SUSSEX UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH

October 2019

Fall is in the air. The leaves are beginning to transform into the vibrant reds, golds, and ochres that

they've been hiding under the green all summer long. Midwestern author Paul Gruchow wrote of Midwestern

autumn, "It was football time, apple time, harvest time, hunting time, school time. Footsteps quickened. It was

exciting to be in transition. It seemed more like the beginning of something than the end of it." When I was a

teacher, one of the best parts was getting to be involved in the annual DeLand Senior High School

Homecoming. It was a big deal. Ours was the High School for the western half of the county, having nearly

2,500 students in three grades. On a fall Friday afternoon, all the schools would let out early, the city of DeLand

would close down its main street. There would be dozens of floats, several marching bands, the requisite color

guards, the Shriners in their tin-lizzies, and the king and queen with their royal court. Each fall, I would spend

several evenings working on as many as four separate floats. One particular year, one of my clubs won the float

trophy and our football team won the game with a Hail-Mary pass with only two seconds of regulation time

remaining. It was an exciting time. A big dance and many parties followed. We even learned who shot JR.

Some of the last words of our Bibles (Revelation 21:5) envision God at the end of time saying, "Behold,

I make all things new." Ours is a religion of new beginnings. So, when a church holds a Homecoming like we

will in a few weeks, it's not just about remembering the past; it's about getting energized for the future. The best

is yet to come, even better than all of that brisket, barbecue, pie and ice cream we've got coming to end that day.

And I can tell you that every one of our prodigal sons and daughters whom I've communicated with in recent

days are excited about it. This could be the beginning of something!

At his last supper, Jesus said, "Let not your hearts be troubled. In the Father's House are many dwelling

places." He went ahead to prepare them for us. I'm reminded of a popular song; "Don't stop thinking about

tomorrow. Don't stop, it'll soon be here. It'll be, better than before." (Fleetwood Mac 1976) God still has great

plans for you and me. Believe it. Yesterday may be gone, but there's something about homecoming that can

energize us for the best that is still to come, even if it takes a few Hail-Mary-s to get us there.

Pastor Jim

Scriptures & Sermon Titles

October 6 Psalm 37:1-11 Luke 17:5-10 "Increase Our Faith"

Communion

October 13 Ron Kral Preaching Sally Dean Musician

Homecoming

October 20 Pastor Jim away Jeff Jansen Preaching

October 27 Joel 2:23-32 Luke 18:9-14 "Only Then Shall Anyone Be Saved"

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SUMC HOMECOMING

Sunday, October 13 at 9:00 am

Ron Kral Preaching

Sally Dean, Musician • Special Music

Brisket and Barbecue Feast • Pie and Ice Cream Social • Pie Auction

Please RSVP by October 7

(262.246.3748 or sussexmethodistchurch@gmail.com)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE

October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27

Acolytes Kaylie Bromberg Rachel Sromalski Matthew Maher Kaylie Bromberg

Ushers

Liturgists Martha Nelson Jeff Jansen Jeff Jansen

Fellowship Panera

Baskets World Communion Veterans’ Services Veterans’ Services Veterans’ Services

1 WW 4-6:30 pm

2 WW 8-10am

3 NACLC in FH

9-10:30 am

Bible Study 1:00 pm

Comm Banquet Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at SUMC5:30 pm

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5

Volunteer at Food Pantry

9:00 - Noon

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Worship/Sunday School 9:00 am

7

8 WW 4-6:30 pm

9 WW 8-10am

Crafts for a Cause 6:30 pm

10 NACLC in FH

9-10:30 am

Bible Study 1:00 pm

Community Banquet 5:30pm(no duties)

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12

13

Worship/Sunday School 9:00 am

14

SUMWomen 6:30 pm

15WW 4-6:30 pm

Finance 6:00pm Council 6:30pm

16 WW 8-10 am 17 NACLC in FH

9-10:30 am

Bible Study 1:00 pm

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20

Worship/Sunday School 9:00 am

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22 WW 4-6:30 pm

23 WW 8-10 am

Crafts for a Cause 6:30 pm

Noah’s Ark Fall Fest

24 NACLC in FH

9-10:30 am

Bible Study 1:00 pm

Community Banquet 5:30pm(set up)

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27

Worship/Sunday School 9:00 am

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SOS Chili Cookoff at St. James Doors open at 6:00 pm Serving from 6:30 - 7:30 pm

29 WW 4-6:30 pm

NACLC FH 9-10 am

30 WW 8-10 am 31 NACLC in FH

9-10:30 am

Bible Study 1:00 pm

October 10 (no duties) St. James Church October 24 (set up) W220 N6588 Town Line Road 5:30 pm Menomonee Falls WI

Community Banquet is a free meal offered twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at St. James Church to serve a nutritious hot meal and time of fellowship to any who choose to attend. Volunteers from community churches take turns providing the meals, serving and cleaning up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All Saints Sunday is November 3 In addition to the celebration of communion, we will light votive candles on the altar and elsewhere in the chancel to honor our lost loved ones. If there is someone you would like to remember on All Saints Sunday, please let the Church office know by Sunday, October 27. A candle will be provided without cost for each reservation. It doesn't matter if they passed into the church triumphant this year or in a previous year. We believe in the communion of saints.

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Hurricane Dorian Relief UMCOR has provided a solidarity grant to Bahamas Methodist Habitat, the Disaster Ministry of the Bahamas Conference of the United Methodist Church. This grant provides immediate emergency short term funding to address the basic human needs of those affected by this catastrophic storm.

If you would like to send donations through UMCOR, please send to or drop them off at Church or send checks to the Wisconsin Conference Finance Office at 750 Windsor St. Sun Prairie, WI 53590. Memo on the check should read: Advance #982450 for the Bahamas, Advance #901670 for the US and its territories (Florida).

Other ways to give to the Bahamas: 1) Paypal.me/BahamasHabitat; 2) methodisthabitat.org; 3) Royal Bank of Canada #05715-1284553 USD$ Wires Accepted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Noah’s Ark Christian Learning Center (NACLC)Noah’s Ark Christian Learning Center (NACLC)Noah’s Ark Christian Learning Center (NACLC)Noah’s Ark Christian Learning Center (NACLC) www.noahs-ark-sussex.org 262.246.9650

Noah’s Ark Christian Learning Center is Nationally Accredited through the National Accreditation Commission Association for Early Learning Leaders.

Mark Your Calendars! Fall Festival: Wednesday, October 23 We will have activities in our classrooms and a friendly crock pot competition to provide dinner.

Thanksgiving Feast: Wednesday November 20 The Ark provides turkey and veggies and our families contribute the side dishes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SOAL - St. James Older Adult Learning W220 N6588 Town Line Rd, Menomonee Falls

SOAL classes provide adults age 50 and older a great opportunity to socialize and learn new skills. Participants enjoy 3 one hour sessions each Friday on topics such as spirituality, arts and crafts, health, contemporary issues and senior safety. This program is offered twice a year to the community and all are welcome to attend. Volunteer instructors set the tone for fun and interesting classes. The Fall session runs for seven weeks beginning October 4 and registration is required by Friday, September 27. For more information call St. James Church at 262.251.0897. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Celebrate the Splendor of Fall Colors at Holy Hill with BRASS, WOOD and VOICE Sunday, October 13 at 3:00 pm at the Basilica at Holy Hill, 1525 Carmel Road, Hubertus WI

The Jubilate Chorale joins the Nordic Brass and Hesternus Early Music Consort in a free concert as exuberant and vibrant as the season. The performance features works by classical and contemporary composers including Palestrina, Brahms and Kirchner. No tickets are required but a free will offering to benefit the Basilica may be donated. For more information, go to www.jubilatechorale.org.

Sussex Outreach Services 262.246.9860 www.sussexareasos.org

Thank you for your continued support of SOS This summer we provided all of these services for children:

• 1103 free lunches to kids in Village Park • 300 brown bag lunches to Summer Opportunities students • Over 200 children received a backpack and school supplies through Operation Backpack • 160 pairs of shoes went to 139 children with our New School Shoes program • 847 Bonus Bags were distributed over the course of the summer to help feed kids

Tuna, Chicken and Chunky Soup…oh my! Let’s help fill the shelves! Pick up some canned tuna, canned chicken and Chunky Soup next time you are at the grocery store or Costco/Sam’s and help make a difference in your community. We will collect throughout the month of October but will take it over throughout the month so it can get to use!

Other items needed include: canned carrots, canned pineapple, applesauce, jelly, jam, Jell-O, pudding, Progresso soup and Ramen noodles.

Bikes Wanted for SOS Ed Keckeisen collects and repairs bikes then donates them to SOS. If you have any you would like to donate, Ed can pick them up or just drop them off at his home at W237 N6508 Orchard Dr. If repairs are too expensive he can always use the parts.

SUMC’s next volunteer day at the Pantry is Saturday, October 5 from 9:00 am to Noon.

Annual Halloween Costume Drive through October 6 Join the Volunteer Organization of Women in Sussex (VOWS) in supporting the children in our community and Sussex Outreach Services (SOS). Drop off new or gently used costumes and accessories at Café de Arts, Sussex Outreach, Waukesha State Bank, Dog Sanctuary and Pauline Haass Library. Look for the purple tub. Donations should be clean and ready for immediate use. Please package multi-piece costumes together. Monetary donations made payable to VOWS and marked Halloween Costume Drive can be mailed to PO Box 465, Sussex, WI 53089, and will be used to purchase new costumes. Questions? Call Denise at 262.617.7387. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

T.A.C.O.S. Outreach Ministry (Teens Around the Community of Sussex) Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, N59 W22476 Silver Spring Drive

TACOS Bake Sale at Christ Our Savior Fish Fry Friday, October 4 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm Proceeds from the bake sale will benefit the TACOS Program. If you would like to bake something for the sale email Wade at tacos@coslc.com.

Sussex Green Team Youth Action Day Bugline Trail Clean Up Saturday, October 5 at 9:00 am Bring work gloves, water bottle, sunscreen, bug spray and a smile. Meet at the intersection of the Bugline Trail and Main Street in Sussex. Youth must be 8 and older to participate. For more information contact sussexgreenteam@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Opportunities for SUMC Nurture, Outreach and Witness (NOW)

Crafts for a Cause is a fun and friendly group who meet at the church every other Tuesday evening to make prayer shawls, lapghans, and prayer squares. Please join us! If you cannot join us, please consider taking one of the easy patterns in the folder on the shelf outside the office and making something at home. You can also help by donating yarn. This month’s meetings will be Wednesdays, October 9 and 23 at 6:30 pm.

Prayer Shawls are available for you to take at any time. The display is set up outside the church office.

Prayer Squares are small knit or crocheted squares (about 18”- 20” square) to offer to those parents whose babies do not survive the birthing process.

Lap Robes are for persons confined to wheelchairs that are often chilly and appreciate a hand crafted blanket to keep their legs and laps warm. Blankets may be knit or crocheted. Size should be from 25” x 36” to 30” x 40”.

Kingdom Workers If you need help with a project around the house that you are unable to tackle yourself (cleaning gutters, washing windows, small painting projects), contact Pat Keller, Roberta, or Pastor Jim. Your needs will be assessed and a crew will be established to assist you whenever possible. If you are willing to assist when there is a need, let us know to add your name to the list.

Naomi’s Cupboard This ministry of caring for those recovering from illness or surgery is still active. If you need help as you recover, please contact Verda, the church office or Pastor Jim and meals and other help needed will be arranged. If you are willing to provide meals, please let us know to add your name to the list.

ERAs Senior Network 262.549.3348 www.ERAsWaukesha.org

A faith-based, community-centered nonprofit organization serving Waukesha County, Wisconsin

When volunteering with ERAs, you can decide how much or how little you would like to volunteer. When called for a specific task, you can say no if it does not fit into your schedule.

Fall Yard Clean Up Help someone prepare for the changing seasons. This opportunity is perfect for individuals and groups. Clients need help with weeding, raking leaves, washing windows, cleaning first floor gutters, and/or putting away lawn furniture. Dates and time are flexible around your availability during the end of October into the beginning of November – once most of the leaves have fallen. Contact Marisa for more details at 262.522.2402 or MarisaS@ErasWaukesha.org.

School Volunteer Opportunities Pen Pals Exchange letters with your assigned elementary-aged pen pal once a month during the school year. This program offers students an opportunity to work on their reading, writing, and social skills, while offering you a meaningful volunteer experience from the comfort of your own home. Volunteers are asked to participate in an end of the school year Pen Pal Party, where you will have the chance to meet your pen pal(s) in person! Programs are located in the School Districts of Waukesha and Menomonee Falls.

Student Reading and Math Assistance Share your joy of learning by working with students as a reading buddy or math tutor. Volunteers are typically scheduled one day a week for 30 minutes to an hour working with students one on one or in small groups. Programs are held in the School Districts of Waukesha, Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee and serve students Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Readers Cafe A fun volunteer opportunity for those who have a love for reading and working with elementary-aged students. This program encourages students’ interest in reading, while developing comprehension and social skills. Read with students one-on-one or in groups of two during the students’ lunch and recess hour (about 1 hour). Students enjoy bringing their lunch to the library and reading with their volunteer. This program typically runs for a 6-8 week session with multiple sessions in a year. Sign up for as many as you’d like!

Intergenerational U.S. History Program fosters relationships and communication between high school students and older adults. Students gain a better understanding of our Nation’s history by learning from an older generation who have life experiences and wisdom to share. In turn, the senior volunteers gain a better perspective of the lives, attitudes, and intelligence of teenagers. Volunteers meet with students in small groups (4-5) and discuss the topics/articles that the students are covering in their U.S. History studies. A volunteer orientation is held at the beginning of the school year and discussion points are given in advance before each session.

Intergenerational Heritage Fair Help the Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum and Eras Senior Network present fun, historical, and educational fairs for elementary students in Waukesha County. The Heritage Fair helps to preserve our cultural and ethnic heritage by displaying old time crafts, hobbies, collections, trades and more. Volunteers are needed to assist with existing exhibits as well as offer any new ideas for historical exhibits or special performances. Volunteers of all experience levels are welcome!

StoryCorps Program Share your stories with students! The StoryCorps program is designed to heighten 8th grade students’ awareness of the rich stories all around them and to encourage them to dialogue with others while searching out these stories. Volunteers will be paired up with 1 to 2 students for two 30 minute sessions. Each month there will be a predetermined topic to center stories and discussion around, which will be made available ahead of time.

ERAs Senior Network 262.549.3348 www.ERAsWaukesha.org

Holiday Giving Program We aim to distribute care packages to 350 community members this year through our 2019 Holiday Giving Program which provides self-sufficiency care packages to isolated and low-income Waukesha County seniors and adults with disabilities. Items we are collecting include the following gift cards: $10 Walgreens, $10 Pick ‘n Save, $10 Walmart, $5 McDonald’s; books of Forever stamps; handmade flat ornaments, bookmarks, and door hangers; and puzzle books (crossword, word search, Sudoku.) Items are needed by Sunday, December 8.

Friendly Visiting Be a friend to a senior or an adult with a disability who is isolated and looking for someone to talk to. Opportunities are available to visit with clients in their home on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. If you are interested, contact Judith at 262.522.2411 or JudithA@eraswaukesha.org.

Drive Eras Senior Network’s new shared-ride van in Menomonee Falls! Our Find-a-Ride Network program transports seniors and adults with disabilities to medical appointments at Community Memorial Hospital and Froedtert Town Hall Health Center. We need volunteers interested in serving on a regular basis to drive our new Dodge Caravan with access to a mobile tablet with GPS mapping. Only clients living in Menomonee Falls will be transported with the shared-ride van at this time. Contact Jenn at 262.522.2414 or JenniferS@ErasWaukesha.org.

Urgent Ongoing Need for Volunteer Drivers Transport seniors and adults with disabilities to their healthcare appointments and grocery store. Only drive when you have the time! This opportunity is very flexible and can be scheduled week to week. Areas of need include Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, New Berlin, Oconomowoc, and Brookfield.

Volunteer from Home Call clients to talk with them or just make sure they are doing okay.

Volunteers age 18 years and older are welcome to participate in all programs as volunteers of ERAs Senior Network. Volunteers age 55 years and older are encouraged to become RSVP members. Special youth volunteer opportunities are also available.

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Giving Funds to the Church Without Giving Cash

Amazon’s sister website Smile.Amazon.com offers the same goods, prices and shipping with a big bonus. If you sign on to Smile.Amazon.com and choose Sussex United Methodist Church as your designated charity a percentage of your Amazon purchases will be directly donated to our church. Just be sure you choose the church in Sussex, WI as there is another Sussex UMC in another state! Scrip gift card purchasing is a great way to benefit the church. There is a six page list of participating retailers that will sell you gift cards then donate a portion back to our church. You can get a copy of the Scrip vendors from the table outside the offices and choose your gift cards. Then give me a list along with a check made out to SUMC for the total and I can order the cards for you. Or, sign on to Shopwithscrip.com and set up an account for yourself. Make your account Presto Pay and order your cards online. Our church enrollment number is FC24B7A136863. You will need this number to designate your orders go to SUMC. Scrip will then take the correct amount of your purchase out of your account and deposit the profit right in our SUMC checking account. I will process your order and deliver your cards to you either way. Before I can process orders I do need a large enough quantity to cover shipping so the more people that order the more often I can order and the more profit we can make. We are going to designate the Scrip profits to specific needs within our church.

Questions? Please contact Debbie Jansen at 262.617.5748 or dandjjansen@gmail.com.

Sussex United Methodist Church

Rev. Jim Altman, Pastor

N63 W23523 Main Street, Sussex WI 53089

Website: www.sussexumc.org

Office Phone: 262.246.3748

Office Email: sussexmethodistchurch@gmail.com

Office Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Mon. Tue. Thur.

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Wed.

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Find Sussex United Methodist Church on Facebook to hear a hymn, read a summary of the sermon, and see what Scripture was read on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you would like to have an article posted in our monthly newsletter, please submit it to the church office by the 21st of the month.

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PRAYER FAMILIES

The purpose of the prayer families is to share our concern and support at times other than during a crisis. Ways to do that are to include the person or family in your prayers during the week. You may wish to let them know that they are in your thoughts by sending a note, talking to them at church or a telephone call. The names are chosen at random, but sometimes seem by design, in that it has come at a particularly appropriate time for them.

October 6 Chris & Jill Lane Mike Jacobs October 13 Cricket Robinson Steve & Jan Vowels October 20 Mark & Jen Johnson Tim & Marilyn Kral October 27 Ken Lauterbach Chris & Annita Moore

October Birthdays

2 Bub Morris 2 Midge Morris

5 Erin Pechanach 11 Bailey McFarland 14 Natalie Hubbard 16 Chris Moore 19 Ashley Sromalski 21 Alison Moore 22 Madelyn McFarland 24 Jon Hinrichsen 27 Emily Meissner 29 Erin Leidel 30 Russell Fuher

October Anniversaries

3 Bub & Midge Morris 6 Jim & Lee Ann Lucchesi 6 John & Sandy Scaffidi 24 Chris & Annita Moore 25 Jon & Laura Hinrichsen 28 Russ & Elizabeth Fuher

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Are you an Online Banker? Do you pay any of your bills online through your bank? Did you know you can set up Sussex United Methodist Church as a payee

and a check could come weekly, bi-weekly or monthly - at no additional cost to you? This is a great way to support the well-being of your church.

SUSSEX UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

N63 W23523 MAIN STREET

SUSSEX WI 53089

Sunday Morning Schedule

9:00 am Traditional Worship

9:00 am Sunday School (Sept - May)

Rev. James Altman, Pastor

sussexmethodistchurch@gmail.com

www.sussexumc.org

262.246.3748