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Our Mission: To love Jesus Christ and to share His Love

Our Vision: To be a Christian community where Christ is transforming lives
East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church Volume V Issue 25 June 23rd, 2019

Over the past two or three months, we’ve had many personnel changes in our church. Lest any
rumors get started, I’ll briefly bring everyone up to date. We have said fond farewells to Rob
Coyle, Facilities Manager, Mike Corey, Technology Support and Financial Secretary, and Jill
Teaford, Church Administrator. Mike and Jill (along with Jill’s husband, Ron) still do limited
consulting for us. Each of these persons has given many hours to help make our church a better
place and we so much appreciate their Christian discipleship and commitment!

In the area of maintenance, we have welcomed back Bob Lee, who does such a great job keeping our church
facilities very clean, for which we are most grateful. We have expanded Craig Banner’s hours so that he works
more than just Sunday mornings. He is now working on weekdays, and it is structured that though he overlaps
slightly with Bob’s schedule, the idea is to have a morning sexton (Bob) and an afternoon sexton (Craig) to help the
church function more smoothly. Staff Parish Relations has decided not to hire another facilities manager at the
present time, as Connie Moyer has agreed to step in as a volunteer property manager. She will coordinate
projects with the sextons, Trustees, Finance Team, SWAT Team, and the Church Administrator, and we greatly
appreciate the time and effort she is giving to our church’s needs!

Speaking of the Church Administrator, we now have a new one: our own Rich Poole. Rich has been volunteering
in this capacity for a number of weeks, but now it’s official that he is hired by the church for 30 hours per week.
Primary responsibilities include leading the office staff and volunteers, managing payroll and high level accounts
payable, and overseeing the successful implementation of Servant Keeper, our new church database, to name but
a few. Related to finance, we have also hired Christine Uporsky as our Financial Secretary and Accounts
Receivable manager. Like Rich, she has been volunteering in this capacity for quite some time, and we are glad to
extend her a salary for all she is doing. Also in the financial field, Bruce Osbun has been working alongside
Christine, and he will be moving over to Accounts Payable working alongside Rich Poole. If you need to email Rich
or Christine, you may now use their new church email addresses: rpoole@esumc.net and cuporsky@esumc.net
respectively.

This all might sound confusing if this is the first time you’re hearing about it, but I can truly say that we are
streamlining our administration. Rich has helped us to think more strategically about how we deploy our staff, and
one of the direct results is that this new plan will save about 5% in personnel costs from what we had been paying
previously in these various areas. When we streamline our administration, we are then able to better focus on our
mission and vision and keep making “the main thing the main thing.” One area where we are still in prayer and
discernment is our music ministry. Pauline Fox will be retiring as our Organist/Director of Traditional Worship at the
end of July, and we are actively praying God will lead the right person(s) to us. We invite your prayers as well, and
please pray for all of our newest staff members and their families! I hope to see you on Sunday.

Blessings in Christ, 1
Pastor Jim
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H I G H S C H O O L G R A D UAT E S

Samuel Bushta Ryan Dodoo Marcus Iaconetti Ryan Lambert Ashley Mayers
East Stroudsburg High—South East Stroudsburg High—South East Stroudsburg High -South Stroudsburg High Stroudsburg High
High School Diploma High School Diploma High School Diploma High School Diploma High School Diploma, Magna Cum Laude
United States Airforce
University of Colorado Boulder Aeronautics Northampton Community College United States Navy DeSales University
Political Science - Monroe Campus, Undecided Machinist Mate Psychology and Dance

Jonathan Mercurio Emily Perfetti Benjamin Stokes Emily Traub

Stroudsburg High School Bangor High School Stroudsburg High School Stroudsburg High School
High School Diploma High School Diploma High School Diploma High School Diploma
The University of Scranton Bloomsburg University East Stroudsburg University Kutztown University
Business Finance Nursing Accounting Applied Digital Arts

C O L L E G E G R A D UAT E S

Alex Green Lindsay Randall Megan Schane Adam Warner

East Stroudsburg University Drexel University University of Scranton East Stroudsburg University
Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science in Nursing Master of Science Career & Independent Living
Biotechnology and Chemistry Registered Nurse Occupational Therapy and Learning Studies Program

G R A D UAT E S ( o t h e r )

Irma Lou Saunders Marjorie Gay

Gluco Lodge P.E.E.R. Program Gluco Lodge P.E.E.R. Program
 THIS WEEK AT ESUMC Recovery
Meetings
3

at ESUMC
All meetings are
held downstairs in
the Community Room of
the Education Building
*excluding GriefShare*

AA
Keep It Simple
Thursdays &
Saturdays
8:00pm-9:00pm

Serenity House
Saturdays
5:30pm-6:30pm
Sundays
4:30pm-6:30pm

NA
Just For Today
Monday-Saturday
12:00pm-1:30pm

New Beginnings
(Women’s Group)
Wednesdays
6:00-7:30pm

OA
Wednesdays
8:00pm-9:00pm

WE HAVE A NEW DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT

ESUMC…. IS YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT?
RESOURCE DIRECTORY
GRIEF
church@esumc.net Official Church email
communications@esumc.net Communications questions, requests and suggestions
SHARE
Thursdays
3 6:30-8:00pm
prayer@esumc.net Prayer requests (for our phone, text, or email prayer chains)
Conference Room
servantkeeper@esumc.net Servant keeper questions or help
trumpetcall@esumc.net eNews requests; TC articles DEADLINE: Wednesdays, 12pm
 Summer Bible Camp Donation List
200 Tin cans - different sizes (washed with labels removed)
4 cans compressed air
Ping pong balls
1 bag gummy frogs (5lb)
4-5 electric campfires
1 jar tomato sauce (large jar)
10 cans whipped cream
50 small circular wire mesh baskets (Dollar Tree)
50 soft tortilla shells
10 packages of shredded mozzarella cheese
10 boxes powdered doughnut holes
12 circular plastic tablecloths
10 containers blueberries
10 containers strawberries
1 container of vanilla ice cream (3 gallon or larger)
1 container of chocolate ice cream (3 gallon or larger)

Make a difference at ESUMC! Volunteer to serve on our Audio Visual Team!

Visit our website for the full volunteer service position description.
Go to: http://www.esumc.net/audio-visual-volunteer-position/
 Hey Older Kids!
Come out and join us for pizza and a movie at ESUMC
on Wednesday, July 10th, at 11:30 AM! The cost, per
person (for pizza and soda ), is estimated to be just
$3.00—so don’t miss this fun, affordable opportunity to
get together with friends!!!
Please note: If pizza isn't’ your choice lunch, feel free to
bring a brown bag lunch and come for the fellowship!
To ensure we’re purchasing enough pizza, RSVP Erma
Powell at (570) 421-1422 or Karen Dudley at (570) 424-
9895 by Monday, July 8th.. Please also be sure to
indicate how many slices you think you/your party would
eat. As always, ANYONE 55+ is welcome!
ESUMC’s Faith Promise Mission Partner
One of our Faith Promise Missions is the Pregnancy
Resource Center of the Poconos, and this is the time of
the year for our Baby Bottle Boomerang! This Mother’s
Day Sunday, we invited you to pick up a baby bottle
from the table in Fellowship Hall and begin filling it with
loose change around your house. This Sunday, June
23rd, is the last Sunday to return the, to the Church
Office.
For more information, please contact, Jill Malefyt,
Lynn Pappalardo or Jenni Poole.
Stephen Ministry
Are you hurting and feeling alone? Do you feel like
you’re stuck handling your situation by yourself? That’s
NOT true! ESUMC’s trained caregivers called Stephen
Ministers are available to you - and they are excellent,
judgement-free listeners! All conversations are always
held in strict confidence, so you can rest assured that
your feelings, cares or concerns aren’t repeated. If
you’re going through a tough time right now, please
consider a Stephen Minister to encourage, support, and
walk alongside you. For more information, contact
Stephen Ministry Leader, Peggy Strack at (570) 856-
2131 or pstrack@ptd.net.
“Is ESUMC a Friendly Church?”
Did you know that within two minutes of the beginning of
a church service, visitors have formed an opinion about
whether or not the congregation is friendly? According
to Barna Research, 40 percent of visitors form their
opinion of a church before they even see the
pastor! This points out to all of us the role we play in
creating a warm and welcoming environment, where all
people, members and guests, experience the love of
Christ! To help every person feel welcomed, would you
consider following the “Circle of 10” rule? All you have
to do is greet everyone, members or guests, who comes
within 10 feet of you! Let them know that you are happy
to see them! Greet them as you would like to be
greeted! If we all follow this rule, we will be the loving,
welcoming church that our Lord asks us to be!
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EAST STROUDSBURG
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
83 SOUTH COURTLAND STREET
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301

Esumc.net East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church EastStroudsburgUMC @ESUMC ESUMC

S U N DAY S E R V I C E S & T I M E S
8:30 AM Traditional Worship 9:45 AM Equipping Hour 10:45 AM Contemporary Worship

Church Office Director of Student Ministries Director of Congregational Care

Monday-Friday, 9am-1pm Scott Kuhnle Rachel Thompson—ON MATERNITY LEAVE
church@esumc.net skuhnle@esumc.net Please contact Rich Poole, Administrator
(570) 421-3280 Ext. 1013 rpoole@esumc.net

Pastor Director of Children & Family Ministries Audio/Visual Technician

Jim Todd Erica Dorsch Charles Rajnai
jtodd@esumc.net edorsch@esumc.net charlesrajnai@gmail.com
Ext. 1014 Ext. 1017
Financial Secretary
Church Administrator Director of Traditional Music/Organist Christine Uporsky
Rich Poole Pauline Fox cuporsky@esumc.net
rpoole@esumc.net foxes@esumc.net
Ext. 1015 Weekday Sexton
Director of Contemporary Music Bob Lee
Administrative Assistant Doug Malefyt rlee@esumc.net
Kathy Ravago dmalefyt@esumc.net
kravago@esumc.net Sunday Sexton
Ext. 1010 Director of Choir Craig Banner
Joe Dorsch
Director of Communications josephdorsch@gmail.com
& Spiritual Life Development
Bethany Mills Director of Bells
bmills@esumc.net Chris Perfetti
Ext. 1023 perfetti3@ptd.net