The Trumpeter Elkhorn Hills UMC

JUNE 2017 Issue #6

Worship With Us!

SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:30 AM Summer Worship Service (one-service only June 4- August 13)

9:30 AM Children’s Sunday School (one-room concept)

ELKHORN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

20227 Veterans’ Drive Elkhorn, NE 68022 (402) 289-4764

www.elkhornhillsumc.org

NOTE FROM PASTOR This is the final time I will write this column in the Elkhorn Hills newsletter. As is always the case, there are many things to say when leaving a place and I would never attempt to say them all. But there are things that need to be said and I hope to say those things at least. My first Sunday at Elkhorn Hills one of the women of the church said to me, "This church doesn't need a pastor." My first thought was, "Well, nice to meet you too!", but my second thought was, "Boy, this church REALLY needs a pastor!" I discovered, of course, that that woman was very, very wrong - Elkhorn Hills certainly needs a pastor. But that is nothing unusual - all churches need pastors. Gratefully, I soon found out that this woman was part of a very small minority because most of the folks at Elkhorn Hills were not only glad to have a pastor - you were equally glad to join with your pastor in doing the ministry that this church has been called by God to do. And so I want to take just a moment to recognize and thank those of you who have done exactly that during my four-year tenure here. THANK YOU to those of you who helped me in my very early days at Elkhorn Hills. Those who showed me where important things were stored, who taught me about the important traditions of the church, how "things were done". Those who answered my simple and often dumb questions with patience and humor. You helped me get started off on a solid footing and I appreciate it. THANK YOU to those of you who said "Yes!" when I asked you to take on job responsi-bilities, positions that needed to be filled. You did that on faith because you didn't know me and you couldn't have known just what direction I might want to lead the church in and I ap-preciate that. Because of your willingness to do this, we were able to steady things a lot sooner than we might have otherwise. THANK YOU to those of you who encouraged me to change things I wanted to change, things I felt needed to be changed. Thank you for not reminding me that I was not doing things the way former pastors did those things. Thank you for being willing to try new things, even if you might not have been sure just exactly what we were doing. Some of those things worked out; some of them didn't. But you tried them with me and I thank you. THANK YOU to those who have been so kind and caring to me during my times of ill health while your pastor. Thanks for the meals, the cards, the notes, the prayers, the con-cern. All those things really meant a lot. THANK YOU to those of you who have reached out in friendship to me. I will always treasure that friendship and hope that we will be able to continue it during the years to come. Obviously, this could go on and on but I think I covered the highlights. I have always won-dered if I would really know when I was ready to retire and for a part of my life I dreaded the idea of retiring at all. But I am, in fact, ready and looking forward to retirement. I will still see you around for a few more weeks and Elkhorn Hills will continue to be a part of my prayers for a long time to come. God bless you all. Grace and Peace, Nancy

Mark Your Calendars

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Church Office closed Jr. High Mission Trip- Nebraska

4 Summer Worship Schedule begins Children’s Ministry Mtg. Mission Committee Mtg.

9:30am 10:30am 10:30am

5 Book Club -Scooters Coffee House, Elkhorn 6:30pm

7 Great Plains UM Annual Conference -Grand Island NE, Wed. 6/7 thru Sat.6/10 Elkhorn Hills Prays Ladies Fellowship Youth Sand Volleyball starts

9:00am 10:00am 6:30pm

11 Pastor Nancy’s 33yrs - Ministry Celebration 10:30am

12 Finance Mtg. 7:00pm

13 Dining Out- Vincenzo’s 7:00pm

16 Visiting In Mission Teams at EHUMC - Friday and Saturday

19 Yes (Youth Emergency Services) Meal 12:00pm

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Vacation Bible School Committee Mtg Vacation Bible School Committee Mtg

Evening TimeTBD

24 Boystown Tour 10:00am

25 Vacation Bible School - Sunday through Thursday Admin. Council Mtg.

6-8:30pm

10:30am

10 United Methodist Men 8:00am

Enjoy

Your

Summer

Give

Praise!

WORSHIP

9:00 AM Usher / Greeter Schedule

June 18 Greeters: Dennis & Michel Hume Ushers: Kevin & Sara Bisanz

June 25

June 4 Greeters: Paul & LuAnn Dritley Ushers: Rick & Lori Hullinger

Greeters: Steve & Connie Bell Ushers: Cory & Sami Zelfel

June 11

Greeters: Youth Ushers: Youth

Summer Worship Schedule

BEGINS JUNE 4TH

9:30 A.M. “one-service only”

August 20th regular worship schedule

will resume.

Join us on Sunday, June 11th following the 9:30 am worship service for a celebratory potluck dinner in honor of Pastor Nancy Davis' 33 years of ministry. This event is being hosted by the Elkhorn Hills United Methodist Church Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC).

Potluck Dishes Elkhorn Hills Church will provide fried chicken for the event. Members with last names beginning with A-L are asked to bring a side dish. Members with last names beginning with M-Z are asked to bring a dessert.

Gifts If people would like to contribute to a gift they can drop off contributions to the office making sure to note in the memo line of their checks that funds are for Nancy.

Pastor Nancy Davis Retirement

Pastor Nancy Davis has been with Elkhorn Hills since July 2013. Elkhorn Hills is the 9th church she has served in her 33 years as a pas-tor. Previously she served as co-Pastor with her husband, Bruce Davis at St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Omaha, NE. Nancy was born in Southeast Missouri, and she graduated from South East Missouri University, Cape Girardeau, MO, with a Bachelors of Science de-gree in Elementary Education. She received her Masters of Divinity degree from Eden Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Nancy and Bruce have been happily married for 20 years. Between them, they have one son, three daughters, and seven grandchildren. Nancy enjoys traveling, movies, reading and dancing.

Greetings from the Worship Committee! Please remember to mark your calendars starting June 4th that we will move to our schedule of one service a week with a start time of 9:30. As we prepare to welcome our new pastor in the beginning of July, we would love to add a couple more members to our worship committee. We want to make sure everything runs as smooth as possible for the future of EHUMC and our wonderful worship experiences we have to offer. We have monthly meetings to review important upcoming dates and events in which we would help prepare for. If interested and/or looking for more information, contact Tyler Hughes at church on Sunday or email him at tylerhughes@elkhornhilsumc.org. In Christ, Tyler Hughes Worship Committee Chairperson

Greetings form the Music Ministries! As our busy music season as come to a close, I would like to thank eve-ryone for all the support you have shown us over the past year. We have received so many thank yous from all over the congregation and the community in the form of cards, emails, and kind words after every ser-vice. And most of all, thank you to all the vocalists, instrumentalists, and accompanists for all your hard work and dedication you have brought to this church! This would never be possible with out you, and you help make me love my job more and more every week as you prepare for each anthem and Cantata which is presented to you! As we move to the summer months and the one service format, I am looking for special music opportunities from anyone who would love to sing and/or play instruments during services! I will be looking for one special music performer every week. I would love to have a wide variety of vocalists and instrumentalists if possible. If you are interested, please contact Tyler Hughes on any Sunday or email him at tylerhughes@elkhornhillsumc.org. Thank you again everyone! In Christ, Tyler Hughes Music Administrator & Director

CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

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Summer Sunday School

Vacation Bible School: We are starting the planning

stages for VBS! This year’s theme is Makers Fun

Factory! It will be held June 25-June 29 from 6:00-

8:30pm. If you are interested in helping please con-

tact Ashley Bossert at 701-212-8934. Out in the Nar-

thex you will see people from the VBS committee set

up ready to take down your names and looking for

help with donations! If you are able to help please

stop by this table! We appreciate all your help with

making VBS a great success!

20172017--2018 2018

Preschool & Parents’ Day Out registration!Preschool & Parents’ Day Out registration!

We are now open for registration for the next school year. We have 2-day. 3-day & 4 day preschool classes available as well as our W/F Parents’ Day Out program. If you know someone that is interested please have them contact Shauna or Ashley at pre-school@elkhornhillsumc.org. We would love to give them a tour of our wonderful church and show them what a great fit they would be to our program!

We are sad to see all those smiling faces go

on Summer break. It warms our hearts to

see how they have grown over the year.

This year, Elkhorn Hills Preschool will

graduate 37 kiddos to Kindergarten for the

2017-2018 school year. We are so very

proud of them and what they have achieved

this past school year. We wish them the

best in all they do.

Summer Sunday School- We

will be offering Summer Sun-

day School! The theme will

be a Berenstain Bears go to

Summer Sunday School! It

will start June 4th during the

9:30 am church service. The

class will take place in the

Kindergarten Sunday School

room! Come join the fun!

June 4- Summer Sunday School 9:30am June 25-29 Vacation Bible School 6:00-8:30pm

Have a Great Summer !Have a Great Summer !Have a Great Summer !Have a Great Summer !

NAME TAGS This is a great way to get to know people, and for people to get to know you.

If you are interested and wish to order a magnetic name tag, please complete an order form found in the pews. Submit the order form and your payment of $7 per name tag— (if check, payable to EHUMC). You may place your order in the collection plate or drop it off at the office and we’ll let you know when they arrive. Thank you!

OPPORTUNITIES

YES JUNE meal for Youth Emergency Services We are going to treat the youth of Youth Emergency Services with hot pizza during the month of June when we deliver our meal on Monday, June 19. To go with this, we are looking for donations of the following items: 4 large Family Size bags of lettuce, 1 large bottle of Ranch Salad Dressing, 1 large bottle of Italian Salad Dressing. In addition, we are looking for volunteers to make 4 of 5 pans of Rice Krispy Treats. Diane Bengtson will be coordinating the June meal as the Dritley’s will be traveling. If you can help, please let Diane know by emailing her at dianebengtson@yahoo.comor by calling her at 402.450.7385. Thank you.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION REGULAR GATHERINGS

Ladies Fellowship: Come Join Us! Elkhorn Ladies meet the 1st Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. at the Donut Profes-sor in Elkhorn. Wednesday, June 7 at 10:00 A.M.

KNIT & SEW GROUP This summer project is WARM UP OMAHA. We would like to knit or crochet or buy sim-ple items to help someone in our community, when the weather gets cold. Simple patterns are available or use our favorite pattern. At the end of the summer, we will collect all the finished projects. KNIT & SEW will offer a Beginner’s Class on July 21st, 9:30am for those interested in learning how to knit or crochet. Yarn and needles will be available.

ELKHORN HILLS PRAYS: All are welcome to join us to pray for our Church, Nation and People. Meet at the church in the Grace Class Room.

Wednesday, June 7 at 9:00 AM

United Methodist Men (UMM) Meet the 2nd Saturday of the month at 8:00am. All men are welcome! Next meeting- June 10th.

Ladies Book Club - Next meeting June 5, 6:30pm at Scooters Coffee House, Elkhorn.

June’s review is The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

As July 3rd is the first Monday of the month, our July meeting is moved to July 10th.

Our July book read is The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines

Grace Sunday School Class Is on Summer Hiatus. Contact individual Lena Beeson.

Women’s Bible Study – Wed. 6:30pm Is on Summer Hiatus. Contact individual is Jan Heliker.

Wednesday Night Study- 6:30 pm Is on Summer Hiatus. Contact individual is RC Hoover

Breakfast Club Sunday School Class Is on Summer Hiatus. Contact individuals- Jan Heliker or Gayle Preston for fall oppor-tunities.

SAVE THE DATE

WALK TO EMMAUS- SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 7-10 Men's Walk #17 SEPTEMBER 14-17 Women's Walk #18 Both will be held at Camp of Good Shepherd, 10312 Agnew Rd, Louisville, NE (Right off Hwy 66 between Plattsmouth & Louisville).

IT’S TIME TO SPRING CLEAN! That also means is it Garage Sale Preparation time. A storage unit is now available for this years Elk-horn Hill’s Garage Sale - for your furniture dona-tions. If you have furniture items to donate for the garage sale, please contact Sandy Lozier to make arrangements. MARK YOUR CALENDAR !! Annual Garage Sale August 16-19

Summer Camp Specials (specials and discounts may not be combined)

Bring a First Time Friend Special: Re-turning campers can attend for 25% off if they bring a new first time camper with them. The first time Camp Fontanelle summer campers will also receive 25% off for attending.

NEW this year! Sibling Saver Discount: Siblings of the same household attending weeklong camps, help each other save on cost. Sibling one pays full price, sibling two takes 25% off, sibling three and beyond takes off 50%.

Contact EHUMC office if in need of a camp schol-arship.

NUMB (NEBRASKA UNITED METHODIST BIKE)

RIDE FOR HUNGER Again this year, Elkhorn Hills UMC will be par-ticipating in this year's NUMB ride in June. At this time there are five members of our congrega-tion who will be riding and are soliciting dona-tions for the ride. They are Brett Ritter, Regina Bergman, Sandy Lozier, Nina Clark and Cheryl Robinson. The ride will be June 24 - 28. For more information on the ride and the route, and the organizations they will be helping, please go to www.numbride.org. Please feel free to make a donation to one of the riders!

Summer Tour to Boys Town June 24th 10:00 am. See the Hall of History, Catholic Church (pipe organ) & Father Flanigan's tomb, Father Flanigan's home and Chamber's Chapel (Protestant Church). We will carpool at the church. $3 per person. Lunch optional as a group at a location of your choice after the tour. Adults and youth are invited to attend. If you have summer guests and they would like to join us that would be great too.

Prayer and Reflection: The Labyrinth Sept. 30th 9am-12pm.

Mini Retreat on prayer & reflection and how to do it with a Labyrinth. What is a Labyrinth, you may be asking? It is a circular route to a center, that is made with an intricate design, with one simple path. Unlike a maze, it is impossible to get lost in it. A laby-rinth experience is a personal practice for heal-ing and growth---a blossoming of the Spirit within.

It will be held at Pastor Judith Rainforth's re-treat home in Riverside Lakes, which is just south of Waterloo off of Dodge St.

-The cost will be less than $20/person. -Pastor Judith will give a presentation on the labyrinth. We will have time to use her laby-rinth, or take a nature walk or just relax.

Please put this on your calendars, for a morning of inspiration and relaxation

DINING OUT – JUNE 13th This Dining Out evening will take place at Vin-cenzo’s at 15701 Pacific St at 7:00pm. Members will pay separately for their meal order. Come enjoy the Italian cuisine and fellow-ship with your church family. Sign-up sheet on the church office window will help with reser-

vations. Thanks.

NEW TO EHUMC?

YOUTH GROUP SCOOP!! ***All of these events are for the Sr. AND Middle High group****

DO YOU ENJOY WORKING WITH YOUTH? HERE’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED!!

MIDDLE HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEER! We need a second adult to help with the Middle High Sunday School class starting in the

Fall of 2017. Please contact Jenny Meyer if you are interested in learning more about this opportunity. We need your help!

SR. HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEER! We need a second adult who is willing to teach one or two Sundays a month. Please contact

Jenny Meyer for more information.

TRIPLE G YOUTH GROUP VOLUNTEER! Wednesday Night Starting in the Fall – One Adult Volunteer Needed to help with youth group

from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

MIDDLE & SR. HIGH YOUTH – We need your help getting the sand volleyball prepped for summer! On Sunday, June 4th from

5-8 p.m., we will be working on the court pulling weeds, raking sand, etc. Pizza will be provided for all volunteers! Plus, this is a great time

to build up NHS or school volunteer hours! Please RSVP to Jenny Meyer (jjl_1971@yahoo.com) by June 1st if you can help. (What to bring;

Rakes and work gloves) A big thanks to Greg Roberg for preparing the court for play again this year!

Sand volleyball is back by popular demand and will start on Wednesday, June 7th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. (weather permit-

ting). Middle and Sr. High Youth, bring your friends to join in the fun. Adults, you are welcome to join us at any time! This is such a fun summer

activity. We will have a short devotion time, snacks and play a few games of sand volleyball.

Youth, please consider signing up to volunteer to help with Vacation Bible School this summer! See Ashley Bossert if you’d

like to help.

The 2017 Sr. High Mission Trip is July 9-15, 2017! We will be going to Colorado Springs, CO for the week. Please keep our

youth and chaperones in your prayers during their week of service.

The Middle High Mission Trip will be June 2-3, 2017 and will be in Nebraska this year. The Thompson family are hosting the youth

at their cabin for the weekend and we will go out as a group and participate in various service projects from Friday morning through Saturday eve-

ning. We will share devotion and fellowship time each evening.

Sunday School is an awesome time to come together with your friends to share in discussion about topics that affect teens’

everyday lives. Come learn more about God and how you can put your faith to use in your daily lives. Middle High meets in the Middle High

youth room off the Library and the Sr. High meet in their youth room off the Family Life Center. Randy Bruner leads the Mid-High class and

Greg Roberg leads the Sr. High group. We can’t wait to see what great discussions come out from these groups in 2017!

TRIPLE G (God, Games and Goodies) meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center & Sr. High

Youth Room. This is for all youth in 6th-12th grades. Bring a friend and join in the fun! We hope to see you there!

YOUTH MISSION STATEMENT

“Elkhorn Hills Youth Ministry exists to EXPOSE teenagers to God’s love while preparing them to SHARE God’s word, and EXALT in the Lord, all while OFFERING their services to the Lord and CONNECTING with others.

by Stan Holt

CHURCH FAMILY

BIRTHDAYS!

1 NATHANIEL ROBINSON 1 LUCY FISCHER 3 JAKE KAUFMANN 4 BILL RANCE 6 REGINA BERGMAN 6 REBECCA FLINT 7 WENDY DELONG 7 EILEEN MERCHEN 7 DAVID REES 7 CHUCK WISE 7 DARLEEN TETEN 8 BLAKE BINDER 9 SCOTT SIDES 9 MAX LANGLAND 11 LIZ HULLINGER 12 JOSH SNYDER 12 JACKSON BRDICKO 13 ANN WINANS 13 MADDY TILLMAN 14 TOM BAUMERT 15 TIM REES 15 LOREN FRASER 15 NORA SMITH

ANNIVERSARIES!

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Beware… and be very careful! We should always be conscious of what we’re doing and how we appear to others. Here’s why...it’s because we’re Christians. As Christians, we have a duty to those around us and to everyone who sees or hears us. And, here’s the thing...for some of us, being a good Christian doesn’t always come naturally. We have to keep reminding ourselves how Jesus wants us to live each day, and how he wants us to act… Which is like a person trying to follow Christ. So, that’s all we have to do. Easy, isn’t it?

5 PAUL & LUANN DRITLEY 5 CRAIG & CHERIE LYTLE 7 CHRIS & KATHY PAUL 10 RANDY & SUE JOHNSEN 10 BRENT & NELLY SAGEHORN 12 STEVE & ELAINE SCHURR 13 JOE & MANDY MCMENAMIN 14 JIM & BARBARA WITTE 16 BRAD & KELSEY FISCHER 16 JIM & BEVERLY SIDES 17 HUGHES MORRIS & MARGARET ELLEY 19 TOM & CRISTI BAUMERT 19 MIKE OUGH & PAM ROTH 20 STEVE & VICKI HOLCOMB 20 JON & ASHLEY HOLTZ 20 TRAVIS & KRISTINE ROBERTS 21 SUSAN & STEVE KELLEY 26 TODD & PATTY LANGAN 28 BILL & TAMMY DAVIS 28 STEVEN & JENNIFER RIDDELL

16 JACOB LANDERS 16 ALAYNA LEMKE 17 BRANDON SWAN 17 RICHARD SHERBURNE 17 LINDSY PETTINGER 18 JOANN TURNER 18 BRAD SHERWOOD 19 HOWARD BERGMAN 19 RICK FLEEMAN 20 BARBARA WITTE 21 TAMI FINK 21 MERITH HOOVER 22 RON HUMPHREY 24 STEPHEN LUMBARD 24 JAIDEN ZELFEL 24 BEV SIDES 25 MEGHAN WILSON 25 EVELYN PEEK 27 PAUL WIEBELHAUS 28 JEREMY LUMBARD 28 JOHN PARRISH 29 MARC BASH 29 RICK HULLINGER 29 SUE SMITH

LET’S CELEBRATE ! ! !

ELKHORN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 20227 Veteran’s Drive Elkhorn NE 68022

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