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Our Lives Together / February, 2016

Welcome Little David!

Ever since the United Church of Christ was formed (1957) by the

merging of the “Evangelical and Reformed Church” and the

“Congregational Christian Churches,” the motto has been, “That

They May All Be One.” You will notice them in the

denominational logo.

These words were not dreamed up, but borrowed from Jesus’ very

own prayer. The prayer is found in the seventeenth chapter of

John’s gospel. It begins in verse one and goes to the very end of

the chapter (verse 26). Jesus prayed this prayer of unity for his

disciples so that the world would believe God sent him for our

salvation.

It is with appreciation for this piece of denominational history,

based on scripture, as well as understanding ourselves to be an

“Open and Affirming” congregation, that the consistory voted to

enter a building use arrangement with “Little David Ministries.”

There may be times when we and they are in the building

together; but, mostly, the building will be used when Glade is not

using it. Little David is a primarily Hispanic congregation that

exists to glorify God and strengthen families. Welcome Little

David!

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Ponder with the Pastor

Becoming One of the Ten Per Cent…

I happened upon a blog called “Church Fuel” and read a recent

post that, in some ways, may have something to say to us. It is

titled, “What Growing Churches Do”. You can directly

reference the post by going to http://churchfuel.com/strategies-

for-church-growth-attendance-2/, but I would like to summarize

it for you with the hope that you will let me know what you think

about it, and if we, at Glade, could tweak some things. The

blogger, Travis Stephens, doesn’t pull any punches and he writes

in a rather direct way.

He begins with these words: “Ninety percent of the churches

in the United States today are stagnant or declining. Dying

churches are closing their doors at the rate of ten per day. Even

church members who have been dedicated to the church for

years are attending church less than ever before. It would be

easy to throw up our hands in frustration with church growth

and give up, but perhaps there’s a glimmer of hope. If ninety

percent of churches aren’t growing, that means there’s ten

percent that are. Which leads me to two conclusions: either God

is choosing to bless these churches over the others, or these

churches are doing something the other churches are not.” From

there, he makes six “Growing Churches …” statements.

Growing churches are focused on those outside of the

fellowship. That is, everything the church does is focused

on those who are not connected to a congregation. In fact,

Stephens suggests that the congregation’s budget is

centered on evangelism. Dying congregations, on the

other hand, are solely interested in those already inside the

church walls. The budget is constructed to keep members

happy, and discussions revolve around matters like “What

color should the carpet be?”

Growing churches are led by the staff. It is in the pastor’s

purview to lead the congregation in the direction of the

vision God has given him or her. Dying churches, on the

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other hand, have the governing board make most decisions. In

dying congregations, the congregation or board decides what

happens in the church and what doesn’t.

Growing churches value creativity over “how it has always been

done.” In growing congregations, there is an interest in

finding new ways to reach the surrounding area. They use

technology to their advantage. Dying churches, however, find

reasons not to change and believe that the best way to make

disciples is through the traditional Sunday School classroom

setting.

Growing churches prefer action. Ongoing talk about problems

and solutions isn’t enough for growing churches. Growing

churches are engaged in action. In dying congregations, there

is little follow through. The conversations are the same ones

year after year after year. Quoting Stephens directly, “Dying

churches refuse to make hard decisions that may hurt

someone’s feelings, even though it would benefit the church.”

Growing churches celebrate well. Growing congregations get

excited about what God is doing and look forward to what God

may do next. Dying congregations, on the other hand, gather

from a sense of obligation.

Growing churches have faith in God. Congregations that experi-

ence growth are made up of people who believe God can do

something great through them. Dying churches tend to think

that, while God may have done something great through them

in the past, they fear risk and they find all sorts of excuses for

not doing something.

We are all familiar with the line, “What’s past is prologue.” It is

from Shakespeare’s “In the Tempest,” and it is used by a particular

character, and in a particular scene; but, unfortunately, those words

speak to many situations, and are all too real in many people’s lives.

As I write these words, I do so with the greatest respect and the

utmost care; and, I do not believe these words are solely mine.

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Preachers on TV might say something like, “The Lord laid it on

my heart…” to reference a guiding spirit that influences his or her

message. And, in one sense, that is sort of what it feels like. It

feels like God is nudging me to say, “We need to turn in a new

direction and away from living a ‘past is prologue’ life.” As we

approach the Lenten season, now is the time to repent, and to turn

more fully to God.

You may recall that when our congregation engaged the

conversation to reflect on what it would mean to publicly declare

ourselves “Open and Affirming,” there was, at first, suggestions by

some that we not talk about it. Legend has it that is what was

suggested to one of my predecessors when, in the 1960’s or 70’s,

he announced he was going to preach on the subject, “How Would

You Deal With a Gay/Lesbian Son or Daughter?” When I asked

the person recounting this story to me, “How was the message

received?” She said, “Oh, he never preached it; someone went to

him and told him he shouldn’t.” It was implied there would be

consequences if he did. So, in an effort to break that habit, and

with a commitment to do justice and love kindness (Micah 6:8), we

continued to provide opportunities for exploration on the subject,

but it was no easy task.

When the congregation voted to accept the ONA statement, and

declared itself, “Open and Affirming,” there were some who left.

Those were the “consequences.” Allow me to say that just as I

was deeply concerned by the quitting or leaving behavior exhibited

then, my concern remains. Even though Glade is quite blessed

with kind, generous, and loving individuals, several more recent

developments and “consequences” have prompted me (and others)

to hold our breath and wonder, “Can we talk about or do anything

that isn’t upsetting?” In an e-mail to the consistory on January

19th, Lisa Jordre informed the consistory that some of these

dynamics were too life draining for her and chose to resign as

president of the consistory.

As we move toward Ash Wednesday and a season of penitence, I

feel compelled to ask about your relationship with God, Jesus, and

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the Holy Spirit. Please notice, I did not ask about your relationship

with Glade United Church of Christ, the denomination, committee

chairpersons, or the pastor. I’m interested in something so much

more important; your covenant with the Creator of the Universe,

the Savior of our Lives, and our Companion on the way.

Warm Regards,

An Invitation to Preach

As you know, Pastor Phil will be on sabbatical for the three summer months of June, July, and August. He and congregational leadership were hopeful that, together, we would receive a grant from the Lilly Foundation for Clergy Renewal. Some of those grant dollars could have been used to fund a part-time pastor for those several months. Since we did not receive funding, we are finding creative ways to “fill the pulpit” for many of the Sundays of those months. So, on the table in the rear of the sanctuary, there are calendars for June, July,

and August and you are invited to sign up to preach on a given Sunday. Think of it as sharing your faith. If you have questions, please contact Pastor Phil.

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February Assistants

Ushers

Ruth Keyser & Kathy Angleberger

Greeters

Rhonda Trail & Patty Green

Acolytes

Feb. 7—Susanna Mollet

Feb. 14—Lydia Mollet

Feb. 21—Hailey Ogg

Feb. 28—Mason Saylor

Lay Readers

Feb. 7—Bill Powell

Feb. 14—Adriane Wodey

Feb. 21—Jan Dinterman

Feb. 28—Bob Watson

Nursery Workers

Feb. 7—Patty Green & Jessica Saylor

Feb. 14—Kevin & Kate Saylor

Feb. 21—Jenny & Danny Ogg

Feb. 28—Shelby & Kirsten Saylor

Communion Servers

Bonnie Ogg, Joan Hummer,

Lorijean Turner, Chris

Torbeck, and Brooks

Widder

December 2015

Beginning Balance: $182,477.32

Total Income: 18,735.66 Worship Offering: $16,768.61

Sunday School Offering: $56.00

Rental Income: $900.00

Poinsettias $456.00

2nd Mile Giving $235.00

Interest: $1.55

The Christmas Fund $318.50

Total Expenses: $174,609.01*

Ending Balance: $26,603.97

*Reflects the $150,000 for the UCF

Investments.

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February Anniversaries

2/21 Bonnie & David Ogg

2/27 Florence & Richard Garst

2/29 Jane & Eugene Sappington

February Birthdays

2/01 Ralph Whitmore

Tom England

Rebecca Strawsburg

2/02 Justin Clarke

Mike Powers

Andre Cornelis

2/04 Ellen Garst

2/07 Lisa Byrd

Liam Powell

Hadley Howell

2/08 Kara Caprarola

Scott Borison

2/10 Brady Nusbaum

2/11 Greg Keller

Paul Yingling

James Harrison

2/12 Stuart Clark

2/14 Jennifer Ogg

Bryan Saylor

2/15 Terri Grimm

2/16 Betty Baggett

Mary Scheele

2/17 Blake Ambrose

2/18 Logan DiPaolo

2/19 Craig Davie

Ken Grim

Raegan Smith

Billy Veith

2/21 Dorothy Shober

Pat Turner

2/22 Linda Powers

2/23 Daniel Ogg

2/24 Frances Cecil

Stacey Wachter

2/27 Tiffany Kauffman

2/28 Leo Duncan

2/29 Megan Ford

Ben Lochner

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Baptism

Consistory Report

Consistory Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2015

Pastor’s Report: Pastor Phil discussed needing to get the Community

Outreach Garden planning group together to discuss the project. The

Church and Ministry Committee will begin discussing ministerial

care and pulpit fill during Pastor Phil’s sabbatical.

Ongoing Business: The 2016 Budget was presented by Bonnie

Ogg, Brooks Widder, and Alan VenDouern. The budget and the

tracking of expenditures reflect the recent change in the restructuring

of the church’s entities. Subsequently, we may see a new expendi-

ture or increase in expenditures when compared to previous

revenues and expenses within the individual budgets.

New Business: There was a discussion regarding a Hispanic con-

gregation interested in renting Glade UCC facilities. Questions were

prepared to be asked at an upcoming meeting with the interested

congregation and Pastor Phil, Bonnie Ogg, and Lisa Jordre.

Dawson Edward Caprarola On December 27, 2015

Son of Kara & Ivan Caprarola

Grandson of Brooks &

Cathy Widder

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Ash Wednesday

GYG

On Wednesday evening, February 10th, we will

gather at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary for an Ash

Wednesday worship experience that will include

the imposition of ashes for those who wish to

have them placed either on their forehead or the

back of their hand.

Ash Wednesday, of course, begins the Lenten

season of forty days (excluding Sundays) prior to Easter Sunday. It

is a time to reflect on who we are, and who, by God’s grace, we

might become. Please consider taking advantage of this worship

experience to tend to you spiritual life.

Several members of the Glade Youth

Group will be attending the ROCK

Youth Retreat in Ocean City, Maryland

the weekend of February 5th.

On February 28th is Youth

Worship Sunday. The youth will

be conducting the worship

service.

In the afternoon of February 28th

the youth will enjoy the

afternoon snow tubing.

The Glade UCC calendar posted on the web is updated daily.

When needing the use of the church, please review the calendar

and email or call the office to have your event posted on the

calendar.

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Special Thanks

The Glade Valley Community Services sent a thank you letter for

our generous donation of clothing, toys, & gift cards for their

GVCS Toy Shoppe program. Eighty-two families were able to

have a nice Christmas with all the donations provided in 2015.

The Lancaster Theological Seminary sent an acknowledgement of

our support to their mission of preparing future ministers and

Christian leaders for the sake of Christ’s church.

The Mission of Mercy wished to thank the Glade Church for our

generous support in 2015. They are able to service over 30,000

medical patients since 2004 with their contributors such as Glade.

The Frederick Count Department of Aging sincerely thanks the

congregation for our generous support through the Second Mile

Giving program. Our contribution of $118 will provide over two

weeks worth of meals for a senior citizen or disabled adult with

limited financial resources.

The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs appreciates

the gift of $365 we donated to their organization through the Second

Mile Giving Program. Along with our support they are able to

provide year-round emergency shelter to homeless individuals.

The Walkersville United Methodist Church

Blood Drive is scheduled for Monday,

February 15, 2016, 2:00—730 p.m. in

their

Fellowship Hall. Please call Donna, 301

845-6024 or Betty, 301 82-7255 to schedule

your life saving donation.

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The 16th Annual Donna Rough Memorial Basket Bingo will be held

on Friday, March 18, 2016. We will be soon requesting sponsorship

of games and prizes. Please support this important fund raiser.

More details will be announced in the bulletins and March Impact.

Fried Oysters Ham and Roast Turkey!

MARCH 4 & 5, 2016

Walkersville Fire Hall

We’re getting ready for Glade Church’s largest

fund raiser – The Spring Dinner and Bazaar! On Friday, March

4th, dinners are served from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 5th, the

dinners are served from 12-5 p.m. All dinners are served Buffet

style including lots of side dishes.

We need YOU to make the dinners a success! Many

donate crafts and baked goods (no cream fillings) to sell. We can

use seasonally decorated wreaths, knitted, sewn items, hand

crafted greeting cards, jewelry, or ornaments, for example. We

also are in need of 9x13 cakes that will be served as dessert.

Sign up in February at Church, or call Cathy Widder

(301-898-5558) or Ron Rough (301-639-3834) to volunteer.

There is a lot to organize. If you can sign-up early, it helps

tremendously!

Slaw makers & meat carvers are needed a few days before

the dinners. We set up the fire hall

after bingo Thursday night. Lots

of opportunities for all! Thanks in

advance! We appreciate your

help with one of the very best

dinners in the area!

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2nd Mile Giving

After much discussion, the Mission and Social

Action team has revised the 2nd Mile Giving program to

having one recipient for a 2-month duration due to the

decrease in money collected in the 2nd Mile Giving

Program in the past few years. Please contact Ruth Ann

Wilson or Adriane Wodey if you have questions regarding this

change to the 2nd Mile Giving Mission & Social Action

project.

The new schedule is being developed, the first few months of

2nd Mile Giving is:

Jan.-Feb.—Church World Services Blanket Program

March-April—One Greater Hour of Sharing

Soup Kitchen

The Youth, which included the Confirmands, served at the soup

kitchen on January 17th. It is great to see the youth engaged in

mission and service projects. We will be serving at the soup

kitchen on March 20th. Consider signing up. Thanks!

Mission & Social Action

The Peg and Orley Bourland

Educational Assistance Fund Scholarship

The Peg and Orley Bourland Educational Assistance Fund

scholarship was awarded for the first time in 2015 through The

Community Foundation of Frederick. The scholarship is available

to students in Walkersville and the Walkersville feeder school area.

The scholarships purpose is to provide need-based funds for

post-secondary education in trade or technical fields to help

underwrite the costs associated with tuition, fees, testing, trade

tools and supplies. Applications for 2016 is available from The

Community Foundation and will be accepted by them from

March 1—March 31, 2016.

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Second Mile Giving For February

Church World Service Blankets

Second Mile Giving for February

supports Church World Service’s Blanket

Program. Every $5 you give provides a

wool or cotton blanket distributed by

CWS to needy people around the world. Due to the continuing

major needs in the disaster stricken areas, blankets are needed

more than ever. Let’s seek to exceed our numbers from previous

years by sending even more blankets to the CWS! Our gifts to

Second Mile Giving in February will make a difference in Iraq,

Afghanistan, and South Asia, and other trouble spots around the

world. Please indicate on the memo line of the check “Blanket.”

Food Bank Item for February

The need for food at the GVCS Food Bank is growing. New

families come to the Food Bank each week. Please consider

dropping off in our baskets one or two of the most needed food

items listed below this month to help keep food on the shelves at

GVCS.

Most needed food items:

Cereal Toilet Paper Canned Pasta (spaghetti-O’s)

Canned Fruit Rice Boxed Potatoes

Peanut Butter Canned Peas Baked Beans

As well as food donations, cash donations are also accepted by the

Glade Valley Community Services at P. O. Box 655, Walkersville,

MD.

Thanks for supporting this project!

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THE FREDERICK SCHOOL OF

RELIGION Learning for Life

www.frederickschoolofreligion.org

THE 2014 FREDERICK SCHOOL OF RELIGION will be held on six Mondays and Tuesdays beginning February 1 at the Beth Sholom Community Center. Afternoon classes are held from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.; evening classes are held 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Please visit www.frederickschoolofreligion.org for more details and class subjects.

There are flyers throughout the church and on the bulletin board in the Sunday School annex. If you have any questions, contact Betty Baggett or Ruth Ann Engel who are on the Board of the School of Religion.

Dates to Remember

Thurs., Feb. 4 Outreach Garden Committee Meeting, FS

Fri., Feb. 5-7 GYG ROCK Retreat, Ocean City, MD

Sun., Feb. 7 Annual Congregational Meeting

Tues., Feb. 9 Property Committee Meeting, FS

Wed., Feb. 10 Ash Wednesday Service

Sun., Feb. 14 VALENTINE’S DAY

Tues., Feb. 16 Consistory Meeting, FS

Sun., Feb. 21 DEADLINE for Glade Tidings

Sun., Feb. 28 Youth Lead Worship Service

DEADLINE for Easter Orders

Easter Flower Orders By February 28th

With Easter being early this year, we need to submit our order for

the Easter flowers earlier than usual. Please submit your order by

February 28th. The order form is provided on page 19 of this

newsletter. The flowers look so beautiful on the altar at Easter,

please consider placing an order.

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Property Committee

A Property Committee Meeting is scheduled for February 9, 2016,

at 7:00 p.m. in the Social Hall. If you have any items that needs to

be brought to the committee’s attention, please contact one of the

committee members. The committee will be appointing a

chairperson and discussing filling the custodian’s position.

Glade Guild

The Kitchen Angels are Watching!

Please take your items home with you after using the church

kitchen. If you want to donate leftover cups, etc. to the church,

please label as such. After a time, left items will be disposed of or

used in the kitchen. The same applies to items placed in the refrig-

eration. Please take your leftover food home or label “For Anyone

to Enjoy.” Thrown away recently were cheese that were badly

molded, flat sodas, sour milk, etc. Please help us to pass the yearly

health inspection by the Frederick County Health Department!

Thanks for helping.

“Then and Now” Cookbooks has made the “Best Seller” List...

Well, in the Walkersville area anyway, and some cookbooks have

traveled as far as Texas. We have sold approximately 200

cookbooks. If you have not had an opportunity to purchase one,

they are $15 and can be purchased at the church office or they will

be on sell at our Spring Dinners in March.

A special thanks to Patty Green for the suggestion and organizing

the creation of our wonderful “Then and Now” cookbook. A lot of

hours went into the production of the cookbook. We have heard

great reviews. Thanks so much Patty!

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Care Giving

“28 days has February—a very light load for a month to carry.

In Leap Year the days they do vary—so we welcome 29 days in

February.”

When I read this quote online, it brought another quote to my

mind…“Every day is a gift—-that’s why we call it the present.”

Looking at the 29th of this month as not only a gift, but as an extra

day, that also makes it a special day…So why not consider how

you can take the opportunity to make it an extra special day for

someone…Be creative & jump in to share an act of kindness...It will

take just minutes out of that “Leap Day” to give a call, take a treat,

mail a card (perhaps a Valentine), stop in for a visit...offer to run an

errand.

Your care-giving just might result in stir r ing somebody’s faith to

leap!

(p.s. You don’t have to wait ‘til the 29th...any day will do!)

Blessings!—-Becky D.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meet at Jane Sappington's

on January 16th. We had a delightful brunch before

working on our ongoing projects. Thanks Jane for

hosting the January meeting.

The next meeting will be announced later.

Anyone that would like to join us, please contact

Connie. You do not need to know how to knit or crochet. We can find

other tasks for you to do. It is great fellowship while we create

beautiful pieces to share with our members.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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