Welcome Summer!

Graduate Recognition Sunday Sunday, June 3

9:00 a.m. Reception follows Service

Church Garage Sale

Saturday, June 9 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

Teacher Appreciation Sunday

Sunday, June 10 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School “End of School Year” Party

Sunday, June 10 9:20 a.m.

Summer Worship Schedule Begins – ONE Service Only

Sunday, June 24 10:00 a.m.

Ice Cream Social (Follows Service)

I-5 Coffee Rest Stop Mission

June 30 – July 2 Southbound Toutle Rest Stop

Community House Prepare and Serve Dinner

Saturday, June 30 4:30 p.m.

1107 Broadway in Longview

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Worship God, Grow in Faith, and Be in Service with All. ~ Our Mission Statement ~

Kelso United

Methodist Presbyterian

Church

June 2018

Notes from the

Pastor’s Pen . . . Every month I procrastinate until almost the last possible minute to get a newsletter article done. I sometimes wonder if Judy will just send the newsletter without my article! She reminds me more than once that she needs the article. I think I do this because I never know what to write. That is still true this month, but God always seems to provide. It’s either that or I just start typing and ramble. I’m going with God! You’ll find elsewhere in this newsletter pictures of the fire from 1938. While I was searching the archives for pictures, I found some old newsletters. It’s fun to go through them and see names of people I know and the activities each were involved in. There were many different groups that are no longer around. The times of services have changed several times. Different worship services were tried. The point I’m trying to make is that we have changed, and we are still changing. I know the church is changing, and even in the articles from the pastors in the 70’s and 80’s, that opinion was voiced. But what doesn’t change is God. God still calls us to love one another and to reach out to those in our community who are desperately in need of knowing the God we love. One of the ways we can be involved in our community is to support social justice initiatives. Below you will find two statements on social issues from the Presbyterian Church and Methodist Church. They both speak to loving our neighbor and being active to help create the needed change in our society. The General Assembly “affirms its conviction that neither the Church as the body of Christ, nor Christians as individuals, can be neutral or indifferent toward evil in the world; affirms its responsibility to speak on social and moral issues for the encouragement and instruction of the Church and its members, seeking earnestly both to know the mind of Christ and to speak always in humility and love; reminds the churches that their duty is not only to encourage and train their members in daily

Pastor’s Notes (Cont.) obedience to God’s will, but corporately to reveal God’s grace in places of suffering and need, to resist the forces that tyrannize, and to support the forces that restore the dignity of all men as the children of God, for only so is the gospel most fully proclaimed; . . .” (1958 Statement – PC(USA), p. 537).

"Taking an active stance in society is nothing new for followers of John Wesley. He set the example for us to combine personal and social piety. Ever since predecessor churches to United Methodism flourished in the United States, we have been known as a denomination involved with people's lives, with political and social struggles, having local to international mission implications. Such involvement is an expression of the personal change we experience in our baptism and conversion. The United Methodist Church believes God's love for the world is an active and engaged love, a love seeking justice and liberty. We cannot just be observers. So, we care enough about people's lives to risk interpreting God's love, to take a stand, to call each of us into a response, no matter how controversial or complex. The church helps us think and act out a faith perspective, not just responding to all the other 'mind-makers-up' that exist in our society." Excerpt from The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church 2016.

Having said all this, my hope is that we will form a social justice group that will provide a voice from this church against the evils of the world. If you’d like to join me in this endeavor, I encourage you to email me at pastorvonda@gmail.com or call the Church Office. We’ll schedule a meeting in the coming weeks. I’m looking forward to the summer and warm weather. But, I’ll still look for you in church! Pastor Vonda

Congratulations Graduates!

Sunday, June 3 1st Service – 9:00 a.m.

Reception following Service

High School Graduates Robert Buller

Willow Calabrese Mirella Lwai

Maclane Scherette Madison Sears

Savannah Snider

College Graduate Maryka Anderson-Simonson

University of Washington Bachelor of Science

Environmental Science & Oceanography

Congratulations to these graduates and their families. Please come and extend your good wishes to them.

Scholarships Awarded Scholarship Recognition Sunday, June 3 9:00 a.m. The following students have been awarded a scholarship for the 2018-2019 school year:

Robert Buller – Pre-Law (Whitworth University-Spokane)

Logan Hill – Aerospace Engineer (Embry Riddle University-Prescott, Arizona)

Mirella Lwai – Sociology (Social Work) Lower Columbia College

Deanna Thompson – Medical Assistant (Concorde Career College-Portland)

Olivia Wolf – Zoology (Washington State University-Pullman)

Sunday School “End of

School Year” Party Sunday, June 10 9:20 a.m. Upstairs Education Room

All Children and Teens Invited! Crafts~Games~Refreshments

Teacher Appreciation

Sunday

Sunday, June 10 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

We will honor and thank our teachers for their dedication and service.

Christian Education Coordinator Shelly Buller

Sunday School Teachers Erin Hall, Christine Price

Deanna Thompson

Wednesday Teachers Tirzah Gross, Patty McDaniel,

and Peggy Porter Wednesday Dinners

Marline Czarnecki, Heather Donnelly, Gary and Susan Jackson,

Vonda McFadden

Puppets Scott McRae

Bible and Book Studies

Patty McDaniel Pastor Vonda McFadden

Kid’s Backpack Ministry at

Barnes Elementary

Pack Backpacks June 2 and June 8

10:00 a.m. Fellowship Hall

All our welcome to help pack bags for children at Barnes Elementary who are at risk for hunger over the weekend. Last day to pack backpacks for this school year will be Friday, June 8. We will take a summer break, and then resume in the fall. --Jacq Christensen, Coordinator

Church Garage Sale

Saturday, June 9 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

No Charge Tables are Free and Provided

Set-up Friday, June 8

The Fellowship Hall will be open for anyone wishing to bring items for sale. There will be a church area with all proceeds going to the church. Also, anyone wishing to set up their own individual space for a sale is welcome to do so. Each individual area will collect their own money. We ask that you contribute a few dollars for the newspaper ad, depending on how many participate. Let Pastor Vonda know if you are interested. If you don’t have a lot of items and want to contribute something to the church area, bring it on Friday, June 8.

Summer Worship Schedule

Begins with Ice Cream

Social

ONE Worship Service Begins

Sunday, June 24 10:00 a.m.

Ice Cream Social (follows service) Fundraiser for

Campership Ministry Our fall schedule will resume with two worship services on Sunday, September 16.

Emergency Support

Shelter

Donation Baskets in Narthex (Church Foyer)

Community House Prepare

and Serve Dinner If you would like to help prepare and serve this dinner, please contact Jayne Lafady at 360-425-5787 or jlafady@outlook.com. If anyone has a food service card, you are especially encouraged to participate.

Saturday, June 30 4:30 p.m. Meet at

Community House 1107 Broadway Street/Longview

“Items of the Month” ~ Toothbrushes &

Toothpaste ~

Meals on Wheels

Containers Due to health restrictions, the Meals on Wheels program administered through CAP is no longer accepting donations of plastic containers (i.e., butter, cottage cheese, etc.). Please do not bring any more containers to the church.

I-5 Coffee Rest Stop

Mission

June 30 – July 2

Serving Times: 2:00 a.m. on June 30

to 2:00 a.m. on July 2

Southbound Toutle Rest Stop Our church will be serving refreshments at the southbound Toutle Rest Stop in June and August and providing weary I-5 travelers with a break from driving. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be available on Sundays during Fellowship Time. Serving shifts will be in four-hour blocks. There must be a minimum of two people per shift. There will also be sign-up sheets for donations of cookies, coffee, tea, juice, cocoa, creamer, and sugar. These can be dropped off at the Church Office. For any questions, please talk to Gary and Sue Jackson at 636-4411.

FISH Food Ministry The next scheduled days to prepare and distribute food to people will be on:

Monday, July 2 Tuesday, July 3

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Laurie Hall

If you are interested in helping, please contact Bette Aanderud at 360-577-0095 or Pat Faires at 360-423-7874.

FISH Food Needed: • Peanut Butter • Cereal • Macaroni and Cheese • Spaghetti • Canned Tomatoes • Hunts Pasta Sauce (traditional) • Canned Fruit (Applesauce, Peaches, Pears) • Canned Vegetables (Corn, Peas, Green Beans) • Top Ramen

Put items in containers in Narthex (Church Foyer).

On May 3 and 4, we served: Families–47, Adults–95, Children–53 for a total of 148. Thank you to the following volunteers: Bette Aanderud, Dale Bruton, Don Corkrum, Glenn Faires, Pat Faires, Jake Kubin, and Colleen Walker.

Mariners Baseball Game

Saturday, July 7 1:10 p.m.

Safeco Field in Seattle

Mariners vs. Rockies

Cost: $31 per Ticket

Order Form in Information Center in Narthex

Deadline to Order – June 17

We have a large block of seats reserved for the game, so order your seats now and join us for some fun at the ballpark. If you would like to sit with another family, please place one order for the entire group. Orders will be filled on a first come, first serve basis and will be based on availability. Please make check’s payable to KUMPC and give them directly to John Simpson or Pastor Vonda.

Church Van Driver(s)

Needed Some of our members living in Canterbury Park and Canterbury Inn have expressed an interest in van transportation to the church on Sundays. We are looking for a van driver for one or both services on Sundays. We would also like someone to provide van transportation for our new monthly evening service on the last Sunday of the month. If you could help one Sunday, two, or all Sundays, please let the Church Office know. You will need to undergo a background check and a volunteer driver’s application check.

“Table Talks” to Continue The Conference has been holding “Table Talks” around the area for the past several months. There will be a District “Table Talks” here on Sunday, June 3. Our church’s Worship Team would like to continue having conversations about issues that affect our world. We will be holding two “Table Talks” during the summer:

Sunday, July 8 5:30 p.m.

and

Sunday, August 5

5:30 p.m. In July we’ll be having a baked potato bar. The church will provide the potatoes, and we’ll have a sign-up sheet for all the goodies that go in the potatoes. We’re also asking for people to sign-up and let us know if they are coming. We want to provide enough potatoes! We’ll enjoy a meal together, and questions will be provided to get the ball rolling for your table conversations. Is there a particular issue you’d like to talk about? If so, let Pastor Vonda know. We are providing a safe space to have those difficult conversations. All are welcome, so invite your family and friends to join us.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

--Mark Twain

Drama Camp

Written by Karen Dean Arranged by Greg Nelson

July 30-August 3

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Lunch Served 11:30 a.m.)

Cost – FREE

Pre-Registration Required

Call 360-423-7480 to Register

Transportation Available Upon Request

Ages

Kindergarten-Grade 12

Auditions First Day of Camp

Campers Present Play to Family & Friends

Friday, August 3 – 2:00 p.m.

Volunteers Needed for Drama Camp Sign-up following worship services on

Sundays or contact Church Office.

Volunteers Needed to Participate in Go 4th Parade

Wednesday, July 4 Need people to ride in pick-up truck and

wave to crowd. Need adult and youth walkers to hand out

flyers advertising Drama Camp.

Thank You Thank you to Tanya Nelson for all the hard work she does for worship. This is just a sample of the beauty we have experienced this last year. Thank you, thank you, thank you.--Pastor Vonda

Pentecost Sunday

May 20, 2018

Remember In Prayer John Anderson, Jerrilyn French (Virginia French’s daughter-in-law), Virginia French, Tom Gates, Lolita Hare, Linda Harris, Jean Larsen, Jodi Stoddard, and our children we sponsor at Jamaa Letu Orphanage in the Congo: Betty, Joseph, Leon, Ruth Kashala, Ruth Mukuna, Souzanne, Willy, and Yanick

Our Sympathy Our sympathy is extended to: • The family of Kathy Bartley who passed away on May 20. In recent years, Kathy had lived in Kirkland, Washington. A service for Kathy will be held here at the church on June 9 at 1:00 p.m. • Mary Duhamel and family at the loss of Mary’s sister, Karen Russell-Kaufman of Lake Mary, Florida, on May 7. Mary’s mother, Barbara Lee Rouse of Merritt Island, Florida, passed away on March 14.

June Birthdays 1 Arlis Rutherford 2 June Perry 3 Skeets Clayburg 9 Cheryl Risner 10 Vonda McFadden 13 Shirley Simpson 17 Travis Coulombe 19 Ed Laulainen 20 Jo Tuom 22 Sue Coulombe 24 Olivia Wolf 26 Phyllis Westervelt 28 David Walker 29 Tirzah Gross Maryanne Wainwright

Attendance Sunday 1st 2nd Date School Service 5/06/18 7 79 63 All Church Meeting 50 5/13/18 12 98 54 5/20/18 4 78 56 5/27/18 5 64 47 Jazz Service 43

Wednesday Youth Adults 5/02/18 9 9 5/09/18 14 27 Family Fun Night

5/16/18 11 11 5/23/18 9 9 5/30/18 N/A N/A

Financial Report April 2018 Beginning Balance 2018 $1,437 General Fund $71,081 Transfer from Designated $740 Miscellaneous $306 Interest $47 $72,174 Expenses ($77,793 ) Balance ($4,182 ) Building Fund Balance $11,460 Apportionments (Shared Ministry) Paid April – 100% Year-to-Date – 33%

Kelso United Methodist Presbyterian Church 206 Cowlitz Way

Kelso, WA 98626-3411 Phone: 360-423-7480 / Fax 360-425-1121

Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (M-F) Daycare Hours: 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (M-F)

E-mail: kelsoumc@cni.net Website: www.kelsoumpc.org

Facebook: Kelso United Methodist Presbyterian Church Rev. Vonda McFadden, Pastor

Parsonage: 360-423-3514 / Cell: 360-393-2843 Pastor’s E-mail: pastorvonda@gmail.com

Rev. Greg and Rev. Laurel Moore, Music Directors 503-556-8131

Sunday Schedule: (Sept-May) 9:00 am Contemporary Service 9:20 am Youth Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Service 10:00 am & 12:00 pm Fellowship Time Wednesday Schedule: (Sept-May) 5:30 pm Children/Teen Ministry 6:15 pm Praise Team Practice 7:00 pm Choir Practice

Bulletin Blooper

Ladies – Don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the

house. Bring your husbands.

Methodist Church fire on June 1, 1938.

See article about fire on next page.