CHANGE the WORLD...a missional movement that is taking the Church into the world instead of coaxing the world into the church.
Keynote Speakers:
Adam Hamilton
Brian McLaren
Jim Wallis
Michael Slaughter
Friday & Saturday, October 24 & 25
conference registration – Friday & Saturday, October 24 & 25
• group (3 or more people from same church registering at same time)
after August 1 # of persons ____ x $119 $_________
For a brochure or to register for the conference, please contact Pastor Melissa. There are currently 4 who are registered for the conference and room for more!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Briding Personal & Social Witness
Saturday, October 18, 2008 – 8:30 AM – 3 PM
NIC: School of Evangelism: “Bridging Personal and Social Witness”
Hilltop Ministry Center, Machesney Park, IL
This event will feature keynote speaker Rev. Tony Campolo, founder of several mission organizations and author of 35 books. Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister and media commentator on religious, social and political matters. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. His recent books include: Red Letter Christians, A citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics, the God of Intimacy and Action, Everybody Want to Change the World, and Practical Ideas for Social Justice. Rev. Campolo will key note on Intimacy and Action as well as lead a workshop.
Workshops will include:
Needs Oriented Evangelism – Combining Social Justice and Evangelism
How to Take Your Faith to the Neighborhood
Taking the Fear Out of Faith Sharing
Developing a Passion for Evangelism within Your Congregation
Generational Issues in Evangelism
If you are interested in attending, please contact Pastor Melissa for cost, scholarships, and other information!
NIC: School of Evangelism: “Bridging Personal and Social Witness”
Hilltop Ministry Center, Machesney Park, IL
This event will feature keynote speaker Rev. Tony Campolo, founder of several mission organizations and author of 35 books. Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister and media commentator on religious, social and political matters. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. His recent books include: Red Letter Christians, A citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics, the God of Intimacy and Action, Everybody Want to Change the World, and Practical Ideas for Social Justice. Rev. Campolo will key note on Intimacy and Action as well as lead a workshop.
Workshops will include:
Needs Oriented Evangelism – Combining Social Justice and Evangelism
How to Take Your Faith to the Neighborhood
Taking the Fear Out of Faith Sharing
Developing a Passion for Evangelism within Your Congregation
Generational Issues in Evangelism
If you are interested in attending, please contact Pastor Melissa for cost, scholarships, and other information!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Guiding Questions
Hour with Melissa Guiding Questions
These are some of the questions and topics we’ll talk about when we gather together for our hour & a half conversation. Please think about these questions even if you are unable to schedule a time to meet. You are welcome to write responses if you’d like as well. These conversations are important to our life together as the church and I look forward to having these conversations with you.
~What or who brought you to this church?
~What keeps you at this church?
~What is your favorite part of being a part of this church?~What is the most challenging part of being a part of this church?
~What ministry best meets your needs as a Christian?~What ministry would you like to see changed? What are you willing to do to change it?
~How do you practice your faith outside of Sunday morning?
~What spiritual needs do you have that are not currently being met?
~How do you describe this church to your friends or family?
~How do you hear this church described in the community?
~Anything else that you would like to add?
These are some of the questions and topics we’ll talk about when we gather together for our hour & a half conversation. Please think about these questions even if you are unable to schedule a time to meet. You are welcome to write responses if you’d like as well. These conversations are important to our life together as the church and I look forward to having these conversations with you.
~What or who brought you to this church?
~What keeps you at this church?
~What is your favorite part of being a part of this church?~What is the most challenging part of being a part of this church?
~What ministry best meets your needs as a Christian?~What ministry would you like to see changed? What are you willing to do to change it?
~How do you practice your faith outside of Sunday morning?
~What spiritual needs do you have that are not currently being met?
~How do you describe this church to your friends or family?
~How do you hear this church described in the community?
~Anything else that you would like to add?
Monday, August 25, 2008
September Newsletter
Dear Friends,
While the leaves haven’t started turning colors and the air isn’t quite as cool yet, the sounds of kids & teachers heading off to school is in the air and life is becoming more scheduled which means that fall is here! What an amazing summer we have had—kid’s club, 4th of July, Cincinnati Mission Trip, Vacation Bible School, worship, conversations…So many things happening and so many opportunities to see God’s grace all around us! And yes, although there have been these amazing opportunities, they have not all been easy or without difficulties. We have worked together in some incredible ways to help to show the love of God to our friends, family, community, and world at large.
In August we took a month of Sabbath as there was very little on the calendar outside of regularly scheduled meetings and worship. What did you hear from God as we rested as a community? Did you hear God calling you to something new or embracing you as God’s child? Did you look at where God has been active in our life as a church? Have you been refreshed to continue on the journey? I would love to hear what you have experienced during your Sabbath time and what you have discerned to be your legacy.
I know what I have heard…I have heard the same thing from God that I heard when I answered God’s call into ordained ministry. I have called you to be my servant. Go and do my work and I will be with you always. There is a wonderful mission field that we have here to continue to reach out into and share the Good News of the Gospel. All of the amazing events of this summer don’t magically end when September hits, but we strive to continue to build on top of those. As each committee meets to plan out our activities and events for the year, there will be an intentional effort to build upon what has begun. Maybe you’re not on a committee, but you know where you would like to serve or you know what ministry you’d like to work with. In the newsletter there is a nomination form for you to fill out for yourself or suggest someone to join a committee. If you have any questions about a particular committee or where you feel your gifts would fit the best, please contact me and I would love to talk with you where you can best serve. The Lay Leadership Committee (formerly known as Nominations) will begin meeting this month to put together our Lay Leadership list for 2009. Please have your nomination form turned into the office by September 30.
You will also notice a few other changes as you read through the newsletter. There are several Bible studies that are being offered—both short & long term. There are opportunities for service both in our community and throughout our United Methodist Connection. Another opportunity that you will have to talk about your legacy, your calling, your desire for the church, or something that’s on your heart & mind will happen every Tuesday in the month of September. I am suspending my normal Tuesday office hours to have some scheduled time of conversation with members of both congregations. We can meet for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, at your home, at the church, at your work, in the park, with a group of several, individually, or with your family. Each conversation will last for about an hour and a half and sign up sheets are located in the back of the sanctuary at both Sheridan & Norway United Methodist Churches. I would like to be able to talk with every member of the congregations about your hopes and dreams both for yourself and for the church.
As we continue on this journey together to make and create disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, may we remember that God has called us to be God’s servants. As we go and do God’s work, God will be with us always!
Blessings,
Pastor Melissa
While the leaves haven’t started turning colors and the air isn’t quite as cool yet, the sounds of kids & teachers heading off to school is in the air and life is becoming more scheduled which means that fall is here! What an amazing summer we have had—kid’s club, 4th of July, Cincinnati Mission Trip, Vacation Bible School, worship, conversations…So many things happening and so many opportunities to see God’s grace all around us! And yes, although there have been these amazing opportunities, they have not all been easy or without difficulties. We have worked together in some incredible ways to help to show the love of God to our friends, family, community, and world at large.
In August we took a month of Sabbath as there was very little on the calendar outside of regularly scheduled meetings and worship. What did you hear from God as we rested as a community? Did you hear God calling you to something new or embracing you as God’s child? Did you look at where God has been active in our life as a church? Have you been refreshed to continue on the journey? I would love to hear what you have experienced during your Sabbath time and what you have discerned to be your legacy.
I know what I have heard…I have heard the same thing from God that I heard when I answered God’s call into ordained ministry. I have called you to be my servant. Go and do my work and I will be with you always. There is a wonderful mission field that we have here to continue to reach out into and share the Good News of the Gospel. All of the amazing events of this summer don’t magically end when September hits, but we strive to continue to build on top of those. As each committee meets to plan out our activities and events for the year, there will be an intentional effort to build upon what has begun. Maybe you’re not on a committee, but you know where you would like to serve or you know what ministry you’d like to work with. In the newsletter there is a nomination form for you to fill out for yourself or suggest someone to join a committee. If you have any questions about a particular committee or where you feel your gifts would fit the best, please contact me and I would love to talk with you where you can best serve. The Lay Leadership Committee (formerly known as Nominations) will begin meeting this month to put together our Lay Leadership list for 2009. Please have your nomination form turned into the office by September 30.
You will also notice a few other changes as you read through the newsletter. There are several Bible studies that are being offered—both short & long term. There are opportunities for service both in our community and throughout our United Methodist Connection. Another opportunity that you will have to talk about your legacy, your calling, your desire for the church, or something that’s on your heart & mind will happen every Tuesday in the month of September. I am suspending my normal Tuesday office hours to have some scheduled time of conversation with members of both congregations. We can meet for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, at your home, at the church, at your work, in the park, with a group of several, individually, or with your family. Each conversation will last for about an hour and a half and sign up sheets are located in the back of the sanctuary at both Sheridan & Norway United Methodist Churches. I would like to be able to talk with every member of the congregations about your hopes and dreams both for yourself and for the church.
As we continue on this journey together to make and create disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, may we remember that God has called us to be God’s servants. As we go and do God’s work, God will be with us always!
Blessings,
Pastor Melissa
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Communitarianism...
Comunitarianism
Well, I had shared a little over 3 years ago that I make words up…Sometimes I can take credit for personally making up the word and sometimes I’ve borrowed from someone else…I would love to take credit for the word “communitarianism” but unfortunately it’s not my word…It is a word that Randy Pausch uses in his book, The Last Lecture…As an important part of creating a legacy for bother ourselves as individuals, and especially for us as a church, He challenges us to be a communitarianist…
So, what does it mean to practice communitarianism or to be a communitarianist? It’s certainly not an easy word to say! But if you think about the ways that you label yourself or maybe how others have labeled you…Maybe you’re an omnivore or a vegetarian…a Democrat or Republican…a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan…an introvert or an extrovert…And I’m sure that you can think of the labels that have been placed on you throughout your life…But have you ever been called a communitarianist or considered becoming a communitarianist? Well, let’s talk about what that means…
So, the best way to start to define communitarianist would be to break the word down…Which maybe some of you have already done? What do you see in the word “communitarianist?” Wait for responses…Good! I’m glad that you picked up on the word Community within communitarianist! So, if community is in there and –ism or –ist usually means that you practice whatever it is that’s being defined…So a communitarianist would be one who practices community!
Practicing community…Now community is something that’s talked about quite a bit and it’s referred to in many different ways…In fact, I’ve used the idea of community in several sermons over the past few years…So, what is community? Community is more than a group of people coming together…Community is a group that comes together for a common goal…A community can develop over a particular justice issue or event…And those are important to have as community…In his book Soul Craving, Erwin Rapheous Mcadams boldly states that he is an addict…He is an addict of people—he says that he needs to be in contact with people so much that it is like an addiction…As a matter of fact he accuses each person of having that same addiction…As a human being we are all addicted to being in community…He argues that if you don’t need to be in community of any kind, then you have lost your human-ness…And losing our human-ness is a very dangerous place to be! Because we weren’t created to be anything other than humans…And therefore we weren’t created to be anything but in community. Which clearly means that community is important for the Church, but what does community mean in the church?
Well, let me be absolutely clear about community in the church…The church is not a social club…The church is not a group of people gathered randomly or just to see one another and catch up on one another’s lives…While that’s not a bad thing and something that we should be doing as a church, it’s not the sole purpose of the church. The mission of the church is to make and create disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world…That is the common goal that we all have when we come together…The Church is a gathered body of believers…The church itself is meant to be a community…Now, we didn’t have any of the book of Acts used this morning in worship, but when you read the book of Acts, you will discover that book is written about the growth of the Early Christian Church…It is a story about building community around the goal of making and creating disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Believers met in one another’s homes…They spent time in the temple, then they spent just as much time in one another’s homes, breaking bread…Not only did they worship together in the temple, but they also spent just as much time together outside of the temple, breaking bread together in one another’s homes…Church wasn’t just something that they did on Saturday, but it was a way of life…They weren’t just in community with one other in worship, but they were in intentional Christian community for their entire beings…
But community isn’t something “new” or something that is only found in the New Testament, but community is something that is throughout the entire Bible! Think about the 10 commandments for a moment…The first 4 commandments are all about our relationship with God—You shall have no other Gods before me; You shall not worship any idols; You shall not use the name of the Lord in vain; Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy…All are commandments about how we relate to God and stay in community with God…The other six are about how we are in community with others—Honor your father & mother; You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness (lie); You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor…All are commandments about how we relate with others…
Now the book of Deuteronomy, one of the places that the 10 commandments are found, contains many of the laws that the Israelites, the Jewish people, followed and still follow today…Passages like ours this morning—If there is anyone in your community who is in need, help them out…Another commandment of how we are to be in community and relationship with others…Now the Jewish people practiced community within a select group—they were the Chosen People of God…As Christians, we don’t practice community with a select group of people…Because as Jesus said in Matthew—“When I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was naked you gave me clothing, when I was a stranger you welcomed me, when I was sick and in prison you visited me…Because whatever you did to the least of these you did to me…” Jesus didn’t say that our community should be an exclusive group where only a few are invited and welcomed and cared for, but our community is made of up all people. All people are included in community…Jesus didn’t say, “love people as long as they look like you…smell like you…talk like you…think like you…” Actually Jesus said, whatever you do to these, you do to me…Are we welcoming Jesus into community with us?
When we enter into Christian community—when we enter into relationship with one another through the church—in service to God, we enter into a Holy Friendship…Now Holy Friendship is different than “plain friendship”…It’s a friendship that goes beyond caring for one another’s physical bodies or even emotions, but goes into caring for one another’s souls…Holy Friendship is the kind of community that we as the church are called to be in with one another…In May, my covenant group came and joined in worship and some of you may have heard about our experience with Holy Friendship…We all love each other dearly and have often dropped everything that we’re doing to care for one another…But we also challenge one another and hold one another accountable…And it’s completely different that criticizing one another for doing something or not doing something, but it’s making sure that we understand what we’re doing and the right reasons and to make sure that whatever it is that is happening is faithful to our call as pastors and our call as Christians…It’s not always a comfortable place to be in to be held accountable and it’s not always comfortable to hold someone else accountable, but in the view of our holy friendship, it’s not something that we avoid just because it’s not comfortable, but because we’ve covenanted together that it’s something that we do…We’re communitarianists together!
One of the things that I know about myself is that when I have been hurt, I very rarely let the person who hurt me see it…I very rarely let anyone see it really…I was at a meeting recently and one of the members of my covenant group happened to be there with me…Throughout the course of this meeting, I was hurt in ways that I thought I was stronger than...I felt rejected, ignored, devalued, and unimportant… My heart was absolutely broken in ways that I wasn't expecting my heart to break…As I was trying to deal with these emotions on my own, one of my covenant group members came to share in my pain…As I sobbed on his shoulder and poured out pain that I didn’t even know I was feeling, he heard every word…Sometimes he offered something to say and other times it was another few kleenexes…I’m not sure how long I cried there with him, but it was enough to go through almost a box of kleenex…As I wore myself out and have poured out all of my pain—literally and figuratively, onto his shoulders...I came to the point where I said, “well, now all that’s left to do is suck it up and deal with it.” And he offered me another kleenex and quietly said, “Can I offer something else? Instead of sucking it up…Offer it up…Give it to God.” In all of the pain, that wasn’t what first came to my mind and it took someone who was intentionally caring for my body, mind, and soul to remind me…Someone who was in intentional community with me and not just because we had some of the same interests, but because we are bonded through the same God and the same common goal of making and creating disciples for Jesus Christ…In that conversation, I experienced community in ways that I didn’t know were possible…
During Lent, we looked at 6 critical choices that Rev. Paul Nixon offers in his book, I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church. One of the choices in there is choosing community over isolation… As human beings we are addicted to community…We are meant to be communitarianists…As the church, we are called to be in Christian community—united around the common goal of making and creating disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world…We are meant to be held accountable…We are meant to be in community…Where have we not allowed ourselves to be in community and instead chosen isolation? Maybe it was intentional or maybe it was unintentional…Have we shut ourselves out from the rest of the world? Have we shut ourselves out from one another? We are meant not just to share a pew space with one another on Sunday morning, but we are meant to share our lives with one another…We are meant to be in community with one another, we are meant to be in Holy Friendship…We are meant to experience God’s grace together…We are meant to laugh together, to cry together, to share together… Healing happens in community as we share where are hearts and lives have been broken...Hope is more beautiful in community...We are meant to be in Christian community with each other…We are meant to be communitarianists…
Well, I had shared a little over 3 years ago that I make words up…Sometimes I can take credit for personally making up the word and sometimes I’ve borrowed from someone else…I would love to take credit for the word “communitarianism” but unfortunately it’s not my word…It is a word that Randy Pausch uses in his book, The Last Lecture…As an important part of creating a legacy for bother ourselves as individuals, and especially for us as a church, He challenges us to be a communitarianist…
So, what does it mean to practice communitarianism or to be a communitarianist? It’s certainly not an easy word to say! But if you think about the ways that you label yourself or maybe how others have labeled you…Maybe you’re an omnivore or a vegetarian…a Democrat or Republican…a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan…an introvert or an extrovert…And I’m sure that you can think of the labels that have been placed on you throughout your life…But have you ever been called a communitarianist or considered becoming a communitarianist? Well, let’s talk about what that means…
So, the best way to start to define communitarianist would be to break the word down…Which maybe some of you have already done? What do you see in the word “communitarianist?” Wait for responses…Good! I’m glad that you picked up on the word Community within communitarianist! So, if community is in there and –ism or –ist usually means that you practice whatever it is that’s being defined…So a communitarianist would be one who practices community!
Practicing community…Now community is something that’s talked about quite a bit and it’s referred to in many different ways…In fact, I’ve used the idea of community in several sermons over the past few years…So, what is community? Community is more than a group of people coming together…Community is a group that comes together for a common goal…A community can develop over a particular justice issue or event…And those are important to have as community…In his book Soul Craving, Erwin Rapheous Mcadams boldly states that he is an addict…He is an addict of people—he says that he needs to be in contact with people so much that it is like an addiction…As a matter of fact he accuses each person of having that same addiction…As a human being we are all addicted to being in community…He argues that if you don’t need to be in community of any kind, then you have lost your human-ness…And losing our human-ness is a very dangerous place to be! Because we weren’t created to be anything other than humans…And therefore we weren’t created to be anything but in community. Which clearly means that community is important for the Church, but what does community mean in the church?
Well, let me be absolutely clear about community in the church…The church is not a social club…The church is not a group of people gathered randomly or just to see one another and catch up on one another’s lives…While that’s not a bad thing and something that we should be doing as a church, it’s not the sole purpose of the church. The mission of the church is to make and create disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world…That is the common goal that we all have when we come together…The Church is a gathered body of believers…The church itself is meant to be a community…Now, we didn’t have any of the book of Acts used this morning in worship, but when you read the book of Acts, you will discover that book is written about the growth of the Early Christian Church…It is a story about building community around the goal of making and creating disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Believers met in one another’s homes…They spent time in the temple, then they spent just as much time in one another’s homes, breaking bread…Not only did they worship together in the temple, but they also spent just as much time together outside of the temple, breaking bread together in one another’s homes…Church wasn’t just something that they did on Saturday, but it was a way of life…They weren’t just in community with one other in worship, but they were in intentional Christian community for their entire beings…
But community isn’t something “new” or something that is only found in the New Testament, but community is something that is throughout the entire Bible! Think about the 10 commandments for a moment…The first 4 commandments are all about our relationship with God—You shall have no other Gods before me; You shall not worship any idols; You shall not use the name of the Lord in vain; Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy…All are commandments about how we relate to God and stay in community with God…The other six are about how we are in community with others—Honor your father & mother; You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness (lie); You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor…All are commandments about how we relate with others…
Now the book of Deuteronomy, one of the places that the 10 commandments are found, contains many of the laws that the Israelites, the Jewish people, followed and still follow today…Passages like ours this morning—If there is anyone in your community who is in need, help them out…Another commandment of how we are to be in community and relationship with others…Now the Jewish people practiced community within a select group—they were the Chosen People of God…As Christians, we don’t practice community with a select group of people…Because as Jesus said in Matthew—“When I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was naked you gave me clothing, when I was a stranger you welcomed me, when I was sick and in prison you visited me…Because whatever you did to the least of these you did to me…” Jesus didn’t say that our community should be an exclusive group where only a few are invited and welcomed and cared for, but our community is made of up all people. All people are included in community…Jesus didn’t say, “love people as long as they look like you…smell like you…talk like you…think like you…” Actually Jesus said, whatever you do to these, you do to me…Are we welcoming Jesus into community with us?
When we enter into Christian community—when we enter into relationship with one another through the church—in service to God, we enter into a Holy Friendship…Now Holy Friendship is different than “plain friendship”…It’s a friendship that goes beyond caring for one another’s physical bodies or even emotions, but goes into caring for one another’s souls…Holy Friendship is the kind of community that we as the church are called to be in with one another…In May, my covenant group came and joined in worship and some of you may have heard about our experience with Holy Friendship…We all love each other dearly and have often dropped everything that we’re doing to care for one another…But we also challenge one another and hold one another accountable…And it’s completely different that criticizing one another for doing something or not doing something, but it’s making sure that we understand what we’re doing and the right reasons and to make sure that whatever it is that is happening is faithful to our call as pastors and our call as Christians…It’s not always a comfortable place to be in to be held accountable and it’s not always comfortable to hold someone else accountable, but in the view of our holy friendship, it’s not something that we avoid just because it’s not comfortable, but because we’ve covenanted together that it’s something that we do…We’re communitarianists together!
One of the things that I know about myself is that when I have been hurt, I very rarely let the person who hurt me see it…I very rarely let anyone see it really…I was at a meeting recently and one of the members of my covenant group happened to be there with me…Throughout the course of this meeting, I was hurt in ways that I thought I was stronger than...I felt rejected, ignored, devalued, and unimportant… My heart was absolutely broken in ways that I wasn't expecting my heart to break…As I was trying to deal with these emotions on my own, one of my covenant group members came to share in my pain…As I sobbed on his shoulder and poured out pain that I didn’t even know I was feeling, he heard every word…Sometimes he offered something to say and other times it was another few kleenexes…I’m not sure how long I cried there with him, but it was enough to go through almost a box of kleenex…As I wore myself out and have poured out all of my pain—literally and figuratively, onto his shoulders...I came to the point where I said, “well, now all that’s left to do is suck it up and deal with it.” And he offered me another kleenex and quietly said, “Can I offer something else? Instead of sucking it up…Offer it up…Give it to God.” In all of the pain, that wasn’t what first came to my mind and it took someone who was intentionally caring for my body, mind, and soul to remind me…Someone who was in intentional community with me and not just because we had some of the same interests, but because we are bonded through the same God and the same common goal of making and creating disciples for Jesus Christ…In that conversation, I experienced community in ways that I didn’t know were possible…
During Lent, we looked at 6 critical choices that Rev. Paul Nixon offers in his book, I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church. One of the choices in there is choosing community over isolation… As human beings we are addicted to community…We are meant to be communitarianists…As the church, we are called to be in Christian community—united around the common goal of making and creating disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world…We are meant to be held accountable…We are meant to be in community…Where have we not allowed ourselves to be in community and instead chosen isolation? Maybe it was intentional or maybe it was unintentional…Have we shut ourselves out from the rest of the world? Have we shut ourselves out from one another? We are meant not just to share a pew space with one another on Sunday morning, but we are meant to share our lives with one another…We are meant to be in community with one another, we are meant to be in Holy Friendship…We are meant to experience God’s grace together…We are meant to laugh together, to cry together, to share together… Healing happens in community as we share where are hearts and lives have been broken...Hope is more beautiful in community...We are meant to be in Christian community with each other…We are meant to be communitarianists…
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Norway UMC Sunday School Hiking Trip
Norway UMC Sunday School class took a hiking trip to Starved Rock State Park--here are some of the pictures of what we saw!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Norway UMC Rally Day!
Norway United Methodist Church Sunday School Rally Day is scheduled for September 21st beginning at 9:00 am. Please dress casually-- we will be going on a hay rack ride!
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