e-newsletter 021419

The Moscow United Methodist Church 126 Church Street Moscow United Methodist Church Moscow, PA 18444 Office: 570 842-7251 Email [email protected] Website www.moscowumc.com e-newsletter February 14, 2019 THE MISSON OF THE In This Newsletter UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS TO MAKE Scholarship for College DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST Book Club Happy Valentine’s Day FOR THE Vital Conversations TRANFORMATION OF THE A Way Forward Gift of a Lifetime WORLD Jeff Hunt Concert Learning Tree News Our vision is to reach new people for Jesus Christ 1. Meet our Newest Members:

MUMC’s August and Melba Fleckenstein Scholarship August and Melba Fleckenstein Scholarship is for Moscow UMC active participants entering 1st year college with a preference going to a student seeking a vocation/trade education. Applications may be picked up during office hours or may be requested via email at [email protected] & submitted by Friday, March 1st, 2019 MUMC’s 2019 Book Discussions All Welcome !! Thursday, March 7, 2018, 6 pm Little Women & Little Men By Louisa May Alcott 150 year anniversary



A Message from the Bishops of the Northeast Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church We bid you grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ: During the Northeastern College of Bishops meeting, January 28 - 30, we your Bishops prayed for the Church and in particular the clergy and laity of the Northeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church. As the Special Session of the General Conference in St. Louis, MO, February 23-26, 2019, is just days away, we invite each congregation and every member to join us in even deeper and more fervent prayer. We seek your prayers as the delegates receive and act upon the report from The Commission on a Way Forward and corresponding petitions. Along with the Apostle Paul, we pray that the \"God of hope will fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.\" (Romans 15:13 CEB). Please lift this session of holy conferencing in prayer in each of your churches this Sunday and throughout the week. On Saturday, February 23, the General Conference will dedicate the entire day to prayer. This will be available through live-streaming (umc.org) and we invite as many as possible to pray along with the Conference delegates, Bishops and attendees. We are confident that God will work all things together for good as God's people are faithful in prayer and obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit. As John Wesley said \"best of all, God is with us.\"

Connect SAVE THE DATE for Post Special General Conference District Session Sunday, April 7 Clarks Summit UMC, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre District (3 - 5:30 p.m.) More details coming soon Praying through the Waiting By Rev. Charles Johns Good and gracious God, source of our life and hope of our life eternal, hear our prayer for our beloved United Methodist Church. As a family of faith we are struggling to find a way forward to a common sacred ground we can claim and share together in the face of deep differences. You alone know, O God, if this ground can be found and embraced by our family. We wait in hope and in faith, trusting in your presence in the hearts and minds of those we have asked to carry the heavy responsibility of our life together. May the words of their mouths and the meditations of their hearts be acceptable in your sight. Bless them with discerning spirits, wise minds, and loving hearts. We pray especially that as the future of our family is being decided we will give witness to an angry, polarized and unbelieving world that God’s people can disagree on principles and still embrace one another in love. May that broken world be drawn to our Christ by the love they see incarnate in us. You hold the future, O God, and you hold us. In that confidence we await the leading of your Holy Spirit. In the name of our Christ we pray. Amen.

AANNotoetferofmroMmosMcoowscUoMwC’UrdMshiCp’sChSatier…wardship Chair… Give the Gift of a Lifetime Giving to the church through your will is one way to continue faithful stewardship beyond your lifetime. Faithful Christians should consider the need of to make a lasting contribution to support the work of the church after their passing. Through careful planning, combined with incentives for charitable support in our nation’s tax code, everyone can plan a gift today that can provide a witness which lasts for generations. It is no accident that a Will is called a last Will and Testament. A testament is nothing more than your testimony. It says what you believe, what you stand for. It can say more about you than anything else because what we do with our money may be the most eloquent statement of all regarding what we truly believe. In a few weeks, you will receive information about giving to Moscow UMC by attaching a codicil to your Will. A sample of this easy and legal way to update your Will and leave a gift to our church is shown here. We hope you will carefully read the material and consider a permanent endowment to your church. Not matter how big or how small, what you leave behind will be a testament that leaves no doubt about your faith and commitment Glenn Czulada Stewardship Chair Moscow United Methodist Church

CODICIL* I, the undersigned Testator, having made My Last Will and Testament, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be a Codicil to my said Last Will and Testament. In addition to any legacies given in my said will, It is my desire to make a charitable bequest to the Moscow United Methodist Church Endowment Fund. I am directing my spouse or Executor to make a monetary donation in the amount of $ ______________to the Moscow UMC Endowment Fund as soon as practicable after my death I hereby ratify and confirm my said Last Will and Testament in full, except insofar as modified by this Codicil. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have to this a Codicil to my Last Will and Testament subscribed my name and set my seal this _______ day of ______________, 20____. Testator: ______________________________ Optional: Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the above named Testator, as and for a Codicil to my Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at his request as Witnesses thereto, in the presence of said Testator and of each other. Witness: _____________________________ Witness: _____________________________ *This codicil is a legal document in PA when attached to your original Will and all copies.





The Learning Tree Moscow UMC’s Preschool, Pre-K and Mommy & Me Part of January’s curriculum included learning about polar animals