The
Circuit Rider
Asbury United Methodist Church Newsletter – Published Monthly
JULY/AUGUST – 2011 90 Church Avenue, Forestville, Connecticut 06010 Volume 18, Issue 7 & 8
Dear Friends,
As summer is now upon us, we look to a lighter church schedule, but not a break from church life. In many areas of our ministry at Asbury, summer is the time that our busy members use to get ready for the fall programs. Just today, I took a phone message for Geri Beveridge: can you guess what it was about? YANKEE PEDDLAR FAIR! It may be summer vacation time, but our ministry continues on. I know our Sunday School staff are planning on welcoming children to classes all summer long while also prepping for the fall quarter. And don’t forget soup kitchen, Seniors (meeting weekly), Ruth Circle (pot luck picnic), and so many other events to follow. Make sure you check out what’s inside the newsletter here because there are upcoming events and opportunities that you’ll want to be a part of. What will you do over these next two months? I’m hoping that it includes some beach time (hoping my time includes beach time too!), some family time, some reconnect-with-good-friends time, some good book time, and some whatever-makes-you-happy time! Most of all, however, I am hoping, and praying, that you will continue to find time to bring God with you wherever you go. If you’re on the beach, take a moment to marvel at God’s good creation … and give God a prayer of thanks. If you’re with family, think of the wonderful family that you are part of: the family of God’s children … and say a prayer for God’s lost children. If you’re reconnecting with good friends, remember you have a friend, Jesus, who promises that you will never be left alone; take a minute to pray for those good friends who surround you. If it’s good book time, before you dig in, take a minute or two to read a passage from the “Good Book,” (Psalms are always a good place to start); prayerfully consider joining a study class when we start our classes in the fall. And if you are doing whatever makes you happy, take a moment to give God a word of praise for all that God has given to you. Plan to include God in your plans, and you’ll find God right there beside you: wherever you travel, in whatever you do this summer. Blessings to you for a peaceful and restful time of July and August!
God bless,
Pastor Laura
Asbury United Methodist Church
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For JULY
Worship Leaders
3rd…….....….Heidi Borkowski
10th…………...….Donna Frank
17th.…………..…..Amy Majors
24th…………...…Joyce Cannon
31st…………….……..Bill King
For AUGUST
Worship Leaders
7th…....Geri & Carli Beveridge
14th……….….Michelle Voisine
21st.………..…..Wayne Devino
28th………….....…Amy Majors
Greeters
3rd………...... ….Donna Szydlo
10th……..…...….Mark Hultman
17th.………..…..Jushwua Flynn
24th………...…Carole Lishness
31st………....……..Phyllis Petit
We need greeters for the month of August for the combined 9:30 am service. If you can help, please sign up on the chart in Wesley Hall.
Fellowship Hour
For the months of July and August, Heather Baker, our Fellowship Hour Coodinator, will provide lemonade and iced tea after the worship service.
Ushers
Wayne Fuller, Bonnie Emery, Chad Lockhart, Dennis Floyd, and Roy DiYulio
Communion Stewards
Treaty & Wayne Fuller
July Altar Guild
Jessica Dumont
August Altar Guild
Linda Grey
July Birthday Caller
Pat Potts
August Birthday Caller
Pat Sallstrom
JULY
07/01 John Fraas
Ryan Amadio
Kerri Guglietta
Braden Tucker
07/02 Ryan Donovan
Ilene Rindfleisch
07/03 Judy Mazerolle
Laura Adams
James Schaffrick
Georgine Hoge
07/04 Bethany Bircher
Jacob Gomez
07/05 Jessica Pinette
Luke Schilling
07/06 Devan Rusgrove
Jordan Butler
Ethan Robinson
07/07 Kristopher Fuller
David Mahaney
Tyler Bonaker
Andrew Ranucci
07/08 Donna Pehmoeller
Josh Nicosia
07/09 Pat Potts
Edward Smith
Jayden Barton
07/10 Gianna Ripa
Jay Komanetsky
Phyllis Petit
Lee Cranford
Paul Maskery
07/11 Tobias Henry
Shawn Anderson
James Burrow
07/12 Natalie Boucher
Scott Pehmoeller
Thomas Dorman
07/14 John Kirschner
Barbara Hentz
Shannon Ferris
07/15 Marian Conrad
07/16 Beth Morris
Allen Voisine
Alexander Bonaker
07/17 Kevin Gesner
Dorothy Landry
Nathan Wright
07/18 Mason Lishness
07/19 Robert Martel
Jared Dumont
07/20 Linda Bircher
Everett Therrien
Clayton Wheeler
07/21 William McGinn
Blanche Galbraith
07/22 Arhin Wilberforce
07/23 William Archer
Muriel Hassel
Jason Cyr
07/24 Carissa Guglietta
07/25 Janelle Sanchez-Gonzales
Stephanie Achilli
07/26 April Garthwaite
07/27 Dale Landeen
Steven Morris
Christopher Wright
Todd Charette
07/28 Guy Fletcher
John Amadio
07/30 Amy Schwartz (Picard)
A.J. Bajjo
Michaela Amadio
Brendan Guerin
07/31 Pearl McIntyre
If there are any omissions or corrections to the birthday list, please contact the church office at 860-584-0529 or e-mail Melissa at
Birthday Wish
July
If your birthday comes this month in the warm days of July,
Enjoy your special fun-filled day beneath an azure sky,
Grill a steak out in your yard
or drive down to the beach,
There are many things that you can do that is still within your reach.
No matter what you plan to do
be sure someone will make,
A very special decorated
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE!
Have a Happy Birthday,
Allen Bingham
Asbury United Methodist Church
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AUGUST
08/01 Brenda Doncet
Jessica Dumont
08/02 Steffanie Pratt
Kim Reynolds
Cindy Goodine
Jasmine Colapietro
Alexander Root
08/03 Kirk Marshall
Robert Linn
Scott Redman
Gregory Marshall
Lovey Fasci
Taylor Bechert
08/04 Ellen Stockman
John Holcomb
08/06 Norman Wright
08/07 Ella Schwartz
Jake Agvent
08/08 Vayda Martinez
Michael Bailey
08/09 Julie Bircher
Elsie Lyons
Charles Richardson
John Carlson
Joshua Robinson
08/12 Linda Henry
Tyler Roberts
Samuel Mahaney
08/13 Carole Lishness
08/14 Robert Gray
Liam Horan
08/15 Katherine Tibbitts
Gardner Wright
Lori Schaffrick
Andy Adams
Bethany Pelletier
08/16 Jana Ros
08/17 Destiny Bullard
Becky Ranucci
Annabelle Coloske
Joyce Cannon
Adam Audibert
08/18 Nicholas Donovan
08/19 Patricia Jandreau
08/21 Dylan Leece
Michael Nestico
08/22 Lyndsey Ingellis
Barbara Dubay
Bailey Guerin
08/23 Allison Johnson
Madison Charette
08/24 Michelle Leece
Norma Guhl
Alan Sivers
Sheryl Robinson
Nicole Spaulding
08/25 Christopher Robinson
08/27 Sue Wadowski
08/28 Megan Servoss
08/29 Nina Dubay
If there are any omissions or corrections to the birthday list, please contact the church office at 860-584-0529 or e-mail Melissa at
Birthday Wish
August
August birthdays are the time
for special meditation,
Summer time is passing by,
it's work and education,
Enjoy these days of summer, they'll quickly fade away,
You'll have to wait another year for a special grand birthday.
Have a Happy Birthday,
Allen Bingham
High School
Emily Anderson is graduating from Plainville High School, and will be attending Southern CT State University in the Fall.
Rachel Floyd is graduating from Bristol Eastern High School, and will be attending the International Institute for Cosmetology in the Fall.
Cheyenne O'Donnell, is graduating from Bristol Eastern High School, and will be attending UCONN, Hartford Campus in the Fall.
Courtney Taylor is graduating from Bristol Eastern High School, and will be attending Central Connecticut State University in the Fall.
College
Abigail Bechert graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in Humanities. She will be spending the summer in Cape Cod.
Wendy Bechert graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in History. She is going to San Sebastian, Spain with her sister Molly for the summer. She has also enrolled in the Air Traffic Control professional program.
Amber Brown graduated from the University of Maine with High Honors receiving a degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in History.
Becky Schaffrick graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a B.S. in Studio Art. She hopes to join AmeriCorps.
Becka May will graduate in December from Gordon College with a B.A. in Music and also a B.A. in Recreation and Leisure. She hopes to get a job with Teach America after graduation.
The deadline for the
September Circuit Rider is
Sunday, August 14th.
Please leave all articles in the mailbox in the church office
or e-mail them to:
Asbury United Methodist Church
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FAMILY PAGE
Please keep these people
in your prayers……
Edie Nelson, Tyler Voisine, Michelle Voisine, Arlene Chabot, Elsie Lyons, Mae McCabe, Edward Coloske, Bob Conrad, Shelly Pierce, and others who have needs of which we may not be aware.
Serving Overseas
Scott Maskery, Christopher Couture, Tyra Supranovich
Beginning July 1st anyone placed on the prayer list will be removed after 30 days. If you place someone on the prayer list and would like them to stay longer than 30 days you must inform the church office by phone call or e-mail.
PRAYER CHAIN
If you wish to relate prayer needs to the chain, please call Phyllis Petit at 589-6059 or Dorothy Zurawel at 589-4079. Please keep your call brief, and be aware of the privacy rights of the person(s) for whom you are requesting prayers.
BAPTISMS
Nicholas Paul Donovan was baptized at Asbury on May 29th. He is the son of Ryan and Stefanie Donovan, and grandson of Harriet Donovan. Brooke Leah Donovan is his big sister.
DEATHS
William W. Van Wagoner passed away May 23rd. He was the father of Wendy Labadia, and father-in-law of Scott Labadia. A Memorial service was held at Barnes Chapel in Bristol on June 18th.
Ellinor Archer passed away on June 14th. She was the wife of Bill Archer, and mother of Debbie Deprey. A Memorial service was held at Asbury on June 18th.
Dear Asbury,
I would like to thank my church family for the prayers and get-well cards received during my recent illness and stay at Bristol Hospital. I especially would like to thank the Outreach Committee and Pat Sallstrom for their delicious meals during my recovery at home.
Dan Fasci
Dear Asbury,
I wish to thank my Asbury Family for all of your prayers, cards and visits while I was recovering from a stroke. Also, the meals that were delivered to our home were greatly appreciated.
A million thanks,
From the May Family
Dear Asbury Church family,
Jackie and I are overwhelmed. You really "Made My Day" on Sunday, June 5th with Pastor Laura's complimentary sermonette along with "Bobbie Dear" Hentz, Jim Bechert and Mark Hultman's remembrances.
But especially this Book of Memories. Words cannot convey how much this means to me. Your memories of our years together awakened mine. And now I can look at a page and be reminded of so many reasons why we love one another.
Of all the churches I pastored, in Tennessee, Nevada, Mississippi, Long Island and here in Connecticut, our Asbury Church family has meant and still means the most to Jackie and me.
Now, I look forward to a Thursday when I can have a chat with Pastor Laura, and then go to The Senior Fellowship where we can be with our older friends whom we have known for many years.
And now, with the ministry of Pastor Laura, we are truly blessed because she is the best.
May God continue to bless
our church family,
Pastor Vin
Dear Asbury Senior Fellowship,
Thank you very much for your recent donation to the servicemen and servicewomen project fund of Asbury United Methodist Church. Your contribution will help allow us to continue this worthwhile project as long as we continue to have military personnel serving in harm’s way. For this, I am extremely grateful. Your contribution will either help pay the postage to send our care packages to the personnel we are currently supporting, or, will allow us to purchase items we are in need of to send to them.
At this time we have five military personnel we are supporting. I try to send them a package at least every two months so we can stay in touch with them on a regular basis. Your continued support is very much appreciated.
Jim Taylor
Thank you everyone for giving me your boxtops. You helped my class win this year's competition, but more importantly, our school really won with the money earned. It is very thoughtful of you to think of me. I will continue collecting them, so please keep on saving them. There is a container in Wesley Hall with the Box Top logo and my name should you like to drop them off.
Your friend,
Carli Beveridge
Asbury United Methodist Church
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The Christian Outreach Good Sam’s Committee would like to thank all who volunteered to cook meals for the Voisine family. Linda Henry, Coordinator of Good Sam’s, filled all the dates requested during one Fellowship Hour!
If you would like to help the family with meals, rides or light housekeeping, please log on to www.carecalendar.org. In the Calendar ID section enter: 78043. In the Security Code section enter: 3962. You will then be taken to the calendar where you can sign up to help.
FROM THE COMMUNITY
Dear Parishioners,
On behalf of our students and staff we thank you for sponsoring the Weekend Food Backpack Program at O’Connell School.
Your continued support of time, talent and resources is crucial in helping the Bristol Schools provide many programs and services for our students.
Best Regards,
Jeanine Audette
Director, Mentor and School
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