Rosemount UMC
May 2008 E-News

14770 Canada Ave*Rosemount, MN, 55068*www.rosemountumc.org *651-423-2475


One great day! One great event! One great way to help others!
One great swipe at those nasty mosquitoes!

Come on out to Rosemount UMC on Saturday, May 31, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for a fantastic day of fun and helping children in Africa. Nothing But Nets is a mission project supported by the UMC, NBA, and Bill Gates Foundation to get insecticide treated bed nets to children in malaria stricken areas of Africa. One bed net lasts FOUR years and only costs $10!!! Our Net-a-Thon has the potential to help villages of children.

We have implemented a slightly different format than first publicized! This is so exciting! Play as a family or combine with another family or get a bunch of friends or relatives. It doesn’t matter what age or talent your team is. JUST GET A TEAM of 6 or more people!!! Your team pays $30 (about $5 per person or ½ a net!!) and viola! You have helped 3 children. Now, the fun part! Your team gets to play soccer, basketball and street hockey; all games that use nets. The games will be short, and little or no talent is necessary. We’re just here to help African kids stay healthy. Be sure to register your team at the Nothing But Nets Net-a-Thon display in the narthex. This will help us to organize the games so don’t delay, sign up today! (We would like teams to sign up by May 11, Mother’s Day (now wouldn’t that be a nice gift for Mom?) but no team will be turned away). Once your team fee is paid, write your team name on one of the big yellow mosquitoes and pin it to the bed net. You have now helped THREE children in Africa. Congratulations!!! Way to go!!! Wasn’t that fun!!! Easy, too!!! Just as an FYI, be sure to arrive no later than noon; that is the latest that teams can check in on May 31.

While you’re here, there will be other fun things to do:

If you have any questions, please contact one of the design team members: Steve Anderson, Jennifer Heim, Andrea Klekner, Karen Klekner, Carla Student, Steve Thompson.
Click here for a registration form (www.rosemountumc.org/Events/NothingButNets_NetAThon.pdf)

Grab some friends and sign up today! What are you waiting for?

Support the work of Jesus Christ around the world.  

Dear Friends,

Rosemount UMC will be taking a special offering on Wednesday April 30th & Sunday May 4th. The special offering will go toward two projects:

1. Annual Conference Love Offering – each year the Annual Conference designates specific projects for this offering which is given at the Annual Conference session at the end of May. This year’s Love Offering will support:

2. Russian Church Initiative – United Methodism is growing steadily in Russia. Many people, including many young adults, are making professions of faith. In 2004, Minnesota United Methodists voted to fund a multipurpose facility that could serve as a congregational meeting place, a training center for lay people, and conference offices for the Northwest Conference Russia of the Eurasia Episcopal Area. The Russian Church Initiative helps us to fulfill that promise.

For more information on either of these special offerings please go to the website of the Minnesota Annual Conference at www.mnumc.org click on the link for “Miracle Month” to learn more about the Russian Church Initiative or the Love Offering line found in the “more news” section.

These are great mission opportunities. Please give generously. Together, as United Methodists, we can accomplish what no one church can do on its own.

In Christ,
Pastor Karen Bruins

Peace and Justice Speakers

On Sunday, May 18th, we will be hosting two speakers on different social justice issues. Come and hear what they have to say! You can come hear both AND still get to worship at 9 or 10:30! The discussions will take place in the Chapel. The topics will be on Darfur at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and on the Israel/Palestine conflict at 11:45 a.m. Contact Brooke Heerwald with questions. bheerwald@rosemountumc.org

Sermon Podcasts - Did you miss church this week? Now you can still listen to the message! Pastor Karen's and Pastor Brooke's messages are now available online. See the link from the homepage of the website. Many thanks to Jamey Hansen for setting this up!

Courtyard Garden-Looking for extra hands to join a unique ministry in the courtyard! We are "picky", "dirty", plant-loving friends, always in fellowship on our knees! If interested, please grab your garden gloves and contact Terry Field at (651) 423-2475, tfield@rosemountumc.org.

Employment Opportunity: GDK Preschool needs an Assistant Teacher for our Mon-Thu morning 5-year-old class beginning in August. This position is approximately 13 hours per week with a pay rate of $10-12 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience. Contact Wendy Riphenburg at wriphenburg@rosemountumc.org or 651-423-4127 if interested.

Pasta on Wednesdays taking a summer break -Take an evening off from cooking for the family and enjoy some fellowship as well. Price is $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12 and includes pasta, salad, breadsticks and dessert. May 14th is the last night for this spring.

Electronic Giving - Avoid getting behind on your pledge this summer by enrolling in our electronic giving program. To sign up for this option, please fill out an authorization form available in the church office or on the nametag table. "I gave electronically" cards are available in the narthex on the nametag table to participate in the weekly offering during worship.

Adult Life News-"Journey with a FoCUS on Christ"


Rosemount in Farmington!

All Farmington residents are invited to join us each month for fellowship
and conversation. Meet us Saturday, May 3rd at The Ugly Mug coffee shop off of Pilot Knob at 10:00 am. The next one will be June 7th at 1:00 p.m. at the Dairy Queen on Highway 3. Email or call Brooke Heerwald with questions.
bheerwald@rosemountumc.org

  Modern, Mature, Methodists (3Ms)- Senior citizens are invited to participate in the monthly activities of 3Ms. We meet on the 2nd Tuesdays of most months. 3Ms is a group of seniors that welcomes all ages to its programs and events.
African Fellowship - African Fellowship gathers on Sunday, May 11, at 11:45 a.m. for its
monthly fellowship. Guests are most welcome! Come to room D-125. Plans will be made for an all-church program in June.		 Adult Bible Study on Sundays 10:10 am -11:10am in the Conference Room. Newcomers always welcome. Contact is Dennis Lund nlund@charter.net.

Pastor’s Book Review- Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott


This is the second book of Anne Lamott’s that I’ve read, and I treasure her every word. To be honest, I already liked her before I started reading this book, so I started off biased from the prelude, and remained so through the acknowledgement page. What I most appreciate about Anne is her candor and her extreme honesty—and I mean extreme honesty. In a world that often makes me feel like everyone is censoring their words and actions, Anne presents her faith with freshness, raw vulnerability, and humor.
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith is a collection of short essays on a variety of topics, from raising her son and losing her dog in a forest to abortion and assisted suicide. Anne has an unusual life story, and yet in one essay she says she too knows the “sorrow in being ordinary.” A former alcoholic and drug user, she carries with her all of her life’s experiences. She is not afraid to speak or write her mind. At the same time, she is honest about offending people and finding grace in the moments when she is not at her best.

What I most appreciate about her writing is that in the midst of her narration of typical or mundane or annoying things in life that she must deal with, Anne will produce a nugget of such truth that it sticks out and hits you like a five-foot tall door frame. She knows from her Sunday school class that children love any story about a dead person in the Bible. She discovers that the person who most often ends up offering her help is the person who at first looked like they would cause her more trouble. She points out the “ingredients” of her spiritual life as love, poetry, prayer, mediation, and community. She learns that sometimes the nearness of her son is enough to keep her from sinking. She prays simple prayers of “hello” and “thank you” and “help me” to God, who is everywhere around her, just waiting for her to notice him/her. (She actually alternates her use of pronouns for God—confusing at first, but quickly becomes just one part of how she relates to God.) She appreciates the joy she feels when the door to the choir room is opened, even just a speck, so that she can hear the power of the voices as she walks on down the hallway.

The thoughts I’ll take away from this book I’ll ask of you. Where do you find God in the ordinary, in the mundane? What short prayers do you offer to God? What are the ingredients of your spiritual life? I haven’t listed all of mine just yet, but for today they are: laughing, sharing, writing, reading, great conversations with the ones I love, asking questions, and looking for God. I invite you to share your responses, thoughts, questions, reactions with me. bheerwald@rosemountumc.org

Next book: Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller

Worship Ministry News

Come and enjoy an evening with forty men and a brass quartet on Friday, May 2nd at 7:30pm! The Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale will be gracing our Sanctuary with a night of incredible music for all to enjoy! Four of the forty men include Rosemount UMC’s own singers, Mark Ahlquist, Mike Champ, Darryl Dille and Jerry Ewing.

This program is sponsored by the Fine Arts Council of Rosemount United Methodist Church. Tickets are not required but a free-will offering will be collected at the door. Proceeds will be donated to support the MN Valley Men’s Chorale.

ATTENTION all musicians and singers . . . Seeking Special Music For Sunday Summer Services Worship Arts Ministry is looking for individuals or groups interested in sharing their gifts during 9am and 10:30am traditional services this summer. If interested, please contact Terry Field, Director of Worship Arts Ministry tfield@rosemountumc.org or (651)423-2475 ext. 216.

Discovery Avenue Children's and Zone 56 News

Enroll in Funology 101!!! The summer brochure is now available with old favorites as well as new opportunities. Enjoy a summer of discovering God’s power of love through science and fun. New things include a cooking class with Karen Klekner as well as a Wacky Wednesday of everything imaginable from the church school office to create and invent. Our littlest boys will have an adventure packed day with Go, Diego, Go! Girls will once again enjoy the American Girl Doll Tea Parties and boys will overflow with gloppy and slimy inventions with the Mad Scientist event. Kids can get ready for the Olympics with a two day Mini Olympics Sports Camp. Preschool opportunities abound with the Laboratory Dive-in and Mini-camp Fusion . Don’t forget to sign up for Adventure Day Camp at Lake Elmo where Karen Klekner is a director and lots of our youth join in as junior counselors.

Kids in mission—have your kids get a group of friends and sign up as a team for the Nothing But Nets Net-a-thon. This is a wonderful way to help kids in Africa and have fun with their friends. Registration forms are available in the narthex.

Church School 2008-09! You must be joking! It can’t be time to enroll again! Say it isn’t so! Yes, indeed Families! It is nearing the time to enroll in church school for next fall. Watch for church school registration forms in early May; both paper copies and online.

Last day for church school until September is Wednesday, 5/14 and Sunday, 5/18.

Power Lab Vacation Bible School Registration Forms Available!

Get ready to discover Jesus’ power through activities including Faith, Fusion, Bible Blast, HyperSpeed Games, Wacky Works, Cinema Science & Sonic Sing & Play. Power Lab is a fusion of fun & learning about God’s Power & Love! You don’t want to miss the bursting excitement this summer at Power Lab Vacation Bible School. Sign up now!

Pick up your Power Lab VBS Registration form today at the Children’s Welcome table. Join us this summer for an explosion of fun, learning about the power of God, June 16 – 20, 2008. Registration for Vacation Bible School ends 5/23/08. Registration forms available at the Children’s Welcome Table and can be turned in to the Church Office; marked VBS. Register early – space is limited (especially for pre-school)!!! Questions? Contact Missy Kenninger (651.322.5034, missy@nhmn.com) or Sandi Gressman (952.322.3229, kermie2112@charter.net).

Zone 56 News

May 16 is the big date! Zone 56 will have a lock-in. Loads of fun activities will be included such as bowling, food, games, food, movies, food, and oh yes, SLEEP! More details to follow in Zone 56 so watch for a flyer from your student.

Summer plans are underway for Zone 56. Summer is an exciting time because we get to welcome our incoming 5th graders (currently 4th graders) yet our current 6th graders get to join in on the summer fun as well. Save these dates: June 16 in the evening for a make-your-own sub/sandwich bar, kickball, and flashlight tag; July 22 in the early afternoon for Feed My Starving Children and card making for our soldiers; August movie day yet to be determined based on upcoming summer movies. More details coming your way.

Last day for Zone 56 until September is Wednesday, 5/14.

God’s Discovery Kids Preschool

Come join the fun! GDK is a preschool located in the Rosemount UMC Discovery Avenue. We are licensed by the MN Department of Human Services and specialize in immersing preschoolers in God’s love while preparing them for success in Kindergarten. Registration for the 2008-2009 school year has begun.

The following classes will be offered next year:

Brochures and registration forms are available on the GDK web site and at the Children’s Welcome Table in the narthex. There is a $55 per child registration fee. Scholarships are available. For more information contact Wendy Riphenburg at wriphenburg@rosemountumc.org or pick up a brochure at the children’s ministries table in the narthex.

See the listing above for a teacher needed for the 2008-2009 school year.

Elevation Youth Ministry News
Remember you are a Rock Star and Jesus believes in all of you!!!

Confirmation Sunday!!!

Sunday, May 4th - 9am or 10:30am
Come on out and support this years Confirmation Class of 2008 at either the 9am Traditional service or the 10:30am Contemporary service! Join us!!

 

CLASS of 2008 – For Seniors in High School!

  • April 27 th – Begin planning for Graduation Sunday!
  • May 4 th – Sr. Class meets!
  • May 11 th – Sr. Class meets!
  • May 18 th – Sr. Class final planning!
  • May 25 th – NO Sr. Class
  • Sunday, June 1 st – Senior Sunday!

CLUB 78 – May Dates!

  • May 7 th – Bible Quizzing Championships!
  • May 14 th – End of the year Bash!!

We will be finishing up our year with Bible Quizzing Finals and and end of the year party. Our last Club 78 of the year will be Wednesday, May 14th! Join us as we celebrate our year together! Club 78 is a meeting of 7th & 8th graders on Wednesday nights! It will include crazy games, great times, discovery, worship, and tons more!

Sr. High Youth – May Dates!
Sun. May 4 th – “You can bet your life on it!!”
Sun. May 11 th – NO Sr. High – Happy Mother’s Day! Do something with your moms!! They would love it!
Sun. May 18 th – Last Sr. High of the Year. Come and join us for a very special panel of guests that I know you will love! Join us as we celebrate the year and enjoy our special guests!!

Sr. High Mission Trip to: Downtown Chicago!!
When: July 6th – 12th - Cost of trip: $440
Non refundable deposit of $220 is due at registration. 3 spots remain!
Who can go on this trip? Students who have completed 8th grade this year through graduating Seniors!

Middle School Mission Trip to: Duluth, MN.
When: June 15th – 20th- This trip is full!!

MISSION TRIP MEETINGS for 2008 have come and gone for students and parents – if you are going on either of these trips this summer and missed the meeting for Duluth Mission or Chicago Mission – please see Josh to get your release forms and other information you will need!! Email Josh @ jcorbett@rosemountumc.org to get the info!!

If you have any questions - do not hesitate to give Josh a call at 651-423-2475 or email @ jcorbett@rosemountumc.org. Josh is on Facebook too!!!

Share in the Mission !!!

To help fund their mission trips the Youth will be giving you the opportunity to participate by buying “shares”. The proceeds will go directly into the student’s fund to help pay the cost of their trip. If you are not contacted by a Youth, you may contribute to the scholarship fund by contacting Josh Corbett or placing a contribution in the offering clearly labeled “Youth Mission Scholarship”. Thank you.

Mission News

Simpson Shelter Meal - The next available serving dates is May 19. A sign up sheet is located on the west wall in the fellowship hall. Join us as we bring and serve a meal at the Simpson Shelter in Minneapolis which serves the 70 homeless people who stay there each night. This is a great family activity. We try to provide a meal once a month. Cooks are needed to prepare the meals in the Rosemount UMC kitchen. Contact Rich Wirt -rwirt@rosemountumc.org

United Methodist Women

Spring Garage Sale

Shopping:

  • Wednesday May 21, and Thursday, May 22 8am-8pm

  • Friday, May 23, 8am to noon. ($5 bag day)

Donations:

We will be able to accept all donations starting Sunday May 18 from 4:00pm. to 8:00pm if we have enough set-up help earlier that day. Clean, usable donations will be received until Tuesday noon, May 20th. Please allow time for you to unpack and place your donations in the assigned areas. Some locations for donations again will be changed, so please see the signs or ask a worker. It greatly reduces volunteer hours when the donations are placed correctly. Thank you so much for your donations!

Items not accepted:

  • computers
  • monitors
  • printers
  • word processors
  • televisions
  • VCRs
  • large appliances
  • microwaves
  • windows/doors
  • curtain rods and blinds
  • carpet/large rugs
  • bed pillows
  • mattresses
  • bed headboards w/o bed frames
  • baby cribs
  • air conditioners
  • water heaters
  • sinks
  • car seats
  • swing sets
  • encyclopedias
  • skis
  • exercise equipment
  • hazardous chemicals
  • tires
  • Christmas trees
  • any damaged or non-working items

Special Help Needed:

  • Sunday, May 18, immediately following the 10:30 worship, help will be needed in the Family Life Center, the Fellowship Hall and the Narthex to set up the tables and racks for the sale.
  • Someone to arrange for the Salvation Army and/or other organizations to pick up the left-overs. Most of this job is done by telephone. Please contact June Korthauer for training.
  • Someone to organize the books.
  • Someone to handle the announcements and newsletter articles is also needed.
  • Donations for lunch, and help serving and cleaning up lunch are needed and someone to coordinate.
  • People willing to price items are needed in a chosen area- coats, household, pillows, bedding, decor, pictures, sports equipment, toys, especially large toys, baby equipment, furniture, etc., etc. etc. Please contact Janet Ewing.

    With all the activities at Rosemount UMC we really do need people to fill all the numbered spots during the sale, for security as well as for hospitality. Please let us know when you are able to help by signing up in the notebook which will be available May 4th in the narthex.

    Check the lost & found in the coatroom and the Welcome Desk and the cart in the kitchen for anything that might be yours. Unclaimed items will be donated to the garage sale.

Emma Norton Fund Raising Luncheon
Will be held at the Science Museum of Minnesota on Tuesday, May 6th, 12;00-1:00P.M. Guests will enjoy a delicious lunch and learn more about Emma Norton Services through an inspiring and informative program. The luncheon, parking and exhibit passes are provided to every guest for free. This is a major fundraising event for Emma Norton Services, but there is no minimum or maximum gift. Emma Norton Services serves women and families at risk, in transition and families needing housing. Reservations are needed by April 24. Please sign up at the Adult Table in the narthex.

"Living the Sacred" is the theme for the 2008 MN School of Christian Mission which is sponsored by United Methodist Women around the country. Wilma Roberts, a missionary since 1956, will teach the main study Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival. The study will search for appropriate ways for UM to be engaged in mission with Native Americans. How do we cooperate with tribal structures and be sensitive to cultural issues?

Attendees have the choice of one of two other studies. Israel-Palestine will cover the history and complexities of their relationships and explore the use/abuse of religion in mid-Eastern and United States policies. The study leaders have both been on fact finding tours in the region in the last two years. John Darlington is the lead pastor at Christ UMC in Rochester and he has served on the MN Conference Palestine Israel Justice Project from 2000-2008. Debra Ricci's interest grew out of her 25 year career teaching relational communication at public and private universities in the Twin Cities area. Her husband retired UMC pastor Dwight Haberman founded the Palestine/Israel Justice Project in 2000.

The Spiritual Growth Study I Believe in Jesus is a spiritual growth study addressing the gift of faith in Jesus Christ and the meaning of that faith in a post-modern world. The study leaders are Ginger Eddy, who has been active in UMW and Schools of Christian Mission since the '70s; Suzanne Mades who is currently the pastor of Portland Avenue UMC. She believes "it is the church's mandate to proclaim the unconditional, all-inclusive love of God to a world that denies this love to so many, and to practice this love in the context of community so that our lives may be transformed and healed."; Carol Rieke is currently a Women's Division Director and was just elected to serve four more years in that position. "The greatest love of my life is Our Lord and Savior, because without him I would have never come this far."

Many men as well as the usual women are return attendees. The MN School of Christian Mission is celebrating its 60th year. More information and registration may be found on the UMW bulletin board. This will be held at St. John's University in Collegeville. You have three opportunities to attend. The weekday school begins Tuesday, July 15 at 9:30a.m. and concludes with lunch on Friday, July 18. The weekend event begins with registration at 3p.m. Friday, July 18 and concludes with lunch on Sunday, July 20. Free child care will be offered for children 5 years old and younger and registration must be in June 30. Drive-In Day is Thursday, July 17. You may borrow the study books to read them prior to attending, although that is not a prerequisite, from Janet Ewing.

Prayer Lists and Announcements
Please pray for the following members and friends of our congregation:
Tim Berghuis Anne Hasbrouck

Jeanette Harrington

Peter Dufek

Rodney and Trudy Larson

Brad and Lisa Amundsen

Marsha Osborn

Amy Taylor

Larry

Pap Pap Chontos

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Beverly Neff

Robin Hubertus’ father

Lisa H.

Our Sympathy and Prayers to the following who have lost loved ones:

  • The family of Nate S. who died in a car accident on his way home from college to surprise his parents for Easter.

  • Josh & Kara Corbett and family upon the death of Josh’s grandfather, Paul Corbett

  • The Tenpas family in the death of Mary’s father, John Todd.

  • Jane & Dennis Wipperman in the death of Jane’s mother, Mildred Reichert.

  • Adam (13), whose father died recently.

Baptisms

The following children were baptized here on Sunday, April 20th

  • Aliya Joy Cynor , was born November 16, 2007 to Jamie and Heidi Cynor. Aliya’s Baptism sponsors are Ron and Heather Meyers

  • Jonathan Charles Funderburk , was born December 25, 2007 to Adam and Jennifer Funderburk. Sponsors are Andy and Amanda Howard.

  • Tyler John Harris , was born November 28, 2007 to John and Michele Harris. Sponsors are Paul Harris, Ann Harris and Melissa Regenscheid

  • McKenna Claire Harris , was born November 28, 2007 to John and Michele Harris. Sponsors are Mara Harris, Paul Harris and Melinda Malecha

Special Thanks

Marion Plowman would like to thank everyone for the lovely birthday cards she received from her friends at Rosemount UMC.