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Musical, Mobile Singing Telegrams 2022

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Cliff and Wendy Flick, former singers with Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians, are offering to sing in person for loved ones, friends, or strangers you’d like to get to know the weekend of Saturday, June 25th and/or Sunday afternoon/evening, June 26th.  All proceeds will go to support the church’s Furnace/AC replacement cost.

The Flicks have a large repertoire of music for folks of all ages and stages: Religious, show tunes, humorous, kid’s songs, love songs, patriotic, etc.  For $20.00 per visit, Cliff & Wendy will visit and sing two or three of their songs on your behalf.  This could be a belated Mother’s or Father’s Day sentiment, Birthday/Anniversary celebration, or simply an “I’m thinking of you” message.  No destination is too far, Facetime or equivalent is also an option for out-of-state.  Requests by Monday night, June 20th. Contact us for more how to get ahold of the Flicks.

Two pictures of the Flicks

VBS 2022

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Our 2022 VBS schedule is out. VBS will start on Sunday, June 12 and end on Wednesday, June 15. We have updated our VBS page with our schedule and registration options. VBS will be at Evangelical UMC’s facility this year. Before each session there will be a light meal at Evangelical. Join us for food, music, games, and growing closer to God!

crafts at VBS in 2021
Crafts at VBS in 2021

VBS 2022-Save the Dates

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The Water Street Vacation Bible School is back. The Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown and Evangelical United Methodist churches are working together on a Vacation Bible School. Please save the dates of June 12, 13, 14, and 15. We are planning for VBS to be in the evening. More information will be forthcoming.

Ryan the Bug Man with 2021 VBS participants.
Ryan the Bug Man with 2021 VBS participants.

God Kitchen Update

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It is wish sadness we learned in the past week that God’s Kitchen will not be restarting. After a time of discernment, the leaders of the ministry have decided that it is time to end the ministry. The United Methodist churches of the Highspire/Middletown cluster are working together on new ministries as individual churches and collaborative ministries as a cluster. Evangelical is thankful for the friends we made serving dinners and the relationships we have built with our partners. We are also thankful for all the volunteers who made God’s Kitchen possible.

Servers working at God's kitchen.
Helpers serving drinks at God’s Kitchen in 2021.

Job (Bible Study)

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The book of Job wrestles with one of the biggest questions in life-why do bad things happen to good people? Many people in the time of the Old Testament believed that if God was happy with you would be materially blessed. If you were suffering, God must be upset at you. Most Old Testament books have this perspective to greater or lesser degrees. The book of Job was included in the Bible as a challenge to this perspective. Over the course of six weeks we will explore how the Book of Job speaks to the questions and problems we wrestle with in our daily lives. Job’s questions are often our questions. The study will be both on Zoom and in Room 3 (next to the fellowship hall) at the church facility. Each session will start at 7 PM and be about an hour long.

  • April 25-Introduction (Job 1 & 2)
  • May 2-Why? (Job 3-5)
  • May 9-God on trial (Job 9-10)
  • May 16 Miserable comforters (Job 15&16)
  • May 23 Looking for redemption, wisdom, meaning in pain, and monsters (Job 19: 21-29; 28: 12-28; 33: 14-30; 40: 15-24; 41: 1-4, 25-34)
  • June 6 Seeing God (Job 42)
Image of a mourning Job with his friends
Job and his friends. In the public domain. By Ilya Repin. From Wikimedia.