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OUR STAFF

Rev. Jeffrey E. Koth Pastor

Laura Swanson Youth & Family Ministry

224-619-7758

Victoriya Berezhna Organist

Eric Aho Director of Musical Ensembles

Jill Shepherd Stephen Ministry 847-989-1919

Kathy Anderson Office Manager

Ken Swanson Facebook Page

Erv Uhlman Mission Interpreter

Cody Ammons Webpage master

CONTACTS

Phone: 847-623-5135 Fax: 847-623-5135 (Call First) E-mail: [email protected] Website: stmarkslutheran.us On Facebook: “Friends of St. Marks” “St. Marks Youth & Family” “St. Marks Lutheran Church” “St. Marks Yarns of Compassion”

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Come celebrate the gift of Jesus Christ. Grow together in faith and love.

Share the Good News with all.

Calling all Critters! One of the things I learned in Germany during my internship is that there is a saint assigned to every day of the year...YES, among Lutherans! In fact, there is a long standing tradition in our church that a child be named after the saint on whose “day” they were born. St. Francis is one of those saints. And St. Francis has a feast day: October 4th. St. Francis is remembered for his love of all creation. St. Francis took Jesus’ parting commis-‐sion to His followers to “go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:16) quite seriously. So do we! We want to honor God for the unconditional love, affection, companionship and joy that these creatures bring us, and formally bless them in the name of the GOD who creates, sustains and loves them with us. There is no better place or way to do that, than in worship. In the Spirit of St. Francis and God’s love for all creation, we will bless the “animals of St. Mark’s” as they join us once again in worship. On Sunday, October 4th, we invite you to bring your pet with you to the 9:45 a.m. worship service for a blessing. In order to insure the safety of your pet and the people at-‐tending worship, we ask that you appropriately cage and/or leash your pet. Join us for this very special, annual, worship event! Job 12:7 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you...

The Messenger Come, Grow, Share

October 2015 Vol. 18 No 10

3350 North Delany Rd

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10/02 Katherine Congdon 10/03 Evelyn Fontana 10/03 Megan Wells 10/04 Mark Ahonen 10/04 Katherine Haapanen 10/04 Lise-Marie Myllymaki 10/04 Christopher Urso 10/05 Robbyn McFadden 10/06 Loren Lundtveit 10/07 Laila Maki 10/07 Cooper Stacey 10/09 Scott Epker 10/10 Ben Haapanen 10/12 Pamela Hurley 10/13 Marguerite Hakanen 10/15 Vivian Schmidt 10/15 Victoria Dumont 10/16 Cynthia Aaron 10/16 Eric Aho 10/16 Jodi Hopkins 10/17 Logan Schroetter 10/17 Morgan Schroetter 10/20 Dylan Schroetter 10/22 Eric Baehr 10/22 Jonathon Haapanen 10/23 Bonnie Lepisto 10/24 Laverne Laine 10/24 Dorothy Mackey 10/25 Judith Reinier 10/26 David Baehr 10/26 Nathan Inskeep 10/28 Willard Blomquist 10/28 Jeanie Kasper 10/29 Ken Smith 10/30 Earleen Constantino 10/30 Erin Lundtveit 10/31 Kathie Brady

We thank the people who have memorialized these friends and loved ones for their generosity.

The following gifts were given in Loving Memory of: Memory of x� Craig Harju from Alice Harju

If your name/s have not appeared in recognition of your birthday, wedding anniversary or a memorial gift, please contact the church office. We want to

include all celebrations and memorials.

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October Anniversaries

Georgi & Kristen Trukov 10/04 Davis & Sharon Chand 10/04 Erik & Angie Solita 10/06 Ritva & Aaro Illi 10/09 Timothy & Sally Ammons 10/09 Andrew & Kim Haapanen 10/11 Susan & John Sedej 10/12 Carrie & Dave Steckl 10/15

ELCA MALARIA CAMPAIGN: WE DID IT!

We have incredible news! The ELCA Malaria Cam-‐paign just reached its fundraising goal of $15 mil-‐lion! Thank you for being a part of this monumental milestone and helping us protect countless lives from this preventable, treatable disease. We could-‐n’t have done it without you! Five years ago ELCA members, congrega ons and synods came together, dreamed big with our Lu-‐theran companion churches and partners, and set out to raise $15 million for malaria programming. Today we celebrate all that we have accomplished together. Working with our Lutheran companions and part-‐ners in 13 African countries, we have brought about las ng change. But our work is not over. While the

ELCA Malaria Campaign will officially come to an end on Jan. 31, 2016, our commitment to ending deaths from this disease will not. In the coming years, support to our companions and partners to address ma-‐laria will come through gi s to ELCA World Hunger, which has a long history of suppor ng health-related work. Without you, none of this would have been possible. Thank you for your prayers, your partnership and your generosity.

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Mission of the Month— Companions Journeying Together I was in prison and you came to visit me.

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There are more than two million people incarcer-‐ated in the US. With over 80% of these people re-‐turning to society, it is cri cal to become more knowledgeable about the incarcerated popula on and services and organiza ons that promote healthy reintegra on to those awai ng freedom.

Companions Journeying Together is a non-profit group dedicated to providing an impact on the emo onal, spiritual, and social lives of the incarcer-‐ated and their families. Their vision is for a society that lives by the principles of restora ve jus ce. There are several different programs that comprise Companions. They perform work at Kane, Cook, Kendall, DuPage, DeKalb, and Will County Jails, and also all major Illinois state prisons.

Volunteers conduct the important work of Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project, where incarcerated mothers audio record themselves reading a picture book. The recording and book are then gi ed to the child to listen to their mother’s voice at home. This project not only provides a posi ve way to bridge the loneliness felt by both mother and child in this situa on, but also promotes early literacy in at-risk children. Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project be-‐gan in 1993, and is now a model for similar pro-‐grams in more than 20 states.

At Sheridan Correc onal Center, there is a treat-‐ment-orientated incarcera on that is the only kind like it in the state. Companions provides Father’s Read there, where incarcerated fathers meet once a month with their children and read to them.

Important work at Dwight and DeKalb County jails is that of Mother Love Paren ng classes, provided by volunteers coordinated by Companions to teach paren ng strategies. Teachers in the local commu-‐ni es provide twice a week paren ng classes year-round to groups of 15 women at a me. Many mothers are required by the state to seek par-‐en ng classes before they can regain custody of their children. Companions help these women by providing the classes at no charge.

Another component of Companions is a corre-‐spondence program between the free and unfree worlds. By word of mouth on the inside, inmates can contact Companions to request a spirit-based pen-pal. Companions provides a safe PO Box that volunteer pen-pals can use as a return address. Pen-pal partnerships based on faith and friendship can last for years and have tremendous impact on the life of the incarcerated. Companions also or-‐chestrates mass holiday card mailings, where thou-‐sands of inmates receive birthday, Easter, Christ-‐mas, and Mother’s Day cards and sta onary. All cards are hand-signed by volunteers, including a few sentences of encouragement and prayer.

Companions also publishes Journey Notes, their quarterly newsle er. It is mailed to all volunteers and thousands of men and women behind bars in the state of Illinois, including six major prisons.

Please consider suppor ng Companions this month. Their work is one of impact and im-‐portance. God’s work, our hands.


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STEPHEN MINISTRY THE STRUGGLE OF ADDICTION

“ALCOHOL USE DISORDER” Part III

He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of

his beloved Son, in whom we have redemp on, the forgiveness of sins. Col. 1: 13-14

Con nuing from last month… In our workshop, “Helping Families Cope with Addic on,” we learned the following ways we can help a family member or friend who is suffering from alcohol use disorder.

x� Learn All You Can About Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Support groups like Al-Anon, Nar-anon, Families Anonymous or SMART recovery may be helpful Visit SAMSHA’S Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator Book “Get Your Loved One Sober, Dr. Robert Meyers Book “Beyond Addic on,” Dr. Jeffrey Foote

x� Speak Up and Offer Your Support Talk to the person about your concerns, and offer your help and support, including your willingness to go with them to get help. Like other chronic diseases, the earlier addic on is treated, the be er.

x� Express Love and Concern Don’t wait for your loved one to “hit bo om.” You may be met with excuses, denial, or anger, but be prepared to respond with specific examples of behavior that has you worried.

x� Don’t Expect the Person to Stop Without Help You have heard it before—promises to cut down, to stop, but it doesn’t work. Treatment, support, and new coping skills are needed to overcome addic on to alcohol and drugs.

x� Support Recovery as an Ongoing Process Once your friend or family member is receiving treatment, or going to mee ngs, remain involved. While maintaining your own commitment to ge ng help, con nue to support their par cipa on in con nuing care, mee ngs and recovery groups. Con nue to show that you are concerned about their successful long-term recovery.

When Suppor ng Others Be Educated… x� Alcoholics and alcohol abusers are much more

likely to get divorced, have problems with domes c violence, struggle with unemployment, and live in poverty.

x� O en, family members and close friends feel obligated to cover for the person with the drinking problem. So, they take on the burden of cleaning up the drinker’s messes, lying, or working more to make ends meet (Enabling, Denial)

x� Recovery depends on con nuing mental health treatment, learning healthier coping strategies, and making decisions when dealing with life’s daily challenges.

x� In order to stay alcohol-free for the long term, alcoholics have to face the underlying problems that led to the alcoholism or alcohol abuse in the first place.

In our class we learned that there are more than 30 common addic ons. Rev. Carl Malin, who has served as a chaplain and a counselor in hospitals and centers for trea ng alcoholism, said that addic ons are not limited to chemicals. Rev. Malin states that we can become addicted to gambling, food, sex, spending - all in an a empt to feel good, to be in control, to take charge. Ini ally, for most people, addic ve behaviors o en begin as pleasurable and safe. He con nues, “Eventually, if the progression ends in addic on, the experience is no longer pleasurable nor safe, but we con nue because we are addicted. We cannot do otherwise without interven on and help. We become sick physically, mentally, emo onally, and spiritually. What we once valued takes a distant second place to our addic on, and we are miserable and longing for relief. The irony is that once the addic on sets in--whether it is addic on to alcohol, drugs, sex, spending, or ea ng--we s ll hope and some mes truly believe that what once gave us relief and pleasure will eventually give us pleasure and relief once again. We con nue the behavior and we experience more pain and grief.” God’s peace and comfort to all those

needing care and healing, Jill Shepherd


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PADS provides the only emergency, non-restrictive homeless shelters in Lake County by staffing 15 rotating sites fully with volunteers. Nearly 160 persons are helped each evening by receiving 3 meals and a safe place to sleep. Many sites offer showers and donated clothing. In addition, PADS offers many options for transitional housing with special programs for families, veterans, those with mental illness or substance abuse.

St. Mark's has been a partner with PADS for over 20 years and will continue our service this year at Christian Assembly in Zion.

We'll be serving dinners on the first Sunday of each month from October to April, beginning October 4th.

Volunteers are needed to: 1) Prepare the entrée 2) Purchase side dishes & lunch supplies & deliver

to St. Mark's. 3) Set up & serve on Sunday evening from 5-8pm.

If you would like to help, please contact Kristen Trukova at [email protected] or at 847-338-7764. As in previous years, we will have a sign-up board in the Narthex for needed items & servers. For more information about PADS, go to www.padslakecounty.org

Women of St. Mark's PULLA BREAD & BAKE SALE

Sunday, October 25th

The proceeds from this year’s Bake Sale will be divided between...COOL and PADS

So, please help us make this sale bigger then ever. You will not only have the opportunity to buy some great baked goods, you will also, be helping others.

Bakers are needed… to fill our table with delicious bread, cookies, cakes, pies or your own specialty for sale. Join us Saturday morning, October 24th, to help bake the Pulla Bread. Please wrap your donated baked goods but do not mark the price on them. Bring them to church before the church service on Sunday, October 25th.

Chili Supper—Mark Your Calendars

Thursday, November 12, 2015 Serving 3:30 P.M to 7:00 P.M

$10.00 per person (Tickets are for sale from members of the Ministry of Hospitality)

Carry-out meals available ********

For the benefit of C.O.O.L. FOOD PANTRY


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WSM Bible Study for October This month we will con nue the discussion about Sabbath and me. What about the me we are wai ng? The discussion will be centered on Psalm 13. "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?.....How long must I bear pain in my soul?"

Please note that this month we will be mee ng on the 3rd Friday of October. That date is Friday, October 16th. The me is 10 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. The place in the home of Ida Dudleston. (847-336-5096)

Crop Walk 2015 Impact your community and the world.

Walk with us!

Crop Walk 2015 will be held October 18, 2015. Registration at 12:30 P.M. at St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church,

Waukegan. Step-off is anytime after you have registered.

The Walk is 10K. See Ken or Laura Swanson for forms or information.

2014 Participants

Volunteer Opportunity Site:

742 East Park Ave (Hwy 176) Libertyville, IL

Date: November 18th

Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Sign-Up Instruc ons: h p://volunteer.fmsc.org/Register/Group/JoinGroup.aspx?gid=722101#.VfBH6odRHIU Group Name: St. Mark’s Youth & Family

Group Leader: Laura Swanson

Walk for Water—As part of the ELCA Youth Gathering, there was a fundraiser for “Walk for Water”. At the Church Picnic on September 13th, the Youth & Family Team set up a “Walk for Water” event. The Loose Change Sunday will support this cause.

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Blessing of the Backpacks - On Sunday, September 6th, the backpacks of students and teachers were blessed for everyone returning to school.

Spare Change Sundays Do you have spare change weighing down your pockets or purse? How about your couch cushions or the seat of your car? The St. Mark's Youth is looking for your loose change!!! We have declared the final Sunday of each month as "Spare Change Sunday!!" please bring your spare change in and deposit it in our bucket outside the Sanctuary. We will be using that spare change to make a donation to the CROP WALK. THANKS!!

AUGUST & SEPTEMBER —Supported the ELCA “Walk for Water

COOL FOOD PANTRY— FOOD OF THE MONTH:

Breakfast Items

Ministry of Hospitality Meeting to be held on October 10, 2015

Coffee and snacks—9:00 a.m. Meeting to begin—9:30 a.m.

The meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall.

On the agenda will be: i� 7th Annual Chili Supper, which is scheduled for

November 12th, 2015 i� Around the World Ethnic Celebration, which

will be held on January 10, 2016 All Hospitality members are encourage to attend this meeting. New members are most welcome to join us for this meeting. If you have any questions, call me at 847-662-4417.

Lucille Tolonen, Team Leader

Notice A Congregational meeting of

St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

October 25th, 2015

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10:45 a.m. Mark your calendars now!



Dear St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Thank you for your recent gi of $219.00 to ELCA World Hunger. Your faithful support makes a differ-‐ence for families and communi es in need in hun-‐dreds of places around the world—including our own communi es. Through your generous gi s, you enable ELCA World Hunger to share Christ’s love in a concrete way: by empowering communi es to reduce hunger and poverty. In the past decade, chronic hunger has been drama cally reduced among God’s people: from 17% to 12% of the world’s popula on. At the crossroads of hunger and hope, your gi s bring promise and possibility. As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we do more together than any one of us could ever do alone. Now in the second year of the Campaign for the ELCA, we are privileged to work with you as programs are expanding for greater im-‐pact on hunger and poverty. Thank you for your support.

In Christ’s service, The Rev. Daniel Ri

Director, ELCA World Hunger & Disaster Appeal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Dear St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church Women of the ELCA, Thank you for suppor ng Lutheran ministry with your recent gi of $800.00. Thank you, especially, for making your gi through Women of the ELCA. Designated gi s to ministries outside Women of the ELCA are an important part of our tradi on as the churchwide wom-‐en's organiza on. Each year, individual women, congrega onal units, and synodical women's organiza ons give hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the church at work in the world. Your gener-‐osity is greatly appreciated. By making your gi through Women of the ELCA, you help the church recognize and honor the many contri-‐bu ons of women, financial and otherwise. Your do-‐na on has been passed on — 100% — to the ministry that you designated. Thank you for being part of the historic tradi on of giv-‐ing among Women of the ELCA. You really do make a difference. To learn more about our mission and minis-‐tries, please visit www.womeno heelca.org. Your itemized receipt appears on the reverse side of this le er. If this acknowledgment does not agree with your records, please contact Vanessa Davis-Bragg by telephone at 1-800-638-3522, ext. 2702, or by email at vanessa.davisgelca.org.

Thank you. With gra tude, Linda Post Bushkofsky, Execu ve Director

Dear Friends, It is with sincere apprecia on that we acknowledge your generous check in the amount of $296.00 to COOL. We are blessed by your kindness and would like to thank all who made this dona on possible. Your faithful generosity helps us to reach out to our neighbors in need and to provide a helping hand. Your dona on will help us to help more of them. Thank you for your faithfulness and partnership in our ministry and helping COOL to Feed the Hungry and House the Homeless.

Warmest Regards, Diane Thackston

Execu ve Director

Change of Address:

Nichole Truby Cassidy Smith 301 Turner Kronshage Box 422 1650 Kronshage Drive 2001 Alford Park Drive Madison, WI 53706 Kenosha, WI 53140

To the Dr. Marlin H. Meyer Scholarship Team, Thank you for selecting me for the Dr. Marlin H. Mey-‐er Scholarship! I am truly grateful for the amazing opportunities you have provided me. Thank You!

Sincerely, Matthew Oye

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Remember, to be an eligible voter you need to register your communion and make an offering. A list of Eligible Voters will be displayed

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St. Mark's Lutheran Church 3350 North Delany Rd. Waukegan, IL. 60087

Phone 847-623-5135 Fax 847-623-5135 (Call First)

Worship Sundays 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sept.—May

Serving Us This Month Lectors Sundays 10/4 Jill Shepherd

10/11 Janet Meyer

10/18 Ted Wells

10/25 Jan Smith

Assisting Minister Eric Aho (1st & 3rd Sundays)

Communion Assistant Magnus Swanson (2nd & 4th Sundays)

Altar Guild Victoria & Wendy Dumont

Ushers Earleen & Dom Constantino

Acolyte s Sundays 10/4 Arielle Jones & Saula Chromy

10/11 David Sparesus & Ethan Schroetter

10/18 Arielle Jones & Saula Chromy

10/25 Emily Hanratty & Evan Lundtveit

Projectionists 10/4 Monique Brikha

10/11 Annika Swanson

10/18 Chantal Brikha

10/25 Zach Ammons

Sound Technicians 10/4 Giovanni Diaz

10/11 Nick Fontana

10/18 Matthew Hopkins

10/25 Evelyn Fontana

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