The Flame
Branson United Methodist Church Newsletter
Published Semi-Monthly
Volume 27 No. 16 August 18, 2010
SMALL GROUP STUDY
WHERE: Home of Larry & Kathy Johnson
WHEN: BEGINS TUESDAY, SEP. 14, 2010 FOR FOUR WEEKS
TIME: 7:00 PM UNTIL ??
TOPIC: “THREE SIMPLE RULES” (A WESLEYAN WAY OF LIVING)
BOOKS AVAILABLE
SEATING LIMITED TO THE 1ST 10 CALLERS
CONTACT PHONE #: 417-263-0346
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~ Project Homeless Connect ~
Friday, Sep. 24, 2010, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Branson United Methodist Church
Volunteers are needed to help with this one stop shop for homeless individuals and families to access the services they need to get connected with housing, employment and social services. Volunteers are asked to sign up on-line at
www.projecthomelessconnectbranson.com. Volunteers are needed at registration, exit, food service (lunch is provided), and as guides. Child care attendants are also needed and must be safe-sanctuary certified. This event could draw hundreds from our community, so please lend a hand and sign up on-line to volunteer!
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Annual Ham & Bean/BBQ Beef/Polish Sausage Dinner to Top Church Council Meeting Agenda
Monday, August 23, 7:00 p.m.
Susanna Wesley Room
All Welcome!
One of the topics to be discussed at Monday’s Church Council Meeting will be the Annual Ham & Bean/BBQ Beef/Polish Sausage Dinner. A date has yet to be firmed up for this year’s event, and we need Chairpersons to step forward and start the ball rolling. All interested persons are invited to attend the Church Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Susanna Wesley Room. We’ll put this event at the top of the agenda, so that
afterward you are free to go enjoy the rest of your evening. Hope to see you there!
Mission MinutE
Festival of Sharing
Saturday, October 16, Sedalia, MO
This year’s Festival of Sharing will be held on Saturday, October 16, at the fairgrounds in Sedalia. Our Mission Team has chosen to assemble Dental Kits to donate this year. You will have the opportunity to make a monetary contribution this Sunday, August 22, during the worship services. A Festival of Sharing envelope will be inserted into the church bulletins, into which you can place cash or a check made out to Branson UMC and marked for the Festival. The Mission Team will use all donations to purchase the supplies to make up the Dental Kits. We would like to have your contributions by Sunday, Sept. 26, so we’ll have time to shop for supplies and assemble the kits. Keep cutting out your Best Choice bar codes – each one is worth 3 cents for the Festival of Sharing. There is a collection jar for them in the Welcome Center. Thank you for your support!
The Mission Team ~ Connie Gibbs & Norma Brandt, Co-Chairpersons
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Coming Sooooooooon!
New Church Pictorial Directory
You will be receiving a call from the Colorcraft Studios beginning the first week of September, 2010. If you have caller ID, you will see either 1-800-638-9107 or an AL prefix of 256. Please know that it is probably the Studio trying to reach you to set up your appointment. You may call them at 1-800-638-9107 or 256-597-3031 to set up your appointment yourself beginning Thursday, the 2nd of September. Please keep this information by your telephone to help you recognize the number so you don't miss the call. Thank you!
If you want to be in the Directory but will be out of town the week of Sunday, September 12 through Saturday, September 18, please call Bob Patton at 544-1498 or Sue Probasco at 239-2859 so that arrangements can be made for your picture to appear in the Directory. We don’t want to leave anyone out!
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Volunteer Needed!
We are looking for a volunteer to go through the Sunday attendance registrations after church each Sunday and prepare a list of new local visitors for our Screen Door Ministry Team to visit that afternoon. The list can be prepared here at the church using one of the computers in the computer lab, and needs to be ready each Sunday by 2:00 p.m. This takes between 30 and 60 minutes to complete. If this sounds like something you would be interested in doing, please give Bill Mills a call at 335-5123 for complete details. Our thanks to Bill for doing this for us for many years!
Ride Wanted!
Marguerite Steffen would like to share a ride with anyone going to the Mt. Vernon area, so that she can visit Larry at the Mt. Vernon Veteran’s Home. Please give Marguerite a call at 337-5741 if you are going that way. Thank you!
CAM NEEDS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Please help us collect the following items for families in need:
Peanut Butter
Pasta
Cereal
Toilet Paper
Canned Meat
AUGUST 1-31, 2010
Cash Donations Are Always Welcome!
MINISTRY BY STRENGTHS
09.25.2010
Saturday, September 25th
9 -5, Lunch provided
$35 (1st person, $20 additional persons from a church = a bargain)
St. Paul’s UMC in Joplin
It looks like a good event.
Sue Nilson Kibbey (she does good stuff!) This looks like a strong event worthy of leadership folks at BUMC attending. Mark the day and let’s load up to catch this quality opportunity!
WALK TO EMMAUS
It is about our spiritual lives and our walk with Jesus.
Sponsor Someone on a
Walk to Emmaus
Applicant’s and Sponsor’s forms can be found on the web site at www.showway.org – on the bar at top of first page, click on “Forms”, then open the form and print it – fill it out and submit it with the Pilgrim’s application and $100 fee to Fall Walks Registrar Dave Williams, whose address is on the bottom of the form. If you have an old form with Terry Hatridge’s address on it, please
change it and mail instead to Dave Williams, POB 306, Kimberling City, MO 65686. There are men’s and women’s WALK TO EMMAUS events coming in October. Men’s: Oct.7-10, and Women’s: Oct. 14-17. Pray about it.
THEY NEED OUR HELP!
The K-1st Graders at Cedar Ridge need our help at breakfast & lunch. The little ones need us to step up and help them with their cafeteria routines as they begin their school experiences. Things like opening their milk cartons and helping them carry their tray back to the kitchen. Breakfast is 8:10-8:45. Lunch is 11 -12. Pick a time or times between Monday and Friday, Aug. 23-27. Oh, and it is fun.
ADOPT-A-B.U.F.F.E.T.S.
This has been the acronym for our Wednesday evening supper/fellowship events at B-UMC. It has been dependent on folks, or individuals, or groups in the church stepping up to prepare the Wednesday suppers. There are 13 Wednesday BUFFETS between September 8-December 15. Last year folks seemed to want POT LUCK the 1st Wednesday of each month. That leaves 9 Wednesdays open for different ones of us to “adopt”. “Adopting-A-BUFFETS” would mean planning the menu, seeing to it that the food is purchased and coordinating cooking. Typically volunteers step up to help. Groups, classes, individuals, give prayer and thought real soon about “ADOPTING-A-B.U.F.F.E.T.S” Call 334.3423 or e-mail to adopt a Wednesday.
THANK YOU!
Delbert & Nonie Frericks say “thank you” for the BUMC PRAYERS, and especially to the PRAYER SHAWL team for the “TLC” while Delbert was in Skaggs Hospital.
IT’S ABOUT NAME TAGS. Forgot yours? Lost it? The dog ate it? Someone stole it? Your little brother or sister ruined it? Let us encourage one another to wear our name tags or replace misplaced name tags. (hey, if nothing else, they are good for holding paper clips or ear rings)