A monthly publication of the Chatfield United Methodist Church

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1 JUNE 2015 C elebration A monthly publication of the Chatfield United Methodist Church 50 Ways to Love Your Neighbor Last month I shared with you the summary of mission/service outreach of Chatfield UMC I submitted to the Annual Conference at their request. I received a call from Gail Johnson at the conference office that we had been selected as one of the 50 churches that will be on display at the Annual Conference. Called 50 Ways to Love Your Neighbor the displays will be available for attendees to peruse at the Annual Conference in St. Cloud. Hopefully, through these displays others will get ideas of how they can serve their neighbors as people of the United Methodist Church. A group of us got together one morning to put together the display that I will take to the Conference. We focused on the Parish Nurse ministry to Senior Adults, the Community VBS, the Weekend Food Program, and some of the ways we serve alongside the community of Chatfield. As we were putting the display together, we thought of all the other ministries we could add to our display. As we stood back to admire the display boards we all remarked on its impact and the story it told. What an exciting place of ministry we have built together here at Chatfield UMC! You will be able to see the display in the narthex and fellowship hall in the weeks to come. In This Together This display represents a picture of OUR ministry of service as disciples of Jesus Christ. None of us do any of this alone. As you look at the display, know that there is always a place for you in the ministry of Chatfield UMC. There is always room at the work table for you. Sometimes we forget to ask people if they would be interested in serving alongside us. If we haven t asked, it isn t because we don t want you. It is simply because we have been neglectful. We hope you will forgive us. I hope you will remind us that you are willing to help. We never expect anyone to do anything they don t want to. But don t ever feel you are unqualified. We ALL started out feeling unqualified and unsure; but through the work of serving God we learn so much about ourselves and our gifts and graces. And we experience such a joy that most of us couldn t imagine NOT volunteering our time and talents. You are invited to discover this joy alongside us. Throughout this newsletter there are many opportunities for service. Choose one and join in. It will bless you as much as it blesses us. Hope and Peace, Pastor Debra JUNE 2015 * CHATFIELD UMC * ( )

2 Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring. Relay For Life Please note team Chatfield UMC bulletin board in narthex. You can still sign up to be on our team! Gary & Denise have partnered with Thrivent for $250 seed money to sell food at our site. We will be selling luminaries on Sundays for the Luminaria Ceremony event. Cost: 1-$10.00 or 3-$ Checks encouraged, written to "American Cancer Society. You may take bags home (sign them out on sheet) to decorate with pictures, markers, stickers. Return them in the box provided by display (check off that you've returned on sheet.) Relay For Life update: Team T-shirt deadline is May 31 See Denise if you want to be part of the team or sign-up online! The last Sunday to buy luminaries at church is June 28. Relay for Life Team meeting at 10:45 am on June 7. Our Chatfield UMC Team: Denise Pagel Joyce Irish Doreen Amy Dorinda Johnson Debra Jene Collum Pam Nelson Emily Ferguson Gary Pagel Jeanne Ferguson Beverly Simpson Scott Ferguson Lowell Stephas Juanita Haare Steve Strickler Denise Halloran 2 Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. -Maya Angelou

3 JUNE REFLECTIONS June 7 2 nd Sunday After Pentecost 1 Samuel 8:4 11, (12 15), 16 20, (11:14 15) & Psalm 138 Compare 1 Samuel 8:11 17 with the image of God s leadership in Psalm 138. What leadership qualities does God favor? How might these contrast with the leadership qualities the elders in the story in 1 Samuel were seeking? June 14 3 rd Sunday After Pentecost 1 Samuel 15:34 16:13 What are the less than perfect situations in our world today where God is providing? June 21 4 th Sunday After Pentecost 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4 11, 19 23), What are our experiences of power? It is a difficult word that we can embrace or challenge, depending on how we experience it. How do you define/understand power? June 28 SPECIAL WORSHIP PRESENTATION How many homeless youth live in Rochester? What causes homelessness in youth? Is there a solution to homelessness for the youth in Rochester? Can one woman make any difference in the lives of homeless youth in Rochester? Karen Light Edwards, director of Project Legacy, will answer these questions and tell us amazing stories of young people and the ways people come alongside young adults. She will tell us amazing stories of success and hope. Community Church Picnic Brats and Chats Sunday June 14 11:30-1:00 City Park Chatfield Lutheran if it rains. Bring chairs Sign up sheet for cakes and chips will be in the narthex in June No investment pays higher returns than a kind word. 3

4 Chatfield United Methodist Church Celebrated It s 90 th Father-Son Banquet On April 22, the Chatfield UMC hosted multiple generations of fathers and sons as they celebrated the church s 90 th Father-Son banquet. In the Spring of 1925, the first Chatfield UMC Father-Son banquet was held. The basement of the old church (located along Winona Street in what is now the church parking lot) was filled to over flowing. There were fathers and sons in every corner. Tickets quickly sold out as the banquet was one of the biggest social events of the year a chance to connect with friends and neighbors and to dine out, something rarely done back then. We suspect it was always the women of the church who cooked the meal for the fathers and sons. The United Methodist Women s (UMW) group, who will celebrate 75 years in September, began officially hosting the banquet in about 1940, serving the traditional meal of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy and corn with homemade pie for dessert. One source tells of the year the women decided to substitute bars/cake for the pie. It did not set well with the men and it s been homemade pie ever since. Today, while the UMW still hosts the banquet, the main portion of the meal is catered, except for the pies which are still made by the church ladies. Another long standing tradition is the toast to the Fathers and the toast to the Sons. The toasts have ranged from something humorous to something heartfelt, depending on who was asked to do it, all equally meaningful. This year s toast to the Sons was given by UMC member, Mike Simpson, and the toast to the Fathers was given by Mike s adult son, Jim. Jim s young son, Kael, also attended the banquet. In addition to the toasts, there was always some form of entertainment or an interesting speaker. This year s speaker was John Goutcher, who spoke on North by Canoe Christian Adventures in the Boundary Waters. In the early 50 s the banquet was attended by UMC members, Bob Jefferis, Andy Groen, Oscar Fahlgren, Norman House, Larry Zincke, Dwaine Yust, George Potter, Hugo and Bob Siegel, Louis and Hershel Thurber, and Art and Roger Houghtelin, to name a few. Several of these men went on to attend for many more years, later joined by their sons and grandsons. Not having a son didn t keep the men from attending they invited nephews, in-laws, friends and neighbors to join them for an evening of great food and fellowship. Bob Jefferis continued to attend the Father-Son banquets until the age of 101! His daughters estimate that he attended over 75 of them in his lifetime, attending them first with father figures, Orville Briggs, Frank Cooper, Fritz Stout & Frank Chermak, before his own sons, Tom, Mallory & Michael were old enough to join him. Later, Bob s sons-in-law and grandsons would enjoy the banquet with him as well. While the event is held at the Chatfield UMC, it was always, to our knowledge, a community event. Jim Burnap remembers attending the banquet in the old church along with his father, Bud, and his brothers, Bill and Joe. Bill also gave the toast to the Fathers one year. Jim, his sons, and grandson still attend the banquet. In spite of all the other activities that keep families busy in today s fast paced world, multiple generations from the church and the surrounding community still make time to attend this yearly event, with 68 tickets being sold this year. Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. 4

5 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION VBS Chatfield United Methodist Church July 13, :30 11:45 am Vacation Bible School will be held July 13 through July17 from 8:30 to 11:45 am. Registration will be done through the Chatfield United Methodist Face Book page. Contact Jennifer Collett if you have questions. The theme for this year s Bible School is SonWest Roundup. Chatfield UMC has provided a community wide VBS for a number of years. This year the ELCA in town will be joining us in a joint effort to provide an ecumenical program. The people of the church put amazing amounts of love, work, creativity, and commitment into providing children will an almost magical VBS experience. Each year children leave on the last day asking when the next VBS will happen. Each year children are singing VBS songs (most of which are based on biblical passages) to their families, neighbors and friends. For many months after VBS is over. Each year, they eagerly come back to learn new songs, hear new stories, reconnect with the adults from the church who have shown them love AND learn again, and more deeply, that they are beloved children of God. Ages 3 years through 6 th grade are invited to join in the fun of learning. Civic Engagement as Christian Service The Confirmation Class attended a Post Bulletin Town Forum in October We heard about the ways the community of Chatfield can be featured in the Post Bulletin and some of the great things that happen in our community. The students also learned about the Post Bulletin teacher of the month award. They returned to the church and placed a nomination for Mr. Lee Becker. On May 6 the students were present as Mr. Becker received the Post Bulletin May 2015 Teacher of the Month award. It was great to see how young people s actions can have such wonderful results. Some of you will remember Lee as the son of a former pastor. Congratulations to Mr. Becker and the students of the 2015 Confirmation Class. You all are changing the world. 5

6 UMW No General Meeting June, July or August Doris Narveson & Kathy Lange Funeral Coordinators UMW Officers for 2015 President: Amy Zincke Vice-President: Denise Pagel Secretary: Donna Amundson Treasurer: Sandy Wright Another Successful UMW Event! And another HUGE thank you to the skeleton crew who helped with the UMW Salad Luncheon on May 13th. I appreciate all the extra effort each of you put in to ensure we were ready for our guests. Thank you to all those who donated delicious salads and baked goods and dug in the dirt in order to provide plants for the sale. It was a beautiful spring day and we had a great turnout! And thank you to our honored UMW members who joined us as guests at the luncheon. We hope you enjoyed yourself! Now let s all take a much deserved break and enjoy the summer! Our monthly UMW meetings will resume in September. See you then! Sincerely, Amy Zincke UMW President UMW Website is: ww.umwonline.net Conference UMW website is: ( GREETING CARDS are available in the fellowship hall. A new shipment has recently arrived. Each box sells for $5.00. This recipe was requested by several ladies at the spring salad luncheon. Blueberry Jell-o Salad ~Sandy Wright 2-3 oz packages grape Jell-o 2 cups boiling water 20 oz can crushed pineapple (do not drain) 21 oz can blueberry pie filling Dressing: 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 8 oz sour cream Combine Jell-o and boiling water several minutes until dissolved. Stir in pineapple and pie filling. Chill until firm. Spread dressing on top of Jell-o mixture. Beat cream cheese and sugar together; add the sour cream. Spread on top of Jell-o mixture. Yummy! We want to thank Pastor Debra for her prayers, visits and officiating the service; the UM Women for serving the lunch; the cards, memorials, flowers sympathy, support, love and hugs at the time of Cliff s death. Thank you. Phyllis Waadevig & Family 6

7 Parish Nurse Chosen Valley Gathering Place at Chatfield United Methodist Church with Help Our Neighbors The Gathering Place at CUMC will be open the second Tuesday of each month from 10 am to 1 pm, January through April Please come for a cup of coffee, a blood pressure check or health information from 10 to 11 am. Our Living With Cancer Support Group meets from 11 to 12 noon. Tuesday, June 10 Jennifer Bradt will speak on Nutrition at 11 am. IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH TOPIC WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE PLEASE LET HELP OUR NEIGHBORS (Sue KNOW. Medical Equipment Loan The Gathering Place / Chatfield UMC: ~~ Pastor Debra leads worship at Chosen Valley Care Center on June 3 at 1:30 pm. Next blood-pressure screening is June 28 at 9 & 10:30 am. Questions? Ask Bev Simpson Phone: simpbev@gmail.com Our next Building Loan payment is due on June 1. If you can help with this, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you to all who support our building fund. WESTERN DAYS PLANNING MEETING JUNE :00 pm Anyone and everyone interested in helping to plan Western Days events please come! 7

8 Networking You may reach Pastor in two ways: 1. Call the Church Call her cell phone at her at: The Pastor is always available for home visitations, counseling and hospital visits when notified or requested. Please keep her informed of your needs as she is there to respond. Prayers requested for the following individuals: Gaylon Amy, Phyllis Amy, Hank Anderson, Lois Bacon, Ryan Bakken, Thelma Barker, Braxton Bernard, Rod Copeman, Doris Durfey, Evalyn Gardner, Clair Gartner, Joanne Greenlee, Dick Halloran, Patricia Hanson, Janice Haug, Kathy Hawkins, Pat Hill, Betty Johnson, Darlene Johnson, William Kremer, Alta Reese, Kael Simpson, Lowell Stephas, Bill & Betty Thomas, Larry Tucker, Jean Vrieze, Dolly Zincke, and Russ Zincke. June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 Prayer JUNE WORSHIP SERVICE READERS Bea Zincke Sheila Erickson Madison Collett Sandy Maker If you can t read on your date; call someone else on the list. New readers are always welcome. JUNE USHERS Ushers are Dwaine & Kathy Kamnetz and Don & Marge Simpson JUNE WORSHIP FACILITATORS Karen s Corn -er This month s quotes are my advice to the graduates Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. We cannot become what we want to be by remaining who we are. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. You can t live a positive life thinking negative thoughts. Dwell on the positive. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be. Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. My address is: 8 June Altar Guild 7 Team 1 14 Team 2 21 Team 3 28 Team 4 During June the SPRC Committee is in charge of Coffee Fellowship. Members are: Roberta Copeman, Sheila Erickson, Scott Ferguson, Mary Beth Nelson, Dwaine Kamnetz.

9 Arthritis Exercise class continues each Monday and Wednesday at 9:30 am, followed by Bone Builders from 10 to 11 am; both at St. Mary s Catholic Church. Easy-Does-It Aerobics at 6 pm. Each Monday and Thursday at CUMC. The key is not to prioritize what s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.. New phone number and address for Bill & Betty Thomas: Winona Street, Room 110, Chatfield, MN THANK YOU From Semcac We would like to extend a special thank you for your donation to the Preston Food Shelf. A total of 107 pounds was donated in the month of April. Without donations from individuals and organizations, our food shelves could not keep operating. Thanks again for your support. Food Shelf manager, Diane Petrich June BIRTHDAYS Tyler Nelson Alta Reese John Hines Jeffrey Meyer Barbara Amy Brenda Johnson Jordan Amy Richard Bakken Judy Miller Barbara Meeker Larry Tucker Nicole Ostby Phyllis Waadevig Jerry Baudoin Karen Budahn Matt Irish Harold Johnson Denise Halloran Jennifer Lange-Collett Larry Westrum Niicole Vreeman Cooper Halloran Pat Hill Special birthday wishes go out to Alta Reese. She will be 102 years old on June 3. God s blessings. Her address is th Street NW, Rochester, MN Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. Thank You! Semcac wishes to thank you for your generous gifts for the Preston Food Shelf collected with Chatfield Lutheran Church, St. Matthew s Episcopal Church, and the Chatfield High School Service Club totaled $ in cash, checks and the $22.09 Kwik Trip gift card. This was the result of the Empty Bowl event. Also thank you for the generous gift of $170 dated the end of March. Your gifts will help Semcac continue to advance the mission to assist people with achieving or maintaining their independence and self-reliance through their own and community resources. Through our programs we continue to help people and change lives. 9

10 Save your Coins!!! We will collect the Noisy Offering on the 1 st Sunday of the Month. These collections will be placed in the future Mission Trip Fund. We Filled The ARK and it may overflow. Service Trip to Heifer Project June Pastor Debra Steve Strickler Teresa Narveson Sheila Erickson Sherri Harelson Shaelyn Hareldson Jennifer Lange-Collett Madison Collett Ashlee Maker Taitum Wright Jack Martinka John Campe We are going to Arkansas!!! With a full Van and a Truck. So far 12 people have signed up to go on the trip with two others still thinking about it. Here is the list of for sures who will be filling our ark. If you would like to join us through prayers, please sign your name on the poster on the sanctuary door. Send A Water Buffalo With Us On The Trip Fill your Ark Banks with coins and checks and dollar bills. Our goal is to raise $250 to present to Heifer Project when we arrive on site. This is the cost of a water buffalo. We will collect the banks and gifts on July 5 th. 10 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

11 Non-Profit Org. US Postage Paid Chatfield, MN Permit #6 124 Winona St SE Chatfield, MN Address Service Requested Chatfield United Methodist Church 124 Winona St SE Chatfield, MN Church Phone: (507) Secretary Children HON Director: VBS SonWest Roundup July :30 11:45 am Register now for VBS Ages 3 years-6 th grade Sunday Schedule 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am Coffee Fellowship Pastor s chatfieldpastor@gmail.com Chatfield United Methodist Church We are a community of faith open to everyone. We seek to live as disciples of Christ and share God s love in word and deed.