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John Himpel


Missions Team Member: 2020-2023.

John has been members at Manchester UMC since 1975. He has served on almost every board and committee at MUMC. Among his accomplishments are:

a) helping to start the youth mission trips to the Hinton Rural Life Center
b) helping to found the MUMC Emergency Response Team
c) founding the mission trips to the Midwest Mission Distribution Center (an UMCOR affiliate)
d) becoming the ministry leader for MUMC Apple Butter Days

He is most proud of the mission trip to Russia along with his wife Lois which resulting in the adoption of their three children.

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Let There Be a Big Bang

Science teaches that the universe began 15 million years ago with a “Big Bang.” Genesis teaches that God created the “heavens and the earth” by speaking it all into existence. Human beings are composed of the same elements as the stars, which connects us to God’s creation in a very

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Pastor's Note

The God Particle

September 19, 2023 “All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” – Albert Einstein Our worship series, “She Blinded Me With Science,” is

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Pastor's Note

Let There Be A Big Bang

September 12, 2023 Albert Einstein said, “Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.”  Scientific ideas and theological concepts are often woven together in beautiful ways. Not only are science and theology compatible, often they are complimentary. Some of the most cutting edge science has profound theological implications. And

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