Wesley United Methodist Church June 2023 Newsletter What’s Inside: Note from Pastor UMM Events UWIF Calendar & More
Note from Pastor Jana Ahhh, summer! The time is here. This usually means more people are taking weekend getaways or going on vacations. It’s a wonderful season of taking time to relax and spend time with your loved ones. Something we don’t think about is that we get a break, but bills never take a summer off. I believe churches learned this during Covid. Even though many could not meet during that time, money was needed. Hopefully, we have learned how helpful it is to continue to give regularly, even if you are away. Chase and I have these discussions when it comes to our own personal tithes. We feel it is a good spiritual practice to tithe. We should not give begrudgingly but with joy and generosity. There is joy in giving and the greater the generosity the deeper the joy. John Wesley’s summary on tithes, “Gain all you can…. save all you can… give all you can.” We are to seek to earn all we can in ways that are helpful to ourselves and others, never harmful. We are to “save all we can” by being frugal in our expenses. And then having earned all we can and spent only what we must to care for our own basic needs and those of our family, we are to give everything else away. The amount does not matter. If you are faithful in your giving, even if it is just a few dollars, that is what is important. You are living out your faith. You are giving abundantly. Obviously, it’s easier to give when you are present, but there are ways to keep us on track in giving. Set up bill pay: Most online banking services will write and send checks for you. Just plug in the church address, the amount of the gift and how often you want it sent. Viola! You’re done! Use our Online Giving: You can give through our online giving portal via PayPal. Give monthly or quarterly: Sometimes it’s hard to anticipate how many Sundays you’ll be away from church. Planning your gift, tithe or offering for monthly or quarterly can keep you current. Let’s be honest, these methods are beneficial not only for the summer months, but also for the whole year. Those who embrace giving as a spiritual discipline often find that their lives of faith are enriched and their sense of joy and fulfillment is deepened. Malachi 3:10, in which God urges, "Bring your full tithe to the temple treasury. ... Test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams" (The Message). Tithing is biblical and can allow us to experience the richness of our faith fully when we are generous. Pastor Jana
May Highlights Golf Outing Carnall Elementary The end of the school year is here. We dropped off cupcakes for the teachers to celebrate, the weekly snack bags, and some books for summer reading. e of St. Paul UMC closing worship Holy Communion The books were provided by a grant from 200K more reasons to Cavanaugh UMC.
UWIF, UMM, June 4th is United Women in Faith service. We hope that you will come and be part of this special worship. Evening Stars will be taking a summer break. UMM GOLF SPRING FLING RESULTS 2023 THERE WERE 21 PARTICIPANTS FOR OUR BI-ANNUAL GOLF OUTING, SPRING FLING. WE DIDN’T HAVE AS MANY AS IN THE PAST, YET WE HAD QUALITY TIME WITH GREAT COMPANY. THE REAL WINNERS THIS YEAR WAS ANYONE WHO GOT SOME OF JOE COLLINSON’S BBQ PORK BUTT WITH ALL THE FIXINS, NOT MENTION HIS COBBLERS!! STRAWBERRY/RUBARB AND BLACKBERRY. TEAM SCORES: • 63—JUSTIN CATES, BEN CATES, MIKE GIBSON, BUDDY ALLEN, STEVE CHRISTIAN • • • • 65—JACK & CHAR GODFREY, DEANNA STEWART & DALE HUDSON 67—JOE COLLISON, CHRIS WELCH, CHASE & JANA GREEN 68—DALE & EDITH DUNN AND DENVER & SHYLA DUNN 69—SAMANTHA MENLEY, JEFF BLACK, ZEKE ALLEN & ZEB ALLEN BIG “THANK YOU!” TO JORDAN AND CARRIE MILLER FOR THEIR HELP LOOKING AFTER SOME OF US OLD FOLKS AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THE “PINK PIG.” THE PINK PIG IS OUR FUNDRAISER FOR OUR MISSIONS, THE PIGGY BROUGHT IN $80! SEE PICTURES ON PREVIOUS PAGE.
Mission Collected $141.05 in May for Community Rescue Mission Good job, Church! In June, we will collect for Children’s Emergency Shelter Remember to bring your change June 4th Also, we raised $641 for Ozark Mission Project in May. Farmer’s Market Ministry Pray for our farmers and their crops will be fruitful this summer. It was a hard season last year with the extreme heat. Pray for our volunteers and those who pick up fresh produce from the blessing boxes around town. Pray about if you are able to help. June 3rd and June 10th will be at Wesley We have 12 blessing boxes we deliver to this summer. Worship Scriptures 6.4.23 Psalm 126:4-6 6.11.23 Matthew 13:1-9;18-23 6.18.23 Matthew 9:35-10:8 6.25.23 ESTHER 2:19-23
We are excited to be celebrating 60 years. Make sure and save that date now. We will have worship to kick off the day with Rev. Dennis Spence preaching. https://www.wesleyumcfs.org/homecoming---60thanniversary.html We will have a catered luncheon to continue the celebrating. You can rsvp on our website. Starting July 22nd!
Finding and Celebrating God’s Joy ← To join the Zoom call: Scan this Code 1. Open the Camera app on your phone. 2. Then point your phone at the QR code to scan it. 3. Finally, tap the pop-up Spring Street - Save the Date Wesley Fellowship Hall
June Calendar June 3rd June 4th United Methodist Men Breakfast at 8:00 at Wesley UMC Farmer’s Market Ministry 12:00ish. United Women in Faith Worship 9:30 Small Groups 10:30 June 6th Worship Planning Committee 6:00 June 10th Farmer’s Market Ministry 12:00ish June 11th Worship 9:30 Small Groups 10:30 June 15th Let’s Do Lunch 10:30 -1:00 at Cavanaugh UMC No One Council June 18th Father’s Day Worship 9:30 June 21st Annual Conference -Hot Springs June 22nd Annual Conference - Hot Springs June 23rd Annual Conference - Hot Springs June 24th Farmer’s Market Ministry 12:00ish June 25th Worship 9:30 Small Groups 10:30 Prayers: Let us know how we can be praying for you. We have a prayer list that is sent out and on the bulletin. Presence: Worship Date Sanctuary Online Total May 7 26 May 14 37 May 21 27 May 28 29 22 48 22 59 25 52 24 53 Gifts: Date General Missions May 7 $3,758 $141.05 May 14 $1,041 May 21 $910 May 28 $425 Service: Worship: 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 Mission: Backpack Ministry, blessing box and more. Witness: We all have gifts to share and we are all ministers. May we go out into the world to share our love of Christ. Go forth as a witness serving Jesus and Loving Neighbors. $641.00
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