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APRIL 2017

“Love God—Learn—Live!”

Every Sunday worship at 9:00 am & 11:00 am

April 2* “Encounter with a Dead Man—Life”

April 9 “Encounter with Enemies—Forgiveness”

April 16* “Sign of the Tomb”

April 23 To Be Announced; Pastor Schlichting

April 30 “Eye Openers”

*Sacrament of Holy Communion will be served at the above services.

We practice Open Table — meaning every person is warmly invited to receive both elements.

Pastor Rev. Aaron M. Gray

E-mail: [email protected]

Administrative Assistant Cheryl Holbeck


Bookkeeper Beth Fisher


Sunday School Contact Person Nanette Graham

Praise Team Leader Margaret Bestle

Service Musician Carolyn Woolman

Redlands Ringers Director

Tim Graus

Sound Board Technicians Isabel Klement, LouAn Gray

Monument Preschool Director Kathan Hartle


Published each month, with

the next deadline by:

Please submit your brief articles in

these ways:

*By e-mail if possible to:

[email protected] (preferably

as a Word document attachment)

*By bringing article (typed if you

can!) to the church office.

Cheryl Holbeck

Editor

Color version of newsletter:

at www.redlandsumc.org

When you can’t be there,

you can help through prayer. We pray for quick and complete

recovery and a sense of God’s comfort and presence.

(from Prayer Cards/Tree)

CHURCH FAMILY

Terry Fix; Bill Kowal; Tina Grodt; Jack

Bowden; Shelley Bowles; Jeris Young;

Marj Richardson; Crawford family

extended travels

FAMILY & FRIENDS

Dick Pippenger’s daughter-in-law,

Diane; Jane William’s son, Rick; Millie

Yoder’s neighbor, John Younker; Dick

Pippenger friend, Larry; Candy Graus

friends, premature twin girls; Joyce

Little friend, Dr. James Chappell; 2017

Walks to Emmaus; Jeris Young’s twin

grandsons, Jared and Ryan; Nanette

Graham’s brother, Fred Pierce; Dave

Armour’s friend, Bob; Pam Hamon’s

friend, Bill ie Hutchison; Daniel

McGraph’s friend Caleb’s dad; Esther

Foster’s request for her son Paul’s

friend, Chris; Jeff Hamilton (former,

long-time member)-19604 Hollygrape

St. Bend OR 97702; Julianne Yake’s

mother, Betty Rosenwald; young

families and young adults; our country

and all our military-foreign and

domestic; Walks to Emmaus; victims of

the London terrorist attack and their

families

DEATHS (PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILIES)

Marion Bestle—Memorial Service at

RUMC Saturday, April 8, 11:00am;

Recently— Dennis Morris, McNees’

f ami ly f r iend; March 4—Ryan

Teixeira—CMU friend of several

members; March 13—Lavena Ross,

Dave Hansen’s mother; March 21—

Genevieve Anderson, Margaret

Koestel’s KS cousin; Recently—Tom

Cavin; father of Alane Currier-Griggs,

Crossroads UMC pastor

Do you have a prayer request? Do

you wish to join the Prayer Tree?

Contact: Esther Foster anytime be-

tween 6am-9pm at 858-9888 (does

not have email) or email Margaret

Koestel at: [email protected] (no

phone calls please).

CELEBRATIONS Congratulations to RUMC’S worship

pianist/organist, Laine Cross, in her

retirement; welcome to RUMC’S new

worship pianist/organist, Carolyn

Woolman, and to new members,

Todd & Dorothy Wyatt, Kay Pietro,

Charlotte Reicks, and Ginny Trujillo.

Kyle Bestle and Haydon Harrell-

engaged; Hal & Sheila Berry, 19th anni-

versary; April birthdays: Please see

Page 11 of this newsletter.

THANK YOU!

From the Betty Etter family:

“Your kind expressions of sympathy

mean so much. It has been a privilege

having such a wonderful Church fami-

ly. Our family has been blessed with

many notes, and food from friends and

family at this time. Thank you from

the whole Etter Family — Laverne,

Linda, Mark, Karen and Jon (and as-

sorted grandkids, great grandchildren,

wives and husbands).”

Our UMW ladies would like to

thank everyone who pitched in to help

set- up and clean-up for St. Patrick's

Pot Luck after church on March 12th.

You were very much appreciated!

On The Road To The Cross by Rob Burkhardt. The

author’s comments on the road to the Cross allow

you to experience Easter through the eyes of the

everyday people who witnessed the triumphal en-

try, saw Jesus drag his cross to Calvary, and cried

through Christ’s last words. Each new perspective

opens to a fresh consideration of Easter

and its impact on their lives and ours.

There’s always a place at the table, so we

hope to see you there.

I felt for everyone involved and the folks from Moon-

light really didn’t have the chance to celebrate in an open

way. In fact, the next few days were about how a mis-

take of this magnitude could happen at such a crucial

moment, and how each year has an historic quality all

its own.

Moving on and preparing for Easter, the celebration of

a living historical event, I couldn’t help but think that

there were people, and the institutions they represent-

ed, that when they heard that Christ had risen from the

dead -- thought it was a mistake. The disciples had the

teachings of Christ, but who can blame them at this mo-

ment that they are in hiding and wondering what will

happen next for them.

But Christ had risen and was fulfilling the needs that

we have as human beings. They heard His voice and

touched Him, and then they were able to worship. Far

from being angry at their lack of faith or their lack of

anticipation for this moment, Christ was ready to com-

fort them and then, speaking with words, He called the

disciples to an even greater purpose.

Resurrection is real and all of our mistakes are certainly

forgiven now and always. We are meant to be persons

of great purpose and, in these uncertain times, we are

meant to declare in the spirit of the resurrected One

that there is nothing impossible with God!

It gives a whole new meaning to these favorite words.

And the winner is………

See you in Church, Pastor Aaron

ST. MATTHEW 28: 9 “Suddenly Jesus met them and said, 'Greetings!' And they came to him,

took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.”

You probably agree with me that there are some things

that, if you were told they were going to happen in

advance, you would say "no way.” That happened to

me in watching the Oscars -- one of entertainment’s

biggest nights. The previews and staging on that

evening are just so big. I can’t imagine all of the hours

in preparation, both in a technical sense -- and of course

preparation for the host, presenters and so forth.

I don’t watch the Oscars every year. Sometimes I forget

when they are going to be on. But in my limited

knowledge, I thought the movies that were nominated

for best picture this year were very diverse in their style

and message, and I was curious to see who the winner

would be.

But finally the moment came, and the words came out -

- and the winner is La La Land . The actors, and others

who had been involved took the stage and you could

see their excitement all around. Suddenly, you could

see and even feel that something else was happening. It

was then that a courageous member from La La Land

came forward and said, "the winner is Moonlight." The

cast and crew of Moonlight must have thought it was a

joke, and finally the person from La La Land said,

"it's not a joke" as he held up the correct envelope.

Hi Church Family,

This is John Almgren and I’m chair of RUMC Trustees

for 2017. The other members of Trustees are Jeremy

Riggle, Kevin Yake, and Bill Crawford. We are doing

our best to keep things in good working order here at

our Redlands UMC. We’ve got a lot going on around

the church for the next few months and I wanted to let

you know about some opportunities where you can

bring your service to help with maintenance and up-

keep of our church.

As many of you know, our church building is aging

and, like all facilities, it needs regular maintenance

and repairs to keep everything in good condition.

Other than our contract cleaning service, we do not

have paid staff to provide maintenance and repairs to

the church. We depend on volunteers like you to lend

a hand where able.

I personally get a great deal of satisfaction with help-

ing. This is a form of service that many of us can pro-

vide by volunteering a few hours per year, per month,

or even per week. Some areas to consider offering

your help include:

Clearing sidewalks of snow (I think we are done

with that for this season)

Helping with deep cleaning of the church on our

spring and fall church cleaning days.

Maintenance and startup support for the 16 roof-

mounted swamp coolers in the spring.

Maintenance and shutdown support for these

swamp coolers in the fall.

Mowing the grass. Consider signing up for a cou-

ple of different weeks this summer. Ask a

friend or family member to partner with you

and you can be done in 1-1/2 hours. (We will

have a signup at the Welcome Center soon.)

Upkeep and maintenance of flower beds and land-

scaping. Nan McNees has agreed to be the volun-

teer coordinator for this activity. (See page 10 of this

newsletter.)

Maintenance of the irrigation system. Several (8)

Maxi-Paw lawn sprinklers need replaced. We could

use help with purchase of replacement units.

Upkeep and maintenance of the audio-visual sys-

tems. Due to a very generous contribution (THANK

YOU!), we were recently able to upgrade the over-

head projector in the sanctuary. We still need help

with the soundboard in the sanctuary and the am-

plifier in the fellowship hall. Jeremy Riggle has tak-

en leadership of these projects, so if you can lend

support, please talk to Jeremy.

Weed control of the area along Broadway is an un-

budgeted expense. Any help in this area would be

greatly appreciated.

And many other endeavors: boilers, plumbing, toi-

lets, paint, roof repair, etc.

Next on the agenda is “Spring Cleaning.” We are hav-

ing a heck of a time getting a weekend scheduled to

wash windows and get swamp coolers up and running.

Due to other conflicts, it looks like this activity will get

pushed back to May 20. However, that is too late to get

swamp coolers up and running, so we are going to

break up the work on swamp coolers to a couple of sep-

arate sessions in April…. dates and times to-be-

announced.

Along that line, we need to find a better way to com-

municate specific needs of Trustee volunteers to inter-

ested people and potential new volunteers. I’ve done a

little research and I’d like to use a notification applica-

tion called “Remind.” If you are interested in helping

with maintenance of the church and would like to get

notifications from time-to-time, then please talk to one

of the Trustees about getting signed up. There is no obli-

gation- just a better way to stay informed.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Trustee Chairperson,

John Almgren

April 2: Jan & Jerry Cortez

April 9: Barb & Ron Mack

April 16: Sign up at Welcome Center

(as well as for Easter

Breakfast at 7:30am)

April 23: Karla & Steve Kitzman

April 30: Bernita Dove

Volunteer Needed

April 2: Don Dove

April 9: Eileen Lepisto

April 16: Lois Bogart

April 23: John Almgren

April 30: Jane Williams

April 2* “Encounter with a Dead Man—Life” St. John 11:28-44

April 9

“Encounter with Enemies—Forgiveness” St. Matthew 26:57-64

April 16*

“Sign of the Tomb” St. John 20:1-9

April 23 To Be Announced Pastor Schlichting

April 30 “Eye Openers” St. Luke 24:13-31

*Sacrament of Holy Communion will be served at the above services.

We practice Open Table — meaning every person is warmly invited

to participate to receive both elements.

Please note that Volunteers are

needed for

Please sign up at the Welcome Cen-

ter or call the office at 245-1478.

Thank you!

April 2: Jill Almgren


April 2: Nanette Graham,

Patty Halligan

April 9: Karla & Steve Kitzman


April 23: Kristi & Dave Armour

April 30: Volunteers Needed

April 2: Jane Williams

April 9: Kay Pietro



April 30: Joan & Chuck Simcox

April 2: Tim Graus



April 23: Tim Graus


April 2 : Randy Bestle

1 Adult Volunteer Needed

April 9: Randy Bestle








April 2: 2 Adult Volunteers Needed

April 9: Charlotte Reicks


April 16: Karla Kitzman


April 23: John Almgren,

Julianne Yake

Youth Helpers: Inga

Almgren, Teagan Yake

April 30: 2 Adult Volunteers Needed

A new schedule will be issued mid-May, as the current scheduling expires the

end of May. If you would like to be added, or moved/removed from any category

of worship helper (categories-this page), please contact the office by

If you are able to help, please do sign up as some of our regular helpers are not as

available during the summer months. Also, some of our chronologically gifted

helpers are less able to do as much as they would like due to some physical or

health constraints. Thank you in advance for volunteering to help!!

***Confirmation Classes for 6th-12th Grade 10:10am-Noon: Sundays, April 2, April 13. Confirmation May 21. Info: Contact Nanette Graham ([email protected], 241-5419) or Julianne Yake 241-9437,([email protected])

*GVYM (Grand Valley Youth Ministry ) Information: Contact RUMC Youth Liaison, Jill Almgren, at [email protected] or check the website at

http:grandvalleyunitedmethodistyouth.

weebly.com/.

2 (See Sun. Worship schedule at the top of the page)

Sacrament of Holy Communion Confirmation Class Today 10a-Noon 5:00-7:00pm GVYM*

3 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

1:30-3:00pm Women’s Connection 6:15-8:45pm Boy Scouts #353 Court of Honor

4 5:00-9:00pm Doter ra Meeting 6:00-10:00pm Sweet Adeline’s

5 10:00-11:00am Agape Bugzzz4:00pm Sunday Bulletin deadline5:15-6:00pm Lent6:00-7:00pm Lenten Study with Pastor Aaron6:00-8:00pm GVWC6:30-8:30pm Senior High Bible Stdy

9 (See Sun. Worship schedule at the top of the page)

PALM/PASSION SUNDAY

12:15-1:15pm Worship Team Ministry Meeting

5:00-7:00pm GVYM*

10 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 11:00am-10pm RUMC @ Chili’s

1:30-3:00pm Women’s Connection

6:15-8:45pm Boy Scouts #353

11 10:30am-12:30pm UMW Meeting

1:00-5:00pm PEO Chptr HU

6:00-10:00pm Sweet Adeline’s 7:00-9:00am Cub Scout Leader Mtg

7:00-9:00pm Grand Valley Wood Turners

12 10:00-11:00am Agape Bugzzz

1:00-3:00pm GVWC

4:00pm Sunday Bulletin deadline

5:15-6:00pm Lent

6:00-7:00pm Lenten Study with Pastor Aaron

6:30-8:30pm Senior High Bible Stdy

16 EASTER SUNDAY 6:30-7:30am Easter Sunrise Wor-ship @ Saddlehorn Amphitheaer Colo. National Monument

7:30-9:00am Easter RUMC Breakfast (See Sun. Worship schedule at the top of the page)

Sacrament of Holy Communion

5:00PM DEADLINE FOR NEXT MONTH’S NEWSLETTER


8:00am-Noon Foot Clinic (Foot C’s, Claudia 234-4812) 1:30-3:00pm Women’s Connection 6:15-8:45pm Boy Scouts #353 7;30-9:00pm Colorado Archeological Society

18 4:30-7:00pm RUMC Homeward Bound Monthly Meal

5:00-9:00pm Doter ra Meeting

6:00-10:00pm Sweet Adeline’s



6:00-7:00pm Bible Study with Pastor Aaron

6:00-8:00pm GVWC


23 Men’s Walk to Emmaus (See Sun. Worship schedule at the top of the page)

2:00-4:00pm CO West Timekeepers 5:00-7:00pm GVYM*

30 NATIVE AMERICAN SUNDAY

Women’s Walk to Emmaus (See Sun. Worship schedule at the top of the page) 12:15-2:00pm RUMC “Lunch Bunch” 5:00-7:00pm GVYM*


1:30-3:00pm Women’s Connection

6:15-8:45pm Boy Scouts #353

25 6:00-10:00pm Sweet Adeline’s


1:00-3:00pm GVWC


6:00-7:00pm Bible Study with Pastor Aaron


“Love God—Learn—Live!”

Redlands United Methodist Church

527 Village Way; Grand Junction, CO 81507

Phone: 970-245-1478 Fax: 970-254-9848

www.redlandsumc.org

9:00 am—Contemporary Service

11:00 am—Traditional Service

10:10-10:50 am—Coffee/Fellowship & Education

Co-ed Adult Study Group

Children/Youth Sunday School Classes ***

mailto:[email protected]

http://grandvalleyunitedmethodistyouth.weebly.com/


1 8:00am-5:00pm Nursery Carpet Installation

11:00am Agape Bugzzz 4:00pm Sunday Bulletin deadline

Lent- “Meager Meal” Lenten Study with Pastor Aaron GVWC Senior High Bible Stdy

6

9:00am-11:00am TLC

5:30-6:30pm Redlands Ringers

6:00-8:30pm Cub Scout Den Mtg.

6:00-8:00pm Sweet Adelines Team

7:00-9:00pm Messengers of Praise

7

10:00am Sunday Bulletin Assembly Volunteers

8 11:00am-1:00pm Mar ion Bestle Memorial Service

11:00am Agape Bugzzz

GVWC


Lent- “Meager Meal”

Lenten Study with Pastor Aaron

Senior High Bible Stdy

13



7:00-8:00pm Maundy Thursday Worship Service 8:00-9:00pm Messengers of Praise

14 10:00am Sunday Bulletin Assembly Volunteers Noon-1:00pm Good Fr iday Worship-First UMC Grand Junction

15 9:00am-Noon “In-Stitches”



Bible Study with Pastor Aaron

GVWC


20 Men’s Walk to Emmaus

5:30-6:30pm Leader ship Team Mtg




21 Men’s Walk to Emmaus 10:00am Sunday Bulletin Assembly Volunteers 7:00-10:00pm Sweet Adeline’s Coaching

22 Men’s Walk to Emmaus 9:00am-3:00pm Sweet Adeline’s Coaching 10:00am-Noon Vineyard HOA Meeting


GVWC


Bible Study with Pastor Aaron


27 Women’s Walk to Emmaus 5:30-6:30pm Redlands Ringers 6:00-8:30pm Cub Scout Pack Mtg.


28 Women’s Walk to Emmaus 10:00am Sunday Bulletin Assembly Volunteers 6:00-8:00pm Redlands Village Neighborhood Watch Meeting

29 Women’s Walk to Emmaus

To schedule other events/meetings, please call the church office Tuesday-Friday,

9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. For room assignments for scheduled events/meetings, please

consult the calendar posted at the front door entryway of the church.

Coffee/Fellowship & Education

Children/Youth Sunday School Classes ***




Thank You to all of our families for participat-

ing in our very successful art show fundraiser!

Parent teacher conferences for our 3-5 year old

classes will be April 3-6.

Monument Preschool will be having an Easter

Egg Hunt on Thurs., April 13 and Friday, April 14.

We are still registering for our fall pre-

school program. Please contact Kathan Hartle

at 245-1478, if you have any questions.

Elementary (preschool-5th grade) Rooms 100,106, 107;

Mid-High, Room 115; Senior High, Room 116. It’s a

special year as sessions are being held in preparation

for Confirmation on Sunday, May 21, of Youth 6th-

12th grades.

Grand Valley Youth is a community of youth who are

supported by four of the Methodist churches in the

Valley. Students, grades 5-12 from any walk of life are

welcome to join; you don’t have to be a member of an

UMC or any church. The group generally meets from

5:00-7:00pm on Sundays at First UMC downtown.

Other dates/occasions will be announced. For more

information contact Jessica Roehm at

[email protected] and go to the web:


UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 2nd- Youth led night April 9th- Journey to the Cross April 14th- Good Friday event April 23rd- Spring Mixer Prep April 28-30th- MID HIGH EVENT YOUTH QUEST April28-30th- Sharefest/Lock-in

Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School (VBS)

Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8, 9am-

Noon each day. Please consider how your talents can

support this fun and lively event. We would love

your help to make this a fun and fabulous time for the

preschool-5th graders.

All are welcome to attend VBS and all are welcome to

assist in the planning and creation of this exciting out-

reach.

For further questions, or to volunteer, please contact

Julianne Yake with any questions [email protected],

(H) 241-9437 (C) 640-7086.

Please congratulate five new members to Redlands

UMC who have recently joined our church: Charlotte

Reicks, Kay Pietro, Ginny Trujillo, and Dorothy &

Todd Wyatt. We are very happy to “officially” wel-

come you to our congregation!

If you would also like to become “official” members

of our church family, please just see or call Pastor Aa-

ron, 245-1478.

Redlands UMC helps HomewardBound of the

Grand Valley (a Mesa County non-profit organiza-

tion) by providing a meal on the 3rd Tuesday of each

month. Our volunteers prepare the meal, deliver it

to the HomewardBound Shelter at 2853 North Ave.,

and serve this meal to 120-190 residents there.

Each month one of our RUMC groups hosts

the dinner. The Host Group always welcomes help;

please sign up at the Welcome Center. Thanks! 2nd Quarter Host Groups

*April-Youth Group *May-Worship/Music *June-UMW



Meet the 1st & 3rd Thursdays each month at 9am at

RUMC to maintain our beautiful flower gardens. Great

benefits - learn what gardening tasks need to be done

when, how to do them and take home extra plants!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the great privilege

of joining this very special congregation as one of your

musicians! I am VERY much looking forward to be-

coming acquainted with all of you. My husband, Pas-

tor Al, and I have been with you in recent services and

are duly impressed with all of you and the quality of

your service. Thank you for making us feel totally at

home...even back to our first Sunday with you.

Now, I'm not sure how much you want to know

about me, but I've been a church musician for a lot of

years in various denominations. However, I always

come back to the Methodists! I LOVE the service and

fellowship! The biggest factor is you, the people with

our common bond in our Lord and Savior, Jesus

Christ.. I am thrilled about the prospect of worshiping

together in joy and happiness as we express our

love and praise through music. I do hold a degree in

Music Education from the University of WY.

As a possible note of interest: Your recently re-

tired organist, Laine Cross, and I both attended the

same school (Campion Academy) near Loveland, CO.

My parents moved us there from Chadron, NE where

my grandfather had been a frontier judge. They wanted

us to attend a Christian school. All of us, my brothers

and sister (me, the middle child of five) were in elemen-

tary school at that time. One of the first things I no-

ticed in church were the "academy kids" who played

the organ for services. They played the organ ... not

only with their hands...they played with their FEET! I

asked my parents to sit close to the organ so that I

could watch that amazing "feat! (feet). During that peri-

od of time, one of those organists would most likely

have been Laine!.. my first inspiration to become an

organist (Small World)!

Anyway, so much for "Story Time!" To put it

mildly, I am excited about our future together!!

In the New Testament Gospel of Mark, we meet Jesus,

the man who is King. But this king comes to serve--not

to be served. He eats with sinners rather than royalty.

His crown is made of thorns instead of gold. This study

guide introduces you to the compassionate, suffering,

astonishing King who calls us to follow him.

This Season of Grace, deepen your faith in a God who

so loved the world that He gave us His son. You’re

about to meet three women named Mary, each of

whom has a life-changing encounter with Jesus...Mary

of Bethany, Mary of Nazareth, and Mary Magdalene.

(Due to the Women’s Walk to Emmaus during GJ

ShareFest weekend, April 28/29, RUMC’S will be held

Saturday, May 6, instead. See volunteer and need

sign-up sheets at the RUMC Welcome Center. RUMC

ShareFest leaders are Kathy Hillman & Jan Cortez.)

What is ShareFest?

Churches go out into the community and show the love

of Jesus in tangible ways. Different churches and de-

nominations come together and serve the community in

the name of Jesus. People of all ages work on projects

including cleaning yards, sewing lap quilts for care cen-

ter residents, walking through neighborhoods picking

up trash, painting mobile homes, and making care

packages for college students. The Church comes to-

gether, and it is a sight to behold.

How does it happen?

Participating churches and their volunteers decide

which day(s) they are going to serve. Volunteers get

together in groups, adopt a project, and choose a team

leader who, with someone else, visit the project sites to

evaluate the projects and then work with the volunteers

to set the time they will meet, determine tools and sup-

plies needed, and prepare any other logistics for pro-

ceeding with the projects.

Doug Grodt 4/01

Claudine Bogart 4/04

Kathy Hillman 4/05

Lori Reynolds 4/06

Carmen Winn 4/07

Gary Heath 4/09

Claude U-ren 4/09

Margaret Koestel 4/10

Candy Graus 4/12

Ginny Trujillo 4/12

Did we miss anyone? [email protected]

We would like to be sure that we have everyone’s

birthdates for all months in our church computer system.

If you have never given your date on any pa-

perwork given to the office, please send us an

email to bring us up to speed. Feel free to check

with us, if you are not certain. Thank you!

Claudine Bogart Chairperson

John Almgren Secretary

Rev. Aaron M. Gray Pastor

Finance Team

To be determined Chairperson

Jane Williams Treasurer

Marj Richardson Memorial Committee

Wayne Halligan

Dick Pippenger

Beth Fisher (Staff) Bookkeeper

Staff Parish Relations Team

Rick Howe Chairperson

Claudine Bogart

Jerry Mutchler

Trustees

John Almgren Chairperson

Jeremy Riggle

Bill Crawford

Kevin Yake Janitorial Contractor Liaison

Lay Leader

To be determined through Visioning Process

Spring has sprung and the Leadership Team

is busy getting the church ready for the season. At

our meeting last week we discussed many of the is-

sues the Trustees deal with to keep our church doors

open. If you see a Trustee give them a hug because

they do an awful lot for our church.

We also want to welcome Carolyn Woolman

as our new organist. Come listen at the 11am ser-

vice. We think you’ll agree she is the perfect person

to replace Laine Cross who so faithfully was our or-

ganist for so many years. Thank you Laine.

Another item of business we discussed is the

upcoming 7:30am Easter Breakfast. The Leadership

Team has taken on this task and will be providing

muffins, juice, fruit and casseroles that morning. If

anyone in the congregation would like to help us in

providing a welcoming brunch for our Easter guests,

we would encourage you to sign up at the Welcome

Center. We appreciate your help.

We also want to thank the congregation for

your patience with our sound issues in the Sanctu-

ary. The company that we are working with is in the

process of moving and it would be very hard for us

to get the sound board to a company in Glenwood to

look at it. It will only be another week or so before

the local company can come help us with the situa-

tion. Please pray for an easy solution.

It is so nice to drive by and see our church

being used by so many members of our community.

It is also nice to welcome new members into our con-

gregation. Keep up the good work. With more

hands we can serve more meals at HomewardBound

and other great causes around our community.

As the Lord said to Abram in Genesis 12:2 “I

will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I

will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to

others.” We are all blessed to be members of Red-

lands United Methodist Church, so how will you be

a blessing to others today?

Until next month,

Leadership Chairperson, Claudine Bogart

Bill Emert 4/15

Bob LaDuke 4/17

Chuck Simcox 4/18

Teagan Yake 4/18

Dick Arnold 4/19

Marty Arnold 4/23

Jackie Bigum 4/23

Annika Kitzman 4/23

Jenny Henson 4/26

Melba Kimble 4/30

*10:10-10:50 am—Coffee/Fellowship &

Education

Co-ed Adult Study Groups

Children’s Sunday School

Handicap parking and seating, as well as hearing devices, are offered at all services.

NOTE: The church office is closed on Mondays.

Messages: 245-1478.

Office hours: Tues.—Fri., 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Please visit our website on a regular basis as more of our communication is increasingly be-ing placed there in order to save on paper, print, and postage costs. We want to be sure that you are kept in the communication loop! Please check the Welcome Area booth and bulle-tin board for more on community events or more details on RUMC happenings/sign-ups.

527 Village Way Grand Junction, CO 81507 (970) 245-1478 www.redlandsumc.org Pastor: Rev. Aaron M. Gray

The 2017 set of walks are almost here: Men’s April 20-

23 and Women’s April 27-30. If you need more details,

please see the bulletin board at the church and/or con-

tact Margaret Bestle at 242-2503, Dave Armour at 257-

1577 or Jerry Cortez 858-1565.

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, May 13,

10:00am-Noon. Meet at the church and come back for

lunch afterwards. Sign up please at the Welcome Cen-

ter. Questions: please contact Lois Bogart at 256-0390.

will have their next regular meeting on

Tuesday, April 11, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 116. Glenna

Brayton & Maxine Warren will do the devotion and

program. Cherlyn Crawford and/or Bernita Dove will

be the hostess. We have a new treasurer, Dorothy Wy-

att. She is a new member and is welcomed to our

UMW Redlands unit.

You are invited to come and join us at our

meetings. If you want more information, please call

Bernita Dove at 245-7135.

Documents

APRIL 2017 - SquarespaceApril+2017-.pdf · APRIL 2017 “Love God ... Pippenger friend, Larry; Candy Graus friends, premature twin girls; Joyce ... teachings of Christ,