News from Edmonds Lutheran Church. Gratitude and Connections! Wednesday nights 6 pm. Edmonds Lutheran Church. September The Jaasund Jubilee

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1 Edmonds Lutheran Church th Avenue West Office Edmonds, WA Non-Profit Org US Postage PAID Lynnwood, WA Permit No Change Service Requested News from Edmonds Lutheran Church September 2015 The Jaasund Jubilee We will be a sign in the community that Jesus Christ is here. Gratitude and Connections! Seattle, and across oceans to my original homelands of Denmark and Norway. I traced my family roots all the way to Vikings in the 1200s (!), and traced the history of Christianity as it came to Scandinavia in the Welcome home! It s good to be back. 1000s. Viking kings were buried on the land Sometimes you don t even know how good it behind my cousins home! is to be home until you ve been gone. I ve sort of been around the world and back This is Ase and Marit again this spring and summer. It has been standing in front of an amazing time of discovery, wonder, the burial mound! insights - a major change of pace, and all of it marked by grace. Sunday worship Schedule 8:30 am Traditional Worship 9:30 am Adult Forum Hour 10:30 am Celebration worship My biggest prayer on every step of my sabbatical/renewal experience was - Thank you! Office Hours: Phone: Monday-Friday 9am 1pm office@edmondslutheran.org Pastor: Rev. Dr. Julie M. Josund pastorjulie@edmondslutheran.org Pastor: Tim Oleson Administrative Assistant: Donna Saltzberg pastortim@edmondslutheran.org office@edmondslutheran.org Communications Coordinator: Suzy Baroud suzybaroud@hotmail.com Music Ministries: Darren Hochstedler darren@edmondslutheran.org Margo Lawrence, Nancy Furness Organists Operations Manager: Patrick Brady patrick@edmondslutheran.org Learning Center: Amelia Nossum, Director Mary Sheldahl, Program Supervisor Wednesday nights 6 pm I found myself saying thanks almost constantly. Thank you GOD for the time, the opportunity and the beauty of creation. Thank you GOD of abundance and glory, for family and faith and transportation; for foods that changed with the locations I found myself in. For sunshine and rain, for boats and seas. Everyday, and in every situation there was time and space in my heart and soul to be filled with gratitude. That is one of the things that I want to continue to take with me into all of my next steps. Connections is another theme which I have come to believe in even more. Our human souls need connections with others to thrive. We are in danger of losing this when we, or our society, places so much value on independence and individualism. I made and found connections with people all across the country - from New York to Until this trip I thought I was the first Pastor in our family. It turns out however, that there were Prestens (Priests, Pastors) in my family in the 1600s in Norway. Jaasund itself (the town my grandparents came from and where most of the family still live) was the place in the 1700s set aside for widows of pastors to live. My cousin Ase s address is 14 Prestaskjersveien. We had a Family Jubilee in Jaasund that brought 60 people together (see the picture on the top of the page). Continued on next page

2 Continued from front page In Denmark, 3 generations visited the homes, farms and churches that have shaped our ancestors and descendants to the current day. ~ September 2015 ~ Mostly by boat! The water theme is clear in this family history. Birthday Blessings to Thu Church communities are awesome places to continue to develop the connections that xt Study (FS) enhance our lives and faith. ELC has also used this Sabbatical/Renewal time to connect, renew, play and pray. I ve heard that you had good experiences with Liturgical art projects, discernment conversations, a Mariner s game.and that there is more to come! Sunday, September 13 will be a kick-off of xt Study (FS) the new program year. The 9:30 forum will include sabbatical reflections, with pictures and stories. The celebration of another heritage will continue with an authentic Hawaiian Luau after the second service. Fri 4 Sat 5 God danced on the day you were born :00 Memorial for Virginia Lee 10a Drum Circle (Fabric of Life, Edmonds) 1:00p Memorial for Tom Opstad at Ida Culver Home May we all continue to learn about who we are and where we have come from. And as we grow, may we find grace and space, and respond with gratitude. Altogether I connected personally with more Gratefully, than 300 people in Norway, Denmark, Pr. Julia Maria Jaasund (!) Whidbey, Vashon and Camano Island, Boston, Cape Cod, NY, Philadelphia, St. Paul, MN, South Dakota, Oregon and Washington. I traveled by boat, plane, train and car. xt Study (FS) p Pinochle (FH) 8a Women s Breakfast (Swedish Edmonds Cafeteria) 6:30p Choir rehearsal 11:30a Recorder Ensemble (S) 25 xt Study (FS) 6p Choir Potluck dinner 7p Evening Prayer service (S) our Friends at ELC! 26 September 1 Daniel Moody September 1 Lloyd Nelson September 4 Bonnie Wolcott September 6 Hilde Glore September 7 Barbara Wills September 9 Rosella Kleven September 10 Rosa Mulkey September 12 Eileen Blume September 12 Beverly Sweet September 14 Fern Martinson September 20 Andrew Josund-Brady September 20 Eric Josund-Brady September 20 Tami Petterson September 20 Sandy Yeigh September 21 Velma Bakker September 26 Beatrice Granen September 29 Gigi Reed-Hopper September 30 Sue Krueger Anniversary Blessings to: September 8 Kristi and Robert McCullough GUESS WHAT:I am letting you know that it is that time of the year again. The stores are full of school supplies for the coming school year. Now is when we need to get going on collecting things for our LWR fall shipping day. You know it is the SCHOOL KITS, BABY CARE, and the HEALTH KITS. The items we need will be on a list on the Fellowship Hall bulletin board. Take one with you, that way you will know what we need. We really can use a lot of paper for the school kits, soap for the baby care kits and health kits, also those large bath towels. If you have any questions, feel free to call and ask me about these items. Dorothy Holman September 11 Ray and Ilene Armintrout September 11 Craig and Gigi Reed-Hopper September 18 Paul and Lisa Witzel September 19 Dan and Myrna Moody There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage. 11 ~ Martin Luther

3 6 9:30a Worship (S) ~ September 201 Sun Mon Tue Wed 13 Fall Kick-off - Share your heritage Luau 8:30a Traditional Worship 10:30a Celebration Worship 11:45a Celebration Luau 7 Labor Day - Office closed 14 1p Prayer Shawal (FS) 1 7:30 Book Club (Neidhardt s) 8 9a ELC staff retreat 10a Rebecca Circle (TBA) 7p ELC Council Meeting (FS) 15 10a Quilters (FH) 7p Rachel s Circle (TBA) 2 9a Men s Breakfast (Pancake Haus) 4p ACK Board Mtg (FS) 9 6p Learning Center Board (CC) 16 9a Men s Breakfast (Pancake Haus) 6p Learning Center Staff (LC) :30p Choir rehea Clergy Renewal News September Worship Adult Forum Sept 6 Sept 13 Schedule Last 9:30 service Pastor Malcolm Brown - guest preacher Fall Kick-Off Worship at 8:30 and 10:30 9:30 Adult Forum with Pr. Julie Sabbatical/Renewal Reflection 11:45 Celebrate more heritage - Luau! Sept 20 Worship at 8:30 and 10:30 God s Work, Our Hands Sunday 9:30 Forum - Compass Health Speaker Work Project at Compass Health after the 10:30 service Sept 27 8:30 and 10:30 9:30 Forum by Pastor Jerry O Neill HOLDEN EVENING PRAYER Join us on Thursday, September 24 for Choir and Musician Potluck Dinner at 6 :00 pm. The musicians dinner will be followed with a Holden Evening Prayer Service that is open to the congregation and community at 7:00 Anyone interested in joining the choir or any of our music groups is welcome to the potluck. 20 God's Work, Our Hands 8:30a Traditional Worship 9:30a Adult Forum - Compass Health 10a 1 Green Planet recycling event 10:30a Celebration Worship 27 8:30a Traditional Worship 9:30a Adult Forum - Jerry O'Neill 10:30a Celebration Worship pm Dine Out (TBA) p Confirmation 24 6p Choir Potluck 7p Evening Praye In April of this year, Reverend Jerry R. O Neill (our spiritual director in residence) and his new wife, Carol Gannaway, went on a mission trip to Haiti with three other adults and ten youth from Trinity Lutheran Church on Whidbey Island. Jerry and Carol will share their experiences with pictures and stories on Sunday, Sept 27. Please come! Save the date... Sunday, September 13th Luau at ELC! (switch back to 8:30/10:30 services) Fall Kick Off/Celebrating Renewal Project AT EDMONDS LUTHERAN CHURCH September 17-6:30pm first choir rehearsal. Continuing through the fall except the following week - which is a potluck and Holden evening prayer and thanksgiving. September 12 - Drum Circle starts at 10:00 am at Fabric of Life in Downtown Edmonds continuing in October every 3rd Saturday at 10:00 am. Recorder Ensemble is September 19 at 11:30 am in the sanctuary. Continuing every 3rd Saturday. 3

4 Church Life News Announcements Below is a list of regularly-scheduled opportunities outside of the Sunday worship services at Edmonds Lutheran Church. ACTIVITY/EVENT Staff Meeting Chimes Rehearsal Recorder Ensemble Prayer Shawl Knitters Dine Out Book Club Quilters Men s Breakfast Bible Study Annie s Community Kitchen Clergy Text Study Traditions Choir Drum Circle Pinochle Group Women s Breakfast Rachel s Circle Rebecca s Circle homes NA NA NA Women NA OA MEETINGS Council ACK Board Meeting Learning Center Board Mtg Learning Center Staff Mtg Seamus, and working as a birth doula. Before I am able to be ordained in the ELCA Thank you for welcoming me into your and find a call, I need to complete some community and helping me grow as a leader Lutheran coursework and an internship. I will in the church. I learned so much from not be continuing forward with my watching your community worship, organize, internship immediately, but I hope to do and care for one another and your some of my coursework over the next year community. My sense of call has been and then begin my internship the following confirmed through this experience, and I fall. Kris and I are also looking forward to feel more prepared for the work I will do in celebrating Seamus first birthday, going the future. Thank you for your kindness camping in Colorado with family, and taking during the past four months, as I have been a vacation to Hawaii in September. I will still learning. It has truly been a joy to be with be in the area, so I hope to stop by once in you, and I will miss seeing you all on a awhile to say hello. Thank you again for your regular basis. support and encouragement during my time with you. Blessing to each one of you. Once I finish my work at ELC, I will be spending the next year caring for my son, Peace, Kira DATE LOCATION Tuesdays 10:30 am ELC (CR) Thurdays-7:30 pm ELC (S) 3rd Saturdays 11:00 am ELC (S) 2nd and 4th Monday-1:00 pm 4th Monday - 5:00 pm local restaurants 1st Tuesday - 7:30 pm Held at members homes 3rd Tuesday - 10:00 am ELC (FH) 1st & 3rd Wednesdays - 9am Edmonds Pancake Haus Wednesdays - 10:30 am Wednesdays - 5-6:30 pm ELC (FH/K) Thursdays at 10:30 am Thursdays - 6:30 pm ELC (FH) 3rd Saturday-10:00 am Fabric of Life in Edmonds 3rd Friday - 7:00 pm ELC (FH) 3rd Saturday - 8:00 am Swedish Edmonds Cafeteria 3rd Tuesdays 7:00 pm held at members homes 2nd Tuesdays 10:00 am held at members Mondays at 7-8:30 pm Tuesdays at 7:30 pm Saturdays at 10:00 am Sundays at 6:00 pm Sundays at 6:30 pm 2nd Tuesdays -7:00 pm 1st Wednesdays 4:00 pm 2nd Wednesday- 6:00 pm 3rd Wednesday-6:00 pm Fellowship Hall SS SS SS Fellowship Hall ELC (CR) ELC 2015 Council President Paul Witzel (c) VP Bob Ramborger Secretary Sydney Isaac Treasurer Malcolm McCallum (c) Financial Secretary Education Dorothy Bunstine Stephanie Wick Outreach David Ruud Stewardship Bill Anderson Endowment Property Kevin Jewett and Grounds Worship Don Furness and Music Care and Linda Bloom Compassion Fellowship Betty and Events Vandenberg (h) (c) ELC Book Club Summer Picnic Dear Edmonds Lutheran Church, To Bob Flores for sharing his amazing gift of photography with us! To Mike and Linda Bloom for welcoming the volunteers at Annie s Kitchen and ELC s book club to enjoy the hospitality of their Camano get-away! To Barb Elias for her tireless efforts to make members and non members feel loved and supported though our memorial/events ministry! 9

5 Church Life News changes Isaac, Sydney New Avery, Lorelei New Siqueland, Lee New Phone # correction Booth-Averill, Margaret Phone Brosvik, Julie Cell Gronau, Bill & Adrianne Harada, Erik Cell McConnachie, Sheila Phone New Members Bradshaw, Merrillee th Ave S #17 Edmonds, WA Merrillee.Bradshaw@Thrivent.com Brown, Malcolm & Charlie th Ave NE Shoreline, WA prmalcolmb@gmail.com charliebrown4evr@gmail.com Hughey, Cecil & Melanie 1702 NW 195th Shoreline, WA Phone cell PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING UPDATES IN ADDRESS AND CHANGES: Jurewicz, Tom & Karen 8423 Madrona Lane Edmonds, WA K T karensells@comcast.net tomjtoon@comcast.net Address changes Eckland, Dorothy Bothell Everett Hwy, Apt #213 Everett, WA Krueger, Elsie (starting 7/24/15) th St. SW #208 Lynnwood, WA Phone Matuska, John 758 Laurel St. Edmonds, WA Phillips, John 6721 NE 182nd Street - A-105 Kenmore Cell: Phillips, Ryan 6721 NE 182nd Street - A-105 Kenmore Cell: Ramborger, Bob & Mary Anne 810 Hickory Place Mt. Vernon, WA Phone Cell phones same Schulz, Mary Acacia Senior Home th Pl SW, Edmonds Phone Church Life News Rebecca Circle Rebecca Circle will begin meeting again on Tuesday, September 8th at 10:00 am. The location hasn t been determined yet, so, if you would like to join us on the 8th, Dorothy Holman at dotholman@comcast.net for details. We will be meeting every 2nd Tuesday throughout the winter, and we would love to have you join us! Quilting starts on September 15th at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall. We also will be meeting the 3rd Tuesday all winter. Our volunteers make lovely quilts that are sent to all corners of the world for relief and disaster response. Please come and join us. Bring a sack lunch. The coffee is always hot and cookies too! Bring a friend! Wednesdays at 6 pm After the two-month summer break, Pinochle begins again on Friday, September 18 at 7:00 pm. Bring your favorite snacking food to share. Be prepared for fun! For more info Dorothy at dotholman@comcast.net Ready for another year of confirmation! We will begin our confirmation classes again starting on September 30th. Classes will be held Wednesdays from 6pm-7pm in Pr Julie's office. Come early and grab dinner at Annie's Kitchen! God's Work Our Hands Sunday September 20th!!! ELC is partnering with On September 20th, after our worship services we will be participating in the God's Work Our Hands Sunday. We invite you to put on your yellow T-shirt that says this loudly and proudly and join in one of the two options to serve on this Sunday. One opportunity is to help serve one of our community partners, Compass Health. At the present time we do not have a definitive project but Compass is thinking it might be some painting or yard-work at their facility in Everett (more details to come on this project as soon as we know about them). Or if manual labor like this is not your strong suit, throw on the yellow shirt and assist in the 1 Green Planet operation that will also happen that Sunday. Simply come to the parking lot and meet and greet our neighbors as they drop off their recyclables, get to know them, and even offer to help them unload some of the items they are dropping off. What a great opportunity to get to know our community members, 5 too!!

6 ELC Summer Highlights 11th Annual Edmonds Lutheran Golf Tournament July 19, 2015 Learning Center News pin award by Mateo Kuo, David Ruud s eightyear-old grandson, the youngest player in the tournament. The mixture of church members and friends of the congregation enjoyed the fellowship. Feel free to invite your family and friends to the event next summer. Mateo Kuo, David Ruud s grandson. It was a hot sunny afternoon on July 19, 2015, as thirty-six golfers played in the Eleventh Annual Edmonds Lutheran Golf Tournament at the Lynnwood Municipal Golf Course. Golfers of all skill levels played in this fun event. The team of Milt Anderson, Kevin Isaac, Brad Nelson and Al Rad were the winners in the best ball format with a net score of 61. Par for the Lynnwood Golf Course is 65. The team of Nick Hansen, Hanna Petterson, Kirk Petterson and Thad Stanley finished second with a score of 62. The third place winners with a score of 65 were a team of Sharon Maril, Grant McCallum, John McCallum and Malcolm McCallum. The closest to the pin competition winners were Mateo Kuo, Grant McCallum, Cherste Nilde and Nick Hansen. All winners received golf balls and/ or coffee cards. One highlight of the day was the closest to the Special thanks to Diane McCallum for providing cookies and handling registration. Malcolm McCallum Golf Tournament Chairperson Goal Setting Task Force Update We are nearing the end of our Goal Setting project we have been working over the last five months. To recap, we began with multiple cottage meetings where we asked the congregation members to explore their fears, hopes and dreams for ELC. Then we had an all congregational brunch where we took some of the themes that came from the cottage meetings and invited you all to brainstorm what ideas you would support and participate in to help make these hopes become a reality. Then we began with community interviews asking our community members and leaders what are the struggles and needs of our community. Now we have a great deal of data and information that this September the task force and council will look at and dig through to set some new goals for our congregation as we move into the future. The plan is to have these goals set in October and be able to talk through the data gathered and the new goals so we can begin the exciting and fun work of living into the future of ELC. Keep an eye out for forums and meetings to come in October to learn what we found from this process and what conclusions we have reached. Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 is familiar to us all, reminding us there is a time for everything. As a new school year begins in September, we say good-bye to Ashlyn, Sophie, Nicholas, Yoseph and Zoe. God has provided us with children to fill not only their spots, but four enrolled families are expecting their second child. Congratulations to soon to be big brothers, sisters and parents of McKenna, Rowan, Harley and Jaxon. Ecclesiastes not only mentions a season for everything, but that everything is meaningless 37 times. I realize that all my worldly pleasures are temporary and that I only get a sense of meaning and happiness when I focus on an eternal God, not my temporary pleasures. In verse 12 we are told, I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. Additional thanks to Dave Nelson for designing our shed sign. Want to thank the following people for remembering the Learning Center with donated food: Bob Snyder, Les Lerslake, Mimi Lee, Barb Elias and Rozella Kleven. Also thank you to Bob Ramborger for checking out our air conditioner unit; Karen Newsome for donated garbage bags; and Diane McCallum for construction paper & cart. Finally, thank you to Pastor Tim for demonstrating his golf swings to the preschool as part of their education on sports. Like always, we appreciate kitchen garbage bags, 5 ounce cups, large non-latex gloves and batteries. In August the Learning Center had our surprise visit from the Washington State Early Achiever s evaluation team. We will receive our rating in October, and no matter how they rate us, I am sure God s rating is more important. Overlooked in the official rating is the $1800 in tuition assistance and the fantastic staff, board, volunteers and church members that truly care about the quality of this outreach mission. So as we start a new school year and look at what is meaningful, I think it is appropriate to conclude with the last 2 verses, 13 & 14, of Ecclesiastes from the New Living Translation. That's the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone's duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad. The Learning Center is blessed by many people doing good! Thank you to our following kids parents: Isaiah for watermelon; Dion for baby food; Troylius for God Bless you all - Amelia Nossum, Director toys; Joshua for file folders. A very special BOOK CLUB - Please join ELC s book club! Its a thank you to Mary Parker and all who lot of fun and is filled with engaging conversation! contributed to Dick s memorial! The this month we will be meeting at the Neidhardts on Learning Center now has a shed for our Tuesday, September 1st at 7:30 pm. preschool outside toys. Thanks to Dave & Evan Gerlach and Kirk Petterson for fixing For more information, contact Linda the toddler shed, removing a broken Bloom at mukbloom@gmail.com 7 platform and assembling the new shed.