Prayer list and announcements for September 11

Prayer Requests

Britton: Arlene Kuehl, Anne, Jim Bush, Peggy (Jim bush’s sister), Bonnie Olson,
 Rachel, Lois, Calvin Quamen, Don Erickson,  Linda Price, Al Franka,

 Luke Storley, Cindy

Family of Rick Morris who passed away on September 5^th.

Claremont: John Freeland,  Clayton Sternhagen, Shirley Frey, Nnea Stanley,
Patty Anne (niece of Don Miller), Larry Sanderson, Dolly McCarlson,
 Don & Marj Hinrichs, Laronda Becker

Hecla:  Tracie Malpert, Natalie Dinger, Janet Graf, Dawn Frohling, Luke Storley.

Families of Lavonne Meyers and Loretta Pfutzenrueter.

Those Serving in the Military Overseas:

William Gibbs, Travis Bailey, Michael Doyle

Upcoming Events

September 13^th 2PM-6PM Hecla Office Hours

7PM Hecla Administrative Council Meeting

September 14^th 9:30AM Britton Bible Study

11AM-5PM Britton Office Hours

7PM Britton Administrative Council Meeting

September 15^th 9AM Claremont Bible Study

September 15^th 2pm Claremont UMW

September 16^th Britton UMC Pie & Ice Cream Sale following Homecoming Parade

September 17^th Ingathering at DWU in Mitchell

September 18^th Sunday School: 8:30AM-Britton, 9:45AM-Claremont, 10AM-Hecla

Worship-Hecla—8AM; Britton—9:30AM; Claremont 11AM

September 18^th 12:15PM Claremont Administrative Council Meeting

September 20^th 1-5PM Hecla Office Hours

September 21^st 9:30AM Britton Bible Study

11am-4PM Britton Office hours

5PM Confirmation Class at Claremont UMC

6:30PM B-C-H Youth Group at Claremont UMC

September 22^nd 9AM Claremont Bible Study

Announcements

Information on kits and donations for the 29^th Annual Ingathering for World Hunger (September 17^th at DWU in Mitchell, SD) is on the entry table. Types of kits include health, school, layette, bedding, and birthing as well as others. In addition they are collecting soup labels and used ink cartridges for SE Pierre UMC. If you have items to donate for the silent auction or the quilt auction please bring them to the church by September 15^th. If anyone would like to attend the event, please contact Pastor Nancy.

Britton UMC will begin their Sunday School classes on September 18^th at 8:30AM. Please be in prayer for the youth and the teachers as they prepare for another time of learning about God’s love, grace and mercy.

Britton and Claremont UMC’s began a new study on September 7^th and 8^th. Both are on the Beth Moore Study, “To Live is Christ”, which is a study of the Apostle Paul. Britton meets on Wednesdays at 9:30AM-11:30AM. Claremont meets on Thursdays at 9AM. The classes will continue each week through November 16^th and 17^th.

Claremont UMC will be having a potluck lunch on Sunday, September 11^th following worship to celebrate the beginning of Sunday School. Plan on attending and joining in a time of great food and fellowship.

Britton UMC will be hosting their annual Pie & Ice Cream Sale following the Britton-Hecla Homecoming Parade, on Friday, September 16^th. There is a signup sheet in the entry way to bring pies or to help with setup and serving. Please contact Doris Olson with any questions.

The District Superintendent, as well as the rest of the Cabinet of the Annual Conference, the Common Table and other teams within the Conference, is asking each church to set specific, measurable, reasonable and attainable goals for the future so that we might grow in our faith and in our worship attendance. The Annual Conference voted this past June to set the goal of increasing worship attendance by 1% in each church by the end of 2012. The goals we are asked to define will allow us to plan and work toward this goal and will need to be completed before the end of the year. Before we can begin to plan for the future we need to look back and see who we were and what God was doing in our midst in the past and then discern if this is still what God is calling us to do and be. In preparation for making goals for each church, Pastor Nancy would like those with stories from the past to share them with her, either verbally or in writing. The reason for doing this is SO THAT we can see where we’ve been and then evaluate and discern what God is calling us to do and be in the future. Once the stories are compiled they will be shared with each congregation during a worship service. What are your memories of growing up in the church? Of joining the church? Of serving in the church? What stories were you told by other generations about the church?  What ministries were active in the past? How did we do outreach/missions? Pastor’s email is nancyserving@gmail.com and phone number is 294-5303 or 294-7388. I’m looking forward to hearing from all of you.