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FEBRUARY 2019
Happy
Dialog
Faith Community United Church of Christ
Valentine s
Day
Pastor’s Message
February is here and so far this them with a card or small gift to
winter we have had only one big let them know how meaningful
snow fall. Even if we get another they are to us in our every day
big one it shouldn’t be on the lives. There were over 190 million
ground long because Spring is only cards sent in the United States in
seven weeks away. If the ground- 2017. Also for that year each
hog sees his shadow we will only person in the United States spent
have six more weeks of winter. So, an average of $136 for Valentines
either way, I think we will have had Day.
a mild winter. When the sun Imagine here at Faith Church
shines the coldest winter days can if each person in the church would
be tolerable. give the average of $136 per
1126 Anderson Ave. Even with the cold days of person, just for one Sunday’s
Maumee, OH 43537 winter we can have a healthy spirit offering. With 50 church members
419-887-1976 by cherishing those things that giving that would be $6800 for
faithcomucc@att.net God has given us that we may take one Sunday. That amount would
www.faithcommunity-ucc.org for granted, like the sun. I will tell make a world of difference for
facebook.com/faithcommunityucc you when the temperature is below Faith Community Church.
Scott Kaufman, zero and the sun comes out full So, as we go through February,
Pastor force and warms my face, I appre- think about the future of your
Mel Barrios, ciate every ray. Valentines Day is church, and how much you want
Certified Lay Minister another day when time is set aside it to be around in the future.
B.J. Lord, to remember the loved ones in May God Bless You All,
Secretary / Dialog Editor each of our lives. We remember Pastor Scott Kaufman
Page 2 February 2019
The next Good Bunch
will be on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 12, at 11:30 a.m.,
at Glendale Gardens
Restaurant on Glendale
Road. Mel Barrios and Feb. 7—Karen Diller
Donna Creswell are the Feb. 10—Sue Rufenacht
hosts. To make reservations, please sign the sheet Feb. 16—Jeanette Utter
on the bulletin board. Feb. 23—David Barboza
Will the groundhog
see his shadow
this year? What
is the meaning
of Groundhog
Day—and why Please remember the fol-
do we celebrate lowing people in your
weather predictions prayers this month.
from a plump
marmot? Richard Finley (brother of Wendy
Archer), Jacque Keller (friend of Judy and
Greg who is fighting cancer), Sebastian Bar-
When is Groundhog Day 2019? rios, Stacey Cook, Janet Butterfield, Mel
Groundhog Day always falls on February 2. Barrios, Karen Diller, and Ruth Farnsworth.
This traditionally marks the midpoint between the
winter solstice and spring equinox.
Connection to the Weather on the badger. In the 1800s, German immigrants
Around this time, farmers needed to determine to Pennsylvania brought the tradition with them.
when to plant their crops, so they tried to forecast Finding no badgers there, they adopted the
whether there would be an early spring or a linger- groundhog to fit the lore. Pennsylvania’s Punx-
ing winter. sutawney Phil has announced spring’s arrival since
Sunshine on Candlemas (February 2) was said 1887. Other groundhogs also have carried on the
to indicate the return of winter. Similarly, “when tradition, including Ontario’s Wiarton Willie.
the wind’s in the east on Candlemas Day, there it Though we recognize that animal behavior isn’t
will stick till the 2nd of May.” the only way to judge planting dates, the tradition
It was not held as a good omen if the day itself continues, often with a wink and a smile.
was bright and sunny, for that betokened snow and From “The Farmer’s Almanac”
frost to continue to the hiring of the laborers six
weeks later on Lady Day. If it was cloudy and dark,
warmth and rain would thaw out the fields and Remember your
have them ready for planting. special loved one
Our Groundhog Day is a remote survivor of on Valentine’s Day,
that belief. According to legend, if a groundhog February 14.
sees its shadow on this day, there will be six more If your special loved
weeks of winter; if it doesn’t, then spring is right one is Faith Commu-
around the corner. nity Church, that’s
For centuries, farmers in France and England cool too!
looked to a bear; in Germany, they kept their eye
February 2019 Page 3
Good Bunch in January Calendar of Events
Communion, first Sunday each month
2019
Sun., February 3
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Communion
Sun., February 10
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Tues., February 12
The Good Bunch
11:30 a.m., Glendale Gardens on Glendale.
See story on page 2.
Sun., February 17
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Council Meeting
Annual Congregational Meeting
Thurs., February 21
Deadline for copy and photos for the
March 2019 Dialog
Sun., February 24
Worship, 10:30 a.m.
Dialog
Faith Community
United Church of Christ
1126 Anderson Ave. • Maumee, Ohio 43537
OFFICE OPEN:
Tuesday thru Friday — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WORSHIP — Sunday — 10:30 a.m.
Closed — Monday and Saturday
Color for this issue of the Dialog sponsored by Larry and Linda Gleason.
Photos for this issue by Charlene Reese and Mary Anderson.
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