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September, 2015

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I want to call out to you, “All aboard!” “Get on board” with the ministries starting up this month. “All Aboard” for the two Sunday worship services starting on September 20th. A special treat for Sunday service happens on September 13th while we are still in one worship service. Labor Day reminds us of the value of work. God calls us to collaborate in the stewardship and development of our human experi-ence. This includes work. Though our individual responsibility work level varies we each live out our faith in every aspect of our life. Marysville Police Chief Rick Smith will be with us as our guest preacher on Sunday, September 13th. Rick will be sharing how walking with Jesus affects his life. “All aboard” to love your church! This is the focus of my sermons this month. Catch up on our web site if you missed a message. Also, groups and friendship gatherings and week-ly dinners are starting up. “Get on board!” “All aboard” for missions! Did you know we have new mission growth in Asia? Eric Spangler, the Asian Area Mis-sion Director will share excitement about Asia missions

with us on September 30th. We’ll also hear mini-reports from our summer mission teams to Guatemala and Mexico. “All aboard” for children’s ministries and family minis-tries! We’re glad to welcome Greg and Dawn Zook taking on the staff leadership roles for these important areas of min-istry. Greg Z is excited to work with discipling and building up our parent groups. Dawn will work with the children’s ministries. We have a great team of volunteers led by Heather Lundberg, our Leadership Board liaison. Pastor Greg Kanehen has worked hard in building up this ministry and now Greg Z and Dawn will build on his work. Some exciting changes will be rolled out this month, so get on board. We need a lot of volunteers to do a concentrated in-tentional and fun ministry to families with children. Pastor Greg Kanehen will be focusing on outreach development in : community, tech-communications, and group ministries. “All aboard” for preschool ministry! Jammi Jaynes, our preschool director, along with the teaching staff and Debbie Johnson will be launching off the preschool year. Is there anyone you might refer to our school? It’s a wonderful min-istry which includes a chapel time.

Finally, “all aboard” for camp ministries! As I enjoyed some days at Warm Beach Camp, I was reminded again of what our camp offers for you. This month there are the following camps: Dad and Sons weekend – Sept. 11-13 Dad and Daughters weekend – Sept 18-20 Adult (55+) Fellowship Retreat – Sept.15-18

Engaged Encounter – October 23-25 Marriage Encounter – Nov 13-15

I’m excited about the ministry opportunities this month. Let me know if you’re on board. You just might see hear me blow a train whistle and shout out, “All Aboard!” Pastor Vic

A publication of The Marysville

Free Methodist Church Community Reflections

When was the last time you heard those words? I heard them last month at our Warm Beach Camp. While enjoy-ing the WBC Family Camp in early August my grandson Lincoln and I boarded the mini-train and heard the con-ductor rally us onboard with that familiar shout out. The ride was a delight and part of a great few days of Bible teaching and family fun. As I look over the ministry planned here at MFMC for autumn I think of it like a ministry train picking up steam for a great spiritual growth adventure.

Men are

Important

to God!

Please join us on Saturday, September 12 in the

Fellowship Hall at 8am for breakfast. Get acquaint-

ed with other men in our church, share a brief

devotional -scripture study - discussion, and end

with prayer by 9am. If you have any questions,

please contact Glenn Newell or Dan Staple.

SINGLE WOMEN (55+) GROUP

We will meet for fellowship on

Sunday, September 13 at 2pm

at Bonnie Nobriga’s home in Marysville.

MFMC MEN’S MINISTRY

BIBLE STUDY/SUPPORT GROUPS

The Women’s Discipleship Group will start the

new season off on Thursday, September 10 at

7:00pm at Cindy Rodriguez’s home. They

will be studying “Soul Keeping” by John

Ortberg. This group meets the 2nd & 4th

Thursdays of each month. For more infor-

mation, please see Cindy.

PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

This is a network and support group for

parents of Junior and Senior High Students.

It is a time for sharing struggles, ideas, and a

time for praying for each other. We meet on

the fourth Wednesday of each month. This

month, we will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 30

at 6:45 pm in Fellowship Hall #2. See Pastor

Harv for more information.

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The Women’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study

will kick off their new season on Wednesday,

September 16 at 9:30am at Kathy Nyland’s home.

The topic of this study is tbd. Please see Kathy or

Linda Quimby if you have any questions.

Precepts will begin Thursday, September 17

Study will be:

Exodus—Let My People Go.

We meet on Thursday mornings in FH #2 from

9:15am to 11:30am. Please see Fae Bradley for

a study book or if you have any questions.

Community Reflections

Please recycle your old cell phones to benefit

Breakout Youth Ministries mission trips, re-

treats, etc. Money

will be earned for

each recycled

phone. Please

drop off your old

cell phones &

batteries at the

main office or give

to Pastor Harv.

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2015-2016

Hillside Christian Preschool

A Ministry of Marysville Free

Methodist Church

We are still accepting registrations for the 2015/2016 school year. Please pick up a registration form from the resource center, or you can download a form from our website at www.marysvillefmc.org, click on Preschool, click on “registration forms”. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $75 due at the time of registration. School starts Monday, September 14. If you have any questions, please see Debbie Johnson, Administrative Manager.

PRESCHOOL/FUNDRAISERS

In a continuing effort to raise funds for a new playset, we are going to have a donation drive through Value Village. On Saturday, September 26 from 9am - 1pm, we will be collecting gently used clothing and household items that we can turn into dollars. For every pound of soft goods (see list below) we will earn $0.20/pound. For hard goods (see list be-low) we will earn $0.05/pound. So start cleaning out your closets and bring those un-used items to the church upper parking lot on Saturday, September 26. We will be happy to take those items off your hands.

SOFT GOODS

Clothing

Shoes

Hats

Scarves

Undergarments

Jewelry

Accessories

Bags

Wallets

Bedding

Towels

Curtains

Table cloths

and other cloth

materials

HARD GOODS

Toys

Small household goods

and appliances

Books

CD’s, DVD’s, VHS

PLEASE HELP US OUT BY BAGGING (OR BOXING) UP THE SOFT GOODS SEPARATE FROM THE HARD GOODS.

ITEMS WE WILL BE COLLECTING

UPCOMING EVENTS


SET FREE MOVEMENT

5K WALK/RUN

On Saturday, September 12 Marysville Free

Methodist Church will be sponsoring a 5K Walk/Run

to benefit the Set-Free Movement &

Peoria Home, Everett

Registration will begin at 8:30am with the Walk/Run

starting at 9:30am. Your registration supports two

great ways to set people free. You can also register

by picking up a registration form from the Resource

Center or go to our website at

www.marysvillefmc.org and click on Events.

REGISTER NOW AND BRING A FRIEND!

Your registration includes drawings for gift cards,

water, energy bar and hot dog lunch.

Please join us on Saturday,

September 19, 11:30am

MFMC Fellowship Hall

Annual Salad Luncheon.

Watch the bulletin for more details.

* * * * * * *

The weekend of October 17 & 18 will be the

Women’s Retreat at The Homestead

located in Snohomish.

Tickets will be on sale soon.

S.A.L.T.S. (55+)

Seniors Actively

Living To Serve

SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 12:15PM,

FELLOWSHIP HALL

Cost: $6.00

MENU

Subway Sandwich

Salad & Cookies

PROGRAM

“It’s a Wonderful

World”

SPOTLIGHT ON OUR LEADERSHIP BOARD

CHOIR



Continued with Beverly Geer

What makes you laugh? Babies learning to walk, animal

videos on Facebook. Game nights with friends, cats chas-ing laser lights.

What makes you cry? Military families being reunited. Cruelty. My children hurting.

What would you like to see more of at MFMC?

I love the convergent services. For me, the encompassing of all our lives for a brief period of time encourages and strengthens me for the week to follow. So, I would love the convergent service to be our new norm.

What work do you do or did you do?

I have been in the medical field for 33 years. I work in a small office where we are responsible for many different jobs. I love it!


We’d like to introduce you to MFMC Board Members by asking each some questions. We asked them to have fun with this inter-view. Follow up with these folk as you talk to them about your ideas for MFMC.

Beverly Geer has been an elected board member for three years starting in 2014.

How did you start coming to MFMC?

We were attending an Assembly of God church that was closing, we knew a few people that were attending MFMC. We thought we would try it out for one Sunday and never left!

What do you enjoy at MFMC? The sermons. The fam-ilies. The drums. The freedom to work in the Wesleyan method.

What ministry areas do you watch over?

Small Groups, Service and Fellowship.

What is your favorite character in a Bible story?

I always come back to the father in Mark 9:17-24. His son is filled with demons, he asked Jesus to help his son. Jesus asks “Do you believe?” The father replies “Yes, Lord, I do believe but help me not to doubt”. For me it has always comforted me that Jesus knows our doubts, our fears, our worries, and it is OK to acknowledge them to Him. He will heal, comfort and love us in that place.

What is your activities or interest do you enjoy?

I love to read. I have a book club that I enjoy immensely. I like to garden and to hike. I have a 3 speed bike that I love to cruise around on.

Tell us about your family. I have been married for 35 years to Mike. We have 2 daughters, Rose who is in the Army and currently stationed in New York. She has 3 boys. The world’s best grandsons! Micah 14, Gaberial 12 and Kekoa 7. Our daughter JoAnna, just got married last winter to Adam, who is a great son-in-law. We have a dog named Whistler, who we adore.

What are your favorite songs, books or art? I like Free-dom by Nicole C. Mellen. I like Elvis Presley’s The Song of the South. White Flag (who doesn’t?). I like to work out to current pop music but when I’m home I prefer Irish, Indian or African music. My book favorites would take up reams of paper, so I won’t list them here, but if you ever want to talk books, I’m your gal!

What are your favorite foods? Spare ribs made by Mike on the BBQ!

DO YOU ENJOY SINGING?

Our church choir resumes rehearsals on

Monday evening, September 14th

7:00pm till approximately 8:30pm

in the Worship Center.

We heartily welcome all who are interested in

serving our Lord

as a member of the choir.

Don’t hesitate to join us!

If you have any questions please call

Belle Miller.

August 2015 I walked into the clinic to do prenatal exams and immediately my attention was drawn to a woman in a full length black burka. I could only see her eyes. It sparked my curiosity. Usually the "strict" Muslims, so to say, do not come to Mercy; being that it is a Christian organization. Yet, she was sitting here, inwardly I wanted to do her prenatal care to get to know her yet fear crept inside of me as I thought how will I carry out care? Would I be able to pray with her? The ques-tions raced through my mind. We started doing prenatal (usually we see between 30-60 women each prenatal day). I went to call my next pa-tient and she stood up. As we walked into the prenatal room I began to chat with her then she removed her face covering. I was struck with what an amazing opportunity I had to speak with her face to face. What an honor to be with her when I found the baby's heartbeat on the Doppler and a big smile came across her face at the sound of the heartbeat, a smile that is otherwise hidden from the world. My heart filled with so much love for this woman and I wanted to pray with her yet again the fear of man was knocking on my door. I find so often I want to reach out yet the enemy knows my number and it comes in the form of the fear of man. What will they think of me? How will they respond? I am reminded of Isaiah 41:3 " For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." In that moment I asked if it would be okay if I prayed with her and she eagerly said yes. I know for sure the Lord's hand was there and what an incredible op-portunity that potentially could have been passed up. She prepared to leave and put her full face covering back on and then walk out. I am so thankful for the Lord's steadfastness in our lives that we can turn to Him and He will take our hand and we can go beyond our comfort zone.


NEWSLETTER FROM EMILY SPORES

Village Outreach: On August 25th some of the other missionary volunteers and I will be headed to the bukid (the mountain region) of Mindanao to do outreach with Nehemiah Teams. I am on a team with three other girls and we will be traveling to a village in the Butuan providence. We do not know anything about the people within

the village, so we will find out when we get there. We are currently preparing ministry and health teachings for all ages not knowing. We will be there a little short of a month. I am really excited about what God is

going to do in our hearts and the hearts of the people we will be ministering to.

Please pray That God will prepare the hearts of the people in the village and our team's heart as we go out.

That we will have open doors and opportunity to share the love of Jesus. For safety as we travel and as we stay in the village.

* I will not have internet from August 25 to September 22nd, so if you are trying to reach me it will just be a

few week until I am able to get back with you.

Thank you for all your prayers and support, In His love,

Emily Spores

"Every Nation, Every

Soul, Jesus You, You

are Worth it all."

4 Chuck Thompson 22 Shanna Rodriguez

4 Tracy Armes 23 Christie Lindstrand

5 Aubrie Bandarra 25 Susan Staple

6 Ella Skorstad 26 Robert Bandarra

8 Gayle Bray 27 Ray Patterson

8 Bill Manwiller 27 Pam Geibel

9 Lawrence Bielfelt 27 Meredith Jenks

10 Dennis Smith 30 Pam Baley

12 John McCoy 30 Dan Staple

16 Austin Riley

16 Sheryl Stevens

16 Cindy Rodriguez

16 Kimberly DeLap

16 Michelle Justice

Happy SEPTEMBER Birthdays

9:03 BREAKFAST GROUP

No host breakfast at Denny’s, Island Crossing,

the 1st and last Friday September 4 and 25

at 9:03 am.

Open to everyone who likes good food and fun

fellowship.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets each

Wednesday morning 8:00 am - 11:30 am

in FH #2.

Contact Irene Lecky for more information.

Marysville Food Bank

We are collecting

donations for the

Marysville Food Bank.

If you can help please

place your non-

perishable food items in

the collection

barrel in the

coat closet

area of the

lobby.

Auto Ministry

Saturday, Sept. 19 8am - 1pm

If you have a minor engine repair,

consider our auto ministry. Please contact Pastor Harv for an appt.

PRAYERS & SQUARES The Prayers & Squares

Ministry Group resumes its monthly meetings on

Tuesday, September 22 at 1pm in FH #2.

What is Prayers & Squares?

Prayers & Squares is an interfaith outreach ministry that combines the gift of a

hand-tied quilt with the gift of prayer for someone in need. The essence of this ministry

is in the prayers offered for the recipient;

it is not about the quilts.

Contact Person:

Irma Fairchild

CONTACT US

6715 Grove St.

Marysville, WA 98270

Phone: (360)659-7117

E-mail:

[email protected]

Web site:

www.marysvillefmc.org

Office Hours:

Tuesday—Thursday

9:00 am—3:00 pm

Monday & Friday: Closed


September, 2015, Calendar of Events Marysville Free Methodist Church

WEEK OF AUGUST 30 to SEPTEMBER 5

Sunday, August 30

8:30am, Walk Through the Bible

9:45am, Convergent Service 9:45am, Kid’s Zone, up to 5 years of age

11am, Practical Christianity

1pm, Apostolic Worship Service

5pm, Church Picnic, Upper Grassy Area

Monday, August 31

Church Office Closed

7pm, Boy Scouts

Tuesday, September 1

10am, Staff Meeting

7pm, Apostolic Prayer Mtg.

Wednesday, September 2

8am, TOPS

6pm, Kid’s Zone Mtg.

7:15pm, Apostolic Worship Team Practice

Thursday, September 3

6:30pm, Jr. and Sr. Hi Breakout - Tentative


Friday, September 4


9:03am, Breakfast Group

Saturday, August 5

6am, Apostolic Prayer Meeting

9:30am, Worship Team Practice

WEEK OF SEPT. 6

Sunday, September 6

8:30am, Walk Through the Bible




7pm, College & Career

Monday, September 7


Labor Day Observed

7pm, Boy Scouts

Tuesday, September 8 10am, Staff Meeting

12:15pm, SALTS Lunch

7pm, Worship Team

7pm, Apostolic Prayer


8am, TOPS

6:30pm, Preschool Open House



6:30pm, Jr. and Sr. Hi Breakout

7pm, Women’s Disciple- ship Group

7 pm, Apostolic Worship Service

Friday, September 11


Saturday, September 12 6am, Apostolic Prayer Meeting

8am, MFMC Men’s Breakfast

8:30am, Set Free Walk/Run Registration

9:30am, Set Free Rally/Walk


WEEK OF SEPT. 13

Sunday, September 13

8:30am, Walk Thru Bible




2pm, Koinonia

5pm, Grief Share


Monday, September 14


9:30am, Hillside Preschool

7pm, Choir Rehearsal

7pm, Boy Scouts



10am, Staff Meeting



8am, TOPS


9:30am, Women’s Study



9:15am, Precepts—Exodus


5:30pm, Girl Scouts


7pm, Leadership Team

7 pm, Apostolic Worship Service




Saturday, September 19

6am, Apostolic Prayer Meeting

8:00am, Auto Ministry


11:30am, WM Salad Lunch

WEEK OF SEPT. 20


8:15am, Traditional

Worship Service

9:30am, Adult SS

Practical Christianity /

Walk Thru the Bible

10am, Contemporary

Worship Service

10am, Nursery/Kid’s Zone

1pm, Apostolic Worship

5pm, Grief Share





7pm, Choir Rehearsal

7pm, Boy Scouts



10am, Staff Meeting

1pm, Prayers & Squares



8am, TOPS





9:15am, Precepts—Exodus



7pm, Women’s Disciple- ship Group

7 pm, Apostolic Worship



9:03am, Breakfast Group


Saturday, September 26

6am, Apostolic Prayer

9am, Preschool Fundraiser

9:30am, Worship Team

WEEK OF SEPT. 27


8:15am, Traditional

Worship Service

9:30am, Adult SS

Practical Christianity /

Walk Thru the Bible

10am, Contemporary

Worship Service

10am, Nursery/Kid’s Zone

1pm, Apostolic Worship

5pm, Grief Share





7pm, Choir

7pm, Boy Scouts



10am, Staff Meeting

7pm, Apostolic Prayer Meeting


8am, TOPS



6:45pm, Parent Support Gp


Look for NEW

Changes to our

Mid-week

Children’s and

Family ministries.

Watch for updates

On the web-site

and in the

Sunday bulletin.

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