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Hi Friends,
I wanted to take a moment to update you on what is happening in the youth ministry program here at
ESUMC. Last week, you may have seen a group of our youth at the church, or out and about in
Stroudsburg/East Stroudsburg. The reason for these sightings was because the Senior High Group
was participating in a local mission trip and retreat. In just two days (Wednesday July 17th and
Thursday July 18th) the Sr. High youth accomplished the following projects around town, and right
here at East Stroudsburg UMC:
• Yard work for a member of ESUMC (mowing grass, weed whacking, power washing, raking, and mulching)
• Power washing ALL the long white tables at ESUMC
• Cleaning out the Fellowship Hall closet where the chairs and tables are stored
• Organizing the Block Party supply closet
• Cleaning all the grills used for the Block Party Outreach
• Trash pickup and distributing Block Party postcard invitations around Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg
• Praying (these youth were courageous in approaching strangers to ask if prayer was needed!)
• Running the Thursday night Block Party Community Outreach Program
These local mission projects were especially meaningful to our youth, because this is their community and this is their
church!! Friends, you know that there is so much that needs to be done right here in Monroe County. We encounter
people all the time who are in need of assistance and who are in desperate need of the HOPE that can only be found in a
relationship with Jesus Christ! I hope you are encouraged by the work our youth are doing in an effort to make ESUMC a
“Christian community where Christ is transforming lives.” I hope their work also challenges you to use whatever gifts God
has granted you to point people to Christ.
Following the two days of local mission projects, we drove down to Brick, New Jersey for part two of our trip: a beach
retreat. A big THANK YOU to Robin and Pat Braun, for always opening their home, for youth trips! While on the retreat, we
had some fun at the beach and the boardwalk, but also explored the Word of God. Our sessions included topics such as,
“Is there a standard for right and wrong?” and “Striving for the holiness and perfection of God in a world that has abandoned
God.” I want to conclude by saying THANK YOU to our ESUMC family who support these youth through your kind words,
your prayers, and your financial donations. The programs we run for youth, in this church, would not be possible without
YOU!
Have a great week and may God continue to guide and bless you!
Scott Kuhnle
Director of Student Ministries
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New Faces at ESUMC Linda’s Bargain Box Sale
Have you ever walked into a room full of people you Many of our members here at East Stroudsburg United
didn’t know (or didn’t know well)? What did that feel Methodist Church knew and loved our late sister, Linda
like? Was it awkward, weird, or unsettling? What about Drake. She was our leader of United Methodist Women,
the inverse? Have you ever been the “crowd” and a passionate youth volunteer, a faith-filled woman, a
thought: Should I go talk to them? …It’s not really ‘my friend, and much more to many of us that knew her.
thing.’” “I wonder if someone going to greet them?”
In honor of her countless years of service, we’ve
Friends, if you’ve thought any of those things, you are renamed our annual Bargain Basement sale “Linda’s
not alone! Welcoming others can be unnerving, or Bargain Box Sale.” If you knew Linda, you probably also
uncomfortable, but it’s SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT! know that this sale was important to her. To continue
As Christians, we believe that we are made in God’s this ministry initiative, we’re looking for volunteers to
image. And as such, we’re called to be imitators of Him. help us prepare for this event, work the event, and clean
The Bible specifically talks about hospitality: up afterwards. If you, or someone else you know, has
interest in helping, please contact Ginny Levanowitz at
“... love the stranger, for you were strangers in the
(570) 992-7290. The sale will be Fri., Aug. 9th from
land of Egypt.”
(Deuteronomy 10:19) 8:00AM-3PM, and Sat., Aug. 10th, from 8:00AM-1:00PM
“...love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all
your soul, and with all your strength, and with all
your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
(Luke 10:27)
at ESUMC
All meetings are
held downstairs in
the Community Room of the
Education Building
*excluding GriefShare*
AA
Keep It Simple
Thursdays & Saturdays
8:00pm-9:00pm
Serenity House
Saturdays
5:30pm-6:30pm
Sundays
4:30pm-6:30pm
NA
Just For Today
Monday-Saturday
12:00pm-1:30pm
New Beginnings
(Women’s Group)
Our Mission Team to Volgograd, Russia departs in less than two weeks! Please keep the Wednesdays
6:00-7:30pm
Team’s safety and ministry in your prayers, they leave for JFK on Thursday, August 8th.
Attention Church
In reviewing the ministries that fall under the oversight of
the Congregational Care Team, we recognize that we
haven’t held many Fun & Fellowship events since Sarah
Kuhnle resigned leadership of the Fun & Fellowship
committee to become our Outreach & Evangelism Team
Leader. In other words, Fun & Fellowship has been
inactive for several months, due the absence of a Join ESUMC’s Older Kids (OKs), ages 55+, for
coordinator. However, we ralso ealize how important BINGO and a salad lunch on Wednesday, August
these fun, relationship-building activities can be and we 14th at 11:30AM! All participants are encouraged
are very instersted in reviving this ministry!!!! If anyone
to bring a salad (of any kind) and a small gift item to
from the Church has interest in helping us organize and
contribute to the BINGO prizes.
plan, fun social events for the Congregation, please let
us know!! Creative thinking, organizing and delegating To RSVP for the event, or to inquire which salads
skills are highly needed for this role. types are already “spoken for,” please contact Erma
If you, or someone you know from ESUMC, is interested Powell at (570) 421-1422 or epowell@ptd.net.
in helping us put Fun & Fellowship back on the calendar, Finally, please note that each O.K.’s event requires
5 time and energy to coordinate! Help encourage the
please reach out to Rachel Thomspon, at
rthompson@esumc.net, for more information on this continuation of this ministry with your attendance,
important ministry! and inviting friends to come along with you!
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EAST STROUDSBURG
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
83 SOUTH COURTLAND STREET
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301
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