THE PATHFINDER

Little Valley United Methodist Church 109 Court Street, PO Box 221 Little Valley, NY 14755 (716) 938-6150 Joseph Pascoe, Pastor Office Hours: Monday Friday 9:00-12:00 Monthly Newsletter July 2012
Grace and Peace in the name of Jesus, The sun is shining and the heat is here. Summer is upon us and the smells of BBQ's permeates the air around us. With all the excitement and joy that comes with summer however, my heart is heavy. Many of you have probably read and or seen on television the interviews and quite possibly the taunting and bullying of the bus monitor Karen Klein. The events that took place, and unfortunately have probably been taking place for quite some time, bring to the forefront the sad reality of what many people face on a daily basis. Many questions have been raised as to where have we gone wrong? What is this world coming to that young teenagers would act this way towards someone, much less an adult? We might not be able to answer the big questions easily. One thing that this does is to allow the church to see the great need for evangelism and love in the world but more importantly the great need in our own communities. The immediate reaction from people all over the world has been rather amazing. Over half a million dollars has been raised thus far to send Karen on a vacation, an attempt to correct the problem the best way people know how......monetarily. What would Jesus do in a time such as this? Were we created and called for a time such as this? Now is the time for the church to stand together as a single body with Christ leading the way. Now is the time for the church to reach into the bowels of the communities that they reside and pour out the love and grace of Jesus Christ. Now is the time for you to act. You might not know Karen Klein, but I am sure you know someone whom the world has mistreated or marginalized. Maybe you are that someone. Jesus Christ came that we might have life and life to the full, His purpose and mission were to bring grace and truth to all that they might be set free from the yokes of slavery and bondage to sin. That we might live in harmony and love with one another. As the church we have a responsibility to share that truth with others. To stand bold in our approach to the culture around us, to love on our children and our spouses. To maintain the commitments that we have made, so that others will come to know Jesus Christ through our testimony. What can we do? We can love on all persons at all times. We can share grace with others to the measure we would like our heavenly father to share with us. We can be neighborly, even when we don't want to. We can be humble at all times walking hand in hand with our God. We can be men and women of integrity who take their relationship with Jesus Christ very seriously. Living out the gospel at all times in all places. Our hope in all of this is that God will make good out of the evil around us, because He is not bound by it. My prayer for each of you is that the grace of Jesus Christ would overwhelm you so much, and that the kingdom of God would fill you so full that you go and impact the world around you. Be the drink offering that has been poured out for you to someone else! Grace and Peace, Pastor Joe I am always open to dialogue about anything that might touch your hearts.....my email is pastorjoe@littlevalleyumc.org

Transforming Lives By Knowing Christ And Making Christ Known

Worship and Celebration Ministry Team News

Worship! We look forward to coming together before God and hearing His word. We encourage you to get involved in worshipbe an assisting minister or greeterlead a Childrens Momentvolunteer to share your gift of music or greeting others as they enter worship. Call any of the team members below to find out how you can serve. If anyone has any feedback or comments regarding worship, please contact anyone on the Worship and Celebration Ministry Team (Annette Andrew, Al Ormond, Glenda Campbell, Laurie Peters and Pastor Joe). See you in worship

PRAYER TIMES
SundayAn intimate time of prayer and fellowship. Time and place varies each week. See Annette Andrew for details. Two Prayer Times for Wednesday evenings: 6:30-7:30pm New prayer time: We meet in the conference room for a time of structured and focused prayer, coming together as the body of Christ for corporate prayer. All are welcome. See Evonne Phillips or Laurie Peters for details. 7:30-10:00pm Worship and Praise time: We meet in the sanctuary following worship band rehearsal. We worship with the I Worship DVDs or other music for a personal time with the Lord. Afterwards we come together for prayer as the Spirit leads with prayers for the church, pastor and concerns of the congregation. All are welcome. See Bonnie Hurley for details. Outside we have a mailbox for prayers if you forget on Sunday or if the church isnt open. Anyone in the community is welcome to use it so please tell others about it. God tells us where two or more are gathered in His nameThere is also a prayer box in the back of the sanctuary for your convenience. We meet in the sanctuary before the service on Sunday mornings and everyone is welcome to join us. We pray for Pastor Joe and the worship service.

Jerri Parkhurst Harris Concert

SPECIAL GUEST: JERRI PARKHURST HARRIS will join us for Worship on July 29th. She grew up in Little Valley and has entertained and taught in some amazing places like BROADWAY!!! Jerri has a heartwarming testimony to share and will present to us her personal testimony through word and song. You will not want to miss this! Jerri will be sharing her gift of music with us in concert on Sunday July 29, 2012 @ 9:30 am during regular worship. Jerri is a Little Valley native who currently lives in Naples, Florida. She has performed for Christ all over the world. She has been part of many Broadway productions and several concert orchestras; she has also been involved in television commercials and feature films. She will walk us through her relationship with Jesus Christ and the work that He has and is doing in her life. We hope you will be able to join us as we are blessed by Jerri this summer!

Trinity House Healing Ministry

Trinity House will be open for prayer the first Thursday of each month. The prayer team will meet at 6:00 p.m. for prayer/worship/training. Those seeking healing will be ministered to from 7-9 p.m. Appointments are not necessary. If prayer requests are received between times of operation, appointments will be made accordingly. We are also available to pray following Sunday worship services. If you have a heart for intercessory prayer, a desire to see the sick receive healing or are just plain curious about healing, please talk with me.

Summer Womens Scrapbooking Bible Study

We are studying and scrapbooking, The Fruit of the Spirit. We will meet for approximately 4 more weeks and started the week of June 25. Its not too late to join us. All you need is a scrapbook to get you started. If you are interested, please call or let Laurie know. 938-9419.

PASTOR JOES CALENDAR July 2012

Office hours will be 9-12 Mon-Thurs. unless conflicting appointments or by appointment, Friday - Day Off, Saturday-Sabbath, Tuesday Mens Breakfast at the VFW 8am all men are welcome 7/2 - Class in Jamestown 7/2 - out of office meeting 2pm 7/2 - Trustees meeting 6:30 pm 7/4-7/5 - Holiday Leave 7/10 - Premarital 5:30pm 7/10 - T.E.A.M pool party 6pm 7/11 - Class 11am 7/12 - Hughes - Jones wedding rehearsal 5pm 7/14 - Hughes - Jones Wedding 11am 7/16-21 - VBS 5-9pm 7/17 - Sr. Luncheon 7/22-28 - Family Bible Camp 7/29 - Praise and Worship 3pm 7/31 - Out of Office meeting 8am-2pm

FORGIVEN NEWS (FROM ANNETTE ANDREW)

Forgiven was created out of a love for God and His Holy Word. I ask that you would uphold this band in your prayers. The band gets together 1 or 2 times a week for 2 and 3 hour rehearsals and they take seriously the task that God has given them. The band seeks earnestly to be the salt and light of Christ and to teach WHO God is through the offering of music. Jeff Horth has written numerous songs already this year and he praises God for giving him the songs. Also, Jeff took on a new, challenging and exciting task this year..He recorded a CD every title is a Jeff Horth original! The new cd is entitled the Jeff Horth Project It will be available soon for purchase.WATCH FOR IT! Sean Andrew has also written 8 songs this year, some of which you have heard during our Sunday Morning Worship. God has truly blessed Sean with the gift of music and we look forward to watching what God will do with it We are grateful to Dan Waasdorp for joining us on base and also to Dan Johnson who spends a lot of time keeping up in line, or is that in tune? Anyway, your help is much appreciated Dan! Leslie, keep up the great vocals, youre awesome! Ron, keep doing your thing! I promise to try to say rehearsal instead of practice! Congregation, thank you for your support and encouragement! Our Summer Schedule: July 8, Frewsburg @ 6:30pm July __, Little Valley Park (To Be Announced) th July 29 , Praise & Worship Festival @ Little Valley Fairgrounds August 3rd, Campfire for Christ @ Panama Church @ 7pm August 11th, Mission of Love @ Little Valley Pool @ 9am August or September, Little Valley Park (To Be Announced) CHOIR: The choir had a lot of fun at rehearsals this year. It is always a challenge to keep the tenors and bases in line and with Pastor Joe joining the team we had to work overtime to keep them under control. Right Joe, Kevin, Bill? The choir will resume in September. There is talk about a Christmas or Easter Cantata but many voices are needed to accomplish such an endeavor. Would you like to join the Choir? You would be committing to 2 rehearsals a month and singing once or twice a month during Worship, in addition to the Christmas Eve Service.

Altar Flowers
Dont forget to contact Harriet ahead of time if youd like to do flowers for the altar on any given week. There are only a few people signed up at this time. If you arent on the altar guild list for taking care of the altar but would like to help by having flowers on Sunday morning in memory or dedicated to someone special, then you may take them to that person after church. This is a small way you can help to beautify our altar on Sunday morning, help out the committee and have a lovely gift all at the same time. Please consider doing this. ACOLYTE TRAINING We will be having an ice cream sundae time and refresher training session for all current acolytes as well as new training for those interested in becoming an acolyte. You must be in 2nd grade up to youth group age. We are planning on doing this on Saturday morning, July 28 at 10:00am as a couple of parents indicated to be a good time for them to have their children attend. We are asking all current and new acolytes to participate in this. Parents, please contact Bobbie Jo Ormond if your children would like to remain or become an acolyte so we can know how many to plan on.

PRAYERS, PRAISES AND THANKS

Please keep all of our campers in prayer this summer. These camps are a wonderful opportunity to meet others with the same interests and make new lifetime friends. Dont forget the missions team is going on the road August 12th through the 18th when we head for Chillicothe, Ohio. While we are there we will do some repairs on a house, visit & minister to a homeless community & lots more. We will picnic, swim, have lots of fun & maybe even have a concert. If you are interested in going or if you cant go but would like to help us get there see Randy Peters or Pastor Joe very soon.

MISSIONS: INDIA UPDATE

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: Hi from India, the weather is hot here but I hear you have had some pretty hot days too! Its supposed to be their monsoon season here but they don't expect rain until the end of July. That works for me as I will be flying out on July 30 so I may get some of the rain. We have had a great ministry here and thanks to everyone for providing for me the necessary funds for me to come. I love going into the villages and speak to the people for Christ, bringing HIS word to them. We have had several accept HIM as their Savior. There have been a lot of moments I will always treasure, like a little boy of maybe two sit next to me and look me over, then reached out and touched my arm with his finger, looked at me again and then touched my cheek and nose. I guess we became friends for then I got a smile. Love the children and wish I knew their language as they want to talk with me. They will tell me their names and laugh as I try to pronounce it. Please keep me in prayer as we reach out to the villages and hopefully through the will of God bring them to Jesus!! Also for the needs of financial help as funds are needed to keep the property we are in and housing for the boys. Thanks again and God Bless Bonnie

MENS BREAKFAST
The men of LVUMC and other area churches meet for breakfast and study the third Sunday of each month at 7:30 AM in the fellowship hall. Join us for Man Food and uncommon discussion. The next dates are July 15, August 19 and September 16.

TodayIamgivingyouachoice.Youcanchooselifeandsuccessordeathanddisaster. IamcommandingyoutobeloyaltotheLord,tolivethewayhehastoldyou,andto obeyhislawsandteachings.Deuteronomy30:1516CEV

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Building a Heart of Faith There are many areas for you to become involved within Christian Education. Please talk with Pastor Joe or Randy Peters if you are interested. We are swimming with excitement about Operation Overboard. There is a donation box under the coat rack for items that we need for VBS from the list below. It is VBS preparation & excitement time! VBS will be July 16-20th and we need lots of help and we always have lots of fun. The theme this year is Operation Overboard: Dare to Go Deep with God! The following is a list of materials that are still needed so start collecting now! old CD's paper towel cardboard tubes tissue paper in bright colors whole sunflower seeds aluminum foil self adhesive magnetic strip small metal nuts puff paint small googly eyes white card stock shaving cream 5 cans paper plates (heavy duty) 30 and regular paper plates 50 fine sheets of sandpaper 60 clothespins (spring loaded) Elmer's glue (sticks & liquid) paper hole reinforcements poster board (large sheets) brown & white butcher paper blue cellophane We will also be looking for supplies for our snack time so watch for this list as time gets closer. If you would like to make a monetary donation for this purpose, you may include it in your weekly offering check and specify on the envelope VBS. God's peace to you!

Driver Safety Program

AARP announces three local courses during the month of August. Course Sponsor Course Address Course Date BLOUNT LIBRARY 5 N MAIN ST, FRANKLINVILLE, NY 8/21&23/2012 SALAMANCA SENIOR CENTER 20 MAIN ST, SALAMANCA, NY 8/13&14/2012 C-LV CENTRAL SCHOOL 25 FRANKLIN ST, CATTARAUGUS, NY 8/9&10/2012 The cost for these courses is $17 for AARP members and $19 for non-members. The months of July and August have been designated Educator Appreciation Months. The promotional price for educators is only $5. Educators include any current or former employee of a school district or university. It also includes other educators such as preschool teachers, Sunday school teachers, and parents who home school their children. For further information contact Al Ormond at 938-6247.

JULY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

BIRTHDAYS 2 HKeem Fuller 4 Andrew Minnekine 6 Gretta Grey 6 Kase Williams 7 Dan Pennell 9 Allison Terhune 10 11 15 17 19 20 22 25 30 Harold Hensel Sr. Thomas Lee Terhune James & Maxeen Winship Harriet Schauman Donna Gassman Geniece Perkins Ruth Gassman Dan & Cathy Johnson Jenna Gassman Hendricks 2 ANNIVERSARIES Jim & Jackie Emborsky

7 Pastor Joe & Leslie Pascoe 9 Tom & Sandy Fellows 9 Jim & Tammy Williams

15 Mark & Ruth Gassman

31 Sam & Mariel Gray

COMMUNITY BIRTHDAY CALENDARS FOR 2013

We are wrapping up the orders for the calendars, so if you havent already done so please contact Bobbie Jo in church or at 938-6247 to get your dates listed and/or to order a calendar if you are not on the current calendar and would like to be on for next year.

FOOD PANTRY
Dont forget to bring in those donations for the needs of the hungry in our area. Please bring non perishable food and staple items to your churches. Needed especially are: tuna and canned meats, spaghetti, pasta and sauce, canned vegetables and fruit, canned main dishes (hash, stew, ravioli, etc,) peanut butter, jelly, juices, puddings. Thanks so much for your help! Remember Matthew 25, "If you have done it to the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me."

CLOTHES CLOSET
The clothes closet is under new management with some changes. See the notice on the outside door on the parking lot side for details with hours of operation and drop off times. Please remember to bring only good, gently used clothing in on days and times specified. Annette has several people interested in helping so hopefully more times can be made available for drop offs. If you would like to help, even if only an hour or two or if you know of a special need, see Annette.

Sunday July 29th

Check with Pastor Joe for details regarding the Praise and Worship Festival at the Little Valley Fairgrounds at 3:00.

A Childs Understanding (from the internet)

A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out of the Bible. He picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages. Mama, look what I found, the boy called out. What have you got there, dear? his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boys voice he answered, Its Adams suit.

DONT FORGET COMPOSTING

You may have noticed a small black dome recently appearing in the vicinity of our raised bed community garden. It is a composter that was donated courtesy of Cornell Cooperative Extension. Composting is not rocket science, but there are a few simple guidelines that will help it work more efficiently. What To Compost Your Earth Machine will work best if it is fed a diet of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) materials. Check out the list of kitchen and yard waste greens and browns that will keep your Earth Machine happy. KITCHEN GREENS Fruit scraps, vegetable scraps Houseplant cuttings Coffee grounds Rice & pasta Egg shells Tea bags KITCHEN BROWNS Coffee filters, stale bread Paper napkins & towels Dryer lint Hair

Shredded office paper Shredded newspaper YARD BROWNS YARD GREENS Flowers Leaves Straw or hay Vegetables Small twigs/chips Plant trimmings Dried grass and weeds Hedge clippings Grass (small amounts) DO NOT COMPOST Meat, Fish, Bones Dairy Products Oils or Fats Sauces Pet Waste Mature Weeds With Seeds With a little TLC in the form of a healthy diet, frequent turning and watering the composter will produce natural fertilizer for use on the garden or lawn.

DepositBottlesandCans
Dont forget, if you hate the messy job of taking back your returnable cans and bottles, donate them to the youth and let them do it. Every little bit will help and they add up fast. It will help them raise money for their activities. Did you know water and juice bottles now have a deposit on them?

The Knots Prayer (from the Internet)

Dear God: Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life. Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind. Erase the will nots, may nots, mighty nots that may find a home in my heart. Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life. And most of all, Dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life all of the am nots that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough. Amen! Author Known To God

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Keep those toner/ink cartridges coming! Please keep those empty toner cartridges coming but the rule is that they do not want any cartridge larger than you can hold in your hand so just the smaller ones please. Thank you again. Harriet We are still saving Campbell Soup labels. Thank you for your support. mmm mmm good. Included in those labels along with Campbell soups are V-8, Spaghettio's, Pepperidge Farms, Franco American, Swanson, Prego and Market Day products. Plastic Squeeze Bottles, Plastic Laundry Scoops and Film Cans We are still saving those film cans, laundry scoops and plastic bottles with caps, such as dish detergent, cleaners, shampoos, conditioners and beauty liquids come in. Ones that are approximately 10-30 ounces are what she is looking for. If you have any, please rinse them out and give to Bobbie Jo. Thank you to those that have contributed. NEEDED On a regular basis we use the following things for our dinners, latch and coffee hour. If you are so led to get any of these things now or from time to time, we would greatly appreciate it. Maxwell House regular and Folgers decaf coffee, Swiss Miss instant chocolate in the bulk canister Hawaiian Punch Gallon Size, 2 Liter size 7up (or the cheaper equivalent). We also could use about a dozen large heavy dish towels and some dish cloths. Thank you everyone who has donated items in the past!! Bill Perkins Attention! Dont Throw Away That Empty Cartriidge!! Don t Throw Away That Empty Cartr dge Briing iit to church!! Br ng t to church Box Tops for Education The Little Valley and Cattaraugus Elementary schools are collecting Box Tops for Education. You find them on many food, household and personal care products. Laurie has placed a collection box on top of the mailboxes by the glass doors. She will distribute half of those collected to each school. The Cattaraugus Elementary is in need of a playground update and the Playground Committee is using the Box Tops as part of their fundraiser. Little Valley will use theirs when they decide how they will be used. Either way, we appreciate your help. Wanted: Your input for the Pathfinder If you are planning an event for the church, please remember to get the information into the pathfinder. What a better way to get that information out to the many people who receive it. If it is an ongoing event, and it changes, remember to notify us of that change. Send us news of your ministry team, church group, community and personal happenings, upcoming events, original short stories or poems, testimonies, praises and concerns, wantads. Photos may be submitted with articles. The number of photos and clipart that we can handle in each issue is limited. We will try to include these whenever possible. Photos should be bright and close-up. Dark photos and landscapes do not show up well in the black and white printed edition. Copyrighted material must have the permission of the author to be used. Internet material should have the name and permission of the originator. Articles may be submitted electronically by disk or e-mail [preferred method] to PathfinderLVUMC@aol.com, left at the church office or given to Bobbie Jo. Little Valley UMC website CHECK IT OUT! Surf on over to the new and improved www.littlevalleyumc.org We have a feature to help us plan for the events and ministries. We have a centralized, on-line calendar for everyone to view. You can link to the calendar from the church homepage (). If anyone would like to add dates/events to the calendar, send an email to the office or to the pastor. If you are a ministry team leader and would like to add events to the calendar, let me know and I will get the login information.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY

1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 8 Sun 9 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 15 Sun 16-20 Mon-Fri 17 Tue 18 Wed 22 Sun 24 Tue 25 Wed 28 Sat 29 Sun 31 Tue Wed 2 Thu 3 Fri 5 Sun 7 Tue 8 Wed 9 Thur 9-10 Thu-Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 12-18 Sun-Sat 13-14 M-Tu 14 Tue 15 Wed 19 Sun 21 Tue 21-23 Tu&Th 22 Wed 26 Sun 28 Tue 29 Wed Canada Day/Worship & Communion 9:30 Trustees Meeting with Sherri Rood 6:30 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00am/WIC 9:00/Summer Womens Scrapbooking 6:30 Independence Day/Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Healing Prayer at Trinity House 7:00 Community Worship at the Town Pool 10:30/Forgiven performing at Frewsburg 6:30pm Missions Team Meeting 7:00 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00am/Summer Womens Scrapbooking 6:30 Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Worship Team Meeting 8:00am/Ad Council 7:00 Mens Breakfast 7:30/Worship 9:30/VBS Setup after church VBS Operation Overboard 6:00 8:30 Mens Group at VFW 8:00am/Senior Luncheon 11:30/Summer Womens Scrapbooking 6:30 Prayer 7:00 Worship 9:30 Mens Group VFW 8:00am/Summer Womens Scrapbooking 6:30 Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Acolyte training 10:00am/Forgiven performing at Chautauqua Co. 7:00 Worship Service with Jerri Parkhurst Harris 9:30/Praise & Worship Festival @ LV Fairgrounds 3:00 Mens Group at VFW 8:00am/Summer Womens Scrapbooking 6:30

AUGUST 1
Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Healing Prayer at Trinity House 7:00 Forgiven performing at Campfire for Christ @ Panama Church 7:00pm Worship & Communion 9:30 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00am/WIC 9:00 Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Worship Team Meeting 8:00am AARP Driver Safety Class at CLVCS 7:00 Forgiven performing at LV Town Pool 10:00 Worship 9:30 Chilicothe Missions Trip AARP Driver Safety Class at Salamanca 7:00 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00 am Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Mens Breakfast 7:30/Worship 9:30 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00 am/Senior Luncheon 11:30 AARP Driver Safety Class at Franklinville 7:00 Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30 Worship 9:30 Mens Group @ VFW 8:00 am Praise Band 5:30/Prayer 7:00/Prayer & Praise Night 7:30

God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy! God blesses those people whose hearts are pure. They will see him! God blesses those people who make peace. They will be called his children. Matthew 5:7-9 CEV

Little Valley United Methodist Church 109 Court Street Little Valley, NY 14755

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

BOGGLE WORD GAME by www.printables.com The letters in the words must be connected in the same order in the grid and can be connected by an edge or a corner and doesn't have to appear in a straight line, it can be tangled around. Each letter in the word must uniquely appear in the grid. Example, the word ERASE, the letter E must appear twice in the grid, the word can't just loop back and re-use the same E. Words must be at least 3 letters long and cannot be a proper noun, such as a name or place.