April 13, 2015

Church Services

8:30am - Sanctuary Traditional Celebration

9:40am - Fellowship Hall Art & Soul Celebration

11:00am - Sanctuary Traditional Celebration

Sunday - April 19, 2015 3rd Sunday of Easter

SERMON God’s Aunt Rev. Kent H. Little

Ponderings… These are a few of the comments shared Sunday April 12, 2015 in the message at our single service. There were enough of us gone it would be good to include them in the newsletter for those who were unable to be present. These remarks are updated with current financial information as well as Administrative Council Summer Sunday Morning Structure times discussed Monday evening April 13, 2015. Still pondering Easter; a resurrected Body of Christ, be it the early church or a sacred space and place like CHUM, experiences ups and downs, times of thriving and times of surviving. We have survived a lot here within our community, and I believe we are on the rise. I also believe, as do many on our administrative teams, it is time to thrive rather than just survive. Here are a couple of bold steps we are going to make soon. One is the potluck we are going to have today. The idea came out of our finance committee. We want to have regular potluck dinners here at the church, a time of communion in the sense of feast and gathering, a time of community, (continued on page 4)

TGIF - April 17 @ 6:30pm

Savutes Italian Ristorante 3303 N. Broadway

Everyone is welcome to join us for dinner and conversation! For more

information contact Janice Rich, 265-4879

Our Sympathy... to the family of Claudine “Toodie” Southard, in her death. Our sympathy also to

Shawn Smith and Eric Ireland in the death of Shawn’s grandmother.

90th Birthday Card Shower The family of Mary Crawshaw want your help in celebrating Mary’s 90th birthday on May 5th. Mary has attended both the 8:30am and 9:40am services at CHUM as well as having been a long-time member of the Missions Committee and a co-founder of the Knit Wits. Please send cards to: Mary Crawshaw 1715 N. Northeast Parkway Wichita, KS 67028

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FOOD PANTRY & FREE BREAKFAST

Saturday, April 18 9:00 - 11:00am

Volunteers come in west doors

by 8:00am **********************

Vacation Bible School This summer VBS will be held from July 27 - 31. It is for children from ages 3 years - 5th grade. Registration forms are now in the church office as well as online. There is no cost for VBS.

Rebecca Circle Don’t forget to attend Rebecca Circle on Tuesday, April 28, at 6:30 pm. The speaker is TBA and refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome! For reservations, please contact one of these ladies: Clarice Maseberg at (316) 990-0454 or Pat Lipper at (316) 260-3184. CHUM Foundation Meeting The Bi-Annual meeting of the CHUM Foundation will be held on Sunday, April 19, at 1:00pm. Looking forward to everyone on this committee attending this important meeting. Graduating Seniors Graduation is upon us and we would like to recognize of our CHUM grad-uates. If you are graduating from high school/college or GED, please contact the church office. We are excited for all of our CHUM gradu-ates and look forward to sharing this information with our congregation. Director of Music College Hill United Methodist Church is seeking a part time Director of Music. This position is responsible for the supervision, continued development and expansion of the music programing within the progressive theological tradition of CHUM. Expected start date is June of 2015. Qualifications include: experience leading choir, personnel management, volunteer recruitment and management, ability to read music. Time commitment includes but not limited to: Sunday mornings, Wednesday eve-nings, Christmas, Easter/Holy Week, and the weekend immediately prior to the 4th of July. Please visit www.collegehillumc.com for a full job description. To apply, please send a cover letter, resumé and 3 professional references to: kent.little@collegehillumc.org OR to Col lege Hi l l UMC, 2930 East 1st Street, Wichita, Kansas 67214. Email applications preferred.

Healthy Family/Healthy Planet On April 18th there will be a training at Woodlawn UMC in Derby for persons interested in becoming Healthy Family/Healthy Planet Ambassadors. This program is the United Methodist initiative promoting international maternal health. The initiative challenges us to consider what would happen if women and girls were seen as having sacred worth globally. You can learn more about Healthy Family/Healthy Planet by going to this link: http://umchealthyfamilies.org/ If you have a passion for this initiative you are encouraged and invited to attend this training. Katey Zeh and Katie Kraft are excellent presenters and great resources and will be the leading this training. The registration link for this event can be found at the top right of the website listed above. The training is FREE and meals will be provided during the training for free as well. The training scheduled for Saturday, April 18 is from 9:00am - 6:00pm. Summer Rec Registration Forms are now available in the church office for enrolling children 18 months - 5th grade for games and activities from June 1 - July 9. Registration can also be done online through the CHUM website. The cost is $20.00 per week per child. You can apply for a scholarship to cover half the cost.

Pastor Kent’s Blog - http:littlerev.wordpress.com/ Email - kent.little@collegehillumc.org Phone # - (316) 683-4643 Webpage - www.collegehillumc.org

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United Methodist Church A Reconciling Congregation

Wise in the Ways of the Spirit, Bold in the Ways of Justice, and Graceful in relationship

with all Creation.

April 5, 2015 - Easter Sunday

Attendance 473

Total Budget Giving $15,815.00

April 12, 2015 - One Service Sunday

Attendance 213

Total Budget Giving $8,947.00

1st Qtr Budget Needs $168,925.00

1st Qtr Received $170,084.00

AGAPE, Rm. 201 - Class will continue on video series on “Science and the

Spiritual Brain”. The themed dinner has been postponed. Happy birthday

this week to Kathy Souter. Knopp's treat next

ARCHITECTS, Rm. B1 – Due to the one service Sunday, we did not meet so

we look forward to seeing everyone in class on Sunday. On Easter Sunday, we

sang “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”. We were surprised to have special

visitors: Enid’s daughter & son-in-law from Wisconsin, Judy & Jim. Judy

helped Enid in explaining the history of the egg coloring and egg hiding for

children, as well as how the rabbit became a part of the story. It was great to

see Irene Brown and her daughter! She is now living in El Dorado. We heard

Barbara Overstake was moving to a care home, so life changes for a lot of us.

Easter is meaningful for all of us and we love it! Thanks Enid for sharing the

information from the Bible, as well as the history, of Easter.

BUILDERS, Rm. 305 - Look forward to having everyone back in class

Sunday after having taken two weeks off.

COMMUNICATORS, Rm. 301 - Don’t forget Game Night on Friday,

April 17, at 6:00pm at CHUM. Bring your goodies that evening that you plan

to serve for the Meet & Greet we will be hosting on Sunday, April 19th.

CONTEMPORARY STUDIES, Rm. B5/7 - Wishing Happy Birthday to

Carolyn Grier, Lisa Crenshaw, and Gail Capper. Thinking of Thad Goodrich

for upcoming surgery. Sunday, we will be back in class so read Chapters on

Immediacy, Nostalgia, and Spirituality.

DOUBLE CIRCLE, Rm. B4 - Don’t forget our luncheon Friday, April 17,

at noon at CHUM. We need continued prayers for Bill & Meredith.

TRAVELING COMPANIONS, Chapel @ 11:00am - Join us for

discussion on spiritual development and personal growth. VICEROY, Rm. B3 - The new video and theme is "The Renegade Gospel".

The first lesson explores the difference between the real, resurrected Jesus

and the Jesus of our imaginations?

April 16 National Day of Silence 4:00 pm

April 19

AIDS Walk ($20 includes dinner)

4:00 - 7:00pm

UPCOMING CALENDAR

April 26 Dodge Ball Tournament 5:30 - 8:00pm

May 3

Skating ($5) 1:30 - 4:00pm

May 10 Mother’s Day Graduation Sunday @ CHUM during 11:00am service No UMY in afternoon

May 17 Fast Food Follies

2:30 - 4:30pm

May 24 End of School Party & 5th Annual Family Softball Game 12:30 - 3:30pm

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS NOTES

Animate This small group for Young Adults will gather on Monday, April 20, at 6:30pm at Brian’s house located at 551 N. Terrace Dr., Wichita. We will continue our discussion from Nadia Bolz-Weber’s book, The Pastrix. Call (316) 734-4124 for more information or if you have any questions. If you are in your 20s - 30s and looking for a small group, come visit! Remember to bring a snack to share as we continue our discussion over this book.

Camp CHUM for K - 5th Graders - A Summer Experience for Children Sunday Mornings, June 7 - July 19 Camp CHUM will be making its debut on June 7. This experience will occur during the children’s church school hour. Lots of fun activities are being planned. YOUR help is needed to make Camp CHUM a success. We will be needing volunteers since the regular church school leadership is taking the summer months of June & July off. Each week will be something different so we may be inside, outside, just don’t know where we will be. All the activities will be interactive and exciting for our children. Please look for more information on how to sign up!

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(continued from page 1) and, for those of us who are able, a time to drop a donation into a bucket that will go toward helping fund the ministries here at CHUM. However, the primary focus of the potluck is to deepen our sense of community and relationship. Even with a light attendance day we had a wonderful meal, conversation, and raised nearly $400.00. As you know we ended last year with a need to utilize a significant amount of our reserves. It is a concern, but I believe it is one we can and will overcome. As for our budget short fall in 2014, if we put last years ending finances on an individual basis, we have 300 givers in our congregation and if even half, 150 of our givers, each raised their contribution by $12.50 a week/$50.00 a month beginning this May, we would more than exceed our budget and be able to expand our ministry and outreach. I recognize there are those of us who cannot afford to give any more than we are currently giving, and those who could give much more than they are already giving. Perhaps there are already those us who have raised your giving over last year, TruDee and I have. All this being said, first quarter numbers look good, we needed $168,925.00 to meet our 2015 Budget through March 31 and we received $170,084.00. So, thank you for your generous gifts and investment in who we are as a community of faith. Another area of consideration is that of our Sunday morning structure regarding our worship services and Sunday school time. Included in the Newsletter a few weeks ago was the possibility of having two worship services on Sunday morning rather than three. I have heard this conversation has been going on for 10, 15, maybe even 20 years now. But we won’t know until we try. This summer let’s try two services, listen to feedback, invite input, tweak it as we go and then evaluate in the fall as to whether we want the change to remain or go back to three services. Monday, April 13, 2015 it was discussed at length by our Administrative Council Leadership to use the following time line: this summer beginning June 14, 2015, Early Traditional Service from 8:40 – 9:40am, Sunday School from 9:50 – 10:35am, and the Contemporary Service from 10:40 – 11:40am. These are just a few beginning ideas to help us begin again, to roll up our sleeves and keep the stone rolled away from the tomb, to truly BE the Risen, to be RISING thriving Body of Christ in the world around us. These are exhilarating times here at CHUM, may we be awake and present to the Spirit, immersed in newness and vision for our future. Thank you again for your commitment, passion, and love of CHUM.

Pastor Kent.