deserves thanks for their coordination and facilitation of this

initiative, which is now an official TNC program. Of course, as you might expect, there

are too many individual volunteers to thank, so please forgive any omissions.

We look forward to sharing news about next year’s sewing party!

Sincerely,

Bonnie Lawson and Linda Ambroso

P.S. If you or anyone you know would like to offer additional help throughout

the year; donate materials such as soap, underwear, a sewing machine or cotton fabric;

please contact Bonnie Lawson at BonnieLawson58@comcast.net or 412-343-3498.

Checks are welcome also, and should be made payable to Christ United Methodist

Church, with “TNC GEP program” in the note line; please mail to Christ United

Methodist Church, 44 Highland Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102.

Thank You To all who attended the sewing party, to Mt. Lebanon

United Methodist Church for hosting and to all who

worked to make it happen.

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Dear Mission Committee of

Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church,

Just a quick note from Haiti. Thank you

so much for your donation. It will be

put to use in school improvements at

the LeFabre school. It was basically a

structure of sticks and tarps.

Please let your church know that your

support is so appreciated; that this note

is beyond just a thank you. Also, the

Thomas Food Project has dispatched

water purifiers to the hurricane affected

area.

Peace,

Warren McGuffin

Director

Thomas Food Project

Thank you

from Haiti

Following

Hurricane Matthew,

the Mission

Committee donated

$2,000 to Haiti’s Thomas Food Project on

behalf of MLUMC. The church has

received this thank you note: Come worship at a

contemporary service led

by Pastor Tom and B.J.

Collins with Christian

musicians, including

church member Keith

Moorhouse.

B.J. Collins, a Bethel Park resident, formed

a Christian rock band, “70x7” in 1996. He

plays regularly with Tara Park, a singer

who was at Christ United Methodist for

years and is now in Butler serving with

her husband Rev. Eric Park. B.J. also plays

at the United Methodist church in New

Stanton on Sunday mornings. Anyone

who has attended Annual Conference at

Grove City has heard B.J. leading the

contemporary service.

Contemporary Service

Sunday, November 20

6 pm Sanner Chapel

“From joyful and jubilant worship to reflective

and soul-searching power ballads”

Tate Publishing

on B.J. Collins’ music

B.J. Collins

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Wrapping Nativity Gifts Koinonia Circle, under the umbrella of

UMW, will be meeting, November 16 at

7 pm, in the Welcome Center. We will be

wrapping the nativity figures to be

distributed to the congregation's children

in December. Come join us, have some fun,

learn about the long tradition of gifting the

figures to children of the church. Paulette

Colonna will be guiding us so we won’t make

any mistakes. Email Betsy Harkins,

bbh555@aol.com, with questions.

Honoring Our Past

Preparing Our Future

You are cordially

invited to learn more

about our United

Methodist Retreat

Center at Olmsted

Manor in Ludlow, PA,

and how you can help

support its current capital campaign by

welcoming Executive Director Jody Larson

during an evening of dessert, fellowship, and

learning.

Monday, November 7th, 2016 at 7 pm

in Wesley Hall (RSVP to church office)

Join us!

Thanksgiving Day

Meal Prep & Delivery Ministry Our 34th year of delivering meals to

homeless, lonely and homebound

community members.

Turkeys, kitchen

workers, drivers and

clean-team volunteers

are needed for the

annual Thanksgiving

Day meal. We need:

Donated turkeys—60

cooked turkeys and

15 cooked turkey

breasts, dressing, pies

and cans of sweet potatoes

Kitchen workers—20 day workers to work

with and assemble meals

Drivers—approximately 50 drivers to help

deliver Thanksgiving meals

Clean-team volunteers—15 kitchen

cleanup workers arriving at 3 pm.

The dine-in portion of the meal is held at

Bethany Lutheran Church on West Liberty,

from 1 to 5 pm on Thursday, November

24. The delivery portion of the meal is held

at our church in Asbury Center. Delivery

drivers report to our church , not Bethany

Lutheran.

The sign-up sheet is on the main bulletin

board on the 1st floor of the education

wing. For more info, contact Sandy

Waters, 412.833.3702 ,

bluepen1123@yahoo.com or Bonnie

Lawson, 412.343.3498,

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Adult Sunday School Classes 9:30—10:30 am

Mixers—Balcony Classroom

10-30 Pancake Breakfast

11-6 New Mission Statement, John

Esaias

11-13 The Chautauqua Movement Pt. 1,

Dr. Francie Robb

11-20 The Chautauqua Movement Pt. 2,

Dr. Francie Robb

Kerygma - Balcony Library

October - “What Are We Fighting For?

Coming Together Around What Matters

Most,” Thomas Bickerton

November - “Half Truths: God Helps

Those Who Help Themselves and Other

Things the Bible Doesn’t Say,” Adam

Hamilton

After a unanimous decision, Kerygma

donated $250 to the church’s Food Pantry

and collected $90 among the members to

donate to the North Side reading

program for the purchase of books.

Network—Room 105

11-30 A light-hearted look at the 2016

Presidential election

11-6 Pgh. Jewish Federation on family

life here and in Israel

11-13 Veterans’ Day presentation

10-30 "Forced From Home" event, leave

church at 12, return before 3:30 pm

11-6 Youth Choir, 4:30 pm

Youth Group, 5-7 pm, discussion

11-13 Youth Choir, 4:30 pm

Youth Group, 5-7 pm “Chopped”

Cooking Competition

11-20 Youth Choir, 4:30 pm

Youth Group, 5-7 pm, attend

contemporary worship at 6

Youth Group Events

For information: blockie@mlumc.org

“Forced From Home” is an interactive,

educational, outdoor exhibition designed

to raise public awareness about the

global refugee crisis. The experience is

guided by Doctors Without Borders field

workers.