Harbor beacon, January 2018

The light shines in the darkness…

John 1:5

OHLC Staff Pastor: Jeffrey Spencer

Home Phone (360) 279-0413

Pastor of Care Ministries Marc Stroud (360) 632-4243

Volume 65, Issue 1

January 2018

O AK H ARBOR L UTHE RAN C HURCH a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 1253 NW 2nd Avenue 360-679-1561 Oak Harbor, WA 98277 office@oakharborlutheran.org www.oakharborlutheran.org

Preschool Director: Sara Harbaugh

(360) 941-1484

Parish Secretary: Rekann Brannon

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Newsletter Editor: Martha Ellis

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Custodian: Salvador Carvallo

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IN THIS ISSUE: Abound in hope! pg. 2

Click on these links for the January newsletter inserts:

See you at the bonfire, pg. 3

The ELCA’s monthly Prayer Ventures: http://www.elca.org/en/Resources/Prayer-Ventures

Considering King David, pg. 3

The Northwest Washington Synod’s insert, The Spirit: http://www.lutheransnw.org/files/publications/spirit/january_2018.pdf

His Kids gifts for Jesus: mittens, a pillow, deer and a snake!, pg. 5 OHLC’s website: www.oakharborlutheran.org

Introducing OHLC’s new parish nurses, pg. 6

This issue was snail-mailed December 28,2017

Photos from Kazan, pgs. 8 & 9 1

Pastor’s Page

Hope is more than a wish, though the word is sometimes used that way (“I hope the Mariners do better this spring.”)

Hope is better defined as a confident expectation. For Christians, this confident expectation is in something specific. We have a confident expectation that God’s promises to us are true, and that they will be fulfilled. We have a confident expectation that God will never abandon nor forsake us, come what may. We have a confident expectation that the future is in God’s hands, and that no matter what is going on in our lives or in our world, eternal life and a restored creation lie ahead.

Abound in Hope!

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:12 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 15:4

As Christians, our hope is not in Western civilization or the back and forth volleying of political power. Our hope is not a vague belief that history is always progressing towards something better. Our hope is in God and his Word. Our hope is in Christ Jesus, in his saving work, in his ultimate victory over the powers of sin, death, and the devil that still, for the time being, run roughshod over creation. The scriptures call us again and again to the specific hope that comes from putting our trust in God.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 15:13 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

Psalm 39:7

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recently saw a meme (a humorous image posted on the internet) featuring cars driving on a Los Angeles freeway at night during the terrible fires which have wreaked so much havoc across southern California recently. Flames curled upwards into the night sky as the ground glowed red and orange with the devastating embers. The cars drove towards the flames, past a sign that had been doctored via Photoshop to read “Entering 2018.”

What will 2018 bring? Who knows? Christian author Ann Voskamp put it well when she wrote recently in a blog post: “Hope is not the belief that things will turn out well, but the belief that God is working through all things, no matter how things turn out.”

I’ve heard it said that it is always darkest just before it goes pitch black. (Sorry, more gallows humor.) That can be true at times in a temporal sense. But as Christians, we know there is a light shining in the darkness. It is the light we lift up during the Epiphany season, the light of Christ. This light fills us with hope.

I have to admit I laughed. I like gallows humor and thought it was a clever, if dark, way to express one’s expectations for the year ahead. Upon further reflection, however, I found it troubling. It seems that over the last few years there has been an increasing amount of pessimism in our culture. This seems to be a widespread phenomenon, affecting all kinds of people from various political perspectives and cultural backgrounds. It was a standing joke in 2017 that everything is going up in flames, and it still seems to have some cultural cachet going into 2018 as well.

As Christians, then, in the new year ahead let us be people of hope in a world that is starved for it. Let us be people of hope for those who look to the future and see only flames. Let us be people who bring the light of Christ into every dark place.

St. Paul wrote, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” And so I wish you more than a happy new year. I wish you a new year full of hope.

Christians are not called to starry-eyed optimism (sometimes things do get worse!), but we are called to something better than glum resignation and the nihilism that often follows. As Christians we are called to hope.

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January events

Semi-annual meeting set for January 21, 9:15 AM We will convene our semi-annual meeting at 9:15 AM on Sunday, January 21. All voting members of Oak Harbor Lutheran are encouraged to attend as we hear reports, consider our congregational budget for 2018, and conduct elections (see below for open positions). An agenda will be made available on Sunday, January 14.

January 7: Youth & Family Night

EPIPHANY BONFIRE Our Youth and Family Night for January will be held out back at our fire pit for a (day after) Epiphany bonfire.

We’ll enjoy chili for dinner and s’mores and games by the fire.

We’ll meet from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. If the weather is poor, we’ll have a virtual bonfire and activities inside.

All are welcome!

Candidates sought for OHLC Are you interested in serving God in a new way in the new year ahead? We are seeking candidates for the following positions for election at the January 21st semiannual meeting:  Delegates (2) to Josephine Home, our Lutheran nursing home/care facility in Stanwood  Delegates (2) to Lutherwood, our camp and retreat center in Bellingham If you have any questions about these opportunities, don’t hesitate to ask Pastor Spencer. Nominations are currently being accepted via the bright yellow Connection Card in your worship bulletin.

January 13: New Member Class Pastor Spencer will be holding a one-session workshop on Saturday, January 13 from 9:00 AM to noon for those who would like to become members of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. Lunch will be provided.

New members will be received on Sunday, January 14. Please sign up for the class via the Connection Card in the worship bulletin, or by sending an RSVP to Pastor Spencer at pastor@oakharborlutheran.org. Please note any allergies or dietary restrictions. Child care may be available upon request.

Adult education offerings for January

Won the life of David, King of Israel, led by Pastor

e will start the New Year with a six-session course

Stroud. We will study six key stories concerned with David and his relationship with God. You’ll see the enigma that was David, a man favored in God’s sight and yet a man who managed to break all of God’s ten commandments in one fell swoop. Join us each Sunday at 9:30 AM in the library.

January 7 – Samuel commissions David January 14 – David before Goliath (Congregational meeting on the 21st; no adult class) January 28 – David, Saul and Jonathan February 4 – David dances before the Ark February 11 – David, Bathsheba, and the prophet Nathan February 18 – David’s words to his son Solomon

Flower chart for 2018 The new chart for chancel and organ flowers has been posted in the hallway outside Pastor Spencer’s office door. Sign up to celebrate an event or memorialize a loved one, and Sande Mulkey will contact you regarding ordering information and the wording you’d like to have printed in the worship bulletins.

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BookMarks

OHLC Women fellowship, study & service

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tart the new year with reading! The Coupeville Book Group will meet at Trudy Decker’s house, 158 Keystone Avenue, 360-6785301, at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, January 2. Anni Campbell will provide the dessert, and Jan Heideger will lead the discussion on the book My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante:

Circle meetings in January 1/4, 12, 19, 26 Deborah Circle meets in the library, 10 AM to noon.

From Italy’s one of most acclaimed authors comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples.

Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, as their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship.

Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also a story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country undergoing momentous change. With this stylishly plotted novel, the first in a series dubbed the “Neapolitan Novels”, she proves herself to be one of Italy’s greatest storytellers.

331 pages

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Lydia Circle meets at 6:00 PM in the prayer room.

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Rebecca Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library.

Lydia Circle news: Since the first Monday of the month is New Year’s Day, we will only meet on Monday the 15th in January. We will be starting our new series, Twelve Ordinary Men, a study of Jesus’ disciples. Come see who these remarkable, ordinary men really were. Plan to join us at 6:00 PM in the prayer room at OHLC. Study books are still available; please see Becky Peattie or Mary Brock. We normally meet on the 1st & 3rd Mondays, so we’ll return to that schedule in February. - Peg Fosnaugh

Deborah Circle notes: 1/ 4 1/11 1/18

Questions about the Coupeville Book Group? Contact Gaye Rodriguey, 360-678-3561, gaye@tobysuds.com .

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T10 at 1:00 PM in the church library for a discussion of A Man

he Second Wednesday Book Group meets Wednesday, January

Laughing Your Way to Grace, by Rev. Susan Sparks; Introduction & Chapter 1, pgs. xi – 11, Pt. 1: Why Aren’t We Laughing?

Chapters 2 & 3, pgs. 13-36, Part 1: Why Aren’t We Laughing?

Chapters 4 & 5, pgs. 37-59, Part 2: What Would Happen If We Laughed?

Chapters 6 & 7, pgs. 61-85, Part 2: What Would Happen If We Laughed?

Blanket Workshop Blanket Workshop meets Tuesday & Wednesday, Jan. 2 & 3, beginning at 9:00 AM in the fellowship hall to work on tied quilts for Lutheran World Relief. For more information, contact Leona McKee, 360-675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net.

Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman: Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. But behind the cranky exterior, there is a story and a sadness. That discovery begins one November morning when a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox.

337 pages

2018 Women’s Retreat Living Hope and Freedom in Christ May 18-20, 2018, Quaker Cove, Anacortes Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Cor. 3:12, 17

Questions about the 2nd Wednesday group? Contact Leona McKee, 360-675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net .

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His Kids Preschool

PM Class John Michael: a blanket Sharon: a pillow Oliver: a stuffie Soraya: a blanket Mallory: a bed Collin: a soft pillow Elizabeth: a puppy Aaron: a toy deer Abigail H.: a teddy bear Solomon: a pillow Ryan: a soft blanket Abigail G: a big house so he can live nice and warm

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he month of December was short, but filled with sweet preparations of the Christmas season! We learned about the letter J, as well as that Advent is a season of waiting and preparing. We listened to the Christmas story and made paper Christmas trees. Painting projects included candy canes shaped like a J and large sparkling bells to decorate our classroom. We welcomed Ron and Laura Apgar from Paint Your World into our classroom, and they helped us paint ornaments to take home to hang on our trees and share with our families.

May we continue to share the spirit of Christmas, not only during the weeks around Christmas, but in every season!

God’s peace – Ms. Elva, Ms. Michelle, Ms. Sara

In appreciation

In our last day of class before being dismissed for Christmas break, we had a busy day prepared for our children! We had our annual birthday party for Jesus and a special chapel time where our families joined us to witness the receiving of our story Bibles. Later on, Santa came to visit each class and brought a yummy orange from the North Pole for each student! Whew, what a day, but what a way to send our children off with the spirit of the season!

Thank you to our noontime and 6:00 PM readers at the midweek Advent services who took part in Mountains and Valleys, a brief Advent journey, based on Isaiah 40:3-11 (especially to a couple of you who graciously came off the bench to pinch hit at the last minute!!). Our participants were Rekann Brannon, Trudy Decker, Ron Ernst, Dick Koch, Tom Piper, Debbie Reetz, Gaye Rodriguey, Kerri Totten, and Marc Stroud.

PS to Debbie Reetz: we glad to hear you’re recovering from shingles! (Honestly, the lengths some people will go to in order to get out of a second performance...)

During the month of waiting and preparing, we decorated our classroom Christmas tree with gifts of hats, scarves, and mittens. The children brought in 38 hats, 56 gloves/mittens, 12 scarves, and 15 pairs of socks! These items will be shared with people in our community.

Thank you, too, to Sunday School students, teachers, and everyone else who helped with the Christmas program presentation on Sunday morning, December 24, including helping the students put on costumes.

Special thanks to the indispensable Mary & Kelly Brock, to Penny & John Fowkes who shepherded the Luth Youth in narrator and lead role prep, Kerri Totten & Heather Quick, herders and dressers of shepherds, Peg Fosnaugh & crew, keepers of the lambs, Karen Lesetmoe & Jodi Kirko, angel wranglers, Beth Stephens, painter of starry skies, Kris Bruland, accompanist, Angela Stone, halo-straightener and giver of moral support, Bill Noddin, narthex crowd control & entrances manager, Zach Gibbons, stage crew (while harking back to his own pint-sized shepherd days), and especially to Steve Ellis, stage crew and person who always keeps the director as sane as possible.

Here’s how our preschoolers answered the question, “What gift would you give baby Jesus?”

AM Class Logan: little Legos Connor: some clothes Gabi: a Care Bear Grayson: mittens Joshua: a snowman Brenden: a dinosaur David: a doll Victoria: mittens Colton: a real snake Cole: trolls Cesar: a walkie talkie Enelia: I would draw him a picture Elijah: a train Graham: a baby toy like babies play with Ainsley: I would sing him a song with my sissy

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Compassion Ministry

Hospital, retiring in 2000, and she has volunteered in her retirement as a Hospice caregiver, since then.

New programs from the Parish Nurses’ office

In addition to the Parish Nurse program, this year we will be connecting with Red Cross to offer CPR and First Aid training for members of the church as well as learning opportunities on a number of subjects such as disaster preparedness and coordination of resources on the island during a catastrophe. Mike Dilley, an experienced Red Cross coordinator, will be scheduling these events in 2018 and we encourage the church community to come to these events to learn more about what we as a church can do to serve our island during an natural disaster. Stay tuned for regular announcements about these programs.

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n the lists of the many people who have contributed their time and talents to Oak Harbor Lutheran, this church has been able to offer the rare talent of a Parish Nurse. In late 2000, OHLC formed a health and wellness committee with the overall intention of providing congregational members with information, aid, and tools to contribute to the mental, physical and spiritual health of the parish members.

Pastor Jerry Buss was instrumental in forming the committee and empowering Oak Harbor Lutheran members to be proactive in addressing a whole health perspective to the church. Abby Chromy has served as our parish nurse for about ten years. Because of her own health problems she has had to retire from most of her volunteer services. Abby’s job will now be covered by two nurses in the parish, Susan Burrow and Jan McCullough.

Pastor Marc Stroud

The Sharing Tree bore bountiful fruit

Wby all the gifts under the Sharing Tree. Many child-

hat a wonderful response of giving and sharing shown

ren’s and adults’ Christmases have been made special by you!

Items on the tree represented gifts for seniors at Josephine Home in Stanwood, El Camino de Emaus in the Skagit Valley, and local families.

Thanks again. Sharing shows caring!

Wishing you a blessed Christmas, Skip & Judy Lycksell and crew

Susan Burrow’s 40-year career as a nurse was done mostly in service with the Navy. A graduate in the School of Nursing at St Luke’s Methodist in Iowa, she has served all over the United States in various capacities from medical surgical nurse to obstetrics, pediatrics, pre- and post-natal care, as well as working with new mothers. Susan will assume the Thursday afternoon office hours that Abbey Chromy established.

She will be available for blood pressure clinics and will manage the files of parish members with special medical needs. She will keep track of the wheelchairs, walkers and canes available to parish members as well as take account of all the medical (first aid) supplies and defibrillator here at the church.

Update on Watoto

Ithe concert by the Children’s Choir, and the quilt raffle which we are

t has been a busy end of the year for Watoto, with our dinner/auction,

happy to announce was won by Marilyn Sherman.

Now we’re looking forward to January 12, when the team leaves for Uganda. They will be taking many supplies and medicines with them along with funds to buy more. While there, they will hold clinics to serve women and children of Watoto and surrounding areas. This is made possible by your support and generosity. Members of our team have been going to Watoto in Uganda since 2008. Team members from here will meet up with 4 members going from Florida who have also been many times. We would ask for your prayers during the time they are there and traveling. Team members from Oak Harbor: Skip Lycksell, Dave Norton, Bill Wonner, Sarah Rodriguey, Cheryl Mensler.

Jan McCullough is moving out of the position of Stephen Ministry leader and teacher and will now take on working with the church to present learning opportunities in health and wellness areas through the year. She will coordinate presentations and speaker schedules on a number of subjects, including Caregiver Support, Dealing with Dementia, Genetic Screening, Healthy Backs, and Physical Therapy. Jan graduated from St. Andrew’s School of Nursing in Bottineau, North Dakota. She began her career in Labor and Delivery there, moved to Huntington Memorial for 20 years, and in 1983 moved to Issaquah to work for Group Health in Redmond. Jan finished off her 40-year career attending mother and child needs at NAS Whidbey

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Congratulations, Kathy!

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his past fall, Kathy Birch was awarded a plaque of recognition from OHLC’s SPIN Café volunteers group for all the time and effort she has given as a meal-serving volunteer.

Then, Vivian Rogers Decker, SPIN Café director, presented Kathy with a second plaque at SPIN’s annual contributors banquet in Coupeville.

Dear Partner Church,

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must start off with the word of gratitude this month. Thank you so much for participating in our Josephine Giving Tree. With your care and support, we were able to secure gifts for every resident in The Meadows at Josephine, those in our Saratoga Transitional Rehab and those in The Suites. With that, let me share with you a theme that I shared with our residents this Advent season—a theme picked up from colleague David Lose.

Kathy sent the following response: Dear Oak Harbor Lutheran members and the staff at SPIN Café, Thank you for the recognition!

The meal and recognitions of board and members were wonderful. The community support of businesses and churches was overwhelming and uplifting!

I was, and still am, surprised that I became one of the recognized volunteers. I am a newbie and make so many mistakes, but I am truly thankful to be a part of Whidbey Island’s effort to care for our neighbors in need. You encourage us to keep trying and learning.

SPIN Café is a blessing. I am thankful for the leaders who know (through prayer and wisdom) how to make this humble, gracious dream a reality.

Sincerely, Kathy B.

Even though all of our gospels share the same theme, that John the Baptist/Witness must decrease so that Christ might increase, we also get the strong sense that John knew that he was also significantly participating in something much larger than himself. As folks here at Josephine face their own mortalities (often in not-so-pretty ways), it is important for them to hear this same good news that they too are a part of something larger than what is in their current purview. This is something that would be easily forgotten, for all of us, in times of suffering.

Maybe, just maybe, this theme might also be the theme of what we do here at Josephine. If we do anything, maybe we are to help people realize they are a part of something larger—that when we participate in acts of healing it’s with the sense that the folks we serve are a part of something larger—that when we take the time to listen and be there to share the suffering of our fellow brother and sister in Christ that this very act might help them realize they are a part of something larger—that when we give a gift during this Christmas season it might help remind us during our most painful times that we are a part of something larger.

Again, dear Partners, thank you for your generosity and for helping us see God’s good news this season!

For more of Kathy’s perspectives on SPIN Café (Serving People In Need), check out the OHLC in the Community bulletin board in the hallway outside the church offices.

In loving memory

Warmly, Chaplain Andy Josephine Caring Community, Stanwood

Dorothy Repnow died on December 5 at her home north of Coupeville, attended by her daughter Connie and son-in-law Dave. She was 94. A member of OHLC for many years, she had been homebound for the past 5 months and was receiving visits by our Eucharistic Ministers. There was a service in her memory on December 19.

Caution, odd month ahead...

Attention, SPIN Café volunteers! We serve on the last Wednesday & Thursday of the month. In January it’ll be Thursday the 25th, followed by Wednesday the 31st.

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Financial matters

Companion Synod News

Offering envelopes for 2018

ur sister congregation of St. Katharina’s Lutheran Church in Kazan, Russia, sent an e-mail on December 8 with Advent greetings. They remind us that Advent’s candles light our way on the road, and that love is the road to God. May the Lord bless us all!

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Offering envelope sets for 2018 are available in the narthex. Please check the label on top for your name; you may have received a different number designation this year.

Those whose offerings are sent to the church by their banks do have an assigned number for congregational record-keeping purposes, but do not receive a boxed set of envelopes.

If you would like to receive an envelope set, please contact Rekann Brannon in the church office.

Will Seminar: Save the date!

Save the date for a will seminar at church with (Lutheran) attorney Brock Stiles, from Sedro-Woolley. Valuable information – and lunch, too – on Sunday, February 11.

A thought from Bob Recently, a member of OHLC contacted me regarding changing his beneficiary on a life insurance policy to the Church General Endowment Fund. If you have life insurance that is active but no longer required for your family’s needs, consider leaving it to the church. If you’d like to know how to proceed or have other questions, please contact me.

Bob Wall, 310-991-7830

Last-minute news from Camp Lutherwood Check the website for details, www.camplutherwood.org January 12-13, 3rd annual Lock-in, 6th-9th grade, 7 PM to 7 AM. January 27, Annual meeting, 10 AM – 12 PM at Lutherwood Camp & Retreat Center, 1185 Roy Road, Bellingham.

Included in this newsletter are Prayer Ventures and The Spirit for January.

The deadline for items for the February newsletter is Monday, January 22.

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More photos from Kazan

Christmas greeting, sent December 21

The German translation approximates: Dear Brothers and Sisters, heartfelt wishes for a merry Christmas and happy New Year! Christ is born! The star shines in love and peace.

Let happiness come, filling your home with beautiful, bright, merry Christmas!

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Worship assistants

Financial Report

November

January 7 8:00 AM Healing Prayer: M. Stroud,

Assisting Minister: Georgette Anglum Communion Asst.: Wendy Wilson Ushers: Fosnaugh family Music:

Acolyte: Mackenzie Mathieu Computer: Donna Aspery

Assisting Minister: Mark Needler Communion Asst.: Carol Reafs

Acolyte: Micah Burrow Computer: Luke Spencer Organ/Piano:

Income Outgo

Organ/Piano:

G. Rodriguey

10:30 AM Healing Prayer: M. Stroud,

Presider: Pastor Jay Decker Cantor: Carol Reafs Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland

Date 8:00 AM 10:30 AM Dec. 3 84 117 Dec. 10 70 125 Dec. 17 81 129 Dec. 24 one AM service: 197 Average Att. 78 124

Assisting Min.: Trudy Decker Piano: Kris Bruland

January 14 8:00 AM

10:30 AM

6:30 PM

Year to date $ 417,483 408,399 $ 9,084

Worship attendance December

G. Hawley

6:30 PM

November $ 39,326 37,021 $ 2,305

Assisting Minister: Communion Asst.: Peg Fosnaugh Ushers: Margraf family Music: Assisting Minister: Carol Fitzgerald Communion Asst.: Mark Needler Music: Presider: Pastor Jeffrey Spencer Cantor: Carol Reafs Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland

Acolyte: Isabel Carr Computer: Sheila Ryan

Coupeville 14 19 16 no service

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Nursery 3 3 0 4 3

Christmas Eve: 7:00 PM – 160; 10:00 PM – 65 Christmas Day: 10:30 AM – 23

Organ/Piano: Acolyte: John Totten Computer: Peter Spencer Organ/Piano: Assisting Min.: Debbie Wysomierski Piano: Kris Bruland

December 31 will be included in next month’s statistics.

Average Sunday attendance: 216

January 21 8:00 AM

10:30 AM

6:30 PM

Assisting Minister: Jeff Margraf Communion Asst.: Marge Moore Ushers: Ellis family Assisting Minister: Amy Bruce Communion Asst.: Jan McCulloughj Music: Presider: Pastor Jay Decker Cantor: Carol Reafs Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland

Lesser Festivals & Commemorations

Acolyte: Natalie Stone Computer: Molly Nagel Organ/Piano: Acolyte: Anders Spencer Computer: Organ/Piano: Assisting Min.: Carol Snoble Piano: Kris Bruland

January 1 The Name of Jesus 2 Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, renewer of the church, 1872 6 EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD 7 BAPTISM OF OUR LORD 15 Martin Luther King, Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 17 Antony of Egypt, 356, Pachomius, 343, renewers of the church 18 The Confession of St. Peter Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

January 28 8:00 AM

10:30 AM

6:30 PM

Assisting Minister: Tom Piper Communion Asst.: Ushers: Lenita Forster, Joan Flowers Music: Assisting Minister: Bobbi Miller Communion Asst.: Gisela Hawley Music: Presider: Pastor Jeffrey Spencer Cantor: Carol Reafs Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland

Acolyte: Johannes Christensen Computer: Mary Brock Organ/Piano: Acolyte: Wolly Fowkes Computer: Organ/Piano: Assisting Min.: Gisela Hawley Piano: Kris Bruland

19 Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr, 1156 21 Agnes, martyr, 304 25 The Conversion of St. Paul Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends 26 Timothy, Titus, and Silas, missionaries 27 Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe witnesses to the faith 28 Thomas Aquinas, 1274, teacher

This month’s decorative font is

AC1 Star

Little Lutheran Bags in January: Peg & Dave Fosnaugh 10

SUNDAY

MONDAY 1 New Year’s Day Church office closed

7 Healing prayer at both morning services Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 Luth Youth 9:15 Adult Education 9:15 Worship 10:30 Youth & Fam. Night 6:00 Cub Scout Leaders 7:00

7:00 North Whidbey NA 8 12:00 Munchy Monday

6:00 Wolves 7:00 North Whidbey NA

Vespers/Coupeville 6: 14 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Worship 8:00 Church office closed Sunday School 9:15 Luth Youth 9:15 Adult Education 9:15 6:00 Wolves Worship 10:30 6:00 Lydia Circle 6:15 4-H K-9 Korps Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 7:00 North Whidbey NA 21 22 Newsletter Deadline Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 Luth Youth 9:15 12:00 Munchy Monday Semi-annual Meeting 9:15 Worship 10:30 6:00 Wolves Confirmation 5:00 7:00 North Whidbey NA Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 28 29 Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 12:00 Munchy Monday Luth Youth 9:15 Adult Education 9:15 Worship 10:30 6:00 Piano Recital 6:00 Wolves Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 7:00 North Whidbey NA

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

2 9:00 Blanket Workshop

3 9:00 Blanket Workshop

4 10:00 Deborah Circle

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6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Bears 6:00 Patrol Leaders 7:00 Cpvl Book Group 7:00 Boy Scouts 9 9:30 Stamping Group 12:00 Brotherhood of St. Bernard 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Lions 6:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Bears 6:00 Tigers 6:30 Scout Adult Comm.

7:00 Boy Scouts 16 10:00 Rebecca Circle

11:30 OHLC Staff 1:30 Breastfeeding USA

6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Bears 6:30 Scout Adult Comm.

7:00 Boy Scouts 23 9:30 Stamping Group 12:00 Brotherhood of St. Bernard 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Lions 6:00 Tigers 6:00 Bears 7:00 Boy Scouts 30

6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Bears 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Scout Board/Review

3:45 Membership Review

6:00 Webelos 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

6:00 Girl Scouts 6:00 Knitting Group

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11:30 OHLC Staff

10:00 Deborah Circle

1:00 Book Group 2:00 SPIN Board 6:00 Webelos 6:30 Harbor Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

17 10:30 CADA Support 11:30 OHLC Staff 6:00Webelos 6:30 Harbor Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

24 10:30 CADA Support 11:30 OHLC Staff

6:00 Webelos 6:30 Harbor Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

31 OHLC at SPIN Café 10:30 CADA Support 11:30 OHLC Staff 6:00Webelos 6:30 Harbor Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

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5:30 Stephen Ministry 6:00 Girl Scouts 6:00 Knitting Group 6:00 Pack 4098 7:00 Council 18 10:00 Deborah Circle

12:00 Pinewood Derby 3:45 Youth Choir 4:15 Morning Glory 5:15 Praise Team 6:00 Knitting Group 6:00Girl Scouts 25 OHLC at SPIN Café

7:00 Set up for Pinewood Derby 26

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10:00 Deborah Circle 3:45 Youth Choir 4:15 Morning Glory 5:15 Praise Team 6:00 Knitting Group 6:00Girl Scouts The church calendar is updated regularly on OHLC’s website, www.oakharborlutheran.org

Parish Nurse hours: Thursdays 1:00-3:30 PM and by appointment

HIS KIDS PRESCHOOL M, T, W: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM 12:45-3:45 PM Pre-K Readiness Class, Th, F: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM No classes on January 1 & 15