Salem United Church Of Christ 217 Salem Drive Plymouth, WI 53073

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PASTOR: Rev. James M. Hoppert DIRECTOR OF YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRY: Marsha Meyer

CHURCH SECRETARY: Pamela Miller MONETARY GIFTS SECRETARY: Jennie Schoenefeld

MONETARY GIFTS ASSISTANT: Sharon Schoenfeld FINANCIAL SECRETARY: Lorena McKerrow

CUSTODIAN: Pietje Markus

CHAPEL CHIMES IS A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

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SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

OFFICE HOURS: 7:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Thursday E-MAIL ADDRESS: salemuc@excel.net - WEB SITE: www.salemuccplywi.org

TELEPHONE: 920-892-7456/Rev. Hoppert 920- 838-0405

SALEM UCC MISSION STATEMENT

To praise and glorify God through Jesus Christ, Salem United Church of Christ will be a nurturing family that shares the Good News with people of all ages. Our congregation will invite and warmly welcome

others into this faith community. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we will create and maintain places and programs, which satisfy needs and nurture spiritual growth while recognizing and utilizing the diverse gifts and talents of all.

April 2016

Volume 66 No. 4

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U.S. Postage Paid Plymouth, Wisconsin

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FIRST NOTES “But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.” Acts 2:24 As I think about these first weeks after Easter Sunday, I am struck by the image of a Jesus who is continuously on the move, and moving ahead. When you get right down to it, Easter is all about the Jesus who cannot be stopped. Death thought that it could stop Jesus, but it was powerless to do so. The tomb could not hold him back. Those who were responsible for Jesus’ death, were unable to stop him. Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, and the full force of Roman might could not put an end to his work. Locked doors and fearful hearts were not enough to prevent his entrance. Jesus is on the move during the days of Easter. He is moving past the limits of being held to just one time and place. He is moving towards glorification. He is moving towards the timeless and the eternal. And as Jesus moves ahead, he invites us to come with him. He invites us to put aside our paralyzing fear and anxiety and journey with him. He invites us to become servants in the service of others. He asks us to embrace the full cost and joy of discipleship. He asks us to trust in the promises of life eternal resurrection and the hope of resurrection. Jesus moves on ahead, but he invites us to follow in his footsteps. Easter is not a stationary time in our lives of faith, but it is a time to move ahead, and Jesus is with us. May these Great 50 Days of Easter be a time of spiritual growth for you and those you love. Your servant in Christ, Rev. Jim Hoppert

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

4/01 Roland Bruggink Wade Kleinhans 4/03 Lillian Fontany Tara Meinnert

Megan Quade Corbin Krueger

4/05 Rev. James Hoppert Carol Thelen 4/06 Pam Miller Kristine Hartmann 4/07 Kay Halle 4/08 Karen Koehler 4/10 Terry Debbink Karen Lanser Kenneth Mauk 4/12 Rachel Rush Colton Sukowaty

Sam Veldman 4/13 Willard Kleinhans Stuart Sweeney 4/14 Hannah Mauk

Sharon Schoenfeld 4/15 Garrett Debbink Benjamin Picard 4/16 Karlee Hartmann 4/17 Don Tenpas 4/19 Dave Barts Steve Fieck Gail Kleinhans

Todd Thiel 4/20 Judith Helmer Esther Sippel Debbie O’Brien 4/21 John Humbracht Gareth Johnson 4/22 Andrea Kapellen Judi Miller

4/24 Jay Pfrang 4/25 Mark Leverenz 4/26 Ed Ardell Jeanne LeMahieu 4/27 Marlene Lorenz Evelyn Markus 4/28 Diane Hand

Abigail Nabak Deegan Quade

4/29 Jean Halle

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

4/3 Jeff & Maureen Greuel 4/8 Ken & Kathy Schaap 4/9 Robert & Marlene Lorenz 4/11 Tom & Brenda Nabak 4/11 Josh & Angie Bender 4/12 Leander & Dorothy Selk 4/19 Todd & Denise Kleinhans 4/19 Hans & Gladys Palm 4/20 Ron & Sandy Holzmann 4/22 Robert & Shelley Bubb 4/24 Todd & Dawn Fischer 4/24 Gerry & Reta Klemme 4/26 Mark & Linda Kleinhans 4/26 Jeremy & Stacy Picard 4/27 Ben & Tara Meinnert 4/30 Don & Judy Miller

To have grown wise and kind is real success.

- Anonymous

APRIL

LITTLE LAMBS CHILD CARE

Sunday, April 3rd: 8:30 am Annette & Lauren Bunyea Sunday, April 10th: 8:30 am Gail Kleinhans Sunday, April 17th: 8:30 am Jennifer & Hannah Velier Sunday, April 24th: 8:30 am Faye Hughes & Cora Meyer

Mark your calendar for the up-coming events: N. E. Association of the Wisconsin Conference UCC Annual Meeting, Saturday, April 16th Jubilation Sunday, Sunday, April 17th, St. Peter’s Mendelssohn’s Choir will join Salem’s Chancel Choir for a service of music. Annual Rummage Sale, Saturday, April 23rd Confirmation, Sunday, May 1st

Join us on Sunday, April 17th during the 8:30 a.m. worship service as the Mendelssohn Choir of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ from Kiel once again combines with the Chancel Choir to present the entire service of jubilant music. Accompanying the combined choirs will be the brass ensemble from St. Peter’s, Scott Wier and Barb Pahr.

SCRIP NEWS

We are always talking about ways we can increase the money that goes into our church. We are always looking for ways to get more money. One way is through the SCRIP program. Example: Piggly Wiggly pays 3% (3.00 per every $100 card) Kwik Trip and Fleet Farm pay 5% ($5.00 per every $100.00 card) Everybody eats and most people drive a car. If a family bought a $50 Piggly Wiggly card and a $50 KwikTrip or Fleet Farm card through the SCRIP program, here is how the program works. With the $1.50 from Piggly Wiggly + the $2.50 from KT or FF, that would be $4.00 that the family would be giving extra to the church each week. The $4.00 (from the above scenario) x 50 weeks would be $200.00 a year that the family would be giving extra to the church, without increasing their giving. If 50 people did this, the $200 per family, per year x the 50 families doing this program; the church would receive an additional $10,000. This is all with no increase in what the families are currently giving to the church. Nobody should be walking out the door without a SCRIP card in their hands. Another helpful piece of advice to help out the church with SCRIP: How many people have Kohl’s credit cards? Our cards have “Kohl’s Cares” on it. Those cards can be used to pay off your credit card balance/bill when taken into the store. We keep Kohl’s $25 and $100 in stock.

MISSION & STEWARDSHIP Happy Spring wishes from the Mission & Stewardship Committee! Our group met on March 15 for the first time this year. We have many goals ahead, first of which is to maintain Salem’s Five for Five status. As a reminder, there are five special fund requests made by the UCC during the year. They include: Our Church’s Wider Mission - OCWM - which is ongoing throughout the year. One Great Hour of Sharing - Mid-March Strengthen The Church - Pentecost (May 15) Neighbors in Need - early October Christmas Fund - Last Sunday in Advent We were a bit behind in providing notice to the congregation, and so we will be extending our One Great Hour of Sharing through April. During our annual meeting, we set goals for these benevolences. Below is a summary of those goals and where we are at: Our Church’s Wider Mission (OCWM):

Goal - $15,000.00 Presently - $3,082.00 One Great Hour of Sharing:

Goal - $700 Presently - $480.00 Strengthen the Church: Goal - $350.00 Neighbors In Need: Goal - $900.00 Christmas Fund: Goal - $700.00 Along with these efforts, we moved SCIO (Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization) from our annual budget to our benevolences. We would like to contribute $1,000 this year, an amount that is equal to past support. We are also asking SCIO to come and make a presentation to our congregation, in the hopes

that we can renew our participation with this worthwhile organization. There are other initiatives that we will be sharing with you in upcoming months, through the Chapel Chimes and from the pulpit. We have all been greatly blessed - and I hope that each of you will join us in working to share our blessings with the wider community. Yours in Christ, Mary Mullen - Chair Mission & Stewardship Committee

APRIL LECTIONAY READINGS Sunday, April 3, 2016- Second Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 5:27-32 Psalm: Psalm 118:14-29 Epistle: Revelation 1:4-8 Gospel: John 20:19-31 Sunday, April 10, 2016- Third Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 9:1-6 Psalm: Psalm 30 Epistle: Revelation 5:11-14 Gospel: John 21:1-19 Sunday, April 17, 2016- Fourth Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 9:36-43 Psalm: Psalm 23 Epistle: Revelation 7:9-17 Gospel: John 10:22-30 Sunday, April 24, 2016- Fifth Sunday of Easter First Reading: Acts 11:1-18 Psalm: Psalm 148 Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6 Gospel: John 13:31-35

Planning for this year’s sale is in progress—please mark your calendar with the following dates. This year's sale will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Set-up for the sale and the dates for drop-off of merchandise are as follows: 1. Tuesday, April 19 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 2. Wednesday, April 20 from 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 3. Thursday, April 21 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 4. Friday, April 22 from 9:00 to finish. On Saturday, April 16, assistance will be needed in loading items from our storage shed onto trailers and on Monday, April 18, rooms in the church will be set up in preparation for the sale. The date for removal of items and clean-up following the sale will be April 25 from 9:00 a.m. until completion. The follow-up Rummage Sale Committee meeting after the sale is scheduled for May 2. Your generous donations of items for the sale are appreciated. If you have items that you are unable to store and wish to donate before the drop-off dates, please contact Pam in the church office or Richard Jarosch at 920-893-8705 and arrangements will be made to assist you. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be posted and many volunteers will again be needed. If you are working full-time and can help for an hour or two in the evening, we welcome your donation of time. Members of the church are again encouraged to prepare bakery to donate for the sale. A brat fry and lemonade sale will also be held. A meeting is planned for

Monday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the church library to finalize details for this year's sale. Everyone in the church who is interested in helping is invited to attend. We appreciate your prayers that this year's event will be an enjoyable and safe event. Rummage sale posters are available in the hallway for distribution. Please take them to businesses/locations throughout the community in support of advertising for our sale.

I would like to thank you for the delicious meal that you brought to us. Also, thank you for all of your prayers.

Ross Bub

Dear Care Meal Ministry Team: We want to thank you for the delicious meal, sent with generous portions, to our house after John’s recent surgery. Your care and concern was evident through the meal and we are most appreciative for it and for the prayers offered up on John’s behalf. May God continue to bless the work your do in our midst. Yours in Christ, Rev. Jim, Abby, John, and Drew

Thank you to the Care Meal Ministry for the delicious meal brought to our home.

Scott, Annette, Lauren & Bree Bunyea and Beverly Schellhaass

APRIL USHER LIST Saturday, April 2nd: 4:30 p.m. Head Usher: Lori Holzer Richard Groene, Kevin & Debbie Lisowe Sunday, April 3rd: 8:30 a.m. Head Usher: Bret Schoenefeld Ken & Dorothy Baumann, Lorena McKerrow Saturday, April 9th: 4:30 pm Head Usher: Lori Holzer Bruce & Barb Hengst, Kymn Schicker Sunday, April 10th: 8:30 am Head Usher: Tom Daigle Steve Fieck, Paul Clarke, Dale Miller Saturday, April 16th: 4:30 pm Head Usher: Kymn Schicker Bob Becher, Sharon Klemme, Linda Krueger Sunday, April 17th: 8:30 am Head Usher: Consistory Terry & Rachel Risse, Al Bosman Saturday, April 23rd: 4:30 p.m. Head Usher: Lori Holzer Jerry & Reta Klemme, Judy Wilmot Sunday, April 24th: 8:30 a.m. Head Usher: Mary Mullen Betty Klemme, Evelyn Kretsch, Bette Humbracht Saturday, April 30th: 4:30 p.m. Head Usher: Kymn Schicker Ansel Tupper, Janice Bunyea, Roger Rortvedt Sunday, May 1st: 8:30 a.m. Head Usher: Consistory Ken & Pat Schoening, Evelyn Gundersen

PLEASE KEEP THESE FAMILIES IN YOUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS

HOSPITALIZED St. Luke’s, Milwaukee Larry Zwerg, Wade Kleinhans BAPTISMS Levi David Flunker, son of Casey & Crystal Flunker, born 11/5/15

GARDENING GOD’S WAY Plant three rows of peas: Peace of mind, peace of heart, peace of soul. Plant four rows of squash: Squash gossip, squash indifference, squash grumbling, squash selfishness. Plant four rows of lettuce: Lettuce be faithful, lettuce be kind, lettuce be obedient, lettuce really love one another. No garden should be without turnips: Turnip for meetings, turnip for service, turnip to help one another. Water freely with patience and cultivate with love. There is much fruit for your garden because you reap what you sow. To conclude our garden we must have thyme: Thyme for God, thyme for study, thyme for prayer, thyme for each other, thyme for friends.

-Author Unknown