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YOU ARE INVITED TO FAMILY CAMP! First Church members are going to camp to "Rekindle the Flame"! On August 9, 10, and 11, members and friends are invited to Camp Comeca for fun, fellowship and worship. All ages are welcome! Check inside this issue of the SPIRE for the schedule of events. Cost for the event is as follows: (Friday evening through Sunday noon). Youth - $60 Adult - $80 Family of 5 - $200 Children Under 5 - Free
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YOUTH LEAVING ON MISSION TRIP TO ALABAMA ON JUNE 22ND Twenty-seven youth and seven sponsors will be leaving for Mobile, Alabama bright and early on Saturday, June 22nd. They will spend two days driving, and once they reach their destination, will spend four days working on homes in Mobile’s inner city. They will be doing projects such as building a ramp and scraping and painting houses. They will take 3 days to drive home, with one of those days spent at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. They will arrive home on Sunday, June 30th. Youth going on the trip are: Drew Altmaier, Kristin Artz, Sally Berton, Laura Bradshaw, Katie Brandt, Jackie Crosby, Amanda Erickson, Ben Erickson, Allison Glover, Heather Hansen, Samantha Jenny, Joel Jorgenson, Molly Keiss, Jessica Kuhl, Karme Larsen, Dan Lenz, Holly Liibbe, Zach Liibbe, Brian Luce, Jerad Morse, Troy Paben, Jordan Patterson, Joslin Roach, Danielle Schultz, Mike Stafford, Lauren Tietgen and Neil Wolfe. Sponsors include Jim Crosby, Julie Geiger, Anne Hof, Stephanie Jenny, Gib Killion, Jerry Smith and George Volz.
Thank you for all of the monetary support that we have already been given. Now we ask for your "prayer-support" as we begin our journey. Please pray for safe travels, safe worksites and group unity as we spend nine days and nights together. A special prayer request would be for our groups nourishment, as we have recently found out that the kitchen where we will be staying will not be completed and, therefore, will not be accessible to us so we will need to be creative with our meal-planning.
Congratulations to: Kim Brummer & Mike Lodice, who were married at First Church on June 8, 2002.
Kylie Hansen & Mike Hauschild, who were married at First Church on June 14, 2002.
Kelly Chandler & Kevin Peterson, who were married at First Church on June 15, 2002.
Kristi Riley & Brent Johnson, who were married in Riverdale by Rev. Harris on June 15, 2002.
Congratulations to: Amy Zimbelman and Joe Solomon on the birth of a son, Jacob Lysle Solomon born June 7, 2002. Grandparents are Stan & Becky Zimbelman and Larry & Ruth Solomon. Great-grandmothers include Fran Zimbelman and Carol Solomon.
We welcome to First Church: Dale & Grace Andersen transferred from the Broken Bow United Methodist Church on June 2, 2002. They are the parents of Myron Andersen, who is also a member here.
First Church extends its sympathy to: To Larry & Colleen Jacobson on the death of their sister-in-law, Donna Aspegren, who passed away May 24 in Omaha.
Norman Meyer, Jan Maaske and Kent & Tari Maaske and the family of Bonnie Meyer, who died June 10, 2002. Services are pending.
Terry & Judi Sickler and family on the death of Terry’s father, Tom Sickler, who died June 10, 2002. Services were held on June 13th in Kearney.
Craig & Chris Wegner and family on the death of Craig’s father, Victor Wegner, who died June 9th in Scotia. Services were held June 13th.
Blake Thomas Egenberger, son of Matt & Shelly Egenberger, was baptized on May 19, 2002.
McKinley Rae Brinegar, daughter of Brandon & Erin (Schroeder) Brinegar, was baptized June 2, 2002.
Jessica Ann Mowry, daughter of Mark & Debra Mowry, was baptized June 2, 2002.
Molly Ann Walker, daughter of Michael & Teri (Dyer) Walker, was baptized June 2, 2002.
Alexander Andrew Barnette, son of Craig and Monica Barnette, was baptized June 16, 2002.
I wish to give a hearty thanks to Marian Brown who made for the Seekers Class 12 mission bags for Nigeria and for Circle 9 one bag. Another hearty thanks to Lona Lowell for providing 10 toothbrushes and lastly to Ruth Staley who provided all of the construction paper for these 13 bags. Seekers and Circle 9 did provide the rest of funds to fill the bags with the required items.
Dear Friends, I am writing for Velma Holt to express her appreciation for the lovely flowers from her church family. She was so pleased to be remembered this way and asks for your continued love and prayers in the days ahead. Sincerely, Virginia Rutledge
Thank you very much for the scholarship. I will be using it to attend UNK. Sincerely, Liz Wiggins
Many thanks for your thoughtfulness in remembering us with your cards as we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. Delores and Bill Doran
Thank you for the Riverdale Trust Scholarship money. This will help me with college expenses next year when I attend UNK. Your financial and spiritual support is greatly appreciated. Bret Melson
JOIN US IN OUR BUG SAFARI!!
Evening Vacation Bible School will be held July 21-25, from 6:00-8:15 pm. Call Valerie at 237-3158 to register. Catch the Buzz! It is not too late to become involved by helping our children to learn about God’s love!!
June 1 & 2, 2002 Saturday night service 22 Sunday 8:30 service 137 Sunday 9:45 service 243 Sunday 11:00 service 202 TOTAL 604 Sunday School 06-02-2002 Nursery 07 Children (2-yrs-old-5thgrade) 48 6th grade-High School 09 (Ten) Adult Classes 119 Teachers 17 TOTAL 200 June 8 & 9, 2002 Saturday night service 17 Sunday 8:30 service 120 Sunday 9:45 service 158 Sunday 11:00 service 110 TOTAL 405 Sunday School 06-09-2002 Nursery 03 Children (2-yrs-old-5thgrade) 36 6th grade-High School 10 (Ten) Adult Classes 99 Teachers 16 TOTAL 164
This corner is being designated the AMEN corner for "an audible alert that something special was (is) being done." *In Memory of Maurice Holt, 1907-1997
We have received Memorial gifts to create a Children’s Library. It will be located in the current Education Office west of the Sanctuary. If you would be interested in being involved with this project, please contact Lori Armstrong in the Church office. Our hope is to have this become a reality by Fall.
Food Pantry items for the Jubilee Center may be brought at any time and placed in the shopping cart in Fellowship Hall. Please bring non-perishable food items or paper items, such as tissues, toilet paper, or women’s sanitary items, as these items cannot be purchased with food stamps. THANK YOU!!
UPCOMING EVENTS The Sociable Seniors will attend the Kearney Fireworks Display on July 3rd at the Tri-City Arena. If you would like to attend, please call Merv Roeder at 237-5486 by June 25th. Cost is $2.00 per person.
August—Republican City follies Musical—sign up by August 1st
August 31st—Callaway Kite Flight, Sign up by August 15th, cost is $2
KEARNEY CLINIC OFFERS FREE SPORTS PHYSICALS Kearney Clinic will again offer free Athletic Physicals for 8-12 grade students. Boys’ physicals are set for Tuesday, July 23rd at 7:00 pm at Kearney Clinic and Girls’ physicals are set for Thursday, August 1st at 7:00 p.m.
Brought to you by the Health & Wellness Committee
TESSA ASSIGNED TO EXETER/MILLIGAN Tessa Louch has been assigned to the Exeter and Milligan United Methodist Churches. Tessa was an intern at First Church for several months. She will be attending St. Paul’s School of Theology in Kansas City and serving the churches in these two towns on the weekends.
Mark your calendars! We will worship in Harmon Park on Sunday, September 8th at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served following the service.
The Central District needs a secretary/treasurer for the Central District Cluster Council. This is a volunteer position that involves working with the Central District Superintendent, whose office is in Kearney, and with the District Cluster council. For further information, call William Williams at 234-3098 or Cliff Lowell, outgoing secretary/ treasurer, at 236-7752. 
Michelle Evers received her PHD in Spanish from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Angie Wiens received a Masters of Physical Therapy with distinction from the University of NE Medical Center on May 11.
PATIENT MESSAGE SERVICE AT GSH Did you know that you can send e-mail messages to hospital patients at Good Samaritan Hospital. Just go to the website, www.gshs.org and hit the "patient message service" tab on the home page. It will take you to a form that you can complete. Messages are delivered to patients daily (Monday through Friday). This is a great way to send someone a greeting if you are unable to go see them in the hospital, or they are unable to have visitors. Thanks to Elinor Hardin for this information!
Greeters for June June 23 —Lois Cole, Lee Ann Schafer,Dave & Kim Anderson June 30—Maurice & Connie Kniep, Terrence & Emily Gillespie, Winona Whitney
We are scheduling summer music volunteers. We need you! Special music is needed for the 8:30 and 11:00 worship services (or Saturday night if you prefer!) If you are interested, please call Lori Vogt at the Church office, 237-3158 to schedule your choice of dates. We have the following dates available: June 30, July 7, July 28, August 4, and August 25. September 8th is also available, but only at 8:30 a.m. Thank you!
Thank you to Ron & Mary Nelson for being the first volunteers for summer special music! Thanks also to Trina, Marissa & Bethany Shaw, who provided music on Father’s Day. Upcoming musicians include: Danielle Freburg-Hoffmeister on June 23, July 21st and September 1st, Peg Sinnard on July 14th, Mary George Julie Stiles & JenaLu Keller on August 4th, Jami Schaffnitt on August 11th, and Ron & Mary Nelson on August 18th.
Addresses needed: We have had mail returned for the following persons and are in need of addresses for them. Please call the Church office at 237-3158 if you have a new address for: Patricia Buehler Christopher Frink Barbara Hansen Greg Johnson Rochelle Peterson Teena Seybold
EVENING CUSTODIAN NEEDED First Church is in need of an evening custodian to clean the Pumpkin Patch area. This job is a 6-night a week job (4 hours per night), beginning June 15th. Interested persons may pick up an application at the Church office.
Dear Friends: What does one say when he comes to this place in the journey? First of all, we want to say thank you. We’ve spent eleven years here. In that time, one makes many friends, says goodbye to some who have gone on to glory, and sees some people become disenchanted. Many decisions are made and they can’t all be popular. Thank you for your faithfulness and friendship. Thank you for your kindnesses and words of appreciation. We can’t begin to enumerate all the things that we’ve done together and all the joy we’ve shared. Just know we appreciate it. Now we must give up our pastoral relationship but we covet your friendship and will hold you in our prayers. Assuming that everything will go as planned (I’m writing this on June 6) we will come back from the time of retirement at Annual Conference to pack up life-long possessions and recent accumulations. I have prostate surgery scheduled for June 11 and our moving van will arrive on June 17. Thank you, in advance, to all who have supported me with prayer and all who have helped Berdeen with the agony of packing up and moving out. Also, thank you to those who have done what is necessary to get the parsonage ready for the Koelling’s arrival on June 19th. Thank you for the great send-off and gifts on June 2nd.You are a great Church and a great Church in the community. I hope you will never abandon that spirit nor that community spirit. God is, of course, always with us and it’s the hand of God that send Dr. Koelling and Rev. Harris to be in ministry with you. Love them and keep them in your prayers. Ron and Berdeen Roemmich
P.S. Our Omaha address is 7208 S. 141st Street, 68138….a couple miles north and 3 blocks east of the teapot at Sapp brothers on the 144th Street exit off I-80. Take 144 (Hwy. 50) to Harrison, right to 142nd and left onto 141st.
A sponsor is needed for the July 28th radio broadcast. Cost is $161.00. If we do not get a sponsor for this broadcast, it will have to come from the church budget. Please call Sharron Altmaier at 234-2163 or the Church office at 237-3158 if you could sponsor the broadcast. 
TENNIS LEAGUE FORMING Do you like to play tennis? Several members of the Church are trying to form a tennis league on Thursday nights. If you are interested, please call John Lewis at 237-3158.
SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Come watch the church softball team play and cheer them on! The team plays at Harvey Park on the green field. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, June 18 @ 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 @ 8:45 p.m. Friday, June 28 @ 8:45 p.m. Monday, July 1 @ 8:45 p.m. July 8, 9 & 12-Tournament games Tuesday, July 16 @ 9:45 p.m. Monday, July 22 @ 9:45 p.m. Friday, July 26 @ 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 @ 6:45 p.m. Friday, August 2 @ 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, August 6 @ 6:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
CAMP COMECA OFFERING RIDES TO CAMP Camp Comeca is offering round-trip rides to camp! They will pick you up at the Ramada Inn at 2:00 pm. on the day of your camp and return you back to Kearney on the last day of camp. Cost for the ride is $25.00 round-trip. You must register with the Camp so that they know to pick you up. Please call Camp Comeca at 308-784-2808 to register for a ride. |
