It turns out there is no such thing as "spring" in Kansas this year - we just jumped straight from winter to summer! As always, there are some amazing things going on at Crestview this summer. I am looking forward to my first full summer as your pastor, and I am ecstatic to serve as your pastor at Crestview for another year! This summer we will be converting our 8:30 service into a new format. The 8:30 service

during the summer will become Worship Lab - a worship laboratory for experimental worship experienc-es. This is just a trial period - it's just an experiment. The Worship Committee will evaluate how the service is going as we approach the fall and decide how we want to proceed with the 8:30 time slot. If you are a regular at the 8:30 service and read the list below thinking, "I don't want to do any of those things," don't worry! The 10:50 service will still be in the style of a traditional service here at Crestview. That said, I hope everyone will find at least one thing that strikes their interest and give experiential worship a try! Every Sunday, our 8:30 service will include communion as our anchor for the service. From there, the worship experiences will be as follows: June 10—Making and Using Prayer Beads* Prayer beads are most commonly affiliated with the Roman Catholic tradition of praying the rosary. However, there is a long tradition of using shorter prayer beads in the Anglican tradition as well. We will make Anglican prayer beads and practice using them. Everyone will go home with a set of prayer beads and a booklet of pray-ers to use with prayer beads. June 17—Neighborhood Prayer Walk* Prayer walks have been tradition throughout the history of Christianity. Weather permitting, after provided instructions on the practice of prayer walks, everyone will be invited to go on their own prayer walk. For those for whom mobility is an issue and in case of inclement weather, additional instructions will be offered on an in-the-building prayer walk. We will gather back together towards the end of worship to reflect on this experience as a community. June 24—Taize Taize is the singing of distinctive and repetitive prayer chants during worship. The music highlights simple phrases that are repeated or sung. The phrases are usually taken from scripture, especially the Psalms. The repetition is designed to help meditation and prayer. This practice of meditative singing as prayer goes back centuries in the history of the church.

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“Looking to Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfector of our faith.” Hebrews 12: 2 “The Crestviewer” is published monthly by: Volume 2018, Issue 5 May 17, 2018

Crestview United Methodist Church 2245 SW Eveningside Dr. Topeka, KS 66614 Phone: (785) 272-3676 or 272-3702 Fax: (785) 271-9551 E-mail: crestviewumc@gmail.com Web address: cumctopeka.org We are also on Facebook; search for us by our name. Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00a-12:30p /1:00p-2:30p

Senior Pastor: Kara Eidson

Organist: Connie Roth

Custodian: Tony Romero

Nursery Director: Vicki Durr

Nursery Assistant: .

Financial Secretary: Michele Turley

Asst. Financial Secretary: Marilynn Hiegert

Music Director: Jennifer Bahr-Slocum

Secretary/Treasurer: Terresa Mountain

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July 1— Painted Prayer* Ever heard of one of those trendy places where you can drink wine and paint with friends? This is sort of like that, minus the wine, plus grape juice for communion. Those attending will be presented with scripture and invited to paint from the inspiration from the Bible. Even if you feel you have no artistic ability, do you remember how much fun it was to use finger paints as a child? Channel that childhood fun into a spiritual journey. July 8 -- Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross is also an ancient practice across the universal church. While many older churches and cathedrals have stations of the cross built into their architecture or on display as perma-nent artwork in their building, for our purposes, pictures will be hung around the sanctuary remember the last 24 hours of the life of Christ. A scripture guide and prayer guide will help us walk through the experience of the crucifixion together. While this service is most commonly practiced on Good Friday, its practice is not limited to the liturgical year. July 15—Sculpting Scripture* A truly hands-on worship experience. A passage of scripture will be read, and those in worship will be invited to use the clay and materials provided to sculpt their own vision of the passage. Reflecting on our sculptures will be part of the service. No artistic ability is required and people of all skill levels can have a lot of fun with this service; if you've ever enjoyed playing with Play-Doh, this service is for you. July 22—Prayer Mandalas I* A special guest will lead the Mandala worship services. Mandalas are used as a practices across mul-tiple religious traditions, and usually consist of a circular repetition of various patterns. We will learn about the Christian practice of creating mandalas as an act of prayer. Materials will be provided for everybody to begin their own mandalas. Once again, no artistic talent is needed to enjoy this activity. July 29—Prayer Mandalas II* Because mandalas are such an intricate practice, a second week diving into the prayer mandalas will be offered. Those in attendance will be invited to reflect on their experience in prayer through the mak-ing of their own mandala, and will be invite to further work on their mandalas and color them in. August 5—??? Pastor Kara is on vacation for this date. As such, we are still working on a plan for this Sunday. If you would like to lead a Worship Lab or have a great idea for one, contact Pastor Kara - this might be your chance! August 12—Guided Meditation Guided meditation is a common practice outside of the church as well as within. Many leadership and corporate seminars teach guided meditation as a means for relaxation and stress relief. Those in worship on this Sunday will be invited to find a comfortable position to sit or lie in, and then they will be led through a series of meditations. This guided meditation will be led with an eye towards our spir-itual life as Christians and our relationship with the Divine. August 19—Breakfast Church* The first churches that gathered in the first century at a meal, discussed their faith, and might have sung a few songs. There were no sermons and there were no glorious sanctuaries. Crestview will gath-er together around the table to break bread together, and various themes of faith will be discussed. August 26—Worship Collages* Various materials will be offered in this worship experience to create a piece that represents your spiritual journey. Because this is simply cut-and-paste, it is an excellent medium for people of all art ability levels. A similar, but more simplified spiritual prompt, will be offered to children who attend this service.

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Crestview members Debbie Basom and Bert Kossler served the noon meal

at the Topeka Rescue Mission on Tuesday, April 24. Your service is appreciated.

They served 150 clients. The next time our church serves at the Mission is Tues.,

May 22, so if you're available and interested, call Shirley Postier246-2308, to

volunteer. We will also be serving on June 26th!

Several people have requested the recipes from the Maundy Thursday worship service. As a result, we will be printing one recipe at a time in the newsletter for the next few months. Let Pastor Kara know what you think when you try them out! Apricot Chicken * 1/2 lb. apricot preserves * 1 bottle Russian salad dressing * 1 package dry onion soup mix * 6 pieces of chicken Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray, and place the chicken in the pan. In a separate bowl, mix together the preserves, Russian dressing, and onion soup mix. Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken in the pan. Bake for at least 1 hour.

Prayer Group’s last meeting will be this Friday, May 18th, due to various conflicts of schedules. Our Group will resume meeting on Friday, Sept. 7th. We would welcome new ladies to join us then!

Friends, I’ve been humbled by the generosity of our members when I did the “Loot in the Boot” campaign for the Taste of Country meal. As Funeral Dinner Coordinator, I’m in need of funds to cover costs incurred as we provide the main dish for funeral dinners. This is a very important ministry we provide for families who have lost loved ones. Also, you don’t have to be a UMW member to help with the dinner or provide food. Families are not charged for the dinners, but donations are accepted. Thank you! Janell McKinney

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September 2—Prayer Labyrinth* Prayer labyrinths are ancient Christian traditions. Many monasteries and camps around the world have a built-in labyrinth on their grounds. Crestview will be borrowing a portable prayer labyrinth from another UMC and setting it up in the fellowship hall. A labyrinth is essentially a maze, and those who participate will be invited to pray as they walk the course of the maze. (For those with mobility challeng-es, an additional labyrinth option will be offered on paper.) Kids are always welcome at all services and events at Crestview! However, I have put an asterisk

by the dates that I think kids will really connect with the activity for the day. Blessings, Pastor Kara

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6/9 Ted Carter

Lindsey Freel

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6/10 John Halladay

6/11 Nicholas Weber

Red Turner

6/12 Lori Hudson

6/13 Betty Dunn

6/14 Marian Seymour

6/18 Lois Burnett

6/19 Sherry McConnell

6/20 Nicole Thompson

Rev. Allen Baumgartner

6/22 Guy Bishop

Lois Condley

6/24 Janet Kelley

6/25 Rylie Hardesty

6/26 Bethany Weber

Blake West

6/29 June Ghan

6/30 Pat Golden

BIRTHDAYS - June 2018

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES!

Meghan Bitter is graduating from Washburn University in May: Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business with a concentration in Finance (graduating Cum Laude); and Bachelor of Arts in German (graduating Cum Laude). Proud parents are David & Amy Bitter From Nancy Foster: My Granddaughter, & Valerie Foster’s daughter, Anna Stenti, will be graduating from Topeka West. She has received scholarships and will be attending Kansas City Art Institute starting this fall. Quentin Douglas Salvino, 2018 Shawnee Mission North High School graduate, grandson of Ron & Jean Schultz. Bill and Ruth Davis’ granddaughter graduated from Jeff West High School May 13, 2018. Her name is Piper Rose Davis. Anna Marie Hallman, granddaughter of Dennis & Sherry Perry, will graduate from Central High School in St. Jo, MO. She will be going to AmeriCorps. Amber Schmidt is graduating from Topeka High and will be attending Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. Her parents are Shaun & Tammy Schmidt.

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Doorstep Coordinator’s Report May 3, 2018

Food needs: pork and beans, can soup, rice, tuna, powdered milk, mixed vegetables.

Clothing Room needs: King and queen sheets; blankets;, men’s T shirts XL, 2X, 3X; Men’s

2x underwear; women’s plus size clothing; boys jeans all sizes; boys 6-8 all clothes;

girls 6-8 all clothes.

Annual Banquet, raised $1,186.00, up from last year.

Tamales and Cinnamon rolls spring sales: Delivery today, Sunday, May 6. Last fall sales,

704 items, April sales 756 items.

Dovetail Shoppe has permanently closed as of April 21st. Building is for sale. Front offices in the Door-

step building will be painted and then rented out to a non-profit agency.

Topeka Gives: Tuesday, June 5th, Fairlawn Plaza Mall from 7am to 6pm. Donations must be made

in person. Doorstep is one of the non-profit agencies to receive a proportionate matching donation

from the Topeka Community Foundation.

Fall Fundraiser : ‘Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fun Run’. Saturday, Oct. 6, Reynolds Lodge, East side of

Lake Shawnee in the morning.

Crestview donations in April: 97.5 pounds of food and $18.00 monetary donation.

Julia Marsh, Crestview UMW Doorstep Coordinator

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winner is DOORSTEP!!!! Stay tuned for details!! These items will be delivered to Doorstep for their July Distributions. We will also be accepting cash donations with envelopes in the Sunday bulletin during the month of June. If you do not have an envelope available & wish to donate, please mark your donation clearly and mail or bring it to the Church.

WHAT MAKES UP A CLIENT FOOD ORDER AT DOORSTEP??? Doorstep, Inc. strives to provide a well rounded food order for our clients. The food is selected to put “meals” together and last for 5 days, 3 meals a day. The following is a list of food we need to fill those orders: Macaroni & Cheese Egg Noodles Pinto Beans Rice Spaghetti Spaghetti Sauce Canned Fruit Canned Tuna Canned Soups Canned Vegetables Tomato Corn Chicken Noodle Green Beans Vegetable Peas Ramen Noodles Pork ‘n Beans Milk—Canned/Powdered Crackers Cereal—Hot/Dry Peanut Butter & Jelly Per Client request: Sugar, Flour, Cake Mixes, Cooking Oil, etc., & personal care items if available.

Thank you for your continued support!

Hygiene Items For Back To School Event

2 adult toothbrushes / in the package

2 children’s toothbrushes / in the package

1 Toothpaste for adult

1 Toothpaste for children

1 Shampoo for adults

1 Shampoo for children

1 bar soap or

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1 bar soap or

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Remember to shop the Dollar stores!

10 Items total:

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& return to Church by Sunday, June 3rd.

Thank You! Your Mission Committee

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2018 - Mission Shares assigned: $ 25,441 / Budget: $ 190,153 = $ 215,594 Total Needed

Please note: We are refreshing the prayer requests on the white board in the office and in the weekly bulletin & newsletter. Prayer requests will be renewed every 2 weeks with the exception of ongoing critical needs. We hope this keeps us updated and brings our attention to new requests. Thank you. Pastor Kara

Ongoing Concerns: Donna Reece, Lois Fowler, Ginny Martin, Helen Arthur, Robert & Kathy Singer, Judy Balocca, LaMoyne Smith, Patsy Hubbard, Maxine Menish, Gladys Glogau, Bob MacLeay; John Weaver’s cousin (Vivien Hunter). Our Men and Women currently serving in the Military: Matt Thompson; JoAnn Montgomery’s grandson, (Jacob Crawshaw); Rick & Laura Anderson’s son (Matt Anderson); Vera Hrabak’s grandsons (Jared Hrabak, Joshua Roe & Bruce Hrabak, Jr.); Gene & Betty Dunn’s great-grandson (Falcon Murillo); Oleta Schafer’s grandsons (Matt Cavanaugh & Ben Tressler) & Doris Henderson’s grandson (Sterling Wil-liams)

Friday, June 15th, is the deadline for the July 2018 Crestviewer.

FOR YOUR UMW CALENDARS: Note: No Executive Meetings in June or July June 2-9: Mission Education Tour Attention: Women of the Church! Faith Circle of our United Methodist Women invites you to a Fel-lowship Salad supper on Wednesday, June 13 at 6pm in the Parlor. Faith Circle will be providing the food and we'd like you to come as our guest! You don't need to be a member of UMW to attend - this is an evening of food and fellowship. So please mark your calendars and plan to attend! More info to follow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our Keenagers group will be touring the Jayhawk Towers at 10:45 on Friday, June 8th; located at 601 SW Harrison. We will meet out front under the sign and tour from there and then head back to eat at the church.

Hosts: Jackie Brittain & Julia Marsh / Devotions: Elouise Miller. Cost of meal at Church is $7. If you make reservations and cannot attend please make arrangements to pay for the meal. We will not have meetings in July or Aug. so our next meeting will be Sept. 14th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you to so many folks at Crestview, who didn’t even have the chance to get to know

Wayne & I, but I’ve received several cards, we were shown so much care the day of

Wayne’s service, and for Pastor Kara & her time. I’m so grateful God’s love extends so far.

Bless you all. Dawn McNeely

Thank you Crestview friends for all the kindnesses shown to me, beautiful birthday cards, treats, flowers

& visits. All so much appreciated. May God shower all of you with His blessings. MaryLou Irwin

Dear Crestview family, Thank you for the Birthday wishes for my Mom, Wanda Box. Wish

we could be there! & to the Strobels for their notes! Love Angie & Wanda

To our Crestview friends - thank you so much for all the cards, phone calls, and expressions of sympathy

extended to us at the unexpected death of Gary’s brother, Luke. You helped us get through the shock and

our family is moving forward. With love to you and to Pastor Kara, thank you! Gary and Sandy Biber

Thank you everyone for being so kind to send us birthday cards… we love everyone of

them. Thanks for so much. Bill and Ruth Davis

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We do offer our newsletter via e-mail, if you prefer to receive it that way!

Crestview Church is also on Facebook and found by searching for Crestview United Methodist Church

If you would like to be notified by e-mail when there are new prayer concerns, or if you have a prayer concern you would like others to know about, please call the Church Office at 272-3676 or e-mail your information to the Church at: Crestviewumc@gmail.com.

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2245 SW Eveningside Dr. Topeka, KS 66614-1344

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Pg. 1 From the Pastor Pg. 2 From the Pastor (continued) Pg. 3 From the Pastor (final) Maundy Thursday recipe Funeral Dinner request TRM Servers Prayer Group news Vacation Bible School Pg. 4 June birthdays 2018 Graduates Pg. 5 Doorstep Food Challenge Mission News Pg. 6 Prayer Concerns UMW Calendar news Keenagers news Thank you’s It’s your Business (financial status) Pg. 7 June Calendar

Please be praying for Pastor Kara and Teresa Tuchscherer as they attend

Annual Conference in Wichita, KS; June 13-16. Thank you.

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