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The Weekly Scribe June 9, 2019
Sunday, June 9, 2019 Blessing of Grads and Retirees 8:00 a.m. Worship 9:20 a.m. Faith Formation 10:30 a.m. Worship
Monday, June 10, 2019 6:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry Leaders 6:30 p.m. Stephen Ministry Supervision (209) 7:00 p.m. Financial Advisory Committee (120) 7:00 p.m. Hospitality & Outreach (107)
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:30 a.m. Lutheran Braille Workers (CH) 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts (AC) 7:00 p.m. Council Meeting (209) 7:15 p.m. Women’s Bible Study (120)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 9:00 a.m. Quilters (CH) 1:30 p.m. Porter County Stephen Ministry (209) Thursday, June 13, 2019 5:30 p.m. Youth Game Night (YR) 6:45 p.m. CLC Mission Team Meeting (107) 7:00 p.m. Girl Scouts (AC) 7:00 p.m. Summer Outdoor Worship Friday, June 14, 2019 5:00 p.m. Stefans/Cranmer Wedding Rehearsal
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 2610 Campbell Street, Valparaiso 46385 219-462-6660 + 219-462-2168 Fax e-mail: [email protected] website: www.clcvalpo.org
CLC STAFF Rev. Timothy Knauff, Jr. Senior Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Erica Gibson-Even Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Jerry Castleman Pastor Emeritus
Brian Bartusch Director of Music Ministries [email protected]
Jen Gottlieb Director, Little Lamb Preschool [email protected]
Clint Mullet Director of Youth Ministries [email protected]
Jenny Bias Parish Administrator [email protected]
Heather Budnik Business Manager [email protected]
Milan Coburn Property Manager [email protected]
Juli Verkler Parish Nurse [email protected]
2019 CHURCH COUNCIL OFFICERS President: Roy Summerville Vice President: Brian Niksch Treasurer: John Obermann Secretary: Cindy McGuire
2019 COUNCIL MEMBERS Christian Education: Ben Crill Christian Growth: Sue McPherson Church Property: Tim Kratz Hospitality & Outreach: Sara Long Social Ministry: Diana Iltzsche Stewardship: Tim Sutherland Worship & Music: Dorothy Bass Youth: Erin Schmidgall LLP Board Representative: Laura Venstrom Youth Representative: Sara Johnson
LWR QUILTERS 2019 Quilt Count: 270
LWR/CLC Baby Care Kits Project 2019 Goal: 500 Kits Completed: 470
LWR/CLC Fabric Project 2019 Goal: 150 Kits Completed: 96
LWR/CLC Personal Care Kits Kits Completed: 720
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
June 2, 2019 8:00 a.m. 113
10:30 a.m. 115
Saturday, June 15, 2019 3:30 p.m. Stefans/Cranmer Wedding 6:00 p.m. Men’s Shelter 7:30 p.m. Youth Group from MN (YR) 8:00 p.m. AA Meeting (GP) Sunday, June 16, 2019 FATHER’S DAY 8:00 a.m. Worship 9:20 a.m. Faith Formation 10:30 a.m. Worship 6:00 p.m. South Shore Brass Band Rehearsal (CH)
Monday, June 17, 2019 1:00 p.m. Grief Support Group (107) 1:00 p.m. Social Ministry & Mission (209)
Faith Formation Opportunities Sunday 9:20 a.m.
Date/Location Sanctuary Fellowship Hall 120 Library 107 Brides Gathering Place
June 9 Creation Care: Energy L. Venstrom
Covenant in God D. Keammerer
Organ Donation J. Verkler
June 16 Shanta Premawardhana
Covenant in God D. Keammerer
June 23 Creation Care D. Bass
Covenant in God D. Keammerer
June 30 Creation Care D. Bass
Covenant in God D. Keammerer
Baby Care Kits (Needed for each kit)
Two long- or short-sleeved gowns or sleepers (with or without feet) Two lightweight cotton t-shirts One jacket, sweater, sweatshirt without hood, include a baby cap Two pairs of socks (all clothing items 6 months to 2 years) Two receiving blankets, medium-weight cotton or flannel, or crocheted, or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to 52" square
Four flannel diapers, flat fold & sewn by CLC sewers One dark colored hand towel Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of gentle soap, in original wrapping Two diaper pins 3-ply baby yarn and flannel fabric in increments of .75 yards
FAITH FORMATION
CREATION CARE
June 9 Energy and Creation Care
Luke Venstrom
(nothing on June 16)
June 23 Plastics, Pollution, and Creation Care
Julie Peller
June 30 Recycling, Composting, and Creation Care
Betty Luckett
MUSIC LOVERS
Have you ever wanted to sing in our sanctuary choir on Sunday mornings, but can’t always make the time for evening rehearsals? Well, here’s your chance to raise your voices in
song: warm them up and come be a part of the Sanctuary Summer Choir, which will participate in our worship services 3 – 4 Sundays this summer. There will be 2 – 3 short rehearsals to prepare the music (don’t worry, it’s easy stuff!), beginning Thursday, June 13th at 7:30 pm. Come for our mid-week service at 7:00 pm and stay to practice. You’re going to love it so much you’ll want to continue in the fall. Come and make a joyful noise!
CL SENIORS & FRIENDS Christ Lutheran Church
will NOT meet during June & July
Next Event > Carry-in Picnic on August 22
Watch for details in the July TGN
For more information -- Contact Ed W. Seykowski at
219-462-3636 or [email protected]
HELP NEEDED FOR THE MEN’S SHELTER MEALS
The site is TAKETHEMAMEAL.COM Login: shelter
Password: 2019
The dates are June 30, July 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 (these dates include both Saturday night dinner and Sunday breakfast that are needed
soon).
Please contact Diana Iltzsche for more information or to help with the meal at 219-628-0950 or [email protected]
June 2019 As you do it for the least of these, you do it for Christ. (Matthew 25:40)
Social Ministry Emphasis for June. Each month the Social Ministry Committee highlights a special giving opportunity. The focus for June is to provide support for Lutheran young adults affiliated with Christ Lutheran who are in service in the U.S. or internationally, including One Collective (formerly International Teams) mission organization (http://onecollective.org / www.iteams.us) and CLC Youth Summer Mission Trips (this summer in Grand Rapids) and future ELCA Youth Gatherings (http://clcvalpo.org/for-youth/high-school / www.elca.org/YouthGathering). CLC has had young adults serving at various times with Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Currently young adults Chris and Heather Shepherd are serving with the One Collective/I-Teams organization in Turkey. One Collective is a global nonprofit that works in communities around the world and is passionate about making sure no one is invisible and has access to food, freedom, and forgiveness. O.C. brings people together to help the oppressed in order that lives and communities can be transformed. CLC has supported Chris & Heather (VU and Lutheran Deaconess graduates) for several years as they continue to serve the needs of refugees in Turkey. Chris, Heather, Moses, and Micah will be at CLC Sunday, July 14. Chris will preach during Worship Services, and during the Faith Formation hour Heather will update us about what they, with God’s help, are doing in Turkey and among refugees there. Help achieve our goal of $2000 in June, which will be combined with a budgeted amount. Use your weekly worship giving envelope and indicate “One Coll./Youth Mission” on the line marked Social Ministry with the amount you wish to give in addition to your regular giving. Thank you to members for supporting monthly social concern emphases.
Wanted: Your Photos and Stories!
As Pastor Tim and his family venture across the globe this summer, we will be taking a number of steps to stay connected.
A large wall map is mounted in the Gathering Space to track their travels. We are asking for photos and stories that you have from when you have visited any of the same places.
Germany: Berlin, Leipzig, Wittenberg, Nurnberg, Austria: Vienna Tanzania: Arusha Greece: Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Peloponnesian Peninsula
You may send the photos and stories by email to [email protected].
Paper is fine, too, in my CLC mailbox; I’ll copy them and return the original. Please attach your name, identify the location, and in a few words, tell why this place is meaningful to you. Stories about your experiences in each
place will be fun to read!
Many thanks!
Sue McPherson, 771-4328
As a lifelong Lutheran, it was an emotional and spiritual experience to see (a replica of) the actual door where Martin Luther posted his 95 theses. We were able to get the feel of the
church door as a community bulletin board, where this scholar-monk invited conversation on the stifled truths he was discovering in his studies of Scripture.
Sue McPherson, Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany, October 31, 2017
Christ Lutheran Church Financial Dashboard General Fund
Actual
Receipts - As of May 31, 2019 394,778.99
Expenses - As of May 31, 2019 404,198.92
Over/(Under) -9,419.93
Actual
Received June 2 10,981.81
Actual Cost of New Roof 37,236.00
Received to Date for New Roof 46,485.09 Social Ministry
Received for May Emphasis - Food Bank of Northwest Indiana 1,645.00
Received as of June 2 for June Emphasis—One Collective and CLC Youth Mission Trip 232.50
Ushers and Communion Assistants Needed
Could you serve God and the CLC community by helping occasionally with one of these necessary aspects of our worship? We are especially in need of ushers at 10:30 services, but there is room to help at early service as well. Please give your name and contact info to one of today's ushers, or to the folks at the hospitality desk, and we'll contact you. A brief special training for ushers and communion assistants--just 15 minutes--will take place after each service on June 9.
SAVE THE DATE
2019 VBS
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND VOLUNTEERS IS NOW AVILABLE ON CLC
WEBSITE
Graduations & Retirements
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Maia Danger, Andrean High School; Attending Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Majoring in Nursing. Elsa Hanson ~ Valparaiso High School; Attending Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Nate Smith ~ Valparaiso High School; Attend Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. Majoring in Exercise Science and continuing my running career. Long-term goal is a doctorate in Physical Therapy.” Brandon Watson ~ Valparaiso High School: Attending Purdue, West Lafayette. Majoring in History and German. COLLEGE & ADVANCED DEGREES Jennifer Rayman ~ Butler University—Pharm D; Pharmacist for Kroger. RETIREMENTS Nancy Dickey ~ Professional Hearing Management as a Audiologist. Robert Luckett ~ retiring from Trialco as a Chief Metallurgist. Paul Rayman ~ Porter Hostpital as a Echo Cardiographer. Glen Skelton ~ Methodist Hospital as a RN—Cath Lab.