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Pastor: Emmanuel T. Naweji Harris UMC: 208 N. Main Lake Park UMC: 1471 135th Ave. Office: 1471 135th Ave. Phone: 712-832-3361 E-mail: hlpumc@yahoo.com Facebook Page: HLP UMC Webpage: harrislakeparkumc.org Pastor’s Residence: 15 Arnold’s Entrance Lake Park, IA 51347 Phone: 712-339-7115 E-mail: revnaweji@yahoo.com Web: www.emmanuelnaweji.com Parish Secretary: Judy Taber Custodians Kelley Morgan, H, 702-526-1054 Mary Schmidt, LP, 712-331-1455

Worship Harris – 9:00 a.m. Lake Park – 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School—Sept. – May Harris – 10:15 a.m. Lake Park – 9:00 a.m.

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July 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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6 5-6 p. m. LP UMC open for prayer

7 4th Sunday after

Pentecost

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Care Center Music

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11 NO Harris Ad Council

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Care Center Bingo

13 5-6 p.m. LP UMC open for prayer

14 5th Sunday after

Pentecost

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20 5-6 p.m. LP UMC open for prayer

21 6th Sunday after

Pentecost 4:00 Informational Mtg. at LP UMC on 2020 Haiti trip. Come & learn before you decide to go. All are welcome.

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24 NO 7:00 LP Ad Council

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26 27 5-6 p.m. LP UMC open for prayer

28 7th Sunday after

Pentecost Baby Shower for Brittney Andrews, girlfriend of Colton Bradley 1-3 p.m. in Fireside Room at LP UMC—Use North Door

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Tom Jansen LP UMC Cancer Lil Jansen LP UMC Shoulder surgery Hannah Harmon Friend Becky Morris (Darlyne Halquist’s daughter) Cheryl Dake H UMC cancer Garrett Goodell LP UMC surgery Those with mental health concerns Sherry Ahrenstorff LP UMC chemo Shirley Fredericksen LP UMC cancer Allen Rowe H UMC Parkinson’s Karen Rehms LP UMC fragile health Rita Reimers LP UMC cancer Ardyce Rueter fragile health (mother of Lori Sheeler and Scott Rueter) Dave Lindemann Friend fragile health The men and women in the armed services, their families, and our churches.

We offer our sympathy and our prayers to Vivian Lynn and her family on the loss of her husband, Wesley Lynn. Pastor Emmanuel officiated at his funeral service on June 17.

The family of Mavis Richard would like to thank you for your kindness and sympathy at a time when it was deeply appreciated. Thank you so much Rev. Naweji for the beautiful service for Mom. Also a big thanks to the church ladies for the bars and cookies and Judy Taber for playing the piano. Keith and Roxie Moriston and family

Baby Shower

for Brittney Andrews

girlfriend of Colton Bradley

Sunday, July 28—1 – 3 p.m.

Fireside Room at Lake Park UMC

Please use the north door as another

group is using the fellowship hall.

Dear Church Family,

I know that as you read this note, I’m already on my renewal leave (June 17 through July 17) and plan to be back in the office on July 18.

One thing I have been thinking about a lot these days are relationships, which are very hard, and take a lot of work to make them go the way we want. The foundation to establish healthy relationships consists of these four components according to me: love, respect, integrity, and trust. When relationships lack at least one of the four, they become fragile and very unstable.

To help you visualize what I am talking about is to think of a four-leg table (or chair). When you take any of the four legs out, the table (or the chair) becomes unstable. Any little pressure on the table can make it fall and possibly break to the point of no repair.

I love when Paul talks about love in 1 Corinthians 13, verses 4 through 8. He looks at love as the most excellent way to live as a member of the body of Christ (see chapter 12). Love helps establish some ground for the other three: trust, respect, and integrity.

The above four relationships' components apply to the Church too. As you know, I was at Annual Conference last month (June) with Neal and Rebecca Luitjens, we, United Methodists have been struggling with love, trust, respect, and integrity. The root cause of this struggle is our Biblical approach to the four elements of relationships with God and each other. Go to my blog, www.emmanuelnaweji.com, and you will find an article I published a day before the annual conference.

"How to resolve all of this?" I am glad you asked! First, start with God. God is love (1 John 4: 7-21). God can show us how to love

each other. You see what God wants you to see or hear only when your spiritual eyes and ears are open. God can help you with all that through prayer and scripture reading. Second, rethink your boundaries and decide how to use them to help you establish healthy relationships and maintain the ones you already have. Last, but not least, surround yourself with sound and God-fearing people. Bad company corrupts good character, which implies the ability to love, trust, respect, and live with integrity (1 Corinthians 15:37 NIV).

That's what I want us all to work on this month, and at the same time allowing God to melt, mold and fill us with the Holy Spirit. We can only do all things through Christ, who can strengthen us to do so (Philippians 4:13).

Happy Fourth of July to you and your family! Pastor Emmanuel Pastor Emmanuel is on renewal leave.

He will be back in the office July 18.

Harris UMC

Attendance Offering June 2 34 $934.00 June 9 22 265.00 Total $1,199.00 Average Weekly Attendance 28 Given to date $12,685.31

Lake Park UMC Attendance Offering May 26 98 $3,742.00 June 2 71 1,928.00 June 9 52 1,517.25 June 16 134 1,665.00 Total $8,852.25 Average Weekly Attendance 88 Given to date $38,499.25 Harris Reimbursement $710.89 Copies $6.00 Custodian (funeral) $50.00 Camp donation $125.00 Rent $80.00

July 7 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30 Galatians 6:1-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 July 14 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 7:7-17, Psalm 82 Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37

Harris UMC Ushers Harold Anderson Steve Bosma Dean Phillips Flowers Rachelle Bosma

Lake Park UMC

Ushers Marc & Tracy Oleson Seth & Jodi Hellinga Joe & Mavis Hornick Flowers Jennifer Krummen Emily Pool

July 21 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost Amos 8:1-12, Psalm 52 Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42

July 28 – 7th Sunday after Pentecost Hosea 1:2-10, Psalm 85 Colossians 2:6-19, Luke 11:1-13

July 2019 1—Ben Meyerdirk 2—Pastor Emmanuel 3—Greg & Patrice Meyerdirk 4—Military serving abroad 5—Roger & Alida Millikan 6—Scott & Jan Mitchell 7—Gene & Casey Morfitt 8—Roxie Moriston 9—Elaine Morphew 10—Tamie Morphew 11—Terry & Deb Morrow and family 12—Nick & Brandy Morrow 13—Cody & Meghan Morrow & family 13—Brad & Sherri Munster 14—Jerry & Lori Murphy and family 15—Calvin Nebelsick and family 16— Harold & Carol Nelson 17— Tim Newbrough and family 18— Ann Newbrough and family 19— Randy & Toni Nicks and family 20— Fran & Bev Nieman 20— Chad & Billi Niemeier and family 21— Janice Nissen 22—Neil Niswander and family 23—Marc & Tracy Oleson and family 24—Butch & Florence Orwig and family 25—World leaders 26—Jacob Paskert 27— Josh & Jennifer Paskert and family 28— Rod & Bonnie Peekenschneider and family 29— Virginia Pell 30—Dennis & Nancy Puhrman

31—Rebecca Ramsey

LP UMW NEWS

No meeting in July

Sanctuary Flowers July ................................ Jennifer Krummen

Emily Pool

Care Center Music July 9 ............................. Jeanine Gunderson

Care Center Bingo July 12 ................................ Darlyne Halquist

Carolyn Johnson

Buy School Supplies NOW for

Ingathering School Kits

School supplies will soon be on sale in preparation

for the new school year. For example, last year

notebooks were priced from 17¢ to 25¢. After

school begins, they go to $1.25 each.

Items needed for kits are:

✓ Wideline notebooks, 70 pgs., spiral (3/kit)

✓ Scissors, round tip

✓ Metric ruler – 12”

✓ Crayons, 24/box size

✓ Eraser, 2” or larger

✓ Pencil sharpener

✓ Colored pencils, box of 12

✓ Pencils, unsharpened

Buy

Now!

July Harris Birthdays 3 Steve Bosma

8 Daniel Loring

8 Jeff Loring

11 Madison Bosma

16 LaDonna Bosma

20 Joni Harms

23 Richard Meyer

23 Michael Raveling

26 Raymond Ransom

28 Nancy Anderson

29 Loretta Rowe

July LP Birthdays 1 Jeanine Gunderson

1 Madison Read

2 Blake Gunderson

2 Phyllis Johnson

2 Rita Reimers

3 Stacie Cornwall

3 Sheyanne Weltzin

4 Peyton Christenson

6 Allan Garloff

6 Gerald Zahren

7 Hailey Heikens

9 Tim Gallagher

9 Beckett Schultz

10 Errol Siemon

13 Gladys Goodell

13 Ken Brennan

13 Justus Voss

13 Tracy Bosma

14 Daryl Meyer

14 Kathy Winters

15 Nathan Heuer

15 Ray Ann Weltzin

15 Brody Dingel

15 Zachary Hellinga

16 Diane Duitsman

16 Kristin Heikens

17 Jay Duitsman

17 Jesse Duitsman

19 Hazel Jo Morrow

20 Madison Gilmore

20 Shirley Taylor

20 Massina Mandelkow

21 Arin Elser

21 Matt Perry

22 Marie Krummen

23 Mandy Heuer

24 Pat Gillespie

24 Fran Graham

24 Louise Petersen

24 Meagan Barnhart

25 Karla Kyle

27 Jeremy Rasche

28 Connor Gunderson

29 Joshua Paskert

30 Heidi Martens

31 Paul Gallagher

31 Gregg Hellinga

31 Cynthia Gilmore

31 Keegan Carpenter

July Harris Anniversaries 8 Steve & Kathy Goodell

18 Ray & Lyla Akkerman

20 Dan & Susie Betz

July LP Anniversaries 4 Gene & Casey Morfitt

6 Bob & Rita Reimers

7 Stan & Alice Anderson

8 Terry & Deb Morrow

8 Bill & Ginny Verdoorn

16 Jordan & Meggie Widholm

16 Brian & Jamie Nebelsick

19 Brad & Fran Graham

25 Steve & Jennifer Krummen

26 Mike & Shirley Taylor

26 Matt & Molly Johnson

30 Tim & Angela Fisher

30 Ryan & Brittney Houseman

30 Karl & Jo Watkins

31 Scott & Tricia Rueter

31 Mike & Kelli Vellema

“Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted. Bloom!”

—Christine Caine “Truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.”

—Harry Chapin

Here we are. It’s already July and that promise you made to yourself in

January to read more hasn’t been fulfilled. Not to worry. Here are a few newly

donated books that are available in the church library. And, if these don’t pique your

interest there are plenty more on the shelves. Come take a look!

Deb Morrow, Church Librarian

Barbara Johnson is no longer with us, but her books live on. So, Stick a

Geranium in Your Hat and be Happy! reminds us that life isn’t always what you want,

but it’s what you’ve got. She can help you look for the little sparkles in life, even in

the middle of some of life’s most crippling sorrows. He’s Gonna Toot and I’m Gonna

Scoot: Waiting for Gabriel’s Horn concentrates on the humor and laughter in facing

new challenges and putting life’s trials into a heavenly perspective.

Book number two of the Patchwork Mysteries is now available. Time to Share

by Jo Ann Brown “sews/ties up plenty of loose ends” as protagonist, Sarah Hart, uses

her skills in quilting and applies that knack for piecing fabric to solving a mystery.

Creative Woman Mysteries - “Join Shannon McClain and the members of

the Purls of Hope knitting circle in Apple Grove, Oregon, as they unravel the

mysteries that touch their lives and the lives of those they care about in their

quaint coastal town. In their sleuthing adventures, the women will find danger,

intrigue, and even romance. They will unearth dark secrets some would rather stay

buried. But they will also make heartwarming discoveries that change their lives

forever. Follow Shannon and her friends as they uncover clues and solve mysteries,

and let their heart-pounding adventures keep you on the edge of your seat.”

(taken from amazon.com)

> A Deadly Stitch by Susan Sleeman

> Recipe for Deception by Rachael Phillips

> Patchwork of Lies by Sharon Dunn

Baptisms at LP UMC June 16, 2019

Left: Lilly Lynn Matthiesen, daughter of Chad and Becca Matthiesen Grandmother Marie Matthiesen Below left: Audrey Grace Shirley Tanner, daughter of Nick and Rachel Tanner Below: Pastor Emmanuel with Audrey and Lilly

Bentley Michael Heikens, son of Taylor and Laura Heikens, was baptized April 7 at LP UMC by Pastor Emmanuel. Grandparents are Jason and Dallas Heikens, Mike and Shirley Taylor, and Randy Rowe. Great-grandparents are Jane and the late Stanley Heikens and Allen and Loretta Rowe.

Cooper Joseph Posey was also baptized on April 7 at LP UMC. His parents are Andy and Ashley Posey. Grandparents are Mel & Julie Zevenbergen.

Emma Niswander sang Sun., May 12 at LP UMC

Preschool: 9 children Kdg/1st Grade: 13 children 2nd/3rd Grade: 5 children 4th/5th Grade: 5 children

Total: 32 children Thanks to Harris UMC for hosting VBS!

New mothers honored May 12 at LP UMC. L to R—Britleigh Ingwersen with Leo, Sarah Prevot with Micah, Emily Lindgren with Olive, Kayla Updike with Liam, and Laura Heikens with Bentley. Not able to be present were Autumn Schultz with Mataya, Ashley Posey with Cooper, Rachel Tanner with Audrey, and Molly Johnson with Ian.

Youth Group Leaders and LP Musicians Recognized May 12—L to R—Pastor Emmanuel, Judy Taber, piano, Meagan Barnhart, Julie and Mel Zevenbergen, Matt Barnhart, all senior high youth, Jennifer Krummen, organ and adult bell choir director, Kim Ingwersen and Marie Matthiesen, Sunday School music. Absent was Jeanine Gunderson, piano, Jr. & Sr. High Choirs and youth Bell Choirs and Billie Niemeier, Beth Krummen and assorted parents, middle school youth group leaders.