May 2017

Volume 48, Issue 5 Judean Tidings

Our Staff:

Pastor: Vicki Brantmeyer

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Secretary: Jan Ladwig

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Parish Nurse: Darlene Becker

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Treasurer (U): Carol Davis

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Trustee Chair (U): Gary Grossen

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Sun. School Sup (Z): Julie Davis

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Education Chair (Z): Kristi Davis

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Treasurer (Z): Chip Matzke

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Trustee Chair (Z): Brian Matzke

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Highlights:

Historical Corner 2

Kids Communion 4

Camp Out 5

Pastor’s Corner

Most of us know the importance of

spending time with God. But in the

midst of life, sometimes it’s just hard to

find the time. Schedules fill up quickly,

work consumes our thoughts at night,

family and friends vie for our attention,

and then there’s this thing called sleep.

And now we come to May; one of the

busiest months of the year. There are

Mother’s Day brunches, school finals,

end of year awards banquets,

graduation, confirmation, Memorial Day

celebration… have I got your heart rate

up yet? Most people know the

importance of spending time with God.

How do you fit it all in? What do you let

“drop”? What do you do when you

simply need 36 hours in a day instead of

24?

There can be many reasons and

causes for our busy lives. But, no

matter the reason, no matter the

season, no matter how busy our

schedule gets, God demands our

Mark your calendar, Sunday, May 7, there will be a potluck at Zion following the 10:45 service, which will include some of the flavors of Israel. After the potluck Pastor Vicki and Howard will be presenting a talk on their impressions of the trip to Israel. Bring a dish, bring a friend, bring your appetite.

worship. This is not meant to fulfill

some power trip God has, it is

because we need to take a moment

for a sacred pause for our own

physical, emotional and spiritual

health.

The sisters, Mary and

Martha are a good example of this.

When you read the story, it is easy

to presume that Martha is in the

wrong caring for the needs of the

guests. Yet, Jesus is clear that the

problem isn’t what Martha is doing

physically, it is what she is doing

mentally, saying, “Martha, Martha,

you are anxious and troubled about

many things, but only one thing is

necessary.” Luke 10:41-42. And her

sister figured out. This was a time

for a sacred pause.

I hope as you dive into your

May schedules, you will make time

for God. And trust that your

investment of time in the sacred

pause will nourish and rejuvenate

you, in a way that brings peace that

surpasses all understanding.

.

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The Historical Corner by Hazel Matzke, Historian

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

The 150th celebration of the congregation of Zion Church will continue on Sunday, May 7

th with an all-music worship

service. Theme for the day is “Recounting Blessings Through Music”. Through the years we have tried to “sing joyfully to the Lord” (Psalm 33) as shown by the following examples: …In 1929 on Palm Sunday there was an all-music service featuring the Evangelical Jr. Orchestra, directed by J. A. Hughes. …Rev. Peter Retzlaff (1936-53) enlivened many services by playing his musical saw. …The Retzlaff sons (Wesley, Paul, Jim, and Peter) joined their voices in harmony in the 1909 red-brick church for several years. …In the 1950s and 60s a popular men’s quartet consisting of Melvin Siedschlag, Elmer Matzke, Wm. Smith, and Irvin Matzke entertained at many special events. Their signature song was “On The Jericho Road”. …More recently the Smith Family Singers (Dolores and Dorothy Feldt, Sharon Creuzer, Ann Trow, Frieda Siedschlag and Linda Alderks) made us happy with their selections. …There was a High School girls group (Joyce Ruef (Hoesly), Judy Ronspiez, Beverly Starke, and Mary Brunkow) who joined their voices for the congregation. …For a few years a young adult Praise Band was organized. …There were instrumental numbers by the trio of Betty Siedschlag, Larry Siedschlag, and Dolores Feldt, and we remember the sweet sounds of Trish Hoesly and her flute. …We always thrilled when the Alumni 4 quartet joined together in praise to the Lord. …A children’s choir has been enlivening services for many years. Currently known as The Celebration Station and directed by Aurora Daniels, we enjoy their enthusiastic selections. …Nearly 20 years ago a Hand Bell choir was organized. Directed by JoAnn Eberle, we welcome their joyous sounds in the sanctuary.

…And our wonderful Senior Choir, organized in 1920 and faithfully lifting their voices in song during worship services.

Directed by Shelly Jordan, they annually present Easter and Christmas cantatas to bless the community with their messages in song and drama. …Piano and organ selections have filled the church with music on Sunday mornings. We especially remember the duets of Bobette Preston and Julie Zimmerman and recently the joyous sounds of JoAnn Hawthorn and JoAnn Eberle. There were also the summer Sunday morning concerts by sisters JoAnn Hawthorn and Shirley Lindsay. Also musicians Esther Larson, Mabel Bouer, Mardelle Matzke, Dolores Feldt, Kathy Broger, and many others. Thank you! …The May 7

th service will include familiar hymns through the decades, historical monologues, historical displays, etc. Be

sure to attend this special celebration. “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord”. Psalm 95:1

(Ladies, in honor of the women’s quartet from the early 1900s, shown below, let’s all wear our hats on May 7th.)

Inc.

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SERMON &

SCRIPTURES

On Saturday, April 8th, a few

members of the group joined the Juda Fore Fathers in their annual roadside cleanup around Juda. Thank you Fore Fathers for all the work you do for our community!! After the cleanup, we were treated to pizza and soda. The group held their annual Easter Sonrise Breakfast on Easter Sunday. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this another successful event. On Sunday,

April 23rd

, a small contingency made their way to Lindo Theatre in Freeport to see that movie “The Case For Christ.” Future activities for the group include helping with the packaging of meals for the “Kids Around the World” project, a summer trip with the Juda Recreation District and finally helping in July with the Green County Food Pantry. Finally, I would like to recognize the six students who are seniors and graduating this year. They are Sara Jordan, Riley Adkins, Skyler Stuckey, Jack Speckman, Aurora Daniels and Matt Schmitt. Thank you so much for all you have done for the group over the past years. It has been a great pleasure for me to have had the opportunity to work with you in so many ways and to see you grow in your faith. I wish each and every one of you all the best as you further your education and continue to grow. If your past successes are any indication of the future, all of you are going to make a positive impact in our world. Thanks again, you will all be missed!! As a reminder, empty aluminum cans may be dropped off at my house at W2926 Main Street and empty inkjet cartridges along with used cell phones, I pods and now useable digital cameras can be dropped in the collection boxes located at both churches. We can also raise funds by recycling old toner cartridges from copy machines. Please contact me before you leave them in the collection boxes so I can verify that your cartridge qualifies for recycling. As always, thanks for your continued support of our youth!!

by Dennis

Pfingsten, Youth

Leader

Feel free to read the following Scriptures in preparation for worship. May 7 – Genesis 4:1-8 May 14 – John 2:13-25 May 21 –Ecclesiastes 1:1-9 May 28 – Matthew 6:19-24 Communion May 7

th

Miss a Sunday and wish you heard the message? No worries go to joumc.org where you can see the sermon you missed under the news tab.

Kids communion May 3, 2017 4:00 in Juda-Zion UMC Sanctuary. This is an opportunity for kids up to sixth grade to get a better understanding of the communion meal we experience each month. (Note: You are welcome to attend with your child.) If you would like your child/grandchild/young friend to be a part of this learning experience, please contact the church office or speak with Pastor Vicki.

In Christian

Sympathy

We send our prayers for comfort and peace to Jim and Mike McCullough and their families on the passing of their mother, Jeannette on April 7

th.

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MAY FLOWERS

Kay Carter Kim Shields

Word of the Day May The following is a list of seemingly random words, we are asking you to bring meaning to them through prayer. During your prayer time, meditate on the word of the day, wherever the Spirit may lead you. Also, if you have any word ideas please drop them in the “WORD” box at either church.

1. Pitch 2. Catch 3. T-shirt 4. Field 5. Batter 6. On-deck 7. Swing 8. Market 9. Simple 10. Juggle 11. Cruise 12. Strike 13. Place 14. Slide 15. Vest 16. Zip

17. Furniture 18. Tandem 19. Famous 20. Rooftop 21. Center 22. Flawless 23. Track 24. Edge 25. I Corinthians 26. II Corinthians 27. Rejuvenate 28. Coupons 29. Wisconsin Dells 30. Impressions 31. Surpasses

MAY NOISY OFFERING

Will be Rising Sun Camp.

Rising Sun Camp is a week-long camp designed for students who have a parent who is incarcerated. It is an opportunity for students to connect with other students like them, and to receive support and encouragement, while giving their care-givers back home some time of respite. Campers work on team-building, conflict management and trust-building, while experiencing the fun of camp.

You can share your faith beyond your lifetime by signing your estate planning documents now. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that whatever you do not use in this life, will continue in ministry after your death.

The Zion Trustees would like to thank J.R. Jordan Construction for the donation of time and labor in having new stair handrails fabricated and installed on the side entry steps at the front of the sanctuary. These stair rails will aid the choir and others when using these side steps.

Lord, hold our troops in Your

loving hands. Protect them as

they protect us. Bless them

and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for

us in our time of need. We ask

this in the name of our Lord

and Savior, Jesus. Amen.

A very heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in all the different aspects of our choir musical, One Voice. All we do is for the Glory of God and it takes everyone to make it as special as it was. We were blessed to have full and over- flowing sanctuaries for both performances. Thank you for helping to plant the seeds of God’s Word in their hearts. May you be blessed many times over in return for your time that you invested to touch people! With many thanks, Shelly.

The youth group would like to thank everyone who attended the Easter “Sonrise” Breakfast. Thank you also to all the parents for their donations of food and their hard work at the breakfast. Thanks also to Pastor and Howard for their donation of pancake mix and Rackow Family Sausage for the donation of sausage.

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LIBRARY Books/Videos/DVD’s featured this month.

Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon (Fiction). In Come Rain or Come Shine, Jan Koran delivers a wedding that millions of Mitford fans have waited for. It’s a June day in the mountains, with more than a few creatures great and small, and you’re invited – because you’re family. By the way, it’s a pretty casual affair, so come as you are and remember to bring a tissue or two. After all, what’s a good wedding without a good cry? If I Had Lunch With C.S. Lewis by Alister McGrath(Reference) What if you could ask C. S. Lewis his thoughts on some of the most difficult questions of life? If you could, the result would be Dr. Alister McGrath’s provocative and perceptive book, If I Had

Lunch with C.S. Lewis. Best-selling author, prominent academic, and sought-after speaker, Dr. McGrath sees C.S. Lewis as the perfect conversation companion for the persistent meaning-of-life questions everyone asks.

DVD: Flywheel

Pastor Vicki and Howard will again be going on a prayer walk throughout Juda, May 6 at 8:30 am, starting from Zion’s parking lot. If walking isn’t your thing you can be part of a driving team who goes through rural areas of our community praying. Anyone is welcome to join in the prayer walk/drive, there is no advance sign up, so come as you feel led. We will wrap up

the prayers around 9:30 and head to La Iguana for a bite to eat.

Count your blessings, May 7, invite someone to join in praising God for blessings on Zion United Methodist Church. We are singing a hymn for every decade since 1917. Bells, youth, and adults are making music. Anyone who has ever sung with a Zion choir is invited to sing with the reunion Choir. We are planning more monologues from the past. May God continue to make good things happen for us.

Wednesday, August 9th 8:30-5:00 All kids 4K thru 6th grade You’re Invited!

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MISSION STATEMENT:

Growing within…

Sowing throughout

Parish Nurse, Darlene Becker

Spring. The time when the weather has more warm days than cold. It is a time to do more outdoor activities and take care of any extra pounds the winter may have put on. But, why is it that no matter how many walks taken or how many bike rides, some people just can't seem to lose weight? The answer may lie in a study done by Hirofumi Misu of the Kanazawa Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Japan. This study was done on both mice and human subjects and found that the higher the blood levels of a glycoprotein (basically a protein with sugar attached to it) known as selenoprotein-P directly correlated with a subject's inability to lose weight.

Selenoprotein-P is produced in the liver. Its exact role is still being studied, but general consensus from researchers is that it helps in taking selenium (a mineral that helps with metabolism, but too much can be hard on the liver, kidneys and heart) and transport it to different body organs. The study done on the mice showed that by administering selenoprotein-P to them, the mice were unable to absorb a crucial enzyme that aids in metabolism within their muscles affecting exercise endurance thus preventing the weight loss benefits from the exercise. The researchers then looked at the human subjects. They asked 31 women to engage

in 8 weeks of aerobic exercise training. Researchers found that the women who had higher levels of selenoprotein-P in their blood were not only unable to endure the aerobic exercise as well as those with normal levels,

but were also unable to lose weight. Interestingly, the

researchers found in the mice study that those mice deficient in selenoprotein-P actually could double the amount of exercise and had greater benefit from it. The potential benefit from this study is that it provides another piece to the puzzle as to why some people lose weight easily and others don't. And with more studies like this one researchers may finally come up with that magic pill for weight loss that anyone wanting to shed unwanted pounds would love. "Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness. Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important for it promises a reward in both this life and the next. This is true and everyone should accept it.” 1 Timothy 4:7-9 (NLT) *Information from the National Institutes of Health and from Medical News Today were used in the making of this article.*

Women’s Bible

Study The Bible Study for May will be on Monday, May 22

nd at

6:30 at Kay’s. Bring a dish to pass. Good 7 Evil Study, Lesson 5 – Our Enemy in the World. Revelation 12:7-12

Women's Retreat: Seaside Escape. Escape for the Day or

Indulge Yourself for all Weekend ~ the choice is yours! September 29 - October 1.

Held at Prairie Star Lodge, Browntown, WI.

Registration forms and more information are in the overflow room at Zion.

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Union Zion

January 19 68

February 19 55

March 25 60

1st Quarter 21 61

Golden Cross Sunday - May 14, 2017

Each congregation is asked to observe Golden Cross Sunday by taking an offering to support our Conference Health and Welfare Ministries that serve Wisconsin individuals and families in need. The Health and Welfare Ministries Committee encourages our congregations to provide financial and prayerful support to our Conference’s Health and Welfare Ministries as they support those who are unable to cover the full cost of care and services received. The following Health and Welfare Ministries benefit from this offering:

Bellin Health (Green Bay)

Christian Community Home (Hudson)

Harbor House Crisis Shelters (Superior)

Morrow Memorial Home (Sparta)

Schmitt Woodland Hills (Richland Center)

UM Children’s Services (Milwaukee)

VMP at Manor Park (West Allis)

Cedar Crest (Janesville

Evergreen Retirement Community (Oshkosh)

Hillcrest Family Services (Dubuque)

Northcott Neighborhood House (Milwaukee)

Sheboygan Senior Community (Sheboygan)

UM Hospitals Ministry (Madison)

2017 1st Quarter Attendance

The accompanying table illustrates each church’s average attendance for every month in the 1

st quarter, as well as the average overall quarterly

attendance. If you would like to see the numbers broken down per week, we encourage you to look for the attendance sheet found on Zion’s bulletin board at the front entrance or the back of the sanctuary at Union.

JUNE CALENDAR EVENTS Thursday, June 1st – 2:00pm There will be a planning meeting at Union for the August Ice Cream Social at Union. Everyone that would like to help at this annual event is invited to come to this planning meeting or email to the church, your information as to how you could help. Email to joumc@wekz.net Sunday, June 25th Union Church will have a potluck meal for Pastor Vicki and Howard. Details will be in future bulletins and June newsletter.

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

Every Sunday: 8:30 Bell Choir practice; 9:00 Cele-bration Station practice; Worship Services— (U)9:30 (Z)10:45 Sunday School U&Z 9:30

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3 10 & 11 Worship at Manor & Aster. 3:30 Kids Commun-ion 6:30 Zion Choir & 150th rehearsal. 7 Last Conf. Class.

4 Noon—55 and Over Pot Luck at Community Center.

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6 8:30 Prayer Walk/Drive in Juda

7 Communion 9:30 150th choir practice. Zion 150th Celebration. 11:45 Potluck & Israel trip 6:00 Boy Scouts at Zion.

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10 6:30 Zion Choir practice.

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13 8:30 Women’s Breakfast-La Iguana CareNet Walk for Life in Monroe.

14 Celebration Station sings. Golden Cross Sunday.

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17 6:30 Zion Choir Practice. May 17-18—Pastor

18 In St. Louis for ICD Classes

19 5-7pm Girl Scout meeting at Zion.

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21 Last day of Sunday School classes.

22 6:30 Women’s Bi-ble Study at Kay’s.

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24 6:30 Zion Choir Practice

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28 Confirmation at Zion.

29 10am Juda Memori-al Day program at Mt. Vernon ceme-tery. In case of rain at Juda School.

30 6-8 Next Genera-tion 4-H Food pro-ject mtg. at Zion.

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Growing within … Sowing throughout. May 2017

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P.O. Box 118 Juda, WI 53550 U.S. Postage Paid

Address Service Requested Permit No. 3, Juda, WI

New Sermon Series Starting April 30th Christians have long focused too much on other people's sins, espe-

cially non-Christians. Turning the microscope on ourselves, it becomes all too clear in light of Jesus' perfect example of righteousness and the sheer holiness of God how unrighteous we are by comparison. We like to comfort ourselves with the fact we haven't committed certain “big” sins, like murder, adultery, theft, but what makes the Seven Deadly Sins, though not directly biblical, but more insightful than the Ten Commandments is their smallness. The seven are the quiet, internal roots of so many other sins. Come join us April 30th-June 11th in Taking a New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins. Feel free to read the following scriptures in preparation for worship: April 30—1 Samuel 10:1-13:14 Pride May 7—Genesis 4:1-15 Envy May 14—John 2:13-25 Anger May 21—Ecclesiastes 1:1-9 Sloth May 28—Matthew 6:19-24 Greed June 4—Matthew 6:25-35 Gluttony June 11—2 Samuel 11:1-12:13 Lust