Forbes United Methodist Church

October 2019

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Halloween Carnival at Forbes! Forbes would love to treat the community to a sfae environment for Halloween fun with a carnival! Your help is needed for this first-time event to be a success! When: Sunday, October 27th, 4-6:00 pm How can you help? Thank you for asking! What’s needed: -Ideas for 10 booths. Please submit your ideas, and offer to help if you can. Ideas already gathered include a Cupcake Walk, Fish Pond, Face Painting, a Trick-or-Treat booth.. please add your ideas! -People to work at the booths. (Do you love working with makeup to paint girls or boys designs on faces?)

-Gifts for the games...small gifts. Dollar store purchases that have several toys in each package to be used individually (bags of balls, cars, dolls, etc.)

-Cupcakes...kids love sprinkles and lots of frosting!

-Candy, of course! Kids love getting candy on Halloween! To keep it easy for parent, I’ll create gift bags of candy for the kids.

-People to help set up and take down/clean up (shouldn’t be too messy).

-Should we have a hot dog, chips and juice bar for purchase?

-Cash donations accepted to purchase items.

Depending on booth ideas, the list may change on what is needed.

Please email Denise MdDougall at DeniseMMcD@aol.com or call/text 218-343-4119 with your ideas and offers to help!

Thank you! Together we can treat our community to a couple of hours of safe fun. Only with your help will we be able to hold this fund event!

Pastor Karen’s Office hours: Tues. 11-1:00 pm Wed. by appointment Cell: 507-219-0258 Email: vashto@mac.com

Crystal’s Office hours: Tuesday/Wednesday 9:30-2:00 pm T: 218-624-9390 Cell: 218-343-7924 Email: forbesumc33@gmail.com Website: www.forbesproctor.net

Worship in October 10:00 am Worship, coffee and fellowship follows

October 6 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Communion

Lamentations 1:1-6 Psalm 137

2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10

October 13 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Psalm 66:1-12

2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19

October 20 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:97-104

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8

October 27 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Reformation Sunday

Joel 2:23-32 Psalm 65

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14

November 1 All Saints Day

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Psalm 149

Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31

November 3 All Saints Sunday Holy Communion

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Psalm 119:137-144

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Luke 19:1-10

November 10 Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38

Prayers

If you feel spiritually led and would like to take part in intercessory prayer, please contact our prayer chain ministry at Forbes. Please pray about this decision and if you decide at any time that you would like to be on the prayer chain, contact any of the following: Betty K. Johnson (624-5325), Mary Ann Suliin (624-5543), Florence Bonkowske, Nancy Kalland, Nancy Krause, Phyllis Jensen, or Roberta Kephart. Prayer is very powerful. All requests are kept confidential. Remember those who are in nursing home and assisted living residences: Dennis Lonke, Viewcrest Health Center, 3111 Church Place #206, Duluth, MN 55811 Dorothy Drazich, Primrose, 724 Maple Grove Rd. #235, Duluth, MN 55811 Bev Semmelroth, 724 Maple Grove Rd. #127, Duluth, MN 55811 Cathy Burton, Acute Rehab Center, 5th Floor, West Bank, 2512 7th St., #541, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Phone 612-273-8282 Prayers go out to our Church Family: Cathy Burton, John Rogalla, Laura Condon, Dennis Lonke, and Bev Semmelroth, (Please notify the church office if you would like your name deleted or added.) Please pray for those serving our Country and for the United Methodist Mission, Missionaries, Deaconesses, and Mission Personnel serving around the Globe.

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Our Sympathies to the family of John Rogalla who passed away on September 6, 2019. The Celebra-tion of Life service was held at Forbes on September 13, 2019.

United Methodist Women

According to The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, “In every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women. The UMW is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole person through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global

ministries of the church. Membership shall be open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong and to participate in the global mission of the Church through United Methodist Women.”

New UMW Website: www.umwonline.net Tips and help-UMW is reconfiguring and streamlining their online communities. UMW Exec. Board: Monday, October 14th at 10:00 am UMW Gathering: Thursday, October 10th at 12:30 pm UMW Gathering meets on Thursday, October 10th in the fellowship room at 12:30 pm, JoAnn Lorenz and Mary Kivisto are hostesses. Fellowship and coffee at 1:00 pm with a program to follow.

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October Birthdays

10/2 Walker Ettestad John Parmeter 10/3 Doug Kalland Wynter Bushnell 10/4 Lori Anderson 10/5 Chrissy Thiry 10/6 Wesley Thiry 10/7 Madeline Juntunen 10/8 Trista Ward 10/15 Scott Kellett 10/24 William Strom 10/28 Marty Chapinski 10/29 Mickey Olson 10/31 Jo Cook

October Craft Sale Coming!! Saturday, October 26th is coming fast, and you are ALL INVITED to join us for the 10th Annual Craft Sale and Bazaar! It’s a busy day, and there is a lots to do. If you want to get involved greeting, or working at the craft table contact Betty Johnson. If you want to work in the kitchen contact Carol Lonke. If there is some other job you would like to help with contact Judy Ziegler. If you can’t work that day, we still need people provide baked

goods, crafts, or produce from their gardens. These you can drop off Friday, October 25, either in the morning about 10:00 am, or from 5:30-7:00 pm., or early Saturday morning. We will once again have our fabulous turkey soup luncheon! Put it on your calendar and stop in for lunch and to do some shopping. We have an awesome group of crafters signed up, and I am sure you will find something either for yourself, or to use as a gift. Invite your friends, and spend some time eating and shopping together! We are always looking for ways to “get the word out”. If you have a Facebook page, or other electronic means of communication please “plug” this event! Thanks for your support. Remember every cent that UMW brings in from this vent goes toward mission projects.

Men of ACT Tailgate Party At Community of Christ Church at noon on Sunday, October 13th.

Viking vs. Eagles!! Bring anything you would like to share, there will be food and beverages. See you at the game.

Men’s Fellowship/Maintenance Day Our next fellowship coffee and maintenance day is Tuesday, November 5th from 9-12:00 pm. Mark your calendar and join us for fellowship (Coffee time the first hour) and work following if you are able.

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Kwik Trip Gift card and Car Wash cards will be on sale in the Narthex October 6th and 20th or by contacting Walt Kephart direct. Great gift for your favorite person! Thank you for your participation!

Pasties! Pasties! You can’t wait….I know...You can’t wait to serve up a fresh warm pastie that you can will help make. This is your chance to shine! Come join the fun! Mark your calendars for Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th.

If you want to help us prep we will need you Friday and if you want to make and bake plan to show up Saturday but, I am sure most of you will want to participate both days.

You can start taking orders from family and friends as well as co-workers anytime. Price will be the same at $4.50 each for veggie or pork/beef filled.

The worker’s board will go up at the back of the church later in September so you can get the job of your dreams. Order sheets will be there too.

Remember- “Service to others is the rent you pay for the room here on earth!” Mohammad Ali

Re-boot Forbes has been operating without a Finance Committee for some time. The idea of not having a Finance Committee was most members of the Finance Committee were also members of the Administration Council. At the time, there seemed to be a waste of volunteer’s time and energy. What we have found was that the Administrative Council did not have enough time to have thoughtful and concentrated financial discussions. To focus on Forbes’ financial responsibilities and the Administrative Council this month re-established (re-booted) the Finance committee and they have begun to meet. Their major focus for the re-boot will be improved communications with congregational members and to address the budget shortfalls.

Your Adoption is Complete Congratulations on your successful adoption of two sections of roadway in Proctor. Each spring and fall church members tackle roadside clean up (or adoption) on parts of St. Louis River Road and Second Avenue. On September 28th, 13 members tackled roadside cleanup of the road-ways and were very successful. Our adoption team this fall included: Flo Bonkowske, Carol Lonke, Kaylee Knight, Daulton Knight, Emma Bobbitt, Mary Knight, Pat Pirnie, jack Baker, Troy Bobbitt, Walt and Roberta Kephart, and Chuck and Donna Froseth. Thanks to all who participated and to all who gave us support.

Enjoy the Convenience of Electronic Giving Forbes wants to remind you that we offer electronic giving as a way to automate your regular weekly offering. Electronic giving offers convenience for individual congregation members and provides much-needed donation consistency for our congregation. Applications forms are available on the table in the narthex. Sign up today.

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The Proctor Food Shelf thanks Forbes for their continued support. In September, 194 pounds of food was donated. Thank you! Food shelf items needed include: flour, sugar, pastas, spaghetti sauce, boxed dinners, stuffing mixes, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, cake mixes, and shampoo and conditioner

What is this? You may have noticed a white board near the entry way into the narthex. This is just another means of communi-cation with church members. Currently we communicate with members using the Sunday bulletin, the Messenger, Facebook, our website, direct email to members, post office mailings, flyers on the bulletin boards, face to face con-tact and announcement at Sunday Ser-vice. The idea of the white board is to post upcoming meetings, church events and update on what happened the previous week. Please do not use the white board for things like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and other personal items. If you have an appropriate item, please add it. If and item is out of date, please erase it. Let’s give it a try and see how it works.

Water Filter Project Judy Ziegler What an amazing and humbling experience it was to go to Kenya and help with the distribution of the water filters that our church purchased! Altogether, between Missions, UMW, circles, and individuals we raised almost $1,000! Between the ones we provided, and others donated to SPIN (Serving People In Need) we were able to take 110 filters with us to Kenya. We arrived in the village of Eburro to find a line of people waiting for us, and three small boys, who appointed themselves the Welcoming committee, front and center. (These three curious little guys were everywhere we turned, including climbing into the Land Cruiser with Hart at one point) Sue met with Father Francis (a native Kenyan who spent 15 years in the Duluth, Hibbing, and Cross Lake areas) and the village elders to explain how we were going to proceed. The other four of us; Marcia Senerau, Michael Bussa, Hart, and I were a little appre-hensive of what was to come, but also excited. Sue has done this before and has it down pat. First she gave a demonstration to the whole village. Then we went to our stations. Hart manned the label station. Every bucket has to have a label so we know there will be a filter for it. We did-n’t want to drill a hole in a bucket and find out there weren’t enough filters. That would be very wasteful. The villagers had to provide their own 5 gallon plastic bucket ( about $2.50) which for many of them is a real financial stretch. This gives them ownership in the project. Michael manned the drilling station. Marcia and I showed the villagers how to put the filters together and put one on each bucket. Swahili is the first language in Kenya, but most people also speak some English. We had translators who helped those who didn’t speak English well enough, and of course they helped each other too. Sue did the important job of teaching each of them how to clean the filter. As long as they are kept clean the filters should last indefinitely, and provide clean water for cooking and drinking. We worked with a person from each family individually. As I worked my “teacher mode” kicked in and I kept apologizing and telling them I was used to teaching children, not adults. They had a good sense of humor and laughed with me. (But darn it, I wanted to be sure they under-stood each step and what we were doing so I was very specific.) The villagers were excited, and anxious to learn. It went so smoothly that I couldn’t believe it when we finished… I kept look-ing around for another suitcase of filters! It was an amazing feel-ing to look around and realize that we, through your generosity, and the generosity of others, were able to provide safe, clean water for the whole village! We had given out 103 filters. That left us with 7 filters. We gave those to our driver, Hesborn. Sue had worked with Hesborn, and given him a filter on her last trip. He had given that filter to his parents, and their whole village was using that one filter! Their village is small, too. It’s also has about 100 families. Hmmmmm…. there was some whispering among our group. Maybe that should be the next village SPIN visits? We, all of us, are so fortunate. It’s easy, and I know I am guilty of it, to take things for granted and assume they are our due. Clean water, electricity, cars, a solid roof over our heads are things we just assume will be there for us. It was quite an experience to be in a country where this just isn’t true for a majority of the popula-tion. I thank God for an opportunity to experience something so different from my norm.

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Confirmation meets Wednesdays from 7-8:00 pm. Please contact Pastor Karen with any questions at vashto@mac.com or 507-219-0258

Kid’s Church meets Wednesdays from 5:45-6:45 pm for kids of all ages. Help is always wel-come and needed. Please contact Dorothy Bernard with any questions.

FORBES’ MEMBERS - PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO READ THIS – Very Important – Healthy Church Initiative Notice. Please keep these dates open for the following HCI events. The Self-Study is almost complete. Time to mark your calendars for Consultation Weekend… Friday, Saturday & Sunday - December 6th - 7th - 8th - Consultation Weekend - Friday - December 6, 2019 –

8am - Prayer where ever you are, ask God to breakthrough to all involved in the HCI process & show us the way.

8:30am to 4:15pm – 30-45” interviews with Pastor Karen, paid employees and church leaders. Break for lunch.

5pm – Supper out to include consultation team from UMC Conference along with Pastor Karen & her spouse John.

7pm-8:30pm – Focus Group (see note below) Focus Group representing a cross-section of the congregation, excluding, pastor, staff, relatives of staff or members in leadership roles. If you would be willing to be a part of this group or have suggestions as to who we should invite, please let Troy Bobbitt or Donna Froseth know as soon as possible. This is a very important part of the consultation weekend. Saturday -December 7, 2019 - Exact times to be determined.

Leadership Teaching – Morning Session – 3 hours Three hour Leadership Teaching Workshop open to entire congregation. All paid employees and leadership of the congregation are requested to be present. The consultation teams states as follows: “This is a must-attend meeting for staff and leaders in order for attitudes and commitment to mission to be developed. This is also a chance for the congregational members to give their input to the consultation team, so encourage as many people as possible to attend.” Snacks will be provided.

Church Council Focus Group – Lunch Session – two hours Two-hour Church Council Focus Group with lunch for all participants and the consultation team.

Consultation Team Drafts initial report – After Saturday sessions, consultation team meets to draft initial report to Vision/Leadership Team. Sunday - December 8, 2019 –

Service @ 10am with consultation team in attendance. Meal with Vision/Leadership Team to lay out plan from the consultation team with discussion en-

couraged. Consultation team will lay out the following orally - 5 strengths – 5 concerns – 5 strategic recommendations –

A written report will be made available to the congregation as a whole two to three weeks following the consultation weekend of December 6, 7 and 8th. As members of Forbes we are all instrumental in this process. Pray for a breakthrough from God to reveal his plan. Thank you for listening and being a part of this very important process. You are appreciated!

Upcoming HCI meetings Mark your calendars for these HCI meetings. Opinions welcome. Tuesday, September 3rd at 9:00 am—Team 2 to work on Self-Study

Wednesday, September 11th at 6:30 pm — Teams 1 and 2 discussion with the congregation

Saturday, September 21st, 10-3:00 pm — HCI Training in Bloomington, MN “Unleashing Leaders and the Missioactional Church”

October 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9-12:00 pm Men’s Maintenance

2 5:30 pm Choir 5:45-6:45 pm Kids Church 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

3 4 5 10:00 am Sunshine Praise Band Rehearsal 12:00 pm Potato Luncheon Setup

6 10:00 am Worship 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

Kwik Trip cards on sale

7 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

8 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

9 12:30 pm Missions mtg. 5:30 pm Choir 5:45-6:45 pm Kids Church 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

10 12:30 pm UMW Gathering 10-3:00 pm HCI Pastors Cohort mtg. in mpls.

11 12 10:00 am Sunshine Praise Band Rehearsal

13 10:00 am Worship 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education TPUMMS Corn maze Youth Event

14 10:00 am UMW Exec. Board mtg. 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

15 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

16 5:30 pm Choir 5:45-6:45 pm Kids Church 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

17 6:00 pm Admin. Council

18 Pastie Prep

19 Pastie Sale

20 10:00 am Worship 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

Kwik Trip cards on sale

21 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

22 5:30-8:45 pm Driver’s Education

23 10-1:00 pm Food Shelf 5:30 pm Choir 5:45-6:45 pm Kids Church 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

24 Bazaar set-up

25 Bazaar set-up 9:30 am Lois Circle

26 UMW Bazaar

27 10:00 am Worship

28 6:00 pm Finance Circle

29 30 5:30 pm Choir 5:45-6:45 pm Kids Church 7-8:00 pm Confirmation

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Forbes United Methodist Church 33 Grove St. Proctor, MN 55810

Our vision is to be an open, trusting, accepting community for all ages where God’s Spirit and a Christ-like attitude invite us to risk, try new things,

and grow in love and compassion.