September 2, 2012

THIS WEEK:

Sunday:

 *Sermon Evaluation forms are to be given to the 
   worship chair of your church after worship. They are:
           Elberon: Alicia Lidtke
           Norway: Nola Moser
          Salem: Gina Embray
 *Rose Marie to Old Creamery Theatre
        w/ EAWC – 3:00 P.M.

Monday: 

  *Happy Labor Day!

Tuesday:
  *Cards of Peace – 9:00 A.M. @ Salem
  *Making cards for Cards of Peace @ Salem
                      10:00 A.M

  Wednesday:

   *Prayer Time @ Salem – 9:00 A.M.
   *Joint UMW Potluck @ Salem – 6:00 P.M.

 Saturday:

   *Men’s Breakfast Study @ Salem – 7:00 A.M.


LIFT UP IN PRAYER:
Norma Riha (E), Phil Bicket (N), Shirley Penders daughter, Steve Bridgewater (VH), Celia Hartz (N), Bill Fry (VH), Springville – Pastor John Keizer

Remember this week:

Dale Christianson (N)
   Iowa City Rehab & Health Care, 3661 Rochester Ave.,
   Iowa City, 52245

(See complete listing in newsletter)

 

COMING UP:

PUMPT 4 Christ (high school youth) will resume next Sunday, September 9 at 6 P.M. Signup sheet @ Salem for food items needed for meals during September.

 

Sunday schools will resume Sunday, Sept. 9. 9:00 A.M. @ Salem and 10:15 A.M. @ Norway.

 

Kids Hangout @ Elberon resumes Monday, Sept. 10 @ 3:50 P.M.

 

Morning Coffee Study @ 106 Cherry St., Van Horne will resume Wed., Sept. 12 @ 9:30 A.M.

 

Kid JAMS @ Salem resumes Wed., Sept. 12 @ 3:30 P.M.

 

Confirmation/MidUMYF resumes Wed., Sept. 12 @ 3:30 P.M. @ Salem

 

Mark your calendars! Norway UMC Ice Cream Social, Sunday, Sept., 23, 4:30-7:00 P.M.

 

 

OTHER THINGS:

Camp Embracing Memories, a free overnight camp for children ages 7-16, offered by St. Luke’s Hospice, will be starting at 10 A.M., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 and go through Sunday, Sept., 23, 11 A.M. at YMCA Camp Wapsie, 2174 Wapsie Y Road, Coggon, IA. This camp is designed to help children effectively cope with the death of a loved one or friend in a safe, accepting environment. For more information call St. Luke’s Hospice at 319.369.7744.

August 26, 2012

THIS WEEK:

 

Monday: 

  *Cards of Peace – 9:00 A.M. @ Salem
  *Making cards for Cards of Peace @ Salem
                      10:00 A.M

Wednesday:

   *Prayer Time @ Salem – 9:00 A.M.

 Saturday:

   *Men’s Breakfast Study @ Salem – 7:00 A.M.

LIFT UP IN PRAYER:

Phil Bicket (N), Shirley Penders daughter, Steve Bridgewater (VH), Celia Hartz (N), Bill Fry (VH), Stanwood Union – Pastor Philip Leipold
Condolences to: The Keith Burmeister family

Remember this week:

Karen Wiese (E)
   Keystone Care Center,
   250 5th St.,
   Keystone, 52249

(See complete listing in newsletter)

 

COMING UP:

Rose Marie to Old Creamery Theatre with EAWC, Sunday, Sept., 2 – 3:00 P.M.

Joint UMW Potluck Dinner @ Salem Wed., Sept. 5– 6 P.M.

PUMPT 4 Christ (high school youth) will resume on Sunday, September 9 at 6 P.M. Signup sheet @ Salem for food items needed for meals during September.

Sunday schools will resume Sunday, Sept. 9. 9:00 A.M. @ Salem and 10:15 A.M. @ Norway.

Kids Hangout @ Elberon resumes Monday, Sept. 10 @ 3:50 P.M.

Kid JAMS @ Salem resumes Wed., Sept. 12 @ 3:30 P.M.

 

 

August 19, 2012

THIS WEEK:

Monday: 

  *Cards of Peace – 9:00 A.M. @ Salem
  *Making cards for Cards of Peace @ Salem
                      10:00 A.M

 Tuesday:

  *Communion Service @ Keystone Care Center         
                        10:30 A.M.
 

Wednesday:

   *Prayer Time @ Salem – 9:00 A.M.
   *Parish Executive Council Meeting @ Norway, 
    7:00 P.M.(see list of those needing to attend
    under Other Things)

    

Saturday:
   *Men’s Breakfast Study @ Salem – 7:00 A.M.

LIFT UP IN PRAYER:

Steve Bridgewater (VH), Celia Hartz (N), Bill Fry (VH), Cedar Rapids, Asbury – Pastor Willy Mafuta
Condolences to: the family of Keith Burmeister

Remember this week:
Bernice Papesh (E)
   Keystone Care Center,
   250 5th St.,
   Keystone, 52249

(See complete listing in newsletter)

COMING UP:

PUMPT 4 Christ (high school youth) will resume on Sunday, September 9 at 6 P.M. Signup sheet @ Salem for food items needed for meals during September.

OTHER THINGS:
Do you need a speaker (short notice or in the future) at an upcoming church event or for a program? Interpreters from the Iowa-Nigeria Partnership committee are available to come to tell interesting and heart warming stories of Nigerian mission work. Hear them tell how the Iowa InGathering kits are received! The excitement of villagers who have a village well! The eagerness of women who are learning to read and write! The thrill when the blind can see after cataract surgery!
From Bloomfield to Osceola, from Lake Park to Des Moines, we have speakers ready, willing and able to share their mission tales.  Nine Iowans traveled to Nigeria in June so let us share our story with your group.  Contact: Beverly Nolte, 515 266 4186, e-mail: bnmedical@aol.com.

Those needing to attend the Parish Executive Council Meeting are: Pastor Rose Marie, Eric Townsley, Larry Carlson, Darla Wenndt, Steve Allman, Gina Embray, Julie Kaiser, Sally Donald, Melissa Barnard, Don Logan, Wayne & Betty Klemmensen, Lois Stull, Ruth Laackmann, Alicia Lidtke, Brenda Selk, Bruce Miller, John Brockschink, Dorothy Blackburn, Joan Mithelman, Nola Moser, Mike Morse.

August 12, 2012

THIS WEEK:

  *Brenda is on vacation.

Today:

  *Rose Marie to lead worship at the Keystone  
   Care Center @ 1:30 P.M.

Monday: 

  *Cards of Peace – 9:00 A.M. @ Salem
  *Making cards for Cards of Peace @ Salem
                      10:00 A.M

Wednesday:

   *Prayer Time @ Salem – 9:00 A.M.

Saturday:

   *Men’s Breakfast Study @ Salem – 7:00 A.M.

PUMPT 4 Christ (H.S. youth) will resume on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. @ Salem. Persons from each church are being asked to donate the food items for the meal provided. Each church is asked to furnish for a month and be responsible once per quarter. A signup sheet that lists the menu, items needed, and a space for name of person providing will be available the month prior to need. Salem will be providing for September w/ the signup sheet now available on the board in Salem Hall. It will rotate to Elberon for October and Norway for November. The needs will be for non-perishable items in the months that Elberon and Norway provide so that they can be brought anytime prior to being served. Questions or concerns? Contact Lois Stull at 319-439-5465 or Lmarie6227@yahoo.com

Remember this week:

Millie Ohde (E)
   Keystone Care Center,
   250 5th St.,
   Keystone, 52249
 

(See complete listing in newsletter)

LIFT UP IN PRAYER:

Steve Bridgewater (VH), Keith Burmeister (E), Celia Hartz (N), Bill Fry (VH), Camanche, St. Marks’s – Donald Batz


COMING UP:
Communion Service @ Keystone Care Center, Tuesday, August 21 @ 10:30 A.M.
 

Parish Executive Council Meeting @ Norway, Wednesday, August 22 – 7:00 P.M.

OTHER THINGS:
Important information on Ingathering Kits
It was discovered that spiral notebooks purchased from Walmart have an American flag along with "Made in U.S.A.". If your church is filling school kits, take special notice of this. The flag and wording must be covered with a permanent marker or cut out. We need to make every effort to comply with UMCOR Depot policy as stated in the Thanksgiving Ingathering booklet--page 11.
Also, Iowa-Nigeria is requesting NO National Geographic magazines this year. They have an over abundance at this time. We thank everyone for generous hearts and may you continue serving in various ways for Thanksgiving Ingathering.
In Christ's Service,
Ranee & Gaylen Goettsch
Iowa Thanksgiving Ingathering Co-Chairs

Please join us for our fall Volunteers in Mission Roundup at Camp Wesley Woods on August 24-26, 2012.
Putting our faith into action is at the very heart of our Christian calling and not just something that we do in our spare time after we have reached our personal goals. Through Volunteers in Mission every person in the church has the opportunity to serve and to live their calling and their lives more faithfully. And when we reach out in this way, using what God has given us in the service of others, we have "life-transforming" experiences. Questions contact the parish office

August 5, 2012

THIS WEEK:

Sunday:

  *Rose Marie to lead worship at the Keystone  
   Care Center @ 1:30 P.M.

Monday: 

  *Cards of Peace – 9:00 A.M. @ Salem
  *Making cards for Cards of Peace @ Salem
                      10:00 A.M

Wednesday:
   *Prayer Time @ Salem – 9:00 A.M.

Saturday:

   *Men’s Breakfast Study @ Salem – 7:00 A.M.

LIFT UP IN PRAYER:

Nancy Bicket (N), Nathan Douglas (N), Celia Hartz (N), Keith Burmeister (E), Bill Fry (VH), Steve Bridgewater (VH), Calamus, Wesley-Grand Mound, St. Paul’s – Pastor Toni Brewster

Remember this week:

June Nekola (E)
   Keystone Care Center,
   250 5th St.,
   Keystone, 52249

(See complete listing in newsletter)

COMING UP:

Communion Service @ Keystone Care Center, Tuesday, August 21 @ 10:30 A.M.

Parish Executive Council Meeting @ Norway, Wednesday, August 22 – 7:00 P.M.

OTHER THINGS:

Wednesday, August 8: 7:00 pm

Lisbon UM Church, Corner of Jackson and Market, Lisbon IA.

Singer and songwriter Brent Vernon in Concert and featuring Sam – 7:00 pm. This concert is an event for the whole family; an energetic and worship-filled potpourri of music, ventriloquism, laughter, and reflection. www.brentvernon.com