Edmonds Lutheran Church 23525 84th Avenue West – Office Edmonds, WA 98026-8611 We will be a sign in the community that Jesus Christ is here…. Sunday worship Schedule 8:30 am Traditional Worship 9:30 am Adult Forum Hour 10:30 am Celebration worship Non-Profit Org US Postage PAID Lynnwood, WA 98036 Permit No. 1005 Change Service Requested Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am—1pm Email: [email protected]Phone: 425-744-8090 Pastor: Rev. Dr. Julie M. Josund [email protected]Pastor: Tim Oleson [email protected]Administrative Assistant: Donna Saltzberg [email protected]Communications Coordinator: Suzy Baroud [email protected]Music Ministries: Darren Hochstedler [email protected]Margo Lawrence, Nancy Furness Organists Operations Manager: Patrick Brady [email protected]Learning Center: 425-776-2601 Amelia Nossum, Director Mary Sheldahl, Program Supervisor Blessings and Congratulations to ELC’s very own Les Kerslake who was honored with the “Compassion Award” at Chase Lake Community School for his advocacy and support of Chase Lake Students and their families. Great Job Les! Solar Panel Installation at ELC February 8-10 New Years Greetings from our Council President, Paul Witzel First, let’s take a little trip back in history. Edmonds Lutheran Church was created by the consolidation of three different local Lutheran churches, some ten years ago. Deciding to make our main campus the 236th site left us with two vacant properties. In 2011, we leased the 9th Avenue site to Grace Lutheran Church. A year later, we sold the 212th property to Calvary Chapel. Being a landlord and lender has been good for ELC as we have used those incomes to maintain and expand our ministries. Now let’s jump ahead to 2015. In October, we received an unsolicited cash offer of $995,000 (currently the offer is 1,050,000) from Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church of Mountlake Terrace for the 9th Avenue property. For reference, the county assessed the property value at $1,008,000. Calvary Tabernacle recently sold their property and are looking for a new home. The offer stipulated that they understood that we have current tenants and they would allow them to stay until the expiration of the lease at the end of 2016. After receiving the offer, the Congregation Council reached out to Grace Lutheran to ascertain their future plans. The Council also moved to hire Kim Hutchins and Steve Pelluer of Colliers International to serve as our agents in a potential sale. They helped ELC negotiate the current lease. Grace Lutheran responded that they would like to purchase the property for $1,000,000. In their offer, they would provide ELC with a $150,000 down payment, and ELC would lend the balance to them at a 5% interest rate. They would make interest-only payments of $3,541 each month for seven years, at which time the $850,000 would be due. Currently, Grace Lutheran pays $3,000 a month rent, and our agents believe that current market value monthly rent would be $4,000-$4,500. Their offer is similar to the terms we have in place for the 212th prop- erty. Please note that these figures are cur- rent as of the writing of this article and may be different by the time you read this. Edmonds Lutheran now has a decision to make. As you know, we just completed the Strategic Planning Process, from which several important goals emerged. Being a landlord was not an item that rose to the surface. Based on that and current market conditions, the Council believes that this is a good time to sell the property. The two offers are similar in amount, but quite different in terms. Calvary Tabernacle’s offer is straightforward: cash. The acceptance of this offer would initiate a discussion about what to do with the funds from the sale. Praying for Peace in 2016 Continued on page 3
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Edmonds Lutheran Church
23525 84th Avenue West – Office
Edmonds, WA 98026-8611
We will be a sign in the community that Jesus Christ is here….
225 pounds of turkey - 4 spiral hams -100 pounds of
potatoes, mashed - many hotel pans of veggies -
many large pans of salad- 80 pumpkin and apple pies
AND 70 Volunteers!
This is what it takes to serve 240 plates of turkey
dinner at our kitchen. Besides serving all of these peo-
ple at the church, we sent 200 meals to tent city in Bal-
lard. A big THANK YOU to Larry Ringstad for driving
the meals to tent city in Ballard. They just could not be-
lieve all that food when they saw it.
Our volunteers come from many places but that night we had some special ones. We had
invited local politicians to come and see and help. Six politicians showed up and helped
and were excited about what they saw.
Many thanks to all who contributed money for turkeys on the Sunday before Thanksgiving,
to all who came and helped prepare the food and to the Kamiak High School Students who
came and provided lovely music an strings and piano. - Annie Fortnum
Annie’s Kitchen News
Volunteers at Annie's Kitchen hosted "free pictures with Santa" on Wednesday, December 16th at ELC during dinner. Then they offered pictures at in partnership with West Lynnwood QFC on Saturday, December 19th. Around 100 photos were taken and distributed between the two events and smiles brought to more than 100 faces. It was a great outreach and community networking effort. Thanks so much to everyone that made these two events so much fun and successful!
ACK VOLUNTEERS SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER AROUND EDMONDS
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Below is a list of regularly-scheduled opportunities outside of the Sunday worship services at Edmonds Lutheran Church.
ACTIVITY/EVENT DATE LOCATION Staff Meeting Tuesdays– 10:30 am ELC (CR) Chimes Rehearsal Thurdays-7:30 pm ELC (S) Recorder Ensemble 3rd Saturdays– 11:00 am ELC (S) Prayer Shawl Knitters 2nd and 4th Monday-1:00 pm ELC (FS) “Dine Out” 4th Monday - 5:00 pm local restaurants Book Club 1st Tuesday - 7:30 pm Held at members’ homes Quilters 3rd Tuesday - 10:00 am ELC (FH) Men’s Breakfast 1st & 3rd Wednesdays - 9am Edmonds Pancake Haus Bible Study Wednesdays - 10:30 am ELC (FS) Annie’s Community Kitchen Wednesdays - 5-6:30 pm ELC (FH/K) Clergy Text Study Wednesdays at 10:30 am ELC (FS) Traditions Choir Thursdays - 6:30 pm ELC (FH) Drum Circle 3rd Saturday-10:00 am Fabric of Life in Edmonds Pinochle Group 3rd Friday - 7:00 pm ELC (FH) Women’s Breakfast 3rd Saturday - 8:00 am Swedish Edmonds Cafeteria Rachel’s Circle 3rd Tuesdays—7:00 pm held at members’ homes Rebecca’s Circle 2nd Tuesdays– 10:00 am held at members’ homes NA Mondays at 7-8:30 pm Fellowship Hall NA Tuesdays at 7:30 pm SS NA Women Saturdays at 10:00 am SS NA Sundays at 6:00 pm SS OA Sundays at 6:30 pm Fellowship Hall