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Office Hours Mon-Fri 9am-3pm Phone: 765-778-8074 www.pendletonfirst.org
First United Methodist Church Ministries, Inc. Pendleton Campus
225 W. State Street—Pendleton Worship: Sunday @ 9:45 a.m.
Adult, Children & Youth Sunday School: Sunday @ 11:00 a.m.
Ingalls Campus 301 N. Alfonte Street—Ingalls
Worship: Sunday @ 10:30 a.m—Sunday School @11:30
Connect—Grow—Commit—Serve Feb. 2018
—Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the World
Inside this Issue: Church Camp Info—pg. 3 Church Council News—pg. 5 Family Ministry—pg. 3 Family Ministry E-mail List—pg. 3 Family Night Sock-Hop—pg. 3 Food Pantry News— pg. 6 Little Free Library—pg. 2 Monthly Calendar—pg. 8 Pastor’s Note—pg. 1 Scouting Award of Merit—pg. 6 Special Events—pg. 7 United Methodist Men—pg. 5 Vacation Bible School—pg. 6 Youth Illustrated—pg. 4
February Special Events: Feb. 4—Holy Communion Feb. 4—Youth Football Party Feb. 5—Stephen Ministry Feb. 7—Anita’s Fundraiser Feb. 11—Scout Sunday Feb. 14—Ash Wednesday Feb. 18—Sunday School Open House
Feb. 19—Bob Evan’s Fundraiser Feb. 23—Family Fun Night 50’s Sock-Hop
Special Sundays
We can find the example of evangelism in Matthew 28:16ff just before Jesus returned to God after the resurrection. “Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
February is the month of LOVE as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, and Jesus teachings show us we are to ‘Love God ‘and ‘Love our neighbor.’ He also told us how to love our neighbor, which I call
the four acts for Jesus. They are Evangelism, Mission, promote Peace and Justice, and Nurturing, which includes worship. We are
able to find specific sayings of Jesus for each one of these.
FOUR ACTS
for JESUS
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Four Acts for Jesus (continued from page 1)
Contact the Staff of First UMC
Doug Walker, Senior Pastor [email protected]
Kyle Hupfer, Lay Leader [email protected]
Donna Wood, Dir. of Serve/Church Administrator
Susan Barrett, Dir. of Grow [email protected]
Tammy McKean, Campus Preacher & Printed Media
Dustin Ritz, Youth Leader [email protected]
Karen Finnigan, Dir. Of Connect/Health & Wellness
Office Hours 225 W. State Street—Pendleton Mon-Fri 9am-3pm Phone: 765-778-8074 www.pendletonfirst.org Fax: 765-778-1125
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."” In Matthew 25:37ff Jesus instructs us about mission in his one of his teachings on the kingdom: "Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' "The King will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' We can find Jesus mandate for peace & justice in one of his early visits to a synagogue where he told us of one of the reasons Jesus was here. What Jesus does, we should do as well. This is in Luke 4—16ff ‘He [Jesus] went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." This is from Isaiah 61:1,2. Nurturing can be found in John in one of the appearances of Jesus at the lakeshore after the resurrection. Nurturing includes teaching, worshiping, and encouraging. It is found in John 21:15ff “When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "You know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep.
You are invited to read for yourself these passages in the Bible and act in love accordingly. Pastor Doug
Street on our Pendleton Campus property. This is the Eagle Scout project of Evan Humphrey, from Troop 232. The free-standing library holds 25-30 books, which may be borrowed on the honor system. Users are encouraged to TAKE A BOOK—LEAVE A BOOK
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
First UMC Ministries is now a site of a Little Free Library, which was placed near West
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Camp Lakewood 2018 is July 29th—August 1st If you have a child in 3rd-6th grade this is the camp for you! We also need counselors, if you are 15 years or older please consider being a part of our team! Registration is now open; if you need help registering or have questions please see Susan Barrett.
On February 23rd we will have an all church Sock Hop! We will travel back to the 50s and 60s and everyone is encouraged to dress for the occasion. Dig out your poodle skirts, leather jackets and saddle shoes. Jim Noggle will be our DJ for the night and he will be bringing trivia, contests and plenty of music to make this a memorable night for everyone. We will have a Senior Picture contest that night too. All high school graduates are invited to bring in a senior picture before February 20th. These pictures will be displayed and the person who can correctly identify the most graduates will win a prize. We would also like to display memorabilia throughout the years. If you have a letter jacket, yearbook, or any special item that we could share in our display please drop it off at the church office. For more information contact Susan Barrett
Family
night
Our first family fun night was a big success with lot of laughs and excitement. The evening consisted of pizza, a scavenger hunt, and making family prayer boxes. These family nights are designed to give parents, grandparents, and kids a place to relax and have fun in a Christian environment. These nights will take place the last Friday of the month and vary each month. Many of our events will be for our entire congregation to come together as one family.
New First Family Weekly Emails
If you would like to receive a weekly email with reminders, updates and info for our children and youth please fill out the info sheet in the atrium or contact Susan Barrett to sign up. These emails will be sent each Tuesday to keep everyone informed and up to date. With so many exciting things happening here at Pendleton First with our children, youth, and families this will be another way to stay informed.
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C.R.E.W. is a student ministry at Pendleton First that serves any student ages 7th-12th grade. CREW meets every Sunday night from 5:30-7:30. A typical night consists of dinner and icebreaker/games, high-energy and/or team games, a Biblical message and small group time. On Friday January 19th-21st we took 14 students and 7 adult leaders on our annual Youth Winter Retreat. For the retreat, we travel up o a campground in Jones, Michigan called “Bair Lake Bible Camp.” The students had an awesome time. The weekend was filled with some high-energy games and activities like: rockwall climbing, ice wall climbing, snow tubing, basketball, dodgeball and CLOSE TO the greatest game ever invented-“Broomball” which is hockey played with a broom and a ball-on ice with no skates-just straight boots or tennis shoes! The games were competitive, and although there were no fights or injuries (which is a good thing) there were quite a few “slips” and”falls” on the ice (which I am sure were felt the next morning!) The students had the opportunity to grow closer to God throughout the weekend as we talked about being a “Game Changer,” stepping out and making a difference for the Kingdom of God. We had a great time!
Our Wednesday Night Youth, called “4:12” continued to meet each Wednesday. We have some stellar students come out to 4:12. We play games, eat pizza and have a lesson at the end. “4:12” meets every Wednesday Night from 6-8 p.m. at the church.
Our pre-teen youth group, called Impact 4-5-6 serves any students ages 4th-6th grade and we meet the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month from 4-5:30 p.m. at the church. On Sunday Feb 4th we will be having a football party in honor of the upcoming Super Bowl. Pizza will be served!
Very excited to see what God has in story for our student ministry in 2018. God Bless, Dustin
Back from the holidays, a little post holiday-blues may have been in the
air, but our students and student leaders were ready to start off a
new year. Our youth groups continued to meet weekly
throughout January, and we had some good times, as always.
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First United Methodist Church Ministries Pendleton and Ingalls
Church Council Happenings Jan. 10, 2018
In Attendance- Pastor Doug, Jack Wilson, Jen Roberts, Kelsey Maddox, Donna Wood, Randy Rosenkrans, Joe Downing, Dale Starks. 7:00 Devotions (5 Min.) Pastor Doug Acceptance of (10 min.)
Minutes/ Happenings- Approved with correction about the church requesting that it be removed from the proposed waterfront district
Reports sent (possible list): Trustees/ Facilities; SPRC; CONNECT/ Evangelism; GROW/ Education; COMMIT/ Worship; SERVE/ Missions
Finance- All Reports were approved. Tithe Motion was made and approved to make the final end of year tithe payment of 7862.00 to meet
70% of our tithe owed. Jack asked Donna to reflect that as Accounts payable in the Dec. P & L report for next years
reference. 7:30 New Items
Introduction of our New Council Members-Joe Downing, and Dale Starks. Each Council member introduced themselves and what area they represent by sitting on the Council.
Pastor Doug reviewed the Operating Principles this Church Council employs using the Single Board Church Model.
2018 Budget was viewed and approved for $518,734. Playground update- Kelsey and Jen presented a proposed budget for the playground remodel. Budget
was not within our goal, therefore, Kelsey will write a grant to the South Madison Community Foundation for funds to help complete the project. If the grant comes back lower than 15k, we will consider using volunteers for some of the work. Motion passed for Kelsey to write the grant.
Next Council meeting is scheduled for Feb. 14th which is Ash Wednesday. Feb. meeting has been moved to Feb. 21st.
What is the policy on bringing food and coffee in the Sanctuary? Wording in the bulletin that politely asks people to take their trash with them when they leave.
Old Items Discussion of Dream List – An idea was presented that we could become a missional church at Ingalls by serving breakfast every Sunday and then having worship. No action was taken. FYI: Upcoming Events Feb. 21st- Introduction to New definition of Missional Church by book, Shaped by God’s Heart 8:30 Adjourn Next Regular Meeting: Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018 Devotion sign up: Jan _Doug Feb _Randy Mar ______ Apr _Jen May _Jack Jun_______ Jul _Dale Aug _Donna Sep _Joe Oct _Kelsey Nov ______ Dec ________
Over the past several years, the United Methodist Men have worked toward their goal of paying down the church’s debt. Since they undertook this goal, the United Methodist Men have contributed $147,894.00 toward eliminating the church debt, including $8,500 in 2017. UMM thanks all who have supported their fundraising efforts in the past, and encourage the church family to continue to do so. Events which are planned for this year include the Guy’s Garage Sale, on May 4th & 5th and a Community Fish Fry on June 22th and on September 28th.
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We are changing how we recommend contributions to the Food Pantry; we will
change our suggested items each week. The items for the week of February 4th are
peanut butter and jelly. Of course, feel free to donate other food items, if you find a
great sale! When possible, please choose low salt, low sugar or fat-free items.
Also, f you feel moved to contribute toiletries, we would appreciate basic care
items, such as soap, shampoo, toilet paper, facial tissues, etc.
Thank you for your support!
Award of Merit
VBS 2018 is July 9-13th!
If you would like to be part of the fun,
please contact Susan Barrett
Pastor Doug Walker received the District Award of Merit in January from the Sakima District of the Crossroads of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Award of Merit is presented to Scouters who have shown exemplary service to the youth for an extended period of time. Pastor Doug has been a part of Scouting for 25 years. Congratulations, Pastor Doug!
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