Church Picnic Sunday June 23rd after 10 a.m. worship
Our Welcome & Communications Ministry Team will provide hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages. Please bring a dish to pass. Come, join us for a time of food, fellowship and fun.
Congratulations To Our Graduates:
High School Graduates
Michael Del Conte - Wausau West
Karen Kohlman - Wausau West
Chloe Larson - NTC Alternative
Lincoln Larson - Wausau East
College Graduates:
Anna Schreiber - Bachelor of Science in Biology, UW Stevens Point
Sarah Cowan - Bachelor of Arts in English/Literature, UW Madison
Graduates: Chloe Larson, Anna Schreiber, Pivet Scholarship Recipient: Michael Del Conte, Pastor Jayneann McIntosh
United Methodist Camp Scholarship
Is someone in your family to going to camp this summer? Are they going to a UM camp at Pine Lake or Lake Lucerne? First Church offers scholarships to assist with the cost of these camps. After you register your child, send a copy of the registration to Martie (finance@fumcwausau.org) and she and Pastor Jayneann will see to it.
Random Thoughts June/July 2019 by Mike Zahn
THE YOUTH OF TODAY
It is fashionable for people of older generations to criticize younger generations. A young man named Pete Ghiorse quotes an example of an older man writing about Millennials: “They’ve grown up in a world of instant gratification. You want to buy something, you go on Amazon and it arrives the next day. You want to watch a TV show, binge. You don’t even have to wait week to week. . .”
To put that in perspective, he cites an example from Dragnet in 1968 regarding Baby Boomers: “You’ve grown up on instant orange juice. Flip a dial, instant entertainment. Dial seven digits, instant communication. Turn a key, push a pedal, instant transportation. Flash a card, instant money. . .”
And if you are a Baby Boomer like me, you’ve no doubt seen memes like this on Facebook: “WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WERE NO PHONES OR TABLETS. WE READ CEREAL BOXES AT BREAKFAST” As if reading cereal boxes is superior to reading from a cellphone or tablet while eating. And Facebook was created by Millennials – touché.
This is all absurd. There is good and bad in every generation. To paint everyone of a certain age younger than you with a broad brush of negativity is wrong.
I look at my children and Diane’s children. They are smart, they have a fantastic work ethic, they are kind toward others, and if they have children they are excellent parents. I look at younger people in our church and see the same thing. They are better than me in many ways! That is as it should be.
Paul writes to the young man Timothy: “Don't let anyone look down on you because of your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12
This world was designed by God to be self-sustaining. Each new generation is the future. Let us leave them a world where hope is alive, and encourage them in the spirit of Jesus so they do the same.
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Equal Exchange Fair Trade New Product!
We are adding another product to our Equal Exchange inventory. It is a single serve coffee for use in Single Serve Machines. There are 12 cups per box and it is compatible with Keurig 2.0. The cost will be $8 per box.
(Equal Exchange single serve coffee cups are a greener alternative to traditional K-Cups.* Our organic single serve coffee is sourced directly from small-scale farmers and disadvantaged producers around the world. You get the same quality, organic coffee you know and love in a convenient, environmentally friendly coffee pod. Our Fair Trade organic single serve coffee cups are made from recyclable plastic and aluminum with a compostable filter. The conversation around waste from K-Cups is an important one, and we want to do our part to reduce waste with our single serve coffee cups. If you use a Keurig, make the switch to our environmentally friendly, organic coffee cups and do your part to reduce, re-use, and recycle. Equal Exchange is not affiliated with KEURIG, Inc.) www.equalexchange.coop
For the more than 20 years United Methodist Women have been offering Equal Exchange Fair Trade products to our congregation. This decision was made to introduce people to a way of supporting a more equitable alternative trade system that empowers small farm- ers worldwide while also providing support to United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) and the UMW mission projects.
Equal Exchange is a co-op business structure that has over 120 worker-owners, each with an equal stake and an equal vote – in the business. Their mission statement is “We believe that we should expect no less from ourselves and each other than we demand of our farmer partners. For that reason we have organized ourselves as a democratic worker co-operative, now one of the largest in the country.” Thank you for your continuing support of this work. Mary Ann Dykes
God’s Love Breaks Through
By Joan Stroyny
Even when my faith seems faded, Lord,
the blossoms of spring return alive and new;
And when in brokenness my heart appears,
it’s your love that always breaks through.
Even when my eyes don’t see, Lord,
the morning light is created by You;
with Christian love and care abiding,
it’s your love that always breaks through.
Even when I can’t find hope, Lord,
your spirit soars among the skies of blue;
and when my strength can not avail,
it’s your love that always breaks through.
Even when I don’t have peace, Lord,
your tranquility surrounds the misty dew;
and when other answers fail and fall,
it’s your love that always breaks through.
Even when my soul is sleeping, Lord,
show me the journey I must pursue;
and if my life is broken helplessly,
it’s your love that will break through.
This is the victory of Easter,
when Christ is risen to set us free;
so the brokenness of spirit and sin
brings salvation and peace eternally.
