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PASTORS PEACE
Zion
United Church
of Christ
January 2015
Inside This Issue

1 Pastors Peace
2 Palm of Prayer & Worship Ways
3 Treasurers Twitter
4 Community, County &
Conference Clamor

5 This Months Events

6 Expression Session
7 Celebration Occasions
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Worship Whirl

Hope in a New Year

hope that is seen is no
hope at all. Who hopes for what he
already has? But if we hope for
what we do not yet have, we wait for
it patiently. Romans 8:24b-25. NIV
THE NEW MERRIAMWEBSTER DICTIONARY defines
patience: bearing pain or trials without complaint. Showing self-control; calm; steadfast.
How many of us can claim to be patient? (My husband, Kenny, canI cannot.) We can develop ideas or
plans that we want to happen right now. We might think
that we know exactly what we want or what we want to do,
and expect it to take place immediately, if not sooner! Especially when we are excited about something
remembering our recent Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Year celebrations come to mind. Or what about a
weddingall the preparation, expectation, hopeand
then its done in 20 minutes, so fast that often the pictures
we take of all that went on are what help us to really experience what happened.
This is our culturepreparation, execution, memory. Where, oh where, does hope fit into the present moment, not to mention patience?!?
Its true, the world is moving at a much quicker rate
with the internet, globalization, business form and productionyou name the area, we are continually trying to increase our speed in it.
The aforementioned dictionary defines hope: desire with expectation of fulfillment. One that gives promise
for the future.
What is our hope in Christ? Therefore, having
been justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access
by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in
hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also
glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character,
hope.

Zion United Church of ChristEstablished 1880

105 N. Mary, Mayview, Missouri 64071-8224
Phone and FAX: (660) 237 - 4355

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of

God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy
Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:1-5.
As we head into 2015 with great expectation,
let us breathe deeply of hope in Christ, patiently
trusting that our lives continue to unfold according to
Gods purposes, entering each new day in the
fullness of Christs love. Remember yesterday, live
today, hope for tomorrowbe at peace with the
challenges of now, moving patiently, one step at a
time within Gods grace.
With joy in hope,
Pastor Kristin

PALM of PRAYER
9 So

we have not stopped praying for you since

we first heard about you. We ask God to give
you complete knowledge of his will and to give
you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
Colossians 1:9 (NLT)
Concerns Please continue to surround in love and
prayer, those experiencing health difficulties &/or
recovering from surgery, the loss of family and
friends, & those adjusting to new seasons in their
lives: Jerry Pragman, Mary Carol Schreiefer, Larry
Davis, Zaylee Wagner, Steve Lovercamp, Riley &
Maggie Anderson, Al Iles, Linda Schmutz, Lois Dial,
Amanda Hoeppners co-worker Tara, Bill Bainbridge,
Carla Luther, Jim Strathman, Rickey & Angie Erdman,
Wilma Hoefer; the family and friends of Carlene Nolte,
Ed Luehrman, son of Melanie Valdez, and family of
Leo Barresi; first responders; military personnel and
their families; families around the world that are in the
midst of disease, natural disasters, immigration crisis,
tensions, conflicts and wars which are going on in
different parts of the world.

Joys
The baptism of Adalyn Grace Ogan; the birth of
Boone Lincoln Bainbridge born to Lincoln & Julie;
Pastor Herman Hudson is cancer-free; pregnancy of
Laura Rhoades.

EXPRESSION SESSION
Thank Yous
Virgil and Sadie are feeling much better. Thanks to
your prayers.
Dear Friends,
Thanks so much for all your love, concerns, prayers,
calls, cards and visits when I needed them most. You
will always hold a special place in my heart.
Love always,
Herman Jr.

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ZION UCC WORSHIP WAYS

Council Clippings
Zion UCC Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars for the annual meeting to be
held after worship on Sunday, January 25, 2015.
A potato bar lunch will be provided by the Youth,
followed by the business meeting starting at 1 PM.

Inclement Weather Policy

In case of inclement weather, Council Chair, Scott
Alvested, will contact Pastor Kristin and Council
Members, who will contact the congregation if the
church is to be closed.

Council Meeting
January...a brand new
year... a blank canvas, so
to speak. Your Council has
begun preparations for the
first brushstrokes on Zion's
2015 canvas.
The Annual Meeting
is scheduled for January
25, 2015, following morning
worship and a light
lunch. Committee reports are due by January
11th, in order to get the annual report prepared.
We have met with UCC Insurance Board agents
and are confident in continuing our coverage. By
re-evaluating our policy we have discovered that
the property valuation has increased, which, in
turn, has increased the blanket limit from $608,000
to $1,182,000. This total covers the church
building, parsonage and cemetery. Our current
annual premium is $5,823. With the new Flex
Plan, which is nearly identical to the old
policy, (there are a couple of minor changes), our
annual premium will be $5,786. This premium
amount still includes the $3 million umbrella plan
already in place. If you have any questions,
please see a council member.
We share in Pastor Kristin's excitement
as she has completed her interview with the
Committee on Ministry and the recommendation
for Ordination has been affirmed. An Ordination
Ceremony is being planned for April 19, 2015 at
3:00 pm.
Lots of exciting new beginnings to assure
that we each place our mark, our own unique
brushstroke on the canvas of Zion.
Happy New Year!

Please help us take down the Greens on

January 4th after worship.
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and I pray that Christ will make his home

in your hearts through faith. I pray that you
may have your roots and foundation in
love, 18 so that you, together with all God's
people, may have the power to understand
how broad and long, how high and deep, is
Christ's love. Ephesians 3:17-18 (GNT)
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YOUTH YAK
Youth Gathering was a blast December 14,
coming together for lunch at Chinese Buffet in
Higginsville, then bowling at Higginsville
Lanes. There were some promising scores, not so
promising scores, but much fun al the way
around. Thanks so much to Youth leaders Robert
and Amy Hoefer and Scott and Tresina Alvested.
After arriving home from Youth Gathering on
December 14, Austin Aardema Faigh went directly
to Golden Living Center to play a "Silent Night"
duet (with his mom) for the residents and family at
a tea.
It was so fabulous to listen to both the adults and
the youth sing, and to see and hear youth play
instruments and dance at our Christmas Program
on December 21. Seth Bayless played a guitar
solo, Austin and Donovan Aardema Faigh played
piano, clarinet, and trumpet respectively, with Mom
on Bass Clarinet. Trinity Alvested, Alyssa Hoefer,
Brooklyn Murry and Callie Hoeppner shared their
beautiful dancing during "O Holy Night", and all the
youth sang "Away in a Manger". We are truly
blessed! It is so important when young
people share their many talents with others,
whether it be in school, church, sporting events,
dance recitals, or on the road!
Now we step into the new year with hope,
excitement and wonder at what 2015 will
bring. Youth are on a roll with the Christmas
Program and Jesus' Birthday a happy memory, and
with our faith renewed in the baby Jesus who
changed and changes the world forever. Plans will
be made for new fundraisers and projects to help
those in our community, as well as planning more
special events for fun.
As a matter of fact, youth will
provide a potato bar for lunch at
our Annual Meeting on January
25th--everything you can
possibly imagine will be
available to make your potato
complete. Don't miss out! Oh yeah, and there will
be business discussed afterward!

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Every man should be born again on the first
day of January. Start with a fresh page.
Take up one hole more in the buckle if
necessary, or let down one, according to
circumstances; but on the first of January let
every man gird himself once more, with his
face to the front, and take no interest in the
things that were and are past".
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) Nineteenth
century American clergyman and speaker

Community, County &

Conference Clamor
Lafayette Area Cluster
Meeting will be held Monday, January 26, 2015,
at Bethel UCC in Concordia, beginning
at 7:30pm.

Let's make smoke-free the new normal in

Lafayette County!
Lafayette County Prevention Coalition's first
health issue is promoting smoke-free
environments in public places and worksites,
including restaurants and bars. Secondhand
smoke contains the same cancer-causing
chemicals that smokers inhale. Every year in the
United States, 42,000 people die from heart
disease due to exposure to secondhand smoke.
To this end, here are current and upcoming
initiatives:
LCPC Meeting November 17, 4:30 p.m. at the
United Methodist Church in Odessa.
Town Hall Meeting to discuss Lafayette
County Air Quality Studies, January 13, 7 p.m.
at the Odessa Community Center - Stan
Cowan of University of MO, will be the
presenter.
Contact Glenda Bertz for more information or to
become involved: 660.259.4371 x 229

Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my

own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind
and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press
on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call
of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 (RSV)
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For last years words belong to last

years language and next years words
await another voice. ~T. S. Elliot

WHO KNEW?
Human Trafficking Awareness
Human trafficking is a form of modern
slavery where people profit from the control
and exploitation of others. Although slavery is
commonly
thought to be
a thing of the
past, human
trafficking
still exists
today
throughout
the United
States and
globally
when traffickers use
force, fraud,
or coercion
to control
other people
for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex or forcing them to
provide labor services against their will. Traffickers use violence, threats, deception, debt
bondage, and other manipulative tactics to trap
victims in horrific situations every day in America. All trafficking victims share one essential
experience the loss of freedom.
In the United States, sex trafficking
commonly occurs in online escort services,
residential brothels, brothels disguised as massage businesses or spas, and in street prostitution. Labor trafficking has been found in domestic servitude situations, as well as sales
crews, large farms, restaurants, carnivals, and
more.
There are two primary factors driving
the spread of human trafficking: high profits
and low risk. Like drug and arms trafficking,
human trafficking is a market-driven criminal
industry that is based on the principles of supply and demand. Every year, traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by victimizing
millions of people around the world, including
here in the United States.
Learn more about human trafficking
at www.traffickingresourcecenter.org

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Ecumenical Sunday
Each year January 18-25 is observed as the Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity, and the Sunday during
that week is observed in many churches as Ecumenical Sunday.
ecumenical
Pronunciation [ek-yoo-men-i-kuh l
adjective
1. general; universal.
2. pertaining to the whole Christian church.
3. promoting or fostering Christian unity throughout
the world.
of or pertaining to a movement (ecumenical movement), esp. among Protestant groups since the
1800s, aimed at achieving universal Christian unity
and church union through international interdenominational organizations that cooperate on matters of
mutual concern.
4. interreligious or interdenominational: an ecumenical marriage.
Source: http://sheepswife.blogspot.com
21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when

Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the

heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended
upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice
came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son;
[a] with thee I am well pleased. Luke 3:20-22 (RSV)

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S.S.9:30 A.M.
Worship10:30 A.M.
January 1, 2015
Happy New Year!
January 4, 2015
Communion
Taking Down the Greens
January 6, 2015
Epiphany
January 7, 2015
Choir, 7 pm
January 11, 2015
Mayview 150, 2 pm
Community Center
January 11, 2015
1st Sunday after Epiphany and Baptism of our Lord
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 14, 2015
Choir, 7 pm
January 18, 2015
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Come As You Are Service
January 18-25, 2015
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 19, 2015
Martin Luther King Day
January 21, 2015
Choir, 7 pm
January 25, 2015
3rd Sunday after Epiphany; Ecumenical Sunday
Annual Meeting/Potato Bar
January 26, 2015
Lafayette Area Cluster, 7:30 pm
Bethel, Concordia
January 27, 2015
SAIL, 7 pm
January 28, 2015
Choir, 7 pm

Copyright 2011 The Zondervan Corporation

Epiphany, commonly
known as Three Kings Day
in the United States, is on
January 6. It celebrates the
three wise mens visit to
baby Jesus and also remembers his baptism, according to the Christian Bibles events.
Epiphany is one of the oldest Christian
feasts. It was celebrated since the end of the second century, before the Christmas holiday was
established. It is commonly known as Twelfth
Night, Twelfth Day, or the Feast of Epiphany. It
means manifestation or showing forth. It is
also called Theophany (manifestation of God),
especially by Eastern Christians. Epiphany also
refers to the church season that follows the day. It
commemorates the first two occasions on which
Jesus divinity, according to Christian belief, was
manifested: when the three kings visited infant
Jesus in Bethlehem, and when John the Baptist
baptized him in the River Jordan. The Roman
Catholic and Protestant churches emphasize the
visit of the Magi when they celebrate the Epiphany. The Eastern Orthodox churches focus on
Jesus baptism.
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Lettuce
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it's freezing out here.!

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3 And

if I go and prepare a place for you, I will

come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:3
(KJV)

So What Does a New Year Mean?

In simplistic terms when life was uncomplicated
by grief it meant starting overa clean slate
making resolutions to clean up our act. Some of
us like the feeling of getting a fresh start and forgetting the past. We like believing that, during this
next year, things will be better.
But when we are grieving, our tendency is to
stand at the threshold of a new year looking back
rather than forward. We fear that to walk through
that door into a new year means leaving our lost
loved one behind. To move on seems like an act
of betrayal of or abandonment of the one we love.
There may also be a fear of forgetting, or maybe a
fear of letting go. We experience a contradiction:
we want to feel better, but at what cost?
Remember, January 1st is just another day. It
has no meaning or power except the meaning we
choose to give to it. Acknowledging our special
needs as grieving persons, we can choose to
make softer resolutions for the new year
resolutions that can still be challenging, yet are not
unrealistic. Why not frame your New Years resolutions in terms of hope for a gentler year; for gaining control of your emotions, for better understanding of the grief process and what we can learn
about ourselves as we journey thru it? Why not
resolve to enter into a future that can be good,
even though it lacks all that we might desire, and
offers a hope that we will be at peace with sorrow
and enjoy life even though we grieve.
Weve learned a lot this past year. We have experienced corporate, public grief, following the
September 11 attacks. And we have experienced
personal grief. We know we are not the only ones
who grieve, though sometimes we have felt all
alone. And still we survive, even though at times
we questioned if the struggle was worth it. We
have tasted the bitterness of loss but have not allowed it to destroy us. And together we will rise out
of the ashes of grief and say YES to life. None of
us can do it alone. We need each other to lean on
and celebrate our newness.
Our hope for those in the throes of fresh grief is
that someday your days will again bring you more
joy more music...more laughtermore gratitudemore friendsmore surprisesmore
memories.
R.N.,

~ Pat Schwiebert,
http://www.griefwatch.com/

INSPIRATION STATION
Rewriting Resolutions & Choosing One Word
As we begin this New Year, many of us are
looking ahead with hope for fresh starts and fulfilled
dreams and changed lives. But are we going about it
in the same old way?
Be honest. How many of you have scribbled
down a list of resolutions? Maybe youre calling them
goals this time, but they look eerily similar to your
resolutions from 2013 . . . and 2012 . . . and, well,
you get the picture.
I know Im guilty of this. Ive written, Lose
weight and Read through the Bible on more lists
than I can even recall. Every year, I promise myself,
my friends and my family that THIS will be the year!
THIS will be the twelve months in which I write a
book and run a 5k and remember to floss my
teeth. No, really, it will!
But somehow, those lists and declarations never turn
out the way I imagine.
What if this year we did something different? Is it possible the result would be different, too?
One Word 365 is a community and a movement. Its
about forgetting resolutions and scrapping your list of
goals that youll forget by next week or be overwhelmed by in the same time frame. One Word 365
says:
Choose just one
word. One word that sums
up who you want to be or
how you want to live. One
word that you can focus on
every day, all year long.
It will take intentionality and
commitment, but if you let it,
your one word will shape not
only your year, but also you. It will
become the compass that directs your decisions and
guides your steps.
Discover the big impact one word can make.
One word. 365 days. A changed life.
For more information about One Word 365,
visit OneWord365.com, Facebook orTwitter.
~MARY CARVER

http://www.incourage.me/2014/01/rewritingresolutions-choosing-one-word.html
http://www.givinguponperfect.com
Be at war with your vices,
at peace with your neighbors,
and let every new year find you a better man.
~Benjamin Franklin

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Celebration Occasions

Office Hours

January Birthdays
Pastor
Date

Birthday

Carrie Begemann

Jenny Holt

Larry Neher

Roger Thomson

12
14

Denise Bainbridge
Kristin Aardema Faigh
Lincoln Bainbridge

18

Mildred Jungerman

19

Amanda Hoeppner
Phillip Wagner
Zaylee Wagner
Audrey Begemann

20
24
27

Ronnie Hawthorne
Robert Heidbrink
Jeanette Starkebaum

28

Jami Hawthorne
Q: What did the big furry hat say to
the warm woolly scarf?
A: "You hang around while I go on
ahead!"

January Anniversaries
1

Bill & Denise Bainbridge

Wayne & Joyce Hoefer

Reminder!
The deadline for submissions for the
February newsletter is
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015.
Send your submissions to:
jennyholt14@gmail.com or
zionuccsecretary@hotmail.com

Secretary

Tuesday
8:00 AMNoon
Wednesday
6:008:00 PM

Wednesday
5:009:00 PM

Thursday
8:00 AMNoon

Serving Souls
Jan

ACOLYTES

GREETERS

Tanner Burns

Bill & Denise Bainbridge

11

Adam Hoefer

Leo & Maggie Barresi

18

Alyssa Hoefer

Jim & Carolyn Bayless

25

Kristen Johnson

Carrie Begemann &

Elaine Hudson

Administrative Affairs
Pastor
Kristin Aardema Faigh

Home(660) 237- 4902

Church (660) 237-4355
pastorkristinatzion@yahoo.com
Cell (660) 641-1038

Scott Alvested
Council President

(816) 230-4450

Angie Lawson
Church Secretary

(660) 237- 4355

zionuccsecretary@hotmail.com

Jenny Holt
Newsletter

(660) 237 - 4923

jennyholt14@gmail.com

Teresa Begemann
Organist

(816) 633 - 4133

tjbegemann@yahoo.com

Dawn Stuart
Custodian

(660) 237 - 4355

Zion United Church of Christ

105 North Mary St.
Mayview, Missouri 64071-8224
Generous - Loving - Dedicated Christians
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship at 10:30 am

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Zion UCC Mission Statement

The avowed purpose of our church shall be:
To worship God, to proclaim and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to celebrate the Sacraments; to experience Christian fellowship, to build unity, and to practice charity within this congregation and the wider church; and to share this witness of Jesus Christ throughout the world.

Worship Whirl
Traditional Worship

10:30 AM

Sundays

Come As You Are Service

10:30 AM

Monthly - 3rd Sunday

Sunday School

9:30 AM

Sundays

Communion

10:30AM

Monthly 1st Sunday & Special

Holidays

Church Council

7:00 PM

Monthly

Board of Christian Education

7:00 PM

Monthly

SAIL (Serving All in Love)

7:00 PM

Monthly - 4th Tuesday