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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
June 28, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Re-Creation Pastor Klonowski It’s like the building is hung over. Ten months of intense activity and use. Preschool! Sunday School! Community groups! And then, the cherry on top, two weeks of energy and power in June that we call Vacation Bible School! Now this week I can feel the old building breathing out, and resting. Now begins six weeks or so of a long exhale, the quietest time in the annual rhythm of the church. VBS stuff is gradually put away. Storage areas are re-organized. Some of the deep cleaning projects will be done, floor waxing and carpet cleaning. In my office I’m going to clean the shelves, dust the books, change around some things. It’s a time to think; a time to evaluate; a time to plan. In the early years of my ministry, on the Southeast Side of the city, the factories around us called it re-tooling. From time to time they’d shut down the steel mills, shut down the big Ford assembly plant that was across the street from the church, and set things up for new processes, new products. It really wasn’t down time. The word was, re-tooling. For people of faith the word is, re-creation. You get out of the usual rhythm, get out of the groove (hopefully it’s not a rut!), and you re-create. Usually when we hear the word recreation we think of vacation, getting away from it all, and that’s an important part of it for sure! But it really isn’t down time. Not if you are re-creating. I hope you get some good re-creation in, this summer! Shut down the normal for a good long stretch. Breathe out. Rest! And re-tool; re-create. Come on back ready for ministry in new ways. Because when you re-create, you’re going to be about the business of creating something all new! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Sunday Hunger offering Each first Sunday of the month, Faith gathers an offering for ELCA World Hunger. ELCA World Hunger responds to hunger and poverty in the US and around the world by addressing root causes through relief, development, education, and advocacy. Learn more at elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action Use the pew envelopes to make an offering to World Hunger today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Summer Hospitality Table Feel free to drop off packaged cookies to the table to be used for summer Sunday treats. Sign up sheets are on the office windows to bring and serve treats any Sunday. Coffee will be made and lemonade and iced tea will be in the refrigerator in the kitchen ready to be poured. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Lamentations 3:22-33 Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts First Sunday Hunger offering Post-worship treats Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:00 Jacob’s Well Saturday 8:30 Growing in Faith Together (GIFT) 9:00 Altar Guild Sunday July 1 9:30 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday No Growing in Faith Together (GIFT) Wednesday, July 4 Office Closed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, July 1, 2018
Serving God in Worship 9:30 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Preacher: Pastor Robert Klonowski Children’s Message:Maria Arndt Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Todd Thoresen Altar attendants: Michelle Burke & Mary Woolsey Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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