ASH WEDNESDAY

February 26th

6:30pm

Hope Lutheran Church

Hope Lutheran Church 555 Commerce Street Mineral Point, WI 53565 Pastor Rich McLeer 608-987-3500 Church Office http://hopelutheranmp.webs.com/ Return Service Requested

Dated Material for: A Christian Community — Caring & Sharing God’s Love for all.

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Hope’s Spire

We’re Called to Look Forward Faithfully & Turn Together in Christ Our denomination’s Future Directions 2025: Goals & Priority Areas document was drafted in late

2015. The “five goals” below were crafted to serve as a touchstone identity and mission tool. The

goals express what this church has said is important to our shared future: as ELCA churches we are

called to become…

1. A thriving church spreading Christ’s gospel and deepening faith for everyone;

2. A church equipping people for their baptismal vocations in the world and this church;

3. An inviting and welcoming church that reflects and embraces the diversity of our

communities along with the gifts and opportunities that such diversity inherently brings with

it;

4. A visible church deeply committed to working ecumenically and with other people of all

faiths for justice, peace, and reconciliation within communities and around the globe; and

5. A well-governed, connected, and sustainable church.

Within these goals, we are invited to learn more, and to consider how our own communities might

move toward achieving many of these goals in our shared future. Together, our congregations,

synods, and national leadership, look to the future of God’s church—The Five Goals,

ELCA.org/future, nuanced.

Hi all. It’s not lent yet and we are well within the process of selecting our next

bishop—see the details below and your prayers are appreciated. I also only just found

out from a rediscovered letter that fell behind a bookcase in my office that since

2015 we’ve had something of a set of marching orders for getting us to 2025. Take a

moment and consider all this because as weird as it feels to say “lent of 2020” imagine

me learning that our churchwide office has been planning for 2025 since 2015… Again,

take a moment and then be glad that they did. The above 5 goals won’t solve

everything, but they do give us a place to start and some directions as a congregation

about what to shoot for so that we can best meet God as church in 2025 and even

2035. The goals set a tall order, but Christ’s kingdom isn’t easy to meet without God’s

grace and some faithful traveling. I believe, that I can confidently say that God’s

kingdom flexes to meet us more each day thanks, both, to Christ’s grace and the

Spirit’s perfecting of us in our own vocations as teachers and believers.

Yours along the God’s Way, Pastor Rich

February 2020

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WORSHIP ASSISTANTS

February 2nd

TABLE PREP: Cindy Doney

COMMUNION: Cindy Doney

READER: Muffy Swingen

USHERS: Tim Terrill/Dean Proctor

February 9th

TABLE PREP: Julie Owens

COMMUNION: Chery Swingen

READER: Chery Swingen

USHERS: Dannenbergs

February 16th

TABLE PREP: Mary Kay Sullivan

COMMUNION: Mary Kay Sullivan

READER: Jim Harris

USHERS: Jim Harris/Greg Sullivan

February 23rd

TABLE PREP: Karen McLeer

COMMUNION: Karen McLeer

READER: Karen McLeer

USHERS: Ted Weier/Tim Terrill

March 1st

TABLE PREP: Cindy Doney

COMMUNION: Cindy Doney

READER: Dannenbergs

USHERS: Dannenbergs

March 8th

TABLE PREP: Julie Owens

COMMUNION: Julie Owens

READER: Muffy Swingen

USHERS: Dean Proctor/Jim Harris

If you can’t serve in the current or next

month, please call church with the name

of your replacement.

Prayers of Hope

Join us in praying for the

following:

Pat Hanson

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Wednesdays

Book Club Next Meeting: February 12th 7pm at Café 43 We'll discuss The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdroch

Join Us!

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2020 Offering envelopes are here. Many of our members contribute online or

though Simply Giving, but for those who wish to use the traditional offering envelopes, they are now available

for pick up at church in the narthex. PLEASE BE SURE TO INDICATE ON THE SIGN UP SHEET WHICH ENVELOPE # YOU ARE TAKING. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

We are always in need of more folks

to help with Table Prep,

Communion Assistant, Readers and

Ushers. If you are interested please

reach out to Julie Owens at

jbhowens@yahoo.com for more

information.

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Hope Lutheran Calendar –February 2020

February Birthday & Anniversary Greetings

1 Robert Wolf 3 Bruce Owens 13 Dale and June Tate

10 Danny Sullivan 17 Breanna Goninen

17 Tom Nordstrom 19 Edith Goodweiler

21 Shannon Kinsman 22 Lettie Wehrle

23 Joe Gevelinger

25 Betty Horne

The Valentine's Party at the Mineral Point Care Center will be onWednesday, February 12th at 2pm. Donations of cookies, small candy bars and dimes are needed, as are folks to help out at the party! SYNOD INFORMATION:

2/1 Townhall Meeting at Grace in Dodgeville from 10am to 11:30am. Interim Bishop and

Staff will be there to lead small groups in discussions to help develop a context job

description for our next bishop to be elected on 6/20.

3/1 Synod Conference Caucus at First English in Platteville from 2pm to 3:30pm.

Conference delegates and other attendees (Hope’s max will be 4) will gather for a series

of votes to generate a consensus list of 3 to 5 possible candidates which we will then

submit to the Synod’s Bishop Call Committee (BCC) for consideration. Only names

generated by such caucuses will be eligible to be further forwarded by the Synod’s BCC

at assembly this year; caucus is the entry point for names.

5/1-2 Abbreviated Synod Assembly at Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells from 3pmish to

3pmish. *Delegates should plan to attend both 5/1-2 & 6/20 gatherings. Bishop Candidate

names will be announced, and candidates will be available for discussion during small

group sessions on the second day.

6/20 Bishop election at Good Shepherd in Madison; we are done by 2pm.

Sunday, February 2nd Worship/Sunday School

9am

Sunday, February 9th Worship/Sunday School

9am

Monday, February 10th Hope Lunch w/ Friends

12pm Pointer Cafe

Wednesday, February 12th 2pm Valentines Party

MPCC

Sunday, February 16th Worship/Sunday School 9am

Newsletter items due to Julie Owens email to: jbhowens@yahoo.com

Wednesday, February 20th Wed. Book Club 7pm Sunday, February 23rd Worship/Sunday School

9am Monday, February 24th UCC and Hope Lunch

w/Friends 12pm Pointer Cafe Wednesday, February 26th Ash Wednesday 7pm at Hope LC