Steve’s Stylings Summer 2013 (July & August)

Parish Visitor

Trini ty United Methodist

Inside this issue:

Steve’s Stylings 1

Fiscal Happenings Other TUMC News Christian Education News

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Calendar 7 Prayers & Prayer Walking

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Thank you Birthdays & Anniversaries

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Final Note 10

I cannot keep the smile off of my face. The celebration of the Lord on my first Sunday at

Trinity United Methodist was tremendous! I truly felt the Holy Spirit gathering us in

communion, into community to worship with the Word, hymns and prayer. And a very special

blessing took place when we all ate of the bread and drank of the cup. I am excited in beginning my journey here in Lindsborg UMC and cannot wait to visit with you all. I pray for the Church and the people every day that you endure and find comfort in the face of hardship and pain. I pray that you find a cooling spirit and respite

from the summer heat. This world, as it always has, attempts to push the Word of God to the

edges of society where no one may take notice. That is Okay!!! The Word of God is meant for the

edges as it is meant for everywhere else. My fervent prayer as I write this article is that you

continue to grow in faith, a faith that orients you toward God in all things, an orientation that

points directly to the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah, Steve

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Don’t Forget the Homebound

Several TUMC members and asso-ciates are either at Bethany Home

or basically homebound. Remember them with a card or a friendly visit.

Look for names, numbers, ad-dresses, and birthdays on the board outside the

Library.

TUMC Cares for Military!

TUMC is collecting items for active mili-tary. Bring items and leave in boxes in lobby or Fellowship Hall. Suggested items: socks, meats in foil, nuts, jerky, packaged cheese, crackers, cocoa & coffee, small stuffed ani-

mals, pumpkin/sunflower seeds, drink mixes, body wash/shampoo.

NEEDED: TUMC has an opportunity to serve: MEDIA TECHNICIANS– Needed are audio/video techs for both services, especially 2nd service. Training will be provided! Screens are done for you, just run equipment, fun and easy! Any age welcome.

Contact Julie in the office if interested or for more details.

SUMMER WORSHIP Awakening Grace at 9:00 am

Sunday School at 9:50 am (through July, none in August)

Traditional Worship at 11:00 am

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Summer Food Program - Feeding Lindsborg's Children The Free Summer Lunch Program is going terrific and once again we are feeding many children and young families from our community. This is a wonderful mission!

Volunteers to help with meal prep and clean-up are still needed! Volunteers will be guided on what to do. No experience needed. We will train. Jobs could include cutting up fruit, opening cans, rolling forks or spoons in a napkin, counting, washing a few

dishes, browning hamburger, serving food and other easy jobs.

Don’t  feel  you  can  help  in  the  kitchen?    Then  consider  donating  ketchup,  ranch          dressing, granola bars, miracle whip squeeze bottle, plastic forks, or spoons, napkins, pancake syrup, etc.

We will be feeding kids until the middle of August.

Sister Church Initiative One of the challenges made at the Kansas West Conference was for each church from Kansas West to get to know a church in either the Kansas East or Nebraska Conferences as we become one conference. TUMC Leadership took this challenge to heart and agreed to make First United Methodist Church in Cozad, NE our sister church! If you would like to participate by sending a card or calling the church and leaving cheerful messages, and in prayer for each other here is the information:

First United Methodist Church PO Box 187

1515 B. Street Cozad, NE 69130

308-784-2887 The hope is to eventually have congregational pen pals and great open communication between the two churches!

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Senior High Youth Group On Sunday, July 28th between services from

10am to 11am the Senior High Youth

Group will be having a pancake breakfast

fundraiser. Proceeds will go towards their

summer mission trip to the Oklahoma City area. The trip is

scheduled for July 31st to August 4th.

The youth appreciate your support!

ITEMS NEEDED FOR YOUTH MISSION TRIP One of the mission stops the youth will be making in Oklahoma City will be at FEED THE CHILDREN. To learn more about the great work this organization is doing you can go to: www.feedthechildren.org. Feed the Children can use the following items, the youth will be taking these with them on July 31st. A box will be provided in the church lobby.

toothbrush toothpaste

soap shampoo

canned goods rice

cereal trash bags

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Love the Lord your God...and love your neighbor as yourself.

Luke 10:27

Wow! What a great success VBS was! Thanks to all the volunteers and those who donated items to make the day happen! I am blessed to have had volunteers who worked behind the scenes getting decorations up, shopping, and cre-ating group lists! I am also thankful for the volunteers who arrived at

8am and stayed until 4pm or so, working to support VBS, and lead groups and centers. I want to especially lift up in thanksgiving those who supported VBS in technology, paperwork, and the lunch program! The youth who vol-unteered to come help lead groups, assist in centers, par-ticipate in the skits and Bible story drama were instru-mental to the success of the day!

VBS continues in Sunday school from 9:50am to 10:40am We have slowed down and are going through the Bible stories that show us how God wants us to be good neighbors in the world. All ages are welcome to attend this 5-week summer "assembly-style" class. Meet in the youth room for music, stories, drama, and games! We'll discuss how neighbors are to treat one another. See you there!

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FALL SUNDAY SCHOOL

Will begin on Sunday, September 8th, registration forms for Fall SS will be out and about the church, please pick one up and

complete it and return to Kelley!

UPDATE ON WATER PROJECT Remember the Confirmation Class's mis-sion project in the spring? The group set a goal to raise $500 towards the digging of a well to provide safe and clean drinking wa-ter in Africa. "Well", we didn't make our goal....We went OVER by $300!!!! Way to go Trinity UMC!! Thank you for taking part in the Confirmation Class water challenge!

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Prayer walking will be on hold throughout the rest of the summer due to heat! We will resume in the fall, in the meantime, continue to pray for the church, those on our prayer concerns and world conditions!

Prayer Walking

PRAYER CONCERNS & JOYS Strokes Cancer All stroke victims, Betty Shultz+ All cancer victims, Karen Clego+, Lynda Matlack+ Teri+, Jay+, Marge Wann+ Joy St. Peter+ Pat Fulk+, Pat Martin+, General and Other Pat Martin+, Bryan Downi+ All w/ health issues, Reuben Strange Ken & Linda Branch + Clena Gibson+, Maurice Salminen+ Val Barrett+, Dan Drummond+ Sherrie Berry+, Aloma Carlson+ Connie Loducer+, Jim Malm+ Eddie Morris+, Sherry Walker+, Kevin Snyder+, Eric Rauh+ Lee Spellman, Reuben Strange Cindy Johnson+, Chris Noi+ Surgery & Recovery Dottie Holvavach+, Jean Cyr+ All facing surgery or recovering from surgery Sonny Bourne+, Juli Lange+, Emma Flynn, Annie Bauer Laney Kuhn+, Angie Sundell Discipleship Opportunities Jenny Lagergren+, Sound/Computer Techs Bread ministry (breads) Prayer Walks Other Prayer Needs Various Concerns

Drug/alcohol enslavement, Reid Adrian+ School Sports & Programs Teens in trouble/turmoil Famine, Spiritual Renewal Families in need or crisis Countries in state of unrest All those in pain, all those who are ill Natural disaster victims+ Chip Davis+, Aleda Schrieber+ US Government Leaders+ Anita’s  Aunt  Rita+,  all  with  crushed  faith Peace in the Middle East, Lybia Marty Hardy+, Donna Hamilton+ and Syria, Israel, Palestine Joanne Marsh+, Jen (Fruits) and N. & S. Korea & USA Marylin McCoy, US morals & values-leadership Quick sale of Parsonage, Lost souls find God Free Summer Lunch Program Loss of loving pets Traveling mercies, Anita Neilson S S teachers & students Tom  (Anita’s  cousin) Parents (patience, love, etc.) God’s  presence  at  TUMC Those caring for others+ Wilma Spellman+, Those w/o a church find one TUMC Blessings & Pastor Steve Tornado Victims (Moore, OK) Military Personnel and Their Families Jason Arnold, Caleb Hale, Kenneth Johnson Thad Gutierrez, William James, Nick Cole, Josh Johannsen, Andy Marston, Clint Spitler, Chris VanFossen, John & Sherry Fagan, All who serve to keep us safe & allow us the freedom to worship Prayers for Our Church Finances, Building needs, Organ repair, Vitalization Plan Joys July & August birthdays & anniversaries, for a successful VBS and mission projects by the VBS kids!, farmers and harvest, church camp participants

In an attempt is to keep the prayer list from becoming stagnate, on a monthly basis, prayers will be removed (except long-term ones), if a prayer concern is removed that is still needed,

please complete a new card or make it long-term.

Thank you!

Worship assistance All the kitchen workers & everyone bringing breakfast for Awakening Grace The Praise Band for joyful music Anita, for her talents in both worship services All who offer their talents to provide special music Cindy & the Finance committee to their dedication to our finances & hard work on the budget Maleta for providing the arrangements and flowers for our worship space and around the church. Proofreaders of bulletins and newsletters Care Groups Jamie Samson as our webmaster Trustees for hard work and care for TUMC facility Everyone who has and will continue to provide “goodies” for those serving in the military Those who remember the TUMC shut-ins Thanks to the Elliott’s for keeping the church grass mowed! Thanks to Joel Weide for keeping the parsonage lawn clipped! Thanks to all who have volunteered their time and/or items to the Free Lunch program Thanks to Christian Ed leadership and EVERY-ONE who helped provide items, decorations, time and talents for VBS! More fun to come each Sunday through July and on Wednesday, July 31st for a special Fun Fair Day Camp!

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BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES

7/1 TJ Worcester 7/2 Nancy Salminen 7/5 DeCelia Fraser 7/6 Garrett Hoffman 7/8 Lucy Heller 7/8 Aleda Schrieber 7/9 Shirley Reissig 7/10 Steve McGaughey 7/11 Judy Rourke 7/15 Geneva Turnquist 7/15 Kristine Whetstone 7/18 Randy Biegert 7/18 Trevor Jones 7/19 Cristin Nickel 7/22 Wendy Koons 7/22 Calli Nickel 7/24 Denny Walker 7/25 Clint Spitler 7/29 Tres Gutierrez 8/1 Don Turnquist 8/2 Jay Jensen 8/3 Joel Weide 8/4 Lori Swift 8/4 Kelly Smith 8/5 Aspen Chaney 8/5 Mike Lynam 8/6 Katie Bellah 8/8 Brandon Krinhop 8/14 Kari Williams 8/16 Steve Holmes 8/23 Deb McGaughey 8/23 JW Miller 8/24 Maci Miller 8/26 Pat Bellah 8/26 Julia Wilson 8/26 Lee Verne Johnson 8/28 Rene Rutherford 8/29 Lynn Geiman 8/30 Roann Bloom 8/30 Marissa Johnson 8/30 Willie Johnson 8/30 Nevaeh Spitler

7/2 Dennis & Colleen Walker 7/17 Adam & Teri Chaney 7/21 John & Bonnie Boyle 7/25 Don & Dala Roberts 7/30 John & Carrie Bellah 7/31 Chris & Jill Droge 8/6 Jay & Angie Jensen 8/9 Marc & Kari Williams 8/10 Delwin & Wendy Koons 8/10 Dale & Kristine Whetstone 8/11 Steve & Cathy Holmes 8/11 Royce & Kelley Menke 8/12 Ben & Gretchen Elliott 8/14 Mike & Arlis Henry 8/22 Doug & Tammie Schneider 8/24 Raymond & Shirley Reissig

Join in welcoming Pastor Steve! Sunday, July 14th at 12 noon Bring something yummy to

share, and join in fellowship and fun.

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.

THE PARISH VISITOR

A CHURCH FOR THE REST OF US

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TRINITY UNITED METHO DIST CHURCH

224 South Main Street Lindsborg, KS 67456

www.trinityumclindsborg.org

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Phone: 785-227-3326 Email: admin@trinityumclindsborg.org Pastor Steve Holmes email: steve@trinityumclindsborg.org Kelley Menke, Christian Education Director Email: kelley@trinityumclindsborg.org

Purpose Statement: Trinity United Methodist Church exists to introduce and deepen each

person’s  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  so  that  we  joyfully  serve  one  another  in  love. Vision Statement:

Trinity United Methodist Church is committed to strengthening the family of God by:

Transforming hearts Uniting communities

eMpowering individuals Changing lives

Adopted by Leadership Team on March 5, 2012