the Messenger IMMANUEL UNITED METHODIST 10025 BROCKTON LANE CORCORAN, MN 55340 CONTACT INFORMATION Rev. Jonathan Churho Lee [email protected]Church Office: 763.420.2585 [email protected]WE ARE A CHURCH “ROOTED IN A RICH HISTORY OF SERVING GOD IN OUR CHANGING COMMUNITY.” BIRTHDAYS 8 Mitch Muhich 9 Lisa Bailey 10 Rachel Riesgraf 11 Kenya Gilmore 13 Kathy Gomer 14 Karyn Brummer 14 Jeanine Zanosko 16 Stacey Benjamin 19 Earl Caswell 19 Gavin Dupont 20 Don Peterson 20 Jacob Regan 24 John Cupryna 25 Caleb Lee 27 Sherry Kuhn 28 Nik’Keela Jones 31 Debbie French 5 Robert & Janet Jette 20 Dennis & Mary Pieri 20 Stephen & Jeanine Zanosko 25 Barry & Linda Swanson May 1, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers. INDOOR RUMMAGE SALE!! Thursday, May 2 9AM to 8PM Friday, May 3 9AM to 6PM Saturday, May 4 9AM (Bag Day) Sign-up sheet in Narthex for volunteers. Thank you, in advance, for your willingness to make this another successful sale! UMW is offering camping scholarships again this year. The request forms will be on the sign-up table in the narthex. Individual requests will be for $50.00 and family requests will be for $75.00. Please turn in the request form to either Pat Kasperson or Linda Gleason. There are camping brochures available on the sign-up table.
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the Messenger I M M A N U E L U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T
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W E A R E A C H U R C H “ R O O T E D I N A R I C H H I S T O R Y O F S E R V I N G G O D
I N O U R C H A N G I N G C O M M U N I T Y . ”
BIRTHDAYS
8 Mitch Muhich
9 Lisa Bailey
10 Rachel Riesgraf
11 Kenya Gilmore
13 Kathy Gomer
14 Karyn Brummer
14 Jeanine Zanosko
16 Stacey Benjamin
19 Earl Caswell
19 Gavin Dupont
20 Don Peterson
20 Jacob Regan
24 John Cupryna
25 Caleb Lee
27 Sherry Kuhn
28 Nik’Keela Jones
31 Debbie French
5 Robert & Janet Jette
20 Dennis & Mary Pieri
20 Stephen & Jeanine Zanosko
25 Barry & Linda Swanson
May 1, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honoring workers.
INDOOR RUMMAGE SALE!!
Thursday, May 2 9AM to 8PM
Friday, May 3 9AM to 6PM
Saturday, May 4 9AM (Bag Day)
Sign-up sheet in Narthex for volunteers.
Thank you, in advance, for your willingness
to make this another successful sale!
UMW is offering camping scholarships again this year. The request forms will be on the sign-up table in the narthex. Individual requests will be for $50.00 and family requests will be for $75.00. Please turn in the request form to either Pat Kasperson or Linda Gleason. There are camping brochures available on the sign-up table.
From the desk of Pastor Jonathan Lee
Dear Immanuel families
I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter. Easter is the story of the greatest rescue mission ever, where God comes to earth in the form of Jesus Christ to rescue all of humanity. Jesus didn’t just come to get us into heaven. He came to rescue us from all the different areas of our life, the things in our life that we cannot change. Probably the most dramatic and certainly the most expensive rescue that happened was on August, 2010 in Chile when a mine collapsed on thirty-three miners. These miners were two thousand feet below the surface, trapped for sixty-nine days. The first seventeen days there was no communication. Nobody knew if they were alive or dead. It was an amazing story as the entire world watched a very expensive rescue that involved multiple nations – NASA was in-volved in it – to find and set free these men.
That was the story of the physical rescue. But the untold story that most of the world never heard was the spiritual rescue that took place of those men down there in that mine for sixty-nine days, because there was one man in those thirty-three miners who was a Christian. His name was Jose Enriquez. Jose had been a miner for over thirty years. While God had allowed him to be in that situation there was a transforming moment among those men during that sixty-nine days that set them free not just physically, but also spiritually.
The explosion surprised them in the middle of their work. It blasted them with an expansive wave that left them deaf and with a dust cloud that lasted three or four hours at the bottom of the mine. Their first concern was to see that everyone was alive and they saw God’s blessing that all thirty-three were alive. Once they realized that they were all alive they were able to come together and decide to become a community of survival where everyone counted.
They had to organize themselves. They started handing out different jobs. They gave Jose the privileged job of leading them in prayer. He led them in prayer. Then Jose told them the way to pray to the living God is to humble themselves. They got down on their knees and their faces and hum-bled themselves before God because God loves those who humble themselves. God began to change their hearts. In that humble attitude they touched God’s heart that way, and they began to know God’s presence among them.
Everyday they began to pray at twelve o’clock. They had a central prayer meeting where every-one could express themselves. There they began to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit, Miner Thirty-four they called him. There were no longer thirty-three. There were thirty-four. This thirty-fourth miner would strengthen them every day and give them hope. They had a whole worship service going every day for those seventeen days. They would sing and Jose would preach God’s Word from memory. They knew God’s presence every day, doing miracles among them, and healing people.
From the desk of Pastor Jonathan Lee (continued)
God had already spoken to Jose and showed him they were going to get out of the mine. Jose knew it was going to happen. God’s people are the people who exist by God’s Word. So their trust was fully in the Lord. However when that first drill missed them, it was the darkest day of their lives, because they felt that their prayers were not being answered. Their prayer meeting lost a few mem-bers that day. They decided to carry on – persevere in prayer and never give up. They were looking for a second drill to come down. It started to come down. Then the great miracle happened. Even the scientists will say it was a rock at just the right height that went at exactly the right angle to break in a chamber just ten meters off where the men were. That’s how the miracle occurred. The men went wild and just had a great dance. Happiness. They hugged the drill and wanted to go back up with the drill!
What a wonderful testimony this is! Jesus said, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. No one comes to the Father if it weren’t through me.” That Jesus Christ who was in the midst of miners and who called them to testify to his truth, he is the true God. The God of love and mercy. He doesn’t make any difference between people. He’s just waiting for you to open the door of your heart. He comes to us and wants to help us. When we humble ourselves, God wants us to know his rescue of us. He wants us to humble ourselves. The King of kings and the Lord of lords can become our rescuer. He who has power to give life and take it away before the God of love, the God of mercy, who can hear prayer. He loves to answer our prayers. Let Jesus become our rescuer. He is the best thing that God has ever offered to mankind.
In peace,
Pastor Jonathan Lee
WORSHIP COMMITTEE
1. The trial period for the “no Announcement” has concluded. The Worship Committee has recommended to exclude “announcements” with the exception for “special” announcement as of April 7, 2019.
-Continue with prayer cards for current praises and concerns or talk to Pastor prior to service.
-Announcement screen will now also list the weeks Birthdays and anniversaries.
2. A new practice of calling all to the Sanctuary for service on Sunday will be by singing a Gathering song two or three times till all are in and seated. The screen announce-ments will continue to be displayed till all are in and service begins.
3. “Jesus Loves Me” will be played while the children are gathering for the Children’s Message.
*Changes to start first Sunday of May 2019
NEW BIBLE STUDIES
“UNAFRAID: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times”
5 – Week DVD Study by Adam Hamilton
Begins Tuesday, April 30
9:30 – 10:30 AM (Meets in Fellowship Hall)
Books $15 Sign-up in Narthex.
“Broken and Blessed –
How God Used One Imperfect Family to Change the World”
DVD Study by Jessica LaGrone
from Adam and Eve through the generations to Joseph
Begins Tuesday, April 30
7:00 PM (Meets at Pastor Jonathan’s home)
Books $10 Sign-up in Narthex.
Responsibilities for this part-time position
Once a week practice on Wednesday at 7PM
(except for summer months)
Lead adult choir during worship two Sundays per month
Select and prepare music as needed for worship
Special choir performances during the year
(ex: Christmas Cantata)
Seeking an individual with a heart for the Lord and love for His music!
Giftedness of being a skilled people person is a plus.
Current choir director also prepares the worship PowerPoint every Thursday for the Sunday morning worship. If you are interested in this responsibility this can be discussed in more detail. If you are not a choir director, but would be interested in preparing the PowerPoint each week please let us know.
INTERESTED?? Contact Barry Swanson, SPRC
CHOIR DIRECTOR SEARCH
COLLECTION FOR MAY
SOUP & RICE
Each month churches in our community are assigned specific foods or household items to collect. If you would like to donate, please drop off items in the box located at the church entry .
C. R. O. S. S.
Let Mary Ann know if you can help sew school bags.
It’s an easy pattern. We will deliver them to Annual Conference.
2019 LOVE OFFERING
SUNDAY, MAY 19
This year’s annual Love Offering will go 60% to Lao Samphan Methodist church in Laos. Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world but the Christian church is growing. Rev. Yang, a United Methodist missionary from Minnesota serves there. He oversees new church development, training and equipping leaders. He and other church leaders are working to establish a Methodist presence in 17 provinces in Laos. Funds will also be used toward building a resource training center.
20% is going to the Volunteer Lawyers Network. Established in 1966, this Network helps thousands of people each year by providing civil legal services to people living in poverty. Funds will go toward immi-grant legal services through which volunteer lawyers and staff partner with community organizations, in-cluding Northfield UMC, provide services to immigrant and refugee neighbors.
20% to Volunteer in Mission Scholarships. Mission trips change the lives of participants by giving them an opportunity to grow in faith and gain a new perspective of the world. The Love Offering helps offset the cost for first-time participants.
SCHOOL BAGS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE The theme of the 2019 Annual Conference session —taking place
June 18-20 in St. Cloud—is “Dare to Reach—Love Boldly!”
JUST FOR FUN—COLORING PAGE
Monday, May 20
9:30AM
Ladies, please join us for this special time of fellowship, devotion and a short meeting.
Questions? Talk with Linda Gleason
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Men’s Group
COME JOIN US!
Saturday, May 11
9:00 AM
We invite all men in the church to join us for breakfast, devotions, conversation and busi-ness pertaining to helping at the church.
Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month.
All MEN ARE WELCOME
CHURCH EVENTS
LYNDE’S RESTAURANT LUNCHEONS
All women of Immanuel are invited to attend lunch at Lynde’s in Osseo
COME AND ENJOY GOOD FOOD AND GREAT FELLOWSHIP!
May 23 at 11:30 am
No luncheon in June, July or August 2019
If you have any questions, please contact Linda Gleason (612-719-6200)
Questions???
Talk to Ashley Xitumul
YOUTH REC NIGHT
SATURDAY—May 18
5:30—7:30pm
*3rd Saturday of each month
Location: Pastor Jonathan’s Home
Thursday, May 16
6:00 PM
We would like to invite you to a special all-church potluck dinner prepared to honor Immanuel’s newest members since 2016. This event will take place at the church. We hope that you will be able to join us. Please note if you are being honored you do not need to bring anything to the potluck. Please sign-up in the Narthex.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Health - Recovery - Strength
Nancy Covington - Prayers as she recovers from pneumonia.
Bob & Jan Jette - Prayer for peace and strength for both of them.
Zoey Ellis - 3 1/2 year old relative of Leanne Peterson – Prayers for continued progress in her recovery journey.
Nathan, Leanne Peterson’s cousins husband - Pray as he contin-ues his recovery journey.
John Cupryna – Continued prayers during his brain aneurysm recovery. Prayers for recovery and successful cataract surgery scheduled for 4/25 & 5/9.
Jacob Cupryna (Deb’s son) - Prayers for a successful removal of a cyst on his spine.
Chad Kinart - Prayers as he travels throughout dangerous parts of the Middle East for his work. Safe Travel and a safe return home.
Dave & Karen Maue (Dale’s brother) - Prayers as this family lost their house in a fire.
Dan Klapperich & Karen Meghan - Continued prayers for Dan & Karen . They love to hear from their church family.
Cinda, Paul and Sherry Kuhn’s daughter - Prayers as she continues her struggle with kidney disease.
Landon, boy thrown at MOA - Continue to pray for complete healing and for his family through this traumatic event.
Prayers for a co-worker’s 22-year old son, Jack. - Diagnosed with Stage 4 bone cancer and treatment options.
Katie, Deb Cupryna’s sister - Prayers for Katie and their family as she was recently diagnosed with MS.
Prayers for church members that have ongoing health and/or serious issues as they graciously deal with them on a daily basis.
Ashley and Gama Xitumul - Prayers as new fostering parents and that children become well adjusted. Prayers for their ministry.
Pastor Jonathan, Diane and boys - Pray for the Lord to strength-en and guide them as they work with us to serve our church so faithfully.
Immanuel Vision Team - Prayers as they work together to help make recommendations for plans for the future our IUMC. Pray that the Holy Spirit will guide this group as they work on this important project.
Missionaries - Gordon & Ardell Graner - Pray for our mission-aries as they serve in the Dominican Republic.
Prayers for our country and leaders that there may be peace & harmony.
CHURCH OFFICE DEADLINES
Weekly Bulletin: All information and news should be
Please call 763-424-2297 or 763-218-0085 or email [email protected] with prayer requests. Also, updates on prayer
requests that are left on the list longer than two weeks are appreciated. Lois Caswell, Prayer Ministries Coordinator
Our deepest sympathy on the passing of our dear friend, Floyd Thompson on March 29, 2019.
Funeral Services were held at Immanuel on Saturday, April 6. May knowing that others will continue to pray for his wife , Glenda and family give them comfort and peace.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE AT IUMC?
LAY READER
USHERS
PEACE CANDLE LIGHTS
GREETERS
*Please email the church office of your interest. The 4-month rotating schedule for April - July will be created soon. Don’t miss your chance to serve in these very important roles.
Our sympathy to June Quamme on the death of her 37-year-old grandson, Michael on Easter morning. May the Lord give June and her family peace and comfort during this difficult time.
DATE LAY READER USHERS Peace Candle Lighters
DATE FELLOWSHIP SERVERS GREETER(S) FLOWERS
May 5 Linda Gleason Steve & Marilyn Rickson -Head Ushers
Bob & Jean McFarlane
Pat Kasperson
May 12 Pat Kasperson Steve & Marilyn Rickson -Head Ushers
Alice Rickson, Wesley Waring
Sherry & Lynn Brun
May 19 Jon Hall Kris Caswell, Carri Loken -Head Ushers
Jan Jette & Jeanine Zanosko
Mary & Denny Pieri
May 26 Sherry Kuhn Bob & Jean McFarlane -Head Ushers
