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Arlington United Methodist Church

Newsletter 3770 McKelvey Road Bridgeton, MO 63044

Phone: (314) 739-0434 Fax: (314) 739-1994 Email: [email protected]

www.arlingtonumc.org

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May Birthdays! May 1- Scott McGuire

May 2- Elsie Quintanilla

May 3- Wayne Garver

May 4- Bill Birkett

Tammy Peters

Lori Scissors

Mark Bail

May 6- Caitlin Tegerdine

May 7- Mary Bruton

May 14- Bobbie Hanlon

May 19- Travis Kiefer

David Kiefer

May 21- Mark Kiefer

Omolara Ogunmola

May 22- Carolyn Dorman

May 23- Sally Busenhart

Kimberley Reinhold

May 24- Gloria Klohr

Martha Gibbons

May 25- Mike Hermann

Megan Tegerdine

May 26- Stacy Garrett

May 27- Conrad Bowers

Margie Banks

May 28- Diana Bail

May 29- Jim Gaines

May 30- Bob McPherson

Sean Pirrone

May 31- Marilyn Leckrone

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Newsletter May 2019

Easter Blessings!

Many thanks to all who made our Holy Week services so meaningful this year. I need espe-

cially to thank Cindy McLean and Phil & Sharon Worrell for all they did to make prepare our Se-

der Meal; Lori Scissors, Cindy Henning, Loretta Brandon, the choir, and the brass for the beautiful

music on Friday evening and Sunday morning. Our staff works especially hard during the Lenten

and Easter season, so please thank them for all they do to make worship meaningful at Arlington.

This Lenten season, we read a book together about miracles. Mike Slaughter insists that

miracles happen when we say YES when God comes calling. I believe that God has come calling at

Arlington in a couple of new ways.

We have a possibility to partner with “Youth In Need” to provide space for counseling for

families who live in the Pattonville School District. We still are waiting on approval for the grant

money that would pay for this new service in the area. I am very hopeful that we will be able to

provide this blessing for our community, and will let you know as this process develops.

We also have the opportunity to become a site for feeding lunch to children in the neigh-

borhood this summer. As plans are developing, it looks like we will serve lunch three days a week –

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is exactly the “Big, Hairy, Audacious God Idea” that

Mike Slaughter tells us is a miracle waiting to happen! I am a bit scared, but very excited about how

God wants to use us for the children in our community! We will begin the first week of June, and

continue through August 10. I will let you know more as I have more information.

God is alive and moving in our community!

Pastor Barbara

Arlington Church Staff

Barbara Phifer, Pastor

Elsie Quintanilla, La Trinidad Hispanic Ministry

Loretta Brandon, Director of Children & Youth

Lori Scissors, Director of Music

Becky Burns, Praise Team Director

Susan Zahringer, Communication Coordinator

Ron Tegerdine, Building Manager

Sue McConnell, Care & Learn Director

I will be loyal to the United Methodist

Church, and uphold it with my

prayers, my presences, my gifts, my service,

and my witness.

Newsletter Deadline

Articles must be received by 10:00 pm on

Monday, May 27th, 2019.

Newsletter will be mailed Thurs, May 30th.

By Our Presence

B y O u r P r a y e r s Pat Bryant, Dorothy Moore, Clay Slover, Jim Kernan, Linda Hagen, Rylan Livingston, Marquis Holmes, Anna Lampkins, Don Ed Lossing, Sharon Usher-McVicker, Mike Copeland, Olivia Smith

Arlington Members who need our continued prayers: Polly Kiefer, Terri Unser, Wayne Kelley, Bob & Fae Felt, Len-nette Bolnick, Betty Wahl, Tony Brocato, Phil Worrell, Alice Marsh, Keith Brown, Rich Heitmann, Tom Sims, Sherry Brown, Beth Usher

Friends and Family of Arlington Members who need our continued prayers: Caleb Provost, Bill Anderson, Isaac Moore, Hope Peckham, Sarah Mehegan, Brenden Foust, Zaria MacDonald, Jay Cee Walker, Tim Allguier, Robert Karel, Rob Boswell, Ken Zgiet, Donny Mays, Larry & Theresa Valen-tine, Susan Fine, Eric Effinger, Peggy McCarthy, Pat Cham-bers, Earl Barney, Norman Saxer, Steve Johnston, John Biek-er, Pat Yotter, Steve Potter, Ross Folmar, Steve Wilhelm

Please remember our shut-in members: David Albert, Bill Birkett, Sherry Brown, Kay Curry, Carolyn Dorman, Bob & Fae Felt, Miriam Findley, Betty Flatt, Patti Gallagher, Sheila Hall, Norma Harrenstein, Connie & Harold Hearing, June Jordan, Lorraine Kesling, Gussie Lorenzen, Rosemary Maxey, Dolly McComber, Pete Pieper, Margie Plamp, Tom Sims, Lucy Throgmorton

Please remember church family members in the military: Allison Kennedy, Aaron Merseal, Stacy Morgan, Michael Oechsner, Caleb Provost, Sebastian Schnellbacher, Brooks Woodhill

Worship Attendance

March 31– 141

April 7– 164

April 14– 141

April 21– 278

By Our Gifts

Budgeted Amount

Needed Each Week

in 2019- $10,164.00

March 24- $6,983.08

March 31- $8,196.08

April 7- $10,191.08

April 14- $7,764.71

UMW Candle Burning

The United Methodist Women of Arlington

will sponsor their annual candle burning

service on Sunday, May 26th. The cost

for the mission work of the UMW both in

the US and around the world for one mi-

nute is $22.77. Please consider sponsoring

a minute, or more, of mission work with a

donation. This is a beautiful way to honor

or remember those dear to us. We will be

reading the names of those who contribute

and the names of those being remembered

or honored during the service. See Loretta

Brandon to make a donation before Fri-

day, May24th or for more information.

2019 Stewardship Update!

Capital Funds Update!

105 Pledges totaling $371, 736.00

93 Commitments totaling $362,875.18

$370,123.49 received in donations

$365,651.57 paid on principal reduction

January-April giving statements will be avail-

able in early May. Please help save your

church the cost of mailing and pick up your

statement at your earliest convenience.

Thank you!

-Rose Albrecht, Financial Secretary

Worship Highlights Join us in May for our upcoming

Sermon Series, “Family Ties.”

Children’s Summer Food Ministry Get ready for our food ministry this sum-

mer! Please be in prayer for the families

of our neighborhood and our church as

we gear up for this new outreach minis-

try! We need your prayers, AND your

participation. In order for us to succeed,

we will need people who will volunteer

to be present and help with set up and

clean up. The food is catered, so there is

no food prep involved. You can volun-

teer for a day, a week, a month, or for

the whole ten weeks.

You’re Invited! A Leadership Team Strategic Planning

meeting will be taking place here at Ar-

lington on Saturday, May 4th at 10:00

a.m. If you’re interested in the next

steps we will take as a congregation,

please plan to attend this planning

meeting. We’ll be glad to see each and

every one of you!

May 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9:00a HHH (Gym)

12:00p NA (FHB)

6:00p Bells (MR)

7:15p Choir (MR)

2 10:00a Prayer Shawl (Lib) 5:00p Music Classes (Sn)

5:30p Basketball (Gym)

6:00p Troop 525 (WH)

3 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)

6:30p Game Night (FH)

4 10:00a Planning Mtg (FH) Powderpuff Derby Work-

shop (WH)

5 8:35, 11:05a Worship (Sn)

9:50a Explore Faith

4:00p Team Jesus (MR)

5:00p Youth Group (Sn)

5:00p La Trinidad (Sn)

6:30p Youth Bells (MR)

6 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)


6:00p Craft Night (FHB)

6:00p Praise Team (Sn)

6:00p C&L Bd Mtg (100)

8:00p AA (Co-Ed) (WH)

7 9:45a Bible Study (151) 11:30a AA [Men] (FHB)


6:30p Disciple III (151)

7:00pAlAnon/Alateen (WH)

7:00p Pack 55 Cmt Mtg

8 9:00a HHH (Gym)

12:00p NA (FHB)

6:00p Bells (MR)

7:15p Choir (MR)

9 10:00a Prayer Shawl (MT) 5:00p Music Classes (Sn)



10 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)

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12 Mother’s Day 8:35, 11:05a Worship (Sn)

9:50a Explore Faith


13 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)



7:00p UMW Unit Mtg (FH)






15 9:00a HHH (Gym)

11:00a Happy Wanderers

12:00p NA (FHB)

7:15p Choir (MR)



6:30p C&L Graduation (Sn)

7:00p Pack 55 (Gym)

17 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)

7:00p C&L Dance Recital

18 9:00a Work Day (Var.) 10:00a Basketball (Gym)

10:00a CHM Bd Mtg (151)

19 Graduation Sun 8:35, 11:05a Worship (Sn)

9:50a Explore Faith


20 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)



6:30p Shay Blackwell (Teg)

7:00p Troop525 Cmt (151)






22 9:00a HHH (Gym)

12:00p NA (FHB)

7:15p Choir (MR)




24 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)

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26 Candleburning 10:00a Worship (Sn)


27 Memorial Day 12:00p NA (FHB)








29 9:00a HHH (Gym)

12:00p NA (FHB)

7:15p Choir (MR)




31 9:00a HHH (Gym) 12:00p NA (FHB)

AA– Alcoholics Anonymous

C&L– Care & Learn

CHM– Community Helping Ministry

HHH– Happy Healthy Hearts

NA– Narcotics Anonymous

UMM– United Methodist Men

UMW– United Methodist Women

Bd– Board

Cmt– Committee

Dpt– Department

Dst- District

Mtg– Meeting

Par– Parlor

Pk– Pack

Reg– Registration

Reh– Rehearsal

Sp– Spanish

Tm– Team

Trg– Training

Wkd– Weekend

Wkp– Workshop

151, 153– Rooms by Gym/CHM

100– Rooms behind Kitchen

FH/FHB– Fellowship Hall (B)

GH– Great Hall

Kit– Kitchen

Lib– Library

MR– Music Room

Par– Parlor

Pav– Pavilion

Sn– Sanctuary

WH– Wesley Hall

YR– Youth Room

Worship will be held at 8:35 and 11:05

am each Sunday in the Sanctuary unless

noted differently on the calendar.

Explore Faith is from 9:50 to 10:40 each

Sunday. Please see an usher for

class locations.

Join Happy Wanderers for Lunch Wednesday, May 15, the Happy

Wanderers will go to Mimi’s Cafe in

Chesterfield for lunch. We will meet

at church at 11:00 am and carpool to

the restaurant. Please contact Gloria

Mills (314-739-0791) or Shirley

Cantriel (314-838-9123) if you would

like to join us.

Kid-Friendly Healthy Food Drive

With the children out of school for the sum-

mer, we will be collecting kid-friendly food

products for CHM during the month of

May. Check out the mission bulletin board

in the cry room for food suggestions. Thank

you for helping.

The Mission Team

GAME NIGHT JUST FOR FUN! Let’s have another game night! On Fri-

day, May 3rd, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm,

let’s meet in Fellowship Hall for

GAME NIGHT. Bring a snack or two

to share and your favorite games. We

can set up our wonderful round tables

and everyone can pick what game they

want to play. We need cards, old board

games, new games, even teach some-

thing new to friends! Just for fun! For

more information contact Loretta at

church.

Mother’s Day Doin’s

Team Jesus will again lead the worship

services this Mother’s day on May 12th.

The youth bells will provide beautiful

music, then enjoy the singing and read-

ing of some of our youngest peeps.

Don’t miss out! See you there!

Egg Hunt & Breakfast Fun Another great Easter Breakfast was cele-

brated on April 20th

with the Family Coun-

cil, Outreach team, and the youth doing a

terrific job! We had about 130 people in

attendance including church families, day-

care families, kids from Chateau Du Mont,

and families from La Trinidad congrega-

tion. Thanks so much for those of you at-

tended and those who worked very hard!

See you next Easter!

Thank you!

Prayer Partners Needed for Summer Mission Trips Plans for summer mission trips are in full

swing! Lots of work goes into planning a

mission trip, and all kinds of volunteers

are needed. Everyone can be involved

even if you can't attend a trip. Prayer

Partners are needed for the Sr. High and

Middle School Mission trips. The Sr.

High trip is June 15-21 as the kids and

adults will be headed to North Carolina

this year to a Methodist organization

called The Hinton Center. The middle

school hope to travel closer to home in

July. A Prayer Partner is a simple but im-

portant part of these trips. We ask that a

Prayer Partner pray for a specific individ-

ual on the trip, as well as for the success

and safety of the entire group. Prayer

Partners are also asked to put together a

simple goodie bag for the person they

are praying for. This bag may include

snacks, notes, and things to do on the

car ride to our destination. If you would

like to participate in our Prayer Partner

program, please contact Loretta Bran-

don, 314-739-0434, ext. 24, or lbran-

[email protected].

Graduation Sunday

Youth or adults in the Arlington

Church family who are graduating

from high school, tech school, college,

or graduate school this year are asked

to contact the church office, 314-739-

0434, ext. 110, by Monday, May 13th.

We will need the graduate’s name,

school, and degree obtained. All grad-

uates will be recognized during the

worship service on Sunday, May 19th.

For those Arlington members gradu-

ating from high school, college, gradu-

ate school, or a tech school, please

join the Education and Higher Educa-

tion committees as they provide

breakfast for you and your family at

9:00 am in Fellowship Hall on May

19th.

JAM is coming! Spring is springing and so is JAM (Jesus

and Me). We will meet in the evening each

Wednesday in June. Children ages 3

through middle school completed are in-

vited to attend. Here is what we need from

you:

• Invite, invite, invite!

• Pray for God's power and presence

during JAM!

• Your participation as a volunteer (sign-

up sheet is in the Great Hall)!

• Donations!

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