STURGEON BAY MORAVIAN CHURCH 323 SOUTH 5TH AVENUE, STURGEON BAY, WI 54235 920.743.6218 SBMC@SBMORAVIAN.ORG

March, 2016

“WE ARE THE CHURCH TOGETHER”

2016 CONGREGATIONAL WATCHWORD:

[God] has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant. II Corinthians 3:6

HOLY WEEK READINGS—March 21, 22 and 23—6:30 pm

WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

10:30 am March 6 Communion March 13 Regular Worship Service March 20 Palm Sunday

Join us as we read the “Readings for Holy Week” as published by the Moravian Church in America. The read-ings cover the events of Holy Week from all four gospels and combines them into one comprehensive narrative. It presents a reading for each day of the week which follows Jesus and his disciples actions for that day. Monday through Friday events are covered in the three day readings, followed by Maundy Thursday/Communion (Sturgeon Bay) on March 24 and Good Friday/Tenebrae (Shiloh) on March 25 (6:30 pm).

The events of Sunday are read during the Sunrise/Easter Service at Shiloh (6:00 am).

6:30 pm March 21, 22, 23 Holy Week Readings March 24 Maundy Thursday/Communion March 25 Good Friday/Tenebrae—Shiloh

Easter—March 27 6:00 am Sunrise Service—Shiloh 9:00 am Easter Breakfast 9:30 am Sunday School Candy Hunt 10:30 am Worship—Sturgeon Bay

HOLY WEEK / EASTER

LILIES FOR EASTER

Orders are being accepted for the purchase of lilies for Easter. The cost is $14.00 and can be acknowledged as a memorial or in honor of someone. The plant is yours to keep fol-lowing the 10:30 Easter morning service. You can order on line or download a form from our website at www.sbmoravian.org or obtain a hard copy form from the display areas, in the Narthex and by Coffee Hus.

◊ Candy for Easter Hunt. We are requesting individually wrapped candy for our annual Sunday school Easter candy hunt. Bring your donation to the church office before March 24.

◊ Flowers on Easter Sunday to create our “Living” cross. On Easter Sunday our cross will be covered with evergreens and awaiting your arrival and floral contribution to bring it to life. When you arrive at church just come forward and place your gift(s) upon the cross.

REQUESTS

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CALENDAR

CEC Meeting 03/01 6:30 pm

Stewardship Committee 03/03 8:30 am

Budget & Finance 03/14 12:00 pm

Board of Elders’ 03/14 6:30 pm

Board of Trustees ‘ 03/21 7:30 pm

IN THE LIFE OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY

Births: On January 30, Ava Grace Burris, daughter of Sam and Alicia Burris. Ava’s grandparents are Robert and Martha Burris and Russell and Eileen Lenius. On February 10, Dylen Dean Fuller, daughter of Jason and Alexis Fuller. Dylen’s grandparents are Dale and Roberta Fuller and Bill and Marilyn Beachler.

Baptism: On February 14 of Maxwell Thomas DeGuelle, son of Kevin and Nicole DeGuelle. Maxwell was born on December 12, 2015 in Green Bay. His grandparents are Theresa and Maynard DeGuelle and Phil and the late Majel (Pinney) Henrickson. Great-grandparents Thomas and Myra Pinney. His sponsors are Laura and Corey DeGuelle.

Our loving sympathy and support to: The family and friends of James Neuville who died on February 22. Jim’s memorial service will be held, here at the church, at 4:00 pm on February 28 with Rev. Dr. Matthew R. Knapp, Sr. and Rev. Reeder Herrick officiat-ing. Visitation is from 3:00 until the time of service.

MEETINGS • Wed. Night Youth: Lambs & Rams 4:30-5:30;

Discipleship Choir 5:30-5:50; Nazarite Choir 6:15-6:40; Sister’s Chorus 6:40-7:00; Nazarites 7-8:00; Sr. High Bible Study 7:00-7:30; Sr. High 7:30-9:00

• Discipleship Class: Wednesday 5:30-7:00 pm

• Sunday School: 9:00 am • Loaves & Fishes Meal: 1st, 3rd & 4th Fr iday,

5:30-7:00 pm at NWTC.

• Quilting Group: 2nd Thursday, 9:00 am • Bible Studies: Women’s Monday Morning Study,

8:00 am; Men’s Tuesday Study, 7:30 am; Thursday Adult Study, 9:30 am; Sunday Adult Study 9:10 am

• Honor Circle: 2nd Tuesday, 9:30 am—church fellowship room. Note time change for March.

• Faith Circle: 2nd Tuesday, 1:30 pm at Pine Crest

• Coffee Hus: Sunday, 9:00 am

YOUTH CHOIR SCHEDULE

Nazarite and Sisters Choirs will not be rehearsing through March 30. Rehearsals will resume on April 6 during their regular Wednesday rehearsal times. Mark your calendars for the performances below: Worship 10:30 am: March 20—Palm Sunday “Hosanna” All Choirs May 8—Music Sunday All Choirs

Office will be closed:

Friday March 25

Monday March 28

HOLIDAY OFFICE SCHEDULE

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OUR 2016 BOARD MEMBERS

Board of Elders: Steve Heroux, Chris Neuville, Karen Reichard, Peggy Seizer, Brian Stephens, Sharon Sullivan and Jim Tellstrom. Board of Trustees: Russ Austad, Paul Feit, Ray Kazenske, Christine Peterson, Katie Rock, Rick Seiler and Brad Shortreed.

ANNUAL CHURCH RETREAT—April 22-24

Register from our website home page-www.sbmoravian.org; you may register and pay on line or download a form. Hard copy forms can also be found in the display racks in the narthex and by coffee hus. Black Oak is full, howev-er we still have room in Sandhill.

YOUTH CAMPING PROGRAMS

⇒ Register on the Western District Website—www.wdcamping.com (available soon.) Send to Western District.

⇒ Complete the SBMC Scholarship/Transportation Request and submit to Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church. **Important Note: The Western District will no longer provide us with a list of individuals who are signed up for camp. In order to get the $50.00 Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church scholarship and be eligible for pos-sible transportation you will be required to complete the “SBMC Camp Scholarship and Transportation Re-quest” form. You may access this form (in either a pdf format or interactive form) from our website home page—www.sbmoravian.org or in the display racks in the narthex and by coffee hus. Camp Dates Junior Camp (Completed Grades 3, 4 or 5) June 27—July 1 Chetek (Completed Grades 9 thru Age 21) July 17—23 Winmor (Completed Grades 5, 6, 7 or 8) July 24-30 Bā6 (Completed Grades 3, 4 or 5) August 14-18 4M (Completed Grades 1 or 2) June 22-24

ANNUAL REPORT

Copies of the 2015 Annual Report to the Province are available for pick up in the church office.

YOUTH—MISSION (Jr. High Youth Mission Trip Opportunity)

We are planning a three day trip to the Urban Immersion Learning and Service Center in Minneapolis this summer. It will be open to students currently in 7th or 8th grade. This will be a three day trip involving service work in Minneapolis and classes at the center about urban problems. It takes place in a safe and ordered environment and has proven to be good preparation for our high school trips to New York and Jamaica.

We are currently coordinating a trip from July 31 to August 3. Look for more information in future newsletters, in the bulletin, on line, and at youth events. If you have a student who might be interested in this opportunity please contact the church office.

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SEMINARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Below you will find an update from James Heroux about his progress at Moravian Theological Seminary. I would like to remind everyone that we have activated the Seminary Scholarship Fund so that we can help support his studies. For example his book list, just for this semester, is 20 books that he needs to purchase. Please con-sider making a donation to the Seminary Scholarship Fund so we can help James. Above all keep him in your prayers as he responds to God’s call to serve the church. Rev. Knapp

THANK YOU WASEDA FARMS

Waseda Farms “You Buy We Give Campaign” – Our gratitude to Waseda Farms and everyone who participated in the January ground beef campaign. “How many people can one pound of ground beef feed?” Hundreds! Loaves & Fishes Sturgeon Bay, Boys and Girls Club of Door County, NEW Commu-nity Shelter in Green Bay and De Pere Christian Outreach Food Pantry all received $4,000.00 for their programs! Plan ahead for next year’s campaign and support these worthy causes.

STOVE FUNDRAISER

MANY THANKS!!!! Thank you to everyone who supported the Swiss steak dinner, auction and quilt raffle. We had a great meal and fun with the auction; over $3,300.00 was raised for the new stove. Congratulations to Marilyn Potts for purchasing the winning raffle ticket and taking home the beautiful Code Talker quilt. Special thanks to our auctioneer, Andy Starr; the quilt group, Vickie in the office and Tracey Vreeke and her kitchen crew! Also, thanks to the Stewardship committee for organizing the event! Ed Klein

SEMINARY UPDATE

Greetings from Bethlehem! It is hard to believe that my second semester here at seminary has already begun. The snow is melting and before I know it I will be heading home for the summer. I am particularly excited for this semester because I am beginning to take “ministry” specific classes. I have Rhythms of Ministry and Reli-gion in the American Context, Intro to the New Testament and Sex and Sexuality in the New Testament, as well as a class on the Trinity. Aside from those classes I will be spending a month each at Central Moravian and Col-lege Hill Moravian shadowing each pastor and assisting in a few responsibilities around the church. The goal is to narrow down which church I would like to serve as a student pastor for my second and third years. I am greatly looking forward to learning more about each church’s ministry and the communities they serve. And, of course, I will be trying my best to find time to run and stay fit. There is a biking/hiking trail along the Lehigh River that I am hoping will be free from snow soon so I can take advantage of it. It will surely be a busy semes-ter but it makes it easier when you are excited about what you are doing. James Heroux