Issue 1012Vol. 584

February 2017 TRENDS

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2330 Plank Road

Keokuk, Iowa 52632 319-524-1081

email: church@trinitykeokuk.org www.keokuktumchurch.org

15 “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16 But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witness-es. 17 If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the of-fender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. “ Matthew 18:15-17

Rabbit holes exist in the world of information and misinformation especially in the world of biblical studies. I was doing some writing in the area of pastoral counseling. Really what ended up happening was I searched for scriptures on confidentiality in the pastoral role and fell down this long rabbit whole. There certainly are some far out practices some pastors use. The above scripture is current practice in the Iowa Annual Conference for all SPRC’s and fellow clergy. This is because we are in a community of faith, relationship with God and one another and we ought to express that even amongst conflict. Conflict needs healing.

You may or may not have heard that our former Bishop Trimble is in the complaint process of our denomination resulting from a complaint from 3 clergy members of the Iowa Annual Conference. Some say Bishop Trimble didn’t follow the discipline, some say he did that is re-ally not the point. The point is the complaint process isn’t supposed to be used as a offen-sive weapon of choice, rather it demonstrates the failure of our covenant to keep the main thing the main thing…. The Gospel. If leaders both lay and clergy are not willing to take Jesus words to heart from Matthew 18 then the problem is bigger than any issue such as human sexuality.

The book of James gives us yet more instruction following Jesus example above. “Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” - James 5:16 Imagine if all parties concerned from the above issue came together and exemplified watch-ing over one another in love, rather than yielding church polity like a weapon?

I encourage all of us to take the James 5:16 challenge!

Blessings to you!

Pastor Jeff

T R I N I T Y T R E N D S F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 P A G E 2

Holy Communion The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be held on Sunday, February 5th Come and celebrate the sacrament with your family. If you are a shut-in and wish to partake of Holy Communion in your home, please call the church office, 524-1081 or use the hospital visit request form on the church website.

Friendly Ambassadors for February First Sunday of every month only coffee is pre-pared and served. The rest of the month:

10:15 AM Service Feb. 5 - Coffee only

Feb.12 - Judy Walker & Carolyn Johnson

Feb. 19 - Judy Walker & Carolyn Johnson

Feb. 26 - Judy Walker & Carolyn Johnson

Sunday School and Worship

You are invited to worship 8:00 AM or 10:15 AM. There is a place for you. You are also in-vited to attend a Sunday School class. There are two adult classes you are welcome to join. Invitation to Join the TUMC Family of Faith. If you would like to join TUMC please contact the church office. Invitation to Holy Baptism. If you would like to be baptized. Please contact the church office. Baptism forms are also available on the church website. KOKX - If you would like to sponsor a KOKX broadcast for area listeners, please sign the sheet on the information table. The cost is $25.00 per Sunday. The office has received notes from listeners sharing their appreciation for this service.

Liturgists for February If you would like to be a liturgist, but haven’t been asked, please call Frances at 524-1282. Feb. 5 - Brian Willcutt

Feb. 12 - Frances Latta

Feb. 19 - Sally Tedrow

Feb. 26 - Martha Kirchner

Hospital Calls If you are in the hospital, please let the church of-fice know. The hospital is not responsible for notify-ing the church. If you happen to visit with a church family member who is homebound, in a care facility or hospital you can notify the church office through the church’s website under hospital visit request. These requests go straight to Pastor Jeff’s email! LISTEN ONLINE!

The radio versions of our 10:15am worship are posted online at

www.keokuktumchurch.org

OFFERING ENVELOPES The 2017 offering envelopes are on the information table outside Pastor Jeff’s office. THANK YOU!!! The staff members of Trinity United Methodist Church Wishes to thank EVERYONE for the good-ies and love gifts we received over the holidays. We appreciate the thoughtfulness of all the Trinity Family. CONGRATULATIONS Nyle Kenneth Lambert, son of Erica and Gabe Lambert, was born December 6, 2016. He weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by brothers Peyton and Hudsyn. Grandparents are Jim and Becky Bowden. Great-grandmother is Helen Ackerson. Service Opportunity’s 2 Sunday School teachers are needed for 1st through 4th grade. This may not be every week. If you would like to serve in this area contact Karen Beim. The Leadership and Nominations committee is look-ing for at least 2 people to serve on this committee that is responsible for the recruitment and input on who serves on what committee. If interested contact pastor Jeff.

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POTLUCK The Evangelism Committee

invites every one to a potluck dinner on Sunday, March 5th. The meal will immediately follow the 10:15 a.m. Worship Service. More information will be available closer to then, but the committee wanted to give you a chance to reserve that date on your calendars. Everyone is invited for fellowship and fun. We encour-age you to invite friends and family and hope to see you there! INCOME TAX The end of the year tax statements of giving to the church are available. They are in a box on the information table outside the pastor’s office. Those who attend 8:00 a.m. worship service will find theirs on the table outside the chapel. Lay Servant Training events for 2017 are now being scheduled. The first Lay Servant Training event this

year will be held on March 18 and 25, 2017, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 309 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant. Courses being offered will include Basic Course

(Teacher: Pastor Elizabeth Bell), Go Preach! (Teacher: Rev. Deb Stowers), and Lay Servants Lead in Conflict Resolution (Teachers: Pastor Larry and Jeanie Allen). For this training, you must register for both dates. You do not need to be a Certified or Local Church Lay Servant to attend these classes. A brochure with com-plete information, including how to register, will soon be available on the Southeast District’s web page on the Iowa Annual Conference website. SCOUT SUNDAY! Feb. 12th Troop 43 will host their annual fundraiser Following the 10:15 service in fellowship hall! BE PREPARED to wor- ship, fellow-ship and support your scouts!

There will be a Southeast District Mystery Bus Tour for all youth in grades 7-12 on Saturday, March 25, 2017. What

magical surprises await you? Come along and ride with us as we explore some of the history and excite-ment that is God’s love in Southeast Iowa. What might you find on this Mystery Bus Tour? That is the surprise! But it is sure to be a fun-filled day with en-tertainment and sights to see. We may even feed you! Meet at Columbus Junction United Methodist Church, loading at 7:00 a.m., returning at 8:00 p.m., and be prepared for fun. All youth from Southeast Iowa in grades 7-12 are invited to attend. The cost is $50 per participant. To help with the ear-ly morning departure, the Columbus Junction UMC will host anyone who would like to gather in Colum-bus Junction Friday evening. Bring a sleeping bag and join us any time after 6:00 p.m. Food and games pro-vided. Please RSVP to (319) 728-2669 by March 22 to participate in this Mystery Bus Tour.

BOARD OF TRUSTEE’S NEWS: Your trustee’s have been busy working on many things in and around the church. We approved a revised building use policy for those not connected to our church who wish to use our facility (This

form is available in the church office). One change we made was $100.00 is needed to help defray some of the utility expenses used by these events not associat-ed with the church. This policy went into effect on January 1st. We successfully re-negotiated a contract with Doug Porter on our farm for $165.00 per acre for 3 years. The church Van was disposed of through auc-tion for at least $3800.00. Reasoning behind this was basically lack of use and older people had a tough time getting in and out of it. In the spring we are look-ing at the parking lot getting some work done. Anoth-er issue we worked on along with the pastor, was the borrowing of church property (chairs, equipment etc.). Nothing should be removed from the church that be-longs to the church. The board of trustee’s are respon-sible for these things. Exceptions include the library and the medical equipment exchange. If you would like to serve on the board of trustee’s feel free to speak to the pastor. ——-Trinity UMC Board of Trustee’s——-

On February 7 AAUW Keokuk Branch and the Keokuk Association for Rights and Equality (KARE)

will sponsor Patti Miller’s presentation of her video Freedom Summer, followed by discus-

sion. The event will take place at New Bethel Church at 7 PM and is free to the public. A dinner

will precede the video at 6 PM and the charge for the dinner is $10.

Patti Miller grew up in an all white rural community in Iowa, in the heart of the Midwest. Her hero

was Abraham Lincoln and her assumption, from her reading, was that the slaves were freed and

that all men and women, black and white, lived together in harmony in her country. In 1963

while a student at Drake University, Patti had an opportunity to travel through the deep South

with a group of fellow students from the Wesley Foundation on campus. Before leaving, the stu-

dents studied the history of the treatment of African Americans in the South. They learned of the

growing Civil Rights Movement and of some of the leaders, such as Martin Luther King. This trip

was to become a life-altering event for Patti.

In 1964, Patti saw a brochure on a bulletin board on campus telling of a Summer Project in Mis-

sissippi. It was an invitation to students, especially northern students to spend the summer in

Mississippi, helping with voter registration and working in freedom schools and community cen-

ters while living with local black families. Patti knew instantly that she wanted to go. The summer

is now referred to as Freedom Summer ’64. That summer changed Patti’s life and the life of the

country.

After graduating from Drake, Patti worked for more than two years in Chicago with Dr. Martin Lu-

ther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the Project to End

Slums. Patti is now devoting her time to Keeping History Alive by sharing her story through pub-

lic lectures, making a documentary and writing a book. Patti is eager to connect with the young

people of today to inspire them to make their own history in responding to the challenges facing

our country and communities today.

Reservations for the dinner only must be made by January 31st by calling Dianne Stanley at (319)

524-2086 or Dev Kiedaisch at (319) 524-3935. For those attending the program only, please

plan to arrive by 6:50.

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UMW NEWS

UMW held its first unit meeting of 2017 on Wed., Jan. 18th. “Coffee” was hosted by Shelby Gullick and Carol Nel-son. A brief installation service for UMW officers for 2017 and members was conducted preceding the program. The program, given by Carol Nelson, was the international program pledge to mission service (held in Trinity each January). This year’s program, “A Community United by Giving”, was based on Matthew 25:35-36 AND John 13:34-36 and highlighted 4 reports of what some of the mission ministries do and where they are in this country and throughout the world (including more than 90 national mission institutions, more than 100 international mission programs in over 80 countries, 8 Regional Missionaries, and over 400 mission personnel) that are supported by the pledge monies given by UMW members. An additional report, based on information from the 2017 Prayer Calendar and general UMW internet reports on and from the 8 Regional Missionaries was shared for later personal reading. (Copies of this report are on top of the UMW file cabinet in the Conference Room and hanging from the UMW board in the church narthex. Joyce Jackson, Gwen Worster, Helen Ackerson, Bev Merritt and Carol Nelson, representing Trinity UMW hosted Lexington Square’s birthday party for the residents having January birthdays and helped them play what was a new game to us, “Pie Go”. Shelby Gullick, Shirley Townsend, Sharon McKay and Carol Nelson helped host January’s Red Cross Blood Drive on Jan. 5th, serving homemade sandwiches and snacks in Fellowship Hall. In February UMW will host the Drive on the 2nd, serving homemade chicken noodle soup and snacks. The unit program meeting in February will be on Wed., Feb. 15th at 9:30 a.m.. Judy Miller and Fran Krueger will host the “coffee”. Nancy Martin will present the second special internal program, subbing for Nadine Lindner as she mends from a broken ankle. (Thank you, Nancy, and wishing Nadine a speedy recovery, yet thorough healing.) The program (based on Exodus 1:6-2:10) will be on one of our mission emphasized this year, “maternal and child health”. Part of the program introduces the “Days For Girls” international organization and service addressing a long-standing vital health concern. Come, join us and learn more about this vital ministry needed by many poor women and young girls.

“Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up.” --anonymous

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL MEETING - November 16, 2016 The Treasurer’s report for October stated YTD income of $135,710 and YTD expenses of $151,490 which nets a negative difference of $15,780. $3,000 has been paid YTD for apportionments versus a budget of $29,379. The Treasurer’s report was approved. There was no Foundation Report. Mary noted that copier maintenance should be in budget for next year.

SCOUTS: Rechartering for 2017 has been completed. OUTREACH - Representatives attended the November 5th Ingathering. FINANCE NEWS: Our 2016 spending plan included a total of $156,750.00 of total giving income. Because of your financial stewardship and support we received a total of $164,305.13 in giving! In addition we ended the year

of 2016 with a deficit of only -$7,616.05 to the General Fund. If you have any questions please ask the Finance Committee or the Treasurer Mary Morris.

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Office Hours Sunday Worship Schedules

Monday—Friday: 9:00am—12:00pm, 1:00pm—4:00pm 8:00am Chapel

Phone: (319) 524-1081 9:00am Sunday School

Parsonage Phone: (319-)524-1986 10:15am Sanctuary E-Mail: church@trinitykeokuk.org

pastor@trinitykeokuk.org

Web: www.keokuktumchurch.org

Trinity United Methodist Church

2330 Plank Road Keokuk, IA

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February Birthdays

4-Jeff Roth 4-Maya Kearns 5-Chastity Kearns 6-Jeff Jackson 7-Jean Peterson 8-Regina Stambaugh 8-Mary Morris 9-Barb Smidt 11-Gail Fleming 13- Aiden Twitchell 13-Leah Gudgel 13-Diane Kearns 14-Louis Riesberg 20-Paul Pennington

February Anniversaries

4-Jim & Becky Bowden

12-Steve & Joan Brown

26-Dirk & Terry DeJong

28-John & Nancy Symmonds

21-Janice Lindner 21-Kelly Krueger 24-Lisa Twitchell 24-Bev Merritt 26-Roger Courtney 28-Diana Krueger 28-Marc Johnson (Keokuk)