CLEF November 2014
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Transcript of CLEF November 2014
First English Ev. Lutheran Church
Inside this issue:
Pastor Chris’ Sunday Sermon 2
Pastor Schmidt’s Farewell Sermon
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Call Process Update Financial Summary
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Letter from Bob Foster 7
With the Members Annual Meeting
Music Lessons 9
Adult Education 10
Wish List
Columbarium Board of Fellowship
11
Bd. Of Social Action
Play Facility Use
13
Parish Ed./Youth News 14
Preschool
Recycle
Kroger 15
October Birthdays 16
Serving in October 17
October Calendar 18
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Dear Members and Friends of First English,
As I said this past Sunday at my farewell words seems much too inadequate to convey the true
and deep feelings that I feel in my heart and soul, but again I will try to use words to share our deep and
abiding appreciation. Your graciousness, your generosity, your many sincere words of thanks and well
wishes as we sail off into retirement touch Carolyn and I very deeply. I have been around long enough to
be able to distinguish between being polite and genuine, sincere words and actions – yours was the latter.
Thank you!
The wonderful memory of your long, spontaneous “standing ovation” as I concluded my farewell
sermon will be with me as long as the Good Lord gives me life! Many of you, as well as myself, had tears
in our eyes and the genuineness of your love and support was obvious. Thank you!
Our entire family appreciated and enjoyed the wonderful and inspiring worship and music at our
farewell service. Carolyn and I have already said to each other that no matter where we might end up
worshipping in retirement we will certainly miss the wonderful music ministry here at First English. I
hope you noted that the special choral anthem for the day was composed by our own Bob Foster using my
Confirmation Verse, which was also my sermon text! Thank you Bob not only for this gift but for 25 years
of great music and the honor to be able to work with you in our music ministry which so greatly enhances
our worship! Also thank you to the congregation for allowing our sons, Walt and Tim to participate in our
farewell worship – it was so meaningful for Carolyn and me to have our family involved. Thank you!
A very sincere word of thanks to Peace Circle and Chris Judson for our farewell celebration and
dinner – the decorations, the meal, all the set up, the clean up, all the correspondence, the reframing of all
the pastor’s pictures, all the work, all the time spent. We knew that it would be great as you do everything
with such style and grace and not only do Carolyn and I appreciate your efforts but you certainly helped to
make a very good impression for our family and friends who gathered here from outside of the First
English family. Thank you!
We also want to express our thanks to Pastor Beebe for being our guest speaker. Pastor Beebe
and I worked together here at First English for over nine years and when I was asked who I wanted for our
banquet speaker he immediately came to mind. His wry sense of humor, his honesty and his very kind
words greatly added to our celebration. Thank you Bart!
I also want to express my sincere appreciation to our church staff. A great deal of extra time and
effort went into planning and carrying out our farewell service and banquet. In addition obviously now
with my retirement, until a new Senior Pastor is called, that will mean that we are short staffed which in
turn will mean extra work for our present staff. I know that you as members will support our ongoing staff
and I thank them for their ministry. Thank you!
You know the pitfall in writing a thank you, especially a farewell thank you is that inevitable
someone who should be lifted up is missed. I do want to say thank you to Marc Simone, President of First
English for his strong leadership and support during this time of transition. Beyond that let me say a very
sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of you! Thank you not only for this very special day of celebration,
but also thank you for twenty-five years of ministry together. The church is much more than any single
pastor, or a beautiful facility, the church is people, the church is you, the Body of Christ, made in God’s
image, redeemed by God’s Son, guided by God’s Spirit. Thank you for your genuine love and support to
both Carolyn and myself, thank you for the privilege of serving First English as your Senior Pastor, thank
you for the “Emeritus Pastor” title, thank you for all of your kind words and well wishes, thank you for all
of your cards, gifts and the very generous congregational gift, thank you for everything!
While it is important that once a pastor leaves that we maintain good boundaries, you will see us
around here occasionally for special events. Our new address and phone is 43 Coronado Drive, Jackson,
MI 49201, (517) 962-5055. If you are driving on I-94 past Jackson, give us a call and stop in, we would
love to see you.
Thank you and God’s Blessings,
Pastor & Carolyn Schmidt
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17th
Sunday after Pentecost October 5, 2014 Matthew 21:33-46
Grace and peace to you my sisters and brothers, from God our Father and our Lord and
Savior Jesus the Christ.
Those of you who were here last week may be thinking – didn’t we just hear a message
about vineyards last week? Yes we did!
Last Sunday we were encouraged to become workers in God’s vineyard. In that parable
told by Jesus the listeners were told they would need a change of mind and heart to work
in God’s Kingdom. This week once again, Jesus tells another vineyard parable.
I think its interesting that this text begins with the word “LISTEN” and ends with the
word “PROPHET.” There are many other words that come between these words – listen
and prophet – but these two are a good summary of what the people were failing to do.
In our First Reading today – the words of God told through one of the earliest prophets –
Isaiah tells this same story of the vineyard. (Isaiah 5:1-7)
Looking back through history, time and time again God’s people have failed to LISTEN
and heed God’s warnings choosing instead to go ahead and do their own thing. Could
that be true even today in our modern highly educated society?
The Isaiah passage says that the fruit produced in the vineyard was “wild grapes.”
In today’s gospel lesson from Matthew, the tenants of the vineyard want to keep
all of the fruit of their labors for themselves.
The owner of the vineyard just might be asking: “Who is in charge here?”
It appears that the tenants of the vineyard think they are in charge. When the owner of
the vineyard sends his servants to gather and collect his produce, the servants are beaten
and killed by the tenants.
Today’s gospel lesson suggests that among the people of God a better way to frame the
question of authority is, “For whom am I in charge?”
Parables often appear to be such simple stories, because of their rather streamlined plots.
Somehow though they resist being contained and have an effect of a flowing stream or
even a rushing river when we ponder their meaning. There are no easy points to sum them
all up, in part because parables deal in choices.
In his telling of parables, Jesus did not say these are the three things I want you to learn
from this teaching. No. Not at all – he left the stories open ended – let them flow on out to
the oceans of thought for each listener to consider.
Jesus used familiar objects that were common to the life of the people. Palestine was a
vine growing country so we find today’s “Parable of the Tenants” situated in a vineyard.
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The 1st century listeners would be familiar with the need for a fence around the vineyard, a watchtower and they would
expected to have a winepress. But this is not just a simple story about growing and harvesting grapes. Is it!
Parables were also often concerned with issues of right and wrong choices, the institutions that fail to deliver equitable
choices, and the people who are the most vulnerable when bad choices are made.
So let’s take a look at this “Parable of the Tenants,” keeping in mind these two questions.
“Who’s in charge here?”
“For whom am I in charge?”
It’s not always easy to tell who the different actors are in a parable – who they are meant to represent – but here- they do
seem rather obvious.
The owner of the vineyard is God
The beloved son is Jesus
The tenants – the religious leaders of Israel- are those put in charge of the church or entrusted with faithfully lead-
ing God’s people
The slaves or servants sent to collect the fruit – were most likely the prophets sent to warn the people of
wrongdoing- of wrong choices.
The story unfolds in four stages.
In the first stage, the tenants rebel against the owner of the vineyard by rejecting, beating and killing a succession of
servants sent to get some fruit of the vineyard. The point here is that throughout the history of Israel the leaders of God’s
people rejected the prophets God sent, preferring to exercise their authority independently of God’s authoritative word.
The second stage happens at verse 37. The picture here is God’s initiative of grace in sending the Beloved Son Jesus
Christ. This is not the usual response to rebellion at all. It certainly would not be most people’s first reaction to killing of
their representative. Grace?? A wronged property owner would be expected to rise up and nip the problem in the bud or
at least quash it before it reached dangerous levels.
The third stage shows the rejection of God’s grace in Jesus Christ by Israel’s leaders. The reasoning of the tenants about
gaining the inheritance by killing the son is no more logical than was the initial rebellion or the owner’s gracious
response to it. It’s not very logical at all – but certainly a pretty clear picture of the religious leader’s self-serving abuse of
authority. They have after all been entrusted with the care of the vineyard (Israel).
They were to be caring for the things of God- his kingdom – not furthering their own agendas.
It appears they are far more interested in ownership than they are in exercising stewardship!
The tenants don’t seem to realize or have forgotten who owns the vineyard and for whom they are in charge!!
They show even more contempt and rejection of the rightful owner’s authority, and even the owner’s graciousness
toward them. They plot to kill the owner’s beloved son and throw him out of the vineyard—the ultimate act of insult
and rejection!
The fourth stage begins with a rhetorical question: “What then will the owner of the vineyard do?” The scripture spells
it out – “He will come and destroy the tenants and lease the vineyard to others.”
This is the key to the story:
Israel – the vineyard, the place where good fruit is grown and harvested, is not rejected by the owner (God) in this story.
It’s the tenants, the religious leaders who have been entrusted with the care and upkeep of the vineyard that are rejected
for their unjust ways. The tenants have continually rejected the prophets sent to correct injustices.
Have they forgotten who is in charge –
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PASTOR SCHMIDT’S RETIREMENT SERMON
FAITH, FAMILY, FRIENDS
Reformation Sunday October 26, 2014 Retirement Sermon Romans 1:16-17 Before I read our text and formally begin our sermon, there are a couple of things I would like to say.
First of all, thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, condolences, kind words and visits at the passing of
Carolyn’s mother, Pearle Fay; your love and concern is indeed greatly appreciated. Our church family, you - are
indeed a blessing.
And switching gears abruptly, it is good, right and proper to remind all of us that after today I am no longer
your Senior Pastor. Now after 25 years that sounds odd even for me to say. However, the simple reality is that if
you are ill or hospitalized or struggling, I will uphold you in my prayers, but I will not visit you at the hospital or
nursing facility, nor will I conduct any services here at First English unless I am requested by the present pastor or
the church council.
I believe that it is important and necessary for the good of the ongoing staff and the well being of First English that
we do maintain proper boundaries.
Now, with that out of the way, I begin with the text which I have chosen for my last Sunday, which was my
“Confirmation Verse,” from Romans, chapter one. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who has faith; the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is
revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.”
Those of you, who know me well, are not surprised that I chose Reformation Sunday as my farewell
Sunday. Now while I do hold Martin Luther in very high esteem, and personally feel that he is the greatest
theologian who has ever lived; and obviously others agree with me, for as you have heard me say before, more has
been written about Martin Luther than any other person who has ever lived, with the obvious exception of Jesus.
But it is not the person with whom I am enamored - he could be a little stubborn and bull-headed and at
times caustic – but rather what he did in bringing the Church of Jesus Christ back to the proper and biblical
centrality of Faith Alone, Grace Alone, and Scripture Alone.
It is out of this context, bearing our text also in mind, that I have chosen my sermon theme as
Faith – Family - Friends. Now I will admit that this is not very novel on my part. In fact, you may have a plaque
hanging in your home with these same three words, Faith, Family, Friends, as we do, but then I have always said
that creativity was never one of my strong points.
But to me these three words, Faith, Family, Friends, do sum up quite well our lives as a child of God, plus, where
our priorities must lie.
First of all our faith relationship with God must be at the center of our lives. Oh, yes, all of us, me included,
have had too many times in our lives when we have relied too much on what we wanted, our will and neglected
God’s will.
And while our faith is a gift of God, given to us through the Spirit, working through God’s Word and
Sacraments, especially that Word become flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord - it is our self-centeredness where God’s
grace comes in, God’s undeserved love.
I have been sustained for over 66 years of life and over 40 years of ordained ministry by this grace of
God - by the certainty that God loves me - that God will never give up on me - that God wants me to be his
child for eternity - guaranteed to me, through the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ my Lord.
And not only me personally, but God has also sustained and strengthened me and allowed me to
minister to others as family, fellow members and friends have suffered tragedies and death, illness and setbacks,
frustrations and disappointments.
There is great power and strength and comfort and peace and meaning in our faith relationship with
God; and it is my hope and prayer that over the past 40 years, and for 25 years here at First English Lutheran
Church, I have proclaimed and taught and modeled, although imperfectly, that Biblical faith so that the blessings
of our faith relationship with God might be encouraged in all. (Continued on page 5)
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On June 16, 1974, the day of my ordination, I took a vow to uphold scripture and to adhere to the teachings
of the Lutheran Confessions. With the help of God I have tried to keep those promises; maybe some of you think
too vigorously; but my hope and prayer is that my successor will also be led by scripture and not by what we want,
for when we place ourselves above God’s word, we make ourselves our own God!
And, my hope and prayer for each and every one of you is that you will be steadfast in your faith response,
through your regular worship and service to God and to one another, for as Luther so rightly reminds us,
“Public worship is the greatest and most loving service we can perform for God.”
We bring nothing into this world, we take nothing out of this world, and as we live in this world, as
children of God, we live and we walk by faith!
Family is a second great blessing we have from God for our journey in this world. I was fortunate to be
raised in a family where faith and participation in Christ’s church was important. It was my mother who taught me
my prayers, and every night, I still begin my evening prayers with that prayer my mother taught me as a child. It
was my father who brought me to adult choir practice as soon as I was confirmed, and when I was old enough to
drive, he would let me take the family car into town, as long as I was going to church!
There was never any discussion on Saturday night if we should go to church the next day. Sunday was the
Lord’s Day, so we got up, milked the cows and went to worship as a family. Now for you city-slickers, the cows
needed to be milked every morning and night, but it always made a deep impression on me that unless there was an
emergency, we never worked in the fields on Sunday.
However, while I was fortunate to be raised in a Christian home, by far my greatest earthly blessing is my
wife, Carolyn! Now, so that I do not start blubbering here in my sermon, I will save more talk about my family
until our reception later; but now, suffice it to say, that I would not be the person I am without Carolyn’s love and
support and I, we, are so proud of our sons, Walt and Tim, and of their families; but as I said, more about that later.
Indeed, there is no question of the importance and centrality of family and the vital role they play in all of
our lives. Now all of you know that, but another thing that I have learned over the years is that it is good to remind
ourselves concerning those things which are central and give so much meaning to our earthly journey.
Serving four different parishes over 40 years of ministry has shown me over and over again that the example
that we as parents and grandparents set for our children does have an impact, and that is particularly true of our faith
example. Children learn what they see!
And speaking of family, I would like to share some great advice that was given to me by my internship
supervising pastor, the late Pastor Fred McClain, who 42 years ago said to me, and please insert your own
profession; he said, “Remember this Walt, the church can always get another pastor, but your wife only has
one husband and your children only one father.”
That brings us to our third section of Faith, Family, Friends, and that of course is Friends! Now when I
use the word friends, I mean not just those people with whom we hang around and do things, but I also use it in the
broad context as Jesus called his followers “friends,” as he said to his followers, “I no longer call you servants,
but I call you friends.”
Now as followers of Jesus Christ, we are all “servants of our Lord,” right? But please notice that this
change in status from servant to friend is very significant. I say that because servants are called upon to do what
the master tells them, no questions asked, right?
But friends do for others not because they have to, but because we want to, because they are motivated by
love and care, friendship and concern! It is out of this context that I call all of you friends!
To take a page from Lou Gehrig as he addressed his hometown fans as his disease progressed to the point
that he could no longer play; which by the way was 75 years ago this year: “I consider myself to be one the most
blest people on the face of the earth.”
First of all, in addition to my faith and my family, which I have already mentioned, I am blest in all of the
wonderful people with whom I have had the privilege to get to know and to be involved with in ministry; people
like you!
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Update to the Senior Pastor Call Process
The call committee continues meeting weekly, reviewing candidate profiles, interviewing candidates, and discussing ways to help us understand the needs and desires of First English and how to find good can-didates. If you have questions or prospective candidates for us, or just have a comment, please feel free to con-tact one of the committee members. We have placed a large photograph of the Call Committee in the lounge with contact telephone numbers and emails for each of us. The committee has reviewed 30 profiles, invited 6 candidates for discussion, spoken with two and are working on scheduling conversations with two others. We are praying for the Lord's guidance in our mission to find and call the right Pastor to lead our con-gregation. Please help, by keeping us and First English in your prayers. God's Peace, First English Call Committee
Fall Clean-up Saturday,
November 22, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Please, plan on
helping to spruce
up the church and
grounds!
Bring rakes, leaf blowers, gloves,
etc. to help with the leaves.
Call Marc Simone at (313)886-6544
with any questions.
What do YOU think? Members of the Call Committee are available on Sunday mornings or at your convenience via phone,
email, or in person. If you'd like to ask questions or share your opinions please let us know. Below is contact information
for each member of the committee. Not sure who we are? See our photo on the poster in the lounge.
Mark Balle-(313)882-8111 (h), [email protected]
John Blohm-(586)469-0199 (h), [email protected]
Trevor Clor-(313)220-1028 (c), [email protected]
Jeff Gates-(313)399-7409 (c), [email protected]
Waynette Hostetler-(586)978-8755
Chris Judson-(313)886-4914 (h), [email protected]
Randie Kohler-(734)546-0900 (c), [email protected]
John Nyquist-(248)705-2180 (c), [email protected]
Marc Simone-(313)886-6544 (h), [email protected]
Susan Ulmer-(313)884-4726 (h), [email protected]
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Dear Members and Friends of First English:
As many of you know, I have served as organist and Coordinator of Music at First English since
November of 1983. About a year before I was hired as organist at First English, several of my fellow U of M organ
students and I participated in an “organ crawl” of about 8 pipe organs in the Detroit area. Many of the organs
were prestigious instruments in historic buildings throughout the Detroit area. Our day ended with a visit to First
English, and our fine 1958 Möller Pipe Organ. For me and many of the other students that day, the First English
Pipe Organ was the highlight of our afternoon. We enjoyed its versatility, its excellent design as a worship service
instrument, and, of course, the sound of the instrument in our outstanding acoustics. At that time, our organ had
served our congregation for 24 years. Since that time, it has served our congregation well with relatively little
maintenance other than the tunings which occur a couple times a year. About 20 years ago, some of the leather
components which maintain pressurized air in the wind chests began to deteriorate, and some minor repairs were
made with the understanding that eventually all of the leather would need to be replaced. With
increasing frequency, our organ technician has warned us that these minor repairs would only provide temporary
relief to the growing issue of the failing leather throughout the instrument. Compounding the organ’s integrity is
the failing console action components, most of which became obsolete in the 1970’s. Replacement components for
our console haven’t even been manufactured since 1974. Many churches with Möller pipe organs of the same
vintage have had the instrument fail 10-20 years ago. It became apparent to me that ours is in serious trouble
when on August 6th during a funeral service 3 of our 41 ranks (rows) of pipes failed.
After a very generous gift from the estate of Gladys Greenburg, the Board of Worship & Music
(at my suggestion) sought out three proposals from reputable organ builders who were interested in
restoring our instrument. All three of the proposals include the rebuild of all the leather and related
components in the organ, and the replacement of the organ console (the keyboards & pedalboard &
related stop controls) with a solid-state system. All three of these proposals each quoted a cost
exceeding $200,000 to complete the project. Many Grosse Pointe area churches have replaced their 1950’s era
instruments with completely new pipe organs at a cost that was near or above $1,000,000 dollars. If we were
replacing our present instrument with a new instrument of comparable size and scope, its cost would easily match
the million dollar amount. It would be foolish and wasteful to scrap our organ for a new one. It makes much
more sense to rebuild and upgrade the Möller that has served our congregation so well for the past 56 years. The
proposal that I recommended to the Board of Worship & Music, which was approved by them and Church Council,
was the proposal that demonstrated the most creative approach for not only restoring our instrument, but for
serving our congregation with state of the art 21st century techniques in pipe organ building for the next 50+
years. This process will involve totally disassembling the balcony and antiphonal organ components, removing
both consoles, and completely rebuilding the organ from the bottom up. The process will take approximately nine
months, and the results will sound and look spectacular. A couple of dramatic changes will be evident even to the
members who may not be familiar with the sounds and workings of a pipe organ. The first is a redesign of the
placement and finish of the balcony façade pipes, so that our beautiful balcony stained-glass
window is featured more prominently. A second obvious change will be a console to replace the current transept
console with a second 3 manual (keyboard) console that will operate both the antiphonal and balcony organ pipes.
It is my belief that both our congregation and our community values the fine pipe organ that First English has
featured in worship services, recitals, and community concerts for over fifty years. I believe we owe it to our
members who so generously contributed to have the organ built, and to those who have contributed to maintain
its integrity, to allow it to enhance our worship at First English for the coming generations. As one church council
member stated, this will be the legacy of music that we will leave for generations to come.
Yours in Christ,
Bob Foster
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Have they forgotten for whom they are in charge?
Have they forgotten that all they have and are is a gracious gift from God?
Have they forgotten their mission and purpose?
The issue in today’s parable is the way the tenants—who might be known in our day and age as: the religious leaders, the
pastors, the Sunday school teachers, the generous donors, the community volunteers, the church council members, the
board members, those who pray, those whose commitment and service holds community together.
The way the tenants – each and every one of us, carries out the discipleship mission we have been entrusted with by
Jesus. Jesus never names names. He leaves his parables very open ended. Those who heard the parable realized he had
told the parable against them.
We are told that they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. It appears that at least some people recognized
Jesus was speaking the prophetic words of God.
Now how will they respond
How will they respond to the mission and message of the Son of God?
How will we respond to the mission and message of the Son of God,
Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord?
We need to ask ourselves, for whom am I in charge?
Earlier I noted that there are no easy points to sum up a parable because parables deal in choices. Each and every day we
are faced with choices – some are easy—others are extremely difficult. And it is not always obvious what the right
choice is. In fact, the most obvious choice may not be the one God would have us make – choices that affect your
family, your health, your livelihood, your community, your church.
Here at First English we too are faced with some difficult choices in the days ahead. The most obvious one- and by no
means the only one- is the important work the Call committee is now engaged in.
Who will our new Senior Pastor be?
What gifts should we be seeking?
What ministry areas need to grow to become as strong as our strongest ministries are?
Who is missing from our midst and should be the next focus of our mission statement: “Go Make Disciples”?
What will our path forward in ministry look like and include?
At the beginning, I pointed to the words “Listen” and “Prophet”. What we cannot fail to do is listen! We have been
placed as tenants in this corner of God’s vineyard to grow and bear good fruit. We are working in the world for God’s
purpose. This parable is as relevant today as it was years ago.
How do we listen? Beyond respectfully and openly listening to each other, Prayer is certainly an excellent way! Prayer is
more than letting God know what our wishes are. Prayer is listening to what God wants for us.
Prayer can settle your soul & bring you to a different place in life. Prayer blesses people and gives them the assurance of
God’s presence. It slows people down so they can approach life differently. Prayer centers your attention on God’s action
in life and sees God working in the world. Prayer is powered by the Holy Spirit.
There is a prayer I would like to close with today. It’s one I have prayed many times over the years.
Let us pray!
We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, for all the benefits you have given to us; to you who live and reign forever and
ever! We pray that all our intentions, actions and works in this vineyard may be directed solely to the greater glory of
God’s divine majesty. May your grace continue to dwell always in us!
Now may the peace of Christ, which surpasses all of our understanding, be and remain with you this day and always.
Amen. Preached by Rev. Christina Veres on October 5, 2014
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THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS We continue to receive your “Thrivent
Choice Dollars” gifts! Thank you to all of our
members who have directed their “Thrivent Choice
Dollars” to support the mission and ministry of First
English. Over $2,000.00 was donated last year to
First English through this program. If you are a
Thrivent policy holder you are eligible to also direct
your support to First English. The rules have
changed a bit in that now the gifting of the “Thrivent
Choice Dollars” must be done annually. You can
direct your gifts to First English by calling Thrivent
at 1-800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) and state
“Thrivent Choice” or on line at Thrivent.com. Again,
thank you for your support; it is greatly
appreciated!
S C H ED U L ES & C O N T A CT NU M BE R S
Just a reminder concerning the schedule of Pastor Chris. Her day off is Friday and in an emergency she can be contacted at 248-231-5091. Her email address is [email protected]. Church office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with the office closed for lunch from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sue’s email is [email protected]
Did you know that private music lessons take place at First English Church during
the school year?
Piano with Carrie Roach (586) 530-8872;
Piano/Organ with Donna Gorzelski (248) 990-3652 or
[email protected]; and
Saxophone, flute, clarinet, and oboe with Laura Schwanitz
(586) 744-5379 or [email protected]
Give them a call if you're interested!
Pearl Fay, mother of Carolyn Schmidt, passed away on October 20, 2014. Thanks be to God who give to us the victory.
Faith Circle has a fine selection of afghans and
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Contact Pat Palm at (586) 742-8164 to review
this delightful collection.
ANNUAL MEETING – NOMINATIONS – ANNUAL REPORTS
The Annual Meeting of First English Lutheran Church is Sunday, December 7, 2014, 12:00 Noon,
immediately following the late service. At our Annual Meeting, we accept the various reports; approve the budget
for the upcoming year and during the morning, vote for members to serve on the various boards.
If you are interested in serving on one of our Boards please speak to Pastor Chris as our Nominating Committee
will be meeting during November.
Also a reminder to all Board Directors and others who have reports to submit for our Annual Meeting that
your report is due, Monday, November 10, 2014, so that they can be reproduced and collated for our
annual report.
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WOMEN’S CIRCLE BIBLE STUDY
The topic of our Women’s Circle Bible studies for this fall is “Transforming Life and Faith.” This study will look at the transforming power of Jesus, the transformations of Paul, Moses, Lydia, Philip and the Ethiopian, plus more. The November study focuses on a portion of the Exodus deliverance story. Through this story we come to understand how God uses signs both to show his power and to strengthen the faith of Moses and the Israelites. We will also see that for people in the Bible and for Christians today, growth in faith so often takes time.
Grace Circle will be studying the book of Nehemiah. All women of First English are encouraged to participate in the learning, service and fellowship of one our various Circles.
Please see the calen-dar for Cir-cle meet-ing dates
Grace Circle - Fourth Monday at 7:00 p.m.
Peace Circle - First Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
Faith Circle - First Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
Hope Circle - Second Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
Check the calendar at www.feelc.org
9:30a.m. ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the church door of the Cast le Church in Wittenberg Germany. Historians have assigned this event as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Thus in 2017 we will celebrate the 500 Anni-versary of the Reformation. Our Presiding Bishop, Elizabeth Eaton, has suggested that as we look forward to that celebration we study Luther’s Small Catechism. She points out that “it could be argued that no other experi-ence is more universally Lutheran than studying Luther’s Small Catechism.”
So, our Adult Sunday School Class for this fall will be an overview of Luther’s Small Catechism. Not only will this give us an opportunity to celebrate our Lutheran Heritage, but Luther’s Catechism is also an excellent review of the basics of the Christian Faith!
We have a nice size group on Sunday mornings, but we would love to have YOU join us as well. Our sessions meet during the Sunday School Hour, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in the Lounge.
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY GUILD CHRISTMAS TEA Monday, December 1, 2014
Historic Trinity Lutheran Church 1345 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
T HE D AY BE G IN S AT 1 2 : 00 N O ON W I T H AN A D V E N T SE R V I C E I N T HE BE AU T I F U L L Y decorated sanctuary and continues with tea sandwiches and cookies being served in the
Huegli Auditorium. Homemade Christmas cookies and
“recycled” jewelry will be available for purchase. For more information call
313-881-9703 A goodwill offering will be collected to benefit higher Christian education at Valparaiso University.
Faith Circle calendars are available in the hall after services or in the office during the week. Still only $5. CD’s featuring our organist, Bob Foster, are available in the hall - “Bob & Friends” - $15 and
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ORGAN FUND
COLUMBARIUM FOR FIRST ENGLISH The down payment for our Columbarium has been paid, and Eickhof Columbaria, the company who will be doing the installation, has scheduled to begin working on our Columbarium this coming February.
We will continue with the same policy as approved earlier concerning sale of the niches, i.e. before construction begins, the companion niches, which hold two urns, will be sold for $1,500.00; after construction begins they will sell for $1,800.00. We will give the congregation sixty days notice before raising the price to $1,800.00. Niches will be assigned on a “first come-first-served” basis, with members being able to choose the location of their niche within the Columbarium. To date thirteen double niches have been sold. If you are interested in purchasing a companion niche, please contact the church office.
Our organ at First English is over fifty years old, and over the past 10 years has had switching
components beginning to fail. Because the original components of the organ console haven’t been
manufactured since the early 1970’s, the console and its related switching need to be rebuilt to have the
organ fully functional again. The three bids that we are looking at estimate repairs to be approximately
$300,000. Total funding at this point is at 77,412.00 in the Organ Fund, including the gracious gift from
the estate of Gladys Greenburg. If you wish to help with these repairs, please mark your envelope
"Organ Fund" or use an “Organ Fund” envelope and place in the offering plate or leave in the office.
Thank you! -The Board of Worship and Music.
Please see Bob Foster’s letter on Page 5.
Coffee Hours The new 2015 schedule will be posted on the lounge refrigerator door in November. Thanksgiving Eve There will be a Thanksgiving Eve service on November 26 at 7:00 pm. After the service join us in the lounge for pumpkin pie, beverages (wine, cider, coffee). In November look for a chance to express what you are thankful for – more details will be announced in the weekly bulletin. Carol-along Get in the Christmas mood, on December 7. There will be a light supper starting at 5:30 pm in the Luther Center gym. We will be serving Sloppy-joes, salad and chips. The Carol-along starts at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Don’t forget after the Carol-along come back into the Luther Center for some punch and cookie treats courtesy of the Worship & Music Board. As always, we could use some help with the dinner, there will be a sign-up sheet in the lounge area.
BOARD OF FELLOWSHIP news
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Because of the nature of the church and the role of the pastor, I have had the opportunity and the privilege to
be with you at very important and significant times in your lives. Yes, sometimes very happy times, like baptisms
and confirmations and weddings; and sometimes very sad times like illness, tragedy and death.
This “spectrum of our entire lives” is one of the central reasons why the Church of Jesus Christ is so very
important and vital; for not only are we continually surrounded by God’s love in Christ, and such a great cloud of
witnesses of all time and all place, but we are also upheld and supported by our fellow members who wrap us in
their love and care.
Plus, you know it still kind of boggles my mind that for 40 years, people like you have been willing to sit
there on Sunday mornings, plus special services, on those hard pews without pads, sermon after sermon after
sermon, and listen to me drone on - that is quite an honor and I thank you for the privilege.
My hope and prayer is that through the Spirit, working through the Word and the sharing of my words that
you indeed have been fed on the gospel of Jesus Christ and have been nourished, through Word and Sacrament for
your daily lives.
In addition, I have been blest in all of the congregations which I have been honored to serve: Faith Lutheran
and Grace Lutheran Parish, in the state of Oregon, Zion Lutheran, Ann Arbor, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Royal Oak
and of course here, First English Lutheran Church.
However, not to give you a big head, but I marvel over and over again, at all of the gifted, talented, generous
people who are First English Lutheran Church.
I remember the words of Bishop Reisen 25 years ago when I was installed as your Senior Pastor as he said to
us, “This congregation can do anything that it wants to do.” I believe that he is right, for it is one thing to have gifts
and talents and resources but it is quite another to be willing to share of those blessings and to use those blessings
for service in God’s kingdom here upon earth – and you have and I am certain that you will continue to do so.
I for one am very optimistic about the future of First English Lutheran Church. We have made it through the
worst recession since the Great Depression with our full staff in place, even adding a fulltime Education and Youth
Coordinator. I see younger families moving into the greater Grosse Pointe area; the debt on our large addition is
now down to just over $1 million, and I see strong leadership in place for our council, boards and our wide variety of
ministry. And while I am committed to keep my nose out of things at First English now that I am retiring, I am
looking forward to hearing many positive things from this congregation in the future!
I am also blest in the fact that for the past 40 years I have been able to do things that I truly love, like
preaching, teaching, and calling. As I have had the privilege to interact with people throughout the years, I am
keenly aware that not everyone is fortunate to be able to say that concerning their chosen profession. Thank you for
allowing me to do in your midst what I so love doing and find so meaningful, it indeed is a blessing!
I am blest also with the staff for which it has been my honor with which to serve. Now I will have specific
thank you’s to add at our luncheon; but for now, let me say how much I have appreciated the opportunity to work
together with our staff here at of First English and to remind all of us how fortunate we are to have such a gifted,
committee staff!
Well there certainly is much more that could be said, but I have gone on long enough. You know, there are
times when words, although very powerful, seem much too inadequate to convey what is in our hearts and in our
being. And while I have spent a career literally using words, and as Carolyn has teased me many times over the
years, that even when I do not know what I am talking about I can still make it sound good; but today “words” just
cannot seem to convey the depth of the thanks, the joy, the privilege, of serving in the ordained Lutheran
ministry of the Church of Jesus Christ and the high honor of serving as your Senior Pastor.
You have truly welcomed Carolyn and I into your family and for that I, we are eternally grateful.
So let me close by simply, but profoundly saying to each and every one of you, from my heart and soul,
thank you, God’s Blessings and may God be with you ‘til we meet again!
AMEN
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BOARD OF SOCIAL ACTION
CHRISTINE SIMONE: OUR FACILITY COORDINATOR
Christine Simone is our new Facility Coordinator and we can see already that she is doing
and will do an excellent job. Christine, who is also our Pre-School
Director, who is very familiar with our facility, will now be doing the scheduling of our many and
varied activities within our facility. If you have a facility request, please contact Christine at 313-
655-7367 or [email protected].
Pantry You’ve heard the expression “back to basics.” This time we’re talking food. Each month we’ll ask members to
donate another “basic” to restock our pantry. October is canned tuna/chicken and canned vegetables. Consider buying one or
two for our shelves. Obviously if you find a great deal for other pantry basics, bring ‘em in. There’s always room for more!
Thank You Oktoberfesters!
For a minute, we wondered if Oktoberfest in September would work. Well, wonder no more. With 55 walk-ins, great weather, great food,
great band and great prizes, everyone showed up! Which means we will be able to send a check for $6000 to LSSM to provide tuition and
vocational training for foster care children. This wouldn’t be possible without your generous support and $1600 in matching funds from
Thrivent. So thanks for eating and drinking and buying raffle tickets and bling bracelets and bidding and bidding on silent auction items!
Bidding was so furious for Chris Judson’s molasses cookies that she graciously offered to bake another batch for the second place bidder and
we doubled our money! Lynn Mackenzie, I hope you enjoyed your cookies!
Special thanks to our sponsors and our greeters Margot Kahl and Shirley Bedard; our wonderful new MC, Mark Berkesch (keep that
costume ready for next year!); LSSM Director of Development Anna Romund; grill kings Rick Gram, Joe Clor and Brian Cisco; brew
masters Bob, Danny and Patty Foster; sauerkraut queen Carol Sauter and her able assistant, Al; gift basket/silent auction donators and
volunteers Sean Ditty, Kyle Clor, Sue Bay, Deb Sloss, Christine Simone, Jeff Gates, John Blohm, Kathy and Dennis Gates, Nancy
Heaphy’s grandsons, Jacki Stein, John and Shawn Vinson, Rick and Claudia Gram, Russ and Pat Milne, Virg Ditty, Carolyn
Schmidt, BJ Decker, Penny Damore, Pat Thomas, Kay Butler Berkesch, Heide Montroy, Sue Reck, Chris Judson, Kristie Gaffney,
Flame Furnace, Gilbert’s Hardware, Dapper Dog Wash, and Slow-Jams.
And where would we be without our Jell-O ladies, a.k.a Faith Circle. Who knew there could be so many different Jell-Os! Cleanup was a
breeze with so many strong arms moving tables and chairs. Also, special thanks to our incognito team: Sue Vallone and Joe Warnez. I’m
sure Sue wishes she could be on vacation Oktoberfest week. (Note to Sue: Don’t even think about it.) Of course an event like this wouldn’t
happen without the support of our leaders: Pastor Schmidt and Pastor Chris. Next year, Pastor Schmidt, you can come just for fun. Won’t
that be great?
On a personal note, our Board can’t imagine moving forward without one extraordinary redhead. Carolyn, you will always be the heart and
soul of Social Action. We love you and can’t thank you enough. I understand the new house has a big kitchen…big enough for cooking
lessons? (Note to congregation: we are not letting Carolyn leave the premises without first giving us detailed instructions for her famous
German potato salad!)
Diann Ohman
The Board of Social Action
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Parish Education/Youth News from Renata Sunday School
Fall Festival Recap
Thank you to all those who helped to make our first Fall Festival such a wonderful event. It was great to see members of First English and the community join together for music, food, and fun. We hope to see you (and your friends and family)
again next time! Go Boxes Are Here!
Operation Christmas Child is in full swing! Pick up your Go Box in the hallway, fill it according to the instructions provided, and
bring it back to church no later than Sunday, November 23rd. The Board of Parish Ed will deliver them to the drop-off location where they will be transported to poor children across the globe.
Children’s Christmas Pageant It’s not to early to decide if you can attend this year! The Pageant will take place during the 11:00am service on Sunday, December 21st. More information is being mailed to families.
What We’re Learning This Month
Preschool and Elementary students are exploring the story of Abraham and Sarah. Some-times God does things we don’t expect, but like Abraham and Sarah did, we need to trust in His plan. Join us each week at 9:30am as students read from the bible and participate in fun learning activities.
Middle School is discussing four relevant and touchy subjects: lying, gossip, popularity, and “multiple me’s” (or the church friends “me” versus the school friends “me”). Wow! Be there for some great discussion!
Confirmation & Youth Group
Youth Group T-shirts Are Here!
Eve Feldman has designed a Youth Group Tee for us and you can order one for yourself (and your parents, friends, pets, etc.) by visiting www.customink.com/signup/baq7f29q. Please submit your order by Sunday, November 16.
Challenge Day Volunteers Needed Each year, FEELC allows Grosse Pointe North to host Challenge Day in the Luther Center. Challenge Day provides youth with experiential programs that encourage connection through the celebration of diversity, truth, and full expression. Adult volunteers are needed for either day (Dec 10th and 11th from 7:45am-3:30pm) and should email Lisa at [email protected] National Gathering—Detroit 2015 T h e E L C A N a t i o n a l Y o u t h
Gathering is in Detroit from July 15-19. Youth entering the 9th through 12th grades in fall 2015, and 2015 high school graduates are welcome to attend. Information on how to register will be delivered to you by mail. Don’t miss out on this opportunity for worship, service, fellowship &
fun! State Gathering—Lansing 2014 The Gathering will be held at The Radisson/Lansing Center from December 27-30. Youth in 9th -12th grade, and 2014 graduates may attend. Registration info coming soon!
November 2, 9:30am; 1:00pm Third Grade Bible Ceremony MS & HS Community Leaf Cleanup
November 15, 9:00am-1:00pm First Communion Retreat
November 16 First Communion HS T-shirt Orders Due
November 23 Operation Christmas Child Go Boxes Due
November 26-30 Thanksgiving—NO Confirmation, Youth Group, or
Sunday School
December 5, 5:00-9:00pm; 9:00pm-9:00am MS & HS Caroling HS Lock-in
IMPORTANT
DATES
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Accepting enrollment for 3 & 4 year olds for September 2014-15
First English Lutheran Preschool offers an academic program to help prepare
your child for kindergarten. With a small class size, our program includes Bible lessons, math, music, science, art, language, beginning reading concepts and physical development. We have a very large and bright classroom for your
child to spend their morning socializing with friends.
We had a great month of October in the preschool room and are looking forward to November. Thanksgiving and thankful-ness are major themes for November. We learn about the Pilgrims and what they had to be thankful for and how we are thankful for many of the same things today. We have a pretend grocery store in our classroom the last two weeks in November
which is always a hit with the children as they pretend to grocery shop for Thanksgiving dinner. Continue to watch the hallway outside our classroom as we share some of our artwork and photos with you!
November is a good month for Mrs. Patty Jackson and I to let you know that we are thankful for our time in the preschool room with this awesome group of young children!
-Christine Simone
Please contact Christine Simone if you, or a friend, is seeking a preschool. Call Christine at (313)655-7367 or e-mail at [email protected] to arrange a classroom visit.
RECYCLE PAPER BIN BRING YOUR
PAPER for
RECYCLING!!
Please take time to drop all your clean, dry newspapers, magazines, office and
copy paper, advertising inserts and junk mail into the recycle bin in the parking
lot. You don’t have to sort anything or remove staples. Please bag your shred-
ded paper. NO CARDBOARD OR PHONE BOOKS ARE ACCEPTED.
The AbiBow Recycling, LLC program is designed for organizations to recycle pa-
per -- most of all, it’s an opportunity for us to recycle and help the
environment.
Have you enrolled or re-enrolled yet?? Please take the time to go online and
sign-up or renew your card and make your donation designation to First English
(#83535). It doesn’t cost you anything. If you don’t remember the email address that
you used previously to enroll, you can call (877)576-7587 to remove any email attached
to your card number and then proceed to enroll again. Our fundraising efforts, by partici-
pating in the Kroger Community Rewards Program, have added up to significant money -
just by purchasing your weekly groceries! DOWN again from the last quarter, our latest
quarterly check was in the amount of $223.01!! In the beginning we were receiving over
$400.00 from Kroger. If you have never signed up – please go to Kroger’s website
krogercommunityrewards.com and follow the prompts. You will need your Kroger card.
Remember - It doesn’t cost YOU anything (It only costs Kroger)……..it only costs you a
little time….. to register your card.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM - PLEASE Re-enroll
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11/1: William Campbell, Mildred Gronbach,
Mary Schwartz
11/2: Diane Kovach
11/4: Christina Swanson
11/5: Wilson Holsinger, Deborah Molczan,
Christopher Paluch
11/6: Ruth Engle, Geena Molczan
11/7: Nancy Henderson, Claudia Strozeski
11/8: Joyce Blumenstock, April Fabin,
Robyn Stojsih, David Tilford,
Montgomery Kohler
11/9: Angela Capton, Graham Eger,
Cheryl Quinlan
11/10: Richard Schneider, Benjamin Schreiber
11/11: John Anderson, Pamela Balle,
Ryan Henderson, Yvonne Winston
11/12: Kay Berkesch, Joanna Russell,
Tracy Schneedecker
11/13: Ellen Nelson, Virginia Parsons
11/14: Lauren Cisco, Nathan Ford
11/15: Carolyn Blohm, Dorothy Burau,
Megan Ford, Ryan Mott
11/16: Joseph Heaphy, Marilyn Milroy,
Jason Rio, Sheldon Johnson
11/17: Monika Andary, Wayne Ford,
Alicia Pautke
11/18: Lola Fett, Charles Heaphy
11/19: John Breckenridge,
Nicholas Corbishdale, Henry Thomas
11/20: Christian Coston, Christi Nyquist
11/21: Colleen Stevens
11/22: James Bezel
11/23: Timothy Bledsoe, Aimee Poole,
Christopher Rao, Patricia Wegner
11/24: Georgeanne LeDuc
11/25: Allen Bertelsen, Christopher Kurtz,
11/27: Matthew Schneider, Joyce Cook
11/28: Elizabeth Butler,
Raymond Demeulemeester,
John Karlson, Dorothy Sargent
11/29: Aaron Cisco, David Walz
11/30: Sarah Bay, Susan Gronbach,
Kristen LaMagno, Joseph Setchell,
Andrew Wilson
If your birthday does not appear on
this list and you would like it to, please
contact the church office with your
information in order to update our
computer records. Thank You.
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ers
8
:10 G
oo
d N
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s R
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8:4
5 P
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6:0
0 P
lay D
inne
r 7
:00
‘Josep
h’
Pe
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6:0
0 P
lay D
inne
r 7
:00
‘Josep
h’
Pe
rform
ance
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
9:3
0 C
on
tem
pora
ry W
ors
hip
9:3
0 S
unday S
choo
l -Adult+
Youth
11:0
0 T
raditio
nal W
ors
hip
2:0
0 ‘J
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’ Perfo
rmance
7:0
0 G
P Y
oun
g P
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ons A
A
8:4
5 P
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ol
9:3
0 E
xe
rcis
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lass
3:3
0 M
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Lesso
ns
6:0
0 S
occe
r 7:0
0 G
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Tre
foil
VE
TE
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DA
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10
:00
GP
N P
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Lu
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3
:30 M
usic
Lesso
ns
5:3
0 E
xe
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lass
6:0
0 S
occe
r 6
:30 G
rief S
up
port
7:0
0 B
d. O
f Ch
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8:4
5 P
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ol
9:3
0 E
xe
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lass
11
:30
Hop
e C
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3
:30 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:0
0 B
d. O
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Mtg
. 4
:00 B
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all
5:1
5 L
ord
’s C
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6
:00 L
ord
’s C
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6
:30 C
ate
ch
ism
7
:00 C
all C
om
mitte
e M
tg.
8:3
0 B
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all
3:3
0 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
5:3
0 E
xe
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lass
6:3
0 H
S Y
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6:3
0 G
oo
d N
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7
:30 B
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all
8:1
0 G
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d N
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s R
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8:4
5 P
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7:0
0 G
P R
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ty
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
9:3
0 C
on
tem
pora
ry W
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hip
9:3
0 S
unday S
choo
l-Adult+
Youth
11:0
0 T
raditio
nal W
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hip
6:3
0 B
d. &
Council M
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gs
7:0
0 G
P Y
oun
g P
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ons A
A
8:4
5 P
rescho
ol
9:3
0 E
xe
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lass
3:3
0 M
usic
Lessons
6:0
0 S
occer
10
:00
GP
N P
izza
Lu
nch
3
:30 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
5:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
6:0
0 S
occe
r 7
:00 B
asketb
all
8:4
5 P
rescho
ol
9:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
3:3
0 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
5:1
5 L
ord
’s C
o. R
ing
ers
6
:00 L
ord
’s C
o. S
ing
ers
6
:30 C
ate
ch
ism
7
:00 C
all C
om
mitte
e M
tg.
8:3
0 B
asketb
all
3:3
0 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
5:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
6:3
0 H
S Y
ou
th
6:3
0 G
oo
d N
ew
s S
ing
ers
7
:30 B
asketb
all
8:1
0 G
oo
d N
ew
s R
ing
ers
8:4
5 P
rescho
ol
F
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LE
AN
-UP
23
/ 30
24
25
26
27
28
29
10:0
0 T
raditio
nal W
ors
hip
9:3
0 S
unday S
choo
l-Adult+
Youth
11:0
0 T
raditio
nal W
ors
hip
7:0
0 G
P Y
oun
g P
ers
ons A
A
8:4
5 P
rescho
ol
9:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
3:3
0 M
usic
Lesso
ns
7:0
0 G
race C
ircle
10
:00
GP
N P
izza
Lu
nch
3
:30 M
usic
Lesso
ns
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
5:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
6:0
0 S
occe
r 7
:00 B
asketb
all
9:3
0 E
xe
rcis
e C
lass
3:3
0 M
usic
Lesso
n
4:3
0 B
asketb
all
7:0
0 T
han
ksg
ivin
g W
ors
hip
8
:30 B
asketb
all?
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