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February 2012
United Methodist Church of Hygiene P.O. Box 76 7542 Hygiene Rd Hygiene, CO 80533 www.hygienemethodist.org umchygiene@aol.com Pastor Amos-amos.kariuki@aol.com
Worship September-May:
10:30am June-August : 9:30am
First Sunday of the month- Blended worship styles Second Sunday of
the month Communion with traditional worship Third Sunday of the month
- Blended worship styles Last Sunday
of the month – Old Fashioned Hymn Sing
Mount Carmel Assembly of God Hispanic Congregation with
Pastor Perez Sunday Worship 3pm Bible Study—Every Tuesday 7-8:30pm
Weekly Bible Study Sundays: 9:00am-10:00am Wednesdays Bible Study 101: 5:30-7:00pm
Mission Statement Providing
Opportunities for Christian growth/building, nurturing relationships; practicing compassion in our community and beyond.
The Pastor’s Thoughts
Rushing
to beat the traffic, to pay the bills before the due date, to cross the railroad either in Longmont , Hygiene (or who knows
where) before the train blocks, rushing to places we do not even know—that is the order of the day. The fast-paced life
has conditioned our bodies to be on adrenaline rush; when we sit to sip a cup of coffee or tea (like me) we feel time is wasted.
Like a wounded bull, we pace up and down simply because our bodies are on adrenaline rush, our minds don’t even know
what we want to do. Yes, our bodies are conditioned! Yet we are supposed to sit and relax in quietness, look at the wonders
of nature and recover the lost ener-gy. At some point, Christ was so busy holding back to back committee meetings,
listening to the needs of people and making visitations. Word would spread like wild fire where his next stop was and big
crowds waited for him. Christ was a real celebrity. It became so bad, to a point there were moments he and his students (disciples)
had neither time to grab something to eat, rest nor catch up. And he said to them ―Come with me by yourselves to a quiet
place and get some rest‖ (Mark 6: 31). Rest and relaxation is important; it slows us down for a good rea-son.
That is what Christ teaches us. It does not mean forgetting what we always need to do. Instead to rest is to perceive life
in a new dimension. Lots of work with no rest doesn’t follow the example God set when the heavens and earth were created.
God rested on the seventh day. I believe many people make a resolution to slow down and take some rest. But most times
it is dishonored; I bet before the end of January. Taking rest is Godly, something I want to keep reminding myself in 2012.
Make it intentional, slow down and regain the lost energy. Grace & Peace Pastor Amos Kariuki
Ramblins of the Lay Leader
As I was driving back from my daughter's
home the other day, I noticed the sign of spring in the greenness of the fields that had been planted winter wheat. I also
knew that spring was not too far in the future as it was a warm and balmy sort of spring like day. A gaggle of geese were
also flying over head as if to remind me that winter is not quite over. I have often thought we sometimes
would like to rush things to suit our own fancy, but it is in the time of our Creator when things will happen. I do look forward
to the coming days when spring will arrive. As for now, the fire in the family room stove sure does feel good to warm up by.
Just can't wait until the first seed catalogue come in the mail. Enjoy the days that we are all given and give
thanks for each and every day. Now, I wonder where I put that shovel last year?
Andrew Ernst
Office Hours: Pastor Amos Serves at Hygiene UMC & Longs Peak UMC Please call 303-776-0700 before coming to
the office Guidelines for Office Hours at Hygiene Unit-ed Methodist Church: Mondays: 11:00am-3:30pm Tuesdays: 11:00am-3:30pm Wednesdays: 12:00noon-3:30pm Thursdays:
Sermon Preparation and Visitations Fridays: Off Appointments can be scheduled for other times, including Saturdays.
Church News Ash Wednesday There will be a combined Ash Wednesday Service with Longs Peak UMC at Longs Peak on Febrary 22 at 7pm. Please
join as the season of Lent begins anew.
2011 Church Conference Power Point Presentation The
Worship Committee has asked for another presentation during our pot-luck on Sunday Feb 26th It will be a celebration
of our service to God in 2011. The presentation was prepared by Kimani Njenga.
Liturgists for February 2011
5th—Diane Swartz 12th—Tim Zigler 19th—Linda Gaede 26th—Andrew Ernst
Mountain
Sky Outlook Vital Congregations and High Adventure Newsletter Title
Volume 1, Issue
1 By Rev. Steve Goodier, Utah/Western Colorado District Superintendent January 18, 2012
View from the Mountain Sky Area of
The United Methodist Church
Does your church have a spirit of high adventure?
We talk a lot these days about
changing the culture of our churches. Not that it all has to be changed. But the RMC and YAC Cabinets believe at least one
Mountain Sky cultural change is needed. It has to do with risk-taking and failure. We believe that the church of the 21st
Century will thrive best in a culture where it is not only okay, but encouraged, to experiment, take risks and even fail.
It’s about adopting a spirit of high adventure. And it is through the lens of adventure
that I best understand the Vital Congregations Project. Let me explain. I believe the Vital Congregations
project is NOT about: But I believe it IS about taking risks. It’s about: Setting goals high enough to make us do something different, but not so high we get discouraged (it takes courage to set goals
that stretch). Planning
something new and different, something we’ve never done before; trying new
ways to reach people; conducting experiments in being the church and making disciples for Jesus Christ. Experimenting in ministry. It’s about having the courage to take significant risks and not being afraid to
fail. Did your bold, new experiment work? If so, great! If not, what did you learn? Do you have the guts to try some-thing
like that again? I am convinced that those churches that will set good goals (high enough to stretch,
low enough to succeed); those churches that will plan to do something different next year to meet those goals; and those churches
that will coura-geously experiment
will be better for it. They will simply do a better job making disciples of Jesus Christ.
Vital Congregations is about one thing – improving how we minister. And I’m not sure
we can do it without a spirit of high adventure. If Vital Congregations is just about tracking statistics and mindlessly (albeit
religiously) reporting them, then it is a waste of time. But if pursued in a bold spirit of actually trying new things in
order to get different results, then something good is bound to happen. I hope our churches will approach their Vital
Congregations work in a spirit of high adventure. It seems we have much to gain and very little to lose.
Appreciation
HUMC! You
do-nated $650 to two families with chil-dren at Hygiene Elementary School. The fami-lies were surprised and expressed GREAT
apprecia-tion! Another Year of Ministry through Angel Tree! A BIG thank you in appreci-ation
for all the hard work you and your volunteers have done serving the children and families in 2011 with gifts, and more
importantly with the Gospel message. Not only were you the visi-ble "hands and feet" of Jesus, you also spread the
good news of the Gospel by word as well as deed. Thanks to Leroy and
Jerry for tak-ing the mower up to Jerry's for storage until it is needed again. (won't be long and spring will be
here again) Thanks to Linda Gaede for taking on replacing the
pew cushion in fellowship hall. It needed a much needed make over. I mentioned to caring hands and it is being done. Thanks to JR and Andy for working on the parking lot lights.
Thanks to all the bell ringers from Hygiene Church. We rang for a total of 3 hours and was credited for $617.40.
This will be used at the OUR center to help with their programs. Another mission outreach of our church. Thanks to Pat Hill who has been cleaning the church for 17 years! It has been appreciated!
As you may al-ready know. we are trying a volunteer cleaning
of the church and Fel-lowship hall. This is not a paid posi- tion and will require all of our help.
If you see something that needs done, please let Andy Ernst know. If you see some-thing that needs picked up or put away that
you can do, please do it. If we all work together we can keep our church and hall in good shape. Thank you for all your help.
February refreshement hostesess: Linda Gaede and Barbara Burneson
To volunteer to help with re-freshments please call Marge Warsavage at 303-776-7782
or shoot her an email at: mwarsavage@gmail.com
Men’s Retreat All men of the church are invited
and welcomed to participate in a Men’s
Retreat on the weekend of March 2, 2012 organized by the Longs Peak United Methodist Men. The overnight event will be held at the Ab-bey of St. Walburga, about a 90 minute drive from Longmont in the mountains
near Virgina Dale. The retreat will focus on spiritual practices as we observe and share in the routine of the Benedictine
monks. For more information, or to sign up, please contact Steve Gaffney of the Longs Peak United Methodist Men or
Pastor Amos.
Electronic
Funds Transfer A reminder that you can also give your gift or tithe through
EFT. Please speak with either Linda Shipley (finance chair) or Linda Gaede (treasurer).
FYI
Pastor Amos has a class via telephone on DiSC & Discipleship every Tuesday 2:00-3:00pm from January 10-March
6. During those hours he will be unable to respond to phone calls or other matters. Calls will be returned immediately after
class. Thank you for your understand-ing. Please send your newsletter
items in by February 20th! We have a piano in fellowship hall
that the Church would like to get rid of. It is the one that sits to the north. If anyone knows of a student that would like
to have it, please let any of the Trustees know. We are also offering it to any church that would need
a piano for their church. It is a nice piano but we don't need two pianos and would like to see it get used by some-one
who can appreciate it. Liturgists
To be a liturgist please sign up in our fellowship hall. You will be asked to read the scripture and help with our call to Worship. There are still slots
available. Please help perform this very valuable function.
Grocery or Gas or Prescription Coupons See Barbara Burneson or Norma Homen for your grocery/gas coupon/gift cards. The church reaps a percentage
for their use yet it doesn’t cost you any more than the price of your groceries/gas!
Prayers
Jack Wheat, at the present time, is in Bal-four
Retirement Community in Louis-ville, Colo. 1855 Plaza Drive 80027. Please send cards, he would like that! He can have visitors,
but be aware that his mental out-look may not be good that day. He is in the secured section be-cause of his mental deterioration.
He knows his family and is doing better. He is learning to walk with a walker and has fall-en some. Alice Hill is in Peaks Care Center. Terri Weir, wife of Ernie Weir, health concerns and family problems.
Emma Alena Holland, great granddaughter of Imogene Johnson is going to need heart surgery in the near future,
please keep her in your prayers. Ongoing concerns: Rosemary Mischler; Dale Johnson; Gary Daum Prayers
for our men and women in the Military Service
Lent Dates: Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty
days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. Lent begins on 22 February 2012 and ends on 7 April 2012, which
is the day before Easter.…… Colors: In most churches, the decorations are purple, the royal color,
to prepare for the King. …… Special Days: Ash Wednesday, 9 March 2011 The Annunciation, 25 March ….. Lent is a season of soul-searching and
repent-ance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a
preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared
for baptism. ……………….
Our
People: Linda Gaede I was born in Stockton, Kansas and we moved to Minneola,
Ks when I was a year old. That is where I grew up and attended schools. I went to Sterling College (Kansas) and that
is where I met my husband to be, Byron Gaede. We were married in Sept. 1962 and lived in Lyons, Kansas for about 2
years. Our daughter,Shari, was born there in 1963. Byron worked for a lumber yard before we met and was moved to an
assistant manager position in Ly-ons. They then asked him to be a manager of Calhan, Co. yard so we moved there in 1965. Our
son, David, was born there in 1968. During this time I worked part time and learned the bookkeeping and waiting on customers,etc.
In the fall of 1969 Byron was offered a manager position in the company's Rock Springs, Wy yard and we moved there.
We learned to have fun in the country of Wyoming, fishing, camping snow-mobiling and Byron hunt-ed also. After the children
were old enough I worked more often and by the time our son went off to college at CSU I was working full time. In
1987, the company was not doing well after a few changes in ownership and Byron started looking for another position. We had
talked to the owners of the store in Erie and had decided to come to Colo-rado again. About that time they sold the store
to some other people we knew and they went ahead and hired Byron. We moved to Longmont in April 1987. When Byron started working
the bookkeeper at the yard was not what the employer wanted so he asked me to come in so he could talk to me. And I ended
up getting the job and have been there since then, almost 25 years, at County Line Lumber in Erie. My daughter has
one son, Christopher, who is mar-ried and living in Ohio. He has two sons Korben and Asher and just this October they added
a girl, Rosalyn, to the family! I really didn't have a church home when Byron became ill in the fall of 2008. We
learned he had cancer and he left this world in June 2009. Jan Davies is my neighbor as many of you know and she finally got
me to Hygiene UMC. I fell in love with the people there and how caring and loving they all are. I joined HUMC in May 2010.
I have so en-joyed all the friendships I have made there. Even tho I had tried some other churches around this com-munity,
HUMC was the on-ly one for me as I was raised in a small church and still go there when I go back home to Kansas.
Valentines! Work with Maya Heneghan to create Valentines for your Valentine(s) on Sunday February 12th after services. All
materials will be supplied. Surprise that special someone with something from your big heart!
Christian Motorcyclists Association Longmont Chapter
CMA: an interdenominational organization invites motorcyclists to join them for
rides, serving Christ and Christian fellowship every 2nd Monday of each month at Country Buffet located at Twins peaks Mall in Longmont from
6:30 pm for food and fellowship. Visit their website at http://www.cmausa.org or contact Mitch Graves
at cma@nontoxicstudios.com You KNOW you want to join!
Happenings Our annual St. Patrick's dinner fund raiser will be on 14th of March. Their will be a organizational meeting on February 5th right after church service. We need
to get started on this and would like people to come this meeting so we can see what needs doing. We need volunteers for a
lot of jobs so please put this down in your calendars.
Hygiene Fire Department Pancake Supper February
18th 5-8pm
Celebrations
Birthdays! 2/11 Marsha Williams 2/26 Glen Shipley
Anniversaries!
2/3 Bob and Jackie McCowan 2/16 Jerry
and Barbara Burneson 2/16 Richard and Evonne Corbin
Name
Tag
If you do not have a name tag, Alice Hayne can make one for you! Email her at am-hayne34@gmail.com
or see her after services.
Blood
Pressure Checks:
Every last Sunday of the month after worship by Njeri
Njenga. Stay informed! Be proactive with your health!
Greeter and Ushers for February 2011: February 5th - Earl Nelson and Diane Swartz February 12th - Crys Daum
and Juanita Edwards February 19th - Irene Long and Sandy Long February
26th - Terri Goon and Phyllis Morgan
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