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 MARCH
2010 Prayer
Heavenly Father,
In this season of Lent, turn our hearts and minds toward you. Help us to set and follow disciplines to focus our faith and honor you. Give us the courage to do more – giving up more than the superficial and sacrificing as Jesus did those 40 days.
Guide us to add a discipline of worship – daily prayer, reading of your Word, purposeful interaction with the faithful, and ministry to those who don’t know you.
Let us spend time in contemplation of Jesus’ life, ministry, and passion. Quiet our minds to tune out noise and distractions so we can give you our full attention, our sincere devotion.
We give you all honor, glory and praise. We seek your continued blessings and desire your favor for the people of the Early UMC. Equip us to do your will, become disciples, and grow in knowledge of you.
In Jesus’ holy and precious name we pray.Amen
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Lay Speaker Training will be offered on
Sundays, March 14, 21, 28 – 2 to 6 p.m. at the
Kingsley UMC. Please see the district
website and register by March 8.
The Urban Plunge
is March 19-21.
This is the service opportunity we visited with you about at the
beginning of the year and have been talking about with the kids at
several of the meetings. As a reminder, here's a little bit about it:
During the Des
Moines Urban Plunge we will leave the comfort of our small town, and
experience ministry in the inner-city of Des Moines; giving our group
hands on experience with nine different faith-based social service
agencies in one weekend. The Urban Plunge is March 19-21. This is
the service opportunity we visited with you all about at the beginning
of the year and have been talking about with the kids at several of the
meetings. As a reminder, here's a little bit about it:
Together, we
will meet two needs in Des Moines:
We
will increase the volunteer capacity of local DM ministries.
We are not starting a new ministry, but rather coming alongside existing
Des Moines ministries to increase volunteers and financially supporting
churches.
We will
engage followers of Christ to: “move out of the pews and into the
streets.”
The Plunge will mobilize us and plant the seed and passion for ministry
and missions. This truly is not a “tour of poverty.” It leads
participants to discover how they can use their passions and talents to
make a difference for Christ; providing hands on leadership development
for this generation that wants so much to be like Christ.
Cost/ Details:
The cost is $35 per person (the total cost per person is
actually $95 but the UMYF is paying for $60 of your fee.) This covers
your housing, food and a facilitator. A minimum of 10 participants is
required. We start Friday around 4:30 and go until Sunday early
afternoon. So our group will have to leave around 1:00 on Friday. This
means the students will have to work with the school and their teachers
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Daylight
Savings Time begins on March 14.
Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead!
ATTENTION….HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
The Iowa United Methodist Foundation is seeking assistance
in getting their scholarship information in the hands of as many United
Methodist students as possible. Flyers are posted on the bulletin board in the
educational unit of the church. Each of the 2010-2011 school year scholarships
will have an individual application indicating all required application
criteria. The student must complete one set of application documentation for
each scholarship for which they apply. This is available from the website:
www.iumf.org and is downloadable for reproduction. Applications and all
supporting documents must be postmarked by March 15, 2010.
CHURCH
DIRECTORY:
It has been about
eight years since our last church directory was compiled. Olan Mills will be
doing a new pictorial directory and pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, March
24, 2010 from 3:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Early UMC. You will be contacted
regarding times, etc. If this date doesn’t work for you, you may have pictures
taken at the Odebolt UMC on Thursday, March 25th from 3:00-9:30
p.m. Please call the Odebolt church for an appointment. Mary Lou Steele is the
Early UMC contact person.
PROM SEASON
Prom Season is upon us.
Given the current economic situation, many families are struggling to budget for
that special dress and accessories. The Storm Lake School District Foundation
will be sponsoring the 2nd Annual Prom Fair on Sunday, March 14, 2010
from 2-6 p.m. in the high school student center. The fair will feature gently
used dresses, shoes, jewelry and purses. The event is open to all area girls.
There will be no charge for items. Participants able to do so may consider a
contribution to the Storm Lake School District Foundation. To make this event a
success, donations of dresses and accessories are needed. Please drop your
items off at the Storm Lake Community Education Office at 419 Lake Ave. weekdays
from 8 am – 4:30 p.m. or at the Storm Lake High School on Saturday, March 13th
from 3-5 p.m. Your may also contact Pat Fisher at 732-5711 or email
pfisher@slcsd.org for further information.
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) |
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PRAYER BAND
 Prayer 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.
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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
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The
Community Crooners have been practicing for their Easter presentation. They
will meet each Sunday evening at 5 p.m. at the Nemaha UMC. 
The
United Methodist Women will meet on Saturday, March 13th,
at 9:00 a.m. Jan Mason will present the program entitled,
“Easter.” Mission Moment/Prayer Calendar devotion will be given by
Kristi Bihrer. Hostesses are Deb Galvin and Dawn Freese. 
