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Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ,
Nancy and I have enjoyed this Summer. Mowing the yard, walking around town, sitting on the deck, driving
hither and yon, have been more enjoyable with cooler temperatures. It is tempting to sit back, relax, and ignore the
problems of the world.
Four people have been shot to death in Peoria in the last week! Families are grieving in Chattanooga,
Charleston, Colorado…folks are trying to move forward in Delavan, Cameron, Coal City, Watseka…the list keeps
growing! How can I make a difference?
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit
of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her, he
called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” And he laid his hands upon her, and
immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus
had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those
days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of
you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman,
a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” Luke
13:10-16
Followers of Jesus have been set free for a life of freedom and faithfulness in Christ Jesus! We are called to a
life of celebration and service every day! Jesus healed a woman bound for eighteen years. How can I be indifferent
just because something does not happen immediately today? Following Jesus and living faithfully connected to His
Church reminds me, I cannot remain indifferent! I must confess it, repent in the power of God’s Holy Spirit and
press on in ministry!
“An atheist offered an interesting perspective on this matter. Penn Jillette of the magician duo Penn and
Teller said, ‘I don’t respect people who don’t proselytize. How much do you have to hate somebody to not
proselytize?...I mean if I believed, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t
believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you…’” (We Confess)
Celebrate and enjoy each day! The Good News of God in Jesus Christ is we have been set free. God’s Holy
Spirit empowers us to be faithful, confess our indifference and choose to live each day in the fellowship of his
Church; seeking to lead people to real, personal, saving relationships with Jesus and to show the love of God to
everyone! We are not finished, eighteen years, more or less; God’s holy purpose for us is to be Jesus’ Church and
offer the world Christ!
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ
In Jesus,
Paul and Nancy Wier
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August 2015
Monthly Newsletter
Eureka United Methodist Church
THE CROSS ROAD
Our new email address is now
[email protected] please make updates
to your computers!!!
If you have any questions, please call the
office at 467-3026.
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Seasons of the Christian Year –Pentecost
Pentecost comes from the Greek, “pentekoste,” meaning fifty; fifty days after Easter. The Jewish festival of Pentecost was celebrated seven weeks after Passo-ver. The festival celebrated the giving of the Law, found-ing of Israel, and the Feast of First Fruits, a harvest festi-val. Christian Pentecost celebrates the gift of the Holy
Spirit to believers and the gifts brought by the Spirit to empower ministry. Red is the color of Pentecost. The Spirit came in tongues as of fire, so red con-veys this image. God is the “consuming fire” represented in Scripture. Fire brings warmth. The Holy Spirit brought warm hearts, fiery zeal, dedication, and devotion. Oxygenated blood is red and Spirit- empowered martyrs shed life-blood abroad for the growth of the Church. Green is also used for Sundays after Pentecost as a symbol of growth. Christians must grow in the Spirit to stay alive in Jesus Christ. The dove is a symbol of Pente-cost since the Spirit descended as a dove on Jesus at his Baptism. We use this im-age to convey the Holy Spirit coming to us. Pentecost is a season to express:
Celebration: Jesus fulfills the promise to send his Holy Spirit. Pentecost is called the birthday of the Church and this is a time to celebrate.
Gratitude: we have received the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit, so we give thanks. The Spirit brings life; calls, enlightens, and draws believers into the Church. We are grateful for the Church, the mother of our faith.
Hope: all things are made new by the Spirit. Revival and renewal are results of Pentecost.
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July 14, 2015 - 6:30 PM
Vacation Bible School will be August 3 – August 7, 9:00 – 11:30. Money collected will go to Eastbay Camp.
Reviewed Endowment Policy draft. Will discuss further at next meeting.
Plan to have proposed 2016 budget available to Council at September meeting.
JLCC having problems with their key card system. Approved motion to go with Thompson Electronics system for $4,333 which
includes 2 year warranty and key cards.
Working on new van use policy; will replace kitchen air conditioning unit, and looking at ways to put in a kitchen vent fan.
Received tax exempt approval from Dollar General Store.
Church conference tentatively set for November 7 at 10 AM.
Will have a celebration service at second service August 30 for Sunday School teachers and JLCC teachers followed by a meal.
To accommodate this, will start the 9-month schedule one week early.
Our next Church Council meeting is: August 11, 2015 at 6:30 PM.
July 2, 2015 7:30 PM
Present: Sue Knepp, Gary Robenstein, Jim Maccari
Absent: Dick Bown, Pastor Wier, Ken Jackson, Jim Kenagy, Rick Munson, Ben Dallas, Steve Danner
Meeting was called to order and opened with prayer.
The following items have been completed: Painting of Secretary & basement women’s bathroom, Outside Security Lights, Tree
Trimming at the parsonage, Carpet cleaning in the sanctuary, narthex and offices, Sprinkler System Shut Off Valve, Siding on back
of church
The following items are still in process:
Rekeying of Fire Safe – The fire safe will be rekeyed and only a limited number of keys will be made.
Catastrophic Recovery Plan – A draft Catastrophic Recovery Plan is being developed and will be presented to Church Council
when the draft is completed.
Estimate for Kitchen Vent Fan – A vent fan is being looked into for over the dishwasher to remove all the steam that is created.
Key Card System JLCC – The security key card system at JLCC is in need of replacement. 2 estimates have been received and a
motion was made to accept the estimate from Thompson Electronics. The recommendation was forwarded to Church Council
Van Use Policy Review – The policy from 3/2/2006 will be revised and presented at September meeting
AC Units in the Kitchen – The air conditioner in the kitchen is going bad and estimates are being received for replacement
Our next Trustees meeting is September 3, 2015 at 7:30 pm.
Trustee Meeting Minutes
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Donation Program Benefits the Church! UMCmarket, (visit: UMCmarket.org) a tremendously reward-ing opportunity to earn money for EUMC, makes it possible to receive donations from your favorite retailers every time someone within the congregation makes an online purchase.
Shop online at your favorite stores and a percentage will be donated to Eureka United Methodist Church.
How to sign up on the UMCmarket: 1. Go to UMCmarket.org, click on the “Get Started” button on the UMCmarket home page. 2. Enter your email or sign up with your Facebook account and create a password. 3. Find Eureka United Methodist Church by searching name, city and state.
How to shop and donate to Eureka United Methodist Church: 1. Log in to your UMCmarket account with the email and password you created. 2. Find the store you would like to shop at on our Stores page. 3. Click on the store link and shop as you normally do. 4. Your donation will be recorded when the items are shipped. 5. The donation will be available to EUMC once the store sends the donation funds (30- 60 days after ordering order depending on the store’s return policy). 6. Donation checks are sent to EUMC each month once the amount reaches $100. For help or more information, please contact the church at (309) 467-3026 or [email protected] or contact UMCmarket at [email protected].
Monthly Breakfast and Meeting
7:00AM Saturday, August 8, 2015
Vacation Bible School will be held at Eureka United
Methodist Church at 208 Callender Street, Monday, Au-
gust 3rd though Friday, August 7th from 9-11 AM. The
theme is Camp Discovery and will feature games, crafts,
music and stories. This free program is open to PreK
through those who have
completed 4th grade.
Registration forms may
be picked up at the
church or filled out
online at
eurekailumc.org.
Registrations will be
taken at the church the
first morning of VBS as
well. Come experience
God’s message with us!
BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015
10:30 AM WORSHIP
ALSO, TEACHER RECOGNITION! J
JOIN US AS WE PRAYERFULLY SEND THESE FOLKS OF ALL AGES
INTO THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR 2015-16
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Eureka United Methodist Church Information Please complete this to assist us as we minister to one another and our faith community.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Spouse: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Date of Spouses Holy Baptism ________________________________
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Marital Status: Single ________ Married _______ Widow(er) _______ Separated ________ Divorced __________
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Favorite Scriptures, Hymns _________________________________________________________________________________
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SUNDAY MINISTRY TEAMS
9:00 AM Worship
Greeters: August 2 - Paul & Norma Attig August 9 - Arlene Staff August 16 - Diane Hinnen August 23- Bob & Jan Gold August 30 - Dick & Vickie Ridle
Liturgist for August Diana Brehmer
Communion Servers for August Gary & Judy Robenstein Jim & Nancy Maccari
Nursery Workers August 2 - Laura Collins & Nikki Danner August 9 - Amy Hobbs & Emma Sylvester August 16 - Diane Hinnen & Heather Armstrong August 23- Regina Swartz & Bridget Munson August 30 - Nikki Danner & Mary Musick
Children’s Message August 2 - Arlene Staff August 9 - Debbie Zook August 16 - Carol Hughes August 23- Jan Dixon August 30 - Laura Hughes
Children’s Church Teams August 2 - Nikki & Miles Danner August 9 - Heather & Holly Armstrong August 16 - Melissa & Micah Schumacher August 23- Norma Attig & Emma Sylvester August 30 - Rhonda & Brianna Wetzler
EUMC Sermons and Newsletter
available on our website!
VISIT: www.eurekailumc.org
To listen to Sermons online:
Select “Ministries”, scroll down and click on
“Sermons”, click on “Launch Media Player”, then
click desired sermon.
(Wait time may vary due to internet connection.)
To view the newsletter online:
Select “Ministries”, scroll down and click on
“Newsletter”, then click “The Cross Road.”
fyi…
Fall Church Clean Up The Trustees are developing a new process for
the Fall Clean Up at Church. Rather than pick-
ing 1 day, a list of projects will be compiled that
need to be completed and individual church
members will be contacted to be responsible for
completing the job sometime during the month
of September. They can involve as many other
church members they would like, on a time
frame that works for them. Be looking for a
phone call!
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2
Worship 9 AM
Sunday School
10:20AM
6:30PM Youth
3
VBS 9-11:30 AM
4
VBS 9-11:30 AM
9:30 AM Clergy
covenant
6:30 PM Women’s
Bible study @
Parsonage
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VBS 9-11:30 AM
10 AM Bible study
@ church
7PM Praise Choir
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VBS 9-11:30 AM
1 PM Prayer Meet-
ing at Maple Lawn
Day of
Fasting & Prayer
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VBS 9-11:30 AM
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7AM UMM
Breakfast Meeting
9
Communion Sunday
Worship 9 AM
Sunday School
10:20AM
6:30PM Youth
10
10AM Chapel Time
6:30 PM JLCC
Meeting
11
9:30 AM Clergy
covenant
6:30 PM Women’s
Bible study
6:30 PM Church
Council
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10 AM Bible study
@ church
7PM Praise Choir
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6:30 PM SPRC
Meeting
Dist 140 School
Start
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15
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Worship 9 AM
Sunday School
10:20AM
6:30 PM Youth
17
10 AM Chapel Time
10 AM-7PM Red
Cross Blood Drive
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9:30 AM Clergy
covenant
6:30 PM Women’s
Bible study @
Parsonage
3 PM Food Pantry
Meeting
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10 AM Bible study
@ church
7PM Praise Choir
20
6:30 PM Steward-
ship & Finance
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22
23
Worship 9 AM
Sunday School
10:20AM
6:30 PM Youth
24
10 AM Chapel Time
Cub Scout Pack
Meeting
25
9:30 AM Clergy
Covenant
6:30 PM Women’s
Bible study @
Parsonage
26
10 AM Bible study
@ church
7PM Praise Choir
27
1 PM Prayer Meet-
ing at Maple Lawn
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30
Worship 8& 1030
AM
S.S 9:20AM
Blessing of the Back-
packs and Teacher
Recognition 10:30 A
6:30 PM Youth
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10 AM Chapel Time
September 1
9:30 AM Clergy
Covenant
6:30 PM Women’s
Bible study @
Parsonage
2
10 AM Bible study
@ church
7PM Praise Choir
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August 2015
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August Birthdays
1 Paul Jeffcoat
2 Clayton Maxwell
3 Joyce Lanier
7 Liz Danner
7 Miranda Wertz
8 Bob Bishop
9 Libby Schertz
10 Bob Dickey
11 Sue Knepp
13 Jim Kenagy
17 Barb Harrison
17 Don Kanaga
17 Clara Neavill
18 Bill Baer
19 Megan Harrison
23 Ryker Grauer
24 Pauline Troyer
25 Ina Baer
27 Sylvia Hughes
29 Natalie Martz
31 Paul Attig
August Anniversaries
2 Mr & Mrs Mark Fellner
4 Mr & Mrs Ron Schertz
10 Mr & Mrs Dick Griffith
16 Mr & Mrs Marshall Bernius
18 Mr & Mrs Hal Spence
19 Mr & Mrs Dave Brush
20 Mr & Mrs Milt Hinnen
21 Mr & Mrs Don Kanaga
Messenger Eureka United Methodist Church August 2015
Our Missionaries:
Priscilla Legay Jaiah,
Brad & Maria Festen,
Jonathon & Amanda Moore,
Jeff & Shauna Spence and Children
Pete & Carol Hughes,
Alicia Wright
Requests:
Family of Alice Shumacher
Dick Aldrich
Family of Leroy Thomas
Craig & Carol Yost
Gary Bown
Dennis Crouch
Carol Waters
Mike Houghton
Marie Berlett
Emma Hope Asendorf
Harlan Pierson
Ina Baer
Dr. Paul Kinsinger
Cornelle Gerber
Barb Ross
Levi Mayote
Amy Barker (Harriet Wolfe’s daughter)
Daniel Korabel
Megan Bugg
Henry Yedinak (Paul & Nancy Wier’s
grandson)) People dealing with natural disasters
locally, nationally and internationally
The Least, Last & Lost: 1 or 2 unchurched God desires me to cultivate
Local Advocate-BroMenn Medical Center-
“Same Day Services (SDS)”
Jacob’s Ladder Child Care
Eureka Area Food Pantry
Heart House and Heartline
Eureka College
Congerville-Eureka-Goodfield Dist. #140
County Board: Dean Backer, Don
Cremeens, John Delaney, Mike
Hinrichsen, Doug Huser, Jason Jording,
Tom Karr, Duane Kingdon, John Krug,
Barry Logan, Andrew Martin, Terry
Pille, Shannon Rocke, Andrew Rokey,
David Pinaire
Mission & Ministry: Henderson Settlement Methodist Mission
Threads, Hope & Love, NFP
Orphan’s Treasure Box (Beth Wendling)
Camp Good News U.M.C. IGR Conference’s Camping Ministry
Eureka Food Pantry Ministry and Volunteers
EUMC Ministries and Missions
Rev. Paul Wier
Rev. Jonathan D. Keaton (IGRC Bishop)
Rev. Mary Kathryn Pearce (Dist. Supt. of
the Illinois River District)
National/International Concerns: President Barack Obama
Vice President Joseph Biden
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin, Mark Kirk
Governor Bruce Rauner
Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti
Sec. of State Jesse White
Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Comptroller Leslie Munger
Treasurer Michael Frerichs
Senate President John Cullerton
Speaker of the House Michael Madigan Victims in Liberia and other parts of the world
Ebola Health Crisis Middle East/Peace for Israel and Palestinians
Those in service to God and country
through the military:
There is Power in Prayer Our Prayer Concern List
Adam Jeffcoat
Justin Jackson
Brian Wrench
Barbara Heyungs-
Whiteman
Justin Yurish
Corben Symmonds
Chandlyre Carlyle
Jordan Bunting
Cpt. Tom Goyette
Greg Martz
Jenna Lynn Rassi
Jordan J. Mohr
Nick Miller
Ashleigh Martz
Quentin Russ
Jim Karpie
Jerrica Kuebler
Hightower
Rev. Randy Koch
Jason Nelson
Jeffrey Denton
Benjamin Wallace
Stephen Meinders
Benjamin Wier
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 The USA, its citi-zens, leaders, servicemen and women. Give thanks for our freedoms.
2 Sunday Worship--Greeters, Ushers, Liturgists, Worship Leaders, Pianists, Welcome Table Ministry
3 Medical and Healthcare Profes-sionals
4 Lay Leadership Eureka Area Food Pantry Eureka United Methodist Church
5 Daily Ministry-- church administra-tion, Support Staff, Trustees, Custodians
6 Finance & Stewardship Committee; Budget & Giving
7 Missions Team, Priscilla Legay Jaiah, Principal of UM Ganta, Liberia, West Africa
8 United Methodist Men & Women and related out-reach efforts
9 Sunday Worship--Small Groups Ministries at EUMC, Outreach Ministries
10 Our respective places of employment The unemployed and Underemployed
11 Church Council, SPRC, Pastor, Visitation Ministry, Audio/Visual Min-istry
12 Crime in Peoria, the homeless, Peo-ria Rescue Ministries, Southside Mission
13 All students, all ages, home and abroad returning to school
14 All teachers and school administra-tors worldwide as they begin the new schoolyear
15 Eureka College students, Heart-line & Heart House children on School Lunch Pro-grams
16 Sunday Worship--Children’s Ministry & Nursery Workers; JLCC, Lay Leadership
17 Missionaries: Sally Morris, John & Amanda Moore, Jeff & Shauna Spence
18 Food Pantry Heartline/Heart House Eureka College Children on School Lunch Programs
19 Maple Lawn, The hospitalized, shut-ins, nursing home residents.
20 Missionaries: Brad & Marie Festen (Christina & Kylie)
21 Missionaries: Pete & Carol Hughes, Church in Borpaunyee, Libe-ria
22 Novgorod, Russia Mission, Pastor Anatoli Korabel and wife, Luba of Novgorod Evangelical Church
23 Sunday Worship; Potential New Members, Marriages and Baptisms
24 The Lost, The Unchurched in Woodford County Cub Scout Pack #257
25 School District #140: teachers, administration, students, support personnel, unsaved in the
26 Children and staff of Jacob’s Ladder Preschool
27 Great Rivers Conference, Bishop Superintendents
28 President Obama VP Biden US Sen Durbin, Kirk IL Gov Rauner Pastor Paul
29 People affected by natural disasters locally, nationally, internationally
30 Campus Life Ministry at Eureka Senior High, College Students, Jacob’s Ladder Child Care
31 Physical, Spiritual, Emotional healing; unspoken needs; renewal of Christian Servants
August 2015
Prayer Calendar
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Eureka United Methodist Church 208 N Callender Street – Eureka, IL 61530
309-467-3026 email: [email protected] www.eurekailumc.org
Our Mission
Matthew 28:19-20
We accept as our mission,
Christ’s commission to:
“Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the Age.”
Our Vision
Evangelize for Christ
United in the spirit of fellowship
Maturing as disciples
Commissioned for prayer and ministry
June - August Schedule
9:00 AM Worship 10:20 AM Sunday School for All Ages