Hola mis amados hermanos y hermanas en Cristo Jesús. Para los seres humanos no es un secreto que estamos viviendo en un mundo lleno de necesidades, dificultades y de pecados, razones estas que nos desafían a abrigar el futuro con esperanza bajo la capa de nuestra fe en Jesús el Cristo resucitado. El Dios viviente que camina con nosotros y entre nosotros.

Revisando mi literatura sobre la Estación de Resurrección, encontré el libro escrito por la exiliada Guatemalteca Julia Esquivel: Threatened with Resurrection – Amenazado de Resurrección: Prayers and Poems. Y en su libro encontré un corto poema titulado Esperanza que quisiera compartir con todos ustedes.

Esperanza

A SPECIAL PENTECOST CELEBRATION SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 8:30AM AND 9:45AM

Special Guest Artist and Preacher: Minister Barbara Martin-Stanley

Barbara will be providing special music with a group called GMT – God’s Ministry Team, which includes soloists, instrumentalists, and a dancer. She will also be collaborating with Pastor Dave on the sermon for the day as we lift up and celebrate the movement of the Holy Spirit among us.

On Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the birth of the church. There was a rush of mighty wind; tongues of fire - and the Holy Spirit prevailed on Pentecost. The church was born. The once disheartened disciples moved out, prodded, enabled by the Holy Spirit. The emblem of the United Methodist Church is the cross and flame. Pentecost means so much to us because we see the importance of the Holy Spirit sending us out to change the world.

Barbara Martin-Stanley is an Admissions Counselor for Diversity Recruitment at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L). She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Smith College and a Masters degree in Education from the UW-L. Barbara has worked with organizations and schools to assist them in meeting the needs of students of color and introducing students from high school who have no knowledge or little knowledge of diversity to come to a deeper sense of awareness.

Barbara is a minister in training and looks forward to receiving her license as a local Pastor from the United Methodist Church.

Peace with Justice Sunday is one of our Churchwide special Sunday offerings.

Your generous gifts on Peace with Justice Sunday support:

This summer there will be an extended Sunday school portion of the 9:45am worship service for children in preschool and elementary school. After the children’s sermon, the children will be invited to join others for a Veggie Tales video, Bible story, activity, and snack. This summer Sunday school program will last 13 weeks from June 5-August 28. Adult volunteers are needed to facilitate this program. Please contact Kay in the office to volunteer. Nursery care will still be provided for children under 3 years old.

Congratulations to all our high school graduates who will be recognized in worship June 12:

Sr. High United Methodist Youth Fellowship will meet at church on Wednesdays, June 1, 15 and 29, starting at 6:00pm with a meal. It will last until 8pm. If you have any questions, please contact Oscar Diaz, Sr. High Ministry Coordinator, at 213-6158.

The Senior High Youth Group is holding a Car Wash/Bake Sale to support their mission trip to Paducah, Kentucky in July. The Car Wash and Bake Sale is on Sunday, June 26, 8:00 – 11:00 am at the church. Bring your dirty vehicle to church and the Youth Group will wash your vehicle while you attend worship. The bake sale will be inside for you to enjoy. Free will offerings will be accepted.

All Young Families are invited for a wonderful weekend of camping at Pine Lake Wildwood Campground on July 22-24. Campsite fee of $44 for 2 nights is due by June 26. RSVP quickly as only 1 of the 6 site are currently available.

Not an overnight camper but want to enjoy Pine Lake with our young families? Please join us for lunch at Saturday, July 23 at11:30am at our Wildwood campsite area. Please let Amanda Hinthorn (dwwillie10@yahoo.com or 698-1895) know that you will be joining us and what item you will bring to share. You will also need to bring your own place settings and drink. We will mail out directions once you have signed up. Please RSVP by July 10. Following lunch you are welcome to stay and take a hike or swim with us. Hope those of you who are looking for a summer day trip can join us.

These individuals were confirmed on Sunday, May 15. Congratulations and God Bless our Confirmands: Micah Buffat, Jessi Engle, Joe Grady, Isabelle Henrich, Samantha Kinsler, Aaron Lucius, Caitlin Marks, Michael Medenblik, Chuck Moore, and Haley Parvin.

Earn Your God and Me or God and Family Emblem

Summer is great time to do something special. Pastor Dave wants to work with families who have sons in Scouts so that they can receive recognition for their study of our faith. This program will provide an opportunity for young people and families to explore their faith together with the assistance of your congregation.

The Following is an overview of both grade levels:

• To help children realize that God is active in every part of their lives
• To help children know that Jesus is their best friend
• Read Bible stories and play games
• Do 4 lessons and 4 family projects
• Memorize the Lord’s Prayer
• Meet for three sessions with Pastor Dave, June 22, July 6 and July 20 at 2pm

• To learn six ways of strengthening families through faith
• To help families grow in God’s love
• Meet Bible families
• Learn how a pizza is like a family
• Do 6 lessons and 6 family projects
• Memorize the Ten Commandments
• Meet for two sessions with Pastor Dave, June 29 and July 13 at 2pm

For our program to be a great experience for all of God’s children, we need people to help with meals, games, crafts, and the interactive Bible story time. Prayerfully consider saying "YES, I can help!"

Contact Kay in the church office for more information and to sign up (222-1633). There will be a meeting of all volunteers on Wednesday, June 14 at 6:30 pm at the church.

Join us for Root Beer Floats & Popcorn on Monday, July 4^th from 6:00pm until the fireworks start. The Sr. High is sponsoring the fundraiser, but we would welcome any church members who want to help out. Please call Kay in the office, 222-1633. What better way to spend the 4^th than having a root beer float on our hill and watching the fireworks!

There is a mandatory meeting of youth who are going on the Sr. High mission trip and their parents on Thursday, July 7 at 6:30pm. We will be going over the details of our trip.

If you are 12 or older and have completed the babysitting classes and are certified, we would love to have you volunteer this summer. We need a sitter for our Ad Council meetings, June 28, July 26 and August 23, all from 6:30-8:30pm. Please contact Amanda Hinthorn at 698-1895 or email her at dwwillie10@yahoo.com if you can help.

Director of Equipping Ministries Amanda Hinthorn will not have office hours on Tuesday June 7. Please email or call her that week if you need something.

In order to better accommodate our staff and the needs of our congregation, Director of Equipping Ministries Amanda Hinthorn's office will now be located in the upstairs classroom previously used as the coffee lounge. Pastor Rafael will continue to have his office in the current location.

If so we want to hear from you. We are looking for a few volunteers who would feel comfortable working with our church leaders who are not as familiar with Google Docs. We are hoping to have a few training sessions in the late summer or early fall. Please let Director of Equipping Ministries, Amanda Hinthorn, know if you can help.

The book club list for next year is available in the information center. Please pick up a list and begin your reading. We will begin on July 23 @ 9:30am at the home of Kara Roisum, 3381 Old Stage Rd, Stoughton with the book, The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. Visitors and new members are always welcome to attend.

Our summer Blood Pressure Screenings will be Sundays, June 12, July 10 and August 14, 9:15-9:45 am in Pastor David's office and again at 6:30 pm. These screenings are staffed by medical volunteers from the congregation. Keep Healthy - have your blood pressure checked!!

Please remember about the grocery cart in front of the office. There is always a need for food pantry items. Next time you are shopping, add a couple things to your cart for the St. Stephen’s Food Pantry. Donations of food, personal items, paper products, baby food and diapers are all gratefully received.

The interfaith program at Equal Exchange, in partnership with 10 different faith groups, maintains a strong commitment to furthering Fair Trade and environmental justice. As we, at MUMC, are participants in this program we make a positive impact on God's planet and on the people who grow our products through purchases of EE fairly traded products.

We share in the vision of protecting the environment, a vision that connects us to the planet and to the small farmer co-operatives who produce products in a sustainable way. Thanks be to God and the vision of The United Methodist General Church Conference in 2002 to partner with EE and through this program a percent of every order by UM Churches is sent to the United Methodist Committee On Relief [UMCOR] small farmer development programs.

Fair trade products will be sold June 12 after both services. This is not a fund raiser but a mission project of the UMW. Jen Tratynek will be coordinating the Fair Trade project through the summer- Thanks Jen! Kay Mackie-UMW coordinator

Don’t forget about the collection of soup labels for Northcott Neighborhood House in Milwaukee. We need to have the UPC code included as well as the symbol for "Education" on the lower part of the label. Therefore, please submit the entire label in the collection container in the narthex. do not cut or trim the labels. If you have any questions, call Jan Wanek @ 222-7642.

The Missions Committee is collecting money for Cleaning/Flood Buckets to be given at the Wisconsin Annual Conference Ingathering 2011. These buckets are in high demand, especially with the flooding that has been taking place around the country this spring. Please mark "Ingathering 2011" or "Cleaning buckets" on your check or offering envelopes.

The June mission of the month is Wisconsin United Methodist Camps. Wisconsin UM Camps operate two camp facilities, Pine Lake and Lake Lucerne, about 75 miles north of Madison. They provide summer camp opportunities for all ages, from elementary school through adult, including several special needs camps. Both camps have retreat centers on site, and camp sites are available for rent by individual families and church groups.

Summer camps for kids let children experience faith, responsibility, and cooperation as part of a caring community. There are over 65 camps to choose from, including camps that focus on sports, drama, horses, and water activities! Family camping allows the whole family to experience God's spirit through the beauty and wonder of creation. Families can retreat from the hectic schedule of everyday life and receive Christian nourishment and spiritual growth.

These camp and retreat ministries have been a part of the Wisconsin United Methodist Church for more than 50 years. The camps are always looking for support to keep this heritage alive and build for tomorrow. Gifts and donations may be used for the camp scholarship fund or to help maintain and improve the facilities. Visit the web site, www.WIUMCamps.org, to view a wish list of each camp’s needs.

To make a donation please mark your check or offering envelope with "WI UM Camps."

--Thanks to all who participated in the UMW Salad Supper.

Special thanks:

• Salad & bar makers
• 110 attendees
• Event workers
• Oscar Diaz, Dale Hinthorn and Youth servers
• Set-up by Scott Williams
• Clean-up crew led by Jon Traver

Profits from this year’s event will be used to support Mission work and a variety of UMW projects. Many thanks for your support!

Summer is a time for many people to travel, and church attendance may be more sporadic for some. If you are going to be out of town, please drop your offering envelope in the mail. This may also be a time to set up your donation to automatically get deposited into the church account. There are forms available in the church office. Please contact Dan DeBraal at 609-0157 if you have any questions.

--Goes to Leon Marty and his family, upon the death of his wife, Margaret, on April 24.

--Goes to the family of Mary Hamilton, who passed away May 11.

Learn about the many choices involved in funeral planning at HospiceCare’s next question-and-answer seminar, "What You Should Know About Planning a Funeral." This free seminar will be held on Tuesday, June 14, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Don & Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare Center, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway in Madison. Pre-registration is requested; please call Carrie Glantz, at 327-7202.

In June, HospiceCare Inc. will offer grief support groups which are open to the public and are provided without charge, unless otherwise noted. All groups require pre-registration and are held at the Don & Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare Center, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, unless otherwise noted. To register for any HospiceCare grief support group or session, call 276-4660 and ask to speak with a grief counselor.

COMMUNITY LITERACY PROGRAM is designed to tutor adult learners one-on-one in a classroom setting where childcare and additional tutor support is available. They need reliable, responsible, mature, friendly, and patient volunteer tutors. No experience or foreign language skills required! Summer semester runs May 31 – August 27 at four different locations. Training provided.

WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION needs volunteers to help with their membership drives, the Garden Expo, the Auction, and the Quilt Show. You can work on the Phone Bank, do data entry, move merchandise, design displays, sort and run auction bids, sit at a raffle and information desk at one of the expos, answer questions, or be a greeter. Something for everyone to do!

The FRITZ FOOD PANTRY at the GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER needs volunteers on Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Saturday to help with food distribution.

MADISON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM is a wonderful new place to play and to volunteer! You can be a greeter, a helper on the roof top garden, assist with lots of hands on exhibits and activities, or help in the office. And, you can play!

SOUTH MADISON COALITION FOR THE ELDERLY summer volunteer help needed! Older adults sometimes need special help. You can make their day! Jobs are easy and flexible including yard work, house work, and serving a Sunday dinner.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY needs a volunteer Spanish translator for two to four hours a month. The translator would have to be comfortable translating one-on-one as well as in a meeting setting. And if you could help translate current Habitat documents as well, that would be great!

CAREGIVER PARTNER PROGRAM matches a volunteer with a caregiver of an older adult to help him/her manage particular problems. Help may range from shopping, visiting, companionship or sharing your expertise with problems faced by caregivers. Training provided.

NATURE CONSERVANCY is an agency that protects nature and land area. They need a few desk volunteers at their small, quiet office on W. Main St. Duties would include greeting visitors, answering phones, and sorting mail. This would be a once a week job from 11:30am – 1:00pm on Thursday or Friday.

To volunteer, call Jan at 441-7891.
Where Volunteers Make A Difference!

Our church website has a copy of the current month’s newsletter. If you misplace your paper copy, you can go there to read it: www.wisconsinumc.org/mononaumc. If you would like to receive the newsletter through your email, please leave your email address in the office. Thanks for helping us be more green!

When my son was a toddler, he had a favorite song about all the pockets on his overalls. Whenever he lost something, we always checked all five pockets on his bib overalls and, eventually, we’d find the missing treasure!

If the Sunday offerings in your church aren’t quite enough to meet the ministry challenge Christ has given you, don’t give up! Keep looking! Have you checked all the potential pockets of income? Our annual income is one "pocket." It may be that up-front pocket that’s most visible. But, what about the other "pockets" we might check? Have you ever considered checking the "pockets" that hold your non-cash assets when considering gifts to the church?

Did you know you can make gifts of appreciated stock to your church? By processing gifts of stock through the Foundation Office, you can avoid paying any commission or selling fees, allowing you to make a larger gift to the church! You also avoid paying any capital gains taxes when you use stock to make a gift.

Have you considered donating "obsolete" life insurance policies that might have been purchased long ago for a reason that no longer exists? What a wonderful hidden treasure!

Would you consider giving the cash saved in a Certificate of Deposit to establish a Charitable Gift Annuity? By making a gift with a CD, you can receive a guaranteed annuity payment each year for the rest of your life. Call our office for the current rates.

Another "pocket" often overlooked is real estate. You can turn assets of property or stock into a Charitable Remainder Unitrust. The trust will pay you 5-8% of the market value of the fund each year for the rest of your life. And, the church and any other qualified non-profit charities you designate will receive a significant gift at the time of your death.

Call us for details on how we can help. That’s our ministry!

Wisconsin United Methodist Foundation

The Life and Ministry of God’s People In

Monona United Methodist Church

8:30 Worship
9:30 Fellowship
9:45 Worship
10:45 Fellowship
5:00 Worship in Spanish

We are looking for 5-10 people to help with our shift of building at the Cottage Grove Kids Park on Wednesday, June 1 from 5:30-9pm.

Brian Baldis will be on the site along with organizers of the project to help us all get to work. Please sign up in the church office if you can help.