Sunshine Herald

Druid Hills United

Methodist Church

A Monthly Publication of Druid Hills United Methodist Church

Serving Christ by Learning, Leading and Loving Sunshine Herald
SEPTEMBER 2010

From the Pastor: Rev. Daryl W. Allen INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Pastor 1

Greetings Brothers and Sisters!
Do you ever marvel? Do you ever just stand and look at something and just get lost in Financial Report 2

it's essence? Amazed by how it works, what it does, or the feelings it conjures within Caring and Sharing 2
you? For me, I marvel at the ocean. In August, my family and I went to the beach and 4, 5
Parish Nurse
I got the opportunity to marvel. In fact, Debbie caught me in the act and took this pic-
Pumpkin Patch 7
ture.
Activities 3, 5, 6
I am sitting in a chair, on a gorgeous day, letting the wa-
Calendar 8
ter rush over my feet, listening to sound of the waves as
they crash on the shore. I was in a state of marvel. I was
in awe, I was at peace, I was lost in the amazement that is
God's creation. I love and marvel about everything that is
the ocean. The color of the sky and the sun as they meet
the watery horizon. The color of the water as the sun's
angle changes throughout the day. The sound of water as
the waves dance together in a wonderful symphony that 09/02 Rudy Richardson
is music to my ears. The warmth of the sun on my face 09/03 Allen Lamb
as God looks upon me, watching me, touching me, telling 09/04 Daryle Greene
me that I am loved. Jim Pippin
For me, the ocean is where I connect with God the easiest. Where is that place for 09/14 Harry Hosey
you? Is it outside in a park or in the wilderness? Is it inside at a piece of family furni- B.J. Russell
ture or in a sacred building or spot? As you picture that place in your mind, I would 09/15 Bob Greene
like you to reflect on how you feel when you are there. Are you anxious? Are you at 09/16 Floy Smith
peace? Are you relaxed? When I can sit in the surf, feeling God's creation all around 09/18 Libby Orbison
me, with every sense God gave me, I am at peace. I am relaxed. I am more open to 09/20 Jim Erickson
God's leading than any other place. Elmo Graff
09/23 Jordon Silvola-
I remember that picture. I remember what I was doing and how I felt when it was
Finch
taken. I had my eyes closed and I was in prayer. I was thanking God for this creation.
09/28 Ian Baskin
I was expressing my awe at what I was feeling and the words just flowed. I did not
have to think or search for the vocabulary. The words just came. I thanked God for
the rest, for my Sabbath. I thanked God for all that God has done in my life in the past
year. I thanked God for allowing me to have an intimate relationship with God, Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Spirit. I thanked God that I was loved so much that Jesus gave
His life for me. I thanked God that I could sit in that water, hear the ocean, feel the
09/01 Debbie & John
breeze, and know my God was there. With all that expressed, I then sat there quietly,
Norman
listening.
Terri & Dennis
This month, as summer winds down, and the hectic Fall season approaches, I encour- Silvola-Finch
age you to spend some time in your sacred place. Give yourself permission to be in a
state of marvel, in a state of awe. Allow the presence of God to wash over you, to
transform you, and to remold you.
And always remember...God loves you!
Blessings,
Pastor Daryl
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Prayer serves as the backbone of the church. It is what supports all our The Sunshine Herald is the monthly pub-
efforts of ministry. In that spirit, you are invited to hold these persons in lication of Druid Hills United Methodist
your prayers and thoughts. Just as the Spirit needs healing, so does the Church.
body. The two, it seems, go together in God’s plan.
Editor: Carole Newlin
Pastor: Rev. Daryl W. Allen
Karen Baldwin At Home
Pastor’s Blog:
Nancy Freimuth At Home www.pastordaryl.blogspot.com
Brad & Ruth Fuller At Home Director of Worship Arts:

Emil Hass At Home Lucy Williams

Email: druidhillsum@aol.com
Bernie Hamilton At Home
Phone: 352-629-5688
DeNease Hicks At Home
Fax: 352-629-5843
Dorothy Jones Private Home Mail: 1712 S. E. Lake Weir Rd.
Alene Krouse At Home Ocala, FL 34471
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Fred Krsek At Home Monday through Friday
Faye & Jim Pippin At Home
Wilhelmina Rogers Private Home Our Mission:
We are a fellowship of believers
Thelma Sharbaugh At Home
Serving Christ by
Adele Stipp At Home
Learning, Leading and Loving

OUR STEWARDSHIP ONLINE NEWSLETTER

AND ATTENDANCE Many of us have been looking for ways to save money and resources. One
method the leadership of the church has come up with is to offer our church's
July/August monthly newsletter, The Sunshine Herald, online. By offering this online we
(6-27 through 8-22) save money on the price per page for every copy made and postage to mail
Budget for 2 months: those that need it, and resources, the paper we use to print the newsletter with.
$35,078.00 I have found a free program that allows me to host and publish the newsletter
on my blog. This program will allow you to see the newsletter in full screen,
Offering for 2 months: and go through it by scrolling the pages, flipping the pages like a book, or just
$24,888.00 seeing it one page at a time. You can also print it out at your home or
Difference: ($10,190.00) download it to your computer to view any time you wish. And all of this is
Children’s Home: $ 423.87 free to you and the church.
Parking Income: $ 1,500.00
By no means are we eliminating the printing of the newsletter. If you would
Average Attendance still like a print copy of the newsletter each month you do not have to do a
Worship ……………………..... 103 thing. However, if you like to begin receiving the newsletter online
only, please contact the church office. For every family that goes online only,
Sunday School
the church will save roughly a $1.00 per year. Not only can those savings be
Adult Focus……………………. 12 significant but the reduced use of paper is a benefit for all of us!
Nursery……………………….…….0
Blessings! - Pastor Daryl
Children’s Church………………5
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APPORTIONMENTS
Apportionments are our first mile of mission giving. They form the framework for the rest of our connectional ministry
and mission. Seeing our apportionments help others - not only gives us personal satisfaction; it also demonstrates con-
cretely that we are in love with God. When we give our money, so our congregation can pay its apportionments, we give
to these causes: Clergy Support, Conference Benevolences, Conference Service & Administration, New Church Starts,
World Services, Episcopal Fund, Interdenominational Cooperation, Ministerial Education, Black College, Africa Uni-
versity, General Administration & New Church Development Fund. We thank you for your stewardship & expression of
our connectedness. We are paid through July.
Louise Cox
Interpreter of Connectional Giving

MEMORIAL GIFTS
The Memorial Committee is appreciative of the gifts given to Druid Hills UMC in memory of Ruth Ernst. We thank the
following for their loving tribute made in her honor. Hilda Bolomey, Libby Orbison, Charles & Leanne Lyles.
Memorial Committee

THANK YOU
We want to extend our deep appreciation & heartfelt gratitude to our church family for how generously you provided for
our family during Debbie’s surgery & recuperation. The kind words of support & encouragement, the emails, the cards,
the hot meals & all of the prayers were tremendous. Debbie is doing very well & gaining back her strength. Once again,
thank you from the bottom of our hearts! - Pastors Daryl & Debbie

SUNDAY SCHOOL
This fall, we would like to get our Sunday School program running again. But to do that, we need your help! We would
like to start five classes, about the time school begins again in the fall, and we need two people per class. If you would
be willing to volunteer, either as a teacher or helper, please sign up at the Connection Station. And the earlier you sign-
up, the better your chance of getting the class you prefer. - Joy Anderson

SALTY SERVICE
A few months back, I asked everyone to consider joining together in groups to venture out & visit some of the residents
in the many assisted living & rehab facilities around our church. There are many people there that do not get visitors &
we are so good with fellowship. I see a need & a spiritual gift that can easily be paired. I wanted to give everyone an
update on how this budding ministry is progressing. We have one member that has reached out & has begun weekly vis-
its & we have another that is in the process of beginning. We have several contacts at area facilities, all we need are vol-
unteers. Many people make light work. If you are willing to spend just a few hours a month visiting with people & shar-
ing the love of Christ, please contact the office & we can help you get connected. Please consider reaching out to the
people in our area & let them know we care & in the name of Jesus Christ, that they are loved. - Pastor Daryl

THANK YOU
On behalf of our church family, the Trustees would like to thank the family of June Straub for the generous donation of
the new air conditioner for the Library.
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PARISH NURSE NEWSLINE

Joyce Baugher, R.N., Parish Nurse
BANANAS RULE
A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression “going ba-
nanas” is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:
Never, put your bananas in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose & glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sus-
tained & substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just 2 bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90
minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the
only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and condi-
tions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression & Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): According to a recent study undertaken by MIND amongst people
suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a
type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood & generally make
you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your
mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood & so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood
pressure. So much so, the US Food & Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims
for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure & stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham school (England) were helped through their exams this year by eating ba-
nanas at breakfast, break & lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed
fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome
the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The
banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes
& re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for
soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up & avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin.
Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling & irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on
comfort food like chocolate & chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more
likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control
our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every 2 hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of it soft texture & smoothness. It is
the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity & reduces
irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
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BANANAS RULE (continued)

Temperature Control: Many other cultures see bananas as a “cooling” fruit that can lower both the physical & emo-
tional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is
born with a cool temperature.
Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well
as the potassium & magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, send oxygen to the brain & regulates your
body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These
can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can
cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin & place
it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plastic or surgical tape!
So a banana really is a natural remedy for may ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein,
twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A & iron, and twice the other vitamins &
minerals. It is also rich in potassium & is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-
known phrase so that we say, “A banana a day keeps the doctor away!”

FROM THE HEART - UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

The United Methodist Women will meet on Tuesday, September 21st at 9:30 AM in Fellowship Hall. We
will assemble the Christmas Child Shoeboxes. UMW meetings are open to all ladies of the church.

BE SALT SMART
Most of us need to watch our salt intake, so it’s best to stow the salt shaker. But if you must add salt, try kosher salt - it is
40 percent sodium, just like table salt & sea salt, but its larger crystals provide less sodium per teaspoon. - Joyce
Baugher, R.N., Parish Nurse

DONATION BASKET
Every Sunday we place a basket at the beginning of the food table at our Fellowship lunch. The Church Council has
decided to make a slight alteration as to what ministry those funds will benefit. Those funds will now go to a compre-
hensive Children’s Ministry fund. This fund will continue to help fund summer camp tuition, as needed; but it will also
be used for other areas. There are many starving children in Marion County that could really use our help. We are look-
ing at various avenues that we can begin ministries to speak to those needs. One example is we are trying to partner with
area schools to help provide food for starving or impoverished school children over the weekend when they cannot re-
ceive the free or reduced breakfast & lunch they normally receive at school during the week. We have the ability to
help, we just need to ascertain the best way for us to help. Therefore, the money collected in that basket will be placed in
a Children’s Ministry Fund to encompass all areas where the children of not only our church, but children throughout
Marion County, can be served. I thank you for your continue support of these vital ministries. - Pastor Daryl

MODELs
MODELs will meet at noon on September 16th at Uptown Grill, 2436 East Silver Springs Boulevard. If you plan to at-
tend, please send an email to dhumcvol@yahoo.com or call the church office before September 14th.
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“DID YOU KNOW….”

...how numerous we are?

133 Annual Conferences

41,589 Local Churches

11,221,781 Professing Members

We are connected, we are not alone, we are one!

AMOUNT RAISED FROM GOODSEARCH/GOODSHOP

$ Raised from $ Raised from

Month Searches Searches Shopping Total

February 193 $1.93 $6.42 $8.35

March 344 $3.44 $1.62 $5.06

April 173 $1.73 $13.63 $15.36

May 270 $2.70 $9.97 $12.67

June 162 $1.62 $10.63 $12.25

July 131 $1.31 $6.69 $8.00

August 100 $1.00 $1.36 $2.36

Total: year-to-date 1373 $13.73 $50.32 $64.05

AMOUNT RAISE FROM GREAT LAKES SCRIP PROGRAM

From August 1 through August 23rd, 48 cards were purchased from Great Lakes Scrip Center. The face value of the
st

cards was $1,965 & Druid Hills UMC earned $90.25. Orders are placed on Monday before noon and are received Fri-
day. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you to everyone who has participated to date.
Carole Newlin

ANGELFOOD MINISTRIES
The September menu is available in the Narthex & Church Office. Order dates & times are Wednesday, Sept. 8 from 9
AM to 6 PM, Thursday, Sept. 9 & Friday, Sept. 10 from 9 AM to noon. Distribution date is Saturday, Sept. 25 from 9:30
to 10:30 AM. If you want Debby Baugher to place your order, please notify her by Sunday, Sept. 6.
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PUMPKIN PATCH NEWS

News from Roy
We are well known as the “Pumpkin Patch” church. First delivery of our pumpkins is scheduled for Saturday, October
9th at 9 am. Our second load is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 18th at 5 pm. Students from Forest High School Jr. AFROTC
have volunteered to assist in unloading. A good turnout for this event is encouraged and additional help is always wel-
comed. There will be a sign-up sheet for story tellers and sellers. This is our church’s fundraiser and we need everyone’s
help. It is fun to meet the children and families who come to the patch. Many families take advantage of the “photo op”
posing their children among the big orange pumpkins. School children come to hear special stories and take a small
pumpkin home. They also color harvest pictures for a chance of a prize. Our excitement is soon to begin, please plan to
be a part of it. You won’t regret it. For any questions, please call Roy Baugher at 237-5629.

News from Lucy

The pumpkins are coming! The pumpkins are coming! And so are the kids! And we need story tellers! The pumpkins
will arrive on October 9th, and the stories will start on October 18th. Every year we host preschoolers and kindergarteners
from all over Marion County. They come between 9:30 and 11:30 am. We read stories to them and they play in the
patch. This is one of the most rewarding events at the Pumpkin Patch. A lot of these kids have never been to a patch,
they’ve never sat on a hay bale and a lot of them have never seen a “Little Red Wagon”. We provide the books and you
provide the voice. If this is a ministry you would enjoy, please contact Terri Silvola-Finch at 369-0614. Wrapped candy
is given to children who attend story time. Monetary or candy donations for this ministry may be given to Roy Baugher.

9/11 REMEMBRANCE
Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville is hosting two special events in September. The first is on Friday, Sep-
tember 10th from 6-9pm. Trinity UMC and the Gainesville Interfaith Forum invite you to attend this very different and
special kind of event. Trinity is opening its entire worship center and campus for a time to embrace our unity as mem-
bers of the human family. Everyone is invited to take part in the planned activities. Children of different faiths can play
together and enjoy arts and educational crafts. There will be a variety of cultural displays, foods from various regions of
the world, and a time of prayer for peace, understanding and hope. The second event is a Prayer and Remembrance Ser-
vice on Saturday, Sept. 11, 8:30 – 10:30 am in their chapel. This will be a time of prayer and remembrance, as we honor
the memory of those who perished on September 11, 2001. We will be in prayer for families who lost loved ones and for
all who have been and are in harm’s way since that day.
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ies Scouts

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9:00 am - Bible Study Labor Day ROMEOs 6 am - Kairos
Office Closed
10:30 am - Worship 7 pm - Choir

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Scouts ies Scouts

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9 am - Bible ROMEOs 10 am - Prayer noon -
Study 10:30 am - Shawl MODELs @ Boy Scouts Fish
“The Singles” 10 am - Wor- Uptown Grill Fry
of Golden ship Cmte 5 pm - Trustees
10:30 am - Worship Friends 5:30 pm - Brown-
7 pm - Choir ies 5:30 pm - Girl
6 pm - Finance Scouts
7 pm - Den Mtg 7 pm - Boy 7 pm - Church
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9 am - Bible 9:30 am - UMW

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SEPTEMBER 2010
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Sunshine Herald
1712 S. E. Lake Weir Rd.
Ocala, FL 34471