Announcements - June 27, 2010

Asbury United Methodist Church
June 27, 2010

Welcome to worship at Asbury United Methodist Church. If you are a visitor from another congregation, we extend to you our greetings and hope you can join us again. If you are living in the Quad City area, and are not active in a church, we invite you to consider becoming active with us.

Sunday, June 27
8:30 Traditional Worship
10:00 Praise Worship
Monday, June 28
Tuesday, June 29
9:00 Exercise Class
6:00 Educ. Commission
Wednesday, June 30
5:30 Praise Team
6:30 Evangelism
Thursday, July 1
9:00 Exercise
7:00 Bible Study
7:00 Ladies’ ARM at Karen Kosgard’s
Friday, July 2
Saturday, July 3
8:30 Morning Bells
Sunday, July 4
8:30 Traditional Worship
10:00 Praise Worship
Monday, July 5
Office Closed
Tuesday, July 6
9:00 Exercise Class
9:00 Library Committee

CARD MINISTRY

Asbury Card Ministry will be taking a break in July. Meetings will resume on the regular schedule of the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 starting August 11th, so we hope you will be able to join us then!

ASBURY’S WORSHIP IS NOW ON CD AND AUDIO!

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. Audio of each worship service is now available to stream or download to your computer from the Asbury website ( www.asbury-bett.org ).

FELLOWSHIP WITH A PURPOSE

Fellowship with a Purpose group will not be meeting over the summer. Watch for future announcements about their fall meeting schedule in the bulletin beginning in August. A big thank you goes to everyone who helped over the past year!

THE INFORMATION CENTER - Look in each narthex for information available regarding the activities of the church. Help yourself to the information. The church newsletters list current ministries and programs.

WELCOME RECEPTION ON JULY 11

A welcome reception for our new pastors will be held at 11:00 am, following the Praise Service, on July 11th in Upper Fellowship Hall. Enjoy refreshments, fellowship and the opportunity to introduce yourself to Pastors Kerrin and Emmanuel.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

V.B.S. at Asbury is scheduled for the week of July 19-23, from 9:00 till noon. The theme this year is Group’s “High Seas Expedition”. Children in Preschool through 5th grade, completed, are invited to attend! Applications are available in the church office. There is a $3.00 per child craft fee payable with registration or on the first day of Bible School. Adult and youth leaders are also needed. Please call the church office at 355-5218 to register or volunteer.

SOD-BITS

Hallelujah, our garden plots are completely planted. (Mt. Joy plot- 3/4 acre; Grace plot at 53rd and Eastern - .6 acre; and a 20' x 20' plot on Rock Island Arsenal). For those of you who may not know, our Garden Ministry got its start on Rock Island Arsenal in the spring of 2002. We had 13 of these 20' x 20' plots which equated to about 1/10 of an acre.

With the frequent rains we have been getting, the plots are looking great. Our biggest challenge from now until harvest begins in earnest around the 1st of July (cabbage, most likely) is to keep the weeds under control. I want to sincerely thank all of you who have devoted time to pulling weeds at the Mt. Joy and Grace plots. The Grace onion patch looked like a sea of weeds with no onions visible when an "all-out attack" was launched to remove the weeds. After many hours of weed-pulling, the onion patch now looks great. I want to thank Thiara Smith for the MANY hours she devoted to pulling weeds. God has given each of us special abilities and interests; God blessed Thiara with an interest in pulling weeds. Of the various facets of gardening (planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting), weeding is probably the facet looked forward to the least by most gardeners. Thankfully, we have gardeners like Thiara who truly enjoy weeding and get pleasure out of knowing that the weeding efforts will make a huge difference in the quantity of vegetables harvested.

As the growing season proceeds, we will have core gardening times to address various needs of the garden plots. Bill will be calling to get volunteers for such scheduled gardening times. However, we encourage you to go out to the garden sites whenever your schedule allows and pull weeds; I can guarantee that you will find some to pull. There are buckets at both sites that we ask that you put the pulled weeds in. (at the Mt. Joy site, dump the weeds over the fence; at the Grace plot, dump the weeds at the edge of the garden and we will dispose of them).

Just to give you an idea of what we have planted- approximately 27,000 onion plants; around 460 tomato plants; around 400 cabbage plants; over 250 pepper plants; 750 lbs. of seed potatoes which equates to over 7,000 hills of potatoes; cucumber, zucchini, muskmelons, watermelons, green peppers, and a few other miscellaneous vegetables. We are hoping for a harvest of around 40,000 lbs. which will put us over 200,000 since the inception of the Ministry in 2002.

If you have not been involved in the Garden Ministry to date, we encourage your participation. If your schedule or health does not allow you to become involved, we ask that you take some time and drive by the 2 sites and take a look at what our Garden Ministry is doing to take a bite out of hunger in the Quad-Cities.

We hope to see you in the gardens.

JAZZ SUNDAY AT ASBURY

Jazz Sunday at Asbury will be on July 11 at both the 8:30 and 10:00 services. Tewanta and Manny Lopez and friends will provide special music and lead the congregational singing. Mark your calendars! Come and enjoy the jazzy worship services with our guests!

ASBURY LIBRARY

Due to the necessary budget cuts this year, the Library Committee is seeking donations to help with necessary expenses. Asbury’s Library is one of the largest church libraries in the Conference, with more than 6,600 items including children’s, youth & adult sections with fiction and informational books, CDs, DVDs, etc. Monetary donations would be greatly appreciated. You may make your check to Asbury UMC, with “Library” indicated on the memo line. Please be sure to take the opportunity to visit our fine Library and check out books that are of interest to you!

SPRING CLEANING????

Remember to save some items for the annual rummage sale held during the last week of July. AIM – Asbury in Mission – will use the proceeds to fund our relief efforts in Oakville, Cedar Rapids and anywhere that disasters happen in Iowa.

Thank you for your support! Global Ministries Committee

AFGHAN MINISTRY NEEDS YOUR HELP

We now have afghan squares ready to be whip-stitched! You may pick up a bag of squares in the church office, there are 12 afghans that are ready to be assembled. If you need directions, give Brenda a call! It is very easy to do. Of course, you may also continue to help by crocheting or knitting 7x7 inch squares and bringing them to the church office. Feel free to take whatever yarn you like from the basket in the East Narthex. Thank you for your help in this wonderful ministry our church provides to our members and as an outreach to our community.

2010-2011 ASBURY PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION

Asbury Preschool is currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year. The Tuesday-Thursday class is offered for 3-4 year olds and the Monday-Wednesday-Friday class is for children 4-5 years old. Please call 355-5218 for more information.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Mark your calendars for an upcoming fundraiser event to help with our service trip for summer of 2011. The youth will be having an ice cream social at the Friday night Bettendorf Park Band Concert held at Veteran’s Memorial Park Band Shell. Our youth and parents will be serving ice cream, baked goods and other items for a free-will donation on Friday night, July 9th at 7:30 p.m.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

This summer, the office at Asbury will be closing at noon on Fridays. The office will be open the following hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00, and Friday 8:00-12:00.

BOOK BAG SEWERS WANTED!

We are in need of volunteers to sew book bags for school kits to be taken to the November Ingathering. Six packets with material, instructions, and a sample book bag may be picked up in the church office. Our goal is 36 book bags. There is material for six bags in each of the packets. The sewing is simple, straight stitching and requires only your time, thread and talent! Bags need to be completed by October 15th. If you have questions, please call Bev Warner at 332-5042.

Congratulations to Sandy & Suzanne Yoder on the birth of grandson Jackson David, on June 21. Parents are Allison and Dave Yoder.

The flowers on the altar today are from Debra Spina and Holly Peterson in loving memory of their parents, Bill and Helen Cade.

The Head Usher for the 8:30 service is Bob Reiter.

SPECIAL PRAYERS TO OUR ASBURY FAMILY IN THE SERVICE:

Capt. Adrienne Stahl – Guam (Bob & Loraine Stahl’s granddaughter)

Major Brian Stahl – Langley AFB, VA (Bob & Loraine Stahl’s grandson)

Keith Phillips – Fort Bragg, NC (Deborah & Paul D’Camp’s nephew)

Zachary Oles – Afghanistan (Rose Oles’ grandson)

Please pray always for our military men and women.

SPECIAL PRAYERS

Asbury Members: Kathy Clifford, Peg Cripple, Bob Dover, Dean Duben, Nola Gottschalk, Herb Hengst, Sue Moats, Derald Montgomery, Bob Stahl, Thelma Stewart, Rob Tyler, and Aurelle Ziegler

Additional Prayers: John Beams (Harold Hoffman’s friend), Alyssa Bennett (Sue Moats’ daughter), Wendy Black (Joey Arney’s niece), Bobbi Boore (Thiara Smith’s friend), Jean Brooks (Ann Lawson’s mother), Frank Brokaw (Jack & Ruth Baylor’s friend), Hilda Cox (Sherri Stafford’s adopted grandma), Delvecchio family (Mindy Lank’s friends), Barb Douglas (Craig Douglas‘ sister), Craig Douglas (Debbie Douglas’ former husband), Gordon Dyer (Kathy Cameron’s brother), Jim Fleming (Doris Meier’s friend), Angela Folkestad (Rich & Dee James’ daughter), Ashley Gillette (Kay Parch’s daughter), Arnold Hicks (Our House Preschool teacher’s son), Silas Cole Jackson (Celeste & Bob Hudson-Quartell’s great-grandson), Jesse (Deanne Graber’s nephew), Pat Jessen (Heather Dennis’ mom), Joann Munson (Barb Nelson’s sister), Mary Jo Myers (Linda Rorke’s mother), Ray Ney (Theo Fahl’s friend), Hunter Peterson (Terri Law’s nephew), Maxine Rayburn (Marla Johnson’s friend), Jean Richards (grandmother of Janna Richards), Nancy & Steve Riedl (Larry & Bonnie Wolff’s daughter and son-in-law), Bradley Riner (Johanna Brenner’s niece’s husband), Reba Ripley (friend of Monie & Charlie Pritchard and Melanie & Rob Wolfe and family), Jordin Roberts (Leona Gailbreath’s great-granddaughter), Rev. Bob Ruppert (former Asbury pastor), Sandy (Billy Murphy’s friend), Jo Sapp (Jan Westercamp’s sister-in-law), Margaret Sapp (Jan Westercamp’s mother), Keith Schmidt (friend of Alinda Littrel), Marilyn Seibel (Barb Brethauer’s friend/Kristi & Brittany Halverson’s grandma), Gina Sloss (Al and Hue Sloss’ daughter), Marie Stapleton (Loraine Stahl’s sister-in-law), Paul Stobaugh (Jean Bowrey’s brother-in-law), Wendy Syverud (friend of Rob & Melanie Wolfe and family), Kari Teagarden (friend of Julie and John Moran), Brian Turnmeyer (Dean & Joey Arney’s nephew), Harley Ward (Pam Campbell’s father), Shirley & Paul Whitbeck (Doris Meier’s friends), Libby Woodward (Dave and Sharon Phillips’ friend).

SUPPORT PARKVIEW CHURCH AT JULY 2ND BAND CONCERT

Not only will the Asbury youth be providing the Ice Cream Social at the July 9th Bettendorf Park Board Band concert, the Park View Community of Faith United Methodist Church will be doing the same on Friday, July 2nd. The concert will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Park Band Shell at 7:30 pm. Ice Cream and other goodies will be served before and throughout the concert. A big need at the Park View church is paint or new siding on the building, so all donations will go to that fund. Come enjoy band music on July 2nd and July 9th and support United Methodist ministries at the Bettendorf Park Board Band Concerts!

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Bettendorf, Iowa 52722 ~ 355-5218

www.asbury-bett.org Email: Asbury@netexpress.net

Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The People of Asbury

Rev. Dr. Kerrin Kirkpatrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Senior Pastor

Rev. Emmanuel Naweji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associate Pastor

Beth Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Education Director

Peter and Tina Wiklund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directors of Youth Ministry

Brenda Sherrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parish Nurse

Gail Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Coordinator/Organist

Michael Reese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Praise Music Director

Joe Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chancel Choir Director

Amy Moats and Nancy French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cherub Choir Directors