Weekly Messenger - September 30, 2022 |
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Making and nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ to serve the community and the world |
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Here is what is coming up next!
As you read last week, I wrapped up my 2023 planning retreat in the southern Rockies and I came home with a solid plan for preaching and teaching for all next year - and found refreshment along the way. Thank you for your prayerful support.
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UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICES |
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SUNDAY SERVICES TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON & ONLINE AT 9:00 AM
Go to the Worship Page on our Website to find more information about future services. |
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SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 2, 2022
“With enough technology, we’ll be ok, right?” - Genesis 11:1-9
Technology is supposed to make more productive and reward us with leisure. Instead it enslaves us to our work, image, or brand. One example in the Bible of the allure of technology is the Tower of Babel. Join Pastor Rob as we explore how God responds when we fill our lives with technology.
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EVENTS AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Submit information each week by Wednesday at 12pm for inclusion in Bulletin Announcements and/or the Weekly Messenger.
Please click here for the COMMUNICATIONS submission form --all requests for communicating an event can be made here, including getting items on the calendar and reserving rooms for your event. This form can also be found on the sign-ups page on our website. If you cannot use the submission form please send them to [email protected]. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Lorie and Kimberley.
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SAVE THE DATE - RUMMAGE SALE EXTRAVAGANZA POTLUCK!!! |
To all women of UMCG, you are invited to
The Rummage Sale Extravaganza Potluck
Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM
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Yes, that is the day after the Rummage and Bake Sale. You deserve a treat! The menu will be soup, salad and dessert.
The entertainment will be a fashion show highlighting outfits selected during the week of the Rummage Sale. The selections can be humorous, as well as showing the fashion sense of our wonderful ladies. Can you take items from the Rummage Sale and put together an ensemble suitable for wearing to the office, gala or out to dinner? Or an outfit guaranteed to make us laugh! (Don’t worry, anything removed from the sale will be returned for next year or purchased.) We also need everyone working to be on the lookout for items to be used for centerpieces!
A sign up sheet will be posted on the Women’s Ministry Board Sunday. We will need salads, dressings, soup, bread, desserts, women to set up, women to take down, and dishwashers.
And of course, we will need volunteers to be models for the fashions.
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CASTING CALL ALERT! A UMCG Talent Show is coming October 23 at 7 pm!
Whatever your special talent, come strut your stuff at the first UMCG Talent Show on October 23, an event no one will want to miss! We’ll have a great time and raise some money for the operating budget.
Ready to sign up? Let us know what you’d like to do! We can’t wait to see you on stage! Sign up here and/or contact Howie Pribble for more information or volunteer to help.
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YOU ARE INVITED! Worship and feast with partner church Greenstone UMC in Chicago Pullman neighborhood, October 9th!
Church members and friends are invited to caravan to the Chicago south-side historic Pullman neighborhood to worship and feast with our sister church Greenstone UMC. We will worship and have lunch with Reverend Luther Mason (picutred right in front of their amazing organ), and will be able to participate in the Pullman Historic House Tours as well as visit the Pullman Exhibit Hall.
We will start in worship at UMC Geneva at 9am, be blessed and sent after the first hymn, then caravan to worship at Greenstone UMC for their music and worship starting at 10:30am. Church address is 11211 S. St. Lawrence Ave Chicago 60628, click for Google directions.
We will also get a small tour of the church and be able to hear its historic organ, and learn about the church's neighborhood outreach. You are welcome to stay after lunch for the historic tours. Pastor Lisa is organizing carpools now -- please email her at [email protected] to sign up.
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DID YOU KNOW . . . October is Pastor Appreciation Month?
There will be Thank You notes available in Fellowship Hall for you to write your personal note of thanks on the blank notes provided.
Just drop them in the provided basket for delivery to our fantastic pastors. If you are unable to attend services, you can stop in the office to get a card or drop them an email. Let's show our gratitude and give back to them the love they give to us.
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FUNERAL PLANNING WORKSHOP OFFERED
Do your loved ones know your final wishes?
Join Pastors Rob and Lisa on Tuesday, November 1st from 10-11:30am in the Parlor for an informative, grace-filled workshop that will empower your loved ones to honor your wishes at the end of life and make plans for your pastor-led funeral or memorial service.
We will provide some resources, a planning guide and share with you what to expect upon death of yourself or loved one. The time spent in this workshop will be a gift to loved ones making your final arrangements. Light refreshments will be served. This workshop does not cover arrangements with life insurance, funeral homes, crematories or cemeteries. A RSVP is requested but not required to attend.
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The next Spirited Kids Adventures is
Saturday October 1st from 6-8pm
at Pepper Valley Club House (pool location)
We will paint pumpkins, play games, look at stars and make s'mores! At least one parent is required to attend with children and their friends.
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October 15 Youth Group Event at Heaps Farm Haunted Cornmaze!! |
JOIN TRI-CITY YOUTH AT THE ANNUAL HAUNTED CORN MAZE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH!
Join Batavia, Geneva, and Baker Memorial Methodist's Youth Group at Heap's Farm near Minooka on
Saturday October 15 from 5:30-10pm.
We will meet in the parking lot behind
Batavia UMC @ 8 N Batavia Ave, Batavia at 5:30pm.
Enjoy pizza while we get organized and then ride a bus to Heaps Farm Haunted Corn Maze.· Cost is $25. Please write a check or pay via Elexio prior to the event date.
· Deadline to sign up is on Sunday 10/9—invite 1-2 friends!
· Back to Batavia UMC around 10pm.
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SPIRITED WOMEN STARTING NEW STUDY |
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ARE YOU A CARING PERSON? COULD YOU BE A STEPHEN MINISTER?
WHAT DO STEPHEN MINISTERS DO?
- Listen
- Explore Feelings
- Pray
- Share Christ's love
- Maintain confidentiality
- Attend to the caregiving process and leave the results to God
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WHO DO THEY HELP? Stephen Ministers care for people who are:
- Grieving
- In a crisis
- In need of long-term care
- Dying
- Hospitalized
- Divorcing
- Experiencing losses as they age
- Going through a crisis of childbirth
- Family and friends of people in crisis
We are starting Tricity classes cooperatively with Fox Valley Presbyterian and Batavia Immanuel Lutheran. Classes will be held at Fox Valley Presbyterian starting Tuesday, November 15. We are hoping to line up our new class of minsters by October 15! Contact Pastor Lisa at [email protected] or at (630) 605-4423 to learn more.
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START CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSETS -- IT'S RUMMAGE SALE TIME! |
THE RUMMAGE and BAKE SALE IS AROUND THE CORNER!
We need help the entire week of rummage! Click here to sign up to help-- there is also a sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall posted on the Women’s Ministry board.
· Set up: Monday, Oct 24th – 6pm in Fellowship Hall
· Donation drop offs: Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct 25 &26, from 9am to 7pm
· Bake Sale donations: Please drop off in the Library on Thursday, Oct 27.
· Sale Dates: Oct 27 – 6-8pm, Oct 28 – 9-5pm, and Oct 29 – 9am to Noon
· Clean Up: Oct 29 –Noon to 2:30pm
We are anticipating a huge amount of donations again! Please only donate items that will be highly saleable—please be picky to ensure success! At the risk of sounding ungrateful, please nothing dirty, dusty, torn or broken. Clean items sell faster and we can charge more for them! If you need larger items to be picked up, please call Lorne Tweed at (908) 723-2617.
***Please, we cannot accept TV’s, monitors, printers, entertainment armoires, textbooks, magazines, car seats, mattresses and cribs.***
The need for affordable household goods and clothing has never been greater and this is one way UMCG can help!. Plus, much of the money we raise goes to our local charities.
Thank you, in advance, for all the donations and support we get during rummage week.
Rummage sale questions: Jenean Larsen, (847)707-6598, Bobbi Alderfer (630) 272-9445 or Wendy McKeehan (630) 310-9861.
Bake Sale and Food for Volunteer Questions: Joan Hansen (630)251-4628
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FOLLOW UP TO PASTOR ROB PHISHING INCIDENT
I received over 40 emails lin the past couple of weeks from people who shared the phishing email that pretended to be Pastor Rob Hamilton. We want to reiterate that everyone should check the email address closely whenever you receive an email from the church. If it seems suspicious at all, forward the email to me ([email protected]) or call the church office to alert us.
Here are the different email addresses that were used in this phishing attempt:
pastorrob.genevaumc@gmail
rob.genevaumc@gmail
robh.genevaumc@gmail
rhamilton.genevaumc@gmail
pastorrobhamilton22@gmail
Do not respond to emails from any of these addresses or any that look similar to them. Rob's church email address is [email protected].
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We would like to invite all men who are interested in restarting the Methodist Men’s Club to an organizational meeting.
Where: Old Towne Pub & Eatery, 201 W. State Street, Geneva
When: 7:00 PM, Saturday, Oct 15
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To be discussed:
• Structure of the group
• Meeting frequency
• Calendar of special events
• Leadership roles and roster.
We are hoping to restart a group of men who get together for fellowship and to plan charitable fundraising events.
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RESULTS OF SPECIAL CHURCH CONFERENCE VOTE FROM LAST SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
The congregation voted in a Special Church Conference last Sunday on two financial questions.
Motion 1 Option 1 was approved with 48 votes and 3 votes for Option 2.
Motion 1: Church Council moves that UMG Fund Principal be used to pay for the three capital projects (HVAC Replacement, Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement, and Fellowship Hall/Garden Level renovation) with an estimated cost of $880,000. The two options for paying for these projects are:
- UMCG secures a line of credit/loan with the Wesleyan Investive in the amount of $900,000.00 to finance the payments for the capital projects (HVAC Replacement, Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement, and Fellowship Hall/Garden Level renovation), currently in process or planned, with the interest only payments to be made from the UMG Fund Principal until the loan is paid off from the UMG Fund principal within the next 5 years. Church Council will have the authority to determine the timing of when the loan should be paid off. This option includes Church Conference approval for the Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement project with a not to exceed approval of $180,000, final approval of the Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement project will require Trustee and Church Council approval.
- UMCG will Pay-As-We-Go for all projects from the UMG Fund principal. This option includes Church Conference approval for the Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement project with a not to exceed approval of $180,000, final approval of the Sanctuary Audio/Visual Replacement project will require Trustee and Church Council approval.
Motion 2 was approved with 48 Yes vote and 2 No Votes:
Motion 2: Church council moves that when the Orville T. Anderson Trust bequest is received by the church (estimated $850,000) that $85,000 or 10% of the total bequest, whichever is higher, be donated to seed/replenish the Operating Budget Reserve Fund.
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METHODIST MEN'S CLUB FUNDS MADE DURING SWEDISH DAYS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS CHARITIES
As most of you know, the UMCG Food Booth at Swedish Days this last summer was a great success, raising over $14,500 during the five-day Festival. The Men’s Club has now agreed on the disbursement of these funds, $14,500 in total.
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UMCG Church Ministries
Pastor’s Discretionary Fund
UM Youth Fund
Tri-City Area Ministries
Fox Valley Hands of Hope
Fox Valley Food for Health
Habitat for Humanity
Hesed House
Lazarus House
Living Well Cancer Resource Center
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Salvation Army
Suicide Prevention Services
The Neighbor Project
Tri-City Family Services
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State-Wide Ministries
Rosecrance
South Shore (Chicago) UMC
Nation-Wide Ministries
Appalachian Service Project
International Ministries
Cambodia Mission
Kid’s Alive Haiti
Kid’s Alive Dominican Republic
Feed My Starving Children
Thanks again to all the volunteers who helped us this year with the Food Booth!
UMCG Men’s Club
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Pastor Lisa blessed many pets during her time at UMCG's tent at this year's Anderson Humane
Pets-AH-Palooza
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Pastor Lisa thanks the wonderful volunteers who joined her at Pets-AH-Palooza last Sunday! |
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WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! |
We train our volunteers to GATHER, REPORT, ADVOCATE, RECOMMEND and SUPPORT their assigned child through the court system.
Click here to learn more about volunteering with CASA Kane County. We have a few upcoming LIVE virtual informational meetings in the next months:
Thursday, October 6, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 20, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 3, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m
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NEWS FROM THE UMC COMMUNITY |
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Prairie Central eNews is here.
The NIC weekly eNews is here.
he Download the NIC Reporter here.
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ACCESS THE UMCG DOCUMENT CENTER |
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UMCG has a hidden page on the website for our church family to access called the Document Center. This includes our committee roster, communications submission forms and in the future, our committee agendas, reports and minutes. |
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Geneva, IL 60134
Phone: (630) 232-7120
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