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February 2015
The EVANGEL
What’s INSIDE
2 Garfield UMC News
2 Engaging Ministries
Larned & Garfield United Methodist Churches
SAVIOR from our Youth
2 Birthdays
3 February Calendar
4 Prayer Concerns
4 Thank You Notes
5 Dillons Community Rewards
5 Cookie Bakers
5 Announcements
6 Sunday Schedules
Mark Your Calendars……
 UMW Meeting, February 4th at
10am
 Boy Scout Sunday, February 8th
 Fundraiser for Donna Stejskal,
February 8th from Noon to 2pm,
LUMC Fellowship Hall
 UMW Valentine’s Day Sweet
Heart Dinner, February 14th at
6pm, LUMC Fellowship Hall
 Forgiveness, Lent Bible Study,
Sunday starts February 22nd,
6pm at the Parsonage
 The GOD We Can Know, Lent
Bible Study, starts Tuesday
February 18th, 6pm in the Parlor
The special Advent
offering was $160
We purchased :
 1 goat
 4 chickens
 5 ducks
Through World Vision.
Thanks everyone for this walk down memory lane!
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The EVANGEL
Garfield UMC News by Elaine Jenkins
Katelyn Baker
Marcia Brantley
Lyndell Fox
Lillis Stambaugh
Jim Vratil
Wayne Brownlee
Dallas Hiebert
Kelsie Hall
Brittany Hauder
C R Bert
Brittany Butler
Natalie Dayne Woods
Paula Grandy
Brandon Enabnit
Fred Jennings
Emma Pritchett
Milo Smythe
Melissa Hagerman
Cindy Cline
Brileigh Stahlecker
Don Dreese
Jason Pinkston
Tristan Shaver
Shannon Holmberg
Grant Boyer
Derek Slack
Abigail Bush
Randy Rainbolt
Colten Krob
Matt Hall
Tony Gatterman
Mark Johnson
Kelly Roberts
Joan Bohart
Ann Gatterman
Don Stejskal
Joni Johnson
David Woods
Dick King
Christina Frick (Maxwell)
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Sometimes when we feel
so alone in a vast wilderness
and all we have is prayer,
God is always with us, and
he opens doors that we can
not see and He sends in His
angels. That prompted me to
write this while drying my
tears of gratitude: Thank
you Lord Jesus for all that
you do for us. Be with all of
our sick friends and all of
the ones that need your
loving and caring arms
wrapped
around
them,
Amen.
Engaging Ministries
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE: WHERE ARE YOU BEING CALLED?
“For even I, the Son of Man, came here not
to be served but to serve others and to give
my life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45 (NLT)
Thank you to everyone who participated
in the Mission Luncheon on January 4th. As
a congregation, you had fantastic suggestions for the church to provide ministry in
the community and outside the walls of the
church. The ideas have been lifted up and
now is the time for us to organize and begin
to implement a community ministry. Not
everything can be accomplished in the beginning so the focus will probably be on one
suggestion initially. The success of our
ministry will depend on the participation of
many people. Prayerfully consider where
you are being called and be prepared to say
yes when your help is requested.
Looking ahead, March 29, 2015, will be
the next 5th Sunday, the Sundays we have
chosen to donate food for the Food Pantry.
United Methodist Women’s
Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dinner
Saturday, February 14th at 6:30pm
Tickets are $12 each
(Please see a UMW Member to purchase your ticket)
Menu: Bodacious Beef, Phenomenal Potatoes,
Vivacious Vegetables and Decadent Desert.
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February 2015
Sun
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8
Mon
2
9
11:30am
Fundraiser
Dinner & Silent
Auction for
Donna Stejskal
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6:00pm
Forgiveness
Bible Study at
Parsonage
Wed
Thu
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4
5
10:00am
Prayer Group
9:30am Men’s
Coffee
10:00am UMW
6:00pm Wacky
Wednesday
7:30pm
Women’s Bible
Study
6:00pm GUMC
7:30pm Choir Bible Study
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10:00am
Prayer Group
9:30am Men’s
Coffee
6:00pm Wacky
Wednesday
7:30pm
Women’s Bible
Study
6:00pm GUMC
7:30pm Choir Bible Study
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9:30am Men’s
Coffee
5:30pm Ash
Wednesday
Service at
10:00am
GUMC
Prayer Group 6:00pm WWW
6:00pm The
7:30pm
GOD We Can
Women’s Bible
Know Bible
Study
Study in Parlor 7:30pm Choir
6:00pm GUMC
Bible Study
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6:00pm
Emmaus
9:30am Men’s
Coffee
10:00am
6:00pm Wacky
Prayer Group Wednesday
6:00pm The
7:30pm
GOD We Can
Women’s Bible
Know Bible
Study
6:00pm GUMC
Study in Parlor 7:30pm Choir Bible Study
3pm-6pm
Leadership
Training
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Fri
Sat
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6:30pm UMW
Valentine’s Day
Dinner
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The EVANGEL
Salvation Army Bell Ringers
Judy Jennings & Karla Sanneman
Lyndell Fox
Benefit Lunch & Silent Auction
for
Donna (Reece) Stejskal Medical Expenses
Sunday, February 8, 2015
12:00pm to 2:00 pm
Larned United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Free Will Donation
Donna Stejskal has recently been battling with Spinal Cancer.
Please come help, Donna & her family, defray medical bills & related expenses.
We’ll have a Great Meal, Silent Auction Items, and lots of Fun !!
If unable to attend, but would like to donate:
Donna Stejskal Fund
Farmer’s Bank & Trust P.O. Box 29 Larned, KS 67550
Matching Funds, up to $1,000, through Thrivent Financial.
Sponsored by:
LHS 1974 Classmates & Larned United Methodist Women
For more Info. & Silent Auction Item Donations Contact:
Cheryl (Albert) Beckwith or Jayne (McConnaughhay) Rucker
H#620-285-7117; C#620-285-9319 - H#620-525-6734; C#620-923-5161
Prayer Concerns
Christian Wegehaupt, Bob Best, Eldred
Dipman, Dan Dipman, Darcy Van Meter,
Virginia Best, Amy Derley, Kent Frick,
Easton Fitzpatrick, Dean Couch, Peggy
Thompson, Bonnie Parker, Darlene Knox,
Dora Bowman, Lynda Presley, Donna
Stejskal, Bill Goodness, Don Gill, Anna
Lynam, Johnnie Frazier, Mike Naugle,
Andrew Wegehaupt, Dennis Hagerman,
A.W. (Bill) Schartz, Glenn Courtney,
Kenny & Wanda Eye, Opal Weaver,
Wilda Jantz, Phyllis Neidig, Bea Seba,
Polly Newport, Betty Unruh, Irene
Hiebert, Tamsel Rogers, Mark Lampey,
Ed Umel, Vivian, Clarabel, Evalina &
Howard, Marvin Warner, Jamie Starks,
Ryan Shelton, Frank Jenkins, Travis Hall,
Sherry Goosmen, Herald Kirkham, Jack &
Margret Dipman
Thank You….
Dear Friends,
Thank you all for the prayers, phone calls,
cards, caring for my animals, and taking over
my volunteer chores while my son, Eric, was
hospitalized. Thank you seems such an inadequate expression of the gratitude we feel.
The outpouring of support truly epitomizes
And above all these put
on love, which binds everything together in perfect
harmony.
Colossians 3:14
the spirt of Christmas. May God bless you as
Words can hardly express my comfort from
He has blessed me and those I hold dear.
the cards, visits, etc. from so many of you. I
Marilyn Bell am improving nicely but slowly.
God is Good! All the time! Happy New
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
Year.
Eula Ackerman
Best wishes and thanks to all!!
Ann Lynam
Little children, let us
not love in word or talk
but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
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The EVANGEL
TO ENROLL IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS
PROGRAM:
To help support our church through Dillons Community
Rewards
please
visit:
https://www.dillons.com/
communityrewards and follow the instructions below
(more detailed instructions are available on the
bulletin board in the Narthex)
If you already have your Dillons Plus card registered
online you will choose the “Sign In” button and log in
with your information then click “Enroll Now” you will
be taken to a screen to find your organization, our
organization number is 10252, follow the directions on
the screen to finish registration.
you have to “renew” this once a year. Then you will need
to enter the number found on the back of your Dillons
Plus card below the barcode or your alternate ID Number,
which is generally your phone number, and then click
Save. You should now be taken to a screen to Find Your
Organization, you will enter 10252 into the box and click
Search, then click the circle next to United Methodist
Church and click Enroll.
If you don’t have an email address or computer access
you can call 1-800-576-4377 and select Option #3 and
they will assist you. If you would like to register more
than one card per email address you will also need to call
the above number. You can only register one card per
email address online.
If you do not have your Dillons Plus card registered
online already you will choose “Create an Account” and If you need assistance please stop by the church office
fill in the information the next screen asks for and then during normal office hours and Nancy will be happy to
click Create Account, you will want to write down your assist you.
Thank you for your Support!
username and password so you can log in next January as
February Cookie Bakers
2/1 Sally Dreiling
2/8 Diane Hiebert
2/15 Rosie Shelton
2/22 Connie Fox
New Lenten Bible Studies
Forgiveness by Marjorie J. Thompson, an Advent Bible Study
Forgiving others and humbly asking for
forgiveness are central disciples for all
Christian believers. Lent is an appropriate
time to deepen our understanding and
practice of forgiveness. In six brief chapters
Thompson uses biblical examples and real-
life situations to illustrate each chapter's
theme in an informative and engaging way.
The study will be Sunday nights at 6pm at
the Parsonage starting Feb. 15th and going
through March 29th.
The GOD We Can Know
by Bob Fuquay, a video Advent Bible Study
Travel to the Holy Land with Rob Fuquay
and see the places where Jesus stood as he
made his "I am" declarations. In this fast
paced, fascinating video, you'll journey
from the Judean wilderness to the Galilean
hills and into the heart of Jerusalem. Join us
Tuesday nights at 6pm in the Parlor
starting Feb. 17th through March 31st.
Shirley Brownlee is going to be leaving us
soon and while we can't fill her shoes we
do need some people who are willing to
help fill her positions!
 Wacky Wednesday Director
 Vacation Bible School Coordinator
If you are interested in filling one of these
positions please contact the church office
or speak with Rev. Bethann as soon as
possible. Shirley is willing to help train
those who fill these positions as long as
she is still around when they are filled.
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Larned UMC
701 Main
Larned, KS 67550-3011
(620) 285-3183
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Larned UMC Worship
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The EVANGEL
Sunday Schedules
GUMC Schedule:
8:45am - Worship Fellowship
& refreshments following
LUMC Schedule:
9:00am Small Group Bible Study
in the Library
9:45am Fellowship Time
10:15am - Worship Service
10:30am - Children’s Church
Coordinator-Ginger Butler
Larned UMC
Giving Through Service:
Feb. Communion Stewards: David & Debbie Woods
Carl & Julie Parker
February Ushers:
Don Prescott
Melvin Murphy
Randy Rainbolt
Lyndell Fox
2015
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