It Happened 100 Yrs Ago In Cedarville

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One hundred years ago, Oct 16, 1910 to be exact, a torrential rain was pounding the village of Cedarville with a cold howling wind adding to the unpleasantries.

The inclement weather, however, did not deter folks from filling the sanctuary of the Cedarville Methodist church to hear a recital by a Professor Mason of Ohio Wesleyan. He was playing the first pipe organ ever heard in the Cedarville area.

The occasion was marking the dedication of the newly remodeled Cedarville church. The remodeling had been a major undertaking with the cost $8500, a huge sum in those days and much higher than the original intent of spending $4000 and surely a major financial hardship on its members.

It is recorded that "there was no discontent from beginning to end" for they had a newly remodeled structure to take pride in.  The building entrances were reoriented to better suit entry, new classrooms and a fellowship hall were added and, yes, a majestic pipe organ was installed in the sanctuary.

To commemorate that effort of a hundred years past, there will be a Carry In dinner this Sunday, Oct. 24^th following the worship service

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a meal as Cedarville Church REMEMBERS.

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)



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Calling All Men !

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The Miami Valley District United Methodist Men are holding their Fall Get-Together at Stillwater United Methodist church on Oct. 26th. It should be a very interesting program with a discussion of the course, "Understanding Men's  Ministry". It was developed by Man in the Mirror and endorsed by the General Commission on United Methodist Men.
For a look at the meeting agenda, CLICK HERE.
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For directions to Stillwater UMC, CLICK HERE

For more information, contact John Sherer, MVDUMM Commumication Coordinator at Shererjw@aol.com 937-372-2204 or Pat Roth, MVDUMM President at Pat.Roth@msn.com 937-269-1720

Also: GCUMM at http://www.gcumm.org/  West Ohio Conference UMM at http://www.gbgm-umc.org/WestOhioUMM/

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)

Lunch For a Cause

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How about lunch out next Sunday and support for a worthy cause at the same time?
 'Join us on Sunday, October 10th at Noon for "Lunch for a Cause" in the FCUMC Community Center.
 Pick up your "free" ticket this Wednesday, October 6th, at Common Cup.
A freewill offering will be accepted to help replace the roof of the school in Pachitulul, Guatemala. The roof was heavily damaged by Hurricane Agatha in May.
Hope to see you there!!  Come hear about our work in Guatemala!'

[submitted by Val Zimmerman]

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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News From St Paul

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News from St. Paul (the UM church, that is - consult your Bible for the other one)

As most of you know, St Paul UMC is our district's mission church. A number of our Common Cup churches have served Tuesday meals there and know what an amazing calling is happening . St. Paul not only serves meals to the needy but maintains a clothing store and emergency food pantry in addition attending to the spiritual needs of many who come -some carrying their earthly possessions in a bag.

Presently, St Paul is in a pastoral transition and they have come up with a an idea which I think is pretty neat. Here's a quote from their October newsletter:

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"We at St. Paul UMC are constantly blessed by the groups that come to prepare and serve the weekly community lunches on Tuesday. These volunteers form real partnership between their churches and St. Paul. '

"Because of the recent pastoral changes, a new opportunity for mission has occurred. We are asking that when a group comes to serve lunch, whenever possible, they invite their pastor,
student pastor or lay speaker to give the five to ten minute message during the worship service at 11:30 a.m. At this time, several of our churches have committed to this project."

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If your church has not already signed up for a Tuesday meal in 2011, you'd better hurry - because there are only 4 signup dates left.

They are January 4, January 25, May 31 and November 29.

And since Christmas is right around the corner (at least the department stores think so), you might want to add St Paul to your shopping list.

St Paul is holding a Parent's Christmas Shop (Dec 4^th) giving struggling parents the opportunity to shop for their children, offering items at 1/5 of actual valve.

Donations of new items are needed:  Toys & Games age birth-17, Sports equipment, Bikes/Scooters, Electronics such as DVD players, IPODS, stereos and Gift Certificates (K-Mart, Best Buy, etc)

Also, a Children's Santa Shop is planned (Dec 6^th) where children & Youth in the various Youth/Children's programs can select gifts, free of charge, and the selection will be wrapped, tagged & sent home to put under the Christmas tree.

Please consider a donation to this worthy cause. Donations of some of the items listed above - or a cash donation- or a gift card  can be sent to:

 St Paul United Methodist Church

Atten: Joan

101 Huffman Ave.

Dayton, OH 45403

How about this idea: Send a $50 Gift Card (They prefer Kroger or Meijer) while it's on your mind!

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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