St. Peter’s Evangelical UCC Newsletter P.O. Box 250, 303 NE Pine Street, Billings, Mo 65610

Web page: www.stpertersucc.uc Pastor Kemery Baldwin—Cell phone (417) 619-4145

Fellowship Hall & Church Office 744-2701 Sunday School 9:30 AM Worship Service 10:30 AM

November 2015

As I look around the stores as I go about my weekly routine of grocery

shopping and other errands, once again, Nativity scenes are being set up in the

middle of the Pumpkins Patches! We barely get the “Clearance “stickers on the

harvest decorations when the red and green of Christmas overwhelms us.

Between is an annual national day of thanksgiving we know as Thanks-

giving Day, celebrated on the last Thursday of November as declared by Presi-

dent Lincoln in 1863. It would be a day of “Thanksgiving and praise to our be-

neficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.”

I look forward to Thanksgiving – the purpose is to enjoy family and

friends and give thanks to God for the blessing of them in my life. Since it is al-

so always good to reduce stress, I limit the number of dishes I prepare, so it is a

day for which I am thankful. And my guys do the dishes…Life is good.

With that as an introduction I want to announce this year’s

Community Thanksgiving Service

Sunday, November 22, 2015

6:00 p.m.

at

Billings Assembly of God

What a wonderful opportunity to rejoice and praise God with our neighbors from

other Billings and area churches. There will be music provided from the choirs

of the churches of the Ministerial Alliance. I do encourage all who are able to

join us for an evening when we share together in the worship, the praise, the

thanksgiving to God from whom our many, many blessings flow.

In the power and the peace of Jesus,

Rev. Kemery Baldwin

ST. PETER’S EVANGELICAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

CASH ON HAND SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 $ 24,557.10

RECEIPS: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 TOTAL

Current Exp. 1,795.00 2,046.00 855.00 1,635.00 6,331.00

OCWM 25.00 25.00 25.00 75.00 100.00

LOOSE 12.04 23.00 1.00 1.00 37.04

Organ fund 50.00 50.00

TOTALS 1,882.04 2,094.00 881.00 1,661.00 6,518.04

RENTAL INCOME 100.00

INTEREST INCOME 2.14

TOTAL CASH ON HAND AND MONTHLY RECEIPTS $ 31,177.28

ST. PETER’S EVANGELICAL UCC

Actual Analysis 2015

ACTUAL ACTUAL

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS

FOR CURRENT FOR CURRENT

EXPENSES EXPENSES

January 6,235 4,827

February 6,711 4,531

March 9,325 7,769

April 8,502 5,160

May 8,331 6,767

June 6,282 8,246

July 4,142 5,653

August 7,797 3,755

September 6,470 9,224

October

November

December

YTD 63,795 55,932

DIFFERENCE = 7,863

St Peter’s UCC Board Report – Oct 20, 2015

The Board met on Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM on Oct 20, 2015 in the Fellowship Hall. Minutes from the September meeting and the treasurer’s report were discussed and approved, followed by Pastor Kemery’s report covering events/activities since the last board meeting in September. Our thanks go out to Pat and Allan Ware for hosting the Fall Picnic and Weiner Roast. The evening weather was perfect as was the food, fun and hayride. Mission Fest Sunday has come and gone and we also thank Susie and Donny Briscoe for their interesting and in-formative program. Be aware and prepared to see residents soon in the Parsonage. Ms Sasha Herd and her three children will occupy the Parsonage around the end of October. The Pastor’s Office, adjacent bathroom and the room at the end of the hall will remain with the Church. Mark Schultz deserves everyone’s thanks and appreciation for his outstanding effort to construct and install the Little Free Library, which is located in front of the church. It is loaded with books and ready for use. Katie Harting has several youth activities scheduled and/or in the planning stages. Don’t forget to make your delicious pie purchases from The Fellowship Guild. The board reviewed draft versions of a proposed budget for 2016. The board will discuss in detail at the November meeting and present to the Congregation in December for approval. Pastor Ap-preciation Month is October and I would encourage everyone to recognize Pastor Kemery for her excellent ministerial leadership since her call to our Church.

We have enjoyed a fantastic Fall even though it has gotten somewhat dry. Fall foliage does not appear to have quite the vivid color that we sometimes enjoy; however, I have seen many beauti-ful trees. Cooler days are just around the corner along with Halloween, Thanksgiving activities and Advent Season. As they say, “time flies when you’re having fun” or perhaps “as we age”!

Sam S.

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportunities for improvement. Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character. Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons. Be thankful when you’re tired and weary, because it means you’ve made a difference. —Author unknown

Thanksgiving Beatitudes

To be grateful is to recognize the love

of God in everything he has given us —

and he has given us everything. Every

breath we draw is a gift of his love. Every

moment of existence is a grace, for it

brings with it immense graces from him.

Gratitude, therefore, takes nothing for

granted, is never unresponsive, is con-

stantly awakening to new wonder and to

praise of the goodness of God; for the

grateful person knows that God is good

not by hearsay but by experience, and

that is what makes all the difference.

—Thomas Merton

Experiencing gratitude

Guild President, Diane Zell, called the meeting to order on Oct.10th with 10 members present. Cindy Wage-

mann gave the devotional entitled, "A Fragrance and a Letter" by Lawrence Darmani. Minutes were read by

Secretary, Chris Rauch, and approved. Treasurer, Charlene Rumley, gave a bank balance of $2,168 as of Oct.

1st, 2015. Four Get Well Cards were sent since last month's meeting. Chris Rauch gave the Church Board

Report.

Under Old Business it was decided to make more pie dough on Oct. 14th and to follow up with one more day

of pie making on Oct.15th. As it was last year, pie making has been a time of great fellowship for Guild mem-

bers. Diane Zell showed the ladies an angel like the one she gave Bobbi Rauch on behalf of the Guild during

her recovery from surgery .

Under New Business decorating for Mission Fest was set for Sat., Oct. 17th at 10 a.m. Pastor Kemery ques-

tioned whether the ladies felt it would be a possibility to have four silk flower arrangements made for the sanc-

tuary representing the four seasons. These could be used throughout the year when real flowers were not

supplied. Both the Ladies Guild and the Sunday School Representative, Chris Rauch, declared themselves

willing to help finance the project. Pastor Kemery said that she would be glad to look into cost and availability

at Hobby Lobby and Michael's. Upon the news of Clifford Kastendieck's passing the previous evening, Guild

members were told of the possibility of providing a family luncheon after the funeral service, and, if so, would

be notified in the days ahead.

Denise Hampton gave the topic titled, "The Tragedy That Wasn't" by Adam Hunter. It was a story from

Guideposts' "Mysterious Ways" which served as a reminder of how intimately and in minute detail God can

work in our lives to achieve great personal miracles for us; even to the extent of saving us from certain death.

Next meeting will be on Sat., Nov. 11th at 10:00 a.m. All ladies are welcome and encouraged to bring a

friend!

Respectfully submitted,

Secretary, Chris Rauch

All Saints' Day,

Nov. 1, 2015

Veterans Day,

Nov. 11, 2015

Thanksgiving,

November 29, 2015

UPDATE on the LITTLE FREE LIBRARY at St. Peter’s

The Little Free Library has been installed! It sits near the sidewalk facing Pine

Street between the Church building and the parsonage.

Thank you to Mark Schultz who designed, constructed AND installed the LFL;

thanks to the youth who painted the LFL and personalized it with handprints on the

inside; thank you to those who will stop, browse and read.

Little Free Library: How This Library Works

This library Belongs to everyone! Our neighbors, friends and people who pass

by. Anyone may use it. This LFL offers a way to share good things to read. We can

include your childhood favorites, books you would recommend, books that teach and

help explain and inform.

Take books. If you see something you would like to read: take it. When

you are done, you can bring it back with your own special note in it.

Share books. Pass a book you find in our LFL on to a friend or return to

any LFL.

The Youth painted the Little Free Library Then it was waiting on the parsonage porch to be installed

And now it is on a post and installed.

Jadyn and Pastor Kemery

Jadyn and Sierra

Mark Schultz installing post

From The Bible

9 Search me, O God, and

Know my heart;

Try me, and know my

anxieties;

9 And see if there is any

wicked way in me

And lead me in the way

everlasting.

Psalm 139 NKV

The power of gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness

of life. It turns what we have into

enough, and more. It turns denial

into acceptance, chaos to order,

confusion to clarity. It can turn a

meal into a feast, a house into a

home, a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our

Daylight-Saving Time ends,

November 1, 2015

Emmaus Home Thank Offering

A Collection for the Emmaus home

thank offering will be taken on Sunday,

November 8th and Sunday, November

15th.

The family of Clifford Kastendieck would like to

thank everyone for their words of comfort, acts of

kindness, prayers, assistance with the funeral

services, and the fellowship meal provided by our

church family. Your heartfelt expressions of

sympathy were very much appreciated. Thank

you!

Choir News Hello everyone! We hope you've been enjoying the choir songs this last month. We will not be having a Christ-mas cantata this year, but we will be singing a few Christmas songs during Advent and on Christmas Eve. Please come join us!

Cindy

Our sincere condolence and sym-pathy goes to Herman & Mary Steinmann and family on the death Herman’s mother Blanche Smith who passed away October 18, 2015.

Your donations to the food Pantry are very important and St. Joseph’s would like to thank everyone who donated. Our next collection day will be November 1st. All donations of canned foods, paper goods, or cash are appreciated.

Special dates

Bruce Baker; Mary Burkhart;

Wyville Deeds; Barbara Ebert;

Jean Ebert; Austin Haase;

Debbie (Stever) Huffman;

The family and friends of Clifford Kastendieck;

Matthew Logan; Gene McConnell; Joe &

Kathleen McGee; JoAnn McGehee; Louise

Owen; Les Miekley; Judy Rauch; Kay Rill;

Roger Rill; Seth Rumley; Charles Schatz; Ray &

Ella Marie Schultz; Ann Staiger; Herman &

Mary Steinmann on the death of Herman’s

mother Blanche Smith; Martha Stewart; Alicia

Verch; Cody Verch; Margie Verch and Family;

Debbie Wagemann; Norma Wagemann; Ronnie

Wagemann; Charles Wallace; and Mary Zoller.

December Newsletter Deadline

All articles must be received by noon on Nov. 18th

to be in the December Newsletter. Anything re-

ceived after the 18th will be in the January news-

letter.

Mary Steinmann, Editor Email: msteinmann37@hotmail.com

• Bible Study every Tuesday at 10 a.m. • Communion & Daylight Savings Ends Nov. 1st • Church Board Meeting Tues. Nov. 10th @ 7 p.m. • Friendship Guild, Sat. Nov. 14, 2015 @ 10 am • Community Thanksgiving Service, Nov. 22nd 6 p.m. At Billings Assembly of God Church • 1st Sunday of Advent, Sunday, Nov. 29th

Need another reason to

join the choir? Consider

this: Neuroscientists in

Sweden discovered that

singers’ heartbeats tend to

synchronize, which leads to

a sense of emotional calm

and bonding.

“Joint action leads to joint perspectives,”

write the researchers. “In other words, sing-

ers may change their egocentric perspective

of the world to a ‘we-perspective,’ which

causes them to perceive the world from the

same point of view.”

So start singing — and enjoy the many

benefits and blessings of being part of a

choir!

In sync Our sincere condolence and sympathy

goes to Carl & Erna Lou Kastendieck and

family of Clifford Kastendieck who passed

away October 9, 2015. Funeral service at

St. Peters Evangelical UCC—Billings, Mo

at 2:00 p.m. Interment at St. Peters Ceme-

tery, Billings, Missouri

“You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”

—John Bunyan

11/01 Schaumann

11/08 John Wagemann

11/15 Amber Tinsley

11/22 Schaumann

11/29 John Wagemann

12/06 Amber Tinsley

12/11 Schaumann

DVD

Recording

Schedule

11/01 Fred Zell Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6 John 11:32-44

11/08 Danny Hutter Ruth 1:1-8, 3:1-5, 4:13-17 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44

11/15 Sam Schaumann 1 Samuel 1:4-20 Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25 Mark 13:1-8

11/22 Sherry Coker 2 Samuel 23:1-7 Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37

11/29 Mary Beyer Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36

12/06 David Rauch Malachi 3:1-4 Luke 1:67-79 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6

12/13 Samuel Faris Zephaniah 3:14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18

Readers and Scripture Text

11/01 Nicholas Dziwanowski

11/08 Jonathan Jones

11-15 Sierra Watson1

11/22 Jadyn Dziwanowski

11/29 Kayla Rumley

12/06 Nicholas Dziwanowski

12/11 Jonathan Jones

NOVEMBER

11-01 Jessie Jones

11-01 Keely McCroskey

11-07 Bobbi Rauch

11-07 Janelle Heath

11-09 Katie Harting

11-10 Sherry Coker

11-10 John Wagemann

11-17 Erna Lou Kastendieck

11-19 Norma Wagemann

11-20 Phil Rauch

11-21 Mary Beyer

11-23 Mellisa Jones

11-25 Charles Wallace

11-27 Raymond Schultz

11-28 Debbie Wagemann

11/01 David & Luella Thomas

11/08 Charles Wallace & Carl Kastendieck

11/15 Fred & Diane Zell

11/22 Sherry Coker & Nick Dziwanowski

11/29 John & Jane Staiger

12/07 Mark & Andrea Schultz

12/11 Mary Beyer & Gal Boswell

Steward

11/01/15 Jeff Ware

12/06/15 Luella Thomas

NOVEMBER 11/26 Curtis and Paula McCroskey