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AUGUST 2018

First United Methodist Church of Excelsior Springs1650 Rainbow Blvd. | Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

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Churchwide trainingplanned for August 11

The entire church congregation is invited to attend a special churchwide training day on Saturday, August 11 at the church.Whether you are a church leader, committee member or just an attendee of church service, the training day will have something for everyone.Led by Rev. Dr. Kim Griffith of Griffith Coaching, the day will teach us how to reach new people in the community, how to be a more hospitable congregation and how to be a generous church. Rev. Dr. Kim Griffith serves as the Executive Director for Griffith Coaching, as well as a Path 1 New Church Strategist with United Methodist Discipleship Ministries. She was a church planter for over 10 years, starting a new service at First United Methodist Church in Ft. Myers, Florida, and starting River of Life United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Kim also served as the Associate Director of New Church Development for the Florida Annual Conference. She is an ordained minister in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Jim, have seven grown children between them and live in Orlando, FL.

The training day will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.This will be an excellent opportunity to collaborate with other leaders of the church and to find more opportunities to be more active within our church. Please plan to attend this training session on Saturday, Aug. 11. RSVP by Monday, Aug. 6

SHIPWRECKEDsermon series

begins in AugustShipwrecked is Pastor Laura’s next sermon se-ries, beginning Aug. 5 and running throughout the month.Based on the popular VBS series, Shipwrecked shows us all how Jesus rescues us through life’s storms! He rescues us when we are lonely, when we worry, when we struggle and when we have done wrong.Shipwrecked will also teach us to look for evi-dence of God in everything around us.Pastor Laura will lead the Children’s Time throughout the month, tying in the children’s les-sons with the congregation’s with special videos every week.Join us Sundays in August for this very special sermon series.

Rev. Dr. Kim Griffith, Griffith Coaching

Tennis shoes due August 12Thank you to the church members who took a slip promising to buy new tennis shoes for Meet the Need for their back to school mission. All 75 slips were taken. Remember, we need tennis shoes only. Please bring your tennis shoe donation back to the church by Sunday, August 12.

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The following people are in need of our prayers. Please help

lift their names up to God!Recent Deaths:

JAY BARTLETTHARDY COBB

Hospitalized:PETE RUCKER’S FATHER

CAROL FISHER

Upcoming surgery:JOHN SIMMONSRACENE BOLIN

Recovering from illness:PAT CALVIN

BROOKLYN GASKODAVID LODWICK

JOE MCCOYDEBY MUSICK

JAI PATEBOB PETTEGREW

HAROLD RHODUSWILMA SMITH

GUNNAR ZIRJACKS

Cancer Concerns:RACENE BOLIN

PATTY GOOCH PREWITTRONNIE JONES

LISACARLA

LAVERNE FOERSTERLINDA GAIL SMITH

DIANERENEE RHODUSWILMA SMITHJEFF BILLINGS

KIMJOANN FRY

KEN EHRHARDTPEGGY RICK

CLINT SIMMONSJULIE VAN LIERE

KINSEY BELLGRACIE CROWELL

KIM COMPTONWILL WALLACE

MARY LOU MERTZDOYLE SLAYDEN AMY COLEMANMELISSA WOOD

BILLY BEALE WOODSMOLLY HAMMER

ELLI AND HER FAMILY RONNIE BRUMBAUGH

CARL POWELLMARLA EDWARDS

General Health ConcernsVICTORIA PALMERJEANNE DAVISON

The WORSHIP PLANNING COM-MITTEE is chaired by Brenda Kel-ley and Sharon Thomson. Our Worship committee is responsible for working with the pastor to de-velop her themes — like our “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” series and church-wide picnic. This com-mittee is also instrumental in the launching of our new contempo-rary service — The Spring. Annu-ally, the worship committee plans our Easter, Christmas and other special holiday services.The worship planning committee focuses on short- and long-range planning of worship and on devel-oping the congregation as an ac-tive, vital worshiping community. Planning for vital worship on a sus-tained basis is a team sport! This

team meets at least once a month to generate the vision and themes for worship far enough in advance that sermons can be developed and appropriate music, art, drama or other material elements can be found or commissioned.The committee works in conjunc-tion with the pastor, the music director and the communications director to recruit and maintain our worship servant schedule and volunteer list for worship services. The worship planning team dis-covers all the gifts of all the people and invites them to use these gifts in worship through our various ser-vant opportunities. By giving themselves plenty of lead time and organizing themselves to be able to draw on the rich gifts of

Church Committee Spotlights

WORSHIP PLANNING

In the next few newsletters, we will highlight our church com-mittees. We will list the duties, accomplishments and needs for each of these committees. Last month, we started with our Mis-sions Committee. This month, we feature three more.

It is our hope that you find a committee that interests you and that you will choose to become more active in some small way with that committee. To learn more or to ask questions, contact that committee’s chairperson or the church office.

The HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE is led by Chairperson Connie Couts.Do you enjoy getting together with friends and family after wor-ship services and after events? These activities are coordinated by our Hospitality Committee.The people on this team are the ambassadors of all things food and fellowship.The Hospitality Committee helps serve refreshments after Sunday service to provide a time for peo-ple to relax and enjoy fellowship with others.The committee also helps in the planning and organizing of spe-

cial events such as recognition receptions for veterans and grad-uates, church luncheons and pic-nics and any event that requires the use of our church kitchen.Our kitchen must meet the re-quirements of the Clay County Health Department and the Hos-pitality team is responsible for providing that clean and safe en-vironment. Our church is blessed to have such a nice kitchen facil-ity with all its accessories. If you enjoy working around food and a kitchen environment for the ben-efit of church functions, the Hos-pitality Committee is for you.More volunteers are needed on this committee, especially those

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE

who are willing to become Safe Food Handler cer-tified. This is a simple one-afternoon class at the Clay County Health Department that teaches you the proper handling and storing of food for public events. If you have more questions or would like to be on the Hospitality Committee, contact Connie Couts at 816-637-7877 or email [email protected].

the congregation and the wider Christian tradition, our worship planning team designs a worship experience that consistently expresses the congregation’s devo-tion and discipleship with creativity and passion.To learn more about our worship planning commit-tee, contact Brenda Kelley at 816-804-7644 or Sharon Thomson at 816-289-0789. You can also email the wor-ship committee at [email protected].

The Trustees are led by Chairper-son Al Miller.The current 9-member team of Trustees of our church supervise and maintain all property belong-ing to our congregation — includ-ing the church, parking lot, acre-age and parsonage — so that the ministries of the congregation can be effective. The trustees have several legal and administrative functions:- They oversee, maintain, and supervise all the church property and equipment;- They report annually to the charge conference on the state of the church’s property, equipment, investments and resources;

- They receive and administer all gifts made to the congregation, making certain that all trust funds of the congregation are invested properly;- They ensure that the articles of incorporation of the congregation are kept up-to-date if applicable;- They are responsible, in con-junction with the pastor, for use of the church building, parking lot, parsonage and grounds;- They maintain adequate insur-ance coverage on all church property and develop appropri-ate risk management policies;- They submit to the committee on finance the annual budget requests for insurance, property

TRUSTEES COMMITTEE

maintenance and improvement, and new property or equipment purchases;- They are accountable to the charge conference and to the church’s Administrative Council.If you’d like to learn more about the Trustees, you can contact Chairperson Al Miller by email at [email protected].

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SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship Service 10 a.m.

Service at ES Nursing & Rehab

2 p.m.

Boy Scouts weekly meeting

6:30 p.m.The Spring Band rehearsal: 7 p.m.

Calico Quilters meeting 9 a.m.

NEW TIME & PLACE Mighty Diapers pick up at GSC: 10 - 11 a.m.

Hand & Foot Card Club Noon

PEO Sisterhood meeting 7 p.m.

Prayer Shawl committee meeting

9 a.m.

ALL CHURCH TRAINING EVENT

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.Kitchen/Fellowship Hall

reserved by Racene Bolin

4 - 7 p.m.



Mission Committee meeting: 11 a.m.


The Spring Service 9 a.m.


Preschool Pre-K Orientation: 9 a.m.Preschool Pre-K

Orientation: 11 a.m.Hand & Foot Card Club

Noon



Service at ES Convalescent Ctr.

2:30 p.m.

Second Miler’s Social TBA



United Methodist Men meeting: 6:30 p.m.


Preschool Board meeting: 6:30 p.m.Worship Committee meeting: 6:30 p.m.



NEW TIME & PLACE Mighty Diapers pick up

at GSC: 6 - 7 p.m.Finance Committee meeting: 6:30 p.m.



Administrative Council meeting: 6:30 p.m.

AUGUST 2018

First United Methodist Churchof Excelsior Springs

1650 Rainbow Blvd. • Excelsior Springs, MO 64024816-637-2138 • ESMethodist.com

Is something missing or inaccurate with our church calendar? Please let us know. Call the church office at: 816-637-2138


Staff Pastor Relations Committee meeting

6:30 p.m.


Preschool 3-yr-old Orientation: 9 a.m.

AUG. 5 AUG. 12 AUG. 19 AUG. 26Worship Leader: Joyce Green Kelli Hoffman Michele McCrackin Margaret O’LearyVideo Tech: Jason Cole Darin Mahon Andrew Price Tyler StoneAcolyte: Mackenzie Cole Maya Watkins Jordin Price Abby BrawdyChildren’s Time: Pastor Laura Pastor Laura Pastor Laura Pastor LauraChildren’s Church: n/a Megan Sams Nancy Rucker Megan SamsNursery Helpers: JaNeen & Abbi Danner Ron Cogdill Mike Kelley Brenda & Morgan SchindlerMoney Counters: Ron Cogdill, Michele McCrackin Carol Lautenschlager, Kelly Smith Scott & Mary Simon Lisa Watkins, Christi RiceVan Driver: Mike Kelley Mike Kelley Mike Kelley Mike KelleyGreeters: Pete Dickerson & Don McGhee Pete Dickerson & Don McGhee Pete Dickerson & Don McGhee Pete Dickerson & Don McGheeUshers: G. Stewart, D. Couts, C. Lautenschlager G. Stewart, D. Couts, C. Lautenschlager G. Stewart, D. Couts, C. Lautenschlager G. Stewart, D. Couts, C. LautenschlagerCoffee Baristas: Molly Pranke Nancy Garrett Donna Simmons Carolyn Rice Communion Steward: Kelly SmithCommunion Servers: John & Donna Simmons, Mary Miller Jeff & Lisa Watkins

AUGUST SERVANT SCHEDULE

SEPT. 2 SEPT. 9 SEPT. 16 SEPT. 23 SEPT. 30Worship Leader: Kelly Smith Kent Powell Vonna Lee Davis Don McGhee Nancy GarrettVideo Tech: Andrew Price Jason Cole Tyler Stone Darin Mahon Tyler Stone Acolyte: Bryson Stone Jayden Houser Brooklyn Stone Emory Kiehl Gage SimmonsChildren’s Time: Joe Meehan Darryl Couts Pastor Laura Kelli Hoffman Margaret O’LearyChildren’s Church: n/a Nancy Rucker Megan Sams Nancy Rucker Megan SamsNursery Helpers: Christi & Emily Rice Brenda Kelley Janet Hay Kelly Smith Carol DooleyMoney Counters: Ron Cogdill, Christi Rice M. McCrackin, C. Lautenschlager Kelly Smith, Julie Hale Scott & Mary Simon Ron Cogdill, Lisa WatkinsVan Driver: Pete Dickerson Pete Dickerson Pete Dickerson Pete Dickerson Pete DickersonGreeters: Jean Herzog, Judy Pope Jean Herzog, Judy Pope Jean Herzog, Judy Pope Jean Herzog, Judy Pope Jean Herzog, Judy PopeUshers: J. Meehan, M. Nedblake, J. Kilgore J. Meehan, M. Nedblake, J. Kilgore J. Meehan, M. Nedblake, J. Kilgore J. Meehan, M. Nedblake, J. Kilgore J. Meehan, M. Nedblake, J. KilgoreCoffee Baristas: TBA TBA TBA TBA TBACommunion Steward: Vonna Lee Davis Communion Servers: TBA

SEPTEMBER SERVANT SCHEDULE

CAN’T SERVE WHEN SCHEDULED? A CONTACT LIST FOR SUBSTITUTES IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT ESMETHODIST.COM Look for it immediately below the SERVANT SCHEDULE in the right hand column.

SERVANT SCHEDULES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE: VISIT ESMETHODIST.COMClick on SERVANT SCHEDULE under ANNOUNCEMENTS in the right hand column.

OCTOBER SERVANT SCHEDULE OCT. 7 OCT. 14 OCT. 21 OCT. 28Worship Leader: Kelly Smith Joyce Green Kelli Hoffman Michele McCrackinVideo Tech: Andrew Price Jason Cole Darin Mahon Tyler StoneAcolyte: Mackenzie Cole Evan Watkins Dantin McBee Cooper BellemoreChildren’s Time: Jason & Mackenzie Cole Mary Pettegrew Joe Meehan Darryl CoutsChildren’s Church: n/a Nancy Rucker Megan Sams Nancy RuckerNursery Helpers: TBA TBA TBA TBAMoney Counters: TBA TBA TBA TBAVan Driver: Darryl Couts Darryl Couts Darryl Couts Darryl CoutsGreeters: Dennis & Carol Dooley Dennis & Carol Dooley Dennis & Carol Dooley Dennis & Carol DooleyUshers: Darryl Couts, Steve & Carolyn Rice Darryl Couts, Steve & Carolyn Rice Darryl Couts, Steve & Carolyn Rice Darryl Couts, Steve & Carolyn RiceCoffee Baristas: TBA TBA TBA TBA Communion Steward: Jeff & Lisa WatkinsCommunion Servers: TBA

CAN’T SERVE AND HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A SUBSTITUTE? CONTACT WORSHIP CHAIRPERSONS BRENDA KELLEY OR SHARON THOMSON BY EMAILING THEM AT [email protected]

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Emily Rice, daughter of Brian and Christi Rice and granddaughter of Steve and Caro-lyn Rice, was confirmed on July 15 during the 10 a.m. worship service. She recently completed her 4-week course with Pastor Laura Blevins to confirm her faith and Methodist membership. She learned about the history of John Wesley, details of the Bible and Sacraments of the United Methodist Church, and member-ship vows. She is committed to the mem-bership expectations of attending worship every week possible, continuing to grow in her spiritual journey, finding a place to serve both inside and outside the walls of the

Emily Rice confirmed

July 15 to these members!Colleen Rhodus . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 6Kelly Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 7Jordan Humphrey . . . . . . .Aug. 10Sharon Robinson . . . . . . . . Aug. 11Ed Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 11Jeffrey Wathen . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 11Brooklyn Stone . . . . . . . . .Aug. 12Dennis Dooley . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 13Lillian Shah . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 13Gary Stewart . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 13Phyllis McGhee . . . . . . . . .Aug. 14Darla Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 14Dantin McBee . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 17Jerry Shellenberger, Jr. . . .Aug. 17Richart Andrew . . . . . . . . .Aug. 18Lucky Clark . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 19Bryson Stone . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 19Noah Blevins . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 25Danelle McBee . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 25Tyler Olcott . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 26Donald Duncan . . . . . . . . .Aug. 30

Dear Friends in Christ,Thank you so very much for your generous donation for the summer Mission Meals for Kids! Your continued support means so much to all of us and to all the families we help! May God Bless all of you abundantly!

— All the volunteers at Meet the Need

First United Methodist Church,Thank you for the A. Vane Miller Scholarship and the Prayer Shawl I received. It will come in useful my freshman year at Missouri Western.

— Bryce Edwards

church, and giving in accordance to her income. She has already ex-pressed an interest in joining the Communications Committee. Emily, 12, is beginning 7th grade at Excelsior Springs Middle School this fall. She enjoys participating in community theatre, taking bal-

let, pointe, jazz and contemporary dance classes at Dance Theatre Workshop, and writing her own stories, and helping her parents in volunteer work around town. Please congratulate her when you see her next and pray for her con-tinued spiritual growth.

One of our local mission projects in September will benefit the health rooms in our local elementary schools. Young children sometimes have accidents at school that require a change of pants and under-clothes. We can help ensure limited embarrassment by supplying the 3 elementary school health rooms with a selection of underwear and sweatpants for easy changing. Look for the collection basket located outside the church office door and let’s fill it with un-derpants and sweatpants for boys and girls, sizes 5T-youth L. We will be challenging the Richmond UMC to see who can collect the most items by Sept. 23. Loser gets doused with a very large bucket of ice water after church on September 30!

Pastor Laura invites everyone to bring your backpacks with them to church August 12 for a special dedication during worship. Prayers and blessings will be lifted to God for our students, teachers, school staff and administrators who will all be preparing for another school year.

Sunday • August 12

Mighty Underpants Mission

Learn to be more welcoming to church visitorsPastor Laura encourages all congre-gation members to make a conscious effort to be welcoming and friendly to the guests of our church.As part of this encouragement, Lisa and Jeff Watkins are heading up a new ministry to take a “thank you bag” filled with goodies to first time visi-tors. If you have someone new sitting near you, or you notice them in the church please say hello!We want to develop a healthy practice of making our visitors feel at home

here in our church.

Forty percent of visitors make up their mind about a church before they even see the pastor, according to Barna Research. Within two minutes of the beginning of a service visitors have formed an opinion about whether the congregation is friendly.

Be intentional about saying hello and goodbye to guests. Escort newcomers to the nursery, bathrooms, coffee bar, etc. Don’t just point the way or give directions. Say, “I don’t think we’ve met before….” if you are not sure if

the person next to you is a member or a visitor. Make a special effort to re-member that visitor’s names and call them by name.

Don’t overlook visitors who come to the church for the first time for an event other than worship — like pre-school Sunday, Scout Sunday or other church holiday event.

Once someone has attended three times, they should be invited to join the church with a pastoral visit and/or an invitation to take part in an inquir-ers or new member class.

Starting this month, the Mighty Diapers mission will move from our church to the Good Samaritan Center. Mighty Diapers classes will run on the first Tuesday of the month (beginning Aug. 7) from 10 - 11 a.m. and on the third Tuesday of the month (starting Aug. 21) from 6 to 7 p.m. This is a change from the every Tuesday night schedule held here at the church. For more information about Mighty Diapers, contact Mighty Diapers Chair-person Samantha Kilgore at 816-536-9877.

Mighty Diapers moves mission to Good Sam Center starting in August

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AUGUST 2018REV. LAURA [email protected]

KAREN GLAMANNAdministrative [email protected]

BRIAN RICECommunications [email protected]

AL MILLERTrustees [email protected]

Mallory Mahon, Music DirectorMike Kelley, Nursery SupervisorJill Dowdy, Nursery AssistantDixie Shelton, Nursery AssistantJessica Hulsey, Nursery AssistantDarla Sims, Preschool DirectorJenna Olcott, Preschool Assistant

The First United Methodist Church of Excelsior Springs newsletter AUG. 2018

Church picnic was an afternoon full of funOver 80 members of the congregation gathered Sunday, July 22 for a fun afternoon during our churchwide picnic celebration. With Barry McCrackin firing up the grill, hot dogs and hamburgers were served along with tables full of delicious side dishes brought in my church members and coordinated by the hospitality committee. Children enjoyed all types of games coordinated by Colleen Rhodus. The afternoon was the perfect wrap up to Pastor Laura’s “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” sermon series. Thank you to everyone who helped make this afternoon such a memorable experience.

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