Newsletter

Hi Everybody!                                                         August 8, 2024
I can’t stop thinking about how well our School Supply Fair went this year. We fine tune it every year and this year was the best ever. We prepared 169 students for the first day of school. They will walk into their classroom just like everyone else with their supplies. It’s a huge deal. Not only are the kids happy, their parents are relieved. So many people said thank you!  A huge thank you to everyone who helped. I was going to try and list all the ways that you helped but I would certainly leave someone out. We have such a kind, generous, loving congregation and you are appreciated. I’m proud of us!  A big shout out to Teresa Beer for leading our team and to James and Pastor Mary Beth for working so hard. This year we offered a free haircut to 20 kids. They came out of that room shining. It was fun to watch. We appreciate Cassie and Ashley for adding this service to our event. They plan to help out next year. We also had Gloria and our own Teresa Gardener offering school clothes from the Community Closet and we had a representative from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. She signed up several families to receive free books for kids 0-5 years old. Our United Methodist Men served food to about a million people. We will be asking for more help for them next year. They worked too hard. Now everyone, take a rest until Saturday, September 21st when we will have our Neighborhood Carnival. It’s our next event to love our community.
The Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 13th at noon in the Fellowship Hall. The Fireside Room is busy at that time with our AA group.
The Ad Board will meet on Monday, August 19th at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. The Trustees will not meet this month.
John and Jeanie Sandquist were back in church for the first time following John’s knee replacement surgery. It was great having them back. He looks great!
I heard from Karen Sagehorn that her friend Linda is safe from the wildfires in Colorado. She is thankful for our prayers.
I received a message last night from Dennis Haren asking for prayer for his son Kurtis. He has a malignant melanoma in his calf and 3 fractures in his back. Keep Kurt, Dennis and the whole family in your prayers. Let’s also pray for the family for the little boy who drowned in the canal in Boise. It’s such a shame. Ken Phelps has been sick with severe cold like symptoms and chest congestion. Please pray for healing for Ken.  Glenora and her kids took a trip to their ranch last Sunday to see for themselves the devastation that the wildfires caused. What they need now is some gentle rain to coax the grasses to grow for cattle feed. Continue to pray for ranchers and firefighters. Glenora’s granddaughter Amanda lives in the Carolinas and is being affected by Hurricane Debby. Pray for safety for Amanda and her family.
As always pray for peace for the Middle East. Things are precarious there for sure.
As I told you last week, this will James Boesch’s last Sunday with us since he is now the musical director at Nampa UMC. Please let him know how we appreciate him.
Have a great rest of the week and we hope to see you in church on Sunday. Wherever we go today, let us step into favor and blessings.
 
Blessings,
Cris