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1 Spirit Lake United Methodist Church 1812 Gary Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa January 2018 Issue 1 United Methodist News In With the New It s a new year, time to put out the old and bring in the new. So, in that spirit, let me start with the old business and move to the new: Old Business 1) On behalf of my family, thank you for all the wonderful cards and gifts during the Christmas season. We very much appreciate your kindness and generosity. 2) Thanks for the wonderful Christmas Eve offering! We did something different this year and gave our offering on Christmas Eve to two wonderful ministries: Mercy Ships, which provide mobile surgical hospitals to greatly underserved areas of the world; and Autumn s Center, based in Spencer and providing for the needs of children with disabilities in our area. We raised $5,056 for these two wonderful ministries. We ll simply divide those funds in half and each ministry will receive $2,528 to each ministry. Thanks for your generosity. New Business 3) I m preaching a series called, Unafraid, during the month of January and leading up to Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on February 14 th. If we are going to be able to hear God s call to us and respond, both individually and as a congregation in 2018, we need to be in a place of peace and strength and not be ravaged by fear and all it does to us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. 4) I m starting a Men s Bible on Thursday, January 11 th from 7-8 a.m. at the church. We ll start with some discussion and ideas about subjects and then move forward from there. Let s make 2018 a great year! INSIDE THIS ISSUE Calendar..2 Gifts... 3 Service... 3 Missions... 4 Updates... 5 SLUMC Snip Its Christian Ed...7 Upcoming Activities... 8 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Lake Okoboji UM Camp pg. 4 Kristen Kuiper Fundraiser pg. 5

2 7 COMMUNION JANUARY 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8:30 Traditional Worship 9:30 Blood Pressure Checks 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 Contemporary Worship 11:30 2nd Service Coffee 14 8:30 Traditional Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 Contemporary Worship 11:30 2nd Service Coffee 21 8:30 Traditional Worship 9:30 Sunday School 9:30 TRUSTEES 10:30 Contemporary Worship 11:30 2nd Service Coffee 28 8:30 Traditional Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 Contemporary Worship 11:30 2nd Service Coffee 1 OFFICE CLOSED 8 10:00 TOPS 12:00 Prayer Care 2:00 Staff Mtg 6:00 Women s Bible 15 10:00 TOPS 12:00 Prayer Care 2:00 Staff Mtg 6:00 Women s Bible 7:00 MISSIONS 22 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 10:00 TOPS 12:00 Prayer Care 2:00 Staff Mtg 6:00 Women s Bible 29 10:00 TOPS 12:00 Prayer Care 2:00 Staff Mtg 6:00 Women s Bible :15 Finance 7:00 Staff-Parish 16 9:00 Music Staff 3:00 Friendship Bible 23 9:00 Prot. Team 5:30 ADMIN COUNCIL NO WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY 9:00 Men's Breakfast (Breakfast Barn) 10 9:00 Men's Breakfast (Breakfast Barn) 10:30 UMW Leaders Mtg Paige Hall 12:00 UMW Paige Hall 5:30-6:00 Wonderful Wednesday Community Meal 6:00 Kid's Club/Confirmation/High School 17 9:00 Men's Breakfast (Accura) 5:30-6:00 Wonderful Wednesday Community Meal 6:00 Kid's Club/Confirmation/High School :00 Men's Breakfast (Breakfast Barn) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CIRCLE DAY 5:30-6:00 Wonderful Wednesday Community Meal 6:00 Kid's Club/Confirmation/High School 9:00 Men's Breakfast (Breakfast Barn) 5:30-6:00 Wonderful Wednesday Community Meal 6:00 Kid's Club/ 6:30 NO APOLOGIES (6th-12th) 4 2:00 Women's Bible 11 7:00 Men s Bible 2:00 Women's Bible 18 7:00 Men s Bible 2:00 Women s Bible 5:30 EDUCATION 25 2:00 Women s Bible 1 2:00 Women s Bible 5 Bible 12 Bible 19 Bible 26 Bible 2 Bible :30-Noon LEADERSHIP RETREAT 8-10 AM - DC Food Spirit Life Fellowship AM - DC Food Spirit Life Fellowship 3

3 Concerns Kristen Kuiper Lola Kness Pam Kragt Elveda Ross Scott Montgomery s mom, Barbara Montgomery Jennifer Wymer s dad, Ron Wolterman Carol Shelton Coleen Daly Pat Fedders Mike Wiley Our sympathy to Estella Harmon s family Estella passed away 1/4 GIFTS Adopt A Day 1/3 Darwin & Sally Will in honor of their two son s birthdays 1/11 Ina Ringler s Family in memory of Ina 1/16 George & Lori Bower in celebration of Rick Wilson s birthday 1/14 Audrey Allen TV Ministry SLUMC s service is on Mediacom channel 22 at 9am Friday mornings and Monday s at 9am when possible Notes of Appreciation Thank you, thank you for the birthday greetings! The write-a-notes, the phone calls, the Facebook posts, the hugs, the cards, and a special thank you to Pastor Duane for his birthday note and Christmas card! You are an awesome pastor and we are so fortunate to have you! A big thank you to my daughter Linda for the big surprise with the homemade cakes for coffee hour! (yum) I thank God every day for the privilege of belonging to such a caring church. Love & blessings to all! Hazel Read I wish to thank everyone for their prayers & concerns during my hospital stay & day following. I still have lots of appointments & needs ahead. Please continue to send your prayers. Thank you, again Bonnie Gross Thank you for helping our family this Christmas season. It means a lot for someone to bring a smile to my children s faces. We hope you have a very Merry Christmas. You deserve it. Thank you Adopted Family SERVICE *PLEASE NOTE COMMITTEES WILL NO LONGER BE HOSTING COFFEE HOUR AFTER THE 8:30 SERVICE GREETERS 8:30 1/14 1/21 1/28 USHERS COFFEE HOUR WELCOME CENTER 10:30 1/14 1/21 1/28 USHERS Confirmands Confirmands COFFEE HOUR WELCOME CENTER 3

4 MISSION OPPORTUNITIES DISCOVERY HOUSE The Discovery House is a rewarding opportunity to serve others in our community. We can show the gift of hospitality the first Monday of each month by sharing a meal with our friends at Discovery House. Prayerfully consider this ministry, as we use our gifts in the service for others. The signup sheet and guidelines are on the Connections Table. BACKPACK PROGRAM The school has a backpack program to send food home, and our church helps with this. This program is ongoing. There is a bin in the Narthex for your donations. *Monetary contributions are appreciated as it enables the pantry to buy food and items as they are needed.* SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY - Sunday, Feb. 7th Help us make a touchdown against hunger and win the game by bringing cans of soup to church and placing it in the grocery cart. Every item you bring provides someone with a hot meal! A New Vision for our Future Okoboji United Methodist Camp We have 'A New Vision' at Lake Okoboji United Methodist Camp that will take us into our next 100 years of ministry and allow us to continue changing lives at the lake. For over 100 years, campers, families, church groups, and guests have visited our camp and called this Camp home for a week or more each summer. It is amazing to look back on our history and see the way this site has adapted and evolved to the current style of camping we have today. To think about how many actual lives have been impacted by time spent at Lake Okoboji United Methodist Camp is mind-boggling The visioning that happened in 1915 is much like the visioning we are doing today in In they were looking for a permanent location to have camp each summer. We are looking to have a better permanent structure for housing campers and guests. The vision we are presenting starts with a new 96 bed facility to house our campers and guest. The second and third phases will include indoor worship space, adult friendly suites, multi-purpose gym area and a possible swimming pool. It was a large undertaking in 1915 to acquire 40 acres and start the process of creating our site. It is hard to imagine what life would be like had that visioning not taken place. Now we need your help to make our New Vision a reality. Will you stand on the shore with us today and pray for the future we can have with a new building? Make a gift towards this building project? Please contact the camp soon to make a gift in 2017 and share how you would like to give into the future. I invite you to explore our website for more information. If you have any questions or would like to talk more about ways to give and support, please contact, Derek Bergman, Site Director by calling the office or directly Derek@OkobojiCamp.com. This kind of project will help us with our summer and year round ministry but, it can not happen without your financial and prayerful support. Thank you! Derek Bergman, Site Director 4

5 UPDATES WEATHER CANCELLATIONS *many will not be available until after 7 AM Listen to KICD FM /1240 AM Listen/Watch Sioux City channel 4 (KTIV) Check SLUMC s Facebook page Call the office and listen to the automated message CHURCH DIRECTORY & TECHNOLOGY UPDATES The office will be putting together the 2018 Church Directory once our new church management software is in place hopefully before the end of January. If your name, address or phone number has changed or was incorrect last year please contact the church office. The new software will allow staff to send group notifications via and text so be sure to let us know your cell numbers and addresses. If you have disconnected your home phone & gone strictly to a cell phone please contact the office The new website is also expected to be up and running by the end of January so get ready for some awesome improvements! ~ KRISTEN KUIPER ~ Kristen was moved on January 4th to start a new chapter in her recovery at the Madonna rehab center in Lincoln Nebraska. She s making progress each day. You can follow her journey on Caring Bridge. Northwest Bank has set up an account for monetary donations that will help with Kuiper s with expenses. An apparel fundraiser has started for Kristen. Forms can be found at the church (in the office or through ) and Spirit Lake Schools. Drop off locations for the forms are the church, Bank Midwest, or the Spirit Lake School offices. The deadline for orders is Friday, January 12th. ATTENTION STUDENTS! The Iowa United Methodist Foundation will be accepting scholarship applications for the academic year beginning December 1, Find out which scholarships are available by going to the foundation website, All applications must be received by March 1,

6 SLUMC SNIP ITS A very successful Christmas Potluck thanks to amazing volunteers! 140+ meals were served and the free will donations totaling over $500 were given to the Kuiper Family. Kids Club Cookie Decorating Fun Jingle Bell Beach Christmas Program 6

7 Women s Bible Suffering & Sovereignty (The books of Job, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes) ing the books of Job, Lamentations and Ecclesiastes will give us glimpses of God s glory and goodness in suffering. We aren t called to like suffering, but we are called to love God. God is good even when life is not. God is there in the midst of suffering. Few of us escape the pain of this life. But we all have the hope of a Savior who heals our hurts. Beginning January 4 Choose a time that works for you! Thursdays: 2:00 PM Or Fridays: 10:30 AM Or Mondays: 6:00 PM NO book purchase necessary. Just bring your favorite Bible. Nursery Grand Opening January 14, 2018 in between services Stop by to take a look at our newly updated nursery! *Special thanks to Jodi Wollmuth, Brian & Jennifer Wymer, the Confirmands, and many others who helped paint and assemble various items. Be sure and congratulate Deanna on 50 years of service as our organist at SLUMC. She s a wonderful lady with a great gift! 7

8 Spirit Lake United Methodist Church 1812 Gary Ave Spirit Lake, Iowa Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 92 SPIRIT LAKE, IA Phone: Website: *Help us conserve time and paper by contacting the office if you have address update or would like to be removed from our mailing list CPR/AED TRAINING *Hosted by Dickinson County EMS NO APOLOGIES 2018 No Apologies for Teens, our large group gathering for 6th-12th grade students will WHAT: CPR/AED Training WHO: Open to all members WHERE: Spirit Lake United Methodist Church WHEN: 6PM 8:30/9 COST: $35/per person take place on Wednesday, January 31 at the Clay County Event Center in Spencer from 6:30-8:15 PM Hear from Special Guests: Joshua Jordan and Jon Pausley

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