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April 2018

First United Methodist Church

The

Easter Isn’t Just A Day

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation. 1 Peter 1:3 As I write this it is almost Easter Sunday. We will pull out all the stops to celebrate the Resurrection at First United Methodist Church with an awesome Cantata from our musicians and brunch between the services. We will most likely have some

extra friends and family members join us for worship. Some of us will wear new outfits and try to look our sharpest. After church many of us will go home and eat special meals with our families and hunt Easter Eggs. We will eat chocolate rabbits. The next day we will put away the Easter baskets and decorations. But Easter isn’t just one day. Easter is a reason we should love with expectation. One of my favorite Easter Hymns is “Easter People Raise Your Voices.” The lyrics include these lines: Easter people, raise your voices, Sounds of heaven in earth should ring. Christ has brought us heaven's choices; Heavenly music, let it ring. Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing. According to 1 Peter, the resurrection changes everything. You and I are all called to ALWAYS be Easter People. We are called to be people who know sin and death do not have the final word. We are called to be people who are filled with hope and expecting God to do amazing things among us. I pray Easter will not be a one day holiday. Instead, may it be a life style. Blessings and peace, Pastor Beth Ann

* Phone: 812-550-4736 * Email: revbethanncook@gmail.com * Instagram: revbethanncook

Pastor Beth Ann in Israel

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News Around the Church

Book of the Month

Weird Because Normal Isn’t Working

“Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving. Even through we live in one of the most prosperous places on Earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead...Simply put, normal isn’t working.” Journey with author and pastor Craig Groeschel as he shares a Christ-centered philosophy on everything from money to scheduling to purity. A philosophy that will help you break out of the normal rut and live according to the rhythms of God’s grace and truth of his Word.

Trustee’s Report

Trustee Newsletter Notes- March 23, 2018

1. Several people have requested handrails from the Sanctuary floor to the alter and pulpit level. Prime Contracting met with us to review the possibility of installing oak rails. They will submit a proposal and cost estimate.

2. Additional bids for the resealing and striping our parking lots are expected soon. Hopefully, we can get a reasonable quote so we can proceed to get this work complete.

3. The LCM room 202 / “Frog Room” has had the wall repaired and repainted. The new light blue paint really pops. The room looks great. Take a peak. 4. Work is also being done in the basement. The LCM “Tiger room” had water damage to the south wall some time ago. New dry wall is being installed to the damaged area and it has been repainted. 5. Spring is here? It really needs to get warmer.

When it is warm and the boiler will not be in use, it can be shut down. Wilkinson Heating will drain the system and replace one of the

Circulator pumps. Having both pumps available will make hearts and minds feel warmer next winter. Evert Wolfe Trustee Board Chair

Opportunities to Serve

Please take a moment to check out the Mission and downstairs bulletin boards to sign-up for one of our many opportunities to serve. There are openings for Sunday morning Door Hosts, Café volunteers, communion prep and Lay scripture readers. Thank you, we appreciate your service!

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Church & Community News

Grief Support Group

Crosswind UMC offers a grief support group for those who have experienced the death of a spouse, child, family member or friend. Meetings are on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM at the church. For details, call Crosswind UMC at 574-753-4872.

Downtown Green & Clean Day

Downtown Logansport will be green and clean, thanks to our crew of volunteers! Logan’s Landing is recruiting

volunteers to help pick up litter, sweep, weed and trim, and spruce up Logansport’s Downtown District. Join us on Saturday, April 28, from 9 AM to 12 PM. Please bring your own work tools and gardening gloves. Register at lldirtor@loganslanding.com or phone 574-722-9345.

Baptist Temple Organ Recitals

The Baptist Temple in Logansport is holding four organ recitals by Robert Moore in April. Recitals will feature music from France and England, along with Spirituals and Hymns. Each recital will begin at 4 PM. Refreshments will be served. Details are on the bulletin board by the Parlor.

Mark Your Calendars!

Joy Circle The Joy Circle Women’s group will meet on Wed, April 11, at 9 AM in the Fellowship Hall. Dale Sullivan will share pictures from Alaska. All women are invited!

Pizza & Game Night Mark your calendars for the next Pizza & Game Night on April 28 at 4:30 PM.

Little Children’s Ministry Celebration Sunday Join us as we celebrate our great LCM staff and families on April 29.

National Day of Prayer The 2018 National Day of Prayer service will be held on May 3 at the Veterans Freedom Park at 11:30 AM.

Celebrating Moms & Special Women Modern Moms wear a lot of "hats.” Join us as we give thanks for all the Moms and women who nurture us. Every woman present will receive a gift. Ladies are invited to wear their favorite--or most fun--hat to worship on May 6.

Little Children’s Ministry Graduation Event starts at 6 PM and will take place in the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall.

Graduation Sunday Parents, please notify the church office if your student is graduating this year. Students will be recognized on Sunday, May 27.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game! On Sunday, June 24, First Church will take in a Tin Caps game in Fort Wayne.

Details on these and more First Church activities can be found on our website at www.loganfirst.org and The Alive monthly newsletter. If you have questions about First UMC we would love to speak with you. Please call the church office to speak with Pastor Beth Ann.

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Calendar, Birthdays, Anniversaries

April Birthdays

April 4 Mary Ann Bowman April 5 Rhonda Martin April 8 Tammy Bartlett Michael Karnafel April 11 Betty Thomas Howard Cox Karla Padfield April 14 Stella Kitchel April 18 Gary Untiedt April 21 Adam Gray April 22 Sonja Hanawalt Ann Miller Shelby Graham April 23 Bev Bartunek April 25 Catherine Moore April 26 Matthew Metz April 27 Keith Binkerd

Standing Meetings

Mondays 7 AM Men’s Fellowship, Parlor 10 AM Staff, Pastor’s Office Tuesdays 9:30 AM Bible Study, Parlor 11 AM Prayer Meeting, Sanctuary 1:30 PM Women’s Bible Study (Sep - May) Wednesdays 5:30 PM Bell Choir (Sep-May) 6:00 PM Bible Study (Sep-May), Parlor 6:30 PM Worship Choir (Sep-May)

Wed Night Bible Study The Wed Night Bible Study will resume on Wednesday, April 4. Looking forward to seeing you there!

IMPACT 2018 Camps and Events Impact 2818 Camps are designed to help children uncover their character and identity in Jesus Christ through friendships, exploration, worship, discovery, community, and hope. Christian activities will help children discover the gospel, explore big questions, and journey on discipleship steps. For additional information on camp schedules, please go to www.BeACamper.com.

April Bible Reading Plan

1 1 Samuel 11-13 2 1 Samuel 14-15 3 1 Samuel 16-17 4 1 Samuel 18-20 5 1 Samuel 21-24 6 1 Samuel 25-27 7 1 Samuel 28-31 8 2 Samuel 1-3 9 2 Samuel 4-7 10 2 Samuel 8-11 11 2 Samuel 12-13 12 2 Samuel 14-15 13 2 Samuel 16-17 14 2 Samuel 18-19 15 2 Samuel 20-22

16 2 Samuel 23-24 17 1 Kings 1 18 1 Kings 2-3 19 1 Kings 4-6 20 1 Kings 7 21 1 Kings 8 22 1 Kings 9-10 23 1 Kings 11-12 24 1 Kings 13-14 25 1 Kings 15-17 26 1 Kings 18-19 27 1 Kings 20-22 28 2 Kings 1-2 29 2 Kings 3-4 30 2 Kings 5-7

April Anniversaries

April 12 John & Nancy Beacher April 14 Dale & Jeanie Byers April 21 Bill & Vicki Byrd April 23 Mark & Patricia Hammons

Funeral services for LuAnn Clark will be held on Monday, April 2, at 11 AM at Fisher Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will take place in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Delphi.

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Church Leaders

Our Bishop Bishop Julius Trimble

District Superintendent

Rev. Chris Newman-Jacobs

Associate Superintendents Rev. Lamar Imes Rev. Kate Walker Rev. Rob Seewald

Church Cluster

Crosswind UMC Pastor Nick Robinson

First UMC Pastor Beth Ann Cook

Main Street UMC Rev. Damon Soper

Wheatland Avenue UMC Pastor Michael Gonzalez

Nursing Homes

Golden Living Center Don Shaver

McKinney Place Donna Bartlett Ruben Vizcarra

Woodbridge Jim Hoffman

Prayer Concerns

Mike Anderson Maddie Hoffman Pat and Jason Siefert Family of LuAnn Clark Teachers World issues Encounters with Jesus

this weekend John Washington Lyndsay Pullen Sharon Barr Janis Gundrum Jen Mansberger Family of Joseph Mulungo * New This Week Military Service Alex Karnafel Matt Karnafel Michael Kennedy Joshua Lyons Tim Strubell Praying Together To help us partner with you in prayer, please submit all requests in writing so we can add the names to our written prayer list. (Even if you have verbally requested prayer during a church service.) Thank you. Prayer concerns are usually listed for two weeks.

Missions We Support Zoe Project Kev & Deb Vance, Zambia Clara Biswas, Cambodia UMCOR Global Refugees Kafakumba Tablet Program Kafakumba Water Project, Zambia Kafakumba Pastor’s School, Zambia & Congo Little Children’s Ministry Salvation Army Emmaus Kairos Torch Domestic Violence Task Force Kokomo Urban Outreach The Place to Be

Concerns & Schedules

April Café Schedule

April 8 Conna Kitchel 15 Doris Regan 22 29

Volunteers are needed to serve in our Café. Servers provide 4 dozen baked items on the Sunday they have selected. They also set-up the coffee, serve during the Hospitality Time between services and clean up after the second service. Sign-up sheets are located on the Missions bulletin board.

April Door Hosts

Sign-up Sheets are on the Mission Bulletin Board in the Café Area.

Educational Wing

8:15 Ann & Jerry Miller 10:45 Doris Regan

Nursery Hallway 8:15 Karen Wild 10:45 Conna Kitchel

Narthex Hallway 8:15 Rich Wild 10:45 Larry Kitchel

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LCM STAFF Director - Belinda Jordan

Administrative Assistant - Nicole Hacker Treasurer - Tina Collins

Little Children’s Ministry News

April, 2018

March was a very productive Chapel Time Month. Ms. Nicole was able to teach the children about Easter through various methods. Her lessons followed the story of Easter from Palm Sunday all the way through Jesus’ ascension into Heaven. The children made palm leaves as well as act some of the stories out. Ms. Nicole also used Resurrection Eggs in her lessons. Children opened new eggs each day to find items that related to the story. LCM also participated in Dr. Seuss week. This is a week-long tribute to the author. The children love to dress like him and have the wonderful stories read to them by their teachers. St. Patrick’s Day was also celebrated in March. Each class celebrated with fun, food, and everything green! Other upcoming events include LCM picture days which will be held in the Fellowship Hall From 8-11 a.m. on April 5th & 6th. Every child will have the opportunity to have their picture taken. Preschool Graduation pictures will be taken that day as well. The INAEYC Conference is approaching fast. The staff is looking forward to learning some new techniques to use in their classrooms. Also, “Week of the Young Child” is April 16th-20th. We usually celebrate this with spirit week for the children and daily teacher recognition. The “Project Playground” fund is growing. Our grand total, including $4,055.03 in candy bar sales and $300 in donations, is $7,355.03!!! Our goal is $15,000! Due to the condition of the gray climbing mountain currently on the playground, LCM is planning to purchase the climbing dome as soon as possible. We will proceed with purchasing each item as we can afford it. We were very pleased with the candy bar sales. The majority of LCM children sold the candy. Our top sellers were as follows: 1st Place Kaydence Shedron Sold 10 boxes ($600) Prize: Fire 7 Tablet 2nd Place Aryan Smith Sold 9 boxes ($540) Prize: Atari Game Console 3rd Place Tie Alex Helton & Adriana Aviles Sold 7 boxes ($420) Prize: Free Week of Daycare

April Bible Verse: “God, create a pure heart in me…” Psalm 51:10 (NIRV)

Mission: Collect food for the Emmaus

Sincerely,

Belinda Jordan, Director

Little Children’s Ministry

LCM Sunday will be on

Sunday, April 29 during first

service beginning at 8:15 AM.

We would like this Ministry

celebration to include both

children and staff. Details are

still being discussed. Please

plan on joining us for this

special day to celebrate

Little Children’s Ministry!

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Bev Bartunek - c/o Jill Earlich 4225 East CR 200 North Lafayette, IN 47905 Cell: 574-870-2212

Don & Jean Cline 1923 Red Oak Dr, Franklin, IN 46131 Don email: retiredpreacher@mail.com

Heather (Geer) Platt married Brad Platt

Carly Hall - 416 18th Street

Jennings Hall - 416 18th Street

Frank & Sheila Host - 9999 Hoosier Village Drive Indianapolis, IN 46268, Cell: 574-709-8658

Thomas Justice Cell: 574-702-2083

Joe & Barb Leffert

402 East Shady Ln, Logansport

Michelle Mangum

(Same address for Jenna & John)

PO Box 82, Royal Center, IN 46978 gotogetherwellmichelle@gmail.com

Carolyn Michael

Lake City Place

425 Chinworth Court, Apt 401

Warsaw, IN 46580 574-267-3153

Cora Peterson - 536 10th Street

Mark & Lyndsay Pullen

933 Stanley St. Mark Cell: 574-601-0697

Lyndsay Cell: 765-4345986

Julia Glazer - jwandrei1@comcast.net

Tori Weese & Shawn Black 1123 North Street, Logansport Cell: 574-398-8327

Susan Long 751 Walnut Ridge E Logansport IN 46947

Donna Lou Smith

5999 Hoosier Village Dr., Apt. 336 Indianapolis, IN 46268 317-753-5273 dlsnidersmith@gmail.com

Terry & Sandra Lyons 2145 Hollywood Place South Bend, IN 46616

Catherine Moore 118 B Meadowlakes Drive Mooresville, IN 46158

Shawn Black 1123 North Street Logansport, IN 46947

Casey & Carmen Jones 3613 Tomlinson Drive Logansport, IN 46947

First Church Directory Updates

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Communication Phone: 574.753.3491 Email: loganfirst@comcast.net Web: www.loganfirst.org Church Office Hours: M-F, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM LCM Office Hours: M-F, 6 AM-6 PM

Sunday Services 8:15 AM - Worship/Traditional 9:30 AM - Sunday School/Fellowship 10:45 AM - Contemporary Worship/The Stand 2:00 PM - Burmese Worship

Bible Studies Men’s Monday Fellowship - 7 AM Tuesday - 9:30 AM Wednesday - 6 PM (Sep - May)

Church Staff Pastor - Beth Ann Cook Administrative Asst - Lori Shewman LCM Administrative Asst - Nicole Hacker Media Coordinator - Luann Hamilton Treasurer - Elaine Hall Financial Secretary - Penny Schaefer Pianists - Deb Binford, Jeff Smith, Elaine Hall Organist/Pianist - Gina Riendeau

Our Mission

The mission of the church is to make disciples of

Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Our Vision

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Congratulations to the Little Children’s Ministry Top Candy Sales Winners!

Awesome job!