Thursday April 1, 2004
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
[ENS News: Child care funding boosted, but poverty programs remain in jeopardy]
[ENS News: The Presiding Bishop Easter Message 2004]
April 2 to 4, 2004
The Lutheran Student Movement will have its spring regional IMOK (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky) retreat on April 2-4, sponsored by Ohio University in Athens. It's a weekend of fun and fellowship. The retreat will be at Lutheran Memorial Camp in Fulton OH.
The theme is "Keeping Balance: Devotional Life, Celebrate Yourself, Making a Difference, Faith like a Child."
Registration fee is $65 and includes housing, 3 meals on Saturday and brunch on Sunday. LCM will help with financial aid, if needed. Register via email oulcm@yahoo.com by March 29, 2004. Please include your name, school, email and any dietary restrictions.
If you have questions please contact oulcm@ohiou.edu or 740-594-2024
April 2 to 3, 2004
Lutheran Outdoor Ministries presents "Core-relating with Heart and Soul", A Women's Spiritual Experience, at Camp Lutherwald.
Friday April 2, 2004
[ELCA News: Leonard Schulze Re-Elected ELCA Education Division Director]
[ENS News: Faithful Democracy influences democratic commitment in election year]
[NCC News: Interfaith Coalition Promotes Voting As A Matter Of Faith]
Saturday April 3, 2004
The 19th annual Early Childhood Screening and Youth Expo is brought to you by City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources, Bloomington Parks and Recreation, Step Ahead and radio station B97. The screening will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Tri-North Middle School.
The event will include free vision, hearing, speech, dental and developmental screenings for children 5 and younger. Community Health Services will provide free immunizations for children 18 and younger. Parents must bring the child's immunization card. Spanish interpreters will be available to assist at the screening.
Bloomington Parks and Recreation will be presenting a free Youth Expo, including youth activities, entertainment and exhibitor booths.
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
Marti Doering's Birthday
Jake Owens' Birthday
April 4, 2004
Sunday Of The Passion — Palm Sunday (Liturgical Color: Scarlet)
Procession with Palms
Liturgy of the Passion
Processional Hymn: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (Lutheran Book of Worship 108)
Hymn of the Day: My Song Is Love Unknown (Lutheran Book of Worship 94)
Offertory: O God, We Kneel Before Your Throne — Ruth Van Baak Griffioen and Roy A. Hopp (Adult Choir)
Communion Hymn: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (Lutheran Book of Worship 98)
Communion Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Lutheran Book of Worship 482)
Sending Hymn: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Lutheran Book of Worship 117)
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "From Dust to Deliverance: Humility On the Way"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Dan Rademacher
Crucifer: Dave Belbutoski
Lector: David Ellies
Acolyte: Kelly Brinley
Passion Readers: Doug Bauder and Pauline Caldwell
Server: Betty Smith
Ushers: Larry and Sue Berg
Greeters: Betty and Jerry Smith
Nursery: Renee Steele
Council Coordinator: Frank Nierzwicki
Sunday Church School at 9:45 a.m.
SCS Programs for children ages 3 years through sixth grade.
High School and Middle School students meet in the narthex
Adult Forum in Heritage Hall
Adult Bible Study meets in Room 14
LCM Students meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 3
Processional Hymn: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (reprinted in bulletin from Lutheran Book of Worship 108)
Hymn of the Day: My Song Is Love Unknown (Lutheran Book of Worship 94)
Offertory: Valet will ich dir — Johann Sebastian Bach
Communion Hymn: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (Lutheran Book of Worship 98)
Communion Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Lutheran Book of Worship 482)
Sending Hymn: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Lutheran Book of Worship 117)
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "From Dust to Deliverance: Humility On the Way"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Kris Stewart
Crucifer: Dave Belbutoski
Lector: Eric Isaacson
Acolyte: Hayley Chrzastowski
Passion Readers: Charles Sweet and Ellen Mills
Server: Carol Seaman
Ushers: Allan and Helen Mayfield
Greeters: Lester and Gladys Dorman
Nursery: LeAnn Lipe and Ben Eichmiller
Council Coordinator: Dean Arnold
Altar Care: Beverly Lingvai and Pauline Caldwell
Flowers: David Ellies
Bread and Wine: Beverly Lingvai
The rose on the altar announces the birth of Isabel Grace Stults, born on March 30 to Rick and Rachel. Welcome to God's world, Isabel!
Lutheran Campus Ministry Lunch following the 11:00 service — all students welcome! Please gather near the kitchen.
Confirmation Class meets from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Alicia Stewart's Birthday
April 5, 2004
Monday In Holy Week (Liturgical Color: Purple)
Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
Finance Committee meets at 6:00 p.m. in the Church Office
Worship Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7
[ELCA News: Lutherans Continue Disaster Relief in California]
[ENS News: Episcopalians and Roman Catholics continue ecumenical dialogue]
[ENS News: Churches Uniting in Christ gathers for racial justice consultation]
[NCC News: NCC Easter Message 2004: Fear and Amazement in a Troubled World]
Lynn Brown's Birthday
April 6-13, 2004
April 6, 2004
Tuesday In Holy Week (Liturgical Color: Purple)
[ELCA News: Churches Uniting in Christ Puts Forth Call to End Racism]
[ELCA News: ELCA's Roanoke College Names Sabine O'Hara New President]
Sarah Isaacson's Birthday
April 7, 2004
Wednesday In Holy Week (Liturgical Color: Purple)
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 in Room 3 for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Staff meeting at 12:45 p.m. in the Pastor's Office.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
[ELCA News: 2004 Pivotal Year for ELCA Ecumenism, Interfaith Relations ]
[LCMS News: Pastor: Student's hoax reflects pain on campus]
[LWF News: Russia: Partnerships with Churches Abroad, New Constitution Focus of Regional Synod]
[LWF News: Georgia: Lutheran Bishop Gert Hummel Dies]
[LWF News: Rwanda: LWF General Secretary Denounces the Silence that Permits Genocide]
Matthew Hill's Birthday
April 8, 2004
Maundy Thursday (Liturgical Color: Purple)
Prelude: Aus Tiefer Not — Johann Sebastian Bach
Entrance Hymn: Go to Dark Gethsemane (Lutheran Book of Worship 109)
Hymn of the Day: It Happened On That Faithful Night (Lutheran Book of Worship 127)
Offertory: My Song is Love Unknown — Donald Busarow, arranger (Adult Choir)
Eucharistic Anthem: Crucifixion — Samuel Barber (Lynn Weddle, soloist)
Communion Hymn: Were You There (Lutheran Book of Worship 92)
The altar is stripped bare as Psalm 22 is intoned by a single voice. All then leave in silence. Go, in the peace of Christ Jesus. The Service resumes tomorrow, Good Friday.
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "From Dust to Deliverance: Sacrifice On The Way"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Kaye Hill
Lector: Sue Berg
Acolyte: Katie Schmidt
Server: Bob Warner
Ushers: Phil and Lissa May
Cantor: Eric Isaacson
Greeters: Gene and Gayle Laughman
Altar Care: Mary Sasse
Bread and Wine: Linda Zellmer
Adult Choir rehearses at 6:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
[ELCA News: Conflict in Congregations Topic of ELCA's Spring 2004 Mosaic]
[ENS News: Never again: Presiding Bishop's statement on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan]
[ENS News: Reminders of Rwanda genocide prompt concerns for future in Sudan]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop's Haiti message]
[LWF News: OberkirchenratJochen Bohl New Lutheran Bishop of Saxony]
[NCC News: Faith Groups' Welfare Policy Advocacy Persists]
[NCC News: National Council of Churches USA Receives Medgar W. Evers Award]
[NCC News: Earth Day Not Just for the Secular: Congregations Celebrate Earth Day Sunday]
Amelia Deibert's Birthday
April 9, 2004
Good Friday (Liturgical Color: Black)
Musical Offering Before the Passion Story: O World, I Must Leave Thee — Johannes Brahms
Hymn After Passion Story: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Lutheran Book of Worship 117)
Hymn of Impending Victory: Ah, Holy Jesus (Lutheran Book of Worship 123)
Homilist: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Readers of the Passion: Susan Colston, Vicki Polansky, Dave Ellies, Jennifer Garl
Ushers: Jim and Marti Doering
April 10, 2004
The Resurrection Of Our Lord — Vigil of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
Hymn After Baptism: We Know That Christ Is Raised (Lutheran Book of Worship 189)
Presiders: Pastor Lyle McKee and Pastor Kyle Wiersma Halverson
Deacon: Eric Isaacson
Lectors: Pauline Caldwell, Walt Johnson, Ellen Mills, Dorothy Soudakoff, Charles Sweet, Jane Warner
Server: Charles Sweet
Ushers: Carol Seaman and Kaye Hill
Flowers: The Isaacson Family, Glen and Darla Kuh, and Dotty Mitchell
Bread and Wine: Bruce and Susan Colston
Craig McDonald's Birthday
April 11, 2004
The Resurrection Of Our Lord — Easter Day (Liturgical Color: Gold)
Prelude: Prelude for Easter Morning — Gerald Near; Adagio in E Major — Frank Bridge
Processional Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Lutheran Book of Worship 151)
Hymn of the Day: The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done (Lutheran Book of Worship 135)
Offertory: Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb — George Fredrick Handel (Adult Choir)
Communion Hymn: Now the Green Blade Rises (Lutheran Book of Worship 148)
Communion Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia! (Lutheran Book of Worship 128)
Communion Hymn: Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain (Lutheran Book of Worship 132)
Sending Hymn: Thine Is the Glory (Lutheran Book of Worship 145)
Postlude: Messiah: Hallelujah — George Fredrick Handel (Congregation, Choir, Brass and Organ)
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "Delivered Into Life"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Dan Rademacher
Lector: Nancy Melhorn
Acolyte: Tom Sowinski
Server: Mary Sasse
Ushers: Gene and Gayle Laughman
Greeters: Lynn and Carol Brown
Council Coordinator: Paul Reynolds
Liturgy: Setting 2, reprinted from Lutheran Book of Worship
Prelude: Prelude for Easter Morning — Gerald Near; Adagio in E Major — Frank Bridge
Processional Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Lutheran Book of Worship 151)
Hymn of the Day: The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done (Lutheran Book of Worship 135)
Offertory: Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb — George Fredrick Handel (Adult Choir)
Communion Hymn: Now the Green Blade Rises (Lutheran Book of Worship 148)
Communion Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia! (Lutheran Book of Worship 128)
Communion Hymn: Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain (Lutheran Book of Worship 132)
Sending Hymn: Thine Is the Glory (Lutheran Book of Worship 145)
Postlude: Messiah: Hallelujah — George Fredrick Handel (Congregation, Choir, Brass and Organ)
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "Delivered Into Life"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Kris Stewart
Lector: Janet Ellis
Acolyte: Hayley Chrzastowski
Server: Katie Anderson
Ushers: Mark and Sue Head
Greeter: Tim and Jennifer Garl
Council Coordinator: Allan Mayfield
Altar Care: Mary Sasse and Dorothy Soudakoff
Flowers: Eric and Kari Isaacson, Glen and Darla Kuh, and Dotty Mitchell
Bread and Wine: Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Easter breakfast prepared by our Youth will be served from 7:45-11:00 a.m.
Special Thanks to:
Members of the Brass Ensemble; Phil and Lissa May, Trumpet; Kari Isaacson, Horn; Dave Pavolka, Trombone
Youth Group members, leaders, and volunteering adult-assistants — for excellent work of hospitality in preparing and serving the Easter Breakfast!
The varieties of springtime flowers that add beauty to our worship setting today are provided by a number of persons who have contributed to the Easter Flower and Landscaping Fund — which also provides plants and shrubs for the lawn areas.
Lutheran Campus Ministry Lunch following the 11:00 service — all students welcome! Please gather at Rose House — lunch will begin about 2:00 p.m., but come when you can.
Monday April 12, 2004
Church Office will be closed
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
Seekers Bible Study will be starting a new course on the Gospel of Luke using Kerygma materials and techniques at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7. Child care is available with advance notice.
[ELCA News: ELCA Statement on Texas Civil Case]
[ELCA News: ELCA Settles Texas Civil Case With 14 Plaintiffs]
Sam Eichmiller's Birthday
Tuesday April 13, 2004
Vincent Carr's Senior Organ Recital at 7:00 p.m.
Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No. 1 — Marcel Dupré
A Quaker Reader: "There is a Spirit that Delights to Do No Evil" — Ned Rorem
View from the Oldest House: Elms — Ned Rorem
Six Pieces for Organ: "Entreat me not" — Ned Rorem
Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 4, No. 2 — Georg Frederick Handel
Reverie — William Grant Still
Clavierübung III: Fuga a 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, S. 552/2 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata da Circo (S.3 Ring) – for Organ or whatever — P.D.Q. Bach
Organ Dances: Sun Dance — Bob Chilcott
[ELCA News: Lutheran-Jewish Relations Panel Discusses 'Passion,' Book, Talks]
[NCC News: Earth Day Not Just for the Secular: Congregations Celebrate Earth Day Sunday]
Tim Moore's Birthday
Wednesday April 14, 2004
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 in Room 3 for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Staff meeting at 12:45 p.m. in the Pastor's Office.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
dePaul trustees meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 14 and 16
BMDG Coffee Hour at 8:00 p.m. in the Georgian Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. The discussion topic is "How to Achieve Inner Peace" and refreshments will be served afterward. The panel consists of:
Father Dan Atkins is a Catholic friend of and participant in the Bloomington Muslim Dialog Group. He is the pastor of St. Paul Catholic Center, the Catholic student center for Indiana University. A high school teacher for twelve years, Fr. Dan earned a Master of Science in Education from Indiana University before entering the St. Meinrad School of Theology, receiving a Master of Divinity, and being ordained in 1987.
Dr. Yamina Mermer was born in Oran in Algeria in 1958, and graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics in the University of Algeria. She then went to England to further her studies, and received her MS degree from Durham University in 1982, and in 1985 her Doctoral degree in particle physics from the same university. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Islamic Studies program of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, at IU.
Mary Pattison is a retired high school English teacher (39 years). She began doing part-time volunteer work for the Tibetan Cultural Center in 1994 and became a full-time volunteer in 1998 when she moved to Bloomington to assist the TCC to prepare for the visit of the Dalai Lama when he came here in 1999 for 12 days to give the Kalachakra for World Peace. For the past year she has been volunteering full-time as the National Coordinator for the 2003-04 tour of 11 Buddhist monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery. She has been a Buddhist practitioner for 11 years, following the path of peace and compassion as taught by the Buddha and the Dalai Lama.
Mira Wasserman has served as the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom, the Bloomington Jewish community center, for six years. She attended rabbinical school at the Hebrew Union College, and also pursued studies in Jerusalem. She is originally from Philadelphia, PA. She has recently published a children's book about the Jewish Sabbath. Mira is married, and has two young sons.
[ELCA News: Lutheran Services in America is 'Building Communities']
Chris Laros' Birthday
Susan Elkins Goldsworthy's Birthday
Thursday April 15, 2004
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: Resources, Events, Funding in Plans for Lutheran Men in Mission]
[ENS News: Victory for Arctic drilling opponents at BP general meeting]
[LCMS News: Some free services limited to family-network members]
[NCC News: U.S. Church Leaders, Citing Risks, Fault President Bush for Concessions to Israel's Prime Minister Sharon]
Kyle Halverson's Birthday
Friday April 16, 2004
[ENS News: Conference addresses stewardship, evangelism and growth ]
[ENS News: Mixed signals emerge from Nairobi meeting of Global South primates]
[LCMS News: CCM: Not necessary to withdraw 8 opinions]
[NCC News: U.S. Church Leaders, Citing Risks, Fault President Bush for Concessions to PM Sharon]
Suzanne Halvorson's Birthday
Zachary May's Birthday
Saturday April 17, 2004
Indiana Kentucky Synod Campus Ministry Committee meets from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at the Synod Office in Indianapolis.
BMDG Open Discussion on Islam from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Monroe County Public Library Board Room on 3rd Floor (303 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408)
Lillian Rademacher's Birthday
Wayne Welken's Birthday
April 18, 2004
Second Sunday Of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Jesus is Risen (With One Voice 674)
Hymn of the Day: We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight (With One Voice 675)
Offertory: Matins — Healey Willan
Communion Hymn: Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (With One Voice 671)
Communion Hymn: I Received the Living God (With One Voice 700)
Sending Hymn: Go, My Children, with My Blessing (With One Voice 721)
Homilist: Pastor Kyle Halverson "Doubting Thomas"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Betty Smith
Lector: Walt Wood
Acolyte: Celina Nierzwicki
Server: Sue Berg
Ushers: David and Debbie Nixon
Greeter: Jean Brown
Nursery: Morissa Moore
Sunday Church School at 9:45 a.m.
SCS Programs for children ages 3 years through sixth grade.
High School and Middle School students meet in the narthex
Adult Forum in Heritage Hall
Adult Bible Study meets in Room 14
LCM Students meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 3
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Jesus is Risen (With One Voice 674)
Hymn of the Day: We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight (With One Voice 675)
Offertory: O God We Kneel Before Your Throne — Ruth Van Baak Griffioen and Roy A. Hopp (Adult Choir)
Communion Hymn: Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (With One Voice 671)
Communion Hymn: I Received the Living God (With One Voice 700)
Sending Hymn: Go, My Children, with My Blessing (With One Voice 721)
Homilist: Pastor Kyle Halverson "Doubting Thomas"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Ellen Mills
Lector: Lori Rowold
Acolyte: Ben Eichmiller
Server: Chris Ogan
Ushers: Dean Arnold and Tim Moore
Greeter: Sam and Melissa Eichmiller
Nursery: LeAnn Lipe and Emily Garl
Altar Care: Betty Smith, Marilyn Harder and Renee Steele
Flowers: Shirley Mingee
Bread and Wine: Marian Baughman
The Annual Program Meeting has been postponed and will be re-scheduled in May
Lutheran Campus Ministry Lunch following the 11:00 service — all students welcome! Please gather near the kitchen.
Confirmation Class meets from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
A five kilometer fund raising walk for Homeward Bound will be held at 2:00 p.m. Organizations such as churches are encouraged to form teams and join. Proceeds can be designated to one or more of the agencies involved. To register yourself or a team, go to www.homelesswalks.org or contact Nick Hillman, MCUM Intern at 339-3429.
Homeward Bound is a project among local homeless and affordable housing providers across Indiana, including Bloomington Groups: Amethyst House, Area 10 Agency on Aging, Center for Behavioral Health, Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Indiana Legal Services, Inc., Martha's House, Mental Health Alliance, Middle Way House, MCUM, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, The Salvation Army, Shalom Community Center, South Central Community Action Program, and Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County.
[NCC News: Washington, D.C., Service April 18 Commemorates 89th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide]
Yom HaSho'ah — Remembrance of the Holocaust
Olavus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1573 (Liturgical Color: White)
Laura Boggess' Birthday
April 19 to 21, 2004
Institute of Liturgical Studies at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 2004 Theme: "Saying and Doing the Gospel Today: Mass, Ministry, Mission"
Since 1948, the Institute of Liturgical Studies at Valparaiso University has gathered pastors, church musicians, liturgical artists, and lay worship leaders, together with scholars of worship and liturgy, for study and reflection on the renewal of the church's worship. Contact Jan Rubsam (219) 464-5055 or ils@valpo.edu
Monday April 19, 2004
Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
[ELCA News: ELCA Pastor 'Day 1' Speaker in May, June, July ]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Hears Presiding Bishop's 'Ambivalence' Concerns ]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Calls on Bush to Reconsider Middle East Matters]
[LDR News: April Disaster Response Update]
[LCMS News: Outside attorney's letter refutes findings of 3 opposing lawyers]
Tuesday April 20, 2004
Spinners & Weavers meet at 6:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall
Ministry Coordination Team meets at 7:15 p.m. in Room 7
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Hears Hope for ELCA-LCMS Shared Ministries ]
[ELCA News: William Weiblen, Former President of Lutheran Seminary, Dies]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Affirms Organ, Tissue, Blood Donations]
[ENS News: Charleston parish plays key role in burial of Confederate submarine crew]
[NCC News: 'All Our Children' Grieves Deaths of Iraqi School Children]
Philip Smith's Birthday
Wednesday April 21, 2004
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 in Room 3 for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Staff meeting at 12:45 p.m. in the Pastor's Office.
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 Council Cuts Spending, Staff, Programs]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Reaffirms 'Stand With Africa']
[ENS News: Retired Ugandan Primate calls for peace and unity]
[NCC News: On the Occasion of Your 60th Birthday: A Message to the IMF and World Bank]
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109 (Liturgical Color: White)
Kayla Potts' Birthday
Thursday April 22, 2004
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
IU Library Media Services will screen the award-winning documentary, Trembling Before G-D on Thursday, April 22, 2004. The film shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism as intimately told by Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian and their dilemma to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. The film was a winner of the GLAAD Media Award for outstanding documentary, a winner of the TEDDY Award and an Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival.
Noa Wahrman, Bibliographer for Jewish Studies, will lead a discussion immediately following the screening about issues raised in the film.
The screening and discussion are free and open to the public and will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Showing Room, Main Library E174. Refreshments will be provided.
The last BMDG coffee hour of the Spring term will be on Sufism. Sufism (tasawwuf) is the path followed by Sufis (adherents of Islamic mysticism) to reach the Truth/God/Allah. In the coffee hour, Dr Frances Trix, a practising Sufi, is going to share with us her experience with her Sufi master.
Dr. Frances Trix is a linguistic anthropologist specializing in discourseanalysis of face-to-face interaction. She has degrees in Near Eastern Languages & Literature (BA, MA) and in Linguistics (MA), as well as a PhD in Linguistics, all from the University of Michigan. Her research has focused on transmission of spiritual knowledge, oral tradition, and language reform in Muslim communities in the United States, and Muslim communities in the Balkans. She is the author of Spiritual Discourse: Learning with an Islamic Master (University of Pennsylvania, 1993), which is based on over twenty years study with Baba Rexhep, an Albanian Bektashi Baba, in his community. Currently she is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit.
"Sufism: Learning with a Sufi Master" will take place at 8:00 p.m. in President's Room of the University Club at the Indiana Memorial Union, 900 E.7th St. Tea and delicious, home-made food will be served after the talk.
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Endorses 'Living In God's Amazing Grace' Tag Line ]
[LDR News: Utica, Illinois Tornado Report]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Endorses Timeline For Studies On Sexuality ]
[ELCA News: Plaintiffs Get $8 Million In ELCA Portion Of Texas Civil Case Settlement ]
[ENS News: National Prison Ministry Summit to hear ex-inmates, officials]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop's letter to Bush on Middle East crisis]
[ENS News: Congressman to receive Presiding Bishop's Award for Faith and Public Service]
[NCC News: Christian Leaders Chastise President Bush's 'Clean Air' Policy as Immoral]
Sophia Lipe's Birthday
Friday April 23, 2004
The Indiana University Motet Choir will perform three choral works accompanied by organ (Andy Kotylo, organist) and string quartet at 7:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: Lutherans Manage Tornado Relief Work In Utica, Ill.]
[ELCA News: Lutheran Communicators Honored For Their Work]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Adopts Message On Terrorism]
[LCMS News: LCMS Praesidium adopts report on cooperative arrangements with ELCA ]
[LWF News: Integrating a Rights-based Approach in Humanitarian Work among Displaced Persons]
[LWF News: Resolving Refugees' Crisis Demands Comprehensive Approach to Root Causes of Displacement]
[LWF News: Ukraine: Church and State Cooperation Vital in HIV/AIDS Protection, Care]
[LWF News: Churches in Europe Urged to be More Actively Engaged in Fight against HIV/AIDS]
[ENS News: Bishops form coalition for a 'just society']
[NCC News: Samantha Power, Rwandan Genocide Survivors Address NCC April 23 Event]
Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 (Liturgical Color: White)
Saturday April 24, 2004
Sister Parish Pancake Supper at 6:00 p.m. in Community Hall
Kelsey Potts' Birthday
April 25, 2004
Third Sunday Of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
Prelude: Voluntary on "This Is the Feast" — Charles Callahan
Processional Hymn: Praise, Praise the Lord — Cameroon Processional Song (Adult and Children's Choirs)
Hymn of the Day: The Church of Christ, in Every Age (Lutheran Book of Worship 433)
Offertory: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend — Johann Walther
Communion Hymn: What Wondrous Love is This (Lutheran Book of Worship 385)
Communion Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast (Lutheran Book of Worship 210)
Sending Hymn: Christ is Risen! Alleluia! (Lutheran Book of Worship 131)
Postlude: Toccata on "O Sons and Daughters of the King" — Lynwood Farnam
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "Worthy is the Lamb"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Betty Smith
Lector: Kay Isaacson
Acolyte: Erin Smith
Server: Shirley Mingee
Ushers: John McCurry and Frank Nierzwicki
Greeter: David Ellies
Nursery: Joan Burt
Sunday Church School at 9:45 a.m.
SCS Programs for children ages 3 years through sixth grade.
High School and Middle School students meet in the narthex
Adult Forum in Heritage Hall
Adult Bible Study meets in Room 14
LCM Students meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 3
Prelude: Voluntary on "This Is the Feast" — Charles Callahan
Processional Hymn: Praise, Praise the Lord — Cameroon Processional Song (Adult and Children's Choirs)
Hymn of the Day: Hymn of the Day: The Church of Christ, in Every Age (Lutheran Book of Worship 433)
Offertory: Siyahamba arrangement Doreen Rao; Victoria, Victoria Tomás Pascual (Adult and Children's Choirs)
Communion Hymn: What Wondrous Love is This (Lutheran Book of Worship 385)
Communion Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast (Lutheran Book of Worship 210)
Sending Hymn: Christ is Risen! Alleluia! (Lutheran Book of Worship 131)
Postlude: Toccata on "O Sons and Daughters of the King" — Lynwood Farnam
Homilist: Pastor Lyle McKee "Worthy is the Lamb"
Presider: Pastor Kyle Halverson
Deacon: Ellen Mills
Lector: Bob Warner
Acolyte: Emily Garl
Server: Joan Burt
Ushers: Sam and Missy Eichmiller
Greeters: Tim and Jennifer Garl
Nursery: Janet Ellis and Sarah Isaacson
Altar Care: Betty Smith and Jean Brown
Flowers: Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki and Carl Ziegler
Bread and Wine: Tim and Jennifer Garl
Lutheran Campus Ministry Lunch following the 11:00 service — all students welcome! Please gather near the kitchen.
First Communion Class April 25 and May 2 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (Bring your own simple lunch if you desire) Parents who want to attend for the sake of a refresher are, of course, welcome. The day for First Communion will be Sunday May 16 at both services.
5th Anniversary Concert - Michael Messina, Organ
We are thrilled to host Dr. Michael Messina
of Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis as he
concludes this inaugural season of our Worship and the Arts Series with an eclectic concert in celebration of 5 years of St. Thomas' organ.
He has been Director of Music at Trinity since 1995 and holds degrees from the Eastman School
of Music and St. Olaf College. The concert will begin at 4:00 p.m.
Avi Stein (assistant organist at Trinity and doctoral student) will accompany Dr. Messina on the portativ for the final work.
Teddy Bear Tea from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Bloomington Convention Center. Tickets are $9 and all proceeds will benefit the Bloomington Hospital Special Care Nursery.
Indiana Kentucky Synod Indianapolis Conference meeting from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Atheneum in Indianapolis
St. Mark, Evangelist (Liturgical Color: Red)
Monday April 26, 2004
May Newsletter Deadline
Seekers Bible Study is starting a new course on the Gospel of Luke using Kerygma materials and techniques at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7. Child care is available with advance notice.
Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
Evening Worship Task Force meets at 7:00 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13
[ENS News: Director of Mission for the Episcopal Church announced]
[ENS News: Episcopalian journalists honored by Associated Church Press for 2003 work]
[LWF News: Churches Cautioned against a Moralistic Approach to HIV/AIDS}
[LWF News: Thousands in Ukraine Still Waiting for Anti-retroviral Drugs]
Tuesday April 27, 2004
The Indianapolis Cluster of the Women of the ELCA will hold its Spring Gathering at St. Pauls-Borchers Church in Seymour Indiana.
[ENS News: Episcopalians show support for reproductive freedom at march]
[NCC News: Samantha Power, Rwandan Genocide Survivors Address NCC's April 23 Commemoration]
Wednesday April 28, 2004
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 in Room 3 for one hour. Bring a brown bag lunch.
Staff meeting at 12:45 p.m. in the Pastor's Office.
St. Thomas Men are invited to attend weekly Bible Study and Fellowship from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. in Rooms 12 and 13.
Congregation Beth Shalom has agreed to host an interfaith discussion of the kinds of issues raised by the recent film, "The Passion of Christ", at 7:30 p.m.. The panel will be Rabbi Mira Wasserman (Congregation Beth Shalom), Patricia Efiom (University Baptist) and Lyle McKee (St. Thomas Lutheran).
This controversial film provides the opportunity for a discussion that touches deeply troubling historical and theological issues affecting the relationship between Christians and Jews. While we choose to make use of this occasion to strengthen our ties of community and understanding, it is not essential that you view the film in order to participate.
A reception will follow.
The Retired's Group will meet for dinner at Ryan's Steak House at 6:00 p.m. and then will join the community of our friends at Congregation Beth Shalom for the discussion. Contact the Warners if you have questions.
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Updated on Renewing Worship, Health Plan Redesign ]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Affirms Committee Ruling on DHES 'Election']
[ELCA News: Lutheran Young Adults Set to Serve Around the World]
[ENS News: SCI seminar seeks ethical voices in globalization debate]
[ENS News: Episcopalians present for whistleblower Vanunu's release]
[ENS News: Jerusalem conference calls Christian Zionism a 'heresy']
[LCMS News: CTCR adopts civic-events guidelines]
Thursday April 29, 2004
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall
Resolutions to be considered by the 2004 Synod Assembly, submitted from a conference assembly, must be received in the Synod Office by 5:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: Lutherans Strive to Raise $1.75 million for 'Vision for Mission']
[ELCA News: Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue Completes Round Ten]
[ENS News: New York congressman receives Faith and Public Service Award]
[LCMS News: 'Lutheran Witness,' 'Reporter' receive awards from ACP]
[LCMS News: Lutherans respond to April 21 Illinois tornadoes]
[LWF News: LWF Regional Office in Nepal Damaged in Bomb Explosion]
Catherine of Siena, teacher, 1380 (Liturgical Color: White)
Bev Berg's Birthday
Kathy Essex' Birthday
Friday April 30, 2004
[ELCA News: Lutherans Participate in Food Aid to North Korea]
[ELCA News: Lutherans Support Relief Efforts in Haiti]
[ELCA News: LCMS Praesidium Suggests Cooperative Ministry with ELCA Continues]
[LCMS News: Commission sets May 13 deadline for comments on proposed hymnal]
[LCMS News: Brian Friedrich accepts call as 10th Seward president]
St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
Missy Eichmiller's Birthday
Maria Dove's Birthday
Last update: Friday 30 April 2004 22:03
