Pastor office hours London Mills: Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m.

2010 Easter Offering The Easter offering this year will be sent to Haiti and to the Galesburg Rescue Mission.

Finding Faith and Being a Part of the Church
Rev. Paul will be leading a class for 8th grade through Adults looking at faith and being a part of the church during Lent. We`ll look at what it means to be a person of faith, how being a part of a faith community can strengthen and support us through our lives, and what it means to be a member of the London Mills Church. This will be a seven week class that will be held during our Wednesday night class time. We?ll start on Wednesday, February 3rd and going through March 24th. At the end of our sessions anyone who would like to join the church will be invited to come together with our fellowship of faith. If you have any questions, please talk with Rev. Paul.
When: Wednesdays from 6:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. February 3rd March 24th. Who: Anyone, 8th grade Adult that would like to dig into their faith life

It is time to think about ordering Easter lilies!
Sandy Craver is ordering lilies for London Mills UMC the cost will be $8.00. Deadline to order is 3/28.
Cuba UMC will be ordering lilies from Cuba Cares (the cost and ordering deadline will be in the bulletin).
If you would like to have the lily in honor of or in memory of someone please fill out the form below and put in the offering plate or give to Sandy or Ellen. Thank you.
In Honor/ Memory of __________________________________________________
Your Name & Phone# _____________________________________________________________

Easter and Holy Week Services
Holy Week and Easter are the times when we remember Jesus` triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his passion, death, & resurrection. If we are to climb any high holy days, these would be the ones. We hope you will be able to join us for any and all of our services and activities during this time. We hope you`ll mark your calendar and invite your family and friends to join us.
Palm Sunday Services Sunday, March 28 - We will celebrate by having special music and our annual palm processional. Palm Sunday will be celebrated during our regular Sunday Services.
Maundy Thursday, April 1 7:00 p.m. We will come together at the Cuba Church to join together in communion and our remembrance of Jesus? final instructions to His Disciples before His arrest. We will strip our altar in preparation for Christ?s death.
Good Friday, April 2 7:00 p.m. We will join together at the London Mills Church to remember the Passion of Christ, his death, and burial.
Easter Sunrise Services, April 4 7:00 a.m. at Both Churches We will celebrate Easter?s arrival by sharing together in a time of worship and then having breakfast immediately afterwards.
Easter Celebration Services, April 4 9:00 a.m. London Mills, 10:30 a.m. Cuba We will gather together at our regular worship times to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and to share with the world that nothing, not even the grave, could separate us from Christ?s presence in our lives.

Office Hours: Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.,Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m.

London Mills Youth Group The London Mills youth group is gearing up for the year. (Yes we realize we are already two months into the year. All this cold weather and snow sent us into hibernation a little! ?) We can`t wait until the weather turns nice enough to be outside again. Until then every Wednesday night we are studying various basic Christian topics (such as sin, grace, redemption) leading up to Easter. Easter is the most important Christian holiday and we want the kids to really understand why.

On Saturday, March 27th, we are looking forward to going to Winter Jam in Normal, IL. It is an amazing Christian concert featuring some big name bands like Third Day and Newsboys, and some amazing up and coming bands like Sidewalk Prophets, as well as many others! Best part?it only costs $10 per person!!! We hope all our youth will plan on joining us for what we hope will be a fun and life changing event! We will be sending home information and permission slips with our youth soon, so parents make sure the kids get them to you!!!

Even though Easter is over a month away we have started planning the Easter Sunrise service. We are going to do things a little differently this year. Our prayer is that by changing the norm we will more deeply touch lives with the love Christ. If you want to know more you?ll just have to wake up early and join us Easter Morning!

We leaders would also like to ask you to take time to lift our youth up in prayer. We have quite a few youth who have lost family members and who are dealing with other major life changing events. Like any small group what happens to one person effects others, so we leaders are doing our best to help assist our kids through these difficult times. God is good, even in the difficult times. We pray we can be good example of God?s love to our youth in the midst of their struggles!

London Mills
London Mills board with eight members and Pastor Paul present.
Treasury reported: General Fund $4,621.92 Memorial $9,165.61
Building $19,095.19 Janitor $1,780.25
Roofing acct. $16,209.25
Trustees reported that work is continuing on the belfry class room. Roofing bids have been received. They are River City Roofing $28,000; Holenbeck Roofing $19,007.
A thank you note was read from the Valley School for our gift cards donated from our Christmas offering. Stanley Davis made a motion to donate $100.00 to the Valley School After Prom, and $400.00 to the assembly at school with Nate Hopping. Nate graduated from Valley School and is now in ministry studies in Chicago. There will be several bands providing music and testimony also. All students and anyone with an interest are invited. Circle march 19th as the date.
Easter offering will be divided between the Galesburg Rescue Mission and Haiti Relief. Bob Davis made this motion with a 2nd by Janet Malone, motion passed. Lenten Services begin Sunday Feb.21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in Lewistown.

Cluster Lenten Services

March 7 Cuba UMC Speaker: Rev. Deryck Sonaram
March 14 Shield?s Chapel UMC Speaker: Rev. Jerry Sawyer
March 21 Locust Lane UMC Speaker: Ellen Dodd
March 28 Living Springs Camp Speaker: Rev. Marc Brown

• Birthdays
• 1 Anna Ruth Riley
• 2 Gale Schisler
• 3 Brad Davis, Steve Overcash
• 4 Alan Walters
• 5 Larry Waterfield
• 8 John Sergison, Clint Plumer
• 9 George Craver
• 12 Scott Schultes
• 16 Katie Williamson, Reuben Lima
• 19 Herb Schweiter
• 20 Becca Davis, Desiray Bledsoe
• 26 Katherine White
• 27 Taylor Platt
• 29 Chad Davis

• Bible Passages
• March 7- Isaiah 55:1-9- Psalm 63:1-8- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13- Luke 13:1-9
• March 14- Joshua 5:9-12- Psalm 32- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21- Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
• March 21- Isaiah 43:16-21- Psalm 126- Philippians 3:4-14- John 12:1-8-
• March 28- Luke 19:28-40- Psalm 31:9-16- Philippians 2:5-11- Luke 22:14-23:56

Condolences to: Stanley Davis and Family on the death of his sister-in-law Louise.
The Family and Friends of Oscar Riley.
The Family and Friends of Brandon Swise.

• Cleaning Crew Schedule
• 1st week: Brenda & Susan
• 2nd week: Jane & Joan
• 3rd week: Glennette & Helen
• 4th week: Sally & Carolyn
• 5th week: Margret & Julia

• Prayers for Health and Healing
• Karen Boel Jim Butler Larry Waterfield
• Dana Way Laura Fisher Glen Waterfield Davie Rice Bonnie Schultz Isabelle Perry
• Tom Franklin Steve Markley Tina Grubb Jerry Allen Ralph Rhodes Mike Maddingly
• John Kenney Maribeth Bolan Sherry Rundall
• Claudia & Bill Starr Karen Harding
• Jitana Hammon Stott Allan & Mary Walters

• Church Family Undergoing Treatment
• Leon Tice

• Those Living in Nursing Homes
• Farmington Nursing Home: LaNorma Pippitt
• Avon Nursing Home: Jean Johnson, Virginia Perry
• Clayberg Nursing Center - Anna Ruth Riley
• Rosewood Nursing Home ? Charles Hart
• Kensington, Galesburg - Dharld Sampson

• Prayers for Comfort
• People recovering from natural disasters-Haiti, Chile
• Families during their time of grief

• Those Staying close to their homes
• Lola in Galesburg
• Evelyn in London Mills
• Leon in London Mills
• Ione in London Mills
• Berta Lou in Byron
• Bertha Cook- Avon

• Our Service Personnel
• Aaron
• Seth
• Alan
• Matt

London Mills UMC Book Club
Where: London Mills United Methodist Church Basement
When: 7:00pm Third Monday of Every Month
Join us every month for great fellowship, lively book discussions and delicious snacks!
January-``How Starbucks Saved My Life``, Michael Gates Gill
February- ``So You Don?t Want To Go To Church Anymore``, Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman
March-``The Book Thief``, Marcus Zusak
April-``One Thousand White Women-The Journal of May Dodd``, Jim Furgus
May-``Home to Holly Springs``, Jan Karon
June-``Prayers for Sale`` Sandra Dallas
July-``Have a Little Faith``, Mitch Albom
August-``The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-Three Women Search for Understanding``, Ranya Idilby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner
ember-``The Help``, Kathryn Stockett
October-``The Unlikely Disciple, A Sinner?s Semester at America?s Holiest University``, Kevin Roose
November-``The Noticer``, Andy Andrews
? We hope these books offer a wide variety of topics and ignite great discussions!
? If you have any questions or would like to arrange a ride please contact: Tess Newhall 310-7281 or Susie Platt 645-3829
Happy Reading, hope to see you there!

Family Night
Where: London Mills UM Church
When: Wednesday Evenings
Dinner:5:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
(6:15 for children and youth)
Classes for all ages: 6:30p.m.-7:15 p.m.
Choir: 7:20 p.m.