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Geneseo United Methodist Church
April 2015
From the Pastor
The Book of Acts is about the earliest days of the
Church; it tells us about Jesus’ disciples, as they started
to tell others about what God had done in Jesus. Ten
times in the first half of Acts we find a statement like
this: “But God raised him from the dead…” (Acts 13:30)
The fact of Jesus’ resurrection affected them in ways
they had never been affected before. And their
experience is to be ours as well. Because of Jesus’
resurrection we have the hope of our own resurrection
when he returns. But in the meantime we can
experience life in a new and different way, and here are
some of those ways:
~The concept of death as a frightening reality is
turned into a hopeful reality. Because Jesus conquered
death we have that same future waiting for us. “‘Death
has been swallowed up in victory.’ But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1
Corinthians 15:54-57) Here is the hope we live in
through our faith in Jesus; death is not our final place,
our final place will be living with Jesus in the new heaven
and new earth. (See Revelation 21:1-5)
~Resurrection gives us freedom from fear. When
Jesus appeared to his disciples on that first Easter
Sunday, when they were hiding in a locked room; he said
to them, twice: “Peace be with you!” (John 20:19-20)
And we have this promise from God: “‘I will never leave
you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The
Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to
me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6) We live in a world were
terrorists seek to take away our peace and make us live
in fear; but because of Jesus we do not have to live in
fear, He is our peace.
~Related to God’s never forsaking us, because of
Jesus’ resurrection, we have his continued presence in
our life. The night before he was crucified Jesus told his
disciples: “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because
it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him,
for he lives with you and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)
Because of his resurrection and return to God the Father
we have the Spirit living in us, and therefore we are
never forsaken, God is with us and in us.
~Resurrection gives us a divine dimension in life. It is
easy, and natural, for us to think of material things. By
Jesus’ resurrection, and his Spirit, we can overcome a
worldly perspective and we can start to see through the
lens of our life in Christ. Paul wrote: “Since, then, you
have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things
above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of
God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly
things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with
Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:1-4)
~Finally Jesus’ resurrection confirms sacrificial love
alone has the victory. “Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? … No, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us.” (Romans 8:35-37) It is in Jesus’ loved
filled, sacrificial death that gives us the victory over all
that has oppressed us in life.
As we enter into the Easter season let us give thanks
to God for the hope, the love, and the victory we have in
Jesus’ resurrection.
Spring Dinner This Month!
Soul Keeping
Our annual Italian Pasta Buffet dinner is
scheduled for Saturday, April 25th, with
take-out dinners offered to the public
from 4:00 – 5:30 pm, and dining room
service available from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
The menu will again feature a choice of minestrone
or greens ‘n beans soup, tossed salad with a choice of
salad dressings, and the entre, which will include pasta
with marinara or Alfredo sauce, lasagna, meat balls,
Italian sausage, and bread. Desserts will feature our
famous selection of homemade pies, and a choice of
beverages too.
Ticket prices will remain the same as last year:
$10.00 for adults; $5.00 for youth; and children four
years and younger will be free of charge.
Sign-up sheets for donating your time in the kitchen,
the dining room, the take-out room or the pie room, as
well as our bakers signing up for their pie-baking efforts
will be popping up soon, so please be looking for them!
Our Spiritual Formation team presents the next
Adult Study, “Soul Keeping,” a six-session, video based
Bible study by John Ortberg. This bestselling author
sheds light on the most overlooked, underrated, and
least-understood part of your being. With a workable
and relevant approach, he shows how living the "with
God" life isn't just a good idea--it's the only way to find
lasting peace and satisfaction.
Classes will be held on
Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm
with Mike Garrett beginning April
16th, and on Friday mornings at
9:30 am with Peggy Oltz and
Bonnie Kreutter, beginning April
17th. A sign-up sheet is available
outside the sanctuary, or you may
call the church office to reserve
your place. Please sign up by
April 5th so that books may be
ordered.
Cindy Parker will be our chef again this year, and
Linda Parnell will be taking care of the other
arrangements for this fund-raising project.
All of the dinner proceeds are earmarked for the
Current Expense budget, minus the 10% which always is
donated to the church’s Benevolence Account from all of
our money-making efforts.
The “Bazaar Ladies” will be offering an array of their
hand-crafted projects for sale, opposite the sanctuary
doors, during the dinner hours. Take time to view their
seasonal gifts before or after you enjoy this dinner!
After twelve years coordinating our annual
Independence Day trip to the Rochester Red Wings
baseball game (many of those years included our Senior
Choir singing the national anthem), Gerry Youtzy says
it’s time for him to “hang up his glove.” He is willing,
however, to mentor a new coordinator so that this
tradition will not be lost. Gerry says he will not be
organizing the trip by himself this year. He’s got the
contacts and the process down to a “T,” but the Red
Wings front office needs to know what our plans are
soon! If you would like to step in and be a cocoordinator this year, please contact Gerry (243-1225)
ASAP.
A Note to All
Baseball Fans
YES, we will be taking our 13th
annual trip to Frontier Field on
the 4th of July. This will be our
choir’s 9th trip to sing the national anthem prior to the
game. The Red Wings opponent will be the Lehigh
Valley Iron Pigs.
The cost has gone up $1.00 each ticket so our upper
box seats will be: $9.50 each; handicap seating will be
$10.50 each. Parking remains at $6.00 per vehicle
Though I am waiting for a volunteer to co-direct our
outing with me, I had to answer the Red Wings
questions: “Do we want to hold our position of singing
the National Anthem and seats in Section 221?”
We are now officially on their calendar.
So o o o, mark the date on your calendar and plan to
attend with family and friends.
More Later - or - talk to Gerry Youtzy
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Camping and Retreats!!
Methodist Women Day
Apart
It’s time to start thinking about summer camp!
The Genesee Valley and Niagara Frontier
Districts are joining together to present a
“Methodist Women Day Apart,” on
Saturday, May 2, 2015 beginning at 10:30 am at the
Oakfield United Methodist Church.
The program, led by Rev. Chris Wylie will focus on
“The Church and People with DisAbilities.” Learn about
our churches and how we support our members with
disabilities. For more information prior to the program,
check out the website of the Museum of disABILITY
History at www.museumofdisability.org, located in
Buffalo.
4 day "Asbury Express" camping sessions at Camp
Asbury for ages 7-18.
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A variety of other summer camping sessions at the
Upper NY Conference camps such as Camp Findley,
near Jamestown, and Camp Casowasco, near
Syracuse.
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Early Bird discounts if you register before May 1.
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UMW camp funds available to all GUMC campers.
AND
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You may register for the day apart by calling Janice
Wolfer at 243-9733. The deadline is Saturday, April
25th.
Many types of retreats for adults at nearby Camp
Asbury on Silver Lake.
Check out the soon-to-come bulletin
board near Pastor Keith's office and also
the web site with information on all the
camps
and
retreats:
www.campsandretreat.org
Women’s Saturday Retreat
Questions? Please contact
Cindy
Varner,
camp
coordinator- 533-1539.
Join Bonnie Kreutter on Saturday, April 18th at the
Asbury Camp and Retreat Center for a “Women’s Retreat” from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The focus will be looking at our lives in connection with John 15: 1-2.
Soup Supper and Family
Wellness Series
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while
every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will
be even more fruitful.”
Where are our lives bearing fruit and where might
we need to prune to be able to bear more fruit?
Registration cost of $20.00 includes a delicious
lunch. Come, (even if you attended the one on March
19th) and invite your friends too! Spend the day with
God at Camp Asbury. Sign-up sheets can be found on
the table outside the sanctuary, or you may make your
reservation by calling the church office (243-3160).

Sponsored by Parish Health Ministries
SPRING 2015
GUMC Fellowship Hall
Soup Supper 6:00 pm
Family Wellness Series 6:30 – 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 15
Speaker: Dale Hartnett, a teacher at SUNY Brockport
Topic: “Lessons from the Most Positive Person in
Town” – talk and slides of people from small towns
in Appalachia.
It’s been quite some time since our last Soup Supper,
and we are seeking volunteers to bring soup, bread,
and desserts. If you can help out, contact the church
office (243-3160) or Gail Forbes (382-9957)
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Native American
Ministries Sunday
Light of the World
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever
follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life." (John 8:12)
April 19, 2015
Native American Awareness Sunday
recognizes
and
supports
the
contributions of Native Americans to
the church and society. The
observance, approved by the 1988
General Conference, is one of six
special churchwide Sunday offerings.
In 1986, there was a woman by the name of Rose
Crawford who had been blind for 50 years. Why?
Because no one had told her that for twenty years her
particular medical condition could be corrected by
surgery. All she had to do was have someone tell her and
then make the intelligent decision to do something
about her blindness. When the bandages were removed
from her eyes she wept with joy. Where there had been
darkness, now there was light. She was not unwise, she
simply had not known. Once she was told what she
could and ought to do, she made the most of her
opportunity.
The funds collected will allow The United
Methodist Church to partner with existing native
ministries and create programs on behalf of Native
Americans. Money collected also supports seminary
scholarships for United Methodist Native Americans.
So it is with Jesus -- the Light of
the World. Follow Him and there is
light. Refuse the opportunity and
remain in darkness.
Fifty percent of the offering remains in the annual
conference to develop and strengthen local Native
American ministries. The conference committee on
Native American ministry administers these funds.
Many Native American churches have been blessed to
receive grants for items such as hymnals, Bibles,
children’s ministries and handicap access renovation.
Adapted from Rev. V. Neil
Wyrick in a sermon titled "Out of
Tune, Out of Sync -- What to Do?"
Look for a special offering envelope in your Sunday
morning bulletin on April 19th and help to support this
special ministry.
The Health of My Soul
“How is your spiritual life going?”
Ecumenical Book Review
April’s Ecumenical Book review will feature David
Parish reviewing “In the Shadow of Kinzua: The Seneca
Nation of Indians since World War II,” by Laurence M.
Hauptman.
“Drawing on extensive federal, state, and tribal
archival research, Hauptman explores the political
background of the Kinzua dam while also providing a
detailed, at times very personal account of the
devastating impact the dam has had on the Seneca
Nation and the resilience the tribe has shown in the face
of this crisis.”
The review will take place on Thursday, April 2nd,
at noon at the Wadsworth Library on Center
Street, Geneseo. You are also invited to come
early and bring a brown bag lunch at 11:30 am.
I used to answer this question by looking at the state
of my devotional activities: Did I pray and read the Bible
enough today? The problem is that by this measure the
Pharisees always win. People can be very disciplined but
remain proud and spiteful. How do we measure spiritual
growth so that the Pharisees don’t win?
I asked a wise man, “How do you assess the wellbeing of your soul?”
He immediately said, “I ask myself two questions”:
Am I growing more easily discouraged these days?
Am I growing more easily irritated these days?
At the core of a flourishing soul are the love of God
and the peace of God. If peace is growing in me, I am
less easily discouraged. If love is growing, I am less
easily irritated. It was a brilliantly helpful diagnostic to
assess the health of my soul.
-- John Ortberg in The Me I Want to Be
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FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES
Did God Forget About Jesus When He Was on the Cross?
THEME: God hears us when we cry.
BIBLE REFERENCE: Mark 15:33-41
SIMPLE SUPPLIES: You’ll need a Bible, two
disposable cups, string, scissors, and beads or washers.
Preparation: make a “telephone” by poking a small
hole in the bottom of each cup. Cut one 10-foot
length of string, and thread it through the hole in the
bottom of one cup. Tie a washer or bead to the end
of the string inside the cup. Repeat this process with the
other end of the string and the other cup.
Say: Sometimes God changes our problems so
they’re not problems anymore, and sometimes he
gives us the strength to make it through the problems.
We can never be sure how God will answer
our prayers. But one thing is for certain, God always
hears us when we cry out to him! God heard Jesus and
he hears us, too.
Pray: Dear God, thank you for always listening to
our prayers. Please help us remember to cry out to you
when things are good and when things are bad. Thank
you for always being there for us. We love you. Amen.
Say: Can you guess what these cups and string are
for? Give time for responses. I’ve made something like a
telephone with them. Let’s see how it works. Let one
child hold one of the cups to their ear while you speak
into the other cup (it works best if the string is taut). Let
each child take turns listening and speaking into the
‘phones’.
Did my telephone always work? Could you always
hear your partner? What made it easier or harder to
hear the other person? Let children respond. This phone
may not have worked perfectly, but there is one type of
communication that always works. There is one special
“call” we can make that will always be heard—our
prayers!
Say: The Bible tells us that many of the leaders
during Jesus’ time didn’t like the things Jesus was saying
and doing. They wanted to make him stop saying he was
God. But Jesus just kept right on teaching, blessing, and
healing the people. Finally the leaders decided to kill
Jesus by nailing him to a cross. God knew that Jesus
would die this way, but God also knew that Jesus
would rise from the dead and live in heaven forever!
While Jesus was on the cross, he cried out to God.
Read: Mark 15:34 aloud. God heard Jesus’ prayer,
but didn’t take Jesus down from the cross and
save him from death. Instead, he gave Jesus
the strength to finish his task.
Ask: Have you ever cried out to God?
Why? Did you hear or see God’s
answer?
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At 10:00 am on Easter Sunday the youth will provide
an Easter Egg Hunt for children from preschool through
elementary grades.
Follow Us to
GUMY!
(Geneseo United Methodist Youth)
 Saturday April 4th @ 1:00 pm – prepare for Easter
Breakfast and Easter Egg hunt
 Friday April 24th – 26th – Spring Youth Gathering
(Up!Word ‘15)@ Holiday Inn, Liverpool, NY
Found: Resiliency Rooted In Hope
Grant request due when? Yikes!
2015 Upper New York Annual Conference report due
when? Yikes!
Update our unyumc.org “Advance Special # 3173” by
when? Phew!
By God’s grace we had already begun the work
toward an assessment of the campus ministries, so these
due dates and deadlines simply changed the priority
level and presented the opportunity for historical
research and learning more about campus ministry
around the world with prayerful discernment toward
God’s will, and hopeful visioning.
GUMCs awesome administrative assistant, Kathy,
easily directed me to boxes of the Board of Directors
reports, audits, various assessments, and check
registers. I found a chronicled passion toward campus
ministry since 1958 filled with prayer, challenging
frustrations, hopeful innovations, risky experimentation,
honest concerns, and an overall resiliency rooted in
hope toward enabling and empowering spiritual growth
at SUNY Geneseo.
Beginning at the beginning I was consistently
amazed. It seemed every time I read of something that
hadn’t worked, thinking, “I wonder if they tried … ?”, I
would find that yes, indeed they had! This has included
cooperative ministry with our Methodist Church at
denominational, conference, and district levels;
cooperative ministry with ecumenical councils and
boards at state, region, and local levels; pursuit of grant
funding; shared pastoral appointments with local United
Methodist Churches; divinity school paid internships and
hired program advisors; campus ministry “base location”
at the local church, the college Union, and local
Interfaith Center; encouraged and supported the
development of accredited college courses in addition to
encouraging and supporting the student group to be
more ecumenical in both name and logo.
Within the broad scope of innovation,
experimentation, and creative ways and means the
Geneseo Wesley Foundation has undertaken, it appears
one thing has not been attempted, yet was repeatedly
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recognized, reported, and recorded: the need of fulltime, pastoral leadership for campus ministry to be
effective in the ever changing mission frontier of
collegiate ministry. Indeed, as the student spiritual
quest to confirm their faith not conform, has given birth
to membership in several student spiritual organizations
at the same time, the differences in pastoral needs
between the Local Church and Campus Ministry of
focus, goals, structure, environment, and resources has
also become more pronounced.
In conclusion, all submissions have been completed
with the resiliency rooted in hope that has been
evidenced by the Geneseo Wesley Foundation through
the years:
a hope learned and practiced as a
community of believers since 1958; a resilience of lived
hope rooted in God’s faithfulness; a hope we can extend
to others and they can offer us; an eternal hope gifted
to us by the resilience of those first witnesses to Christ’s
resurrection.
Happy Easter!
Dawn Merritt, Campus Minister
[email protected]
Student Leadership Team President:
Brenda Bota ([email protected])
Weekly Gathering: Sunday Evenings, 5:00-7:00
Conversation, Study, Meals, and Prayer
Where: The Interfaith Center, just north of campus
4520 Genesee Street
Geneseo, NY 14454
(585) 243-3160
(585) 615-2975
[email protected]
www .GeneseoMethodist.org
Ministers:
Rev. Dr. Keith Griswold
Mrs. Karen Woodworth
and the Congregation
Wesley Campus Minister: Dawn Merritt
[email protected]
Communications: Kathy Rosier
PARISH HEALTH
MINISTRIES CORNER
Correct Time
Important…
to
Drink
Water....Very
Have you seen this email message? Or perhaps you
saw it on Facebook, or some other social media.
Drinking water at certain time maximizes its
effectiveness on the body:
 Two glasses of water after waking up helps activate
internal organs
 One glass of water 30 minutes before a meal helps
digestion
 One glass of water before taking a bath helps lower
blood pressure
 One glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke
or heart attack
It is certainly true that drinking adequate water is
very important for overall health. However, there is no
credible evidence to suggest that drinking water at
certain times of the day will provide the particular health
benefits specified in this message. Staying well hydrated
can help maintain overall health and may thereby help
avoid serious health outcomes such as heart attacks
and stroke. But, this is true at any time of the day.
you have significant problems with hypertension, why
would it be necessary to lower your blood pressure
before having an ordinary bath?
One glass of water before going to bed avoids
stroke or heart attack. If preventing strokes and heart
attacks were as simple as drinking water before bed,
those dual killers and maimers would be pretty much a
thing of the past. The supposed remedy is not listed on
any credible heart or stroke prevention website.
But, again, drinking water and staying well hydrated
throughout the day can help keep you healthier and
perhaps therefore make it a little less likely that you will
have a heart attack or stroke. The American Heart
Association notes: “Keeping the body hydrated helps the
heart more easily pump blood through the blood vessels
to the muscles. And, it helps the muscles remove waste
so that they can work efficiently.”
While the information in the email is false and
misleading, it may help you to get your eight 8 ounce
glasses of water a day, and that will certainly help you
on the road to a healthy life!
Two glasses of water after waking up helps activate
internal organs. What specific internal organs is it
referring to? And one would hope that our organs
continue to be active even when we sleep. Given that,
after waking, we might not have had liquids for several
hours, drinking water early in the morning may help
rehydrate us and make us feel better.
One glass of water 30 minutes before a meal helps
digestion. Water passes through your system quite
quickly, so it is doubtful that one glass of water 30
minutes before eating would still be around in enough
quantities and at the required point in the food digestion
process to be of any significant help.
One glass of water before taking a bath helps lower
blood pressure. Biomedical researcher Judith Airey,
PHD notes: “So the bottom line is that, generally,
increasing the amount of water that is consumed will
not increase the amount of sodium lost by the blood, so
blood pressure will not be lowered.” Moreover, unless
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Tidbits: News,
One Bite at a Time
Dave and Jean Manly have reported that some
mail has been returned “home to Geneseo” due to an
incorrect address. The correct address is:
3 Shelter Cove Lane #7435
Hilton Head, SC 29928
Our March visit to Northwest Neighborhood Outreach Center in Rochester was blessed with clear
roads. They had much more snow than we did. In February they served 1100 meals. We took in our famous
appetizers, chili, salad and Bill Lewis’ delicious layered
pecan dessert. We fed about 20 folks. They will use the
leftovers for lunch the next day. Bill Lewis, Jerry Weaver and Lucille Kane took the dinner and supplies in.
Monique Silas helped Lucille prepare the food.
May is soon approaching— and with it comes the
annual Walk4Hearing on Sunday, May 5th. This will be
the 10th annual walk for the Rochester chapter of the
Hearing Loss Association of America. The walk will take
place at Perinton Park in Fairport where we will walk 3
miles along the beautiful canal path, hopefully in
pleasant weather.
The national HLAA has been crucial in the
development of advocacy programs for deaf and hard of
hearing people of all ages, including captioning on TV,
movies, internet programs and mobile devices and
works with legislators and organizations to establish
national guidelines for providing assistive listening
devices in public places. National publishes “Hearing
Loss Magazine”, full of newsworthy information about
advances in hearing aid and cochlear implant
technology. There is also a National Convention in June
with an exhibit hall full of vendors demonstrating the
latest advances in technology, numerous workshops and
nationally known speakers.
Doug and I will again be participating in the
Walk4Hearing. We are very grateful for your past
support and hope you will continue to support us
this year. There will be a flyer about the walk on
the hall bulletin board soon—look for the purple
brochure.
Checks can be made out to
Walk4Hearing and given to either of us in church or
placed in Doug's folder in the hallway
(Special Events Treasurer). Any amount of
money is more than gratefully accepted.
The Walk4Hearing is HLAA's only fund
raising event for the year. Rochester's
event is the first of many walks throughout
the nation. Last year the Rochester
chapter, one of the most active in
the country, raised close to $50,000
from sponsors and individual
contributors. Our goal is to surpass
that amount this year! Half of the
money raised stays in the Rochester
area and half goes to the national organization. Some of
the local money is used to advocate installation of
assistive listening devices (FM systems, captioning
monitors, induction loops, etc.) in public venues such as
theaters (the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman
House for one) and auditoriums and churches. HLAA has
worked closely with GEVA and RBTL to achieve the best
possible listening environment possible for their patrons.
From a personal perspective, HLAA has
been a lifeline to me since my hearing
seriously declined.
The monthly
meetings offer me a place to meet and
share experiences with people who live
with
the
same
problems
of
communicating as a hard of hearing person in a
hearing world (fear, isolation, frustration, etc.).
A wide range of speaker programs have
provided us with invaluable information and
helpful suggestions. One of the past year's
presentations was given by MSgt. Sean
Lehman, USAF, Retired, who introduced us to
Heroes with Hearing Loss, a group which helps many
of the 1.5 million returning veterans who suffer
service-related hearing loss find help for their
'invisible' disability.
I encourage anyone who has a hearing loss to
attend a meeting (1st Tuesday of the month,
September through June). Daytime meetings are at
11:00 am; evening meetings at 7:00 pm at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, East Ave. and Westminster Rd., across
from the George Eastman House, where parking is
available, if needed. All meetings are audio looped and
captioned. Come hear what you're missing!
Also in May, our chapter donates $1000 scholarships
to several hearing impaired high school seniors. A
national speaker is sponsored for at least one of the
monthly meetings. Money is also allocated to help those
who cannot afford hearing aids.
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Nancy Meyer
Thank you!
After The Storm
by Shirley Livingston
Puffy, white cottony clouds
Glide beneath sapphire skies
Sun tries to shine in a
Spring-like manner
Is it true? Is winter’s end approaching?
The months have been long and cold
Shades of “old fashioned” types.
We are tired of white and ice,
Chill winds keeping us
scarfed and mittened.
To our good friends at GUMC
Your generous gift of $250.00 is gratefully received
by the Livingston County Coalition of Churches Board of
Directors and those we serve in Livingston County. We
are deeply grateful for this essential support, important
now more than ever.
Despite challenging times, we know we can continue
the ecumenical work of the Coalition because of committed churches and individual supporters, like you. The
LCCC is fortunate to receive your consistent and faithful
support. Together, we serve as the “light of Christ” to
those who need help in our community.
May God bless you and your families during this season of HOPE – Happy Easter!
Lori McEvoy
Program Director, LCCC
I wish to thank everyone for the cards and phone
calls during my December hospital stay and my fracture
problems that followed in January. I am doing better, but
still have to be careful as the next fracture can happen
without warning.
Dorothea Prine
Crocuses – are you stirring?
Daffodils – are you yawning?
Tulips – waking? We are waiting.
Blades of grass – we miss you!
Seasons are the play-things of God,
Tossing and turning His weather toys,
Keeping poor mortals in suspense,
Waiting and praying for each day
to suit us.
The Upper New York Conference presents Mission
U 2015: Learning Together for the Transformation of
the World. We invite you to join us for “an opportunity
for growth – spiritually, intellectually and socially.”
Classes, held at the Asbury Camp and Retreat
Center, July 30 – August 1, include “Created for
Happiness: Understanding Your life In God,” “Latin
America: People and Faith,” and “The Church and
People with Disabilities.”
Poor mortals!
For more information contact dean, Sheila Rader at
(716) 773-3129 or email her at [email protected].
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Serving This Month
LECTORS
April 5th - Easter Sunday
8:30 - Bill Lewis
10:30 - Carolyn D’Angelo
April 12th
8:30 - Kathy Rosier
10:30 - Nancy Meyer
Peg Folts
Liv. Co. Center for Nursing & Rehab
11 Murray Hill Drive
Mt. Morris, NY 14510
April 19th
8:30 - Tim Ellis
10:30 – Lucille Kane
Deloris Hanrahan
427 E. Main Street, Apt 108
Batavia, NY 14020
April 26th
8:30 - Nancy Wilson
10:30 - Myrt Merritt
Don Harris
3785 Retsof Road
Piffard, NY 14533
USHERS
John Krenzer
3266 Stanton Parkway
Caledonia, NY 14423
April 5th
8:30 - Warren & Marty Linsner
10:30 - Doug Johnson & David Linton
Shirley Livingston
5431 Maple Beach Road
Geneseo, NY 14454
April 12th
8:30 - Jerry & Linda Weaver
10:30 - Peggy Oltz & Shirley Pascuzzo
Norrie Mann
Morgan Estates
4588 Morgan View Road, #68
Geneseo, NY 14454
April 19th
8:30 - The Werner Family
10:30 – David & Owen Wong
April 26th
8:30 - Brandon Hilyard & Lisa Rosier
10:30 - Doug & Nancy Meyer
Arlene Parry
Morgan Estates
4588 Morgan View Road, #43
Geneseo, NY 14454
Tom & Dorothy Passamonte
2270 Perry Road
Mt. Morris, NY 14510
Visibles and Invisibles
Georgianna Phillips
5623 Megan Drive
Geneseo, NY 14454
"Ever since the creation of the world God's eternal
power and divine nature, invisible though they are,
have been understood and seen through the things God
has made." (Romans 1:20)
Carrie Ringland
3 Jacqueline Way #3
Geneseo, NY 14454
People cannot see your faith. So they judge your
faith by what they can see. People will trust their eyes
long before they will ever trust your words. What do
your visibles say about the invisible things you believe?
-- Author Unknown
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS:
Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri., 10:30 - 4:30 pm
PASTOR KEITH’S OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Thursday
Geneseo United Methodist Church
PASTOR KAREN’S OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays
You may reach us by:
phone at 243-3160 or Pastor Keith's cell at 615-2975
email at [email protected]
SUNDAY SCHEDULE:
8:00 AM
Room 6B is open for a
quiet time of prayer.
8:30 AM
Contemporary Worship
9:30 AM
Sunday School
Senior Choir Rehearsal
Fellowship Time
9:30-10:20 Blood Pressure Checks
10:30 AM
Traditional Worship
April 2015
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The Messenger
Geneseo United Methodist Church
4520 Genesee Street
Geneseo, NY 14454-1501
(585) 243-3160
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Good Friday
April 3
Ecumenical Worship Service
at Geneseo UMC, 7:00 pm
Easter Sunday
April 5
Contemporary Worship Service, 8:30 am
Easter Breakfast, 9:00 – 10:15
The Geneseo United Methodist Youth [GUMY]
invite you and your family to a breakfast in the
Fellowship Hall on Easter Sunday from 9:00 –
10:15.
Easter Egg Hunt, 10:00 am
At 10:00 am on Easter Sunday the youth will also
provide an Easter Egg Hunt for children from
preschool through elementary grades.
Traditional Worship Service, 10:30 am
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U. S. Postage
PAID
Geneseo, N. Y.
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