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News for the week of August 20, 2023
Adult Formation Hour Options 9:20 a.m. August 27, 2023 The Righteous Reign of God ~ Room 120 with Dave Keammerer
LWR School Kits We are in the middle of our drive to collect school supplies for Lutheran World Relief, and need the following: - 10 rulers with 30 centimeters on one side and 12 inches on the other side.
- 22 pair of blunt children’s scissors.
- 24 boxes of 16 or 24 crayons.
- 50 erasers, and
- 295 black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink) – each school kit gets five pens.
Our goal is to complete at least 100 school kits this year. There is a basket 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. The link to the Amazon wish list can be found by searching Amazon lists for "CLC School Kit." Gathering supplies with your children as they begin a new school year is a great way to remind yourself and them 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! Amazon CLC School Kit wish list
Organ Recital • Friday, September 8 • 6:00pmImmanuel Lutheran Church Our 2023 Fellowship Fridays continue with an organ recital by Dr. Steven Wente. The program will feature musical numbers by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Walther, and classic hymns. This recital is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served
afterward. Dr. Steven WenteSteven Wente is distinguished professor of music emeritus at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois, where he continues to teach applied organ and play in chapel. He also serves as cantor (music director) at First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chicago. He holds bachelor and masters degrees from Concordia, River Forest, and the doctor of music degree in organ performance from Northwestern University. His organ teachers have included David J. Wilson, Herbert Gotsch, Robert
Lodine, Richard Enright, and Wolfgang Rübsam. He has pursued further study through summer seminars in France, Switzerland, and Canada. Steven keeps an active schedule as a teacher, workshop leader, and organ recitalist. He currently serves on the board for the Fox Valley (IL) Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has been a member of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) since its inception in 1986. He has presented at the Institutes on Liturgy, Preaching, and Church Music (LCMS) and at conferences of the ALCM. He has performed in numerous locations throughout the United States,
and in the Luther and Bach areas of Germany. As an active organist and church musician, he has composed hymn preludes for the recent
CLC Social Ministry and
Mission August 2023 Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless. (Proverbs 31:8) Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) https://www.lirs.org has a vision that all migrants and refugees are protected, embraced, and empowered in a world of just and welcoming communities. LIRS mission is witness to God’s
love for all people, standing with and advocating for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice. For over 80 years, LIRS has been a champion for migrants and refugees from around the globe. A legacy of courageous and compassionate service has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who have sought safety and hope in America’s communities. LIRS history reflects American Lutherans’ deep immigrant roots and passionate
commitment to welcoming newcomers, especially those who are most in need. In partnership with community-based legal and social service providers nationwide, LIRS has helped over 500,000 migrants and refugees rebuild their lives in America. Lutheran Braille Workers (LBW) https://www.lbwinc.org has existed since 1943 to show the love of God to people with visual disabilities and to bring them into a growing relationship with God.
LBW does this by engaging some 5,000 volunteers in over 115 Production Centers | (lbwloveworks.org) throughout the United States. Volunteers
joyfully produce approximately 250,000 volumes a year of Braille and specialized Large Print Bibles and Christian literature. CLC is one of these Work Centers and is involved in making Braille books of the Bible for the blind. volunteers’ work every Tuesday in CLC’s Fellowship Hall. Monthly emphases gifts go towards national LBW activities and to help with supplies for CLC’s Work Center. Help achieve our goal of $2500 in August (over and above giving combined with CLC’s budgeted amount of $1200). Use your weekly worship giving
envelope mailed with check to CLC and indicate “LIRS/LBW” or contribute through Subsplash 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.
Priscilla Circle’s Bible study group will resume on Tuesday,
September 5th at 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Brides Room. Each Tuesday afternoon, Priscilla & friends read the scriptures for the coming Sunday & talk about each one. (Sometimes we chat about other things as well.) We have Prayer Box into which we put the prayers, lifted up by us, for our families, our community of faith & the world.
CLC YOUTH High School (9th-12th) Circle | August 27th |
6-8pm Circle | September 10th | 6-8pm Confirmation Confirmation Sunday | August 27th | 9:20am and 10:30am Confirmation Orientation | September 6th | 6-7:30pm Fusion First Fusion | September 10th | 9:20am - - - - - -
A Letter to the
Congregation CLC Congregation, Warm greetings from the Youth room! With the school year having begun, our CLC youth ministries are also gearing up! Circle is in full swing and preparations for Fusion and Confirmation are well under way! With programs starting up, there are also a plethora
of opportunities for you to be involved in the lives of our youth. If you are interested in volunteering with the youth in any capacity, whether it be cooking a meal for Circle or volunteering to lead discussions with Fusion, your time and support is deeply appreciated. The youth ministries at CLC is an opportunity to be on a “team” with our youth: learning alongside them, supporting them, and being transformed in Christ with them. If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions, you can contact me at kaitlyn.jedrzejowski@clcvalpo.org. Blessings, Kaitlyn Jedrzejowski Director of Youth Ministries - - - - - - Popcorn Fest
Volunteers With Popcorn Fest right around the corner, preparations continue for our annual fundraiser. The success of this fundraiser is all due to the amazing support of the CLC community! With that being said, we need your help for another successful year. This year, we need individuals who are willing to help pre-cook the brats prior to the day of the event. The brats will be available for pick-up at the church starting September 5th. We also are in need of donations for things such as soda and condiments. Volunteers are also needed to help set-up the booth the morning of the event. And finally, we need volunteers to help serve each of the
shifts on the day of Popcorn Fest! If any of these volunteer opportunities is of interest to you, be sure to check out the sign-up sheets, which are posted out in the Gathering Space. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kaitlyn (kaitlyn.jedrzejowski@clcvalpo.org). Thank you all for supporting our fundraising efforts! Popcorn Fest Committee With Popcorn Fest, there will also be the formation of the Popcorn Fest Committee.
This committee will meet to plan, prepare, and organize for the day of the fest. There are various roles on the committee that cater to specific aspects of the event. The roles in need of filling are as follows: Grillers Coordinator Set-Up/Tear Down Coordinator Volunteer Coordinator Store Run Coordinator Health/Safety Coordinator Cashier/Money Coordinator Inventory Coordinator Shift Manager Coordinator The committee will meet each year beginning in late June and will temporarily disband in September after the
Popcorn Fest. Each position on the committee will be a 2 year term. If you are interested in serving in any of these positions, please contact Kaitlyn (kaitlyn.jedrzejowski@clcvalpo.org)
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 Kit Project 2023 Goal-500 Items collected - 625 Baby Care Kits August Needs are SHIRTS, ONESIES, JACKETS, SWEATERS, AND SWEAT SHIRTS sizes 6 months to 2T. 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 Kit Project 2023 Goal-150 Items collected - 144 Fabric Kits August Needs are three (3) yards of cotton fabric.
FABRIC KITS
(2) spools of thread (250-300 yards)
(2) pieces of cotton/cotton blend fabric (3 yards)
Check out stores for clearance, mark downs, reduced, and summer sales for cotton fabric and baby clothing. Resale and retail shops will soon be changing their stores from summer to the fall and winter seasons.
Personal Care Kits Item collected - 585
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
ALUMINUM CAN PROJECT 5/12/2023 - $58.00 10 towels/10 yards of flannel purchased 7/13/2023 - $40.00 CANS CAN help our BUYING POWER NO DONATION is
too small. White Basket/Red Truck are places to place CANS. LWR
QUILTERS 2023 Goal: 500 Quilts Made: 290 The Quilt group is busy making quilts
for Lutheran World Relief, but we are running low on backs. Sheets make wonderful quilt backs. If you are getting rid of extra sheets, please think of us! We can also use yardage to make the backs. Each quilt takes ~4 yards of cotton woven fabric. Your donations of materials keep us stitching! We meet every Wednesday at CLC from about 9am-11:30am. Donations can be dropped off then or contact the office to make other arrangements.
Weekly Prayers Hospice: Long-term/ongoing: - Karen
- Ken
- John
- Thomas
- Edith
- Kelly
- Charlie
- Letty
- Katrina
- Jimee
- Baby Gabriel
- Wanda Rodgers,
- Pastor Phyllis
Kersten
- Bob
- Tim
- Wayne
- Fawn
- Joyce
- John
- Mark
- Mike
- Matthew
8/27 - Karen & Ed on their 58th wedding anniversary
- Rich
- Chris
- Sonja
- Janne
- Joan
8/13 - Baby Eliza “Lizzie” Rose
- Pat
- Danny
- Kelly
- Verna
7/30 7/23 - Ulrike
- Doreen
- Ron
- Betty
- Carole
- Margie
- Serena
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