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Wesley UMC 1322 W. Broadway Blvd.
Sedalia, Missouri, 65301-5302
Sunday Services 8:30 & 10:45
THE WE SL E Y I N QU IRER
We Wan t To Know
Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid
PERMIT NO 232 Sedalia, MO
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Leading People to an Active Faith in Christ
The Rev. Dennis Harper, Pastor Telephone Number: 660.826.4502 [email protected] Fax Number: 660.826.7604 [email protected]
Sarah Myers, Youth Ministry Intern
wesleyofsedalia.com Vicki Herrick, Office Manager December 23, 2018 Grant Maledy, Choir Director, Anne Tempel, Pianist, Organist, Bell Choir, Wesley Angels Director
John Knox, Custodian
Prayers: George Scholl (Debi Langdon’s brother-in-law), Don Steen, Eileen Brandes, Jim Lawley, Marjorie Snyder, Catherine Foote, Lisa Walker , Dean Vannoy, Frances Johnston, Jenny Foote, Christine Levine & Family and Anne Tempel at the loss of her grandmother.
OUR CALENDAR AND PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Sunday, December 23 Carissa Bauer
8:30 & 10:45. a.m. — Worship Services 8:30 & 10:45. a.m. — Chancel Choir Performs 8:30 & 10:45. a.m. — Wesley Bell Choir Performs 9:30 a.m. — Sunday School
Monday, December 24 Grace Smith Christmas Eve-Office Closed
6:00 & 11:00 p.m. — Worship Services
Tuesday, December 25 Brandon Mahalovich Merry Christmas-Office Closed
Wednesday, December 26 Alex Foote Office Closed
Thursday, December 27 Joseph Waddle 2:00 p.m. — Prayer Shawl/Library 6:00 p.m. – Agape Class Gathering/FH
Friday, December 28 Grant Maledy
Saturday, December 29 Stan Taylor
Sunday, December 30 Will Bolds 8:30 & 10:45. a.m. — Worship Services
9:30 a.m. — Sunday School
Monday, December 31 Sue Cromley New Year’s Eve-Office Closed
Tuesday, January 1 Karen Parker New Year’s Day -Office Closed 12:00 p.m. — Communal Prayer
Wednesday, January 2 Susan Anderson 5:45 p.m. – Bell Choir Practice/Sanc 6:00 p.m. – Wesley Faithful Men Practice/Room 206 7:00 p.m. – Chancel Choir Practice/Sanc
Thursday, January 3 Alene Murphy 2:00 p.m. — Prayer Shawl/Library
Friday, January 4 Ron Yates 6:00 p.m. – Game Night
Saturday, January 5 Don Cable
Faithfulness Affirmed Worship
December 9 174
December 16 118
Church School
December 9 95
December 16 76
Tithing Commitment
December 9 $15,132.85
December 16 $3,298.51
Emergency Overnight
Cold Weather Shelter We are still looking for volunteers to help at the
Cold Weather Shelter. It is at the Salvation Army
on 1200 E. Broadway. In the event of harsh,
inclement temperatures (forecast of 15 degrees or
lower) the shelter will be open from 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 a.m. Please contact the office to serve.
PRAISE GOD FROM WHO ALL BLESSINGS FLOW: -
My wonderful Wesley Church and its congregates
who have been there for me through trials and
tribulations with visits, prayers, food, flowers, calls,
cards, and many expressions of loving care, Stephen
Ministries, and the ever presence of our wonderful
pastor, Dennis, who has been my comfort and
assurance.
May God's blessings be with and abide with each and
every one both now and forever more.
DeWayne Duncan
Happy Holidays I hope you know how much I am using my prayer shawl and think of my church family often. Your cards are appreciated so much! Merry Christmas Alene Murphy Dear Wesley family,
Words can’t capture the joy the new bibles
have brought to our elementary Sunday school
class. Although your generous noisy offering
also provided an ample number of classroom
bibles, half of the thirteen kids who arrived
for class this past week even brought their new
bibles with them.
Our old bibles had become a bit dog-eared
and tired from years of use, but the new bibles
are full of color and kid-friendly learning
guides. It was quite inspiring to hear the many
happy comments about the pictures and
features as the kids found their way to the
third chapter of Luke this week.
Thank you, again. Your spare change will be
engaging our kids in the mindful learning of
God’s word in the years to come.
Sincerely,
The Elementary Sunday School Teachers
Omission from Christmas Pageant Program In the preparation of the Christmas pageant on
December 9, we inadvertently neglected to give musician Kevin MacLeod credit for using excerpts
from two of his musical compositions. Mr.
MacLeod generously shares his work with all music lovers under the terms of a creative license,
but requests that he receive credit.
A big thank you to Mr. MacLeod for the use of
passages from the following works:
"Ibn al Nor." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
"Tabuk." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By
Attribution
Thank you, -- Anneliese Homan
Photo courtesy of Ashleigh Noland
Over 30 kids participated in our
annual Christmas pageant! All the
kids did a great job telling the
Christmas story. Thank you to all the
adults who helped to make it such a
great success, especially Anne
Homan, who wrote and took care of all
the details that comes with a
program like this.
From the Pastor’s Desk….
The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined. Isaiah 9:2
The celebration of the coming of Jesus Christ is
here. I am looking forward to the last Sunday in
Advent and gathering for worship on Christmas
Eve. The story of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem
brings comfort and peace. The joy of the
Incarnation of Christ is that God is always with
us. God is with us through all of our joys, sorrows,
and challenges. Through Christ, God has
experienced the highs and lows of human
existence. Jesus shines the light of hope and
love that overcomes all the darkness. We have
faith that in time, pain and death will be no more.
It is with that hope that we live our lives. We
reflect the love of Christ, so that others can
experience the light. During this holy time, find
ways to reflect God’s light. Be mindful of how you
can be kind. Take a moment, to notice the light of
Christ in others. The light of Christ is shining on
us. We can bring that light to the world.
Thank you for all the ways in this last year that
you have shared the light of Christ. The tiny
pantry on Carr helps people that need something
to eat. Helping to run the food pantry on third
Monday of the month at Open Door helps our
neighbors who need it. Remember the ways that
our musicians have shared the love of Christ.
The Wesley Bell Choir and the Wesley Faithful
Men have been actively out in the community
during Advent. The Classical Christmas Concert
filled the church to overflowing. The Christmas
Pageant this year, was wonderful. You cannot
help but see the light of Christ when a group of
children are retelling the Christmas story.
We are sharing the light of Christ with the world.
Thank you for all the ways you do it. Lastly, I
want to thank you for helping us reach our goal of
paying all of our 2018 Apportionments. The
Apportioned giving throughout The United
Methodist Church is a covenant of support and
mission for the United Methodist witness to the
light of Christ throughout the world. Continue
sharing the light of Christ!
In Christ,
Dennis
5th Peggy Blatterman
10th Grace Smith
13th Jerry Young II
14th Elizabeth Young
15th Ron Yates
16th Robert Burke
Lisa Lindstrom
18th Carolyn Thomas
19th Barbara Leftwich
Judy Oehrke
21st Jennifer Templeton
22nd
Jake Bales
26th Katy Holbert
27th Kathryn Leftwich
David Plowman
31st Brenda Cromley
Kids Donation to Community Santa
Our kids and congregation donated over 100 activity books, that will go to kids in our community! Thank you very much.
December 23rd 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. worship
December 24th 6:00 & 11:00 p.m. worship
December 25th Merry Christmas
December 27th Office Reopens
December 31st New Year’s Eve Office Closed
January 1st Happy New Year’s
Office Closed
January 2nd Regular Office
Hours Resume
23rd Don & Sue Plowman
Words of Inspiration Pastor Dennis,
Hello, I just wanted to share a story from Rich.
When he was home, he talked a little about his
deployment. He doesn’t talk of it often and he didn’t
talk a lot about it, this time because it's not all
good. But he did share a story with me that brought
peace and home to him and others while they were
deployed and helped cover a wall that was in his
office, and Wesley started it.
Soldiers would go to Rich's office to talk for
counseling about what they we're going thru over
there, missing home and family, etc. Someone saw
the church newsletter on his desk and asked what it
was. He explained that his church from his
hometown was sending him the newsletter, and that
it had a message from the pastor, church events,
prayer concerns, and a calendar with the
congregation names on it to prayer for that day. So,
Rich hung it up on his wall to share with everyone.
Rich said the soldiers liked that because it was
something uplifting and encouraging for them to
read and that they had names and could pray for
the people that were praying for them. Some of the
other soldiers asked if they could get newsletters
from their home churches if Rich would hang them
too. He said he would. That is how Wesley started
his wall of church newsletters, while they were
deployed.
He wanted me to let you know how much he
appreciated getting those newsletters. He also said
that him and the other soldiers appreciated
comfort, peace, joy the newsletters gave them.
Thank you very much,
Jennifer Barnier
Caroling!
Picture by Sarah Harper
Over 30 church members caroling at the home of Betty and Harry Burford.