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Office Hours

Tuesday-Friday

9:00 a.m.—12:00 pm

754-4247

Staff

Rev. Dr. Russell

Anderson

Church Secretary

Carol Phillips

308-380-9127

Custodian Integrated Life Choices

Call Office

Committee Chairs

Administrative Council

Joe Swanson

750-6063

Board of Trustees

Janet Thomsen

Finance

Dave Harrington

750-2551

Staff/Parish Relations

Bob Rasmussen

750-0151

Worship

Lynda Berggren

750-2324

Becky Schwenk

687-6483

Mission-Outreach

Pastor

754-4247

UMW President

Carol Tjernagel

750-2830

Education

Jami Wemhoff

750-5276

VBS

Vacant

Auditor

Larry Hurlburt

Greetings gentle folk of St Paul,

Let me introduce myself; first, as is apparent from my inability to

join you in worship this day, is my passion for mission. As the

Great Plains Conference chairperson of disaster response and the

Central Region Disaster Coordinator, I was asked by our D.S.,

Rev. Lance Clay, to lead a district mission team to the Texas

Conference for Hurricane Harvey relief. It just so happens to co-

incide with this pastoral change. I have been involved in disaster

response ministries almost since the beginning of my ministry

within the Great Plains Conference for nineteen years. My heart

has always gone out to those who have had their lives disrupted

by disaster or other means. I believe Christ invites us to be his living presence to those in

need. As I like to say, be Jesus with skin on.

I was born in Salina, KS and raised in Wichita as a middle child in a family of three

siblings. My spouse, Rev. Dr. Trudy Kenyon Anderson, serves as pastor of Grand Island First-

Faith UMC. We met in seminary and married in the chapel at the seminary in 2003. We have

two wonderful daughters, Chelsea and Claire. Chelsea is a manager of The Buckle in southern

California. Claire is attending school to be a veterinarian of exotic animals. Both Trudy and I

graduated from Saint Paul school of Theology in Kansas City with our Master of Divinity de-

grees in 2004 and 2003 respectively, and again, this past May, with our Doctor of Ministry

degree in Revitalizing Congregations. Even with the doctoral degree conferred upon me my

preference will always be Pastor Russ. I like keeping things simple! Ultimately, I would like

to be known as friend, and called Russ.

Ministry is a second career for me after working for a number of years in the factories

of the Coleman Co. in Wichita, and then in the home health industry and medical sales. My

call story is just that a story, so I will share that with you later. Most likely in sermons.

I know this is a difficult time of transition, but I trust that God is in the midst of it all.

Please feel free to share your feelings with me as we journey through this together. I look for-

ward to seeing what God is up to as we serve Christ side-by-side in St. Paul and beyond. And

I really look forward to meeting each of you and getting to know you by name.

Grace and peace,

Pastor Russ

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United Methodist Church Newsletter February 2018

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We are starting a new prayer request list. If you would

like your name added to this list, please let the church

office know.

Thank you

Note: We can only publish prayer concerns with the

permission of the people involved. Also, Pastor Lar-

mena often does not find out about hospitalizations.

HIPPA regulations do not allow the hospital to call

unless they are requested to do so. Please give him a

call (Church 754-4247). if you or someone you know is

in the hospital or desires a call. Thank you for your

MISSION STATEMENT

‘Making and

Nurturing Disciples’

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

Come, meet your church family.

You will like us!

Sunday

Worship time 10:00 a.m.

Fellowship 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Study

Sunday morning 9:00 am

Children’s Education

Sunday morning 9:15 am

Youth Group

Wednesday Gr. 5-6

4:00-5:00 pm

Gr. 7-12

6:30-7:30 pm

ATTENDANCE & GIVING

Giving envelopes are available in the Nar-thex and Church office.

January 7 83 $2983.00

January 14 58 $1063.00

January 21 68 $2934.00

January 28 92 $1423.00

Below are the addresses and dates for Pastor Larmena

February 1 - March 18, 2018

CH (MAJ) Larmena, Momo S., Jr.

983RD Engineer Battalion

9825 Garden Road

Monclova, OH 43542

March 18 - May 1, 2018

CH (MAJ) Larmena, Momo S., Jr.

983RD Engineer Battalion

1011 Chaffee Road Fort Bliss, TX 79916

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UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

There was no United Methodist Women

meeting in January

CIRCLE MEETINGS

February 27, 2018

Martha 9:00 am

Mary 2:00 pm

Epworth Village Needs:

Monetary gifts

Gift Cards to Walmart, Walgreens

Bosselman’s or Casey’s gas purchase cards

Menard’s gift cards for maintenance needs

Reams of plain white copy paper

Antibacterial soap, hand pump or refillables

Alcohol-free hand sanitizer

Hand lotion-unscented

Generic hygiene products-hair products, body wash,

feminine hygiene products

Infant-toddler hygiene products

Infant-toddler baby wipes and disposable diapers

Paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins

Medium laundry baskets

Large duffle bags for foster care belongings

Basic cleaning supplies for a home

Letter/brochure folding machine

Manila folders and label stickers

Box Tops for Education

Even though we are no longer collecting these for

Epworth Village, please continue to bring these

coupons to church. We will donate them to the

school.

School Children Milk Money

Our church is committed to providing milk money to the St.

Paul Public Schools for those children who otherwise would

not have it available.

Please keep this mission in your prayers and consider donat-

ing to this wonderful cause. Make sure and

note it on your check, or drop it in the Milk

Money box in Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

UNITED METHODIST MEN

December 4th, planning meeting

The United Methodist Men meet the first Monday of

each month. The meeting begins at 7:00 am at the

Sweet Shop. All men are welcome!

Long term goals:

Hold fund raisers for the purpose of scholarships for

ministers or high school graduates

Sponsor the golf tournament

Sponsor soup supper

Short term goals:

UMM assist with coffee needs and other needs for

funerals

Drive elderly from rest homes or their own homes to

church

Assist with O&M around the buildings and grounds

Help the minister with youth group on Wednesday

evenings

UMM ministry when needed

Assist on Sundays-ushering, readings and greeting

Hold Monthly meetings

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February Celebrations

Food Pantry

The United Methodist Church is responsible for operating the

Food Pantry every third Saturday from 9-11. If you could vol-

unteer to help any one of these Saturdays, I would appreciate it.

February 17th is our next work date.

Thank you, Theda Van Horn

February at a Glance

6 United Methodist Men 7:00 am Sweet Shop

7 Youth Group Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00, Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

Choir 8:00 pm

4, 11,

18, 25

Worship 10:00

Sunday School 9:15 am

Adult Bible Study 9:00 am

13 UMW 1:30 pm

Finance 7:00 pm

14 Ash Wednesday Youth Group Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00,

Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

17 UMC help at Food Pantry 9:00-11:00 am

20 Administrative Council 7:00 pm

21 Youth Group Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00, Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

27 Circle, Martha 9:00 am, Mary 2:00 pm

28 Youth Group Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00, Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

Choir 8:00 pm

February 4 Paul and Toni Bentz

February 14 Gordon and Diane Knuth

February 14 Chip and Jennifer Coslor

February 25 Russ and Becky Schwenk

1 Robyn Rasmussen 15 Mark Starkey

2 Logan Berggren 15 Braeden Rudolf

3 Maycee Radke 17 Rose Ross

6 Sarah Rasmussen 17 Carol Tjernagel

11 Marlene Kremlacek 19 Doug Voigt

13 Ryan Rasmussen 26 Alexis Berggren

14 Adam Feeney

14 Kelby Feeney

Food Pantry hours

Saturday

9:00-11:00 am

Tuesday

4:00-6:00 pm

Beginning in 2018, February will be the month for United

Methodist Church to donate to the Food Pantry.

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Administrative Council Meeting

There was no Administrative Council meeting in January due to snow storm. The next

regularly scheduled meeting is February 20th at 7:00 pm

Usher-Greeter-Candle Lighter

February 2018

Don’t forget, the clipboards to sign up are in the Narthex. Please

continue to volunteer, we need your help. There are opportunities

to usher, greet, and light candles as well as host fellowship. Also

pastor could use your help in reading scripture, make announce-

ments and if you are musically blessed, we have a sign up sheet

for that too!

Ushers: Febr. 4 Diane Johnson and Joe

Swanson

Febr 11

Febr 18

Febr 25

Greeters: Febr. 4 Maxine Hoselton

Febr 11

Febr 18

Febr 25

Candles: Febr. 4

Febr 11

Febr 18

Febr 25

January 28th, 2018 was Pastor

Larmena’s last Sunday as minister of our

church. After the church service, we had a pot-

luck meal. We were able to visit with him and

wish him well as he serves our country in Iraq.

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United Methodist Church Prayer Chain

The purpose of the prayer chain is to offer special prayers for individuals in critical need. The chain cannot be activated

without the permission of the family in need. Call prayer requests to the church office 754-4247. The prayer request will

be called to the first person on these lists. Each caller then calls the next person on the list. If that person is unavailable,

a call should be placed to the following name and contact made with the first party later in the day. Last name on list

does not call anyone. We are in need of more people joining the prayer chain.

Praying for each other is an important ministry that we can do for our church family. If you would be interest-

ed in becoming part of this mission, please contact the church office.

We can do this!

Scripture readings:

February 4 Dave Harrington

February 11 Dave Snow

February 18

February 25

Announcements:

February 4 Darla Voigt or Dave Harrington

February 11 Darla Voigt or Dave Harrington

February 18 Darla Voigt or Dave Harrington

February 25 Darla Voigt or Dave Harrington

Charlotte Rasmussen 863-2281 Rae Lee 754-5209 Jackie Cook 754-9115

Deb Wells 754-5620 Vanice Bahensky 754-7873 Lory Thomsen 754-4286

Nancy Harrington 754-5136 Marlene Kremlacek 754-4876 Charlene Craig 754-5503

Theda Van Horn 754-4541 Martha Voigt 754-4666 Dorothy Jorgensen 754-4126

Cleo Edwards 754-4853 Rose Ross 754-4993 Mary Ann Rickertsen 754-4038

Marilyn Wall 754-5100 Jean’nette Harvey 750-1449 DeEtte Lukasiewicz 750-0246

Elaine McClellan 754-5177 Dorothy Brehm 754-4765 Brenda Starkey 308-750-7967

Ashley Meyer 627-2808 Jan Swigart 754-4257 Maxine Hoselton 308-391-0237

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 Worship

10:00 am

Sunday School

9:15 am Adult Bible

Study 9:00 am

5 6 United

Methodist Men

7:00 am Sweet

Shop

7 Youth Group

Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00,

Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

pm

Choir 8:00

8 9 10

11 Communion-

Worship

10:00 am

Sunday School

9:15 am Adult Bible

Study 9:00 am

12 13 UMW 1:30

pm

Finance Com-

mittee 7:00

14 Ash

Wednesday

Valentines Day Youth Group Gr.

5-6 4:00-5:00, Gr

7-12 6:30-7:30

pm Choir 8:00

15 16 17 UMC help at

Food Pantry

9-11:00 am

18 Worship

10:00 am

Sunday School

9:15 am Adult Bible

Study 9:00 am

19 20 Administra-

tive Council

7:00

21 Youth Group

Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00,

Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

pm

Choir 8:00

22 23 24

25 Worship

10:00 am

Sunday School

9:15 am Adult Bible

Study 9:00 am

26 27 Circle

Martha 9:00

am, Mary 2:00

pm

28 Youth Group

Gr. 5-6 4:00-5:00,

Gr 7-12 6:30-7:30

pm

Choir 8:00

February 2018

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