THE MESSENGER. The United Methodist Church of Antioch

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1 The United Methodist Church of Antioch THE MESSENGER The mission of the United Methodist Church of Antioch is to grow in faith, worship God following the teachings of Jesus Christ, and be instruments of God s love, through the Hol Spirit, as we reach out to our communit and the world. August 2018 Volume 2 Issue 8 Rich Rubietta is a modern da Circuit-Rider, our resident Northern Illinois Conference Evangelist, commissioned first b the 1999 Annual Conference and appointed to Abounding Ministries. He crisscrosses northern Illinois each week introducing creative was to use music in worship and other church activities. Here are some photos from his visit to us on Sunda, Jul 1st.

2 This was given to us to share b Linda Hensgen. BIBLE EMERGENCY NUMBERS When in sorrow John 14 When men fail ou Psalm 27 When ou have sinned Psalm 51 When ou have worr Matthew 6:19-34 When ou are in danger Psalm 91 When God seems far awa Psalm 139 When our faith needs stirring Hebrews 11 When ou are lonel and fearful Psalm 23 When ou grow bitter and critical 1 Corinthians 13 When ou feel down and out Romans 8:31-39 When ou want peace and rest Matthew 11:25-30 When the world seems bigger than God Psalm 90 When ou want Christian assurance Romans 8:1-30 When ou leave home for labor or travel Psalm 121 When our praers grow narrow or selfish Psalm 67 When ou want courage for a task Joshua 1 When ou of investments/returns Mark 10 How to get along with fellow humans Romans 12 For great invention/opportunit Isaiah 55 For Paul s secret to happiness Colossians 3:12-17 If ou want to be fruitful John 15 If our pocketbook is empt Psalm 37 If ou are losing confidence in people I Corinthians 13 If people seem unkind John 15 If discouraged about our work Psalm 126 If ou fond the world growing small and ou great Psalm 19 Available 24-7 Phone Service Not Required Direct Your Petitions Heavenward Newsletter deadline is the 15th of the month. We are also interested in an photos ou might have of church activities. Submit articles and/or photos to Barbara Goetzelman: or bgoetzelman@comcast.net Files should be in a PDF format or included in the bod of the . Please note that articles submitted should be for the following month. 2

3 JOB OPENING The United Methodist Church of Antioch seeks a part-time Chancel Choir Director who will work an average of 5-6 hours per week from September to Ma. We have a traditional et informal worship stle. Currentl we have adult and outh participants. Information is available at Resumes ma be ed to umc.antioch@att.net NURSERY HELP NEEDED! Adult and outh supervisors are needed in the Church Nurser at the 10:00/10:30 a.m. service. This commitment would amount to once ever 3 months. Please contact Heather Menzer, heather.a.menzer@gmail.co m, if ou would like to join this important ministr. Parents Da Out It s amazing just how fast the summer is fling b. The preschool is getting read for its first da of school on September 4th. We currentl have 32 children enrolled for the fall. In the past few weeks we have had two summer camps. The first was our S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technolog, Engineering, Art, and Math) Camp. For this we focused on building different things. Our second camp was focused on the Arts. For this camp the children worked together and at the end of the week the presented a pla based on Mother Goose. We had twent-six children enrolled in each camp. The children ranged in age from two to eight ears old and several of them have never attended the preschool before. Kim Dodd, Director, PDO To God s Ear Praer Chain is now up and running. To become a member of this Chain or to make a praer request contact Barbara Goetzelman, or via at bgoetzelman@comcast.net. UMCA IS ON FACEBOOK Yes ou can now find up-to-the-minute information while surfing our Facebook feed. Like the page at United Methodist Church of Antioch. Please be patient with us this is a new page and we are busil tring to make it a great one!

4 A New Perspective on Forgiveness Contemporar Lutheran pastor, Nadia Bolz-Weber shared some insights about forgiveness that can enrich our quest to forgive. She sas that the harm of injustice done to us connects us like a chain. Possibl retaliation doesn t combat evil but rather feeds it! Pastor Bolz-Weber speaks of forgiveness saing: What ou did was so not ok, that I refuse to be connected to it anmore. Forgiveness is taking bolt-cutters and snapping the chain. Faith and Doubt Ma we start out with bolt-cutters of forgiveness that we ma be free to grow in faith! When I was studing about faith and doubt, I valued seeing Jesus relationship with Peter. Peter definitel walked a challenged journe with faith. He was so adamant about his faithfulness to Jesus, Peter declared, If everone else deserts ou, I won t. (Matthew 26:33-35) Then he denied Jesus three times! On another occasion, the storm, Peter spoke to Jesus, Sir, if it is reall ou, tell me to come over to ou, walking on the water. All right, the Lord said, come along! So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he looked around at the high waves, he was terrified and began to sink. Save me, Lord! he shouted. Instantl Jesus reached out his hand and rescued him. O man of little faith, Jesus said. Wh did ou doubt me? (Matthew 14:28-31 TLB) What was Jesus relationship to this man, Peter? At the Last Supper, Jesus told Peter that he begged God in praer That our faith should not completel fail...peter, Peter I have praed for ou. (Luke 22:31-32 TLB) As we look at the New Testament, we see such evidence of our forgiving faithful Jesus to humans who have hearts for God and tr. Ma we realize how ver much God loves us as we look to Jesus in our doubt as we seek deeper faith. How tin the mustard seed! Surel, we each have been gifted with that amount of faith. Kathleen Bleaert TLB The Living Bible

5 PDO Summer Camps Our Praer Shawl Ministr recentl gave 105 praer cloths to the Chapel at Condell Advocate and 70 preemie hats and 9 bab preemie blankets were given to Lutheran General Hospital. Praer cloths are also given to Sue Redman, who works at Walmart, Antioch. She pras for people and gives them the cloths. Thank ou to everone who contributes to this ministr and to Erin at St. Ignatius for making the laminated praer cards. Our 4th of Jul Water Booth featuring our VBS Raging River and our own Ellie Saver, Little Miss Antioch on the float.

6 PASTOR CHAR HOFFMANN The United Methodist Church of Antioch 848 Main St. Antioch, IL Phone Website: umcantioch.org Summer Worship 8 & 10:00 a.m. Sunda School and Chancel Choir are on summer recess. Check us out on Facebook: Like us at United Methodist Church of Antioch Gather, Grow, GO! TRUSTEES UPDATE Repairs on the Education Wing roof and boiler maintenance have been completed this month. Special thanks for keeping contributions up-to-date to help with the building upkeep. The next project we are working on is the sidewalk railing. We currentl have $ in contributions toward this project. However, the work will not start until we have the full amount of $4,250 raised. Please consider making a contribution to this fund. It would be great if the railing could be put in before winter. Thank ou! Sallie Stoner, Trustees Chair