ST. ANDREW’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

NEWSLETTER

1004 Rock Road, De Soto, MO 63020 • PHONE: 636-586-2472 • EMAIL: standrews1004@sbcglobal.net

Adult Bible Study, Tuesdays 1:30 PM: • Morning Worship: 10:30 AM • Children’s Church 10:30 AM

Web Page: www.standrewsumcdesoto.org

K. Darlene Payne, Pastor Marietta J. Martin, Ministry Assistant

Vol. 27, No. 7 July 16, 2014

Greetings in the Name of the Lord:

A teenager once asked a lonely old man, “What’s life’s heaviest burden?” The old fellow answered sadly, “To have nothing to carry.” And as Christians, God has graciously given all of us something to carry. Are we carrying it?

In the Book of Jonah we see a person who was called by God to proclaim God’s message to a great city named Nineveh. “The word of the Lord came to Jonah...“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come before me,” but instead of doing what the Lord asked him to do, Jonah hopped into a boat and headed in the opposite direction. Jonah was running away from the Lord. He was trying to get as far away as possible. He didn’t want to carry what the Lord had given him. How often do we, as Christians, decide to head in the opposite direction of where God has called us

to go? How often do we do the opposite of what God has called us to do? And where does this disobedience lead us? Well, we usually end up like Jonah. A storm came up. And eventually Jonah confessed that he was the cause of the problem. Jonah instructed the ship’s crew to throw him overboard......so they did and Jonah was immediately swallowed up by a great fish. Jonah was inside the darkness of that fish for three days and three nights until he cried out to God: “And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” Now, Jonah had been running away from the Lord, but the Lord

had not been running from him. So at the beginning of chapter 3, Jonah is sitting on a Mediterranean beach, probably all shook up by his recent fish encounter. Then suddenly the same word from God came to him a second time saying: “Go to the great city Ninevah and proclaim to it the message I give you.” This time, Jonah obeyed the Word of the Lord, but with very little enthusiasm. Why was Jonah

AT THE BEACH WITH JESUS

Vacation Bible School July 22-24

9 to 12 noon

COMMUNITY DINNER

July 25

4:30 to 7 p.m.

$10 for adults

$5 for children 12 and under

The menu will include Lazy Day Chicken Breast, Baked Potato, Green Beans, Salad, Bread, Dessert, and Drink. We need help on Prep Night (Thursday @ 5:30 p.m.) as well as the night of the dinner. Please come and share your talents.

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such a reluctant disciple? Well, Jonah is a good example of the disobedience to God that Israel often displayed. Good Jewish prophets didn’t preach to other nations! Jonah didn’t want the city of Nineveh to be saved! He believed that there should be a strict separation between Israel and other peoples but obviously God felt otherwise. Jonah knew this in his heart and thus he was trying to thwart God’s will. Do we ever try to thwart God’s will due to any kind of prejudice we might have? Do we ever pick and choose who we decide to invite to church? Is there anyone or any kind of person who we are trying to keep out of the kingdom of God? Are we unenthusiastic about bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to them? Do we think that they should be saved? Would we rather that they weren’t saved? Well, The Book of Jonah makes it clear that God is concerned for the salvation of all people! And as His disciples we are called to take God’s message to some places where we might not want to go. Another reason that Jonah didn’t want to carry out God’s call was because he was afraid of the

Ninevites. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, a nation which—in its day—had set the standard for dread and terror! For Jonah, preaching to Nineveh would be like one of us going to Baghdad in Iraq and preaching to the people of Iraq. There was no way Jonah was going to preach to that gang of cutthroats! It’s a good bet that Jonah didn’t sing the old gospel song which states: “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, than to trust and obey,” as he sat on that beach and heard the call of God. So, Jonah walked toward the city of Nineveh. He was not a happy disciple. He didn’t even do what God had told him to do. Jonah stopped short of going across the city, and his sermon was not exactly a

homiletical masterpiece. In Hebrew, it only consisted of 8 words! But amazingly, Jonah’s sermon was a huge success! The people of Nineveh accepted his message, they believed it, and they repented. They were saved!!! Through this story of conversion, God reveals again, that God is a God Who cares even if we don’t. Jonah certainly didn’t care about Nineveh. He was even angry that God saved them! Jonah cried out: “O Lord....That is why I was so quick to flee...I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love...”

And what was God’s response? “But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left. Should I not be concerned for that great city?” The New Testament reveals the extent of God’s caring love in a single verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life.” Who are our Ninevites? Jesus ends His ministry, not with a question, but with a command: “Go therefore and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” This is the Great Commission of the Church! This is why we exist! This is our mission. And yet how many of us are often just like Jonah? We want to escape from being the ones who bring the message. For our God is a God of compassion. We, those of us who have heeded the call to follow Jesus, are today’s disciples and it’s not an easy

task. We have a message to carry, and sometimes that message can seem like a burden. It certainly was a burden for Jonah but like the lonely old man told the teenager… “Life’s heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry.”

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Fellowship Dinner July 20 Following Worship Service “It’s too hot to cook dinner.” Please bring your favorite cool or cold dishes to share. Dessert will be a sundae bar with ice cream and toppings. To the river for a baptism. On Sunday, August 17, we will meet to baptize Meaghan Faust as she follows her commitment to Christ with baptism.

After the morning worship (around 12:45 p.m.) and before the baptism we will meet at the Big River on land farmed by Mike and Kim Kingsland for the annual church picnic.

We will have a grill going for your favorite meat and bring all the good food items to share for an old fashion picnic. We have had great times in the past during the celebration of summer coming to a close and school starting.

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Lucas Smith, Mari Anne Sutton, Vinney Timmerman, Eric Thuer, Nancy Stichling Thuer, Maureen Touchstone, Morris Tromley, Linda Twomey, Margie Walker, Kirk Weber Barbara Weston, Megan Wheeler, Mary Lou Whittemore, Addie Wiggins, Norma Wiley, Boytt & Marian Willis, June Wilson, Chuck Wintermute, Mary Winterton, Carolyn Wolfe, Chuck Zimmermann, Mary Zimmermann, unspoken requests.

Our service personnel: Paul Case, Eric Hinch, Caleb Huskey, Michael & Sherri Monroe, JP Parkin & family, Keith Wakeland, Chris Weaton, Dereck Wilson

Bold print are new additions.

Best wishes to Joseph Edward

Vollmar III and Kelley

Weston Guertzgen who were

married at St. Andrew’s on

June 28, 2014.

CONGRATULATIONS

To Tara and Greg Schellert on the birth of

their daughter Bailyn Alice on June 24. She joins

a brother Brantley Allen. Grandparents are Mike

and Terry Neckermann.

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY

To family and friends of Della Dawes who

passed recently. She is the aunt of Larry

Bay.

To Aaron and Dawna Watkins on the passing

of their infant son, Jacob William, on June

29. This is the grandson of Pastors Darlene

and Bob Payne.

QUILT RAFFLE

Hope United Church of Christ is having a quilt

raffle. The drawing will be at the close of the

Get Healthy De Soto Home Tour in November.

Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The quilt is

80” x 80” square, “Dancing Fans. ” Tickets are

available in our Church Office. You do not have to

be present to win.

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES SERVING GOD

Liturgists: July 20 Jan Stichling July 27 Karleigh and Meaghan Faust SERVING OTHERS

Fellowship Hosts/Hostesses: July 20 Fellowship Dinner/Barbara Hoelzel July 27 Phyllis & Bobby Fisher Communion Steward: August 6 Marcia Dunnegan

OUR STEWARDSHIP

Weekly Offerings and Worship Attendance June 22 General Fund 1381.17 75 Designated 100.07 June 29 General Fund 2577.03 77 Designated 376.00 July 6 General Fund 2145.18 79 Building fund 400.00 July 13 General Fund 2439.25 85 Designated 787.19 Memorial Fund 550.00

Please keep Areena

Smith in your prayers

this week as she works

in Oklahoma on a

mission trip.

Several of our young

people are attending

camp this week and next.

Please continue to pray

for them.

CHECK OUT OUR REVAMPED

WEBSITE:

www.standrewsumcdesoto.org

We have served three successful Rotary lunches to raise funds for our mission project. Mariana Perez’s tuition is $30 per month. We hope to cover several months with this project. Thanks to Marsha Greenstreet and Frances

Deaton for supplying a cake and chips.

ANNOUNCEMENT There will be no children’s church on July 20 and July 27. Please have your children sit in church and enjoy family worship time together.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

Valle Ambulance District is presenting informational seminars and training at a LUNCH and LEARN event. They are asking that we join them. It is an opportunity to meet your local EMS providers, learn something that may save your life or

the life of a loved one and to enjoy a meal! Monday, July 28: Heat Emergencies Tuesday, September 9: Strokes Thursday, September 25: Strokes Wednesday, October 15: Basic First Aid All sessions are from 11 am to 1 pm at 12363 State Route 21, De Soto, MO. Call to reserve your place. 636-586-2132.

SUGAR MOON Featured at

Coyol September 11, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Lorenzo’s July 19, 6 to 9 p.m.

August 23, 6 to 9 p.m.

.Nurture Committee Update

Thank you to everyone who

signed up on the July volunteer

sheets. I appreciate all of you

for helping. It is now time to

sign up for August/September

too. Please think about the dates you may be

available for liturgist and fellowship host.

In Christ's Love, Terry Neckermann, Nurture Committee Chairman

If you have read our monthly notices, you have

observed that we have been studying in the Book of

Luke. We are currently on chapter 12. We are meeting

most Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. We have hour sessions.

Come join us for a time of discussion and learning from

God’s word.

“Winners develop the habit of doing

the thing losers don’t like to do.” —Ed Foreman

Simpletruths.com

Donations were 105 items. Contributions to De Soto Ministerial Alliance, $50.

Food Pantry Collections

We at St. Andrew's have recently increased our

food donations, and that is such a benefit to so

many. Thank you for your efforts; it is very much

appreciated. Please note the upcoming items

needed from our congregation. We're doing

great!

In Christ's Love, Terry Neckermann, Sarah Doremus Chairman

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July 20 - Canned meats: tuna, spam, crab meat,

salmon, Dinty Moore beef stew, Vienna sausages,

corned beef hash, beef tamales, chunked chicken,

etc.

July 27 - Canned Beans: green, wax, pinto, black,

red kidney, baked, navy, great northern, refried,

lima, butter, pork 'n beans, etc.

August 3 - Knorr/Lipton Packaged Sides: Knorr

pasta sides, Knorr rice sides, Asian, fiesta, Cajun,

Italian, etc.

August 10- Canned Pears or Pineapple, (No Glass

Jars)

August 17- Peanut Butter and/or Jelly (Plastic

Jars)

August 24 - Canned Soups or Boxed Soup Mixes:

Lipton's boxed, Ramen noodles, canned varieties,

etc.

August 31 - Macaroni & Cheese Boxes or Bags

Thank you all!

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August 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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DFM 8-12 am

Matt Verges (b)

Shelby Robinson

(b)

10:30 a,m. Morning Worship

10:30 a.m. Children’s Church/Sunday School

August 17—Following worship we will go to

property farmed by the Kingslands for a

baptism of Meaghan Faust.

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Holy

Communion

Margie Urban (b)

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Yoga 10 am

Bill & Janel

Tucker (a)

5

Rotary 12 noon Bible Study 1:30 p

Marge Cope (b)

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Anita Robinson (b)

7

Lorraine Bay (b) Litany Oistad (b)

Aaron Watkins (b)

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DFM 8-12 am

Morgan Fauth (b)

Joe & Kellie

Eimer (a)

10

Maxine Jinkerson

(b)

11

Yoga 10 am

12

Rotary 12 noon Bible Study 1:30 p

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Preparing Salsa Workshop 6:30 p

Registration required $10

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UMM Breakfast

7:30 to 10:30

a.m.

DFM 8-12 am

SSgt Michael

Monroe (b)

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Special service

at the river for

Meaghan Faust

following

morning

worship.

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Yoga 10 am

Tracy George (b)

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Rotary 12 noon Bible Study 1:30 p

Elaine Bryant (b)

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Ann Costello (b)

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DFM 8-12 am

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Lyle & Elaine

Bryant (a)

25

Yoga 10 am

Bill Weber II (b)

26

Rotary 12 noon Bible Study 1:30 p

Erin McKinstry (b)

27

Ida Tinsley (b)

Joe Wilson (b)

Oliver Kempf (b)

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Carson Hickman (b)

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DFM 8-12 am

Harry Holt (b)

Carol Hatton (b)

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Singspiration @

Redeemer

Lutheran

Pastor Darlene(b)

St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church 1004 Rock Road

De Soto, MO 63020 www.standrewsumcdesoto.org

DE SOTO

FARMERS’

MARKET

SATURDAYS

8:00-Noon Veggies are in. Come

see your favorite vendors

and meet some of our new

vendors.

TOMATO FEST

AUGUST 3

SALSA CONTEST

Preparing Salsa Workshop August 13, 6:30 p.m.

Reservation required. Taught through MO Extension and Lincoln University. Contact Debby for

reservation. $10 for class. 586-4570.

St. Andrew’s Fellowship Hall

Join us for a full meal, pancakes, or

just a breakfast sandwich.

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