The Evangel Church News and Upcoming Events 2 May Birthdays and Anniversaries 3 Serving our Lord in May 3 Prayer Concerns 4 May Calendar 5 Inside this issue: Watseka First United Methodist Church ‘Moving with Jesus into the community to share God’s Love’ Pastor’s Note . . . Becoming an unstuck church calls everyone to trust God and to do their very best. God is calling our church to become unstuck and to chart a new course for the future. Our destination has not changed. However, our course in getting there must. Will you be a part of helping your church become un- stuck? Three major endeavors are beginning to take place to encourage and em- power our church to navigate new waters that lie ahead. The first is the for- mation of a visioning team. The team has already begun to meet. Their work consists of focused prayer, studying the community, listening for the Spirit through the Scripture, one another, the church family and community, ex- panding their understanding of what it means to be missional, and eventually writing. It is highly important that each of us hold the visioning team and process in prayer. Those serving on the team are: Deanna Knapp, Ashley Clifton, Diann Peabody, Soni Knapp, Tony Norrick, Amy Dickte, Lea Sieveking, Hannah Mitchello, and myself. Secondly, we are encouraging the practice of prayer for our church and mission by our church family. On Easter Sunday we passed out a pocket prayer for daily use. Other resources and opportunities to pray will be shared over the weeks and months ahead. Please pray for our church to become un- stuck. Thirdly, our next worship series is titled “Charting a New Course.” This series will call each one to consider what it will take to chart a new course for the church. Plan to join us for these services. How is God calling you to help chart a new course? God-sized opportunities are just ahead. You can find the weekly foundational Scriptures and themes below to help you prepare for worship. Finally, I would like to say what wonderful worship we enjoyed Easter. Thank you to all those who helped us celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Your ministry was a blessing to all. With You on the Journey Bob ********************************************** Worship Series—Charting a New Course May 5: Foundational Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20; Weekly Theme: Know- ing Your Destination May 12: Foundational Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12; Weekly Theme: Being A Crew Member May 19: Foundational Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16; Weekly Theme: Invest- ing in the Journey May 26: Guest Speaker May 1, 2019 Special points of interest: ▪ Sharing God’s Love—See Page 2 ▪ UMW Mother-Daughter Celebration—See Page 2 ▪ Website info —See Page 4 June Evangel Deadline Articles for the June Evangel need to be emailed to: news- [email protected] or brought to the church office by noon, Wednesday, May 22.
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The Evangel
Church
News and Upcoming Events
2
May Birthdays and Anniversaries
3
Serving our Lord in May
3
Prayer Concerns 4
May Calendar
5
Inside this issue:
Watseka First United Methodist Church ‘Moving with Jesus into the community to share God’s Love’
Pastor’s Note . . . Becoming an unstuck church calls everyone to trust God and to do their very best. God is calling our church to become unstuck and to chart a new course for the future. Our destination has not changed. However, our course in getting there must. Will you be a part of helping your church become un-stuck? Three major endeavors are beginning to take place to encourage and em-power our church to navigate new waters that lie ahead. The first is the for-mation of a visioning team. The team has already begun to meet. Their work consists of focused prayer, studying the community, listening for the Spirit through the Scripture, one another, the church family and community, ex-panding their understanding of what it means to be missional, and eventually writing. It is highly important that each of us hold the visioning team and process in prayer. Those serving on the team are: Deanna Knapp, Ashley Clifton, Diann Peabody, Soni Knapp, Tony Norrick, Amy Dickte, Lea Sieveking, Hannah Mitchello, and myself. Secondly, we are encouraging the practice of prayer for our church and mission by our church family. On Easter Sunday we passed out a pocket prayer for daily use. Other resources and opportunities to pray will be shared over the weeks and months ahead. Please pray for our church to become un-stuck. Thirdly, our next worship series is titled “Charting a New Course.” This series will call each one to consider what it will take to chart a new course for the church. Plan to join us for these services. How is God calling you to help chart a new course? God-sized opportunities are just ahead. You can find the weekly foundational Scriptures and themes below to help you prepare for worship. Finally, I would like to say what wonderful worship we enjoyed Easter. Thank you to all those who helped us celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Your ministry was a blessing to all. With You on the Journey
Bob
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Worship Series—Charting a New Course
May 5: Foundational Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20; Weekly Theme: Know-ing Your Destination
May 12: Foundational Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12; Weekly Theme: Being A Crew Member
May 19: Foundational Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16; Weekly Theme: Invest-ing in the Journey
Logan Cook, infant son of Matthew and Reilly Cook, was baptized Sunday, April 7 during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Logan was born December 12,
2018. He is the grandson of Joan and John Cook. Owen Kingdon, son of Jessica & Austin Kingdon, was baptized Sunday, April 7 during the 10:30 a.m. worship ser-vice. Owen was born on September 12, 2017. We pray for God’s continued bless-
ings for Logan and Owen and their families.
Serving Our Lord in May
Children’s Message:
May 5: Diann Peabody
May 12:
May 19: Debi Custer
May 26:
8 A.M. Service
Ushers/Greeters:
May 5: John & Joan Cook
May 12: Craig & Velanne Gocken
May 19: Doug & Debi Custer
May 26: Volunteers Needed
10:30 A.M. Service
Ushers/Greeters: Betty Busick
Liturgists:
May 5 & 12: Jeanne Brown
May 19 & 26: Helen Gerber
Acolytes:
May 5: Abigail Neukomm
May 12: Natalie Petersen
May 19: Maggie Dickte
May 26: Cara Petersen
Radio Broadcast Support:
May 5: Jon & Lori Yelenick in honor of their 22nd
wedding anniversary
May 12: Pastor Bob & Barb Sabo in celebration of
their 44th wedding anniversary
May 19: Ruth Storm in memory of Reid’s birthday
May 26: Julia Carey in memory of her son, Brian
Carey’s birthday
Nursery Attendant Support:
May 5: Larry & Barb Hasbargen
May 12: Pastor Bob & Barb Sabo
May 19: Ruth Storm
May 26: Charles & Ronda Leitz
Sunday School perfect attendance -
Those achieving perfect attendance for the month of March were:
Pre-school– 5th Grade: Ben Clifton, Cara Pe-tersen, Abigail Neukomm (Polly Neukomm).
Choir: Not available.
Chapel Class: Carol Christy, Martha Howe, Pastor Bob, Tony Norrick, Lea Sieveking, Diann Peabody.
May Anniversaries
May Birthdays
Rolland Maddin,
Eric Witkowski (Tony
& Kathy Norrick’s
son-in-law), Norman
DelRosso (Eldon
DelRosso’s brother),
Eldon DelRosso, Bri-
an Woods (nephew
of Gloria Tensley), Victor Tensley, Jennifer Redman
(Dorothy & Joel Koonce’s great niece), Ralph John-
son, Gloria Tensley, Pastor Kevin & Mary Nourie,
Florence Nimz, Earnie Bailey, Pat Ferguson (cousin
of Shirley Pearson), Presley Carman, Annabel Iliff
(friend of Janice Johnson), Barbara Newell, Sheila
Siebert
Military Personnel: Master Sgt. Austin Cox, PV2
Garrett Coney (nephew of Pam Thurston), Molly
(Clatterbuck) Smith (niece of Pam Thurston and
granddaughter of Herb Clatterbuck), Dakota
Copeland, Mark A. Dominguez, Cpt. Jeremy
Willoughby, Jared Swan, SGT James K. Redman,
AB David J. Leitz.
Check out our Website -
Have you checked out our website lately? If not, you should. It’s a great way to stay up to date with what is happening here at the church. There are several pages on our website that tell about church activities: The Evangel, worship times, Pastor Bob’s worship schedule, pictures of events that took place and more. The website is also a great place to keep in con-tact with our community and let them know about what is happening at Watseka First United Method-ist Church. I update it each month so if you are at an event and take pictures, I would love to have copies of them to put on the website. My email is [email protected]. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the website, please let me know. I am always open for suggestions and ideas to improve the website. You can find the website at watsekaumc.com. Thanks--- Melinda
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Watseka Area Food Pantry -
April has been a busy month
transitioning to a computer sys-
tem from Eastern Illinois Food-
bank. It has been challenging for
us volunteers who are computer
“insecure!” Thanks so much to
Carol Drew for her patience try-
ing to train us.
Also, during April the Special
Ed Class came and bagged
items for the food pantry, a stu-
dent from KCC volunteered for
three hours for class, and the Illinois Indian RV
Group came in to help one morning.
During March we served 103 families—230 be-
ing adults and 139 being children.
For May special items are cleaning supplies
and paper products—but all items are appreciat-
ed.
The Eastern Illinois Foodbank delivery is Tues-
day, May 7 at 8 a.m. We get back from the Midwest
Foodbank Friday, May 10 around 11 a.m. As al-
ways, volunteers are most welcome to help unload.
Pictorial Directory Updates -
Please make the following changes to your church directory: Florence Nimz—new address is Iroquois Resident Home, 200 Fairman, Watseka, IL 60970 Carolyn Longfellow—new ad-dress is 120 Westwood Oaks Ct., Kankakee, IL 60901-2950. Michael Buhrmester—new ad-dress is 1884 N. 2270 East Rd., Watseka, IL 60970-8754 As always, please notify the church office when you change your address, telephone number or life status.
The Evangel’s prayer and military personnel
lists need to be updated. If you know of any addi-
tions, deletions or changes that need to be made,
please notify the church office or send an email to