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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH & FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WEST CHICAGO
March 2015
www.firstumcucc.org
Newsletter
Jan and Bruce Pitrie say farewell
and receive the Light of Christ to
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We are now in the church season
called Lent. Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday,
February 18th
and goes through
Holy Saturday,
April 4th (the day
before Easter
Sunday). It is 40
days not counting
Sundays. Lent is
the time in a Jesus
follower’s yearly cycle of life that we
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Linda Worthington
4 Leslie Singh
7 Arthur Lagasca
10 Donna Sandberg-Keck
11 Barbara Nelson
14 Diane Yuroff
15 Charles Fortner
21 Becky Hall, Life Deacon FCC
23 Christopher Hendricks
Melodee Klingberg
25 Erik Nelson
27 Bob Howard
Julie Saviano
29 Adam Morrissey
31 Sarah Rohr
are invited into a time of self-reflection and self-discovery. It is time for
us to repent and get right with God.
I am reminded of the words that we
say when applying the ashes in the
sign of the cross on Ash Wednesday,
“From the dust you came and to the
dust you will return.” It reminds us
of our mortality and of our need for
God in our life. It is not a time of
feeling sorry for ourselves or feeling
depressed because we are going to
die someday. It is a time of finding
freedom from the driving forces of
the secular world that tells us that
our only value in life comes from
what we consume and spend. When
in reality our true value comes from
our realization that we are children
of God, created in the image of
God. Lent is the time when we lay
aside the distractions of the secular
and focus on the Holy.
Jesus in the Gospel of Luke said this
about his followers,
“Then he said to them all, “If any
want to become my followers, let them
deny themselves and take up their
cross daily and follow me. For those
who want to save their life will lose
it, and those who lose their life for my
sake will save it. What does it profit
them if they gain the whole world,
but lose or forfeit themselves?”
– Luke 9:23-25
This is what Lent is all about.
Learning to deny our own personal
selfish needs and look to Jesus as our
source of life. Then we are to take up
our cross, our personal ministry that
God has gifted us to do. A ministry
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that leads others to Jesus. Just as
Jesus’ death on the cross for us leads
us to a relationship with God.
Lent is a time to get serious about
our being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
To help you deny yourself and take
up your cross and follow Jesus, I
am inviting all of you to attend our
Wednesday Lenten Bible study,
The Renegade Gospel. The author
of the study, Mike Slaughter says
this about Jesus, “Jesus didn’t come
to start a religion. The rebel Jesus
came with a renegade gospel to start
a revolution. You and I are invited to
be a part.”
We learned during our Leadership
Summit that a vital church, a church
that is alive and growing is filled
with Growing Learners. A church
that is more interested in growing
disciples for Jesus than in growing
its attendance on Sundays. Recently, I saw a picture of the church I
grew up in that was all the people
standing outside in front of the
church sign. It was circa 1920s-30s.
They had an attendance of 358 for
Sunday school and an attendance of
264 for worship. Many historians
have said that period of time in our
denomination was its heyday. We
were growing, changing lives, helping to shape the social conscience
of our nation. Maybe it is time for
the church to reclaim that part of
its heritage so we again can grow
disciples, change lives and shape the
social conscience of our nation.
I look forward to seeing you on
Wednesdays during Lent.
Blessings
Pastor Tim
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Earth Hour
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Turn off the lights and Tune into increasing the
awareness of Global Climate Change!!
by Pearl Schoenberger
Singles of First United Methodist & Congregational Church…
do you ever find yourself in that awkward situation…where it’s
a couples dinner or a family event. Well the time is now for all
of us not in a relationship to start our own special events and to
support our church in our fashion.
Green Disciple Monthly Meeting
Monday, March 16, 2015
at 7:30 p.m. at Starbucks/West Chicago
Adopt-A-Highway
Program Update
Do you have any great ideas, thoughts or have you always wondered why something worked the way it did? If you’re interested
in something different and want to have some fun along the
way, see Pearl Schoenberger. Beginning is the fun part. The Adopt-A-Highway Program, now under the
DuPage County Division of Transportation, will resume
on Saturday April 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. The Church will
be responsible for the road sides between Rt.#59 and
Prince Crossing Road. Vest, gloves and trash bags will
be provided by the County. This will be an Earth Day
Event. If you would like to participate this year, please
contact Mike Horsley at horsley203@comcast or (630)
231-5049. Sustaining the Future!!
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Creation Care: Monthly Spiritual Teachings
by Anna Kemp
“We cannot be all that God wants us to be without caring
about the earth.” - Rick Warren (1954-- )
Author of the THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
Let the countdown begin!
Although it feels like 2015 has just begun, we are
already starting Lenten suppers, which means the Easter
Egg hunt is only a few short weeks away!
Last year we had over seventy children come to our
hunt, so we are asking for your help.
Please bring donations of plastic eggs and small,
individually wrapped candies to the church by Sunday,
March 8. Then please join us on Saturday, March 14 at
10am for an Easter Egg stuffing party!
Finally, we need many volunteers to help run the event
on Saturday, March 28 both with the pancake breakfast
and egg hunt from 9-11am. Thank you all for your help!
See you there!
“I believe in my heart that faith in Jesus Christ can and
will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the well-being
of other human beings to the broader concern for the wellbeing of the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers
and every living creature on the face of the earth.” - John Wesley (1701-91) Anglican Priest and Founder of the Methodist Church
“We need to find God, but we cannot find him in noise or in
excitement. See how nature, the stars, the trees, the flowers,
the grass grow in deep silence. See how the stars, the moon,
and the sun all move in silence.” - Mother Teresa (1910-97)
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Main Street America! The Mother
Road! Many of our congregation will
recall Route 66, the most famous
highway in American history. Many
may even have travelled this historic
route that went across the country,
connecting Chicago all the way to
California. What better theme to use,
then, for our own Station youth to
explore the 66 books of the Bible?
While Leslie Singh, Youth Director,
was vacationing in India, Anna Kemp
was her substitute with The Station
youth group on Sunday evenings. The
plan was to take a “walk through the
Bible,” helping our young people to
learn the major themes, stories, and
verses from each book.
During the first week they explored the
beginning fourteen books of the Bible,
from Genesis to Second Corinthians.
They also studied the purpose of
learning about the Bible, which can be
found in Ephesians 6:10-17, “10 Finally,
be strong in the Lord and in his mighty
power. 11 Put on the full armor of God,
so that you can take your stand against
the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is
not against flesh and blood, but against
the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world
and against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on
the full armor of God, so that when the
day of evil comes, you may be able to
stand your ground, and after you have
done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm
then, with the belt of truth buckled
around your waist, with the breastplate
of righteousness in place,15 and with
your feet fitted with the readiness that
comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In
addition to all this, take up the shield
of faith, with which you can extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil
one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God” (NIV). People today
often don’t think about memorizing
Bible verses, but Ephesians 6:17 makes
clear that an important part of our
preparation as Christians is familiarity
with the word of God, the Holy Bible.
The second week of our travels along
Route 66 took us from Ezra to Ezekiel,
the next thirteen books. The map in
the youth room showed that our cars
had travelled from about California
to Texas! Along the way, our youth
have been earning raffle tickets by
reading verses, participating, and asking
questions. These tickets will be used in
games, raffles and auctions later in the
series. We also had fun with beaded
necklaces for Queen Esther, ring pops
for King Solomon, and peace symbol
keychains for Isaiah’s message of peace.
The youth group has been having a
blast learning new stories as well as
connecting back to their memories of
stories they learned growing up.
During the third week The Station was
blessed to have Judith Horsely join us!
She had travelled on Route 66 and was
able to share with the youth some of
her experiences. We played a Jeopardy
review game of the first twenty-seven
books we’d covered and went into more
depth with questions and discussion. It
was really helpful to have Judi there to
provide insight and wisdom about the
topics explored.
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Following Snow-perBowl Sunday,
when we didn’t hold Station, we
celebrated Leslie’s return this past
Sunday! We shared treats and gifts
she’d brought back from India and
heard all about her travels and Judah
and Levi’s joyful adventures there. We
also celebrated CJ’s birthday! Then
we commenced our walk down Route
66, going through the rest of the Old
Testament from Daniel to Malachi. We
compared the heat of Red Hots versus
Hot Tamales in honor of the story of
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and
the Fiery Furnace, and of course some
Swedish Fish when looking at Jonah!
The Station can look forward to
some fun surprises next Sunday as we
review the Minor Prophets and the
Old Testament! Then we’ll continue
forward into the New Testament along
historic Route 66 with Leslie in the
upcoming weeks.
The congregation will get to see and
experience the fun results of this series
in April following the Lenten and Easter series. On Sunday, April 12 during
service and on Wednesday, April 15
in the evening, the Station Youth are
preparing some engaging activities!
They have been learning a song for all
the books of the Bible (it can be found
on YouTube at https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=i7ZtWRSCH7E ) and
will also be hosting a Game Show contest. People can sign up to be on teams
to compete in the Bible Battle of the
Books! So start brushing up on your
Biblical knowledge, and watch for more
information coming in March. We look
forward to having you join us!
During Advent...
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Calendar
Sundays
10 am Worship
10:15 am Children’s Sunday School
6 pm The Station Youth Group
Wednesdays
6 pm Lenten Supper
6:30 pm Renegade Gospel Bible Study
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
6:30 pm PADS
Thursdays
March
3 7:00 pm
4 9:30 am
7 9:30 am
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9 7:00 pm
10 6:30 pm
14 9:00 am
12:00 pm
16 7:30 pm
18 9:30 am
21 8:00 am
22 5:00 pm
23 7:00 pm
28 9-11 am
10:30 am
29 10:00 am
31 7:00 pm
Worship Team
Crafts @ Church
Women’s Breakfast
Daylight Savings Time Begins
4th Point at Worship
Crafts @ Rohr’s
Trustees
Church Council
Easter Egg Stuffing
Green Disciples
Crafts @ Church
Men’s Breakfast
Station Operations
Crafts @ Rohr’s
Bunny Breakfast
Easter Egg Hunt
Palm Sunday Worship
Finance
April
1 9:30 am
6:00 pm
3 7:30 pm
7:00 pm
4 9:00 am
5 8:30 am
10:00 am
Crafts @ Church
Renegade Gospel – Final Study
Good Friday Worship
Maundy Worship
Amy Nelson’s Wedding
Sonrise Worship
Easter Worship – He Is Risen!
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Schedule
MARCH 1
MARCH 8
MARCH 15
MARCH 22
Communion
Sharing
Our Blessings
Communion
Noisy Cans
Stewardship
Moment
Flowers
$10/arrngmt
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Linda Johnson
Jenny Tracey
Lay Reader
* Please Sign Up *
Erlaine Born
Anita Wuest
* Please Sign Up *
Linda Johnson
Greg Watts
Mel Wuest
Morrie Teal
Chris Kemp
Ella Gsedl
Barb Nelsen
Judy MacNerland
Dave Morrissey
Robin Morrissey
Tom Thomas
Linda Johnson
Don DeRouin
Karen Sanders
Wenjin Gsedl
Erlaine Born
Nina Chezem
Nina Gsedl
Barb Reed
L.Worthington
Tom Thomas
Catherine Chezem
Leslie Singh
John Singh
John Singh
Brian Hendricks
John Linegar
Tom Thomas
Gary Chezem
* men’s breakfast *
Burt Andrews
Mike Horsley
Howard Born
Dave Kraus
Morrie Teal
V: Mike & Judi
C: Jenny Tracey
B: Judi Horsley
V: Erlaine &
Howard
C: Gigi Hendricks
B: Donna Howard
V: Judy & Bea
C: Judi Horsley
B: Betty Rohr
V: Lana & Karen
C: Linda Johnson
B: Susan Hall
V: Roberta & Gigi
C: Barb Nelsen
B: Roberta Kent
Notes
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Home-Bound
Visitation
V=Visitor
C=Cards
B=Baker
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Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. The rebel Jesus came with a Renegade Gospel to start a revolution.
Read the red letters and discover Jesus all over again.
Wednesday 2/25/15: Lenten Supper @ 6pm, Bible Study @ 6:30 pm
Wednesday 3/4/15: Lenten Supper @ 6pm, Bible Study @ 6:30 pm
Wednesday 3/11/15: Lenten Supper @ 6pm, Bible Study @ 6:30 pm
Wednesday 3/18/15: Lenten Supper @ 6pm, Bible Study @ 6:30 pm
Wednesday 3/25/15: Lenten Supper @ 6pm, Bible Study @ 6:30 pm
Wednesday 4/1/15: Bible Study @ 6 pm (no supper)
Maundy Worship @ 7 pm Friday Sunday 4/3/15: Good Friday 7:30 pm
4/5/15: Son-Rise Service 8:30am by The Station,
Easter Worship 10 am
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Your donations to purchase
fellowship coffee or your direct
purchase of coffee and chocolate from the church for home
consumption helped to make a
big difference in 2014 for small
farmers! Last year, the chocolate
products used over one million
pounds of organic, fairly traded cocoa beans and 500,000
pounds of organic, fairly traded
sugar from small-scale farmers.
And, Equal Exchange customers brewed, shared and enjoyed
over 5.5 million pounds of coffee
from small farmer co-ops. Equal
Exchange traveled the world to
build relationships, encourage
innovation at the farm level,
taste-test ingredients for the best
quality and support farmers in
making their communities stronger. Equal Exchange couldn’t do it
without you. Your support makes
it all possible. Keep purchasing
and supporting Equal Exchange
products!
Keep Saving Can Tabs!
For years our church has saved can tabs for the Ronald McDonald House near
Loyola. Why the Loyola House? It was the closest house for anyone to deliver the
tabs. The Loyola house is on the Veteran’s Administration grounds and not on
Loyola property. Ralph Jones conducted a personal ministry by visiting veterans in
the VA Hospital. He was then also taking the can tabs to the Ronald McDonald
House. After he moved, Judi Horsley started dropping them off on her way to
pick-up her grandson from school. The last drop at the Loyola House was made in
January. The new Ronald McDonald House in Winfield is now open and it will
be easy for anyone from our church to deliver the can tabs. Your efforts will not
only support our local Ronald McDonald House, but all the Chicago-area houses
benefit from the can tab donations. Thank you and keep bringing in the tabs.
On Sunday, February 1st. we had to
cancel worship because of a terrible
snow storm. Many people related that
they thought that this could have been
the first time in their memory (30-40
years) that church was cancelled. When
that happens it upsets the normal
rhythm of life for many people. They
don’t feel whole unless they have the
opportunity to start their week off
worshiping God. Our commitment
to the church is to support it with our
prayers, presence, gifts, service and
witness. Through these five areas of
our life we are responding to the gift of
grace offered to us by God through our
relationship with Jesus.
The snow also upset the normal routine
of the Church. We operate on a trust
relationship with God. We don’t keep
a big reserve of money to offset the loss
of an offering when we cancel a worship service. We rely on the timely financial gifts of our church family from
each week’s worship to pay the bills
that are incurred each month. Each
month we need at least $23,500.00 to
pay the bills. Your gifts go to pay the
heating, electrical, snow plowing, salaries, etc. so that we can provide shelter
for our PADS guest each week and
so we can have a beautiful facility to
worship in each week. When we miss
a Sunday worship we are losing 25% of
our ability to pay our bills.
So, I am encouraging you to use the
SNOW OFFERING Envelope included with this month’s Joyful Noise to
help make up the deficit in our income.
If you have already made up your
gift, THANK YOU! If you can help,
THANK YOU!
Blessings Pastor Tim
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Coming Home
by Anna Kemp
I was asked recently if I could share
what it was that brought us to FUMC
and why we chose to make this church
our own. For some, finding a church
home is as easy as continuing to
attend the one you’ve gone to since
childhood. For others, it is a difficult
search among seeming endless options.
While it is a blessing to have so many
local Christian churches to choose
from, it can be a struggle to find a place
that is the right fit, especially when
two people from different church
backgrounds get married!
Christian Kemp and I got married
in July of 2005 following six years of
being a couple. Throughout our dating
years we attended Calvary Church of
Naperville, Chris’ church where all
of his family attended and where his
younger brother was a pastor. Chris
had grown up Catholic, but was born
again when his family started going
to a Pentecostal church during his
early teens. Since then he had always
attended Assemblies of God churches
throughout his families’ moves
between Indiana, Wisconsin and
Illinois.
I accepted Jesus as a very small child,
and had grown up going to small, nondenominational Protestant churches.
I had a few difficult experiences with
church growing up, so I didn’t have
a home church after my teen years.
When I first walked into Calvary, I
think my eyes must have
bugged out of my head
at the sheer size of the
auditorium. I never could
quite get used to the
volume and, as I jokingly
put it, the “itty bitty
pastor” way up at the front somewhere.
So although we attended Calvary while
dating, we agreed before marriage
that we would need to seek out a new
church together.
During our first married years we lived
in Aurora and tried out Community
Christian Church, also known as the
“Yellow Box” church in Naperville, and
also Southwest Community Church in
Joliet. We enjoyed our time there, but
were not highly involved. We found
joining already established small groups
difficult. I recall one time I went to a
small group where the other children
locked Greyson out of the room where
they were playing! So we had some
good experiences, some not so good,
and we continued to look.
In 2009 we moved to West Chicago,
and our search began anew. We tried
Wheaton Bible Church, Oakbrook
Bible Church, Community Fellowship
Church, and Hope Lutheran. We
enjoyed many of these churches, but
had not yet found our place.
In the spring of 2013 Leslie Singh
invited me to go to church with her
at First United Methodist. While
Chris and I don’t remember all the
details (Dawn was just an infant and
that means less sleep!) we remember
the Easter Egg Hunt being a lot of
fun, and it was around this time that
we came to service. What we found
when we arrived was what we had
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been looking for for so long. A warm
welcome both in the nursery and from
the congregation. A pastor speaking
heartfelt words soundly based in the
Bible. A church that cares so much
about children that they are even a part
of the service. People who are authentic
and genuine. A mix of traditional and
contemporary music sung by both the
congregation and the beautiful choir.
These are the things that struck us
during our first weeks of attendance
and kept us coming back.
As we continued to attend, though,
we experienced so much more that
made us feel like we had finally found
our church home. People remembered
who we were and took the time to
get to know us. I was asked to join
in on activities and was then quickly
welcomed to serve on committees
and even join choir. This is extremely
rare among churches! We found in
FUMC a church family who welcomes
you in and accepts you as you are. We
were also impressed by the breadth
of activities the church supports.
It is such an active membership
who does everything from helping
the community to protecting the
environment. Of all the churches we
have attended, we have never seen the
people do so much! Activities such as
church suppers, Vacation Bible School,
and Missions all helped us to feel
connected to the church and its people.
By fall we were excited to ask to have
Dawn baptized at FUMC, and today
we are happy to have a church we can
call home.
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The March 7th Women’s meeting
program will be a Tupperware
Party hosted by the Church
Kitchen. Invite your friends and
relatives to hear Anna Kemp’s
faith testimony as she presents
various items for sale. Anyone
may purchase Tupperware either
for themselves or for the kitchen.
The hostess gifts will
become the property of the
church kitchen. Cluster Lunch, Thursday
March 12th at Baker Memorial in
St.Charles. All women are invited
to join in fellowship with other
Women’s groups from Geneva
UMC, Kaneland UMC, Batavia UMC and Baker Memorial
UMC. The program will be about
Human Trafficking: Myths and
Facts. Betty Erickson, our UMW
Northern Illinois Conference
Vice-President will inform us on
this important topic which hits
close to home. As advocates for
social justice, United Methodist
Women will continue to work
for the rights of those exploited
by this cruel trade and end this
all-too-prevalent form of modern-day slavery. We have been
asked to bring salads to the luncheon. Please RSVP to
Pearl Schoenberger by Sunday,
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open meeting to both men and women. More information will be made available in the March Joyful Noise.
Thank You!
Dear First United Methodist Church of West Chicago,
Thank you so much for your generous contribution to the Humanitarian
Service Project. Your support has made such a difference in the lives of
the needy in our community this Holiday season! This past year was our
largest Christmas Offering yet, and we served more families than ever
- 1,014 with 2,014 children. Also, 126 needy seniors had a Christmas to
remember! Thank you once again for your incredible support. We wish
you all the best in 2015. :) Yours in Love & Service,
Kristin Maxwell, Executive Director & the HSP Staff. Thank You!
The West Chicago Park District thanks your entire congregation for the
generous donation of candy for the West Chicago Park District’s 1st Annual
“Boo Bash”. 164 children and another 200 parents enjoyed this event on
10/25/14. It would be impossible to put on an event of this size without
the assistance of community members. Thank you again for the generous
donation to this event. I look forward to working with you and your
organization in the future.
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Pastor Tim Mitchell
[email protected]
(630) 231-3377parsonage
First United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 915
West Chicago, IL 60186
(630) 231-3344phone
[email protected]
www.FirstUmcUcc.org
NEW Office hours:
Tuesday, Thursday
& Friday, 9 am - 2:45 pm
First Congregational Church
P.O. Box 458
West Chicago, IL 60186
(630) 231-1306phone
Staff and Volunteers
Music Director:
Ron Benner
[email protected]
Songleader:
Lana Runyan
[email protected]
Lay Leader (UMC):
Lana Runyan
[email protected]
Church Council Chair:
Lucy Nelson
[email protected]
Moderator (FCC):
Erlaine Born
Youth Group Leader:
Leslie Singh
[email protected]
Administrative Assistant:
Lisa Marie Vogt
[email protected]
Newsletter Design:
Uwe Gsedl
[email protected]
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by Roberta Kent
Following is a summary of income and expenses for the first month of 2015.
Income for the month of January was well below the budgeted amount and
expenses were high due to the quarterly insurance bill and snowplowing
costs. We ended the month with a significant negative cash balance of
-$2,522.31 and several bills unpaid. Your continued support is needed if we
are to meet our obligations to pay salaries and benefits, the church mortgage,
church and parsonage utilities and other operating and program expenses.
If you have questions about any of the information in this report, I will be
glad to give you more details. You may e-mail your questions to me at [email protected] or call me at (630) 653-1692.
CHURCH INCOME
Amounts Received:
Contribution Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,393.51
Building Rental and Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,728.25
Total Income as of 1/31/15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,121.76
Other Available Funds:
Cash Carried Forward From 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953.98
Total Available Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,075.74
CHURCH OBLIGATIONS TO DATE
Amounts Paid:
Staff Salaries and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,726.04
Mortgage Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,097.04
Building and Property Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144.50
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.09
Other Building Expense (Includes Insurance) . . . . . . . . . 2,149.88
Operating and Office Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.97
Mission and Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.51
Ministry and Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.60
Principal Reduction on Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,225.42
Total Amounts Paid as of 1/31/15 . . . . . . . . . . $22,598.05
Amounts Outstanding and Unpaid:
UMC Conference Apportionments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,550.00
Other Unpaid Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428.15
Total Outstanding and Unpaid as of 1/31/15 . . $2,978.15
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First United Methodist
& Congregational Church
P.O. Box 915
West Chicago, IL 60186
630-231-3344
[email protected]
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