ASH WEDNESDAY Spire-February 2020.pdf · Wednesday, February 12th 2pm Valentines Party 12pm Pointer...
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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
[email protected] 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: [email protected]
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