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A Monthly Newsletter
Pastor, Emily Meckley Cell Number: 785-577-1752 Email: grehoundks@gmail.com Church Phone Number: 785-527-5608 Church email address: belleumc@nckcn.com Church web page: www.belleumc.org

2013 M Street, Belleville KS

Church Ofce Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Closed Friday Food Bank Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9:00 to 11:30 am Closed Friday

OCTOBER 2012 issue, Page 1

UMYF Sundays October 14 & 28 5:30 pm YATT Sundays October 14 & 28 7:00 pm

Adult Sunday School 9:30 am Ages 3 years thru 6th Grade Sunday School 10:00 to 10:40 am Worship Service & JAM Sundays at 10:45 am

Our weather seems to have noticed the calendar! It is Fall, the temperatures are warm and sunny and the evenings have a hint of coolness that reminds us there will be a colder season to follow. And so it is with our church, or congregational life. In many ways, I have just arrived here and yet the calendar says otherwise. The climate reminds us that I have been with you now for a bit, I know some names and some stories. Yet, just as those cool evenings remind us that there is another season to come, knowing you and calling you by name reminds us that we have further to go together. Cottage meetings are finishing up. I will be getting out in the community and meeting some of our community leaders. We are beginning our stewardship program this month. This program gives us opportunity to learn Extravagant Generosity together in ministry. How is it that we support our church building, our congregation, our community, and the missional opportunities beyond? How is it that our gifts of time, talents, money and possessions make disciples for Christ to transform this world? The church leadership also shifts focus from welcoming and leading me as the pastor to more visioning and turning to the future as, together, we seek Gods direction for our congregation. The teams, ministries and committees of the church ask - What are we to be doing and seeking to be faithful to our mission? to Prayerfully: seek God, grow in faith, love and serve others for the transformation of lives So I ask you as an individual or as a family, as you go out your door and feel the changing season and know of the seasons to come, to remember our church. Our church is changing seasons also. Pray for the church, the mission, the leadership, the teams and committees. Please pray for me as your pastor that God will speak to me and keep me faithful and ready to serve and lead for each season with love of God and love of neighbor in my heart. Pray for our community that our church may serve the hands and feet of Christ to others. Pray for yourself and your family that God would lay upon your heart a ministry to seek and serve others, and would set a deep yearning in your heart to seek God and Gods ways. I wish you Gods blessing in each of your days, Pastor Emily

The o b j e c ti ve o f t hi s pro g ram ove r ti m e , i s to transfo r m t he c ul ture i n t he church f ro m f und rai si ng to GEN ERO S IT Y as a c o re val ue o f d i sc i pl e shi p.

Steward shi p S und ay O c to b e r 21 s t, 2 012

People who practice Extravagant Generosity give with unexpected liberality, they make giving a rst priority, and they plan their giving with great energy and passion. They go the second mile. They do not give from a what remains mentality, but from a what comes rst priority. Giving seriously becomes a personal spiritual discipline, a way of serving God, and a means of helping the church fulll its Godappointed mission. Focused conviction and intention causes them to give in a more pronounced way, without fear and with greater trust.
Stewardship Team: Mikel Hadachek, Leader Members: Pastor Emily Carol Nicholson Emma Berggren Annette Bredthauer Kevin & Kerry Johnson Marty Westphal (office)

Extravagant Generosity Sundays

ADULT HEART CARDS WILL BE PASSED OUT AT WORSHIP OR CAN BE PICKED UP AT CONNECTION INTERSECTION EACH WEEK! YOUTH HEART CARDS WILL BE PASSED OUT AT UMYF...KIDS CARDS AT SUNDAY SCHOOL! Sunday, September 30th Bring Your Heart Card and place in the basket at Connection Intersection! Adult: Things I Love About My Church Youth: Things I Love About Youth Group Kids: Things I Like About Church

Sunday, October 7th Bring Your Heart Card and place in the basket at Connection Intersection! Adult: People Who Made A Difference In My Spiritual Life Youth: Youth Group Makes a Difference In My LiFe Every Day Kids: I Fully Rely On God For These Gifts 3:00 pm - Extravagant Generosity Summit for Leadership Teams, Overflow; Snacks provided by the Stewardship Team... Participants will be notified via postcard. Sunday, October 14th Bring Your Heart Card and place in the basket at Connection Intersection! Adult: Visions And Hopes For My Church Youth: Visions And Hopes For My Youth Group Kids: Ways I Can Be Generous

You will receive your Extravagant Generosity Estimate of Giving Commitment Card this Sunday.

Tell those rich in this worlds wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage - to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, theyll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17-19

during this special Stewardship Extravaganza Sunday. Following Worship, please attend the Pot Luck Celebration Lunch and bring a food item to share. You will have the opportunity to hear from the Stewardship Team on how generous our HEARTS OF GIVING are.
Additional Estimate of Giving Commitment Cards will be available after Sunday, October 14th if you did not receive one at Worship. Find them at Connection Intersection located in the church Foyer.
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Sunday, October 21st *Bring your Estimate of Giving Commitment Card to present

Lifetouch will again be doing the new Pictorial Directory for our church. We have been very pleased with this company in the past and look forward to working with them again. Please sign up for your picture appointment in one of 3 ways... 1. Sundays (in the Foyer) before and after church 2. call the Church Office before 1:00 pm Monday thru Thursday...5608 3. call Lynell Kallman after 1:00 pm...955-0242 Pictures will be taken on 10/18 from 2:00-8:30 pm and also on 10/19 from 2:00-8:30 pm and 10/20 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The directory book and an 8x10 are free. If you purchase pictures, discounts apply...so take advantage of those for which you qualify. Cash in on these discounts when you purchase pictures: $10.00 off for providing your email address $5.00 off for bringing a food donation for the Food Bank 20% off for Seniors 60 and over

Contact Coordinators Cheryl Hiatt, Lynell Kallman or Kim VanNortwick with any questions!

Our Mission projects have a big role at FUMC, and we have a GREAT group of volunteers serving on the Local, VIM and Disaster Relief Teams! We will be meeting on Thursday, October 25th at 7:00 pm. Come join us! We hope to see all who are presently serving and those wanting to serve on our teams! Janet Heyka, VIM Coordinator

FALL FUN DAY

Sunday, October 28 Food provided by Fellowship Team! Hot Dogs Chips and Smores . . . OH YUMMY! Pumpkin Carving Please bring your own pumpkin! (supplies provided)

4:00 pm

At the home of: Russ & Stacia Nick, Hayley & Zack Piroutek Hayrack ride!

If you were unable to attend a Cottage Meeting with Pastor Emily, you WILL get another opportunity to go to one. There are meetings still being held and there will be a couple of make-up ones yet to be planned that you will hopefully be able to catch. Be watching for more details concerning Cottage Meetings in your Sunday bulletin and on our church web-page. Page 3

WE CARE
Autumn is here. The Fall colors are beginning to decorate the landscape and the night air is crisp and cool. Though we enjoy these refreshing days and want them to linger...before it seems possible...the holidays will arrive. In preparation for special times in our church in December,
The We Care Teams of the First United Methodist Church of Belleville are available to make hospital calls, visits in the home and care center, send cards, make phone calls, provide food and pray for those who suffer from illness, are homebound or bereaved.

The TRUSTEES have been working on the Parsonage & grounds making improvements, changing the landscaping and replanting the lawn. New windows are in place in the dinning and living rooms on the north side of the Parsonage. Rich Schintler installed four energy efcient replacements. Jerry Richecky has repainted the interior of the two rooms; Molly Williams and "crews" are almost done on the landscaping of the front lawn. Thank you to all for your time and talents in helping complete these projects. Work has started around the church grounds to solve the problems of water drainage causing damp walls in the Food Bank downstairs and will soon be completed. The Trustees continue to receive donations towards the Kiosk, however work may not begin this year if the amount needed is not reached, soon, as weather changes are on the way. Thank you, again, to all who have given generously. Jay Kallman, Board Chair

We Care Food Team

A BIG THANKS goes out to the We Care FOOD TEAM for all the wonderful meals and yummy treats they have provided for many of our church family and friends. Their hands and hearts keep very busy! Emma Berggren, Team Leader Shirley Tallent, Sherry Skinner, Jewelda Scofield, Kerry Johnson, Susie Arbuthnot Carolyn Rauch, and Shirley Richecky.

our Handbell Choir will be meeting to practice. They will be playing at Worship on December 16th and again that evening for the annual Carols and Candles Program. This music ministry is very special and always enjoyable when we hear those melodic bell tones ll the Sanctuary. We look forward to hearing selections from Tana Trost, Kelli Childs, Holly Beavers, Tandy Rundus, Kim VanNortwick, Stephanie Schintler, Janet Heyka, Kerry Johnson, Jodi Bachand with Jewelda Scoeld as Director. Ringers, please note these practice dates running from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, with one exception. October 4, 11, 25 (October 16 - 6:00 to 7:00 pm) November 1, 8, 15, 29 December 6, 13

Congratulations to Dustin & Erin Cossaart on the birth of their son... born on September 10 7:03 pm 6 lbs. 7 oz. 19 in. Grandparents are: Jay & Lynell Kallman Charlene Tuma

Hank Wesley

The Trustees will meet in the Overflow on Wednesday, Oct. 10th at 7:00 pm

Hank will be Baptized in our church on Sunday, October 7th during the Worship Service.
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GENERAL MEETING Thursday, October 4 at 1:30 pm Hostesses & Program: At-Large

Dear Sisters in Christ, Another month is upon us in this great year of 2012. Remember that the Salina District UMW Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, Oct. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to about 2:00 p.m. Registration is $9.00 and Emma will send in one check for all of us. Be sure to let her know before Oct. 1, if you want to go. We may take the church bus that day. Pastor Sandra Jellison-Knock is the special speaker and the Title of the day is "Walk With Wholeness". Ingathering are items for "KSDS" (Kansas Specialty Dog Service). Items like: Galileo Bones, Nylabones, Large Black Kongs, Kuz Balls, Best Ball (10"), Boingo Balls and Jolly Balls, Whelping Box Blankets (37"x37"), AA batteries, Solo plastic cups, Paper towels and toilet tissue, Quart and Gallon Ziplock storage bags, Clorox Bleach and Clorox Wipes, 100' reinforced rubber hoses, High-quality letter-size copy paper, Colored ink pads, Ink cartridges (HP 21, 22, 92, 93, 95, 901 BW and color, Lexmark 36, 37), Gift cards at Target or Walmart or Sam's or Home Depot,Stamps, Regular Laundry Detergent, and HE Laundry Detergent. I heard that Crystal did a very good job on her METour report at our last UMW meeting. Thank you, Crystal. Thank you, Carol, for residing over the meeting during my absence. Marvin and I were on a 10-day trip to Salinas, CAL to see our daughter. We also enjoyed so many of the sights on our 3,000 plus mile trip that our precious God created for us. At our Oct. 4 meeting, I will be trying to bring you some of what I received at the School of Mission I attended in Salina on the Wesleyan campus. Oct. 5, at 9:30 a.m. will be the Republic County Church Women meeting at the Am. Lutheran Church here in town. Local Food Bank items such as canned pineapple and peas, soda crackers and pudding mixes are especially needed. The offering will go to the Scholarship Fund of the Belleville After School Program. Phyllis Jensik will talk about shoes. I am so thrilled for those who decided to step forward and be officers for 2013 for our local UMW. Please keep these in your prayers and they strive to continue to lead us in the right directions: President, Carolyn Rauch; Vice-President, Carol Nicholson; Recording Secretary, Joan Grover; Treasurer, Emma Berggren; Historian, Wilma Snapp; and Membership Nurture and Outreach, Kaye Ray. I have not heard if Audrey Elyea, Kaye Ray and Linda Young are staying on as our Nominating Committee; but I hope they are. Carolyn Rauch and I (Janis Houdek) will continue to serve as representatives on Republic County Church Women Executive Committee. Wilma Snapp will continue to serve as Courtesy Chairperson. Please let her know if you know of cards that need to be sent from our UMW. I have chosen Deaconess Nan Gordon, musician in residence, Shands Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida, 3756 NW 26th Street, Gainesville, FL 32605, nanpiper@gmail.com to be our Prayer Calendar person this month. Her birthday is April 10, but that's OK, she can still be remembered by us. Here is her story - -"I was in pediatrics, playing flute at the bedside of a little boy who was unable to travel up the hall to the monthly ice cream social. As I left his room, his dad said, 'You're the best thing to happen to him all day!' Wait a minute! Better than the homemade ice cream he ate as he listened? Realizing a personal concert meant that much to a patient was the best thing that happened to me that day--even better than homemade ice cream." In Christian Love, Janis Houdek, President
Dear UMW, How wonderful to hear from you! I am blessed to have a "gig" like this to go to several times a week! If you google my email address or go onto the Shands Arts in Medicine website and look for me in the Whos Who you will also learn about my work with veterans, which I have added since writing that piece. We all do what we can for the Kingdom and I thank God every day for what the UMW is doing every day! Page 5 Blessings, Deaconess Nan Gordon

RUTH CIRCLE Saturday, October 6 10:00 pm Baby Shower for Erin Cossaart and new son, Hank! Hostess: Huetta Derowitsch Assisted by: Lori Scofield, Marty Westphal (at the church Overflow)

SUSANNAH CIRCLE Tuesday, October 2 6:00 pm Election of Officers Yearbook Planning Hostess & Lesson: Shirley Tallent NAOMI CIRCLE Wednesday, October 24 7:30 pm Hostess: Neva Lee Co-Hostess: Emma Berggren

Calendar Events and Celebrations for October 2012

Monday, October 1 6:30 pm - Cub Scouts, Youth Room 6:30 pm - 4-H, Fellowship Hall 6:30 pm - Baptismal Counseling (Pastor) Tuesday, October 2 8:30 pm - Residency, Newton (Pastor) 10:00 am - BHC Bible Study 6:00 pm - Susannah Circle Wednesday, October 3 8:30 pm - Residency, Newton (Pastor) 9:00 am - Psalms Bible Study 10:30 am - LTC Bible Study 7:00 pm - Leadership Team, Overflow 7:15 pm - Praise Team Thursday, October 4 9:30 am - Church Chat, CPSL 1:30 pm - UMW General Meeting 7:00 pm - Bell Practice, Overflow Friday, October 5 9:30 am - Rep. County Church Women UMW Mini School of Christian Mission Saturday, October 6 UMW Mini School of Christian Mission 10:00 am - Ruth Circle/Baby Shower Sunday, October 7 World Communion Sunday Extravagant Generosity Sunday #2 Baptism of Hank Wesley Cossaart 9:30 am - Adult Sunday School 10:00 am - Youth Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service 3:00 pm - Extravagant Generosity Summit for Leadership Teams Monday, October 8 Columbus Day 6:30 pm - Cub Scouts, Fellowship Hall Tuesday, October 9 7:00 pm - Cottage Meeting at the home of Emma Berggren Wednesday, October 10 9:00 am - Psalms Bible Study 7:00 pm - Trustees, Overflow Thursday, October 11 7:00 pm - Bell Practice, Overflow Friday, October 12 8:45 am - MOPS, F.H./Nursery Saturday, October 13 Salina District UMW Annual Meeting, Washington VIM Training, Great Bend Sunday, October 14 Extravagant Generosity Sunday #3 9:30 am - Adult Sunday School 10:00 am - Youth Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service & JAM Childrens Sabbath 5:30 pm - UMYF 7:00 pm - YATT Monday, October 15 7:30 pm - P.E.O., Parlor/Overflow Tuesday, October 16 6:00 pm - Bell Practice, Overflow Wednesday, October 17 9:00 am - Psalms Bible Study Thursday, October 18 Pictures taken for New Directory Friday, October 19 Pictures taken for New Directory Sunday, October 28 9:30 am - Adult Sunday School 10:00 am - Youth Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service & JAM 2:00 & 2:30 pm - Care Home Services 4:00 pm - Fall Fun Day 5:30 pm - UMYF 7:00 pm - YATT Monday, October 31 Reformation Day 7:15 - Praise Team

Birthdays & Anniversaries

2 3 5 6 7 Alice Kelley Karen Hiatt Susan Arbuthnot, Ray Clark Jaclyn Sheets Sheila White

9 Jackie Myers Saturday, October 20 Pictures taken for New Directory 10 Marcy Johnson, Frank Krob, 10:00 am - Annual Prayer WORDshop Charlene McCartney, Jeff Woodward #4, Wakefield UMC Sunday, October 21 Extravagant Generosity Sunday #4 Commitment Sunday 9:30 am - Adult Sunday School 10:00 am - Youth Sunday School 10:45 am - Worship Service & JAM Noon - Extravagant Generosity Celebration Pot Luck Lunch October 22 - 26 Meals on Wheels Week Monday, October 22 6:30 pm - Cub Scouts Wednesday, October 24 9:00 am - Psalms Bible Study 7:15 pm - Praise Team 7:30 pm - Naomi Circle Thursday, October 25 7:00 pm - Mission Team, Parlor 7:00 pm - Bell Practice, Overflow Friday, October 26 8:45 am - MOPS, F.H./Nursery Lay Servant Training, Camp Horizon Saturday, October 27 Lay Servant Training, Camp Horizon 11 Molly Williams, Allen Smith 14 Brian & Deb Carlson 15 Steve Scofield, Lois Scott 16 Linda Young, Jeremy Melton 17 Kevin & Kerry Johnson, Davyn VanNortwick 18 Marvin Houdek 20 Al Havel, George Morehead, Gwen Walter, Kurt & Kelli Childs 22 Clarence & Alice Kelley, William & Wilma Snapp, Shirley Tallent, 23 Carol Nicholson 24 Gladys McCracken, Maxine Erickson 25 Marilyn Haase 28 Amy Morehead 29 Marvin & Janis Houdek 31 Neva Lee

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I didnt know that!

picking up a hard copy of each issue of the monthly NEWSLETTER at the Connection Intersection counter in the church Foyer. read on our web-page at www.belleumc.org check your email for a copy in pdf format - (If we do not have your email address, please contact the office at 527-5608 so we can get you on our email list). If none of these options appeal to you, call the church office and well be happy to put you on our mailing list so a copy will be delivered right to your front door.

The information you need may be in our monthly

WORSHIP LEADERS October 7 - Janet Heyka October 14 - Tandy Rundus October 21 - tba October 28 - Stacia Piroutek PRAISE TEAM Sid and Pam Scofield Amanda Keilers Jillian Couture John Surber Stacia Piroutek Waylon Sheetz Kevin & Kelby Johnson Molly Williams ACCOMPANISTS October 7, 21, 28 - Pam October 14 - Tana Trost USHERS & CANDLE LIGHTERS Terry & Sherry Skinner Jay & Lynell Kallman GREETERS October 7 - Mikel & Gary Hadachek October 14 - Larry & Karen Cheney October 21 - Russ & Stacia Piroutek Family October 28 - Jenny Zenger, Marge Waring PENTECOST WORSHIP TEAM 9/2 thru 11/2 Amanda Keilers - Music Sid Scofield - Worship Leaders Marty Westphal - Visuals BUS DRIVER October - Daryl Dove

AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNICIANS Kurt Childs Gary Hadachek Mikel Hadachek Rich Schintler Annette Bredthauer MULTI-MEDIA ASSISTANTS Janet Heyka, Pam Scofield

CAF DEL SOUL HOSTESSES October 7 - Molly Williams October 14 - Susie Arbuthnot October 21 - Lizz Skocny October 28 - Carol Monsanto
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2013 M STREET BELLEVILLE, KS 66935

OCTOBER 2012 NEWSLETTER

Our Mission is to prayerfully:

SEEK God

GROW in faith

LOVE and SERVE others For the transformation of lives!