The Voice of Faith is a monthly publication of Faith Lutheran Church of Naples, Florida. Please address comments and articles to: communications@flc-naples.org The deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month. the voice OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NAPLES FLORIDA contents: The Shepherd’s Voice 1 Concert Series 2 Birthdays and Anniversaries 3 Calendar 4 Briefs 5 Blood Drive 6 2017 January Joseph the Dreamer Each month of 2017, we will point out one of the 12 plates hanging around the sanctuary. January’s plate: Joseph the Dreamer. How convenient right? As we embark our faith journey in the New Year, what “dreams” are running through your mind? God gave the Old Testament figure several visions that would later benefit not only Joseph, but those around him and his community. What could God be telling you to make His love and presence known in each of us, the lives of others, and your neighborhoods? It’s not about having BIG dreams, but rather being constantly ready to receive God’s calling. Let us then use every opportunity to pray and worship together so that our Lord may make His plans known for this blessed body of believers and its community.
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The Voice of Faith is a monthly publication of Faith Lutheran Church of Naples, Florida.
Please address comments and articles to: [email protected] The deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month.
the
voice
OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF NAPLES FLORIDA
contents:
The Shepherd’s Voice 1
Concert Series 2
Birthdays and Anniversaries 3
Calendar 4
Briefs 5
Blood Drive 6
2017January
Joseph the Dreamer Each month of 2017, we will point out one of the 12 plates hanging around the sanctuary. January’s plate: Joseph the Dreamer. How convenient right? As we embark our faith journey in the New Year, what “dreams” are running through your mind? God gave the Old Testament figure several visions that would later benefit not only Joseph, but those around him and his community. What could God be telling you to make His love and presence known in each of us, the lives of others, and your neighborhoods? It’s not about having BIG dreams, but rather being constantly ready to receive God’s calling. Let us then use every opportunity to pray and worship together so that our Lord may make His plans known for this blessed body of believers and its community.
The Epiphany of Jesus - Hebrews 1:1-9. One of my favorite celebrations is Epiphany (January 6 – celebrating on Saturday Jan. 7 and Sunday Jan. 8 here at Faith). The problem with Christmas for me is that people tend to make the story of Jesus’ coming too superficial, too “ho-hum, another Christmas is over.” We tend to miss the depth of God’s plan and fulfillment.
That is, in a sense, what the Epiphany of Jesus means – to provide light, to illuminate, to shine forth. Jesus, after a long period of preparation by God, finally brings to light that meticulous plan of God of both promising and delivering a Son, who is God’s last Word in bringing salvation.
In a sense, Christmas and Epiphany can be described most fully with the term “fulfillment”. The writer to the Hebrews is distinguishing between the Old and the New Testaments as he speaks about prophecy and fulfillment. The He identifies seven facts about the Son to underscore the full divinity (Jesus is God!:
1. God identifies His Son as bearing “the very stamp of His nature”.
2. Jesus is heir of all things 3. Jesus is co-Creator of the world 4. Jesus reflects the glory of God 5. Jesus upholds the universe 6. Jesus cleansed the world of sin. 7. Jesus sits at the right hand of majesty.
Jesus, then is God’s best and last Word to us. This Good News of God’s love is both strengthening and uplifting when in faith, we who have received the Christ, who celebrated His birth, can also rejoice as we in turn “reflect” that Light by our lives and love.
Happy New Year: Pastor Don Treglown
The Shepherd’s Voice
Abide In My Love
If we have emailed each other since my time here at Faith you may have noticed my Scripture sign off: “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” This is one of my favorite verses in the New Testament from 1 John 3:1(a). It will serve as our congregation’s Bible verse for 2017, centering on the theme: “Where does our identity reside?” To put it succinctly, our identity is fully and solely in God’s love perfectly manifested in His Son Jesus Christ. Our identity is in Jesus. Christ is the Father’s son by nature and essence. We become God’s children by sheer grace through the faith given to us by the Holy Spirit.
This whole year will be centered and focused on securing our true identity. The Greek work John uses for the word “see” denotes a desire for his readers to contemplate deeply. It is a seeing/perceiving not with the naked eye, but more so with the heart and mind guided solely by the Holy Spirit. We are encouraged to take heart and trust what God the Father gives, so that we may abide in it—His Son. For Jesus proclaimed: “As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. If yoMy love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:9-11) Come let us abide in our God’s love! Come let us rejoice in the identity that has been showered upon us. We are God’s children now and always.
Your fellow Jesus abider, Pastor Sam
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Mission of the YearIt all started in Spring 2011 when three people’s thoughts collided. Rev. Dr. Robert Scudieri was serving at Faith Lutheran Church in Naples, Florida at the time. Entertainment industry executive Rebeca Seitz and her then business partner, Steve Feldman, an Emmy-winning director, were up in Nashville. The three came together over a dinner at the home of James and Grace Seitz in Naples, where they discussed the general decline of American culture and the entertaiment industry’s ability to address it. They decided to hold a film festival and see if the local community had any interest in culture-enriching media – and making more of it.
The festival was held February 24, 2012, and Rebeca and Steve brought Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media, to be the keynote speaker at an opening dinner on Friday and a panelist for Saturday’s events. Other panelists included Howie Klausner (Space Cowboys), writer, director, and producer of The Grace Card and Michael Joiner, star of The Grace Card.
To introduce festival-goers to the wide conceptual range of Christian films and filmmakers, The Grace Card and Of Gods and Men were screened, with lively discussion following amongst the audience and panelists.
By the end of day two, the festival organizers could see that, yes, a large and sincere interest existed among the southwest Florida population.
As a few years have passed, and aving experienced explosive growth in 2014 and 2015, the SON Board of Trustees held an all-day meeting in May to review activity and determine whether the primary SON mission was being met. Did all of the activity serve to better society? To seed it with conservative values via mainstream media? Was SON the best home for each of the services offered?
At the end of that day, with the Board in unanimous agreement, a slightly edited mission statement and new tagline emerged:
SON exists to create relevant, mainstream media that has a positive impact on society.
In short,
We Make Media For Good.
SON is honored to have been selected to be the 20178 Mission of the Year at Faith Lutheran Church!
Blood Drive
Sunday January 8
9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Donating stock to Church is a good way to give.
The Church benefits from your gift, you get a tax deduction, and there is no capital gains tax on the transfer. Should you be led to give in this manner, you need to give the following number to your broker:
#0226 F/B/O NFS A/C #NT2-056340 We are grateful for the donations of stock made to Faith during the year. To improve our ability to credit your donation, please make sure that you contact the Church Office about your impending stock gift. When the transfer is made from your broker to our broker, we get account numbers and amounts of money but, no names.
If you have any questions, please call the Church Office at: (239) 434-5811
May we take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to all of you for The cards, letters, prayers, and words of encouragement you have shared with us during Advent and the Christmas celebrations. Especially are we grateful for the gift of God’s love in Jesus Christ which you have so graciously shared with us. We have been blessed to be able to serve you ……THANK YOU!
Pastor Don & Jo Treglown
We, the staff of Faith Lutheran Church, would like to thank all of the members for all of the Christmas cards, treats, and gifts of all kinds. It is truly a pleasure to be able to serve this congregation and we are looking forward to doing the Lord’s work in the coming year.
In Christ, Faith Lutheran Church Staff
Jon Bremseth 1 Jay Dass 1 Carole Hendricks 1 Jane Handrich 2 Karen Doerr 3 Lorraine McKay 4 Gil Poretti 4 Beverly Werling 4 Carol-Ann Bloise 5 Dawn Hazelett 5 Beckett Kinder 5 Anthony Renzi 6 Wayne Toenjes 6 Debbie Buonpane 7 Gerry Kaput 7 Grace Seitz 7 Lisa Richardson 8
Joan Broecker 9 Steve Moller 9 Stella Sherwood 9 Jayme Allred 10 John Nilson 10 Amanda Gedvillas 11 Dave Bremseth 12 Jernae Brice 12 David Minke 12 Brooke McClendon 14 Marilynn Miller 15 Sharon Moller 15 Lawson Sherwood Jr. 15 Jacqueline Slama 15 Sandy Thoburn 16 Harper Treglown 16 Larry Herrmann 18
Caleb Outerbridge 24 Julie Dass 25 JoAnn Hill 25 Chelsey Boll 28 Katherine Boll 28 Paul Dorr 28 Pam Hawkesworth 29 Walter Inman 29 Della Johnson 29 Paul Sullivan 29 Sandy Walker 29 David Harrington 30 Ashley Peterson 31
George & Julie Fotis 3 Donald & Irene Harring 3 Brian & Katy Wells 11 Roy & Sue Stearns 12 Steve & Tammy Gardner13 David & Lorrie Minke 22
29 4th Sunday after Epiphany 8:00 a.m. -Worship (S) 9:00 a.m. – Fellowship 9:15 a.m. – Worship (S) 10:00 a.m.- Bible Study (DR) 10:10 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Worship (S) 12:00 noon – Potluck and
Congregational Meeting (FH)
30 9:30-2:00 p.m. - Cravin' to Craft
31 10:00 a.m. – Bible
Study(DR)
11:00 a.m. - Marine Lunch
6:30 p.m. - Praise Band
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Thank You
To all bakers, platers, wrappers, and decorators who helped out with the Women of Faith 10th Annual Cookie Sale! Your hours of hard work were very appreciated and contributed to another successful sale. Also, thank you to all who made monetary donations and those who came to buy cookies. Over 150 pounds of cookies were sold. The proceeds will benefit the Women of Faith and the church office flooring project.
Cravin’ to Craft
The Crafters are starting a new year and invite all ladies who enjoy working on crafts to join us on January 9th at 9:30 a.m. in the Discipleship Room to propose new ideas for projects for the coming year. The first sale will be at the WOF Spring Tea. Please come and join us then if you can.
Lambs of Faith
Lambs of Faith Preschool will begin pre-registration for the 2017-2018 school year in January! Please call Miss Karen at 434-9277 or email at [email protected] if you would like to schedule a tour.
The Preschool will be holding their annual “Rummage Sale & Bake Sale” fund raiser on Saturday, February 11th from 8 am to 1 pm. We will be accepting donations for the sale after January 30th.
55+ Gathering
The next 55+ Gathering will be Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the home of Jim & Karen Frank. 6641 Mill Run Circle, Naples, 34109.
Anyone 55 and older is welcome...singles & couples!!! Come for Lunch at 11:30 A.M. Lunch is potluck, so bring your favorite dish to pass! A sign up sheet will be available starting January 8! Hope to see many of you there!!
For details contact: Della Johnson: 239-250-0279 Karen Frank: 239-596-3580 Judy McDermott: 239-822-5973 Janet Guenther: 781-771-3041
Un-decorating the Church
All good things must come to an end, and once again it’s time to take down the Christmas greens and pack them away until next year, and we need your help. Please meet Michael Schmidt in the Sanctuary on Monday, January 9 at 8:00 a.m. to help. Many hands make for light work! If you have any questions please call Michael at (239) 216-1866.
Young Musicians Concert Series Featured Artist - Fransisco Pirela
January 15 - 3:00 P.M.
Please join Faith Lutheran Church as it welcomes Mr. Francisco Pirela as the guest artist in the series of Young Musicians Concert Series on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM. The concert will be held in the Sanctuary of Faith Lutheran Church, 4150 Goodlette Road, Naples. After the concert of about 1 hour, meet Mr. Pirela in the Narthex for light refreshments.
Woodwindist Francisco Pirela has performed in ensembles and as a soloist throughout Naples and the United States. While a music student in Illinois, he studied under Chicago native Jerry Luzienecki. He performed with the Olivet Nazarene University Wind Ensemble and was a flutist in their marching band. In 2013, Francisco performed on alto saxophone and Eb clarinet at the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. While in high school, he was a two-time, All-Country musician as
well as the lead alto sax in the Naples Youth Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bob Stone. He studied with Don Rhynard of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra for several years. He has played under the baton of many great conductors, including award-winning composer, David Maslank. Currently, he is the alto saxophonist for the First Baptist Church Naples orchestra as well as a saxophone and clarinet teacher at Miller’s Sheet Music and Studios in Bonita Springs.
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