Wesley United Methodist Church
February 2023
February 12th- Superbowl OR Souperbowl? Find out at 11a!
Worship Schedule Change on February 12th!
There is a schedule change on Sunday Feb 12th, the traditional service is at 10am. Confirmation and Sunday school will meet at 10am as usual. At 11am, following the Worship Service, there will be a meal of different kinds of soups, and most important there will be fellowship!
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
January Services Projection & Lay Readers. WOW Cooks
--------------- Projection ----------- Lay Reader --------11Am------------ WOW ----------------
2/5/23 -------- Laura/Eliza/Wyatt ----- --Julie -----------------Jean---------------- 2/8/23 ------ Nila & Karen
2/12/23--------Mark/Emily/Abby----------Don-------------------Jean----------------2/15/23------Nila & Karen
2/19/23-------Natalia/Torin/Nathan----Dawn-----------------Natalia-------------2/22/23 -----Nila & Karen
2/26/23-------Kaiden/Avery/Paxton----Kristin----------------Micah--------------3/1/23 -------Mary & Judy
3/5/23 --------Laura/Eliza/Wyatt---------Roger-----------------Jean-----------------3/8/23-------Mary & Judy
Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Important Ad Council Meeting February 9th
5th Sunday offering for January goes to Nightwatch Canteen
Our Members and Friends in Care Facilities or Under Home Care
Tuff Home in Hills, MN: Jackie Dreyer
Good Sam / Hill: Linda Varud,
Leisure Living in Hartford: Nona Robinson
Southridge: Guy Varud; Cleova Frahm;
VA in Luverne: Bob Morrison
2204 E. 11th: Deb Stoakes
United Women in Faith
A Call to Prayer 2023: Because we believe… that racism is a rejection of the teachings of Jesus Christ
Gifts to A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial 2023 will directly support United Women in Faith’s racial justice work, which is helping to create a more equitable society. Your gift supports both our campaign to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and our long-standing work building members’ capacity to implement the Charter for Racial Justice at all levels of the organization.
With the recent beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, TN by police officers, it is obvious we have a lot to do to eliminate racism in our nation.
Faith Talks
I would like to encourage you to subscribe to Faith Talks whether you belong to UWF or not. Log on to the United Women in Faith website in order to subscribe. There are a variety of topics discussed (one each month). UWF enlists experts in various fields to share their knowledge via a 1-hour podcast on the Thursdays at 1:00 pm CT/2:00 pm ET (week varies). The conversations are always thought provoking, relative and informative. You can also listen to the podcast when you have the time by logging on to the Faith Talks archives.
HyVee Cards
Don’t forget to purchase your HyVee cards from
Doug (605-321-6430) and Marcy (605-321-7108) Bird. The funds help support projects around the church and the UWF.
Parish Nurse
In this newsletter I’d like to share highlights of some of the research results
accumulated by Duke’s Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. The Center houses the under- investigated connection between health and religious faith. The specific focus has been on the impact of traditional religious faith and practice.
Here is a brief summary of groundbreaking results from page 24 of Dr Koenig’s book The Healing Power of Faith:
Science Explores Medicine’s art Great Frontier:
• People who attend church, pray and read the Bible have significantly lower blood pressure than the nonreligious.
• People who attend church regularly are hospitalized much less often than those who rarely attend a service.
• People with strong religious faith are less likely to have depression from life events and if they do, they are more likely to recover than those who are less religious.
• Religious people have healthier lifestyles, including alcohol use, drug abuse, and risky sexual behavior.
• Elderly people with deep faith have a stronger sense of well-being and life
satisfaction than their nonreligious peers.
• People with strong faith who suffer from physical illness have significantly better outcomes than less religious people.
• People who regularly attend religious services have stronger immune systems as measured by lower levels of interleukin-6. Higher levels of interleukin result from stress and increases the risk of infection, autoimmune disease and certain cancers.
• Religious people live longer. Faith seems to be protective for two major afflictions-cardiovascular disease and cancer. In fact, religion may be a protective factor as not smoking for survival and longevity.
• The risk of dying from all causes is up 35 percent lower for people who attend religious services at least once a week. In fact, our faith can give us a tangible sense of mastery and dependence on God in our lives.
These are just a few conclusions that have now been replicated in many studies by many different scientists. Polls indicate up to 96% of people believe in God, but currently, and especially worsened by COVID, is the fact that less than half of the people regularly attend religious services or avail themselves to the healing nature of a faith community. There is work to be done for Christians!
General Budget update @ December 31,2022
Income 12 Months 2022------ ------------$186,569.08
Expense 12 Months 2022---------------- ($190,404.44)
Expense exceed Income @ 12/31/2022--($3,835.36)
Don Armstrong, Treasurer
Building and Grounds
Balance 11/30/2022----------------------------$15.226.81
Donations December------------------------------$ 780.00
Interest earned: ---------------------------------------$5.01
Balance 12/31/2022----------------------------$16,011.82
Donna Wallin, Treasurer
February Birthdays
01 Joyce Patterson
02 Jim Hansen
03 Joan Kurth
03 Laura Potter
03 John Docken
04 Kaiden Garcia
05 Mckenzie Dammer
06 Savana Walters
06 Jillian Hanisch
08 Angie Griner
08 Becky Breuer
09 Tracy Bird
10 Matthew Brua
12 Natalia Loaeza
14 Aleene Williams
15 Bob VanDenOever
16 Sarah Henrichs
16 Trish Garcia
16 Gavin Bird
20 Debbie Skadsen
21 Sharon Brua
22 Zelda Kirkvold
22 Bobby McLaughlin
25 Marcy Bird
26 Carolyn Waxdahl
29 Sandy Anderson
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Friends to hold up and remember:
Julie- Bev Baartman's daughter had spine surgery
Erlene's cousin Jeff there have been small improvements after a stroke
Jan Wittrock - surgery
Bob Morrison - gall bladder surgery
Trish Garcia - surgery in Rochester.
Brad Anderson - good to see Brad in church
Lea Watson - still healing her knee- walking with a walker
Steve Polzin- rehab after hospital stay
Debbie, Manuel and Amy's friend in Florida, has been through three bouts of cancer.
She was recently admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
Aleene Williams - cancer is gone! - thankful for all the prayers
Aggie Borman - recovering from a heart transplant and doing great
Lynn Margeson - high blood pressure and tests
Ernie Griner -doing better
Lea Watson's grandson Brock - prayers for healing
Sandy - Bernie McCabe's daughter, ongoing illness
Guy and Linda Varud - both are struggling and in need of prayers
Lynn Margeson's sister Marti Swearingen recovering from a virus, after a heart transplant
Carmen Britt - Sister Kim and Brother-in-law, Dave - prayers needed
Kolby Bohmbach – Continued prayers for good test results
Felsheim Family – working to keep Bennett safe
Karen Renken- continued prayers for healing
Bob Whiting’s daughter Robyn –doing well after a kidney transplant
Nila & Karen’s sister-in-law Karen - continued prayers
José Garcia’s mom, Maria Herrera - breast cancer
Mark Your Calendars
Mondays Bible Study @ 10 a
Tuesdays Men's Bible Study @ 6 p
Wednesday 2-1, 2-15@ 9a Prayer Shawl
Wednesday WOW @ 5:30p
February 6 @ 5:30p Worship Committee
February 9 @ 7p Ad Council meeting
February 12 @ 11a Soup Lunch
February 22 @ 5:30p Ash Wednesday Meal & Service