to You
"BRINGING
ALL INTO THE FAMILY THROUGH PEACE"
Vol, XXXVII lssue
No. 9 – September 1, 2010
Peace United Methodist Church, Richland Center, WI
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 10:45 a.m. (9:15 @ Trinity)
Sunday evening Worship in Praise & Prayer @ 5:30 p.m.
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Shining Stars Worship for
Kids
Cornerstone Sunday School Class
from the Church Mouse: Deadline
All
Things Considered . . .
Grace and Peace
to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I hope that my greeting to you with the
Grace of God may have a richer meaning to you now that we have been spending a
few weeks studying the Grace of God in our current sermon series
"What’s So Amazing about Grace." As the classic hymn explains in the
second stanza, "Twas grace that taught my
heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did
that grace appear the hour I first believed."
Grace does many things, and when I
understand grace better, it teaches my heart to fear the Lord. For me that fear
means to think of our Lord God as a "Daddy-sir!" I can approach God
through Jesus Christ and crawl into his lap and find comfort and protection. I
can find the assurance of an ultimate love and can call the God Of All Creation ... Daddy! While at the same time recognize
that there is a great need to have a respectful awe of our Lord God
where I would also say "Sir!"
My point is that our Heavenly Father
desires us to grow to know Him and to better understand the grace we are
offered as well as to learn how to participate in it so it may be experienced
in ever increasing fresh and deeper ways. This is how through "grace my
fears are relieved" as the hymn states and as we have learned in past
weeks.
But grace doesn’t stop there, God has
commanded us to go and tell others about the grace we have received; a command
commonly known as "The Great Commission." Jesus told us this in Matthew
28:19-20 that we are to "...go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I
am with you always to the very end of the age." You see, God has a
plan and purpose for each church and for each and every Christian. That plan
and purpose fits into the Great Commission that Jesus directed for us.
After our sermon series on Grace, I invite
you to join us for another sermon series where we will learn to discover God’s
exclusive purpose for your life. This is important for every believer to
understand because every life has been especially crafted and shaped by the
Lord. You have been made marvelously unique . . . intentionally. And when we
tap into that purpose and the mysterious reasons you have been given your
personal make-up; your wonderful blend of passions, talents, experiences,
temperament and spiritual gifts, you will discover a fulfillment and
satisfaction in life like you had never dreamed possible!
Likewise, God has created each person to
fit into the Body of Christ where their purpose is fulfilled. And each Body of
Christ, or each church, has been created by God to fulfill a purpose which is
to spread the wonderful grace of God . . . or as Jesus put it, to make
Disciples of Christ and teach them of the grace of God which will transform the
world. When a church discovers its purpose, it will grow into the vital Body of
Christ God has designed it to be!
May the Lord bless you and keep you as your
realize that the Lord will be with you always!
Pastor Bill
+ Christian Symbols +
Oil
In the Old Testament, oil symbolized
consecration to God. The temple altar and king’s heads were anointed with oil
to set them apart as holy.
In the New Testament, oil often represented
the Holy Spirit. Jesus and his followers were anointed for their ministries.
(See Luke 4:18 and Acts 10:38)
"Winter is an etching, spring a
watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."
–
Pastoral Calls
By being the new kid on the block, so to
speak, I’m asking for everyone’s help. I would greatly appreciate it if you
would let me know of a parishioner who is hospitalized or ill at home. You may
call my home, my cell phone or the church office with the information. Your
helping me out with this information will help me to be a better pastor to you
and those around you and also keep me connected. Even if you think I might have
heard about it from someone else, it doesn’t hurt to check. Thank you!
Shining Stars Worship for Kids
WHEN - 1st Tuesday of every month
TIME - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE -
Corner of
This is a one hour worship time for kids
only. Parents are welcome to stay but feel free to go out, run some errands,
have dinner with your spouse, etc. This is a time for the kids to get together
to sing and dance.
They start out with prayer and sing for
about 20 minutes and then go to small group time for about 15 minutes. The
groups are broken up as Preschool-1st grade and 2nd - 5th
grades. The small group topic is a story from the New Testament and they are
focusing on who Jesus is, what He did, and how we can be like Him. Then the
children go back together for closing worship and prayer.
It is the hope of those who have started
Shining Stars Worship for Kids to bring our next generation of little Christian
people together.
If anyone feels that they would like to
help out in anyway with the kids worship, please feel free to come to the next
worship night, Tuesday, September 7th, at 6:30 p.m.
Some months there will be a live band just
like Community VBS style. The group is always looking for older youth to help
with the younger ones.
Please come check us out.
Walk With GRACE Update
The 2010 Walk With
GRACE proved to be another huge success for our community! Over $185,000 has
been raised this year and our Church’s team raised
over $3,800 - $1,200 more than last year!
THANK YOU to everyone who so generously
supported the team. A special thank you to Nancy Wagoner for her help with
decorating and "manning " our table during
the Walk event.
Please remember, in your prayers, all
those whose lives have been affected by cancer.
"When
the bad news is cancer, the good news is GRACE."
Again, thanks to all of you who are working
to make a difference for so many in our community.
Joan Bethke
Help Wanted!
Children ages 3 years through the 8th
grade to sing in the Kids 4 Peace choir.
Qualifications:
Must love to sing and praise God through
song.
Starting Date:
Sunday, September 12
from 10:10 - 10:30 a.m.
and each following Sunday.
Location:
Peace United
Kindergarten Sunday School
room
Benefits:
Having fun, fellowship with other kids, and
worshiping our awesome God!
If interested:
Please contact Brian or Jenalee
Moore:
phone: 647-4166
e-mail: collinolanden@yahoo.com
Oops!
Found
in a bulletin in
"Offertory
Medication"
Sounds
like these worshipers need a prescription for meditation.
Wanted
Wanted: Choir members - whereabouts unknown
Last Seen: Hiding out in the congregation.
Description: Male and female, young and old, musical and
cheerful, may be armed and desperate for a robe.
Reward: "Give and you shall receive."
Surrender to: Your friendly choir director
SPOTLIGHT ON MISSIONS
The
Mission Emphasis for September is Seafarers Ministry in
It is a United Methodist project to supply
a place for men coming off the big ships to sleep, eat, worship. A place where
they are able to have a Bible Study, get needed clothes from their Thrift Shop,
and enjoy the fellowship provided there.
We supply a van to pick them up and return
them to their ships.
Peace will have a "Men’s" good clean
clothing drive during September. Please bring your good clean men’s clothes
to the
News
from Chris Hena
Greetings from Semey,
It is good to be back in my own bed after being away on Home Assignment for
more than three months. Obviously, it was great serving all of my supporting
churches – in the States that I visited. Meeting both old and new friends and
enjoying the beauty of the U.S. Needless to say, I attended two different
Annual Conferences -
The blessing of Home Assignment or
Itineration is staying in homes of different families. I learned more about the
Our health workers were happy to see me and
have me back. I am very proud of the great job they are doing amongst the
people we serve. When we started the project several years ago, they didn’t
want to stand near the patients. They lacked the basic understanding of serving
and showing respect to and for people that had different social status in the
community. The term volunteer didn’t mean anything to them. Many always
questioned my activities in the community - CIA, etc. However, the Lord told me
to remain faithful to what I was doing. Also, many of them cheated on
everything we did - would not come to work when I was not around and wrote that
they did. Praise the Lord! It took a long time coming, but they are now very committed
to everything we do. We are like one big family. Each one had stories about
things they did to help their patients when I was away. I sat listening to them
with tears in my eyes. I could not believe what I heard. God’s grace is
sufficient for all.
Well, I am back to my routine - villages
and Semey. People are more aware of their health
needs and have taken their heath care into their own hands. Our focus on
control of diarrheal disease, nutrition and
micro-nutrients, immunizations, child spacing and maternal and newborn care and
primary health care services, are all taking roots in the communities. Our work
load is overwhelming, but very rewarding. Especially when I
see lives that are changed because of what we do. A
testament of Jesus and His love for us.
Many have asked about my health, thanks for
asking. My health is great and I praise the Lord for being alive. I had my
routine check-up when I was in
Again, let me say thanks for everything. I
enjoyed spending time with many of you, both old and new friends. I am
expecting you to visit me in Semey or
I am serious!
Anytime you hear the Lord’s calling, just
let me know.
In Him,
Chris
For many years Claudia had a sign on her
shortwave radio used to keep track of me while I was flying. It had a
thunderbolt and said, "The Lord never panics."
Storms are a part of life. Pilots are
taught to keep the big weather picture in mind as it helps to make it possible
to deal safely with storms.
Understanding God’s big picture helps us
find our way. Missions is God’s answer for a world
full of hurt and for lost humanity. It is God’s action program based on His
most important value – His love for people. Missions is
His priority. It is our holy work. It is the purpose of the Church and it is to
be the center of the agenda.
Doing missions is more than meeting a
divine obligation. God calls us to missions to bless us and others. If we
ignore missions, we will miss those blessings. Apathy will gut our faith and
detach us from God’s program to love all people. We will be in danger of losing
our way. God wants the very best for us. Missions is
the fun part of the Church!
Missions is even more. It is God calling us to change
the world. With His help, we can do exactly that. Every Christian is to be an
agent of change. What happens "over there" depends on us – right
here, right now. God has put into our hands the ability to change lives and
destinies. This is much more than a "do good" philosophy. We live for
Christ. We are all called to the work of making missions succeed, whether we
are a missionary or not.
If there are storms to be weathered, let us
make sure the journey is God’s important one. Since problems will come, let
them come for the right reasons. Let us bring Jesus our commitment to His
mission work, just as He asks. Let us do the hard work, the different things,
so His salvation may reach the ends of the world.
In our news:news:
Over five thousand donated books, that were shipped with last furlough’s
container project, now have a beautiful new home. Now the job of getting the
library up and running begins. It will take lots of training of staff and work
to get the books cataloged and the library organized. We plan to use a new
computer based library system called Mandarin Library Automation.
The vast majority of books are excellent
Christian books. Most pastors here cannot afford their own personal libraries.
We expect they will make use of this great new resource.
Donations of designated funds, and more
books, will be greatly appreciated for the library. We praise and thank God for
each person who donated books to the container project.
More wonderful news! Our first grandchild, a girl, was born to
our daughter and son-in-law on March 18, 2010. We are so happy! Her name is Eva
and she is the cutest baby in the whole world!
Cornerstone Sunday School
Class
The Cornerstone Class will be beginning a
9-week study of the
Biblical Book of
James and all the practical advise in it. If you are
interested in this book and class, please join us each and every Sunday for a
good lesson, good discussion of the Word of God and good fellowship.
The class meets in the 2nd room
upstairs every Sunday at 9:30. The new study will begin on Sunday, September
12.
Your Teacher,
Pam Kintz
Attention, All You Singers!
It is really that time again. The summer
flies by so quickly. Now we can begin choir practices again.
If you love the Lord, love to sing, can
read music a little bit and love good fellowship, the choir is just the place
for you.
Of course, we will once again do a
Christmas Cantata for such a special time of year and the music makes it even
better. We will sing every Sunday starting with September 12. Our practices are
on Wednesday nights from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., with the first practice on September
8th.
I look forward to directing the choir and
having it as a part of our worship each and every Sunday. I’ll do my best to
fight off our crazy church mouse and have everything ready to go. So See You
Then!
Your director,
Pam Kintz
September brings back a number of our
"key" people who have had the summer off to enjoy family, friends, time away.
Welcome
Back!
So now we get to say Welcome Back to:
Our Choir Members
Brian Moore for our preludes
Janis McCollum, our organist
Pam Kintz, our
Choir Director and pianist
Brian & Jenalee
Moore our Kids 4 Peace Choir Directors
Kids 4 Peace Choir Members!
Join
Our Sunday School
September is the month when all Sunday School classes are again in full swing. Peace is proud to
offer so many different Sunday School classes and for
various ages as well - from 3 years old to infinity. So, if you’re say 90 years young and want to come to Sunday School, we
have a class or two just waiting for you.
Below is a list of the classes and what they are presently teaching and who the
teachers are:
3 years - Kindergarten
Jenalee Moore
Children three years old through Kindergarten are welcome to join us
each Sunday morning as we come to know the love of God through Jesus. Each
lesson is based on three big truths: God is a great big God, God loves us with
a great big love, and we are part of God’s great big world. This is achieved
through Bible stories, art, games and music.
In addition, Mr. Z, Ms. Lucy, and Bongo the Bible Bird Puppet will
help to reinforce our message each week.
We look forward to seeing you there each Sunday morning at 9:30
a.m. We are located in the large foyer, first room past the office.
1st
- 4th Grades
Julie Klossowski
Children from 1st through the 4th grades are welcome in my Sunday School class. We also teach the same curriculum as Jenalee, only an older version that fits our age group. The
lessons are really informative, offer lots of discussion and the students
really like watching the DVD each week which emphasizes what we are learning
and helps us to come to know the love of God through Jesus.
I also look forward to seeing you there each Sunday morning. I am
located on the second floor, the fourth door on the left.
5th
- 8th Grades
Pam Peterson-Kintz
My group of young people from 5th through the
8th grades like to think and ask questions. I also teach from the same
series as the two elementary classes except we are known as the “tweens”. We aren’t really children anymore but we’re not
quite teens either. So we’re tweens coming to know
the love of God through Jesus. We study from the Live B.I.G. (Believe In God) series. Each student has their own book and DVD to
listen to and learn from. My age group of young people face so many different,
sometimes frightening,things
in their lives so Live B.I.G. helps us grow as children of God by taking what
we learn during Sunday School into our everyday lives.
I welcome all young people from 5th - 8th grades to come in to my
class and I look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday mornings. We are located
on the second floor, the first room on the right.
Builders
Jim Brock
This class is made up of older adults. We would welcome anyone no
matter what your age. At the present time, our class materials are geared to
news items and how they relate to Scripture and prophesy. Of course, there are
many personal opinions mixed in, which makes for lively discussion.
This class is at times quite large which sometimes limits total
participation. But if you have something to say, we will surely listen.
We approach each lesson with the thought in mind that somewhere we will see God
at work.
We are located in Friends Room, lower level of the church.
Cornerstone
Pam Kintz
Our class will be studying the book of James as we get going full speed
ahead in September. We are looking for young and old adults, those with
children in Sunday School and those who just want to
be in a class.
Come and join our fellowship and discussion of God’s Word.
Our class is the 2nd door on the left on second floor. Come and see us!
Harmony
Muriel Frawley
We are a small class made up of the Harmony and Friends Sunday
School classes. I try to make the class interesting and meaningful. We enjoy
getting together every Sunday, doing our lesson together and just seeing and
greeting each other.
We will be studying “The Inescapable God”for
the next quarter. The lessons are set in three parts: “God Reveals” will be
from the Book of Exodus and from the Book of Psalms we will be studying how
“God Sustains” and God Protects”. Our lessons are designed to help adults
understand the meaning and authority of the Bible for Christian life.
We welcome any newcomers to our class. We are located off the
Seekers
Barb Nimocks
The Seekers Sunday School has been together for many years.
Although the names and faces have changed over the years, the purpose of the
class remains unchanged. First and foremost, the Seekers are exactly what their
name implies. They are a group of adults that come together each Sabbath and
seek the word of God. For the past four years they have been on a discipleship
trek together called the “Highway to Holiness”. The curriculum is Bible based
and as we head into fall we will start out with beginnings and the Book of
Genesis. Then we will move on to how God prepares the way and provides for
God’s own in times of difficulty. Secondly, the Seekers are not just a
Bible study group. They are a group of friends that come together to nurture
and support each other as they journey together through their Bible study. They
enjoy each others company and often share social outings together. They are
living proof that being part of a small group study can be educational,
inspiring and fun as well as having fantastic potlucks.
If you’re looking for a place to expand your knowledge of the
Bible as well as being a part of Christian fellowship, come and join us on
Sunday mornings. We are located on the second floor, first room on the left.
Pastor Bill will be starting a
Confirmation Class this fall. He is looking for students in the 6th - 8th
grades who are interested in being a part of this class.
A starting date has not been established as yet. Pastor will be
meeting with the parents of all interested students prior to beginning the
class to discuss time, date, and what the students will be studying.
Please contact Pastor Bill if you are interested in being in a
Confirmation Class. You may call him at church or shoot him an e-mail. Please
do so soon so materials can be ordered and we can get started.
Peace’s
Slow Pitch Team
The church’s slow pitch team had an
up and down season with all the rain outs and vacation time. When it came to
tournament time, the team came together. After losing the first game, the team
moved to the losers bracket. We then went on to win
four games in a row! Peace then played the Championship game against Ash Creek
UMC, which we lost.
A big thank you to all who played this
season:
David Brock
Pastor Bill
Mike Dalberg
Jake Gehrke
Benny Green
Pam Kintz
Darren McCarthy
Brian Moore
Landen Moore
Nolan Moore
Beth Muth
Emily Prochaska
Shaun Tjossem
Earl Turner
David Turk
Tim Woodman
Dave
Marcus Wynhoff
See you at
UMW Calendar at
a Glance
UMW Calendar for September
1st - 9:00 a.m. -
14th - 9:00 a.m. -
14th - 1:30 p.m. -
Lesson: Betty Doherty
Hostess:
16th - 1:30 p.m. -
Lesson: Dory Wallace & Beverly Harper
Hostesses: Dory Wallace & Beverly Harper
18th - 9:00 a.m. - Coulee
District Annual Celebration at Peace
19th - UMW Sunday
29th - PWEO - Place TBA
Our
pledge needs to be turned in during the Coulee District Annual Celebration.
If any woman is interested in seeing what a
Circle does, you are invited to attend a Circle meeting that works for you.
Dear Peace Family,
I want to thank everyone for their prayers,
thoughts, calls, hospital visits and the many cards.
I can not believe how much a card can do
for your day. I still have a long way to go.
Thanks,
Terry Nimocks
(Editor’s note: Please keep both Terry and
Barb in your prayers as Terry’s surgery approaches and his recovery
afterwards).
Dear Peace United
We would like to tell you how very much we appreciate
your participating in the 2010 "Walk With
GRACE."
The dedication and compassion of your team
is truly inspiring. Your hard work makes life easier for cancer patients and
their families.
Please thank everyone on your team for us.
We are so thankful for all of you. We hope your team will participate again
next year.
Aloha,
Jan Berglin,
Thank You Committee
Dear Peace United
We would like to tell you how very much we
appreciate your participation in the 2010 "Walk With
GRACE."
The dedication and compassion of this
community is truly inspiring. Your hard work and support doesn’t go unnoticed.
Thank you for advertising the Walk on your
marquee.
Aloha,
Jan Berglin,
Thank You Committee
Office Hours Change
Since there is a school bus right here,
most of you probably realize that Joan will be once again driving school bus.
School for
So beginning on September 1st
and continuing until the last day of school, Joan will be in the office from
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. On late start days, she’ll be in at
10:30 a.m. On no school snow days, if she’s in town, she’ll be here. Otherwise,
if she’s stuck at home, that’s where she’s staying.
Church Mouse
Hi There! Boy do I feel really great! I
took a week’s vacation from you know who and just headed out of town to chill
out. Or in my case, fry!
Who would have thought we would have a week’s
worth of frying days and that humidity! It really put kinks in my poor tail.
Now it looks like a cork screw!
Anyway, I’m back to help Joan get some work
done. I think I’ll help Pastor Bill out with some decorating ideas that I have
and help Pam Kintz out. Well, she doesn’t really need
my help but I just love running over her feet with those sandals on or else
running up her leg. Then, if I do that, well she’ll just stuff me back in the
paper clip dispenser or hang me upside down in the candle. So, maybe I’ll leave
her alone for a bit. She keeps warning everyone to stay away from me.
Things are getting geared up for our Church
Charge Conference later this year. Different committees have been meeting and
some will start meeting to get things ready. Then there’s Worship in the Park
on Labor Day Sunday. We have eight churches participating this year so that’s
really exciting!
Sunday School is
getting back up to speed again with our elementary Sunday School teachers
coming back.
You know who is getting excited about
school starting and she’s just itching to get behind the wheel of her school
bus. I heard she has a much longer route this year with a few new hills, curves
and roads thrown in. I think perhaps I’ll ride with her one day and see for
myself.
I guess now would be a good time to remind
everyone that the deadline for the October issue of Peace To You will
be Monday, September 20, at noon.
Be good everyone or try to. Just like me!
Dave & Jennifer Foley
Jeannie Baker
Carl Bethke
9-05
Dick Dalberg
9-12
Arlene Fruit
9-19
Rol McCauley
9-26
Dick Dalberg
9-05 None - Worship in the Park
9-12 Terry & Barb Nimocks
9-19 Monica Deaver
& Judy Shadewald
9-26 Doris Clary & Betty Havlik
NURSERY WORKERS & HELPERS
9-05 None - Worship in the Park
9-12 Madalene
McCauley (S)
Julie Klossowski (W)
9-19 Anya Drone
9-26 Jill Tjossem