January 2012 newsletter

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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 701 SOUTH PLEASANT AVENUE, LODI CA 95240 PHONE (209)368-2747 FAX (209)368-3945 WWW.STPAULLODI.NET

OFFICE STAFF -MARK PRICE SENIOR PASTOR [email protected]

-SARAH MECKLER ASSOCIATE PASTOR [email protected]

-MONICA SWOPE DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP/MUSIC [email protected]

-DWIGHT HOLMQUIST DIRECTOR PEALS OF PRAISE [email protected]

-MARK SWOPE DIRECTOR OF CHANCLOR CHOIR [email protected]

-SUEANNE DALEY BUSINESS MANAGER [email protected]

-CHRIS OLSON PARISH ASSISTANT [email protected]

-MARILYN MAKI PARISH NURSE [email protected]

-SONDRA AMAN RECEPTIONIST [email protected]

-RITA SPOHN DIRECTOR OF PRESCHOOL [email protected]

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St. Paul Lutheran Church

Lodi Boys’ & Girls’ Club 1050 S. Stockton St

Tickets $45 and go on sale

Sunday, January 8

PROCEEDS BENEFIT ST. PAUL YOUTH GROUP’S TRIP TO THE NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING IN NEW ORLEANS IN JULY 2012

For tickets contact: Melinda Woods at (209) 745-6207 Michelle Osborn at (209) 365-1640

Jerry Glenn at (209) 334-9362

Entertainment provided by:

Tapestry

Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:00P.M.

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I’d like to begin this month’s arti-cle with lots of thank yous for some wonderful ministries we had here at St. Paul during December: First, thank you to Nancy Hazen, Vicki Marien, and everyone who helped make the Advent Faire happen this year. Families made some wonderful crafts, including Christmas cards and stockings and Advent candles. Everyone I talked

to had a great time, and I thought the crafts turned out really beautifully. Thank you also to Rita and all of the preschool staff for the wonderful Christmas program they gave us on December 15th. The kids were wiggly, the sanc-tuary was packed, and the program was so much fun! It was a delight to watch the Christmas story through the talents and excitement of our pre-schoolers. Thank you to Monica and all of the children who participated in this year’s Christmas Pageant on De-cember 18th! Again, it was wonderful to see the story of Jesus’ birth through them. Everyone worked really hard, and we are grateful for their faithfulness that brought us this ministry! Finally, thank you to everyone who participated in all of the Christmas worship services. It takes a lot of people to fill a lot of spots for that many ser-vices, and we all definitely appreciate everyone who helped in so many ways. A special thank you to everyone who provided music for those services; what wonderful gifts you gave to us.

And now for January: The Education Board is planning a Winter Carnival on January 22nd during education hour. This will a fun event a lot like Rally Day. Here is an opportu-nity for the students to come have fun and kick off the new year of Sunday School. We will also be having a time for parents to chat and/or get to know each other in the Fireside Room during the same time. If you would like to help with this event please let me know, we would love to have you! Education Board has also been brainstorming ideas for other fun activities for our Elementary aged kids, both on and off site. If you have ideas or sug-gestions for something you would like to see hap-pen please let me or one of the board members know. Thursday night women’s bible study opted to take a break during December, but will resume meeting on January 19th. We meet from 5:00-6:00 in the Fireside Room and we are always happy to have new people join us. Come chat, learn and laugh with us! January brings us the celebration of Epiphany on the 6th. This is 12 days after Christmas and marks the day traditionally associated with the wise men coming to see the baby Jesus. The wise men fol-lowed a star to find the Messiah so Epiphany is a season of light. It is especially appropriate this time of year as we experience more darkness due to the winter season. Christ brings light to our darkness and love and hope to our lives. Blessed Epiphany to you all!

Sunday school Winter Carnival- January 22, 2012 Come Join the Fun!

Kick off the New Year and join us at the Sunday School Winter Carnival! Dress for winter fun with hats and mittens! It’s for kids of all ages and parents too. Come and enjoy games, goodies, and family fun on January 22, 2012 at 9:30 to 10:15. We will also have Pastries with Parents while the kids are having fun and playing games and eating yummy treats with our St. Paul High School Youth. If you have a High School Youth who would like to volunteer please contact Pastor Sarah. Jeana Ramos

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January2011 We invite all Seniors (men and women) to participate in our Social, Spiritual and Service projects and activities.

Monthly Gatherings beginning Friday, January 13th 11:00 a.m. in Morton Hall We’ll begin the New Year with Pizza and the Movie “Sweet Land”. Our gathering will begin at 11:00 a.m. with devotions and sharing ideas for future gatherings. We’ll have Pizza for lunch followed by the movie “Sweet Land”. The movie is about a young Norwegian man who sends for a bride from Norway. When she arrives he discovers

that she is German, and they cannot marry. It’s a great story of love, commitment and prejudice. The cost is $5.00 which will be collected at the door. Please let us know if you are coming by calling Bev Cornelius--334-

3719 or Lorene Freggiaro—931-3188. There will also be a sign-up sheet at coffee between services. Rose Pruning Demonstration Service Project January 21st 9:00 a.m. Legion Park Volunteer to help prune roses and learn the tricks from Ron Marien, Steve Dutra from Parks and Rec and Vern from Weigum’s Nursery. Bring gloves and pruning tools. Questions? Call Ron Marien, 747-0988. Walk and Talk Every Thursday, weather permitting Lodi Lake__9:00_a.m The Walk and Talk Group will continue to meet at Lodi Lake at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday mornings during the winter months, weather permitting. Questions-call Jan Flanery—339-1753 or Sharon Seegmiller—712-3348

Knitting Group 1st and 3rd Wednesday Every Month-Fireside Room 1:00 p.m. Beginners and all levels of knitters are welcome. Knit-ters and crocheters are invited to work on personal projects or on items to donate to community organi-zations. Join the group to learn a new hobby and make new friends. Questions—Call Pat Fredstrom, 368-2261 Reading Group January 26, 2011 Fireside Room 2:00 p.m. The Reading group will not meet in De-cember. The January book for discus-sion will be Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. The book will be available to check out at the Lodi Public Library on December 29th (Mention St. Paul’s Book club). Questions—call Bev Corne-lius, 334-3719 or Betty Roget, 365-7266 Grandparents/Grandkids Event in February Heidrick Ag History Center Watch for more information in our next Newsletter

Fred and I want to say thank you for all the prayers for his surgery and your continuing prayers for his recovery. The surgery went well and his recovery is on track. Thanks too for the cards and visits. Special thanks go to our own outstanding church nurse, Marilyn Maki, Sharon Seegmiller, Mavis Zimmerle, Bill Sharp, Courtney for delivering our tri-tip meal and Delores Brandt for delivering our octogenar-ian dinners. We wish we could have gone to both. Super job by all the chefs! Also great job by the Friendship Ministry Committee.

In Christ’s Love, Fred and Pat Fredstrom

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JANUARY 2011 IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE NEW YEAR HAS ALREADY ARRIVED. WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED TWO MONTHS OF WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS THEMES. OUR THANKSGIVING PIE SOCIAL AND CHRISTMAS PROGRAM WERE A GREAT SUCCESS. WE HAD MANY TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDING BEING THANKFUL AND UNDERSTAND-ING THE BIRTHDAY OF JESUS. OUR SCHOOL WAS CLOSED THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 26 AND ALSO THE WEEK OF JANUARY 02. THIS MATCHES THE SCHEDULE OF LODI UNITIFED SCHOOL DISTRICT. TIME OFF WAS A NICE BREAK FOR THE STAFF TO REFRESH AND READY FOR THE NEXT PART OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR. JANUARY BRINGS US TWO NEW CHIL-DREN BEGINNING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 09 IN OUR THREE YEAR OLD CLASS. THE THEMES FOR JANUARY ARE: ARCTIC ANIMALS, WINTER, SPACE, AND BEARS (HIBERNATION). THE ALPHABET LETTERS WE WILL STUDY ARE: Qq, Rr, Ss, AND Tt. OUR BIBLE VERSES FOR JANUARY ARE: “PRAISE YE THE LORD” AND, “LOVE THE LORD”. OUR SCIENCE STUDIES WILL TAKE US TO: QUARTER, ROCKET, STATIC ELECTRICITY, AND TRACKS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE GENEROUS FAMI-LIES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR PRE-SCHOOL THE PAST FEW MONTHS: JIM AND KATHY MORRIS - TWO WONDERFUL TRAIN SETS, PASTOR PRICES’ TEENS - A WOODEN NATIVITY SET, THE CHURCHILL FAMILY - SHELLED WALNUTS. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK MONTE AND SUE HUMMEL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN OUR WEDNESDAY PRESCHOOL CHOIR. WE SO APPRECI-

ATE MR. TERRY HICKEY RECORDING OUR PRE-SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. BLESS YOU ALL. OUR NEXT PARENT’ MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 12. WE WILL DISCUSS FUNDRAISING, AND FIELD TRIPS. WE WILL RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON A COMPUTERIZED SIGN-IN AND OUT SYSTEM WE ARE CONSIDERING PURCHASING WITH FUNDRAIS-ING DOLLARS.

Sincerely, Rita Spohn, Director

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

ST. PAUL LODI LUTHERAN

PRESCHOOL NEWS

Lydia Allen, Mark Anaforian, Kiah An-drews, Paula Bennett, Frieda Betten-hausen, Francis Bitz, Paul Churchill, Jennie Coughran, Edward Craig, Caitlyn Daley, Tim Daley, George Dorr, Rowan Meghan Duffy, Ruth Ann Eichele, Jessica Evans, Connie Fabian, Willie Flanery, Curt Gabrielson, Sandie Gilbert, Alex Goldberg, Janelle Goldberg, Paul Gold-berg, Kathryn Goldhahn, LaVera Guenther, Roland Guenther, Nicholas Hagen, Frieda Hall, Roger Harbin, Bran-don Herrmann, Steve Herzfeldt, Patti Hickey, Susan Holmquist, Roger Houston, Jordyn Hummel, Keely Hummel, Richard Ianni, Abby Jaeger, Phyllis Jaeger, Steve Johnson, Ashley Jones, Louise Keser, Larry LaFleur, Spencer Lang, Lisa Lehnertz, Ricky Lehnertz, Dee Leistikow, Shaun Mackey, Tracey Maier, David Mann, Ron Marien, Jon Paul Marion, Arta Mason, Anita McKeever, Nolan McKeown, Dave Mende, Delores Miller, Peter Mullenbach, Karlyn Nieland, Jerry Olson, Max Osborn, Claire Pacheco, Edwin Pacheco, Glenn Pillsbury, Alvina Pulliam, Kirby Quaschnick, Andrew Ramos, Kaitlyn Ramos, Jordan Rasmus-sen, Katherine Reese, Zoe Richards, Jack Ronsko, Faith Ross, Vivian Rostomily, Don Royal, Edward Sandmeier, Dorothy Scheflo, Beth Schmid, Billie Jo Schmierer, Jimmy Schmierer, Mary Kaye Schramm, Paula Simpfenderfer, Violet Springer, An-drea Stewart, Mike Sweatt, Alex Taddei, Katharine Taddei, Rocky Terra, Scott Turner, Elaine Ulrich, Sharon Valinoti, Andre Francisco Wagner, Tyler Wallace, Riley Woznick, Rachelle Zimmerle.

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METABOLIC SYNDROME Metabolic syndrome is the name that has been given for a group of conditions that increases your risk for heart disease, diabetes and stroke. It is also some-times referred to as “syndrome X” or “insulin resis-tance syndrome”. Most of the food you eat is changed into glucose which is used for energy. Insulin is a hormone pro-duced by the pancreas that allows the glucose to enter the body’s cells. For some people, the body’s tissues stop responding to insulin and this prevents the body from using glucose properly. This is known as insulin resistance. Insulin resistance often goes along with other prob-lems such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. When this occurs, physicians com-monly refer to it as Metabolic syndrome. Taking in too many calories and too much saturated fat, along with too little physical activity is a major fac-tor in developing this syndrome. Family history can be another. Metabolic Syndrome is diagnosed if three out of the following five symptoms exist: 1. A large waistline ... for men, this means a waist that measures 40 inches or greater. For women, it means a waist that measures greater than 35 inches. 2. High blood pressure (or if you are on medication to treat high BP)... your BP should be at or lower than 130/80. 3. High triglyceride level (amount of fat in your blood). A high level would be 150 mg/dL or greater. 4. Lower than normal high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level. For men, this means an HDL level less than 40 mg/dL. For women, it’s a level less than 50 mg/dL. 5. Higher fasting blood sugar (110 mg/dL or

greater). Having a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (or three out of five of the symptoms) greatly in-creases your risk of heart dis-ease, stroke and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome is becoming more common due to a rise in the obesity rates in adults. It is believed that it may overtake smoking as the leading risk fac-tor for heart disease. There are ways to prevent or even reverse this syn-drome, but it requires a commitment to changing your life style. This should be a no-brainer, as not doing so could mean a commitment to chronic dis-ease and an earlier demise. Lose weight. Losing as little as 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can reduce insulin levels and blood pressure and decrease your risk of diabetes. Exercise. Doctors recommend getting 30 to 60 min-utes of moderate-intensity exercise, such as brisk walking, every day. Stop smoking. Smoking cigarettes increases insulin resistance and worsens the health consequences of metabolic syndrome. Talk to your doctor if you need help kicking the cigarette habit. Eat fiber-rich foods. Make sure you include whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables in your diet. These items are packed with dietary fiber, which can lower your insulin levels. We will be addressing future newsletter articles to ways of improving health habits in the hopes that everyone will begin the program he or she needs. If you are already eating well and getting regular exer-cise, hooray for you! Now help your friends and neighbors by inviting them to walk with you or share a good high fiber, low fat recipe! We wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

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TRIBAL NEWS - JANUARY NEW

TRIBAL ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON

FISCAL CALENDAR YEAR FOR

2011-2012

MONTH, TRIBE/SISTER TRIBE

August 2011, Reuben/Naphtali

September 2011, Judah/Dan

October 2011, Naphtali/Reuben

November 2011, Simeon/Issachar

December 2011, Dan/Judah

January 2012, Benjamin/Zebulon

February 2012, Asher/Gad

March 2012, Levi/Joseph

April 2012, Gad/Asher

May 2012, Zebulon/Benjamin

June 2012, Joseph/Levi

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BENJAMIN TRIBE

Please pray for these tribal members and families. They need our prayers for the min-istry they do in worship and in our church. Let’s connect with them by affirming their service when we see them, and let’s connect with God by praying for them during the month of January. They are: The Akahori Family, The Baumgartner Family, Marie Boyd, The Case Family, The Colla Family, The Dietz Family, Lillian Elliott, The S. Faszer Family, Fred & Pat Fredstrom, Craig & Vicki Gallego, Roland & LaVera Guenther, Roland & Linda Hatterle, Tod Hill, Lisa Holmquist, Earl Irons, Gail Irons, Randy & Bonnie Kie-drowski, Lloyd & Diana Kuehne, Darlene Lassanske, The Maier Family, Chris-tine Marzolf, Ernie & Diane Meier, Moe Joyce, The Niggli Family, The Osborn Family, The Perkins Family, Helen Peterson, The L. Reeves Family, Harold & Bernice Rohrbach, The Sharp Family, Vio-let Springer, Jason & Robin Tiede, The Vincent Family, Sta-cey Westerlund, The Woods Fam-ily.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! The families and individual Dan tribal members who helped during the month of December were; Erick & Julie Albert, The Beaton family, Dolores Brandt, Michael & Meghann Cazale, Tambra Ciboch, Beverly Cornelius, Esther Dietz, Julia Engelhardt, The Ferguson/

Luce family, William & Patricia Freeman, Kathleen Ganoe, The Gordon family, The Graves family, Patrick & Nancy Hazen, The Hickey family, Phil & Karen Honkala, The Jacinto family, Connie Kiedrowski-Murphy, Vivian Kulm, M. Lassanske Family, Dave & Ann Mende, Robert & Lorraine Montgomery, Michael & Sharon O’Connell, The Price family, The R. Reeves family, Karen Rohrbach, The Schafer family, Robert Shaw, The Staples family, Werner & Eileen Tiede, Robert & Carolyn Vocker, Florence Wheeler, Larry & Doris Woznick We appreciate your faithfulness and willingness to serve.

2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9:30a Worship with Communion

2 OFFICE CLOSED 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy

3 8:30am Quilters 1:15p Fairmont Ser-vices 6p Cub Scouts

4 6:15a Prayer & Meditation 10a Women’s Bible Study 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 1p Knitting Group 3p Kids Choir 5:30p Worship with Com-munion 7p Chancel

5 9a Senior Connection Walk & Talk Lodi Lake 6:30p Girl Scout

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7 7a Men’s Bible Study

8 Epiphany Sunday 8a Worship with Communion 9:15a Adult Forum/Sunday School 10:30a Worship with Communion 5p Confirmation 6p High School Youth Group 7p Peals of Praise

9 10a/7p Tai Chi 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 1p Friendship Ministry 6:30p Bd of Worship & Music 7p Bd of Property & Social Ministry

10 3:45p Girl Scouts #2029 4p Executive Commit-tee 6p Cub Scouts

11 6:15a Prayer & Meditation 10a Women’s Bible Study 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 1p Rebekah Circle 3p Kids Choir 5:30p Worship with Com-munion 6:30p New Member Class 6:45p Bd of Christian Education 7p Chancel

12 9a Senior Connection Walk & Talk Lodi Lake 1:30p Naomi Circle

13 11a Senior Connection movie


15 8a Worship with Communion 9:15a Adult Forum/Sunday School 10:30a Worship with Communion 5p Confirmation 6p High School Youth Group 7p Peals of Praise

16 10a/7p Tai Chi 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy

17 6p Cub Scouts 6:30p Council 7p Boy Scouts

18 6:15a Prayer & Meditation 10a Women’s Bible Study 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 1p Knitting Group 3p Kids Choir 5:30p Worship with Com-munion 6:30p New Member Class 7p Chancel

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9a Senior Connection Walk & Talk Lodi Lake 5p Women’s Bible Study w/ Pastor Sarah 6:30p Girl Scouts #182

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22 8a Worship with Communion 9:15a Adult Forum/Sunday School 10:30a Worship with Communion 5p Confirmation 6p High School Youth Group 7p Peals of Praise

23 10a/7p Tai Chi 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy

24 3:45p Girl Scouts #2029 6p Preschool Board Mt 6p Cub Scouts 7p Boy Scouts

25 6:15a Prayer & Meditation 10a Women’s Bible Study 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 3p Kids Choir 5:30p Worship with Com-munion 6:30p New Member Class 7p Chancel

26 9a Senior Connection Walk & Talk Lodi Lake 2p Senior Connection Reading Group 5p Women’s Bible Study w/ Pastor Sarah

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29 8a Worship with Communion 9:15a Adult Forum/Sunday School 10:30a Worship with Communion and New Member Sunday 5p Confirmation 6p High School Youth Group 7p Peals of Praise

30 10a/7p Tai Chi 10:30a/4p Adult Literacy 6:30p Deacons

31 6p Cub Scouts 7p Boy Scouts 7p Friends for Survival

CONNECTING WITH GOD, EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD… The mission of St. Paul Lutheran Church is to Connect with God, each other and the world. The priorities in that mission are outreach to families with children and youth, deepening spirituality, strengthening stewardship, and developing leadership. The vision for St. Paul is to be an oasis, a place of refreshment, respite and renewal. If you would like to be a part of this mission and vision, please contact the church office at 368-2747 or [email protected]

We’re on the Web! stpaullodi.net

St. Paul Lutheran Church 701 South Pleasant Avenue

Lodi CA 95240

Phone: 209-368-2747 Fax: 209-368-3945

E-mail: [email protected]

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