Forbes United Methodist Church

May 2019

Table of Contents Remembering Our Confirmation

Remembering Our pg. 1 This Sunday, May 5th, is a Sunday you won’t want to miss! It’s a very Confirmation special Sunday in the calendar at Forbes every year. The Sunday when Worship in May pg. 2 our young people are confirmed. On this day these nine young people Prayers will confirm that was promised and celebrated at their baptisms: that UMW pg. 3 they are a precious child of God, living, learning, and growing what God UMM has began in them. It has been a joy to teach them and ground them in Electronic Giving the basics of our Christian faith and then after Sunday it will be up to May Birthdays them what they do with it. Our hope as members of Forbes will be that Kwik Trip Cards they will “run” with it and live that journey to it’s fullest. On Sunday we Proctor Food Shelf will celebrate with them, not the end of this faith journey, but rather this Calendar pg. 5 beginning! It will take all of us to love them, encourage them, and most Adventure Day Camp (cover) of all support them as they take this next glorious step. Congratulations Hailey, Preslie, Sophie, Emma, Daniel, Cecelia, Madeline, Charlie, and Daulton.

I invite you to remember your confirmation and to embrace it every day! God is with us on the journey behind us, before us and best of all beside us. Everyone of us is a precious child of God. Don’t ever forget that!

Below is an example of Crystal remembering her confirmation.

What does being confirmed to you mean? It is being accepted as a member of the church, re-affirming your faith, or is it deepening your relationship with God? To a teenager it can mean a party, gifts, a rite of passage, another class you have gone through and “passed”.

When I went through confirmation, my church used a catechism and we had weekly memorization work that we had to do. Every week we would line up, recite our line, and be checked off the list. During the

service we had to read to everyone faith statements we had written. That was one of the scariest things I ever did and I would never imagine that I would do something like that again. But I have, as worship leader and with the articles I have written. I still worry about stuttering during the service and that the thoughts I write will not make sense to anyone but me.

One thing I remember above all else is that we were all given a scripture passage picked out especially for us. Mine is Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also the Greek.” That verse has popped into my head through different times in my life and I am so thankful for that. Is there a specific verse that comes to mind from that time in your life?

Confirmation is a rite of passage. We are no longer thought of as “kids” but as “members”. It’s scary but there is also as sense of accomplishment, of victory that we have done something and been able to get to the next phase in our lives. How do we use what we’ve learned? We all have a calling, the most important being a child of Christ. We show his unfailing love by living our lives sharing God’s love, his forgiveness, and his grace to everyone. This is what confirmation means to me. What does it mean to you? Because of His grace, Pastor Karen and Crystal

Pastor Karen’s Office hours: Tues. 12-2:00 pm Wed. 10-12:00 pm Cell: 507-219-0258 Email: vashto@mac.com

Crystal’s Office hours: Tuesday / Wednesday 9-2:00 pm T: 218-624-9390 Cell: 218-343-7924 Email: forbesumc33@gmail.com Website: www.forbesproctor.net

Worship in May 9:20 am choir practice, 10:00 am Worship, coffee and fellowship follows

May 5 Confirmation Sunday Holy Communion

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Psalm 30

Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19

May 12 Fourth Sunday of Easter

Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23

Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30

May 19 Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148

Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35

May 26 Sixth Sunday of Easter

Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67

Revelation 21:1-10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29

May 30 Ascension Sunday

Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47

Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53

June 2 Seventh Sunday of Easter Holy Communion

Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26

June 9 Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-35b

Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 (25-27)

Prayers

If you feel spiritually led and would like to take part in intercessory prayer, please contact our prayer chain ministry at Forbes. Please pray about this decision and if you decide at any time that you would like to be on the prayer chain, contact any of the following: Betty K. Johnson (624-5325), Mary Ann Suliin (624-5543), Florence Bonkowske, Nancy Kalland, Nancy Krause, Phyllis Jensen, or Roberta Kephart. Prayer is very powerful. All requests are kept confidential. Remember those who are in nursing home and assisted living residences: Dennis Lonke, Viewcrest Health Center, 3111 Church Place #206, Duluth, MN 55811 Dorothy Drazich, Primrose, 724 Maple Grove Rd. #235, Duluth, MN 55811 John Rogalla, Edgewood Vista, 4195 Westberg Rd. #219, Hermantown. MN 55811 Prayers go out to our Church Family: John Rogalla, Laura Condon, Dennis Lonke, Bev Semmelroth, and Max Semmelroth. (Please notify the church office if you would like your name deleted or added.) Please pray for those serving our Country and for the United Methodist Mission, Missionaries, Deaconesses, and Mission Personnel serving around the Globe.

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United Methodist Women

According to The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, “In every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women. The UMW is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole person through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global

ministries of the church. Membership shall be open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong and to participate in the global mission of the Church through United Methodist Women.”

New UMW Website: www.umwonline.net Tips and help-UMW is reconfiguring and streamlining their online communities.

UMW Exec. Board: Monday, May 13th at 10:00 am UMW Gathering: Thursday, May 9th at 12:30 pm

UMW will meet Thursday, May 9th at 12:30 pm. Due to the cancellation of our April Gathering because of the snow storm, our hostesses, Nancy Kalland and Jo Cook agreed to be hostesses for our May Gathering. Our program will be “Mother’s Day”, “Mothers are a gift from God and everyone has a mother”, please bring a picture of your mother to our UMW Gathering.

Fellowship/Maintenance Day Our next fellowship coffee and maintenance days are Tuesday, May 7th and June 4th from 9-12:00 pm. We will have a breakfast on May 7th. Mark your calendar and join us for fellowship. (Coffee time the first hour) and work following if you are able.

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The Proctor Food Shelf thanks Forbes for their continued support. In April $2359.50 and 430 pounds of food was donated. Thank you for your Support!

Kwik Trip Gift cards will be on sale in the narthex May 12th or contact Walt Kephart if you wish to purchase gift or car wash cards. Great gift for your graduate! Thank you for your participation.

May Birthdays 5/1 Lexi Hansen 5/13 Tammy Erkkila 5/22 Hunter Onnen 5/31 Chris Wobig 5/2 Walt Kephart 5/16 Haizley Baker 5/23 Cindy Wetzel 5/5 Cameryn Barry 5/17 Cody Urie 5/25 Ellie Knapp 5/9 Anistyn Baker 5/19 Jack Bartlam 5/28 William Stanley Glen Childs Aylee Hughes 5/31 Jake Bonkowske 5/11 Trudy Bonkowske Hart Ziegler Kelsey Klitsch

Enjoy the Convenience of Electronic Giving Forbes wants to remind you that we offer electronic giving as a way to automate your regular weekly offering. Electronic giving offers convenience for individual congregation members and provides much-needed donation consistency for our congregation. Applications forms are available on the table in the narthex. Sign up today.

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May 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10:30-12:00 pm Adult Bible Study 5:30 pm Choir 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

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5 8:45 am Adult Bible Study 10:00 am Worship Confirmation Sunday

6 7 4:30 pm Trustees 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study

8 10:30-12:00 pm Adult Bible Study 5:30 pm Choir

9 12:30 pm UMW Gathering

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12 8:45 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship

Mother’s Day

Kwik Trip Cards on Sale

13 10:00 am UMW Exec. Board mtg.

14 9-12:00 pm Men’s Maintenance 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study

15 10:30-12:00 pm Adult Bible Study 5:30 pm Choir

16 17 18 Herpel Funeral

19 8:45 am Sunday School (last day) 10:00 am Worship

20 21 10:00 am History Committee 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study

22 10:30-12:00 pm Adult Bible Study 5:00 pm Baccalaureate Service

23 24 25

26 10:00 am Worship

27 28 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study

29 10:30-12:00 pm Adult Bible Study

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ALS and Forbes This year the ALS Association Minnesota/N. Dakota/S. Dakota Chapter was able to raise $1,229,000 through their annual Black Woods Blizzard Tour/Celebration. Forbes played a small role in providing overflow parking space for snowmobiler vehicles and trailers. Cooperative events like these, show how we can reach out to the larger community for worthy causes.

Forbes United Methodist Church 33 Grove St. Proctor, MN 55810

Our vision is to be an open, trusting, accepting community for all ages where God’s Spirit and a Christ-like attitude invite us to risk, try new things,

and grow in love and compassion.

Adventure Day Camp will be held Monday, July 15 - Thursday, July 18th from 10-3:15 pm at Horace Johnson Boy Scout Camp, Island Lake. Registration deadline is June 23rd. Registration forms for campers and for those interested in being a councilor are available in the Narthex.

Questions? Please contact co-director Pastor Joel Certa-Werner at 715-394-9608 or

pastor@superiorfaithumc.org