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October 2017

Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Friday 9:00 a.m.—noon

Nampa First United Methodist Church

2717 12th Avenue Road w Nampa, ID 83686 208-467-1151 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nampaumc.org

KIDS STUFF EARLY LEARNING PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE CENTER 208-467-2178

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Pastor: John Watts Lay Leader: Jerry Cornilles Kids Stuff Director: Carolyn Curtis Family Life Coordinator Debbie Sourgen

Nursery Coordinator Heather Sourgen Treasurer: Jae Powers Organist: Nancy Parks Choir Director: Jeanne Kusterer Lead Musician: Tim Swanson Custodian: Carolyn Curtis Office Manager: Wendy Williams Bishop: Elaine Stanovsky District Superintendent: Gwen Drake

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IN THE ISSUE:

Pastor’s Pen 1

Consecration Sunday 3

Holiday Bazaar 4

Midweek 5

Community Outreach 8

Servant of the Month 9

Bits & Bites 10

Volume 15, Issue 10

October 2017

Pastor’s Pen WHAT’S HAPPENING

Church Conference

October 1

World Communion Sunday October 1

Building & Grounds October 10

Leadership Team October 10

Midweek October 4, 11, 18, 25

Methodist Men October 17

Classics Luncheon October 19

Holiday Bazaar October 21

Trunk or Treat & Spook House

October 28

Consecration Sunday October 29

Perhaps you've heard of "The Motley Fool." Not the Shakespearean

character, but the financial services company. It's a company with 250

employees. Not huge, but plenty big enough that when their CEO, Tom

Gardner issued his challenge, everybody thought it was impossible.

As 2012 began, he announced that a 20% year-end bonus would be

paid under one condition. They had to know the names of all 249 of

their colleagues. If they didn't know every name by the end of the year,

they wouldn't get the bonus.

Of course, they have some pretty bright people working at a place like

that, so surely a few of them would have the brainpower to qualify for

the bonus. But that wasn't how it worked. It wasn't enough for you to

know every name. Nobody got the bonus unless everybody knew

everybody's name. That would be impossible.

But the 20% got their attention. So everybody took the challenge

seriously. So seriously, that by the end of November everybody but one

person had learned all the names. This one person had tried as hard as

anybody, probably harder, but he just wasn't good at names.

He sent the following e-mail: "I'm the last thing standing between you

and your 20% bonus. Who wants to take me to lunch?" He got a few

invitations. People were reaching out to him like crazy. And before

long, even he could name everybody by name!

Kind of a funny story, right? It caught my attention because we have

right around 250 people we see around our church on a fairly regular

basis. How many names do you know?

The picture wall on your left as you enter our main

doors is there to help. Of course, it is never current.

We have new people showing up every Sunday. So

for those of you who don't see your picture on the

wall, please stop by the office during the week or see

Ron Frazier on Sunday mornings. Here's his picture.

(Now you have one down, 249 to go!)

I encourage you to learn as many names as possible.

Not as a mental exercise (or to earn money), but because learning a

name is the first step in getting to know a person. And getting to know

each other is important.

You've been hearing a lot about "Midweek" lately (see Debbie Sourgen's

article on page 5). One reason we are giving this such emphasis is

because it's going to help us get to know each other. On the Family

Nights in particular, you are going to meet people you have never met.

"What’s In a Name?"

The Friendly Caller

I promise. These are people you will then see on Sunday morning (or whenever) and you will be able to

greet them by name and maybe even know a little something about them.

Tom Gardner knew how important that would be at Motley Fool. He wanted to build stronger bonds

between employees, whether they worked closely with each other or not. He knew instinctively that would

make his company a more pleasant place to work. Not only that, it would make it a more productive place.

It would improve the bottom line. It would make paying all those 20% bonuses no big strain.

He was onto something. Glassdoor is a website where employees and former employees anonymously

review companies and their management. They rated Motley Fool "best place to work" among small to

midsize companies in 2015. And their turnover rate is less than 2%, remarkably low by industry standards.

I'm not sure we're the "best place to go to church" in Nampa. There is no shortage of great churches

around here. And I'm not sure our turnover rate is quite as low as 2%! But I do know that God has

blessed this church with 250+ great people and that God is sending more our way all the time. And I do

know that the better we know each other, the better we will be able to work together to do the work God

has for us to do. And have fun together in the process!

October 1 “Heart Habits: Generosity” Luke 12:15-21

October 8 “Heart Habits: Celebration” Luke 15:22-32

October 15 “A Marriage Worth Lasting” Philippians 2:3-8

October 22 Laity Sunday—Bill Southworth Preaching

October 29 “Turning Points on the Journey” Mark 10:17-27

The Rev. Dr. Steve Tollefson Preaching

October

October Birthdays Oct 8 Jade Frances Fabbi

Oct 9 Bob Healea

Oct 9 Wendy Williams

Oct 12 Ron Walter

Oct 13 Melinda Butkus

Oct 14 Judy Matthews

Oct 16 Joe Harvey

Oct 16 Tom Hawks

Oct 17 Diane Macdonell

Oct 18 Dawn Renfrow

Oct 20 Karla Fisher

Oct 20 Max de la Cruz

Oct 21 Ron Muller

Oct 21 Kayla Pratte

Oct 21 Will Pratte

Oct 22 Vicky Kausen

Oct 23 Jay Curtis

Oct 25 Clyde Stone

Oct 26 Owen de la Cruz

Oct 28 Ardith Agenbroad

Oct 29 Annette Farmer

Oct 31 Janet Beymer

October Anniversaries Oct 6 Gene & Melva Dinius

Oct 15 Jarrod & Leah Hurlbert

Oct 17 Jay & Carolyn Curtis

Oct 17 Cole & Karissa Rogers

Oct 19 Bill & Pam Kemp

Page 11 Volume 15, Issue 10

NUMBERS THAT MATTER September Worship Attendance:

2017 Average: 208

9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24

9 am 95 98 107 109

11 am 60 70 73 80

5:30 pm 28 28 40 37

Total 183 196 220 226

Giving: September Revenue: $ 13,670

September Expenses: $ 22,062

2017 Revenue: $ 191,885

2017 Expenses: $ 208,450

Percentage of Apportionments Paid: 72%

Percentage of Year Gone: 75%

Special September Offerings

Hurricane Relief (UMCOR): $3658

Worship Projection: $2384

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Walk. Give. Change the world.

crophungerwalk.org

Canyon County Crop Hunger Walk

October 15, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

McCain Student Union, C of I Campus

Caldwell

How come the waitress gets 15%

and God only gets 10%?

The Friendly Caller

Bits & Bites

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Classics Luncheon & Program October 19 @ Noon Open to ALL ages!

NEWSLETTER

Articles and calendar dates for the

November issue due:

NO LATER than Friday,

October 20

Submissions received after deadline will have to wait until the next issue.

Something special and NEW is planned for the Saturday before Halloween this year!

The evening of October 28 will begin with our famous "Trunk or Treat". We've done

this for many years now, but we are expecting extra kids so we are encouraging extra

adults to participate. All you need to do is show up before 6 pm and park in our

church parking lot with Halloween candy in your trunk. Decorating your car and

wearing a costume is fun, but optional. The children who start

showing up at 6 pm will all be wearing amazing costumes. Seeing

them is well worth the cost of your candy! Then the NEW part:

Our GPS building will be transformed into a SPOOK HOUSE. There will be no charge, but

we are asking for a canned food donation. The level of "scariness" will be matched with

care to the age and wishes of the children going through. The building of the SPOOK

HOUSE has been handled, but we will need some helpers that night. Let us know please

in the office. 208-467-1151 Thank you!

The Women’s Book Group meets the second

Saturday of every month at 10:15a.m. at the

Nampa Library, 3rd floor. We will be reading

Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in

Heaven at our next meeting on October 14th.

Please join us, we hope to see you there!! For

more information contact Kathy Huff at 208-484-

5523 or Brenda Miller at 208-466-0535.

Are you ready to shake up your prayer life forever? Often when God

speaks, he will echo the same message through a sermon, a passage of

scripture, a chance conversation, or an unexpected encounter. When we

begin looking for these sacred echoes, we are better able to recognize

God’s voice in our life and walk more confidently in the fullness of all God

has for us.

Please join us, Wednesday evenings at 6:45 p.m., as we go through

Margaret Feinberg’s book and DVD series “The Sacred Echo”, led by Bill

Southworth. Over the next 12 weeks we will learn from Margaret how to

listen to God’s voice in our everyday life.

Priscilla Circle will

NO longer be

meeting on the 2nd

Thursday of each

month.

This month, Classics welcomes Rebecca Barr, Marketplace Manager for the Better Business Bureau, Northwest. Rebecca will be speaking about “Identity Theft”, what to know and what to do. Don’t miss this presentation!!

Volume 15, Issue 10

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Each service followed by a delicious Celebration Meal!

Congregations that approach financial stewardship from a Biblical perspective do not view the money

Christians give to their church merely as a way to pay its bills. Rather, financial contributions are a way to

help people grow spiritually in their relationship with God by supporting their church’s mission and

ministry with a percentage of their incomes. Our Leadership Team is again recommending that we use

the New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program as a way to teach the Biblical and spiritual principles

of generous giving.

New Consecration Sunday is based on the Biblical philosophy of the need of the giver to give for his or

her own spiritual development, rather than on the need of the church to receive. Instead of treating

people like members of a social club who should pay their dues, we will treat people like followers of

Jesus Christ who want to give unselfishly as an act of discipleship. New Consecration Sunday encourages

people toward proportionate and systematic giving in response to the question, “What percentage of my

income is God calling me to give?” During morning worship on Consecration Sunday, we are asking our

attendees and members to make their financial commitments to our church’s ministry.

Every attendee and member who completes an Estimate of Giving Card does so voluntarily by attending

morning worship on Consecration Sunday. We urge people to attend who feel strongly opposed to

completing a card. The procedure is done in such a way that no one feels personal embarrassment if he

or she chooses not to fill out a card.

We will do no home solicitation to ask people to complete cards. During morning worship our guest

leader, The Rev. Dr. Steve Tollefson will conduct a brief period of instruction and inspiration, climaxed by

members making their commitments as a confidential act of worship.

Since we make no follow-up visits to ask people to complete their cards, we will make every effort to

inform, inspire, and commit everyone to attend Consecration Sunday worship on October 29.

Thanks in advance for your enthusiastic participation in Consecration Sunday events.

The Friendly Caller

Featuring ALL Four Seasons!

Saturday, October 21 9:00—3:00 Nampa First United Methodist Church

2717 12th Avenue Road, Nampa

It’s your ONE-STOP holiday shopping and lunch destination!

Holiday Décor Yard Art Home Décor Quilts Home Baked Goodies Hand Embroidered Items and so much MORE!

IN ADDITION TO MANY NEW AND EXCITING ITEMS THIS YEAR!!!

Also available for purchase:

Beef Stew, pie and drinks for lunch!

Monies raised through the sale of bazaar items are used for purchasing church furnishings and

equipment, building repairs, and many more purposes too numerous to list.

Monies raised through the United Methodist Men’s Lunch are used to off-set the cost of food

purchased for meals prepared/served at the Nampa Community Shelter twice a month.

We’ll see YOU at Nampa First … with ALL your friends!!

Page 9 Volume 15, Issue 10

Servant of the Month

The Leadership Team met on Monday, September 11. Here are some highlights from that meeting: Jerry Cornilles, Danny Jacobsen, and Sandy Hopkins

will be completing their terms on Leadership Team at the end of this year. Applications for these three

vacancies are being accepted through October 9. The fundraiser for the new computer and software

program needed for worship projection is going well. Gifts for hurricane disaster relief (a special offering is

being received each Sunday in September) are coming in at an astounding rate. Laity Sunday will be October 22. Bill Southworth will

be preaching. Consecration Sunday will be October 29. Steve

Tollefson will be preaching. Leadership Team will meet next on Monday, October 9, 7 pm, in the GPS building. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Men’s Ministry

Our purpose: “We want each of you and each member of the

church and community to have an on-going relationship with Jesus Christ. Fifteen men met for fellowship, business and our program; TAKE THE FLAG; following God’s signals in the race of your life. The business of Methodist Men is to financially support the church’s outreach program with the Nampa Community Shelter. We do this by providing the annual Holiday Bazaar lunch. Your attendance, donations and volunteer support is greatly appreciated! If you would like to participate this year, watch for sign up sheets in the Narthex soon. Glen Hogin opened up the program by taking an obituary of a man and masterfully walking us through the man’s legacy and how his life reflected the 7 messages of each flag. The first flag: Green; signifies the start of our faith. The second flag: Yellow; is the caution flag. The third flag: Blue; the courtesy flag, was our discussion at our Tuesday meeting. We are thankful for your attendance and most important your participation. Mark your calendar for the next meeting on October 17.

Joel and Lauren Willis started showing up in our church in early 2015. They wasted

little time getting involved. Lauren has had a lot on her plate lately with her mother's

health. Joel has been everywhere, doing everything lately, so he beats his wife to

our coveted Servant of the Month award! Here is just a sampling of what Joel

has been up to: 1) He is one of the five on the team that creates the graphics that

get projected on the screen in worship. Usually that's a once a month task, but when

our computer crashed lately, he took on this task single-handedly for five weeks in a

row. 2) He serves on our Leadership Team. 3) He has been doing odd jobs around the

church lately, most recently painting the yellow on the curb at our entrance (Lauren helped). 4) He is the

one who came up with "Midweek" as the brilliant new name for our Wednesday evening program. 5) He

recorded the challenge that brought us to tears in worship on September 24. 6) He has (along with Lauren)

made a commitment to give a shot at bringing our dormant youth program back to life. (He is also the one

behind the purchase of those wonderful blue pillows in the back of the sanctuary that make worship much

more comfortable for those who suffer from lower back pain.) We are so very grateful that Joel and Lauren

showed up in church that first Sunday, and kept coming back!

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Counselor’s Corner with Anne Hedelius MA, LPC-Intern

Washington School Shooting Suspect Wanted to Teach Bullies a ‘Lesson’ (NBC News)

Did you know? 64% of children who are bullied do not report it. (Petrasina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hansen, 2010) Bullying behavior is aggressive and includes:

An Imbalance of Power: Bullies use their power i.e. physical strength, emotional manipulation, and or social status to control or harm others. Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once.

Bullying includes actions such as making threats, physical or verbal assaults, and exploitation. Make a differ-ence by speaking up and taking a stand against bullying behaviors.

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Sherman Elementary—Anyone who missed last months Classic's Luncheon missed an opportunity to hear from Dr.

Sherry Marsh (Sherman's principal) and Donna Shines (Director of the Mentoring Network.) They told us about the need

for mentoring children and youth. There are too many young people in our community who have no positive influences in

their lives. Having good role models can make a huge difference. We were given an example of a complete 180 degree

turn around of one young person from a sullen, defensive youngster to an open, inquisitive youth with a positive outlook

for the future. When there's a caring adult to encourage and be a guide, it can make all the difference in the world.

If you'd like more information, contact Donna Shines at 208-459-2844; or ask Rex or Joan Burmester or Dwayne Evanson

about their experiences as mentors.

South Middle School—We've had two cooking classes by the time you read this. The youth

have been excited about this experience and are serious about learning not only how to cook, but

why good nutrition is important to their health now and in the future. Here's a picture of the first

class in August when they learned about kitchen safety, knife skills and how to roast vegetables.

Don't forget food for the backpack program. Pick up one extra item a month when you do your

grocery shopping and drop it into the box in the entry labeled South Middle School. For those youth

neglected or living in poverty, this may keep someone from going to bed hungry, and just as

important, give them a sense that somebody cares.

Community School Outreach

Do:

Stay calm and intervene immediately. Don’t ignore it. Don’t think kids can work it out without adult help.

Understand that both the bully and the victim may be fearful of consequences for telling.

Create opportunity for them to explain their version of events in private.

Teach conflict resolution and emotional self-regulation skills. Make use of community resources. (stopbullying.gov, n.d.)

Volume 15, Issue 10

Laity Sunday


Cookies: S-Z

Cookies: A-B

Cookies: C-E

Cookies: F-H

Sanctuary: Joanne Herrick

Sanctuary: Brenda Miller

Sanctuary: Deb Jackson

Sanctuary: Stephanie Rogers

Community Shelter Outreach-9am

Prayer Group-1pm/Library

Al-Anon using facility-7/FH

Building & Grounds-6pm/Ctr Office

Leadership Team-7pm/GPS

Prayer Group-1pm/Library Al-Anon using facility-7/FH



Women’s Bible Study 10:00am/GPS Sunnyridge Luncheon-12 noon Prayer Group—1:30pm/Library Outside Group (TMI)-6pm/GPS NAMI facility use -6:30/GPS/ YTH UM Counseling Services 6:45pm/L

Women’s Bible Study 10:00am/GPS Outside Group (TMI)-6pm/GPS NAMI facility use -6:30/GPS/ YTH UM Counseling Services 6:45pm/L


Halloween

October 2017

Women’s Bible Study 10:00am/GPS UM Men Lunch -12 noon/ TNT Dynamite Grill Laura’s Angels-6:00pm/GPS Outside Group (TMI)-6pm/GPS NAMI facility use -6:30/GPS/ YTH UM Counseling Services 6:45pm/L

Community Shelter Outreach-9am

Prayer Group—1pm/Library


DinnerPrograms

Chancel Choir Practice

Sanctuary: Christine Sugg


South Middle School – Healthy

Habits Cooking Class-2:30-5:30


Cookies: N-R


DinnerPrograms


DinnerPrograms


Church Conference 12:30

World Communion Sunday

Dinner—Programs—



Praise Band Practice-6:30pm

Cub Scouts -7pm/FH


Cub Scouts -7pm/FH

Classics Luncheon—12noon/FH Praise Band Practice-6:30pm Cub Scouts -7pm/FH


Cub Scouts -7pm/FH

Daisies—1:00-2:30pm/FH

UMW 10:00am/FS Room

Dinner—6pm Programs—6:45pm

Chancel Choir Practice—7pm

Newsletter Deadline—to submit

articles & calendar dates for November

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Women’s Book Group—10:15am/

Nampa Library 3rd floor

9:00am - 3:00 pm Lunch will be served from

11:00 - 2:00pm

Trunk or Treat & Spook House—Church parking lot @



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