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Fourth Avenue United

Methodist Church

June 2017 Volume 2, Issue 6

June Fourth Teller Special points of interest:

Graduation Sunday

Vacation Bible School

UMW—Speaker

Nicholas Sonpon

Farewell to the

McEachrans

Hello to the Ciesluk’s

Inside this issue:

Soup Luncheon News

Worship Events

Committees Meet

2

Christian Pipers

Breakfast at Bernies

2

Vacation Bible School

Youth in the News

Worship Online

3

Special Notices

Thank you

Sympathy

4

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Prayer Chain

Upper Room

4

UMW events 5

VBS Advertisement 6

Upcoming Worship Events & Committee Meetings

Thank You to All Soup Luncheon Helpers!

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June 4—Communion Sunday; Apportionment Giving Graduation Sunday June 11—Last Sunday for Pastors John & Judy McEachran Farewell Reception after Worship Service June 18—Father’s Day—Rev. Gordon Orde preaching June 25—Pastor Greg Ciesluk preaching

June 1—Trustees—6:30 PM June 5—UMW Executive Board—1:00 PM—Parlor June 6 & 20—Breakfast at Bernies 7:00 AM —Everyone invited. June 8—M & M Circle June 9 & 10—Loken/Hale Wedding June 23—Mission Sewing—School Bags—9:30 AM Fellowship Hall Contact Kelly Landsverk to share your Special Summer Music on any given Sunday.

Our Methodist breakfast

group meets every first

and third Tuesday at:

Bernie’s Grill

129 Central Avenue

Join us at 7:00 AM

Meet June 6th and 20th

Christian Pipers

Super Heroes Wear Capes - 4th

Avenue “Soup”er Heroes Wear Aprons! In last month’s Fourth Teller, our secretary, Catherine, shared some stats regarding the success of this year’s Lenten Soup Luncheons. We have one more stat to announce: the net profit total this year was $18,021.23!! Kathy DuChene, our church treasurer, sends her thanks for boosting our bank ac-count. We also collected $296 for the Food Shelf in addition to the groceries that were donated. A plethora of activities and hard work happen between the first planning meeting to the actual serving of the soup on Fridays. The fellowship and comradery shared is so worth it. MANY THANKS go to everyone who helped in any way to make this year’s soup luncheons a HUGE success. Next year marks the 20

th year of Soup Luncheons served at 4

th Avenue!

That is quite a milestone. This is an event that our community looks forward to with great anticipation every year! Thank you again for everything! God is smiling down on 4

th Avenue Unit-

ed Methodist Church which is not only a great place to worship but also a great place to enjoy some mighty tasty soup!

Chris Schiffer, Kelly Landsverk & Irene Eiler, co-chairs

Interested in provid-ing special music this summer? There is a sign-up sheet hanging by the large bulletin board near the parking lot door where you can secure a Sun-day to share your musi-cal talents (or maybe a friend or relative who might be visiting you this summer would like to be a part of our wor-ship service). Solos, duets, trios, quartets, or instrumental numbers would enhance our summer services as the choir takes a break for the summer. Please sign up! Contact me if you need help arrang-ing accompaniment, etc. Hope to see you (and hear you!) this summer! Kelly Landsverk, Choir Direc-tor 507-334-3202 or 507-330-2840

I want to thank everyone

who helped make the

Christian Pipers’ a posi-

tive and enjoyable year.

It is greatly appreciated

by your fellow Pipers.

Thank you.

Phyllis Borchert.

Breakfast at Bernies

Youth in the News

Vacation Bible School 2017

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Worship services

online!

www.fourthaveumc

.org

click on the “VIDEO”

menu—

OR on HOME page

Scroll down

right side -

see options for the

worship service.

OR go to

YouTube and search for

4th Avenue UMC to find

several videos—choir,

special music, and entire

worship services.

High School: Christian Weber: Christian has been a part of the Fari-bault High School automotive repair program. He has passed his Automo-tive Service Excellence (ASE) certification tests in brakes, steering, and suspension. (Faribault Daily News 5/24/2017) Jamie Smisek: Jamie was confirmed at Fourth Avenue UMC. She is the niece of Karen Shimmin and is on the B honor roll. College: Ben Speiker will graduate May 27th from Bethel College with a degree in Communications with emphasis on Social Interaction. He has applied for a Masters in Family Counseling.

Amanda Weber graduated May 5th from Winona State University with a

degree in Criminal Justice. She is currently living in Rochester and work-

ing at a Bridal Shop. She has her application in at Rochester Juvenile

Probations and at a Women's Shelter.

Carissa Orr graduated last December with a degree in some phase of Criminal Justice. She has not found a job in that field yet.

Theme: HERO CENTRAL

Dates: August 7 – 11

Time: 5:00 – 7:15 PM

Place: Hope United Methodist

This year Fourth Avenue UMC and Hope UMC are sponsoring Hero Central to-

gether. Parents, mark your calendars for these dates! We would like students to

be preregistered. Look for more information to come.

Each member, parent and/or child can be a hero! We need not only students,

leaders, and helpers, but we need YOU as a prayer partner.

During VBS, can you help us one or more evenings? We need Bible story-

tellers, guides, leaders for science, crafts, music, recreation, and missions. No

United Methodist gathering is complete without food. Since we plan to start the

evening with a light meal, kitchen help is also needed.

For more information or to volunteer please

contact Kirsten Strnad at 507.332.8293 or

danishchick43@gmail.com

You can be God’s

hero, too!

God’s Heroes have

Heart! Wisdom! Courage! Hope! Power!

Youth in the News—Graduates— Congratulations!

A Honor Roll 6th Grade; Ella Prange, 9th Grade; Chloe Kucera, 10th Grade; Andy Prange, 11th Grade; Brody Kucera. B Honor Roll 7th Grade; Aubrey Hatfield, 12th Grade; Jamie Smisek

Dustin Caron 15

Sara DuChene-Boyd 15

Miles Schiffer 15

Zachary Morris 16

Frank Matejcek 17

Dale Hauptli 17

Nicholas Sonpon 18

Nathan Rosett 21

Darlene Nichols 23

Kathie Vrieze 23

Dan Kucera 24

Jonathon Hatfield 25

Joe Purfeerst 27

Raymond Schulz 29

June

BIRTHDAYS

Parker Morrow 01

Alysha Steinberg 01

Jean Bauernfeind 06

Christopher Schiffer 07

Lloyd Holling 08

Katie Hatfield 09

Cody VanDerVeen 10

Nicholas Speiker 12

Amanda Weber 12

Catherine Williams 12

Clay Pecore 13

Comfort Sonpon 13

June

ANNIVERSARIES

Dale & Karen Doehling 01

Cody & Kari VanDerVeen 07

Leon & Elaine Dibble 10

James & LuAnn Heyer 14

Robert & Sharon Nelson 14

Lloyd & Alta Holling 25

Cody & Julie OMalley 27

Special Notices

June Birthdays/Anniversaries

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Thank You

Our Sympathies to the Mavis

Twiehoff family who passed away

May 22nd. She was a long time

member. Memorial Service June 23.

Thank you to Trustee, Robert Nel-

son, who put up the new signs in the

hallway directing those entering from

the east parking lot

and from 4th Avenue

to the sanctuary,

restroom, & nursery.

Upper Room May/June2017

The Upper Room

devotional booklet

includes daily

reading of the

scriptures & a

brief life story.

Stop by the Annex

to pick one up.

Donation - $1.00.

If you have a birthday or

anniversary this month, &

do not see your name,

please let the office know.

Prayer Chain

If you need prayer for

any reason, there is an

active group in our

congregation commit-

ted to praying for you.

Contact Carole Evans

at 507-334-1957 or e-

mail her at carole-

annjean@gmail.com.

Our Sympathies to the family of

Laura Lavine. She worshiped with us

from January until her untimely

accident on Hwy 35.

We are so deeply touched by your generous dona-

tion to Supply Our Children. The gift will directly im-

pact over 1,200 youth in Faribault, their families, and

our schools. It means so much to the success of the

community and the futures of our students. We are

so very lucky to have caring community members

like your congregation in Faribault. Your dedication

to youth and those in need is admirable. With much

thanks, Martha and the Supply Our Children Team.

Congratulations to Keith Stoos and Linda Hellevik as they tied the

knot on May 7th, uniting their lives together before God.

Thank You

Dear Fourth Avenue UMC,

We appreciate the gift of

money. We used it to cele-

brate the hard working stu-

dents in our program. We

look forward to working with

you again in the future.

Minnesota State Academy for

the Blind

June Fourth Teller

United Methodist Women (UMW)

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M and M Circle will be meeting in the church Parlor, Thursday June 8th at 1:00 PM. All interested members are invited to hear our Methodist friend, Nickolas Sonpon, speak and answer our questions about Liberia and his family's immigration to the United States. Carolyn Minshall will be the hostess.

May 11th, a group of UMW women got together to cut out 120 school bags for the Midwest Mission Distribution Center. We have about one third of the bolt left. On Wednesday, June 21 at 9:30 we will gather in the Fellowship Hall to finish cutting the material. Please bring good cutting scissors.

Special thanks to Dorothy Orde who helped organize our session & to every-one else who helped with the first cutting. Bag kits to be sewn are in the coat room across from the upstairs parlor. They are in bags of 10 with directions included. Return them to the coat room when finished. This is an all church project and any women who sews is welcome to help. ***Note: WE ARE IN NEED OF COTTON FABRIC FOR THE POCKETS. Please call Carolyn at 332 8683 if you have material scraps.

July 13, 2:30 PM is the pie party to be held at Pleasant View Estates.

August 10th M & M Circle meets at the church 4:30 PM for a pot luck. Liz Hartman will present a program on Israel/Palestine; where she visited last year.

Mission U in St. Cloud, MN July 14-16th. Cindy Saufferer from Blooming Grove United Methodist will be one of the instructors. Pastor Sharon Nelson is the interim minister at Cindy's church.

UMW Supports this Amendment: All Interested UMW women and UM members: There will be a pro-posed amendment to the United Methodist Church Constitution at the general conference! It states:

“In the United Methodist Church, no conference or other organizational unit of the Church shall be struc-tured so as to exclude any member or constituent body of the Church because of race, color, national origin, ABILITY or economic condition, nor shall any member be denied access to an equal place in the life, worship, and governance of the Church because of race, color, GENDER, national origin, ABILITY, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, or economic condition.” (words in capital letters to be added). These amending words are supported by the United Methodist Women, the Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW), the General Commission on Discipleship and the DisAbility Ministries Commit-tee of the UMC.

The 2016 General Conference approved the additions and now, because it's the UMC Constitution we're talking about, the additional wording will need to be approved by 2/3 of the voting delegate members of the annual conferences throughout the world. No amendments will be allowed.

*** Fourth Ave United Methodist Women had a very nice memorial gift from Lois Headline,

Irene Eiler's sister. Irene gave a nice tribute to her sister who lived her life to the fullest and volunteered

many hours in Rochester at the Mayo Clinic. Thank you to the Headline family.

UMW Dates for 2017

June 8—Nicholas Sonpon, speaker

June 21—Mission Sewing

July 13—Summer Pie Party

August 10—Pot Luck—4:30 at church

District & Conference

July 14-16—MN Mission u - Kelly Inn, St. Cloud, MN

August 16—River Valley Dist. Mini-Mission

September 16—RV Dist. Annual Meeting

October 7—MN Conference UMW Annual Meeting

Fourth Avenue United

Methodist Church

219 4th Ave NW

Faribault, MN

55021-5170

www.fourthaveumc.org

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Pastors:

Pastor Judy McEachran

Phone: 651.246.7033

Pastor John McEachran

Phone: 651.303.3453

Contact for Church Office &

Fourth Teller Editor:

Catherine Williams

Office Email:

fourthaveumcoffice@gmail.com

Phone: 507-334-4308

Office Hours: 9:00-1:00 pm

Monday-Thursday

Choir Director: Kelly Landsverk

Piano/Guitar: Doug Madow

Drums: Kelly Shimmin

Bass: Chris Schiffer

Nursery Attendant: Kim Luedke

Custodian: Mark Ackmann

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Bible Study Groups

June 2017 Fourth Teller

Vacation Bible School (VBS) Coming August 7-11!

Bible Stories in Hero Central

Samuel Anoints David

Abigail Saves the Day

Jesus Goes to the Temple

Beatitudes

Pentecost

God’s Heroes have

Heart! Wisdom! Courage!

Hope! Power!