THE KEYS ST. PETER S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST GRANT PARK, IL

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1 THE KEYS ST. PETER S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST GRANT PARK, IL June/July 2014

2 THE ROOF PROJECT HAS BEGUN! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE WITH YOUR FINANCIAL HELP! A HUGE PROJECT! YOU CAN STILL MAKE A DONATION! 2

3 SUMMER WORSHIP 9:30 AM A reminder.our Sunday morning Worship Service during the summer is from 9:30 10:30 am. SUMMARY OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 2014 Minutes Unfinished Business A committee will be formed to explore the implementation of the use of Video Projection during the worship service. The committee will consist of a cross section members and will be given guidelines from the Council. Council Members will visit local churches that use video in their service. Once the roof project is underway, Council will move forward with the accessibility project. New Business It may be time to consider evaluating the rolls of the church. Offering envelopes will be ordered for Roger suggested the possibility of our Youth Group joining with other Youth Groups from the area for activities. Committee Reports Board of Christian Education: o Fusion to serve at Salvation Army in May. o May 11 last day for Sunday School. o May 18 teacher and shepherd recognition. o May 21, St. Peter s will host Grant Park High School Baccalaureate. o Sept. 7 will be Sunday Funday. Budget: None Cemetery: None 3

4 Church Life: Plans are underway for May 17 th event. Endowment: None Memorial: Bill Lewke and Jim Hamann agreed to be members of committee. Missions: o Easter Baskets delivered. o Hygiene and cleaning kits to be delivered in June. o Fusion will serve at Salvation Army in May. Property: o Parsonage windows to be installed April 27. o Jim Hamann s boys will mow church grounds. o Sidewalks have been edged and bushes trimmed. Worship: o Prayer vigil was not very well attended. o There will be a wedding in sanctuary on Nov. 29, Advent is Nov. 30, couple asked that we wait to put up Christmas tree on alter. Kathy Ekhoff is May Council Person of the Month. Next Meeting date is May 27, Meeting was closed with The Lord s Prayer Respectfully Submitted, Kathy Ekhoff Council Secretary SUMMARY OF THE BOARD OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION MINUTES The St. Peter s United Church of Christ Board of Christian Education met on Tuesday, April 1 st, 2014 at 7:00 pm. Reports: Budget Pastor Doug gave the report for the months of January-March. 4

5 Council Rep Bev Junker reported that the Mission Committee is having a presentation concerning Angola Ministry on April 27 th. In conjunction, Fusion will be serving coffee hour on that day. Sunday School Superintendant Heather Ohm reported that attendance has been low. This rotation is based on the Empty Tomb. The placemats made at the last Community Day were delivered to the Beecher Manor. Fusion They will be serving coffee hour on April 27 th ; on May 17 th they will serve lunch at the Salvation Army; they are working on a Car Wash in July as well as doing a fun activity (movie, bowling, ice skating, etc.). Confirmation Student attendance has been very well; they have been watching segments of The Bible mini-series as part of their curriculum; they will wrap up in May and begin again in September. Old Business: Vacation Bible School Linda Neidlinger will contact Jennie Hamann to finalize the dates and to decide what Mission project they will choose. New Business: Sunday School Appreciation/Teacher Appreciation Sunday, May 18 th. Heather Ohm will take care of the invites and announcements. Assistant Sunday School Superintendant We need a church member to fill the position for the school year. Rally Day Sunday Funday will be held on Sep 7 th. Debbie Mussman made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Heather Ohm seconded it; motion carried. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 7:00. Respectfully Submitted, Michelle Claussen Christian Education Secretary 5

6 ADULT EDUCATION CLASS Beginning in October, the Adult Education class will be able to meet either on Sunday morning at 9:00 am or Sunday evening at 6:00 pm. If you re interested in attending the class, please let us know which time you prefer by signing up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board by the Sunday school entrance. WILL YOU VOLUNTEER? AN ASSISTANT SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IS NEEDED! An Assistant Sunday School Superintendent is needed by July 1. Please contact Shirley Koehn, Debbie Mussman, Linda Neidlinger, or Pastor Doug if you will serve. This is a two year commitment. The Assistant Sunday School Superintendent will serve as the Sunday School Superintendent the following year. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS) VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! VBS will be July from 5:30 8:00 pm. Please sign up to help. The signup sheet is posted on the bulletin board in the Sunday School entrance. 6

7 SERVING LUNCH AT THE SALVATION ARMY SAT, JULY 19 TH You can volunteer in two ways: * serve lunch - meet at the Salvation Army at 11:30 am * donate cookies, brownies or a bar cookie - please deliver them to the church by 10:30 am on the 15 th. Please sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board by the Sunday school entrance. Thank you! JUNE/JULY MISSION GIVING Our Churches Wider Mission (OCWM) Also known as Basic Support, 71% of our contribution stays in the Illinois Conference to carry out the mission at the Association and Conference level. Included are the support of local church pastors and the local church, helping the church through the search and call process, and providing intervention teams to help local churches work through times of challenge. Strengthen the Church (June) Strengthen the Church is the United Church of Christ s (UCC s) Annual offering to help build our denominational future. Directed to our Conference, Local Church Ministries, and the Stillspeaking Ministry, these gifts help invigorate congregations, foster new leaders, and grow the UCC s presence as a community of Extravagant Welcome. Emmaus Home (July) - Emmaus Homes has provided services to men and women with developmental disabilities for nearly 115 years. Today, approximately 325 people receive services on Emmaus two campuses in St. Charles and Marthasville, Missouri, as well as in five counties throughout eastern Missouri. Through a variety of residential and programming options, staff members work with clients to help them reach their highest levels of physical and social independence. While Emmaus Homes is a Christian ministry, it is committed to serving persons of any or no religious persuasion who have a developmental disability. Emmaus Homes is a private, not-for-profit facility related to the United Church of Christ s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries 7

8 FOOD PANTRY We participate in the Food Pantry through St. Luke United Church of Christ, Beecher. They serve families in Beecher and the surrounding communities, including Grant Park. Currently they are accepting all food items, paper products, and personal hygiene items. Donations received: Monetary Pounds of Items May $ pounds Year-to-Date $ pounds 8

9 THE PASTOR S NOTE Good-Bye By Martin B. Copenhaver, April 22, 2014 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." - John 14:27 One of the reasons parting is so difficult is that, in parting, we confront our limits. We cannot be both here and there. We cannot be with all the people we care about. We cannot lay hold of what is ahead without in some way letting go of what is past. So over and over again in scripture we read of people who, in parting, remind one another of the promises of God. And what other way are we to part, in what other way can we? How else can we leave those we care about, unless we entrust them to the care of God? That is, after all, what the word good-bye means "God be with you." What else can we say in parting that does not simply whither and fall at our feet as soon as it is said? God be with you, because I can no longer be with you. God be with you, because though now we will have limited ways of expressing care for one another, we are still all of us in need of care. God be with you, because if God is with you and with me, somehow still we will be together. God be with you, because though none of our lives is much more than a collection of fragments, some of them with jagged edges, God promises to make them complete and make us whole, in God's time. Indeed, there may be no way to part from those we love without either kidding ourselves or being drawn into the shadow of despair unless we say, "Good-bye." This is a reflection on Good-bye I hadn t considered before. I will think of Good-bye in a whole new light each time I say Good-bye to someone. I hope you will too. Have a Great Summer! See you in church! Pastor Doug 9

10 BUDGETED DONATIONS COMPARED TO ACTUAL DONATIONS RECEIVED Figures as of May 25, 2014 Year-to-Date (YTD) Donations Budget Amount Received (YTD) Amount Under Budget $73, $68, ($5,099.00) Worship Attendance Sunday, May (Average Sunday Attendance for ) PRAYER CONCERNS Warren Wessman - Cancer, Bill Posey - Pancreatic cancer (Cousin of Karen Ekhoff & Karri Barrera), Bill Pugh Kidney cancer (Father of Jenny Hamann) Sharon Carlin Cancer (Mother of Dornita Hamann and Gwyneth Stadt) Sue Cancer (Friend of Wally and Tonita Reifsteck) Jean Halloway Cancer (Friend of Ethel and Clifford Zimmerman) Cynthia Gerdez Cancer (Friend of Margaret Chesterfield) Jill Schafer Car accident (Daughter of Cindy and Steve Jacobson Kim Nolte Cancer (Friend of Kim Sherwood) Tim Langlois Cancer ( Son of Marcia Langlois) Allison Kiuewski heart surgery (Granddaughter of Gene & Marilynn Rademacher) Ione Hebert Chronic Back Pain ( Friend of Ethel and Clifford Zimmerman) Ronald Schneider Brain Tumor Tim Boll Brain Tumor (Matt Hamann s future Father-in-law) And all of God s children seeking comfort, support, peace and love. Concerns The family and friends of Debbie Hengl who passed away on May 11,

11 Joys * The baptism of Gigi Loraine Schneider. Daughter of Randy and Joell Schneider. Gigi was baptized at St. Peter s on April 27, * The Church Life Committee Hosted a fun filled evening and delicious dinner on May 17th, Thank You Doris Laking would like to thank everyone for the well wishes and thoughtful cards. They mean so much to her. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND CHURCH ON A REGULAR BASIS Mrs. Louise Sievers Mr. Clarence Heldt 891 Exeter Turn Heritage Woods Rm 191 Unit C2 355 Diversatech Dr. Bourbonnais, IL Manteno, IL Mrs. Pauline Mitchell Mrs. Geraldine Hamann 84 N. Franklin St Butterfield Trail Momence, IL Apt. #79 Kankakee, IL Mrs. Doris Laking North 8163 Maplewood Rd. Wittenberg, WI CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS SERVING IN THE MILITARY Mark & Krysta Farina Austin Langlois PCS 9 Box Randall Ave APO, AE Bldg. 220, Box 54 FE Warren AFB, WY LCpl Lopez, Jessica R. PSC 557 Box 2031 FPO, AP

12 HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS? New house address, address, or phone number? Please contact the Church Office to advise us of the change FARMERS AND FRIENDS Farmers and Friends, a support group for men whose spouses have died, will meet at the USA Restaurant in Grant Park at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, May 21 st. GRANT PARK SENIOR MEETING The Grant Park Seniors will meet on Monday, May 19 th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Community Center, Dixie Highway in Grant Park. AED (AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR) DEVICE An AED device has been donated to the church by a church member. Recently, several members of the Church Council and staff of the church were trained on this device. The Church Council is considering the purchase of a cabinet for the device. Until the cabinet is purchased, the device will be on the cabinet outside the entrance to the sanctuary by the church office. 12

13 JUNE/JULY BIRTHDAY LIST These birthdays are compiled from church membership records. Please call to our attention any omissions or corrections JUNE Mabel Phebus 1 Randy Schneider 13 Madelyn Dickson 3 Jaron Jacobson 14 Tim Markland 3 Natalie Lacer 14 Julie Wade 4 David Schreoder 15 Dave Dillman 5 Michelle Graf 16 Judy Lange 6 Rita Morris 17 Ryan Dulin 7 Emily Wieghaus 19 Pauline Mitchell 7 Dylan Marcotte 20 Jacob Stadt 8 Linda Schneider 21 Ione Engleking 9 Debbie Mussman 22 Julia Hammerlund 9 Denise Wessman 22 Lonnie Martens 9 Josh Hamann 23 Karl Hamann 11 Vic Frahm 24 William Lewke 11 Lexi Hamann 26 Mike Flynn 12 Stephanie Loitz 13 Judy Schneider 13 JULY Michelle Claussen 1 Scott Dillman 15 Garry Junker 1 Earl Kuetemeyer 20 Kimberly Lorenz 2 Mardele Engleking 23 Keith Ohm 2 Ashton Loitz 23 Kaleb Frahm 3 Wendy Markland 23 Andrew Graf 3 Jessica Lopez 24 Andrew Buttle 5 Keli Flynn 25 Chris Benson 7 Kaitlyn McMahan 25 Dana Dickson 8 Julia Flynn 26 Patrick Hayes 9 Heather Erickson 27 Eleanor Tyson 9 Andrea Kuhn 27 Craig Schneider 10 Doris Laking 27 Janet Locke 11 Erin McMahan 27 Jamie Paez 11 Eugene Sievers 28 Brad Dulin 12 Adam Ekhoff 29 Richard Marek 12 Mark Lawrence 29 Tracey Claussen 14 Carol Hoevet 30 13

14 8 th Grade Graduates Caleb Benson Austin Jacobson Kaitlyn McMahan Kurt Reichel St. Peter s 2014 Graduates Alex Hamilton Sam Toppen Alyssa Rodriguez High School Graduates Laura Erickson Will be attending the University of Illinois Chicago Honors College majoring in Anthropology & Biology/Chemistry Ashlee Ekhoff Will be attending Olivet University majoring in nursing Jeffrey Hammerlund Andrea Kuhn Josh Lorenz Will be attending Illinois State College majoring in Agriculture Business Erin McMahan - Will be attending Purdue University majoring in Pharmacy Gabe Toppen College Graduates Kelly Lorenz Bachelors of Music from Millikin University Krystal Myer BSN Science of Nursing from Olivet University Hollie Onions Early Childhood Education from Olivet University Max Toppen Associates in Agriculture Business from Joliet Junior College Tyler Williamson - Associate Arts Degree from Kankakee Community College 14

15 JUNE CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 9:30 am Worship Service 3 7:00 pm Christian Ed 8 9:30 am Worship Service /Communion 10 10:30 pm Worship at Beecher Manor Pastor Doug at the Illinois Conference Celebration 15 9:30 am Worship Service 16 12:00 pm Grant Park Seniors 18 12:30 pm Farmers and Friends 22 9:30 am Worship Service 24 7:00 pm Church Council 29 9:30 am Worship Service JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 7:00 pm Christian Ed 4 HAPPY 4TH OF JULY 6 9:30 am Worship Service Communion celebrated 8 10:30 am Worship at Beecher Manor 13 9:30 am Worship Service 16 12:30 Farmers & Friends :30-8:00pm VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 19 11:00 am Salvation Army 20 9:30 am Worship Service 21 1:00 pm Grant Park Seniors 22 7:00 pm Church Council 27 10:30 am WORSHIP IN THE PARK Grant Park Fire Department Chicken fry 15

16 FATHER S DAY CARNATIONS The Missions Board is selling carnations for Father s Day Sunday May 25 th through Sunday, June 8 th. The cost of each carnation is $4.00. In Honor Of In Memory Of Presented By Number Ordered x $

17 ST. PETER S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 310 N. MEADOW ST. P.O. BOX 220 GRANT PARK, IL Church Office/Parsonage Phone: (815) Pastor s Cell Phone: (815) Church Addresses: stpetersgp@sbcglobal.net and stpetersgp@gmail.com Church Website: Facebook: St. Peter s UCC Grant Park Sunday Worship 9:30 am No Sunday School during the summer STAFF Rev. Doug Zimmerman, Pastor Marcia Langlois, Office Administrator Beverly Junker, Financial Secretary Ann Smith, Senior Choir Director Kathy Ekhoff, Junior Choir Director Judy Schneider and Shari Ohm, Organists Christine Garbaciak, Custodian Elizabeth Rodriguez & Sharon Buchler, Fusion Co-Advisors CHURCH COUNCIL Kevin Mussman, President Beverly Junker, Vice President Kathy Ekhoff, Secretary Josh Hamann, Treasurer Dave Schroeder, Assistant Treasurer Ed Bush, Pam Lawrence, Roger Sturm, Trisha Meherg PASTORAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Judy Schneider, Ray Isbell No Matter Who You Are or Where you Are on Life s Journey, You Are Welcome Here 17