Newsletter - First United Methodist Church

THE BURNING BUSH
Vol. 22
December, 2014
Issue: 12
NEWSLETTER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
Pastor: Rev. Stan Adams
Mission Statement:
195 Huntsville Rd
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Email: [email protected]
www.eurekaspringsfumc.org
Vision Statement:
Office # 479-253-8987
Fax # 479-253-7968
Office Hours: Monday—Friday
8:30am—12:30pm
TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST.
Reach out to people wherever they are and receive them as they are.
Relate people to God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Nurture and equip people for Christian discipleship, community and world.
Go out to be the church in the family, neighborhood,
As a reconciling congregation, we are committed to equality and full inclusion
in all aspects of The United Methodist Church for all persons, regardless of
race, gender, age, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation,
gender identity, nationality or economic status
VAN DRIVERS NEEDED: NO AGE REQUIREMENTS, but if over 70 will
need to have a form signed by your doctor and everyone must have a valid
drivers license and is asked to watch a safe driving video from our insurance
company. Just stop by the office for more details and pick up the form and
get signed up
Did you know? Cookies are very important!
Wonderful Christmas music is planned.
Van trip planners need your input and
Rose Anderson info update. Plus so much
more…..
On December 21, the fourth Sunday in Advent at 10:00, the Choir, soloists, and narrators will present
“The Magnificat” by J.S. Bach. The 12 short sections are Mary’s Song when the Angel announced she
would be the Mother of the Son of God. (Luke 1:46-55)
Bach wrote this as his first public cantata to “show off” to his new employers at Leipzig utilizing 5 choral parts (rather
than usual 4), extensive orchestra and difficult (long phrases) solos. This was in 1723 and Bach was to stay in Leipzig
St. Thomas Church as Director of Music and Organist until his death in 1750.
One musicologist speaks extensively of Bach’s symbolic representations with his compositions; i.e. the closing GLORIA
using triplets to illustrate the Trinity and in #10 introducing a familiar advent hymn as obbligato.
Annually our choir has presented a cantata in Advent. Members Harry Swarts, Paul Gandy, Loretta Crenshaw,
Melva Luker, Ann Reed, Beverly Beard will have solo parts; orchestra will consist of Fred Mayer, Violin II, Indigo Fischer,
Ger Van, Tantanya Hetzer. Other soloists are Maura Caldwell of Fayetteville and Beth Withey of Eureka.
Maura Caldwell of Fayetteville
Soprano, Soloist
Indigo Fisher, Flute, of Eureka Springs
12th grader attending Interlochen Fine Arts School
Prayer Concerns
Rick Sage
Tom Marler
Mary Kay
Our men and women in service
ADULT VAN TRIPS
If you are interested in church group van trips, please
sign up on the sheet provided in the back of the
church. Don’t forget to put down your phone number!
Also, you can call Suzanne Williams at 253-6978,
Sherry Kerr at 363-6428 or Janet Rose at 253-7051.
We would also like to know where you would like to
take a little trip!! We are planning to go to Branson to
see Jonah when the area appreciation prices are in
effect! Your suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks, Adult Van Trip Committee
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Rick Sage
Linda Lemon
Janet Rose
Martie Davis
Shannon Walton
Juanita Williams
Ruth Morrison
Pam Ward
Jonathan Shoffit
Ann Martin
Rachel Brick
Amy Parker
Herta Nikolai
Judy Slater
Lisa Ward
Pam Bennett
Courtney Scimemi
Samantha Bear
Chandler Phillips
Michelle Beard
Michael Beard
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Jean Gammie
Will Adams
Cecilia Niederriter
Patsy Brooks
Gene Masters
Melva Luker
Larry George
Kathy Gronen
Sherry Kerr
Kim Knapp
Cindy Skaggs
Arnie Richter
Ted Richter
26 Jack Boesche
Chris Holt
29 Nathan Sotelo
30 Evelyn Barton
Financial Information
as of November 23, 2014
November Goal:
$16,782
Month YTD Goal:
$184,597
November Contributions:
$ 18,466
Contributions to Date
$ 177,828
Building Fund Loan balance as of 8/11/14 $149,091
Year to date collected $ 31,559
FLINT STREET FOOD BANK
Just a reminder that every month is our time
to "feed the hungry" of our community, not just
during the holidays. On the third Sunday of
each month, we gather your donations and
take them on Monday to the Flint Street Food
Bank.
They can use any non-perishable foods, but
especially canned beans (any variety), soups
(tomato, vegetable, chicken-noodle), oatmeal
(any size and variety), and tuna fish
(small cans). Your monetary donations are
also always welcomed . Thank you for your
continued generosity. We are now adding a
request for healthy snacks that appeal to
children to help combat childhood hunger in
Arkansas. Let’s make December 2014
a hunger free Christmas in our community.
Patsy Brooks 479-253-8857
Rose Anderson sends her best wishes to everyone
and would like her friends here to have her new phone
number: 815-786-5577
We are looking for someone to adopt our church bulletin
boards and information tables. The need is to keep them
organized and current so members can easily find
material in a timely manner. Contact the church office
at 253-8987 if you feel the call to help in this way.
LIBRARY UPDATE
DECEMBER, 2014
In addition to several Christmas books on display this month, please note the following new library
additions:
The Pocket Dictionary of North American Denominations (280.0973/Bla) edited by Drew Blankman and Todd Augustine. This is a quick reference guide to over 100 denominations in the U.
S. and Canada.
C. S. Lewis: A Life. Eccentric Genius. Reluctant Prophet. (B/Lew) by Alister McGrath. This
biography honors the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis’s death. It recounts the unlikely path of
this Oxford don who spent his days teaching English literature and his spare time writing a
best-selling fantasy series for children.
A Passion for Souls: The Life of D. L. Moody (B/Moo) by Lyle W. Dorsett. The author reveals
the heart of this great evangelist and his motivations to be a man after God’s own heart.
God’s Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards with the Complete Test of
“The End for Which God Created the World.” (231.7/Pip) by John Piper. The author
demonstrates the relevance of Edward’s ideals for the personal and public life of modern
evangelicals through this introduction to his incomparable essay.
Several copies of Doug Reed’s book, God is a Gift: Learning to Live in Grace (234.1/Ree) as
well as Future Grace (234/Pip) by John Piper are also on display this month.
Please check out these books from the bookcase in the fellowship hall, but return them to the
library downstairs.
………………. … Merry Christmas from your Library Committee…………
Scouting in December
�Tis the Season
This really is THE season. For the scouts it’s time to put away the camping gear, hang up the hiking boots, and
concentrate on “the season”. Our food drive is behind us, and every year it is a major event, a big “push” for us to
complete. Now it’s the time for us to take a deep breath and concentrate on what this time of the year is all about.
On behalf of the scouts and their families, the scouts that you all so generously support, I would like to say thank you
for all of the help and encouragement so many of you have shown us throughout the year. This is the season for being
thankful for all that God has blessed us with, and I know that the scouts and their families are feeling so thankful and
oh so blessed!
Thank you,
Bruce Bieschke, Scoutmaster
United Methodist Women are really busy and the rumors are flying about up coming
changes to be made in January so make sure you carefully read the January, 2015
newsletter for all the details. In December, there will be only one meeting and it will be on
Wednesday 12/10/14, at noon, in the fellowship hall. It will be a casual luncheon with
drinks and paper products provided. Bring a Christmas Story or Poem to share for the program .
There will be NO cookie exchange (more for the Home for Christmas outreach) this year.
All women of the church are welcome, so please join us for food, fellowship and fun!
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Sun
11:15am Congregational
meeting
5:30-6:30pm Christian
Conversation & prayer
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2-5pm choir dress
rehearsal of Bach
5:30-6:30pm Christian
Conversation & prayer
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Christmas cantata
5:30-6:30pm Christian
Conversation & prayer
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5:30-6:30pm Christian
Conversation & prayer
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Mon
2
Tue
5:30pm Jubilee Ringers
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3
Wed
10:30am Walking in the
Spirit Class
10
10:30am Walking in
the Spirit Class
10-1 sanctuary reserved
for Bach music rehearsal
12pm UMW Christmas
luncheon in fellowship hall
5:30pm Jubilee Ringers
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10:30am Walking in the
Spirit Class
24
5:30pm
Christmas Eve Service
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Thu
5-8pm ECHO Clinic
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Office closed
CHRISTMAS
Meals on Wheels delivery December 15—19
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5:30 pm Jubilee Ringers
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5:30 pm Jubilee Ringers
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5:30 pm Jubilee Ringers
5
Fri
8:30am Prayer Group
9:00am Coffee
Fellowship
10:30am Walking in the
Spirit Class
12
8:30 am Prayer Group
9:00 am Coffee
Fellowship
10:30 a.m. Walking in the
Spirit Class
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8:30 am Prayer Group
9:00 am Coffee
Fellowship
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8:30 am Prayer Group
9:00 am Coffee
Fellowship
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Sat
Each Sunday (More items listed on calendar)
8:15 am Choir Rehearsal
8:55 am Grace Immersion Class.
9:30 am Coffee Fellowship
10:00 am Worship
Children’s Sunday School
11:15 am Adult Classes
5:30 –6:30pm Christian Conversation & Prayer
First United Methodist Church
Pastor, Rev. Stan Adams
195 Huntsville RD
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(479)253-8987
THE BURNING BUSH
The people of The United Methodist ChurchВ®
WHEN WILL THE ANGELS SING?
George Kay / 2014
When will we hear the angels sing?
So complex an answer is hard to bring.
So full of visions and points to ponder,
An easy explanation would be a wonder.
To envision the angels that may live on high,
Beyond the clouds that miraculously fly.
With all we do and all we say,
The Lord will look down upon us each day.
And when He does He’ll decide when to bring,
A choir of angels prepared to sing.
It may not happen when we choose,
But with faith and hope we cannot lose.
Perhaps we’ll hear the angels sing,
When to the Lord our souls He’ll bring
.
Dear Cookie Baking Congregation,
Guess what is coming up in December....right around the
corner. We are planning to do the Home for Christmas outreach
program for the service organizations in Eureka Springs and Holiday
Island on Tuesday, December 16th. You have been
so good to help with this in the past and the recipients LOVE getting
a plate of yummy cookies for the holidays.
We need:
Lots of cookies.....you can bake early and put them in the freezer.
Lots of help putting the cookies on plates.....Probably be at the
fellowship hall the morning of December 16th at 10:00am
(Side "perk"...eating any crumbled ones)
Folks to deliver the cookies, that same morning.
Last year, we had enough help that it didn't take long at all. In fact,
it was a fun "fellowship" time.
Thanks, in advance, for your participation.
Patsy Brooks and Janet Marsh