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Mission Committee &
Imagination Library in Ottawa
Thank You ............................................ 2
County
News and Notes .................................... 3 We need your help getting the word out! On September
23rd, United Way in Ottawa County was excited to go
Stewardship Letter ................................ 4 "live" with Imagination Library in Ottawa County, in
Pastor’s Page ........................................ 5 collaboration with the Ohio Governor's imagination
Library and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Bistro 163 ............................................ 6
November Lectionary ............................. 7 In just a few short weeks, United Way, with the help of
November Celebrations & many local organizations and community leaders, has
Monthly prayer list ................................ 8 already enrolled close to 320 children into this literacy
Calendar .............................................. 9 program which provides books to young readers, ages
birth up to his or her 5th birthday, regardless of family
Ottawa County Imagination Library ....... 10
income and at NO COST to the parent or provider.
In this kick-off year, we aim to register just over 700
children, which is approximately 35% of the more than
2,033 estimated Ottawa County children eligible. Each
year, we plan to support an increased percentage of
registrants, to meet the needs of as many Ottawa
County children as possible.
Mission Committee
The Mission team has completed its "mission" to clear
out the preschool rooms. Thanks go to all of you who
took advantage of items of use and generously gave
donations, and to Tim Flora and others that helped with
furniture moving and other tasks.
Salvation Army:
1. BELLS: we will be ringing the bell at Kroger's.
Our designated days are Friday, 12/11 and
Saturday, 12/12. The hours for service are 10
a.m.-noon, 2-4, 4-6 and 6-8 p.m. Janine will
have a sheet handy for sign-ups.
SEARCHING FOR JANINE’S friends and families. Some of us have found this current
election season to be troubling. Others of us have
SUBSTITUTE suffered from losses in our families. Our church family is
(JANUARY-APRIL 11, 2021) still strong, but we face changes too. Pastor Mark, who
has served us so well for nearly 6 years and worked so
As you know, our beloved Church
hard to keep us together via zoom and services in the
Secretary/Administrator Janine Dress is not retiring.
pavilion, has planned to start his well-deserved
However, she will be “wintering” in Florida from early-
retirement in April. Your Pastoral Friends committee is
January (her last day with us before departing will be
hoping to hear from you about ways we might be able to
January 8) through April 11. She will be performing
help support one another through this coming winter
many of her duties remotely. But we are hoping to find
season.
someone—or if necessary, more than one person—to
substitute for Janine as to certain tasks that Janine will
not be able to perform during her time away. These Notes from your Administrative
tasks include (but are not limited to)
Assistant
Printing bulletins and newsletters
These have been anxious times for us. The Covid virus
is still raging in our country. The changing seasons now
mean that we must move inside and face more isolation
from our friends and outside activities. Many of us are
concerned about how we can face a holiday season
when it may not be safe to travel and gather with
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“Go our into the world in peace, have courage, hold on to what is good, return no one evil for evil, strengthen the
faint hearted, support the weak, help the suffering, honor everyone, love and serve God, rejoice in the power of the
Spirit”.
We at Fireland’s church do a great job of practicing this. Look at all we accomplish for both ourselves and others in
need in the community both local and beyond. This is our time for commitment for next year.
With your continued financial support we will achieve our work as disciples of Jesus Christ by meeting our 2020
balanced budget of $169,000.00 which is a 10.9% increase over our 2019 budget. This increase was largely due to
the replacement of the five furnaces in the building and having natural gas installed into the building. The better
efficiency of the new furnaces and the lesser cost of natural gas over propane will be a long term savings for the
church over time.
Currently we are $17,171.22 or 12.2% behind our budgeted income of $140,833.33 for 10 months of our
$169,000.00 annual budget. Fortunately we are $32,210.02 behind in our budgeted disbursements of $140,938.66.
We are counting on with everyone’s help of meeting our budgeted income of $169,000.00 by the end of the year.
Reaching our approved budget is very important during this time period in which our PNC committee is charged with
finding a new pastor for our church. One of the many things that a potential new pastor looks at is whether the
prospective church fulfills its budget.
We thank the congregation for your financial support in recent years as we deal with our various maintenance issues
as we do have a high maintenance building. We have always been able to keep our Church in a high state of repair.
With your continued financial support we will be able to continue this responsibility.
Our budget for 2021 is $159,600.00 which is 5.5% less than this current 2020 year. This again due to the furnace and
natural gas installation program which is almost paid off. As of January 2021 we will only have approximately
$2,500.00 to be paid off in the 2021 budget. This budget may well change slightly as we find and install a new pastor
during the beginning portion of the year. Hopefully The PNC committee will be able to recommend to the congregation
a pastor that will be part time (75-80%) whose compensation will be liking to Pastor Mark’s compensation. With the
good Lord’s help and the due diligence of the PNC committee this will happen.
You will be receiving financial stewardship letter which will contain information regarding our finances here at
Fireland’s church and a pledge card. We have always tried to be transparent with our finances and you have shown
appreciation for this. The pledge card included is so you can make your commitment to our financial stewardship
request.
The Finance and Stewardship Committee is asking you to join us in a prayerful preparation of serious consideration
and commitment for our Stewardship Drive Dedication Sunday which will be Sunday November 29 th at which time we
will turn in our Pledges for the 2021 administrative year. Your financial support will allow us to have another
successful year.
If you can not bring your completed pledge card to worship on Sunday November 29 th please bring or mail your
completed pledge card to the church office prior to this date. Your pledging helps the finance committee budget and
make financial decisions accordingly and cause us to use our funds most efficiently.
Anyone desiring to review the 2021 budget or having a financial question to ask may do so by contacting myself or
any member of the Finance and Stewardship Committee: Treasure Vicki Wheatley, Ed Bettendorf, Jay Viery, Chuck
Coykendale, or Pastor Mark .
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Please support your Fireland’s Church with your heart felt financial support. Everyone’s support is how it happens.
Pastor’s Page
People often talk about the time going by quickly or slowly. Actually, of course, time always goes by at exactly the
same constant rate - 24 hours a day, every day, all year long. Our perception of the passage of time, though, does
change. So, has this year, 2020, gone by quickly or slowly? Because of the pandemic many of us have had to cancel
vacations and visits with family and friends, and even lunches at our favorite restaurants. Maybe it seems that this
year has dragged along, slower than molasses in January. Some days it seems that way to me. Will that vaccine
never be available? Will this horrible time never pass? On the other hand, here we are at the beginning of November.
Already? Could the last nine months really have gone by that quickly?
November, of course, marks the beginning of the holiday season. (OK, Halloween is on the last day of October, if you
consider that a holiday, a Holy Day.) Surely all those upcoming holidays will be different this year. How will we get our
Christmas shopping? Since we can’t safely go out to shop, does that mean Jeff Bezo, the owner of Amazon, will be
even more phenomenally rich come January? (His wealth has already doubled since the start of the pandemic, with
everyone shopping online.) And what about those family gatherings we’ve looked forward to all year? We can’t get
together with those we love most at Christmas or Thanksgiving? Will those special days simply not be special this
year?
And, speaking of Thanksgiving, what are we supposed to be thankful for? Many tens of thousands of people are dying
all around us, and the numbers keep getting worse. We do our best to keep ourselves safe, but we have to go out
once in a while, and we know anything could happen. And there is still that business of sitting at home alone, with no
one with whom to share our Thanksgiving meal. (Maybe the turkeys are especially thankful this year!) What do we
have to be thankful for this year?
Of course, there is much to be thankful for, even this year. We are still here to celebrate Thanksgiving, even if we
have to do it alone. We are still able to fill our lungs with those beautiful breaths. We can be thankful for all the many
health care workers out there taking care of the sick, waiting for us should we need them. We can be thankful for all
the first responders, risking their own lives to take care of the needs of their communities. We can be thankful for all
the brilliant people working on developing vaccines and treatments to finally bring this terrible virus to its knees. And,
we can be thankful for our families and friends, even if we are not able to celebrate with them.
Years ago I visited a woman in my congregation in a nursing home. She was turning 100 that year. She was
bedridden, unable to even sit in a chair. I looked out her window across one of the beautiful valleys of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. I commented on the beauty. She misunderstood what I was saying. thinking I was talking
about the tree outside the window, bare of leaves on that winter’s day. She said, “Oh, yes, isn’t it beautiful? And you
know what? It turns green every spring.” She had so little left in her life, but she was thankful for what little she had.
Truthfully, whoever we are we always have so much to the thankful for, if we can only see it. If we choose to see it.
We need to always remember that things turn green every spring.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (from 1
Thessalonians 5)
Fondly,
Mark
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Bistro 163
November Lectionary
Wisdom of Solomon
6:17-20
or
Psalm 70
November 15, 2020 Judges 4:1-7 Zephaniah 1:7, 12- 1 Matthew 25:14-
Proper 28 (33) 18 Thessalonians 30
Twenty-Fourth Sunday Psalm 123 5:1-11
after Pentecost Psalm 90:1-8, (9-
11), 12
November 22, 2020 Ezekiel 34:11-16, Ezekiel 34:11-16, Ephesians Matthew 25:31-
Reign of Christ - 20-24 20-24 1:15-23 46
Proper 29 (34)
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Psalm 100 Psalm 95:1-7a
Pentecost
November 29, 2020 Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians Mark 13:24-37
First Sunday of Advent 1:3-9
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November Celebrations
Mark Cooper 10
Alan, Debbie Ballinger, Dan Barlow, Jenatha Boose, Phyllis Crisp, Harold, Kim Hudson, Diane Jordan, Joseph
Kakareka, Craig Kaiser, Stephen Kessler, Angjuli Lele, John McLaughlin, Ele McLaughlin, Simon Mercurio,
Michael, John Prestbo, Bob Reynolds, Sarah, Sue, Jack Schmidt, Jeff Thompson, Justin Waugh, Ann Wagnitz.
Jeanne Black, Jane Kaiser, Jamie Petty, Betty Rodwancy, Bob Rodwancy, and Irene Wilson
SMGT Jeff Bundy, Steven Coffin, FBI; Brant Crandall, USA; Cole Daniel, USCG; Matthew Devries, USAF;
Stu Gliwa, USMC; Aaron Haynes, USA; Andrew Hogue, USA, Ken Lewis USA Army Chaplain, Ted Livingstine,
USMC; Sanju Shinde, USMC.
To add or delete someone from this list, please contact Janine Dress in the church office.
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10:30 Worship 10-12 Office Open 3-5 Dulcimer 10-12 Office Open 10:00-12:00 10-2 Bistro
Group Office Open craft for a
1:30 Mission 10-3 Bistro cause
Committee craft for a
cause
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10:30 Worship 10-12 Office Open 9 Quilting @ 1 Reservoir 10-12 Office Open 10-12 Office
4-6 Bistro163 Wilson’s Group 1 Pastoral Friends Open
Drive up 3-5 Dulcimer
Community Group 7 Session
Dinner
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10:30 Worship 10-12 Office Open 3-5 Dulcimer 3 Care Giver 10-12 Office Open 10-12 Office
Group Support 10:30 Gratitude Open
Meditation with
Alison Falls
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10:30 Worship 10-2 Office Open 9 Quilting @ 10-2 Bistro and OFFICE
4-6 Bistro163 Wilson’s UW CLOSED
Drive up 3-5 Dulcimer Thanksgiving
Community Group dinner pickup
Dinner
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10:30 Worship OFFICE
CLOSED
Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library (OGIL) is made possible in Ottawa County by
the administrative efforts of United Way of Greater Toledo/Ottawa County
and generous support of area organizations, businesses, and community leaders.
Enroll your
Ottawa County child in
Ohio Governor's
Imagination Library
TODAY!
www.ohioimaginationlibrary.org
Start your child's reading journey!
A passion project of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine, in collaboration with
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, OGIL provides Ottawa County children from birth up to their
5th birthday, regardless of family income, with a new book each month at NO COST to the parent
or provider. Studies have shown that improving early literacy leads to better education and
training, improved employment outcomes, less poverty, and reduced crime. The books, which
are mailed directly to each child, are selected by a panel of early childhood literacy experts.