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FEBRUARY 2019 Messenger - page 1

The Messenger FEBRUARY 2019

A monthly publication

from First United Methodist

Church of Boone.

In this issue…

From the Pastor 1

Worship Volunteers 2

Valentines Day 2

United Methodist Women 3

This and That 4

Budget Report 5

Calendar 6

Coffee Fellowship 6

Schedule

February Quotes 7

First UMC - Boone 703 Arden Street PO Box 206 Boone, Iowa 50036 515-432-4660 www.boonefumc.com

The mission of the Boone First United Methodist Church is to glorify God by nurturing disciples to

live and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Hatch ‘em - Match ‘em

& Dispatch ‘em

The writer of Hebrews en-courages us…Let us run with perse-verance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. The Christian life is often described using a “race” metaphor. Many times I have heard the old adage…It’s a marathon, not a sprint. That’s good advice…stay the course, be patient, focus on the goal. I’ve noticed in my life, though, that there are moments which are best de-scribed by another type of race…a relay race. In the midst of transi-tions, that’s the metaphor that works for me.

In a relay race, the baton is passed from one runner to another. The runner holding the baton ap-proaches the new runner at full speed, meaning the new runner must quickly accelerate at just the right time. After the baton pass takes place, the first runner stops partici-pating in the race. The baton is the only object in the relay race that trav-els the entire distance of the race. It will cross the finish line in the hand of the last runner, just like it started out in the hand of the first runner…but each runner will receive credit for the team's victory.

If we imagine our lives to be like a relay race, we can see that each step of the way, each leg of the jour-ney, depends upon the leg before…and each leg that will follow. It also involves GIVING and TAKING the baton.

Many of you I am sure have heard that Miss Jodie and my time here at First UMC in Boone will be coming to a close. On July 1st I will be entering into the ministry of Dis-trict Superintendent for the South East District of the United Methodist Church. The baton will be passed.

Handing off the baton is never auto-matic. It takes practice. It requires attention as well as intention. Over the course of the next 5 months, we will have opportunities for celebra-tion and consternation, we will dance and we will cry…and in the midst of it all, we will run our leg of the race with perseverance and faithfulness. We will remember those from whom we have received the baton, and we will fix our eyes on an unknown fu-ture…knowing that God is with us in both the GIVING and the TAKING of the baton.

Thank you for the faithful and faith-filled ministry that springs forth from with-in the walls of the First UMC of Boone. Miss Jodie and I are honored to run one more lap with you. Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

Thank you for your generosity and gifts during the Christmas season. We have been blessed to be a part of the community and the on-going ministry and mis-sion of the Boone First UMC. --Miss Jodie and Pastor Doug

From the Pastor…

If this is to be a Happy New Year, a year of usefulness, a year in which we shall live to make this earth better, it is because God will direct our pathway. How important then,

to feel our dependence upon Him! - Matthew Simpson


First UMC

FEBRUARY Worship Participants

Ushers Feb. 3: Fred Grow & Gene Stewart Jacquie Grow & Millie Logue

Feb. 10: Jeff & Ammie Dighton Fred & Jacquie Grow Feb. 17: Virgil & Martha Hilsabeck

Lee & Danis Lingren Feb.24: Todd & Bobi Treganza Cody & Beth Bowers

Greeters Feb. 3: Charlotte Bennett; Teresa Kahler Feb. 10: Lyn & Sherri Dighton Feb. 17: Nicole Nickens, Barbara Shedd Feb. 24: Mary Wirtz; Verla Morgan

Acolytes Feb. 3: Haley & McGuire Bryant

Feb. 10: D. J. Dill

Feb. 17: Jentry Schoff

Feb. 24: Ashton Thilges

Power Point Feb. 3: Joey Hutchings (9:00) Chris Shannon (11:15)

Feb. 10: Laura Mehlhaus (9:00) Chris Shannon (11:15)

Feb.17: D J Dill (9:00) Chris Shannon (11:15)

Feb. 24: Tamara Peterson (9:00) Chris Shannon (11:15)

Nursery Feb. 3: Jentry Schoff & Jaxon Schoff

Feb. 10: Summer Crocheck & Jentry Schoff

Feb. 17: Maci Mosher & Jentry Schoff

Feb. 24: Jaxon Schoff & Jentry Schoff

Sound Tech Feb. 3: Glenn Peterson

Feb. 10: Virgil Hilsabeck

Feb. 17: Gene Stewart

Feb. 24: Mike Cleaveland

CONNECTIONS Are there any questions you have about First UMC in Boone…or United Methodism? Take a peek at these websites…

boonefumc.com…check us out on our website. You will find just about anything you need to know about us. There is also a link to our church Facebook page. We’re here…with Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Open Doors. iaumc.org…looking for information concerning the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church? This website provides directories, news and features, and a wealth of information regarding the work, mission & vision of the United Methodist Church.

VALENTINES DAY!

FEBRUAY 14, 2019

The first Valentine's Day was in the year 496!

In searching for the Origin of Valentines Day this is one that appeared in several

of the sights. Thought I would share for some Valentine Fun!!

The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he was. The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from

Rome in the third century AD.

Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death. There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed

"from your Valentine".

Having a particular Valentine's Day is a very old tradition, thought to have origi-nated from a Roman festival. The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February - officially the start of their springtime. It's thought that as part of the celebrations, boys drew names of girls from a box. They'd be boyfriend and

girlfriend during the festival and sometimes they'd get married.

Later on, the church wanted to turn this festival into a Christian celebration and decided to use it to remember St Valentine too. Gradually, St Valentine's name

started to be used by people to express their feelings to those they loved.


United Methodist Women Calendar FEBRUARY 2019

Refrigerator and Freezer Cleaning: EVE CIRCLE

— February 6 ~ Executive Board 11:30—Wesley Room

General 1:00pm—Program: Leah—Hostess: Eve

— February 12 ~ Retired School Personnel Luncheon—Eve

— February 21 ~ Martha Circle 7:00pm — Parlor

For additional information contact your

Circle Chairperson or one of the following...

Jan Carpenter 432-3423 The Church Office 432-4660

...or see the Bulletin Board outside Fellowship Hall

United Methodist Women will be selling Cinnamon Rolls again this year. We

will be taking orders on Sundays, February 10, 17, and 24. Order forms will

also be available on the table outside the Sanctuary and can e turned in to

Donna at the office. The cost will be $6.00 half dozen. Orders can be picked

up on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 7, 8, and 9.

Looking for something to fill those cold winter hours that keep us

indoors at this time of year? Check out the Church Library. There

are scrapbooks, 3-ring binders of our history, magazines, and

BOOKS...Children’s titles, and youth titles are easily found in their own sections. General titles

are arranged by topic and/or author for your convenience. Books purchased for the UMW

Reading Program can be found on the east wall. The latest titles added are: Massacre at Sand

Creek, First White Frost, 50 Women Every Christian Should Know, Feathered, Stick-Up for Your-

self, Passing it On, The Book of Joy, Good Health-Good Life, Hospitable Planet, Pushout, Born on

Third Base, Tattered and Mended, Adventure of Ascent, and Christ Walk Kids.


I would like to say “Thank You” for all

the cards and prayers during my hip

replacement surgery and recovery.

Everything has healed well and work-

ing great. Your love and concern was

much appreciated. Alan Schoff

Thought this was worth printing again. Pastor Doug’s Sermon on Jan. 13, 2019. If you did not get a bookmark that day this is what was on it. Side 1—From John Wesley’s General Rules: #1 Do No Harm, #2 Do Good, #3 Stay in love with God.

Side 2—Wesley’s Covenant Prayer: “I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all tings, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.”

THIS AND THAT!!

Prayer is a positive act of peace and love. As United Methodists, we pledge to uphold our church family and staff with our prayers.

HELP!!

The youth need folks to sign-up to provide a light supper for

them on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm. They meet until May

15th and at present there are several open dates. The sign-up sheet is on the table by the Sanctuary doors. Would you consider

providing this service for our youth and youth workers one Wednesday night before

the end of their season? If you have any questions about what to fix or for how many

people, have a chat with Jennifer Schoff.

REMINDER Every third Thursday at 6:00pm is Laundry Soap-Making! The soap made is donated to IMPACT for

their clients to use, as well as some of our own church members. If you have never helped out, stop by! It is fun and we have lots of laughs (last month Alan Schoff and Justin Cro-check were singing Roy Clark songs in remembrance of him!)

Also, every third week donations of food/toiletries are asked for IMPACT. Of course, you can donate every week if you wish, but we like to take the items donat-ed to IMPACT so the first of the month they have plenty of options.

Thank you, Church Family for ALL of your support for this amazing ministry. Without YOU, many people and fami-

The FRUIT of the SPIRIT

(One a Month)

LOVE (Greek: agape) -- seeks the highest good of others.

Love is not based on emotions or feelings. It is a decision to be committed to the well being of others without any condi-tions or circumstances.

--John 3:16; John 13:9; John 15:12-14 (references)

Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (1 John 4:7-12)



FEBRUARY 2019 First UMC - Boone

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9:00 Exercise 9:30 Fold Bulletin

2

3 Communion Sunday

9:00 Traditional Service 10:00 Coffee Fellowship

10:10 S.S. Pre-K-12th Grade

10:30 Young Adult Class

10:30 Adult Class

11:15 Contemporary Service

6:00 Education Meeting

4

9:00 Exercise

6:45 Finance, Out-reach, Trustees, Worship

7:45 Adm. Council

5

6:00 Free Clinic

6 9:00 Exercise

11:30 UMW Exec. Board

1:00 UMW General 2:00 Staff Meeting

6:00 Bell Choir

6:00 Youth Group Supper

6:30—7 K-3 grades

6:30-7:30 4-8 grades

6:30-8 9-12 grades

6:30 Chancel Choir

7


9

10 9:00 Traditional Service

10:00 Coffee Fellowship

10:10 S.S. Pre K—12th grade


10:30 Adult Study Class


11 9:00 Exercise

12 12:00 Retired School

Personnel Luncheon

13 9:00 Exercise

2:00 Staff Meeting

6:00 Bell Choir


6:30—7 K-4 grades

6:30-7:30 5-8 grades

6:30-8 9-12 grades

6:30 Chancel Choir

14

5:30 Family Nest

5:30 AKTION Club


16

17

9:00 Traditional Service


10:10 S.S. ~ Pre-K-12th grade




18 9:00 Exercise

19

6:00 Free Clinic

7-9 TTT—Parlor

Connie Sandegren

20 Circle Day 9:00 Exercise

9:15 Eve & Leah Circles

1:00 Dorcas Circle

2:00 Staff Meeting

6 :00 Bell Choir


6:30—7 K-4 grades

6:30-7:30 5-8 grades

6:30-8 9-12 grades

6:30 Chancel Choir

21

6:00 Soap Making


10:00 Fold Messengers

12-3 Linda Millis

Parlor

23

24

9:00 Traditional Service


10:10 S.S. ~ Pre-K-12th grade




25 9:00 Exercise

7:00 SPRC Meeting

26 27 9:00 Exercise 2:00 Staff Meeting

6:00 Bell Choir


6:30—7 K-4 grades

6:30-7:30 5-8 grades

6:30-8 9-12 grades

7:00 Chancel Choir

28

5:30 Family Nest

5:30 AKTION Club

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE 2019

January – Admin. Council April – United Meth. Men July – Choir October – SPRC

February – Worship May – United Meth. Women August – Trustees November – Taylor Estate

March – Martha Circle June – Outreach September – Finance December – Memorial

DOUG AT—METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE

ST. LOUIS MISSOURI 2019


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QUOTES FOR FEBRUARY

Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January. ~Jim Gaffigan

February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March. ~J.R. Stockton

February is the border between winter and spring. ~Terri Guillemets, ~"Years," 2002

On the wind in February Snowflakes float still, Half inclined to turn to rain, Nipping, dripping, chill.

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FEBRUARY 2019 Messenger page 1 The Messenger...FEBRUARY 2019 Messenger -page 4 I would like to say “Thank You” for all the cards and prayers during my hip replacement surgery and