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Salem Rising

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October 2013 Volume 25, Number 10

In This Issue:

•Salem Rising

•Pastor’s Response to the

Consulta�on Report

•Scripture Readings

for October

•Financial Report

▪Swiss Steak Supper

•Missions and

Ingathering

•Financial Peace

University

2014 Annual Giving and

Building Fund Appeal

Salem’s capital campaign is an oppor-

tunity for all members and friends of

Salem to grow in faith and generosi-

ty. The goals for our Salem Rising Ap-

peal include two purposes and two

commitments. We are asking every-

one to prayerfully consider:

•a one-year commitment to the 2014

Annual Giving Fund, and

•a three-year commitment to our

Building Fund. Building Fund com-

mitments need to be over and

above annual giving.

Most of all, keep Salem in your pray-

ers as we focus on Salem Rising!

Sunday, October 13

This is our appeal Kick-Off Sunday.

Sunday, November 10

Invita�on-to-Prayer Sunday. Every-

one will receive their Salem Rising

Prayer and Commitment Packet in

worship.

Sunday, November 24

Commitment Sunday and Special Fel-

lowship Event.

We are invited to bring our commit-

ments to worship where they will be

dedicated to the glory of God.

Sunday, December 15

Celebra�on Sunday! We will an-

nounce appeal results to date.

A special thank you to the congrega-

�on for prayers and commitments.

Along with our capital campaign, we

are very pleased to offer this fall Fi-

nancial Peace University for the third

�me. Financial Peace University is a

wonderful complement to our Salem

Rising Appeal as it teaches faithful

stewardship of the resources God has

entrusted to us. Please see page 8 for

informa�on.

Examine

yourselves

to see

whether

you are

living in

the faith.

2 Corinthians

13:5

Rev. John Louk Pastor of the Salem UMC

on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids and

beyond. In short, we need a clear, compel-

ling, shared vision to focus our life togeth-

er. We are clear about our mission to

make disciples of Jesus Christ for the

transforma�on of the world. The vision is

what that looks like when God’s kingdom

comes and God’s will is done right here

and now on earth, that is, in the mission

field surrounding us.

Certainly part of our vision is to em-

body and share our name Salem, meaning

peace, wholeness, completeness, health,

well-being, joy, beauty, jus�ce, and salva-

�on. That is what God wants for us and for

the world. Having a clear, compelling,

shared vision of what that looks like, how-

ever, will narrow it down to something

specific. Perhaps we will feel led to a

school where we will work to make sure

all the students have the resources they

need for class and at home, to make sure

all students are able to read, and to make

sure all students have enough food. Or

maybe we will feel led to the neighbor-

hood right behind our loca�on, working to

make sure all the people there have

wholeness of life, for instance, help with

marriage, money, and kids, rela�onships

throughout the neighborhood, and a rela-

�onship with the Lord and a place in the

body of Christ.

Once we have this clear, compelling,

and shared vision, then we need strategic,

inten�onal systems to help us accomplish

our mission and vision. Specifically, we

need systems to make disciples and lead-

ers, to engage the people of Salem to

serve in ministry, to oversee the people of

the congrega�on, to connect new guests

in the life of the congrega�on, and to

reach out to the people around us in the

community.

This is an exci�ng �me and, as always,

an adventure. I invite you to par�cipate in

the town hall mee�ngs and to pray for the

Holy Spirit to guide us.

Grace and peace to you,

John Louk

My Ini�al Response to the Consulta�on Report

Our Healthy Church Ini�a�ve consulta-

�on occurred September 20-22. AAer sev-

eral months of prepara�on and the three-

day consulta�on, we received the report

consis�ng of five strengths, five concerns,

and five prescrip�ons with deadlines for

implementa�on (available at the church or

on our website).

Two town hall style mee�ngs are

scheduled to discuss the report and the

prescrip�ons: Monday, September 30 at

7:00 pm and Tuesday, October 8 at 7:00

pm. Everyone is welcome and encouraged

to aEend. These �mes of holy conferencing

will be followed by a church conference on

Monday, October 14 at 7:00 pm with the

district superintendent to vote officially as

a congrega�on. The only agenda item will

be the vote on whether we will implement

the five prescrip�ons as a whole.

My ini�al response is that I am very

pleased with our consulta�on experience

and the direc�on we have received as a

congrega�on. In terms of strengths, our

consulta�on team experienced Salem as a

warm, welcoming, spiritual congrega�on

with giAed and effec�ve leadership and a

long history of forming Chris�an disciples.

They saw in us resilience and tenacity in

the face of significant challenges, especially

the flood of 2008. And they recognized

that we have landed in a fantas�c loca�on

within a large mission field.

The reality is, Salem didn’t just survive

the flood. While the flood experience in-

cluded about two-and-a-half years of great

difficulty, we are far beyond merely surviv-

ing. We are an effec�ve and fruiIul congre-

ga�on filled with wonderful people who

follow Jesus. Therefore, the prescrip�ons

we received are not a reac�on to some-

thing that needs fixing. Rather, they are

proac�ve. That is, they are meant to help

us inten�onally cause something to hap-

pen rather than just respond to something

that has gone wrong.

Further, based on our journey over the

last five years, we are ready to take the

next steps and become a more powerful,

fruiIul influence for the kingdom of God

In October, our focus in worship is stewardship. Our theme is Salem Rising. In this

Season AAer Pentecost (ordinary �me), we con�nue to read scripture texts from the

Revised Common Lec�onary. Some of our scripture readings, however, are being

moved to different Sundays while other texts are being added to complement our

stewardship focus.

“Steward” translated from the Greek New Testament word oikonomous, literally

means “manager of the household.” We are all stewards of God’s household, the

divine reign over all crea�on which Jesus described as “the kingdom of God.”

As stewards we manage God’s household, not ours. God, the Creator and owner of

all that is, says, “Here, I’m giving you all that I have. Take care of it. Manage it. Be

fruiIul. Make good things happen.” That’s stewardship. Because everything belongs

to God, it is vital that we listen to what God tells us to do, so we are managing God’s

household as God desires.

While the liturgical color for this season is green, symbolizing growth in Christ, the

color red is also used for celebra�on. Come and worship!

Oct 6 World Communion Sunday

Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 The Lover of Money

1 Timothy 6:6-19 The Love of Money and The Good Fight of Faith

Luke 16:19-31 The Rich Man and Lazarus

Holy Communion

Oct 13 Salem Rising - Appeal Kick-Off

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Jeremiah’s LeEer to the Exiles in Babylon

1 Corinthians 3:10-17 You Are God’s Temple

Luke 6:46-49 The Two Founda�ons

Oct 20 Salem Rising - Laity Sunday

Jeremiah 31:27-34 A New Covenant

2 Corinthians 8:1-7 Encouragement to Be Generous

Luke 16:1-13 The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

Holy Communion

Oct 27 Salem Rising

Proverbs 3:1-10 Trust and Honor God

2 Corinthians 9:6-9 God Loves a Cheerful Giver

MaEhew 25:14-30 The Parable of the Talents

Worship: Stewardship Series — Salem Rising

Come and Worship!

Sundays

9:00am—Contemporary

11:00am—Traditional

October 2013

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

September 30th

7:00 pm HCI Town Hall

Mee�ng

1

9:30 am Prayer room

2

10:30 am Pastor’s Class

5:30 pm Confirma�on

6:30 pm Pastor’s Class

6:30 pm Youth Group

7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal

3

4

5

8:00 am UMM’s

Breakfast

6

World Communion

Sunday

9:00 Contemporary

Worship

9:00 Lec�onary Class

10:10 Sunday School

10:10 Fellowship Time

11:00 Tradi�onal Worship

Crop Walk

7

6:30 pm— Salem Prayer

Team (Ronda Drahozal)

8

7:00 pm HCI Town Hall

Mee�ng

9


12:30 pm Staff Mee�ng



6:30 pm Youth Group


10

9:30 am Sarah Circle

Mee�ng

5:55 pm Rachel Circle

Mee�ng

6:00 pm Salem Rising Core

Group Mee�ng

7:00 pm Salem Rising

Leadership Team

11 12

13

9:00 Contemporary

Worship


10:10 Sunday School



Food Bank Sunday

Salem Rising Appeal

Kick-off

14

11:30 am Golden Links

7:00 pm HCI Church

Conference

15

9:30 am Prayer room

5:15 pm Leadership Board

mee�ng

16




6:30 pm Youth Group


17

UMM Swiss Steak Dinner

5:00 to 7:00 pm (details

on page 7)

6:00 pm Financial Peace

University (details on

page 8)

18

19

1:00 to 3:00 pm 100th

Birthday celebra�on for

Margaret Mills (details

on page 11)

20

9:00 Contemporary

Worship


10:10 Sunday School



Noon Women’s Care

Group

21

6:30 pm— Salem Prayer

Team (Ronda Drahozal)

22

November Forecaster ar�cles due

23


12:30 pm Staff Mee�ng



6:30 pm Youth Group


24


University

25

26

27

9:00 Contemporary

Worship


10:10 Sunday School



28

29

12:30 Cards & Fellowship

30

31


University

26 Gary Sweet

27 Carolyn Jarvis

28 Donna Newhard

29 Shannon Booth Biberdorf

29 Nora Dunnwald

31 Teresa Janda

4 Deb & Rick Black

6 Dolly & ScoE Akers

7 Deborah & Paul Vieira

9 Sharon & Louis Busch

10 Jody & Max Link

16 Melissa & Joe Jacobus

17 Laura & Jerry Munier

24 Liz & Ron Young

2 Ed Nellans

2 Caitlyn Schooley

2 Carter Schooley

3 Raul Salazar

4 Char McCaw

4 Taylor Lauderdale

5 Roberta Carver

5 Dave Higdon

6 Harold Wischmeyer

8 Kris�n Jacobus

8 Joyce Claude

9 Larry Schooley

10 Monica Thompson

11 Vernon (Roy) Livermore

11 Judy Sisco

18 Ronda Drahozal

19 Chris�ne Rand

20 Dolores Cross

20 Joni Salazar

21 Bob Jayne

21 Margaret Mills—100th!

26 Evie Shultz

Salem’s Record of Generosity In Support of Our

Ministry Goals as of August 31, 2013

October Birthdays and Anniversaries

Actual Budget

Offerings given toward Opera�ng Budget $144,276.70 $150,333.36

Other Opera�ng Budget income $7,125.00 $8,533.36

Total Budget Income 151,401.70 $158,866.72

BUDGET EXPENSES

YTD budget expenses paid $151,898.86 $157,425.45

TOTAL BUDGET INCOME OVER/(UNDER) EXPENSES ($497.16) $1,441.27

BUDGET GIVING

Thank you for your support of the ministries of Salem United Methodist Church.

United Methodist Women Sharon Busch, President

Sarah Circle will meet on October 10

at 9:30 am. Margery Gunding will be

the hostess. Our program will be

"Calling to Work for Children."

Rachel Circle will meet October 10 to

finish our Bible study “Wising Up, Ap-

plying the Wisdom of Proverbs to Dai-

ly Life.” This month the lesson is

about Being Alive, Real and Whole.

Please read all of the lessons in week

six. We will meet in the Fellowship

Hall at 5:55 pm for a light meal pro-

vided by Jean EllioE and Linda Jandik,

for fun, fellowship and something

chocolate. All are welcome.

This month our mission is the Cathe-

rine McAuley Center. It is the only

agency in our area to provide one-on-

one tutoring for adult learners and a

transi�onal housing program specifi-

cally designed for women and their

Weekend to Remember Ginnie & Dave Clark

Family Life presents “Weekend to

Remember” marriage getaway com-

ing to Cedar Rapids November 8-10.

The getaway weekend is a �me to be

together as a couple to invest in and

strengthen the founda�on of your

marriage, no maEer how firm or

fragile it is. By geTng away from the

distrac�ons of life, you can for�fy

your most important rela�onship

and work toward building wonderful

memories together, for decades to

come.

You’ll hear speakers deliver prac�cal,

biblical wisdom about what God’s

ideal of marriage looks like and how

you can work towards it in yours.

unique needs in overcoming poverty

and homelessness. While our plan

had been to collect personal prod-

ucts, their immediate needs are:

• toilet paper, •dry beans and rice,

and •pasta. All of the above items

will be accepted.

Kits & Bags— October 27 is the

deadline for any Health Kits or School

Bags. All items will be delivered to

the In Gathering in Cedar Falls

on November 2nd

.

The Conference UMW Mee�ng

will be held at the Mt. Vernon

United Methodist Church

on October 5, 2013. The

address is 304 1st St. SW,

Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Registra�on

begins at 8:30 am and the pro-

gram starts at 9:00 am.

Regardless of where your marriage is,

this is a valuable investment. So take

the �me to relax, reconnect and

laugh!

More informa�on will be coming.

Informa�onal brochures are located

on the office window ledge or visit

www.weekendtoremember.com.

Register using our group name

(SalemWeekenders) and save $120

off of the registra�on.

If you have any ques�ons, contact

Ginnie or Dave Clark, 551-3411 or

[email protected].

The Undie Sunday offering, pictured above,

included 120 pairs of socks and 246 Undies!

Don’t forget the chance to save on

your MEDICARE costs in 2014

Every year Medicare D plans and

Medicare Advantage plans can

change their benefits and

costs. These changes are announced

Oct 1 and go into effect Jan 1,

2014. That’s why it is important that

everyone on Medicare takes ad-

vantage of the open enrollment peri-

od Oct 15-Dec 7. It is too late to

change when you go to buy your Jan.

drugs and they are not covered or are

a much higher cost. Also copayments

and premiums may change. I will

gladly put your plan on and see what

is best for you. You can bring your

drug list as well as policy name and

Medicare D Assistance by Judy Cowan

phone number and I will put it on and

call you if you need a change. Also

any single person with income less

than $1,436.25 per month or married

$1,938.75 and resources not coun�ng

car or home of single $13,300 or mar-

ried of $26,580 can get help with

drug costs through Social Security.

Call me, Judy Cowan, at 396-3996 or

bring the material to church to give

to me and I will run the program for

you. I volunteer with SHIIP Senior

Health Insurance Informa�on Pro-

gram or you can call Heritage on Age-

ing and they will set you up with an

appointment.

Swiss Steak Dinner Salem United Methodist Men

Swiss Steak

and gravy with

baked potatoes.

Swiss Steak

with rolls

and pie.

Swiss

Steak,

salad, and

veggies.

We hope you’ll join us at this event.

Proceeds support our

mission programs.

What delicious foods make you day

dream and your mouth water?

Might it be Swiss Steak & gravy,

baked potatoes, pie and …... mmmm

The Salem United Methodist Men's

annual Swiss Steak Dinner is Thurs-

day October 17th, from 5:00 to 7:00

pm.

The mouthwatering, dream worthy

menu is: Swiss Steak and gravy,

baked potato, tossed salad,

vegetable, dinner roll, beverages

and pie. Mmm-mmmm!

Tickets prices are: Adults - $8.50.

Children ages 5 to 12 - $4.25.

Children under 5 - eat Free.

Tickets will be available at the door

as well as through advanced sales

from Salem United Methodist Men.

World

Communion

Sunday is

October 6.

The special

World

Communion

Sunday offering

supports

scholarships and

In-Service

training

programs related

to the Global

Board of Higher

Education and

Ministry for

racial ethnic

persons.

A biblically based curriculum that

teaches people how to handle money

God’s ways.

Have you ever felt out of control with

your finances? Has it ever seemed

like no maEer what you do you just

cannot quite get ahead? Ever feel

yourself concerned that you are not

making the right financial choices?

Have you ever just wondered what

God says about finances? Financial

Peace University (FPU) will teach you

to take control of your money, invest

for the future, and give like never

before. This is a wonderful comple-

ment to our capital campaign, Salem

Rising, as it teaches faithful steward-

ship of the resources God has en-

trusted to us.

This life-changing class taught by

Dave Ramsey and the FPU teaching

team on video and coordinated by

Jim and Erin Archambeau will help

you achieve your financial goals by

Financial Peace University at Salem October 17

showing you how to eliminate debt,

save for the future, and give like nev-

er before. You will be challenged and

mo�vated to make a plan for your

money and change your family tree

forever. The average family pays off

$5300 in debt and saves $2700 just

during the nine weeks of class!

Classes are Thursdays 6:00 - 7:30 pm,

beginning October 17 and las�ng nine

weeks. The membership kits have

already been purchased for you to

pay and pick-up the first week of

class. The cost is $93.

For more informa�on or to reg-

ister for class, go to

www.daveramsey.com/fpu and

click on “Find a Class.” Be sure

to select Salem UMC. Or you

can contact Jim Archambeau at

[email protected] or let

the church office know you are

interested.

The United Methodist Church Ingath-

ering is November 2, 2013 and fast

approaching. Here is a list of projects

for Ingathering:

◊Church World Service

◊Heifer Project

◊Self Help Interna�onal

◊Iowa Nigeria Partnership

◊UMCOR Depot

◊Personal Energy Transporta�on

I am going to try to go to the ingath-

ering in Cedar Falls on November 2nd

.

Would anyone like to go with me and

learn all about ingathering and how

our church can support the missions

listed above? Please contact me, Joni

Salazar, if you have any ques�ons

ASAP.

Thank you to everyone who has con-

tributed schools supplies for the

UMCOR Ingathering. We s�ll have

bags to fill up so grab another school

bag today. A list of school supplies

are in each bag. All the school bags

will be donated to needy children.

Missions Joni Salazar

Jody Link

Can I write just one Sunday offering

check for more than one fund or do

they have to be individual checks?

If you wish to write a check for more

than one fund, for instance $50 for

the budget, $10 for missions, and $15

for the Building Fund, you are wel-

come to write one check for the total

amount with your desired break-

down indicated. It will be posted as

noted to the funds and will show up

that way on your giving reports.

We are very grateful to everyone

who makes an offering for any of the

missions that are liAed up at Salem.

Your giAs bless many. Checks for vari-

ous mission projects should be made

out to Salem. Because Salem’s bank

account is in the name of Salem UMC

we ask that checks be wriEen to Sa-

lem, with the name of the mission or

en�ty on the memo line of your

check. Offerings are posted in our

bookkeeping system indica�ng the

amounts for each designated giA. A

check for the total of everyone’s

offering to the mission (checks and

cash) will then be issued and sent

from Salem to the mission.

Where do I get offering envelopes?

Single offering envelopes are in the

pockets on the backs of the sanctuary

chairs. If you prefer to have a supply

of envelopes at home so you can pre-

pare your offering before coming to

church there are packets of 12 for

persons who like to give monthly,

and packets of 52 for those who like

to give weekly. These packets are in

a basket on top of the “Usher’s Cup-

board” in the back of the sanctuary.

Please help yourself or ask one of the

ushers for a packet of envelopes.

Please note that if you do not indi-

cate otherwise, your offering will go

into the general budget. You are al-

ways welcome to write on the out-

side of your envelope, or include in-

forma�on within the envelope, if you

would like your giA to go en�rely into

a different fund at Salem or be divid-

ed between the budget and another

fund. If your offering is done with a

check, rather than cash, use of an

envelope is op�onal.

Do I have to call Salem to receive

pastoral care visits in the hospital?

If you, or a family member, or Salem

friend are hospitalized, please be

sure to let us know. Even if you list

Salem as “your church” when you are

admiEed, the informa�on does not

always get to the right people so that

it is communicated to us when we

call the local hospitals to check if any

of our members are hospitalized. It’s

beEer that we learn about hospitali-

za�ons two or three �mes than not

at all.

Why should I fill out the Communi-

ca�on Slip every Sunday?

Each Sunday, in your worship bulle�n

is a narrow slip of paper labeled

“Communica�on Slip.” There are

places on this paper for you to com-

municate several different things to

the pastor, the church office, and

others quickly and easily. If you fill in

nothing else on your Communica�on

Slip, please do put your name on it

and drop it in the offering basket. We

track the number of people in aEend-

ance at worship each week for our

sta�s�cal reports, but most im-

portantly YOU, the person—not the

number, maEer to us. Whether you

aEend every week, or occasionally,

we like to know that you are here.

Please do take a moment each Sun-

day to communicate with us.

Frequently Asked Ques�ons and Answers

How are the yellow prayer re-

quest cards used?

If you’d like to request prayers for

yourself or someone else you can

briefly write the request on the yel-

low card in the sanctuary chair

pockets and drop it in the offering

basket. Please be sure to include

your name and phone number. Also

be sure to check the boxes indi-

ca�ng who you wish to have the

prayer request shared with. Ac-

cording to your instruc�ons the

prayer request can be shared with

only the pastor, the prayer team

that prays over the requests two

Tuesday mornings each month,

and/or the prayer chain. Our email

prayer chain goes to over 80 peo-

ple.

Report of the Leadership Board

Mee�ng Notes 09-17-2013

Following the subcommiEee mee�ngs at 5:15 the full

board met at 5:45. Kathy Wickham led with devo�ons

and prayer.

Stewardship – Members of the Stewardship subcom-

miEee had ques�ons which will be forwarded to our

treasurer regarding a bank charge that is shown in the

Profit & Loss Budget vs. Actual report, as well as out of

which fund are payments to The James Company com-

ing. It was also suggested that another Sunday emphasis

be done for Imagine No Malaria giving.

Trustees – •Items from the Ecumenical Center that we

plan to keep have been moved to the storage space pro-

vided by Dave Kuda. Mark Minger will contact Habitat for

Humanity to see if they would like to check through

items that we are not going to save and that have to be

removed from the ECC by September 30. Jan Johnson

will send a thank you to the ECC for their generous shar-

ing of space with us for the last 5+ years. Kathy Wickham

will send thank you notes to the people who helped

move items to Dave Kuda’s. •The City of Cedar Rapids is

now requiring landlords to take a class (between 10-1-

2013 and 7-1-2014) in order to renew the required Land-

lord Business Permits. Judy Arruda will talk to the renters

of the Salem parsonage about their plans to hopefully

buy the house. If they are able to proceed with the pur-

chase Salem would not need to con�nue to have the

Landlord Business Permit. •A proposal to purchase a

small copier to have in the classroom building for Sunday

School teachers and Youth leaders to use was discussed.

An excellent copier is available from Business Solu�ons

Group for $645.50 which is less than 50% of retail. LB

members present approved the purchase.

SPRC – The subcommiEee has begun working on Salem

staff salary recommenda�ons for 2014 and will make

recommenda�ons to the full Leadership Board at the

October mee�ng for discussion and decisions.

Informa�on to Share/Decisions to Make

Capital Campaign – Pastor John reported that the Capital

Campaign Core Team has been mee�ng along with rep-

resenta�ves of The James Company, the organiza�on

that is leading our Capital Campaign. Upcoming dates for

Capital Campaign events are: •Appeal kick-off Sunday,

October 13, •Invita�on to Prayer and Commitment pack-

et, Sunday, November 10, •Commitment Sunday, No-

vember 14, •Celebra�on

Sunday, December 15.

Church Mutual Trial update

– Pastor John shared that

Richard Pankey has told us

that the judge has the jury

decision and will give his

ruling some�me by the end

of September; then Church

Mutual has 30 days to ap-

peal. A seElement offer

could occur any�me.

District Leadership Training – Chris�an Coon, the key-

note speaker who had been scheduled for a District

Leadership training that was snowed out last January

will speak and lead training at Shueyville UMC on Sep-

tember 29th

at 2:00 pm. Rev. Coon is a friend of Pastor

John who encouraged anyone interested to aEend the

aAernoon event. There is no cost or preregistra�on re-

quired. Anyone from the congrega�on is invited to

aEend.

Healthy Church Ini�a�ve – The schedule is as follows:

Weekend schedule September 20-22

Friday 8:30 am -4:00 pm Interview with pastor, staff, LB

chair Friday 7:00-8:30 pm Focus Group (non-leaders)

Saturday 9:00-10:00 am Focus Group (Leadership Board)

Saturday 10:15-3:00 pm Training Workshop for Staff, LB,

church (Lunch and childcare will be provided.)

Sunday 9:00/11:00 am worship and reading of report

Town Hall Mee�ngs and Charge Conference Monday,

September 30 at 7:00 pm and Tuesday, October 8 at

7:00 pm Monday, October 14, 7:00 pm Church Confer-

ence (requested)

•Town Hall mee�ngs will be a �me for ques�ons and

discussion about the report and prescrip�ons that

will be presented on Sunday morning, September

22nd

. Ques�ons and discussion will not be enter-

tained at the Sunday morning presenta�on.

•The HCI Church Conference will be the �me when we

will vote on whether or not to accept and commit to the

prescrip�ons. The date of October 14th

has been tenta-

�vely set and a request for that date has been sent to

our District Superintendent, Rev. Crow.

Leadership Board Report Con�nued from page 10

End of Year/Fall Church Conference - The annual

Church/Charge Conference date has not yet been set but

will be some�me in late October or November. Forms

that are to be filled out by the Leadership Board were

handed out to the appropriate sub groups with the re-

quest to work on them and bring them to the October

mee�ng when the en�re LB will complete the forms.

Some forms that require data only will be filled out in the

church office.

Pastor John led LB members in prayer at the close of the

mee�ng.

Next Mee�ngs:

September 20-22 HCI Consulta�on

October 15 at 5:15 pm – Leadership Board

November 19 at 5:15 pm– Leadership Board

Our sister in Christ, and Salem member, Margaret Mills

will celebrate her 100th birthday on October 21, 2013.

In recogni�on of this wonderful event her family invites

her friends to join in honoring Margaret at a recep�on on

Saturday, October 19th, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, at Cibo

restaurant. The address for Cibo is: 685 Marion Blvd.

This is just east of Lindale Mall and the Highway 100 &

First Avenue intersec�on. To help in preparing, Mar-

garet’s son and daughter-in-law, Dick & Diane, ask that

you let them know if you plan to aEend. You can email

them at [email protected] or call Dick at 918-625-3753

(cell) or 918-492-2499(home).

Birthday cards and gree�ng can also be mailed to:

Margaret Mills

6325 Rockwell Drive NE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402

Salem members have been blessed to have Margaret,

and her late husband Kyle, as part of the congrega�on for

genera�ons. We now ask God’s con�nued blessing on

Margaret and all her family.

Thanks to my Salem friends for all the gree�ng and cards

for my 90th birthday. I’m s�ll enjoying each and every

card. God bless you all.

Jean EllioE

100th Birthday Celebra�on! In Gra�tude

9:00 am Contemporary Worship Sanctuary

9:00 am Lec�onary Class (Adult Sunday School) Classroom Building - Room 3

9:00 am Nursery Available -infants thru 4 years old Nursery Building

10:10 am Kids Sunday School - Preschool through Youth Classroom Building - Rooms 1-3

10:10 am Adult Sunday School Class Nursery Building

10:10 am Fellowship Time Fellowship room

11:00 am Tradi�onal Worship Sanctuary

11:00 am Nursery Available –infants thru 4 years old Nursery Building

Salem Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (except standard holidays)

The Forecaster 10/13

3715 33rd Avenue SW

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

319-362-6178

[email protected]

www.SalemChurchCR.com

www.facebook.com/salem.cr

RETURN SERVICE

REQUESTED

Salem’s Sunday Morning Schedule

Salem’s mission is to make disciples of Christ for the transforma�on of the world.

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