Chrysalis Becoming in Christ Special Meeting January 5 following
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Chrysalis Becoming in Christ Special Meeting January 5 following
Chrysalis January 2014 “ Becoming in Christ Volume 38 Issue 1 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased." Matthew 3: 16-17 Special Meeting January 5 following the first service Please plan to attend a special meeting of the congregation to be held January 5 for the purpose of voting on hiring a campaign consultant to support a capital campaign for the infrastructure component of our phase 1 construction project (fellowship/ kitchen/sanctuary overflow.) Following that meeting there will be information provided on the 2014 budget. Bi-Annual Meeting January 12 following the first service The biannual meeting of the church to approve the 2014 budget, elect voting members to the Synod assembly and accomplish other regular business will be held on January 12. 1 Appreciating Infrastructure The congregational council has called a special meeting January 5 for the purpose of considering a recommendation to hire a campaign consultant to work with us on our next capital campaign. I hope you can be present for this meeting. Please also feel free to ask any questions you have ahead of time. The council and I are always available. The council will also appoint a new building committee at their meeting on January 14. It seems likely that construction of a new fellowship hall and kitchen (as you see in the dark gray area of the plan) will happen in phases so that we can con- tinue our program ministry at the same rate. No one is interested in providing less support to our Christian Education program, for instance, or less meals to the homeless or reducing the financial support we provide the larger church and the broad range of ministry that provides (seminaries, disaster response, campus ministry, etc.) The first step of our project will probably include connecting to the city’s sanitary sewer system and relinquishing our reliance on a 34-year-old septic system. While not a dramatic improvement, this is a step that is long overdue. Also, hearing (Continued on page 6) Resurrection Lutheran Church Council, 2013-2014 President—Matt Ahrens, 515-963-9324 mahrens1@q.com Vice President—Jennifer Slipka, 515-963-1808 jennifer.slipka@dmps.k12.ia.us Secretary—Dennis Hahn, 515-490-0664 hahnsathome@mediacombb.net Treasurer—George Stevens, 515-635-0371 sgmag@aol.com Christian Education– Kelly Ahrens, 515-963-9324 kjahrens@q.com Congregational Life—Amanda Bellis, 515-867-6001 bellisfam@yahoo.com Evangelism— Terry Luloff, 515-963-4585 laluloff@dmacc.edu Property— Bob Slipka 515-963-1808 bslipka@hotmail.com Social Ministry—Co-Chair, Linda Baker, 515-964-1982, lbestbaker@aol.com Co-Chair, Wanda Miller, 515-964-2190 miller-ww@hotmail.com Stewardship—Ken Carlson, 515-201-4446 csm649asg@mchsi.com WELCA Representative—Diane Simonson, 229-3826 retired.ladydi@gmail.com Worship and Music—Marion Polzin, 515-965-0829 claydonp@centurylink.net Youth—Bill Burma, 515-210-8000 burma4@msn.com Discovery World Rep.—Shawn & Sonya Miller 515-473-2749 Shawn—VM376@hotmail.com Sonya—kjsmiller@yahoo.com Pastor Lisa Parker, 964-7392 pastor@resurrectionlutheran.org On Twitter @ldparker1 2 RLC COUNCIL Summary December Council Meeting The meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm by Matt Ahrens with devotions by Marion Polzin (“Called by God to Serve”, Chapter 5.) November meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. tion. Church Properties: Vent covers have been installed in the Sanctuary and Fellowship area. An estimate for carpet cleaning will be obtained after the holidays. Youth: No formal report provided. Pastor’s Report: All spots for the January visit to the Women at the Well have been filled. Bishop Burk will be attending to help support the growth of this outreach ministry. Pastor will take time off the first week of January as family will be visiting. Financial Report: George Stevens noted that weekly giving is behind budget but expenses have been well managed creating a net income. Results were reviewed and approved. Discovery World Preschool: No formal report. Pastor commented that 4-year-old parents’ fellowship time was well received. Christian Education: Sunday School resumes on January 5. Congregational Life: The annual luau progressive dinnerwill be held on February 8. Evangelism: RLC directory photos will be taken January 9, 10 and 11. Two RLC bracelets will be given to SS youth from their teachers; with one to give to someone not from RLC. Social Ministry: The next Homeless shelter meal will be January 25. WELCA: Fifty-one Penguin swimmers were served a dinner. The Giving Tree is up for hats, caps, scarves, gloves, mittens, etc. Worship and Music: The Bell Tower is in need for a new computer to operate the bells. Stewardship and Finance: Presented a preliminary budget for Council considera- Old Business: 2014 Budget: Motion made to increase the annual mortgage payment to $32,000 and approved. It was recommended that the revised Budget be presented at the bi-annual meeting for congregational consideration and approved. Capital Campaign: Pastor recommended contacting a consultant for an estimate. Motion made to call a special congregational meeting on January 5, 2014 to request authorization to hire a capital campaign consultant. The motion was approved. New Business: Pastor housing allowance allocation: Motion made to allocate $31,000 of Pastor’s salary for 2014 FY be identified as housing allowance. Motion was approved. Congregational Meeting: A motion was made to set the Bi-annual Congregational Meeting for Sunday, January 12, 2014. The motion was approved. Next Meeting: Scheduled for January 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. A motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 p.m. was made and approved. The council joined in the Lord’s Prayer. November Budget Information Income Expense Net Income Nov. Actual $22,271 $20,206 $2,065 Nov. Budget Nov. Variance YTD Actual $22,417 ($146) $236,129 $22,417 ($2,211) $232,062 $2,065 $4,067 YTD Budget $246,587 $246,586 YTD Variance ($10,458) ($14,524) $4,066 Detailed financial results are available to any member of the church. You can contact the office at rlc@resurrectionlutheran.org or George Stevens at sjmag@aol.com, or call 515-635-0371. The next council meeting will be held on January 14 at 7:00 pm. All members are welcome to attend. If you would like to be informed about what the council is doing, email rlc@resurrectionlutheran.org to be put on a monthly emailing list; or request a copy of the minutes by contacting the church office at 964-7392. Hope to see you at the next meeting! 3 Youth Happenings curriculum for the year), play games, and eat snacks. January Events: On January 5, at 6 pm, RLC high school and college students will have the opportunity to come together and have a reunion. The Potter family has graciously offered their home for this extravaganza. The youth will eat dinner, have a devotional, and play games. It will be a nice night of catching up and hanging out. On January 19, the youth will go to Café Diem over their Encounter time. At Café Diem we will have a devotional, play games, drink coffee, and have fellowship with one another. Encounter: •Reunion @ Potter’s •Wii Wednesday •Encounter Youth Event There will be two Encounters this month. On January 12, the youth will do an “echo” lesson (from the new Jan. 5 Jan. 8, 15, 22 & 29 Jan. 12 & 19 “Bully” Showing in Ankeny will follow, concluding around 3:30 pm. The film is free. There is a maximum seating for 300 attendees, so be sure to arrive early. Please bring the bulletin insert from church (about the film) for your admission. Bullying is a very real problem that happens on a daily basis in our world. Sometimes it may be difficult to recognize when bullying is occurring and sometimes we may not know how to prevent it from happening. For the victims that are being bullied the world can be a scary, even fatal place. A documentary on this subject called ‘Bully’ (p13) will be shown in Ankeny at the Springwood Theater. The Ankeny Ministerial Association, Ankeny Community Education, and the Springwood Theatres are hosting this documentary. This will be an educational and eye opening event. We hope you can join us. All parents and youth are invited to attend the special screening, on Sunday, January 26. The documentary will start at 1:00 pm and a discussion on the film Adult Education 0-3 Yr Group January 5—Special meeting and 2014 budget information January 12—Annual meeting January 19—Embracing the Prophets January 26—Embracing the Prophets Attention Parents with children 0-3. We will be gathering January 8 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Join us as we share with one another and grow more deeply in our faith. The group is facilitated by Sarah Keller. Childcare is available. Please let Sarah know if you plan to attend. 4 Staff Thank you Thank You from Ruth Wram Many thanks from the RLC staff for your generosity this Christmas. We are blessed to serve such a wonderful congregation. God’s peace to you all in the new year, Pastor Lisa, Janice, Sarah and Ricardo. Dear Pastor Lisa and the singing group, I really enjoyed the singing. It was perfect, and it was so good to see so many of my church friends coming down my hall and stopping at my door! I wish for all of the Resurrection family to have a blessed holiday! (Ruth was one of the people home when RLC went Christmas caroling.) Thank You A huge THANK YOU to ALL OF RLC. Both Tom and I have received meals, cookies, gift cards, thinking of you cards, prayers, well wishes, visits, Carolers, and on and on throughout all of 2013. Never have we been so lucky to be a part of a church family as we are to have RLC. We appreciate everything everyone of you has done for us throughout the year. Newsletter Souper Bowl Tom & Chris Yancy If you are not currently receiving the newsletter by e-mail or picking your copy at the church and would like to, please let Janice know at 964-7392 or rlc@resurrectionlutheran.org. A Souperfantastic Souper Bowl! Once again we will be holding a food drive competition between the fans of two teams that will be in the Super Bowl. Will it be the Packers, or the Seahawks, or the Broncos? Or two other teams. Pick a team and cheer them on by bringing food for the hungry. Your donations of canned items will be given to the food pantry at the Neveln Center. RLC Kids go to The Playground for Kids On Friday, January 17, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, we will have our annual RLC kids night at The Playground for Kids. All kids from RLC will get in free (sponsored by the Christian Education board.) Upon arrival, just tell the employees that you are there with Resurrection Lutheran Church. Soda and popcorn will be provided partway through the evening. January’s bound to be chilly, so bring the kids and let them burn off some energy and have fun together! The Playground for Kids is located 2401 SE Tones Dr., Suite 7 in Ankeny (in a strip mall across the road from Chips and Outback restaurants) and features inflatable's and playground equipment. Hope to see your family there! 5 The WELCA ladies served fifty-one Penguin swimmers a tasty ham ball dinner with all the trimmings, along with pizzelles & krumkake cookies. The Penguins like RLC is hospitality, easy access to the building, friendship and of course, great food prepared and served for them. We enjoy doing this. It's a great fund raiser for WELCA. Thanks to all who donated food and helped with preparation and serving. Our next Bible study will be held on Thursday, January 9. This month we will be studying Abigail, a calm strategist, taken from 1 Samuel 25: 18-19. We welcome everyone on Thursdays. Join us! Today is the oldest you've ever been, yet the youngest you'll ever be, so enjoy this day while it lasts. Wishing everyone a Blessed New Year! The “It Shall Be Done” group meets every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The first Thursday of the month we have a Bible study taken from the church magazine, Gather. The rest of the month we have fun projects going with coffee on the side. Join Us! this time around. With a few new faces for fresh ideas, and experienced hands to remind us how we got to this point, we will be in good shape. (Continued from page 2) from colleagues about the problems we could encounter if we don’t get it done, I begin to be truly excited about installing better infrastructure. Inadequate equipment in this regard could really put a damper on our reputation as a hospitable and welcoming congregation. One suggestion a council member made to make the project more appealing for fundraising purposes is to call it an “underground water feature.” That’s a euphemism I can support! We can’t do effective ministry at 914 NW Ash Drive if we don’t have the physical structure to support it. Sometimes our improvements will be subtle, but they are no less vital to our mission. Please keep our planning and discussion in your prayers, so that we are always moving forward in the direction that God intends. Further good news is that most of the previous building committee members will be returning to the effort 6 Healing Service On January 18/19 we will incorporate the Healing Lit- meditation and lighting of candles as urgy into our regular worship services. In the service we lift up prayers for ourselves or oththere will be time for laying on of hands, prayer and ers. Please join us. WELCA Winter Event The winter WELCA meeting is planned for Sunday, January 26, 2014 at RLC from 2:00 to 3:30 pm (snow date will be February 9.) The program will be on the Sak Saum ministry located in Cambodia. This selfsustaining ministry is dedicated to the rescue, restoration, transformation and rehabilitation of vulnerable and exploited women and men. Their goal is to create a program which facilitates vocational training, outreach and business. They help twelve girls each year and employ fifty+ men and women through the Vocational Training Center. Please join us to learn more about this important ministry. Some of their products will be available for purchase. A sign up sheet will be available later in January. Shelter Meal Social Ministry will be serving a meal of soup, bread, peaches and bars at the Central Iowa Homeless Shelter on Saturday evening, January 25, 2014. A sign-up sheet will be available in the fellowship area in January. Winter Weather Preschool Enrollment Winter Weather Planning: Worship services will rarely be cancelled due to weather conditions. Please use your best judgment on attending if the weather is bad. Other activities may be cancelled due to weather. In that event, depending on how many need to be notified, notices may be sent to local TV stations. Emails may be sent. Notice may also be provided on the RLC Facebook page. Discovery World preschool is accepting the enrollment of members beginning January 6 thru 15. After January 15, enrollment will open to the public. Volunteers are welcome! Church Directory Photo sessions for the Resurrection Lutheran Church pictorial directory will be January 9, 10, and 11. If you are unable to make it to RLC on one of those dates, you can schedule with a local church. Please contact Diane Rivers at dddrivers@msn.com or 963-3309 for details. 7 January Birthdays 1—Dustin Reed 4—Christy Donaghy 4—Evelyn McClure 6—Aaron Gwennap 7—Rod Hanze 10—Jennifer Bolles 10—Ann Williams 11—Sara Closson 11—Don Erpelding 12—David Foster 15—Deanna Jens 17—Steve Petty 18—Jon Bellis 18—Ty Closson 18—Alex Thousand 19—Cameron Leisinger 27—Anita Betz 28—Earl Dunsbergen 28—Jessica Humpfer 30—Lucas Bellis Directory Update Book Club Tom and Chris Yancy 2008 SW 35th Street Ankeny, IA 50023 515-964-7565 The Book Club will meet on Thursday, January 19, at the home of Vicky Payseur at 7:00 pm. The book we are reading is A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead. Please RSVP to Vicky at 480-5961. Everyone is welcome! Brian & Collette Andreasen 2408 NW Ashton Lane #6 Ankeny, IA 50023 Children's Sermon Jan. 5 Sarah Keller Jan. 12 Pastor Lisa Jan. 19 Andi Donaghy Jan. 26 Lois Kern Jan 4 Jan 5 Jan 5 Cinnamon Roll Sunday—January 12, 2013 8:15 Service 10:45 Service Emma Califf Cameron Leisinger Mikala Oehler Josie Wram Snow Removal Week of Jan. 5 Week of Jan. 12 Week of Jan. 19 Week of Jan. 26 5:00 8:15 10:45 Accompanists Kendra Leisinger Praise Band Praise Band Jan 11 5:00 Jan 12 8:15 Jan 12 10:45 Deanna Jens Diane Rauser Diane Rauser Jan 18 5:00 Jan 19 8:15 Jan 19 10:45 Julie Miller Dave Vagts Dave Vagts Jan 25 5:00 Kendra Leisinger Jan 26 8:15 Kendra Leisinger Jan 26 10:45 Kendra Leisinger Gerri McCurdy Shaun Miller Dale Shriver Bob Slipka Luau Progressive Dinner With the cold weather arriving, it's time to start planning our luau! We are in need of 1-2 hosts for the dinner course of the luau, scheduled for Saturday, February 8. All food will be provided by the Congregational Life committee. If you are willing to host 10-15 people in your home, please contact Amanda Bellis @ 867-6001. Watch for the sign up in the fellowship area to join us for a night of fun and fellowship. 8 “A New Kind of Christian” The second in the series on the book, “A New Kind of mated, who can help you do the same.” Dan had no Christian” by Brian D. McLaren idea what Neo was talking about. In the first article we learned that, Pastor Dan revealed to Neo that he is thinking of giving up the ministry. Dan tells Neo that when he was in seminary, he felt like he learned all the answers---he felt like a fundamentalist. Now he feels “like a fundamentalist who’s losing his grip---whose fundamentals are cracking and fraying and falling apart and slipping through” his fingers. But now he realizes that life is messy and there are no neat, uncomplicated answers to many of life’s problems. He’s not even sure what the truth is anymore. Neo draws a time line like the one below and begins a crude history lesson for Dan to show how mankind moved through different stages of history. Specifically he gives some examples of changes that took place in moving from the Medieval world to the Modern world. Next, Neo uses an analogy. “Puberty is a period of life children experience, and after it, they are never children again (at least biologically).” “To be postmodern means to have experienced the modern world and to have been changed by the experience--After asking Dan a number of probing questions, Neo changed to such a degree that one is no longer modconcludes, “You have a modern faith, a faith you de- ern. What Dan was experiencing in his faith walk was a move from the modern Christianity he grew up veloped in your homeland of modernity. But you’re emigrating to a new land, a postmodern world. You with to a postmodern form of Christianity.” feel like you don’t fit in either world.” “You need a sponsor---someone who has already settled and accli2500 B.C. Prehistory A.D. 500 Ancient World A.D. 1500 Medieval World Modern World A.D. 2000 Postmodern World LSI—Celebrating 150 Years! When Rev. J.M. Schueller founded a Lutheran orphanage back in 1864, later known as the Bremwood Lutheran Children’s Home, he could have never imagined the legacy it would leave. LSI exists because of people of faith who were so moved by God’s love that they made it their life’s work to pour out love for others—for children, for moms and dads, for refugees, for people with disabilities and for senior adults. LSI is proud to be an affiliated social ministry organization of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). Thank you for your support and prayers as this ministry of compassion continues today! Nor could other Lutheran pastors have foreseen their legacy — those in Stanton that planted the roots of Lutheran Social Services of Iowa and those in Beloit that founded the Beloit Lutheran Children’s Home. All of these legacies tell the story of LSI, which has Learn more at www.LSIowa.org. Join us on Facebook grown to include thousands of people in cities, towns at www.facebook.com/LSI.iowa. and rural areas across Iowa. As LSI celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, we hope you feel it’s your story, too. 9 10 Worship Assistants If you find your assigned service time conflicts with your schedule, please contact another member to cover for you and then contact the office at 964-7392 or email rlc@resurrectionlutheran.org with the date, time and name of your replacement in order to make sure the bulletin is accurate. Thank you! Please let Janice Stocker know if you have future plans to be out of town or on vacation so accommodations can be made, prior to the newsletter scheduling. PLEASE KEEP THIS SCHEDULE AS YOUR REMINDER. Thank You For Sharing Your Talents With RLC! January Counters 4 5:00 pm Ushers Greeters Acolyte Bob Slipka 5 8:15 am Earl Dunsbergen Brennan Cleveland 5 10:45 am Kevin Petersburg Bret Wram Addy Whipple Vivian Dunsbergen Shannon Boevers Timmy Brandes Dane Ahrens Dave Potter Andi Donaghy 11 5:00 pm Vicky Payseur 12 8:15 am Sharon Anderson Sandy Barton Doris Bacot Sophia Barton 12 10:45 am Mike & Marge Rupert Velma Iles Ben Potter Dave Potter Jean Turner 18 5:00 pm Gerri McCurdy 19 8:15 am Tom & Renee Connolly 19 10:45 am Bob Frazier Dan Brazelton 25 5:00 pm Judy Schnurstein February Ushers Communion Assistant Jane McCurdy Renata Eustice Cleveland Becky Wram Karl Anderson Karen Wignes Judy Schnurstein Ken Carlson Joe Johnson Vali Potter Maggie Potter Bob Frazier Nursery Juliet Becker Deb Maxwell Kelly Ahrens Hannah Vagts Judy Schnurstein Jane McCurdy Lois Hoger Rachel Jones Karen Lincicum Dave Ahrens 26 8:15 am Bill & Wanda Miller Joan Keifer 26 10:45 am Cullen Stevens Marion Polzin Reader Marit Patten Greeter Anneliese Barton David Ollie Bill Burma Gwen Luloff Gerri McCurdy 2 8:15 am Shannon Boevers Joan Keifer Helen Johnson Rachel Jones 2 10:45 am Bob Frazier Dan Brazelton Velma Iles 8 5:00 pm Judy Schnurstein Dane Ahrens Andi Donaghy Sheri Gustafson Diane Simonson Amanda Bellis Vicky Payseur Sophia Barton Al Lehman Nancy Carlson Megan Stevens Gerald Fieser Acolyte 1 5:00 pm Carolyn Ollie Counters Jean Turner Gwen Luloff Dane Ahrens Reader Communion Assistant Amanda Bellis Jane McCurdy John Strand Joe Johnson Bret Wram Kevin Petersburg Vicky Payseur Karen Wignes 9 8:15 am Kristi & Madde Burma Sandy and Hannah Vagts Nursery N/A N/A Kelly Ahrens Juliet Becker N/A Earl Dunsbergen N/A Earl Dunsbergen Sharon Timmy Brandes Al Lehman Brennan Cleveland Anderson 9 10:45 am Marion Polzin Karen Lincicum Ben Potter Andi Donaghy Sheri Gustafson Diane Simonson Sandy and Kevin Petersburg Nancy Carlson Hannah Vagts 15 5:00 pm Bob Slipka Judy Linda Baker N/A Schnurstein 16 8:15 am Ken Carlson Lois Hoger Anneliese Sandy Barton Karl Anderson N/A Barton 16 10:45 am Mike and Marge Rupert 22 5:00 pm Vicky Payseur Gwen Luloff Rachel Jones 23 8:15 am Doris Bacot David Ollie Kathy Storch Evelyn McClure 23 10:45 am George & Cullen Stevens Gerald Fieser Dave Potter Megan Stevens Maggie Potter Clarlee Stevens Deb Maxwell Jane McCurdy Judy Schnurstein N/A Linda Baker Diane Simonson Ben Potter Jean Turner Dane Ahrens Nancy Carlson 11 Wanda Miller Marge Rupert N/A Juliet Becker Hannah Vagts 914 NW Ash Dr. Ankeny, IA 50023 /5 .4 i ng r n e aJ f O f y is N o Resurrection Lutheran Church 914 NW Ash Drive Ankeny, IA 50023-1525 515-964-7392 www.resurrectionlutheran.org #rlcankeny Pastor Lisa Parker: pastor@resurrectionlutheran.org Twitter@ldparker1 Sarah Keller Director of Youth and Family Ministry yfm@resurrectionlutheran.org Twitter@Skeller11 Office Manager, Janice Stocker: rlc@resurrectionlutheran.org January Highlights (See inside for more events and details) January 5 January 8 January 12 January 14 January 16 January 17 January 25 January 26 January 26 January 8, 15, 22 & 29 January 12 & 19 Special Congregational Meeting 0-3 Yr Parent Group Bi-Annual Congregational Meeting Council Meeting Book Club at home of Vicky Payseur RLC Kids @ The Playground for Kids Shelter Meal “Bully” Film @ Springwood in Ankeny WELCA Winter Event Wii Wednesday Encounter Our Statement of Mission and Identity We nurture all souls through Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Worship Hours Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:15 & 10:45 am We are an exciting, spiritual, vibrant Lutheran Church in a dynamic community. We beckon everyone to know Jesus Christ through the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. 12
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