Banks Teller JANUARY FEBRUARY 2018 Banks Community United Metodist Curc E-mail: our-curc@bcumc.net Web site: www.bankscommunityumc.org Pastor s email: revmargot@gmail.com 42451 NW Depot St. Banks, OR 97106 tat I may know Him and te power of His resurrection, and may sare His sufferings, becoming like Him in His deat, tat by any means possible I may attain te resurrection from te dead. Not tat I ave already obtained tis or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Crist Jesus as made me His own. Broters (and Sisters), I do not consider tat I ave made it my own. But one ting I do: forgetting wat lies beind and straining forward to wat lies aead, I press on toward te goal for te prize of te upward call of God in Crist Jesus. Let tose of us wo are mature tink tis way, and if in anyting you tink oterwise, God will reveal tat also to you. Only let us old true to wat we ave attained. Pilippians 3:10-17 (ESV) Wen I completed scool, and went to my first curc to serve as an associate, I entered a wole new world of te Desert Soutwest. Te appointment was at St. Jon s UMC in Albuquerque, NM. I arrived at te end of May, and te temperature was already well over 100 F. I kept exclaiming, It s so ot! Waves of eat radiated from te aspalt and te concrete. One morning on my way to te curc, I was discouraged. Tings did not seem to be going my way in te ministry. I felt overworked and grumpy. As I locked te car and eaded into te building, I saw a dandelion growing out of a crack in te pavement. Te morning was already very warm. Looking closer, I saw tat condensation from te roof was trickling down te spout. It was just drops of moisture, but it was nourising tis omely yellow bloom, causing it to trive in tat ars environment. (Continued on page 3.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! January 01/05 Samanta Medinger 01/08 Mariana Knifer 01/12 Laurel Medinger February 02/21 Dave Knifer 02/26 Sandi Bond CALENDAR FOR JANUARY/FEBRUARY: 01/01 ~ Happy New Year! 01/14 ~ Ad Council meeting follows te service 01/21 ~ Ed & Leslee Sipp s 50t Wedding Anniversary Potluck follows te service 02/04 ~ VBS planning meeting follows te service. 02/07 ~ 12 noon, Senior Lunc 02/25 ~ Finance committee meeting follows te service. FOOD OF THE MONTH Te Food of te Mont program as added greatly to our supply of items tat go into our Cristmas food boxes and we tank you. We ope you enjoy bringing in te listed foods eac mont to elp build up our supply. For tis year te items and monts of collection are as follows: January cili February peanut butter Marc canned fruit April jello May pork and beans June tuna July refried beans August diced tomatoes September earty soups October stove top stuffing cicken November/December cicken brot SUNDAYS: 10:00 AM: Coir Practice MONDAYS: 7:00 PM: Adult Bible Study - at Leola Stigleman s ome. WEDNESDAYS: 9:30 AM: OGC a retired guys fellowsip meets at te Trailead Café. EMERGENCY KITS Te Women s Fellowsip is collecting emergency kits tat include tings like toot bruses, toot paste, and soap, wasclots, etc. for te Caplains to give to people experiencing catastropic events, suc as fire tat destroys teir ome. We started collecting tese tings and will 10:00 AM: Women s Bible Study at Dianne ave a meeting wit our group later in January. Harrang s ome. Any elp would be greatly appreciated. Speak wit Sally or Leola if you d like to donate items. 2
(Continued from page 1.) My eart began to rejoice at tis small part of creation receiving provision in te midst of an impossible situation. Life is sustained, someow, by te gift of grace beyond explaining. Wile we consider te forces beyond our control as we look to te coming year social cange, political unrest, uncertainty on every front, personal and worldwide let us press into all tat God as for us in Crist. Te Apostle Paul reminds us tat Jesus as made us His own. Listen for His call in te wonders He as already done is doing and will continue to do. Jesus makes a way for us to enter into Life wen we see no way. His love and watccare are assured. I will never leave you, nor forsake you, He says. (Hebrew 13:5) May te Lord ricly bless you and yours in 2018! Yours in Crist, Margot Dear Praying friends and supporters: As te new year dawns we look back and see te incredible tings God as done troug te mission trips tat He as allowed me to go on in 2017. We ave been able to treat tousands of poor Honduran wit teir medical and dental needs. Eac one as been presented wit te Gospel and many ave come to Crist. God is doing a great work among te Waorani Indians of Ecuador as my Ecuadorian co-workers reac furter into teir territory and sare te Ligt of te Gospel in tis dark area of Ecuador. As I look forward to 2018 and realize tat eac day brings us closer to te return of Crist, we ave te great responsibility to get te Good News to te lost. I ave four dates set aside for medical/evangelistic trips in 2018. Feb. 10-18 to Ecuador, taking medicine and dental to te Waorani Indian tribe in east Ecuador. April 7-15, June 9-17, and Sept. 8-16 medical/evangelistic trips to Honduras. Connie is praying about taking a group of ladies in July sometime to elp out at Camp Hope. I would really appreciate you putting tese dates on your prayer list. Wit tis year coming to an end people are looking for places or ministries to send teir year end contributions. If tere are some of you still looking and praying about wo to send to I would be onored to receive any elp you can be. It takes a lot of meds and dental supplies to elp so many people we elp, airline tickets in country costs always seems to be rise and it as been a callenge to come up wit funds. God as been so faitful is suppling tese needs and uses friends, supporters and families to accomplis His Purpose. I tank you in advance for any elp you can be. I leave you wit tis verse found in 1 Tese: 3:9 For wat tanks can we render to God for you in return for all te joy wit wic we rejoice before our God on your account. Serving our King togeter, Al Impact Ministries Box 780025 San Antonio, TX 78278 3
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD We just collected soeboxes for Samaritan s Purse for te 20t year and it seems we never tire of packing soeboxes to send to far off places, reacing cildren wo are greatly blessed by our efforts. As a curc we packed and prayed over 61 soeboxes. Te Banks Drop-off Location received 877 boxes, down tis year by nearly one undred. Te greater Portland area received fewer boxes tan last year also, 26,062, but tat is still over 26,000 cildren wo will be blessed in te name of Jesus Crist wit love and gifts and te opportunity to participate in Te Greatest Journey Bible course. We are still waiting to ear te final tally from worldwide and national collections and are praying for good numbers. Tis year te boxes from te West Coast will be sent to Pilippines, Peru and Indonesia. We can be praying for te cildren in tese countries wo will be overjoyed wit excitement upon receiving our soeboxes jammed full of surprises and love. bless so many cildren wit suc a simple gift of a soebox. We tank you for your participation in tis great mission project and look forward to anoter great year come next November. Andy & Gail On June 11, 2017 te Banks Relay Center received a ten year award, presented by Jim & LeAnn Kinnee, area coordinators for Operation Cristmas Cild. During te course of tose 10 years our center as received approximately 10,000 soeboxes! Witout your elp and tat of oters in te community we could not ave acieved suc success. We tank you all for your support. Andy & Gail Wat a joy it is for us to realize ow we can 4
CHRISTMAS FOOD BOXES Once again, as in many years past, everyone gave of teir earts and ands to elp provide a Cristmas meal wit all te trimmings of turkey, pies, produce and enoug food for a couple weeks. Tis year we served 32 family units, a total of 141 people. Foods for tese boxes are procured wit funds from your recycling of bottles and cans, donations of turkeys and te Food of te Mont program, and individual donations. We received donations from community members and Jim s Market donates all te fres produce. Andy is also able to purcase foods trougout te year troug te Oregon Food Bank for a very minimal price. On December 22 nd we ad a crew of about 19, alf of tose being from te community, wo came togeter to fill all te boxes. We finised in good time and were ready to welcome te family members coming in to receive teir boxes as well as Cristmas gifts donated by Lucky to Serve and to 5 wis tem all a Merry Cristmas. We enjoyed a earty lunc provided by Leola and Sally, cleaned up and said a job well done to serve tose in need and sow God s love by serving oters. Tis outreac is te biggest mission of our curc and we tank you all for your participation and we look forward to many more years of providing te same love and provisions to tose in our community wo need a little assistance. Gifts for all cildren 12 and under are provided by Lucky to Serve. (Bottom poto)
EIGHTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TEA & SILENT AUCTION Wat work! Wat fun! Wat a success! I am always amazed, but not surprised, tat our congregation can pull off an event suc as tis and ea 2017 istmas T r C bless our guests wit read Wite B ye R alad on S on g g er b E m an elegant time for es: ed Cucu Sandwic Open-fac eese Canapé C wic some say is Pimento mokies rapped S ers te best organized and Bacon-W usrooms on Crack : es Ceese M m ed a ff re Savori tu C S & nicest tea tey ave Salmon Smoked our Meatballs -S -n t ee Sw attended. e te Mouss Cocola Cookies kes d a re b rt i-cupca So late Min co o C Dark ewers Fruit Sk af) Tea (Dec r Spiced Black o On December 2nd we osted 80 guests to an afternoon of fun, Teas: fellowsip, delectable foods and an opportunity to bid on items in te silent auction. Foods were dised up wit eye-pleasing appeal, te men served wit finesse. Te beind-te-scenes food preparation and plating up of te serving platters was especially easy tis year wit te additional space available in our new kitcen. We ad room to set up tables as temporary counter space and room to work and not be bumping into eac oter. Tings went muc smooter tan in years past. Sweets: Proceeds from tis event still go to te new kitcen addition and tis year we made $2042.00. Tanks to all wo gave of teir time and gifts of foods and auction items, and to tose wo attended, to make tis year s tea and 6 auction anoter successful event. It truly couldn t be done witout you all. Gail
VBS: A WILDWOOD ADVENTURE In June we went on a Wildwood Adventure during Vacation Bible Scool. We watced eac morning as Quint (played by Evan Medinger) and Mimi (played by Anika Peters) grew in teir understanding of God s caracter. Te cildren enjoyed seeing te antics of te two out-of-teirelement teens as tey became more adapted to and aware of teir surroundings witout te use of electronic gadgets and gizmos tey were used to aving in teir city life. We osted 30 students plus elpers and teacers wit delicious (and nutritious) snacks, fun crafts, games and of course bible stories tat sowed God is undefeatable, unmatcable, uncontainable, unpredictable yet faitful and unforgettable. 7
CHURCH DURING MEDIEVAL TIMES Ours is an istorical study. Last year we followed Marco Polo along te Silk Road and learned muc about Eastern civilization. Tis year we are back in te West looking at te Curc during Medieval times. Te fall of te Roman Empire in 476 AD is considered te beginning of te Medieval period but we started a bit earlier wit Constantine declaring Cristianity legal wit te Edict of Milan in 313. Ten moved on to Augustine of Hippo in te mid 300 s, as is teology was of great power and lasting influence in te ensuing centuries. We also learned about anoter Augustine wo was te Apostle to te Englis sent by Pope Gregory--- e converted many, and Canterbury became te seat of Englis Cristianity in te late 500s. We ten looked at te Desert Faters, St. Antony, te fater of monks, and te beginning of Monasticism wit St. Benedict and is Rule. Most recently we reviewed te celebration of Hanukka and te Maccabean Rebellion. In te next few weeks we will be in te Byzantine Empire wit Justinian in te 500s, wic continued to trive after te collapse of te Western Empire until it later fell to te Ottoman s in 1453. Te rest of te year we ll be looking at oter medieval personages up until te Reformation in te 1500s. CHAPLAIN QUILTS Leola Stigleman and Gail Habous made quilts for te Caplains to carry in teir veicles to give to victims in emergency situations. We presented tem to Dexter Danielson, a Caplain for Forest Grove. ALL SAINTS DAY We celebrated our Saints wo ave passed on and onored our living Saints on All Saints Day wit a reading of names and ringing of te bell. Pastor Margot presents Bibles to Liam Knifer, Luke Boswell and Kate Boswell. Dianne Harrang Wednesday mornings, 10:00 AM 8
OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THE FOOD HOUSE old kitcen walls removed. Te addition as been insulated, seet rocked, and te primer/ 2017 saw te completion of te Banks Community Food Bank wit painted interior walls and an updated batroom. Selves are stocked and tere are 7 freezers and 1 refrigerator on site. In te past volunteers packed food boxes for te recipients but as of te first Wednesday in October recipients now ave te opportunity to sop for food items tey want, need and will use. Tis metod of dispensing food as been proven to be more efficient and easier for recipients and volunteers. Once oter building projects around te curc are complete, and weater is good, te exterior of te Food Bank building will be painted. If anyone would like to donate to te Banks Community Food Bank, cecks can be sent to 42391 NW Depot Street. All donations are tax deductible and greatly appreciated. KITCHEN ADDITION Ground work for te new kitcen addition began in September, 2016. Te foundation and new concrete ramp was poured. Te framing was done in August, 2017, followed by te roof, windows, siding, and te 9 sealer is currently being painted on. Up to tis point everyting as been paid for from te curc building funds and designated donations. Next will be te cabinets, counter tops and flooring. At tis moment we do not ave te funds to cover tese items but te Trustees/ Finance members will be meeting to discuss ways to raise or acquire te needed funds. Once completed, tis (Continued on page 10.)
(Continued from page 9.) kitcen addition will be a terrific asset to our facility and it will be fun to work in a kitcen wit adequate space! B I R T H D AY S Trudey Ceney made a fun, and delicious, at cake for Leola Stigleman s 95t birtday. Norm Lacey celebrated is 90t birtday in September. Jeanne Cocrane celebrated er 92nd birtday Dex and Nancy Danielson brougt cake so we in November. could all celebrate Marcelle s 98t birtday 10
MONDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY We ave been studying te Letter to te Romans togeter on Monday evenings at Leola s ouse, and on Tuesday mornings at Bonnie s. We ave just a few more weeks of tese video lessons remaining. Soon, we will begin a study of te Letter to te Colossians in bot groups. You are always welcome to tese small group settings. You may wis to wait until we launc te new study. More info soon. On Sunday mornings at CUMC, we ave been enjoying te study entitled Te Absolute Basics of te Cristian Fait. It is funny and entertaining, plus a great teological conversation based in Bible teacing. Would like very muc to continue offering tis study wen we complete it tis time. Tere are sixteen sessions in te series. To become part of one of tese small groups, call me at 971-732-2351. wine, ard liquor and milk and milk substitute products will be returnable. Contributing your returnables by donating tem at Curc raised undreds of dollars to elp fund our Cristmas Box outreac during 2017 and wit tese canges we can accumulate an even more significant amount by December 2018. CHILDREN PRESENT THE CHRISTMAS STORY Our Cildren presented te Cristmas Story on December 17t. Our actors were: Luke Boswell -seperd; Kate Boswell angel; Jack Boswell narrator; Berry Fonua Josep; May Bella Ply angel; Fiona Siadal Mary; Xander Siadal seperd. Blessings, Margot 2018 BOTTLE BILL CHANGES As of January 1, 2018, almost all bottles and cans wic ad contained ready to drink beverages will require a refundable deposit. Examples are: energy drinks, kambuca, ard cider, tea, fruit juices, etc. Basically all drinks wit te exception of 11
STUDY BEGINS SUNDAY, JANUARY 28TH 3:00 4:00 P.M. AT MARGOT S HOUSE 42375 NW DEPOT STREET, BANKS ALL AGES WELCOME! Attend just for fun. Brus up on basic teology. Study to prepare for Confirmation in te curc. Experience te foundational principles of Biblical fait. Understand better te Love of God. PASTOR MARGOT S OFFICE HOURS Banks Community UMC Tuesday - 10:00 a.m. - noon 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tursday - 10:00 a.m. - noon 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Cornelius UMC Monday - 10:00 a.m. - noon 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. - noon 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (At all ours, and any day Sunday troug Tursday, please use er cell pone number.) Se is also available for urgent or emergency matters at all times via cell. BANKS TELLER All submissions to te Banks Teller are DUE BY THE 15TH OF THE MONTH preceding te mont you wis it to run. Te Banks Teller is publised every two monts. 12