Saron United Church of Christ

W3830 County Road J

Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085

RaeAnn Beebe, Pastor Phone: 920-467-6202 Cell: 920-838-3172 revraeann@saronucc.org

Judy Knuth—Newsletter Editor Phone: 920-893-0391 jjknuth57@excel.net

Barb Post—Administrative Assistant Phone: 920-467-6202 barb@saronucc.org

Kari Mooney—Financial Secretary kari@saronucc.org

Church Phone: 920-467-6202 Saron Website: www.saronucc.org

January 2019

From The Pastor

My dental hygienist told me that the gums on the left side of my mouth were receding. She asked if I brushed that side of my mouth first. Apparently, we brush harder when we begin brushing then we do toward the end. After 50 some years of brushing my teeth the same way, I had to learn to brush them differently! It wasn’t easy. Just starting on opposite side proved to be very difficult. I had to really think about what I was doing, and it seemed so awkward. Something as simple as brushing my teeth became a challenge. I wondered if it was worth learning a new way, but I really like my teeth and didn’t want to risk losing them (the hygienist said that could happen). So, I continued to work at it, thinking about each step of a simple task, and eventually I got it. Now, I really don’t think that much about it. A new way of brushing my teeth is now my normal way of brushing my teeth.

Changing the way we do things is never easy, especially if we have been doing them that way for so long. Sometimes though there is a very good reason to change. Sometimes we find that the effort to change is really worth it. We don’t notice the difference as much as we thought we would.

All of us have gone though a lot of changes in the past year. Not only here at Saron, but in our personal lives as well. Some of the changes we welcomed, and some were hard to adjust too, maybe we are still adjusting.

A New Year is upon us bringing with it opportunities we have not yet imagined. What are your hopes and dreams for Saron UCC in this new year? In what ways are you willing to be involved to see that happen? Share these with me and with the Consistory.

Great things are on the horizon and it will take all of us working together and learning new ways of being church. It may not be easy. We may have to think about each step as we move along. But we have each other and we have God.

Blessed New Year,

Pastor RaeAnn

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The Annual Meeting of Saron United Church of Christ

Will be held Sunday, January 27, 2019, at 11:15 A.M.

Nominations for Elected Leaders

The Consistory of Saron Church is made up of three elders (who are responsible for the congregation's spiritual life), three deacons (who are responsible for the stewardship of finances & property), the treasurer (who oversees the financial security of the church), & the pastor.

The nominees for elder are: Nate Dassow & DuWayne Nohl

The nominees for deacon are: Jason Bitter & Deanna Milz

The Consistory requests the trustees to carry out repair and maintenance projects around the church building and grounds.

The nominees for trustee are: Dan Albright & Ryan Harper

The Christian Education Board chooses the Sunday School curriculum, recruits and trains teachers, and plans Vacation Bible School and the Christmas program.

The nominees for Christian Education Board are: Sarah Schuette & Heather Zimbal

The Cemetery Board is responsible for the maintenance of the cemetery and its funds.

The nominees for the Cemetery Board are: Jay Flegal & Kurt Mauk

The Endowment Committee is responsible for congregational awareness and prudent investing of Saron's Endowment Funds.

The nominees for Endowment Committee are: Kari DeHart & Teri Strub

The Pastor Parish Relations Committee meets at least quarterly with the pastor to ensure a healthy relationship between the pastor and the congregation.

The nominees for the Pastor Parish Relations Committee are: Judy Dumke & Brian Gumm

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Sunday, December 30th, 2018. ONE service only at 9:30 a.m.

Also This is the last day for you contributions to be credited to 2018.

ATTENTION ALL GROUPS/COMMITTEES with financial accounts—you must

submit a year-end report to Kari Mooney, the Financial secretary by JANUARY

6, 2019. You can either drop it off in the church office or you can email it to her

at kari @saronucc.org.

PROPOSED BUDGET MEETING will take place between services at 9:00 a.m. on

Sunday, January 20, 2019 in the Sanctuary.

ANNUAL MEETING—SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 following the 10:15 a.m.

Worship Service.

Help Us Undecorate The Christmas Trees

The undecorating of the trees and the church will take

place on January 6th, 2019, immediately following

the 10:15 a.m. service. All are invited to help.

WHAT TO DO IF WE ARE HAVING BAD WEATHER

Winter is here! We hate to cancel worship, but if

we need to, Tune in to WHBL 1330 AM

(Sheboygan), Milwaukee TV Stations 4 (WTMJ),

FOX 6, 12 (WISN), 58 (CBS 58) or Green Bay TV

Stations 2 (WBAY) or 5 (WFRV); call the church

office to listen for a cancellation message

(467-6202) or check the church website for a can-

cellation notice (www.saronucc.org

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Advent Angel Tree

The awesome generosity of the members of Saron is truly amazing. Our hearts are overflowing at

the kindness you have shown to brightened the lives of many people this Christmas. All the tags

that were taken were returned by Sunday. We appreciate the time people spent picking out items

on the tags and the wrapping them up so beautifully. The children and their families in the

Sheboygan County Head Start Program will receive many needed items to live day to day plus

some toys for the children. We also provided gifts for Seniors from Pine Haven and Sunny Ridge

Nursing Homes who would not have received a gift this Christmas. Also thank you for the cash

donations we received. We used the money to purchase gifts for the tags that were not taken from

the tree.

We are so thankful for your kindness during this Christmas season!!

The Women’s Guild

Cookie Sale

The Women’s Guild and Prayer Shawl

Ministries would like to send a big THANK

YOU to all those who purchased cookies.

The money we made will help support

projects that we do.

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A NOTE FROM BECKY CHARBONNEAU

SARON’S SPECIAL MUSIC COORDINATOR

Here is the new link for the new sign-up for Winter/Spring Special

Music at Saron.

-https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D44ABA72EA0FA7-winter

You may also call me, Becky at 920-946-8345 and I can schedule

your ensemble or solo,

I can also work with you or your group to learn something for worship.

Let me know how I can help. Thanks!

Those who are homebound or in care centers: Janice Hartmann (Pine Haven, Haven Drive Campus), Janet Klemme (Pine Haven Assisted Living, Giddings Ave. Campus), Ilene Struve (Rocky Knoll), Marilyn Perronne (at home), Mae Schmidt (at home), Beverly Kleinhans (at Prairie Crossing)

We celebrated the Sacrament of Baptism for

Case Kyle Pennell, son of Kyle & Brianna

Pennell, who was baptized on December 2,

2018. Case was born on July 12, 2018. His

sponsors are Ashley Jaeger and Tammy

Kaczoroski.

Jordon Rick

(U.S. Marine Corps) Christopher Kletzien

(U.S. Army)

Change of Address

As of December 20th Allen & Sue Nohl’s

new address will be:

797 Ethan Allen Drive

Howards Grove, WI 53083

Help Is Needed For The Little Disciples

The Board of Christian Education is looking for

help on the dates of January 6th and May 19 for

the Little Disciples. f you are able to help out

please contact Jessica Herzog at 893-2328.

Our Blacktop Project Has Been Paid Off!

The money has been transferred from the Improvement Fund to the

General Fund in the amount of $4,708.45 which officially makes our

blacktop project complete and paid in full. Thank You!

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CONGRTULATIONS to Saron members Seth Morse and Jaiden Haack.

Both boys earned their Eagle Scout Award, November 1, 2018.

INVITATION TO ALL SARON MEMBERS

We, Jamie Haack parent of Jaiden and David and Janice Morse parents of Seth and grandparents of Jaiden,

would honor your presence at their Eagle Scout Ceremony.

These festivities will be held at Saron, Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 11:30 am.

Saron congregation has been instrumental in supporting and helping the boys through their scouting career and

achieving this prestigious award. We are so grateful to those who have guided and nurtured them through their

adolescent years and ask your continued blessings as they grow to young adults.

A lite lunch will be served in the Fellowship Hall in their honor following the ceremony.

Please join our families as we celebrate this honorable achievement in their lives.

Sincerely,

Jamie, Dave and Janice

Please R.S.V.P to Janice Morse 920-980-1666 or email, morse1995@gmail.com

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Happy Anniversary We hope you keep the following couples in your prayers as they celebrate

their Anniversary this month. If we missed your special day or reported a wrong date please let us

know by calling the church office at (467-6202 or e-mail barb@saronucc.org).

January 11 Glenn & Linda Ubbelohde—50 yrs.

January 12 Art & Janet Lammers

January 19 Jay & Jill Grosshuesch

January 23 Mark & Linda Shaw

January 24 Doug & Jill Daun

January 26 Don & Judy Ryan

Happy Birthday We hope you keep the following people in your prayers as they celebrate their

Birthday this month. If we missed your special day or reported a wrong date please let us know by

calling the church office at (467-6202 or e-mail barb@saronucc.org).

January 2 Kris Nohl

January 3 Carrie Nickel

January 4 Milton Braun

January 5 Jamie Haack

January 6 Elise Casadonte

Craig Grosshuesch

January 7 Matt Meinnert

January 8 Randy Sixel

January 9 Ed Schmidt

January 10 Dave Boldt

Marcus Dumke

Jill Farnum

January 11 Dorene Hanke

Waylon Kwekkeboom

January 12 Tim Feldmann

Jay Pike

January 13 Jan Binder

Du Wayne Nohl

Emma Pike

Haley Rautmann

Lois Schlichting

January 14 Kari DeHart

January 14 Glen Nohl

Coleson Trumm

Linda Wieck

Kathy Zittel

January 15 Isabelle Dassow

John Yellstrom

January 17 Nathan Roehl

January 18 Katie Haas

Ken Justinger

Laura Rautmann

January 19 Roberta Coppersmith

David Oostdyk

Russ Reichert

January 20 Jackson Jetzer

Dan Roehrborn

January 21 Karla Kletzien

Kendrick Kuzulka

Kalvin Kuzulka

Matt Wilke

January 24 Lisa Bunke

Sarah Gonzales

Shirley Schmidt

January 26 Reid Harper

Brynn Harper

January 27 Jeff Lubach

Marlene Mohr

January 28 Carleigh Milz

January 29 Matt Boedecker

Ryan Herzog

Carl Lindquist

January 30 Virginia Braun

Bill Gardapee

Kurt Mauk

Bentley Schmidt

January 31 Katelyn DeHart

Duane Hitsman