Inside this issue Fine Arts Ministry Hymn Festival 1

From the Cantor 2

Summer Donations 3

All Church Picnic 4

Announcements & Birthdays 5

Women of QALC 6

St. Joseph’s Baby Corner 7

Holden Village Update 8

Property Committee 9

Lyons Dinner Theater 10

Counter’s Dinner 11

The Last Word 12-13

Serving in May 14

May Calendar 15

The Quill J U N E 2 0 1 4

The Quill J U N E 2014

Queen Anne Evangelical Lutheran Church Called to Proclaim God’s Love in Christ to Every Person

2400 8th Avenue West Seattle, WA 98119 206.284.1960

www.queenannelutheran.org

SUNDAY WORSHIP 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 a.m. CONFIRMATION 9:15 a.m. ADULT FORUM 9:15 a.m.

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From the Cantor . . . The regular choir season is coming to a close. The Cherub Choir will serve again on June 1, the Chancel and Shalom Choirs will serve on June 8. The Handbell Choir will serve on June 15. It all takes a lot of time and efforts from those involved and we are very grateful for the choir members’ participation in worship, for their ongoing support of the music ministry at Queen Anne Lutheran, and for the fellowship and care for one another that comes with being a part of singing together. This is one of the ways it means to be Christ to one another and I am forever grateful for the ministry that I see happening every week with music in this congregation. The summer comes with new opportunities and new choir groups. If you have musical gifts to share, whether they be vocal or instrumental, please take the time and make the effort to be in community with other members and friends of QALC. The more the merrier!! The “pick-up” choirs are listed below. Mark your calendars and plan to be a part of this time to sing together! I look forward to worshiping with you. Arletta Anderson, Cantor and Associate in Ministry ajp724@comcast.net ~ 425.355.8776

2014 Summer Choirs for Worship

June 15 – Handbell Choir Rehearsals as announced.

Contact the Cantor, if interested in playing handbells in the future

July 13 - Men’s Choir rehearsals Thursday 7/10 at 7:00pm and Sunday 7/13 at 9:45am

August 3 - Intergenerational Choir One rehearsal Sun 8/3 at 9:45am

August 24 – Women’s Choir rehearsals Wed 8/20 at 7:30pm following Evening Prayer

and Sun 8/24 at 9:45am

Questions? call 425.355.8776 or email ajp724@comcast.net Arletta Anderson, our Cantor, to volunteer for any of these musical opportunities to enhance our summer worship. This is a good way to get to know other QALC members and friends and experience the joy of being in a church choir.

Soli Deo gloria - To God be the glory

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Summer is Coming!

As summer nears, thoughts turn to all sorts of fun activities – ball

games and cook-outs, hiking, biking, day trips, and vacations. But

busy summer schedules make it easy to fall out of the rhythm of

regular worship attendance. Church offerings tend to decline during the

summer months.

So while you are having fun in the sun, please help Queen Anne

Lutheran avoid the “summer slump” and continue to financially support

your church.

Just a reminder……Queen Anne Lutheran has the ability to receive gifts electronically.

Visit the church’s web site, www.queenannelutheran.org, click on the “Give” heading,

and then click on the “Donate Now” button and it will take you to the PAYPAL site

where you can make a donation using your debit card or credit card. Or sign up for

“electronic giving” where offerings are transferred automatically from checking and

savings accounts. This can be arranged on semi-monthly or monthly basis.

Of course, givers can always mail in their contributions to cover the Sundays that you

will be away.

Finally, by all means, have fun!

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Queen Anne Men’s Ministry: (For Men of all ages) We invite men of all ages to join in conversation and service to the community on a regular basis. Regular monthly meeting includes discussion of Scriptural topics, how they relate our 21st century lives, and what we can do to live as Christians in the world.

June 14thth 8:30am in Chapel Conference Room. Discussion will continue on our personal use of prayer. Healthy snacks will be provided.

June 29th – Congregational Picnic lunch after 2nd service. We need side dishes, desserts, setup on Sunday morning, and cooks. Signup sheets are in the Narthex.

June Book Club-June 30th 7:00p.m. The History of Love: A Novel is the second

novel by the American writer Nicole Krauss,

published in 2005. The book was a 2006

finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction.

Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to

let his upstairs neighbor know he s still alive.

But it wasn t always like this: in the Polish

village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote

a book. Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old

Alma, who was named after a character in that book, undertakes

an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. With virtuosic

skill and soaring imaginative power, Nicole Krauss gradually draws these

stories together toward a climax of extraordinary depth and beauty (Newsday).

The Queen Anne Food Bank at Sacred Heart Parish is in desperate need of non-perishable food items such as can vegetables, tuna, fruit, and pasta sauce (no box pasta).

A cardboard barrel has been placed in the Narthex and will remain for about a month.

*In April, 400 families received help from QA Food Bank. Your help is greatly appreciated!

JUNE BIRTHDAYS 1 Sally Ghormley 2 Jessica (Wearne) Beckton 4 Bobbie Schroeder, Catherine Ray Rugg 6 Jean Oplinger 8 Jackie Bacus 9 Michell Pihl 11 Tom Schroeder 12 Paul Abodeely, Aaron Rugg, and Elsa Petersen 15 Matthew Lind 16 Chris Margard, Kim P. 21 Eric Beaty and Juliet Beckton 23 Jack Hatlen 24 Gideon Manahan 27 Camille Pahl 28 Katie Schade and Finnian Wieland 29 Larry Pihl 30 Lindsey Lind

If your birthday (or family member’s) is missing from this list, please contact the church office at admin@queenannelutheran.org or 206-284-1960

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Queen Anne Lutheran Church Woman

You need time away for rest and renewal. You need time with women of bold faith and courage. You need time to dance and sing and praise God. You need time with women of many generations. Experience enriching workshops, stirring worship, engaging Bible studies, and much more! The Triennial Convention is July 24-27th in Charlotte, N.C.! For more information go to WELCA webpage http://www.womenoftheelca.org/ninth-triennial-convention-pages or ask Karen McCullough or Candy Mathes for more information!

Next year’s Bible Study preview will be Saturday, August 23. Put it on your calendar! “Transforming Life and Faith,” the Gather Bible study to begin in September of 2014, is written by Carol La Hurd. She will be in Tacoma, WA for an overview of her study on August 23, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church, (Parkland), Tacoma, WA. Registration for this all day event is $30.00 which includes lunch. This is an opportunity to hear “first hand” from the author of the next Gather Bible Study.

It has been suggested that the Women of QALC coordinate an Advent Happening/Gathering/Event for families. I learned to make the Italian cookie “Pizzelle” not from my Italian grandmother but from Sebille Moulster at an Advent event many years ago. Needed are volunteers to help plan an Advent Event for “families” of QALC. This could include Christmas crafts for all ages, a time to learn baking traditions, as well as learning the meaning of watching, waiting and preparing.

“Our hands can heal or harm, reach out or push away. May God make the work of our hands a blessing.”

Your Women’s Committee Candy, Jacqui, Pat, Sallie and Sophie

Women of QALC Ongoing Groups

Come join us at a circle this month.

The Lutherettes: 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30pm. Contact Allyson Fredericksen to find out what we have in store for this month!

Northern Lights: June 9th , 7:00 p.m. at Arletta Anderson’s home. Contact Dolly Smith.

Katie’s Table: 1st Saturday at 9 a.m. at Luther’s Table in Renton. Contact Sallie Wilson.

Sewing and Service: Wednesdays. Contact Lois Unseth or Shirley Flory.

Sunshiner’s Circle: Usually 4th Wednesday at Noon.

PDQ’s (Pizza, Damsels, and): 3rd Tuesday of most months, sometime after 5pm. Light supper provided. Contact Karen McCullough.

Save The Date Woman’s No Work Event/Baby Shower August 2nd 11:00 a.m. At Mathes’ Garden 4009 Phinney Avenue N Seattle, WA 98103

Will be tie dying sheets for Quilts benefiting St. Joseph’s Corner

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Thanks to all for your continued generous donations to St. Joseph’s Baby Corner. They are so grateful for our continued support and to receive gently used baby clothes, supplies and equipment. Last year the Baby Corner served 400 newborns, clothing them “from the skin out” as described by the director, Jeannie. She said they also demonstrate how to clothe babies in the NW - dressing properly for our weather. They continue to have a huge need for “consumables” – items such as baby wash, shampoo, baby lotion, pacifiers, ointments for diaper rash, etc. in addition to the ever present need for diapers. Cash contributions enable them to buy in bulk but individual items are welcomed as well. Please continue to leave your contributions in the lower right hand drawer in the narthex or call me for contributions too large to fit in the drawer. Also, please remember the Baby Corner as you clean closets and as you are shopping. There will be an opportunity to contribute new items at the “No Work/Baby Shower” later this year. Thanks again for your support! Ellen Hockman 206-282-2341

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PASTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND is desperately in need of a financial transfusion. During the month of May several withdraws were made to help members and

others who were in need. The fund is currently empty. Your support is vital and appreciated.

Thank you!

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HOLDEN VILLAGE Update: Holden Village is a Lutheran retreat center, located at 3,200 feet

in the Cascades, - many of us at QAELC have been there, mostly as guests, some have volunteered

time working on staff. Both 2013 and 2014 were scheduled to be “Holden Mine Remediation” years –

with no “normal” programs for guests/visitors, and volunteers limited to those with carpentry,

plumbing or various construction skills. The remediation should clean up contaminants left from the

Howe Sound Holden Mine era (1937-1959).

There were an average of 140 mine clean-up personnel working in 2013; 2014 may see 250 workers.

All are housed and fed in some of the same rooms we used. 2013 projects included construction of the

Lucerne barge ramp and landing area; development of a rock quarry east of the village; realignment of

Railroad Creek; and dismantling the remains of the Howe Sound Mill. 2014 will see the “enormous

barrier wall” installed, which will collect water flowing from the mine, so it can be sent to a treatment

facility; and reshaping and covering the three large tailings piles with soil. The project manager for Rio

Tinto (the mining company which inherited this liability) said, “I don’t know how successful we will

be (getting the barrier wall in place in 2014).” “Wall excavation will require using some of the largest

equipment in North America. Excavators with

arms that can dig 90 feet deep are being barged

up Lake Chelan, and trucked in sections and

assembled on-site.” One of the unknowns is the

possibility of encountering some of the

enormous boulders buried throughout the valley.

Project cost is reported to be $200 million so far

– go to www.holdenminecleanup.com.

Holden Village will have about 100 staff, volunteers, and contractors working on its own projects to

upgrade and renew infrastructure and facilities – including reroofing Lodge 2, Village Center, Narnia;

installing 6,000 gallon sewer grease trap outside the Hotel; replacing the overhead power system; and

installing a wildfire sprinkler system. For more information, go to www.holdenvillage.org. The

Village Life tab contains all the recent quarterly newsletters, which are very detailed. I leave the current

Village Voice Letter in the Narthex.

Rich Mathes

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Thank you from the Property Committee

Homebase storage and support – Ben Matter put up more shelves in the Elevator Maintenance Room for-Homebase storage. Ben also installed Levolor blinds in B-1 so the overnight chaperones did not need to tape construction paper to the outside windows. Elevator Maintenance Room storage – Dick Steffen and Rich took the old bulletin boards along the ladder wall to ReStore or the transfer station; some items along the storage racks are now easier to access

along the ladder wall. Metal items formerly “stored” on the floor beneath the right-hand area were moved – mostly to the Furnace room If you need to get into the Furnace room, the normal “inside key” that opens the office works. Chair storage racks. The large chair racks – holding 28 metal folding chairs - work well in the Fellowship Hall, but are almost too big for classrooms, particularly when you must move them through a standard doorframe to rearrange the room, or need the chair rack moved to another room, or even on the elevator. Thanks to Al Mangold, who cut one of the large chair racks down to only hold 16 chairs; he also built two new racks for 20 each. They are easier to move because of the lower weight, and go through doorways without damaging the wood or plaster. One is currently in the Fireside Room, one in Luther’s Lounge, and one in the John Room. Thanks to Don Thomas for pressure washing the front concrete pad areas; Rich used TSP and Clorox on the really bad stains. Pastor Wayne cleaned up various debris this spring that kept appearing. Thanks to Erich Patten for regluing the missing “zero” in our south-side sign that shows Sunday service times. Rich Mathes, Property Committee

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LYONS DINNER THEATER

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Annual Counters' Dinner On May 4th the Counters once again gathered for their annual dinner. The Treasurer and Financial

Secretary rely heavily on the important work that the Counters do in counting and depositing the

church's offering monies. This dinner then is just one way that we can say thank you to them for the

care and attention with which they do their job.

There are ten individuals, organized into five teams, who count Sunday offerings on a rotating basis:

Susan Evans and Alice Twelker, Vicke Pugil and Sharon Greenwood, Rich Mathes and Joel Matter,

Shirley Flory and Diane Wearne, Sallie Wilson and Gary Greenwood. Pat Sobeck is the lead Counter.

Many thanks to all of you for your faithful service!

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Could We Start Again, Please Recently I attended a pre-school graduation where these young graduates performed several musical

numbers to the delight of parents and invited guests. One of the young children had a solo accompanied

by a CD. Unfortunately, this young performer missed her cue to begin singing. The result was a three

beat difference between the singer and the DVD. The painful expression on this young performers face

expressed both her feelings and those of us in the audience, “Could we start again, please.”

The feeling of wanting to start all over again is as universal as laughter. I can’t tell you how many

times I have sighed and said, “If only I knew then what I know now.” Probably every person reading

this column has sighed that sigh. Who among us hasn’t at some point in time expressed a desire to

make a clean break with past and begin again.

Some folks consider the start of a new year with a new calendar a good time to start over again. Others

prefer September keeping the old “back to school” routine as the best time to start over again. For

myself, I like summer. Why summer? Probably for no other reason than it is a great time to be out

doors. I love being outdoors in the sun cooking on the grill, sipping my favorite umbrella drink, going

to the beach, watching baseball, and all those other things we love to do outdoors in the summer.

Starting Over Again

Starting over again this summer here at Queen Anne Lutheran Church begins with the Annual Church

Picnic scheduled for Sunday after worship, June 29. Great food, games and prizes galore. You can find

the details earlier in this newsletter.

Starting over again this summer the month of August will feature Jazz on the Grass. Our friends from

the Roosevelt Jazz Band will be back playing all that jazz. We’ll be outdoors again with the B-B-Q’s

fired up so you won’t have to worry about making dinner on Wednesday nights in August. Holden

Evening Prayer starts over again on those Wednesday evenings in August, too.

Every Sunday this summer you can also start over again at the Table of our Lord in the celebration of

the Eucharist, Holy Communion. Here is the one place where we really do in body, mind and spirit

the Last WORD

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start over again. We hear our Lord’s words of forgiveness and his promise that we are in him and he is

in us. Christ reveals himself to us over and over again in the breaking of the bread and raises us up to

be Christ’s body for the world.

We leave the Lord’s Table to go into the world to be Christ’s body. The same world that is our every

day world with our daily routines from picking up the kids at soccer, to remembering to get bread and

milk, to making the car payment, and to stopping the daily paper before going on vacation.

Often summer is thought of as a time to take a break from regular routines and duties. This summer let

me encourage you to start over again at the Table of our Lord. If you have been away for a while, come

back and start over again. You are always welcome at God’s table of grace. Welcome to start over

again and again and again.

Blessed Summer,

Pastor Wayne

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Ushers: 10:30 a.m. 1 Rich Mathes, Jim Margard 8 TBD 15 TBD 22 TBD 29 TBD Offering Counters Sallie Wilson and Gary Greenwood Lector: 8:00 a.m. 1 Ken Hockman 8 Jacqui Darroch 15 Harold Robertson 22 Dan Squires 29 Jan Olson Communion Server: 8:00 a.m. 1 Ellen Hockman 8 Jacqui Darroch 15 Georganne Robertson 22 Deb Squires 29 Linda Olson Assisting Minister: 10:30 a.m. 1 Marc Oplinger 8 Jon Ross 15 Carol Ann Davis 22 Jean Oplinger 29 Jackie Bacus Altar Guild: Jan & Linda Olson

Sunday Coffee Hosts: (8:00 a.m.) 1 Katherine Knorr 8 Smith Family 15 Dan and Debbie Squires 22 Smith Family 29 TBD Sunday Coffee Hosts: (10:30 a.m.) 1 Mark and Susan Dibble 8 Confirmation Class and Families 15 TBD 22 Al Shabino and Peggy Morgan 29 Congregational Picnic Flowers on the Altar 1 Meg Shaw 8 Katie Bacus 15 Al Shabino and Peggy Morgan 22 Lee Mathis 29 Pam McIlroy Staff: Pastor Rev. Wayne E. Bacus Campus Pastor-U.W. Rev. Elizabeth Rawlings Cantor Arletta Anderson Parish Assistant Beth Griffith Missionary to China Rev. Dorcas Wang LYONS Jon Ross LYONS Renée Dudley Sexton Don Boelter Deadline for the July Quill is June 17th

E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR QAELC STAFF:

Pastor Wayne: pastor@queenannelutheran.org Parish Administrator admin@queenannelutheran.org Arletta Anderson ajp724@comcast.net Don Boelter donboelter@gmail.com

SERVING IN JUNE

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J U N E 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Forum 9:15 a.m. Hymn Festival 4:00 p.m.

2 Yoga 6:30 p.m. 12-Step 7:00 p.m.

3 Handbell Choir 6:00p.m

Executive Committee 7:00 p.m.

4 Sewing & Service 9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting 11:00 a.m. Children’s Choir Pizza Party 5:30p.m. Confirmation Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Alateen 8:00 p.m. AA/Alanon 8:00 p.m

5 Chancel Choir 7:00 p.m.

6 7 Alanon Woman’s Mtg 10:30 a.m.

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Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Pentecost Day Rite of Confirmation .

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Endowment Fund Committee 6:00p.m. Yoga 6:30 p.m. Julia Circle 7:00 p.m. Northern Lights at Anderson’s Home 7:00 p.m. 12-Step 7:00 p.m.

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Handbell Choir 6:00 p.m. Church Council 7:00 p.m.

11 Sewing & Service 9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting 11:00 a.m.

Alateen 8:00 p.m. AA/Alanon 8:00 p.m.

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14 Men’s Group 8:30 a.m. Alanon Women’s Mtg. 10:30 a.m.

Handbell Rehearsal 2:00p.m.

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Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Newcomers Coffee following 10:30 a.m. service

16 Yoga 6:30 p.m. 12-Step 7:00 p.m.

17 Music & Worship Committee 5:30 p.m.

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Sewing & Service 9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting 11:00 a.m.

Alateen 8:00 p.m. AA/Alanon 8:00 p.m.

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Katie’s Table 9:00 a.m.

Alanon Women’s Mtg. 10:30 a.m.

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Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. .

23 Yoga 6:30 p.m. Lutherettes @ Café Mox 6:30 p.m 12-Step 7:00 p.m.

24 PDQs 5:00 p.m.

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Sewing & Service 9:30 a.m. Staff Meeting 11:00 a.m. Alateen 8:00 p.m. AA/Alanon 8:00 p.m.

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Alanon Women’s Mtg. 10:30 a.m.

29 Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Congregational Picnic Follows 10:30 a.m. worship

30 Yoga 6:30 p.m. 12-Step 7:00 p.m. Queen Anne Book Club 7:00p.m.