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1 CHRIST CHURCH Christ United Methodist Church NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 93 East Moline, IL U.S. East Moline Campus: th Street Phone: East Moline, IL Fax: Silvis Campus: nd Avenue Phone: Silvis, IL Website: 5:00pm Contemporary SUNDAY WORSHIP 8:00am Traditional SILVIS CAMPUS SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:15am Contemporary ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Sharing the love of Jesus Christ for the biblical purpose of making disciples for the transformation of the world. We want to thank everyone that came to our anniversary open house. All the cards, notes and gifts were greatly appreciated. We were truly blessed. Our gratitude to Pastor Joye for presiding at the funeral of my brother, Charles Chuck Dallas of Rock Island on May 18th. Once again, she availed herself to our needs. Joye, you are appreciated. 10:45am Traditional 9:15am Kid s Sunday School HERE S WHAT S COMING UP: I was recently hospitalized for spinal surgery. This is a note of gratitude to our loving church family for your prayers, well wishes and many cards. Thank you, Pastor Joye and Steph Rabe for your loving visits to the hospital. I am overwhelmed by your acts of kindness, your prayers and encouragement. May God bless you all. In Christ s love, William Parker To my CUMC, S TT E L W NE ER I am so grateful you are my church family. Thanks again. The deadline for the next Courier publication is Sunday, July 15th. Please submit all articles for the August Courier (in Word format) by then. God bless, Send to: office@christchurcheastmoline.org. Thank you! July 5 Prayer & Praise Night Bob & Carol Lee Donna Dallas Price Steve & Patty Gooch SATURDAY WORSHIP 9:15am Traditional 10:35am Contemporary & Sunday School Ministry Leadership Team Ministers of the Church Congregation Stephanie Rabe Parish Nurse Lindrew Johnson Music Ministry Karyn Robertson Children s Ministry Shaun Easton Youth and Worship Leader Carol Smith Financial Administration Jana Kindred Administrative Assistant-EM Mary Land Administrative Assistant-Silvis Emma Kindred Summer Ministry Intern Rev. Joye Perry Associate Pastor Rev. Dr. Roger Perry Lead Pastor Rev. Dr. Joseph Gardiner Pastor Emeritus Thank you all for your kind words and prayers and just for being there at the time of my son s death. EAST MOLINE CAMPUS July 8 Ground Breaking Ceremony THANK YOU! We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all of you who attended our 70th anniversary party, sent cards, or extended congratulations verbally. We have always held a special place in our hearts for our church family and this occasion showed us how lucky we are to be a part of such a group. Thank you each and every one and may God add His blessings. Joe & Doris Wasson In observance of Independence Day, the offices at both campuses will be closed Wednesday, July 4th July 15 Romania Mission Team Breakfast July Kid s Club Week with Harvest Ministries Team July 30-Aug 1 Camp Connect East Moline Silvis Open Doors JULY 2018 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. (Colossians 4:3) Early in my ministry as a pastor, I was unsure about how to effectively share my faith. Then I read the Colossians 4:3 verse and began to pray for open doors to happen. The truth is that there had been many open doors to share my faith, but I somehow missed them. But when I intentionally prayed for open doors, God gave me one so big that there was no way I could miss it. About a day after I began to intentionally pray for open doors, I received a phone call from a high school girl named Emily. Emily had grown up in another church and had accepted Jesus into her life at a very young age. She said, Pastor, I have a friend who wants to talk with you about how she can accept Jesus as Savior and Lord. Honestly, I almost dropped the phone. I have never before, or since, experienced such a huge open door to share my faith! It just usually does not happen that way! The next day, Emily and her friend came to see me. I asked them what I could do for them and Emily s friend told me that she was interested in learning about how to accept Jesus as her Savior and Lord. So, I shared with her that God is a loving God, but that He is also holy and just. God loves us, but that sin has to be taken care of, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). I then told her that the Bible goes on to say that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23). We talked some more about what it meant to live for Jesus, and I shared with her how I accepted Jesus into my life. I then asked her if she wanted to accept Jesus into her life. Without hesitation she said yes. Through smiles and tears, we prayed together and I will never forget how she made the life changing decision to live for Jesus. It was then that I asked them why they called me. Emily said, Oh you are the fourth pastor that we visited! The other three told us how to join their church, but they didn t get around to telling us how to accept Christ! There is quite a difference between the two. Actually, it does not make any sense to join a church unless you first have a relationship with Jesus! As we move forward as the church, as we move forward in building the Family Life Center, let s be sure that we are always putting Jesus first in our lives. We need to make sure that it is God s direction that we are following and not our own. When we build, we need to build to further the kingdom of God and to reach people who don t know Jesus yet. This July, as we look at the theme of Open Doors, my hope and prayer is that it will help us all to begin praying for open doors to share our faith with others. To be the church that God is calling us to be, we must be willing to go through the open doors that He gives us. That is why it is so important to go and share your faith with someone who needs love, forgiveness, or hope. Our efforts need to point to Jesus and to Him alone. All else we share is secondary to this. So please join me this month in praying for open doors and let s see what God can do through us! In Christ s Greater Love, Roger Perry From the pastor: Roger Perry

2 It s Happening!! P A G E 2 UMW East Moline Campus News and Updates P A G E 1 1 You are invited to the GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGN KICKOFF for our new Family Life Center Where? Christ United Methodist Church East Moline Campus th Street, East Moline, IL When? Sunday, July 8, :00pm - 8:00pm What s Happening? We ll first celebrate with a picnic style chicken dinner with sides and dessert. Next, there will be a presentation to provide information regarding the Family Life Center Capital Campaign and an opportunity for all to make a pledge to the project. Then, for the exciting GROUND BREAKING ceremony! We can t wait to see you!! FAMILY LIFE CENTER NEWS When contributions received after June 1st for the Family Life Center reach a level of $500,000, the Endowment Fund will match that amount with a grant of an additional $500,000. Needless to say, all required legal documents (including a construction contract and a construction loan) will be executed before these funds are disbursed. We believe that God has laid down this challenge to each of us, the people of this congregation. We believe He is waiting for an answer. Let s give it to Him! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! What wonderful support from our Unit to help the Funeral Committee with your donations of cakes and pies to serve the families. Diana Sutton and crew want to THANK YOU for saying yes to the call. We would also like to thank Charlie Fox and the custodians for all their extra help during the past two months. Our Unit meeting in May was wonderful as we celebrated the ladies of this church who had an 80 th birthday this past year. We heard from our ladies that attended the UMW Assembly in Columbus, Ohio. The theme was The Power of BOLD. It was a very inspirational and rewarding experience to attend along with 6,000 women from around the world. We have four years till the next Assembly in Orlando, FL, so think about joining the group on another adventure. L-R: Janet Lindstrom, Nancy Hatcher (Port Byron), Bobbi McCoy, Margaret Baumann, Carol Power, and Pat Reuter. During our lunch we collected money for our Mission Box in the amount of $ This will be going to Youth Hope Camp Summit. We added $71.00 from the Unit to make $ for a youth to go to camp for a week. Church Women United has started collecting for School Kits for July and August so watch for back to school sales of the following items: 1 pair of blunt scissors, 3 70 count bound notebooks (no loose leaf or filler paper) 1-30 centimeter/12inch ruler, 1 hand-held pencil sharpener, 1 large eraser (no pencil cap erasers), 6 pencils (new unsharpened with eraser, 1 box of 24 crayons. Please place in baskets in mailroom by September 1st. We are pleased to announce three of our members have celebrated milestone wedding anniversaries in May and June: Judy and Ron Adams, 50 years, Carol and Bob Lee, 60 years, Doris and Joe Wasson, 70 years. Congratulations! Our Celebration Committee has been very busy with a bridal shower and wedding anniversaries and graduations for the month of May and June. Since April the Sympathy Committee has served luncheons for the following: Jack Lundeen, Robert Cheffer, John Wilson, Verna Colmark, Marco Ruvalcaba, Jr., Arlene Cheffer, and Anna Mae Dawson. Our sympathies go out to all the families. On May 13 we honored Women of Faith during church services. UMW gave a Special Recognition Certificate and pin to Diana Sutton to thank her for all the many, many things she does in the Church Kitchen serving on various UMW committees along with the other works she does serving other groups in the church. Janet Lindstrom, UMW president presented Diana with the award. For those that couldn t make it to Assembly this year. We have another way to be involved with UMW and learn about things that we can do to help out in our community. You can sign up to go to Mission U in Springfield, IL. This is a wonderful, two days of learning and worshiping together with other women of the Illinois Great River Conference. We will leave the church on Friday, August 3rd and come back on Sunday August 5th. See the flyer on the bulletin board. Scholarships are available if you haven t been and would like to go. No Circle Meetings July 17 Prepare food and set up for Morning Connection July 18 Stonecroft Morning Connection 9:15 am July 24 Leadership Meeting 10:00 am July 24 No Unit Luncheon NO Work Team Narthex Table Glory Circle

3 P A G E 1 0 The Power of Prayer P A G E 3 Upcoming Events: Have you been thinking about downsizing? Do you want to move where there are people to socialize with? Are you thinking you would be more comfortable just to know there is help at hand, if needed? Do you feel you want independent living? Do you need a little more help, such as assisted living? It is always better to think ahead and have a plan in place in case that emergency arises. It can happen to anyone at any time. And, it is important to talk about it with your family, before you HAVE to move. It will be my privilege to accompany anyone interested on tours of Park Vista and New Perspective Senior Living Facilities. I am hoping to add Overlook Village in Moline, when they open. Each of these places has both Independent and Assisted living, as well as Memory Care, all at the same place, making care easier if health concerns change. Attend one of the tours, or both! The more you see and investigate the better your decision can be. Come alone or bring a family member. In addition to the tours, we will be able to eat lunch at each facility. Just let the church office know what tour or tours you want to participate in, as well as how many people for the lunch count. We have done this before and it is always a fun, enlightening time! I look forward to visiting these places with any of you that are interested. July 20 - New Perspective Senior Living, Silvis (formerly The Light House). Meet in the EM Church parking lot at 10:45am. Tour will take place from 11:00am to 2:00pm. July 26 - Park Vista, East Moline. Meet in the EM Church parking lot at 10:30am. Tour will take place from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Blood pressures this month will be taken on Sundays, July 1st & July 15th at the East Moline Campus. Matter of Balance Class Diana Lovett and I will offer the Matter of Balance class (MOB) starting September 10th. The class will be held at the East Moline Campus from 9:30am-11:30am, for eight weeks. We need at least six persons for the class to be held. Please gather your friends and call either campus office to register so we have enough workbooks for all who want to take the class. Just a friendly reminder for all our church family.please be respectful of privacy, especially when it comes to others medical issues. Please pause before you speak, and think about what you would want others to know and not know, if you were ill. Please ask permission, first, of those that are ill, to pass on information to others. Thank you. Joshua 6:1-20 Joshua had the people of God march around the city of Jericho for seven days. Prayers for the building expansion are vital! Please consider spending time praying for the new building at Christ UMC East Moline Campus. One idea is to actually pray-walk the land where the building will be. Consider walking seven times around the perimeter while praying a different prayer emphasis each time. Romania Mission Breakfast Sunday, July 15th 8:30am-12:00pm East Moline Campus Fellowship Hall The Romania Team will be cooking! The food will be great! Serving for all three morning worship services. Freewill donations will be accepted. All monies will be used to help defray expenses for the 2019 mission trip to Romania. Thank you for your support! Come hungry! Seven prayers to pray: 1. Prayers of thanksgiving and praise. 2. Prayers for blessing. 3. Prayers for wisdom, guidance, and direction for all the decisions that need to be made. 4. Prayers for protection from the spirit of offense, and for physical protection of those who will be working on the construction site. 5. Prayers for direction on how we can witness to those who we come in contact with during this building project. 6. Prayers for provision for $3,000, Prayers for knowing our part in sacrificial giving. All Church Prayer and Praise Night Thursday, July 5th ~ 6:30pm East Moline Campus Fellowship Hall Join us for a time of praise and thanksgiving followed by focused prayer time for the future family life center building and financial campaign. July Happenings The stage is set and is yours for the taking Saturday, July 7th ~ 6:00pm East Moline Campus, Fellowship Hall (and the 1st Saturday of each month) at CUMC's Open Mic Night! Come sing your favorite songs, tell your favorite jokes, read your favorite poem, or kick back and take it all in! The fun begins at 6:00pm and goes 'til 8:00pm. For more information, call or text Josie at (309) No karaoke please.

4 Lifetree Cafe Here s What s Happening at Silvis Lifetree Café is a weekly, hour-long interactive experience that features real people s real stories on film, guided conversation, biblical insights, and time to build relationships. Lifetree Café tackles the topics that most people deal with topics about the big and little stuff that shapes our lives. Family. Friends. Fears. Busyness. Balance. Money. Materialism. Health. Heaven. Peace. Purpose. Please review the upcoming topics for one that you might find appealing. Or is there a topic that might interest a friend or neighbor? Please invite them to join you for an hour at this conversation café where everyone s thoughts are welcome! The location for Lifetree Café continues to be the coffee shop in the front of the Moline Public Library, called the Java Lab Cafe. The address is st St, Moline. Lifetree Café is held on Monday evenings from 6pm-7pm. We are enjoying the location at the Moline Library because it s off-campus and in the community. We also have the option to order food and drinks. We continue to have complimentary coffee. The topics for July are: July 16 July 2 July 9 July 23 4 July 30 G!!! N I M O C IT IS, Y L JU Christ Church Silvis Campus is hosting Vacation Bible School and all are invited!!!! Kid s Club Week with Harvest Ministry Team is July 16-19, 5:30pm 8:00pm each evening. Harvest Ministries Tim Price and his team of summer youth interns are coming to the Quad Cities to share their passion for Christ and their gift of leading children s ministries. Their music and worship is inspirational, the love of Christ is contagious, and the kingdom work of serving Christ by serving kids is SO rewarding. In the past, parents stayed to experience the event with their kids. It was an awesome experience for the whole family! Please join us and invite others to come with you! Volunteers are needed to help each night, to provide snacks, and to provide housing for our guests. Contact Janet Oltman, , if you can help in any way. You ll be so blessed. Many KUDOS to Alma Neels and the members of Girl Scout Troop #5743 (Maddie Horvath, Allison Overton, Bailey Sharpe and leader, Amanda Overton) for all their hard work at the Carbon Cliff Campus. They took the initiative to pull weeds and add the much needed mulch to these flower beds. For their efforts, the scouts will earn a Community Service badge. Thank you so much!!! In the News is a format that started in February and will be scheduled for the 2nd week each month. It will be on a hot topic in the news. Because it is a timely topic, the title will not be available until a week ahead of time. So please watch for details in the Midweek e-news and the bulletin. If you want to know more, please go to the website or like the Lifetree Cafe - East Moline, Illinois Facebook page for news and session topics. You can also contact Dean Sutton at dls61244@gmail.com or Deb Bomberry at deb712@gmail.com. Silvis Retirees Group July 13th ~ 12:00 pm Please come and enjoy fun, fellowship and a delicious catered meal by Mulkey s Restaurant, Rock Island for only $9 per person. Come join the fun and fellowship had by all. If you know of someone who might enjoy this event, invite them! Please call Jean or Norm Neely at (309) to reserve your spot at this fun and festive event. 44th Annual Quilt Show This annual event, always highly anticipated, will be on Wednesday, August 8th, 10am 4pm. Luncheon of Taco or Chicken Salad ($7 per person) will be served from 11am to 1pm. Also available for purchase are desserts for $2 each. Admission is $2 per person. Pictured above is this year s quilt designed by Nancy Freebern, which will be sold via silent auction. Doors will open at 10:00 am. If you wish to display your quilt(s), they can be dropped off for registration on Tuesday, August 7th. There will be overnight security. Further information is available by calling Nancy Freebern at

5 8 NEWS & UPDATES SUMMER GARDEN MINISTRY Seasons of Fun Luncheon Some harvesting by the 2018 Confirmation Class (pictured below) has already taken place in the garden. Radishes, broccoli, cucumbers, and several varieties of lettuce have been donated to the food pantry at the East Moline Campus. Thanks to Dan Thorngren and his passion to serve Christ through his love for plants, the garden ministry is growing! New renters this year are having the privilege to serve through this ministry and more vegetables are being grown to share. New this year in the garden is sweet corn, which Dan planted in front of the pumpkins (hopefully to discourage any vandalism). Maureen and Carl Dittmar have several plots dedicated to Christ Church. Sweet corn, several varieties of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and garlic are being raised to give away to the food pantry at Christ Church. It s not too late to join this awesome ministry. All you need to bring is your enthusiasm and be prepared to be blessed as you bless others through your work. Or just stop by and see the awesomeness of all God s creation! For more information or if you have any questions/concerns, please contact Dan Thorngren ( ) and/or Carl Dittmar ( ). Featuring Creative Tabletops Shawl Ministry Update Since CUMC s Shawl Ministry began in the fall of 2004, more than 450 shawls and afghans have been distributed to people facing challenging times. In addition, small white shawls are presented to babies at the time of their baptism. If you would like to join the Shawl Ministry or donate yarn for their projects, please contact Janet Griffin, 309/ You are also invited to submit the names of people who are experiencing difficulties and could benefit from receiving a shawl as a tangible reminder of God s healing presence. We extend our sincere appreciation to all the faithful stitchers who make this project so successful. Saturday, August 11th, :30am Table Viewing ~ 12 Noon Lunch Christ United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall th Street, East Moline, Illinois Janet Griffin and Steph Rabe Christ church multi-site 2018 financial report May 2018 Income: $59, Expenses: $62, Average Worship Attendance: 417 Year to Date (1/1/18-5/31/18) Income: $326, Expenses: $327, Cost $10 Call Pat Reuter Reservations due by August 6th, 2018 No tickets sold at the door Door Prizes and Entertainment Proceeds to benefit Christ United Methodist Women s Local Ministries including Winnie s Place & Youth Hope Food Pantry News EAST MOLINE CAMPUS Recently, God took two devoted food pantry volunteers home to be the Him. Bob and Arlene Cheffer donated many years to the East Moline Campus Food Pantry. Arlene first served the pantry for many years as a volunteer and then served as director for about five years. Many of you will remember her exceptional talent of counting all the items the Scouts would bring to fellowship hall on Scout Drive Day. It was an amazing experience to watch her method of counting and to watch her hands. Many years, she had over 5,000 items to count! Bob was always nearby if she needed help with anything. Bob worked a weekly shift as a sack room volunteer for many, many years. He was always willing to do whatever I ask and then more. If there was a repair that needed to be done, he would make sure it was taken care of. He seemed to know when I needed some of his words of wisdom also! There are many of you that feel like I do they will be greatly missed! Sue Swartz SILVIS CAMPUS The Silvis Campus Food Pantry was recently blessed with a $1,000 grant from The Moline Foundation. The money will be used to provide food for the food insecure families in the Silvis area. The pantry is grateful for the assistance. If you know anyone serving on the Moline Foundation Board, please thank them and let them know how much the grant is appreciated. Soon the Silvis Food Pantry will be celebrating their 1st year anniversary. We serve, on average, 175 families each month providing food for about 600 individuals. God has blessed the pantry with a very dedicated group of volunteers! Their goal is to serve the food insecure families with love and respect, as well as, providing them with as much food as possible for their families. I want to say a big thank you to each of them! Sue Swartz 5

6 6 Sunday School Sunday School continues throughout the summer! Nursery is available for babies through age five at all three services: 8am, 9:15am, & 10:35am. Each child must have a current registration form. Please sign your child in and out of the registration book outside the nursery door. The nursery is located in Room #9 on the main floor. Confirmation Class Trip This summer, the confirmation class students are planning a trip to visit the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, August 6th-9th. The Ark Encounter is a full-size replica of Noah s Ark. The confirmands have been in a Bible study this summer focusing on the stories in Genesis. How better to see the Bible come to life, but to go see a life size ARK!?! To raise the necessary funds for this trip, do you have any weeds that need to be pulled, or maybe some windows that need washed, or a garage that needs cleaned? The youth would love to help you! Would you consider making a donation toward their trip? Contact Emma Kindred or Pastor Joye if you have a work project at your home or business. Thank you! Check out the Ark Encounter on their website Children, please join us each Sunday for the Small Talk at the 10:35am service. Sunday School follows with group time in the Chapel and then downstairs into the Education Wing. Please follow Ms. Karyn and the teachers out of the Sanctuary. Parents, please sign your child s first and last name into the registration books. All children will move up to their new grade level in August! Preschool Room #19 ~ Ms. Reine (ages 3 and up-must be potty trained) K-1st Grade Room #16 ~ Ms. Jeanie, Connie, Dawn, or Holly 2nd-3rd Grade Room #18 ~ Ms. Debbie, Mr. Ernie, Ms. Steph 4th-5th-6th grade Room #20 ~ Ms. Karyn, Ms. Theresa Kindergarten through 6th Grade Light meal provided at 5:30pm, program begins at 6:00pm. Harvest Ministry Team from Troy, IL will be with us. Kids Praise Band, Wild & Wacky games, Interactive Bible Stories, and fun crafts to make-n-take. Preschoolers can attend with parents. Registration forms at the Welcome Center Kiosk or outside Room #2 at the East Moline Campus. Contact Ms. Karyn for more information. children who came to learn about Jesus!! God bless each and every one of you!!! I have come that they may have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. ~ John 10:10 Kids Club Week with Harvest Ministries July 16th-19th 5:30pm-8pm Silvis Campus nd Avenue Wacky Wednesday is on break for the summer. Please check thethank you so much to all the volunteers who devoted their time and energy to make all calendar for other summer fun things like VBS dates and times and happen at Amped VBS. It was truly a very blessed week! We had 60 kids attend each cooking classes. PLUS benight on along with many junior helpers and adult the lookout for our Annual volunteers who provided prayer, talents, time, Wacky Water Night in August! leadership, and many hugs to all the Camp Connect This camp is for 4th, 5th, & 6th graders and will be held at Scott Family Park with two overnights. Monday through Wednesday July 30th, 31st, & Aug. 1st. Registration forms are available at the Welcome Center kiosk or outside room #2 at the East Moline Campus. Deadline for sign-up is July 22nd. Limit of 20 campers. Contact Karyn for more information. 7