Author: Burns, Wayne A

The Connection

October 2019

A monthly publication of the
Millington United Methodist Church
Our Mission: To Know Christ, and to Make Him Known

October Scripture Readings
6 Lamentations 1:1-6
Psalm 137
2 Timothy 1:1-14
Luke 17::5-10
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
Psalm 66:1-12
2 Timothy 2:8-15
Luke 17:11-19
Jeremiah 31:27-34
Psalm 119:97-104 or
Psalm 19
2 Timothy 3:14—4:5
Luke 18:1-8
Joel 2:23-32
Psalm 65
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Luke 18:9-14

Don’t forget
to Get your
pumpkins…
Eric Kochenderfer
will be bringing pumpkins to the church on October 13th. A free will donation will be taken and the money given will go to help support the Millington Needy Families Fund. Thank you Eric for once again providing the
pumpkins and helping with this community outreach.

1 Jessica Cram
Charles Tanner
2 Debbie Norman
5 Krista Daniels
Austin LeVan
6 Konner Blackmer
Ashleigh Trato
8 Elizibeth McVay
Lily Morrill
Lauren Olmstead
Ann Tanner
Diana Slough
Connie Loveland
Larry Olmstead II

~Pastor~
John Britt
989-871-3341-Parsonage
rev_jjb@yahoo.com

~Our Address~
9020 State Rd. Millington, MI 48746
989-871-3489
989-871-6042 (Fax)
Website: www.millingtonumc.com
Facebook: Millington-United Methodist Church
Email: millingtonunc@millingtonumc.com
Church Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. until noon

~Administrative Assistant~
Becky Johnson
989-871-3489
millingtonumc@millingtonumc.com

If Nobody Loved You,
Would You Still Worship?
If you came to church one day, and instead of people coming over to say “Hi!” and ask how you’re doing or check on your family or friends; what if everyone glanced at you curiously, smiled a greeting, and then turned back to talk to the little group of which they were already part?
Or, suppose they started talking with you, but someone else came up and immediately they turned their attention to that other person, and you became a proverbial “third wheel.”
Suppose that went on for two weeks . . . and then three . .
Would you bother to find out if it went on for four? Might you begin to feel unenthusiastic about getting up to go to church?
If such a simple strategy could discourage us who have a history of worship and love here, imagine how it would work for a visitor who may not know anyone else at all!
Our public visibility is going to increase soon. A digital message center (LED sign) catches people’s attention today the way a frontpage headline did a generation back. In our “screen driven” world, we can expect to see new faces at church in the weeks to come.
It will be important to remember that “new” faces will only be new for one week, maybe two. Beyond that, they’ll become familiar friends and faith family . . . or else just forgotten.
Which will we choose? Will the circle – our circle – remain unbroken and shrinking? Or will we choose to open the handclasp of fellowship to embrace a few more? Will we be praying “Our Father . . .” with the understanding that we’ll have new sisters and brothers to meet, greet and embrace – souls beloved of God our Maker – others with whom we can grow in faith, encourage in life, and rejoice in the Power and Presence of Jesus who makes us one?
It is so important to always ask ourselves, each one of us, “What can I do to help new people begin to identify as friends and family here . . . as ‘part of the bunch’ instead of being just a guest?”
2nd Corinthians 2:14 (GNT) But thanks be to God! For in union with Christ we are always led by God as prisoners in Christ's victory procession. God uses us to make the knowledge about Christ spread everywhere like a sweet fragrance.
Paul knew what it was like to be an insider – and an outsider. He knew what it was like to persecute others out of his own self-righteousness – and then discover he was more lost than anyone else he knew. He knew what it was like to have Barnabas, the “son of encouragement” to bring him into the fellowship of Jesus’ followers – and out of those experiences he wrote:
Philippians 4:1-4 (NIV) Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
I second the motion – for all of us, old and new.
Pastor John

Mission Notes for October
I will highlight 2 local ministries we are as a church supporting. First is Positive Alternatives, which is to women and girls with unplanned and many times unwanted pregnancies. This ministry was birthed in Caro 25 years ago. These women and girls are counseled by trained
volunteers first by phone and later in person and they are given a “POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE” to abortion. They are counseled throughout their pregnancy and helped in many ways.
There are opportunities for us to be involved. I am posting a sheet from them outlining the ways we can be involved. It will be on the bulletin board by the church office.
Second, Forgotten man Ministries is a ministry to the inmates housed at the Tuscola County Jail. There are FMM chaplains and volunteers in 33 county jails here in Michigan. The FMM here in Tuscola County Jail is having their fundraising banquet on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Caro. Please see the flier on the bulletin board outside the church office. If you have questions, please call me at 871-2242. Thank you.
Maury Chapin
Mission Chairperson

CROP WALK 2019
Sunday, October 13th
Vassar United Methodist Church
Registration is at 1:30 p.m.
Walk begins at 2:00 p.m.
Help us celebrate the 50th year of the CROP Walk and Millington United Methodist Church’s 34th year of participating in the Walk against Hunger by walking with your church family. If you are unable to participate in the walk, but would still like to donate, please sponsor someone who is walking. Our goal as a church is $800…...25% of donations collected will go directly to the Millington Community Center Food Pantry. Please see Sharon Trato for a sponsor sheet or if you have questions. You can also contact the church office at 989-871-3489.

Finance

As we welcome the season of Autumn and enter another beautiful time of nature’s splendor, we remember God’s continuing, creative gifts. We enjoy the beauty and variety of the world, the food we eat, the air we breathe, the love that sustains us. It is because of God’s generosity that we are here.
Our gifts to God have everything to do with our spiritual focus, our spiritual maturity and our spiritual discipline of giving. We give from our need to be generous, as God has been
generous to us. (Resource-Holston Conference)
True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love.
No strings attached. No expectations. ~Suze Orman

Moment

Millington United Methodist Church will be participating in the Angel Tree program as well as helping purchase Christmas gifts for families at Kirk Elementary School. Please watch in the weeks to come for come for more information
on how you can help!!

United Methodist Women
The Millington United Methodist Women will be hosting their
Autumn Friendship Brunch on Monday, October 14th in the Fellowship Hall
at 10:00 a.m. Anyone that would like to attend is asked to please RSVP to the church office by Thursday, October 4th. They would also appreciate donations of muffins. Please let Becky know in the church office if you are willing to help.
See inside newsletter for further information.
~Jennie Brown, UMW President

The Millington United Methodist Women
invite your ladies to the
Autumn Friendship
Brunch
Monday, October 14, 2019
10:00 a.m.
at 9020 State Rd. Millington, MI 48746
“My Heart, Christ’s Home”
Please R.S.V.P. by Thursday, October 4th
Call Millington United Methodist Church Office at 989-871-3489
Please bring a donation of canned goods that will go to our Needy Family Program for Christmas

Millington U.M.C.
4th thru 8th Grade Youth
Schedule
Sunday, October 6th– 6:00-7:30 p.m. Meeting
Sunday, October 20th– Noon-5:00 p.m. Urban Air Adventure Park Outing
Sunday, November 3rd– 6:00-7:30 p.m. Meeting
Sunday, November 17th– 6:00-7:30 p.m. Meeting

We are blessed…
Thank you Pastor John & Janine for all you do for our church family!!!

A Note from Becky…

Church is not something you go to,
It’s a Family you belong to.

We are so blessed here at Millington United Methodist church to have so many wonderful people that have a heart for God and for showing His love. Our “Church Family” is pretty amazing….from my office I have the privilege of witnessing all the “little” details, “random acts of kindness”, “planned projects”, and “constant striving” to make our church feel welcoming to those who attend here regularly, those who are visiting, and those who are searching for a “church home”...We all have gifts that God has given us...things that we can do or help with that are all pieces of God’s puzzle that He is using to create a beautiful picture….if you aren’t already involved somewhere in the church, but feel like you would like to be...please let me know…
there are many areas that we would love to have you be a part of ...that you could use your gifts from God to help make our church family even stronger. I will list some of the areas below...or if you have an idea of how we can make things better in a certain area, please let me know.
Greeters-Scripture Readers-Communion Servers-Providing cookies for Coffee Hour for Both Services-Nursery-Children’s Church-Sending Cards-Gift Bags for Visitors-Helping with our Children & Youth-Event Planning-Roadside Pick Up-Sunday School-Blood Drives-Vacation Bible School-United Methodist Women-United Methodist Men

Church Family Good News & Thank You Page….

Thank you to the following people that helped with the
Roadside Pick Up on Saturday, September 21st.
They collected a total of 7 bags of trash and continue to help keep our community looking beautiful.
Don Alvord
Bill & Treesa Colosky
Bill Bushaw
Richard Blackmer
Dean Bedtelyon
Wayne Burns

Thank you to everyone that came out and donated blood at the blood drive on September 13th that was hosted by the Pineview Mennonite Church. A total of 28 units were collected. Please mark you calendar for Monday, November 11th (Veterans Day) for the next blood drive from 1:00-6:45 p.m. here at Millington UMC.

Thank you to all those who help raise money for our Children’s program by recycling your ink cartridges. We have earned almost $200 by recycling items dropped off to the church. Below is a list of items that can be recycled. Please bring your items to the church office to be collected. Thank you!
What we recycle:
Inkjet Cartridges Cell Phones & Accessories
GPS & Radar Detectors Calculators
eBook Readers iPods/MP3 Players
Digital/video Cameras PDAs
iPads/Tablets Video Game & Consoles

SCRIP Gift Card Order Form
Please let Becky know in the church office if you want to place an order at 989-871-3489. Please continue to support the MUMC
Children’s program by purchasing gift cards whenever you can! A complete list of cards available to order is on the table in the narthex. The following cards are usually available in the church office. There are 100’s of cards available to order.
Aeropostale $25 Amazon $25 Applebee’s $25 Bed, Bath, & Beyond $25
Bob Evans $10 Buckle $25 Burger King $10 Cold Stone $10
Cracker Barrel $10 & $25 Fazoli’s $25 Gordon’s Food Service $25 Home Depot $25 JC Penney $25
Jo Ann’s $25 Kohl’s $25 Logan’s Roadhouse $25 Lowe’s $25
Macy’s $25 Marathon $25 Meijer $25 Menard’s $25 Michael’s $25 Nike $25
Old Navy $25 Olive Garden/Red Lobster $25 Oriental Trading $25
Panera Bread $10 & $25 Speedway $25 Starbucks $10 & $25 Subway $10 Sunoco $50
Taco Bell $10 Tim Horton’s $10 TJ/Maxx/Marshall’s $25 Under Armor $25
Uno’s $25 Visa $ 50 Walmart $25 Wendy’s $10
Name: ________________________ Phone # ___________________
Card Name Qty x $ amt Amt Due
____________ __________________ $_______
____________ __________________ $_______
____________ __________________ $_______
____________ __________________ $_______
____________ __________________ $_______
____________ __________________ $_______
Total Amount Due $_______
Check # ______ or Cash
Orders should be paid for at time of order.
Checks payable to MUMC write SCRIP on the memo line.
For a full list of cards available to order please see Becky in the Church Office.

Upcoming Events and Information...

The Millington United
Methodist
Women invite you to join them on Monday, October 14th at
10 a.m. for their annual
Autumn Friendship Brunch
In the Fellowship Hall
Please R.S.V.P. to the church
office at 871-3489
*The UMW also need muffins for the brunch...if you are willing to donate some it would be appreciated.

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Women’s 4th Day Group meets here at the church Tuesday mornings at 8:30 a.m.
Men’s 4th Day Group meets here at the church Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

Join your Millington
United Methodist Church Family on Sunday, October 13th for the
annual Crop Walk against hunger in Vassar at the United Methodist Church. Please see Sharon Trato if you would like to walk, pick up a sponsor sheet, or have any other
questions. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Vassar UMC Walk
begins at 2:00 p.m. Our goal as a church is $800...25% of pledges will go directly to the Millington
Community Center Food Bank.

This Month’s Meetings:
10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14th- UMW Friendship Brunch
7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28th Finance Meeting
7p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29th SPRC

Newsletter Folding will be
October 31st at 10 a.m.

Sunday Service Volunteers for October

DATE	Communion	Greeters	Reader	Media & Sound	Children's / Gathering / 4 yrs.-5th Gr.	Nursery / Infant-3 yrs.	Coffee Hour
6	1- / 2–	Lois Boyd	1- / 2-Charles Tanner	Media- / 1-Lois Bushaw / 2- / Sound- / 1-Don Jensen / 2-Pat Burns		Need Volunteers	Bonnie Moore
13		Lois Boyd	1- / 2-Destany LeVan	Media– / 1-Lois Bushaw / 2-Tom Sabgash / Sound- / 1-Don Jensen / 2-Charles Tanner	Sharon Trato	Need Volunteers	Becky Johnson
20		Lois Boyd	1- / 2-Ann Tanner	Media- / 1-Lois Bushaw / 2- / Sound / 1-Don Jensen / 2-Pat Burns	Destany / LeVan	Need Volunteers	Char Balfour
27		Lois Boyd	1- / 2-Bonnie Moore	Media- / 1-Lois Bushaw / 2-Tom Sabgash / Sound / 1-Don Jensen / 2-Charles Tanner	Danielle / Dickson	Need Volunteers

SCRIP Gift Card Program
Thanksgiving and Christmas are fast approaching...don’t forget to
purchase or order your SCRIP Gift Cards from Becky in the church office. Proceeds from this program go to help support our Children’s programs. There are several cards available in the office and 100’s you can order.
See full page of newsletter for order form and list of cards on hand.

	October 2019
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
October is Pastor / Appreciation / Month		1 / 8:30a Women’s 4th Day / 10a Bible Study / 7p Bible Study	2 8a Men’s Bible Study / 6:15p Choir / 7-10p Ping Pong / 7:15p POP Band	3	4 / Church Office Closed	5
6 / 9a Worship / 10a Sunday School / 11a Worship / MUMC 4-8th grade Youth / 6-7:30 p.m.	7 / 6:30p Rotary	8 / 8:30a Women’s 4th Day / 10a Bible Study / 7p Bible Study	9 8a Men’s Bible Study / 10a-3p Quilt Club / 6:15p Choir / 7-10p Ping Pong / 7:15p POP Band	10 / RSVP due date UMW Autumn Friendship Brunch-Please call the church office 871-3489	11 / Church Office Closed	12 / UMW set up FH
13 / 9a Worship / 10a Sunday School / 11a Worship / 2p CROP Walk at Vassar UMC / UMW FH/Kitchen	14 / 10a UMW / Autumn Friendship / Brunch	15 / 8:30a Women’s 4th Day / 10a Bible Study / 7p Bible Study	16 8a Men’s Bible Study / 6:15p Choir / 7-10p Ping Pong / 7:15p POP Band	17	18 / Church Office Closed	19 / FH Reserved / 9a-2:30p Dinner Church-Central Bay District Conference @ Saginaw First UMC
20 / 9a Worship / 10a Sunday School / 11a Worship / MUMC 4/8th grade Youth / Trampoline Park in Oxford	21 / 6:30p Rotary	22 / 8:30a Women’s 4th Day / 10a Bible Study / 7p Bible Study	23 8a Men’s Bible Study / 10a-3p Quilt Club / 6:15p Choir / 7-10p Ping Pong / 7:15p POP Band	24 / 7:30p SPRC	25 / Church Office Closed	26
27 / 9a Worship / 10a Sunday School / 11a Worship	28 / 7:30p Finance	29 / 8:30a Women’s 4th Day / 10a Bible Study / 7p SPRC / 7p Bible Study	30 8a Men’s Bible Study / 6:15p Choir / 7-10p Ping Pong / 7:15p POP Band	31 / 10a Newsletter Folding

Millington United Methodist Church
9020 State Rd.
Millington, MI 48746
Phone: 989-871-3489
Millington United Methodist Church
9020 State Rd., Millington MI 48746
989-871-3489 email: millingtonumc@millingtonumc.com
www.millingtonumc.com or on Facebook @ Millington United Methodist Church
Our Mission: To know Christ and to make Him known
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