Harbor beacon, june 2013

The light shines in the darkness… John 1:5 OHLC Staff

Volume 60, Issue 6

June 2013

OAK HARBOR LUTHERAN CHURCH a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) nd

1253 NW 2 Avenue

(360) 679-1561

Oak Harbor, WA 98277 www.oakharborlutheran.org office@oakharborlutheran.org

Home Phone

Pastor: Jeffrey Spencer

279-0413

Pastor of Care Ministries Marc Stroud

678-5994

Preschool Director: Gaye Rodriguey

678-3561

Parish Secretary: Carol Wiskow

720-2451

Newsletter Editor: Martha Ellis

678-2264

Custodian: Salvador Carvallo

675-3957

Church Fax Church Phone

679-9795 679-1561

IN THIS ISSUE: Taking Jesus along, pg. 2

Click on this link for the June newsletter insert:

Lynne Ogren will be with us on June 2! pg. 3

The ELCA’s monthly Prayer Ventures: www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Prayer-Center/Prayer-Ventures-2.aspx

Vacation Bible School focuses on Paul in Athens, pg. 5

OHLC’s website: www.oakharborlutheran.org

Men’s Ministry considers the stars, pg. 8

This issue was snail-mailed May 30, 2013 Compassion Ministry welcomes Shannon Kraft, pg. 9 1

Pastor’s Page

could get mixed up with a corn dog or some other food on a stick.

You’ll have to use your own judgment there.

Where is Jesus?

And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:20

It is good and important to remember that Christ is with us wherever we go. However, it is equally important to remember that God is with us in a special way when we gather for worship. Scripture calls us to gather together regularly and frequently, regardless of the season: “Let us not neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but let us encourage one another…” (Hebrews 10:24-25). Jesus is powerfully present when we gather together with other Christians. “Where two or three are gathered in my name,” Jesus said, “I am there among them” (Matthew 18:20). Jesus is powerfully present when we gather in his name to pray together, to hear the Word together, and to share in the Lord’s Supper together.

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hroughout the past school year, I have been reminding our preschoolers that God is with us everywhere: down the hall in the classroom, in the car, at the grocery store, at home. Then we light the candles for our chapel service and I remind them that God is with us in a special way when we gather together in his name, around his Word.

Soon school will be out and many people will be traveling. Melissa Johnson, our Sunday School director, came up with a wonderful way for our young people at OHLC to remember that God is with them wherever they go. On the last day of Sunday School she provided each student with a figure of Jesus on a stick (pictured above).

She encouraged our students to take pictures of Jesus in the various places they will be over the summer and e-mail them to her so she can print them and post them on the Sunday school bulletin board. Some of you know about “Flat Stanley.” The concept here is similar, but much more profound. As kids go camping, or swimming, or to the zoo, or on a trip to another state, they will be reminded that Jesus is with them wherever they go.

As much as I hope to see our worship attendance remain steady and strong during the summer months, I recognize that many people will be out and about traveling. I myself will be gone for two Sundays in July as my family heads back to Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp in Montana.

If you will be traveling, I’d like to encourage you to seek out opportunities for worship in the places you visit. Last summer I attended a deeply moving service at Glacier National Park facilitated by a great organization called A Christian Ministry in the National Parks. Many campgrounds offer similar services. If you’re visiting family in another town or state, try out a church there. If you see an idea you like, bring it home to OHLC. If your family member doesn’t attend church, go anyway! Maybe they’ll join you!

Where is Jesus? He is with us always, as he has promised. He is with us wherever we go. But he is with us in a special way as we gather together for worship. I look forward to seeing Jesus in some fun places on our Facebook page throughout the summer. Even more, I look forward to seeing you as we gather together in Jesus’ name.

Melissa has agreed to let me expand on her idea by posting these pictures on our congregation’s Facebook page throughout the summer.

If you haven’t already, be sure and find our congregation’s page on Facebook (it has our 75th anniversary logo as the profile picture) and “like” it to see Jesus in all the places he will be with young people this summer. You can also find a link for viewing through our regular website. (Parents: If minors are in the picture, please give us specific permission to post the photo.) Follow our page all summer long for updates! I am looking forward to seeing Jesus at Deception Pass, Fort Casey, Windjammer Park, at picnics, at the Farmer’s Market, at Safeco Field, maybe even on an airplane. I’m a little nervous about someone taking Jesus-on-a-stick to the Island County Fair, however, where it

- Pastor Jeffrey Spencer

Extra Jesus figures are available in the church office.

Grown-ups are welcome to participate too!

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Congregation Notes June 1

June 23

Our next Child Protection Policy training will be held Sunday, June 23 at 7:00 PM. All members who have not completed the training MUST attend in order to do ministry with minors. We are conducting this training especially for volunteers who will be helping with Vacation Bible School, June 24-28. Thank you for attending this important training!

Pirates postponed

The June 1 Pirate Mystery evening sponsored by the Watoto Team has been cancelled – look for it to be rescheduled at a later date.

June 2

Lynne returns to OHLC!

Aug. 4

Our seminarian, Lynne Ogren, (currently on internship in Alaska), will be visiting us on Sunday, June 2. She will be preaching at our 8:00 & 10:30 AM services, and will lead the adult education hour.

Come say hi and offer an encouraging word as Lynne continues her journey towards ordained ministry!

Graduate Recognition Sunday

Thrivent coordinator sought Are you a member of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans? We are seeking a Thrivent member from OHLC to serve as our Thrivent coordinator. A Thrivent coordinator serves as a liaison between our congregation and Thrivent, attending regional meetings and helping our congregation utilize Thrivent resources. Please contact the church office if you’re interested, 360-679-1561, office@oakharborlutheran.org .

Semi-Annual Meeting

All members of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church are encouraged to attend the semi-annual meeting of our congregation on Sunday, June 23, between services from 9:15-10:15 AM. We will be electing three new members to our church council. We will also hear a report on the synod assembly, and receive updates on our roof campaign and other matters.

June 23

Mark your calendar for the anniversary banquet!

The 75th Anniversary banquet and program will be held on Sunday, September 29 at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church; banquet at 1:00 PM and program at 2:00.

On Sunday, June 9 we will be celebrating our OHLC high school graduates. Kiefer Hermann, Josh Jepsen, Sean Kelley, Carlie Kenny, and Roshel Muzzall are graduating from Oak Harbor High School, and Haley Marx will graduate from Coupeville High School. We will take a moment during worship to surround them with prayer as they enter a new chapter in their lives, and present them with gifts from our congregation.

After worship, we will have a reception in their honor. Come celebrate with these amazing young people!

June 23

Save the date for the church picnic

Our church picnic will be held again on the Muzzall farm on Sunday, August 4. Plan on joining us for a fun morning of worship, food, and fellowship out on the farm!

Sept. 29 June 9

Child Protection Policy Training

EARLY deadline for the July newsletter!!

So that next month’s newsletter will be completed before Vacation Bible School week, please note the deadline for articles will be Friday, June 14.

Thank you.

Marriage Care

Our next Marriage Care group will meet Sunday, June 23 from 5:00-6:00 PM. Child care is provided. You don’t need to have attended previous meetings. All are welcome! Join us for a time of fellowship, learning, and encouragement – a monthly marriage tune-up!

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Growing & Learning

Pastor Jay Decker and I will lead the Bible studies over the summer and provide historical, cultural, and literary background for each of the epistle texts that we study. We hope you will join in the study and discussion as we seek the practical wisdom of these early letters of the church.

Pastor Marc Stroud

Adult education in June The kids might be done with Sunday School for the summer, but adult education continues, and we have some exciting things happening this month. Join us!

Lynne Ogren, OHLC’s seminarian, will be with us on June 2 to share about her adventures as an intern pastor in Wrangell, Alaska.

On June 9, Shannon Kraft, an OHLC-sponsored missionary in Peru, will be in town to share an update on some exciting developments in Chiclayo with Go Missions International.

Our semi-annual meeting will be held from 9:15 to 10:15 AM on June 23, so we’ll take a break from our gatherings in the library to convene in the sanctuary for elections and reports.

The remaining Sundays will feature Bible studies led by Pastor Marc Stroud and Pastor Jay Decker, who will lead lectionary-based Bible studies throughout the summer (see below for more information).

Sunday Adult Forum schedule, 9:15 AM in the library: June 2 Lynne Ogren reports on her internship experience June 9 Compassion Ministry emphasis of the month: Kraft Family missionary presentation, Go Missions International.

June 16 New Testament Texts: The epistle to the Galatians - history & context, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud and Jay Decker June 23 Semi-annual Congregational Meeting of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church – meets in the sanctuary.

Pastor Jeff Spencer

June 30 New Testament Texts: The epistle to the Galatians –a living theology, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker July 7

Practical Wisdom: The Theology of the Epistles

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Compassion Ministry emphasis of the month: Companion church in Kazan, Russia, presented by Ken Grigsby

July 14 New Testament Texts: The epistle to the Colossians – history and context, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker

he Christian church of the first century was a community wholly unlike any other time in the history of the church. It was a community charged with spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and yet it was, at the same time, in process of discovering what that good news meant.

The early Christian church did not have a theology of Christ, it had to develop an entirely new language and theology that would explain the Christian experience.

The epistles of the New Testament are the witness of that beginning time when Christians were reflecting on what the cross of Christ meant and how it applied to their everyday world as they reached out to spread the Gospel into the world. This is their gift to us today; the epistles continue to give us wisdom for daily living out our lives in Christ.

This summer, the adult forum on Sunday mornings will focus on the three epistles, Galatians, Colossians and Hebrews, which are our scheduled readings in the lectionary throughout the summer months.

July 21 New Testament Texts: The epistle to the Colossians – text as literary genre, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker July 28 New Testament Texts: The epistle to the Colossians – a living theology, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker Aug. 4 Compassion Ministry emphasis of the month: Josephine Sunset Home, presented by Pastor Jeff Spencer Aug. 11 New Testament Texts: Hebrews – history and context, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker Aug. 18 New Testament Texts: Hebrews – text as literary genre, presented by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker Aug. 25 New Testament Texts: Hebrews – a living theology, presented

by Pastors Marc Stroud & Jay Decker

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BookMarks

Vacation Bible School at OHLC…

Coupeville Book Group… …meets Thursday, June 4, at 7:00 PM in the home of Trudy Decker, 158 Keystone Ave., to discuss Half Broke Horses, A True-Life Novel, by Jeannette Walls (author of The Glass Castle):

9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

**June 24 through 28** for K through Grade 5

**June 25 through 27** for 3s & 4s

‘Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.’ So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s nononsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age 6, Lily was helping her father break horses. At 15, she left home to teach in a frontier town – riding 500 miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression and heartbreaking personal tragedy. Rosemary Smith Walls (Jeannette’s mother, portrayed in The Glass Castle) always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, the author channels that kindred spirit.

272 pages

Join us for an exciting Holy Land adventure, exploring the culture of ancient Athens, where the apostle Paul briefly stayed on his second missionary journey, bringing the message that God loves us all, God takes care of us, God sent us Jesus, and God wants us to share that love with others.

We’ll see you in Athens! Registration forms are available in the narthex or print your copy from the church website.

Attention, ALL volunteers for VBS:

Discussion leader is Judy Fantauzzi. For information about the Coupeville Book Group, contact Gaye Rodriguey, 678-3561, gaye@tobysuds.com .

There will be a meeting for ALL volunteers, Sunday, June 9, immediately after the 10:30 AM service. Grab a cup of coffee and come down to the library where you’ll learn the schedule for VBS week, how to make your craft if you’ll work in the marketplace, and become familiar with the daily themes of our exciting journey with Paul in Athens.

2nd Wednesday Book Group…

Donations are still needed …

- children’s card games - funds to go towards food and craft supply costs

…meets June 12 at 1:00 PM in the library to consider The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss: A heartwarming story about 19-year-old Martha Lessen who saddles her horse and heads for the remote country of eastern Oregon. It’s 1917 and she feels she has a good chance of finding work ‘gentling’ wild horses, since most young men are off fighting World War I. Determined to make a go of it in a man’s world, Martha convinces George Bliss to hire her. Soon her gentling ways will earn her an indispensable place in the community.

Fiction, 289 pages

We’re also looking for the loan of freestanding canopies to use for the marketplace in the fellowship hall.

For information about this group, contact Leona McKee, 6755712, bcmac68@comcast.net .

On Sunday, June 23, we’ll need some strong workers to move the pews after the 10:30 service as well as volunteers to stay and help set up for VBS. Pizza will be provided as extra incentive!

Volunteers MUST have completed the church’s Child Protection Policy training. There will be a short but mandatory class for those who have not yet taken it, Sunday, June 23 at 7:00 PM.

Thank you all for your support!

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Members on the move

On the mainland

Dear Church Family, As I prepare to move I am overwhelmed with love and gratitude for you all. Being a member of OHLC has been indeed a privilege. You serve from the heart and not only share the Light locally but around the world. Thank you for accepting, loving and supporting my daughters and me through such difficult times. I will be back to visit often.

Love in Christ, Coni Jones New address after June 5: 340 Cascade Place #119, Burlington, WA 98233 (360) 550-0949

From Soul to Soul Western and Eastern Sacred Music & Russian Folk Songs presented by the St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble

Wednesday, June 5, 7:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church, 9625 NE 8th Street, Bellevue www.bellgrace.org

Christian & Brittany Suszan’s new address is 1215 30th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221

Sunday, June 7, 7:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood www.trinitylutheranchurch.com

Worship notes

Free-will offering.

Concerts sponsored by the NW WA Synod Team Russia

Please contact Verna Morgan if you could provide any special music this summer at our worship services. She’ll be putting together a list and will plan for an accompanist should you need one. This is a great time to share your gifts of music – voice or instrumental!

Our thanks to Ron & Jan Ernst who stepped in to direct the Senior Choir during Cynthia Fletcher’s absence! Cynthia was called away in May when her daughter, Laurel Glover, needed emergency back surgery.

Lesser Festivals & Commemorations 1 Justin, martyr at Rome, c.165 3 The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886; John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 5 Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 7 Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 9 Columba, 597; Aidan, 651, Bede, 735, renewers of the church 11 BARNABAS, APOSTLE 14 Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 Gregory of Nanzianus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389;Macrina, teacher, c. 379

The Skagit Symphony presents the 6th annual

Gardens of Note

June

21 Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 24 THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 25 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530; Philipp Melancthon, renewer of the Church, 1560 27 Cyril. bishop of Alexandria, theologian, 444 28 Iraneus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 29 PETER & PAUL, APOSTLES

Tour gardens located in and around LaConner with live music in every garden

Sunday, June 30, 10 AM to 5 PM Tickets: $25; advance ticket purchase recommended, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/371212 As these private gardens feature sensitive landscapes with uneven terrain, strollers, wheelchairs, pets and children under 12 cannot be accommodated.

Carpooling is encouraged.

Talk to OHLC’s Marj McNae for more information about Skagit Symphony!

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OHLC Women

His Kids Preschool

fellowship, study and service

a ministry of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church

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efore they left us for the summer, our preschool students took the time to let us know what their favorite thing (or person) had been for the 2012-2013 school year. Here are the responses from our 2-day morning class:

Blanket Workshop Blanket Workshop meets Tuesday & Wednesday, June 4 & 5, beginning at 9:00 AM in the fellowship hall to sew quilts for Lutheran World Relief. New participants are always welcome – you don’t have to know how to sew to help out. For more information, contact Leona McKee, 675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net.

Rian: Playing with the birthday items Addi: Playing outside Logan: singing The B I B L E song Autumn: Reading books Jaelynn: Playing with all the toys Grace: Miss Debbie Cooper: Reading the books Don: Walking outside Addie: When the teachers sang Happy Birthday to me Jacob: Climbing the wall [in the big play area outside]

Handwork Group Heart & Hand meets Friday, June 21 beginning at 9:30 AM in the prayer room. Bring your own knitting, crocheting or other handwork projects or help work on hats and sweaters for Lutheran World Relief.

Help is also needed to assemble baptismal banners (see below). For more information, contact Leona McKee, 675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net.

Baptismal Banners Oak Harbor Lutheran Church presents a handcrafted banner to infants and young children on the day of their baptism. The felt pieces forming the arc of the rainbow have been machine-sewed into place, but helping hands are needed to applique the remaining pre-cut pieces (brown for the earth, green for the stem and leaves, white for the dove, and that perennial “favorite,” blue yarn for water). Baptismal banner kits, assembled by Fay Hanson and Leona McKee, are available in Martha Ellis’ office; stop by and pick one up!

Circle meetings in June 6/3 & 17

Lydia Circle meets at 6:30 PM in the education wing

6/3 & 17

Ruth Circle meets at 6:30 PM in the prayer room

6/6, 13, 20 Deborah Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library 6/18

Rebecca Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library

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OHLC Men’s Ministry

IN ADDITION: In March of 2012 the men’s ministry program expanded as we became another chapter in the ELCA’s Lutheran Men in Mission. This group meets on the first Saturday of each month with a special topic to enjoy, and quite often lead by a special guest speaker. Included in the agenda for this group is the focus on “tasks and opportunities” as we engage in supporting both the congregation’s mission, and serving in our home, church, and community.

Then… and now… and in addition…

THEN: Men in the church began meeting for lunch and Bible study at Mitzel’s Restaurant (now China City) during the fall of 2005. In December, 2005, John Schaefer proposed that we call our-selves the Brotherhood of Saint Bernard, a.k.a. the “Old Dogs.” John had visited a niece’s church, an Episcopal congregation in Illinois, and noticed they had a men’s group of that name. We contacted the church and were warmly granted permission to use both the name and mission statement for our group. The Brotherhood of Saint Bernard was officially formed at a meeting at Mitzel’s Restaurant on January 10, 2006.

Lutheran Men in Mission is going “star crazy” on Saturday, June 1, 8-10 AM at Flyers Restaurant. Cost: $12. We’re excited to have Dan Pullen as our guest, a local member of the Island County Astronomical Society. We’ll get a glimpse of this Christian man’s take on God’s meaningfulness of this great universe we are a part of.

May God continue to lead us and give us strength to provide a spot for enhancing men’s spiritual growth at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. We look forward to seeing you at any of the future lunches and/or breakfast meetings. COME AND SEE!

The mission statement: “The purpose of this group is to provide a regular forum for men who recognize a personal spiritual need, in which to study and share their opinions, questions and fears about their own lives, recognizing that in honest dialogue with one’s self and colleagues, the way of our Lord may be better understood.”

Tom Piper

In Sympathy

Thank you, Dale Zimmerman, for providing info on the birth of the Brotherhood of Saint Bernard!

We offer prayers for our Lord’s comforting presence with those who have recently suffered the loss of loved ones:

NOW:

… Billie Tull and her family, Rob, Michelle, J’harv, and grandson Zachary and their many friends, following Bob Tull’s death on May 3 after an extended time of health difficulties. He was 73. Bob’s memorial service will be Saturday, June 8, 11:00 AM at OHLC. Bob’s congregational roots were very deep; he was baptized here in 1958 when his parents joined, then he and Billie became members in 1973 when they moved back to our area.

Today we meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday from noon to 1:30 in the church fellowship hall. Men take turns providing a ‘healthy’ lunch.

Before we eat, we must sing a song and ask a blessing on the food.

NOTE: We’ve even added “Young Pups” to the group.

About twice a year we splurge and dine out at a local eatery to encourage other men to join us. We have added scripture lessons that focus on the Gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday worship service.

Our new reference Bible being used is the Master Builders Bible via Lutheran Men in Mission…a powerful tool for scripture and discussion topics. We encourage the pastor to glean gems from our conversation to use in the sermon (a little tongue in cheek here). At the close of our meetings now, we gather in the sanctuary at the altar to kneel before God and offer prayers for self, home, church, and community.

… Kay Williamson, following the death of her father, William Snook. … former members Phil, Debbie, and Bobbi Jo Cyr, following the death of son and brother Brandon when his plane went down in Afghanistan. …former members Janet Henderson and family, following the death of 19-year-old daughter Elizabeth due to longstanding health problems.

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Compassion Ministry

Tangible signs of our love are sent to a world in need

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ur spring shipment for Lutheran World Relief was composed of 72 quilts, 61 personal care kits (health kits), and 270 baby care kits (layettes), for a total shipment of 1125 pounds. The cost for shipping was $608.

Go Missions International Sobre Todo Amar y Servir – Above All, Love and Serve

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ompassion Ministry’s Mission Focus for June is the outreach of Go Missions International, the work of Nick and Shannon Kraft and their four children. The Kraft family’s website is www.gomissionsinternational.com.

Thank you to all who helped make this shipment possible:  Those who gave last September when LWR was Mission of the Month – we received enough in donations to cover the shipping cost;  Carol Wiskow, who did all the paperwork and made the arrangements;  Salvador Carvallo, who hauled all the boxes back and forth from the storage space in the garage;  Karen Bowers, who assembled the baby care kits;  Heart & Hand ladies, who donated knitted items for baby care kits;  Blanket Workshop gals, who donated their time and energy in making the quilts;  Everyone who donated fabric and thread;  Families who donated individual items, funds to buy items, and completed personal care kits;  Whidbey SeaTac Shuttle, for the bus to carry our shipment to Seattle, along with boxes from Concordia Lutheran Church;  All the folks who helped load the bus with all the boxes;  And last but not least, our own Rita Carter who generously donated her time and expertise to drive the bus that held the shipment.

Nick and Shannon went to Chiclayo, Peru in 1998 to serve as church planters and youth ministers. In 2003 they were sent to Caranavi, Bolivia, and then in 2007 began work on a wider scale in Peru, Bolivia and Chile as Go Missions International. In partnership with the Center for Christian Training, Bolivia, they have been leading seminars on marriage and family, teaching children and youth, and encouraging Latin Americans to step out in mission.

Back in Chiclayo in 2012, Nick and Shannon organized their first discipleship training school, CORE, with the participation of pastors and leaders from Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and the United States. An internship for youth age 16 and up, it’s a challenging, life-changing experience designed to strengthen faith and character. At the end of the program, students put into practice what they’ve learned with a short mission trip. The second CORE training school was completed this past March.

Go Missions International would like to expand, and to do that they really need a building of their own. A piece of land just outside Chiclayo has become available which would meet those needs, but funds will have to be raised to make the purchase possible.

Leona McKee

Shannon Kraft will be with us on Sunday, June 9 to give us an update on Go Missions as well as news about this exciting possibility of land purchase.

Special offerings in June may be designated Go Missions; we encourage you to use the yellow envelopes in the pew racks.

It’s a boy!

Congratulations to Igor & Yulia Dyba, pastoral interns at St. Katharina Lutheran Church, our companion synod church in Kazan, Russia, on the April 4th birth of their son, Svyatoslav!

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Council Highlights

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Summertime thoughts

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e often imagine Jesus straight-faced because he came to do such serious work. Yet he also enjoyed fun times. One was the wedding celebration at Cana, which had wine in abundance. When it ran out, Jesus miraculously produced more – see John 2:1-11.

Jesus also welcomed children – see Matthew 19:13-15.

Picture Jesus lifting an infant into the air or tickling a giggling youngster while another child, grinning, climbs on his back.

Because summer allows more time for fun and play, use it to teach the kids in your life – and to remind yourself – that Jesus came in love so our “joy may be complete” (John 15:11). Laughing, playing, having fun, relaxing and enjoying life are all part of living as faithful disciples.

he Council met Thursday, May 2, and the minutes from the April meeting were approved. Highlights of those minutes are as follows:

The Treasurer’s report noted that our deficit continues but was significantly reduced during March.

Old Business: Fundraising continues for the education wing roofing project; check the poster on the narthex bulletin board for updates.

The tree marked for removal near the library/fireside room has been cut down.

No bids have been received as yet on the fire suppression system.

Anita Needler is researching stackable chairs to add to the supply in the library/fireside room.

New Business It was decided to donate $100 of Youth funds to Oak Harbor High School in support of the Baccalaureate.

Volunteers are being sought to ‘adopt’ various garden areas around the church grounds for upkeep.

The council decided that the church building will not be available for use by for-profit organizations and this will be added to the OHLC Bylaws.

The Newsletter Newsletter, July 2012

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on’t forget God! Robert Brault said, “A vacation trip is one third pleasure, fondly remembered, and two thirds aggravation, entirely forgotten.”

Much of the hassle involved with ‘getting away’ comes from packing. What do we need? How can we save space?

Where are the items we haven’t used since the last vacation?

Inevitably, we forget something – sunscreen, umbrella, diapers. Vacationers miss these items almost immediately and quickly replace them. De we also often ‘forget’ the Bible at home? Do we leave our prayer and worship routines behind? Do we take a vacation from our faith?

We may not notice these missing ‘items’ as quickly, but they’re crucial nonetheless. God never schedules a ‘getaway’ from us. This summer, take a vacation with God. not from God.

Pastor’s Report  Activities and attendance during Holy Week were exceptional;  There have been 8,000 hits on the church website;  A new-member class and pre-communion class Journey to Jesus’ Table, will be offered;  Staff reviews will be conducted in May;  Confirmation for 4 youth will take place on Pentecost.

Trudy Decker, council secretary

Included in this newsletter is the Prayer Ventures insert for June.

The Newsletter Newsletter, June 2012

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Worship Assistants 6/ 2

6/ 9

6/16

6/23

6/30

8:00 10:30 6:30 8:00 10:30 6:30 8:00 10:30 6:30 8:00 10:30 6:30 8:00 10:30 6:30

Asst. Ministers Shanna Lundstrom Jan Heideger Trudy Decker Tom Coe Moira Bartrand Carol Snoble Verna Pommerenke Ken Grigsby Rich Anderson Tom Piper Craig Pedlar Gisela Hawley

Financial Report: Acolytes Sydney Higgins Peter Spencer Katie Norman Elias Wiley Peter Higgins Sadie Harbaugh

Music

Income Outgo

Senior Choir Cantor: Carol Reafs

Senior Choir Cantor: Carol Reafs

Worship Attendance:

Elizabeth Norman Luke Spencer

Date Apr. 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 Average Att.

Cantor: Carol Reafs

Cantor: Carol Reafs

Ushers

Assistants

6/ 2 8:00 AM Higgins family

Communion: Computer: Donna Aspery Communion: Gaye Rodriguey Computer: Rick Culbertson

10:30 AM J. Wilcox, L. Michalski 6:30: Presider, Jeff Spencer 6/16 8:00 AM Ellis family 10:30 AM 6:30: Presider, Tom Johnson 6/23 8:00 AM J. Flowers, L. Forster 10:30 AM R. Wood, M. McNae, 6:30 PM: Presider, Marc Stroud 6/30 8:00 AM J. Flowers, L. Forster 10:30 AM R. Wood, M. McNae,

April Year to date 138,164 147,373 $ (9,209)

Senior Choir Cantor: Carol Reafs

Allan Swan

10:30 AM J. Wilcox, L. Michalski 6:30: Presider, Jay Decker 6/ 9 8:00 AM Margraf family

April $ 33,801 37,330 (3,529

May

Sun. 8 AM Sun. 10:30 AM Cpvl.

77 230 15 71 109 19 67 115 16 62 180 15 68 105 21 79 148 17 Average Sunday attendance: 235

Communion: Candi Amarelo Computer: Rachel Margraf Communion: Gisela Hawley Computer: Rita Carter

Coffee Fellowship

Communion: Marge Moore Computer: Molly Nagel Communion: Tom Piper Computer: Rita Carter

8:00 AM 6/ 2

Communion: Mike Fankhauser Computer: Kathy Ridle Communion: Shanna Lundstrom Computer: Michelle Tull

6/16 Fosnaugh

Nursery 7 0 3 0 1 2

June

Bring cookies, make coffee, set up and clean up – we need at least 2 per week for 8:00 AM services, 3 per week for 10:30 AM services, and 1 per week in Coupeville

6/ 9

10:30 AM Rodriguey, Horrobin

Coupeville 6:30 PM Decker

Fair Trade Sponsors Rodriguey

Anderson

Ellis

Margraf

6/23 Horrobin

Horrobin

6/30

Communion: Computer: Communion: Computer: Rita Carter

Deborah Circle

Little Lutheran Bags in June: Becky Wold This month’s decorative font is Pegasus.

6:30 PM: Presider, Jeff Spencer

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

2 Healing Prayer at both morning services Worship 8:00 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 75th Anniv. Comm. 11:45 Wolves 4:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30

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5 9:00 Blanket Workshop 11:30 OHLC Staff

6 10:00 Deborah Circle

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1 8:00 Lutheran Men in Mission

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4 9:00 Blanket Workshop 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:00 Patrol Leaders 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Cpvl Book Group 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Worship Brass 11 10:30 Stamping Group 12:00 Brotherhood of St. Bernard 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:30 Child Care Assoc.

6:30 Scout Adult Com 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Worship Brass 18 10:00 Rebecca Circle 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Worship Brass

7:00 Overeaters Anon.

5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1 7:00 Compassion Min.

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Graduates Recognition Worship 8:00 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 VBS Volunteers 11:45 Piano recital 2:00 Wolves 4:00 Piano recital 5:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 16 Worship 8:00 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 Wolves 4:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30

23 Worship 8:00 Cong. Meeting 9:15 Worship 10:30 VBS Set-up 11:45 Kazan Comm.

11:45 Wolves 4:00 Marriage Care 5:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 Child Protection Policy training 7:00 30 Worship 8:00 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 Wolves 4:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30

1:00 Munchy Monday 6:30 Lydia Circle 6:30 Ruth Circle 6:45 4-H K-9 Korps 7:00 Cub Scout Leaders 7:00 Solutions

1:00 Munchy Monday 6:00 Homeschoolers 7:00 Vanishing Friends 7:00 Solutions

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6:30 Lydia Circle 6:30 Ruth Circle 6:45 4-H K-9 Korps 7:00 Solutions 24

6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794 7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon

5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1 7:00 Council

11:30 OHHS Transitional Students 1:00 Mediation 2:45 Robotics Club 5:00 Bears & Tigers 5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214

12 11:30 OHLC Staff

13 10:00 Deborah Circle

14 Newsletter Deadline

8 11:00 Memorial service, Bob Tull 15

5:00 Tigers & Bears 5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214

1:00 Book Group 6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794 7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon

19 11:30 OHLC Staff

5:00 Stephen Ministry 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1

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9:30 Heart & Hand 5:00 Bears & Tigers

3:00 Peattie family event

10:00 Deborah Circle 6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794

5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214l

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29

Vacation Bible School, 9 AM to noon

7:00 Solutions

12:00 Brotherhood of St. Bernard 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Scout Board/Review 7:30 Worship Brass

1:00 Library Committee

5:00 Tigers & Bears 5:30 Brownies 40740

5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214

7:00 Overeaters Anon.

To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour

.—William Blake

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The church calendar is updated regularly on OHLC’s website, www.oakharborlutheran.org

HIS KIDS PRESCHOOL

is on Summer Break!!!