Grace United Methodist Church
1832 W 9th St
Hastings NE 68901
August 7, 2015 Vol. 25 No. 32
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Pastors: Cindy Karges, & Oscar Perez Worship Leader: Megan Lee Director of Christian Education: Cassie Brader Youth Director: Parish Nurse: Judy Reimer RN (until Dec. 31st) Office: Denise Hauff Phone 402/463-5696
Monday, August 10
4:00 Spanish Parenting Class
6:00 English Class
7:00 Stewardship/Finance Committee
FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics
Tuesday, August 11
9:30 Tai Chi
2:00 Staff meeting (answering machine)
2:30 garden meeting
7:00 Bible Study (Cristo Poder de Dios
Wednesday, August 12
1:30-4:30 drop in to visit Cindy
5:30-6:00 W.O.W.
FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics
Thursday, August 13
6:00 Cristo Poder de Dios
6:30 Staff Parish Relations Committee
7:30 Missions Committee
Friday, August 14
3:00 Office closes
6:00 English class
FLC/6 a.m. aerobics
Saturday, August 15
Sunday, August 16
9:00 Sunday School (Duos, Lamplighters)
9:40 blood pressure checks
10:00 Worship
11:00 Sunday School (Christian Builders,
Path Finders)
4:00 Worship (Cristo Poder de Dios)
6:00 Youth & family bbq at the lake
United Methodist Women Honors
Nichole Bryant
Dedicated Light Award
Keith Ljunggren
Dedicated Light Award
Sharon Selley
Special Mission Recognition
Honorees pictured with Rev. Cindy and Vi Bruce
Grace UMC is looking for a Youth Director. This important ministry position is part-time. The position is available immediately . Interest-ed persons are invited to submit an application/resume to the main office or Rev. Cindy. For more in-formation contact Rev. Cindy or Mark Johnson for the SPRC Committee.
I wanted to thank you for the
prayer shawl. I broke my arm
and had to have surgery. My
grandparents, Glen & Jeannette
Wiens, brought it to me to make
me feel better. Thank you for
taking the time to make it.
Sincerely, Madison Wiens
Congratulations to Kelli Shuck and
Jared Hodgson. The couple was mar-
ried august 1st here at Grace. They
will be living in Columbus. Kelli is
the daughter of Terry & Jodi Shuck
and was GUMC’s Youth Director
(with Jared’s help!) Best of luck from Grace!
Church members who mail their
offering envelopes when they can-
not attend worship help us meet
our weekly income goal. You can
also sign-up for giving at
https://e-giving.org/graceumchastings
To Grace church, for
the many expressions
of kindness, thoughts
and prayers at the
time of mother’s
death, we, her family
express a heartfelt
thanks to all. To Rev.
Cindy especially for
helping us put togeth-
er our service of cele-
bration in mother’s hon-
or. Grace church was
so much of Nellie’s life!
Rich, Bette and Larry
and family
Prayer Concerns:
Those serving in the military ~ Grey Pickerill, Adam
Koertner, Ryan & Ashley Ardiana
Family of Nichole Bryant (death in family in Iowa)
Family of Wilma Richards (death) Our sympathy to Alyce
Faye Hajny & Bonnie Smith and families
“I will be loyal to the United `Methodist Church and uphold it with my prayers, my presence, my gifts
and my service.”
Sunday Worship 8/2/15 122
W.O.W. 7/29/15 42
Youth Sunday School Summer break
Adult Sunday School 18
Budget $4,771.00
HVAC $75.00
Balance as of June (29,489.79)
Mark your calendars for Open Table on August 30th. More information to come! We will need your help, please!
Youth Ministry Gathering
Aug.16th 6:00 pm. Youth and their families (including upcoming 6th grad-ers) will meet for food and games at the lake.
The next men’s breakfast is scheduled
for Saturday, September 12th at 7
a.m. All men are invited. (A men’s
bible study will be starting up again
Wednesday, Sept. 2 and all men are
invited to this also).
Sunday School kick-off is scheduled for September 13th. This will be a fun day so get it on your calendars now! More infor-
mation to come . . .
Lily Ann Brader was
born to Jared & Cassie
and big brother Easton,
on July 29th. She
weighed 8 pounds 12
ounces and is 20 inches long. Welcome Lily!
(Cassie will be taking Aug. & Sept. off for a
well deserved maternity leave from her Christian
Ed Director duties). Congratulations!
◄ The Grace garden
committee is happy to
announce that Jeanne and
Chuck Hastings' garden
was selected as the gar-
den of the week! Chuck
is an attorney and Jeanne
has taught nutrition
classes at CCC. They
are members of
the First Presbyterian
Church.
Parish nurse position available at Grace United
Methodist Church, January 1, 2016
The SPRC has approved this be a paid position. Grace
Church will pay for malpractice insurance; participa-
tion in a parish nurse course and mileage. The parish
nurse will be paid for 10 hours per month @ $20 per
hour. Please contact Judy Reimer for more information.
Please contact Denise to set up an interview.
United Methodist
Women are looking for
persons interested in
adding to our supplies
for School Mission kits.
A box collecting dona-
tions will be available
in Fellowship Hall. A
list of “needs” is in the
office. Thank you!