Come check out Wanakee for a day. This one day event explores all camp has to offer and helps prepare new campers for the summer and can give returnees extra Wanakee time. This is a FREE event. Space is limited so call today. June 27 9am - 3pm
Read full post...Wild Wanakee Women (spring retreat)
Need that break from the family and job? Need to be rejuvenated? Come be a Wild Wanakee Women and enjoy a different side of Wanakee. Come and enjoy spring as it breaks forth in the Lake Region. Join other women for a weekend of fellowship and fun. Spend the weekend in […]
Thanksgiving in May??!
Yes, that’s right. We will be having a turkey dinner with all the fixin’s on May 30rd from 4:30 - 6:00. Come, bring a friend, sit down and relax, share some fellowship and enjoy a great meal.
We will be putting up sign-up sheets for donations and volunteers soon. […]
In the Bell-Wether last month there was an article updating our future plans. One plan is to provide some opportunities for us to tell our stories. To that end, we are planning for the first of those opportunities to be during the services on June 7. Members of the congregation will be […]
Read full post...New participants are always welcome to the Women’s Book Group!!! The Women’s Book Group will be reading “Freedom Writers Diary” by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell for our meeting on May 4th at the home of Jinny Scott in Barrington.
Call Jinny for further directions at 664-6764.
For June, we will read by “House […]
“Many hands make light work” Would you like to be in mission for a day? Then come to a Wanakee workday and work with others who love Wanakee. In addition to cleaning the grounds and buildings from winter’s grasp, we’ll be repairing the Rec. Hall fire escape, roofing the dining hall, staining the stairs, […]
Read full post...Miranda Freeman’s 2009 Homecoming Voice Recital:
Saturday, June 13
7:00 pm, Sanctuary
Reception following in Hartford Hall
This is an open recital, so please feel free to invite anyone you think will be interested! A variety of song styles will be presented.
Miranda would like to collect a free-will offering for a local organization (to be announced at […]
Volunteer Editor needed for October
The newsletter editor, Claire Bloom, will not have access to Email in the month of October and will be unable to produce the November issue of the Bell-Wether. All the work is done by Email in Microsoft Word. St. John’s UMC needs a substitute editor to do the work […]
Dear Friends,
I wanted to share information with you about the Memorial Service for our sister in Christ, Mary Sabine. A service will take place at St. John’s Church on Saturday, May 2nd, at 3 PM. I am sad that I will be away, and unable to take part in the service, but Rev. Dan Weaver, a good […]
There’s a verse in here that catches my eye every time I read this. Verse 41 says, “While in their joy, they were disbelieving and still wondering.” Interesting confluence of emotions, isn’t it?
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