This Old House                                                              -by Paul Kunkel

Been up in the attic lately? Or the basement? Let’s check out some facts and history of our “church house”.  It ought to be fun, so grab a pencil and mark the correct option for each of the following. The correct answers are listed on the last page of this document.

1)     The official sign in Virginia’s flower garden by the Education Wing reads:

a)      Paradise Lost

b)     Lily of the Valley

c)      Garden of Weedin’

d)     Rose of Sharon

2)     The stained glass windows with biblical symbols, and mounted high in the sanctuary walls, were primarily fabricated by the family named:

a)      Brown

b)     Green

c)      Black

d)     White

3)     Before the current white of the sanctuary walls, they had been painted:

a)      Tan

b)     Mauve

c)      Green

d)     Blue

4)     Identify the Sunday school classroom sign that was never used:

a)      High School

b)     Elder Hostel

c)      Otherwise

d)     Wide Awake Bereans

5)     The Condit Center is named for:

a)      A private donor who was a retired school teacher

b)     An earlier pastor

c)      A bishop

d)     A combination of several family names

6)     When the current building was new, overflow Sunday school classes met at:

a)      The nursing home south of the building

b)     Across the street at Lafayette Electronics

c)      Dairy Queen

d)     Renner-Wikoff Funeral Home

7)     Framed art found in the present Library/Lounge was done by:

a)      Karis Manton (Chinese water color)

b)     Bob King (photography)

c)      Herschel Cline (cartoon)

d)     Salzman (original oil portrait)

8)     Before the Education Wing and before the Condit Center, the pastor’s office was located here:

a)      Sanctuary balcony

b)     Present kitchen

c)      East end of the narthex

d)     Back seat of his car

9)     The memorial gift for Dallas Milliken is

a)      Handicap ramp

b)     Church bell base

c)      Rails for front steps

d)     Brick planter by entrance drive

10)             The “plague” of the education wing has been:

a)      Ants

b)     Spiders

c)      Termites

d)     Bed bugs

11)             The design concept used by the architect for the sanctuary was

a)      An athletic arena

b)     Noah’s ark

c)      Solomon’s temple

d)     A Chautauqua tabernacle

12)             The pastor of Grace Church at the time of the cornerstone laying was named:

a)      Rich

b)     Poor

c)      New

d)     Old

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Needed! Lay representative to the Boneyard Creek Cluster

It has been several years since Grace Church has had a lay representative to the Boneyard Creek Cluster.  The Cluster includes all 14 of the Methodist congregations in the area.  The Cluster’s goal is to build relationships between the congregations and with those who are served through the mission projects that are undertaken.  Currently, the Cluster is working cooperatively with the empty tomb on a roof replacement project.  Last year the Cluster mission project was the completion of a remodeling effort at a house that had been damaged by fire.

The Cluster was responsible for the planning of the recent Good Friday service at Urbana First United Methodist.  Rev. Mike offered the message and our musicians participated in that service.

A spaghetti supper was held at the Savoy church to help raise funds.  Additional funds have been provided by the participating churches.  The Grace Church Mission Team has provided funds for the 2005 and 2006 projects.

The mission Team is seeking a volunteer to represent Grace Church at meetings and to encourage our members to participate in the activities of the Cluster.  If you would like to fill this role, please contact Doug Bauling (328-2008).

Submitted by Doug Bauling

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Birthdays and Anniversaries

May Birthdays

3-   Barb Wood

8-   Karilyn Newnam

9-   Baylee Prestin

11- Alan Weidert

12- Dayna Prestin

      Brian Ziebart

14- Eli Entwistle

16- Bob Bentz

17- Steve O’Connell

22- Berniel Stinebring

25- Matthew Christman

      Alpharetta Preston

May Anniversaries

3-   Bob and June Sostheim

16- Kay and Alan Weidert

23- Marcia and Scott Burns

24- Rhoda and Byron Willard

27- Virginia and Floyd Bailey

28- Luann and Rob Wiedenmann

31- Karen and Bill Knight

June Birthdays

1-   Dorothy Collins

      Phillip Hartke

5-   Beth Morgan

6-   Charles Preston

7-   June Black

      Karen Medina

8-   Courtney Adams

10- Ron Weidner

14- Gordon Wilson

15- Rosemary Taborn

16- Elizabeth Johnson

17- Jim Roush

19- Randy McCarthy, Jr.

20- Scott Burns

      Dan Deloney

      Bill Merz

      Diane Pittman

22- Nancy Welch

23- Pat Ziebart

27- Robin Styan

      Clint Schwartz

June Anniversaries

2-   Kay and Ron Weidner

8-   Lisa and Todd Searing

10- Betty and Carl Johnson

12- Beth and Terry Morgan

      Evelyn and Richard Kesler

13- Mary and Doug Bauling

      Doris and Jim Roush

19- June and Duane Schwartz

20- Derys and Art Harper

24- Connie and Gordon Wilson

26- Jessica and Ted Hartke

29- Linda and Bill Entwistle

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Seedtime and Harvest – Mission Funds         -by Karilyn Newnam   

“He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor” – 2 Corinthians 9:9

 As the plants emerge and develop for this summer’s sweet corn crop, mission funds from previous years’ harvest are being scattered throughout local, national and international agencies. Mission funds have recently been distributed to the following:

Henderson Settlement ($500) in Frakes, Kentucky helps to meet basic human needs of more than 4,000 residents in the service area. Funds help to supplement projects such as youth ministries, funds youth training, child care and soup kitchens (General Advance).

Habitat for Humanity ($500) is an ecumenical Christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness and making adequate, affordable housing available to eligible families (Conference Advance).

Empty Tomb ($500) serves as a contact between Christian congregations and persons in need. Services include a food pantry, home maintenance work, clothing and health services (Conference Advance).

Midwest Mission Distribution Center ($500) mission is helping the less fortunate throughout the Midwest, the nation and the world. Disaster relief materials, humanitarian aid, medical and educational goods are collected and shipped from the distribution center (Conference Advance).

Crisis Nursery ($500) is a child abuse prevention and family support agency which provides emergency intervention respite care and support to families in crisis (Local).

Center for Women in Transition ($500) provides support services and safe transitional housing to homeless women and their children to foster and sustain their self-sufficiency (Local).

Eastern Illinois Food Bank ($500) is a food bank established to help alleviate hunger. Annually, the Eastern Il. Food Bank delivers over 4.5 million pounds of food product to 14 counties (Local).

Restoration Urban Ministries ($500) provides a food pantry and clothing center, religious services, youth programs, drug and alcohol support groups and a 74-unit transitional housing program (Local).

TIMES Center ($500) – Transitional Initiatives and Men’s Emergency Services – the emergency services program provides short-term shelter for homeless men. The transitional program provides a long-term facility and intensive case management services for homeless men to transition them to independent living. The center also runs a soup kitchen (Local).

Jesus is the Way Ministries ($500) is a prison ministry for current or about to be released prison inmates and juvenile inmates (Local).

Grace Church has renewed our Covenant Relationship with Miquel Arenas Herrea, a missionary in Uruguay for the 3-year period of 2006-2008.  The financial commitment for this missionary support is $1,710.

Cunningham Children’s Home ($1,000) - $500 of the contribution is to the Spiritual Life Center and $500 to the home’s operations. Cunningham provides residential services, special education, therapies, spiritual services and support for youth with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Discretionary Fund ($500) and Food Pantry ($600)

Bread for the World ($400) focuses on education about hunger and influencing public policy.

Boneyard Creek Cluster 2005 ($422) - Boneyard Creek Cluster 2006 ($400)

Thanks be to God for bountiful gifts and thanks to all the people who help make these things happen.

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Summer Camps – Not Just for Kids!

 by Karilyn Newnam

Did you attend a church camp as a youngster? Check out the IGRC Summer Camp brochure available in the information rack in the Narthex. It’s a 28-page brochure filled with camping opportunities for all ages.

Some new camps for 2006 include an Ozark River Canoe Trip for ages K-adult and an Ozark River Expedition for grades 7-12. Secret Service: Field Investigators for grades 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 is a camp where participants are given special assignments to carry out secret missions of kindness.

Family camps include a family RV camp, Grandparent and Me, Family Camp, Sign Language Camp, plus more…

Campsites of IGRC include Beulah Camp in Eldorado (Southern Il.), East Bay Camp in Hudson, Epworth Camp in Louisville (south of Effingham), Living Springs Camp in Lewiston, Jensen Woods in Timewell (West Central Il.) and Little Grassy Camp in Makanda (south of Carbondale).

There are beginner camps that include going to Miller Park Zoo for an overnight, or camps designed for campers not yet ready to experience camp by themselves.

A different kind of camp is “The GREAT Bus Tour” for young women (ages 15-22) to tour missions of the Il. Great River Conference. The group will be sleeping in churches and colleges during the tour. Some of the missions are Midwest Mission Dist. Center, Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, Cobden Hispanic Ministry, and many more.

The camps are too numerous to mention and they all provide the opportunity to foster harmony within the participants, their relationships with God, fellow campers and God’s creation. Please take time to look at the brochure. For additional information about “The GREAT Bus Tour”, please contact Karilyn Newnam.

Bible Bowl

Four youth from Grace Church, under the guidance of Richard King, participated in a District Bible Bowl at East Bay Camp in Bloomington. There were eight teams, representing eight different churches. This team was one of the younger teams that participated.

Members of the team were Catlyn Baker, Katie Carroll, Kyra Entwistle and Kolbi Williford.  Questions were taken from Matthew, Chapter 1:20 through Chapter 7. Everyone had a fun time and particularly enjoyed the ice cream after the Bowl. We are very proud of the youth and their participation. We look forward to next year’s event.

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Answers to “This Old House: