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September 2007 Newsletter
    
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BYOL AND BYOB!
Yes, that’s right! Beginning Monday, September 24 the congregation is invited to join Carolyn and various staff members for lunch and informal Bible study. We have decided to take an hour each Monday to start our week off focused on God’s Word, and want YOU to come, too. There will be no pre-reading required, no homework and no quizzes!
Bible study will begin promptly at 12:15 and end promptly at 1:15. So mark Mondays on your calendar, bring your own lunch and your own Bible and pray for God’s blessing on this new endeavor.
WOMEN’S AUTUMN RETREAT
Our annual Autumn Women’s Retreat is fast approaching. There are a few spaces left, so contact Carolyn TODAY and make a reservation. When: Friday, October 12, 5 p.m. – Saturday, October 13 4 p.m. Where: Camp Mowana near Mansfield Cost: $82 includes room, meals, and all retreat materials $30 deposit is due to reserve a spot, since places are limited. What else: Everyone is welcome, so call a friend or neighbor and invite them. There are no bunk beds and each room has its own bathroom.
STEPHEN MINISTRY UPDATE
Our group of Stephen Minister Trainees are nearing the end of the 50 hour journey that they have undertaken to become trained as caring listeners. They have proven to be dedicated, hard-working, and willing to learn. On Sunday, November 18 we will commission these fine people to begin their special caring ministry as Stephen Ministers. Soon we will be looking for people for whom we can care. So if you or someone you love might be interested in having a Stephen Minister, please contact Pastor Jean or Carolyn Wagar Hier soon.
Stephen Ministers can help in times of: Job loss, Relationship struggles, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Family conflict, Many other stresses of life
Remember, Stephen Ministers are not counselors, errand-runners, or pastors but they are trained to listen compassionately and share the love of Jesus with others.
Rally Day - Sunday, September 9th 9:15a.m. AND 10:30a.m.
All children age 3 through grade 6 are invited to attend one of Faith’s fun and exciting Rally Day events on September 9.
To make planning easier, please fill out a Children’s Ministry Registration Form (1 per family) and indicate which time your child will attend most Sundays. Registration forms are available on the tables in the Narthex and outside the Fellowship Hall.
9:15 a.m. Sunday School (This is classic Sunday School with a new twist.) 10:30 a.m. Kid’s Church
Children begin in church with their parents, are taken for crafts, stories, and activities, and return in time for Communion. For more information and to see how YOU can help, please contact Julie Magons (330)336-5212 or Barry White (330)706-0026.
Attention Kids!!
Do you like to sing? Do you like to dance? How about reading skits & plays, stories and doing crafts? Have we got the place for you!!
Come join the Children's Choirs on Wednesday, September 5, from 7-8 p.m. and see where the fun is! For more information, contact Michelle Borodkin at 330-864-3550.
Children begin in church with their parents, are taken for crafts, stories, and activities, and return in time for Communion. For more information and to see how YOU can help, please contact Julie Magons (330)336-5212 or Barry White (330)706-0026.
Adult Education Opportunities
Sundays September 9 and 16 9:15 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall View portions of the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” to learn more about global warming and how you can help. This will be hosted by John Weisend. 10:30 a.m. in the Library Join Jim and Sara Shook for Bible study and discussion.
Sundays September 23, 30, and October 7 9:15 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall “Giving God’s Way” a Biblical perspective to help us prepare for the exciting year ahead. Michael Sayre will lead this class. 10:30 a.m. in the Library “Giving God’s Way” a Biblical perspective to help us prepare for the exciting year ahead. Jim and Sara Shook will lead this class.
Mondays September 24, October 1, and 7 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall “Giving God’s Way” a Biblical perspective to help us prepare for the exciting year ahead. Carolyn Wagar Hier and Dineen Dowling will lead this class.
Child care will be provided at all Adult Education times.
Youth- Thank You and Welcome
Note from Lucius: We would like to thank all the youth who attended the picnics this past month. We hope you share our excitement over the coming year of fellowship and learning. We will start our year off on September 9 (Rally Day). We will have activities at 9:15 a.m. for the high school and confirmation Sunday classes. There will also be an informational meeting from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 10 for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade confirmation students and their parents. The 9th graders will meet in the Fellowship Hall and the 7th and 8th graders will meet in the Sanctuary. We will go over the calendar for the coming year, confirmation requirements and 7th graders will be trained as acolytes. In addition September 9 will mark the first youth group meeting 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All high school aged students are invited to attend. If it helps we will bring snacks! Thank you again, and we hope to see you there.
Note from Janice:We are excited about being able to serve you! Let us know if there is anything we can do for you. If you have ideas for things we could do or just plain want to talk, feel free to give us a call! Also you can reach us by email: janicewedge@yahoo.com or lucius.wedge@yahoo.com
Scrap Metal! - The youth group plans on hosting a continuing scrap metal drive! All contributions are welcome, and will help to fund youth activities as well as future mission trips. Everything from beverage cans to old (nonfunctioning) dishwashers can be scrapped, so let us take your extra metal. Cans may be brought to Church and left in the recycling container next to the vending machine. If you would like to donate anything heavier or bulky please contact Janice and Lucius Wedge (330-836-2873) and we will make arrangements to move the items. Thanks so much!
Drink Coke? - Do you drink Coke products? Do you just throw away the caps and box tops without a second thought? If you answered yes to either of these questions we could use your help. We are collecting the codes for Coke products found on the caps and box tops for the youth! We’ll see if a collected effort can result in something fun! If you’d like to contribute codes you can just leave them in our box or email us!
Capital Campaing Update - 2b Transformed
Gathering & Growing Disciples for Mission
Faith Lutheran Church is about to be transformed! During worship on Sunday, August 12, Cargill consultant, Jim Graham, introduced the plans for our Capital Campaign and explained the calendar of upcoming events.
Team Leaders are already at work planning special events for the months of September and October. We will celebrate our current ministries and share our dreams of new ways to fulfill the mission of sharing the Good News with others.Our hope during this intense two-month campaign is… that each one of us experiences the transforming power of the Holy Spirit; that each one of us embraces the desire to gather together in unity in Christ; that each one of us commits to grow into disciples prepared for mission in the world.
The official kick-off for the campaign is Vision Awareness Sunday, September 23. Look forward to a short movie about Faith’s hopes and dreams for gathering and growing disciples for mission. Pastor Jean will preach on the theme: “Be Strong and Act” using 1 Chronicles 28:9-12a,20 and 29:6,9,10-16, and Luke 16:1-13. Adult classes will also offer study and discussion of this special sermon series.
This Capital Campaign is all about being transformed - individually and communally. For Faith Lutheran Church to be transformed into a building that is able to offer more ministry opportunities, we need to be a church body that is willing to be transformed by the Holy Spirit. Let us prepare our hearts and minds to be transformed! May God bless your faith journey!
Rummage Sale News
Rummage Sale Drop Off will begin on Tuesday, October 30. NOT BEFORE! We do not have storage space.
Items may be dropped off in the North side of the Fellowship Hall. Please bring your items in bags and boxes only; no loose items. If you need assistance unloading, someone will be available weekday mornings until noon.
Each One Teach One
For most of us donating food, clothing and/or money to people in need is not too difficult. Much more challenging is donation of time and self. The tutoring program at Channelwood Village in downtown Akron begins for the third year with tutor orientation Tuesday evening September 18 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Channelwood. Registration for students will be the following Tuesday, September 25 at the same time. Tutoring sessions begin October 2 and continue every Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. during the school year.
Please consider donating your life skills, your Christian concern, your faith and your time to a young student (grades 1-6). For many of these children the one hour of tutoring each week is the only time someone can give them total attention.
Volunteering to become personally involved is harder, but fortunately much more rewarding. Join us. Call Shirley Duffy at (330) 650-6716.
Disaster Response Training
Members of Faith Lutheran Church are invited to participate in a Disaster Response Training with other area Lutherans on October 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3281 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. in Norton. The Level I training will take place from 9 a.m. to Noon. Level I is an overview of disaster response and will assist participants in identifying areas of strengths during times of disaster.
Level II training will be directly after Level I from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Level II training covers volunteer coordination, donations management, spiritual care, individual preparedness and congregational preparedness.
The state of Ohio averages three disasters annually. Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio, under the direction of Mary Woodward and Tammy Ramage, provide disaster response coordination and disaster preparedness training in the state and surrounding areas. The training is open to anyone. A $25 fee will cover the manual, identification badge and card, certificate, T-shirt and Level I and II training. If you would like to participate, please contact Pastor Jean. Or, call Trinity Lutheran Church at 330-825-3217 for more information.
A Cappella Choir
The Cleveland Lutheran A Cappella Choir is accepting new members for the 2007-2008 season. Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. beginning September 10, 2007. Rehearsals will be at: The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 8235 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn, OH
Simple audition is required after rehearsals begin. For more information, contact Director Linda Kempke at 216-661-99818, Ex. 2 or lkempke@gmail.com.
Flu shots
Offered on November 4 - Once again this year Sandrun Pharmacy will offier a flu vaccine clinic at the church. The vaccine will be given from 10:15 a.m. to Noon on Sunday, November 4 in the Youth Room. The cost is $25, although the shot is covered by Medicare Part B, Summa Card and Medicare HMO’s.
Church Picnic
Faith’s Family Fun and Fellowship Picnic
Hope you've saved the date of September 9. We're going to have a picnic at the Copley Community Park on Copley Road right after the 10:30 a.m. service. There are nice pavilions, playgrounds and paved walking trials. Your CLN committee will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and will supply all of the trimmings. We want you to sign up for salads, side dishes or desserts. Our youth will plan a few games for children. You can bring board games, dominoes or cards. We may even play volleyball.
Sign up now!
Questions - call Patti White 330-836-2166 or Penny Thompson 330-666-5065.
Busy Fingers
will resume meeting on Tuesday September 4 at 9:30 a.m. Welcome to those who would like to meet a great group.
WELCA
WOMEN of the ELCA will begin their new year on September 12, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will meet for coffee and a brief business meeting before departing to “OPEN M” at 941 Princeton Street, Akron. “OPEN M” is a Beacon of Hope in the Heart of the City. Faith Lutheran Church is in covenant with OPEN M along with 70 other congregations representing 14 Christian denominations.
Come with us as we support and learn about “Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry”.
Keep these dates in mind: October 10 Celebrating a Birthday October 19-20 NEOSWO Biennial Convention
Our May meeting featured a program presented by Pastor Dee Miklos about a trip she and 20 others took to S. Africa. She talked and had pictures about the three weeks they spent working together with the local young people. They painted and repaired 16 buildings in three different areas.
Faith Golf Scramble
September 16 - 2:30 p.m. Pine Valley Golf Club
A lite dinner will follow at the home of Craig and Patti White, 11 Mayfield Ave. Sign up sheets will be
available in the Narthex and outside the Fellowship Hall.
Progressive Dinner
Attention All Members
The Christian Life and Nurture committee wants you to mark your calendars for Saturday, September 29 for the Annual Progressive Dinner. This event has been so much fun in the past that you'll want to be a part of it. We'll have appetizers at one house, move on to the main dish at another and finally on to yummy desserts at the last house. Before we can firm up our plans, we need some volunteers to host the group at their homes. Marilyn Wilson and Diane Christoff, members of the committee, have offered their houses. If you can offer your home, or have any questions, call
Penny Thompson at 330-666-5065.
Fall Festival and Benefit Auction
Sunday, October 7 - 12:30 -5:30 p.m. At Camp Mowana
Fresh roast pork, homemade pumpkin pies and other great food! Hayrides and pony rides, live music, pumpkin carving, petting zoo Benefit Auction begins at 3:30 p.m. All proceeds to benefit summer camperships
Annual Soup Supper Benefit
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
All proceeds will benefit OPEN M and Habitat for Humanity
Tickets on sale beginning September 30. Adults $5.00 Children $3.00
Enjoy a variety of delicious soups and vote for your 3 favorites. Prizes awarded! Scrumptious desserts and beverages included. Football game that night? Come early and enjoy before you head out to the game.
Use Your Gifts Boldly
NEOSWO Biennial Convention October 19-20, 2007 Kent State University Park Professional Education and Conference Center North Canton, OH (near Belden Village) Registration Deadline: Friday, September 14, 2007
Join the Women of the ELCA, Northeastern Ohio Synod, as we gather to conduct business, elect degegates, enjoy fellowship and worship together. The weekend will begin on Friday at 3 p.m. with registration for the delegates and those who wish to observe the business sessions and participate in service projects and a prayer walk. Saturday activities will begin with breakfast at the Conference Center at 7:30 a.m.
Registration includes a Friday reception, Saturday breakfast buffet, luncheon buffet, fresh fruit, “Starbucks” and complimentary parking at the Conference Center in addition to the Awareness Seminar and other convention activities. The registration cost is $95. There will be a keynote speaker and banquet on Friday night after the business meeting. The cost of the banquet is $30. Therefore, the entire package for the banquet, keynote speaker, reception and meals and activities is $125. Make checks payable to NEOSWO and mail by September 14 to Sandra Dodd, 330 Bernower Ave. SW, Massillon, Ohio 44646.
Scheduled Speakers, Events and Awareness Sessions – Friday, Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, Banquet Keynote Speaker, Prayer Walk, self guided, Service Project, hands on for everyone, Augsburg mini bookstore featuring WELCA and devotional items, Serve offers fair trade items from around the worldSaturday - Reverand Jim Kulma, Biblical Storyteller, Bible Leader, Prayer Walk, self guided, Augsburg and Serve, Awareness Sessions:, Reverand Stephen Patrick and Musician Joanna Pretzel Anderson, Hymn Sing and Introduction to ELW Hymnal, Becky Johnson and Debbie Hoffman, visiting nurses who recently returned from the Dominican Republic, Churchwide Representative, who will speak on using our gifts boldlyPlease plan to attend!
In Our Prayers:
Health Concerns: Faith members Bob and Maxine Heldridge, Faith member Susan Henke, Faith member Dan Meyer, Faith member Milan Rolik, Faith member Barry White, Faith member Gwen Williamson
Special Prayers: For all who are serving in the military, particularly those who are in the midst of conflict, that they would sense God’s presence. And that peace may prevail in our hearts and in the world, particularly in Iraq and all places where people are suffering due to war and violence.
In Thanksgiving: With Chris Henke and Amanda Cleary who were married at Faith Lutheran Church, on August 4, that they may sense God’s presence daily. Chris is the son of Faith members Bill and Sue Henke. With those who celebrated baptisms this summer: Karl Amundson Godard, son of Joel Goddard and Pam Amundson, on July 8; Lily Cathrine Dunn, daughter of Steve and Meggan Dunn, on July 22; Drew Matthew Kandes, son of Brian and Carrie Kandes on August 19; Brenda Janelle Cruz Boes, daughter of Leo and Wendy Boes, on August 19.
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