Dates to Remember

Nov 2—31st Sunday in Ordinary Time; Al l

Saints Memorial ;

Dayl ight Savings Time

Ends; BCE meets

Nov 9—32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time;

Stew ardship Sunday

Nov 13—Circle Thanksgiving Luncheon

Nov 16—33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Nov 17—Dec Messenger Deadl ine

Nov 18—Peace Hosts Food Pantry

Nov 23—Reign of Christ ; Counci l Retreat

Nov 26—Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service

Nov 27—Thanksgiving

Nov 30—First Sunday of Advent; Communion; 5th

Sunday Carry -In

Inside this issue:

Attention Veterans;

November Birthdays;

You(th); Ham Dinner

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From Your Council;

Thanksgiving; Thank

You; 5th Sunday Carry

In; Pumpkin Fest

3

November 2014

Calendar; Financial

Update

4

Homebound/Nursing;

Volunteer Schedule;

Annual Meeting

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Regular & Recurring

Meetings

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P E A C E U N I T E D C H U R C H O F C H R I S T

NOVEMBER 2014 VOLUME 120, ISSUE 11

Peace Messenger

From Clairnel

“Even so, I have confidence that I

shall see the goodness of God in the

land of the living. Wait for God,

stand tall, and let your heart take

courage!”

Psalm 27:13-14

A little over two years ago, I re-

turned from my mission experience in

India. Recently I received the quarter-

ly newsletter from Family Village

Farm, and it caused me to reflect again

on the experience and what it meant to

me. I was pleased to see a listing of

accomplishments of recent graduates

and current students, all of whom I

remember from my time with them in

2012. Here are some of the highlights

of their accomplishments:

One of the present Tenth Standard

girls, Keerthana B, who is sponsored

by Global Ministries, USA, has been

awarded the Innovation in Science

Pursuit for Inspired Research for the

year 2014 conducted by the govern-

ment of Tamil Nadu. The school was

awarded with prize money of Rs. 5000.

($81 US) Keerthana will represent the

school at the Science exhibition that is

to be held in the city. (Keerthana is a

bright, hard working girl whose father

died about 5 years ago. She is deter-

mined to do her best at whatever she

does.)

All of the 12th Standard students

passed the State Board Exam, which

allows them to go on to college to

study for a career. Of the 25 10th

Standard students, 24 passed the State

Board Exam, and two received perfect

scores in science. Passing this Board

Exam allows the students to advance to

their junior and senior years in high

school. The one student who did not

pass will be taking a vocational educa-

tion course to prepare for finding a job

in a trade.

Two of the girls I worked with have

earned a Diploma in Medical Records,

and one girl and two boys have earned a

Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery.

How heartwarming to know these

children have a chance to earn a living

in a career that will be both rewarding

and that will raise them above the pov-

erty level. It is good to know that our

mission money is accomplishing little

miracles every day.

Please continue to hold Family

Village Farm (and all our Mission

Partners) in your prayers.

You(th) Pancake Breakfast & Bake Sale

November 9 from 8am-10am

All proceeds benefit the You(th) summer mission trip.

PEACE MESSENGER

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You(th) Calendar:

You(th) Will Meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of Each Month at 7 pm

Attention Veterans

November 11 is Veterans Day. Now that we have our Military

Bulletin board, we'd like to take the month of November to

recognize anyone that has been

in the military. So please all veterans, send a 4x6 picture with your name, title,

and branch to attention Shari Bullard at Peace Church. It can be a picture of you while you were serving or a current one.

Whatever you prefer. Call Shari at 573-657-9323 for questions.

Ham Dinner A huge Thank You to Brad, Kathy, Justin, and Amanda Belew, Shari Bullard, Katy Reeder, Nancy Holland, Cindy Glascock, Jo Hackman, Brenda Reeder, Cindy Bullard, Steve Wyatt, Mary Lou Raitt, Mary Henley, Tom Oleski, Lee Ann Jestis, Joyce Allen, Abbey and Grace Rathert for all the help in preparation, cooking and serving the Ham Dinner. Also a special thanks to everyone that prepared and brought a desert. The Ham dinner was a success, we served 132 dinners, bringing in $1100. The quilt sold 648 tickets totaling another $648. I could not have accomplished this task without the support of those that helped and those that attend-ed the meal. Many thanks to all of our community for the unending support they give. - Charlotte Rathert

HAPPY NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

Laken, Nov 4

Wyatt, Nov 6

Justin, Nov 7

Allie, Nov 11

Dalton, Nov 16

Dustin, Nov 16

Leo, Nov 17

Gracie, Nov 25

Lydia, Nov 28

Please let us know if we have

inadvertently left any children off the

birthday list.

Cross Wall

The Cross wall is looking great but

we are still accepting crosses if

anyone would like to donate one.

- Bailey Lenger, You(th)

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From Your Council—

On Sunday, October 19, 2014, Peace UCC

congregation voted for the following new

Council members and officers who will

begin their terms in January 2015:

President-Elect— Nancy Lenger

Local Church—Fred Klippel

Children and Youth—Cricket Hackmann

Thank you so much to the past, current and

new Council members for their willingness

to give of their time and serve.

The November Church Council meeting

will be on November 23 after church at

Jim and Shari Bullard's house. This meet-

ing will also serve as the Council Retreat

for the year. New council members and

current members work together at this

meeting to acclimate the new members

and prepare for the upcoming year. If you

have comments or questions about council

duties or the upcoming calendar, please

see Lee Ann Jestis or Brad Belew.

Thanksgiving Eve

Worship

Nov 27 at 7:30 pm at Peace UCC

Everyone is Welcome!

Pumpkin Festival

Thank You to all who volunteered

in the Good Samaritan Booth or the

Food Booth. $1100 was raised at

the Food Booth!

5th Sunday Carry-In

The Sunday after Thanksgiving

(November 30) we will have our

5th Sunday Carry-In luncheon.

If you are tired of Thanksgiving

leftovers (or if you have a won-

derful turkey casserole to share)

come join us for good food and

good friendship. All are welcome.

Thank You

I wanted to thank your church mem-bers for their volunteer work with the

clothes and food bank. God Bless them! I am a disabled woman, whose kidneys are all but given out. I have

high blood pressure and diabetes. I don't know exactly how to put it into words, just how very thankful I am to

be able to get the help that you give. Thank you from my heart, and May God continue to Bless your church

and awesome members! I go to Harts-burg Baptist Church.

From Diana Oldfather

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PEACE MESSENGER November 2014

Financial Update

YtD Income (as of 10/19) = $99,820.14

YtD Budget (as of 10/19) = 108,230.77

Peace Messenger is printed monthly. If you would like to start receiving the Messenger by email, please

send an email to Caroline at peaceucchartsburg@hotmail.com. The deadline for submitting an item to be

included in the next issue is the 3rd Monday of each month. Please direct any corrections or items for

inclusion to the church office by email at: peaceucchartsburg@hotmail.com, by postal service at

P.O. Box 19, Hartsburg, MO 65039 or drop by the church office at 121 N. First Street, Hartsburg, MO.

Web site: peaceucc1894.org. On Facebook—Peace UCC Hartsburg.

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Volunteer Schedule

November 2 Ushers: Tom & Cesca Oleski

Sound System: Peter Acolyte: Kayla

November 9

Ushers: Fred & Lorie Klippel Lay Reader: Kit Salter Sound System: Bailey

Acolyte: Ethan

November 16 Ushers: NEEDED

Lay Reader: Janet Beckmeyer Sound System: NEEDED

Acolyte: Dustin

November 23 Ushers: Cindy Glascock & Sharon

Bullard Lay Reader: Glen Beckmeyer

Sound System: Grace Acolyte: Dalton

November 26

Thanksgiving Eve Ushers: June Lenger & NEEDED

November 30

Ushers: Nancy Holland & Katy Reeder

Lay Reader: Kit Salter Sound System: Ben Acolyte: Amanda

We pray for those who are homebound

or in nursing homes:

We pray for those who have lost

loved ones:

The family and friends of Bernadine Ackmann, Donnie Burkett, Kevin Lock,

Winston Morton, and Russell Sapp.

Erna Beckmeyer Shirley Reeder

Frances Bowden Angie Robinson

Agnes Curry Pat Salter

Dorothy Lairmore Clifford Sapp

Tom Mericle Joyce Sapp

Martha Lou Nichols Kathryn Seidel

Violet Nichols Richard Smallwood

Hazel Norris Donnie Wren

Della Faye Pauley Donald Wyatt

Peace United Church of Christ has a new website, it can now be found at

www.peaceucc1894.org

Annual Meeting

Its time to start thinking about Annual

Meeting. Please give your year-end re-

ports to Caroline by December 31 to

be included in the Annual Report.

Worship is each Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary.

Sunday School meets each Sunday at 9 am at the church, during the school year.

LeAnn Bullard (657-4359)

Church Council meets the third Sunday of each month at 11:00 am in the parlor.

Chancel Choir rehearses each Tuesday at 8:00 PM (7:30 PM during winter months).

Vera Jean Nichols (657-2813)

Women’s Circle meets each Thursday from 9 am to 4 pm to quilt and on the second

Thursday of each month at lunchtime for their business meeting. Sharon Bullard (657-

2779)

Peace Youth Fellowship meets on Wednesdays at 7 pm during the school year. Kathy

Belew (657-0552)

Caring Group meets monthly at the church. Janine Lacy (657-2392) or Rose Walker

(657-4296)

A.A. meets every Friday at 8 pm in the church basement. The meetings are closed.

Regular and Recurr ing Meet ings

Address Service requested

PEACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

P.O. Box 19

121 N. First Street

Hartsburg, MO 65039

PeaceUCCHartsburg@hotmail.com

peaceucchartsburg.org

Non-Profit Org

US POSTAGE PAID

Hartsburg, MO 65039

Permit No. 2

Pastor Clairnel Nervik Church phone: 573-657-9414 Clairnel’s Home phone 573-657-1804

Vera Jean Nichols, Music Director Caroline Hilgedick, Church Secretary Ashley Engle, Church Custodian

Peace

United

Church of

Christ