4 Church Council With our Messiah Annual Meeting complete, we have a new church council for 2020. Below are our church council members arranged by their class “graduation” date. Please feel free to contact them at the email addresses listed next to their names. 2020 Council Class of January 2021 (three-member class) Jaymie Torres Ibarra - [email protected]Nicholas Brinkmeyer - [email protected]Dave Carlsen - [email protected]Class of January 2022 (three-member class) Mike McLaughlin - [email protected]Stephanie (Nelson-Penland) Smith - [email protected]Sandi Wollum - [email protected]Class of January 2023 (three-member class) Anne Baunach - [email protected]Dave Foss - [email protected]Charlie Radabaugh - [email protected]Staff Relating to Council Pr. Chuck Harris – [email protected]Deacon Traci Vatne – [email protected]Savannah Phelan – [email protected]Our church council is constitutionally responsible for many areas of congregational life. These include, but are not limited to: general oversight of congregational life and activities, in particular its worship life; responsibility for financial and property matters; responsibility for constitutional, membership, and employment matters; and the transaction of business not limited to the congregation as a whole. Worship Conversations Messiah’s Worship Committee is planning a conversation process for February and March. This process allows all congregational members the opportunity to hear one another’s thoughts and share their hopes for Sunday mornings at Messiah. The conversations will create feedback in conversation, through reflection and writing, on Sticky Notes, and through Facebook and email. The process entails six steps: A High Level Conversation centered around the following question: What would a Sunday morning look like at which you 1) would be vitally engaged and 2) would be excited to bring a relative, friend, or neighbor? A Mid-Level Conversation that focuses on some of the programmatic pieces of Sunday morning, such as worship and music, fellowship, faith formation, and the opportunity for service. A “Down-in-the-Weeds” Conversation with folks who make the practical aspects of worship happen. A Reflection Sermon on what is being spoken and what is being heard, followed by further member and friend responses via reflection and writing, Sticky Notes, Facebook, and email. A Written Proposal by the Worship Team to the church council on how Messiah should move forward. Action by the council and implementation following Easter. The Worship Team seeks to foster a healthy and wide-ranging conversation around the upcoming move to two Sunday morning services. Watch for specific times and dates for the above steps in the worship conversation process. 1 Holy Communion All are welcome to the Lord’s table, and this always includes children! We believe that the Risen Christ comes to us in, with, and under the bread and wine of Holy Communion with gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation for all. Please indicate your intention to receive bread and wine with open hands. Folded hands signifies that you choose to receive a blessing rather than bread and wine. Gluten free wafers are also available. We practice communion by intinction—the dipping of bread into either the larger chalice of wine or, for those who prefer, the smaller chalice of grape juice. The offering plates located in the side aisles are used to fund our Food Bank, Community Meal and other community needs. Please give generously to these to support these programs. In the name of the Risen Christ, welcome to the Lord’s Table. Congregational Verse: “And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8b Guiding Vision: We are an inclusive community following Jesus, worshiping God, striving side by side, and mending the broken places in all creation. Embrace Committee Embrace – create a culture where everyone feels welcome- We are excited about the work we do and cherish the community we share through life’s ups and downs. We want to share this community with new people, and we want to change and grow with their presence. We commit ourselves to engage with people outside our community, as well as people within Messiah. We will create a welcoming culture and ensure that each person receives the message: There is a place for you here! Messiah Weekly February 9-16, 2020 Welcome Welcome to Messiah Lutheran Church. We invite you to be our companion on a journey of faith. As we share our stories, learn to pray, practice hearing scripture together, and consider God’s call to service, we do so anticipating we will be changed. In the midst of these unsettling and yet hopeful times, we go forth with the Holden Prayer of Good Courage on our lips: O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Electronic Giving Cards This week in the pew card holders, you will see new green giving cards. If you give your offering through Simply Giving, online banking or other electronic formats please use these cards each week to signify your offering. The placement of this card in the offering plate is a way of participating in this act of worship. If you would like to sign up for electronic giving, please contact Lynne in the church office.
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Church Council
With our Messiah Annual Meeting complete, we
have a new church council for 2020. Below are our
church council members arranged by their class
“graduation” date. Please feel free to contact them
at the email addresses listed next to their names.
Don Minnick, Dick Ode, Everett Rom, Sarah Trott, Katie Walda, Erik & Nick Welch, Lori Wollum.
In the Military: Jeff Fitzmorris, Lucas Fitzmorris, Ray Hardaway, Sam Harris, Kenny Hendrickson, Daryl
Johnson, Madeline Almodivar Sanabria and J.R. Sawyer.
Every Tuesday, our staff prays for the persons listed above. If you would like to be included in our staff prayers, please contact the church office at 253.833.5280. Individuals will be in our prayers for four consecutive weeks. To be included after the four weeks, please call us again, let us know how you are doing, and we will continue to hold you in our ongoing prayers.
Adult Education
Adult Education classes meet in the music room at
9:30am.
February 9th/16th: Emmanuel documentary and
discussion
Join us for a viewing of Emanuel, the 2019
documentary about the shooting at Mother Emanuel
Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The film
powerfully weaves the history of race relations in
Charleston, the significance and impact of Mother
Emanuel Church, and the hope that somehow
emerges in the aftermath. The documentary will be
split between two weeks with discussion led by
Andrew Monsen.
February 23rd: 5th/6th Graders teach on
Homelessness
Each spring the 5th/6th grade Sunday School class
shifts from following the traditional Sunday School
curriculum to beginning work on issues of social
justice. This year the students have chosen to focus
on homelessness as they work to support two local
organizations (NEXUS Youth and Families and Vine
Maple Place) who work to address homelessness in
our community. Join us February 23rd as our 5th/6th
graders share with us what they are learning so that
all ages can be engaged in the work.
Rummage Sale
Carolyn Towner is stepping away from leadership of
our congregation’s annual rummage sale. We want
to thank Carolyn for her thoughtful leadership and
for shepherding this ministry to the community.
This creates an opportunity for a new leader to step
forward and become the new shepherd of the
rummage sale. Those interested in exploring this
leadership opportunity can talk with Carolyn about
what it entails. Her cell is (253) 217-0494.
In order to hold a rummage sale this coming July, a
new leader will need to be identified and planning
begin by March 1, 2020. If this ministry and
leadership opportunity sounds like a calling for you,
please let Carolyn or the church office know by
March 1.
Do Not Reply
Recently members of Messiah have received an
email from “Chuck Harris” with a Gmail address
asking them either for credit card numbers or for a
reply. Do not reply to these emails. These are scams.
When receiving an email from a church staff
member please check that it is from an official email
account. If you have any doubts or questions, please
contact the church office.
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Messiah This Week Sunday 2/9
8:15am Worship Sanctuary
9:30am Worship Sanctuary
9:30am Education Hour Classrooms
10:45am Worship Galli Hall
12:30pm New Covenant Sanctuary
4:00pm Community Meal Gathering Space
Monday 2/10
7:00pm Messiah Ringers Music Room
Tuesday 2/11
10:00am Knitting Group Fireside Lounge
11:00am Staff Meeting Office
5:00pm 7th Day Adventist Sanctuary
Wednesday 2/12
6:00am Kiwanis Gathering Space
9:00am Quilting Quilting Room
9:00am Food Bank Gathering Space
6:00pm WOW! Galli Hall
Thursday 2/13
11:00am Bible Study Quilting Room
5:30pm Spirit Fest Meal Gathering Space
6:00pm Worship Teams Sanctuary/Galli
7:30pm Messiah Chorale Sanctuary
Friday 2/14
8:00pm New Covenant Youth Room
Saturday 2/15
9:00am 7th Day Adventist Sanctuary
10:00am Garden RR Society Galli/G. Space
4:00pm 7th Day Adventist Chapel/Sanctuary
Next Sunday 2/16
8:15am Worship Sanctuary
9:30am Worship Sanctuary
9:30am Education Hour Classrooms
10:45am Worship Galli Hall
12:30pm New Covenant Sanctuary
2:00pm Community Meal Gathering Space
Feminist Theology Book Club:
Please join us this month as we will be reading, The
God Who Sees: Immigration, the Bible and the Journey
to Belong by Karen Gonzalez. We will be meeting to
discuss the book on February 27th from 6:30-8pm in
the Youth Room. All are welcome! Contact Savannah
for more information.
Women’s Retreat
The Southwestern Washington Synod Spring
Women’s Retreat will be held on March 27-29 in
Black Diamond, Washington. Pastor Kit Neely will be
the speaker. The retreat theme will be “Light.” Flyers
and registration forms are available on the Welcome
Wagon in the Gathering Space.
VBS Planning Meeting
It takes a team to make VBS come together, and we
need you! On Sunday March 15th at 12pm we will
be holding a VBS planning meeting to discuss how
we can make VBS happen this summer for our
kiddos. Savannah has a curriculum, but in order for
VBS to be possible, we’ll need teachers, volunteers,
worship leaders, cooks, fundraisers, decorators and
help with promotion. If you see yourself being part
of any of this, please join us on March 15th or contact
Savannah Phelan.
Actioneers
Join us Tuesday, February 19th at Messiah Lutheran
at 11am for a 50 minute DVD presentation on
“Luther and the Reformation” by Rick Steeves. Rick
will tell the story of a humble monk who lived a
dramatic life while visiting sites relating to the
Reformation. We’ll follow with a short table
discussion of the video and then a potluck lunch.
Please bring a dessert or salad if your last name
begins with A thru M, or hot dish if N thru Z. Please
