Thoughts from the Pastor - METHODIST CHURCH November2021 - Desert Chapel UMC
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DESERT CHAPEL UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
SPECIAL
November 2021 N E W S L E T T E R
POINTS OF
INTEREST:
• Turkey Box
• Clothing
Closet Thoughts from the Pastor
• Volunteers
By the time you read this, Halloween will be over and the candy which
• Shoebox
changed hands will be eaten, given away, or maybe even saved for next year!
As I was not raised in this country, I found All Hallows Eve to be a strange
way to celebrate All Saints Day Eve. I was accustomed to the idea of All Saints Day,
but when time came for Halloween, my then Kindergarten age boys, delighted in the
fact that they could dress in costume and visit selected houses along our street and
say Trick or Treat!! And receive bundles of candy.
Halloween was not celebrated at all in Britain but the next day was a Holy
Day which was celebrated with worship services to remember friends and relatives
who passed on.
Now after Halloween is over for this year, and the store displays have
changed over to Hanukah and Christmas merchandising themes. We can now con-
centrate on Advent and preparing for a spiritual event of Christmas, which originally
grew out of the academic “Quarter Day” of Christ Mass.
This year, because of supply chain issues, we may be able to experience a
more Spiritual Christmas as many of the consumer goods which for many mean
Christmas, are stuck in containers off the California coast. At least we still raise our
own turkeys and vegetables in the Americas!
We are putting together 50 food boxes for the families of Avalon School for
Thanksgiving. We are so blessed that we can do this for the less fortunate. Each
time you contribute an item for these boxes you are sending a blessing to a family.
Pray for that family too. That will also be a blessing.
Pastor Iain
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Turkey Box
"Turkey Boxes for Avalon: Goal is 50 boxes of a full Thanksgiv-
ing Dinner for the families of Avalon Public Charter
School. Please place your items on the tables in the Lobby. If
you would like to give a Turkey, please sign up and let us know
when you would bring the Turkey to the Church. We will pack
the boxes and deliver them to Avalon on Monday, November
22nd. If you would like to help pack and deliver, please be at
the Church by 8:30 on Monday, November 22nd. Thank you
all for supporting this Ministry!"
Chargers Pancake Breakfast
Chargers Pancake Breakfasts:
Resume Saturday, November 20, 2021.
Third Saturday each month January
“Work with
through March, Serving from
enthusiasm, as 7:00-900 am, $5.00 Adult, $3.00 Youth
though you were
working for the
Quilters Club
Lord rather than
for people.” Always looking for more people to come join us! We meet at 9 am on Tuesdays.
EPHESIANS 6:7
Operation Christmas Child
(Shoebox)
Shoe Boxes must be back to the church on or
before November 21st..
Discover: The Amazing Journey of a Simple
Shoebox Gift
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-
christmas-child/buildonline/
NOVEMBER 2021
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“In your anger
do not sin.” Do
not let the sun
go down while
LAY LEADERSHIP REPORT you are still
2021
For sure, 2021 turned out to be a better year for our Church than 2020.We opened for angry, and do
In-Person Worship in January of 2021. We limited the number of individuals and not give the
required masks and social distancing. Then in May, we opened with unlimited number of
individuals allowed. Our attendance is slowly picking up, now averaging about 60 individuals. devil a foothold.
EPHISIANS 4:26-27
In July, our Finance Director/Treasurer suddenly passed away. Merlin had been sick for
quite some time but he continued to actively serve our Church and attend the Leadership
Meetings right up to the end. We thank Merlin for all of his hard work and for his
dedication to Desert Chapel.
It has been a year of repairs and lots of maintenance. Keith Hale, our Trustee, has put in
countless hours working with the Roofing Company and our Insurance Company to replace/
repair the roof on all of our buildings and replacing the Air Conditioner Units that were
down. We are so grateful to Keith for working with our Phone Company, for supervising our
Custodian and for all the other hard work he does.
We are in the process of updating our Membership Directory. Bev Svoboda has been
working hard to gather current information on all our Members and Winter Residents. This is a
work in process and we thank Bev for her work in getting our records updated.
We are still unsure what our attendance will be this fall and winter. We are so happy to
see members and visitors coming back to worship with us.
Finally, we have welcomed our new Pastor, Iain Glithero. Even though Pastor Iain is part
-time, you will find him in the office Sundays after worship, Mondays and Tuesdays. He has
been very busy with visitations and phone calling. His Bible Study classes have begun and have
been well attended. Thank you Pastor Iain for jumping right in and caring for our Church.
We are looking forward to a good 2022 and working on what our Plans for the Future will
be.
Faithfully submitted,
Jeannine Allen, Lay Leader of Desert Chapel
Next Business Meeting: 11/10/21
Planning Meeting: 11/24/21 But the Lord is faithful; he will
make you strong and guard
you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NKJV
Hymn Review: “Come Ye Thankful People, Come”
Submitted by Eleanor Edwards
Words by Henry Alford Music by George J. Elvey
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto
Him, and
bless His name." Psalm 100.4
This hymn, a traditional Thanksgiving Sacred Song, is considered to be one of the most
selected harvest and thanksgiving songs in all of the hymnals of Christian singing. It was
originally written for the English harvest festivals and is celebrated in various ways,
according to the harvest times of the different villages.
Henry "Dean" Alford was not only a writer, poet, artist and musician but a distinguished the-
ologian and scholar. George J. Elvey, the composer, was a long time (47 years) organist at the
Windsor, Royal Castle in England.
Alford was born in 1810 in London and by age 6 he had written a biography of the Apostle
Paul. By the age of 10 he had written a pamphlet, "Looking unto Jesus: the Believers'
Support under Trials and Afflictions". When he became 16 he rededicated his life to Christ
and was to become admired as a moral and upright person who strongly desired to be an
example of chastity and holiness.
Although Henry Alford was not a Methodist, he agreed with John Wesley's disdain for
sin - "Lord of harvest, grant that we, wholesome grain and pure may be". He wanted to give
the Lord of the Harvest His due - "Gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from
sin, There forever purified, in Thy garner to abide".
Stanza One invites us to give thanks to God for His care and for His promise to meet
the needs of humankind. Stanzas Two and Three refer to the Parable of the Wheat and Tares
(weeds) in the book of St. Matthew. Stanza Four is a prayer for the Lord's return; the
ultimate promise of God's purpose for humankind's redemption.
As we join with our church families to sing this familiar song, we thank God not only
for the bountiful harvest that supplies our physical needs but for His promises of the
Heavenly Harvest of Acceptance and Redemption.
Come, ye thankful people, come; Raise the song of harvest home,
All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin.
God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God's own temple, come; Raise the song of harvest home.
The information for this review came from Then Sinqs My Soul, Book 2, by Robert J Morgan,
Google.com, www.whatsaiththescripture.com - Come Ye Thankful People, Come: Hymns as Poetry and www.suitel01.com/
content/history-history-of-hymn- come-ye-thankful people come ...
November 2021
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
6
1 2
3 4 5 10am Clothing
10-2 Pastor 10-2 Pastor
Closet/ Community
Office Open Office Open
Feast
8 9 10 11 12 13
7
10-2 Pastor 10-2 Pastor 4pm Board 10am Clothing
Worship 9am
Office Open Office Open Meeting Closet
20
15 16 10am Clothing
14 17 18 19
10-2 Pastor 10-2 Pastor Closet
Worship 9am
Office Open Office Open Pancake Breakfast
7-9am
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10-2 Pastor 23 24 27
21 25 26
Office Open 10-2 Pastor 4pm Planning 10am Clothing
Worship 9am Thanksgiving Office Closed
8:30am Load Office Open for the Future Closet
Turkey Box
29 30
28
10-2 Pastor 10-2 Pastor
Worship 9am
Office Open Office Open
Address: 462 N Palo Verde Dr. Apache Junction, AZ 85120
Telephone: (480) 982-2259
Email: info@desertchapelumc.org
Website/Social: www.desertchapelumc.org / http://www.facebook.com/
DesertchapelUMC/
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-12pm
Loving Father,
Here we are. We trust that You have an incredible plan for our church.
Transform us. Transform our congregation and church. Everything is on the
table. Transform our church into the place of Worship of Jubilation of
Affirming Love of Disciples making disciples You envision it to be. We are
100% available! How can we help?? Amen.
Desert Chapel United
Methodist Church
462 N. Palo Verde Dr.
Apache Junction, AZ
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