A Breakfast Opportunity To Hear Gaston Ntambo

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Gaston Ntambo, missionary pilot for Wings of Morning ministry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be at Bellbrook United Methodist Church, 47 E. Franklin St, Bellbrook, OH  45440, Saturday, May 12.  

We (Bellbrook UMC) are hosting Gaston Ntambo at Bellbrook on Saturday, May 12, 8-9 am.  Common Cup Churches: Please advertise this event.  This is a great opportunity.  Please put in bulletin and e-mail announcements this Sunday.

All interested persons are invited to have breakfast with Gaston at 8 am, followed by a presentation about Wings of Morning at 9 am.

Please RSVP for breakfast and/or presentation to pastor@bellbrookumc.org or 848-2909 by Wednesday, May 9.  Free will offering for cost of breakfast. 

This is an opportunity to see and hear a man who has been heralded for many years for saving hundreds of lives through his "Wings of Morning" Mercy flights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He flies his plane on mercy missions in less than ideal conditions- not the least is fact that aircraft grade gasoline is not available in his home country. He has to fly  to the neighboring country of Zambia to obtain gasoline which must be quite expensive and time consuming.  

For some insight on this amazing man, CLICK HERE.

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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Big Garage Sale At Faith Community

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Faith Community United Methodist Men are holding their annual garage sale this week-end at the church.

This is always a big event with the Community Room full of bargains..

Times of the sale -

6-9 PM Friday, May 4^th  and

9-12 noon Sat. May 5th

The inside event goes on Rain-or-Shine and with a convenient entrance right off the parking lot.

Anyone wishing to donate items may drop them off at the Community Center Thursday afternoon from 1 - 9 PM.

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Common Cup Men invited to View Award Winning Movie

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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Common Cup Group To Henderson Settlement

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A merry band of 18, under the sponsorship of the Common cup, spent time (April 16-18) at Henderson Settlement as a volunteer work group (It would have been even merrier had not Sandy Pramer gone on the injured list)

The group: Larry & Mary Russell, John Sherer, Bill & Sally Brown, Jim Thompson, Leta Thordsen, Cindy Liming, John & Joanne Fristoe, Harry & Alice Osman, Gene Straley, Connie House, Rosalie Griffy, Bonnie Weimer, and Brenda Boroff.  Also, Bill & Rurthanne Lamb preceded the group in a leadership capacity. 

Henderson Settlement, as many of you know, is part of the Red Bird Conference. It was established in 1925 by a Methodist minister, Hiram Frakes, in an effort to start a much needed school system and achieve a spiritual reform for the community.

At the time there was a real "Hatfield & McCoy" atmosphere where moonshining was prevalent and feudal killing was commonplace.

It seems absolutely amazing that Parson Frakes, with no resources of his own, would convince a bunch of feuding moonshiners to donate land for his vision. All together, they donated 122 acres. From that start, Henderson Settlement has grown to 1,600 acres and serves one of the poorest areas in the country with a broad variety of needed services.

Part of our group went out 25 miles to do repairs to a lady's house-  including porch repair, interior ceiling and floor repair, roof repair and to replace a window (ask one of them how the window repair went).

The rest of the group mainly worked in the greenhouse, taking germinated vegetable and flower seedling and transplanting them into pots for sale. Others worked sorting donated clothing and sorting seed packages for sale

As far as one knows, all returned without smashed fingers, broken bones, poison ivy or food poisoning.

To view a series of photos, CLICK HERE.

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Bishop Ough's Easter Message From Bellbrook Church

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A week ago Sunday, Bishop Ough was at Bellbrook UMC to help celebrate the church's 200th anniversary.

While there, he delivered an Easter Greeting to the West Ohio churches.

To view a video of that greeting, click HERE

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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Bingo Prizes Needed For Henderson Settlement

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 Bingo Prizes -

The Henderson Settlement Mission Team is collecting bingo prizes for the Senior Citizens who live in the mountains of Kentucky.   

The purpose of these prizes is to provide things that are needed in every day life.

Everybody wins in these bingo games.  Everybody gets to take home a prize or two.  It is a fun way to give people what they need and perhaps cannot afford. 

Sample items include: hand lotion, shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste, Kleenex (either small purse size or regular boxes), razors and shaving cream, and other things of that sort. 

There are more women who play than men. 

Leave your donations in the Faith Community office by April 14. 

We will take these items with us on our mission trip.  We leave on April 15. 

God bless.   

[Posted by Pastor Rick Tettau]

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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Cedarville"s Annual Ham Dinner

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Thursday, March 22nd will be the date for Cedarville UMC's annual Ham Dinner.
This event dates back to when they roasted their own hog and ground it for the occasion.
I would sure like to know how long this event has been going on - it must be the UMPTEENTH annual dinner.
To get the details and also a poster to place on your Bulletin Board, click HERE.

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John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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