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AnnouncementsAugust Newsletter
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 7:00 p.m. – Parents of the UMYF members are asked to attend this important meeting on the 3rd as preparations are made for the 2008-09 year. The youth will be meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
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sure to check the UMYF website (enumyf.org) for up-to-date information.
You’ll also find pictures of meeting events, shared prayers, and much more.
(Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations) Saturday, September 20 Cherokee: Risk-Taking Mission & Service & Extravagant Generosity. 10:00 a.m. So now is the time to REGISTER. If you’ve previously registered, all you need to do is contact Dee Dee Sobotka (at deedee.sobotka@iaumc.org) and let her know which site(s) you’ll be coming to; then by September 14th let her know the number of meals reservations to hold for you. IF YOU HAVEN’T YET REGISTERED, it’s not too late. Again, contact Dee Dee and let her know your site(s) and send in your $50 check. (Make the check payable to the Conference.) She’ll send you the books and other material, then remember to get your number of meal reservations in to her by September 14th. “Homework” assignments will be sent out to you as soon as you register, so register early in order to have the time you need to prepare.
Our Annual
Church/Charge Conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 9, at 6:00 p.m. at
the Sac City UMC. Please make plans to attend! Bishop Julius Calvin Trimble to become Iowa’s Bishop After two days of balloting, the North Central Jurisdictional Conference on Friday, July 18, elected the Rev. Dr. Julius Calvin Trimble a bishop. Twelve United Methodist pastors, including two from Iowa, were recognized as candidates. On the 24th ballot Trimble received the 60% support needed for election. Bishop Trimble was assigned to the Iowa Area of the church. Our current bishop since 2000, Bishop Gregory Palmer, was assigned to the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference. Rev. Dr. Trimble was born in Chicago, IL and is a lifelong Methodist who answered the call to preach at age 16. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Currently Bishop Trimble serves as Senior Pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. He has served churches in Cleveland and Chicage and was Superintendent of the Cleveland District from 1996-2003. He will begin as Iowa’s Bishop on September 1.
TREE TRIMMING The Trustees are planning to have someone trim the large tree in the church courtyard. It has become overgrown and is putting the sanctuary roof and the courtyard walkway at risk. This project needs to be completed before the sanctuary roof is repaired and reshingled. Church members are being asked to assist in the cost of having it trimmed, as it will take mechanical machinery to protect the walkway. Donations may be placed in the church offering plates or given to Marvin Holstein. Please mark in the memo, “Tree trimming.” Thank you for your faithfulness.
…There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
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September 2008 Prayer
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sure to check the UMYF website 