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Evangelical United Church of Christ
700 East Spring St.
Boonville, MO 65233
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The Faithful Messenger
2015
NEWSLETTER CREW
Production and Distribution
Jennifer Friedrich
Newsletter Assembly Crew
Velma Flippin, Vernon & Neva Davis
Les & Dorothy Chrisman, Kay Hirlinger and
Jim Friedrich
EVANGELICAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
700 East Spring Street;
Boonville, Mo. 65233
Church Office
416 Seventh Street; Boonville, Mo. 65233
660-882-5501
Office Hours: Wednesday & Friday
10am - 12:00pm - 1:00pm - 5pm
closed for lunch
Church e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.boonvilleEUCC.yolasite.com
www.facebook.com/EUCCBoonville
Pastor: Rev. Glenna McVeigh - Interim Pastor - Cell 573-446-1445
Secretary: Jennifer Friedrich - Cell - 660-537-1079
9:00am - ADULT Sunday School 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays
9:00am - CHILDREN’S Sunday School
10:30am - Worship Service
Open Communion: First Sunday
of Each Month
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2015 COUNCIL MEMBERS
President: Janice Cary........................2015....................660-882-6229
Email: [email protected]
Vice Pres.: Jim Snoddy .....................2016....................660-882-7286
Snoddy’s Store no. 660-848-2772
Secretary: Bob Brueckner.... ..............2015....................660-882-7261
Treasurer: Larry Sieckmann ..............2016....................660-882-7360
Email: [email protected]
Samantha Gerhardt ............................2015....................660-621-0522
Email: [email protected]
cell
Ken Hirlinger.....................................2016....................537-864-1955
Email: [email protected]
cell
Russ Bradshaw..................................2016......................660-537-1272 cell
Email: [email protected]
Howard Simmons..............................2016......................660-882-7162
Financial Secretary: Betty Brueckner ............................660-882-7261
The Faithful Messenger
GREETINGS IN THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
Easter is a special time of year for we
Christians. It is not simply the ‘happily
ever after’ ending of God’s story in
Christ. It is rather a ‘joyful beginning”.
The Risen Lord himself calls us to live
in His joy now and forever.
The Risen Lord represents a new beginning, a new life.
Everything changed for Christians after the women found the
tomb empty that first Easter morning. The angel of the Lord
announced to the women that day, “He is Risen. Go tell..” That
is the same message for us today. He is risen, and because of
the fact Jesus lives, so shall we who know him as Lord and
Savior. It is also our joy to be able to “go tell...” We are to
carry the message today of the Risen Lord to the world.
The resurrection is the joyful beginning of the victory of
“Love” over sin and death. Join in the new beginning and live
in the joy of Christ. You, too, like the women at the tomb, will
be filled with awe!
“Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bonds, for our offenses
given. But now at God’s right hand He stands. And brings us
life from Heaven. Therefore let us joyful be, and sing to God
right thankfully, loud songs of hallelujah! Hallelujah! So let us
keep the festival, to which the Lord invites us; Christ is himself
the joy of all; the sun that warms and lights us. Now his grace
to us imparts, Eternal sunshine to our hearts; The night of sin
is ended. Hallelujah!”
Author Unknown
Love and Blessings,
Pastor Glenna
Glenna
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LOOKING AHEAD
†HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE†
Sunday, March 29
PALM SUNDAY
Tuesday, March 31
Ecumenical Ministerial Alliance
Easter Service
7:00pm
First Christian Church
301 4th St.
Boonville, MO
Thursday, April 2
MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE
W/ HOLY COMMUNION
In Educational Bldg.
7:00pm Service
Friday, April 3
GOOD FRIDAY
Sunday, April 5
† EASTER †
7:00am “SonRise” Service
w/ Breakfast to follow
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April 19
SEMI-ANNUAL
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Immediately following church service
Sunday, May 10
MOTHER’S DAY
Sunday, May 24
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Monday, May 25
MEMORIAL DAY
Please call Cacky
Neckermann to start the
Prayer Circle at
882-5184. Prayers to the
prayer list may also be added
by calling the Church Office
at 882-5501.
CALL OR EMAIL
REQUESTS TO:
Church email: [email protected]
Church Phone: 660-882-5501
Geo. H. Friedrich, (Lakeview), Bob Brueckner,
Marilyn Morse, Monte Booker, Gerlinda Miller, Ruth
Henry, Beth McClary, Sherry Hagen & Family, Carl
Palmer & Family, Tom Thurman, Linda Clark,
Brandy Schrag, Jim Denny, Sawyer Quinlan, Ruth
Zeller and Anna Mae Sieckman.
ADDITIONAL PRAYERS
* For our church family and community.
* All those who are home or nursing home
bound.
* All those who are facing health and/or
spiritual challenges.
* Those serving in the armed forces and their
families.
* For Raj, his family and their continued
ministry.
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A Note of Thanks....
Dear Ladies of the Church,
Pastor Glenna and Eula Gowan,
Thank you for your comforting words at my
father-in-law, Fred Oerly’s service.
As always thank you Eula for your beautiful
and healing music, and last but not least, the
delicious meal prepared by the ladies of the
church. You all feed our bodies and our
souls.
Thank you for the many blessings of this
church.
Love, Karen Oerly & Sons
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
For February 2015
Please contact the church if you would like a copy of
the Financial Statement mailed to you, or you may
come by the office for a copy. Thank You.
Previous Balance
$ 45081.76
Feb. 1
Feb. 2
Feb. 8
Feb. 15
Feb. 22
Total Offerings
Expenses
Balance
$ 1666.18 *
Attn: 31
$67,549.92 Sale of Parsonage
$ 988.00 *
Attn: 32
Attn: 36
$ 527.26
$ 1353.00*
Attn: 35
$ 117,166.12
-$ 3862.15
$ 113.303.97
Includes:
Feb. 1 $50.00 Lift Fund; $183.00 Enervest
Feb. 8 $100.00 Lift Fund
Feb. 22 $680.00 Oerly Memorial
Please consider using online banking for your gifts, if it
is available to you.
Set up your account as Payee:
Evangelical United Church of Christ; Treasurer
416 7th St.
Boonville, Mo. 65233
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A Church Lift Fund has been created for those who would
like to donate to help with the purchase of our new lift. All
amounts are accepted, but please be sure to memo your
check donation to the “LIFT FUND,” so it will be put in
the proper fund. If you are using cash, please use an
envelope.
LIFT FUND
- $13,115.00 Total Expense for the Lift
8231.40 donations as of 3-15-2015
$ 4883.60 Total left on Lift Expense
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Thank you Carol Cox for
bringing our monthly donations
to the NHN Food Pantry. For the
month of March, she reports that
$50.00 and 16 lbs of food were
collected from our Congregation,
and brought to the pantry!
The Faithful Messenger
COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES for February 2015
will be included in next
months Newsletter
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IN HIS SERVICE FOR APRIL
HEAD USHERS
NO ONE SCHEDULED
COUNCIL REP
Bob Brueckner
Cleaning the Church:
Carolyn Koerner & Shirley Schneider
Cleaning the Ed. Bldg:
No One Scheduled
We are in need of people to volunteer to be Head
Ushers during the month of April. If you can help,
please let the office know ASAP! Thank You!
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WELCOME!
Ethan Henry Kudlacz, son of
Anna (Snoddy) & Daniel
Kudlacz, was baptized and
received into the body of Christ,
on Sunday, March 15, 2015.
We welcome him into the
communion of this church and
this family of God’s children.
May he always know peace, love, light and laughter,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Youth News – April 2015
“Is it that time of year already!?!?!”
By Kurt Grathwohl
After enduring a winter of relentless cold, ice,
and snow…could we finally be seeing spring??? With
things FINALLY warming up and thawing out, plans
are underway for our annual pilgrimage to Camp
Aurora in June with our friends from Jeff City. We
have planned the trip for June 6-10th. The list of
projects is also coming together, so I don’t think the
youth will be bored without having anything to do!! It
is hard to believe that this will be our fifth trip down
there already!! Along with David Kohler (youth leader
at Central UCC-Jeff City) and myself…Brian Hagen
and one other youth from David’s church will be
earning our “one for the thumb” as the four of us have
gone all five years that we have had this event at
Camp Aurora!!
Among the many tasks that we have to prepare
the camp for the season, is cleaning the bathrooms
and the cabins from all the dust and creepy-crawlies
that have called the buildings home over the winter.
As I just said about how the kids will have
plenty to do…here is where you all can become
involved in what they do…we are asking for
donations of cleaning supplies (which will be stored
in the Senior High Youth Room of the Ed Building)
which will be hauled down to camp in June. Below is
a list of what we are looking for:
-LOTS OF TOILET PAPER
AND PAPER TOWELS!!
-Dish Soap
-Black Trash Bags
-Bleach
-Toilet Bowl Cleaner -Kitchen/all-purpose cleaner
-Broom/dustpans
-String wet-mops
These supplies will support the camp in ways
that are not normally thought of. Camp Aurora is a
small camp with a deep history. It is simple things like
donating items like what are on the list above that can
continue the ministry that the camp provides for
countless youth, not just the 13 who have gone down
over the previous four years from Boonville…but the
many more that will be impacted, by their time down
at Camp Aurora in the years to come, thanks to the
work we have done.
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SEMI-ANNUAL
CONGREGATIONAL
MEETING
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Immediately following church services.
We hope you will make plans to attend!
The Faithful Messenger
WOMEN’S
FELLOWSHIP
March 13, 2015
The EUCC Women’s Fellowship
met Friday, March 13, 2015 at
1:15pm, in the Educational
Building. There were 6 members present. Those attending were:
Shirley Schneider, Carolyn Koerner, Velma Flippin, Pastor Glenna
McVeigh, Dorothy Chrisman and Cacky Neckermann.
Best
PLEASE SAVE all your Snoddy’s
Choice
Price Bar Codes from any BEST
CHOICE products. It must have the
words ‘BEST CHOICE‘ on them. Put
the Price Bar Codes in the small basket
as you enter the church or in the
Women’s Fellowship mail box in the Educational
Building. The money supports our Mission Projects and
Festival of Sharing. Thank You!
Pres. Shirley Schneider opened the meeting with the group praying
the Fellowship Prayer.
The Scripture: James 1:17 ... Whatever is good and perfect comes to
us from God the Creator of all light and He shines forever without
change or shadow.
Thought for the day: We are too blessed to be stressed.
The Secretary read the minutes. Corrections make.. William to Willie
Branch and Albert Smith to Alberta Smith.
Treasurers Report: Velma Flippin, gave the treasurers report as of the
end of February 2015. Correction made, Last month should have read
January 2015. The report was approved as read.
Correspondence and cards sent: Letter was received from Emmaus
Homes in Marthasville, Mo and the Newsletter from Coyote Hills. 3
Birthday and 1 Get Well card were sent.
Bereavement Committee: None
Pastor’s report: None
Old/New Business: Dorothy Chrisman made a motion, seconded by
Carolyn Koerner to donate $50.00 to the Lift Fund. Motion passed.
To all of our church family who are celebrating birthdays and
anniversaries this month, we wish you God’s blessings.
CCMH Extended Care - 11am- April 28 w/ Eula & Carolyn
The next Shepherding Meeting - To Be Announced
The next Women’s Fellowship meeting will be held Friday,
April 10, 2015 @ 1:15pm. at the Ed. Bldg. Library.
The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer
Respectfully Submitted
Cacky Neckermann - Secretary
Reach out to our homebound and nursing
home friends, this Easter! Spring is here....
Walk closer with Jesus, by remembering those
we love. with a visit or a card. Let them know
you’re thinking about them.
Riverdell Care Center
1121 11th St.
Boonville, Mo. 65233
Annetta Hansett
Sherry Hagen - Rehab
Hartmann Village
615 Rankin Mill Rd.
Boonville, Mo. 65233
Fern Jaeger
Helen Taylor
Golden Living Center
524 N Laura St.
Maryville, Mo. 64468
Virginia Zimmerman Berry
LakeView Care Center
1450 Ashley Rd.
Boonville, Mo. 65233
George Henry Friedrich
Home Bound
Ruth Zeller
Anna Mae Sieckman
Please let the church office know if there are
others that we need to include in this section.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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2
3OFFICE OPEN
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OFFICE OPEN
8:45am Yoga
7:00pm
MAUNDY
GOOD
HOLY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
5:15pm
SERVICE w/ Holy
Choir Practice ?
Communion in
Educational
Bldg.
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NO SSchool
5
6
8
8:45am Yoga
7am “SonRise”
EASTER
SERVICE w/
Holy
Communion
Choir Sings
Breakfast to
follow
12
7
OFFICE OPEN
9
8:45am - Yoga
8am - Men’s
Fellowship
13
9am - Children’s SS
10:30am
WORSHIP
14
8:45am Yoga
15
OFFICE OPEN
10
OFFICE OPEN
11
1:15pm Women’s
Fellowship
@ Ed. Bldg.
16
17
8:45am - Yoga
18
OFFICE OPEN
NEWSLETTER
ARTICLES
DUE
Food Pantry
Collection
5:15pm
Choir Practice ?
19
20
9am - Adult &
Children’s SSchool
10:30am
WORSHIP
Choir Sings
CONGREGATIONAL
MEETING
following church
service
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27
9am - Children’s SS
10:30am
WORSHIP
Church Office Hours
Wednesday & Friday
10am- 12:00pm
1:00pm-5:00pm
660-882-5501
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8:45am Yoga
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23
24
OFFICE OPEN
8:45am - Yoga
25
OFFICE OPEN
6:30
CHURCH
COUNCIL MTG
28
29
8:45am - Yoga
OFFICE OPEN
11am CCMH Dev
w/Eula &
Carolyn
10am NEWSLETTER
ASSEMBLY
30
8:45am Yoga
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/EUCCBoonville
WEBSITE www.BoonvilleEUCC.yolasite.com
April 1
April 2
April 3
IN HIS SERVICE FOR APRIL
HEAD USHERS
NO ONE SCHEDULED
April 4
April 5
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
Janice Cary
Cleaning Church - Carolyn Koerner & Shirley
Schneider
Cleaning Ed. Bldg. - No One Scheduled
April 2, MAUNDY THURSDAY
w/ Last Supper Communion
in Educational Bldg.
White
April 7
April 8
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 17
April 19
April 5, 2015 EASTER
White
w/ Holy Communion Easter Breakfast to follow
Liturgist - Nancy Casanova
April 20
April 12, 2015
Second Sunday of Easter
Liturgist- Marilyn Williams
White
April 19, 2015
Third Sunday of Easter
Liturgist - Janice Cary
White
April 22
April 23
April 25
April 26
April 28
April 29
April 30
April 26, 2015
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Liturgist - Gale Boller
White
LITURGISTS: A copy of the bulletin is available for you in
the “Church Use Only” mailbox, after 5:00pm, Friday
afternoons. You may also request that it be emailed to you.
Just let the office know which way you would prefer to
receive the information. Thanks
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Please let the church office know if any of our information about
Birthdays or Anniversaries is incorrect, so we can keep
our records updated! Thank You...
April 21
Brandon Ashpaugh
Mallory Again
“Raj”
Chauncey Reynolds
Kenneth Cramer
Howard Simmons
Angela Ward
Lisa Barney
Jayna Brady
Floyd Schoennoehl
Bud Overstreet
Geo. H Friedrich, Jr.
Sherry Nichols
Aden Bergen
Jake Nelson
Jackie Sieckmann
Ryan Casanova
Wanda Campbell
Sue Forbes
Kristin Grathwohl
Taylor Fisher
Ruth Zeller
Lois Johnson
Betty Cramer
Velma Flippin
Don Farris
Brent Kusgen
Wilbur Farris, Jr.
Debbie Bright
Kathy Ray
Eula Gowan
April 4
Brad & Karla Zimmerman
April 11
Russ & Patty Bradshaw
Jim & Sherry Snoddy
April 24
Michael & Christa Brueckner
Ryan & Sarah Casanova
April 30
Brent & Kathy Schneider