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This Church changes lives!
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News for the week of 9/19/2021
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Adult Faith Formation
9:20 a.m.
This week we welcome Pastor and Deaconess Heidi Michelsen to share about the Casa Adobe community, our partners in faith and ministry in Costa Rica. Casa Adobe focuses on living in community, being a good neighbor, caring for creating and nurturing faith together, in the Santa Rosa community near San Jose, Costa Rica.
Though Covid has prevented CLC's congregational team from visiting, zoom has allowed us to join together in regular reflection. a shared retreat, and some joint projects - come and learn how the Spirit is at work in and through our Casa Adobe partners! In the Sanctuary
Thru November 2021 "Celebrating God" Includes Exodus, 2 Samuel, Psalms, Mark, Acts, and Revelation with Dave Keammerer on Patio (weather permitting) or room 120
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Updates to our COVID
planning
Porter County is again seeing a resurgence in infection (positivity) rates and cases, with the spread of the Delta variant of
particular concern. As a result of these developments, we are again modifying our in-person worship protocols:
- We strongly recommend wearing masks for those who are fully vaccinated.
- For those who are not yet vaccinated, masks are required while in the building, for their own and others'
protection.
- We continue our other, on-going COVID precautions (distancing, limiting contact, limiting singing).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
New Worship Hours
Our church program
year begins! We have returned to our normal schedule:
8:00am In-person
worship
9:20am Faith
Formation Hour
10:30am Hybrid,
in-person and online worship
Sunday School has begun at CLC
We’re excited that Sunday School has begun, during our regular Formation Hour schedule (9:20-10:20am). We're praising God for the chance to return to seeing one another in person and building the relationships that will nurture our faith as we grow! Our CLC health policies expect all who have not received a Covid-19 vaccine to wear masks, which will include our children.
Teachers will be masked as well.
Register Here: https://clcvalpo.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/902272
Your registration will help us to plan, to prepare
our teachers and our Sunday School spaces. Thank
you!
(Children who will be 3-year-old by August 1, through those entering
4th Grade, are welcome to register for Sunday School. 5th-8th grades are invited to join Fusion, our Middle School Youth program, which also meets at 9:20 on Sunday mornings.)
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With our return to having two services each Sunday, our Altar Guild members are in need of some additional help with the clean up of communion and altar ware after each service and especially after the 10:30 service on
Sundays. This is a time commitment of perhaps 30 minutes, and our hope is that several people might sign up so your commitment might be once per month or less. If you’re able to help, please stop at the sacristy on the back wall of the sanctuary (between the sound booth and the main doors) and visit with those already serving to see what is involved.
Thanks so much for considering!
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VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY CHORALE CONCERT
Join students, faculty, and staff for an afternoon of choral music featuring the Valparaiso University Chorale, conducted this fall by
Andrew Robinson ’10.
Chapel of the Resurrection
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021
4 p.m.
CLC Social Ministry and Mission
September 2021
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Compass
International Family Center, Valparaiso http://compassIFC.org equips international neighbors of all ages in Northwest Indiana with the educational services and support needed to thrive in their new community. Compass is “Open Arms * Hand in Hand” equipping new neighbors with language and life skills needed to thrive in the US strengthening our community by breaking down divisions and isolation. With approximately 90 children and 40 adults joining 50
annual volunteers each week (including Ellen Swayne from CLC), each Compass night is an opportunity for growth and new friendships. Compass offers the following free services for all ages: Adult English classes, Citizenship classes, K-12 tutoring, English learner preschool, Childcare, and soccer skills/drills, arts and crafts, and other fun enrichment projects. Compass is a Northwest
Indiana organization of neighbors helping neighbors, linking arms for the betterment of both individuals and community.
66th Synod Endowment Fund - “Lutherans for Black Lives” https://www.facebook.com/66thSynod has the vision “. . . that they may have life and have it abundantly!” (John 10:10b) 66th Synod’s mission is to “to establish justice and equity” and build a fund that allows those from the dominant culture to contribute so that some of the damage done due to inequitable treatment of Black Leaders in society and the ELCA (because of systemic racism, white supremacy, and complacency) may be
repaired. A goal is to provide reparations to Black Leaders and Congregations of the ELCA especially as they study and retire. Examples are: excessive student loan burdens, Pastoral calls to communities that are unable to pay a living wage, not being paid what they are worth or comparable to white leaders, and low pension contributions (necessary to work well past 65 years of age). The Fund is hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA), Seattle, http://immanuelseattle.org. CLC’s connection is
Rev. Angela Shannon of All Saints Lutheran Church, Bowie,
MD, who serves on the Board of this nonprofit, has degrees from V.U.
and LSTC (Chicago), grew up and was ordained in Gary (Lutheran Parish), and has served congregations in the ELCA I-K Synod.
Help achieve our goal of $2500 in September (over and above giving combined with CLC’s $1200
budgeted amount). By achieving our goal CLC will help Compass and 66th Synod Fund continue mutual support and service activities that are crucial to effective ministry. Use your weekly worship giving mailed in check to CLC and indicate “Compass/66thSynod” or contribute
through PushPay on the CLC website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button and choose Monthly Social Ministry
Emphasis. Thank you to members for supporting monthly social ministry emphases.
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Men’s Shelter update
You can help feed our neighbors experiencing homelessness:
New Creations Men’s Center continues to be home base for both single men and women between homes,
providing daily meals and a space to be during the day. Overnight services will begin at area churches on October 15. Christ Lutheran will resume our hosting around then— details still in the works.
In the meantime, you can help NC feed their guests. Lunch supplies can be dropped off at the resale shop
counter during hours of operation (usually 10-5).
Requests include:
Lunch meat
Fruit
Individual juice
Snack cakes
Chips
Dinners are also appreciated; please call New Creations (219-548-3548) for more information about
quantities and scheduling of dinners. Information to follow soon on our scheduled night to feed the men. Meanwhile please pray for those in our community living in cars, tents and on the streets.
There is a basket inside door #3 for suggested food donations for Men's Shelter, see below.
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Message from Hilltop House
Hilltop is excited to announce that we will be organizing our first ever cookbook as one of our fundraisers this fall. This cookbook will contain recipes from our Hilltop community, including staff, volunteers, and board members.
We need YOU to help make this cookbook a success, so please share some of our favorite family recipes!
Now, all we need you to do is submit your recipes by September 27. We look forward to sharing traditions & having fun while raising money for Hilltop!
Lectors and Ushers for 8:00 Worship Service and
All positions at 10:30
- Please contact Dave Keammerer at dnssk@frontier.com, if you are interested in becoming a Lector for the 8:00 service.
- Please contact Ramona Krueger at rak81@comcast.net if you are interested in becoming an Usher for 8:00 service.
Sign-up Genius for 10:30 service
Communion Assistants needed!
School Kits for Lutheran World Relief
Thanks to your generosity, our school kit collection for Lutheran World Relief is close to reaching its goal. We are overwhelmed with your contribution of pencils and erasers, and only need the following
supplies to complete 100 school kits:
70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper, (LWR cannot use loose-leaf paper) – each school kit gets four
A 30-centimeter ruler, or one with 30 centimeters on one side and 12 inches on the other
Pencil sharpener
Blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
Black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink) – each school kit gets five
A box of 16 or 24 crayons
There is a box in the Gathering Space for donations, or you can purchase from an Amazon wish list and choose to have the items delivered directly to the church. We will be collecting items through
mid-October. The link to the Amazon wish list can be found by searching Amazon lists for "CLC School Kit," or by clicking the link below.
Amazon CLC School Kit wish list
A new school year is a great way to remind yourself and your children that we need to continue to love our neighbors, near and far. It helps us all remember that God’s love is everywhere! Thank you for
your support!
Sandy & Dave Keammerer are always collecting the following items for Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Please drop off at the church and put in white basket in Gathering Place and feel free to call the office if you have any questions.
BABY CARE KITS
All clothing items 6 months to 2T
(2) gowns or sleepers: long- or short-sleeved
(2) t-shirts: lightweight cotton
(1) jacket/sweater/sweatshirt: with hood, or include a baby cap
(2) pairs of socks
(2) receiving blankets: medium-weight cotton or flannel, or crocheted, or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to 52" square
(4) cloth diapers: flat fold preferred
(1) hand towel: dark color recommended
(2) gentle soap bars: 4oz., bath-size, in original wrapping
(2) diaper pins: or large safety pins
3-ply baby yarn and flannel fabric in increments of .75 yards.
Please indicate if items given are laundered.
FABRIC KITS
(2) spools of thread (250-300 yards)
(2) pieces of cotton/cotton blend fabric (3 yards)
PERSONAL CARE KITS
New and in original packaging
(1) bath towel: lightweight, dark color preferred (between 20' x 40" and 27" x 52")
(1) toothbrush: adult size/NO TOOTHPASTE PLEASE
(1) nail clipper
(2) bars of soap
(1) STURDY comb
PRAYERS
MEMBERS: Dot Ruuska, Margaret Johnson, Janet Scheuerman, Herb Hofer, Connor Byrne,
Deb Will, Joyce Spoljaric, Ed W. Seykowski, Becky, Tom Abbring
FRIENDS AND FAMILY: Donald Reinhold (Tony's Father), Mary (Sister of Jen Bias), Brian, Karen & Barb (friends of Becky Bakalyar), Jenifer (daughter of Karl & Paige), Sandy Burnside, Linda Luckey (daughter of Marilyn Vankat); Sophie (friend of Jacquie Chevalier); Dave (SIL of Pastor Jane Aicher); Dennis (family of Kathy Stefans; Pastor Phyllis (friend of Phyllis Schroeder); Wayne Christner (stepdad of Tammy Hofer); Amanda (friend of Melissa Summerville).
HOSPICE CARE: Juanita (Mother of Linda Griffith); Victor (friend of Ramona);
MILITARY: Justine, Joe and all of those serving in the military, especially in the time of a pandemic.
For all those affected and infected by COVID
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