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Black River Falls
United Methodist Church
100 North Fourth Street
Black River Falls, Wisconsin
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June

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July

INWHA SHON, PASTOR
Worship Service: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School:
9:15 a.m. (September - May)
Office Hours:
7:45am. - 3:45pm.
Tuesday-Friday
Telephone:
715-284-4114
Website: brfumc.org
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THE BLACK RIVER
FALLS
UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
NEWSLETTER
“Serve, Teach, and Love
as We Grow in Faith”

THE BLACK RIVER FALLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
NEWSLETTER, JUNE & JULY 2022
“Serve, Teach, and Love As We Grow In Faith”
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ at BRF UMC:
Peace be with you. First of all, I pray for the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, TX, and for the victims of the war in Ukraine and all other places, and for people who have suffered and died of Covid-19.
I also pray for all of you as you go through this busy season of graduation ceremonies and parties. Our life is a mixture of good and bad things. While some enjoy happiness, others suffer from war, conflict, and tragedy. Pondering on this, I ask myself why I am here.
The other day my wife and I went to our garden to prepare for planting seeds and found there were so many weeds growing. How could they grow well without any care? How could something bad easily take place without any effort? Why does evil seem to prevail in our lives? Why do the wicked prosper?
When I raised my children, I found that children are quicker to learn the bad than the good. We know that good and evil always exist together in our lives and in our hearts, but it seems like the bad is more attractive to us. Temptation looked sweeter as Eve faced the temptation by Satan at the Garden of Eden. Ephesians 2:1-3, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.”
It is true that our sinful nature is intrinsic and instinctive. However, we have been saved by Jesus Christ who died for our iniquity and transgressions, so we are new creatures in Christ Jesus. We have been restored to the image of God, saints by God’s grace and love.
I invite you to stay in God’s loving care so that you can grow well spiritually and can transform our community and the world into disciples of Jesus Christ whom he commanded to do good. Now one thing I encourage you to do is to till your heart so it is soft enough to receive and grow God’s words well just as we till the ground full of weeds to be soft and ready to receive seeds that will grow into productive plants. Thanks to Jim so much for tilling my garden this year again.
God bless you.
Love in Christ,
Pastor Rev. Inwha Shon

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June

JUNE 1 Jean Anderson
JUNE 5 Lauren Perry
JUNE 6 Barbara Hagenbrock
JUNE 7 Janet Krohn
JUNE 9 Debra Ward
Jacob Ross
JUNE 10 Sharon Melichar
Abigail Hill
JUNE 11 Abbi Goldsmith
JUNE 15 Evangeline Stender
JUNE 16 Vivian Simons
JUNE 18 David McCullough
Trey Cowley
JUNE 19 Michael Gaede
Sherry Olson
Alexis Odeen
JUNE 22 James Holt
Patrick Moe
JUNE 25 Marsha Harmer
Randy Bjerke
Anthony Holder
JUNE 26 Marlene Taylor
Joshua Farnsworth
JUNE 28 Peter Hoffman
Linda Atkinson
Justin Dougherty
JUNE 29 Jack Bailry Jr.
JUNE 30 Richard Goldsmith

JUNE 6 Abigayle Rave
Rylan Kapfer
JUNE 12 Tobias Christianson
JUNE 14 Mallory Finch
JUNE 19 Aaron Dawley
JUNE 23 Kenzie Olson
JUNE 28 Adaline Goldsmith

JUNE 1 Edward & Vione Brauner
JUNE 4 Dan & Mary Jelinek
JUNE 5 David & Marilyn Hoffman
JUNE 7 Darrell & Cathy Armbruster
JUNE 11 Steven & Patty Harelson
JUNE 13 Lawrence & Karen Pennekamp
JUNE 14 Todd & Lyn Gates
JUNE 17 Eugene & Janet Krohn
David & Linda McCullough
JUNE 18 David & Sherry Olson
JUNE 19 Peter & Jone Hoffman
JUNE 21 Timothy & Mary McCann
JUNE 22 Michael & Dana Rave
JUNE 23 Jeremy & Jana Nandory
JUNE 24 Robert & Clarice Rush

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July

JULY 2 Mark Jarrett
JULY 3 Gilbert Homstad
LuAnne Schoolcraft
JULY 6 Leroy Wiersma
JULY 9 Kristie Gomer
Lance Wiersma
JULY 13 Michael Kappen
Carol Jarrett
JULY 15 Juliann Talley
Daniel Brauner
JULY 19 Luane Meyer
JULY 21 John Piotrowski
Christine Odeen
JULY 22 Rose Moldenhauer
JULY 23 Wallace Atkinson
JULY 24 Rita Casper
JULY 26 Patty Iverson
JULY 27 David Casper
JULY 28 Susan Geade
Robert Hagen
Kim Amborn
JULY 29 Diane Moe
Jamie Pennekamp
JULY 31 Barry Goldsmith
Emily Stewart

JULY 1 Jaelyn Stowe
Jhett Hale
JULY 3 Amelia Holmen
JULY 13 Briar Peterson
JULY 15 Ryan Casper
JULY 26 Leah Kehr

JULY 11 Daniel & Jocelyn Brauner
JULY 13 Thomas & Lois Epps
JULY 17 Randy & Pamela Bjerke
JULY 22 James & Carol Hornby
JULY 27 Patrick & Judith Brauner
JULY 28 David & Gail Jelinek

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FINANCIAL REPORT - For the Months ended April 30, 2022
YTD Balance 2022 YTD Budget % of Budget
Income
Weekly Offerings $ 98,678.31 $ 94,070.00 104.90%
Special Offerings $ 584.00 $ 2,337.00 0.00%
Other Income $ 3,040.62 $ 5,649.00 53.83%
Total $ 101,718.93 $ 102,056.00 99.67%
Expenses
Apportionments $ 7,200.00 $ 14,401.00 50.00%
Programming $ 2,561.08 $ 3,381.00 75.75%
Pastoral Support $ 37,360.45 $ 38,208.00 97.78%
Program & Support Staff $ 19,553.74 $ 23,747.00 82.34%
Operations $ 21,799.75 $ 22,332.00 97.62%
Total $ 88,475.02 $ 102,069.00 86.68%
Difference $ 13,243.91 ($ 13.00)

In the first four months of 2022, The church’s income is under budget by $337.07 or .33%. The church received a significant gift in April which has made a significant difference.. Expenses continue to be under budget by $13,593.08 or 13.32%. Though the church is doing satisfactorily at this time, we continue to ask that you keep praying for our church finances. We thank everyone in our church family for your continued support. Remember these words from Luke 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you give it shall be measured to you again.” Jim Hornby, Finance Committee Chair

Finance News
The Finance Committee is grateful to all who have kept their pledge giving up to date. It is very important to continue to keep giving on a regular basis throughout the summer because our expenses don’t take a break during this time, and our biggest expenses are prorated over twelve months.
Your Church wants to remind you that we offer electronic giving as a way to automate your regular weekly offering. The electronic giving offers convenience for individual congregational members and provides much needed donation consistency for our congregation.
Direct Debit Giving is used to automatically transfer funds from your checking or savings account to the Church banking account.
Our Church also accepts donations through the Venmo System and allows congregational members to donate to the Church just by using their cell phone. You need to register for a Venmo account to complete this type of transaction. As you contemplate future contributions, please consider electronic giving. Authorization forms and additional information are available in the Church office.
Jim Hornby, Finance Committee Chair

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SUMMER IS HERE: Nicer weather as well. I hope everyone is able to get outside and enjoy all the beauty God has created.
Youth Group does not meet in the summer for regular weekly meetings. We will meet once a month for a special gathering. The first will be Wednesday June 22nd from 5:30-7pm. We will make homemade pizza and play some games.
Upcoming dates to add to your calendar are July 29th for a movie night and August 21st for a youth group picnic. More information will be sent later.
Our Circle of Grace Young Women will be hosting a United Women in Faith picnic on June 6th at the Chamber Park. Watch for more information on this.
If you have any questions on any of these gatherings, call or text me at 715-896-0224.
Suzanne Goldsmith
ONEFEST
One Fest will take place on July 29-31 at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, 225 Edward Street, Chippewa Falls, WI. Tickets for adults, (ages 18 and up) are $60.00. Youth (ages 11-17) are $30.00. Kids 10 and under are free. Tickets are good for the entire weekend.
It’s a time to connect with family and friends, and connect with the body of Christ. OneFest features many of today’s well-known artists on two different stages. Come and listen to Christian Music with artists such as David Crowder, Matthew West, Tasha Layton, Austin French, Mac Powell, Eagle brook Music, Maddie Rey and Sidewalk Prophets.

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Mission Outreach Committee report
BLESSING OF THE SWEATERS & KNIT FOR KIDS: May was our month to wrap up several projects. On May 7th we held the blessing of the sweaters for the Knit for Kids project for World Vision. We surpassed our goal of 100 items with 102. Thank you everyone for your support of this mission activity. That being said our yarn “closet” is completely bare and we are in need of more yarn donations. Acrylic yarns are best but all would be accepted. So as you are spring cleaning or if you are at yard sales please keep the church and this worthwhile project in mind.
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE: The Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SLP) bed build project was a huge success. Nearly 40 volunteers from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Black River Falls Lions Club, SLP team from Pigeon Falls and our church built 60 beds that day so children don’t sleep on the floor. Our church also donated 27 blankets, 28 sheet sets and 8 pillows. Our appeal for bedding also prompted a local bank to donate 80 pillows as well. The committee feels this mission project was a huge success thanks once again to everyone’s support. Additionally, our church gave a total of $994.00 in donations for this worthy cause. We were grateful for the use of the Jackson Electric building to work in and it is possible that future bed build projects will take place here too. Our local SLP chapter for Jackson and Trempealeau counties is considering doing bed builds in our area twice a year.
PATRICIA PROJECT: There is renewed interest in getting together again to sew for the Patricia Project which is the making of reusable sanitary pads for young women. Just like here in the U.S., hygiene products are costly and hard to obtain for some. Be watching for a date in the church bulletin and an announcement on Facebook.
Submitted by
Charlene Galston

To Members and Friends of United Women in Faith,
United Women in Faith celebrates the arrival of summer along with all of you. While our face-to-face meetings take a break until September, ideas from conversations with members and community do not. A list of how we can support women, children, and youth here and around the world, as well as support fellowship with church members and visitors continues to grow.
June brings our annual “potluck-into-summer” picnic on Monday, June 6th. We will be meeting at the Chamber of Commerce meeting room at 5:30pm. Circle of Grace, our young women’s group, will be hosting this gathering.
Also watch for our No-Bake Bake Sale fundraiser letter being sent to all women in the church. What ever financial support is raised through this event, goes right back into supporting our mission projects right here in Jackson County and UW in F missions around the world throughout this year.
Go forward with God’s Blessing,
Luane Meyer

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There are lots of reasons to buy Scrip Cards. Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduation, weddings, showers. Maybe you are hosting a backyard picnic. Buy yourself a card to get the food and supplies needed. Stop in the Gathering Area on Sundays, or call Marcia at 715-284-3346. I don't mind you stopping at my house to pick up cards, if that is more convenient. Just call first to see if I have what you need.

Seeking Applicants for Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
We are blessed to have younger families with children in our church. The Staff Parish Relations Committee is looking for a person to lead the of Children’s Ministry.
This rewarding 5-10 hour/week opportunity for someone with love and enthusiasm for helping children learn about the Bible, God’s unending love and grace, and what it means to be a follower of Jesus. The coordinator works closely with the Children and Youth Activities Committee to select curriculum for Sunday School and Vacation Bible School (VBS). Additionally, they will help to recruit teachers for Sunday School (grade 4K – 5th grade) as well as coordinate and oversee VBS. Other responsibilities for this paid position, include the ability to evaluate the need for additional programs to support our families and children and work with our music coordinator to provide music for Church School.
If you, or someone you know would be interested in this position, please contact Carol Hornby at 715-896-7684 or chornby@centurytel.net
Katrina McGillivray
Chair, Staff Parish Relations Committee

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CHOIR DIRECTOR AND PIANIST: Music is a piece of art that goes in the ears, straight to the heart.
We are excited to have Amanda Lang join us as our Choir Director. Having grown up in Baraboo, she studied Vocal Performance at North Central College in Illinois. She has been an actor at the Baraboo Theatre Guild and has directed the Baraboo High School musicals for the previous 8 years. When she is not singing and dancing, she is raising her son, Elliot to be a creative, musical, loving 5-year-old. Her passion to work with children is evident as she has worked in daycare the past several years and plans to return to school in the fall to get a degree in Elementary Education. Amanda brings with her a knowledge of Methodist liturgy having grown up in the church where her mother was a Methodist minister.
We are doubly blessed as we introduce Matt Schluntz, Amanda’s husband, who will be playing the piano for our services starting June 19. He has already wowed us with an impromptu accompaniment for the Joyful Noise choir 3 weeks ago. Matt grew up in Aurora, IL and met Amanda when they both had parts in their college musical. He has been the Black River Falls Tigers’ choral director since 2020 and the kids love him.
Please give a warm welcome to Amanda and Matt (and Elliot). We are so fortunate to have so much talent help us lift our voices in joyful praise!
Katrina McGillivray,
SPRC Chairperson

Reflection on Lay Servant Class on Prayer
Prayer is one of the most common forms of communication with God. The Advance Lay Servant course on Prayer taught us valuable lessons, some of which we often need to be reminded of. When we pray, think of the word, ACTS and include these in your daily prayer.
A: Adoration of the Father
C: Confession of our Sins
T: Thanksgiving to God
S: Supplication for our needs.
Further, as a church we need to engage in Corporate Prayer. Corporate Prayer (two or more individuals), communicating requests to God, expressing praise and worship of God, confessing sin, or thanking God. The Bible commands us to pray. Prayer is part of Worship of the Lord. Exercise it and it will become a strong muscle in your spiritual life. Pray for:
For our enemies (Matthew 5:44); For God to send missionaries (Luke 10:2) That we do not enter into temptation (Matthew 26:41); For ministers of the Word (Colossians 4:3, 2 Thessalonians 3:1); For government authorities (1 Timothy 2:1-3); For relief from affliction (James 5:13); and For the healing of fellow believers (James 5:16)

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What happened on this day in the history of Christianity?
Let Them Become Angels
June 2
The British Isles were evangelized perhaps as early as the first century, but the decline of the Roman Empire allowed the Anglo-Saxons to eventually overrun the islands. Christians were massacred, churches destroyed, the gospel nearly extinguished.
The years passed, and one day in Rome an abbot named Gregory saw three blond, blue-eyed British boys being sold in the slave market. His heart went out to them. Being told their nationality he reportedly said, “They are Anglos; let them become angels.”
He set out as a missionary, longing to reintroduce Christianity to the British, but the pope called him back before he had reached England. Shortly afterward, being named pope himself, Gregory dispatched a group of 30 or 40 missionaries led by a monk named Augustin.
The group landed near the mouth of the Thames in the spring of 597. They discovered that Queen Bertha of Kent had previously heard the gospel in her native France and had been converted.
With her help, King Ethelbert agreed to see Augustin, though he insisted their meeting be conducted in the open air where he thought Augustin’s “magic” wouldn’t affect him. But it did. Hearing Augustin preach, Ethelbert acknowledged Christ as Lord on this day, June 2, 597.
Later that year, the king and 10,000 of his subjects were baptized. The message of Christ spread throughout neighboring Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and as the church grew Augustin was named archbishop. King Ethelbert gave his own castle to the new archbishop, thus establishing the archbishopric of Canterbury as the episcopal center of England.
Augustin, refusing to compromise on points like the dating of Easter and modes of baptism, sowed much discord, marring his record. When he died on May 26, 604, he was buried in the cathedral of Canterbury with these words on his tomb: “Here rests Augustin, first archbishop of Canterbury, who being sent hither by Gregory, bishop of Rome, reduced King Ethelbert and his nation from the worship of idols to the faith of Christ.”
Paul went there to worship, and on three Sabbaths he spoke to the people. He used the Scriptures to show them that the Messiah had to suffer, but that he would rise from death. Paul also told them that Jesus is the Messiah he was preaching about. Some of them believed. Acts 17:2-4a
Morgan, Robert J., On This Day