January 2019 Ottawa Evangelical United Methodist Church Newsletter

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1 January 2019 Ottawa Evangelical United Methodist Church Newsletter Striving to connect with god, each other, and the world. Happy New Year to you and your family! Impressions from our heartfelt outreaches and missions in 2018 still linger in my mind. I feel very proud of Leland and Evangelical UMC. Through the joint Christmas Eve candle light service at Evangelical UMC, we raised $1, I have been very touched and inspired by our caring and loving hearts for the neighbors in need. We will be sending the money to the Ottawa Friendship House in Ottawa, who are supporting those who are struggling with developmental disabilities. In addition, Leland church packed 16 care-packages for our veterans and supported our neighbors who couldn t afford to buy Christmas presents by buying Christmas presents for them. Evangelical church also packed 23 Christmas Shoe boxes and collected food during Advent Season for Women s Shelter (Under His Wings) in Ottawa. It reminds us of our definite mission on earth, serving God and serving others. Let s continue to open our hearts and souls to God and to others in order to fulfill the Kingdom of God on earth through our faithful actions and words. I am very excited to see how God will be providing us and guiding us in In 2019, we are going to have a great opportunity to experience God. I would like you to take this opportunity as a turning point in your lives. We will be coming out of our comfort zone and going down to Guatemala in May. Linda Walter and I are planning to go down and still encouraging more people to join us. Everything down there would be a whole new experience; food, climate, culture, language, etc. However, I guarantee that God would teach us a lot through this mission trip and guide us through God s Spirit. Please, join us! Leland Church will be having Confirmation Sunday in May. And then, Evangelical Church s confirmation class will be setting out in September. I feel very blessed that we have children and youth in our both churches and we are able to walk our faith journey together with them. Let us continue to put our hearts together to support our children and youth, so that they can be nurtured and strengthened in faith and love in our Lord Jesus Christ. Leland Church will be celebrating the160 th anniversary in Let s keep in mind that how we can be more involved in local community and spread the power of salvation in Jesus Christ to our neighbors through our 160 th Celebration. Love and best wishes for a happy and blessed New Year to everyone! Pastor Dave

2 Prayer Requests Linda s daughter, Nancy & Kevin Mason Laura is expecting (Safety and health during her pregnancy) Mike Stohr (stroke), Bang-Wool s grandma Lori French, Paula Smith & Zach Smith, George & Darlene Mike s daughter, Patrick & Celina, Kevin Anderson, Alice, Ray Leland UMC (Sister Church), Each house church and leaders Shut-ins House Church Information Angels & Imps: Lori & Darlene & Jane 1/21 5pm (Every Third Monday) Eating together / Discussion & Questions / Game Mission Project: Under the wings (Women s Shelter) Appreciation Brunch with Epworth congregation. Happy Hearts: Cindi & Linda 1/9, 11:30am (Every Second Wednesday) Eating together / Discussion & Questions / Game Mission Project: Craig and Peggy (Guatemala Kids) Gratitude Attitude: Sue and Linda M. 1/24, 6pm (Every Fourth Thursday) Small snack / Discussion & Questions Mission Project: Dan and Kim in Africa *If you would like to join a small group, Please, contact the leaders anytime! Guatemala Mission Trip in 2019 (5/22-5/27) It is a great opportunity to learn how God is working in many different ministries and ways. If interested or any questions, please contact Linda Walter or Pastor Dave!

3 Book Discussion The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom *Evangelical Church, Every Wednesday at Pastor s Office 1/23 Movie day All are welcome for Movie day! Grab your sandwiches at Subway on Columbus Street in Ottawa and support Evangelical church s Building Fund, please! (Every Second Wednesday each month) 1/9 (Wednesday) between 4 pm and 10 pm at Subway in Ottawa! Address is 1118 Columbus St, Ottawa, IL Church Photo Directory, Picture Day after church on 1/13 and 1/20 or send a family picture to Pastor Dave, please! Say Cheese! 1/13-14, DeKalb and Rockford District Clergy Retreat at NIU 1/27-29, NIC Korean Clergy Retreat at Crown Plaza Hotel in Northbrook

4 DeKalb District Leadership Training 1/26 (Sat) Advent Musical Worship Celebration 12/16 Sunday Christmas Program No-Room Inn

5 Christmas Eve Candle Light Service

6 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Staff Information Pastor Dave, / Office / daveyim15@gmail.com Administrator Jen Cole, Church Office / lelandilumc@gmail.com We would like you to update any information down below. You can the info to ottawaeumc@gmail.com or turn in this slip to Pastor Dave. Thanks! Please update contact info: Name: Address: Phone/Cell Phone Number: address: Birthday Anniversary Any other info you would like us to know:

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 No Book Discussion :45 Sunday Worship/ Epiphany of the Lord Sermon in Magic, God s Love by Rev. John and Barbara Meyers 13 Sunday Worship / Baptism of the Lord (W) / Communion Sunday School/ Picture Day 20 Sunday Worship / 2nd Sunday after the Picture Day B-Drue 27 Sunday Worship/ 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday School Book Discussion 9:00-10:00am Happy Cindy s house 11:30am Subway fundraiser 4:00-10:00pm Ad Council Book 6:00pm Discussion 9:00-10:00am 21 Angels & Imps 5:00pm B-Laura B-Joann Movie Day, The Hiding Place 9:00-10:00am 30 B-Jane B-Lewis 10 B-Celina B-Ione 17 B-Ruth 24 Gratitude Attitude 6:00pm B-Jim DeKalb District Leadership Training