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AUGUST 2016

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The Challenger

A Time of Reflecting

As I sit here typing this, I realize that it has been one year and 7 days since my first worship at Glyndon UMC. I give thanks to God every day for the opportunities, blessings, and gifts of this past year! Here are just a few that come to my mind: · A full sanctuary (131, not 200 as I remembered!) and a fun ice cream social to welcome

our arrival. · A fun and faith-filled VBS for 14 in summer of 2015 and 36 registered for our 2016

CaveQuest VBS coming soon! · Praying with the labyrinth in the back parking lot and prayer stations in the cloister hall-

way for Lent. · An amazing Vespers service with 200 in attendance. · Growing in faith through our Ephesians Bible Study, theology discussion group at Gour-

met Girls, Embodied Light Advent Study, and a Covenant Discipleship study. · A phenomenal youth worship service with 131 in attendance and filling Dew Hall for a

fellowship lunch. · A holy week filled with meaningful worship on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and East-

er Sunday. · Serving the community at Ronald McDonald House, Angels of Addiction, Timber Grove

Elementary, Mission of Mercy, First Fruits Farm, and more. · 18 leaders gathered for our first leadership retreat; we worshipped, talked about healthy

vibrant church leadership, celebrated our successes, and identified concrete goals for the coming year.

I’m looking forward to all that God will do in the coming year(s). In August, I’ll be kicking off a new sermon series called, No Fear in Love, based on a book by Will Willimon entitled Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love. Given our national and world context, I can’t think of a topic more worthy of our time. Our Worship Design Team will be organizing to discuss how to continue to make worship at Glyndon UMC engaging and transformative. We’ll be kicking off our electronic giving program in the fall as we talk about gratitude and stewardship. And much, much more! I want to share with you two of my learnings from this first year in pastoral ministry in hopes that they’ll encourage you in your own ministry. My first lesson is that all God requires of us is to plant seeds. We can water and fertilize soil and be wise about planting. But GOD brings the growth. My second lesson is that progress takes time. Challenges that have ex-isted for years cannot be erased in a day, a week, a month, or even a year. So as we contin-ue to grow leaders, enhance financial processes, develop human resource systems, etc., we do it one step at a time trusting God to lead and guide us. Thanks for your ongoing love and support of my pastoral ministry. Kevin and I are back, re-newed and re-energized to share God’s love with the world through our faith and service at Glyndon UMC. With grace and peace, Pastor Dawn

Glyndon United Methodist Church

4713 Butler Road, PO Box 84

Glyndon, MD 21071

glyndonumchurch@gmail.com

410-833-2033

Greetings from Pastor

Missions Opportunities

Young Adult Highlight,

VBS, Preschool News,

Youth Fellowship

Upcoming Events, Visita-

tion List , Remembering

Betty Christhilf

August Sermon Series,

Dialogue Group,

Charge Conference,

Challenger

August Calendar

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Young Adult Highlight

JACK CLEMENTS is the kind of

teenager everyone loves to be

around. He is warm, funny and

willing to help when asked, even

carving out time from busy High

School schedule. He can often be

found helping to keep the church

property looking good by mowing,

trimming, and removing sticks. He

was always prepared and responsi-

ble, making him an excellent role

model for the younger kids partici-

pating in Vespers.” Marti Clem-

ents says “Did you know that

when I do “American Idol” in my

Sunday school class, Jack is al-

ways one of my most dynamic

participants? Instead of deciding

whether or not to send contestants

to Hollywood, our Sunday School

members listen to characters from

the bible to decide whether or not

they should go to heaven! Even

this year, Jack helped by doing a

rousing rendition of Zaccheus—on

his knees as the “wee little man”!

Jack has also participated in Youth

Worship, Youth Sunday School,

and regular Sunday School. He

helps with pancake suppers and

other youth-led events. He will be

missed as he moves on to college.

Jack said “my favorite memory

from GUMC was my confirmation

journey, specifically Manidokan!

Being with friends, coming togeth-

er and learning about each other as

well as building our own relation-

ship with GOD was a special ex-

perience. It was something that

had a big spiritual impact on my

life but also fun along the way.”

Vacation Bible School VBS is in full swing with 36 children registered (last year less than a doz-en). And if you haven’t seen Dew Hall yet, you are really missing out. Donations have poured in. Volunteers have put in numerous hours of time and creativity to promote this event and to make it a fun and meaningful experience. Lessons on Jesus Christ are presented with fabulous visuals, scripture based-lessons, and hands on projects done in an environment of learning, Christian love, and hearing the gospel to build firm Christian foundations. A special thanks to Hunt Valley Church for loaning us their VBS decorations, saving us money and enhancing our set up. What a joy!

Praise God for all the little ones enter-ing our church for VBS. Please pray for the VBS volunteers and all the families that will be impacted by this week.

It’s so wonderful, we have two cele-brations for you to join in on, a time to share the good old GUMC Family hospitality.

Friday, August

We will have a VBS Potluck Dinner at 6pm in Dew Hall. Br ing your favorite dish to share, meet our VBS children and parents, see samples of the program activities, and even par-ticipate in a project.

Sunday, August 7

We will be celebrating VBS in 10am worship. After the service all are in-vited into Dew Hall to see our amaz-ing decorations, have a snack, and view highlights of our VBS week. I hope you will be able to join us.

Fall is a great time of the year to em-phasize the connectedness of our faith community and to encourage us to see ourselves as “one” even when we aren’t together at church. Our first Youth Worship night will be Septem-ber 18th, 5pm to 7pm. We will be creating our own pizzas and learning how we can stay connected to each other. We will explore John 15: 1-11. Please join us for a time of faith, fel-lowship and fun. Upcoming Youth Worship Dates: October 16, 5pm to 7pm November 20, 5pm to 7pm November 20, 5pm to 7pm December 18, 11am to 2 pm

(Note: time change because we will be making cookies for our fundrais-er)

Our Preschool

sessions start up

the first week in September

(just weeks away). Orientation is on

Tuesday, August 30, 6 to7pm.

Please helps us spread the word that

we still have a few slots open and are

taking registrations until completely

filled up. We have a wonderful pro-

gram, fabulous teachers and aides,

and competitive pricing. It is essential

to give children a firm Christian foun-

dation early on to build upon as they

go out into the world. One of our stu-

dents might be our future pastor!

Fall Youth Fellowship

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MISSION MOMENT Volunteers needed, no experience necessary!

From toddlers (with parental supervision) to senior citizens! Many volunteers are blessed by the rich experience out in the fields and knowing that the Lord’s bounty will be shared with our brothers and sisters in need. It is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to serve and earn service hours.

Depart from GUMC at 8:00am. Return no later than 1:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. Contact Robin Krell (Cell: 443-871-6389 / Email: rskrti68591@verizon.net) to sign up and/or confirm if work is still on if weather is a question. Upcoming Dates

Saturday, September 17

Saturday, October 8

Help Wanted: Mission Trip Experience helpful but not required.

Where: Pittsburgh, PA

When: Nov. 4 – 6, 2016

Cost: $120.00

(Cost includes meals, lodging, fellow-

ship and the opportunity to be the

hands and feet of Christ).

We are organizing a group to par-

ticipate in a 3-day mission trip to

Pittsburgh, PA. We may be asked

to drywall, lay shingles, build a

handicapped ramp or paint a porch.

Please see Robin Knell, Lynn

Beebe or Pastor Dawn if you have

questions or would like more de-

tails.

We ask that you notify us of your

commitment by Sept 25, so that

we know how many are interested.

Money is due 30 days before the

trip. The Pittsburgh Project is a

Christian non-profit community

development organization with a

nearly 30-year track record of serv-

ing the city’s most vulnerable resi-

dents.

Timber Grove Elementary Back to School Fundraiser

If you’ve been in a Walmart recently, you know that the back-to-school supplies are filling the aisles—already! The sales seem to start earlier every year. Again this year, in our on-going partnership with Timber Grove Elementary, we will be collecting school supplies for their students. The needs are great, and funding is ever-shrinking. We want to do our best to help! Two suggestions for accom-plishing this are as follows:

A: Buy a quantity of the following items that teachers routinely purchase using their own money throughout the year. #2 pencils—not mechanical Glue sticks (no liquid glue) Hardback composition notebooks, wide-ruled **Scissors—Fiskars preferred Crayons (max 24/box) Highlighters—orange or yellow 2-pocket folders, assorted colors Plastic supply boxes or pencil bags/pouches

B. On the glass display case in the glass lobby by parking lot, on bright yellow paper, you will find a school supply list by grade. If you are able, and this is suggested for people who don’t already have children of their own that they’re buying for, purchase the complete supply list for one student in one grade. If you could put it in a bag marked with the appropriate grade, it would be much appreciated. Also needed are backpacks and lunch boxes for all age students. Whatever you can do to help these children will be a blessing, both to them and to you. Remember when YOU were so excited to have a book bag full of unbro-ker crayons, sharp pencils, a beautiful school box or pencil case, and other mis-cellaneous items in your book bag on that glorious first day? Let’s give these kids that same happy memory? A collection box is available in the glass lobby off parking lot. Please have your donations in by Thursday, August 18 so that we can prepare a display for a blessing of these supplies and our own kids’ backpacks by Pastor Dawn on Sun-day, August 21. THANK YOU!!!

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Reach Out & Share God’s Love through a Note or Call!

Dora Sabo

205 St Mark Way

Apt 314

Westminster MD 21158

410-876-1749

Peggy Sindall

Broadmead B-4

13801 York Road

Cockeysville, MD 21030

443-578-8399

Phyllis Good

1 Richards Green ct.

Owings Mills, MD 21117

Dorothy Hammond

4301 Roland Ave.

Symphony Manor, Apt. 309

Baltimore MD 21210

Alice Wolfgang

c/o Connie Wolfgang

12930 la Rochelle Circle

Palm Beach gardens, FL 33410

Bea Patten

119 Northway

Reisterstown, MD 21136

June Pearce

325 E. Timonium Road

Timonium, MD 21093

Doris Shaneybrook

144 Westminster Pike

Reisterstown, MD 21136

Richard & Rosemary Stem

PO Box 99

Glyndon, MD 21071

Ethel Mays

2115 Kimrick Place

Lutherville, MD 21093

Family Night at the Ball Park

August 13, 2016

Join us at the Harry Grove Stadium for the Frederick Keys game, complete with a “tail gate” party at 4pm to start things off. The GUMC men supply burgers and hot dogs, cooked on the grill and beverages. People can bring a side dish, if they desire,. At 6pm the ballgame starts! This is a fabulous family outing. Kids get to run the bases and there are fireworks for all ages to enjoy! Cost for tickets range from $7 to $13.

If we get enough people to sign up early, we can get discount tickets.

People who do not register early can still come on game day. Tickets are always available at the door.

To sign up or to get more info, Contact Dan Marshall (443-463-7036/

dfmarshall2@verizon.net)

Remembering Betty Christhilf God, in His infinite wisdom and tender mercy, called home our sister in Christ, Betty Christhilf at the age of 102, on July 19th at the home of her daughter, Anne Dancu, in Naples, Florida. The Christhilfs were long time members of Glyndon UMC, for more than 70 years. Thanks to Jinny Weiss, a member for 62 years, who brought this to our attention. Please pray for Anne Dancu, and other family and friends during this difficult time. If you would like to send a card to Betty’s family, you can send it to Mrs. Anne Dancu, 1325 Murex Drive, Naples, FL 34102 or call Anne at 239-272-2583. I am sure your words will be comforting and appreciated.

Covenant Bible Study

The Covenant bible study will reconvene, after their sum-

mer break, at 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 11 and will

continue through September 29. The first meeting will be

at the home of Jan and Chuck Bradley.

This is an established group, but if you are interested in

starting up another bible study group, please contact Pas-

tor Dawn.

Girlfriends Lunch

Now that everyone is finishing up their vacations in Au-

gust, we are looking forward to gathering our GUMC

“girlfriends” together to catch up on each other’s lives

and discuss the latest and greatest news over some tasty

food at J&P’s restaurant (4821 Butler Road, Glyndon).

Please consider joining us on Sundays at 12:30 starting

on Sunday, September 4. You can contact Kathy Rittler

or Pastor Dawn for more details.

It’s a great follow up to Sunday Worship!

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Church Dates

To Remember & Mark on Your Calendar!

The First Sunday of the Month is Food Sunday for the Crisis Center, helping them to provide food for the families who sometimes have to choose between food or medicine for their family. Bring your canned food and dry foods and place in the labeled Sunday Food tote in the glass lobby.

The Last Sunday of the Month is Casserole Sunday, helping to support Our Daily Bread who feeds the homeless in a dignified en-vironment of love and sharing. Bring in your casseroles (homemade or the favorite Stouffers frozen lasagna) and place them in the Dew Hall kitchen freezer for pick up. Pans and recipes available at the church office or in the glass lobby.

Generous hands are blessed hands

because they give bread to the poor.

Proverbs 22:9

Rally Day is Sunday, September 11 and this will be our last 10am service.

Return to Regular Worship & Sunday School Schedule: Sun-day, September 18, we will return to our regular schedule as follows:

8:30am Morning Glory Praise Service

9:30am Traditional Worship

11:00am Traditional Worship

(Note: 8am - Morning Glory Breakfast 2nd Sunday of the Month)

No Fear in Love—A Sermon Series based on William H. Willimon’s Book: Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love.

Aug 7: Saved By the Other Aug 14: The Other, My Enemy? Aug 21: Learning to Fear Like Christians Aug 28: Loving the Other in Church Sept 4: Jesus, the Other

We will have a Saturday morning dialogue group to discuss the book, Pastor Dawn’s sermons, and relevant personal, national, and world issues around Fear of the Other. They will be held on 3 Saturdays in August and Septem-ber, August 13, August 27, and September 10 (to avoid First Fruits Saturday and the Labor Day Weekend). The dialogue group will gather at 9am at Gourmet Girls (1 Easter Ct., Suite D, Owings Mills) to share breakfast and share our hearts. Please join us for lively, open, and reflective discussion.

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The Challenger

The Challenger is enjoyed by many

and for some the main source of

keeping up with what’s going on at

GUMC! We encourage you to submit

articles for events your committee or

team may be planning so we can alert

everyone to carve out time on their

calendars to attend.

But in order to get the Challenger out

to you by the first of the month, we

need tall articles submissions emailed

or dropped off in finished format by

the 15th of the prior month. (So for

the September Challenger we need

articles submitted by August 15)

This will allow time for getting an-

swers to questions or getting missing

info, and formatting the information

so it is more organized and visually

appropriate for your reading pleasure,

with easier reference. We also need

you to communicate your meetings

and event dates to be included on the

master church calendar for inclusion

on the Challenger Calendar. It’s frus-

trating to receive them after the Chal-

lenger has already been sent out.

Thanks so much for your help!

Annual Charge Conference

Coming Soon

They say time flies when you are

having fun, so it is hard to believe

that Pastor Dawn will be with us for

her second Charge Conference as the

pastor of Glyndon United Methodist

Church on September 26 at 7pm.

Pleasant Hill UMC will be hosting.

Please mark your calendars to attend

this meeting. All committee chairs

and leadership team need to prepare

your reports and forward them to Pas-

tor Dawn to start preparing packets of

materials for the meeting. Please see

Pastor Dawn if you have questions on

what is needed.

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August 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9-12 VBS 7p Missions Com

2 9-12 VBS

3 9-12 VBS

4 8:30a Al-Anon 9-12 VBS

5 9-12 VBS 6pm VBS Celebra-tion Dinner

6 12:30p Fellowship Lunch at Bistro of Carroll Lutheran Village

7 COMMUNIION SUNDAY FOOD SUNDAY (Crisis Ctr) 8:45a Morning Glory 10:00 Traditional Worship

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Roof Work Continues 7p Trustees

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11 8:30a Al-Anon 7:00p Covenant Bible Study at Brad-ley Home

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9a Book Discus-sion/Gourmet Girls Family Night at Frederick Keys Game (4p Tail-gate/6p Game)

14 8:15a Morning Glory Breakfast 8:45a Morning Glory 10:00a Traditional Worship

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7p Finance Mtg

16 7p GirlScouts

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9:30a Blanket Brigade Ladies

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8:30a Al-Anon 7:00p Covenant Bible Study at Brad-ley Home

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7p Church Council Mtg

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8:30a Al-Anon Preschool 3’s Meet & Greet

26 Preschool 4’s Meet & Greet

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9a Book Discus-sion/Gourmet Girls

28 CASSEROLE SUNDAY 8:45a Morning Glory 10a Traditional Worship

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Mark your calendar for RALLY DAY com-

ing up on Sunday, September 11 for our

Fall Kick Off of Worship & Sunday School