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Below, Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore reports on the outreach programs

the North Shore United Methodist Church supports.

The Congregation of North Shore United Methodist Church has supported the following organizations with a portion of the proceeds from the Rummage Sale. The Christmas Collection was donated to A Just Harvest and Family Promise. A love offering was taken at the Congregation Christmas Dinner to support the work of Dr. Sam Kormoi of the Pan-African Rural Health and Social Services.

The organizations that N SUMC has deep connection with are:

✓ A Just Harvest, a soup kitchen on Chicago’s Northside; ✓ Family Promise Chicago North Shore, provides shelter and support for homeless

families; ✓ Family Service of Glencoe, which provides mental health services and education to our

community; ✓ UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, which gives immediate support for

those impacted by disasters; and ✓ Pan-African Rural Health and Social Services enabling ten villages in Sierra Leone the

opportunity for health care, clean water, sanitation, food and education.

Watch for our Outreach Updates in future Newsletters!

Blessings,

Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore, Deacon

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On February 3, the L.A. Rams will play against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII at 5:30

PM. A viewing party of the game will be held in Barbee Hall. Consider attending to enjoy the

game, the food, and the company of other NSUMC members.

On Monday, January 21, several churches gathered at Northbrook United Methodist Church to participate in a wide range of service opportunities in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Dr. Norval Brown, pastor at Deerfield Christ UMC, delivering the welcome to the 100 -plus assembled guests. Representing NSUMC was Walter Calhoun, member of the Outreach Committee of the North Shore United Methodist Church after's church February 15 630.

Dinner and Movie Night Friday, February 15, 2019

6:30 PM

"It Happened One Night" Join fellow members to watch this classic love story movie - a presentation from the Fellowship

Committee, and intended as celebration of St. Valentine's Day.

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2 – Robert Compher, 4 – Peggy Bird, Walter Calhoun, Linda Fetzer, 9 – Isidro Ibarra 18 – Todd Kemp, Jake Moskow, 24 – Robert Abuls

25 – Vicki Martin

This past December 24, 2018, the

choir at North Shore United

Methodist Church paid a visit to our

dear friend Ramona "Mo" Cimbalo at

the Brentwood Rehabilitation Center,

in Highland Park, where Mo is

recuperating from a strong upper

respiratory illness. Choir director,

Andrew Moore, led the group in a

number of Christmas Carols.

& Work starting off today with recent

ballot measures that Jen met in

question. Incorrect response will be

followed by a fist full of euros and

appropriately incorrect fire response

engine key James, your uncle this year

returned to sleep. He raised a flash of

Thanks Dear Barb and Scott,

These pictures are just a little speck of all the

furniture you blessed us with. You are simply

unbelievably loving and caring. Always remember

that you have a home in Sierra Leone. We love you

so much.

Thank you for who you are.

Sam and Mary.

Outreach

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OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS

♦ For the family of Janice Dodd, who passed away on Thursday,

January 17th. Her funeral was Monday, January 21st.

♦ Jim Simmons and his mother, Phyllis, recovering from a car

accident.

♦ Walter Calhoun, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

♦ Mo Cimbalo, out of rehab and recovering at a friend’s home.

♦ Stuart Phillips, staying at Glenview Terrace.

Deepest condolences

to the family and

friends of

Janice Dodd

who passed - away

Thursday, January 17, 2819

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R. I. P.

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Looking Ahead at NSUMC

Worship every Sunday @ 10:00 am,

followed by a time of refreshments and fellowship afterward

Saturday, February 2, 2019

10:00 am ~ SPRC Meeting

Sunday, February 3, 2019

5:00 pm ~ Super Bowl Party

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting 7:30 pm ~ Finance Meeting

Sunday, February 10, 2019

5:00 pm ~ Boy Scouts Honor Dinner

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting

Thursday, February 14, 2019

6:15 pm ~ Choir Rehearsal

Friday, February 15, 2019 6:30 pm ~ Movie & Dinner Night

“IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT"

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:00 am ~ Staff Meeting

Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00 am ~ Trustees Meeting

10:30 am ~ Church Council Meeting

Saturday, October 5, 2019 8 AM to 1 PM

Contact Rev. Barb to be placed in a department, if you wish.

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Saint Valentine’s Day ranks as one of the most popular holidays worldwide. But have you ever wondered who this saint was and what he did that made him so important and famous?

According to UCLA medieval scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly, author of Chaucer and the Cult of St. Valentine, numerous Christian martyrs during the early years of Roman rule were named Valentine. By 1969, the official Roman Catholic calendar of saints contained as many as 11 different Valentine’s Day, making it very difficult to figure out precise historical data.

Pope Paul VI removed all but one of the dates from the calendar. The most probable story comes from writings found next to a 15th-century portrait of a Christian priest named Valentine, living in Rome at the time of Emperor Claudius II (3rd century). The story details that Valentine was imprisoned by the Emperor for marrying young couples, in spite of the Emperor’s decree prohibiting young men to marry at this time. As a result of his disobedience, the priest Valentine was beaten and stoned, finally being beheaded as he would not die from the severe punishments received. These horrific acts happening on February 14, AD 170.

LUPERCALIA FESTIVAL: In the early city of Rome, in mid-February (13th to 15th), the pagan Lupercalia festival was celebrated in order to avert evil spirits and to purify the city; thus, releasing health and fertility among its citizens. The festival began by sacrificing a “goat” (which signified fertility) followed by a dog (that signify purification), the young men would then slice the goat’s skin into thin strips, using them later that day to gently slap the young maidens. The belief was that this action would “bring” the maidens great fertility. Additionally, the young women would place their names in an urn, from which the bachelor young men would choose to pair for a year – many of these pairings ending in marriages.

The festival of fertility and purification was eventually replaced by Pope Gelasius I with a festival celebrating the purification of the Virgin Mary. In AD 498, he also officially declared February 14 as Valentine’s Day. The earlier “lottery system” for romantic pairing was deemed unchristian and was outlawed forever. Even though it is a common opinion that the Christian church decided to celebrate the feast of St. Valentine in the middle of February as a way to “Christianize” the early pagan festival, no connection between Lupercalia and the feast of St. Valentine can accurately be traced. Furthermore, no factual connection between Valentine’s Day and romantic love existed until the era of the Renaissance, when an incorrect interpretation of Chaucer’s birds in his famous poems The Parliament of Foules, from around 1382, appeared. Experts believe that in reality the poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II to Anne of Bohemia on May 2 1381. (Jack Oruch; Associate Professor Emeritus, English Department, University of Kansas).

The first “Valentine gift” in history is a poem - still in existence in the archives of the British Library in London. It was written by the Duke of Orleans (Charles) to his wife, during his imprisonment at the Tower of London resulting from the Battle of Agincourt. Several years

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later, King Henry V of England hired writer John Lydegate to compose a Valentine note for his wife, Catherine of Valois.

But the strongest of all indications of the birth of the romantic nature of Valentine’s Day during the age of the Renaissance can be seen in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where Ophelia is given the following words: “To–morrow is St. Valentine’s Day, all in the morning betime, and I a maid at your window, to be your Valentine. Then up he rose, and donn’d his clothes, and dupp’d the chaimber-door; Let in the maid, that out a maid, never departed more.” (Hamlet, Act IV, scene 5).

Handwritten Valentine notes became rather common in England, especially in the 19th century. Esther Holland of Worcester, MA, received one of these notes in 1847. Esther was inspired to produce and sell these notes in embossed paper – her father was the owner of the book and stationery store in town. The public reaction was tremendously positive. In a year, a writer in Graham’s American Monthly wrote the following: “St. Valentine’s Day . . . has become a national holiday.” This was also the dawn of the mass-produced card in the United States.

Even though, the origins of the St. Valentine’s Day may be murky and confusing at best, and the validity and accuracy of events surrounding it are difficult to prove, the ideal the day represents is easy to grasp; the reason why it is one of the Strong pillars upon which Humanity was built and flourished throughout the ages – LOVE –.

Farewell The congregation bid farewell to Ellen and Scott Paseltiner during the morning worship service on Sunday, December 30, 2018. The Paseltiner family relocated to Washington D.C. during the first week of January 2019. See below a few photos of the occasion.

Farewell service and reception for Ellen and Scott Paseltiner

with Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore and , North Shore UMC's Senior

Pastor Scott S. Himel

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NORTH SHORE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 213 Hazel Avenue Glencoe Illinois 60022 northshoreumc@sbcglobal.net

A Reconciling Congregation

STAFF

Senior Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Scott S. Himel

Youth/Children Ministries. . . . . . . . . Rev. Dr. Barbara Javore

Choir Director. . . . . . . . Andrew Moore

Organist. . . . . . . . . . . . Tomoko Shibuya

Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Bucklin

Custodian . . . . . .. . . . . Rick Short

Chimes Editor. . . . . . . . Carlos Figueredo

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