Bi-Weekly LIX No. 8, April 22, 2015

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“On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross…” is a line

from a familiar old hymn called

“The Old Rugged Cross.” It has been written about, sung

about, depicted in art and visualized in many hearts. That

cross stood between two oth-ers. Each made of wood, these

crosses were made from trees.

The story reminds us that Je-sus hung in the middle while

on each side of him there were men who were thieves. One

decides to follow Jesus, the

other does not. Leonard Sweet, a United Methodist

theologian, believes the story of the cross is best told when

we display the cross in threes because of the events that

happened there. It should re-

mind us of the call to respond to the work of salvation and

love which took place on the cross in the middle.

In our worship space at the

Celebration Center there is a new cross flanked by two palm

trees. Symbolically, this re-minds us that three trees

stood on a hill the day that

Jesus was crucified. The work of the One in the middle was

for everyone, including the two who hung by his sides. There

is an important call for a re-sponse to His love. Our choice

to receive His gift and sacrifice

is vital. The palm trees have another

meaning for us, as well. We remember that the original

ones were in Friendship Hall as

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NNEWEW S SERIESERIES We need people in our lives…

people who know us, love us, and remind us of who we really

are. Come explore what hap-

pens when we let others in… it’s better together.

Two week message series finishes this weekend.

TTHANKHANK Y YOUOU! ! Thank you to the countless volunteers who helped to put together our Easter@the Mathewson service. We couldn’t do it without your help! Thanks for the prayers, cookies, greeting, ushering, singing, playing, designing, carting, hauling, setting up, tearing down, inviting, witnessing, sharing and loving! It is al-ways worth the effort. God be praised for the privilege of sharing the good news of Jesus rising from the dead!

Vacation Bible School July 20-24 6—8

p.m.

that was the original worship space. They weighed over

1000 lbs. each and as they

were being hoisted into place the men doing the work de-

clared, “goodness” and as the next was dropped into it’s con-

tainer they exclaimed, “mercy!” So, these trees (now

the third generation) are

named “goodness and mercy.” This is an echo of God’s prom-

ise from Psalm 23 that His goodness and mercy will follow

us everyday of our lives. The

symbols of faith surround us as reminders of God’s love.

~jimd. Be watching for a story of a

new cross in the chapel Downtown!

Start doing the right things

and stop doing the wrong things, that's what it means to

follow Jesus, right? Or what if we have it all turned around?

There is a freedom and pas-

sion that comes from a genu-ine relationship with God. Join

us for our series as we learn to Stop Acting Like a Christian and Be One. Two week message series begins May

2-3.

HEARTBEATS

Card Party Masterpiece presents! Love & Logic

Everyone is invited to the Celebra-tion Center on Every 4th Saturday of the month at 6:45 p.m. for a night of fun and fellowship. Bring a dish to share at this carry-in supper and card playing evening. Our next event is scheduled for Saturday, April 25th in the First Family Room.

NNEWEW 2 & 3 Y 2 & 3 YRR OOLDLD S SUNDAYUNDAY SSCHOOLCHOOL C CLASSLASS We are thrilled to announce the start of a two and three year old Sunday School class on May 3rd led by Miss Lorie and Miss Julie. The benefits of this move will include age and developmentally appropriate material and smaller class sizes for both the two and three year olds and the pre-school class. The two and three year olds will meet in the fish tank side of the Nursery. Four and five year olds that have not attended Kindergar-ten will continue meeting in their same classroom. Everyone will continue learning from the same curriculum and lesson each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mona.

MMOTHEROTHER’’SS D DAYAY Once again Birthright has cards for Mother’s Day. Cards are available for pick up from the Welcome Cen-ter and a donation may be sent di-rectly to Birthright in honor of your mother or other special women. Mother’s Day is May 10.

YEYEYEYEstoday today today today Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours: Bookstore Hours:

Sat. 4-7 pm Sun. 8-11am

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). Note—Meet in Sanctuary instead of FH on Apr. 26 & May 3. 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 information or questions.

Our “Love and Logic” support group which meets at the Celebration Cen-ter at 4:30 p.m. every Sunday thru May 24th has changed its room loca-tion to the Jr. High Room. Parents, grandparents, or guardians of any age child(ren) are welcome to come to the Christ-based discussions and lessons on raising kids. Ruth Dale, retired educator and tutor, is the fa-cilitator for the group. Bring your own coffee or soft drink, your frustrations and victories, and make yourself comfortable with others who share your goals for raising respectful, re-sponsible kids. Questions?? Call Ruth at 660-826-4458.

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)

May Friendship Day—May 1 CWUCWU Church Women United will hold the 2015 May Friendship Day at Celebra-tion Center on May 1, 2015 at 12 noon. The theme will be “Journey of the Caregiver.” Tickets will be $9. Please call Sandi Walther 919-602-7691 or Judy Reed 827-5042 for tick-ets. Come and bring a friend to lunch and enjoy an interesting pro-gram.

Masterpiece (Our older adult min-istry) is planning a day trip to see "Hairspray" musical production at The New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas Wednes-day May 27th. As well as a visit to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art before hand. We'll meet at the Celebration Center at 8 a.m. and be returning around 5:30 p.m. Cost will be $62 per person which includes transportation, show, and lunch at the theatre. Seating is lim-ited to 40 so sign up soon! Dead-line for sign up and payment is Sunday, May 17th. If you have any questions contact Nick Veale at 827-2993.

Apr, 26 Dub Griffin, Peter Hibbard, Lloyd Dunn, Janna Miller Apr. 27 Dennis Van Baale, Ian Wallen, Ashley Phillips, Avery Snelling, Becky Hall, T. J. Muths Apr. 28 Aimee Caldwell, Paul Hansen, Diane Barker, Christina Stratton, Tea-gan Trammell Apr. 29 Leslie Miller, Pat Kelley, Michael Utt Apr. 30 Eleanor Elliott, Tom Gleason, Andrew Harrell, Jacob Melick, Ted Tompkin May 1 Adam VanBaale, Darryl Davis, Brett Hockett, Erika Tackett, Adam Thomas, McKenzie Simpson, Ryder Wirt, Jerry Fudge May 2 Travis Holt, Kendall Jack-son, Callie Washburn May 3 Jeremy Iuchs, Jacob Melte, Jason Shelby, Jared Wyatte, Chelsea Boone May 4 Bryan Ruckman, Charles Merk, Daniel McBride, Charles Antoine, Viola Kentch, Jayla Gilbertson, Loyce Miesner May 5 Sierra Simmons, Bill Fike, Allison Ingram, Tobie Beyer, Abigail Knight, Morgan Mateja, Cheryl Harding, Carolyn Woods, Matthew Woodward, James Yeager May 6 Rosanne Menard, Randy Melick, Robert Pierce, James Doty, Dion Sims-Bey, Jerry Monhain, Zachary Harding May 7 Olivia Kemp, Jason Moellman May 8 Austin Miller, Christine Kinshella, Stacey Turner, Julie Nick-las, Ken Norton, Joseph Rodewald, Jordan Luper May 9 Willard Allen, Mor-gan Parkhurst, Madelyn Parkhurst, Coby Tagtmeyer, Sherri Prather, Nicholas Cook

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FIRST STEPS

April 11-12, 2015 Sunday School 91 Worship 776 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 14779.53 Building 2419.60 Special 1125.54

Apr. 18-19, 2015 Sunday School 93 Worship 821 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 12861.20 Building 1252.95 Special 1166.43

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

Our hearts go out in Christian love and sympathy to . . ~Julie & Robert Bosse and family in the death of Julie’s father, Charles Grimes, on April 4th in Cincinnati, and ~Larry & Margaret Ward and family in the death of Larry’s father, Eugene Ward, on April 16th in West Virginia, and ~Rick Zumwalt and family in the death of his wife, Leslie Zumwalt, on April 18, 2015, & ~Stephanie & Bob Zink in the death of Stephanie’s fa-ther, Wally Frank, on April 18, 2015.

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: Charles & Jennie Cheffey

CCONGRATULATIONSONGRATULATIONS! ! Stephanie & Jon Eaton had a new baby boy. Eli Eaton was born on April 9, 2015.

Bruce & Pat Palmer are the proud grandparents to a new baby girl. Adelyn Cecilius was born on April 15, 2015. Beth Palmer is the proud new great grandmother.

OOPENPEN D DOOROOR N NEEDSEEDS V VOLUNTEERSOLUNTEERS Open Door Service Center is in need of volunteers. Help is needed in the food pantry, filling orders for clients, stocking shelves, labeling commodities, or working in the back store room. Hours are Monday thru Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. You choose the day and time that is convenient for you. If interested, please call Open Door at 660-827-1613. A HYMN SING will close out the Trail’s End Celebration at the Fairgrounds this weekend. Come enjoy and sing several hymns at the Armory building on Sunday, April 26th at 4 p.m. (Our Downtown choir will be leading two hymns).

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A Pastor’s Dessert will be held on Sunday, May 3 at 1:30 p.m. at the Celebration Center for those who are new to First Church. There is no pressure to join the church, this is merely a time to get better acquainted and learn about our ministry. Dessert will be provided and children are welcome (or nursery is available). Hope you can come!

NNEWEW M MEMBERSEMBERS’ D’ DESSERTESSERT

For our recent new members there will be a New Members’ Dessert on Sunday, May 3 at 1:30 p.m. at the Celebration Cen-ter. Come be our guests and learn how you can get involved in the ministry of First Church. We will serve lots of good dessert and childcare will be provided.

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BBLESSINGLESSING OFOF THETHE B BIKESIKES Blessing of the Bikes is an annual event. It will be held on

Saturday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. (following the 5:30 p.m. worship service) at the Celebration Center. It is our hope that those in our community who love to ride will come and let us

say a prayer over their travels this season. Food will be served.