204 S. Ninth St. Columbia, MO 65201-4818 573-443-3111 www.moumc.org Feb. 27, 2015 Volume 28, No.

Worship
Services

Holy Week 2015

Four unique
worship
opportunities
are offered on
Sunday.

8 a.m.
McMurry
Chapel

Informal worship
with a personal
touch. Sharing
prayer concerns
is welcomed.

8:50 a.m.
Sanctuary

Worship that
includes a
childrens time
and music
from the Agape
Singers.

Lenten Sermon Series through

EASTER, April 5

This Sunday, March 1

8, 8:50 & 11 a.m. Worship

How Can I Forgive? sermon series

The Work of Forgiveness Matthew 26:20-29
Communion
Rev. Amy L. Gearhart

10 a.m. Discover MUMC

Get to know each other better, learn about our mission

and discover how we can connect with one another and
with God. For more information contact Jo Lee, Director of
Connections at 443-3111 or jo@moumc.org.

11 a.m.
Sanctuary

5 p.m. Spark Worship

5 p.m.
McMurry
Chapel

Youre Running Out of Time to

Pick Up Free Tickets!

Worship with
music from the
Chancel Choir.

Spark Worship
invites
participants to
engage through
their five senses
with God and
one another.

Palm Sunday, March 29 10 a.m. Palms Parade

with other downtown churches to Ninth and
Broadway
April 2 at 6:30 p.m. Holy Thursday Tenebrae
Service including communion, footwashing and the
story of Christs servant love.
April 3 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. The Journey: A
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Experience, a
come and go journey of visiting the places Jesus
traveled in Jerusalem on the way to the cross.
Sunday, April 5 - Easter Sunday Services at
6:30, 8, 8:50 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

40 Things Challenge
Rev. Trista Soendker Nicholson
6:30 p.m. Spirit on Tap (faith and life discussion) at
Pizza Tree (909 Cherry)

Join us for the first movie

to play on the new screen.
TWO: The Story of Roman
and Nyro on Thursday,
March 5, at 7-8:30 p.m. in the
Multipurpose Room of the
Christian Life Center with
special guest, Curtis Shaw
Child, who grew up in our
congregation with his brothers and mother and father,
Maryann and Bob Shaw.
Pick up your free reserved tickets in the church office

Join us for a
Retreat

The Faithful Struggle

to Forgive
with Joretta Marshall
Saturday March 14
9 a.m.-noon
Whittler Hall

This Lenten season, MUMC is

digging deeper into what it means
to forgive forgiving others or
forgiving ourselves. Join us as
we welcome Joretta Marshall,
Executive Vice President and
Dean at Brite Divinity School,
and author of How Can I Forgive?
A Study on Forgiveness, for a weekend of
leadership.

Register online at
www.moumc.org.

The Pastors Corner

The Wilderness of Forgiveness
By Rev. Amy L. Gearhart
n this season of Lent, we are exploring through the sermon
Iseries,
How Can I Forgive? Already, there has been much
interest in the topic, as we dive deeply into the hurt, pain,
confusion and struggle of learning how to forgive. While
there are so many things that make us different from one
another, the experiences of love, hurt, loss and the struggle to
forgive bind us together as a human family.
Were diving deeply into the conversation about forgiveness
through a weekly Lenten study and Sunday School class, our
upcoming Forgiveness Retreat on Sat, March 14, and in our
Sunday services of worship. I hope youre finding many ways
to connect in this conversation, as well as inviting others to
come and learn with us!
The work of forgiveness is slow work. It can feel like a time
of wilderness: a place that feels foreign and unfamiliar to us.
It requires a patience with God and others and ourselves. It
takes waiting.
The Bible teaches us so much about being in those wilderness
and waiting times. As you find yourself in a season of
forgiveness, perhaps you can draw comfort from the prophet
Isaiah, as I do.

Isaiah 40:28-31:
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and strengthens the powerless.
Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.
Waiting in the wilderness and doing the work of forgiveness is
holy work. And as we do it with God and one another, we are
drawn more closely toward the One who forgives our sins on
the cross.
Join us on the journey this Lent and this Sunday! See you in
worship!

Volunteer Opportunities
Needed: Golf Cart Drivers- To assure that the cart is
available every Sunday, we would like to add to our team.
Drivers provide transportation before and after either the 8:50
or 11 a.m. service, and can attend the worship service of their
choice.For more information contact Jo Lee at jo@moumc.org
or sign-up on the tear-off sheet.
If you would like to volunteer in the Cornerstone Coffee
Shop during the True/False Film Fest, March 5-8, see the signup
sheet in the coffee shop.
Wanted! Chaperones to accompany the reading classes of
Jefferson Middle School (our Partner in Education) to Barnes
& Noble for their annual trip on March 18. Shifts:8-10:30 a.m.
or 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m.If you are interested, please contact Ann
Merrifield at amerrifield@ccis.edu.
Rainbow Network Go and See Study tour April 8-12 Cleo Kottwitz and Judy Parsons have registered for the tour and
invite others to join them. For information go to
www.RainbowNetwork.org; and www.goandsee.org; or call Cleo
and Judy at 573-446-0799.

This Sunday: New to MUMC?

Join us this Sunday, March 1 at 10 a.m. in the Connector for an

opportunity to get to know each other better, learn about our
mission and discover how we can connect with one another and with
God. For more information contact Jo Lee, Director of Connections
at 443-3111 or jo@moumc.org. If this Sunday doesnt work for you,
mark your calendar now and join us on April 12 same time, same
place, same opportunity for connection.

Undergraduate Scholarships

Each year the Missouri United Methodist Foundation offers scholarship awards through several college scholarship funds. Awards
through the Clint and Marge Hawkins Memorial Christian Education Fund for Youth and the Mary Alice Reinhardt Scholarship Fund
are in amounts up to $1,000 each; and the Judge Leah B. McCartney Scholarship Fund provides two awards of up to $2,000 each.
Application deadline is April 1. More information: mumf.org/individuals/students/post-secondary-scholarships/
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Interested in going to Haiti to install life-giving water

filters? Another Haiti Clean Water Team is forming for
June. Email Rev. Trista at trista@moumc.org for more
information.

Will you join us in sharing a

photo-a-day during Lent?
#rethinkchurch #UMC #MissouriUMC

Spark Online Lenten Study

Please join us online for a 40 Things Challenge throughout

Lent. Well explore daily challenges that will help us focus on
God and simplify our lives. Find us on Facebook!

Lenten Study: How Can I Forgive?

As our Lenten sermon series leads us through the topic of
forgiveness, this small group will journey through Joretta
Marshalls book, How Can I Forgive? Join us on Thursdays,
Feb. 19-April 2 from 10-11a.m. in CLC 106-8. For more info,
contact Rev. Molly (molly@moumc.com). Books are $10 and
available at the Connector Bookstore or through the office.

College Age & Young Adult

Sunday at 5 p.m.
Join us for Spark Worship in the Chapel
Spirit on Tap will meet on Sunday
at 6:30 p.m. at Pizza Tree (909 Cherry)
for faith and life discussion.
Mission: A Haiti Clean Water Team is forming for June!
Small Group Wednesdays at 6 p.m.: Theology in Music bring your favorite song lyrics andtalk about what they have to
do with faith.
Questions? Contact Rev. Trista at trista@moumc.org.
Find us on Twitter/Facebook @sparkatmoumc.

MUMY MISSOURI UMC YOUTH

10 a.m. - Sunday School in Room 307

High school and middle school together
Sunday Night MUMY at 6 p.m.
Wednesdays - WNL Small Groups at 6 p.m.
Contact Rev. Hank Jenkins,Youth Ministry Pastor, at
hank@moumc.org or 443-3111. Facebook: MOUMY
Twitter @MUMYHank
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Communion Servants Needed

Are you considering new ways to connect and serve at MUMC?

If so, you are invited to be a part of our communion ministry.
You can serve on our prep team and/or as a worship communion server. You may sign up on the bulletin tear-off or by
contacting Rev. Molly at molly@moumc.org.

Church Family News

On March 1, we are honoring Louise and Jerry Black as they

leave our community for Illinois. There will be a reception in the
Parlor from 2-4 p.m.You may also bring them a card or give a
Love Offering in their honor to Habitat for Humanity.

Coffee Shop News

When you visit the coffee
shop in February, your tips
will support the Mission of
the Month: Mozambique
Partnership. The Mission for
March is Food Bank and Buddy
Packs. Your March mission
gifts will support our regional
disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and
distributes millions of pounds of donated food annually
through the Food Bank and public school Buddy Pack
Program.

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Worship Attendance on Sunday, Feb. 22: 617

We invite you to join us for Worship: Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. in McMurry Chapel;
8:50 and 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary; and 5 p.m. in the Chapel. Sunday small groups and classes for all ages at 10 a.m.

VBS July 27-31

This year will have us heading

to the G-Force Adventure
Park where we will Move,
Act, Care, Follow and Share
- Gods Love in Action! Well
also be trying something new this year - an evening VBS for families! So whether you want
a traditional morning VBS for your kids, or an evening VBS where you can participate as a
family, well have it all! Of course, well need lots of help from leading groups of children, to
decorating, to station leaders, or donating needed items - theres a way for everyone to help
with VBS! If you would like to volunteer, contact Susan McCollegan at susan_life@yahoo.com
or Nancy Cooper at nancy@moumc.org. If you would like to donate needed items - heres
a list of some things we will need.You can drop them off at Nancys office anytime. --pool
noodles --skateboards --surf boards --kites --colored duct tape (any bright colors are fine!)
--inflatable kiddie pools --hula hoops --inflatable tire rings (swim rings that look like tires)

March 4: McAlisters Deli

Starting with dinner at 5 p.m., Wednesday Night Live
has programming for all ages! On the menu March
4: McAlisters Deli. Order your meal by noon on
Tuesday at www.moumc.org.

News from Wednesday Workouts

All are welcome to join and get your blood moving

during an upbeat workout! Workouts are held in the MPR on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm,
unless otherwise noted. Mark your calendars for these important days!March 4: T/F Film set-up
Workout moved to lower level of CLC March 25: Spring Break No Workout April 1: Holy
Week No Workout April 22: LAST workout of the semester.

Feb. 26Sandra Millatti, Brittany

Nagel 27Roy Robinson, Kay Smith,
Julia Thomas28Carter Cox, Margie
Irvin, Harold Johnson, Lydia Roebuck,
Christopher Wainscott March 1Leah
Maxey, Beth Nosic, Mindy Travis
2Emily Bonwich, Sandy Hayton 3Evan
Datz, Jamie Lenz 4Suzanne Friedrich,
Carol Harl, Brandy Sanchez IntVeld
5Davis Connett, Ann Covington,
Nikolas
Fowler-Hainen,
Nathan
Irvin, Kim Ratcliffe, Gabriella Snyder
7Stephen Scheneman 8Susan Begley,
Carl Block, Amy Gevrkink Coats, Tim
Knarr, Dean Lisle, Travis Turner, Corey
Zacherl, 9Clyde Bentley, Jessica
Collings, Mark Munzlinger, Stephen
Pease, Sally Slaughter 10Sarah Ann
Merrifield, Briana Peck, Matthew Weber,
Tiffany Ziegler 11Elizabeth Anderson,
Edie Cooper, Robert Maxey 12Ji-Sung
Lee, Jane Smith, Brian Wattenbarger

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MUMC Staff: ClergyAmy L. Gearhart, Senior Pastor; Hank Jenkins, Youth Ministry Pastor; Molly Moore, Pastor of Church Life & Growth; Trista
Soendker Nicholson, Pastor of New Generations; Larry A. Williams, Pastor of Administration. Program StaffNancy Cooper, Childrens & Family Life
Leader; Courtney Gaunt, Director, Discovery Days; Teressa Gilbreth, Director of Communications; Marty Hook, Director of Music; Jo Lee, Director of
Connections; Anna Zacherl, Assistant Director, Discovery Days. Administrative StaffJill Arnold, Executive Assistant to the Senior Pastor; Kathy Carson,
Administrative Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator; Brad Hegemann, Financial Assistant; Eric Hucker, Worship Technologies Assistant; Mark Pease, Facilities
Assistant; Katie Popejoy, Administrative Assistant. Music StaffCraig Datz, Organist; Kaye Miller, Bell Area Director; Rochelle Parker, Associate Organist;
Marilyn Rowe, Serendipity Choir.