July August 2016 newsletter
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July August 2016 newsletter
Words of Peace Brass of Peace Spring Concert On June 12th, Brass of Peace finished out their year with a wonderful concert on the church lawn. The musicians sounded great despite the wind constantly blowing their music away! July 10 - 15 July 19 July 25 - 29 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley Lunch Bunch at Atlantis Vacation Bible School August 16 Lunch Bunch at Juke Box Diner The Rev. Sarah Scherschligt Pastor pastorsarah@sharingpeace.org Cathy Kroohs Council President councilpresident@sharingpeace.org Peace Lutheran Church July/August 2016 The Words Inside: A Word from Pastor Sarah 2 Financial Update Youth and Family 3 Transitions and Fellowship 4 ELCA News 5 Brass of Peace Concert 6-7 New Members 8-9 Serving Schedule 10-11 July Calendar 12-13 August Calendar 14-15 Electronic giving is now at Peace! To make an online gift through our secure site, scan the code with your smart phone. Paul Sticha Dr. Adela Peeva Beth Olkowski The Rev. Nana Opoku Director, Messengers and Bell Choirs psticha@cox.net Parish Administrator info@sharingpeace.org Music Director Adela_peeva@yahoo.com House of Faith International nopoku@cox.net July/August Words Juof Peace Page 2 From Pastor Sarah It seems as if issue after issue keep cropping up for us to contend with. I imagine this is how it has been for Christians of every time and place. If you are paying attention with eyes of love, you can’t help but notice when people are hurting and feel the call to be a part of the healing of the world. For the past couple of years, America has had a veil lifted as we have seen the way that racism is still present, still pernicious, and still damaging lives. As I preached on Sunday, I don’t think it is faithful for us in a mostly white congregation to simply hope that someone else will solve this nor to say that since we aren’t the ones hurting, it’s not our problem. If the Good Samaritan – if Jesus – teaches us anything, it’s that grace shows up when we take on the suffering of others. We are going to start by educating ourselves. For three weeks in August, I will lead an adult forum based on the book “The Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism” by Drew Hart. Hart is a theologian, pastor, professor and writer with a PhD from the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. Please note that this is a change from my original plan to read the book “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I think for Peace at this time The Trouble I’ve Seen will lead to a more fruitful discussion, though I highly recommend Between the World and Me. Discussions will take place on Aug 7, 14 and 28 from 9:15 – 10:10 am. I ask that you a) let me know if you plan to attend by emailing me at pastorsarah@sharingpeace.org. (even if you’ve told me faceto-face, please still email), b) come to the forum having read the entire book and c) do all that you can to attend all the sessions. You can buy the book online. If you can’t afford it, please let me know and I can arrange for the church to buy you a copy. One final note: beginning a discussion about racism in America in no way implies that we as a church or as individuals don’t care about police officers and don’t mourn the dead in Dallas. As a church, we pray for all the terrified yet faithful who protect and serve and I am grateful for police officers and first responders who daily put their lives on the line. The safety of cops and the safety of African-Americans should not be something we have to choose between. I hope you can join the discussion in August and if you can’t but want to be part of further discussions, please let me know. This is tough stuff church. I know that, we all know that. God’s grace will lead us, Council News / Youth and Family Words Juof Peace July/August Financial Report Page 3 A Note from Beth As of July 13, our budget net income was a negative (loss) of $4,529. This has improved because we are using $9 thousand of the AT&T termination fee that we received last year as income for this year. In addition, our cash flow has been negative recently as we paid all of the $23 thousand needed to renovate the pipe organ. This renovation is complete and Adela reports that the organ plays better than it ever has! Dear Family of Peace, Alan Byroade Beth, Emily and Julia Olkowski bvanemburgh@hotmail.com Thank you for all the love and support you have given to me and my girls the past two years. I have truly enjoyed my time with you all - Peace is a wonderful place to work! Be proud of the community you have created here. Peace Lutheran Church has a loving heart and open arms; it is a simply amazing family that I'm so sad to be leaving. We will miss you all - please stay in touch! The Village of Hope Christmas shopping list has been updated. Check out http://sharingpeace.org/village-of-hope-haiti/ for more information. YOUTH AND FAMILY NEWS The Mission Trip to Hurley participants were up bright and early as they got ready to leave on their trip on Sunday, July 10th. July/August Words Juof Peace Page 4 Rachel Peters will be joining Chris Peters in Harrisonburg, VA Max Family, moving to Wichita Falls, TX Beth Olkowski moving to Wyckoff, NJ Congratulations to soon-to-be Reverend Lamar Bailey. He has been called to St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, MD. Ordination details will be forthcoming. Fellowship Opportunities Women Renewing at Peace (WRAP) Meets 2nd Thursday each month Next meeting is July 14th and August 11th at 12:15pm WRAP is continuing a summer series called “The Heart of the Matter”. All are welcome. Bring a lunch or snack if you wish. Our Bible Study lessons are taken from the “Gather” magazine. (It’s OK if you don’t get the magazine. We share!) Lunch Bunch is a group of individuals who meet monthly for fellowship and food. A sign up sheet is located in Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please call Elaine Peoples at 703-751-8937. See you there! Tuesday, July 19th at 12pm Atlantis 3648 King St, Alexandria Tuesday, August 16th at 12pm Juke Box Diner 7039 Columbia Pike, Annandale July/August Words Juof Peace ELCA NEWS Page 5 The Rev. Leila Ortiz to Join Synod Staff We are excited to announce that the Rev. Leila Ortiz will be joining the staff of the Metro D.C. Synod as the next Assistant to the Bishop. Pr. Ortiz currently serves as the Associate Pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gaithersburg, Md. and is a graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. She will make a slow transition from Good Shepherd to the synod office over the next few weeks, and begin full-time at the synod office following the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August. Pr. Ortiz will not only be a Voting Member of the Churchwide Assembly but also a guest preacher there! This transition comes with the departure of the Rev. Amy Sevimli, who has been serving faithfully as Assistant to the Bishop for the past eight years. Look for more information on Pr. Ortiz's new role in weeks to come. News from Pastor Mark Olsen I have been called to serve as the Associate Director for the ELCA's Fund for Leaders in Mission. The Fund for Leaders (FFL) is an ELCA scholarship program. We award full- and partial- tuition scholarships to some of the brightest and most promising future leaders of our church who will be attending our ELCA seminaries. You are probably familiar with the ELCA's Fund for Leaders because Lamar Bailey, a member of Peace Church whom you sent to, and supported, at Gettysburg Seminary the past four years, was one of our FFL full tuition scholarship recipients. At present, we are awarding about 16 new full tuition scholarships each academic year, another 24 new partial tuition scholarships, and an additional 4 new full tuition diversity scholarships aimed specifically at raising up leaders who are people of color or whose primary language is other than English. We also award partial-tuition scholarships for a few seminarians being prepared to serve as mission developers for new and renewing congregations, as well as for a few seminarians who will be serving as military chaplains. The ELCA's Fund for Leaders is supported by a dedicated endowment fund. In addition to helping to administer the FFL scholarship program, I will be meeting with donors and prospective donors (individuals and congregations) to help build the endowment so we can increase the number of scholarships we award. At present, our endowment is valued at approximately 47 million dollars. Our goal is to eventually raise that to 300 million dollars so as to be able to fully fund the tuition for every ELCA seminarian who will serve as a rostered leader in our church. If anyone at Peace would like to learn more about the ELCA's Fund for Leaders, I'd be happy to talk with them about it. Finally, when I left Peace in 2006 to become the Director of Admissions at Gettysburg Seminary, I did so because of my passionate interests in helping to raise up new leaders for our church. It is because of that same passion, and because there is a critical need in our church to raise up new leaders now, that I have left Shepherd of the Hills in order to once again help the church to meet that need. The cost of seminary is an obstacle to many and can prevent gifted and promising people from going to seminary. Likewise, if seminarians graduate with burdensome levels of student loan debt, it can restrict how and where they are able to serve in our church. Fund for Leaders is looking to help reduce those obstacles for our future leaders. Thanks, and be at peace! Mark Olsen July/August BRASS OFJuof PEACEPeace SPRING CONCERT Words Page 6 July/August BRASS OF PEACE Words Juof SPRING PeaceCONCERT Page 7 New Members Words Juof Peace July/August Page 8 Welcome New Members Jack and Lynne Fishburn have been married for 30 years, and have moved here from New Jersey. They have three adult children who live in three different states. Jack is interested in current events, especially economics, and science and technology, especially computer chess and quantum mechanics. Lynne loves to quilt and sew, listen to books on tape and walk the family beagle. Clem and Pam Chakra: Maria Parisi moved from Bowie, Md where she attended All Saints Lutheran Church. She confesses to being a native plant geek and gardener. Hilda Crabtree was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Michigan but has spent most of her life in Virginia. She has two sons and two grandsons. She enjoys quilting and playing pool. We prayed for a welcoming church family within a ten minute drive from our home, now that we are in our 60s and 70s, so we could easily participate in various church activities and events. Not only did our Lord lead us to the Peace Church family, but he blessed us with so much more: Such a beautiful spiritual worship experience , a kind caring and helpful Pastor Sarah, wonderful supportive members and a rainbow of opportunities for fellowship and ministry. We’re very happy to be officially part of the Peace Church family and we thank and praise you, Lord. July/August Words Juof Peace Kory, Kristin and Dixon Auch have been worshiping at Peace this past year after moving to Alexandria last July. They have been an Air Force family for over 27 years and Kory will be retiring next year. Kristin's love for dogs has her working part-time at a local doggie daycare. Dixon is a senior at JEB Stuart HS. Their two older children live in Philadelphia (Madison) and Oakton VA (Carter). They were attracted to Peace because of the warm and friendly people, and a common Minnesotan upbringing with Pastor Sarah. Page 9 Aaron Mulhollen has been a resident of the metro DC area since 2007, and moved to Lake Barcroft in the summer of 2014. His wife, Devon, is a high school history teacher at the National Cathedral School, and they have a two year old son, Harrison. He is currently a graduate lecturer at George Mason, working on his dissertation research on the geography of intercollegiate athletics. Ron Stanley is a native Virginian, an avid walker and enjoys landscaping. He has three adult children and four grandchildren. He is retired from the United States Agency for International Development and also taught school for ten years. Kristin Stone says Clay Baros moved to Arlington in July last year after his wife took an assignment in Washington for the US State Department. He currently works for a small company called HumanGeo where he attempts to map all sorts of current events. He is a proud Texan that likes to grill and learn about photography in his spare time. He and his wife, Roberta, are expecting their first child, a boy, in September. Clay used to live in Gaithersburg where he attended Pastor Sarah's previous church, Prince of Peace, and upon moving to Arlington, was happy to have a church where he could reunion with such a great pastor. Peace Lutheran Church was recommended to her as an exciting congregation in the area. She loves all kinds of swing dancing: Jitterbug, Hustle, Carolina Shag, DC Hand Dancing, and West Coast Swing. Frank Ballenger, a life-long resident of Alexandria and a retired banker, is a civil war buff and local historian. Words Juof Peace JULY SERVING SCHEDULE July/August For July Page 10 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 Assisting Minister Laura Maul Steve Rinnert Judy Gallagher Mary Malmberg Alison Samuels Acolytes Emma Solem Adie Selassie Hary Ramampandrison and Dylan Leonard Jacob Thiessen William and Christopher Matthey Lector Bill Mitchell Cathy Kroohs Christine Howlett Jacque Hill Jaime Wong-Lopez Communion Assistant Sue Buchanan Hannah Puisto Sue Sticha Ray Marquardt Debbie Marquardt Ushers Alan Byroade, Mike Stumpf, Bill Mitchell, Ronal Mitchell Alan Byroade, Mike Stumpf, Bill Mitchell, Ronal Mitchell Alan Byroade, Mike Stumpf, Bill Mitchell, Ronal Mitchell Nadine KrutzkyMitchell Cathy Kroohs Christine Howlett Mary Malmberg Nadine KrutzkyMitchell Debbie and Ray Marquardt Arle Samuels Tracy Schall/Kurt Shultz Elaine and Bob Peoples TBD Ray Marquardt*, Debbie Marquardt, Kathy Nice Ray Marquardt*, Debbie Marquardt, The Adhocs Altar Care Serving on Sundays Tellers Ray Marquardt*, Debbie Marquardt, Kathy Nice Tammy Heppner*, Ed Axthelm*, Tammy Karen Grubbs, Diane Heppner, Bill Duerre Woodworth Alan Byroade, Mike Alan Byroade, Mike Stumpf, Bill Mitchell, Stumpf, Bill Mitchell, Ronal Mitchell Ronal Mitchell July/August AUGUST SERVING Words JuofSCHEDULE Peace Page 11 August August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 Assisting Minister Acolytes Landon Gates Lector Donna Thiessen Marcia Dursi Kara Danner Jaime Wong-Lopez Communion Assistant Tammy Heppner Jacque Hill Lynette Gates Christine Howlett Ushers Anna Hartmayer Don Harmayer Ronal Mitchell Jason Nice Anna Hartmayer Don Harmayer Ronal Mitchell Jason Nice Anna Hartmayer Don Harmayer Ronal Mitchell Jason Nice Anna Hartmayer Don Harmayer Ronal Mitchell Jason Nice Tammy Heppner Jacque Hill Susan DeHaven Christine Howlett Serving on Sundays Beth Westerburg Allison Samuels Mary Malmberg Susan and Stuart DeHaven Tellers Ex Axthelm* Tammy Heppner Bill Duerre Altar Care Ray Marquardt*, Karen Grubbs Diane Woodworth Ray Marquardt*, Donna Thiessen Jacob Thiessen Ray Marquardt*, Debbie Marquardt, Kathy Nice Words Juof Peace JULY July/August Sunday 3 8:00am Page 12 Monday 4 Tuesday 5 Office Closed Informal Worship with Holy Communion Office Closed Independence Day 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 10 11 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 8:00am Informal Worship with Holy Communion 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 12 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 9:00am Music Camp 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:00am Beading for Haiti 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 11:45am Liturgy Planning Meeting 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House 17 8:00am 18 Informal Worship with Holy Communion 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 9:00am Music Camp 19 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:00am Beading for Haiti 12:00pm Lunch Bunch - Atlantis 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 24 8:00am Informal Worship with Holy Communion 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 11:45am Farewell to Beth Olkowski and faimily 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House 25 Vacation Bible School - The 26 Vacation Bible School Peaceable Kingdom The Peaceable Kingdom 9:00am Music Camp 10:00am Beading for Haiti 10:00am Morning Bible Study 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House JULYPeace Words Juof July/August Wednesday Thursday Page 13 Friday Saturday 1 2 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 6:00pm Facility Use—Watchmen 6 7 Holistic Ministry 8 1:00pm Project Boomerang 9 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman House 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry 13 14 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 9:00am Music Camp 15 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 9:30am Quilting 1:00pm Project Boomerang 12:15pm Women’s Renewal at Peace (WRAP) 16 Youth Group Mission Trip to Hurley 9:00am Music Camp 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman House 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry 20 21 22 23 9:00am Music Camp 9:00am Music Camp 1:00 PM Project Boomerang 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 5:30 PM Farewell Party at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church for Beth Olkowski and family 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 2:00 PM Watchmen Holistic Ministry Facilty Use - Leadership Meeting 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry House 27 Vacation Bible School - 28 Vacation Bible School - 29 Vacation Bible School The Peaceable Kingdom The Peaceable Kingdom The Peaceable Kingdom Beth Olkowski’s Last Day 9:30am Quilting 9:00am Music Camp 9:00am Music Camp 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 1:00pm Project Boomerang 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 30 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry House 10:00 AM Facility Use Parisi 6:00 PM Janet Viewing and Funeral Service- HOFI Words Juof Peace AUGUST July/August Sunday Page 14 Monday 1 Tuesday 2 10:00am Morning Bible Study 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 10:00am Beading for Haiti 12:00pm First Monday Lunch at Green Springs 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 7 8:00am Informal Worship with Holy Communion 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House 8 9 10:00am Beading for Haiti 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 14 8:00am Informal Worship with Holy Communion 15 16 10:00am Beading for Haiti 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 12:00pm Lunch Bunch 11:45am 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group Liturgy Planning Meeting 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House 21 8:00am 22 Informal Worship with Holy Communion 10:00am Beading for Haiti 23 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 28 8:00am Informal Worship with Holy Communion 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House 29 30 10:00am Beading for Haiti 10:00am Morning Bible Study 10:30am Traditional Worship with Communion 7:00pm Spirit and Scripture Group 12:15pm House of Faith International (HOFI) 8:15pm Messengers of Peace 7:30pm Al-Anon—Lauxman House 7:30pm AA Meeting—Lauxman House WordsAUGUST Juof Peace July/August Wednesday 3 Thursday 4 1:00pm Project Boomerang Page 15 Friday Saturday 5 6 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 6:00pm Facility Use—Watchmen 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman House 10 11 1:00pm Project Boomerang 9:30am Quilting 12:15pm Women’s Renewal at Peace (WRAP) Holistic Ministry 12 13 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry House 17 18 1:00pm Project Boomerang 19 20 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry House 24 25 1:00 PM Project Boomerang 9:30am Quilting 26 27 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman House 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 31 1 2 1:00pm Project Boomerang 1:00pm Prayer Shawlers 7:00pm Men’s Ministry Planning Meeting 10:00pm Late Night Prayer Service (HOFI) 4:00pm Yoga—Lauxman House 8:00pm AA Meeting in Lauxman 6:00pm Facility Rental—Watchmen Holistic Ministry House 3 Place Stamp Here Peace Lutheran Church 6362 Lincolnia Road Alexandria, VA 22312 Address Correction Requested “THE WORDS OF PEACE” ~ AUGUST 21, 2016 (Inputs should be emailed to: info@sharingpeace.org or ktrinnert@gmail.com or leave in secretary’s mailbox) THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR Peace Events Contact Info info@sharingpeace.org Phone: 703-354-5233 Fax: 703-750-6773 Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. Informal Worship and Holy Communion 10:30 a.m. Traditional Worship 12:15 p.m. House of Faith International Service Nursery & Preschool Care Provided from 10 -12 Weekly Services Friday Prayer Service (HOFI) 10:00 p.m. Editor in Chief: Kris Rinnert Editor: Beth Olkowski Contributors: Pastor Sarah Scherschligt, July 10—15 July 19 July 23 July 25-29 July 25 Youth Mission Trip to Hurley, VA Lunch Bunch at Atlantis Farewell Potluck for the Olkowski’s Vacation Bible School Quilting August 7 August 11 August 11 August 16 August 25 Children, Youth and Family Ministry Meeting Quilting Women Renewing at Peace (WRAP) Lunch Bunch at Juke Box Diner Quilting Electronic giving is now at Peace! 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