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The United Methodist Church of Ephrata 117 C. Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823 - (509)754-4664

Thank you for supporting the work of the church through your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service and your witness as we pursue our mission:

“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”

June 2015

Update Deadline June 17th

12:00 noon

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The Update June 2015

The United Methodist

Church of Ephrata

“Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.”

Office Hours

Monday through Thursday

9:00am to 1:00pm

www.umcephrata.org

Phone: (509)754-4664

Fax: (509)398-9514

Email: info@umcephrata.org

117 C Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823

Sunday School 10am

Worship Service: 10:00am

Interim Pastor Rev. Brenda Tudor…...revbt52@yahoo.com

Administrative Assistant: Sheryl Downey…….sheryl@umcephrata.org

Custodian: Jamie Downing

Nursery Attendant: Hannah Heflin

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June Servers

Mark Your Calendars

Charge Conference after worship June 07

Sage-N-Sun baby/child station June 13

Finance Committee, 5:30pm June 16

Community Dinner, 5:30pm June 25

Annual Conference, June 24th to June 27th

Sunday, June 14th

Assistant of the Day: Tom Pheasant

Usher: Mona Kaiser

Greeter: Dolores Pheasant

Liturgist: Bev Dell

Coffee Hour: Barb Deycous

Lead Counter: Shirley Pederson

Assistant Counter: Marilyn Grass

Flowers: Francis & Joan Jensen (56th)

Sunday School Teacher: Summer Break

Sunday, June 21st

Assistant of the Day: Denis Plew

Usher: Gary Archer

Greeter: Vivian Plew

Liturgist: Margaret Treiber

Coffee Hour: Louise S. & Janis D.

Lead Counter: Kathy Buhl

Assistant Counter: Margaret Treiber

Flowers: Myrna Conklin

Sunday School Teacher: Summer Break

Sunday, June 28th

Assistant of the Day: Herb Reynolds

Usher: Barb Deycous

Greeter: Joan Jensen

Liturgist: Camille Price

Coffee Hour: Maggie Reynolds

Lead Counter: John Morris

Assistant Counter: Mary Morin

Flowers:

Sunday School Teacher: Summer Break

Sunday, July 5th

Assistant of the Day: Harold Chadwick

Usher: Joan Jensen

Greeter: Louise Ingebrigtson

Liturgist: Camille Price

Coffee Hour: Bev Dell

Lead Counter: Denis Plew

Assistant Counter: Louise Ingebrigtson

Flowers: Harold & Connie Chadwick (53rd)

Sunday School Teacher: Summer Break

Come join us for our Community Dinner on

Thursday, June 25th, at 5:30pm.

Everyone is welcome so invite your friends,

family, and neighbors for a fun and

fabulous meal!

Sunday, June 7th

Assistant of the Day: Bob Bluhm

Usher: Vivian Winters

Greeter: Betty Rogers

Liturgist: Ann Chandler

Coffee Hour: Margaret Treiber

Lead Counter: Denis Plew

Assistant Counter: Louise Ingebrigtson

Flowers: Bob & Marilyn Bluhm (55th)

Sunday School Teacher: Celebration Sunday!

Quilters meet every Tuesday at 9am

The Church Council has scheduled a Charge Con-ference immediately after worship on Sunday, June 7th, to consider approving a revised Lay Leadership team, as well as the salary and bene-fits package for Pastor Harriet Wilkin. Rev. Bren-da Tudor will lead this brief, but necessary, busi-ness meeting of the congregation. Please plan to stay and vote.

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GRIEF TALKS

For those going through the shad-ows, pain, tears and fear of the grief season. Grief talks meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:00pm to 7:00pm in the Fireside Room.

Men’s Group and

the Choir will be

taking a break for

the summer. They

will resume again

in September

Do you feel like you have no control over food

and that it controls you? Do you ever feel like

you are the only one? Well you are not alone!

No weigh-ins, no embarrassing questions, no

dues. Just a group of people getting together

and trying to get some answers together. ..you

don't even have to speak if you don't want to.

OA meets every Wednesday at 6pm in our

church in room 202 (youth group room).

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Sally Johnson June 15 Mona Kaiser June 19 Tom Pheasant June 24 Vivian Plew June 24 Marilyn Grass June 29 Alan Fulk June 30

If you had a birthday and it’s not listed please let the church office know so we can add you.

Joe & Cammy Hatch (52nd) June 3rd

Bob & Marilyn Bluhm (55th) June 4th

Francis & Joan Jensen (56th) June 13th

Don & Mary Morin (46th) June 14th

Tom & Vonna Wendt (53rd) June 16th

Jeff & Carlo Jo Pheasant (26th) June 24th

Bench Installed

Check out the new green bench placed on the 1st Avenue

side of the church for all who walk around our neighbor-

hood. The Trustees plan to place it there by May 30th. The

funding was providing by the Endowment funds. We hope

our little town will enjoy using it!

Project Needs Volunteers

Can you spare two hours on June

13th, the Sage-N-Sun celebration

day? Our church will offer a

baby/child comfort station to the

community. We will provide a

place to change diapers (port-a-

potties just don’t do it!), give-away

our abundant supply of 0-2T baby

clothes, stroller, and jumper

chairs. We will serve ice water

and provide access to the Mater-

nity & Infant Closet. We bought a

banner from Pepsi for $25 and will

have news coverage from iFIBER

ONE News. They will also an-

nounce it at the stage setup. A

$30 diaper drawing will also be

held. The scheduled time slots are

10am-12pm, 12pm-2pm, and 2pm-

4pm. We need volunteers to be at

four stations during each time

slot. Can you please help? This is

a caring, visible, and inexpensive

way to show God’s love for Ephra-

ta and it’s people. There is a sign-

up sheet on the kiosk or you can

call the office to volunteer.

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Introducing Pastor Harriet Wilkin

by Linda Bryant-Smith, SPR Chairperson

I’d like to share a little more about our new Pastor, Harriet

Wilkin and her husband Jim Fisher. Pastor Harriet grew up

on a dairy farm in rural upstate New York. Like many of us

she did chores at home and when she was old enough got her

first job, taking care of the grass and flower beds at a local

cemetery. She’s held a variety of jobs since then…you’ll see

them listed on the resume we’ve posted in the fellowship hall

and on the Kiosk.

In May she graduated from Seminary at Claremont College in

California with a Master’s of Divinity. She also has a master’s

degree in Communication from Pacific Lutheran University in

Tacoma as well as a degree in Business from Mount St. Mary

College in Newburg, New York.

She and Jim have been married 17 years. She introduced him to SPR as her “partner in min-

istry” and husband of 17 years during our hour-long interview with her last month via

SKYPE. Jim has more than 25 years of service as a paramedic, first with the U.S. Air Force,

and then in the Army Reserve. Following 9/11 he returned to active duty when his reserve

unit was to service.

Through their years of marriage, Jim encouraged her to follow God’s call to a full-time minis-

try. She held many part-time and volunteer positions connected to church organizations in-

cluding teaching Sunday School, director of communications for Tacoma District United

Methodist Women and serving as Youth Director for the United Methodist Church in Univer-

sity Place Finally they made the decision that she should enter seminary as a full-time stu-

dent and she enrolled at Claremont. Prior to graduation, she served an internship as youth

pastor at Riverside First UMC in Riverside, CA. With his active military duties at an end,

Jim took over household duties so she could focus on seminary studies. He says that will be

his task as well when they join us here.

Three years ago they were blessed with their first grandchild, Audrey. Jim’s daughter Krissy

and her husband Sean, Audrey’s parents, live in Puyallup. So this family will have the joy of

sharing many special times together now that gramma and grandpa live just a few hours

away in Ephrata.

“I love church,” Pastor Harriet says. And even as she plans ahead for her ministry with us she

asks about the “health” of our church. “What Spiritual feeding do the members of Ephrata

UMC need or look for in order to move forward in the ministry work that God has called them

to do?” she asks.…”Programs and ministries are great to have, but if people are tired and

need time to rest we need to also recognize and address that in order for the people to live out

the call God has for each of them personally and as a congregation, “ she writes.

This caring, loving servant of God is headed our way. Let us keep Pastor Harriet and Jim in

our prayers for safe travel as they say come north to join God’s church in Ephrata. The con-

gregation will host them at a Welcome Service on July 5 planned by the Worship Committee.

Pastor Harriet will lead our worship the following Sunday and offer Communion.

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“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise” James 5:13

One of the most wonderful gifts we are given is the gift of prayer. We can pray for one another in times of need as well as times of celebration.

To join the phone prayer chain contact Dee Gray at 754-3218. To join the email prayer chain, email Sheryl at sheryl@umcephrata.org

PRAYER REQUESTS

Prayers for the Military

Please let us know if someone should be added or taken off our prayer list by contacting the church office: 754-4664.

Also contact the church office if you know of someone in need of a visit by our Congregational Care Team, or Pastor Brenda.

Prayers for Health, Healing,

and well-being

Bill Nelson

Tom Craig

Irene Gans

Dolores Morlan

Doug Jensen

Lane Jensen

Chris McKnight

Bob Craig

Gilbert White

Jeff Jensen

Lana Hawes

Shirley Pederson

Dale White

Joseph Bera

Prayers for Those Suffering From

Long-Term Health Problems

Bob St. Clair Jr

Dee Gray

Bill Lowry

Lenora Walters

Ruth Walker

Hazel Scoby

Susan Smith

Mary Baird

Dick Hoyt

Ed Sivula

Doug Jensen

Ron Gardner

Steven Grass

Shirley Morris

Ervin Gans

Brian Davisson

Trevor Middleton

Renee Muse

Richard Hart

Orin Smith

Justin Townley

Chris Wash

Kevin Harmon

Andrew Michaud

Michael Oliveira

Prayers of comfort

Loved ones of :

Steven Swain

Therefore confess your

sins to each other and

pray for each other so

that you may be healed.

The prayer of a right-

eous man is powerful

and effective.

James 5:16

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Prayers for Pregnant Moms & Their Babies

Because of our Maternity Closet and our concern for moms and babies, we are ask-ing for the congregation to pray for those whose due date is near and also pray for God’s precious little ones:

Name Due Date

Sharon June 13th

DATE June 8th June 14th June 22nd June 29th

11am

To

1pm

Rosie Cegnar

Marna Kellams

Pheasants 5pm

Barb Deycous

Dawn Amick

Janis Davisson

Louise Sivula

Ann Chandler

Maternity & Infant Closet Schedule

In May, the 120th gift layette for newborns from the United Methodist Women was delivered by a happy group of volunteers to the maternity wing of Good Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. The layette program for needy moms was originated several years ago by Donna Jancu-ra and reinstated through the efforts of JoAn Isaman, Beverly Dell and Linda Bryant Smith with the support of UMW. Our UMW bag ladies have delivered at least 10 bags a month since April, 2014. Each month a basic clothing layette for each gift bag is selected from the stock in our Mothers and Infants room. The bags also contain a new, handcrafted baby quilt or crocheted shawl. A receiving blanket, often handmade, completes the layette. A card (in Spanish and English) is placed in each bag welcoming the new infant and inviting the family to visit our Mother and Infant's Room. Good Samaritan nurses are always delighted to see UMW bag ladies. They say these gifts of love are needed and welcomed by the mothers who receive them.

Ephrata Senior Center is looking for somebody with a sunny personality that would love to work with a professional chef in the kitchen. Help is needed on the breakfast shift on Tuesdays & Fridays from 7-10 AM and they will be working with general food preparation and serving. If this sounds like something you might be interested in and love working with sen-iors then this might be the opportunity for you! For more information call Karen Bruggman at 509-860-4334 or contact the senior center and ask for Cheryl Jackson