Volume X II Issue 1
January 2009
Inside this issue Anniversaries/ Birthdays
3
Altar Flowers
5
Bible Sunday
6
Calendar
7
Date Night
5
Finance Note
5
Finance Team Update
5
From Roots to Wings
4
L.I.F.E. 101
Back
Mailbox
2
New Position
5
Offering Envelopes
4
Parent s Day Out
4
Prayer List
3
Senior Moment
6
UMW
3
Ushers Needed
5
Worship Schedule
6
From Pastor Keck. . . Thank You! That is my message coming out of the Christmas season and entering into the New Year. Personally, I have received many cards, cookies and gifts from you that I have been enjoying immensely. You have made my first Christmas at Marengo United Methodist Church a loving, joyful and wonderful occasion. Congregationally, I want to thank you for the many gifts that were given during Advent and Christmas. They were too numerous to list here, but let me not a few. Thank you for all your work in putting together our Christmas Pageant. It was a real joy to behold the laughter and lighthearted retelling of the events leading up to the birth of our Savior. The children were fantastic as was our blue grass band. Thank you for this year s Cantata. On a particularly cold morning, with the temperature at arctic levels, the members of
our choir warmed us with their voices, as they sang of the impending birth of Jesus Christ. A special thank you to everyone who came to our first Live Nativity at Cody s Farm. The numbers of people willing to gather in a barn on a cold winter night was impressive. I am particularly grateful for those who worked so hard to host this service, beginning, hopefully, an annual tradition. Thank you to everyone who created such a touching 11 p.m. Christmas Eve service. The words, carols and music created a warm, sacred space for us to gather to worship and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. All of these and many more made this Christmas a very special and memorable experience. I feel blessed to have been a part of Christmas in Marengo. With a deep sense of gratitude,