A Note from the Pastor By Rev. Dr. Jame Hahs

We saw that we weren’t making even a dent in his resolve, and gave up. “It’s in God’s hands now,” we said. “Master, you han-dle it.” (Acts 21:14) Paul was determined to go to Jerusalem. No words or prayers dissuaded him—”we weren’t making even a dent.” Since they

didn’t know what to pray now they gave up and prayed: “It’s in God’s hands now. Mas-ter, you handle it.” I have been in a lot of circumstances where I did not know exactly how to pray. When I don’t know what to say, I have found this little prayer helpful. “Dear Lord, we place this situation or person in your hands trusting in your goodness and your mercy.” And so today, I pray for you. “Dear Lord, I place this reader in your hands trusting in your goodness and your mercy. Amen.” In Christ, Pastor Jame Note: This is one of my daily devotions. If you would like to receive my “almost” daily devotions, email me at jamehahs@gmail.com

Summer Lunch Program The Summer Lunch program provided 413 meals in June. We provide sandwiches Mon-day thru Friday at our church for the children who can come here. Two days a week, we take sandwiches to the Housing Project and Blue Sky as well as Bath and Kilbourne. We also distribute sack lunches for the children to eat on the days we are not there. We have developed a wonderful working relationship with the Ridge Church. We are supplement-ing their feeding ministry.

Children at the Border Havana Church responds to the General Board of Global Ministries appeal to help chil-dren at the border. We have received $490 in offerings. Marlene Izard has organized our church and our children and youth to distribute collection containers throughout our community. As you shop and eat in Havana, you will find our containers. These con-tainers offer a way for the community at large to help the children who have come to our country. All funds will be used by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to provide hygiene kits for children. Hygiene Kits include: one hand towel one wash-cloth, one comb, one fingernail clipper, soap, one adult toothbrush, 10 adhesive bandages (3/4 by 3 inches), and one one-gallon size re-sealable bag.

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Thank you Dear Friends in Christ, Thank you for your most recent $298.27 gift, which we received through our IGRC Treasurer. On behalf of your Chaddock children and their families, thank you for your prayerful support. Through the years, faithful gifts from United Methodists like all of you have provided a caring, safe haven for thousands of Chaddock children. You’ve helped us give them strength and hope when they needed it most. You’ve shown our Chaddock children that you have faith in them, even when they didn’t see it within themselves. Jeff VanCamp Executive Director Chaddock Children’s Foundation (Chaddock was the March children’s noisy offering.)

Promotion and Teacher Recognition

Sunday Promotion and Teacher Recognition Sunday will be held on Sunday, August 18th. During the 10:30 a.m. worship service we will promote those children attending Sunday School to their next grade and a Bible will be given to those entering 3rd grade. Those with “near-perfect”

attendance will receive the appropriate pin for the number of years they have received the Attendance Award. In addition to recognizing our children we will honor our Sunday School Teachers who generously give of their time and energy throughout the year to help our children, youth and adults grow in their knowledge of Jesus Christ. If you have a child entering the third grade this fall, please call the church office (543-4725) so we can prepare for the right number of children to receive a Bible. Thank you!

It’s Not Supposed to be

This Way Lysa Terkeurst Bible Study invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to see our lives in the context of God’s bigger story. Whether we’re dealing with daily disappointments or life altering loss, we can find unexpected strength as we learn what it means to wrestle well between our faith and our feelings. We will meet in the Conference Room on Tuesday evenings, September 2, 10, 17, October 1, 8, & 15 at 7:00 p.m. Study will be led by Melissa Zurheide. Any questions may be directed to Julia Pryor (309-338-2781). Thank you!

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OAKFORD UNITED METHODIST Worship 8:30 a.m.

Aug. 18th Blessing of the back packs Aug. 25th Donut forget to come to church Sunday School 9:00-9:20 a.m. (pre-K)

9:30 - 10:00 a.m. (elem.)

Birthdays Aug 2 Jennifer Pavlisin Aug 4 Jo Claussen Aug 5 Bart Bailey Aug 5 Doug McGinnis Aug 8 Emma Stone Aug 9 Tucker Hamblin Aug 9 Lilly Shelabarger Aug 11 Charlie Todd Aug 14 Christopher Kelley Aug 15 Tom Robinson II Aug 16 Jillian Lounsberry Aug 17 Nicholas Laird Aug 17 Audrey Brauer Aug 18 Brett Brown Aug 19 Kerry Bagby Aug 19 David McHenry Aug 21 Trevor Cook Aug 26 Devin Whitley Aug 26 Virginia Winkelmann Aug 27 Kay Higginbotham Aug 28 Rev. Dennis Smith Aug. 29 Carmen Jackson

Anniversaries 08/02/1997 Bruce & Barb Shanle 08/02/1980 Andy & Susie Winkelmann 08/03/1985 Roy & Kelleigh DeMonbrun 08/16/1968 Rev. Dennis & Sandy Smith 08/17/1970 Larry & Cathie Smith 08/24/1974 Allen & Janice Thomas

Gary Bartel, Dottie Blair, Verna Blair, Lanora Boeker, Ruth Brauer, Kenny & Shirley Brown, Don-nie Caley, Clara June Claussen (infant

granddaughter of Howie Claussen), Lacy Devine; Ron Jackson, Susie Lounsberry, Todd Lynn, Christen McGinnes, Lottie Mudd, Kalynn Pherigo, Bob Potts, Mari-lyn Schaffer, Larry Shoemaker, Ron Shoemaker, Scott Smith, Debbie Whitley, Brenda Wilkey In the Military: Brian Caulkins, Clayton Hurley, Trey Irwin, Megan Smith

Happy 95th Birthday Virginia Winkelmann will be honored for her 95th birthday with an open house celebration. The open house will be held at the Oakford Community Hall on Saturday, August 24th from 1-3 p.m. Virginia would like any pinochle players to stay and play. RSVP to Amy 217-361-7694 if you wish to participate. No gifts, best wishes only. Cards can be mailed to PO Box 176, Oakford, IL 62673.

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“Helping men to grow in Christ, so others can know Christ”

The United Methodist Men meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month (8/14 and 8/28) at 5:00 p.m. for a meal and fellowship. All men in the church and their friends are invited to join them.

Community Food Pantry Item of the Month: .Pudding and Jello

Our community Food Pantry (located in the basement of Central Christian Church) relies on your donations to help the people in our community. This month we are es-pecially asking for chocolate or vanilla pudding and any flavor of jello. All dona-tions are appreciated very much. Please help us re-supply our Food Pantry.

Lunch

Bunch The Lunch Bunch for July will be hosted Rich and Carol Walker. Fol-lowing worship on

Sunday, August 18th, they will be going to the Rt. 78 Grill. If you are planning to attend, please let Rich, Carol or the church office know by Thursday, August 15th. Thank you!

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN MISSION

“United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose pur-pose is to know God and to experi-ence freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.”

The UMW will meet on August 7 at 12:30 pm. This will be our annual picnic in Fellowship Hall. The officers are host-ing this event and will furnish chicken, beverages and table service. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish or dessert. Hope to see all current UMW members and anyone else that is thinking about joining. This is a great organization providing a lot of excellent services to our church.

Our Community Friendship meal will be Saturday, August 31st. The menu will consist of chicken breast, corn on the cob, pears and cake. Everyone is invited to come eat with us and enjoy the warmth of good fellowship.

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Sharing Our Blessings with

Others for June

Children’s Mission: Summer Lunch Program: $254.86 Adult Mission: UM Peace with Justice: $81.00 Total mission giving was $1,426.87 Our Conference, Our Kids stands at $8,180.50

Adult Mission Offering

Our adult mission offering for August will help support the Summer Lunch Program. This is for all children/youth 18 years or younger. This community program is solely funded by churches, businesses, organizations and individuals in the community. We gave out over 3,000 meals last year. Along with having lunch here at the church every day, we take lunches to Prairie Land Community Building, Blue Sky, Kilbourne, Bath and help the Ridge Church food ministry. Monetary donations are accepted at any time during the year. Checks are to be made our to “Summer Lunch Program”. Thank you!

Condolences Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Chris Oney who entered

eternal life on Tuesday, July 25th, with the family and friends of B.D. (Bev) Foster who entered eternal life on Wednesday, July 3rd, with the family and friends of Ellen Shawgo (aunt of Michelle Tibbs) who entered eternal life on Monday, July 8th, with the family and friends of Ed Niederer (father of Kris Hahn & grandfather of Jen Snider) who entered eternal life on Saturday, July 20th, and with the family and friends of Paul Tarvin (father of Summer Brown) who entered eternal life on Monday, July 22nd.

Dollar General Literacy Program

Our Children’s mission offering for Au-gust will help support the Dollar General Literacy Program. This program annually awards funding to nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of literacy assistance. Organizations must provide help in one of the following instructional areas: adult basic education, general education diploma (GED) prepa-ration, or English language acquisition. Funding is also available to schools.

All applicants must be located in and pro-vide direct services in a State in which Dollar General operates, and must be lo-cated within twenty miles of a Dollar General store.

Children’s Mission

Offering

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Weekly Calendar of Events

Day Time Weekly Event Sun. 10:00 a.m. - Men’s Coffee in Kitchen 9:15 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Worship 12 noon. - Water Ministry at Jail Mon. 4:00 p.m. - Bible Study at Hardees Tues. 7:00 a.m. - Women’s Bible St./Hardees Wed. 7:00 a.m. - Men’s Bible St./Hardees 8:30 a.m. - Hearts at Home 5:00 p.m. - UM Men (14th & 28th) Sat. 5:30 p.m. - Saturday Eve. Worship

This Month Date Time - Events 8/3 1:00 p.m. - Worship at Em’s Haven of Rest 8/5 6:30 p.m. - Missions Meeting 8/7 12:30 p.m. - UMW picnic in Fellowship Hall 8/8 5:30 p.m. - Water Ministry at Jail 8/13 5:00 p.m. - Back Pack Meeting 8/18 12 noon. - Lunch Bunch at Rt. 78 Grill 8/19 7:00 p.m. - PPRC Meeting 8/22 5:30 p.m. - Water Ministry at Jail 8/24 11:30 a.m. - Friendship Meal 8/26 7:00 p.m. - Nominating Comm. Mtg. 8/27 7:00 p.m. - Trustees Meeting 8/28 6:00 p.m. - Chancel Choir to resume with potluck

Birthdays Aug 1 Jim Easley Aug 1 Sophia Reavley Aug 1 Brady Dietsch Aug 1 Nate Turner Aug 2 Madison Walker Aug 3 Walter Karrick Aug 3 Teri Markley Aug 3 Helen Sarff Aug 5 Sadie Dodds Aug 6 Rod Yetter Aug 6 Juliet Lozano Aug 8 Madison Hofreiter Aug 8 Tiffany Southwood Aug 9 Hugh Friedrich Aug 10 Steve Waterworth Aug 13 Kate Badger Aug 13 Fred Ray Aug 14 James Lozano Aug 15 Allison Lozano Aug 16 Elsie (Lois) Francisco Aug 16 Gloria Marshall Aug 17 Gale Vaughn Aug 18 Sandra Collins Aug 18 Paul Morgan Aug 19 Roger Thompson Aug 21 Andee Brown Aug 21 Eldon (Curly) Yetter Aug 22 Dominic Gamble Aug 23 Kim Brewer Aug 23 Jackson Stadsholt Aug 25 Ryleigh Clements Aug 26 Graham Curtis Aug 26 Owen Walker Aug 27 Rick Bearce Aug 28 Richard Bonnett Aug 31 Tad Yetter Aug 31 Kayla Miller

Anniversaries 08/10/1998 Mike & Michelle Walker 08/17/1969 Frank & Judy Hofreiter 08/19/1989 Dean & Ramona Pfeiffer 08/23/1980 Dru & Vanessa Bergman 08/24/1974 Robert & Sara Williams

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Remember

Our

Shut-Ins Havana Health Care 609 N. Harpham St., Havana Jean Blessman Lois Francisco

Riverview Estates 200 N. Schrader, Havana Shirley Lynn Room 30

Em’s Haven of Rest 719 S. McKinley, Havana Curly Yetter

Lodge at Manito 1303 S. East Ave, Manito 61546 Ann Simmering Apt. 132

Mill Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Unit 3319 Ginger Creek Drive, Spfld. 62711 Shirley Brown

At Home Karen Short PO Box 228 Oakford, IL 62673

Dean Gregory 1509 Noel Drive Metamora, IL 61548

Rosie Moore 821 N. Pearl Havana, Ill. 62644 309-543-1297

Mary Raikes Countryside Estates 19080 Sunny Acres Road, Box 12 Petersburg, IL 62675

In Our

Prayers Kris Bell; Luana Butler; Ronnie & Carolyn Craggs;

Kay Curtis; Melvin & Darlene Bohnsack; Sloane Davisson; Bill Foster; Tom Ford; Joanne Garlisch; Sandy Gros; Floyd Hagney; Mike Hagney; Holly Heffren; Lindsay Knopp; Courtney (Walker) Knowles; Aimee LaFollette; Gail McCombs; Clayton Minor; Halli Minor; Petra Nolan; Jerry Olds; Rick Otto; Kev-in & Connie Roper; Theresa Santini; Ann Simmering; Todd Turner; Natalie VanEt-ten; Reggie Vaughn; Angie Vorties; Becky Wilcoxen; Bishop Frank Beard; DS Nic Showalter; DCFS; all those serv-ing in the military; all those affected by natural disasters; the Christians & others who are being persecuted and executed throughout the world and…

Weekly Prayer Topics

Aug. 4 Economic growth in our small county towns – tourism, special events, utilizing what we have better, help us to see with “new” eyes.

Aug. 11 Safety of our children as they return to School.

Aug. 18 Blessings and encouragement upon our teachers and school support staff.

Aug. 25 Open the minds of our children so that they may learn to think, to understand, and to compre-hend.

Please Note: If we missed your birthday or anniver-sary, please let the church office know so we can add you to our list. Our goal is to recognize all of our church family on their birthday & anniversary.

Thank you, Linda Vaughn

Worship

Assistants Ushers:

Mike Hedden Phyllis Hedden

Holly Heffren

Communion Steward: Kim Lippert

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