FOLLOWING THE HOME COUGAR FOOTBALL GAMES!

September 13, October 11 & 25, November1

Please sign up to make brownies, pick up pizzas, set up or tear down the event!!!

Contact Teresa 419/238-0631 ext 307

Sunday Schedule: 8:15am - Blended worship

9-10:30am - Gathering with coffee/doughnuts

9:30am - Sunday School

10:45am - Traditional worship

August Preaching Schedule

SERIES:

Letters from Prison

AUGUST 4 Ephesians 4:1-16

Staying Connected

AUGUST 11 Philippians 4:4-7

Joy Regardless

AUGUST 18 Colossians 2:6-15

Living For Christ

AUGUST 25 Philemon 1:8-21

Restoring Forgiveness

Phone: 419/238-0631 FAX: 419/238-3608

email: firstchurch@wcoil.com website: vanwertfirst.net

Embracing, equipping and empowering persons to evangelize…

August 2019

SARAH CIRCLE Sarah - mother of many nations and wife of Abraham

Are you a single or married woman looking for a small

group? A group with other women whom you can

fellowship and explore God’s word and love? If this

sounds like you, come join us as we empower each

other through life's little bumps in the road. We meet

every 3rd Tuesday at 6:30pm in the Conference Room. The Sarah Circle group

mission is the Angel Tree project.

If this sounds like the group for you, contact Demond Johnson

(419) 238-0631 ext. 306.

3rd Grade Bible

Presentation

(Promotion Sunday)

Helpers Needed!

FEAST meals begin Wednesday, September 18

Please call 419/238-0631 ext 304 to sign up for clean-up duty or to donate desserts.

Thank you.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 10am-Noon

Food Pantry

6pm Bread N

Bowl

3

4 Communion

Sunday

5

1-3pm Food Pantry

Tin Caps Game 7:05pm

6 8:30am Staff Mtg.

10:30 Prayer Group

6:00pm Guys Missing Wives

7 8:00am Men’s Bible Study

1-3pm Food Pantry

8 6:30pm Praise

Band

9 10am-Noon

Food Pantry

6pm Bread N Bowl

10

11

12 1-3pm Food

Pantry

7:00pm Lay

Leadership

13

8:30am Staff Mtg.

10:30 Prayer Group

Noon Lydia Circle

6:30pm Stephen Ministry

14 8:00am Men’s Bible Study

1-3pm Food Pantry

6:30pm Trustees

15 6:30pm Praise

Band

16 10am-Noon

Food Pantry

6pm Bread N

Bowl

17

18 8:15 and 10:45

SERVICES

Blessing of the Backpacks

and 3rd Grade Bible

presentation

19 1-3pm Food

Pantry

7:00pm Lay

Leadership

20 8:30am Staff Mtg.

10:30 Prayer Group

6:00pm Guys Missing Wives

6:30pm Sarah Group

6:30pm Preschool Orientation

21 8:00am Men’s Bible Study

1-3pm Food Pantry

High School Operation

Back to School

22 6:30pm Praise

Band

23 10am-Noon

Food Pantry

6pm Bread N

Bowl

24

25 Gideon Sunday

26 1-3pm Food

Pantry

7:00pm Lay

Leadership

27 8:30am Staff Mtg.

10:30 Prayer Group

28 8:00am Men’s Bible Study

1-3pm Food Pantry

29 6:30pm Praise

Band

30 10am-Noon

Food Pantry

6pm Bread N

Bowl

31

PLEASE NOTE: Our Festival of Sharing will be held

the Spring of 2020.

Stay tuned for more details!

Desserts are needed also!

AUGUST 18 8:15 & 10:45 services

H2O is the new middle school aged mentoring program that will be starting in the fall. This program will match middle school kids with an adult mentor and they will meet at First Church on Thursdays from 3:30-5pm week-ly. We are looking for adult mentors that can commit at least 1 year to their protégé.

Interested individuals will fill out an applica-tion and go through a screening process in-cluding a background check. Mentors will then be trained and matched.

We are now looking for interested adults to be mentors. We have informational meetings set for Tuesday, August 8

th at 7pm and Sun-

day, August 11th

at 12:00pm at First Church.

If you would like more information or are in-terested in being a mentor or helping with the program please sign up for a meeting on the bulletin board outside of Teresa’s office.

Seeking 5th Quarter Coordinator! Are you looking for a short term mission?

We may have just the job for you. We are looking for an individual who will

coordinate the logistics for our 5th Quarter events. This person will oversee

the volunteer staff who run the events, make sure all items are at the sites, order pizza, organize registration.

Most of the items listed already have systems in place, we would like

a person who will make sure all systems are up and running. There are four

5th Quarters this year: 9/13, 10/11, 10/25 & 11/1.

If you are interested, please contact Teresa or the office.

August Birthdays 8/1 Sierra Shaffer

8/2 Dorothy Sunderland

8/3 Dennis Merriman Sydney Dowler Paul Miller Sharon Bowersock

8/4 Jason Showalter

8/5 Lavena Faszler Annette Hoverman Zacreigh Hanicq

8/6 Elliot Gearhart Colleen Krouskop

8/7 Easton Wells

8/9 Dresden Wehage

8/10 Jerry Hoffman Heather McGraw Jean Bulau

8/11 Elora Hogan Elisa Dunlap

8/12 Jim Steele Nathaniel Mitchener

8/13 Sandy Young Lynn Simson Steve Gehres

8/14 Shirley Jarvis

8/15 Glen Poling Jim Covey

8/16 Quintin Bouillon

8/17 Violet Hogan Frank Smith

8/18 Pam Brown

8/19 Jodi Brummette Jan White Mel Hurless Janet Gearhart

8/21 Deb Germann Christian Wallenhorst

8/23 Ellie Mooney Leslie Simon

8/24 Kayla Allison Randy Springer Michele Amstutz Carter Wright

8/25 Haydon McGraw Ned Compton

8/26 Austin Miller

8/27 Deb Moser Dick Dunn Cayson Clark

8/29 Dave Leiendecker Lisa Miller Susan Mathew

8/30 Melissa Wagner Noah Carter

8/31 Kurt Massillo

August Anniversaries 8/1 Aaron & Teresa Gardner

8/2 Steve & Cindy DuVall Matt & Judy Krites

8/4 Eric & Courtney Hurless

8/5 Ed & Becky Wells

8/7 Steve & Lois Gehres Craig & Marie Duff

8/9 Dave & Angie Watkins

8/10 Rob & Ashley Balyeat

8/14 William & Deborah Kelly

8/15 John & Jan White Tom & Sharon Witten

8/19 Lee & Lisa Hurless Kory & Paige Thatcher

8/22 Kyle & Christie Wendel

8/23 Andrea & Dennis Merriman

8/25 Austin & Ericca Miller Scott & Melissa Wagner

8/27 Rob & Karen Miller Andy & Sandra Anderson

8/29 Harold & Sherry Kreischer Eric & Leah Schaffner

NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Van Crest, Van Wert 10357 Van Wert Decatur Rd, Van Wert, OH 45891

Bettye Burchfield, Bev & John Eichenlaub, Karen Elston, Dennis Warnecke

Van Crest, Delphos Assisted Living: 310 Elida Rd, Delphos, OH 45833 Nursing Home: 1425 E 5th St, Delphos OH 45833

Marilyn McCracken, assisted living

Hearth and Home 1118 Westwood Dr, Van Wert, OH 45891

Ana Arnold, Ed Bates

Van Wert Manor 160 Fox Rd, Van Wert, OH 45891

Edith Corcoran, Betty Foust, Janet Hiegel, Jan Osborn, Bob Sowers, Betty Vogt

Shut-ins living away from VW Decatur: Janet Purk Columbus: Bonnie Wallace, Frank Van Horn

South Carolina: Betty Medaugh

Shut-Ins Laverna Faszler, Esther Ley, Frank & Pauline McGannon, Harold Kreischer, Keith & Vivian

Rawlings (Melinda Farmer’s parents), Jay Simson, Jack Spry, Betty Tribolet, Bill Wermer

Nursing home addresses have been added if you would like to send a card to a resident.

IN THE CHURCH FAMILY

Birth: Nolan David Gillespie

July 8, 2019 parents: Aaron & Kristen Gillespie

grandparents: Paul & Annette Hoverman

Dave & Lori Gillespie

Death:

Billie Jean Krugh July 13, 2019

First Church Prayer Requests

HEALTH CONCERNS:

Everette Anderson,

Cerebral Palsy issues

Sandra Anderson, Parkinsons

Jean Auld, health

Freda Culler, heart

Jim Davis, Cancer

Aiden Ellerbrock, rehab

Paula Goins, Multiple-sclerosis

Lois Haller, Cancer

Jason Hoffman, health

Bella Hurless, rehab

Linda Jeknovorian, health

Harold Kreischer, health

Matt Krites, treatment

Lillian Mae Massillo, premature birth

Scott Mendenhall, health

Harrison Oechsle, eye injury

Bob Say, stiff person disease

RoseAnne Spieles, health

Jack Spry, health

Rebecca Strickler, health

MILITARY: Gerald Christo-Baker,

Ethan Glass, Conner Gordon, Nick

Gutierrez, Michael Hellman, Caleb

Kreischer, Ben Scheidt, Noah Sease,

Evan Wells, Bryan Zinsmaster.

MISSIONARIES - August Focus: Stand for Truth - Joel Penton and Team / Lifewise Academy. Mission: Youth Mentoring Program.

GLOBAL CONCERNS - August Focus: Police, firefighters, civil servants and their families.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - August Focus: First Church Mission in Van Wert & Church Staff / Volunteers, College students and all students returning to school.

June Attendance Report

8:15 - 273 10:45 - 899

YTD Average 8:15 - 70 10:45 - 190

YTD Average - All Services 257

Financial Report - 6/30/2019

June Income: $45,924.27

June Expense: $48,218.48

Income Under Expense: -$2,294.21

YTD Income: $263,463.44

YTD Expense: $268,327.85

TOTAL: -$4,864.41

Building Maintenance

Fund Income: $3,197.00

Mission Moment:

Faith in Action in the fall involves outreach to area teens via Friday night 5th Quarter events after

home VWHS football games. It supports area school students who need help with clothes, shoes

or hygiene items via The Isaiah 58 project. 5th Quarters are held after home games and offer a

safe, fun hangout space for middle schoolers at the YMCA and high schoolers at the Goedde

building. Lots of volunteers are needed for these events, so contact

Teresa if you can help. Isaiah 58 is a project that you can support

financially. Julie Burenga, our Missions Chairperson, works with local

guidance counselors who identify students in need to secure clothes,

shoes, coats, etc. This fund was started after Julie identified a need

when volunteering at the elementary school. Showing love to area

students is just one way First Church is putting Faith in Action!

AUGUST IS Pasta Month

for the Food Pantry

SPAGHETTI, SAUCE, MAC & CHEESE,

ETC

Please bring these items for the food pantry.

Baskets will be at each entrance. Monetary donations are also

welcome & appreciated.

Registration Now accepting Registrations for the

2019/2020 school year.

Call 419/238-0631 ext 308 or visit www.fumpreschool.com

to register online.

First Day of School is September 4th!

LIBRARY

Variety is the theme this month. New on the carousel will be the second book in the Orphan Train series, Together Forever; a Mesu Andrews novel, Of Fire and Lions; the first book in the Double S Ranch series, Back in the Saddle; the story based on true events of a child taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians, The Memory Weaver; and a mystery based in Georgia, A Time to Stand. Hoping you enjoy reading these books as much as I have.

Romaine

PRESCHOOL ORIENTATION

August 20 6:30pm