Weekly Messenger - February 18, 2022 |
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Making and nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ to serve the community and the world |
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Don't Let Good Shame Go to Waste
There are a handful of emotions people would do nearly anything to not talk about. Shame is one of them. Our feelings of shame tell us we've disappointed reasonable expectations we hold for ourselves or violated our own self-chosen values.
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UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICES |
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Sunday Worship Service - February 20, 2022
Pastor Rob Hamilton Preaches, Even the Best Make Mistakes
David was now comfortable, too comfortable. He was without challenge. In his ease he wandered away from God. The wandering of his heart, led to wandering eyes, which lead to a rape, coverup, manslaughter and this displeased the Lord. David gets called out on this and he repents, but he still has to live with the consequences of his action and they are tragic. But even with such a hard fall from grace, God was able to still use David and history remembers him as the greatest king of all time.
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Our Services are in-person and livestreamed
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BLESSING TABLES FOR FEBRUARY 20
This week's blessing tables themes include kid's games, a Hiking/Biking/Walking/Jogging table with Cara Dreler, Mike Popplewell & Katie Howell. Kenya table with Pastor Lisa Telomen, and "How to Lead" table with Sharon Anderson, and a general conversation table.
If anyone has a hobby or if anyone wants to highlight a church activity or committee just email Keith Bowgren at kbowgren@gmail.com and we will get you plugged in. New and different tables every Sunday with Children & Youth games each week.
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CHILDRENS MINISTRY UPDATE
The children have been learning about Moses and completing our session this Sunday with creations of their own Arc of the Covenant and ten commandments made of stone! We also made valentines and get well cards to our sick Sunday School teachers. We miss you!
YOUTH MINISTRY UPDATE
Save the Date - Feb 27 - Snow Day - On Sunday, February 27, from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm we will be meeting up with youth from Baker Memorial UMC and Batavia UMC for an amazing outdoor Snow Day at Wheeler Park. There will be snowmen, snow art, competitions, hot chocolate, and more. We are banking on the weather cooperating and giving us plenty of snow that weekend, but we will have contingencies in place as well. Sign up for this event here tinyurl.com/tricityyouthsnowday.
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EVENTS AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT 7 PM VIA ZOOM |
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FRIENDLY VISITORS INFORMATION MEETING
At 10:15am after worship on this Sunday, February 20 at the front of the Santuary, Rod Yarger and Nancie Lillie, coordinators for our Friendly Visitor program, invite you to learn more about the program. At present, our church has a need for more Friendly Visitors for homebound members and others. This informational meeting can help you know how you can support and maybe even consider becoming a Friendly Visitor. The location for gathering will be in the February 20 worship bulletin.
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It's time to order Easter flowers. Look for this order in our bulletins in a few weeks and you can also pick one up in the church office. You can also open this form, fill out save and email to Debbie Sampiller. |
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The Rummage sale is scheduled for the weekend after Easter this year and is the same weekend as the Geneva City-Wide Garage Sale.
For questions, please call Bobbi Alderfer 630-272-9445, Jenean Larsen 847-707-6598 or Wendy McKeehan 630-310-9861.
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Pastor Rob’s Lenten Book Study and Sermon Discussion of The Walk by Adam Hamilton will take place during Adult Sunday School Class time on Sundays 10:30am-11:30am. Please order your own copy The Walk: Five Essential Practices of the Christian Life from your favorite bookseller or contact the church office and we can order a copy for you. First session begins Sunday, March 6. Please read the introduction and chapter 1 before the first session. Zoom sign-in information will be shared next week.
Click on image to view video introduction.
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TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR WITNESS AT THE CROSS BOOK STUDY
Please join the Tri-City Methodist Churches (Batavia UMC, Geneva UMC, and St. Charles Baker Memorial UMC) as we prepare to experience Good Friday in a deeper way. We are offering a Zoom Lenten study which will be meeting on Tuesdays March 8-April 12 from 7-8pm. Pastor Mary Zajac of Baker Memorial UMC will be the facilitator and we'll be utilizing the book Witness At The Cross by A.J. Levine. We will not be utilizing all of the information from the book each week, so books are optional. They can be purchased from Cokesbury or Amazon. Sign up at: tinyurl.com/tricityLentStudy22
The Early Bird Men's Fellowship will be also be studying this book starting March 10. Join them on Thursdays at 7:00 am at Colonial Restaurant on the corner of Route 64 and Tyler Road in St. Charles. For more information, contact Jim McConnell.
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Spirits & Studies is taking a break until we begin our Lenten Study, Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America. This study will begin on Tuesday, March 8 at 6:30pm. For more information contact Rev. Mary Gay McKinney
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2022 Church Council Book Study
The congregation is invited to join the Church Council in a monthly book study as we learn a new leadership posture for ministry and life by reading How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going: Leading in a Liminal Season, by Susan Beaumont. The sessions will begin on February 22 at 7pm and continue for the first 30 minutes or so every regular Church Council meeting of 2022.
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Once again thank you to pastors, Spirited Women and the congregation for all the prayers, cards, and phone calls during recovery from my injury. I don't know why, but I'm amazed at the kindness and thoughtfulness of our church members.
Sincerely,
Ann Erickson
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Thank you for your contributions for our ASP Chocolate Covered Strawberries fundraiser! We had great youth participation within our UMCG Youth Group and our ASP volunteers that do not attend our church. It was great to see the kids bonding already and seeing who loves to cook, decorate, and clean up afterwards! We sold/made double the amount of chocolate covered strawberries as we did last year. We raised enough to pay for 2 out of 6 van rentals! Thank you again for supporting our 42 volunteers help the people of the Appalachian Mountain region to have warmer, safer, and drier homes! |
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Global Ministries EarthKeepers 2022 Trainings Open
Global Ministries EarthKeepers is a training program that equips U.S.-based United Methodists to launch and grow environmental projects in their communities. Topics include eco-theology, anti-racism, community organizing, and project planning. Spring classes are March 18 - April 2 online (application deadline March 1). Summer classes are July 18 - August 11 online (application deadline June 30). Find out more information here.
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NEWS FROM THE UMC COMMUNITY |
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Prairie Central eNews is here
The NIC weekly eNews is here.
The NIC February is available here.
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ACCESS THE UMCG DOCUMENT CENTER |
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UMCG has a hidden page on the website for our church family to access called the Document Center. This includes our committee roster, communications submission forms and in the future, our committee agendas, reports and minutes. |
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SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION FOR MESSENGER AND CALENDARS |
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Submit information each week by Wednesday at 12pm for inclusion in Bulletin Announcements or the Weekly Messenger. Please use the submission form. This form can also be found on the sign-ups page on our website. You may also send them to communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Debbie, and Lorie.
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