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Newsletter of the The Salem United Methodist Church — Wolfsville MMoouunnttaaiinn SShheepphheerrdd Volume 30 June 2012 Number 6 Salem is planning to attend Creation 2012 4 DAYS in MT. UNION, PA Salem United Methodist Church—Wolfsville INSIDe More info at www.creationfest.com/ne Vicki Robinson helps n By Sue Ellen Stottlemyer paint the new pavilion CREATION 2012 is just around the corner. Main Stage Lineup More pavilion photos As of this writing, 13 youth and adults are • Switchfoot • Newsboys on page 10 planning to attend. • tobyMac • Kutless Creation, a Christian music festival • David Crowder • Red held at the Agape Farm, Mt. Union, • Chris Tomlin • Family Force 5 Pennsylvania, starts on Wednesday, June • Tenth Avenue North • Bread of Stone Missions . 2 27, and runs through Saturday evening, • Thousand Foot Krutch ... more Senior Appreciation Lunch . 3 June 30, 2012. Fringe Stage Lineup Attendance & Offerings . 4 Everyone who has attended in the past • Love and Death • Sent By Ravens Board of Child Care Auxiliary 4 has had a great time. Creation 2012 promises • Disciple • Shonlock Calendar of Events . 5 to be everything as in the past; good fellow - • Supertones • An Epic No Less Caregiving Ministry . 5 ship, excellent worship services, good food, • Project 86 ... more Who’s Doing What, When? . 6 and most of all, good Christian music — so HM Stage Lineup It’s Your Day! . 6 don’t miss out on a good time to praise and • Demon Hunter • Sleeping Giant Inspirational Reading . 7 worship our Creator. • Underoath ... more Recipe . 7 Speakers From Our Pastor . 8 Salem will be there for the entire event • Reggie Dabbs • Nick Vujicic Hero’s Club . 9 Plans are being made to attend the • Harry Thomas • Austin Gutwein Pavilion Construction . 10 entire event with arrangements being made • Tony Nolan • Jason Carson Ladies Night Out . 10 for staggering departures based on the • Reid Saunders • Jason Ostrander General Conference . 11 schedule needs of the group. I will be lead - • Duffy Robbins ... more Mary Elmore in Tanzania . 11 ing the group for the duration. Heavenly Humor . 12 There is something for everybody to Salem will help pay Bible vs. Cell Phone . 12 enjoy, all while worshipping and praising toward each ticket our wonderful Lord and Savior. 2 June 2012 The Mountain Shepherd The 22001122 MISSION PROJeCTS Mountain Shepherd Monthly Paid 2012 % of Published monthly by Salem United Minimum Jan-Apr Goal Goal Methodist Church – Wolfsville. Frank & Nancy Stottlemyer $204 $816.00 $2,448 33% Our mailing address is 12477-79 1 Retired Senegal Missionaries Wolfsville Road, Myersville, MD 21773-9303 Operation Christmas Child — 0 $355 0% eDITOR : William G. Burrier 2 Postage for Shoe Boxes - Samaritan’s Purse - November P. O. Box 94 Salem Mission & Outreach Myersville, MD 21773-0094 3 — $245.83 $1,180 21% E-Mail: [email protected] Supports human needs as determined by Salem Salem Food Pantry — $506.86 $1,180 43% 4 Open every Monday 6:00-7:00 p.m. Articles without a byline are written Mary elmore - Africa Inland Mission by the editor. 5 $85 $340.00 $1,020 33% _________________ Working in Tanzania, Africa United Methodist Board of Child Care PASTOR 6 — 0 $1,360 0% Robert E. Snyder Care of Homeless or Abused Children 12477 Wolfsville Road Gideons International $110 $440.00 $1,320 33% Myersville, MD 21773-9303 7 Frederick County - West Camp - Distributing Bibles Parsonage Phone: 301-293-1616 Potato Project Cell Phone: 240-994-0825 8 $60 $240.00 $720 33% Email address: [email protected] Society of St. Andrew, Big Island, Virginia Middletown High School SALeM KeY CONTACTS 9 $47 $188.00 $564 33% Lay Leader: Sue Ellen Stottlemyer Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chair, Admin. Council: Vernon Stottlemyer Mission Trip — 0 $2,295 0% Outreach: Barbara Stottlemyer 10 Destination to be determined Worship: Mary Alice Shankle Ronnie & Angi Hopkins Sun. School Superintendent: Bobby Fogle 11 $64 $256.00 $768 33% Chair, Board of Trustees: George Stottlemyer The Mission Society - Mission Work in Nicaragua Church Treasurer: William Burrier Care Net Pregnancy Center $64 $256.00 $768 33% Sunday School Treasurer: Mary Fogle 12 707 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD Chair, Pastor-Parish Relations: Robin Haupt Chair, Evangelism: Michael Burrier Compassion International $76 $319.00 $972 33% 13 Sponsored children in Ecuador & India SALeM MeMBeRSHIP STATISTICS Local Mission Projects Current Membership: 222 14 — 0 $1,250 0% Sunday School Enrollment: 92 Supporting local repair or renovation needs 2012 New Members: 0 Total 2012 Mission Goal: $16,170 SALeM PHYSICAL FACILITIeS Here’s how you can give... Church built 1847 Make checks payable to Salem United Place your contributions in the offering Educational Building built 1967 1 Methodist Church, or place cash contribu - 3 plate at Sunday worship. If you do not des - Parsonage built 1974-75 tions in an envelope marked “Missions.” ignate a specific project, your contribution will Tell us which mission project(s) you wish to be distributed to the project or projects needing SALeM WeB SITe 2 support by making a note on your check or funds to meet the monthly minimum payout goals www.SalemChurchWolfsville.org envelope. listed above. COLOPHON Produced using QuarkXPress 8.12 and Mac OS 10.6.8, on an Apple 20” iMac SALeM FOOD PANTRY computer, along with an H.P. LaserJet Salem Mission Project No. 4 4000N postscript laser printer, Epson At this time, Salem’s Food Pantry is in need of donations: Perfection 4490 photo scanner, Canon Non-Perishable Food — Canned fruit, canned meat, cere - PowerShot SD-1000 digital camera, and al, coffee, tea, etc. PLEASE NOTE: We do not need any Ricoh MP-3351 digital laser copier. green beans, spaghetti, rice or corn at this time. OUR PURPOSe Household Items — Toilet tissue, paper towels, tissues, dish detergent, etc. The purpose of this news letter is to pro vide Personal Care Products — Bath soap, shampoo, deodorant, hand soap and sanitiz - a means of communicating with our mem - ers, diapers, baby wipes, feminine sanitary, etc. bers, their fam i lies, and our many friends of Donations may be placed in the box outside the sanctuary. Please check expira - the Wolfs ville community and surrounding tion dates. Our thanks to the Myersville Post Office who recently donated a small bag ar eas. We pray that this news letter will in - of food given by postal customers. A recent suggestion from a Salem member was for spire you, our readers, to reg u lar ly attend those who are planting gardens, perhaps plant an extra row or section to provide fresh worship ser vic es, Sun day School, and all produce for the food pantry. oth er ac tiv ities of the church. For those who Thank you for your support of this ministry as we engage in our mission, with are unable to attend, this news letter is a God's help, to SERVE those in need in our congregation and community. means of bringing part of the church to you. The Mountain Shepherd June 2012 3 APRIL 29, 2012 Senior Appreciation Luncheon n By Donna Snyder Theme: Movies from the 20s, 30s & 40s alem’s 3rd Annual Senior Mr. Hyde. Appreciation Luncheon was Our Seniors were honored SSa huge success! The theme with a luncheon served by our this year was movies from the 20’s, Faith Builders and WildFire youth 30’s and 40’s! groups. We had 30 guests and they All of the youth came out with were entertained with music, songs very creative costumes. Many of the sung by the children, and Chris girls dressed as Cinderella, Snow Leatherman played a wonderful White, Beauty, etc. They all looked piano solo. Salem’s youth love this beautiful in their long dresses! Sue event because they enjoy creating a Ellen Stottlemyer and I helped with fun atmosphere for lunch, and they make-up. We also had the famous love getting to know our seniors! I Dorothy and the munchkins from suspect the seniors love getting to the Wizard of Oz; also Dracula, know them too. Salem youth served the dinner. Front row from left Kate Young, George Shirley Temple, and Dr. Jekyll and Until next year . God Bless! Hawkins, Bailey Blickenstaff, Leah Young; second row Joey Hawkins, Emily Hammond, Valentina Barkdoll; back row Chris Leatherman, Photos by Sue Ellen Stottlemyer Camilo Barkdoll, Maria Barkdoll, Joshua Koons, and Dottie Hager. Doris Fogle & Marilyn Leatherman Lorraine & Camilo Barkdoll Olive Kline Polly Doyle & Dick Kline Petie Stup Bob Stup Donna Horn Hilda Cartee & Grace Smith Andrea Palmer Howard & Betty Brandenburg Mary Alice & Bill Shankle Anita & Richard Harshman Phyllis Green & Delores Myers Caroline Buhrman Bill Buhrman Delphine Zimmerman 4 June 2012 The Mountain Shepherd Attendance APRIL 2012 Offerings Salem Church Average Attendance & Worship Sunday School Worship* Sunday School Apr 98 56 Apr 1- 104 $2,694.98 61 $350.25 Mar 100 57 Apr 8- 139 2,245.00 61 152.00 Feb 93 58 Apr 15 - 87 1,360.11 55 134.25 Jan 94 59 Apr 22 - 81 1,205.50 55 87.00 Dec 105 57 Apr 29 - 81 2,671.91 49 155.00 Nov 94 61 *Worship attendance & offerings include both worship services. • Missions: $1,320.41 • Building & Imp. Fund: $230.00 Average Attendance Jan-Apr 2012 • Pavilion Fund: $225.00 • Cemetery Endowment: $40.00 Sunday Worship: 96 (Missions, Building Fund offerings, etc. are not included in Worship & Sunday School offerings above.) Sunday School: 57 Salem attends Board of Child Care Ruritan members attended Salem on “Go to Church Sunday" Auxiliary meeting in Hancock Sunday, May 20, was Ruritan “Go to he spring meeting of the Board of Church Sunday.” Ruritan members are Child Care Auxiliary for the encouraged to attend a community ing and upcoming activities, and empha - Cumberland-Hagerstown District church together.