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The Update April 2014
The United Methodist
Church of Ephrata
“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”
Pastor Josh Mikelson
Office Hours
Monday through Thursday
8:00am to 1:00pm
www.umcephrata.org
Phone: (509)754-4664
Fax: (509)398-9514
117 C Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823
Sunday School 9:00am
Worship Service: 10:00am
Pastor: Josh Mikelson……[email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Sheryl Downey……[email protected]
Custodian: Jamie Downing
Nursery Attendant: Emilie Grubb
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April 2014 Quilters 9:00am April 01 Bible Study 6:30pm April 01 Journey Potluck 5:30pm April 02 Journey Gathering 6:00pm April 02 Choir 7:00pm April 02 Men’s Group 7:30am April 05 No Sunday School April 06 Worship with Communion 10am April 06 Bible Study 6:30pm April 07 Quilters 9:00am April 08 Mat. Closet Change Over 9:30am April 09 Journey Potluck 5:30pm April 09 Journey Gathering 6:00apm April 09 Choir 7:00pm April 09 Sunday School 9:00am April 13 Worship 10:00am April 13 Bible Study 6:30pm April 14 Quilters 9:00am April 15 Choir 7:00pm April 16 Maundy Thurs. Worship 7:30pm April 17 EASTER SCHEDULE APRIL 20 Sunrise Service (Patrick Park) 6:30am Easter Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am Easter Egg Hunt 9:00am Worship 10:00am Bible Study 6:30pm April 21 Quilters 9:00am April 22 Choir 7:00pm April 23 Rummage Sale 8:00am April 26 Sunday School 9:00am April 27 Worship 10:00am April 27 Bible Study 6:30pm April 28 Quilters 9:00am April 29 Choir 7:00am April 30
Maternity Closet Schedule
Scholarships applications are available in
the office for graduating Seniors. Scholar-
ships of $500 are for Seniors that are ac-
tive in our church. The applications are
due by May 15th.
Special Easter Services
Maundy Thursday Worship April 17th at 7:30pm
Sunrise Service at Patrick Park 6:30am
Easter Breakfast 7:30am to 9:00am
Easter Egg Hunt 9:00am
Worship at 10:00am
We have a basket for Easter candy do-
nations in the main hallway if you would
like to contribute for the children’s
Easter Egg Hunt.
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Our Bible Study on
the Gospel of John is
led by Pastor Josh
on Monday nights at
6:30pm. All are wel-
come and encour-
aged to join!
We are having a wedding shower for Pastor Josh and his beautiful bride-to-be, Heather, on March 30th at 3:00pm. We will be having party games and refreshments, which will be provided by UMW. All are invited, both men and women! Pastor Josh and Heather are registered at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
GRIEF TALKS
For those going through the shadows, pain, tears and fear of the grief season. Grief talks meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm to 7:00pm in the Fire-side Room.
FLOWER CROSS
Please remember to bring
flowers from your garden to
place on our wire cross. The
results will be beautiful!!
Pastor Josh in his Kilt during Fun & Fellowship Scottish Night.
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“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise” James 5:13
One of the most wonderful gifts we are given is the gift of prayer. We can pray for one another in times of need as well as times of celebration.
Join the Prayer Chain. To receive the prayer chain by email send an email to Mary Fulk at [email protected]. To join the phone prayer chain contact Joan Jensen: 246-1691.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Prayers for Pregnant
Moms & Their Babies
Because of our Maternity
Closet and our concern for
moms and babies, we are
asking for the congregation
to pray for those whose due
date is near and also pray
for God’s precious little
ones:
Please let us know if someone should be added or taken off our prayer list by contacting the church office: 754-4664.
Also contact the church office if you know of someone in need of a visit by our Congregational Care Team, or Pastor Josh.
Prayers for Health and Healing
Leonel Balderas & Family
Irene Gans
Ann Gross
Ralph Boyden
Ervin Gans
Larry Yount
Alicia Bol
John Miracle
Marti Dell
Brian Davisson
Chet Dorsey
Sally Johnson
Charlotte Lennon
Jeff Pheasant
Bob Winters
McKenzie Vanatta
Joan Jensen
George Smethers
Marge Wills
Jack Schneider
Gail Luddington
Carrie Hatch
Joey Johnston
Prayers for Those Suffering From
Long-Term Health Problems
Bob St. Clair Sr
Bob St. Clair Jr
Dee Gray
Bill Lowry
Lenora Walters
Ruth Walker
Hazel Scoby
Susan Smith
Mary Baird
Dick & Von Hoyt
Bev Canfield
Ed Sivula
Ellen Fenimore
Doug Jensen
Tim Rogers
Ron Gardner
Steven Grass
Shirley Morris
Don Isaman
Dixie Boyden
Name Due Date
Bonnie April 19
Guadalupe June 12
Shala August 14
Myra September 14
Prayers of comfort
Loved ones of Linda Holgate
Loved ones of Debra McDonnell
Loved ones of Lyle Burck
Prayers for the Military
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UM Men’s Group United Methodist Men will meet Saturday, April 5th at 7:30am. Lonny Holleman will lead the program “Surprised by Hope”, by N.T. Wright. All men of the church are wel-come. Come and enjoy the fellowship!
Chris Wash
Kevin Harmon
IT’S BAAAACK, AND WE NEED STUFF
U.M.C YARD SALE IS COMING
April 26th, 8 p.m. to 2 p.m.
We are in need of your items that are taking up space in your closets, kitchen , basement or garage.
Don’t throw it out. Donate it to the church yard sale. We can usually sell anything that is clean, work-
able and has all the parts to it. THE ONLY ITEMS WE CAN’T TAKE ARE COMPUTERS, HARD
DRIVES, 8 TRACK TAPES & PLAYERS, AND APPLIANCES THAT NEED WORK.
Suggested items are: Linens, Blankets, clothes, furniture, kitchen items, CD’s, fishing gear, garden &
yard stuff, tools, deco items, bikes, radios, old cupboards, doors, pictures, books, arts & crafts, holiday
items & leftover remodeling items. We would like all items prior to Friday for pricing. Thank you.
We also will have a separate room for collectibles and antiques. If you donate an antique item for us to
sell and you wish it back if it doesn’t sell, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE IT’S KEPT FOR YOU TO PICK UP.
If you wish for us to come and pick up items, please call 754-4502 and we will schedule a time to come
and get it. There is a SIGN UP SHEET on the kiosk for those of you wanting to help out, AND WE
NEED LOTS OF HELP. Table set up is Tuesday night (call Tom Pheasant) and pricing, sorting & more
set up is Weds thru Friday.
Note: There will be no UM Women’s Meeting or Fun & Fellowship
this month.
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FINANCE UPDATE
In an attempt to be transparent and inform you of our financial outlook, the Finance Committee includes a monthly financial update in our church Newsletter. Please note, the giving totals for this month’s information only records giving through the end of February.
Giving to General Fund As of 02.28.2014
2014 Budget $151,425 Target to Date $25,237 Actual to Date $23,065
Giving to Building Fund As of 02.28.2014
Actual to Date $325.00
Apportionments Paid As of 02.28.2014
Target to Date $ 3,498 Actual to Date $ 3,432
Treasurers Report
As of 02.28.2014
Total Income $33,242 Total Expense $23,524 TOTAL DIFFERENCE $ 9,717
We thank you for your financial support of the church’s ministries and programs!
If you would like information on your giving or an update on your progress toward your financial pledge to the church, please contact the church office by phone at (509) 754-4664 or by email at [email protected].
We have a new website!! We are so excited to roll out our new website as it will offer many great features for our church members. Keep in mind that it is still under construction and we are working on future features, such as an online store, online donations, and mem-ber forums (message boards). It has a lot of great information, such as announce-ments, weather, Methodist news, sched-ules, prayer requests, Bible passage search, quote of the day, as well as links to other pages. It’s very user-friendly and we hope you enjoy it. One of the great fea-tures is we will have our “Update” monthly newsletters available online...in color! If you would like to save some trees, as well as save our church $$ on postage, ink, and paper, you can unsubscribe to the paper newsletters via regular mail, and sub-scribe to get it emailed to you, or you can view it at your convenience online. If you would like to unclutter your mailbox, just email me (Sheryl) at my new email ad-dress listed below. With the new website we received new emails addresses as well. Here are our new email addresses:
Josh: [email protected]
Sheryl: [email protected]
You should be receiving membership in-vite emails soon so you can post on forums. We would love your feedback and opinions on the new website! The website address is: www.umcephrata.org
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DATE April 6th April 13th April 20th (Easter) April 27th
Assistant
Of the Day
Scott Kellams Herb Reynolds Ed Rogers Harold Chadwick
Usher &
Greeter
Marna Kellams
Christy Price
Joan Jensen
Mona Kaiser
Barb Deycous
Kathy Buhl
Gary Archer
Sandy Archer
Liturgist
Margaret Treiber Camille Price Cammy Hatch Sandy Archer
Sound
Technician
Conner Maddalozzo Conner Maddalozzo Conner Maddalozzo Conner Maddalozzo
Coffee Ann Chandler Vera Senn Janice Davisson Jenni Bunkelman
Counters
Denis Plew
Louise Ingebrigtson
John Morris
Mary Morin
Kathy Buhl
Marilyn Grass
Shirley Pederson
Mona Kaiser
Sunday
School
SPRING BREAK Jamie Downing Easter Egg Hunt Mary Holleman
April Servers
DATE April 7th April 14th April 21st April 28th
10am Louise Sivula
Janis Davisson
Vera Senn
Marilyn Grass
Shirley Pederson
Sandi Ross
Dawn Amick
Christine Dozier
1:pm Linda Bryant-
Smith
Bev Dell Ann Chandler Dolores Pheasant
Maternity Closet Schedule
The Maternity
Closet change-over
will take place on
April 9th at
9:30am.
Charlene Shoemaker 4/1 Mildred Mayfield 4/17 Brooke McKnight 4/25
Maggie Reynolds 4/8 Louis Bunkelman 4/20 Janis Davisson 4/26
Tom Pheasant 4/13 William Lowry 4/21 Dick Driver 4/27
Francis Jensen 4/14 Thelma Wentworth 4/22 Janet Green 4/30
William Nixon 4/14 Margaret Treiber 4/24
JoAn Isaman 4/17 Jenni Bunkelman 4/25
Russell & Thelma Wentworth
April 9th
Bill & Janet Nelson
April 27th
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
Paid
Ephrata, WA
Permit No. 5 Fax: (509)398-9514 - E-mail: [email protected]
The United Methodist Church of Ephrata 117 C. Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823 - (509)754-4664
Thank you for supporting the work of the church through your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service and your witness as we pursue our mission:
“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”
April 2014
Update Deadline April 23rd
12:00 noon
Get your articles and announcements in!
New Website!
Check out our exciting new website and subscribe to our
online newsletter.
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Scholarships
We have scholarships avail-able for our graduating
Seniors.
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