GOOD NEWS - October, 2009

GOOD NEWS
October, 2009

Asbury United Methodist Church
1809 Mississippi Blvd.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
355-5218
www.asbury-bett.org Asbury@netexpress.net

WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Sunday, 8:30 and 11:00 AM
8:30 – Traditional Service
9:45 – Sunday School
11:00 – Praise Service

“I WILL BE LOYAL TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH and uphold it with my prayers, my presence, my gifts, and my service.”

BY OUR PRAYERS
Please keep the friends and family on the enclosed list in your daily prayers.

BY OUR PRESENCE
August 30 Worship – 327
September 6 Worship – 231
September 13 Worship – 343
September 13 Sunday School – 153
September 20 Worship – 346
September 20 Sunday School – 150

BY OUR GIFTS
August Income $46,114.73
August Expense $50,136.69

BY OUR SERVICE
Thank you for your generous contributions to the Churches United Food Pantry totaling $70, 82 items, and 445 lbs. fresh garden produce.

Good News Deadline
Articles for the November issue of Good News should be in the church office by Noon on Monday, October 26, 2009. Thank you!

Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00

Mark Your Calendar!
Exciting Upcoming Events
October 4 CROP Walk!
October 18 Ministry Fair!
October 21 Flu Clinic!
October 25 Talent Show!
October 28 Halloween Hullabaloo!
October New Member Classes!
Details Enclosed!!!

FLU CLINIC - OCTOBER 21, 2009
Asbury will be hosting our 8th Annual Flu Clinic on October 21, 2009 from Noon until 2:00 p.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. Visit with friends and enjoy coffee and treats while you take care of your health by receiving your annual flu shot. Read more about the details of the clinic and the vaccines including seasonal flu, pneumonia and H1N1 virus in this issue of Good News.

CROP WALK
OCTOBER 4, 2009
It is time to make plans to participate in the 2009 CROP WALK. This year the walk will be held on October 4th. By walking you will be supporting a nationwide/community event to help curb poverty and hunger at home and in more than 80 countries. The CROP Walk starts at 2:00 p.m. leaving from Modern Woodmen Park, Davenport. If you are interested in joining the Asbury Youth Group (along with Pastors Tom & Stephanie, Bob & Carol Atkinson, Jerry Roskens, Kevin & Sharon Jones, Dee James, Dave & Paulette Dow, and Bob & Trevor Christoffersen) in walking for CROP, contact the church office at 355-5218 or Jerry Roskens at 355-8759.
There will be a CROP table in the West Narthex on Sunday mornings where you may make your pledge to support the walkers from Asbury. (or checks may be mailed to the church office, made to Asbury UMC and marked accordingly.)

Youth News!
6th-12th Graders
On Wednesday September 9th we had our first youth group meeting of the year. Both Tina and I were excited (and maybe a little nervous). As the youth started showing up the introductions began and our brains kicked into overdrive to try and remember 12 new names. Yup, that is right, 12! We were happy to have had that many youth show up and show a renewed interest in the group. We have plans to participate in the Crop Walk on Sunday October 4th, a haunted hayrack ride Saturday October 24th and look for some of us in the Asbury talent show on Sunday October 25th!
You can e-mail us at:
asburyouth@netexpress.net
Peter & Tina

4th-5th Graders
4th & 5th Graders will bake bread for Communion on World Communion Sunday, October 4th. The actual bread-making will be held on Saturday, October 3rd at 10:30 a.m. in lower Fellowship Hall. Pastor Tom will lead the baking and talk to the 4th & 5th graders about the Lord’s Supper. Students will be served lunch and dismiss around noon. Families will receive a reminder letter, but call Beth if you have questions/concerns.

Halloween Hullabaloo!
Halloween Hullabaloo will be held from 6:00-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28th at Asbury for children, youth and families!
There will be games, a trick ‘r treat hunt, food and a costume parade. Bring Friends! Admission is $1.00 per person and a donation for the Food Pantry. More information will be sent home from Sunday School and posted at church. Call the office with any questions or to volunteer to help on October 28th.

2009-2010 Asbury Preschool Registration
Asbury Preschool currently has openings for the 2009-2010 school year in the Tuesday-Thursday program for 3-4 year olds. Please call 355-5218 or 441-0211 for more information.

Asbury’s Got Talent!!

Join in the fun on Sunday, October 25th at 3:00 p.m. for Asbury’s first Talent Show! Share your talent…we’re looking for variety and volunteers! Support Asbury Youth, who will have treats available as a youth fundraiser!
Please contact Deanne Graber at 449-8332 or jdsh812@msn.com.

ASBURY MINISTRY FAIR
OCTOBER 18!
Did you ever want to help out in the community, like serving meals at the Churches United Meal held at the Salvation Army?
Did you ever wonder what a UMW Circle was and if it was right for you?
Did you ever wish you could help out with church finances?
Did you ever want a Sunday School class, but just didn’t quite know what to do?
Did you ever want to help with the Garden Ministry, but just didn’t know how to get involved?
Did you ever want to start something on your own like teaching or sharing an interest with others of like mind?
DID YOU EVER JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF A FAMILY OF FAITH?

On October 18th between services (9:45 - during the Sunday School hour) there will be a Ministry Fair in Upper Fellowship Hall. Come see all the ministry opportunities offered at Asbury! It is amazing!!
Come, observe, sign up, be grateful, meet new people, eat fair food (funnel cakes, chocolate dip, popcorn…)
Then go around the church and peek into the Sunday School rooms where you will see what the children and youth are doing, see the newly remodeled youth room! Stop off at the booth about Scotland, and if you have the time and want something really different and uplifting, stay for the second service and attend the Kirking of the Tartans!! They will also have a booth at the fair and some Scottish food too!
What an Interesting Morning!!
See You October 18th!

Sunday School Open House
A Sunday School Open House will be held in conjunction with the Ministry Fair on October 18th. Children and Teachers will welcome family members to visit the classrooms the first half of the education hour, from 9:45-10:15. Students will be dismissed early to attend the Ministry Fair in upper Fellowship Hall. Please tour the Sunday School classes and hallways: they will be expecting you!

Cycles of Discipleship
There once was an old woman who lived in the church, well practically!!
She was there. She frequented the halls and rooms and sanctuary. She taught Sunday School, and that meant she helped keep the whole education area bright and clean. She kept track of little things like plants, and the details about the life of the church were at her fingertips. She noticed if you missed church and she called and inquired lovingly about your life. She maintained a bulletin board and put clippings of all the people who were mentioned in the paper who happened to be a member of the church. She was not a gossip, and yet she had a way of introducing people and telling others about the gifts of people so they would look forward to knowing each other. She knew the people, cared about the people and went the extra mile.
No, it was not a tiny church. It had as many as 800 members during her time. She was a good steward. I think she gave money to the church, but that really was not her legacy. Her legacy was love. Her legacy was connecting the members to one another.
It is time to think about Asbury. What is your legacy to Asbury? How are you building the walls of faith and strengthening the foundation of love? You will be asked to make a commitment of money. We can’t function without it. But you are also being asked to be a builder of hope, strength and love. Can you imagine Asbury filled even fuller with hospitality and love and ministry to the world? Can you imagine Asbury as a place where you want to be to learn the disciplines of a life in Christ even more that it is now? What can you give? How can you build? During all of October, we will focus on these ideas. REMEMBER THE MINISTRY FAIR AND COME AND FIND A PLACE. May the Holy Spirit be our fire and warmth.
Pastor Stephanie

Prayer Team
I have been asked by Pastor Stephanie to be the "Prayer Team Leader" for four special Sundays in October. During this time, our church will be experiencing God's grace in many ways.
My opportunity and joy will be to share with you some easy prayer ideas that have helped me personally in my spiritual walk with God. I look forward to sharing thoughts with you!
Rona Loweth
(an Asbury member for 25 years)

New Member Orientation
Three new member sessions will be held in Lower Fellowship Hall during the 9:45-10:45 Sunday School Hour on October 11, 18, and 25. The sessions will be geared toward all who wish to meet other potential members and learn more about Asbury & the United Methodist Church. You will also have the opportunity to become better acquainted with pastors, program staff and Asbury’s lay leadership team. Those who wish to become members will be received during worship on November 8th. For more information please call Pastor Stephanie at 355-5218.

United Methodist Women Circle Meetings
October 5 –
No Executive Board Meeting

October 12 –
Ruth Circle at 12:45 p.m.
Upper Fellowship Hall
Program: “The Women & Children of Cambodia” by Vivian Norton

October 13 –
Hannah Circle at 9:30 a.m.
Upper Fellowship Hall
Program: Tour of Humility of Mary at 1016 West 5th Street, Davenport

Rachel Circle at 7:00 p.m.
Upper Fellowship Hall
Program: Identity Theft
Please bring hats and gloves for the Thrift Center.

October 20 –
Dorcas Circle at 10:00 a.m.
Lower Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to help with quilting. Bring your sack lunch.

Tasteful Treasures Cookbook
Asbury United Methodist Women are proud to offer their new cookbook, Tasteful Treasures. This is a collection of recipes from all of the cookbooks created by our Asbury United Methodist Women throughout the years. Recipes from the “Fashion & Salad” luncheon programs are included. At the end of the book is an index of all the contributors, so glance back to remember members and friends from the past, present, and those who have moved away. The cookbook is available in the church office for a suggested price of $17.00 per book. Proceeds will go to different missions, which is the main focus of United Methodist Women. We know you will enjoy seeing all the names, recipes, and memories of our UMW who have been members for many years.
Thank you for your support of UMW missions!

Fellowship With a Purpose
On the first and third Friday mornings of each month church members meet to help clean the first floor of the church. Cleaning and coffee time take approximately 2 hours.
Anyone interested is welcome with “open arms” to help beginning at 8:30 a.m. with coffee break and fellowship at 9:00. Call Bob Reiter (332-5898) or Dale Seebach (359-0566) if you have questions.

Table Talk
One of the aspects of our new Stewardship Campaign is prayer. It is one of the reasons we chose it. Usually we are busy will all the details, the organization, the presentation. It becomes a deadline thing. There is always a “let’s get it done” mentality. We then “forget” why we are doing it, just as we forget why we do so many things. Prayer reminds us we DO because we are God’s people. It puts our life in order. It is a focusing.
It is time to focus on Asbury, the body of Christ in the world. It is time to step back from the entanglements of our involvement there and see the amazing body Asbury is. Then our prayers are formed. First, we praise God out of the wonder of it. Then we become thankful for the many ministries and the love and hope the body of Christ is. We talk to God about it. We confide and share in a manner of loving awe. We look to the future and ask for guidance. Mostly in prayer we sit in the present presence of God and KNOW and EXPERIENCE the love of Christ. Then we pass it on. Think of the people of our church and surround them with love. Remember the bishop, our district superintendent, our pastors and staff, our leaders and our members and friends. If you don’t know all these people personally that is okay, you can still hold them in love by virtue of our mutual connection to Christ. Then pray for guidance to know and see how you belong to Asbury and how God is calling you to further your loving commitment. What are God’s gifts in you waiting for an opportunity to grace others? We sometimes forget we have gifts. However, God makes us with something to give. That is the great orchestration of life. What can you offer to God that will bless the church and world and develop it into the body of Christ that is “in shape” because all are involved in it?
We are having a Ministry Fair on October 18th. My greatest fear is that very few will attend. It is that people don’t want to be involved. That is what all the studies indicate. All of us who are participating in the Fair believe that if ALL of us are in prayer about it together, God will call each of us. We then desire to respond to the generous gifts God is bestowing on each of us by offering them through the church. So, for the next two weeks pray for the Fair. Pray for it to be a joy and for God to be “seen” there. God is everywhere. Do we have eyes to see? Pray for God’s Church to be a fulfillment of our longing for God and God’s longing for us.
In holy wonder,
Pastor Stephanie

Garden Ministry
The Garden Ministry is in need of a trailer. If you or someone you know has a trailer for an affordable price please contact Bill Cameron at 332-4898 or Dave Phillips
at 332-8462. (An old model truck would also be a possibility.)
We will also be looking for an appropriate place to store the trailer…contact us if you have ideas!

Dear Friends at Asbury,
It’s a beautiful, late summer afternoon. I’m sitting on our back porch. The sun is dappling through our neighbor’s oak trees. It shines brightly and the light streaks across the grass of our yard. The grass is a deep green – a forest green – because of this year’s abundant summer rain. The trees, with their leaves that flicker in the breeze, form deep, dark shadows on the lawn. The shadows are so dark that they seem like wide and deep crevices with shimmering edges. As the sun falls upon the western horizon the shadows turn darker, deeper, and they appear to be growing across the lawn. I watch this phenomenon with some trepidation. I realize that this afternoon is merely in process of being transformed into evening and night; but the experience seems to be a metaphor for something else that is taking place in our nation.
Just a little over a year ago the United States elected its first African American president. As with all elections there are winners and losers. The winners work to make their win legitimate and the opposition begins work to try and understand the loss and how they might return to prominence in the next election. In the midst of this political reality there was – and is – a cause for great celebration. Given the context of America’s history of slavery and racism, we have overcome something of our dark past in some meaningful way with the election of Barak Obama.
And here I confront the trepidation that the afternoon sun and shadows seem to reveal. The election of Barak Obama can be seen as a sign of a new sunrise and new day for our nation. This is true even if his politics are not in harmony with our own. But there is also cause for worry as the dark shadows of racism appear across political landscape. When prominent spokespeople for the opposition party refer to President Obama as “Half-rican-American” and when the president is portrayed dressed as a “native” African tribesman from an old Tarzan movie of the 1940’s there is an element of racism taking place. When the president is accused of not being an American citizen and when people rally against him by saying that “he’s not one of us,” there is an aspect of racism involved. I have been wondering about these circumstances for some time and just this week former President Jimmy Carter named it for what it is: a very dark shadow that spills across the fabric of our political world.
You and I understand ourselves to be followers of Jesus Christ. He calls us to be bearers of light in the world and to shine that light in the shadows. We all have legitimate political differences and opinions. They are, in part, what makes the United States a great and dynamic nation. Yet, even as we stand up for our particular political ideals we must do so while affirming the light of our faith. May we shine our light in the dark shadows that seem to be growing across our world.

Peace & fire,
Pastor Tom

Flu Clinic
October 21, 2009
Asbury will be hosting our 8th Annual Flu Clinic on October 21, 2009 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. Trinity VNHA will provide us with our seasonal flu injection and pneumonia injection (if needed). At this time we still do not have any definite information regarding the H1N1 vaccine and are not sure if it will be available to us for our clinic. If this vaccine does become available to us I will let you know as soon as possible.
The Swine (H1N1) Flu is an influenza virus that causes fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills, and tiredness. Some people may have a runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Flu germs spread through the air. Please, cover your nose & mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Wash your hands after you cough or sneeze, and if you get sick stay home from work or school and try not to have contact with other people. If you think you have the flu call or go see your doctor right away.
The flu shot fee this year will be $35.00 except for those providing documentation of Medicare Part B. Please make sure you have your card!! And of course our clinic will offer special treats (cookies & coffee). Mark your calendar! I look forward to seeing you on October 21st from Noon to 2:00pm!
Brenda Sherrick, Parish Nurse

Thank You
The Asbury Foundation wishes to thank these persons for their generous gift to the Birthday Fund: Joann Jay, Bob Reiter, Jan Douglas, Pat Tulon, Bob Bateman, Bill & Helen Harvey, Mary Ellen Strupp, Ike Kaighin, Nancy Pinkston, Marilynn Gibson, Thiara Smith, and Joni Wolf.
Your gift provides the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping future generations and assures you are doing your part to guarantee a strong and promising future for the life and work of Asbury. Thank you!

Card Ministry
Our next Card Ministry work night will be Wednesday, October 14th at 7:00 p.m. We'll be meeting upstairs in rooms 302 and 303 again, across the hall from the balcony seating area. This is our new, permanent spot for the school year and it works great with lots of good lighting and space! In October we'll be assembling Thanksgiving cards & making Thinking of You cards in a new design. Don't hesitate to jump in and join us at any time. Questions? Call Christine Yoerger at 514-6020.

Asbury Angel Network
We would like all members of Asbury to know that we have an Angel Network Fund. This fund is available immediately to help any member of Asbury that needs assistance. We are ready to provide financial help or food from the Bettendorf Food Pantry.
If you need assistance, please contact either of our pastors or our parish nurse, Brenda Sherrick. These requests will be kept confidential.

New Arrivals!

Congratulations to Brenda and John Sherrick on the birth of a granddaughter, Ella Joan, on August 26th. Parents are Brian & Kelly Sherrick.
Donna & Larry Kuykendall on the birth of a grandson, Brennan Matthew, on September 5th. Parents are Diana & Matt Crysler.
Matt and Nancy LaMere on the birth of twin daughters, Hailey Sue and Holly Sue, on September 18th. Grandmother is Norma McKelvey.

Thank You
Thank you to all of our friends at Asbury for your cards and prayers during Gale’s illness and recent death. Your caring thoughts have meant so very much.
Leanna DeWild & Family

Thoughts of Sympathy
Our thoughts and prayers are with Sheila & Larry Kistenmacher and family on the death of Sheila’s mother, Donna Ryan, on September 2nd.
Maxine Howell on the death of her husband, Dean, on September 15th.

Altar Flowers
Thank you to Mark & Lisa Delzell, Ralph Honson, John Cramond, Mark & Staci Christoffersen, and Thelma Stewart & family for providing altar flowers in September.
There is a sign-up sheet in the East Narthex year-round for anyone who would like to provide flowers for our altar. This is a nice way to honor a loved one or to celebrate a special occasion.

UPPER ROOM CAFÉ
Upper Room Café is open on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. The “café” serves gourmet coffee, tea, cocoa, and breakfast pastries. Donations are appreciated. Upper Room Café is sponsored by the Education Commission.
Please join friends for fellowship between services.

Please Keep in Your Prayers…

Richard Dennis, Norma Geertz, Vera Green, Virginia Duffy, Evelyn Culp, Jane Alvarez, Thelma Stewart, Sybil Watson, Bill Coffenberry, Gene Rettenmaier, Carita Dyas, Kathy Clifford, Dick & Karen Arnold, Jim Eastburn, Derald Montgomery, Rob Tyler

Caring Bridge for Jim Eastburn:
www.caringbridge.org/visit/jim

Claudia Arney (Dean & Joe Arney’s sister-in-law)
John Beams (Harold Hoffman’s friend)
Alyssa Bennett (Sue Moats’ daughter)
Wendy Black (Joey Arney’s niece)
Dot Bowers (Kim Brenner’s aunt)
LaRue Brown (Bowrey’s & Maack’s friend)
Bethany Byers (Amber Jerson’s cousin)
Delvecchio Family (Mindy Lank’s friends)
Jim Fleming (Doris Meier’s friend)
Ashley Gillette (Kay Parch’s daughter)
Don Hesse (Dee Shreve’s brother)
Arnold Hicks (Our House Preschool teacher’s son)
Bruce Hopp (Jan Westercamp’s brother-in-law)
Silas Cole Jackson (Celeste HudsonQuartell’s great grandson)
Clyde Janeski (Kay Parch’s friend)
Pat Jessen (Heather Dennis’ mother)
Sue Lank-Voyles (Mindy Lank’s mother-in-law)
Trenton Miles (Gifford’s nephew)
JoAnn Munson (Barb Nelson’s sister)
Mary Jo Myers (Linda Rorke’s mother)
Hunter Peterson (Terri Law’s nephew)
Maxine Rayburn (Marla Johnson’s friend)
Jean Richards (Jana Richards’ grandma)
Steve & Nancy Riedl (Wolff’s daughter & son-in-law)
Reba Ripley (Pritchard’s & Wolfe’s friend)
Jordin Roberts (Leona Gailbreath’s great-granddaughter
Rev. Bob Ruppert (former Asbury pastor)
Jeff Ryan (Bonne Lorenzen’s son-in-law’s cousin)
Bill Rynor (former Asbury member)
Sandy (Billy Murphy’s friend)
Jo Sapp (Jan Westercamp’s sister-in-law)
Keith Schmidt (Alinda Littrel’s friend)
Marilyn Seibel (Barb Brethauer’s friend and Kristi & Brittney Halverson’s grandma)
Richard Slaten (Ruth McMorran’s brother)
John Smeby (Nathan Skjerseth’s father)
Marie Stapleton (Loraine Stahl’s sister-in-law)
Richard Stapleton (Loraine Stahl’s brother)
Paul Stobaugh (Jean Bowrey’s brother-in-law)
Wendy Syverud (Wolfe Family’s friend)
Dorothy Taylor (Dee James’ mother)
Kari Teagarden (Moran Family’s friend)
Brian Turnmeyer (Dean & Joey Arney’s nephew)
Barbara VanVooren (Carole Bondi’s friend)
Harley Ward (Pam Campbell’s father)
Shirley & Paul Whitbeck (Doris Meier’s friends)
Gina Wortman (Al & Hue Sloss’ daughter)

Our brothers and sisters at care centers or who are shut-in.

Prayers for Our Military
Keith Philips in Afghanistan
(Deborah & Paul D’Camp’s nephew)
Richard Cox in Iraq
(Sherri & Ron Stafford’s nephew)
Lance Cpl. Ryne McNamara
(Dorothy Parson’s grandson)
Capt. Adrienne Stahl in Korea
Capt. Brian Stahl, F-22 pilot in Tokyo
(Bob & Loraine Stahl’s grandchildren)

Pastors Stephanie & Tom
Pastors Stephanie and Tom may be reached at any time at:
1123 East Columbia
Davenport, IA 52803
PLEASE NOTE! They have no home landline phone. To reach them, please call either of the cell numbers:
Pastor Stephanie: 563-210-7723
Pastor Tom: 563-210-8823
stephanieraphael@mchsi.com
tnakos@mchsi.com
They may be reached at church at 355-5218 or through their church email:
pastorsr-n@netexpress.net
pastortr-n@netexpress.net

Pastoral Care Concern
If you are hospitalized and do not receive a visit from Pastor Stephanie or Pastor Tom within 24 hours, it means we have not been notified by the volunteer callers at the hospital. Please call the church or pastor at home to let us know.

Exercise Class
Join our Asbury Exercise Class!! We meet each Tuesday and Thursday morning from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. This is a very fun group meeting together for health and friendly fellowship. We have lots of new participants! Please join us.
All are Welcome! Bring a Friend!

Dining Tour Coupons
The 2008-09 Quad City Dining Tour Coupon Books will expire on November 1st. Get your NEW book now in the church office! You may start using them immediately, and they are good until November 1, 2010. Each book has over 100 different eating places to enjoy! The book is divided into three different categories: Fine Dining, Casual Dining, and Fun Eating places. Using just one of the coupons will pay for the book! A fee of $35.00 is requested, with all profit ($10.00) going to support Our House Preschool, located in the inner city of Davenport. Our help allows the underprivileged children to attend Our House Preschool during the summer months. You may put coupons that you are not going to be using from the 2008-09 coupon book in the basket (located in the East Narthex) for others to use.
Thank you for supporting Our House Preschool!!
Asbury Church & Society Commission

Asbury’s Worship on CD
CDs of our 8:30 worship services are available for one-week check-out in the church library. The CDs are located in the adult section, next to the check-out box.
Mary and Martha Book Club
Love to Read? Need Girl Time? We Need You!
This month’s book is The Shack by William Paul Young. The next discussion is on October 21st from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. Bring a friend!

Third Graders Receive Bibles
Congratulations to Asbury’s 3rd Graders who on September 20th received a Bible as a gift from their Asbury Church family through the Education Commission budget. Thank you for making this possible through you generous giving to Asbury!

New Books in the Church Library

Easy-to-Read
(Read-to & Beginning Readers)
Bible Stories by Norman Vincent Peale
Funny Money by Traci Depree

Adult Books
This is Christianity by Maxie Dunnam
Women of the Bible Tell Their Stories by Mary E. Jensen
Fresh Bread & Other Gifts of Spiritual Nourishment by Joyce Rupp
Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
Your Best Life Now – 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential by Joel Osteen
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith – Stories of Inspiration by Joni Eareckson Tada
Dewey – The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron & Bret Witter

Fiction
The Missing by Beverly Lewis

Checking Out Items From Our Church Library
Please be sure to sign your name on the check-out card when taking an item out of our fine church library. (Sorry we do not have an electronic check-out system.)
The Library Committee
Carol Seebach, Chairman

Wesley Chapel Crafts & More Show
A Crafts & More Show will be held at the Richard Realty & Auction Building Pavilion on 605 East Winfield Ave., Mt. Pleasant, IA on November 14th from 9:00am – 3:00pm. Food will be served by Wesley Chapel Women.
If you are interested in renting an exhibit table for this show please call Carol Messer at (319)385-8886.

Gideons International
The Gideons International is an organization of Christian Business & Professional men who have a heart for winning souls for Jesus Christ. They place Bibles in hotels & motels, schools & colleges, jails, prisons, for police officers, fire & emergency services and also personal New Testament distribution. Their wives are the Gideon Auxiliary who distribute Bibles in hospitals, nursing homes, crisis centers, doctor & dentist offices. The Davenport Gideons are forming a new “camp” (local unit) in Bettendorf, to service all of these facilities in this city as well as conduct the Church Relations programs. The Gideon Ministry is a city-wide, even world-wide extension of our ministry – that of bringing the Gospel to all. If you are interested in learning more about the Gideon Ministry, please contact Pastor Tom.

Davenport Women’s Connection
The Davenport Women’s Connection will meet on Wednesday, October 14th from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m at Christ United Methodist Church, 41st & Pine Streets, Davenport. Please call Janice at 285-7150 or Wanda at 332-5508 for more information.