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FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY AT MESSIAH Messiah’s administrator, Dennis Wohlers, is teaching Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University for us on Tuesday evenings, beginning Tuesday, September 15. Financial Peace University is a biblically grounded process for getting out of debt and becoming financial- ly independent. This class is sponsored by Messiah’s stewardship committee, and you may preview the topics on Dave Ramsey’s website. To sign up for the class, please contact Dennis Wohlers in the church office. Volume LIX, Issue 7 Messiah Messenger Messiah Lutheran Church July, 2015 Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rev. Susanne Smith Youth Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Benz Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hal Morton Choir Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria DeVilbiss Administrator/Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Wohlers Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Toni Landon Facilities . . . . . . . . . . Jerry & Kay Claussen, & Jim Gerst Nursery Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Gerst Preschool Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margie Gerst, Director Aubrey Gerst, Deb Jensen 3rd Year Seminarian/LSTC. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dione Miller 2015 Council Members: John Larson-president, Deb Brinkley-vice-president, Joel Hanger-treasurer, Joanne Mohr-secretary, Joy Shah, Anita Fleming, Christa Ruther, Mark Smith, Kathryn Boyle, Roger Sheagren, Carm McBeth, Dan Wiedemeier, Judy Stewart, Marcia Taeger, Rich Miller Inside this issue: Tidbits and From the Pastor’s Desk. . . . .2 Information from Piecemakers and Merry Munchers Supper Club. . . . . . . . . 3 Preschool News & Congregation Council Motions . . . . . . . . .4 Youth Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Naomi Ford-Wilson Interview . . . . . . . . . 6 “Where Your Churchwide Offering Goes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Scheduled to Serve, Birthdays & Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Staff and Council Members at Messiah Property Committee Report 1. Installed LED lights along driveway and in park- ing lot which are lit dusk to dawn. 2. Installed new LED lights in base of cross and LED lights to light the cross above the roof line which are lit dusk to dawn. 3. Awarded a contract to paint the light poles and repair the ceiling in the baptismal area. 4. Stripe painting completed in parking lot. 5. Tree blown over in parking lot. Work in process to have it removed. 6. Scheduled pipe organ re-leathering of valves. If any member has any repair or improvement ideas, please contact Dennis in the church office. If you want to present any ideas directly to the committee, make arrangements with Dennis. A NOTE FROM LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA Dear Pastor and members, Children once abused find love with a forever family. A refugee woman from Bhutan finds hope through a community garden. A young dad finds new confi- dence in his parenting. When LSI steps into a family’s life, I believe anything is possible . . . all because of you. Thank you for your wonderful gift of $300.00 to LSI! We are so grateful! Already, your gift is hard at work helping Iowans dur- ing their times of greatest need. Thank you for being a person who takes action to bring hope and healing to our world! With gratitude, Jason Lee Vice President of Philanthropy and Church Relations

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FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY AT MESSIAH Messiah’s administrator, Dennis Wohlers, is teaching Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University for us on Tuesday evenings, beginning Tuesday, September 15. Financial Peace University is a biblically grounded process for getting out of debt and becoming financial-ly independent.

This class is sponsored by Messiah’s stewardship committee, and you may preview the topics on Dave Ramsey’s website. To sign up for the class, please contact Dennis Wohlers in the church office.

Volume LIX, Issue 7

Mess iah Mes s enger

Messiah Lutheran Church

July, 2015

Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rev. Susanne Smith Youth Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Benz Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hal Morton Choir Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria DeVilbiss Administrator/Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Wohlers Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Toni Landon Facilities . . . . . . . . . . Jerry & Kay Claussen, & Jim Gerst Nursery Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Gerst Preschool Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margie Gerst, Director Aubrey Gerst, Deb Jensen 3rd Year Seminarian/LSTC. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dione Miller 2015 Council Members: John Larson-president, Deb Brinkley-vice-president, Joel Hanger-treasurer, Joanne Mohr-secretary, Joy Shah, Anita Fleming, Christa Ruther, Mark Smith, Kathryn Boyle, Roger Sheagren, Carm McBeth, Dan Wiedemeier, Judy Stewart, Marcia Taeger, Rich Miller

Inside this issue:

Tidbits and From the Pastor’s Desk. . . . .2

Information from Piecemakers and

Merry Munchers Supper Club. . . . . . . . . 3

Preschool News &

Congregation Council Motions . . . . . . . . .4

Youth Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Naomi Ford-Wilson Interview . . . . . . . . . 6

“Where Your Churchwide

Offering Goes” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Scheduled to Serve,

Birthdays & Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Staff and Council Members at Messiah

Property Committee Report 1. Installed LED lights along driveway and in park-

ing lot which are lit dusk to dawn. 2. Installed new LED lights in base of cross and

LED lights to light the cross above the roof line which are lit dusk to dawn.

3. Awarded a contract to paint the light poles and repair the ceiling in the baptismal area.

4. Stripe painting completed in parking lot. 5. Tree blown over in parking lot. Work in process

to have it removed. 6. Scheduled pipe organ re-leathering of valves.

If any member has any repair or improvement ideas, please contact Dennis in the church office. If you want to present any ideas directly to the committee, make arrangements with Dennis.

A NOTE FROM LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA

Dear Pastor and members,

Children once abused find love with a forever family. A refugee woman from Bhutan finds hope through a community garden. A young dad finds new confi-dence in his parenting.

When LSI steps into a family’s life, I believe anything is possible . . . all because of you.

Thank you for your wonderful gift of $300.00 to LSI! We are so grateful!

Already, your gift is hard at work helping Iowans dur-ing their times of greatest need. Thank you for being a person who takes action to bring hope and healing to our world!

With gratitude,

Jason Lee Vice President of Philanthropy and Church Relations

COMMUNITY AND CARE

SCHOOL KITS July means the beginning of school supply sales. We can get the best bargains at these sales. What do we need for the School Backpacks? 70 page spiral notebooks Ball point pens (no gel ink ones) #2, unsharpened pencils Pencil sharpeners Ruler - 30 centimeters on one side 24-count crayons Blunt scissors We gladly accept monetary donations. Please place them in an envelope marked “School Kits” and put it in the offering plate. Baskets will be placed in the hall later in July for the supplies. On behalf of the children receiving the filled backpacks, a grateful THANK YOU.

The Missions Committee

HOSPICE HOUSE MEALS Join together with others to serve the monthly meal on the second Thursday of each month. For more details, please contact Ruth Gaudian at 754-5956.

TIDBITS . . .

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Worship and celebration

LANDSCAPERS WANT YOU TO MEET THE NEW TREE at the bend in the driveway—Picea Omoria “Berliner’s Weeping ‘or’ Weeper Spruce. Mr. Ben Ber-liner of New York introduced this narrow strict upright selection of Serbian Spruce. The cascading branches turn upward at the terminal. This tree has silvery-blue-green needles and will be 20’ to 30’ at maturity.

SERVICE AND WITNESS

THE SOCIAL MINISTRY COMMITTEE will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, July 7th, at 7:00 p.m. at the church. We would like to invite anyone interested in working with us to attend this meeting. We welcome all ages – teenagers on up – to join us. If you have any suggestions concerning possible future projects or services, attend this meeting and share your ideas with us. Or, call Marjorie Hawk at 752-8009 in the evening to give us your suggestions.

From the Pastor’s desk

One of the compelling, difficult, dimensions of the Christian journey is ‘servant leadership’. Compelling? We are commanded, straight from Jesus’ mouth, to love unselfishly, love the best we can, willing to learn better how to love, willing to love in the face of indifference, even opposition. Difficult? Agape love is sometimes easy, sometimes even irresistibly winsome. And sometimes not. Back to ‘compelling’. Love is who we are and what we do as servant leaders.

Here is a Messiah story: a letter dated April 30, 2015, is pinned to the global missions bulletin board outside the church office, from Bethany Lutheran Schools in Suakoko, Bong County, Liberia. “Dear Miss Miller, We received the money you sent for us, and it was very timing. We extend our immense thanks and gratitude’s for the assistance you have being given us. We highly appreciated it because posts Ebola war in Liberia things are very hard yet for us to collect our broken pieces and put them together. God been in controlled and because of his love and grace he was able to keep us alive to see this day. Many thanks and we wish you God blessing. Sincerely yours, Administration and Staff BLS”.

One of Messiah’s leadership commitments is to contribute about $1000 annually towards the expense of our ELCA missionary companions in Liberia. You will see the signup sheet on our global missions bulletin board across from the church office. Pastor Brian and family spent some of 2014 working in Cameroon, away from the Ebola misery, but he is now back at the Lutheran seminary in Liberia. We get to pray for them, for Bethany schools, for Phebe, and for Naomi Wilson, the Liberian Lutheran church’s representative to many international organizations, and assistant to Bishop Nelson Seyenkulo. And they pray for us, while they are advancing Christian education, healing, and justice in their own culture and country. Our mission bulletin board also has brochures that invite YOU to volunteer in global mission with the ELCA. Go take a look!

Servant leaders lean into the future, anticipating a future under Jesus’ leadership, certain it will be different from the past. Servant leaders pray for insight into how the kingdom of heaven will be revealed in new ways and work towards that vision. Servant leaders learn to laugh about making mistakes and having to straighten themselves out, one more time, and get back on track. But they move ahead. Messiah is moving ahead, collaborating with other congregations, stewarding our resources and creating a vision for the next generation of Christians in this place. Are we all in?

Pastor Susanne+

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Piecemakers

(Outreach Committee → Missions → Piecemakers) The Piecemakers is a group of women from Messiah and Faith (men are welcome, too) interested in helping people throughout the world by making simple quilts and donating them to Lutheran World Relief. Some-times, a few may be donated for local needs.

The quilts are made from materials that have been largely donated, then machine stitched and hand tied. Sewing skills are not required. Volunteers are needed to tie the quilt layers and others can assist in laying out the blocks for the top layer.

There are two groups that meet at different times. One group meets from 9 a.m.—12 noon on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday the months of September-May. An evening group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7 p.m. for an hour and a half to 2 hours. There are also some women who make the tops at home from fabrics of their own choice or from kits assembled for sewing.

Quilts are transported to Cedar Rapids the 3rd Saturday of April and 2 vehicles and drivers are needed to make this delivery.

For more information, please call Joanne Mohr (752-2849), Marjorie Hawk (752-8009), or Lisa Weiler (759-9247).

Our goal is to finish about 100 quilts a year. Many of our youth have helped as part of their service projects. We welcome others that want to help in our mission. Friends who are not members of Messiah or Faith may join us as well.

Messiah Merry Munchers Supper Club

(Parish Life Committee) The Messiah Merry Munchers is a supper club of Messiah members who gather for good food and enjoya-ble fellowship. This group meets monthly at a restaurant—in Burlington or in the region—determined by the members at the previous monthly gathering. The person or couple in charge for the month changes each time. For further information about getting a supper club organized, please contact the Parish Life chair. Present-ly, that person is Joanne Mohr at 752-2849.

COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS— June 15, 2015

NOTE: Due to length of reports only highlights are provided here. A copy of full reports and minutes of council meetings are available in the office for review.

ACTION ITEMS: MOTION To approve increasing Hal Morton’s salary to $1100 per month at the end of his 90-day probation-ary period. (Personnel Committee recommendation.) MSC MOTION To approve $2,500 as per request from Social Ministry from the Enburg Trust. (Endowment Com-mittee recommendation) MSC MOTION To approve moving $1,008 from the general trust to Scholarship trust to make possible a gift of $500 for each of the 5 applicants for the 2015-2016 school year. (Endowment Committee recommendation) MSC MOTION To approve moving the final amount of the Scholarship bequest from the Wayne Johnson bequest to Dione Miller at LSTC. (Endowment Committee recommendation) MSC MOTION To approve giving $2000 to the Messiah Preschool Board for marketing expenses for the 2015-2016 school year. (Endowment Committee recommendation) MSC MOTION To approve spending up to $1,000 to replace the computer for the youth director. (Endowment Committee recommendation) MSC MOTION To approve funds from memorials of Dudley Korf, $1950; Doris Petersen, $740; and Richard Mauer, $250; to be used for expenses of Gloria DeVilbiss and Hal Morton to attend the national ALCM conference in Atlanta, GA in July 2015. MSC

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Children Ages - 3, 4 & 5 - Certified Teachers

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Serving the community for over 50 years.

319-754-7591 ext.2 • 2411 West Ave., Burlington, Iowa 52601

Greetings from the children’s wing. Yes, we have a few openings in our 3 and 4 year-old ses-

sions. Call Ms. Margie (our Director) at 754-7591 ext. 2. If I am not available, leave me a

message with your phone number, name, address, and the class you are interested in. I will

return your call and answer any questions you may have. I would like to invite you to renew or

lend your support for Messiah Preschool students by donating to the Scholarship/Tuition Fund.

This helps with tuition assistance to our church family members. Several families still wish to

have their children attend a private Christian preschool setting rather than attend the public

school programs at this age. The opportunities we offer the children give them a jump start

throughout their educational journey in a nurturing setting. These experiences are develop-

mentally appropriate and balanced between structure and free choice. Other items that you

could donate to the preschool would be gift cards from Walmart, Staples, Walgreens, Fairway

or Hy-Vee. Also, we can always use craft or art materials. We continue to still collect Camp-

bells soups labels or product labels and proof of purchases. Every donation helps in great

ways. Have a safe and relaxing summer!! Thank you for your continued support and prayers.

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July Youth News

The road to Detroit began over 2 years ago with youth hearing stories from those who participated in the ELCA National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in 2012. This new group of high school students began thinking about what an experience like attending a National Youth Gathering would look like for them and how it would impact their faith journey. They spent time learning about this opportunity and decided to sign up to show up in Detroit in July 2015.

They have been selling script cards, putting on brunches, selling community basket tickets, hosting a silent auction, having bake sales, and a car wash to help them raise money to attend. These youth have spent hours in community together learning about the city of Detroit, what it means to be a disciple, how we will impact Detroit when we arrive to accompany this city for 5 days with 36,000 of our closest Lutheran friends, and about the Gospel of Mark which our Gathering theme comes from.

On behalf of the youth attending this trip I would like to thank you for your support of our young people. I would like to ask that you continue to pray for us and for the people of Detroit especially during the 2015 ELCA National Youth Gathering July 15-19. You can also follow us and watch live streaming of the mass gatherings. For more information, please visit www.elca.org/gathering.

Blessings,

Kelly

Upcoming Programing

August

16th-Blessing of the backpacks

19th-Last Blast before school starts event for K-5th

September

13th-First day of Sunday School/ Rally Day and visit

from Anne Williams Practice Discipleship Synod

trainer

The Church in Liberia took up the fight

The international community reacted only when the Liberians were about to fall on their knees due to Ebola. The country's Lutheran church played an important role in the fight against the disease, but had to pay a high price.

At first it was difficult to convince both Liberians and the international community about the seriousness, says Naomi Ford-Wilson, general secretary of the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL). But the Church was convinced and quickly alerted the ACT Alliance’s Office in Geneva.

In the early months, the number of cases constantly increased, and also LCL's hospitals were hit early by the epidemic. In one of them four nurses died.

The Church got the strength to forcefully say, "this is an epidemic, this is not an imagination" and the Church took lead role in fighting the Ebola. But the international community acted too slowly and became active only when our president sent out a cry for help "we are dying", says Naomi Ford-Wilson, general secretary of the LCL.

To reduce the spread of infection people was not allowed to move freely in the society. Religious organiza-tions and leaders had a special opportunity to reach out to the population. They could take up people's fear, talk about the stigma and the discrimination which arose as a result of the Ebola. Naomi Ford-Wilson ex-plains how the LCL bishop used the Church as a network to reach out into the country.

During the Ebola epidemic the Church of Sweden supported the work of LCL that included dissemination of information about Ebola, how it is transmitted and how to protect yourselves against it. The result of the work changed among other things the traditional funeral rituals - an important source of contamination. They provided protective clothing for those who were in contact with the sick and dying people, and provided victuals and cleaning detergents to families – Ebola shattered families and visit to market places became a dangerous thing to do.

Children in Liberia reminded the adults: "You must wash your hands so you do not get sick". They as well took part in the fight against Ebola, says Naomi Ford-Wilson.

It is almost four weeks ago that the WHO officially declared Liberia free from Ebola, and people celebrated. We are pleased, but we are not one hundred percent happy until our neighbors, Guinea and Sierra Leone

are also free from the infection, says Naomi Ford-Wilson.

After the epidemic the Church of Sweden continues to support LCL’s work that include trauma healing, practi-cal support to people who for example are trying to build up small businesses and orphans who need care and education. But Ebola has hit the country hard.

Many educated Liberians left the country during the civil war. They started to come back, but when Ebola broke out it stopped of course. We as well lost too many doctors who died of Ebola. So we are back to square one, says Naomi Ford-Wilson.

FACTS

LIBERIA

Liberia has 4.4 million inhabitants. 85 percent are Christian, 12 percent Muslim.

Ebola is a viral disease with a mortality rate of 65-90 percent. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have been hardest hit. In Liberia declared some 10,000 people have been infected and more than 4500 have died from March 2014 until the country was declared Ebola free in early May this year.

The Lutheran Church in Liberia has 70,000 members. The Church runs among others two hospitals that had an important role in the fight against Ebola.

Last year the Church of Sweden collected around 2.4 million crowns to the Ebolawork.

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Naomi Ford-Wilson interview regarding Ebola

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Scheduled to Serve in July

8:00 SERVICE Communion Assistant: July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Taeger July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carm McBeth July 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Demijan July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marge Classen Lector: July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Taeger July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carm McBeth July 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Demijan July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marge Classen

10:30 SERVICE Ushers: Bob Kremer (head usher), John Larson,

Joanne Mohr, John & Kay Wischmeier Refreshments: July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lorna Miller Greeters: July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Kulp July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Kulp Communion Assistant: July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Brinkley July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Wiedemeier July 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rich Miller July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Weissenbuehler Lector: July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judith Stewart July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Larson July 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judith Stewart July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Wiedemeier Acolyte: July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elle Jones July 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Carruthers July 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Leibli July 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hunter Vargason Altar Guild: Judith Stewart & Don Shackleford

JULY BIRTHDAYS 1 Barb Blom 2 Cathy Borden 2 Janice Godfrey 2 Alyssa Ruther 3 Eric Benne 3 Alaina Brown 3 Savannah Kerr 3 Richard Schoof 4 Don Fedler 4 Joanne Mohr 4 Owen Renard 6 Matthew Dieterich 7 Stephen Zager 8 Alicia Shaffer 9 Judith Haar 10 Alan Borden 10 Greg Oriano 10 Judith Stewart 11 Jimmy Gerst 11 Mary Ann Werner 13 Bruce Slagle 14 Ally Ruther 17 Richard Bailey 17 Daniel Myatt 17 Maxine Ruther 17 William Ruther 18 Carm McBeth 18 Caden Ruther 18 Cristy Schmidt 19 Ella Schoof 19 Hunter Vargason 20 Schuyler Brinkley 20 Ashley Hester 20 Jeremy Robinson 23 Marcia Bruns 23 Roger Hattegerg 24 Sally Dietrick 25 Danielle Rappenecker 26 Kay Claussen 27 Anita Fleming 27 Dalton Plumb 28 Crys Ruther 29 Kent Lewis 29 Ashley Rung 30 Robert Hiller 31 Robert Schoof

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

1 Jennifer and Brian Martinez - 2000 11 Tom and Lorna Miller - 1982 12 Anita and Robert Fleming - 2002 12 Jill and Allen Fuqua - 1975 12 Wayne and Colleen Heibner - 1969 13 Ralph and Mary Jo Andersen - 1985 13 Bruce and Cheryl Slagle - 1985 21 Kathryn and Corey Graupman - 2007 25 Randall and Susan Simmons - 1975 27 Aaron and Kelly Augustine - 2002 31 Robert and Kay Kremer - 1960

*Let the office know if we have missed your birthday or anniversary. If you prefer not to have your name included in the birthday and anniversary lists, please let us know.

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Mission Statement

Welcoming all people to share in God’s bless-ings by strengthening our commitment to God through prayer, fellowship and service.

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Sunday Mornings Worship in the Shelter House 8:00 a.m. Adult Bible Study 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. 3rd Wednesday Supper 6:00 p.m. 3rd Wednesday Holden Evening Prayer & Communion 7:00 p.m.

JULY 2015

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CHURCH

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New this month - July 1st-9:00a-Jr./Sr. High Summer Trip to Sky Zone Trampoline Park, Cedar Rapids Each Sunday in the library at 9:15 a.m.-Adult Bible study: the gospel for the day National Youth Gathering in Detroit, July 15-19