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Prayers & Sympathy p.2

Bits-n-Pieces p.2

Stewardship p.2

Odd Auction p.3

Acts 2 Fund p.3

Mentors p.3

Nov Birthdays/Anniversaries p.4

Right Now Media p.4

Neighborhood Coffees p.4

UMW Brunch p.5

UMCOR p.5

Christmas Food Baskets p.5

November Calendar p.6

Next Newsletter Deadline

Friday, November 6th

at 12 noon

Phone: 815-864-2581

Fax: 815-864-3201

office@ BethelUmcShannon.org

EVERY WEEK AT BETHEL

Sunday

8:45 a.m. Traditional Worship

10:00 a.m. Sunday School

11:00 a.m. 4 Him Worship

6:00 p.m. Sermon Talk Back

Monday

8:00 p.m. AA (Wesley Chapel)

Tuesday

6:00 a.m. Fresh Encounters (AM)

7:00 p.m. Bible Study

Thursday

4:00 p.m. Al-Anon ( Wesley Chapel)

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BETHEL NEWSBETHEL NEWSBETHEL NEWSBETHEL NEWS BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Our Mission is to know, serve & love Christ within my self, family, church, community and the world.

Two Important Ideas and Two Important Sundays There are two ideas that I would like

to share with everyone in the congregation.

These two ideas are important and will

impact how we take care of the necessary

ministry tasks at the church that enable us to

fulfill our mission of bringing people into

relationship with Jesus Christ and helping

them grow in their faith. The first idea has to

do with how we handle the necessary

administrative tasks of trustees, finance,

nominations, and personnel tasks in staff

parish relations. The second idea has to do

with how we fund trustees today and how that would work if we make the

budget of trustees a part of our regular church budget. It is easiest to talk

about these ideas in a setting where I can share the ideas more in depth than

I can in writing and then give you an opportunity to ask questions at the

same time.

The first two Sundays in November on the 1st and the 8th, I will

have much shorter messages and would like to take time during the

worship service to talk about the possibility of these two ideas being

implemented at our church to enable us to better pursue God’s mission of

making disciples of Jesus Christ. I will give plenty of time to share the ide-

as and answer questions. Then following the presentation of these ideas I

would like to receive your thoughts or feedback. If either of these ideas are

implemented, they will only be done so after the church as a whole has had

an opportunity to vote on and approve them at our Annual Church Confer-

ence which will be at 7:00 pm Tuesday, December 1st. I hope that you will

have an opportunity to be in worship on the first two Sundays in November

to hear firsthand about these possibilities.

I am so thankful to be your pastor as we work together to bring

more people into a life-giving relationship with Jesus Christ. I look forward

to talking with everyone at these services.

Life Together in Christ,

We Remember in our Prayers . . .

Carolyn Deininger

Lloyd Martin

Jan Frisbie

Ruth Thede

Khamsin Giedd (Lisa Young’s

daughter-in-law)

Dorothy Rinderman

Brian Bormann

Ellen Homan

Virginia Artman

Ron Heckman

Barb Ludewig

Sandy Schryver

Mark Woessner

Sally Koch

Dorothy Wubbena

Don Keckler

Elsie Haring

Ed Haring

Carol Woessner

Maurita Scharman

Barb Woessner

Orval Schoonoven

Pegan LaPointe

Nicole Merboth

Paul Meier

Cali Stoner

Bill Artman

Cheyenne Zubler

Ray Smout

Gary Sturtevant (Florence

Thede’s Son)

Calista Hartman (Del

Rothermel’s sister)

Vicki Best(Lori Murphy’s sister)

Roger Julius (cousin of

Tim Ruter & Sheryl Ruter)

Kirk Deal (Darlene Alvey’s

brother)

Atrium

Lucille Robinson

Pearl Pavillion

Donagene Nesemeier

Liberty Village

Gladys Colbert

Gladys Appel

Florence Thede

Oakley Courts

Belva Brandt

Lois Barnes

Pinecrest Manor

Edith Heeren

Provena St Joseph Cntr

Norma Meyers

Stephenson Nursing Cntr

Grace Harrenstein

Roger Artman

Next Newsleer Deadline

Friday, November 6th at Noon

Stewardship Corner Oct 18 8:45/11:00 Budget 106/42 $ 4,419.66 Oct 25 8:45/11:00 Budget 93/61 $3,563.35

Prayers of Sympathy for the family and friends of:

Howard Wilkinson (Jenny Homan’s father)

Joanne Bott

Belva Brandt turned 101 years young on October 26th!

If you would like to send her a (belated) birth-day card, her address is:

Oakley Courts, 3117 Kunkle Blvd, Freeport, IL 61032

Moms in Prayer

Moms with students at Eastland schools—

preschool through high school are invited to join

together to pray for their students at the home of

Amy Groezinger, 201 Highcrest Ct. in Shannon.

1st Thursday of the month from 8-9 pm and the

3rd Monday of the month from 2:05 to 3:05 pm.

Questions? Please call Amy at 864-0002.

Tuesdays at 6 a.m. in the sanctuary.

Fresh Encounters is a service of praise and prayer in which we

seek the face of God through music, scripture and prayer. It lasts about 40 minutes, and you

can come when it fits your schedule. Start your workday out with God.

Shannon - Lanark Food Pantry Need:

CEREAL

There is a box in the narthex on the bulletin board kiosk to put your donations.

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Acts 2 Fund adding Pizza Coupons!

Acts 2:44-47 talks about the believers (of Jesus) who had much in common and would sell their goods and give the proceeds to those in need.

That is the basis of the Acts 2 Fund that givers at Bethel Church contribute to on the first Sunday of each month.

This fund is used to help those in our church or community who are in need of help at times.

In addition to cash donations for our Acts 2 Fund, we want you to save your Casey’s Pizza coupons that come on the box. These coupons will be shared with people that may just need a quick meal for their family.

MENTORS ARE STILL NEEDED!

The Mentoring Program for grades 1-6 at Eastland Elementary School will begin on Wednesday, November 4th and we need more people to sign up to be a mentor!

There are children in our com-munity who really need an adult friend to be there for them, to talk to them and to help get that homework done! It is an excel-lent opportunity to be a mission-ary right in our own community!

Mentoring starts in November and goes through February each Wednesday from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. except on those Wednesdays there is no school for any reason or is school gets out early for bad weather.

There will be 5 sessions in 2015 and 8 sessions in 2016. If you cannot help all four months, we’ll take whatever times you can help!

Please sign up on the counter outside the office at the church or call the office at 815-864-2581.

Questions? Call Jane at 815-864-2643

Join us at the Odd Auction Fundraiser for the Ketchup the Kitchen Fund!

WHAT IS KETCHUP THE KITCHEN?

Ketchup the Kitchen is a project to raise needed funds to update the parsonage kitchen. Plans for the update/remodel are posted in the church narthex. There will be events throughout the next few months as we continue to reach our goal.

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

#1 DONATE - Do you have a special skill or talent that you could donate? Maybe you are a good cook or an artist. Do you make something with wood or metal or cloth? Is there a service your could offer? Here are some already donated items:

� Full meal a month for 6 months

� 2 hours of sewing from a list of items

� 1 hour of Praise Band music for a party/function

� Boating Experience around Lake Carroll

� 2 hours of Firearms Safety & Target Shooting

These are just some of the items donated so far! Fill out a form at the church or call the office.

#2 COME TO THE AUCTION!

We’ll need a lot of people to bid on all of these great items! Tell all of your friends they don’t want to miss out on the fun and excitement!

REMEMBER NOVEMBER 7TH AT 6PM!

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Neighborhood Coffees - Have You Been to One Yet?

We would like Pastor Mike and Janis to be-come better acquainted with our church families and our neighborhoods (Shannon, Pearl City, Freeport, and Lake Carroll included).

So far five Neighborhood Coffees have been held and one more is scheduled. If you haven’t been invited to one yet, would you consider hosting a cof-fee? It is casual and doesn’t have to be fancy. Just friends over for coffee!

Any questions? Please call Mari in the church office or Michele Horner at (864-2533) or horner52@yahoo.com.

Our thanks for your support,

Michele Horner, Staff/ Parish Committee If you did not get an invitation by

email last week, please send an email

to the church office and we’ll make

sure you do!

11/1 Ruth Thede

Mary Smith

Gram Lapointe

11/2 Jeff Oberlander

11/3 Nancy Wagand

11/4 Caleb Burkholder

11/5 Michael Campbell

11/6 Katherine Foust

Jillyn Ruter

11/7 Darlene Baldauf

Chris Urish

Caylie Schubert

11/9 Donna Osborn

11/10 Carol Unger

11/11 Al Wirtjes

Paul Nardin

11/11 Sam Woessner

Tyler Dambman

Keegan Coulthard

11/13 Dianne Bass

11/14 Kurt Bremmer

11/15 Pattie Giedd

Brittny Olson

11/17 Angela Dietrman

Mark Woessner

11/18 Barbara Toomsen

Joshua Endress

Karlie Krogman

11/19 Don Larson

11/20 Kris Woessner

Justin Mathew

Amanda Baldauf

11/21 Paul Meier

Markus Edler

11/23 Bryan Young

Hannah Kempel

11/24 Brittany Becker

Eric Schrader

11/26 Jonathan Freidag

11/26 Laurie Woessner

11/27 Vicky Mathew

11/28 Donald Koch

Michelle Schryver

Kristy Clark

11/30 Nicole Ruter

11/1 Brad & Angie Dieterman

11/8 Steve & Marilyn Miller

11/20 Travis & Monica Burkholder

11/21 Steve & Kathy Aram

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Bethel UMW Brunch

Saturday, November 7th 10:00 a.m.

If you have not yet made your reservation or given your money, please do so by

November 1st.

Remember to bring your Thank Offering boxes and

These items for the Food Pantry:

Boxes or bags of stuffing mix Boxes of Jello

Questions? Call Darlene Johnson at 864-2939

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No Regular Circle meetings this month

THANK YOU

The UMW would like to THANK everyone for

their purchases of Blarney Stone Popcorn and

the cash donations. These funds along with

some generous Memorial donations will enable

us to purchase a dishwasher for the Church

kitchen. Thank you again for supporting the

UMW.

Community Christmas Food Baskets

This fall we will be collecting items to be placed in the

Food Boxes that will be delivered in December to families in

Shannon and Lanark for Christmas. Bethel is responsible

for providing dish soap and laundry detergent to be

placed in the boxes. We need to collect 60 of each so that

each family can have a bottle of dish soap and a bottle of

laundry detergent. During the month of November we will

have a large container in the narthex for you to place the

items in. Or you can write a check to the church and put in

the memo section, Food Boxes, and we will use the money to

purchase the necessary items. Thank you for your generosity

in meeting the needs of families

in our community. We will

include in the food boxes a

schedule of all our church

services in the community. Our

hope is not only to meet the

immediate needs of families but

also connect them to Jesus Christ

who is the only one who can meet

all of our needs.

HELP US HELP UMCOR The Missions/Social Concerns Committee is requesting your assistance in raising funds to donate to UMCOR to use in their efforts with disaster response to areas such as South Carolina with a Special Offering on Sunday, November 29th. The committee would like to donate funds to procure cleaning buckets or health kits; whichever UMCOR determines is most needed. The items contained in a cleaning bucket and the value of that bucket is as follows: Cleaning Buckets – a $65.00 value These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood or hurricane. 5-gallon bucket with re-sealable lid Liquid laundry detergent Dish soap. Liquid household cleaner 1 can air freshener 7 sponges 1 insect repellant spray 5 scouring pads 1 scrub brush. 18 cleaning wipes 50 clothespins Clothesline 24-roll heavy-duty trash bags 5 dust masks 1 pair work gloves 2 pairs kitchen dishwashing gloves

Note - cleaning buckets are only used within the United States. Health kits are valued at $12.00 and you can see the list of items included in that kit at http://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief-Supplies/Relief-Supply-Kits/Health

Ear-mark your offering for UMCOR on Sunday, November 29th so that folks in flood or fire affected areas can get much needed assistance. Thank you.

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Address Label

Phone: 815-864-2581

Fax: 815-864-3201

Email: Office@BethelUmcShannon.org

www.BethelUMCShannon.org

Pastor: Rev. Mike Jones

Jeanne Groezinger, Parish Visitor Mari Vesey, Administrative Assistant

Blondena Best, Parish Nurse

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.

BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 217 S. HICKORY ST SHANNON IL 61078

Nonprofit Org.

U.S. Postage

Shannon IL 61078

PAID

Permit # 3

October 14, 2015

The Mission of the United Methodist Church is to make

disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Fall Worship Schedule

8:45 a.m. Traditional Worship

10:00 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages

11:00 a.m. 4 Him (Contemporary)

Bethel United Methodist Church

217 S Hickory St, Shannon IL 61078

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