THE TRUMPET CALL

November 1, 2015

East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church

Our Vision

INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:

Stephen Ministry

Information Session

Calendar

Telethon

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Sunday Services

Food Bank
Events

Traditional 8:30 am
Contemporary 10:45 am

Contacts

To challenge and encourage everyone in our congregation to know and follow

Christ by:
Growing as disciples through Christs teachings
Connecting with one another in Christian community
Serving Christ by serving others
Praising God as we worship Christ

Sunday School/Discipleship Classes 9:45 am

Pastors Corner
Serve with a Servants Heart
We all understand that serving others in the name of Jesus is one of the
foundations of the Christian Faith. But do we always serve others with
joy? Jesus set the example of how to love God and serve His people. He
has also shown us how to serve with humility and out of love and
obedience to the Father. This weeks message is entitled Serve with a
Servants Heart. We will be looking at Pauls writing to the Philippians, in
particular chapter 2 verses 1 through 11. Paul writes to the saints in
Christ Jesus at Philippi:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility
consider others above yourselves. Each of you should look not only to
your own interests but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should
be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who being in very nature God, did
not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself
nothing taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness
and being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself and became
obedient to death
When we serve others as Christ calls us to, it is not in itself the act of
service that of utmost importance to God, rather it is the heart and the
intentions behind the act of service. If we serve by doing projects around
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Youth DirectorScott Kuhnle

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the church, being on committees,

and go on mission trips; but do not
share the same attitude of Christ,
we fall short. If we are honest,
even the most mature among us
at times has served the church or
others out of an attitude of I have
to, or Im supposed to. We are
after all human, and we do fall
short of the perfection of Christ,
but each day we live, we have the
opportunity to allow the Holy Spirit
to empower us with an attitude of
gratitude, a love for the Father
and his son Jesus Christ, and a
love for the people of this world.
When we serve out of love and
allow the Spirit to mold our
attitudes into those of Jesus, we
serve with the full power and
purpose of God and in return,
we find great fulfillment in serving.
Scot Kuhnle
(skuhnle@esumc.net)

Project One
Step
Project One Step, a community
music ministry for choir and orchestra, presents its annual benefit concert on Saturday November
7 at 7:30 pm in Stroudsburg High
School Auditorium on W. Main St.
Beneficiaries include Bridges Out
of Poverty and Pocono Area Transitional Housing. A food drive also
benefits several pantries and soup
kitchens. Reserved seat tickets
are $15, held at the door for pickup. Details at
http://www.projectonestep.org/ .

Changing Lives
Through
Service
Information Session:
Today
9:00am 12:00pm in Fellowship Hall
ESUMCs programs are changing lives as we continue to extend
the love of Christ through critical ministries. We invite those who
have the heart for service and desire to change lives for Christ to
make a commitment to support these important ministries.
Ministry Placement Stewardship Team offers you the opportunity
to meet some of the participants in each ministry for more
information regarding the need and scope of your commitment to
serve. Commitment cards will be available.

Stephen Ministry

Where two or three are

gathered in my name, I am
among them.
In Matthew18, Jesus promised
to be with us. Thats one of the
great miracles of Stephen Ministry, When a Stephen Minister
meets one-on-one with his or
her care receiver, Jesus is present too! He brings the power
of His transforming love, and
the peace, healing, and comfort that only God can give.
Good things happen!
For more information about
Stephen Ministry for yourself or
someone else, contact Peggy
Strack, 570-421-3280, ext.
1023.
Members of ESUMC who are
no longer able to attend
church, always enjoy hearing
from you! Cards and notes of
encouragement may be sent
to:
Grace Nauman
Room A-232
Pleasant Valley Manor
4227 Manor Drive
Stroudsburg, Pa. 18360.
Hearing Assistance
Devices are Here!
ESUMC now owns several
hearing assistance devices
which can be worn to improve
your ability to hear our worship
services. Please contact an
usher to pick up your hearing
assistance device and return to
an usher after use.

CALENDAR
This Week at ESUMC

Big Brother/
Big Sister
Telethon
. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the
Bridge, BBBS, will hold their
annual telethon from East
Stroudsburg University on
Sunday, Nov. 1 from 12:00-8:00
p.m. on Blue Ridge Cable
Channel 13. The purpose of the
telethon is to raise awareness of
what BBBS does to help children
who need mentors in Monroe
County and to raise funds to
support and grow the
program. Call 570-422-3016 to
pledge financial support. To learn
more about becoming a Big
Brother or Big Sister,
call 570-421-2877.

Second Harvest
Food Bank
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed on
Tuesday, November 3 to
pack food boxes for low
income Seniors at the Second
Harvest Food Bank
warehouse in Nazareth. Work
starts at 8:30 and continues till
all 2,000 boxes are finished,
hopefully by 2:00. A light
lunch will be provided.
Contact Pat Braun at
570- 269-5043.
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Opportunities to
Serve

Contact Us
Church Office
(570) 421-3280
church@esumc.net
Hours: 9 am to 3 pm
Mon thru Fri
Pastor
Jim Todd
jtodd@esumc.net
Ext. 1014

ESUMC Bell Choir

The Bell Choir is delighted to have a director
again! Chris Perfetti will lead rehearsals for
youth and adult ringers together every
Tuesday starting November 3, at 6:30-7:30 p.m.
in the Bell Room. New ringers are invited to
contact Pauline Fox.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

All women of the church are invited to all UMW meetings and
events.
November 10th will be the Thank Offering meeting at 9 AM in the
Bridal Lounge.
December 11th will be set up for Breakfast with St Nicholas which
is December 12. Hope to see many of you .
Questions contact Linda Drake at 570-856-9395.

OK 55+
The OKs will be going to our annual Thanksgiving dinner at VoTech School on Nov. 16th. No transportation will be
provided. Meet there at 12 noon.
To register, call Erma at 570-421-1422 .
The deadline is Nov.8th to register.
Thank you, Erma

Labels & Box Tops

Thank you for continuing to save Campbell
Soup Company Labels and Box Tops for
Education. This past June I mailed 700 labels and a big bag of box
tops to Red Bird Mission. Im sure they could put them to good
use. Please cut the labels down the front of the can to avoid tearing
the label. They will not accept the badly torn ones.
Thank you, Erma Powell

Secretary
Maria Ragonese
mragonese@esumc.net
Ext. 1010
Congregational Care
Peggy Strack
pstrack@esumc.net
Ext. 1023
Youth Ministries
Scott Kuhnle
skuhnle@esumc.net
Ext. 1013
Childrens Ministries
Erica Dorsch
edorsch@esumc.net
Ext. 1017
Finances
Sue Mertz
smertz@esumc.net
Ext. 1015
Financial Secretary
Cyndie Faunce
cfaunce@esumc.net
Ext. 1025
Maintenance
William Mack
wmack@esumc.net
Ext. 1018
Organist/Traditional
Music
Pauline Fox
foxes@esumc.net
Audio/Visual
Joe Dorsch
josephdorsch@gmail.com

East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church

83 S. Courtland St.
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
www.esumc.net

Contemporary Music
Doug Malefyt
dmalefyt@esumc.net

Technology Support
Michael Corey
mcorey@esumc.net
Ext. 1012