"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden....let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven." --Jesus (Matthew 5:14-16)NIV

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God Knows Everything but I Don't...

Your church likes to support you, especially during possible turning points in your life. Since these often involve a stay in the hospital, please be sure to call, or have someone call, the church (872-3422) or the parsonage (872-2945) to let us know about you. Please include the name of the hospital. We cannot count on the hospital to call - even if you tell them what church you attend. We want to be supportive so please call. Be sure to call whenever you want to talk with the pastor - whatever the reason.

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Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 18 for
                    FAMILY GAME NIGHT!
Our Fellowship Committee has a great night planned. Be watching for more details.



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Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00pm, you are invited to St. Pancratius Catholic Church to receive ashes.



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        Our Wednesday night Lenten Potluck and Program begins on February 29 at 6:00pm SHARP!! We have ONE hour to eat and learn and get the choir members to practice at 7:00pm. Bring the whole family!  Bring a dish to share and your own table service. Beverages provided.

Bishop’s Day

A Healthier World!

Don’t Just Dream It...Do It!

     Mark Saturday, March 4 on your calendar for Bishop’s Day at Port Huron’s First United Methodist Church. The schedule is:

   8:30-9:00am Registration and Coffee.
   9:00-9:45am Worship with Rev. Dr. William Dobbs
     (An offering will be collected for the Church Health Center)
    9:45-10:00am Break
  10:00-12:00pm Dr. Scott Morris
Optional Program -- 12:15 pm Healing Service in the Chapel
   
      There will also be display tables and materials about programs of the United Methodist Church. 
     There is no charge. Please contact Pastor Jackie. She would love to have one or more groups attending from Cass City.
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Lent begins Wednesday, February 22 this year. During this time of preparation for Easter we will be looking at Jesus’ last day on earth. To facilitate this we will be using "24 Hours That Changed the World" written by Adam Hamilton, pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS.

This study considers: `The Last Supper', `The Garden of Gethsemane', `Condemned by Righteousness,' `Jesus, Barabbas and Pilate', `The Torture and Humiliation of the King `, ‘The Crucifixion' and `Christ the Victor.'

During this time you are encouraged to read a short daily devotional from "24 Hours That Changed the World: 40 Days of Reflections." These is a book of short devotions which will be provided to every household in the congregation. You will be asked to start those readings on Monday, February 20. There are six readings per week. So on the day we worship together there is no reading. During Holy Week the readings will finish on Wednesday, just before Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Starting each Monday there will be small groups that will study this book. These sessions will include a video that was filmed in the Holy Land. The Thursday Bible studies (10:30 and 7:00) will leave their current study and use the "24 Hours That Changed the World" study. (They will continue their current study after Easter.) I hope we can offer at least one group during the Sunday school hour to focus on this study. Other groups are possible.

Our Wednesday evening Lenten meal \ study will also use some of this material. (This should not be activities that are used during the other group meetings.) Watch for more information on the menu for this evening. We eat at 6:00 and finish in time for choir at 7:00.

I hope you are in worship every Sunday but especially during this Lent. Each week will `stand alone' but the more you can participate the more you will grow in Christ. What will our focus be until then? Be sure to be in worship!

                            See you Sunday, (and Wednesdays during Lent),
                                                     Pastor Jackie

       (Modified from the Tuscola County Sherriff facebook page.)

We have begun serving God and our county! Exciting! I will occasionally share what I can with you.

United Methodist Women

♥      The February 6th meeting of the UMW will be a noon luncheon. Group 3 along with co-hostesses Sherryl Seeley and Judy Profit will prepare and serve the meal. The program will be on Prayer and Self-Denial.

 ♣     On Monday, March 5, the noon luncheon will be prepared and served by Group 1 with co-hostesses Connie Schwaderer and Shirley Wisenbach.

      All ladies of the church are welcome and encouraged to attend this and all meetings.
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Dorcas

The January Dorcas Dinner statistics are:
    Menu: Lasagna
    Total Meals Served: 185
    (Guests: 75; Take-outs: 85; Helpers: 25)
    Deposit after all expenses: $937.07

 ♥ Menu for February 8 is Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy.

 ♣Menu for March 14: Chicken
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Sunday, March 4 at 6:00pm

     Mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend a great night of music! REMIX is the former Youth for Christ’s Cornerstone singing group. It is made up of Thumb area youth.

     Earlier in the afternoon, youth from area churches will be invited to spend time with REMIX. An evening meal will be served to the youth and the group before the concert.
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Progressive Class Meetings

The Progressive Class meets monthly on the second Thursday. Locations and times vary with the event. All adults are welcome to attend.

 ♥ On February 9 the Class will meet at the home of Dick and Judy Wallace, 4920 Van Dyke Road, at 7:00pm.

 ♣ On March 8th the group has planned to meet at Maria’s Restaurant (formerly Camela’s on Main Street) at 5:00pm. 
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Attention Men!

          The United Methodist Men of the Flint District would like to invite you to our 5th Annual Men’s Gathering. The event takes place on April 28, 2012 from 8:00am-2:00pm at Lake Fenton High School, 4070 Lahring Rd Linden, Mi. The cost of this event will be $15.00, including lunch.
         Evangelist Eddie Phillips will be our speaker. If you would like tickets or need any other information contact me at 810-513-9142 or dphillips1501@comcast.net.
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Quilting and Bazaar Notes

          So what does our Quilting group have to do with the Bazaar? Well, as you might expect, some of their projects will be available for sale at our fall bazaar. They meet Wednesday, February 15 at 9:00am to work on their own quilting projects. Anyone wanting to join them and pick up some hints and tips is welcome. Bring your own machine and project. Contact Connie or Yvonne because they usually bring in a pot of soup - just want to make sure there is enough for everyone!

          But, the following Wednesday, February 22, you are invited to come in anytime starting at 9:00am to join the ladies in a project for the bazaar or you may bring in your own bazaar project to work on. You may come and go as your schedule permits.

          The group plans to meet each month but the day may change so if you are interested, let one of them know so they can keep you up-to-date on the next scheduled times.

    The stores want to move Christmas leftovers and this would be great for the Straw Draw items: Tool kits, fishing lures, wallets and etc for men. Gift items for teens. Candles and potpourri for the home. Keep your eyes open!!

   Items for gift baskets are needed. Small items like knickknacks, soaps, cups, cooking items, lotions, cute notepads, etc. Contact Melody Frankowski or Jane Mitchell.

   Be watching end of year fabric sales for children’s pajamas! 2 - 3 - 4 yard pieces on sale is a great buy and this winter is a great time for Shirley Wisenbach to get them ready for the bazaar! She is making pull over tops instead of tops with buttons so look for stretchy ribbed knit material to be used for cuffs and turtle necks.

“One of the sanest, surest and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”       —Archibald Rutledge
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Calling all pre-schoolers through 5^th graders to a BEACH PARTY!!! 

Sunday, February 26
Lunch right after church
1:00-3:00pm Fun, Games, Crafts
(Bring a beach blanket or towel and beach clothes - no swimsuits.
Please wear socks - the floor is cold!)

Seventy years

    By the time you’re 70 years old, you will have spent nearly a quarter of a century sleeping. The average person spends about 23 years of his or her life in bed. Here are estimates of how most Americans spend their waking hours during those 70 years:

• 11 years working
• 8 years in leisure pursuits
• 6 years eating
• 5 years grooming
• 4 years being educated
• 3 years talking
• 2 years reading
• 6 months worshiping God

Perhaps Sunday morning worship isn’t as long as it seems.

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Board of Trustees: 1-5-2012

-Officers Elected: President: Gary Jones, Vice-Pres: Ron Kittle, Secretary: Pam Powell.
-Reviewed maintenance contract with Honeywell. Will interview local contractors for quotes.
-Learned the office copier needs to be replaced. Will get bids.
-Rod Sherman volunteered to put hangers/hooks up in big shed.
-Acknowledged the shelving in the mechanical room completed by Bob Wood.
-A mason has filled the crack in the east wall under the stained glass window. Cost: $75.00.
-Bell Tower water seepage discussion: Gary learned from the builder that no one was doing sealing of bricks at that time.

The Board accepted the proposal from Melanie and Ryan Radabaugh to provide refuse disposal at no cost to the church. Several large, wheeled totes will be available for the garbage. When a tote is full, it can be wheeled out where the dumpster used to be so their truck can get to it. The totes should be found between the church and the little shed just outside the kitchen entrance which should help keep the strong winds from blowing them around. Trash will be picked up every Thursday. We are very grateful for this generous gift by Diva Disposal.
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Administrative Council 1-17-2012

-Education: Attendance average up by two this past year. All classes are doing well including S.S. "Lite" which is now meeting in the Cry Room. Lori Inbody is planning a Kidz Day in February.
-Mission: Have discussed how to become a Spotlight Church. (See article.)
-Nominations: Approved adding Chris Allen to Ad. Council as recording secretary, Doris Jones to Finance, Caren Clara to Altar Guild and Betsy Dillon from Outreach to Fellowship Committee.
-Pastor: A Vision Committee will be set up. Lenten Services are being set up. Planning Confirmation class soon. Sound issues are being looked into.
-Finances: Treasurer’s report - positive report. Bills all paid including 100% apportionments for 2011.
Next Council Meeting will be March 26 at 7pm.
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Worship Committee 1-23-2012

-Confirmed our participation in the Service of Ashes held at St. Pancratius.
-Learned how "24 Hours That Changed the World" will be our focus throughout Lent. (See Pastor’s article.)
-Set up the Wednesday Lenten Potluck themes.
-Maundy Thursday service at 7pm will be similar to last year’s.
-Good Friday is to be planned by C.C. Ministerial Association. We will again offer an evening Good Friday Service at 7:00pm.
-Easter (April 8) Planning: Will check with Barb Kirn about ordering Palms. Likely to have the senior high youth do a drama at 8:00am early service. Laura will check with Keith Czekai about 9:00am breakfast.
-Discussed ordering Easter flowers. Consensus: if folks would like to bring their own plants to share for Easter morning they are welcome to do so.
-Our Choir Director questioned time to do an Easter Cantata - decided to do select songs from various cantatas that will correspond with the topic from the Lenten study for each Sunday.
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--Lexi is the great granddaughter of Janet Francis.
--C.C. Clergy will be having a Prayer Room at the Benefit for Lexi. They will be paying the school to rent the room.
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Threads across the Thumb IV

     This is a month long event for the Rawson Memorial Library for all those interested in quilting.
     Quilts will be on display in the Library all month. You are invited to take the time to come in and browse.
      Tuesday, February 7, Ernie Messing from Thumb Sewing Center will be available from 1-5pm to clean machines for $60. Please call the library for an appointment.
      Saturday, February 18 from 1-3pm Bessie & Margaret’s Quilter’s Tea will be held here at CCUMC. Lunch will be served at 1:00pm. There will be a program by Virginia Anderson on 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st Century Quilts. Cost is $10. Get your tickets at the library.

(We are needing quilt racks here at the church to display the quilts for the Saturday Quilter’s Tea. If you have a rack, it needs to arrive here at the church on Wednesday, February 15^th. Please contact Doris Jones.)

Grandma’s Apron

(This has been around the Internet and more but it struck a sentimental cord with Shirley Wisenbach when she read this article. Hope you enjoy it too.)

     I remember aprons; do you? I don’t think our kids know what an apron is anymore. The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect her dress, but the apron did so much more. It served as a pot holder for removing hot pans from the over, and to wipe her brow when the weather was almost as hot as the old wood stove. When the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped the apron around her arms. It was wonderful for drying children’s tears and, on occasion, was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
     From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. Wood chips and kindling were brought into the kitchen in an apron.
     From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, it was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
     When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. And aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. When dinner was ready, Grandma waved her apron from the porch, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to eat. It will be a long time before someone invents something as useful and versatile as the old-fashioned apron.
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Our Faithfulness these past weeks:

Christmas Offering:  1869.00
Advent Offering Total:  934.00
Camp:  50.00
Good Samaritan:  20.00
Noisy Offering: Spotlight Church: 81.39
Human Relations Day:  27.00

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End of Year Finance Report - 2011  

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     Our Community Lunch program has now become our Soup Ministry at Revive CC. It was a hard decision to make but it was felt that it would be a better way to serve the needy in the area.

     Revive has a food pantry on the third Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 11:00am. It follows the Eastern Michigan Food Bank’s income guidelines.

   Soup is prepared and packaged here on the day our quilters are working.

                                         On the third Saturday, one or two people can take the soup to the Revive building on Main Street where the food pantry is held. It is about 90 minutes on the third Saturday. It is very easy and also humbling. Helpers are welcome and encouraged. Donations of money and soup making supplies are always welcome. Mark all donations - monetary or food: SOUP so it gets in the right place. If you are looking for a way to do mission work, this is an excellent place to start!
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United Methodist Giving Program

Where is your Treasure?
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matt 6:21 NIV

One Great Hour of Sharing 

     This offering is taken on the fourth Sunday in Lent (March 18 this year). These funds provide major support of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), which aids in ongoing ministries of food, shelter, health and peace as well as assisting in the wake of disasters. Generous giving allowed UMCOR in 2008 alone to assist survivors of Hurricanes Gustave and Ike and massive wildfires in California, to help provide safe drinking water in Nicaragua, to teach trades to HIV/AIDS orphaned students and much more. A young Hurricane Katrina survivor recalled, “I thought we were going to die.” But of the ministry provided by the generous giving of United Methodists that has sustained her and her family, she commented, “I like what they do about God.”
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   The Board of Trustees next meeting has been moved up to Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00pm for the March meeting.

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     Due to a mandatory training session for all pastors, the next Administrative Council meeting will be held on Monday, March 26 at 7:00pm.

“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.”            —Kahlil Gibran

 "Christ distributes courage through community; he dissipates doubts through fellowship."
                                                                                                                                                    --Max Lucado
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Noisy Offering

     As we prepared to gather our January "noisy offering" you heard from Missions Chair, Barb Kirn about our goal of becoming a Spotlight Church for 2012. While missions have always been a part of CCUMC this will help us focus on missions while broadening our mission. The "Spotlight Church 2012-13"* book reads, "Spotlight churches have a broad mission program of educating their congregation of missions locally, conference- wide, nationally and globally. The needs reach around the world."
     To qualify as a `Spotlight Church' we have to give in 7 specific areas. The missions committee has established a plan through which we think we can accomplish this. The first thing we must do -pay our apportionments in full. We are planning on doing that - with your faithful giving.
     One of the other things we must do is pledge and support Detroit Conference Ministry Jubilee Projects. These include a variety of ministries right here in our Detroit Annual Conference (the whole U.P. and the eastern half of the L.P.) Our mission committee has chosen Top-of-The-Thumb Leisure Ministries (TTLM) for this project. The following is from the "Spotlight Church 2012-1" book about TTLM. "Two, United Methodist pastors started (TTLM) as an ecumenical ministry seeking to ‘strengthen the Christian Community among residents and visitors to the thumb area’ by providing programming in tourist communities, regular meetings for worship and fellowship, and training for Christian leaders in ministries." Rev. Bob Garrett was one of those two UM founders and Laura Hill and Bryan Hill were summer employees. “The TTLM seasonal staff offers program and conduct ministries for families and children at local shoreline camping facilities under the supervision of an ecumenical Board of Directors with a United Methodist majority. Weekly vesper music\worship services are arranged during the summer at local churches by the Board. Over the years since it began in the sixties, many present Detroit Conference pastors and family member have experienced growth in their ministry skills and Christian leadership while serving in the TTLM program"
     You can find out more about this ministry, located very near us, by `liking' them on Face- book. Hopefully next summer we can take at least one carload to one of their events.
      Pastor Jackie was on the summer staff while she was in college. She believes it was a great learning experience where she got to serve God - and get paid to `hang out' at Caseville Beach!
    Our January "Noisy Offering” will be sent in support of this ministry.
    Our February "Noisy Offering" will be sent to support "Revive Cass City Ministries.” REVIVECC is an independent ministry, started from a grassroots effort of the members of the Cass City Missionary Church. Revive is for all denominations and promotes new life in Christ Jesus and encourages and strengthens those who already believe. ReviveCC has evolved into a outreach ministry to the needy in the Cass City School District through a food pantry and a goods & clothing resale store. There are monthly food distributions for local families in need and an annual Saturday Fun Fair for kids in the spring.
     The third Sunday Noisy Offering in March will be for “In His Name”. This fund through the Cass City Ministerial Association helps locals with gas and food.
     All of these are ways we “make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world" as our denomination's mission statement encourages us to do.
*Books available in the church office.
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Bay Shore Happenings

Bay Shore has many events coming up! If you want more information, contact Bay Shore at 989-883-2501 or www.bayshorecamp.org for details:
     Camp Coordinators Workshop: February 18
     Ladies’ Day: February 25
     Spring Quilters’ Retreat: March 23-25
     Men’s Retreat: March 30 & 31
    Camp Counselor Training for 2012: April 20-22
    Kick-off Banquet: April 28
    Father/Son Catfish Tournament: May 11-12
    Family Fun Day: June 2
    June 17 - July 27: Youth Camping Programs
    Family Camp July 28 - August 4

Get your camp registrations filled out and sent in to be sure there is a spot for you! Send in 1/3 of the registration fee. When you get your confirmation slip back, take it to Janelle Dickinson so the remaining 2/3rd’s will be paid by our Camp Fund. Be watching for a Camp Fund raising activity in March.
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Looking for Graduates!

If you have a high school graduate for 2012, please contact the church office so we don’t over look someone! Also, we want to recognize our college folks who have graduated anytime this past year - even if they are going on for more education.

Shamrock

        St. Patrick used the shamrock to teach people about the Godhead. Holding up a shamrock, he challenged them, “Is this one leaf, or three?” Inevitably, people replied that it was both, prompting St. Patrick to draw the analogy that so, too, is God: one God in three Persons — the Holy Trinity.
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     Revive CC Ministries is again sponsoring a Children’s Fun Fair at the Middle School on Saturday, March 10.
     Helpers are needed. Contact Laura Hill or Lori Inbody if you can help with games or whatever.

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LOONS - Night at Dow Diamond

      Keep Sunday, June 3 open on your calendar. Our Fellowship Committee is working out details at this printing. Contact Chris Allen if you need more information right now.

Refocus for Lent

Give up complaining - focus on gratitude.
Give up harsh judgments - think kind thoughts.
Give up worry - trust God to provide.
Give up discouragement - be full of hope.
Give up bitterness - turn to forgiveness.
Give up hatred - return good for evil.
Give up anger - be more patient.
Give up pettiness - become mature.
Give up jealousy - pray for trust.
Give up gossiping - control your tongue.
Give up sin - turn to virtue.
Give up giving up - persevere.             -Author unknown (Newsletter Newsletter 02-2012

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DEATHS

We send our sympathies to Shirley and Jay Wisenbach, their family and friends on the passing of Shirley’s sister-in-law, Janice Wright.

We send our sympathies to Greg Dillion and his finance, Bethany Langlois, their family and friends on the passing of Bethany’s father, Mike, in a car accident.

Our Condolences to Bill and Shirley Zinnecker, their family and friends on the passing of her nephew, Gary Bushlen.

We send our sympathies to the family of Jerry Garcia on the passing of their three year old son, Andrew. (Jerry performed here a couple of times just after adopting Andrew.)

BIRTHS

We celebrate the birth of: Evelyn Grace Damm born on January 2 to Jason and Elizabeth Damm of Indiana. Evelyn weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 21 ½ inches long. Excited first-time grandparents are Randy and Carmen Damm. Great-grandparents are Dale and Mary Damm.

We celebrate the birth of Alexander Quintin Edward Karr born January 26 to Tim and Lorena Karr of Washington. Alexander weighed 8 pounds and 9.9 ounces and is 19 3/4 inches long. Shirley and Jay Wisenbach are the great-grandparents.

IN YOUR PRAYERS:

♥Pastor Jackie and our ministry here in Cass City and beyond, The Blue Water District with Rev. Joanne Bartelt, D.S., The Detroit Annual Conference and our Bishop, Jonathan Keaton and The United Methodist Church.

Current Issues:  ♥Praise God - Dolly Misch’s grandson, Don, has been accepted in Medical School ♥ Dale Buehrly [cataract surgery] ♥ Bailee Ross [Pam Burn’s granddaughter - had surgery to regain hearing] ♥ Archie Allen [surgery]  ♥Yvonne Greer [knee surgery]  ♥Dick Wallace [surgery]  ♥Garrett Ricker [Mary Free Bed for therapy]  ♥Lee Smith [Yvonne Sherman’s father -health issues] ♥ Marilyn Lautner [Melody Frankowski’s mother - infection in kidney]

Those facing or living with cancer and treatments:  ♥Alexis Smith [6 yr old great-granddaughter of Janet Francis - fast growing tumor on the brain stem] ♥ Clarence (Skip) Churchill [Melanie Radabaugh’s father with bone cancer/radiation treatments] ♥ Naomi Barnes [lung cancer] ♥ Jackie Mandich [Pam Burns’ daughter-in-law’s mother] ♥ Suzanne Dillon ♥ Tim Knight (Dorothy Knight's son) ♥ Julie Patterson  ♥ Angie Garcia [friend of Riggs & Darlene Bedford] ♥ Denise Jones [Leukemia]  ♥ Paul Nicholas [surgery - cancer] ♥ Rick Tait [Dolly Misch’s son having chemo].

Others: ♥ Margaret Czekai and ♥Clarke Cummings (Caren Clara's brother) [dialysis],  ♥Dale Buehrly  ♥Donna Auten  ♥ Elaine Proctor ♥ Dolly Misch [back problems] ♥ Dorothy Knight ♥Ann Milligan  ♥Rev. Bob & Charlene Garrett ♥  Marilyn Morgan  ♥ Lucille Copeland  ♥ Dale Damm  ♥ Esther Guinther ♥ Maxine Profit  ♥Leola Retherford ♥ Barney Hoffman  ♥Anthony Opiola [friend of Roger Parrish with severe asthma and COPD] ♥ Don Loomis  ♥Dick Hendrick   ♥Stanley Morell   ♥ Joan Merchant [severe arthritis]  ♥Harland Lounsbury  ♥Janet Francis  ♥Ruth Wichert

Tendercare,4782 Hospital Dr., C.C.: Don Buehrly.
Northwood Meadows, 6086 Beechwood, C.C.: Lois Bockstanz, Fritz Pomeroy, Marv Hobart, Tom Proctor, Elizabeth Stine.
Kings' Daughters, 2410 Rodd St., Midland, MI 48640: Dorothea Quick.
TimberLine Lodge, 3771 Colwood, Caro: Betty Scofield.
Rosemary Gallaway (Box 95, Port Sanilac, MI 48469 - pulmonary fibrosis)
 

Service People: Krystee Dorland-Draper (AL) & her husband Curtis Draper (KA) Jeffery Hanselman (TX), Marc Inbody (Korea), Josh Sherman (NC), Mike Furness (MO), Kendra Parsons (DC), Tim Karr (WA), Matt Essenmacher (Pentagon), Aaron Dorland (Afghanistan).

Please include the following Blue Water District congregations and pastors in your prayers:

February
1^st Sunday: Croswell & Avoca, Pastor Nick Genoff
2^nd Sunday: Bad Axe: First, Pastor Phil Tousley
3^rd Sunday: BASS, Pastor Dorothy Thon
4^th Sunday: Bay Port & Hayes, Pastor Bruce Nowacek

March
1^st Sunday: Bethel, Pastor Kevin Fick
2^nd Sunday: Brown City, Pastor Maureen Baker
                   Omard, Pastor Peggy Katzmark
3^rd Sunday: Capac First & Zion, Pastor Lisa Clark
4^th Sunday: Caseville, Pastor Linda Fuller

From our Mailbox:

•   The Christmas Fruit Gifts brought in many thank you notes, basically saying: “Thank you for remembering me and thank you for the gorgeous fruit!” From: Ann Milligan, Viola Walker, Ida Wiles, Esther Guinther, Jay & Shirley Wisenbach, J.E. Smith, Pauline Hulburt, Caren Clara, Marge Dickinson, Shirley and Ron Geiger, Tom and Elaine Proctor and Donna Adams.

•   From the UMYF’s Christmas Family: Thank you so much for everything you did for our family during this holiday season. You will never know how much it was appreciated. Everything was soooo awesome! Thanks again and God bless you!

•   From Janet Francis: Thank you so much for the letters, cards, calls and prayer support for her family as they face the unknown with Lexi (Smith).

•   From Nataliah Frankowski: Thank you for the box of candy.

•   From the family of Janice Wright.

Thanks to our helpers:

•   Newsletter: Barb Kirn (proofreading), Judy Profit, Janis Seeley, Pastor Jackie, Donna Adams, Libby Venema, and Marge Dickinson.

•   Pew registries Dora Fobear

•   Recording attendance: Marge Dickinson

•   Folding Bulletins: Janis Seeley

•   Poinsettias: Thank you to Gary Jones for delivering them and to Archie and Chris Allen for arranging the lovely display.

•   A “Big Thank You!” to those who keep our church clean, day to day and week to week, and sometimes even more often: Shirley Wisenbach (mopping the kitchen after each use!), Dora Fobear, Connie & Gil Schwaderer, Doris Jones, Donna Adams, Jon and Char Fahrner, Sherryl and Janis Seeley, Kathy Tuckey, Pam Powell, Dr. Mallory Powell-Wilkins, and others who slip in and out without being noticed. A special thank you to Ardis Monroe, Glenda Wilson, Char Fahrner and Janis Seeley for keeping our many restrooms neat and presentable. Your work and dedication are much appreciated.

•   Shelving in Mechanical Room and snowblower repairs: Bob Wood

•   A Special Thank You to Barb Kirn for organizing the decorating and clean up! A big thank you to all who helped in putting up and the taking down of the Christmas decorations! THANK YOU!!

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Scheduled Volunteers for February

Greeters Captain:
February   5 Ron & Shirley Geiger
               12 Gary & RuthAnn Wichert
               19 Doug & Ardis Monroe
               26 Jerry & Yvonne Greer

Readers
February   5 Rod Sherman
               12 Megan Barrigar
               19 Mishelle Powell
               26 Betsy Dillon

 Media Tech: Sound & Projection
February   5   Bobby Sue Steely
               12   Bobby Sue Steely
               19   Austin Baker 
               26   Austin Baker 

Communion Steward
♥♥February  5  Shirley Wisenbach

♣♣(for March)  on February 26 Ardis Monroe

Acolytes
February   5 Tyler Czekai
               12  Lauren Dickinson
               19  Gary Janik
               26  Brad Baker

Ushers: Captain, Melody Frankowski
February   5  Dailey & Linda Parrish
               12  The Powell Family
               19  The Steely Family
                26

Altar Guild
February 5 Jay & Shirley Wisenbach
               12 Bob & Barb Stickle
               19 Caren Clara
               26 Gil & Connie Schwaderer

Flowers
February   5
               12
               19 Dorothy Knight
               26 Larry & Julie Janik

 Lock Up
February 5 Rod Sherman
               12 Craig Retherford
               19 Ted Furness
               26 Gary Wichert

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Scheduled Volunteers for March

Greeters Captain: Opal Schneeberger

March   4 not available when
           11 printed in January
           18
           25

Readers
March   4 Yvonne Sherman
           11 Doris Jones
           18 Lori Inbody
           25 Barb Kirn

Media Tech: Sound & Projection
March   4 Morgan Erla
           11 Morgan Erla
           18 Training
           25 Training

Acolytes
March   4 Jordan Kittle
           11 Bobby Sue Steely
           18 Nataliah Frankowski
           25 Hank Janik

Ushers: Captain: Dennis Hill
March   4 not available when
           11 printed in January
           18
           25

Altar Guild
March   4 Roy & Shirley Wagg
           11 Jay & Shirley Wisenbach
           18 Bob & Barb Stickle
           25 Caren Clara

Flowers
March   4 Gary & RuthAnn Wichert
           11 Archie & Chris Allen
           18 Clara Gaffney
           25

Lock Up
March   4 Mick Kirn
           11 Ron Kittle
           18 Rod Sherman
           25 Craig Retherford

PRAISE BE TO GOD!