Hope United Methodist Church of Pocahontas County May 15, 2021

306 2nd Ave NW, PO Box 116, Pocahontas, IA 50574 Phone: 712-335-3663

Website: Hopeumcia.org Facebook: Hope UMC - Pocahontas, Havelock & Plover

June Worship

During the month of June, Hope will have one worship service each Sunday at the

Pocahontas center at 10:30am. We will resume both services starting in July.

June 6th Confirmation Sunday and reception of new members

Farewell Reception after service for Pastor Kris

June 27th Higher Power musical group presents worship

Starting June 1st, we will revise our COVID-19 protocols. Masks will be optional for those attending worship services including funerals in our two worship centers. Please be respectful of those who choose to continue to wear masks. We will continue to seat every other pew distancing for the safety of others. Fellowship after services with food will be permitted. Funeral lunches may be held at the discretion of the serving committee.

Don and Carol McLain of Twin Lakes are celebrating fifty years of marriage with an open house for relatives and friends on Sunday, May 30th from 2 – 5pm at their home, 5867 Sandy Point Rd, Rockwell City IA 50579. Masks are op-tional. Don and Carol were married on May 29th, 1971 at Pocahontas United Methodist Church with Rev. Ellis Ulland officiating. They have three children, Becky (Trent) Shaner, Jill (Brian) Davis, and Jamie Letzring; and seven grandchildren: Jonathan, Zachary and Katie Shaner, Nile and McLain Letzring, and Cole and Cooper Davis.

Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning at the Parsonage.

Please plan to help spruce up the parsonage prior to our new pastor and his family moving in.

Saturday, May 22 -- 9 am

We plan to clean the inside of the house and pick up the yard a bit. Please bring your own cleaning supplies and yard tools.

Many hands make light work -- look forward to seeing you then!

(If need be, we will put the finishing touches on

the house and yard the following Saturday, May

29 at 9 am.)

Hope UMC has funds for anyone

wanting to go to camp, please contact

the church office, (712) 335-3663.

SAVE the DATE!!

Higher Power Quartet

is coming to Hope UMC

Sunday, June 27th

@ 10:30 am

Educating for peace in pan-African relations

November 2020 | ATLANTA Having grown up in southern Africa, I have always felt drawn to this amazing part of the world. Someone once said: “You are not born in Africa; Africa is born in you!” Though circumstances and studies took me to England for a while, I knew I would return. My first missionary experience was as a teacher in a small school in Uganda. Now, 36 years later, I am a Global Ministries missionary at Africa University in Zimbabwe. I teach English to students from other countries on the continent. Zimbabwe has had (and still has) its share of economic turbulence, uncertainty and strife in the 26 years my husband Larry and I have lived here, but the people and the country have given us a home that we love. I thrive on the lasting friendships, meaningful family life and active roles in the church. I love the relationships and influence of so many Zimbabwean and international students. I love watching students smile with pride as they become more fluent in English and move on to their degree program with greater confidence. Africa University as an institution is committed to building peaceful pan-African relations as it educates young people from approximately 25 African countries, all with their unique cultures, languages and circumstances. A typical class I enter (until COVID-19 made online teaching the norm) might have students from five or seven different non-English speaking countries. To witness the students interacting and forming friendships with classmates from very different cultures is heart-warming. I have often reflected on the story of a student whose classmate was from a neighboring country he considered hostile. He told me that through class interaction, he was able to overcome the suspicion he felt and develop a friendship. God works miracles when young people of faith find themselves together in unfamiliar circumstances. This year has helped me learn a new skill – teaching online! I feel amazed every morning as I sit in my dining room and meet with students from Angola, Mozambique, the DRC and the Ivory Coast. Internet connections are not always ideal and teaching a class of anywhere from 20 to 40 students has its challenges (some rely on email or our much-used local chat group “WhatsApp”). Earlier this year, I met with some students for online Bible study, and we enjoyed some encouragement and meaningful discussions on the Book of Jonah. We were not able to visit supporting churches in the U.S. this year, but we’ve met with groups online, sometimes in worship services; other times in small group settings. Our message is always to share our joint mission as Christians. I have seen how young people from the U.S. can be touched by the life-changing experience of coming to Zimbabwe and interacting with students and churches here. Planting seeds of mission and connection in the lives of our youth is vital to keeping the mission of the church alive. Jane Kies teaches Intensive English to students from non-English-speaking countries at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, southern Africa. Her husband, Larry Kies, just recently retired from missionary service. by Jane Kies

UMW May 2021 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal

life.” John 3:16 (NIV)

An Exciting Mission Opportunity The Iowa United Methodist Camps are expecting to be up and running in person this summer. They will need masks! Many of you know how to make them! If you can make a mask or two, please leave in the basket in the Fellowship Hall by May 15. Thank you for all you do for our youth.

Another Mission Opportunity Beverage and other aluminum can tabs when collected will provide personal items for human trafficking survivors recovering at three Safe Homes in Iowa. Our unit is already supporting Lila Mae’s House in Sioux City. There will be a bucket in the Fellowship Hall for the tabs.

Local Mission Giving Our local UMW unit learned that our local elementary teachers are supplying their classrooms snacks out of their own monies-not from the school. There was also a need to replenish the supply of extra underwear and socks for the school nurse to disburse for hygiene purposes. Our unit gave $250 to each one of these needs.

Birthday’s Anniversaries

Bruce Boysen 6/6 Cora Johnson 6/6 Kathy Johnson 6/6 Doug & Sharyn Cook 6/7 Sue Gould 6/7 Brad & Linda Arnold 6/16 Michelle Ferguson 6/11 Patrick & Jessica Frank 6/18 Jeanne Sindergard 6/12 Brett & Nicki Johnson 6/20 Mark Sindergard 6/12 Steve & Lori Baade 6/21 Nicki Johnson 6/12 Jeff & Becky Ives 6/29 Lori Baade 6/13 Doug & Michelle Ferguson 6/30 Hannah Grothaus 6/17 Roger Simonson 6/18 Dave Grothaus 6/22 John Murphy 6/24 Jocelyn Johnson 6/29 Going forward Birthday’s & Anniversaries for the next month will be put in the mid-month

newsletter giving everyone time to take advantage of sending cards.

Hope United Methodist Church Pocahontas Center@ 306 2nd Ave. NW (North of the High School)

June 28th—July 1st 8:45a.m.—2:00p.m.

(A free lunch will be served at the High School)

This camp is open to children who will be entering 1st-6th grade

Registration forms may be picked up at Hope UMC Office, PAC Elementary School Office, and at the Public Libraries in Pocahontas, Plover and Rolfe

Registrations form can also be accessed online at hopeumcia.org

Prizes will be awarded to campers who register by June 18, however registrations will gladly be accepted after that date

Questions?? Call 712-335-3663

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS for May-June †

Worship Havelock 9:00 am Worship Pocahontas Center 10:30am

June Communion: Ginger Ernst

May Liturgists:

May 16– Rory Bunda

May 23—Halee Hauswirth

May 30— Luke Friesner

June Liturgists:

June 6—Caden Freeburg

June 13—Ava Runneberg

June 20—Karen Boyd

June 27—Elaine Cook

May Acolyte: Shana Ives

June Acolyte: Ave Runneberg

May Usher * Jack Gould

June Usher * Brian Blomker

May Greeters:

North Door: Dixie Gottsch South Door: Martie Nedved

East Handicap Door: Shela Blomker

June Greeters

North Door: Keith & Kathy Johnson South Door: Judy Timan

East Handicap Door: Ginger Ernst

Fellowship:

No Coffee Fellowship until further notice

Going forward this sheet will be posted on the bulletin board outside

the north Sanctuary door.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Masks and Social distancing observed for all activities and meetings

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2 9:00am Havelock/Communion 9:15am Adult SS 10:30 am Pocahontas/Communion 1-2:30pm Confirmation

3 4

5 Charity Circle 10:00am Friendship Room Outreach Team 5:00pm

6 Truth Circle 7:00pm

7 8

9 9:00am Havelock 9:15am Adult SS 10:30am Pocahontas

10 Newsletter Articles Due for Mid-May

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12

13 Leadership Team—7:00pm

14 15

16 9:00am Havelock 9:15am Adult SS 10:30am Pocahontas

17 18 19 20 21 22 Parsonage cleaning—9:00am

23 9:00am Havelock 9:15am Adult SS 10:30am Pocahontas

24 Newsletter Articles Due for June

25 26 27 28 29

30 9:00am Havelock 10:30am Pocahontas Peace with Justice Day

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Hope Happenings for May 2021