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First United Methodist Church
600 W. University
Sparta, IL 62286
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Phone: (618) 443-3714
Church Email: [email protected]
Pastor Gary’s Email: [email protected]
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Sparta, Il 62286
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A BELONGING Place
A KID’s Place
A place to GROW
A place of GRACE
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www.spartafumc.org Dated Material — Mailed Out on 09/29/2016
Liturgist Cathy Norton
Head Usher Glenn Napier
Ushers
10/02 Jason Coop Family
10/09 Children’s Sabbath (Children’s Committee)
10/16 Bill & Cathy Norton
Johnathan & Amy Norton
10/23 Marty & Theresa Patton
10/30 Brian Beattie Family
Audio/Visual Team
10/02 Savannah Delgado
10/09 Ashley Birchler
10/16 Morgan Coop
10/23 Kelsey Cowan
10/30 Cameron Brooks
Randolph Care Center Worship
Sunday, October 9, Y & R Class
Saturday Evening Worship
10/01 Brian Belcher & Rhonda Jones
10/08 Roger & Janet Gerlach
10/22 Larry Rosenthal & Kathy Ruhmann
10/29 Brian Belcher & Rhonda Jones
Acolytes
10/02 Hannah Stine & Nora Kloos
10/09 Eli Coop & Sam Haury
10/16 Katie & Libby Sauzek
10/23 Parker & Olivia Haskenhoff
10/30 Aaron Bouas & Patrick Kloos
Nursery
10/02 Tanya Cowan
10/09 Autumn Peck
10/16 Cindy Sickmeyer
10/23 Wendy Baue
10/30 Connie Campbell
Back to Church Sunday!
All Church Fish Fry
October 16
Mark your calendars for an important day in the life of
our church! We want to celebrate Jesus and our joy in serving Him through our church! Bring a friend and fill your pew! There will be wonder-
ful music provided by our choir, the worship team and God’s Gifts!
And immediately after church we will be having an All Church Fish Fry, served
up by our master fish fryers, Tom Seals and Carl Holland! Please bring a dish to
pass, lawn chairs and lawn games (if the weather cooperates). Drinks and table service will be provided.
You won’t want to miss that! We will also be receiving a special mission offering in support of
Friends of Kids with Cancer.
There will be no Saturday worship on October 15.
Annual Church Conference
Saturday, October 29
2:00 pm
Our Mississippi River District Superintendent, Rev. Roger Grimmett, has
set our annual Charge Conference for Saturday, October 29 at 2:00 pm. This is
being designated as a ‘Church Conference’ so all members can attend. In making
preparations for the Church Conference, we are scheduling a number of meetings
to complete reports, planning and the budget for 2017. Please note the following
schedule:
October 3 Finance Committee Meeting: 6:00 pm
October 13 Nominations Committee Meeting: 6:30 pm
October 17 Administrative Council Meeting: 7:00 pm
(final approval of Charge Conference Reports)
The Lamplighter
Inside this issue: 50th Celebration
Ministry Opportunities 2
Mobile Market
Trunk or Treat
Magnify the Lord IV Concert
Sunday School News
Youth
3
Men’s Ministry News
Fall Bible Study
Women’s Bible Study
UMW News
Ad Council Minutes
4
Ad Council Minutes Change for Community Change 5
Calendar 6
Birthday & Anniversaries
Prayers for the People 7
October 2016 First United Methodist Church, Sparta Illinois Matthew 5:38-48 38 “You have heard that it was said,
‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39
But I tell you, do not resist an evil
person. If anyone slaps you on the
right cheek, turn to them the other
cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to
sue you and take your shirt, hand over
your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces
you to go one mile, go with them two
miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you,
and do not turn away from the one
who wants to borrow from you. 43 “You have heard that it was said,
‘Love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your
enemies and pray for those who perse-
cute you, 45 that you may be children
of your Father in heaven. He causes
his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous. 46 If you love those who
love you, what reward will you get?
Are not even the tax collectors doing
that? 47 And if you greet only your
own people, what are you doing more
than others? Do not even pagans do
that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
Page 2 A BELONGING Place, a KID’s place, a place to GROW, a place of GRACE
50th Anniversary Celebration
A Faithful Past and A Hopeful Future!
Sunday, November 13 We are celebrating 50 years at our current location! On Novem-
ber 13, 1966, our church transitioned from downtown Sparta to
what was then the northwest edge of town, 600 W. University
Avenue. On that ceremonious day, our church made its famous
walk up St. Louis Street, leaving from a worship service begun
in our previous church location, carrying the Altar Cross, pew
bibles and hymnals, as well as other worship artifacts, and con-
cluded the morning worship in our
new building!
Rev. Tom Corum, who served as
our pastor from 1999-2007, will
be our guest speaker for the day, as we focus on, A Faithful Past and a Hopeful Fu-
ture! We look forward to having Tom and Stephanie and family back with us! We
have also invited back to worship with us that day, former pastors as well as those
who have ministry ties with our
church.
After worship we will continue
our celebration by having an all
church dinner held at the Sparta VFW
Post 2698.
Mark your calendars and save this important date! And if any-
one has photos or remembranc-
es to share we greatly welcome
them! Please send them to the
church office or by email at: [email protected].
Ministry Opportunities Inventory In a few weeks you will receive a Ministry Opportunities Inventory questionnaire. Please prayerfully consider
where your areas of service could be through the ministries of our church.
Every Christian needs to find his or her place of service within the Body of Christ! And every Christian had been
equipped by the Holy Spirit to accomplish every task the Lord would want us to do!
1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.”
The real joy of our Christian journey is discovered when we serve the Lord and work in His Kingdom for His glory
and in service to others!
Words of Gratitude
10/02 Clint Upschulte
10/03 Meryl McBride Lily Norton
10/04 Martina Ashley
Pauline Baird
10/05 Kathy Robinson
Alyssa Wetzel 10/07 Hannah Stine
10/08 Brendan Baue
Mike Cater Linda Mueller
Chase Rednour
Conner Stewart
Jack Treece
10/09 Laney Dierks
Brad Haury
Seth Hauskins
Angie Oathout
10/10 Talitha Park
10/11 Sara Dewey
10/12 Linda Jacob
Rachel Peck
10/13 Lucy Higgins Kimberly Surdyk
Patty Valleroy
10/14 Ellis Henley
10/15 Olivia Haskenhoff
10/17 Austin Deepe
Justin Krantz
10/18 Carol Haury
Collin Haury
10/21 Greg Hill 10/22 Lily Goldsberry
10/23 Emily Loesing
10/24 Eric Huddleston James E. Neilson
Samantha Schupbach
10/26 Ken Hall
Hailee Smith
Janae Yates
10/27 Brooke Gerlach
Beckley Goetz Zoe Peck Austin Stork Laura Woodowrth 10/28 Scott Beckley 10/29 William Finch Rachel Rheinecker 10/30 Evelyn Wright 10/31 Caleb Gailey Peyton Slavens
Each week on Monday a group from our church
meets in the Parlor at 9:00 a.m. to send cards of wel-
come, strength, and support as well as to pray for our
congregation and for the needs of the church, you are more than wel-
come to join them. Please join them in prayer. If you would like to
be apart of the prayer chain please call Elaine Hargis at 443-3205
or email her at [email protected]. Always remember to up-
date us with any email changes.
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Prayers of the People
Happy Birthday
10/04 Charles & Linda Bird
Nathan & Krystal Heck Billy & Rachel Rheinecker
10/06 Matt & Amy Young
10/09 Terry & Barbara Hagerling 10/10 Clay & Tara Carmichael
10/12 Doug & Laura French
Brad & Shea Haury
Ricky & Sherry Zander
10/18 David & Melissa Castens
10/20 Ken & Polly Hall
10/21 Douglas & Wendy Baue
Kris & April Robinson
Greg & Patty Valleroy
10/22 Jim & Elaine Hargis
10/28 Jeff & Nindy Morrison
Joys: Melanie Johnston - piano, Ducks by Doug Baue, Monty Jackson in wor-
ship, All Church Luau Sunday School kick off party
Concerns: Andy Wilson, Byron Slavens, Doris Arnold, Pauline Baird, Tom
Morrison, The family of Alva Ruth Russell, Rev. Mike and Earline Michels,
911 and the Nation, Jack Becker, William Garret, Connie Grob family, Chris-
tine Neilson, Jan Weiner, Michael Miesner, Morgan Coop, Georgia Rezba,
Harold Denniger, Joyce Camp, Grace Herschelman, Don Bixby, Gary & Jenith
Henson, Marilyn Napier, Char Leith
Pray for Someone
Pray for those people who are hurting and going
through some unimaginable circumstances.
Pray for those who want their lives to be better
and to be free from those things
that may be holding them back.
Even though you may not know them,
God knows their situation.
Date General
Budget
Online
Giving
Saturday/
Sun Worship/ Capital
Campaign
09/04/16 $4,107.68 $434.82 21/58/45 $855.00
09/11/16 $4,029.28 $434.82 14/89/59 $350.00
09/18/16 $4,159.38 $512.39 19/88/70 $319.23
09/25/16 $2,929.81 $434.82 -/94/60 $570.00
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Mobile Market
Friday, October 7 Mobile Market is a free food
sharing program through the
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council Food Pantry
Office in Sparta. Recipients must sign up and receive a voucher
from Jayne at the Sparta office (443-5231). This program is to
assist low income families. Our church will be the location site
for distribution. The first distribution day is Friday, October 7.
It will start at approximately 10:30 am. We need a minimum of 16 volunteers to make this happen.
Time involvement would be from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. How it
works: Food from a St. Louis Food Distributer will deliver 4
pallets of food products (we will not know what it is until it
arrives). Volunteers will prepare food for distribution and as-
sist with the flow of traffic. Recipients ‘drive through’ our
parking lot with trunks open and we place food from each
pallet into the vehicle. We anticipate serving 75-100 families.
This monthly outreach will have an important impact on the
lives of families in our county.
Trunk or Treat Outreach
Monday, October 31 Do you answer your door for trick and treaters?
Why not join the church this
Halloween for night of fel-
lowship and fun! “Trunk and
Treat” will take place at the
west end of the church park-
ing lot on Halloween night
from 6:00 - 8:00 pm and you are needed! Last year
we had nearly 300 children pass through the parking lot
and what a joy it was to see so many smiling faces. The
families commented on how enjoyable and safe it is to
bring their children to our church.
• Willing participants are needed to come and bring
their festive trunk, lawn chairs, and a big smile to
greet the little ones on Halloween night as treats are
passed out to our community children.
• Treats can consist of candy, stickers, pencils, or any
small items are great too. You can sign up at church to
let us know if we can count on your “trunk and treats”
for the evening. You can also partner up with a friend and share treats
and the evening together…. Just plan on greeting 300
happy children! What if every Sunday school class
planned to included a trunk… its a thought? You are
more than welcome to donate candy or items at the
church if you are unable to attend. The Missions team
is also supplying glow bracelets, treat sacks, popcorn
and drinks for everyone. Let’s celebrate by blessing our
community children!
Magnify the Lord IV Concert
Sunday, November 6
6:00 pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Church will be hosting this spe-
cial event that features the choirs from area churches.
This concert is a benefit for the Sparta Community
Food Pantry. A ‘free will offering’ will be received for
the food pantry and we are asking that people bring
canned goods to be used by the food pantry as well!
• Christmas is right around the corner and the Sun-
day School Christmas program will begin practicing
Sunday, October 16 right after children’s church. It
is open to any child in the church. The date of the
program is December 11 at 6:00 pm.
• On November 6 after morning worship the Sunday
School Department will be having a meal of Sausage
and Sauerkraut to help with the cost of
the float for the Holiday Parade.
• Cookbooks have been submitted to
the publishing company. Hopefully
we will get them back sometime 1st of
October. We will be selling them af-
ter worship on Saturday and Sunday.
We were able to put 250 recipes in the
book. These will make nice Christ-
mas gifts. Thanks to al who submitted recipes to
make the book a success.
• There will be No Sunday School on December 25.
First United Methodist Youth
Sunday, October 2 and 16
6-8 pm Church Fellowship Hall
We will meet twice a month for youth. We will meet
on the first and third Sundays of each month. On the
first Sunday of the month we will have our MISSION
SUNDAYS. The third Sunday of each month we
will meet from 6-8 pm and have a meal, fellowship
and fun. Please join us on the first and third Sundays.
If you have any questions or need a ride, please con-
tact
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Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
Sunday, October 16
Don’t miss out on our monthly fellowship! Come and
enjoy a delicious breakfast, sharing and fellowship!
Men’s Fellowship Group
Tuesday: October 4 and 18 at 6:15 am
We are meeting every other week for Bible reflection,
prayer and fellowship! Mark your calendars and get in
the habit of rising early for this every other week gather-
ing!
Fall Bible Study
‘The Life and Ministry of Jesus’
Tuesdays – 7:00 pm
Wednesdays – 9:30 am
We are continuing our Study of the Book of Matthew,
focusing on the Jesus’ ministry and the Kingdom of
God. We will consider Matthew’s decidedly Jewish per-
spective on the ministry of Jesus and how he portrays
Jesus as indeed the King, Israel’s long awaited Messiah,
what does His Kingdom mean for our lives.
Notice for all Women. Fall Bible study for women
will on Thursday at 9:30 am. We will be studying
"People of the Gospels" looking at the stories of four
women and four men and their relationship to Jesus. All
women are invited to attend this study. Come share and
learn on Thursdays through October 27. For more infor-
mation call the church office 443-3714 or Dot Heuman
at 774-2531.
PURPOSE OF UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN: The organized united of Unit-
ed Methodist Women shall be a community of wom-
en whose PURPOSE is to know GOD and experience
freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to
develop a creative, supported fellowship; and to
expand concepts of mission through participation
in the global ministries of the church.
Pleas continue to pray for the Lessie Bates Davis
Neighborhood House in East St. Louis and The Cun-
ningham Children’s Home in Urbana.
Next Meeting: October at 7:00 pm
Attendance; Pastor Gary, Edith Huddleston, Christine
Jeffers, Denise Stone, Dot Heuman, Linda Bird, Lar-
ry Ashley, Tom Ashley, Rhonda Smith, Wendy Baue
Meeting began at 7:00 pm with lighting of the candle,
followed by a prayer lead by Pastor Gary.
Old Business:
The May Minutes were reviewed by all. Tom Ashley
made a move that the minutes be accepted as written.
Linda Bird seconded. Minutes were approved.
Church School Superintendent: Brooke Gerlach
September 10 will be our fall Sunday School Kick-
off event. This will be a luau theme party for the
whole church and Sunday School Classes. Still need
to remind people if they have recipes they want in the
cookbook they need to be getting them in soon the
deadline is approaching of August 13.
Evangelism: Wendy Baue
Jan Seals and Wendy have been organizing for our
50th Celebration on November 13. A Pot Luck Meal
and guest speaker, Tom Corum are planned for the
event. More details will be coming later. That week-
end is the actual date of they walked from the old
church to the new. The theme of the celebration is
“Great is thy faithfulness”.
Finance Committee: Pastor Gary
The committee met last week. A date was set for
stewardship week, November 19 & 20.
Treasurer: Wendy Baue
After the financial report was reviewed, Dot Heuman
moved to accept it. Denise Stone seconded the mo-
tion. The report was accepted as presented.
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Men’s Ministry News United Methodist Women News
Women’s Bible Study Thursdays
9:30 am
“People of the Gospels”
Administrative Council Meeting
July 11, 2016 Minutes Approved
Financial Secretary: Linda Bird
The capital campaign has been increasing since the reno-
vation has started.
Kids Place
There will be a meeting next week.
Missions: Christine Jeffers
Dental Safari is coming up on July 23. Lots of donations
have been received. There will be 3 -5 volunteer stylists
for haircuts. We are preparing for 500 children, they will
be receiving bracelets, combs, socks, hair brushes, and
hygiene items in their goody bags. They are some extra
funds still available and we may buy some body wash yet
for the bag. The event is ready to go, if any one wants to
volunteer they are welcome we are in need of some park-
ing assistants, hall monitors, and to assist with distributing
items. Last month at our Missions Dinner/Auction there
were 9 meals auctioned off for a total of $435.00. The auc-
tion was very successful. Our next meeting is tomorrow
evening.
Music Director: Gary Cox
In October, we are talking to Jessica Kemper about doing
a concert here on a Sunday night. September 25, Monty
Jackson will be back to perform we will be having no ser-
vice on Saturday September 24 so that everyone will join
us for that Sunday. Praise team is working on more music
for this summer. Choir starts resumes in August.
Prayer Chain: Edith Huddleston
Christine Neilson and Barb Hagerling have been added to
the prayer chain. Christine is now back at home.
Trusses: Larry Ashley
Parking lot resurfaced is postponed until September or
after construction. There was a suggestion to take out the
bushes. Carl Holland will be pulling out the bushes, and
mulching the top of it. The church signs were removed
along the highways. We are replacing them with smaller
sign for the city to put up for direction to our church.
They will have our emblem, name, and arrow (for direc-
tion) on them for $166.00. We will be purchasing two of
them one for Hillcrest and other for Market street. Our
agreement from Armark needed renewed. The contract is
for 3 years at $57.50 and the board accepted it. We will be
replacing the dumpster with 2 totes which is cheaper and
meet the city new requirements. Someone will be wash-
ing the parsonage to remove the mildew.
UMW: Denise Stone
On June 24-26, Denise attended the NCJ meeting in Grand
Rapids Michigan.
Upcoming Events:
August 12, Friday there will be a Rummage Sale from
7 am - 12 pm.
Mission U is July 29 – 31. Dot Heuman
and Denise Stone will be attending.
Dot will be the assistant youth leader for the
weekend day sessions.
Bazaar is being planned by the bazar ladies, the date to
be set later.
October 15, Saturday the local officers will be update.
Worship Committee: Dot Heuman
There is an ushers training event scheduled for All
monthly usher’s leader to attend on July 25 at 6:30 pm.
She also suggested doing an acolytes training event. Dot
has been monitoring offering envelopes and supplies in
the pews.
Calendar items
This week, North Central Jurisdictional Conference is
being held. This happens every 4 years. This is the
election of Bishops there is 4 bishops are retiring.
The conference is in Peoria.
August 13 – Missions Golf Tournament at Marissa
golf course for kids to go to camp.
All camping needs have been met for this year. All
proceeds will go toward next year.
They are hoping to raise $1,000 – 1,500.
August 15- 17 Pastor Gary will be attending College
of Christian life.
October 3- 10 Pastor Gary will be on vacation.
July 26-30 Life Touch pictures will be here. Sign-ups
are currently taking place. Everyone whom gets a
picture taken will receive a free pictorial and an
8x10 family portrait.
August 13 is deadline for recipes for church cook-
book.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:10. Tom Ashley made the
motion, Edith Huddleston seconded the motion, meeting
adjourned.
October 29-30 Weekend for Missions
‘Change for Community Change!’
The weekend of Saturday,
October 29-30 will be our next collection this year. Begin now to
save up your ‘loose change’ in support of mission! There are ex-
tra Collection Containers located
in the Narthex.
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