Peace United Church of Christ, Hartsburg, Missouri

FROM CLAIRNEL

Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights”.  Matthew 4:1-2

In February we enter the season of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter, which is to be used for prayer, study, and “fasting”, in preparation for celebrating Easter.  Early in the Christian Church, the period of Lent was used as a time to educate potential converts, who would then join the church Easter week. 

Over the years I have had many adults who have told me that you wish we could have an adult Confirmation class.  You realize that there were things you have forgotten, or never knew.  With this in mind, this year I have decided to use our Lenten Mid-Week time to focus on “Christianity 101”.  We will share lessons similar to some of the Confirmation classes, and the some of the Confirmands will share with us their Confirmation Speeches.

Volunteers for February 2012

Ushers/Greeters:                                   

February 5 - Nancy and Dale Lenger

February 12 - Cindy Glascock and June Lenger

February 19 - Jim and Ellen Kesterson

February 26 - Mindy Collins and Janet Bullard

Lay Readers:

Feb 5 - Glen Beckmeyer                    Feb 12 - Jim Batye

Feb 19 - Nancy Holland                    Feb 26 - Sharon Bullard

Sound System Helper:

Feb 5 —Bailey Lenger      

Feb 12 - Jake Hackmann     

Feb 19—Justin Belew      

Feb 26 —David Holland

Acolytes

Feb 5 - Jake Hackmann                                       Feb 12 - Myah Duncan

Feb 19 - NEEDED                                                  Feb 26 - NEEDED

THANKS SO VERY MUCH, VOLUNTEERS!

2011 FOOD RESOURCE BANK PROJECT

Listed below are the names of those who helped Beckmeyer Vineyard during harvest and donated their time and five hundred five gallon buckets of grapes to the Foods Resource Bank—in the amount of $1,000.  One lady brought ten pickers in need of work, paid them herself, then donated their buckets picked to FRB. Three others of this group decided to donate their harvest to a young couple in the community in need of help. Thanks to the many others who helped.

BECKEYER, Linda

BECKMEYER, Orion and Barb

BOHNERT, Catherine                              

BUSACHER, Carol and Greg

CLASBY, Sharon

BROTHOFF, Aaron, Will and Sam     

GRUNDSTROM, Richard

GUTHRIE, Steve HENLEY, Chris                                

HENLEY, Jim and Mary

HOEVELMAN, Ralph

HUESGEN, Leigh                            

LEPPER, Chris

ROGERS, Roy

SALTER, Kit and Cathy                   

SMITH, Jennifer

SMITH, Mike and Stephanie

STEWART, Diane and daughter, Chris

FEBRUARY KID'S BIRTHDAYS!

Tucker Cummings, February 4

Adelaide Baclesse, February 7

Jack Henley, February 9

Aiden McCollom, February 18

Blaine Borgmann, February 22

Foods Resource Bank Harvest Banquet

The annual luncheon to celebrate our FRB partnership with St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Columbia, MO will take place on Sunday, February 5 at 12:30 PM.  Everyone is invited to join us at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 914 West Boulevard South, Columbia MO.  Please bring a covered dish to share.

Knitting and Crocheting Group

Would you like to get together to knit or crochet?  A group of us are going to meet on Sunday, February 19, at 4 pm at Clairnel’s house.   We will be working on projects to benefit others:  mittens, scarfs, afghans, etc, that can go to community service organizations.  If you are working on a project of your own, feel free to bring that with you.

If you would like to be a part of a group like this, but cannot make it on February 19, please let  Clairnel know what days and times are good for you.

2012 ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING AND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS

The 2012 Annual Congregational meeting was held on January 15, 2012. The 2012 budget was passed and the report will be available on Peace UCC website in the next few weeks.

Our new Council members for 2012 are:

Wendy Gustofson, Council President                  

Jim Kesterson, Council President-Elect               

Jeri Mertensmeyer, Council Secretary             

Stephen Diederich, Council Treasurer               

Lee Ann Jestis, Council member                        

Beverly Elflein, Council member                         

Benny Jestis, Council member                          

Keith Baylous, Council member             

Our sincere thanks to Klif Bullard and all the Council members for their service on Peace

TOOLS OF HOPE AND BLANKET SUNDAY, February 12, 2012

Contributions to Blankets+ mean Church World Service will be ready to help families around the world recover from disasters and build viable, sustainable lives and communities.

$25 will provide five warm blankets                              

$100 will enable three women to receive a loan            

$200 will provide a farm family with a draft animal    

$250 will provide a sewing machine to a young mother

$1,000 will equip a village well with a pump and provide hygiene training.

Please be generous in your support of BLANKETS+. Thanks to everyone.

2012 Lenten and Easter Worship Schedule

February 22—Ash Wednesday– Frugal Meal and Worship at 6:30 pm

February 26—First Sunday in Lent/Communion; Youth Fellowship Potato Bar and   Basket Auction following worship service                                                                                                                                                                                                        

March 1—Frugal Meal 6:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                            

March 4—Second Sunday in Lent                                                                                                                                                                   

March 8—Frugal Meal 6:30 pm; Service 7:15 pm                                                                                                                                    

March 11—Third Sunday in Lent                                                                                                                                                                        

March 15—Frugal Meal 6:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                   

March 18—Fourth Sunday in Lent; Green Breakfast; One Great Hour of Sharing                                                                      

March 22—Frugal Meal 6:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                   

March 25—Fifth Sunday in Lent; Camp Sunday                                                                                                                                   

March 29—Frugal Meal at 6:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                

April 1—Sixth Sunday In Lent/Palm Sunday; Blessing of the Palms at Volunteer Park at 9:45 am with processional to Peace UCC following.                                                                                                                                                                                         

April 5—Maundy Thursday and Communion 7:30 pm                                                                                                                        

April 6—Good Friday Service 7:30 pm                                                                                                                                                         

April 8—Easter Sunday—Early Service at 7:00 AM (on the hill, weather permitting) . Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt; Sunday School 9:00 AM; Worship Service and Communion 10:00 AM

Easter Lily Memorials 2012

In Memory of: _______________________________________________________

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Given by: __________________________________________________________________

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When dropping off flowers in the sanctuary, please complete this form and place in the secretary’s mailbox. Blank forms are also available in the secretary’s mailbox. Lilies may be brought to the church sanctuary beginning Saturday, March 31, 2012.

YOUTH SCHEDULE

Feb 1—You(th) mtg 6:30 pm                            
Feb 8—Confirmation 6:30 pm (Hilgedick)                                        

Feb 15—Mission Trip mtg 6:30 pm                    

Feb 22—No Youth meeting……..Ash Wednesday  

Feb 25—Prepare for Baked Potato lunch 4:00 pm

Feb 26—Baked Potato Lunch and Basket Auction 

March 1—Lenten Mid-Week Service…..Two  Confirmands give their speeches                               

March 7—You(th) meeting 6:30 pm                 

March 15—Lenten Mid-Week Service…..Two Confirmands give their speeches                           

March 21—Mission Trip Meeting 6:30 pm         

March 29—Lenten Mid-Week Service…..Two Confirmands give their speeches                       

April 4—No meeting (Easter Week)                   

April 11—You(th) meeting 6:30 pm                    

April 18—Confirmation Rehearsal (Belew)

BAKED POTATO BAR AND BASKET AUCTION

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

11:00 AM

To benefit the 2012 Youth Mission Trip to Orlando, FL “Give Kids the World”.  Plan to join us for food, fun and a basket auction to support our youth as they travel to   Orlando this summer to serve God.  Donations of items for themed baskets will be welcome.

MISSION MOMENTS

I think the trip taught me a lot about life. How life can change very fast for people who look for God in their lives. And how much God can do for my life, you, everyone who lets God into their heart. It meant loving God for what he can do for me and everyone in the world.

The most fun thing I did was I got to spend time with friends and met new people at the place I went to. Helping others at the centers I went to, having more freedom to spend money and making my own choices.

I saw God in the way he touched a man named Steve at Network Café. I saw God in how everyone in my group worked so hard to help others and how I learned to work to help others. And, how DOOR really understands.

Morgan Reifsteck

PEACE UCC DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM

The Peace UCC Disaster Recovery Team was invited to work on a mission station located at the South Joplin Disciples of Christ Church. The Mission Station is a 1960’s era Quonset hut which is being repurposed as the base of operations for a partnership between the Disciples of Christ Church and the United Church of Christ. Your team went to complete interior framing, the installation of waste plumbing, supply plumbing and the setting of seven shower units in 2.5 days. The tasks were completed and we returned home safely Monday evening. Those representing Peace Church were Benny Jestis, Orion Beckmeyer, Dale Wilson, Don Wilson, Dale Lenger and Biff Barner.

The station will house up to 36 volunteers and is scheduled to come online around March 18th. Registration for this station was opened for teams a couple of weeks ago and in the first 30 hours, the building was booked out to July.     

Peace,  Biff Barner

We pray for those who are homebound or in nursing homes:

Evelyn Carlos          Virgil Moreau         Fred Hilgedick       
Stella Kuhnhenn  

Kathryn Seidel               Elnora Backlesse         

Minerva Jennings        

Angie Robinson              Karen Lenger Spry       Tom Mericle                              

Carl Thomas                   Carol Stegeman              Hazel Norris                  

Mildred Pauley                     Dorothy Lairmore

Joyce Sapp

“We thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers through such a difficult time. The prayer quilt is lovely and always stayed over the foot of mom’s bed.”                                                      The Sapp Family

“To all my friends at Peace church. I want to thank you for remembering me each month. I wish I could get down to see all of you.”

                          Stella Kuhnhenn