Methodist Messenger:
November-December, 2009
Grangeville/Nezperce/White Bird
UMC
THANK YOUS:
Thank you to
all of you who have helped with our coffee hour during
the month of October.
Coffee Hour Sign-up is available on the round
table by the front door for those of you who are called to serve
in that capacity. And a thank you to all that brought goodies to
our monthly potluck.
Also, there are
sign-up sheets for Readers and Greeters.
Please do sign up (even after you have completed
the need!)
Special Thanks:
This is an open thank you to all the women of United
Methodist Women who are allowing my class to participate in the
annual Christmas Bizarre. My students make a number of
products as part of their life skills training and take great
joy and pride in selling them. The
Adele's Garden
(in memory of Adele and Raymond Holman) was planted in late
summer with colorful blooming plants and bushes in the shaded
area between the building and the ramp to the front door.
Adele's family has placed a little bench and various other
additions to the garden. Now we are waiting for the stone with
the dedication in memory of Adele and Raymond Holman to arrive
to complete this area. Funds donated by Adele’s friends
and family to the Memorial Fund were used to provide this
beautiful area.
Our Annual Salmon Dinner is a Success: The 21st annual Salmon Feed on Friday, November 6th was a grand success. We sold around 120 dinners, which is slightly down from our average. Considering the economy, swine flu, and other events taking place that weekend, it was a strong showing.
We were able to use left-over supplies from last year to cut costs, and Asker’s generously took back unused groceries. With these measures, along with many donations, the dinner raised around 700 dollars. Of greater importance was the opportunity to invite the townspeople for an evening of fellowship and good food.
Volunteer help was overwhelming; at times we didn’t have enough jobs for all the workers. Every member present was willing to lend a hand in any way possible. Special thanks go to the Poncins, for starting and donating so much time through the years to this much-loved event.
Stewardship Committee Report:
United Methodist Friends~The Annual Charge Conference
recently adopted our budget for the coming year.
To assist the Administrative Council in planning our
program of ministry, we request that you consider your
stewardship commitment for 2010.
Grace is a wonderful life giving and life sustaining
concept. One way to
return thanks for the grace we have received is to support the
congregation and the three-church charge in our fellowship
ministry and community service offerings meant to address the
needs that exist amongst and around us.
The Stewardship Committee will soon send out a formal
letter of request with a form on which you can indicate your
level of financial support for the church.
Please take a few moments to carefully and prayerfully
consider what you can do to help.
We ask that you return the form to the church, either by
mail or you can simply place it in the offering tray on a
Sunday. Thank you
for the commitment. Yours in Christ, Jerry Zumalt
TRUSTEES: Dave and Ron cleaned the chimney and fireplace at the parsonage. They also repaired the handle on the fireplace insert. We are enjoying the lights on the front and east side of the church. We are looking for a Christmas tree to be displayed in December on the east side. The lawn tractor will be changed over to the snowplow soon. Thanks to Mike Griffin and others for removing the snow from our sidewalks.
MISSIONS:
November and December are very busy months at the Food Bank.
Besides regular food boxes that are given out, there are Holiday
Boxes for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
This year the Food Bank has been very short of food.
While there are several food drives this month, which are
greatly appreciated, it is almost certain that the Food Bank
will still be very close to not having enough food to fill
people's needs. This is partly due to the continuing increases
in the number of people that are using the Food Bank.
For the Holiday Boxes, the Food Bank has quite a few turkeys on
hand, but is low on the other foodstuffs.
A Holiday Box contains food for the holiday meal pumpkin,
cranberries, stuffing mix, evaporated milk and other items to
round out the meal. While
doing Holiday Boxes, the need for regular food boxes continues.
All types of foodstuffs, peanut butter, soup, chili,
boxes hamburger meals, crackers, fruit, etc. are needed.
The regular boxes usually contain between 35 and 60 pounds of
food, depending on the sizes of the family, so the shelves
become empty with amazing speed. Please support the Food Bank
with your prayers and donations.
EVANGELISM COMMITTEE:
We continue to meet the needs of families in the community
through UMCOM. Items needed at this time are pots and
pans, cooking utensils, towels, sheets and blankets. Also
items of furniture, small kitchen appliances are needed.
Call Linda or Lenora if you have any of these items.
We are thankful to the Nezperce congregation for their recent
donations of many useful items such as dishes, glasses, and
silverware. Also a thank you goes to the Syringa Thrift
Shop for their help with many items needed for our outreach
program.
We encourage you to invite friends and neighbors to church.
As Advent approaches this might be a good time to extend an
invitation.
UMW (United Methodist Women): At our October meeting, we had ten ladies with two of them coming from UMW in Asotin. UMW District Secretary, Janice Walker installed our officers for 2010.
We finalized our plans of our annual Christmas Bazaar and Pie Fellowship (which will take place on Saturday, December 5). We will be making our annual Mincemeat on Monday, November 23, 8:30 am. We need people to peel our apples that morning. We are taking orders for the mincemeat ahead of time again this year. Your jams, jellies, herbs, etc. and crafting your items for our sale can be brought to the church on or before Friday, December 4, between 9 am and 1 pm. Also, we will be calling for pies for our Fellowship which seems to be a great success each year. We would love any and all home-made baked goodies, candies, etc. for our Bazaar. We have a new supply of pecans and the usual peas, lentils, etc.
The
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, December 9, 10 am, at the church. Again, after the meeting there will be a no host lunch at Oscar’s.
NO MONTHLY POTLUCKS for November & December:
We have decided to NOT have our monthly potlucks on the last
Sunday for November and December in Grangeville. We do
encourage you to still bring items for the Idaho County Food
Bank on that Sunday or any time. We will have our next
Potluck on, Sunday, January 31st.
CHURCH FINANCES:
Breakdown of Income: August September October Pledges received $4,290.00 $2,775.00 $4,870.00
Plate (cash received) 52.00 55.50 29.00
Total disbursed: $5,709.55 $4,598.07 $7,339.29
As the above figures reflect, your Ad Council has had to do some creative fund transfers in order to meet our churches finance obligations. For more detailed information, see the bulletin board by the church office and/or talk to one of the members on the church board. As we near the end of this year, please prayerfully consider giving back to our Lord a portion of His blessings. Thank you.
NEWS FROM
What a great day we had on Oct. 25th--We baptized three people
(Emily Kernutt, Rachel & Willis Claar). We also welcomed
four new members (Emily Kernutt, Rachel & Willis Claar, and
Denis Long). We then had a wonderful potluck. What
good cooks we all are!! We had 19 people in attendance for
this uplifting service and potluck.
We will be decorating the church on Saturday, November 28 at 10
AM. We need volunteers to help get our church ready for
Advent and Christmas.
Next Ad Council Meeting is Sunday, December 13 at 2:00PM.
Our Christmas Candlelight Service will be Sunday, December 20 at
3:00PM. We will have refreshments afterwards. All
are invited to participate in this celebration of the birth of
Jesus.
Upcoming Lectionary
Nov 22nd
2 Samuel 23:-17
Psalm 132:1-12
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37
Dec. 20th
Micah 5:2-5a
Luke 1:46b-55
Hebrews 10:5-10
Luke 1:39-45
Nov.
29th
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Thessalonians
3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36
Dec 24/25th
Isaiah 9:2-7
Psalm 96
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-20
Dec. 6th
Malachi 3:1-4
Luke 1: 68-69
Philippians1:3-11
Luke 3:1-6
Dec 27th
1 Samuel 2:18-20,
26
Psalm 148
Colossians 3:12-17
Luke 2:41-52
Dec. 13th
Zephaniah3:14-20
Isaiah 12:2-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:7-18
(Minutes of) ANNUAL CHARGE CONFERENCE
Grangeville, Whitebird,
The Annual Charge Conference of the
Grangeville/Whitebird/Nezperce churches was held November 2,
2009. The PPRC met
with Inland District Superintendent Rev. Dale Cockrum at 5 pm
followed with a potluck and business meeting.
The following people were in attendance:
Cindy Roberts, Lenora Gregg, Denis Long, Jim & Allyson
Kitchen, Elaine Lothrop, Clyde & Marieta Hanson, Sally Payne,
Mildred Asker, Jane Spencer, Jerry Zumalt, Rose Mangini, Dave &
Emily Poncin, Ron & Linda Johns, Shirley Smith, Sonny Robison,
Bev Harding,and Supt. Cockrum.
Pastor Cindy opened the meeting with a Call to Worship: “Living
Into God’s Grace: followed by the hymn “Many Gifts, One Spirit”.
Jerry Zumalt led the congregation in prayer.
Matthew 22:37-39 was read after which the attendees
recited the church’s Mission Statement.
Pastor Cindy led the Ministry Meditation which included a
report from the Nezperce church on maintenance done by
volunteers from the Whitebird church and the appreciation of
that church for the joint auction held in their honor to fund
repairs for water damage from a sump pump failure.
Nezperce is also sharing their facility with another
congregation in town.
Whitebird has increased their attendance by 80% this
year. They have
retired a loan from 100 years ago and cleared a lien on their
properties. A
second loan is to be paid off within the next 2 years.
Supt. Cockrum was presented a name tag and made an
honorary member of the
Relating acts of ministry in the Grangeville church began
with puppet Sparky telling about VBS last summer.
Aluminum cans are collected and taken to
Supt. Cockrum took a few moments to share his feelings
about what was happening in the 3 Point Charge churches.
He then opened the business meeting inquiring whether or
not the books of the churches have been audited.
Grangeville’s books have been audited; Whitebird and
Nezperce’s books have not.
Asked if the monies collected Sunday morning are counted
by more than one person – Grangeville and Whitebird yes,
Nezperce no. Does
the church have a Safe Child Policy – yes.
Sonny Robison is the designated Safety Officer.
Nominating Committee:
Pastor Cindy nominated Clyde Hanson GR, and Jim Kitchen
WB to be on the nominating committee Class of 2012.
They were elected by unanimous vote.
Jerry Zumalt moved we accept the Pastoral Support
Worksheet, 2nd by Dave Poncin.
Motion carried.
After a closing prayer and joining hands in the center
aisle to sing “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” the meeting
adjourned.
Emily Poncin
Secretary Board/Council
BIRTHDAYS:
November
6
Shirley Smith
7
Donald Eldred
8
Heather Cullin
8
Tiffany Mattson
16
Laura Vawter
17
Mary Lu Crea
19
25
Tyrel Cullin
25
Rose Mangini
25
Dede Eldred
26 Rob
Mattson
27 Tim
Mattson
ANNIVERSARIES
November
7 Clyde &
BIRTHDAYS:
December
2
Bailey Cullin
5
Don Warden
10
Cynthia Mattson
21
Vivian Suddreth
26
Sara Dalgliesh
29
Booker Bush
ANNIVERSARIES
December
15
Shirley & Darrell Smith
28
Don & Carol Warden
This month’s birthdays and anniversaries are on the monthly
calendar.
If you have a birthday this month, we wish you a Happy Birthday.
If you have an anniversary this month, best wishes go to
you, too.
If
your birthday or anniversary has not been included in this
newsletter, please call Rose (983-0489) or email the church
(address below).
The first month of this new program was very well used and felt
to be very successful.
As of now, it is planned to have pickup once a month on
the last Saturday of the month in Fenn.
You are welcome to take your own recycles directly to the
sites, or everyone is welcome to bring your cans and paper to
our churches to be recycled.
Below is a list of all the will take AND not take:
Newspaper:
Anything that is delivered in your paper including TV
guides/catalogues
AS well as: telephone
books, paperback books, magazines, white or colored office
paper, envelopes, discarded mail.
SEPARATE non-newsprint into a paper bag, and keep newspaper
loose!! Please do NOT bundle.
Assorted Metals:
Metal food and beverage containers such as soda cans aluminum
and tin food cans up to 1 gallon size (remove tin lids)
NO
paint, fuel, aerosol, propane, pesticides or herbicide
containers
Cardboard:
This category includes empty boxes (remove plastic liners from
cereal, food and beverage boxes.)
Paper sacks liner board, paper towel and tissue cores,
corrugated cardboard, shoe boxes
NO
waxed cardboard or Styrofoam peanuts.
Assorted plastic bottles:
This includes empty plastic bottles and jugs coded #1- #7 of any
color except black. (opening must be smaller than the bottom of
container.
November’s Fifth
Sunday Hymn Sing:
This will be held at the Grangeville Christian Church,
402 West South First Street, Grangeville, at 6 pm.
Please contact that church as soon as possible if you
would like to bring special music as there will be a limited
number of these.
Call Harold Gott at 983-2549 or 983-0411.
January’s Fifth Sunday Hymn Sing will be held here
at our church on Sunday, January 31, 6 pm.
Let’s mark our calendars now.
FROM PASTOR
CINDY’S DESK:
Advent is just around the corner, the end of
NOVEMBER, this month. Sunday the 29th of November begins
another church year, from Advent to Easter, to Pentecost and then
through Ordinary Time, and back to Advent. Our “Journey Through
Advent” this year will take us over the four Sundays of Advent, from
our local church to
White Bird United
Christmas Candlelight Service
Sunday December 20th, 3:00pm
Grangeville United
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Thursday, Dec 24th, 7:00pm
Nezperce United
Christmas Candlelight Service
Sunday December 27th, 8:30am
There is a lot still to be done before the
calendar year finishes up 2009: mincemeat making, the Bazaar,
Thanksgiving, shopping and Christmas, and New Year's Eve plans;
Christmas letters and cards, wrapping and exchanging those gifts.
But different people enjoy these tasks in different degrees,
thank God. We don't have to do everything ourselves, thank God.
During this
Pastor Cindy
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Monday
Nov. 23rd, 8:30 am, Mincemeat Making
Friday– Saturday Nov. 27th-28th Decorating for Advent
Sunday
Nov. 29th First
Sunday of Advent
Sunday
Nov. 29th
6 pm, Fifth Sunday
Hymn Sing, Grangeville Christian Church
Wednesday
Dec 2nd, 10 am,
Saturday
Dec 5th 10
am to 1 pm, UMW Bazaar,
Wednesday
Dec. 9th
10 am, UMW meeting
Sunday
Dec 20th
3 pm WB Christmas Candlelight Service
Thursday
Dec 24th 7
pm GR Christmas
Candlelight Service
Sunday
Dec 27th
8:30 am NP
Christmas Candlelight Service
Sunday
Jan 31st
6:00 pm, Fifth Sunday Hymn Sing, GR UMC
(If you
are receiving this by email, you can look at our calendar on our
website listed below and/or a printed copy of the monthly calendar
can be picked up at church.)
PASTOR CINDY’S EMAIL:
cgrf@richpoor.net
Home phone:
983-1913
PASTOR CINDY’S Cell phone: 208 507 1011 (Local call)
CHURCH WEBSITE:
www.gbgm-umc.org/grangevilleumc
CHURCH EMAIL ADDRESS:
grangevilleumc@mtida.net
United
Phone: 983-0310
Pastor:
Cindy Roberts
