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August Newsletter

Praise and Prayers from Your Pen

 

Do you feel drawn to share your faith with your church family? If you are interested in contributing written prayers for our weekly bulletins and monthly newsletter, please do! Submit your written prayers by emailing them to the church office at eumc@ruralwaves.us or by dropping them off.  Additionally, you can submit devotions to be published to the church office for publication.

 

Thank you for responding to God’s call to serve and share your talents.

   A Sign-Up Sheet is available for anyone who would like to volunteer to provide meals for Gala Schroeder and her family. Gala will be undergoing a lengthy cancer treatment in Omaha this spring and summer.  This is just one small way we can help her and her family during this time of struggle.  If you have any questions, please call Deb Galvin or members of the Outreach Committee.

    Gala’s address in Omaha:  Gala Schroeder, 9230 Burt #112, Omaha, NE 68114.



JUNE 2010 Prayer

Heavenly Father,
        You are great and we praise you unreservedly. We worship you with our whole being, laying aside all distractions to be focused only on you, your son, our Savior, Jesus, and your Holy Spirit.
       Let all our thoughts, words, and deeds bring you glory. Too often we fall short of your will for us. We become distracted, turning away from you when we ought to be running toward you. Forgive us.
       We seek your will. Show us how to deepen our relationship with you. Lead us to your Word, revealing to us your divine guidance.
       Pour out your blessings upon us. Prod us to use our gifts and graces, to respond to our faith, to be your servants.
       In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Dawn Freese is serving as our Certified Lay Minister during the absence of Pastor DeeAnn. Our special thanks and appreciation to Dawn for fulfilling this calling.  We ask for blessings upon her as she ministers to all of us at the Early United Methodist Church, in our community, and beyond.  If you are need of pastoral care or a pastoral visit, please contact Anita at the church office (273-5241) on M-W-F mornings or at her home (273-5421). Dawn’s home phone number is 273-5430.

 

WORSHIP AT PRAIRIE PEDLAR

The Odebolt UMC has invited Early UMC to a 10 a.m. Worship Service at Prairie Pedlar on Sunday, Aug. 29.  This will be Pastor DeeAnn’s first Sunday back in the pulpit for both churches.  Odebolt will be grilling burgers following the service and ask that six or so members from our church provide salads.  Please let Anita know if you would be willing to furnish.


 

 

Looking ahead…..

 

Christian Education Sunday

September 12, 2010

Teachers will be recognized during the morning worship service, 3rd graders will receive their Bibles, and Sunday School classes will begin.

 

UMW District Meeting

The Northwest District of the United Methodist Women will hold their district meeting on Thursday, September 16th at the Mapleton UMC.  Paper products will be collected for Shesler Hall (if you’d like to donate, please leave your items in the narthex of the church).


UMYF News

Be sure to check the UMYF website youth.umc1.org for up-to-date information.  -- don’t put the www. in front of it. If you can’t get the website, try www.umc1.org and click on the UMYF button on the left side. You’ll also find pictures of meeting events, shared prayers, and much more.

Leaders are Dennis & Robin Wissink, Cindy Garthoff, and Jodi and Kristi Bihrer.  

   

“Follow the example of people who do kind deeds.  They are God’s children.”        John 3:11b (CEV)


PRAYER BAND

Prayer BandPrayer Band is held each Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. A Prayer Band is a group of believers who gather once a week to seek God’s will and pray for the church, its members, and for anyone in need of the Lord’s touch. Everyone is invited to be a part of this group.


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A  prayer group is meeting on Sunday mornings from 8:30-8:45 a.m., Anyone and everyone is invited to join together for a time of prayer each Sunday morning before our weekly worship service.  We will lift up our worship service to the Lord for his blessing, pray over those who will be involved in the worship service, as well as being in prayer for the cares and joys of our church family and community.

              



 


Early UMC website:   www.umc1.org

Prayer Chain:  earlyumc@gmail.com

 Church e-mail address: eumc@ruralwaves.us
 

 

HIDDEN TREASURES

     A young man left home to be on his own.  His mother tearfully said goodbye to him and gave him a Bible with the admonition that if he read it every day, it would keep him strong.

     After a time, when things had not gone well for the young man and he had run out of money, he returned home.

     His mother asked him if he had read his Bible while he was gone.  He confessed that he had not.

     “Son, if you had read your Bible, you would not have been hungry.”  She opened up to Psalm 23, and there was a $20 bill.  She turned to John 3, and there was a $10 bill.  She had placed money throughout the book.  If only he had read his Bible…

     That was only money, but there are real “hidden treasures” waiting for us all in God’s treasured Word.

                                    …Author Unknown

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Early United Methodist Church
402 Hickory St, PO Box 66
Early, IA 50535

Phone:   712/273-5241 (Church)   •   712/273-5243 (Parsonage)
Email:   eumc@ruralwaves.us      Website: www.umc1.org
Early UMC prayer chain email: earlyumc@gmail.com

Office Hours: 9-12 a.m. - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday