Sherman
United Methodist Church
2336 East Andrew Road
Sherman, IL 62684-9646
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Regularly scheduled church services on Sundays
are:
First Service at 8:15 a.m. Childern's Church services are available for children thru 2nd grade at 8:15 a.m. in room 204
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Child care is also available for younger children in room 107
Second Service at 10:45 a.m. Click on the "Church Schedule"
button above for weekly church activity schedules
E-mail the Minister at: Rev. Mike Pennell 
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About
SUMC:
Sherman United Methodist Church(SUMC), Sherman, Illinois, is located in Central
Illinois
just north of Springfield, Illinois, the capital of Illinois. SUMC is a
small-medium size faith
driven church made up of agricultural, rural, small village and surrounding communities Christians.
Upcoming Events:
This column will
feature current and upcoming events at SUMC.:
within the United Metnodist Church.
Get in the Nothing But Nets Game!
BED NETS vs. MOSQUITOES
It's a fight to wipe out the Mosquitoes and slam dunk malaria!
The people of The United Methodist Church have joined with the United Nations Foundation,
NBA Cares, Sports Illustrated and others in support of Nothing But Nets, a global effort to end malaria,
a leading killer of thousands of children in Africa each year.
For only $10 you can save a life by buying a bed net to protect children and adults while they sleep.
Visit www.umc.org/nets to donate or to purchase a Nothing But Nets Game Plan Kit to help your church
or organization raise funds to save countless lives.
CONFIRMATION CLASS - 7th grade youth and older
Contact Pastor Mike and/or church office to be included in this year's class!
Confirmation explores the meaning of Christian Faith that leads to professing
one's faith in Christ and becoming a full member of the Church.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM on Sundays!
Age requirement - 8th grade and older
CAFE' WEDNESDAY Meal at 5pm: then Wdnesday evening activities
Bible studies, choir, bells, Crusaders follow after 6:00 pm
Contact the SUMC church office.
OUTREACH - Other Related
Activities;
(Here, on occasion, you will find information about activities
of our nearby affiliated congregations and other friends.)
The SUMC Prayer Chain is here for our personal, and immediate concerns
and needs. Please call the church office at: (496-2338) to have your special
needs included on the Prayer chain. You may also drop a note/card in the plate
on Sunday at church service if you prefer.
THE WEEK BEGINNING: November 8, 2009
CHURCH CALENDAR
Today: Sunday, November 8, 2009 - World Communion Sunday
Monday: November 9, 2009
Tuesday: November 10, 2009
11:00 a.m. -
Wednesday: November 11, 2009
Thursday: November 12, 2009
Friday: November 13, 2009
Saturday: November 14, 2009
Sunday: November 15, 2009 Church Office:
Mrs. Shirley Hopkins shermanumc@gcctv.com Sherman United Methodist Church
Staff Contact Information E-Mail Addresses telephone numbers Directing Pastor Rev. Mike Pennell mpennell@gcctv.com 217-496-3258 Director of Youth & Family Ministry Danny Motta mottafamily@casscomm.com 217-496-2570 Church Administrative Assistant Shirley Hopkins shermanumc@gcctv.com 217-496-2338 SUM Kids' Place Director Carmen Arnberger 217-496-2338 SUM Preschool Director Heather Hofferkamp 217-496-2338 SUMC Director of Music Ministry Melanie Pinter
grmekor78@gmail.com 217-496-2338 SUM Church Custodian Michael Folder 217-496-2338 SUMC Webmaster Cary Franks cfranks@gcctv.com " Our
Church Youth News Section. The Pastor's Corner From the Desk of Pastor Mike " JUST A THOUGHT .... for the week."
UMCOR aids the victims of disaster with basic necessities of clean water, clothing, blankets, toilet paper, food,
medicines, temporary shelters and more. Through UMCOR we can minister in ways we cannot do on our own. God bless everyone for what they are able
to do. -Pastor Mike ennell> The Week's Message given: ( October 18, 2009) (I may have my past several weeks' messages here for those who could not attend the services.)
Graham was a professional baseball player. He played in the minor leagues for 3 years before being called up to the NY Giants in May of 1905.
This turned out to be the only major league game in which Graham ever played. After toiling a few more years in the minors he earned a medical
In the movie when Kinsella meets the elderly Doc Graham (played by Burt Lancaster) he asks if he would like to go back and get his turn at bat
For me that is the best line in the whole movie. It speaks volumes about how a person can make a life for themselves and the temptations that
In one of his last columns the late Syd Harris wrote about a survey among youth and their dreams for the future. Most dreamed of making it big
Harris goes on to say that what the world needs more are people willing to knuckle down to do the hard work and make the sacrifices necessary
Last Sunday afternoon I drove up to Mason City to visit with a friend from high school. His mom lives there and he and his wife were visiting
My friend, on the other hand, ended up in the Navy and was sent to Vietnam. He was on the USS Enterprise when several bombs and planes
The drive to make it big according to the standards of man’s world is very appealing. But it can destroy a life in many ways. We see the evidence
When we are young it is normal to dream of becoming great in some spectacular way. But then when reality sets in and we don’t get to live our
God didn’t create the world to see people waste away their time and talents. Instead he came to give his life as a ransom to set us free us from
Some are born with names like Rockefeller, Kennedy or Bush and others aspire to be like them, but most of us are Moonlight Grahams. We live
The tragedy of this world is not the dreams of glory we never get to live. The tragedy is not becoming the best parent can be, or best spouse,
Jesus said that the standard for greatness in God’s world is this: “Whoever wants to be first, must be the slave of all. Even the Son of Man came
Only a few will ever become a Rockefeller, a Mel Gibson, a Michael Jackson, or an Albert Pujols. But we can all be a ‘Moonlight’ Graham who
We can all be a ‘Moonlight’ Graham by using our gifts and graces to be the best person God created us to be. And lest we despair sometimes
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman.
We don’t have to become someone else to make a great life. We just have to be ourselves, love God and our neighbor and God will be there to
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past previous week's Sermon or Guest Speaker
(Mike Pennell)
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SUMC Youth
Page and Info Danny
Motta, Director of Youth & Family Ministry L.Y.N.K. January 11 - LAST CHANCE! $50 Ski Trip Deposit Due Today! Next Week - January 18 Bible Study after until 8:30 Looking Ahead • Ski Trip
Feb 12-14 • Fire-Up
Feb 20-22 • Talent Show
March 15th Poet's
Corner: From
our SUMC poet laurate, Marti Kelly Christ
In Our Lives 12-19-2004 Christmas is coming; Shopping is nearly done All year longChrist is in
our hearts My hope is that Christ will
be Merry Christmas to all
Marti Kelly Blessed
Friend You asked for me to write
you a poem I'm always glad to see you It's always nice to know Before each church service
begins May God bless you and your
family
Marti Kelly Sherman
UMC Links from here - coming shortly Church Pictures & Directory JOB POSITION(s) OPEN AT SHERMAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sherman
United Methodist Church No
positions are currently available. Sherman United Methodist Preschool can be
found at: The space for this web site has been
provided courtesy of the General Board of Global Ministries,
8:15 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School
10:45 a.m. - 2nd Worship Service
5:15 p.m. - Youth Drama Group
6:00 p.m. - Youth Group
7:30 p.m. - Youth Bible Study
6:00 p.m. - 3rd Grade Basketball
6:30 p.m. - 4th Grade Weeblos
7:00 p.m. - Boy/Cub Scouts
7:00 p.m. - Troop 330
3:00 p.m. - 5:00pm - Kids Place Tutoring
6:30 p.m. - Blessed Assurance
6:00 p.m. - Brownies
6:00 p.m. - Zumba Latin Dance Fitness
6:30 p.m. - Weeblos - Den 8
7:00 p.m. - 2nd Grade Girls Basketball
8:00 p.m. - Men’s Basket Ball
7:00 a.m. - Methodist Men - Ray's Route 66 Diner
10:00 a.m. - Prayer Group
11:00 a.m. - His Alone @ Rte. 66
3:00 p.m. - Kids Place Tutoring
3:00 p.m. - Cub Scouts Den 3
6:00 p.m. - Chancel Choir
6:00 p.m. - Adult Bible Study (Room 104)
7:00 p.m. - Crusaders
7:30 p.m. - Administrative Council Mtg
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Kids Place Tutoring
6:00 p.m. - Zumba Latin Dance Fitness
7:00 p.m. - 5th Grade Girls Basketball
6:00 p.m. - 3rd Grade Boys Basket Ball
6:00 p.m. - Scouts Pop Corn Orders
8:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Scouts Pop Corn Pick Up
8:15 a.m. - 1st Worship Service
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School
10:45 a.m. -Second Service
3:00 p.m. - Cub Scouts - Tiger Den
5:15p.m. - Youth Band
6:00 p.m. - Youth Group
7:30 p.m. - Youth Bible Study
Directing Pastor: Rev. Mike Pennell -- Rev. Mike Pennell Home phone:
496-3258
Several Sesquicential Plates are still available.
should make your checks ($18.00 each) out to: SUM Women.
"Nibblin Cookbooks" are still available in the church office for $12.
Recently I was watching a rerun of Field of Dreams, the 1989 movie about life and baseball, starring Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella. One of my October 18, 2009 September 27, 2009
Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45
by Mike Pennell
favorite scenes in this is the one where Kinsella meets Moonlight Graham.
For several weeks he sat on the bench, but then on June 29 the Giants were playing Brooklyn. In the bottom of the 8th inning Graham was sent
in to play right field. In the top of the 9th, he was on deck to bat next. But the hitter ahead of him made the third out. Graham played right field in
the bottom of the 9th but never came to bat.
degree from Maryland University. In 1909 Doc Graham now began his medical practice in Chisholm, Minnesota where he served the residents
there for 50 years. From 1915 to 1959 he was the doctor for the Chisholm schools. The Graham Scholarship Fund was established in his honor
to provide financial assistance to two graduating seniors each year, $500 each. Graham died in 1965 and is buried in Rochester, Minnesota.
in the majors. “It would be a tragedy, if you never got to live your dream.” And Graham says: “No son, if I had stayed in baseball and never
became a doctor now that would have been a tragedy.”
can lead us astray.
in some way when they grew up. They wanted to be a great baseball player like Babe Ruth or Albert Pujols. Or a famous entertainer like Elvis
or Michael Jackson. They wanted to make a lot of money and have fancy cars and homes and jewelry. Their dreams all revolved around making
it big in life for themselves.
to do Big Things for the greater good of one’s community and the world at large. Big Things like finding cures for disease; eradicating poverty
and hunger; making peace; and the best citizen one can be in one’s community. Doing big things means living for a goal beyond one’s self and
even beyond one’s own lifetime.
from Colorado. He’s the son of a UM Pastor. We talked for about 1 ½ hours. He shared that after high school he worked for Vista in West
Virginia. Vista was designed as a domestic version of the Peace Corps. Among those he worked with was a fellow by the name of Jay as in
Rockefeller. After the year was up they parted ways. Rockefeller went on to become Governor and now Senator from West Virginia.
exploded. He was okay but the blast killed 80 sailors. After the service he settled near Denver, started working for an airline and got married.
He showed me pictures of his family. He’s a grandfather now. He still works at the Denver airport where he is in charge of handling freight. He
makes $20 an hour and is looking forward to retirement.
of it every day in the news of broken homes and families, violence at school or in the work place and in heated political debates. There is so
much unhappiness that leads to desperation. Last April was the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School killings when two seniors, Dylan
Klebold and Eric Harris let their frustrations drive them to go on a killing spree. When it was over 12 students and one teacher were dead and 24
wounded. This was one of the largest school shootings of all time.
super dream for happiness, greatness, success, the temptation is to turn to some kind of addiction. Or, turn violent against those who seem to
have it made. Or become bitter about the unfairness of life and harbor prejudices against anyone who are all ruts and they lead to a dead end.
There are a big waste because we leave our own potential untapped because we dream to be like someone else rather than ourselves.
the power of those sins which cause us to miss the mark. “Would it be a tragedy not to live your dream?” ‘No, my son, not becoming the best
person God created you to be; now that would be a tragedy.’
common lives and are never known beyond a small circle of family and friends. The one thing we all have in common though is we are human.
We make of our lives what we choose to make of them by utilizing whatever gifts and graces we have to be the best person we can be.
teacher, farmer, lawyer, pastor, employee, doctor, nurse, or whatever we choose to do with the time and talent we are given. Sure, some will go
on to become rich and famous. But most do not. Does that mean those who don’t are nobodies? That somehow they have failed in life? Of
course not.
not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”(MK 10:44f)
chose quality of life over quantity of life as his guiding principle. He chose a path that was important for a whole community rather than just for
himself. He ended up being revered even though most never knew about him beyond Chisholm, Minnesota until the movie came along. Yet,
without the movie his life was already a success. There are many more like him. In fact the overwhelming majority are like him.
when we think all is for naught and our 2 cents worth of a life doesn’t matter much in a big world then we only have to remember the story of the
one who chose the God standard of greatness who came to serve rather than to be served, to drink the cup of sacrifice and to be baptized in
death. His was not a single solitary life but much more. And he made a difference. As someone anonymous as written of this One Solitary Life.
He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop till he was thirty.
Then for three years he was a traveling preacher.
He never wrote a book.
He never held an office.
He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where he was born.
He did none of the things one usually associates with greatness.
He was only 33 when the tide of public opinion turned against him.
He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race and the leader of humanity’s progress.
All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the kings that ever reigned have not affected the life of human persons as much
as that One Solitary Life. -Anonymous
help us become all that we can be.
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and family: Karen, Josiah, Asa, and Mara
"Least You Need To
Know!"
This Week:
And last chance to sign up!
Youth Group 6-7:30pm
Drama Practice5:30 p.m.
Youth Group 6-7:30pm
Band Practice 5:30 p.m.
see Ski Trip LYNK for details
Sr. High sign up now!
• Summer Youth Mission
Trip July 5-12 We're going
To Athens, GA!
- Sign up now! - Ask a friend to come!
6:00 p.m.
SIGN UP NOW!!
all ages young and old are
encouraged to sign up to perform!
or other contributors.
It is getting very near.
Our thoughts are focussed,
On those we hold near.
Our tree is up and decorated.
Christ is in our hearts
As His birth is celebrated.
And His birthday is special for all
Plans begin way ahead
Focus begins in the Fall.
With everyone all year,
And that He will lead us all
To love and care and no fear.
Live the life Christ showed us
Bless those in your life
And love without fuss.
So here I go . . . where it will end,
I don't know.
with your smile upon your face
And sit and visit with you
when I sit in my church place.
Someone you can trust
Who makes you feel quite happy
which is a daily must.
I have a friend to talk to
Friendship is one of God's blessings
Connecting with others is what we should do.
May he bring you happiness
Success and family love
And forgive when you confess.
March 28, 2004
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