April 15th, 2022
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SERVICE UPDATE:
There will be two in-person and online services this Sunday as well as a Sunrise Service at East Bay Camp!
Sunrise Service: At 6:00am bus transportation will be provided. Please meet at Wesley Church!
Traditional: 9:00am, Contemporary 11:30am
Nursery available from 8:35am - 12:45pm
Donuts and refreshments will be available in the Garden Room!
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Easter Egg Hunt!
Join the Easter Egg Hunt During Children's Church this Sunday! Both services will host an egg hunt with Kathi Pritts. Don't let your little ones miss out!o
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Sunrise Service: At 6:00am bus transportation will be provided. Please meet at Wesley Church East Parking Lot.
You are also invited to join us for the baptism of Sidney Schottland directly after sunrise.
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We will have two busses available for transportation from the church at 6:00am. One will return back to Bloomington directly after Sunrise Service. The other will bring those home who wish to stay for Sidney Schottland's baptism. If you are driving on your own, simply go to East Bay Camp and you will see the signs for Sunrise Worship & Egg Hunt (as shown above). |
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Nursery available from 8:35am - 12:45pm
Donuts and refreshments will be available in the Garden Room!
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Sunday's Sermon: Easter Sunday
6:00am Ecumenical Service at Second Presbyterian Church
To view a recording of the service, please CLICK HERE
9:00am Traditional Service: Then They Remembered His Words…
With Reverend Sara L. Isbell
11:30am Contemporary Service: Run and Tell- He Is Risen!
With Reverend Tanya Edwards-Evans
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This Week's Attendance
Traditional: 208 Contemporary: 113
Sunday School: 105
Lord's Prayer Studies: 200
Online views since Sunday: 339
Unique views: 174
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#BeUMC honors the core values that connect the people of The United Methodist Church. No matter the challenges we face, God is with us, and we continue to have opportunities to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world! Click the image to read more on #BeUMC!
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(United Methodist Committee on Relief)
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United Methodists and others wishing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country may contribute to UMCOR International Disaster Response and Recovery. Write “Advance #982450-Ukraine” on the memo line of your check or in the “other ministries” notes under UMCOR.
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As of March 1, Wesley began following the guidelines set by Governor Pritzker and made face-masks optional (but still welcome!) for persons in our building. At this time, masks will still be required for persons working directly with (unvaccinated) children and persons using the bus/van. Thank you for your patience and flexibility during this time. For all of the information on Wesley's policies and health guidelines concerning COVID please click here. |
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Friday, April 15th & Sunday, April 17th |
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“Not Thy Will, But Thine Be Done” (Luke 22:42)
This year the Passion of our Lord concludes our study of The Lord’s Prayer.
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Good Friday Service
Tonight at 7:00 pm
at Wesley Church
Wesley service of Tenebrae
Remembering Christ's crucifixion
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Easter Sunday Services
This Sunday!
At Wesley Church
No Children's Sunday School or Adult Sunday School. Youth classes will still meet.
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There will be two services this week which we will also live stream on our YouTube channel. There will be a traditional service at 9:00am and a contemporary service directly following at 11:30am
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THERE IS NEVER A FEE TO USE YOUTUBE
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No Children’s Sunday School
or Adult Sunday School on Easter Sunday.
Youth classes will still meet.
In Wesley’s elementary Sunday school programming, an Orange© philosophy and strategy is central. We believe that two combined influences make a greater impact than just two individual influences.
The ParentCue.org is an amazing resource that also uses the OrangeⒸ philosophy for teaching our children! Weekly activities and devotionals are offered to guide kids to trust Jesus. All of this is aimed at being done in a way that changes how they see God, themselves, and the rest of the world.
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Sunday School Nursery
Room 117
8:45am - 12:45pm
NOT MEETING THIS SUNDAY
We are meeting in-person! Ms. Liz will send out the Sunday Experience Link and coloring page on Sunday morning. Masks are required by all leaders and encouraged for kids (ages 3-5) in preschool ministries.
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Children's Church
Wesley Hall
9:00am - 10:00am
NOT MEETING THIS SUNDAY
We look forward to gathering online for our Children's Sunday School if you aren't able to make it in person at Wesley Hall! Click the email link below for information and as always, please stay safe!
Contact Kathi Pritts for the zoom link at:
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Jr. High Class
6/7 Grade Boys Group Rm
10:15am - 11:15am
Wesley's Youth team is so excited to see you again this Sunday! Click the email link below for information and as always, please stay safe. For those joining us, we'll see you this Sunday!
Contact Kelsey Ross for additional information at:
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W.I.S.E.
Wesley Hall
10:15am - 11:15am
NOT MEETING THIS SUNDAY
W.I.S.E. (Wesley Intergenerational School Experience) is where families learn together, strengthen the bonds of family and faith, and have conversations of faith. W.I.S.E. begins in Wesley Hall and then moves to rooms 21-30.
Contact Kathi Pritts for more information at:
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Children's Church
Wesley Hall
11:30am - 12:30pm
NOT MEETING THIS SUNDAY
We look forward to gathering online for our Children's Sunday School if you aren't able to make it in person at Wesley Hall! Click the email link below for information and as always, please stay safe!
Contact Kathi Pritts for the zoom link at:
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Sr. High School
Sr. High Lounge
10:15am - 11:15am
Wesley's Youth team is so excited to see you again this Sunday! Click the email link below for information and as always, please stay safe. For those joining us, we'll see you this Sunday!
Contact Kelsey Ross for additional information at:
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NOT MEETING THIS SUNDAY
Please click below to join us online or in-person at Wesley (Gathering in the Lounge) for Adult Sunday School with "The Lord's Prayer" at Wesley. 10:15-11:15am
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Please sign up before using the zoom link so we know to expect you. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon! |
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Current Donations Needed:
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Drop-off of paper products can be placed in the bin across from the Garden Room.
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OUR NEXT DISTRIBUTION IS THIS SATURDAY AT 8:00AM
Join us at Wesley West this Saturday from 8:00am-11:30am and help nearly 400 local families with their basic paper product needs!
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Wesley celebrates 50 years of our amazing Rummage Sale! This year, Wesley's annual Rummage Sale is coming to the Interstate Center in April and we would like to get the ball rolling! We will need volunteers and donations to get it started. For more information, click here!
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The APRIL 23rd Annual Rummage Sale is rapidly approaching and we are excited to host it again!
Ways YOU can help make this rummage sale a success:
- You can clean out your closets, basements, garages, etc.!
Drop offs to the Interstate Center are as follows:
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Monday, April 18
Tuesday, April 19
Wednesday, April 20
Thursday, April 21
We Will Unload Your Vehicle
Saturday, April 23
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Noon – 9PM
9AM – 9PM
9AM – 9PM
9AM – 9 PM
We Will Unload Your Vehicle
SALE DAY!
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COORDINATORS NEEDED!
We are in desperate need for Accessories and Housekeeping coordinators. Please contact Sharon Trowitch immediately to volunteer at the sale next Saturday!
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Jewelry Wanted!
The jewelry department of the Rummage Sale would love any gold & silver items that you may have sitting in a box on a shelf! Pieces that you wouldn’t expect, like real gold and silver single earrings, broken chains, tiny chains, and out of style pieces, can be melted down to create a profit for the Rummage Sale. In 2021, $1,200 was made just from these items alone! Please consider bringing your broken gold and silver items, as well as costume jewelry, during regular drop off times during the sale week.
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As a reminder
Donation drop off for the Rummage Sale begins Monday April 18th at 12:00pm at the Interstate Center! If you have furniture or other large items that you would like to donate and need assistance getting them to the Interstate Center please contact Chuck Knudson ASAP so that he can get you on the schedule. You can also call him at (309) 838-1182.
The following items WILL NOT be accepted for donation at the Interstate Center OR for pick up during the week: cribs, mattresses, paint or paint thinner, chemicals, electronics that do not work, TV’s unless they are flat screen, car seats more than 5 years old, anything with Freon (air conditioners, dehumidifiers ...), and large exercise equipment.
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Ladies Outreach and Lunch (LOL) Circle
The LOL Circle meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. This coming Monday, we will meet at a local restaurant for lunch and Christian fellowship. For more info, please contact Nancy Erickson
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Join us for Wednesdays at Wesley!
(please check email on Tuesdays for possible cancellations)
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Explore a fresh and timely interpretation of Jesus’ most popular teaching parables in our upcoming book study. We will be in the Lounge beginning on Sunday, April 24th from 10:15-11:00am.
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus' stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.
Your families and friends are more than welcome to join!! Click here to view all of our current book studies.
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The Recent Art Club Meeting in April! |
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Wesley's Art Club ROCKS!!
The Wesley Art Club recently met for the April gathering and we did rock painting! So many fun people with great ideas and developing talent. Thank you so much for making yet another gathering at Wesley such a fun time.
For information on the next Art Club meeting, please contact Kathi Pritts!
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The men's group book study is held every Wednesday from Noon to 1:00pm. This study is held off-site from Wesley, but if you would like to join, please feel free to reach out! |
To acquire additional information about The United Methodist Men, please contact Bruce Deason.
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Surge is preparing for the upcoming summer with lots of plans! Check out what is coming up:
Our Hometown Mission week #ServingBloNo is June 3rd - 8th , open to all Jr. High and High School students. Cost is $75.
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We look forward to #SurgeSummer every year, and we would love to have you! For questions about our Summer events, please contact:
Kelsey Ross (618) 558-0748.
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Church & Society
Church and Society’s goal is to address issues of poverty, climate, health, peace, civil and human rights, and racial justice.
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Thank you for all of your support throughout the year!
Throughout the month of April, we have a very special collection.
Fast Food Gift Cards
for the
Pastors' Discretionary Fund
McDonalds - Subway - Taco Bell - Arbys - ETC
$10-15.00 Amounts are preferred
The Just One Box has a secure place for the gift cards or
they may be placed in the collection plate on Sundays
The weekend of the Rummage Sale, Tiarra Grant will take any donations in the Reception Office as the donation boxes in the hall will not be available.
As Always, Church & Society THANKS YOU for your support
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In memory of:
Kevin Smith:
Kevin Radliff Smith, died unexpectedly April 2, 2022. He was 67-years old, and a resident of Bloomington, IL.
Alice Cerullo:
Alice K. Cerullo, 86 of Bloomington, passed away Friday April 1, 2022 at her residence.
Maxie Scifres
Maxie passed away Tuesday, March 30. Maxie is the wife of Sam Scifres, mother of Leigh Kiesewetter, mother-in-law of our Choir Director Ron Kiesewetter.
Richard Plimpton
Richard passed on Friday, March 25th. This visitation will be on Tuesday, April 19 from 10-11am in the Garden Room here at Wesley Church followed by a funeral service at 11:00 in the Sanctuary.
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Please keep the families and friends of Kevin, Alice, Maxie, and Richard in your prayers through these troubling times.
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Hospital Visits
As healthcare facilities are beginning to allow area clergy to visit patients again, please remember to notify the Church office or a pastor when you or a loved one are admitted to a local hospital. Hospitals are not currently allowing churches to inquire about their congregants' inpatient status or room number. We will not know if you have been admitted to the hospital unless you give us a call.
If you have news to share with the Wesley family let us know by clicking HERE or calling 309-827-8046.
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The 7 Last Words of Jesus Christ |
The IGRC chapter of Black Methodists for Church Renewal will present for the second year in a row The Seven Last Words of Christ. The video will premiere at 9 a.m. April 15 and be available from that time forward.
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Speakers for the service include:
· Rev. Laron Stover, East St. Louis Trinity UMC – "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
· Rev. Gifty Smith, – “Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
· Rev. Tanya Edwards-Evans, Associate Pastor, Bloomington Wesley UMC – “Woman, behold, thy son! Behold thy mother!”
· Rev. Arthur Francis, Belleville Signal Hill UMC – “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?”
· Rev. Bobby Davis, Divernon-Pawnee-Thayer UMC’s – “I thirst”
· Rev. Aletha Weatherall, Atlanta-Ebenezer-Hopedale UMC’s – “It is finished.”
· Rev. Sylvester Weatherall, Normal Calvary UMC – “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit”
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Illinois State University’s Center for Math, Science and Technology and the ISU Office of Sustainability invite campus and community members to The Green Screen. Films feature a different topic each month, with a focus on the global climate change crisis.
Final movie:
April 19, 2022 – 2040
Director, Damon Gameau
Released 2019
Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker’s daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
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Girl Scouts Meet at Wesley Every First and Third Thursday!
If you know or are someone who would like to join in building courage, confidence, and character, while making the world a better place, please feel free to contact Liz Tomera to learn about Girl Scouts!
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Cub Scouts Meet at Wesley Every Second and Forth Thursday!
Cub Scouting is part of the worldwide Scouting movement and aims to promote character development, citizenship training, personal fitness, and leadership. For more information, please email Andrea Kane
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Boy Scouts Meet at Wesley Every Monday!
Troop 918 works hard to prepare our youth to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. For more information on BSA, please feel free to contact Ken Anderson.
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This year's Scout Summer Youth Camp theme is WILD WILD WEST!
Camp dates are from June 12-17th at the awesome Comlara Park in Hudson, IL! Cub scouts of all ranks absolutely LOVE this yearly event and your scout has the opportunity to earn badges, see friends, make new friends, and experience all the unique scouting activities we have to offer!
We would love for your Boy Scouts to volunteer a day or more at our camp this year as well. To take advantage of this youth leadership opportunity, please have them contact Bloomington Cub Scout Camp Director Meghan Hillebrandt and we can get them placed in a position that they can excel in helping with!
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The IGRC Disaster Response committee is offering two events and trainings this spring. |
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May 9th & 10th: Connecting Neighbors Online Training
from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm each evening
Please go to:
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There is no registration fee for this gathering. The agenda will include an introduction of the Connecting Neighbors ministry, Early Response Team overview, sessions on preparing your local community and using strategic partners, opportunities through Midwest Mission to help grow your church and increase mission activity, and on-site service opportunities.
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THANK YOU!
We have received tremendous financial support through these uncertain times. We are SO grateful to our congregation for giving generously and stepping forward in FAITH! There are many ways to GIVE from the safety and comfort of your home. CLICK HERE to submit your offering online, TEXT "$__ OFFERING" to 309.822.4442, or mail your offering to the church:
Wesley United Methodist Church
502 East Front Street
Bloomington, IL 61701
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CONTACTING WESLEY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM!
Do you have a story or upcoming event that you would like to share with Wesley Church? GREAT- We love hearing from you about your good news!
Please email John Perry to make an appointment for a call or office visit.
Appointment times are as follows:
Monday and Friday
Available via email only
9:00am - 3:00pm
Tuesday-Thursday
Available via email, in-person, or phone
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Deadline for newsletter information is Wednesdays at noon.
Deadline for newsletter revisions is Thursday at noon.
Information received after these times will show in the following week.
SHOW YOUR DEVOTION!
We are currently looking for Wesley members to do quick 5-minute devotion videos. We make it easy and convenient by doing all the recording for you! Contact Ben Lash to schedule a date to record.
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The offerings you make to Wesley UMC are the source for all the wonderful things we do in our communities. Click the Wesley Give image and share the possibilities of a better day with our local friends and families |
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Wesley Emergency Number after Office Hours:
Rev. Sara L. Isbell 217.299.4870
Wesley United Methodist Church:
502 E. Front Street
Bloomington, IL 61701
Office 309.827.8046
You can also visit us on Facebook, instagram, twitter, and YouTube
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