The Wind | November 1, 2022

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View this email in your browser The Wind Bi-Monthly Newsletter November 1, 2022 Join us on Sundays at Polk City UMC 8:15 Worship Join us in person for a worship service with traditional hymns. Children are always welcome in worship at PCUMC! 9:15 Sunday School Sunday School for Children 4-years-old to 5th Grade as well as Adults. During Sunday School, a nursery is available for children 4 and under. 10:00 Worship Join us in person or online for a worship service with our praise band. During 10am worship, a nursery is available for children 4 and under.  Polk City UMC Annual Charge Conference 2022  Sunday, November 13 • 3:30pm Ankeny First UMC - Christian Life Center 710 NE 36TH Street, Ankeny, IA 50023 All are invited to attend our annual charge conference hosted at Ankeny First UMC.  Mission Focus for November: Cereal for the Comet Cupboard During the month of November we will be stocking breakfast cereal for the Comet Cupboard. The pantry gives out 60-90 boxes of cereal each month. Cereal boxes can be placed in the red barrel in the entryway. Questions:  Dixie Bequeaith Check Out Our New Online Photo Directory — It’s a Breeze! Our access to Online Church Directory will end in December. Join Breeze to maintain access to our church directory! Do you have a free member account? If no, follow these simple instructions: Enter your name and email here. When you get an email from Breeze, click through to create your login. Upload a photo and update your contact info. Access the Polk City UMC Directory Once you have a Breeze account, bookmark and visit our private database at any time. Not only will you have access to the online directory, you will also be able to view a schedule of events, check when you have signed up to volunteer,  and more! You can also access Breeze via an app on your smartphone. It's a breeze to get started! Here are guides with some helpful hints to help you.  Helpful hints for Computer Helpful hints for Mobile Travel to the Holy Land with Pastor Wendy June 18 - 26, 2023 Visit the Holy Land with friends, learn from a world class guide, and watch scripture come alive in new ways. Talk with Pastor Wendy if you have questions. Brochures available in the Narthex. Sign up today to reserve your spot! Sign Up for Children's Christmas Program Calling all kiddos who want to participate in this year's Christmas program! Make sure to sign up your child using our form ASAP: Sign Up Form Booked!  - Bible Study Group Tuesdays 4:30 to 5:30 pm A new weekly Bible study group called Booked! is meeting every Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm in the Youth Room at the church. Cindy Hickman (recently retired UMC pastor) will be leading the study each Tuesday afternoon. We will select a book of the Bible to read as a group, and then each week we will read together, ask questions and discuss them, and learn and grow in our faith as we study God's word. This will be an informal gathering and open to all who would like to explore the Bible with others. Bring your Bible if you have one. If you don't we'll make one available to you. Please join us on Tuesday afternoons! Financial Peace University Class has been moved online Contact Janet DeJager if you are interested in participating  Planning for the future is hard when you’re still paying for the past! Listen—there’s a better way! Join my Financial Peace University class, and we’ll learn how to beat debt and make a plan for the future together! Interested?  Reach out to Janet DeJager with questions: Jandjag76@gmail.com Adult Sunday School Study on the Apostles Creed The adult Sunday school class is studying Creed: What Christians Believe and Why by Adam Hamilton. This class examines truths that give meaning to life as found in the Apostles' Creed, an early statement of foundational Christian beliefs. Please join us! Care & Connection If you have or know of a care need, please reach out to our Care and Connection Committee chair, Carol Parrott, cmparrott@dwx.com or (515) 422-6426 Women's Coffee Tuesdays at 10am in the Wing. Contact Diane Lukasik if you have questions. Men's Breakfast First Saturdays at 8am in the Wing. Contact Dave Schelling with questions or to RSVP. Are you needing the Wing for a church meeting or a family gathering? If you are please contact Charlotte Loter at caloter@msn.com or 515-240-8436 to check the schedule. Clinic & Food Pantry Walk-in Hours St. Luke’s Free Clinic and NP Comet Cupboard Food Pantry are open on the first and third Wednesdays of the month:   NP Comet Cupboard: 5:00-6:30 PM email dbequeai967@msn.com with questions   St. Luke's Free Clinic: 6:00-8:00 PM call 515-238-6425 for more information DMARC Update for November 1 Linda Pennington DMARC Delegate HELP IS DIRE FOR ALL WHO FEED THE HUNGRY!!! THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY COULD BE YOUR WORKING PARTNER OR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR!!! PLEASE CONSIDER A MONETARY DONATION NOW!!! ($10=12.5 MEALS)      The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Warehouse has been in the news this week of October 24, 2022. I contacted Rebecca Whitlow, the Food Pantry Network Director. She replied "the reports have simplified the situation and have not reflected the true situation. We have always served the food insecure a 3-day supply of food and will continue to do so. We have extra, anytime food, which is available whenever a pantry is open. How they serve and what they provide is not changing. The agreement put forth by the Food Bank would have forced the network to serve a 3-day supply at all of the pantries. This could allow a person to get 45 days- worth of food in a 30- day period if they chose to go to all of the pantries, plus the anytime food too. Those who would have overloaded on the food are hurting those who abide and the system itself. DMARC still hopes there is a solution in the future between the Food Bank and DMARC, but at this time it is not." Four pantries are under the Food Bank agreement, the other eleven are not.      PLEASE!!! You help is greatly needed at this time. All organizations that help the hungry are seeing great increases!!!  DMARC'S NUMBER ONE DONATION THEY APPRECIATE IS MONEY!!!   If you wish to help, please check out the church's VANCO giving app or you may write a check out to Polk City United Methodist Church and in the memo write "DMARC" and mail to Polk City United Methodist Church, 1421 West Broadway, Polk City, Iowa 50226 ATTN Finance Secretary or place in the offering plate. If you are buying on AmazonSmile please consider a donation to DMARC there.      For volunteering and donations of vehicles. please check out DMARC at www.dmarcunited.org Any questions? I am always here-Linda Pennington-DMARC Delegate    www.penningtonlinda30@gmail.com THANK YOU FOR NEVER FORGETTING!! 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