St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church

NEWSLETTER

1004 Rock Road, De Soto, MO 63020 Phone: (636) 586-2472 Email: secretary@standrewsumcdesoto.org

Morning Worship, Sunday: 10:30 AM Children’s Church, Sunday: 10:30 AM Adult Bible Study, Tuesday: 1:30 PM

Website: www.standrewsumcdesoto.org

David Duncan, Pastor Melissa McAlpine, Ministry Assistant

Vol. 30, No. 9 September 2017

Annual Charge Conference If you think about the Annual Charge Conference and start to doze off, you’ll be pleased to know that it has been re-vamped this year to be a bit less stuffy and a lot more useful! In last month’s newsletter, we gave you an overview of what is going to transpire on November 4th. Now is the time to commit! So many of you recognize that connecting with our community, welcoming new people into relationship with Christ, and the ministries of our church are critical priorities. The learning opportunity being offered as part of our charge conference will provide you with some significant resources and an opportunity to discern how you, and our church can better connect with our neighbors.

WHEN: November 4, 2017, 9-noon.

WHERE: Centenary UMC in Bonne Terre at 20

Park Avenue.

WHO: YOU

The event will begin with fellowship and coffee from 9:00-9:30. The learning event itself will begin at 9:30 and end at noon.

You must sign-up to attend. You can do this by calling the church office or by signing up on the sheet on the bulletin board outside the church office. The deadline to sign up is October 18th.

What is your ikigai? No, my Spell Check is working fine. It’s just that this is the closest way to sound out the Japanese characters for ‘reason for being.’ Ikigai is seen as the convergence of four primary elements: Passion, Mission, Vocation, and Profession. In other words, it is that ‘spot’ or ‘place’ combining what we love, what the world needs, what we are good at, and what we get paid to do.

In his first letter to young Timothy, the Apostle Paul wrote about why he went to such lengths in laboring for the sake of the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Paul’s reason for being was all about the hope he found in the living God.

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College Address

Prayer List Pat Ames, Tisa Ayers, Charlene Barr, Lorraine Bay, Elmo and Ann Blum, Elaine Bone, Don Bourbon, Sue Bowman, Scott

Boyer, Joe Brock, Glen Brod, Bill Brooking, Joe Bryant, Peggy Calhoon, Gwen Walsh Caputo, Rev. Richard and Lib Carter, Beverly Clark, Dave Cohen, Bill Crow, Larry Deaton, Wanda Dillingham, the family of James Dixon, Ralph Doyen, Deanna Dunnegan, Karol Dunnegan, Barbara Everly, Mike Farris, Brian Fauth, Carol Fauth, Darla Finch, Bobby Fisher, Rebecca Fisher, Karen Ford, Lori Gardner, Robin Gray, Ray and Betty Greenlee, Mary Greenstreet, Priya Grover, April Hale, Kimberly Hall, Barbara Hanna, Carol Harness, John Harris, Jim Harsh, Rich Hessler, Barbara Hibbert, Nancy Hollingsworth, Mary Jinkerson, Bob Johnson, Geraldine Johnson, Linda Keeley, Kelsey Kingsland, Aleashia Kite, Mike Klaus, Dixie Klein, Ray and Roseanne Knapp, Cindy Korkhamer, Beth Land, Claudia Lawrenz, Jerry Lawrenz, Bob LaRouche, the Lukasek family, Macunhe UMC and Pastor Raquel Joao Alar, Irmalee Mahn, Gene Martin, Regina Martin, Ruth Martin, Sarah Martin, Keith and Joan Mason, Norma McCally, Patty Melton, Bob Miller, Chris Miller, Eddie Mitchell, Margaret Morgan, Thomas Estus Nicholas, Dorothy Noack, Kathy Nussbaum, Matt Owens, Dick and Dorothy Parish, Angie Peters, Dan Poggemoeller, Connie Pouliezos, Amy Pressey, Cole Propst, Wayne and Judy Propst family, Tom Pruitte, Billy Pullen, Zach Rasse, Betty Ray, Stewart Reed, Grant Reslar, Marie Rhodes, Beth Mahn Ross, Savannah Santonge, Pam Skaggs, Tommy Scharfenberger, Matthew Scott, Blanco Seibels, Jim Smith, Karen Smith, Lawrence Smith, Lucas Smith, Joe Soetebier, Ronald Speidel, Ashley Stellhorn, Felipe Suazo, Dennis Sullivan, David Tetrault, Martin Thomas, Eric Thuer, Maureen Touchstone, Butch Turek, Joann Underwood, Barbara Vollmar, Donna Walker, Margie Walker, Ron and Carol Walters, Jim Watson, the Michael Weber family, Natalie Weiss, Barbara Weston, Megan Wheeler, Mary Lou Whittemore, Addie Wiggins, the Marian Willis family, June Wilson, Chuck Wintermute, Marie Witzke, Mary Zimmermann, unspoken requests.

Karleigh Faust has been enjoying college life down in Rolla. If you’d like her address to send her words of encourage or a small care package, her address is:

Thomas Jefferson North #510 202 W. 18th St. Rolla, MO 65401

If there are other college students that you know who have not updated their address with the church office or would like to share their new address with other congregants, please let the church office know.

Paul had planted his trust–had placed his hope—in knowing the God who came to him in the person of Jesus Christ. Regardless of what other cultures may term the reason for people getting up in the morning, as followers of Jesus Christ, we plant our trust in the God who gives us our reason. I ask that you continue in prayer for the Listening Tour Follow-Up Team. They will be meeting soon to discuss ways we can flesh out the big WHY of being part of St. Andrew’s UMC. The exact road we travel is still unseen, but with our “WHY” in place, we can move with the confidence that God will use our collective purposes to bring glory to God’s Kingdom.

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Mike and Terry Neckermann have a new grandson. Brody Lucas Ravens was born Sunday, August 27, 2017. He arrived at 1:16 AM weighing 7 1/2 pounds and was 20 1/4 inches long. He was welcomed by his mother, Emily, his father, Rob, and his very excited brother, Logan. Please be sure to share this joy with the family.

Birth Announcement

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Music Notes

Sugar Moon dates in October

Coyol—October 12 at 5:30 PM

Fountain City Grille—October 21 at 5:30 PM

LaPachanga (Herky)—October 27 at 5 PM

Normal Bell’s students are having a recital. It will be in the sanctuary on October 8th at 2 PM. All are invited to attend.

Front Porch Concert

The Back Porch Band and others will be playing on the front porch. Bring your lawn chairs or blanket. Future dates to be announced.

Child and Youth Ministries Karen and all the youth and children would like to thank you for your support during their recent fundraisers. The eclipse t-shirts were a huge success and with the Love Blooms cards and Rada orders, there is enough money to continue to sponsor the student from Nicaragua.

Did you see the most recent issue of The Missouri Methodists? Pages 5-8 is an article about the success of camp this summer. There is a prominent picture of Asa Faust, Isaac Faust, Stephanie Fu, and Lily Courtois on page 8. Additionally, if you access the magazine online at:

http://www.moumethodist.org/magazine

you can watch a video that includes several of our campers. You can watch for these highlights:

At the 0:12 mark, watch for Isaac being carried around by two pretty girls.

There’s some hand jive at 0:23 that includes all the Faust youth.

Lily auditions for the Rockettes at the 0:31 mark.

Austin gets caught off guard at about 1:20.

Be sure to ask them about all the details, and if you’d like to see the magazine, there’s one on the rack nearest the south entryway.

Thank you to all volunteers who have filled the needed slots for last quarter. A

special appreciation goes to our youth who are becoming good servants of the Lord.

Service Volunteers Needed

October – December 2017

Our sign-up sheets are ready and hopefully some new faces will be called to serve. The sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board next to Pastor David’s office.

In Christ’s Love,

Terry Neckermann Nurture Chairman

Nurture

Festival of Sharing

The deadline for providing backpacks or the goodies that go inside for the Missouri Backpacks of Love is near! Please make your contributions by the end of September.

Festival of Sharing

Deadline

Reminder:

September 30,

2017!

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United Methodist Women

Mt. Olive Tea

Singspiration

Food Pantry Need

Sanctuary Roof Update

Order your pecans now!

The Women’s Mission Group at St. Andrew’s is selling pecans again. Orders must be received by October 2, 2017. The cost is $11.50 for a 1 pound bag of medium chopped pecans and $12 for a 1 pound bag of large pecan halves. Pecans will be available for pick-up at the church after October 26, 2017. The ladies appreciate your orders. The profits help support mission projects.

Please call 636-586-2472 or 636-789-2652 to place your order or come by the church and order your pecans in person.

According to Mildred at the Food Pantry, they can use any of the following during the month of October: canned peas canned pasta without meat hominy mixed vegetables

Just as there are items needed, there are items that are not. They do not need cans of corn or green beans.

The Sanctuary roof has been replaced! Work was completed the week of Labor Day. There was a small incident with a roofing supply truck that caused damage to the Cross and Flame on the front lawn, but that has been repaired. (It looks very nice too.)

To date, there has been $14,996.27 in contributions for the roof. This is about $5,000 shy of the 2017 goal, so please be diligent about your contributions through the end of the year and in 2018.

We’re doing good, and the chart below shows our progress over the past few months.

Remember: the goal is to reach $20,000

before the end of 2017!

Redeemer Lutheran will be hosting Singspiration on October 29th at 6 PM. However, we received a letter from them inviting everyone to come early for a German dinner to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

The dinner will be free, and they’ll be serving food from 4-5:30 PM. Following the Singspiration, desserts will be served.

To know how much food they will need, they’ve asked us to indicate how

many will be attending. You can sign-up on the bulletin board outside the church office or call the office and let us know you’d like to be on the list. Please let us know by October 19th.

The popular Mount Olive Tea will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2017. There will be two settings; one in the morning at 11 AM and one in the afternoon at 1:30 PM. Tickets are $12 each and St. Andrew’s has reserved tickets for each setting. Please call the church office to get a ticket.

Please note that this is the same day as the Annual Charge Conference, and you will need to reserve tickets for the afternoon setting if you plan to attend both.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Communion

2 Yoga 10 AM

Pecan Order Deadline

3 Rotary 12 PM

Bible Study 1:30 PM

Debby Campbell (b)

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♪Choir 7 PM

5 David Duncan (b)

6 7

8 Recital by Norma Bell’s Students 2 PM

Vincent Payne (b)

9 Yoga 10 AM

Matt & Liz Byrde (a)

Tiffany Wymore (b)

10 Rotary 12 PM

Bible Study 1:30 PM

Jerry & Tammie Riddle (a)

11

♪Choir 7 PM

Charla Wilson (b)

12 Hardees

Bible Study

7:30 AM

Dan & Amy

Hickman (a)

13 14 Jan Stichling (b)

15 Fellowship Dinner

16 Yoga 10 AM

17 Rotary 12 PM

Bible Study 1:30 PM

18

♪Choir 7 PM

Bob Payne (b)

Charge Conference

Sign-Up Deadline

19

Singspiration Dinner

Deadline

20 21 Community Breakfast 7:30-10:30 AM

Last Community Breakfast and Farmers’ Market of 2017!

Festival of Sharing

22 23 Yoga 10 AM

Bryanna Alexander (b)

Merlin Weber (b)

24 Rotary 12 PM

Bible Study 1:30 PM

Erika Wilhoit (b)

25

♪Choir 7 PM

26 Hardees

Bible Study

7:30 AM

Addie Wiggins

(b)

27 Kim Marx (b)

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29 Singpriation 6 PM at Redeemer Lutheran

30 Yoga 10 AM

31 Rotary 12 PM

Bible Study 1:30 PM

Halloween!

6-8 PM

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Tuesday, October 31,

2017

6-8 PM

Volunteers are needed to

give out candy and candy

donations are appreciated.

DeSoto Farmer’s Market News

Shoe donations accepted

September 30th

for the

Shoeman Water Projects! Open every Saturday 8 till noon

through October 21st. Please visit

and get to know your local farmers.

Events Community Breakfast is Saturday, September 16: 7:30-10:30 AM

Fall Festival in Walther Park on Saturday, September 16

Celebrate Our Heritage at DeSoto Farmer’s Market on Saturday,

September 16 (food demonstrations at 9, 9:45, 10:30, and 11:15)

Fellowship Dinner on Sunday, September 17: Cheesy Chicken

Casserole (bring a dish to share)

Front Porch Concert on Sunday, September 17: 5-6:30 PM;

blanket or lawn chair advised

Administrative Council Meeting on Monday, September 18: 6:30

PM