Over seventy explorers had a great experience at the
SonQuest Rainforest VBS, July 12th through July 16th,
2010. The students’ classroom lessons
included one of the parables of Jesus each day. It was a great learning
experience for each of them as well as the teachers.
The music, crafts, snacks and recreation were fun for everyone.
The many volunteers helped make it a week to remember!
SonQuest Rainforest participants raised $585.08 for the
Village Wells Project in Nigeria.
The students learned about how clean water is essential for drinking, cooking,
hygiene, livestock and gardens. The
money will support the effort to bring clean water to Sabon-Gida, Nigeria.
Currently, the women of the village carry water three miles every day.
Thank you to
everyone who helped at VBS, provided snack or craft ingredients, made a
financial donation for VBS curriculum, or donated towards the Village Wells
Project offering.

MUSIC
Jesus Christ’s Joyful Children,
JC’s JCs, meet on Sundays from 10:15 am to 10:30 am
JC’s JCs invites all kids, grades K-6, to come sing and play while we
share about Jesus with one another and the church family. There will be songs to
sing, skits to act, puppets to make come-alive, and more. JC's JCs meet
September-April.
Chancel Choir
7th grade and older
Director - Jan Lewis, 641-792-3662, rivers4@netins.net.
Practice - 7:15 - 8:00 pm Weds. evenings, Sept. thru October and December-April
Chime Choir
7th grade and older
Director - Bev Thomas
Practice - 7:15 - 8:00 pm Wednesday evenings.

SOCIAL
UMYF - United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Open to all 6th - 12th grade students. This group meets the second and fourth
Sunday of the month, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Food, fun activities, devotions,
social time and learning opportunities in a Christian setting. Even if you have
never attended before, we would love to have you join us.
Leaders - Jeff and Ami Murphy 641-792-3293 or email ja.murphy@mchsi.com and Dan and Lisa
Marston 641-526-8840 or email lisam@partnercom.net
In July of 2009 nineteen youth and their adult leaders went to Wichita, Kansas,
for a mission work trip, recreation and Worship. They drew lots of attention
with their matching "UMYF" t-shirts at Worship on Sunday morning where they
heard the Kansas UMC Bishop's wife speak about missions. It was, again, a great
trip!
23 Youth and adults went on an annual Mission trip in summer 2008.
They worked in the city of Minneapolis through the Urban Servants agency.
Lodging and meals were at United Methodist Camp Kingswood. Each day groups
went to do various projects like landscaping and gardening at the homes of
elderly ladies, cleaning a parsonage, scrubbing dining tables and chairs at two
care centers as well as interacting with residents, packaging one-pound packages
of rice cereal for food pantry distribution, and, our most-rewarding, packaging
food for starving children. "In
the two hours we worked, we made meals for 38 children for one year. We
saw pictures of the difference one serving per day can make in the life of one
child and realized that we were saving children from starving to death! We
could hardly eat our own lunch after thinking of that. Of all the work
projects we did, it was the one that touched us the most. And we want to
do it again, so we headed to Des Moines in September 2008 to package foods
with the Meals From the Heartland Project." Pastor Audrey Young, St
Luke
UMC,
Newton, IA.

Pop Cans and Bottles for Youth: The youth collect
redeemable cans and bottles to earn money for work trips and projects.
Redeemable cans and bottles can be placed in the wood crate at the NW corner of
the parking lot at any time.
United Methodist Camp Catalog is available at the church for
persons of all ages to sign up for a camp the most fulfills their interests.
Church Camp provides an opportunity to achieve new heights, discover new
interests, make new friends and continue spiritual journeys. Check the
catalog at church, call 800-765-1651 or go to www.iaumc.org/camps.
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