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Grace Notes

Members & Friends of FUMCWA,
It’s astounding how time flies so quickly! I long for time to stand still so I can catch my breath. But time is constant. It’s we who put in too much in a day. Or maybe, there’s just too much happening that needs our attention. Either way, welcome October!
First West Allis is a buzz with life and energy—music rehearsals, book studies, prayer services, Senior League, Awana, Food Pantry, Second Saturday, Sunday School… all good and wonderful things. It is an exciting time to be church; to be a refuge, to be with one another, to learn and grow together, to be a place where we can be and do ministry together.
As time is constant, so is church. As church is here, so is God. God is in this place with us to guide our ways as God’s children. And as God’s children following the incarnate God, Jesus, we are here to continue the life and teachings of Jesus in the present time that has present needs and challenges.
I’m so grateful the faith family of First West Allis continues to be a loving neighbor to our siblings in the community. I hope each one of us recognizes the love of God in us and the gifts God blessed us with, to be part of sharing that love, care, and justice.
May we continue to grow and discover God’s goodness in us so we can be God’s goodness to others who need to experience God’s love.
I hope you invest in God through First. We love and care for you, as God cares and loves you.
Pastor Grace

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A Message From Our Lay Leader, Tom Bolton

We are a Church of Caring and Love of Justice
This Old Testament verse keeps popping up in my studies lately, and so I share it here with you:
He has told you, O man (Adam), what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
~Micah 6:8 English Standard Version~

God cares about You, and so do We. That is our Vision statement, and that is how I see this Church, our little local congregation.
I see us also as a Church that loves justice, and we keep learning to humbly live and act on it. I am so proud of the many caring ministries that our fellowship offers and supports. I have been thinking about AWANA (It was so great to be there with the kids and families this past month!) and the families we support and love and relate within the AWANA community. I think about our vibrant food pantry. What a great team! I love our Second Saturday Servants. We grow so much and are filled so full of Christ when we serve others and develop these new relationships. I am excited about the work of our Congregational Care team; if you have needs that you want to discuss with a caring person, please talk to Pastor Grace or Laura Molleson to get connected with a team member. I think about our amazing music ministry–a powerful presentation of our faith and theology. I think about all the visions we shared at our retreat in September! More on that shortly……
I am thinking about all the Christian education offerings in our Church. I hope you have found a class that suits you. Our classes are even better when you are there with us. If you are looking for something different or a different time or venue, please talk to me about what you are looking for or to Nancy Lanman or Sue Klescewski, our Chairs of Adult Christian Education. I will be starting a new class– eConfirm–on Sunday mornings and Tuesday nights, starting October 19 at 9:00 am or October 21 alternatively, zooming at 6:30 pm. Many of our classes function like Wesleyan Bands; these are great groups for sharing and growing.
We have many more ministries and groups that serve with care to our communities. A dozen of us shared visions at a Retreat last month. We will be sharing our main activity visions in worship and discussing and presenting at a Church Council meeting. We concluded with five main visions to pursue. Work committees have already started working on some of these:
–Revitalize our building for more community use. We are having a study done to help us plan this. Many of you will be involved in helping to define and develop this in the next few months. –Develop a music academy at First Church to serve the greater community with Church music programming
and teaching. This will take advantage of our background, contacts, reputation and talented resources.
–Strengthen our Food Pantry and maximize safety and loving care for our clients and servants.
–Provide ongoing education and training on Christian Social Ethics, building on what we have started in recent years.
–Engage our whole congregation in being a welcoming, inclusive community, that is a place of comfort and community for many cultural and diverse backgrounds. We will make use of training that we have received in the past, and partner with other congregations and communities and share our invitation with many others. There are many ideas raised to help with this. We will discuss and engage more and more as a full community of Christ.
As I noted a year ago, many of us are getting more mature, and we still have lots to share yet. Our roles as Disciples don’t end; there is no mandatory retirement date for discipleship. Keep up the good work. I appreciate you all.
Tom Bolton, Lay Leader
~God loves you and so do we. Discipleship Never Ends.~

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Church Office Needs Your Help Maintaining Servant Keeper 

• The Church Office needs your help with Servant Keeper Family Profile Updating:
  Our Church Management System is called “Servant Keeper.” Your membership and contribution information will be available online on their website.
• An invitation has been sent to your family email address. If you have not received this, please contact mfuller@fumcwa.org. The email will be coming from: no-reply@servantpc.com
• You will click on “Manage My Family” where you will be prompted to create a password to log in.
  (Please write this down somewhere because the church will NOT have your password.)
• Your family information will pop up. Click on Profiles and Giving History – you can access information as an individual or as a whole family.
• You will have the ability to update your name, address, phone number, email address, etc. You can
  even upload a picture of yourself and/or your whole family.
• You will also have the ability to look at and print your contribution statements. To do so, click on “Giving History”, “Detail”, “View & Print” (or you can save it to a PDF file)
• You will also have the ability to access the online church directory.
• The red circle at the right of the screen is for logging out.
• If you have issues after you get your invite – please contact mfuller@fumcwa.org
  For future access to your profile, please create a Bookmark, save it to Favorites OR go to www.servantkeeper.com/member-portal/westallisFUMC to sign in.

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Monday Morning Messenger

Every Monday morning, the church office will send out a communication via email that includes a verse for the week, a prayer for the week, the week’s calendar, church office hours, and need(s) for the week. This communication will be sent to all those who have an email address. Please contact the office if you have a new email address.

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