B e n t o n B e l l B e n t o n U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h 9AM - Traditional Service Coffee Fellowship 10-10:30 AM 10:30 AM - Rock N Praise Service Starting Sunday August 5th we will have 2 services every Sunday! J u l y 2 0 1 8 Inside this issue... Pastor s Corner 2-4 Church Stats 5 Website / facebook 6 Missions 5 Birthdays / Anniversaries 6 UMW News 7 Worship Schedule 7 VBS Front / Back Wevsite Back See pastor Ed s message inside for more information. VBS 2018 will be held: August 13-16 5:30-7:30 PM Children Ages Pre-K - 5th Grade For any questions or information on volunteer opportunities for VBS please contact Mary Blahnik: blahnikmf@gmail.com
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 2 Pastor s Corner Dear Friends, When I first arrived at Benton UMC, the church leadership expressed their goal was to reach as many people for Jesus as possible. For a pastor who is a dreamer and a seeker of God s heart, this was exciting news for me to be part of a church that wanted all people to know Jesus. Everything the church leadership has explored has been to bring more people in to know Jesus. From the upgraded sound system, projector, and screen, to the blended service and everything in between. The church leadership has been exploring ways to think outside the box to reach a world for Christ. Attendance has been steady and at times, excitingly high. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to survey the congregation on your worship needs. Based off of the survey input that showed a strong desire to meet a wide range of worship needs, we are going to attempt a 9am Traditional Service, coffee fellowship from 10am-10:30am, and a 10:30-11:15 Contemporary Service. The people have spoken, but now this is where I need your help. The traditional service will start at 9am. You might know of someone who misses the hymns and would love to see them in church again. Please invite them to service and encourage them in their walk with Jesus. You might know friends who haven t attended church in many years or you might now feel inspired to reach out to others to come with you to church for the first time. Either way, if God has called you to this service, I need your help to reach as many people to join a worship service that will meet their spiritual needs. Sadly, it is hard to find an organ or piano player that knows how to play hymnal music. The last couple of years I have asked many people, but seldom get any volunteers. This means we will be looking at hymn videos unless someone else has another idea on how they can help lead worship. If you spot any good youtube videos of Hymns that you would like, please email those links to me or to Lorri. Better yet, if you feel called to sing to any traditional youtube videos with just the organ or piano in the background while the lyrics are on the screen as you lead worship, please let me know. I would love to have you lead worship. If there is a video that you notice in service that you really liked or didn t like, please let me know so we can explore having the best rotation of hymns.
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 3 Pastor s Corner The flow of this service will follow a traditional service format: welcome/announcements, prelude/entry of light, call to worship, opening prayer, opening hymn, welcome, joys/concerns, the lord s prayer, children s time (Bob Johnson), (Bob Johnson leading children s church), reading from the word, hymn of meditation, message, offering, closing hymn, carrying out of light, and charge/blessing.message, offering, closing hymn, carrying out of light, and charge/blessing. For the contemporary service or what has been referred to at times as the rock-n-praise service, this service will be uniquely different. This service will start at 10:30am. For those who live very busy lives and need to be out of church in under 45 minutes, then this is the service for you. However, you don t have to live a busy life to enjoy this service, but maybe you prefer the type of music you would hear on popular radio stations such as 102.5, 88.1, or 88.5. It is also for people who need charismatic worship, where the bible comes to life and there is endless grace for new faces who feel this style of worship will bring them closer to God. At this service you may see people clapping, flagging, dancing, lifting their hands in praise, or express Hallelujah because the Holy Spirt is moving in power. This service will also be unique in that it starts out with a call to worship video (3-6min), music (15min), welcome/greet (2min), scripture reading (2min), sermon (15-20min) and you are out of church around 45minutes unless you would like to stay and pray or to be prayed over, which we encourage you to stay and pray as long as you need to. As you can see from this flow of service, there will be no children s message, but there will be children s church where the children will leave after the welcome/greet. Noreen Brill will lead children s church for the contemporary service. If God calls you to this service, then I need your help getting the word out. Maybe you know people who are hurting, lost, or have given up on the church where God is calling you to pull them back in. Maybe you have musical talents and want to be part of the worship band. Maybe this is the service your friends have been longing for and can come enjoy with you, just as they are to experience endless grace.
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 4 Pastor s Corner Coffee fellowship will be from 10am-10:30am as way to connect the two services together through fellowship. We understand that not everyone can make fellowship, but for those who can or from time to time, it s a great way to stay connected as the body of Christ. We will continue with having our first Sunday of the month be communion and potluck, unless advertised otherwise, for both services. Potluck will be during the fellowship time gap of 10am-10:30am. I understand change can be difficult. However, at annual conference it was shared that the Methodist Church in Wisconsin is losing membership at 5% a year and Wisconsin is the top state for losses. Our efforts to promote change and being creative to reach people for Christ provides greater opportunity to grow, especially since the change was inspired by the people who participated in the survey. As a church we are blowing the church doors wide open and proclaiming that all are welcome at the feet of Jesus as we make room for different worship styles. Even through all our efforts we may eventually discover that we might have to go back to a blended service at 10am because we aren t reaching new faces for Jesus. I remain confident in the people of BentonUMC to offer people Jesus and invite new faces to come in to experience the love of Christ. There is nothing to fear when we are trying to reach more people for Jesus by helping them experience God in ways that they can relate to in worship. I am excited that the majority of you have felt called by God to see what God is going to do, but remember, new faces coming in requires faith in action. That means I need your help inviting others, getting the word out, and helping to grow the service God has led you to be part of. Together I remain confident that mountains will move and we can offer a church home for any and all. As in all the things we do, to God be the glory. Pastor Ed.
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 5 Total Offering: (Regular Offering) May 6 $875 May 13 $810 May 20 $410 May 27 $435 June 3 $1,124 June 10 $805 June 17 $470 June 24 $1,037 Benton UMC at a Glance May - June Statistics Attendance: (This includes online attendance) Weekly Total May 6 57 May 13 82 May 20 45 May 27 89 June 3 83 June 10 63 June 17 35 June 24 38 ** June 17 & 24 are in church attendance only due to pastor Ed being at Annual Conference and then on vacation. **
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 6 WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE! WWW.BENTONUMC.COM On our website you will be able to view upcoming events, hear the weekly Sunday service message, view our committees and staff, contact us, and if the spirit moves you to give, we can also accept your tithe / offering online.. This and more can be viewed by visiting the website! This is new for us, so as always, we are open to suggestions! https://www.facebook.com/benton-wi- United-Methodist-Church- 117636051589370 You can also feel free to check us out on our Facebook page! Lots of ways to keep in touch and see what is going on! If you have suggestions you can email the church secretary at : Bentonumcsecretary@gmail.com or pastoredsantiago@gmail.com
J u l y 2 0 1 8 P a g e 6 June / July/ August Birthdays June 1 John Jones 2 Emma Zinkle 12 Sandra Crabtree 14 Zariah Jones 21 Nancy Carns 23 Brett Pulvermacher 25 Michelle Greenfield 27 Robert Carns 27 Becky Korleski 29 Mike Gushulak 30 Joseph Scanlan 30 Sandy Stienstra July 1 Alex Johnson 1 Andy Johnson 2 Laura Johnson 2 Lainey Runde 3 Sarah Redfearn 6 Brian Korleski 7 Justin Blahnik 7 Matthew Kopetko 7 Jeff Wetter Jr. 8 Wyatt Mohn 10 Kevin Lutes 10 Nancy Wetter 11 Diane Mau 12 James Montgomery 15 Pat Burchfield 17 Summer Schemehorn 21 Laureen Peacock 23 Frank Blahnik 23 Ginnie Gushulak 24 Ryan Krueger 26 Melanie Austin 27 David Hilby 28 BrandeeBlaine 31 Fox Austin 31 Zander Jones August 6 Rex Blaine 11 Tara Callan 11 Brenda Runde 13 Tammy Montgomery 14 Myah Ihm 17 Charlene Lutes 25 Gayle Wolf 27 Sarah Santiago 31 Kevin Tranel Any other birthday or anniversary information can be emailed to: Bentonumcsecretary@gmail.com or by calling the church at: (608) 751-5559
June 11 John & Marion Calvert 13 Cody & Melanie Austin 25 Bob & Cheryl Johnson 27 Al & Mimi Kluge 30 Mike & Ginnie Gushulak July 1 Brian & Becky Korleski 3 James & Tammy Montgomery 13 Kevin & Kristin Tranel 15 Rod & Janet Johnson 19 Bob & Nancy Carns 27 Rich & JoAnne Lutes 31 Ed & Sarah Santiago August 16 Jeff & Nancy Wetter 19 Brian & Lisa Schemehorn 19 John & Gina Jones 25 Ambrose & Lois Rupp If you have any other Anniversary or Birthday information you can email: bentonumcsecretary@gmail.com Or call the church @ (608) 751-5559 John 15:12: My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." 1 Corinthians:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [b] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. MISSIONS mission s calendar. (Mission of the month) Tentative calendar: January------Food panty February-----Random acts of Kindness March--------Soup Supper (tentative) April----------Garage Sale (to coincide with Village Wide Garage Sale) May----------Mother s Day (May 13 th ) June----------Benton School District Staff Appreciation Lunch) Father s Day July-----------? August-------Help with VBS September--- Labor Day Hospitality Station/ possible float October-------Pastor Appreciation November---Samaritans Purse (shoe box ministry) December-----Help for struggling families. (Christmas project) UNITED METHODIST WOMEN NEXT MEETING WILL BE: AUGUST 9TH @ 1PM HERE AT THE CHURCH Ad Board Next Meeting Will Be: August 21st @ 7PM
Benton Sunday Morning Bible study at 9:00 Sunday Morning Worship Service at 10:00 Sunday Morning Children Sunday school during 10:00 service. Starting Sunday Aug. 5th 9AM Traditional Service Coffee Fellowship 10-10:30 10:30 AM Contemporary (Rock N Praise) service Bell Benton United Methodist Church 172 West Main Street P.O. Box 14 Benton, WI 53803-0014 See more information on Page 1 New services and times starting Aug 5th Information on page 1 and in Pastor Ed s message On pages 2-4 Our Church Mission Statement WE ARE GOD S LIGHT, WE SAW GOD S LIGHT WE RECEIVED GOD S LIGHT, WE SHARE GOD S LIGHT