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The fourth annual Farm Heritage Festival will be held Saturday September 4^th at rural East Jordan United Methodist Church north of Sterling, Illinois.  This one day festival will begin with a farm style breakfast of scrambled eggs, pancakes and biscuits and gravy for a $5 donation. Breakfast will be served from 7AM – 9AM.

Starting at 10AM farm machines will be demonstrated at various times throughout the rest of the day, ending at about 3PM. Hay loading, raking, baling, corn shelling, corn handling and threshing are the events being planned at this time. Also a farm animal zoo is planned, as well, as draft horse events.

A lunch stand will be running during the noon hour. Admission to the show is free!

East Jordan Church is located at the corner of Polo Road and Freeport Road 6 miles north of Sterling.  

 If you have any questions about the event, please contact Steve Venhuizen at (815)946-2513. 

 Sauk Valley News article: http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2010/08/19/47716183/index.xml

 Hay making at the Farm Festival

On July 26th the EJC Mission 2009 crew provided details and results of this year’s trip to Landglade County Wisconsin and the town of Antigo. 19 people were along on this year’s June trip which included the middle stages of house construction including windows, siding, some wall framing, insulation work and miscellaneous other construction tasks. The youth also built a tall tool shed from the ground up!

This year we built for Tammy and Rick Blaise family.Their children Jesse, Ashley, Kyle, Tyler, Shantea, Brittney, Leon will also be living in the new 5 bedroom home. They are very much looking forward to moving in this early Fall.

The Friday afternoon of Mission week included a rafting trip down the Wolf river-all 19 EJC mission crew members went on this 3 hour 2or 3 person operated adventure—see members for details and reports!!! Saturday included a tour of Lambeau Field in Green Bay – after many years of attending mission trips – finally Steve Venhuizen got his pick of locations! Thanks to all the folk of East Jordan for sending support and prayers along with the Mission 2009 crew!

Habitat 2009 Crew

Habitat 2009 work in progress

The Tool Shed

The whole crew again

Click here to see more photos.

See the news:  http://www.antigodailyjournal.com/full.php?id=8642

         The third annual Farm Heritage Festival will be held Saturday September 5^th at rural East Jordan United Methodist Church north of Sterling, Illinois.  Antique farm machinery, horses and horse drawn equipment will be on display, as well as exhibits about house hold and farm life.

Scheduled for this year’s event include wagon rides,  active farm equipment demonstrations, interactive children events as well as an animal petting zoo.  There will be inside and outside displays, photos of the church, East Jordan community and rural life in general.  While there is no charge for admission, concessions include a breakfast from 7-9 AM and a lunch stand over the noon time.  The festival is open until 3 PM. Come start your Labor Day Weekend with fun at the East Jordan Farm Heritage Festival!

         East Jordan Church is located at the corner of Polo Road and Freeport Road 6 miles north of Sterling.  

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Steve Venhuizen at (815)946-2513. 

 

Hay making at the Farm Festival

Tractors at the Heritage Farm Festival

 In the news: http://www.oglecountynews.com/articles/2009/09/09/04783588/index.xml

We thank Pastor Cha for her service to East Jordan Church. Pastor Cha plans to continue her education in U.K., leaving on June 30. We wish Pastor Cha the best as she continues to serve the Lord!

Our new pastor Frederick (Fritz) Bartels will begin his ministry at East Jordan on July 1st. He has been the pastor at Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Polo for the past year. On July 1st he will begin a dual pastorate serving both Emmanuel and East Jordan. Starting on July 5 our Sunday worship will at 10:45am. We look forward to welcoming Pastor Frederick Bartels to East Jordan!

East Jordan’s Retreat was held on Feb 6-7 at Camp Emmaus. Leonard Sheaffer, Elwood Koch, Jennifer Koch, Margaret Scholl, Ron Bartelt, Anne Sheaffer, Janice Deets, Kevin Deets, Emily Shaeffer, and Pastor Cha were the participants. The retreat started with the devotion provided by Jennifer Koch. Pastor Cha led the retreat with the material “If you want to walk on the water, you’ve got to get out of the boat.” Anne Sheaffer and Margaret Scholl provided delicious meals for Saturday breakfast and lunch. Anne Sheaffer provided a wonderful monologue delineating anti-abortion on Saturday morning. The retreat was ended with Communion on Saturday afternoon.

Ruth Mundorff, 91 formerly of rural Sterling died Wednesday December 3,
2008 

She was born on September 21, 1917 the daughter of Guy and Madellin Sowers. She
married Milo Mundorff on August 11, 1944 in Warrensburg, Missouri. Ruth was a member
of East Jordan United Methodist Church. 

Surviving is her husband, Milo; one son, Richard K. Mundorff of Chandler, AZ; two
grandchildren, Chris Campbell of Sterling and Sherry Mundorff of Chicago; one sister
Leone Patrick of Colchester, IL. 

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Connie Campbell; one brother Kenneth
Sowers and two sisters, Doris Butcher and Lucille Reno. 

Funeral services will be held on Monday December 8, 2008 at 2 PM in East Jordan
United Methodist Church, rural Sterling. Burial will be at East Jordan Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday from 1 - 2 PM at the church. Arrangements were completed
by the McDonald Funeral Homes.

We will miss you Erwin.

STERLING – John Erwin Sheaffer, 91, of Sterling, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 at CGH Medical Center. He owned and operated Penrose Grocery Store, Sterling, for 40 years, retiring in 1990.

Mr. Sheaffer was born Nov. 4, 1917, in Dixon, the son of John Ivan and Elizabeth (Hummel) Sheaffer. He married Arladene Main in 1942. She preceded him in death in 1973. He married Evelyn Deets on June 29, 1979. .She preceded him in death on May 29, 2007. He was a member of East Jordan United Methodist Church, Sterling.

Survivors include three daughters, Christena (Connie Miller) Sheaffer of University Park, Kate Sheaffer of New York City, and Janine (Dan) Johnson of Downers Grove; three sons, John (Tim Baack) Sheaffer of Pewaukee, Wis., Larry (Ellen) Sheaffer of Glen Ellyn, and Peter (Karen) Sheaffer of Farmington, Minn.; a sister, Kathryn Butterbaugh of Dixon; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Harold Sheaffer.

The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday at East Jordan United Methodist Church, Sterling, with the Rev. Eun-Hee Cha, pastor, officiating. Private family burial is at East Jordan Cemetery, Sterling.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at McDonald-Allen-Grennan Funeral Home, 505 First Ave., Sterling, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to East Jordan United Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent at www.mcdonaldfuneralhomes.com on the Internet.

A ton of potatoes, 2700 pounds to be exact, made their way into the hands of hungry patrons of local food pantries this fall.

With donations from the United Methodist Men and East Jordan Church, ten food distributing organizations received the savory spuds. These organizations included the Methodist Church of Morrison, the Prophetstown Legion, First Baptist Church in Como, The Rock River Chirstian Center, Firehouse Ministries, Nazarene Church, First Open Bible Church, the Salvation Army, the Dixon Food Pantry, and Polo Lifeline.

Lewis Beggs and Matthew Deets generously gave their time to picking up the bags of potatoes from St. Andrew’s in Thompson and delivering them across Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties.

Want to continue the amazing potato provision? Contact Lewis Beggs.

On September 7, 2008, East Jordan Sunday School celebrated promotion Sunday. Those promoted are:

• Cradle Roll to Nursery/Kindergarten – Joshua Conway
• Nursery/Kindergarten to Primary – Brian Podkulski
• Primary to Junior – Christian Atkinson
• Junior to Junior High – Ben Clay and Nancy Hummel
• Junior High to High School – Ashley Beggs, Kyle Deets

Confirmation class will be starting next Sunday, September 14. Those in confirmation class are: Ben Clay, Nancy Hummel, Roy Hummel, Carolyn Milne, Ashley Beggs, and Tori Reecher.

Coverage of the East Jordan Farm Heritage Festival in the Sauk Valley Weekend paper.