April 2018 Fairfield First United Methodist Church
F.U.M.C. NEWS
A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR DONNA…
I serve a risen Savior He’s in the world today. I know that He is living, Whatever foes may say.
I see His hand of mercy; I hear His voice of cheer;
And just the time I need Him He’s always near.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart
This hymn written in the 1930’s by Pastor Alfred H. Ackley in response to a man’s question about why he should worship “a dead Jew” led to the writing of these words. They are as true now as they have always been for those who love and serve Christ. Whatever the message is in our broken world, we have
this truth to sustain us. Christ lives! We know this because He lives in our hearts and is always near! Come celebrate during this Easter season the res-
urrected Savior, Jesus Christ.
SERMONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL/EASTER SERVICES
April 1 “New Life” Romans 6:3-11 Sunrise Service/
Breakfast following
April 1 “The Dawning” John 20:1-18 Easter Service
April 8 Risk Taking Mission Luke 10:30-37
April 15 Risk Taking Service Matthew 25:31-40
April 22 Fasting Daniel 1:8, 12-15, 10:1-9
April 29 A Primer on the Matthew 6:16-18
Spiritual Disciple
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Children/Youth Information .. 2
Lenten/Easter Information ..... 3
Ways to Get Involved .............. 4
Cookson Hills/Looking Back .. 5
Monthly Calendar .................... 6
Birthday’s/Anniversaries/Etc . 7
Ushers/Children’s Church ...... 8
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
Easter Services
Mother’s Day Event
Mowing Volunteers Wanted
Volunteer Opportunities
“ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
Kids Nights...April 8th & 22nd! Makes plans
to attend these Sunday Fun-day events! In-
vite your friends! Ages 3-12 welcome! Bible
Lesson, Dinner, Crafts & Games!
Volunteers for Children’s Church
are always needed, except the first
Sunday of each month. If you are
interested, there is a sign up sheet
in the back of the sanctuary.
IN APRIL...
The M & M’s
youth group will
be starting up
again! Ken and
Rita Otey will be
starting this
great program
for ages 1st-4th
grades . Watch
for information
and plan to at-
tend this excit-
ing youth group
at FUMC!
COMING UP...
We have set a date
for VBS this year. It
will be held June 18-
22 from 9-11:30. We
would love to have
helpers for that week,
if you are available a
day or two or even
the whole week. It
takes a lot of help to
get through a VBS
week and we would
love to have you! Let
Elizabeth know if
there is something
you would be inter-
ested in helping with!
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EASTER SERVICE DATES:
3/29-MAUNDY/THURSDAY SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT ELLEN MOORE UNIT-
ED METHODIST CHURCH @ 6:30 PM.
3/30-GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT F.U.M.C. @ 6:30 PM
3/31-CHILDREN’S EASTER EGG HUNT/BREAKFAST 9:00-11:00 AM
4/1-SUNRISE SERVICE AT 7:00 AM. BREAKFAST TO FOLLOW.
4/1 EASTER WORSHIP SERVICE 10:00 AM
THE 12 WEEK
CHURCH ASSESS-
MENT BIBLE
STUDY CONTINUES
UNTIL MAY 17TH.
WE STILL HAVE
BOOKS AVAILABLE
IN THE OFFICE IF
YOU WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN US.
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200TH ANNIVERSARY
ACTIVITY DATES:
June 24, 2018-
Picnic and Gath-
ering with music
by the Independ-
ent Silver Band.
October 14, 2018-
Homecoming
Worship with
Bishop Frank
Beard
More information
on T-Shirts and
ornaments will be
available soon!
SAVE THE DATES
Ladies May Banquet
6:00 pm, Tuesday May 15
Celebrating Marriage
through the Years
Do you have a wedding
dress we can use for a his-
torical bridal fashion show?
Do you have wedding pho-
tos of the dress being worn
that we can borrow for a
video presentation during
the fashion show. Contact
Elizabeth Gonzalez at 842-
2129
Dinner will also be served
this evening. Signups for
that event will be out at a
later date.
Volunteers for this event are
needed & any young women
available to model wedding
dresses are also needed for
this evening.
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MOWING SEASON IS UPON US! IF
YOU SIGNED UP LAST YEAR TO
VOLUNTEER TO HELP MOW OR
ARE NOT CURRENTLY A VOLUN-
TEER BUT WOULD LIKE TO HELP,
PLEASE CONTACT ELIZABETH !
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you would like to get involved but are just not sure what ministries
can use you...below are a list of those ministries who NEED you!
1-Once per month we need volunteers to help unload our Food Pantry
Delivery Truck. March 28th at 9:45 will be the next time we will need
help. Meet by the West doors.
2-Food Pantry Delivery-We need help delivering the food each month
to those who are shut in and need the food.
3-Meals on Wheels-Always looking for volunteers to take a day and
help deliver meals to those who are shut in.
4-Church Library Clean-Up
Note-Hand Bells will not
meet the month of April
but will resume in May!
LOOKING BACK…………………… It is now officially Spring! It may not feel like it, but Easter is just around the corner. Orders are be-ing taken for the flowers that tra-ditionally grace the altar in our sanctuary during the time of Palm Sunday and Easter. FoodTastic Fridays are now his-tory after nine years of serving high school students. An appreci-ation luncheon was served to some of those who have helped with this activity. Thanks to Pastor Donna, Eliza-beth, with help from Sue and Sylvia for doing the work. Another prom dress give-a-way was held earlier in the month. Twenty five girls received dresses that day, and it is on-going for any girl who still needs a dress. Thank you to Donna Reever and all those who helped with the give-a-way. Also thank you to those who donated dresses, acces-sories, or money for this project. The Round Robin Lenten services are winding down with the last
one back here again on Palm Sunday evening. Rev. Rus-sell Anderson will be preaching. These services have been held each Sunday during Lent with a social time following. Cookies are needed for Sunday night so-cial time. A Easter Egg hunt will be held for the children on Saturday the 31st with breakfast being served as well. Donations of individually wrapped candy are needed to fill the eggs. At this time we look forward to the up-coming services of the Easter season with great music from our choir a well as the piano and organ. Tom is back with the choir and they are practicing and singing full time. We are happy to have Elaine Wilson playing her violin to accompany the choir on Palm Sunday. We do appreciate those who filled in with special music to supplement the choir and to Cori and Diane for their directing duties.
Make a note to bring your WADI non-perishable
donations on April 1, no fooling
KASKASKIA RIVER DISTRICT...MISSION TRIP
COOKSON HILLS CENTER
THIS TRIP WILL BE HELD JUNE 24TH-JUNE 30TH. PLEASE STOP IN THE OFFICE IF YOU
WISH TO GO AND FILL OUT A FORM.
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April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Communion
Sunday
Sunrise Service
7:00 am; Breakfast
to follow
Sunday School
9:00 am
2
Office Closed
Prayer Meeting
6:00 pm
3
Girl Scouts-5:00 pm
Lions Club-6:00pm
AA-8:00 pm
4
Choir Rehearsal
6:00 pm
Ad Board Mtg-
6:00 pm
Girl Scouts
Lenten Bible
Study
7:00 pm
5
Weight Watchers
5:30 pm
Church Assess-
ment Bible Study
6:00 pm
6
Food Delivery
7
Girlfriends Day
Out
8:00-Noon
Fellowship Hall in
use
8
Fellowship-8:30 am
Sunday School-9:00
Worship-10:00
Kids Night
4:00-6:00 pm
9
Prayer Meeting
6:00 pm
PEO
10
Girl Scouts
AA-8:00 pm
11
Worship
Committee
Meeting-5:00 pm
Choir Rehearsal
6:00 pm
12
District Clergy
Gathering-10-3
Weight Watchers
5:30 pm
Church Assessment
Bible Study
6:00 pm
District Lay Leaders
Mtg-6:30 pm
13 14
15
Fellowship-8:30 am
Sunday School-9:00
Worship-10:00
16
Prayer Meeting
6:00 pm
Hospital Auxiliary
Meeting
17
Lions Club-6:00 pm
Girl Scouts
AA-8:00 pm
18
Choir Rehearsal
6:00 pm
Girl Scouts
19
Weight Watchers
5:30 pm
Church Assessment
Bible Study
6:00 pm
Beta Eta First Re-
sponders Dinner-
6:00pm
NA-7:00 pm
20
Food Delivery
21
22
Fellowship-8:30 am
Sunday School-9:00
Worship-10:00
Kid’s Night
4:00-6:00 pm
23
Prayer Meeting
6:00 pm
District Ministry
Team Meeting
6:30 pm
24
TWIGS Volunteer
Meeting-6:00 pm
Girl Scouts
AA-8:00 pm
25
Food Delivery
Truck-Volunteers
Needed
Choir Rehearsal
26
Weight Watchers
5:30 pm
Church Assess-
ment Bible Study
6:00 pm
27 28
29
Men’s Breakfast
7:00 am
Fellowship-8:30 am
Sunday School-9:00
Worship-10:00
30
Prayer Meeting
6:00 pm
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
1. Rita Otey
2. Tina Berry, Carol Brach, Larry Meriwether
3. Anna Foster, Ellen Legg, Lexi McKitrick
4. Ryan Webb
5. Mike Sullivan
6. Jeff Christy, Marty Heflin
7. Kathy Book, Denise Cribelar, Joe Felix,
Meredith Richards, Cliff Reever
9. Diane Christy, Eva Lane
12. Alisa Christy, Madalyn Fuhrhop
13. Joel Wise
14. Jillian Kinney
15. Stephen Rumbold, Denise Lang Tadlock
17. Cynthia Cummins, L.D. Matthews,
Phyllis Merritt
19. Jim Brown
20. Myra Parrott, Samantha Weber
21. Carl Meeks
22. Deanne Farmer, Neal Totten
23. April Elliott
24. Dan Melrose, Larry Williams
25. Megan Jackson
26. Terry Brown, Tom Tucker, Jonathan Ward
27. Kristen Block, Christopher Donoho
Annetta Evans, Jeffrey Gale
28. Mike Dreith, Julie Hutson, Julie Jones,
Bill Kent, Mindy Otey
30. Madaline Richards, Grace Sullivan
APRIL ANNIVERSARIES
7: Josh & Calli Doty
19: Larry & Janie McDowell
PLEAE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING IN
YOUR PRAYER:
BROOKSTONE ESTATES
315 MARKET AVE., FAIRFIELD, IL 62837
Grave Sullivan, #40
Norma Donnay, #11
WAY FAIR
305 W. ELEVENTH ST., FAIRFIELD, IL 62837
Kathryn Cooper
WABASH CHRISTIAN VILLAGE
216 COLLEGE BLVD. CARM, IL 62821
Neil Totten
Russel & Dorothy Wilson
SHUT-IN:
*Mary Ellen Harriss, 1306 A Mt.Vernon Rd.
*Call church office
OUR SOLDIERS:
ALAN REYNOLDS, JACKIE ADAMS,
JOHN HARVEY, CANDICE
HOLBROOK, JASON WHIPPLE, JA-
SON EDGINGTON, KEVIN SONS,
THOMAS BROWN, LARRY & TERESA
SULLIVAN, TODD MEYERS, JEREMY
VAUGHAN, KAYLYN FUHRHOP
USHERS/GREETERS FOR APRIL
Tom Blythe Daryl Page
Rodger Parrott Chuck Reynolds
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
APRIL VOLUNTEERS
1: No Volunteer Needed
8: Rita Otey
15: Julie Hutson
22: Volunteer Needed
29: Volunteer Needed
Mailing Address Line 1
Mailing Address Line 2
Mailing Address Line 3
Mailing Address Line 4
Mailing Address Line 5
PLEASE PLACE STAMP HERE
First United Methodist Church 109 South First Street
Fairfield, IL 62837
Phone: 618-842-2129 Fax: 618-842-2120
Email: [email protected]
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