11:30a – Council
meeting
6:30p – Lay Leadership meeting / 2
7:00p – Trustees meeting / 3 / 4
6:00pm – Bell Choir
7:30pm – Sanctuary
Choir
7:00pm – Healing Service / 5
Kidz Club 6-7:30p in Fellowship Hall / 6 / 7
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11:30a – GEMS meeting
11:30a – CE Board meeting in Chapel Café / 9 / 10
12:30p – UMW / 11
6:00pm – Bell Choir
7:30pm – Sanctuary
Choir / 12
9:00a – Busy Bees / 13 / 14
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11:30a – S.S. Teachers meeting in parlor
3:30p – Youth to Soup
kitchen / 16
6:00p – We Care Shopping / 17 / 18
6:00pm – Bell Choir
7:30pm – Sanctuary
Choir / 19 / 20
7:00p – Adult Night
Out @ Texas
Roadhouse / 21
22 / 23
6:00pm – Small Group Ministry meeting / 24 / 25
6:00pm – Bell Choir
7:30pm – Sanctuary
Choir / 26
9:00a – Busy Bees / 27 / 28 4-6p -GEMS Ham Loaf Dinner
29 Harvest Party at Yeck Farm 2-4pm / 30 / 31 Reformation Day / Sunday Worship: 8:15am in Eaton Chapel
10:30am in the sanctuary
Sunday School – 9:15am
Youth Band Practice: October 28th 3-4pm
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Baden United Methodist Church
420 Dippold Avenue
Baden, PA 15005-1716
Rev. D. Edward Bailey, Pastor
October 2006
Time Value Mail Change Service Requested
October
Schedule of Services
Sunday Chapel – 8:15 a.m.
Sunday Sanctuary – 10:30 a.m.
Last Saturday of Each Month Contemporary Service - Fellowship Hall – 6:30 p.m.
(Nursery for ages 6 months to 6 years with attendants during 10:30 Sunday worship)
The Gleam
Baden United Methodist Church * 420 Dippold Avenue * Baden, Pennsylvania * (724) 869-2720
Dear Member and Friend of Baden UMC,
Did you know the Bible was written for our admonition, encouragement and inspiration? It is full of inspirational stories of men and women – like David who was bold and faced a giant and Daniel who went into a lion’s den – which teach God-given principles. These stories challenge us to grow deep and strong in our relationship with the Lord and they teach us that it requires effort and change.
Physiologically, we go through changes all the time. For example, each of us losses about 100 strands of hair a day and some of us lose a lot more! And, we are constantly losing skin cells each day such that we virtually have new skin every thirty-five days. The point being…we were designed to change, physically often without even trying our noticing.
However, spiritually, change does not really happen on its own. Just because someone was saved does not mean there was a growth in his or her spiritual journey. After receiving Christ, a choice needs to be made to pursue Christ, to grow deep and strong and to be rooted in the Word of God. This is a growth that takes place in a person’s character.
God is more concerned about the change beneath the surface (where no one can see), than above the surface. Spiritual growth takes place in our root system; only when our roots grow below the surface do we become fruitful above ground.
“And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.” (2Kin.19:30)
For example, bonsai plants are beautiful ornamental plants that are passed on from generation to generation. They can live up to a hundred years. Although bonsai plants are able to grow like any other plants, they’re planted in small pots where their roots are confined to keep them small. Similarly, Christians can develop this way. Although being a follower of Christ for ten or twenty years, growth is limited because there hasn’t been any development of our root system, our heart. If we do not consciously strengthen our relationship with the Lord, we become bonsai Christians – but God doesn’t want that! On the contrary, he wants bonsai Christians who “go for it” and continue to grow and move forward through life. This only happens if we extend our roots down and change the condition of our root system. The key to growing and going forward is our relationship with Christ through the Word of God.
Although there are many books out on the market today about Christian Living, God has provided us with a single book which tells us everything we need to know to have a growing vibrant Life. This book, the Bible, contains stories of people’s victories, challenges, failures and sins. It also includes stories about redemption and rejoicing. Its stories are the best of the best to inspire us. The Bible is priceless, so read it everyday and let it inspire you.
Grace, Hope, and Joy!
Ed Bailey
Christina Blinn; Debi Brocklebank; Katherine Collingwood; Brooke DiCicco; Linda Fleming; Maggie Gall; Virginia Gallagher; Brent Harmon; Albert Hartge; Jason Hazelwood; Ken Jones; Amber Mazur; Jeffrey Parkhurst; Phyllis Parkhurst; Helen Quinet; Homer Quinet; Kim Short; Joshua Shoup (cousin of Amanda & Ashley Hartge); Betty Smith; Leila Strobel; Margery Tillery; Betty Vagias; David Waxler; Dave Wright (friend of Shirley Bruce)
Please note: unless the church office is otherwise notified, names will remain on the prayer list for three Sundays only. If you would like to have a name added to the prayer list, please contact the church office.
Conference of United Methodist Men
Annual Gathering
Join the pastor and other men from Baden UMC as we travel to Faith UMC in Delmont on Saturday October 21st from 9:30A.M. – 3:00 P.M. The cost is $15.00 and includes breakfast and lunch. The keynote speaker is Tom McGough, former pitcher of the Cleveland Indians. If interested, please complete the registration form below. Registration form and money must be received no later than October 16th.
Registration Form for Annual Gathering
Please send, with a check for $15.00 payable to WPA UM Men, to Harold Yannayon, 2926 Homer Avenue, Erie, PA 16506-2632.
NAME______PHONE______
STREET______
CITY______STATE______ZIP______
CHURCH______DISTRICT______
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1 Al Tomei, Jr.
Deborah Polonoli
Kristin Pedersen
3 Linda Babich
5 Carol Harmotto
Karen Lecerf
7 David Salopek
8 Audra Burmeister
10 Sue Schaeffer
Walter Tillery
Daryn Waligora
Jacob Bailey J
11 Tom Gross
Thomas Oaks
12 Jill Miller
Ashley Mowry
Jakob Mackanych
13 Sue Corless
Fred Ramsey
Mark Giles
Isaac Jones
14 Jeff McClure
Marsha Geweth
Patricia A. Lewis
15 Karen Haluck
Doug Smith
Chad Seamon
Justin Fennell
16 Linda Ruckert
Denise Belfiore
Billy McCoy, Jr.
Clement Marmagin
17 Melissa Jones
18 Celia Overholt
Heather Patterson
Dale DiCicco
Larry Murphy
19 Samantha Lubic
Sue Conrady
20 Amanda Hartge
Harold Moorhead
21 Sue Schukart
Mike Herrmann
Bob Glasser, Jr.
Travis Debogovich
22 Chelsea Covert
Daniel Walsh
23 Marilyn Edder
Samantha Peters
24 Alice Smith
25 Danielle Gibson
26 Jim Fox
Barb Majercik
David Ickley
April Waligora
Joshua Tomei
Emma Sovich
27 Ed Schwarz
John Lubic
28 Marci Patterson
Ed Bozek
29 Dena Anderson
30 Richard Cunningham
31 Sue Ramsey
Donna Herrmann
Janet Hamilton
Please help us keep our birthday list current. If you or someone you know has an October birthday and is not included on, or would like to be removed from our list, please contact the church office.
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Liturgists
1…………………………….…….Alan Freed
8…………………………….Christy Sheaffer
15…………………………..…..Carol Walker
22……….………………….Donna Brynczak
29……………………...……….Bob Blanarik
Acolytes
1...... Brooke DiCicco, Candle
...... Garrett Foley, Bible
8...... , Candle
...... , Bible
15...... Katie Jones, Candle
...... Melissa Jones, Bible
22...... Daniel Walsh, Candle
...... , Bible
29...... Mali Lubic, Candle
...... Carrie Freed, Bible
Nursery
1...... Marcia Hespenheide
8...... Tracy Charlovich
15...... Chrissy Taggart
Jenny Zuratovic
22...... Nicole DiCicco & family
29...... Michele Sheets & family
Special Events
Oct 20 7:00p - Adult Night out at Texas
Roadhouse
Oct 28 4:00p - GEMS Ham Loaf Dinner
Oct 29 2:00p – Harvest Party at the
Yeck Farm
Greeters
1...... Betty Wells
8...... Dick & Janet Johns
15...... Teres Fausti
22...... The Woodling family
29...... Betty & Walter Szymoniak
Ushers
1 8:15...... Leila Strobel
10:30...... Walt King, Fred Zajac,
John Parkhurst, Bud Meade
8 8:15...... Gerald Ferguson
10:30...... David Smith, Jeff McClure
William Ickley, John Krepps
15 8:15...... Paula Hazelwood
10:30...... Don Fleming, Bill Ickley
Bill VanDeCar, Jeff McClure
22 8:15...... Timothy Smith
10:30...... Dale Sheaffer, Fred Zajac
David Smith, John Parkhurst
29 8:15...... David Woodling
10:30...... Teres Fausti, Carol Walker
Tracy Krepps, Joyce Hudson
Oct 1 11:30a - Lay Leadership meeting
Oct 2 6:30p - Trustees meeting
Oct 8 11:30a - GEMS meeting
Oct 8 11:30a - CE Board meeting
Oct 10 12:30p - UMW meeting
Oct 15 11:30a - Sunday School Teachers
meeting
Oct 17 7:00p - Church Conference
Oct 23 6:00p - Small Group Ministry
Meeting
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As many of you already know, we have experienced some MAJOR problems that were beyond our control with our computers here at BUMC. While it has been a long and tedious process, we are making progress. However, we still have a lot of work ahead of us! Some of our files have been restored and we were able to retrieve some of our data, but it will be a long process to get us back to where we were. The internet access has been partially restored. Pastor Bailey is still patiently waiting to get back on line, but he can be reached via his personal e-mail at . The internet access for the office has been changed and our new email address is . Linda is now back on line with the same email address, . We apologize for any inconvenience that you may have experienced, and we ask for your continued patience and prayers.
COMING SOON – A PIE SALE! As in the past, the GEMS will have a sign up sheet for frozen pies to be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. Contact Lori Hartge for more information.
ADULT NIGHT OUT IS BACK!
Our first gathering will be at the Texas Roadhouse on October 20th at 7:00pm. Come out and join your friends for good food, great conversation and fellowship.
Until further notice, the LET
Bible study group will not be meeting.
The Youth Fellowship would like to invite any interested adults to join them in youth band. If you play an instrument - we need you!!! Our practice will be held on Saturday October 28th from 3:00-4:00pm. We will be discussing the songs we want to play and practicing, so bring your instrument. Please call Joe Barsic-724 869-3457, Donna Brynczak-724 266-1315, Linda Ruckert-724 869-4430 or Tracy Krepps-724 494-4358 if you have any questions. THANKS!
The youth will be helping out with the Ham Loaf Dinner afterward from 4-7 pm and you are welcome to stay for a great dinner and fellowship time. If you want to make an evening out of it; after the dinner is the Contemporary Service with Faith +5 @ 6:30 pm.
On Tuesday October 17, 2006 at 7:00pm the Baden UMC will be hosting a Cluster Conference. This is our annual Church Conference Meeting with the District Superintendent presiding. It is a Cluster Conference because we will be joined by eleven other UM churches. Come out and meet your brothers and sisters in the Lord and hear what God is doing in other congregations.
Ham Loaf Dinner
On October 28th from 4 to 6pm the GEMS will be serving a ham loaf dinner. Dessert and beverage are included. Bring family and friends for fellowship and stay for the Contemporary Worship service at 6:30pm. The profits from this dinner will go toward a church wide adult retreat at Jumonville. Tickets may be purchased from Linda Fleming, Christy Sheaffer, Tracy Krepps, Lori Hartge, Paula Hazelwood, Sue Meade, Marilyn Dobich, JoAnn McCartney, or Annette Trehar.
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Oct 1 John & Judith
Irwin
Oct 1 Chris & Leslie
Foley
Oct 8 Chuck & Joyce
Hudson
Oct 12 Alan & Amy
Freed
Oct 17 Ken & Tammy
Jones
Oct 18 Bill & Joyce Ickley
Oct 19 Louis & Marge
Gardner
Oct 23 Del & Helen
Dishong
Oct 24 Mickey & Missy
Futato
Please help us keep our anniversary list current. If you have an October anniversary that is not included on, or should be removed from our list, please contact the church office.
Congratulations to Kat McFarland and James Bonerigo who were married on September 30th.
Linda Ruckert
Sunday School:
Classes for all ages began on Rally Day, September 10, 2006. Each Sunday we begin with Opening at 9:15am and then proceed to our classes. Our children’s department is currently using the “Hands On Bible” Sunday school curriculum. All of our Sunday school staff has the necessary clearances as required by our “Safe Sanctuary” policies. You will also notice that our staff is wearing name badges to identify them as Sunday school staff. We are asking that you please observe our Safe Sanctuary policy of staff only in our classrooms. You may walk your child to class, and then enjoy a fresh cup of coffee in the café, or join our Adult Sunday School class. We will come and get you if your child is need of mommy or daddy.
The “Purpose Driven Church” Adult Class is offered from 9-10am in the church parlor. Chapel Café is open from 9-10:15am for anyone who would like to sit and chat, or just have a fresh cup of coffee. This month is “Bring a Friend to Sunday School”. Each person who brings a friend will receive a special surprise from Pastor Bailey.
Kidz Club:
Our Thursday evening Kidz Club is now meeting the first Thursday of every month from 6-7:30pm. We provide games, bible stories, crafts, and as always, snacks! Any child preschool age or older is welcome. Come and join us, we have a lot of fun!! Parents, this allows you to have time to get some groceries, or even get an early start on that Christmas shopping!
Upcoming events:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR A HARVEST PARTY AT YECK FARM! Our annual Harvest Party and hay ride will be held again at the Yeck farm on Sunday October 29th from 2 to 4pm. The cost will be $3.00 per person or $12.00 per family of 4 or more. Come out and enjoy the corn maze, hay ride, bonfire and wiener roast and the chance to pick a pumpkin. This event is open to everyone in the church! We are going to have two wagons reserved for our church family. Plan on attending and bring a friend!