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Grace United Methodist Church
1832 W 9th St
Hastings NE 68901
July 31, 2015 Vol. 25 No. 31
GRACE VINE (USPS 735-510) is published weekly by
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1832 W. 9th St., Hastings, NE 68901
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Pastors: Cindy Karges, & Oscar Perez Worship Leader: Megan Lee Director of Christian Education: Cassie Brader Youth Director: Parish Nurse: Judy Reimer RN (until Dec. 31st) Office: Denise Hauff Phone 402/463-5696
Monday, August 3
4:00 Spanish Parenting Class
6:00 English Class
7:00 Administrative Board
FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics
Tuesday, August 4
9:30 Tai Chi
2:00 Staff meeting (answering machine)
7:00 Bible Study (Cristo Poder de Dios
Wednesday, August 5
1:30-4:30 drop in to visit Cindy
5:30-6:00 W.O.W.
7:00 soccer meeting
FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics
Thursday, August 6
6:00 Cristo Poder de Dios
Friday, August 7
3:00 Office closes
5:30 wedding rehearsal
6:00 English class
FLC/6 a.m. aerobics
Saturday, August 8
7:00 a.m. Men’s breakfast
1:30-3:00 Kool Aid stand
4:30 Johnson/Soucie wedding
Sunday, August 9
9:00 Sunday School (Duos, Lamplighters)
10:00 Worship
11:00 Sunday School (Christian Builders,
Path Finders)
4:00 Worship (Cristo Poder de Dios)
You can help!
United Methodist Women are looking for persons interested in
adding to our supplies for School Mission kits. School supplies
are at a discount this time of the year so now is the time to
buy. A list of the supplies for the kits is listed below. If you can
contribute in any way it would be greatly appreciated. A box col-
lecting donations will be available in the office or Fellowship
Hall. Mission kits will be sent to the Midwest Distribution Center
in Illinois. We will do this through the rest of July and Au-
gust. Thank you in advance for your assistance…. UMW
Kit Contains:
• 3 notebooks—spiral, gum board, or a pack of loose leaf lined
paper 150 sheets or less pads of paper—spiral or top bound pads,
150 sheets or less—(no composition books)
• 6 unsharpened pencils
• 1 hand held pencil sharpener— 1” or bigger
• 1 pencil eraser—2” or larger
• 1 ruler 12” long with metric—hard or flexible
• 1 box of 24 crayons—please only 24 count boxes
• 1 pair round tip scissors—(no plastic scissors)
Grace at Kool-Aid Days
Come enjoy the festivities
and serve our Community.
Saturday, August 8th,
1:30 to 3:00
Serving Kool-Aid at the
World’s Largest Kool-Aid Stand. All ages wel-
come. Email the church office or sign up at
worship.
Is your life
running on
empty? Free
fill-ups here
every Sunday
& Wednesday!
The mission of the Christian Education
Committee is to provide opportunities for
our church family and members of our
community to which individuals may learn and grow in spirit
and faith. The committee meets monthly to plan Sunday
School, present 3rd graders with Bibles, plan Trunk or Treat
and other fun events. They oversee the Wednesday night les-
son and dinner. Committee members are Kari Wrightsman,
Chair; Cassie Brader, Director of Christian Education; Court-
ney Bumgardner, Jamie Long, Dave Essink, Boyd Mignery,
Susan Overmiller, Mike Trindle, Nichole Bryant, Tami Kersh-
ner, Carlene Springer & Karen Hohman. They are getting
ready now for a new school year and are in need of teachers!
Please speak to a committee member if you are interested.
The Missouri River
District UM Men
would welcome
you and your men
to the Camp Fonta-
nelle Gathering
scheduled for Saturday August 15th (with
optional work afternoon on the 14th, with
a stay over in the lodge). Camp Fonta-
nelle is north of Fremont, NE. A flier is
on the community bulletin board for reg-
istration details.
Church members who mail their
offering envelopes when they can-
not attend worship help us meet
our weekly income goal. You can
also sign-up for giving at
https://e-giving.org/graceumchastings
“I will be loyal to the United `Methodist Church and uphold it with my prayers, my presence, my gifts
and my service.”
Prayer Concerns:
Lisa Hendrick (hospital) requested by
Lloyd & Mary Ann McCartney
Helping homeless in our community
(requested by Stephanie Schlotzhauer)
Don Cole (health) requested by
Wilma Collett
Those serving in the military ~ Grey
Pickerill, Adam Koertner, Ryan &
Ashley Ardiana
Grace UMC is looking for a Youth Director. This important ministry position is part-time. The po-sition is available immediately . Interested per-sons are invited to submit an application/resume to the main office or Rev. Cindy. For more infor-mation contact Rev. Cindy or Mark Johnson for the SPRC Committee.
Sunday Worship 7/27/15 127
W.O.W. 7/22/15 26
Youth Sunday School Summer break
Adult Sunday School 29
Budget $3,536.55
Balance as of June (29,489.79)
The Grace community garden committee is happy to announce that Rick Poppe's garden was selected as the garden of the week! Rick is a member of FUMC and has a unique way of coming to the garden on his segway. Stop out at the garden and take a look!
Mark your calendars for Open Table on August 30th. More information to come!
Men’s breakfast
Sat., Aug. 8th at
7:00 a.m. at the
church. All men
are invited!
Stephen
Ministers will
not meet in
August.
Judy Reimer is retiring and
leaving her position as Parish
Nurse. If YOU are interested
please speak with one of the
Health Ministry team: Francie
Lomax, Connie Hyde, Larry
McKinnis, Janet Gerloff,
Sharon Selley, Carlene
Springer or Mark Johnson
Christian Builders
Sunday School
class will not meet
August 2nd.
Youth Ministry Gathering
Save the Date.
Aug.16th 6:00 pm. Youth
and their families
(including upcoming 6th
graders) will meet for food
and games.
Thank you so much to all the
United Methodists who volunteered!
You served as the hands and feet of
Christ with your hearts of compassion!
Sandy Sypherd