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The United Methodist Church of Ephrata 117 C. Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823 - (509)754-4664

Thank you for supporting the work of the church through your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service and your witness as we pursue our mission:

“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”

March 2015

Update Deadline March 18th 12:00 noon

Get your articles and announcements in!

by emailing to:

sheryl@umcephrata.org Page 5

The Update March 2015

The United Methodist

Church of Ephrata

“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”

Pastor Justin Townley

Office Hours

Monday through Thursday

9:00am to 1:00pm

www.umcephrata.org

Phone: (509)754-4664

Fax: (509)398-9514

Email: info@umcephrata.org

117 C Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823

Sunday School 10am

Worship Service: 10:00am

Pastor: Justin Townley…….revjustin@umcephrata.org

Administrative Assistant: Sheryl Downey…….sheryl@umcephrata.org

Custodian: Jamie Downing

Nursery Attendant: Hannah Heflin

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March Servers

Mark Your Calendars

Worship/Communion 10am March 01

Grief Talks 6pm March 03

Men’s Group 7:30am March 07

Trustees 7pm March 10

Fun & Fellowship 6pm March 11

Circle of Love 1pm March 16

OFFICE CLOSED March 23

Community Dinner 5:30pm March 26

Sunday, March 1st

Assistant of the Day: Scott Kellams

Usher: Vivian Winters

Greeter: Cammy Hatch

Liturgist: Sandy Archer

Coffee Hour: Ann Chandler

Lead Counter: Denis Plew

Assistant Counter: Louise Ingebrigtson

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Rebecca Gipson

Sunday, March 8th

Assistant of the Day: Ed Rogers

Usher: Bob Bluhm

Greeter: Betty Rogers

Liturgist: Camille Price

Coffee Hour: Janis D. & Louise Sivula

Lead Counter: Shirley Pederson

Assistant Counter: Marilyn Grass

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Christy Price

Sunday, March 15th

Assistant of the Day: Scott Kellams

Usher: Don Morin

Greeter: Mary Morin

Liturgist: Cammy Hatch

Coffee Hour: Marna Kellams

Lead Counter: Kathy Buhl

Assistant Counter: Mary Morin

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Katherine Reeve

Sunday, March 22nd

Assistant of the Day: Denis Plew

Usher: Ann Chandler

Greeter: Vivian Winters

Liturgist: Margaret Treiber

Coffee Hour: Della Moore

Lead Counter: John Morris

Assistant Counter: Margaret Treiber

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Maggie Reynolds

Sunday, March 29th

Assistant of the Day: Tom Pheasant

Usher: Mike Dell

Greeter: Bev Dell

Liturgist: Camille Price

Coffee Hour: Dolores Pheasant

Lead Counter: Mary Mantz

Assistant Counter: Mona Kaiser

Flowers: Marilyn Grass

Sunday School Teacher: SPRING BREAK

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Sunday, April 5th

Assistant of the Day: Mike Dell

Usher: Mona Kaiser

Greeter: Vera Senn

Liturgist: Ann Chandler

Coffee Hour: Bev Dell

Lead Counter: Denis Plew

Assistant Counter: Louise Ingebrigtson

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Easter Egg Hunt

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Artificial Flowers Wanted

Only white, purple, and green-

ery to decorate our chicken-

wire cross that Chuck Bovee

made many years ago. Easter

comes too early for real flowers

this year so the plan is to use

artificial ones so the cross can

be left outside for the week af-

ter Easter. If you have any

that you’re willing to donate,

please bring them to church by

Palm Sunday. The box to put

them in is in the Fellowship

Hall.

IRISH BEEF AND STOUT STEW

4 pounds beef chuck, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste

2 1/2 pounds new potatoes, scrubbed

2 medium onions, cut into 1-inch pieces

2 cans (14 1/2 ounces each) reduced-sodium beef broth

1 can (14.9 ounces) Irish stout beer

10 garlic cloves, sliced

Coarse salt and ground pepper

2 boxes (10 ounces each) frozen baby peas, thawed

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot, toss beef with flour; stir in tomato paste. Add

potatoes, onions, broth, beer, and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cover, and bring to a boil over medi-

um heat, stirring occasionally.

2. Transfer pot to oven, and cook, covered, until meat is fork-tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Stir in peas, and sea-

son with salt and pepper.

Do you have a favorite recipe you’d like to share? Please email it to: sheryl@umcephrata.org

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A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. Through the eyes of a child:

THE CHILDREN’S BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, “The Lord thy God is one”, but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, “Give me a light!”, and someone did.

Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn’t been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn’t have cars. Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah build a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check. After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Phar-aoh’s people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then He gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These in-clude: don’t lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor’s stuff. Oh yeah, I just thought of one more...humor thy father and thy mother. One of Moses’ best helpers was Joshua, who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn’t sound very wise to me. After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale then was barfed up on the shore. There was also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don’t have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament, which Jesus is the star of. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. I wish I had been born in a barn too because my mom is always saying to me, “Close the door! Where you born in a barn?” It would be nice to say, “As a matter of fact, I was!”

During his life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they

named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on tri-al before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn’t stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead. Anyway, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the aluminum. His return is foretold in the Book of Revolution.

Submitted by Janet Nelson

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GRIEF TALKS

For those going through the shad-ows, pain, tears and fear of the grief season. Grief talks meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm to 7:00pm in the Fireside Room.

www.umcephrata.org

Wednesdays 1:00pm

Happy Birthday

Barbara Deycous March 04

Steven Morris March 04

Mark Niehenke March 04

Roberta Osborn March 05

Riley Pheasant March 05

Orin Smith March 06

Lenora Walters March 09

Connie Chadwick March 16

Jessica Gipson March 17

Corbin Reeve March 21

Sheryl Downey March 22

Irene Gans March 25

Janet Nelson March 25

If you had a birthday and it’s not

listed please let the church office

know so we can add you.

Come join us for our Community Dinner on

Thursday, March 26th, at 5:30pm.

Everyone is welcome so invite your friends,

family, and neighbors for a fun and

fabulous meal!

Quilters meet every Tuesday at 9am

Happy Anniversary

Dick & Jackie Driver (38 years) March 11

Denis & Vivian Plew (53 years) March 18

Joe & Sheryl Downey (16 years) March 21

Champ & Rebecca Gipson (18) March 22

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“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise” James 5:13

One of the most wonderful gifts we are given is the gift of prayer. We can pray for one another in times of need as well as times of celebration.

To join the phone prayer chain contact Dee Gray at 754-3218. To join the email prayer chain, email Sheryl at sheryl@umcephrata.org

PRAYER REQUESTS

Prayers for the Military

Please let us know if someone should be added or taken off our prayer list by contacting the church office: 754-4664.

Also contact the church office if you know of someone in need of a visit by our Congregational Care Team, or Pastor Justin.

Prayers for Health, Healing,

and well-being

Al Davisson

Steven Smith

Jim Ledgerwood

Jeff Wyman

Doug Jensen

Kaitlyn & Ashley Smith

Donna Smith

Dale Lathrop & Family

Orin Smith

Linda Bryant-Smith

Bill Nelson

Betty Rogers

Bob Allison

Sam Miller

Loyde Hales II

Charles Bliss

Casey Helmick

Christy McGraw Smith

Prayers for Those Suffering From

Long-Term Health Problems

Bob St. Clair Jr

Dee Gray

Bill Lowry

Lenora Walters

Ruth Walker

Hazel Scoby

Susan Smith

Mary Baird

Dick Hoyt

Ed Sivula

Ellen Fenimore

Doug Jensen

Tim Rogers

Ron Gardner

Steven Grass

Shirley Morris

Ervin Gans

Brian Davisson

Trevor Middleton

Renee Muse

Richard Hart

Chris Wash

Kevin Harmon

Justin Townley

Therefore confess your

sins to each other and

pray for each other so

that you may be healed.

The prayer of a right-

eous man is powerful

and effective.

James 5:16

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DATE March 2nd March 9th March 16th March 23rd March 29th

11am

To

1pm

Diane Thompson

Vera Senn

Marilyn Grass

Shirley Pederson

Mary Holleman

Vivian Winters

Joan Jensen

Mary Morin

Barb Deycous

Marna Kellams

Maternity & Infant Closet Schedule

MEN’S GROUP

The Men’s Group will meet

for breakfast on Saturday,

March 7th, at 7:30am. All

men are welcome. Bob Mil-

ler will be serving breakfast.

If you’ve never come, why not

drop in this month and enjoy

the fellowship?

Please let the office know if you change your address, phone number, or email.

Many people use our church directory. Printed copies are available at the office

or you can download it at:

http://directory.instantchurchdirectory.com/73913042/booklet.pdf

Password is: methodist

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

The March 16th Circle of Love will have a guest speaker for our meeting. Lorraine Kane will tell about the Head Start 0-3 years program that is changing lives in our town. This is a separate program from the Head Start preschool ages 4-5 years. It has

just moved into a portable building at Grant School and she has great information to share. Come at 1pm for dessert. Hostesses are Vivian Winters and Joan Jensen.

FUN & FELLOWSHIP, MARCH 12th, 6:00PM

Program: Johann & Anne Neethling will talk about

their life in South Africa. Many people have request-

ed they share this time in their lives and they have

graciously agreed.

Potluck: Bring a hot dish, salad, or dessert. Cou-

ples usually bring two dishes, singles bring one.

Please bring your own table service. Tom and

Dolores Pheasant will be the hosts. All ages are wel-

come to attend.

LOOKING AHEAD……..

We will be having a

Fun & Fellowship on

April 9th. Our men

who have gone on “Honor

Flights” to Washington DC will

be honored. Marilyn Bluhm will

tell the story with pictures. All

ages are welcome to attend!