Be sure to check the UMYF website (youth.umc1.org.)–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. Check for up-to-date information.

Anyone in grades 7-12 is welcome to attend UMYF.  Meetings are typically the first and third Wednesday of the month.  If you know of someone who is not a member of our church who you think would like to attend, please invite them!  Hope to see you all there!"

FBI Agents

Fully ~ Believing ~ In Christ Agents

is the name chosen by our seven post confirmation students for their new group.

    We are investigating who we are as children of God, with the aid of our curriculum written by Katie Brazelton, entitled “The Way I’m Wired”.  We come together the 2^nd and 4^th Wednesday’s of each month for food, fellowship, and fun. Witnessing young people with energy and enthusiasm for Christ and wanting to grow in their faith is encouraging. 

THANK YOU

  To Pastor DeeAnn Klapp and the Congregation of the Early United Methodist Church: Thank you for the generous gift of appreciation for the church website. I enjoy contributing a small part for an active and modern church. You do a great service by continuing to keep current information and messages displayed where everyone can read them.  Marlys Waters

    THANK YOU

 Thank you so much for your generous gift to Heifer International, where it has already been put to work toward igniting transformation in families and projects all over the world.

  While it’s winter here at home, thousands of families around the world are entering into their summer harvest, with an abundance of fruits and vegetables for the first time ever, thanks to the gift of livestock and training in their care. A new confidence in sustainable livelihoods allows project participants to grow ever more self-reliant, rather than face hopelessness and defeat.

   Best of all, through our cornerstone Pass on the Gift, another family will receive the animals and training to start a powerful and life-changing journey of their own. Thank you for making this possible.     

                                 Sincerely,

                                         Pierre U. Ferrari

                                      President and CEO

THANK YOU

    Just wanted to thank all of you and the Men’s Ministry Group for the wonderful computer that you gave me to use for the church secretary’s job. It is so nice to be able to have it to work on things from home as well as at the church. I am still learning so much what these machines can do! Thank you all for this wonderful gift and for your confidence in me to learn how to use it with Anita’s amazing and wonderful help! God has truly blessed me.  Marla

THANK YOU

To Members of the Early United Methodist Church…

 I have been blessed to serve as your church secretary for the last twenty-five years, and I cherish all the memories I have made in this ministry for Christ.  It’s been a joy working with such a faithful and caring church family. 

 Thank you so much for the wonderful retirement party, the beautiful roses and corsage, the thoughtful words, the many cards and gifts, and for sharing your lives with me throughout the years.  I will treasure the beautiful garden statuaries and they will have a special place in the landscaping at our home.  I really appreciate all your thoughtfulness.  May God’s blessings be with you as we continue to follow His way.

 Sincerely,  Anita Mason

“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.”   2 Corinthians 9:12 NIV

THANK YOU 

 EUMC Members, Thank you for the gift, it was greatly appreciated. Rick and I wish you all a very Blessed New Year. Rick and Cyndi Hatch

 Men of the church will be meeting following morning worship on the second Sunday of each month. February’s meeting will be on Sunday February 12, at 10:15 a.m. in the Mabel Allen Lounge.

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JOPPA MINISTRY

  JOPPA’S mission in Des Moines is to create a community of unconditional love, support and hope for the homeless and to help end homelessness in Polk County.  Monetary donations are always welcome.  Please mark your check “JOPPA.” There is a box in the narthex for other items you might like to donate to this special mission project.

New Church Office Hours will be from 9:00-12:00 a.m.
 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays.
Marla Nees will be in the office on those days.

                            Service at 7:30pm on Feb.22
                          THE LENTEN  JOURNEY
There is a line toward the end of T.S. Eliot’s poem, “Ash Wednesday,” that says “this is the time of tension between dying and birth, the place of solitude where three dreams cross.” In the infant years of the church, there was a long period of preparation that led up to one’s baptism. It was a time observed through fasting, solitude, prayers and reflection. The one who was about to be baptized, then , was living between dying and birth, between an end to the old self and a rebirth to new life as a child of God. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. We will move through Lent being “Cross-examined,” arriving at Holy week prepared for the Passion of our Lord. In Lent, as each of us lives between the tension of dying and birth, we are led by Christ into new possibilities for ourselves, our families and our church. Indeed it was Martin Luther who suggested that repentance was a continual crawling back to the font, the baptismal womb-of –our faith. Our Lenten journey can be an occasion for remembrance and centered upon Christ’s death and resurrection. It can be a time when our lives and our Lord and His church are placed in proper relationship to one’s total life. Charles R. Wertz

Abe Lincoln Dinner & Entertainment

Friday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 pm: Lance V. Mack to present “Abe Lincoln” a dinner and entertainment event on Feb.17 at 6:30pm at the Wall Lake Community Center. Sponsored by Sac County Veterans Affairs and the Sac County American Legion Auxiliary.

SEATS ARE LIMITED-TICKETS ARE $20.Tickets must be purchased in advance. They are available at the Sac County Veterans Affairs office, the banks in Lake View, Lytton, Sac City, Odebolt, Schaller and Wall Lake, City Clerk’s Office in Early and Auburn.

Using Mister Lincoln’s own timeless words and wearing period attire, including President Lincoln’s signature stovepipe hat and black frock coat, Lance has been mesmerizing his audiences for more than twenty years. Through his stunning physical resemblance to Abraham Lincoln (6’5” in height, weight of 180 pounds), natural black beard and dignified Lincolnesque demeanor, Lance impressively and unforgettably brings this beloved American icon to life before his audiences’ very eyes!