Grace United Methodist Church

1832 W 9th St

Hastings NE 68901

August 7, 2015 Vol. 25 No. 32

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Pastors: Cindy Karges, & Oscar Perez Worship Leader: Megan Lee Director of Christian Education: Cassie Brader Youth Director: Parish Nurse: Judy Reimer RN (until Dec. 31st) Office: Denise Hauff Phone 402/463-5696

Monday, August 10

4:00 Spanish Parenting Class

6:00 English Class

7:00 Stewardship/Finance Committee

FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics

Tuesday, August 11

9:30 Tai Chi

2:00 Staff meeting (answering machine)

2:30 garden meeting

7:00 Bible Study (Cristo Poder de Dios

Wednesday, August 12

1:30-4:30 drop in to visit Cindy

5:30-6:00 W.O.W.

FLC/6:00 a.m. aerobics

Thursday, August 13

6:00 Cristo Poder de Dios

6:30 Staff Parish Relations Committee

7:30 Missions Committee

Friday, August 14

3:00 Office closes

6:00 English class

FLC/6 a.m. aerobics

Saturday, August 15

Sunday, August 16

9:00 Sunday School (Duos, Lamplighters)

9:40 blood pressure checks

10:00 Worship

11:00 Sunday School (Christian Builders,

Path Finders)

4:00 Worship (Cristo Poder de Dios)

6:00 Youth & family bbq at the lake

United Methodist Women Honors

Nichole Bryant

Dedicated Light Award

Keith Ljunggren

Dedicated Light Award

Sharon Selley

Special Mission Recognition

Honorees pictured with Rev. Cindy and Vi Bruce

Grace UMC is looking for a Youth Director. This important ministry position is part-time. The position is available immediately . Interest-ed persons are invited to submit an application/resume to the main office or Rev. Cindy. For more in-formation contact Rev. Cindy or Mark Johnson for the SPRC Committee.

I wanted to thank you for the

prayer shawl. I broke my arm

and had to have surgery. My

grandparents, Glen & Jeannette

Wiens, brought it to me to make

me feel better. Thank you for

taking the time to make it.

Sincerely, Madison Wiens

Congratulations to Kelli Shuck and

Jared Hodgson. The couple was mar-

ried august 1st here at Grace. They

will be living in Columbus. Kelli is

the daughter of Terry & Jodi Shuck

and was GUMC’s Youth Director

(with Jared’s help!) Best of luck from Grace!

Church members who mail their

offering envelopes when they can-

not attend worship help us meet

our weekly income goal. You can

also sign-up for giving at

https://e-giving.org/graceumchastings

To Grace church, for

the many expressions

of kindness, thoughts

and prayers at the

time of mother’s

death, we, her family

express a heartfelt

thanks to all. To Rev.

Cindy especially for

helping us put togeth-

er our service of cele-

bration in mother’s hon-

or. Grace church was

so much of Nellie’s life!

Rich, Bette and Larry

and family

Prayer Concerns:

Those serving in the military ~ Grey Pickerill, Adam

Koertner, Ryan & Ashley Ardiana

Family of Nichole Bryant (death in family in Iowa)

Family of Wilma Richards (death) Our sympathy to Alyce

Faye Hajny & Bonnie Smith and families

“I will be loyal to the United `Methodist Church and uphold it with my prayers, my presence, my gifts

and my service.”

Sunday Worship 8/2/15 122

W.O.W. 7/29/15 42

Youth Sunday School Summer break

Adult Sunday School 18

Budget $4,771.00

HVAC $75.00

Balance as of June (29,489.79)

Mark your calendars for Open Table on August 30th. More information to come! We will need your help, please!

Youth Ministry Gathering

Aug.16th 6:00 pm. Youth and their families (including upcoming 6th grad-ers) will meet for food and games at the lake.

The next men’s breakfast is scheduled

for Saturday, September 12th at 7

a.m. All men are invited. (A men’s

bible study will be starting up again

Wednesday, Sept. 2 and all men are

invited to this also).

Sunday School kick-off is scheduled for September 13th. This will be a fun day so get it on your calendars now! More infor-

mation to come . . .

Lily Ann Brader was

born to Jared & Cassie

and big brother Easton,

on July 29th. She

weighed 8 pounds 12

ounces and is 20 inches long. Welcome Lily!

(Cassie will be taking Aug. & Sept. off for a

well deserved maternity leave from her Christian

Ed Director duties). Congratulations!

◄ The Grace garden

committee is happy to

announce that Jeanne and

Chuck Hastings' garden

was selected as the gar-

den of the week! Chuck

is an attorney and Jeanne

has taught nutrition

classes at CCC. They

are members of

the First Presbyterian

Church.

Parish nurse position available at Grace United

Methodist Church, January 1, 2016

The SPRC has approved this be a paid position. Grace

Church will pay for malpractice insurance; participa-

tion in a parish nurse course and mileage. The parish

nurse will be paid for 10 hours per month @ $20 per

hour. Please contact Judy Reimer for more information.

Please contact Denise to set up an interview.

United Methodist

Women are looking for

persons interested in

adding to our supplies

for School Mission kits.

A box collecting dona-

tions will be available

in Fellowship Hall. A

list of “needs” is in the

office. Thank you!