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News From
June 27, 2018
For the good of the city
... Jeremiah 29:7
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Church Office:
785-233-8100
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Coming Up Soon:
- Wednesday, June 27
- 11:30 a.m. Community Lunch
- 12:15 p.m. Midweek Meditation, Chapel
- 5:00 p.m. Praise Team Practice, Chapel
- 5:15 p.m.
- Board of Trustees, Hearth Room
- Phase 2 Yoga, Rm 212
- 7:00 p.m. Venture Crew Meeting, Rm L37
- Thursday, June 28
- 10:00 a.m. Joshua Study, Hearth Room
- 1:30 p.m. Shepherd's Center Line Dancing, Fellowship Hall
- 3:30 p.m. Emmaus Group, Rm 106
- Friday, June 29
- 5:00 p.m.Rolling River Rampage Summer Adventure Camp, Fellowship Hall
- Saturday, June 30
- 7:00 a.m. Freedom Festival volunteer shifts begin, downtown Topeka
- 8:30 a.m. Rolling River Rampage Summer Adventure Camp, Fellowship Hall
- Sunday, July 1: VBS & Independence Day Celebration
- 10:00 a.m. ONE WORSHIP SERVICE ONLY
- 11:00 a.m. All-Church Lunch and Outside Fun for All
- Tuesday, July 3
- 7:00 a.m. Church Grounds Clean Up
- 9:00 a.m. Quilting Group meets, Rm L35
- 12:00 Staff and Leadership, Ideal Team Player, Rm 105
- Wednesday, July 4: CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
- Thursday, July 5
- 8:30 a.m. Senior Rolls and Coffee. Grandma Woks, Fairlawn Plaza Mall
- 3:30 p.m. Emmaus Group, Rm 106
- 5:00 p.m. Praise Team practice
- 5:00 p.m. Worship Experience Team Meeting, Morris Family Hearth Room
- Saturday, July 7
- Youth leave for Alaska Mission Trip
- Sunday July 8
- 8:15 a.m. Arise Worship Service
- 9:00 a.m. Coffee Connection, Celebration Room
- 9:30 a.m. 9.3.0. Worship Service
- 9:30 a.m. Foundations Study, Rm 105
- 10:30 a.m. Coffee Connection, Celebration Room
- 10:30 a.m. Equal Exchange on Sale, Celebration Room
- 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary Worship Service
- 6:00 p.m. Phase 2 Pickleball, Hughes Court
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Church Office Hours For Summer
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed on Fridays.
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Help Us Connect With Visitors on Sunday Mornings
Imagine if you were a new visitor walking into Topeka First UMC for the first time on a Sunday morning. You've heard about the uplifting worship, the activities for kids, the adult classes, the fun celebrations--you are excited to see if there is a place for you at Topeka First UMC, but you are nervous about trying out a new faith community. When you walk into our giant building, would you know where to go for worship or Sunday School? Would you feel comfortable joining in the Coffee Connection time? Would you feel lost in the crowd? Would you know who to ask for help?
Trying out a new church can be intimidating. That's why we are offering you the opportunity to be a Welcoming Ambassador on Sunday mornings. As an ambassador, you can help visitors feel at ease in a place where you already feel at home. Show them where to go, answer their questions, and be the friendly face that makes them glad they came. The time commitment is only one half-hour a month on Sunday mornings, stationed at the Connection Center in the Celebration Room.
Please email Tiwana Whitten, Director of Adult Discipleship, for more details.
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 Pizza with the Pastor
Would you like to learn more about Topeka First United Methodist, take a tour of the church and learn about membership? Then come to Pizza with the Pastor on
Wednesday, July 11, 5:30-7 p.m.
in Room 105. So that we will have enough pizza and materials, please sign up by July 8 on our Church Connection Portal. Childcare is available by reservation--call Tiwana Whitten, Director of Adult Discipleship, if this is needed, at 785-233-8100.
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| Church Shirts Ready for Pick Up
If you ordered a new church shirt, you may pick it up from the church office during weekday office hours or on Sunday morning.
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 Phase 2 Events
Phase 2, A Community of Boomers at Topeka First UMC
Phase 2 After Hours
Join fellow Boomers for a relaxing time of fellowship on Tuesday, July 10th at 5:15 p.m. in the upstairs dining area at The Pennant (915 S. Kansas Ave.) Phase 2 will provide some appetizers--you are on your own for beverages and other food items. Don't forget to bring some extra money if you want to try out the retro arcade games!
Please sign up on the Church Connection Portal.
Pickleball
Boomer friends, during the summer months everyone is invited to meet at 6 p.m. on Sundays at Hughes Courts (725 SW Orleans) to play pickleball. If you would like to be on a contact list for a reminder text, please sign up on the Church Connection Portal. *Please note, we only meet for Pickleball if the heat index is below 95 degrees.
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 All-Church Pool Party
Invite a friend and beat the heat with us at our All-Church Pool Party on
Sunday, July 22, 6-8 p.m. There is no cost
to jump in with the party at the Garfield Family Aquatic Center (1600 NE Quincy). We will provide water and juice packs--you provide the snacks! Please bring a (non melting) snack to share. Be ready for a refreshing time of fellowship. If you don't want to swim, no problem--just bring you lawn chair to sit poolside and visit.
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| Summer Schedules for Worship and Fun
Summer will be here before we know it, and with it will come changes to our worship schedule and plenty of opportunities for fellowship and fun.
Summer Worship
Join us on
first Sunday of each month for a summer celebration! Gather at
10 a.m. for ONE exciting combined worship experience in the Sanctuary, followed by food and fun outside on the church grounds from
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
Celebration Sundays:
- July 1 - VBS & Independence Day Celebration
- 10 a.m. Combined Worship in Sanctuary
- 11 a.m. Hot Dogs & Outside Activities
- August 5 - Ice Cream Party at Church
- 10 a.m. Combined Worship in Sanctuary.
- 11 a.m. Food Truck Lunch, Ice Cream & Outside Activities
- September 2 - Blessings for Public Servants & Labor Day Picnic
- 10 a.m. Combined Worship in Sanctuary
- 11 a.m. Picnic & Outside Activities
- Back to School Blessings are planned for August 12 and will follow the regular worship schedule. Watch for more details later in the summer!
All other Sundays will follow our regular worship schedule:
- 8:15 a.m. Traditional in the Chapel
- 9:30 a.m. Contemporary in Chapel
- 11:00 a.m. Traditional in Sanctuary
Summer Fun
- July: Pool Party
- Dive into the fun at our annual swimming party at Garfield Pool on July 22, 6-8 p.m. Bring a snack to share. You can cool down with some splashy fun, or just sit by the water and visit with your fellow land-lovers.
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 Seeking Bell Choir Director
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In Worship This Week:
Message:
Living Questionable Lives: Blessing
Rev. Jeff Clinger, Lead Pastor
Scripture:
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| Click image to view archived worship services, or to worship with us online every Sunday. |
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 Prayer Covenant Churches
The Topeka District of the Great Plains Conference has arranged a covenant calendar to ensure all churches in our connection are held in prayer by the others. We pray for a different church each week. Check this newsletter for our next prayer covenant church, and join us in prayer for them as another church joins in prayer for us.
Prayer Covenant Church for the week:
Highland Park UMC, Topeka |
 Midweek Meditation
Looking for a quiet and safe space to escape from the craziness of the week? Midweek meditation is 30 minutes of silence, reflection, prayer, and communion. We offer this time as a chance to reconnect and recharge every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Chapel. All are welcome to this time of worship.
We will have no midweek meditation next Wednesday, July 4 as we celebrate Independence Day.
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Our church nursery is a thriving place! |
Nursery Staff or Volunteers Needed
The church nursery is a fun and thriving place. If you love to hold babies or play with toddlers, keep reading! If you know someone who is good with kids and would like a part time job, forward this information! Our church Nursery would like to add one to two new people to our current staff and volunteers. We are hiring for 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. every Sunday. To be hired as nursery staff, they must be at least 16 years old and have experience working with children.
Nursery volunteers can be age 15-115! Contact Allison Brewer, Director of Children's Discipleship, for more information. There are occasional sitting opportunities available throughout the year, too.
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 Sponsor a Family for Summer Adventures at Topeka First UMC
Children's Discipleship activities are a wonderful way to introduce others to the love of God! We are opening our church to children and families from our community for Children's Discipleship Summer Adventures. Would you help a new family encounter Jesus by sponsoring t-shirts and meals? Thirty dollars will cover an entire family! Or, see Allison if you would like to help with deferring the cost of meals or t-shirts for an entire weekend. Thank you for helping make this a great experience!
Invite your friends and neighbors to our Summer Adventures on these dates:
- June 29 and 30: Rolling River Rampage Vacation Bible School
- Friday, June 29, 5-7:30 p.m.: Family Friday Night
- Saturday, June 30, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Nursery and Programming for 3-year-olds through 6th graders
- July 27 and 28: Summer Adventure Camp--Art, Science, Sports, and More!
- Friday July 27, 5-7:30 p.m.: Family Friday Night
- Saturday, July 28, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Nursery and Programming for 3-year-olds through 6th graders
Contact Allison Brewer, Director of Children's Discipleship, for more information and to volunteer!
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Summer Sundays for Children
Traditional Sunday school has paused for the summer. In its place, children will join their families for worship and have opportunities to help with different elements of worship. Families may pick up worship bulletins and activities at the entrances to the Chapel and Sanctuary.
During worship, children may go with volunteers to a short time of age-appropriate lessons in the Celebration Room. This Summer Worship Readiness class is available for children age 3 through those going into 2nd grade. The teacher will meet the children at the back of the Sanctuary or Chapel before the sermon and will return with the children in time for the offering.
The nursery will remain open during all worship services for children 4 and younger.
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Upcoming Youth Events
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10 a.m.
One worship service in the Sanctuary & lunch after
Congregation, there will be buckets at each door as you enter or leave the Sanctuary. Please consider donating your pocket change to purchase construction supplies for our Alaska Trip.
Our group will work to help finish the inside of a church building. A congregation has purchased a warehouse in which we will help transform into a worship space. We will be sheet rocking, mudding, taping, painting, hanging ceilings, building Sunday School classrooms, supply shelves and whatever else comes up. Their members will be cooking for us during the week as we help to make their dreams come true by building their church in Fairbanks, Alaska. It won't be all work. We will take one day to be in the community. We will hike & visit Pioneer Park. We may even get the opportunity to pan for gold. For the first time ever, we will be living at the work site during the week and we will have over 20 hours of daylight each day. Our leaders on site are two families that have at total of 5 small children. They are very familiar with Alaska and are experienced in mission construction work. The first leg of our journey will take 7 1/2 hours on July 8th, please pray for us as we take this mission trip with 16 youth & 7 adults.
- Sunday, July 8
- Youth leave for Alaska Mission Trip
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| Youth create masterpieces for their lesson in Sunday School using starch, alum, water, straws, paint and rakes. You can view these next Sunday in the youth area of the Celebration Room. |
Thank you to Dori Murphy; Bill & Cindy Naeger and Mark Smith for helping youth realize
they are God's masterpieces.
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