Love, Pastors Judy & John Pastor’s Page Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church June 2017 Volume 2, Issue 6 June Fourth Teller Special points of interest: Graduaon Sunday Vacaon Bible School UMW—Speaker Nicholas Sonpon Farewell to the McEachrans Hello to the Ciesluk’s Inside this issue: Soup Luncheon News Worship Events Commiees Meet 2 Chrisan Pipers Breakfast at Bernies 2 Vacaon Bible School Youth in the News Worship Online 3 Special Noces Thank you Sympathy 4 Birthdays Anniversaries Prayer Chain Upper Room 4 UMW events 5 VBS Adversement 6
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Love, Pastors Judy & John
Pastor’s Page
Fourth Avenue United
Methodist Church
June 2017 Volume 2, Issue 6
June Fourth Teller Special points of interest:
Graduation Sunday
Vacation Bible School
UMW—Speaker
Nicholas Sonpon
Farewell to the
McEachrans
Hello to the Ciesluk’s
Inside this issue:
Soup Luncheon News
Worship Events
Committees Meet
2
Christian Pipers
Breakfast at Bernies
2
Vacation Bible School
Youth in the News
Worship Online
3
Special Notices
Thank you
Sympathy
4
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Prayer Chain
Upper Room
4
UMW events 5
VBS Advertisement 6
Upcoming Worship Events & Committee Meetings
Thank You to All Soup Luncheon Helpers!
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June 4—Communion Sunday; Apportionment Giving Graduation Sunday June 11—Last Sunday for Pastors John & Judy McEachran Farewell Reception after Worship Service June 18—Father’s Day—Rev. Gordon Orde preaching June 25—Pastor Greg Ciesluk preaching
June 1—Trustees—6:30 PM June 5—UMW Executive Board—1:00 PM—Parlor June 6 & 20—Breakfast at Bernies 7:00 AM —Everyone invited. June 8—M & M Circle June 9 & 10—Loken/Hale Wedding June 23—Mission Sewing—School Bags—9:30 AM Fellowship Hall Contact Kelly Landsverk to share your Special Summer Music on any given Sunday.
Our Methodist breakfast
group meets every first
and third Tuesday at:
Bernie’s Grill
129 Central Avenue
Join us at 7:00 AM
Meet June 6th and 20th
Christian Pipers
Super Heroes Wear Capes - 4th
Avenue “Soup”er Heroes Wear Aprons! In last month’s Fourth Teller, our secretary, Catherine, shared some stats regarding the success of this year’s Lenten Soup Luncheons. We have one more stat to announce: the net profit total this year was $18,021.23!! Kathy DuChene, our church treasurer, sends her thanks for boosting our bank ac-count. We also collected $296 for the Food Shelf in addition to the groceries that were donated. A plethora of activities and hard work happen between the first planning meeting to the actual serving of the soup on Fridays. The fellowship and comradery shared is so worth it. MANY THANKS go to everyone who helped in any way to make this year’s soup luncheons a HUGE success. Next year marks the 20
th year of Soup Luncheons served at 4
th Avenue!
That is quite a milestone. This is an event that our community looks forward to with great anticipation every year! Thank you again for everything! God is smiling down on 4
th Avenue Unit-
ed Methodist Church which is not only a great place to worship but also a great place to enjoy some mighty tasty soup!
Chris Schiffer, Kelly Landsverk & Irene Eiler, co-chairs
Interested in provid-ing special music this summer? There is a sign-up sheet hanging by the large bulletin board near the parking lot door where you can secure a Sun-day to share your musi-cal talents (or maybe a friend or relative who might be visiting you this summer would like to be a part of our wor-ship service). Solos, duets, trios, quartets, or instrumental numbers would enhance our summer services as the choir takes a break for the summer. Please sign up! Contact me if you need help arrang-ing accompaniment, etc. Hope to see you (and hear you!) this summer! Kelly Landsverk, Choir Direc-tor 507-334-3202 or 507-330-2840
High School: Christian Weber: Christian has been a part of the Fari-bault High School automotive repair program. He has passed his Automo-tive Service Excellence (ASE) certification tests in brakes, steering, and suspension. (Faribault Daily News 5/24/2017) Jamie Smisek: Jamie was confirmed at Fourth Avenue UMC. She is the niece of Karen Shimmin and is on the B honor roll. College: Ben Speiker will graduate May 27th from Bethel College with a degree in Communications with emphasis on Social Interaction. He has applied for a Masters in Family Counseling.
Amanda Weber graduated May 5th from Winona State University with a
degree in Criminal Justice. She is currently living in Rochester and work-
ing at a Bridal Shop. She has her application in at Rochester Juvenile
Probations and at a Women's Shelter.
Carissa Orr graduated last December with a degree in some phase of Criminal Justice. She has not found a job in that field yet.
Theme: HERO CENTRAL
Dates: August 7 – 11
Time: 5:00 – 7:15 PM
Place: Hope United Methodist
This year Fourth Avenue UMC and Hope UMC are sponsoring Hero Central to-
gether. Parents, mark your calendars for these dates! We would like students to
be preregistered. Look for more information to come.
Each member, parent and/or child can be a hero! We need not only students,
leaders, and helpers, but we need YOU as a prayer partner.
During VBS, can you help us one or more evenings? We need Bible story-
tellers, guides, leaders for science, crafts, music, recreation, and missions. No
United Methodist gathering is complete without food. Since we plan to start the
evening with a light meal, kitchen help is also needed.
A Honor Roll 6th Grade; Ella Prange, 9th Grade; Chloe Kucera, 10th Grade; Andy Prange, 11th Grade; Brody Kucera. B Honor Roll 7th Grade; Aubrey Hatfield, 12th Grade; Jamie Smisek
tion to Supply Our Children. The gift will directly im-
pact over 1,200 youth in Faribault, their families, and
our schools. It means so much to the success of the
community and the futures of our students. We are
so very lucky to have caring community members
like your congregation in Faribault. Your dedication
to youth and those in need is admirable. With much
thanks, Martha and the Supply Our Children Team.
Congratulations to Keith Stoos and Linda Hellevik as they tied the
knot on May 7th, uniting their lives together before God.
Thank You
Dear Fourth Avenue UMC,
We appreciate the gift of
money. We used it to cele-
brate the hard working stu-
dents in our program. We
look forward to working with
you again in the future.
Minnesota State Academy for
the Blind
June Fourth Teller
United Methodist Women (UMW)
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M and M Circle will be meeting in the church Parlor, Thursday June 8th at 1:00 PM. All interested members are invited to hear our Methodist friend, Nickolas Sonpon, speak and answer our questions about Liberia and his family's immigration to the United States. Carolyn Minshall will be the hostess.
May 11th, a group of UMW women got together to cut out 120 school bags for the Midwest Mission Distribution Center. We have about one third of the bolt left. On Wednesday, June 21 at 9:30 we will gather in the Fellowship Hall to finish cutting the material. Please bring good cutting scissors.
Special thanks to Dorothy Orde who helped organize our session & to every-one else who helped with the first cutting. Bag kits to be sewn are in the coat room across from the upstairs parlor. They are in bags of 10 with directions included. Return them to the coat room when finished. This is an all church project and any women who sews is welcome to help. ***Note: WE ARE IN NEED OF COTTON FABRIC FOR THE POCKETS. Please call Carolyn at 332 8683 if you have material scraps.
July 13, 2:30 PM is the pie party to be held at Pleasant View Estates.
August 10th M & M Circle meets at the church 4:30 PM for a pot luck. Liz Hartman will present a program on Israel/Palestine; where she visited last year.
Mission U in St. Cloud, MN July 14-16th. Cindy Saufferer from Blooming Grove United Methodist will be one of the instructors. Pastor Sharon Nelson is the interim minister at Cindy's church.
UMW Supports this Amendment: All Interested UMW women and UM members: There will be a pro-posed amendment to the United Methodist Church Constitution at the general conference! It states:
“In the United Methodist Church, no conference or other organizational unit of the Church shall be struc-tured so as to exclude any member or constituent body of the Church because of race, color, national origin, ABILITY or economic condition, nor shall any member be denied access to an equal place in the life, worship, and governance of the Church because of race, color, GENDER, national origin, ABILITY, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, or economic condition.” (words in capital letters to be added). These amending words are supported by the United Methodist Women, the Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW), the General Commission on Discipleship and the DisAbility Ministries Commit-tee of the UMC.
The 2016 General Conference approved the additions and now, because it's the UMC Constitution we're talking about, the additional wording will need to be approved by 2/3 of the voting delegate members of the annual conferences throughout the world. No amendments will be allowed.
*** Fourth Ave United Methodist Women had a very nice memorial gift from Lois Headline,
Irene Eiler's sister. Irene gave a nice tribute to her sister who lived her life to the fullest and volunteered
many hours in Rochester at the Mayo Clinic. Thank you to the Headline family.
UMW Dates for 2017
June 8—Nicholas Sonpon, speaker
June 21—Mission Sewing
July 13—Summer Pie Party
August 10—Pot Luck—4:30 at church
District & Conference
July 14-16—MN Mission u - Kelly Inn, St. Cloud, MN