HOT! HOT!
Methodist Day at McKendree is this Saturday, December 6, 2008
UMM Pres. Jeff Thornton has about 100 tickets to get rid of by Saturday. It is not too late if your church would like to attend the McKendree University Basketball game this Saturday, at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $5 a piece. At intermission we would like a youth to represent your church by shooting a free-throw. Come celebrate United Methodist Day at McKendree. Call Jeff on his cell phone, 618-530-4447 if you need tickets!
Please keep Rev. Rose Booker-Jones in your prayers. She is the Pastor of Trinity East St. Louis Church in the Mississippi River District.
She had emergency surgery Oct 29th, went home and was doing pretty well, when she had to return to the hospital due to an infection. Rose had surgery once more and she is doing better. Please pray that the Doctors have gotten all the infection and that she can now start to heal. Thank God this happened now, before she went to Liberia.
Please send cards to 912 N. 87th Street, East St. Louis, IL 62203
Part-time Young Adult Director -Prospect Park UMC, Fairview Heights , IL(map)
is looking for a person /couple for young adults ministry. Free rent in our 3-bedroom parsonage will be given in exchange for approximately ten hours weekly, including Sunday morning attendance. Prospect Park is just 2 miles from I-64/I-55.
For more information, job description, and application please contact:
, or call 618-397-1099 .
IRS Increases Mileage Rates Effective Jan 1, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for 2009. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
The rate will be 55 cents a mile for all business miles driven
Deductible medical or moving expenses will 24 cents a mile.
The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents a mile.
Looking for someone who would like to speak at your church this year?
John and Colleen Eisenbergs are willing and available to come and share their
experiences as missionaries in Paraguay. If you want to check out their ministry go to: www.themissionsociety.org/people/eisenberg or call them at:
John 618-409-6429 or Colleen 618-610-7920.
Another guest speaker opportunity: Susan Meister, Domestic Disaster Response Correspondent for UMCOR, is a member of Signal Hill UMC in the Mississippi River District. She has been covering UMCOR emergency and long term disaster response thoughout the United States for two years. Before that, she served as Director of Missions/Outreach and Director of Communications in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference. Susan is available for presentations to IGRC congregations/meetings as her travel schedule permits. Email her at
Living the Adventure Ministries with Rev. Matt Henson
On July 1, 2008, Rev. Matt Henson along with his family began to fully live out their calling to an evangelistic ministry that “seeks to work for the transformation of the world through the awakening of the Church, evangelistic preaching, and Christian people putting their faith into action through Mission Experiences around the world.
He seeks to work with camps, churches, and other Christian ministries to create environments where the Good News of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed and lived in a way that invites people to join the adventure of following Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives.”
If you are planning a revial, retreat or other event where you will need an evangelist/speaker, please contact Living the Adventure Ministries at (618)830-6670 or
. Also, feel free to check out this ministry online ( www.livingtheadventure.net ).
Miscellaneous Announcements
Please give the Pastors that are new to our District a warm welcome: Carlyle/Huey/Beckemeyer - Keith A. Michaels
Collinsville - Mark Horn
Fairview Heights Christ Associate - Allen W. Miller
Granite City Dewey Ave/Good Shepherd - Samuel D. Anderson
Litchfield St. Timothy - James O. Tinzmann
St. Jacob - Pablo D. Marty
Samuel Anderson and Pablo Marty are Supply Pastors and are not living at the parsonages. If you can't reach them at church, you are welcome to try their home numbers.
