Church Newsletter

1. Community Outreach Meals & Groceries
Our Community Outreach Meals and Grocery Give-aways have become an important part of our
ministry and mission. This outreach allows us to meet & greet folks from the community face-to-
face, as well as to provide a needed service to them—that being a meal and a bag of groceries. We
are seeing people return each time and also seeing new people come.
This outreach is not only a good thing for the folks that we serve, it is also a great time of fellow-
ship and working together for our Epworth family! There are ways that people of all ages and abil-
ities can participate. You can participate if you are living in another city or state! Everyone who do-
nates a bag of groceries or an item for the meal or bakes cookies for dessert or sends a financial
gift or picks up the bread or peanut butter and jelly or works at the event or prays for the people
we serve is an important part of this mission and ministry. Thank you! Those who are able to
work at the events have found them to be a great time for fellowship together. With lots of hands
finishing the work, the tasks get done and there is time for conversation and sharing. Our work
crew for the March 20th meal was 20 volunteers ages 15-80 something”! And the number of people
who donated groceries and food and provided financial support was at least that many also!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your time and your blessings with others!
Our upcoming food outreach days are: May 15, July 24, September 18 and November 20. We will
have details for the May event soon.
If you would like to pick up items for grocery bags as you find things on sale or would like to
spread out when you purchase them, here is what we ask for your bags to contain:
canned meat (tuna, chicken, etc.) 2 cans of vegetables
rice OR noodles OR boxed mashed potatoes box of cereal or oatmeal
2 cans soup with meat or 2 cans of pasta with meat 2 cans of fruit
granola/breakfast bars or packs of snack crackers
(a loaf of bread, peanut butter & jelly are purchased with donations and added to your bags)
***Brown bags are available at the church
If you would like to donate food for the meal, stay tuned for announcements during worship as to
what is needed, see Marie or Linda, or call the church office.
Monetary donations to purchase loaves of bread, peanut butter and jelly for grocery bags, meal
items (including meat, butter, paper products, etc) can be made any time to the church office.
If you would like to Volunteer to help that day, we have “sitting down” jobs, inside & outside jobs
available! We also need folks to distribute flyers to businesses, churches, groups and to invite
folks to come OR take meals & groceries to a neighbor or someone else you know.
Thank you for your generosity and caring!
Linda & Marie Epworth
United
Methodist
Church
3061
Lincoln
Way
W.
Massillon
OH
44647
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2. The Echo
April/May 2022
Newsletter of Epworth United Methodist Church
Worship Time: Sunday 9:30 am
www.massillonepworthumc.com
April and May
April 3: FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT; Service of Holy Communion “An Extravagant Love;” Isaiah 43:16-21;
Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8
April 10: PALM SUNDAY; “From Palm Sunday to Good Friday;” Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 21:1-11; Luke
23:1-49
April 14: MAUNDY THURSDAY “The Last Supper;” Exodus 12:1-14; I Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17,
31b-35
April 17: EASTER; “The Empty Tomb;” Acts 10:34-43; I Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12
April 24: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER; “That You May Believe;” Acts 5:27-32; Revelation 5:11-14;
John 20:19-31
May 1: THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER; Communion, “An Eye Opening Experience;” Acts 9:1-20; Revelation
5:11-14; John 21:1-19
May 8: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER; MOTHER’S DAY; “Through the Valley of The Shadow of
Death;” Acts 9:36-43; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30
May 15: FIFITH SUNDAY OF EASTER; “Love One Another;” Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-
35
May 22: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER; “Not As the World Gives;” Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10, 22-
22:5; John 14:23-29
May 29: SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER; MEMORIAL SUNDAY; “So The World May Believe”; Acts
16:16-34; Revelation 22:12-21; John 17:20-26
If you have questions about the following areas, contact
the people listed below:
Admin Board Nathan Lockwood 330.685.4199
Council on Min Alyce Ripple 330.832.5216
Trustees Marcia Paul 330.837.5424
Usher Allen Hendricks 330.832.4850
Director of Music Marie Deitz 330.837.1651
Spirit Marie Deitz 330.837.1651
Joyful Noise Debbie Scheetz 330.477.3985
Youth Marie & Rod Deitz 330.837.1651
Prayer Line Barb Dillen 330.705-9049
SPR Chair Debbie Scheetz 330.477.3895
Finance Alice Fazzone 330.833.5521
Lay Leader Debbie Sheetz 330.477.3895
Stewardship
Day Care Board Bryan Stuck 330.309.1900
If anyone would like to help take care of the
flower beds around the church, please contact
Bryan Stuck. Flowers will need to be planted,
bushes need to be trimmed and weeds will
need to be pulled. Many hands make for light
work. Any and all help is appreciated.
Mother’s Day—May 8
Pentecost—June 5
Father’s Day—June 19
We will be decorating our altar with plants and garden items in honor of our Mothers and Fathers and
we will be decorating our altar with red flowers to celebrate Pentecost Sunday. They will be used in the
church flower beds to be enjoyed all summer. If you would like to donate money towards the purchase
of flowers, please fill out the form and return it to the office. Orders will need to be placed by May 2.
Suggested donation is $10, which would cover all three Sundays. You may however, donate as much or
as little as you wish.
Flower Order Form
Your Name
Phone Number
Mother’s Day Pentecost Father’s Day
In Memory of
In Honor of
Amount Enclosed

3. Quarter Auction
To Benefit Epworth U.M.C.
& Massillon Lions Club
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Starts at 2:00 pm
Doors open at 1:00 pm
Only $5.00;Extra paddles $ 2 or All in Pad-
dle will be available at the door.
Food & beverages available for purchase
Place:
Epworth U. M. C.
3061 Lincoln Way N. W.
Massillon, Ohio 44647
For more info. call
Bryan @330.309.1900
Wednesday, April 6 – bring items to the fellowship hall.
Put them on the stage area. Office hours (9 a.m.—
noon, Wed-Thurs). Please contact Linda Lockwood if
you need help unloading
Wednesday, April 6—3 p.m. We need volunteers to
help organize things on the tables
Thursday, April 7—9 a.m. (we will start at 9, come
when you are able). We need volunteers to help price
items
Friday, April 8—Rummage sale 9 a.m.—3 p.m.
Saturday, April 9—Rummage Sale 9 a.m.—noon
There will be a lunch counter on Friday from 9 a.m.—1
p.m.
Thank you to Larry Hinson for taking our de-
posits to the bank.
Thank you to Marcia Emmert and her helpers
who count our offerings each week.
Thank you to Nate Lockwood for keeping us up
and running with our technology.
Thank you to Linda Lockwood for her interac-
tive Children’s Chats.
Thank you to Pastor Les for his caring, compas-
sion, and leadership through these trying times.
Thank you, the congregation, for your loyalty,
prayers, and willingness to help.
Thank you to Marie Senften and Linda Lock-
wood for planning and coordinating our Mis-
sion Outreach projects. AND Thank You to all
those willing hands that make these projects
successful.
Thank You to those who lift us up in prayer.
April Birthdays
4/5 Lori Brinker
4/7 Doris Altland
4/7 Janet Auseon
4/13 BreAnna Cox
4/14 Anthony Mitzel
4/15 Sean Remley
4/16 Mildred Conger
4/17 Addison Wimsatt
4/19 George Emmert
4/20 Joanie Siber
4/22 Khloe Johnson
4/23 Evelyn Hinson
4/26 DeAnna Cox
May Birthdays
5/2 Ken Eberhart
5/2 Nancy Hensel
5/6 Dakota Ramsey
5/7 Robert tte
5/8 Amanda Nodo
5/10 Rod Deitz
5/10 Amy Senften
5/11 Matt Paul
5/19 Joey Dillen
5/20 Kendall Ledger
5/21 Lauren Wimstatt
5/22 Grayson Kandel
5/23 Julie Baker
5/27 Kathy Legrom
5/27 Jeanna Brinker
5/29 CJ Stipe
5/31 Duane Paul
April Anniversaries
4/27 Duane & Marcia Paul
4/30 Keith & Nancy Paulus
May Anniversaries
5/19 Ken & Jane Eberhart
5/23 Jeff & Daphne Brickey
POINTS TO PONDER
Rev Les Peine
One of my absolutely all-time favorite, and most powerful and emotionally encouraging contemporary songs is
one by Phillips, Craig and Dean, “Crucified with Christ!” It is based on a passage of scripture from Galatians
2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ!”
There are several essential passages in the Bible that many of us remember or have memorized. Here are a
few—there are others.
Genesis 1: 1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
Micah 6: 8: “He has showed you, o man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice
and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?”
John 1: 14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his
glory, glory as of the only son of the Father.”
John 3: 16: “For God so loved the world that He gave his only son that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life.”
In the personal testimony of Paul there is a theological statement which gives us a picture of the Christian life.
In Galatians 3:27, he said, “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” And Galatians
2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ!”
Those two images, but the same picture. Crucified with Christ – baptized with Christ. This is a big concept in
Christian theology and we need to understand and make them our own. What does it mean? There are three
words I want to look at: PARDON, POWER, PARTNERSHIP.
To be crucified with Christ and to be baptized into Christ, is to receive PARDON foroursins—washed clean
and resurrected.
POWER comes to us as we give ourselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We as Christians who have
been baptized into Christ, we do not live out of our own resources. We live by faith in the Son of God who gave
himself for us.
Being a Christian is a PARTNERSHIP with Jesus Christ – we then are the one who has been divinely empow-
ered for the new life that comes through Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit. The words of the song
say in part…
“I will glory in, The power of the cross. The things I thought were gain, I count as loss, And with His suffer-
ing, I identify. And by His resurrection power, I am alive, For I am crucified with Christ
And yet I live, Not I but Christ, That lives within me”

4. Kids’ News!
We had a great day at our an-
nual Kids Day Camp on March
12! The kids sang, heard sto-
ries and participated in activi-
ties about Hannah and David, played games, made
a craft, ate a lot for lunch, enjoyed ice cream sun-
daes and helped to make one of the banners that
will be hanging in the Fellowship Hall for worship
after Easter.
Our last Bible Buddies for this school year will be
April 10, for kids ages 4—6th grade, from
5:30-7:30 p.m. Our gatherings this year are cen-
tered around the theme “Friends with God.” We
are meeting special friends of God each month
and learning how to become a friend of God along
the way! At Bible Buddies we sing, hear Bible sto-
ries, make a craft, have a snack and do lots of fun
activities and games. Thank you to our Youth
helper, Kameron Swanson and to our snack folks,
Evelyn & Larry Hinson! Bible Buddies will begin
again in September!
Vacation Bible School
Sunday, July 17-
Thursday, July 21
6:15-8:30 p.m.
Ages 4-6th grade
Registration forms and information will be availa-
ble in June. Mark your calendars! Invite your
grandkids and neighbor kids! Let’s fill the hall! If
you’d like to help, please let Marie or Linda know.
There will also be information about items needed
for snacks or crafts and programs.
Questions about kids or youth programs or activi-
ties, please contact Marie at 330-837-1651, text
330-754-9443 or email msenften1@yahoo.com.
“Jesus said, “Let the children come to me….”’
Marie & Linda
MUSICAL NOTES
THANK YOU to our faithful worship team/
choir members who provide music each Sun-
day morning and for special services! I ap-
preciate their talents and willingness to sing
whatever type of music is given to them each
week, as well as to play whatever rhythm in-
strument or chime or handbell I might lay on
their music stand to accompany a particular
song! Thanks to Nate for his gift of being
able to pick up the guitar to play whenever a
song needs it! And I love it when our young
ones can join in to sing also! Thank you to
Elise, Josie and Kenadie!
We welcome anyone who would like to join
us to come at 8:40 a.m. on Sunday morning
to rehearse!
Special music for the summer months will
begin May 29 with a Hymn Sing. Watch for
information on how to let us know your fa-
vorite hymn. During June, July & August we
will welcome soloists or groups to share their
vocal, instrumental or dance gifts as we wor-
ship. Robin Schumacher will coordinate the
special music schedule. Please see her to
sign up. If you know of someone she should
contact, please let her know.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord…………
Marie
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PRESCHOOL THEMES
4/4 Health and Nutrition
4/11 Senses/Special Needs2
4/18 Gardening
4/25 Solar System
5/2 Airplanes and Things That Fly
Mother’s Day
5/9 Teddy Bears/Dolls
5/16 Disney/Sesame Week
5/23 Bubble Galore
5/30 Nursery Rhymes/Rhyming Sounds
PRESCHOOL A
April—Spring
May— Families
INFANT/TODDLERS CONCEPTS
April—Building/Transportation
May—Animals/Wildlife/Farm
UPCOMING EVENTS
April—Hop-A-Thon—TBD
May 25—Preschool Graduation Program 7 p.m.
May 30—Memorial Day—Day Care Closed
FINANCIAL REPORT
02/28/22Balance $9,606.52
Receipts $9,759.93
Total Receipts $19,366.45
Expenses $10,489.04
02/28/22Balance $8,877.41
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
02/28/22EOC Credit Union $1,222.99
EOC Credit Union $18,108.59
FARMERS Savings $38,846.92
02/28/21TOTAL $56,175.50
BUILDING EXPANSION
02/28/22Balance $397.34
Pledges $2,208.63
Total In- $2,605.97
Payment on Principal $2,115.06
Extra Payment on Principal $61.13
02/28/22Ckbk. Balance $429.78
02/01/22Loan Bal- $78,298.09
Payment on Prin. $1,917.79
Extra Payment on Prin. $61.13
02/28/22Loan Bal- $79,319.17
EASTER BREAKFAST
April 17, 2022
8:00 a.m.
We will be serving break-
fast before worship on
Easter morning at 8:00
a.m. We hope that you will join us at that
time as we celebrate and join in fellowship
together.
Marie is coordinating the meal and will be
contacting folks about what is needed. If
you would like to help or to donate some-
thing, please let her know!