First United Methodist Church in Mattoon

Weekly Update
June 23, 2017



The sermon series on reforming the church concludes this Sunday (you can hear the recorded sermons if you click here.) Next month's series is on sexual ethics.  See you in church Sunday.

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Contents in this Issue:

News: Women's Bible Study

News: 2nd Wind

News: Youth 

Keeping Up With Pastors

Volunteer & Community Opportunities

Calendar

Joys and Concerns

Praying Together This Week

Statistics

People News

Cartoon

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Women's Bible Study

The Thursday morning Bible Study has started a new book-Pursuit of Holiness.  Join them at 6:30 a.m. every morning at Pagliacci's, 319 N. Logan in Mattoon.

2
nd Wind Events

If you are attending the Richard's Farm Concert and Meal on June 29, please be at the church at 4:45 p.m. 
 
There is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for the St. Louis Skyline Riverboat Dinner Cruise on July 21.  Departure is 4:30 p.m. and tickets are $50.  This will include the transportation, buffet meal, live Dixieland music and magnificent view!!

August's event is the 19th from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  It will be a day at Historic Bishop Hill.  Take a step back in time with museums, eateries, gift shops, art galleries and more!

Youth Summer Activities

Every Thursday: YMCA Youth Program    9 a.m.
Every Wednesday: Z Lunch (announces weekly)
June 27-28: Camping Trip
June 30: Bondfire: 6 p.m.
July 5: Jungle Pong 7 p.m.
July 12-15: Jr High Trip to Springfield

Keeping Up With Jordan and Mike

Pastor Mike has been doing routine pastoral work:   attending committee meetings, supervising administrative upgrades, visiting the hospital, working on sermons, writing, reading, mentoring new pastors. etc.  He will resume teaching the Tuesday morning Bible Study on July 11.

Jordan is home from a great Sr. High trip to Kentucky (last week) and keeping up a hectic schedule with summer youth programs, contemporary worship planning and practice, and overseeing the softball team.  (The team won their first two games this past week...a great joy...even though they were by forfeit.)  Be sure and ask Jordan about his new "roommate."
  
Click Here to contact Pastor J. Michael Smith

Click Here to contact Youth Pastor Jordan Thomas

Click Here for Pastor Mike's website

Volunteer & Community Opportunities
In the Community:
Volunteer your time or donate to Lincoln Log Cabin.  
Click here  for more information.

In the Church:
Faith In Action
Children's programs
Youth Group
Backpack program

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Special Events

Parent/Child Play Dates, July 7 & 21, Aug 4
UMW Garden Walk, June 24, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Mary Mini Circle, June 26, 2:00 p.m.
YMCA Youth, June 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27; 8:30-10:30 am
FUMC Softball Games, Mondays and/or Fridays at Kinzel 
      Field  (see Facebook or the website for times)

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Next Meeting Dates

Ad Council, Aug. 10, 7 p.m.
Communications Task Force,  Sept. 14, 7 p.m.
Contemporary Worship,  TBD
Education,  TBD
Faith In Action/Mission,  August 10, 2 p.m.
Finance/Endowment/Stewardship, TBD
Hospitality, July 13, 6:00 p.m.
Pastor Parish Relations, TBD
Strategy and Innovation,  TBD
Traditional Worship , July 27, 1:30 p.m.
Trustees,  July 17, 6 p.m.
UMW Executive Board, July 11, 9:30 a.m.


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Regular Events

Sundays
Traditional Worship        8:15 a.m.
Sunday School              9:30 a.m.
Contemporary worship  10:45 a.m.
Middle School Youth      5:00-7:00 p.m.
Sr. High Youth                6:00-8:00 p.m.     
Mondays
Mary Circle, second Mondays,  1:30 p.m. 
Mary Mini Circle, fourth Monday of the month,  2 p.m.
Rebecca Circle, second Mondays, 7:00 p.m. (no meeting in  July)
Tuesdays
Prayer group                9:00 a.m.
Pastor's Bible Study    10:00 a.m.
Tammie's Book Study  6:00 p.m. 
Wednesdays .  
Chancel Choir  5:45  p.m. (Sept-May) 
Thursdays
Women's Bible Study-"Pursuit of Holiness", 6:3 0 a.m.          at Pagliacci's     
Contemporary Worship Practice  6:00 p.m.

Office Hours:
Monday-Friday    9 a.m.-12 Noon; 1:00-3:00 p.m. 


Click Here for our online calendar, covering all church events.

Joys and Concerns    (including Sunday's blue cards
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Joys
Wonderful spiritual retreat for the Sr. High Youth
Seatons-Joyful for spiritual movies

Concerns
Rawlings family- going through a rough time.
Shelli & Garyll Wallace- Shelli cancer
Wrights-looking for a new church home
Ruth Isenogle-knee replacement recovery
Chuck Guyette- physical healing
Nancy's grandchildren-spiritual healing

Praying Together This Week

People in our church family:
Luana Scott
Jeff & Karol Scimager
Ralph & Bonnie Scrimager
Kelly & Barb Seaton
Luis Tarrango

Trustees


Health Concern of  the Week:  Autism
 Click here   to read more.  


Community Prayers:

A young man from our community killed another young man in a fight...a Chinese scholar up the highway has been kidnapped...a political process is filled with hatred...pray for the vulnerability of people, for Christ to abide in people's hearts, for God to take away the power of evil to bring destruction to human life, for ourselves that we witness to Christ's way of life in all our relationships.  


World Council of Churches Prayer Calendar:

Pray this week for the people of Kenya and Tanzania.
Click here for information about the WCC prayer calendar

Statistics

June 18 attendance:
   8:15 am:   87  
   10:45 am: 54

Finance Report: 
   
General Fund: $    7,054.00  received  this week                  
                        $194,636.50    YTD

   (our general fund budget is $401,000 for the year)
   
Renovation Fund:   
Revised cost of project: $434,766
Starting funds:                 107,142
2016 receipts                     57,646
2017 receipts                   105,076
Still Needed:                  $164,902

People News

Birthdays from 6/23-6/30
6/24   Luke Young
6/24   Oliver Florey
6/25   Brok Budde
6/26   Bonnie Scrimager
6/26   Sue Warren
6/27   Dustin Maninfior
6/28   Jane Orman
2/28   Maggie Taylor


In Nursing Homes:
Brookstone:
   Dorothy Shepard
   Virginia Beasley 
   Maxine Chapin
   Mary Sheppard

Mattoon Healthcare:
   Dorothy Gullion

Oddfellow Rebecca:
   Fran Whitley
   Norma Grisamore
   Francis Doris
   Doris Grass
   Gene Hoots

Douglas Rehabilitation:
   Pauline Andrews
   Freda Beals

Mason Point:
   Ruby and Gerald Lowry

Titus Manor-Sullivan
   Marilyn Doty

Copper Creek
Betty Hoots

Attending College:
   Zach Armstrong
   Austin Sherman
   Carley Leitch
   Riley Leitch
   Andie Antonik
   Luke Collings
   Megan Schabbing
   Luke Young
   Kaylee Beals
   Derek Pierce
   Abbie Sherman

Please let us know if we have missed anyone!!