MAKING DISCIPLES...

CHANGING THE WORLD

F I RS T

N O T ES

APRIL 2015

A P R I L S M U S I N G S
Sunday
Worship
Schedule
9:00 am
Traditional
Worship
in the Sanctuary

10:10 am
Sunday School
Time

11:00 am

Question:
The meaning of Easter
Easter
What does it mean to
you?
Answer:
For Pastor April
The meaning of Easter
for me is centered on
Christs victory over the
grave. His resurrection
symbolizes the eternal
life that is granted to all
who believe in Him. If He
had not risen from the
dead, if He had merely

Contemporary
Worship
in the Sanctuary

OUR MISSION
STATEMENT:

Rev. April Wegehaupt

died and not been

resurrected, He would
have been considered
just another teacher or
Rabbi. However,
Christs resurrection
changed all that and
gave final and irrefutable proof that He was
really the Son of God
and that He had conquered death once and
for all.

reminds of the new life

we find in Christ spring
ushers forth the new
life of Gods creation. I
would like to encourage
all of you to go for a
walk or open up your
windows this spring and
take in Gods glorious
creation while mediating on Christs resurrection and what Easter
truly means for you.

I love when Easter falls,

that being, the first part
of Spring. As Easter

Blessings,
Rev. April

JOIN US FOR EASTER

EASTE R
SUNDAY, MARCH 27TH
7:00AM - Sunrise Worship

Making Disciples
...Changing
the World

(Breakfast will be served in Fellowship Hall following this service.)

9:00AM - Combined Worship

9 am

11 am

Sunday
School

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NO SUNDAY
SCHOOL

2016 Monthly Budget

Needs
Needs$25,059

Gifts for
March 2016

Attendance for
March 2016

We uphold the United Methodist Church by our PRAYERS, PRESENCE, GIFTS, SERVICE & WITNESS

6th

$19,009

13th

$6,628

20th

$5,677

27th

GIVE!

March Total Gifts Received to Date

$18,807
March
Income
N/A

March
Expense
N/A

March
Net Gain
N/A

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Glen Smith
(father of Glenda Getchell)

Sharon Carpenter
Mike Sutcliffe
Kathy Martin
LaVeta Baughn
Lonna Lawrence
Grace Schaberg
Sympathies to the family &
friends of:
Carolyn Block
Merrill Brock
(brother of Barb Uden)

Serving in the Military:

Josh & Kenzli Underwood
Drey Barkman
Ssgt. Roger, Melissa
& Timothy Myers
Joshua Hatch
Jack Martin
(Training at a military facility .)

PLEASE NOTE:
NAMES SUBMITTED FOR
THE PRAYER CONCERNS LIST WILL
BE REMOVED AFTER TWO WEEKS.
PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE
@ 431-4240 OR E-MAIL
fumcronda@gmail.com
IF YOU NEED TO ADD OR
CONTINUE A NAME ON THE

PRAYER LIST. THANK YOU!

He Lives!
He Lives!
Christ Jesus
Lives Today!

The Wisdom of
A New 11-Week Sermon Series
For ALL Ages

BEGiNNiNG MAY 29TH

We Want To Hear From YOU!

Our Staff Parish Team is getting ready to complete the Pastoral Assessment. This
assessment is designed to encourage excellence in and accountability for ministry by
pastors / lay ministers and to assist the district superintendent in effective supervision of the pastors and better understanding of the mission field. With that before
us, we SPRC (Staff Parish Relations Committee) need to hear from as many of you in
our church family as possible in the next couple of weeks. Please tell us the good,
the great, the mediocre and the not-so-great. Remember, the counsel of Holy
Scripture is 'to speak the truth in love.'
Of course the very best way to share with an SPRC member is directly and in
person. Thank you for your help! We'll be listening.
Sam Budreau - 431-9224 sbudreau@cableone.net
Betsy McReynolds - 432-0116 betsymcreynolds@gmail.com
Cheryl Day - 431-6440 d.cheryl9@yahoo.com
Francene Johnson - 431-2026 threeoaks@cableone.net
Judy Manbeck - 431-4030 gmanbeck@cableone.net
Patty Dighero - 431-6432 pattierose@att.net
Kay Casper - 431-4698 kaycasper@live.com
Lester Harrison - 431-4197 lester-harrison@sbcglobal.net
Jeff Caldwell - 212-2846 jefferycaldwell@yahoo.com

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Vacation Bible School 2016

Church
Employment
Opportunities
The Staff Parish
Relations Committee
is currently looking to
fill the following church
staff positions:

June 610 / 9:00am11:30am

GET INVOLVED
INVOLVED with our youth and be a leader at VBS. I have a good start
on leaders but would like to see a few more sign up. If you love being around
the young kids in our Christian family, I want your help. There is a need to
help shuffle the kids from station to station, help with the activities, help with
discussing with the children what they observed, and most of all showing the
love of Christ to all these wonderful children.
Demian Wegehaupt
Young Ministries Coordinator

CHURCH TREASURER
Beginning Immediately

NURSERY
ATTENDANT
Beginning in the Fall

For more information on

either of these positions,
please contact Rev. April
ASAP!

CAMP CHIPPEWA:
CHIPPEWA A place where faith & fun come together
Theres a camp for everyone in grades K-12. Registration needs to be
completed by May 1, 2016. This year all fees will be paid for, you only need to supply
a $50 deposit, which is fully refunded upon attending camp. Online registration available at www.campchippewa.org for discounted prices.
If you have any questions, please contact Demian Wegehaupt @ 212-6755 or
e-mail him at boomermals26@gmail.com.

CONFIRMANDS

Get to Church

On Easter Sunday, we will welcome eleven new professing members. They undertook
several months of study and prayer in preparation for confirming their faith publicly
and taking membership vows to uphold their church with their prayers, presence,
gifts, service, and witness. Welcome to these young persons we celebrate the gifts
you bring to our household of faith!

GARRET ALMOND
KOLE BARKMAN
ZOE BARKMAN
KIRSTEN CAREY

AVREY FINLEY
JERICA HOCKETT
ELIZABETH MYERS

JESSICA MYERS
ABIGAIL MORRIS
SOPHIE OSBORN
BRECCA PETER

Any Way You Can!

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OUR CHURCH
Pantry Sunday
Sunday, April 24th is
Pantry Sunday.
Dont forget to bring your
donation for the Food
Pantry with you!

Challenge for
April will be

CANNED FRUITS &

VEGETABLES
Mission Pennies
...for the month of
April will be used for
the Haircuts for Kids
program.
Another Tuesday
Evening meal
Our churchs turn to
host the Another
Tuesday Evening Meal
at Otterbein will be on

April 26, 2016.

Anyone willing to
volunteer their time or
culinary talents should
contact Charlene Riley
either by email:
charlenemr@hotmail.com

or phone 431-4560
office 431-4023 home.
Sound Board Training
A Media Sound Board
Training has been
scheduled for Saturday,
April 2nd from 8:30am
2:00pm. Pizza will be
available for lunch. A
free will donation will be
taken. This will be an indepth training on how
our sound board works
and how to run it.
Please contact Pastor
April if you would like to
participate.

AGAPE
AGAPE A Greek word
for self-giving love.

The Agape Fund is a

ministry that allows the
participant to give
$5.00 or more, four
times per year. This
money is used to help a
specific area person or
a family in need. If you
would like to be added
to our participants list,
please contact the
church office @ 4314240 and talk to
Ronda. Participants
are kept secret and
confidential.

LOGOS Spring
Childrens
Consignment Sale
April is our churchs month to
bring cookies to the Cherry Street
Youth Center. We need to provide at
least 40 dozen cookies each week. This
allows each child to have 1 cookie each
day. Any cookies containing nuts or nut
products should be marked. Donations
can be taken directly to the Cherry
Street Youth Center, 710 N. Forest or
you can leave them at the church and
they will be delivered there.

Sell or Buy Quality Used Childrens

Clothing, Baby Equipment, Toys
and Maternity

SALE Date!
Saturday, April 9
8am to 2pm
Pink tickets Price 12:152pm
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
WESLEY CENTER
200 S. PENN, INDEPENDENCE, KS
For more information call the church office
at 331-3840.

Chanute Scholarship
Committee,
Thank you so much for
the $500 check. I really
appreciate your continued support of seminary
education. I have been
using this money to
purchase books. The
amount of reading is
incredible. This experience has been absolutely
amazing. Thank you
again for your support.
Peace,
Marcee Binder

Dear Friends in Mission,

Thank you for your
support of the United
Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR). Through
your gift, you are helping
to provide assistance for
survivors of human trafficking, funding for health
and development projects that alleviate hunger and poverty, holistic
community based health
programs, and access to
clean water and sanitation. This is just a sampling of the good works
that gifts like yours make
possible. Thank you for
giving so generously. This
gift will bring hope to
those who need it most.
Grace & Peace,
Roland Fernandes, General Treasurer
Emily Miller, Associate General Secretary
General Board of Global Ministries

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The
Evangelism
Committee
will be
collecting
bottled
water to
distribute
at the
upcoming
Relay for Life
Event as a
gift of
Living Water
from the
FUMC
congregation.
Please bring
cases of
bottled water
to the church
so that they
can be labeled
prior to the
event.

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Saturday
April 9th
Chanute
FUMC
Parking
Lot
Donations of nice items will be accepted. Please
contact Pastor April. Proceeds will go toward helping
to cover expenses for those traveling to Israel.

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FUMCChanuteKS

When: May 1st @ 5:00pm

Where: the Parsonage
(321 S. Larson)

A Fools Holiday
An atheist became
incensed over the
preparation for Easter.
He decided to contact
his lawyer about the
discrimination inflicted
on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews
with all their holidays
while atheists had no
holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought
before a wise judge.
After listening to the long
passionate presentation
by the lawyer, the Judge
banged his gavel and
declared "Case
dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood and objected to
the ruling and said,
"Your honor, how can
you possibly dismiss this
case? The Christians
have Christmas, Easter
and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah...yet my client
and all other atheists
have no such holiday!"
The judge leaned
forward in his chair and
simply said, "Obviously
your client is too confused to even know
about, much less celebrate his own atheists'
holiday!"
The lawyer pompously
said, "Your Honor, we are
unaware of any such
holiday for atheists. Just
when might that holiday
be, your Honor?"
The judge said, "Well it
comes every year on
exactly the same date--April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as 'April
Fools Day,' consider that
Psalm 14:1, Psalm 53
states, 'The fool says in
his heart, there is no
God.' Thus, in my opinion,
if your client says there is
no God, then by scripture
he is a fool, thus April 1st
is his holiday! Get it?"

FIRST UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH

First United Methodist Church

202 S. Lincoln
Chanute, KS 66720
620.431.4240

202 S. LINCOLN
CHANUTE, KANSAS 66720

U.S. Postage Paid

Non-Profit Org.
Chanute, KS
66720
Permit #13

Return Service Requested

OFFICE HOURS:
8:00AM5:00PM
CHURCH PHONE:
620-431-4240
WEB SITE:
www.fumcchanute.com
CHURCH STAFF:
Pastor: Rev. April Wegehaupt
Director of Adult Ministry & Parish
Visitor
Linda Arnett
fumclinda@gmail.com
In-Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday Mornings

Director of Young Ministries:

Demian Wegehaupt
boomermals26@gmail.com
In-Office Hours:
Monday - Wednesday / 8amNoon

Secretary: Ronda Phillips

fumcronda@gmail.com
Custodian: Jasen Baughn
jasenbaughn1@gmail.com
PH: (620)212-1468
Music Director:
Paul Myers
Organist: Terri DeGeer
jdegeer@erieks.net

UPCOMING EVENTS
How to become a member....
You are welcome to attend worship services, member or not. For
that matter, you can attend any
activity of the church and are
invited to do so. Becoming a
member is, in faith, saying you
want a deeper commitment to the
church. Our vows ask us to faithfully participate in the life of the
church with our prayers, our
presence, our gifts, our service
and our witness.
We hope you will be a part of
the ministry of the First United
Methodist Church. If you would
like to become a member, please
give us: Name(s), address, phone
number, e-mail address, anniversaries, birthdays and if you are
already a member of some other
church or not. If you are, we also
need the name of the church and,
if possible, the address. Please
give this to the pastor, or leave in
the church office.

Sunday, March 27: Sunrise Easter Worship @ 7:00am followed by breakfast in

Fellowship Hall / Combined Service @ 9:00am.
Friday, April 1
1Sunday, April 3: Youth and sponsors traveling to Young Christians
Weekend in Branson, Missouri
Saturday, April 2: A sound board training will be held from 8:30am2:00pm.
Sunday, April 3: Bierocks Fundraiser Dinner in Fellowship Hall following the
11:00am worship service.
Saturday, April 9: Garage Sale Fundraiser being held in the FUMC Parking Lot.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE WHEN SCHEDULING

MEETINGS OR EVENTS IN THE CHURCH BUILDING!
(Be sure to check inside for more details on these events!)

April 2016
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

* Regular Sunday Worship Schedule:

9:00 am

11:00 am

Traditional Worship Time

Contemporary Worship Time

(Sanctuary)

(Sanctuary)

Fri

Sat

8:30am2:00pm
Youth & Sponsors
Sound Board Training
traveling to Branson 2:00pm Reservation,
for Young Christians
FH
Weekend
April 13

10:10 am
Sunday School

3 Communion 4
NOON Bierocks
Fundraiser Dinner in
Fellowship Hall

9:30 am Genesis thru

Revelation, 107
11:00 am Walkercize,
FH
11:00 am Ministry of
Caring, 103
6:30 pm Quilt Guild,
107

9:30 am Womens
Bible Study, 107
5:30 pm Womens
Bible Study, 107
5:30 pm Mens Bible
Study, 112
6:00 pm Missions, 103
6:30 pm Cub Scouts,
Upstairs
7:00 pm Trustees

9:00 am Devotions
w/ Dorothy, Parlor
11:00 am Walkercize,

11

12

13

* See Regular Sunday

Schedule

10

9
8:00am????
Garage Sale
FUMC Parking Lot
1:30 pm Baby Shower,
FH

FH

5:30 pm Childrens
Choir
6:00 pm Choir
6:006:45 pm
Jr. High KICS
6:507:30pm
Sr. High KICS

14

9:30 am Genesis thru 5:30 pm Mens Bible

Revelation, 107
Study, 112
11:00 am Walkercize, 6:30 pm Cub Scouts,
FH
Upstairs
7:00 pm Church
Council, FH

9:00 am Devotions
4:00 pm SEK-CAP,
w/ Dorothy, Parlor
FH
5:30 pm Childrens
6:00 pm Hope
Choir
Unlimited, 107
6:00 pm Choir
7:00 pm Cub Scout
6:006:45 pm
Committee Mtg.,
Jr. High KICS
Upstairs
6:507:30pm
Sr. High KICS

18

20

15

16

22

23

29

30

* See Regular Sunday

Schedule

17

19

9:30 am Genesis thru 1:30 pm Todays

Concerns, Parlor
Revelation, 107
11:00 am Walkercize, 5:30 pm Mens Bible
Study, 112
FH
7:00 pm Boomer Link 5:30 pm Israel
Group Mtg., 103
6:30 pm Church &
Society, Murray Hill
6:30 pm Cub Scouts,
Upstairs
* See Regular Sunday
Schedule

24

Pantry Sunday

25

26

21

9:00 am Devotions
w/ Dorothy, Parlor
International
11:00 am Walkercize, Student Dinner, FH
FH
ALL Day
1:00 pm Newsletter
Crew, 107
5:30 pm Childrens
Choir
6:00 pm Choir
6:006:45 pm
Jr. High KICS
6:507:30pm
Sr. High KICS

27

28

9:30 am Genesis thru 5:30 pm Mens Bible 9:00 am Devotions 7:00 pm Cub Scout
w/ Dorothy, Parlor
Revelation, 107
Study, 112
Pack Mtg., FH
Safari Apartment
11:00 am Walkercize,
11:00
am
Walkercize,
6:30
pm
Cub
Scouts,
Family Night Meal
FH
FH
Upstairs 5:30 pm Childrens
Choir
6:00 pm Choir
6:006:45 pm
Jr. High KICS
6:507:30pm
* See Regular Sunday
Sr. High KICS
Schedule

6:00 pm Wedding
Rehearsal

5:00 pm Wedding

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3 Communion 4

Judges 1921
Luke 7:3150

Ruth 14
Luke 8:125

1 Samuel 13
Luke 5:2656

Lynda Meisch
Peck Kam Wolf

Abbe Funk
Dylan Funk
Suzie Jones

Linda Angleton
Richard Haslett
Mike Myers

10

11

1 Samuel 1516
Luke 10:2542

Dorothy Gale

17

12

2 Samuel 12
Luke 14:124
Aunt Em

1 Samuel 1921
Luke 11:2954

Ken Ruggles
Jordan Hartman

Lyle Bruenger

19
2 Samuel 68
Luke 15:110

Emily Elliott
Dennis Osborn
Kathy Stanislaus

Jarynn Hockett
Sharon Stirewalt
Darren Tucker
Hank Waggoner

2 Samuel 1920
Luke 18:123

2 Samuel 2122
Luke 18:2443

Sam Budreau
Janice Kovacic
Tamara Slane

Clayton Jones
Shelli Reed

Mike Sutcliffe

Becce Brazil

14

1 Samuel 2224
Luke 12:131
Alta Spurrier

20

2 Samuel 35
Luke 14:2535

24 Pantry Sunday 25

1 Samuel 79
Luke 9:1836

26

Ethan Ruggles

27

Judges 1618
Luke 7:130

Bo Small

Ryan Jones

1 Samuel 1012
Luke 9:3762
Andy Bailey
Jim Caldwell
Lloyd Drybread
Sidney Haslett
Channing Miller

15

1 Samuel 1314
Luke 10:124
Caitlyn Oatman
Bill Woodard

16

1 Samuel 2526
Luke 12:3259

1 Samuel 2729
Luke 13:122

1 Samuel 3031
Luke 13:2335

Sophie Allen
Michelle Adams
Max Zimmerman

Lonnie Riley
Marilyn Henderson
Matthew Carpenter

Abby Liudahl
Carly Mitchner
Trevin Steele

21

2 Samuel 911
Luke 15:1132

Luke 6:2749

1 Samuel 46
Luke 9:117

13

1 Samuel 1718
Luke 11:128

18

Sat

22

23

2 Samuel 1213
Luke 16

2 Samuel 1415
Luke 17:119

2 Samuel 1618
Luke 17:2037

Preston Fisher
Janea Lawrence

Cade Kimbrel
Daniel Marts
Karla Myers
Darrian Rubow

Ryan Carter
Tyler Vernor

28

29

30

2 Samuel 2324
Luke 19:127

1 Kings 12
Luke 19:2848

1 Kings 35
Luke 20:126

1 Kings 67
Luke 20:2747

1 Kings 89
Luke 21:119

Andy Brazle
Brax Peter

Uncle Henry

Mike Chase
Jim Scaletta
Kody Spurrier

Noah Kepley
John Rubow
Jesse Stutt

Eldon Barriger
Jim Schoenberger