Sunday's Message
| Pastor Greg's
Sermon Series:
"What Would Jesus Do? - Basics for How We Live"
Sunday's Message: March 20th "Jesus Would Give Us Do-Overs" based on
John 3:1-17 |
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Thanks to everyone for the great excitement for purchasing of scrip. The response to our Gas Challenge has been wonderful. Just a reminder: All paid orders will be processed weekly on Sunday evenings at 6pm. Orders will be available for pickup by Thursday of the same week and on Sunday mornings from 8:30-10:30. |
Ongoing Programs
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Taste & See Women's Bible Study on Angels - Wednesday 9:30 a.m.
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Heartwarmers - Knitters meet 3rd Wednesday at 7 pm
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Disciple Bible Study - Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
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Financial Peace University - Wednesdays at 6:30
- DivorceCare - Wednesdays at 6:45
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Happy St. Paddy's Day!
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March 17, 2011
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Hi ,
Take a look at everything we have going on here at New Hope in the upcoming weeks - wow! A rummage sale is being planned, a trip to see the Green Bay Gamblers play hockey, Pastor Greg is going to be 50 (wow!), local missions is preparing a meal for the Freedom House homeless shelter, we have new Bible studies starting, our Wednesday evening dinners and Lenten worship, the list just goes on and on. Last night we had every room in the building occupied with meetings, classes, food, and worship. Isn't that cool? God is so very GOOD!
Happy St. "Patti's" Day! Or is it "Paddy"?
See you in church Sunday, I'll save you a seat!
Patti
BTW - HELP! We need someone in the nursery at 9 and 10:30 this Sunday and next. We also need someone to come early and help set up tables for serving & eating. Please let me know if you can help!
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| "Nifty-50" Food Drive | |
Bring your "Nifty-50" Donation this Sunday
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This month Pastor Greg turns 50. (50! Holy schnikees!) This Sunday, March 20th, help him celebrate by bringing in 50 "something" to donate to the local food pantry - like 50 ounces of corn, 50 boxes of mac & cheese, 50 carrots, you get the idea.
During the Children's Message on Sunday, the children will help bring the food up to the altar area. Let's impact the food pantry in celebration of Pastor Greg turning 50 years young!
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| Matching Gift Challenge | |
You Can Help Turn $10,000 into $20,000!
Your gifts in the next month can have a double impact, thanks to a New Hope family that has offered to match every additional dollar given up to $10,000. (Additional to your annual pledge.) For instance, if you give $500, we will receive $1,000! (Patti happens to love this kind of math!)
Mark your gift "Matching Gift Challenge" and just place it in the offering plate. |
| Lenten Worship and Potluck Dinner | |
Wednesdays - Dinner at 5:45; Worship at 6:30
Join us for our Midweek Lenten Dinners at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesdays. This week the meat provided will be BBQ pork. If you can help provide other food for the meal or help with set up, click here to let us know. Following dinner each week, we are offering a Wednesday Worship at 6:30 p.m. Each worship service is about 35-40 minutes in length. We will hear a different parable of Jesus each week, and then people will be welcome to share "parables" from our own lives. Next week we will hear the Parable of the Sower, and where the seed is landing. Do you have any stories to share about seed landing on rocky soil, among thorns, or in fertile ground? Come and join the conversation. |
| Local Missions Prepare Freedom House Meal | |
Sunday - Meet at Freedom House at Noon
The local missions group is preparing dinner for the residents of Freedom House this Sunday starting at noon. If you would like to get involved contact Karen Zarembka at 366-5427 or jkzarembka@gmail.com. |
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Check out what the Youth have going on!
| Sundays 5:30 - 7:00 pm
This week: St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland. Although he may not have driven the snakes from the Emerald Isle, he was a pretty cool guy. We'll learn more about who he was and how his faith changed a nation.
Click here to get the Spring Calendar for youth group.
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| Do You Want To Help Japan? | |
United Methodists respond to Japan quake
The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) has nine missionaries in Japan along with a number of individual volunteers-in-mission, and the church is already responding to those in need after the earthquake and tsunami.
Sunday we will be taking a special offering for Japan through UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief). If you would like to contribute, simply mark your gift "JAPAN" and place it in the offering plate. Note: 100% of gifts donated through UMCOR go toward helping people directly impacted by the disaster. No gifts are used for administration, salaries or advertising as they are paid from GBGM's general budget.
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| All Church Rummage Sale in April | |
Spring cleaning? Save your "goodies" for New Hope
Spring is finally coming so start CLEANING and put your precious items aside for our New Hope rummage sale scheduled for Saturday, April 16th. Christy Aniol is heading up this event and would like the "Rummage Sale Gurus" to contact her to offer advice, pointers, and/or an extra hand. Christy can be reached by email at anioljcje@sbcglobal.net or by phone at 339-8090. |
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"Sweet" Way To Support Sunday School
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Fill Those Easter Baskets with Seroogy's Chocolates
Order your Seroogy's Chocolates from our Sunday School!! Just fill out an order form (available on the back table) and we will deliver your Chocolate Eggs, Bunnies and Lambs to New Hope in time for Easter. Same prices as going to Seroogy's store without the wait!
7 oz Chocolate Butter Fudge Eggs (without nuts) $4.50 each
4 oz milk chocolate molded Bunnies and Lambs $3.20 each
Orders and checks must be in by Sunday April 3rd so we can deliver on Sunday April 10th. This is a "sweet" way to help our Sunday School program! |
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Local Missions To Meet Sunday, March 27
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Anyone interested in helping with local missions is invited to attend a planning meeting on Sunday, March 27th following the 9:00 worship service.
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It's Time To Register for the Bellin Run/Walk
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Saturday, June 11
Get out, move more and join New Hope's team for the Bellin Run/Walk! To register click here and when requested select Team Member and then select New Hope United Methodist from the drop down list of teams. There is no password. If you'd like your registration packet delivered to the church the week before, just indicate that you are a friend/family and that Patti is the employee. (It makes sense on their end and I'll figure it out on our end!)
Watch for more details to come as the event nears!
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| The Life of Jesus Bible Study | |
"I don't know enough about the Bible to be in a Bible study!"
Ever feel like you don't know enough about the Bible to be in a Bible study? Then this class is for you! The Life & Teachings of Jesus, led by Ruth Hunter, starts with the basics as we learn about Jesus' life, what he did while here on earth, and what he had to say. The class is at 9:00 and then afterward stay for the 10:30 worship which is now identical to the 9:00 service. |
| Sign up for the hockey game - April 3rd |
Plan to come with us to watch the Green Bay Gamblers play Cedar Rapids on Sunday, April 3rd at 3:05. We'll have a fun afternoon cheering the team on to victory at their last home game of the season. Tickets are $14 and if we get 15 or more to sign up we'll get a $2/discount per ticket.
Click here to sign up
- just let me know how many tickets to sign you up for!
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| Exploring Prayer During Lent | |
The Prayer Corner
We would like to engage you in a special prayer time as a way of observing lent this year. Each week we will have another opportunity for you to share your prayer life with others. It will be interesting and a great way to increase our prayer habits as we learn the what, why, when, where and how of New Hope's prayer life. No one is required to participate, but we urge you to consider reaching out to others in this manner.
Thoughts from our Parish Nurse:
Recently several people have challenged me with various forms of the same question. The first person asked "How can prayer help me with weight loss?" The second person asked "Why do I need someone to pray for me? I'm doing well. They should give their prayers to someone who needs it". The third question I hear every Sunday morning when I ask the children to pray before we start Sunday school class. "Why do we need to pray?" they ask. "We just prayed in church!"
Why do we need to pray? Do we pray only in times of crisis, when there is nothing left to do but pray? Would the God of mercy who hears the cries of those who have no food care to hear my whimper when I struggle to choose the crunchy carrot over the creamy Cadbury egg...especially when I don't like carrots? Would the God of miracles who hears the songs of praise from those who were rescued from a Chilean mine care to hear my whispered thanks when the dog, for the first time in a week, did not tear apart the garbage when left alone in the house? Would the God of all creation, maker of heaven and earth, want to hear from me more than once a week...once a day...every couple of hours?
Why do we need to pray? Because when we reveal ourselves to God, God is able to reveal himself to us. We learn about God through Bible study, we worship God through church services, but our own, personal relationship with God (no matter how incredible or incredibly mundane) is made stronger when we pray.
Each week you will be invited to thoughtfully (and prayerfully) share with others the what, why, when, where and how's of your prayer life. Watch for the bulletin inserts that can be filled out and placed in the offering plate or on a back table. You'll also have the opportunity to respond via email, Facebook, our website or through our weekly ENews. Through this opportunity we hope that you're prayer life will be enriched.
Prayer does not change God, but changes the one who prays. The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. -Soren Keirkegaard. |
| Health Kits for Haiti | |
Monthly Mission for March
The mission committee's Monthly Mission for March will be collecting Health Kits for Haiti. Please refer to the following very specific list of items for each kit and how it should be packaged. After you've compiled your kit, just bring it to church and place it in the basket located by the mission bulletin board. Thanks!
Health Kits: All NEW items in wrapper.
1 hand towel
1 wash cloth
1 comb (regular size)
1 fingernail clipper
1 bar of soap (3 oz or larger)
1 toothbrush
1 4.5 oz or larger toothpaste
6 plain plastic adhesive bandage strips
Wrap items inside hand towel and put inside a 1 gallon plastic zipper bag.
Include $1 inside the bag for shipping
The kits will then be taken to the Conference office in Sun Prairie for UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) who will ship them to Haiti for us.
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| Upcoming Easter Events | |
Mark your calendars and plan to attend!
- Invite-a-Friend Pancake & Porkie Breakfast - Palm Sunday, April 17th
- Holy Thursday Last Supper Worship & Communion - April 21st
- Easter Egg Hunt - April 23rd
- Easter Sunday Celebration - April 24th
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| Buy Your Gas with Scrip Dollars |
Christy Aniol is a "scrip-user-guru" and it's great! This energetic woman has thought of mega-uses for her family to use scrip and I laugh when I hear her talk about it. Gas, groceries, Subway, DQ, movies, clothing, even Joe, their son at UW-Madison gets his groceries and gas using scrip cards. We were chatting about encouraging more of you to use the scrip program and came up with a great idea!
Christy is challenging all of you to use New Hope scrip to buy your gasoline for the month of March!
The prices of gas are rising, that we cannot change. Therefore you'll definitely want to take advantage of a tax deduction totaling 1.5 - 10% of what you spend on that gas!
Here's the math. You buy $100 KwikTrip gas card from New Hope scrip. You have $100 to spend on gasoline or other KwikTrip products. KwikTrip gives (10%) or $10 to New Hope. You get a $10 tax deduction on your 2011 taxes. EVERYONE WINS! (Note: Kwik Trip just upped their refund from 6% to 10% this week!)
Don't know how to get started? Sheryl Mielke and Christy Aniol will be available before and after the 9:00 worship service to get you signed up, help you log on and show you how to place an order online. Don't need their help? Click here for detailed info to get started. Just give it a shot, you'll find it's easier than you think!
By the way, the Scrip program has some "cash and carry" gas cards available for you this week in case you haven't ordered any yet, you can pick them up at church on Sunday.
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