June 2015
InSpire OMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
Volume 6, Issue 3
Inside the
Issue
High School 2
Graduates
UMW
Candle burning
Automated
Giving
‘Interactive’ 3
Sermon Series
All Church Picnic
Community Kids
- May Baskets
Eagle Lake Camps
Vacation Bible 4
School
Upcoming
Events:
June 28
4 p.m.
All Church
Picnic
Click here to
view the online church
calendar
The Container Project is a nonprofit organization
founded to serve the community both locally and
abroad by the distribution of non-perishable goods.
Through the Container Project items such as new or
gently used clothing, linens, limited medical sup-
plies and sewing machines are gathered and distrib-
uted wherever the need is identified. The Container
Project partners with other nonprofit organizations,
churches (such as Community, Missouri and Fair-
view United Methodist churches and New Horizons)
and volunteers throughout the Midwest.
Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, “Life's most
urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
The Container Project provides many people with
the opportunity to stop, reach out and help others in
our communities and across the globe.
In 2014 Community UMC donated funds to create
350 school desks for the children of Nicaragua.
Through the efforts of dedicated individuals the
desks became a reality, were shipped in January,
and
are in
use today. Thanks to Community, as many as 700
children now may sit at a desk as they attend school.
Although we have made a difference we still have a
long way to go in our efforts to improve education. If
you want to challenge yourself or groups and would
like to make a difference please consider a gift of $40
to cover the cost of a desk. This would be a visible gift
that would make a difference as soon as it hits the
ground.
Container Project has been blessed with many dona-
tions of goods, services and funds to make it possible.
These donations are critical to the survival of the less
fortunate people living throughout the world. If you
are looking for a way to make a difference in lives of
others, please consider ways we can partner together.
Your gift of time, talents, goods or funds are all of
great value. Container Project would not be possible
without the gifts of many.
—Rick Ellsworth
INSPIRE PAGE 2 VOLUME 6, I SSUE 3
Community UMC offers electronic
giving as a way to automate your
gifts to the church.
Electronic giving offers convenience
for individual congregation members
and provides giving stability for our
congregation, especially during the
summer when giving decreases due
to many factors.
Direct Debit Giving (called ACH
giving) is used to transfer funds auto-
matically from your checking or sav-
ings account to the church’s bank
account. Credit and Debit Card Giv-
ing lets you make offerings automati-
cally on a pre-determined schedule
using a credit or debit card.
You can go to http://
www.communityumc.net and select
“Online Giving” under the Home at
Community tab at any time to set up
an automatic donation plan, change
your donation plan, make a 1-time
donation or view your online dona-
tion history. An authorization form is
also included in this newsletter to
help you sign up for automatic giv-
ing. These forms will also be availa-
ble at the church.
In addition, we will begin offering
giving by text message. This will be a
simple way to make 1-time gifts for
many different ministries. More in-
formation and instructions about this
method of giving will be available in
July. As you contemplate future con-
tributions, please consider electronic
giving.
United Methodist Women burned a
candle for 52 minutes during worship
on May 24 in honor of and in memory
of people.
The cost of funding one minute of
mission work through the Women’s
Division of the Board of Global Min-
istries is $25.54. Community United
Methodist Church donations will
support 52 minutes of mission work
as the total donation amount for the
2015 UMW Candle-burning is
$1,319.26. Your contributions toward
missions is appreciated by people
around the world. You can receive a
full list of honorary and memorial
gifts at the church office.
Community UMC congratulates high school graduates
Community United Method-
ist Church celebrated with our
high school seniors as they
graduated this past month. A
moment of celebration and
blessing occurred during wor-
ship on May 17.
The following are our 2015
high school graduates: Lucas
Bentley (Battle), Shaunte
Horsley (Battle), Devin Savage
(Hickman), Zach Stone
(Hickman), and Matt Troyer
(Rock Bridge). Congratulations
to all of them! Please pray for
them as they take their next
steps in the journey of life.
PAGE 3 INSPIRE VOLUME 6, I SSUE 3
The All-Church Family Picnic will
be June 28, 4-7 p.m. on the west side
of the church.
Everyone is invited to enjoy hotdogs,
beans, chips, dessert and drinks,
along with an array of fun activities.
Some of these activities include a
waterslide, gaga ball, four-square,
volleyball, face painting, a cakewalk
and many more. The Kona Ice truck
will be there to offer treats to cool you
off after all the fun.
Be watching for sign-up sheets to
donate food or to help set up. In the
event of rain the picnic will be re-
scheduled. If you have questions
please contact Jeanette Williams or
Pastor Curtis at 445-6131.
Community UMC is pleased to
partner with the United Methodist
Missouri Conference and to collabo-
rate with Eagle Lake Camps to bring
an exciting camp experience for ages
7-12.
We’ll have five days, Aug. 3-7, 9
a.m.-4 p.m., of contagious fun with
highly trained camp counselors, in-
credible activities and in-depth Bible
studies. Some of the fun will include
inflatables, bungee trampoline, gaga
ball and other high-energy activities.
Mark your calendars now for this
unforgettable week. For more infor-
mation and to register your child vis-
it nextgenumc.org/reg. Your friends
and neighbors are welcome, too. If
you have questions, please contact
Jeanette Williams at
[email protected] or Pastor Curtis
The cost is $25 for the week.
Community Kids deliver May baskets to The Terrace
In July, Pastor Curtis Olsen will
answer some of your questions
through the “You Asked for It” ser-
mon series.
This fun and engaging series be-
gins with your questions, whether
they are serious or funny, theologi-
cal or cultural, long or short.
To submit your questions, please
use the response area on the wor-
ship registration card, email
Pastor Curtis at
[email protected], or re-
spond to the Facebook posts when
they are posted. Pastor Curtis will
focus on the most asked questions,
and will answer a few fun ones. too.
Please join us for a great month of
worshiping God and learning more
about Jesus Christ and each other .
Community Kids made and
delivered May baskets to their
friends at The Terrace on April
29. The children arrived at The
Terrace to find a welcoming
group of residents ready to lis-
ten to stories and to tell stories.
Wow! Who would have thought
there would have been someone
there who had been in WWII?
The children passed out the May
baskets, sang Happy Birthday to
Dale Smith and Thad McCanse,
and then we had to say goodbye.
Everyone had a great time and,
of course, we plan to visit again
soon.
Eagle Lake Camps experience set for early August
3301 West Broadway Columbia, MO 65203
573-445-6131 Fax 573-446-2957
www.communityumc.net
Deadline for submissions for July issue is June 20
Community United
Methodist Church Our mission is
to make new
disciples of
Jesus Christ
for the
transformation
of the world.
Vacation Bible School is quickly
approaching, and people have al-
ready begun to sign up using the
church website. Community UMC
will be filled with excitement July
26-30 from 6-8:30 p.m. Children
youth in grades 3-8 and volunteers
will be experience “Everest: Con-
quering Challenges with God’s
Mighty Power.”
VBS is free to everyone, and din-
ner will be served each night for all
participants and volunteers. There
are many ways everyone at Com-
munity can support VBS. Volun-
teers are needed to serve as crew
leaders and to help with decora-
tions.
A sign-up will be available soon
for food donations. Serving around
1,000 meals is a huge undertaking
and every donation is valued. Your
support of VBS is greatly appreci-
ated as we minister to the children
and youth of Community UMC as
well as many children throughout
the city of Columbia and beyond.
Registration forms available at
CUMC or online at
www.communityumc.net. Hanson
at 673-2629.
To volunteer or to get more infor-
mation, please contact Christi
Farmer at 823-3177 or Kristen
Hanson at 673-2629.
Register for exciting VBS program