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Time in a Bole/Cleaning Up Cancer Carnival Debbie Kla Forecaster August 2015 Volume 27, Number 8 In This Issue: •Time in a Bole •Catching Up •Worship •Calendar •Financial Report •Mission •UMW Garage Sale •Leadership Board Report If I could save me in a bole. The first thing that I'd like to do. Is to save every day 'l eternity passes away. Just to spend them with you. Singer/songwriter, Jim Croce Join us on August 29 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. for The Cleaning Up Cancer Carnival. The carnival is a fundraiser for Time in a Bole, a non-profit organizaon that cleans homes for families who have children with cancer or other serious illnesses. Families receive housekeeping service for up to 5 visits at no cost. Stephanie Nesseth, the owner of Absolutely Clean since 2001, started the not-for-profit program when her oldest son (Chris) was baling childhood cancer. This year’s goal is to raise $15,000 in donaons. Salem United Methodist Church will again be the site of this year’s carnival. Acvies will include rides, a climbing wall, inflatables, games, a cake aucon, silent aucon, and live music. Salem members may volunteer for this event by baking a cake for the cake aucon, volunteering to work in a game or food both, serving water to booth workers, or greeng visitors on behalf of Salem. Addional help is needed for ckets, prizes, wristbands, trash service, and parking assistance. Individuals may also help by purchasing a flock of flamingos to place in the yard of a child when they come home from chemo. Shown below is Nora, the 2014 Time in a Bole Poster child. The cost of a flamingo is $10 for a flock of five baby flamingos, $20 for a flock of 10 mixed size flamingos, $25 for a flock of 15 mixed size flamingos, or $50 for a flock of 20 large flamingos. The purchase of an-flocking insurance is $10. Please fill out a volunteer form and place it in the Outreach box in the Fellowship Hall if you would like to parcipate. Members of the Outreach Team will be available between services during the month of August to answer any quesons you might have regarding this event. Stop by the Cleaning Up Cancer Carnival display Fellowship Hall from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. each Sunday to see how you might be able to help.

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Time in a Bole/Cleaning Up Cancer Carnival Debbie Kla

Forecaster

August 2015 Volume 27, Number 8

In This Issue: •Time in a Bo�le

•Catching Up

•Worship •Calendar •Financial Report

•Mission

•UMW Garage Sale

•Leadership Board

Report

If I could save me in a bo�le.

The first thing that I'd like to do.

Is to save every day ' l eternity

passes away.

Just to spend them with you. Singer/songwriter, Jim Croce

Join us on August 29 from 11 a.m.-

4 p.m. for The Cleaning Up Cancer

Carnival. The carnival is a fundraiser

for Time in a Bo�le, a non-profit

organiza.on that cleans homes for

families who have children with

cancer or other serious illnesses.

Families receive housekeeping

service for up to 5 visits at no cost.

Stephanie Nesseth, the owner of

Absolutely Clean since 2001, started

the not-for-profit program when her

oldest son (Chris) was ba�ling

childhood cancer. This year’s goal is

to raise $15,000 in dona.ons.

Salem United Methodist Church will

again be the site of this year’s

carnival. Ac.vi.es will include rides,

a climbing wall, inflatables, games, a

cake auc.on, silent auc.on, and live

music. Salem members may

volunteer for this event by baking a

cake for the cake auc.on,

volunteering to work in a game or

food both, serving water to booth

workers, or gree.ng visitors on

behalf of Salem. Addi.onal help is

needed for .ckets, prizes,

wristbands, trash service, and parking

assistance.

Individuals may also help by

purchasing a flock of flamingos to

place in the yard of a child when

they come home from chemo. Shown

below is Nora, the 2014 Time in a

Bo�le Poster child. The cost of a

flamingo is $10 for a flock of five baby

flamingos, $20 for a flock of 10 mixed

size flamingos, $25 for a flock of 15

mixed size flamingos, or $50 for a

flock of 20 large flamingos. The

purchase of an.-flocking insurance is

$10.

Please fill out a volunteer form and place it in the Outreach box in the

Fellowship Hall if you would like to par.cipate.

Members of the Outreach Team will be available between services during

the month of August to answer any ques.ons you might have regarding

this event. Stop by the Cleaning Up Cancer Carnival display Fellowship

Hall from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. each Sunday to see how you might be able to

help.

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So God

blessed

the seventh

day and

hallowed it,

because

on it

God rested

from all

the work

that

he had

done in

crea.on.

Genesis 2:3

Rev. John Louk Pastor of the Salem UMC

Catching Up

Terry Hershey tells this story: “There

was once an American traveler who

planned a safari to Africa. He was that

typical Type-A American tourist, who

many of us may be and who I

admi�edly am when I travel. We do

our research about this travel

des.na.on and we have a .metable,

maps, and a clear agenda of the things

we need to see and do. Some local

people had even been hired to carry

some of the traveler’s supplies as they

trekked throughout the land—it was

that level of planning.

“On the first morning, they all woke

up early and traveled fast and covered

a great distance. The second morning

was the same—woke up early,

traveled fast, and traveled far. Third

morning, same thing. But on the

fourth morning, the local hired help

refused to move. Instead, they sat by

a tree in the shade well into the

morning. The American traveler

became incensed and irate and said to

his translator, ‘This is a waste of

valuable .me. Can someone tell me

what’s going on here?’ The translator

looked at him and calmly answered,

‘They’re wai.ng for their souls to

catch up with their bodies.’ (Sacred

Necessi es: Gi's for Living with

Passion, Purpose, and Grace, 68-69)

Various versions of the same story are

told, but they all include people who

realize they need .mes of rest from all

the rushing about so that their souls

can catch up with them. This, of

course, isn’t a new idea. God did the

work of crea.on in six days and then

rested on the seventh from all the

work that had been done, blessing

that sabbath day and making it a holy

day of rest (Genesis 2:2, 3 and Exodus

20:11).

The month of June was such a .me for

me. It was a .me to stop and let my

soul catch up with my body aIer this

last year of the building project. Our

project has gone very well. We have

fantas.c leaders and an excited, hard-

working congrega.on. S.ll, the

building project required constant

a�en.on, so I was behind in other

areas and physically unhealthy.

In my .me of rest, I took care of

several projects on my house and cars.

I waded through 2,500 emails and

other work leI on my desk. I spent

.me with my parents and helped

them accomplish a few tasks. I drove

the kids places they needed to be. I

slept in. Read. Watched movies.

Relaxed. De-stressed.

I hope that you too will take the .me

to rest regularly and catch up. God set

an example for us in this. We need to

periodically cease the busyness of

work so we can be healthy and whole.

AIer res.ng, though, it’s .me to

engage in work again. With the

building project winding down, we can

turn our a�en.on to new endeavors.

We will con.nue work on the

prescrip.ons from our Healthy Church

Ini.a.ve consulta.on. The next

priority is puLng into place a Ministry

Empowerment Team to help the

people of Salem discover giIs and

passions and engage in ministry and

mission, serving both within the

congrega.on and in the community.

This is enormously important for us.

We named this need, internally, back

in the fall of 2011. It was given to us as

a prescrip.on in the fall of 2013. I am

excited for us to now implement this

next step in our congrega.on.

Grace and peace to you,

John Louk

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In August we con.nue in ordinary .me, concluding the series, A Heart for God, on the first

Sunday. On August 23 we will have a special celebra.on for those returning to school

(students, parents, teachers, administrators, staff). We’re invi.ng students to bring their

backpacks for a special blessing and to receive a giI. And on August 30 we will offer a

special .me for married couples to renew their vows to one another. We want to share

wedding photos during a wedding recep.on during the fellowship .me. Come and

worship!

Aug 2 Series: A Heart for God (final Sunday)

2 Samuel 11:26-12:15 Nathan Condemns David

Psalm 51:1-12 David’s Prayer of Confession

Ephesians 4:1, 17-24 Lead a Life Worthy of Your Calling

Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Holy Communion

Aug 9 Ordinary Time

2 Sam 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 The Defeat and Death of Absalom

Psalm 130 (UMH 848) Crying to the LORD in Grief

Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Be Imitators of God

John 6:35, 41-51 Jesus the Bread of Life

Aug 16 Ordinary Time

1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Solomon Asks for Wisdom

Psalm 111 (UMH 832) The Fear of the LORD Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Ephesians 5:15-20 Be Careful How You Live

John 6:51-58 Jesus the Living Bread

Holy Communion

Aug 23 Back to School — Bring School Backpacks!

Proverbs 1:1-7 The Beginning of Knowledge

Psalm 119:33-40 Teach Me Your Ways

Ephesians 6:10-20 Put on the Whole Armor of God

Luke 2:41-52 The Boy Jesus in the Temple

Aug 30 Renewal of Marriage Vows — Bring your wife/husband and share your wedding photo!

Song of Solomon 2:8-13; 8:6-7 Seat Me as a Seal Upon Your Heart

Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 Song for a Royal Wedding

1 Corinthians 13:1-8a The GiI of Love

Ma�hew 19:4-6 Jesus Speaks About Marriage

Page 3

Worship: Season A7er Pentecost (Ordinary Time)

Come and Worship!

Sundays

9 a.m.—Contemporary

11 a.m.—Tradi onal

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August 2015

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

2

9 a.m. Contemporary

Worship

10 a.m. Adult Sunday

School

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time

11 a.m. Tradi.onal

Worship

3 4

9:30 a.m. Prayer Room

5

8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

UMW Garage Sale Drop-

off and Set-up Day

(see page 8 for details)

10 a.m. Wednesday

Morning Bible Study

6

8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

UMW Garage Sale

(see page 8 for details)

7

8 a.m. to Noon

UMW Garage Sale

(see page 8 for details)

1

8 a.m. UMM

Breakfast

Mee.ng

8

9

9 a.m. Contemporary

Worship

10 a.m. Adult Sunday

School

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time

11 a.m. Tradi.onal

Worship

10

11

5:15 p.m. Building

Commi�ee Mee.ng

12

10 a.m. Wednesday

Morning Bible Study

13

9:30 a.m. Sarah Circle

14

15

16

9 a.m. Contemporary

Worship

10 a.m. Adult Sunday

School

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time

11 a.m. Tradi.onal

Worship

Food Bank Sunday

Noon Women’s Care group

17

18

9:30 a.m. Prayer room

5:15 p.m. Leadership

Board mee.ng

19

10 a.m. Wednesday

Morning Bible Study

20

September Forecaster ar�cles due

21

22

23

9 a.m. Contemporary

Worship

10 a.m. Adult Sunday

School

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time

10:10 a.m. Mission Fair

10:10 a.m. Connec.ng

Point

11 a.m. Tradi.onal

Worship

Back to School Blessing

24

25

12:30 p.m. Cards &

Fellowship

26

10 a.m. Wednesday

Morning Bible Study

27

6:30 p.m. Scrapbooking

28 29

11 a.m. Time In a

Bo�le/Cleaning Up

Cancer Carnival

30

9 a.m. Contemporary

Worship

10 a.m. Adult Sunday

School

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time

11 a.m. Tradi.onal

Worship

12:00 p.m. Summer Sing

Renewal of Marriage Vows

during Worship Services

31

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27 Gary Brockschink

28 Max Link

29 Jim Caviness

30 Judy Arruda

31 Ralph Wilfong

2 Chris.ne & Ryan Rand

5 Donna & Lee Borntrager

8 Roberta & Jim Carver

9 Jan & Allan Johnson

10 Courtney & Ma� Templeton

16 Marlene & Ronald Primrose

21 Deb & Gary Valenta

25 Sandy & David Rierson

25 Alyssa & Jeremy Hague

27 Shirley & Richard Hartgrave

30 Ausha & Archer Ayers

31 Diane & Ed Foss

1 Beckie Greenman

2 Troy Bergmann

2 Kali Sanborn

3 Tim King

6 John Carly

8 Alyssa Hague

8 DeAnn King

9 Sharon Busch

10 Skip Bothwick

10 Carver Hague

10 Sandy Rierson

12 Kay Feldmann

12 Jan Hutchison

12 Pam Wheeler

15 Jim Jacobus

19 Lori Hixson

20 DeDe Musgrove

24 Pat Conrad

24 Camryn Meyer

24 Linsey Thomas

25 Kyle Cross

26 Mark Hixson

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August Birthdays and Anniversaries

SALEM'S RECORD OF GENEROSITY IN SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY GOALS THROUGH JUNE 30, 2015

BUDGET GIVING Actual Budget

Offerings given toward Opera.ng Budget $ 121,684 $ 130,169

Other Income $ 100 $ -

Total budget income $ 121,784 $ 130,169

BUDGET EXPENSES

YTD budget expenses paid $ 126,220 $ 130,169

TOTAL BUDGET INCOME OVER/(UNDER) EXPENSES $ (4,437) $ -

SALEM RISING - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GIVING Received Pledged to date

$ 252,469 $ 216,793

Thank you for your financial support of the ministries of Salem UMC. Your generosity helps Salem fulfill the

vision of "connec ng people, building community, transforming lives, through Jesus".

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United Methodist Women Sharon Busch, President

Sarah Circle will meet August 13 at

9:30 a.m. at the Ma�hew 25 Center,

201 3rd Ave. SW. Our hostess will be

Carolyn Jarvis.

Our plan is for those living near

Salem to meet at the church about 9

a.m. to ride together.

Eden Youngberg will share with the

group about the ministry of Ma�hew

25 and give a tour of the center.

This is a chance to learn more about

a mission that Salem supports. We

may also find some ways we can

volunteer such as the "Book Buddy"

program or the new "Change the Life

of a Child" project.

Rachel Circle will not have a regular

mee.ng in August, but will work

together at the UMW Garage Sale

set-up, sale and clean-up on August

5, 6 and 7. (See page 8 for more

garage sale details.)

The UMW Mission Study will meet

Friday, 21 from 9-3 at New

Horizons UMC in Coralville. Food

will be provided with a $7.00 per

meal fee. Anyone interested in

a�ending please contact Dorothy

Higdon.

Women’s Care Group Sheryl Hansen & Kristy Flack

The next Women's Care Group

Mee.ng will be August 16. It will be

a potluck aIer the second service.

We will be geLng encouragement

cards prepared for shut-ins. We

will also discuss what needs to be

done for hos.ng fellowship on

August 30.

Salem United Methodist Men

UMM will have their breakfast

mee.ng on August 1, the first

Saturday of the month at 8 a.m.

Missing Dishes?

Missing some dishes at your house?

Please check the counter in the

corner of the “snack bar” to see if any

of the dishes that are accumula.ng

there belong to you.

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Salem Mission Fair

August 23 10 a.m.—11 a.m.

What is your mission?

Come join us in the fellowship room

on Sunday morning at 10 a.m.,

August 23, for the Salem Mission

Fair! During this .me, you will have

the opportunity to visit with

representa.ves from some of the

various mission groups we support.

You will have the chance to learn of

opportuni.es where you can become

personally involved in what God is

doing in the area of Salem mission.

We hope your spirit will be

encouraged and your mission heart

will be enlarged as you discover how

many ministries we support!

Make plans to come early during the

fellowship .me at 10 a.m. The

Missions Fair only lasts an hour, so

plan on coming early to make the

most of it!

School Bags

We will con.nue to collect school

bags throughout the summer, so

keep buying those schools supplies.

The school supplies have started

going on sale. This is perfect .me to

fill up the school kits for UMCOR. The

average cost for all supplies is $11

but it can cost less if you are a careful

shopper. UMCOR School Kits help to

care for the most vulnerable people

during .mes of crisis. Please pick up

a school bag in the mission's room

and fill it up with these supplies:

14” x 16” cloth bag, 24-count

crayons, eraser, ruler, pencil

sharpener, 3 pads of wide Paper,

blunt scissors, and 6 pencils.

Volunteer OpportuniHes

Helping Hands has contacted us again

to see if a Salem member would be

interested in serving on the steering

commi�ee. The mee.ngs are held

on the 3rd

Tuesday of every month,

noon-1 p.m. at the Ecumenical

Center. This commi�ee, which has

volunteers from other churches also,

helps raise money and plans

upcoming events. The next mee.ng

is Tuesday, August 18. If you are

interested, please contact Joni

Salazar.

Mission Joni Salazar

Please join our Mission Team.

Let's help our church and

community together. Call Joni

Salazar at 319-573-3943.

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Salem United Methodist Women’s Annual Garage Sale

I am doing an organiza.onal

mee.ng in September for a new

Emmaus Reunion group. It is

open to all members of Emmaus.

If you are interested please

contact me at:

[email protected]

or by cell phone 319-325-6303.

Hope to hear from many of you

to con.nue our quest of the Holy

Spirit.

Thank You,

Ron Andreasen.

Summer Sing

Our shut-ins love it when we

visit and sing Christmas carols, so,

instead of just wai.ng un.l

winter, we are planning a

SUMMER SING for them. Please

join us aIer the 11 a.m. service

on Sunday August 30.

Our shut-in members would

really enjoy it and so will

everyone who takes part.

If you are interested, please

contact Deb Black at:

319-350-8843.

Bob and Barb Smythe, who many

will remember as Salem

members, will be celebra.ng

their 50th wedding anniversary

on August 9 this year. Salem

member, Kellie Lauderdale, who

is Bob and Barb’s daughter,

invites friends to a�end the

celebra.on which will be held

from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Peace

Church, 6600 C Avenue NE, Cedar

Rapids. (No giIs, please.)

GARAGE SALE ALERT!!!!

GARAGE SALE ALERT!!!!

GARAGE SALE ALERT!!!!

The Salem UMW is in the midst of

planning our spectacular annual

garage sale, and we are invi.ng the

whole congrega.on to take part in

it. Wednesday, August 5 will be drop

off and set up day from 8 a.m. to 6

p.m.. We will be open for business

Thursday, August 6 from 8 a.m. to

6 p.m., and on Friday, August from

8 a.m. to noon. Friday is also $3.00

bag day...all you can get into a tall

kitchen trash bag for $3.00...WHAT A

DEAL!!!

This year we will NOT be accep.ng

adult clothing, infant cribs or infant

car seats or any furniture, but are

looking forward to selling any other

treasures you have around your

house that you just don't use or need

anymore.

We do need help on the set up and

sale days. If you have some .me to

volunteer, please call Charlene

Harrison, at 393-9511. Also, call if

you need someone to pick up those

treasures you are par.ng with or

with any ques.ons you might have.

The proceeds from our sale go to

mission projects in our city and

state. Thank you in advance for all

your contribu.ons from the Salem

United Methodist Women.

August

6 and 7

InvitaHon Emmaus Reunion Group

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•With hearYelt gra.tude we say

“Thank you” for the thoughts,

prayers, cards, memorials, and the

“hugs” during Don’s illness and since

his passing. Thanks to Pastor John

and the care team for their

compassion and caring, visits.

Thanks also to those who work on

the prayer shawls as a visible

reminder of God’s love.

Blessings to all of you.

Jan Knapp and family.

•To my Salem family,

Thank you for all your prayers, visits,

phone calls and food brought in

following my knee replacement

surgery. Thank you Pastor John for

your prayers with my family &

friends prior to surgery and to Dave

Higdon, Deb Black and Momodu

Kamara for your visits while I was

recupera.ng at the care center. I am

blessed to have a loving and caring

group of people in my life. My new

knee is geLng be�er each and every

day and I thank you for your prayers!

God Bless all of you,

Sheryl Hansen

In GraHtude

•The family of Darlene Walker would

like to extend our hearYelt thanks for

the sympathy you have extended

toward our family during this .me of

loss. We would like to offer our most

sincere thanks for the cards, flowers,

luncheon and memorials donated,

your generosity has been

overwhelming and means so much to

the family. Please know that we are

deeply grateful for our church family

at Salem United Methodist Church. In

Christ's love, Bob Walker, Julie, Joy,

Jennifer, Jill and families

Joy Huber

•Raul and Joni Salazar would like to

thank everyone for the prayers for

Raul’s mother. She has had two

surgeries the last couple months but

her spirits have been liIed because of

our wonderful Care Team. Thank you

so much for praying with her and

encouraging her to look to God for

strength. She is working hard to

regain her independence. She will be

returning to Salem because of all the

love and support she had been given

from Salem!

Offering Envelopes

Single offering envelopes are in the

pockets on the backs of the

sanctuary chairs. If you prefer to

have a supply of envelopes at home

so you can prepare your offering

before coming to church there are

packets of 12 for persons who like to

give monthly, and packets of 52 for

those who like to give weekly. These

packets are available at the Welcome

Center in the narthex.

You may mark on the front of your

envelope or include informa.on

within the envelope, if you would

like your giI divided between Annual

Giving, the Building Fund, another

fund, or to go en.rely into a different

fund at Salem. Please note that if you

do not indicate otherwise, your

offering will go into Annual Giving.

(a.k.a. general budget)

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Report of the Leadership Board

MeeHng 7-21-2015

Notes recorded by Nancy Rawson

Following the subcommi�ee mee.ngs at 5:15 p.m., the

full board met at 5:50 p.m. LB Chair Anna Dunnwald

opened with prayer and led the mee.ng.

Finance Report – Linda Curson reported on the income

and expenses for this year (January – June 15). We are

in good shape and con.nue to make up the deficit from

earlier in the year when expenses were higher than

income. The amount given toward the Building Fund is

encouraging and exceeds pledges. The Church plans to

sign our mortgage loan with NXT Bank in the next few

weeks at an interest rate lower than originally

an.cipated.

Building Commiee Update – Linda Curson reported

that work on the building project is wrapping up. The

parking lot lines have been painted and work on the

garage will begin shortly. We have received the

construc.on rebates (from such sources as Alliant

Energy and MidAmerican Energy) and the total was

higher than expected. This funding will be given to the

Kitchen Commi�ee for use on the remodeling of the

kitchen.

Custodial Change – As Kevin Naholi is s.ll detained due

to immigra.on issues, the Church will proceed with the

hiring process for a custodian. A job descrip.on will be

updated. A help fund account for Kevin will con.nue to

be “open” for those in the congrega.on who would like

to contribute to his needs. This informa.on regarding

Kevin’s help account and the need for a custodian will

be communicated to the congrega.on.

Hospitality – Brian Schooley met with the recruits for

the hospitality team and plans to meet with them again

in August. The placement of sign-up sheets for events

and informa.onal pamphlets of ministry opportuni.es,

etc. will be discussed by the hospitality team.

Church Directory – Melissa

Zachman has agreed to

oversee the administra.ve

details for the church

directory. Ginnie Clark and

Sandy Minger will also help.

Lifetouch, the firm that will

create the directory, is

scheduled to be at the

church to take photos in

October.

Birthday/Anniversary Cards – Due to ill health, Jo Talbo�

is no longer able to send out the birthday and

anniversary cards on behalf of the church. Someone will

be recruited to con.nue this prac.ce.

Website – Clover Sites is rolling out new websites for

church communi.es and we would like to take this

opportunity to update our website. Pastor Louk will

work on this but needs help. He will ask a couple other

congrega.onal members to contribute.

Ministry Empowerment Team – The church would like to

proceed with the establishment of a ministry

empowerment team that will help church members

iden.fy their ministry giIs and areas where they can

u.lize those giIs. The right people will need to be

iden.fied to serve on this important commi�ee.

Blood Pressure Checks - Judy Cowan has been doing

blood pressure checks between services for quite some

.me. She asked if the church wishes her to con.nue to

do so. The Leadership Board would like her to con.nue

this service, if she is agreeable. The .mes and loca.on of

the checks will need to be communicated to the

congrega.on.

Church Use – The church has been approached with a

request to use the church building on August 30 for a 90th

birthday party from a member of St. Marks United

Methodist Church. St. Marks is not available that

aIernoon for this event and Salem is more accessible for

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Leadership Board Report ConHnued from page 10

handicapped individuals. The Leadership Board agreed

to this request and will find a “building host” for the

aIernoon.

Worship Services in August – Pastor Louk discussed his

ideas for worship services on August 23 and August 30.

A big “back to school bonanza” is planned for August

23. The lec.onary for August 30 is from the Song of

Solomon and he asked for ideas regarding a service that

would include the renewal of wedding vows.

Trustees – A thank you note was circulated for a

neighbor of Kathy Wickham who helped move large

items to the church. * TruGreen Lawn Care submi�ed a

proposal for weed control and fer.lizer treatments on

the property. The Trustees agree that it would be good

to have treatments next spring. Addi.onal bids will be

solicited. * Separate entry codes for the alarm system

will be given to each person who has a church key. This

will allow for be�er tracking. * The Trustees will

develop a rota.on schedule for the opening and closing

of the church on Sundays. Each Trustee will have his/

her own key and will have a small checklist of items to

do before closing. * Quarterly work days for the church

will be scheduled. During this .me, workers can also

help with the roadside trash pickup. * A door in the

hallway by the kitchen will be moved to the other end

(of the hallway) to accommodate the kitchen

remodeling project. * The Building Commi�ee will be

asked to consider an area to store cleaning supplies.

Stewardship –Dave Jandik has graciously volunteered

to conduct the 2014 audit. The financial campaign this

fall will coincide with the third year commitment of the

building campaign.

SPRC – The Leadership Board endorsed a

recommenda.on from the SPRC and the Youth Team

for Rick Lindo to serve as youth leader for the church.

A worship commi�ee will be formed to consider the

content and format of our worship services. The SPRC

considered a sugges.on that Pastor Louk not greet

people aIer services in order to stay at the front of the

sanctuary to pray or talk with those individuals in need.

If you are at least 16 years of age and have the

qualifica.ons to offer and provide for the emo.onal,

physical and social needs of young children during

the .me they are in our church nursery, please

contact Deb Black at [email protected]

Nursery Aendants Needed Deb Black

However, the SPRC

recommends that he con.nue

gree.ng worshippers and that

others, giIed with

intercession, could offer

prayers.

Closing – The mee.ng

adjourned at 7 p.m. to

conduct the Another Set of

Eyes Ministry appraisal of

Pastor John Louk.

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9 a.m. Contemporary Worship Sanctuary

9 a.m. Nursery Available -infants thru 4 years old Lower Level

10:10 a.m. Adult Sunday School Class Lower Level

10:10 a.m. Fellowship Time Fellowship Hall

11a.m. Tradi.onal Worship Sanctuary

11 a.m. Nursery Available –infants thru 4 years old Lower Level

Salem Office hours: Monday 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(closed standard holidays)

The Forecaster 08/15

3715 33rd Avenue SW

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

319-362-6178

[email protected]

www.SalemChurchCR.com

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Salem’s Sunday Morning Schedule for Summer

Salem’s mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformaHon of the world.

“connecHng people, building community, transforming lives through Jesus”