April 1, 2019

Phone # - (316) 683-4643 Webpage - www.collegehillumc.org

College Hill

United Methodist Church A Reconciling Congregation

Wise in the Ways of the Spirit, Bold in the Ways of Justice,

and Graceful in relationships with all Creation.

It’s been quite a journey this Lent, coming off the heels of General Conference 2019. Several of you have asked what you can do as a response. Currently, there are two actions that I invite you to consider.

First, there is a resolution circulating around our Great Plains Annual Conference titled: “GPAC Disavowal of the Traditional Plan.” This resolution will be considered for a vote at our Great Plains Annual Conference that meets at the end of May this year. The resolution was originally drafted by Rev. John Collins. By adding your name, you are sending a message that you support this legislation and are co-submitting the legislation to be voted upon in May. Currently, there are 1.6K co-submitters. The Annual Conference body is the body that can take official action on the legislation. If you choose to sign your name, you must be an official member or clergy person of a United Methodist Church in GPAC (your membership at CHUM qualifies you!) and list the church where your membership is held. You can find the entire resolution at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeqwwiudIsoLmgo5w6mQAsgfgZorqqJ2swfaUcdJ-OwO-BDQ/viewform

An excerpt of the resolution follows: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Great Plains Annual Conference (GPAC) condemns the decision of the 2019 General Conference to pass the Traditional Plan and apologizes for the harm that it has caused LGBTQ+ persons, their families, their friends, and the body of Christ. “We affirm that all persons are individuals of sacred worth, created in the image of God,” but we also assert and affirm that no human being is incompatible with Christian teaching. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, no GPAC funds or monies (either directly through payments or indirectly through the time of employees of the conference) shall be expended for the purpose of background investigations, complaints, just resolutions, or clergy trials pertaining LGBTQ+ ordination and marriage.

The second action you could consider is to contact our Bishop and the Commission on General Conference to ask them to name an independent team to investigate improper voting at General Conference 2019. This call to action comes from the Uniting Methodists (https://unitingmethodists.com/). Some points from Uniting Methodists that you could include in a letter:

We are mindful that the Commission on General Conference has authorized a task force of its members ‘to address matters related to credentialing, voting, and other systemic issues of the 2019 special session.’ With all due respect for the Commission’s work, given the serious nature of accusations related to voting at the highly polarized St. Louis session, the circumstances require an independent investigation.

We urge the Commission on General Conference in consultation with the Council of Bishops to name and authorize an independent team of persons with appropriate investigatory, legal, and related professional expertise.

The independent team should issue their report to the Commission on General Conference and the Council of Bishops no later than November 2019 along with any recommended changes in rules and processes."

Here is contact information if you would like to respond.

Bishop Ruben Saenz Jr. Rev. Gary W. Graves Bishop Great Plains Annual Conference Secretary of the UMC 1207 SW Executive Drive General Conference Topeka, KS 66615 805 Springwater Circle bishop@greatplainsumc.org Lexington, KY 40515 ggraves@umcgc.org Peace, Pastor Jill

Church Services

9:00 am - Sanctuary w/ Communion Traditional Service

10:15 am - Fellowship Hall w/ Communion Contemporary Service

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Rev. Kalaba Chali Reversing Lent series Often Lent is traditionally understood as a som-ber and sad time for doing hard things like fasting or repenting however, the purpose of this holy season is to draw closer to God through spiritual practices. As spiritual practices form us in faith, we not only experience joy, but we find we can practice the discipline joyfully! This series invites you to joyfully practice five spiritual disciplines for five weeks. Week 5 JOYFUL WITNESS can come out of painful circumstances in our lives, yet we can learn from Paul how to proclaim Christ no matter what. Joyful witness can be the power of a positive story about God’s working in your life. Philippians 1: 12 - 18

We are pleased to announce that David Bartley has accepted the position of Technical

The church building will close at 3:00pm

this Friday, April 5th.

TGIF April 5th @ 6:30pm

Prost 2721 E. Central, Ste 101

Everyone is welcome to join us for dinner and conversation!

For more information contact

Janice Rich, 265-4879 Also contact Janice for carpooling.

CHUM’s Garage Sale Friday & Saturday, April 12 & 13 You have one more week to bring your items to the church basement to be donated to the garage sale. Please take a bit of time to clean off the items you bring in to donate. NO clothes. The sale will be open each day from 8am - 4pm. Send your friends and family! CHUM’s Chew ‘n Chat Only 2 more weeks of classes and activities so come on out and join us for supper and get involved in a class or sprucing up the church! The supper for Wednesday, April 3, will be a Taco Bar and Taco Soup will be served on April 10th. Carol Hirsh’s class will be addressing the final 2 topics. On April 3rd they will address Voter’s Rights Issues and they will end on April 10th addressing the decisions made in General Conference. Faith Sisters’ Book Club For Sunday, April 14, they will be discussing Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Rose Chapman will host this gathering. Come join in!

March 31, 2019

Attendance 237

Giving $9,106.00

The March Crawl On Thursday, April 25, we will be crawling to Sedgwick, KS to Cy’s

Place THE HOOF & HORN Supper Club. Please note the date change due to Maundy Thursday being on the 3rd Thursday. Sign up sheet is available in the church office and be sure to make note if you need a ride to Sedgwick, KS. Meditation Class Continues Brad Smith’s Meditation Class continues. The time will be from 6:00 - 7:00pm for each class, in room #201. Classes will be held on the following Monday evenings: *April 8 and 29

*May 13 *************** Vacation Bible School To Mars and Beyond 2019 VBS is here! This year VBS will be in the evening with a light dinner kicking the night off during the week of June 17-21st from 5:30 - 6:00pm. During Vacation Bible School from 6:00 - 8:00pm, children will enjoy an interactive, energizing, Bible-based good time as they explore where God's power can take them. They will become Voyagers and discover how to serve God and God's mission for their lives. Register today and let us know you’re coming. You'll not only skip the line on the first day but will reserve your shirt size! Click on the VBS link from our CHUM home page: www.collegehillumc.org to sign up a child or to sign up as a volunteer.

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Jewelry and Pottery Show Come shop in the Parlor on Sunday, May 1, for jewelry and/or pottery, enjoy light refreshment and meet Gene Stucky the jewelry/pottery designer. A % of the proceeds will benefit CHUM’s Communicators outreach projects.

Sunday, April 14 Palm Sunday

9:00am Worship Service with Cantata

10:15am Worship Service with Dramatic Reading

Thursday, April 18 Maundy Thursday

6:30pm in Fellowship Hall Potluck Dinner & Service

Friday, April 19

Good Friday 6:30pm Service in Sanctuary

Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunday

7:00am Sunrise Service in Trinity Garden

(moved to Parlor if weather does not cooperate!)

9:00am Worship Service Sanctuary 10:15 Worship Service

in Fellowship Hall

Tuesday, April 2nd 9:00 - 2:00pm Church Office

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Saturday, April 20th Fellowship Hall

Food Pantry & Breakfast 9:00 - 11:00am

WICHITA DISTRICTS REGIONAL GATHERING: DEBRIEF GC2019 Lead by Bishop Ruben Saenz

Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Wichita First United Methodist Church – Meredith Hall

330 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS

AGAPE, Rm. 201 - Congratulations to the Shelton's on the marriage of their daughter, Haley, to Jake Burpo! Heavy topic today about the evolution to the Lord God from two Gods, Elohim and Yahweh. We will be hosting the Chew & Chat supper on 4/10 - Taco soup. Wiebe's treat next.

BUILDERS, Rm. 305 - We completed “Seeking Allah Finding Jesus” and will resume “Chuck Knows Church.” Robersons have treats. Keep Charlie, Nori, Bayley Shepherd and Mark McKee in your prayers.

CHILDREN, Children’s Center - This past Sunday the kids spent the morning in choir and bell practice getting ready for their Palm Sunday performance that they will perform in both the 9:00 and 10:15 service. This coming Sunday we will not have Sunday School so that the children are able to attend worship together with their families.

COMMUNICATORS, Rm. 301 - Thanks to John Brewer for leading the class discussion on the book All the Miracles of the Bible which focused on the New Testament: Jesus’ many miracles in the book of John. Recommended reading for next week is Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; John 1:35-43; and Luke 5:1-11. Reminder to mark calendars: April 8, Monday, from 3-7pm to assemble lunches for Open Door; delivery to be April 9, Tuesday, @ 10am; April 13, Saturday, 9:30am Brunch @ Sheryl Bagby’s w/ treasure hunt involved; May 5, Sunday, @ 5pm To Be Announced; and May 1, Wednesday, 3-7pm Mother’s Day Sale of Jewelry and Pottery in the Parlor. Happy Birthday to Donna Caywood! Prayer Requests: Donna Caywood’s son, John; Pam McEachern’s sister-in-law, Pam; people in Nebraska and around the world affected by weather catastrophes; world leaders; travelers; and all unspoken prayers and concerns. Tricia Glidewell has devotions next. Congratulations to Meredith Bartley!

CONTEMPORARY STUDIES, Rm. B5/7 - Seventeen joined together for this last Spring/Winter day in March! Happy Birthday this week to Carolyn Grier! Keith Williamson completed Chapter Six, "A Segregated Church or a Beloved Community." Tabletalk focused on the five ingredients and three commitments of a Multiracial Church, and which should CHUM address first. Sunday, Chapter Seven, "From Warriors to Guardians" pp. 127-140.

DOUBLE CIRCLE, Rm. B4 - Bill Means called the class to order and Lilaha played “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.” Thanks to both! Bob led us in prayer and presented the lesson on “Called to Discipleship” - Matthew 4: 12 - 22. To consider what it means that every Christian is called to join Jesus in his work. Prayers for Bob and Nancy’s grandchild and Jerry’s illness. Safe travels for Dr. Brake & Nancy as well as for Lilaha. Thank you Bob for the lesson and the devotions. We had 12 present in class.

TRAVELING COMPANIONS, Bride’s Room B14 @ 11:15 am - Join us for discussion on spiritual development and personal growth.

VICEROY, Rm. B3 - Please thank Brian Johns for providing last Sunday's lesson, the response from Resurrection UMC in Lenexa. We will begin our study with a video interview of William H. Willimon, the author of the book "Fear of the Other".

April 7 Lunch Bunch

Prost @ 2721 E. Central 11:30am

UPCOMING CALENDAR

April 14 Aviate Trampoline Park Cost $10.00 11:30am - 2:30pm

April 21 Easter

No Youth Group

Saturday, April 27 Wichita Force Football Game Cost $10.00

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS NOTES

Children’s Ministries Welcomes All Children!

Children’s Sunday School for 3 year olds - 5th Graders will take place in the Children’s Center during the Sunday school time from 10:15 - 11:30am. Take children directly to their classroom and pick them up at 11:30am from their classroom. First Sunday of each month is Family Worship so all children will worship with their family and there is no Sunday school. CHUM Nursery is available for children 4 years and under each Sunday. It is located at the west end of building across from the elevator next to Fellowship Hall.

A Faith N’ Fun Family day is planned for April 20th for CHUM families at Chicken and Pickle. Pickleball courts have been reserved at 4 & 5 pm. Reservations are required if you plan on attending you must RSVP to Jodi by emailing her at jodi.rice@collegehillumc.org if you have not already let her know you’ll be there.

Non-Profit Org. US Postage

PAID Permit 583 Wichita, KS

College Scholarships Available - Final Week to Apply If you have never received a scholarship from the College Hill UMC Foundation, you may be eligible. Money is available to graduating high school seniors/GED who actively attend CHUM. If you are returning to college due to a career change you may also apply for a scholarship. Applications are

available in the church office and completed applications, along with the additional information requested, must be returned to the church office no later than Sunday, April 7, 2019.

CHUM Foundation Grants This is the final week to apply for a CHUM Foundation grants. The requests must be for the improvement of College Hill UMC. If your class, group, service or department are in need of funds for your ministry here at College Hill, please stop by the church office to pick up an application. Applications must be returned by Sunday, April 7, 2019.

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Spring Flowers Order forms are available in the church office. The cost for Spring Flowers is $15.00 and will be due by Wednesday, April 17th. These flowers can be purchased in Honor or Memory of a special person in your life! They will decorate both of our worship areas and you are welcome to take your plant after the Easter service.