Birthdays

1 – Jaidra Lott

2 – Tamala Lott

3 – Keagon Williamson

Keaton Williamson

4 – Joy Johnson

5 – Eldin Smith

Seth Atwell

Maddy Krueger #10

7 – Brinley Boyer

8 – Dixie Cross

14 – Anthony Hogg

15 – Skylar Constable

17 – Erich Henricksen

18 – Gary Bacon

19 – Cassie Bohl

Dalton Krueger

21 – Bailey Runnion

22 – David Pounds

21 – Jerry Bacon

25 – Jane Smith

26 – Kristi Ocker

27 – Louis Andersen

28 – Bonnie Wagner

Lane Hamm

30 – Paul Ocker

Anniversaries

23 – Jerry & Joyce Bacon

Tim & Anita Hamm

24 – Alberto & Tacy Contreras

30- DeMerle & Gail Eckart

The UMC Churches of Ada & Minneapolis

Office Telephone 785- 392-3029

Church email – minneapolisumc@eaglecom.net

Website: www.minneapolisfumc.com

Pastor: Reverend Kennedy Mukwindidza

Email – mwaona@hotmail.com

Parsonage Phone: 785-392-5175 Pastor’s Cell: 620-382-5480

The Worship Services of

The First United Methodist Church

of Minneapolis

are broadcast on the local cable channel 20

Sunday – 6:00 p.m.

Monday – 12:00 Noon

Thursday – 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Schedule

9:30 a.m. – Adult Sunday School,

‘Joyful Noise’ Children’s Choir

9:45 – Children’s Sunday School

10:45 – Worship Service

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

Communion

All Saints Day

2 3 4 T4C 6:30 Bell Choir 5:30 Psalm 100 6:30

5 Trustees 7:00

6 7 Mission committee mtg 8:30 a.m.

8 2

nd Sunday

Dinner Services at

LTC (2:45) and Good Sams

(3:30)

9 10 11 Bell Choir 5:30 Ad Council 7:00 Veterans Day

Bible Study 10:00 & 6:30

12 13 14

15 16 Preschool Board

Mtg 6:00

17 UMW Soup Supper 6:30

18 Bell Choir 5:30 Psalm 100 6:30 T4C 6:30 Bible Study 10:00 & 6:30

19 20 21

22 Dedication of OCC shoeboxes OCMA Thanksgiving meal & service

23 24 25 26 Thanksgiving

27 28

29 1

st Sunday of Advent

30

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Ada - Minneapolis UMC

November, 2015

Christ’s Ambassadors by Inviting, Sharing, Nurturing and Forgiving

Everything

created by God is good.

nothing is to be rejected if received with

THANKSGIVING

Pastor Kennedy’s Message

November Birthdays and Anniversaries

November Calendar

October Administrative Board Minutes

News

Then it is consecrated

by the Word of God and by

PRAYER

The UMW will meet on Tuesday, November 17, at

6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall for their annual soup

supper and World Thank Offering. Everyone is

welcome for this time of fellowship with a mission

focus. The World Thank Offering is an annual

collection that supplements funding for missions

projects by UMW in the U. S. and around the

world. Little blue boxes are seen in our homes as

a reminder to be in an attitude of thanks

throughout the year.

Again this year, the UMW is promoting Operation

Christmas Child Shoebox gift project. By

November 1 the collection box will be placed in the

church foyer. Shoeboxes packed with children’s

gifts will be collected until November 24. The

boxes will be dedicated during the morning

worship service on November 22. On the table in

the foyer are program fliers about this annual

project.

Submitted by Gail Eckart

Psalm 100

Psalm 100 will practice on Wednesday evenings at

6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. There will be no

rehearsal on November 25. All voices are welcome

as we make a joyful noise unto the Lord.

Mark your calendar for Christmas caroling on

Wednesday, December 23, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

at the Ottawa County Health Center.

Submitted by Gail Eckart

In the United Methodist Church, All Saints Day is

observed on the first Sunday in November to

remember deceased members of the local church

congregation. A candle is lit as each person’s

name is called.

All Saints Day was observed at the First United

Methodist Church in Minneapolis on Sunday,

November 1 to honor those who have passed in the

last year.

The November Second Sunday meal will be on

November 8 immediately following the worship

service. The T4C youth group will be hosting.

The youth will be serving soups and chili. They

are asking the congregation to bring desserts and

side dishes – crackers, cheese, relishes, etc.

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

October, 2015

The Administrative Council for the First United Methodist

Church of Minneapolis met for their regularly scheduled

monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at 7:00

p.m. Twelve members were in attendance: Dale, Sharon,

Steve, Paula, Joyce, Colette, Pat, Kathleen, Cassie, Al, Kristi and

Pastor Kennedy.

Chairman Dale Henderson opened the meeting.

Pastor Kennedy led us in prayer.

Minutes of the September meeting were presented in written

form. The minutes were corrected to read “Steve Baccus was

in charge of one planned small group and others are planned.”

The minutes were approved as amended.

Steve reported for the Treasurer in her absence. He said that

the budget is in excellent shape.

Steve also gave the report for the Finance committee. He

reported that the budget has been submitted to the office and

he thanks ALL committees whose members worked to get

narrative budgets submitted in a timely fashion. The budget

will be voted on at charge conference.

The Trustees report was given by Paula. She reported that they

continue working on the youth room. The youth would like to

have furniture and paint. Televisions have been located for

around $600.00 each. Paula moved that the council approve

the purchase of two televisions and any other equipment

needed for installation for the youth and Fellowship Hall. The

motion was seconded and approved.

Reporting for the SPPR committee, Dale said that the budget

has been sent to the Finance committee with a recommended

4% increase for the pastor’s salary and other staff salaries are

increased 3%.

There was no report from the Education or Youth committees.

Cassie, reporting for the Outreach committee, said that the

schedule for the Coffee Hour has been made.

Neither the Memorial committee nor the Missions committee

has met. The group was reminded that the Missions committee

is sponsoring a cookie walk on December 13.

There was no report from Love INC.

Kathleen reported for the Worship committee. She said that

they have a vision to “restart” our church. She thanked Colette

for spearheading the Children’s Sabbath program and all agreed

that it was a great program and that the children and youth did

very well. Kathleen announced that the Hearts 4 Him singing

group will be here on October 25 during the worship service

and that the Bell Choir will play also.

The UMW report was given by Sharon, in Gail’s absence. The

women had served a lunch to the District Clergy and there was

a good crowd attending. Gail, Sharon, Joan and Eleanora

attended the district meeting in Concordia.

Kristi reported for the Preschool Board. They have not formally

met. A grant application has been submitted to G. L. Huyett

that Colette and Sharon worked on requesting funds for

materials to be used in teaching the children fine motor skills.

Megan is working on getting two substitute teachers.

OLD BUSINESS: Preparations are being made for the chicken

dinner on October 25.

NEW BUSINESS: Steve said that there are problems with the

camera being used to film worship service but several are

working to isolate the problem.

It was announced that the Presbyterian Church is hosting a

soup supper on October 21.

Approval was given for the Housing Resolution and the council

voted to approve Lay Servant Report. Sharon’s name was

presented for renewal as Lay Servant. Motion was made and

seconded. Approved.

The Lay Leadership report was presented in written form to the

council for their approval with the exception of the Lay

Leadership - Class of 2018 nominations {the responsibility of the

council to nominate). Kathleen Wedel, Dean Johnson and

Bruce Cleveland’s names were submitted as members of the

Lay Leadership committee.

Pastor Kennedy reported that Barb Kibler and Pam Feldt have

agreed to be the liaisons for the Health and Wellness

committee. The motion was made to approve the

recommendations of the Lay Leadership committee. Seconded

and approved.

The Membership Audit was discussed. Thirty-seven names will

be presented for a for a third reading to have their names

moved to the inactive list on membership roll.

Dale announced that the next meeting will be November 11,

2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Kennedy closed the meeting with prayer.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce Hamm, Recording Secretary

On Sunday, October 25, we were blessed with a

presentation by the Hearts 4 Him ensemble during the

morning worship service. We hope that they will return

soon for another concert!

From the Heart of the Pastor! On October 25, 2015 the Ada/Minneapolis United Methodist community gathered for charge conference. Those present were able to reflect upon our last year churchly activities, elect and confirm 2016 leadership and boldly declared the church's commitment to a future with hope. Those who were not present missed a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what God is doing in our midis. Those elected committee and board chairpersons and co-chairpersons will soon be receiving a letter of congratulations and an opportunity to learn more about their team in the respective committees and boards. What a wonderful leadership we have! But the most important thing that happened that evening is our commitment to mission and ministry in our community and beyond. Mission is team work! No one can do it alone. This team work business was started by Jesus himself. He was sent to the world to transform the world. This is a job he could have done within a moment. But Jesus decided to involve others in the process, and I always say “he loves company, so do we!”One of the surest ways of destroying self-worth is subsidizing the idleness of able-bodied people. Work is a gift, a calling and a human responsibility. And worship is our response to what God is doing with us and for us. There are no spectators in true worship. We are all participants in one way or another. Jesus is calling us to work in partnership to transform the world. And yes, as the Africa adage goes, 'it takes a village to raise a child,” it takes the hearts and souls of the faithful to build beloved communities. At our charge conference we reaffirmed our commitment to be “Christ's Ambassadors by inviting, sharing, nurturing and forgiving!” We are not going to be Christ's Ambassadors by word of mouth alone. We are all going to be Christ's Ambassadors by word and deed! Yes all of us! Some are going to be Christ's Ambassadors and focus on praying and praying hard. We need prayer warriors in our faith community. We are going to pray for the holy spirit to overshadow us and give us strength to do God's work, pray for healing for those who are sick, pray for comfort to those who would have lost their loved ones, pray for peace in the world and pray for everything. Some are going to be Christ's Ambassadors and focus on the day to day activities of reaching out to our community and beyond. These are our volunteers at local level and beyond the local church being Christ's hands and feet making the world a better place for all God's people. Worship is work! Mission is work! We are a compassionate community. Our perceptions about a community, or ourselves for that matter, influence our expectations. What we believe about a neighborhood or about ourselves for that matter will in large measure determine what we find when we get there. Jeremiah 29:11 remind us of God's plan for us; “For surely I know the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope!” I want us to view mission, be it local or beyond as investment. Some of us are going to be Christ's ambassadors and focus on funding and fund-raising for mission work locally and beyond. These may never go on a mission trip or repair a broken window at the church or neighbor's house. They may never visit the sick in hospital or fix a broken furnace at the church. But they will make sure that if there is someone who wants to go on a mission trip, or fix a broken furnace or window to be fixed, there are funds available. The finance committee has provided us with a narrative budget that should help us understand what needs to be funded. The Missions and Education committees wants to take at least ten children to camp next year and participate in a partnership with Zimbabwe. We are in this together! As God has blessed you, be a blessing to the world! Thank you all. See you all in church! Pastor Kennedy Mukwindidza

Annual Chicken Dinner 2015

On Sunday before the chicken

dinner some of the younger

members of our congregation

gathered and prepared the

chicken for frying.

On Tuesday the mashed potatoes and cabbage for the cole slaw

were prepared. Some of the youth got involved!

Submitted by Blythe Atwell

The Mission committee is collecting cookie/candy tins

for this Cookie Walk. The tins may be put in the box in

the foyer.

The Cookie Walk will be AFTER the second Sunday

dinner on December 13 from 1:00 until all cookies are

gone. We would like to have people contribute 2-3

dozen cookies. The cookies do not necessarily need to

be ‘holiday’ cookies (chocolate chip, peanut butter,

snickerdoodles are always favorites).

More information will follow.

Thank you for your help!

I want to thank the church congregation for their

phone calls, visits and food brought to me since my

surgery. It was greatly appreciated.

Doris Davis

HOMEMADE SOUP SUPPER

There will be a homemade soup supper with home baked

desserts at the Bennington Senior Center in Bennington

on Saturday, November 21 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

This community event will benefit the Senior Center in

Bennington and the proceeds will be used to modernize

the Center.

The Senior Center is located at 409 N. Nelson and

admission is by donation. Bring your friends and stay

awhile.

Advent Bible Study

Pastor Kennedy will lead an Advent Study beginning on

Wednesday, November 11. There will be a morning

session beginning at 10:00 a.m. and an evening session

beginning at 6:00 p.m. The book selected is“Awaiting

the Already” by Magrey R. deVega. It takes a tour

through the four gospel narratives. Readers will

discover what parts of the Christmas story come from

which gospel, recognizing an invitation from each writer

to prepare for a fresh experience of Christ in the past

and in the future. All are welcome to attend. Please

call the office to reserve your copy of “Awaiting the

Already”.

The Adult Sunday School class meets in the Wesley

Room beginning at 9:30 a.m. Louis Andersen is the

teacher. In November they will be studying Unit 3 of

the autumn series “The Christian Community Comes

Alive.”

“Spreading the Gospel”

November 1 – “God Rescues Peter”

Acts 12: 1-11

November 8 – “God Makes No Distinction”

Acts 15: 1-12

November 15 – “From Derbe to Philippi”

Acts 16: 1-5, 8-15

November 22 – “Thessalonica, Beroea, and Athens”

Acts 17: 1-4, 10-12, 22-25, 28

November 29 – “Teaching God’s Word”

Acts 18: 1-11, 18-21

The children meet at 9:30 for ‘Joyful Noise’ and then

go to their Sunday School for their class.

Teaching in November:

November 1 – Megan Grimes & Colette Henderson

November 8 – Tamala Lott & Kristi Ocker

November 15 – Diana & Rodger Peck

November 22 – Tammy Krueger & Cassie Bohl

November 29 – Megan Grimes & Shayla Boyer

November 1 – Puppeteers

8 –

15-

22 –

29 -

November Volunteers

November 1 – Rosalee Tibbits & Becky McDuffee

November 8 – Kristi & Paul Ocker, Becky McDuffee

November 15 – Angie Darrow & Becky McDuffee

November 22 – Barb Kibler & Becky McDuffee

November 29 – Deb Pounds & Becky McDuffee

If you are interested in being a greeter, please contact

Doris Davis as she is always looking for volunteers!

November Greeters

November 1 – Bruce & Gretchen Cleveland

November 8 – Bruce and Gretchen Cleveland

November 15 – Mary Ann Tasker & Doris Davis

November 22- Steve and Pat Baccus

November 29 – Steve and Pat Baccus

November Acolytes

November 1 - Brinley Boyer & Maddy Krueger

8 – Riley Bohl & P. J. Ocker

15 – Connor Peck & Jordan Peck

22- Joel Abell & Ethan Bohl

29 – Braxton Grimes & Riley Bohl

And now it is time to serve.

Clean up!

Thanks to everyone who helped and supported

our chicken dinner. We served 276 of which 114 were

carryouts. The net profit was a bit more than $2700. A

special thanks to Paula Baccus who served as chairperson.

Thanks, Paula and to EVERYONE

who helped in any way!

Wednesday… still a lot to get done before 5:00