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REFLECTING THE PULSE OF THE PARISH THE PARISH PULSE ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH February 2016 350 27th Avenue SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa 319-364-3188 February Birthdays 1 5 6 7 10 12 15 20 21 24 8 13 Travis Pike Alicia Johnson Alice Lindsey Kimberly Volesky Andrew Rieck Jordan McArtor Rande Baty Todd Pollock Jo Myers Robert Grady Carol Mauck Wayne Handeland Sharon Hills Laura Booth Charlene Goodreau Anniversaries Jim & Jerry Buttleman Neal & Peggy Johnson United Methodist Women News February 4 1:00 pm Executive Directors Clint Twedt-Ball and Eric Christenson from Matthew 25 will speak on gardening Hostess: Billie Forrestall Recent changes resulting in BIG savings 1. Reduce the size of the bulletin - $41.60 per year savings 2. Eliminate color from the bulletin - $270.40 per year savings 3. New improved web site, cost reduced from $99.96 per month to $8.99 per month - ($1,091.64 per year savings) 4. Change garbage collection from $253.53 per month to $129.43 per month by reducing pick ups ($1,498.20 per year savings) 5. Remove cable TV - $372.00 per year savings 6. Stop printing sermons - $72.80 per year savings Hot off the Press If you have internet service and would like to make sure you get the next copy of The Pulse "hot off the press" then make sure that your email address is on file with Sharon in the church office. This process helps reduce our print costs and also allows global emails that could be of interest and importance to our members. To sign up, simply email a request to Sharon @ [email protected] and she will include you in the next electronic Pulse. A message from the Finance Committee Asbury has the ability to have your tithes and offerings transferred electronically. This can be a benefit to you and to Asbury in that it helps maintain a consistent budgeted transaction. If you are interested in this option please see anyone on the finance committee for instructions on getting and completing the bank forms required. Weather closings: Please watch channel 9 (KCRG) and the church website (asburymethodistcr.com) for information regarding church closings due to inclement weather. Isaiah 40:29-3 (NKJV) He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. I have many 'favorite' Bible verses, but this one is at the top of my list. It reminds me that no matter how weary I am, God is here to provide me with what I need to do what needs to be done. Husband Mike loves to drive through the countryside and enjoy God's creation. So, I spend time in the car with him doing just that. From time to time, we see eagles perched high atop the trees or soaring through the forested areas. They are such majestic creatures. Even when the winds are blowing and smaller birds are being tossed to and fro as they try to fly, the eagle appears to possess the strength needed to stay focused aloft. The American Bald Eagle has a wing span of 72 to 90 inches. Wow! I'm 66 inches tall, so that wingspan is wider than I am tall! and it's eyesight is reportedly four times better than a human with perfect vision. Isn't it amazing to think about the way that God has equipped the eagle? Our church is a busy place. We are accomplishing much for God, but there's always more that needs to be done. Sometimes we may feel just worn out and ready to give up. But God has an unlimited amount of strength and energy to give to us when we ask. We are never too old or too young to do God's work. I love Asbury Church and am excited to see what things will happen herein 2016. And whatever it is that God intends for us to accomplish, He promises to give us the strength and energy to do it. Our strength shall be renewed! Serving Jesus with you, Pastor Diane A bit of Asbury History 1957 - Asbury Methodist Church organized 1958 - John Huss Methodist merged with Asbury 1959 - May - Ground breaking for Asbury Church 1959 - September - Corner stone laid 1959 - December - First Service in new sanctuary 1960 - Consecration service 1966 - Corner stone laid for Educational building addition 1967 - Educational building consecration 1992 - Asbury House built 1997 - Kitchen/Elevator addition Rev. Diane Townsley 319-551-3648 Cell Change a Child’s Story On Monday, January 25, 8 of us from Asbury will begin a reading program at Taylor School. We will only be reading to Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grades. These are the most important years as all children need to be reading in their grade level by 3rd grade. Iowa statistics on this are not good. If not reading on 4 th grade level by 4th grade, a large percentage will leave school, have trouble finding jobs and many times end up in prison. This is a UMC Mission all over Iowa. Please continue to donate new or gently used books for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades only. Thanks for the many donated already. 55 of these have gone to Matthew 25 as they are heavily involved in the Bishop’s mission “Thru Poverty to Opportunity.” Information can be found on the web and face book under “Change a Child’s Story” or “Thru Poverty to Opportunity.” Billie Forrestall Valentine Dinner February 13 4:30 to 6:30 PM Free will offering with funds raised going to camperships February is Heart Month: Each Sunday a special collection will be taken to help the homeless and needy. Menu: Pork Loin or Turkey, Scalloped Potatoes, Business Administrator Sharon Busch 364-3188 Office hours: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Choir Director Alice Lindsey Custodian Nicole Day Kids Club Coordinators Kim Pilkington, Valorie Bowman, Nicole Day Volunteer Coordinator Janice Kralik Green Beans, Corn, Dessert and Beverage Attention all groups using the church: The good news is we are a very busy church. Unfortunately, sometimes we become overbooked. Please check with the church office when planning events to avoid over scheduling of our facility. International French Ministry Rev. Patrick Munyakazi 431-8319 Asbury House Manager Mary Glasford 366-6670 Please give generously. Sermon texts for February February 7: Luke 9:28-36 (Transfiguration) February 10: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (Priorities) February 14: (Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (What's in our basket that we give to God?) February 21: Genesis 15: 1-6 (Trusting God) February 28: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (Old Testament influences on the New Testament) Some religions don’t eat meat on Friday because there’s a separation of church and steak.. Qu'est-ce que la repentance ? Cet article vient du web site www.pasteurweb.org. je le partge avec vous car cela parle de la repentance. Soyez benis Le mot repentance est la traduction du Grec "metanoia" qui veut dire : changer de mentalité, d’intention. C’est la tristesse qu’on éprouve de ses péchés, et la douleur d’avoir offensé Dieu. Nous comprenons en lisant cette parole que la repentance est produite par une nouvelle attitude mentale à l'égard du Dieu Saint, et de notre état de pécheur. C'est ce que nous retrouvons dans les enseignements de Jésus. Le publicain, se tenant à distance, n’osait même pas lever les yeux au ciel; mais il se frappait la poitrine, en disant: O Dieu, sois apaisé envers moi, qui suis un pécheur. Luc 18:13 Les sentiments d'une réelle repentance sont : . une profonde tristesse, une douleur, lorsque nous sommes affligés d'avoir commis une offense. . l'humiliation, nous nous sentons humiliés, coupables, misérables. . de nouvelles résolutions, le désir profond de changer, d'être délivrés de notre tendance au péché. Nous parvenons à la repentance (la tristesse selon Dieu) lorsque nous prenons conscience de notre situation. Alors devant l'évidence nous pouvons choisir entre deux comportements : . soit que cela nous laisse indifférents, car nous endurcissons notre cœur, . soit que nous nous éprouvons une réelle tristesse, qui nous conduit à demander pardon de nos péchés. Nous réalisons alors, par une sorte de révélation, la gravité du péché par rapport à Dieu ou à ceux que nous avons offensés. En fait lorsque notre conscience est éveillée à la réalité et à la gravité du péché, nous éprouvons un malaise intérieur qui ne peut être apaisé que par le pardon. Ce malaise intérieur qui produit la tristesse et le repentir, peut se traduire par des pleurs et parfois même de grands cris, des tremblements ou la prostration. Nous le voyons dans la Bible et cela s'est souvent produit dans les réveils évangéliques. La repentance nous amène à rechercher le pardon. Lorsque nous sommes animés des sentiments de la repentance, nous aspirons à une restauration intérieure, retrouver la paix, la sérénité de l'âme tourmentée par son péché, nous désirons une relation rétablie avec Dieu ou avec ceux que nous avons offensés. Pour cela être pardonné est indispensable. Or le pardon est accordé à ceux qui se repentent sincèrement et le demandent en confessant leurs fautes. Si nous confessons nos péchés, Dieu est fidèle et juste pour nous les pardonner, et pour nous purifier de toute iniquité. 1 Jean 1:9 Lorsque l'être humain quitte son orgueil, son arrogance et reconnaît sa misère de pécheur, tout devient possible à Dieu, car je crois que "l'Éternel Tsebha’ot", ElSchaddai, n'est pas indifférent à la démarche des hommes, lorsqu'ils se repentent et s'humilient de leurs péchés. Rappelons-nous Ninive. (Jonas 1) A chaque fois qu'un peuple ou un individu s'est tourné vers Dieu en reconnaissant sa misère et son péché, il a trouvé grâce auprès du Seigneur Tout-Puissant et miséricordieux. Il y a un passage obligé pour le pardon des péchés et le salut de tout être humain : . la repentance envers Dieu . la foi en notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ . la conversion Ces trois étapes successives, lorsque nous les vivons, nous amènent à l'endroit où Dieu désire trouver chacun : dans sa présence, réconciliés avec lui, dans la paix du pardon et d'une nouvelle relation. Que Dieu vous benisse Rev. Patrick Munyakazi