First United Methodist Church

	Adult Ministry

Bright Lights	Burning Bush
United	United Methodist Men	United Methodist Women

Bright Lights

Meets: Sunday Mornings during the school year

Time: 9:00 A.M.

This is an adult Sunday school class that continues to grow! They enjoy being together and are good friends. The class is a combination of social time and Christian fellowship. We welcome everyone who's interested!! The coffee's always on!

They will resume meeting in September. Some of the activities this class is involved with throughout the church includes: Soup Supper, Cowboy Breakfast, etc. They are also famous for their Christmas Party! You'll find out that Methodists really can have fun!

Burning Bush

Meets: Sunday Mornings During the school year

Time: 9:00 A.M.

Come and join the Burning Bush Sunday School Class! This is a class of all ages. We have people who leave early to sing in the choirs, play bells, park cars, help with the children's Sunday School program, mentors for the Confirmation kids, and some simply help where they have an interest! Don't feel you cannot be in a Sunday school class because you cannot make a complete commitment. We are all doing other things for the church at different times.

Feel free to join us and bring along your ideas for study!

This class has an active Prayer Chain. We always take time to share Joys and Concerns. We are like family.

Please accept our invitation to join our family and study with us and share your faith.

United

Meeting Time: Sunday mornings during the school year

Time: 9:00 A.M.

Contact Person: Alice Walters

Our class has at least two reasons for meeting. We need to visit and keep current of each other's health, family, and happiness in their lives. We also have something we are reading and discussing - this changes from time to time.

During the summer months, we meet at the Uptown Cafe to eat after church. This way we can keep some track of each other at those meeting times. This fall we will choose a new topic for discussion.

We usually select topics that are closely related to Bible Study. However, discussion can wonder around a bit.

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Family Night Ministries

Meet on Wednesdays from 6:15 - 7:15 p.m.

1st Wednesday - Young Mothers and Men's Bible Study

2nd Wednesday - Couples Bible Study

3rd Wednesday - Young Mothers Bible Study

4th Wednesday - Family Night

United Methodist Men

Meet at the Uptown Cafe at 6:30 a.m. every Friday morning

United Methodist Women

The Purpose of United Methodist Women

"The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women
whose PURPOSE is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons
through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to
expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of
the church."

Unit Meetings meet various Sunday mornings (watch weekly bulletin).
Executive Committee meets at 1st Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in the church library.

Faith Circle meets the third Thursday, 9:00 a.m. at the church.
Contact persons: Carol Ahrenholtz, Carolyn Houk & Jean Tucker

Hope Circle meets the third Thursday, 12:00 noon at the Greenewood Center
Contact persons: Betty Johnson & Valerie Ogren

Joy Circle meets the third Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the church.
Contact persons: Teresa Shahan & Sandi Drewry

Membership

Although every United Methodist Church is to have an organized group of
United Methodist Women, membership in the church does not automatically make
a woman a UMW member. Women actively choose to become involved in our
organized mission movement. Any woman may join UMW by committing herself to our PURPOSE through participation in meetings, prayer, giving, study, action or service - - to
whatever extent each woman is able to be involved. We welcome ALL women who
want to be members, whether or not they are members of the Methodist Church.

Pledge

Members are asked to make a monetary pledge to UMW. This is a voluntary
amount - over and above what we pledge to support our church. Pledge money
is supplemented with income from our spring and fall food plant and rummage
sales. Throughout the year, the Jefferson UMW contributes to undesignated
giving via the Fort Dodge District. This includes Pledge to Mission, Special Mission Recognition, Gift in Memory, Gift to Mission and World Thank
Offering. These 5 areas of giving qualify us as a Five Star Unit.
Designated giving goes to Bidwell-Riverside in Des Moines and Shesler Hall
in Sioux City. Other giving sometimes goes to Red Bird Mission in Kentucky
and McCurdy School in New Mexico.

Locally, UMW has contributed to youth church camp scholarships, mission
trips, UMW Bereavement Committee, In-Gathering, Action Resource Center,
Adopt-A-Family, Partnership for Violent Free Living, New Hope Village, Webb
House and House of Hope.

Card Recyclers meet every Wednesday, 9 a.m. in the church
basement.

Cookbooks

We have published a Jefferson UMW cookbook. If you would like to purchase one, you can contact the church office or Printers Box uptown has them. The cost is $10.

For more information about United Methodist Women nationally or globally, go
to the Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries. http://gbgm-umc.org/umw


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