Archived Newsletters

  WESLEY REPORTER DECEMBER 2011   THANK YOU BILL AND CATHY TOO!      We have lost a good man.  Last week we held Bill Oesterling’s memorial service.  I did not want to lead this worship service at all; I did not want his death to happen; I was not ready to say “Goodbye”; I...
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  WESLEY REPORTER NOVEMBER 2011   TWO REALLY BIG EVENTS   VETERAN’S APPRECIATION BREAKFAST—THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011      A free breakfast will be served to all veterans and their families this Sunday at 7:30 am.  The event will be held at the NCMC Ketcham Center.  A great speaker is coming, Dr. Mark Corson,...
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  OCTOBER WESELY REPORTER E-NEWSLETTER   WIN OR LOSE, GOD IS PRESENT!      The NFL season has begun.  Three games have been played by all the teams and there are a few surprises.  The Raiders are looking very strong, so are the Bills.  Not many people thought their combined wins would be 5-1 after...
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    WESLEY REPORTER SEPTEMBER 2011                                 THE LARGEST LIVING THING!      Do you know what the largest living thing is in our nation? Someone might guess: a whale, the giant redwoods in California, perhaps a coral reef somewhere in the oceans. Good guesses, but wrong.      The largest living thing in our nation is a...
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    WESLEY REPORTER JULY & AUGUST 2011   THE BEST LEGACY OF ALL!      On Thursday, June 23, Michelle Higgins was in a car accident and her earthly life came suddenly to an end.  For many years she had worked at our local hospital as a physical therapist.  I can’t begin to count how many of...
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    WESLEY REPORTER JUNE 2011   THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY        On a cold winter day in January, Peggy, Wilson, and I decided to go see the covered bridges in Madison County.  There are six bridges in all near Winterset, Iowa.  Now first things first…this is also the town where John Wayne was born.  His...
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  WESLEY REPORTER MAY 2011   OUR ULTIMATE TEACHER      Jean Piaget once noted that there are basically two ways of learning for a child.  The first way is when a teacher (or a parent) tells us what we must know and do in order to act properly, to count correctly, to speak or...
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  WESLEY REPORTER APRIL 2011 LET GOD BE YOUR SCOREKEEPER!      “And that’s why they play the game!”  Have you ever heard that expression?  Well, it’s often spoken in sports when one team has a “seemingly” superior chance of beating its opponent.  Take for       example the March Madness going on right now.  At the...
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  WESLEY REPORTER FEBRUARY 2011   TWO NEW BROCHURES      Within the next two weeks there will be two new brochures available that will help you see the 2011 plans of our church.      One is called WE ARE THE CHURCH!  It will contain the service opportunities for mission and ministry in the coming...
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  WESLEY REPORTER JANUARY 2011   A NEW YOUTH GROUP BEGINS      Years ago when I was a teenager the youth of our little Methodist church would meet on Sunday evenings and it was called MYF.  It stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship.  Now there probably isn’t a youth group in America today called MYF…if...
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WESLEY REPORTER DECEMBER 2010   THE STAFF OF THE WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WISHES FOR YOU A VERY BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND  A TRULY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!   NEW SERMON SERIES        A new series of sermons will be called  SEEING GOD ALL AROUND YOU!  The ancient Jews thought that God resided in a...
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WESLEY REPORTER NOVEMBER 2010   ATTENTION! ATTENTION! CALLING ALL VETERANS      This Sunday, Nov. 7, Wesley will serve an all-church breakfast 9:00-10:00 am.  This breakfast is served in honor of our church’s veterans.  A special recognition will take place at 9:30 am for our veterans.  Veterans and their spouses will eat free of charge. ...
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