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org March 16, 2017 Volume 30, Number 11

Worship Unchanging Mission at MUMC


Services Dear Church Family,
Four unique
We want to let our Missouri United Methodist Church
worship
family know about a leadership transition in our church.
opportunities
Our pastor, Kendall Waller, is soon to be the treasurer and
are offered on
chief administrative officer of the Rio Texas conference,
Sunday.
located in San Antonio, TX.

8am Kendall has served us well for the past two years. He
has helped lead us through governance board changes,
McMurry
engaged the community through the Room At The Inn, as
Chapel
well as so much more. With Kendall, we have shared each
Informal worship
others joys and sorrows, we have lightened each others
with a personal

Easter Week Schedule


loads. Together, we have laughed and cried, prayed and
touch. Sharing
worshipped; together we have lived.
prayer concerns
is welcomed. If youre like us, when you hear this news you may feel
stunned, and then you may feel sad. Youll probably
9:15am
fPalm Sundayf wonder, Whats next? We want to help you through that
Sanctuary 8am, 9:15am & 10:30am process. Our Staff/Parish Relations Committee met with
Worship that our Bishop and our District Superintendent recently and
we shared what we envision for the church in the coming
includes a fDaily, MondayFriday 7amf years the hopes, dreams and challenges we might face.
childrens time
and the Agape Prayer Service in Chapel That conversation will help the Missouri Cabinet (made
up of the Bishop and District Superintendents all over the
Singers.
state) identify a pastor with gifts who will hopefully serve
fMaundy Thursdayf6:30pm as a strong match to our local churchs ministry context. If
10:30am you have questions about the process, I encourage you to
CLC Atrium fGood Fridayf reach out to us or anyone on our Lead Team.
Ignite Worship
designed with Stations of the Cross 1pm7pm There will be a lot of change in the coming year, but
here is what will not change: Our churchs leadership
college age
worshippers in
Good Friday service 7:30pm is committed to the mission of making disciples for
the transformation of the world. We hope you are in
mind!
fHoly Saturdayf agreement that this mission is unchanging and it is the
work of all disciples to co-partner with God to help in this
10:30am Guided Prayer 1pm2:30pm work.
Sanctuary
Worship with and 8:30pm10pm There will be opportunities in Pastor Kendalls final weeks
to celebrate our shared ministry and thank him and his
music from the wonderful wife for the gifts they have brought into the
Chancel Choir. fEaster Sundayf lives of us at MUMC. Please take time in the coming weeks
6:30am Sunrise, to wish Pastor Kendall Godspeed in his new endeavor. We
know he will appreciate your prayers during this time of
8am, 9:15am and 10:30am transition.
Peace in Christ,
Trudy McManus, Staff/Parish Relations Committee
Chairperson
www.moumc.org Dr. Mark Adams, President of Lead Team Board Committee
Festival of Sharing Collection
This Sunday
Sophia Circle of United Methodist Women is collecting
donations to purchase Missouri Personal Hygiene Packs on
Sunday, March 19. You may send or take your donations
to the church office or arrange to meet June DeWeese or
Nancy Skouby and give it to them. Checks may be made
payable to MUMC Festival of Sharing or Sophia Circle
with Festival of Sharing in the memo line. If you wish to
assemble kits, those may be brought to the display in the
Connector on March 19th. Contents for the kit are listed
at www.FestivalofSharing.org. The estimated cost to
purchase one kit is $20, but any amount donated will be
greatly appreciated.
Nursery Care Over Spring Break
The nursery is short-staffed for Sunday, March 26, and
Sunday, April 2, as many of our sitters are on Spring Break.
If you can help out for a 1 hr., 15 min. shift during one
of the worship services, please contact Maile Wortham,
Nursery Coordinator, at 636-359-7097, and let her know if
youd prefer to be with 0-2 year-olds or 2 years and older.
Turning Point Seeks Volunteers
Weekdays, between 8amnoon
Turning Point offers many services to the homeless in
Columbia. Our guests do their laundry, shower, check their
mail, meet with representatives from various agencies,
and much more. Sometimes our greeters, our guests first
contact when they arrive, have scheduling conflicts arise.
Turning Point needs people willing to substitute with
notice the day before or earlier. Please email Jo Lillig at
jo.lillig@me.com for more information.

20- & 30-Somethings


Better Together Group
Thursday, March 23
6pm Happy Hour at The Heidelberg
HELLO Hospitality Workshop
Coming Up at Missouri UMC 6-7:30 pm on Thursday, April 6 in Whittler Hall
April 28-30: Geraniums for UMW Missions - Friday and Save the date for our next HELLO Hospitality Workshop!
Saturday 8am5pm, Sunday morning in the Parlor till The purpose of HELLO (Helping Everyone Learn and Love
theyre gone!
Others) is to nurture a culture of hospitality that extends
April 1: Saturday Breakfast Cafe Returns for April & June
- Volunteers are needed in Whittler Hall Saturdays from
beyond those wearing official usher/greeter welcome.
7:30-9:30am to assist with set up, serving and cleanup and Truly, the privilege to be hospitable belongs to each of us
to provide food items or money. Contact Emily Murray at --- yes you too!
eagmurray@gmail.com or 573-239-8937.
April 30: Spaghetti Fundraiser for Youth Missions - Save
the date for the annual Spaghetti Meal Fundraiser. Church Family News
June 10: Attic Treasures Sale at MUMC - Drop off donations Condolences to the family of Jeanne Epple, who passed
June 5-9. Proceeds benefit Childrens Ministries. Questions? away on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Memorial services
Contact Anna Zacherl at zacherlanna@aol.com and 573-489- were held earlier this week.
4926. If you would like to announce a church members death or a birth
July 23-28: Its VBS Time! You are invited to make the in a church members family, please send details to messenger@
difference in the life of our children during Vacation Bible moumc.org. Submissions will be edited for length and clarity.
School. Sign up to lead a station, lead a group of children,
or decorate our worship space. Sign up now in the bulletin AARP free tax prep at MUMC hours:
or contact Nancy Cooper at nancy@moumc.org Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-7pm
2 MISSOURI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH March 16, 2017 - Vol. 30, No. 11
Growing Deeply
a daily scripture guide
Week of March 13- March 18
Sunday Sermon
Title - March 12
Scripture: Mark 11:12-19 (NRSV)
MONDAY: Mark 11:15-19 Emotions On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in
This is one of the times we experience an angry Jesus. Anger is a secondary the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find
emotion, which means there is an emotion that precedes it. Maybe in this case it anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not
was a feeling of disrespect, or disappointment in the people. the season for figs. He said to it, May no one ever eat fruit from you again.
REFLECTION: When youre angry, try to get to the other emotions going on. And his disciples heard it.
TUESDAY: Mark 11:15-19 Expectations
The temple was expected to be a house of prayer. At some point, the worshippers Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive
knew that but its easy to forget over time. out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he
PRAYER: Remind me and align me with the purpose of worship. As a regroup, I pray overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold
that I experience deeper relationship with Christ and Christians at Missouri UMC. doves; and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.
He was teaching and saying, Is it not written,
WEDNESDAY: Mark 11:15-19 Engaged
Jesus was mesmerizing, I imagine. The scripture says the people were spellbound
by his teaching. Engagement is key to transformation. Whether youre a professor My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?
or parent, when teaching involves engagement it is likely that students are invested But you have made it a den of robbers.
and learning.
CONSIDER: With whom do you teach? How are you engaging them? And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a
way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was
THURSDAY: Mark 11:20-13:37 Questions spellbound by his teaching. And when evening came, Jesus and his disciples
The question posed to Jesus was to trick him into blasphemy. The question Jesus went out of the city.
posed had possibilities. I imagine that if they believed in Johns baptism then Jesus
might have begun to share his God-authority. In the end, the initial question of the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the
scribes was not genuine. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
CONSIDER: False questions, ones you know the answer to already, or ones posed to All rights reserved.
trap someone are poor uses of questions, which have the power to break open and
breakthrough to new possibilities. What kind of questions do you ask? My Notes:
FRIDAY: Mark 11:20-13:37 From a Question to a Commandment
Another question from a scribe was which commandment is first? Jesus answers
with the great commandment love God with a complete embodied, soul-filling,
hand-serving love. In affirming his answer, Jesus notes the scribes wisdom and
going further tips his hat that within in him the kingdom of God is near. Awe filled
the room.
REFLECTION: Knowing answers to questions is knowledge. Believing those answers
and being able to integrate the answers into our lives is wisdom.
SATURDAY: Mark 11:20-13:37 Either/Or Question Answered with Both/And
When questioned about to whether to pay taxes or not, Jesus answer saying pay
both to emperor and to God those things which each requires.
CONSIDER: Whats a situation in which you approach with either/or thinking?
Consider what difference it would make to consider the both/and as an answer? Read or subscribe to the weekly guide at moumc.org/grow
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This Sunday, Brazilian Choirs


Sing for 10:30am Worship
Alex Innecco, former music director at MUMC, is visiting
from Brazil and will conduct members of Lux Animae and
Vox Animae Choirs from Brazil to perform in the 10:30am
worship service this Sunday at Missouri UMC.

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Staff: Laura Bentley, Administrative Assistant; Nancy Cooper, Childrens & Family Life Leader; Dakota Crider, Facility Steward; Joan DeBoe, Pastor of
Worship & Administration; Adriene Floyd, Executive Assistant; Courtney Gaunt, Director, Discovery Days; Teressa Gilbreth, Director of Communications;
Charity Goodwin, Pastor of Discipleship; Hank Jenkins, Pastor of Missions & Youth Ministries; Jo Lee, Events Coordinator;Chris Munsterman,
Administrative Assistant; Kim Parker, Pastor of New Generations; Kendall Waller, Lead Pastor;Preston Williams, Tech & Facility Steward;Maile Wortham,
Nursery Coordinator; Anna Zacherl, Assistant Director, Discovery Days. Music Staff: Craig Datz, Organist; Kaye Miller, Director of Wesleyan Ringers;
Rochelle Parker, Associate Organist; Marilyn Rowe, Serendipity Choir; Rachel Blomquist, Grace Notes Choir

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