Community Luncheon
The Community Luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, April 9th. We will be celebrating Easter and please bring a friend and a dish to share if you can.
United Methodist Women
Last month we celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the United Methodist Women. We celebrated with a birthday cake and Amanda gave a talk about it. The April meeting is going to be a talk by Pastor Kristi, regarding the organization called “Things of My Very Own” of Schenectady. This is a non-profit organization that provides crisis intervention services to children who have been impacted by extensive abuse and/or neglect.
UMW is open to all women of our church community and meets the third Thursday of the month at 12:30pm in fellowship hall. No meetings are scheduled for February, July, August and September. The meetings usually begin with refreshments and social time with the program starting at 1pm. Opening and closing prayers are also offered.
The next meeting will be Thur. April 18th.
Boy Scout Troop 3036
It’s a new year! What’s your resolution? January ours was mostly preparing for the Klondike Derby. The Klondike derby, for those who don’t know, is a competition between many troops. Scouts head to different “villages” to complete tasks. Preparations for this project included: Making our seal-a-meals, putting wheels on our sledge, and general practice for all of the activities.
Seal-a-meals are big plastic bags we place our lunches in, and then, as the name suggests, we seal them. Then, when the time comes, we place a pot of water over our fire, and boil the seal-a-meals! Once they are done, we cut open the bags, and eat our piping hot dinner.
Our sledge, (similar to a dog sled), is critical part of the Klondike. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to participate in the competition. It allows us to carry all of our gear and personal items, and also is a great source of exercise. To move it, we hook up three scouts to the front and one in the back. This year, we had to put wheels on the sledge, because there is no snow. What a bummer.
The Klondike Derby is a very diverse competition. To succeed, we need very diverse training. There are competitions in orienteering, fire building, ice rescue, building emergency shelters, and many more. So, we needed to drill a lot.
Well, that’s all I have for now. See you next month!
Caleb Tysz
Troop 3036 Scribe
Sunday School News
The format of our class has changed this year since the girls are now older. We have started to incorporate some of the format used during the regular church service. For example, we are lighting a candle at the beginning of class to emulate what we do during church and have discussed the symbolism of light in the Christian faith. We are also sharing our joys and concerns with one another, and sometimes they also share them during the church service. The girls continue to be our acolytes during the church service which we are very grateful for. During the first month of class we read about various miracles Jesus performed and compared them among the 4 Gospel books. We started to explore the miracles in the Old Testament.
Prayer Chain
The Prayer chain has been revised! There will still be two lists. One list will remain as a phone call list. The second list will be for anyone who would like to receive the prayer request by text message. To activate the prayer chain, please call Mary Herrick (518-399-2113) or call/text Carolyn Koch (518-248-8138). Please contact Pastor Kristi (518-469-7764 or revklvp@yahoo.com) if you have the need for private prayer. If you are not already part of the prayer chain and would like to be included, please let me know. Thanks, Carolyn
Religious-Based Campership Scholarships Available
It’s that time of year when families start planning for summer activities. Summer camps play a valuable role in a child’s life. The Alplaus United Methodist Church and the Alplaus Residents Association have a scholarship fund to help finance the attendance at religious-based summer camps for children in our town or who attend the Alplaus United Methodist Church. Sky Farm Camp in the Lake George area and Camp Aldersgate in Syracuse are examples of such camps that are offered through the Methodist church. Both places have their camp information online at:
http://campsandretreats.org/summer-camp-2018
They both offer numerous camp options during the summer for children of all ages with a wide range of activities. To find out about the various camp programs available at these two camps you’ll need to access their web sites. If your family would like help financing a camp experience for any of your children this summer, please fill out an application form for each child (available on the display table in fellowship hall) and give it to Barb Trask. If you need an application sent to you, Barb can be contacted at 518-399-6454 or dtrask1@nycap.rr.com. Parents are expected to pay the deposit and the scholarship could finance up to $300 additional expenses. We hope some of the children attending our church will be able to attend camp this summer!
Updates
Fish Dinner: The Fish Fry Dinner on March 22nd was a success and was even noted in the Daily Gazette!!!
The Community Luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, April 9th. We will be celebrating Easter and please bring a friend and a dish to share if you can.
United Methodist Women
Last month we celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the United Methodist Women. We celebrated with a birthday cake and Amanda gave a talk about it. The April meeting is going to be a talk by Pastor Kristi, regarding the organization called “Things of My Very Own” of Schenectady. This is a non-profit organization that provides crisis intervention services to children who have been impacted by extensive abuse and/or neglect.
UMW is open to all women of our church community and meets the third Thursday of the month at 12:30pm in fellowship hall. No meetings are scheduled for February, July, August and September. The meetings usually begin with refreshments and social time with the program starting at 1pm. Opening and closing prayers are also offered.
The next meeting will be Thur. April 18th.
Boy Scout Troop 3036
It’s a new year! What’s your resolution? January ours was mostly preparing for the Klondike Derby. The Klondike derby, for those who don’t know, is a competition between many troops. Scouts head to different “villages” to complete tasks. Preparations for this project included: Making our seal-a-meals, putting wheels on our sledge, and general practice for all of the activities.
Seal-a-meals are big plastic bags we place our lunches in, and then, as the name suggests, we seal them. Then, when the time comes, we place a pot of water over our fire, and boil the seal-a-meals! Once they are done, we cut open the bags, and eat our piping hot dinner.
Our sledge, (similar to a dog sled), is critical part of the Klondike. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to participate in the competition. It allows us to carry all of our gear and personal items, and also is a great source of exercise. To move it, we hook up three scouts to the front and one in the back. This year, we had to put wheels on the sledge, because there is no snow. What a bummer.
The Klondike Derby is a very diverse competition. To succeed, we need very diverse training. There are competitions in orienteering, fire building, ice rescue, building emergency shelters, and many more. So, we needed to drill a lot.
Well, that’s all I have for now. See you next month!
Caleb Tysz
Troop 3036 Scribe
Sunday School News
The format of our class has changed this year since the girls are now older. We have started to incorporate some of the format used during the regular church service. For example, we are lighting a candle at the beginning of class to emulate what we do during church and have discussed the symbolism of light in the Christian faith. We are also sharing our joys and concerns with one another, and sometimes they also share them during the church service. The girls continue to be our acolytes during the church service which we are very grateful for. During the first month of class we read about various miracles Jesus performed and compared them among the 4 Gospel books. We started to explore the miracles in the Old Testament.
Prayer Chain
The Prayer chain has been revised! There will still be two lists. One list will remain as a phone call list. The second list will be for anyone who would like to receive the prayer request by text message. To activate the prayer chain, please call Mary Herrick (518-399-2113) or call/text Carolyn Koch (518-248-8138). Please contact Pastor Kristi (518-469-7764 or revklvp@yahoo.com) if you have the need for private prayer. If you are not already part of the prayer chain and would like to be included, please let me know. Thanks, Carolyn
Religious-Based Campership Scholarships Available
It’s that time of year when families start planning for summer activities. Summer camps play a valuable role in a child’s life. The Alplaus United Methodist Church and the Alplaus Residents Association have a scholarship fund to help finance the attendance at religious-based summer camps for children in our town or who attend the Alplaus United Methodist Church. Sky Farm Camp in the Lake George area and Camp Aldersgate in Syracuse are examples of such camps that are offered through the Methodist church. Both places have their camp information online at:
http://campsandretreats.org/summer-camp-2018
They both offer numerous camp options during the summer for children of all ages with a wide range of activities. To find out about the various camp programs available at these two camps you’ll need to access their web sites. If your family would like help financing a camp experience for any of your children this summer, please fill out an application form for each child (available on the display table in fellowship hall) and give it to Barb Trask. If you need an application sent to you, Barb can be contacted at 518-399-6454 or dtrask1@nycap.rr.com. Parents are expected to pay the deposit and the scholarship could finance up to $300 additional expenses. We hope some of the children attending our church will be able to attend camp this summer!
Updates
Fish Dinner: The Fish Fry Dinner on March 22nd was a success and was even noted in the Daily Gazette!!!