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News for the week of November 6, 2022
Adult Formation
Hour 9:20 a.m. 11/13 Congregational Meeting - Sanctuary God's Exceptional Choice with Dave Keammerer - Room 120 Sunday School Parent Coffee Klatch - Room 119 11/20 Why do We Do What We Do In Worship with Pastor Tim and Pastor Erica - Sanctuary God's Exceptional Choice with Dave Keammerer - Room 120 Sunday School Parent Coffee Klatch - Room 119 11/27 Thanksgiving Break God's Exceptional Choice with Dave Keammerer - Room 120 Sunday School Parent Coffee Klatch - Room 119
Congregational Annual Meeting Sunday, November 13 @ 9:20 a.m. in the Sanctuary Annual Meeting of the Congregation. Join us to elect our spiritual leaders and approve our Ministry Plan for 2023-2024 in the Sanctuary.
YOU ARE INVITED Anyone who would like to be a Prayer Reader at the 8:00
a.m. service is welcome to join our team of volunteers. Readers are assigned to read the prayers approximately 5 or 6 Sundays during the year. If you are unable to serve on an assigned Sunday, there are plenty of people to sub or exchange dates with you. This is a wonderful way for all ages to serve CLC. If interested, please contact Paige Reichardt Paige_Reihardt@Yahoo.com or let Jen Bias know by December 1.
Your quarterly statements will be available early next week, please watch your email.
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Silent Auction Our annual Silent Auction fundraiser is here in the East Link until November 20, 2022
Holiday Worship Service Schedule Advent Worship: 11/16, 30, 12/7, 14 @ 7:00pm Thanksgiving Eve Service: 11/23 @ 7:00pm (Followed by Pie Fellowship) Longest Night Service: 12/21 @ 7:00pm Christmas Eve Service: 4:00, 7:00 and 10:00pm (with special music at all services) Christmas Day Service (Lessons & Carols): 10:00am New Year Day Service:
10:00am
Attention All Youth of the Congregation You have an opportunity once again to be a part of the CLC Youth Orchestra for our 4:00 pm worship service on Christmas Eve. Music for this service will be available for pick-up starting November 6th; please see Mr. Bartusch in the Music Room after the 8:00 am or 10:30 am service. You’ll also have an opportunity to participate in a few small ensembles or even present a musical solo – just let me know if you are interested. A mass rehearsal for this ensemble is (tentatively) scheduled for Saturday, December 17th, at 10:00 am in the sanctuary. Hope you can join us to celebrate the Christmas season!
Costa
Rica The Christ Lutheran Church Multigenerational Vision trip to Costa Rica is a go for 2023! Join the team to learn about Christian responses to climate change and refugees in a mutual way with an intentional Christian community in Costa Rica - Casa Adobe. The team will also visit a rural area to learn about coffee and pineapple production, and finish the visit with time at the beach. The dates have been set for June 24- July 1, 2023. The trip is open to families and individuals ages 12-99. Registration will close December 30, 2022, and monthly team meetings will begin in January, 2023. Team coordination by Lutheran Deaconess Kat Peters, M.Ed, M.A. in Rural Development. Costa Rica coordination by Lutheran Deaconess Heidi Michelsen, Director of The Praxis Center, Valparaiso University’s Costa Rica Study Center.
It's
Back!!! THE CLC RETREAT IS BACK! Please watch for further information about the retreat coming up in 2023. There is a team hard at work to make this retreat an experience you won't want to miss. Please begin thinking now about attending.
CLC Social Ministry and Mission November 2022 As you do it for the least of these, you do it for Christ.
(Matthew 25:40) November’s specific emphasis is to provide support for the Lutheran Diaconal Association (LDA) www.thelda.org. Sunday, Nov. 6, will be LDA Sunday at CLC – Carrie Sovola will speak of her experiences with the LGBTQ+ community during faith formation hour and will also preach. Below is a message to CLC from LDA: “Since 1919, the Lutheran Diaconal Association has formed people for ministries of service. In the early years we trained women primarily as nurses serving in missions and institutions of the church. Our ministries of changed throughout the last 102 years. Today we serve in congregations, in institutions and wherever God’s people are. A deaconess or deacon is someone one who serves. Jesus washed his disciples’ feet and instructed them to do the same for others. Sometimes deaconesses and deacons do actual foot-washing like Jesus did; but more widely, they serve Christ by walking with those the world easily forgets; the marginalized, the poor, the powerless, the
sick. People who reach out to others in this way—with care and compassion in a hurting world—are practicing diaconal service, as all the baptized are
called to do. Some of them desire to do this as a professional in ministry and enter a more formal training and formation
process to become deaconesses and deacons. Since the earliest days of the church men and women have been set apart to do
intentional servant ministry. Deaconess/deacon ministry has come to mean many things: it means serving others on bended knee, and from
positions of leadership. It means entering the hurt parts of society and carrying the light and love of Christ in service to others. It means telling the story of God’s love and helping others to hear God in their own story. It means welcoming the stranger in our midst. We are nurses, lawyers, engineers, musicians, social workers, chaplains, parish deacs, teachers, campus chaplains, missionaries, professors and so much more. Life has changed for us at the LDA during the global
pandemic, like it has for you. Stories of ministry abound. Stories like Deaconess Cheryl who serves as a hospice chaplain. She brings love, comfort and a voice for families to their loved ones. Cheryl holds a phone so that loved ones can say final good-byes and stands in hallways and prays for and with people who are dying. Or
Deaconess Sara who works to serve her congregation. Or Deaconess Brittany who brings food to shut-ins and has learned
technology to bring worship to people. Or Deacon David who works tirelessly at his church and community helping people
receive their daily needs. Formation for our students continues as well. A dozen students met for their student seminar. We worshipped, had presentations and much conversation. We are so grateful for our partnership with Christ Lutheran Church. Your congregation has made a huge difference in our ministry. Your prayer support and financial support are invaluable and help the LDA thrive and reach out to God’s people, during this trying time and beyond. Thank you! For more info www.theLDA.org We would love to talk with you! Or talk to Deaconesses Jane Aicher, Diana Iltzsche, Karen Hernes, or Meggan Amour.” Help achieve our goal of $2500 in November (over and above giving combined with CLC’s $1200 budgeted amount). By achieving our goal CLC will help Luth. Diaconal Assoc. continue mutual support and service activities that are crucial to effective ministry. Use your weekly worship giving mailed in check to CLC and indicate “LDA” 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.
Will you be the voice for a child in need? There are children in Porter County who need your help! Porter County CASA will be holding a Virtual Information Meeting for members of the community who are interested in learning more about becoming a Court Appointed Special
Advocate. The CASA program trains volunteers to advocate for the needs and best interests of abused and neglected children in the court system. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 30th at
5:30pm on Zoom. Interested potential volunteers can email casainfo@fysb.org to receive a Zoom link to the Information Meeting. Learn more at PorterCountyCASA.org.
Sacred Ground is a dialogue series around race designed for these times. It is an attempt to be responsive to the profound
challenges that currently exist in our society. It is focused on the conflicts and questions that swirl around issues of race and racism, as well as the difficult but respectful and transformative dialogue we need to have with each other about them. It invites participants to walk back through history in order to peel away the layers that brought us to today, and to do so in a
personal way, reflecting on family histories and stories, as well as important narratives that shape the collective American story. - It is built around powerful documentary films and
readings, which we are pleased to bring you and which will serve as the jumping-off point for dialogue.
- Participants commit to assigned films and readings, which will seem manageable to some and perhaps a lot to others. There is a maximum of 90 minutes of film/video to
watch per session, and an average of 35 pages to read.
- The series brings participants’ attention to various key chapters in U.S. history of race and racism, as well some of the latest thinking by scholars and practitioners of racial healing, racial equity, and whiteness.
- It focuses on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian American histories as they intersect with European American histories.
- It emphasizes personal story-sharing and deepening relationships.
- It invites exploration of how people of color have been harmed by racism, and how white people have been hurt in other ways, creating a shared – if deeply unequal – brokenness that compels us to overcome these legacies in deliberate partnership. This work can take various shapes.
- It strongly encourages people to constitute dialogue groups with socioeconomic and political diversity, which may involve partnering with another congregation (Episcopal or other).
- It puts attention on issues
related to race, while also examining how those issues intersect with family history, class status, regional identity (regional cultures, urban/rural divides, coasts versus heartland), and political identity (red states/blue states, Trump-related divides).
- This series, framed as a spiritual journey, is grounded in the Christian faith – in the example of Jesus
Christ and the power of scripture, prayer, God’s grace, and the Holy Spirit—to help us step closer to the dream of beloved community.
The Indiana Kentucky Synod of the ELCA, in partnership with Christ Lutheran Church, invites you to join in this discussion circle beginning January 18, 2023 and meeting every other Wednesday for 11 sessions, each 90 minutes, from 6:00-7:30 pm CST/7:00-8:30 pm EST. During Lent, a session for clergy and church staff committed to worship on Wednesday evenings during Lent
will be offered on the following Thursday at 11:00 am CST/ noon. We will meet via Zoom. Registration will open November 1, 2022 and close December 19, 2022, or when 80 participants have registered. For registration, go to: https://clcvalpo.org/sacred-ground If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Owen ( jlo46383@msn.com) or Kathy Sutherland (ksutherland54@yahoo.com). For more information about Sacred Ground, please see this link: https://episcopalchurch.org/sacred-ground/about To watch a short video
about Sacred Ground, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/126Ai6NXTeowksYlfMMY9D4KBD89hRiJV/view
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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. LWR Baby Care Kit Project 2023 Goal-570 LWR Fabric Kit Project 2023 Goal-150 Items Needed-cotton or cotton blend fabric in 3 yard lengths Personal Care Kits 2023 Goal-800
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
(1) nail clipper
(2) bars of soap (4 oz.)
(1) Sturdy comb
PRAYERS Prayers for the country/citizens of Ukraine Hospice: - Donald Reinhold
- Bill Parker
- Julia (pray for family too)
- Dennis Boyer
Long-term/ongoing: - Pastor Phyllis Kersten
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- Malcolm and Marilyn McGawn
- Beth Coburn
- Gregg Copeland
- Vicke
- Karen Owen
- Shaun & Tim (friends of Erin C)
- Wayne Koch
- Fawn
- Pat & Lee Betz
- Pattie
- Ian (Wehner Family friend)
- Joyce
- Marshall Grate (friend of
Grace)
- Nancy Mullett (friend of Grace)
- Keegan (Sheila)
- Melody & Bruce (family of Holly)
11/10 - Sally Albrecht (Sister of Sue McPherson)
- Sue (Steve Vittitoe's Mother)
- Cam Traut (Sorority sister of Kathy Stefans)
- Donna (Sister of Cindy McGuire)
- Matthew (Katie, Mom)
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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