January Events True North To pass your SCUBA diving cerficaon, you have to go down 10 feet in murky water and, using a compass, swim 50 feet in one direcon and then return to the same spot you started. This doesn't sound so hard, walking this would be a piece of cake. But when I did it in cold, dark quarry waters it was not only difficult, but scary. The only thing I had to tell me where I was in relaon to my teacher, who was waing at the surface for me, was my com- pass. Keeping that compass arrow on the right spot became my enre focus and it got me cerfied. Life offers us many direcons, many philosophies, many choices. In the midst of a changing world of murky water we need a compass. We need someone who stands at true north for us and calls us back when we lose our way. Jesus is our True North. Jesus is the way that we know is right, good and loving. Jesus is the target that we aim for in our decision making. To focus on Jesus is to find true life. Other things will always let us down, but Jesus is whom we can count on. January is the beginning of the secular new year and is oſten a me to recalibrate our lives. A me to focus on fitness, health and wellness. We will be talking about Jesus as our True North and our path to wellness - wellness that is holisc and encompasses body, mind, heart and spirit. We will have opportunies to join in wellness classes and acvies so we aren't trying alone. Having partners in making lifestyle changes increases the odds of success exponenally. Join us in worship so we can encourage each other in our journey to wellness and celebrate Jesus, our help and foundaon. See you Sunday! Pastor Sarah 4 UMM Meeng 5 Sun. night Bible Study resumes 5 Intro to Living Compass and Wellness Self- Assessment 7 Grayye Maers 8 Wed. Night Fellowship Potlucks begin 8 Living Well in the Midst of Grief and Loss 12 Cinnamon Roll Sunday 12 Enhancing your Well- Being with Spiritual Pracces 13 Mindful Eang 21 Good Lunch Bunch 22 UMW Meeng See inside for details ST. MARK’S MATTERS January 2020
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January Events
True North
To pass your SCUBA diving certification, you have to go down 10 feet in murky water and, using a compass, swim 50 feet in one direction and then return to the same spot you started. This doesn't sound so hard, walking this would be a piece of cake. But when I did it in cold, dark quarry waters it was not only difficult, but scary. The only thing I had to tell me where I was in relation to my teacher, who was waiting at the surface for me, was my com-pass. Keeping that compass arrow on the right spot became my entire focus and it got me certified.
Life offers us many directions, many philosophies, many choices. In the midst of a changing world of murky water we need a compass. We need someone who stands at true north for us and calls us back when we lose our way.
Jesus is our True North. Jesus is the way that we know is right, good and loving. Jesus is the target that we aim for in our decision making. To focus on Jesus is to find true life. Other things will always let us down, but Jesus is whom we can count on.
January is the beginning of the secular new year and is often a time to recalibrate our lives. A time to focus on fitness, health and wellness. We will be talking about Jesus as our True North and our path to wellness - wellness that is holistic and encompasses body, mind, heart and spirit. We will have opportunities to join in wellness classes and activities so we aren't trying alone. Having partners in making lifestyle changes increases the odds of success exponentially.
Join us in worship so we can encourage each other in our journey to wellness and celebrate Jesus, our help and foundation.
See you Sunday!
Pastor Sarah
4 UMM Meeting
5 Sun. night Bible Study
resumes
5 Intro to Living Compass
and Wellness Self-
Assessment
7 Grayye Matters
8 Wed. Night Fellowship
Potlucks begin
8 Living Well in the Midst
of Grief and Loss
12 Cinnamon Roll Sunday
12 Enhancing your Well-
Being with Spiritual
Practices
13 Mindful Eating
21 Good Lunch Bunch
22 UMW Meeting
See inside for details
ST. MARK’S
MATTERS
January 2020
WILL YOU HELP?
The United Methodist Women are compiling a list of persons in
our congregation who are willing and able to assist with
luncheons/receptions. If you can provide a food item (usually
cookies or bars) or if you can be available to help serve in the
kitchen, set up Fellowship Hall and, of course, clean up, that too
is needed for these occasions. Please consider these most
appreciated tasks provided for the families of St. Mark’s. If you
can offer your help, please call either Linda Schrock (631-2068) or
Pam Bleckwenn (338-9035). Thank you!
Sat., Jan. 4 Don’t forget to mark your calen-dars for the first Saturday of every month at 7:30 a.m. for good food and great fellowship with St. Mark’s United Methodist Men! We are here in a ministry of ser-vice and presence in furtherance of the missions and outreach of the United Methodist Church. The next meetings will be on Feb. 1, March 7, and April 4.
Grayye Matters is a book group that meets at 9:30am the first Tuesday of every month. This month, we’ll be meeting on
Tues., Jan. 7 at the Pizza Ranch, 171 Hwy. 1 West
At this meeting, we will be discussing “The Guardians” by John Grisham. Feel free to join in even if you haven’t read the book!
Contact Barb Fisher-Krueger for more details.
Save the Dates!
Cinnamon Roll Sunday
Sunday, Jan. 12 We will have delicious cinnamon rolls ready before the 8:30am service and will be ready to bring you cinnamon goodness until 11am. Come enjoy a cinnamon roll or two!
Trivia Night!
Friday, Feb. 7 More details to be released soon, as well as sign up information. Brush up on your trivia knowledge in January when it's too cold to go outside any-way. Plus, there will be a cake auction!
Happy New Year! Please start out the UMW new year by joining us for a yummy lunch on
January 22nd at noon. Peg Horn will be there to speak about "Economic Inequality", a recent topic covered at Mission u. We will turn in our financial pledges for 2020 and introduce officers for the new year as well.
Hope to see you there; it will be a great way to beat the cold and enjoy some social time together!
Sunday Night
Bible Study We will meet starting
January 5th in Room
108/109 from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm. We are finishing the book Jesus Outside the Lines, and we will be starting a new book (TBA) later in January. For more information, contact Jenni Bounds at
One of the Ten Commandments is to "Keep the Sabbath holy". "Holy" means set aside, and sabbath keeping has always meant setting aside regular work in order to focus on relationships - with God and with each other. The Sabbath is a full 24 hours. Coming to worship is part of our sabbath practice, and just as important are the hours before and after worship. In order to keep the Sabbath holy for staff and for each other, we ask that you hold back from doing church "work" on Sundays as well. If you have a meeting to schedule or committee work to discuss with pastor or staff, please wait until Monday. Sundays are for focusing all our attention on worship and on caring for each other as people - not the business of the church.
We had income of $25,430.16 and expenses of $24,911.62 which provided a surplus of $518.54. We are staying under our budget for the year by $26,828.25. A complete financial statement is posted in the narthex for your review.
Announcement on Announcements
The most precious thing that we have on Sunday morning is the attention of the people present. Every time we add an announcement to the opening of worship, we lose more attention. So we want to limit Sunday Morning an-nouncement time to 1 or 2 announce-ments that pertain to more than 50% of the congregation.
If you have something that you want specially announced, please don't wait until Sunday Morning to tell the pastors -- please email us or the church office by Thursday noon.
Fellowship Potlucks every Wednesday, beginning January 8
5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Thank you to all who participated in our Advent Soup Suppers! Wednesday evening meals will continue following a two-week break. Beginning Wednesday, January 8, you are invited to a Wednesday evening potluck every week beginning at 5:45 p.m. Join us on Wednesdays when your schedule permits. Bring your own table service and some food to share. If it’s one of those weeks when bringing food is too much to handle, come anyway! There’s always plenty of food. Questions? Contact Sally Hoelscher ([email protected] or 319-541-2622)
25 Asher Kane, Chris Forbes, Jesse Freeman, Suzanne Krogh
26 Marge Aldinger, Brom Leopold
27 Jim Gommels, Kathi Haymond
30 Francesca Brown
Mission Trip Shares The Youth Group will be hosting a new fundraiser this year. They will be selling shares to go on the Mission Trip. Shares are $20 each and help sponsor a youth to go to Mountain T.O.P. Each person who buys a share will re-ceive a postcard from the youth during the week at Mountain T.O.P. in July 2020. When the youth get back, there will be a special dinner for the shareholders. Youth will have pictures and give a presentation on what they did and how they grew in their faith. Please consider being a Shareholder in the 2020 Youth Mission Trip. If you have any questions, please contact Jenni Bounds at [email protected]
YOU ARE NEEDED! Sunday morning coffee time needs new volunteers to help set up and clean up after Sun-day fellowship time. Chris McMorris can no longer do a majority of the work as she is now using a cane and struggles with chronic back pain. Can you please step in to help con-tinue this important fellowship time? Thank you!
8:30 AM
10:45 AM
Lead Usher 1/5: Randy Krutzfield 1/12: Randy Krutzfield 1/19: Randy Krutzfield 1/26: Randy Krutzfield Greeters 1/5: Bob & Maggie Elliott 1/12: Eleanor Carthey, Barb Smith 1/19: Pam Bleckwenn, Barb Fisher-Krueger 1/26: Carolyn Brown, Traci Huffman Ushers 1/5: Pam Bleckwenn, Kay Seagren, Carolyn Brown, Barb Fisher-Krueger 1/12: Tony & Pam Freund, Lavon & Nancy Rutt 1/19: Ed & Suzanne Krogh, Tom Shepherd & Mary Brown 1/26: Jeremy & Ann Showers, Bill & Janice Thorne Readers 1/5: Ed Krogh 1/12: Chris McMorris 1/19: Dennis Preslicka 1/26: Tom Shepherd A/V 1/5: Cory & Kaitlynn Berwald 1/12: Derek Lewis 1/19: Cory & Kaitlynn Berwald 1/26: Derek Lewis Communion Servers (Note: We are having communion on the second Sunday in January, not the first) 1/12: Chuck & Phyllis Lindemann, Chris McMorris, Dennis Preslicka, Tom Shepherd & Mary Brown
Lead Usher 1/5: Bob Kesselring 1/12: Bob Kesselring 1/19: Bob Kesselring 1/26: Bob Kesselring Greeters 1/5: Marsha Lowe 1/12: Melanie Justice 1/19: Carol Reddick 1/26: Phillip Mitchell Ushers 1/5: Sue Brenneman, Shirley Green 1/12: Laura Lage, Carol Reddick 1/19: Sue Brenneman, Shirley Green 1/26: Laura Lage, Carol Reddick Reader 1/5: Jenni Bounds 1/12: Rebecca Carver 1/19: Peg Horn 1/26: Marsha Lowe Communion Servers 1/5: Marsha Lowe, Carol Reddick 1/12: Sue Brenneman, Peg Horn 1/19: Laura Lage, Brenda Mayer 1/26: Sue Brenneman, Marsha Lowe
WORSHIP SERVANTS
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SERVE ON ASSIGNED DATES, KINDLY FIND YOURSELF