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CHALICE A publication of Holy Communion Lutheran Church April , 2017

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In This Issue

Pastor Mark’s Column…………...pg.1

Pastor Laura’s Column…………..pg.2

Easter Breakfast………………….pg.2

Easter Dawn Service…………….pg.2

Council Corner……………………pg.3

How You Can Help Reduce

The Deficit….…………..pg.3

Holy Week Worship……….……..pg.4

Children’s Chalice….…………….pg.5

Wednesday Night Live…..……….pg.5

2018 ELCA Youth

Gathering Date….……..pg.6

Kiva Update…………….…..……..pg.6

Sunday School/Youth Choir

Schedule…….…….…..pg.6

All Women Invited to Sing…..…...pg.6

Scrip……….………………….…...pg.7

Soup Cookbooks for Sale…..…...pg.8

Memorials…………………….…...pg.8

Food Pantry……………….…...….pg.8

Tues. Night Bible Study…….…....pg.8

New Hope Circle………….………pg.8

April Calendar………...…….…….pg.9

Volunteer Calendar…...…...pgs.10-11

Wild Wilderness Women…….....pg.11

Gallant Giving Guys……...……..pg.11

Quilting Group…………….……..pg.11

Book Group…………….………..pg.11

Remembering Racine’s

Downtown……….……...pg. 11

News from the Pews…………..pg. 12

Financial Update……………….pg. 12

CHRISTIAN VOCATION … Part 2

God’s people… please God, even in the least and most trifling matters. For

God will be working all things through you; God will milk the cow through

you and perform the most servile duties through you, and all the greatest and

least duties alike will be pleasing to God. (Luther’s Commentary on Genesis

6:10)

Of all that Luther wrote and taught, there are two elements of his theology that

stand out. The first is that we are justified by grace through faith. That means

that we are considered to be righteous and holy and worthy of love. God justi-

fies us, not because of what we have done, but completely and simply because

God loves us. This is demonstrated most clearly in the life and death and the

resurrection of Jesus Christ. This message is so important… that it should the

central focus of everything that we teach and preach.

The second critical element is Luther’s sense of vocation… the topic of my

article last month as well. Luther believed that all Christians are called to

serve God by serving our neighbor in whatever situation or station we find

ourselves. This is the flip side of Justification… We are freed by God’s grace

to serve our neighbor. What that means is this… God does not need our good

works… but our neighbor does. And since God has taken care of the matter of

our ultimate destiny… we should have less to worry about and more time on

our hands to care about those around us.

Which is why Luther believes that any work done in good faith – for the sake

of others – is valuable and pleasing to God. That means that when you bring a

pot of soup to Church during Lent… God is pleased. When you take out your

neighbor’s trash, because she is recovering from surgery… God is pleased.

When you volunteer at Church to read, sing, fold or set up… God is pleased.

This is where we get the motto: God’s Work, Our Hands… Because this

phrase captures God’s intention to use all that we have and all that we are to

care for those around us…

Grace and Peace…

Pastor Mark 2017

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Easter Breakfast Help Needed

We are looking for baked goods and 9x13 egg bakes for Easter Breakfast. We also need some volunteers to help keep the tables stocked with goodies and dishes clean at

Our Easter Breakfast. Please consider helping for an hour. Sign up on the lilac form in the Sunday bulletins or email

Shannon Porcaro at kaitanth3303@yahoo.com.

Join us for a unique and moving worship service that takes us from darkness to light, from death to life,

from the gloom of the tomb to the glory of the resurrection.

April 16 at 6:30 A.M. HCLC's new Easter Dawn service.

Who sets the date for Easter Sunday?

Throughout my years as being a pastor, I’ve been asked from time to time, “Why does the date

for Easter Sunday change? Believe it or not, it has to do with the moon. Easter is observed on the Sunday after

the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox. In astronomy, the vernal equinox (spring equinox,

March equinox, or northward equinox) is the equinox at the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere:

the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading northward…just in case you were

wondering.

Now, for those who enjoy algorithms, here is another way to compute the date for Easter Sunday

(y = year; m = month; d = day of Easter). Please note that this is an integer calculation. All variables are

integers and all remainders from division are dropped…enjoy.

These are indeed two ways for you to determine the date for Easter Sunday, however, you can also use

the method that I’ve been using for years…looking at a calendar.

A blessed Easter to you all!

In Christ’s love and service,

Pastor Laura

c = y / 100

n = y - 19 * ( y / 19 )

k = ( c - 17 ) / 25

i = c - c / 4 - ( c - k ) / 3 + 19 * n + 15

i = i - 30 * ( i / 30 )

i = i - ( i / 28 ) * ( 1 - ( i / 28 ) * ( 29 / ( i + 1 ) ) * ( ( 21 - n ) / 11 ) )

j = y + y / 4 + i + 2 - c + c / 4

j = j - 7 * ( j / 7 )

l = i – j

m = 3 + ( l + 40 ) / 44

d = l + 28 - 31 * ( m / 4 )

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At February’s Church Council meeting, we began to discuss our goals for 2017-18.

Given the challenges we face with a budget deficit of over $80,000 council decided that

our number one priority was to address the budget deficit. Our only other goal was to

re-invigorate our ministry teams and restart Team Ministry Nights once per quarter. This will

improve communication between our pastors, council and team leaders to produce the most effective

ministry teams. Each Ministry Team has it’s own goals and will be held accountable to these by council

(as will council to its own goals). Within our 2 goals for the year, we have planned activities and strategies

to accomplish these goals and will be setting a timeline for completion at our next meeting.

But achieving our primary goal of closing the deficit CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT YOU! And I want to stress

this important point, that during the year, we will be focusing on this goal, talking about it often and working

together to continue the mission of Holy Communion.

Here are our goals and some of the planned activities within each goal:

Reduce deficit

a. Stewardship: Council is planning a Consecration Sunday format and move our annual stewardship

campaign to October

b. Legacy Giving opportunities

c. Fundraising opportunities such as Scrip® and special events

d. Extending the Forward in Faith Capital and Stewardship campaign for at least 1 year.

e. Reducing expenses where possible

f. Congregational engagement: Town Hall meetings quarterly for example

Ministry Team development

a. Quarterly team meeting nights

b. Teams will be setting achievable goals

c. Team reports to council

As we work on our goals throughout the year, council is committed to doing with joyfulness and thankfulness,

fellowship and fun, celebrating our successes and learning from our mistakes. We offer our prayers for you,

our brothers and sisters in Christ that we begin this journey together.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. –Philippians 4:13

WHAT CAN I DO?

Here are some ways you can help reduce the budget deficit…

1. Sign up for our automatic giving program (Simply Giving). This is an easy way to keep your pledged

giving on a weekly basis. Call the office for more details or you can now sign up on our church website at:

http://hopeonahill.org/give/give-now/

2. Review your 2017 pledge and commit to a 5% increase (or any increase of your choice).

3. Use Scrip®. Did you know that you can use Scrip® for many of your everyday purchase without impacting

your home budget? It’s easy! Stop by the Scrip® table between services or learn about it on our website at:

http://hopeonahill.org/give/support/

4. Attend our special fundraising events: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Racine

Theater Guild in May and our Wine Tasting in November.

5. Commit to $1.00 extra in giving per week. Did you know that we average approximately 230 people in

worship every week? What if every person gave only one extra dollar? That’s a budget reduction of

$12,000!

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Palm Sunday, April 9th Worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 13th Worship service at 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, April 14th Tre Ore service 12:00—3:00 p.m.

Tenebrae service 7:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 16th Easter Dawn service 6:30 a.m.

Worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

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Wednesday Night Live Calendar and Announcements:

April 5th – Soup Supper at 6pm with Lenten Worship at 7pm

April 12th and April 19th – No Wednesday Night Live April 26th – Final Wednesday Night Live Fellowship Event (Detail TBA)

We would like to thank the Finance Team for providing the meal on Feb 22nd. We had a wonderful time paining bowls for the empty bowls event to help fight hunger. Thank you to all the families who have provided Soups and/or Desserts for Soup Supper and to everyone who donated to the free will offering to help offset the cost of our mission trip to Niagara Falls. Your continued support and generosity is truly appreciated!

Please continue to use the sign up genius site to sign up to be an acolyte and nursery helper. Any questions please contact Sabrina at sabrina.hclc@gmail.com We look forward to seeing you at our fellowship event on April 26th!

The Children’s Chalice

There will be NO SUNDAY SCHOOL on April 16th or April 23rd.

We look forward to the children SINGING in church and WORSHIPPING together on EASTER SUNDAY!!!

HAPPY BAPTISM BIRTHDAY to the following childrenwho were baptized during the month of April:

Brynlee Adelsen Graham Barbee Henry Perkins Elisabeth MacDougall Giuliano Ferrentino Brady Remington Carrie Jansen Wyatt Vachalik

Moms, Grandmas and Friends of our Sunday School Children… mark your calendars for the

9th Annual Pampering May 14th Youth Room (following the 8:30 service)

Come and enjoy: Nail Painting, Paraffin Dip, Craft Project, Glamour Shots, Treats and more…!

New this year is a RAFFLE!!!

The last day of Sunday School celebration is May 21st.

Don’t MISS OUT on the fun!!

Holy Communion Lutheran Church April, 2017

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Fifth Grade Class Kiva Loan Update

Incorporating HCLC’s vision to Worship, Learn, Love, and Serve into 5th grade Sunday School curriculum has been something we accomplished through our Kiva re-loan activities. Noisy Offering money collected over the years continues

to become available as these loans are repaid so we continue to find new opportunities for this money to do good in the world. This month we helped Antoinette from Racine WI to operate a used car dealership that offers mid-range priced vehicles catering to

low income, everyday working families at affordable prices. We also provided a loan to Ani, an inspiring farmer from Dalarik community in Armenia who plans to use the loan to buy two dairy calves and forage to feed them thereby allowing her and her family to grow their current dairy farm and gather and sell more milk. To date the kids of HCLC have loaned out $425 helping 17 different people across 12

different countries improve their lives. I encourage everyone to check out Kiva.org to see how easy it is to help those less fortunate than us through the use of micro-lending.

Mark your calendars -

2018 ELCA Youth Gathering June 27 - July 1, 2018

We will be heading to Houston for the ELCA Youth Gathering. Every three years, 40,000 high school youth and their adult leaders gather for a week of faith formation known as the ELCA Youth Gathering. Through days spent in interactive learning, worship, Bible study, service and fellowship, young people grow in faith and are challenged and inspired to live their faith in their daily lives. Youth who are in 8th - 12th grade at

the time of registration are eligible to attend – save the date you won’t want to miss this trip !!!

Sunday School and Youth Choir schedule:

Our talented young people will be singing A LOT in April!

April 2 - Lamb of God - 8:30 service

April 9 - Palm Sunday - Entrance Into Jerusalem -

8:30 service. Any kids who can stay to sing this at the

beginning of the 10:45 service would be deeply

appreciated!

April 16 - Easter - And This is Why We Sing - 8:30 service

April 23 - no Sunday School and no rehearsal

April 30 and May 7 - rehearse for the Mother's Day

number with ladies of the church.

May 14 - sing "Shine All Your Light" - 8:30 service.

If your child needs a word packet or CD to practice, please

stop by the choir room to pick one up from Kate.

All mothers, aunts,

godmothers,

grandmothers,

and any woman

who had a mother….

All women are invited to

sing a song with the

Sunday School and Youth choirs

on Mother's Day, May 14th.

Rehearsals will take place right after

the first service on the following Sundays:

April 2, 9, 23, and 30 and May 7.

You may also pick up a practice CD

from Kate in the choir room any Sunday.

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT THE SCRIP FUNDRAISING PROGRAM

WHAT IS SCRIP? SCRIP is a gift card fundraising program that we are using here at HCLC. It is used nationally by many churches and schools.

It is a reputable, easy way to raise funds for our ministries NO SELLING NO ADDED SPENDING on the part of congregational members Accepted like CASH at participating retailers HUNDREDS of retailers available (come see us at the SCRIP table or look online at

www.SHOPWITHSCRIP.com for a list) HOW DOES IT WORK? You simply go about your normal shopping routine and use SCRIP gift cards (purchased through our program) to pay for your purchases.

HCLC purchases the cards at a discount (Example: $100 card costs HCLC $97) You purchase from HCLC at face value ($100 card for $100) The amount of the discount is HCLC’s profit (3% discount = $3 for HCLC)

You may think that $3 doesn’t seem like it could make a difference, but think about it this way: 100 families at HCLC purchase $200/month of a card that gives 3% rebate That’s $20,000 of cards purchased with $600 of rebate each month For an annual total of $7,200

And that’s one of the lower percentage cards. . . Think of the possibilities! HOW CAN I GET THE CARDS? There are several ways to obtain cards. during coffee hour at the SCRIP table write a check to HCLC or pay with cash place order online and write a check to HCLC or pay with cash place order online and pay electronically from your checking account reload an existing card paying electronically from your checking account get an immediate code (SCRIP NOW) via e-mail paying electronically from your checking account IS THERE ANY DOWNSIDE? VERY little. . . and we usually have answers! Q: “I’ve heard that some people have had problems with the cards not working or being refused.” A: We are aware of RARE problems and for the ones that we are aware of, we have been able to work with the retailer to resolve the problem. If you have ANY problems with a card not working or not being accepted. Please let us know and we will go to bat for you to do our best to make it right. Q: “What if the retailers I shop at aren’t on your list.” – (For example: Aldi’s, Costco, Culver’s) A: We have Visa, Discover and Am Express gift cards you can purchase for use almost ANYWHERE – they have a smaller rebate (1.25-1.5%) but something is better than nothing! Q: “What if I just can’t get my act together to plan ahead – I’m a spontaneous spender!” A: We have two options for you!

1) Visa, Discover and Am Express can be purchased and in your wallet for those spontaneous purchases. 2) Let’s get you signed up online where you can get SCRIP NOW – and use your phone to order an immediate code sent to your phone, in an amount that comes within a few dollars of what you are purchasing.

Q: “I get reward points for using my credit card and don’t want to give those up.” A: You are correct that you would be missing some of your reward points, BUT. . . If you sign up online, we CAN offer you the option of keeping track of the rebates that HCLC gets from your purchases to add to your quarterly giving statement as a charitable contribution! And if that isn’t speaking to your heart. . . we’d like to challenge you to put your treasure where your heart is by giving up some of those reward points for your church.

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Until Easter, please continue to support the food pantry by choosing eggs from the

Easter tree in the narthex, buying the items written on the egg and returning them

and the paper eggs to church. For the rest of April, the pantry is asking for

donations of the following items:

April 16 - tomato soup, chicken noodle soup

April 23 - spaghetti, spaghetti sauce

April 30 - peaches, fruit cocktail.

Thanks for all you do to help feed the hungry in our community! We could not do it without you!

In the past month, Holy Communion has received the following memorial gifts.

Tuesday Night Bible Study

TUESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY will meet April 25 from 6:30-

8:00 at Julie Burton’s home, 136 Steeplechase Drive. The

discussion will be based on Chapter 10, “Chosen Children,” in

Max Lucado’s book GRACE. Please note the changes, espe-

cially meeting on April 25th! What a great follow-up to Easter:

“We have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us

from the beginning” Ephesians 1:11. See you on the 25th!

New Hope Circle

New Hope Circle will meet on Wednesday, April 12th

at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Karen Nielsen,

4236 S. Circle Dr. They will use the Bible study from

the April issue of “Gather” magazine. Please call Evelyn

Lajiness, 634-0527, if you need a copy of the Bible study.

All women are welcome to join us!

Name of Person Memorialized or Honored Given By Designated To

John Barootian Dave & Patricia Barlament Capital Fund

John Barootian Robert & Joyce Hansen Capital Fund

Marrilyn Bassindale Dave & Patricia Barlament Capital Fund

James Halkowitz Sybil Knop undesignated

William Roth Faith Pfeiffer undesignated

William Roth Carole Langenbach undesignated

William Roth Duane & Carlotta Smith undesignated

William Roth Ruth Johnson undesignated

William Roth Dave & Darlene Krueger undesignated

Todd & Sybil Knop James Halkowitz undesignated

Rodney Helmke Ruth Rohlfing Walter Memorial

William Roth Dawn Wells Music Ministry

Get Your HCLC Soup Cookbook!

Just $7.00 buys you a copy of Feeding The Flock, a collection of nearly 100 delicious soup

recipes from HCLC members and friends! The book is dedicated to Jacque Nielsen who

loved the way our church community came together for Lenten soup suppers. She dreamed

of creating a HCLC soup cookbook and began to collect some of her favorite recipes.

Unfortunately Jacque never had the chance to finish the project so the Celebrations and

Gatherings Team took what Jacque had collected and added to it to create this book filled

with a wonderful variety of tasty soup recipes. The books are available at the Scrip table

in the lounge on Sunday mornings and in the church office. Remember, cookbooks make

great gifts. Buy one for yourself and one for a friend today!

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The Quilting Group will meet on Tuesday, April 11th and Tuesday, April 25th at 1:15 p.m. in the Mark Hurn room to continue work on quilts for Lutheran World Relief. If you have unneeded, lightly used full, king and queen sized flat sheets, we would be happy to accept them to use as backings

on the quilts. All are welcome to join us. No prior quilt-ing experience is required! Come give it a try!

The Wild Wilderness Women are going biking this summer! We'll be taking a three day, 15 mile per day, ride on the Sparta-Elroy Trail in Central Wisconsin. Dates are Thursday

August 3 through Sunday August 6. We'll be camping along the way at State DNR sites in Sparta, Wilton and Elroy. We're estimating the total cost to be about $200, including travel, food and

lodging. Not included is bike rental, which will be available in the Elroy area. We'd like to limit the number of participants to 18 and are asking for a $50 non-refundable deposit by Sunday April 23. The Sparta-Elroy trail is beginner-friendly. We'll be planning a few warm up rides

before the trip and all will be welcome! Questions? Email Lynn at lmh921@yahoo.com.

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Wanted: GGG (Gallant Giving Guys) to support and accompany the WWW on their summer biking trip. Dan Wrensch has graciously agreed to head up a team of guys to haul gear, reserve campsites and support the ladies in their endeavor. The GGG's

will have time for their own adventures and separate accommodations, but we will share meals together. Cost will be similar to cost for WWW trip, which includes transportation,

lodging and food. Looking for 3-4 guys to round out a great team! Email Dan Wrensch at dan.wrensch@yahoo.com for information and to sign up.

April volunteers (continued from pg. 9)

Ushers: 8:30 Jim Carlson, Davis Liesner, Chris Porcaro, Roger Degerman

10:45 Bill Beckett, Lynn Sinclair, Tim Krikau

Counters: Tony Betko, Todd Jansen, Ralph Johnson, Holly Maurer

Altar Guild: 8:30 Val Conner, Barb Salvo, Roxie Betko

10:45 Susan Barbee

Councilperson in Charge: April 2 - Dale Stillman

April 9 - Sally Brown

April 16 - Jim Buhler

April 23 - Lynn Helmke

April 30 - Joan Fergus

Gallant

Giving

Guys

The Traitor’s Wife by

Allison Pataki is the

next book selected to

be discussed when the Book Group meets on

Wednesday, May 17th at 10:00 a.m. in the lounge.

This is the story of Benedict Arnold’s wife and her

involvement in his act of treason. All are welcome

to join us for our discussion!

Remembering Racine’s Downtown Program Returns HCLC member and local writer and speaker, along with Racine historian Jim Mercier, will again present the

popular nostalgic program: "Let's Go Shopping-Remembering Racine's Downtown of the 1950s and 1960s." Back by popular demand from three 2016 previous presentations, it will again be held at the

Golden Rondelle on Saturday, April 22 at 10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Reservations are suggested by going online to the www.scjohnson.com/CIPreservations or by calling 262 260 2154.

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The Chalice is a publication of

Holy Communion Lutheran Church, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The church office is open from 8:00-4:00 Monday through Thursday,

8:00—3:00 on Fridays. It is closed from 12:00—1:00 each day.

Worship services are at 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. The nursery is available during the 8:30 service.

A crying room in the narthex is available for children and parents to use during all services.

Contact Information

Pastor Mark Doidge ..…………………………...pastormark.hclc@gmail.com Pastor Laura Fladten ……………..…………….pastorlaura.hclc@gmail.com Lisa Lequia, Children’s Ministry Director ……...sundayschool.hclc@gmail.com Sabrina Gonzales, Financial Administrator/Mission Implementation Assistant ……...sabrina.hclc@gmail.com Heidi Komistra, Office Administrator……………….office.hclc@gmail.com

Office Phone………..262-632-8802 Fax………………...…..262-637-5622

Website: hopeonahill.org

The Chalice Published Monthly

Volume 19, Number 4

April, 2017

News From The Pews

Financial Update

February January-February

Revenue: $31,784.45 Revenue: $77,314.98

Expenses: $50,542.38 Expenses: $97,992.00

Net Loss: $-18,757.93 Net Loss: $-20,677.02

Recently Hospitalized

Ron Larson, Cora Paulson, Mea Tennis

Births

Phoebe Iliana Pfarr , daughter of Tera & Garrett Pfarr was born on March 9, 2017.

Deaths

Richard (Dick) Reitsma passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 1017.

Please keep Dick’s family and friends, in your thoughts and prayers.