The Chimes www.bozemanumc.org

Don’t Forget to Register by June 10th!

Vacation Bible School, June 22-26 Join us as we learn to Put God’s LOVE in ACTION! Pre-Registration for Children & Adults is REQUIRED!

Visit www.bozemanumc.org Need help registering?

Please call Janna or Misti, 406.586.5413.

Youth Assistants: Mandatory YA Training for EVERY Youth Assistant:

Wednesday, June 10th, 6:00-7:30 PM in the

Friendship Room. Dinner & Dessert Provided. Youth Assistants, please register today at: https://yellowstone-reg.brtapp.com/BozemanVBS2015youth

Youth Decoration & Setup Days: June 15-17, 10 AM – 1 PM

VBS Volunteer Needs (Things You Can Do!) While we have needs in all VBS Volunteer areas, we have specific needs for leadership in Stories & Drama, Shepherds, and Nursery. If you have an interest in working (with others!) in any area, please contact Misti Davis or Janna, 586-5413. Or register at www.bozemanumc.org.

VBS Decorating Needs (Things to Donate!) Trail/street/traffic/speed limit signs

(2 pkg) bright multicolor scrapbook paper

(10 bags) green balloons (any green)

(10) ¼” dowels

(7) Fleece blanket kits

(30) soup cans, clean & without labels

(150) Toilet paper tubes

(2) mountain bikes

(2) sets of skis

(2) skateboards/longboards

(5) bike/ski/raft helmets

Small inner tubes/floats

Kayak and/or Paddle board

VBS Decorating Dates The following dates are scheduled for some serious decorating ACTION! We will need Youth and Adult volunteers for several specific tasks. Please put these dates on your calendar now and join the VBS Decorating team for some creative fun!

Saturday, June 13th 1-4 PM

Tuesday, June 16th 6:30-8PM

Welcome to BUMC, Kutela Kutembo! Meet him on Sunday, June 7th

We are excited to have Kutela Kutembo visit BUMC

on Sunday, June 7th. Kutela is a new Methodist missionary

who will be working in East Angola. Please come to a lunch

reception in the Friendship Room at 11:00 AM to meet him

and hear his story. Kutela is from the Democratic Republic

of Congo and is being sent to Quessua, Angola to work in

sustainable agriculture. He has a degree in Agriculture from

Africa University in Zimbabwe. He will be commissioned at the

Yellowstone Annual Conference in Helena in recognition of our

strong support of Methodist projects and pastors in Angola.

Bike to Church Sunday is June 21 - take advantage of

our valet bicycle parking and enjoy the fun of riding your

bike! A tip jar will be available with all proceeds going to World

Bicycle Relief, an organization that provides girls across rural

Africa with bikes so they can get to school on time. The bikes

also help healthcare workers reach patients more efficiently

and entrepreneurs get their goods to market. Help mobilize

people through the power of bicycles.

Ken's Truck fund has received over $1400 from BUMC!

Thank you to the WOW Team for contributing $1000 from the

Toy Sale and to Kevin Maston for taking family portraits in

support of this project. Ken Koome is another Methodist

missionary in Quessua, Angola, and he needs a truck to use in

his work of building churches of both "brick and mortar" and

people. The Yellowstone Conference's goal is $6000 and so

far nearly $5000 has been raised. If you would like to contrib-

ute, please do so by May 31 and put "Ken's Truck" or Advance

#00339A in the memo line of your check made to BUMC.

Thank you for your continued generosity to a wide

variety of projects! Over $4700 has been sent to UMCOR for

earthquake relief in Nepal. In early May eleven people made

great progress on a Habitat for Humanity House in Belgrade,

and we have received several boxes of Health Kit supplies.

Your Lenten offerings totaled $721 for Luccock Park and

$1146 for Helen Sheperd in Mongolia, and BUMC teams con-

tinue to support the Community Cafe and Community Showers

at least once a month. Together we can do amazing things.

Cathy Baumbauer, BUMC Mission Coordinator

Welcome New BUMC Members!

BUMC is grateful

to welcome New

Members to our Faith

Community.

Becoming a member

is easy! No forms, no

special hand-shake!!

If you would like

information on church

membership, what

that means, how it’s

done, etc., please talk

to Kim Broden or

Pastor Dave,

586-5413.

Frequently Asked Questions About

Stephen Ministry

Why the name Stephen?

The name Stephen comes from St.

Stephen, who was the first lay person

commissioned by the apostles to provide

caring ministry to those in need as recorded in Acts 6.

What’s the Pastor’s Role? Pastors will always be

the primary caregivers, but there is no way a pastor can

meet all needs for everyone. God has called all of us, not

just pastors, to minster to one another. Stephen Ministry

multiplies ministry by enabling lay people to provide

caring ministry as well.

Where did it all start? Stephen Ministry has been

around since 1975, when Kenneth Haugk, a pastor and

clinical psychologist, began it to multiply the caregiving in

his congregation in St. Louis, Missouri. We have had

Stephen Ministry at Bozeman United Methodist Church

for one year, and are one of more than 10,000 Stephen

Ministry congregations from over 150 denominations.

Stephen Ministries St. Louis, the organization behind this

international ministry, is headquartered in Missouri.

Consider Stephen Ministry . . . Please prayerfully consider applying to be a

Stephen Minister. While being a Stephen Minister takes

time and effort, those who have become ministers have

shared stories of spiritual fulfillment and amazing joy.

The skills you learn will help you in everyday relationships

with family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.

Please feel free to talk to Tanya, Kim (586-5413)

or any of our trained Stephen Ministers if you have any

questions. Training begins in September 2015,

The Chimes www.bozemanumc.org

Ryan & Heidi Tuthill moved

to Bozeman from Indiana five

years ago. Heidi is a radiolo-

gist at Bozeman Deaconess

Hospital, and Ryan is HVAC

certified with experience in

mechanical mangement. Ryan

is currently stay-at-home dad

for their two boys: 3-year-old

Fisher and 1-year-old Logan.

Candy Watzek grew up in Utah

and has ben in Bozeman for

about year and a half. Candy is

an RN at Bozeman Deaconess

Hospital.

If you haven’t had a photo taken for the church directory,

you may email one to: kerry@bozemanumc.org with

“directory” in the subject line.

Mission Team Notes

UMCOR’s supply of school kits is critically low….so, with

gratitude for your generous donations of health kit supplies,

we are transitioning to the collection of school kit supplies for

the month of June and in conjunction with VBS. Take-home

lists of school kit supplies are in the red attendance books

and are available at the blue collection bin in the nar-

thex. Thank you for supporting UMCOR’s relief work!

School Kit Supplies Blunt scissors: Rounded tip only; (No plastic scissors)

Pads of paper: Spiral- or top-bound pads; 150 sheets or

less of loose-leaf paper can be substituted for 1

pad; combination of spiral, top-bound, side-bound, or

loose-leaf paper is acceptable. (No composition books)

Hand-held pencil sharpener: Must be at least 1 inch

long; remove from packaging.

30-centimeter ruler: Hard or flexible; cartoon characters

are acceptable. (No advertisements)

Plain Unsharpened pencils: No advertisements, religious,

patriotic, military, or camouflage symbols; cartoon

characters are acceptable.

2-inch or larger-size eraser: no advertisements, religious,

patriotic, military, or camouflage symbols; cartoon char-

acters are acceptable.

24-count box of crayons: Only 24-count boxes, please.

14x16 inch cloth bag: Homemade or purchased bags

are both acceptable; heavy-duty fabric only, such as

denim, corduroy, drapery fabric, etc.; no advertisements,

religious, patriotic, military, or camouflage symbols;

closures are optional but must be buttons, snaps, or

Velcro sewn in middle of opening, if used.

Opportunity to Serve Our BUMC visiting

team is in need of additional

volunteers. If you are interest-

ed in sharing one hour of your

time per week with a shut-in,

nursing home or retirement

community resident or visiting

patients in the hospital please

contact Kim 586-5413, ext.

103 or talk with Ann or Cecilia.

Individuals as well as families

are encouraged to volunteer.

We hope that you will prayer-

fully consider this opportunity.

A Few Things Happenin’ in June . . .

Rev. Kama Hamilton-Morton, District Superintendent, guest preacher. Peace

with Justice Sunday; and VBS Kickoff & Orientation Event, Great food & fun

times!! 5:30 PM, Sunday 5/31

Adult Study with Janice Webstone on “Estate Planning” both at Noon and

6:30 PM, Thursday, 6/4

Holy Communion, and meet Katula Katembo at a lunch reception 11:00 AM,

Sunday, 6/7

VBS Youth Assistant Training: 6:00 PM, Wednesday, June 10th,

Baptism of Tate Safranski at 8:30 AM; Dale & Elaine Smith present Kathmandu,

Sunday, 6/14

Father’s Day, Sunday, 6/21

Vacation Bible School Begins! Monday, June 22… Have you registered??

VBS Sunday! Sunday, 6/28

A Thank You and a Call: Thank you to all of our dedicated

teachers, shepherds, rotation leaders,

preschool teachers, puppeteers and

WOW Team leaders for your amazing

dedication to teaching our children the

stories of Jesus! You brought so much

laughter and joy to our children’s ministry

in the 2014-15 school year.

A special Thank You to all parents

and volunteers who helped at the Amaz-

ing Race: End of Year Party, the Teacher

Appreciation Brunch and the End of Year

& Kindergarten Fly-Up party at WOW!

You are all the very best volunteers

I could ask for and you made my first year

at BUMC truly memorable and amazing.

Please let me know if you are inter-

ested in teaching and serving on our

teams next year!

Happy Summer to You! <3 Janna

Youth Group! Regular youth group meetings

are over for the year. Thank you to our

incredible adult volunteers for the love

and commitment they give: Janet

Kempff, Nancy Self, Dusti Borsheim,

Valerie Otto and Michaela Nelson.

Mark your calendars with these

great summer opportunities. Incoming

6th graders welcome!

June 17: Ice cream social/Romans

and Christians

July 22: Float the Madison

August 12: Laser tag night

It’s not too late to sign up for summer

church camps! Check out the cool oppor-

tunities at: http://yacumc.org/camps

Youth Mission 2015, July 11-18

WHERE: Babb United Methodist

Church, Babb, MT COST: $100 (Includes transporta-

tion, food, lodging,

and all fun activities)

WHO CAN COME:

All youth 8th grade and up.

Contact Ann, 586-5413,

ASAP if you are interested!

Meetings: June 10, 7:30 – 8:30 PM,

June 24 and July 8, 6–7 PM

Contact Ann, 586-5413, with questions!

The Chimes www.bozemanumc.org

Thursday Adult Study

Sessions in June. . . Thursday, June 4th at Noon & 6:30 PM

Janice Webstone, a local attorney

in town, is coming to our church to

share her expertise on Estate Planning.

She does this around town (Chris

Remely at Dokken Nelson suggested

her to us) as a community service.

Janice will go over topics such

as Wills vs Revocable Trusts, Benefi-

ciary designations, Durable Powers of

Attorney, Federal Estate Taxes, and

other general topics. Just so you know,

Janice has plenty of her own clients (is

not seeking anymore!), but she really

has a heart for wanting people to have

basic knowledge so they are better

prepared when making their plans and

talking to their own attorneys. This is

a great educational opportunity, with

plenty of time to ask questions.

"Kathmandu Nepal Before

the QUAKE" Sunday June 14th at 9:30 & 11:00 AM

Please join us on Sunday June 14,

for a 40 minute narrated movie by Dale

& Elaine Smith on Kathmandu, following

each of our two worship services down-

stairs in the Friendship Room.

This archival look at Kathmandu,

Bhaktapur and Patan will show what

many world Heritage buildings and sites

looked like before being destroyed by the

recent massive earthquakes. Some may

never be rebuilt. You will also see some

that survived.

(Kathmandu cont.)

People in our church have already

been sending money to UMCOR (United

Methodist Committee on Relief) to help

our neighbors in Nepal, and this presen-

tation by Dale and Elaine who have

been there, will give us a more direct

connection with the area and the people.

Dale says he will provide additional live

commentary after the movie and answer

questions you may have.

More UMCOR contributions to

Nepal can be made at this time and

100% goes to help the people there!*

*(Our United Methodist “One Great

Hour of Sharing” offering taken in March

guarantees that that can happen because it’s

what pays for the year round administrative

staffing costs!)

Helping Hands . . . The women of Mom's Day Out got

together this May to make freezer meals

for their families …and then they also

made dinners for other people who are

helped by our BUMC Nurture Care. Sarah

Lukes says, “Fun was had by all and the

group greatly appreciates those who

watch their children in the nursery and

the church that makes the group possi-

ble!” If you’d like to know more about

Mom’s Day Out, or to join them next time,

contact Ann Dickensheets, 586-5413.

Bozeman United Methodist Church 121 South Willson Avenue

Bozeman, Montana 59715

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phone: 406-586-5413

fax: 406-586-6392

www.bozemanumc.org

Worship on Sundays at 8:30 or 10:00 AM June 2015; Volume XXIX; Issue 6 www.bozemanumc.org

How many times, as summer comes to an end, have you

asked: "Where did the summer go?" It just slips

away, doesn't it? And then regret comes. So my

hope is that we think ahead. Here are some of the

choices you will make this summer:

1. How much time will you spend outdoors?

2. How many Sundays a month will you be in church?

3. How often will you pray?

4. What TV shows are worth your time?

5. Who do you want to spend time with? Who makes

you rich?

6. What would it take for you to be able to say, in

September, "It's been a great summer"?

So what will you do about it?

Chimes The

Summer Choices June 2015

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Thank you to all who

attended the “Re-Igniting”

Event at Luccock Park.

Around 70 folks (over 30

from BUMC) enjoyed

fellowship, music, food,

and rainbows! If you

missed the event but

would like to know more

about Luccock Park Camp

(owned by the Methodist

Church) please visit

www.luccock.org.

The Church Rummage

Sale is BACK ! ! August 28 & 29 at Christus Collegium Start saving your gently used items for the church rummage sale! Campus Ministry will run the sale this year with proceeds going to support their ministry at MSU. You may drop off your items at the Christus, 714 S. 8th, beginning August 6. Thank you for your support!