Lamplighter Weekly 17th Sunday after Pentecost, September 16, 2018

Spanaway Lutheran Church 16001 A St. South – PO Box 1300

Spanaway, WA 98387 (253) 531-7000

office@spanawaylutheran.org

Sunday + 09-16-18

Classic Worship 10:00 am Food for Families 11:10 am Catechumenate Meeting 11:30 am CONNECT Youth @ Trinity 12:30 pm Adelphos Worship 12:30 pm Adelphos Fellowship 2:00 pm 12-Step Meeting 6:00 pm

Monday + 09-17-18

Preschool 9:00 am Catechism 5:00 pm Boy Scout Troop #679 7:00 pm

Tuesday + 09-18-18

Men’s Breakfast 6:30 am Adelphos Bible Study 10:00 am Pastor’s Bible Study 10:00 am Quiet Communion 11:45 am Birthday Luncheon 11:45 am Exec. Board Meeting 1:00 pm Food Bank Face Lift Meeting 3:00 pm JiM Lesson, M. Kusche 3:15 pm Music Team 6:00 pm

Wednesday + 09-19-18

Preschool 9:00 am Quilters 9:00 am TOPS Meeting 6:00 pm Choir Practice 7:00 pm Adelphos Siloam Worship 7:00 pm

Thursday + 09-20-18

Adelphos Siloam Bible Study 10:00 am JiM Lesson, M. Kusche 12:30 pm Text Study at the Wises 3:00 pm Table Talk 6:00 pm

Friday + 09-21-18

Preschool 9:00 am

Saturday + 09-22-18

Food for Families Pick Up 12:00 pm 12-Step Meeting 6:00 pm

Sunday + 09-23-18

Women’s Bible Study 9:00 am Contemporary Worship 10:00 am Food for Families 11:10 am CONNECT Youth @ Trinity 12:30pm Adelphos Worship 12:30 pm Adelphos Fellowship 2:00 pm 12-Step Meeting 6:00 pm

Our Week at a Glance BASE Hours M – F 5:30 am – 6:00 pm

Preschool Hours M+W+F 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Food for Families Volunteers

Sep 22 Pick-Up The Howes Sep 22 Set-Up Glen & Judy Sep 23 Distribution SLC Volunteers Sep 23 Clean-Up SLC Volunteers

Attention Pick-up Volunteers! Please make sure to

bring our ice chest from church when you pick up

at the Empowerment Center during the summer

months. For questions contact Louise.

Readings for September 23rd, 2018

Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 God’s law: a sign of a great nation

Psalm 15 LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle? (Ps. 15:1)

James 1:17-27 Be doers of the word, not hearers only

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Authentic religion

Don’t Forget:

Birthday Luncheon Tuesday

September 18th

11:45 am Gateway Cottage

Bonnie Doyle September 17

Lucas Briehl September 17

Jerry Nelson September 19

Greg Thurmond September 21

Gregg Wright O. September 21

Erica Stavig September 21

Kit Modahl September 22

Louise Luberts September 22

Join us on Tuesday, September 18th at 11:45 am at the Gateway Cottage as we celebrate our monthly birthdays with a lunch!

A big shout out to Diane Kraus, Gayle Halmo and Marjie Schulze (Me!) for hosting the 2018 Garden Bible Studies on prayer. The weather cooperated for all three events. The music, lessons, fellowship and food were the best!! Thanks to all the faithful ladies who turned out and kept bible study a part of their summer plans!

~submitted by Marjie Schulze

The first Tuesday night Ladies Bible Study

will be held Tuesday, October 2 at 6 pm. We

will continue to use the monthly lessons

found in the ELCA Gather Magazine. This

fall's Bible study focuses on the theme of

repentance. This study helps us explore how

repentance shapes our relationship with God,

our relationships with others and our

communal relationship with the world. We

meet at the church from 6 to 7:30 pm.

The printouts, bibles and snacks are available

for everyone, so stop in on your way home

and join us!

~submitted by Marjie Schulze

Attention Youth!!!!

CONNECT Youth Group

Sunday, September 16th @ 12:30 pm Fireside Room at Trinity Lutheran Church

Catechism Class

Monday, September 17th @ 5 pm in the Conference Room

~submitted by Office Manager

Catechumenate Becoming the Story We Tell…

Today, September 16th at noon, we

invite you to join an informative meeting on Catechumenate and how we will implement it

into our daily church life and life at home.

Our desire is to start a Catechumenate Task

Force to help us apply all the teachings Pastor and a few others got to enjoy last summer at

Phinney Ridge in Seattle. If you are interested in being a part of this group

to help us with ways to welcome seekers and newcomers to the church, then please come and

find out how you can help! A simple lunch will be served!

~submitted by Office Manager

If you need more offering envelopes, please see Kathy Creso, and she will assist you.

Mortgage Update 09-09-18 received $650.00

Total received to date: $142,376.81

According to Thrivent statement dated 08-07-18

(the latest), balance owing is: $275,250.67

Financials Actual Budget

July Budget Year-to-Date

Income $26,574 $26,332 $173,591 $184,324

Expense $24,334 $26,181 $169,602 $183,267

Difference $2239 $151 $3,988 $1,057

The following items have been found and would like to be reunited with their

owners:

Glass water bottle with black koozie

Large black plastic drink cup with lid and straw

White butterfly earring

Please swing by the office during regular office hours if any of these things belong

to you.

Attention Committees!! It is time to start preparing your annual reports for our Annual Congregational Meeting on November 18th. Please submit your compiled reports to the office as soon as you can. A separate email will go out the committee chairs and liaisons with a format template attached. Thank you!

Ladies!

The Sunday Morning Ladies Bible Class is back!! We will have our first lesson on Sunday,

September 23 at 9 am with a study on the book of Galatians.

Please note: We have moved the class upstairs to the Sunday school wing.

Max Lucado's Life Lessons from Galatian is a 12-session study on Paul's letter to the Galatians.

Written by one who had known slavery, he declares and defines Christian liberty. Many of the

early Christians were Jewish Christians accustomed to following the Law and had started

substituting human effort for God's gift of grace. Key Themes:

Salvation comes by grace, not works. We should bear fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We will reap in life what we have sown in life.

Each lesson has the following sections: Key Scripture Verse, Reflection, Situation, Observation, Exploration, Inspiration, Reaction, Life Lessons, Devotion, and Journaling.

All ladies welcome. Don't be bashful. Grab some coffee, bring your bible and join us for bible

study and fellowship and as always, a few laughs as we get to know each other!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone....I've missed each and everyone of you!

~submitted by Marjie Schulze

No… You have not lost your mind!

The Coffee Hour Crew just might have

though…

??!!

You haven’t seen crazy –

Unless you join us for our Annual Crazy

Coffee Hour TODAY, September 16th

right after worship.

Brace yourself for mix and match, but

nothing matches…

Enjoy the exotic selections we will

present you…

Curious yet?

Just wait and see!

~submitted by Aletta Alford

Task Force needed!!!

We would like to have a dance as part of our Fourth

Friday Fellowship on October 26th and we would like

your help!

We have a few ideas as how it could look and appreciate

any input/help we can get.

So far we see: straw, mason jars, pulled pork,

sunflowers, music, line dancing, open to the public,

possibly pies, make it a food drive for Food for Families

and Food Bank, admission is food donation, etc.

Please join us for a Task Force meeting on September

23rd right after worship in the conference room.

If we can get enough people together, we might just be

able to pull this off!

Please call the office if you have any questions or

comments. Thank you.

~submitted by Stefanie DeZarn

We are back inside for our weekly bible study and fellowship fall

sessions.

Please join us on the first THREE Thursdays of the month from 6pm to 8pm.

On September 20th we will be discussing Miracles of Jesus: Jesus heals ten men

with leprosy (Luke 17:11-19)

This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a meal and a bible lesson in a laid back

and welcoming environment. We are always happy to welcome new faces, as we

grow in our faith together!

Make it part of your Thursday night routine, we would love to have you!

Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board in the narthex.

~submitted by Office Manager

Fourth Friday Fellowship

Join us for this month’s Dinner and a Movie!

Saving Grace with Tom Conti and Fernando Re

A down-to-earth Pope tries to balance bureaucratic duties of his position with the

secular world. Frustrated with his lack of freedom he flees to the Italian countryside

to get in touch with real people and get back to helping them out one-on-one.

Save the date

September 28th, 6 pm

Registration slips are in this week’s bulletin and on the usher tables. No

registration slip? No problem! Just call the office and we’ll sign you up!

~submitted by Stefanie DeZarn

BASE is hosting their Annual Trick-or-Table

event on

Friday, October 19th

7 pm to 8 pm

Trick-or-Table is an exciting event for everyone. This will lead us into the fun and

festivities of the harvest season.

Our volunteers will decorate a table in the

Fellowship Hall and hand out candy to the kids! The kids can dress in their costumes if they like, but it is not required (but please,

nothing too scary!).

If you would like to decorate a table and hand

out candy, or if you are unable to attend the event but would like to donate candy, please

drop a note into our “Trick-or-Table” sign-up box in the office. Sign-up slips are available by the box. Thank You!

If you have any questions, call Treina Graves (event coordinator) at (253) 539-2273.

~submitted by Office Manager

BASE’s Annual Pumpkin Patch is just

around the corner! Come, and join in on the fun on

October 20th, 2018 from

9:00 am to 2:00 pm

here at Spanaway Lutheran Church!

We will be selling raffle tickets for some wonderful prizes on October 7th and

October 14th, in the Narthex, right after worship.

There are plenty of volunteer opportunities to help out during this

event. We will need individuals for unloading and setting up pumpkins,

pancake breakfast, greeters and more.

Please contact Elois Macdonald for more info or to sign up as a helper. Thank you.

~submitted by Office Manager

Operation “Food Bank Face Lift” Our assembled team of representatives from all four churches, who are

involved with our Food Bank are meeting again on

Tuesday, September 18th at 3 pm

in the Narthex to discuss and brainstorm our possibilities of renovating/re-

building the Food Bank.

If you would like to be part of this team of volunteers to achieve this goal, or

if you would just like to hear what is being said, please join us!

Today we are praying for…

… Maxine Coberly, Amanda Billings, June Broeckel, Gail Bohannon, Kim

Cleveland, Burton Nesset, Genevieve Hovey, Dave Pearcy, Audrey Charles,

Tillie Wolf, Cheryl Drewes, Elena Hember, Arlene Symmons, Frank Wise, Sally

Walters, Bernd Lackemann, Michael Little, Karn & Matt Glidewell, Karie Alpert &

Family, Lola Ellestad, Family of Lori Nelson, Family of Grant Schlicker, Celia

Harber, Dino Tellez, Jenny Taylor, Ronald Simpson

Sam Wright Osborn is ready and all set to head out into the big

wide world to join the college population at Central Washington

University in Bellingham.

Sam, we wish you a focused mind, a joyful

heart and openness to all things new.

Farewell and Godspeed, young man, you will

remain in our hearts and prayers.

~The Congregation of Spanaway Lutheran Church

We will celebrate the life of our Sister in

Christ

Lori Nelson

with a Memorial Service on Friday,

September 28th, 2018 at 2:00 pm

here at Spanaway Lutheran Church

Note: If you would like to contribute to or help with the reception, please speak

with Sarah Briehl. Thank you.

Spanaway Lutheran Church

Contacts:

Pastor

John Schier-Hanson pastor@spanawaylutheran.org

Office Manager

Stefanie DeZarn office@spanawaylutheran.org

Director of Music Ministries

Cheryl Drewes music@spanawaylutheran.org

Preschool Director

Ellen McCracken preschool@spanawaylutheran.org

BASE Director

Kathy Olsen BASE@spanawaylutheran.org

Council Gregg Wright Osborn, President Gregg_S_Wright_Osborn@msn.com

John Briehl, Vice President jbriehl@hotmail.com

Louise Luberts, Secretary llub253@comcast.net

Mary Herem, Treasurer herem@comcast.net

Rob DeZarn dman5757@live.com

Nancy Vignec vignecland@msn.com

Doug Hedlund soleduck12@comcast.net

Anne Briehl annebriehl@comcast.net

Angela Aponte aaponte00@yahoocom

Glen Ruediger glynnmcg9@gmail.com

Office Hours

Monday through Friday

9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Office is closed on:

New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day,

President’s Day, Easter Monday, Memorial Day,

Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day,

Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after

Thanksgiving, Christmas Day

Worship Assistants for NEXT

Sunday

September 23rd, 2018

Assisting Minister

Glen Ruediger

Lector

Suzanne Gayda

Communion Assistants

Dulce and Bernd Lackemann

Acolyte

Volunteer

Children’s Sermon

Tracy Nieto

Altar Guild

Connie Carlson

Ushers

Susanne Delisle, Edna Coonc,

Janet Marshall

Greeters

Volunteers

Control Booth

Jill Olson and Phil Aponte

Coffee Hour

Congregational Life (Aletta Alford)