September 29 to October 1, 2008
Wednesday October 1, 2008
LCM mid-week meal at 6:00 p.m. at Rose House.
Men's Group meets at 8:00 p.m. in Room 12.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Communications Meeting from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
[ACNS News: Southern African Province mourns the death of Bishop David Beetge]
[ACNS News: Anglicans Unite in Support of the UN Millennium Development Goals in New York]
[ELCA News: ELCA Television Spots are Broadcast on the Travel Channel]
[ELCA News: Kaufmann heads Fisher's Net Select online educational resources]
[ENS News: Full communion partners share Eucharistic vision for a globalized world]
[PNS News: Ahead of the (weather map) curve: SDOP moves meeting from Houston to Phoenix to avoid Ike]
[PNS News: 'Exuberant embrace of mission': Valentine praises PC(USA)'s renewed focus on growth]
[UCC News: Book review: 'The Green Bible' takes root Oct. 7]
[UCC News: Thomas: Church structures matter, but must not become 'idols']
October 2 to 4, 2008
Wheat Ridge Ministries to Host National Symposium on Health and Hope in 2008
Itasca, IL - Wheat Ridge Ministries will bring together people of faith from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives at its 2008 National Symposium on Health and Hope, slated for October 2-4, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The theme of the 2008 National Symposium is "Living Well! The Body Language of Faith." This event will provide an opportunity for leaders to be resourced and renewed in their ongoing work of being effective agents of health and hope within the diverse communities in which they live, work, play and pray.
Wheat Ridge is pleased to announce that keynote speakers will be Dr. Joye Carter, Chief Forensic Pathologist, Marion County Coroner's Office, Indianapolis, Indiana; Dr. Gary Gunderson, Senior Vice President for Health and Welfare Ministries, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, and Director of the Interfaith Health Program of the Rollins Schools of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; and The Rev. John Nunes, President, Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, Maryland. Ms. Sandy Dukat, Medal Winner, United States Paralympic Ski Team, will be the featured banquet speaker.
The Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, will be the site of the 2008 Symposium. Visit the website.
Living Liturgy at Trinity Lutheran Church, Midland, Michigan
Presenters: Mary Preus, Tom Witt, Ben Stewart, Marty Haugen, and Susan Briehl
The Living Liturgy weekend is an opportunity for Lutheran worship leaders to experience, study and reflect on ways to help their communities pray with power, integrity and meaning.
Who should attend this event? All those involved in leading worship: pastors, presiders and assisting ministers, music directors, organists, choir directors and members, those who play in worship bands, and ministers of the word. The workshop is structured to offer practical and easily implemented techniques for all ministries, as well as deep theological, scriptural and liturgical support for worship planning and renewal in these rapidly changing times. The event takes its shape from the four-fold pattern of the liturgy: Gathering, Word, Meal, Sending.
Thursday October 2, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
[ENS News: Community harvest burgeons at church gardens]
[LCMS News: Synod, partners can reach 100 million goal, says Roegner]
[LCMS News: 'Ablaze' Web site shares witnessing ideas]
[LCMS News: Congregations report membership declines, rising contributions]
[LCMS News: Faith-sharing at schools pushes 'Ablaze!' counter to 9 million]
[LCMS News: 'YM 2009' targets teaching faith amid spiritual diversity]
[NCC News: Conference on human trafficking calls for grass-roots involvement]
[PNS News: Wall Street woes impacting GA mission]
[PNS News: Out of the classroom and into the pulpit: Mendenhall touts seminaries' programs to meet church's needs]
[PNS News: What is evangelism?: GAC's Evangelism Mission Committee explores meaning to guide work]
[PNS News: 'Unprecedented' disaster response highlighted: GAC's Justice Committee hears from PDA about 40 efforts]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Question for Social Conservatives: What Do You Think of Sarah Palin?]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Simone Campbell: On Joe Biden's Catholic Faith]
[UCC News: UCC invites dialogue, sermons on U.S. economic crisis]
[WCC News: Cultures and religions for all ages]
[WCC News: New network for ecumenical theological education in Eastern and Central Europe]
October 3 to 5, 200
International Storytelling Festival
Many pastors and lay leaders attend the International Storytelling Festival that takes place during the first October weekend of every year.
According to the beautiful color flyer/poster, it is a "three-day extravaganza of compelling performances by nationally known tellers."
The festival takes place on October 3-5 in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Learn all about it at www.storytellingcenter.net or call 800 952-8392.
October 3 to November 2, 2008
Bike Bus Walk or Carpool to Services
Join with our congregation and with faith communities throughout Bloomington to help us reach a tipping point, a critical mass of people who bike, walk, bus or carpool to services in their own faith communities. Let's be a visible presence on the streets of Bloomington, biking or walking if possible and otherwise sharing a ride. Sponsored by the Interfaith Earthcare.
Friday October 3, 2008
[ELCA News: Quilt Made by Nigerian Women Living with HIV Now Available to ELCA]
[ENS News: Episcopalians gather to apologize for slavery]
[NCC News: People of Faith Celebrate the Legacy of St. Francis]
[PNS News: Growing the church: GAC's Evangelism Committee reviews initiatives to reverse decline]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Gary Dorrien: What Kind of Country?]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: C. Welton Gaddy: No Politicking from the Pulpit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Ron Johnson Jr.: Speaking Freely from the Pulpit]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Young Evangelicals and the Candidates]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kosher Ethics]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Reverend Forrest Church]
[UCC News: National Disaster Ministries to present 'plastic bucket' award]
Saturday October 4, 2008
Property Committee meets at 9:00 a.m.
[ELCA News: Alan Anderson, Former President of ELCA's Carthage College, Dies]
[ENS News: Bulletin: Pittsburgh votes to leave Episcopal Church, align with Southern Cone]
[ENS News: Prayers, tears and song mark Episcopal repentance for slavery]
Francis of Assisi, renewer of the Church, 1226; Theodor Fliedner, renewer of society, 1864 (Liturgical Color: White)
October 5, 2008
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost (Lectionary 27) (Liturgical Color: Green)
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Carillon — Leo Sowerby
Entrance Hymn: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 553)
Homily: "God's Demonstration Project" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: My Song is Love Unknown (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 343)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Amid the World's Bleak Wilderness — Richard Hillert and Jaroslav Vajda
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Come, Let Us Eat (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 491)
Communion Hymn: I Received the Living God (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 477)
Sending Hymn: The Church of Christ in Every Age (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 729)
Postlude: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God — Benedetto Marcello
Presider: Pastor Kelli Skram
Deacon: Kris Stewart
Lector: Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Acolyte: Alex Nixon
Server: Shirley Mingee
Ushers: Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Greeters: John and Renée Steele
Nursery: Nancy Winningham
Council Coordinator: Brad Dahlberg
Sunday Church School from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Age 3 years through Kindergarten — Godly Play Room
Grades 1st through 6th — Rooms 16 and 17
Adult Bible Study in Room 12
Culture of Conversation with Pastor Lyle McKee in the Sanctuary
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Prelude for Horn and Organ — William Henry Harris
Sarah Williams, horn; Patrick Pope, organ
Entrance Hymn: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 553)
Children's Sermon — Hannah Fidler
Homily: "God's Demonstration Project" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: My Song is Love Unknown (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 343)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Abendlied — Robert Schumann, arrangement William Henry Harris
Sarah Williams, horn; Patrick Pope, organ
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Come, Let Us Eat (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 491)
Communion Hymn: I Received the Living God (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 477)
Sending Hymn: The Church of Christ in Every Age (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 729)
Postlude: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God — Benedetto Marcello
Presider: Pastor Kelli Skram
Deacon: Emily Garl
Lector: Cindy Vosahlik
Acolyte: Sarah Julovich
Server: Allan Mayfield
Ushers: Dean Arnold and Dave Pavolka
Greeter: Marilyn Kelly
Nursery: Sandy and Sydney Arnold
Council Coordinator: Rita Pavolka
Altar Care: Shirley Mingee and Marilyn Kelly
Bread and Wine: Lester and Gladys Dorman
Welcome IU Students: Lunch will be served today following the late service.
October Fun from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Woodlawn Group Shelter at Bryan Park
Come one, come all! Join us as we celebrate our St. Thomas Church family and the good work of the congregation with a church wide picnic! Get to know new friends, reconnect with old friends, and if you're brave enough, play a game with the kids! It's a good chance to relax, unwind, and just plain have a good time.
Bring a dish to share and table service. Games you may have for children or adults to play will be welcome additions to the fun. Drinks will be provided. In case of rain, we will meet at the church. We're looking for ward to seeing everyone.
The Bloomington Community Band will be providing the entertainment.
Youth Group meets at St. Thomas from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Monday October 6, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
"Standard Operating Procedure", a film by Errol Morris, will be shown at 7:00 p.m. in Ballantine Hall Room 310. The showing is sponsored by Physicians for Human Rights.
[ENS News: Worshiping online: Is it really church?]
[ENS News: Threat of rebel attacks leaves Congolese Anglicans stranded following synod meeting]
[PNS News: Running where Jesus walked: GAC leaders visit Middle East partners, hear of unease and despair]
[UCC News: Movie review: 'Religulous' finds its target but misses the mark]
William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 (Liturgical Color: Red)
Tuesday October 7, 2008
Women's Yoga at 10:00 a.m. in Heritage Hall
Extension Homemakers meets at 4:00 p.m. in Rooms 16 and 17.
Worship Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room.
[ELCA News: Reuben Swanson, Lutheran Church in America Secretary, Synod President, Dies]
[RCA News: Across: Fanning the Flames of Hope in Sudan]
[UCC News: Episcopal Church apologizes for its role in slavery]
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, missionary to America, 1787 (Liturgical Color: White)
October 8 to 10, 2008
Music That Makes Community at St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles CA
Music that Makes Community is dedicated to exploring a style of singing that transforms worship and more deeply forms Christian community. If you have been searching for "alternatives" with integrity, would like to deepen your own experience as a music leader, and want to explore a relational approach to making music in worship, this conference is for you. It's unlike most other conferences you've attended!
October 8 to 9, 2008
Wednesday October 8, 2008
LCM mid-week meal at 6:00 p.m. at Rose House.
Finance Committee meets at 6:00 p.m. in the Office.
Pastor's Education Class — "Book of Faith" at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room
Pastor McKee will be leading the second session of our "Book of Faith" initiative.
[ELCA News: ELCA Presents 'Native Nations' Documentary on ABC Television]
[NCC News: The Golden Rule of political discourse]
[NCC News: Ecumenical response to 'A Common Word Between Us and You' finds common ground between Christians and Muslims]
[PNS News: Brave Old World: Presbyterians travel to 'Bohemia' to further Czech church partnership]
[UCC News: 'Steeples' ad drives visitors to UCC website]
[UCC News: Why am I watching this?: Thousands set to 'fast' from media violence in coming week]
Thursday October 9, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Education Committee meets at 7:00 p.m. in Room 12.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Communications Meeting from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
[ACNS News: Thousands turn to online prayer and advice as financial situation worsens]
[ELCA News: ELCA Conference of Bishops Addresses Financial Crisis]
[ELCA News: Hundreds of Lutherans Help Clean Up Galveston]
[LCMS News: 'Bach at the Sem' begins new season]
[LCMS News: 'Ablaze!' Ambassadors program looks to expand]
[LCMS News: LFL resource helps teach life issues to students]
[LCMS News: New subscriptions receive free copies of devotional]
[LCMS News: LFL launches 'Renewal For Life' initiative]
[NCC News: A positive action to speak out against violence: Join the Media Violence Fast, October 12-18]
[NCC News: NCC centennial observances reveal some historical surprises]
[PNS News: War torn: PC(USA) mission networkers meet with embattled Iraqi Presbyterians]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Adam Hamilton: Revisiting the Notion of Simplicity]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Simone Campbell: On the Economic Crisis]
[WCC News: Europe and China: relationship between religion and state is changing]
Friday October 10, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Finance Committee Meeting at 3:00 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
[ELCA News: ELCA Leaders Offer Assurances in Light of Global Financial Crisis]
[ENS News: Pittsburgh Standing Committee fills vacancies, seeks Presiding Bishop's assistance]
[LWF News: LWF Congratulates Former Finnish President Ahtisaari for Winning 2008 Nobel Peace Prize]
[PNS News: Learning and forgiving]
[PNS News: Mendenhall concluding Columbia Seminary presidency: Returning to Texas in summer of 2009]
[RCA News: Reformed church groups formulate international union]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: 2008 Campaign: What the Candidates Believe]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: 2008 Campaign: Privacy and Media Ethics]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Theology and Economy]
[UCC News: Thirty years after Jonestown, DisciplesWorld looks back]
[UCC News: Reformed church groups formulate international union]
[WCC News: Mental health is a community issue]
Saturday October 11, 2008
Library Work Day from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
October 12, 2008
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost (Lectionary 28) (Liturgical Color: Green)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 1, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: I Love Thee, My Lord — George Shearing
Entrance Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 362)
Homily: "A Discussion on the Mountain" — Jeff Schacht, Diaconal Minister
Hymn of the Day: All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 461)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: The Good Shepherd — Dom Paul Benoit
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 502)
Communion Hymn: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 484)
Sending Hymn: Lift High the Cross (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 660)
Postlude: Fanfare — William Mathias
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Kris Stewart
Lector: Jim Eagleman
Acolyte: Hannah Fidler
Server: David Ellies
Ushers: Jim and Marti Doering
Greeters: Darrell and Kathleen Boggess
Nursery: Pauline Caldwell
Council Coordinator: Nancy Winningham
Sunday Church School from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Age 3 years through Kindergarten — Godly Play Room
Grades 1st through 6th — Rooms 16 and 17
Adult Bible Study in Room 12
New Members Class in the Conference Room
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 1, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: I Love Thee, My Lord — George Shearing
Entrance Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 362)
Homily: "A Discussion on the Mountain" — Jeff Schacht, Diaconal Minister
Hymn of the Day: All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 461)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Requiem: "The Good Shepherd" — John Rutter
Adult Choir
Annie Corrigan, oboe; Patrick Pope, organ
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 502)
Communion Hymn: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 484)
Sending Hymn: Lift High the Cross (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 660)
Postlude: Fanfare — William Mathias
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Emily Garl
Lector: Dana Barron
Acolyte: Ellie Delap
Server: Dean Arnold
Ushers: Kaye Hill and Deborah Owens
Greeter: Marcy Grupenhoff
Nursery: Craig and Kathy McDonald
Council Coordinator: Nancy Winningham
Altar Care: Gail Seegert and Renée Steele
Bread and Wine: David and Debbie Nixon
Flowers: Deborah O'Brien
We thank Annie Corrigan for her musical addition to our worship this morning. Annie is a doctoral student in the IU Jacobs School of Music.
Welcome IU Students: Lunch will be served today following the late service.
Blood Drive at St. Thomas, Heritage Hall 8:30-12:30 pm Make an appointment in the narthex.
New Member classes will be offered beginning October 12th. If you are interested in joining with the St. Thomas Faith Community or simply want to lean more about the Lutheran Faith please contact the church office.
Congregation Council meets at 12:30 p.m.
ABC Broadcasts Native Nations
Hosted by Peter Coyote and produced by B & B Productions for the ELCA, Native Nations chronicles the American Indians' struggle for civil rights, and the creation of the National Indian Lutheran Board to raise funds for an awareness of that struggle.
Broadcasts begin Sunday, October 12, and will be available through 2008. Check your local listings for specific dates and times.
Visit www.elca.org/nativenations for more information.
You can also order a DVD to be shipped in October by calling (800) 638-3522.
October 13 to November 3, 2008
Christian Theological Seminary Lifelong Theological Education and Faith Learning Initiative and 50th Anniversary Gala Weekend-Fall 2008
Learn more about the Faith Learning Initiative classes offered October 13 through November 3.
October 13 to 15, 2008
Monday October 13, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ENS News: In Congo, ERD responds to civil unrest]
[NCC News: Religious leaders urge the presidential candidates to use their voices for persons living in poverty]
[PNS News: PC(USA) Board of Pensions reassures pensioners: Diversified portfolio means benefits are secure, Maggs says]
[UCC News: Local Church Ministries board approves consolidated governance model, nominates Sterner]
[UCC News: Thomas speaks on piety and politics at The City Club of Cleveland]
[WCC News: Mission event in 2012 to substitute for world mission conference]
October 14 and 15, 2008
Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee meets in Des Moines, Iowa.
Tuesday October 14, 2008
Women's Yoga meets at 10:00 a.m. in Heritage Hall.
[ELCA News: ELCA Fund for Leaders Honors 2008 Scholarship Recipients]
[NCC News: Kinnamon: U.S. Christians stand solidly with persecuted Christians in India]
[PNS News: Barefoot doctor: PC(USA) international peacemaker tells of healing arts in China]
[RCA News: Ford Will Lay Foundation for Bible Translation in Sudan]
[UCC News: National Council of Churches to candidates: remember the poor during financial crisis]
October 15 to 17, 2008
Vital Congregations: Just Communities
To assist in doing the vital work of justice, the Church in Society Committee of the synod is hosting a 3 day training event, Vital Congregations: Just Communities October 15-17 at Quaker Hill Conference Center in Richmond, Indiana.
Be equipped with the basic tools and skills of organizing congregations for direct action in your community.
Understand the theological and biblical mandate to DO Justice.
Belong to a network of pastors and professionals who are actively involved in direct action.
The fee is $155 for double-occupancy room and board.
Presenters will include Pastors Ron Luckey and Lyle McKee who will share their experiences with congregation-based organizations like BUILD.
In addition, community organizers from CLOUT in Louisville and BREAD in Columbus, Ohio, will equip participants with the basic tools and skills of congregation-based community organizing.
For further information about congregation-based organizing, visit www.thedartcenter.org.
Learn more about the I-K Synod Vital Congregations: Just Communities training event and download and print a registration form for the event.
For more information: Pr. Cindy Geisen matterofcat@hotmail.com.
Wednesday October 15, 2008
LCM mid-week meal at 6:00 p.m. at Rose House.
Spiritual Journaling Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in Room 12.
[ACNS News: Communique from A Common Word conference]
[ELCA News: Olsen Named Interim Bishop of ELCA Southeast Michigan Synod]
[ELCA News: Stewardship Tips for Congregations in a Time of Financial Crisis]
[ENS News: Muslim, Christian leaders take up global issues at high-level London meeting]
[UCC News: UCC member recalls founding of Haiti mission in memoir]
[WCC News: Eastern Orthodox leaders recommit themselves to dialogue]
[WCC News: WCC general secretary visits India and Sri Lanka]
Teresa of Avila, teacher, renewer of the church, 1582 (Liturgical Color: White)
October 16 to 18, 2008
Living Liturgy at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Spokane Washington
Presenters: Mary Preus, Tom Witt, Ben Stewart, Marty Haugen, and Susan Briehl
The Living Liturgy weekend is an opportunity for Lutheran worship leaders to experience, study and reflect on ways to help their communities pray with power, integrity and meaning.
Who should attend this event? All those involved in leading worship: pastors, presiders and assisting ministers, music directors, organists, choir directors and members, those who play in worship bands, and ministers of the word. The workshop is structured to offer practical and easily implemented techniques for all ministries, as well as deep theological, scriptural and liturgical support for worship planning and renewal in these rapidly changing times. The event takes its shape from the four-fold pattern of the liturgy: Gathering, Word, Meal, Sending.
Thursday October 16, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Freed to Lead Committee Meeting from 10:00 to 12:30 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Pastoral Counseling Committee Meeting at 1:00 p.m. in the Synod Office Chapel
[ELCA News: Theaters, Channel to Show Historic Film about Lutherans, Civil Rights]
[LCMS News: Seminary campaign receives $4 million challenge grant]
[LCMS News: Missions seeks 20 short-term teams to serve in Poland]
[LCMS News: Man-woman consultants hold final meeting]
[LCMS News: Lutheran educator named 'distinguished principal']
[LCMS News: New children's worship folders on sale from CPH]
[LWF News: New LWF Publication Explores the Spiritual and Moral Dimensions of Illegitimate Debt]
[PNS News: Presbyterian communicators gather at end of October for final regional conference of 2008]
[PNS News: Gradye Parsons in his own words: An interview with the new General Assembly stated clerk]
[UCC News: Soulforce riders arrested attempting to enter chapel, bus vandalized]
[UCC News: UCC Insurance Board enhances plan, upgrades to 'green']
[WCC News: Korean Presbyterians move from the receiving to the sending end of mission]
[WCC News: Christians from many traditions seek an ecumenical approach to Christian-Muslim dialogue]
[WCC News: Indigenous theologians to suggest visions for church and society]
[WCC News: WCC urges international institutions and governments to uphold the right to food]
[WCC News: Iraqi Christians need action, prayers and solidarity, WCC says]
[WCC News: Religious extremism "one of the greatest threats," says Kobia]
October 17 to 18, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Campus Ministry Meeting in the Synod Downstairs Conference Room
Friday October 17, 2008
[ACNS News: Christians in Iraq]
[ELCA News: ELCA Presiding Bishop Speaks on the U.S. Presidential Election]
[ENS News: President says church pension fund is secure]
[ENS News: Former Pittsburgh bishop warns Church of England traditionalists against 'complacency']
[PNS News: Home sweet home: A Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) missionary letter from Russia]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Clyde Wilcox: Assessing the Catholic Vote]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Sam Brownback: The Catholic Vote is Crucial]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Ira Forman: Jewish Voters and the Democrats]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Matthew Brooks: Jewish Voters and the Republicans]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: 2008 Campaign: Catholic and Jewish Voters]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Camp Ray of Hope]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: The Religious Use of Politics]
[UCC News: Flunder: New board structure created with transparency and honesty]
[UCC News: Promoting justice via fair-trade chocolates for Halloween]
[WCC News: Hugh McCullum, ecumenical writer and activist]
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c. 115 (Liturgical Color: Red)
Saturday October 18, 2008
Young Women's Group meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Bakehouse East.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Finance Committee Meeting in the Synod Office Chapel
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Stewardship Team Meeting
St. Luke, Evangelist (Liturgical Color: Red)
October 19 to 20, 2008
Birth of the Bab
October 19, 2008
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Lectionary 29) (Liturgical Color: Green)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 1, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Suite No. 6 in d, BWV 1012: "Prelude" and "Allemande" — Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Kaizer, cello
Entrance Hymn: God is Here! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 526)
Homily: "A Graven Image" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: We Give Thee But Thine Own (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 686)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: From All That Dwell Below the Skies — William Billings
Adult Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Now the Silence, Now the Feast (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 460)
Communion Hymn: Take My Life, That I May Be (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 685)
Sending Hymn: God of Grace and God of Glory (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 705)
Postlude: God of Grace and God of Glory — Paul Manz
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Carolyn Sowinski
Lector: Mike Laros
Acolyte: Kaleb Rich
Server: Mary Lou Nierzwicki
Ushers: Larry and Sue Berg
Greeters: Mark and Charlene Braun
Council Coordinator: Melissa Eichmiller
Sunday Church School from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Age 3 years through Kindergarten — Godly Play Room
Grades 1st through 6th — Rooms 16 and 17
Adult Bible Study in Room 12
New Members Class in the Conference Room
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 1, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Suite No. 6 in d, BWV 1012: "Prelude" and "Allemande" — Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Kaizer, cello
Entrance Hymn: God is Here! (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 526)
Homily: "A Graven Image" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: We Give Thee But Thine Own (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 686)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Thee We Adore
Children's Choir
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Now the Silence, Now the Feast (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 460)
Communion Hymn: Take My Life, That I May Be (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 685)
Sending Hymn: God of Grace and God of Glory (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 705)
Postlude: God of Grace and God of Glory — Paul Manz
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Doug Doblar
Lector: Sarah Isaacson
Acolyte: David Polansky
Server: Rita Pavolka
Ushers: Dean and Sydney Arnold
Greeters: Tim and Debbie Moore
Nursery: Marcy Grupenhoff and Haley Garl
Council Coordinator: Dennis Delap
Altar Care: Jean Brown and Betty Smith
Bread and Wine: Beverly Lingvai
Flowers: Darrell and Kathleen Boggess and Frank and Mary Lou Nierzwicki
We welcome this morning cellist Joseph Kaizer. Joseph is a doctoral student at the IU Jacobs School of Music, studying with Janos Starker.
Welcome IU Students: Lunch will be served today following the late service.
CROP Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty)
August marked the 60th anniversary of CROP—the community hunger appeal of Church World Service—and the beginning of the fall CROP Hunger Walks season, in which tens of thousands of people in communities across the U.S. will sacrifice a few hours to raise money and show solidarity with impoverished people struggling to become self-sufficient. The CROP Walkers' motto: We walk because they walk! CROP Hunger Walks are unique in that proceeds benefit both domestic and international poverty-reducing efforts.
Youth Group participates in the Monroe County C.R.O.P. Walk
Park Ridge East meets at 3:00 p.m.
Bean Blossom Music Series presents Midwest Dulcimer Champion Jon Kay in concert at 7:00 p.m. at St. David's Episcopal Church, located at the intersection of State Road 45 and State Road 135 in Bean Blossom, 5 miles north of Nashville, Indiana.
October 20 to 21, 2008
October 20 to 22, 2008
Crossings Second International Conference WHO do you say "I Am?"
A chance for pastors, preachers, teachers, and Christians of every walk of life to look again at Luther's distinction of the Law and the Gospel, and its role in the crucial task of getting honest about God today:
+ in daily life and work
+ in preaching, teaching, and worship
+ in our Christian mission to the world
+ in our calling as family members, citizens, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc.
Our Lady of the Snows, a retreat center just outside St. Louis, Missouri
All-inclusive cost: $300, (full program, food, lodging; lesser packages available)
For more information and registration: www.crossings.org or info@crossings.org
Keynotes: Mary Sue Dreier, Steven Kuhl, John Strelan
Speakers: Gary Simpson, Edward Schroeder, Robin Morgan, Fred Niedner, Sherman Lee, Philip Kuehnert, Stephen Krueger, Katherine Kleinhans, Jukka Kaarianen, Michal Hoy, Marcus Felde, Lori Cornell, Jerome Burce
Monday October 20, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
Spinners and Weavers meets at 7:00 p.m. in Community Hall.
"Reading the Old Testament with Martin Luther - and Without Him!"
The Rev. Dr. Ralph Klein, Christ Seminary-Seminex, presents annual Lutheran Heritage Lecture in the Common Room at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
The lecture, "Reading the Old Testament with Martin Luther - and Without Him!" will reflect on three assessments of Luther as Old Testament scholar by Heinrich Bornkamm, Jaroslav Pelikan, and James Samuel Preus and will attempt to outline a method for appropriating the Old Testament today.
The Heritage Lecture series is designed to provide a contemporary perspective on the Lutheran tradition.
[ENS News: Storytelling transforms Europe's Episcopalians; new convention model hailed a success]
[NCC News: Kinnamon joins Kobia's call to 'quell the violence' following attacks on Christians in Mosul]
[PNS News: Celebrating Calvin by changing the world: WARC publishes new book to launch 500th anniversary celebration]
[UCC News: Berkeley UCC holds mass blessing of same-sex marriages]
[WCC News: Living in community: the goal of Christian-Muslim dialogue]
[WCC News: "Christianity is part of our national heritage" Indian prime minister tells Kobia]
[WCC News: Neoliberalism in retreat says ecumenical consultation]
October 21 to 22, 2008
Tuesday October 21, 2008
Women's Yoga meets at 10:00 a.m. in Heritage Hall.
Extension Homemakers meets at 4:00 p.m. in Community Hall.
Outreach Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room.
[ENS News: 'Stand up and speak up,' Bonnie Anderson urges Grace Cathedral congregation]
[ENS News: Black Ministries Conference participants told to 'think globally and act locally']
[ENS News: General Convention should not consider Anglican covenant, Presiding Bishop tells Executive Council]
[PNS News: Water works: Kentuckian honored for clean water system volunteerism]
[PNS News: To church or not to church: PC(USA) researcher studies the 'spiritural but not religious']
[RCA News: General Synod Council, Meeting alongside Commissions, Focuses on the Future]
[UCC News: Thomas invites evangelical activist to UCC Church House after disparaging denomination on CNN]
[WCC News: Anti-Christian violence in Orissa reverberates at CNI Synod]
Wednesday October 22, 2008
LCM mid-week meal at 6:00 p.m. at Rose House.
Pastor's Education Class — "Book of Faith" at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room
Pastor McKee will be leading the third session of our "Book of Faith" initiative.
[ACNS News: Covenant Design Group: Lambeth Commentary]
[ACNS News: Rector of Trinity Wall Street talks about the financial crisis, 9/11 and faith]
[ENS News: North Carolina bishop says 'go to the mountain to encounter God's word']
[ENS News: Covenant Design Group publishes Lambeth Commentary; provinces have until March 2009 to respond]
[LWF News: Norway Affirms Support for Debt Cancellation Initiatives, Urges Developing Countries' Involvement]
[WCC News: Sri Lankan churches face challenges amid raging war]
[WCC News: Ecumenical consultation demarcates common ground for dialogue with Islam]
Thursday October 23, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
[ENS News: Participants of first Network of Ministry Innovators Conference set to implement plan]
[ENS News: Episcopal Communicators sew hope in New Orleans]
[ENS News: Virginia Bishop Suffragan David Jones takes on consultant role]
[LCMS News: More volunteer opportunities]
[LCMS News: Too early to determine effects on contributions]
[LCMS News: Synod execs: Entities stay course during turbulent times]
[LCMS News: Kieschnick acts in support of biblical, natural marriage]
[LCMS News: After Ike: Needs, fear of being forgotten continue]
[UCC News: Subway invited to join healthy children's meal initiative]
[UCC News: Book review: 'Saving Paradise' says church got it wrong by emphasizing crucifixion]
[WCC News: International ecumenical delegation to visit Uganda]
James of Jerusalem, martyr (Liturgical Color: Red)
October 24 to 25, 2008
Christian Theological Seminary 50th Anniversary Gala Weekend
Celebrate 50 years of preparing leaders formed in faith at the Gala Weekend at the Christian Theological Seminary, featuring organist Diane Bish and musical performer Stephen Bishop.
Friday October 24, 2008
Pipes Spooktacular! at 7:00 p.m.
Featuring student, faculty, and community organists playing a variety of scary tunes for Halloween, including the ever-popular "tag team" version of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565.
Co-sponsored by the JSOM Organ Department and the Bloomington AGO
The Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner
"Haunting" Monica Harper and Judith "JEEPERS CREEPERS!" Ofcarcik (assisted by Brian McNulty)
Carmen Suite
Georges Bizet
Josh "Booooooo-licious" Brodbeck
Toccata in d
Johann Sebastian Bach
David "DEN of SIN" Sinden and Andrea Boudra
Selections from "The Cat's Meow"
Denis Bedrad
Dr. David "Silence of the" Lamb
from "Scenes of Childhood": "The Cow"; "Rain"
John Leavitt
"Menacing" Beverly McGahey
Pumpkin-Carol Sing-along!
Accompanied by David "DEN of SIN" Sinden
Evocation: Movement III
Marcel Dupré
Sunghee "Kreepy-Krawly" Kim
Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 55 No. 4: "Naïades"
Louis Vierne
Laralee "Candy Apple" Culbert
Russian Sailors' Dance
Reinhold Gliere
Dr. "Freakishly-Frightening" Fishell and Mr. "Hair-Raising" Andrews
[ELCA News: ELCA Radio Ministry Features Head of John Deere]
[ELCA News: ELCA Presiding Bishop Says Church Must Be Heard in Complex Situations]
[LCMS News: Commentary: What's troubling about organ transplants?]
[PNS News: The Malawi connection: It is in giving that Pittsburghers receive]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Timothy Shah: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: John Hamre: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Timothy Wirth: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Kim Lawton: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Anna Greenberg: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Religion and America's Role in the World]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Juarez Insanity]
[UCC News: UCC video is 'Golden Reel' finalist]
Saturday October 25, 2008
Fall Cleanup of the prayer garden and grounds from 9:00 a.m. to noon
Please bring the appropriate tools to plant bulbs, rake leaves, prune and weed.
Brass rehearsal at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctury
Youth Group — Confirmation Class Fall Retreat Day from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
October 26, 2008
Reformation Sunday (Liturgical Color: Red)
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Variations on "Lord, Keep Us Steadfast" — Walter Pelz
Entrance Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 504)
Homily: "So What Shall We Do?" — Pastor Lyle McKee
Hymn of the Day: Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 517)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice — Austin Jaquith
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Thy Strong Word (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 511)
Communion Hymn: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 597)
Sending Hymn: The Church's One Foundation (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 654)
Postlude: Cantata 80: Sinfonia "Ein Feste Burg ist unser
Gott" — Johann Sebastian Bach
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Eric Isaacson
Lector: Pauline Caldwell
Acolyte: Rachel Ringquist
Server: Jean Brown
Ushers: Gene and Gayl Laughman
Greeter: David Ellies
Council Coordinator: David Nixon
Sunday Church School from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Age 3 years through Kindergarten — Godly Play Room
Grades 1st through 6th — Rooms 16 and 17
High School — Room 13
Adult Bible Study — Room 12
New Member's Class — Conference Room
The Liturgy is reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, setting 4, copyright © 2006 by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
A Time of Preparation
Prelude: Variations on "Lord, Keep Us Steadfast" — Walter Pelz
Entrance Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 504)
Homily: Testimonies by the Confirmands
Kaleb Rich-Harris — Fourth Commandment
Andrew Eichmiller — Second Commandment
Alexandria Nixon — Apostles' Creed (Article Two)
Sarah Julovich — Blessings at Meals
Hymn of the Day: Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 517)
Responses to the Word
Offertory Anthem: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice — Austin Jaquith
The Liturgy of Holy Eucharist
Communion Hymn: Thy Strong Word (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 511)
Communion Hymn: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 597)
Sending Hymn: The Church's One Foundation (Evangelical Lutheran Worship 654)
Postlude: Cantata 80: Sinfonia "Ein Feste Burg ist unser
Gott" — Johann Sebastian Bach
Presider: Pastor Lyle McKee
Deacon: Margrethe O'Connor
Lector: Dean Arnold
Acolyte: Bailey Arnold
Server: Charles Sweet
Ushers: Kaye Hill and Dean Arnold
Greeters: Dennis and Carolyn Delap
Nursery: Vicki and David Polansky
Council Coordinator: David Nixon
Altar Care: Carole Kirsch and Charlene Braun
Bread and Wine: Kem and Mary Hawkins
Flowers: Bob Cutter and Lindsey and Dawn Smith
Congratulations to our Confirmands:
Andrew Eichmiller, sond of Sam and Missy Eichmiller
Sarah Julovich, daughter of Jim and Brenda Julovich Alexandria Nixon, daughter of David and Debbie Nixon
Kaleb Rich-Harris, son of Renée Rich and Giorgios Kalpakidis
A reception in their honor will follow the 11:00 service.
Many thanks to the St. Thomas Reformation Sextet:
Phil May, trumpet
Lissa May, trumpet
Peder MacLellan, tuba
Kari Isaacson, horn
Dave Pavolka, trombone
David Constantine, percussion
Welcome IU Students: Lunch will be served today following the late service.
Hoosier Acres meets at 4:00 p.m.
Philipp Nicolai, 1608; Johann Heermann, 1647; Paul Gerhardt, 1676; hymnwriters (Liturgical Color: White)
Monday October 27, 2008
Bloomington Community Band rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in Heritage Hall.
Columbarium Task Group meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room.
[PNS News: Learning and Forgiving: A letter from a PC(USA) military chaplain in Iraq]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Gary Dorrien: What Kind of Foreign Policy?]
October 28 to 29, 2008
Indiana-Kentucky Synod New to Roster Gathering
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Women's Yoga meets at 10:00 a.m. in Heritage Hall.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Communications Workshop - Indianapolis and Lafayette Conferences from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Synod Office Downstairs Conference Room
[ENS News: Presiding Bishop calls Episcopal Church to remember all the saints]
[PNS News: Science + love = healing: PC(USA) works with Russian Orthodox Church to address autism]
[UCC News: Justice and Witness Ministry board affirms governance proposal]
St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles (Liturgical Color: Red)
Wednesday October 29, 2008
LCM mid-week meal at 6:00 p.m. at Rose House.
CO2 Workshop at 5:30 p.m.
Spiritual Journaling Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in Room 12.
[ELCA News: Lutheran Communion Issues Pastoral Message on Global Financial Crisis]
[PNS News: COGA's fall meeting in Philadelphia marks several 'firsts']
[PNS News: Tlingit matriarchs present 'healing robe' to Alaska Presbytery]
[UCC News: Union Theological Seminary to install new president]
Thursday October 30, 2008
Adult Choir rehearses at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Indiana-Kentucky Synod Leadership Support Committee Meeting from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Synod Office Chapel
[ENS News: Quincy's Bishop Ackerman announces retirement]
[LCMS News: Group aims to help reclaim 'missing generation']
[LCMS News: School more important than world record, says coach]
[LCMS News: Oregon church to move worship from 'little brown Quonset hut']
[LCMS News: Record number of Servant Events set (Part 1)]
[LCMS News: Record number of Servant Events set (Part 2)]
[LWF News: Development Workers Urge African Churches to Mobilize Local Resources]
[LWF News: New, Changing Focus of Diakonia in Europe: LWF Urged to Provide Forum to Exchange Views]
[LWF News: Latin America: Church Has Mobilized Society Against Unjust Economic Policies]
[LWF News: Climate Change Is Changing Theology: Theologians Consider the Shifts Needed in Thinking and Action]
[LWF News: LWF Global Training for Young Leaders Launched in Africa: 'Daily Bread' Is About Creating Hope and Justice]
[LWF News: Church Is Wherever People Gather Together: A Church Planting Project on the Baltic Island of Rügen]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Jonathan Merritt: A New Generation of Religion and Politics]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Anna Greenberg: More Ideological Diversity Among Young Evangelicals]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Music Video: Religion and the 2008 Campaign]
[UCC News: Supreme Court to weigh limits of broadcast indecency]
[WCC News: Ugandan churches concerned over final peace agreement, international team learns]
October 31 to November 2, 2008
LSM-IMOK Fall Retreat in Toledo, Ohio
Friday October 31, 2008
[ACNS News: Bishop Bakare wins Swedish human rights prize]
[ELCA News: ELCA Radio Ministry Features Kathleen Kennedy Townsend]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Young Evangelicals: Voices and Views]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: 2008 Campaign: Young Evangelicals]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: Haiti Relief]
[Religion and Ethics Newsweekly News: God and Empire]
[UCC News: 'Tents of hope' to stand on National Mall, sent to Darfur]
[WCC News: WCC general secretary to visit Nicaragua]
[WCC News: Living Letters teams to witness reconciliation work of churches in Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa]
Reformation Day (Liturgical Color: Red)
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