201209 Lamplighter Complete September

THE LAMPLIGHTER
A NEWSLETTER FROM THE PORT ELIZABETH
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
SEPTEMBER 2012
FROM OUR PASTOR
could reach the lost, heal the hurting and make
disciples for the glory of God!
Pastor Dave
Very soon, the days will
become much cooler, the nights even
chilly, and we can finally stop
spending so much money for air
conditioning.
When September comes
most people think either of back to school or how
many more shopping days they have until Christmas.
It will be here before you know it.
We are looking forward to our living
nativity this December. We will have I am told, a
real live camel. Last year we had a really nice turn
out. Invite all your friends and family, this year it
will be special.
The holiday season is a great time for
evangelism. We have the chance to not only
celebrate the birth of Christ, but share why he came
and what he accomplished.
A few years ago, Rick Warren published
the Purpose Driven Life. We need to refocus on what
our purpose is. We have been given the task of being
the hands and feet of Jesus. It is our duty, to reach
those who are lost Those who do not know the
saving grace of God and the new birth of the Holy
Spirit.
How will people know unless someone
tells them the good news. How will they come and
hear unless someone invites them. Will you?
This year, I have a vision of what our
church could become if we all made a concerted
effort to invite someone new once a week, or maybe
once a month, at the very least, once.
We could then fulfill our purpose of
proclaiming the gospel unto the ends of the earth,
starting in our own beloved Port Elizabeth. We
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
What is the Administrative Council?
It is the structure provided by the Discipline
of the United Methodist Church for the organization
of individual churches. Meetings must be held at
least quarterly each year. Those serving on the
Council must be members of the local church. The
primary tasks are to carry out the business of the
charge conference, help the congregation articulate
its vision, oversee planning of the congregation and
develop systems that assure people are received into
fellowship, guided and encouraged in their spiritual
transformation and growth, and supported as they
live out their lives as Christian disciples. There are
many committees that provide input to the council,
such as, the pastor-parish-staff committee,
membership, missions, etc. The Council is
responsible for developing and implementing an
operations budget that meets the needs of the church
membership. Committees present their requests to
the Finance Chair for inclusion in the budget and any
additional needs must be approved by the Council.
The Trustees, who are responsible for the
maintenance of the buildings and grounds, present
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information to the Council on current building
projects and cemetery care. These areas have
separate trustee accounts and cannot be comingled
with the general fund. So how do we support the
ministry of the church? Financial support comes
through membership tithes, usually done through
weekly envelope giving, loose plate offering from
worship services, Sunday school offerings, donations,
other special offerings through the year, and various
small miscellaneous incomes. Expenses generally
include utilities, salary of the pastor,
program/educational needs, apportionments paid to
the GNJUMC, mission outreach, custodial care for
the buildings, and worship needs. The
Administrative council is grateful for the support of
the membership in maintaining our half- time pastor
(a move taken in 2008 with a great step of faith) and
continuing the heritage given by our forefathers over
227 years ago. PEUMC should be very proud!
Jackie Rascone, Chair Person
placed on every other vertical post for illumination
after 11 pm when the five church lampposts turn off.
An added treat came on March 31, 2012,
when through the efforts of State Senator Jeff
VanDrew; Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Matt
Milam; Public Works Freeholder Tony Surace, and
Assistant County Engineer Douglas Whitaker, our
yellow arrow chevron signs were moved from inside
the cemetery to the road’s edge where they are far
more visible. Three days later, a very large “Curve
Ahead” sign was painted on Route 646 (the road
approaching the church from Cumberland), and four
sets of rumble strips were installed directly to the
road.
We appreciate that these men found it
important and helped us to preserve our church
heritage.
FROM THE TRUSTEES
Diane Prohowich, Chair
NEW FENCE INSTALLED
Since the winter issue of “ The
Lamplighter” in February 2012, many of you have
witnessed the March 6, 2012 installation of our new
church fence. For the first time in our 227-year
history, the fence extends across the entire front of
the cemetery. The original fence had covered only the
original plot acquired from Elizabeth Bodly in 1785
and its expansion in 1809 due to a change in the
direction of the road. Church fencing had never
included the three additional parcels purchased by the
Trustees in 1840, 1908 and 1925 for the expansion of
the cemetery. The final parcel purchased in 1953 had
been fenced with chainlink fence in 1989.
The new fence includes a double gate at the
start of the brick walk with dropdown rods to hold
the gates open. Additionally, we had solar caps
OLD HOME DAY CELEBRATION
Jeff VanDrew, Nelson Albano and Matt Milam
were among the guests at our Old Home Day 227
Celebration Luncheon. They presented the church
with a framed proclamation of our 227-year
existence. The attendees were able to thank them in
person for their many efforts in our behalf.
CEMETERY
You may have noticed the lush green lawn in
front of the church. The area was re- fertilized and reseeded; lawn sprinklers were replaced, and an
additional manual watering timer was put into action.
Perhaps one day an automatic garden weeder for our
six flower gardens will be invented. In the meantime,
please feel free to participate in the weeding of the
gardens.
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BUILDING FUND
New Drain Field
Plan to eat supper with us at the SNACK
SHACK on Wednesday and Saturday from 5:30 pm
TO 6:30 pm before the service. Cheesesteaks, hot
dogs, hamburgers and more for sale! Stay awhile and
enjoy fellowship, free coffee or iced tea and cookies
after each service!
For more information, call Rev. Jamie
Hargrove, Senior Pastor Senior, Port Elizabeth
Church of the Nazarene at (856) 506-8537.
Thanks to your donations on fourth
Sundays, the debt on the John Boggs
Handicap Railing was retired in February 2012.
The Trustees are researching a project
to repair or replace the 50-year old antiquated
septic tank and drain field at the John Boggs
Hall. A grease trip was added in 1981 after 19
years of use. Water runs from the building
very slowly and pools on the ground outside
the kitchen window. Plunging is needed more
frequently , and it is not possible to check the
septic tank level. There are no records of the
design or previous maintenance.
STAFF PASTOR PARISH
RELATIONS COMMITTEE [SPPRC]
Our only method of funding is through
donations made directly to the Building Fund.
The Trustees have not borrowed money from
an outside source since 1961—thereby
avoiding interest payments. We will
appreciate your ongoing efforts to maintain
our facilities as we continue to increase the
number of church and community events we
by Ted Prohowich, Jr. – Chair;
Email: [email protected]
Welcome back to Pastor Carber for July 1,
2012 to June 30, 2013.
MAURICE RIVER CAMPMEETING
Church Conference
Sunday, October 14, 2012
in the Church 3:00 pm
The Maurice River Camp meeting will return
on Sunday, Sept. 9 through Saturday, Sept. 15.
Services are held in the “Glory Barn” pavilion on the
grounds of Port Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene,
3612 Route 47 South, Port
Elizabeth, NJ. The event is
an ecumenical outreach of
the United Methodist and
Nazarene churches of the
greater Maurice River
Township area.
There will be
southern gospel music nightly by The Heaven Bound
Singers at 6:00 pm Sunday and 7:00 pm Monday
through Friday. On Saturday at 7:00, Port Elizabeth
United Methodist Church’s 3rd Saturday Gospel
Music Night will take stage, including many live
musicians and groups.
Speakers on Sunday through Friday will be
the Reverends William Hess, Juliann Henry, Dave
Carber, Newell Smith, Marvin Paisley and Dave
Bailey, beginning at 6:40 on Sunday and 7:40
Monday through Friday.
It’s that time again for our annual meeting
with the District Superintendent, Rev. Paul Maliel.
We as a congregation gather to do the business of the
church. Reports from Pastor Dave Carber and various
committees will be presented. Each church member
has a vote on reports and positions.
In order to plan for the future we work to
determine the needs of the Local Church, Pastor,
Denomination, and Community.
Each year the Pastor and the SPPRC go
through a process for identifying top priorities of
ministry skills and areas needed to accomplish our
ministry as a Church.
A plan for effective pastoral leadership starts
when ministry skills are identified, expectations
expressed, and how much time is needed for each
task. As a result of dialog, goals for pastoral ministry
which are both achievable and measurable are
negotiated.
This is accomplished by presenting a list of “Ministry
Skill Areas” on 18 cards:
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print) if you would like to try this on your own. It’s
fun.
Ecumenical Commitment
Equipping Laity for Ministry
Evangelism
Hospital-Emergency Visitation
Children’s Ministry
Leading Staff
Leading Worship
Mission in Community
Pastor’s Personal and Spiritual Growth and
Development
Pastoral Care
Preaching
Spiritual Growth of Members
Stewardship
Teaching
Visioning: Leading Congregation
Visitation
Church Administration
Youth Ministry
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2012
“Operation Overboard” (Cokesbury) –
“Dare to go deep with God!”
Thirty- five (35) children
attended Bible School from
6:00 to 8:00 each evening, July
30 – August 3, 2012, Twentysix (26) adults attended
including 14 dedicated leaders and helpers.
Welcome Desk
Betty Smith, Della
Tomlin
Assembly
Ted Prohowich
“Ocho” the Octopus Puppet Pat Mason
Music
Diane Prohowich
Storytellers
Ted Prohowich, Lynn
Heulings, Pastor Dave, LouAnn
Hyson and Diane Prohowich
Actors
Pastor Dave, Diane,
Robert Heulings, Grace Rapp, Elaine
Morton-Rankin, Pat Mason, Joe Piper,
Randy Harry, Adrian Vanaman, Jean
Tomlin, Avery Thoden, Aden Thoden,
Jaryd Hyson, Aden Hyson and
Dominic Rascone
Scripture Verse
Betty Smith
Sign Language
Kim and Brandon
Nelson, Sr.
Science Projects
Ted Prohowich
Crafts
Donna Haberman
Recreation
LouAnn Hyson
Food
Jackie Rascone,
Richard and Della Tomlin
Missions
Lynn Heulings
Reflection
Pastor Dave
This list doesn’t cover all of the
responsibilities of a Pastor, or the other activities
possibly linked to them. This list includes most of the
activities which take large amounts of time and
energy of the Pastor.
Trying to put 18 categories into priorities can
be exciting and informative and, at times, even
frustrating. But this helps clarify the role of the
Pastor as well as the expectations of the Committee.
(This process could also be used at another occasion
to check if the SPPRC’s expectations are in sync with
the congregation.)
That’s why this is in the Lamplighter today.
Study the entire set of cards and then assign a
priority to each responsibility. Number 1: should
demand the greatest amount of thought, preparation
and time for the Pastor. Do the same for the
remaining categories. 2, 3, 4, … 18.
Achievable goals can be based upon these
skills.
Some people can use to the list by itself or
with a stack of “Ministry Skill” cards. As SPPRC, we
have tried both ways. I have stacks of cards (ready to
All children wore sailor hats.
Dive Chief Ted word a captain’s hat and Ocho’s
Puppeteer Pat Mason wore a crab hat.
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Children and adults sang and signed to ten songs
projected from an LCD projector onto a 9 x 6 screen.
Our mission remains the same- in support of women,
children and youth.
Sound improvements included boom microphone
stands and a central location for the sound cart.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Dramas about water stories from the Bible (Noah,
Naaman, John the Baptist, the disciple fishermen and
Paul) were presented each evening including
costumed thespians and props.
Hello again, we have done quite a few things
since I last talked to you. Our pizza/pool party in
March was very well
attended. We had it at the
Holly City Family Center for
the first time. We could have
had a few more adults join in
but we had a very nice time.
We continued to have
Sunday School through the
summer as I don’t believe that Sunday School should
be seasonal. Our attendance for the summer is about
the same, there are a few days where attendance is
lower but not all.
We started having different activities once a
month primarily for the youth to have something to
do within the church body but also for something to
do as a church body. Adults are welcome to come
and help or participate in the activity. We have had
two game nights. The youth and adults attended the
game nights and seemed to have a really fun night.
We had vacation bible school which was a lot of hard
work for the volunteers, but well worth it. I believe
though we all went home every night running on
fumes, we also went home filled with the Holy Spirit.
When you go to teach or just to help out during
vacation bible school, you always learn something
you didn’t know. We also had an ice cream social.
Please know that if an event is only for the youth I
will make sure to let everyone know. When the
bulletin says “all are welcome” it means that anyone
who would like to come is welcome to come youth or
adult. Well the ice cream was good and so were the
bowls (they were made out of waffle cones in the
shape of a bowl).
Crafts Monday through Friday included a deep-sea
sun catcher, a pop-up card, a scuba diver picture
frame with personal 4x6 photo, and underwater
sticker scenes.
Full meals were served every night to everyone
present.
Special Highlights:
Jaryd Hyson and mom Consuela Clark
(Chelia) gave a scuba demonstration.
LouAnn Hyson made a custom Ocho cake.
UMW
Join us for our
fall meeting on Friday,
September 28, 6:30pm
at John Boggs Hall. Our
speaker is Janet Page.
The topic is "Civil War Quilts." Come see and hear
what she can share about this time period.
Admission fee: a donation of a paper product,
personal product, or liquid dish detergent. These
items are for the South Jersey Food Bank distributor
to all local food banks in our county.
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We are having a picnic on September the 8th
at the Cape May Zoo Park. It will
probably be over by the time this
newsletter hits the pews. This
picnic is Pastor Dave’s treat.
Thank you so much Pastor Dave.
And I would also like to thank
everyone who helped or brought
something delicious for us to eat.
I hope everyone had a lovely time.
Coming up in the future will be our
Halloween party in October, a make a gift for your
parents day in November, and our regular Christmas
program and party in December. Please keep your
eyes open for the children’s mission for Christmas
and plan to help. I will try to plan in advance for next
year. Please come to me with your ideas.
Again I am asking for
volunteers for Sunday School.
What about a rotating list that
asks for one Sunday every two or
three months? And I really need
a backup in case I get sick or have and event
scheduled on a Sunday. I really don’t want to cancel
Sunday School just because I have to be somewhere
else. Please give me your ideas if you think of a way
for me to work this any differently. I also am still
looking for someone to take the little ones class so
that I can separate into at least two groups of
children.
Well bye for now. See you in church.
Lou Hyson, your loving sister in Christ
Tuesdays at 7 PM
OCTOBER
7- Communion
8- Columbus Day
11- UMW 1:30 PM
13- UMW District Meeting
14- Marriage Renewal Service, 2nd Sunday
Lunch, District Conference 3 PM, Cluster
Hymn Sing Dorchester UMC
18- Administrative Council 7 PM
20- Gospel Music Night 7 PM
31- Halloween~
date to be
announced
NOVEMBER
1- All Saints Day
4- Communion
6- Election Day
8- UMW 1:30 PM
11- Veterans Day, 2nd Sunday Luncheon,
Cluster Hymn Sing Eldora
12- Veterans Day Observed
15- SPPRC 6 PM, Admin. Council 7 PM
17- Gospel Music Night 7 PM
21- Thanksgiving Service Heislerville UMC
7 PM
22- Happy Thanksgiving
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DECEMBER
1 –Cluster Hymn Sing Buckshutem UMC
2 - Communion
7 - Live Nativity 7 PM
9 - 2nd Sunday
Luncheon
13- UMW 1:30 PM
15 - Gospel Music Night
20- Admin. Council 7 PM
24- Christmas Eve Service 7 PM
25- Christmas Day
BIRTHDAYS
OCTOBER
2-Jim Timmons, Olin McConnell; 8- Dyan
Morton; 12- Carol Fitzgerald; 15- Nancy
Lichtenstein; 28- Rose Mary Henderson
NOVEMBER
3- Nancy McConnell; 6-Peg Hayes;
14-Amanda Tuttle; 16-Jennifer Morton;
17- Jennifer Frankle; 19- Elizabeth Stites;
21-Emilee Morton; 24- Mildred Cox;
25- Doug Racz; 26- Barbara Lynch, Jeff
Rascone; 29- David Timmons
DECEMBER
4-Richard Polhamus; 7-Jack Feltes, Lois
Towles; 25-Adrian Vanaman, John Feltes;
26- Mabel Rumbold and 27-Earleen Kellett
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