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News for the week of October 22, 2023
Adult Formation Hour Options 9:20
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October 29 Congregational Forum ~ Sanctuary Getting to know CLC with Pastor Erica ~ Church Hall God's Law of Love with Dave Keammerer ~ Room 120 Jesus: The Greatest Story with Cheryl
Slack ~ Room 209 Sunday School ~ Rooms 119, 107 and LLP Annex Fusion ~ Activity Center
Congregational Forum and Annual Meeting
Dates Congregational Forum Sunday, October 29 @ 9:20 a.m. in the Sanctuary Annual Meeting Sunday, November 12 @ 9:20 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Are there things you would like to share with the Deepening
Our Welcome team? Do you have concerns or questions about where we are going and what is next for our beloved community here at CLC? The DOW team would like to invite you to meet individually with a member of our team so we can listen carefully to your perspective and discuss with you anything you would like to discuss with us. If you would like to have a one-to-one visit with us, please contact Kathy Sutherland (ksutherland54@yahoo.com). Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you.
Nursery Attendant Needed Christ Lutheran is looking for a responsible adult (over
18) to serve as the paid primary nursery staff person on Sunday mornings, twice a month, approximately 7:50am-11:50am. Children from 0-3 are welcomed in the nursery, and volunteers assist each week. Please contact Pastor Erica Gibson-Even (pastorerica@clcvalpo.org 219.462.6660) for more information.
CLC Social Ministry and Mission October 2023 As you do it for the least of these,
you do it for Christ. (Matthew 25:40) The focus this month is to provide volunteer time and monetary support for Lutheran World Relief www.lwr.org and ELCA World Hunger/Disaster Response www.elca.org/hunger and www.elca.org/disaster Lutheran World Relief is affirming God’s love for all people, working with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice, and human suffering. LWR vision is to be
empowered by God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ, envisioning a world in which each person, every community and all generations live in justice, dignity, and peace. Also, here is a volunteer opportunity in October: helping with the annual northern Indiana Lutheran congregations ingathering collection day at CLC (Sat. morning Oct. 28) - loading a semi-truckload of items to be delivered to LWR for shipment overseas. Many items come from CLC: quilts and
baby/fabric/personal/school kits. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Becky Fry at justplainbecky@gmail.com ELCA World Hunger/Disaster Response two hunger/disaster response programs (plus Lutheran World Relief) work closely together on world humanitarian issues, providing relief and hunger assistance, as well as providing opportunities for hunger education and advocacy activities. 79% of funds are used around the world, 12% in the U.S., and 9% for education and advocacy. Help achieve our goal of $2500 in October (over and above giving combined with CLC’s $1200 budgeted amount). By achieving our goal CLC will help Luth. World Relief and ELCA Hunger/Disaster Relief continue mutual support and service activities that are crucial to effective ministry. Use your weekly worship giving mailed in check to CLC and indicate “LWR/ELCA Hunger” 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.
ALL SAINTS DAY We will be celebrating All Saints Day on Sunday, November 5. We will honor those who have entered into eternal life and have their names listed in the bulletin. If you have any loved one, family or friend, that you would like listed on the insert, please fill out a form located in the Gathering Area.
The AMOS group sends to Christ Lutheran Church their sincerest appreciation for our generous donations, all of the yarn will be used on the trip to Esquipulas. The AMOS basket is available for the following list of the medications needed, bold means high volumes needed, underlined means we run out quickly, they are leaving for Guatemala on November 3. The following ointments: Neosporin, Hydrocortisone, Anti-itch cream, triple antibiotic, Diaper Rash, antifungals, muscle rub,
Benadryl. Vitamins: Adult and Children Chewable (NO GUMMIES PLEASE, they melt) Children’s Pain and Fever medications, cough syrups, Flu relief. (We run out each time) Infant Pain and Fever medications. (We run out each time). Benadryl, Tums/Antacid meds, Anti-diarrhea meds, Daytime and Nighttime multi-symptom meds, any NSAIDS (Ibuprofen, Aleve, Naprosyn, Motrin, Advil, Baby Aspirin 81mg) Acetominophen/Tylenol, Pepcid, Omeprazole, Zantac, Baby Aspirin, Urinary health meds, Prenatal vitamins. They are having a silent auction fundraiser at the LambStone Cellars Winery (1555 W Lincolnway, Valparaiso) on October 8 from 1-5 p.m. $25/ticket and can be purchased on-line or at the
door. “Our congregation makes a difference, thank you so much for allowing us to be God’s hands during our
medical mission work in Guatemala, without you this would not be possible.” Gail Mannington
Annual Meeting: November 12 Our congregation will meet Sunday November 12, 2023 at 9:20am in the Sanctuary for our Annual meeting, gathering prayer, conversation, and discussion. Join us as we hear stories of the impact of our year in ministry, elect our Council leaders, review our finances, and pray over our current
Ministry Plan for August, 2023 - July, 2024. In addition, this year we will consider the Welcome Statement developed out of our Deepening our Welcome process as a description of who we are as a congregation. This Statement has been written and rewritten based on the congregation's feedback, encouragement and concern: We Welcome You to Christ Lutheran Church! We are a community of people sharing God’s love through Christ and growing together in faith. We celebrate all the ways we are made in the image of God, seeking to see God in everyone. We honor and respect each person’s age, ethnicity, family composition, gender identity, gender expression, life history, mental well-being, physical ability, relationship status, sexual orientation, skin color, and socioeconomic standing. Together, we strive to love and serve our neighbor and
all creation, including working toward racial and social justice. We would love to walk with you on this creative adventure* of faith, grace, and love. * The first sermon ever preached at Christ Lutheran was titled “A Call to Creative Adventure.”
In order to make the Welcome Statement an official document of our congregation, our Council is proposing to establish a Bylaw and two Continuing Resolutions which clarify the Statement and how it intersects our ministries. (Note: the formal language of resolutions uses "Whereas" clauses to explain the context and rationale, and
"Resolved" clauses to denote the action being taken.) Our Council unanimously supports the proposed Statement and recommends passing the proposed amendments. We will also consider a Bylaw revision to clarify the term of office for our Youth Representative to Council. The Council recommends revising Bylaw C12.02.03 to add the bold
text: C12.02.03. A youth or young adult at-large representative will be elected each year to serve a one-year term beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.
Finally, please note that this year, as a continuing evolution of our switch to a fiscal year for our Ministry Plan, we will meet again in May, 2024 to approve our Ministry Plan for August, 2024 through July, 2025. The links above are collected here, along with other documents that may be helpful to understand the above proposed changes to the Bylaws and Constitution: Printed copies of these helpful documents are available in the Gathering Space. Questions on content or process can be addressed to Pastor Tim or Ellen Swayne, Council President. See you November 12!
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 - 905 Baby Care Kits October Needs are JACKETS, SWEAT SHIRTS, SWEATERS, AND HATS 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 - 168 Fabric
Care Kits September 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 - 675
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
Personal Care Kits September Need—Financial support to purchase needed items. ALUMINUM CAN PROJECT $32.00 more raised with a year total of $130 10 towels/10 yards of flannel/36 yards of cotton fabric purchased October: KEEP ALUMINUM CANS COMING! CANS CAN DO MUCH GOOD! No amount of CANSs is too small. CAN placement white basket/Red Truck. LWR QUILTERS 2023 Goal: 500 Quilts Made: 357
Weekly
Prayers Hospice: - Julia & family
- Frances
- Norma
- Gerry
- Ramona
Long-term/ongoing: - Mary and Pete
- Jeff
- Matthew
- Kelly
- Charlie
- Letty
- Katrina
- Jimee
- Wanda
- Pastor Phyllis
- Bob
- Tim
- Wayne
- Fawn
- John
- Mark
- Mike
10/12 9/29 - Bill
- Tony
- Molly
- Phyllis
- Laura
- Hilda
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