Cana Chronicle June 2016 Look at the birds in the sky! They don t plant or harvest. They don t even store grain in barns. Yet your Father I heaven takes care of them. Aren t you worth more than birds? Matthew 6:26 (CEV)
Summer Worship 10:00 a.m. Nursery Available Let s give it a Whirl On June 5th, there will be an informational meeting at 12:15 p.m. on the Midweek Outreach Ministry: Whirl. Lunch will be provided but please let the office know if you will be attending. This meeting is for anyone interested in volunteering, parents, grandparents or any other interested persons with children who may be attending this mid-week opportunity. Monday 8:30-4:00 Tuesday 8:30-4:00 Wednesday 8:30-4:00 Thursday Office closed Friday 8:30-12:30 An Invitation for Summer Enlightenment The Tuesday morning Bible Study group has decided to continue their very interesting series, Honoring Our Neighbor s Faith, through the summer! We have covered twelve churches so far and have twenty more to go! July 10-16 To New York City Honoring Our Neighbor s Faith is a pathway to understanding faiths, some quite different than ours and some quite alike. We have had good discussions and feel that we have made real progress in our goal of getting to know and understand other religions. If summertime is a time when you would like to do something different and fun, please join us! We meet each Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. in the lounge for one hour. Richard Wiquist new email: rcwiqist@gmail.com Brock s new home phone 248-439-0214 Karen Emanuelsen, Group facilitator
Dear Cana, Thank you so much for sending the gift cards during finals. It s nice to feel thought of and get mail, especially at this time in the semester! I can t wait to come home soon for the summer and see you all again. Thank you Natalie Snay Congratulations to Cathi Smith and Randy Ewalt on their marriage here at Cana on May 20th. We pray that you have a long and happy marriage. We are saddened to learn of the death on November 12th of long time member, Robert Nielsen. We hold his family in our prayers. A memorial was received for the on-going ministry of Cana. Cards may be sent to his wife Elizabeth at : 23015 Farmington Rd. Farmington 48336 Cana received a lovely thank you note from Catherine Nikolia. She and her students played a recital in our Sanctuary recently. All of the students and teachers signed the card. If you would like to read their sentiments, the card is posted on the bulletin board in the hallway. The roses on the altar on May 29th were in celebration of the birth Maya and Niklas Wasner on May 15th in Texas. They were a bit pre-mature but both are doing well at about 4-1/2 pounds and 18 long. Parents of the twins are Jeremy & Michelle Wasner and grandparents are Hal & Alinda Wasner. Congratulations to the whole Wasner family. Caroline Rae Kaminski was baptized into Christ on May 29. Her parents are Chris & Kim (Hardy) Kaminski. Her grandmother is Karen Hardy and her great-grandfather is Bill Sirr. Ben Hardy and Shanna Kaminski are her baptismal sponsors. We welcome Caroline into the Lord s family and look forward to sharing the life at Cana with you.
The Learning Ministry Team is looking for teachers for the Wednesday midweek program Whirl. If you may be interested in this or want to know more about the program, please contact Darcy Bor or Pastor Ron. Please Join Us The Service of Healing and Help continues during the summer. Please join to at this brief service on the first Tuesday of each month. Join us at 7:00 p.m. for hymns, meditation and prayer. Join us June 12th For a trip to the Detroit Zoo where we will all meet and eat our lunch together at the Arctic Circle Café picnic tables. You may take your own lunch or buy it there. We will then go to see the rhinos and hear a wonderful talk on them from Karen Emanuelsen. (The Rhino is the animal that KidsRock adopted this year.) You are then free to explore the rest of zoo on your own! Sign up on the sheet at church Join the Fun!! 2016 Vacation Bible School Monday-Friday August 1-5 9 am to noon Make plans to be at our DEEP SEA DISCOVERY 2016 Vacation Bible School! We are looking for volunteers to help out, especially you teens!! If you are willing to help us out, please give Darcy a call at home or see her at church. Several people have already signed on; hope you will give it some thought! We have sent Save the Date postcards to previous VBS students. Do you know of children who would enjoy our VBS? Please pick up a card and send or give it to them!
Thank you to all who donated to the garage sale held at Linda Michalski s home. The weather was not the best but the sale was very successful. The total is $1,036. That will provide scholarships for 4 students. Thanks to Linda, Brian and Terry for all their work. Carolyn Wemple, PIM Team Leader Cana Lutheran Church 2016 EMR Stewardship Preliminary Report The 2016 Every Member Response Stewardship Campaign was held from April 3 through April 24, 2016. The theme for this years EMR Emphasis was Embracing Our Future Year Two. Stewardship talks were delivered by Wes Thompson, Chris Golembiewski, and Hal Wasner. As of May 10, 2016, fifty-one (51) Cana families and individuals provided Estimates of Giving (EOG), including two new EOG s. Fifty families and individuals offered commitments of Time and Talent (T&T) out of approximately 80 active Cana giving units. The annual estimated giving for the 51 EOG s totals $165, 482. Six families/individuals who offered EOG s last year have not yet offered EOG s this year, for a variety of reasons. Some may yet offer EOG s for 2016/2017. In addition there are approximately 30 Cana individuals and families who historically have not made offering estimates. Our General Fund member-giving target for 2016/2017 is $205,000. Thus, we need to rely on approximately 30 families/giving units who have not submitted EOG s for the coming year to offer a total of $40,000 during the coming year to achieve our target Thank you to all who participated in this year s EMR and to all who continue to generously offer their funds and time and talents to support Cana s ministries throughout the year. May God bless Cana as we seek to carry out God s mission in this time and place. Summary Total Giving Units. 80 Total Time and Talent commitment sheets 50 Total Estimates Of Giving.. 51 Total value of 51 EOG s.$165,000 Unpledged and not -yet -pledged offerings expected. $40,000 Respectfully Submitted. Hal Wasner, Stewardship Team After several years of scheduling the nursery staff, I have decided it's no longer something I can do. I am looking for someone to take my place. The biggest responsibility is assigning someone to staff the nursery on Sundays during service. I have a list of a few people in a rotation. As time allowed, I also cleaned the nursery and the toys, bringing new things in and taking old toys out. I would like someone to take over the scheduling in time for September's calendar. I have scheduled staff in the nursery through August. Please let me know if you are interested. I am happy to answer any questions or to talk further about it. Thank you! Tracy Hennessey (tlhennessey@hotmail.com or 248-414-7949 or catch me at church!)
Happy Father s Day To all the wonderful men who help to raise our children REMINDER: DONATIONS OF FOOD STILL NEEDED RCMP collects food items such as: rice, canned fruits & vegetable, gelatins, cake mixes, pork & beans, peanut butter, jelly, pasta products, etc. Please put all donated items in the large wicker basket in the front hall across from the rest room. RCMP delivers these donations after the first Sunday of every month to St. John s Church Open Hands Food Pantry. 48 collected food items were delivered in May 2 Earl Hunsaker Elizabeth Bor Ann Corneliussen 3 Grace Weber 4 Margo Snay 5 Willow Baker 6 Noah Golembiewski 10 Nancy McChesney 11 Heidi Budd 15 Richard Wiquist 20 Beth Duncan 23 Michael Sawicki 24 Heather Underwood 29 Iris Jolley
F.R.O.G. is Coming! June 27-31 8:30-3:30 Mon-Wed Thurs Camp overnight Cost: $67.00 (Checks to STAGE Youth Ministry) Registration deadline: June 12 F.R.O.G. is for all youth currently in 5th thru 8th grades. Plan on joining us for service to others and for fun. Please see the letter and registration forms on the desk in the hallway at Cana. ULTIMATE FRISBEE & MISSION TRIP MEETING Mission Trip Meeting 9:00 a.m. Ultimate Frisbee 10:00 a.m. Saturday June 4 Greenfield Presbyterian The Mission Trip Information Meeting is for parents and youth STAGE welcomes the nearing summer with a morning of Ultimate, a hybrid game of soccer, lacrosse and Frisbee. Afterward, we will cool down with some hot fudge sundaes Bring a friend! Questions? Please contact Nathan at 517-410-5147 or stageyouth@gmail.com. STAGE Mission Trip July 10-16 New York City To celebrate our graduates and the end of another successful STAGE year, we re gong to have an epic dinner party in the Youth Room. Outdoor games and shenanigans will be had! Everyone welcome. STAGE DINNER PARTY & SENIOR SEND-OFF Sunday, June 5 at 4:30 p.m. Can you help with food? Please contact Nathan.
Cana Council Minutes - May 10, 2016 President Wes Thompson called the meeting to order at 7:04 P.M. Present were Dan Duncan, Laura Golembiewski, Brian Griffin, Stan Harris, Penny Mayry, Pastor Ron Strobel, Wes Thompson, Marcia Tong, Hal Wasner & Richard Wiquist. Absent was Ryan Stephenson. Pastor Ron opened the meeting by reading the introduction and the first of ten questions about worship attendance from The Parish Paper: Ideas and Insights for Active congregations, October 2013 Volume 21, Number 10, www.theparishpaper.com. Each Council member then read aloud a remaining questions & the Council discussed the questions & their perceived answers relative to Cana. Council received the Partnership Ministry Team April 17 th report, Learning Ministry Team May 3rd report & Worship & Music Ministry Team April 19th report. Ed Suckstorff presented a proposed 2016-17 budget. Council members presented & discussed items on the proposed budget & those they wished to add. An item discussed that was not included in the proposed budget is waterproofing the elevator shaft, an urgent need that the Council plans to present to the congregation as a separate capital improvement. Copies of the Council-recommended 2016-17 budget will be made available to the congregation this Sunday. The Council then discussed Sunday Mornings at Cana. Council representatives will present the Council vision for 2016-17 to the Worship & Music Ministry Team at the Team's April 17 th meeting. Brian reported that he has a proposal from a new contractor to waterproof the elevator shaft. Attorneys for Cana & Great Lakes Waterproofing, the previous waterproofing contractor, have reached a settlement. Wes reported on changes to the plans for the sanctuary sound system. Hal submitted a written stewardship report. Penny circulated a sign-up sheet for the Spring Congregational Meeting. The Nominating Committee has begun asking congregation members to run for open elective positions. Marcia asked for permission to dispose of unneeded sanctuary pews. Council gave permission with a request that Marcia ask the recipient for a free-will offering. Laura closed the meeting with prayer. Wes adjourned the meeting at 10:53 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Stan Harris, Secretary SFH 4/18/16
Rev. Ron Strobel, Pastor 608-770-9675 pastorstrobel@gmail.com David McBride Organist Cathi Ewalt Contemporary Music Leader Nathan Schleicher Youth Director stageyouth@gmail.com Brian Griffin Custodian Ashleigh Smith Librarian library@canaelca.org Sally Brock Office Assistant officeassistant@canaelca.org 2119 CATALPA DR. BERKLEY, MI 48072-1805 SUNDAY WORSHIP TIMES Traditional Worship 9:00 a.m. KidsRock Children s Ministry 10:00 a.m. Adult Learning 10:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship 11:00 a.m. Berkley, MI 48072 248/543-0767 www.canaelca.org