COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY

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1 February 21, 2014 COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY The Communications Ministry has oversight for St. Luke s marketing and communications, both internal and external. This includes the St. Luke s publications: the newsletter, Let s Connect, website and Facebook. Members of the Communications Ministry are Mary Beth Jorgensen, Phyllis Albee, Carolyn Alberts, Kate Dolan, Farley Green, Gwen Letson, Dana Smith, Andy Storjohann, Betsy McTear and Parish Administrator, NJ Daniel. Submittals for publications are always welcome. Feedback is also welcome. Event Publicity: The Communications Ministry is willing and able to help with publicity both before and after St. Luke s events and activities! Here s how: 1. Fill out the Event Information and Reservation Request form. It is available on the website and in the reception area in the office. Include any resources you need for publicity and communications. If you don t know what you need or what is available, state that on the application. 2. Turn in the event form, to NJ, or click send on the website, and a member of the Communications Ministry will contact you about your event. 3. Communications Ministry members will help with external publicity and advertising. For example, they can write press releases and make flyers. Most events should have a follow up so parish members know how the event went either in the newsletter, Let Connect or on the website. By coordinating through the Communications Ministry, St. Luke s will present a unified, polished look to the world and you will get the best results! -Andy Storjohann

2 Parish Council Update There was a Parish Council meeting Saturday, Feb 8. Twenty-seven people attended, representing the various groups, services and activities of the parish. Members of the Congregational Development Plan Oversight Team reviewed progress to date on each goal of the Congregational Development Strategic Plan. The Oversight Team reported that all but five of the 20 objectives under the various goals of the Strategic Plan are either completed or being operationalized. Copies of the update are available in the Parish Hall. A representative of the Communications Ministry and the parish administrator reviewed the procedure to schedule all parish events, which uses the Event Information and Reservation Request form. The form triggers the Communications Ministry to assist with internal and external communications of parish activities. At the conclusion of the updates, those present voted on priority objectives for Based on the vote, the Congregational Development Plan Oversight team has decided to move three objectives forward. Task forces will be established for each. They are: Goal 1 A, To evaluate the multiple liturgies for opportunities to facilitate building community among the entire congregation, Goal 1 D, To develop and implement a plan to increase opportunities for lay leadership, and Goal 2 C: To develop a program to increase involvement of marginally involved members. The task forces will begin work by the end of March. If you are interested in being a part of one of the task forces, please contact a member of the Congregational Development Plan Oversight team. They include Georgianne Jessen, Dave Parkinson, John Empsall, Carla Noonan, Gwen Letson, Andrea Storjohann and Fr. Pat Bell. The next meeting is scheduled for May 17 at 9:30 a.m. Andy Storjohann No One Shall Die Alone Training You are invited to consider becoming a volunteer with No One Shall Die Alone (NOSDA), which is a volunteer service provided to assist families and their loved ones who is in a terminal, end of life condition. Volunteers provide a loving comforting presence in these difficult situations. An orientation/training session is scheduled for March 15, 2014, in the St. Pius X Faith Formation Building. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the training will start at 9 a.m.. Lunch is provided. Please contact Chuck Finan at (208) or Jane Nelson at (208) by March 12 to register. Several members of St. Luke s are involved with this program. If you have an interest, talk to Mary Beth Jorgensen ( ), Dave Lyon ( ), Bob Runkle ( ) or Eloise Swanson ( ) for more details about the program.

3 This Week at St. Luke s Carpool anyone? Sat 22 nd 5:30 p.m. HE II We have several members who live at Sun 23 rd 8:00 a.m. HE I 9:15 a.m. The Well Service 9:30 a.m. Chancel Choir 10:30 a.m. HE II 12:00 p.m. Vestry meeting Mon 24 th 9:30 a.m. Prayer Shawl 5:30 p.m. EfM Tues 25 th 9:30 a.m. Altar Guild Security Training 5:30 p.m. Men s AA Garden Plaza in Post Falls who are having a difficult time getting a ride to church on Sunday. If you are interested in helping out and giving these folks a ride please contact me for more information. Thank You NJ 7:00 p.m. Book Study w/bob Runkle Wed 26 th 10:00 a.m. Fit & Fall Proof 10:30 a.m. Newsletter Team 3:00 p.m. Studies in the Bible 4:30 p.m. Bell Choir practice 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir practice Thurs 27 th 9:30 a.m. CDA Art Club 1:00 p.m. Blankets for Kids 3:00 p.m. Book Study w/bob Runkle 6:00 p.m. Communications meeting Fri 28 th 10:00 a.m. Fit & Fall class 4:30 p.m. CDA Fund Raiser Sat 1 st 1:45 p.m. FPNI birthday party February Reverse Offering We are collecting for the Rathdrum Food Bank this month. Here are a few ideas for items in high demand. You may also check our website for a more detailed list. Canned Meat & Tuna Macaroni & Cheese Peanut Butter Canned Fruit Canned Veggies Canned Stew Canned Spaghetti Sauce 5:30 p.m. HE II

4 Having the right supplies can make a huge difference! Daughters of the King (DOK) is collecting school supplies for the twenty-five or so children who live in St. Vinnie s Transitional Housing. Many organizations collect school supplies for the September start of school, but by this time of year, additional supplies are often needed. Having adequate supplies can go a long way towards helping these students have a successful year at school. If anyone would like to contribute from the following list, it would be much appreciated. Gently used or new supplies can be placed in the DOK book box under the coat rack. Cash or check donations can be put in the collection plate, made out to St. Luke s and marked in the memo box for DOK school supplies, or given to any Daughters of the King member or to NJ. Thank you for any and all help. Calculators- suitable for basic algebra Ultra fine sharpies - black 2 inch 3-ring binders Flash drives - 4 GB Colored pencils Colored markers, preferably thin - Barbara Webb WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY? I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received. I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out prayer petitions written down on voluminous paper sheets from people all over the world. Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth. Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel (continued on page 5)

5 (continued from page 4) friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. "How is it that there is no work going on here? I asked. "So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back Acknowledgments. "How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked. "Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord. "What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked. "If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy, and if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity. "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness... You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. "If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world. "If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world. "If your parents are still married... you are very rare. "If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair..." "Ok," I said. "What now? How can I start?" The Angel said, "If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all." Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are... ATTN: Acknowledge Dept. "Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it." - Karen Olson

6 Prayer Requests Birthdays Military personnel deployed throughout the world, especially: David Hudson, Laura Hudson, Richard Rogers, Chuck Lund, Brian Boyer, James Rowland, Chris Butterfield, Eddie Barnett, Dane Summerfelt, Jamie Butterfield, Alan Ewald, Shane Mott, Nick Cazel, Chris Empsall, Shaun Pennington, George Runkle, Jason Bowers, Mike Ferrari, Scott Parkinson, Tim Jarratt, Bobby Carbajal 02/22 02/24 02/25 02/25 02/26 02/26 Clyde Denniston Lynn Inkley James Lyon Ern Warner Joan Lewis Charlotte Hennig Anniversaries of their death 02/22 02/23 02/24 02/27 02/28 Jim Yates Virgil Shepperd Clara Walley Gerry Kirk Oscar Peterson Healing & Support Joe Smatlan, Jr., John & Jody Miranda, Peter Bates, Steve Hamm, Curt Campbell, Brian Simpson, Dave Otto, Howard Martinson, Joe Manuola, Jason Clifford, Chelsea, Helen McTear, Bill Brooks, Violet Hise, Evelyn Chute, Sara, Carolyn, Victor Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18 Psalm 119: Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 Casebolt, Sandy Davis, Gary, Mike Maheu, Bill, Lucie Maier, Karen McClendon, Connie Prosser, Ken Jungjohann, Char Mills, Ryan Flowers are given by Slippich, Marj Hay, Gretchen Rehberg, Victoria Barrett, Bobbi Ostby, Sarah Francis, James Figel, Bob Hasseries, Jack Dempsey, Tom & Joan Lewis in honor of Natalie Lykke, Katrina Foley, Elizabeth, Nancy Park, Joyce & Manny Funtall, Wilbur Lyon, Lori Thompson, Joe Stalnaker, Bill Bell Joan s birthday

7 AN EVENING OF PANCAKES AND JAZZ On Tuesday, March 4 th, St. Luke s Men will have their traditional Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., the choir will be performing Bob Chilcott s A Little Jazz Mass. This is a regular Eucharist with the service music set in a jazz format. As far as we know this service has never been held in Coeur d Alene. Jazz as we know it today began in the 1700 s as slave work songs in the form of call and response where while working, a leader would call out a line and the rest of the workers would respond, not unlike the antiphonal music we have in liturgical church music today. Spirituals expressed the slaves strong religious beliefs as well as their desire for freedom. Elements of both work songs and spirituals are part of the foundation of jazz. As African Americans began migrating north they brought with them the sounds of jazz and blues. For the first time radios and record players were available to the average household and jazz went from being played only in New Orleans to become a staple of the American airways, dance halls and homes. A number of jazz musicians have composed sacred music for use in churches throughout the world. The great Duke Ellington, born in 1899 and died in 1974, composed and performed three sacred concerts, one for the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York and a jazz mass for St. Augustine Church in New Orleans, the oldest African American church in America. He said Every man prays in his own way and our own Pearl Harwood has said God is never closer to me than when I am playing jazz. So plan on spending Shrove Tuesday, March 4 th, at the Pancake Supper followed by a beautiful Eucharist service, and A Little Jazz Mass. - Carolyn Alberts & Phyllis Albee

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