United Women in Faith
Cordially invites all women
(members, snowbirds, Spirit ladies and friends) to attend our Annual
“LADIES LUNCH OUT”
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
CASTAWAYS Bar and GRILL
gather around 11:00 am—eat 11:30am
We are ordering from the Menu. Reservations by Aug.31st to Diana
We would like everyone to participate. If the cost is prohibitive, Please talk to Pastor Lisa
Recently I had the privilege of ministering to a family as they were at the bedside of a loved one passing from this life. These are sacred moments and I am always humbled by people’s response to my presence.
Watching the boxes of school supplies coming in and collaborating with the back pack coordinator really gets me excited. I think of each student coming to our table to receive their back pack full of supplies and I marvel that our two small churches have such huge hearts that we can fund 30 back packs this year.
As I sit in Crafter’s Corner working with a variety of ladies – from both churches with varying abilities – to complete the feminine hygiene kits, I am truly blessed. I hear their stories, their heartbreaks, their joys. We pray together, laugh together, and sometimes cry together as our fingers manipulate fabric, needles and patterns. Our motivation to keep going is thinking about the girls that will be able to go to school because of this effort.
Watching the guys get together to tackle the yard, clean out the gutters, ‘feed’ the yellow jackets, and finagling repair solutions – all done while laughing and joking.
I hear about church members helping one another, fixing things, making phone calls, giving rides, cleaning, bringing food and I revel in the joy of relational ministry. Each person doing what they can to be Christ to one another. I also know that these things extend into the lives of their neighbors and to strangers. All these things and much more, warm my heart. They make the difficulties of pastoral ministry seem minuscule to the blessings. Oh yes, there are frustrating days. But then I look into the faces of God’s precious people and, seeing Christ, I am restored and rejuvenated. I rejoice in the work that God is doing among us and through us.
Thank you to each and every one of you for all the many ways you give towards the work of God.
Therefore, my beloved siblings, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58.
God’s grace and peace,
Pastor Lisa
Back-to-School Picnic Reminder
17 Spirit UMC Picnic at Memorial Park 12:30pm
Everyone from both churches are invited to attend.
Bring your own lawn chairs, drinks, and dish to pass.
Directions: Coming from Tomahawk, take Hwy. 86 west about 18 miles.
On the left will be Nyberg Tree Farm – there is a sign.
Just past it take River Drive to the right – there is a Memorial Park sign on the corner of 86 & River Rd. The park is about a mile from 86 and on the right just before the t in the road.
20 Crafter’s Corner 10am – Feminine Hygiene project
23 TUMC Brat Fry at Trig’s 10am-2pm
