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The Herald The deadline for the next issue of the Herald is Friday, September 12th at noon. Information can be mailed to the church, or emailed to [email protected]. Please clearly mark the item for the Herald or the bulletin.

“The Mission of Waterloo First UMC is to be a

church of people who live as disciples of Jesus Christ by providing a

place for spiritual growth in a caring, inviting

community.”

614 Randolph Waterloo, IA 50702

Phone (319) 235-7088 Fax (319) 235-7171

www.waterloofirst.org

Rev. Nate Nims Pastor

Kimberly Bendell Administrative Assistant

Phil Miller Director of Music

Sally Thurman Media Specialist

Lori Nelson Organist

Connie Jo Nellis Pianist/accompanist

Worship Time: Sunday - 9:30 a.m.

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (or by appointment)

For weeks now, people have been asking me to do a series of sermons on the book of Nehemiah so that they can better understand what the rebuilding of the Jerusalem has to do with our lives today.

Not really. The book of Nehemiah is one that many of us have never read; maybe we don’t even know where to find it in the Bible, and that’s ok (I had to look up the page number to find it myself).

And that’s why I am excited to share this sermon series with you all. This fall we’re going to learn how God moves in our lives to rebuild communities and change the world. For as Nehemiah teaches us, when we respond to God’s grace with faithfulness, prayer and praise, amazing things happen.

We’re going to invest nine weeks into this study, so I encourage to start reading the book of Nehemiah to prepare yourself for this series that God has laid on my heart.

Our study of Nehemiah starts on Rally Day, September 7th, when we kick off the fall together. Rally Day gives us all a great opportunity to invite our friends and neighbors to church with us and this sermon series on Nehemiah will speak to anyone, even if they’ve never been to church or haven’t come in years. We all have parts of our lives

that need to be rebuilt, we all have relationships that need to be strengthened and hopes that can be restored. This series on Nehemiah will strengthen our faith and encourage us to build our lives on the foundation of Christ’s love.

Who can you invite to join you in church on September 7th? Or would you consider posting a message on Facebook or Twitter where you invite your friends to join you? If you’re not sure what to say, I’d suggest something like, “If you don’t have a church family, I’d love for you to join me this weekend at Waterloo First.”

Amazing things are going to happen this fall and I can’t wait to see where God will lead us and how we will rebuild our lives and our church together.

Many of our Sunday School classes will begin meeting together again this fall as well and if you have not connected with a class yet, there’s no better time than now. Our nursery will be available during the Sunday School hour as well to make sure that any parent can be involved in a class. We’ve also got great Sunday School classes for children and youth, as well as confirmation, youth group, United Methodist Women, United Methodist Men, Bell Choir, Chancel Choir and more.

I am so excited for this fall and look forward to sharing it with you all.

Grace and peace,

Nate

WATERLOO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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What Now? Answer

Chancel Choir

We have had What If, we are past Now What,

so What Now?

The obvious answer

<-Join Chancel Choir->

We have an opportunity to really make a

difference in the life of our congregation, our

neighborhood and ourselves.

So What Now?

Get Involved! Share your talents!

There is a place where you can share your

talents while

enriching worship experiences for yourself, the

members of our congregation and our

neighbors.

Join Chancel Choir

First rehearsal: Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Time: 7:00 pm in the choir room

First Service: Sunday, September 7, 2014

All are invited

For answers call Phil Miller @ 291-6849

Youth News


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September Usher Team

Mark Durbahn, Roger Butz, Joe Pryor, Jeff Foulk, Bill Woerner

September Fellowship Servers

9/7 - Rally Day - Education Committee 9/14 - Nadine Strait, Shirley Jones, Barb Kuper,

Lois Schultz 9/21 - Jessica Crouch, Carol Pierce,

Grant Durbahn, Gloria Walker 9/28 – Janet Condon, Deb Shoopman,

Trudy Marovets, Eric Locke, Larry Hickman

United Methodist

Women

September 2014

Bible Verse: Deuteronomy 6: 4-9 (NIV)

Hear, O Israel: The Lord your God, the Lord is

one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul and with all your strength.

These commandments that I give you today are to

be upon our hearts. Impress them on you children.

Talk about them when you sit at home and when

you walk along the road, when you lie down and

when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your

hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write

them on the door frames of your houses and on your

gates.

Wednesday, September 3

Executive Board Meeting: 12:00 in the

Dinette

Martha Circle: 1:00 in the Hartman Hall

Potluck Salad Luncheon

Hostesses: Executive Board

Program: Executive Board

Thursday, September 11

Sarah Circle: 6:30

Dinner at Brown Bottle, CF

Hostess: Sally Thurman

Attendance Registration Pads

Please use the attendance registration pads in the pews to get to know the people sitting around

you. Pass the pads back and forth as they are signed and see who has signed them. Then introduce yourself to anyone you don’t know. Let’s use these pads to helps us be an open and welcoming congregation.

The Directories are In!

If you haven’t all ready, you can pick up your directory at church after worship or during office hours (Mon-Thurs. 9am-2pm and Fri. 9am-12pm). If you are unable to get to church, let us know, we

would be happy to mail it to you.

Sally

NE Iowa Food Bank…

The Meal Sack menu for September is: Pancakes...Pancake mix (1 box), Syrup (1 bottle), Applesauce (1-15 oz. can), Box Cereal (1 box of choice). After purchasing the items, please place them in a plastic grocery bag and tie it shut, then bring the bag to church and place it in the food hutch located in VonLackum Lounge. The NE Iowa Food Bank is also happy to accept donations in cash or checks. Please leave your gifts in an envelope marked “Meal-A-Month” or “Food Bank” in the offering plate or in the church office.


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Our Partners in Education, Irving School, collect caps and bag tops from any Nature’s Touch milk, juice and water products as well as UPC codes from 16 oz. or larger containers of Nature’s Touch ice cream to earn 5¢ each.

They also collect the tan price ovals from boxes of half-dozen Glazers donuts for 10¢ each. And they receive $1 in donation for every $200 in

receipts from Hy-Vee Please Help our Partners in Education by collecting caps and bag tops from Nature’s Touch Milk, juice and water products, UPC codes from Nature’s Touch Ice Cream, tan price ovals from Glazer products, all from Kwik Star and Hy-Vee receipts. Bring them to church and put them in the huge soup can in VonLackum Lounge.

WORK NIGHTat the

NE IOWA FOOD BANK

Thursday, September 25th

This is a great opportunity for families to volunteer for 1 ½ hours, and this mission

helps fill a need in our community. It is not hard work and we always have fun.

Hope to see you there!

New Arrivals in our Church Family

Charles Allen Smith

Grandson of Marcia and

Al Smith

July 10

9 lbs. 7 oz

23.5 inches long

Hina Yoko Bladestorm

Daughter of Sara & Tylek

Bladestorm & sister to Mya

August 4

8 lbs. 3 oz.

20.5 inches long


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Rally Day is Sunday,

September 7th!!!

10:30 am– 12:30 pm

Join us for fun and fellowship as we kick off our fall activities

Volunteers needed for:

Grilling

Serving Food

Manning games

Attendants for the bouncy houses and dunk tank

Making popcorn

Setting up (be at church at 8:30 am)

Clean-up

The Education Committee will be planning and working on this event but

help is needed, there are only 5 of us!

If you can help, call the office or email Sally at [email protected]

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Dunk the Pastor!!

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Come One, Come All

North End Arts and Music Festival

Celebrating the arts and culture of Waterloo’s North End

Saturday, August 23, 2014 12-4pm Sunday, August 24, 2014 2-7pm

New Location: African American Museum Expo Shelter

East Fourth and Adams, Waterloo, Iowa

Five of our Musicmania students from this spring’s African Drum Circle class will be performing Saturday, August 23 between 12:30 and 1:00. On Saturday, Aug. 17 the students from the spring drumming class met with students from Jubilee to practice for this event. They will practice again on Saturday, August 23 before performing in the afternoon.

We are once again partnering with UNI’s Drumming School, which is part of UNI’s Community Music School, and the parents and children of Irving Elementary. Transportation is being provided as needed.

This is another unique opportunity for our students to show case their talents!



35th Annual

Thanksgiving

Ingathering

is set for November 1, 2014 which means it's time for the

Missions/Outreach Committee School and Layette Kit drive.

Here's what we are in need of to complete our School Kits:

3-70 page Notebooks, approx. 8 1/2 by 11 WIDE ruled

1- 30 cm metric ruler

1 box of 24 crayons (24 ONLY)

1 (one) 2 1/2 inch eraser

1 blunt scissors (metal)

1 hand pencil sharpener

6 unsharpened pencils with erasers

Monetary donations are always helpful too!

The following items are also needed for the layette kits:

2 Receiving blankets

6 diapers and 2 diaper pins (plastic caps)

2 lightweight gown or sleep (small size)

2 onesies (small size)

2 baby wash cloth

1 sweater or jacket– Open front, sewn, crocheted, knit or fleece

Monetary donations are always helpful too!

Please place your items in a bag and mark them Missions School or Layette Kit and leave them in VonLackum

lounge or the office.

Workshop For Others has done an outstanding job of preparing items for the Layette Kits and making book bags for School Kits!! We have placed a basket in VonLackum Lounge for you to fill. We have 50 book bags ready to be filled with items for those kids around the world who are without paper and pencils etc. The list of items can be found in the weekly bulle-tin and there are lists available by the basket. I know that you have done a great job bringing things for local back to school collections and now we are asking for more school supplies. I hope you are willing to give even more for our school bags. Things are still on sale around town!! In addition we have set a goal of 30 Layette Kits. To fill this goal we could use small onsies/t-shirts, receiving blankets, more diapers, or anything else from the list in the bulletin, beside the basket, or at the end of this article. Place any dona-tions in the same basket, we will be happy to sort them out. If you wish to give a monetary donation so that we can round out the kits with what is needed please make the notation Workshop For Others on your check or let the office know that it is for WFO.



A FUN WAY TO RAISE FUNDS

The six-member Church Coalition of the Waterloo Church Row neighborhood are in the process of organizing, planning, and pro-ducing a fundraiser to support two important organizations that are active in the Church Row neighborhood, Grin and Grow Child Care and The Job Foundation. The funds raised will be split be-tween them. Grin and Grow Child Care, founded in 1943, serves about 100 chil-dren in two centers in Waterloo and provides high quality child care to a diverse group of children from all around the communi-ty. Their programs allow each child to appreciate the best in oth-ers while discovering and developing their own unique interests. Many of their children are from lower-income working families. Grin and Grow makes sure those children are not ignored. Through a unique “scholarship” program and financial need as-sessment, Grin and Grow may award assistance on a sliding-scale to families that qualify. The Job (rhymes with robe) Foundation was founded in 2006 to teach children the importance of good money management. Their goal is to help children from disadvantaged families break out of the poverty cycle and to become financially self-sufficient by age 25. Children are enrolled in the program while in grade school and remain until graduating from high school. The fundraiser will consist of two programs both to be held No-vember 22, 2014 at the National Cattle Congress Grounds in Wa-terloo. One program is designed to be family-oriented and pro-vide an entertaining and fun experience for children and their parents. The other is designed for those who appreciate listening and dancing to a high-quality Iowa blues band. “Family Fun Fest” will take place at the National Cattle Congress Pavilion. It will feature inflatables, a balloon man, face painting artists, the ever-popular cake walk, and many other fun activities and attractions. “Blues Night Out” will be held nearby in the historic and nostalgic Electric Park Ballroom. Bob Dorr and the Blue Band will be fea-tured. Tickets will go on sale in late August but reservations can be taken now by going to our web pages. Be sure to save the date and “Like” us on Facebook.



Blue Zone® Blog Jessica Crouch

Every year children receive a supply list from school, yet we need to remember

some of the most important supplies to support a successful, healthy school

year. Do we get enough sleep each night? What space do you have in your house

conducive to homework and quiet time? Do your children have a balance of after

-school activities and free time? (I could ask myself the same question). Where does exercise fit in

that after-school time? So much to consider, and we have not even started discussing nutrition.

Whether you want a healthy school year, work year, summer, or any other time of life, I have found

several nutritional components that give us a much better chance. I like to start my day with a protein

packed breakfast. Remember – plant-slant eating habits will help us get the nutrients provided by

fruits and veggies (which also go well with breakfast). A quality multivitamin can help us fill the gaps

and provide our body with fuel to keep us running at optimum. If you want to take that a step further,

add some DHA for more brain power! Since kids tend to share everything, including germs, a little extra

immune support and a non-toxic disinfectant can provide another layer of protection. Hopefully these

ideas have started you thinking about the small steps you can take to make a big difference in the

health of you and your family.

Walking/ Biking

Moai

According to Rule number 9 in the Power of 9®, the Blue Zone guide to a

healthier life, the world’s longest lived people chose–or were born into–social

circles that supported healthy behaviors. Okinawans created ”moais”–groups of

five friends that committed to each other for life. Research from the

Framingham Studies shows that smoking, obesity, happiness, and even loneliness

are contagious. So the social networks of long-lived people have favorably

shaped their health behaviors.

Stay tuned for updates on walking opportunities. Staff and students at

Irving school meet to walk in the mornings and we hope to join them. As

school resumes we will keep you updated with more information.



1 -Nadine Strait

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3 4 5

6 -Shirley Jones -Barbara Kuper -Isabelle Moweler -Lois Schultz

7 -Jessica Crouch

8 -Carol Pierce

9 -Mark Kennedy

10 -Grant Durbahn -Gloria Walker

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12

13 -Janet Condon

14 -Myron Brockmeyer

15 -Debbi Shoopman

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17 -Marion Beatty -Steven Locke

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20

21

22 -Stacy Harmon -Jean Lybbert -Trudy Marovets

23 -Eric Locke

24 -Audrey VanKamen

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28 -Lauraine Baker -Larry Hickman

29 -Gordon Rick -Amelia VanKamen

30 -Kylie Karns

Birthdays

Combined Worship Service

Sunday, August 31

We will have a joint worship service with our Karen brothers and sisters.

Please join us and see how they have grown and changed as a community in the last year.

Regular Office Hours Resume Tuesday, September 2nd

Mon. –Thurs.: 9 am– 2 pm Friday: 9 am– 12 pm

For Sale, as is:

One Commercial Popcorn Popper

Needs a little work.

Call the office if interested.



View online calendar at http://www.waterloofirst.org/#/calendar

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Office Closed

2 9:30 am- Staff Meet-ing

3 9:30 am– Workshop for Others 12:00 pm- UMW Board Mtg. 1:00 pm– Martha’s Circle 7:00 pm– Chancel Choir

4

5

6

7 9:30 am- Worship/ Communion 10:30 am-Rally Day 1:00 pm– Karen worship

8


10 9:30 am– Workshop for Others 1:30 pm– Friendship Village Bible Study 6:00 pm– Youth Group/ Golden Bells 7:00 pm– Chancel Choir

11 6:30 pm– Sara Circle at CF Brown Bottle

12

12:00 pm– HERALD DEADLINE

13 Youth go to Adventureland

14 9:30 am-Worship 10:30 am-Fellowship 1:00– Karen Worship

15 Community Meals

16

9:30 am- Staff Meet-ing 6:30pm– Neighbor-hood Association mtg.

17 9:30 am– Workshop for Others 5:00 pm– Dinner with Neighbors 6:00 pm– Youth Group/ Golden Bells 7:00 pm– Chancel Choir

18 9:30 am– Herald Assembly 6:00 pm– Education/ Finance mtg. 7:00 pm– Ad Team

19

20

21 9:30 am-Worship

10:30 am-Fellowship 1:00 pm– Karen worship

22


24 9:30 am– Workshop for Others 6:00 pm– Youth Group/ Golden Bells 7:00 pm– Chancel Choir

25 7:00 pm– Work night at the Food Bank

26

11:45 am– Blue Zone meeting

27

28 9:30– Worship 10:30– Fellow-ship/ BP checks 1:00 pm– Karen worship

29 Meals on Wheels

30 9:30 am- Staff Meet-ing Meals on Wheels

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Inside This Issue

Pastor’s Column………..……….………...1 Choir invitation & Fall Youth Events….....2 Volunteers, UMW, Pledge, Church Directo-ry update, registration pads………….....3 PIE, Food Bank, New Arrivals…………....4 Rally Day……………………………. …..5 North End Arts & Music Festival….. .......6 Ingathering Kits…………………… …...7 Church Row Coalition fund raisers……..8 Blue Zone Blog, Walking Moai..……..….9 Birthdays, Office Hours, Combined Ser-vice, Popper for sale……..……….. …....10 Calendar………………………………....11 Diversity & Inclusion…………….… .back

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