Sunday 8:00 a.m. Outdoor Worship @ *Ridge Rd.

Sunday 9:30 a.m. In-person & FB Live Worship

Wednesday @ 5:00 p.m. Online Devotion August 15th & 16th, 2020 Saturday @ 5:00 p.m. In-person Worship Backpack Blessing August 15th & 16th! Facebook: Minooka United Methodist Church Website: minookaumc.com

*The Ridge Rd. property is located next to the Minooka water tower on the east side of Ridge Rd. between Prairie Ridge Dr. & Misty Creek Dr.

This backpack and device blessing will take

place during both Saturday and Sunday services and is offered virtually as well as in- person. Tune in live to Facebook or our website on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. A reservation is needed Please keep us informed of members - who are critically ill or in the hospital: if attending in person. Pastor Sarah 815-212-5166 Blessings will be offered safely. To be on our Prayer Chain, please contact Pastor Sarah.

UPCOMING EVENTS ~August 8th & 9th - August 29th & 30th - A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood Sermon Series ~Saturday, August 15th @ 5:00 p.m. - In-person worship & Backpack (Device) Blessing ~ Sunday, August 16th @ 8:00 a.m. - *Outdoor Worship @ Ridge Rd. ~ Sunday, August 16th @ 9:30 a.m. - In-person & FB Live Worship & Backpack (Device) Blessing ~Wednesday, August 19th @ 5:00 p.m. - Live Stream Devotion ~Saturday, August 22nd @ 6:15 p.m. - Confirmation Rehearsal ~Sunday, August 23rd @ 11:00 a.m. - Confirmation Ceremony ~Friday, August 28th @ 6:00 p.m. - Virtual Fellowship 9:30 a.m. SERVICE VOUNTEERS August 23rd, 2020

Lay Reader 20-21 Christian Ed Information Shari Millard Please register your child(ren) who are Pre-K Last Week’s Attendance: 18 (3 yrs old) through 12th grade for Minooka Last Week General Fund: $3,991.30 UMC’s ONLINE Christian Education pro- Amt. Needed per Week to Pay Expenses: gram. You can sign up on our website at $4,366.98 (www.minookaumc.com). Please do so be- Year to Date General Fund: $113,694.27 fore September. This will help us to prepare Amount Needed Year to Date: our Sunday lessons. If you register your child $139,743.36 (ren) for Christian Education, you will re- Excess (Shortfall): $(375.68) ceive an online Christian Education lesson YTD: $(26,049.09) packet. If you have any questions, contact Sunday School Superintendent, Julie Yunker Craig. ([email protected])

The Christian Ed Committee meeting for the new school year will be Sunday, August 30th at 11am. You can join via Zoom meet- We could all use a little more kindness! Join ing (Zoom link will be sent later) or in- us for week 2 of our sermon series based on person in Fellowship Hall (please wear a “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”. mask and 6 feet apart). All Christian Ed. Committee members and parents are wel- come to join.

“There are three ways to ultimate success: The Meet your new special friends, Auto, Dudley first way is to be kind. The second way is to be and Blue (Puppets) at our Online Christian kind. The third way is to be kind.” Ed program starting September 13th. Each — Mister Rogers Sunday lesson from the Celebrate Wonder A discussion guide has been posted on our web- by Cokesbury curriculum will focus on the August 15th August August 29th book of Genesis (Creativity, Faith and Wil- site with& 16t allh other22n sermond & 23 seriesrd documents.& 30th derness). The lessons will be uploaded on Friday afternoon. (You can use it any con- “Be Kind to “Be Kind “Be Kind venient time). Classes will take place online Others! - Together! - Always! - at 10:45 a.m. every Sunday. Anger & Everyday Here and Forgiveness” Heroes” Now” An interactive Zoom meeting for Christian Ed students will be held once a month Join us for in-person outdoor worship at Ridge Rd. on (tentatively on the 4th Sunday starting in Sundays at 8 a.m.! Bring a lawn chair, water bottle, um- September) at 11 a.m. This Zoom meeting brella, and face mask. serves to check in on the Christian Education All are welcome to join. students (Pre-K to 5th graders). More infor- *The 9:30 a.m. service will continue to be live streamed mation will be shared later. on Facebook. SUNDAY 16th ~Thank you to Ashley Grygienc for offering a word of gratitude 8:00 AM Outdoor Worship (video) for all VBS helpers on Aug. 8-9th. 9:30 AM In-person & FB Live ~Thank you to Gus DeGuzman for offering “Just a Closer Walk Worship & Backpack with Thee” song (special music) on Aug. 9th at 8:00 a.m. (Device) Blessing worship. ~Thank you to Roslyn Kryszewski for offering “Just a Closer MONDAY 17th Walk with Thee” (keyboard) on Aug. 8th at 5pm worship. ~Thank you to Claude Crawshaw for opening the church to show 6:30 pm Nomination the building for a potential buyer on Aug. 12th. Zoom Mtg. ~Thank you to Jim Satorius for opening the church for the annual fire inspection on Aug. 10th. TUESDAY 18th ~Thank you to Maurice Davenport and Ron Herath for their 8:15 AM Sr. Exercise ongoing care of the lawns on our church property. 9:30 AM Sr. Exercise ~Thank you to Kim Nave, Mari Kirsch, and Karen Gaba for 12:00 PM Faithtalk being lay readers at Aug. 15-16th worship services. ~Thank you to Marian Gaba, Kim Nave, and Lydia Hong f or WEDNESDAY 19th weeding around the church for the last couple of weeks. 5:00 PM Online Devotion ~Thank you to the Nomination Committee and SPRC Committee 5:00 PM Prayer Partners for holding their meetings through Zoom on Aug. 10th & 11th. ~Thank you to all who attended online worship on Aug. 9th. THURSDAY 20th (There was a technical difficulty and it was available much later

8:15 AM Sr. Exercise that afternoon. Thank you for being patient.) ~Thank you to Johanna (LaVerne) Spencer for putting plastic 9:30 AM Sr. Exercise covers on each pew handle for safety. Thank you for their dili- gence in cleaning up extra around the church. FRIDAY 21st ~Thank you to Katie Wojcieszak for introducing Mailerlite for our email blasts. Katie has been so diligent making our digital SATURDAY 22nd communications more convenient and easier! 5:00 PM In-person Worship ~Thank you to Gordon McCoy, John Nave, and Marlin Hartman 6:15 PM Confirmation for setting up the tent for the Aug. 9th 8:00 a.m. worship service. Ceremony Rehearsal ~Thank you to Cindy White for leading the weekly bible study on Tuesday and to Karen Gaba for leading Prayer Partners every Wednesday. Confirmation Ceremony ~Thank you to Karen Dirst for filling in for Jill Kohler on August 16th. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, August 23rd at 11:00 a.m., In-person worship has resumed on in the MUMC sanctuary. Only immedi- Saturday and SUNDAY. ate family members of confirmands and their mentors are asked to attend. All others will be Reservations are required! invited to watch and celebrate on Reserve you seat online through Signup Facebook via livestream. Genius or call the office. Rehearsal is scheduled for August 22nd at *Nursery Care will not be available at this time. 6:15 p.m. Please pray for the confirmands and this very GROUPS/BOOK STUDY special ceremony. Book Club (Zoom) - book 9/28/20 @ 7 p.m. selection to be announced Confirmation Classes soon Faithtalk (Annex) - Every Tuesday at New Confirmation Class for women's bible study based on Noon 8th Grade students and older will "The Women of Faith Study start on Sep. 20th. More information will Bible." be shared later. Contact pastor Sarah with Prayer Partners (Sanctuary) Every Wednesday questions. - open house prayer time at 5-7 p.m. Prayer Needs - All Military Church Family Calendar: Please see our Healing & Recovery: Troy Herath website calendar at Carol Barker Joe Ingraham www.minookaumc.com or (Adrienne Hartman) Aleks Jones-LeDuc the large calendar hanging Chris Charles Loverude in the Narthex for a more (Marlin & Adrienne Hartman) Matthew Kasmer detailed calendar of our Ron & Margie Campbell Dutch Nave (Cyndi Campbell) meetings and activities. Bret Nemitz Alice Cardea (Tammie Patterson) Kyle Platz

Dan Brian Riegler Bulletin Deadline: (Debbie Thompson) Duane Schmitke Oral and written Gus DeGuzman Ethan Staley announcements for the Denny & Michael Scott Tomlinson Sunday bulletin are due in (Marlin Hartman) the office by Wednesday

Keith Flatness prior to the weekend. (Gail Flatness) Thank you. Florence (Les Millard) Mike G. Mustard Seed (Ros Kryszewski) newsletter Deadline: Cindy Gossen 16 Karen Dorick Announcements and David Harvey 17 Shirley Deary articles for the monthly Martha Ann Harvey 18 Connor Yenser newsletter are due in the Frank Hathcock 19 Larry Larson office by the 10th of the Hedy 20 Powell Patterson month prior to the (Susan Spencer) 21 Cadon Casagrande upcoming month. Thank Jason & Jackie 21 Calvin Sabo you. (Connie Morris) 21 Adam Satorius Joe Minooka UMC will be (Cindy White) producing brochures/video Tianna Juley and publicity which will Kelly include photos of various (Karen Gaba) groups in the church. If you Laverne (Ed Ellingham) do not want to be in any of Baby Lucky the pictures, please contact (Kyla Kohler) the Office (815-467-2322 or Joann Malic 22 Gordon & Linda McCoy [email protected]). Mary (Dutch Nave) Dale Nave Joyce O’Brien Use myEoffering! Marguerite Stelling This service is solid, secure and Susan easy. There is no cost to you for Debbie Thompson this giving option. You can Julie Thompson make a one-time donation or Art Webb set-up a recurring donation. Just Howard Wesley go to our church website (Marguerite Stelling) (www.minookaumc.com) Baby Windston and look for the button to (Kim Nave) Sympathies to: donate online. Clicking on the button will take you to the site Please let the office know when where you can create an account someone’s name can be taken off the Connie (Dennis) Morris on the list. and give your first offering in passing of Connie's uncle, just minutes! If you need help in Donald. any way contact Mary Ray. Thank you!