Church Obituaries JESSICA METHVIN Jessica Elizabeth Methvin, 27, passed away Dec. 21 after struggling with cancer treatments for the past six months in Fort Bragg, N.C. Memorial services were held at 1 p.m., Jan. 22 at the Logan Christian Church with Pastor Scott Weber officiating. Organist was Vicki Koenig and vocalist Rick Powell. Selections were, “Amazing Grace” and “It is Well With My Soul.” Taped selection was “I Can Only Imagine.” She was buried at 11 a.m., Jan. 24 at the Magnolia Cemetery. Jessica “Jessie” was born July 21, 1983 in Council Bluffs. She attended school in Logan until the fourth grade and then finished her schooling in Denison. She joined the Army in 2001 and was honorably discharged after reaching a rank of Specialist E-4. While in the military service she was stationed in South Carolina and Colorado. Later Jessie continued further schooling in massage therapy. She met her husband, Russ, while living in Colorado. On June 10, 2006 she and Russ were married. Together they lived in Washington and spent three years in Tennessee and upon their arrival in North Carolina she merged her battle with cancer. While growing up in Denison, Jessie participated in dance and band. She played the clarinet and trumpet. Her interest in the great outdoors was not her favorite in her young years until meeting Russ. She would go with him anywhere. With Russ she enjoyed exploring whether it be the city or outdoors. She always looked back on the hikes she accomplished through Colorado and around Mt. Saint Helens THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Modale and Missouri Valley Pastor Kim Crummer 642-3168 or 642-2464 Modale Worship, 9:30 a.m. Missouri Valley Sunday School during church services Missouri Valley Worship, 10:30 a.m. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Logan Branch Pres. - Wayne Kennedy Sunday Sacrament, 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11:20 a.m. Primary 11:20 a.m. Priesthood and Relief Society, 12:10 p.m. Seminary and MIA, 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays Mutual/Scouts, Wed. 7 p.m. LITTLE SIOUX CHURCH OF CHRIST 403 Mulberry Little Sioux, Iowa 51545 (712) 646-2644 Wayne Bahr, pastor Sunday School, 10:15 a.m. Worship 9:00 a.m. COMMUNITY OF CHRIST Persia Pastor Kirk Parsons Youth Leaders Kirk and Pam Parsons
and Mt. Rainer, Wash. One of her most memorable trips was when she took on Washington D.C. with her one-year old daughter, Phoebe. She looked forward to sharing more adventures with Phoebe. All agreed Jessie and Russ made a nice couple. She would help him enjoy life and he would help her become a woman. Jessie enjoyed shopping, Facebook and texting to keep in touch with friends and family. Her friends all noted that she was a very loyal and trusted friend. She always stood by their side no matter what. Above all Jessie loved to share time with her family. A cozy day with everyone curled up on the couch and a movie was a perfect day indeed. Through the entire sixmonth battle with cancer, Jessie kept her head up and looked to the future. She continued to wonder where Phoebe would go to college and what she would do. She continued to talk about trips and spending as much time with family as she could to the very end. Jessie was preceded in death by her grandmother, Doris Jensen. Survivors include her husband, Russell Methvin and daughter Phoebe, of Raeford, N.C.; father, James Clinkenbeard and his wife Evonne and sister, Rae and brother Bryce of Denison; mother, Barbara Clinkenbeard and sisters, Jaclene and Whitney Reimers of Council Bluffs; father-in-law, Ray Methvin and mother-in-law, Sandra Methvin of Loretta, Tenn.; grandfather Kenneth Clinkenbeard and grandmother Marilyn Clinkenbeard of Mondamin; grandfather Harold Jensen of Council Bluffs and many more family members and friends. Logan Memorial Chapel 215 North Fourth Avenue Logan, Iowa 51546 644-2929
Sunday School 9:30 Worship Service 10:30 First Sunday of every month, 9:30 worship followed by fellowship LIFELINE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Pastor Ray Sorenson Assoc. Pastor Hank Gruver 1207 Harrison St., Dunlap, Iowa - 6435475 Sun.: 9:30 a.m., Sunday School; 10:30 a.m., Morning Worship; Thurs.: 7 p.m., Intercessory Prayer. PERSIA TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Merlene Ostebee Sunday worship at 8:30 a.m. Communion the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month GRACE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP of the CHRISTIAN and MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
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The public is invited to a FIRST LEGO League jamboree from 3 to 5:30 p.m., Jan. 26 at the Logan Community Center. The Harrison County Extension Service is conducting the program which is open to the public. Attendance is free and encouraged. FLL is an international competition designed to challenge youth to work collaboratively to solve challenges that address realworld problems. Each team of six to 10 youths works on a predetermined set of topical challenges under the mentorship of volunteer adults in the community. Each team prepares within four competitive areas that are judged at regional and state competitions. The first is an interview of the team by a panel of judges to measure teamwork. The second involves a LEGO-based robot that is designed and appropriately programmed to complete a set of tasks. The third area involves team research of a topic within the overall theme complete with a presentation to demonstrate both problem solving
and communication abilities, and finally, the designed robots enter competition to complete prescribed tasks. Eight teams from five Harrison County communities have worked since September honing their problem-solving skills to answer the challenge program. This year’s program is “Body Forward,” about biomedical engineering skills. There are seven “core” values that are keys throughout the program. They include: We share our experience with others; we display gracious professionalism; we do work to find solutions with guidance from mentors and coaches; what we discover is more important than what we win; we are a team; we honor the spirit of friendly competition and we have fun. This year, Harrison County FLL teams learned another value, namely adversity often leads to creativity. The December state-qualifying regional competition in Sioux City was cancelled because of a blizzard. In lieu of the qualifying, regional repre-
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sentatives to the Iowa state competition in Ames Jan. 15 was accomplished by drawing lots and three local teams were drawn, two from Logan and one from Woodbine. In addition, because there were openings in the Nebraska state competition, the teams from West Harrison Community and a second team from Woodbine were selected and will travel to Ashland, Neb., in February. Because of the cancellation of the regional contest, the Extension office pushed to hold this local event to reward teams for their effort, but more importantly to provide a venue to display teams’ creative solutions to both sponsors and the public. Sponsors in Harrison County are, Bill Cunard of Culligan Water Conditioning, Missouri Valley; Logan Do It Best Hardware, Logan; Logan Kiwanis; Cogdill Farm Supply; Woodbine Kiwanis; Hoffman Agency, Dunlap and Missouri Valley Kiwanis.
Logan Post Office officials are asking customers to keep letter carriers safe by shoveling a path to their mailbox as soon as possible after it snows. “Keeping a path clear to your mailbox will go a long way toward keeping our letter carriers safe and ensuring mail delivery each day.” Logan letter carriers, who each make an average of more than 600 deliveries a day, will continue to do their best to deliver the mail, Chambers said, but when mailboxes and approaches are buried in snow and ice it can make it difficult for letter carriers to make deliveries safely. Unsafe conditions can delay or even prevent mail delivery. If access is not safe, mailboxes are blocked and streets are impassible, letter carriers must consider safety and accessibility first. They are instructed to refrain from delivering to locations they deem too hazardous, Chambers said. “We want to thank those customers who have cleared their walks, steps and approaches to mailboxes following each snow storm,” Chambers said.
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Doug and Katie Cooper of Mondamin, are the parents of a son, Justin Allen, born Dec. 22 at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Neb. He weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. He joins a brother, Kent, 13 years old and sisters, Ellen, 12, Brooke and Danielle, 3. Grandparents are Sharon and the late Jim Cooper of Mondamin and Dan and Becky Allen of Lucas. Great grandparents are Mary Neill of Missouri Valley, Junior and Theresa Patterson of Lucas and Frances and the late Edwin Allen of Chariton.
and women’s fellowship study and prayer MONDAMIN BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Harley Johnsen Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Sunday - Youth Group “Magnolia Fire Escape” 7:30 p.m. at Magnolia Fire Hall Wednesday Family NIghts 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. (during school year) LOGAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH Minister Ron Riley Youth Minister Nate Powell, 644-2642 www.loganchristianchurch.org Saturday Service - 7 p.m. Sunday Worship, 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. 6th - High School Youth, 6-8 p.m. COMMUNITY OF CHRIST Mondamin Co-Pastors Tomm Bothwell and John Carritt Sunday School, 9:15 a.m. Worship, 10 a.m PERSIA METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Orris Drake Sunday
Worship, 8:45 a.m. ST. ANNE’S Logan Rev. Michael Berner, Pastor 644-2535 • 644-2092 Saturday Mass, 4:00 p.m. Sunday Mass, 8:00 a.m. ST. PATRICK’S Dunlap Saturday Mass, 5:30 p.m. Sunday 11a.m. SACRED HEART Woodbine Saturday Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. HOLY FAMILY Mondamin 645-2683 Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. ST. PATRICK’S Missouri Valley Rev. Michael Berner, Pastor Saturday Mass, 5 p.m. Sunday Mass, 9:30 a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pisgah Pastor Jim Young Sunday Service, 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. United Methodist Women, 1:30 p.m.
Heath and Rachel Hack of Logan are the parents of a daughter, Ella Marie, born Jan. 3. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long. She joins big brother Ethan, age 2, at home. Maternal grandparents are Don and Vicki McIntosh and great grandmother Mary Ruth Cox, all of Missouri Valley. Paternal grandparents are Mike and Renee Hack, great grandparents Bill and Linda Hack all of Logan and Marge and the late Merle Sass of Missouri Valley.
Wednesdays MONDAMIN CHURCH OF CHRIST (Christian) 207 Noyes Mondamin, Iowa 51557 (712) 646-2644 Wayne Bahr, pastor Jeff Bierbrodt, Youth Pastor Worship – 10:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:30 a.m. ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH Honey Creek 545-3022 Pastor David Kuhnle Bible Study, 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class - 9 a.m. Children’s Church in 10 a.m. service ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Magnolia -Sunday Worship at Immanuel Lutheran Church Logan MAGNOLIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor. Jack D. Hofmockel Sunday Worship, 8:45 a.m. PERSIA ST. JOHN’S
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