Bi-Weekly LIX No. 6, March 25, 2015

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I love the writing of Erwin Raphael McManus. Recently, at a staff meeting, Mona shared one of his poems and I would like to pass it on to you. It is called, “Where the Echoes Stop.”

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Far past where sound has abandoned thought. Where silence reigns over redundancy. Where once well said is more than enough.

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Where words must be born to be heard. Where speech is a gift and not a curse. Where there is more of the unique and less of the mundane.

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Where meaning is rescued from noise...Where conviction re-places thoughtless repeti-tion...Where what everyone is saying surrenders to what needs to be said.

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Where the shouting of the masses falls silent to the whisper of the one...Where the voice of the majority submits to the voice of reason...Where “they” do not exist; but “we” do.

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Easter Help Needed HHEYEY Y YOUTHOUTH!! ~We will be having a youth Easter day on Friday, April 3 from 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Lunch will be provided! Meet us in the youth room at the Celebration Center. ~Youth are also invited to help with the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4th. Please arrive at the Cele-bration Center at 8:30 a.m. ~We will also help at the Mathewson Center (Fairgrounds) on April 4th at 2 p.m.

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Sunday @ 6 p.m. Mar. 29—Wesley UMC Please join us for an inspir-ing evening of worship, mu-sic, and Christian fellow-ship.

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Where sub-stance overthrows the super-ficial...where courage con-quers compliance and confor-mity...Where words do not travel farther than the person who speaks them.

I want to stand where the echoes stop. Where I only say what I believe. Where I only repeat what changes me. Where empty words fi-nally rest in peace.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

“Be still and know that I am God.” ~Psalm 46:10

Resurrection is not an echo. It is a reality. Resurrection is Life becoming alive again. Resurrection is Hope beyond hope. Resurrection is the Word becoming, being, ris-ing. Resurrection is Jesus for us and with us. Resurrection is God’s triumphant declara-tion over death’s feeble at-tempt to get the last word.

Resurrection is what Easter is all about and Easter is where the echoes stop.

See you at the “resurrection” place this weekend. ~jimd.

HEARTBEATS

Support Our Soldiers Men’s Weekend Kid’s Easter Egg Hunt

The SOS (Support Our Soldiers) committee will send packages to any service person serving in a war zone in May. If you have a friend or family member who is a soldier, sailor or Marine in a war zone, please call or email the church of-fice today with your information. We need these addresses no later than April 15, 2015. Contact: beckyr@firstsayyes.com or 827-2993.

EEASTERASTER O OFFERINGFFERING This year’s Easter Offering can help support Vacation Bible School and Easter @ the Mathewson. Thank you in advance for your gen-erous support. Please mark your check payable to First UMC with Easter Offering in the memo. For your convenience, an Easter Offer-ing Envelope is available from the back of the church Sanctuary, and from the Welcome Centers. Please turn it in in the offering, church of-fice, or mail it to 1701 W. 32nd St., Sedalia, MO 65301. Thank you!

UMW MUMW MEETINGEETING The United Methodist Women’s Circle will meet at 1:15 p.m. on April 14 at the Celebration Center (First Family Room). Carolyn Miller will have the program, Mary Lou Waldrep has the prayer calendar and Peggy Schwalie and Ann Richardson will be our hostesses. Childcare is available by calling Linda Davis at 553-7060. (Board meeting is at 12 p.m.) All women are welcome at the United Method-ist Women’s Circle.

YEYEYEYEstoday today today today Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours: Sat. 4-7 pm Sun. 8-11am

Youth MPact meets Sunday evenings from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Celebration Center. It is for grades 5th through 12th. Invite a friend and come join us!

For confidential spiritual and emotional support in a 1-on-1, devoted, caring relationship, contact a Stephen Minister at 620-4484.

Meals for Moms is a ministry at First UMC to help with meals the first few weeks once mom and the baby come home from the hospital. Call Jennifer Cor-dia at 826-1574 with contact info. or questions.

If you would like to be in our next Flash Mob event then come join us for practice each Sunday from 5 to 6 at the Cele-bration Center (FH).

Promiseland Children’s Ministry will be presenting an annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sat., Apr. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Celebration Center. Kids 0-4th grade are invited to come celebrate with us. All families are asked to donate three bags of individually wrapped, Easter egg friendly candy by Mar. 27. Col-lection Baskets are located in the Celebration Center Lobby.

CCONCERTONCERT Tickets are available from the church office for “Unspoken” & “Jonny Diaz” & “JJ Weeks Band” ’s Start a Fire Tour which will be held on Sat., May 2 at 7 p.m. Advance Tickets are $15, and Tickets at the door are $20. The concert will be held at the Heckart Performing Arts Center at the Smith Cotton High School. Make checks to “Sedalia Christian Outreach.” (SCO)

SSLEEPINGLEEPING B BAGSAGS FORFOR P.C.C.P. P.C.C.P. Church Women United is collecting medium weight, new or slightly used but clean, Sleeping Bags for the Pet-tis County Community Partnership to distribute. If you would like to do-nate, please bring your sleeping bags or check (payable to C.W.U.) to the church office by March 29th.

LLUNCHEOLOGYUNCHEOLOGY Join us for our final Spring lunch-hour Bible Study at First Church Down-town (4th & Osage) from 12 to 1 p.m. on Monday, March 30th. Lunch is provided (donations accepted) fol-lowed by teaching (by Kyle Evans) and discussion.

All men are invited to our first ever Men’s Weekend on April 10-11 at the Celebration Center. Rough Cut Men’s Weekend will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $10 per per-son. Using clips from “guy” mov-ies and stories from Scripture, David Dusek leads men in conver-sations about being a man for God. Don’t miss this transforming experience.

Mar. 29 Cole Kroeger, Aaron Mewes, Patricia Hunt, Larry Rigdon Mar. 30 Autry Dotson, Jim Riley, Zoey Hieronymus, Gerald O’Shea, Danielle Baum, Marsha Silvey, Caitlin Bird, Sharon Twyman, Ariel Soderberg Mar. 31 Harry Gullette, Kenneth Kinshella, Andre Luyet, Angelica Pfremmer, Karen Sander, David Stevenson Apr. 1 Jacqui Ellis, Spencer Ruckman Apr. 2 Tony Avery, Karen Iuchs, Brody Rambo, Dody Millard, Addison Dillon, Ian Jackson, Made-lyn Enrietto, Elianna Parney Apr. 3 Arthur Vandela-Mayeres, Chris Buchanan, Zoe Grifford, Ilene Webb, Anthony Tsao, Kathy Youkey Apr. 4 Cansata Ar-nold, Gracie Wheeler, Julie Hill, Regina Logan, Jamie Sparks, Matthew Thompson, Jordan Kyle Apr. 5 Anna Belle Lietzow, Cody Stohm, Gwen Turner, Lacy Rambo, Jeff Gilbertson Apr. 6 Janet David, Lowell Pilliard, Kay Welch Apr. 7 Taylor Goff, Marissa Mateja, David Gerken, Tom Palmer, Becky Rayl, Allyson Morris, Brison Ball Apr. 8 Savannah Dieckmann, Jenson Hamil-ton, Jasper Parker, Mattie Hathaway, Shawn Lemings, Lance New, Ashley Dill, Andrew Tsao, Andrew Lazenby, Susan Meyer Apr. 9 Mandy Gleason, Amanda Matz, Frankie Vanderpool Apr. 10 Cameron Hisle, Alex Matz, Mike Gruhn Apr. 11 Kara Wheeler, Liz Ambrose, Terry Pummill, Michael Balance, Nicholas Ferolito

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FIRST STEPS

Mar. 14-15, 2015 Sunday School 121 Worship 810 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 14322.88 Building 1150.90 Special 1378.23

Mar. 21-22, 2015 Sunday School 99 Worship 752 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 9872.30 Building 1256.00 Special 1015.02

Our Family Our Prayers for: Betty Rose Thompson, Steve Emory, Louise Lentz, Darlene & Virgil Burgess, Sue Coleman, Jacob Gerken, Clifford Smith, Charles & Jennie Cheffey, Brittany Blake, Patti Jones, Nicole Jeffery, Glenda Horne, Daryl McKinney, Cansata Arnold, Bob Sal-mons, Heather Shaw, Sandy Smith, John Walker, Our Military Families, Strong Tower Haiti Orphanage, and our covenant churches in Mozambique.

Our hearts go out in Chris-tian love and sympathy to Rita York and family in the death of her brother, Ray-mond Scrimmager, on Satur-day, March 21, 2015. Please be sure to notify the church office (827-2993) if you are in the hospital. We would love to visit or pray with you.

WWEE C CELEBRATEELEBRATE THETHE D DAYAY YOUYOU W WEREERE B BORNORN If your birthday is not listed, please let us know so it can be added!

TTHANKHANK Y YOUOU:: (On display at Welcome Center Bulletin Board) We received a thank you from: Boy Scout Troop #54

LLOVEOVE ANDAND L LOGICOGIC S SUPPORTUPPORT G GROUPROUP There is good news for anyone interested in a "Love and Logic" support group. Parents, grandparents, or guardians of any age child(ren) are wel-come to the Christ-based discussions and lessons on raising kids. Ruth Dale, retired educator and tutor, will be the facilitator for the group, helping the par-ticipants to resolve and handle situations that are happening in homes. Re-sources will be available, along with an occasional video clip to guide the dis-cussion. We will meet each Sunday night from April 12 - May 24, 2015 from 4:30-5:30 at the First United Methodist Church—Celebration Center in the Life classroom. Bring your own coffee or soft drink, your frustrations and vic-tories, and make yourself comfortable with others who share your goals for raising respectful, responsible kids. Questions?? Call Ruth at 660-826-4458.

HHEARTSEARTS FORFOR H HAITIAITI Silent Auction Fundraiser All are invited to the Hearts for Haiti Silent Auction on Friday, April 17 at 6:30 at the Celebration Center. Students from Sedalia 200, Sacred Heart, Smith-ton, Applewood Christian, and Dresden have poured their hearts out for Haiti's orphans into beautiful artwork creations. Kids all around the Sedalia area are making a difference in the lives of orphans in Haiti! The event will also feature professional pieces AND artwork from the girls at Strong Tower. And, back by popular demand, LOVE NOTES from Haiti's children! There is no charge to attend. Come see the Father’s heart for the orphan on display.

Timothy & Kaela Lockard, and Grant 1412 W. Broadway, Sedalia, MO 65301 816-646-8125

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EEASTERASTER S SERVICESERVICES ~Maundy Thursday Service - April 2 at 7 p.m., Downtown

~Good Friday Observance - April 3 at 7 p.m., Celebration Center

~Easter at the Mathewson - April 5 at 10 a.m., Mo. State Fairgrounds

Childcare will be provided for all services.

FFISHISH F FRYRY Everyone is invited to a Fish Fry on Saturday, March 28th at 6:30 p.m. at the Celebration Center (Friendship Hall). Fried Catfish & potatoes will be

provided until they run out. Bring a side dish to share and come and enjoy the good food, fun and fellowship.

SSATURDAYATURDAY N NIGHTIGHT C CARDARD N NIGHTIGHT On every 4th Saturday of the month at 6:45 p.m., everyone is invited to the Celebration Center (First Family Room) for a night of card playing fun and fellowship. Come early March 28 and bring a dish to share at the

6:30 p.m. Fish Fry and then come play cards at 6:45 p.m.