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1, 2018 • Volume 31, Number 5

Worship Looking Ahead

Services • Sunday, Jan. 28-Feb. 11: MUMC hosts
Four unique Room at the Inn
worship • Sunday, Feb. 4: Donut Sunday in
opportunities Cornerstone Coffee Shop
are offered on Dinner Club Kick-Off in the Parlor after
Sunday. the 10:30 service
• Sunday, Feb. 11: Blessing of the
Facilitators during all services
8am
Dessert with the Pastor for those
McMurry wanting to learn more about MUMC
Chapel and/or join
Informal worship • Monday, Feb. 12: Children’s Ministry
with a personal 90-min volunteer training session at All About Relationships
touch. Sharing 5pm in CLC 103. By Fred Leist, Lead Pastor
prayer concerns • Wednesday, Feb. 14: Ash Wednesday
is welcomed. During our OVER: Do Less. Be More. message series we’ve
service at 7pm been talking each week about the need for margin in our
9:15am • Friday, Feb. 16: Dr. Shelly lives. We’ve made the case that we need the space for
developing and deepening relationships. Having no margin
Sanctuary Moorman-Stahlman Organ in our lives is a sure-fire way to diminish and damage the
Contemporary WORKSHOP at 7pm relationships that make life worth living. The importance
worship that of relationships has served as the backdrop for our weekly
includes a • Saturday, Feb. 17: Dr. Shelly
conversations about being overwhelmed, overbooked,
children’s time, Moorman-Stahlman Organ overstocked, overdrawn and overworked.
Praise Band.
CONCERT at 7pm This Sunday we are going to deal directly with the priority
• Week of Feb. 18: Better Together that relationships should have in our lives. The message,
10:30am Groups semester starts Overlooked: The Relationships That Busy People Miss, will
Sanctuary • Sunday, Feb. 25 Welcome Sunday for make the point that true meaning in life is found only in
Traditional those transferring or joining relationships. And yet, we are in chronic danger of letting
worship with • Sunday, March 4: Donut Sunday in the urgent, but unessential parts of our lives prevent us
music from the Cornerstone Coffee Shop from getting around to the essential and needful parts.
choir. • Saturday, April 21: Columbia
I assure you that the message on Sunday will be a fitting
Community Band at 7pm
capstone to bring this series about simplicity and the
7pm • Sunday, April 22: MUMC Blood Drive in
abundant life to a close. I hope to see you Sunday at
Cornerstone
Coffee Shop Confirmation Classes MUMC, where relationships bring us all closer together in
worship, discipleship and service.
Contemporary for seventh graders and older will begin
on Monday, Feb. 5 at 4:30pm, and will Note: Speaking of relationships and service, I was
worship led
meet for 10 weeks on Mondays from 4:30- overwhelmed by the 40+ folks who showed up Sunday
by the Ignite
5:30pm. If you cannot meet on Mondays, afternoon to unload the truck and help get the kitchen
College Age
makeup days will be Sunday mornings at and Multi-Purpose Room set up in preparation for our
Ministry Team.
9:15am. We changed to Mondays because stretch of hosting Room At The Inn winter shelter. I was
it worked better for more families. With moved by your willing and cooperative spirit. Thanks for
confirmation taking place on Monday your gracious response to our call for help. I am blessed
afternoons, we are willing to offer a to be serving among you here at Missouri United Methodist
carpool/assisted pickup for our students. Church.
If you are interested, please mention it in
your signup email to Katja or Kim.
MUMC Music Notes
By Tim Coday, Director of Music
Ministries
Greetings friends of MUMC!
I would like to thank Kaye Miller and the
Wesleyan Ringers for playing Sunday. As
always you give us a wonderful musical
offering that is beautifully executed.
We have an exciting Concert Series event coming up on
February 16th and 17th. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman will be
with us for an organ workshop on the 16th at 7pm and a
concert on the 17th at 7pm. She’s a fantastic performer,
teacher and clinician. Please plan to attend! Even if
you aren’t a keyboardist you will find the workshop
enlightening and educational. Missouri United Methodist
is truly blessed with one of the finest instruments in the
region. Come and enjoy our 1930 Skinner pipe organ.
As we begin to turn our thoughts toward lent and
ultimately Holy week. I would invite you and encourage
you to join our choir. We have several exciting services
coming up with Holy Week and Pentecost and we need
you! Now is the perfect time to get involved. We meet on
Wednesdays at 7 in the choir room. Join us!
Questions, comments please call, text or email Tim@
moumc.org or 417-459-5430.
This week is Donut Sunday in Cornerstone
Coffee Shop, and the Mission for
February: All tips are donated to our
Mozambique Partnership.
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Training for Children’s Ministry
You’re invited to be part of a caring, nurturing team! If
you are a current Sunday School teacher or have thought
about becoming one, please join us for a 90-minute
volunteer training session on Monday, Feb. 12 at 5pm in
CLC 103. Snacks will be provided.
Worship Volunteer Opportunity
Share your loving spirit with us and those we minister to!
Come join our MUMC volunteer team, (ongoing for over
20 years) at eight different adult retirement and care
centers to help us lead favorite hymnal songs, share a
short spiritual reading, and brighten up the residents’
day. We go to Candlelight Lodge and the Terrace on the
first Friday of the month, Lenoir and Bluff Creek Terrace,
second Friday, Columbia Manor and the Solstice (formerly
Boone Landings) second Wednesday, and The Bluffs and
Tiger Place the third Wednesday of each month. The
services start around 10am at the first place and last
about 30 minutes. Join us for one group or all of them.
Please contact Sally Burnley at 573-445-5882, David
Melegrito at 573-474-8334 or Rich Howard at 573-864-3277
if interested. We would love to answer any questions you
have.
Feb. 1, 2018 - Vol. 31, No. 5
 GROWING
DEEPLY a daily scripture guide
Sunday
Week of February 5-10 SERMON
MONDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 Free to Be
Being a child of God offers us freedom from many things, not the least of which “Overlooked: The Relationships that Busy People Miss” -
is freedom from societal expectations. February 4
REFLECTION: Reflect on the difference between trying to assimilate into Scripture: Galatians 5:13-14 (NLT)
society and being a meaningful part of the society in which we live.
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters.
TUESDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 Relationships But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use
God created us to be in relationship with one other free of judgment, your freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be
comparison, and competition. summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
CONSIDER: Consider your relationships with family and friends. Can you
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open is your communication?

WEDNESDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 Temptation Towards Selfishness My Notes:

Our human nature is to strive toward personal success and provide for ourselves
and our families first. These things are important; but when that striving and
provision creates difficulties for others, we are not living up to God’s purposes.
PRAYER: Help us, oh God, to be aware of our selfish natures and find the
strength and generosity needed to share our resources with others.

THURSDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 Striving for Service

Galatians reminds us to “use your freedom to serve one another in love.” When
we find ourselves in a position of influence or opportunity, we should watch for
ways to open the pathways toward personal service.
REFLECTION: Reflect on your life. Can you find ways that you can serve others?

FRIDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 Quality vs. Quantity

When we consider ways to serve or to give, our tendency is to search for
quantity: large gifts of money; personal sacrifices of time and talent;
measurable sharing. However, often the small gifts are the most meaningful.
CONSIDER: Consider what it is that you consider a meaningful gift. Is it
measurable by amount, or is it measurable by meaning?

SATURDAY: Galatians 5:13-14 The Salient Point

To love our neighbors as ourselves is the center of all of God’s message. To treat
others as we wish to be treated is the summary point of all of God’s law.
PRAYER: Dear God, when we search for ways to love, help us to love with our
whole hearts. When we search for ways to give, help us to give with our entire
Read or subscribe to the weekly guide at moumc.org/grow
souls and spirits. AMEN. Printed copies are available at the Connector Desk.
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New Better Together Groups This Spring!

Social Justice: Learn and Take Action Rising Strong™
(Everyone) Starts Feb. 27
Tuesdays @ 6pm in CLC 107/109
“Between the World and Me”, by Ta-Nehisi Coates as
recommended by Dr. Stephanie Shonekan, Chair of the
Department of Black Studies at the University. Of Missouri.
It is a short, powerful book. We will plan to review this
book in three sessions. We will continue our discussions
with current opinion pieces selected by our group. This is
a great opportunity to educate ourselves about vital social
issues. We will finalize plans for our group to participate
in an outside activity.
Book: $17
Facilitators: Roy Robinson royrmo@gmail.com and Rev. Jim
Bryan
based on the research of Brené Brown (Parents of Pre-K
and Younger Elementary) Starts Feb. 28
Wednesdays @ 6pm (various homes)
Rising from our past hurts, failures and disappoints takes
us re-writing our stories. Brown says the process is a
spiritual practice. This group will be engaging Brené
Brown videos, a workbook to guide the journey, and
interactive conversation. This group will feel like a
workshop as we re-write our stories with a daring new
ending.
Workbook: $10 Childcare: Group will share
childcare costs.
Facilitator: Charity Goodwin, Certified The Daring Way™
Facilitator, charity@moumc.org

Whistling in the Dark

by Frederick Buechner (Everyone) Starts Feb. 20 America’s Original Sin
Tuesdays @ 10am at Lenoir Woods, 3710 S. Lenoir St. 20’s and 30’s Group Starts Feb. 22
A wry and thought-provoking lexicon of uncommon insight America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the
to jar the mind and nourish the soul. Buechner writes, “I Bridge to a New America
think of faith as a kind of whistling in the dark, because Thursdays @ 7pm at the Coles’ House
in much the same way, it helps to give us courage and to America’s problem with race has deep roots, with the
hold the shadows at bay.” Residents at Lenoir or those country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of
who can visit will join in a robust and thought-provoking one race of people and the enslavement of another.
conversation based on this book. Book: $10 Facilitators: Logan and Jessica Cole lpcole10@gmail.com
Facilitator: Cynthia Beverley, cynbev@yahoo.com jessicacole1012@gmail.com

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Staff: Lead Pastor Fred Leist. Laura Bentley, Administrative Assistant; Adam Bordoni, Facilities; Tim Coday, Director of Music Ministries; Debbie
Craighead, Finance Assistant; Joan DeBoe, Pastor of Worship & Administration; Adriene Floyd, Office Manager; Courtney Gaunt, Director, Discovery
Days; Teressa Gilbreth, Director of Communications; Charity Goodwin, Pastor of Discipleship; Jacqui Jamieson, Assistant Director, Discovery Days;
Katja Jones, Director of Children’s & Youth Ministries; Gabriella Miller, Nursery Coordinator; Jo Lee, Events Coordinator; Kim Parker, Pastor of New
Generations; Preston Williams, Tech & Facility Steward; Music Staff: Craig Datz, Organist; Kaye Miller, Director of Wesleyan Ringers; Rochelle Parker,
Associate Organist; Marilyn Rowe, Serendipity Choir; Rachel Blomquist, Grace Notes Choir