New Horizon United Church of Christ Town of Farmington 9663 Highway 144N Kewaskum, WI 53040 Worship: 9:00 AM Sundays Sunday School 9:15 AM

NEWSLETTER Web: www.NewHorizonUCC.org

MARCH Rev. David Schlieter

2017

E-mail: [email protected]

262-692-6444

MARCH HOLIDAY’S Ash Wednesday ~ 1st Daylight Savings ~ 12th St. Patrick Day ~ 17th First day of Spring ~ 20th

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Thu Fri 2 3

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Confirmation 5:30 pm Ash Wednesday service 7:00 pm

5 Worship 9am Sunday school 9:15 Communion New Members

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Worship 9am Sunday school 9:15

Leadership Board meeting 5:30 pm

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Confirmation 5:30pm

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Worship 9am Sunday school 9:15

Worship 9am Sunday school 9:15

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Confirmation 5:30pm

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Confirmation

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Confirmation 5:30 pm

USHERS FOR MARCH:

Ginny & Dick Jung Jennie & Terry Krahn

25 Weekend

PASTOR’S PAge

Grace and Peace, “How do we want to Live?” A few weeks back I was sick for a few days and I got to watch one of my favorite movies, Shawshank Redemption. The main character Andy Dufresne goes to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Andy does his best to make prison life bearable. Outside of prison he was a banker and knew the ways of how to manage money. Doesn’t seem like that would be of much benefit in prison, right? Only the word gets out how good at managing money. Soon he is doing taxes for the warden and the prison guards, and then prison guards from other prisons. Andy is so good the warden has him doing his dirty laundry- Yes his suits; but Andy actually takes the wardens bribe money and has it “laundered.” Towards the end of the movie, Andy accuses the warden of being obtuse; naturally the warden wants to teach him a lesson and Andy is thrown into solitary confinement for an unheard of two months. When Andy is finally put back into the general population there is a scene where he is out it the yard with his friend, Red played by Morgan Freeman. Andy is mentally and physically beaten down and has reached a crossroads. Andy concludes: It’s time to get busy living or get busy dying. What a great line to start Lent. Lent is a time when the Holy Spirit whispers to us, “Repent, turn around, and take a new adventure with me.” Repentance is the call of Lent to try another way, to turn around and explore another path. Repentance does have a bad reputation, but I think the Spirit is inviting us to take a 40-day journey joyfully, trying out a new adventure in living. The spirit is inviting us on a journey in which we carry less baggage, letting go of the things we worry too much about in order to discover that what is truly valuable in life is rarely a thing.

Ash Wednesday begins Lent with lessons from Matthew 18:1-18. It emphasizes that you can’t go through the motions in life and how to live more joyfully and abundantly: Don’t practice your faith in a way that is “showing off” to others. WHEN you give, let it be done is secret. WHEN you pray; don‘t be showing off to others; go into your shut the door and do it in private. WHEN you FAST (What a concept!) don’t make your face all disfigured; wash your face and anoint yourself. Let us during this time of Lent repent and get busy living.

Pastor Dave

Christian Education news~ At our last Education meeting we discussed Lent and if we should try to have the children give up something for Lent. After a brief discussion it was decided it might be better to maybe try to encourage doing some good things during Lent. We talked about making small banks, but then we would need to count all the change, so we talked about envelopes for Lent. Then after the meeting I thought why not have Lenten envelopes for everyone, it would give us all a chance to think of others. So last Sunday during Sunday School we got together and took plain envelopes and transformed them into Lenten envelopes, including stickers from the younger class, stickers and notes from the middle class and notes and a spot for a name, envelope number and amount by the older children. We were able to hand them out after church. The envelopes included items such as: Give a Smile, Give a compliment, Give food to the food pantry, Pray for Others, Send a card, Give a Hand, Donate snacks for church. Feel free to add other items that you may do to help others. These are all small things that we can consider doing. The idea is to make a mark by each item each time you do it and by the end of the 40 days of Lent (4-15-17) you can count up all the marks and decide how much you want to donate per mark. Then simply put the envelope with you donation in the offering basket on Easter or the Sunday after. Make sure to put your name and envelope number (if you have one) also. The amount you donate will go under Lenten offering for your donations. The money donated for Lent will go towards the orphanage in Haiti. Katie Luedtke is headed back in May and it would be nice to send some money with her for the orphanage. I hope to compile the information on the envelopes so we know how many times New Horizon UCC members and friends did each of the items on the envelopes. And, of course, be able to let everyone know how much money was donated. Thanks for thinking of others.

Upcoming Events March 1st ~ Confirmation 5:30 & Ash Wednesday service 7:00 pm Christian Education Meeting 6:00 pm March 5th ~ New Member Sunday March 13th ~ Leadership board 5pm March 24-25th ~ Confirmation Weekend

Cleaning Schedule March Week 1 = March 6th - 12th Anne Schlieter / Lisa Kelling / Chad & Vicky Mayer Week 2 = March 13th - 19th

Dick & Ginny Jung / Terry & Jennie Krahn

Week 3 = March 20th - 26th Pat Arndt / Lloyd & Jane Merkel Week 4 = March 27th - April 1st

Kim Narbatovics / Katie Ahrens / Beth Geib

Thanks for doing that!

A Big thank you to Bernice Bindrich for all the years that she has made the bread for communion services. Thanks for all your work. A thank you to Annie Widemeyer for taking on this new job of making the bread. Thanks to Don Voeks for sharpening the kitchen knives at church. Thank you to Laurie Bremmer for helping with tax preparation. Thanks to Eilene Stange for all the times she brings food to share for fellowship time. Thanks to Pat Arndt for making us wonder where the chocolate chip cookie smell was coming from. Thanks to Rich & Laurie Bremmer for celebrating Richs’ birthday with us by bringing in food.

HIGHLIGHTS OF LEADERSHIP BOARD MEETING—2/13/2017 8 members present

January Jan. 1st Jan 8th Members 34 62 Children 0 14 Guests 10 25 Total 44 101 Average attendance January 2017= 74

Jan 15th Jan 22nd Jan 29th 45 47 48 14 16 11 21 11 12 80 74 71 Average attendance January 2016= 84

Welcomed Sharon Arndt to her first Leadership Board meeting as Vice President! Spring Cleaning will be the last week in April, watch for a sign up sheet.

Get your Easter flower orders into Alice Krahn now

EASTER FLOWER ORDER CHART PRICE QTY TOTAL EASTER LILY SINGLE $12.00 EASTER LILY DOUBLE $24.00 MUM PLANT $15.00 AZALEA PLANT $22.00 HYDRANGEA PLANT $27.00 TULIP PLANT $12.00 DAFFODIL PLANT $12.00 HYACINTH $12.00 ORDER DEADLINE March 19 NAME PHONE # IN MEMORY OF… OPTIONAL NAME CASH OR CHECKS PAYABLE TO UPLAND SPRINGS RETURN FORM TO ALICE KRAHN OR CALL 262-626-4746

Arbuckle Order forms are at Church and due this Sunday March 5th. Please call or see Alice to order from also.

The 100th Anniversary of the Boltonville Fire Department Join the Farmington Historical Society on Saturday, March 11, from 1-3pm at the Boltonville Fire House for a short presentation on 100 years of a volunteer Fire Department and tours of the firehouse and equipment. The Boltonville Fire Department was formed in 1917 after two serious fires in the small village. It has continued as a volunteer organization for all these years supported by fundraisers such as the Rain Days and the Street Dance and some tax revenue. The very first fire truck cost $350 and the most recent fire truck purchase was approximately $350,000. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in the Boltonville Fire House (lower level), cake and ice cream will be served. The Fire House is located at 9336 Bolton Dr. (next to the ball park in Boltonville).

What do you call a pig that knows karate? “Pork Chop”

Take Care of Yourself Vitamin D3 is super important in the winter in Wisconsinites’ especially, not enough sun/vitamin D3 can cause other health problems. Vitamin D3 fights depression, fights disease, supports teeth &bone health, & boost weight loss. It can be hard to get enough vitamin D each day through sun exposure and food alone, so taking vitamin D supplements can help. Ask your doctor before taking a supplement to get the dosage right. Few foods contain vitamin D naturally. Because of this, some foods are fortified. This means that vitamin D has been added. Foods that contain vitamin D include: salmon shrimp yogurt (fortified)

milk (fortified)

sardines

Smiley Face Recipes

cereal (fortified)

- Fast, easy & delicious Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Place the butter and half the herb in a roasting pan just large enough to fit the salmon and place it in the oven. Heat about 5 minutes, until the butter melts and the herb begins to sizzle.

Ingredients 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter 4 tablespoons minced chervil, parsley or dill 1 salmon fillet, 1 1/2 to 2 pounds Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Lemon wedges

Recipe by: Mark Bittman

orange juice (fortified)

Preparation~

Salmon Roasted in Butter

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egg yolk

Add the salmon to the pan, skin side up. Roast 4 minutes. Remove from the oven, peel the skin off. (If the skin does not lift right off, cook 2 minutes longer.) Sprinkle with salt and pepper and turn the fillet over. Sprinkle with salt and pepper again. Roast 3 to 5 mins more, depending on the thickness of the fillet & the degree of doneness you prefer. Cut into serving portions, spoon a little of the butter over each and garnish with the remaining herb. Serve with lemon wedges.

What do you call a lazy kangaroo? “A pouch potato”

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