D i xo n U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u rch

Outreach

Leadership Meeting

News About People

J anuary 2016

Our prayers of comfort are with the family of Alice Smith who died on December 3rd. Pray-

ers for continued healing for Jacy Franceschi and strengthening for Maye Hatcher. Prayers of

healing for Bruce Burr who has been battling with a series of persistent infections. Prayers

for Billie Kemp who was in the hospital last month, but is now home.

There will be a meeting for all leaders of the church on January 12th at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will

focus on the ministry of the church in 2016. There will be a time for strategizing about next steps

in ministry. There are various areas of ministry to be discussed: children and younger adults, min-

istry with men, prayer, faith sharing, newcomer welcome. All are encouraged to attend.

Human Relations Sunday, January 17th

A special offering will be taken on January 17th for Hu-

man Relations Sunday. This is one of “six special church-

wide Sundays with offerings celebrated in each United

Methodist Church” as required by The Book of Discipline

2008. Your offering on Human Relations Day, the Sunday

before the birthday observance of the Rev. Martin Luther

King Jr., strengthens United Methodist outreach to com-

munities in the United States and Puerto Rico, encourag-

ing social justice and work with at-risk youth. Please give

generously. Your gift makes a world of difference!

Sign-up Sunday

January 24th is Sign-up Sunday. The Church Council is sponsoring this Sunday to sign-up for lit-

urgists, fellowship time hosts and flower donors for 2016. There will be inserts in the bulletins dur-

ing the month of January on which congregation members can write down their preferences before

the 24th. Our goal is to fill as many Sundays as possible so that we can be ready for a successful

year of ministry together. We know that ministry is more fun with more people involved. So, please

sign-up!

Leadership Recognition

Sunday

The new 2016 church officers and

committee members will be honored

on January 24th during the worship

service. Please come and offer your

support and encouragement to our

church leaders.

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Church News

Ross and Glayds Hanna

Community 2016 Concert Series

The schedule of concerts for 2016 is set and

season tickets are available. Mark your cal-

endars, buy tickets (they make great Christ-

mas gifts for people who have everything),

and think of people to invite.

Spring Series

February 14th, 6:00p.m. Daniel Paulson, Baritone Liudmila Polakova-Mullin Mezzo Soprano March 13th, 6:00p.m. Beethoven and Friends Chamber Ensemble April 10th, 6:00p.m. Bonanza King Western Swing Band

Fall Series

September 11th, 6:00p.m. Frankie and the Fabletones October 9th, 6:00p.m. Yolo Mambo World Music November 13th, 6:00p.m. One Voice Praise Choir of the Ebenezer Outreach Ministry

Monthly Food Offering

Remember! The first Sunday of the month is

Food Offering Sunday. Please bring food

items, laundry detergent, paper products,

and toiletries on January 3rd, and place

them in the offering bin.

Food Fight

Thank you to all who participated so enthu-

siastically in this year’s Food Fight. It was

fun, exciting, and very successful. We, to-

gether, contributed so much to Christmas

food program in Dixon.

Margaret’s Mix Eva’s Edibles

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Church Birthday Party

There will be an All Church Birthday Party

on February 14th for all birthdays. Congre-

gation members will join together for lunch

around tables with other people of their

birthday month. Cakes will be provided and

everyone will join in the fun of decoration.

This will be a potluck lunch. Everyone is

asked to bring sandwiches or salads for the

potluck. There will be more information

about this event in the February Outreach.

Mission : Art Possible

Mark your Calendar for January 31st, 2016

and join the youth of the church for Mission:

Art Possible, an arts faire for missions. After

the morning worship services, the fellowship

hall and sanctuary will have art stations

where youth will be showing and demon-

strating their own art work: drawing, paint-

ing, singing, dancing ,various musical instru-

ments, and more. The youth will receive do-

nations for their art to benefit a mission pro-

ject supporting refugees.

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Children & Youth

Children’s Ministry

Sunday Morning Schedule

for Children

10:00am Worship with Children’s Story and

Children’s Songs in Community Singing

11:00am Fellowship Time

11:15am Sunday School: Deep Blue

11:40am Kids Choir

DIVE INTO DEEP BLUE

Deep Blue, is a new Sunday School curricu-

lum for children. Based on the award-

winning Deep Blue Kids Bible, this new awe-

inspiring resource for children includes ad-

ventures, exciting experiments, arts and

crafts, animated video storytelling, and ac-

tive games, all combined into a living faith

experience that will help discover what it

means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ

today!

Children’s Sunday School Themes

January 3 Follow the Star

January 10 Jesus Is Baptized

January 17 Jesus Chooses

January 24 Jesus Brings Good News

January 31 Jesus Heals

Kids Choir

Thanks to some suggestions from our won-

derful kids, I have been doing a lot of looking

for great songs for this coming season. I

can’t wait to hear what they think! Kids

Choir rehearses after Sunday School at

11:40 upstairs. Encourage your kids to

come up and sing during the Kids Songs af-

ter church to boost their confidence!

Children’s Pageant Thank You Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Children’s Christmas Pageant. Thank you to the children who worked hard to learn the carols and their parts in the play. Thank you to the parents who supported the children. Thank you to the congregation members who offered words of affirmation. Thank you to the adults to offered leader-ship:

Jana Gabby, Director

Erin Brothers, Music Director

Greta Galindo and Megan Villasenor, Assistant Directors

Russell Fry, Accompanist

Stephanie Baltz & Janna Ploik

Costumes

Youth Ministry

Youth Sunday School: 11:15am

Sunday School Class

UMYF Thursday Schedule

Holy Things for youth explores four themes of

Christian Faith.

Book: The Bible

Bath: Baptism

Table: Holy Communion

Time: Worship & Sabbath Rest

Thursday Meetings: January 14, 21, & 28

Activity Hour: 5-6pm

Dinner, Devotions, Games: 6-7pm

Upcoming Events

January 8th @ 7:00pm

Bowling Night and Sleepover

January 31st

Mission: Art Possible

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Adult Ministry Adult Sunday School

HOLLYWOOD JESUS

January 10 - February 7

What happens when script meets Scripture,

when pop culture encounters the King of Kings

and the Lord of lords? Have you ever been

watching a film and felt echoes of Scripture?

Pastor and author Matt Rawle illuminates

Christ figures in movies such as Cool Hand

Luke, The Lion King, The Truman Show and

others. Do the movies get Jesus right or are

they promoting spurious versions of the Sav-

ior?

Adult Faith Formation

Covenant Bible Study

Covenant Bible Study involves, three eight

–week sessions, exploring the theme of

the Covenant relationship with ‘God. Each

session includes readings from both Old

and New Testaments, with manageable

reading assignments each week.

Covenant Bible Study Schedule

Monday Morning-10:00a.m.

Starts January 11th

Location: Church

Leaders: Cathy Morris, Dawn King

Wednesday Evening-6:30p.m.

Starts January 13th

Location: Church

Leader: Cathy Morris

Thursday Evening-4:00p.m.

Starts January 14th

Location: Church

Leaders: Chris Thomas, Jill Fry &

Johanna Hoagland.

Wesleyan Fellowship Group

Wesleyan Fellowship Groups of four or five

people are forming. Group members en-

courage one another in a life of faith.

These Wesleyan Fellowship Groups are

for those who have completed an in-depth

study and are ready for a new type of faith

formation experience.

DUMM Think Tank

DUMM Think Tank is a time for the older

men (actually we use the term: OLD

GUYS) to gather around the coffee pot and

reminisce how great we were in our

younger days and to support each other

in our quest to continue to be and feel

relevant in the “NOW.”

When: Mondays @ 10:00am

Location: Fellowship Hall

Faith and Frappuccino

Join a lovely group of women who gather

once a week for tea, coffee, and conversa-

tion about daily spiritual living. Drop in as

you can.

When: Wednesday@ 4:00p.m.

Location: Starbucks

Leader: Audrey Madden

Couch Corner Creations

Come join the Couch Corner Creations

group on Friday, January 8th and every

second Friday of the month. Meet in the

sofa room @ 6:00pm.

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Music & Worship Adult Choir

2015 ended with an amazing showing by all of our ensembles and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for 2016! Adult Choir will begin their rehearsals on January 7th at 7 pm and we will start preparing some excellent, ec-lectic music for spring. Please come and join us! We ALWAYS welcome new voices! Our rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7pm. Erin Brothers, Director of Music Ministry, Contact information: dixonumc@att.net 707-678-2191

January Readings January 3rd Isaiah 60:1-6

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

Ephesians 3:1-12

Matthew 2:1-12

January 10th Isaiah 43:1-7

Psalm 29

Acts 8:14-217

Luke 3:15-17

January 17th Isaiah 62:1-5

Psalm 36:5-10

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

John 2:1-11

January 24th Nehemiah :1-3, 5-6 ,8-10

Psalm 19

1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

Luke 4:14-21

January 31st Jeremiah 1:4-10

Psalm 71:1-6

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Luke 4:21-30

Handbell Choir Handbell Choir has been gifted some new mu-sic so get excited about our new selections! Rehearsals will start again on Sunday January 10th. We will continue to have our rehearsals

on Sunday afternoons at noon if you are interested in joining us!

Bruce & Sharon Burr January 15

Ron & Carol Garcia January 27

Parker Franceschi January 2

Ed Heeney January 4

Jill Fry January 6

Gabriel Villasenor January 7

Andina Castillo January 8

Michael Morris January 9

Ramona Todd January 10

Spencer Currey January 12

Jon Robinson January 12

Debbie Watney January 13

Janet Mueller January 14

Jessica Burr January 15

Benjamin Williams January 15

Sally Alvis January 16

Marianne Sommer January 16

Sarah Elizabeth Van Buskirk January 16

Kevin Heeney January 17

Jim Litsinger January 20

David Van Buskirk Jr. January 20

Sarah Wisniewski January 20

Lyn Large January 22

Cynthia Roemer January 23

Suzanne Galloway January 24

Mark Brothers January 28

Cooper Jeannot January 28

Liberty Rasmussen January 28

Gina Schantz January 28

Alexandra Atallah January 29

Julie Skaug January 31

Johnny Tosney January 31

January Birthdays

January Anniversaries

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UMW News

Thank-you!

A huge thank-you to everyone who do-

nated decorations for our Christmas De-

lights tree and those of you who came

out Saturday morning to help decorate it.

The tree was beautiful and we had more

gifts under our tree than any other tree at

the event! Remember, next year’s theme

is Nutcracker Sweet, so be on the look

out for nutcrackers, mice, soldiers, ballet

items, candy theme decorations, etc.

Maybe you have something on your tree

this year you don’t need for next year, or

maybe you’ll find an appropriate item at

those great after Christmas sales! If you

are afraid you’ll misplace your donation

before next November, give it to Suzanne

Galloway, Lynne deBie or Kathy Mauer

Wright for safe keeping until next year!

UMW Tea

Our spring tea and luncheon will be here

before you know it! This year’s tea is on

Saturday March 12th and the theme is

Tiaras, Tutus and Tea. Janna Polik and

Stephanie Baltz are organizing a fashion

show of beautiful ballet costumes for this

year’s event. We will need people to sell

tickets, set tables, help with decorations,

provide raffle prizes, help with food etc.

Anyone have any good ideas for a des-

sert that’s easy to prepare and fits the

theme? We will be discussing details at

the next Grace Circle meeting.

Jubilee Circle, January 6th at 5:30

Location: Firehouse Bistro

116 N. 1st.

The women of the church, all ages, come

together to dine at a local restaurant on

the first Wednesday of the month.

Grace Circle, January 11th

Grace Circle and UMW will meet Monday

January 11th, 2016 at noon in the Fellow-

ship Hall. . Hostesses are Roxie Sanders

and Latoyia Reeb. Soup or salad and

dessert will be provided. Bring a sand-

wich if you desire.

Stained Glass Windows fundraising

UMW has volunteered to help spearhead

fundraising for the glass window cover-

ings for the historic stained glass win-

dows. Hopefully all the various church

groups will come up with ways they can

help support this project. UMW would like

to do a special window fundraiser, but we

need ideas! Bring your ideas to Grace

Circle or talk with

Suzanne Gallo-

way, Lynne de-

Bie or Kathy

Mauer Wright.

Hopefully we can

come up with a

fun and profitable

idea!

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Resource Flowers

January 3rd Erin Brothers in memory of Lauren Michelle Bump January 10th January 17th January 24th Kitty Lockwood in honor of sisters birthday & in memory of father, Bill Lockwood January 31st Sign up for Flowers, Fellowship or Litur-gist in the Fellowship hall or online at:

http://vols.pt/XcRuzr

Fellowship

January 3rd

January 10th

January 17th

January 24th

January 31st

Liturgist

January 3th Dawn King

January 10th Nancy Blankenship

January 17th K.C. Baltz

January 24th Angelina Castillo

January 31st

Meeting Schedule

Finance Core Team, January 10th, 11:15am

Leadership Meeting, January 12th, 7:00pm

Board of Trustees, January 12th, 6:30pm

Stephen ministry Supervision

January 18th, 6:30pm

Lawn Mowing Schedule

January 3rd Stuart Davidson

January 10th Eric Warnken

January 17th The Currey Family

January 24th Kevin Heeney

January 31st Brent Watney

Income for November 2015

Building Use 190.00

Non-Budgeted 20.00

Pledges & Offering 15,333.51

Total Income 17,306.61

Expenses for November 2015

Administrative Expense 1,933.28

Ministries 194.64

Non-Budgeted Expense 1000.00

Staff 6357.84

Trustees 216.88

Total Expenses 12,824.42

Building Fund Report for November 2015

Current Amount 15,772.45

Original Loan Amount 34,300.00

Maturity Date 3/05/2025

Last Payment 11/12//2015 300.00

Vital Signs Recording for November 2015

Attendance Small Group

November 1st 124 45

November 8th 122 51

November 15th 123 31

November 22nd 120 9

November 29th 128 7

Average Worship Attendance: 123.4

Average Small Group Attendance: 2.86

Average Weekly Mission Outreach: 3.00

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2016 Leadership List

Church Council Chair

Kevin Heeneey

Lay Leader

Brent Watney

Chair of Staff-Parish Relations

Carol Garcia

Lay Member, Annual Conference

Jim Litsinger

Alternate – Annual Conference

Jill Fry

UMW President

Suzanne Galloway

Methodist Men’s Fellowship

Youth Representative

Kiarra Madden

Children’s Ministry Prayer Team

Jana Gabby, Greta Galindo, Megan Villasenor

Adult Ministry Coordinator

Kim McGreevey

Worship Coordinator

Sharon Burr

Membership Care Coordinator

Joan Axelson

Stephen Ministry Leaders

Mark Cozzoli, Brent Watney

Missions Coordinators

Bruce Burr, John Currey

Disciple Bible Study Leaders

Libba Brothers, Mark Brothers, Jill Fry, Johan-na Hoagland, Audrey Madden, Kim McGreevey, Maureen Shiroma, Chris Thom-as, Mike Wood, Rena Wood

Historian

Latoyia Reeb

Secretary of Council

Pam Cozzoli

Pastor

Cathy Morris

Outreach and Welcome

Audrey Madden

Director of Music Ministry

Erin Brothers

Pastoral Associate

Dawn King

Church Council Members & Positions

2016

Mark Brothers

Latoyia Reeb

2017

Jon Robinson

Carol Garcia

2018

Gerald Stringer

Angelina Castillo

2016

Stuart Davidson

Mark Cozzoli

2017

Chris Thomas

Scott deBie

2018

Eric Warnken

Janyne Reckner

Staff-Parish Relations Committee

Board of Trustees

Finance Committee

Chairperson Peter Morris

Financial Secretary Cindy Heeney

Asst. Financial Secretary Linda Baker

Treasurer Suzanne Galloway

Assistant Treasurer Greta Galindo

2015

Jim Litsinger

Lay Member At . Large

Kim McGreevey

Adult Ministry

2016

Johanna Hoagland

Megan Villasenor

Children’s Ministry

2016

Mike Wood

Church Council Chair

Latoyia Reeb

Staff-Parish Relations

Committee on Lay Leadership

209 N. Jefferson Street

Dixon, CA 95620

Di xon U nited

M ethodist Church

Phone: 707-678-2191

Website: DixonUMC.com

E-mail: dixonumc@att.net

Bowling Night & Sleep Over, January 8th

@ 7:00pm

Sunday School & Bible Studies resume,

January 10th

Leadership Meeting, January 12th @ 7:00pm

Leadership Recognition Sunday, January 24th

Mission: Art Possible