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Below, Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore reports on the outreach programs
the North Shore United Methodist Church supports.
The Congregation of North Shore United Methodist Church has supported the following organizations with a portion of the proceeds from the Rummage Sale. The Christmas Collection was donated to A Just Harvest and Family Promise. A love offering was taken at the Congregation Christmas Dinner to support the work of Dr. Sam Kormoi of the Pan-African Rural Health and Social Services.
The organizations that N SUMC has deep connection with are:
✓ A Just Harvest, a soup kitchen on Chicago’s Northside; ✓ Family Promise Chicago North Shore, provides shelter and support for homeless
families; ✓ Family Service of Glencoe, which provides mental health services and education to our
community; ✓ UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, which gives immediate support for
those impacted by disasters; and ✓ Pan-African Rural Health and Social Services enabling ten villages in Sierra Leone the
opportunity for health care, clean water, sanitation, food and education.
Watch for our Outreach Updates in future Newsletters!
Blessings,
Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore, Deacon
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On February 3, the L.A. Rams will play against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII at 5:30
PM. A viewing party of the game will be held in Barbee Hall. Consider attending to enjoy the
game, the food, and the company of other NSUMC members.
On Monday, January 21, several churches gathered at Northbrook United Methodist Church to participate in a wide range of service opportunities in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Dr. Norval Brown, pastor at Deerfield Christ UMC, delivering the welcome to the 100 -plus assembled guests. Representing NSUMC was Walter Calhoun, member of the Outreach Committee of the North Shore United Methodist Church after's church February 15 630.
Dinner and Movie Night Friday, February 15, 2019
6:30 PM
"It Happened One Night" Join fellow members to watch this classic love story movie - a presentation from the Fellowship
Committee, and intended as celebration of St. Valentine's Day.
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2 – Robert Compher, 4 – Peggy Bird, Walter Calhoun, Linda Fetzer, 9 – Isidro Ibarra 18 – Todd Kemp, Jake Moskow, 24 – Robert Abuls
25 – Vicki Martin
This past December 24, 2018, the
choir at North Shore United
Methodist Church paid a visit to our
dear friend Ramona "Mo" Cimbalo at
the Brentwood Rehabilitation Center,
in Highland Park, where Mo is
recuperating from a strong upper
respiratory illness. Choir director,
Andrew Moore, led the group in a
number of Christmas Carols.
& Work starting off today with recent
ballot measures that Jen met in
question. Incorrect response will be
followed by a fist full of euros and
appropriately incorrect fire response
engine key James, your uncle this year
returned to sleep. He raised a flash of
Thanks Dear Barb and Scott,
These pictures are just a little speck of all the
furniture you blessed us with. You are simply
unbelievably loving and caring. Always remember
that you have a home in Sierra Leone. We love you
so much.
Thank you for who you are.
Sam and Mary.
Outreach
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OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS
♦ For the family of Janice Dodd, who passed away on Thursday,
January 17th. Her funeral was Monday, January 21st.
♦ Jim Simmons and his mother, Phyllis, recovering from a car
accident.
♦ Walter Calhoun, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
♦ Mo Cimbalo, out of rehab and recovering at a friend’s home.
♦ Stuart Phillips, staying at Glenview Terrace.
Deepest condolences
to the family and
friends of
Janice Dodd
who passed - away
Thursday, January 17, 2819
s
R. I. P.
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Looking Ahead at NSUMC
Worship every Sunday @ 10:00 am,
followed by a time of refreshments and fellowship afterward
Saturday, February 2, 2019
10:00 am ~ SPRC Meeting
Sunday, February 3, 2019
5:00 pm ~ Super Bowl Party
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting 7:30 pm ~ Finance Meeting
Sunday, February 10, 2019
5:00 pm ~ Boy Scouts Honor Dinner
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting
Thursday, February 14, 2019
6:15 pm ~ Choir Rehearsal
Friday, February 15, 2019 6:30 pm ~ Movie & Dinner Night
“IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT"
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting
Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00 am ~ Trustees Meeting
10:30 am ~ Church Council Meeting
Saturday, October 5, 2019 8 AM to 1 PM
Contact Rev. Barb to be placed in a department, if you wish.
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Saint Valentine’s Day ranks as one of the most popular holidays worldwide. But have you ever wondered who this saint was and what he did that made him so important and famous?
According to UCLA medieval scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly, author of Chaucer and the Cult of St. Valentine, numerous Christian martyrs during the early years of Roman rule were named Valentine. By 1969, the official Roman Catholic calendar of saints contained as many as 11 different Valentine’s Day, making it very difficult to figure out precise historical data.
Pope Paul VI removed all but one of the dates from the calendar. The most probable story comes from writings found next to a 15th-century portrait of a Christian priest named Valentine, living in Rome at the time of Emperor Claudius II (3rd century). The story details that Valentine was imprisoned by the Emperor for marrying young couples, in spite of the Emperor’s decree prohibiting young men to marry at this time. As a result of his disobedience, the priest Valentine was beaten and stoned, finally being beheaded as he would not die from the severe punishments received. These horrific acts happening on February 14, AD 170.
LUPERCALIA FESTIVAL: In the early city of Rome, in mid-February (13th to 15th), the pagan Lupercalia festival was celebrated in order to avert evil spirits and to purify the city; thus, releasing health and fertility among its citizens. The festival began by sacrificing a “goat” (which signified fertility) followed by a dog (that signify purification), the young men would then slice the goat’s skin into thin strips, using them later that day to gently slap the young maidens. The belief was that this action would “bring” the maidens great fertility. Additionally, the young women would place their names in an urn, from which the bachelor young men would choose to pair for a year – many of these pairings ending in marriages.
The festival of fertility and purification was eventually replaced by Pope Gelasius I with a festival celebrating the purification of the Virgin Mary. In AD 498, he also officially declared February 14 as Valentine’s Day. The earlier “lottery system” for romantic pairing was deemed unchristian and was outlawed forever. Even though it is a common opinion that the Christian church decided to celebrate the feast of St. Valentine in the middle of February as a way to “Christianize” the early pagan festival, no connection between Lupercalia and the feast of St. Valentine can accurately be traced. Furthermore, no factual connection between Valentine’s Day and romantic love existed until the era of the Renaissance, when an incorrect interpretation of Chaucer’s birds in his famous poems The Parliament of Foules, from around 1382, appeared. Experts believe that in reality the poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II to Anne of Bohemia on May 2 1381. (Jack Oruch; Associate Professor Emeritus, English Department, University of Kansas).
The first “Valentine gift” in history is a poem - still in existence in the archives of the British Library in London. It was written by the Duke of Orleans (Charles) to his wife, during his imprisonment at the Tower of London resulting from the Battle of Agincourt. Several years
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later, King Henry V of England hired writer John Lydegate to compose a Valentine note for his wife, Catherine of Valois.
But the strongest of all indications of the birth of the romantic nature of Valentine’s Day during the age of the Renaissance can be seen in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Ophelia is given the following words: “To–morrow is St. Valentine’s Day, all in the morning betime, and I a maid at your window, to be your Valentine. Then up he rose, and donn’d his clothes, and dupp’d the chaimber-door; Let in the maid, that out a maid, never departed more.” (Hamlet, Act IV, scene 5).
Handwritten Valentine notes became rather common in England, especially in the 19th century. Esther Holland of Worcester, MA, received one of these notes in 1847. Esther was inspired to produce and sell these notes in embossed paper – her father was the owner of the book and stationery store in town. The public reaction was tremendously positive. In a year, a writer in Graham’s American Monthly wrote the following: “St. Valentine’s Day . . . has become a national holiday.” This was also the dawn of the mass-produced card in the United States.
Even though, the origins of the St. Valentine’s Day may be murky and confusing at best, and the validity and accuracy of events surrounding it are difficult to prove, the ideal the day represents is easy to grasp; the reason why it is one of the Strong pillars upon which Humanity was built and flourished throughout the ages – LOVE –.
Farewell The congregation bid farewell to Ellen and Scott Paseltiner during the morning worship service on Sunday, December 30, 2018. The Paseltiner family relocated to Washington D.C. during the first week of January 2019. See below a few photos of the occasion.
Farewell service and reception for Ellen and Scott Paseltiner
with Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore and , North Shore UMC's Senior
Pastor Scott S. Himel
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NORTH SHORE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 213 Hazel Avenue Glencoe Illinois 60022 [email protected]
A Reconciling Congregation
STAFF
Senior Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Scott S. Himel
Youth/Children Ministries. . . . . . . . . Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore
Choir Director. . . . . . . . Andrew Moore
Organist. . . . . . . . . . . . Tomoko Shibuya
Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Bucklin
Custodian . . . . . .. . . . . Rick Short
Chimes Editor. . . . . . . . Carlos Figueredo
due date to submit articles for March
is February 20th