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Volume 60 Issue 7 July 2010
Harbor United Methodist Church Marshfield United Methodist Church
55 First Parish Road, Scituate, MA 02066 185 Plain Street, Marshfield, MA 02050
Church Office: 781.545.0818 Church Office: 781.837.2746
Reverend Rick McKinley is also available by appointment
Dear friends:
The summer is upon us. It’s a great time of year in this part of the world: warm summer breezes, summer rain-
storms, the beach, gardens and all of the great activities out of doors. It is also a season of growth. Unfortunately, in New
England anyway, it is often the time when some people take the opposite posture when it comes to faith - it is sometimes
a season of stagnation. As one pastor acquaintance says, “Summer is when you find out who the real Jesus followers
are.” Whether he is correct about that or not, it is worth considering - will this be a season of growth for you?
This summer I’ve planned a series of messages that I hope will help do exactly that, a series considering the is-
sue of healing. Let me set the stage. If you’re able to read this epistle, chances are you or someone you know has been
physically sick, emotionally depressed, or financially stressed. Just a quick look at our world reveals situations and
places where there is injustice, places where people are oppressed, have no access to clean water and healthy food, no
access to adequate health care. When you consider our planet and its resources, we see polluted rivers, lakes, ruined
coastlines, poisoned soil and other damage to our world. These are all places in need of healing. Broken lives. Broken
hearts. Oppression. Division. If there ever a time in history in need of healing, this is certainly one.
Healing is a touchy subject for many. Start talking about divine healing and its not long before the subject turns
to things like “faith healing,” one part magic show, one part theater and a whole lot of quackery. You hear about people
who refused medical treatment because they were going to wait for God to take care of the problem. In our contempo-
rary, logical, scientific culture, divine healing doesn’t seem to fit.
This series will address these issues and more. We’ll talk at length about what we mean when we say “divine
healing.” What is it? What is it not? Is being healed the same as being cured? What part do we play in experiencing heal-
ing? We’ll confront the question, “Do we want to be made well?” In other words, are we willing to make the changes
necessary in order to experience the life God intends for us? How does prayer fit into the healing process? How can we
talk about healing in the face of death? At the end of the summer, we’ll conclude the series by talking about how ritual
and spiritual practices play a part in healing, and then close with a service of healing. By then my hope is that you know
more fully what it means to participate in this kind of service, and that you might experience God’s presence and power
in a transformational way.
Chances are, you also have a friend who has experienced brokenness and/or illness. You know someone who has
gone through a serious illness, someone who has been through a difficult divorce, someone who has felt lonely or de-
pressed, someone who has struggled in some area of life. This series could be the way God begins to work in that per-
son’s life, helping them come to experience healing and wholeness, experiencing the work of God’s power to restore and
redeem. You could be the person that helps them start that process by inviting them to join you in worship.
Connect. Grow. Serve. Reach out. Let us be the vision we want to see.
Grace and peace,
Rick
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Financial Report
As of May 31, 2010
Operating income for May $18,124.54
Bruce Acker 1
Operating expense for May 13,239.72 Erin Crowell 7
Surplus/(Deficit) 4,884.82 Max Pretzer 7
Alice Hamer 11
Beginning checkbook balance 5/1 28,847.29 George Bearce 18
Total income 20,000.54 Mike Bruccoleri Jr 20
Total expense 15,185.19 Ken Cerny 20
Ending checkbook balance 5/31 33,662.55 Rachel Dickey 24
Less: Special Funds Accounts 10,222.35 Marsha Avila 25
Cash for Budget 23,440.20 Sarah Sincoski 26
Martha Rotchford 27
Nicholas Ryan 28
What the Pastor Is Reading
[re]designing worship by Kim Miller
the gatherer and scattered church
by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
Are you a….
New resident or Visitor
Or have a neighbor who is one of the above?
Then please call Ken Cerny, Lay Leader at 781.749.5862.
Thank you.
School Kits
Pastor Rick took 39 complete school kits to Annual Conference to put in the trailer that takes
donations to the depot center in Louisiana. Many churches in our conference bring various supplies to be dis-
tributed around the world including our own country. I thank each of you for your generous donations of the
supplies which were packed in individual school bags. Over the past three years 115 kits have been donated to
this project.
Mary Ellen Ross
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Prayer Concerns
Please lift the following in prayer, that they may be strengthened,
guided, and healed…
Consider visiting or sending a card.
Please contact Alice Hamer at 781-545-4112 if you know of anyone
who is ill, a recent shut it, has had a tough go, or suffered a loss. If we can get this information,
an appropriate card will be sent to them.
Jack Gage (health issues) Jimmie McCall (Bill’s brother—pray for Lucy Morris
strength)
Helen and Maynard Huntley Joe Davies (nephew of Mary Voelger) Olga Finnie
Michelle and Family Ben (deployed to Iraq) and Linda Crovella Ruth Roberts
Teri Hopkins Martin Sally Haines (Shirley’s cousin—cancer) Perley Griswold
Terry McKinley (lung cancer) Pam Pretzer’s mother and father and brother Ruth Stevens
Brad
Rich Lynam (Shirley’s son) Maria Jose—in orphanage in Nicaragua Ted & Suzy Zylinski
Star Bakery Project/NITCA Eric Foote (heart problems) Holly Silva
Mattie Dillon (10 y/o—leukemia) Erin Banner—dealing with health issues Muriel Silva
Don and Dawn Evans Duncan Sparrell (recovery from heart surg) Betty Schmidt
John and Mary Ellen Ross Donna Roberts (health issues) Thelma Corcoran
Ann Borda Steven O’Keefe (for good health) Thelma Antoine
Family of Ellen Brown Mimi Liu (healing for Rheumatoid Arthritis) Hazel caring for mother
Family of Betty Schmidt Emily (Fredericks of Attaxia) People and animals of Haiti
Machias Mission teams Mike Johnson (sister’s death—Marion Noble) Thomas Pierson
Max Lynam (memory retention) Roger Schumacher (Heart surg, Donna Green and her Magic Moon
Multiple Myoloma) Foundation
Linda Huskisson (patience & Mary Ann (healing after brain surgery & Nicaragua Mission team
strength caring for elderly parent) during chemo) (planning for next year)
Help for the Gulf tragedy Employment for graduates Bill McCall (looking for job)
Jenny Styers (adoption decision) Skye McCall (finished 1st yr college) Jean Reardon (cancer)
PRAISE For Answered Prayers:
Becky Fay, Harrison Collette, Bill Wood, Todd Eadie
Prayer List Update
If you have requested prayers for someone who is still on the prayer list, would you please contact Alice Hamer
as to the status of that person. Let us know if he/she no longer needs our prayers. We do not wish to remove anyone who
continues to need our prayers.
If prayers have been answered we would LOVE to put “Praise for answered prayers” on the list for that person.
If the people or person still is in need of prayer, we would like to update that so that we will be praying for their
particular needs.
Thank you for all your help,
Alice Hamer—781.545.4112
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Sunday Worship Servants
July Acolyte Liturgist Communion Youth Liturgist/
Servers Worship Assistant
4 AK Bruccoleri Christy Bruccoleri Christy Bruccoleri, Wendy Ford, Colleen Ford
Colleen Ford, Pastor Rick
11 Michael Sheehan Liz Watson Liz Watson, Julie O’Keefe, Julie O’Keefe
Mary Sheehan, Pastor Rick
18 Tommy Lovering Marissa Voelger Marissa Voelger, Kelsey Lovering, Kelsey Lovering
Sue Lovering, Pastor Rick
25 Ben Pretzer Pam Pretzer Pam Pretzer, Bryan Pretzer, Max Pretzer
Max Pretzer, Pastor Rick
Greeters for July are The Moura Family. Ushers are Ken and Melinda Cerny.
The Wednesday Morning Small Group is providing coffee hour for the month of July.
Please call to switch dates with the next person above, if you are not available to participate on your assigned
day. Also, kindly contact Ann White at 545-0815 to tell her of the change. Thank you.
Adult Machias Mission Trip
The dates are set for the adult mission trip to Downeast Maine. The team leaves
July 25th and will stay until July 31st. This trip is open to all. Things you might do
while on this trip: paint houses, build stairs, sort and fold clothes at the migrant
Thrift Store. There is something for every skill level! You will also have a chance
to see some of most beautiful parts of New England. The cost of the trip is typi-
cally around $200 per person, but the group will be doing fund-
raisers to help alleviate out of pockets costs. For more informa-
tion, contact Rick at harborumc@verizon.net or Kevin and
Joanne McNally at kspnally@gmail.com. Also, we continue to
collect men’s clothes for the thrift shop. Place your donations in
the box in Bruce Hall marked Machias Mission.
Scituate & Marshfield Interfaith Food Pantries
Items especially needed at this time, for both pantries, include:
Boxed meals i.e. Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper; small canned hams, tuna fish, cereal, crackers, dry
boxed spaghetti.
Thank you to those who have been contributing whether it’s one item or ten, the pantry is truly
grateful for all they receive.
Thanks so much, Alice Hamer 781.545.4112
Proverbs 22:9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for
he shares his food with the poor.
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JULY 2010
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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9AM to noon—
Small Groups meet in various homes
Office hours in
and at both campuses so please visit
Scituate
the website to get more details about
connecting with a small group.
7 to 8:30PM—
Small Group
www,harbormarsh.org
(Rick McKinley)
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9AM to noon—
9:30AM Scitu- 9AM to noon— 9AM to noon— Office hours in 9AM to noon—
ate Office hours in Office hours in Marshfield Office hours in
Marshfield Marshfield 10 to 11:30AM— Scituate
6 to 7:30PM— Small Group
Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— (Mary Ellen Ross) 7 to 8:30PM—
(Diane Evans) Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— Small Group
(Steve Smith) Small Group (Rick McKinley)
(Melinda Cerny)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
9AM to noon—
9:30AM Scitu- 9AM to noon— 9AM to noon— Office hours in 9AM to noon—
ate Office hours in Office hours in Scituate Office hours in
Marshfield Scituate 10 to 11:30AM— Scituate
6 to 7:30PM— Small Group
Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— (Mary Ellen Ross) 7 to 8:30PM—
(Diane Evans) Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— Small Group
(Steve Smith) Small Group (Rick McKinley)
(Melinda Cerny)
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9AM to noon—
9:30AM Scitu- 9AM to noon— 9AM to noon— Office hours in 9AM to noon—
ate Office hours in Office hours in Scituate Office hours in
Scituate Scituate 10 to 11:30AM— Scituate
6 to 7:30PM— Small Group
Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— (Mary Ellen Ross) 7 to 8:30PM—
(Diane Evans) Small Group 7 to 8:30PM— Small Group
(Steve Smith) Small Group (Rick McKinley)
(Melinda Cerny)
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9:30AM Scitu- No Office Hours No Office Hours No Office Hours No Office Hours
ate 10 to 11:30AM—
7 to 8:30PM— Small Group 7 to 8:30PM—
6 to 7:30PM— Small Group (Mary Ellen Ross) Small Group
Small Group (Steve Smith) 7 to 8:30PM— (Rick McKinley)
(Diane Evans) Small Group
(Melinda Cerny)
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THE HARBOR &
MARSHFIELD UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
55 First Parish Road
Scituate, MA 02066
185 Plain Street
Marshfield, MA 02050
Pastor: Reverend Rick McKinley
Church Office: 781.545.0818/781.837.2746
Church Email: harborumc@verizon.net
Office Hours:
Monday through Thursday: 9AM to 12noon
Also available by appointment.
Connect - Grow - Serve
harbormarsh.org
harbormarsh.org
New Worship/Music Leader
We are excited to announce that our new worship/music leader,
Rebecca Shaull, will join us beginning in August. Rebecca
comes highly recommended, and will be leading music during
worship, working with the choir, and helping develop our music
ministry to the next level. Most recently, Rebecca has been the
music director at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Lancaster,
PA. Rebecca was raised in the Calvary UMC in Middleton, RI, and is a graduate of Messiah College
in PA. She comes to us with a wealth of experience, leading
worship in a variety of styles and contexts, and is excited to be
joining our ministry team in Scituate, MA. Please bathe
Rebecca in prayer as she wraps up her work in PA and begins
the process of relocating to our area. Plan now to offer a warm
welcome to Rebecca in August.