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From the Pastor Quilt Tickets

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Birthdays UMW

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Deaths Alternative Gifts Marriage Hygiene Kits

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Parish Nurse 5

School Supplies Births Spiritual Nurtur-

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Calendar 7

“The mission of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church is to Teach, Share, and Witness the Love of Jesus Christ”

St Paul’s Garage Sale, Estate Sale & Book Fair

From 8 am to 5 pm in the church basement The kitchen will be open every day serving

homemade soup and dessert.

Huge Sale November

5th, 6th & 7th

2 Corinthians 4:15 15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it ex-tends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Hello all,

I can’t believe that we are already in November. Fall has come the leaves are chang-ing and the nights are getting cooler. As I think about all that we have to be thankful for I give thanks for your generosity as you have given your time and money to help the chil-dren of Irving Elementary. I know last month in our newsletter there were several thank you notes from Lesa the social worker and also from the principle and faculty. Thank you for helping to make this mission a priority. As we continue to develop our partner-ship with Irving I know there will be more needs that are brought to our attention. We know that there are needs for supplies for the teachers along with a continued need for student supplies, uniforms, and even food. Lesa shared with me a while back that often times she will be notified when there is a family in crisis and may need immediate assis-tance with food. I give thanks for each and every one of you that has brought in food to help our growing pantry.

As I think about our food pantry there are several items that I know we are drastically low on and that is canned soups and canned or shelf stable meats. So when you go gro-cery shopping please pick up a few cans of soup, tuna, chicken, or other shelf stable meats to replenish our pantry. Jacob has been very busy in creating a space in our base-ment storeroom for the pantry so that we can relocate items from my office.

As I think about preparing for the holiday season I continue to give thanks for each and every one of you. I pray that God will fill you with a new sense of wonder for the hol-iday season as we prepare for Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas. Speaking of Advent our sermon series will be called Sent and I pray that you will continue to experience God’s divine blessing through the series.

Grace and Peace, Pastor Jeff & Beth

November 2015

Tickets are now available for purchase from the church office for this beautiful 86” x 89”

machined pieced and hand quilted quilt. It was made by the St. Paul’s Women’s Quilt-

ing Group that meet at St. Paul’s every Tuesday at 6 pm.

Cost is $1 for each ticket or $5 for 6. The drawing for the quilt will be at St. Paul’s 70th Annual Chicken Noodle Dinner on

Saturday, January 23, 2016

November 2015

United Methodist Women

St. Paul’s United Methodist Women will meet on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. All women are invited to attend. General meeting and program begin at 10:30 am followed by a covered dish dinner at 12:30 pm.

The UMW are asking you assistance in obtaining netting (10 yds) to make scrubbers, and old blue jeans to make book bags. Your donations can be brought to the church during regular office hours.

Reminder: Continue to bring personal hygiene items for Women’s Crisis Center and Campbell Soup labels for McCurdy School.

Mark your calendars for these Events. Church Women United World Community Day, at 1 pm on November 6, at St. Paul’s

Lutheran Church, 925 N. Waco. Wichita’s 21st Annual Alternative Gifts International Christmas Market at 10 am on

Saturday, November 14 at East Heights UMC, 4407 E. Douglas. Church Women United Annual Assembly at 12 noon for luncheon on December 4 at

West Heights United Methodist Church, 745 N. Westlink.

For more information contact Marie Harju at 838-5877

Diane Cruit ........................ 2 Patsy Black ........................ 3 Stephanie Wall Brown ........ 4 Marsha Simpson ................ 4 Joe Frangenberg ................ 5 Madeline Graham ............... 6 David Eastwood ................. 7 Tina Terry .......................... 7 Darin Pruitt ...................... 12 Mahren Warner ................ 12 Brenda Willis ................... 13 Sharon Lamson ............... 14 Abby Sterner ................... 15

Zachary Sterner ............... 15 Norma Brown .................. 17 Mercedes Andaya ............ 19 Zane Johnston ................ 19 April Koontz .................... 19 Donna Simmons .............. 19 Dezmen Warner............... 19 Vickie Pruitt .................... 20 Bobby Fleming ................ 21 Marie Harju ..................... 21 Linda Widener ................. 22 Rene (Bowman) McCurry .. 25

Deadline for the December “Ministry” newsletter is

Monday, November 16, 2015

November 2015

The St. Paul’s congregation is saddened by the death of member Cletus Cary on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 and extends their prayers and sympathy to his wife, Lucy, his daughters, Charla and Sandy, his extended family and his many friends.

A memorial service, celebrating Cletus’ life, was held on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at St. Paul’s. A memorial has been established with St. Paul’s.

Oral Hygiene Kits for GraceMed

St. Paul's UMC has been scheduled for November to provide GraceMed Dental Office with the Oral Hygiene Kits. The kits consist of: 1~regular tooth-brush, 1~regular tube of toothpaste and dental floss. They would really appre-ciate them put into a zip lock baggie, but if you are unable to do that, then just the 3 items will do. This is an ongoing project for GraceMed Den-tal. Thank you so much for your cooperation. Contributions can be left in the work room next to the church office

Grace, Peace and Love, Marie Harju, GraceMed Guild

St. Paul’s congregation extends their congrat-ulations and best wishes to Heather (Warner) and Tom Backus who were married in Hawaii on Monday, July 20, 2015

Alternative Gifts International Christmas Market

The Wichita’s 21st Annual Alternative Gifts International (AGI) Christmas Market is at East Heights United Methodist Church, 4407 E. Douglas, on Saturday, November 14, 2015, from 10 am to 4 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

AGI is a non-profit organization that inspires support for humanitarian and environmental caus-es. They offer donor the option to designate charitable gifts through carefully selected agencies in the name of their relative, friends, and associates. For more information about AGI, visit their website at www.alternativegifts.org. or locally contact Sally Huber, Alternative Gifts Market steering committee, at [email protected] or by calling at 316-871-8306.

St. Paul’s Charge Conference is Sunday, November 1 at 5 pm.

November 2015

From the

Why do we have a Parish Nurse?

Christian and United Methodist Concepts of Health, Wellness and Health Ministry Jesus’ ministry was wholistic*. He ministered to the many aspects of an individual, including the physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, and social. The New Testament provides many examples of how Jesus healed the sick and sent his disciples to pray, anoint and heal them.1

United Methodists have a historical foundation of wholistic* care too. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was also a physician. As was the norm in the 18th century, clergy who trained at Oxford or Cambridge attended courses in theology and medical advice. Wesley’s medical text, The Primitive Physic, provided medical ad-vice that was affordable to even the poorest. The most significant aspect of Wesley’s book, as well as the medical advice that can be found in his writings, is his continuous emphasis on preventive care and healthy living.2

According to Wesley’s journal, for more than 27 years, he chose anatomy and physiology as top-ics for leisure reading. He applied the knowledge gained to the basic treatment of illness, both at the dispensaries he opened and during his travels. John Wesley perceived and earnestly desired that his followers should have healthy bodies and minds, as well as saved souls. History tells us that the common person could not afford the cost of medical care by a physician in Wesley’s time, so most turned to the local church vicar for care. While Wesley recommended that for trauma or complicated diseases a person should seek an “honest physician that fears God,” he emphasized simple, common sense medicines and treatments. He also prescribed a healthy lifestyle that included healthy foods, exercise, cleanliness, sleep and reduced stress. In his medical text, Primitive Physic or an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Diseases, Wesley edited the medical treatments of the day into simple forms with readily-available resources. He purposely included several remedies for each disorder “not only because all are not equally easy to be procured at all times, and in all places: but likewise because the medicine which cures one man, will not always cure another.”3

Dolores E. Kinkead, Parish Nurse St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

1 United Methodist Book of Worship (1996). p. 613 2 J. Shorb, “The Wholistic Vision of John Wesley: Q&A with Randy Maddox Part 1.” www.chreader.org/contentPage.aspx?resource_id=580 (accessed February 14, 2011.) 3 Wesley, John (1747, reprint 1960) Primitive Physic. Epworth Press, p. 29.

* Wholistic—“Wholistic” is not a misspelled version of “holistic.” In health ministry, the linguistic terms “wholistic” and “holistic” are not interchangeable—they each have distinct meanings. When speaking of health ministry and parish/faith community nursing, the “W” should be used. The Rev. Dr. Granger Westberg first advocated the use of the term “wholistic” rather than “holistic,” to more closely relate the term to wholeness and to avoid confusion with the term “holistic” that con-notes non-religious alternative health care practices.

November 2015

We continue to collect school supplies and uniforms for Irving School. Thank you to those who have made contributions. This is an ongoing mission of St. Paul’s. A list of items needed is posted on the St. Paul’s website at www.st-pauls-umc.org or you can pick up a list at the church office.

Donations can be brought to the church on Sunday or during regular office hours during the week.

School Supplies for Irving Elementary School

Congratulations to:

Eden Sterner and Vincent Chavez on the birth of their son, Vincent Chavez, born on Septem-ber 30, 2015. He weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Jim and Lori Sterner. Great Grandmother is Marie Harju.

Stormy White and his fiancé Lindsay Bernthal on the birth of their daughter, Skye Jade White, born on October 9, 2015. She weighed 8 pounds and was 20 1/2 inches long. Stormy is the grandson of Doc and Merilyn White.

Spiritual Nur turing

The committee met on October 12, with 3 members present. Items of discussion:

We remind all members to continue to bring school supplies and uniforms for Irving School. The students and staff are very thankful. Also, food items are still needed for school families in emergency need.

We continue to need help with the nursery on Sunday morning. If you would be willing to help in the nursery during the worship hour, please contact the church office.

The children’s program that we wish to begin after the first of the year was discussed and Nancy Nguyen will contact Mickey McCorkle concerning lesson plans.

St. Paul’s will be responsible for providing meals for the homeless overflow shelter dur-ing the month of November. Many thanks to Jay Schaper for organizing the people and organizations that will provide meals each evening. He still has a few dates open. If you would be interesting in providing and serving a meal, please contact the church office.

Please remember—we are here to Teach, Share, and Witness the love of Jesus Christ.

Reported by Norma Jean Glenn of Spiritual Nurturing

October 2015

Sunday Services:

9:30 am: Sunday School 10:30 am: Coffee Time 10:45 am: Traditional Wor-

ship

Pastor: ............................ Jeff Goetzinger [email protected]

Administrative Assistant: .. Marsha Simpson [email protected]

Janitorial: ............................. Pam Cooper

Parish Nurse:.................. Dolores Kinkead e-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday, 9 AM to 12 Noon

For prayer requests: E-mail: [email protected]

Sunday Worship

Sunday School ...................... 9:30 AM Fellowship Time .................. 10:30 AM Traditional Worship Service .. 10:45 AM

Church Office Hours Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Closed on Friday

Web page: www.st-pauls-umc.org

e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 316-267-3263 Fax: 316-267-3264

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1356 North Broadway Wichita, Kansas 67214

Phone: 316-267-3263 E-mail: [email protected]

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