July 2019

Sedona United Methodist Church

SUM GOOD NEWS

Summertime Greetings to our SUMC Members and Friends,

Matthew's gospel is the first gospel we come to in the New Testament record. Matthew was known as Levi before he was converted—He was a collector of tolls; he went around collecting taxes. But when the Lord Jesus Christ came to Matthew and when he had an encounter with the living Son of God in flesh, we read that Matthew became a collector of souls—He followed Christ and became a fisher of men, and he recorded the life of Jesus Christ as he experienced it. In chapter 1 of Matthew's gospel we find there His birth—The birth of our blessed Savior, the One who would be called Jesus, because He would save His people from their sin. In chapter 2 we see His kingship, because we read there how the wise men came from the east and they brought those rich jewels and frankincense and gold and myrrh and they placed it at the feet of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they worshipped His majesty and His dignity because of who He was. Chapter 3 brings us to His baptism where God declares “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”—And there we see the Holy Spirit descend and anoint the Lord Jesus Christ for the ministry that was ahead, a ministry that would see Him heal the sick, make blind eyes see, and deliver the captives. Then in chapter 4 we find His temptation, where He went eyeball to eyeball with the very devil himself, who tries to divert the Son of God from His eternal purpose of going to the cross, of dying for a sinful world and of redeeming a people for Himself. Which brings us to chapter 5, the chapter of His teaching and His preaching. It introduces us to the ‘Greatest Sermon’ ever preach by the ‘Greatest Preacher’ the world has ever known—Jesus. The date is probably sometime in the year of 28 AD. We learn in the 6th chapter of Luke's Gospel that the Lord Jesus Christ spoke these great words after a night that He had spent alone with God in prayer. Mark chapter 3 tells us that after that night of prayer, Jesus goes out and chooses twelve disciples to follow Him. We read that He goes about healing many of their sickness and their diseases and after all that, on that same day, He sits down upon a mountain, as we read in verse 1 of chapter 5 of Mark, and He gives this great sermon - the Sermon on the Mount.

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Office Hours:

Tuesday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. to Noon

928-282-1780; Fax: 928-282-6377

Email: sedonaumc.az@gmail.com

Website: www.sedonaumc.org

Published monthly by Sedona United

Methodist Church, keeping members and

friends informed of the missions and

ministries of the church and reporting news

about the congregation.

Worship Service:

Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

Communion: first Sunday of the month.

Celebrations: last Sunday of the month.

Children’s Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Our Church Staff: All Members of the Church Ministers

Rev. Fred Mast Senior Pastor

Rev. Arland Averill Pastor/Retired

Wayne Light Lay Leader

Jan Van Kooten, Laurie Rathbun Choir Directors

Bob Martin Bell Director

Mary Luttrell Organist

Laurie Rathbun Pianist

Jenny Mast Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper

Dr. Rick Brothers; Pat DiMillo Wellness Ministry Janie McDaniel Caring Lay Ministry

Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata Desert Southwest Annual Conference Rev. Nancy Cushman District Superintendent

In Loving Memory: Rev. David Ellsworth, 1922 – 2011 Founding Pastor

Rev. Phyllis Averill, 1937-2015 Rev. Tom Bush, 1933-2017 Retired Pastors

Drewer Johns, 1919 - 2012 Maude Johns , 1923-2017 Retired Missionaries

The Sermon on the Mount consists really of three sections. The first section is where Jesus speaks to us teaching of and about the citizens of the Kingdom of God. He speaks specifically and in detail of their character and their blessedness in the eyes of God. This section is known to us as “The Beatitudes”. Some describe the Beatitudes as a plan of salvation, that in order to get to Heaven you must follow these guidelines, you must obey these rules of the Lord Jesus. Others say that it is a charter for world peace, and it begs the nations of the world to heed it’s teaching for the sake of peace and tranquility. Still others say that it's not for today, that it's for the future describing a kingdom that is yet to come in which there will be an earthly reign, a millennial kingdom upon this earth where the Jesus Christ will be the ultimate Lord and King. But what about the message that the beatitudes have for us today? I want to invite you to join me on an 8 week study/sermon series (Beginning July 7th) entitled “The Master and His Message” in which we will study in depth, week by week, verse by verse this incredible work given as a gift to all the people of creation by the Preacher of all Preachers—Teacher of all Teachers. Who said summer is boring! Grace & Peace,

Pastor Fred

CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS FOR WEEK OF

JULY 21ST ONLY

TUESDAY 7/22—THURS 7/25 THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL

BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO NOON

THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON

MONDAY 7/21 AND FRIDAY 7/26.

THE OFFICE WILL RESUME NORMAN BUSINESS HOURS

ON TUESDAY, JULY 30TH

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SUMC

SAVE

THE DATE

Get ready for the youth of

the Theater Camp to present

their production on

July 12 and 13th!

Tickets NOW on sale for

$15. See Jenny Mast or

check in the Church Office

Our Dinner Groups are having a ball! If

you’d like to join one of the groups, please

see Camilla or Jack Ross or call the church

office!

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We continue our prayer walking at SUMC on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the Month.

We will now begin at 8:00 a.m. for the warmer months.

July’s dates are 7/5 & 7/19

Please join Pastor Fred with opportunities to walk the church campus or the sanctuary and

pray for our church, the community and the world. You may also just sit in the Sanctuary.

Invite your friends and neighbors to join you! Make it a group event!

POST ANNUAL CONFERENCE BRIEFING TO BE HELD

JULY 7TH AT 11:30 A.M. IN THE SANCTUARY

The 35th Session of the Desert Southwest Annual Conference took place on June 13-16, 2019 at the

Mesa Convention Center with Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata officiating. During the session six clergy-

members retired, two elders were commissioned and one deacon ordained. This year’s Annual

Conference had numerous legislative items to consider, discuss, and vote on as a body. Some of the

actions enacted by the conference included a call for a special session of the Desert Southwest

Annual Conference set for Saturday, September 14, 2019, at Gold Canyon United Methodist Church

from 9:00am-5:00 pm. in order to consider all remaining legislation as well as additional items

submitted in response to the 2019 special session of the General Conference and the future of the

Desert Southwest Conference

Our District Superintendent, Nancy Cushman gave these words in her recent letter, “The Scripture

from Colossians 3:12-17 reminds us of the characteristics that fill us with the light of Christ –

“compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Be tolerant with each other and, if some-

one has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other … and over all these things put on love which

is the perfect bond of unity.” We needed this Scriptural reminder as we sought to do the business of

the Annual Conference in this contentious time. We did not always achieve this standard, but it was

evident that we were working at it. “

Join us on July 7th where we can meet as a church and discuss an overview of the items passed at

Annual Conference and the Desert Southwest’s “Way Forward”.

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NEWS FROM MISSIONS

Collection for the Mission to Mexico with Faithworks

The next Faithworks mission to Mexico is September 5-7. It is a non-medical trip with the purpose being to deliver supplies and clean the clinic. There is a box in the narthex for items being requested for their trip. If you can help, please donate the following:

Small sample-sized bottles of shampoo and conditioner, any size toothpaste, multi-vitamins of all kinds, diabetes test strips, and chapsticks

Kathy Roth from SUMC is planning to go, and there is still space if others wish to go as well. Please

see the gray brochures in the narthex with details about this trip.

Thank you to all who participated in the Annual Conference Mission Projects. Our church was able

to help these important missions through your generous donations and Mission Funds:

Asylum Seekers—$420

Huachuca UMC Fire Relief—$250

Homeless/Hungry Youth—$215

U.S. Disaster Relief—$175

And thanks also to those who donated directly to the conference via the internet!

Your generosity transformed lives! Annual Conference raised over $16,000 for the giving

projects of Annual Conference. Those dollars will impact thousands of people across the

United States. We raised $4,423.25 for homeless youth and young adults, Disaster Response

raised $3,589.57 to resource our ERT responders and UMCOR volunteers, $3,551.75 for

Huachuca UMC, and $5,264.75 for the Asylum efforts occurring in Yuma, Tucson, and the

greater Phoenix area. Thank you!

Don’t forget our food banks in the summer time! We have a food basket on

the 2nd floor by the stairwell for collections of non-perishable food that go to

the Sedona Food Bank.

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Assisting in Worship for July at 9:30 a.m.

July 7 Liturgist: Margo Braman Ushers: Terry Sidwell, Michael Jacobs, Charles Black, Denny Decker Communion Servers:

Balcony: Jim and Carol Keller Organ side: Doug and Janie McDaniel Pulpit Side: Mike & Jean Givler Tray (gluten free): Kathy Roth

July 14th Liturgist: Ben Sutter Ushers: Jim Keller, Willi Waak, Rick Brothers , Larry Herman

July 21 Liturgist: Willi Waak Ushers: Jack Ross , Don Reilly, Mike & Jean Givler

July 28 Liturgist: Don Reilly Ushers: Terry Sidwell, Michael Jacobs, Charles Black, Denny Decker

2019 Fellowship Teams

JANUARY —Usher Team

FEBRUARY — Finance MARCH — Worship APRIL — Congregational Care & Wellness Team MAY — SPRC JUNE — Missions JULY — Choir AUGUST — Welcome Team SEPTEMBER — Christian Education & Library Team OCTOBER — Nominating Committee NOVEMBER — Trustees

DECEMBER— Lay Members

Prayers

Please pray for these churches: Lakeview UMC, Sun City

Liberty UMC, Buckeye Maranatha UMF, Phoenix

Mission Bell UMC, Glendale

Website: www.sedonaumc.org Check out: Sunday Sermons online; Online Prayer Requests; A Photo Gallery

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4 Barbara Chandler 5 Bill Bladt 7 Dawn Bush 11 Marianna Waak 12 Caroline Williamson 20 Vicki Beckner 21 Cheryl Henriksen 21 Patricia DiMillo 24 Jan Hofman 25 Loyd Barnett 28 Sean Carder 29 Bob Martin 30 Sandra Hansen 31 Janie McDaniel

July Celebrations

1 John & Jean Biggers 19 David & June Hollis 26 Willi & Marianna Waak

Summer schedule changes

Grief group suspended until Fall

Ladies bible study suspended from 7/18/19 until 9/5/19

Blood Pressure Checks resume in the Fall

ESOL Classes off in July

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SUPPORT GROUP

MEETING AT SEDONA UMC

THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOC. IS PROVIDING A CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING ONCE A

MONTH ON THE THIRD FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. THIS MONTH’S DATE IS JULY 19TH HELD IN THE

CHURCH OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM.

SUMC Crosses

Since July of 2017, our Welcoming Team has given our crosses as gifts to guests who visit SUMC. Our hand made and painted crosses are a numbered series with cross #0001 being given to Pastor Fred.

Now two years later, we are up to number 0936. That is just 64 crosses away from marking the number “1000” on a magnet cross!

We have also made and numbered 0172 pendant crosses! That’s a total of 1,107 crosses!

SUMC thanks Joe and Kathy Huff for casting the crosses and all the painters who take a lot of time to provide the cross with the wonderful colors.

Summer Music

Thank you to our volunteers who shared their talents with us in

June—Ellen Foncannon, Theo Thomas, Laurie Rathbun, Bob

Martin, Gale Grove, Tim Henriksen and Larry Rathbun. We are

truly blessed with some wonderful talented people. We will

continue in July and August with more talent!

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Jan Shuman 928-203-0586 rtshuman@hotmail.com Christian Education Coordinator

SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN at 9:45a.m. Offered Sunday mornings.

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room. All men are invited. This group now studying the Book of John.

ANNA’s CIRCLE BIBLE STUDY Every Thursday at 9:45 a.m. This women’s group meets in the conference room. They will finish up the book of Isaiah on 7/11 then will take a break for the summer. They will resume on 9/5 with the book of Jeremiah.

CARING LAY MINISTRY REPORT

Julie Osborn, Accord Hospice Director, was guest speaker at

our June 12 CLM Meeting and offered valuable insight for our

CLM team. Our Accord “Grief Support Group” meetings have

been suspended for the summer.

We were thrilled that our June Kachina Point service had 19

attendees. Ben Sutter conducted the service, we served

Communion, and we again used the new Sonshine song books

donated by the Timmer family.

Everyone is welcome to attend this service on the first

Sunday of the month at 2 p.m.

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Family Movie Night

We will take a break in July— but please take advantage of Emerson Theater’s

Youth Summer Camp performing “The Tortoise and the Hare Race Again”

on 7/12 or 7/13 .

WE WILL RETURN IN AUGUST

Saturday, July 6th 8:15 a.m.

At THE GOLDEN GOOSE! 2545 AZ-89A, Sedona, AZ 86336

Please bring a can of food for the Food Bank

First time guests get

breakfast free!

Planning for our

Holiday Boutique!

Believe it or not, we are in the process of planning for our Boutique

on November 16th— AND YOU CAN HELP!

1. If you know anyone who would like to sell their crafts, please have them contact the church office.

2. If you have any extra pint or half pint canning jars at home, Suzie Dunn can use them to can summer produce and sell them at the SUMC table at our Boutique. Please bring your jars to the church office or give them directly to Suzie.

3. We will be making more of the frozen pies to sell and are looking to make them this summer. If you are interested, please contact Camilla Ross or the church office. OR YOU COULD HELP BY DONATING SUPPLIES of Flour, Sugar, Crisco or Apples.

Proceeds from the Boutique are used for Outreach Projects.

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Our choir will return in September! We’d love for you to join us!

Now Let Us Sing!

“I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known

through all generations” (Psalm 89:1)

YOU (that means any and all of you reading this) are welcome and invited to join the Sedona Unit-ed Methodist Choir this choral season. Benefits include singing good music, enjoying stellar com-pany and worshipping and praising God in fellowship with others. Regular rehearsals will begin on Thursday, September 5, 6:30 p.m. in the choir room and will be followed on Saturday, September 7, 9 a.m. with a singing/fellowship/feasting event during which choir directors Jan VanKooten and Laurie Rathbun will lead singers in sight-singing through much of the choral literature chosen for the upcoming year. You will get a taste of many of the anthems the choir will work on this year AND a taste of some Alaskan salmon! Mark your calendars now and make your plans to join SUMC’s singing saints!

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COMMITTEE CORNER

Trustees: Work continues on a spot to the south of the church to pour a foundation

in preparation of placing a storage shed next to the building. Thanks to the trustees and

others who helped in our work days around the church last month. And thanks to all

the trustees and ushers that participated in the Emergency/Security meeting organized

by Jack Ross.

The Missions Committee: This team continues to discuss ways to help our commu-

nity. Mark your calendar for the next Sedona Community Dinner on August 26th—

volunteers needed. We are also starting a collection of items needed for the FaithWorks’

trip to Mexico in September. (Page 5)

The Worship Committee: The Summer Special Music slots will continue

through September 1st. Our choir will return on September 8th with rehearsals

starting on September 5th and a special choir workshop on September 7th. (see

page 11).

Look for opportunities to invite, pick up and bring someone to an event or

Sunday worship! We have the Men’s Breakfast on 7/6, and the Emerson

Theater’s Youth Performances on 7/12 or 7/13.

We need your help! Please take the time to rate Sedona UMC on

Google. Just go into www.google.com and search for Sedona United

Methodist Church. The Sedona UMC business profile information

will appear, click on the reviews, it will take you to a page where you

can add your own 5 star rating. Thanks to everyone who likes the

Sedona UMC Facebook page. We recently hit 200 “Likes”!

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HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SERVE?

SUMC is always looking for help on one of their teams. Prayerfully consider serving on one of our

ministry teams: Stewardship Team, Trustees, Welcome Team, Christian Education, Congregational

Care / Wellness /Prayer Ministries, Missions and Outreach, Special Events/Fellowship, Worship

Team, Communications, Helping Hands, Reaching New People, Finance, Endowment, Columbarium,

and Library Team. 11

COMMITTEE CORNER

The SET team wants to thank everyone who helped with our Red, White &

Blue BBQ and the Missions Team. We couldn’t do it without our great cooks

and helpers. Watch for more exciting activities coming soon.

Christian Ed Committee continues to work on ways to increase interest in their

adult bible studies. Laurie Rathbun continues to work with the children on the Boom

Whackers. If you’d like to help out this summer in the nursery/Sunday school, please see

Jan Shuman.

Sedona Area Gap Asist Program. MONETARY AND ITEM

DONATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. LOOK FOR THE

DONATION BIN IN THE NARTHEX WITH A LIST OF ITEMS

NEEDED. Monetary donations can be made in the offering plates,

online, or in the office. This program is being set up to help the

Sedona residents currently on assistance with those items not

covered by state programs. (Hygiene products, cleaning products, diapers, over counter

medicines, paper products.). For inquiries or if you’d like to be apart of this team, please use

the new email: sagap.blessings@gmail.com or see DeNise Bowers.

CARING LAY MINISTRY TEAM: Our Grief Group with Accord Hospice will be

suspended until till Fall. However, the Alzheimer’s Support Group provided by the

Alzheimer’s Assoc. will continue on the third Friday of each month. Please join the

Ministry Team on the first Sunday of the month (July 7th) for worship at Kachina Point

at their NEW TIME of 2:00 p.m.

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Lay Servant Ministries 2019 Calendar

July 26 & 27

Payson, UMC

Life Together in the United Methodist Connection

Planning Worship

August 16 & 17

Mountain View UMC, Cottonwood

Basic Course, Leading Worship, Discover Spiritual Gifts

For Class Registration: http://dscumc.org/lay-servant- ministries-training-sessions/

or call Jeannie Ward, 928-772-6760

September 13 & 14

First UMC, Gilbert

Called to Preach, Teaching Adults

October 11 & 12

First UMC, Phoenix

Dancing with Words Life Together in the United Methodist Connection

November 15 & 16

Grace UMC, Mesa

Living our United Methodist Beliefs, Leading in Prayer

THANK YOU!

Little Pink Houses of Hope

On June 2nd, Sedona UMC hosted a Welcome Dinner for the Little

Pink Houses of Hope families coming to Sedona for a renewal re-

treat. We want to thank our SUMC volunteers, David Johnson, Jack

Ross, Doug McDaniel, Carol Keller, Leeanne & Ken Knaus, and

Suzie Dunn for helping prepare and serve the dinner. We had

seven families and the Pink Houses volunteers totaling 37. We

provided a warm, loving environment for these families to relax

and breath and a chance to forget about their treatments for a

while. We are truly blessed to be a part of this wonderful

group.

Pastor Fred & Jenny Mast

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July 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Office Closed

9:00am Hannah’s Prayer Circle

2 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm 3 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

9:00am Men’s

Bible Study

4 Office Closed 5 Office Open

9:00am-Noon

8:00am Prayer

Walking

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8:15am Men’s

Breakfast @ The

Golden Goose

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9:30am Worship

9:45am Children’s Sunday School

10:30am Fellowship

11:30am Church Meeting

2:00pm Kachina Point

Worship

8 Office Closed

9:00am Hannah’s

Prayer Circle

9 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

8:00am Trustees

10:00am Library Mtg

10 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

9:00am Men’s

Bible Study

1:30pm Caring

Lay Ministry Mtg

4:30pm Worship

Meeting

11 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

9:45am Anna’s

Bible Study

12 Office Open

9:00am-Noon

8:30am SPRC

7:00pm Youth

Theater Play

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2:00pm Youth

Theater Play

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9:30am Worship

9:45am Children’s Sunday School

10:30am Fellowship

15 Office Closed

9:00am Hannah’s Prayer Circle

16 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm 17 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

9:00am Men’s

Bible Study

18 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

19 Office Open

9:00am-Noon

8:00am Prayer

Walking

10:00am

Alzheimer’s Group

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9:30am Worship

9:45am Children’s Sunday School

10:30am Fellowship

22 Office Closed

9:00am Hannah’s

Prayer Circle

23 Office Open

9:00am-NOON

10:00 am Finance

Meeting

24 Office Open

9:00am-NOON

9:00am Men’s

Bible Study

25 Office Open

9:00am-NOON

26 Office Closed 27

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9:30am Worship

9:45am Children’s Sunday School

10:30am Fellowship

29 Office Closed

9:00am Hannah’s Prayer Circle

30 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm 31 Office Open

9:00am-4:00pm

9:00am Men’s

Bible Study

AT SUMC

NO ESOL CLASSES THIS MONTH

ETC THEATER YOUTH CAMP THROUGH JULY 11

M-TH 9AM –3PM

ADJUSTED OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK

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SUM Good News Sedona United Methodist Church 110 Indian Cliffs Road Sedona, AZ 86336

Phone: 928-282-1780

Fax: 928-282-6377

Email: sedonaumc.az@gmail.com

Website: www.sedonaumc.org

Sedona United Methodist Church

Mission Statement

Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by Welcoming all people,

Worshiping God joyfully, Caring for each person, Discovering Christ’s

transforming love, and Serving God’s world.

Vision Statement

To share the happiness that is Christianity for all people.

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You asked for it! — Electronic Giving

By popular demand SUMC now offers you the ability to make your

tithe and offering donations using your debit or credit card on our

website—www.sedonaumc.org