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in Stevens Point and Plover

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The United Methodist News of Stevens Point and Plover

“Un ited in Chr i st , un ited in ser vi ce”

November 2014 Volume 3, Issue 11

For current news...

From Pastor Hyejung Hwang

In This Issue. . . From the Pastor Missions Changing the World Lay Leader Message Finance Corner Ministry News Announcements Schedules Calendar Worship Corner

United Methodist Church Websites

United Methodist in Stevens Point and Plover: stevenspointumc.org Annual Conference Website: www.wisconsinumc.org

United Methodist Committee on Relief Website: www.umcgiving.org

Facebook

www.facebook.com/StPaulsUMC.Point www.facebook.com/thespringsumc

www.facebook.com/stpaulsumcyouth.point

I see a big holiday on the calendar. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest. Like the United States and Can-ada, countries around the world have harvest festival or Thanksgiving Day to commemorate labor and production and give one another thanks. As a celebra-tion of the good harvest, Koreans visit and have a ritual at their ancestral hometowns, remove weeds around the grave of their ancestors and share a feast of traditional Korean food such as songpyeon and rice wines. I was told that fall is a busy season in Stevens Point for various festivals. I’m looking for-ward to the Holiday Fest at St. Paul’s. I think it will be an event to celebrate and be joyful together, which makes us feel abundant with sharing food, music and arts that people bring in. If I think of harvest festival or Thanksgiving Day for God’s people, it should be far more than a special day on the calendar. The Bible encourages us to live a life of thanksgiving each day. I have a candle holder which says, “count your blessings.” It reminds me so I don’t forget that I have been blessed each day. Being thankful to God, for all of God’s blessings, may be the best mark of Christians. If there is one more thing reminding me of this thanksgiving season, I can say it would be the season for sharing our benefits as well as joyful hearts. I remem-ber a church that I attended in my 20’s. On the thanksgiving Sunday, we brought fruits and put them on the alter, until the alter was decorated with all the fruits that we brought from home. After the worship, we shared them with the neighbors who were without family. Through this ritual that has repeated for years in the church, I realize that what we have comes from God and we offer it to God, and what we bring before God is for our neighbors, too. So to me, thanksgiving is the season to reach out to neighbors with warm hearts like when we visit our family, as well as the season to praise God’s abundance. While I am enjoying that nature is getting colorful and ripe, I give thanks to God that we are a part of this wonderful creation that reflects the beauty in God, and that God is good to all.

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United Methodists in mission together, locally and globally......

November Food of the Month

NON-PERISHABLES FOR HOLIDAY BASKETS

LOOSE COIN OFFERING FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

Interfaith Food Pantry Started by The Springs UMC in the 1990’s, the Inter-faith Food Pantry of Portage County is located on Bus. 51 in Plover and is open to anyone living in the

county. Funds will be used to help pay for food needed for distribution that wasn’t obtained through donations.

November Mission Focus

NON-PERISHABLES FOR HOLIDAY BASKETS

COINS OF COMPASSION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER Holiday Baskets

Provides food, clothing and gifts to Portage County

needy families during the Christmas season.

at St. Paul’s at The Springs

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Midwest Mission Distribution Center January 14-17, 2015

Want to volunteer? A Midwest Mission Distribution Center trip is being planned to Chatham, IL for January 14-17, 2015. Last year we had a group go from our church and came back with stories of the wonderful ex-perience. If you would like to have a hands-on short-term mission trip, this is for you. Please let the church office know by mid-November if you plan to go. A $50 deposit is requested at that time. The total trip is about $250. We drive down (6 hours), stay in a dorm and prepare our own food. The leaders take care of that. This is a good way to see how the many kits are assembled, boxed and labeled to be sent to various countries. As a team we worked in varying areas of interest. As we get closer to the date, we will have a meeting to dis-cuss all the details of what to bring, etc. Prayerfully give this serious thought. Leaders are Bonnie Lund and Mary Gurlea. They will gladly chat with you and answer your questions.

Ghana Mission Project Needs Our friends at the Methodist Hospital in Wenchi sent a note from their nursing staff thanking us for the supplies that we took to them last January. While we were visiting them we asked how we could be helpful this year and received the following note “we are so thankful for the love and outpouring of support your congregation provided, specifically the dresses, caps and toiletries that were sent to our children’s unit.” “This singular ges-ture contributed significantly towards attracting more women to the hospital for supervised deliveries. Your gifts made a wonderful contribution.” The Wenchi Hospital nursing staff sent the following list of needs. If you can contribute items or funds to pur-chase items, they will be put to great use. Please review the following list and send donations to John Munson, 1101 Brawley Street, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 or bring them to the church to be included in our next ship-ping containers.

As you can see we will need to purchase some of these items so financial gifts are much appreciated. However, if any of you have access to clinics or hospitals who might donate items we would appreciate having you contact them and make arrangement for the donation. ~Methodist in Ghana Mission Team

New Bed sheets for single beds

Pillow cases (good condition) Hand sanitizers (bottles) Examination gloves

Sterile gloves Cannulars for both kids and adults

Blood screening sets IV sets

Syringes and needles

Clinical thermometers Blood Pressure Cuffs

Rechargeable lamps for when lights

go out – happens frequently Hand driers – Small hand towels

Plaster for casting injuries

Face Masks Weighing Scale (accurate)

Theatre gowns Scrubs Theatre Draw sheets

Theatre Green paper for wrapping materials for sterilization

Operation Bootstrap is experiencing an unusually

heavy call for winter jackets. While we need all sizes, we have a special need for boys jackets sizes 7/8 and 10, and adult jackets sizes Large, X-large,

and XXL. Thank you for your continued support - we couldn't do this without all of you.

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you

have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)

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Interfaith Food Pantry of Portage County 2820 Post Rd, Plover

Are you willing to be a servant with the Interfaith Food Pantry who could be on call? Sometimes a person who has volunteered to help at the pantry finds they cannot assist and they need some-one to fill in. Please call the church office (715-344-3557 or 715-344-9192) to volunteer.

The Interfaith Food Pantry is a full pantry program, serving all individuals and families in need in Portage County. The pantry is open the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The only requirement to receive food is to show proof of residency in Portage County. Recipients are eligible to come both times each month. Donations may be dropped off at the church or at the pantry by calling Mel Dow at 715-347-2689.

Stephen Ministry

TRUST ME...Has someone ever told you "Trust me," and then let you down? Our Stephen Ministers are people you really can trust. They are committed to providing the best Christian care possible to their care receivers. They are people you can trust and depend on.

Changing the world, one life at a time

The United Methodist Church Reconciling Statement

The Springs, St. Paul’s and UWSP Campus Ministry publically affirms a commitment to spiri-tual diversity and individual integrity, believing that our faith compels us to be in intentional ministry to, with and for all people, including those who have not always been accepted be-cause of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual/affectional identity, age, physical abili-ties/qualities, social/economic status, family make-up, or religious background. In addition, we support the full inclusion of all these persons in the United Methodist Church.

Consumer Wellness Advocate Workshop

John Munson, Master trainer for Vesuvius Health and Wellness will offer his Consumer Wellness Advocate workshop on December 7th 8:30-12:30 PM at St. Paul’s. This workshop normally costs $79 per participant but he will do the workshop for the cost of materials. The Wills, Memorials and Gifts committee are fund-ing half of the materials cost so the first 25 participants who stop by the church office and pay $18 will claim the available spots. Checks may be made out to the United Methodist Church of Stevens Point and Plover. The Consumer Wellness Advocate (CWA) is the world’s first and only consumer-level certification in well-being. It is the wellness equivalent to CPR. Participants will become familiar with 10 personal dimen-sions of wellness, rate themselves as they participate in an interactive workshop, and become familiar with the wellness concept as it applies to everyday living. Upon completion of the workshop all partici-pants will become certified consumer wellness advocates and be invited to take part in a weekly on-line wellness connection. This is a weekly experience delivered free to your computer once a week for 52 weeks that encourages you to improve your personal wellness lifestyle. This is a workshop for people high school age and above. All learning materials will be provided at the workshop. Participants will walk away feeling that they had fun, learned more about wellness and have a path they can follow for the next year to add enjoyment and satisfaction to their lives. Sign up soon so you can reserve a spot. Stop by the church office this week. If you can’t make this workshop and still would like to experience it, the workshop is available on-line at mywellnessregistry.com.

“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I’m supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I’m praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.” Mother Teresa I pinned this quote to my Pinterest page the other day. There are so many quotes by Mother Teresa that I like, but this one I LOVED! I think it is common to pray for things, or situations, but how often do we really pray for change? How often do we pray to change ourselves, our point of view, or our level of understanding? How often do we pray for Jesus to use us to do his work? How often do we ask God to change our mindset from “what can I get” to “what can I give?” From “fix this” to “what can I do to make it better?” How often do we ask for something when instead, we should be asking somehow? Somehow there is a way I can make a difference, somehow I can heal the hurting, somehow I can give hope. So, next time we pray, let us take a moment to pray for God to use us. Because through us, God can do the best work of all. By praying for a change to take place within, we can do the most good out in the world.

“And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

Tonya Kowalski Lay Leader

Lay Leader Message

Stewardship Corner

#307 Giving breaks the temptation of greed.

“The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap boun-tifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7a) Edythe was taking care of all her annual donations to charities. She was going to make her pledge to the church pretty much the same as all the others when she realized how important the church is to her. So this year she made it three times her usual donation. She was surprised to learn later in a conversation with her friend, Bill, the church Treasurer, that her gift was below average. While the most common gifts were about $10 - $30/week, the top givers gave more than $10,000 each per year. That changed the average. When she asked the pastor how much she should give, she answered, “Give what God is calling you to give.” That did-n’t help. Later that week Edythe decided she wanted to make sure she paid her way. Again, she had a hard time get-ting someone to tell her an amount. She asked Bill and he said, “That’s not how we do it.” Edythe re-sponded, “Well, if the budget is $140,000 and we have 200 members, that means we need $700 from every member, right?” “Yes,” Bill answered, but that number includes members who are in nursing homes and confirmed youth, as well as families who may be out of a job. Are you saying a family of four members owes four times as much as you?” “Well, not really,” Edythe responded. Edythe was perplexed. “Well, I’ve heard you say that our mission giving, or our apportionments, are about $100/member. So, I’ll start there. Plus, you said we have about 100 families, so if I divide the $140,000 budget by 100, that’s $1,400 this year. That’s a lot.” Bill answered, “What is God calling you to give? Look at what you have. Can you give God a percentage? I know if everyone in our church gave just 3-5% of their annual income to the church, we wouldn’t have any money problems at all.” “That makes sense,” Edythe said. “Now, Bill, you’re the numbers man so help me do the math!”

What is God calling you to give to your church? Call if we can help.

Finance Corner Info: September Offerings: $27,783.77 Building Fund Offerings: $1,535.91 St. Paul's Loose Coin: $573.70 The Spring's Loose Coin: $64.56

Wisconsin United Methodist Foundation

750 Windsor Street Suite 305 Sun Prairie, WI 53590

1-888-903-9863 or wumf@wumf.org

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Study Groups

PLACEMAT MINISTRY - Wednesday 5:00pm

THE WAY OF GRACE - Wednesday 6:00pm

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY - 6:00pm

WOMEN ON THE GROW - Friday 8:45am

FLY HIGH - HUDDLE WARM - Friday 11:45am

HAPPY HOUR - Friday 1:00pm

Advent Study

“Singing Mary’s Song” by John Stroman

Tuesdays (beginning 12/2)

5:30 - 6:30 pm, The Springs

Cost: $9.50

Leaders: Hyejung Hwang and Barb Kiser

Book Explorers

Ladies have you ever read a book that was very exciting and you wanted to share with others, to discuss its meaning. Then Book Ex-plorers is the group you want to join. We meet the first Thursday of the month in the Thomas Coke room at 1:00 pm. Our next meeting is Thursday November 6. We have been reading "The Girl in The Blue Be-ret, by Bobbie Ann Mason. Even if you haven't read it please come. You will find the discussion interesting as the talks bring up old memories. This book is about World War ll. The books we read are all fiction, covering top-ics of History, Adventure, Mystery and Relation-ships. For further information please call JoAnn Tucker, 715-544-0012.

New SINGLES GROUP is being formed. The Holidays are fast approaching. This can be a difficult time for individuals who recently lost a loved one. It can also be a hard time for those who are single and looking to fill a void. NUTURE is reaching out to those persons. This group will take the format of whatever YOU want it to be. Its purpose is to meet, support and share interests with other single persons. Interested? Join us on Thursday, Nov. 13th—10:30 a.m. in the Chapel at St. Paul’s. Lois Sadogierski, Bonnie Lund, Bob and Bonnie Linaberry-Charis. Let’s get the conversation started!!

A new small group that will provide support for your search. A path to explore prayer, scripture and the spiritual journey. An experience of God’s grace and love in daily times of reflection. Companions in Christ moves through a study of five topics: · Spiritual Formation (embracing the journey) – five weeks · Scripture (feeding on the word) – five weeks · Prayer (deepening our prayer) – six weeks · Vocation (responding to our call) – five weeks · Spiritual companionship (exploring spiritual guidance) – five weeks After journeying through daily reading and reflection, each week concludes with a meeting of the group. Companions in Christ offers a powerfully transforming small group experience. We will explore classic spiritual practices. We will develop new patterns for living. We will experience a deepening relationship with God and each other. We will open ourselves to God’s presence and the movement of the Spirit. As we listen and explore together, we will surely meet our loving God. This journey will be starting in January of 2015, led by Karl Weyers and Karen Phelps. The text is $20. Scholarships are available. The group members will decide day and time. If you are interested, please contact the Church office 715-344-3557 or 715-344-9192, Karl Weyers at 715-347-1644 or karl_weyers@charter.net, Karen Phelps at 920-912-4770 or li_10_up@hotmail.com

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Staff Parish Relations Committee Staff-Parish Relations Committee wants you to know the responsibilities of our Pastors. We have one pastor who is full-time and a second one who is ½ time.

Pastor Responsibilities Lead pastor responsibilities: Administrative areas Staff supervision Primary connection to the following ministry areas: Worship, Social Creed, Family & Adult, Stephen Ministry, Men’s group, Children & Youth, Confirmation Service outside the local church: Interfaith food Pantry, District Committee on Ministry, District Superintendency Committee and Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries. Associate pastor responsibilities: Nurture Outreach Secondary connection to Worship and Children & Youth Youth Group Shared responsibilities: Pastoral care Preaching: Lead Pastor three of four Sundays, Associate Pastor, one Sunday a month at both services

and two Sundays a month at The Springs

Bar Hopping with the Preacher In October, six people from our congregation went to the Airport Bar, at the corner of Hwy 66/Wilshire and had a great time interacting with the people present. We introduced ourselves as neighbors from the United Methodist church down the street. We ended up hosting two games of pool with a couple of men standing at the bar. Some people had extended conversations with two other people. The experience was great. On No-vember 13 at 6:00 pm we will be gathering at Mikey’s Bar, 3018 Village Park Dr., Plover. Come join others in being good neighbors to our community.

Adult and Family Ministry

Study Groups - continued

FAITHLINK RETURNS . . . BEGINNING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2 9:00 - 10:00 am (conference room @SP)

This class is not new to us, it has been around for several years, and then took a break. Well, it is back...meeting on Sunday mornings from 9:00-10:00am in the conference room at St. Paul's location. Eric and JuliAnn Norton will provide new leadership. Class will begin Sunday, November 2. The class will con-tinue to use the "online" material. The goal of the material is to connect Faith and Life as United Methodists. "Faithlink" motivates Christians to consider their personal views on important issues, and encourages them to act on their beliefs. So if "Social Concerns" are at the top of your list of passions, come join us for stimulat-ing interaction. If you have questions, contact Nea Miller or Patti Hermes.

Advent Kids Expect Advent! A Creative Journey to Bethlehem for children and their families. Take time this Advent to share in Jesus' birth story and what it means to us. Each Saturday morning during Advent, kids and fami-lies share in Art, Faith and Fun. Parents morning out....Advent Kids is a family ministry and can be a time for parents and guardians to take time apart from children during this busy season. Advent Kids will be held from 10am - 12pm on November 29 and December 6, 13, 20. Children, 4K - 6th grade, are welcome to attend Advent Kids without their par-ents and guardians, Registration Permission forms are available in the church office or on our website. For more information, contact Laura Courtright Burns at lauracourtright@gmail.com or 715-340-4523.

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From Women in Action

Fall Rummage Sale Is Here! SCHEDULE:

Sunday, Nov. 2 - Items are moved from stage to Fellowship Hall Monday, Nov. 3 - Setup 9am-6pm Tuesday, Nov. 4 - Sale is 8am-6pm Wednesday, Nov. 5-Sale is 8am-11am, followed by cleanup

Workers are needed at the above times. Men are especially needed to help with tables and lifting boxes. If you can help for a short amount of time or longer, please let Bonnie Lund know at 715/345-0247 or bonnie-lund@charter.net. We need many hands to run this event for the community, plus we have fun getting to know one another better.

Grocery Bags Needed Grocery bags, both paper and plastic are needed for the rummage sale. Please bring your donated bags into the church office.

Women in Action

UMC Men’s Group The United Methodist Men’s group has entered into a partnership with UWSP Adventure Tours to bring our church members high quality wellness vacation opportunities. We invite you to go to the website http://www.uwsp.edu/hphd/adventuretours/Pages/default.aspx and take a look at all of the wonderful travel opportunities offered. This year (2015) trips are offered to New Zealand, Costa Rica, London Walking, Grand Canyon Rafting, Trekking in Austria and Italy, South Africa Hiking and Southern England and Dub-lin. Dennis and Marcia Yockers will lead the Costa Rica trip and Barb and John Munson will lead the South-ern England and Dublin trip. If you decide to sign up for one of the UWSP Adventure tours be sure to put down that you heard about the trip from the United Methodist Men’s group as they will receive a donation for each person from our church who signs up. You can also tell your friends about the trips and if they sign up have them do the same. The trips are for moderately active adults who would like to have experienced guides take them to amazing places. Trips vary in length but are a wonderful way to learn new cultures, make new friends and learn about our world.

Youth Ministry What's Up with SYC?!

Youth, join us at SYC (Stevens Point Youth Community) in the month of November for:

All Saints Day---What Makes A Saint? Design the new SYC Logo Dinner Church and more...

ALL 6th-12th grade youth are welcome at SYC! We meet on Sunday nights, 5:30 pm for dinner, 6:00 - 7:00 pm for activities at Intercession Episcopal Church, 1417 Church Street. A 7:00pm Worship service follows and is for people of all ages. For more information, contact Laura Courtright Burns, 715-340-4523 or lauracourtright@gmail.com.

SYC will not meet on Sunday, November 30

UWSP Campus Ministry

UM Campus Ministry at UWSP -- Mark Your Calendars! Theology On Tap! Grab your favorite Dreyfus University Center Basement Brewhaus beverage and join us in the Brewhaus Workshop Room on Tuesday, November 4, 7-8:30pm. Good Company, Lively Conversation, and Free Snacks!

Something New coming to UWSP in November--Vespers! What is Vespers? Communal prayer, the Word, and artistic responses to the Word (dance, music, art, writ-ing). Come and let the Spirit move you! Tuesday, November 18, 7:00pm in the DUC Encore! United Method-ist Campus Ministry at UWSP is an inclusive and affirming ministry. ALL are welcome!

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United Methodists in Ministry - News, Events, Announcements Baptism October 19, 2014 - Benjamin Robert Pachniak, born June 9, 2014, son of Robert and Heidi Pachniak and brother to Ella.

In Sympathy Ralph Neale, father of Scott Neale, died on Thursday, October 16, 2014. A funeral service was held at Christ United Methodist Church, Merrill, on Tuesday, October 21. Please keep Scott and his family in your prayers. Shirley Johnson, member at St. Paul’s, died on Monday, October 20, 2014. There will be no funeral services held. Please keep Shirley’s family in your prayers. Soon Yi Kim, mother of Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, died on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in South Korea. Her funeral service was held on October 21 at Moon San Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent to Bishop Hee-Soo & Im Jung at 750 Windsor St, Ste. 303, Sun Prairie WI 53590. Memorials may be given to the Imagine No Malaria campaign through the Treasurer’s Office of the Wisconsin Annual Conference. Please keep Bishop Jung and his family in your prayers.

Men’s Breakfast

Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:00am at St. Paul’s.

Join men of faith for breakfast & fellowship.

Menu: Egg casserole, rolls, juice and coffee.

Middler/Senior Lunch

November 20, 2014

Music Room @ St. Paul’s

Lunch @ 12:00 noon

“Civil War” . . . artifacts Presenter: Dwight Cooper

Questions or to make a Reservation call 715-344-3557 or

715-344--9192

Reservations appreciated!

Oakridge Worship, 1st Tuesday of the Month

Are you looking for an alternate or additional worship experience? On the first Tuesday of each month, a

worship service is held at Emeritus/Oak Ridge Living Center, 5625 Sandpiper Dr., Stevens Point, at 1:00 pm. The service is 1/2 hour and includes special music, the Lord’s Supper, singing, scrip-ture/meditation and great fellowship. Everyone

is welcome.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13:14 (ESV)

Thanksgiving Worship

Our Thanksgiving worship service will be Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00 pm at The Springs, 2820 Plover Springs Dr., Plover. This will be a time of singing hymns of thanksgiving, offering our thanks to God for the abundance of life and offering a non-perishable food item. To-gether let us thank the Lord.

Holiday Fest November 8, 2014 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

St. Paul’s Location

We invite you to intentionally plan to attend - we hope to see HUNDREDS of members of St. Paul’s and The Springs show their support by their presence. If you’ve never attended before, we think you'll be pleasantly amazed at what’s going on. COME...enjoy lunch and lose yourself in the vast array of arts & crafts.

P.S. Don’t forget to sign up in the Gathering Area to bring an item or volunteer your time for this great fundraiser!

United Methodists in Ministry - Schedules

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DATE LITURGIST USHERS GREETERS CONNECTION CENTER

COMMUNION SERVERS

CHILDREN’S MOMENTS

AV/PPP TECHS

11/02 John Wiltse Charley & Olive

White

John & Barb

Munson

N: John Schultz

Family

S: Andy Felt

Family

John Schultz Mark & Tracey

Roland

Pete & Joyce

Kasson

Bob Linaberry-

Charis

Bonnie Taylor-

Charis

Norma Halverson

Selma Taylor

Tony

Hansen

Shannon

Hansen

11/09 Steven Wade Jim & Nea

Miller

Jessica Brennan

Kari Schultz

N: Chris

Kowalski Family

S: Mary Weis

Goldene Purcell

John Munson

Tonya Kowalski

Eric

Watson

Maggie

Watson

11/16 Sandy Shave Bob Linaberry-

Charis

Bonnie Taylor-

Charis

Don & Judi

Olson

N: Gene &

RuthAnn

Cramer

S: Sharon Morell

Helen Gilman

Judy Hill John & Stephanie

White

Len & Judy Hill

Gene & RuthAnn

Cramer

Sharon Morell

Amanda Manzke

Pete

Anderson

Jeff

Troestler

11/23 Gini Wurtzel Ron & Sandy

Shave

Don & Barb

Huibregtse

N: Mark Roland

Family

S: Audrey Dean

Julie McGivern

Tracey Roland

Mary Schultz

Ernie

Taylor

Colette

Bernsteen

11/30 John White Roger & Gini

Wurtzel

Jim & Sue

Shulfer

N: Ed Dahm

Mavis Kobishop

S: Julie Hintzman

Janet Malone

Tom Rogers

Jean Hayden

Jordan

Hansen

Lisa

Hansen

St. Paul’s Schedules: **

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The Springs Schedules: **

Date Liturgist Ushers

11/2 Sydney Neale Neale Family

11/9 Mary Wykle Royce Rossier/Bea Richards

11/16 Beverly West Donna Johnson/Richard Drew

11/23 Jo Carlson Althea Rossier/

11/30 Sydney Neale Neale Family

12/7 Barb Kiser Sue Jeidy/

** These schedules are not set in stone. Please be aware that they can be changed as needed. If you know you are not available on a certain Sunday, please notify Sue Jeidy (The Springs) or Yvonne Chojnacki (St. Paul’s) as soon as possi-ble so we can make the nec-

essary arrangements.

The United Methodist Church: The Springs,

St. Paul’s and UWSP Campus Ministry

TS — The Springs, Plover SP — St. Paul’s, Stevens Point UWSP — Campus Ministry

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8:45am The Springs 10:15am St. Paul’s

(See Worship Corner

- pg. 12 for complete schedule)

3 6:00pm - Stephen Ministry Peer Su-pervision

4 7:00am-Polling Station 8am - 6pm Rummage Sale 1:00pm-Oakridge Worship 2:00pm-Staff Mtg 5:30pm - N’Joy 7:00pm - Theology On Tap

5 8-11am - Rummage Sale

Disciples Night (see pg. 12 for

schedule)

6 10:00am - Eliza-beth Circle 1:00pm - Book Explorers 3:30pm - Hope Center Meal

7 8:30am - WOTG 11:45am - Fly High 1:00pm - Happy Hour

8 9:00am - Holiday Fest

9 WORSHIP

8:45am The Springs

10:15am St. Paul’s (See Worship Cor-ner - pg. 12 for complete schedule)

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11 Veterans Day 1:00pm - Staff Mtg 5:15pm - Place of Peace Meal Plan. 5:30pm - N’Joy 6-8:00pm - Interfaith Food Pantry Distribution

12

Disciples Night (see pg. 12 for

schedule)

13 Blood Drive

Mom’s Cub 10:30am - Swing-ing Singles (Lib) 6:00pm - Bar Hop-ping w/the Preacher @ Mikey’s in Plover

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8:30am - WOTG 11:45am - Fly High 1:00pm - Happy Hour

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16 WORSHIP

8:45am The

Springs 10:15am St. Paul’s

w/Communion

(See Worship Cor-ner - pg.12 for com-plete schedule)

17 6:00pm - Stephen Ministry Peer Su-pervision

18 10:30am - Swinging Singles (Lib) 1:00pm - Circuit #10 Clergy 5:30pm - N’Joy 6:00pm-SPRC(TS) 6:15pm - Outreach 7:00pm - Campus Worship

19

Disciples Night (see pg. 12 for

schedule)

20 12:00pm - Mid-dler/Senior Lunch 3:30pm - Place of Peace Meal 6:00pm - Finance

21 8:30am - WOTG 11:45am - Fly High 1:00pm - Happy Hour

22 8:00am - Men’s Breakfast

23 & 30 WORSHIP 8:45am The

Springs 10:15am St. Paul’s (See Worship Cor-ner - pg.12 for com-plete schedule)

24

7:00pm - Adult/Family Ministry

25 1:00pm - Staff 5:30pm - N’Joy 7:00pm - Thanks-giving Worship (TS) 6-8:00pm - Inter-faith Food Pantry Distribution

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No Disciples Night

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The Church in the World

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November 2014 Volume 3, Issue 11

Paul Webster, a United Methodist missionary native who serves at the Mujila Falls Agri-cultural Centre in Zambia, has contracted malaria. A Wisconsin native who was commis-sioned in 1992, Paul is not facing this disease for the first time, but asks for prayers for his quick recovery so he can return to the work that he loves. Paul’s story is unfortunately not an uncommon one among people living in Africa. Ma-laria accounts for over 200 million cases and kills over 625,000 people each year. Sub-

Saharan Africa is particularly affected by this disease with over 85% of cases and over 90% of deaths happen-ing in that region. Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that lives in the female Anopheles mosquito. When the mosquito bites a human, the person becomes a carrier of the disease and the parasite proceeds to take over the red blood cells in the body. Initially, the disease causes fever, headaches, vomiting, and joint pain. If left untreated, malaria can progress to cause organ failure and death. But there is great reason to hope: malaria is both preventable and treatable. United Methodists all across the world have joined the fight against this disease through our Imagine No Malaria campaign. This initiative of the global United Methodist Church is working toward raising $75 million by the end of 2015 in the effort to end deaths and suffering from malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Imagine No Malaria provides bed nets, edu-cation, and treatment to build a sustainable, accountable system to fight the malaria disease. You can support the efforts of Paul Webster by writing a check to the Wisconsin Conference Treasurer for Fund #3443. For more information about the Imagine No Malaria initiative or ideas about ways you can get involved, please visit our website at www.ImagineNoMalariaWI.org or contact Wisconsin Field Coordinator, Nicole Wilken, at nwilken@wisconsinumc.org.

RELIEF FOR TYPHOON SURVIVORS Thanks to a grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to the Manila Episcopal Conference, United Methodist Church of the Philippines, 386 families displaced by Typhoon Glenda will receive food packages to meet basic needs. Typhoon Glenda (also known as Rammasun) made landfall on the is-land of Luzon in mid-July. Storm winds toppled trees and electrical poles, while ripping roofs off homes along its devastating path. The typhoon also shut down most of the capital area, traveling through the provinces of Quezon, Laguna, Aurora and Metro Manila, areas

where families have been identified to receive food assistance. The relief packages which consist of locally purchased rice, sardines, instant noodles, sugar and meatloaf, will go to those deemed most vulnerable. After Glenda, Typhoon Mario (also called Fung-wong) struck Luzon in mid-September, again causing damag-ing floods on the island. UMCOR is providing food packages to these survivors as well and will reach 404 families with the emergency assistance. Your gifts to International Disaster Response, Advance #982450 enable UMCOR to support the needs of survivors during times of disaster

PRAYER: MIDWEST STORMS

Let us continue to pray for the people of the U.S. Midwest during their time of recovery. As severe storms ripped through the region recently, let us look to God and remember,

“All will be well, and all will be well,

and every kind

of thing will be well”

From Julian of Norwich’s Showings of Divine Love, taken from Prayers for Strength, the Upper Room for UMCOR