St. James United Methodist Church AWARE 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~PASTOR~~~~~~~~~~~ Dongsu Lee dongsulee1211@gmail.com ~~~~~~~LAY LEADERSHIP~~~~~~~ Lay Leader/Lay Member Ann. Conf. Larry Gyrion larry.gyrion@gmail.com Staff Parish Relation Chairperson Gary Linstad garylinstad@aol.com Administrative Board Chairperson Tom Schemm tschemm@atcllc.com Council Secretary Deb Kraemer dkraemer@new.rr.com Treasurer Deb Ebben debben1960@gmail.com Finance Chair Chris Bahr chrisbahr2@gmail.com Financial Secretary LuAnn Van Handel LVanhandel26@gmail.com Trustees Chair Bill Kraemer billebob57@new.rr.com Mission Co-Chairs Kay & Charlie Christenson christenson4@live.com Member Care Lead Dongsu Lee dongsulee1211@gmail.com Worship Committee Sharon Ramsaroop sramsaroop2@gmail.com Education Leader Sierra Gyrion sie1440611@gmail.com Website Bill Kraemer billebob57@new.rr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~STAFF~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrative Assistant Deb Kraemer office@umcsj.org Organist Linda Lee wi.cookie214@gmail.com Custodian Kari Sturm mama0509@ymail.com Please note: If you are receiving this electronically, all links in this publication are active. indicated as blue and underlined.) You just need to hover over it and click on the link with your mouse. Hello Everyone! Greeting from Laos. As I am in my second week of vacation, my thoughts of our time when we will be together again turn to Advent. For our sermons I will be using hymns from the UM Hymnal that focus on carols from around the world, as well as focusing on the scriptures of the lectionary. The first song hymn we will focus on is Infant Holy and Infant Lowly, a Polish carol. It s theme is the Holy comes to us as an infant and He becomes the lowly. But he was welcomed first by the lowly animals and shepherds. The Holy comes to serve, help, and live among the people. He becomes the Holy for the universe and the earth, a tiny part of galaxy. He comes to save whales whose tummies are filled with several plastics and polluted food. He comes as the global and universal Savior of our known and unknown environment. In this confused natural and political world, we need living and loving Mothers and Fathers. We will read scriptures from this perspective for the four Sundays of Advent and Christmas Eve. Are there infants and lowly in our presence? I am one of the infants and lowly in front of Jesus and I learn from his lessons and example. The second week the focus will be on a French carol. The third week of advent is a German carol: Silent Night and Holy Night. The fourth we will have the pleasure of hearing our choir put on a cantata of songs mostly from the hymnal, and we will speak of an English Carol as time allows. For Christmas Eve I will cover an American carol and O Holy Night. White Christmas and Dashing through the Snow. I hear it snowed in areas of Wisconsin and in the midwest, and that the temperatures are very cold. In Laos our average afternoon temperature is over 90 s. Time here is coming to close, and now I am counting days to return to my daily routine in Appleton and Oneida. As we approach the Advent season, I wish all of you a very meaningful Advent and Christmas. I will see you soon. Pastor Dong Su from Vientiane, Laos 1
Scripture Readings 2 9 16 23 24 30 Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36 Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6 Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18 The Choir Cantata Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-20 Hymn Sing Sermon titles will be given closer to each week. ONGOING ACTIVITIES Lunch Bunch: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, at Primrose Retirement Community, 5715 N. Meade Men s Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 11, at Mary s Family Restaurant, 2312 N. Richmond. Ladies Nite Out: does not meet in Dec. See you on January 21st at El Jaripeo in Little Chute. Wednesday Bible Study & Support Group: Meets at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, in the St James meeting room. We will finish up our series by Max Lucado on Dec. 12th, then take a small break. Advent Candle Lighting Schedule The Advent wreath is a symbol of watchfulness and increasing joy as we anticipate Jesus birth. The wreath s circular shape symbolizes eternity, or life without end. The candles remind us that Jesus is the Light of the World he brought light and life to a dark world (see John 1:4-5). On each of the four Sundays of Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we light a new candle. As the light grows, so do our hope, joy, peace and love. Sunday, 2- Chris and Caleb Bahr Sunday, 9 Wendy Lind & grandchildren Sunday, 16 - Mary & Tom Schemm Sunday, 23 - The Christenson Family Monday, 24 - Ed & Sharon Ramsaroop SAVE THE DATE For updates: umcsj.org Dec. 1 St James Holiday Fair (9a.m.-3p.m.) Dec. 2 Flower Orders Due Dec. 8 Homeless Connection Meal Serving (4-7 p.m.) Dec. 10 Lunch Bunch Dec. 15 Oneida Spaghetti Dinner (5:30 p.m.) Dec. 23 Choir Cantata during worship Dec. 25 Merry Christmas!! Office closed Dec. 30 Hymn Sing Jan. 1 Happy New Year! Office closed 12/04 Linda Lee 12/08 Ella Genke 12/08 Audrey Genke 12/08 Darcie Lind 12/08 Julie Remmel 12/10 Duane Maves 12/10 Sherri Gyrion 12/11 Pastor Dongsu 12/12 Hunter Price 12/14 Jennifer Graham 12/14 Caleb Bahr 12/16 Jon Krein 12/17 Debra Ebben 12/18 Mark Ebert 12/18 J.R King 12/19 Tenley Lang 12/21 Kelsey Shepard 12/23 Carol Carlson 12/27 Mackenna Gyrion 12/28 Martina Olson 12/28 Issabelle Davies 12/29 Preston Price 12/30 Bonnie Behling 12/01 Paul & Jamie Davies (13y) 12/04 Rich & Bev Stewart (47y) 2
The choir is planning on doing a cantata this year, on Sunday, Dec. 23rd, during the morning worship. These will simple Christmas Carols. If you would like to join us, we plan on doing most of the practicing on Sunday mornings at 7:45 a.m. starting Dec. 9th. We will also have one practice on Saturday, Dec. 22nd, TBA (most likely in the morning). Sunday Morning Mission offerings from October to. will go to Salvation Army Click on the link below to find out more Salvation Army Thursday, April 25 to Sunday, April 28 Thursday, May 2 to Sunday, May 5 Location TBA We are in need of people to help serve a meal every even numbered month on the second Saturday from 4-7 p.m. If you can assist, contact Paul and Deb Countney or the church office. The next date that we need help is 8th. Thank you for all your donations! Our donation was 90.2 pounds!! Are you looking for a gift for someone who seems to have everything? Consider the gift that keeps on giving, a weekend with God. The Walk to Emmaus is an experience of Christian spiritual renewal and formation. It is an opportunity to meet Jesus Christ in a new way as God s grace and love is revealed to you through other believers. It begins with a 3-day short course in Christianity. Christ will meet you where you are, no matter where you are on your Christian journey. For more information, contact the church office by clinking on the link or call 734-5371. 3
Just in case you missed it. Al Pellett has resigned as St James Charter Representative for Cub Scout Pack 3132 to the Boy Scouts council, for which he did for 49 years. The Joy Continues! As a congregation, we owe Al our thanks for being the St James liaison to the cub scouts for so many years. Taking Al s place as the new charter representative for St James is Tom Schemm. Thank you Tom for being the new liaison for us. The Joy Conference will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2019 form 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The event will be held at Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton. This year we welcome speakers, Gaye Lindfors, Annie Meehan and Lanelle Vasichek. Please share with your family and friends and save the date for the 44th annual Conference. Registration will open 14th. For more information please call Outagamie County UW Extension at 920-832-4763. Personal note: I have attended this event the past few years and was very happy to hear that it would be continuing this coming year. It is a great way to get some me time for women and have some very good laughs while I do. I highly recommend it. There is a minimal cost for this event, but well worth it. I will give you more details as they become available. Deb Did you know? If you miss a Sunday sermon, we post them on our website. Just go to the home page, and click on the square that looks like the one below. There you will find a treasure of recordings from St James. Try it now, clicking below or go to www.umcsj.org Look for this symbol Caring for Another Tired of making small talk at church about the weather or sports? Then follow Edward Welch s advice to enter in to the lives of your fellow worshipers. A churchgoer once asked Welch, author of Caring for One Another (Crossway), two simple yet profound questions: What was the best thing about your week, and what was the worst thing about your week? About a month later, when some issues were weighing heavily on Welch s heart, he wondered who d be willing to pray for him. Immediately, the person who d asked him those two questions came to mind. When worshipers are willing to enjoy one another s blessings and be burdened by one another s difficulties, Welch says, the body of Christ gets built up. 4
2 9 16 23 Choir Cantata 24 Candlelight Worship 30 GREETER Julie Remmel Rose Ann & Chet Luce Carol Carlson Jill Featherwolf TBA TBA SOUND & PROJECTION Bill Kraemer Ed Ramsaroop Bill Kraemer Bill Kraemer Bill Kraemer TBA USHER CAPTAIN Nancy Von Der Osten Bonnie Budreau Carol Carlson Mike Shepard Wayne DeGrand TBA TBA FELLOWSHIP HOSPITALITY Volunteers TBA needed. Volunteers needed. Tom & Mary Schemm Jill Featherwolf N/A Volunteers needed. ADVENT CANDLE READERS Chris & her grandson, Caleb Bahr Wendy Lind & her grandchildren Mary & Tom Schemm The Christenson Family Ed & Sharon Ramsaroop n/a LITURGIST Sherri Gyrion Cal Christenson TBA Cantata Gary Linstad Hymn Sing COUNTERS Julie Remmel & Carol Carlson Rich Stewart & Chris Bahr Deb Ebben & Carol Carlson Mike Shepard & Chris Bahr N/A Chris Bahr & Gary Linstad COMMUN- ION SERVERS Ed & Sharon Ramsaroop, Deb Ebben & Pastor Lee Please contact the church office if you can fill in any TBA spots. See UMCSJ.org for updates 5
2 Communion Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8:10 a.m. Praise Practice 8:45 a.m. Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School Flower Orders Due 26 4:30 p.m. Jr Girl Scouts 3 4:30 p.m. Daisy Girl Scouts 27 29 29 30 8:30-Noon Cookie/ Candy Drop-off & Fair Set-up 4 5 1:00 p.m. Bible Study & Support Group Praise Team 6 9:30 a.m. 11:30 p.m. VNA Foot Care Clinic 6 p.m. GCC bible study 6-8 p.m. Holiday Fair Set-up 7 1 9 a.m.- 3:00p.m. Holiday Fair 4-5 p.m. GCC Music practice 8 4-5 p.m. GCC Music practice 4-7 p.m. Homeless Connections Meal serving 9 7:45 a.m. Choir Practice 8:20 a.m. Praise Practice 8:45 a.m. Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 16 7:45 a.m. Choir Practice 8:20 a.m. Praise Practice 8:45 a.m. Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 23 7:45 a.m. Choir Practice 8:45 a.m. Worship-Cantata 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10 12:15 p.m. Lunch Bunch, at Primrose Retirement Community, 5715 N. Meade 4:30 p.m. Jr Girl Scouts 6:30 p.m. SPRC 17 4:30 p.m. Daisy Girl Scouts 24 Christmas Eve St James Worship 8:00 p.m. Oneida Worship 11 8:00 a.m. Men s Breakfast 12 1:00 p.m. Bible Study & Support Group Disciple Group 6:45 p.m. Praise Team 18 19 Praise Team 25 Office closed 6:30 p.m. Finance 13 6 p.m. GCC bible study 20 Office Closed AWARE ARTICLES DUE 6 p.m. GCC bible study 26 27 6 p.m. GCC bible study 14 21 28 15 4-5 p.m. GCC Music practice 22 Morning St James. Choir practice for time TBA 4-5 p.m. GCC Music practice 29 30 8:45 a.m. Worship Hymn Sing 31 Deb out of the office 1 2 3 4 6
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