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The Lamplighter September 2018 • Salem United Church of Christ • Higginsville, Missouri

Dear Friends, Here is a poem by a seventeenth-century English clergyman named Thomas Traherne. Traherne was not a famous preacher or poet in his own time, and his poetry only came to prominence in the twentieth century. We know al-most nothing about him, but his poetry is lovely and an expression of his devotion to God.

Grace and Peace Tommy

Eden

By Thomas Traherne

A learned and a happy ignorance Divided me From all the vanity, From all the sloth, care, pain, and sorrow that ad-vance The madness and the misery Of men. No error, no distraction I Saw soil the earth, or overcloud the sky.

I knew not that there was a serpent’s sting, Whose poison shed On men, did overspread The world; nor did I dream of such a thing As sin, in which mankind lay dead. They all were brisk and living wights to me, Yea, pure and full of immortality.

Joy, pleasure, beauty, kindness, glory, love, Sleep, day, life, light, Peace, melody, my sight, My ears and heart did fill and freely move. All that I saw did me delight. The Universe was then a world of treasure, To me an universal world of pleasure.

Unwelcome penitence was then unknown, Vain costly toys, Swearing and roaring boys, Shops, markets, taverns, coaches, were unshown; So all things were that drown’d my joys: No thorns chok’d up my path, nor hid the face Of bliss and beauty, nor eclips’d the place.

Only what Adam in his first estate, Did I behold; Hard silver and dry gold As yet lay under ground; my blessed fate Was more acquainted with the old And innocent delights which he did see In his original simplicity.

Those things which first his Eden did adorn, My infancy Did crown. Simplicity Was my protection when I first was born. Mine eyes those treasures first did see Which God first made. The first effects of love My first enjoyments upon earth did prove;

And were so great, and so divine, so pure; So fair and sweet, So true; when I did meet Them here at first, they did my soul allure, And drew away my infant feet Quite from the works of men; that I might see The glorious wonders of the Deity.

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OUR FRIENDS AND CHURCH FAMILY

IN CARE FACILITIES Listed below are our members and friends (at the time of printing of the Lamplighter) now residing or recovering at our local and sur-rounding community nursing homes and care facilities. A card or visit from a church family member would be a delightful surprise! Meyer Care Center, 1201 W. 19th St., Higginsville, MO 64037 Mary Kirchhoff Glenn Nowack Pat Pence Anna Marie Rinne Warner Schelp Robert “Cobb” Souder Gene Starke Earl Struchtemeyer Bob Tankesley Lutheran Good Shepherd Home, 202 SW St., Concordia, MO 64020 Winnie Knehans Jake Stoecklin Ann Nuelle Country Oak Village, 101 Cross Creek Drive, Grain Valley, MO 64029 Viola Meinershagen Riverbend Heights Rehab & Health, Lexington Nursing Home, 1221 South Highway 13, Lexington, MO 64067 Mark Gieselman Addington Place of Lee’s Summit, 2160 SE Blue Parkway, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063 Roberta Summers (Apt. 212) (Roberta’s mailing address is Rob-erta Summers, C/O Carrie Tunison, 1207 SE Brookwood St., Lee’s Sum-mit, MO 64063.)

Fields of Dreams Uganda

Presentation:

On Sunday, September 9th, immediate-ly following the worship service, there will be a presentation by Judi and Aaron Knipmeyer about their recent trip to Uganda. A free, light lunch will be served. Certainly, all church mem-bers are welcome, but please feel free to invite any friends and family who might be interested to both the lunch and program. We look forward to shar-ing our experiences and hope you will join us!

Sunday, September 9,

“Rally Day”

8:30 a.m. Early Worship

9:15 a.m. Sunday School

(Sunday School will begin in the Dining Room)

10:30 a.m. Worship

THANK YOU

I want to thank everyone for the beau-tiful birthday cards. Also, I want to thank my children and grand children for taking me to lunch. It was all greatly appreciated.

Margaret L. Soendker

Special Days in September

September 3 - Labor Day, Church Office Closed

September 5- Chancel Choir rehearsals resume

September 9 - Rally Day-Sunday School will begin in the Dining Room New Worship Schedule 8:30 a.m. Early Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Confirmation Begins National Grandparents Day

September 11 - Patriot Day

September 22 - First Day of Autumn

September 27 - 9:00 a.m. Lafayette Area Women’s Fellowship Fall Meeting (Bethel UCC, Concordia)

September 30 - YOM Sunday

“Adopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday morning prayer

The alarm clock has wakened me, dear God, but I want to talk with you before it rings again. I need to thank you for this comfortable bed and a good night’s sleep, for good health and strength, for an enjoyable week-end, for a wonderful church and wor-ship service yesterday, for friends and family who care and love, for you and all that you bring to our lives, for the opportunities to serve you.

Be with me throughout this day and the week ahead. Let me do my work honestly, willingly and responsibly. As I meet people, help me to see them as your children and your loved ones.

I know you will lead me in whatev-er circumstances this day holds. I look forward to the adventures you and I will share together. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

—Peggy Ferrell,

from Prayers, Hymns and Poems

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Joe Goetz

Howard Fisher

Frank Alumbaugh

Darrel Rinne

Ken Telgemeier

Kennedy Short

J.W. Starke

Nathan Salyer

Sara Cowherd

Kolten Cowherd

Mary Kirchhoff

Wendell Busch

Adam Augustine

Brent Fette

Warner Schelp

Brooke Cramer

Paige Goetz

Maddie Fiene

Jacob Vincent

Tiger Fiene

Brandon Struchtemeyer

Traci Baggs

Marilyn Davenport

Scott Homfeld

Tina Gibler

Layden Kirchhoff

Jessica Pressly

Wendy Jensen

Desmond Williams

Kathleen Begemann

Max Bergsieker

Jeff Kirchhoff

Ann Nuelle

Clara Salyer

Dillon Bergsieker

Karen Fiene

Bob Pragman

Brittian Shaul

Cheryl LaRue

Shane Siegfried

Jared Siegfried

Caleb Russell

June Ann Howell

Cameron Zuehlsdorf

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Look Who’s Having a Birthday in September!

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VESPERS AT MEYER

CARE CENTER:

Will be held Sunday, September 30, at 3:45 p.m. Tommy will be leading the service. Our Salem members at Meyer really enjoy the fellowship you bring when you join them in this service. Please consider sharing some of your time.

Women’s Fellowship Circle

Schedules for September

Esther Circle – September 5, 10:00 a.m., at Ginny Bertz home, hostess Ginny Bertz.

Ruth Circle – September 5, 2:00 p.m., in the Salem Board Room, hostess Pearl Luehrman, program Fay Tilly.

Eve Circle – September 4, 7:00 p.m., Mary Dickmeier’s home, hostess Mary Dickmeier, program Shirley Paul. Meet at church by 6:45 p.m. to share rides.

“Surely he has borne our griefs ...” When veteran Joe Serna confessed that he’d been drinking — behavior prohibited in the Veterans Treatment Court program — Judge Lou Olivera sentenced him to one night in jail. That might not seem like much, but while deployed, Serna had been trapped underwater when his truck toppled into a ca-nal. A buddy managed to move him to an air pocket, saving his life, but the buddy and two others died. Years later, even the thought of confinement triggered flashbacks. As Serna arrived for his jail stay, Olivera, also a vet, saw his anxiety, entered the cell with Serna and spent the night. His kind act nearly brought Serna to tears, but the judge believes any vet would have done the same. “These are our brothers,” Olivera says. “We never leave each other behind.” Similarly, Jesus entered our troubled story alongside us, sharing in our suffering, bro-kenness and even death. As a comrade unlike any other, Jesus calls us his brothers and sis-ters, refusing to leave us behind with our self-imposed burdens. Above all, Jesus does what only God can: redeems us for the joy of new life.

NEEDS OF HOUSE OF HOPE, INC. House of Hope, Inc., is in need of volunteers, this work can be done individually or as a group and in the form of very few hours to as many hours as you would like. They are also in need of food donations, cleaning supplies, clothing, bedding, etc. Some of the volunteer opportuni-ties are: assisting in operation of the 24-hour crisis hotline, child support and compan-ionship, staying at shelter with clients, Court Advocacy, cooking/cleaning at the shel-ter, sorting and organizing donations, office/clerical, teaching life skills. To volun-teer or if you have any more questions please contact Sta-cy Schenk, Volunteer Coordi-nator at 660-259-4766. (There is an informative letter on the bulletin board outside the church office.)

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From the Church Records

Financial Report:

General Fund Balance 7/01/18

Current deposits

Current expenses

Current Fund Balance 7/31/18

$ 9,576

$17,539

$18,104

$ 9,011

Building Fund:

Current Fund Balance 7/01/18

Current deposits

Current expenses

Current Fund Balance 7/31/18

$11,077

$ 755

$ 128

$11,704

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O.C.W.M. (Member Contributions for July) $295

September 2018

8:30 a.m. July Attendance 10:00 a.m.

16 7-1-18 66

23 7-8-18 73

27 7-15-18 85

26 7-22-18 89

28 7-29-18 73

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Total Average 101

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JOHN KNOX VILLAGE AND MEYER CARE CENTER BIBLE STUDY

John Knox Village and Meyer Care Center have a weekly Bible Study that is led, on a rotational schedule, by the Ministerial Fellowship. Greg Fine (Baptist) will be leading during the month of September. The Bible Study is held every Wednesday, 10:15-10:45 a.m. in the Gathering Room.

HARVESTERS SCHEDULE First Assembly of God Church of Higginsville hosts a Harvesters Community Food Network distribution of food on the third Thursday of every month. The work day begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends approximately at Noon. After the food is distributed, volunteers are asked to stay and help clean up the area. Anyone willing to help is asked to call 660-584-3372, (First Presbyterian Church), and leave your name, phone number, and mailing ad-dress. Wear comfortable clothes.

TA TRUCK STOP-CONCORDIA COUNTRY PRIDE:

Travel Centers of America-Concordia, MO-Country Pride Restaurant is now starting a Church Program! We are offering 10% of your ticket price to be donated back to your local church. All you have to do is come in to dine with us, eat, and inform your server that you would like to participate in the program, give your church’s name, your name, and we will take care of the rest! Come see and enjoy our new buffets and get one of our Buffet Punch Cards –buy 5, get 1 free!

FALL MEETING OF THE LAFAYETTE AREA WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP:

The Lafayette Area Women’s Fellowship will hold their

Fall Meeting on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Bethel

United Church of Christ in Concordia. Registration will

begin at 9:00 a.m. with fellowship and coffee time. The

meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. The program on “Racial

Understanding” will be presented by Cynthia Fuller. The

noon meal will be Pot Luck so bring a dish to share.

PLEASE COME AND BRING A FRIEND.

BLOOD DRIVE

Community Blood Center is holding a blood drive, Sep-

tember 5, 3-6:00 p.m. at John Knox Village East in the

Activity Room. For more information, call Carla

Schubach at 660-584-4232 or 660-584-7111.

HIGGINSVILLE MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP:

On Sunday, September 9, area churches will be taking

up a combined Offering for the Emergency Fund oper-

ated by the Ministerial Fellowship of Higginsville. This

fund gives financial assistance to families in the area of

the C-1 School District in cases of emergency. It also

assists needy itinerants passing through our area with

fuel, food, and sometimes overnight accommodations.

Special Offering Envelopes from the Ministerial Fellow-

ship will be available in the back of the sanctuary and

outside the church office beginning Sunday, September

2. If you would like to contribute to this fund, please

make your check out to “Ministerial Fellowship” and

place your check in the provided envelope. This offering

will be dedicated on Sunday, September 9.

(Your checks will be sent directly to the Ministerial

Fellowship; this won’t be included on your Salem

Giving Statement at the end of the year.)

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CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING

July 19, 2018 – 7:30 pm

The regular meeting of the Salem Church Council was held Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm in the Board Room. The members present were Pastor Tommy, Delbert Goetz, Feli-cia Leonard, Kevin Berry, Peggy Pragman, Marc Jensen, Barb Nolte, Ronnie Bergsieker and Mark Hook.

President Delbert Goetz called the meeting to order. Delbert welcomed new member Mark Hook to the council. David Starke, Guest, came to update council on kitchen project. Kitchen has been painted thanks to David, Carla and children. David has been putting in ceiling. Main thing is waiting on cabinets to be finished and installed before flooring is to be put down.

Pastor opened with devotion from Psalms 89 and prayer. Minutes were read and approved. Felicia gave the treasurer’s report with balances of $9,576 in General Fund and $11,076 in Building and Grounds Fund. The Pastor’s mileage of 406 miles for $221.27 was presented for payment. Motion was made and seconded to approve the treasurer’s report. Mo-tion to pay bills also made and seconded.

In Pastor’s report he presided at the wedding of Amanda Gash and Brandon Wentland on June 23. Tom-my shared that is was the biggest wedding party with which he has worked. The service was lovely and everyone seemed pleased with every-thing. There have been three further deaths in the last month in or related to Salem Church. The first was David Thaller’s passing. Officially, David was a member of Trinity UCC in Lexington, but before Tommy left for vacation, the Rev. Liz Deveney had spoken to him about David’s

situation; she asked if Tommy would be willing to participate in David’s fu-neral when the time came. Tommy as-sured Liz that he would do whatever she would be comfortable with having him do. The day before David died Tommy visited him in Lexington, and Betty asked if his funeral could be held at Salem. Of course he said that it could. Liz and Tommy were able to provide pastoral support to Betty and family. The funeral was a beautiful cel-ebration of David’s life, and the family was all pleased with it. The second death was Myrna Fette, and her service was Friday July 13th. We do not have much contact with her family, but Myrna was very well known in Hig-ginsville. The third was Shirley Nowack. Shirley’s health had been de-clining for some time, but Tommy had not expected her death so quickly. Tommy had visited her the day she died. Her funeral service was among the most joyful and celebratory service of which he has been a part. Even so, after 69 years of marriage for Glenn to be without his partner and companion will be difficult. He will need our pray-ers and presence. First Sunday in Aug. will be the 148th Anniversary for Salem Church. In one year we will begin our year-long celebration of our sesquicen-tennial. The 150th Anniversary com-mittee has been hard at work and they have plans for a special event each month during our 150th year, culminat-ing in a significant reunion/celebration in Aug. 2020. Significantly, Anniver-sary in 2020, Aug.9th, will fall on the same date as the first congregational meeting of Salem Evangelical Church. We have received the new Toshiba copier and are learning to use it properly and it seems to be much more user-friendly. Crystal and Tommy en-joyed their time away, and, as always were glad to be back, even with all the sad news that awaited them. It was re-ported that Rev. Ron Sebring did a

good job in my absence. Rev. Dr. Jane Fisler Hoffman will preach the Sunday I will be away with the YOM work camp in Imperial Pennsylvania. The Rev. Liz Deveney will be on call for me in case of emergency. Sarah Berry has Liz’s contact information. Once again a huge Thank You to Andy Mockridge for the pastoral care she did during my absence. Correspondence: A request for donation from Show Me Chris-tian Youth Home. They received a donation in Jan. 2018 of $150. Motion was made and seconded to donate $150, because the do-nation will be matched this month by another organization. This is the total we usually donate each year. Lydia Grumke re-quested donation for her project she is doing to restore the tennis court at McCord’s Park in Hig-ginsville, to earn her “Gold Award” in Girl Scouts. There will be a container in the back of the church for individual donations to help Lydia with her project. A $300 check was donated to the church from AA as a Thank You. This was deposited in general fund.

Christian Ed: Meeting will be Aug. 7 and Mark Hook will now be the Council Rep. for this com-mittee. Building and Grounds: Kevin’s report was the info Da-vid presented at the being of the meeting. Cemetery: Barb report-ed no meeting. Memorial: Peggy reported no meeting. Steward-ship: Ronnie reported no meet-ing. Evangelism: Felicia reported no meeting. Worship: Marc dis-cussed the possibility of checking into Amazon for ideas of early morning service programs. He will talk to Keri. (continued on page 6)

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Please drop your Best Choice Labels by the church office.

Chancel and Handbell Choirs

The Chancel Choir will begin re-hearsal on Wednesday, September 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. The Chancel Choir will sing during the 10:30 worship service on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Sundays of each month. The Hand Bell Choir will start on Wednesday, October 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. They will play dur-ing the 10:30 worship service on the 4th Sunday of October, December, February, and April. Come and make a joyful noise with our Choirs! See you soon!

Jamie Smith, Director

Youth Choir, Little Notes, and Chime Bell Choir

The Youth Choir will begin rehears-als on Sunday, September 16 from 8:45-9:15 a.m. in the sanctuary. They will sing during the 10:30 worship service on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. Little Notes and Chime Bell Choir will also begin rehearsing this same day from 9:15-9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. They will play and sing during the 10:30 worship ser-vice on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Come join the music fun! See you there!

Ann Iles, Director

Jamie Smith, Pianist

(continued from page 5) Usher Report: Barb and Marc reported: Good.

Unfinished Business: Reports given earlier: Pastor gave report on copier and David gave report on Kitchen.

New Business: Sarah will be on vacation July21-29th. She will get subs for the office. Insur-ance company needs an abuse questionnaire completed. Subject tabled until next meeting to get more information.

Announcements:

Next Council meeting Date: Aug. 16, 2018, 7:30p.m.

There being no further busi-ness, the meeting was adjourned by saying the “Lord’s Prayer”.

Respectfully submitted

Peggy Pragman,

Council Secretary

CHURCH OFFICE REQUEST

Please see the insert included in this Lamplighter. If you are satisfied with the way you receive your newsletter (Lamplighter) and the way you make your contribution there is no need to respond. But, if you would like to change how you receive the newsletter or envelopes vs. no envelopes for your contribution, please fill out the insert and return it to the church office. Thanks!

Wealth is worthless It is said that for money you can have everything, but you cannot. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; knowledge but not wis-dom; glitter, but not beauty; fun, but not joy; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; leisure, but not peace. You can have the husk of everything for money, but not the kernel.

—Arne Garborg A clean slate

One of the best things about heading back to school is the chance for a fresh start. A new year, new teachers, perhaps even a new school offer students the opportunity to try a little harder and do a little better than the year before.

Praise God that he allows us to always start over. Jeremiah writes that the Lord’s mercies “are new every morning” (Lamentations 3:23a). With God’s help, we can begin each day with a clean slate and a new attitude, determined to make some changes for the better.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM

EMANUEL CLEAVER, II

Emanuel Cleaver, II, Fifth District, Missouri, was to hold an information-al meeting, Monday August 27, at St. James United Methodist Church in KC. This meeting was to provide in-formation of the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs act. As a result of the passage of this act, churches, syna-gogues and other nonprofit organiza-tions will begin paying a 21 percent tax on some benefits. Emanuel Cleav-er, along with many of his colleagues, have cosponsored HR 6504 bill known as the “Stop the Tax Hike on Charities and Place of Worship Act”, the bill would repeal the provision within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. We will share whatever information was provided at the August 27 meet-ing.

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FROM THE BOARD OF ELDERS

For many years, Salem, other churches, and other organizations have participated in the Festival of Sharing. The Festival of Sharing is a cooperative response to world hunger, poverty, and injustice and seeks to raise awareness of its cause and to address solutions. The Festival of Sharing is an interfaith, regional celebration and gathering of resources that will be held Saturday, October 13. When people of faith come together, our sharing makes a positive and powerful difference in the lives of people in need. Members of Salem have participated in the Festi-val of Sharing through many different projects and causes, including quilts made by our quilters for the auction, coupons, blankets, specialized packets that are passed out following a disaster or other incident, along with church members donating time and labor for repackaging and loading bulk produce items that are distributed to those in need. This year the Board of Elders have chosen two projects that we are asking members of Salem to participate with; they are “Missouri Paper Product Pack and Missouri Personal Hygiene Pack”. Attached with this article is a description of how they benefit those who truly need our help. Please consider donating any of the many items involved with these packets that are listed or a monetary donation is also accepted (an envelope is enclosed in this Lamplighter.) A container has been placed in the back of the Sanctuary to collect your items. We will accumulate them, dedicate them on Sunday, October 7, and deliver them on October 13, 2018.

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NEWS FROM YOUTH ON MISSION

GIVING TREE PROJECT: Youth on Mission again invites you to be a part of our giving tree project which offers our campers’ talents to you for your chosen do-nation. We would like to offer our talents to make your life a little easier ALL YEAR LONG. Do you have a task that needs to be done? Our campers will complete it for you and you may make a donation to Youth on Mission with what you think is an appro-priate donation. Call Delbert Goetz at 660-641-6773 and he will find a camper to do the work!

CHURCH INFORMATION Tommy’s email: tlfaris@ctcis.net Tommy’s cell phone: 816-352-2052 Church Telephone: 660-584-3603 Church Email: salemucc@ctcis.net Church Website: salemucchigginsville.org Fax number: 660-584-5666

PASTORAL VISITS OR PRAYERS

Anyone who would like a pastoral visit or are in need of prayers, please call the church office, (660) 584-3603.

TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE

Transportation is available to any worship service. Please call the church office to make arrangements, (660) 584-3603.

WE EXTEND OUR

SYMPATHY TO:

Scott and Jamie Bergsieker and family. Jamie’s Father, James “Jim” McDow-ell Jr., passed away, Wednesday, Au-gust 15. His funeral was held at Walk-er-Nadler-Fuller Funeral home in Lex-ington, Monday, August 20.

ALSO

The family of Donald Siegfried. Don-ald passed away, Thursday, August 16. His visitation was Sunday, August 19, at Salem, and his funeral was held Monday, August 20, at Salem.

ALSO

The family of Clifford Peck. Clifford passed Saturday, August 18. His visita-tion and funeral were held at Salem, Tuesday, August 21.

CONFIRMATION

2018-2019

Confirmation classes for 2018-2019 will begin on Sunday, 9 Sep-tember, in the Multi-Purpose Room following the 10:30 worship service. First-year and second-year classes will meet together through-out the year. Please keep all of our confirmands, mentors, and their teachers in your thoughts and prayers, praying for thoughtful and careful reflection on the meaning of Christian discipleship and for the presence and guidance of God’s Holy Spirit in the lives of confirmands, mentors, and leaders. We have two guiding questions that we will keep in our thoughts, and they are questions we all do well to consider daily. These two simple questions are, Why do I need the church?, and Why does the church need me?

Young Peacemakers:

This year we won’t start Young Peace-makers until January. Our first meeting will be January 16th. If you have any questions please contact June at 660-441-8568.

RALLY DAY-

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018:

This year, Rally Day will begin in the Dining Room. Please join us at 9:15 a.m. for snacks. We have really fun games and activities planned for Rally Day! We can’t wait to see you all! Sun-day School will begin every Sunday at 9:15 a.m.

Bones of the church

The “body” of a church has four kinds of bones:

1. The WISHbones are those folks who spend all their time wishing someone else would do all the work.

2. The JAWbones are those who

do all the talking and very

little else.

3. The KNUCKLEbones are

those who knock everything

anyone else tries to do.

4. The BACKbones are those

who get under the load and

get the work done.

What kind of bone are you?

THANK YOU!

The Board of Elders would like to Thank You for your generous dona-tion of $2,760.00 for the Global Wa-ter Mission Project. It is a gift that

will keep on giving. Your support is so appreciated.

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Salem’s Veteran Honor Roll A few years ago we didn’t have any information about members of Salem who served in our Nation’s Armed Forc-es. Today we have accumulated data on nearly 100 veterans who we honor and individually recognized in a slide presentation during church services on Veteran’s Sunday in November. That said… our mission has not ended. Below is a listing of another 60 members of Salem known to be veterans. We have their names, but don’t have their branch of service; years of service; rank/rate; duty stations/wars; where buried (if deceased); or a photo in uni-form. If you know these veterans (or members of the family) please gather the information listed in the paragraph above, and provide it to Stanton Thompson (816-225-9515; jsthomps@ctcis.net) or Dennis Knipmeyer (660-641-0346; djknip@ctcis.net.

Albers, Red

Alberswerth, Carl H.

Bergsieker, Lois

Boedeker, Delmar

Boedeker, Ernest

Boedeker, Oscar O.

Brackman, Joseph

Buist, Burk

Engelbrecht, Marvin

Fisher, Gene

Fox, Eldred

Freese, Siegmund

Freund, Richard

Frevert, William H.

Gladish, Gilbert

Halford, Orville

Held, Henry R.

Hilgedick, Norman

Hillebrenner, Emil

Knehans, Marvin

Knehans, Maurice

Lefman, Ray

Lefman, Rudy

Lineback, Edward

Meinershagen, Clarence

Meinershagen, Leroy

Mensenkamp, Raymond

Morstain, Wilbur H.

Niemeier, Herman

Niemeyer, Edward

Oberhelman, Otto

Opfer, Albert

Opfer, Delmar *

Opfer, Ferdinand

Pevestorff, Charles

Rabshal, John

Redeker, Burnett

Rehsmeyer, Herman

Ridder, William A.

Schaefer, Emmett

(* Incomplete data)

Schaefer, Gilbert

Schaefer, Paul

Schierioh, John

Schlomann, Harold A.

Schneider, Herman H.

Schoppenhorst, Clarence

Schroer, Martin

Smith, Walter

Starke Henry

Stockman, Elmer

Stockman, Rov

Stoecklin, Melvin

Struchtemeyer, Keith

Stuerke, Marvin

Tagtmeyer, Gilbert

Voss, Leonard A.

Wegner, Charles E.

Wehmhoener, Emil

Werning, Elmer

Woltemath, Garret

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LAFAYETTE AREA CROP HUNGER WALK

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

AT THE CONFEDERATE PARK IN HIGGINSVILLE

The Lafayette Area CROP Hunger Walk will begin at 3:00 PM on Sunday, September 30, in the Confederate Park in Higginsville near the Chapel. Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m.. Parking and a shuttle service will be available from the Salem parking lot; the van will leave at 2:30 p.m.

This CROP Hunger Walk helps stop hunger both locally and around the world as a part of the CHURCH WORLD SERVICE and is sponsored by the Lafayette County Cluster of UCC Churches. Currently, well over 2,000 communi-ties across the U.S. join in more than 1,300 CROP Hunger Walks each year. More than five million CROP Hunger Walkers have participated in more than 36,000 CROP Hunger Walks in the last two decades alone. What difference does it make? $50.00 can enable a woman to attend literacy class and change her life forever; $110.00 can provide emergency food supplies for a family of five’s needs for a month; $140.00 can give a struggling farm family a new source of income: a pair of pigs. A piglet from each litter this pair generates is then given to another family in need.

All individuals and churches are welcomed and encouraged to participate by joining this effort. Twenty-five percent of the funds raised can be designated for the local food pantry. If you aren’t able to participate and a walker from Salem asks for your support, please give generously. Come and join us to raise awareness and help stop hunger in our world.

NEWS FROM SALEM CEMETERY Going through some old records of the Salem Cemetery I discovered numerous Burial or Removal Permits dating back to 1942 up to 1961. This practice has since been discontinued. I have scanned the permits and now would like to share them with family members of the deceased. These are burials in Salem Cemetery. I will list them by last name along with the year. 1942 Schowe, Bartel, Meinershagen, Ordelheide, Fieth, William Rinne, Martha Rinne, 1943 Woltemath, Schierloh, Tempel 1944 Fasse, Klein, Bruening, Uphaus, Howe, Meyer, Sprick, Schaefer, Korsmeyer, Schowengerdt 1945 Reuter, Humburg, Lefman, Schowengerdt, Bischoff, Riekhof, Marks, 1946 Fahrmeier, Albers, Hillbrenner, Boedeker, Julius Meinershagen, Schnieder, Ida Meinershagen, Tempel,

August Meinershagen 1947 Schroer, Schlueter, Hoefer, Albersworth, Vahrenberg, Kroll 1948 Ridder, Bright, Meinershagen, Bleckschmidt, Schroer, Stumpenhaus, Meyers, Humburg 1949 Albert Schowengerdt, Kranz, Buehler, Rinne, Robert Schowengerdt, Knehans, Lefman 1950 Siems, Louis Meinershagen, Minnie Meinershagen, Humburg, Bleckschmidt, Bruegeman, 1951 Meinershagen, Gadient, Schierlock 1952 Voss, Conzelman, Nieman, Kronsbein, Hader 1953 Albersworth 1954 Niemeyer, Rinne, Schaefer, Shanks, Wagner, Tempel, Poeppelmeier 1955 Froeschel, Freund, Meinershagen 1956 Riekhof, Fox, Mensenkamp, Boemker, Meinershagen, Bergsieker 1957 Galtung, Mensenkamp, Freese 1958 Jaspering, Rinne, Conzelman 1959 Schaefer, Lefman, Opfer, Vahrenberg, Temple 1960 Starke, Charles Meinershagen, Ella Meinershagen, Thoman, Schneider 1961 Lefman, Frey If anyone is interested in more information contact Dennis at 660-641-0345

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The Lamplighter

September 2018 • Salem United Church of Christ • Higginsville, Missouri

The Lamplighter

Is a monthly newsletter of :

Salem United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Tommy Faris Delbert Goetz, President

1500 Main Street Pastor Church Council

Higginsville, MO 64037 Sarah J. Berry Mark Gross, President

(660) 584-3603 Secretary Board of Elders

Fax: 584-5666 Doris Jane Stoner Judi Knipmeyer, President

E-Mail: salemucc@ctcis.net Organist Board of Christian Education

Early Worship Jamie Smith June Howell

8:30 a.m. Music Director Christian Education Coordinator

Sunday School Anne Iles Lindsey Rolf, Volunteer

9:15 a.m. Youth Music Director Assistant Church Secretary

Worship Lowell Grumke

10:30 a.m. Custodian