Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church The Lantern MARCH 2013 I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of the life. John 8:12 Greetings from the Pastor, Out of Death to Life Lent will draw to a close on the last Sunday of March. We can all hope that winter will end as well. The winter season like all seasons can be full of surprises. Sudden storms are always a prospect. Life, too, has its seasons, and Lent perhaps more than others can reflect its harshness. Holy week which precedes the Resurrection celebration takes us on just such a journey. From Palm/Passion Sunday we journey from the celebrative moment when Jesus enters Jerusalem, to the final moments with his disciples in the upper room on Maundy Thursday, to the agony of Good Friday. But all of this leads us to the joy of Resurrection. The celebration is one of renewed life through Christ. Plan to make this journey with us as we gather at 7:30 on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, and celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord, at the festival service of Easter Day. Eagerly awaiting that day, Pastor McKinley IN THIS ISSUE: Pg. 2 Dates, News, Flowers Pg. 3 Sign, Council, LCW Pg. 4 Hymn Devotion Pg. 5 March Calendar Pg. 6 Birthdays & Worship Assistants Pg. 7 Spec. Services & New Bulletin Info. Pg. 8 Pancake Supper Pics Pg. 9 Flower Order Form Dates to remember: 3/06 ~ Wed. Lenten Study 11:30 AM & 7:30 PM 3/13 ~ Wed. Lenten Study 11:30 AM & 7:30 PM 3/20 ~ Wed. Lenten Study 11:30 AM & 7:30 PM 3/24 ~ Palm Sunday 3/28 ~ Maundy Thursday 7:30 PM 3/29 ~ Good Friday 7:30 PM 3/31 ~ Easter Sunday Come early this Easter...no you won't have to help rolling the stone away, but you will have the joy of sharing Easter breakfast with your fellow members and friends at Immanuel. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 am by the same team that provided the Mardi Gras pancake supper. A sign up sheet is in the Narthex, plan now to attend. Rev. James McKinley-Vice Pastor ~ jem.mckinley@gmail.co Mrs. Roxanne Rossano, Secretary ~ secretary@ilutheran.net
Dates to Remember for March... Don t be late turn your clocks ahead on 1st day of Spring is March 20th!!!! YOUR NEWSLETTER EWSLETTER!!! DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN VIEW OUR NEWSLETTER IN FULL COLOR ON YOUR COMPUTER? GO TO: www.ilutheran.net SCROLL DOWN TILL YOU SEE ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN THE MOST CURRENT NEWSLETTERS AVAILABLE, CLICK ON THE ONE YOU D LIKE TO VIEW. IT COMES UP AS A PDF FILE SO ADOBE READER MUST BE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER (WHICH IS FREE AND SAFE). DUE TO THE INCREASE OF POSTAGE, IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO MAIL. IF YOU WOULD RATHER VIEW IT ONLINE AS OPPOSED TO RECEIVING IT IN THE MAIL, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 732.363.1599 OR SEND ME AN EMAIL AT: secretary@ilutheran.net. THIS WOULD HELP ON THE PRINTING & PAPER COST AS WELL. HAPPY READING! ROXANNE ROSSANO/CHURCH SECRETARY CHURCH FLOWERS WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE COSTS AND PROCEDURE FOR FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR, AND COLUMBARIUM. Altar flowers are $20; reduced from $30. This is for both vases. We are now adding a cost for the two small vases which are usually placed on the organ and piano. They are going to be $15 for both vases. The columbarium flowers will remain at $30, and will also include a vase. We will also be accepting any amount in general, which will be place in a separate fund used to purchase flowers for weeks when no one has donated. If you would like to donate flowers for the altar, organ, or columbarium, the full price must be paid. You must also sign up on the flower chart in the hallway, and fill out a donation card in the envelope next to the chart, and payment must be received prior to the specified week. You have the option to take the flowers home, or to leave them and they will be kept at the altar until their life has been spent, or until the following week where someone has donated flowers. 2
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ELECTED 2013 COUNCIL MEMBERS: SIGN FUNDRAISER! We need to repair our sign that messages have been missed so much by all. Our first project is a loose change collection. Each family can pick up a change collection box in the narthex. Each week bring back container and empty in a general collection container so we can watch the coins grow. Also, you can return container on Easter Sunday or anytime thereafter. In addition a one time donation can be put in an envelop in narthex and the donation will be recorded for tax purposes. Our goal is about $5000 to get a decent lighted tamper proof sign. In two weeks we have reached the $2,000 mark. Let's make the sign be a dream come true. President ~ Karin Holldorf Vice President ~ David Curtis Stewardship/Sec. ~ Donna Palzer Treasurer ~ Jan Vasys Buildings & Grounds ~ Kris Calabro Christian Ed. ~ John Coppola Outreach ~ Janice Henry Music & Worship ~ David Curtis Nursery Sch. Liaison ~ Jonathan McCaleb Evangelism ~ All Council Members The Minister- Rev. James McKinley Congratulations to all! THANK YOU! Thank to Coastal Learning Center for offering their students to help with the heavy work at the Loaves and Fishes pantry. Thanks to their advisors Tony and Gene for offering their students and their extra hands. They have also volunteered to do some spring cleaning. Their help is greatly appreciated. LCW (Lutheran Church Women) Bottle of red, bottle of white, come take part at the LCW meeting on Wednesday night. Our first meeting will be on March 20 th at 6:30 p.m. Share a few crackers and some cheese with the ladies of the church. All are welcome, you don t even have to be a member, bring a friend or two it you would like. We will enjoy some fellowship and make some plans for 2013. Let your voices be heard. Bring new ideas and plans for what the Ladies can do for Immanuel, its members and our community. 3 This will be a planning meeting and you are definitely needed. We know that some of you can not attend every meeting and that is okay. Come on Wednesday, March 20 and make a difference. Let us meet, greet, eat, and plan ourselves into a vital part of this church.
Hymn Devotion for March Ah, Holy Jesus Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, that we to judge thee have in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted! Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee! 'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee; I crucified thee. Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered; the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered. For our atonement, while we nothing heeded, God interceded. For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation, thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation; thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion, for my salvation. Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee, think on thy pity and thy love unswerving, not my deserving. Johann Heermann (1585 1547) Translated by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 1930) We have all asked, Why is this happening to me? John Heermann could have asked this question with just cause. In 1611, he became the Lutheran pastor in Köben, Germany, and during his years there, the village suffered numerous disasters. During the Thirty Years War, plunder by both Catholic and Protestant armies and devastation by fire and plague decimated the popluation. More than once, Heermann narrowly escaped with his life, and several times he lost everything he owned. During these years of horror, he turned to hymnwriting for consolation, especially after throat trouble forced him to stop preaching. Heermann drew inspiration for this hymn from a Latin text attributed variously to Augustine (354-430) and Jean de Fécamp (c. 1000-1079). But, his years of personal suffering injected the hymn with a genuine depth and clarity. As we look toward the Cross this Easter season, we might well ask, Why did Jesus have to suffer? This hymn pronounces the simple answer: For me He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:3-4, KJV Reprinted from The One Year Book of Hymns, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 4
MARCH 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 24 WORSHIP 25 7:00 PM SFM Mtg. 26 7:30 PM DeDios 27 11:30 AM Lent 7:30 PM Cristo 7:30 PM Lent 28 7:30 PM Narcotics Anon. 1 7:00 PM Spirit Filled Ministries 2 5:30 PM IMMANUE L WORSHIP 3 WORSHIP 11:30 AM Finance Mtg. 4 5 7:30 PM DeDios 6 7 11:30 AM Lent 7:30 PM Narcotics Anon. 6:30 PM Confirmatio n Classes 7:30 PM Cristo 7:30 PM Lent 8 7:00 PM Spirit Filled Ministries 8:00 PM Sons of Norway Mtg. 9 5:30 PM IMMANUE L WORSHIP 10 WORSHIP 11 12 7:30 PM DeDios 13 11:30 AM Lent 7:30 PM COUNCIL MTG. 7:30 PM Cristo 7:30 PM Lent 14 7:30 PM Narcotics Anon. 15 7:00 PM Spirit Filled Ministries 16 5:30 PM IMMANUE L WORSHIP 17 WORSHIP 18 19 7:30 PM DeDios 20 11:30 AM Lent 7:00 PM Music & Worship Mtg. 7:30 PM Cristo 7:30 PM Lent 21 7:30 PM Narcotics Anon. 22 7:00 PM Spirit Filled Ministries 23 5:30 PM IMMANUE L WORSHIP 24 25 7:00 PM SFM Mtg. 26 7:30 PM DeDios 27 7:30 PM Cristo 28 29 30 1:00 PM Memorial Service & Repass 5:30 PM IMMANUE L WORSHIP WORSHIP~Palm Sunday 7:30 PM Maundy Thurs. 7:30 PM Narcotics Anon. 7:00 PM Spirit Filled Ministries 7:30 PM Good Friday~ ILC 7:30 PM Good Friday~Cristo 31 WORSHIP~Easter 5
BIRTHDAYS in MARCH 2013 1 Carol Tesoriero 18 Jennifer Stanberry 2 James Koteles 20 Robert Calabro 3 2 Tami Novatin 20 Logan McLain 4 Dianne Rieger 23 Hunter Bulin 7 Jamie Bifulco 25 Christian Bifulco 7 Kari Bifulco 26 Stacey Di Marco 10 James Horn 27 Scott Brown 11 Mark Kaminski 27 Pat Dickenson 13 Jessica Mottola 28 Johannes Paerg 16 Teresa Mann 30Lillian Tesoriero 16 Marge Morris 31 Katie Grogan Happy Birthday Immanuel Friends Invite! Invite! Invite! If you share in the excitement of what is happening and will be happening at Immanuel, tell someone. We are called to be disciples, not members. Each one bring one!!! March 2013 Worship Assistants DATE LAY ASSISTANTS ACOLYTES LECTOR USHERS ALTAR GUILD Mar. 3 Terry Stahlhut Jessica Kling Todd Engle The Stahlhuts Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp Mar. 10 Kris Calabro Rachel Engle Millie Martin Eva LaBrozzi Donna Palzer & Cindy Campy Mar. 17 Judd Stanberry Zachary Schmidt Roberta McGilvery Mar. 24 Judd Stanberry Paige Previte Rachel Engle-CB Sven Mossberg Millie Martin & Roberta McGilvery The Browns & The Prices Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp Mar. 31 Karin Holldorf Riley Manion Mitchell Engle Clayton Engle-CB Heather Bulin The Malleys Donna Palzer & vacant The best mathematical equation: 1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given 6
Continues first two WEDNESDAYS in March 11:30 AM with soup and BYO sandwich 7:30 PM with dessert and coffee Lenten Study There s a change in the wind.where is the Church going? What will it be like for our children and grandchildren? Why do we go to church? Why do we not? Phyllis Tickle helps us to understand the future of our church by looking at the past and the present. There is a ten minute video, study guides, and a wealth of information provided through discussion. When you come and share your ideas, we all benefit! And you may leave with new ideas from others and the joy of fellowship. There s food for provided for the body and soul. NEW BULLETINS! As you have noticed, we now have a worship bulletin. Henceforth, they will be known as worship folders. These new folders will be printed out seasonally (Lent, Easter, Summer, Autumn, Advent, etc.). By doing this, we will be cutting back on paper and copying costs. Ordinarily, we would print out 100-120 bulletins per week including our Saturday evening service. Also, it will make our worship experience much easier for visitors, and for yourselves. They will be handed out each week by the ushers as we have always done. After the service, there will be basket(s) in the narthex as you leave the sanctuary where you can return your worship folder. Any inserts and announcements will be placed inside the Celebrate, which you may take home. 7
Pancake Supper! 2013 A fun time was had by all! 8
Last chance to place your order... Order Form for Easter Lilies & Tulips Your Name: Your phone # # of Lilies Amount: # of Tulips Amount: I will / will not be taking home (please indicate by circling one) In Memory of: In Memory of: In Memory of: In Memory of: In Honor of: In Honor of: In Honor of: In Honor of: (more than one name can fit on each line) ALL LILY MEMORIALS ARE DUE BACK IN THE OFFICE BY: March 17, 2013 IF THEY ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EASTER BULLETIN COST PER Lily - $8.50 COST PER Tulip - $5.00 9
HOLY WEEK SERVICES MARCH 24TH PALM SUNDAY & FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 10:00 AM MARCH 28TH MAUNDY THURSDAY 7:30 PM MARCH 29TH GODD FRIDAY 7:30 PM MARCH 31ST THE RESSURECTION OF OUR LORD BREAKFAST 8:30 AM FESTIVAL SERVICE 10:00 AM IMMANUEL EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH 20 MONTEREY CIRCLE LAKEWOOD NJ 08701 PHONE 732-363 363-1599 FAX 732-364 364-3969 3969 www.ilutheran.net First class postage Where tradition and the future meet to serve Christ 10