The Immanuel Chimes JULY 2014

SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE

SUNDAY AT 9:30AM

WEDNESDAY AT 7:00PM

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IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH A Mission of the North American

Lutheran Church 5955 South Elm Avenue

Fresno, (Easton) California 93706 Church (559) 237-7909

Email: immanueleaston@sbcglobal.net Email Pastor: revmadsen@gmail.com

Welcome to Stephen Borba as our new Director of Youth and Family Ministries

AARP Classes July 16-17 Semi-Annual Meeting July 20th

All Church Potluck following the Semi-Annual Meeting on July 20th

to welcome the Borba Family Family Camp July 23-27

Pastor’s Page

“God bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her,

and guide her through the night with a light from

above.”

God Bless America, that great patriotic tune, was originally composed by

the great Irving Berlin in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at Camp

Upton in Yaphank, New York. The lyrics to the song took several chang-

es in its first couple of decades of existence, most notably, it was original-

ly written as a victory song which included the lyrics, “Make her victori-

ous on land and foam...” as well as, “Stand beside her and guide her, to the

right with a light from above.”

When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1938, Irving Berlin – who was

a first-generation European immigrant and Jewish-American (born Israel

Baline) – re-worked the song into what he felt was a much needed peace

song. The lines, “Make her victorious on land and foam” was taken out

and the line “to the right” was replaced with the line, “through the night”

so as not to be taken as a political suggestive – though politics was not

what he had in mind with that line. Furthermore, Berlin added that beauti-

ful, not quite as well known introductory line which was the final piece in

completely transforming the piece from a song of victory to a song of

prayer, “While the storm clouds gather/ far across the sea/ let us swear al-

legiance/ to a land that’s free,/ let us all be grateful/ for a land so fair/ as

we raise our voices/ in a solemn prayer.”

This updated version of God Bless America made its first public appear-

ance on Armistice Day (today better known as Veteran’s Day) 1938. The

song was such a big hit and became so popular that it even made a bid at

replacing The Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem.

Throughout the generations, God has indeed blessed our fair country. He

has raised up many a selfless men and women to defend not only the free-

doms we enjoy in our own country but to defend those same, ‘self-evident’

freedoms so that others may enjoy them in their countries as well. He has

raised up many a godly people to fear and love Him, to teach His holy

word to their children and their children’s children. He has made us a gen-

erous nation always ready to reach out and help our neighbors – both for-

eign and domestic – in times of great need.

Throughout the course of Holy Scripture, we see God’s faithfulness in an-

Pastor: Rev. Kris Madsen Director of Youth & Family Ministry: Stephen Borba President: Jon Marthedal Vice President: Mark Salwasser Council Secretary: Nancy Newsom Financial Secretary: Pat Griffin Treasurer: Donna Geidner Trustees: Rich Cisneros, Jim Hansen, Karl Nielsen, Deacons: Fred Cogan, Ericka Gardner, Tom Howell, Barbara Petersen, Tim Pilegard, Andrew Severin, Sunday School Superintendent: Kristi Hollenbeck Lay Visitation Pastor: Darel Mehrten Women’s Ministry President: Sandy Marthedal Office Secretary/Chimes Editor: Victoria Salwasser

swering prayer and indeed He has answered this prayer prayed countless

times by multiple generations of Americans. May we never forget the

source from whom all our blessings come, and may we always be humble

to receive them. Happy 4th of July and may God ever continue to bless

“our home sweet home.”

Your partner in ministry,

Pastor Kris

Easton Y’s Men Sell Fireworks

To Send Kids To Camp!

There is a wonderful campsite owned by the

YMCA in the Sequoia National Forrest. Children

and adults have enjoyed the facility for many

years. It is a non-profit campground supported by

groups like the Easton Y’s Men. They hold fund

raisers and work days and keep the campground

clean and functional for our children to enjoy the

benefits of the beauty of nature.

They raise funds for camp scholarships by selling fireworks every year.

Please remember their fund raiser this year starting on July 1st. Their

stand is across the street for Immanuel in the park. They sell beautiful fire-

works!!!

Immanuel is

happy to

introduce:

Stephen

Borba as the

new Director of

Youth and

Family

Ministry.

Immanuel Ministry & Staff

Women’s Ministries

All women are invited to our summer salad potluck on Thursday July

31st at 6:30 P.M. in the social hall. Come and cool off and enjoy great

food and fellowship around the table. Marcia Hollenbeck will lead us in

a Bible study on Mary’s song of praise after supper. Our August gather-

ing will take place on Thursday August 28th and will be led by Betty

Moore.

Don’t forget!!! July 1st is the deadline for registration for the fall retreat

being held September 26-28 at St. Anthony’s Retreat Center in Three

Rivers. News anchorwoman Liz Harrison is the guest speaker. Registra-

tion forms are available in the church entry. A deposit of $95 is due with

the registration with the balance due at the time of retreat. St. Anthony’s

is a peaceful place to rest, relax, and be refreshed. Glenn Nielsen contin-

ues to collect aluminum cans for our scholarship fund. Please contact

him if you have cans to contribute.

The Thursday morning weekly Bible study continues to meet during the

summer. The group is beginning a new book Having a Mary Spirit: Al-

lowing God to Change us From the Inside Out this month. If you are in

need of a soul-deep makeover, author Joanna Weaver will lead you on a

spiritual journey that will help you begin the process of deepening your

relationship with Christ. Her down-to-earth style is easy to read and yet

challenging. The group meets in the church library at 10:00 A.M. on

Thursdays.

Family Camp

Immanuel campers are heading out this month.

There is plenty of room, pack up and go camping!

The campsite is available on Wednesday July 23 and

we check out on Sunday July 27th at Loggers Flat

Group Campground in the Sequoia National Forrest. Please sign up on

the bulletin board in the church entryway if you are planning on at-

tending so that we know when to expect you. Everyone is welcome,

it’ s not too late and it is a wonderful way to build friendships. If you

would like more information about the campsite log on to the website at:

www.recreation.gov and search for Logger Flat Group Sequoia National

Forrest. It’s always tricky to reserve the space for the fol-

lowing year. If you are interested in helping with that task

please call Victoria in the church office at 237-7909.

Bethel Lutheran Home

Bethel Lutheran Home is a multi-level intimate community of peo-

ple who come from many walks of life, bringing a richness of di-

verse experiences to our facilities. Here, residents escape the respon-

sibilities, maintenance and expenses that come with home owner-

ship. Instead, they enjoy an exciting, worry-free lifestyle, and afford-

able package of services and amenities.

At Bethel Lutheran Home, you’ll discover a warm, friendly and

comfortable environment where tradition, faith and value unite.

Rooted in Christian, faith based traditions and values, our lifestyle -

and the services we offer - empowers our residents to have their

needs met, without sacrificing the feeling of independence or the

comforts of home.

Our scenic, rural campus has offerings seniors need to enjoy lifelong

happiness, comfort and care: maintenance-free independent living,

supportive assisted living and skilled nursing care.

Where Tradition, Faith &

Value Unite!

Bethel Lutheran Home

2280 Dockery Ave.,

Selma, CA 93662

559-896-4900 or 559-

896-2452 fax

Senior Independent

Living at The Village

Our campus also offers

Assisted

Living and Skilled

Nursing Care

SNF Lic. No. 040000077

RCFE Lic. No.

100400043

July 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 8:30-Noon Food Distribution Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

2 6:30PM Conversa-tion Circles 7PM Worship Service Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

3 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study Easton Y’s Men

4 Independece Day Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

5

6 9:30AM Worship 10:30AM Fellowship

7

8 9 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

10 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study

11 12 Social Hall Reserved

13 9:30AM Worship Allred Baptism 10:30AM Fellowship

14 7:00PM NA in social hall

15 Deadline for Grizzly Game Sign-ups 7:00PM Church Coun-cil Meeting

16 Chimes Deadline 9:00AM-1:00PM AARP Driver Safety Course in social hall 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship

17 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study

No Women’s Bible Study 9:00AM-1:00PM AARP Driver Safety Course in social hall

18 19

20 9:30AM Worship Tarlton Baptism 10:30AM Fellowship 10:45AM Brief Semi-Annual Meeting & all Church Potluck to wel-come Stephen Borba

21 NewLife Church vbs 6:00-8:40pm 7:00PM NA in social hall

22 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

23 Family Camp 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

24 Family Camp 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study No Women’s Bible Study 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

25 Family Camp 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

26 Family Camp

27 Family Camp 9:30AM Worship 10:30AM Fellowship

28 7:00PM NA in social hall

29 30 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

31

August 1st

July 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 8:30-Noon Food Distribution Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

2 6:30PM Conversa-tion Circles 7PM Worship Service Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

3 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study Easton Y’s Men

4 Independece Day Easton Y’s Men Selling fireworks

5

6 9:30AM Worship 10:30AM Fellowship

7

8 9 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

10 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study

11 12 Social Hall Reserved

13 9:30AM Worship Allred Baptism 10:30AM Fellowship

14 7:00PM NA in social hall

15 Deadline for Grizzly Game Sign-ups 7:00PM Church Coun-cil Meeting

16 Chimes Deadline 9:00AM-1:00PM AARP Driver Safety Course in social hall 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship

17 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study

No Women’s Bible Study 9:00AM-1:00PM AARP Driver Safety Course in social hall

18 19

20 9:30AM Worship Tarlton Baptism 10:30AM Fellowship 10:45AM Brief Semi-Annual Meeting & all Church Potluck to wel-come Stephen Borba

21 NewLife Church vbs 6:00-8:40pm 7:00PM NA in social hall

22 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

23 Family Camp 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

24 Family Camp 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study No Women’s Bible Study 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

25 Family Camp 6:00-8:40pm NewLife Church vbs

26 Family Camp

27 Family Camp 9:30AM Worship 10:30AM Fellowship

28 7:00PM NA in social hall

29 30 6:30PM Conversation Circles 7PM Worship Service

31

August 1st

Immanuel is going to a Grizzlies Game! Friday, Au-

gust 1st. Sign up on the bulletin board in the church

entryway ASAP! Tickets are $11.00 each and you

get a voucher for another Grizzly game, it’s like a 2

for 1. Make checks payable to Immanuel by Juuly

15th memo: Grizzly Game.

News Notes

Birthday blessings to OLGA HANSEN on her 88th birthday July 8th; to

LOIS PETERSEN on her 90th birthday, July 15th; to MARILYN IVERSEN

on her 82nd birthday July 15th; to CARL JENSEN on his 86th birthday, July

16th; to GLENN NIELSEN on his 80th birthday, July 18th; to ARTHUR

OLESEN on his 96th birthday July 30th.

Happy Anniversary to GLENN & MARILYN NIELSEN on their 57th anni-

versary July 20th.

Congratulations to JOEL & CATHLEEN DEMANT on the birth of their baby

son, DANE GEORGE, on June 19th. Dane weighed 7'- 6 oz. & was 19.5"

long. The proud and happy grandparents are Pastor Paul & Linda De-

mant. The happy great-grandparents are George & Elna Demant all from For-

tuna.

June wedding bells are ringing! Congratulations to JONATHAN JENSEN &

HEATHER GREGORY on their marriage, June 7th, at Trinity Community

Church in Clovis. Jonathan is the son of John & Cindy Jensen & grandson of

Carl & Betty Jensen.

Congratulations to TERRA MARIE FLEETING & AARON RAY HAR-

DING on their marriage at Immanuel on June 21st. Terra is the great niece of

Diane Mehrten.

Congratulations to KURT WOLFE & LAURA VOELKEL on their marriage

June 28th at Immanuel.

Congratulations to MITCH TIGCHELAAR on receiving his Bachelors degree

in Math, from Fresno Pacific University.

MARIE JOHANSEN’S family has a lot to celebrate in 2014. Kevin and Deb-

bie Johansen and Sharon and John Reynolds celebrated their 25th wedding

anniversaries in February and April. Twenty-eight immediate family mem-

bers honored them at a dinner on May 18th at the Ramada Inn. Dinner was

hosted by Marie Johansen. Other milestones this year, Sharon and John have

a grandson and granddaughter who each turned 18 and graduated from high

school. Brandon Johansen turns 21 in July and Aaron was 30 in April and

Meghan will be 30 in September. The celebration at the Ramada Inn was fun

and the food was delicious and everyone had a good time but the three two

year olds, Kendal, Micah and Mckenzie, stole the show.

Thank You

Thank you for all of your prayers, I am on the road to recovery which

will be a long slow process. I prefer speedy.

Thanks again

Juanita Pasma

We at Lord of Life Lutheran want very much to thank you and mem-

bers of your congregation for supporting our Restore Garage Sale on

May 17th. Your participation was especially meaningful to us and to

Habitat for Humanity. It’s wonderful to see the Central Valley Lu-

theran congregations come together for such a worthy cause. Togeth-

er you donated a total of $6150 worth of merchandise which we used

to generate $3283 in sales. The remainder was turned over to Habitat

for them to sell in the future. When combined with the grant from

Thrivent we estimate that we will contribute a total of $4604 to Habi-

tat for Humanity and their efforts to provide housing for needy fami-

lies in our county. The next Habitat building project is scheduled for

Orange Cove. Congratulations and THANK YOU!!!”

The following congregations contributed: Lord of Life, Trinity, Im-

manuel in Easton, St Paul in Selma, Christ in Reedley, Concordia,

Bethel, and Our Savior.

Sympathy Love and Prayers

SYMPATHY, LOVE AND PRAYERS to the family of MELVIN

BISGAARD. Melvin passed away June 13th at the age of 85. He

was born in Easton on March 8, 1929, to Jens & Lillian Bisgaard. He

graduated from Washington Union High School and worked for Sears

for 45 years. Melvin served in the U.S.Army in the Korean War,

where he was wounded and sent home. Melvin, his six siblings and

parents were all former members of Immanuel. He was preceded in

death by his parents; two brothers, Thor & Kenneth; sister, Edith; and

daughter, Karen. Melvin is survived by Elaine, his wife, of 62 years;

daughter, Kathleen; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;

sister, Dorothy; and two brothers, Arthur & Donald. Graveside Ser-

vice was held at Washington Colony Cemetery followed by a Memo-

rial Service at Immanuel Lutheran Church June 19th.

AARP Driver Safety Course

A unique driver refresher course for drivers aged 50 and over is being of-

fered at Immanuel Lutheran Church on July 16 & 17, 2014 from 9:00AM-

1:00PM. (Both days are required). Younger family members are allowed

to take the course with you, if they also sign up.

CA law requires car insurance companies to give a discount to each driver

age 55 or over who completes this course and has a clean driving record.

(Some insurance companies start the discount at age 50) The completion

certificate and discount lasts for three years.

The course takes 8 hours of classroom instruction, in two days. The cost is

twenty dollars ($20) per person ($15 for AARP members). The class in-

cludes all course materials (bring your driver’s license, checkbook, AARP

membership number, and a writing pen).

To reserve a seat in class, sign up on the bulletin board in the church entry-

way or call the church office at 237-7909. The first twenty five people to

sign up and pay for the class will be admitted. The checks should be made

payable to AARP. If paying by cash place the money into an envelope

with your name on it.

Lord Hear our Prayers

Lord, please pray for our members and family members serving in the

military...Austin Ackel, Tony Baker, Joey Brewer, Manuel Contreras, Mi-

chael Hansen, Zachary Jensen, Cody Kagy, Leah & Scott Linger, Zachary

Macias, and Matthew Tigchelaar

Lord pray for those in careers of Mission Work… for Taylor Ewing, our

member in Missionary preparations with Overland Missions. Continued

prayers lifted for Jan Kersgaard our retired missionary from Tank, Paki-

stan.

Lord, pray for those unable to travel about… Lucille Abbott, Elsie Hoff,

Olga Hansen and Helen Mackersie.

Lord, hear our prayer for healing: Karlen Graham, Virginia Harker,

Jacob Jackson, Alex Kloety, Phil & Joan Laird, Neil Marthedal, Juanita

Pasma, Jacob Rodriquez, Gordon Tigchelaar, Gale Young and the family

of Pastor Al Barnes.

In Celebration of our Members’:

July

:

Birthdays 2 - Ray Cameron

3-Betty Moore

5-Kay Jensen

7-Michael Hansen

Mike Moser

8-Seth Demant

Olga Hansen

9- Susie Johnson

10-Lance Petersen

Robert Hollenbeck

13-Flora Laughlin

-Aiden Gant

14-Chelsie Rosado

15-Lois Petersen

Leah Linger

Maybelle Metzler

Marilyn Iversen

16-Carl Jensen

18-Glenn Nielsen

19-Taylor Ewing

20-Nancy Newsom

23-Shane Johnson

25-Joseph E. Perez

26-Beth Dickey

Gail Dickey

Cynthia Atondo

Bobby Bell

28-Mark Peterson

Sandi Peterson

Chris Pettitt

Allison Orum

30-Donna Geidner

Cindy Jensen

Art Olesen

31-Donald Cathey

-Hilary Gardner

Wedding Anniversaries 3-Pastor Kris & Jenn Madsen (5)

9-Dale & Donna Ewing (26)

14-Mike & Cindy Wood (30)

17-Lance & Barbara Petersen (43)

Phil & Susie Tews (37)

20-Glenn & Marilyn Nielsen (57)

Mark & Sandi Peterson (29)

24-Mike & Carol Bennetts (38)

27-Mike & Laura Nielsen (29)

30-Doug & Lynette Hecker (20)

Baptismal Birthdays 4-Kelly Jensen

5-Nick Bennetts

8-Gail Hansen

-Pat Griffin

11-Kathi Mehrten

12-Marie Tigchelaar-Wise

Matthew Tigchelaar

Mitchell Tigchelaar

13-Linda Gutierrez

20-Abigail Ellingson

27-Elijah Cisneros

30-Lance Petersen

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