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If I asked you to choose two Christian

holidays to signify as most important you might

choose Easter and Christmas. You might say

Easter and Good Friday. If I gave you five

choices, you might choose Christmas, Maundy

Thursday, Good Friday, Easter and Pentecost.

Maybe you would choose Epiphany or Palm

Sunday or the Ascension.

If I got four choices I would choose Easter first, Good Friday second,

Christmas third, and Pentecost fourth. Those holidays are significant to me because

of the impact they had on the world.

Pentecost is May 15th

, and you can read all about it in Acts, Chapter 2. It is

when the Holy Spirit empowered the 120 people gathered in the Upper Room to go

out into all the world to share the good news of Jesus Christ. It is often referred to

as “the birthday of the Church”.

Although Key West UMC is getting close to our 175th

anniversary (2019), the

Church is now just a few years shy of 2000 years of age. Pentecost launched a

global mission of two milenia so far – that’s pretty significant!

Love & Prayers,

Pastor Terri

The Key West United Methodist Church Newsletter

Our Vision Statement:

“People alive in Jesus Christ, growing through dynamic worship,

nurturing programs and loving service to others."

May 2016

Email: keywestumc@bellsouth.net Website: http://keywestumchurch.org

PHONE NUMBERS: 305-296-2392, 305-296-PRAY

FAX NUMBER: 305-296-4702

A Warm Welcome to Allison, our new Office Manager!

Allison Matejka (pronounced “Muh-tay-kuh”) will be in the office 9am to 3pm, Monday through Friday. She is married to Jeffrey who serves in the Coast Guard. A native Floridian from the St. Petersburg area, she has been in Key West about 2 years. Her family includes three cats. Please feel free to stop in the office during the week to say hello and welcome!

UPCOMING MEETINGS

* Trustees will meet on May 10th at 5pm in the J.O.Y. Room. Please watch your mailbox for reminder postcards. * Church Council will meet on May 16th, at 5:30pm in the J.O.Y. room. All members of the Council should plan to attend. All others are welcome!

Peggy Smith, Nelson Smith, Carolyn Cadwell and family, Lee Clyne, Jordan Dixon-Gross, Norman, Beata, Audrey Allison, McKenzie Woolley, Friends and family of Vernie Griffin, Ericka Cruz, Betty Lanier, Lori Loessin, Luke Seigel, Stephanie Please, Angie Heinold, Yvonne Torrado, Fred Riley, Joseph Parker, Family of Bill Murray, George Thompson, Yasmin Pimentel, Jennifer Stettner, Maria Jeanete Bastos, Tanya West, Phillip Johnson, Max Foster, Jr., Jack Darst, Sally Warner, Lois Griffin, Jean

Chandler, Connie Costlow, Judy Greene, Larisa Ritchie, Wayne Goldstein, Wilma LeRoy, Fred Losley, Meggan Meggs, Peggy Cornell, Kirsten Cote, Vickie Hughes, Kaylee Ortueta, George Rowland, Liam Reddy, David Carone, Ally Sonstein, Brian Belanger, Wayne Rankan, Verna Marble, Thea Hyde, Candace Seizer, Bob Lytikainen, Daniel McLeod, Caridad Beavers, Brad Eggebraaten & Sandy Archer, Linda Rysman, Pat Wells, Brooks Cathey, Sr., John Cadwell, Kent Eisele, Christian Slater, Larry Joe Nail III, Rev. Fletcher Anderson

MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN HARMS WAY: Michael Kopitzke (Army); OUR SISTER CHURCH IN CUBA: Entronque d’Herradura, La Iglesia Methodista; NURSING HOMES: Dorothy Edwards, Miami

We rejoice in “answered prayers”! Please let the Office know if any of these names are ready to come off the list. If you wish to add a name, please email or call the Office. Thank you.

Bring your mother, daughter, aunt, friend or neighbor and sign up for our Mother's Day Luncheon

to be held at the Pier House Restaurant, 1 Duval Street, on Saturday, May 7th, at noon! We're asking everyone to try to be there around 11:30 am so we can be ready to be served by noon. The cost is $25/person, which includes choice of entrée, pan-seared Mahi or oven-roasted chicken. Coffee, tea, or soft drink (1 choice), Key Lime Pie and gratuity is included in the cost. The deadline for RSVPs is Tuesday, May 3rd, at noon. Your payment must accompany your order specifying which entrée you want. Complete the bulletin insert, attach your check or cash, and place it in the offering plate. You may also drop it by the church office any work day between 9 am and 3 pm, but no later than noon on May 3rd!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SPECIAL EVENT!

VACATION BIBLE

SCHOOL JUNE 20 -24 8:30 – NOON

Want to share your time & gifts with God’s children?

Have some beach stuff lying around that we could borrow?

Teenagers, need service hours? Have a few bucks you’d like to donate?

We need you!

Name:_______________________________________

Contact Number:_______________________________

I would love to help with:_________________________

____________________________________________

For more info contact Lori Mullins 305-849-2900

To sign up online go to:

http://2016.cokesburyvbs.com/kwunitedmethodist

4th Phillip Baucom Jo Pine Judy Thomas

5th April Farris Fran Kebschull Lori Mullins

8th Cara Michaud

10th Paul Garrard Marian Torriglia

12th Sandy Archer William Wickers, IV

13th Weston Andrews Amber Bosco Jeanne Rickert Ryan Veach

14th Alice Calleja

15th Catherine Kerns

1st Stephen & Phyllis Strunk

3rd Dean & Sandy Walters

8th George & Pamela Lindner

9th William Binder & Cheryl McDiarmid

12th Terry & Susan Ham

16th Lisa Drake Nancy Loether

20th Julio Torrado Renata Rechsteiner

21st Maj Johnson Gaby Lee

23rd Chaz Spottswood, Jr. Mia Viard Isabella Wilson

26th Molly Gibson

28th Jeanne Fain

29th James Gibson

30th Vernon Bachmann

31st Bill Anderson Aaron Fraga Janet Van Tuyl

15th Chris & Lori Mullins

20th Phillip & Amy Pierce

29th Terry & Luanne Doughtry Bob & Becky Sachsenmaier

30th David Sr. & Linda Fraga Herb & Fran Kebschull

Youth News

KWESST will be sponsoring a concert by

Temple Veil on July 1st at the Michaud

Home. We invite YOU to join us for a time

of music, fun and fellowship. Pencil it in,

more details to follow.

The UMW presented their Special Mission Recognition Award pin and certificate to Julio Torrado, our Trustees Chairperson. Since Michelle Heaviland was not present on April 17th to receive her award, it will be mailed to her in North Florida, where she is now living. This award is based on the recipient’s support of our mission programs. In their honor, a gift for ministries with women, children and youth has been forwarded to the United Methodist Women, National Office, United Methodist Church.

Congratulations to Julio and Michelle!

New Railings

Make Safer Steps! A big Thank You to Julio and our Trustees

for arranging the manufacture and installation of these new hand rails on the

steps going into the Fellowship Room from the breezeway, and the door by the Choir Room. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR

THESE IMPROVEMENT TO OUR CAMPUS!

The “Cross Wall” in the office begins to take shape! We so much appreciate these crosses that have been donated for the office wall. We will continue to add more as they make their way to us. If you’d like to donate, please leave them in the Sanctuary on the pew under the stained glass window at the back, or drop by during Office Hours. Thank you !

The Church Office will be closed

Monday, May 30

in observance of Memorial Day.

WITH MANY THANKS

Thanks to all of you for the donations

that assured my election. Through your generosity $500 was raised for the Foster Children’s Fund for the “extras” that kids need to help them feel they are growing up in a loving

supportive environment. Pastor Terri Hill

Dear Church Family,

I want to thank you for the time I spent serving as Office Manager at this great church. You took a chance on me, someone who had been in Key West for only a short time, giving me an opportunity to be blessed in my service here. I hope that my work has in some way blessed your service at KWUMC. On May 2, I am beginning a new part of my journey in life and will begin work with the Nurturing Parenting Program at Wesley House Family Services. I will have an opportunity to work with families seeking to become healthier and to move from just surviving to thriving. Wesley House has some strong beginnings in the United Methodist Church. It feels like I will be continuing in that United Methodist connection while working as a part of the team at Wesley House. I spent the last week working with Allison Matejka. She will be a blessing to you so take an opportunity to come meet her. Thank you again for your support and love. You will see me around. Becky Love