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1 United Methodist Church October 2018 Learn God ~ Love God ~ Share God ~ Serve God Church Staff Rev. Brenda Whitford Lead Pastor pastorbrenda@centurylink.net Rev. Cheryl Weaver Associate Pastor pastorcheryl@centurylink.net Amy Loeffelholz Business Administrator amyloeffelholz@centurylink.net April Brandt Communications Associate/ Administrative Assistant plattevilleumc@centurylink.net Tracy Harle Housekeeping John Mulcahy Maintenance Ellen Carnahan Sunday School Superintendent ellen.carnahan@yahoo.com Roxane Schult Beyond Belief Band Leader ford_roxane@yahoo.com Nancy Fairchild Organist nfairchild2@gmail.com Deb Putnam Mallow Ringers Director putnamd@uwplatt.edu Dean Goninen Redeemer Director dean@lifelineav.com Susan Schlager Parish Nurse smschlager@yahoo.com (608) WORSHIP HIGHLIGHTS October 7 th Come, Celebrate at the Table World Communion Sunday 8:30 Special Music, Ian McCann 11:00 Beyond Belief Band Communion at both services October 14 th Legacy: Who Are We Now? 8:30 Special Music, TBD 11:00 Beyond Belief Band October 21 st Legacy: What Will We Become? 8:30 Special Music, Mallow Ringers 11:00 Beyond Belief Band October 28 th Legacy: Committing To Our Future Stewardship Sunday 8:30 Special Music, Ian McCann 11:00 Beyond Belief Band The place and time has been set for our yearly Charge Conference! We will meet at 1:00 pm on Sunday, October 28 th at the Cuba City United Methodist Church. All members of the church are invited to attend! 1065 Lancaster St., Platteville, WI (608) plattevilleumc@centurylink.net

2 United Methodist Church Page 2 Do you feel the excitement? Do you feel the energy? Some new things are happening and it s exciting around here! The start of Sunday School each year brings a breath of fresh air. The teachers are refreshed and the children are excited. The Sunday School mission project of providing healthy weekend snacks for Platteville children in need is something we ve been talking about, so I am thrilled Ellen and the children are taking it on! New this fall is expanded programming on Wednesday nights. We have youth groups from 1 st grade to high school! Our only adult group is a Disciple Bible Study, but we hope to be adding others. We also have a free dinner on Wednesday evenings before the programming. Even if you don t stay for a youth or adult group, be sure to come and enjoy dinner. We are hoping that next year we will be able to open the dinner to the community, but we need to get it worked into a system first. Right now individuals are serving one week at a time. It might be helpful if we had one person overseeing this meal ministry. Is God calling you to lead this ministry? If you are disappointed that you missed the opportunity to serve either as a children, youth or adult leader, or if you were hoping to help with the dinner, it s not too late! Contact Pastor Cheryl and she will find a place that will help you make a difference for others in this new endeavor. If that was not enough, in October, the Leadership Board will be sharing their vision for the future of the church. I hope that you will find that exciting as well! Jesus told us that the most important thing is to love God with all of our being, and to love others. As followers of Jesus we are to tell others about him. As a church we continue to grow in all of these areas as we are becoming all God created us to be. I hope you are as excited as I am about our currently reality as well as our future! May we listen well to God so that we are working alongside him as he builds his Kingdom! I ll see you in church, where we grow as Jesus disciples.

3 United Methodist Church Page 3 A LOOK AHEAD STEWARDSHIP BRUNCH ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 TH Every year, we have a stewardship campaign: a time to consider the gifts that God has given to us and how we steward, or care for, those gifts. This year we will be considering how our stewardship is leaving a legacy. We will spend some time talking about hospitality, the culture of our church, and the legacy that it leaves. We ll look to the future of our church and what we are doing to create that future. We ll talk about tithing in light of what we learned earlier this year about no longer being under the Law of Moses. We will commit to what we will give to God through the church in 2019, and as in years past, we will celebrate with a brunch between services. ALL SAINTS DAY On Sunday, November 4 th we will be remembering loved ones who have passed from this life to eternal life since last All Saints Day. If you have someone you would like remembered, please submit their name to the office so that your loved one will be included. Extra candles will be available for remembering those who have passed away in years past, but they will not be listed nor read aloud. VETERAN S DAY This year Veteran's Day will be Sunday, November 11 th and we have a unique opportunity to honor and give thanks for all those who have served. One of the ways we will do that is to have a video featuring photos of those who served/are serving and are related to our congregation in some way. If you have a photo you would like to share, please get it to the church office by Thursday, November 1 st. You can do this in one of several ways: 1. Scan the picture and it to the office. 2. Bring a copy of the photo into the church office. 3. Bring the original photo into the church office and we will return it to you on Sunday, November 11 th. IMPORTANT: In addition to the photo, please make sure that you include the name of the soldier, branch they served in, and relationship to you.

4 United Methodist Church Page 4 BIBLE BLIZZARD BLAST This fall you are encouraged to discover how cool it is to read your Bible and be rewarded with a Blizzard! Children 4 th grade and younger: read pages in your Beginner Bible. Children 5 th grade and older, teens & adults: read the book of Matthew in your Bible. Write on a Blizzard card what was your favorite story and why, have your picture taken, and receive a Dairy Queen Blizzard Certificate! The Bible Blizzard Blast runs from Sunday, September 30 th through Sunday, November 18 th or until the Dairy Queen Certificates run out. Don t have a Bible? There are Bibles available on the Guest Table. Thanks to Dairy Queen for sponsoring! 2 ND ANNUAL ALL CHURCH TRUNK OR TREAT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 TH The 2 nd Annual All-Church Trunk or Treat will take place this year in the parking lot of Heiser's Ace Hardware. Set up starts at 10:00 am with the event going from11:00 am to 1:00 pm. This is an amazing way to reach out to the community! There will be room for 8 cars/trucks and the theme ideas for this year are: The Great Pumpkin (Charlie Brown) Hayride/Camping Candy Land Spider/Halloween Carnival/Circus Super Heroes Let's Get Messy! (advertising our Messy Church program) Dinner at Our House (advertising Ruby's Pantry/Wednesday Night Programming) Create Your Own There will be a sign-up sheet in the lobby. If you have any questions or would like help with resources and ideas, please contact Pastor Cheryl.

5 United Methodist Church Page 5 SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS We observed Bible Sunday this fall on September 30 th at both worship services. The Beginner s Bible was presented to all 3 year olds, and those young children who are new to our Sunday School program. The Hands-On Bible was presented to all 5 th grade students. This year, our Sunday School children will begin a new mission project. We will be supporting the Platteville School District in a new program we are calling Operation Snackpack! There are children who receive free breakfast and lunch on school days, but the school counselors are concerned about them over the weekends. The counselors from Neal Wilkins and Westview schools have identified 40 children who need food support on days they are not in school. They will be purchasing breakfast, lunch, and snack food from Second Harvest. The counselors will slip the snack packs into the children s backpacks on Friday afternoons for the children to take home for the weekend. Our students will host the Coffee Fellowship on the first Sunday of each month, and those donations will be given to the school to purchase the food used in the snack packs. All the money from their Sunday School offerings and fundraising will go towards Operation Snackpack! Congratulations to the David & Rachel Knaster on the baptism of their daughter Kennedy! We are so excited to have all of you as part of our church family!

6 United Methodist Church Page 6 UNITED METHODIST WOMEN Special General Meeting: Tuesday, October 2 nd at 1:30 pm in the Wesley Room. Program: Presentation on a Way Forward with Sue Plaster presenting and facilitating discussion. Host: Elizabeth Duewer Rebekah Fellowship Group: Thursday, October 19 th at 9:00 am in the Wesley Room. Program & Devotions: Dee Gray Host: Carol Lange Conference Event: Friday, October 19 th - Saturday, October 20 th Wisconsin Conference Annual Gathering of United Methodist Women Sacred Spaces: Encounters with God & Neighbor at First United Methodist Church in Waukesha. Registration is $37 and is due by Wednesday, October 3 rd. Limitless: A program for high school girls will take place at the same time. Registration forms are available from Pastor Cheryl. The bulletin board in the upstairs hallway has registration forms for the Conference event. ~Shalom, Susan Schlager LISTENING SESSIONS FOR 2019 GENERAL CONFERENCE This fall there will be sessions available to learn about the work of the Commission on a Way Forward as we head into a special General Conference next February. All sessions will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions. The delegates will be at the Sun Prairie, Janesville, and Dodgeville sessions. Tuesday, October 2 nd, 1:30 pm at Platteville UMC, a Special Open UMW meeting Thursday, October 25 th, 7:00 pm at Sun Prairie UMC Saturday, October 27 th, 10:00 am at Cargill UMC in Janesville Saturday, November 3 rd, 10:00 am at Dodgeville UMC You are invited to attend any of these sessions. BARELY SENIORS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 TH Potluck at noon in Fellowship Hall. Table service and beverages provided. Barely Seniors bring a dish to share. Program: Karen Kurt, Platteville City Manager, will provide an update on city projects and other community developments. FAMILY PROMISE Our next Family Promise host week will be Sunday, November 4 th through Sunday, November 11 th. Make a difference for families in need by providing housing, food, and Christian support. Please contact Bob Plourde at (608) with any questions.

7 United Methodist Church Page 7 MISSION NEWS As the weather changes, our thoughts begin to turn to holidays and family gatherings. The Mission Committee is collecting items to be distributed to our Adopted Families before Thanksgiving. We would appreciate donations of the following items by Tuesday, November 13 th. Please put your items in the shopping cart in the lobby. As we receive donations, items will be deleted from the list on the cart. Please check the list for updates. Thank you! Canned fruit Pasta sauce Toilet paper Canned corn Potato mixes Kleenex Canned pork and beans Hamburger Helper Paper towels Canned green beans Mac & cheese Deodorant Canned soups Peanut butter Bar soap Canned chicken Jelly Shampoo Canned tuna Jell-O/pudding mixes Dish Soap Cereal Cake/brownie mixes Laundry soap Pasta Snack crackers Toothpaste Toothbrushes (adult & child sizes) We are so grateful for the new storage space designated for Ruby s Pantry. We have grown! At our first distribution in May of 2016, we had 59 guests; last month we had 302. We would like to thank Rob Serres and Spider Fromader for bringing the cross country teams to help us load cars. Also, we thank the employees of Mound City Bank for volunteering. The next distribution is Thursday, October 4 th. ~Pam Curry COATS FOR KIDS The Mission Committee is collecting coats for kids from Monday, October 1 st to Wednesday, October 24 th. If you'd like to donate gently used coats for toddlers through high school age students, please place them in the box in the lobby. They will be taken to the Platteville Cleaners to be cleaned and then distributed during Ruby's Pantry on Thursday, November 1 st. Thanks so much for your help with this project.

8 Platteville United Methodist Church Learn God ~ Love God ~ Share God ~ Serve God Platteville United Methodist Church 1065 Lancaster Street Platteville WI Phone: (608) platttevilleumc@centurylink.net Plattevilleumc.org Non-Profit Organization U.S Postage Paid Platteville, WI Permit No. 97 Return Service Requested If you would no longer like to receive this newsletter, please contact the church office to take your name off the mailing list. Thank you! Messy Church is the first Wednesday of every month! Dinner starts at 5:30 pm in the Wesley Room with Messy Church starting at 6:00 pm!