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“Wisconsin SonRise Via de Cristo”
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DE COLORES, 4TH DAY COMMUNITY!
The weekends will soon be here, and we need your support! How can you help?
There are many ways to help.
Pray for the weekenders and team. The lists are included in this newsletter.
Sign up for food Palanca or prayer vigil times located on the VDC website.
Write Palanca that will be delivered all three days of the weekend.
Assist with Stations of the Cross on Friday night (arrive by 7:30 pm).
Help with Agape decoration and preparation on Saturday, beginning at 9 am.
Attend the Candlelight Ultreya Service that begins at 8 pm Saturday.
Attend the Serenade and Clausura service that begins at 3 pm Sunday.
Join us at the follow up Ultreya on Sunday, November 18th at 3 pm.
Thank you for all of your support, Joe Lois, Rector SonRise 81 Carolyn Roepke, Rectora SonRise 82
SonRise 81 (October 25 thru 28) & SonRise 82 (November 1 thru 4) Zion Lutheran Church
420 Sawyer Street, Oshkosh, WI
De Colores! Inside this issue:
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SonRise 81
Men’s Team
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SonRise 81
Pilgrims
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SonRise 82 Women’sTeam
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SonRise 82
Pilgrims
Directions to
Host Church
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Welcome
New 4th Day
Sister
Communities
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HELP WANTED
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Council Corner
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Fall 2012 Newsletter www.wivdc.org
Pilgrims for the
Weekend!
John Breest Tom DeGroot Eric Klisiewicz Dick Schultz Dave Smoody Larry Leinweber Eddie Redeker Brian Schuster
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Assistants: Ron Brockman Paul Messmer Rick Hoffman Spiritual Directors: SD: Pat Siegler ASD: Rick Lund Palanca SD: Jon Paquette Rollists: Ideals (Ron Brockman) Laity (Paul Messmer) Piety (Dave Vrba) Study (Dan Wiorek) Action (Mark Kokemueller) Leaders (Greg Clark) Environments (Rick Dowling) CCIA (Bob Halverson) Total Security (Joe Lois)
Musicians: Dennis Dignan Fran Hewuse Darrel Klemp Coordination: Coord: Vice: Ban Mehring Gary Franzen Keith Hewlett John Miller Bill Nelson Roger Schroeder Tony Urmansky 4th Day: Vice: Roger Kerr John Danno Mike Wilkenson
Palanca: Vice: Jim Button Kim Pritzlaff Travis Noltner Noman Joers Jeff Darling Matt Mahutga Earl Mullins Mike VandeLeest Kitchen: Vice: Paul Clark Larry Konieczski Mark Morrison Reed Ellingson John Lusk Mark Tobias Kent Metzger Burt Olson
Assistants: BobbieJo Koski – Laity Tammy Hewuse – Ideal Valerie Sievenpiper Rollists: Cathye Evans – Piety Patricia Peters – Study Margie Burt – Action Linda Roberts – Leaders Marcia Klug – Environment Deb Hawley – CCIA Musicians: Jim Reiff – Rollo Room Pat Herdt – Palanca
Spiritual Directors: Pastor Kathy Brown – Rollo Room Pastor Ritchie Cole – Rollo Room Deacon Mike Burg – Palanca
Table Leaders: Ellen Messmer Mary Lynn Langsdorf Sharon Zirtzlaff Coordination: Faith Bednarczyk – Vice Carol Laufenburg Amy Martin Terry Lynne Staerkel Kitchen: Kay Fuerst – Vice Barb Leichtfuss Ruth Allen Vicki Girard Nancy Hartman Wendy Mahutga Ellie Myers LoAnn VandeLeest
Palanca: Colleen Knobloch - Vice Lorna Cole Cheryl Lebakken Helen Delaney Linda Draeving-Hammack Kay Fields Darilyn Gorton Carole Martin Barb Stilen Chris Witty 4th Day: Sue Jablonski - Vice June Kieckhaefer
PILGRIMS
Rhoda Aebelmann
Mary Helm
Jane Meeusen
Kristi Morrison
Cindy Redeker
Sandy Roberts
Judy Schutz
Cherie Smoody
Karen Solheim
Nyke Stilen
Chris Urmanski
Joyce Westphal
Sue Zinth
Joe Halfman Tracy Halfman Michael Hall
Jim Laufenberg Carol Laufenberg
Alice Nielsen Roger Nielsen Judy Richard Russ Richard Wendy Sellier
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Keynote Address: Rev. Joe Nilsen It’s Not about the Experience, It’s about the Journey Following the opening worship, Rev. Doug Givan introduced, Rev. Joe Nilsen. Joe attended the second Lutheran Cursillo© weekend in 1972, Men’s #2 where he sat at the Table of Peter. He has been actively involved in VdC for the last 40 years, including serving as our National Spiritual Director Joe sees many challenges in the future for VdC. He encouraged the delegates and the guests to do all that can be done to preserve and promote this precious gift of God. In listening to an interview with author and seminary professor Lauren Winter on the radio, Joe discovered his theme for the keynote address: “It’s not about the experience, It’s about the journey.”
According to Joe, we often make the experience of the weekend the most important thing. “We need to dispel the notion that the weekend stands alone.” That is not our message; “it’s not about the experience, it’s about the journey.” Joe offered a challenge to the audience: “Refocus the energy from the weekend to the Fourth Day. We will not taste the full bounty of God’s grace until we do the Fourth Day as well as we do the weekend.” Joe also encouraged attendees to look for the power of the Holy Spirit to be unleashed in our lives and in our movement through such things as reunion groups, where members hold each other accountable.
“We should say (to the pilgrims), ‘Welcome to the table! May this be the beginning of a rich journey, Joe told the group. It’s not our work,” Joe emphasized. “It’s the Spirit’s work. As we look towards our next 40 years, what will we do to preserve this gift for coming generations?” Joe said that while the essentials must remain the same, our style can and must change. “Churches have always ministered to the people of their times. Living the gospel through the years has had to take many twists and turns.” For example, Cursillo started out just for men, so allowing women to attend was one of the first major changes. Joe wondered what we can do to bring VdC toGen-x’ers? Can we hold a weekend just for one congregation? Or for a group of congregations? How can we utilize technology? “When the essentials are present, the message is blessed,” Joe pointed out. We shouldn’t be fearful of trying something new, such as using PowerPoint slides or pre-printed write-downs.
Joe then noted that the future of VdC also depends on our unity as a group. NLS exists, Joe said, to support and enhance the efforts of the local secretariats. “We must move to the next step in order to be fully effective – and that is the hiring of a national executive director. There is an elephant in the room, the $1,000,000 needed to accomplish this. This is not God’s obstacle; it’s ours.” Joe pointed out there are many ways to raise this money. Joe spoke of one last change as VdC moves forward.
“We must dispel the secrecy that has surrounded our movement. We have nothing to protect, but everything to proclaim in our weekends.” He encouraged telling prospective pilgrims that there are three days, lots of good talks, lots of good worship, lots of good food. You can let some things be surprises. “Piety, study and action are God’s gift to the church.” Joe said, “I cannot imagine my life or my ministry without Via de Cristo. My comments today have come out of a deep love of this movement and for my brothers and sisters in it.”Joe is a retired Lutheran parish pastor, who says God has led him into far more ministries since retiring than he ever had in his working years. When not serving in some capacity, Joe enjoys traveling, refurbishing houses and reading and writing. He has two books available, a novel, Lost and Found and a book of reflections on parish ministry titled, Got a Minute, Pastor? Joe and his wife of 52 years, Evy, live in Tennessee. They have two children and two grandchildren.
2012 Weekends & Training Dates
Men’s 81 & Women’s 82 Weekend o Location: Zion Lutheran Church - Oshkosh o Team Building & Trainings
Friday/Saturday September 14-15, 2012 September 29, 2012 October 13, 2012
o Weekend Dates Men’s #81 October 25-28, 2012 Women’s #82 November 1 – 4, 2012
o Ultreya : November 18, 2012
2013 Weekends & Training Dates
Men’s 83 & Women’s 84 Weekend o Location: TBD o Team Building & Trainings
Friday/Saturday January 18 & 19th , 2013 February 2nd, 2013 February 16th, 2013
o Weekend Dates Men’s #83 February 28th – March 3rd, 2013 Women’s #84 March 7th – March 10th, 2013 Friday/Saturday September 13th & 14th, 2013 September 28th , 2013 October 12th, 2013
o Weekend Dates Men’s #85 October 24th – 27th, 2013 Women’s #86 October 31st – November 3rd, 2013
o Ultreya : November 17, 2013
Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) is a three-day non-denominational retreat focused on the Easter celebration. It involves meeting new people, learning new ideas, and confronting the sin that is in each of us. Throughout the weekend, the teens are also given the opportunity to learn more about their faith and about Christ himself through the personal testimonies of both youth and clergy. Singing is always a very big part of TEC, as is worship and good food. http://badgertec.wordpress.com
TEC 38: February 1-3, 2013 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wales, WI You can download the latest Weekender and Team Applications by clicking the links above. Co-Director applications are due by November 15, 2012 and team applications by December 15, 2012. All Team Training will be the weekend of January 18-19, starting at 6pm for ALL Team members. Please note the change! Weekender applications are due by January 15, 2013.
www.northernlightvdc.com
November 1-4 , 2012
Weekends #23 (men) and #24 (women) Location: Silver Birch Ranch, N6120 Sawyer Lake Rd, White Lake, WI 54491 Phone: 715.484.2742 (website)
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Ancilliary Members
Robin Wendt 216 S. Van Buren St. Stoughton, WI 53589 [email protected]
608-371-3867
WHERE TO SEND NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS, WEBSITE UPDATES &
DATABASE CHANGES!!!
WHERE TO SEND APPLICATIONS
Denise Organ 1718 Windsor Ct. Beloit, WI 53511
608-751-9667
SonRise Council Members & Ancillary Members
Pastor Bill Rice- Spiritual Director Gloria Dei Lutheran Church- Tomah
310 W Elizabeth St Tomah WI 54660 [email protected]
Cris Sievenpiper – Convenor St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church - Waukesha
122 S. East Ave. Waukesha, WI 53186 [email protected]
Greg Clark – Asst. Convenor Covenant Lutheran Church - Stoughton 1726A W. Main St. Stoughton, WI 53589 [email protected]
BobbieJo Koski – Parish Reps 1911A Mallard Pt. Circle Waukesha, WI 53189 [email protected]
Dennis Dignan – Music Living Hope Church - Verona 144 Glen View Rd. Mt. Horeb, WI 53572 [email protected]
Ez Siegler – Nominations Zion Lutheran Church - Madison
1213 Virgin Lake Drive Stoughton, WI 53589 [email protected]
Sue Mullins – Weekend Norway Lutheran - Windlake
7520 S. Kent St. Franklin, WI 53132 [email protected]
Travis Noltner – Property Gloria Dei Lutheran Church – Tomah
408 Clark Street. Tomah, WI 54660 [email protected]
Burt Olson – Palanca Bethel Lutheran Church - Madison
2218 Hillington Green Madison, WI 53711
Dawn Clark – Treasurer Covenant Lutheran Church - Stoughton
1726A W. Main St. Stoughton, WI 53589 [email protected]
We know that it is difficult to keep up with everyone who has been on a Via de
Cristo Weekend but we would like to honor those who have now gone on to
their 5th day. Please send me any notices so that I may post to our website & newsletter.
I’m willing to post any notification even from years past.
If you should know of a 4th day member who is now in their 5th Day please send
to: [email protected] In God’s Loving Hands, Robin