Atonement Tidings September 2018

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1 Atonement Tidings September 2018 GOD S WORK/OUR HANDS: Hot Dogs for Hunger & Hearts for Hope Sunday, September 9 th following worship Throughout the ELCA, God s Work/Our Hands Sunday is a day of service when Lutheran congregations are asked to be the Church on behalf of others in their community. This year, we invite you to participate in two hands on activities: HEARTS FOR HOPE PRAYER CHAIN PROJECT We invite you to continue lifting up Barbie Macholz Grimaldi (daughter of Bishop John and Lin Macholz) with prayers of hope and healing as she continues cancer treatment, by adding a heart with your name on it to our prayer chain project. All supplies will be provided. Simply stop by Reissig Hall following worship on September 9 fill out a heart and add it to the chain! The completed prayer chain will be delivered to Barbie as a gift of our ongoing love and care for her. For I know the plans I have for you to give you a future and a hope. - Jeremiah 29:11 HOT DOGS FOR HUNGER Help us help hungry people in our community - with your presence and donations! Support Hot dogs for Hunger from 11:00 AM 1:00 PM on September 9 by joining us for a hot dog lunch in Reissig Hall.or picking up your lunch at our parking lot drive-thru. All donations will go towards the Brighton Food Depot. YOUR HELP IS REQUESTED We need a large group of people to assist with our Hots for Hunger! The drive thru requires many hands, big and little! Please look at the sign up sheet on the table in the Narthex for specific jobs. There are also Live Generously t-shirts for you to take and wear at the Hot Dog drive thru; please help yourself to one. You are also invited to have your hot dog lunch at church on Sunday, Sept. 9. We will have tables set up in Reissig Hall for your dining enjoyment; please join us!

2 CHURCH NEWS RIT LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY MEAL Sunday, September 23 rd 6:00 PM Each Sunday evening, Lutheran and Episcopal students at Rochester Institute of Technology gather for worship followed by a home-cooked meal provided by local congregations. During these meals, students socialize and share in discussions with Pastor Craig Swanson, Lutheran Campus Pastor at RIT. Join us in hosting Breakfast for Dinner on September 23 by signing up on the narthex bulletin board. Volunteers are need to donate food/set -up/serve the meal. Please contact Pastor Gail for more information. DONATE A BACKPACK / BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS SUNDAY Sunday, September 2 nd 9:30AM Worship Service As we get ready to begin another year of school, we invite you to bring your backpack to church for a blessing and donate old or used backpacks on the same day. All children and youth, college students, teachers and educators are invited to bring their backpacks forward for a blessing at the time of the Children s Moment. On this day we will also be collecting old or used backpacks (for adults and children) and donating them to the Asbury Dining Ministry for distribution to Rochester residents in need. RALLY DAY Sunday, September 16 th 10:45 11:30 AM Join us on September 16 as we celebrate Rally Day and the kickoff to a new year of faith formation for children, youth and adults. Our theme for this year is Journey with Jesus and we invite you to journey with us! Sunday School: For children age 3 through Grade 5 Confirmation Class and Youth Class: Adult Forum: For youth in Grades 6-12 Featuring a variety of discussion topics Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 ADULT FORUM Sundays at 10:45 AM God s Work/Our Hands: Hots for Hunger (Almost) Live from Houston: Youth Gathering Recap The Conversation Continues: Youth & Family Ministry at Atonement: Where Do We Go From Here? Discipleship Volunteer Challenge YOUTH GATHERING RECAP (Almost Live From Houston) Sunday, September 16 th 10:45 AM in Adult Forum Come and hear our Youth Gathering participants share stories, experiences, and the High s (the temperature!) and Low s (waiting in long lines!) of their amazing trip to Houston this past June. HERITAGE POTLUCK DINNER Saturday, October 13 th 4:30-7:00 PM Since last year s Octoberfest German Potluck was such a success, we invite you to join us for a potluck dinner featuring many heritages! We will provide a main dish, and invite you to dig deep into your family cookbooks for a favorite side dish or dessert that may have been passed down from grandparents, or maybe an ethnic dish from the country of your ancestors. We will begin with appetizers outside and then around 5:30, we will gather in Founder s Hall for a buffet-style meal. There will be a sign-up sheet, and more details to come in bulletins. If you would like to help with the planning of this event, please see Barb Sanko. 2

3 FELLOWSHIP LUNCH & LAUGHTER Wednesday, September 12 at Noon in Founders Hall September s song is a two-part harmony, as summer s lighthearted serenade ends and a deeper melody begins. From Simple Abundance, by Sarah Ban Breathnach Come to our end of summer potluck lunch! Bring a dish to pass and join in on the friendly conversation. Share your summer vacation stories and photos. We ll provide beverages, hot and cold. Sign-up sheet in the narthex (this helps a lot with our planning), but if you forget to sign up, come anyway. There is always room for YOU at our table. Set-up or clean-up help is always appreciated. If you need transportation, call the office at and we will help secure you a ride. BISHOP'S GOLF TOURNAMENT A good time was had by all at the Bishop's Golf Tournament on August 20. Atonement sponsored a sign to show our support. Congratulations to Bob Touhsaent and Dave Irish, who golfed with the winning foursome of the tournament! Funds raised at this event will go towards the 2018 Bishop's Appeal supporting Youth and Young Adult Ministry in our Synod. PRAYER MINISTRY MORNING PRAYER Wednesday, September 5 th 9:00 AM in the Prayer Room Sing to the Lord of harvest your songs of love and praise; with joyful hearts and voices your alleluias raise. From ELW 694 Wie Lieblich ist der Main We give thanks for summer s bounty and for the promise of the autumn harvest. For many, September signals a time to get back to work, back to study, to settle in after vacation. You are invited to join us a half hour or so of quiet prayer, meditation and reflection. It s a gentle and loving way to begin your day. STAFF NOTES Welcome Back to our Director of Music Ministries, Joshua Brown, as he returns from his summer sabbatical. We look forward to hearing about his sabbatical experiences in the field of organ building/organ maintenance at an Adult Forum presentation on October 7. Thank you to David Wilkinson for serving as our Administrative Assistant during the past ten months. We appreciate his presence and dedicated work in keeping the church office running smoothly. We offer David our best wishes as he begins a year of work with a general contractor. Welcome to Paula Jackson, our new Administrative Assistant. Paula is a graduate of SUNY Brockport with a Master of Science in Public Education degree, and recently served as Administrative Assistant at Parma Baptist Community Church in Spencerport. We look forward to having Paula join our Atonement church staff. Please stop in the church office and introduce yourself to her. 3

4 DISCIPLESHIP WHAT IS THE DISCIPLESHIP OUTREACH MINISTRY? We are one of four ministry areas (the others are Preparation, Invitation and Administration) formed to carry out our Atonement mission. Discipleship Outreach is God's work locally and beyond. Our ministries include the following: Disbursement of the church benevolence budget to local agencies including: Brighton Food Depot, FoodLink, Brighton Churches Habitat Coalition, St Joseph's Neighborhood Center, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Genesee Area Campus Ministry, Camp Joy, the Rochester Indigent Supplemental Burial Fund, Genesee Fingerlakes Conference, LCLC Camp, and the Bishop's Golf Tournament Fundraising to make additional donations to charities including: our annual May Rummage Sale, Hot Dogs for Hunger, Easter candy, and Thanksgiving pie sales for local Habitat builds Organizing multiple collection projects including: Baby Bundles for Bethany House, the Advent Collections to benefit various agencies, the Angel Tree at Christmas for a Habitat family, the Lenten Appeal for World Hunger, food for the Brighton Food Depot year round, personal hygiene items for St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center, bottles and cans for the Lazarus Fund, and poptops for Ronald McDonald House Growing vegetables for a local food cupboard Providing meals twice a year for the RIT students at their Lutheran Campus Ministries worship service and meal ministry. NEW TO DISCIPLESHIP: TAKE THE DISCIPLESHIP VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE! We have all been blessed by God with certain gifts and talents and opportunities to use them! And we are called to give back a portion of these blessings in thanksgiving for what we have received. That may mean sharing our gifts and talents within our congregation, around our church building, or even volunteering out in the community. A generous donor has established a $4,000 Volunteer Challenge Fund to encourage all of us adults and youth -- to help make a difference in our community. Here s how it works: Volunteer for a local non-profit agency and complete 10 hours of volunteer service. Complete the Volunteer Challenge application form and submit it to the Discipleship mailbox in the church office. The Discipleship team will review the application. If approved, the agency where you volunteer will receive a gift of $200 from the Volunteer Challenge Fund. The Volunteer Challenge may apply to current volunteer activities or new ones. One gift may be made on behalf of a volunteer in a given year until all of the Challenge Fund has been used. For more information, contact the church office or Karen Goodyear, from the Discipleship team. Providing teams: to help serve meals at the Asbury Dining and Caring Center five Sundays each year, and to assist people at St. John's Home Sunday Services twice a year Communicating with our twin congregation in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe BRIGHTON FOOD DEPOT For the month of September, the suggested items to donate are: canned tuna and canned entrées, such as ravioli, beefaroni, and chili. Thank you for your generosity in giving. Your donations are appreciated! 4

5 YOUNG FAMILIES Fifth Annual Young Families Camping Trip, July YOUNG FAMILIES EVENT Sunday, September 30th 5:00 7:00 PM You, Your Children, and God: Faith Development and Family Life Presented by Kurt Schlewitt, Program Director, Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center. Join our young families for dinner, a group building activity for children and adults, and a presentation on faith formation for families. A sub sandwich dinner will be provided. Please sign up on the Narthex bulletin board if you plan to attend. SUNDAY SCHOOL: OFFERING AND GIVING This year's Sunday School children will be sponsoring and participating in monthly donation drives in order to foster a habit of active giving and recognition of the many gifts God has given us. Parents would like our children to learn the importance of sharing God's bounty, so we are trying something new this year and invite the entire congregation to join us! We will hold monthly themed donation collections to benefit various organization in our community. Children will be able to help purchase/ collect these items and bring them to the donation table in the Sunday School area. We will discuss the mission and importance of each month's organization as well as the impact our giving will have on the recipients. We encourage you to join us in this effort and show our children, and our community how we can make a big difference will small acts of giving. Please watch the bulletin for updates on Monthly Item Requests. Collections will run October-May. Our theme for October is "SOCK-Tober" and we will be collecting socks of all sizes to benefit The Center for Youth! 5

6 LAKE CHAUTAQUA LUTHERAN CENTER JULY FINANCIAL UPDATE July Budget Over/(Under) Income $ 124, $ 134, $ (9,635.55) Expense $ 132, $ 141, $ (9,799.80) Net Income $ (7,417.80) $ (7,582.05) $ LCLC SUMMER CAMP Another summer of fun, memories, and faith formation at LCLC Summer Camp. Thank you for supporting our Lutheran Summer Camps helping make memories to last a life-time. 6

7 THE CHURCH GARDEN Folks being served by the Pittsford Food Cupboard are in for a treat of fresh vegetables. Atonement Lutheran Church s Vegetable Garden is loving this rain! Here is a photo of a delivery to the Pittsford Food Cupboard. After 4 weeks of picking, the garden has yielded the following vegetable amounts: 4 Cauliflower heads 12 Broccoli bunches 20 Peppers 36 Tomatoes 40 Eggplants 49 Zucchinis THANK YOU JONATHAN Thank you to Jonathan Madden, our very talented Summer Organist/ Pianist, for sharing his gift of music with us these past two months while Josh has been on sabbatical. Jonathan celebrated his last Sunday with us by sharing his talents in a Gospel and Jazz service consisting of his own arrangements of beloved hymns. The service and music was enjoyed by all, and the congregation showed their appreciation for Jonathan with a special Lemonade on the Lawn in thanks and farewell. And, some pumpkins are just starting to peek out! Thank you to all our gardeners! 7

8 September 2 September 5 September 9 September 12 September 13 September 16 September 18 September 23 September 30 CALENDAR Worship (Blessing of the Backpacks) Lemonade on the Lawn 10:45 AM Morning Prayer 9:00 AM Worship God s Work our Hands Hot Dogs for Hunger 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Asbury Dining Ministry 11:15 AM - 1:45 PM Lunch and Laughter 12:00 PM Worship Planning Meeting 1:30 AM Worship Rally Day / Adult Forum 10:45 AM Board of Ministries Meeting 6:00 PM Worship Sunday School / Adult Forum 10:45 AM RIT Campus Ministry Meal 6:00 PM Worship Sunday School / Adult Forum 10:45 AM Young Families Event 5:00 PM BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES September Birthdays 4 Martha Dox 5 Benjamin Thompson 6 Carl Foucht, Elizabeth Rose 9 Jeffrey Fisher 10 Andra Smith 12 Michael Lee, Michael Hauck 13 Dottie Haelen 15 Eloise Kress 17 David Irish 18 Femi Thompson 20 Carol Pearson 21 Jim Rau 23 Samuel Bogumil 24 Connor Rose 27 Celina Tassone 28 Kathleen Wilkinson 29 Anne Bartlett, Matt McGill September Anniversaries 5 Alyssa and Wes Jones 9 Sue and Jim Hauck 12 Riccardo and Amy Betti 17 Terry and Avis Hooper, Elizabeth and Thomas Carpenter 18 Adam and Sharon Darder 22 Carl and Pat Foucht CONGREGATIONAL CARE PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS A BIG Thank You to Sarah Bell for taking time out of her busy schedule to clean, purge, organize and spruce up our Children's Nursery. We appreciate her time and efforts in maintaining the space for our littlest members. Our Sympathy and Prayers to our Nursery Care Provider, Andrea Coventry, upon the death of her mother on August 8. Members: Barbara Goodrich, Eloise Kress, Nancy Petrich, Vi Price, Susan Touhsaent. Friends and Family: Judy and David Ballerstein, Kathy Doherty, Jon and Marilyn Fair (Brother of Nancy Heise), Barb Macholz Grimaldi, Jeff, Richard Kress, Judy Price, Mark, Erika 8

9 September 2018 September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 Assistant Minister Joanne Scanlon Matt McGill David T Wilkinson Joanne Scanlon Matt McGill Communion Assistant Betty Middlebrook Vi Price Wally Short Sue Hauck David T Wilkinson Reader Jean Seager Jack Teter Connor Krapf Madison Hauck Kathy Heinig Children s Moment Pastor Gail Swanson Karan Thompson David T Wilkinson Pastor Gail Swanson David T Wilkinson Acolyte Faye Domroes Eva Condemi Shannon Howe Madison Hauck Meghan Domroes Greeter Diane Christianson Andrea Fleishman Marion Ginegaw Barb Goodrich Ann Patterson Usher Norm Karsten Stew Stover Jack Teter Karan Thompson John Tokoli Lemonade on the Lawn / Coffee Host Barb Sanko & Stover Family Hots for Hunger Judy Lazenby Jan Hunt Bob Heinig Assistant Financial Sec. Norm Karsten John Kruidenier Richard Phelps Bob Touhsaent John Kruidenier Counter Nancy Heise Diane Christianson Jack Teter Tom Thompson Stew Stover Altar Care Judy Karsten 9

10 1900 Westfall Road Rochester NY September Westfall Road Rochester, NY Return Service Requested Dated Material MISSION STATEMENT Atonement Lutheran Church is a gathering of God s people in Christ called to: Invite all people into the presence of the living God, Prepare for ministry in daily life, Go into the world as disciples ATONEMENT LUTHERAN CHURCH 1900 Westfall Road Rochester, NY Pastor: The Rev. Gail Swanson Director of Music: Mr. Joshua Brown Telephone: office@atonementrochester.org Website: Facebook: fb.com/atonementlutheranchurch/ Sunday Worship and Holy Communion: Christian Education: 10:45-11:30 AM Sundays Office Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM Tues/ Wed/ Thurs Pastor s Day Off: Monday 10