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David Glover
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West Heights UMC Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:27 PM
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January 2022
New year greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord!
I am grateful that we have been able to get to know each other a bit better.
Throughout this year, you have been bright lights as we’ve sojourned through
some dark places, always trusting that God is leading us through this pandemic
and into new possibilities. Thank you for making the end of 2021 rich with
blessings. You deeply blessed me by sharing your generosity through
greetings, cards, notes, tasty morsels, and other gifts. Thank you from the
bottom of my heart, and Russ’ too!
Epiphany is the 12th day of Christmas, the day we celebrate the sharing of
Jesus - the Light of the World - with the whole world. The following season of
Epiphany comes during the darkest (and coldest) days of the year. It’s a time
when we tend to hibernate and it’s easy to feel a bit cut off from the rest of the
world. Guided by the Corinthian epistles, our new worship series “Love Never
Ends: The Body of Christ,” is an invitation to let the light shine around us, in us,
and then from us into our community by letting others see Christ through our
loving presence. This series begins January 9.
As we begin a new year of ministry together as the body of Christ, I invite you
to bring the power of prayer into 2022. One of my favorites is a prayer John
Wesley adapted for the renewal of the believer's covenant with God. Wesley
said that the prayer was first used in a covenant renewal service held on
Monday, August 11, 1755, in London, with 1800 people present. Since then,
this payer has often been used in Methodist services around the world on the
first Sunday of the year. We’ll share it together on January 2.
The prayer points to deep surrender of ourselves in complete trust to God. At
first use, the words of the prayer can be jarring. I invite you to pray these words
until they resonate in the fibers of your soul.
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
It is with much joy and anticipation that I look forward to the possibilities that
await us in 2022! May the fullness of God’s grace be upon you in this new
beginning,
Peace and love,
Pastor Trudy
Join us for a new worship series beginning January 9th. Guided by the Corinthian
books in the Bible, “Love Never Ends: The Body of Christ,” is an invitation to let the
light shine around us, in us, and then from us into our community by letting others
see Christ through our loving presence.
Join us for Worship each Sunday at 10am or Anytime Online (recordings)
https://www.westheightsumc.org/sunday-services
Please help us fill our Advent tree! The Advent offering is budgeted at $30,000 and is
part of West Heights' general operating budget. To date we have received $22,900.
Thank you to all who have generously donated!
Patricia Beckham will be 90 years young on January 5th.
Let’s celebrate with a card shower!
Mail cards or drop off in the church office by January 2nd.
Some words of thanks from Rev. Bev First I would like to echo Trudy's words of gratitude. From my heart, and from my family, too, THANK YOU for making the end of 2021 rich with blessings--cards, notes, treats and other gifts. Thank you so much for all of the dear Christmas greetings and remembrances. It is a tremendous blessing to be in ministry with you. What a year of growth and changes it has been! We've adapted to new schedules, felt the loss of beloved friends and traditions, and created new traditions along the way. I want to thank this brave and loving congregation for all the ways you have undergirded our "Growing in Faith Together" GIFT program in prayer. I want to thank you for your honest feedback and for all the ways you have stepped up to offer improvements, encouragement, and people power. (Please keep the feedback coming; your insights help us grow). I want to thank you for your generous financial contributions. God is at work in our church family, bringing generations together in new and creative ways, bringing laughter and new gifts of patience and understanding along the way. Our first full semester of weekly GIFT programming is in the books, as they say. To review what we did in pictures, check out our church "Growing in Faith Together" Facebook page. You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/ westheightsumc.org/.
And now, a very incomplete attempt to thank *some* of the many people who
have showered our families, youth, and children with love this year:
Nancy Wilhite, Joey Bamberger, Connie and Curtis Wilson, Terry and Dave
Glover, Ramona Myers, Jan Scott, Edna Young, Julie Marsh, Mary and Jim
Robillard, Doris Fry and Constance Wray, Cynda Carr, Mindy Fresh, Kalei
Fresh, Jacob McCarty, Marsha Bunting, Jennifer Mark, Grace and Andrew
Hauff, Kate Stolz, Tony Bamberger, JD Patton, Joel Ewy, Bonnie Turvey, the list
goes on! I'm sure I will forget someone, but I will set that aright in a future note.
THANK YOU all! Along with many others you've shown up in so many
thoughtful ways, sharing your expertise, your time, your financial resources,
your hard work, your faith. As we say at the end of Wednesday evenings, "May
God bless you and make you a blessing!" You all are blessings. Thank you
again for sharing your gifts with our children, families, and youth!
Weekly GIFT programming resumes January 12, 2022
Click here to read the January 2022 Social Justice Newsletter
Reclaiming Evangelism Team Needed
The West Wichita District Strategy Team has asked each
congregation to form a team of at least three(3) members to
participate in a training session on ‘Reclaiming Evangelism’ on
Saturday morning, February 12th. Please contact Jason Russell
with interest or questions (316.303.6544).
Help deliver food to Open Door in 2022!!
Every week, gracious members bring food items to the church to
support the Open Door food ministry. Faithful volunteers deliver
this food to the Open Door facility on east 21st street. It's time to
sign-up for 2022!! If you would like to help deliver to Open Door
collected the food at West Heights, we could use your help!
Please sign up here!
Thank you!!
Lands of the Bible Pilgrimage
If you've ever thought about traveling to some of the places Jesus walked in Israel or
where Paul served in areas around the Mediterranean Sea, join Rev. Trudy and her
husband, Rev. Russ for a pilgrimage information meeting on zoom.
Lands of the Bible Pilgrimage 2022 Information Meeting
This is the final opportunity as no cabins can be guaranteed after January 23
Sunday, Jan. 9 at 6:00
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/7466528005
Pick up a brochure from numerous locations around the church or follow this link:
http://www.eo.travelwithus.com/tours/pf22100622d55364#.YP_-6I5Kjcs
THANK YOU!
The New Journeys class wants to express their gratitude to the
congregation for supplying toothbrushes and to Austin Collins for
helping to fill the Christmas bags for the people staying at the
HumanKind shelter.
West Heights Scholarship Program update
Please mark your calendars for Sunday, May 22. At our 10:00 am service we will
celebrate our high school seniors Cassidy Barr, Austin Karlin, Blair Matthews, and
Jason McCarty. We will also present 2022 scholarship awardee certificates. Our
committee has been working to refine our application process, which can now be
accessed online at any time. Read more here on our web page
https://www.westheightsumc.org/scholarship-program.
Bev Baumgartner for the committee
Steve Chartier
Sheril Logan
Trudy Kenyon Anderson
Gabi Wiens
Thank you for your interest in supporting West
Heights and the work God has for us to do. Below
is a link to a few ways you can provide financial
support indirectly through generous rewards
programs.
https://www.westheightsumc.org/rewards-programs
Prayer Concerns
To see the Prayer Concerns list on the website,
enter the following password when asked:
See LOGOS email or call the church officeFor a shortcut, click this link and enter the password:
https://www.westheightsumc.org/prayer-concerns-more
New Church Council and Committee reports are available!
Go to the church home page. Above “Welcome Home”, you will
see either a menu icon or navigation options starting with
HOME.
Menu Icon
Click then MEMBERS then COMMITTEE REPORTS
Navigation Options
Click MEMBERS then COMMITTEE REPORTS
When asked enter the password:
See LOGOS email or call the church office
Shortcut - https://www.westheightsumc.org/committee-reports and
enter the password.
Thank you for staying informed about the good work our
committees are doing!
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