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What a great and uplifting service it was this past Sunday, June 9th, to welcome into membership
fourteen young people who all actively participated in the service beyond their vows and for some,
their baptisms! Though you saw their photos in last week’s Trumpet Call, as well as on the front of
the bulletin and on the screen, here’s one last opportunity to see them as a group, in a photo taken
just after the service on Sunday. One confirmand, Mia Price, was not available for the group photo, so
she is included in the inset to the group photo. This photo also serves as a reminder to you that as
you pass them in the hallway or see them out in the community, to please congratulate them and
seek any opportunity to help them grow in their faith!
June is considered a “happy time” of the year as we celebrate weddings, graduations, and of course, confirmations. June
9 was also a special day for Karen and me as we celebrated 40 years of marriage together, and thanks to all of those
who have wished us well. It also helps that we have more hours of sunlight in June than any other month of the year.
June is also a challenging time for us as a church as we seek to reach out to our community in powerful ways, and those
ways include the weekly block parties (with the exception of July 4) in June and July, the recent carnival on June 8, and
the upcoming Summer Bible Camp (formerly VBS) running for five nights beginning Sunday, June 23.
We have noticed that in all of our outreach efforts, there seems to be a (small) core group of people who sign up ahead
of time and faithfully show up. Then there are others who have not indicated either way whether they can volunteer, who
then show up and do a great job. The third group are those who neither sign up nor show up, and often this is because
they already had other plans or were going to be out of town when the event took place. I can’t emphasize enough how
important it is to commit and to sign up ahead of time for any of these outreach activities! Those who are planning these
activities need to know ahead of time whom they can count on to make the event successful, so when the time comes to
sign up, I urge you to do so. It would be a tragedy if an event needed to be canceled, only to find out that two or three
times the number who had signed up planned to actually come and help.
That said, I invite all of you again this week to volunteer to help in some way with Summer Bible Camp. It is especially
critical knowing that the final night of SBC is a Thursday night and also the night of our fourth block party, when we will
be stretched especially thin volunteer-wise. Please see, call, or email Erica Dorsch to let her know that she can count on
you!
Finally, as I write this, Karen and I are readying ourselves to go to Annual Conference, which begins on Thursday, June
13 and runs through dinnertime on Saturday. It is with great sadness that we remember our lay member for many years,
Linda Drake, is not with us this year but has preceded us to
God’s great banquet in heaven. We remember Linda at this
year’s conference even as we give thanks for Gloria Ladlee
stepping up to represent our church on the laity side. My
wife, Karen, will represent our North District as a lay
equalizing member. I invite you to pray for Conference, and
Gloria, Karen, and I will make a report to the congregation
when we return. 1
Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jim
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THIS WEEK AT ESUMC Recovery
Meetings
3
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
EAST STROUDSBURG
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
83 SOUTH COURTLAND STREET
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301
S U N DAY S E R V I C E S & T I M E S
8:30 AM Traditional Worship 9:45 AM Equipping Hour 10:45 AM Contemporary Worship