July 27 to August 1, 2003
Pioneers (Grades 4-6) at Lutheran Hills
A lively week packed with activities for upper elementary youth entering grades 4-6: hiking, swimming, arts and crafts,
Bible study, singing, campfire programs, small group and all camp games. $205.
Trailblazers (Grades 7-9) at Lutheran Hills
A week geared for young teens entering grades 7-9, involving more advanced activities and more individual choice than for younger campers. Activities included: Bible study, canoe/hiking trips, swimming, a cookout/campout, campfire programs, and special evening activities. $205.
August 1 to 8, 2003
Pioneers (Grades 4-6) at Lutheran Hills
A lively week packed with activities for upper elementary youth entering grades 4-6: hiking, swimming, arts and crafts,
Bible study, singing, campfire programs, small group and all camp games. $205.
Trailblazers (Grades 7-9) at Lutheran Hills
A week geared for young teens entering grades 7-9, involving more advanced activities and more individual choice than for
younger campers. Activities included: Bible study, canoe/hiking trips, swimming, a cookout/campout, campfire programs, and
special evening activities. $205.
Friday August 1, 2003
Lammas - Christian
Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
August 2 to 9, 2003
The Indiana-Kentucky Synod will host one of the LWF Post-Assembly Visitations — Mission in the Midwest. Enjoy a bus tour with international guests through the heartland of America. Passengers will connect with three mission-focused ministries in the Indiana-Kentucky Synod: "Renewing Congregation" of St. Peter Lutheran Church near Milton, Kentucky, which has tripled in size following a period of redevelopment, Lutherans for Habitat for Humanity in Evansville, Indiana, and the Wernle Children's Home in Indiana, home for young men 8-18 who have been separated from their families by court order, and an Indiana ministry focused on the migrant work population. The tour begins and ends in Valparaiso IN, costs $220 and is open to 50 participants. Registration information is available at (800) 638-3522x2650 or on the DGM website.
August 3 to 7, 2003
Come to the "Zoom Zone" and learn that Jesus Christ never changes - "he is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow!" (Heb. 13:8) The Zoom Zone VBS at St. Thomas needs volunteers, kids, food donations and/or money for food! VBS is Aug 3-7 with a light supper served at 5:30 and VBS from 6-8 pm. Please pre-register your kids and sign up to help at church this Sunday 7/13 or call Shari Rogge-Fidler. If you would like to make a financial contribution for food, make a check out to St. Thomas and mark it VBS Food in the lower left corner. Thanks for helping this important ministry
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 13 (Liturgical Color: Green)
We welcome Kris Sanchack, filling in for organist Michael Bennett today.
Monday August 4, 2003
Community Band meets at 7:00 p.m. at Beth Shalom.
Mission Endowment Fund meets at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7.
Worship Committee meets after VBS in Room 7.
Seekers Bible Study meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth House.
Tuesday August 5, 2003
[ELCA News: Committee Recommends ELCA Assembly Discuss Eight Topics]
Wednesday August 6, 2003
There's a Place At The Table for you. The Wednesday Lunch Group meets for devotions, prayer and study of next Sunday's scriptures at noon at the church for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch to Room 3.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
Thursday August 7, 2003
Staff meeting at 3:30 p.m.
[LWR News: Calm In Monrovia Aids LWR Relief Efforts]
[LWR News: LWR Among NGO Contingent With Solution For Ethiopia]
Tisha B'av — Jewish
Friday August 8, 2003
[LDR News: Tennessee and Kansas Updates]
[ELCA News: Lutherans Provide Funds for Relief Efforts in Liberia]
[ELCA News: LWF Post-Assembly Visits Affected By Visa Denials]
[ELCA News: Svennungsen Elected Fund for Theological Education President]
[ELCA News: Lutheran Retirement Fund Continues to Benefit Needy]
[ELCA News: ELCA Membership Reported Just Over 5 Million in 2002]
[ELCA News: Income for ELCA Congregations Grows to $2.5 Billion in 2002]
[ELCA News: ELCA Board of Pensions to Sponsor Assembly Fitness Events]
Saturday August 9, 2003
Community Kitchen Benefit Breakfast at Bell Trace Senior Living Community from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Admission is $5.
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 14 (Liturgical Color: Green)
We especially thank the musicians who add to our worship service today:
Monroe County Historical Society benefit style show from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Take a trip back in time and enjoy a fashion show highlighting the best of the 1940's from playsuits to cocktail suits. MCHS is located at the corner of Sixth and Washington and tickets are $10.
Commemoration: Lawrence, deacon, martyr (Liturgical Color: Red)
August 11 to 17, 2003
Eighth biennial Church-wide Assembly in Milwaukee — "Making Christ Known: For the Healing of the World" — live videocast (RealOne format) will be available.
Monday August 11, 2003
Community Band meets at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Elects Advisory Committee Members]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Delays Establishment of Two Commissions]
[ELCA News: ELCA Presiding Bishop Says Keep Partner Church Decisions in Context]
[ELCA News: ELCA Treasurer Expresses Concern For Mission Support Decline]
[ELCA News: Presiding Bishop Offers Overview of ELCA Assembly]
Tuesday August 12, 2003
[LWR News: Tenuous Times At LWR-Supported Phebe Hospital During LURD Occupation]
[ELCA News: ELCA Bishops Discuss Mission Support Needs]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Adopts Rules Of Organization, Agenda]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears First of Presiding Bishop's Reports]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Honors Zimbabwe Church, Early American Lutherans]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Holds Evangelism Strategy Hearings]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Learns about Evangelism Strategy]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Encourages Negotiated Solution in Holy Land]
[ELCA News: ELCA Honors Vice President Addie J. Butler]
Wednesday August 13, 2003
There's a Place At The Table for you. The Wednesday Lunch Group meets for devotions, prayer and study of next Sunday's scriptures at noon at the church for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch to Room 3.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hearing on Rural Ministry Alliance]
[ELCA News: Task Force Presents Health Care Statement to ELCA Assembly]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Discusses Progress on Church's Studies on Sexuality]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Reviews 2004-2005 Budget]
[ELCA News: ELCA Churchwide Assembly Hears Report of the Church Council]
[ELCA News: ELCA Presiding Bishop Reports on Congregational Strategic Direction]
[ELCA News: ELCA Secretary Addresses Assembly, Emphasizes Anniversaries]
[ELCA News: Treasurer Reviews ELCA Financial Status}
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Begins Process to Elect New Vice President}
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Adopts Evangelism Strategy]
Commemoration: Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society (Liturgical Color: White)
Thursday August 14, 2003
Choir Rehearsal at 7:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears from LCMS President]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Receives Youth Convocation Report]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears Mission Investment Fund Report]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears National Council Of Churches President]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Affirms Ministries in the Middle East]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly to Consider Three Candidates for Vice President]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears Presiding Bishop's Report on Global]
Friday August 15, 2003
Jonathan Stanley's Master's Organ recital at 7:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears Hunger Report]
[ELCA News: ELCA Leaders and Lutheran Alliance for Full Participation Leaders Meet]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Lifts Up Refugee Concerns]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Vice Presidential Election Goes To Fifth Ballot]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Experiences Global Celebration]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Re-Elects Miller Magazine Editor]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Addresses Care for Youth, Gay and Lesbian People]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Receives Report on Church's Studies on Sexuality]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears Presiding Bishop's Report on 'Public Church']
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Adopts Social Statement on Health, Health Care]
Commemoration: Mary, Mother of our Lord (Liturgical Color: White)
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
Saturday August 16, 2003
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Greeted By Lutheran Immigration And Refugee Services]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Declines to Seek Congregational Approval of Agreements]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Defeats Ratification Proposal for Constitutional Amendments]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Reaffirms Work Against Racism]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Declines Taking Step to Larger Church Council]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Elects Carlos Peña Vice President]
[ELCA News: Former Presiding Bishop Says Time Has Arrived For Policy Change]
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 15 (Liturgical Color: Green)
Farewell Party for our choir director, Christine Howlett, who has accepted a position at Vassar. Bring meat to grill, a dish to share, swimsuit and towel to the Warner's on Lake Lemon following the service.
Community Kitchen Benefit Picnic in Bryan Park with food prepared by the "Cajun Chef" from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a concert by the Community Band. Tickets ($12 or two for $20) must be purchased in advance by calling the Community Kitchen.
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Declines to Alter Studies on Sexuality Time Line]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Votes to Join Christian Churches Together]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Considers "Listening Posts" for Gay, Lesbian People]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Declines Exception on Installation of Bishops]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Receives Greetings from Ecumenical Guests]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Hears from Young Adult Convocation]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Completes Work On Resolutions]
Monday August 18, 2003
Community Band meets at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
Seekers Bible Study meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth House.
Bloomington Hospital and the American Red Cross are cosponsoring a blood drive being held from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the hospital's Wegmiller Auditorium. No appointment is necessary. Donors must be in overall good health, weigh over 110 pounds, be at least 17 years old, and may not have given blood in the last 56 days.
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Elects Council, Board, Committee Members]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Adopts 2004-2005 Budget]
[ELCA News: ELCA Assembly Adopts Plan for Mission]
Wednesday August 20, 2003
There's a Place At The Table for you. The Wednesday Lunch Group meets for devotions, prayer and study of next Sunday's scriptures at noon at the church for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch to Room 3.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
[ELCA News: Holy Spirit At Work, Next Two Years Difficult, Says ELCA Presiding Bishop]
[ELCA News: Women of the ELCA Hosts New Web Magazine for Young Women]
Commemoration: Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153 (Liturgical Color: White)
Thursday August 21, 2003
Staff meeting at 3:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal at 7:00 p.m.
Seminars by Satellite is available at King of Glory, 2201 E. 106th, Indianapolis. "How People Grow in Small Groups" will be presented from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. or 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. Continues leadership training series on spiritual formation in small group ministries.
Justice Inc. president Kathy Sarris and lobbyist Mark St. John will speak at a fund-raising dinner to support the work of Indiana Equality. The event takes place in the Grand Hall at First United Methodist Church from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Middle Way Food Works will cater the food, including a vegetarian option. Tickets are $10, available in advance or at the door.
Indiana Equality is a coalition of groups that seeks to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the list of protected categories in Indiana's civil-rights code.
[LWR News: In Wake Of Blast, News From Iraq Runs The Gamut]
Friday August 22, 2003
[ELCA News: Lutherans Pursue Good Coffee, Fairly]
Saturday August 23, 2003
Bloomington Hospital Rehabilitation Services holds a rummage sale to benefit Abilities Unlimited at the Moose Hall, West 2nd and Cory Lane, from seven-thirty a.m to two-thirty p.m. Abilities Unlimited assists disabled individuals in Monroe and surrounding counties.
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 16 (Liturgical Color: Green)
Commemoration: St. Bartholomew, Apostle (Liturgical Color: Red)
The Rev. Gemechis Desta Buba is the featured speaker Aug. 24, Sept. 28 and Nov. 2 on "Day 1," a nationally broadcast radio program. Buba is pastor of Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Church, Atlanta, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The broadcast may be heard locally on WKLU (101.9 FM) from Indianapolis/Brownsburg at 6:30 a.m.
The St. Thomas congregation is invited to a worship service at Abundant Grace Lutheran Church, 2425 S. Emerson Avenue in Greenwood at 4:00 p.m. honoring Pastor Jan Wiersma Halverson on her 10th year of ordination.
Monday August 25, 2003
DePaul School year begins — this will mark the 16th year that St. Thomas has shared its facility with DePaul.
Community Band meets at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
September Newsletter Deadline
[LWR News: Despite Aid Distribution, All is Far From Well in Liberia]
[LWR News: Announcing Two LWR Coffee Project Study Visits]
[LWR News: LWR Endorses Holy Land Trip]
Tuesday August 26, 2003
Seminars by Satellite is available at King of Glory, 2201 E. 106th, Indianapolis. "Good Sense Stewardship" will be presented from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Develop a plan to help your congregation achieve financial freedom.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana hosts an orientation for prospective volunteers at the agency's office, 418 South Walnut, in Bloomington, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. There are currently close to 100 area children ages six through seventeen waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister.
Wednesday August 27, 2003
There's a Place At The Table for you. The Wednesday Lunch Group meets for devotions, prayer and study of next Sunday's scriptures at noon at the church for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch to Room 3.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
Monroe County Schools begin sessions.
MCT meets at 7:15 p.m.
[ELCA News: ELCA will Host 'Friends Of Davey And Goliath' this Fall]
Thursday August 28, 2003
Staff meeting at 3:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ELCA News: Lutheran College Fairs Set for Fall 2003]
Commemoration: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430 (Liturgical Color: White)
Saturday August 30, 2003
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana hosts an orientation for prospective volunteers at Barnes and Noble, 2813 East Third Street in Bloomington, from 7 to 8 p.m. There are currently close to 100 area children ages six through seventeen waiting for a Big Brother or Big Sister. ( www.bloomington.in.us/~bbbs )
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 17 (Liturgical Color: Green)
Special Thanks to our Brass Quartet:
Trumpet: Phil and Lissa May
Horn: Kari Isaacson
Trombone: Dave Pavolka
Commemoration: John Bunyan, teacher, 1688 (Liturgical Color: White)
Last Update: Friday 29 August 2003 16:40
