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January 28, 2015
Pure LOVE for Jesus
Vermont Street
United Methodist Church
818 Vermont Street
Quincy, IL 62301
217-222-7468
Rev. Patty Johansen
www.vsumc.org
open minds...
open hearts...
open doors...
Sunday Worship Schedule
Classic Worship 9 am
Sunday School 10 am
Contemporary Worship 11 am
Jesus has always many who love his
heavenly kingdom, but few who bear his
cross. He has many who desire consolation,
but few who care for trial. He finds many to
share his table, but few to take part in his
fasting. All desire to be happy with him;
few wish to suffer anything for him. Many
follow him to the breaking of bread, but
few to the drinking of the chalice of his
passion. Many revere his miracles; few
approach the shame of the cross. Many love
him as long as they encounter no hardship;
many praise and bless him as long as they
receive some comfort from him. …
Those, on the contrary, who love Jesus
for his own sake and not for any
comfort of their own, bless him in all trial
and anguish of heart as well as in
the bliss of consolation. …
What power there is in pure love for Jesus
— love that is free from all self-interest
and self-love!
—Thomas à Kempis,
The Imitation of Christ
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Vermont Street UMC Staff
Rev. Patty Johansen, Pastor
Ray Gilmer, Discipleship Director
Dr. Ann Behrens, Organist/Music Coordinator
Stacy Taylor, Praise Team Director
Jean Murray, Handbell Choir Director
Russell Goodell, Pianist
Hope Tucker, Secretary/Adm. Asst.
Jerry Carnivale, Business Manager
Al Jones, Custodian
Tanya Beth, Preschool Director
Catherine Bruening & Kelli Lambert, Mom’s Day Out
Jean Barnes, Nursery Staff
Tech Team: Tim Beth, Kelly McElroy, Ryan McElroy, Amy McCallister
VOLUNTEERS FOR FEBRUARY
February 9am Ushers: Tony Crane, Tim Dennis,
Terry Priepot, Marvin Kerber, Jay & Linda Sade
Liturgists:
9am Colleen Anderson
11am Karen Anderson
9 am Joe Ballesteros
11am Ray Gilmer
9 am UMW Sunday
11am UMW Sunday
Feb 22: 9am Mark Drummond
11am Mark Drummond
Gathering Place:
Feb 1:
Feb 1: John & Mary Ellen Inman
Feb 8: Carl & Charlotte Rylander Feb 8:
Feb 15: Maxine Paluska
Feb 22: Bruce & Shirley Tode
Feb 15:
Sunday Stewards:
Feb 1: Hal Oakley
Feb 8: Paul Mugerditchian
Feb 15: Chris Larson
Feb 22: Brett Gorman
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Greeters:
Feb 1: (9 am) John & Venora Deemer, Dennis & Jennifer Dempsey
(11 am) Mike & Barb Klingner
Feb 8: (9 am) Kay Dodds, June Redman, Clif & Karen Weisinger
(11 am) Sebby Fierge, Erin Fierge
Feb 15: (9 am) UMW Sunday
(11 am) UMW Sunday
Feb 22: (9am) Jim & Cathy Stebor, Jay & Linda Sade
(11 am) Bruce & Shirley Tode
Communion Stewards February 1:
(9 am) John & Cathy Staff (11 am) Charlie & Fae Jones
January 28, 2015
Next Views schedule:
Views deadline: February 18
Views mailed: February 25
December Budget Fund Report
Beginning
$81,285.55
Income
$68,926.55
Expenses
$35,011.54
Ending Balance
$115,200.56
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
Total
Sunday
School
71
178
56
161
67
228
79
Jan 18
140
61
201
60
Jan 25
160
53
213
92
Date
9 am 11am
Jan 4
107
Jan 11
Please notify the church office with
any changes in address, phone or
e-mail. Call 222-7468 or e-mail
[email protected]
Plant - Care - Share
Garden Journal
Though it’s not time to garden,
it IS time to plan for the 2015
growing season. We look forward
to Spring and to beginning our
3rd year of garden giving and love.
Thanks for your prayers and
support, Jim & Elaine Sours
Christmas is forever,
not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving,
are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel,
in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is
good you do yourself...
~ Norman Wesley Brooks (U.S.
design engineer, 1923–2002)
“Let Every Day Be Christmas”
1976
(my apologies for not
including this in last
month’s Views! - Hope)
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January 28, 2015
January 13, 2015
Dear Friends at Vermont Street United Methodist Church,
As we reflect upon another year gone by, we are profoundly grateful your support
of the programs and ministry work here at Horizons. We have a dream for no one
in our community to be hungry, but most importantly, an intense desire to change
lives through the love of Jesus Christ. With your support we are changing lives.
I want to update you on the impact you are having on lives throughout our
community. With your help Horizons was able to accomplish the following in 2014:
 Facilitated the distribution of 108,000 pounds of food to local food pantries
 Served 25,000 hot meals in Horizons Soup Kitchen
 Served more than 3,000 different… unduplicated individuals
 Donated food to 5,600 individuals in Horizons Food Pantry
 Served over 2,500 children under the age of 18 in our soup kitchen
 Our partner church volunteers worked over 12,000 volunteer hours
 United 15 churches in Quincy to be the hand and feet of Christ
We are never more like Jesus than when we are giving and serving. Thank you for
the many ways you give and serve. We pray for God’s blessings to be upon your
church family in the New Year and always.
In His Service, Sarah Stephens, Executive Director
Horizons Social Services www.horizonssocialservices.com 217-224-5530
Psalm 133 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
John and I wish to thank all the
people in our church family who sent
Notes of Thanks
cards, shared words of sympathy or
Thank you to everyone for the
prayed for my father (Paul Phillips)
beautiful cards you sent after my
and us during this time after his death
mother’s death. Also, thank you for the on Jan. 7. He had been a resident of
great food and paper products, and to Sunset Home for 6 1/2 years and
the UMW ladies for a great lunch for
received wonderful care there! Words
our family and friends. Everything was cannot express how grateful I was for
much appreciated when we needed it
the visitors who would stop by his
most.
- Karen Weisinger
room and talk to him, leave an Upper
Room or a flower. It not only helped
Thank you to everyone for the very
him through a moment of the day, but
generous donations of mittens, hats
it cheered me when I would visit
and scarves for our annual Mitten
him. He couldn’t tell me that he had
Tree. This had to be one of the
had a visitor from church, but I could
biggest collections we have had. I
see the evidence of your visits and it
have already given the large-sized
gave me strength in my care taker role
items to Deb Brown to take to the
residents at Sycamore Nursing Home. to know I was not alone. Thank you
The child-sized items will go to Early so much. He is in a much better place
now and can be whole once
Childhood, Ellington and Dewey
again.
Blessings to you all,
Elementary schools and to Baldwin.
Barb Wooleyhan
Thank you again for being such a
caring congregation. Doesn’t it feel
Members
good to know you are helping others? New
Harold
& Rita Pickinpaugh joined
- Karen Weisinger
the church on January 18. Please
We so much appreciated your cards, welcome them to VSUMC!
prayers, notes, phone calls and kind
words during the loss of our grandson, Wedding Congrats
Kevin Krietemeyer & Kristin
Ty. To Pastor Patty, thank you for
Lowman were married on Dec. 27.
your prayers and support.
- Carl & Charlotte Rylander
Birth Announcements
Paul & Jessica Koscielski welcomed
Special thanks to Pixie Sharkey for
doing such an awesome job decorating Addison Grace on January 4.
the Welcome Center--check it out!
AMONG OUR FOLKS
The Chancel Choir was
so pleased to have "extra
voices" join us for the
Christmas Eve service.
We're even more pleased
that some of these
singers have continued
to sing with us in the
new year. As we
approach Lent and
Easter, I encourage you
to consider joining us as
we contemplate the
death and celebrate the
Resurrection of Jesus.
As a church we are
blessed to have so much
musical talent - both
instrumental and vocal.
Help us make a joyful
noise by sharing your
talents.
- Ann Behrens
James Daniel Bailey was born
January 15 to Tom & Katie Bailey.
Grandparents: John & Susan Kissick
With Sympathy
James “Jim” Ulm, 60, passed away
December 27 in Blessing Hospital.
Jim owned Signs in Time with his wife
Jane. He faithfully served with several
community organizations, receiving
awards from Neighborhood Watch, the
Exchange Club and CrimeStoppers.
Memorials: Qcy CrimeStoppers, City
of Qcy PDHOG, or his
grandchildren’s education fund.
Margaret “Maggie” Rostron, 89,
(Karen Weisinger’s mother) passed
away on January 3 in Sunset Home.
Maggie had been the Music Director at
her home church in Florida before
moving to Quincy. Memorials: Sunset
Home Chapel Remodeling Fund.
Don Callahan, 90, passed away on
January 18 in Good Samaritan Home.
Don was a member of many
organizations and enjoyed golf.
Memorials: VSUMC or Good
Samaritan Home.
The February
Talent Show
has been cancelled
due to lack of interest.
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UMW NEWS
Congratulations to the 2014
Woman of the Year: Kathy Emerick
UMW SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 15
Who will be named the 2015 Woman of the Year?
Our guest speaker this year is Amy Peters, T.F.I. The
Forgotten Initiative. She will touch your hearts, on
bringing Joy and Purpose to the Foster Care Community.
Thank you for supporting our Cook’s Day Off luncheon
on Jan. 18. It was a success thanks to you! Huge thanks
to Charlie Jones & Bruce Tode for volunteering to do pots
& pans and all the women who pitched in.
Start thinking spring - Think of us when gearing up for
your spring cleaning! Spring Rummage Sale April 25
LaMoine Great River UMW News
We are proud to welcome Loretta Hyslop as our Spiritual
Growth Mission Coordinator. Kathy Emerick and Joyce
McDonough are serving on the Nominations Committee.
Thanks for sharing your time and talents with us!
Thanks to Hope in the church office for once again
preparing our UMW Handbooks, which are ready for
disbursement at our fellowships.
February UMW Calendar
Every Tuesday - Quilters meet 8:30am-1pm in Rm 215
3 Bazaar Workshop, 9-11am, Café Vt
10 Board Meeting, 9:30 am, Room 215
17 Bazaar Workshop, 9-11am, Café Vt
24 Dolphine Fellowship, 7pm Café Vt, Diane Sloan
25 Mary Martha Fellowship, 9:30am Café Vt
Lois Croxton & Eleanor Dennis
26 Deborah Ruth Fellowship, 9am Café Vt
Project (n. proj'ekt) 1. a collaborative enterprise
Sissy Speak & Shirley Tode
27-28 Spiritual Growth Retreat, Chatham UMC
The Guatemala Mission Team
will hold an informational meeting on
Sunday, February 15 immediately
following the 11am service
(around noon) for anyone
interested in this year’s trip.
Meet in the Gathering Place!
January 28, 2015
Sisters began a new study on Tuesday,
January 20 with an orientation to the
book Mercy and Melons: Praying the
Alphabet by Lisa Nichols Hickman.
We meet on Tuesdays from 1-2:30pm in the
church library and enjoy the fellowship of
one another as much as our study books.
Feel free to join us or, if you want more
information, please call me at 223-2531.
- Barb Wooleyhan
Calling all parents!
Vermont Street is hosting focus groups
to discuss the future of our children's
Sunday School and discipleship
opportunities. It is important to us that we offer
discipleship opportunities both for our adults and
our children. Over the next couple months the
education team is going to consider the feedback
we gain from these initial focus groups and look
at developing discipleship programming that
meets the needs of our parents and children here
at Vermont Street. It is our hope that you will
prayerfully consider joining us on one of these
dates to participate in providing constructive
feedback so that we may grow closer together as a
church family, and strengthen our relationship
with Christ.
Sunday Feb. 8 at 10 am in Fellowship Hall
Thursday, Feb 12 at 7 pm in Quilters Room 215
Sunday Feb 15 at 10 am in Fellowship Hall
See you there,
- Ray
SAVE THE DATE !
PUPPET
DINNER
THEATER
APRIL 11 & 12
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January 28, 2015
Sunday Evening Lenten Series
Pastors Ron George (Melrose Chapel UMC), Tim
Woodard (Union UMC), James Hailey (Bethel AME),
and Patty Johansen will be developing a Lenten series of
February Worship Focus
worship on Sunday evenings. Information will be
Before we get into Lent on February 18 (Ash Wednesday), forthcoming (Lent snuck up on us!). Please set aside time
we will explore fasting as a spiritual practice. We often
on Sunday evenings at 7 pm for these worship experiences
think of fasting relative to Lent (“What shall I give up for with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Lent? Meat? Sugar?”) and the first two weeks of February
will help us look at different ways of fasting, and see the
benefit of “emptying ourselves” through the practice of
You may be aware that Mike and I will have the
fasting, to become more open to being filled by God.
Connecting People with Christ
Sunday, February 1, 2015 (4th Sunday after Epiphany)
Text: Daniel 1:8, 12-15; 10:1-9
Title: Fasting from Food
Sunday, February 8, 2015 (5th Sunday after Epiphany)
Text: Isaiah 58:1-9
Title: Other Ways of Fasting
opportunity to travel to the Holy Land in February!
We’ll be leaving on Tuesday, February 10 and
returning Thursday, February 19. We’re going as
part of a group with our Bishop Jonathan Keaton,
who is leading the tour. This is the first time either
of us have ever been to the Holy Land (and likely
the only time), so we are truly anticipating this
experience of walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
Sunday, February 15, 2015 (6th Sunday after Epiphany)
United Methodist Women Sunday
Following some work in January by the Church
Council, Staff Parish Relations Committee, and
During the season of Lent, the sermon series will explore
the VSUMC staff, around understanding God’s
the “I am” sayings of Jesus, and how these sayings can
direction for our mission, this trip holds some
help us to know God.
special interest for me. In our work, we heard a call
from Jesus in Matthew 28:19 that our mission
Sunday, February 22, 2015 (1st Sunday of Lent)
needs to be focused around the making of
Text: Exodus 3:1-15
disciples. To have the chance to be where Jesus was
Title: “I Am”
as he went about his missional work of making
disciples will be inspiring and challenging. Jesus
Ash Wednesday Worship
Worship on Ash Wednesday, February 18, will be held in
traveled all over the Holy Land – on foot –
the sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. Rev. Gary Livesay, Chaddock
connecting people with a God who loved them
chaplain, will be leading the service. The Chancel Choir
more than they could ever imagine. While I’m
will be offering special music at the service, and there will
there, I’m looking forward to learning from Jesus
be opportunity to receive ashes as a sign of your
about
how we can reach out to new people to help
repentance and desire to live a new life in Christ.
them find a connection with Jesus Christ.
Wedding Coordinators Needed
Do you love weddings? Would you enjoy the opportunity
to help a bride and groom through the intricacies of
planning their wedding at VSUMC? Then becoming a
wedding coordinator might be just the outlet for you!
DiAnne Hughes has served as our wedding coordinator
for a number of years, and is passing along the torch.
Priscilla McElroy will be picking up some weddings, and
we’d like to find another one or two persons to serve with
her. The wedding coordinator does receive a fee for this
work – you won’t get rich, but there’s a great deal of
satisfaction in helping out with planning and
implementing a couple’s special day. If you’d be interested
in learning more, please contact DiAnne at 224-6905, or
Pastor Patty in the church office.
I hope you’ll be in prayer for us as we travel. I
confess to being a little anxious about flying that
far, into an area that isn’t always the safest. But I
am living with trust in Christ for a safe flight both
ways, and an experience of a lifetime in Israel.
Shalom my friends!
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E A R LY R E S P O N S E T R A I N I N G
Disaster recovery begins with an Early Response Team
Saturday, March 14
8:30am - 4:30pm
Union United Methodist Church
1101 State Street 223-6062
$40 for the full day. Cost includes background check, training materials,
lunch, t-shirt and UMCOR badge (badge valid for 3 years).
The deadline for registration is usually 8 days before the training.
Visit the Disaster Response website with explanations and
link to registration: http://www.igrc.org/disasterresponse
Class size is limited to the first 30 registrants.
The mission of an ERT is to provide a caring Christian presence in the
aftermath of disaster. The team is neither a first response group of emergency
workers nor a recovery, rebuild or repair team. Rather, it fills a specific need in
the early days after a disaster to establish the presence of the church.
ERTs are trained primarily to respond within their own community.
January 28, 2015
Sunday School
Lenten Fair
February 22
10-11am
Fellowship Hall
Come and learn about Jesus'
journey to the cross through
skits, crafts & games.
Join us for a pancake
breakfast immediately
following the fun!
Watch the bulletins
for more info.
Sunday School:
Sundays 10 a.m. in the Loft
Youth Leadership Team:
Kayla McElroy
Anna Mugerditchian
Youth Group:
Melanie Schlepphorst
February 1, 8, 15, 22
Annaliese Spradlin
Sunday Nights from 6-8pm in the Loft Meredith Spradlin
Emma Staff
Youth Mission Trip 2015
I am pleased to announce that the 2015 mission trip will take place June 6 - 13. I am happy that we will be
partnering with the Epworth Project, founded by Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Slidell, Louisiana.
This trip will allow the participants to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their service to the underprivileged
population of southeast Louisiana who are still suffering from the afflictions of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years
after this devastating storm first made landfall.
“You will live completely in every moment serving with every ounce of your being participating in
projects from hanging drywall, laying tile, constructing handicap ramps, and home rebuilds to working in food
and clothing distribution, assisting clients with household needs, and loving clients by listening to their
stories” (Epworth Project).
Participants will also have the privilege of learning about the Louisiana culture as well as the unique
problems that citizens of this region face.
Feel free to contact me with any questions ([email protected]).
More information to come!
- Ray
To the members of Vermont Street United Methodist Church, our youth would like to thank you for
participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive! All of the proceeds will be donated to the Horizons
Soup Kitchen. This is just one small way that we can impact hunger in our community!
Thank you, UMYF
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Birthdays
1 Emily Andrews,
Roger Paluska
2 Ellen Howell, Kelly Cookson,
Bernita Penn
3 Jennifer Dempsey
5 J.R. Groves, Pat Wallace
6 Tom Ranson
7 Chevy Miller, Avery Miller,
Julie Brink
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Lucas Smith,
Dulaney Bennett,
Eric McCaughey
Dean Chew, John Jellison
Gary Hemming,
Avery Larson
Shannon Davis, Jim Sours,
Alison Groves, Mike Klingner
Rev. Patty Johansen
Heather Gustison,
Grace Mugerditchian
Robert Cantrell, Toni Jellison,
Doug Crouch, Evelyn Murray,
Katherine Ellison
Stacie Spradlin
Maxine Paluska
Valerie Vlahakis
23 Lia Quintero, Jack Hammock,
Kara Crawford
27 Megan Beth, John Wooleyhan
28 Eleanor Dennis, Kelly Larson,
Charles Sade, Jim Anderson
Anniversaries
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Robert & Sharon Cantrell
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