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New Website

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

July 2016

St. Mark’s

Matters

Special points of interest:

Garage Sale

Youth Mission Trip

Worship Servants

TESOL

Financial update

Miracles Do Happen By Lou

Schooley

Wonderful things are happening

at St. Mark’s and one of the

things we would like to draw your

attention to is St. Mark’s new web-

site.

The address for the website is:

http://stmarksic.aboundant.com/

Take a moment and explore it and

let us know what you think. There

are some great features the other

website did not have. Online

giving and Pastor Sean’s ser-

mons are just a couple of new

things you can explore.

As a staff, we are very excited

about what this website has

offered so far and look forward

to utilizing all the great features.

Saturday, July 30, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Pancakes by United Methodist Men:

8:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Bring donations to Fellowship Hall:

Thursday, July 28 between 8:00 a.m. and

8:00 p.m.

If you are unable to bring your items

Thursday, we will still take them on Fri-

day, July 29

Items not accepted are outdated comput-

ers, TV’s and electronics, mattresses,

appliances and heavy furniture

Please donate plastic shopping bags

Tax forms available when you drop off

items

If you need help getting donations to the

church, please call Peg Horn at 319-351-

3455 for pickup.

Volunteer sign up sheets are in Fellow-

ship Hall - Your help is vital for the suc-

cess of this event; please sign up

Helpers are needed Wednesday night to

set up tables, as well as Thursday, Friday

and Saturday

You help make this event a success year

after year

Thanks,

Peg Horn

St. Mark’s Garage Sale - July 30th

St. Mark’s Matters

The Youth are nearly ready

to head to the Mountains of

Tennessee for our Summer

Mission Trip! We’ll be leav-

ing Saturday, July 16th and

we will be taking 17 youth

and 5 adult chaperones on

our journey! In addition to

our willing hands and spirits,

we are also asked to bring

tools along on this trip to

help with our mission. If

have tools that you are will-

ing to share with us for this

trip, you can mark them with

your name and leave them

at the church any time be-

tween now and the mission

trip. If you have tools that

you no longer use, and

would like to donate them to

the Mountain-TOP organiza-

tion, we would be happy to

deliver those as well, and we

know they appreciate having

extra tools around. Thank

you for your consideration of

support!

Rob and Youth

Below is a list of the tools we

could use:

Bucket (extra) with lid- 5

gallon

Carpenter’s levels

Line level chalk line (1)

with chalk cooler

Drill-cordless (1 ) with

driver and bit set

Drill-corded (1) with driv-

er and bit set

Drop cloths for painting

Extension cord (1) 50’

Hammer (7) 16 oz. +

Hand sanitizer

Medium sized bottle

hand wipes

Measuring tape

Paint brush - Wide (4)

Paint brush - thin (3)

Pain roller (3)

Pain roller pad (6)

Paint scraper (5)

Wide and thin paint tray

(3)

Pliers (1)

Putty knives (3)

Rags (10)

Rope/ratchet strap (at

least 2 to tie down lad-

ders)

Safety goggles (2)

Saw - circular with extra

blade (s)

Saw- hack (1)

Saw - hand (1)

Screwdrivers - flat (2)

Screwdrivers - Phillips

(2)

Scrub brush (3)

Socket wrench set (1)

Sunscreen 2 bottles

Can trash bags

Tin snips (1)

Utility knife (1)

Wasp/bee spray (2)

Youth Summer Mission Trip

Work gloves (7)

Wrecking bar

Financial News

Summer is here!! School is

out!! Vacation plans are under-way!! During this more relaxing

time of year the church histori-cally experiences a decrease in

worship attendance and finan-cial giving. Our financial picture

through the end of May has us well within our budget.

(However, we must keep in mind that our approved budget

has a shortfall that must be

made up with extra giving or less spending.) Your continued

faithful giving throughout the

summer is greatly appreciated.

Reflecting on some of the great summer activities at St. Mark’s,

the annual chicken BBQ comes to mind. As I write this the BBQ

is just a few days away. One of the most important aspects of

the BBQ for me is the fellowship

with St. Mark’s folks; sharing stories and laughs, just getting

to know each other on a more personal level. I hope you had

the opportunity to be in fellow-ship, or donated baked goods,

sold tickets and enjoyed the

yummy meal.

Summer at St. Mark’s wouldn’t be the same without our chil-

dren’s opportunities. If you stop in at the church during the

week day you will hear the won-derful voices of children coming

from Loving Arms Daycare and the summer Kid’s Care pro-

gram. Because of your contri-butions these children can en-

joy a COOL, safe, clean, loving environment while their parents

work.

Vacation Bible School is anoth-

er wonderful program that would not be possible without

your financial and volunteer support. VBS is FREE to every-

one that attends because of the money you drop in the plate on

Sunday mornings AND the do-

nations of time, food and sup-plies that you provide. THANK

YOU!!

I must not leave out our youth.

Because of your contributions they are able to do God’s mis-

sion work in less fortunate are-as of the country. Expenses

such as travel, food, lodging

and supplies are all possible BECAUSE OF YOU! If you want

to hear heart-warming stories just ask any of the youth about

their experience on a mission

trip.

And our young disciples that have the opportunity to spend a

week a summer church camp building a personal relationship

with Jesus while experiencing

fun camping activities. The love of Jesus is everywhere at

summer church camp. Just ask one of the children lucky

enough to attend camp be-cause of your generous contri-

bution to help fund their way.

Wishing you a great summer

and Thank You for your unceas-ing support of St. Mark’s living

out your membership vows to

faithfully participate in its minis-tries by your prayers, your pres-

ence, your gifts, your service,

and your witness.

Financial Update


Kay, Seagren, Finance

Team Chair

FINANCE TEAM: Kay Seagren, Diane Berwald,

John Green, Ed Pierson (Financial Secretary), Bob

George (Treasurer) and

Chris Cheatum (Lay Leader)

Facilitators: Sheryl Morey and

Cathy Link

Meets once a month Sunday

evenings 5:30-7:30

Meets again on July 10 at 2066

Bristol Drive in Iowa City.

Fire circle at Gaia Peace Gar-

den. Bring a lawn chair if you

have one. Read Chapter 3 in

preparation and bring some-

thing from nature to put on

altar.

Woman Spirit: Awakening in Nature

themes of the global church

and human sexuality; and

WHEREAS, the General Confer-

ence affirmed the Council of

Bishops’ proposal and en-

dorsed it for action.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,

the Iowa Annual Conference

affirms the Council of Bishops’

proposed way forward, and

endorses the plan for a special

Commission on human sexuali-

ty and a special General Confer-

ence on the themes of the glob-

al church and human sexuality;

and

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, we

call for the Council of Bishops

to name a broadly representa-

tive Commission, intentionally

including LGBTQ clergy and laity

as well as respected leaders

from progressive, traditional-

ists, and orthodox movements;

and

FURTHER IT BE RESOLVED, we

call upon the United Methodist

congregations of Iowa to en-

gage in active prayer and dis-

cussion of the global nature of

the church and human sexuali-

ty, under the guidance of our

Bishop and District Superinten-

dents.

Complete set of minutes is

posted on the bulletin board in

the narthex. There was no

meeting of the Council in June.

The next meeting will be Tues-

day, July 26, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

and everyone is encouraged to

attend.

Executive Council News

The council approved the fol-

lowing at it’s May 24th meeting:

Authorize Rob Beland to

proceed with securing a

Music Ministry Intern at no

cost to St. Mark’s for the

2016 fall semester

Final resolution to be pre-

sented at the Iowa Annual

Conference:

WHEREAS, the United Method-

ist church continues to struggle

to live faithfully in diverse social

contexts in our global church,

especially as it relates to our

statements and policies regard-

ing human sexuality; and

WHEREAS, the 2016 General

Conference recognized our on-

going struggle and took the

unprecedented action of re-

questing the collective guidance

of the Council of Bishops; and

WHEREAS, the Council of Bish-

ops responded with a call to

unity and prayer, and proposed

a special Commission on hu-

man sexuality and a special

General Conference on the

Fruitful Congregation Group

Thank you to those who have

donated items or money for the

Blessing Bags Ministry. We will

meet again to fill bags on Mon-

day, July 11th at 7:00 p.m.

Here are some suggestions for

donations:

1) granola bars

2) Hot cocoa packets

3) Cough drops

4) Raisins

5) Peanut butter

crackers

6) Trial size deodor-

ant

7) Kleenex

8) Hand sanitizer

9) Cereal bars

Thanks for all the help

with this ministry!

We are miracle-seekers. And

we know miracles exist because

we’ve seen the change in those

who have received cochlear

implants or new hearing aids.

We have seen the straightening

spines in people who have met

and been rejuvenated by other

people with hearing loss. So

miracles can happen and we

are waiting for the next one to

happen to us.

COPIING WITH HEARING

LOSS….

It starts here, with an increased

awareness of the impact hear-

ing loss has on family life,

friends, so read on and discover

how to increase your awareness

of hearing loss and lower the

stress level around family,

friends and out in public.

1. Practice locating the

Source of Sound only by

listening. Localization of

sound (the determination

of the direction from which

the sound comes) often

presents a special problem

to wearers of hearing aids.

One exercise that helps to

develop directional percep-

tion is to relax in a chair,

keep your eyes closed, and

have someone speak to

your from different places

in the room. Each time

your helper changes his

position, attempt to locate

him through the sound of

his/her voice alone. (I

have no perceptions to

where sound comes from)

hope this helps!

2. Increase your Tolerance for

Loud Sounds. At first,

hearing aid users tend to

set the volume control at a

level too low for effective

listening. Louder sounds

need not cause discomfort.

The use of a very simple

procedure may, over a

period of time, increase

your tolerance for sound.

While you are listening to

one speaker or to your

radio or television in your

own home, gradually turn

up the volume of your hear-

ing aid until the sound is

very loud. When the loud-

ness is uncomfortable, very

slowly turn the volume

down to a more comforta-

ble level. After a period of

practice you will find that

your comfort level has in-

creased considerably.

3. Practice learning to dis-

criminate differences in

speech. Prepare a list of

that difference with one

sound only, ask someone

to help pronouncing these

slowly and distinctly.

Watch lip movements

closely while you carefully

listen for differences in

similar words. Then try to

discriminate the words by

listening alone. (This one

still baffles me some-

times.)

4. Listen to something read

aloud. A good exercise in

listening is to have a com-

panion read aloud from a

magazine or newspaper

while you follow along with

your own copy of the read-

ing materials. At regular

intervals, your reader

should stop and have you

repeat the last word read.

5. Gradually increase the

Number of Persons with

whom you talk. You will

find that it is more difficult

to carry on a conversation

with three or four individu-

als than it is with one. If

you concentrate mainly on

the person who is talking

the most, this should help

you. Position yourself so

you can see everyone’s

Miracles do Happen by Lou Schooley ICI


“We are

miracle-

seekers.”

“This is life

with hearing

loss, our

constant

companion”

face. (This helps

me to see who is

talking.)

6. Gradually increase

the number of situ-

ations in which you

use your hearing

aid (s) to the super

market, church,

theater, and other

public places. As

your tolerance for

noise increases,

you will find it easi-

er to experiment

with increasingly

noisy environments.

This is life with

hearing loss, our

constant compan-

ion.

The next Third Thursday

Theology is Thursday, July

21st.

Meet us at our neighborhood

gathering spot - 2 Dogs Pub -

for this lively discussion. We

explore the “big questions” of

faith, the world, and everyday

life in a freewheeling, informal

format. Group will meet on

the third Thursday of each

month at 6:30 p.m.

Third Thursday Theology Pub

There are two game days left for

our Church Softball team. We would

love for you to come cheer us on.

We play at the Creekside Ball Park

in Coralville on Friday evenings.

The following are our game times

for the month of June:

July 8th at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.

July 15th at 8:00 and 9:00 p.m.

The rainout hotline is 319-248-

1763 and will be updated at 4:00.

It’s time to think about the Ingathering for 2016. As in

previous years, we will focus on UMCOR Health kits,

UMCOR Sewing kits and UMCOR School kits as well as

Iowa Nigeria Partnership Lay-ette Kits. Items for the kits

are very similar to the items needed in previous years. A

list of items for the kits is

posted on the UMCOR bul-letin board in Fellowship

Hall.

P.S. School supplies will be on sale soon , so this is a

good time to purchase

those items. Thank you for

your support of this project.

Ingathering Softball

New phone number for….

Chris McMorris has a new phone

number. It is 425-875-8620.

Please make the change in your

directory.

Fellowship & Sharing

Fellowship & Sharing will not be meeting June,

July, or August and we are hoping we can find a

few more friendly folks to join us in September.

All women of the church are very welcome when

we reconvene in September. Watch for our

announcement in the fall.

The English-speaking School of Lubumbashi (TESOL) was founded in 1987, offers educa-

tion in English for students from preschool (age 4) through Grade 12. All subjects

(reading, writing, math, science, history, etc.) are taught in English with the exception of

language courses (French for four periods per week and Swahili for one period per

week).

Missions - Special Offerings for July

July 17 - The English-speaking School of Lubumbashi (TESOL)

July 10 - Vacation Bible School


July 3 - (unknown by deadline)

July 24 - Builders Call

United Methodist Builders have been an important part of developing churches all across

the Iowa Annual Conference. United Methodist Builders have helped new congregations

buy land or build their first church facility. United Methodist Builders have provided funds

to help establish congregations update their facilities or build new additions.

Your offering supports the intentional faith development of Vacation Bible

School - ministry to, with, and from our children.

July 31 - ToGather Together

Every August we distribute free school supplies to 3,000 school children through the

area schools. Financial donations are solicited and about $12,000 in bulk school

supplies are purchased. The supplies are sorted for each school, and volunteers

from our member organizations deliver the supplies to each school

TESOL Construction Project

The English-speaking

School of Lubumbashi

started in 1987 with sev-

en students. In 2011.

when we had 100 stu-

dents, we purchased a

big piece of land where

we would have room to

grow. It was not in town,

so there was much to do

just to have a functioning

well and water system

and define the actual

boundaries of the land (it

was all tall grass, termite

hills, and a few small

trees).

Construction on the major

buildings started in 2013.

By 2014 we had complet-

ed the sanitary facilities

and a four-classroom

building. We are now

working on the second

four-classroom building,

and it’s almost finished

but we still need the roof

sheets (trusses are in

place), ceiling interior

paint, pointing of the ex-

posed-brick exterior, and

completion of the covered

walkway that runs in front

of the building and ex-

tends to the parking area

(very necessary because

of the heavy rains during

much of the school year

and serves as break-out space

for small groups).

Meanwhile, back at the old

school, we continue to grow.

Some grades meet at another,

temporary location. We are us-

ing tents, a storeroom, and half

of the library room for classes.

Students in Grades 10-12, who

study through the University of

Nebraska distance-learning pro-

gram, have a room that they

can’t fit into so they take turns

being outside under our covered

walkways or at tables in the

courtyard. It’s ok BUT next year

we expect to have 20 more stu-

dents in this Grade 10-12 pro-

gram and there is just no more

space.

So now is the time to move

some classes to the new cam-

pus. We are excited about this

but also worried about getting

everything done. We still have a

lot of work to do, and most of it

costs money. Finishing the sec-

ond classroom is obviously a

priority, and we also have to

provide some parking spaces,

which involves bringing in truck-

loads of laterite to make a hard

surface since the clay soil is very

sticky in rainy season.

The school is having a fair as a

fundraising event. Students and

teachers are working hard on

creating games and activities

and organizing refreshments to

sell. We hope the fair will be a

lot of fun for our students and

also for other children in the

community. Two local compa-

nies are donating some of the

drinks and snacks.

Each term, a portion of tuition is

allotted to the construction pro-

ject, and this has been our main

source of construction funds

recently. However, we also

count on contributions through

the Advance program of the

United Methodist Church and we

will definitely need these if

we are to complete our build-

ings in time for September

classes.

The remaining costs to com-

plete the current building are

about $100,000. I used

Advance funds to pay the

construction contractor’s bill

for April and part of the

March bill as well, which was

a huge help but that fund is

now near zero. Tuition con-

tributions from Term 3 were

$45,000. We hope to make

a few thousand dollars on

our Fair Day. As you can

see, we are hoping for some

very significant help through

the Advance in order to com-

plete this first phase of our

construction project on the

new campus so we can wel-

come our new students in

September.

Advance information:

Project name: The English-

speaking School of Lubum-

bashi

Project #: 10377A

Grayye Matters is a book club

that meets the first Tuesday

of each month at Pizza Ranch

in Sycamore Mall (now the

Marketplace).

The group meets at 9:30 a.m.

and have a discussion of the

current book we are reading.

All are welcome. Please con-

tact Barb Fisher-Krueger of

there are questions or com-

ments; [email protected].

We will read a potpourri of

books in July.

*If you know of others in need

of prayer, please contact Pastor

Sean or Deacon Chris.

Nicholas Tang, stationed

with the Air Force and his

wife, Andrea Haymond-

Tang

For all persons living in war

torn areas and for peace

and safety throughout this

country and the world.

Leonard Hixson for health

issues

Beverly Yoder for health

issues

Emily Lewis for treatment

of cancer

Dale Bream for health is-

sues

Judy Pierson for treatment

of uterine cancer

Grayye Matters

Prayers, Joys & Concerns

Pauline Trout at Melrose

Meadows

Prayers for folks in nursing homes and homebound

Marilyn Matthews at home

Iva Sagert at home

Fern Schintler at Atrium

Hills

Jim Lindemann in Solon

Phyllis Showalter at

Crestview

Eldon Prybil

Please let Pastor

Sean or Deacon

Chris know of

others in need of

prayer that may

not be listed


There are many wonderful op-

portunities here at St. Mark’s.

Please see the list below to get

connected.

Youth Group meets at 6:00 p.m.

on Sunday in the Youth room

Holy Yoga meets every Tuesday

at 5:45 p.m. in 108/109

Men’s Reading Group meets

every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

in the Fireside Room

Sign Language Class meets on

Wednesday evening at 6:00

p.m. in the Fireside Room

United Methodist Men meet the

first Saturday of each month at

7:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall

United Methodist Women meet

the 4th Wednesday of the

month (time varies) in Fellow-

ship Hall as well as various

other activities outside the

church

Women’s Bible Study meets

each Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in

the Fireside Room (in Sept.)

Prayer Shawl Group meets the

3rd Wednesday of the month at

2:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room

Fellowship & Sharing meets the

third Wednesday of the month

at 9:45 a.m. in the Fireside

Room (starts again in Sept.)

Grayye Matters meets the first

Tuesday of each month at Pizza

Ranch at the Sycamore mall at

9:30 a.m.

Good Lunch bunch meets the

3rd Tuesday of the month at

11:30 a.m. The group meets at

various restaurants.

Infinity Senior Group meets 2nd

Wed of month at 2

July 9 - UMM Meeting

July 16-23 - Youth Group Mis-

sion Trip

July 17-21 - Vacation Bible

School

July 27 - UMW Road Trip

July 30 - Garage Sale

September 15 - Pork Chop BBQ

Monthly Events at St. Mark’s

Save the Date

In 100 words or less, write a

brief summary about your expe-

rience.

Please contact Hillary or Dea-

con Chris if you are interested

or have questions.

319-337-7201

Gather, Grow Go! Bulletin Board

The Gather, Grow Go! Bulletin

Board has taken shape. Please

help us to make the board

friendly for our St. Mark’s

guests!

If you are involved in a group

that has brought special mean-

ing to your life, we would like to

now about it. Consider sharing

your story with us!

Each month, the goal is to fea-

ture an individual or group.

Reminder -

Newsletter

submissions due

by the 3rd Monday

of each month by

4:00 p.m.

Please visit the link below to receive

notifications and updates on how

Judy Pierson is doing.

caringbridge.org/visit/

judypiersonspage

ANNOUNCEMENT

United Methodists in Iowa are

participating in efforts to

Change a Child’s Story. These

efforts are in response to sober-

ing statistics showing that too

many children in Iowa struggle

with reading proficiency. The

response of St. mark’s to this

ministry has been fantastic!

Thanks to your donations of

money and new books, we have

already been able to give books

to children in our community.

And we are getting ready to give

away more books!

As a reminder, St. Mark’s goal

is to give 2,500 new books to

children in our community and

spend 2,500 hours reading to

children over the next two

years. You can keep an eye on

the progress by checking out

the poster in the sanctuary.

You can continue to help us

meet this goal in the following

ways:

1) Donate money to be used

to purchase new books.

Mark “Change a Child’s

Story” on your check or

envelope and put it in the

offering or drop it by the

office.

2) Donate new children’s

books. If you prefer to buy

books to donate, that

works too! There is a box

in fellowship hall for book

donations.

3) Read with children! Look

for forms in the fellowship

hall to be used to let us

know about your reading

time.

All are welcome and encour-

aged to attend.

Please join the United Meth-

odist Men on Saturday, July

9, 2016 at 7:30 a.m. in the

Fellowship Hall. Breakfast

will be served at 7:30 a.m.

with the program to follow at

8:00 a.m.

Furman Milster will be dis-

cussing “Energy’s Role in

Sustainability.”

Change a Child’s Story

United Methodist Men

small dairy farm near Deco-

rah. He attended a one

room country school through

the 6th grade and graduated

from Iowa State. Dwight

joined Hills Bank in 1975

and has been President and

CEO since 1986. Dwight

values his rural background

and shares his values and

common sense philosophies

in this humorous presenta-

tion.

Coffee, snacks and visiting

will follow and we welcome

you to join us. Please con-

tact Sage at 354-5484 or

[email protected]

if you have any questions.

Senior Group

Our next Senior Group is

Wednesday, July 13 from 2

to 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s UMC.

Dwight Seegmiller and

Amanda Arn will be our

guest speakers on the topic

MEINTKALILIORCS: Most

Everything I Need to Know

About Life I learned in A One

Room Country School.

Dwight is President and CEO

of Hills Bank and Trust Com-

pany, and grew up on a


If you are a senior and

would like to go out with

friends for lunch and con-

versation once a month,

please join us on the 3rd

Tuesday at 11:30

AM. We meet at various

restaurants in the Iowa

City and Coralville area

and we welcome your sug-gestions. We will be

meeting on July 19th at

Bandanas in Coralville.

For more information and

to get on our calling list,

contact Diane Matilla at

354-2271 or Barb McCor-

mick at 354-4583

Meet at the church at

9:00 a.m. on July 27th to

travel to Tipton, Iowa

where we will tour the Tip-

ton Museum (free will of-

fering). There will be a

1/2 hour program on

Scattergood School

(which we will tour in Oc-

tober) and then an hour to visit the rest of the mu-

Good Lunch Bunch (formerly Good Grief Lunch Bunch)

United Methodist Women Road Trip - July 27, 2016

seum. At 11:30 we will have

lunch at the Tipton Family

Restaurant and then return

to Iowa City. Barb Smith

needs an idea of how many

will be attending so please

RSVP to her by July 25th.

(319) 337-9963

VBS is July 17-21

Surf’s up! Join the fun

starting on July 17 through

21! Dinner is at 5:30, with

activities to follow at 6:00.

VBS dismisses at 8:00.

Please see Rev. Chris with

any questions.

July Worship Servants

8:00 AM

Ushers

7/3 Tony & Pam Freund

Jeff & Dianne Wasson

7/10 Chuck & Phyllis Lindemann

Pam Bleckwenn

Barb Smith

7/17 Chris McMorris

Lavon & Nancy Rutt

Barb Fisher-Krueger

7/24 Neil & Jeanne Bennett

Melanie Rose Justice

Randy Krutzfield

7/31 Ed & Suzanne Krogh

Jerry & Patti Mitchell

Greeters

7/3 Dick & Marlene Lake

7/10 Eleanor Carthey & Leonard Hixson

7/17 Amy Sanders & Linda Ruefer

7/24 Joanne Peterson & Jerine Strommer

7/31 Lynn Dornfeld & Traci Huffman

Readers

7/3 Rebecca Weatherford

7/10 Roberta Harding

7/17 Rose Hanson

7/24 Chris McMorris

7/31 Eileen McPherson

7/3 Communion

Dennis Preslicka, Jan Soboroff, Randy Krutzfield,

Sarah Pringle, Chris McMorris

9:30 AM

Ushers

7/3 Bob & Diane DeWitt

Tom Shepherd & Mary Brown

7/10 Bob & Maggie Elliott

Les & Bonnie Jenkins

7/17 Judy Brookhaus

Bill & Janice Thorne

Roberta Caris

7/24 Jim & Mardee Wood

Jim & Elaine Warth

7/31 Mary Curtis & Kathleen Harrison

Marlene Slaubaugh

Greeters

7/3 Mark & Carolyn Brock

7/10 Dennis & Wanda Stevens

7/17 Gary & Jeanie Nagle

7/24 Earl & Jeanne Phillips

7/31 Jeremy Showers

Lorene Frenzen

Readers

7/3 Cheryl Davis

7/10 Janice Thorne

7/17 Mary Brown

7/24 Bob Elliott

7/31 John Melby-Oetken

7/3 Communion

Bill & Janice Thorne

Judy Brookhaus

Eileen McPherson

10:50 AM

Ushers

7/3 Karen Miller & Abbie Buhr

7/10 Peg Horn & Laura Lage

7/17 Steve & Karen Laughlin

7/24 Don Anderson & Jane Dohrmann

7/31 need additional ushers please

Readers

7/3 Rebecca Carver

7/10 Bob Hoover

7/17 Lou Schooley

7/24 Marsha Lowe

7/31 Peg Horn

Communion

7/3 Mark Meyers & Peg Horn

7/10 Bob & Jo Hoover

7/17 Steve & Karen Laughlin

7/24 Sue Brenneman & Karen Miller

7/31 Don Anderson & Jane Dohrmann

Additional Worship Servants needed

for all services. Please see Pastor

Sean or member of Worship committee

if interested.


2 Ella Brown, Lizzy Weber

3 Joseph Barten, Brad Thayer

4 Grant Bessman

5 Mary Jane Harris

6 Shane Magalhaes

7 Melanie Justice, Lauren Caris, Sandy Mueller

8 Bob Jensen

9 Shirley Green, Katie Lalla

10 Liam Haymond-Tang, Phyllis Lindemann

11 Christina Leopold, Linda Ruefer

13 Tony Freund

14 Jennie Fisher

15 Brandon Frantz, JoAnne Hilgenberg, Judy Pierson

16 Joyce Allen, Karen Fosse

17 Carl Herreweyers, Jay Honohan, Vern Naggatz

18 Joey Matousek, Jill Graff

19 Lorie Dykes

20 Joshua Cheatum, Laura Max

21 Amber Mattila, Sara Nobbs, Judith Wehde

23 Dixie Ecklund, Doris Peterson, Lauren Sammons

24 Jeanette Locke

25 Cindy George, Steve Laughlin, Jennifer Pringle-Conrad, Kay Smolek, Penny Jenn

26 Cam Davis, Michael Preslicka

27 Garret Locke, Don Naggatz

30 Clarence Skog

31 LaVonna Gaunt, Larry McConahay

ST. MARK’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

GARAGE SALE DONATION FORM

SALE DATE: July 23, 2016

The person listed below has donated the listed items to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church to

be sold at a Garage Sale. In making this donation, it is understood that the items once donated

become the property of the church to be priced and sold as the church deems appropriate. The

church is not obligated to keep record of the sale nor the sale price. The donor may make his/

her own estimate of the value of items donated, for tax purposes. As required by the Internal

Revenue code, there were neither goods nor services provided to the donor in consideration of

this gift except for intangible religious benefits and/or the pleasure of giving.

Donor Name _____________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________

City ___________________________ State _______ Zip_________

Items Donated Listing (please list additional items on back):

Description Quantity Value

1. _______________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________________

Do you wish to receive a copy of this form returned to you for tax reporting records? Yes

____________________________________ ___________________________________

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St. Mark’s Welcoming Statement

We affirm Jesus’ example of love without reservation and

covenant to deal compassionately and justly with one an-

other. We welcome the full participant of all people in the

life and ministries of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

as we journey toward reconciliation through Christ.

Therefore, we celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and

believe this diversity enriches our journey together in faith

toward greater understanding, mutual respect, and Chris-

tian love. We embrace persons of all ages, races, diversity

of sexual orientation, gender identities, family configura-

tions, faith history, marital status physical and mental abil-

ity, and educations. We recognize that there are differ-

ences of opinions among us, but believe that we can love

alike even though we may not think alike. St. Mark’s is a

place where ALL are welcome and invited to join us in

our faith journey toward greater love, understanding, and

mutual respect.

St. Mark’s Staff

St. Mark’s UMC

2675 E. Washington Street

Iowa City, IA 52245

Gather, Grow Go!

TO:

Pastor Rev. Sean McRoberts

Administrative Coordinator Hillary Grier

Director of Children & Community Ministries Rev. Christine Humrichouse

Director of Youth & Music Ministries Rob Beland

Organist Hana Song

Nursery Supervisors Deanna Miller & Mary Frantz

Custodian Jim Armbruster

ASL Interpreter Lou Schooley

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