TOWER TALKS

First United Methodist Church of Warren

A church for the whole family of God.

Published on April 16, 2015

Special Points of
Interest:
Faith in Action Saturdays
Greeters, Ushers, &
Lay Reader Schedules

The Reverend Daniel Hart will be ordained an Elder in

Full Connection in the Detroit Annual Conference of The
United Methodist Church on Sunday, May 17. 2015 at
Herrick Chapel on the campus of Adrian College in
Adrian, Michigan.

Life Line Screening

Pew Pals
Taste Delite Recipes
Needed by May 3
Thank You Corner
Volunteers Needed

Inside This Issue:

Prayer Concerns

Church Announcements

Soup & Service

Sunday

Spotlight on Missions
5
Pastors Pen

United Methodist
Women News &
Layettes

Rummage Sale

Finance

Warren First United Methodist Church is Dans home

church, with the distinct honor of being part of his spiritual
formation as he discerns his call to ministry. One honor of
being his home church is providing him with a special
stole presented upon his ordination. Jim Winnale has crafted a special gift which will be presented on May 17 as
well.
The Church Council and Staff Parish Committee encourage those who wish
to make a love offering to use the special offering envelope provided in this
newsletter or in the weekly bulletins. Please mark your offering Daniel
Hart Ordination Offering.
These gifts will be presented upon his ordination. The service of Ordination
and Commissioning will begin at 2:00 pm.
Directions are available in the office if you would like to attend.
Congratulations and Gods blessings upon your ministry, Dan Hart! We are
so very proud of you!

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PRAYER CONCERNS

Prayer
Concerns
Hospitalized
Ina Sekol @ Henry Ford Macomb

MCREST CHURCHS

Ushers Schedule

May 3: Community Christian,

May
10:30 AM

Sterling Hgts.
May 10: Congregational UCC, Armada

Rod Failing
Al Bise
Bob Kindig
Chuck Shinn
Jim Sparks
Debbie Groves

May 17: Crosspoint, Clinton Twp.

May 24: Utica UMC, Sterling Hgts.
May 31: St. Ephrem, Sterling Hgts.

Recovering At Home
Chuck Shinn
Nancy Tetzlaff

CONTINUED PRAYERS
Active Duty:
Bradley CornettMS
Carl DorffKoreau
Andrew Rivard
Vincent Von LauArmy
Erik WiltJapan
Teresa WiltReserves, TX

Names removed from

this list remain on the prayer teams
weekly prayer list.
Questions?
Please see a member of the
prayer team.

All those in active military service.

Assisted Care

Mt. Calvary Church

Dorothy Calisterio 41418 Corriander

Ct., Sterling Hgts., MI 48313
Royce KnowlesHospiceTN
Wilma MartinWindememere Park,
31800 Van Dyke, Rm. 250, Warren, MI
48093
Jean MinterSunrise Assisted Living,
46471 Hayes Rd., Rm. 119, Shelby Twp.,
MI 48315
Rosetta NicaiseFraser Villa, 33300
Utica Rd., Rm. #1306, Fraser, MI 48026
Ruth TottonAutumn Wds. Nursing
Ctr., 29800 Hoover Rd., Rm. #359-B,
Warren, MI 48093

Needs are for non perishable food

items, diapers, paper products,
personal care products, and cleaning
products!!!
The container for donations is
located near the East doors.

CountersMay
Shirley Terry
Mike Rivard
Jackie Moore

If you would like to help serve on

Sunday mornings, we are in need of
many ushers volunteers for several
teams. Please contact Keith Anderson
at 586.536.1656 today. Thank you!

Greeters Schedule
10:30 AM
May 3: Jan Waud
May 10: Brigitte & Hayden Cutright
May 17: Lucy & Paul Latham
May 24: Kathy Kohlman
May 31: Dorothy Collins

Coffee HourSign Up
Many dates are available on the
calendar.
Sign up in the Fellowship Hall near
the kitchen.

Lay Readers Schedule

10:30 AM
May 3: Beth Permaloff
May 10: Robert Knakal
Remember if you sign up to bring
May 17: Doug Belles
snacks to share, the United Methodist May 24: Lora Quick
Women will serve it for you!
May 31: John Cole

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CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ushers are Needed

Welcoming

If you would like to help serve on Sunday mornings,

we are in need of many ushers volunteers for several
teams. Please contact Keith Anderson at 586.536.1656
today. Thank you!

Name tags are one simple way we welcome guests. If

you need one please call the church office.
586.264.4701. Name tags are located in the Fellowship Hall. Keeping safe on Sundays, we need Sunday
morning office volunteers to monitor the phone and
security cameras. Please contact Rev. Susan to be
trained. Training is scheduled for May 3rd and May
10th at 11:30 a.m.

Pew Pals
New activity bags are here! Pew Pals are available
fore those children 2-6 years of age. They are at the
Kids Table in the Narthex. Please have the children return them to an usher either at the end of the
worship service or on their way to Sunday School.

Thank You Corner

Thanks to the fast actions of Karen Jones, who recognized the symptoms of a heart attack and called 911.
Jim is back, down in the basement, at the church
working again. As the Dr. said, You are a lucky
Son of a Gun. We wish to thank everyone for all of
the prayers and love that has been given during the
past several weeks. Wow! Look what the power of
prayer can do! Love, Jim & Sandie Grabel
Thanks for helping to celebrating my 90th birthday
on Easter Sunday. Thanks to Sharon Nichols and
Sue Adamski for serving the cake and thanks for the
wishes and cards; also thanks to my Prayer Partner
for the Easter plant. I hope all of you make it to 90
years old and older. Peace and Prayers, Waydine
Hartung

Chrismon Meeting
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
1:00 p.m.Parlor
We need your help to make Chrismons!
This is a learning experience for all of us.
Stop in Tuesday, and work as long as you can.
Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 28, 2015
at 1:00 p.m. in the Library.
The Chrismon ornaments will adorn the
Sanctuary Christmas tree this December.
(Christmas will be here before we know it.)

Jan Waud

Youth Group
April 19:
April 19:
May 3:
May 17:

Spaghetti Fund Raiser

Youth Group Meeting
Youth Group Meeting
Youth Group Meeting

@ 11:30 a.m.
@ 6:00 p.m.
@ 6:00 p.m.
@ 6:00 p.m.

Christian Education
How important to you is having Christian Education (Sunday School) for children? for adults?
What are you willing to do to make that happen?"
Contact: Mary Beth Sears mbrhine@wowway.com

Disciple Class IV
On Monday, May 11 & 18 we will start class at
6:00 p.m. and end around 9:00 p.m. Thank-you!
Mike Rivard

All Church Work Day

Saturday, May 30, 2015
9:00 a.m.12:00 Noon
Plan to help with Spring cleaning the church,
setting up downstairs for our rededication of the
lower level (May 31), and any other odd jobs.
Trustees

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CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deaths
Frank James Permaloff Sr., age 73 and a 43 year
resident of Warren, died on March 2, 2015. Loving
husband of Judith; devoted father of Frank Jr.
(Beth); David (Monica) and Nancy (Steve) Masiak;
cherished grandfather of John, Conner, Kyle, Devin,
Kira, Brent, Logan and the late Alex. A service
celebrating his life was held at the Lyle Elliott
Funeral Home, on March 6, 2015. Interment at
White Chapel Cemetery in Troy. Family request
memorials to either Common Ground Runaway
Shelter in Bloomfield Hills, or the First United
Methodist Church in Warren.

Soup & Service Sunday

April 26 @ 11:30 a.m.Fellowship Hall
Come enjoy a delicious homemade lunch while learning
about one of our churchs mission focuses for the year. A
speaker from Brightmoor Campus of Redford Aldersgate
U.M.C. will join us for lunch and a service project for all
ages! We will be putting together gardening bags that the
residents of the Brightmoor area can use to start their own
backyard vegetable garden.
Needed: gardening gloves, small gardening tools, seed
packets, and other gardening supplies. Please drop them
off on the gardening cart in the Narthex.

DateTimePlace
Dr. James DeWiley Fleming was born December
11, 1913 in Bonita, TX; the son of J.M. Fleming
and his wife Esther Wiley. He was a United States
Army Veteran of World War II and a member of the
Masonic Lodge. Before retiring DeWiley was
dedicated to the field of Engineering; achieving his
Doctorate and utilizing it in the Automotive
Industry. He also love to golf and travel. James
DeWiley Fleming passed away March 4, 2015 at the
age of 101 at his home in Warren, MI. He is
survived in this life by 3 stepsons; Gayle (Pat)
Dendel, Mark (Jean) Dendel and Jeff (Cathy) Dendel; 6 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild, his niece
and nephew and many great nieces and nephews.
James was preceded in death by his wife Janice
Fleming and his wife Thelma Dendel-Fleming. A
service celebrating his life was held at First United
Methodist Church on March 7, 2015. He is laid to
rest at Mountain Park Cemetery in Saint Jo, Texas.
Jerome E. Rubbelke, Sr., age 86, a Korean War
Veteran, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. He
was born in St. Paul, MN on June 13, 1928. A
retired installer for the telephone company, he
enjoyed to bowl, dance, play cards and attend
cultural events. Beloved husband of the late June
(2008). Dear father of Jerry (Cheryl) and the late
John (2009). Loving grandfather of Melissa,
Joshua, Matthew, and Kaitlin. While serving in the
Air Force, Jerome was a radar mechanic and the
recipient of a Korean Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and a Bronze Service Star. A service
celebrating his life was held at the Ford Funeral
Home on March 9, 2015. Interment at Cadillac
Memorial Gardens-East, in Clinton Twp.

Tuesday, April 28 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.

Max and Ermas
Just a reminder that the date, time and place above is your
opportunity to be the everyone in No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. Our MCREST
WEEK, November 15-22, seems a long way off, but it is
actually a year-round endeavor. Each Max and Erma Day
is an important part of our preparations, as it earns many of
the dollars needed to successfully fund the wonderful
things we are able to provide for our guests. Join friends
and family for lunch or dinner ** or both** for food and
fellowship in support of our week. The 20% amount of
your bill which is returned to us by Max and Ermas is invaluable..just like you.

Faith in Action Saturdays

Our Gleaners mission was a successful one! We had 18
volunteers donate three hours of their time on April 11th.
We bagged up 4800 lbs of carrots and 7480 lbs of apples
that will feed over 1800 households in the area!!
May 16th, our next mission will be at the Methodist Children's Home Society in Redford. The address is 26645 W.
Six Mile Rd, Redford, MI 48240. We will leave the church
parking lot at 8:15 a.m. We will be helping from 9-12 AM.
Please arrive ready to get dirty as we will be helping clean
the grounds and plant flowers!
Please note, only those over the age of 13 will be
allowed to come to the Children's Home.
Way to go Warren First United Methodist Church! We
have been nominated and selected as an outstanding
Warren volunteer for 2014. The Sixth Annual Volunteer of
the Year Ceremony will be held April 23, 2015 in the
Warren City Hall atrium at 8:00 PM. Please come and
support Rev. Susan Youmans, Paul Sadowski, and Doug
Belles as they accept our award.

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Spotlight on MissionSpecial Appeal for Bishop Judith Craig Childrens Village

Detroit Annual Conference Offering May 14, 2015
Each year at annual conference we receive an offering from churches and individuals to support our
covenant partners The Haiti Annual Conference and The Liberia Annual Conference. This year, our
offering will be take place during the Opening Worship Service on Thursday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m.
This offering is traditionally split between the Haiti Hot Lunch program and the food program at
Bishop Judith Craig Childrens Village in Liberia. The generosity of our churches and members of
annual conference yield approximately $33,000 to help us sustain these food programs. In addition to
this vital offering, we also used to collect items to send to our partners in Haiti and Liberia via a
shipping container. Local churches and individuals would spend funds to purchase items for cleaning
buckets, health kits, layettes, etc. for our covenant partners. We would pack them on site at annual
conference and prepare them for shipping.
However, we have been asked to change our focus this year in order to restore and upgrade the
facilities at the Judith Craig Childrens Village. After many years of use in the moist tropical heat the
village is in need of significant repair. Please consider adding the funds you might have spent on the
shipping supplies to your offering this year. If every member of annual conference brought an additional
$10 or more we could easily raise another $10,000 to purchase the building supplies in-country.
Imagine the transformation if every church sent an additional $20 for the supplies!
The Conference Board of Global Ministries, working with the Conference Treasurer, will then divide
the total offering between the three focus areas.
From now through May 10 you may contribute to this Conference offering! Our Treasurer will
collect and send your generous gifts with our Lay Member to Annual Conference, Paul Sadowski.
Use the envelope in the weekly worship bulletin, or send a check, payable to Warren First UMC with
DAC Offering on the memo line.

Spotlight on Mission

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Pastors Pen
April showers bring May flowers. April also brings red umbrellas in worship as powerful reminders of the
showers of blessings we receive as we wait for the promised Holy Spirit along with the disciples after the
resurrection of their spiritual leader, healer, and friend.
The spring showers remind us of our baptism, of being cleansed from all that would hold us downour
sinfulness, the consequences of sin (ours and others), the darkness of the present age, and the finality of death.
Water-washed, we find renewal. We are growingspiritual, physically, and in number. We welcome new faces
each week in worship and congregational activities, as friends along the Way.
I hope you will take some time to sit under the red umbrellas in the sanctuary this month and next as we slow
down, step back, and focus on our prayer life. Becoming what God intends is a never-ending process, our
sanctification continues by the power of the Holy Spirit, just as a rock is polished by the washing of the river.
I hope you will take some time to reflect upon how Warren First and her ministries have influenced, shaped, and
directed your faith journey. And I hope you will spend time in prayer for yourself, those you love, and for the
Church. Listening. And then sharing, what you hear and see and learn.
On May 31st we will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and begin a new journey of becoming disciples. We
will celebrate the re-dedication of the lower level for ministry and mission, making and sending disciples to make
and send disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We will celebrate the space we make for
all people to know God, forgiveness, and freedom through Jesus Christ. And we will celebrate our future as
Gods laborers in the harvest.
By the time you receive this newsletter, Warren First will be honored by the City of Warren as one of the
Volunteer of the Year recipients on April 23rd at City Hall. Church Council will meet to plan our community
outreach events, further extending our impact and influence on the lives of those near and far. Missions will
continue to invite speakers and create events to help us learn about the needs of our neighbors and how we can be
an answer to prayer in very real, practical ways out of our abundance. We have been blessed with so much
time, talent, and treasureto make ministry happen.
This is your invitation to come close through worship, prayer, study, and service as we witness the power of
resurrection in our lives and the lives of those around us. This is your invitation to pray about ways your
passions, your gifts, and the needs of the body of Christ and the world may come together.
Come learn about how God answers prayer through The United Methodist Church on April 26 as we hear from
Karen Plants and the Brightmoor Campus of Redford Aldersgate UMC. Work and learn at The Methodist
Childrens Home on May 16. Bring your used treasures to the rummage sale and watch how our abundance
makes a difference for the ministry of our Covenant Partner, Paul Webster at Mujila Falls in Zambia. Imagine
how a few hours of volunteering for Sunday School or Vacation Bible School can shape a life for Christ, even
your own.
Frederick Buechner writes, The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the worlds
deep hunger meet.
As we celebrate the Holy Spirit, and all the gifts she brings to our lives, may we also celebrate how we put them
to work, for the glory of God.
Yours in the journey, Pastor Susan

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The United Methodist Women

Mission Team@ 9:30 AMLibrary
Circles May 12, 2015 @ 9:30 AM
#1: Mary Martha: @ Margaret Kappilas
#2: Esther:
@ Theos Restaurant
#3: Hope:
@ Theos Restaurant
#4: Sunshine:
@ Kerbys Koney Island
#5: Abigail:
@ Bev Glassons
Tuesday, May 19 @ 7:30 PM
#6: Deborah:
@ Jan Lochs
Recipes for the Taste Delite cookbook, must be submitted by May 3rd to Dot McLean.

U.M.W. Fellowship: Taste Delite LuncheonMay 19, 2015 12:00 NoonFellowship Hall
Tickets are $10 and are available from any U.M.W. lady.
Greeter Information
The U.M.W. Sunday Greeters, greet at the Ramp doors!
Coffee Hour
Many dates are available on the calendar.
Sign up in the Fellowship Hall near the kitchen.
Remember if you sign up to bring snacks to share, the United Methodist Women will serve it for you!

LAYETTES
It is time again to begin shopping, sewing, knitting, crocheting, etc. for items to be included in the layettes to be
assembled by United Methodist Women. For many years the layette project has been a means by which we are
able to help new moms in our community.
New mothers who come to the hospital without proper clothing for the newborn to go home in will be given one of
these layettes. The needs of these recipients are determined by staff at hospitals, clinics, and social service agencies in the area.
Anyone too busy to sew or shop can put money or a check (made out to the U.M.W.) in an envelope marked
Layettes, and the phantom shoppers (who qualify for senior discounts) will go into action.
A pack-n-play is located in the Narthex to place your purchases or completed items in.
You may want to take advantage of sales in progress now. (Please remove all tags.)
The deadline for donations is May 3, 2015. If you have any questions,
please see Pat Murphy, Dodie Drath, or Jo Ann Snyder.
Each layette consists of (size 0-12 months) 1 sleeper, 1 pair booties or socks,
1 sweater set or playsuit, 1 receiving blanket, 1 bib, 6 disposable diapers,
1 afghan or crib blanket, 1 onesie, and 1 bottle.
Thank you!
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Opportunities For You!

Taste Delite Recipes

The United Methodist Women are planning to have

Taste Delite on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. If you plan to
prepare a recipe for Tasting, PLEASE submit a copy of
your recipe to Dot McLean for printing in the booklet.
Recipes MUST be in by May 3rd to be in the booklet.

Life Line Screening

will host their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screening Thursday,

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May 28 at Warren First UMC. Five screening will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to
blocked arteries, which is the leading cause of stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured
aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs with is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular
heart beat which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for men and women. By signing up
for this health event, not only will you be able to receive $10 off any package of $149 or more, but First
United Methodist Church will also receive a $10 donation for every member who signs up and attends
this Life Line Screening event. You must sign up one of these three ways in order to get both the $10
discount as well as the $10 donation for Warren First UMC. Call: 800-324-9458, fax 866-628-4857 or go on line:
www.helpinghandsforhealth.com.

SPRING RUMMAGE SALE

Saturday, May 2, 2015
We will begin taking items on Sunday, April 26th after service
until 12:00 noon, Friday, May 1st.
Please make sure all items are clean and in good working order.
Drop off items at the designated tables in the Fellowship Hall, or inside the Library.
NO items after 12:00 noon on Friday, May 1st.
Volunteers are needed Monday, April 27th until Friday, May 1st
from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon to help sort and price items.
Come when you are able, stay until when-ever you can.
Volunteers are needed Saturday, May 2nd, from 8 a.m. 2 p.m. for check out,
bagging, kitchen help and library/special item monitoring.
Volunteer sign-up sheets will be in the Fellowship Hall.
Wire hangers are needed and can be brought in to the church office!
Proceeds to: Covenant Missionary Support!
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TASTE DELITE LUNCHEON

First United Methodist Church of Warren
5005 Chicago Road, Warren, MI
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 @ 12:00 Noon
Ticket Donation: $10.00 each
To purchase tickets, call the
church office at (586) 264-4701
or see any U.M.W. Lady.
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