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1 United Methodist Church Galena UMC 125 S. Bench St. Galena, IL Worship Servicee 10:30 am day School during worship UMC of Scales Mound 315 Mason St, PO Box 172 Scales Mound, IL Worship Service 9:00 am day School during worship Nov Pastor Patricia Allen-Stewart Give thank ks with a grateful hea art give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he s given Jesus Christ his Son. And now let the weak say, I am strong ; let the poor say, I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us. Give thanks! When I first sang this simple, moving hymn from The Faith We Sing it gave me goose bumps. The lyrics and music by Henry Smith were published over thirty (30!) years ago, yet they seem as urgent today as in It is time to incarnate our identity as the heirs of Jesus Christ and of John Wesley and remember that our God wants abundant life for us and for all people. Yes, we trust that we have riches in heaven, but we also know that it is God s desire for all people to have shalom health, wholeness, justice, peace conditions which are sometimes in short supply in this world where God has placed us. We are blessed in our communities that we can work together to share God s love and intentions for the world to be instruments of God s peace, as St. Francis would say. And, did you know that right now we are serving victims of Hurricane Sandy through the United Methodist mmittee on Relief?! For information on how our denomination is responding to this disaster go to Thank you to all who are: filling shoebox gift packages for Operation Christmas Child ; collecting items for military Care Packages; supporting the Special Children s fund throughh mpassion International; preparing for the United Churches of Galena Christmas ncert which raises funds for the Galena Food Pantry; and volunteering in so many ways. Galena UMC will host the United Churches of Galena Thanksgiving Service on day, November 18, at 4:00 p.m. In Scales Mound we will worship at the Presbyterian Church on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 21. We hope to set a time which will coordinate with the school sports on that evening. Watch the day bulletins for further details. Our thanks to Roger Hervey, our webmaster, who urges us to send him photos of parish events. If you haven t checked our websites lately, take a look at: and I do indeed give thanks for your partnership in the Gospel, and I look forward to each new season as we seek to be creative and fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ. The Lord bless you and keep you, Pastor Patricia

2 Scales Mound United Methodist Church PARISH NEWS TAB COLLECTION Please continue to collect TABS to be given for charity use. Place them in our bucket in the back of church Nov. 9 Anniversaries: Dennis & Tracy Downs HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN November TO 1 st Matthew Davis 3 rd Jerry Edwards 27 th Derrick Ronald Distler 29 th Brittany Davis 30 th Mary Ann Ohms +++ Our ndolences & Prayers: Are with those who have recently lost these loved ones: Jon Drury (friend of Audrey st) Randy (Bert) Wasson neighbor to Audrey Wirtz Judy Dixon from the Galena mmunity & Cleland Winter from the S.M. mmunity BLOOD DRIVE Monday, Nov.5 From 3:00 7:00 pm At S.M School Anyone able to bring any snacks contact Margie Prayer st: Nancy Fulton Miriam Bahr Dave Hesselbacher Herman Ohms Jim Anderson Rick Webster Glen Berryman Eric Evenson Gen bonnett Jim Glasker Ron Ehrler Gerri Schulte Paula Lange Jan Schultz Lester Webster Mary Ann & Bill Ohms THANKSGIVING SERVICE: Thanksgiving service will be on November 21 at Scales Mound Presbyterian. MEETINGS: Scales Mound Finance & Ad uncil Meeting will be on Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00 pm. SPECIAL CHILDREN S FUND Needs You! At SMUMC we sponsor Special Children through mpassion International. Thank you for any extra support you can give this season. Stepping Stones Social oup Mark your calendar for these upcoming events: Stepping Stones meets every Wednesday at 9:00 am at Happy Joe s for coffee please join us. EVENT: Tuesday, November 13, 11:30 pm Lunch off the Menu at Beijing Buffet 951 Gear St., Galena Across from McDonald s Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 pm Holdiay Celebration Dinner off the Menu at DeSoto House Hotel, 230 S. Main Street, Galena Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 5:30 pm Member Travelogues and Movie Night Potluck Dinner at Galena United Methodist Church 125 S. Bench St., Galena RSVP at or one week prior to each event. Thank You!! We would like to thank everyone who helped on Halloween night to pass out Hot Chocolate at Scales Mound.

3 G A L E N A U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H Love God Love Neighbors Make Disciples By God s grace, the Galena United Methodist Church is the Body of Christ striving to fulfill Christ s eat mmand to love God and love neighbor, and Christ s eat mmission to make disciples. November: 5 Isabelle Anderson 7 Preston Steines 7 Mary Jo Hartwig 9 Judy Behncke 9 Tony Turner 11 Robert Hall 14 Bill Wirtz 14 eg Vandigo 15 Judy Henze 16 Ruby Dickerson 20 Tim Stephenson 22 Dan Ripley 28 Ruth Mitton 29 Melvin Young 30 Eric Anderson If there are any corrections or additions please let the office know ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL The Adult day School class will meet at 9:15 a.m. in the fellowship hall to discuss He Said... She Said by Michelle Kallock Knight and Todd Outcalt. The schedule is: November 4: Chapter 6, Ruth and Boaz November 11: Chapter 7, Lovers in the Song of Songs November 18: Chapter 8, Esther and Haman The class will not meet during the Advent season as that is such a busy time for Christians. ncerns Nancy Meneguin, sister of Mary Turner, had a stroke, and Jack Stephenson is recovering after falling. Joys The first anniversary and the success of The Stepping Stones, and roofing project at parsonage, *World mmunion day with the participation of our church and three others in a spiritual gathering of people. Prayers Luis Alvarado, Jorene eb, Joanne Fassbinder, Mary Vincent, Arleen Brobeck, Ginny Beatty, Harriet Hartwig, Kathy atton-wilcox, Bob Sandy, Nancy Meneguin, Vivienne Roseline, daughter of Eric & Tara Anderson, Vickie atton, Jack Stephenson & Melvin Young. Deaths Kay Primrose lost her father, Justin Hughes lost his grandmother, Mrs. Halstead- Germaine of Platteville. + TAIZE SERVICE No Taize Service for November. CHURCH CONFERENCE COMPLETED FOR 2012: Thank you, to ALL who prepared reports and participated in our Church nference on day, Oct. 28. Rockford District Supt., the Rev. Ouk-Yean Kim Jueng (pronounced like Oak Yun ), brought us greetings from The Cabinet and our new Bishop, The Rev. Sally Dyck. Gal lena day Stewards nday, November 4 reeters: Janette Bader Lynn Sisler ommunion: Lynn Sisler nday, November 11 reeters: Jerry &Bonnie Joy Leib nday, November 18 reeters: Tom & Mary Vickie atton nday, November 25 reeters: turgist:john Williams Smith Kmucha NURSING HOME SING me join us to sing on Tuesday, November 5:45 pm. GALENA STAFF Patricia Allen-Stewart Pastor patallnstwt@att.net Deborah Stodden Office Administrator galenaum@att.net Meg Gibbs Bells Choir Director Mark Baglione Choir Director Darcy Muehleip Building Maintenance

4 CHOIR SCHEDULE NOVEMBER: Rehearsals: Nov. 1, 8, 20, & 6:15 7:15pm Nov. 11@ 1:00 2:30 pm UfG, & Nov. 15@ 6:15 7:15 pm, UfG, for Thanksgiving Performances: Nov. 11, 25 day Performance 10:00 am CALL Nov. 18 Afternoon Thanksgiving Performance 3:30 pm CALL Nov. 28, UfG Christmas ncert 6:45 pm CALL MARK BAGLIONE, CHOIR DIRECTOR BaglioneMark@gusd120.k12.il.us PH: (708) GALENA CONTINUED NEWS FROM THE BELL CHOIR Rehearsals: November 1, 7, 14, 19, & 27 Performances: November 10:30 am Special Performance: November 7:00 St. Michaels Meg Gibbs megibbs4518@gmail.com THANK-YOU FROM UMW A BIG thank you to everyone who helped with the Annual Pasty Supper. A special thank you, to the people who helped on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who bought whole pasty or meal tickets. Everyone worked hard to make it a success. The pasty supper is truly a team effort. The profit made this year was $ with more to come. The UMW Mission/Outreach mmittee Thanks for your continued support of our Change for the Better project. ins in October, November & December will be given to The Workshop for its much-needed program, supporting individuals with disabilities here in Galena. We were especially delighted to have Michael Bielinda as our speaker for day, October 14 service. He provided us with real insight as to all the services The Workshop provides for individuals with disabilities in Jo Daviess unty, helping us to realize the importance of our Change for the Better project. ` MONTHLY FINANCE UPDATE FOR September 2012 CONTRIBUTIONS ntributions $ Total $ EXPENSES Pastor s Salary $ Pastor s other expenses $0.00 Other employee salaries $ Marketing $ Building & Maintenance $ Office expenses $ Parsonage expenses $ Church expenses $ Musician & pulpit guests $0.00 Insurance $ Bells $ TOTAL EXPENESE $ NET: (loss) -$0.00 Apportionments (NOT PAID- May, June, July, Aug, Sept and Oct not included in net) $ OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Please make sure your shoe box is turned into church by day, November Mission/Outreach mmittee cond t Let s do dig into our purses and pockets in the coming months and give them a little help in these difficult economic times. We can also help out by bringing good used clothing & household items (no electronics) to their resale shop on Highway 20. We are still working on the possibility of developing the brown bag lunch idea here at church for those who might enjoy getting together just for the sake of conversation and getting to know one another better. Please let us know if you have any interest, or if you might have any related suggestions. Call Charlene or Kay

5 10984 GALENA CONTINUED SUNDAY SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS day school meets every week during the worship service at 10:30 am. There are 3 classes: PreK 1st grades, 2nd 4th grades and middle school. Middle school students don t forget your bibles! ming up in November... day, Nov 9:45 am Cherub Choir Kids come SING with us! day, Nov 9:45 am Chimes Choir & Cherub Choir day, Nov 18 Chimes and Cherub Choir perform during the worship service, then after church... stay for lunch and then sing and play at the Elizabeth Nursing 1:00 pm day, Nov 25 FALL PROJECT KICK- OFF!!!! CARE PACKAGES FOR TROOPS: The day School classes invite the congregation to participate in their FALL SERVICE PROJECT starting on day, Oct. 28 th and ending on Nov. 11 th. The children will be collecting items for soldiers serving in the US military stationed around the world. Teresa Folks will be speaking to the children abouth this serving in the military and about those deployed. Please consider donating some of the items listed below: BIG HIT ITEMS (also listed in common requested items): BEEF JERKY POWDERED DRINK POUCHES (Propel, Crystal ght, etc.) BABY WIPES In addition: Soldiers/Sailors like to give gifts to kids they come in contact with...hard candy, small stuffed animals PHONE CARDS MAGAZINES BOOKS MOVIES HAND WARMERS FOOT WARMERS TOOTH BRUSHES MOUTH WASH FEBREEZE BODY WASH BODY SPRAY PRINGLES CRACKERS TRAVEL SIZE GAMES (chess, checkers ) COMIC BOOKS COOKIESDECK OF CARDS MEMORY CARDS (i.e. PSP s) MEMORY STICKS SUNTAN LOTION NON CARBONATED DRINKS (Propel) UNIFORM T-SHIRTS (which can either be ordered on-line from AAFES or bought at the PX) UNDERWEAR PICTURES FROM HOME THUMB TACKS (to hang the pictures) HARD CANDY BLUE AND BLACK PENS NOTEBOOKS ENVELOPES SUN GLASSES TRAVEL SIZE PACKETS OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT POWDERED DRINKS, like Gatorade, Propel, Crystal ght, etc. BLANK WRITABLE CD s CROSSWORD PUZZLES, WORD SEARCHES, SODUKU Hanging of the eens day, November 25, 2012: We will be decorating for Christmas, after service, on day, November 25 th, so please bring in any Poinsettias that you would like to give to the Church for the Christmas season YEARS OLD! Our church is 180 years old this year and we are going to celebrate! We will hold a special service on day, Dec. 2. The church should be ready for Christmas, and we will have special old-time hymns, and possibly a hymn sing. Pick out your favorite hymn, and come celebrate. Some may dress in period clothes for the special service, but whatever you wear, just come and enjoy the fellowship, and the celebration of us as a congregation for 180 years. It would be a fun time to invite anyone who has ever come to our church, plus anyone who may like to come to our church. Mark your calendars and we hope to see you all there!

6 THANK YOU! The Church would like to thank ALL the members and some non-members who gave up some of their time October 6 & 7 to work at the untry Fair. I hope everyone had a good time, met & worked alongside some people they might not have known before & helped raise money for Non-Profits in Jo Daviess unty and also for our Church. How much money we earned for Church is not known yet but Will be reported later. the SANTA S HELPERS Santa s helpers can sign up to ring the Salvation Army bell during this holiday season at either Piggly Wiggly or Walmart in Galena. Please call Margie Morhardt for more information at Thank You INVITE A FRIEND TO SUNDAY SCH HOOL SCIENCE! Again, thank you very much & we ll see you next year. RON ERICSON IOWA MIND & BODY INSTIT TUTE At WENDT CANCER CENTER AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, Iowa. The center will offer relaxation therapies such as yoga, massage, harp therapy, etc. to Wendt Center patients and their families for FREE while they are patients there. The room is adjacent to Wendt and is funded entirely by Dr. Bobby Koneru, Onocologist. Pam Ohms has volunteered to do the Harp Therapy for this program. They would like to extend the music therapy program and are looking for a good used Spinet Piano. The and Opening is on day, December 2. If you have any questions you may contact Pam at , or specialoccasions.com/ Here we are cleaning pennies, like Jesus cleans away our sins