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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
July 11, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS One in Six by Stuart Kurtz On World Refugee Day this past June 20th, the ELCA tweeted this message from the Lutheran World Federation: “At the end of World War II, 1 in 6 Lutherans were refugees.” It’s a statistic intended to strip away the veil that divides us from today’s refugees. Those Lutheran refugees were among the ethnic Germans expelled from East Prussia, Poland, Russia, and Czechoslovakia under the Potsdam Agreement. These were areas from which the Nazis had intended to expel Slavic people, creating “Lebensraum” (“Room to live”) for their own. The one-in-six statistic cannot help but also remind us of the fraught history of Lutheranism in Nazi Germany, and of the complicity of many German Lutherans, and of the active participation in the Nazi movement of more than a few Lutherans. As Lutheran Christians, we prefer to remember Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the other saints of the Confessing Church, who opposed the Nazis at grave personal risk and sacrifice. But the sad truth is that the anti-Semitism that Hitler tapped into was latent in Luther’s later writings, and is also in the Lutheranism of his day. We have unclean hands as a denomination, but have tried mightily in the years since to redeem ourselves from the sins of that era. We have told ourselves, with a conviction that comes from never having been tested, “It could not happen here,” and joined others in saying “Never again.” Our test has come. There are concentration camps in our country today, where people demonized by our country’s political discourse are imprisoned. It is happening again. It is happening here. And if today’s camps are not the industrial death camps of the Third Reich, they are places where basic sanitation is neglected, and where people are crowded into pens with too little water, too little shelter, and too much heat. They are places where death is invited and places where death comes. And we, as American Lutherans, must speak. “You shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34, NRSV) Stuart Kurtz is a member of Faith. In his daily ministry he is a teacher of computer science at the University of Chicago. He’s at stuart@cs.uchicago.edu [mailto:stuart@cs.uchicago.edu]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mission trip blessing and car wash Sunday, July 14 All participants for the mission trip to Knoxville, Tennessee are invited to be prayed over in worship on Sunday, July 14. They will head out on their trip Saturday, July 20. They are still raising funds toward their trip- they will be running a car wash in the church parking lot beginning at 11 am on Sunday, July 14. Free will donations accepted gladly! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Some Conversation about… Faith Lutheran Church
What’s our mission, here at Faith? What’s the purpose of our weekly worship? How might we touch new people with the Good News we’ve been given? To accomplish these ends, what might our Sunday worship schedule look like? These and other questions will be considered with Pastor Klonowski, following worship on July 14 and August 4. Summer is a good time for the church to think, plan, and dream. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Roof! If you’ve been at church this week, you’ve hear the “bam, bam, bam” of power nail guns overhead. A new roof is nearly done! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Psalm 25:1-10 Luke 10:25-37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts high school mission trip car wash and blessing Sunday conversations Roof! Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:00 Website Group 7:00 “Belief” book Study II 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 8:30 “Belief” book Study III 9:00 Altar Preparation Sunday 7/14 9:30 Worship 11:00 Summer Conversation about…Faith Lutheran Church 11:15 Youth Car Wash 7:15 NA Meeting Tuesday 7:00 Council Meeting Wednesday 7:00 “Belief” book Study I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, July 14, 2019
Serving God in Worship at 9:30AM
Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: George Woolsey Preacher: Pastor Robert Klonowski Lector: Nancy Grzesiak Song Leader: Stuart Kurtz Organist: Rita Jeffirs Communion Deacons: Milka Thoresen, Lee Brauer & Stuart Kurtz Acolyte: Lucas Kramer Ushers: Garth Aronson & Bill Hornof Altar Guild: Ruth Alpers & Noralee Sandala ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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