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Fairfax United Methodist Church

FAIRFAX MESSENGER

SEPTEMBER 2021

Jesus Blesses the Children Luke 18:15-17 15 One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he

could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.

16 Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom

of God belongs to those who are like these children. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the

Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

I love this scripture of Jesus demonstrating the worlds interactions with a heavenly vision. You may be asking yourself; what vision is taking place here? In this momentary interaction Jesus, the manifestation of God with humanity is accepting of giving blessings to many people then parents brought their young children to Jesus.

This excerpt of Jesus and the children happened during the few years that Jesus was in His earthly ministry of reconciliation of the disenfranchised, healing, and transformation of lives. On this day Jesus had preached to crowds preforming all the above-mentioned items, afterward some parents brought little children to Jesus to be blessed. Ministry was in full swing, the disciples witnessed everything that had taken place in their midst… but then they reject the children.

The Apostles saw this blessing as a bother to Jesus. Our Lord however has a different way of looking at His children, instead as the world sees them. Jesus I’m sure saw the potential of what was happening here. There were a few things that were taking place. First there are the parents faithful witness here. The parents of the children brought their babies to Jesus to be blessed demonstrating the deep faith. The second thing that was happening is that the Apostles are looking at this as a nuisance instead of a blessing. After all, children should be seen and not heard, right? Wrong!!!! Children are the future of all things and as God’s children they should have opportunities to receive God’s blessing at all moments of their lives, as we all should.

I believe that some of us are in the same position as the Apostles, we say to ourselves we don’t want to bring this or that to Jesus because we would bother Him. This isn’t the case; Jesus doesn’t get bothered by His children. All who trust Jesus approach Him as if you are a child receiving love and grace, for you my friends are a child of God. As a child of God know that Jesus never rejects you or forsakes you because He wants all His children to not be hindered and come to Him.

- Pastor Andrew Sanders

Pastor’s

Corner

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TITHES & OFFERINGS Yes, we are having in-house services (masks optional)! If you do not feel comfortable being in groups, please continue to give by one of our other means...

You can use our GivePlus+ mobile app (see below— you are able to give to multiple ministries on the app) or mail to PO Box 318, Fairfax MO 64446

Also: don’t forget to give towards our loose change campaign...Youth Missions (Chokwe UMC)

Summer is here and that means vacations!!

With GivePlus Church, our mobile giving app, you can make giving easier even when you’re

away from home! Download the app to your phone to be able to give anytime, anywhere!

Give to any of our church funds:

General Adopt a Family Memorial

Altar Flowers Bulletins Website

Special Sundays Benevolent Text Spnsr

Backpack Buddies Youth Missions (Chokwe UMC)

You can also choose whether to donate as a guest, or you can set up an account that will allow you to

conveniently schedule and manage recurring donations, store bank account information

for future gifts and view giving history.

Choir Practice

7:00 pm Thur., Sep 9th

and Thur., Sep 23rd (will decide performance dates

at first practice)

Tarkio—Westboro—Fairfax Food Pantry Please drop your items in the white basket by the west doors!

September Items: Sugar - Box of Pancake Mix - Syrup (plastic bottle)

Next Month:

The WEE’s HAM DINNER AND BASKET AUCTION is scheduled for SUN., OCTOBER 24.

Make sure you put it into your calendars!!

Please let Pam Davis or Alice Kemerling know if you are donating a basket.

Children’s Sunday School

Our children’s classes ARE MEETING! ALL KIDS ARE WELCOME—bring a friend! The children have been doing service type projects each Sunday morning throughout summer!!

August 29th—‘Blessing House/Prayer Walk’ … stock/inventory in the Blessing House and take a Prayer Walk

September 5th—Games and/or catching up on any blankets or boxes that need finished

September 12th—regular SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES RESUME!

We are having kids sign up for Backpack Buddies right now during the

first weeks of school!

It will cost $175 to support one child for a full year but ANY SIZE DONATION IS WELCOME!

How to Donate - 3 easy steps:

1. Check made payable to Second Harvest Community Food Bank

2. Please put ‘Fairfax MO Backpack Buddies’ on the memo line

3. Mail your donation to: Second Harvest Community Food Bank, 915 Douglas Street, St. Joseph, MO 64505

(Church members may also give donations on Sunday’s and we will mail the funds to Second Harvest. Just make sure to

memo them Backpack Buddies.)

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Betsy Bingo sponsored by the Fairfax United Methodist youth!!

The stucco on the outside of the elevator addition needed to be replaced.

Charge Conference Sunday, October 3rd at 3:00 pm VIRTUAL

ALL Board Members are asked to attend because we use the Simplified Administrative Structure.

To register online please use this link: https://missouri-reg.brtapp.com/21CC1033

(all our forms need to be into the District Office by Tuesday, September 14th—at time of printing we still need PPR to work on Pastoral Support Form and Nominations to finish filling out our Local Officials for our Simplified Admin Structure for 2022 and then the Board will need to OK all forms.)

Fairfax Fair 2021

“Magic on Main Street”

Pastor Andrew during the Sunday morning

Worship-in-the-Park.

Ronnie drives the tractor for the SS Harry Combs.

Worship-in-the-Park

Needed:

helpers able to pick apples Sunday, Aug. 29th. We will plan on making cider on Sunday, Sept.12th.

Anyone who can help us out either Sunday, starting @ 1:00pm, will be much appreciated!

Everyone is welcome to help themselves to apples to take home, and we will divide the cider among everyone.

On cider day please bring a lawn chair, knife to cut apples in half, any plastic containers

they have for cider, and a potluck dish for a meal afterward. We will be in our farm shed.

It's great fellowship, lots of fun, and the hard work comes with a reward!

-Thanks, Jim and Mary Brown

Welcome Back Dinner for Pastor Andrew starting his 6th year!

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Festival of Sharing

The Merida Foundation is a charity focusing efforts on nutrition and VISION resources for residents in rural villages in Mexico’s Yucatan State. The organization supports nutritious meals for hundreds of children at 10 nutrition sites and rehabilitates USED EYEGLASSES for residents in need. With the help of the Festival of Sharing, one small donation to this ministry allows a child to see the blackboard, a women to continue her sewing, or a man to read a newspaper.

Filled packs,

blankets and

used eyeglasses,

may be brought to

the church

now through

Sunday,

September 26th!

PLEASE FOLLOW

SIZES/DIRECTIONS

LISTED FOR ITEMS—

they want each pack

that they hand out

to be equal.

(We will have the large 2—2 1/2 gallon zippered storage bags here at the church—you may just bring items in a shopping bag!)

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER

Worship Schedule

Sunday School: 9:30 am

In-house Worship: 10:30 am

(masks optional) and on Facebook

Channel 61: 4:00pm Tues

Office Hours

8:00 am—12:00 pm Mon—Thurs

Phone: 660-686-3314

umc@fairfaxmo.net

Fax: 660-686-9505 (during office hours)

Pastor’s Hours

Tue & Thur 8am-12pm

OR call for appt

Cell: 417-770-6731

Email: asanders1016 @yahoo.com

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Promise Keepers: 6:00am

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Meals-on-Wheels: Suzanne

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Festival of Sharing:

6 Labor Day

Office Closed

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? Kiwanis: 12 noon

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Promise Keepers: 6:00am

Worship Team Mtg: 6:00pm

W.E.E.: 7:00pm

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Choir practice: 7:00pm

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Meals-on-Wheels: Mardee

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Festival of Sharing:

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? Kiwanis: 12 noon

Charge Conf. forms due to District Office

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Promise Keepers: 6:00am

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Meals-on-Wheels: Alice

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Festival of Sharing:

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Newsletter Deadline: Oct

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? Kiwanis: 12 noon

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Promise Keepers: 6:00am

UMM: 6:00pm

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Choir practice: 7:00pm

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Meals-on-Wheels: Amy

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Festival of Sharing: LAST DAY to

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? Kiwanis: 12 noon

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Promise Keepers: 6:00am

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2021 Pastor Andrew Sanders 209 N 6th St., Tarkio, MO 64491 - Cell: 417-770-6731

Fairfax UMC

305 N. Broadway, PO Box 318,

Fairfax, MO 64446

www.fairfaxumc.net - 660-686-3314

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HOTLINES:

Boys Town National Hotline ---- 1-800-448-3000 24/7...365 days a year...teens/parents/families

Child Abuse and Neglect -------- 1-800-392-3738

Elderly Abuse and Neglect ------ 1-800-392-0210

Gambling Addiction -------------- 1-888-BETSOFF ------------------------------------- (1-888-238-7633)

Mental Health Crisis Line ------- 1-800-392-0280

Missouri School Violence -------- 1-866-748-7047

Poison Control --------------------- 1-800-392-9111

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence --------------------------------------- 1-800-548-2480

Suicide Prevention Lifeline ----- 1-800-273-TALK ------------------------------------- (1-800-273-8255)

Teen-to-Teen Hotline ------------ (800) TLC-TEEN ---------------------------------------- (800) 852-8336

Crisis TEXT Line ----------------------------- 741741

September Birthdays

Rose Adamson 09/01 Tabitha Wintz 09/08 Jax Peregrine 09/08 Patty Kemerling 09/10 Randall Sly 09/11 Jenea' Salmond 09/13 Harper Smith 09/13 Melanie Riley 09/16

Dave Kemerling 09/17 Kaylyn Sander 09/17 Megan Torres 09/21 Audrey Zumbrunnen 09/21 Pam Davis 09/22 Dustin Graves 09/23 Dennis Bowlin 09/25 Drew Sanders 09/25 Alice Kemerling 09/27 Scout Smith 09/27 Maxon Graves 09/27 Janet Morton 09/29

September

Anniversaries

Scott & Holly Swinehart 09/01 Jim & Judy Holtz 09/03 Travis & Tessa Martin 09/10 John & Whitney Gilbert 09/24 Gregg & Lori Smith 09/27 Mike & Pam Monk 09/29

If you or your loved ones are not on the list, contact the church office:

umc@fairfaxmo.net or 686-3314 with your info and we will get

our records updated.

United Methodist

Men (UMM) Wed., Sept. 22nd at 6:00 pm

Women’s Evening

Edition (WEE) Wed., Sept. 8th at 7:00 pm

Office Closed Mon., Sept. 6th for Labor Day

Worship Team: Wed., Sept. 8th at 6:00 pm

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Birthdays and

Anniversaries Recognized on the last Sunday of each month, during our morning worship!

Serving our church

in September:

Altar Flowers ($35): Travis & Tessa Martin in memory of loved ones

Bulletins ($10ea):

Sep 5: Ralph & Gale Ball in memory of loved ones

Sep 12: Ralph & Gale Ball in memory of loved ones

Sep 19: Jim & Mary Brown in memory of loved ones

Sep 26: Gerry & Mardee Collingham in memory of families

Communion Steward: Lois Wiley September 5th

2 slickTEXT Sponsors: 1) The White Family

($25 ea) 2) Bob & Amy Sefrit

Ushers: Jim Brown; ______________

Website Sponsor ($26.25): __________________

(Please contact the church office if you can fill any of the open areas.)

Stewardship 2021:

facebook You can find a link to watch our online services, or to just look over our page, on our church website at: www.fairfaxumc.net.

Monday through

Monday through

Monday through

Monday through

Monday through

We HAVE RE-STARTED our visits to the jail!

We could use more volunteers…

please prayerfully consider if this could be YOU! Call Lois at 660-736-4965 or 660-623-0040.

Receipts as of Aug 26, 2021:

Plate & Electronic Offerings: Attendance:

First Sunday 1,331.00 32

Second Sunday 2,776.00 41

Third Sunday 2,479.00 32

Fourth Sunday 75.00 park

Fifth Sunday - -

Total ‘General’ Offerings: 6,661.00 De

BUDGETED ‘General’ Account only: Received to Date Total Income: 75,990.31 Total Budgeted to date: 82,665.00 (2,505 weekly)c.

Received Received SPECIAL OFFERINGS: To Date Adopt-a-Family 0.00 0.00 Altar Flowers 105.00 280.00 Backpack Buddies 50.00 50.00 Benevolent Fund 0.00 50.00 Building Use 0.00 300.00 Bulletins 30.00 280.00 Cash Back (iGive/UMC Market) 0.00 6.18 Festival of Sharing 0.00 0.00 Food Pantry 0.00 0.00 GHG (formerly FRB) 0.00 0.00 Memorials 0.00 100.00 Mozambique Initiative: Loose Change 58.03 1,373.90 Fundraisers 0.00 2,043.00 Sunday School 35.00 451.38 Text Sponsor 50.00 345.00 Web Site 0.00 135.75 Special Sundays: Human Relations Day 0.00 2.00 UMCOR Sunday 0.00 330.00 Native American Ministries 0.00 140.00 Peace with Justice 0.00 0.00 World Communion 0.00 0.00 UM Student Day 0.00 0.00

Meals On Wheels Sep 3—Suzanne Sep 10—Mardee

Sep 17—Alice Sep 24—Amy

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Address Service Requested

Fairfax United Methodist Church 305 N. Broadway P.O. Box 318 Fairfax, MO 64446

FAIRFAX MESSENGER

SEPTEMBER 2021

Blessing House - Located outside of the Methodist

Church !

KEEPING THIS STOCKED AND AVAILABLE!

Sharing & showing God’s love for his people!!

What is in the blessing house?

Non-perishable items

Who can access it?

Anyone can access it, at any time.

PLEASE DONATE NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS

When you get your groceries—just remember the Blessing House and pick

up a few extra items to put into the HOUSE...

Thank you all so much!!

You may either put your donations directly into the house or place them

in the elevator foyer by the shelves.

Our House is being used a lot! ♥ … especially the beginning of the month

(local Food Pantry isn’t open till last half of month)