Circuit writer February and March 2015 Reading Scripture Thank you to Bob Sougstad, Leah Loerch, Randy Meissner and Kathy Sougstad for reading Scripture in January. Thank you for your ministry. Ushering Thank you to the Stacy Dirk family and Maddee Reeves for ushering in January. Thank you for your ministry. Mandan United Methodist Church 610 12th ST NW Mandan ND 58554 Communion Helpers Thank you to Jeff & Beverley Austin for preparing Communion in January. . Thanks for your ministry. 701-663-8909 E-mail [email protected] Website mandanumc.com We are looking for a few more people to usher, take care of coffee clean up and read the Scripture. There is a sign up sheet in the new hallway if you would like help with these things. Thank you. We are on Facebook Pastor Rev. Bruce Adams A group from Dakota Wesleyan will be here to share with us on Sunday, February 15 during worship. Following the church service on Feb. 15, the Men’s Club will be serving soups and sandwiches. LENT BEGINS Ash Wednesday is Feb. 18 and the beginning of Lent. There will be a Lenten Service on each Wednesday evening during Lent at 6:30 PM. Come for supper and stay for the church service. Thank you for your continued support and contributions to the Building Fund, Principal Only and Apportionments . After the January payment was made, $718.24 went to the principal and $701.23 went to interest. We also made and extra $4,032 in payment for the principal only, which brings the balance to $152,952.00 . Thank you to everyone who has been contributing to the “Principal Only” so we can get the balance paid down so we don’t have to pay so much interest. Office Administrator Belinda Van Dyke Director of Family Ministries Lisa Rhodes Open Minds, Open Hearts, Open Doors Where People Believe, Belong & Become February Anniversaries February Birthdays 1 2 6 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 24 25 26 28 Tessa Keller Cathy Adams Baily Opp Katie Olsen Deb Samuelson Dalton Sougstad Kinzley Heidrich Doug Van Daalen Tammy Bonnet Corri Westberg Kyle Bonnet Payton Loerch Billie Ann Caya Missy Wetsch Brianna Meissner Amanda Varriano Katelyn Monahan Amy Watson Jason Ost Nikki Pedersen Frieda Diehl Marilyn Welk Joce Koch Bruce Adams Jeff Laity Coy Sprenger Scott Newgard Amy Richter Stacy Dirk Karri Landeis Joyce Gustafson 8 14 20 25 John & Wanda Markel (41 yrs.) Chet & Deb Leingang Cliff & Maryls Friesz (50 yrs.) Barry & Joce Koch (42 yrs.) OFFICE NOTES The next newsletter will be going out, Thursday, March 19 at 1 PM The office hours are from 9:00 AM—11:30 AM Belinda will be out of the office from Feb. 12 thru March 3. Please call Pastor Bruce at home or at the office if you need anything. If you would like Pastor Bruce to give you a call or a visit, please call the church office or indicate that on the friendship registers in the pews. If your birthday or anniversary is not listed, please call the church office and your birthday can be added to our list. If you are in the hospital, please call the church office to let us know. Sanford has switched to a different computer system, and clergy are not able to pull up names of people at this time if they are in the hospital. Friday Nite Lite It’s February– cold and dark – let us offer you some light! All youth grades sixth through twelfth are welcome to come for an evening of food, games and hang out time. Friday Nite Lite gives you a place to go and people to see. Just bring two dollars for food, your friends and join us on February 20th and March 20th. We’ll leave the “lite” on for you! Prayer Concerns Marcy Hopfauf Vern Unrath Gene Keller Gene Keller’s aunt Thomas Hogan Dalas & Ed Breuer’s grandson Gerry & Billie Ann Caya’s family in the loss of her mother Anna Auch’s family in the loss of her sister, Ida Mindt Jack Kroh’s brother Ray Riedinger Cooper Peterson Dennis Heck Vern Bjugstad’s brother Joy & Herb Schneider Mandan Living Center Helen Keller Jean Jordan Faye Caya March Birthdays 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 Prim Rose Pearl Heid 14 16 18 19 20 21 Old Mandan Care Center Althea Kessel 26 Good Samaritan Home Kate Bauer 28 Have you considered putting the church in your will?? Have you considered giving to the Youth Endowment Fund?? Check it out. If you have any questions, talk with Pastor Bruce. The next Ad Board Meeting will be Saturday, March 21. 29 30 31 March Anniversaries 17 CHOIR will be starting up on Wed. March. 4 at 8 PM. Come join us.! Peggy Fenster Taran Miller Ethan Dirk Gene Keller Nicole Kirk Justin Fenster Parker Vander Vorst Kathie Peterson Ryker Newgard Bob Sougstad Leah Watson Suzy Frenzel Brad Hallendorff Charlet Feigitsch Robert Reetz Scott Watson Tinette Becher Kathy Sougstad Philip Purvis Susan Keller Vern Stenerson Kayda Newgard Pearl Heid Cheryl Loerch Sarah Rixen Codi Loerch Russ Leingang Cooper Peterson Helen Keller Ronda Mellon Liam Forde Carla Forde Jim Mellon Deanna Meissner Jeff & Beverley Austin Wednesday All Church Family Meals Each Wednesday a meal is served at 5:45 PM. All are welcome to attend. No cooking! The first Wednesday of the month is potluck and the rest of the month the meal will be prepared for YOU. Below is the menu for February and March.. There is usually a sign up sheet (not mandatory) in the new hallway if you would like to bring an ingredient for the meal. Come join us! February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 Potluck Meal Meatballs & Mashed Potatoes To be announced Lasagna Potluck Meal Enchiladas Baked Potatoes & Chili Sausage & Macaroni & Cheese SEE YOU THERE! MEN’S CLUB Lent Schedule There will be no Feb. Men’s Club meeting. The final Men’s Club meeting until fall will be March 10 at 6 PM. All men are invited to attend. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. There will be a church service each Wednesday at 6:30 PM. The next lunch after worship will be Sunday, February 15 at 11:30 AM. It will be soups and sandwiches. There will be a sign up sheet in the new hallway if you would like to bring a soup. Palm Sunday is March 29. The Sunday School Children will parade through the church with palms. There will also be a lunch after worship in March. Menu to be announced later. . UMW Rummage Sale is Saturday, April 18. Start cleaning out the closets! We will start meeting again in March on March 21 at 10 AM in the Conference room. All women are invited to attend. Come check it out!! For more information, call the church office. Holy Week Schedule There will be a church service on Wed. April 1 which will include Communion. Good Friday— The Good Friday Service will be at 7 PM on April 3 Easter Sunday—April 5 Sunrise Service is at 7 AM followed by breakfast hosted by the Youth Group. A free will offering will be taken for Youth Ministries. Sunday School—9 AM Easter Worship — 10:30 AM From the Pastor’s Desk A wonderful story is told about a young lady who read a certain book and having completed it, remarked that it was the dullest book she had read in many a day. Not long after this, she met a certain young man. In the course of time their friendship ripened into love, and they became engaged. During a visit in the home of his fiancée one evening, she said to him, “I have a book in my library which was written by a man whose name and even initials are the same as yours. Is not that a singular coincidence?” “I do not think so,” he replied. “Why not?” “For the simple reason that I wrote the book.” The lady sat up until the early morning hours to read the book again. When she had completed it she thought it the most interesting book she had ever read! The secret? She now knew and loved the author. To some the scriptures are but another book, a collection of great wrings at best. But to those who know and love the one who inspired the words, our scriptures are like no other. Scripture comes alive and speaks to us always new and fresh, never dull or outdated. Perhaps we need to stay up late and read it again remembering the love relationship our Lord offers. Joshua 1:8-9 “Do not let this book of Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” It is very easy in our daily lives to be so busy that we don’t take time to be reading God’s word. Take time today, and fall in love again with The Author. Pastor Bruce Adams