Dorranceton United Methodist Church

Thanks to Del and his crew for giving their time to to make The hall look so Nice and clean.

It was announced in church today that Pastor Nick will be appointed to a new congregation in the Harrisburg area starting July 1st. This week, our church leadership will be meeting with the District Superintendent to have a conversation about the qualities needed in our next pastor. Please keep them, our District Superintendent Jon Buxton, and Bishop Jeremiah Park in your prayers.

Sometime in the next few weeks, the new pastor will be announced in worship. The conference will supply a pastor to start on July 1st, so there is no time where Dorranceton will be without a pastoral leader.

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt at the church on Saturday, March 30th at 10:00AM.  Kids ages preschool through 5th grade are invited to attend.  You can register your child by calling 570-288-1477 or emailing office@dorrancetonumc.org

You can also find this event on our facebook page.

During the weeks leading up to Easter, we will be studying the life and travels of Jesus, from the time he started his public ministry to his
death on the cross in Jerusalem. Each week’s Bible study theme will also match the sermon and worship from the weekend. You can join us for breakfast on Tuesday mornings at Chuck’s Diner, Main Street in Luzerne at 8:00AM, OR the same study will be offered on Thursday evenings at 7:00PM in the Pastor’s study here at DUMC

Rumbaugh Hall Project Update

Rationale:

If you have ever seen Rumbaugh Hall set up for a nice event like a wedding reception or funeral dinner, you know what a beautiful space it can be.  You’ve probably also noticed that the end nearest to the sanctuary is full of items that have no other place to be stored.  It’s disappointing that our beautiful space looks so cluttered.  At its best, it looks like this:

The Plan:

The plan is to create permanent storage space on this end of Rumbaugh Hall.  It will be enough room to hold all of the day care toys, all of the tables and chairs, and the janitorial supplies that were displaced when the handicapped accessible bathroom was added.  There will also be ample storage space upstairs that can be used for items that don’t need to be accessed frequently.  The new wall would look like this:

The floor plan of the new space:

Funding:

The Rumbaugh Family established a trust fund that generates yearly interest checks that are only to be used for the maintenance of Rumbaugh Hall.  Currently, enough funds have accrued to cover the materials needed for this project.  The budget is $3,200-$3,500.  All of the labor and expertise will be donated by church members.

This means there are several ways you can contribute.  We will need many hands when this project begins, so if you have the ability and time to donate we can use your help.  We would also appreciate any financial contributions.  While this project can be completely funded through the Rumbaugh Hall Endowment, there are other future projects we’d like to pursue to make our fellowship hall more beautiful and inviting to our guests, including new walls, new wiring, and new flooring.  These projects will happen as we can fund them, but any donations to our current project will help to offset the materials costs.

Questions:
If you’d like to know more about this project, or would like to volunteer labor or funds, please talk to Council member Del Coslett (570-991-7565).

We are preparing for our Church Conference meeting at 6:00PM on October 28th at Church of Christ Uniting. As part of that meeting, we will be voting on 3 new members of the Council of 9 to replace those who are graduating in 2012. The form to nominate someone is found here Nomination Form Council of 9 – Fall 2012 , and needs to be returned to the church by October 14th to be considered.

In preparation for Church Conference at the end of October, it’s now time to nominate people to replace our 3 outgoing council members. Attached is the form that congregation members can use to put forward a name.

Nomination form 2012