The Trumpeter Elkhorn Hills UMC

APRIL 2018 Issue No. 4

Worship With UsWorship With UsWorship With UsWorship With Us! ! ! ! SUNDAY WORSHIP 9:00 & 10:30AM Worship Service 10:00 Praise Team Rehearsal 10:05 Children’s Choir Rehearsal 10:30 Sunday School Classes

ELKHORN HILLS

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 20227 Veterans’ Drive Elkhorn, NE 68022 (402) 289-4764

www.elkhornhillsumc.org

NOTE FROM PASTOR REBECCA

Following Easter, we will be digging deeper into the ways that our Christian faith shapes the way we live life, make decisions, and build relationships. On Sunday,

April 15th we’ll begin a new sermon series called: What’s Faith Got to Do with It? and for the four weeks following that we’ll talk about the ways that it shapes our relationships, our work, our finances, and our future. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians will be our guide as we move through this series, so I’d like to encourage you to join me in reading the entire book – all 6 chapters – during the month of April. It’s a letter full of encouragement for a church community that was facing pressures from within and without, and I think it will be encouragement for us as we face many of those same pressures today. Paul begins his letter saying, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who

has blessed us in the heavenly realm with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” You see, our faith in Christ makes a difference right here and right now – our faith can guide us through life’s ups and downs, it can shape our relationships with one another, it can bring meaning to our work, it can help us be good stewards of all that we’ve been given, and it can remind us of the hope and future we have through Him. I’m excited about beginning this series and I hope that you’ll join us either in person or online as we dig deeper. May this Spring be a season of growing in grace and faith together! In Christ, Pastor Rebecca

Join Us for...Join Us for...Join Us for...Join Us for... MIDWEEK MINISTRIES 6-7 Heavenly Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal 7-8 Chancel Choir Rehearsal 6:30-7:30 Youth Triple G 6:30 PM Adult Bible Studies

APRIL CALENDAR

1 Easter Sunday - see Worship Page for Schedule No Sunday School

2 Church Office Closed Book Club - Scooter Coffee House

6:30pm

4 Elkhorn Hils Prays - Grace Room Ladies Fellowship - Donut Professor Midweek Ministries (Bible Studies, Chancel Choir, Bell Choir Practice resumes)

9:00am 10:00am 6-8pm

8 One-Worship Sunday Chili Cook-off Children’s Ministry Mtg. Pickle Ball

10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 7-9pm

9 Yes Meal 12:00pm

11 Midweek Ministries (Bible Studies, Chancel & Bell Choir) 6-8pm

14 United Methodist Men 8:00am

15 Mission Mtg. Trustee Mtg. Pickle Ball

11:30am 6:30pm 7:00pm

16 MCO Mtg. Finance Mtg.

6:00pm 7:00pm

18 Midweek Ministries (Bible Studies, Chancel & Bell Choir) 6-8pm

20 Knit & Sew Group - Conference Room 9:30am

21 Youth Worship Service Pizza preceding worship 5:15-6:15pm

6:30pm

22 Admin Council Mtg. NO Pickle Ball

11:30am

25 Midweek Ministries (Bible Studies, Chancel & Bell Choir) 6-8pm

28 Women’s Event “I AM ENOUGH” 9am-3pm

29 Worship Mtg Pickle Ball

11:30am 7:00pm

Apr 1 Greeter Randy & Gina Bruner

Usher Phil & Jane Ward, The Bruners

Apr 15 Greeter Linda Holloway

Usher Cathy McKenna, Jo Bash

Apr 22 Greeter Tom & Cristi Baumert, Bob Nelson

Usher Steve & Connie Bell

Apr 29 Greeter Julie Fraser, DeAnne Fedde

Usher Rick Hullinger, Kevin & Sara Bisanz

USHER / GREETER SCHEDULE

9:00 AM

Apr 1 Greeter Derrick Peterson

Usher The Klanderuds

Apr 15 Greeter Margie Crumley

Usher Greg Gillham, Margie C

Apr 22 Greeter Brent Klanderud

Usher Derrick Peterson, Brent K

Apr 29 Greeter Barb Witte

Usher Jim & Barb Witte

April 8 Greeters Derrick Peterson

10am Ushers The Hullingers, Derrick Peterson

SPECIAL ONE-WORSHIP SERVICE

USHER / GREETER SCHEDULE

10:30 AM

UNITED METHODIST MEN invite you to submit your favorite chili for the April 8th Cook-Off, to be held in the Family Life Center following the10am ONE-WORSHIP SERVICE. Come join the Fellowship of your church family, sample and vote for the BEST tasting chili and enjoy a Chili Meal. The SIGN UP sheet is on the office window to participate in the contest. There is a real rivalry among the men, so WOMEN… bring it on!

Breakfast Club- Sunday School 10:30am Christianity, Cults, and Religion by Paul Cardin is the next study the Breakfast Club will be doing. By comparing Christianity with groups such as Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses, people have a better grasp about what the Bible says about who Jesus is and the message of the Gospel. It explains the beliefs of the most common world religions and cultic groups: Islam, Buddism, Hinduism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Wit-nesses and other groups. All adults are welcome. Wednesday Evening Bible Study -6:30pm. Reading through & having lively discussions about “Acts of the Apostles.” No textbook but the Bible. No homework. Drop in welcome. Knit and Sew- This group has been busy making and donating items to the commu-nity. 3 baby blankets were given to YES. 20 baby hats, 25 flannel blan-kets, 7 fleece hats, 23 gowns 1 knitted sack and 5 bibs were given to Sewing for Babies. COPE received 12 flannel blankets, 4 knit blankets, and 3 fleece blankets. This group of awesome ladies continues to knit, crochet and sew for the less fortunate in our community. All ladies are invited to join them. Book Club- Join Us, May 7, 6:30pm at Scooters Coffee House. The Book discussion is To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

SMALL GROUPS

HOT

COMFORT FOOD Mmmm GOOD!

SPICEY

Coming Up in Worship This Month

April 1st Easter Sunday Services at 6:45am (Youth Led), 9am (Traditional), & 10:30am (Contemporary) We will also have Breakfast in the Family Life Center from 7:30-8:30am

April 8th One-Worship Service at 10am with Lay Leader Steve Bell & 11am United Methodist Men’s Chili Cook-Off in the Family Life Center – You don’t want to miss the competition!

April 15th “What’s Faith Got to Do With It?” Sermon Series Begins & Native American Ministries Sunday

April 22nd “What’s Faith Got to Do With It? Our Relationships”

April 29th “What’s Faith Got to Do With It? Our Work”

May 6th Communion, “What’s Faith Got to Do With It? Our Finances,” & Last Day of Sunday School

May 13th “What’s Faith Got to Do With It? Our Future” & Mother’s Day Celebration

Native American Ministries Special Offering – Sunday, April 15th Today, Native Americans with many unique languages, many unique cultures honor their heritage, and live as Jesus-followers, led by a rotation of primarily Native American pastors. Through Native American Ministries Sunday, we’re able to equip and empower Native American pastors, congregations and seminary students to do what only they can do: authentically worship and serve Jesus. When you support Native American Ministries Sunday, you equip seminary students who will honor and cele-brate Native American culture in their ministries, and you empower congregations that are finding fresh new ways to minister to their communities with the love of Christ. Join us on Sunday, April 15th as we offer our gifts to support this life-changing and life-giving ministry of the United Methodist Church!

TRUSTEE TIDBITS…

Here’s a tidbit of trivia from the Trustees: • Our doors open wide each Sunday morning welcoming the congregation full of friends, family, neighbors

and guests. • Those same doors continue to open every day of the week. • Did you know that in a typical week at EHUMC the following groups use our facilities? Boy Scout Troop #357, new Cub Scout Pack, Kindermusik (3 days a week), EHUMC preschool (5 days a week), Parent’s day out (3 days a week), 6 different basketball teams, volleyball team, Pickle ball, Financial Peace University, Knit and Sew, UMM, Choir practice, hand bell practice, Youth gatherings, bible studies, prayer groups, Children’s, youth & adult Sunday school classes, meetings and more meeting. Thru out the year we also host Funeral lunches, Baptismal lunches, Weddings & receptions, Pinewood derbies, election polling, musical recitals and Lego University…maybe we need to install a revolving door!

If our building was used only once a week, it would be easy to maintain it with such “light” use. But, that’s not God’s intent. Being good stewards of our building means using it to its full potential and taking care of it too. It takes a village…no a congregation! SAVE THE DATE…JULY 29TH “Elkhorn Hills Serves” one special service and one special day of service. Join the entire congregation for fun, fellowship, food and fixin’s (building fixing that is!) More informa-tion to come soon. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58

WORSHIP

CHILDREN’S NEWS

Sunday, April 1st - EASTER (No Sunday School)

Thank you to all who helped with the Easter Egg hunt on March 25. It was a great

success and the kiddos had a ton of fun finding all the eggs and getting their goody bags!

Vacation Bible School: We will be starting the planning stages for VBS! This

year’s theme is Shipwrecked! It will be held June 24-June 28 from 6:00-8:30pm. If you are interested in helping please contact

Ashley Bossert at 701-212-8934. We are looking forward to jumping and starting the Summer off right! We will begin asking for donations starting next month.

VBS Decorating: As many of you know, we get all of our decorations from St. Andrews. While we are not

able to provide any financial assistance to help with their decorations, we do try to provide volunteers during

the decoration making process. They will start meeting every Thursday, starting on April 4th from

11am-1pm. Lunch will be provided. If you are able to help, even if it is for an hour, please do. This is a great

relationship between churches and we would like to provide as much help as we can as a congregation. If you

have any questions please contact Ashley Bossert.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

PRESCHOOL

Registration is now open! The 2018-2019 school year is now open for registra-tion. If you are interested and would like a tour please contact Ashley or Shauna at preschool@elkhornhillsumc.org

THANK YOU EHUMC ! ! ! The Variety Show was a big hit. Thank you to all the performers and those that attended the evening. Lots of fun, food and fellowship were shared by over 80 of us. Funds raised by ticket sales, donations and silent auction will help enhance the Vacation Bible School program this summer and summers to come. The GRACE class was happy to organize the fun

filled evening and looks forward to more opportunities to serve.

YOUTH GROUP SCOOP!! ***All of these events are for the Sr. AND Middle High group***

TRIPLE G YOUTH GROUP VOLUNTEER! Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. One Adult Volunteer Needed (or several to rotate through the month) We have a ton of fun playing games and have great discussions during our devotion time. Are you being called to serve with our youth?

NOTE: **THE LAST YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THIS HALF OF THE YEAR IS MAY 6, 2018**

***THE LAST YOUTH GROUP FOR THIS HALF OF THE YEAR WILL BE MAY 9, 2018***

Easter is Sunday, April 1st. The Youth will be leading the Sunrise Service at 6:45 a.m. this year. YOUTH, we need at least 6 more youth to help with this service. If you can help in any way, please contact Jenny Meyer. We will practice on Wednesday evenings begin-ning February 28th right after youth group.

EASTER BREAKFAST – Sunday, April 1st! The Youth will be serving the Easter breakfast again this year from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Youth, we need your help setting up and serving breakfast. Parents, please check your emails for a sign-up to help with food items. Everyone is invited to attend the breakfast. Thank you.

MID-HIGH YOUTH MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR AN AWESOME RETREAT put on the by Missouri River District. “PLOT TWIST” Mid-High Retreat is April 6-8, 2018 at Camp Rivercrest. This is a fun weekend just for Middle High Youth from the District involv-ing a guest speaker, great worship, free time, high ropes course, S’mores and more!)

SATURDAY, APRIL 21st @ 6:30 p.m. – JOIN THE YOUTH PRAISE BAND as they lead us in worship and hear to Pastor Rebecca’s message about “Surrendering.” Pizza dinner from 5:15-6:15 p.m. Please RSVP for the dinner to Jenny Meyer at jjl_1971@yahoo.com by April 18th.

SAVE THE DATE! MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEA! SATURDAY, MAY 5th 10:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Hosted by the Youth and Children’s Min-istries. Bring your mothers, daughters, daughters-in-law, nieces, granddaughters, grandmothers, or a friend and come and join us for a fun morning! Brunch will be served by the United Methodist Men and the Men’s Quartet will be providing us with special music. We will have a sign-up sheet in the Narthex from April 15-29 so we can plan on food. Questions can be directed to Jenny Meyer at jjl_1971@yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 20th – The Seniors will be honored at the 9:00 service. Please join us in congratulating the following Seniors: Tor-rie Cammack, Jacob Fee, Kaleb Heckens, Matt Langan, Chloe Langland, Corey Lehn, Lindsey Roberg.

YOUTH MISSION TRIPS 2018

2018 Middle High Mission Trip – June 1-3 to Kansas City, Missouri! ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE BY April 1st! ALL YOUTH WHO WILL BE IN THE 6th GRADE IN THE FALL of 2018 THROUGH THOSE IN THE 8th GRADE IN THE FALL OF 2018 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TRIP. Parents, we need chaperones/drivers for this trip. If you’re willing and able to help out, please let me know. We will be staying at Lenexa UMC and working together in service in the Kansas City area on Friday and then again on Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon, we will spend time in fellowship at World’s of Fun. The cost for this trip will be $10 for the stay at the Church plus your ticket to World’s of Fun. I will know the cost of those tickets once I have a better idea of our numbers. Contact me at jjl_1971@yahoo.com for more information. Thank you, Jenny Meyer

2018 Sr. High Mission Trip – Colorado Springs, CO – July 8th -15th. Please pray for all of the youth and chaperones who will be a part of this amazing trip. We have 24 youth and 6 chaperones participating this year!

TRIPLE G (God, Games and Goodies) meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center & Sr. High Youth Room. This is for all youth in 6th-12th grades. Bring a friend and join in the fun! We hope to see you there! WE ARE IN NEED OF PARENTS OR ADULT VOLUN-TEERS (23 and over) to help with Wednesday night youth group. Contact Jenny Meyer if you can help!

YOUTH MISSION STATEMENT

“Elkhorn Hills Youth Ministry exists to EXPOSE teenagers to God’s love while preparing them to SHARE God’s word, and EXALT in the Lord, all while OFFERING their services to the Lord and CONNECTING with others.

CHURCH FAMILY

ANNIVERSARIES!

06 RICK & PAM SWAN 09 JOSEPH & MADONNA RITTER 10 DENNIS & WENDY DELONG 20 HEATHER & WILLIAM MCBETH 21 BROCK & KRISTINE SPANGENBERG 22 CLINT & CHRIS WILLIAMS 25 TOM & LENA BEESON 26 CHRIS & APRIL BEHNKE 27 MIKE & JAN WOLFORD 28 MAX & JOANN TURNER

BIRTHDAYS!

03 JON HOLTZ 05 JACOB UEHLING 05 MATT UEHLING 06 MIKE MCGUIRE 07 JESSICA ZELFEL 07 REESE LANE 09 KRISTIN PETERSON 10 DIANE BENGTSON 12 LANCE WILLIAMS 12 ASHLEY BOSSERT 13 NATHAN SKWAREK 14 AILA JACKSON 15 SHARON GRIMES 16 JACK HANSEN 16 TYLER HUGHES 17 DENNIS DeLONG 17 JOSH UEHLING

18 JADYN PAUL 19 DALE LANGENDORFER 19 JOSH TORREY 20 ELIZABETH LANGAN 21 DERRICK PETERSON 22 LUCIAN PETERSON 23 VALERI PARRISH 23 KELSEY MAXELL 24 PAM SWAN 26 BRETT GEBHARDT 28 MICHAL HUME 29 CONNIE BUCKINGHAM 29 CARSON LANE 30 SUE KELLEY 30 JACK PETERSON 30 JANICE RUSSELL

Dave Ramsey’s Smart Conference – One Day Can Change Everything!

Join our group today and save! Hear from the top experts on Marriage, parenting, money, retirement, and personal development. It’s time to take charge, be intentional, and live with excel-lence and purpose! This is a Ramsey Solutions #1 event and it will be great. The conference takes place on Saturday, October 13 at Kansas City’s municipal Auditorium from 8:30-5:30. Tickets will be going fast. Go to DaveRamsey.com/events and enter promo code “EHUMC” at checkout to save $17 per ticket. ($10 off and waived $6.00 service fees). Your cost would be $52. Talk to Kim Wollin or Bonnita Sherburne if you have

any questions. More information to follow.

CELEBRATE !!!

ANNUAL GARAGE SALE

Tis the season for spring cleaning! We already have a pile of donations for the annual Church Garage Sale, do you? If you have furniture to donate, we have a complimen-tary storage unit at Dino’s. (Thank you, Dino’s!) Call or text Sandy Lozier (402-201-6792) or LuAnn Dritley (402-689-1083) for more information. We can only accept furniture this early in 2018. Garage Sale - Wednesday, August 15 - Saturday, August 18. We start accepting smaller donations August 3. Remember - We cannot accept any child safety items such as car seats or baby cribs. We are also unable to accept large appliances such as washers and dryers or the older ‘tube’ type TV’s. AND we cannot accept the old TV cabinets or large sofas with recliners in them as we have in the past. They are heavy and difficult to sell. Even thrift stores are reluctant to take them.

In addition, if you haven't worked at the garage sale before or if you are new to the church, we are always looking for volunteers to help. There are jobs for every-one....from advance planning and sorting of donations to working the sale days themselves to clean up.

Please see Sandy or LuAnn if interested.

Walk to Emmaus SAVE THE DATES ! ! Men’s Walk - Sept. 13-16 Women’s Walk - Sept. 20-23

A Woman’s Day: I Am Enough with Daring Way™ Facilitator, Melissa Hiatt

Saturday, April 28th from 9am-3pm Elkhorn Hills UMC – 20227 Veterans Drive

Together we will explore what it means to show up, be seen, and live brave with Melissa Hiatt, a

Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator!

*REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, APRIL 22nd

Name: __________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________

Phone #: _________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________

Registration Fee: $50 *Please attach payment to this registration form.

Jason’s Deli Lunch Options: (Please circle one bread & one meat, or the Vegetarian Option.)

Bread: Croissant Organic Wheat Wrap Bun

Meat: Ham Turkey Chicken Salad (w/ almonds & pineapple)

Vegetarian Option: Spinach Veggie Wrap

*A limited number of scholarship are available for the event.

If you would like to request a scholarship, please contact the Church Office at (402) 289-4764 before

submitting your registration.

Checks should be made out to: Elkhorn Hills UMC.

Registration includes a Coffee Bar with Muffins, Lunch,

Daring Greatly™ Materials, & a Gift Bag of goodies for the day!

**Chips, Pickle, Chocolate Chip Cookie, and Drinks also included!**

ELKHORN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 20227 Veteran’s Drive Elkhorn NE 68022

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CAMP FONTANELLE 2018 SUMMER CAMP SPECIALS AVAILABLE

Returning Camper Bring a First Time Camping Friend Special

Returning campers can attend for ¾ price if they bring a NEW FIRST TIME CAMPER to camp with them who can also then attend at ¾ listed price. The new camper must be a first time Camp Fontanelle summer camper. This offer is not good with any other offers.

Sibling Saver Special

Siblings of the same household attending week long camps, help each other save on cost. Sibling #1 pays full price, sibling #2 takes 25% off, sibling #3 and beyond takes off 50%.; Ask for this dis-count, not good with other offers.

Check out the Camp Fontanelle website for complete information on camps available, schedule and registration. www.campfontanelle.org