May 2013 Harbor Beacon

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

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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

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

Custodian: Salvador Carvallo

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Volume 60, Issue 5

May 2013

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

1253 NW 2 Avenue

(360) 679-1561

IN THIS ISSUE: Discipleship as a “Little Way,” pg. 2

Click on these links for the May newsletter inserts:

Pentecost & Confirmation Day (wear red on the 19th!), pg. 3

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

You know you’d look great in a 75th anniversary t-shirt, pg. 4

The Northwest Washington Synod’s insert, The Spirit: http://www.lutheransnw.org/files/publications/spirit/spirit2013_5_6.pdf

Quilt loading volunteers needed, pg. 7 OHLC’s website: www.oakharborlutheran.org

Compassion Ministry highlights Watoto concerns (and plans a rummage sale), pgs 7 &. 8

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Pastor’s Page

and ever since I finished the book I’ve been wrestling with how to apply it to my life in a new, more intentional way. I started by calling my sister, whom I hadn’t spoken to in months, and scheduling a time to meet her for lunch. We didn’t have a falling out, but our busy lives have resulted in a de facto estrangement even though we only live a couple hours away from one another. We all have a “little way” to tend to in our personal lives as we live out our faith through loving relationships with family, neighbors, and co-workers. The “little way” of Jeff Spencer includes trying to be a better brother.

Discipleship as a “Little Way”

What matters in life are not great deeds, but great love.

St. Therese of Lisieux …if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:2

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t. Therese of Lisieux was a 19th century French nun who lived the life of a farm girl, embracing the values of simplicity and humility. She died young of tuberculosis, and in her posthumously- published spiritual autobiography described her life of discipleship as a petite voie, or, “a little way.”

I’ve also been thinking about the implications for our congregation. We like to do big things here at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. We just completed an impressive campaign with the big goal of ending malaria in Africa. We host our Munchy Monday after school program, and are proud of the big crowds, often expressing disappointment if there are less than 100 students who come over. Later this month our confirmands will hear of our big expectations of them as our confirmation liturgy asks them to “strive for justice and peace in all the earth.” These are all good things. I’m proud to serve a congregation with such ambition. With our active ministry partnerships on four continents and our support of many and varied community groups, we are making a big impact.

In his new book The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, author Rod Dreher tells the story of the “little way” of his sister, Ruthie Leming, who died of cancer at age 42. While the author enjoyed professional success as a journalist in Washington DC, New York, and Philadelphia, his sister stayed home in St. Francisville, Louisiana (population 1,700), working as a middle school math teacher. In Dreher’s deeply moving account of his sister’s life and death (OHLC book groups please take note. I can’t recommend this book highly enough!), he describes the spiritual lessons he learned from her “little way” in St. Francisville. As he describes her simple, humble life, he comes to see that life is most meaningful when it is lived with careful attention to loving relationships in one’s family, church, and community. To be sure, these relationships are fraught with difficulty, but it is in the crucible of these relationships that we learn grace. Life in general, he learns, and Christian discipleship in particular, is not primarily about accomplishing great things, it is about practicing great love towards those who are close at hand, those whom God has put into our lives. This is the “little way.”

But there is also this “little way” to tend to. We can have the biggest, best ministries in the world, but if we do not have love, we are nothing. Our “little way” as members of this congregation and as brothers and sisters in Christ means tending to our relationships with one another. It means loving and forgiving each other. It means being patient, bearing with one another, and extending grace to one another.

Our “little way” means working to build a sense of community. It means caring for one another, even if it is something as simple as sitting with one of our homebound members, perhaps bringing them a glass of water.

I’ve seen this “little way” at work in our congregation alongside all the big things, but sometimes I don’t think we realize how important it is.

These are not new ideas, of course. Dreher traces them to Therese of Lisieux in the 19th century. I find them in the writings of Martin Luther, who argued that faith is practiced and lived most profoundly in the down-to-earth callings of daily life. They go back to Jesus himself, who described the kingdom of God using the imagery of little things like yeast, salt, and mustard seeds, and spoke of discipleship in terms of something as simple as bringing someone a glass of water (Mark 9:41).

However, as old and prevalent as the idea of the “little way” of Christian discipleship is, we seem to need to be reminded of it regularly.

Discipleship can be expressed in a variety of ways, but make no mistake about it – often the most profound contexts for living out our Christian faith are close at hand in the little things of life. Even more important than great deeds is great love in the relationships to which we have been called in our families, our church, and our community.

I hope you’ll consider reading this remarkable book. Even more, I hope you’ll consider what it means for you to practice the “little way” of Christian discipleship.

- Pastor Jeffrey R. Spencer

This book reminded me of this spiritual truth in a powerful way, 2

Growing & Learning

Take note!

Adult Education opportunities in May

Synod Assembly meets May 16-18

Pastor Spencer’s adult education series, What Lutherans Believe, continues through May. Feel free to drop in even if you’ve missed previous sessions. On May 5, we will take a break from the series to hear from Oak Harbor Lutheran’s Watoto team, who will give us an update on current ministry that’s happening in Uganda, and a preview of exciting things to come.

Please keep the Northwest Washington Synod Assembly in your prayers as a new bishop for our synod is elected to serve our corner of the country for the next six years. Along with Pastor Spencer and Pastor Stroud, Marge Moore, Dave Amarelo, Tom Coe, and Carlie Kenny are voting members from Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. Please pray for safe travels and wise decisions for all who will attend the assembly, held this year in Lynnwood.

May 5: May 12: May 19: May 26:

Watoto Childcare Ministries of Uganda What is the Bible?

What is the Church?

What is the Christian Life?

Confirmation Sunday set for May 19 As we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday (remember to wear red!), we will also be celebrating with Jared Hoyt, Josh Margraf, Ethan Marx, and Kayla Wiley as they affirm their baptism through the rite of confirmation. This rite will occur at both services, with each confirmand being confirmed at the service they regularly attend. Come celebrate this important milestone with these wonderful young adult Christians!

Join hands to help Camp Lutherwood on May 4 On Saturday, May 4 we invite individuals and families (with kids ages 10 and older) to Join Hands for a work day at Camp Lutherwood, south of Bellingham, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. Car poolers meet at church at 7:30 AM. Call Tom Piper if you need a ride, 675-4739. Free lunch is served by the camp staff.

Need directions? There’s a map posted on the Growing and Learning bulletin board in the narthex.

Pulling weeds for Jesus! Adopt-a-Bed today!

We give thanks to Jan McCullough for tending to the church yard in the area adjacent the fellowship hall, to Candi Amarelo for weeding around the preschool, to Tom and Ellie Piper for pruning our bushes, and to Sande Mulkey for doing other yard work around the church.

We also thank Dave Amarelo and Mark Needler for keeping the grass so nicely trimmed.

Will we see you in Athens this summer?

This year’s Vacation Bible School, Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth, will be held on the mornings of Monday through Friday, June 24-28 for K through Grade 5; Pre-K children (must be potty trained) will attend Tuesday through Thursday.

Help will be needed in various areas as we prepare; please sign up via the opportunity form in your Sunday morning worship bulletin or leave a message in the church office, 679-1561.

We would like to have other members of the congregation adopt the four “islands” in our parking lot for weeding and maintenance throughout the spring and summer. Adopt one as an individual, a family, as a group of friends, or as a circle or ministry team. Pick one of the four areas and let us know in the church office which area you’ve chosen.

Let’s keep our facilities looking beautiful – for the glory of God! Thanks so much for your help!

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Celebrating our 75th Anniversary

Notes for your calendar

75th Anniversary Cookbook: Faith, Fellowship and Food

JIn Concert: Whidbey Community Chorus, Friday, May 3, 7 PM

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re-orders for OHLC’s commemorative 75th Anniversary cookbook: Faith, Fellowship and Food, are now being taken. The cost for the hardback cookbook is $20. Checks can be made payable to OHLC. Please indicate that the funds are for the cookbook, with your name and phone number as well as the number of books you are ordering.

After the order is made on May 15, there will be a limited number of additional books available for purchase after the books arrive. As of mid-April’s count, the book will contain more than 150 recipes that span the decades back to the church’s inception in 1938. It will make a great gift or a memento of OHLC’s role in faith formation and fellowship through pot lucks, soup suppers, and other feasting events over the years.

& Sunday, May 5 at 4 PM, both concerts at 1st United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland Street, Oak Harbor. The community chorus, which includes several OHLC members and is under the direction of Chet Hansen, will present Spring Favorites, selections from past spring concerts, including Roger Emerson’s rollicking Celtic celebration Riversong, Artie Resnick & Kenny Young’s classic Under the Boardwalk, and Grant Cochran’s traditional Shaker tune, Simple Gifts. The program also includes well-known Oak Harbor group, Daybreak Trio. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.

JWhidbey Island Theological Studies presents The Bible’s Uncomfortable Wisdom, Saturday, May 4, 8:45 AM to noon, Coupe ville Rec Hall, presented by Dr. Tom Johnson. The mission of WITS is to increase the knowledge and love of God in the churches of Whidbey Island through college-level biblical, theological, and spiritual studies.

75th Anniversary Sunday School ice cream social Sunday, May 19 will be the last day for Sunday School for the school-aged children for the year. Please join current and past Sunday School participants in celebrating 75 years of Sunday School education at an old fashioned Ice Cream Social! We will have original Sunday School participants as well as current day students and hope to compare their experiences as they share frosty ice cream cones in the courtyard outside the fellowship hall after the 10:30 AM service. Current students have been preparing a short song to present to the crowd. Please note: normal Sunday School at 9:15 AM will still be taking place this day!

JSunday, May 5, education wing roof repair fundraiser pulled pork sandwich lunch, 11:45 AM in the fellowship hall. Features the Anglums’ famous pulled pork and barbecue sauce; thank you to those who have signed up to bring beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and dessert!

JSunday, May 5: Trinity Lutheran College presents Songs for the New Day, featuring Trinity’s Concert Choir & Chamber Ensemble, 3 PM at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 215 W Mukilteo Blvd, Everett.

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Put in your orders for OHLC 75 Anniversary t-shirts, medium blue, with the anniversary logo. Sizes are Adult S/M/L/XL/XXL and Child S/M/L/XL; cost is $20 apiece and they’ll be available in 8-12 days after we submit the order. Sign up on a Sunday opportunity form or leave a message in the church office, 360-679-1561.

Other commemorative items will be available for purchase soon!

JSaturday, June 15: Thrivent Day at the LaConner Quilt Museum, 11 AM to 2 PM, for Thrivent members and non-member friends.

The first 50 people to visit the museum will pay only $3.50 while the Mount Baker Chapter of Thrivent will cover the remaining $3.50 cost.

JThe Semi-Annual Meeting of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church will

Save the Date!

be held between worship services, 9:15-10:15 AM, on Sunday, June 23.

All members of the congregation are encouraged to attend. We will be electing 3 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.

On September 29 we will be celebrating 75 years of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church! There will be morning services, with a banquet and program in the afternoon. More information to come. Please invite past members or friends of the church to attend on this day.

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BookMarks

Men’s Ministry

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Coupeville Book Group…

Lutheran Men in Mission

& the Brotherhood of St. Bernard

hank you in advance to those planning to attend the Lutherwood Camp & Retreat Center Join Hands Day on May 4 to help with work projects, getting the camp ready for summer programs.

We look forward to offering several $100 scholarships to students in need who would like to attend a camp session this summer – if you’re interested in receiving a scholarship or would like to know more about Lutherwood, talk to Pastor Spencer or ask in the church office.

…meets Tuesday, May 7, 7:00 PM in the home of Julie Ward, 1053 Halsey Drive, to discuss Ahab’s Wife or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund: From the opening line – “Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last” - you will know that you are in the hands of a master storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an enthralling and compellingly readable saga, spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. At once a family drama, a romantic adventure, and a portrait of a real and loving marriage, Ahab’s Wife gives new perspective on the American experience.

Fiction, 666 pages

The Brotherhood of St. Bernard (“The Old Dogs”) meets on Tuesday, May 14 & May 28, 12:00 noon to 1:30 PM in the fellowship hall for lunch, conversation, and study. If you’re new to the church, pick up a brochure and business card at the welcome desk in the narthex, and “run” one of us down for a personal invite (Pastor Spencer can point us out). Some of us Old Dogs have a large bark, but we don’t bite. We enjoy talking about ways to serve the church as well as studying scripture together and sometimes we overload the pastor(s) with ideas for forthcoming Sunday services. (Funny, though… often our ideas never seem to make it out of the room.) Please circle these 2 Tuesdays and make time to join us.

For more information about the Coupeville group, contact Gaye Rodriguey, 678-3561, gaye@tobysuds.com.

Second Wednesday Book Group…

The Lutheran Men in Mission group is taking a break from our usual 1st Saturday of the month gathering in May so many of us can turn out at Camp Lutherwood for their work day instead.

Our next breakfast meeting is Saturday, June 1 at Flyers Restaurant, 8 to 10 AM. The cost is $12 apiece and that includes a tip – they serve a very nice buffet breakfast and treated us really well when we were there several months ago. Guest speaker will be Dan Pullen, a very active member of the Island County Astronomical Society. He is likable Christian fellow who devotes a lot of time and energy as a substitute teacher, Stephen Minister, and professional “star gazer.” He’ll share some thoughts on The smallest speck is still part of the larger universe.

Why knowing the smallness of our planet makes us see the grandness of God’s universe. What is in the summer night sky? What to look for from city sites and dark sky sites. This is a wonderful opportunity to invite a friend or fellow in church who hasn’t attended a great breakfast/meeting before.

… meets Wednesday, May 8 at 1:00 PM in the library/fireside room to discuss Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: The ruling government has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one book burner suddenly realizes their merit.

This classic novel explores questions of intellectual freedom and what the world could be like without books. What would you do if this happened to you?

Fiction, 147 pages

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

Included in this newsletter are Prayer Ventures for May and the May-June issue of The Spirit.

We give thanks and praise to God for these ways to draw men together in fellowship as we continue our walk with Christ. Come and see!

Tom Piper

The deadline for articles for the June newsletter is Tuesday, May 21.

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OHLC Women

His Kids Preschool

opportunities for fellowship, study & service

a ministry of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church

Aso the preschoolers were ready to spring back into class when they pril arrived in the relaxing and renewing form of Easter Vacation,

Circle meetings in May Women’s circles meet regularly for Bible study and service projects; Lydia Circle is working on plans for the holiday bazaar. You’re invited to attend any of these gatherings – for more information, contact the church office, 679-1561.

returned on the second week of the month

Almost immediately the bare branches of the classroom bulletin board tree burst (almost by magic!) into light and dark green student-cutout leaves. Landing on the leaves were red, yellow and orange paper ladybugs – also cut out by the students themselves – decorated with a variety of hand-drawn black dots, some too numerous to count.

5/2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Deborah Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library 5/6&20 Lydia Circle meets at 6:30 PM in the education wing

The lions and lambs of March were replaced by umbrellas (also another student cutting project) dot-painted with pastel colors of blue, pink, yellow and lavender. Across the room from the umbrellas was the paper towel tube rocket project, which continued to fly in April. That was also true of the decorative fish wind socks fluttering overhead.

5/6 & 20 Ruth Circle meets at 6:30 PM in the prayer room 5/21

Rebecca Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library

The shortened month ended with two highly favored preschool activities: Preschool Sunday and the Sealab field trip.

Blanket Workshop

Bbeginning at 9 AM in the fellowship hall. Help us start on our next lanket Workshop meets on Tuesday & Wednesday, May 7 & 8,

His Kids is honored that Mr. Keith at the Sealab at Camp Casey takes a day away from his retirement to entertain the children with his vast knowledge of the flora, fauna and crustaceans of the waters of Whidbey Island. It is a blessing of wonderment.

shipment of quilts for Lutheran World Relief! For more information, contact Leona McKee, 675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net.

Handwork Group

On Preschool Sunday, the students enlivened the 10:30 AM worship service with the songs Jesus Loves Me, The B-I-B-L-E and This Little Light of Mine and added a new dimension to the praying of The Lord’s Prayer. It was a wonderful way to begin to celebrate 20 years of joy with His Kids Preschool.

May will be the last month of classes for this school year, and before we know it we’ll be starting our classes for 2013-2014! We still have registration space available in the 3-Day Afternoon class and 2Day Morning class for the coming year. Stop by the church office for more information.

April’s Special Students of the Week were: Madison Bice, Jaelynn Coon, Grady Davidson, Eli Johnson, Aleera Kent, Don Lesetmoe, Grant Nienhuis, Weston Thompson and DaRon Wilson.

HAM on Friday, May 17. Bring your own crocheting or knitting or eart & Hand handwork group meets in the prayer room at 9:30

help us work on hats and sweaters for Lutheran World Relief layettes, or assemble baptismal banners. For more information, contact Leona McKee, 675-5712, bcmac68@comcast.net.

Don’t forget the bazaar!

ASaturday, Nov. 2. Keep that in mind this summer if you have

fter many years of hiatus, OHLC will have a holiday bazaar on

some extra time to work on your craft projects. For more information, contact Becky Peattie, 675-7234, beckypeattie@yahoo.com or Sheila Ryan, 675-4555, jolegrn@comcast.net .

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Watoto is Compassion’s Ministry of the Month: Want vs. Need

Council highlights

Ato purchase lottery tickets to win the million dollars. My response s our sons Chris and Lucas were growing up, they encouraged me

The Council met Saturday, March 16 at 9:00 AM. Old Business included updates on the education wing roofing project, forestry management in the church woods, and a plan to repair and refurbish the church sign on Heller Road.

New Business included a report on repairs needed for the fire suppression system; the decision was made to use funds from the Building Fund designation for those expenses.

Minutes of this meeting were approved at the April 11 meeting.

Trudy Decker, Council secretary

always was, “We may want it but don’t need more, because we already have a roof over our heads, adequate meals, good health and our Lutheran faith. What more do we need?”

However in Gulu, Uganda, after 20 years of war, with 30% unemployment and with 6% to 10% of the population HIV+, the majority of people are hopeful of just one small meal a day. It is also very common to live on the street or to have 10 people living in a 15-foot wide circular hut with no running water or bathroom. This description fits most of the people being helped by Watoto, and also includes a large number of orphans. The Watoto Team would like to invite you to help us provide for some of the basic needs in Uganda. OHLC’s Mission of the Month for May will be Watoto Childcare Ministries.

Compassion Ministry Volunteers needed with willing hands and strong backs Help us load boxes of quilts and other Lutheran World Relief kits, Thursday, May 2, starting at 7:00 PM at church.

Rita Carter will be driving a bus generously on loan from Whidbey Sea-Tac Shuttle to deliver these items assembled by our congregation as well as from our friends at Concordia Lutheran Church. She’ll take the boxes to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Seattle, and from there they’ll be shipped to a regional warehouse, ready for distribution around the world as the needs arise.

The first two weeks of July, a Medical/Educational team from OHLC will join with others to travel to Gulu, Uganda, to treat some of the 1000 Living Hope women and their 2500 children. These women are HIV+, unemployed, and have 3 to 4 children each as a result of being taken by the LRA, led by Joseph Kony who is charged with international war crimes. The team will also treat over 300 orphans in the Watoto Laminedere Orphan Village. These are some of the people who need our help.

Stephen Ministry: a shelter in a time of storm What do Stephen Ministers do? In short, they are gifts from God to help shelter you during the storm. They listen, accept, care, and walk with a person who is going through a difficult time. They provide support – prayer, scripture, forgiveness, unconditional acceptance, conversation – in appropriate ways to meet the needs of the care receiver.

They are not counselors or therapists. They do not give advice or tell people how to solve their problems.

The motto of Stephen Ministry is “The Stephen Minister is the Care-giver; God is the Cure-giver.” They stand by the person and minister to his or her spiritual needs as God works through the relationship to bring hope and healing to the care-receiver.

Contact the church office, 360-60-679-1561 or e-mail Pastor Marc Stroud, mdstroud54@hotmail.com, to get connected with a Stephen Minister.

Helping these people is what inspires our passion and to dedicate the month of May to informing others of the needs in Uganda, as well as scheduling fundraising events to help meet those needs.

In addition to an informational and educational bulletin board display in the narthex, here’s what will be offered during the next few weeks: y Sunday, May 9, 9:15 AM: Adult forum presentation highlighting the work and needs of Watoto Childcare Ministries. y Sunday, May 12, we’ll host coffee hour for both morning services.

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With appreciation

y Saturday, May 24, Rummage Sale, 9 AM to 3 PM. Bring your items to donate on Friday, May 23 after 3 PM (No clothes, electronics or large exercise equipment, please).

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y Saturday, June 1, Pirate-themed Murder Mystery, 6 PM at church. Tickets are $20 apiece. Heavy finger food, refreshments, and fun!

All funds raised by the Watoto Team through these events will be used to provide scholarships for medical/nursing students in Uganda who will then serve in Uganda. In response to a need and a request for aid, the team will also provide funds to buy Cycle Beads for the families that want to limit their number of children.

Distribution will be through a local Ugandan foundation, created to meet the health needs of their people.

To my friends at OHLC, I want extend a heartfelt thank you for your kind thoughts, cards, and flowers on my 90th birthday.

They were very much appreciated.

Sincerely, Marge Link

We received this beautifully handwritten thank you note from local piano teacher Natasha Vanderlinden following her recital on April 20, the weekend when 72 of our Blanket Workshop quilts were on display in the sanctuary and narthex.

We invite you to share our passion for meeting the needs of the Watoto community in Gulu, Uganda. Thank you for your continued support, sharing, and caring.

Skip Lycksell

OHLC helps Make Malaria History!

Many thanks for your generous donations to the ELCA’s Malaria Campaign. Total donations amounted to a WONDERFUL $3,889! The Compassion Team thanks you and the people of the world who have to deal with mosquitos and malaria thank you.

Further thanks to Melissa Johnson for her help in creating a powerful display for the narthex bulletin board, to Christine Higgins and Mary Brock and the rest of Sunday School leaders and all the kids in the classes for their great posters promoting the Malaria Campaign, and for the generous Sunday School offerings during March.

Here in western Washington, we often consider mosquitos just an occasional nuisance and don’t give them another thought in our everyday lives, but even at this distance we find we are affected. Our hearts go out to Don Fosso’s son Dan and his fiancée and family, following the death of Dan’s fiancee’s mother just recently due to malaria in Indonesia.

} New Address Shirley Cline 360-424-1320 c/o Mira Vista 300 S 18th St. Rm. 308 Mount Vernon, WA 98274-4661

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Worship Assistants 5/ 5

5/12

5/19

5/26

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 Rita Carter Gisela Hawley Tom Coe Rita Cline Verna Pommerenke Craig Pedlar Trudy Decker Tom Piper Allan Swan

Ushers 5/ 5 8:00 AM Higgins family 10:30 AM J. Wilcox, L. Michalski 6:30: Presider, Jeff Spencer 5/12 8:00 AM Margraf family 10:30 AM J. Wilcox, L. Michalski 6:30: Presider, 5/19 8:00 AM Ellis family 10:30 AM 6:30: Presider, Jeff Spencer 5/26 8:00 AM J. Flowers, L. Forster 10:30 AM R. Wood, M. McNae,

Acolytes Sydney Higgins Peter Spencer Benjamin Bruland Peter Higgins Sadie Harbaugh Benjamin Bruland Katie Norman Elias Wiley Benjamin Bruland Elizabeth Norman Luke Spencer Benjamin Bruland

Worship Attendance:

Music

Sun. 8 AM Sun. 10:30 AM Cpvl. Nursery 133 208 --2 45 102 24 2 65 112 25 0 71 128 14 4 79 137 21 2 Average Sunday attendance: 234 *March 31 was Easter Sunday; there was no evening service in Coupeville.

April 28 worship will be included in next month’s stats.

Senior Choir Cantor: Morning Glory Praise Team Cantor: Carol Reafs Senior Choir Cantor: Morning Glory Senior Choir Cantor: Carol Reafs

Assistants Communion: Tom Coe Computer: Donna Aspery Communion: Donna Meyers Computer: Rick Culbertson

Coffee Fellowship

Communion: Candi Amarelo Computer: Rachel Margraf Communion: Mike Fankhauser Computer: Michelle Tull

8:00 AM 5/ 5

Communion: Marge Moore Computer: Molly Nagel Communion: Gisela Hawley Computer: Josh Jepsen

5/19

5/12 Watoto Team

Watoto Team

Coupeville

Fair Trade

6:30 PM Patty Bruland

Sponsors Rodriguey

Patty Bruland

75th Anniversary Committee

Ellis Trudy Decker

Deborah Circle

Lesser Festivals & Commemorations 1 St. Philip & St. James, Apostles 2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 4 Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 8 Julian of Norwich, renewer of the church, c. 1416 9 Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter,1760 14 Matthias, apostle

Little Lutheran Bags in May: Doris Mattson

March $ 45,681 37,291 8,390

10:30 AM

5/26

6:30 PM: Presider, Marc Stroud

Income Outgo

May

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

Communion: Gaye Rodriguey Computer: Kathy Ridle Communion: Pat Michalski Computer: Rita Carter

Financial Report:

April

Date Mar. 31* Apr. 7 Apr. 14 Apr. 21 Average Att.

March Year to date 104,363 110,043 $ (5,680)

This month’s featured decorative font is Abbeyline.

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May

18 Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 21 Helena, mother of Constantine, 330 24 Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543, Leonhard Euler, 1783 scientists 27 John Calvin, renewer of the Church, 1564 29 Jiřī Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

The church calendar is updated regularly on OHLC’s website,

Wolves 4:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30

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7 9:00 Blanket Workshop

1:00 Munchy Monday 6:30 Angeli 6:30 Lydia Circle 6:30 Ruth Circle 6:45 4-H K-9 Korps 7:00 Solutions 13 1:00 Munchy Monday 6:00 Homeschoolers 6:30 Angeli 7:00 Cub Scout Leaders 7:00 Vanishing Friends 7:00 Solutions 20 7 1:00 Munchy Monday

Wolves

6:30 Angeli 7:00 Solutions

Vespers/Coupeville 6:30

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

1 11:30 OHLC Staff

2 10:00 Deborah Circle 4:15 Morning Glory 5:30 Praise Team 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1 7:00 Council 7:00 Loading for LWR

3 10:00 OH Bay Artists 11:30 OHHS Transitional Students 5:00 Bears & Tigers

4 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Join Hands work day at Camp Lutherwood (meet at OHLC at 7:30 AM to carpool)

9 10:00 Deborah Circle

10 10:00 Oak Harbor Bay Artists 11:30 OHHS Transitional Students

7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon

Pentecost Confirmation Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 Piano recital 1:00 Wolves 4:00 Marriage Care 5:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 26 The Holy Trinity Worship 8:00 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 4:00

THURSDAY

5:30 Harbor Bells

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5 Healing Prayer at both morning services Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30 BBQ luncheon 12:00 Wolves 4:00 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 12 Worship 8:00 Sunday School 9:15 Adult Ed. 9:15 Worship 10:30

WEDNESDAY

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

6:00 Wolves 6:00 Patrol Leaders 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Cpvl Book Group 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Worship Brass 14 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 21 Newsletter Deadline 10:00 Rebecca Circle 6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Worship Brass

8 9:00 Blanket Workshop 11:30 OHLC Staff 1:00 Book Group 5:00 Stephen Ministry 5:30 Harbor Bells 6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794 7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon 15 11:30 OHLC Staff To lunch

4:15 Morning Glory 5:30 Praise Team 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1

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

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NW WA Synod Assembly -- Lynnwood 10:00 Deborah Circle

5:30 Harbor Bells 6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794 7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon

5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214

4:15 Morning Glory 5:30 Praise Team 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1

22 11:30 OHLC Staff

23 10:00 Deborah Circle

5:30 Harbor Bells 6:00 Girl Scouts Tr 50794 7:00 Senior Choir 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

4:15 Morning Glory 5:30 Praise Team 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Pack 4098 Bridging Meeting

28 10:30 Stamping Group 12:00 Old Dogs

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30 10:00 Deborah Circle

6:00 CADA Parenting 6:00 Wolves 6:30 Webelos 2 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Scout Board/Review

11:30 OHLC Staff 1:00 Library Committee

9:30 Heart & Hand 10:00 Oak Harbor Bay Artists 11:30 OHHS Transitional Students 5:00 Bears & Tigers 5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214l 24 His Kids Preschool All School Picnic 10:00 Oak Harbor Bay Artists 11:30 OHHS Tr.Students 3:00 Set up for rummage sale 5:00 Tigers & Bears

25 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Watoto benefit rummage sale

5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214

27 Memorial Day Church office closed

7:30 Worship Brass

5:30 Harbor Bells 7:00 Overeaters Anon.

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4:15 Morning Glory 5:30 Praise Team 5:30 Brownies 40740 6:30 Webelos 1

31 10:00 Oak Harbor Bay Artists 11:30 OHHS Tr. Students 5:00 Bears & Tigers 5:15 Girl Scouts 42040/4214l

HIS KIDS PRESCHOOL Last day of class: 3-day AM & PM–May 22 2-day AM-May 23 Pre-K Readiness–May 23