Evergreen United Methodist Church 1120 Evergreen Court, Wahpeton, ND 58075

May, 2019

With the recent flooding in areas of the Dakotas, the need for flood buckets is now!! The approximate cost of a flood bucket is $75.00. Members and friends of Evergreen UMC are invited “to fill” a paper flood bucket. As the items for a flood bucket are very specific, just select which items you would like to “purchase” and include a check payable to Evergreen UMC with a note on the memo line indicating “Flood Buckets.” Approximate pricing is noted below. Our financial gifts will then be sent collectively to UMCOR for them to purchase needed supplies. Let’s Do This!!!

$5.00 One 5-gallon bucket with re-sealable lid

$5.00 One 32-64 oz. bottle liquid laundry detergent

$4.00 One 16-40 oz. bottle liquid concentrate household cleaner

$2.00 One 16-34 oz. bottle dish soap

$1.00 One 4-8oz. pump spray air freshener

$5.00 One 16-14 oz. pump spray insect repellent

$5.00 One scrub brush

$6.00 18 re-useable cleaning wipes

$1.00 Five scouring pad sponges

$5.00 36-50 clothespins

$5.00 One 50-100 ft. clothesline

$10.00 24 roll of heavy-duty trash bags (33-45 gallon sizes)

$6.00 Five N95 particulate respirator dust masks

$5.00 Two pair kitchen gloves

$10.00 One pair work gloves, cotton with leather palm or all leather

Kay Nelson shared the

message Sunday, April 28

Pastor Jen shares the children’s

message Easter Sunday

Youth lead the

Good Friday Service

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Adult Sunday School By Jean Freden

Thank you to all of you who participated in the Adult Sunday School Class. A big thanks to all of you who prepared and presented the lessons each week. The class will not meet in May but will resume again in September.

Prayer Concerns at Evergreen Please contact the office to have names added and/or removed from our prayer concerns list.

Please pray for: Roger Nelson, Alta Lehmann, Kermith Krueger, John Eastin, John Dassenko, Bob Spenst, Fay Woy, Donna Stone, Cheryl Holding Eagle, Patti Porter, Bernice Oli-ver, Merle Rubish, Linda McDougall, Pauline Worner, Jim Stone, Yelena Arutyunov, Gloria Plummer, David Gripentrog, Lorraine Langseth, Randy Rittenour (Richardson’s son-in-law), Paula Frazier (Pam Nagel’s sister), Duren Moffet (Don’s brother), Shelly Muerer (Rich/Margaret Johnson’s niece), Gloria Wiederich (sister of Patti Porter & Chery Holding Eagle), Erica Rohman (Renee’s daughter)

Our Sympathy

Our sympathy to Jim and Karen Selken on the death of their daughter, Heather Leon.

Our sympathy to Bette Derry on the death of her brother, Kenneth Mueller.

Anderson’s Adventure to Kenya

Peder and Bonnie Anderson have been asked to help in Kenya for 2 months this summer. Their dates for flight travel are June 11 (leaving Fargo) and August 13 (leaving Nairobi, Kenya). They will be helping at an Infant Rescue Center called “Mahali pa Maisha” (Swahili for Place of Life). The directors, Dave and Jen Bell will be go-ing to the US and wanted extra helpers for while they were in the US. Bonnie visited the Bell’s and did check ups on the infants at the rescue center when she was in Kenya in 2014. The program she was with (Least of These- World Gospel Mission) partners with Mahali pa Maisha provid-ing care to vulnerable children. A huge answer to prayer is that Bonnie was able to renew her Kenya Registered Nurse license. Bonnie will be providing medical care for the infants and will care for new admissions of infants when they first arrive, to assess them and get them on a feeding schedule. There are currently 27 infants from newborn to age 2 at the center. Peder will help lead a Bible study for the male staff at Mahali pa Maisha. He will get to help with gar-dening but this time in a greenhouse (they have 3). There will be plenty of babies that will love getting attention from him too. Ways Evergreen can go alongside Peder and Bon-nie- The most important way to help is to pray! There are ladies that are sewing bibs and tag blankets. (Ask Bonnie for a pattern if you want to help). You could donate ei-ther the items or cash to purchase these 2 items that have been requested: ** Flintstone’s Complete Children’s Chewable vita-mins (only chewable, no gummies) ** Aquaphor healing ointment (either tube or jar) If you would like to help them financially please talk to Peder or Bonnie. They will be sharing a brief presentation during worship on May 12. To learn more about Mahali pa Maisha and their ministry, go to their website- http://www.mpmkenya.org/ If you would like to get email updates while Peder and Bonnie are in Kenya, please email Bonnie at bonlanderson@gmail.com

Remember Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 12

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Care

UMW News and Announcements By Kay Nelson Our Spring Bake Sale is almost upon us – Saturday, May 4 from 9 to 11 a.m. Please label your baked goods/candy/’jams & jellies/snack treats and leave them in the Fellowship Hall with a suggest-ed price attached, starting on Friday, May 3rd. Also, part of our sale includes the following items from an anonymous donor: lovely handbags, shoes, and scarves. The monies raised from sales and free will offerings from coffee and rolls go directly toward UMW mission projects.

Love Ribbons will be available before the church service on Mother’s Day, May 12. For a donation of $1, you can show your appreciation and love for the women (and men) in your life, with the ultimate goal of benefiting women and children’s mission projects right here in the Dakota’s Conference.

Our next general meeting of UMW will be held Thursday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. Alinda Bassingthwaite will present a program, “Persistent Women”. Hope Circle will host.

It’s time to be setting aside the dates, July 18-21 for Mission u in Jamestown, ND. It is a great time of worship, fellowship, and education for the many ways UMW missions and works. We stay on the campus of Jamestown University and have easy access to our classes and food. Please consider join-ing us! Registration forms are available.

May Circle Meetings: Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 p.m., Joy Circle Tuesday, May 21, 9:30 a.m., Hope Circle Tuesday, May 21, 1:30 p.m., Sunshine Circle

3. Jen Tyler

4. Jan Moore

7. Keven Krueger

7. Aubree Lutgen

8. Nick Bladow

8. Duane Werner

8. Brady Sande

9. Wayne & Dianne Millar*

10. Trisha Levery

10. Darwin & Kim Bladow*

10. Benjamin Lutgen

11. Paul & Renee Drewlow*

12. John & Denise Eastin*

13. John Dassenko

15. Fern Bailey

16. Bill Jongbloed

16. Patti Porter

16. Wayne & Lori Mohs*

18. Janet Dotzenrod

18. Amanda Jaixen

19. Dale Poppen

19. Hattie Dockter

20. Tom Moore

22. Cliff Draeger

25. Carol Abbott

25. Colin Olson

27. Damian Bailey

28. Wayne Gripentrog

28. Elliott Stone

Evergreen Celebrates May

Birthdays and Anniversaries

100th Birthday Celebration Honoring June Edwards

Sunday, June 2

2-4 pm @ Evergreen UMC Lunch & Open House

Monthly Offering

Through April 21:

$20,611.23

Monthly Need:

$20,140.00

Worship Time will

remain at 10 am

for the summer

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Monthly Offering:

Ahhh, Summer. I know I probably say it every year, but it’s hard to believe summer is already upon us. It also feels like it’s about time — I don’t know about you, but I’ve been ready for winter to wrap up for quite some time now! Longing for winter has brought forth one of my favorite activities: dreaming of summer adventures! I am looking forward to some hiking and camping and long bike rides. To road trips and sunshine and warm water amidst friends and family and laughter. I love summer. That’s why this summer, I want to invite you to join me: as a church, we’re going on a road trip together! Not just any road trip, though… and not even the kind you have to sit in a car for long hours for. Instead, in the spirit of summer, we’re going to go on our own little road trip: a Sunday sermon series titled, “Summer Road Trip through the Bible.” Starting May 19, we’re going to jump into reading the Bible together by reading the first few chapters of Genesis as we talk about how we’re “Created for Community.” Then, we’ll spend the whole summer working through much of the Bible (in the order the books appear). While we won’t be able to hit every story/character, we’re going to do our best to hit the highlights, all the way to the book of Revelation (which we’ll talk about in August). Our “Summer Road Trip through the Bible” will not only be our Sunday sermon se-ries (did you see worship is staying at 10am all summer!?), but it will also be our guide for our 6pm Wednesday Bible Study, starting May 22. Want to join in the fun, even if you’re on your own road trips? We have ways for you to do that, too! Come to church on May 19 to get Road Trip Kit to take on your summer adventures with you. As a church we’ll then be collecting (and sharing!) photos and sto-ries of our own summer road trips. I can’t wait to hear how our Biblical characters come alive and keep you company, wherever you may go!

Whether your adventures lead you far away, or you never leave Rich-land/Wilkin counties: I can’t wait to see where our road trips take us. That’s why we’re starting with our first big adventure together: be sure to bring your bike to church on May 19th for our Bike Blessing, and we’ll take a ride to the park together as we kick off summer ad-ventures and look forward to all that is yet to come. Looking forward to embarking on these new adventures together, Pastor Jen

Pastoral Letter

May, 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

5:30 pm, Meal

6 pm, Wednes-

day School

6:30 pm, Youth

Group

2

9 am, Sewing Day

3

Donut Mak-

ing

4

Bake Sale

& Donuts

with

Rolls &

Coffee

9 - 11 am

5

9 am, Coffee

10 am, Worship

6

7

8

5:30 pm, Meal

6 pm, Wednes-

day School

6:30 pm, Youth

Group

9

9 am, Sewing Day

7 pm, UMW

Meeting

7 pm, Staff-Parish

Optimist Bike

Rodeo will be

held @ EUMC

10 11

11 am, Me-

morial Ser-

vice for Brad

Backer at

EUMC

12

9 am, Coffee

10 am, Worship

13 14

6:30 pm, Joy

Circle

15

16

9 am, Sewing Day

17

18

19

9 am, Coffee

10 am, Worship

(Bike Blessing—

ride your bike

to church)

20

7 pm, Leader-

ship Teams

Mtg.

21

9:30 am, Hope

Circle

1:30 pm, Sun-

shine Circle

22

6 pm, Summer

Bible Study

Starts

23 24

Newsletter

article deadline

25

26

9 am, Coffee

10 am, Worship

1 pm, WHS

Graduation

27

Church Office

Closed

28 29

6 pm, Summer

Bible Study

30

12:30 pm, News-

letter folding

31

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Office Hours: 8 am to 3 pm

Phone: 701-642-6202

Pastor Jen: pastor@evergreenumc.com

Julie McGovern, Adm. Asst:

office@evergreenumc.com

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Children’s News By Becky Dockter

We are coming to the end of our season for children’s school at Evergreen! The last night of Wednesday School and meal will be May 8th. Our transition to Wednesday evenings seems to have been a success, with more of our kids being able to come on a consistent basis. It has been so fun to gather for a meal on Wednesday nights with families and church members- thank you to all who have taught lessons, organized and served the meals! I know for me, hav-ing one meal a week that is planned for us is such a blessing. We were able to use grant money to help fund the meals since January, and will be looking for ways to financially sustain this program in the future. Look for registration forms for VBS in this newsletter (page 7) and at the church. We will again be partnering with Breckenridge UMC, Bethel Luther-an, and Breckenridge Lutheran churches to put on this program. This year’s theme is ROAR: Life is Wild, God is Good! Bethel will be the host church this year. VBS dates are June 10-13, with a meal served from 4:45-5:30 and activities running from 5:30-8:00. Last year we had about 70 kids, making for lots of fun through-out the week! Suggested registration per child is $10, but we never want the cost to prohibit participa-tion. All kids age 4 thru entering 5th grade (2019-20 school year) are welcome! Registrations can be turned in to the church office.

Mission News By Jan Moore

The Back Pack Project is always in need of donations. In August 2013, the Missions

Committee embraced the idea of “One Thing” which represents the collection of one designated item each month for a worthwhile cause. Our main goal since the conception of the idea has been to collect food items that are used during the school year in the Back Pack Project. This program sends easy to fix food items home with grade school age children each Friday to supplement their diets for the week-ends when they do not receive school meals. Look for the totes in the Fellowship Hall for your donation. During the month of MAY the “ONE THING” collec-tion is:

INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED PUDDING CUPS

Thank you to everyone who has helped with donations to the Back Pack Pro-ject. During the month of April we collected 16 jars of peanut butter; 7 boxes of macaroni and cheese; 2 boxes of Jell-o; 132 fruit cups; 36 applesauce cups; and 6 parfait cups. Items that could not be used by the Backpack Program are donated to the Richland-Wilkin Food Pantry. Thank you for your support of this ministry!! Evergreen collect donations amounting to $433.94 for The Richland-Wilkin Relay for Life (American Cancer Society). We truly are a church of action, thank you for your support in the fight against cancer. Two short mission trips were accomplished during April, under the direction of Harris Bailey, to Raymond, South Dakota, to assist in packing solar ovens. THANK YOU to all who gave of their time. Wesley Acres is promoting the days of May 11 and May 18 to clean up the grounds in prepara-tion for the upcoming camping season. If you are interested in going please give your name and phone number to the Church Office along with the date(s) you wish to go. We will coordinate to arrange car-pools.

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

― Francis of Assisi

Solar Oven Group: Renee Rohman, Jean Rubish, Colin Bailey, Harris Bailey, Dianne Millar, Peder Anderson and Wayne Millar.

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Registration Form (One Per Child)

Vacation Bible School will be June 10-13

Preschool-entering 5th grade

Bethel Lutheran Church

607 6th Street N

Wahpeton ND

Supper 4:45-5:20 pm

VBS 5:30-8:00 pm

(registration deadline June 3, 2019)

Child’s name: ________________________________________Child’s gender: ____________

Child’s age: _______ Last school grade completed: ________

Special Information: (food allergies, special needs, etc.) ___________________________________

Name of parent(s): ____________________________________________________________________

Home address: ______________________________________________________________________

Parent/caregiver’s cellphone: (_______) __________________________________________________

Home church: _______________________________________________________________________

Photo Release: Pictures may be taken of your child while at VBS. These pictures may be posted on the partici-

pating churches websites or Facebook pages.

_____I give VBS permission to take and use my child’s picture.

_____I do not want my child’s picture take.

*We are asking for $10.00 per child donation with a $30.00 max per family!

Please return registration forms along with any donations to one of the following churches:

Bethel Lutheran Breckenridge Lutheran Evergreen United Methodist United Methodist

607 6th Street N 301 6th Street N 1120 Evergreen Ct. 910 Main Street

Wahpeton, ND Breckenridge, MN Wahpeton, ND Breckenridge, MN

701-642-4472 218-643-4894 701-642-6202 218-643-5158

EVERGREEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

1120 EVERGREEN COURT

WAHPETON, ND 58075

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

US POSTAGE PAID

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WAHPETON, ND 58075

Bring your bike to church on May 19th for our Bike Blessing, and we’ll take a ride to the park

together following worship as we kick off summer adventures and look forward to all that is yet to

come.

Our “Summer Road Trip through

the Bible” will not only be our Sunday sermon series but it will also be our guide

for our 6pm Wednesday Bible Study, starting May 22.