JUNE 2017 Christ-Centered, People

JUNE 2017

Christ-centered, People - focused, Spirit-led

Open my eyes that I may See Open my eyes that I may see Glimpses of truth thou has for me Place in my hands the wonderful key That will unclasp and set me free

Those opening lines from the Clara Scott hymn have much truth for us. Having a vision is the key to having a future. Proverbs 29:18 puts it this way in the old King James version of the scripture, “Where there is no vision, the people perish”

For the past 10 months our congregation has been involved in the first phase of the Vital Church Ini- tiative (VCI). This process is about finding and embracing a shared vision for our church’s future. Phase I included 20 people reading a book each month about how the world and the church have changed since 1965 and about how best to help the church to grow spiritually and numerically in this new world in which we find ourselves. These 20 people, your VCI team, have not only read 10 books, but we have also attended a monthly class with six other congregations who similarly are seeking a new vision and a new future. We have also had monthly meetings at Nardin Park and we have hosted two all church town hall meetings, to share with all of you, what we are learning and to invite you to discuss it with us and to share your ideas.

Phase II of the VCI visioning process will be considered this summer by our church council. If the church council agrees to this next phase, it will be a consultation phase, which will include a few church consultants joining our VCI team to assist our congregation in developing strategies for church growth and vitality. Once the strategies, known as prescriptions, are developed over the course of the coming year, they will be shared with everyone in the church and we will have the chance to adopt them or not at an all church conference.

If these prescriptions are adopted, their implementation, which is phase III of the VCI process, will begin in mid to late 2018. This entire three year process gives us time to develop a shared vision for Nardin Park Church. And where there is a vision, there is a future. I would like to personally thank all 20 members of your VCI team. They have given of themselves in service to our congregation and we are blessed by and through their leadership.

Pastor Melanie Vol. 7, No. 10

WORSHIP WITH US SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:00 AM

WORSHIP IN JUNE June 4th - Pentecost Sunday and Holy Communion The Organist and Chancel Choir director will be Tim Schoenherr. Certifiied Lay Speaker, Jeff Lockledge will be preaching.

June 11th - Graduation Sunday Pastor Melanie will be preaching and we will celebrate our High School and College Graduates. The seniors in the dance choir will dance to The Lord’s Prayer. Organist and Chancel Choir director will be Tim Schoenherr. We will commission our youth, Pastor Beth and our adult leaders who will be leaving on a mission trip the following Sunday.

June 18th - Father’s Day Pastor Melanie will be preaching. Organist and Chancel Choir director will be Tom Schroeder. Note: This will be the last Sunday for the Chancel choir for this choir season. Chancel choir will return in the fall. Our annual conference delegates will be sharing their reflections.

June 25th Pastor Beth and the Youth Mission Trip participants will lead our worship service. Our organist will be Tom Schroeder.

MUSIC MINISTRY

“WEDNESDAY AT EIGHT” SUMMER MUSIC SERIES Concerts last one hour – from 8:00 PM until 9:00 PM Held in our air-conditioned Sanctuary All programs are free of charge June 14 Birmingham Concert Band June 21 Rhythm Society Orchestra June 28 NO CONCERT July 5 Bob Milne (Ragtime Piano) July 12 The Little Eagles of Siberia (Children’s Choir) July 19 Dr. Pocket (Band Music) July 26 Moanin’ Frogs (Saxophone Sextet) August 2 Cheek to Cheek (Pop/Jazz Vocal Ensemble)

MUSIC SEARCH UPDATES - The Music Search Committee met on May 17th to review applications. Two or three of the top candidates will be se-

lected for on site interviews at Nardin Park. The on site interview will include a mock rehearsal with the Chancel Choir, demonstration of keyboard 4 Hannah Allbery, Lizzie Babcock, Michael Riffe, and Nicholas Riffe and organ skills, an interview with the clergy staff and an additional face to face interview with the Search Committee. The Search Committee 11 Scott Latham, Emma Latimer, Zach Latimer, and Nathan Perinpanayagam hopes to have a new director of Music Ministries in place by August. 18 Austin Kain, Ethan Kain, Avishay Mamidi, and Jacob Spala INTERIM ORGANISTS AND CHANCEL CHOIR DIRECTORS FOR JUNE 2017 - Tim Schoenherr, former music director of Orchard United Methodist Church and Tom Shroeder choral director at Harrison High School will be our interim Chancel Choir directors and organists for the month of June. 25 Emily Scobel, Arhianna Stokes, Abby Suter, and Ryan Swarthout Tim will direct on June 4th and June 11th, with rehearsals on June 1st and June 8th. Tom will be directing on June 18th, with a rehearsal on June 15th. Thank you to the members of the Chancel Choir for the beautiful music you provide during our worship service! June 18th will be the final Sunday for this year’s choir season. Chancel Choir will resume in the fall.

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OPPORTUNITIES AT NARDIN PARK

Evening Star Women’s Group - June Dinner Out

Evening Star invites all women of the church to join us for dinner at Rocky's of Northville on Monday June 12th. We will meet at 6PM and eat dinner at 6:30. Meet us at Rocky's, located just off I-275, west of Haggerty at 41122 Seven Mile Road in North- ville. Additional information can be found at http://www.rockysnorthville.com. For reservations, please call Mary Glenn at 248- 380-9837 or email Mary at [email protected]. DEADLIINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS JUNE 5TH. We hope you can join us.

"Gathering for the Greater Good” Sunday, June 25, 2-5 P.M., Riley Park and Pavilion

Join your Farmington Hills friends and neighbors as we celebrate the work of Freedom House and raise much needed funds for them to continue their assistance with persecuted asylum seekers to the United States. Nardin Park is a sponsor of this event along with more than 15 other houses of worship and many businesses in the Farmington/Farmington Hills area.

An old-fashioned picnic will be featured on Sunday, June 25 from 2-5 P.M. at Riley Park and Pavilion (Grand River at Grove Street, between Farmington Road and Power Road).

You are invited to bring your own picnic lunch along with drinks or purchase a picnic lunch or sandwiches from: Dagwood's Deli (248-474-3800), The Cheese Lady (248-957-9581), or Fresh Thyme (248-699-5343). School of Rock will be providing "classic rock" music for the event and there will be activities and games planned for children and young adults. For those who prefer "picnicing" from their lawn chair, socializing with friends old and new will be your main afternoon activity.

What exactly is Freedom House, and why are we fundraising for them? Since the early 1980s with the war that began in El Sal- vador, Freedom House has been providing a temporary home for indigent survivors of persecution seeking asylum in the United States. In 2012, they became a partner in the Northern Tier Anti-Trafficking Coalition providing refuge for trafficking vic- tims.

Freedom House provides housing, food, clothing, legal aid, medical care, mental health care, English as a Second Language classes, education, job training, recreation, transportation and offsite housing after asylum is gained. Clients average 217 days of assistance and the population usually averages 42 persons. In 2016, 26 countries were represented with 85% of clients from Africa, 7% from the Middle East, 3% from Asia, 1% from Central America, 3% from the United States (babies born to mothers at the House), and 1% from Europe. Ninety-one percent of clients exit the program achieving stable, permanent housing and the ability to care for themselves.

Freedom House is located on Lafayette Boulevard in southwest Detroit. It is a 501c.3 charitable organization and all donations are tax deductible.

For more information about the picnic or to donate, please call 248-893-7474.

Nardin Park is sponsoring this event as part of our participation in the Farmington/Farmington Hills Interfaith Community and the Church and Society mission to support peace and justice issues.

Linda McCraith

Special Music needed for Summer Worship Services

Would you like to sing or play an instrument during one of our Summer worship services? We need volunteers to offer their musical talents for our worship services June 25th- September 3rd. If you would like to share your gift of music with us please contact Pastor Melanie at [email protected]

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CHURCH NEWS

Vital Church Initiative - Is Nardin Park Vital? By Matthew Kreager Merriam-Webster includes the following in their definition of “Vital”:  of the utmost importance.  fundamentally concerned with or affecting life or living beings.  full of life and vigor. Based on these definitions – is Nardin Park Vital to you? To your children or grandchildren? To the community that surrounds us? The VCI teams were asked a difficult question one Saturday morning – If Nardin Park ceased to exist tomorrow, would anyone in the community notice? Surely a Vital Church would be missed by many, if not all, of the people in the surrounding community. Please pause for a moment to consider this question. Our VCI team has been spending the past nine months reading books and having deep discussions to better understand the current position of Nardin Park and to learn more about what other churches are doing. The goal of course is to make Nardin Park a Vital Church. A fre- quent statement from the moderator at our VCI meetings in Howell is that we are not looking for solutions or changes – we are there to learn and discuss. This was difficult for many of us (especially the engineers) as we naturally want to solve problems as we recognize them. And sure, we have made small changes such as being more welcoming to visitors when we see them. But the goal of this year is to read and to learn. Reflecting back on this first year of the process, it is now very clear that this is a critical first step in the VCI process. Each book and each discussion gave our VCI team new perspectives to consider. I encourage you all to read at least one of the books so that you can look at Nardin Park with a new perspective. (They are all in the Nardin Park library, or borrow from a VCI team member.) The VCI team has worked hard this year to share our learnings with the congregation. In this effort we held our second town hall meeting on Tuesday May 2nd. After an excellent dinner and overview of VCI, we held lively round-table discussions on two topics – “Renovate vs Redecorate” and “Simple Church”. You can find the agenda, handout, and feedback notes on the Nardin Park website, under the VCI page. I won’t delve deeply into the feedback details, but it was interesting how the opinions differed – for example, some considered “Create Momentum” to be one of Nardin Park’s strengths, while others considered it a weakness. Over the past year the VCI team has no- ticed that our personal views and opinions also vary widely, often due to a combination of factors such as length of membership, familiarity with various church programs, and age of family members. These factors, and others, affect our familiarity with all the various portions of our church ministry and our viewpoint within the church. This is a key reason for having a large, diverse VCI team – we can all bring different viewpoints and knowledge about Nardin Park so that, as a team, we see the full picture. I again encourage you all to read one (or all!) of the “VCI Books”, or at least reach out to others in Nardin Park to discuss the church. It’s amazing how a new viewpoint can open our eyes to new possibilities, or to existing programs/activities that you never knew were at Nardin Park. Nardin Park is a great church. I look forward to Nardin Park becoming more vital, more welcoming, so that more of our community can appreciate how great it is! .

Stephen Ministry - Praying in Different Ways

Many people have heard of Labyrinths or prayer circles. If you haven’t, a labyrinth is a single winding path which leads, in a circular route, to the center of an intricate design and back out again. It has only a single path. It is impossible to get lost within one. Labyrinths are ancient patterns found in many cultures around the world. Some date as far back as 5,000 years. Some are round, some are rather linear, but all have one path that winds its way to the center. In this way, the labyrinth is not a maze, but a pathway.

A prayer labyrinth is a labyrinth used to facilitate prayer and/or meditation, and provides a meditative walk to the center and back out again.

Labyrinths have been used by a wide variety of cultures for at least 3,500 years. Evidence of ancient labyrinths exists in Crete, Egypt, Italy, Scandinavia, and North America.

Why walk the labyrinth? It assists in prayer, meditation and reflection. It is relaxing and helps reduce stress. It gives you a space to yourself to escape and quiet the chatter in your mind so you can listen for that still small voice (yours and God’s). It can help you find peace, serenity and healing. To walk the labyrinth is to touch God and let God touch us.

Locations of Local Labyrinths:

Holy Cross Lutheran Church 30650 Six Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan 48152

Unity of Livonia 28660 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan 48154

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Who Is My Neighbor?

Monday, July 24 - Thursday July 27 9:00am to 2:00pm Lunch will be provided

Want more information? Want to be involved in this exciting ministry? Contact Rev. Beth Titus - Vacation Bible School Many Volunteers are Needed!!

Daily Themes To provide a great day of VBS, we need

willing volunteers. Monday- “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”

Tuesday- “Friends and Family” We are looking for: Wednesday- “Neighbors” 1. Leaders and organizers for the Thursday- “Loving and Caring” different areas - Crafts, Music, Drama, Donations will help: Games, etc. 1. Sewing Notions, (zippers, trim, 2. People to help out in the different fun buttons, lace, appliqués) areas 2. Fun fabric 3. Beads for bracelet making 3. Counselors for the different groups 4. Scrap booking paper 4. Registration and sign-in people 5. Glue sticks, craft glue 6. Financial donations for purchasing 5. Floaters and other jobs specific supplies and food for lunch. 6. A nurse

Supplies can be dropped off in the church Consider spending four days this sum- office or in the basket outside of Pastor mer with kids growing in their faith and Beth’s office. having a great time. It will be rewarding for you too!

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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

Jesus Said “...Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; For it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.” Mark 10:14

10:00 a.m. Sundays Children’s Spiritual Guidance

-First Floor Nursery Care “Godly Play” Toddler-Two 10:00 a.m. - First Floor

June Theme: “Day and Night” A. 3 - 5 Year Olds - First Floor And God saw the light, that it was good : 5K/6 K - 1st Graders - Second Floor And God divided the light from the darkness. B. C. 2nd - 3rd Graders - Second Floor Nursery-Toddler Coordinator D. 4th, 5th, 6th Graders - Second Floor Lauren Sundquist

The Season of Easter to Pentecost The Season of Easter is from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, fifty days in all. Easter is a joyful season with white / or gold as the main liturgical color. When the Day of Pentecost arrives we celebrate the Birthday of the Church

with the color red symbolizing the fire of the Holy Spirit. June 4 - Pentecost Sunday Children 5/K and older gather outside the worship area for the Pentecost Parade. First floor children gather in their respective rooms and then come and join the others. Following the parade, all return to their respective rooms.

June 4 The Mystery of Pentecost A,B,C,D

June 11 Fruit of the Spirit - ART Part One “ ...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 A,B,C,D

June 18 Fruit of the Spirit - ART Part Two A St. Columba B,C,D

June 25 Fruit of the Spirit - Storytelling A,B,C,D

The Season after Pentecost, also called Ordinary Time, is the longest season in the church year. It gives us time to explore what it means to be the church in the world today. Green, the color of growth and renewal, is the color of the season.

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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

Mission Events Sunday Worship for Children and their Families 10:00 a. m. (Sanctuary) *

Grocery Shopping as a Family * On Communion Sundays , When school is out, children who are a part of the school children 3 years and older, lunch program go without lunch during the summer not already in worship, unless there is enough food to distribute are guided to the sanctuary through the St. Alexander Food Pantry. to receive Holy Communion. Plan to shop, bring to church, fill those pantry shelves! They then return to their respective areas.  Juice Boxes  Breakfast bars Communion is celebrated  Mac and Cheese  Cereals: Cinnamon Toast the first Sunday (of most months.) In June - June 4th  Cans of Soup Crunch, Honey Nut Acolytes: 4th graders & older  Canned Fruits /flip tops Cheerios, Crispix Acolytes carry the processional cross, Bible,  Canned Vegetables w/  Capri Sun Drinks and light & extinguish the altar candles, flip tops  Individual snacks– during the 10:00 a.m. worship experience.  Peanut Butter and Jelly cheese crackers, fruits  Pop tarts snacks, Nature Valley

snack bars

5th graders 5th

- South Oakland Shelter A week in which we welcome guests VBS with an evening meal, a place to sleep and transportation as needed.

July 24 - 27 available! now

9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 4year olds Dates for 2017: July 16 - 23 Registrationforms What night might your family work on preparing and serving www.nardinpark.org 248-476-8860 a meal with others?

Summer Camp Scholarships available. Send or give Karen Poole a copy of your registration by June 15th to be eligible for financial distributions. Visit United Methodist Camp websites umcamping.org lakelouisecommunity.org campmichigamme.org

www.nardinpark.org 248-476-8860

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RUMMAGE SALE HIGHLIGHTS

Thanks for the donations and the shoppers for the Spring sale. The road construction hurt, but many people braved the inconvenience. We feel pleased with the $7,000 profit. At the end of the sale, donations were made to the Four Corners Native American Ministry, the Fort St. Presbyterian Men’s Homeless Shelter, Humble Design, the Brightmoor Project, Cass Community Services, Independent African Project, Children’s Summer Reading Program, the Nardin Park Sunday School Arts Camp, and a Prom Dress Program. Sherry and Tim Wright, Judy Blaney, Al Roberson, Reid Heitkamp (Electrical), Linda & Bill McCraith, Marj Sayles, Jeannine Webber, and Darcy sorted and priced ahead of time. Thanks to Tom Sayles for funding the workers’ meal. The following prepared or provided workers’ food: Mary Sue Lutz, Carolyn Bough, Karen Rowe, Mary Glenn, Jeannie Howard, Mary & Ramsey Behnan, Kroger, Tami, Katherine, and Abigail Wayne, Liz Lindner, Jan Leonardis, Dorcas Knox, Bob Davis, Sandy Cole, and Michelle and Angela Davis. Dorothy Moore. Sandy Cole and Kathy Sayles re- paired and cleaned jewelry and set up. Tom Tobe was in charge of pick-up and moving with Scott Latham, Reid, Al, and Jon Carey. Jack Ward took care of finances with Carol Trost and Karl Heiss. Linda McDoniel handled local publicity and inquiries. Cliff Donovan, Eddie Sanders and Bev Trottier gave custodial assistance. Saturday set-up included Larry Zien, Jeff Rucker, Alan Helisek, Tim, Al, Reid, and Dale Bjorklund. Gail Pawl chaired the Boutique with Tim Pawl, Barb Williams, Helena Walker, Elliston Pawl, and others listed later. Patti Lange, Reid and Betsy Adams set up holiday décor. Barb Robertson, Kelly and Liz set up the children’s area. Marj, Evelyn Cioccio and Pat Cassidy set up Linen’s. Wes Brun, Mark Cioccio, Tim, Bob Elliott, Reid, and Larry set up men’s area. Reva Wujcik set up pictures. Dale, Rich, Alan, Al, and Jeff set up the stage. Karen made the signs. Judy, Todd and Ally Webb set up the Kitchen area. Sue Ward led the ladies area with Marilyn Elliott, Cathy Raffle, Peggy Aranowski, Donna Doerr, Alice Avedisian, Jan Tobe, Cindi Helisek, Jeannine, and Darcy. Amy Langdon led the book crew with John Morris, Alice, Joyce Green, Jon and Susanne Carey. Jewelry workers included Sue Brown, Arlene Marks, Judy Bjorklund, Barb & Dic Kahl, Jan, Carolyn Wojtowicz, Jim Cole, and Kelly Roy. Cashiers were led by Tim Wright and assisted by Jeannie & Dave Howard, Jan & Bob Smith, Judy, Al, Linda & Bill McCraith, Tom, Bob, Patti,and Walter McCos- key. Other helpers in many areas included Laura Woodruff, John Roy, Jeff, Lou, Paul Kochan, Tammy Latham, Scott, and Joyce Campbell. Clean up included the following: Mike Glenn, Cliff, Lou Rowe, Mary Glenn, Bob, Tom, Larry, Dale, Alan Helisek, Alice, Liz, Barb. Thanks to any I might have missed. See you in October, Tina Jensen SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER

PREPARATION FOR MARRIAGE WORKSHOP Choosing a life-partner is one of the most important decisions a person can make. Often, while a great deal of time, energy, and money are expended in planning a wonderful, fun, and meaningful wedding day, much less effort is given to intentional, focused, effective preparation for the marriage itself. Please join us June 10, 2017 at First UMC of Northville or Sept. 23, 2017 at First UMC of Birmingham. The workshop hours are 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Workshop Cost: $225.00 (Per Couple) Private Session: $275.00 (Per Couple)

SAVE THE DATE! 16TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF OUTING FRIDAY, JUNE 23RD

As in past years, our event will be at Tanglewood Golf Course, 53503 Ten Mile Road in South Lyon, Michigan. This is a beautiful course with delightful banquet facilities—a great place for a day of golf, dinner, friendship, and fun--including a raffle with wonderful prizes. Avis Ford will generously be providing a free, three-year lease of a new Ford vehicle as a Hole-in-One prize.

Samaritan Counseling Center (SCC) provides professional counseling to individuals, couples, and families, including those us- ing Medicaid and those unable to pay the full counseling fee. All net proceeds from our golf outing go into our Client Assis- tance Fund, used to supplement these lower fees.

There are many ways to support SCC’s work during the Golf Outing. Your participation at any level is greatly appreciated. Please contact SCC at 248-474-4701 for information on the various levels of participation and a registration form. The deadline for registration and payment is June 13th.

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YOUTH NEWS

Graduation Sunday Sunday, June 11

If you are graduating this year from high school, college, graduate school, doctoral program, no matter your age, we want to recognize your accomplishment on June 11th in worship. PLEASE! Send in your name, where you are graduating from, your degree and what are your plans for the future. A picture would also be appreciated for our graduate board.

Henderson Settlement Sunday, June 18 - Friday, June 23 On Sunday morning, 9 youth and 3 (or4) adult 2017 leaders will climb into a van and make our way to Frakes, Kentucky. We will be spending Summer 5 days working at Henderson Settlement.

Henderson Settlement serves the people of the Mission Trip Appalachian Mountains in their areas. They provide services for people from children The Cost of the Trip through senior citizens , from home improvements for people in need to after The trip will cost about $6000 total or school programs for children and youth.

$500/person. That includes our registration, room and board, van and project costs. Our youth will be building and repairing We need your help, please consider playground equipment that is used in the supporting the youth mission trip of 2017. community outreach to families and the after-school program.

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JUNE BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

Frank Pettis 6/1 Colin Mehaffey 6/11 Joyce Campbell 6/21 ANNIVERSARIES Gary Poole 6/1 Jacob Petoskey 6/11 Sharon Kaye 6/21 Tim & Sherry Wright 6/1 Riley Smith 6/1 Kadi Riffe 6/11 Michael Armistead 6/22 Tom & Kathy Sayles 6/1 Rick Wilson 6/1 Lindsay Reed 6/12 Henry Burgess 6/22 Jennifer & Nikolaus Fulbright 6/4 Nan McCabe 6/2 Angela Davis 6/13 Diana Emerson 6/22 Peter & Ann-Marie Sharpe 6/4 Leslie Ventura 6/2 Miles Geiger 6/13 Carolyn Cegers 6/23 Myron & Marilynn Woelke 6/4 Bob Elliott 6/3 Danielle Labadie 6/13 Dennis Middelton 6/23 Richard & Amy Duntley 6/5 James Green 6/3 Hannah Latham 6/13 Anneka Bock 6/24 Jayden Garner 6/5 Matthew Kreager 6/14 Abigail French 6/24 Matthew & Michelle Kreager 6/6 Joan Simmons 6/5 Pam Tungl 6/14 Sarah Sharpe 6/24 Anthony & Jill McComb 6/7 Jackie Spala 6/5 Marvin Cole 6/15 Richard Duntley 6/25 John & Kelly Roy 6/8 Tyler Kahaian 6/6 Veronica French 6/15 Delana Jarvis 6/25 Jon & Melanie Carey 6/10 Kazumi Mita 6/6 David Howard 6/16 Mark Labadie 6/25 Todd & Lori White 6/12 Terrie Sharp 6/6 Mike Marks 6/16 Pramod Mamidi 6/25 David & Claudia Heinrich 6/14 Larry Weber 6/6 Al Roberson 6/16 Bryan Adams 6/26 Allan & Gloria Knappenberger 6/15 Jordan Altus 6/7 Dave May 6/18 T J Studnicki 6/26 Bob & Kristin Ahrens 6/16 June Slade 6/7 Daniel Worpell 6/18 Jaime Manville 6/29 Angela & Brian Kabara 6/19 Rich Jensen 6/8 Jayden Beal 6/19 Arnette Carter 6/30 Jim & Melanie Allbery 6/20 Jeff Lockledge 6/8 Matthew Wayne 6/19 Austin Kain 6/30 Jaclyn & Chris Doerr 6/20 Zachary Wilson 6/9 Reid Heitkamp 6/20 Bob & Carolyn Bough 6/21

Bob & Mill Docking 6/22

Dave & Julie Bjorklund 6/24

Bill & Peggy Champion 6/25

Paul & Cara Bozyk 6/26

Mike & Mary Glenn 6/27

Anngela & Colin Boyle 6/30

WE PRAY FOR ...

Linda Franz Bill McCraith Jeri LaBelle Jerry Kerchner Delana Jarvis Carol Howell (FL) Diane Sherman - in rehab Doris Hildebrand Jim Cole Gloria Knappenberger

Betty and John Barclay Ricky Moore Margaret Shell Carrol Belott Bev Mumbulo Bonnie Rudolph Jane Black Fred Nader Marion Smitley Bob Bough Bev Notestine Jeannine Webber Mary Byakowski Ruthe Peterson Elaine Haskell Frances Prior Ruth Heaslip Jackie Rippett Lorene Juhnke Glen Schlott Gar Laity Ann Shell

AND THANK YOU... Thank you so much for all the cards, messages, and phone calls you sent to me for my birthday. Also, special thanks to Anchor /Torch Circle. I enjoyed every one, and your kind thoughts are all appreciated. It is so wonderful to have so many caring friends. God bless You all – Eva Ashton

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IN THE LIFE OF NARDIN PARK

May 28 - In memory of Eileen Meyer, with love from Carl and Kory

June 11 - In honor of Angela Michele Davis , with love from E Michele Davis Price (mom)

June 11 - In honor of Ron, Brian, Angel, Tyler, Amir, Elijah, Breas, with love from grandma/mom E Michele

June 11 - In honor of Allan and Gloria Knappenberger’s 60th wedding anniversary on June 15th.

June 11 - In memory of Ross Brandon, with love from Liz Brandon and family.

June 25 - In honor of Mike and Mary Glenn’s wedding anniversary on June 27th, from John and Marcia Miller

Steeple Lighting for the week of: Prayers of sympathy to the

. families of:

May 14 - In loving memory of Mary  Joyce Jones, mother of Rucker and Dorothy Moorer, with love Rick Jones. Funeral services were held May 6th at from your son Jeff Rucker. Nardin Park United Method- ist Church.  William Sheppard who passed away on 5/7. A FOCUS HOPE FOOD DELIVERY Memorial Service will be held on 6/24 in the Nardin 5 Drivers are still needed for the next Focus Hope food de- Park Chapel at 11 am. livery to seniors in the Pontiac area on June 17th, so if you  Eleanor Anderson who passed away on 4/29. or your group have a vehicle large or small and have 2 hours on a Saturday morning please contact Robert Davis at 248- 320-7147, or sign up in the Mercer Hall after the Service.

Nardin Park Staff

Rev. Melanie Carey, Lead Pastor Linda McDoniel, Administrative Assistant Rev. Beth Titus, Pastor of Youth Ministries, Missions/ Outreach, Carol Trost, Secretary / Treasurer and Dance Choir Director Judy Hood, Secretary of Music Ministry Rev. Karen Poole, Pastor, Children’s Ministry Diane Brady, Cherub Choir Director Rev. Dr. Wes Brun, Director, Stephen Ministry Eddie Sanders, Custodian Rev. George Covintree, Pastor, Congregational Care Cliff Donovan, Custodian Karl Heiss, Accountant Lauren Sundquist, Nursery & 2 Yr. Old Coordinator

Mike and Mary Glenn, Lay Leaders Office Hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Monday-Friday

COMING IN AUGUST!

Open house at the parsonage will be Sunday, August 6th from 2 to 4 pm. The parsonage is located at 25109 Lyncastle, Farmington Hills MI, behind East Middle School, off Middlebelt Road. Come and see the work and renovations that the trustees and staff parish have done on the church parsonage this past year. This is the home of Melanie and Jon Carey. Light refreshments will be served

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Christ- Non Profit org. centered At The Park is the newsletter of Nardin Park United Methodist Church. The People-focused July/August At The Park deadline for articles is June 9th. Email articles may U.S. POSTAGE Spirit-led PAID be directed to Carol Trost at: [email protected] Farmington, MI Adult and Children’s Worship Services at 10:00 am Permit No. 25 Phone: 248-476-8860 Web Site: www.nardinpark.org Samaritan Counseling Center 248-474-4701

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

June 11 Graduation Sunday June 14 Birmingham Concert Band June 21 Rhythm Society Orchestra June 18-23 Youth Mission Trip to Henderson Settlement July 5 Bob Milne Performance July 12 Russian Choir July 19 “Dr. Pocket” Performance July 16-23 South Oakland Shelter’s week July 26 Moanin’ Frogs Performance July 24-27 Vacation Bible School August 2 Cheek to Cheek (Pop/Jazz Vocal Ensemble) Aug 18-19 Mom to Mom Sale Sept. 12 Night at the Park Resumes

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