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June, 1999
Editor: Jane Wheeldon

NO CHARGE

Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:: For cutting the grass                            $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week     $1.00
For going to the store for you                  .50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you
went shopping                                        .25
Taking out the garbage                       $1.00
For getting a good report card            $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard   $2.00
Total owed:                                     $14.75
Well, I’ll tell you, his mother looked at him standing there expectantly, and boy, could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen, turned over the paper he’d written on, and this is what she wrote:: For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me, No Charge.
For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you, No Charge.
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you’ve caused through the years, there’s No Charge.
When you add it all up, the cost of my love is No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead, No Charge.
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose, there’s No Charge, Son.
And when you add it all up, the full cost of real love is No Charge.
Well, friends, when our son finished reading what his mother had written,
there were great big old tears in his eyes, and he looked straight up at his
mother and said, “Mom, I sure do love you.” And then he took the pen
and in great big letters he wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”

M. Adams

INFORMATION

*Congratulations to Judy Leever Powell on the birth of a daughter
on May 16th, 1999. She weighted 8 lbs., 10 ozs. and her name is
Lydia May. The proud grandparents are Bob and Ruth Leever.

* Offerings are being accepted for the new gym floor. The gym is
used to reach out to community youth through the Basketball Ministry.
Please give prayerfully and generously.

* Steve Knell, son of Judy and Bob Knell will be wed in July.

* Thanks to Mel Bosse and Steve DeMar for trimming the hedges and
cleaning up around the parsonage and church.

*Congratulations to Barbara & Randy Rotte on their 50th anniversary.

*Christy Schulz for making the Dean’s List.

*Linda Myers for getting a scholarship in music. * The following jobs are open:

Forest Chapel UMC- Church Music Director needed part-time.
Rev. Larry Brown, 825-3040.
Anderson Hills UMC - Director of Music. 3 services, youth and
adult choirs, (vocal, brass, handbell). Send resume and cover
letter to, Mrs. Louann Wood, Anderson Hills UMC.
Monfort Heights UMC - Organist needed part-time. 2 Services,
choir rehearsal. Contact Mr. Loren McGuirer at the church office
at 481-8699. Send a resume.

Golf Pro

One day Jesus and Moses were on the golf course and decided to have
a contest over who can make the most out standing shot. Moses goes first.
He settles up for the shot and hammers it straight for the green. Unfortunately,
the ball falls into a water hazard. Undaunted, Moses raises his arms to the
sky, and the water parts where the ball dropped in. The ball rolls out of the
water and onto dry land, only a foot away from the hole.

Jesus looks at Moses and says, “Hey Moses, that was a pretty good shot.
Now let me see what I can do.” Jesus settles up for his shot and sends the ball
screaming towards the green. Unfortunately, Jesus has the same luck
as Moses did. The ball heads straight for the water hazard. Jesus holds
out one hand and, instead of dropping into the water, the ball bounces
on top of the water and rolls onto dry land only 3 inches from the hole.

Moses says, “Wow, that was an incredible shot!” No sooner did Moses
say this, than the skies grew dark. The wind started up, lightning and
thunder crackled through the sky. Suddenly a ball falls from the heavens
into the same water hazard where Jesus and Moses had hit theirs.
A fish swims up and swallows the ball. An eagle swoops down, grabs
the fish in his talons, and heads for the now darkened sky. Lightning
strikes the eagle and he drops the fish onto the green. The fish opens
his mouth, the ball rolls out and drops into the hole.

Moses turns to Jesus and says, “Man I hate it when your Dad plays!!”

Article From The West Ohio News

Beginning on Sunday, June 6 - 10, some 3,500 United Methodists
gathered in the tiny town of Lakeside, Ohio on the southwestern shores
of beautiful Lake Erie. Their purpose for gathering there at that time
was to be present for the West Ohio Annual Conference.
Every pastor from every local church and an equal number of lay
delegates were to attend.

There were 27 Recommendations Requiring Action on the agenda
that may affect the Annual Conference as the Conference effects the legislation.

Proposes a one-day session in the fall to discuss and decide
to extend weekend conference, a meeting space with a large
area for meetings, hospitality, common meals, accessibility,
technology, and breakout space. The study group settled
on the Dayton Convention Center as its first choice.
Recommendation: Hold a special meeting in the fall in Dayton to discuss the issue.
Promote electronic media and film programs that teach moral
and ethical values and enhance life and provide media literacy
education classes for church members.
Recommendation: Adopted
Endorse Church of Christ Uniting.
Recommendation: Adopted
Endorse efforts to move toward unity with African-American
Methodist denominations.
Recommendation: Adopted
Encourage conversation with Holiness an Pentecostal denominations.
Recommendation: Adopted
The conference enters a covenant with The Upper Room
to develop a comprehensive play for spiritual formation.
Recommendation: An amendment was accepted to change
the phrase “Spiritual formation” to “Christ-centered spiritual
formation” wherever it occurs. Adopted as amended.
The bishop appoints a task force to evaluate the conference
structure in light of the Council on Ministries mission statement.
Recommendation. Tabled until 2000 Annual Conference session.
Increases United Methodist Men’s representation on conference agencies.
Recommendation: Adopted
Creates a task group to develop policies to reduce the risk of
child abuse in church.
Recommendation: An amendment was accepted which provides
for the production and distribution of a program which demonstrates
the necessity of work to reduce child abuse. Adopted
Supports the “Pray for Children Drug-Free and Safe” program.
Recommendation: Adopted
Opposes gambling over the Internet.
Recommendation: Adopted
Opposes hate crimes and discourages language which may lead to violence.
Recommendation: Adopted
Supports Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation.
Recommendation: Adopted
Supports continuation of Peace With Justice Churchwide Offering.
Recommendation: Adopted
Encourages congregations to study materials on environmental
stewardship and asks U.S. Senators from Ohio to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Recommendation: Adopted
West Ohio Conference will join the Ohio Clean Air Campaign.
Recommendation: Adopted
Endorses “Transformational Directions” of the Connectional Process Team.
Recommendation: Postponed until Annual Conference 2000.
Asks the General Conference to make the Social Principles
“unenforceable as church law.”
Recommendation:Postponed
Asks the General Conference to change Discipline language on homosexuality.
Recommendation: Postponed
Asks the General Conference to prohibit celebration of
homosexual unions in United Methodist-related schools.
Recommendation: Postponed
Asks the General Conference to replace the current
Discipline paragraph on abortion.
Recommendation: No news
Asks the General Conference to amend the current
Discipline statement on abortion.
Recommendation: No news
Asks the General Conference to amend the Discipline
statement on church membership vows.
Recommendation: No news
Commission on Equitable Compensation recommends
minimum salary support: full members $23,760
(62 percent of Conference Average Compensation);
probationers and associate members $21,840 (57 percent of CAC);
and full-time local pastors $19,920 (52 percent of CAC).
Recommendation: No news
Recommends “freedom of access” to pharmacies for covered clergy.
Recommendation: No news
Board of Pensions recommends a base annuity rate
of $383 per service year in 2000, up from $372 in 1999.
Recommendation: No news
Council on Finance and Administration proposes
an apportionment amount of $16,505,300 for 2000,
up $355,300 from 1999, an increase of 2.2 percent.
Recommendation: No news

An article in the West Ohio News from a lady
in the West Kansas Annual Conference -

The headlines in the Wichita Eagle newspaper the day after the Kansas West
Annual Conference ended read, “Methodists tackle same-sex unions and
partial-birth abortions.” I was surprised, as the headline more accurately
should have been: “Methodists turn tail and run from controversial issues.”

Isn’t that interesting - same thing happened in the West Ohio Conference.
How many years is it going to take before this denomination takes
a stand and decides what side of the fence it is on. It may be too late for many of us.

                  Prayer Needs
Kosovo Crisis and the refugees
Joseph Ahn (Beijing)                Rae Grisco
James Noll                               Van Spencer
Hae Kyon Roh                         Helen Quilhot
Yun Hae Choi                          Lietha Thiele
Charles Stegman                      Jimmy Warren
Nam Sun Welch                      Cabreiul Bahleby

       Those In Nursing Homes

Roy Andrews - Amber Park Retirement Community
Mary Barbeau - Wesley Hall
Willa Barmann - Bayley Place
Wilma Haberthy - Wesley Hall
Bob & Carolyn Jennings - Deupree Community
Helen Lammers - Lodge Care Center
Leah Lacy - Mt. Washington Care Center
Elinor Schrader - Mercy St. Theresa Health Center
Alta Stegman - Wet Chester Health Center
Kathy Wagner - Jean Byars Care Center
Dick Wagner - East Galbraith Nursing Home

BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES in JULY & AUGUST

July
1 - Blair Stewart
      Randy & Barb Rotte
2 - Karen McMullen
3 - George Bowen
      Sue Perkins
      Tanya Rolfsen
      Phil & Sue Perkins
      Joon-Sik & Soo Hae Park
4 - Heather Bosse
      Ron Gillilan
      Don & Stacie Ishmael
6 - Steve Khang
      Hye Soon Kuhlman
7 - Karen Naylor
8 - Tom Barbeau
     John Quilhot, Jr.
9 - Sarah Choi
11 - Lori Wheeldon
12 - Kirk Schrotel
       Debra Braun
14 - John Kim
       Earl Ware
       Earl Ware, Jr.
       Nick Fobes
15 - AeSook Choi
16 - Hanna Lee
17 - Albert Chang
        Suzie Park
18 - David Kim
        Bob Richard
        Tina Booth
        Anita Wheeldon
19 - Suzie An
20 - James Post
22 - Stella Bosse
        Susan Keefe
24 - Patty Zibulka
25 - Jason Gaible
26 - Sandy Jennings
28 - Young Mi Kim
        Byung Sook Kim
        Victoria Lacy
29 - Becky Faircloth
30 - Peggy Kwon
       Tom & Jill Barbeau
31 - Jinhee Choi
       Bruce Naylor

August
1 - Sylvia Schulz
5 - Sandy Booth
7 - Virginia Hewitt
     Gordon Dearborn
8 - Soon Hoon Park
     Joseph Han
     Alta Stegman
10 - Frances Raschig
11 - Katherine Keegan
12 - Joon S. Kim
13 - Imogene Winget
       Randy Rotte, Sr.
       Sam Yong Ku
15 - Jeff Hutchinson
       Joseph Choi
16 - Wkon Sook Lee
17 - Leslie Bartnack
       Kelli Bosse
18 - Brian Park
       Letha Thiele
19 - Cheryl Myers
       Diane Graham
20 - Bill Leach
       Jane Wheeldon
21 - Chang Kyo Oh
22 - Lou Schulz
25 - Dan & Anita Wheeldon
27 - Barbara Spencer
28 - Yu Mi Kim
        Joyce Dearborn
       Helen Lammers
29 - Patti Harsh
       Sylvan & Rae Grisco
30 - Gina Yi
        Ron & Pat Voelpel
31 - Brian Rolfsen