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The Chosen will be shown tonight at 6:00 p.m. For those of you golfing, arrive at the golf course by 9:30. Lunch will be served around 1 pm. $12 for lunch/$15 for golfing/ $10 cart. Arrive for lunch early for a game! No Coffee with the Pastor this week. She is on vacation. Starting Friday, June 30th Coffee with the Pastor will change to Simple Dips & Things, a coffee shop at 709 Center Ave. in Payette. The time will remain the same 9-12. FUMC’s pastor Clynton Easley is available for emergency pastoral care. (360)320-1334 pastorclynton@gmail.com
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Monday Morning Coffee With The Pastor is at Agape from 9-12.
Saturday April 1st is the date for our Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt! We will not have an Easter Sunrise Service this year. Love INC is in search of household items to help a woman out. If you can help, please let us know. No Monday Morning Coffee this week only.
There is a new survey about changing the service time, please fill out the new survey! *If you’re interested in joining a book study with the pastor, please sign up today! The day of the week has not been decided yet. Valentines Tri Tip Dinner by UMM! Friday, Feb 10th from 5-7 pm. Invite your friends! Our Ash Wednesday service will be on Wednesday, Feb. 22nd at 6:30. We are now collecting candy for our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. Please bring individually wrapped candy small enough to fit in a plastic Easter egg No chocolate please (it melts).    If you are interested in being a part of our sign ministry, you can: call the office at 208-642-2475 and make arrangements to pick up a sign of your own for display, or make a donation now to help with supplies by clicking on the button below.   Dear Pastoral Leaders of the Greater Northwest Area of the IMU,
It has been a blessing to see churches in the Greater Northwest respond to COVID-19 with great caution, compassion and creativity. Suspending worship in person for three months has not been easy, but you have lived up to the circumstances and exercised great caution for the health and well-being of your neighbors. Many of you have developed the ability to offer worship online. Others send out printed newsletters and sermons every week. You've found ways to offer compassion by distributing gift cards, making face masks, offering food boxes, birthday celebrations, and graduation ceremonies in cars. His creativity has spawned prayer circles, study groups, and virtual children's gatherings. You have directed with abundant grace through a very difficult and limited time. Still, it is not possible to gather for online worship in all the places where our churches are located. And it is not possible to organize summer camps safely. It is heartbreaking to be unable to hold the hand of a dying loved one or to gather and honor those who have died in a memorial service. As your bishop, I have struggled all last week to know how best to lead, to meet the needs of so many churches and communities that you serve, facing such varied circumstances. The “curve” of new COVID-19 cases has increased since the restrictions were relaxed in relation to social interaction in most states in the month of May and after the weekend of “Memorial Day”. The impacts that major public protests for racial justice will have since George Floyd's death on May 25 are unknown. Health professionals are very concerned that we may be seeing the start of another spike that could threaten to collapse healthcare systems. Despite serious reservations, effective immediately, I am easing restrictions on in-person worship and the closing of buildings that allow the transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of "Re-imagining our life together." This means that IF ...
THEN… the church can implement its plan to enter Phase 2. In addition, in response to requests for clarification, the following amendments and interpretations are in effect during Phases 1 and 2:
On a case-by-case basis, district superintendents may approve the local church's plans for Phase 2 that include the following:
As congregations reimagine life together together and consider how and when to reopen, each congregation every united Methodist leader must consider alarming trends and the potential serious harm of opening too soon or without adequate preparation. As you reflect with other leaders in your church, take a broad and far-reaching view of the impact of your decisions and actions. Research in the social sciences and health sciences is cause for caution. Twenty-one states, including the states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington in the Greater Northwest Area, are experiencing an increase in cases since opening and as a result of socialization over Memorial Day weekend . The impact that major public protests for racial justice will have on the spread of the virus is still unknown. Testing practices and case tracking are inconsistent in our area and insufficient in some areas. Health care capacity is unevenly distributed across the area and is in danger of being overwhelmed if COVID-19 re-emerges. People who provide essential services, people of color and poor people are disproportionately vulnerable to contracting the disease, having inadequate medical care and the financial strains that this causes. Decisions to accept the risks of reopening in the hope of reaping the benefits of greater individual freedom, social interaction, and economic recovery have the effect of privileging the most privileged and making the most vulnerable the most disadvantaged. The expressions of urgency to reopen come from several reasons. Some are concerned about the church budget. Some are concerned about the economy. Some on the loss of members by a neighboring church that has been opened for worship. Everyone recognizes the emotional, mental, and spiritual need for human interaction, and sees it as the mission of the Church to gather people for support, prayer, encouragement, and comfort. Some hear the call to prophetic witness, action in the Church, and feel that this moment in history compels us to gather, organize, and take to the streets to advocate for justice and racial mercy. Christians face very extraordinary moral dilemmas in this complex time. Physical health and economic health are mutually dependent interests. Health is not simply a progressive value. Economic stability is not simply a conservative value. If the pandemic continues to spread, the economy will not recover. If we jump-start the economy by encouraging businesses to open up and people to return to work before it is safe, this will increase the number of fatalities, and the economy will suffer again. No church should simply align itself with one side or the other of the current political divide in the United States. Christians should be willing to be able to sacrifice now for a long-term outcome that will benefit the entire human family. Not just my family, my congregation, my city, my county, my state, the people who look, think, or vote like me. Loving neighbor as oneself means, acting now in a way that we try to address the goal of a complete spirituality and proclaim the healing of the house of God. Some of you wonder about outdoor worship with facial covering and social distancing. What moral dilemmas might outdoor worship present? How do you assess the blessing of coming together as a faith community against the possible harm of exposure to the disease? What motivates the urgent desire to meet again? Is it to meet the needs of people in the church? Does it also serve the general public? What message is sent if people see the church gathered outdoors? Would such a meeting encourage people to continue to limit their social interactions, or could it give the impression that the danger is over? “Re-imagining life together” encourages each congregation to set aside some customs and traditions that have served for a season, and to discover and experience new and different ways of congregational life. The urgent urge to meet again, to shake hands, to hug, to sing together, to break bread together at the communion table or at the food table, arises from a desire to return to the habits that make us feel comfortable, but perhaps at the cost of the safety of others. Could we think of COVID-19 as a season of "fasting" in familiar church ways and habits? Could this be the time when we check our church “closets” to see what is still fitting or working, what looks good and what is out of date, in poor condition or just doesn't fit anymore? I know that leading a congregation is challenging during such a time of such threats to health and disruption of normal routines. I know that making the necessary adaptations to carry out the basic functions of the ministry is stressful and requires learning completely new ways of relating. My first selfie videos in the COVID-19 season were recorded on my phone, held on a shelf by string and an elastic band. With patience and good humor (you have to laugh or you will surely cry) I have learned in a relaxed way, and I let what I am capable of producing be good enough. I remember John Wesley's alleged last words: " "Best of all, God is with us" in laughter, frustration, tears, and precious moments of holiness. I pray that they may have the power to understand, together with all the saints, how wide and long, high and deep is the love of Christ; in short, that they know that love that surpasses our knowledge, so that they are filled with the fullness of God. - Ephesians 3: 18-19 Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky Episcopal Area of the Great Northwest Read more and stay in touch with: The Greater Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church Fellowship with us in the Park this Sunday
Pam and Pastor Jim will be in the Fruitland City Park on Sunday morning, June 7th, at 9:00 a.m. The weather won't be great but gather at the east gazebo so that we will have shelter. This will not be a service but rather a time to be together. Bring your own chair. Other News: You will find Sunday's service on our website PAYETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH on Saturday night and for sure on Sunday morning. Look for the blue writing that says click here for services. It works great thanks to Jean. Glenora asked me to let the Tuesday Morning Bible Study folks know that they will be meeting on Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. at Central Park in Payette. Please bring your own chair and plan to bring something to write on because we won't have a table. The restrooms in the library are open. Wear a mask if you like and we will have some available if you need one. Besides Hailey Hershey's good news about receiving the awesome scholarship we got good news from Ed and Sharon Parsons this week. They are great grandparents again! Lisa's daughter Heather had a beautiful, healthy baby girl on June 2nd. She weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and her name is Madison MIchelle White. This just in from Laura and David Tompkins! Their son Stephen is engaged to Carrie Frates! I have been blessed to answer the phone and bring in the mail for these past few weeks because people are calling to say thanks and sending thank you cards for the grocery gift cards we are giving away. I receive a few each time I work and it's the best part of my day! Bless your hearts for being so generous. As always, call each other, pray for each other and stay well. I miss you. Blessings, Cris It’s been an awful week for our country. We surpassed 100,000 deaths due to the coronavirus. We, by video, watched a man die while being subdued by a police officer in Minneapolis. Reports of nationwide violence have filled our conversations, the newspapers, social media, and television programs. We find ourselves without opportunities to gather as a family of faith to comfort and guide one another. I’d like to visit with you. So, tomorrow (May 31) at 9:00 in the morning (0900) I’m going to be at the Fruitland City Park. Join me if you are able. It won’t be a worship service although we might sing and pray. We will lament and encourage one another. Bring a lawn chair and a mask. I’ll bring my own cup of coffee. If you can’t make it, stop and pray during that time. Pastor Jim   Sage District Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference The Reverend Karen Hernandez District Superintendent, The United Methodist Church Terri Bartish Administrative Assistant 1505 S.W. 18th Avenue • Portland, Oregon 97201 • Phone: (503) 802-9225 • FAX: (503) 226-4158 • E-Mail: sage@umoi.org Memorandum To: Payette UMC
From: Rev. Karen Hernandez Date: April 28, 2020 Subject: Special Charge Conference There will be a special charge conference on Monday, May 18 @ 7:00 p.m. on Zoom in which local church leadership will be asked to approve a revised compensation form for Rev. Jim Hardenbrook. The charge conference will only include this one business item at the start of your regularly scheduled council meeting. It is my understanding that the revised compensation form will have a minimal impact on your local budget, but revisions are necessary to reflect Pastor Jim’s recent move out of the Fruitland UMC parsonage. We have an opportunity to give during this time of the pandemic:
DONATE TO MATCH OUR GIFT CARD GRANT! People are hurting financially and we would like to help by providing Albertsons gift cards to people in need. Payette United Methodist Church applied for and received a $500 grant from the conference to help us get started. Pastor Jim is challenging us to raise an extra $1,000 toward this awesome outreach. We have chosen Wicap (Western Idaho Community Action Programs) to help us distribute the $25 gift cards to the right people. Wicap is the governing body of Head Start and many other great programs. If you would like to donate to this cause please send your checks to the church and write “gift cards” on the memo line. Address: Payette United Methodist Church 502 N 11th Street Payette, Idaho 83661 (As published in the Argus Observer on Thu, Apr 23, 2020) There was a parade today... When the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic stopped local bridge players from their twice-weekly games, it didn't stop their from showing each other they still care. That's why a drive-by birthday parade happened for Joyce Whittet, who turned 90 today. Joyce stood in her yard, as her friends drove by, some taking the time to get out in their full COVID-19 regalia (think face masks and gloves) and plant signs in her yard. Whittet is a longtime Ontario resident, who taught science at Aiken Elementary, won outstanding science teacher of the year for Oregon, and has traveled and trekked on her bicycle all over the world. Happy Birthday, Joyce!
Payette United Methodist Church 502 N. 11th St. Payette, ID 83661 ~ (208) 642-2475 ~ payetteumc@yahoo.com April 2020 NEWSLETTER THE UPPER ROOM Our daily devotionals The Upper Room have arrived and are available. This edition is for May and June. If you would like a copy call the office and let me know if you’d like to pick it up (I will bring it out to your car) or If you would like it mailed or dropped off. There are a handful left so don’t wait too long. WORSHIP SERVICES ONLINE Our worship services are recorded and produced by a great team which includes Fruitland and Payette UMC people. A big shout out goes to them along with Pastor Jim and Pam. The services can be found every Sunday morning right here on our website blog. Just go to that website and click on the multimedia link. You will find the current service along with past ones. DONATE TO MATCH OUR GIFT CARD GRANT! People are hurting financially and we would like to help by providing Albertsons gift cards to people in need. We applied for and received a $500 grant from the conference to help us get started. Pastor Jim is challenging us to raise an extra $1,000 toward this awesome outreach. We have chosen Wicap (Western Idaho Community Action Programs) to help us distribute the $25 gift cards to the right people. Wicap is the governing body of Head Start and many other great programs. If you would like to donate to this cause please send your checks to the church and write “gift cards” on the memo line. FACEMASKS FOR OUR CHURCH Our own Charlene Wimpy and Lis Williamson and her family have made several facemasks for our church! We will be distributing and using these masks when we return to worship. A big shoutout to these folks for using their talent to help us out! AD BOARD NEWS The Ad Board met via Zoom last Monday. We discussed what our reopening will look like when that happens. There is no current plan to reopen and we will wait for guidance from our bishop about that. Pastor Jim asked Ron Warzyn, the Ad Board Chair to appoint a special task force to look into best practices about reopening. Ron asked Danny Crego to head up the committee. The members are Dianne Kinney, Leslie and Gary Olson and Cris Warzyn as the Trustee Chair. Thanks to these folks for stepping up! SEAL COATING FOR PARKING LOT The Ad Board also approved the seal coating and restriping of our parking lot. Our parking lot is 5 years old and we want to take care of it. This project will probably happen the last week of April or the first week of May depending on the weather. The lane will be sealed off with cones during that time. I will still be working so call the office if you need me to walk to the street. I can use the steps. FINANCE COMMITTEE NEWS Wow, look at the way our world has changed in just a couple of months! Our church has been closed for six weeks and it looks as if it will be for at least two more. I know we are all missing our old ways and our ability to congregate and worship our lord together. I am missing the friendly greetings and hugs from “my people” as well as hearing from our faithful pastor in person. Our congregation has done a good job of keeping up with tithes and offerings, despite our inability to hold regular church services. In March, we had $6,870 in giving and $6,424 in expenses. The first 3 weeks of April have yielded $6,553 in offerings. It appears that we are on track to meet expenses for this month as well. I am greatly encouraged by this and so proud of your faithfulness in this unprecedented time. The church may have left the building, but the church is still alive and well! I always say that we are small, but mighty and you are proving it every day! Stay well and blessed my friends. Until we meet again. Teresa Waynetska, Finance Committee Co-Chair Temporary office hours are Wednesday-Saturday 9-12 Joyce Whittet Celebrates a Birthday in Style! Our own Joyce Whittet had her 90th birthday this week and a story about her was featured in the Argus Observer. Her bridge friends did a drive by birthday for her. Judging by the picture in the paper, she was very pleased! Happy Birthday Joyce! PAYETTE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH 502 N. 11TH ST. PAYETTE, ID 83661 ~ (208) 642-2475 ~ payetteumc@yahoo.com WORSHIP: 11:00 AM ON SUNDAYS July, 2019 DOLLAR OFFERING The dollar offering for the first Sundays of April, May and June went to support our three Young Lifers: Nick and Kathryn Tompkins and Ty Waynetska. They are using this money to go to Young Life Camp. Ty and Nick went to Canada and Kathryn will go to a camp in Oregon. The UMM also made a generous donation for this effort. We love our kids! The Trustee Committee has been hard at work making improvements to the building and grounds. We have new rain gutters in strategic locations around the building, new bark has been put down in the beds, the shrubs have been trimmed, weeds killed and mowed, touch up paint, the hallway decluttered and many other tasks. Our lawn is being cared for by Mahlon’s Lawn Care this summer and he is doing a fabulous job. The building and grounds look great! School Supply Fair! Our annual School Supply Fair will be happening on Saturday, August 10th. We have ordered the string bags with money left over from last year but we will need money to buy the supplies. We would appreciate donations starting any time. Just mark your check or envelope “school supplies” and we will shop for the absolute best prices. We will need everyone’s help on that day so please save the date! Sign-up sheets will be going around in the next few weeks. WEEKLY HAPPENINGS The Trustee Committee and Ad Board voted unanimously to cancel the July meetings. We will meet again on August 19th. If we need one, we will call an emergency meeting. WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES Ladies Bible Study: Tuesday Mornings: 10:00 am Men’s Bible Study: Wednesday Evening: 6:30 pm A Fit and Fall Proof Group meets at the church on Monday and Friday mornings at 10:00 a.m. The program is designed to increase balance, mobility, strength, flexibility, and confidence. The program is free and everyone is welcome. If you have questions call Macy Steckley CHURCH CAMP, JULY 2019 It’s not too late to plan for summer camp! PUMC takes over Lake Wallowa Church Camp in Joseph, OR one weekend a year. That weekend is July 19- 21, 2019. We will have delicious food, fun activities like crafts, campfires and puzzles. We will also have devotions, church service and free time to explore this beautiful part of Oregon. Make your plans, we still have room for you! See Bob Steckley for more details! HORSE CAMP FOR THE BOYS! Edwin and Raymond are heading to Wallowa Lake Horse Camp in July thanks to the generosity of PUMC folks. We held a delicious fundraising lunch after church and along with generous donations from both the UMM and UMW we were able to pay for the whole experience for them. We just know they will have an amazing time. What an excellent mission! Life Line Screening, a leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings, will offer their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings at Payette First United Methodist Church on 7/10/2019. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with our member discount). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. In order to register for this event and to receive a $10 discount off any package priced above $129, please call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/communitycircle or text the word circle to 797979 Special Thank You to PUMC, Thank you for the recent gift to help local kids get the support and care they so desperately need and deserve. Your gift will help provide over one month of art room supplies and equipment for 65 kids. Your investment is bringing hope to those that need it most, kids. Thank you, Matt Sorenson Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Western Treasure Valley PAYETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
502 N. 11TH ST. PAYETTE, ID 83661 ~ (208) 642-2475 ~ payetteumc@yahoo.com WORSHIP: 11:00 AM ON SUNDAYS February, 2019 FROM JIM’S CLUTTERED DESK Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3:15 Every year United Methodist congregations are expected to submit an Annual Report by January 31. We report worship, Bible study and Sunday School attendances. The number of members involved in mission outreach and service endeavors is asked. Finances take up a page of the report. All the data is important. Although you might hear me bellyache about Annual Reports I must admit it could be harder. What if we were asked to report “the reason for the hope that you have.”? Or how we are doing with the command of Jesus to “bless those who curse you.”? How about “let your gentleness be evident to all.”? Those questions cannot be answered by how many people attend worship services or Bible studies. Nor does the amount of money given always provide an accurate evaluation of our congregational health. But I’ve seen your love, your faith, your hope. I’ve heard you talk about the way Jesus guides and empowers you. We weren’t asked to report things like this in the Annual Report but we do have a “reason for the hope that we have.” The reason is Jesus and I look forward to what lies ahead of us in 2019. See you Sunday, Jim Hardenbrook Ryan Haren New Eagle Scout! Our own Ryan Haren will be receiving his Eagle Scout Award on Monday, March 18th at 6:00 p.m. right here at PUMC. Congratulations Ryan! WEEKLY HAPPENINGS The Trustee Committee and the Administrative Board meet on the 3rd Monday of each month. The Trustees meet at 6:15 p.m.with the Ad Board following at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend! WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES Ladies Bible Study: Tuesday Mornings: 10:00 am Men’s Bible Study: Wednesday Evening: 6:30 pm A Fit and Fall Proof Group meets at the church on Monday and Friday mornings at 10:00 a.m. The program is designed to increase balance, mobility, strength, flexibility, and confidence. The program is free and everyone is welcome. If you have questions call Macy Steckley 208-642-7281. CHURCH CAMP, JULY 2019 “A wonderful time of fellowship, crafts, singing, and fun in a beautiful setting” It’s not too early to plan for summer camp! PUMC takes over Lake Wallowa Church Camp in Joseph, OR one weekend a year. That weekend is July 19-21, 2019. We will have delicious food, fun activities like crafts, campfires and puzzles. We will also have devotions, church service and free time to explore this beautiful part of Oregon. Make your plans, save some money and we will have many more details in the spring! Weiser Little Theater Weiser Little Theater will is presenting Nunsense, a musical comedy. Dianne Kinney is a big part of Weiser Little Theater and she would appreciate your support. The dates are Feb. 14, 15, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 28 and March 1st and 2nd. Tickets are available at www.WeiserLittleTheater.org. You will find a poster for the play on the bulletin board at church. Let’s go support Dianne! Special Prayer Request Be in prayer for the upcoming Special Session of General Conference, February 23rd- 26th in St. Louis,Missouri Ash Wednesday On March 6, Ash Wednesday, we are invited to Fruitland UMC. They are providing a prayer and meditation service and a Stations of the Cross exhibit. This open house will be held from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. We received a nice note from Barbara Wilson which partly reads, “I live across from the park with a stream running through it. It is very beautiful and there is no excuse for not walking.” The full note is hanging on the bulletin board. We sure do miss Barbara! We are trying hard to make sure our membership records are correct. We will be sending letters soon to update information. If you don’t receive a letter please talk to Cris. Do You have Something for the Newsletter? Please email, call the office or talk to Cris if you have something to add to the next newsletter. |
