Mission Statement: “As followers of Jesus Christ, we embrace, reflect and proclaim God’s unconditional love.” Faith Lutheran Church Messenger 1000 Tates Creek Road, Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 266-7621 or (859) 266-9600 e-mail: [email protected]website: http://www.faithlutheranchurch.com March 2016 “Every Sunday in worship the church celebrates the life, death, and resurrec- Ɵon of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit gath- ers us to receive again the giŌs of God that come to us through Christ, the sav- ing Word. On several key days at the center of the church year, however, worship takes a parƟcular shape. These central days have come to be known as the Three Days, recalling Jesus' own words to his disciples that he would be handed over to death, and that "aŌer three days he will rise again" (Mark 10:34). The Three Days encompass the Ɵme from Maundy Thursday evening through the evening of Easter Day. In parƟcular, the services of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter unfold in a single movement, as the Church each year makes the passage with Christ through death into life.” Evangelical Lutheran Worship, page 247. The story of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday is not complete without the cross of Good Friday, and the death of Jesus on the cross is not complete with- out the history of God’s salvaƟon in the world and the hope of ResurrecƟon of the Easter Vigil. Therefore, this year the three worship events of Maundy Thurs- day, Good Friday and Easter Vigil are in a single booklet. These will be available on Palm Sunday, or you may pick one up at the office during Holy Week, to study in advance as the church enters in the full- ness of God’s salvaƟon story, known most fully in the love of Jesus. Paxton VanWinkle will be received into the church through holy bapƟsm at the Easter Vigil. You are encouraged to aƩend the services of the Three Days to affirm your own bapƟsm and deepen your faith. THE THREE DAYS OF EASTER Maundy Thursday, March 24 7:00 p.m. Holy Communion, Footwashing, and Stripping of the Altar Good Friday, March 25 2:30 p.m. The Way of the Cross—A meditaƟve service of scripture, prayers, and song. 7:00 p.m. AdoraƟon of the Crucified Holy Saturday, March 26 8:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter Easter Day, March 27 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. FesƟval Eucharist (No 6:00 service on Easter Day) See page 3 for MidWeek Lenten Gathering locaƟons.
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Mission Statement: “As followers of Jesus Christ, we embrace, reflect and proclaim God’s unconditional love.”
Faith Lutheran Church Messenger 1000 Tates Creek Road, Lexington, KY 40502
“Every Sunday in worship the church celebrates the life, death, and resurrec-
on of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit gath-ers us to receive again the gi s of God that come to us through Christ, the sav-ing Word. On several key days at the center of the church year, however, worship takes a par cular shape. These central days have come to be known as the Three Days, recalling Jesus' own words to his disciples that he would be handed over to death, and that "a er three days he will rise again" (Mark 10:34). The Three Days encompass the
me from Maundy Thursday evening through the evening of Easter Day. In par cular, the services of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter unfold in a single movement, as the Church each year makes the passage with Christ through death into life.” Evangelical Lutheran Worship, page 247.
The story of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday is not complete without the cross of Good Friday, and the death of Jesus on the cross is not complete with-out the history of God’s salva on in the world and the hope of Resurrec on of the Easter Vigil. Therefore, this year the three worship events of Maundy Thurs-day, Good Friday and Easter Vigil are in a single booklet. These will be available on Palm Sunday, or you may pick one up at the office during Holy Week, to study in advance as the church enters in the full-ness of God’s salva on story, known most fully in the love of Jesus. Paxton VanWinkle will be received into the church through holy bap sm at the Easter Vigil. You are encouraged to a end the services of the Three Days to affirm your own bap sm and deepen your faith.
THE THREE DAYS OF EASTER
Maundy Thursday, March 24 7:00 p.m. Holy Communion, Footwashing, and Stripping of the Altar Good Friday, March 25 2:30 p.m. The Way of the Cross—A medita ve service of scripture, prayers,
and song. 7:00 p.m. Adora on of the Crucified Holy Saturday, March 26 8:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter Easter Day, March 27 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Fes val Eucharist (No 6:00 service on Easter Day)
See page 3 for MidWeek Lenten
Gathering loca ons.
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Bach Vespers takes place within the context of a Lutheran Worship Service, giving us a glimpse of the mu-sic in rela on to its intended ecclesias cal purpose. J. S. Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug (I have enough) is built on the words of Simeon which proclaim one of Chris ani-ty’s central tenets that, in Christ, we share an abun-dance of gi s and, therefore we have all we need. Psalm 30 by Thomas White is a song that begins with lament and then transforms into victory: “You have turned my mourning into dancing." The program of the Bach Ves-pers is designed to enable us to reflect on the joys and sorrows of our past and to remind us that music and the arts can be a perpetual source of healing.
Bishop Ga jen of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod will be the guest speaker. Find out more at: harstadarts.org.
On Easter Sun-day, March 27th, Pastor Emeritus, H. Gene Templar will celebrate the 50th anni-versary of his ordina on. He was ordained at St. Paul Luther-an Church, Con-nersville, IN, with Dr. Walter Wick presiding. Pastor Templar was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN. He graduated from Wi enberg Uni-versity and Hamma School of Theology (now a part of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH.) He has served four parishes in the I-K Synod during his career. They are St. Paul Lutheran Church, Connersville, IN; Trinity Lutheran Church, Louisville, KY; Faith Lutheran Church, Lexington, KY (from 1973-1983); and Calvary Lutheran Church, Louisville, KY. Upon re re-ment he served as a volunteer Chaplain for Hospice of Louisville. This year Pastor Templar and his wife, Judy, will also celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They are the parents of three children; Andrew, David and Amy and grandparents to Adeline, Rory, Mairi and Eamon. Gene and Judy have many special memories of their me serving Faith and s ll enjoy seeing and talking to mem-bers and friends that they remember from the
me when Gene was Pastor here.
Pastor Emeritus, H. Gene Templar
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—MID-WEEK LENTEN GATHERINGS—
Wednesday March 2
Wednesday March 9
Wednesday March 16
St. Augus ne Chapel 472 Rose Street (859) 489-1222
Gethsemane 2185 Garden Springs Drive
(859) 277-6096
Faith 1000 Tates Creek Road
(859) 266-7621
WE are Church Together
Pastor Jim Mer-kel
WE are Church For The World
Pastor Dana Lockhart
What Difference
do WE Make Pastor Jared Lee
Please Join Us For Our 2016 Joint ELCA Lexington Ministries Midweek Lenten Soup Suppers and Worship Services.
Soup Suppers are at 6:15 p.m. and Worship Services begin at 7:00 p.m.
“We Are Claimed, Gathered and Sent”
Wednesday, March 2nd 12:15 p.m. “The Way of the Cross”
A mid-Lenten Service at Faith
... for St. Augus ne's St. A's Campus Ministry at UK is looking for dona ons of new or gently used items for chapel use. Specifically, we are in need of altar linens, slow-cookers/crockpots (2), a couch, and a washer (and dryer if possible). Please contact Pastor Dana if you have an item to donate. (859) 489-1222 or [email protected]
Journeys: An Evening of Art Song Featuring the songs of:
Caccini, Marcello, Brahms, Ravel, John Ireland,
Ralph Vaughan Williams, and John Duke
Craig Philip Price, Bass-Baritone Erica Rumbley, Piano
Friday, March 11, 2016 — 7 p.m.
Faith Lutheran Church
1000 Tates Creek Road, Lexington, KY 40502
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Members of Faith, We have had a great start to 2016. We con-
nue to enjoy our weekly mu-
sic class with Ms. Marian & chapel with Pastor Mark & Cantor Tom. These are highlights of our week! Please enjoy these photos and like us on Facebook to see more pho-tos and to stay updated on FLLC, h p://www.facebook.com/faithlutheranlearningcenter Monday, Mar 7 @ 5:30 pm we will
be having a parent mee ng to plan our school/community garden. If you are interested in helping with this project we would love to see you at our mee ng. We have par-ent mee ngs monthly on various topics and all church members, families, and friends are welcome to a end. FREE childcare is always provided during the mee ngs. Our Spring Fling event/fundraiser is coming up on Friday, April 29 from 5:30-7:30 pm. All church members, families, and friends are encouraged to a end. As we pre-pare for the event we will be col-
lec ng dona ons for our raffle & silent auc on. If you would like to make something or donate gi cards or other items for our event please contact Charla, 859-268-0108 or [email protected] At the beginning of April you will find a sign-up sheet in the narthex to volunteer your me during the event. If this is something you are interested in I encourage you to par cipate. We have a lot of fun and it’s a great way to get to know FLLC families. Another way to support our minis-try… Kroger Community Rewards® Giving More Back to the Communi-ty!
Just enroll your Kroger Plus Card at www.kroger.com/communityrewards and select Faith Lutheran Learning Center, organiza on # 10767. FLLC will receive a dona on check from Kroger quarterly as a result of your shopping. Many thanks in ad-vance!!
PRAYER SHAWL BLESSING On Sunday, January 31 there were 33 pray-er shawls draped over the pews in the Sanctuary for a blessing. Pastor Mark en-couraged the congrega on to place their hands on a prayer shawl for this blessing ...
“Gracious God we thank you for Your loving hands which knits together the fabric of all life. On this day, we thank you for the lov-ing hands of those who have knit these prayer shawls, for their prayers of hope, healing and the comfor ng peace of your presence have been woven into each s tch. We ask you to bless these shawls with your love and healing grace, so they may bring comfort and healing strength to those who receive them. May they feel the warm em-brace of all our prayers wrap around them as they use these shawls. May they also serve as a reminder of how we are all knit together into the one body of Christ, woven together in your love, and guided and sus-tained by the Holy Spirit. Knit now our prayers and the spirit of your love into each of these shawls as we dedicate them to your glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN ” Come join us in this Prayer Shawl Ministry – we meet the first Wednesday of each month from 11:30 – 1:00. Contact Debbie Anderson (859-263-8412) or Linda McDan-iel (859-296-6627)
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3/4 - 5:00-5:30 - Tour Kevin's Star Wars collec on (1166 Caywood Dr.). Youth and parents are invited to check out Kevin's collec on of Star Wars memorabilia from the 1970s and 1980s. 3/4 - 6:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. - Star Wars lock in. We'll order pizza around 8:00 and watch the original trilogy (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi). No money needed.
3/20 - 12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Puccini's planning lunch. Please bring $5 toward the cost of your lunch.
FLY…MARCH EVENTS
There Is No Peace… Over the years, many people have made statements along the lines of, "There is no Peace without Jus ce."
Typically we think about that in a global way, and look at countries who never really seem to experience peace, where there is always some undercurrent of unrest. When we inspect those countries more close-ly what we o en find is a culture of injus ces: racial and ethnic inequali es, corrupt governments, class systems based on repression, various types of dis-crimina on based on any number of stereotypical be-liefs. But today, let's take a look at "...no peace without jus ce..." from the level of the individual. There is no peace of mind without jus ce. I believe that. Imagine any me when you have felt the s ng of being treat-ed unjustly/unfairly. It has happened to all of us. At one me or another I suspect each of us has had at least a thought of "That happened because I ________________.” Fill in the space.. am a woman, am older, am black, am a man, speak with an accent, am poor, come from the mountains, didn't go to
school. The point is that those thoughts and the feel-ings associated with them create a chink in your piece of mind. Most of us in this church might experience the situa on, but shrug it off later because we get other input that tells us we're okay. Now imagine how it would be to be faced with a daily barrage of feedback that indicates that there is something terri-bly wrong with you, but there is nothing you can do about it. Many of our brothers and sisters in Lexing-ton live that kind of life every day (many of them are children). How would that affect your peace of mind, your feelings of self-worth, your stress level, your thoughts about "pulling yourself up by your boot-straps," your ability to drag yourself out of bed each morning to face another day of injus ce? Our brothers and sisters in Lexington need all of us in the fight against injus ce. They need your support to cap the interest on payday loans, to have safe neigh-borhoods, and to have ready access to mental health services. These are the issues we will address at the Nehemiah Ac on Assembly on April 12 (Tuesday) at 7:00pm at Heritage Hall. There is free parking in the Vine Street and Cox Street parking lots.
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The following is the list of
persons who have said they
would like to be listed.
Please keep them in your
prayers. In the future, when
pu ng people on the prayer
list, please inform the church
office if you would like their
names and concerns to be
shared in this way.
The family of Chet Steven-
son.
Steve Carter, undergoing
dialysis and on kidney trans-
plant list.
Sydney and Adeline Taber,
daughters of Leslie Taber,
con nued growth as prema-
ture infants.
Randy Will, son of Eileen
Will, spinal cord injury.
Henning Egner, dealing with
Alzheimer's.
All those in harm’s way for
whatever reason. Bring us
peace in our me, Lord, and
let it begin with each of us.
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Financial Secretary's Report
January 1-31, 2016
INCOME TOWARD BUDGET Offering Envelopes $33,582.05 Loose Offering 629.75 34,211.80 Total Income Toward Budget 34,211.80 RESTRICTED MONEY Reimbursements CC Reimb - Workman's Comp 125.00 CC Reimb - Custodial 370.00 Worship Enhancement 48.94 Initial Envelopes 292.00 The Lutheran 436.60 1,272.54 Special Funds Pastor’s Discretionary Fund 750.00 Sunday School Offering 15.00 Annual Meeting 150.00 Harstad Fine Arts Series 100.00 National Youth Gathering 182.36 1,197.36 Pass Thru Monies World Hunger 353.00 God’s Pantry 40.00 Mission Endowment Fund 882.64 1,275.64 Total Restricted Money 3,745,54 TOTAL JANUARY RECEIPTS 37,957.34 Comparison to Budget January Year-to-Date Contributions 34,211.80 34,211.80 Budget 35,984.50 35,984.50 Percent of Budget 95.07% 95.07% Mary S. Hemken, Financial Secretary, 859-268-6801, [email protected]
OWLS (Older, Wiser, Lutherans)
Will meet on Thursday, March 17 at 12:30 p.m.
Su on’s Restaurant on Richmond Rd.
See you there.
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NEWSLETTER ARTICLES ARE DUE THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH.ARTICLES MAY BE EDITED AS TO SIZE, CONTENT AND TIMELINESS. Marian Lundborg, Messenger Editor, [email protected]
MARCH ANNIVERSARIES 2 Jack & Do e Cassel Jack & Carole Seibert 19 Mike & Julie Keller
MARCH BIRTHDAYS 1 Gisela Atkerson 3 Dale Aus n Adrienne Matson Parker Teasdale 5 Aeris Hammonds 7 Lucy Bergen 8 Susan Harper 9 Steve Knudsen 10 Jim Burnside 11 JoEllen McComb Payton Sword 12 Jan Isenhour Linda McDaniel 13 Rebecca Lockhart Judy Templar 15 William Kelley Avalee Konkle Lin Whitley 16 Charles Hamilton 17 Hailey Shannon 18 Kevin Lentz 19 Gene Harper Troy Peasley Josephine Wendroth 21 Alann Karow Carson Veil 22 Karl Krause Julie Miller 23 Walt Keinath 24 Kathy Egner Chris Fugmann 27 Joe Swanson Tara Sword 28 Betsy Filchak 29 Carly Fugmann Ray Hughes Parveen Majumder 30 Madeline Tudor 31 Tim Sorenson
A endance Worship January 24 146 January 31 194 February 7 226 February 10 (Ash Wed.) 104 February 14 152 February 21 170
Bap sm: Maximus Nolan Schadler, son of Nolan and
Kendra Schadler, was bap zed January 24th.
Death: Chet Stevenson, member of Faith, died
January 26th.
During this season of Lent, begin-ning on Sunday, February 28th, 9:45 – 10:45 AM, a new Adult Discussion Class will begin on Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life.
Evening Sophia for Mon., March 21 (moved for Lent) will meet at the home of Kathy Heersche, 418 Plymouth Dr. at 7:00 PM. We are reading The Hundred Foot Journey, by Richard Morais. Since the story is rich in Indian and French cuisine, I will be serving some food from both cul-tures. If you have a dish/snack you’d like to share from either culture, you are welcome to bring it. Newcomers are welcome even if you have not read the book. Ques ons? Call 859-806-2433.
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Service Schedule Sunday Worship 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM (Nursery provided during the 8:30 and 11:00 AM services) Sunday School (Sept. through May) 9:45 AM
Staff
Mark Sloss, Pastor 266-7621 [email protected] 765-437-3879 Tom White, Cantor (Director of Music Ministries) 266-7621 [email protected] 843-303-1005 Office hours: Mon – Thu 10 – 5 (Friday – off) Ruth Lundborg, Parish Administrator 266-7621 [email protected] Monday—Thursday 8:00—4:00, Friday 8:00—1:00 Charla Heersche, Child Care Director 268-0108 [email protected] Bryna Reed, Coordinator of Educa onal Ministries 489-8128 [email protected] Kevin Lentz, Coordinator of Youth Ministries 948-5159 [email protected] Brian Lundborg, Sexton 388-4022 H. Gene Templar, Pastor Emeritus Marian Lundborg, Messenger Editor [email protected] 559-3784
(859) 266-7621 or (859) 266-9600 e-mail: [email protected] website: h p://www.faithlutheranchurch.com
Faith Lutheran Church Council—2016 Tim Sorenson, President David Templar, Vice President Debbie Rosenberg, Treasurer Sandra Palmer, Secretary DeAnna Frederick Shane Hadden Charlie Hamilton Adrienne Matson Jim McGrath Diane Nicely
Faith Lutheran Church 1000 Tates Creek Road Lexington, KY 40502
