Vol. 28, No. 10 October 2018 Building Fund Benefit Concert Barbershop Harmony Featuring Gold Rush Chorus Saturday, October 6, 3 PM Please join us for a concert and ice cream social featuring Placerville s Gold Rush Chorus performing barbershop harmony. Tickets are $10 and proceeds from this benefit will go toward the construc- on of Foothills UMC's new Fellowship Hall. Pay at the door or on PayPal at FoothillsUMC.net/benefit. Informational Meetings If you haven t yet parcipated in one of the informaon sessions being facilitated by Pastor Mike regarding the issues before the Special General Conference session in 2019, there are sll seven opportunies during month of October to get informed. Sign-ups are next to the Get Connected table in the fellowship area. October Highlights Upcoming Events Shelter Fundraiser Oct 4, page 1 Benefit Concert Oct 6, page 1 Prayer Partner Acvity Oct 21, page 5 Shelter Fundraiser Oct 27, page 1 Trunk-or-Treat Oct 31, page 1 News Calendar page 4 Children, Youth, Family page 5 Finance page 2 Women of the Church page 6 Wednesday, October 31, 5-7 PM Each year on Halloween, we get to offer a fun and creave community service. Trunk-or-Treat is a safe, convenient way for younger kids to enjoy Halloween right here at Foothills. This is a popular event for local kids and we need you to help make this even bigger and be6er than last year. Join us in the Foothills parking lot and decorate your vehicle as we create a fun, safe spot for trick or treang. Decorate a li6le or a lot. Wear a costume or not. Either way, you are guaranteed to have a great me and to bring a smile to lots of young faces. This is a super fun way to connect with our congregaon and our community. Join us October 31, 5-7 PM. Contact Kae for more informaon. Nomadic Shelter Fundraisers The Nomadic Winter Homeless Shelter ministry begins on November 1. In the month of October there are two opportunies for us to offer financial support to this ministry. The first opportunity is on Thursday, October 4 when you can eat at Pete s Restaurant and Brew House in Town Center, El Dorado Hills. If you tell them your order is in support of the Nomadic Shelter they will make a 20% donaon to the Nomadic Shelter Steering Commi6ee. This is applicable for both lunch and dinner on that day, dine in and take our orders. The second opportunity is the Nomadic Shelter Benefit Dinner and Raffle hosted by St. Patrick s Church on Saturday, October 27 from 5-9 PM in their Parish Hall. Dinner ckets are $25. Please contact Melody Moore for addional informaon, her contact informaon is listed in the Foothills UMC directory.
Page 2 Foothills Connection Staff Appreciation Offering Our wonderful support staff at Foothills UMC contributes such a great deal to our life together. We are planning to show our collecve appreciaon to them during worship on Sunday, October 28. We would like to be able to give them a financial bonus, as an expression of our appreciaon. From October 7 through October 21 we will be accepng Staff Appreciaon donaons, the total of these donaons will then be divided among all members of our support staff, including our two addi- onal 11 AM worship musicians. If you are inclined to support this effort, please make sure your donaons are marked Staff. Thank you. Fall Church Conference Each fall we gather as a community and reflect upon the past year of ministry together and make plans for the future. In addion to the small amount of business we are asked to take care of at this gathering, we also spend me in conversaon about other hopes and dreams for Foothills. This year our new District Superintendent, Blake Busick, will be facilitang this annual meeng as he strives to become be6er acquainted with the local churches under his supervision. So please plan to join us on Wednesday, November 7 at 6 PM, we will enjoy a meal together while working through our Church Conference business. Please sign up at the Get Connected table so we can plan accordingly for our meal, if you plan to a6end but need childcare please indicate that on the sign-up sheet. 2018 FINANCIAL REPORT Aug 2018 YTD 2018 INCOME Budgeted Operations $29,500 $236,000 Actual Contributions Operations $24,157 $241,619 Capital Campaign $2,010 $21,430 Designated $4,301 $47,560 Total $30,468 $310,609 EXPENSES Budgeted Operations $29,537 $236,296 Actual Operations $23,611 $219,313 Budget vs Actual $5,926 $16,983 Operational Income less Exp. $546 $22,307 Interfaith Service Project Mark your calendars for the late ajernoon and early evening of Thursday, November 15 as Foothills UMC joins with Faith Episcopal Church and the Muslim Community of Folsom for a meal packing event in partnership with Rise Against Hunger. This is a service project that adults and children can acvely parcipate in. More details to come in the November newsle6er. Servant leadership From Christ s perspecve, a true leader is a servant, commi6ed to the success of each individual in the group. Jesus did not cricize his disciples desire to lead; he just showed them how to do it by washing their feet.... The essence of spiritual leadership, therefore, is following Jesus and serving people. People rebel against controlling leaders, but it is impossible to rebel against a servant. Geoff Gorsuch, Brothers! Calling Men Into Vital Relaonships Foothills UMC 3301 Green Valley Road Rescue, CA 95672 530.677.4910 office@foothillsumc.net Office Hours Mon-Fri: 8 AM-Noon, 1 4 PM Pastor s Day Off: Fridays Pastor: Mike Harrell Office Administrator: Jane Hartman Children, Family, and Youth Ministry Leader: Katie Curtin Choir Director: Paul Hoagland Music Director: Amy Van den Boom Book Keeper: Deanna Glasier Nursery Caregivers: Teresa Ballatore Jill Corulla
Foothills United Methodist Church September 2018
October 2018 Sun Mon Tue 1 2 Foothills United Methodist Church 3301 Green Valley Road Rescue CA 95672 530.677.4910 office@foothillsumc.net FoothillsUMC.net Facebook.com/FoothillsUMC.Rescue Twitter.com/FUMC_Rescue Please Note: All activities are held at the church unless stated otherwise. See calendar on FoothillsUMC.net for more meeting details and other organizations using FUMC facilities. 3 Wed 4 Thu Fri 5 6 Sat Page 4 7 2 pm Youth to Upper Room 3 pm UMC Info Meeting 6:30 pm UMC Info Meeting 1 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry UMW Book Group @ Coleen s 8 9 10 UMC Info Meeting Music Practice 11 Music Practice 12 13 3 pm Benefit Concert: Barbershop Harmony 14 3 pm UMC Info Meeting 21 10:30 am Prayer Partner Activity 12:15 pm Admin Support 2 pm Church Council 6:30 pm UMC Info Meeting 28 15 16 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 1 pm UMC Info Meeting 6:30 pm p Men s Group 22 23 29 30 10:30 am UMC Info Meeting 17 24 31 18 Music Practice 25 7:15 pm p Choir Rehearsal 19 20 26 11:30 am Super Seniors Lunch @ China City, Cameron Park 27 5 pm Trunk-or-Treat
October 2018 Page 5 Children, Family, and Youth Ministry In the month of September, FUMC regular Sunday school program started. The CFYM team has been hard at work creang an all new curriculum for each grade level this year. This fall the K-2 class will be using the Fall Godly Play curriculum. The 3-5 class will be focusing on the ten commandments while the junior and senior high class will be diving deeper into the Bible starng with creaon. Our hope is that your children will come home each Sunday ready to tell you all that they have learned. October is promising to be excing with some of our favorite acvies returning and new acvies beginning. October 7, 2 PM Upper Room This is a great opportunity for children 6th grade and up to give to those who are less fortunate. Parents are always welcome to come, stay and work with their children. If you would like your child to aend but they will need transportaon please contact Kae Curn. October 21, Prayer Partner Acvity This month's acvity will be pumpkin decorang along with some suggested get to know you quesons. The acvity will be held in room #3 directly following the first service. H a p p y B i r t h d a y! Helen Macys 10/01 Helen Hardwick 10/15 Barbara Perry 10/05 Valerie Samples 10/16 Doris Sachs 10/05 Grace Lawson 10/18 David Young 10/06 Ann Letl 10/19 Clive Rogers 10/07 Pat Nathan 10/20 Ronnie Swenson 10/07 Naomi Lawson 10/24 Gabriel Cortez 10/09 Tony Del Mar 10/27 Devin Reed 10/09 Kira Franks 10/27 Jamie Engelmann 10/12 Eliza Harrell 10/27 Jim Lynch 10/14 Mike Harrell 10/28 Bev Crotti 10/15 Mariah McCarthy 10/30 October 31, 5-7 PM Trunk-or-Treat Come to our annual Trunk-or-Treat. Trunk-or-Treat provides a safe, fun, and family friendly environment for children to play games and collect candy. This is one of the churches bigger community outreach events, so if your children are past the trick or treat age or you would prefer to take this opportunity to give back to our community, please consider opening up your trunk and passing out candy. How Can You Help? Do you Have a Child That Can Acolyte? If you have a child that is second grade or up who would love a chance to acolyte, please contact Kae Curn to get them started. Parents Night Out We need some extra volunteers to help provide childcare one Saturday a month for three hours. During this me, you along with the other volunteers, would help serve dinner and create cra9s with the kids. It truly is a good me for all. If this is something you are interested in please contact Kae Curn. Sunday School Teacher Assistants Needed Our Sunday school program is in need of teacher s assistants. If you have always wanted to help in Sunday school, but never got around to reaching out, now is your chance! If you are interested, please reach out to Kae Curn. H a p p y A n n i v e r s a r y! Richard & Joy Martin 10/07 Don & Debbie Larson 10/11 Carl & Donna Pascoe-Bickel 10/11 Nick & Elisha Cortez 10/17 Hermann & Bev Schier 10/23 Dave & Cindy Pope 10/24 Michael & Lorrie Ling 10/27 Please contact the church office if you d like to have your birthday and/or anniversary listed in the newsleer and Sunday bullen. A Prayer for Neighborliness O God, we pray for a broader vision of the needs of humanity, and a deeper compassion to fill those needs; for a planng of the seeds of concern for all humanity in our hearts; for a tapping of the wells of generosity. May we live together as people who have been forgiven a great debt. May we be gentle, walking so9ly with one another. May we be understanding, lest we shall add to the world s sorrow or cause to flow needless tears. May we be as anxious for the rights of others as we are for our own. May we be as eager to forgive as we are to seek forgiveness. May we know no barriers of creed or race or sex, that our love may be like Yours a love that sees all people as Your children and our kin. May we be ministers of humanity. Peter Marshall
Page 6 HELP House This past spring, our special Easter offering was in support of the non-profit organizaon, H.E.L.P. (Housing and Emergency Lodging Program). H.E.L.P. was founded 35 years ago by several members of area churches who felt a calling to respond to the need for shortterm lodging and transional housing for individuals and families. People are referred to H.E.L.P through a variety of government, non-profit, and religious organizaons in the larger community. At the me of our Easter offering, the owners of the duplex that had served as the H.E.L.P. House for the past 12 years had decided to sell the property, which meant H.E.L.P. needed a property they could rent or lease so the organizaon could connue to provide transional housing for clients. Thankfully, H.E.L.P. was able to enter into a lease agreement for connued use of the duplex with the new owners in September, allowing them to connue the transional housing aspect of their mission. Now that the property issue has been resolved, H.E.L.P. is looking for individuals willing to work with clients as mentors as they strive to become more economically stable. If you are interested in learning more about the opportunity to serve in this way, please be in touch with Michael Ling, his contact informaon is listed in the Foothills UMC directory. Foothills Connection Women of the Church Annual Spiritual Weekend was held on September 14-16 and enjoyed by all. I would like to invite all the women from our church to aend next year so you don t miss out. Thank you to Barbara Perry, Betsy Schwarzentraub, Tonja McCarthy and our Spiritual Leader, Pastor Maggie McNaught from Carson City FUMC, for a wonderful weekend in Zephyr Cove. Book Club - The first Tuesday of each month, 7 PM. Contact Jeanne Pfeifer for further informaon. October 2: Eve: A Novel by Wm. Paul Young. Meet at Coleen s house We are in need of volunteers for Donut Duty! Would you please contact Marilyn Long to sign up! We need you to parcipate! Prayer Shawl Ministry is the first Monday of each month at 1 PM in room #8. Please contact Sharon Gaal at sfgaal@yahoo.com or at 530.613.6143 for informaon. Super Senior Ladies Lunch - last Friday of each month at China City Restaurant in Cameron Park at noon. Infinite Treasure The present moment is always full of infinite treasure. It contains far more than you can possibly grasp. Faith is the measure of its riches: what you find in the present moment is according to the measure of your faith. Love also is the measure: the more the heart loves, the more it rejoices in what God provides. The will of God presents itself at each moment like an immense ocean that the desire of your heart cannot empty; yet you will drink from that ocean according to your faith and love. Jean-Pierre de Caussade Foothills United Methodist Church 3301 Green Valley Road Rescue, CA 95672 DATED MATERIAL RETURN ADDRESS REQUESTED