WELLSVILLE UMC NEWSLETTER July 2016 Wellsville United Methodist Church Home Address: 302 Locust Street Rev. Kathy Symes P. O. Box 458 218 Edgewood Drive Wellsville, KS 66092-0458 Wellsville, KS 66092 785-883-2737 785-883-2128 E-Mail umcwellsville@embarqmail.com E-Mail ksymes@greatplainsumc.org Web Site www.umcwellsville.org Cell 913-669-6979 And we re on Facebook Sunday 10:45 am & Wednesday 7:00 pm Worship -- 9:30 am Sunday School Mission Statement: Knowing Christ and Making Christ Known A Stephen Ministry Church * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POTLUCK SUNDAY POTLUCK JULY 10 We will have hotdogs. Bring something to share and have some great fellowship time! Don t forget the Wellsville Retirement Community Service Sunday, July 3, 1:30. The residents love it! HELP US IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR CHURCH AND KEEP IT THAT WAY! AUG. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE July 27 th, noon Keep everyone up-todate and informed. Write a newsletter article and submit it. Day Lites NO MEETINGS IN JULY Nite Lites Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00-12:00 Stephen Ministry SHORT TERM STUDY by Pastor Kathy Caring for Inactive Members Anyone can attend these classes. First & Third Tuesday, July 5 & 19 at 6:30 pm If anyone has clothing donations for HOPE HOUSE (new, old as long as it is usable), please put in the red bin in Westover Room. Diana Jarrell can get it picked up on Sunday and deliver it the next week.
Christian Education NEWS The Teen Sunday morning study will be led by Rachel Boley at the regular Sunday school time. Dave Wasserfallen is facilitating a new Sunday morning study on the book Shalom, Salaam, Peace. Please contact Lenise Eddings at 816-305-1361 for more information. Shalom, Salaam, Peace Three major world religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam trace their roots back to one historical figure: The patriarch, Abraham. So why can t they get along today? If you d like to explore this idea, we re starting a class called Shalom, Salaam, Peace words used by each of the three to see why we are having such trouble implementing this concept of peace in today s world. There will be a Sunday morning class (9:30-10-30), but for those unable to get to that, please let the church office know of your interest and we ll try to arrange another session at another time. Don t confuse comfort with happiness. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Outreach/Mission Continue to bring nonperishable and canned goods. A table will be set up in the Westover Room. Thank you for your continued support. MEMBERS SPECIAL DAYS JULY Anniversary Don & Marie Hrabe 1 Ro & Jean Bouse 29 Birthday Greg Phillips 2 Gene Harris 4 Sarah Sturm 5 Lenore Mauslein 5 Marcia Marks 7 Hanna O Dea 7 Chloe Goodloe 9 Katie Neis 10 Mike McAfee 11 Karen Childs 14 Lenise Eddings 14 Trynten Thompson 14 Stan Thompson 15 Darcy Bonzo 18 Don Caruthers 19 Janet Green 19 Gary Hart 24 Ruth Fleming 25 Oscar West 27 Doris McConnell 27 Pat Hutchens 29 Riley Maher 29 Paul Manny 30 CONTINUED PRAYERS Each week we have a list of prayer requests in our bulletin. We thought that we could open this up to anyone who gets the newsletter. These are church members and their immediate families: Jordan Brunk Bill Casselman Theresa Chancellor Charles Cook Gayle Cook Susan Saner Davenport Susan Key Keith McIlwain Gary Milroy Donna Romstedt JW & Dorothy Tomlinson And our members at the Wellsville Retirement Community: Ollidean Bradbury Bernadine Broers Louise Burgoon Louise Clayton Letha Lytle Sarah Sturm Dorothy Tomlinson Renate Watts There are things I can t force. I must adjust. C. M. Ward
Sound the official music! Hold the applause! Shine the spotlight! It s time! It s time for Pastor Kathy s first annual State of the Church address! Sorry, I thought I could do it, but you should know by now that sometimes that official stuff just doesn t seem right. But in all seriousness, I felt this would be a good time to recap where we ve been this last year and look ahead at some things that have been planned. One of the first things that came from my meet and greets with the congregation was that we really didn t seem to have a clear picture of what was important to the Wellsville UMC. The church was down in attendance and in giving. There had been several different sanctuary renovation pushes in the past that had gone nowhere. The youth group was struggling as was the children s Sunday school program. And there was only one adult Sunday school class. In January I formed a visioning team. I asked the lay leadership group to help me choose the team members. I wanted a diverse group of men and women and newer members as well as those who had been here for generations. We began by reading a book together, interviewing community members as well as studying area demographics. Since that time we have put together two sets of priority lists: one financial and one nonfinancial. Our hope is that as we work our way through these priority lists and through lots of prayer we will be able to come to the congregation with a vision for the future of the church. We covet the prayers of all of you! We all know that change is hard but we also believe that change must happen to stop our membership and giving decline. Recently I announced that in order to meet our budget each giving unit (family) of the church needed to increase their giving by $67 per month. I realize that would be a hardship for some of us, if not impossible. But I can also tell you that several families have upped their giving substantially (thank you!). We have also begun accepting e-giving. Our hope is that by making e-giving available we would not be so dependent on only receiving offering when you are in church. Summer is a difficult time on the churches finances. Even though we still have budget needs and ministry needs our worship attendance goes down due to vacations and kids sporting events. If you have not done so I would encourage you to visit our website and enroll in the e-giving option. We have had a change in our adult Sunday school options. Carol Fleming s class has ended but we have begun a new class taught by Dave Wasserfallen. The class is called Peace, Shalom, Salaam and is about the three Abrahamic religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. If you re interested please check it out some Sunday morning. Vacation Bible School begins on Monday July 11. The registration form has recently been posted on the church Facebook page. If you have any questions you can give Kandi Kline a call or call the church office from 9 to noon each week day. The youth group is meeting each Sunday morning during the Sunday school hour. It is currently being led by Rachel Boley. If you have a young person that could benefit by taking part in youth group please let them know that Rachel is looking forward to meeting them! Finally, I want to let you know that this first year has been interesting, exciting and crazy busy. I look forward to what the next year will bring. I pray that God will look upon this congregation in love and continue to nudge us in the way that leads to life! See you Sunday, Pastor Kathy
STEPHEN MINISTRY Please call Beth Watson at 785-883-4824, Kathy Symes at 913-669-6979, Ruth Fleming at 913-481- 8883, or Wellsville UMC for a consultation. THIS IS A TOBACCO- FREE, FIREARM-FREE, AL- COHOL-FREE, DRUG- FREE CAMPUS. Remember to save *Best Choice labels *Education Box tops *Campbell soup labels *Ring Tops from any can for the schools Harvester s Drive-Thru is Friday, July 15, 9:00 am. The regular distribution is Saturday, July 16, 10:15 am. If you wish to help, please be there at 9:30. TRUSTEE IDEA BOX In the Westover Room there is a box for any ideas you may have for the Trustees to consider. All we ask is that you use your name and phone number so we may get back to you. Keep sending your current e-mail addresses. Please contact the office. umcwellsville@embarqmail.com Declaration I m not what I do. I m not what I have. I m not what people say about me. I am the beloved of God. It s who I am. No one can take it from me. I don t have to worry. I don t have to hurry. I can trust my friend Jesus and share his love with the world by Bobbie Schuller, 2015 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL VBS is set for July 11th thru the 15th. VBS is an important outreach of our Christian education program here at WUMC. Last year we reached over 75 young people. It's almost harder to know who has the most fun, the kids or us adults putting it on. On that note, I would like to ask for your help to host another successful VBS. We have many places we can use you, with the preschoolers, in the kitchen, setting up, decorating, being a crew leader for a group of 5 kids or even leading a station. I know we are all busy people, but I just ask for you to consider if you can help 1 day, all week, or before to set up or after to tear down. We have had so many fun, successful VBS adventures here with all kinds of different themes. This year we are going on a cave quest, where we are following Jesus, the light of the world! I am interested in borrowing any old spelunking gear one might have, although I know that might be a reach. If you have any questions or would like to help, please feel free to call or text me. Thank you to all who help support VBS in any way, I truly have the best church family ever, and I couldn't do it without you. Kandy Kline 785-248-1231 You can register through our Facebook page.
UNOFFCIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES June Meeting Pastor Kathy A special service of inclusiveness last night was well attended. Kathy will be commissioned as a Stephen Leader this Sunday. When will we meet in July? DS preaching on July 10, Ed English here July 17. Visioning committee is going well making progress. Kathy and Lenise Eddings will be at Licensing School in Great Bend, Kansas, July 25-29. Janice Caruthers moved to accept the updated Local Church Policy for the Protection of Children, Youth, and Adults from Vulnerable Populations for our church. Lenise Eddings seconded. Motion carried. Donna Romstedt has never missed a meeting, but with Donna having heart surgery, we should have a backup person. Lay Leadership will do this. Finance Reviewed the financial reports. The giving is ok. This is a clarification: do not pay back the $2500 borrowed from the Emergency fund last year. We will pay back the $1500 from this year, but in the future as we have the money is available. The Audit is finished. Trustees It will take $12,000 for parsonage basement repair and egress window. We have received about $5000 so far. The parsonage roof needs replacing. We have the insurance money. Bell tower, chimney and porch have had the leaks repaired. The floor in the vestibule has been repaired. Repairing our church signs, in front of the church and out on K33, will be done. The guttering has been installed on the rental garage. Siding on the rental house will be installed when the manpower is available and it cools off. PPR Kathy has been officially reappointed for another year. Stephen Ministries Kathy has started a class on the 1 st & 3 rd Tuesdays for 3 months, Ministering to Inactive Members. Christian Education Ministries Nursery Room is painted. Bible Sunday is in August. In November, they want to recognize those who have worked above and beyond. Rachel Boley is doing well with the MS&HS class. Carol Fleming wants to stop leading his class. Dave Wasserfallen will pick it up with a study of Salaam, Shalom, Peace. He will lead it on Sunday morning and an evening class when time is decided. Lenise will be with Kathy at the end of July at Licensure School. Lenise would like an art room/supply closet. They are still using the rotational SS. She is looking at a different study. The youth would like to go on a mission trip. Confirmation needs to be provided again. Outreach/Mission Ministries Are we are going to have a booth at Wellsville Days this year? They do not have a co-chair in Mike McAfee s absence. We need to need to decide what the money will be collected for at the Bake Sale. The original purpose was to be for Student Aid for Janet Delgado to use for the kids. Memorial The money from the Hoffman Estate was originally put in the Memorial Fund and the balance is to be given back to the Trustees. The money would be available for the Trustees to use for the parsonage roof deductible or where ever it is needed. Scholarship 3 scholarships were presented. Hailey & Alec Watson and Sierra Savage college Emily Kline institute. UMW Nite Lights has chosen the project of gathering funeral supplies (paper towels, paper plates, napkins, plastic silverware, cups, toilet paper, coffee, and stamps) to give a family to help with their extra guests. District Lay Servant Ministry District Leadership Team Fab 5 will be in Iola Wesley October 1. Dr. David Watson, not ours, will be the presenter. VBS July 11-15, 9-12. The next meeting will be determined later. Hands to work; hearts to God. Shaker Motto
Fab Five Fall Festival Saturday, October 1st Iola: Wesley UMC 301 E Madison Iola, KS 9:30 am - 2:00 pm CEU s are available with prior request. Let us know if you plan to attend. Enjoy a 5R District worship service. Box lunch (free will offering) Baker Speech Choir performance Theme: Building Relationships That Lead to Discipleship Rev. Dr. David Lowes Watson https://www.ministrymatters.com Financial Giving for June, 2016 Need Weekly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2600 $ 2,500 XXXXXXXXXX 2500 XXXXXXXXXX 2400 XXXXXXXXXX 2200 XXXXXXXXXX 2000 XXXXXXXXXX 1800 XXXXXXXXXX 1600 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 1500 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 1400 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 1300 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 1200 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 1000 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 800 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 600 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 400 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX 200 6/5/2016 6/12/2016 6/19/2016 6/26/2016 Need monthly $ 3,167 $ 1,251 $ 1,471 $ 1,516 $ 7,405 $ 10,000
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