Our new membership book pictures are being taken the first weekend of October! With the new book coming out, we want to make sure every-one’s information is correct. Even if you decided to not partake in the book, please contact us and make sure we have the right information for you and your family.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I would like to put some recipes in the November newsletter and on Facebook. If you have a family favorite you would like to share, please do! These will need to be into the office by October 22nd to make the newsletter. But no worries, an-ything we get after can be shared on Facebook!

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Wellsville United Methodist Church

302 Locust Street Rev. Kathy Symes

P. O. Box 458

Wellsville, KS 66092-0458

785-883-2737 or 913-669-6976

umcwellsville@embarqmail.com

Web Site www.umcwellsville.org

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913-669-6976

Knowing Christ And Making

Christ Known

(We are a Stephen Ministry

Church)

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Closed Closed

**Mark your calendar**

Oct. 4-6 - Membership pictures for booklet

Oct. 16th - Cleaning basement for Fall Dinner

Oct 24th - Fall Dinner 4:30-7 pm

November 11th - Charge Council meeting

Our Sundays start at 9:30 with Sunday School.

Followed by our Sunday Worship at 10:45

Don’t forget to join us for the Wellsville Retirement Service Oct 7th @ 1:30pm. Come and help brighten

their day with the love of Jesus Christ!

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Psalm 1:1-3 1 How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path of sinners or join a group of mockers!

2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Scott Brunk (past boy scout leader) - cancer

Nadine Price - shingles

Kathy Symes - almost back to normal!

Larry Lintner - cancer

Jan Harrison - cancer

Marlene Wagner - recovering at home

Debbie Hughes - healing from breast cancer

Scott Hughes - vestibular neuritis

Dale & Delores Bouse - in nursing homes

(Midge Casselman’s family)

Judy & Ellen - (Midge Casselman’s nieces)

Lenore Mauslein - heart valve repair Sept. 20th, back at home doing well

Susan Key

Bill Casselman - kidney transplant list (Casselman family)

Teresa Chancellor - pancreatitis (Shirley Fort’s daughter)

Susan Saner Davenport - cancer

Janine - cancer (Ginny Honomichl’s cousin)

Jean Matile - continuing issues

Gary Milroy - eye problems (Lee Milroy’s brother)

Staci Newhouse - lupus (Susan Key’s daughter)

Tracy Kramer - ATV accident

Tony Ashcraft - fighting cancer (Harley & Janet Broers friend)

Our families in WRC or other long term care homes

Ollidean Bradbury Louise Clayton Letha Lytle

Bernadine Broers Sarah Sturm Renate Watts

Marge & Rudy Lintner Vanita Chandler Alma Warnock

NeEva Myers

John Palmer

Prayers

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Five Rivers Prayer list for October

Oct. 1– Prescott/Pleasanton

Rev. Bill Fitzgerrel

Oct. 8– Parker/Beagle/Fontana

Rev. Tony Ikenberry

Oct. 15– Hiattville

Rev. Don Flanner

Oct. 22– Kincaid Selma/Welda

Rev. Bill Nelson

Oct. 29– Williamsburg/Ottawa Union Chapel

Rev. David Ragland

DAY LITES MEETING

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NITE LITES MEETING

Helping Hands Food Pantry @the Family Worship Center

Harvester’s Drive-Thru is Friday, Oct. 19th @ 9:00 am.

The regular distribution is Saturday, Oct. 20th @ 10:30 am.

If you wish to help, please be there at 9:30.

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Our Church Pot Luck is:

Oct. 14th

If anyone has clothing for Hope House (new or old, as long as it is usa-ble) please put them in the red bin.

Dianna Jarrell will pick it up on Sunday and deliv-er it the next week.

Wellsville Halloween Events

The Baptist church will be having their annual Trunk-Or-Treat on October 28th from 3-6pm. The Wellsville Hallowesta will begin at 6:15 near City Hall. There will be a costume contest starting at 6:15 then food and activities will follow. They are also hoping to add a Trunk-Or-Treat this year.

We wish you all a happy and safe Halloween! May God light your way through the night and bless you and your family with a wonderful fall season.

Date: October 10th, 1:15 pm

Leader:

Program:

Hostess:

Date: October 16th, 6 pm

Leader: Dinner Committee

Hostesses: Angie Miller

Program: Cleaning for Fall Dinner

Shower Items: Items for Fall Dinner

Sometime during the month of May, the D.S. called to ask, if I would fill in on Sundays at Clearfield and Wellsville for a period of six weeks beginning in June. Once again, I encountered what seems like being assigned to a new charge, which I had experienced six times.

Linda and I had been to Clearfield some years ago for their Christmas dinner and Tree Lighting ser-vice. While serving in Osawatomie, I had been to Wellsville once for a PPR committee training meeting. But, we had to take a test drive to locate the churches.

Unfortunately, Rev. Symes' injury was more serious than first thought. So, through these months we have become acquainted with most of you. We have found you to be most wholesome and welcoming. Friendships have been developed, and we have found the Christian spirit alive and well.

Now that Rev. Kathy is feeling well enough to continue her ministry, it is time to say farewell, until we meet again. We know you will be patient with her and faithful to the task of Christian discipleship. May God bless you and lead you on in this earthly journey. Thank you for your loyalty and support.

Lee and Linda Wiersma

A couple of notes about church members that I wanted to catch you up on:

Marlene Wagner has been battling some serious health issues since last Christmas Eve. She has finally been well enough to have surgery. Surgery went well and she is home and is currently recovering and gaining strength.

Lenore Mauslein recently went through heart valve replacement. She too is home and regaining strength.

We need to be in prayer for both Marlene and Lenore as they go thru the healing process.

As some of you may have heard my Aunt Peggy passed away unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago. When I was a child she was my primary caregiver. We reconnected over our common love of genealogy. As a matter of fact, today is the 265th anniversary of the date that my great, great, great (not sure how many greats) grandfather Peter Steffe came to America. I was honored when they asked me to officiate at her memorial service. Due to traveling and work issues with other family members her service will be on Friday, October 5th in St. Louis at 1 p.m.

Because I am unable to drive and because I am mentally drained after I have to concentrate for even a short period of time, I have made the decision to postpone my first Sunday back until Sunday, October 14th. I feel terrible about this because I am so excited (and I must be honest, more than a little nervous) about being back in the pulpit. We will wait to celebrate communion until that Sunday. Carolyn Elder will be filling the pulpit on the 7th. Carolyn is a certified lay speaker from Ottawa. You may have seen Car-olyn perform with her group, Hands of Glory. Hands of Glory uses sign language with Christian music.

I am continuing with neck physical therapy and vision therapy. The vision therapy will continue through the first of the year as those issues seem to be quite severe. I ask for your continued love and grace as we move into this new part of our journey.

Grace and Peace,

Pastor Kathy

We had another wonderful day at Wellsville Days! We won second with the judges, the retirement home float won first place. Congratulations! We were able to win the crowd over for crowd favorite! Altogether our float raised $575. Our bake sale also had a successful day, raising $402. We raised a total of $977! Some of that will be used to pay for the materials of the float and the remaining will go into our Student Aid fund.

Our float represented a time when Carrie Nation came to Wellsville. Carrie had organized a branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and campaigned for enforcement of the state’s liquor laws. She described herself as "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what He doesn't like." She, along with her followers, would go to different towns to shut down the saloons and preach. She would often carry a hatchet to destroy the bars with, claiming she was saving the men from a drunkards fate. During her two days in Wellsville, Carrie preached at the Methodist Church and the Congressional Church. It is said that she had prayed for rain for the people here, and a few days later it rained!

A HUGE thank you to our float committee for all their hard work and to everyone that baked and donated goods to the bake sale. But mostly, thank you to everyone that came out to show your support for our little town. God has blessed us with a wonderful team and an amazing community.

Retirement Home– First Place

Covered Wagon Float

Kathy posing on main street

Lyle, dressed as the bar tender.

Our float group!

Carry Nation 1846-1911

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ADCO Sept 13th, 2018

Council Minutes

Clayton Otwell, Paul Manny, Walter Key, Lee Milroy, Cindi Mills, Janice Caruthers, Janet Harris and Linda Good Old Business- none Finance- After paying bills 8-31 our balance was -$12.05 right now we have $666.29. Still waiting for the rest of the budgets to come in Trustees- old business–

We found some money so paid $6,000 on the mortgage and it should be paid off in August.

The East center doors we have about $3,000 for, but will need about $5,000 to complete the project.

Hays Hall has issues with the tiles. To remove the asbestos flooring and replace will take $20,000 to $25,000 bid so far.

The bee guys removed 5,000 to 7,000 bees.

Tree was trimmed for $200.00.

Insurance is going up 2%.

Trustees turned in a budget for 5 years in the amount of $46,000. SPPR- no report Member care- Pool party was a big success, around 30 people came. Maybe do an ice cream social with games or do a pool party in July instead of August next year. Church directory, people are signing up. Christian Ed- no report Mission Committee- We asked for $200 for travel expenses. Janet spoke to Harvesters and they have 2 groups available, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, on Oct 20 or Oct 27. We will be deciding on one of those dates and have a sign-up sheet for people that want to go. We are taking turns checking the blessing box. We are asking the congregation to help with food. We will have a bake sale booth at Wellsville days. Walter asked about the quarters and where that will be designated. We will discuss this in the next meeting. Lay Leadership meeting is September 19 Scholarship- no report Disaster training- no report New business- none Oct 11th is the next meeting. Meeting adjourned with prayer Cindi Mills Finance Treasurer