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Stewardship Campaign a Success! What: In-Take Reception Volunteers Thank You TheA biweekly newsletter of The First UnitedSpire Methodist Church of Salem, Oregon It’s not the steeple, it’s the people. Vol. 40, No. 3 • Feb. 12, 2008 A STEPHEN MINISTRY CHURCH Urgent help wanted! Stewardship campaign a success! What: In-take Reception Volunteers Thank you. Where: Congregations Helping People What a roller coaster ride of a stewardship campaign! Some of you (FUMC hallway and room 123) shared ideas and thoughts at group dinners. We heard many ideas, thoughts and concerns. You received multiple letters regarding a When: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to financial crisis. You heard pleas from the pulpit. You saw pledge cards 12:30 p.m. (and as substitute in the bulletins for several Sundays. Some of you were surprised Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, when you saw our budget numbers. Some of you were upset as to 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 to how this could happen. Some of you wanted to help immediately. 3 p.m., and Tuesdays, 12:30 to 3 p.m.) Your finance committee presented a proposed budget with a deficit of Who: Anyone who likes to meet $47,000 before Christmas. I shared the same information with your people and who has an interest in SPR committee. Bottom line was, if we couldn’t increase our income, helping others less fortunate. the realization and fear that many of us were feeling might force us CHP caseworkers, Carol Stoebig and into difficult decisions. The finance and SPRC committees then reported Bruce and Emily Broussard see each to your Administrative Board. All of us had heartache knowing that the client privately in the CHP office. only place to cut expenses of that size was in staffing or not paying our Clients are seen on a first-come, first apportioned shared ministries, which we were hoping and planning on served basis and wait in room 123, paying at 100%. We feared the church taking a step backward and where the in-take volunteer sees that losing a lot of the momentum we have been gaining. coffee is available for their enjoyment. I personally told all the committees and boards that I did not think we For more information and/or to could get enough of an increase and am very happy to say I was wrong. volunteer, please contact volunteer God’s hands went to work. Many of our prayers were answered. We coordinator Donna Herbert, started getting more pledge cards returned. We started getting pledge 503-362-8220. cards from members that had already pledged but were increasing their pledge amount. We received pledge cards from new members. Ellie in It’s cold outside! your church office spent many hours working during many days keeping track of all these numbers and reports. Thank you, Ellie. Mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, warm coats, sleeping bags are in great On January 9th our deficit was just under $20,000 plus we had a demand! If you can donate any of carryover from 2007 of $7000 in bills that had not been paid. In the these items please bring them to the next six days the momentum swelled. By our January 15th deadline church office, or to the Hospitality for decisions we had received many more pledges and are now Centers on Sundays. Thank you for forecasting a projected excess/reserve of $1276. the many donations of shampoos, Did I say thank you? soaps, dental care items, deodorants, Steve Horning, and other personal items that are Finance Committee Chairman given to the CHP clients. 2 The Spire • Feb. 12, 2008 Pastor’s ponderings Worship schedule See back page for services and times. In the 1995 film Smoke, Auggie Wren manages a cigar store on the corner of Third St. and Seventh Ave. Feb. 17 in Brooklyn. Every morning at exactly eight Freedom to Resist Evil Romans 7:14-25 o’clock, no matter what the weather, he takes a 8:30 and 11 a.m. Trad. picture of the store from across the street. He has Rev. Sue Owen 4000 consecutive daily photographs of his corner, 11 a.m. Praise Rev. Susan Boegli all labeled by date and mounted in albums. He NO Underground calls this project his “life’s work.” Feb. 24 One day Auggie shows the photos to Paul, a blocked writer Openness of the Church who is mourning the death of his wife. Paul doesn’t know Acts 15:21-28 what to say about the photos. Flipping through the pages, he observes 8:30 a.m. Informal and 11 a.m. Praise with amazement that they are all the same. Auggie replies: “You’ll Rev. Sue Owen never get it if you don’t slow down, my friend.” 11 a.m. Trad. Rev. Susan Boegli Auggie goes on to point out the differences in each photo. He says the Underground that the differences are in the details—in the way people’s clothes 6:04 p.m. Kirk Hurd change according to the season; the way the light hits the street; some March 2 days the corner is empty of people, bikes and cars, some days it is full Living Out Faith in Community of the hustle and bustle of the city’s life. And sure enough…Paul Acts 2:43-47 notices detail that makes all the difference in the world to him. 8:30 a.m. Informal and 11 a.m. Trad. As we enter into Lent, God asks us to slow down. Life and its meaning Rev. Sue Owen are found in the details. “The spiritual life is, at its root, a matter of 11 a.m. Praise Rev. Susan Boegli seeing. The spirit suffuses everything and so the spiritual life is the Underground simply life seen.” (John Shea) I pray for each of us an everyday 6:04 p.m. Kirk Hurd sojourn into seeing the sacred. Such attentiveness will give us life as March 9 we travel and it will lead us to life made new. It will lead us to Easter. Sharing James 2:14-17 Sue 8:30 a.m. Informal and 11 a.m. Praise Rev. Sue Owen 11 a.m. Trad. Rev. Susan Boegli Western District sets Basic Lay Speaking Class the Underground Do you present worship in a class? Provide devotions for a meeting? 6:04 p.m. Kirk Hurd Wonder whether you could prepare a sermon? Need more practice? March 16 The answers to these questions may lead you to explore lay speaking Masterworks and Palm Sunday as your call. The place to start is with prayerful consideration and John 12:12-19 finding a Basic Lay Speaking Class near you. The Basic Lay Speaking 8:30 a.m. Informal and 11 a.m. Trad. Class serves as a foundation for many forms of ministry. It provides you Rev. Sue Owen with an opportunity to explore your call and to practice proclaiming your 11 a.m. Praise Rev. Susan Boegli faith. The Western District offers the two-Saturday class in Jefferson, the Underground Oregon, Feb. 23 and Mar. 1. You will find Jefferson tucked between I-5 and 6:04 p.m. Kirk Hurd the foothills of the Cascades, southeast of Salem. Or you might care to join the class offered by Metro District, Mar. 8 and 15. Louis Jones of Metro District has information about location and registration. He may be reached at [email protected] or 503-728-2522. To register for Jefferson, call or email Susan Jensen, Western District director of Lay Speaking Ministries, for an application at 503-648-3040 or [email protected]. The Spire • Feb. 12, 2008 3 From Family I’d like to thank… Building Blocks Steve Lewis and participants in the Vision Event. Rev. Sue Dear Friends, The Vision Team—Marci Ling, Nancy Brik, Sharon Everette, Tom Herrett, Ken Boegli, Eric Bonn, Tim Johnson, Jeremy Hickerson, Thank you for including Family Mary Bray and Rev. Sue—who worked together to create the Building Blocks in your Vision Event! Revs. Sue and Susan Christmas Market! You are a true example that we live in a Tim Pack for sharing his musical gifts with the congregation. community that cares. I wish you FUMC staff and congregation and yours a wonderful Happy Barbara Taylor for sharing her cheerful personality as an “in-take” New Year! receptionist volunteer for Congregations Helping People. Always Warm Regards, willing to serve whenever needed, we will miss her. She has Kris Freeman moved to Kalispell, MT to be near her daughter. Donna Herbert, CHP volunteer coordinator From Jason Lee Linda Bednarz for her excellent work filling in for me while I had to Food Bank be away. John Ranney Sue, Kristin, the staff and the congregation. Your thoughts, prayers, To our friends at First UMC, and cards were greatly appreciated. The love you give is helping speed Thank you for your phenomenal my recovery greatly. You are a great congregation of Christians, and gifts of more than 2100 lbs. of your strength and support for me during my illness will stay with me, food and $2300+ for the Jason forever. John Ranney Lee Food Bank in 2007. A great The person or persons responsible for installation of the many of the 2540 families wonderful pew pads. The amount of cushion is perfect and quite (nearly 7500 individuals) we comfortable, and the added height makes it easier to stand up. We served sat down to good meals thank you; our sciatic nerves thank you. Tom and Marla Kirk because of your caring and kindness. Kristin for her willingness to share her experience and talents with us.
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