June 2015 VIEWS - Vermont Street United Methodist Church

Vermont Street
Views
May 27, 2015
Vacation
Bible
School
June 22 - 26
6 - 8pm
Monday - Friday
Friday 6 - 9pm
Vermont Street
United Methodist Church
818 Vermont Street
Quincy, IL 62301
217-222-7468
Rev. Patty Johansen
www.vsumc.org
open minds...
open hearts...
open doors...
Sunday Worship Schedule
Classic Worship 9 am
Sunday School 10 am
Contemporary Worship 11 am
Our purpose is to connect
people with Jesus Christ.
Contact Betsy Rush at 617-3430 or
[email protected]
or Jennifer Brown at 577-4333 or
[email protected] with
any questions or to volunteer!
Donations of plain white sheets and
camping supplies are needed
for decorating (leave in church office).
And don’t miss Friday June 26 with our first
“VBS Family Fun Night”
Open to VBS Kids and Family
Includes fun games, prizes, bounce house, face
tattoos, fresh cotton candy, cookout,
and VBS Kids performance.
Kids will go out in shifts during VBS to play
games and participate in activities 6 - 8pm,
with an extended hour from 8 - 9pm
for free time at the carnival.
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Vermont Street UMC Staff
Rev. Patty Johansen, Pastor
[email protected]
Ray Gilmer, Discipleship Director
[email protected]
Dr. Ann Behrens, Organist/Music Coordinator
[email protected]
Stacy Taylor, Praise Team Director
Jean Murray, Handbell Choir Director
Russell Goodell, Pianist
Hope Tucker, Secretary/Adm. Asst.
[email protected]
May 27, 2015
Next Views schedule:
Views deadline: June 17
Views mailed: June 24
April Budget Fund Report
Beginning
$66,047.17
Income
$31,531.95
Expenses
$39,341.98
Ending Balance
$58,237.14
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Total
Sunday
School
49
211
70
182
55
237
64
May 17
165
53
218
61
May 24
136
58
194
55
Date
9 am 11am
May 3
162
May 10
Al Jones, Custodian
Tanya Beth, Preschool Director
Jerry Carnivale, Business Manager
[email protected]
Jean Barnes, Nursery Staff
Tech Team: Tim Beth, Kelly McElroy, Ryan McElroy, Amy McCallister
VOLUNTEERS FOR JUNE
June 9am Ushers: Kelly McElroy, Randy Hughes, Dan Buckley,
Charles Jones, John Bunting, Barney Bier, Rich Babey
Gathering Place:
June 7: Bob & Joyce McDonough
June 14: Rick & Carol Parise
Liturgists:
June 21: Randy & Jan Krutmeier
June 7: 9am Beth Buckley
June 28: Suzi Duker
Sunday Stewards:
June 7: Hal Oakley
June 14: Chris Larson
June 21: Paul Mugerditchian
June 28: Paul Mugerditchian
11am Karen Anderson
June 14: 9 am Suzi Duker
11am Ray Gilmer
June 21: 9&11am Deb Wellborn
June 28: 9am Pat Dillon
11am Ray Gilmer
Greeters:
June 7: (9 am) Dave & Emily Lewis, Suzi Duker, Joan Beasley
(11 am) Gary Livesay & Valerie Vlahakis
June 14: (9 am) Alan & Judy VanDeBoe, Jay & Linda Sade
(11 am) Mike & Barb Klingner
June 21: (9 am) Dennis & Jennifer Dempsey, Kay Dodds,
Colleen Anderson
(11 am) Mike & Barb Klingner
June 28: (9am) Greta Read, Vicky Connors, Jim & Cathy Stebor
(11 am) Chris & Kim Larson and family
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Communion Stewards June 7:
on
(9 am) Kelly & Priscilla McElroy
facebook
(11 am) Chris & Kim Larson
The worship services in June will focus
on the commandment that appears
most frequently in the Bible:
Do not be afraid!
Sunday, June 7, 2015
(Second Sunday after Pentecost)
Text: John 14:25-31a
Title: Do Not Be Afraid: Peace
Holy Communion will be served
at both services (intinction)
Sunday, June 14, 2015
(Third Sunday after Pentecost)
Text: Hebrews 13:1-8
Title: Do Not Be Afraid: Confidence
Sunday, June 21, 2015
(Fourth Sunday after Pentecost)
Text: Psalm 27
Title: Do Not Be Afraid: Of Anyone
Sunday, June 28, 2015
(Fifth Sunday after Pentecost)
Rev. Doug Rorex, preacher
LaMoine River District Superintendent
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May 27, 2015
BRIGHT START
PRESCHOOL
Water is such a blessing each and
A ministry of Vermont Street Church
every day and, of course, it's essential
to food production. Thanks to your support, we
We are now taking registrations
now have our new water line installed. Many of the
for the 2015/2016 school year.
early plantings are yielding well - spinach, radishes,
Registration is easy!
kale, leaf and small head lettuce, and sugar snap
peas. A planting day held May 23 for our remaining
2015 crops will fill the rest of our available space.
Simply fill out a registration form and submit
The firehouse next door will be using two beds this it with your $25 registration fee to hold a spot
year. Thank you for the many positive comments
for your child. Forms available in the church
about this mission project. - Jim and Elaine Sours
office or on our website:
www.vsumc.org/children
We have two classes available with a
maximum enrollment per class of 16
students with 2 teachers.
Our 3 year old class meets 3 days a week
(Tue-Thur) 8:45am-11:15am. $70/month.
Our 4 year old class meets 4 days a week
(Mon-Thur) 8:45am-11:15am. $90/
month. THIS CLASS IS ALMOST FULL!
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Please contact Tanya Beth, Director,
for more information or to schedule a visit!
Leave a message at the
preschool 222-6586,
or during the summer
months you may call
her home 222-5824.
AMONG OUR FOLKS
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Notes of Thanks
Thank you so much to our
Vermont Street family for your
kind words, cards, calls, and
prayers during the recent loss
of Dan’s father and my
grandmother. - Evie Conrad
The Mississippi Valley
Garden Club planted beautiful
flowers in front of the church.
They meet the 3rd Monday of
the month in Café Vermont.
Thank you Kelly and the Club!
Dear Friends: I want to thank
all for your prayers, calls and
kind words since the death of
my daughter, Elizabeth Jane
Albers-Macdonald.
- Lois Croxton
Birth Announcement
Franklin Jay Scibilia was born
to Meredith & Sam Scibilia on
April 24. Grandparents: Jim &
Cathy Stebor.
Baptism
Claire Leann Morrison,
daughter of Chris & Kim
Morrison and sister of Amilya,
was baptized on May 3.
With Sympathy
Betty Kuehl, 92, passed away
on May 15 in Broomfield, CO.
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UMW NEWS
Congratulations to the 2015
Woman of the Year: Sissy Speak
SUMMER has arrived !
UMW does not meet in the summer,
so enjoy your summer break!
May 27, 2015
Evangelism News
REACHING NEW PEOPLE
WORKSHOP
Have you ever wished that someone could
teach you better ways to connect with new
people in the community? Have you ever
wondered what you could do to connect
people with Jesus Christ?
RED CROSS DINNER
Thursday, June 11 serve at 5:30pm Save this date: Sunday, Sept. 27,
We will need everyone to help prepare and serve!
Please contact Loretta Hyslop at 223-7137
or email at [email protected]
This is the annual awards & recognition dinner of
the local chapter of the American Red Cross,
which serves many area counties.
The event is hosted by the UMW every year.
We will need servers to carry plates to tables
“quickly”, food prepping , line servers,
drink waiters and clean up help/dish washers.
6 pm - 8:30 pm at Vermont Street UMC.
Rev. Mike Crawford (Coordinator for
Congregational Development) will be
leading a workshop called “Reaching New
People”, and he will help us find answers to
these questions. It’s a free workshop, one
that’s appropriate for youth to attend, and
one that’s significant for adults of all ages to
attend. We’ll discover that oftentimes,
reaching new people is (in big part) a matter
of changing our attitudes about and reasons
for what we do in life. More info will be
available in coming months, but for now,
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Mission U
July 31 - Aug. 2 & Aug. 2-5 in Springfield, IL
Loretta Hyslop, Kathy Emerick & Joyce
McDonough are attending the weekday school as
district officers. All Women 12 to 100 years of age
are invited to attend. The topics are Happiness,
People & Faith in Latin America & the Church &
People with Disabilities. Call Loretta for details at
223-7137.
Awards - Our unit has received the Rainbow Unit
Award, the Mission Love Unit Award & the Spirit
Service Award. Congratulations everyone!
NEWCOMERS WELCOME and
GET TO KNOW VSUMC
On Sunday, June 14, newcomers to VSUMC will
be invited to gather with Pastor Johansen at
10:10 am in the Gathering Place for a “Newcomers’
Welcome”, a time to get acquainted, to take a tour
of the building, and to answer questions that our
newcomers may have about the church.
Nominations - The slate of officers was presented. The following month, on Sunday, July 12 at
Vicky Connors moved & Sissy Speak seconded that
we accept the slate of officers. Motion carried.
Installation will be December 1.
We Work and Love
in Fellowship Together
5 pm, newcomers will be invited to attend “Get to
Know VSUMC”, a time with the Pastor to discuss
the beliefs of United Methodist Christians, to
explore ministries of the church, and to talk about
membership in the church.
If you have a connection with newcomers to
VSUMC, please encourage them to participate in
these two opportunities.
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Mission Notes
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May 27, 2015
ORDINATION:
A HIGH AND HOLY TIME OF THE CHURCH
SAVE THE CHANGE
As we move toward June, I always look forward to
Save the Change on April 26 brought in an
Annual Conference, our yearly gathering of lay and
additional $141 during worship for The
clergy people, to be about the work of the Church
Forgotten Initiative. Save the Change
through worship, prayer, conversation, scripture study,
singing, reporting and decision-making, and
happens on the last Sunday of each month, so
celebrating our ministries.
look for it again on May 31 and June 28. Bring
The service of Ordination is especially significant, a
some extra change and help the kids learn
time
when we set apart women and men who have
that it takes everyone working together to
been called by God, to serve as Deacons or Elders in
make a difference in people’s lives.
the Church, set apart by the laying on of hands by our
Bishop and by the prayers of the people.
WOW – WOMEN OF THE WORD
This year Cory Blackwell will be ordained a Deacon of
WOW continues to meet the needs of women
The United Methodist Church. Cory calls Vermont
Street
Church his church home. He grew up in the faith
for some social time and as an opportunity to
in
this church, felt God’s call upon his life, and
serve the least of God’s people in our city.
answered that call. His ordination service will be a
Any woman is welcome, and you are
high and holy moment for him,
encouraged to bring a friend who may not be
a time he will remember the rest of his life.
connected to any church, to enjoy the
You are invited to attend Cory’s ordination service! It
fellowship and the good feeling of supporting
would mean so much to him to have people from
VSUMC come to support him during this time. The
the needs of people in the community. And we
service will be Friday, June 12, 2015 at 7 pm at the
continue to collect items for various mission/
Peoria Civic Center, Halls B & C. There will be a
social service agencies in Quincy.
reception following the ordination, for Cory and the
other ordinands, in Hall D.
The group meets at Sprouts Inn, and the
I cherish the memory of my ordination in 1983, and I
upcoming gatherings will be Monday, June 29
trust that Cory’s ordination will become as powerful a
and Monday July 27, both at 6 pm. Please
memory for him in the years to come. Let us all pray
that he will have many, many years of joyful service
contact Pat Wallace (209-3690 or
for our Lord Jesus as he serves as a
[email protected]) to reserve your
Deacon in The United Methodist Church.
space at the table by 9 am the morning of
- Rev. Patty Johansen
the dinner. Donations of canned good in June
will benefit Horizons, and donations of paper
PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH GOD
products (paper towels, toilet paper, facial
Prayers for New People will continue on
tissue) in July will benefit Well House.
Tuesdays, 12:15-12:45 pm in the VSUMC chapel.
As we break for the summer, I would like
to thank the Chancel Choir for an
amazing season. We will resume practice
on September 9 (the Wednesday after
Labor Day.)
We need volunteers for Special Music
during the summer months. Please
contact me at 223-3205 or email:
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
- Ann Behrens
Even if you can’t make it to the church, you are
encouraged to pray for new people. Pastor Johansen
has some prayer points to help you pray, if you are so
inclined. If you come to the chapel, you’ll find this
to be a time for personal prayer, as people unite their
hearts and minds on this focus.
The people of our district (LaMoine River District) are
asked to be in prayer for Annual Conference on
Wednesday, June 10 in the afternoon, during the time
of the Clergy Session and the Laity Session. Voting for
delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences in
2016 will be conducted at these sessions, and
your participation in bathing this time in prayer
would be appreciated.
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CONGRATULATIONS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES!
Alice Keller Gorman is the daughter of Brett
and Debbie Gorman. While attending Quincy
Senior High School, Alice served as President of
National Honor Society, All-School
Corresponding Secretary for Student Council
and Executive Representative for Beta Club.
She was also involved in the QHS music
department, participating in Concert
Orchestra, the string pop group “Wired”,
Concert Choir, Madrigal Choir, Show Choir,
New Faces and fall musicals. Alice was a
member of Frontline and served as Drum
Major for the QHS Marching Blue Devils this
year. She has been active at the Quincy
Community Theatre since the 5th grade. Alice
was awarded a Presidential scholarship to
Wheaton College where she will be majoring
in English.
Georges Messan is the son of Justin and
Nathalie Messan. He came to the U.S. in 2010
and started Quincy Jr. High School at 8th
grade. He enjoys athletics and has been
involved in track, wrestling, soccer and tennis.
Since 9th grade, he has been on the honor roll
every semester and received an award for Life
Member of the Society for Academic
Achievement. He is a member of Vermont
Street and the Youth Group ministry, where he
participates in the annual mission trip and
puppet team. Currently working at Hy-Vee
part-time, Georges plans to attend John Wood
Community College.
Annaliese Paige Spradlin, the oldest child of
Henry and Stacie Spradlin, is graduating from
A Beka Academy and has been homeschooled
her entire life. Annaliese played volleyball for
the Quincy Saints for 6 years, coached the 3rd5th grade volleyball team her senior year, and
has been involved with our church missions for
3 years. She enjoys her church involvement as
she helps coordinate activities at Vacation
Bible School, serves on the leadership team
with her youth group, and serves in other
areas when needed. She has always had a
heart for volunteering and serving as she has
helped with the local food pantry, Toys for
Tots, Crop Walk, Operation Christmas Child,
Salvation Army, and other organizations. She
also enjoys cooking and baking in her spare
time. Annaliese will attend Truman State
University in the fall to pursue a career in
Accounting.
May 27, 2015
Youth Group
NEWS
During the month of June we will wrap up
our series on the "Me I Want To Be" and we
will begin a new series entitled "Am I
Happy?" by Sean McDowell.
"Students have more access to
entertainment, education, social networking
and material "stuff" than ever before,
yet they often feel confused and empty.
In this series, students share the trials and
struggles they face in their search for
happiness. Sean McDowell offers Biblical
insight into the fleeting nature of happiness
and the true meaning of joy" (Bluefish TV).
June Youth Schedule
Every Sunday 10am - Sunday School in the Loft
June 7 - Youth Group 6-8pm in the Loft
"Minute To Win It"
June 14 - Youth Group 6-8pm
"Messy Games & Cookout"
June 21 - No Youth Group
June 22 - Service Day at Horizons Meet at and depart from Horizons 10:30am-1:30pm
June 28 - Youth Group 6-8pm in the Loft
"Deal or No Deal"
HORIZONS
PANCAKE & HAM BREAKFAST
SATURDAY, MAY 30 7-11AM
at Shottenkirk Chevrolet, 24th & Locust
Only $1.99 per person
(coffee and juice available for $1)
All proceeds to Horizons Food Bank
Sponsored by Shottenkirk,
Red Cactus, Korn Top
Birthdays
1 Sarah Rowlands, Kirsten
Hammock, Mildred Seger
2 Kathleen Klingner, Ryan
McElroy, Dennis Dempsey
3 Lynndal Shreve
4 Pat Kniel, Alexander Dedert,
Mark Crawford
5 Karen Weede, Jude Larson
Carter Veihl, Ann Crossland
6 Avery Hemming
7 Ben Failor, Brooke Failor,
Carla Fierge
9 Marcia Bankus, Will Hanlin,
Charles Hendren
11 Barbara Klingner
12 Colleen Anderson
13 Carolyn Freiburg
14 Lois Acker
15 Carl Rylander, Nick Foster,
Conor Koscielski
16 Harry Koeller, David Buckley,
Suzanne Lanchester
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17 Anna Crane, Kade Woodruff
18 June Redman, Jacob Inman,
Lori Kruse
19 Barbara Wallace
20 Catherine Staff, Abigail Rush,
Merle Crossland, Dennis Everly
21 Vicki Hayden
22 Charles Jones,
Danielle Thompson-Saines
23 Lynn Cameron,
Howard Kirkwood
25 Mary Wilson
24 Allen Snyder, Diana Faust
26 Vicky Connors, Kathy Crouch,
Gospel Messan
27 Janelle Fuller
28 Mary Lou McElroy,
Judy VanDeBoe
30 Ann Behrens, Cooper Larson
Anniversaries
2 Ron & Martha Fuller
5 Harry & Frances Koeller
Duane & Linda Robinson
Steve Prater & Barb Willis-Prater
6 Bruce & Shirley Tode
Alan & Judy VanDeBoe
8 Gary & Christy Hemming
John & Polly Sprick
Phillip & Rosanna Nowell
12 Stacy & Debbie Taylor
Jerry & Sue Carnivale
Larry & Billie Embree
14 Kevin & Jan Cory
Dale & Coreene Hanson
15 Lee & Lollie Johnson
Bob & Debbie Caspermeyer
16 Dave & Emily Lewis
Doug & Kathy Crouch
Scott & Kristi Sloan
Jim & Elaine Sours
17 Brian & Cinda Barnes
Jim & Rosalie Jacobs
John & Mary Jane Rischar
18 Charles & Susan Mahon
Hal & Kathy Oakley
Rick & Taunua Godman
19 John & Susan Kissick
22 Ed Willing & Vicki Blackwell
Dean & Sue Wiseman
23 Gary Livesay & Valerie Vlahakis
24 Robert & Carolyn Brown
Dan & Beth Buckley
Jim & Cathy Stebor
John & Kirsten Hammock
Kent & Linda McCormick
29 John & Barb Wooleyhan
30 BJ & Lisa Berhorst
Vermont Street United Methodist Church
818 Vermont Street
Quincy, IL 62301-3048
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