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News for the week of December 4, 2022
Adult Formation
Hour 9:20 a.m. 12/11 Why Do We Do What We Do in Worship with Pastor Tim/Pastor Erica - Sanctuary Fish Out of Water - Film by Ky Dickens - Church Hall From Darkness to Light with Dave Keammerer - Room 120 Sunday School Parent Coffee Klatch - Room 119 12/18 Sunday School Christmas Program From Darkness to Light with Dave Keammerer - Room 120 Sunday School Parent Coffee Klatch - Room 119 12/25 Merry Christmas!! Please remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season! As a tradition at CLC, we are taking up a collection for Christmas gifts for our CLC Staff. If you are interested in contributing, please either drop off your contribution to Jenny at the church office or place it in the offering plate with the designation “Staff Christmas Gift.” It is our intention to divide the funds evenly among all of our CLC staff. Christmas will be here before you know it, please have all contributions in by Sunday, December 18. If you have any questions, please contact any Church Council
Officer.
Getting to Know
CLC Join us to learn more about Christ Lutheran's
ministry, history, and teaching. We'll gather for a 3-week series during the Formation Hour on Sundays (9:20am-10:20) January 8, 15 and 22 in the Church Hall, followed by an opportunity to formally stand with the congregation, confess our faith together, and declare that "Yes! God has something for me here." Register for our series here.
PORTER STARKE STOCKING STUFFERS
Porter-Starke needs the following items to help those clients they serve who are homeless and living
outside: *handwarmers *small flashlights *AA batteries for the flashlights *gloves *hats *baby wipes (clients use them for hygiene) *warm socks *small backpacks or cloth bags to carry these items Please put your purchased items in the box marked “PORTER STARKE
STOCKING STUFFERS". Thank you!
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Christmas Poinsettias We will be ordering beautiful Christmas Poinsettias for our altar. Please order a plant by December 18; there are order form in the bulletin, in the East Link or you may call the church office at
462-6660 and let them know you would like to provide one or more! Cost is $14.00.
Holiday Worship Service Schedule Advent Worship: 12/14 @ 7:00pm 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 Longest Night: Blue Christmas Evening Prayer While Advent is a season of hope and Christmas is a season of joy, not everyone feels hopeful or like celebrating. Grief, illness, aging, depression, loneliness, unemployment, and loss are magnified. Even those who are not
struggling with losses may feel the stress of preparations and expectations around Christmas time. We come together seeking healing and room to share grief, sadness, loneliness, or confusion when these emotions often feel out of place during the holidays. In the Northern Hemisphere, December 21 is the longest night, the winter solstice. It marks the shortest day of the year,
the official start of winter. Tradition says that nature and all her creatures stop and hold their breath to see if the sun will turn back from its wanderings, if the days will lengthen and the earth will once again feel the sun’s warmth. On this darkest day of the year, we come with our honest yearnings seeking the return of light and hope.
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RETREAT Are you still looking for a Christmas gift for a loved one? For $132 (double occupancy) or $182. (single occupancy) you can provide a weekend of relaxation, laughter, quiet time alone with God and time together with others from Christ Lutheran Church. The CLC Retreat is scheduled for Friday evening to Sunday morning, February 17-19, 2023, at Lindenwood Retreat Center in Donaldson, IN (near Plymouth). Registration is now open. Go to the CLC website to register, or pick up a registration form at church in the Gathering Space.
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.
Our church is changing the lives of young people! CLC's youth ministry provides space for middle school kids and high school teens to find community, connection, and safety. We need your help to ensure it continues! We need caring adults to volunteer as adult leaders in our weekly programs. Please
prayerfully consider this opportunity! You'll hear from us again in January! In Christ,
The CLC Youth Board
You Are Invited to Join Us!
January 2023 Ladies Evening Bible Study starts on 1/24/2023 & meets each TUESDAY @ 7:15 pm on ZOOM. Topic: The Study of Genesis Chapters 12 to 50. Study Guide: God of Covenant by Jen Wilken available on Amazon or @ www.Lifeway.com Please join us from the comfort of your home during the winter months for ladies bible study and fellowship and prayer! We meet weekly each Tuesday evening on Zoom @ 7:15 pm to 8:45 pm you can join via your computer or cell phone. Questions? Call or email Grace Safrin Facilitator @ 219-309-3809 or FCTucker1stTeam@gmail.com
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CLC Social Ministry and Mission December 2022 Bethel Lutheran Church – Miller/Gary December’s Social Ministry emphasis is to provide monetary support, along with increasing partnership activities, for Bethel Lutheran Church, a diverse, urban ELCA congregation in the Miller neighborhood of Gary, Indiana (part of NW Indiana Conference of I-K Synod) http://bethelmiller.org and http://facebook.com/bethelmillerbeach Bethel’s Pastor is Rev. Joy Heine, and Greg Bueltmann is Director of Music. Bethel means "house of God" and members believe strongly “that the God of Jesus Christ truly is present as they regularly gather in fellowship around his Word and sacraments”. CLC has partnered with Bethel over many years, including our 2nd joint worship service at Lake Michigan this past summer, and it is wonderful to further increase relationships with a sister congregation. · CLC began as an ELCA suburban mission
congregation almost 52 years ago. The ELCA I-K Synod Mission and Urban Congregation programs some years ago refocused on needs of urban, rural, and diverse congregations. Help achieve our goal of $2500 in December (over and above giving combined with CLC’s budgeted amount of $1200). By achieving our goal CLC will help Bethel Lutheran continue to thrive as a congregation with outreach activities to organizations such as Interfaith Action Network, Crisis Center, and Sojourner Truth House. Use your weekly worship giving envelope mailed with check to CLC and indicate “Bethel” or contribute through Subsplash on the CLC
website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button. Thank you to members for supporting monthly social ministry emphases.
Time is flying! Registration will close December 19!
Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism, while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity. The series is built around a powerful online curriculum of documentary films and readings that focus on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American histories as they intersect with European American histories. It concludes with a session devoted to identifying and choosing next steps. The ELCA Indiana-Kentucky Synod, in partnership with Christ Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, IN, invites you to join in this discussion circle beginning Wednesday, January 18, 2023, and meeting every other week for 11 sessions, each 90 minutes, with our final session falling on June 7, 2023. A weekday session will be offered during Lent for church staff; see registration site for details. We will meet via Zoom. Registration is open and will close on December 19, 2023, or when registration is full, at 80 participants. For registration, go to: https://clcvalpo.org/sacred-ground To watch a video about Sacred Ground, go to: https://subspla.sh/4x9tczk 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
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CLC Recycling Project. Dave Keammerer collects aluminum cans each Sunday morning. Cans can be placed in Dave’s red
Ford truck in the church parking lot or in the white basket in the Gathering Place. The cans are collected, deposited, and
then dollars obtained are given to LWR kit projects. If you have any questions about logistics for contributing, you can find
Dave at 9:20 Faith Formation hour.
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 Project,
Personal Care Kit, and Fabric Kit - there is a need for mailing tape. Each box must be taped before it can be shipped to the Lutheran World Relief warehouse. LWR Baby Care Kit Project 2023 Goal-570 Items collected - 60
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.
LWR Fabric Kit Project 2023 Goal-150 Items collected - 16 Items Needed-cotton or cotton blend fabric in 3 yard
lengths
FABRIC KITS
(2) spools of thread (250-300 yards)
(2) pieces of cotton/cotton blend fabric (3 yards)
Personal Care Kits Item collected - 90
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
LWR QUILTERS 2023 Goal: 500 2023 Quilt Count: 98 |
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