Pastor: Rev. Dr. Don Kim 325-8561 mumcpastordonkim@tds.net
Associate Pastor/Hispanic Ministry Rev. Juan Mayorga
Elder Ministry Director: Jane Gaulrapp - 325-8563 mumcfriends@tds.net Financial Secretary: Lorie Kline - 325-8564 mumcfinance@tds.net Choir Director:
Office Manager: Tina Swingen - monroeumc@tds.net Treasurer: Anita Best - 325-8564 mumctreasurer@tds.net
Youth Director: Jane Gaulrapp - 325- 8563 mumchsyouth@tds.net Custodians: Fred &Anne Bauman
Ad Council: Sandi Nelson Finance: John Daane Missions: Jan Johnson
Noah’s Ark Preschool: Ruby Clark & Tina Swingen Open Door Ministry:
Prayer: Luanna Parr SPRC: Eric Katzenberger Family Promise: Linda Nack Trustees: Deb Briggs
Good News!
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Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life.”
John 14:6
Our church exists so that all people might find the Way, know the Truth, and experience the Life!”
Through discipleship, ministry, fellowship and worship we strive to bring the joy of knowing Christ to our members and community.
The next Good News Deadline June 25
June 2021
Office Hours
8:30 am - 4:00pm
Worship Schedule
Sunday 9:30 a.m. & Online
June 2021
Monroe United Methodist Church
2227 4th Street, Monroe, WI 53566 • (608) 325-6700 · www.monroeumc.com · monroeumc@tds.net
Mission Statement
“Transformed Lives Transform Communities”
Bring them In
Grow them Up
Send them Out
We are called, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to reach out to the world, that longs for wholeness and healing, through worship, fellowship,
discipleship and ministry, so that all people may experience salvation and wholeness through Jesus Christ and glorify God!
There are four ways to join us for worship, Sunday 9:30 a.m.
In-person Worship
Drive-in Worship park in the parking lot, turn your radio to FM 90.5 Facebook live streaming
Worship will be recorded and posted at a later time to www.monroeumc.com * In-Person Worship
Doors open at 9:00 a.m.
Center doors will be open. Please seat yourself in pews in front of marked post-it notes. * Facemasks are required.
Please, no food or drink in the building. Bathrooms nearest the sanctuary are open.
FM Transmitter/Ventilation Update
It is believed that the FM Transmitter does not pose a danger to medical devices, by staying away from the sound booth.
Sanctuary ventilation is safe enough to accommodate people in the sanctuary with physical distancing.
PRAYER SUPPORT
If you would like someone to pray
with you
please call a member from the
pray-er committee at any time with your
prayer needs.
Luanna Parr 608-325-2557
Elaine Klassy 608-325-9479
Barb Ingebritsen 608-558-0448
You will find a pamphlet on prayer enclosed in
the "Good News" this month. We will be
high-lighting a person or group in our church each
month. The prayer committee is suggesting
you keep the pamphlet handy so you can use
Pastor’s Message – June 2021
This past Sunday was Pentecost Sunday for Christian churches. Acts 2:1-21 reading tells the Spirit’s coming (Acts 2:1–4), the responses of questioning (v. 12) and sneering (v. 13) of those who hear them speaking in other languages (vv. 5–13), and Peter’s sermon (vv. 14–21).
In Acts, Luke says that the believers were all gathered together when the unexpected happened (2:1). As the followers of Jesus attempt to form community in his absence, Luke tells a fiery baptism that inaugurates the gift of the Spirit to the members of the fledgling/emerging community.
The significance of this Pentecost festival changes over time through the tradition, but one thing remains constant - it is associated with God giving good gifts.
The most dramatic sign of the Spirit is the miracle of mutualstanding. Women and men, slaves,
free, Jews, Gentile proselytes, and people from every known land and ethnicity participate in the gift of the Spirit. A miracle of recognition transpires across impossible boundaries of class, ethnicity, and religion, people joyfully communicate. It is as if they are intoxicated—as they are, but not with
wine. It is significant that the primary sign of the inspiration of the Spirit, the founding event of the new Christian community, is the ability to speak to and understand a diversity of people.
What are ways we today can learn to understand people from different lands and backgrounds?
As we struggle with a national crisis regarding the mistreatment of immigrants and refugees, as well as patterns of racial and ethnic pro-filing, a dramatic rise in hate crimes and white supremacist acts of violence, Christians need to turn to this text as a reminder that the fruit of the Spirit is under-standing across cultural boundaries.
Looking beyond the confines of the church, we see that the Spirit is active in new visions of justice and liberation. In the Black Lives Matter movement, the Women’s March, #metoo, and
crusades for environmental justice, we witness the fierce love the Spirit has for this troubled
world.
Where many of us begin to grow discouraged, the Spirit continually inspires new visions of flour-ishing. She demands we join her in recognizing the sacred in all human beings and in the beauty and fragility of creation. Social movements are never perfect; they never embody or achieve the kingdom of God. Nevertheless, newly energized social movements re-envision how we can cherish the world, delight in its beauty, and heal its hurts.
The Spirit moves not only in the liberative dance of justice, but in all the ways we humans en-counter the Divine. Whenever we are encouraged to be joyful or awakened to the delight in the flour-ishing of others, we sense the wonder of the Spirit.
God provides harvest, instruction for faithful living, and the Spirit that manifests God’s presence
and empowers faithful witness. God gives what God’s people need. Let us join the dance of the Spir-it in our midst. Let us celebrate gifts of God in our differences and wSpir-itness the fruSpir-its of the SpirSpir-it in our midst.
Thank you again for your partnership with me in the ministry of our witness to the community and the world. May God richly and continually bless you and your ministry! God loves you and so do I! Blessings always,
Pastor Don
Rev. Dr. Don S. Kim, Ph.D, STM, M.Phil, M.Div. Lead Pastor
Monroe United Methodist Church Monroe, WI 53566
www.monroeumc.com/608-325-6700
KEEPING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS
Last month the Administrative Council approved a Trustee Committee proposal to move ahead with replacing the rubber roofing sections of our church’s roof, doing so in 3 sections.
An estimate from Professional Roofing for these 3 sections of rubber roofing included these figures: Section 1 (the educational unit) $54,000
Section 2 (the office, narthex, hallways, library) $68,800 Section 3 (fellowship hall) $24,500
They are hoping to complete section one late this fall, with sections 2 & 3 on the docket for 2022.
We have an Endowment/Maintenance Fund established through bequests for just such expenses. However, if we are to remain fiscally responsible for future needs of this building, we need to invite immediate participa-tion in funding for this $150,000 roofing project. We propose that we would use the endowment fund to match new contributions to the project. Therefore if you would use the Endowment/Maintenance line on your offering envelopes and write “roof” after it, we could track these special contributions and can report progress periodically over the next year and a half.
We realize that we will most likely be moving toward replacing the roof on the sanctuary and on the chapel in 2023 or 2024 as well so we ask you to keep the Endowment/Maintenance Fund in mind for the next several years.
SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2021
is the LAST DAY to DROP OFF Ingathering Kits
For the past several weeks, we have been collecting kits, individual kit items, and monetary donations at our church as part of the Ingathering Mission Project for the Wisconsin Annual Conference (which will meet virtually June 18-19). Thanks to everyone who has already contributed to this project! The two kits that are being collected this year are:
HOMECARE KIT (valued at $20.00)
PERSONAL DIGNITY KIT (valued at $15.00)
DONATIONS FOR ANNE AND FRED BAUMAN
Anne and Fred Bauman had a house fire on May 19. They would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support since their house fire. If you would like to assist them with gift cards to Wal-Mart,
Dollar General, Pick n Save, Amazon, local restaurants, or monetary donations, you can drop your donations off at the church.
Summer Softball
If you are interested in playing softball this summer,
please contact Todd Carter at 608-558-8896
YOU ARE NEEDED:
As you know there’s power in prayer. The prayer committee invites you to participate in a prayer vigil for transition in our church. Please take a half hour on June 15 to pray. Pray for Pastor Don as he starts his new charge and his family during the move. Pray for Pastor Jeff as he and his family move to Monroe and he begins his ministry at MUMC. We must also pray for our church, the staff, the members and the program-ming that are continuing.
To sign up for a time between 8:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m. call the church office. You may pray at home or any place convenient to you The time can be spent in prayer on mediation. We want to thank you for your participation. May God guide and support us during this time. MUMC prayer committee
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Lake Lucerne will be having an open house on June 13. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to Jes-sica Shaker, who is a member of our church. JesJes-sica is the daughter of Gwenn and Terry Shaker.
Just a reminder summer camp is on for this summer. If you are interested in summer camp check out https://wiumcamps.org/summer-camps/ or call the church office at 325-6700
Upcoming Meetings and Events
June 14 Trustee Meeting 6:00
June 14 Finance 6:00 June 21 Ad. Council 6:30
Prayer Meeting by phone is every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. If you would like to join please contact
Luanna Parr at 325-2557
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION!
Come view the Monroe City Fireworks on the front lawn of the church. Festivities begin at 8:00 p.m The church is now accepting monetary donations along with canned pop, bottled water, snack sized bags of
chips, pretzels, etc,
and freeze pops for our Fourth of July celebration.
Please leave donations at the office and let us know if you are able to volunteer. Remember to bring your lawn chair or blanket.
Pastor Jeff is planning to be in attendance.
CABIN MEETINGS
Starting in July, Pastor Jeff would like to attend "Cabin Meetings" as an opportunity to meet and get acquainted with all of our current and future members. These cabin meetings will be hosted by the congre-gation in groups of 6 - 15 people in their homes with snacks, or deserts, and beverages served. This is a great
chance to meet each other and to ask questions. If you are interested in hosting a cabin meeting, please con-tact Tina in the office. More information, including dates and locations for these cabin meetings, will be
coming out at the end of June.
Pastor Don Kim’s last Sunday is June 20.
Happy Birthday
June 1 Karen Grenzow June 1 Owen Johnson
June 3 Osmar N Fernandez Sanchez June 3 Norma Mayorga
June 3 Kenneth Parr June 4 Don Hawkinson June 4 Kelly Huffman June 4 Cress Vale June 4 Spencer Volden June 5 Rikka Nelson June 5 Lavon Prien June 6 Janet Ambler June 6 Joshua Parkinson June 8 Kerry Stamm June 10 James McIntosh June 11 Joseph Best June 11 Benjamin Johnson June 11 Lorie Kline June 11 Dustin Voegeli June 12 Barbara Griffin June 13 Sydney Wunschel June 14 Lillian Falk June 14 Elaine Ruchti June 14 Sandy Wasserstrass June 15 Rick Gleason June 15 Maralyn Martin June 17 Kinsley Huffman June 17 Ron Martini
June 19 Ronald Hermanson June 20 Amy Burkhalter June 20 Noah Edwards June 20 Dawn Parr June 20 Max Patterson June 21 Peter Buholzer June 21 Mitchell Keith June 21 Norm Williams June 22 Ralph Krauss June 24 Braedon Klemm June 25 Linda Hannes June 25 Jolene Johnson June 25 Aaron Smith June 26 Joanne Hare June 26 Randy Erickson June 27 Nick Borowitz June 27 Jennifer Carter June 28 Randall Roderick June 29 Elaine Klassy June 29 Karen Nipple June 30 Darlene Brooker June 30 Megan Prien
June 3 Alton & Virginia Stuckey June 6 Brad & Theresa Klemm June 7 Harvey & Klaine Klassy June 8 Terry & Gwen Shaker June 10 Mike & Deb Hutchinson June 12 Ralph & Evelyn Krauss June 15 Steve & Jennifer Bear June 17 Mike & Jane Olson June 18 Ray & Jolene Johnson June 24 Kevin & Cathy Kuehl June 24 Rich & Sara Wunschel June 26 Todd & Jennifer Carter
We apologize if we missed your special day. Please let the church office know of your special day and we will make the correction.
Thank you to all of our beautiful singers in May Jeff Ingebritsen, Linda Moser, Ann Ermey, and Jane Olson.
Thank you to our piano players in May Robert Eversman, and John Daane. Thank you to Lindsay Hyland and Jane Gaulrapp for serving as liturgists.
Confirmation News
Congratulations to our confirmands who will be welcomed into church membership on June 6 during worship. Please encourage them in their new faith journeys and uphold them in your prayers.
Irene Kim Christina Grenzow
Padraic Houston Ashton Klemm
Owen Klemm
Sunday School News
Our last Sunday school class was held on May 23. Thank you to Teresa Klemm for leading our Sunday School zoom class. We hope to see all of our Sunday School students next fall. Have a great summer!
High School Graduates
were recognized on May 23 during worship. To see the worship visit our church website to watch the service.Adult Sunday School
will soon resume. For details contact Sandi Nelson or Reggie GamacheFrom The Administrative Team:
Noah’s Ark will have several Water Fun Days throughout the summer. On these days we set up sprinklers, nu-merous activity/water tables, and a slip-n-slide for the older kids. All children in attendance on these days will get to play outside in the water so make sure to send a swimsuit and towel. We will send out reminder emails and have an activity calendar posted at the Parent Center during the summer months to help remind you. Younger children not potty trained must also bring a Little Swimmers diaper. Just a reminder of Noah’s Ark and Church Policy:
Girls must wear a one-piece swimsuit or a swim shirt/t-shirt over a two piece. Boys must wear swim trunks and a swim shirt, t-shirt, or tank top.
Any questions regarding our policies or summer activities can be addressed to the Administrative Team or call
the office at (608) 325-8567. We are happy to share additional information. We look forward to building fun
