Evergreen United Methodist Church

Transcription

1 Evergreen United Methodist Church 1120 Evergreen Court, Wahpeton, ND October, 2016 Bonnie and Peder Anderson to Travel to Albania for Mission Trip We are going to Albania for a mission trip for 3 weeks in November as volunteers with World Gospel Mission, a non denominational mission with headquarters in Indiana. Please see the bulletin board or Evergreen s website for our September letter. If you would like to receive updates of our mission ministry please sign up on the bulletin board. Some people have asked how they can help financially. If you would like to give a gift to this ministry please use your church envelope or write a check payable to Evergreen United Methodist Church. Please mark that it is for Anderson s ministry to Albania. The church will forward your gifts to World Gospel Mission. Please pray for us as we prepare as well as during the trip. Thank you for partnering with us in this ministry. Evergreen rides in NDSCS Homecoming parade Bonnie and Peder, pictured while taking part in CHE training in Springfield, MO in August of 2016 Stewardship Topic Set to Begin This Month by Wayne Millar Pastor Jen is preparing a four-part sermon series with a stewardship theme, called Money Matters. The messages will be about 1) eliminating debt, 2) earning, 3) saving and 4) gifting. This should be an interesting series of messages for anyone wishing to learn about good money management practices during these difficult times. Please plan on attending these Sunday morning services, which will begin on October 23 and will end in November. On October 23 at 1 PM, Evergreen will offer a one-hour Dave Ramsey Financial Peace crash course. This is open to all and the community is also invited. Sunday, October 30 - Annual Charge Conference Meeting Our District Superintendent, Rev. Randy Cross, will be leading our annual Charge Conference on Sunday, October 30. Please plan to stay after worship for a potluck meal together, followed by our Charge Conference meeting. We will spend a few minutes discussing our business and reports, and the rest of our time discussing our mission, vision, hopes and dreams for Evergreen UMC. Daylight saving time ends remember to fall back on Nov. 6

2 Grow Page 2 Evergreen United Methodist Church October, 2016 Youth News By Pastor Jen Our youth are off to a strong start after our first meeting on Wednesday, September 21! We will now be meeting every Wednesday night in Zion Chapel for a night of fun and fellowship and hope all of our youth grades 7-12 can and will join us! We begin at 7pm, end by 8:30pm, and always welcome friends and visitors. We are also looking forward to volunteering and giving out candy at this year s Zoo Boo on October 30th. If you have any questions, be in touch with Pastor Jen. Hope to see you soon! Christian Education Happenings By Becky Dockter Our Sunday School groups are back in full swing, and we are looking forward to a new year of gathering together to grow in our faith. The children are using the Sparkhouse series, which is set up in a similar way to how Bible School is set up, in that studies and lessons may incorporate art, cooking, role playing and/or music! As we continue to pray and search for the right person to step forward to lead our children's and youth programs, we are still in need of volunteers to help out with Sunday School. Please contact the office, or you may contact Becky Dockter directly to volunteer for a Sunday or two at beckydockter@gmail.com. Evergreen serves God and others through: Sharing together (Fellowship) Encountering God (Worship) Reaching out (Evangelism) Congratulations to Beck and Evan, 3rd graders who received their Bibles on September 18th. Children (pictured above) prayed over the Bibles during the children's sermon before they were distributed. (Photo by Jenny Schmitt) Christmas Kids Project Coming Soon By Fern Bailey Shoppers are needed for the Christmas Kid's Project. A shopper contacts the family in October to see what outer clothing needs they might have for children. Shoppers meet Oct. 17 at 7 pm. If you aren't interested in being a shopper, you can make cash donations to the project, or shop for a toy. Sign-up sheets will be upcoming. If you have questions, call Fern Bailey or (cell) or Julie McGovern at the church office. SAVE THE DATE!! Bishop Ough will share the message during worship on Sunday, October 9 and will lead a discussion during adult Sunday School. Volunteering our Gifts (Ministry) Educating each other (Discipleship) You won t want to miss this!

3 Care Evergreen United Methodist Church Page 3 UMW News and Announcements By Denise Eastin In September, UMW members gathered for our general meeting in which we nominated and elected UMW Officers for A big Thank You goes out to all who served in the past year as well as welcomed the newly elected/reelected for next year. A complete list of their names and offices will be listed in the newsletter after installation of officers in November. Lois Berndt offered an illuminating program close to the hearts of many women around the world, entitled Poverty and Possibility. Viva Lelm was recognized as our 2017 Jewel of a Woman. Congratulations Viva and Thank You for all you do to inspire our participation in UMW and our Church. Viva was acknowledged with other Jewel of a Woman honerees at the Eastern Sunrise District in September. We will honor her again during UMW Sunday early next year. The countdown to Bazaar 2016 is on! It s Saturday, October 15 th from 10:30am to 1:30pm. Please add your name to the lists of Items Needed and Volunteers Needed in the narthex. This yearly fundraiser is our opportunity/ challenge to raise money for our UMW Mission Pledge ($3200), plus add to the General Fund of Evergreen UMC. We have a blessed reputation of offering a welcoming atmosphere to the Community for a pleasant afternoon of dining, fellowship, and shopping. Traditionally, we ll be offering our famous Chicken Huntington with all the trimmings for our luncheon as well as BBQ. Our Bake Sale is always successful, along with our home made canned jams, jellies, candies, pickles, etc. We welcome all of your efforts. It s been noted that perhaps 80% of your tasty homemade items are scooped up in the first 20 minutes of Bazaar! We are absolutely delighted to announce that DONUTS will be offered for sale this year. To participate in donut making, sign-up in the Narthex. Merle and Jean Rubish, along with their merry band of workers (perhaps, including you) will have fun creating and bagging the mouth-watering delights that draw so many people to our Bazaar. There will be Sewn Creations and Crafts for sale. Also, we ll offer a Grandma s Attic offering gently used decorative and household items. Marjo Johnson has volunteered to offer her skills of product display and salesmanship which will ensure a pleasant shopping experience for our patrons. This year UMW has decided to offer Grandma s Attic Items on terms of a Freewill Offering Basis. This has proven very successful for other churches. Let s pray that it will be that and then some for our church! All of us, working together, are needed to make our Bazaar a Success! Evergreen Celebrates September Birthdays and Anniversaries *Denotes anniversaries 2-Bob Spenst 3-Sherri Metcalf 3-Daryl & Kathy Johnson* 4-James Harty 6-Myar Oltman 9-Merle & Jean Rubish* 10-Keira Johnson 13-Justin Biel 14-Kiara Bassingthwaite 16-Lura Johnson 16-Sandy Olson 19-Matt Dassenko 21-Marlys Gira 21-Mark & Lenore Stevens* 22-Jean Rubish 23-Arlyn Johnson 24-Guy Whitehead 24- Emily Parnell 25-Tiana Bohn 27-Sydney Johnson 28-Cicely Biel 29-Jessica Faul 30-Natalie McPherson 31-Joe Metcalf 31- Cheryl Kelsey 31- Hamid Agayev (*) Denotes anniversaries

4 Page 4 Evergreen United Methodist Church October, 2016 Anniversary Celebration Set for 2018 By Sandy Olson Evergreen has several anniversaries coming up. Next summer we will mark 25 years since Great Bend and Evergreen United Methodist Churches merged. In 2018 it will have been 50 years since the Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist denominations combined. The worship committee is looking for ways to remember and commemorate both of these events as well as others. If you are interested in serving on a short-term committee to make these plans, please contact the church office or Sandy Olson. Help Wanted Part-Time Director of Christian Education Evergreen United Methodist Church of Wahpeton is searching for a new director to bring new energy and ideas to or programs, including: Child care services, infants to 5 years old Sunday school activities, pre-k to 6 years old Youth programs for grades 6 12 For more information, please evergreenpastor@702com.net Sunday, November 6 is All Saints Day! Join us for All Saints Day worship, as we come together to celebrate and honor the saints who have passed on in the last year with a time of prayer, thanksgiving, and candle-lighting. We will also share in the sacrament of Holy Communion. Kid-Friendly Soups Needed for October One Thing 244 Items Collected in August During October we have been asked to collect 10.5 oz. cans of KID FRIENDLY SOUP for the Back Pack Program. Look for totes in the Fellowship Hall for your donation. Donations for last month include: 48 ramen noodles packs; 48 noodle cups; oz. jars of peanut butter; 2-40 oz. jars peanut butter; 48 apple sauce cups; 60 granola bars and 3 boxes of cereal. Several items were donated to the food pantry that could not be used by the Backpack Program. Thank you to all for your generous donations. Missions committee wants to thank everyone for the success of the Mission Projects accomplished by the congregation on August 28, The Evergreen Play Park is shiny and inviting once again for the neighborhood children to enjoy. Those putting health kits together made 48 health kits which have already been delivered to the collection point and wrote notes to missionaries with their extra time. We had several persons go to the nursing homes to visit or work on gardens and also Take What You Need posters were hung up around town. Give yourselves a pat on the back job well done!! OCTOBER 29-30, ALWAYS looking for more involvement. We have made the decision to donate our hands-on mission to the Spirit Lake Ministry Center working with Mike and Libby Flowers, to fulfill the theme of the 2016 Annual Conference which is Living Generously; Unleashing God s Gifts. This year s offering, 10,000 Hours Miracle Offering has both a hands-on and financial component. We are invited to live generously by investing our time to impact lives through our conference ministries. The hope is to have 10 people from each church pledging 10 hours of service to one of the conference ministries and to raise $100,000 to fund 10,000 hours of Internship. A sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board. On site housing is available. The project will be determined by how many hands we have. Pastor: Administrative Asst: Newsletter: Evergreen Staff Reverend Jen Tyler evergreenpastor@702com.net Julie McGovern evergreenoffice@702com.net Dr. Philip Parnell Monthly Offering Totals for September $11, Monthly Need: $19, Noisy Bucket Offering: $105.00

5 Evergreen United Methodist Church Page 5 October 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday am, Worship 4:15-5 pm, UMW Prayer Vigil 6 pm, Praise Team 9 am, Sewing 7 pm, Journey Renewal Team UMW Annual Meeting - Jamestown Bazaar Note: Begin bringing items for Grandma s Attic 4:30 pm, Kostuck/Marsh Wedding 9 (Noisy Buckets) am, Worship, Bishop Ough Bazaar Note: Grocery items needed pm, Worship Committee 7 pm, Joy Circle Bazaar Note: Craft items needed 18 6 pm, Praise Team 19 7 pm, Staff Parish Meeting 20 Bazaar Note: Bake Sale Items needed Fall Bazaar 10:30 am to 1:30 pm 10 am, Worship 12 noon, Journal Renewal Meeting 7 pm, Christmas Kids Shoppers Meeting 9:30 am, Hope Circle 1:30 pm, Sunshine Circle 6:30 pm, Finance 6 pm, Praise Team 7 pm, Pack Backpacks (youth group) 9 am, Sewing 6 pm, Administrative Council 7 pm, High School Coffee House at Zion Chapel am, Worship 1 pm, Financial Peace Crash Course 30 (Charge Conf.) 6 pm, Praise Team 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 9 am, Sewing Nov. 3 Newsletter Article Deadline Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Mission Trip to Spirit Lake (29-30) 10 am, Worship 12:30 pm, NL Folding 6 pm, Priase Team 9 am, Sewing 9 am, UMW Executive Mtg. Remember to turn your clocks back 1 hour 11 am, Potluck & Charge Conference 5 pm, Zoo Boo

6 Respond Page 6 Evergreen United Methodist Church October, 2016 Fall Bazaar 2016 Saturday, October 15 th 10:30am - 1:30pm Workers Wanted - Food Wanted Shoppers Wanted By Denise Eastin October is upon us! Such an exciting month this will be, highlighted with our fabulous Fall Bazaar. We all look forward to welcoming the Community into our church for an afternoon of dining, shopping, and fellowship. You are all invited and encouraged men, women, and teens alike, to participate and take pleasure in practicing the hospitality that will make our Bazaar Day a successful church event. Chicken Huntington and BBQ will once again be on the menu as well as all the tasty fixings we ve all come to enjoy. The 8x8 Chicken Huntington Take and Bake will be on sale for $10. To ensure availability, please order by Wednesday, October 12 th by calling either Fern Bailey ( ) or Julie at the church office ( ). Sign Up sheets for Food Items Needed, Pies Needed, and Bazaar Workers Needed are at church. Please add your name to the list(s). Donated grocery items should be delivered to the church by Sunday the 9 th. Baked pies for the luncheon should be delivered to the church by Saturday morning, the 15 th. We would like your baked and homecanned goods and any fresh garden produce for Grandma s Pantry by Friday the 14 th. (Please be sure to label the contents of your delicious treats.) Items you d like to donate to Grandma s Attic (no clothes, please) can be brought in starting Friday, October 7 th to the classroom by the south door. This year, we ll be taking a Free Will Offering on items purchased from Grandma s Attic. If you have questions regarding donation or questions in general about the Bazaar, please contact UMW President, Fern Bailey. Please have all sewn or crafted donations to the church by Tuesday the 11 th, if possible. We re anxious to see your handiwork! Our Fall Bazaar benefits many mission projects around the world as well as right here in our community. We hope that you will include the Bazaar in your prayers. Our Bazaar flyers are ready for distribution and can be picked up at the church. Please think about where you might personally post a flyer -- at your workplace, your apartment, your bank, area stores, the Laundromat, etc. Advertising gets results particularly this year after changing the date of the Bazaar to the middle of the month as opposed to the end of the month. And don t forget to tell your friends, neighbors, and relatives about the Bazaar. Thank you for all your help! Dave Ramsey s Financial Peace Crash Evergreen UMC 1 pm, Sunday, October 23 Praise Team Practice Wednesday Nights, 6:00 PM Choir Practice: Wednesday, 7:00 PM

7 Evergreen United Methodist Church Page 7 Pastor s Ponderings From August 29-September 6, I had the privilege of attending the Global United Methodist Clergywomen s gathering (and celebration of our 60th anniversary of ordaining women), the World Methodist Conference, and the World Methodist Council meeting. It was an amazing whirlwind of meetings, fellowship, connection-building, learning, and of course worship. Worship was undoubtedly my favorite part of the week as Methodists from all over the world gathered to sing and worship in various languages, while being challenged by some of our Methodist tradition s best and most challenging preachers and teachers. I was also gifted with the opportunity to help lead parts of our worship services, as I helped coordinate volunteers for various skits I took part in, as directed by Ana and Debora Correa, sisters from Peru who helped us to create meaningful messages and themes in worship using stunning visuals and creative props. It was unlike anything I ve been a part of before, and I found myself in awe watching these amazing women share their gifts of theatre, music, and drama in worshipful ways. I wish I had the words to summarize how incredible this time together was in an article of this length. Yet instead, I ll say again how amazing it was to be gathered with this body, and to get to meet and reconnect with so many people from around the globe. Our theme for the week was One One God, One Faith, one People, One Mission. Together, as Christians in the Wesleyan tradition from around the globe, we spent the week learning and engaging on topics relating to how we are One and how we have more we share in common in our faith and our God, than apart. As a new member of the World Methodist Council (made up of member churches from 80 different Wesleyan traditions in 133 countries), one of the ways I have committed to living that out over the next several years, is to take part in the World Methodist Council s standing committee on Ecumenical Relationships. As a committee, we work to promote the unity of Methodist witness and service as a part of the global Christian movement. I am not entirely sure how that work will look in years to come, but I am thrilled to be a part of it, and to be taking Evergreen UMC with me as I do so. As I begin this new role as a representative of United Methodists from the Dakotas, I give thanks to you for your support and prayers, and thanks to Bishop Ough for the invitation to be a part of this important work. As I learn more and get deeper into this new work I get to be a part of, I look forward to sharing more of my journey with you. In Service Together, Pastor Jen Tyler Pastoral Letter

8 EVERGREEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1120 EVERGREEN COURT WAHPETON, ND RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 89 WAHPETON, ND 58075