ST. JOHN S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 109 E. 14th Street, Davenport, IA 52803

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1 TIDINGS January 2017 ST. JOHN S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 109 E. 14th Street, Davenport, IA Goals for St. John s United Methodist Church Adopted by the Church Council and Charge Conference Describe the local community surrounding your church location. St. John's and The Center are located within an urban area which is middle to lower class. We are in the area known as the Hilltop. Downtown Davenport is located at the bottom of the hill. The Hilltop Association has been working to increase commercial and residential options and has made many strides forward. For example, a building complex meant for apartments on the upper level and businesses on the lower level is within 3 blocks of the church. It has met with mixed success. However, it appears that a large percentage of small businesses that open in our neighborhood are transient with the same building being used by various entities over the course of a couple of years. Some of the businesses are lasting and have been in the area for a number of years. Within walking distance of the church is Madison Elementary School and Central High School, the middle school (JB Young) was closed after the end of the school year. There are restaurants, grocery stores, and pharmacies within walking distance. A school of higher education (Palmer College Chiropractic) is within a few blocks of the church. Ambrose University is within a mile from the church. We are located in one of the neighborhoods with the highest crime rates in Davenport. What are the greatest opportunities/needs for transforming ministry in your community? Our location (near to downtown and in areas within the lower income level) means there is are significant population of homeless, rentals, transients, and families/persons who are financially struggling. The percentage of drug activity and shootings is higher than in other areas of the Quad-Cities. Many families are at-risk for a variety of reasons. Our church on the corner is highly visible and folks know of its existence, even if they have never been inside its doors. The Center is extremely well-known as a place for persons to get help. It houses the most used food pantry on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River and provides showers and laundry facilities for the homeless. The Brady Street Cluster of Churches United helps more folks with rental and utility assistance than all of the clusters in the Quad-Cities area. We are also very near the student population that attends Palmer College. We could easily partner with Madison Elementary, Central High School or other schools in the surrounding neighborhood. What is your 2016 goal for next year to help you accomplish what God is asking of you? To continue to explore, investigate, and develop ways to become a more inviting congregation in 2016 by concentrating on Communication and Training for current active worship participants and church members. We will stress developing ministries that are creative, compassionate, and Christ-centered. The desired outcome: 20% of our active worship participants at St. John's will invite an unchurched, dechurched, or unaffiliated person to St. John's in In order to do this, we will focus on these categories: Developing worship strategies to become more inviting through brief talks in worship, inserts/flyers, and sermons Developing creative invitations that our members/participants can use to invite others Developing studies or workshops that are meant to train/inspire our members/participants to invite others Improving outdoor signage Continue to improve and refine our strategies in welcoming visitors Planning and organizing special events that are meant to invite our neighbors, with a special target of year olds Improving media relations, use of media, and marketing methods Our 2017 mission: To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by being a creative, compassionate, Christian community! Invite! Invite! Invite!

2 THE NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CHOIR The Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir is a select ensemble, more than half of whom are music majors. The choir has a long history of performances throughout the world and performs extensively in the United States. Annual domestic tours as well as regular foreign concert tours are part of the Wesleyan Choir experience. Major performances with a professional symphony are part of each year with the choir having performed with orchestras in New York, Omaha, Lincoln, Madison, and Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Convention concerts for music organizations are a regular part of the concert year. Performing concerts rich in global diversity, the Wesleyan Choir has received critical acclaim in the major cultural centers of England, Scotland, Ireland, Western Europe, China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Romania, and throughout the United States. The Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir will present a concert in our Sanctuary on January 10, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. with a reception in Fellowship Hall to follow. We are in need of one night of housing and breakfast for the 46 choir members; overnight January 10 to January 11. If you can help, please contact Bruce Wallace, Director of Music, at brucewallace@stjohnsumc-dav.com, or call the church at , or Bruce s cell phone at CHURCH CLOSING INFORMATION In the event of inclement weather, St John s UMC will follow the Davenport Public Schools lead. If school is cancelled on a day, the church will be closed and all meetings and groups scheduled for the church that day will be cancelled. If the school system declares an early out, all activities from that point forward will be cancelled at the church. Once a cancellation takes effect, for the safety of all, all church activities will be cancelled. We will not cancel weekend worship, but we encourage you to use your best judgment on those days. Your safety is primary. No weddings or funerals that are scheduled will ever be cancelled for weather. We will notify the local media as soon as we are aware of cancellations. We will also post notifications on our church website at

3 The Spark...Be the CHANGE and PASS IT ON! St. John s Christian Education and Youth Programs January 2017 Pictures are Worth 1000 Words Let s Review 2016 Youth and Family Ministries! JANUARY Youth Group 6p-8p 1 Happy New Year!! No Youth Group resting from the lock-in :) 8 You Can t Say That Response #1 15 Youth Choice Fun day! 22 Chicago Mission Trip Planning 29 You Can t Say That Response #2 (Rides are always available call ) Midweek Programs Wednesdays 5:30pm7:30pm (meal included) *K-4th Kids Klass *5th-8th Jr. Youth Group *9th-12th Small Groups/Student Leaders *Nursery available :)

4 UNITED METHODIST WOMEN There will be no Unit meeting in January. The Executive Committee will meet on January 11 in the Conference Room at 10:00 a.m. DVAP: Deborah Deborah: Hostess: Dorcas: Elizabeth: Hostess: Joanna: Hostess: Martha: Naomi: Hostess: CIRCLE MEETINGS Diapers: Elizabeth Tuesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. Pat Burroughs in the Parlor No meeting in January Wednesday, January 18 at 12:00 p.m. To be announced in the Parlor Tuesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. To be announced Wednesday, January 18 at 12:45 p.m. In the Ridgecrest Northridge Party Room Wednesday, January 18 at 12:00 p.m. Cindy Carpenter in the Wesley Room JAVA WITH JESUS UPDATE Java with Jesus is going very well. This time of fellowship is 10:45-11:00 every Sunday at the Perry Street entrance. If you would like donate baked goods or treats or if you would like to help set-up or clean-up, please call Marsha Findlay, VOLUNTEER IN MISSION (VIM) SOUP SUPPER The Volunteers In Mission team will once again prepare soups for your dining pleasure before enjoying Jazz and Just Desserts on Friday, January 27, We ll be serving chicken noodle and gluten-free vegetable beef soups. We will serve from 5:30-6:30 pm. Freewill donations will be accepted. The money will be given to the Midwest Mission Distribution Center (MMDC) to purchase supplies to restock their warehouse with flood buckets. Throughout 2016, many areas of the United States were flooded which depleted the MMDC supply of flood buckets available for distribution. We, your neighbors and Christians throughout the country, appreciate your support.. CHILDREN S BAZAAR! Thanks to everyone who attended or helped with the Children s Bazaar. We feel it was really successful. We had more children this year than last so we were cleaned out of many things. During the holiday season or after Christmas if you find any of these things on sale please pick them up: gifts for men (several people asked for after shave, etc.) or teen boys, gift bags, tissue paper, holiday cups or cups for Mom, Dad, Grandparents, etc., and picture frames for 5 x 3 or 4 x 6 pictures. If it grows again next year, we will need a lot of stuff. Just leave everything in the office marked Children s Bazaar. Thanks for remembering us. JAZZ AND JUST DESSERTS January is here, and that means Jazz and Just Desserts! On Friday, January 27, Ray Wierson and Friends will present wonderful music to go along with tasty desserts. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are $ Tickets will be on sale at the Perry Street entrance on Sundays January 15 and 22. If you haven t been before, try it this year. If you love delightful, delicious and delectable desserts and great music, this is for you. Mark that calendar!

5 MISSIONS UPDATE Rev. Willie Trusheim, Missions Committee Coordinator January "Kids Against Hunger Offering" The Kids Against Hunger offering will be on January 7-8. Refugee numbers continue to greatly increase because of war and political upheaval. Children make up a large number of the hungry and dying. When you give to Kids against Hunger every dollar ( $1.00) provides four (4) meals. Our goal is for $1,000.00, providing 4,000 meals. At least 15% of the meals are retained in local communities in the Quad City Area. Pray about your gift, knowing it will help a needy person. Thank you for your generous gift. An Offering Envelope will be provided. Proposed Offerings Schedule for 2017 The Mission Offering Schedule is provided to enable you to plan your giving support for the year. If there are special causes, such as disasters, they will be inserted in the schedule or the schedule will be altered. The 2017 Mission Offering Schedule: Kids Against Hunger (January 7-8) Human Relations (January 21-22) Church World Service Blankets (February 4-5) Heifer Project International (March 4-5) One Great Hour of Sharing (March 18-19) Peace with Justice Ministries (April 1-2) Women at the Well (April 30-May 1) Native American Ministries (June 4-5) Thanksgiving Ingathering Reverse Offering (July 2-3) Self Help International (August 6-7) United Methodist Student Day (September 3-4) World Communion Offering (October 1-2) Thanksgiving Baskets (October and November 5-6) Lit Lit Program in Africa (December 3-4) 2016 Year End Giving Your end of the year donations must be in the Church Office by the morning of December 30. If you are inclined to give to a mission cause we have supported during the year you may mark your check (see the list above). Some projects are: Food Pantry, Habitat for Humanity, W.I.S.H. Ministries, P.U.N.C.H., CareLink, Red Bird Mission School, and the Pastor s Emergency Assistance Fund for members and constituents of St. John s. You may also choose to support our missionaries: Jane and Larry Kies in Zimbabwe, The Fogleman's in South Sudan, and Angela Hubbard at Red Bird Mission Clinic. Thank you for your response. THANK YOU for your faithful mission giving in You have helped many people and projects local in the United States and around the world. PRAYER AT ST. JOHN S BEHOLD WE PRAY HAVE HOLY URGENCY WITH PATIENCE Happy New Year! This year s prayer paragraph will be thoughts from HOW TO PRAY: THE BEST OF JOHN WESLEY ON PRAYER. John Wesley said: All that a Christian does, even in eating & sleeping, is pray, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God; without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice! Romans12:11-12 NASB says, Fervent in spirit devoted to prayers. You can fill out a prayer card in your service and state if you want the request to be on the prayer bookmark or the prayer chain. The prayer chain is more private and includes a large variety of prayer concerns. It is important that we get permission to put the prayer request on the bookmark and/or chain. Some people want their prayer needs to be just between them and God. It is also very much appreciated when you let us know of changes in your prayer concern! ADULT FELLOWSHIP NO MEETING IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY!! FOOD PANTRY NEWS Sharon Imming Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. The Center made 250 baskets for Thanksgiving. St. John's contributed 450 items for these baskets along with $3, in monetary donations. What a way to give many people a warm meal. We have a very loving and caring congregation. Thank you St. John's and thank you from all the people who received our donations. We collected 619 items and $ in monetary donations for the Food Pantry. Next month, I will give you the totals for I would like to wish everyone a very Blessed ST. JOHN S FOUNDATION BIRTHDAYS The St. John's Foundation wishes to thank the following members for their contributions to the Foundation Birthday Fund: Martha Border, Donald Fisher, Barb Groenenboom, Gary Jantz, Ann Lietz, Marjorie O'Dell, and Anita Sundin.

6 Given by: Jerry and Joanne Clemmens Dick and Karen Grimm Rhea and Skip Hambright Melinda Rudish Jim and Barbara Roseman Walter Schulz Larry and Carol Sharpe Jill Utter and Family Pamela Dannacher -Zepeda 2017 POINSETTIAS In Memory of: Parents: Harold and Dorothy Clemmens, Oscar Guyer and Netha Benninghoff, and our beloved daughters: Kathy Schluensen and Paula Egolf Their Parents All their Family and Friends Cecil and Mary Ross Edna and Teed Allen; Dorothy and Clifford Roseman Jeanne Schulz Their Parents Brian L. Utter and Jack L. Jones Helen Dannacher (aunt) CARELINK CareLink is administered by Churches United, allowing St. John s to assist three families/people each month in our neighborhood with rent and utilities. Given by: Bobbie Chant, John and Kim Chant Verna Cudmore The Henry Family Sharon Imming Jim and Barbara Roseman Jill Utter and Family In Memory of: Byron L. Chant Keith Cudmore (Husband) Louise Henry Richard Imming and Marge McNulty Edna and Teed Allen; Dorothy and Clifford Roseman Brian L. Utter and Jack L. Jones CERT Training Opportunity Community Emergency Response Team The Scott County office of Emergency Management will be holding CERT training classes on 3 consecutive Saturdays in February and March CERT training prepares volunteers to assist professional first responders and emergency response agencies. The training involves basic emergency response skills such as first aid, triage, light search and rescue, fire safety and light response. If you are interested in being part of a St. John s team and attending these training sessions, please contact Barb Lowe, , BarbL5045@yahoo.com A flyer with more information about the CERT program is on the Mission Bulletin Board in the main hallway across the Sanctuary. Class times and registration forms will be available soon.

7 TRUSTEES UPDATE 2016 The 2016 completed projects were funded by Foundation Grants, direct appeal (boiler), energy rebates, volunteer labor, and private donations. Boiler heating system repaired. Main hallway (14 th street entrance to top of stairs on Perry Street entrance) upgraded lighting, new carpet, painting and new baseboards installed. Third floor restrooms (men s and women s) redone with new stools, paint, flooring and panels. Upgraded sound system and energy efficient lighting in Fellowship Hall. New lights and acoustical ceiling in the Wheel. Painted and installed new ceiling and lighting in southeast coat room off sanctuary. New flooring in main level men s and women s restrooms. Installed new ceiling and lighting outside of main women s restroom. Installed a new security system. Monitoring includes inside hallways, toddler room, Chapel, office, main entrances, and Perry Street parking lot. Motion detectors are installed in all main hallways. Off-premise notification is currently being installed for the off hours when no one is at church). Veteran s plaque has been updated. Exterior windows were repaired and painted along with the interior family room picture window at Fairhaven Parsonage project We will replace the water supply line to the Parish House. This project is necessary because of problems found when the water company attempted to replace the existing water meter. For details please contact any member of the Trustees. Future projects a partial listing New roof on Avalon parsonage. This is a priority for New treads on Perry Street entrance stairs Replace Church basement floor tile Replace carpet in elevator Replace garage door on Church garage Air conditioning for the Choir area Replacement windows Fairhaven Remodel Fairhaven kitchen Provide air hand dryers and auto-flush valves for restrooms Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service and Unity Worship Monday, January 16, 2017 Hosted by The Center - P.U.N.C.H. United Neighbors - QC Interfaith Join us at The Center 1411 Brady Street, Davenport 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Service Project We will assemble packets for the homeless and kids at area shelters. 11:00 a.m.-noon Unity Service Special Speaker: Bishop Horton of Gospel Mission Temple Special Guest: Rabbi Henry Jay Karp of Temple Emanuel Worship Participants: Hilltop Churches and Neighbors Noon-1:00 p.m. Luncheon Free Soup and Salad Luncheon Trustees continually work to keep the St. John s physical properties in working condition, safe for all who come in contact with our church, and with an inviting appearance for all who drive by or enter the St. John s UMC facilities Trustees

8 2017 FLOWER CALENDAR The 2017 flower calendar is now up! Sign up for altar flowers for Sunday morning worship services on the Sacristy door in the main hallway. Please place your own flower order to be delivered to the church office on Friday afternoon in memory or honor of a loved one. For further information, please read the instructions on the door or contact the church office at EQUAL EXCHANGE FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS We are pleased to let you know that we are once again selling Fair Trade coffee. On Sunday mornings just go to the church office and the receptionist will assist you with your purchase. You can sample the varieties available at Java with Jesus on Sunday mornings. For example, they are not serving Mind, Body, and Soul which has a chocolate note. MIDWEST MISSION DISTRIBUTION CENTER VOLUNTEER IN MISSION (VIM) MISSION TRIP Monday March 13 Wednesday March 15, 2017 Midwest Mission Distribution Center (MMDC) is a disaster relief facility located in Clinton, Illinois. They provide opportunities for individuals and groups to prepare relief kits with educational and medical supplies to those in need locally and internationally. It is a Hands-On Mission Experience. MMDC is associated with the Great Rivers Conference and the North Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church, and they are an United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) cooperating depot. Projects we might work on include: packing cleaning buckets and medical kits, layettes, school bags, and hospital gowns, repairing bicycles and sewing machines, and building school desks. No matter what our abilities, they will find a job for each of us. More information can be found on the Mission Bulletin Board or by contacting Barb Lowe GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 2017? St. John s UMC has scholarship applications available. Two $500 scholarships will be available in The scholarships are a way for St. John s members to express their love and concern for our youth. To qualify, the applicant must be an active member of St. John s United Methodist Church. You can pick up an application in the church office. You are asked to write a word essay on how St. John s has helped you develop a belief in God and how that belief will help you going forth in life. We ask that you also give the church ideas on how we can make the church more relevant to youth. We ask that you have 2 letters of recommendation with the application. The application, essay, and letters of recommendation are due in the Church Office on Sunday, April 2. Awardees will be announced Mother s Day weekend, 2017.

9 STAFF CONTACT LIST (Clergy and Lay Employees ) Rev. Anne Lippincott, Senior Pastor, ext. 203 revannelippincott@stjohnsumc-dav.com Rev. Kwang Song, Associate Pastor, ext. 204 kwang.song@stjohnsumc-dav.com Linda Clark, Administrative Secretary, ext. 202 officemanager@stjohnsumc-dav.com Steven Ernst, Director of Jesus Country, ext. 210 steven_ernst1@mediacombb.net Mitzi Harris, Organist/Chancel Bells Director, ext. 214 mitzijoh@aol.com Linda Hoppe, Director of Living Faith!, ext. 212 mrslindahoppe@gmail.com Pennie Kellenberger, Director of The Center, ext. 306 liv4jezus77@yahoo.com Megan Keller, Director of Christian Education, ext. 201 megank@stjohnsumc-dav.com Don Sprosty, Financial Secretary, ext. 205 dons@stjohnsumc-dav.com Bruce Wallace, Director of Music and Media, ext. 207 brucewallace@stjohnsumc-dav.com Glenn Wilkerson, Building Superintendent, ext. 208 glennwilkerson52@yahoo.com Church office phone: (563) On the web: officemanager@stjohnsumc-dav.com St. John s Parsonage Addresses Senior Pastor: 2237 Fairhaven Road, Davenport, IA PRAYER BOOKMARK As of December 15, 2016 To add a name to the Prayer Bookmark, we need the permission of the person or a family member. Please contact us at: It is also appreciated when you let us know of changes in your prayer concern. Grieving Families The families of: Odessa Bean, Dana Fordyce (brother of Gordon Fordyce), Ruth Hassler (sister of Dick Phelps), Dorothy Stewart. In the Care Centers Bickford Cottage: Wayne Wagner Clarissa Cook: Nyla Thrapp Courtyard Estates, Walcott: Vivian Brubaker Good Samaritan: Herbert Iossi Palmer Hills: Dorothy Schwartz Ridgecrest, Crest Health: Irma Dresselhaus, Gladys Hull, Lois Lundvall, and Marian Warner Ridgecrest, Oakwood: Ruth Lounsberry, Joyce Tupper, and John Wiese Senior Star: Ann Duede St. Mary s Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center: Aimee Brown The Fountains: Warren Border, Pat Clapp, and Pat Parker Our Missionaries (supported by St. John s) Angela Hubbard, Red Bird Mission Medical Clinic Lynn and Sharon Fogleman, missionary doctors in South Sudan Larry and Jane Kies, Africa University in Zimbabwe National and Global concerns Syria, Iraq, Boko Haram insurgency, Afghanistan Terrorism and terrorist acts around the world Violence and shootings in many cities in U.S. and the world Recovery from natural disasters in U.S. and the World, especially for recovery from the recent Hurricane Matthew Migrant crisis in Europe For our newly elected local, state and national leaders in the United States It is greatly appreciated when you let us know of changes in your prayer concern. Associate Pastor: 2715 Avalon Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722

10 St. John s United Methodist Church 109 E. 14th Street Davenport, IA Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 54 Davenport, IA Address Service Requested One Church, Many Worship Opportunities Classic worship (traditional) Sundays at 8:30 a.m. (Sanctuary) Living Faith! worship (contemporary) Sundays at 9:45 a.m. (The Chapel) Celebration worship (contemporary) Sundays at 11 a.m. (Sanctuary) The Edge Youth Group and worship Sundays at 4 p.m. (The Youth Room/The Wheel) Jesus Country worship Saturdays at 5:30 p. m. (Fellowship Hall) Healing worship service First Sunday of month at 6:30 p.m. (Parlor) SkateChurch (skaters) Wednesday (6-9 p.m.) Thursday (5-9 p.m.) and Fridays (6-10 p.m.) (The Center) SkateChurch (bikers) 5-9 p.m. (The Center) Monthly Tidings deadline NOON on January 15, 2017 (covering all February 2017 events) your articles to: officemanager@stjohnsumc-dav.com