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August 2018 First United Methodist Church of Salida

“Love, Live, Give As You Have Received”

4th & D Streets (P.O. Box 945)

Salida, CO 81201 (719) 539-2755 Photo of Pastel Painting by Licia Iverson

Ministers: Everyone; Pastor: Melinda Roberts 719-539-2755 (O), 505-320-9107 (C); Office Administrator: Licia Iverson; Accompanist: Rod Schleicher; Choir Director: Mary Sandell 970-217-0051

Co-Lay Leaders: Burrell & Sherry Welton: Burrell 719-660-1652, Sherry 480-298-3132; C0-Church Council Chair: Elaine Adams 719-539-1237 and Eduardo Brummel 719-539-9332; Treasurer: Randy Bergstrom 719-539-5305; Finance Secretary: Paul Wilson 719-221-1923

Pastor’s e-mail: pastor@salidaumc.org Church website: www.salidaumc.org Church e-mail: office@salidaumc.org

Pastor’s Ponderings

Greetings!

I want to say first, thank you for how welcome y’all have made Kasey and me feel in the few short weeks that we have been here. We are slowly putting faces with names and names with places, for those of you that are here for the summer! The turn-out for the Meet and Greet sessions has been great and they have been very helpful for me as I am getting to know everyone. There are two more opportunities in August (check the sign-up sheets in Century Hall) for you to be a part of a Meet and Greet session if you have not been able to make one. I also wanted to pass along another opportunity for us to get to know each other better. You will see Coffee Cards lying around the church very soon. I like to give these cards to visitors to give them an

opportunity to sit down and have some one on one time with me and the opportunity to ask any questions they may have about me and the church. However, these cards are not just for visitors. Especially as I begin

ministry here, if you would like to sit down for a one on one conversation with me, feel free to pick up a Coffee Card, fill it out, and either drop it in the offering plate or just at the office and we will set up a time to talk. Thanks again for all the hospitality and we look forward

to becoming more acquainted as our service together grows! Be the church, Mel

Melinda Roberts, Pastor pastor@salidaumc.org; (505) 320-9107

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Sharing Our Prayers, Praise, Needs & Celebrations

Jim Rees - Please continue to keep Jim and Barbara Rees deep within your prayers. Since returning from their trip to Ireland last month, Jim has been on an intensive medical journey to identify his health challenges and to establish the most appropriate course of treatment. Most recently they met with doctors in Denver for additional tests to confirm a change in Jim’s diagnosis to lymphoma. They are so grateful for the support and prayers, calls to intercede from our church family. If you would like to send Jim and/or Barbara a card, you can mail it to their home: Jim & Barbara Rees 11675 County Road 251 Salida, CO 81201

Courtney Shucker – Many of you will remember Courtney as our delightful and jovial friend in the Salida Community. Courtney, a retired Episcopal priest, has been a guest speaker at our church many times over the years. He was involved in the performing arts throughout Salida, singing in the Freedom Choir and most recently coordinated the community sing-a-long, “The Messiah”, over the last couple of years. He could often be seen walking his three beautiful dogs around town!

We learned on July 23rd that Courtney had a massive stroke at home. He was airlifted to Swedish Hospital in Denver where he was in ICU for several days. Although Courtney was conscious during his transport and at Swedish, he has remained paralyzed on the right side, weak on the left, is unable to talk or swallow. He has recently been transported to an intensive rehabilitation center for further evaluation and support to assist him in regaining any and all the abilities that he can.

Volunteers have been coordinated to care for his home and three dogs. Thank you for your continued love and prayers for Courtney. Please keep Mike and Samar Fay in your prayers as they are the primary care givers and are coordinating the meeting of Courtney’s needs.

UPDATE: at the time of this writing we got word that Courtney’s health status had worsened and as of July 31st, he has been transported to Collier Lutheran Hospice in Wheatridge. He is in Room 207. Close friends are gathering as it appears that his time of transition may be near. Please pray for Courtney’s peace and the peace of those close to him.

Thank You to everyone who came out and helped with our Church Clean-Up Day. We were able to complete several projects, thanks to you!

Judy Eyler - Please keep Judy Eyler deep within your prayers. Judy has been patiently (and painfully) waiting for a date to have her much needed back surgery. Recently the surgery date was set and in preparation for that to occur, it was discovered that she had an obstruction in her heart that would need to be addressed first, in order to make her eligible for a successful back surgery. Judy will be having the heart procedure done, next Monday, August 6th at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. Pray for Judy and the successful steps she is taking to restore her health and may she be soon be free of the debilitating pain she has been experiencing. If you would like to send Judy a card, you may mail it to her home address: Judy Eyler 10285 Piute Dr. Salida, CO 81201

Peaches are Coming! Order your peaches NOW! We have a sign-up sheet in Century Hall for your orders. Consider sharing a case with a friend. Thank you Judy Naviaux for organizing this.

Please keep the family and friends of Louise Welsch deep within your prayers. Louise (Lois Walrath’s twin sister) passed away recently in Milford, Nebraska. The service will be held in Milford, in August. If you

would like to send Lois and Larry Walrath a card, please mail it to their home.

Lois & Larry Walrath 9875 Piute Dr. Salida, CO 81201

Continued prayers for Fred & Olivia Harrington as they navigate Fred’s medical needs. We sure miss having them here this summer. If you would like to send them a card, mail it to their home in Texas. Fred & Olivia Harrington 609 Ferris Ave. Waxahachie, TX 75165

Please send your prayer requests, updates, celebrations and announcements to Licia at: office@salidaumc.org

Birthdays Aug 2 Effie Crider Aug 8 Barbara Williams Aug 9 Julie Callahan Aug 9 Dick Knostman Aug 15 Bill Tulley Aug 18 Alice Heusel Aug 22 Lois Walrath Aug 29 Raeann Shively Aug 31 Hal Brown

Anniversaries Aug 3 Fran & Bill Tulley Aug 11 Ken & Julie Callahan

Request from Licia: Please be sure to let the office know

about the dates of the birthdays and anniversaries

in your family! We love to celebrate such joys!

PEACHES!!! PEACHES!!!

Yes, we'll have peaches again

in August, 2018!! I talked to

our “Peach Man, Brian”, and

he said the Cresthavens will be

ready after Aug. 18, and he has

lots of those beautiful, yummy

peaches.

The price is a little higher because of the cost of his boxes

going up, so they'll be $25/box this year, which is still a bargain

compared to other places selling peaches (please make checks

payable to me: Judy Naviaux). Consider ordering a box with a

friend and splitting the cost!

My biggest problem: I need a couple of people with a pickup to

go to Hotchkiss to pick up our peaches (usually around forty 20

lb. boxes). I'll reimburse you for your gas and time.

There's a sign-up sheet in Century Hall for those who would like

to purchase peaches, so please sign up early so that I can tell

Brian how many boxes we need. Or you can call me @ 719-

539-2210 or email me @ judynavi@hotmail.com

Thank you,

Judy Naviaux - “The Peach Lady”

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Four Thousand Years of Biblical History!! Ancient oil lamps from the Holy Land

Plan to Join Us for this FREE Special Presentation Sunday, August 5 – 2:00 pm

Salida United Methodist Church

This is a once in a life-time opportunity to SEE and learn about ancient lamps from the Holy Land without leaving Salida. These lamps came from Canaan, Greece, and the Roman Empire and were used to light homes of the Byzantine, Christian and Muslim periods.

Richard Klapper, an amateur archeologist and biblical student, will exhibit, provide a lecture and answer questions on his extensive collection of over 80 ancient terra cotta oil lamps that are 1000 to 4000 years old.

Join us and learn more about these important and fascinating household items referenced so many times in both the Old and New Testaments.

Help spread the word and tell your friends! Hope to see you here on Sunday afternoon!

֎֎֎֎֎֎֎֎֎֎֎ Ever wondered how you might be of service to the church? Please consider being on the volunteer rotations for one of these three areas of service!

For more information, please contact the following coordinators:

Ushers Ginny Cunningham (719) 539-5243 Liturgists Karen Yerkey (719) 539-3427 Fellowship Barbara Zechman (719) 285-4251

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS August Ushers - Coordinator: Ginny Cunningham August 5 Judy Eyler & Debbie Jackson August 12 None Needed – Worship in the Park August 19 Rich & Susan Little August 26 Jack & Sandy Gordon

August Liturgists - Coordinator: Karen Yerkey August 5 Meg Brown August 12 None Needed – Worship in the Park August 19 Judy Naviaux August 26 Ed Kinzie

August Fellowship Hosts – Coordinator: Barb Zechman August 5 Barb Zechman August 12 None Needed – Worship in the Park August 19 Available August 26 Available

It’s Really Easy!

Many reasons to buy reloadable Safeway Cards 1. 5% of all purchases are given to the SUMC 2. Cards may be used for pharmacy, groceries or anything

else sold at Safeway. 3. If refilled with a credit card you will still collect any

rewards offered such as frequent flyer miles or cash back offers.

4. Remaining amount on card will be reflected on each receipt.

5. If card is lost it can be replaced. Notify Barb or the church office immediately. We will call Safeway and have the card deactivated and a new card will be issued to you with remaining funds.

6. Easy to use, just swipe and go. 7. All cashiers know how to add funds. They will walk you

through the process which I will list at the close of this article.

8. Add funds if needed prior to checking out groceries.

9. A tax receipt will be issued toward your tax refund.

The cards may be purchased from Barb Williams or the church office for $10 which has $10 worth of funds on it for purchases. To add funds: Tell cashier you want to add funds

1. Swipe Safeway card. 2. On the screen punch add funds 3. On keypad 4. type in amount that you want to add 5. Punch enter 6. Swipe credit card and sign 7. A receipt will be issued to you by the cashier 8. Go forth and shop!

This is an easy way for our church to raise money with no cost to the individual. Please consider a reloadable card to help our church. Thank You - Barb Williams, Coordinator

Next Meet & Greet Dates

You are invited to attend a small group experience to visit with our

new pastor, Melinda Roberts

Aug. 9 at the Home of David &

Cynthia Hearn Aug. 16 at the Home of Virginia Imig

Sign-up sheets are in Century Hall!

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Operation Spirit

From

The Heart of the Rockies

Salida Troops Donations

We are helping to collect items for a project at the Lutheran church for our Salida troops.

All donations need to be here on or before

Sunday, August 26th Collection box is in Century Hall.

Packing of Boxes will take place on

Tuesday, August 28th at 9:00am

at the Lutheran Church, in their basement.

Thank you so much for your help. Items needed are:

Important Request: All items travel size or individually wrapped.

Dental Floss Batteries Oatmeal

Coffee Pkts. Cocoa Pkts.

All items need to be in small packages.

Monetary Donations for Postage – see info below

Thank You!!!

We are always looking to add other troop members (who are stationed out of the country)

to receive these monthly boxes. Please let Ginny Biglow know if you have someone in mind!

Special Request: Monetary Donations are needed to cover the cost of shipping the packages to our troops!

Make checks payable to: First Lutheran, write TROOPS on memo line.

Mail to: First Lutheran Church, 1237 F. St. Salida, CO 81201

Article Provided By: Lori Isenberger

1883-2018

The Basement Renovations

Trying to find out information about the original basement has proven to me to be an almost impossible task. The only reference I can find is in the minutes of women’s societies regarding the basement after 1937, when work was done in the basement to provide a new kitchen, new bathrooms and a larger area for serving food to community groups.

The new kitchen was located at the south part of the basement, about where the bathrooms are now located. This is just off ‘D’ street and the area also provided a window where a coal chute could be installed when needed to provide coal for the winter for the furnaces which were located at the east end of the basement. The women’s groups were frequently planning for a project to raise funds for dishes, cabinets, or whatever was needed for the new kitchen.

A serving area was located (now would be in front of the closet where the hall meets the large area. This large basement area proved to be useful for community meetings and dinners for various service groups of Salida. The hallway provided an entrance to the bathrooms, which were located in the area about the location of the current shower room. In the 1960s a folding room divider was added to the basement to make the large single room into two smaller meeting areas.

In about 2006, another plan for major changes to the basement was carried out. The once area for the kitchen was moved to a smaller area just next to the shower room of today. There was no need for a large kitchen in the basement area, since there was a very large kitchen upstairs in the addition. The area of the basement kitchen was changed to bathrooms and made good use of the stairs which were installed when the addition of the Century Hall was made in 1996.

Another entry area was created during this renovation, which now made the basement handicap accessible by providing an elevator with access to the elevator from the outside.

As I mentioned, I have no info which specifically relates to any time before the 1960s. If you are reading this and were here in the church during the 1950s and remember something about the basement, please let me know.

Lori

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Stained Glass Window Update August 2018

Where we are now:

The restoration of our first window (and most critically in need of repair) is well under way. The 9 x 12 foot stained glass window, in the choir room, has been removed and transported to Denver Art Glass for the restoration process. Restoration steps have been going very well, all in all. However, there was an unexpected discovery of serious disrepair in much of the curved wood throughout the window. With the seriousness of its condition, much of that wood shattered and is in need of being designed and replaced.

While the initial estimate for the restoration of this window was $50,060, we were recently notified that an additional $6000 will be needed to address the specialized wood frames in order to complete the window.

We are actively seeking your generous contributions to help fund the Window Restorations Program. Many of you have already given generously, and for that we are incredibly grateful. We are also grateful for the additional $785 received through the 5th Sunday Giving, on Sunday, July 29th. If you have been considering contributing to this program we ask that you do so as soon as you are able.

Considering recent contributions to the Windows Restoration Fund, we are, immediately in need of raising a balance of $12,000 to meet our financial commitment for the restoration of this first window.

We are working with our grant writer in preparation to submit our State Historical Fund grant application in October. We will be modifying the scope of the next phase of windows restoration to meet the feasibility of our ability to fundraise for the required 25% cash match. It is possible that we could ask for a waiver for our 25% cash match based upon our current financial commitment and demonstration upon completing the restoration of this first window.

Any Questions, please speak with Burrell Welton (719) 660-1652 or burlw@outlook.com

MANY VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PIG ROAST! VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP

SHEETS ARE LOCATED IN CENTURY HALL. SIGN-UP NOW TO HELP! THANK YOU!

TICKETS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OR FROM CHURCH MEMBERS…ASK AROUND!

Plan to attend the next planning meeting for this year’s Pig Roast on Sunday, August 5th

following worship and a brief fellowship time. We will meet in the Parlor!

Archive Committee Forming

We are looking for a few folks to work

together to learn about the current system in

place for the archiving of our church’s history. There are many ways to help with this committee! If you want more information, or are interested in helping with this process, please talk to Licia Iverson or Lori

Isenberger. We will be setting up a brief meeting soon to discuss the forming of this committee!

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PLEASE MAKE A NOTE THAT OUR WORSHIP TIME CHANGES TO 10:30 ON SUNDAY,

SEPTEMBER 2ND

On Sunday, August 12th at 10:00AM, we will join

our Presbyterian Friends to host a collaborative

WORSHIP SERVICE &

PICNIC in the Park Park Location:

PONCHA SPRINGS PARK (aka Chipeta Park)

across from Poncha Springs Town Hall. Meats & buns will be provided. Bring your chair and please bring a side dish or dessert to share.

More details to come!

Have you picked up your card yet?? Look around and find one…..

WE HAD ANOTHER

WONDERFUL SEASON OF

RAFT GUIDE DINNERS.

WATCH FOR THE 2018

OVERVIEW IN THE SEPTEMBER MONITOR. _____________________________________________

Our Choir will be resuming on September 9th!

If you are interested in participating, please speak to a choir member or let Mary Sandell, our Choir

Director, know!

(Mark your calendars NOW!)

Ongoing Weekly Scheduled Items Include:

Sundays: Worship 9:30am Wednesdays: Women’s Bible Study, 9:30am, Century Hall Heaven at 11:00am – Contemplative Prayer Gp. Thursdays: Church is closed for cleaning, 12:00-2:00pm

Salida Brass Rehearsal, 6:30pm, Choir Room Fridays: Church Office is Closed

Sun, Aug 5 Worship with Communion

Sun, Aug 5 Pig Roast Planning Mtg, after worship, Parlor

Sun, Aug 5 Ancient Oil Lamps Presentation, 2:00pm, CH

Tues, Aug 7 Trustees Meeting, 10:00am, Century Hall

Thurs, Aug 9 Meet & Greet, 2:00pm, Home of Cynthia & David Hearn; sign-up sheet in Century Hall.

Sun, Aug 12 Worship in the Park, 10:00am Poncha Springs Park - Collaborative Service with Our Presbyterian Friends, Picnic to follow, bring chair and side dish or desert to share.

Tues, Aug 14 NAMI Support Gp, 5:30pm, Parlor

Thurs, Aug 16 Meet & Greet at the Home of Virginia Imig

Fri, Aug 17 17th Annual Pig Roast Dinner, 4:30-7:00pm

Mon, Aug 20 Monitor Articles Due!

Sun, Aug 26 Troop Donations Due

Tues, Aug 28 Pack Troop Boxes, 9:00am, Lutheran Ch. Bsmt. Sun, Sept 2 WORSHIP TIME CHANGES TO 10:30AM Mon, Sept 3 Office Closed for Labor Day Sun, Sept 9 Our Choir Returns!