the spirit of saint paul
October, 2015 Volume 50, Issue 8
A R C C
For the harvests of the Spirit, thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, thanks be to God.
For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us,
thanks be to God. ELW 679, v. 3
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
A Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Community
Phone: 505 242 5942 Fax: 505 242 7067
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.StPaulABQ.org
Pastoral Care Emergency Phone : 505 249 9859
Calico Bu erfly Preschool Phone: 505 242 4504
Email: [email protected]
Sunday Services 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion
Personnel S P
Patricia L. Holman
D M P Seth Hartwell
O Beverly Pe t
C B P D Doreen Kleinsasser
O A Posi on Open
Terry Cole (pro tem)
P M Leroy Mar nez
Saint Paul Lutheran Church, as a community of faith in Christ,
is radically welcoming, strives for jus ce, and
loves its neighbors as itself.
B N D (except as otherwise noted)
S B : Each Wednesday at 9 a.m.
N : October 15 at noon.
Friends of St. Paul, If you no longer wish to receive a copy of this newsle er in
the mail, please no fy us by phone or email.
Table of Contents From the Pastor ......................................................................................2
Confirma on Ministry .............................................................................3
“Walking with Jesus, all the year ‘round”! ..............................................3
From The Congrega on President ..........................................................4
From the Music Director .........................................................................5
Calico Bu erfly Preschool .......................................................................6
From the Financial Secretary ..................................................................7
New Youth Group ....................................................................................7
Update of Rijasoa’s Studies at UNM .......................................................8
Albuquerque Interfaith Dinner ................................................................9
Adopted Families ................................................................................. 10
Sunflower Orphanage .......................................................................... 11
Movie Night ......................................................................................... 12
Adult Faith Development ..................................................................... 12
All Saints’ Sunday ................................................................................. 13
Advocacy .............................................................................................. 13
Crop Walk............................................................................................. 14
Mar neztown Halloween Dona ons ................................................... 15
Camino de Vida ESL Classes ....... ……………………………………………………….15
Council Highlights ................................................................................ 16
Calendar and Worship Assistants Schedule .................................... Insert
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From the Pastor A season of decline….and more “Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline.” As Parker J. Palmer wrote in a reflec on on the season, this is a me of waning – days grow shorter, deciduous trees shed their bounty. Even in a desert clime like ours people begin to prepare for declining temperatures. Yet in the amazing cycle of life this is also the me that seeds for next year’s blossoming are sca ered, and in the fallow me the earth itself is rejuvenated.
All my life's a circle; Sunrise and sundown;
Moon rolls through the nigh me; 'Til the daybreak comes around. (Harry Chapin)
All our life is encircled in God’s embrace. The darkness and light enhance each other. Taken together, the paradox of darkness and light “will conspire to bring wholeness and health to every living thing.” Each day’s dying and rising invite us to let go of the old and awake to the newness God offers when daybreak comes around. It is a rhythm that is at the heart of the life God invites us to share. As we gather for Adult faith forma on and Sunday school this season, we are invited to let go of the old assump ons and open ourselves to seeing God’s world and hearing God’s will for our life together in new ways. Following the liturgical cycle of sea‐sons and readings we are exploring what it means for us to be “walking with Jesus, all the year ‘round.” As we gather for worship we receive the gi of God’s presence in word and witness, in song and silence, in bread and wine. God in Christ invites to let go of the burdens that bind us in darkness of fear and hurt and open ourselves to the light of hope and joy as
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we walk this journey together. We are the body of Christ in the world. We are Church, Be er Together – in a season of decline, perhaps, yet not without beauty and not without hope for anoth‐er new beginning is just the Son‐rise away. Peace in all things <>< Pr. Pat Holman
Confirma on Ministry
Confirma on is a pastoral and educa onal ministry of the congre‐
ga on designed to support youth as they prepare to affirm their
bap sm. Sunday school, service projects, worship and camp are
all aspects of this confirma on journey. All youth in middle
school are invited to join in. An orienta on session for parents,
guardians and youth in grades 6 and older who desire to par ci‐
pate in confirma on class this year will be held on Sunday Octo‐
ber 11th at 11:30 a.m., immediately following Sunday School, in
the Fellowship Hall. Please contact Pastor Holman for more infor‐
ma on. “Walking with Jesus, all the year ‘round!”
Sunday school has begun with classes in the Fellowship Hall,
10:45‐11:30 each Sunday morning. We welcome all who might
like to explore their gi of teaching to visit our gathering – to get
a sense of our me together or simply to sign up. Age groups this
year include PreFirst (pre‐K through first grade), UpperEl (2nd
through 5th grade) and MidHigh. Curriculum is based on the same
lessons we heard in worship, so this me is a wonderful oppor‐
tunity to reinforce faith in daily life applica ons. “Taking Faith
Home” handouts are available each week at the Welcome Wel‐
come Center and at Sunday school to help guide us all as we seek
to more faithfully follow the Way. For more informa on, please
contact Pastor Holman.
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From The Congrega on President By Roger Hein
The year is going by so fast. September was a month full of great ac vi es – besides the return of football. Our youth shared their enthusiasm and gi s at the Rainbow Trail Youth Service on 30 August followed by a Fry Bread Taco lunch sponsored by the 125th Anniversary Commi ee – both events where a treat. Thanks to everyone involved in the “God's Work Our Hands Ini a ve“, thanks to your generosity seventy back‐packs headed to El Paso on 13 September; following a great in‐tergenera onal event to kick‐off our faith educa on year and stuff the back‐packs. Youth educa on will be held in the Fellow‐ship Hall following worshipthis year – drop in and share your gi s. In September Saint Paul par cipated in the Synod‐led Compre‐hensive Ministry Review. A special thanks to the members of the Congrega on who dedicated their weekend to this reflec ve op‐portunity. The Congrega on Council requested the review at this me to help us move forward as we face the challenges of dwindling membership/giving and increased costs to maintain the status quo. A formal report of affirma ons and recommen‐da ons of the Review Team will follow in a few weeks and will be shared with the Congrega on. A er the Council receives the report, we will hold a retreat in early November to begin a though ul process to exploit the affirma ons of the report, im‐prove any weaknesses iden fied, and implement the recommen‐da ons. Beginning a er the retreat, through various small group discussions, all members of the Congrega on will be asked to discuss the affirma ons and recommenda ons and iden fying goals for implementa on. More informa on and a schedule of ac vi es over the next year will be development and coordinat‐ed by our President‐Elect, Alicia Ruch‐Flynn. Change is never easy. The Comprehensive Ministry Review may affirm our cur‐
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rent path and determine no changes are needed – but this may not be the case. If we embrace this opportunity and prayerfully consider the recommenda ons, Saint Paul can become stronger and move confidently into our next 125 years. Please feel free to contact me via email ([email protected]) or via my ever present cell phone ((505) 328‐3688) if there are issues that need to be addressed or visions that need to be ex‐plored.
From the Music Director One of my favorite memories at St. Paul Lutheran Church is
probably shared by many of you as well. When Bradley Elling‐
boe re red as Music Director, a special service was devoted to
celebra ng his me here with guest musicians and a guest com‐
poser s rring us up with fervor and excitement as the then Sen‐
ior Choir offered Robert Ray's Gospel Mass for those assem‐
bled. The apprecia on for the Mass that the congrega on
showed the choir that day is an experience that should be re‐
membered again. As we approach our 125th anniversary, the
ques on for me is: how do we look back and honor the past
works we have offered and what will their legacy be?
I could only conclude it was me to open the box of scores I have in the library, and call on a few friends to assemble and sing their hearts out again. If you come to church October 18th, you will be treated to a style of music that we don’t normally offer, but love to sing. Robert Ray, a friend of St. Paul, will inspire you to jump out of your seat with praise to the Lord. Any friends of the Chancel Choir are welcome to sing Thursday nights in October. Peace, Seth Hartwell
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We are all ready at Calico Bu erfly for fall. We love the changing of the seasons, the “balloons”, cooler weather for play outside, our curriculum theme, “Community Helpers” and Halloween. God con nues to bless us with all the wonderful changes in na‐ture from autumn. Chapel has now resumed each Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. The bible memory verse is Psalm 54:4, “God is my help.” 10 Things Children Can Teach Us About Mindfulness by Kate Kane Children naturally live in the present moment. Children move their bodies without even thinking. Children use all of their senses with excitement. Children don’t have to think twice about play me. Children are humanitarians by nature. Children seek out new experiences. Children let go easily. Children express uninhibited joy. Children enjoy media on. Children teach us that tomorrow is a new day.
Kate Kane is a freelance journalist and early childhood educa on
living in Boston. She prac ces yoga regularly and tries to live in the moment. Kat writes a blog about crea ng community in the classroom all about social issues that children deal with on a daily basis. Her blog is at www.chronicaleo heclassroom.wordpress.com
Carino Early Childhood News 2nd quarter 2015‐2016, volume 21, issue 1.
By Doreen Kleinsasser
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From the Financial Secretary Envelope numbers will change for all contributors in 2016, the
first such change since 2006. Those contributors using Bill Pay
or financial intermediaries to send checks to St. Paul will need
your new envelope number before January to ensure January
checks contain the new number. I will have new numbers avail‐
able in November and will also handle the number changes for
Simply Giving par cipants. Sigurd Stocking.
New Youth Group: Note Date Change Saturday October 17th 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Upstairs youth room
Mid and High school youth: Gather for food, fun, biblical study/ reflec on rela ng to your lives today. This is your group so be thinking how you want to use this me. Dinner provided. Bring yourself, your ideas and enthusiasm, and check your calendar so we can set future dates. Friends welcome. Enter through north choir door or call Dana Mullen cell 980‐7459.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Indian Fry Bread dinner a huge suc‐cess. Thanks especially to Pat Montague (fry bread), Nancy Jenkins (fry bread as‐sistant, beans, salsa), Jo Browning (taco meat, ice cream, bu erscotch –pinion
topping) Jan Krakow (le uce chopper, cheese), Greg Flynn (fry bread ball maker), Jere Krakow (set up and take down head), Roger Hein (set up), and all those who shared their hands to assist, and are too numerous to men on. It would have been impossible for four peo‐ple to do this alone – and everyone who helped make it so much eas‐ier. Of course, all of you who came and enjoyed the meal and con‐versa ons with others, and supported the youth at worship and by purchasing ckets, deserve a thank you, too. We served about 100 people, and made $541.00 for the youth fund!
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Update of Rijasoa’s Doctoral Studies at UNM Rijasoa is in her fourth year in the PhD pro‐
gram of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural
Studies at UNM. Although she is s ll at the
coursework stage, she has conducted re‐
search ac vi es in Madagascar since summer
2014. In her home country, she facilitated
workshops a ended by a hundred foreign
language teachers, and currently leads an ac‐
on research at a public high school with sev‐
en teachers. From these ac vi es, Rijasoa
develops her tenta ve disserta on topic on
implemen ng a culturally relevant pedagogy
in foreign language teaching in Madagascar.
Her goals consist in improving Malagasy stu‐
dents’ learning outcomes by adop ng a peda‐
gogy that celebrates Malagasy cultures and iden es. The Saint Paul
community has been part of Rijasoa’s spiritual, emo onal, cultural,
intellectual, and financial support, but now UNM has recognized the
importance of her projects by providing her monetary assistance. Ri‐
jasoa has received the Graduate Student Excellence Award from her
department that includes tui on, monthly s pend, and health insur‐
ance. This award requires that she works on her Madagascar project
10 hours a week. Her two‐month trip in summer 2015 was par ally
funded by the Rogers Travel award by the UNM Graduate Studies that
helped defray her research‐related expenses. Addi onally, Rijasoa is
now a recipient of the 2015‐2016 Caste er fellowship, a pres gious
fellowship that aims to recruit and support a doctoral student of the
highest caliber who has displayed excep onal academic qualifica ons.
In order to maintain these scholarships, she needs to show evidence of
academic advancement in her projects through her scholarship, teach‐
ing, and community work. A gallery exhibi on of pictures of her pro‐
jects in Madagascar is planned for Saturday October 3rd, 2015 from
1:00p.m. to 4:00Pp.m. at St Paul Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall. It
will be an opportunity to ask her ques ons on her academic ac vi es.
Malagasy snacks and beverages will be provided by Rijasoa’s family
during the open house. Everyone is welcome!
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Albuquerque Interfaith Celebra on Dinner Plan now to a end the A.I. dinner on Sunday, December 6, 5
p.m., at RFK Charter High School, in their new ac vi es building,
with food served by RFK's Culinary Arts Program. This is a prima‐
ry fund raiser for A.I. and an opportunity to celebrate the 22
years of community organizing and its impact on people's lives in
New Mexico.
For the dinner, we are holding a fundraiser raffle which will in‐
clude several gi packages designed around various themes:
travel, gourmet foods, entertainment, home and yard décor, etc.
Albuquerque Interfaith ins tu ons number among our members
people in the food, travel and entertainment industries; folks
who do landscaping, style hair, clean houses, create art, and sell
merchandise; people who give massages, cater meals, do a er‐
school tutoring and work at golf courses, bowling alleys, ska ng
rinks and movie theaters. AI members are involved in these pro‐
fessions and many others, and now there is an opportunity to
have your work/business be er known. For our first‐ me‐ever
raffle at the December dinner, we are reques ng dona ons of
various kinds. They can take the form of money, gi cer ficates
for service, or actual items. All contribu ng individuals and busi‐
nesses will be acknowledged before and during the dinner
through no ces, posters, flyers and inclusion in the program
booklet. If you would like to receive a formal le er reques ng
your involvement or you think the business for which you work
or a friend might consider this request, please contact Chris na
Spahn, raffle chairperson, at 505‐839‐4029 or [email protected].
St. Paul Core Team: Katryn Fraher, Jus n Remer Thamert, Jeff
Sorensen, Else Tasseron, Paul Thompson, and Ivan Westergaard
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Adopted Families By Kay Schoenefeld
Through the mom in one of our "older" adopted families we learned of a family (dad, mom, and three kids) that needed some rent help. The dad had lost his job and had not been able to find a new one before their rent was due. They were very happy and relieved when we were able to help with a good part of their payment. An older single woman we've known for some
me was very upset when her purse was lost (or stolen ‐ she's not sure yet). Her purse contained two money orders for bill payments and a good deal of cash (she had just received an insurance payment for some damage to her trailer). She is on a very ght budget and had no cash in reserve to cover her lost money orders. She is very proud and I had to do some talking to convince her to accept our uncondi onal help. A er that, she gave me a big hug and thanked me several mes. Our "movers" picked up some beds; the recipients were very grateful to now have beds to sleep on. And they also picked up a TV which went to a single mom with two teenage children; she too was very ap‐precia ve. We con nue to have a special need for adult diapers (size medium for women), and we can always use furniture, toilet paper, laundry soap, dish soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes, shampoo, cleaning supplies, TVs, blankets, bath towels, sheets, dishes, silverware, pots and pans, lamps, and anything else useable. If you have large items to donate, call Kay to arrange for pickup; bring small items to the narthex coatroom (by the Adopted Families sign). To donate money, make checks payable to St. Paul, mark them for Adopted Families and place them in the Sunday offering or church office. Thank you for remembering our families.
Kay Schoenefeld, 281‐4037 Cheri and Ted Parson, 291‐8394 Dave Lund Susan Matsui Bill and Paula Eglinton
Randy and Marsha Kearney Paul and Mary Thompson Fred and Helen Disque Pat Cur n Hal and Cheryl Schultz
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Sunflower Orphanage By Alicia Ruch‐Flynn
Some very good things have happened regarding the connec on between Sunflower Orphanage Center and
St. Paul Lutheran Church in recent months. The OutReach commi ee voted on a mo on to con nue SPLC’s connec on with Sunflower for three more years. The mo on was presented to church council and passed with strong support. For this I am very grateful. The mo on contained no language, either explicit or implied, that obli‐gates SPLC finances from opera ons or from its endowment. Never‐theless, Saint Paul members and friends have been generous. Because of this generosity our children are all in school, with suitable uniforms and the necessary books and school supplies. They are receiving ade‐quate supervision and food due in large part to the volunteer work of a number of people. Imagine being born HIV posi ve, a condi on that will be with you for your en re life. Imagine being orphaned because your parents died of Aids. Imagine being orphaned because your parents died of AIDS and knowing nothing about your parents or family. Imagined being aban‐doned, on the streets or in a hospital, in a city that can be very danger‐ous to children. But, thankfully, our children are well cared for and being helped to become produc ve, self‐suppor ng adults. We do this through instruc on in English language and other prac cal skills as well as access to educa on. Our cost to pay the bills each month is about $900. Some months we start out with not much more than that amount as far as cash on hand. Our income is very sporadic and unpredictable. But the children at Sunflower, have hope, a gi from the members and children of Saint Paul. It’s my hope that the Sunflower – SPLC connec on will con nue to be a blessing to both over the years.
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Movie Night By Alicia Ruch‐Flynn
Please plan to join us for St. Paul’s Friday movie night on Oct 16th at 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall. We will be showing To Kill A Mocking Bird. The social relevance of Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird and the
subsequent film is profound. It has remained a beacon of hope for the marginalized, poin ng the way toward our con nued pursuit for equality. The many lessons of Lee’s novel can lead us back to a restora ve way of making choices by following these four principles: try to understanding others; live in the here and now; embrace and encourage idealism, and be guided by faith, not circumstances. The discussion that will follow (and perhaps proceed) the movie should be especially engaging in light of the release of Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee’s newly published novel. Please plan to join us at 6 pm for a potluck dinner. (We will provide drinks and Rijosoa and family will provide curry!) The movie will start around 6:20. Hope to see everyone there!
Adult Faith Development By Bob Ma hews
Adult Faith Forma on invites you to join us in the Conference Room at
10:45 nearly every Sunday. On October 4, we will begin our focus on
(the original) St. Paul, by showing the Rick Steves video on the life of
St. Paul. Mr. Steves is a well‐known travel writer and videographer;
his work is frequently shown on PBS sta ons. On October 11, our own
Ranja Andriamanana will tell us about her semester in Morocco and
summer visit home to Madagascar. The St. Paul vo ng members to
the 2015 Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly, Shirley Nilsson and Jere
Krakow, will report on their experience at the assembly on October 18.
Our 125th anniversary focus on St. Paul (the original) will con nue with
a series beginning on Reforma on Sunday, October 28. The tle of
these sessions is “”The Greatest Story”. Come and learn more about
(the original) St. Paul!
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All Saints Sunday ‐ 2015 Jo Browning
The Visual Choir is beginning the prepara ons for our annual All Saints display in the sanctuary. If you have a family member, or friend who has passed away and you would like to have their picture included in the display, please let us know. We will need a picture and the name of the deceased for inclusion in the service. As you will remember, we hang the large banners with the pictures of the deceased, on either side of the sanctuary. A large ban‐ner with the names of the deceased will hang from the hook just be‐hind the pulpit. Send your picture via e‐mail to [email protected] and please put it in an a achment rather than in the body of the e‐mail. The print of your picture will have be er clarity in the print. If you would rather bring a picture to church, put it in the box located in the Welcome Cen‐ter. I will scan the picture into my computer and return the picture to the box for you to reclaim. No harm will be done to the picture. Be sure to put your name and the name of the deceased on the back of the picture so that I can get the correct name with the picture. Thank you for all your support of this project! We have heard such posi ve comments over the past few years and love remembering and honoring the saints who are res ng with God.
“Advocacy 2015”
The 2015 Lutheran Advocacy Ministry‐New Mexico conference will be held on Saturday, November 7 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Albuquerque (211 Jefferson NE 87108). The conference will take place from 9:00 a.m. un l 1 p.m. and the cost is $15 per person, including lunch. Session topics will include advocacy basics, hunger, predatory lending and more. Plan now to a end and learn more about advo‐ca ng for our many neighbors living in poverty. To register or for more informa on, contact Ruth Hoffman at [email protected] or 505.984.8005. Registra on dead‐
line: November 3. Ruth
Ruth Hoffman Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM 1701 Arroyo Chamiso Santa Fe, NM 8705.984.8005 phone/fax [email protected]
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Cropwalk 2015 By Alicia Ruch‐Flynn
Founded in 1946, CWS is a coopera ve relief, refugee and devel‐
opment agency currently comprised of 37 member communions.
The mission of CWS is to work with partners to eradicate hunger
and poverty and to promote peace and jus ce around the
world.
This year’s Crop Hunger Walk is on November 1st. The walk will
be held @ St. Tim’s Lutheran church and we will be walking
down Central Avenue. Registra on will start at 1 and we will
walk to Monte Vista Chris an Church at 2. We will return to St.
Timothy’s for Soup lunch. You can par cipate by dona ng, by
walking, and/or by volunteering to help set up and run the
event! You can register here: h p://hunger.cwsglobal.org/site/
TR/2015CROPHungerWalks/TR‐CHW2015?
pg=entry&fr_id=20763.
Once at this site, join the St. Paul team and use the easy online
features to start raising money for local and global hunger relief!
Money that is donated to Crop Hunger Walk is generally distrib‐uted as follows:
25% ‐ Local Agency, 61% ‐ CWS mission, 10% ‐ Fund raising, and 4% ‐ Management
One of the neat things about Crop Hunger Walk is that 25% of the money raised stays in NM to help local agencies that are working to end hunger. This year we will be dona ng the funds the Rio Grande Food Project and the NM Food Banks.
“Rio Grande Food Project distributed its first food boxes begin‐ning in 1989, serving a total of 1,667 meals. The number of peo‐ple we serve and the amount of food we distribute has con n‐ued to grow over the years, to roughly 1.3 million meals in 2014 that filled 45,000 empty bellies. As the need for food assistance increases, and government commodity foods decline, we are tasked to do much more with much less. Demand for our ser‐vices increases during the last two weeks of each month, as peo‐
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ple's’ support checks run out.”
The New Mexico Associa on of Food Banks provides fresh pro‐duce to 5 food banks and more than 400 agencies around New Mexico. We acquire and distribute millions of pounds of fresh produce to more than 260,000 people each year. We are raising money for some of our smaller agencies to get cold storage so they can distribute more fresh produce.
Mar neztown Halloween Dona ons Ivan Westergaard
For 5 years, the Mar neztown Work Group (St. Paul Lutheran, San Ignacio Catholic ,and Second Presbyterian Churches) has held a Halloween par‐ty for the children of our neighbors in Mar‐neztown at Second Presbyterian Church (Lomas and Edith NE).
Homes in the neighborhood are iden fied for safe trick or trea ng and then they come to the church for games, prizes, fun and food. Over 150 a ended last year. Dona ons of money (for food) and toys (for prizes) are needed. Can you help? A box will be in the foyer for your dona ons. Contact me for more infor‐ma on or to donate.
Camino de Vida ESL Classes Ivan Westergaard
Thanks to support from Sandia Presbyterian Church, the "English
as a Second Language" (ESL) classes will con nue this fall at our
Spanish language ministry in the South Valley, Camino de Vida.
Over 20 adults have been regular par cipants in the classes and
want to con nue so they can speak English as they apply for
jobs, a end school, and manage in their everyday world. The fo‐
cus is not only speaking, but reading and wri ng. A "Hunger
Grant" applica on has been submi ed to the ELCA for funding
for these classes next year. Camino de Vida is a joint new mission
effort of the ELCA and the Presbyterian Church USA.
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Council members learned: that the 70 backpacks filled with school supplies in our “God’s
Work, Our Hands” project were safely delivered to the Cristo Rey Luterano congrega on in El Paso, and
that Thrivent, gratefully, is contribu ng $1,000 toward the cost of that project.
that Sunday School will be underway on September 20th a er much planning and prepara on on the part of Pastor Holman and her educa on helpers, with more teaching/assis ng help needed.
that the “Tree of Life” liturgical se ng with some modifica ons will con nue for worship.
that the Nomina ng Commi ee will begin its work soon, seeking some new Council leadership.
that the Finance Commi ee is carefully and prayerfully working to finalize the 2016 budget that will come with recommenda ons for the considera on of Council in October.
that an ini al planning and interac ve youth gathering is sched‐uled for Saturday, October 17.
Council members decided: that Greg Flynn would be authorized to form a book group for the
discussion of theology. that likewise Greg would be authorized to organize a “Fat Tues‐
day” pancake supper on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. that, a er much discussion and delibera on of several op ons,
the first part of a plan of ac on following the September 18‐20 Congrega onal Comprehensive Ministry Review would be a Coun‐cil retreat on the a ernoon of November 7th to consider the rec‐ommenda ons from the Synod Review Commi ee.
Council members set upcoming mee ng dates: Congrega on Council Mee ng – October 20, 7:00 p.m., Conference
Room. Congrega on Council Retreat – November 7, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m., Fel‐
lowship Hall Congrega on Mee ng, December 6, following 9:30 worship service
in the Sanctuary.
September 15, 2015
Congrega on Council
R H , President, Liaison to Finance
A R ‐F , President‐Elect, Liaison to Calico Bu erfly
N J , Past‐President
G F , Treasurer
S N , Secretary
S S , Financial Secretary
P P H , Senior Pastor
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As a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Community, this congregation specifically welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons
as partners on the journey of faith.
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