OUR MISSION: To honor God by leadingpeople to become devoted followers andministers of Jesus Christ.E s t a n c i a U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h ,

6 0 0 W i l l i am s , E s t a n c i a , N e w M e x i c o

P. O. Box 378, Estancia, NM 87016Church Office 384-5215Parsonage 384-2710

email: siyabonga@aol.com

Rev. Johann Neethling, Pastor

Sunday Worship 9:00 AMNursery Provided

Church School 10:30 AM

OCTOBER,2000

SUNDAY SERVANTSFOROCTOBER

WORSHIPASSISTANTSLayAssist: Roy DanielAcolytes: Georgie GomezUshers: Nick Griffo & Oscar GomezGreeters: Mary & Tracy Hemke

YOUTH SCRIPTUREREADERSOct. 1: Jeff BirdOct. 8: Miranda GomezOct. 15: Belynn SharpOct. 22: Catherine GomezOct. 29: Megan Bird

NURSERYOct. 1: Maria NeethlingOct. 8: Nick GomezOct. 15: Margaret GomezOct. 22: Renee CalhoonOct. 29: Jessica Gorum

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Greetings Estancia Saints,

We give thanks and praise toGod for all of you and thegenuine hunger and thirst for acloser walk with God and Hispeople many of you have expressed tous. We are encouraged by the numbers of you who have

participated recently in the Sunday School classes, theweekly times of prayer in the sanctuary, the launch of a newyear of LOGOS (50 youth showed up for our first night!Hallelujah!!), the numbers of sign-ups for both theExperiencing God Bible Studies and Anne’s, “Becoming aGodly Woman” class.

It has also been most encouraging to see the trustworthyTrustees tackling ten tasks (how’s that for alliteration!) witha firm commitment to get them completed within a month.Hooray for a freshlyenergized team!

We also praise God for the launch of our EstanciaUnitedMethodist Men’s Ministry among us as the first ten mencommitted to meet over breakfast on the third Saturday ofevery month for fellowship, mutual encouragement andsupport, and whatever ministry God will yet bring our way.DonFitzner and NickGriffowill be fixing breakfast onOctober 21st at 7am. Men of all ages are most welcome andencouraged to attend.

Our GIVE TOLIVE Stewardship Campaign is in full swingand we are being reminded afresh of how each of us hasbeen the recipients of God’s gracious and generous gifts offorgiveness, salvation, life, health, the Holy Spirit, thechurch, and so much more. And since the Father is a Giver,the more we become like Him, the more generous giverswe become, of our time, our talents, and our resources.On Sunday, October 1, we will be celebrating in worship thegiving spirit in this church in days gone by, in the present,and how we believe it will be in the years to come. ACelebration Luncheon in the Education Building will

for Kindergarten and one for 5 &6th graders). Please give Susanor Julieanne a call if you feellike taking part in thisawesome mid-week miraclethat is happening right in ourchurch. If you could come tothe church on a Wednesdaynight and observe, we wouldlove to have you do just that,or if you could come on overand serve in any capacity, we are in need each week andwould love to have you. We just want everyone to knowthat you are always welcome at LOGOS.

Next week's theme is Crazy Hats night and we are lookingforward to spending the evening with your children, withyou, and with our Lord.

God bless you,Julieanne and Susan

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL REPORTSeptember 3, 2000

Several topics were discussed at our regularAdministrative Council meeting on September 3rd.

PastorJohann reported that many projects havebegun. I'm sure he will mention these in his coach’sletter.

MarkYourCalendars fortheseUpcomingEvents:

October 1 - EUMCCelebration Dinner afterchurch.

October 21 - EUMC Men’sMinistry Breakfast 7:00am

October 23 - Chargeconference at the church 6:00pm

October 29 - Set your clocksback!! Oct

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PPRC Chairman,MikeCalhoun, reported the nurseryfurniture had been painted .

The Care and Outreach Chairman, AlmaWimsatt, reported that BonnieHughes andPastorJohann are delivering a loaf of freshbread to visitors of our church. A type of"Welcome Wagon" is being considered. Thedonated clothing was delivered to Bethel

Storehouse. Items collected by KathyGorumweredelivered to a family in McIntosh by PastorJohann andAlmaWimsatt.

Worship Chairman, JulieGriffo, reported that a churchchoir has been started and is meeting on Sunday eveningsto practice. Anyone is welcome to join the choir. Theywould like any of the young people to join them on Sundaynights. Specials for church services and special events arebeing planned.

The Education Committee Chairman, Sharla Sharpreported that church members have committed to teachSunday School for six months up to a year.

UMW President, Marcia Fitzner, reported that the EstanciaUMW received a five-star reward by our Conference. AlmaWimsattwas awarded the UMWmembership pin by theEstancia UMW.

MirandaGomez reported for the Youth Group. She statedthe highway cleanup project had beencompleted.

It was reported that the Logos Fall program would beginSeptember 13, 2000.

Mel Stephenson, Finance Chairman, gave an extensivereport on the Stewardship Program which was approved bythe Administrative Council. He also stated that we hadgreatly exceeded our expectations on the use of the copymachine. A motion was made and carried that eachcommittee chairman be notified that copy costs will comefrom their individual committee budget expenses.

After election of officers this Fall, an orientation meetingwill be conducted so that all officers will be aware of theirduties.

I was pleased that more chairmen turned in written reportsto the secretary. Won't you all please present the secretarywith your written report at our next meeting? It only takesa few minutes to write and is the proper way to do it.

--Ethel L. Floyd, Chairman

Report from the Boardof TrusteesThe Board of Trustees met on on September 5th. CyleSharp, chairman of the “Vision Twenty-One” Committeereported that upon inspection, it was not feasible to use the

building across the street for a church office.

Since “Work Days” have not been a great success, it wassuggested that 10 major goals be chosen and each Trusteebe responsible for the successful completion of one or moreof these goals by the next meeting (October 2). Followingare the ten goals chosen and the responsible trustee.

1. Look into the repair of the west wall of basement(MarcellaReynolds)2. Remove carpet from front entry and repair cementdamage (Cyle Sharp)3. Repair wood facia and gutters on

front of church (Mark Lambert)4. Repair/replace soffet & facia eastside Fellowship Hall (MikeCalhoon)5. Check plumbing in FellowshipHall and make repairs (MarkLambert)6. Replace float on Fellowship Hallcooler (Jeff Gorum)7.Winterize coolers FellowshipHall & parsonage (Jeff Gorum)8. Repair yard light SW corner ofChurch (Cyle Sharp)9. Replace tile & baseboard inparsonage bath (Cyle Sharp&MarkLambert)10. Repair light fixture in church basement (MarcellaReynolds)

---Marcella Reynolds

FROM YOURTREASURER.......I want to thank those who have gone the extra mile andgiven to a special apportionment. As of this month wehave paid four of the five apportionments that we arerequired to pay. We owe $1256 on the last requiredapportionment. Each apportionment needs it’s ownmoney in order to do it’s work in the church and the world.

Campus Ministry is one of our most importantapportionments. Why? The Campus Ministry tries tomeet every United Methodist college student on eachcampus, and they ask each church to send their collegestudents’ names to the campus minister. This is the firsttime most students are on their own and they need a placeto go to meet other students, have fellowship with otherChristians and to keep in touch with God.

Most Campus Ministries have meals, bible study, a placeto study and play games as well as just relax away fromdorm life.

Las Cruces Campus Ministry will be on a mission duringspring break. Two students have dedicated their lives tomission work. Because of their participation in aCampus Ministry, many young people will dedicate theirlives to God and serve in many worthwhile vocations.

On Monday September 11th, PastorJohann andMarcia Fitzner attended aworkshop led byDr. TexSample, UnitedMethodist pastor, author and retiredprofessor from St. Paul Seminary ofTheology in Kansas City.

Dr. Sample shared information on howthirty small-membership churches haveexperienced growth. He sharedinsight on the effect “oral culture”has on future and past ministries.He emphasized the need for bringingthe “electronic culture” into smallmembership churches and thepotential benefits that can result.

The following day participants discussed what they hadlearned and took the opportunity to visualize what theycould accomplish in their respective churches with thisnew information.

Marcia and Pastor Johannwill be working with variousgroups in our church to determine how this newinformation can best be utilized.

This event was funded through the apportionmentscollected from all Methodist churches...another way thatyour money helps spread the good news.

---Marcia Fitzner

(LikeEstanciaUMC)

Our apportionment pays a salary for a director,helps with program funding and buildingmaintenance. Each Campus Ministry also worksto raise money for buses, trips, and other activities.

We need to pray for our Campus Ministries andsupport them with our gifts. Please pray aboutgiving to any of the apportionments. Thank you!

---Carolyn Moore, Treasurer