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WEEKLY PRAYER & STUDY GROUPS

SUN Seekers 11:00 am—Library Lounge MON Intercessory Prayer 2:00 pm—Library Lounge TUE Pastor’s Academy 2:00 pm—Wilson Fellowship Hall WED GriefShare 9:30 am—Library Lounge WED Art & Soul 9:30 am—Wilson Fellowship Hall WED Write Your Story 1:30 pm—Music Room THU Angels Study 9:30 am—Library Lounge FRI Disciple II 1:00 pm—Library Lounge

Willowbrook United Methodist Church OUR MINISTRY TOGETHER

The ministers of this church are its members; those who assist them are:

Dedicated Lay Ministry - Stephen Ministry Gary Kennedy - Senior Pastor Sande Kimbel - Associate Pastor Steve Marshall - Associate Pastor

Rev. Dr. William Griffith - Pastor Emeritus Rev. Jon Ierley - Pastor Emeritus Dr. Robb Butler - Music Director Shara-Dawn Chambers - Organist Loretta Nash - Sabbath Musician

Russ Koan– Lay Leader

DEADLINE FOR the MARCH, 2017 Good News is FEBRUARY 6, 2017

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sabbath Celebration Saturday

5:00 p.m.—In the Chapel * * *

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.—In the Sanctuary

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Sunday Mosaic Worship 11:00 a.m.—In the Sanctuary

www.willowbrookumc.org OFFICE HOURS

Mon-Fri—8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Closed for lunch—12:00-12:30 p.m.

Willowbrook United Methodist Church

“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” 19390 North 99th Avenue Sun City, AZ 85373-1102

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday (closed 12 - 12:30 p.m. for lunch)

(623) 974-5637 FAX: (623) 933-5466 Internet: http://www.willowbrookumc.org E-mail address: [email protected]

GOOD NEWSGOOD NEWS February 2017 Issue

We just celebrated Advent and Christmas, which means...it’s almost time for Lent and Easter! Join us at our six-week Lenten study/dinner/worship series starting on Ash Wednesday, March 1, at 4 pm. Our class this year will explore the Apostles’ Creed using Adam Hamilton’s brand new book, Creed: What Christians Believe and Why. Watch for more information in the church bulletin and other publications as the time draws near.

The Holidaze Craft Faire Committee is happy to an-nounce another positive result of our event in early November. Sara Cleary of Usborne Books and More, one of the many ven-dors at the Faire, as promised

donated a portion of her profit as books to the charity of our choice. In December we received 25 books from her, and Ann Martin delivered them to the Child Devel-opment program at UMOM. Ann, a member of the UMOM Auxiliary, volunteers at UMOM's "Read to Me Program," so we thought she was the perfect person to make this special delivery. We would like to thank all of you who purchased books from Usborne Books at the Faire, making this donation to UMOM possible.

LEFT: Kresta Horn, Director of Child Development at UMOM, accepts the donation of 25 books for her program from Willowbrooker, Ann Martin. The books came from Usborne Books and More, a vendor at the November Holidaze Craft Faire.

Willowbrook offers three dif-ferent styles of worship. The Saturday Sabbath service meets at 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel. This informal service offers an old-fashioned hymn

sing and communion every week. People who attend say it reminds them of their small church “back home”.

Our Sunday morning traditional service at 9:30 a.m. features a more liturgical worship with robed clergy and a full choir in a beautiful stained-glass sanctuary.

Mosaic is a 45-minute informal service on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. that uses the creative arts—music, drama and art—to present God’s Word in an entertaining and relevant way.

If you haven’t already, you owe it to yourself to attend each service once-in-awhile and experience the many ways Willowbrook offers superb worship.

Thursday, FEBRUARY 9 11:45 a.m.

Wilson Fellowship Hall

JOHN & CATHY CALHOUN PICTORIAL TRAVEL JOURNAL

PERU & THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Explore the islands through the eyes of a camera lens. Cathy will provide narrative and answer ques-tions.

Lunch Cost—ONLY $4.00! Sign-ups at United Methodist Men Table

in Wilson Fellowship Hall. Women are always welcome!

PASTOR'S ACADEMY

I shared during a recent sermon that sometimes more time is needed to further illustrate or

develop a point. In this particular case, after mentioning the premise of a couple of books on culture with differing viewpoints, I said that I needed more time to go into greater depth about those books. I have thought about that concept more and have concluded that, sometimes, I just need more time with not only sermon illustrations, but also scriptural insights, leadership concepts and even organizational matters around the church. There are occasions when, after a committee meeting, I feel like we could have benefited from some additional time together for background, training or coordination with other committees.

Recently we hosted one of the "Holy Huddle" conversations from the Annual Conference lead

by Bishop Robert Hoshibata. This two and one half hour meeting covered a lot of ground but raised more questions than time permitted responses. One man responded to some of the discussion points on the Bishop's agenda and stated that he felt that we weren't asking the right questions. Time didn't permit, but I wanted to hear what he felt those questions were. It is this sort of follow up that we could accomplish with some discussion time at a Pastor's Academy. At the Holy Huddle meeting the Bishop used John Wesley’s concept of the Quadrilateral, a process used to make decisions. For some folks, this concept was new and we probably needed more time to talk about it in order to understand how it fit into the larger conversation.

There may be a better title for our gatherings than Pastor's Academy but for lack of a better

term we will start with that. It will be a catch-all for subjects that need some extra time and discussion. By calling it Pastor's Academy I also leave the door open for our other pastors, Steve Marshall and Sande Kimbel, as well as our retired pastors to come in and lead a session, as needed.

The time slot the Bishop requested for the Holy Huddle was Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. I think to

make it easy to remember, I will simply say that Pastor's Academy will be held Tuesdays at 2. I will advertise the topic weekly as that might determine who will want to attend. No sign-up will be necessary. There will be no materials and they are all going to be free standing in that one academy won't necessarily have anything to do with another.

The Academy will start after the Rummage Sale is over. So to make it simple, we will start the

first Tuesday of February at 2:00 p.m. The first subject is John Wesley's Quadrilateral. We will ask what it means. How do we use it and does it mean the same thing for everyone? Is it a tool that works in considering major decisions for the individual and the denomination?

So keep in mind Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at two p.m. Tuesday at 2 for Wesley's

Quadrilateral. See you at church,

Gary Kennedy

PRAYERS FOR CENTRAL WEST

DISTRICT CHURCHES

Pray for these Central West District churches in FEBRUARY:

Ajo Federated Church Calvary UMC, Phoenix Camp Verde UMC Chino Valley UMC

Each month as part of the Central West District in the Desert Southwest Conference, we join other churches in prayer for one another.

FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES

(We Celebrate 50 years or more) 8 Peter & Phyllis Lee 60th 11 Darrell & Marilyn Wigle 59th 14 Bill & Joe Kozacek 68th 19 Russ & Lynn Koan 62nd 27 Paul & Ann Underwood 52nd

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS (We celebrate 90 years or more)

11 Charlene Vafiadi 13 Wes Johnson 14 Claude Elton 17 Frances Zambito 18 Tee Shultz 21 Betty Taylor

Enjoy upbeat praise music, dramatic skits and creative art sermons in this informal 45-minute worship service

every Sunday at 11:00am in the Sanctuary.

INVITE A FRIEND AND ENJOY THE MOSAIC EXPERIENCE

For more information visit our website:

www.willowbrookumc.org

Come join us for a creative

worship experience

WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY— Have you put off recording your legacy for fu-ture generations? Join peers to share ideas on how to get started each Wednesday afternoon 1:30-4:00 p.m. in the Music Room. Call Marge Starkey for more information.

February 4 & 5, 2017 Non-perishable food

or cash

Our condolences to family and friends on the death of the following Willowbrook members & family:

• Ona Pike on December 13 • Mildred “Millie” Leach on December 17 • Mervin Nielsen on December 30 • Wilbur “Wib” Franklin on January 1 • Jean Mason on December 28 in MI • John Calhoun’s daughter, Carrie Calhoun

Whitman on January 5 • Bud & Nancie Fletcher’s daughter-in-law,

Lenny on January 14 in Atlanta, GA

GRIEFSHARE: JOURNEY FROM MOURNING TO JOY Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Library Lounge

Each week GriefShare provides support through the grieving process. Through the use of a video featuring experts on grief, a workbook and group discussion we help each other sort through our emotions and peaks and valleys. Each session is “self-contained,” so you do not have to attend in sequence. You will find encouragement whenever you attend. Feel free to begin any time. Sessions in February February 1—The Journey of Grief: Part Two February 8—Grief and Your Relationships February 15—Why? February 22—Guilt and Anger

Willowbrook United

Methodist Church

Concert Series 2016-2017

Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Sun City Chamber Orchestra George Zoske, Conductor

Sunday March 26, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.

The Desert Brass Band Charles Musgrave, Conductor

Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.

AZ Swing Kings Orchestra Lenny King, Director

Tickets are $5.00 per person (12 and under free) and are available at the door.

Call for more information.

19390 N 99th Avenue, Sun City AZ 85373 623-974-5637

YOUTHFUL SENIORS EVENTS

Pizza and Bunco Night—Friday, February 17, 5:00 p.m., $5, Wilson Fellowship Hall.

Movie and Green Food Potluck —Friday, March 17, 5:00 p.m., $2 movie—Woodlawn, Wilson Fel-lowship Hall.

Sun City Players Community Theater—Friday, March 24, 7:00 p.m., $10. The production is Bag Full of Miracles. You will leave this modern musical comedy humming the memorable songs woven throughout this funny yet sensitive look at senior life.

METHO TRAVELERS TRIPS:

Turf Paradise Race Track—Tuesday, March 7, $55. Price includes admission, private buffet, pro-gram, private mutual tellers, director’s suite, trans-portation and gratuities.

Rhythm Cats Show—Saturday, March 11, $69. Price includes buffet dinner, show, transportation and gratuities. Enjoy classic tunes from your favor-ite Rock ‘n Roll stars and relive the Top 10 Bill-board Hits of the 50’s and 60’s.

Queen Creek Olive Mill & Organ Stop Pizza—Tuesday, March 21, $52. Price includes Olive Oil 101 tour, lunch, oil samples, bus, and gratuities, but NOT cost of dinner.

Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center—Tuesday, April 11, $51. Price includes tour, trans-portation and gratuities. Learn about the rehabilita-tion of injured, orphaned, or displaced wild ani-mals.

Western Caribbean Cruise—Sunday, April 30—Saturday, May 6, $1,525. Includes transportation to/from all airports, roundtrip airfare, transfers to cruise line. Cruise departs from Galveston. Ports of call are Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; and Cozumel, Mexico.

Circle Japan Cruise—Monday, October 16—Thursday, October 26, $3,279. Includes transporta-tion to/from all airports, roundtrip airfare, transfers to cruise line. Ports of call are Yokohama, Aomori, Akita, Toyama, Kagoshima, Tokyo, and Pusan, South Korea.

Money and liability waiver due at sign-up. Check the Youthful Seniors table in Wilson Fellow-ship Hall for information and sign-up sheets. For more information contact Nancie Fletcher or Janet Glick.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BUILDING A HABITAT HOUSE IN TEMPE

The Mighty Methodist Habitat Co-alition made up of 27 United Methodist Churches across the valley are helping to build a house in Tempe starting Febru-ary 14, 2017 with a planned com-

pletion date of June 10, 2017. If you are interested in financially supporting this project, checks can be made out to Willowbrook United Methodist Church and on the memo line write (for Mighty Methodist Habitat Coalition). If you are interested in working on the house, (all work days are on Saturdays) contact Loren Littlefield.

SOUPS ON!

February 5th is the first Sunday of the month and is the day Willow-brook sets aside to collect food and donations for our local food banks. It is also Super Bowl Sunday.

Help restock the food bank shelves by bringing in your non-perishable

food items for the Salvation Army. Soup kettles will be around Fellowship Hall for cash donations which are given to Valley View Community Food Bank.

Let’s join together again and make this Super Bowl Sunday really “Souper”.

Outreach-Mission News... A heartfelt “Thank You” goes out to all who gave of their time, talents, and treasures in

support of the many outreach opportunities that took place during the Thanksgiving & Christmas season. You have touched so many lives. �20 Thanksgiving turkeys were donated to Valley View Community Food Bank. �On Monday, November 28th, 100 twenty dollar Wal-Mart gift cards were delivered to the Southwest Confer-ence office of Sidewalk Sunday School. Billie Fidlin’s greeting that day was, “We can always count on Willow-brook.” The purchase of the gift cards was funded through Benji Fund donations. �From the Thanksgiving offering, Christmas gift cards were purchased for Sidewalk Sunday School and the remaining balance was sent to Habitat for Humanity. For over 10 years, Willowbrook has participated in funding and working on the “Mighty United Methodist Coalition Home” builds. The coalition home will break ground in late February. Look for signups if you would like to work on the house. �50 children from 23 families were provided with gifts through the Angel Tree program. Individual Willowbrook members purchased gifts for the children and caregivers were given a $25 gift card purchased from Benji Fund donations. On Monday, December 12, we had a gift wrapping party and over the next several days, the Out-reach Committee delivered the gifts to all the families. �Volunteers rang the Kettle Bells for the Salvation Army on December 16th & 17th. Every year “The Army” strug-gles to find enough recruits needed to support this com-munity outreach program. Your gift of time makes a big impact in the success of this event. Thank you to all who volunteered! You collected $1,542.61! �Willowbrookers again supported UMOM’s Christmas card program. Each card purchased provides one night of shelter for an individual or a family at the New Day Center. These cards remind us that on the night of our Lord’s birth, the gift given to Mary & Joseph by the inn-keeper was the gift of shelter. �The Christmas offering is being used to support the HART Pantry. HART, “Helping At Risk Teens”, provides weekend food bags for teens who struggle with hunger.

Willowbrook always puts God’s LOVE into ACTION. Thank you!

In Jesus, God became human and fully experienced the wide range of emotions we all en-counter in life.

Jesus experienced times of loneliness, sadness, hurt, anger, disappointment, grief and abandonment. That’s part of being human. Another part of being human is needing help from each other. Part of God’s plan is for each of us to turn to others for help when we need it. So, if you are experiencing diffi-cult times, don’t struggle alone. Your Stephen Ministers will walk with you, listen to you, encourage you, pray with you and provide confidential one-on-one care to help you through tough times. Stephen Ministers can bring the love of Jesus back into your life. WILLOWBROOK’S STEPHEN MINISTERS ARE READY TO CARE FOR YOU!

UMW Unit Meeting February 20—Noon

Wilson Fellowship Hall

Bring your lunch. Dessert/Beverage provided by Rachel Circle.

PROGRAM

Call to Prayer & Self Denial Thelma Muse

Spiritual Growth Coordinator The program will help us prepare for the coming season of Lent. In conjunction a mission project will be conducted. We will be assembling Health Kits which will be donated to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). These kits are sent to disaster areas as soon as possible. A list of articles needed will be handed out to all Circles (and also appears elsewhere in this newsletter) and items can be placed in the box labeled “UMCOR Health Kits” under the UMW table before the February 20 meeting. NOTE: If you have not signed up for the Fry’s Re-wards program, consider doing so. Just log onto the Fry’s food website, search for community pro-jects and Willowbrook UMW is listed.

Save the Date: Spring Salad Luncheon

March 20—Noon

Honor the life or memory of a loved one. Purchase the altar flowers for a worship service as a beautiful expression of your love.

Locate the FLOWER BOOK in the Narthex. Write your name, your loved one’s name, the occasion you want to remember (birthday, anniversary, etc.) and the date you would like to have the altar flowers presented. Place your $40 check marked “flowers” into the offering plate or bring it to the office.

BENJI TAKES A BREAK Benji is taking a little rest, so has asked his sister

"UMWi" to organize a project to send Health Kits to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). The kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Willowbrook's Unit of United Methodist Women is collecting the following items, and assembling them in kits to send to UMCOR in mid February. If you would like to contribute to this project, bring the items to Wilson Fellowship Hall and place them in the box labeled "UMCOR Health Kits" under the UMW table. • Hand towel - 15 x 25 to 17 x 27 inches (must be new

and unwashed) • Washcloth (also new and unwashed) • Comb (sturdy and longer than 6 inches) • Metal nail file or nail clippers (no emery boards) • Bath-size soap - 3 oz or larger (no Ivory or Jergens

because of high moisture content) • Toothbrush - adult size only, packaged singly (do

not remove from packaging) "UMWi" thanks you in advance for helping with this pro-ject. If you would prefer to give money to help with ship-ping and UMCOR's purchase of toothpaste, you can give it to any member of United Methodist Women. Checks can be made out to Willowbrook UMW.

DISCOVER YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

Here at Willowbrook we believe that every member is a minister

and every member has been gifted for ministry through their individual and unique spiritual gifts. Noted Christian author John MacArthur once wrote, “No local congregation will be what it should be, what Jesus prayed that it would be, what the Holy Spirit gifted it and empowered it to be, until it understands spiritual gifts.”

We want all our members, both new members and long-time members, to learn and use their spiritual gifts.

We invite you to “Discover Your Spiritual Gifts” on Saturday, February 11th, from 9:30am – 11:00am in the Library Lounge. Rev. Steve Marshall will help you learn about spiritual gifts, take a spiritual gifts inventory to discover your own gifts, and then learn how to use your spiritual gifts in ministry. Please sign up in Wilson Fellowship Hall so we can plan for materials, refreshments, etc.

BUY AN EASTER LILY &

YOUR DONATIONS WILL BE SENT TO

“BENJI SUMMER PROGRAMS”

Easter Lilies will be on sale between services For $12

March 12—March 19—March 26—April 2

Thank you, Marilyn Burmeister, Flower Chairman

1st & 3rd Thursdays

9:00 a.m. Wilson Fellowship Hall

Come and share your time and talents with others as we knit, crochet, sew and quilt for charity dona-tions. All are welcome!

Rev Gary [email protected] Rev Sande [email protected] Rev Steve [email protected] Bev [email protected] Betty [email protected] Robb [email protected] Shara-Dawn [email protected] Cynthia [email protected] Prayer [email protected]

STAFF EMAILS

Questions? Call or email Ann Martin:

Register online @ www.umom.org

Thank you for your visits, prayers, cards and phone calls while I was in the hospi-tal and rehab. I’m blessed to be surrounded by a loving congregation.

Thank you,

Mary OrdogMary OrdogMary OrdogMary Ordog

Thank You! A big thank you to Barb Christie for all she does to make our kitchen run smoothly with the greatest of ease

from 20-200 people, plus all the buying of food! She does all this with a smile on her face! What a joy to work with her!

Marilyn Burmeister

Sanc - Sanctuary LL - Library Lounge

CR - Conference Room WFH - Wilson Fellowship Hall

MR - Music Room PR - Prayer Room CPL - Chapel CT—Courtyard

PL—Church Parking Lot

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

9:00 am Trustees—CR

9:30 am GriefShare—LL

9:30 am Art & Soul—WFH

1:00 pm Health & Welfare—CR

1:30 pm Write Your Life Story—MR

2

9:00 am KrisKrafters—WFH

9:30 am Angels Bible Study—CPL

1:00 pm Blessing Service—CPL

2:00 pm Worship—CR

6:00 pm Desert Belles—WFH

7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal—Sanc

3

1:00 pm Disciple II—LL

5:30 pm Rummage Sale Dinner—WFH

4 FOOD COLLECTION WEEKEND

9:00 am District Leadership Train-

ing—Dove of the Desert

5:00 pm Sabbath Celebration—CPL

5 HOLY COMMUNION

9:30 am Worship—Sanc

10:30 am Prayer—PR

11:00 am Mosaic Worship—Sanc

11:00 am Seekers—LL

6 GOOD NEWS DEADLINE

10:00 am UMW Team Mtg—MR

2:00 pm Intercessory Prayer—LL

5:00 pm Stephen Leaders—CR

6:00 pm Stephen Ministers—WFH

7

1:00 pm Spiritual Enrichment—CR

2:00 pm Pastor’s Academy—WFH

2:00 pm Joyful Bells—MR

6:00 pm Covenant 2 Bible Study—LL

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1:00 pm PAP—CR


9

9:30 am Angels Bible Study—LL

11:45 am Men’s Lunch—WFH



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9:00 am Spiritual Gifts—LL


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10:30 am Blood Pressure—PR



13

9:30 am Elizabeth Circle—WFH

9:30 am Martha Circle—WFH


14

9:00 am Staff/Parish—CR

9:30 am Rachel Circle—LL

1:00 pm Prayer Packet Assembly—CR



6:00 pm Covenant Bible Study—LL

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1:00 pm TOL—CR


16

9:00 am Kris Krafters—WFH

9:30 am Angels Bible Study—LL



17

11:00 am Galilean FG—5 & Diner


5:00 pm Youthful Srs Pizza & Bunco—

WFH

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10:30 am Prayer—PR



20 OFFICE CLOSED

12:00 pm UMW Unit Mtg—WFH

21

9:30 am Evangelism/Membership—CR

12:00 Good News Prep—CR

1:00 pm Outreach/Missions—CR




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9:30 am Angels Bible Study—CPL



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9:00 am Church Council—WFH




COMING IN MARCH

5 Sun City Chamber Orchestra

11 Newcomers Orientation

20 UMW Salad Luncheon

26 Desert Brass Band

Sanc - Sanctuary LL - Library Lounge

CR - Conference Room WFH - Wilson Fellowship Hall

MR - Music Room PR - Prayer Room CPL - Chapel CT—Courtyard

PL—Church Parking Lot

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Good News 2-2017 - Willowbrook Church · Concert Series 2016-2017 Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Sun City Chamber Orchestra George Zoske, Conductor Sunday March 26, 2017 at 3:00