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The First United Methodist Church
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April 2oL5
"Our Holy Week and Easter Offerin5.. ." by Rev. Steven M. Smith
Please know that you are invited, and please invite
others to anv and all of our Holy Week and Easter
morning offerings! The children and youth, the
Carthage area clergy and hosting church, the bakers
and cooks of our church, and your pastor have
worked hard and are ready to welcome you to these
meaningful and enjoyable (and delicious) offerings!
Friday, April 3'd at 11:00 & 12:00 Noon
CAMA GCIad Friday Lunchean and Worship
Our Corthage Area Ministerial Alliance community
luncheon and Good Friday service will be
held this year at First Presbyterian Church
(321 Main Street). The Lunch is at l-1:00
a.m. with the Good
Thursday, April
2nd
Friday
service to follow at
12:0O noon.
at 5:00 p.m.
Covenant Eibte Study,.. in the Fellowship Hall.
We are finishing
the second of
three eightweek sessions
this evening.We
looked
at
the
the
Covenant" during the season of Lent. We will do the
third segment sometime in the summer!
Creating
Covenont" in the Fall, and now, "Living
The theme
th is year is
the Hymns of
Christ's
Possion." All are invited and
most welcome to attend this
luncheon and Good Friday
worship service!
"
"
Please feel free to come to this Bible Study and help
to plan when to begin the final unit!
Thursday, April
2nd
rsday Serviee !
We will gather together to remember our Lord's lost
Supper. Most likely a celebration
of the Jewish Seder, which
recounts God's loving, saving, and
liberating actions th roughout
history, we too will share
bread and cup
saving, and liberating actions in Jesus!
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lt
Lenses."
N! o u n dy Th u
ljr* God's
Esster Sunday Worship snd Ereakfast!
We begin the day at 7:00 a.m. with our Easter
Sunrise Service led by our youth! This service will
feature a "Multi-Media Message" by our Senior High
Youth entitled, "Golgotha's Gldsses" or " Love's
at 7:00 p.m.
memory
celebration
Sunday, April 20th at 7:00, 8:00, 9:30
in
and
of
loving,
is WONDERFUL and you
really don't want to miss thisl
Then at 8:00 a.m. we'll head
to the Fellowship Hall for our
Sunrise Breakfost! And finally, our
regular Easter morning worship
at 9:30 a.m. will feature
some special songs from ,
children
!
All are invited to
these
" you -do n't-we n na -m i ss"
Easter celebrations !
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Special Guest Speaker on Sunday, April 26th
Graduating from Eighth Grade,
High School, or College?
Rev. Jeff Rasche
tn the Sunday, fvtoy 7/h Worship Buttetin and in
the Mdy Fomilv Album Newsletter. we plan to
recognize and
while Steve and Cindy are in
New Orleansfor Jazz Fest. ln
addition to sharing
information about our new
partnership with Chaddock
in being one of six sites
throughout lllinois that
offers a space for 'telemedical' services for
our graduates from the Eighth
Grade,
from High
School, and all those
graduating
from
College (whether or not
they are active in the life
of the church recently),
with a photo and brief one
,*
paragraphF description of the graduate's
accomplishments, interests, and future plans. lf
your son or daughter will be graduating from
Eighth Grade, High School, or College this May, we
ask that you mail, e-mail, or hring in a photo of
your graduofe (it will be returned), so that we can
scan it and use it in the bulletin and newsletter.
We olso ask that you write a brief one or two
parogroph piece about your graduofe that would
include the following: date of birth, age, School or
College graduating from, interests
and
involvements, academic and athletic honors and
recognitions, future plans, and the names of each
parent. Please also include a college address and
an e-mail address for the High School graduates (if
you have it).
PLEASE
We are pleased to welcome the Reverend ieff
Rasche back to our church
get us this brief paragraph and photo no
later than Sunday, April 19th at
the latest!
Pleose shoot me dn
e-mailwith the brief
paragraph and photo
to Rev. Steve Smith at
[email protected] so that I
don't have to re-type
everything! ln addition to having
these photos and biograPhical
@ p'kd,bs"k ;#iiJl""n'nJt;':*"';:
presented with a check for
Chaddock for $L,000 from
our United Methodist
Women who raised this money from
the Valentine's Soup and Sandwich
luncheon!
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As you know, Jeff is the Associote
&
Director of Stewordship for Chaddock, rt
a Golden Cross Ministry of lhe lllinois Great Rivers
Conference. A lifelong lJnited Methodist, Jeff was
born and raised in Decatur, lllinois. Prior to his
appointmenl to Cltoddock in 2007 he served 23
years as pastor of Camp Point/Centenniol Ebenezer
IJMC, San Jose, snd Pleosant HilURockport
IJMC's. He is a graduate of lllinois Wesleyan
lJniversity in Bloomington and Perkins School of
Theology in Dallas; he has also completed the
academic work toward
Cou nseling f rom Qui ncy
a
U nive
Master's degree
in
rsity.
Jeff has written 17 devotional books for Abingdon
Press as well as numerous articles and curriculum
materials for The united Methodist Publishing
House, The lJpper Room, and other religious or
secular publications.
newsletter and the May 17th worship bulletin, we
will post them to our website.
Jeff and his wife, Shelly, a freelance commercial
artist, reside on a farm near Camp Point. They have
three grown sons-Ben, Zach, and Nick, and have
also been blessed with three new granddaughters.
Thank you for your help and congratulations on
this accomplishment as a student or parent!
Please come and welcome Jeff
pulpit on Sunday, April 26th!
information in
the
MaY
to our church
and
eonfirmation Sunday
May 3'd, 2015!
a
Lng
On Sunday, May 3'd, we will
celebrate eight students (seven
from our church and one from Hamilton UMC),
"Claiming the nome" of 'Christian' and 'United
Methodisf for themselves! Having been raised in
the faith, and nurtured in the community of faith,
they now come to the point where they choose for
themselves to follow the way of Christ in the
community of United Methodist Christiansl Please
come to celebrate and confirm their commitment!
Students "Claiming the name" include Karli
Artman, Hunter Boston, Olivia Clark, Kylee
Freeman, Taryn Groth, Ben Hollis, Karina
Kammerer, and Dane Pfeiferling. Please check out
the "Confirmation Kids Photo Match" page in this
newsletter - and see if YOU can match their
current photos with their baby pictures!
ttRltUl!fiS'[",iJ.
April frAsy $chedule!
ALL
Youth
- EASTER
Sun., Apr. Sth, 7:00 a.m"
Easter Sunrise Service led by the youth of our
church ! The Easter morning multi'media
meditation " Golgottto's Glosses" or " Love's
Lenses" is both hilarious and touching! Please
come and support our youthl The Easter Sunrise
Breakfast willfollow at 8:00 a.m.
* Sun., Apr. 19th, 5:00 - 6:3S p,m.
Our Jr. & Sr. Highs will walk over to First Baptist
ALL Youth
Church for our combined youth group meeting.
lt
should be FUN!
Youth - Sun., May 3'd, 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Our Jr. & Sr. Highs will drive over to Homilton
lJnited Methodist Church for our combined youth
group meeting. This may be our final regularly
ALL
scheduled meeting as a combined group until the
Fall- so please plan on joining us. lt'll be FUN!
through !.?tl' Graders * August and to Ith
We are planning a Youth Mission Trip with
Hamilton UMC for "Dead Week" - when no
practices or camps are scheduled at the High
school. We will leave on Sunday, August 2nd after
church, and head to Chicago for a week working
and having fun with the Center for Student
Missions. We will return on Saturday, August 8th.
7th
$heph"td's food fantrg
Again this month the Shepherd's Food Pantry Cart
is in need of - Cereal qnd Fruit! Please think of
donating the following:
. Any Breakfast Cereal
. Any Canned Fruit
. Canned Fruit Cocktail
Thank you for whatever help you are
able to givel Please bring your items to the church
and place them in the wicker basket in the
Welcome Center.
-
Your Missions Committee
Looking Ahead...
Sun., May 3'd - Confirmation
SundaY
- Mother's Day!
Sun., May !7th - Graduation Sundayl
Sun., May
l-Oth
Sun., May 24th
* Pentecost
and
MemorialSunday
May 26'h - 30'h
-
Sun., May 31't
- VBS Sundayl
vacation Bible School!
Please plan to be a part of this Mission Trip!
APRIT Mission of the Month:
VOUTH MISSION TRIP
As you can see above,
we are planning a Youth
Summer Mission Trip *
and our April Mission of
the Month will go toward helping to defray the
5390 per person costs. Please help to enable our
youth to have this experience in compassionate
Christian missions by giving a check in April and
marking "Youth Mission Trip" in the memol We
appreciate your generous Christian supportl
-
Your Missions Committee
OUR HETPERS FOR APRIL
APRIT
Apr.
5
Apr. 12
Apr. 19
Apr. 26
ACOLYTES
LITURGISTS
Olivia Clark
Claire Greiner
Tanner Freeman
Dennis Royalty
13
Kelly Greiner
Bev Hickenbottom
13
L4
L7
18
Sierra Cheney
Cynthia Smith
Kit Kelly
Jim Hardy
Angie St. Clair
GREETERS
19
JeriAsbridge
April5
20
22
22
23
23
24
26
26
27
28
28
Rytee Reed
North Door - Linda Clark
West Door - Jean Freeman
South Door - Mark & Abbie Ray
2
April 12
North Door - Doris & Geane Reed
West Door - Leonard Hardy
South Door - Mike & Ruth Russell
April t9
North Door - Janice Rosenboom; Maxine Johnson
West Door - Cindy Struthers
South Door - Larry & Judy Vance
April26
North Door - Ann Thompson
West Door - Maxine Bennett
Roger Johnson
2
Calean Kokjohn
6
6
7
7
8
10
11
11
Tammy Huls
Tom White
Mark Twitchell
Stephanie Willey
Ava Shutwell
Nadine Blair
Shannon Hickenbottorn
Ruth Ann David
Janet Grimm
L2
Fred lutzi
9
South Door - Craig & Jetty Calvert
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Devan & Keara Weber; Stephen & Melita Finney
Mark & Michelle Hitz; Russell& Jane lutzi
Rick & Karen Garnett; Jim & VickiHardy
Friendly Crusaders Sunday School Class
NURSERYATTENDANTS
Apr. 5- Easter Sunday N0 Nursery
Apr. 12- Melita Finney
Apr. 19- ValeriDittmer
Apr. 26- Angie Reed
Tanner Freeman
Lance Massey
Cindy Struthers
Danny Walker
Nancy Huls
Cassie Twaddle Phiri
28
MichaelLink
Nicole Dornon
Sci Hickenbottom
Margaret Rosenboom
Wm Keith Twaddle
30
Megan Bastert
28
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WELCOME CENTER HOSTS
Apr. 5
Apr. L2
Apr. 19
Apr. 26
RandiSumn'lers
Jennifer Feagans
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4
Charles & Lina Kill
7
Rex
7
Stephen & Melita Finney
Greg & Tammy Huls
Rusty & Janice Baird
Ray & Nellie Benn
Tony & Kelly Freeman
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23
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27
& Ellen Dornon
APRIL 2015
Mondav
Sundav
Wednesday
Tuesdav
1,
3:30 pm Kid's
Club
7:00 pm Choir
5
Easter
7:00 am Sunrise
Worship
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Worship
6
8
5:30 pm Girl
3:30 pm Kid's
Scouts
Club
6:00 pm Bldg in
5:00 pm
Missions
7:00 pm Choir
Use
Thursday
Saturday
Friday
Good Friday
2 Maundy Thursday
3
9:30 am U.M.W.
1.0:00 am CAMA
5:30 pm Bible Study
7:00 pm Seder Meal
LL:00 am Luncheon
1"2:00 am Good Friday Service @
Presbyterian Church
10
11
t7
1_8
24
25
Usher-Craiq Colvert
12
13
8:45 am VBS Mtg
9:30 am Worship
10:45 am S.S.
14
15
16
7:00 prn
Worship
3:30 pm Kid's
6:30 pm Prayer Shawl
Club
Ministry
7:00 pm Choir
4r00 pm Confirmation
Usher-Dovid Walker
19
20
21,
22
23
9:30 am Worship
3:30 pm Kid's
L:00 pm Bldg in
10:45 am
Club
Use
S.S.
4:00 pm Confirmation
5:00 pm Youth Group
7:00 pm Choir
7:30 pm
Finance
Usher-Howard Perry
26
9:30 am Worship
10:45 am S.S.
Deadline
8:00 pm Ad
Board
28
29
Newsletter
27
3:30 pm Kid's
Club
7:00 pm Choir
Usher-Ruth Royolty
30
HUGS Meeting
Tuesday, April 7th at 5:30 p.m.
First Christian Church
Speaker: Nancy J. Huls, RN
'Things to Consider When Choosing
a Medical Provider"
Can veu match the current and infant pictures of our
2015 CoxrrcMATtoN CuEs SruaenTs?
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of our 2015 Confirmands.......
Draw a Line to Match
...Kylee
Freeman... ...Taryn Groth...
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lrnant you, to all of you, who
i donated to Cale's benefit
l(and there were a lot of youl)
We cannot thank
You
enough, not only for your generous donations, but also
for the support you've shown to this family. We especially thank you for all the prayers, and ask that you
continue to pray for Cale and his family. This is an awesome reminder of what a wonderful church family we
have, and how blessed we are to be a part of it. Thanks
again, we truly appreciate itl
KaDee, Maddie & Girls
-Jared,
Thank you to those who helped with the March newsletter: Barb Walker, Maxine Bennett, Marla Clark.
Our Sympathy
To Kent & Maria Wildrick. Their sister-in-law, Bev Wildrick, passed away Saturday, February 28th in River Hills
Village in Keokuk. Services were held Saturday, March
7th in lmmanuel Lutheran Church, south of Carthage.
To the Family of Fern Wier, who passed
cabin fever, come and join
the United
Methodist Women on Thursdoy, April 2'd at 9:30
o.m. We will meet in the church lounge, and
refreshments will be served. All women are
invited to attend.
Devotions and Bible readings will prepare our
hearts for Easter. Also please bring ideas for our
"Mothers and Others" Spring Banquet.
to
It's time to start planning for VBSI VBS will be
Tuesday, May 26th to Saturday, May 30th. lf you
would like to help with VBS, please join us on
Sunday, Apri! 12th at 8:45 a.m. before church in
the basement. lf you are unable to help, but
would like to contribute in some way, please
contact KaDee Shutwell {357-6695).
away
Wednesday, March 4'h in Macomb. Services were held
Saturday, March 7th in Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home
in Macomb.
&
Since the weather is changing and we see an end
Vacation Bible School Meeting
Thank you
To Darin
United Methodist Women
Marla Weirather. Darin's father, Jerald
Wells, passed away Saturday, March 21't in his home in
Montrose, lowa. Services were held Friday, March 27th
in Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson, lowa,
Welcome Center Needs You
It gets harder each month to fulfill two couples
per Sunday for Welcome Center, and each
month I feel really bad calling and asking the
same people continuously to host a Sunday so
often.
To Judy Fuellborn, who was awarded the Memorial
lf everyone here would stop and think how they
truly enjoy that food and fellowship-how
"blah" our Sunday would be without it-then
please look at the signup sheet on the bulletin
board, pick a Sunday and sign up to help.
It does not have to be elaborate, just do what
you want to do, and we'd enjoY. And l'd
Hospital Auxiliary Volunteer of the year at the Carthage
Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.
appreciate your help so much. Thanks.
M axi ne Be n nett 3 57 -9281
Congratulations
To Ben Hollis, a sixth grade student at
Hamilton
Elementary School, who won the Hancock County
Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "latke." Ben
is the son of Bill & Brigit Hollis.
Worship
Attendance
Last Yrs.
Attendance
Budget
Offering
1
3775.O0
0
snow-0
737
8
3775.00
4697.65
128
136
Feb. 15
3775.00
2275.OO
130
Feb. 22
3775.00
2t66.06
LL7
t37
to7
15,100.00
9,138.7L
30,200.00
20,612.23
Feb.
Feb.
Total
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to
Date
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First United Methodist Church
402 Main Street
Ca rthage, I llinois 62321.
RrruRN SERVIcE Re quESTED
The First United Methodist Church
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Apnn 2015
First United Methodist Church
402 Main Street
Carthage, lllinois 62321,
Pastor: Rev. Steven M. Smith
Secretary: Nancy Huls
Office Phone: (2I7) 357-3324
Office E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http:/firstumc-carthage.com
Dir. of Children's Ministries: KaDee Shutwell
Organist: Moira Rothert
Choir Director: Glen Rothert
Rev. Steven Michael Smith
Cell Phone: (217) 2L9-1978
Parsonage Phone: (2I7) 357-2964
E-Mail : [email protected]
Accompanist: Moira Rothert
BellChoir Director: Glen Rothert
Custodian: Jared Shutwell
Worship With Us - Sunday's at 9:30 a.m.
Join Us for Sunday School- Sunday's at 10:45 a.m.