Evangelical Lutheran Church March 2015

Inside this issue:

Pages 2-3 Lenten Services Lifetree for Lent Upcoming Retreats

Page 4-5 Announcements

Pages 6-7 Announcements Semi-Annual Meeting Introducing the Historical Preservation Office

Pages 8-9 Mo’D Note Social Ministry On the Bookshelf Parish Nurse Area

Pages 10-11 February Calendar

Pages 12-13 Noteworthy News Lifetree Café

Page 14-15 Wee Folk School News Sunday School Events Confirmation Events

Pages 16-17 High School Youth Church Life

Page 18-19 Backpack Ministry Join our mailing list Council Information Financial Information

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Church Information

Lifetree for Lent

Dinner: 5:30 p.m. in Trunk Hall ($6 suggested donation)

Devotion: 6:30 p.m. Lifetree conversation: 6:45 p.m. in Traver Center

During the season of Lent, we will be exploring topics that affect our lives using Lifetree Cafe. On the Wednesdays during Lent, after dinner,

we will conduct a Lifetree Café conversation in the Traver Center. This is a good way to move deeper into relationship with each other and God. Lifetree offers opportunities for us to discuss relevant topics in small groups that affect our daily lives. We have selected topics that reflect

some of life’s challenges – and we will use Lifetree Café to bring us together to discuss and rise above these challenges.

Topics for each week include:

March 4 The Power of Thankfulness

March 11 How the Next Generation will Change the World

March 18 What your Black Friend Wants You to Know

March 25 Family do-over

See page 3 for class descriptions. Join us for one or all the sessions!

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Special Good Friday Service

Friday, April 3

7:30 p.m. Service “The Seven Last Words”

Théodore Dubois

This musical rendering of the short phrases uttered by Jesus at his crucifixion immediately before he died on the cross (gathered from the four gospels) will be presented by the combined Chamber and Chancel Choirs, Soloists, and Organ. This powerful and dramatic presentation of the tenebrae service will be very moving to all who are present. Not only are the words of Jesus presented, but the narration, the angry crowd, the earthquake, and the peace that followed will be evident.

Special Services during the Lenten Season

Palm Sunday Sunday, March 29 All regular services Procession with Palms No Sunday School

Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 2

12:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday Friday, April 3 12:00 p.m. The Crucified Christ Special Worship Presentation of Dubois’ Seven Last Words

7:30 p.m. *see next column*

Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4

6:00 p.m. Service of Darkness to Light

and Holy Communion Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5 Choirs, Brass, Bells, and Holy Communion Traditional Services at 8 and 11 a.m. Contemporary Service at 9:30 a.m. No Youth Classes

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Lifetree for Lent Calming the Storm

Rising Above Life’s Challenges Together

March 4: The Power of Thankfulness This program includes the filmed story of Trista Sutter’s life after appearing on The Bachelorette and her subsequent $4 million televised wedding. Sutter, author of Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart, credits a decision to focus on being thankful with helping her cope with parts of daily life that have proven challenging. Lifetree participants will consider how thankfulness might impact their own lives and explore practical ways to develop an attitude of gratitude.

March 11: How the Next Generation will Change the World How the millennial generation—people born be-tween 1980 and 2000—will change the world will be discussed. The program includes a film featuring millennials sharing how their values will shape our culture as they increasingly grow in power and influence. “This is the generation everyone loves to dump on,” says millennial publishing executive Roxanne Stone. “But millennials are creative and entrepreneurial—and when they see a problem, they want to fix it.”

March 18: What your Black Friend Wants You to Know An open conversation about racial understanding will take place this week. The program includes a film featuring honest insights from black Americans about their experience with race. “White people—the dominant culture—think the country has moved on,” says Anthony Smith, a black pastor and facilitator of the “Musings of a Postmodern Negro” blog. “But there’s still an underlying racial narrative in this country. Stuff is still happening.”

March 25: Family do-over The program features a screening of the award-winning short film The Ride. Participants will follow the story of a taxi driver whose last passenger on Christmas Eve is deeply troubled by a family conflict, a conflict that seems too painful to resolve. Viewers will discuss the film and consider a question it raises: Is it ever too late for a family to experience healing?

Kingdom Weekend Returns

Save the date October 16-18, 2015

More details will follow.

Visit our website at

www.twinspires.org/retreats for updated information as it becomes available.

This is a weekend you won’t want to miss!

For more information, contact Michael O’Donnell at michaelod1950@gmail.com

Women’s Retreat

Save the date May 2-3, 2015

More details will follow.

Visit our website at

www.twinspires.org/retreats for updated information as it becomes available.

A weekend of rest, relaxation, and a focus on you and your relationship with the Lord.

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Senior Lunch Bunch Senior Lunch Bunch meets on Thursday, March 26 at 12:00 p.m. at the Barbara Fritchie Restaurant. For more information and to RSVP, contact Nancy Van Fossen at nancy.vanfossen@verizon.net or 301-662-9497

Pre-Baptismal Classes For information on baptism, please visit our website: www.twinspires.org/baptisms. Classes are Saturday, March 7, and Saturday, April 18, 10:00 a.m. For information on baptisms, contact Catie Quinlan in the church office at 301-663-6361 x102 or email cquinlan@twinspires.org

Pre-Marital Classes Anyone interested in being married at ELC is encouraged to visit our website: www.twinspires.org/weddings. The next class is Saturday, April 18, 11:00 a.m.

Wedding Preparation Workshop Workshops are for all couples being married at ELC and take place four times a year.

The next workshop is Sunday, May 18, from 12:30—4:30 p.m. in the Schaeffer Center.

Dorcas Circle The Dorcas Circle will meet on Thursday, March 12, 1 - 3 p.m. at the home of Marty Delphey, 5611 Boblink Trail, New Market. The Bible study will be from the "Gather" WELCA magazine regarding suffering and endurance, as we read in Romans. Call 301-865-2997 for more information.

Ruth Circle The February meeting will be on Tuesday, March 17. The overall title will be "Trust and Understanding.” Our theme verse for the month will be from Romans 5:3-5. For further information and to RSVP, please contact Sherry Matzko at 301-663-0395 or slmatzko@aol.com.

Men’s Club

Men’s Club will gather at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, March 9 in Trunk Hall for dinner and fellowship. Afterwards, we’ll learn of activities under the new Office of Historical Preservation including efforts to preserve ELC Church records and make them more accessible, along with some of Marcia Hahn's interesting research findings. Newcomers are especially welcome. Dinner is $8, or just come for the program. If not on the call list, please RSVP before Wednesday, March 4, to Dave Garman at 301-834-6242 or akgar@juno.com

Inclement Weather Policy If downtown Frederick receives four or more inches of snow on a Saturday or Sunday, and conditions warrant it, the Saturday service will be canceled and only the 11 a.m. service will be held on Sunday.

Listen to WFMD AM 930, WFRE FM 99.9 or check our website: www.twinspires.org, and Facebook page: www.facebook.com/EvangelicalLutheran for weather updates. Notices will be posted before 9:00 a.m. to our main phone line at 301-663-6361.

Orientation for New Members Our next orientation for people interested in membership at ELC will be

Sunday, April 12, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Traver Center. A light lunch will be served at noon. The congregation will receive new members on the weekend of April 25/26 during worship services. The Orientation is an opportunity to get to know other people, to review basic Lutheran beliefs, and to learn more about the ministries of Evangelical. Child care will be available upon request. If for some reason you desire to maintain your membership in another church, you may consider being an Associate Member of Evangelical. We would like you to attend the New Member Orientation whether you will be a member or an associate member, or transferring your membership from another Lutheran congregation. Please let us know of your interest in attending the New Member Orientation by emailing Ryan Hahn at Ryan2000dx@comcast.net

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Volunteer Opportunities

March will offer many at ELC a discipleship opportunity to support the homeless in our community.

ELC will host the Emergency Family Shelter, March 14-20 in the Hahn Building “Underground” at 35 E. Church Street. Volunteers are needed! Evangelical Lutheran Church is partnering with the Religious Coalition and many downtown churches to serve as a host site for the new emergency family shelter program. ELC’s youth area "The Underground" located in the basement of Hahn will be used for this week.

The church will be set up with 15—20 beds on Saturday morning and will receive homeless families in the evenings at 6 p.m. These families will stay at the host church for twelve hours and then leave each morning at 6 a.m. and go to the RCEFS day center located at 200 West All Saints Street for showers and other services, which will all be coordi-nated at the day center and not at the host sites. Thank you for your support of this program!

Volunteer opportunities available when ELC is a

host site:

Evening site support

3-4 people per night

6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Overnight site support

1 – 2 people needed per night

One male and one female

10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Area setup and tear down Saturday mornings

8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

If you are interested in volunteering, training, or would like more information about this program please contact Neil Donnelly at 240-271-2150 or ndonnelly.sgis@comcast.net.

A New York City Christmas Join us for ELC's annual trip to NY City at Christmas and for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.

This year, the date is Saturday, November 28, 2015. The price has yet to be determined. There are 54 tickets available, first come, first serve.

A $50 deposit per person due when you sign up.

If you are interested, contact Karen Smith at 301-620-8709 , sign up at the Welcome Table in Trunk Hall every Sunday, or sign-up on your purple insert.

Frederick Garden Tour featuring ELC Gardens According to the recent edition of the Frederick Magazine and its annual Best of Frederick in 2015, the Editors pick for Best Garden Spot, is none other then the gardens of ELC.

In the midst of the streets and sidewalks of Downtown Frederick, is a little bit of Eden in the form of the gardens at Evangelical Lutheran Church. Need a brief break from work, school or just life? Relaxation is only a few steps away. Maintained by the church's "Garden Angels", there are benches among the flowers and greenery for sitting and finding peace.

The Frederick Garden tour (Beyond the Garden Gates) will take place on May 16 and 17. The gardens would be open from 1 - 5 p.m. each day.

Emergency Cold Weather Shelter ELC is set to manage staffing of volunteers at the Alan P. Linton Adult Cold Weather Shelter from March 1-14, located at 27 Degrange Street in Frederick. Volunteers are needed! Sign-up on our website at www.twinspires.org/serve and click the Sign-up Genius link.

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Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting

April 26, 2015, 12:30 pm Trunk Hall

The meeting agenda includes: 2014 Annual Report Healthy Congregation Presentation 2015 Congregational and Committee

Goals All members are asked to attend.

Garden Angels Spring is on its way. We have a “garden alert.” Our first meeting will be March 28 at 9:00 a.m. in Trunk Hall. Gardening is open to all who find pleasure in planting and caring for the church gardens. Please come and bring a friend!

World Day of Prayer March 6, 10:00 a.m.

Chapel of Homewood at Crumland Farms The World Day of Prayer is carried out by women in more than 170 countries, symbolized by an annual day of celebration on the first Friday of March, bringing together people of many races, cultures, and traditions in closer fellowship, understanding, prayer and action.

Spring Meeting of the Women of the ELCA

Sunday, April 19, 2 p.m. Elias Lutheran in Emmitsburg

The program will be on services and activities for Seniors of Frederick County. Registration is $5 at the door. 50% will be donated to Community Services for Emmitsburg and the surrounding area and 50% will be donated to the Wells project in Tanzania. Donations of canned and dried foods and hygiene products will be collected for the Emmitsburg Food Bank. Contact Judy Virts at 301-606-2347 or Sherry Matzko at 301-663-0395.

28th Convention of the DE/MD Synodical Women Organization of the Women of the ELCA

Saturday, April 25, 8:30 a.m. Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer,

Glen Burnie, MD All Lutheran Women are invited. Contact Judy Virts at 301-606-2347 or Sherry Matzko at 301-663-0395.

The Gove family would like to thank everyone at Evangelical Lutheran Church for their prayers, cards,

and words of condolences upon the death of Warren’s dear mother, Eileen Gove. She was a

wonderful person who will be greatly missed. We are deeply thankful that you were with us at this

most difficult time.

To the ELC Family,

On behalf of the whole family I wanted to convey our deep appreciation for the many expressions of sympathy at Dad's recent passing into the company of the saints in light. ELC held a special place in Dad's heart and we are all deeply grateful for your love and prayers. Thanks again and may God bless and keep you all!

In Christ,

Dave Oravec

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From the Archives: Introducing the Office of Historical Preservation In 2014, Council approved a request to create an office dedicated to preserving ELC history. Please welcome the Office of Historical Preservation. Why Historical Preservation?

During our 275th Anniversary year, we were able to exhibit many treasures, including original parish record books dating back to the 1700s. However, we realized that we could improve our care of all our treasures. ELC is blessed with such a rich history; it is our responsibility to appropriately preserve our history for future generations.

What activities fall under this office? Guided Church Tours: Our Guided Tour ministry is now under this Office. Tours

continue on the first Saturday during the months of April – October. We also offer ‘tours on request’ for groups of all sizes. In 2014, this ministry greeted over 470 guests.

Preserving Parish Records: We are blessed to have custody of our original parish record books that date back to the 1700s;

baptisms, marriages, and deaths are recorded. We’ve already created scanned page images of the first three volumes. We’ll continue scanning and also enter the data into a searchable database. Families conducting genealogy research continually contact the church; some by e-mail, others in person. It is a real treasure for family historians to be able to receive a scanned image of the original record. This database will make it easier to locate a specific event.

Conduct a Records Survey: ELC has treasures stored everywhere. Later this year, we hope to conduct a records survey to

document what we have, its condition and current location. This is the first step in organizing these treasures.

Who will ‘staff’ this new office? ELC Volunteers like you! How can you help?

Do you like to type? Volunteer to enter parish record data. We’ll likely start with an Excel spreadsheet; no need to know a

special program. Do you like to proofread? Volunteer to proofread the data entered by others. While computer skills would be helpful, they

aren’t necessary—we can provide hard copies. Do you enjoy a good scavenger hunt? The records survey might be for you. Donate:

Ideas: Do you have an idea on how to preserve ELC history? Memorabilia: Do you have ELC memorabilia—pictures, special bulletins, etc. that you are willing to

donate? Funding: Preservation quality supplies are a ‘must’ for proper long term storage of all treasures,

In particular our original parish record books. Custom storage boxes are needed since each book is a unique size. We’d also like to purchase database software and other supplies. Contributions made payable to Evangelical Lutheran Church can be designated toward “Historical Preservation” by including such a note on the check.

How can you get involved?

Contact Anne Wallis in the church office at awallis@twinspires.org or Marcia Hahn at hahnm1120@comcast.net. Watch for Want Ads in the bulletin as activities begin.

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Social Ministry News The ministry that your Social Ministry committee has chosen to feature in March is Mar-Lu-Ridge. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. Mar-Lu-Ridge is a year-round outdoor ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America situated in the beautiful Catoctin Mountains of central Maryland. Mar-Lu-Ridge offers summer camps, a year-round retreat and conference center, and many other programs throughout the year. Mar-Lu-Ridge has many volunteer opportunities such as painting, carpentry/electric, cleaning, gardening, office work/mailings. Please visit their website www.mar-lu-ridge.org for more information. Items requested for donation include basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls, Frisbees, arts & crafts supplies, construction paper, yarn, markers, scissors, dry erase markers, 9V and AA batteries. We at ELC are fortunate to be located so close to such a wonderful organization. Many members of our congregation have had their lives enriched by Mar-Lu-Ridge. Please consider supporting Mar-Lu-Ridge either through the monthly offering, through volunteer work, or by placing a donation in one of the collection bins.

Mo’D Note: The Pining Away of Jesus Jesus knew that the healing of humanity required winning the battle from within the human condition. Healing could only flow through an entering into and a bearing of suffering and sin. When onlookers sneered, “He saved others; he cannot save himself,” they could not see that only because he had never thought of saving himself could anybody be saved at all. And those who shouted, “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross” could not see that it was precisely because he was the Son of God that he would not come down from the cross. In the end, the deepest thirst of this Jesus—the thirst that held him to that cross—was the thirst of unrequited love. Jesus thirsts to see all people discover God’s love for them through forgiveness and new life. His dying tells us, God longs like this, thirsts like this, bleeds like this. No sponge of sour wine can shake that thirst. Only the assurance of our repentance and faith can do that. [Listening to Golgotha, Peter Story] This writing begs the question of God, in the person of Jesus, having an eros for his creation! Look at such words as: “deepest thirst;” “thirst of unrequited love”; “longs like this;” “thirsts like this”—all expressions of strong yearning, desire and need for another/others. God has limited himself in Christ to feel and express strong, deep desire for a “lover” who is wayward and unrepentant. While entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus longs for his people like a mother hen longs to gather her chicks. Look also at such passages as Hosea 11 to find expressed this tension of a spurned lover whose “heart is turned over within Me, all together my compassions are kindled” [v. 8]. God is the spurned Lover who, in his grief of unrequited love, is ‘dying” literally and figuratively for the reciprocated attention of his love, us! That attention is sought through repentance and faith [entrusting]. Agape will give of itself for the well-being of another without any questions asked. Eros expresses that deep longing and need for the beloved, the ravaged, melting away, consummated wasting away of the Lover for the beloved; expressing God’s incredible use of freedom to limit Himself to the whim, indifference and abuse of the very ones God longs to be with in relationship. Today we have destroyed the higher meaning of eros by thinking of it only in terms of sex and lust. We are to hunger and thirst for righteousness—to long for it, desire it, knowing that without it we are not complete or fulfilled. All 3 basic types of love, agape, eros and philial, find their expression in the Godhead. How human is the Christ for you? Shalom.

Under His Mercy,

MO’D

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On the Bookshelf by Deborah Yee

The Girl’s Still Got It, featured this month by the Adult Library, is an absolute treat!

The author, Liz Curtis Higgs, is the best-selling author of Bad Girls of the Bible, also on the bookshelf. She will be the speaker on April 11 at a Sisters in Faith event in Damascus. Higgs is a hoot to hear speak, and this book is written just as if she were talking to the reader.

Written in 2012, The Girl’s Still Got It is an up-to-date take on the Bible story about Naomi and Ruth but also functions as a detailed study of the Book of Ruth. Higgs uses research of Biblical times and of professional commentaries to supply context. Most important, she explains how Ruth’s story is really about God’s character and actions.

“When we reach the final page,” she writes, “I hope that instead of saying, ‘Wow, what a woman!’ we’ll be saying, ‘Wow, what a Redeemer!”

Enter where Boaz is taking a lunch break with his field workers and invites Ruth, who has been gleaning the barley left behind in the field, to join them, even though Hebrew men normally had little to do with women in public, much less with a foreign woman.

“His mother, Rahab, the harlot from Jerico, deserves some of the credit for her son’s sensitivity,” Higgs surmises. “When Boaz was a boy, he must have seen how people treated his foreign mother. Heard the snide comments, recognized the judgment in their eyes. Yet, as it says in James, ‘was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did?’ You betcha.”

Higgs explains, “This bread is closer to grain cake, and the vinegar is ‘wine or strong drink turned sour.’ Sounds awful, I know. But the dark wine vinegar . . . has an agreeable sweet-and-sour taste. More like salad dressing. Balsamic vinaigrette. All the best restaurants serve it.”

Then she points out, “Take a careful look at how our redeemer-to-be includes her. Come to the table. Take a piece of bread. Dip it in the wine. That’s right: communion.”

Parish Nurse Area

Vaccines: Older Adults Need Vaccines, too Health is a dynamic state, always changing as we are exposed to a variety of “insults” on our bodies. These can be both physical and mental or stress. To ward off illness we need to keep ourselves as healthy as possible through a balanced diet, exercise, quality sleep and NOT smoking. As we age, our immune system weakens which makes us more susceptible to the micro-organisms around us. Vaccines are another tool that is recommended to keep us healthy. During your annual physical your doctor should discuss adult vaccines and determine if you are up to date with them. Those who have heart, lung, liver disease, diabetes, and cancer are medically considered to be at high risk and may have other vaccines recommended.

Here are the CDC’s recommended vaccines for adults 60 years and older:

Seasonal Flu (Influenza)—annually CDC estimates that 60% of the flu related hospitalizations are people over 65 years old.

Shingles (Zoster)-once@ 60 years old CDC estimates 1 million people get Shingles each year. Half of them are over 60 yrs. old. If you have had the Chickenpox, you are susceptible to getting Shingles.

Pneumonia (Pneumococcal)--once@65 years old There are 2 pneumococcal vaccines (PVC13 & PPSV23). Your doctor will determine if one or both are recommended for you.

Tetanus (Td) --every 10 years

All Health Insurance Marketplace plans and most other private insurance plans must cover the following vaccines Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Herpes Zoster, Human Papillomavirus, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Meningococcal, Pneumococcal, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Varicella

In Medicare Part B will pay for influenza (flu), Pneumococcal, Hepatitis B vaccines for persons at increased risk of hepatitis.

Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Plan Part C that offers Medicare prescription drug coverage may also have coverage for Zoster, MMR, Tda.

Medicaid: contact local State Health Department for information

Nancy Fowler, Parish Nurse

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

1 Second Sunday in Lent 8:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 9:30AM (S) Contemporary Worship with Communion 9:30 AM (RH) Young Men’s Bible Class 9:30 AM (TC) Confirmation Class 9:30 AM (SC) Sunday School 10:30 AM (HB-YC) High School Youth Fellowship 11:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

2 7:00 PM (SC/SC) Financial Peace University 7:15 PM (TC) Worship and Music Meeting

3 6:00 PM (TC) Zumba with Melissa 7:00 PM (HB-CR) Finance Meeting 7:00 PM (RH) Profile Task Force

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8 Third Sunday in Lent Daylight Savings Time Begins: Turn Clocks forward

8:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 9:30AM (S) Contemporary Worship with Communion 9:30 AM (RH) Young Men’s Bible Class 9:30 AM (TC) Confirmation Class 9:30 AM (SC) Sunday School 10:30 AM (HB-YC) High School Youth Fellowship 11:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 3:00 PM (S) Paul Jacobs Organ Concert

9 6:30 PM (CG/TH) Men’s Club 7:00 PM (SC/SC) Financial Peace University

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Spires Articles due for Spring/Summer Programming Guide

6:00 PM (TC) Zumba with Melissa 7:00 PM (SC/SC) Church Council 7:00 PM (RH) Profile Task Force

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15 Fourth Sunday in Lent 8:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 9:30AM (S) Contemporary Worship with Communion 9:30 AM (RH) Young Men’s Bible Class 9:30 AM (SC) Sunday School 9:30 AM (TC) Confirmation Class 10:30 AM (HB-YC) High School Youth Fellowship 11:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

16 6:30 PM (HB-CR) Intentional Faith Development Meeting 7:00 PM (SC/SC) Financial Peace University

17 6:00 PM (TC) Zumba with Melissa 7:00 PM (RH) Profile Task Force 7:30 PM (TBD) Youth Committee Mtg.

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22 Fifth Sunday in Lent Whole Family Sunday

8:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 9:30AM (S) Contemporary Worship with Communion 9:30 AM (TC) Confirmation Class 9:30 AM (RH) Young Men’s Bible Class 10:30 AM (CG) Sunday School Easter Egg Hunt 11:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

23 7:00 PM (HB-CR) Mutual Ministry

24 6:00 PM (TC) Zumba with Melissa 6:15 PM (RH) Social Ministry Meeting 7:00 PM (RH) Profile Task Force

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29 Palm Sunday No Sunday School

Youth Palm Procession at 9:30 and 11 a.m. 8:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion 9:30AM (S) Contemporary Worship with Communion 9:30 AM (RH) Young Men’s Bible Class 10:30 AM (HB-YC) High School Youth Fellowship 11:00 AM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

30 WFS SPRING BREAK 31 WFS SPRING BREAK 6:00 PM (TC) Zumba with Melissa 7:00 PM (RH) Profile Task Force

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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

4 Wednesday Work Crew WFS Closed 5:30 PM (TH) Fellowship Dinner 6:45 PM (TC) Lifetree for Lent 6:30 PM (SC-8) Sunday Schooling for Worship 6:30 PM(HB-B) Quilting for LWR 6:30 PM (HB-YC) High School Youth Group

5 9:00 AM (TC) Backpack Ministry 9:15 AM (TC) Gracefull Women 5:45 PM (TC) Stories of the Bible 7:00 PM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises

6 7:00 PM (TC) Lifetree

7 Third Sunday in Lent 1st Saturday

10:00 AM (SC/SC) Pre-baptismal Meeting 10:30 AM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises 6:00 PM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

11 Wednesday Work Crew 5:30 PM (TH) Fellowship Dinner 6:30 PM (SC-8) Sunday Schooling for Worship 6:45 PM (TC) Lifetree for Lent 6:30 PM(HB-B) Quilting for LWR 6:30 PM (HB-YC) High School Youth Group 6:30 PM (RH) Stephen Ministry

12 9:00 AM (TC) Backpack Ministry 9:15 AM (TC) Gracefull Women 1:00 PM (OS) Dorcas Circle 5:45 PM (TC) Stories of the Bible 7:00 PM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises

13 7:00 PM (TC) Lifetree

14 Fourth Sunday in Lent

8:00 AM (HB-YC) Set-up for Family Shelter

9:00 AM (TH-2L/S) Choir Rehearsal for Dubois 10:30 AM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises 6:00 PM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

18 Wednesday Work Crew 5:30 PM (TH) Fellowship Dinner 6:45 PM (TC) Lifetree for Lent 6:30 PM (SC-8) Sunday Schooling for Worship 6:30 PM(HB-B) Quilting for LWR 6:30 PM (TBD) High School Youth Group

19 WFS Conference Day 9:00 AM (TC) Backpack Ministry 9:15 AM (TC) Gracefull Women 5:45 PM (TC) Stories of the Bible 7:00 PM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises 7:30 PM (TC) Healthy Church Initiative 7:30 PM (RH) Radical Hospitality Meeting

20 7:00 PM (TC) Lifetree

21 Fifth Sunday in Lent High School Youth at SEERV in

New Windsor 8:00 AM (HB-YC) Tear down for Family Shelter 10:30 AM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises 2:00 PM (S/TH/SC-N) Global Peace Lutheran Fellowship 3:00 PM (S) Washington Bach Consort Concert 6:00 PM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

25 Wednesday Work Crew 5:30 PM (TH) Fellowship Dinner 6:45 PM (TC) Lifetree for Lent 6:30 PM (SC-8) Sunday Schooling for Worship 6:30 PM(HB-B) Quilting for LWR 6:30 PM (HB-YC) High School Youth Group 6:30 PM (RH) Stephen Ministry

26 9:00 AM (TC) Backpack Ministry 9:15 AM (TC) Gracefull Women 12:00 PM (OS) Senior Lunch Bunch 5:45 PM (TC) Stories of the Bible 7:00 PM (RH-FP) Living into our Baptismal Promises

27 7:00 PM (TC) Lifetree

28 Palm Sunday 9:00 AM (S) Brass/Organ Rehearsal 10:30 AM (TH-2L/S) Sunday School Choir Rehearsal 6:00 PM (S) Traditional Worship with Communion

Key to Building Codes: (CG) Church Gardens (S) Sanctuary (HB) Hahn Building (HB-CR) Conference Room (HB-L) Library (HB-B) Quilting for Lutheran World Relief (HB-YC) Hahn Building—Youth Center (RH) Rupp House (RH-FP) Rupp House Front Parlor (RH-DR) Rupp House Dining Room

(RH-K) Rupp House Kitchen (SC) Schaeffer Center (SC/SC) Schaeffer Center/Shepherd’s Chapel (SC-N) Schaeffer Center Nursery (SC-8) Schaeffer Center, Rm. 8 (TC) Traver Center (TH) Trunk Hall (TH-2L) Choir Rooms—2nd Floor (OS) Offsite

Music Rehearsals Praise Ensemble (S) Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. Chancel Choir (TH-2L) Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Handbell Choir (S) Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Chamber Choir (TH-2L) Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

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NoteWorthy News by Brenda Weiser

Paul Jacobs Organ Concert

Sunday, March 8

3 p.m.

Free Concert Sponsored by Trunk Memorial Organ Series

Reception to follow Donations accepted

You have heard a great deal about him over the last three Spires. He is finally going to be

here to grace us with his mastery!

WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director

ALL IN THE FAMILY: MOTETS OF THE BACH DYNASTY

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 at 3 P.M.

Imagine an evening at home with several generations of the Bach family. Drawing from the collection known as the Altbachisches Archiv, this concert will feature exquisite motets by Johann Sebastian Bach and his illustrious relatives. The program also features organ works by Bach’s teachers and colleagues, Dietrich Buxtehude, Georg Böhm, Johann Pachelbel and Johann Gottfried Walther.

Tickets $34; $10 for students 18 under

202.429.2121 | www.bachconsort.org

Fine Arts Upcoming Events Sunday, May 3, 3 p.m.

Flavio Sala, guitar

Sunday, October 25, 3 p.m.

Maryland Boychoir Touring Choir

Sunday, November 15, 3 p.m.

Frederick Flute Choir

Concerts are free, open to the public, and handicap accessible.

Visit our website at www.twinspires.org/concerts

Bells Across the Land: A Nation

Remembers Appomattox Thursday, April 9 at

3:15 p.m.

The National Park Service invites partners across the country to ring bells for four

minutes—one minute for each year of the war—to commemorate Confederate General

Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Bells will ring

throughout the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, including churches, fire halls,

and public buildings in Carroll, Frederick, and Washington Counties.

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LifeTree Updates LifeTree meets on Friday evenings at

7:00 p.m. in the Traver Center Come join the conversation and

share your thoughts!

March 6 Coming Together

How to overcome economic, racial, and other divisions will be considered at this week’s Lifetree Café. The program, titled “Coming Together: Finding Common Ground When It Seems Impossible,” features a screening of the lighthearted, award-winning South African short film “Kanyekanye.” The film follows the romance of a young man and woman who live in an imaginary town divided by a disagreement about what color apple is best. When Thomas, from the green-apple side of town, falls in love with Thandi, whose family favors red apples, tensions rise. Participants will consider what issues divide their own families and community and explore practical ways to overcome those divisions. What divisions do you experience? Come and join the conversation!

March 13 Zzzzzz….A Good Night’s Sleep

How to get a better night’s sleep will be discussed at this week’s Lifetree Café. The program, titled “Zzzz… Practical Help for Getting a Better Night’s Sleep,” features a filmed interview with Kat Duff, the author of “The Secret Life of Sleep.” “Insufficient sleep has been called the number one killer in the western world,” said Duff. Sleep experts estimate that nearly 75 percent of adults experience sleep-disorder symptoms at least a few nights every week. Participants will get practical tips for getting a good night’s rest, explore the cost of insufficient sleep, consider benefits of a good night’s sleep, and discover the truth about common myths about sleep. Do you get enough good sleep? Join the conversation – it just might change your life!

March 20 Key Questions About Religion

Is there one true religion? Or many? The program, titled “Only One Way to God? Can One Religion Really Have All the Answers?” features the filmed story of Valerie Winn, an American whose spiritual journey led her to a Chinese village where she encountered an underground church. Winn describes her encounters with various religions and how they shaped her. “I finally said, ‘God, would you just show me if you’re real?’” says Winn.

March 27 Happiness Solutions Offered

Practical tips for living a happier life will be revealed at Lifetree Café. The program, titled “Be Happy,” features an exclusive filmed interview with Gretchin Rubin, author of the New York Times #1 bestselling book “The Happiness Project.” “Happiness isn’t a finish line; it’s a process” says Rubin, who shares a dozen specific suggestions for moving people toward experiencing greater happiness at home, at work, and in relationships.

Upcoming program information is available on

our website at www.twinspires.org/lifetree

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Wee Folk School News

This month at Wee Folk School we will hold spring parent/teacher conferences on Thursday, March 19 in the Schaeffer Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The WFS children do not attend school on this day. Child care is provided in the Shepherd’s Chapel by the teacher assistants for all WFS students and their siblings.

WFS will be closed for the Easter holiday on Monday, March 30 – Monday, April 6.

We will welcome a visit from Cosmic Adventures Traveling Planetarium on Wednesday, March 18 for all four-year-old and the transitional fives classes.

Thank you to everyone that participated with our Gertrude Hawk Chocolates Fundraiser. If you placed an order, it will be ready for pick up in Trunk Hall between services on Sunday, March 22 and Sunday, March 29. Regrettably, WFS will not be holding the annual Scholastic Book Fair this year.

Spaces still remain for the 2015-2016 school year in the two-year-old, four-year-old and transitional fives classes. To learn more about WFS, register, or schedule a visit, please contact the school at 301-663-5117, ext. 0 or weefolk@twinspires.org. Be sure to visit our website at www.weefolk.org.

Join us for Frederick Keys Baseball Sunday, June 28, 2015 Game time: 6:00 p.m. Frederick Keys vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks

Fellowship with ELC members and guests Discount admission and food tickets

If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Newcomer at jnewcomer@twinspires.org or call the church office at

301-663-6361. We’ll be getting a group together to go and ticket prices will depend on how many we have

attending. More information on prices will be available once we gauge interest.

You are Invited to: Bring a Broom Saturday This year we will be partnering with Downtown Frederick to participate in their Bring a Broom Saturday. Join us on Saturday, April 25, beginning at 9 a.m.

Wegman's will be providing a light breakfast at check-in. A pizza party will be held at Brewer’s Alley for all participants following the event. Trash bags and plastic gloves will be provided. As stated, Bring your own Brooms. All ages are welcome.

Our Savior Jesus Christ has swept our sins away through his death on the cross and his resurrection to new life. Let us celebrate new life with our community and help make Downtown Frederick beautiful for the Spring!

Sign-up Information will be available in mid-March

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Upcoming Events Join us for all our events leading up to Easter! For more information and to volunteer, please contact Meghan Wyant at mwyant@twinspires.org

Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, March 22

10:30 a.m.—12 noon Church Gardens

(Schaeffer Center, rain location)

Upcoming Events May 3

6th grade move-up day to Confirmation

May 24 Sunday School Teacher Recognition Sunday

June 14 Beach Ball end-of-year event

REMINDER: No Sunday School: March 29 (Palm Sunday) April 5 (Easter Sunday) May 10 (Mother's Day) June 21 (Father's Day)

Save the Date!

July 6-11, 2015

9 a.m.—12 p.m. Hometown Nazareth: When Jesus was a Kid

Registration and other details will be available on our website, www.twinspires.org/VBS in the

coming months.

Confirmation Camp: July 26—August 1 Campfirmation is for all confirmands and rising 7th graders. A week full of outdoor fun, adventure, and mountain-top, faith-enriching experiences! Cost and more details will be available soon!

For more information, please contact Trevor Shell at trevor.shell@hotmail.com, or Pastor Bob at

rdriverbishop@hotmail.com

Savannah, GA, Mission Trip: August 2—8 Assist in house repairs, yard work, and general residential maintenance for our Georgian neighbors in need. This trip is open to YOUth ages 12+, families, and adult congregation members. We will be staying at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center, a historic location in GA. Our trip will be a fun mixture of service and sightseeing. For more information or questions, please contact Pastor Karin Albaugh at kmalbaugh@gmail.com.

Palm Sunday Procession Sunday, March 29

9:30 a.m. service and 11:00 a.m. service Meet in Trunk Hall

**Practice will be held on Saturday, March 21 from 10:15-11:30 a.m.**

A t the 9:30 a.m. service, both choirs will present songs they have been practicing

Family Sunday Sunday, March 22

5th and 6th grade will present their skit on Daniel.

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Like the ELC Youth and Family page on Facebook! For more information, contact Pastor Karin at

kmalbaugh@gmail.com

Help needed! If you would enjoy spending time with our awesome high school youth please let

Pastor Karin know! We are looking for some adult volunteers to chaperone and assist with

transportation for outings and service events. High school will meet on Sundays from 10:30 -

11:30 a.m. in the Underground for fellowship. High school Youth Group continues to meet on

Wednesdays. Join us in Trunk hall for a meal ($6) followed by Bible study, games or movies.

Upcoming Events March 21—Event at SERRV in New Windsor. Help to organize fair trade items and pack boxes for Lutheran World Relief. More details to follow. April 24/25—30-hour famine with Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster. May 24—Prepare and serve supper for the community of Frederick at the soup kitchen. Must be 14 to participate. Summer Events: SAVE THE DATES June 28—potluck picnic July 6-10—VBS July 14-19—National Lutheran Youth gathering in Detroit, MI August 2-7—Work camp in Savannah, GA

Confirmation Corner March Confirmation Class Schedule

Class focus is on the Creed and what we believe

March 1 - Class in Traver March 8 - Class in Traver March 15 - Class in Traver March 22 - Class in Traver on Family Sunday March 29 - Palm Sunday Service Opportunity, No Scheduled Class April 5 - Easter Sunday - Christ is Risen - Worship with your family

Confirmation Events

March Team-Building Activity: Movie Night at ELC - God's Not Dead - Current 6th Grade students are invited to join the Confirmation program students for a movie night at ELC. Check your email for more information!

April Service Opportunity: Rebuild Frederick - April 25 - More information coming soon via email!

This month in Confirmation, we are focusing specifically on the Apostle's Creed. This creed is the basic foundation of what we believe as Christians. Over the next several weeks we will be discussing the three petitions in the Creed and how our beliefs are defined through them. We will not only be learning about this great tool of faith but also its implication in our daily lives. We will be answering the question: "Because I say I believe this, what does that actually mean?" The Confirmation students will be exploring the Creed through the lens of Discipleship as these two topics dove-tail together inherently. Please keep the Confirmation students in prayer always as they are beginning to step out on their spiritual journeys and grasp a deeper understanding of their personal faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the

end of the age.” Mathew 28:19-20

For more information contact Trevor Shell at trevor.shell@hotmail.com

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Church Life

When a member of your family marries or has a baby, please contact Anne Wallis (awallis@twinspires.org)

or call the church office (301-663-6361 x101).

Deaths:

2/4/2015 Paul Anders husband of Cheryl

2/5/2015 Janet “Liz” Geiser wife of Thomas Geiser

2/11/2015 Keith Mobley husband of Diana

2/17/2015 Loretta Stitely

Baptisms:

2/1/2015 Brigid Leigh Wyant daughter of Matthew and Meghan Wyant

2/8/2015 Leah Mack Davin Mack Faris son of Owen Faris and Leah Mack

Hope Karina Mack Faris daughter of Owen Faris and

Leah Mack

New members:

2/1/2015 Anthony and Nicole Valloric, Isabelle and Joseph

Transfers:

Robin Williams First United Methodist Church, Newport, TN

Georgia Straight Trinity Episcopal Church, Gretna, VA

Lilies for Our Homebound Members Donate a lily to grace our chancel Easter Day. The lilies will be delivered to our homebound and the nursing homes on Easter Day after the 11 a.m. service. Checks should be made payable to Evangelical Lutheran Church and marked “Easter Lily”

Donations will be accepted through March 29, 2015

Cost: $15.00 each

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Presented in Honor of:

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Backpack Ministry We currently serve 17 children at Ballenger Creek Elementary School. Donations of non-perishable food, toiletries, and school supplies are needed to fill the backpacks so the children can eat over the weekend. See below for a list of items or visit www.twinspires.org/community. Donations can be dropped off in the marked donation bins in Trunk Hall.

Food Items Tuna and Chicken in cans or plastic pouches Cans of spaghetti and meat balls with sauce Cans of ravioli with sauce Small plastic jars of: Rice Peanut butter, Jam, Mayonnaise, and Single serve boxes of cereal Tomato sauce Large boxes of cereal Breakfast bars Oatmeal packets Fruit cups and canned fruit Pasta Fruit snacks Pudding cups Individual milk in plastic pouches Soup Oranges Dry milk Canned stew and canned meats Juice boxes Crackers Individual pouches of instant potatoes Tortillas Spices

Personal Toiletries School Supplies Bars of soap, Toilet paper, Deodorant, Shampoo, Pencils, colored pencils, crayons, folders, toothpaste & tooth brushes composition books

Warm Winter Items: Hats, Mittens, Scarves, and socks

Want to keep up with everything happening at ELC?

Join our email list!

You can identify which emails you want to receive to ensure that you get everything you want.

Visit www.twinspires.org/connect to sign-up and update your preferences

Our email lists include:

Main Email List (only used in special circumstances such as cancellation of services)

Devotionals

Weekly Email (comes every Friday with important reminders)

Spires monthly newsletter (have our monthly newsletter delivered right to your inbox)

Weather updates and cancellations (find out when the office is closed or when meetings are cancelled due to weather)

Volunteer Requests and Sign-up sheets (when we need volunteers, you’ll be the first to know!)

Youth Email lists (keep in the know about your child’s experiences)

Sunday School and Vacation Bible School

Confirmation and Middle School

High School Youth

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2014-2015 Church Council Contact Information Please pray for each member of the council as they strive to provide strong and faithful leadership to ELC.

Church Finances As of January 31, 2015

Clergy/AIM Position Tel E-Mail Address

Robert Driver-Bishop Pastor 301-357-4569 driverbishop@hotmail.com

Michael O'Donnell Pastoral Care Coordinator 301-676-1950 michaelod1950@gmail.com

Church Council Position Tel E-Mail

John Grove President 301-639-4584 jgroveterp@comcast.net

Neil Donnelly Vice President (Soc. Ministry) ndonnelly.sgis@comcast.net

Nancy Saltzman Secretary 301-662-9363 nancysaltzman@comcast.net

Rosalind Godin Treasurer 301-663-8709 rgodin@twinspires.org

Matthew Wyant Member (Youth, Property) 410-652-3691 wyant7@live.com

Marie Lagos Member (HR) 240-626-4296 mllagos@comcast.net

Carol Owens Member (Worship & Music) 301-694-9340 cowens1066@comcast.net

Ryan Hahn Member (Hospitality & Outreach) 301-788-0547 Ryan2000dx@comcast.net

Bob Rosato Member (Finance) 301-663-6178 r37935@verizon.net

Joel Fowler Member (Property) 301-845-2629 jbfowler@comcast.net

Mike Dillman Member (Faith Development) 301-620-4078 michaeldillman@comcast.net

Aaron Taylor Member (Stewardship) 615-332-2246 aartaylor@gmail.com

Judy Bergeson Member 847-754-9564 judybergeson@aol.com

Eric Stutzman Youth Member 301-371-7813 stutz1214@gmail.com

Anna Hartman Youth Member 301-865-9006 aphartman@verizon.net

GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET MONTH YEAR TO DATE

BUDGETED $ 98,741.66 $ 1,184,900.00

INCOME $ 74,799.41 $ 74,799.41

EXPENSES $ 86,820.89 $ 86,820.89

INCOME LESS EXPENSE $ (12,021.48) $ (12,021.48)

CHURCH PROJECTS RECEIPTS Includes Sound System $ 6,116.51 $ 98,547.27

Contributions designated for Sound System through 1/31/15 $ 1,574.00

SOCIAL MINISTRY RECEIPTS January $ 1,357.00

Hospice of Frederick Co $ 1,357.00

GENEROSITY CAMPAIGN

Pledged to date $ 654,210.00

Contributions received January $ 2,923.00

Total received as of 1/31/15 $ 417,865.19

Generosity campaign loan payments through 1/31/15 $ 203,009.36

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Weekend Schedule Saturday

6 p.m. Traditional Service of the Word and Holy Communion

Sunday 8 & 11 a.m.

Traditional Services of the Word and Holy Communion

Music: Chamber and Chancel Choirs Evangelical Bells Evangelical Brass

Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Contemporary Service of the Word and Holy Communion

Music: Praise Team Sunday

9:30 a.m. Adult Education:

Men’s Bible Study—Rupp House

A publication by and for the members of Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, MD

Youth Programs September—June

9:30 a.m. Sundays

Sunday School for children in preschool to grade 6 Located in the Schaeffer Center

9:30 a.m. Sundays

Confirmation Classes for students in grades 7-8 (2-year program) Located in the Traver Center

10:30 a.m. Sundays

High School YOUth Fellowship for students in grades 9-12 Located in “the Underground”—Hahn Building Basement

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays

High School YOUth Group (Bible study and fellowship) for students in grades 9-12 Located in “the Underground”—Hahn Building Basement

9:30 a.m. 4th Sunday of

the month

Family Sunday: No Classes All families worship together in the Sanctuary

Evangelical Lutheran Church Physical Address: 31 East Church Street Mailing address: 35 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701 Contact—Phone: 301-663-6361/Fax: 301-663-7747 Website: www.twinspires.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/EvangelicalFrederick

Office hours for visits and calls: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ELC Pastoral Staff

Rev. Dr. Robert Driver-Bishop rdriverbishop@hotmail.com

Dr. Michael O’Donnell Pastoral Care Coordinator

Michaelod1950@gmail.com

Kim Hintzman Seminarian

kkhintzman@yahoo.com

ELC Ministry Staff

Brenda Weiser Director of Music Ministry

Brenda.weiser@comcast.net

Jimi Cupino Assistant Director of

Music Ministry Jim_cupino@comcast.net

Jo Anne Pritchett Director of Wee Folk School

weefolk@twinspires.org

Bob Jacobs Property Coordinator

bjacobs@twinspires.org

Sandy Jacobs Hospitality Coordinator

Charles Clusman Hospitality Manager

ELC Youth Ministry Staff

Meghan Wyant Sunday School Coordinator

mwyant@twinspires.org

Trevor Shell Confirmation and Middle

School Coordinator Trevor.shell@hotmail.com

Pastor Karin Albaugh High School Youth

Coordinator kmalbaugh@gmail.com

Tiffani Moyer Nursery Coordinator

ELC Office Staff

Jennifer Newcomer Communications Coordinator jnewcomer@twinspires.org

Anne Wallis Membership Coordinator awallis@twinspires.org

Catie Quinlan Office Coordinator

cquinlan@twinspires.org

Roz Godin Treasurer

rgodin@twinspires.org

Helen Hahn Wee Folk School Treasurer

helen@twinspires.org

Karen Smith Groundskeeper

Weddings Coordinator kjsmith5573@gmail.com

Join us for Wednesday Nights at ELC

Fellowship meal at 5:30 p.m. in Trunk Hall ($6 suggested donation)

Bible Study and Small Group Classes at 6:30 p.m.

Deadline for the Spring/Summer Programming Guide is March 10, 2015