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Edmonds Lutheran Church

23525 84th Avenue West – Office

Edmonds, WA 98026-8611

We will be a sign in the community that Jesus Christ is here….

Sunday worship Schedule

8:30 am Traditional Worship

9:30 am Adult Forum Hour

10:30 am Celebration worship

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Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am—1pm Email: [email protected] Phone: 425-744-8090

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Julie M. Josund [email protected] Pastor: Tim Oleson [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Donna Saltzberg [email protected] Communications Coordinator: Suzy Baroud [email protected]

Music Ministries: Darren Hochstedler [email protected] Margo Lawrence, Nancy Furness Organists Operations Manager: Patrick Brady [email protected]

Learning Center: 425-776-2601 Amelia Nossum, Director Mary Sheldahl, Program Supervisor

Blessings and Congratulations to ELC’s very

own Les Kerslake who was honored with the

“Compassion Award” at Chase Lake

Community School for his advocacy and

support of Chase Lake Students and their

families.

Great Job Les!

Solar Panel Installation at ELC

February 8-10

New Years Greetings from our

Council President, Paul Witzel

First, let’s take a little trip back in history.

Edmonds Lutheran Church was created by

the consolidation of three different local

Lutheran churches, some ten years ago.

Deciding to make our main campus the

236th site left us with two vacant properties.

In 2011, we leased the 9th Avenue site to

Grace Lutheran Church. A year later, we

sold the 212th property to Calvary Chapel.

Being a landlord and lender has been good

for ELC as we have used those incomes to

maintain and expand our ministries.

Now let’s jump ahead to 2015. In October,

we received an unsolicited cash offer of

$995,000 (currently the offer is 1,050,000)

from Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal

Church of Mountlake Terrace for the 9th

Avenue property. For reference, the county

assessed the property value at $1,008,000.

Calvary Tabernacle recently sold their

property and are looking for a new home.

The offer stipulated that they understood

that we have current tenants and they

would allow them to stay until the expiration

of the lease at the end of 2016. After

receiving the offer, the Congregation

Council reached out to Grace Lutheran to

ascertain their future plans. The Council

also moved to hire Kim Hutchins and Steve

Pelluer of Colliers International to serve as

our agents in a potential sale. They helped

ELC negotiate the current lease. Grace

Lutheran responded that they would like to

purchase the property for $1,000,000. In

their offer, they would provide ELC with a

$150,000 down payment, and ELC would

lend the balance to them at a 5% interest

rate. They would make interest-only

payments of $3,541 each month for seven

years, at which time the $850,000 would be

due. Currently, Grace Lutheran pays $3,000

a month rent, and our agents believe that

current market value monthly rent would be

$4,000-$4,500. Their offer is similar to the

terms we have in place for the 212th prop-

erty. Please note that these figures are cur-

rent as of the writing of this article and may

be different by the time you read this.

Edmonds Lutheran now has a decision to

make. As you know, we just completed the

Strategic Planning Process, from which

several important goals emerged. Being a

landlord was not an item that rose to the

surface. Based on that and current market

conditions, the Council believes that this is

a good time to sell the property. The two

offers are similar in amount, but quite

different in terms. Calvary Tabernacle’s

offer is straightforward: cash. The

acceptance of this offer would initiate a

discussion about what to do with the funds

from the sale.

Praying

for Peace

in 2016

Continued on page 3

Church Life News

Confirmation Kids: We hope you had a restful

break, now its back to “hitting the books!”

Confirmation classes resume Wednesday

January 6th

at 5:30 and will continue every

Wednesday.

The Nominating Committee is seeking

members that are interested in serving on

the Church Council and congregational

committees. If you have any interest in

serving as a member of the Church Council,

now is the time to contact the Nominating

Committee. A term on the Church Council is

two years and the meetings are held on the

second Tuesday of the each month at 7:00

p.m. Serving on the Church Council really

gives you an opportunity to see and

experience how the church works firsthand

and be a partner with our church staff in

carrying out our ministry. One of the

strengths of Edmonds Lutheran Church is the

dedication and care that our leadership team

works on behalf of our congregation. The

following also need volunteers for service:

Endowment Committee, Learning Center

Board, Nominating Committee and a delegate

to the Synod Assembly in May. If you would

like to contact one of the members of the

Nominating Committee for more information,

or volunteer to serve in one of these areas

please contact one of these people: Carol

Swackhammer, Dave Ruud, John Bumanglag

or Dean Phillips.

January

Worship/Forum

Schedule

Jan 3 Traditional Worship at 8:30 am

Adult Forum at 9:30 am

Celebration Worship at 10:30 am










Jan 31 ONE SERVICE AT 9:30 am

ANNUAL CONGREGATONAL

MEETING FOLLOWING

WORSHIP

Forums all month will be

discussions of 2016 budget and

9th

Avenue property sale. 11

Birthday Blessings to

our Friends at ELC!

“God danced on the

day you were born”

January 2– Adele Makris

January 4– Brad Sweet

January 5– Julie Brosvik

January 5– Jordan Hopper

January 6 - Norman Goldstein

January 7– Samuel Isaac

January 8– Loree Rae Hendley

January 9– Maureen Blake

January 10– Gary Marshall

January 11– Ruth Anderson

January 12– Inger Josund

January 12– Larry Pauls

January 18– Lenora Vlasic

January 19– Raymond Brian Fulmer

January 19—Fern Parker

January 21– John Vandenberg

January 25– Dick Barnes

January 31– Marlene Reed

Anniversary Blessings to:

Larry and Margo Lawrence– January 26

Brad and Beverly Sweet - January 31

There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or

company, than a good marriage.”

~ Martin Luther

~ January 2016 ~ Thu Fri Sat

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ELC Office & Learning Center closed

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10a NA Women's Group (SS)

6:30p Choir rehearsal 7:30p Chimes Rehearsal (S)

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2p Widows/Widowers Social Club (FS)

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9a Usher Training (S) 10a NA Women's Group (SS) 10:30a Assiting Minister Training (FS/

S)


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7p Pinochle (FH)

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8a Women's Breakfast (Swedish

Edmonds cafe 10a Drum Circle (S) 10a NA Women's Group (SS) 12:30p Worship Committeee Meeting

(FS)


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~ January 2016 ~Sun Mon Tue Wed

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8:30a Traditional Worship

9:30a Property and Budget Forum

10:30a Celebration Worship 6p NA (SS) 6:30p OA (FH)

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6p Dance Group (SS) 7p NA (FH)

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10:30a Staff Mtg (CR) 7:30p NA (SS)

6 Epiphany

9a Men's Breakfast (Pancake Haus Ed-

monds) 10:30a Bible Study (FS) 11:30a Clergy Text Study (FS) 4p ACK Board Meeting (CR) 5p Annie's Kitchen (FH/K) 5:30p Confirmation

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6:30p Choir rehearsal

7:30p Chimes Rehearsal (S)

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8:30a Traditional Worship

9:30a Property and Budget Forum 10:30a Celebration Worship 6p NA (SS) 6:30p OA (FH)

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1p Prayer Shawl Ministry (FS) 6p Dance Group (SS) 7p NA (FH)

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10a Rebecca Circle 10:30a Staff Mtg (CR) 7p ELC Council Mtg (FS) 7:30p NA (SS)

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10:30a Bible Study (FS) 11:30a Clergy Text Study (FS) 5p Annie's Kitchen (FH/K) 5:30p Confirmation 6p Learning Center Bd Mtg (CR)

7p Adult Ed Class

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Martin Luther King 8:30a Traditional Worship

9:30a Property and Budget Forum 10:30a Celebration Worship 6p NA (SS) 6:30p OA (FH)

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6p Dance Group (SS) 7p NA (FH)

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10a Quilters (FH) 10:30a Staff Mtg (CR) 7p Rachel's Circle 7:30p NA (SS)

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9a Men's Breakfast (Pancake Haus Ed-

monds) 10:30a Bible Study (FS) 11:30a Clergy Text Study (FS) 5p Annie's Kitchen (FH/K) 5:30p Confirmation 6p Learning Center Staff Mtg (LCTR)

7p Adult Ed Class

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8:30a Traditional Worship 9:30a Property and Budget Forum 10:30a Celebration Worship 6p NA (SS) 6:30p OA (FH)

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1p Prayer Shawl Ministry (FS)

5p Dine Out 6p Dance Group (SS) 7p NA (FH)

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10:30a Staff Mtg (CR) 7:30p NA (SS)

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10:30a Bible Study (FS) 11:30a Clergy Text Study (FS) 5p Annie's Kitchen (FH/K) 5:30p Confirmation 7p Adult Ed Class

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ELC Annual Congregation Mtg 9:30a One Worship Service at 9:30 am 6p NA (SS) 6:30p OA (FH)

Notes:

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The congregation, through the Strategic Planning Process, would inform that decision-making.

Grace Lutheran’s offer would provide ELC with around $90,000 after closing costs and

commissions. The bulk of the sale would come in another seven years. Finally, since ELC is the

lender of first position, we would take possession of the property should Grace Lutheran be

unable to pay their mortgage or the balloon payment.

A sale would require congregational approval. At this point, we do not have a vote scheduled. The

Council asks that you pray on this important decision. Look for more information in the weeks

ahead. Please contact me with any questions or comments.

Peace Be With You,

Paul Witzel, Congregation President

...Continued from front page

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Annie’s Community Kitchen Thanksgiving

Report

225 pounds of turkey - 4 spiral hams -100 pounds of

potatoes, mashed - many hotel pans of veggies -

many large pans of salad- 80 pumpkin and apple pies

AND 70 Volunteers!

This is what it takes to serve 240 plates of turkey

dinner at our kitchen. Besides serving all of these peo-

ple at the church, we sent 200 meals to tent city in Bal-

lard. A big THANK YOU to Larry Ringstad for driving

the meals to tent city in Ballard. They just could not be-

lieve all that food when they saw it.

Our volunteers come from many places but that night we had some special ones. We had

invited local politicians to come and see and help. Six politicians showed up and helped

and were excited about what they saw.

Many thanks to all who contributed money for turkeys on the Sunday before Thanksgiving,

to all who came and helped prepare the food and to the Kamiak High School Students who

came and provided lovely music an strings and piano. - Annie Fortnum

Annie’s Kitchen News

Volunteers at Annie's Kitchen hosted "free pictures with Santa" on Wednesday, December 16th at ELC during dinner. Then they offered pictures at in partnership with West Lynnwood QFC on Saturday, December 19th. Around 100 photos were taken and distributed between the two events and smiles brought to more than 100 faces. It was a great outreach and community networking effort. Thanks so much to everyone that made these two events so much fun and successful!

ACK VOLUNTEERS SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER AROUND EDMONDS

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Below is a list of regularly-scheduled opportunities outside of the Sunday worship services at Edmonds Lutheran Church.

ACTIVITY/EVENT DATE LOCATION Staff Meeting Tuesdays– 10:30 am ELC (CR) Chimes Rehearsal Thurdays-7:30 pm ELC (S) Recorder Ensemble 3rd Saturdays– 11:00 am ELC (S) Prayer Shawl Knitters 2nd and 4th Monday-1:00 pm ELC (FS) “Dine Out” 4th Monday - 5:00 pm local restaurants Book Club 1st Tuesday - 7:30 pm Held at members’ homes Quilters 3rd Tuesday - 10:00 am ELC (FH) Men’s Breakfast 1st & 3rd Wednesdays - 9am Edmonds Pancake Haus Bible Study Wednesdays - 10:30 am ELC (FS) Annie’s Community Kitchen Wednesdays - 5-6:30 pm ELC (FH/K) Clergy Text Study Wednesdays at 10:30 am ELC (FS) Traditions Choir Thursdays - 6:30 pm ELC (FH) Drum Circle 3rd Saturday-10:00 am Fabric of Life in Edmonds Pinochle Group 3rd Friday - 7:00 pm ELC (FH) Women’s Breakfast 3rd Saturday - 8:00 am Swedish Edmonds Cafeteria Rachel’s Circle 3rd Tuesdays—7:00 pm held at members’ homes Rebecca’s Circle 2nd Tuesdays– 10:00 am held at members’ homes NA Mondays at 7-8:30 pm Fellowship Hall NA Tuesdays at 7:30 pm SS NA Women Saturdays at 10:00 am SS NA Sundays at 6:00 pm SS OA Sundays at 6:30 pm Fellowship Hall

MEETINGS Council 2nd Tuesdays -7:00 pm ELC (FS) ACK Board Meeting 1st Wednesdays– 4:00 pm ELC (FS) Learning Center Board Mtg 2nd Wednesday- 6:00 pm ELC (CR) Learning Center Staff Mtg 3rd Wednesday-6:00 pm ELC

Announcements 2015 Council

President Paul Witzel (c) 206-953-2690

VP Linda Bloom (h) 425-876-9417 (c) 425-512-8011

Secretary Sydney Isaac 206-542-3695

Treasurer

Malcolm McCallum

(c) 425-776-2409

Financial Secretary

Dorothy Bunstine 206-367-2692

Education Stephanie Wick 425-248-5598

Outreach Stewardship

David Ruud 425-778-2251

Endowment

Bill Anderson 425-776-7389

Property and Grounds

Kevin Jewett 425-778-0158

Worship and Music

Don Furness 425-771-1764

Care and Compassion

Linda Bloom (h) 425-876-9417(c)425-512-8011

Fellowship and Events

Betty Vandenberg

425-778-5657

HATS OFF TO…. All the Advent and Christmas musicians: Bells, Organists/Pianists, Cantors,

Christmas Orchestra, Choir, Drums, Strings, Recorders, Soloists.

All ACK volunteers for feeding so many this holiday season.

Amelia Nossum for leading a fantastic Learning Center

All those who participated in the giving tree and Marilyn Dauer for managing

it.

All the special guest musicians at A.C.K.

To the families who lead us in our lighting of the advent wreath each week.

Betty Vandenberg, David Nelson, Katherine Oleson, Carol Swackhammer for

their time and talents at the Advent Fair.

Bob Snyder and Robert E. Lee for appearing as Santa at our special events.

THANKYOU!

Church Life News

New Class Offered in January

Lutherans Believe What?!

Starting on Wednesday January 13th

we will

be having a three session adult class offered

for anyone interested in attending. We will

be exploring and engaging in conversation

around core theological concepts of

Lutherans. Class begins at 7pm and will run

until 8:15pm on Wednesdays from January

13 – January 27th. If you are new to

Lutheranism or would like to simply have

more conversation about theological

concepts, come and join this class.

Lutherans Believe WHAT!?!?!

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Merrilyn Morrison lives in

Seattle, and is retired. She has

3 grown children, and

grandchildren. She is an active

volunteer in many

organizations.

Kari Cline and her husband

Sam moved to Lynnwood re-

cently from Sacramento. Kari

works in retail (often with Sun-

day hours). She is planning to

go back to school at UW

Bothell to finish her degree.

Semhar Tekle is originally from

Ethiopia. She graduated from

Mount Lake Terrace High

School and has a certificate in

Medical Records from

Edmonds Community College.

Semhar works at the Goodwill

store in Ballard and is working

on a degree in computer sci-

ence at North Seattle College.

Are you currently an Usher or As-

sisting Minister for our

worship services? Are you

interested in becoming a regular

Usher or Assisting Minister?

Saturday January 9th

we will be

doing training for Assisting

Ministers and Ushers. Come if

you would like to help support

worship in this way and come for

a refresher even if you are

already experienced as we would

like to adjust a few things in how

these duties are done.

Usher Training – 9:30am

Assisting Ministers Training –

10:30am

Usher/ Assisting Minister

TRAINING

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Church Life News

It’s the time of year again to consider if

you have gifts that you could share with

your church family. If you would like to

consider serving on Sunday morning as

an usher, you have a couple of hours each

week to volunteer in the office or have

something else in mind, call the office at

425-744-8090. We would love to put you

to work! We are also asking members to

prayerfully consider being a part of ELC’s

Church Council. Everyone has something

valuable to offer so if you feel God

‘nudging’ you to be involved in this way,

contact Pastor Julie or Pastor Tim.

ELC LOVES VOLUNTEERS!

Dear Friends at ELC,

Thank you for sending me the

bulletins every week, and also the

monthly newsletter as I read them

and hum the anthems. I

really do appreciate it

and look forward to

getting them.

God Bless all of you,

Love from Angie Denning

Confirmation and High School Youth Retreat: February 14-15

Mark your calendars and save the date for

this fun overnight trip. We will be leaving on

Sunday afternoon and heading up to Camano

Island to spend the night at the Bloom

cabin.

It will be a fun little getaway full of games,

fellowship, cooking, and spiritual

reflection. We will return early in the evening

on Monday the 15th

. You are more than

welcome to invite a friend to join you as

well. Keep an eye out for the overnight flyer

in the mail for all the details and registration

form.

For more information email

[email protected]

Learning Center News

As I reflect over the past year, I wonder if I

took the time to practice these words in the

Bible. I look at my calendar and see all my

appointments, meetings, and

parties and wonder if I connected with my

loved ones and friends on a personal level

and shared my love for Jesus with them. Did

I tell them my faith stories and how God

protected me and gave me courage to face

my difficulties?

Thanks be to God that He can take our

imperfections and still use them for His glory

and purpose! He is a God of second, third,

etc. chances and through His mercy and

grace we can try again to be the channel of

love that only God can give to us.

The annual Christmas family potluck and

program was well attended and thanks to

Robert Lee, Santa again came to the Learning

Center party with lots of toys and many

smiles. A special thank you to Pastor Tim,

Barbara Elias, Laurie Gerlach and all the staff

who helped set-up, and clean-up after the

party.

The Learning Center is beginning the New

Year with a new director, Lauren Leiker. She

will introduce herself in the February

newsletter.

The Learning Center Staff want to thank the

Board for their generous Christmas bonuses.

We also want to thank Marilyn Dauer for a

breast pump and Bonnie Clark for a cash

donation.

Donations of Kleenex, kitchen garbage bags,

large non-latex gloves, 5 oz. paper cups and

batteries are always welcome.

As we look toward the New Year, let’s

remember the words from Jeremiah 29:11:

“For surely I know the plans I have for you,

says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not

for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

Mary Sheldahl, Program Supervisor

Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is

one! You shall love the Lord your God with

all your heart, with all your soul, and with all

your strength. And these words which I

command you today shall be in your heart.

You shall teach them diligently to your

children, and shall talk of them when you sit

in your house, when you walk by the way,

when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6: 4-7

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December Council News

Treasurer’s Report – Offerings and other

income for November exceeded expenses.

When looking at what was budgeted, our

deficit is around $11,000. Your continued

generosity will allow us to lower this amount.

Special Guest-Kim Hutchins, Colliers

International. He added detail and answered

questions around Grace Lutheran’s offer for

the 9th

Avenue property.

Pastor Tim’s Report

Learning Center Director-The search/hire

team is pleased to announce that we have

found our new Learning Center Director. Her

name is Lauren Leiker. She is highly

qualified, has all the requirements needed

for the position, tons of experience directing

larger size programs, and was looking for a

smaller faith based program. The search/

hire team is confident she will be the perfect

fit. Amelia will be offering her time for a few

days to help Lauren transition and answer

any questions she may have. Lauren's official

start date is January 4th.

Advent Fair-We had a successful Advent fair

at the end of December. There was yule log

making, ornament crafting, and cookie

decorating. A big thanks to all of those who

helped support this.

Adult Class-We will be offering an adult

education class in the last 3 weeks of

January, geared more for our newer

members, but open to all. It will be on

Wednesday evenings 7pm - 8:30pm, and

focus on Lutheran theology.

Thanksgiving Service-We held a

Thanksgiving eve service that was not well

attended. We had about 12 people attend,

including musical leadership and Pastors. It

may possibly be that people were just

traveling the night before, or this may be a

service that has lost energy and interest.

First Call Theological Education Retreat-I

attended my second first call retreat. It was

at Seabeck conference center. All the

Bishops from Region 1 were in attendance. It

was a quality retreat that I found supportive

and valuable. The focus topic of the retreat

was transforming conflict in churches.

Pastor Julie’s Report

Confirmation Classes update -Pastor Tim

and I alternate months of teaching

confirmation. The students were involved in

two service projects in November.

Thanks- to Linda Bloom, Dorothy Bunstine

and Paul Witzel for attending the new

member social 11/13. New members

Semhar Tekle, Kari Cline and

Merrilyn Morrison were received during

worship 11/22.

Stewardship Campaign-is nearly complete.

Dorothy Bunstine, Financial Secretary,

reported on the results to date.

Council Business

Solar Panel Campaign-The installation of

the solar panels on the south roof over the

Fellowship Hall will occur on February 8th

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10th

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Endowment Committee- The Endowment

Committee will be disbursing $750 to

Scriber Lake’s Young Authors’ Program,

$750 to the Pastors’ Youth Fund, and $2,000

towards college scholarships.

9th

Avenue Property-ELC received two offers

for the property. Please see the cover article.

Tithing-The Council moved to donate funds

towards the replacement of the boiler at the

Church of the Beloved.

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