Vine Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) June 2017 Telephone: 217/ ; , No. 6. The Purpose of CWF

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1 THE VINE STREET VISITOR Vine Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) June 2017 Telephone: 217/ ; , No. 6 The Purpose of CWF The purpose of Disciples Women is to provide opportunities for spiritual growth, enrichment, education and creative ministries to enable women to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the whole mission of the church of Jesus Christ. So what does the Vine Street Christian Church CWF really do? CWF paid for the new air conditioning unit in the church basement. CWF paid for the majority of the new toys for the nursery. CWF makes a yearly donation of $ to the Disciples Mission Fund. CWF makes a yearly donation of Ministerial and Health Relief Pension Fund $ CWF made substantial donations to the church s Operating Fund. CWF sends monthly cards of support to many people. CWF organizes the Ice Cream Social and helps with the Church Bazaar. CWF prepares funeral dinners. CWF has a monthly Saturday breakfasts at Yoder s. CWF prepares our weekly communion and prepares communion for the Arthur Home when the VSCC is in charge of the church service. CWF organizes meals to be delivered to people in our congregation who have been discharged from hospitals. CWF cleans the kitchen and nursery regularly. CWF assists with Bingo games and provides stuffed toys as prizes at the Arthur Home once a month for Bingo. CWF adopts families at Christmas, provides ½ of camp fees for Church Summer Camp, buys Bibles for Sunday School children, and gives financial gifts to individuals in need. CWF donates to families with special needs children. CWF did sponsor the Monday Craft Group. CWF pays for the children at the Mother-Daughter and Father-Son dinners. CWF monthly leaders plan many interesting programs CWF have sponsored 9 wells Marion Wells. CWF purchased 2 Chalice sets CWF donates to the ALAH post prom CWF purchases coffee for the church at the Equal Exchange Coop. This is a Coop that purchases fairly traded foods from approximately 44 small farmer co-ops in 19 countries. CWF donates 2 poinsettias and 2 lilies for the church. CWF donates $ to the Arthur Fire Dept. Christmas Fund. CWF donates items and help pack boxes for the Operation Christmas Child. CWF has donated to Beth s Place, back to school haircuts and toiletries, bought coupons at MCC Thrift Shop for children with back to school needs, and St. Joe Children s home. CWF has personal blessing boxes and money is donated to DMF. CWF organizes VSCC s turn twice a year for Meals on Wheels (January and July). CWF sponsors a child (girl) in Nicaragua. CWF helps organize the annual VSCC Christmas Lunch. CWF will be donating to the Kitchen Fund. CWF folds the Visitor each month. CWF has published church cookbooks. CWF monthly leaders planned many interesting programs CWF sponsored 9 wells Marion Wells.

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3 Vacation Bible School June 12-16, 2017! Arthur Mennonite Church 710 East Park St., Arthur, IL 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. each day The mission of Arthur Community Vacation Bible School is to bring God s Word to the children and members of our community through fun work and play based on a strong foundation in scripture so that they may learn to know Jesus while building a sense of community in Christ. All community children ages 4 years old through Jr. High are welcome! There is no fee for your child to attend VBS. If your child would like to participate in the mission project, a collection will be taken each morning. Arthur Community Vacation Bible School is sponsored by the following: Vine Street Christian Church, Arthur Mennonite Church, Arthur United Methodist Church, Arthur First Baptist Church and Sunnyside Mennonite Church. To register and for more information visit: arthurvbs.org IMPORTANT DATES FROM THE CHRISTIAN FORMATION MINISTRY: Sunday School will be held once a month during the summer: June 25 9:00 AM July 30 9:00 AM August 13 9:00 AM (Breakfast & Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday) POOL PARTIES JUNE 11 ~ July 30 The Christian Formation Ministry is hosting a two pool parties. Cherryl and Gery Conlin have generously offered their pool for Sunday, June 11 and Sunday, July 30 from 2:00 PM- 5:00 PM. Please bring a snack to share, your towel and a lawn chair. Mark your calendars! NURSERY SCHEDULE FOR JUNE June 4 Brianne Eads and Lauren Ray June 11 Jama Ray and Madeline Ray June 18 Kyla Carson and Abby Abercrombie June 25 Maddie Myers and Chloe Alexander CRAFT ITEMS NEWS: Teri Malin, Co-chairman of the Craft Group, requested that if you have any personal items in the Craft Room, please remove them by June 10. Starting June 18, tables will be set up in the basement to display any leftover craft items. All craft items are available to the congregation and will be on display until July 1. Items left over will be on sale at the Ice Cream Social on Saturday, September 2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! SUMMER COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHTS Friday, July 7, is the night of our first outdoor theater! (The rain date is Saturday, July 8.) We ll hoist our screen and invite the town to view family-friendly fare from the comfort of their lawn chairs and golf carts. Watch for more info about the title and time. The other movie dates for the summer are July 21 and August 4. Rain dates are the following night.

4 We ve Got Mail & News GUEST SPEAKERS FOR JUNE June 4 ~ Jerry Reeder June 11 ~ Ed Coller June 18 ~ Rev. Leroy Allison June 25 ~ Ed Coller To the Prayer Shawl Ladies at VSCC, We will never forget your kindness. The lap shawl is just beautiful. We know a lot of love went into it. It was wonderful to make one for Harry and I. We hold a special place in our hearts for the Vine Street Christian Church. Harry & Mary Bell Dear Vine Street Christian Church, Thank you so much for your kindness and your prayers. I apologize deeply that I have taken so long to express my appreciation, but you have been in my thoughts. In Christian Love, Shelia Crowe 47 th Annual Barbershop Show On Saturday, June 3 at 4:00 PM in the Dvorak Concert Hall (EIU campus) the Coles County Barbershop Chorus and quartets will present The Best of Barbershop. The 25 man chorus and 6 quartets will be joined by Boardwalk (Florida comedy quartet) and the Charleston High School Girls Quartet. It is a FAM- ILY show all the way with plenty of parking and wheel chair accessibility. Song selections vary from Linda Rose, to the Beach Boys, Swing Down Chariot and even a Lone Ranger skit. Hope to see you there. Dear Vine Street Christian Church Family, Thank you for all your prayers, love and support. Words cannot begin to express how grateful we are to be a part of such a wonderful church family. We are truly blessed. Sincerely, Mark and Melissa Yoder & Family Thank you to the VSCC members for continued support of our mother, Ellen Miller. From her children. Congratulations to our graduates! Graduates and their families were honored at a breakfast on Sunday, May 21. The breakfast was hosted by the Nurture Fellowship Ministry. We have eight graduates that we honored. They are 8 th Grade: Madeline Ray and Lilee Thomas. High School: Ty Duzan, Mary Huffman, Megan Fifer and Maddie Myers Courtney Gutierrez received her Associates Degree at Lakeland College. Janet Ray graduated in December from Lakeview College of Nursing. She received her B.S.N. Degree. Bryce Yantis graduated from Olivet-Nazarene with his Masters in Nursing Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). After his boards he will be a Family Nurse Practitioner (FPN). Congratulations to all!

5 Nurture Fellowship Ministry The Nurture Fellowship Ministry has been busy. They served an all church birthday lunch on April 30 and planned the Mother-Daughter Dinner on May 13. Thanks for all your hard work. You are greatly appreciated! Mother-Daughter Dinner 2017 All church Birthday Lunch 2017

6 Harry Bell Shelia Crowe Hewitt Hafer Shirley High Rose Lundquist Malakai Miller & family Mary Ellen Rutledge Philo Schrock Jeff Yantis IN OUR PRAYERS Mary Bell Bill Dean Joyce Harpster Kara Kuhns & family Ellen Miller Alicia Pankey Tracy Scott Joyce Weatherholt The family and friends of Roger Uphoff, Jeff Yantis uncle Service men and women and their families JUNE CALENDAR Every Sunday: 10:00 AM Worship Fri., June 2, 10:30 AM ~ CWF The Arthur Home Tues., June 6, 6:00 PM ~ Arthur Home Service Wed., June 7, 9:00 AM ~ Pray It Forward Wed., June 7, 1:30 PM ~ CWF Meeting Wed., June, 7:00 PM ~ Administration Ministry Meeting Sat., June 10, 9:00 AM ~ CWF Breakfast@ Yoder s Sun., June 11, 2:00-5:00 PM ~ Swim the Conlins pool Mon. Fri. June :00 11:30 AM ~ Arthur Community Vacation Bible the Arthur Mennonite Church Wed., June 14, 9:00 AM ~ Pray It Forward Wed., June 14, 7:00 PM ~ Board Meeting Wed., June 21, 9:00 AM ~ Pray It Forward Sat., June 24, 11:00 AM ~ Clean Up Day at Camp Walter Scott Sun., June 25 ~ 9:00 AM Sunday School Wed., June 28 ~ 9:00 AM ~ Pray It Forward JUNE BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! 1-Tyler & Jacqueline Yoder (A) 3-Natalie Kroll Jeff Yantis 4-Nikki Hodge Corrie Drum 6-Cassidy Loeppky 7-Sandra Dolan Dan & Sara Abercrombie (A) 8-Dana Tinkle Jeannie Young 9-Carol Crist Kristy Jones 10-Steven Singer Barry & Sue Williams (A) 11-Kirby Davis Richard & Sharon Buckler (A) 13-Gwen Ray Kyle Yoder 14-Zoie Crist 15-Abby Taylor John & Heather Wienke (A) 17-Kai Condill Adam & Kristy Jones (A) 18-Mackenzie Strong Kerry & Anne Pate (A) 19-John & Carol Harrer (A) 21-Gary Nebergall 22-Eric & Stephanie Alexander (A) Kent & Janice Schmidt (A) Jonathan & Rena Pate (A) Caleb & Cassidy Loeppky (A) Chase & Lindsay Coleman (A) 23-Bruce Condill 24-John Watkins 26-Ann Huffman 28-Janice Schmidt Jerry & Gwen Ray (A) Monthly Target Amount for the Operating Fund: $14, Received as of May 25: $11, MAY ATTENDANCE May 7-85 May May May 28 - TBA

7 2017 Camp Challenge Jacksonville Central Christian Church would like to challenge other congregations in the CCIW to consider sending a volunteer group to Camp Walter Scott to assist the staff in clean up opportunities. Each camp cleans up after itself, yet there are still many things to be done to prepare the camp for the next week of campers. Why not send a team of volunteers to help? Groups can come on Saturday and stay through Sunday afternoon. This is a mini-mission opportunity. Even if a church has no young people, it is a way for a church to be involved in, and supportive of, regional work with children and youth. Groups will also have an opportunity to meet the staff and celebrate improvements that have been made to the Camp Walter Scott facility. Vine Street Christian Church is hoping to send a group of volunteers to the camp on Saturday, June 24. We have campers that will be attending the June Beginners Camp Vincent Ray, Dustin Hodge and Coewn Condill. Come join us! Please contact Cherryl Conlin via cherryl.conlin1@gmail.com or by phone (home) or cell: There are no set hours for the clean up. It will start approximately 11:00 AM and only last a couple of hours. Our Sunday School children donated their offerings from 2 years and gave it to 4 organizations. They gave $ to the Arthur Community Food Pantry. They gave $ to Crisis Nursery. They gave $ to the Knights Vision for playground equipment and they gave $ to Operation Christmas Child (our local Mission Outreach project). Thank you for your generous donations!

8 THE VINE STREET VISITOR Vine Street Christian Church 249 South Vine Street Arthur, IL Return Service Requested SERVING IN JUNE 2017 Elders: Jerry Ray Greeters: 4 Jerry & Gwen Ray Barry Williams 11 Kevin & Carol Huffman 18 Beth Jones 25 Sandy Dolan Deacons: Becky Gutierrez Children s 4 Mac Condill Isai Gutierrez Storytellers: 11 Kevin Huffman Debbie Howell 18 Howard Keiss Gwen Ray 25 Sandy Dolan CWF Monthly Shirley Edwards Co-Chairmen: Rita Goodman Worship Leader: Susan Bursa