Bidwell Can Use Your Help

FT. DES MOINES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH The Poster Begins! Sunday school classes will begin on Sunday, Sept. 12, following the worship service (about 11:00 a.m.) Classes are available for 4-years olds through adult. Bring your children, grand-children and yourself as we learn together. Harvest Fair Dinner The Annual Harvest Fair Dinner will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2. Sign-up sheets for donation of food items and volunteers will be posted in Fellowship Hall. Tickets will be available soon. Watch your weekly worship bulletin for details as they become available. It takes everyone working together to make this fund-raising event a success. Contact Cheryl Smith or Tim Pherigo with questions. Bidwell Can Use Your Help Fun and Fellowship Mark your calendar for Sept. 18th for our next Game Night. Bring your favorite game along with a snack to share and your own beverages. This fun activity is open to all ages so pick up Grandma and bring the kids! If you have questions, please contact Debbie McCloney. New Member Class A New Member Class will be offered this fall. If you are interested in becoming a member at Ft. Des Moines UMC, or if you are just wanting a refresher course, contact Pastor Kathy. The dates and time of the classes will be decided by the group members. Because of repeated flooding of the Bidwell-Riverside Child Care Center this summer, they need to replace the many supplies that were lost. (Gifts of money are also needed. Those donations can be made out to Ft. Des Moines UMC. All of the gifts will then be pooled together into one check.) Items needed are: Paper products (plates, cups, napkins, paper towels, toilet paper, facial tissue) Ziplock bags (sandwich, quart and gallon sizes) Aluminum foil & Saran Wrap Kitchen towels and dishcloths Canned goods; (they feed 35-45 children each day!) Canned meats (tuna, chicken and pork) Frozen meats (hamburger, all beef hot dogs, chicken nuggets, chicken breasts) Due to Bidwell s lack of storage facilities, items are being stored at St. John s UMC (McKinley & SW 14th St). You can take items directly to that church or bring them here and they will be delivered there. If you need someone to pick up items, please call the St. John s office (285-3983; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) S EPTEMBER 2010 The Poster is published monthly by Fort Des Moines United Methodist Church, 6205 SW 9th St, Des Moines Iowa 50315-5516. To contact us, phone 515.285.6545, fax 515.285.3740, or e-mail to church_ftdsmumc@ msn.com Pastor Kathy s phone is 515-201-3634 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Milestones 2 Prayer Corner 2 Cookie Sale 2 Pastor s Ponderings 3 Tape Ministry 3 Finance Report 4 Council Highlights 4 Opportunities 5 Calendars are on pages 4a & 4b Information for The Poster should be in the Church office by the 29th of the month prior to being published. Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Monday to Friday Sunday 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion is the first Sunday of the month

P AGE 2 September/October 2010 Milestones September Baptismal Anniversaries 4 Sara Alexander 5 Max Kompsie 9 Kaylee King 11 Austin Eis 14 Abbie Crane 14 Erika Nutting 14 Robert Nutting 14 Audra Saunders 14 Clint Saunders 14 Elaine Thayer 20 Caleb Slater 20 Autumn Slater September Birthdays 2 Frances Ramsey 3 Joyce Nalevanko 3 Jeff Lierow 3 Payong Yang 4 Mel Pearson 4 Marilyn Hulbert 4 Mildred Zeliadt 6 Brad Carlson 8 Eli Goodson 12 Kristin Cantrell 12 Frank Horn 12 Wendy Parsley 13 Nathan Crane 19 Doug Brooks 20 Pam Pearson 25 Ty Parsley 27 Tom Windust 28 Leland Kenney 28 Nadene Woodford 30 Ruby Price 30 Marcus Clevenger September Wedding Anniversaries 12 Ty & Wendy Parsley 20 Rob & Erika Nutting 26 Keith & Nancy Eis Colossal Cookie Sale October Baptismal Anniversaries 4 Koen Nalevanko 14 Fred Drew October Birthdays 3 Sherri Little 4 Jane Rice 4 Autumn Slater 5 Nancy Eis 5 Jean Davidson 6 Virginia Durham 6 Alexandra Newton 9 Lois Clevenger 10 Michael McCullough 10 Erin (Keller) McCulloch 10 Lu Yang 11 Susan Hartmann 11 Brice Ashman 11 Matt Goode 11 Paula Hylbak 18 Amanda Alexander 20 Radene Locke 20 Sharon Peterson 23 Pam Cave 24 Gloria Estes 24 Ashley Grice 25 Sebastian Reeves 25 Toni Devore 26 Brent Garland 27 Wally Lewellen 28 Robbie Carruthers 28 Johnny Reeves 30 Tammy Bernard 30 Eric Little 30 Roxanna Dales 30 Pastor Kathy October Wedding Anniversaries 14 Will & Lora Houck 16 Mark & Janan Horak 21 Roger & Debbie McCloney 29 Francis & Mildred Zeliadt All Hy-Vee fresh-baked LUNCHBOX cookies (M & M, chocolate chip, sugar and peanut butter) will be only 10 cents apiece ($8.99 buys a box of 100 cookies!) Sept. 14 to 27th. For every cookie sold, Hy-Vee will donate one penny to DMARC Emergency Food Pantry in the form of groceries. Pre-order now at the Bakery Department. These cookies are freezer friendly! Prayer Corner Pray for our service men and women and their families. Pray for those in care centers, those home-bound and those who care for them. And especially name Ferne Cremer, Ellie Cole, Frances Ramsey, Rose Halverson, Lois Ipsen, Pat Cateron, Linda Amis and Charlie Cantrell. Our Christian Sympathies to the family and friends of Janice Schisel who died on Aug. 13. Our Christian Sympathies to the family and friends of Glenda Trissel who died on Sept. 1 The Lu Yang family has a new address: 6949 Edgewood Ave N, Brooklyn Park MN 55428. Judson Lee has a new address: Regency Assisted Living, 815 High Rd. Apt 107, Norwalk, IA 50211-1318. Congratulations to Kalee and Brandon Jacoby upon the arrival of Violena Mae on Aug. 31 in Ft. Hood, TX. The proud grandparents are Lora and Will Houck. Elaine Thayer is the doting aunt. Your Help is Needed! **Would you like to be Youth Group Advisor? In addition to meeting on Sunday mornings for, the amount of activities would be up to you and the group members. **Do you have an interest in Praise Music? Would you have an hour per week to rehearse? Our fledgling Praise Band needs a director. **Two persons are needed to staff the nursery during our Sunday morning worship services. ** classes will resume on Sept. 12. Would you like to be involved on the Parish Education Committee, teach a class or assist in some other way? A background check will be needed for some or all of these positions. Contact Pastor Kathy or Debbie McCloney to express an interest in either of these opportunities. Charge Conference This year s annual Charge Conference will be held Oct. 26, at 6:00 p.m., at Easton Place UMC, 2412 Easton Blvd. Reports will be provided to committee chairs prior to their September meetings. Mark your calendar and make plans to attend.

P AGE 3 Pastor s Ponderings Whether I like it our not, God is constantly teaching me lessons, challenging my perspective of things, or reminding me that I need a change of attitude. Quite honestly, some days I wish God would just quit it and leave me alone for a day or two. But God will be God, and knowing my ongoing need for learning a lesson or changing my perspective or my attitude, God is probably not going to give it up for a good long time. The latest challenge came when I learned that Maggie needs to start wearing glasses. We ve noticed that at times her right eye has been turning in, and so we took her to an ophthalmologist to have her eyes checked. The verdict was that we needed to put her in glasses to see if that would correct the problem. My immediate thought was something along the line of, No, no, NO! My adorable, just-turned-three-year-old with her beautiful blue eyes cannot have to wear glasses! Now, I do have the good sense to know that we have to do what is best for Maggie s vision, and that we can t just ignore the problem and refuse to put her in glasses because I don t like the way they are going to look. So the urge to refuse was short lived. But the grumbling and muttering to myself that it was an awful, horrible, unfair thing to have to do to my little cutie continued. I can t say that I m completely over it yet. But, probably because of God refusing to leave me alone, I have at least recognized it for what it is: a bad, foolish, vain, and ungrateful attitude. God has a way of encouraging us to see the greater reality beyond our narrow concerns or complaints. I m reminded of my sweet little great-niece, Ada Mae, who was born 4 months ago with a heart defect that has already resulted in two balloon procedures at Iowa City. Her parents are faced with a future of heart surgeries, medications, and the constant fear that there is no guarantee of a long and full life for her. And I think Maggie having to wear glasses is an awful thing?? I am reminded that many of you are bearing hurts and worries for yourself or a loved one that make my grumbling about glasses seem completely absurd. I am reminded that I have been given so much, and maybe I ought to look at all I have to be grateful for instead of getting in a snit because of something so insignificant as a pair of glasses. How does God put up with me? With us? God gives us so many amazing blessings, and we focus on what we think is wrong instead of all that is right. God gives me a beautiful, healthy little girl and I grumble because she has to go around with a bit of wire and plastic perched on her cute little nose. It s not just Maggie that has a problem with her vision, it s Maggie s mom, too. Sometimes I have trouble seeing all that God has given and all I have to be grateful for. I have trouble with my perception; I focus on petty, trivial problems instead of seeing the big picture, the wider view. Thankfully, God will continue to work on me. And on you, too, if need be. To open our eyes, to help us to see! Pastor Kathy A Prayer in Remembrance of 9/11/01 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home! We bring before you our sad memories of our fellow citizens who lost their lives during the tragedy of September 11, 2001. We are yet pained when we consider lives ended by the heartlessness of those who believed they were achieving good, when unspeakable evil was the end result. Our hearts still cry when we recall the countless families who lost loved ones. Blessed Lord, please grant them an extra portion of your grace and comfort so they may find solace in their sorrow, alleviation in their distress, and light in their darkness. Enable us as citizens of our homeland to rededicate ourselves to supporting one another in concern and love. Stir us awake that we may offer help for the helpless, assurance for those who are losing hope, consolation for those who mourn and fair play for those who suffer injustice. Prevent us, O Lord, from calling America, one nation under God, and then do little to make it so. Thank you, blessed Creator, for hearing our prayers, for without that assurance, we would be hopeless indeed. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Tape Ministry The Membership Care and Outreach Committee offers cassette tapes of the worship services. If you are not presently on the distribution list and would like to obtain a copy of the tape weekly, contact Rod Kent at 285-2358. He generally delivers tapes on Mondays but other arrangements can be made if that doesn t fit into your schedule. Also, if you miss a service and would like a tape of a particular week, he will also be glad to get a copy of that tape to you. Pastor Kathy s phone numbers are: Office - 285-6545 Cell - 201-3634 Home - 401-5290 E-mail address is: kathysides@hotmail.com

P AGE 4 Bags DMARC s nine food pantries need paper grocery bags in good condition. The pantries reuse paper sacks for packing food items to be given out to those in need. Large quantities of these paper sacks are consumed in the process, and the need is ongoing. Purchasing paper grocery sacks is not possible due to cost, and therefore, recycling paper sacks for this purpose is our only option. If you have extra paper sacks, you can drop them off at DMARC or any of our nine pantry locations. Bidwell Riverside Center also needs plastic grocery bags. If you can help with these, please deliver them to Bidwell. Church Council met on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Following is a summary of the discussions held: Council Highlights Finance Committee is looking at fundraisers to help the budget. A Pampered Chef party is scheduled and Harvest Fair will be held on Oct. 2. The floor beneath the organ is bowing due to the weight of the organ. It will need to be reinforced when the pews are removed. A Narcotics Anonymous group is using Fellowship Hall on Saturday evenings, 6:15 to 8:30. Church events will come first. Parsonage basement had water. Only minor damage was incurred. Cloth diapers are needed for Ingathering. Memorial Funds paid for the new microphone system. Charge Conference will be held Oct. 26, at Easton Place UMC. Today There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. The other day is tomorrow, with its possible adversities and blunders. Until its sun rises we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn. That leaves only one day today. Anyone can fight the battle of just one day. It is only when we add the burden of those two awful eternities: yesterday and tomorrow, that contentment will escape us. Financial Secretary Notes To receive credit, your designated offering donations (designated funds - food pantry, mission, Bidwell, Glimpses, Ingathering, Heifer, Special offerings, repair, trustees, youth) must be placed in the Sunday offering plate or mailed to the church office so it can be recorded in the giving records. If you give your donation directly to the person in charge of a specific designated fund program there is no way to tie your donation to your record and you will not receive credit for it. All checks need to be made payable to Ft. Des Moines United Methodist Church, not to the designated fund. Please don t forget your regularly scheduled giving when contributing to special designated offerings and specific project offerings. Memorial donations can be placed in the Sunday offering, mailed to the church, given at the funeral home or given directly to the family. Finance Report General Account Income $ 10,203.79 (Trash & Treasure Income $ 1,014.87) General Account Expenses $ 8,711.57 Needed each month: $ 13,038.00 Designated Funds Income: $ 305.00 Trustees Income: $ 65.00 NOTE: $4500 was borrowed from the Flower Garden Fund to cover the April expenses. No payments have been made on this loan. No apportionment payments have been made since May. Year-to-Date Total Income $ 82,847.73 Total Expenses $ 92,849.36 Well, Maybe She Had It Right C. Gray Norsworthy, a pastor in Atlanta, tells about a woman who prepared his worship bulletin for him but who did not have an extensive knowledge of church hymns. Pastor Norsworthy handed her a rough draft of the service hoping she could discern what he had written. When she handed him the finished bulletin to read, he notice the final hymn was listed as Just As I Am, Without a Clue. Without a clue or without a plea, whatever, we still need Jesus, don t we? Adapted from Presbyterians Today

P AGE 5 Hunger Hike This year s annual Hunger Hike will be held on Oct. 10. Gather at the west steps of the Capitol at 1:00 p.m. This event benefits many local and international social service agencies that feed the hungry. More information will be in next month s Poster and in the weekly worship bulletins. Set aside the date to take part in this worthwhile project. A special offering will be received during worship on that Sunday. Employment Opportunities Building and Grounds Full-time custodian: Dowling Catholic High School. Cleaning, help with projects, events as needed. Apply to Bob Sparks, Dir. of Buildings and Grounds, Dowling Catholic High School. Volunteer Opportunities Children and Families Urban Ministry: Volunteers needed for long-term relationships with children and young people. Volunteers are needed to do everything from reading with a child weekly when they are kindergartners to helping them organize and plan for their lives when they are high schoolers. Also needed are new or gently used books for the library and donations of financial help to fund the operating capital. For more information, visit the website: www.cfum.org. Make a Difference Day Des Moines Area Religious Council s Make a Difference Day will be celebrated on Oct. 2nd & Oct. 9th. Volunteers will work 2- hours shifts at local grocery stores encouraging shoppers to contributed to the Food Pantry through the Red Barrel program. Contact Cindy Morton at cmorton@dmreligious.org or call 515-277-6969 or 515-238-4593 (cell) to sign-up. Rummage Sale Park Ave Christian Church Fellowship Hall Lunch Served Baked Goods Plant Sale Friday, Sept. 10 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Film Series on Immigration Furniture Needed Freestore is a non-profit group which helps clients of the Family Violence Center. They need all types of furniture, beds, household items etc. Please call 282-3733 for drop-off or pick-up times. Craft Boutique Grace UMC, Des Moines, invites vendors for their Fall Craft Boutique to be held on Oct. 15-16. They are especially looking for handcrafted items, home based party consultants and free trade items. Application materials are available on the church website www.gracedesmoines.org, or by contacting the committee at fallcraftboutique@yahoo.com. Proceeds from the Boutique will go back to the church for needed restorations/repairs and to local groups benefitting women and children. The faith community of Trinity United Methodist/Las Americas Comunidad de Fe is sponsoring a film series and discussion on immigration. The series began on Aug. 22, and will continue on the fourth Sunday of the month (Sept. 26), at 4:00 p.m. There will be a meal following the viewing of the film. Topics include the Postville raid, undocumented worker issues, border crossing realities, and children seeking to join their parents in the U.S. For more information, please call Trinity (288-4056) or Las Americas (280-8426). Concert Earlham Church of Christ, 535 NW 6th St, is sponsoring a concert on October 10. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Groups performing will be Superchick, Manafest, Me in Motion and Bread of Stone. Tickets are available at Wellspring and Family Christian Stores as well as online at www.overflowmusic.org. They are $15.00 in advance of $20 at the door. For more information, contact Travis at 515-306-4713. Pursuing More of Jesus Anne Graham Lotz will call women from across the city, state and nation to a deeper relationship with Jesus at Pursuing More of Jesus to be held at First Federated Church on Oct. 2. The all-day BreakAway will focus on the person of Jesus and include worship, prayer, proclamation of God s Word and Bible study. Frenando Ortega will lead worship throughout the BreakAway. A brochure containing registration information can be found on the Community bulletin board in the narthex of the church.

Address Service Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Des Moines, IA Permit No. 11 Ft. Des Moines United Methodist Church 6205 SW 9th St Des Moines IA 50315-5516 Phone: 515.285.6545 Fax: 515.285.3740 E-mail: kathysides@hotmail.com church_ftdsmumc@msn.com www.fdmumc.org The Fort Des Moines United Methodist Church: a community of faith in worship and action, open to all in the Spirit and Love of God. Education Classes held Sept. 12, 2010 thru May 22, 2011 11:00-11:45 a.m. Staff Rev. Kathy Sides Pastor Jane White, Administrative Assistant Mildred Zeliadt, Organist Benny Hotopp, Custodian Lesson Texts You are invited to come to worship prepared by reading the text ahead of time. You may wish to bring your own Bible. 19th Jeremiah 8:18 9:1 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 26th Jeremiah 32:1-31. 6-15 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 3rd Lamentations 1:1-6 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 10th Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 2 timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 17th Jeremiah 31:27-34 2 Timothy 3:14 4:5 Luke 18:1-8 24th Joel 2:23-32 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 31st Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Luke 19:1-10 September/October 2010 Events: 14th School Elections 19th Food Pantry Offering will be received. 2nd Harvest Fair Dinner 3rd World Communion Sunday Offering will be received. 10th Hunger Hike offering will be received. 17th Food Pantry Offering will be received. 26th Charge Conference at Easton Place UMC

September 2010 Monthly Planner Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Office Closed School Election 10:00 AM UMW 6:00 PM 9:30 AM Photo Directory pictures taken 2:00 PM Photo Directory pictures taken 4:00 PM Game Night 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Food Pantry 6:30 PM Ed. 7:00 PM Radio Club 7:30 PM SPPRC 26 27 28 29 30 6:30 PM Finance 7:00 PM Trustees 7:00 PM Council 10:00 AM SHARE Iowa Printed by Instant Calendar on 9/9/2010

October 2010 Monthly Planner Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Set up for Harvest Fair 5:00 PM Harvest Fair 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Food Pantry 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 7:00 PM Council meeting 6:30 PM Finance 7:00 PM Trustees 6:30 PM Ed. 7:00 PM Radio Club 7:30 PM SPPRC 6:00 PM Charge Conference 10:00 AM UMW 6:00 PM 4:00 PM Game Night 10:00 AM SHARE Iowa Printed by Instant Calendar on 9/9/2010