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First United Methodist Church
Canton United Methodist Church
1221 Wesley Drive, Rice Lake, WI 54868
Address Service Requested
August 2014
The Circuit Writer
NON-PROFIT ORGAN.
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RICE LAKE, WI
PERMIT NO. 17
First United Methodist Church
1221 Wesley Dr., Rice Lake, WI 54868
(715) 234-3919
Fax: (715) 434-5848
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.RiceLakeUMC.org
Saturday Summer Service: 5:30 pm (ends Aug. 9th)
Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 am
Sunday School: 9:00 am (restarts in September)
All our Rice Lake worship services can be heard on
your telephone by dialing (715) 458-3604.
Canton United Methodist Church
2408 15 3/8 Ave., Rice Lake, WI 54868
Office: 1221 Wesley Dr., Rice Lake, WI
(715) 234-3919
Email: [email protected]
Sunday School: 9:00 am (2nd & 4th Sundays)
Worship Service: 9:00 am
Pastor– James Altman
Cell#- 715-864-6165 In Case of Emergency
Office Manager- Stephanie Byrnes-Hampton
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm
August Volunteers
Ushers
3 The Wille Family
10 Neil & Sue Tollander // John & Lorie Rae
17 Cecil & Sally Deutsch // Paul & Shirley Toft
24 Russ & Karen Rindsig // Mike & Dawn O’Brien
31 Bill & Nancy Zabel // Bob & Joyce Foster
Counters Fran Drabek
Greeters Liturgists 3 Betty O’Flanagan 3 Rachel Madison
10 Candy Bandli 10 Karen Rindsig
17 Margaret Maust 17 Rev. Jim
24 Mary Pautsch 24 Russell Rindsig
31 Helen Anonich 31 Pat Asuma
Committee of the Month *Dee Maki *Ron & Jeanne Parker
Pat Krall Matthew Hanaman
Bill & Cheryl Aune Natalie Robarge
Dave Bandli
F I R S T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H O F R I C E L A K E C A N T O N U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H
C I R C U I T W R I T E R Reverend Jim Altman August 2014
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
Scriptures & Sermon
Titles
August 2nd/3rd
Psalm 17:1–7, 15
Matthew 14:13–21
“Compassion”
August 9th/10th
Russ Rindsig Preaching
Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28
Psalm 105:1–6, 16–22, 45b
Romans 10:5–15
Matthew 14:22–33
August 17th
Revival at the Rice Lake
Bandshell
Dr. Arvid Moin, Preaching
The Singing Borstad Family
Genesis 45:1–15
Psalm 133
Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32
Matthew 15: (10–20) 21–28
August 24th
Romans 12:1–8
Matthew 16:13–20
“Whatever We Bind, What-
ever We Loose”
August 31st
Exodus 3:1–15
Romans 12:9–21
“But Who Are We?”
In “Bankmules,” a 2003 memoir of life in Van Lear
Kentucky, James Vaughan noted, “Much of the litera-
ture on life in the coal towns of southern Appalachia
tends to focus on poverty and ignorance.” A recent arti-
cle in the New York Times confirms: “Eastern Kentucky
— land of storybook hills and drawls — just might be the
hardest place to live in the United States.” Yet, James Vaughan, the son of a Kentucky
coal miner, raised in the heart of coal country, wants us to know there is another side
to the story of Appalachia.
In a few days, a group of us will be heading down to the hollers of southeast-
ern Kentucky again, to the Red Bird Mission; for a few it may be their tenth trip or
more. There’s no denying the visible hardships of the many who are helped by the
Mission, but there’s a curious phenomena that attends the work of Red Bird. People
in poverty are helped, many learn useful life-skills, and still others go on beyond the
hollers to pursue higher education. Author Vaughan graduated from Van Lear High
School to earn degrees from Michigan State and Oklahoma and led a full life in public
service. But, curiously, many holler people who do go on to greater things, nonethe-
less return to this “hardest place to live in the United States.” The fact of it raises the
question, “Why?”
Why would anyone choose to live in such place? Why, if one had a chance at
life in a little “softer” place, why not take it, knock the dust from one’s sandals and
never look back? Well, for one thing, perhaps wealth and education are not all they’re
cracked up to be. There are things in life more valuable than money and there are life
lessons that cannot be taught in universities and graduate schools. Another is that
when one doesn’t have much, one tends to value what one has all the more. A slice of
watermelon might have a greater value than a porterhouse steak. A tin of potted meat
might be worth more than a container of pate de foie grois. A toothless old woman
rocking on a porch with her tin of snuff and a styrofoam cup may feel more royal than
the queen of England. Value is relative to appreciation and there is more to them-there
hollers to appreciate than what meets the eye.
My prayer, as we prepare to travel, is for safe travel and return and for a good
and positive experience for all who go, on the jobsite as well as in the camp. May the
sundaes at the Cow Palace be as good as we remember them. May we find the First
United Methodist Church of Shelbyville, Indiana happy and contented. May all we
who set out on these roads less travelled remain happy wanderers, especially on our
adventure day. May each of us meet Jesus somewhere along the road to Kentucky and
back like disciples on the road to Emmaus. And, perhaps most of all, may God bless
us with a deeper experience of the place and the people than just the testimony of our
eyes and calluses; for all of creation indeed is very good.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4
1:00 Mis-
sions
5
9:00 Pastors
6
1:00 UMW
Executive
7 8
2:00 Wood-
land Village
House
Church
9
Red Bird Leaves
Last Sat. Service
featuring Russ
Rindsig
10 11 12
9:00 Pastors
13 14 15 16
Red Bird Group
Returns
17 Both
churches- Re-
vival at the Rice
Lake Bandshell;
The Borstad
Family singing
and Arvid Moin
preaching
18 19
9:00 Pastors
8:00 Trustees
20
8:00 Finance
21
7:00 Waking
in Oak Creek
Documentary
22 23
24 Canton
church– Lake-
side Service at
Mary BQ’s
31
Loud Offering
for PPP
25 26
9:00 Pastors
27
7:00 Ad
Council
28 29 30
4:00-7:00 pm Vacation Bible School
Stephanie on vacation.
Red Bird Group Gone
<<<<<<<< Sanctuary and narthex floors being done. >>>>>>>
<<<<<<< Sanctuary and narthex floors being done. >>>>>>>
Learn to live in the present moment: Within a two week period, our son has had a heart attack
and heart surgery, we've traveled 2700 plus miles, suffered the loss of a special family member, and witnessed
the marriage of our Grand-daughter.
To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined how much we are able to live in the
present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen to-
morrow, the present moment is where you are...always! We worry about a variety of things...all, at once. We
allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much so that we wind up anx-
ious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless! On the other side, we also postpone our gratification, our priorities
and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that "someday" will be better than today. Unfortunately, that
someday never actually arrives. John Lennon once said; "Life is what is happening while we are busy making
other plans". When we are busy making "other plans", our children are busy growing up. The people we love
are moving away and dying and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life. Many people live
as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. It is not! In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will
be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have any control over. When our attention is in the present mo-
ment, we push fear from our minds. To combat fear, the best
strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the pre-
sent. Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things
in my life, some of which actually happened." Practice keeping
your attention on the here and now. Recall Jesus' words in Mat-
thew 6:25-34 about worry and that last verse, "So don't worry
about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own wor-
ries. Each day has trouble of its own".
By the time this goes to press, so to speak, the Pie and Ice
Cream Social will be over, Paul Webster's visit will be over, the
Golf Fun will be over....and my prayers are that all have been
well attended!! Be a Blessing...
August Birthdays 25- Bev Berger
25- Barb Jahnke
27- Kim Stoeberl
28- Sierra Tatroe
August Anniversaries 11- Dick & Gail Gifford
14- Jim & Bonnie Pannier
21- Craig & Debby Healy
Canton United Methodist Church News
Five Gifts from God
Love makes our friends a little dearer.
Joy makes our hearts a little lighter.
Faith makes our paths a little clearer.
Hope makes our lives a little brighter.
Peace brings us all a little nearer.
—Author unknown
T.H.I.N.K. First
British evangelist Alan Redpath
suggested these five helpful ques-
tions to ask yourself before you
speak:
T — Is it True?
H — Is it Helpful?
I — Is it Inspiring?
N — Is it Necessary?
K — Is it Kind?
Strawberry Festival
The Strawberry Festival has come and gone and thanks to
the dedicated help of so many of you we had a very success-
ful event. The weather was perfect, the strawberries were
sweet and flavorful and the barbeque was delicious as usual.
We had many comments from people who thanked us for
the super barbeques, the delicious strawberry shortcakes and
for hosting such a wonderful event. I sat in the sanctuary
for a while and listened to the sounds from fellowship hall –
people talking, laughing and having a great time. I had peo-
ple tell me that it was the first time that they had been to our
church and what a nice festival it was and how pretty it was
up here on the top of the hill, but there were even more peo-
ple who looked forward to coming year after year. The
strawberry festival is such a wonderful way to reach out in
friendship and love to visitors in our area and to the people
of Rice Lake and the surrounding towns. All of this, how-
ever, would not have been possible without the help of so
many of you. Some of you picked berries and then came to
hull them, some of you worked both Monday and Tuesday,
some of you came for the first shift on Tuesday and stayed
on through the second shift and some of you were first time
workers that we were delighted to have and certainly could-
n’t have done without. You are all awesome! It takes many
people to pull off this project from your donations, to pub-
licity, buying, food preparation, strawberry pickers and hull-
ers, servers, cashiers, greeters, an outstanding wait staff and
clean-up crew. And, of course, the “Strawberry Festival”
itself would not have been possible at all without the gra-
cious generosity of the Mommsen family. We served over
300 people and the proceeds will be split between local and
global mission projects. The projects that we will support
will be determined by the Administrative Council.
Thank you everyone. You are truly a wonderful group of
people to know and work with. This is a church with a big
heart that is filled with much love.
Karen & Russell Rindsig
Please Join Us in Celebrating
“D” & Steph Byrnes-Hampton’s
15th Wedding Anniversary
And
Art & Cindy Gustafson’s
30th Wedding Anniversary
Saturday, August 30th, 2014
4 O’clock in the evening
At the
Blue Hills Masonic Lodge
225 West South Street
Rice Lake, WI 54868
There will be dinner and music.
August Birthdays
1- Doris Smith
2- James Campbell
3- Darlene Johnecheck
5- Gladys Daniels
5- Ron Turgeson
8- Clarissa Clingenpeel
8- Becki George
8- Michelle Kilcoyne
8- Bev Taft
8- James Wallin
8- Morgan West
9- Cecil Deutsch
9- Trenton Kohel
11- William Aune
14- Harold Quarderer
15- Gregory Aune
15- Ginny Swanson
16- Dianne Barkley
16- Donna Cook
19- Betsy Gerland
23- Cecil Kippenhan
24- Kaylie Kraczek
24- Margie Haines
29- Chris Buergi
31- Maria Ross
August Anniversaries
1- Mike & Heather Madison
3- Bill & Nancy Zabel
6- Jerry & Shirley Olson
12- Rebecca & Jim Wallin
15- Brian & Kyra Larson
29- Larry & Michelle
Kilcoyne
29- Neil & Sue Tollander
If your birthday or anniversary is
not listed then please call the office
to update your info. ~Steph
Haiti School Supplies
Here is a list of school supplies that we need to send to Haiti. With all
the back to school sales coming soon, this would be the time to get them.
Thank you so much for your support!
All items must be new. Spiral notebooks need to be plain covered notebooks.
(ok if they say made in US with flag in the bottom corner- please do not tape
over anything)-was verified. No glue please.
*Spiral notes books 70-80 pages
Stick-style BIC pens (black or blue)
#2 Pencils (unsharpened w/out ads)
Pencil sharpener (enclosed type)
1" x 2" Pink Eraser
12" Ruler with metric
6" Protractor with metric
24 ct box of Crayola crayons– (must
be Crayola)
5" Blunt tip scissors
8" Scissors (for teachers)
Red marking pens
White chalk
Chalkboard eraser
Crayola Magic markers
Paper clips (50-100 count box)
Rubber bands (50-100 count)
“WAKING IN OAK CREEK” Documentary
It is show time for “WAKING IN OAK CREEK” on August 21st! Due to a spe-
cial arrangement with the production company, Not in Our Town (NIOT.org),
First United Methodist Church of Rice Lake has an opportunity to screen this
film with our congregation and as many other people as we can pack into our
building. I talk like we will have a crowd because it is such an important
movie. It tells how Oak Creek Wisconsin citizens respond after a man with a
rifle enters a Sikh gurdwana and kills 6 worshippers.
We plan to show the DVD at 7:00 and have a bit of discussion afterward.
Please come, bring your friends and neighbors. Perhaps viewers who see this
movie will be motivated to be actively involved in gun control, or support local
law enforcement, or study world religions, or just be kind to others.
If we had a professional critic, you would probably read that this movie does
not have professional actors, but the skill of those who made the movie shows
the humanity of the people involved and the strength of spirit in a community
that resolves to learn more about the people who live in the area to understand
and support each other instead of being led by suspicion and fear. See you on
Thursday night August 21st.
Congratulations to Russell & Karen Rind-
sig on the birth of their great-grandson
Liam James. Liam was born on July 19th
and was 7lbs 6ozs, 21” long.