NEWS FROM FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, KIRKSVILLE
January 5, 2007
DEVOTION FROM REV. JIM
MY WISH FOR YOU IN 2007
May peace break into your house
and may thieves come to steal your debts.
May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet
for $100 bills.
May love stick to your face like Vaseline and
may laughter assault your lips!
May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires
and may happiness slap you across the face
and may your tears be that of joy.
May the problems you had, forget your home address!
In simple words...........
May 2007 be the best year of your life!!!
See ya' Sunday
Love in Christ,
Rev. Jim
NEEDED - 1 Childcare Staff Position is available. Please pick up an application in the church office. Talk to Lisa McLain, Childcare Coordinator, for more information.
DON'T FORGET!
HELP NEEDED: Dehanging of the Greens will be TOMORROW, January 6th, at 10 a.m. WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET TO GET THE CHURCH READY FOR EPIPHANY SUNDAY! The Sanctuary and Church has been beautiful this Christmas season. The poinsettias have added a lot! Please come and get your poinsettias. Special thanks to Laurie Waddle, Frances Jones and Lynae McFarland for arranging these and to Pat Larson for watering and caring for them.
CONSECRATION OF CHURCH LEADERS will be at both services on Sunday. Administrative Council and Committee members, please plan to attend.
JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL/COMMITTEES MEETING
Our Annual time for Orientation of Members of the Administrative Council and Committees will be held on Monday, January 8th, beginning with a meeting at 5:30 p.m. The Committee on Lay Leadership will have the light meal ready at 5:30. Plans are to dismiss for Committees to meet by 7 p.m. We thank those who will be leaving their positions and look forward to working with the new and continuing members. Consecration of the Admin. Council and Committee members is today.
PICTORIAL DIRECTORIES ARE HERE! Those who had their pictures taken in the Fall of 2005 or submitted a picture may pick one up from the table in the Foyer today!
POINSETTIAS - Please come and get your poinsettias. They are in the Parlor. Those not picked up by Sunday will be given away or thrown away.
ATTENTION: Chester and Lola Bell Memorial Scholarship Recipients - please contact your school's financial aid office to ask them to send confirmation of your enrollment of the semester to the Scholarship Committee in care of the church.
ONE staff position in the Childcare Department is available. Talk to Lisa McLain for more information.
JOYS
Congratulations to Anne Barlow on her retirement from the Red Cross!
Congratulations to Carol Dew on her retirement from the Science Division of Truman State University.
CONCERNS
Ed Carpenter, Kay Beach, Bob Barrett, Leland & Crystal O'Brien, Bob Stroeber, Dora Belle Clark, Marie Dodson, Lando and LaVera Scott, Emil Green
Those who are family members and/or friends of the church
Marge McElroy, David Shoush (Pat); Wayne Bevell's dad, Heidi Templeton's sister, Lynda Durflinger's granddaughter, Rich McKinney's mother, Robert and Kaye Davis' daughter, Beverly (surg. rec.), Bina James (Marsha Redmon's mother), Nancy Pennington's father, Scott Templeton's father, Jamey Morton's sister and brother-in-law (auto accident injuries), Shirley Boyles' daughter (surg. rec.) Bennie Hays (Carol Hays' father-in-law)
World and National Issues (Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan)
All men and women serving our country- Ryan Decker, Trent Kull (U.S.), Rex and Janice Meneely's grandson-Iraq, Andrea O'Brien's brother, Ryan, in Afghanistan
OUR CHURCH ETERNAL: Lucille Cragg, long-time member of First United Methodist Church, passed away on Thursday, January 4th. Visitation will be at the Davis-Playle Hudson Rimer Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, January 7th. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 8th, at the Davis Playle Hudson Rimer Funeral Home. Our prayers and sympathy are with her family. Her granddaughter, Cheryl, is a member of First UMC.
Our prayers and sympathy are with Hilda Novinger in the loss of her sister-in-law, Marie Novinger. Services will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Davis-Playle Hudson Rimer Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 9:30 -10:30 a.m.
Our prayers and sympathy are with Rick and Becky Mansfield in the loss of their daughter, Patricia Mansfield Varner, who passed away on January 3. Services will be held on Wednesday, January 10th, at Davis-Playle Hudson Rimer Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.
SUNDAY AT FIRST
8:15 a.m. Acolytes - Faith Jones and Emily Eitel
8:15 a.m. Liturgist - Sally Detweiler
8:15 a.m. Ushers -Philip & Julie Ayers and Albert & Nancy Diekmann
10:45 a.m. Acolytes - Dmarco Wynn and Brooks Templeton
10:45 a.m. Liturgist - Tracy Ockenfels
10:45 a.m. - Ushers - Jack and Melba Bowen, George and Jo Cribb, and Vern Playle
Sound System Technicians - 8:15 - Thomas Redmon; 10:45 a.m. - Jeremy Morton
Communion Steward - Sherry May
Transportation - Scott Johns
Childcare Staff - Lisa McLain, Coordinator, Angie Danielson, Michelle Jones, Chrissie Treasure, Hillarey Stone, Teri Heckert, and Justine Marty
CALENDAR FOR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, KIRKSVILLE
Saturday, January 6th
10:00 a.m. Dehanging of the Greens
Sunday, January 7th
EPIPHANY SUNDAY
8:15 a.m. Morning Worship, Holy Communion, Nursery Provided
9:30 a.m. Sunday School, Chancel Choir, Nursery Provided
9:30 a.m. Purpose Driven Life Class on Day 37
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship, Holy Communion, Nursery Provided
7-8:30 p.m. Horizon Night
Monday, January 8th
6:45-7:15 a.m. Senior High Breakfast at South McDonald's
5:30 p.m. Administrative Council/Committees Orientation Meeting
7:00 p.m. Kirksville Community Chorus
8:00 p.m. A.A.
Tuesday, January 9th
7:00 p.m. Chapter CZ P.E.O.
Wednesday, January 10th
5:30 p.m. Celebration Choir
7:00 p.m. Bereavement Support Group
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir
Thursday, January 11th
9:00 a.m. Line Dancing
9:30 a.m. Miriam Circle at home of Norma Robison
5:00 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts
Friday, January 12th
8:00 p.m. A.A.
Saturday, January 13th
9:30 a.m. Saturday Morning Bible Study at home
of Sharon Tiff
Sunday, January 14th
HUMAN RELATIONS DAY
8:15 a.m. Morning Worship, Nursery Provided
9:20 a.m. Chapel Communion
9:30 a.m. Sunday School, Nursery Provided
9:30 a.m. Purpose Driven Life Class on Day 38
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship, Nursery Provided
7-8:30 p.m. Horizon Night
OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15th In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
FINANCIAL NEWS
2007 Offering Envelopes are in the Narthex. If there are no envelopes with your name and you want envelopes for 2007, please sign the list on the table. Thanks.
Jackie Harrison and Vicky Williams
For your convenience, you will soon be able to have your regular weekly/monthly contributions transferred from your bank account to the church's bank account electronically. Giving to special offerings cannot be done with electronic transfers. SHEETS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY ARE AVAILABLE. John Harrison, Treasurer
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY
LIVE B.i.G. Hear, See, and Live Your Belief in God - We will have a new curriculum with video for the Kingdom Builders - Children will learn how much God loves them and learn to love Jesus. DON'T LET YOUR CHILD/REN MISS THIS! Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.
The next session of Club 316 will begin on Wednesday, January 17th.
HORIZON YOUTH
9:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday School for Sr. High and Mid High every Sunday.
7-8:30 p.m. Horizon Night
Monday, January 8th – Senior High Prayer Breakfast 6:45-7:15 a.m. @ South McDonald’s
Senior High Ski Trip. We will take a trip to Iowa to ski and sled on tubes on the 15th of January. The cost will be around $40 for skiing and cheaper for tubing. Talk to one of the Youth Staff for more information.
MEN'S MINISTRY
The next United Methodist Men's Meeting will be on Monday, January 15th, at noon at the Ponderosa Restaurant.
WOMEN'S MINISTRY
Ruth Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, January 9th, at 2:00 p.m.
Miriam Circle will meet on Thursday, January 11th, at 9:30 a.m. at home of Norma Robison.
Saturday Morning Bible Study on Saturday, January 13th, at 9:30 a.m. at home of Sharon Tiff
NEW PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
The Young Women’s Bible Study will be beginning a new book study: “Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life.” This will begin on Monday, January 22nd. This is for all women who feel young. We will be discussing Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Sisters. Childcare will be provided in the nursery. Talk to Teri Heckert for more information. She is the Coordinator of this Bible Study group for 2007.
SPECIAL PROJECT
From January 1st – January 28th, the Youth will receive donations of canned goods for the Kirksville Community Food Depot. These cans can be left in the container located in the church foyer. THIS IS FOR SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP - This group will meet Wednesday, January 10th, ,at 7 p.m. in the Parlor. If you need to talk to someone before the next meeting, please call Rev. Jim Robinson. Come yourself and invite others that need this support.
PACE MINISTER TRAINING
The next training session for those wanting to have the opportunity to keep in touch with an individual, couple, or family by helping them be better connected and be given better membership care will be held on Saturday, January 20th, from 9:30 a.m. – noon. Presently we have 17 individuals who are helping in this ministry. PACE is an acronym for PRAYER, AVAILABILITY, CONTACT, AND EXAMPLE.
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