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1-Dottie Holten guest
preacher
2- 6pm Parsonage study sub
committee meeting
3- 12:45 Centering Prayer
4- 12pm lunch at Senior
Center
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Annual Conference is one of my favorite times of the
year. Clergy and laity from all over Alaska worship,
learn, play, and make decisions together. This year,
Bishop Grant Hagiya invited District Superintendents
from the Oregon-Idaho and Pacific Northwest
Conferences to come up and experience Annual
Conference, Alaska-style. I don’t think they expected to
see the Tongan choir sing and then eat a full Tongan
pig roast dinner! And they definitely did not expect the
Samoan choir to pull them into the middle of their
performance and teach them how to dance! They
certainly got a hearty “Welcome to Alaska” from all of
our diverse churches.
I attended two pre-conference workshops. One was
on estate planning. The leader discussed the
importance of financial planning as an opportunity to
make bequests to those organizations that have been
the most transformative to us. Bequests are specific
gifts that people make through their wills. He challenged
those of us in the session to ask ourselves and one
another, “Who are those institutions or people that have
had the greatest impact on your life? How would you
like to remember them in your will?” Let us all reflect on
those questions and in the near future plan on having a
RS
5- 8:30am Men's breakfast
at Caribou Restaurant
8- Pentecost Sunday,
Communion Sunday, please
wear Red
10- 12:45 Centering Prayer,
6pm Finance Comm mtg
13&14 Relay for Life
15-Father's Day, Lisa's 1
year Anniversary, Baked
Potato Fund Raiser after
service
16- 6pm Parsonage Study
sub committee mtg
17- Active Parenting Class
5:15pm-7:30pm
22- Guest preacher Will
Files
24-Active Parenting Class
5:15pm-7:30pm
26- Community Meal 5:307pm
27- Scrapbook/craft
night 5pm
Note: Pastor Lisa and Joe
gone June 15-June 24 to
attend the Pacific Northwest
Annual Conference.
larger conversation about the stewardship of our
financial resources.
The second workshop I attended was about historic
trauma. This workshop was presented by Dr. Jim
LaBelle and Rev. Charles Brower. They are both
Alaska Native men who experienced life in boarding
schools as children. They spoke of the way that trauma
builds up in a culture over generations. The Alaska
Native peoples have experienced multiple waves of
trauma, including devastating illnesses and the loss of
cultural identity, language, and spiritual practices. This
intergeneration grief is sometimes numbed through
alcohol and drug abuse, which are symptoms of the
underlying trauma. Listening to the stories these men
told was difficult. The temptation was to jump to
problem-solving, but that would have been
inappropriate. At that time and place, the most faithful
thing I could do was be present and listen with an open
heart.
There were multiple opportunities to learn more
about Imagine No Malaria, our worldwide mission to
eradicate malaria. We heard stories of hope from Sierra
Leone where deaths from malaria have decreased
dramatically due to our efforts. We participated in the
Imagine No Malaria 5K Fun Run/Walk. Over the course
of the weekend through various auctions, offerings, and
activities, we raised over $7,000 for Imagine No
Malaria! We are well on our way to meeting our Alaska
Conference goal of raising $150,000 by 2016. Here at
home, we need a few passionate people who are willing
to ignite our church’s and community’s enthusiasm for
this special cause.
The United Methodist Church changes lives, and
you are part of that transformative tradition. Thank you
all for your ministry.
Peace,
Pastor Lisa
June Birthdays: 3- Don Stead
13- Dave Nofziger
22- Sherry Stead
24- Doug Stark
27- Tom Early
Worship Committee
The Worship Committee appreciates Maynard
June Anniversaries: 11- William Yi and Haejin Han
16- Maynard and MariAnne
Gross
19- Harry and Shirley Forquer
22- Dave and Ruby Nofziger
22- Bill and Judy Marley
29- Alan and Shawnie Olson
Gross and Dottie Holten for planning our services
on May 25th and June 1st and bringing us special
messages. Will Files will be preaching on June 22nd.
Alan Olson has stepped in to host our services. All of
these folks are sharing on Sundays when our Pastor
Lisa and Joe are gone either on vacation or at
conferences. While we miss them, we are grateful our
congregation has so many lay people who can lead our
services. Thanks to all who are helping with our
worship while Pastor Lisa is away.
Our HUMC congregation works hard to be a
welcoming church, but we know we can always
improve. The Worship Committee has a training packet
for learning new greeting skills. We will be meeting
"Master Greeter" Rich Liedtke, a friend of Dotty Cline's
from college, who trains congregations--either in person
or via video--to gain new and improved welcoming
skills. We will be sharing Rich's training video in
several sessions soon, so watch for your opportunity to
be a part of one of these greeter-training sessions.
Here's a tip: Rich will show us ways to greet and
welcome new people even when we aren't standing at
the door as official greeters!
Finance Committee
The Finance
Committee would like
to encourage
members of the
church to sign up for
eScrip through
Safeway. You can
choose Homer United
Methodist Church
The Finance Committee meets monthly to receive
the financial report. We examine the expenditures and
look at the amount that we have to pay the bills. We
also receive a pastor’s report at these meetings.
Meetings are open to the public. The annual budget is
available upon request. Contact David Nofziger,
Treasurer, for a copy of the budget for the Homer
United Methodist Church. At the May meeting we could
see that we are consistently 10% below the amount
needed for expenses. We have been covering all the
bills with a reserve amount. The apportionments have
not been paid to date. The situation is not dire, but we
do need to address this shortfall. The need for
fundraisers was discussed with several options
suggested. Caroline will be in touch with members that
would like to serve on this committee. Pastor Lisa
reported that we have raised $2,200 for the Imagine No
malaria Fund, which was a three year pledge with the
to receive funds for
shopping purchases
at our local Safeway
grocery store!
conference. Treasurer Mary Fell will be preparing
quarterly giving statements, and with those will be a
treasurer’s report. The next meeting is scheduled for
June 10 at 6:15 pm.
The financial report is as follows through
April 2014:
Total Income: $49,300.91
Total Expenses: $63,059.97
Expense exceeds income in the amount of:
($13,759.06)
The amount needed is $13,759.06.
Mary Fell
Treasurer
Congratulations to
Ruth and Harold
Gnad! They will be
celebrating their 74th
wedding anniversary
and Ruth's 97th
birthday both
on June 17th. What
wonderful
milestones. We
have appreciated
both Harold and
Ruth in our church
for many years. So,
Ruth and Harold, we
send you our love
and appreciation.
Blessings on you!
Parsonage Study Committee
The first meeting of the Parsonage Study Committee
was held May 12th. The following members were in
attendance: Bill Kunkler, Shirley Forquer, Gary Lyon,
Franco Venuti, Don Stead, Sherry Stead, Joe Talbott,
Lisa Talbott, and Tirzah Parsons. Those that were
missed were: Maynard Gross, Tom Early, and Karin
Sonnen. The requirements from the Book of Discipline
for such a committee were reviewed, as were
conference requirements related to a parsonage.
Basically, this committee performs research and
analysis about options for safe and healthy living
quarters for our clergy. It then assembles this
information into a report that will be presented at a
charge conference. We used the information from the
Book of Discipline to formulate four options and then
formed four sub-committees to perform the research.
The options being focused on are: 1.) Renovating the
existing structure, 2.) Purchasing another existing
structure, 3.) Building a new structure, and 4.) Providing
.
Congregation
Spotlight:
Tammy Bradley
a housing allowance. These committees are off and
running. Several have had their first meetings, and the
gathering of information has begun.
The first sub-committee, "Renovate", members are
Bill Kunkler, Joe Talbott, and Franco Venuti.
"Purchasing another structure" and "Housing
Allowance" members are Sherry Stead and Shirley
Forquer. "Building a new Structure" members are Don
Stead, Franco Venuti, Gary Lyon, and Tom Early.
The next order of business was to elect a chair
person of the overall study committee. Don Stead did
not withdraw his name and is now the new chair
person.
Please feel free to contact any of the members of
this committee to provide input. Our next meeting of the
full committee is scheduled for July 7th ,6 PM, at the
church. You may attend and observe. Input maybe
constrained, however, due to time limitations.
Sincerely,
Don Stead
Committee Chair
What brought you to
Homer?
I wanted to live closer to my
brother, aunt, and uncle, and
just plain start over in a new
place!
How long have you lived in
Homer? Since 1984
What made you walk
through the doors of the
Homer United Methodist
Church the first time?
Mike and Dotty Cline invited
me
What makes you keep
coming to HUMC?
The fellowship and sense of
family
What is the best part of
HUMC to you?
The people
Tell us something unique
about yourself!
I once assembled parts for
Church Council
An introduction to what the Council is and does
What is the Church Council? The Church Council is
the administrative agency for the Charge Conference,
charged with carrying out decisions made at the
Charge Conference and making additional decisions as
needed between Charge Conferences. The Church
Council facilitates communication and cooperation
within the different work areas of the church and with
the pastor.
What is its purpose and mission? “The church
council shall provide for planning and implementing a
program of nurture, outreach, witness, and resources in
the local church. It shall also provide for the
administration of its organization and temporal life. It
shall envision, plan, implement, and annually evaluate
the mission and ministry of the church.” From
Paragraph 252, Book of Discipline of the United
computers and satellites,
often leaving fingerprints
behind in the superglue I
used to seal them up. (I
used to worry when a
satellite would crash to earth
that they would find my
fingerprints in a faulty part!)
Methodist Church, 2012.
Who is a member of the council? “Membership is
established at the Charge Conference. The
membership shall include but not be limited to the
following: a) the chairperson of the church council; b)
the lay leader; c) the chairperson and/ or a
representative of the pastor-parish relations committee;
d) the chairperson and/ or a representative of the
committee on finance; e) the chairperson and/ or a
representative of the board of trustees; f) the church
treasurer; g) a lay member to annual conference; h) the
president and/ or a representative of the United
Methodist Men; i) the president and/ or a representative
of the United Methodist Women; j) a young adult
representative k) a representative of the United
Methodist Youth; l) the pastor( s).” From Paragraph
252, Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church,
2012.
Dave Nofziger
Committee Chair
Baked Potato Fundraiser!
We are having a baked
potato fundraiser on June
15 following Church
service! There will be
baked potatoes with all
the toppings for $10 each.
This is a fundraiser for the
church budget. We also
will have several auction
surprises. So, come join the fun and support the
church. This is during fellowship time; it would be
a good Sunday to invite a friend to join in the fun!
What: Baked Potato Bar with all kinds of
toppings
When: June 15th after church Service at noon
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