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September 2014

Merrill Worship Services Sunday Service 10:30am

Wednesday Service 6:30pm (Sept.- May)

Wildwood Worship Services Sunday Service 9:00am

Adult Bible Study! Join us starting Sept. 7 as we continue working our way through the New Testament, starting with the Acts of the Apostles. We will meet every Sunday at 9am in the Gathering Room through Oct. 26. Class will then resume January 4, 2015. Please bring your Bible! (We will not meet on Sept. 14 due to the church picnic)

50th Anniversary celebration of the merger of Grace and Scott churches will be celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Christ Church Join us for Coffee Fellowship starting at 9am, followed by worship at 10:30. We will welcome back some of our previous pastors, share memories of days gone by, enjoy special music and pictures. Invite your families to celebrate 50 years!

Wednesday Night Worship resumes September 3rd! 6:30 pm Gathering Room

Join us on Friday, September 19th for a Door County Fish Boil 4:30pm - 6:30pm. All You Can Eat! Fish, potatoes and dessert will be served. Adults: $10.00 Kids: $7.00 (ages 5-12) Kids 4 and under free

Proceeds will go towards community ramp building by our Men’s Group.

Purchase tickets in advance in the church office, or at the door.

Sunday, September 14th 10:30am at Kitchenette Park

Join us in the park for worship, special music, food, and fellowship!

Bring your lawn chair and a dish to pass!

Wildwood Chapel invites you on Thursday, Sept 25th at 5:00pm for a presentation and potluck with the Gabler’s. The Gabler’s are missionaries currently serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

HALLILEUIA!!!!

The Warm & Dry Committee is excited to an-

nounce the final figures for our Capital

Improvement Campaign. We received the bids

for the replacement of the furnaces and they are

lower than expected!! Yea! We haven’t

committed yet, but have plan A and B.

To finish our projects…we need $3500 by

Oct. 1st. That is only 12.5% of our total project.

We have been faithful at giving to this project as

a church family. We hope that those of you who

haven’t made a gift will do so now that we are

so near. Thank you all and thank you God for

helping us open our hearts.

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Scrip can be purchased every Sunday, or in the

office during the week.

Orders will go out the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s of

each month. Please keep this in mind when

placing upcoming special orders.

We have Overstock of Culvers and Chips!

Stock up now!

RED BUCKET

The first Sunday in September we will pass the Red Bucket. The collection will go towards supporting Mujilla Falls.

UM Men will meet Saturday, Sept. 13th at 9:00am at church.

All men are welcome!

Christ Church has 3 Women’s Groups that meet monthly. The three groups come together at times during the year for fellowship or planning. If you would like more information about one of these groups or to join them, please contact: Joy Circle: Jan Neale at 715-536-8335 Ruth Circle: Nancy English at 715-536-6885 Women’s Evening Fellowship: Violet Woller at 715-539-2906

C H R I S T M E T H O D I S T W O M E N

Ruth Circle: Wednesday, Sept. 3rd 1:00pm -----------------------------------------------

Joy Circle: Tuesday, Sept. 9th 9:30 am at Marilyn Wright’s

----------------------------------------------- Women’s Evening Fellowship: Tuesday, Sept. 9th at 6:30pm

Project: Phantom Lunch Letters Host: Vi Woller

Attention all Choir Members and potential Choir Members: It’s fall again and you know what that means?! Choir begins to share the gift of our ministry of music in our church. The first rehearsal will be Wed., Sept. 17th at 7:00pm. Rehearsals are every Wednesday after that. Our first Sunday that we will be singing is at the 50th Anniversary of Christ Methodist on Sept. 28th! I’m looking forward to another wonderful year of praising our Lord through song. Come join us with your talents of song! -Choir Director, Cheryl Schulz

Aug. 6: 55 served

Aug. 13: 50 served

Aug. 20: 45 served

Aug. 27: 60 served

Thank you to all who

helped prepare and

serve this summer!

In preparation for All Saints Day on November 2nd, please let us know of loved ones or friends that have passed away since October 2013 that we can include in service that day.

UM Men are building a ramp. Contact Joe Kretschmer for date and time! Many hands make light and joyful work!

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Sunday, Sept. 7th Communion

Debbie Bernhard 9/10

Kristyn Remington 9/12

Connie Stein 9/17

Harriet Hodgson 9/18

Betty Forster 9/19

Randy Bellin 9/26

WW United Methodist Women

will meet On Thursday, Sept. 4th at 1:00pm

September Cleaning Schedule:

7 Rene’

14 Rene’

21 Ron & Darlene

28 Ron & Darlene

Please remember your food donations. Sept. and October Food Pantry donations will go to the Merrill Food Pantry.

Dime-A-Week for September - May will go

towards ‘Imagine No Malaria’

Thank you to the UMW for the $500 donation towards the Warm & Dry Campaign!

We are putting together a list of sub’s for Christ Church for when our regular employees are out. The areas we are looking at are Custodian, Groundskeeper, and Secretary. If you would like to be on the list for any of these positions, please let the office know. Job descriptions can also be picked up in the office.

Thank you for your prayers, cards, visits, and

flowers. --Carol Remington

Last spring Rev. Dan Dick and 15 members of Christ Church gathered to look ahead to the future of our church. We discovered, through the course of our discussion that CARE is the number one goal on our hearts. Care for our members: equipping members to care for each other; care for our com-munity: equipping people to serve in caring ways; and cultivating a caring culture towards global and mission needs. Since our discussion last spring, our Administrative Council and other commit-tees have looked at the three-fold vision that was created to see if it is indeed in line with the hearts of Christ Church members. So far, we think that we are right on track. That means that it is time to take action. Now is the time for us to work together to train, to practice, and to enhance our caring ministry’s. We are ready to worship God as we serve our neighbors, with care. Do you have an idea on how we can move forward with this three-fold vision? Do you want to help us narrow or widen our scope? Your input is always welcome! Please share your thoughts with each other and with the members of Administrative Council. We look forward to being disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the World! Christ Church's three-fold vision for caring ministries:

care for existing members, and equipping existing members to care for each other care for community and equipping people for outreach and to serve in caring ways cultivating a caring culture for global and mission outreach

From Christ Church Finance Committee To the people of Christ Church: Recently there have been some questions regarding Apportionments and the budget. To clear some of the questions: the Apportionments (Connectional Giving) are part of our operating budget, not a separate piece of finance. We have not contributed our 100% apportionment for 5 years. In order to get back to 100% giving, the Finance Committee along with the Administrative Council set a goal to meet 70% of our total Apportionment for this year. We are currently behind in that giving. As of August 18, 2014 we are at $4,703.00. We will need a total of $13,340.00 to meet our 70% goal. At the end of last year our total Apportionment giving was $10,730 or 60% of our ex-pected connectional giving. If we were to divide the total apportionment by the 183 members that we have, it would be $105.00 per person. We share this number simply because we have been asked, not because we think of it as each person’s obligation. We don’t look at our whole budget that way so we would not look at one line item, like this one, in that manner either. Recently, we have been asked, “Can you just bill me my portion of the Apportionment?”. Well, no. It is not a bill to you any more than 183rd of the heat or the light bills are and it is not how we as a congregation look at our budget. The other item of great interest that we have worked on recently is our mortgage. In May our mortgage was due for refinancing, as it is with business loans. When we refinanced, our payment decreased by approximately $400 (loan rates are better than before!). The length of the loan has not changed: still 30 years from when we started or 25 years from now. Although our required payment is lower than before, the Finance Committee has committed to sending an additional $200 for the principle. This will help us to pay down the loan in less than 25 years. The purpose of this article is to keep everyone aware of our current financial situation. If you have any questions regarding any of the finances of the church, please feel free to discuss this with any of the Finance Committee members. Lisa Gervais - Chris Sarver - John Swope - Lana Lowe - Tony Kusserow - Joy Malitz - Sharon Herandez - Little Jo Hernandez - Shelly Hasenberg

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Wisconsin Conference - Circuit 9 Churches

First UMC

Merrill: Christ & Wildwood Chapel UMC’s

Medford UMC

Dorchester: Salem UMC

Mosinee UMC Rib Lake UMC

River Falls UMC Wesley UMC

Highland UMC (Rothschild)

MEDFORD CHARGE: The Fall Rummage Sale will be Thursday, September 25th from 8 am-5 pm, and Friday, September 26th from 8 am to 1 pm. Location: Medford UMC Fellowship Hall. Come and check out all the treasures!

Highland UMC: Sept. 3 Purling Pearls at 7 p.m. Sept. 10 Admin. Council at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14, 21, 28 Hmong language worship at 11 a.m. Sunday School: Children’s Sunday School will begin after worship services on September 7th. The first quarter lessons will be stories from the Old Testament. In September, the topics will be creation, humans being created in God’s image, Noah, and from Ecclesiastes, a time for everything. I Care: The I Care Fund for September will go to the Out of the Darkness campaign for research and suicide prevention education.

Mosinee UMC will be hosting a church auction Saturday, September 6. Items for sale include antiques and furniture, appliances, tools, collectibles, kitchen gadgets, sporting equipment and more! Registration opens at 9:00am and the bidding begins at 10:00am. Church members will serve a pulled-pork lunch as well. Funds raised will support the Mission Guatemala trip planned for 2015 and the general church budget. For more information, contact Julie Baker (715-846-3934).

LifeTree Cafe for Wednesday, September 24 will focus on "Family Secrets: What Mama Never Told Us." Enjoy coffee, light refreshments and some great discussion. Eileen Fox leads this program, which begins at 6:30pm. For more information, contact Mike Strasburg (715-581-6462).

Wesley UMC: Wednesday, September 17, Fall Activities begin again! Please feel free to join us for Wonderful Wednesdays! 5:30 PM—Free meal along with around-the-table worship 6:30 PM—Kids Club for grades 1-5; Jr. High Youth Group for grades 6-7; Sr. High Youth Group for those Confirmed trough grade 12, and Confirmation Class for those in 7th grade and older. 6:30 PM—Handbell rehearsal; Chancel Choir rehearsal at 7:15.

Accountable Leadership Meeting September 14

Rev. Dick Jones will talk about a new, optional model for church administration called "Accountable Leadership" at Mosinee UMC Sunday afternoon, September 14, 2:00-4:00pm. This model replaces the bulk of church committees with a single leadership council, with some members of the council taking specific responsibility for trustees, SPRC, and finance. For more information, contact Pastor Park Hunter at Mosinee (715-551-2041 or [email protected]) or Rev. Dick Jones (920-369-6345 or [email protected]).

For All ChurchesFor All ChurchesFor All ChurchesFor All Churches

Prayer On the Mountain September 28

Join other Methodists from Circuit 9 for a picnic dinner and evening prayer

service on top of Rib Mountain Sunday, September 28.

We'll gather around 4:00pm for fellowship. Hot dogs and drinks will be

provided by the churches; you may bring a side dish or dessert to share if you

wish. Our prayer service in the amphitheater will be at 6:30pm. There is no

cost for this event, but Rib Mountain State Park charges an admission fee for

each car. For more information, contact your church office.

Rain location: Wesley UMC.

Conference InformationConference InformationConference InformationConference Information LAUNCHING CIRCUIT 2.0

Clergy and laity circuit leadership are invited to attend Circuit 2.0 Open Launch Events that will ex-plain and empower us to engage in the sweeping changes ahead for our Conference..

There will be two (2) workshops in each region and participants should plan on attending both. The first workshop will be: "Congregation as Discipleship System" and the second workshop will be: “Community Research and Off-Stage Leadership."

All clergy and laity are encouraged to attend! Contact the church office to sign-up or just show up.

October 5 and November 2 at Black River Falls UMC from 1:30--5:30pm

Basic Lay Speaking Ministry This course is the foundation for all the other Learning & Leading courses. In this course you are encouraged to discover and employ personal spiritual gifts as God intended. Participants are invited to consider the importance of exercising servant leadership, developing future leaders, remaining rooted in consistent spiritual practices, and being part of a group that holds members accountable in their discipleship. The course offers guidelines for best practices as a church leader and in mission and ministry in the community and in daily life. Taught by: Pastor Loretta Waughtal & Pastor Deb Hastings Cost for book: $11 Held at: Tomahawk UMC, 1104 School Road, Tomahawk October 18 & 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register by: Sept. 15, call Robert Schmidtbauer at Tomahawk UMC, 715-453-4378

Advanced Class: Dancing with Words For people of faith, storytelling has special meaning. We are people of the story, and we seek to identify and share our stories in nearly everything we do. Dancing with Words provides help for all church leaders to explore the history and importance of storytelling in faith development and to acquire basic storytelling skills. You will discover that storytelling can enable hearers to view history, values, culture, faith, life lessons, and other critical elements in ways that may be easily assimilated in memory. Taught by: Pastor Jerry Morris September 27 and October 4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Held at: Wausau First UMC, 903 Third St. Wausau Cost for book: $14 Register by: September 15, call Arlene Trull at 715-842-2201 or email: [email protected]

At Christ United Methodist Church, our Sunday school classes meet monthly on either the 3rd or 4th Sunday of

each month (see schedule below). Classes are held from 9:00 – 10:15am for children in grades K-5.

We hope to see you in our NEW classroom (next to the church office) on Sunday Sept. 28!

- Amy & Kelli, Co-Teachers/Superintendants

Sept. 28 (50th Anniversary Celebration Theme) Oct. 26 (Annual Halloween Party) Nov. 23 (Christ the King Sunday) Dec. 21 (Christmas)

Questions? Please call the church office at 715-536-4676.

Ready to share your gifts? Want to learn more about speaking in worship?

Jan. 18 Feb. 15 (Prepare Ashes for Ash Wednesday/Lent) March 29 (Palm Sunday) April 26 May 10 (Mother’s Day)

A note from Pastor Angie A note from Pastor Angie A note from Pastor Angie A note from Pastor Angie “We are born innocent” words from Adia a song sung by Sarah McLachlan. We celebrated that innocence recently in the baptism of Connor. It was good! Good to see that God’s love is active, full of life, and full of love. It was good! A couple of people have asked me about Connor’s family. Some want to know what church they go to, and others ask about how we are connected to him. Many have just shared the excitement that I have with welcoming more children into the fold of Christian love. One of the discussion topics that took very little time at the introduction meeting that I had with the Staff Parish Relations Committee before I was placed here had to do with Baptism. It was a short discussion because we all agreed! Christ United Methodist Church and Wildwood Chapel are places where everyone can come with to share in the love of Christ. We will be churches that are available for the milestones in the lives of our members, our friends, and our community. Milestones like baptism, weddings, or funerals; in fact, we will be more than avail-able, we will be welcoming. What a great opportunity to open our hearts, minds, and doors in the name of Love! I feel very blessed that my parents choose for me to receive the sacrament of Baptism. I don’t remember it; I don’t even know if I could find a picture from the day, but I do know that it is a fundamental part of my faith story. The promise made in baptism was carried out, to the best of abilities, and I was surrounded by a community of believers. We ask the same questions of support and encouragement from all of you when we baptize here. We ask similar questions when people get married or when we have Confirmation. We ask you, the people who find their faith home here, to be community for the innocent children of God. Thank you for saying yes! Thank you for car-rying out the acts of love and faith; the acts of community and relationship; the commitment of raising up OUR

CHILDREN in God’s everlasting love! THANK YOU!-Pastor Angie

“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, inter-

cessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone” --1

Timothy 2:1

As a community that deeply cares for each other and

desires to pray for one another, we share our praises

and our concerns. The hope is that we will lift our

voice and hearts in prayer to God. When we all pray,

we open up our hearts to God’s work in our lives as a

community. There is comfort gained when our friends

and family are lifting up our prayers. Would you join

us in praying this month for the

concerns of our community?

Please share with us your prayers. You can let Pastor

Angie or Jackie know of additions to this list. Jesus

promises in Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three

are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

For those who are ill or healing:

Carol Seehafer

Janet Rethaber

Ralph Neale

With those who are mourning loss:

John & Cindy Swope family

Ready to dig deeper into the scriptures? Do you desire to get together during the week?

This fall we will begin the Disciple Bible Study program. This intense, four-year study, can be overwhelming, especially to those of us that ques-tion our own Biblical knowledge. So we are going to start with something a bit more manageable. Disciple Fast-Track is a 24-week study that meets for 75 minutes each week. Pastor Angie will facilitate this study.

Sign-up now in the office!

Sunday’s at 4 p.m. in the Gathering Room September 14 - November 30

Then break until after the New Year! Materials will be available before our 1st class.

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staffed. Please call or e-mail the church office, or sign up on the back table.

WORSHIP LEADER

September 7 Michael Bergmann

September 14 Dawn Schroder-Silvela

September 21 Violet Woller

September 28 Carol Donner

PEACE CANDLE

September 7 Rosemary Schielke

September 14 Church Picnic

September 21 Ginny Schaper


COUNTING TEAM

September 7 3

September 14 4

September 21 1

September 28 2

ACOLYTES

September 7 Rachel Bergmann


September 21 Rachel Bergmann

September 28 Daniel Ricci

SCRIP SALES

September 7 Little Jo Hernandez


September 21 Dawn Schroder-Silvela

September 28 Sheila Drury

GREETERS



September 21

September 28 Little Jo & Sharon

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

September 7 Rosemary Schielke


September 21 Bob & Cindy Klessig

September 28 50th Anniversary and

Worship Committees

NURSERY

September 7 Colleen & Jordan


September 21 Sharon & Little Jo

September 28 Tanya Sliwinski

FOOD PANTRY

Deliver Week of Sept. 28: Sharon Schmidt

The counting teams need a couple more volunteers to add into the monthly rotation. Would you consider staying after worship once a month for 30 minutes to prepare our gifts for the bank?

Volunteer Treasurer Needed!

Ask the office for a job description. Anticipated start date in October, working with the current treasurer until January.

Special Music for Fall!

Sing, dance, play a song? We would love to have you share

your gifts with us!

Contact Dee Koepke to make arrangements

Home: 715-722-0166

Christ United Methodist Birthdays

Bob Klessig 9/3

Sally Gavic 9/4

Phil Drew 9/5

Julie Harvey 9/5

Wayne Marrier 9/6

Lora Daniek 9/7

Michael Clark 9/9

Charlie Hoffman 9/10

Riley Olson-Sliwinski 9/12

Lily Berndt 9/13

Jay Ellen Brown 9/14

Tom Fox 9/14

Scott McGregor 9/16

Jim Hasenberg 9/17

Kay Hall 9/18

Jay Schnur 9/19

Searra Turner 9/21

Jerry Lillie 9/22

Susan Sternot 9/22

Lincoln Berndt 9/27

Stan Gavic 9/27

John Wallace 9/27

Sharon Hernandez 9/29

S.H.O.U.T. Youth Group

Dinner and Youth Group Planning time! When: Sunday, September 7th Where: CUMC basement Time: 5:00pm - 6:30 pm Bring: friends and family and a dish to pass if you can --we will need desserts & bread or rolls to go with our Italian cuisine! You will be surrounded by: Good food - good friends - good conversation Dinner is always better when you are there! Don't miss the FUN and a sneak preview of upcoming events! See you there- RSVPs welcome

Care Committee Update

We will be walking in the Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 1st at 10:00am

We are ordering church t-shirts to wear in the parade. There will be extra’s for sale; in-formation will be in future bulletins.

Note from Trustee’s Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 6 pm the Trustee’s invite you come and help clean up the building. Any items that look out of place will be brought to the basement (by electrical box). The trustee’s ask that you pick out the items that belong to your group or committee and put them away. All items not claimed will be thrown away on Fri., September 26.

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