April 1 to 3, 2008
A Symposium for Pastors, Church Leaders and Artists: Transforming Culture, A Vision for the Church and the Arts
This symposium will bring together pastors, church leaders and artists to discuss the Church's relation
to the arts and to artists. The focus will be on:
1) Art and the worship of the Church
2) Artists and the community of the Church
3) Art and the mission of the Church in the renewal culture
If you are interested in exploring the ways to encourage a theologically informed, biblically grounded, liturgically sensitive, artistically alive and missionally shrewd vision for the Church and the arts, then come to First Evangelical Free Church of Austin, 4220 Monterey Oaks Blvd. Austin Texas.
For more information about speakers, agenda and location, visit www.transformingculture.org
Tuesday April 1, 2008
[ACNS News: Installation and Rededication Service of Archbishop Thabo]
[ACNS News: Festive Beginning for New Archbishop of Cape Town]
[ELCA News: ELCA Ad Campaign Pilot Showed Positive Results]
[NCC News: Pope to pray with NCC leaders and member communions]
[WCC News: Sales park for second hand cars on Christian cemetery illustrates difficulties of Sudanese Christians]
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Worship at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Men's Group meets at 7:30 p.m. in Room 13.
[ACNS News: Pastoral Letter from the Church of Nigeria Standing Committee]
[ELCA News: Swedish Lutherans Give Mount of Olives Housing Project $4.6 Million Boost]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop calls for House of Representatives to pass global health legislation]
[LWF News: LWF Global Training for Young Leaders Starts in Bangkok]
[PNS News: Conference seeks to strategize ways to tap next generation of African-American leaders]
[UCC News: Full-page UCC ad appears in The New York Times]
Thursday April 3, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, a forum entitled "Forty Years Later: Towards Building the Beloved Community" will consist of a panel discussion of representatives from six faith traditions who will each speak about the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on their lives and faith traditions and about how we can work together to realize a better America.
Panelists include Indiana University Graduate Student and Second Baptist Church member Jeremy Gilmore, Bloomington Hospital Chaplain Rev. John VanderZee, Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Mira Wasserman, Islamic Center representative Katrin Jomaa, St. Paul's Catholic church Father Richard Litzau and Baha'i' representative Blair Johnson.
Music will be provided by the Second Baptist Church Choir.
[LCMS News: Seminary names Puls to church relations post]
[LCMS News: World Mission seeks 300 congregations to send mission teams]
[LCMS News: CPH cuts prices on Holy Land books]
[LCMS News: St. Louis sem hosts free carillon recitals]
[LCMS News: Fort Wayne sem to host 'Lutherfest']
[LCMS News: Sem's 'Day of Homiletical Reflection' set for May]
[LCMS News: Fort Wayne seminary to host seminar on Islam]
[NCC News: Church leaders defend Trinity UCC's ministry and call for a 'Sacred Conversation' on race]
[UCC News: UCC, NCC call for nationwide preach-in on race on May 18]
Marti Doering's Birthday
Jake Owens' Birthday
Friday April 4, 2008
Breakout proposals due for the I-K Synod 2008 Assembly
[ELCA News: Lutheran Communicators Win 2008 Derose-Hinkhouse Awards]
[ENS News: Virginia judge issues preliminary ruling on application of state statute]
[ENS News: Office of the Presiding Bishop, Diocese of Virginia respond to preliminary court ruling]
[LCMS News: Wally Bronner, Christmas store founder, dies]
[PNS News: Board of Pensions creates Member Advocate post]
[PNS News: PC(USA) set to lease Presbyterian Center space]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton: Still Lukewarm on McCain]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: William Martin: "The Religious Right Is Still There"]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Public Displays of Religious Monuments]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Army Chaplain Boot Camp]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Krista Tippett]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Martin Luther King Jr. Remembered]
[UCC News: UCC's John Thomas appears on CNN's Anderson Cooper]
[WCC News: Sudan: churches at a crossroad]
Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 (Liturgical Color: White)
Irene Fogleman's Birthday
Saturday April 5, 2008
Property Committee meets at 10:00 a.m. in Rooms 16 and 17.
"ENCOUNTERING CHRIST -- On the Road, In the Word, At the Table, For the World"
Marty Haugen and Susan Briehl will offer a workshop and worship at Ascension Lutheran in Louisville on Saturday, April 5th.
"ENCOUNTERING CHRIST -- On the Road, In the Word, At the Table, For the World" explores liturgies and music that are both faithful and fresh with a focus on the Easter season.
Saturday morning is geared specifically for worship leaders (pastors, musicians and planners) and the afternoon session is for everyone.
Workshop takes place from 10:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m. with a worship service at 5:00 p.m., offering their evening communion setting UNFAILING LIGHT.
Co-sponsored by the South Central Conference, Ascension Lutheran Church, and Epiphany Church.
Lynn Brown's Birthday
Carol Kirsch's Birthday
April 6, 2008
Third Sunday of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
The Liturgy is reprinted from the Liturgy booklet Now the Feast and Celebration.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Toccata in E, BWV 566 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Jesus is Risen! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 377)
Homily: "The So What Question" — Pastor Walt Johnson
Hymn of the Day: Day of Arising (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 374)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Most Glorious Lord of Life — William Harris
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: I Come With Joy (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 482)
Communion Hymn: Here Is Bread (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 483)
Sending Hymn: The Risen Christ (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 390)
Postlude: Fugue in E,
BWV 566 — Johann
Sebastian Bach
Presider: Doug Bauder
Deacon: Carolyn Sowinski
Lector: Gail Seegert
Acolyte: Alex Nixon
Server: Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Ushers: Gene and Gayl Laughman
Greeters: Jerry and Betty Smith
Nursery: Nancy Winningham
Council Coordinator: Rick Stults
Education Hour from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Godly Play meets in the new Godly play room next to the nursery.
Grades K — 6th gather in rooms 14 & 15.
Confirmation Class meets in room 16.
High School Youth meet in the new youth room.
Culture of Conversation in the Sanctuary
The Liturgy is reprinted from the Liturgy booklet Now the Feast and Celebration.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Toccata in E, BWV 566 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Jesus is Risen! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 377)
Homily: "The So What Question" — Pastor Walt Johnson
Hymn of the Day: Day of Arising (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 374)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Prelude in G — William Harris
organ voluntary
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: I Come With Joy (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 482)
Communion Hymn: Here Is Bread (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 483)
Sending Hymn: The Risen Christ (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 390)
Postlude: Fugue in E,
BWV 566 — Johann
Sebastian Bach
Presider: Doug Bauder
Deacon: Lyman Hitchcock
Lector: Eric Isaacson
Acolyte: Jacob Buhr
Server: Dean Arnold
Ushers: Kaye Hill and Deborah Owens
Greeters: Matt and Tiffany Shupe
Nursery: Sam and Andrew Eichmiller
Council Coordinator: Brad Dahlberg
Altar Care: Shirley Mingee and Marilyn Kelly
Bread and Wine: Craig and Kathy McDonald
IU Student Lunch near the kitchen following the 11:00 service
St. Thomas Worship and the Arts Series at 4:00 p.m.
Award-winning harpist and IU graduate student Megan Stout will share a wonderful hour of music-making. She will be joined by cameos from her sister, oboist Rachel Stout, and organist Andy Kotylo. Her program will feature selections by eminent harpists Henriette Renie and Marcel Grandjany, and will conclude with an exciting virtuoso Fantasy on themes from Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin. A special novelty will include the beautiful and sublime "Adagietto" from Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 arranged for harp and organ.
This concert will be free, and all are most welcome. Please come and bring a friend or two.
Contemplation — Henriette Renie
From Birds in Winter — Michael Bauldin
I. Allegretto
II. Adagio
Le Rossignol — Franz Liszt
(transcription Henriette Renie)
Symphony No. 5: "Adagietto" — Gustav Mahler
(transcription Joachim Dorfmüller)
Andrew Kotylo, organ
From Algues — Bernard Andrès
I.
II.
III.
Rachel Stout, oboe
Harp Solo from the Opera Lucia di Lammermoor — Gaetano Donizetti
(arrangement A. Heinrich Zabel)
Fantaisie sur un thème de l'opera Eugene Onegin — Ekaterina Walter-Küne
Building Bridges, an inter-faith project honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s prophetic voice, will host an event for clergy and laity concerned about Iraq and Afghanistan. Please join us to honor Rev. King and share his legacy. His Riverside Sermon will be the centerpiece of a community event at Ivy Tech Community College from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A reception will follow.
"A Time to Break Silence: Clergy and Laity Concerned about Afghanistan and Iraq" will utilize Dr. King's sermon delivered at New York City's Riverside Church one year before his death in 1968. An audio version of Dr. King's speech will be played, and a panel of local clergy and professors including Rev. Patricia Eflom of Bethel AME Church, Rabbi Shaul Magid of IU Jewish Studies, Dr. Nazif Shahrani, Chair of Near Eastern Languages and Culture and author Dr. Scott Russell Sanders will respond to Dr. King's message, which is still relevant.
Music will be provided by Rev. Sharon White of the South Indiana Conference United Methodist Church. The event will also include table discussions and the formation of small, ongoing forums inspired by Dr. King's vision. The event will conclude with a reception.
Youth Group meets at 5:30 p.m.
Albrecht Dürer, 1528; Matthias Grünewald, 1529; Lucas Cranach, 1553; artists (Liturgical Color: White)
Sarah Isaacson's Birthday
Monday April 7, 2008
Worship Committee meets at 7:00 p.m.
Mission Committee meets at 7:00 p.m.
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
Esther Mee-Kyeong Jeong's Graduate Organ Recital at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 548 — Johann Sebastian Bach
From Il secondo libro di Toccate — Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata Terza per l'organo da sonarsi all'Elevazione
Trois Danses — Jehan Alain
Joies
Deuils
Luttes
Congregational Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Fantaisie über den Choral "Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott", Op. 27 — Max Reger
[ELCA News: Religion Communicators Council Honors ELCA Pastor Martin Marty]
[ENS News: Episcopal Relief and Development commemorates World Health Day 2008]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop endorses debt cancellation legislation in letter to House of Representatives]
[ENS News: Green education: Episcopal schools move toward sustainability]
[NCC News: Pope Benedict receives handwritten St. John's NRSV Bible]
[PNS News: Peacemaking Program highlights resources to aid dialogue on race-related issues]
[WCC News: Southern Sudanese President Salva Kiir reaffirms willingness to work "side by side" with churches]
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Finance Committee meets at 6:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: ELCA Presiding Bishop Applauds HIV and AIDS Bill Passed by U.S. House]
[ELCA News: New DVD Illustrates Lutherans Working for Peace in the Middle East ]
[ENS News: Frank Harris Vest Jr., eighth bishop of Southern Virginia, dies at 72]
[LWF News: 'I Won't Be Climbing the Hills Again for Water': Interfaith Initiative Will Promote Health, Reduce Poverty]
[PNS News: Marc Lewis named president and publisher-elect of PPC]
[PNS News: Rural Life Sunday is April 27: Annual observance pays tribute to rural churches, small farmers and ranchers]
[RCA News: Haiti Mission Trip Sparks Renewal in New York Church]
[RCA News: Hope College Awards Voskuils Honorary Doctorates]
Amelia Seaman's Birthday
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Communications Committee meeting from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
[ACNS News: Archbishop of Canterbury condemns recent violence against lesbian and gay people]
[ELCA News: Lutherans Provide Assistance in Response to Eritrea's Emergence from War]
[ELCA News: William Rindy Elected Bishop of ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod]
[ELCA News: Applications sought for ELCA Accessibility Award]
[ENS News: Archbishop of Canterbury condemns recent violence against lesbian and gay Christians]
[ENS News: Iraq Action Days to advocate for victims of forcible displacement]
[LCMS News: Fire destroys South Dakota country church]
[LCMS News: St. Louis sem to host fourth Tour de Sem]
[LCMS News: Needed: volunteers to teach English in Asia]
[LCMS News: Missionary Cyndi Sawyer dies of heart attack]
[LCMS News: Free 'Lutheran Witness' focuses on sharing faith]
[LCMS News: Workshop to address law-enforcement chaplaincy]
[NCC News: Interfaith CBS Special on April 27 highlights the 'objects of religion']
[PNS News: Report urges low-income Americans to use volunteer income tax assistance]
[PNS News: Fire destroys Presbyterian church sanctuary: Parishioners of New Orleans area congregation vow to rebuild]
[WCC News: The impact of migration on churches to be focus of global ecumenical conference in Beirut]
[WCC News: Sudanese youth and women identify challenges in a war-torn country]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, 1945 (Liturgical Color: Red)
Thursday April 10, 2008
LCO meets from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 17.
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Christian Education Committee meets at 7:00 p.m.
[ELCA News: Lutherans Prepare for First Anniversary of Virginia Tech Shooting]
[LWF News: LWF Calls for Release of Zimbabwe's Election Results 'Without Further Delay' ]
[NCC News: House acts to protect the national landscape as persons of faith reaffirm their support]
[WCC News: Danish churches to dialogue with Muslims]
[WCC News: Former WCC staff Geneviève Jacques honored in Franc]
[WCC News: The WCC mourns the death of Father Vitaly Borovoy]
Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku, 1557 (Liturgical Color: White)
Craig McDonald's Birthday
April 11 to 12, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Council Meeting
Friday April 11, 2008
Youth Group will meet at Bloomington High School North to see Lynae Sowinski and Emily Garl show off their talents in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at 7:00 p.m.
Nominations (names, bios) due for the I-K Synod 2008 Assembly
Early Registration Discount for I-K Synod 2008 Synod Assembly ends
[ELCA News: ELCA Ecumenical, Interfaith Work Enters New Phase]
[ENS News: Australia appoints first woman bishop]
[PNS News: Leaving a good church hard for Obama, anyone]
[Religion and Ethics Newsletter News: Kim Lawton: The Pope and Politics]
[Religion and Ethics Newsletter News: Pope Benedict's Foreign Policy]
[Religion and Ethics Newsletter News: Polygamous Wives]
[Religion and Ethics Newsletter News: Virginia Tech: Voices of Hope]
[Religion and Ethics Newsletter News: Poetry and the American Religion]
[WCC News: WCC welcomes summit on Zimbabwe crisis]
Saturday April 12, 2008
Community Kitchen of Monroe County presents "Palette to palate" Silent Art Auction from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Clubhouse at The Fields.
The music of Craig Brenner will be featured. Tickets are available for $25 at Community Kitchen.
The Habitat for Humanity Interfaith Build Committee invites you to another intergenerational interfaith Mixer: An Afternoon of Storytelling from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Friends Meeting House, 3820 Moores Pike.
Join us for snacks and stories and an opportunity to get to know others from the faith communities who will be participating in this summer's interfaith Build — Baha'i, Beth Shalom, First United Church, First United Methodist, Friends Meeting, Muslim Community, St. Thomas Lutheran, Trinity Episcopal and Unitarian Universalist.
[ENS News: Episcopal Communicators consider intersection of politics and religion, real and virtual worlds]
[UCC News: UCC's full-page USA Today ad invites nation to 'sacred conversation on race']
Sam Eichmiller's Birthday
April 13, 2008
Fourth Sunday of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Prelude on "Brother James' Air" — Searle Wright
Entrance Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 362)
Homily: Pastor Kelli Skram
Hymn of the Day: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 502)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: All Glory Be to God on High — Andreas Armsdorff
Linsey Rogers, organ
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 484)
Communion Hymn: Have No Fear, Little Flock (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 764)
Sending Hymn: Hallelujah! Jesus Lives! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 380)
Postlude: Prelude in c, Op. 37 — Felix Mendelssohn
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Kris Stewart
Lector: Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Acolyte: David Polansky
Server: Shirley Mingee
Ushers: Gene and Gayl Laughman
Greeter: Kathleen Boggess
Nursery: Pauline Caldwell
Council Coordinator: Deborah O'Brien
Education Hour from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Godly Play meets in the new Godly play room next to the nursery.
Grades K — 6th gather in rooms 14 & 15.
Confirmation Class meets in room 16.
High School Youth meet in the new youth room.
Today's Adult Forum focuses on a potential project for our global missions initiative. In 2006 the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for its revolutionary project that created economic and social development from below.
Typically the poorest of the poor in the world are unable to find their way out of poverty because of a total lack of resources. Yunus decided that providing micro loans to individuals to start small businesses would help many more people, and especially women, to be able to pull themselves out of their desparate situations. Over the last 30 years, the Grameen Bank has helped more than 100 million families. We now have an opportunity to provide our own micro loans to people through an online organization that would help us select and sponsor our own businesses.
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Prelude on "Brother James' Air" — Searle Wright
Entrance Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 362)
Homily: Pastor Kelli Skram
Hymn of the Day: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 502)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Praise His Holy Name — Keith Hampton
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 484)
Communion Hymn: Have No Fear, Little Flock (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 764)
Sending Hymn: Hallelujah! Jesus Lives! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 380)
Postlude: Prelude in c, Op. 37 — Felix Mendelssohn
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Shari Rogge-Fidler
Lector: Sandy Arnold
Acolyte: Ellie Delap
Server: Allan Mayfield
Ushers: Dave and Rita Pavolka
Greeters: Eric and Kari Isaacson
Nursery: Mary Krupinski
Council Coordinator: Matt Shupe
Altar Care: Gail Seegert and Marilyn Harder
Bread and Wine: Tim and Jennifer Garl
Flowers: Elizabeth Gaskins
We thank Andrea Boudra for her ministry in music while Andy Kotylo is away this weekend and next. Andrea is a doctoral student at IU and a regular worshipper at the early service here. We also thank Linsey Rogers for providing offertory music at the early service today. An undergraduate majoring in viola performance at IU, Linsey has both played viola and sung during worship here during the past year. This morning she plays the organ, further demonstrating her considerable musical versatility!
We thank the Sunday School children assisting in this morning's services: Andrew Goldsworthy, Katcha Papesh and Nick May
IU student lunch near the kitchen following the 11:00 service
Mission Endowment Fund meeting after the late service. If your group or committee is interested in applying for fund to help support a project, please submit your proposal by Thursday, April 10th. The forms are available in the church office.
Congregation Council meets at 12:30 p.m.
In preparation for Earth Day, the History channel is airing a program on the human footprint this evening at 9:00 p.m. One thing they will look at is what resources each human consumes in his or her lifetime.
[LCMS News: Seminaries announce workshops for clergy, laypeople]
[UCC News: Joe Evans, former UCC president, dies at 92]
Tim Moore's Birthday
Monday April 14, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ACNS News: Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy Appointed Australia's First woman Bishop]
[ENS News: Faith-based action on climate change urged at Seattle HOPE conference]
[ENS News: Faithful Democracy offers resources for participation in political process]
[ENS News: Inhibition of bishop temporarily lifted]
[NCC News: Mennonite editor elected chair of NCC Committee on the Uniform Series]
[WCC News: Bringing hope to a broken world]
Susan Goldsworthy's Birthday
Tuesday April 15, 2008
[ENS News: National Council of Churches celebrates 100 years of ecumenical cooperation]
[ENS News: Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation launches Give It 4 Good campaign]
[ENS News: Anglican covenant conference draws international group, elicits varied viewpoints]
[ENS News: Episcopal Relief and Development Network Meeting: Rallying the Home Team]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: White House Makes Ready for the Pope]
[UCC News: National boards creep closer to single body, but future of deliberations uncertain]
[WCC News: Lebanon: Muslims and Christians tackle migration together]
William Foley's Birthday
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Worship at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
P-FLAG meets at 7:00 p.m. in Rooms 16 and 17.
[ELCA News: Lutherans to Attend Ecumenical Prayer Service April 18 with Pope ]
[ENS News: Oregon diocese names Sanford Hampton as assisting bishop]
[ENS News: House of Bishops will not meet in May; poll results guide decision]
[NCC News: Krister Stendahl, 86]
[PNS News: Diana Bass to keynote Montreat's preaching conference]
[PNS News: PPC announces staff realignment: PC(USA) publisher's sales strong despite sluggish economy]
[PNS News: Prayerful reflection: Bible study pack for General Assembly available for commissioners, churches]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton: With the Pope at the White House]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Slideshow: Construction of the Papal Altar]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton: Next White House Occupant Seeks Catholics]
[UCC News: Bangor Theological Seminary names Ulery as next president]
Suzanne Halvorson's Birthday
Zachary May's Birthday
Mary Peters' Birthday
Thursday April 17, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
[ACNS News: Media/Press Application Form for Lambeth Conference Now Available]
[ACNS News: Anglican Women around the Globe speak out on poverty and Women's Empowerment]
[ELCA News: Krister Stendahl, Lutheran Bishop, Dean, Scholar and Teacher, Dies]
[ENS News: Audio: Southern Malawi Bishop James Tengatenga on the Church, colonialism and Anglican identities]
[ENS News: North American Cathedral Deans Conference meets in New Orleans]
[ENS News: Book of prayers by Anglican women and girls to focus on MDGs]
[LCMS News: Congregations open more 'outreach centers for blind']
[LCMS News: 'We Believe' is theme for 2010 Youth Gathering]
[LCMS News: Poll says Bible is America's favorite book]
[LCMS News: Maffett takes top post with LBT Canada]
[LCMS News: CPH offers Lutheran Confessions on CD-ROM]
[LCMS News: St. Louis sem offers on-campus workshops]
[PNS News: Being church in Sudan: Growth abounds despite restrictions in predominantly Islamic land]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Slideshow: Pope Benedict XVI White House Visit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Abraham Foxman: Catholics and Jews]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Mass in Nationals Park]
[WCC News: Migration: Welcoming the stranger is not optional, says WCC]
[WCC News: "Ignored by the whole world" - a visit to Yambio, Sudan]
Carrie Dahlberg's Birthday
Lillian Rademacher's Birthday
Friday April 18, 2008
Lunch Conversation requests and Celebration of Ministries table reservation requests due for the I-K Synod 2008 Assembly
Youth Group Spring Confirmation Retreat
There is an overnight retreat planned for Friday April 18th/Saturday April 19th. Combo of lessons and fun for confirmation students, who knows what for the high schoolers?
[ACNS News: Archbishop of Canterbury - Society still needs religion]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Acts on Resolution on Racism, Other Proposals]
[ELCA News: ELCA Council Affirms Church's Work to Develop Initiative on Malaria ]
[PNS News: Bare essentials: Basic services, especially education, critical to Sudan's recovery from civil war]
[PNS News: Christian Middle East peace advocates to gather]
[PNS News: Kirkpatrick included in delegation welcoming Pope Benedict]
[PNS News: The Rev. Dan Chun recognized for work in church growth, transformation]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Charles K. Wilber: Benedict at the UN on Human Rights and Human Development]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Jeffrey Haynes: An Uncontroversial Yet Welcome Speech by An Internationalist Pope]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Anne-Marie Slaughter: Dialogue and Faith]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Eric O. Hanson: A Religious-Political Pilgrimage to the UN]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton and Bob Abernethy: The Pope at the UN]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Pope Benedict's U.S. Visit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Charlie and Sedar]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Creative Seder]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Passover Seder: Why Is This Book Different from All Other Books?]
[UCC News: World's Reformed churches asked to pray for Zimbabwe]
[UCC News: UCC leaders attend Pope's ecumenical gathering]
[UCC News: Blog invites UCC pastors to share preparations for May 18 sermons on race]
[WCC News: The passing of Krister Stendahl, an eminent ecumenist]
Saturday April 19, 2008
Young Women's Group meets at 10:00 p.m.
Miranda George's Masters Trumpet Recital at 2:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Concerto for trumpet, 2 oboes, strings and continuo in D — Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro
Largo
Allegro (Moderato)
Peter Rohgan, organ
"Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen" from Des Knaben Wunderhorn — Gustav Mahler
Paulette Davidson, piano
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in e-flat — Alexandra Nikolaeyevna Pakhmukova
Paulette Davidson, piano
Animal ditties — Anthony Plog
Turtle
Python
Hyena
Hog
Paulette Davidson, piano; Kurtis Henderson, narration
"Pie Jesu" from Requiem — Gabriel Fauré
Peter Rogahn, organ
Second Annual LCM Campus Cornhole Championship fundraiser in the Indiana Memorial Union. This year's proceeds will be donated on behalf of the same cause — pediatric AIDS — though to a new foundation this year — Keep a Child Alive. Last year's event raised $1500 for the Elizabeth Glaser Foundation. The fundraiser was truly a signature event of LCM's calendar last year, and we hope for the same result again this year.
[ENS News: At ecumenical service, Pope Benedict XVI calls for oneness of hope, faith and love among Christians]
[UCC News: Jeremiah Wright to be interviewed by Bill Moyers]
Olavus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, 1573; renewers of the church (Liturgical Color: White)
April 20, 2008
Fifth Sunday of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Fugue in a-flat — Johannes Brahms
Entrance Hymn: O God Beyond All Promising (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 880)
Children's Message — Doug Doblar
Homily: "A Place Prepared" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: God of the Sparrow (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 740)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Praise His Holy Name — Keith Hampton
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: This Is My Father's World (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 824)
Communion Hymn: Jesus Loves Me! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 595)
Sending Hymn: Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 389)
Postlude: Prelude in C, BWV 547 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Presider: Pastor Kelli Skram
Deacon: Carolyn Sowinski
Lector: Bob Cutter
Acolyte: Hannah Fidler
Server: Sue Berg
Ushers: Jim and Marti Doering
Greeters: Mark and Charlene Braun
Nursery: Mary Sasse
Council Coordinator: David Nixon
Education Hour from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Godly Play meets in the new Godly play room next to the nursery.
Grades K — 6th gather in rooms 14 & 15.
Confirmation Class meets in room 16.
High School Youth meet in the new youth room.
Pastor McKee will lead a class for new members beginning today between worship services (9:45 to 10:45 a.m.). The four sessions will provide Lutheran perspectives on scripture, the sacraments, worship and the Church, as well as offer information about opportunities to learn and serve at St. Thomas.
If you are already a member, you are also welcome. It's a good refresher if you haven't attended a class in a while. Bring your questions!
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Fugue in a-flat — Johannes Brahms
Entrance Hymn: O God Beyond All Promising (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 880)
Children's Message — Doug Doblar
Homily: "A Place Prepared" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: God of the Sparrow (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 740)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Meditation on "Thaxted" — David Cherwien
Organ voluntary
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: This Is My Father's World (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 824)
Communion Hymn: Jesus Loves Me! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 595)
Sending Hymn: Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 389)
Postlude: Prelude in C, BWV 547 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Presider: Pastor Kelli Skram
Deacon: Lyman Hitchcock
Lector: Kathy McDonald
Acolyte: Jacob Buhr
Server: Rita Pavolka
Ushers: Sam and Melissa Eichmiller
Greeter: Chris Ogan
Nursery: Matt and Tiffany Shupe
Council Coordinator: Rick Stults
Altar Care: Beverly Lingvai and Renee Steele
Bread and Wine: Ron and Jean Brown
Flowers: Paul and Yvonne Leber
We welcome again our guest organist, Andrea Boudra. A regular attendee at our early service, Andrea's filling in for Andy this Sunday while he is playing a recital in Atlanta. He will be back at the console on April 27th.
IU student lunch near the kitchen following the 11:00 service
Regional Blood Drive at St. Thomas from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Join Lutherans throughout Indiana and Kentucky to help save thousands of lives! Be a Lutheran Life Saver and enjoy...
Prize drawings for over $2,500 worth of gift certificates (winners at each location)
Special prize drawings for first-time donors
Early Bird prize drawing — Register by April 6th to be eligible
Free gifts and refreshments
Regional Blood Drive Features...
Goal of 1,500 donors in one week
Over 40 church/school locations along with numerous Indiana and Kentucky Blood Center locations
[UCC News: House passes debt relief bill for poor nations]
Kelli Skram's Birthday
Monday April 21, 2008
May Newsletter Deadline
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
Spinners and Weavers meet at 7:00 p.m. in Rooms 16 and 17.
Resolutions from all but conferences and list of nominees and biographies due for the I-K Synod 2008 Assembly
[ACNS News: World Day of Prayer for Zimbabwe on Sunday 27th April 2008]
[ELCA News: United Methodist Church to Consider Full Communion with ELCA]
[ENS News: Sudan's new primate Daniel Deng Bul enthroned in joyful ceremony at Juba Cathedral]
[ENS News: House of Deputies president asks deputies to discuss covenant draft]
[PNS News: Sand dam brings clean water to climate-stressed Kenyan village]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Jack Miles: Benedict XVI at the United Nations]
Anselm, Bishop of Canterbury, 1109 (Liturgical Color: White)
Tuesday April 22, 2008
"Prince of Peace, God of War" Film Viewing and Discussion
Please join Dr. Joe Emerson and Gail Merrill from the Campaign for Peace and Nonviolence in viewing and discussing the Canadian documentary, "Prince of Peace, God of War," in the First United Methodist Chapel on Tuesday, April 22, from 6:30-8:30 PM. The film features clergy from the Christian faith who discuss the movement away from the commitment to peace and pacifism of the early Christians to involvement and support of "just" wars through the ages. The evening will conclude with a brief presentation on the movement to create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
[ACNS News: Sudan's New Primate, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul enthroned in Juba Cathedral]
[ELCA News: Faithful Democracy launches Web site]
[ENS News: On Earth Day, Presiding Bishop challenges to 'be green']
[NCC News: Churches across the country celebrate Earth Day 2008]
[PNS News: Mission Initiative reaches 25th missionary deployed]
[PNS News: Ed Koster to stand for election as GA stated clerk]
[PNS News: Earth Day celebration]
[PNS News: U.S. senators expose tomato pickers' poverty wages; call for federal probe]
[RCA News: Trinity Grand Rapids Celebrates 100 Years]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Slideshow: Yonkers Youth Rally]
[UCC News: Executive Council adopts resolution supporting Trinity UCC]
[WCC News: WCC delegation visits Christians in the UAE]
Sophia Lipe's Birthday
Wednesday April 23, 2008
[ACNS News: Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for UN arms embargo on Zimbabwe]
[ACNS News: Archbishop of Canterbury: Better Bishops for the sake of a better Church]
[ENS News: Sudanese bishops, primate urge deeper commitment from international partners]
[PNS News: A Pauline journey: Missionary treks to northern Siberia to spread the gospel]
[WCC News: South Africa honours former WCC leader Philip Potter]
Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 (Liturgical Color: White)
April 24 to 26, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Candidacy Committee Meeting in the Synod Office Chapel
Thursday April 24, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Indiana-Kentucky Worship Committee Meeting in the Synod Downstairs Conference Room
[ACNS News: Archbishops of Canterbury and York issue Joint Statement on Zimbabwe]
[ELCA News: Lutherans, Others Gather for Youth Conference in Rwanda Since Genocide]
[ELCA News: ELCA 'Book of Faith' Initiative Gets its 'Opening' Resource]
[ENS News: Zimbabwe crisis prompts Anglican leaders to call for arms embargo, day of prayer]
[ENS News: Seabury-Western gives notice to all faculty, cuts staff]
[LWF News: LWF General Secretary Noko Urges Nepal's International Partners to Support Struggle for Sustainable Peace ]
[PNS News: GAC pays tribute to Kirkpatrick]
[PNS News: Task force recommends against separately incorporating PDA]
[PNS News: Presbyterian world mission: let it grow]
[WCC News: Syria sets example for good relations between Christians and Muslims and hospitality to refugees]
April 25 to 26, 2008
I-K Synod Academy for Mission "I Love to Tell the Story" Evangelical Gathering
Reinvigorate your love for telling the story, the "old, old story of Jesus and his love."
The Indiana-Kentucky Synod Academy for Mission is presenting the third of three "I Love to Tell the Story" events.
Hosted by the congregation of Pleasant View Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, the keynote speaker is Pastor Vicki Garber, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
The event begins on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and ends on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Each event will engage the participant in conversation around the themes of prayer, missional identity, and discipleship. Participants will share and listen to stories and learn how sharing stories strengthens what Lutherans can do as evangelists.
Download and print a brochure to see the workshop schedule and the dates for upcoming workshops. You will also find a registration form.
Friday April 25, 2008
Andrew Kotylo's Doctoral Organ Recital at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Prelude and Fuge in E, BWV 566 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Choralvorspiele und Fuge über "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid, WoO 7 — Johannes Brahms
Toccata alla Rumba — Peter Planyavsky
Prière, Op. 37 No. 3 — Joseph Jongen
Scherzetto, Op. 108 No. 1 — Joseph Jongen
Toccata, Op. 104 — Joseph Jongen
Passacaglia in c, BWV
582 — Johann Sebastian Bach
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Worship Committee meeting in the Synod Office Downstairs Conference Room.
[ENS News: Episcopal Relief and Development commemorates World Malaria Day 2008]
[ENS News: San Joaquin diocese, Episcopal Church file suit to regain property]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop extols ecumenical 'genius' of William Reed Huntington at Episcopal-Lutheran service]
[LCMS News: Third worship institute set for July in Seward]
[LCMS News: Do your summer vacation plans include a Servant Event?]
[LCMS News: LCMS leaders attend ecumenical meeting with pope]
[LCMS News: 'Lutheran Witness' wins four ACP awards]
[LCMS News: World Mission offers resources for 'Armed Forces Sunday']
[LCMS News: Synod celebrating 85 years of blind ministry]
[PNS News: African American Presbyterians have much to overcome, say leaders]
[PNS News: GAC's Vocation Mission Committee hears about PC(USA)'s leader development efforts]
[PNS News: GAC rejects separate incorporation of PDA]
[PNS News: GAC approves 2009-2010 mission budgets]
[PNS News: PC(USA)'s top court reviews same-sex wedding case ]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton: The Pope, Catholic Voters, and the 2008 Election]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Fr. Patrick LaBelle, O.P.: A Campus Perspective on the Papal Visit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Wrap-Up Analysis of Pope's Visit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Utica Refugees]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Was Shakespeare Catholic?]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Homage and Commemoration]
[UCC News: Poll: Bible is still nation's favorite book]
[WCC News: Statement on Zimbabwe by the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches]
Mark, Evangelist (Liturgical Color: Red)
Logan Smith's Birthday
Saturday April 26, 2008
Andrea Boudra's Organ Recital at 1:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Hannah Fidler and Sarah Julovich will be dancing with the IU pre-college ballet program at 3 pm on stage at the Musical Arts Center (MAC). The program includes two pieces honoring children of the Holocaust. A variety of dances will be performed including a Hungarian folk dance. The event is free or charge.
Mailyn Fidler will be playing the violin with The Musical Arts Youth Orchestra (MAYO) at 7:30 pm in the auditorium of BHSN. On the program: John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Mozart, Piano Concerto in D Minor, K466, with Emile Naoumoff, soloist; Cesar Franck: Symphony in D Minor; and the Schoenberg small-group version of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The event is free of charge.
End-Of-Life Choices, a workshop sponsored by Compassion & Choices of Indiana, a not for profit educational organization, will be held Saturday, April 26, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church. Moderated by Diane Kondrat, some questions addressed are: What can be done to avoid a difficult and prolonged end-of-life? What choices do we have at that time of life? What can we do now to improve our options later?
[LWF News: Costa Rica: Lutheran Church President Jiménez to Be Installed as Bishop]
[UCC News: Wright's interview with Moyers available for purchase]
Edith Unger's Birthday
April 27 to 29, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod First Call Retreat at the Benedict Inn Conference Center
April 27, 2008
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Liturgical Color: White)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Prière — Joseph Jongen
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 392)
Homily: "The Unknown God Revealed" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 594)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Scherzetto, Op. 108 — Joseph Jongen
organ voluntary
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Draw Us In the Spirit's Tether (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 470)
Communion Hymn: You Are the Way (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 758)
Sending Hymn: With High Delight Let Us Unite (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 368)
Postlude: Toccata, Op. 104 — Joseph Jongen
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Deborah O'Brien
Lector: Mike Laros
Acolyte: Haley Garl
Server: Larry Berg
Usher: Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Greeters: Ron and Jean Brown
Nursery: Ronna Papesh
Council Coordinator: Nancy Winningham
Children's Choir rehearsal at 9:00 a.m. in room 16/17
Education Hour from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Godly Play meets in the new Godly play room next to the nursery.
Grades K — 6th gather in rooms 14 & 15.
Confirmation Class meets in room 16.
High School Youth meet in the new youth room.
Calling all gardeners and bakers! You are invited to attend an adult forum during the Education Hour in the conference room to learn about a unique hunger-fighting organization, ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) and how we hope to have a fund raiser at St. Thomas to benefit the organization.
ECHO, headquartered on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, Florida, provides seeds, information, training and networking for agricultural workers in over 180 countries around the world. We plan to raise funds by having a bake sale/plant sale in the narthex on May 11 and 18, with a goal of raising $400. Thrivent Financial will supplement $1 for every $2 raised. Please come to the forum with your ideas for making the fundraiser a success.
New Members Class led by Pr. McKee continues today at 9:45 in the conference room. The four sessions will provide Lutheran perspectives on scripture, the sacraments, worship, and the Church, as well as offer information about opportunities to learn and serve at St. Thomas. If you are already a member, it's a good refresher if you haven't attended a class in a while. Bring your questions!
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4 copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Prière — Joseph Jongen
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 392)
Homily: "The Unknown God Revealed" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 594)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: God is Gone Up — Gerald Finzi
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Draw Us In the Spirit's Tether (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 470)
Communion Hymn: You Are the Way (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 758)
Sending Hymn: With High Delight Let Us Unite (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 368)
Postlude: Toccata, Op. 104 — Joseph Jongen
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Lyman Hitchcock
Lector: Jon Hines
Acolyte: John Isaacson
Server: Helen Mayfield
Ushers: Rita and Dave Pavolka
Greeter: Marilyn Kelly
Nursery: Penny and Allison Buhr
Council Coordinator: Allan Buhr
Altar Care: Jean Brown and Deborah O'Brien
Bread and Wine: John and Renée Steele
Flowers: Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki
The rose on the altar announces the birth of Ryan Matthew Grupenhoff, son of David and Marcy and brother to Cole.
Annual Program following the late service
Committee Reports for the previous year will be presented. Election of Council members is also on the agenda. Jeff Franz, Jennifer Garl, Kari Isaacson and Matt Shupe are finishing their first terms and stepping down from council. We thank them for their dedicated service to the Congregation.
Monday April 28, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ELCA News: 800 young adults needed for 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering]
[ELCA News: Jack Ohle Named President of ELCA's Gustavus Adolphus College ]
[ELCA News: Mark Holmerud Elected Bishop of ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod ]
[ENS News: Indigenous Ministries Committee wants Executive Council to rescind budget cuts]
[ENS News: In Sudan, ecumenical group reviews peace process, builds Church partnerships]
[ENS News: 'Ubuntu': Logo design contest seeks to convey General Convention theme]
[ENS News: Ubuntu 2009 General Convention logo contest]
[PNS News: Iraqi Christians, including Presbyterians, continue to hold up despite violence, fear]
[PNS News: College News]
[PNS News: PC(USA) publications garner 13 Associated Church Press awards]
[UCC News: Resources online for 'Sacred Conversations on Race']
Tuesday April 29, 2005
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
[ENS News: Lainya diocese, ERD partner to support Sudan's returning refugees]
[ENS News: Fort Worth visit an 'unwarranted invasion,' Presiding Bishop tells Southern Cone primate]
[PNS News: Spahr found innocent in same-sex marriage case]
[RCA News: Play Helps Church Connect with Community]
[UCC News: Wright: 'God enjoys diversity, desires transformation']
[WCC News: Ecumenical observers challenge Zimbabwe election process and demand respect for the will of the people]
Catherine of Siena, theologian, 1380 (Liturgical Color: White)
Kathy Essex' Birthday
Wednesday April 30, 2008
[ELCA News: United Methodist Church Adopts Full Communion Proposal with ELCA]
[ELCA News: ELCA endorses Church Mutual Insurance Company]
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop writes to House of Bishops on process, canons]
[NCC News: Methodist bishops honor Clare J. Chapman for 'exceptional' ecumenical leadership]
[PNS News: North Carolina congregation still reeling after Sunday-morning armed robbery]
[PNS News: Synod of the Sun appoints administrative commission for South Louisiana Presbytery]
[UCC News: UCC Insurance Board explores more direct relationship with Disciples]
[UCC News: A proud first: UCC's Chicago Seminary establishes Jewish Studies chair]
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