KEEPING IN TOUCH A PUBLICATION OF

Indian Heights United Methodist Church 10211 Nall Avenue Overland Park, KS 66207

October 1, 2016

Our annual auction is Saturday, October 8. The theme is “Boots and Blessings” We were inspired last year by our pastor and auctioneer to name the event “Boots and Blessings”, so why change something that worked so well?! This theme is leading the way for a fun evening. Friends, family and neighbors are all welcome. The evening begins at 5:30pm, with a free light supper and dessert, followed by a silent auction in conjunction with a live auction at 7pm by our very own Pastor Butch!!

Please be sure to deliver your auction items to church ASAP (to the Church Office or place them downstairs in the classroom downstairs down the hall from the kitchen (there is a sign on the door). Baked goods can be delivered the day of the auction.

Questions? Contact Jackie: 913.424.0850 or jaegerz@sbcglobal.net.

Trunk or Treat Sunday, October 30, 4-6pm

Church Parking Lot Candy, Food, Games, Bouncy House

Lots of Fun!! This Event is Free and Open to All!!

There is a sign-up at church for helpers...we’ll need people to donate candy, help with games, food and parking, and people to bring their trunks and hand out treats. There are also invitations at church - please hand these out to your friends!!

Annual Church Auction: “Boots and Blessings”

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New Website!! Our new website is live!

Please be sure to check it out: www.indianheightsumc.org

The new site is pretty awesome and includes these features and more: useable/visible from all sizes of technology….including

cell phones, laptops, desktops and tablets A new Pastor’s Blog so Butch can reach out to us, and

to people beyond our doors via the Internet A “member’s only” spot that provides a place to put

our new member directory, minutes from various committees, etc. The password is available from Suzette in the Church Office of Ed Haffner (there is also a piece of paper in your church mailbox with the password on it).

A new calendar format. Note that all church events will be on this calendar - if you notice something missing, please let Suzette in the office know.

Wednesday Nights at Indian Heights We started a mid-week worship service in September. The service is about 30 minutes long and offers a time for prayer and reflection. These are weekly and end by 7pm so you can make it to choir or wherever you are headed next!! Rehearsals for our adult choir are Wednesdays, at 7pm. All are welcome - the only thing you need to bring is your love of sharing music as we worship God. See Cheri White with questions about music and worship!

Sunday Sermons are Online!! Beginning this September, Sunday sermons are being recorded and put up on our Youtube portal! You can access them via our new website and via our Facebook. The goal is for a link to the latest sermon to be posted on our Facebook and website on Mondays. A special thank you to Ed Haffner for his help in securing a recording device and setting this all up!!

Creative Cooking Group The Creative Cooking group will meet on Friday, October 7 at 11:30am. Please RSVP to Diane Muth. The group will gather at church. Mary Jane Hobbs, Marilyn Gaulding and Cheri White are hosting!

All Hands Workday Please reserve the morning of Saturday. October 15, in your busy schedules for an opportunity to provide some sweat equity for your church. The Trustees have scheduled their annual Fall workday for that morning and it will involve the usual general cleaning, organizing and sprucing up interior spaces. Emphasis this year will be on exterior cleanup, trimming and removal of volunteer growth around the church and parsonage. Bring the appropriate tools of choice – cleaning or yard work. We will start around 8:30 AM and will quit not later than noon. Tasks will be posted in advance so you may own a project and complete it at a time more convenient for you. Many hands make for quick work and early finish. It is always a time for fellowship, good work and – John’s donuts

AED Training An AED training will be at church on Saturday, October 22, from 9am-noon. Many of you expressed an interest in this and hopefully all of you can attend this training. The Memorial Committee is covering the $25 fee per participant. This training will equip you to use the AED at Indian Heights in response to emergencies. Please RSVP to Suzette in the Church Office; see Pastor Butch with questions.

It’s Not Worship Without Music... Music touches our hearts in indescribable ways, deepening the worship experience. On that note, submit your favorite hymn requests to Cheri White and she will do her best to work them in soon during an upcoming Sunday worship. There is a box up on the table outside the Sanctuary for this, or you can email Cheri your ideas.

All Saints Sunday All Saints Sunday is November 6 and we will ring a bell in memory of our members who have passed away since last year’s service. If you have lost a loved one and would like his/her name read during this service, please submit names and your relationship to this person to Suzette in the Church Office by Monday, October 31.

Book Club Our Book Club is reading “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom. The group will meet at Betty Burum’s home at 1:30pm on Wednesday, October 12 to discuss this memorable story.

Experiencing the Joy of Generosity!

In a couple of weeks, we will begin a three-week

stewardship emphasis titled Experiencing the Joy of Generosity. This will be an exciting and beneficial three weeks of sermon messages and lay presentations. We believe this program will be a blessing to those who already are experiencing the joy of being generous with the gifts God has given to them, and we hope and pray that this effort will help many more experience the joy that comes from giving faithfully and generously.

When we give to God through giving to our church and others, we experience one of the true joys of being Christians. Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). God doesn’t need our gifts, but he asks us to give them. God accepts and uses them and gives us joy in sharing them. As we respond to God’s love for us by giving back to him part of what he’s given to us, he reacts by giving us even more. “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6:38). Although we don’t give so that we will receive God’s blessings, God’s Word promises us that, when we give faithfully and willingly, we will receive an abundance of spiritual blessings and, for some, material blessings as well.

Have you ever wondered why you are left with such a joyful feeling when you are able to give a gift to your church

or to help a person in need? The answer to that question may be rooted in us as Christians who are being recreated in the image of God. To be made in God’s image means we are made to be like him whose nature is to give. Giving helps us feel fulfilled as we reflect God’s nature. Although the image of God was lost by sin, as those converted by faith in Jesus, we “have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator” (Colossians 3:10). Our Creator empowers us to give joyfully to our church and others according to his will. With this attitude of joyful gratitude, God keeps us close to him, and others see his image through us.

Our pursuit for fulfillment and joy culminates in the discovery that we receive those things when, by God’s grace, we respond with eagerness to God’s directive to give. Like David, we exclaim, “But who [are we]…that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we give you” (1 Chronicles 29; 14).

We hope and pray that the emphasis Experiencing the Joy of Generosity will be a blessing to you and your family!

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October 16-November 6, 2016

Pray for Our Nation Events Include the Following Weekly Group Prayer Gatherings:

Oct. 18: Labyrinth Prayer Vigil (6am-6pm) Gather at the labyrinth to walk and pray any time between 6am-6pm. Water will be available. The Sanctuary will be open for anyone preferring to pray there (and in case of inclement weather) Oct. 25: Pizza & Prayer Movie (6:30pm) We’ll have pizza together at 6:30pm and then head into the Sanctuary to watch “The War Room”. Nov. 1: Prayer Vigil in the Sanctuary (7am-10pm) There will be a sign-up at church soon; we are hoping to fill all hourly slots so someone is praying in the Sanctuary at all times from 7am-10pm. Please continue to be in prayer throughout the length of this special prayer event, whether during a worship service, organized prayer vigil, with your family and friends, or in private prayer time. With our presidential election on November 8, and the many issues our nation - and world - faces, we are turning our needs and concerns to God for His ultimate guidance and protection.

All are welcome to pray with us at Indian Heights United Methodist Church. 10211 Nall Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas, 66207

May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you! May the nations be glad and rejoice; for you judge the peoples with fairness, you guide the nations upon the earth.

Psalms 67:4-5

Give praise to God every day. Don’t be afraid to tell others about the many blessings you have received, and share your faith when the opportunity arises. “No one who lights a lamp hides it away or places it [under a bushel basket], but on a lampstand so that those who enter might see the light.” (Luke 11:33)

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Contact Information:

Indian Heights United Methodist Church 10211 Nall Avenue

Overland Park, KS 66207

Church: 913-649-9040 Rev. Butch Lambert, Senior Pastor: (blambertihumc@att.net) Preschool/PDO: 913-648-5343 (Marian Chambers, Director) Cheri White, Music Director (jjjjjayhawk@hotmail.com) Suzette Mack, Administrative Assistant Church Office: indianheightsumc@sbcglobal.net Website: www.indianheightsumc.org Facebook: Indian Heights UMC

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Happy 50th to Indian Heights UMC!!

We are celebrating 50 years in 2017!

The Administrative Council has been charged with the 50th Anniversary Celebration of our church and a Task Force has been set up

since there is much to do to make this a truly awesome event! We will be celebrating our 50th on April 2, 2017. We need help as we compile an invitation list to include all Indian Heights Charter Members, former pastors, etc. If you have address, phone number or emails for people you feel should be invited, please provide this info. to Betty Burum or Carol Grantham.

First Sunday Pounding Please bring non-perishable items the first Sunday of each month for Cross-Lines Community food pantry. The first Sunday of the month is called “pounding” Sunday since we often bring in pounds of food. It is also the Sunday we traditionally celebrate Holy Communion.

Did You Know Indian Heights Has a

Spanish Ministry?? Alice Brown has started a Spanish ministry at Indian Heights. It is called “Heaven for All Nations” and gathers on Wednesdays (9:30am-noon) and Saturdays (4-7pm), as well as for other events in between. The group meets to pray, worship, have a Bible Study and socialize in a Christian

environment. There are young children attending as well as adults at this time; all are welcome (Alice is fluent in English and Spanish). We are searching for Spanish Bibles and Christian literature - if you know where we can get some at a good price, please contact Suzette in the Church Office.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

October Birthdays 1 - Butch Lambert 1 - Gloria Dunbar 4 - Dick Fischer 5 - Dennis Barncord 9 - Ken McAlpin 11 - Bob Douglass 11 - Emily Headley 17 - Nikki Haffner

17 - Julie Schropp

19 - Dawn Elliott 20 - David Hobbs 22 - Brandon Carter 30 - John Favero 31 - Virginia Holdeman

October Anniversaries

15 - Cathy & Scott Vogel 20 - Nancy & Rick Inghram

Don’t See Your Birthday or Anniversary On the Above List????

Please let Suzette in the Church Office know so we can update our records.

Joys & Concerns Contact Pastor Butch, Suzette in the Church Office, or one of your Indian Heights friends to let us know how we can pray for you. Vera Plenert oversees our “prayer chain” so requests can be given to her as well. If you would like to be added to those receiving prayers via the chain, please let us know. When you ask us to pray, please let us know if you want your request to be confidential (for the pastor’s eyes only), or shared with the congregation. October Prayer Focus: For our “Call to Prayer for Our Nation” efforts, and our Stewardship Campaign, “Experiencing the Joy of Generosity!”

Indian Heights United Methodist Church 10211 Nall Avenue

Overland Park KS 66207 www.indidanheightsumc.org

913-649-9040

OFFICE HOURS

9:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Monday—Thursday

Mission Statement: The mission of Indian Heights United Methodist Church is

to worship God, to follow Jesus joyfully, and to build community and mend the world through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Publication Date: October 1, 2016 Next Touch: October 15, 2016 Touch Deadline: October 10, at 5pm Deadlines for church bulletin announcements: Wednesdays, 10am In Touch Editor: Suzette Mack: indianheightsumc@sbcglobal.net

Indian Heights UMC Vision Statement: As Christians We Are:

Seeking, Sowing Loving and Serving all People!!

Highlighted Upcoming Events… October 7: Creative Cooking (11:30am) October 8: Boots & Blessings Auction (5:30pm) October 12: Book Club (1:30pm) October 15: All Hands Church Work Day (8:30am) Sundays, October 16-November 6: Stewardship Campaign October 16-November 6: “Pray for Our Nation” Event Oct. 18: Labyrinth Prayer Vigil (6am-6pm) Oct. 25: Pizza & Prayer Movie (6:30pm) Nov. 1: Prayer Vigil (7am-10pm) October 17: Finance & Trustees Meetings (7:15pm) October 22: AED Training (9am) October 23: 50th Anniversary Planning Meeting (noon) October 24: Admin Council (7:15pm) October 25: Memorial Committee (7pm) October 30: 5th Sunday Hot Dog Lunch (noon) and Trunk

or Treat (4-6pm)

Ongoing… Sunday Worship - 10:30am Sunday School for Children and Adults- 9:15am Wednesdays at 7am: Men’s Breakfast at The Big Biscuit

(95th & Nall) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 9:30am: Women’s Theology

Group Adult Choir Rehearsal (Wednesdays at 7pm) Staff Meetings - Every other Tuesday at 10:30am Wednesday Night Worship (6:30pm) Creative Souls Group - 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 5pm First Sundays-Holy Communion and “Pounding” Sunday

(bring items for Cross-Lines Food Pantry) AA: Mondays and Thursdays, 7pm (Choir Room)

Help Keep our Website Calendar Up-To-Date!!! Let Suzette in the Church Office know when

(and where) your group is meeting!!

For more information, including a complete calendar of events: www.indianheightsumc.org

Boots and Blessings Annual Church Auction

October 8, 5pm Please Join Us!!