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NOVEMBER IS —
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
One of the very proponents of an
American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C.
Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the
director of the Museum of Arts and
Science in Rochester, New York.
In 1915, Red Fox James, Blackfoot
Indian, rode horseback from state to state
seeking approval for a day to honor
Indians. On December 14, 1915, he
presented the endorsements of 24 state
governments at the White House. There
is no record, however, of a national day
being proclaimed.
In 1990 President George H. W. Bush
approved a joint resolution designating
November 1990 "National American
Indian Heritage Month."
Early Indian School - 1910 —
Native American with European Plow - 1910.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH —
• AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM •
IMMEDIATELY AFTER SCHOOL -
4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.
Kindergarten to 7th Grade.
A-C FOOD PANTRY OPEN IN CASEY
U.M.C. FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH —
HCI Pastor Leadership at District Office -
10 A.M.to 3 P.M.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH —
23ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
COLOR: GREEN
HOLY COMMUNION TODAY
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Dear Friends,
We have an excellent opportunity to
become educated about the possible
restructuring of the Iowa Conference
of the U.M.C., and to voice concerns and
offer guidance for possible consideration We have an excellent opportunity to
become educated about the possible
restructuring of the Iowa Conference
of the U.M.C., and to voice concerns and
before final recommendations are
presented for voting during the June
2015 Annual Conference. The Conference
Treasurer will be at First United Methodist
Church in Atlantic this coming
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 P.M. to speak to
us and to answer any concerns that you
might have.
Below is the letter from our District
Superintendent, Terra Amundson, that I
included in this past Sunday's bulletin
about the upcoming meeting. I will be
attending this meeting, so I'd love to have
a car full or two go along. As in all areas
of our lives, the more we educate
ourselves on the issues at hand and
listen to the communication first hand,
the better our lives are for it.
Thank you for your prayerful
consideration.
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Melodee
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Friends,
Terry Montgomery, the Iowa Annual
Conference Treasurer and Director of
Administrative Services will be in the
district SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th,
sharing the recommendations from the
Conference Redesign Taskforce. These
meetings will take place at Broadway/
Council Bluffs, at 2:00, and at
Atlantic 1st United, at 6:30.
These meetings are an opportunity to
become educated about the work of the
taskforce, and to hear recommendations
being considered for Conference
restructuring. It is also an opportunity to
voice concerns and to offer guidance for
possible consideration before final
recommendations are presented for
voting during the June 2015 Annual
Conference.
I encourage the laity and clergy of the
Southwest District to make every effort
to attend one of these meetings on
November 16th as a means of learning
about and influencing decisions as to
the future form and function of Iowa
Annual Conference.
Grace and Peace,
Terra Amundson
Southwest District Superintendent
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SCRIPTURE READINGS —
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JUDGES 4:1-7
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
After Ehud's death, the Israelites again
began to "do evil." The narrator tells us
this is why they fell into the hands of
Jabin, a Canaanite king,
King Jabin of Canaan reaps the benefit of
Israel’s evil. For twenty years, he was able
to hold sway over the people by the
strength of his military personnel and
technology. The Israelites prayed for
God's help. God used Deborah, a judge,
and Barak, a military leader, to free them.
DEBORAH
1-3 The People of Israel kept right on
doing evil in God’s sight. With Ehud dead,
God sold them off to Jabin king of Canaan
who ruled from Hazor. Sisera, who lived in
Harosheth Haggoyim, was the commander
of his army. The People of Israel cried out
to God because he had cruelly oppressed
them with his nine hundred iron chariots
for twenty years.
4-5 Deborah was a prophet, the wife of
Lappidoth. She was judge over Israel at
that time. She held court under Deborah’s
Palm between Ramah and Bethel in the
hills of Ephraim. The People of Israel went
to her in matters of justice.
from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him,
“It has become clear that God, the God of
Israel, commands you: Go to Mount Tabor
and prepare for battle. Take ten companies
of soldiers from Naphtali and Zebulun. I’ll
take care of getting Sisera, the leader of
Jabin’s army, to the Kishon River with all
his chariots and troops. And I’ll make sure
you win the battle.”
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PSALM 123
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
A PILGRIM SONG
1-4 I look to you, heaven-dwelling God,
look up to you for help.
Like servants, alert to their master’s
commands,
like a maiden attending her lady,
We’re watching and waiting, holding our
breath,
awaiting your word of mercy.
Mercy, God, mercy!
We’ve been kicked around long enough,
Kicked in the teeth by complacent rich
men,
kicked when we’re down by arrogant
brutes.
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1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-11
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
"Strength for Today, Bright Hope for
Tomorrow" Live in the Day, Not Fearing
the Night to Come.
The Day of the Lord will come at an
unexpected time. Therefore, Paul exhorts
us to remain sober, faithful, and hopeful,
and continue to build up and encourage
one another.
1-3 I don’t think, friends, that I need to
deal with the question of when all this is
going to happen. You know as well as I
that the day of the Master’s coming can’t
be posted on our calendars. He won’t call
ahead and make an appointment any more
than a burglar would. About the time
everybody’s walking around complacently,
congratulating each other—“We’ve sure
got it made! Now we can take it easy!”—
suddenly everything will fall apart. It’s
going to come as suddenly and
inescapably as birth pangs to a pregnant
woman.
4-8 But friends, you’re not in the dark, so
how could you be taken off guard by any
of this? You’re sons of Light, daughters
of Day. We live under wide open skies and
know where we stand. So let’s not sleep
walk through life like those others. Let’s
keep our eyes open and be smart. People
sleep at night and get drunk at night. But
not us! Since we’re creatures of Day, let’s
act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober,
dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of
salvation.
9-11 God didn’t set us up for an angry
rejection but for salvation by our Master,
Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that
triggered life. Whether we’re awake with
the living or asleep with the dead, we’re
alive with him! So speak encouraging
words to one another. Build up hope so
you’ll all be together in this, no one left
out, no one left behind. I know you’re
already doing this; just keep on doing it.
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MATTHEW 25:14-30
THE MESSAGE MSG)
Jesus uses a provocative, even offensive
story in his description of the kingdom of
heaven while teaching in the temple.
The core issue in this story is not how
much people were willing to risk. The two
issues in this story are about what God is
ready to entrust to us and what kind of
master we think God is.
THE STORY ABOUT INVESTMENT
14-18 “It’s also like a man going off on an
extended trip. He called his servants
together and delegated responsibilities.
To one he gave five thousand dollars, to
another two thousand, to a third one
thousand, depending on their abilities.
Then he left. Right off, the first servant
went to work and doubled his master’s
investment. The second did the same. But
the man with the single thousand dug a
hole and carefully buried his master’s
money.
19-21 “After a long absence, the master of
those three servants came back and
settled up with them. The one given five
thousand dollars showed him how he
had doubled his investment. His master
commended him: ‘Good work! You did
your job well. From now on be my partner.’
22-23 “The servant with the two thousand
showed how he also had doubled his
master’s investment. His master
commended him: ‘Good work! You did
your job well. From now on be my partner.’
24-25 “The servant given one thousand
said, ‘Master, I know you have high
standards and hate careless ways, that
you demand the best and make no
allowances for error. I was afraid I might
disappoint you, so I found a good hiding
place and secured your money. Here it is,
safe and sound down to the last cent.’
26-27 “The master was furious. ‘That’s a
terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live
cautiously like that! If you knew I was
after the best, why did you do less than
the least? The least you could have done
would have been to invest the sum with
the bankers, where at least I would have
gotten a little interest.
28-30 “‘Take the thousand and give it to
the one who risked the most. And get rid
of this “play-it-safe” who won’t go out on
a limb. Throw him out into utter darkness.’
• 1776 - British troops captured Fort
Washington during the American
Revolution.
• 1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman
and his troops began their "March to the
Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.
• 1907 - Oklahoma was admitted as the
46th state in the union.
• 1933 - The United States and the Soviet
Union established diplomatic relations for
the first time.
• 1981 - A vaccine for hepatitis B was
approved.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH —
Happy Birthday Jade Weber!
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THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY
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• 1603 - Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for
treason. He was knighted in 1585. He was
granted a royal patent to explore Virginia,
which paved the way for future English
settlements. He and his men ransacked a
Spanish outpost, so he was then arrested
and then executed in London in 1618
• 1869 - The Suez Canal opened in Egypt,
linking the Mediterranean to the Red sea.
• 1913 - The steamship Louise became the
first ship to go through the Panama Canal.
• 1988 - Benazir Bhutto became the first
woman leader of an Islamic country. She
was elected in the first democratic
elections in Pakistan in 11 years.
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• 1883 - The U.S. and Canada adopted a
system of standard time zones.
• 1903 - The U.S. and Panama signed a
treaty that granted the U.S. rights to build
the Panama Canal.
• 1936 - Germany and Italy recognized the
Spanish government of Francisco Franco.
• 1966 - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did
away with the rule against eating meat on
Fridays.
• 1976 - The parliament of Spain approved
a bill that established a democracy after
37 years of dictatorship.
• 1993 - An integral part of the negotiations
to end apartheid in South Africa was the
creation of a new, non-discriminatory
constitution for the country. On this date
Representatives from 21 South African
political parties approved a new binding
constitution.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH —
Happy Birthday Rob Noland!
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• DORCAS-RUTH CIRCLE MEETS AT 1:30
HOSTESS: MILDRED SORBER
• ESTHER CIRCLE MEETS AT 7 P.M.
HOSTESS: DONNA SHEEDER
HOSTESS: MYRNA WHETSTONE
• 1794 - Britain's King George III signed
the Jay Treaty, which resolved the issues
left over from the Revolutionary War.
• 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered
his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a
national cemetery at the site of the Civil
War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
• 1919 - After World War I, the U.S. Senate
rejected the Treaty of Versailles with a
vote of 55 in favor to 39 against. A
two-thirds majority was needed for
ratification.
The new provisions to the treaty forced
Germany to disarm, make substantial
territorial concessions, and pay many
reparations to certain countries in the
amount of 132 billion Marks, roughly
equivalent to $442 billion US in 2014.
• 1997 - In Carlisle, IA, septuplets were
born to Bobbi McCaughey. It was only the
second known case where all seven were
born alive.
• 2002 - The U.S. government completed its
takeover of security in 424 airports
nationwide.
• 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first
released.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH —
DEBORAH-MARY CIRCLE MEETS TODAY
AT 2 P.M.
• 1789 - New Jersey became the first state
to ratify the Bill of Rights.
• 1873 - Budapest was formed when the
rival cities of Buda and Pest were united
to form the capital of Hungary.
• 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before an
international war crimes tribunal in
Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis ended.
The Soviet Union removed its missiles
and bombers from Cuba and the U.S.
ended its blockade of the island.
• 1967 - The Census Clock at the Dept. of
Commerce in Washington, DC, went past
200 million people.
• 1969 - The Nixon administration
announced a halt to residential use of the
pesticide DDT as part of a total phase out
of the substance.
• 1986 - Dr. Halfdan Maher, the director of
the World Health Organization, announced
the first coordinated global effort to fight
the disease AIDS.
• 1989 - Over 200,000 people rallied
peacefully in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
demanding democratic reforms.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST —
Happy Birthday Sydney Noland!
Happy Birthday Pat Hough!
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• 1620 - The Mayflower reached
Provincetown, MA. The ship discharged
the Pilgrims at Plymouth, MA, on
December 26, 1620.
• 1789 - North Carolina became the 12th
state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• 1877 - Thomas A. Edison announced the
invention of his phonograph.
• 1922 - Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was
sworn in as the first woman to serve as a
member of the U.S. Senate.
• 1942 - The Alaska Highway across Canada
was formally opened.
• 1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy
and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San
Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-
fated, two-day tour of Texas that would
end in Dallas.
• 1993 - U.S. House of Representatives
voted against making the District of
Columbia the 51st state.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND —
Happy Birthday Forest Schnobrich!
Happy Birthday Joe Moore!
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A-C FOOD PANTRY IN CASEY U.M.C.
9 A.M. TO 11 A.M.
• 1699 - A treaty was signed by Denmark,
Russia, Saxony and Poland for partitioning
of the Swedish Empire.
• 1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a.
"Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off
the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers
cornered him aboard his ship.
• 1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt,
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met
in Cairo to discuss the measures for
defeating Japan.
• 1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was
assassinated while riding in a motorcade
in Dallas, Texas. Texas Governor John B.
Connally was also seriously wounded.
• 1985 - 38,648 immigrants became citizens
of the United States. It was the largest ever
swearing-in ceremony.
• 2005 - Angela Merkel was elected as
Germany's first female chancellor.
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FUTURE FOCUS —————
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD IS
CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY
Bible Sunday in National Bible Week
(November 23-30).
• The office will probably be open Monday
November 24th, Tuesday, 25th, and
Wednesday, 26th before Thanksgiving —
(unless we have a blizzard).
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH:
THIS IS THANKSGIVING DAY
contributions this week. You are the
beating heart that keeps the church alive.
God Bless and Keep You,
Donna
