The Messenger
Albany UMC
June 2025
From Rev Bendi’s Desk:
Summer is here!!!! We have some different ministries and activities happening this summer, so keep alert! We have our Heartland Day Camp at the end of the month. We host 5 Counselors and about 50 kids for the week! It is a week full of fun and love! The Counselors will be staying in our church overnight, so there will be extra lights on, don’t worry.
There are some things that you can do for camp; first, pray for us. Pray for a great weather week and that we provide a safe and wonderful place for kids to learn about God. Secondly, you can donate snacks and other food. I will have it listed below. Third, you can support it financially.
We charge the families a minimal fee, but we could use some extra help.
Summer is also a time when all of us travel and miss church now and then. Please remember you can always watch on Facebook Live, send your offering in, or do it electronically using the QR code that is shown in this newsletter.
Jackie Webb, Kerin Lovitt, and I will be attending the Missouri Annual Conference in St Charles June 6-8. For every church or charge that has a pastor, a lay person gets to represent that church or charge for Conference. Pray for our Annual Conference!
Let’s have a great summer and continue to make a difference in peoples’ lives!
And remember we are not alone and Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples, to go and share our faith, to go and love.
Rev. Bendi
Camp needs….
COOKIES! Homemade or store bought. We will need about 10 dozen a day!
Granola Bars – Some kids come in the morning hungry
Hot Dogs and Buns – We will need about 120 for lunch
Cold Snacks – Popsicles, fudge bars, etc.
Heartland Day Camp is June 23-27 – Camp is daily M-F from 9:00-4:00.
The cost is $30 per child/$50 for a family. We can take 48 children who have finished Kindergarten through 6th grade. (Unless you are a United Methodist, then we will take 4 year olds)
Get registered at www.heartlandcamps.org
As of today, May 27, we have 13 slots open for campers!
No Hunger Summer
We are once again partnering with Second Harvest to provide meals for kids throughout the summer. We will pack meals on Tuesdays and distribute them between 11:00-Noon on Tuesdays.
They are available for ANYONE!
If you are interested in getting these free meals for your kiddos,
please contact Staci Freeman or the church office.
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FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH – BRING A BOXED DINNER
FOR THE FOOD PANTRY! (Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, Chicken Helper)
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Every month we list our Food Ministries. Here’s a little information about each one.
USDA Commodities/Senior Boxes – Saturday, June 7 – 9:00-10:30
(We need volunteers to help us put commodities in clients’ cars. Come at 8:45)
We were asked to host the USDA Commodity Distribution and Senior Boxes by Second Harvest. People who receive these foods must qualify by government qualifications and must be a Gentry County Resident. Items are delivered on the first Thursday of each month, so we hand them out the following Saturday. Our “service” is that we help people to their cars with the items. If you would like to serve, please come on Saturday the 8th about 8:45. We are done by 10:00
Wal-Mart Excess/Food Pantry – Tuesday, June 3 & 17 - 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Many years ago we started a food pantry that is housed at our church through the Ministerial Alliance of Albany. A few years ago, Second Harvest connected us with Wal-Mart. Every day Wal-Mart has excess products that they need to get out of their store. Ed Manring usually drives over to Bethany on Mondays and gets the excess. This food is for ANYONE. The food pantry is also open at this time, the pantry is for Albany School district residents only. Our “service” is to organize food and help people go through the line.
Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry – MONDAY June 16 - 10:00am
Every month, Second Harvest brings a truck of food and it gets put on palates outside the church. People in their cars drive by and our “service” is to put the food in their cars. This food is for ANYONE. Sometimes we have to bag food and sometimes we don’t. We never know what will be on the truck.
If you would like to help with any of these ministries, please come and help.
We can always use more hands and feet!!! If you have any questions, ask
Chris Cain, Cathy Adkins, Debbie Lippincott, or Rev Bendi
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There are Telephone/Email lists in the back of the church, these are NOT membership lists, just contact information.
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If you and your family haven’t given a cross for the church Faith Wall,
please get one, put your name on the back, and we will get it hung up.
Remember if you miss a Sunday and want to give your tithes and offerings,
you can do it electronically! Scan the QR Code below
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June Birthdays
2 - Kim Jensen
4 - Sara Putz
6 - Kyle Emerson
7 - Levi Ruckman
8 - Kendra Watson
14 - Kim Findley
15 - Denise Manion
20 - Donna Humphrey
22 - Jake Nichols
23 - Jonathan Phillips
24 - Sarah Barmann Smith
28 - Denice Harness
30 – Jo Ann Gibbany
June Anniversaries
1 - Jake and Cameron Nichols
3 - Jim and Donna Humphrey
8 - Jered and Jess Rolves
11 - Fred and Kathy Connor
18 - Barry and Zola Steinman
20 - Gene and Sherrie Hogue/Randy and Valorie Arndt
Sunday Reminders
Scripture Readers
1 - Viola Smith
8 - Zyler Freeman
15 - Marta Meyer
22 - Zane Freeman
29 - Clara Almquist
Greeters
1 - Bob and Chris Birdsell
8 – Jo Ann Gibbany
15 - Terry and Debbie Lippincott
22 - Gene and Sherrie Hogue
29 - Lee and Wanda Zweifel
Children’s Moments
1 - Staci Freeman
8 - Chris Birdsell
15 - Bells
22 - Donna Humphrey
29 - Jess Rolves
Counters
1 - Richard McConkey and Denice Harness
8 - Jeffrey Epperly and Gregg Salmon
15 - Debbie Lippincott and Blayre Crawford
22 - Steven Meyer and Ryan Almquist
29 - Barry Steinman and Jered Rolves
Always Remember…..
Check out the website!
Newsletter, News, Calendar, Giving
All of this and more!!!!
www.albanymoumc.com
