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ISSUE FIVE
We are a family of
professing
Christians inspired
by Christ’s grace
and love
Pentecost is the day that the
church was born. Christ was
crucified, rose again, spent
forty days with his disciples,
then ascended to heaven.
Pentecost immediately
followed. For two millennia,
Christians have been
celebrating the church's
birthday with joy and
exuberance. Pentecost takes
place 50 days after Easter.
Believed to be the oldest feast
in the Church, the story of
Pentecost dates back to the
first century A.D. The feast of
Pentecost
coincided with the
Jewish Feast of
Weeks, which
occurs 50 days
after the Passover
(Deuteronomy
16:10). According to Jewish
tradition, the Ten
Commandments were given to
Moses 50 days after the first
Pastor: Rev.
R.Tim Carnahan
Passover, which freed the
that was heard throughout the
Hebrews from their bondage in
city. Small flames of fire rested
Egypt. As the Hebrews settled
upon their heads, and they
into Canaan, the feast became
began to speak in other
a time to honor the Lord for
languages. As crowds came to
blessing the fruits of their
investigate the commotion, the
labors. At the time of Jesus,
Apostle Peter spoke to them
the festival focused on
about Jesus and exhorted
rabbinical law and
traditions. Since this
Come and See!
Jewish holiday took place
at the same time of the
Bible Study/ Sunday
Pentecost, many Jewish
Christians appropriated
School 9:00 - 9:45 AM
its celebration into their
Worship: 10:00 Am
Christian commemoration
of the coming of the
Spirit.
According to book of
Acts, the Church came
them to repent. From the
into being on the day of
crowd of Jews and converts,
Pentecost. As 120 worshipers,
3,000 realized the truth of his
including the Disciples, were
words and became followers
fasting and praying in an
of Jesus.
upper room in Jerusalem, the
There are many Pentecost
Holy Spirit descended upon
traditions.
them in a violent rushing wind
(cont. on next page)
Faith Lutheran Church
4930 Newanga Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Fundraiser
Night
Wednesday,
July 9th, 2014
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Benefiting FAITH LUTHERN
CHURCH
Johnny Garlic’s will donate
25% of pre-tax food sales
generated by Faith Lutheran
Church
VACATION BIBLE In some churches, baptisms are
SCHOOL!throughout the day.
performed
Pentecost is also known
are so grateful to of the
as We Whitsunday,
because
Debbie white garments worn by those
who are baptized. In most
Flyer must be present at Pentecost services, priests or
church officials wear red
the time of purchase to vestments. Sanctuaries are
decorated with banners depicting
participate in the
flames, wind, and doves.
fundraiser, reservations Churches in Italy disperse rose
highly recommended. petals from the ceiling to
symbolize the tongues of
Sorry, no coupons, scrip or
fire described in the book of Acts.
discounts will be honored in
French churches blow trumpets
throughout the service to suggest
conjunction with this fundraiser.
This invitation can’t be distributed at the Holy Spirit coming with a
violent rushing wind. Both
the restaurants entrance or in its Catholic and Protestant services
vicinity.
have scripture readings from the
books of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Joel, or
When:
Acts.
Present this flyer on July 9th, The purest meaning of Pentecost
2014
is that of a time of renewal for
between 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 Christian believers. There is a
renewed focus on evangelism,
p.m.
empowerment from the Holy
Spirit, deeper intimacy with God,
Where:
and fellowship. For Christians,
Johnny Garlic’s
the celebration of Pentecost
1460 Farmer’s Ln., Santa imparts faith, hope, a sharing of
community, and an awareness of
Rosa, CA 95404
a purpose much greater than
Call for reservations (707) themselves.
571-1800
(Be sure to mention fundraiser
participation when making
reservations)
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Keep in Prayer
A friend of the congregation
suffering from cancer, who wishes to
remain anonymous; Larry Babb and
Caroyln Huntington, struggling with
cancer;
Elena Barajas (Larry and
Blythe’s daughter); family of Nelia
Crews, David Lorenzen recovering
from chemotherapy;
Pastor Flak;
Marianne Burns; Faith Parson; Jack
Marsh and Mary (Helen O’Donnell’s
brother-in-law and mother); Eleanor
and Hal Martin (Mariann Hubbs’
mother and stepfather, battling cancer);
Donna Besser who has been in pain
with her knees, Jennifer Worner, Pastor
Carnahan’s father, John Carnahan, Al
Francis, friend of Kathryn Miller, Vera
Gregg, sister of aNna rybaT, suffering
from cancer.
“He said to her, ‘Daughter, your
faith has healed you. Go in peace and be
freed from your suffering.”
-Mark 5:34
Your 2014 Church Council
POSITION
NAME
PHONE
Pastor
Rev. Tim Carnahan
539-2521/490-5340
President
Lauren Morris
523-0310/217-0218
Vice President
Ed Rybat
536-9855
Secretary
aNna rybaT
536-9855
Buildings & Grounds
Norm Nielsen
542-9597
Personnel
Luara Tighe
591-8810
PreSchool
Steve Norton
538-3748
Sharing Faith
Diane Cohen
539-6382/291-1003
Treasurer
Connie Duncan
573-1762
Worship Experience
Chris Carson
837-5400/239-6332
Finance/Stewardship
Rita McGowan
578-3114
Social Ministry
Terri Abramson
523-1670
Financial Secretary
Christian Ed/Youth
539-2521
Rose Knight
544-4404
Would you like to avoid all the hassle of writing your offering check
each month? Would you like to make sure that your offering is here
even if your body is not? We've been able to offer electronic
offering for a while but have never seemed to get it off the ground.
“Grieving Parents” by Kathe
Kollwitz
Well let's get this thing flying! Contact the office, you'll need a
cancelled check and a signature and then we will get you going with
Thrivent Giving.
To include friends and loved ones on
the prayer list, please fill out the back
of a pew card and place in the offering
plate. Be sure to include your contact
information on the card! Thank you!
image by aNna rybaT
Celebrate! Birthdays
and Anniversaries
Faith Lutheran Church
Treasurer’s Report
May 31, 2014
5 Norm Nielsen
6 Kimberly Roland
6 Ahrine Mansoor
7 Joseph Wilkening
11 Janice Hall
12 Alexander Caldera
14 Paige DeBiase
15 Donna Hoberg
15 Terry Larson
The total General (non-Designated) income for May 2014 was $12,946.19
Year to date was $71,839.92.
The General expenses for May were $11,805.40
Year to date was $63,740.76.
The total net income for May was $1,140.79
Year to date net income was $8,099.16
The amount transferred and paid to the Benevolence was $880.00 (was
paid in June)
15 Christine Winter
21 Ashlee Wilkening
Special funds received were $33.54 from SaveMart, $14.71.49 from Script,
$50.00 for the Memorial Fund (Lantz), $85.00 for S. Quam Kindle, $25.00
for the Endowment, $5.00 for the Synod Assembly and $25.00 from
flowers.
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22 Laurie Wennes
Getting to Know You Sundays
23 Jessica Farber
On the last Sunday of each month after service at coffee hour, please stay
to get to know each other better. You will be asked to sit in groups of
three and four, preferable with people you don’t know well and talk to
one another. This is an exercise in becoming a closer congregation able to
reach out to strangers later when we start to converse with people of our
surrounding community. So, come practice in fun. The first question
we’ll ask one another? Where did you meet the love of your life? (You
get to define who you consider the love of your life.) The point is to share
and get to know one another better. Expect laughter. K.Miller
16 Scott Sederholm
19 Ruth Fawcett
23 Carol Hintze
28 Elly Kensinger
28 Ken Lantz
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!
Corrections, please contact
editor
arybat@cox.net. Thanks! (image by August
and Desmond Schutzenhofer - grandchildren
of Ed & aNna rybaT)
We are so grateful to Debbie Carnahan for volunteering to lead VBS this year. The theme is wilderness escape. Dates: July 28 -­‐ August 1 from 9AM to noon. Thanks to Janet Hammond, Debbie and Rita McGowan who meet each Tuesday to plan. Due to the late start, pre-­‐school will not be participating this year. Registration begins soon. Please contact church ofTice for questions.: 539-­‐2521.
Bible Study meets on Thursday evenings
in Hummon Hall at seven and studying until
8:30 PM. Materials are often e-mailed to
participants so if you would like to be in the
know when you arrive, contact Pastor
Carnahan for details..
mission church. We held
a "name the church" contest
and the winners
were.......Dan White, Stephen
Bell and Helmut Klee.
The first child baptized was
Terry Williams, November 6,
1960.
This is Where We Have
Been (Chapter 2)
- by Dr. Bob Bell
The congregation began with
four families:The Reverend
and Mrs. Robert Freistedt,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel White,
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bell, and
Mr.and Mrs. Lyle Christensen
who met at the service of
Ordination, May 15 1960
at St. Marks Lutheran
Church in San Francisco for
Pastor Freistedt, who was
designated Mission
Developer in Santa Rosa for
The United Lutheran Church
in America. Those on the
steering committee were
Robert Bell, Vice Chairman;
Jim Nelson, Treasurer; Eva
Vaughan, Secretary;
Helmut Klee, Lyle
Christensen, and Dan White. Our congregation met at
1411 Carlos Court in Rincon
Valley. The first worship
service of our mission
congregation was held at
Luther Burbank Art and
Garden Center.
Our first order of business
was to have a contest to
select a name for our
Santa Rosa was
recommended to the "Board
of American Missions" by
Dan White as an ideal site for
a congregation. The board agreed. Before Faith
Lutheran was established,
Dan, Dorothy, and their
children Stuart, Barbara, and
Howard attended worship
services every Sunday in
Napa.
We began with the
signing of the Charter by 70
Adults and 10 confirmands. Our first service was held
with 140 in attendance. Bethlehem Lutheran Choir
sang. Lily Greer returned
from Europe to help Dorothy
White with the music. Dorothy was our pianist and
she would call out, "Oh Toot"
when she hit a clunker. Our
coffee hour after service was
a time when we chatted and
enjoyed each other's
company.
Confirmation classes were
held on Sunday mornings for
the following: Blythe Allen,
Billie Jean Block, Robert Bell
III, Brian Compton, Eldred
Compton, William Kent
Davis, Dennis Neiblas, and
Stephen Robinson.
On May 7,1961 we had
our Service of Organization. The Board of American
Missions of the United
Lutheran Church in America
sent us a letter of
congratulations as did other
congregations. Dr. C. V. Tambert of the Southwest
Synod gave the sermon and
officiated at the installation
of the church Council. They
were Robert C. Bell, Robert
Bills, Roy Besser, Hjelmer
Elvig, Helmut Klee, James
Nelson, William Schmidt, Eva
Vaughan and Daniel White.
CHECK IT OUT:
Notecards (with envelope)
with a beautiful image of our
church by Don Caufield (Rita
McGowan’s son in law) are
for sale: $2 each or 10 for
$18.00. Proceeds will go to
the church. Don graciously
donated the picture to our
church. We would like to
have it framed and displayed
in a prominent place.
Advance orders for cards are
being taken; they should be
available by the end of June.
Please contact aNna rybaT
for pre-orders:
arybat@cox.net or
707-536-9855.
PreSchool Report
student safety. Copies are
available for Board
review. The new
handbook is being used
for any new registrations
and everyone will receive
a copy at the beginning of
the new academic year,
August.
The
Board regular meeting was held
on Monday May 12th and we
reviewed the results of operations
through the end of April.
John reported that income was
$26,184. Payroll was $15,322
(59% of revenue) and including
payroll, total expenses were
$23,932 leaving an operating
surplus for the month of $2,252.
Cash on hand 4/31/14 was
$22,996. Kelli reported that current
enrollment has remained at 51
and indications are that we will
have good attendance during the
summer program beginning in
June. The spring ‘pasta’ fund
raiser will be Friday, May 16th
and Graduation will be Thursday,
May 29th at 12:00 pm. Everyone
is invited to attend both of these
wonderful events.
-­‐
Discussion continues
about exposure to
Whooping Cough. We are
still hope to establish a
policy of not enrolling any
children who are not
vaccinated.
-­‐
We are down to selecting
between two vendors for a
permanent playground
shade structure. Price will
be between $4100 and
$5100 plus installation.
Delivery is 4-6 weeks so if
we don’t make the move
there won’t be much
summer left.
Other business:
-­‐
We still feel that we need
to get people to slow
down in the parking lot.
The ready-made speed
bumps would not hold up
against the garbage truck
traffic in the area so we
are going to try orange
cones and flags.
-­‐
We have a plan to change
the bathroom doors to
resolve oversight and
safety concerns. Cost will
be modest and existing
door will be stored as the
means of restoring the
original arrangement if
and when needed.
-­‐
Kelli and Steve have
updated the Parent
Handbook giving attention
to financial policies and
-­‐
Late breaking news
involving the Pasta
Fundraiser held on Friday
May 16th is that it was
very well attended by
preschool families and
members of the
congregation. A good
time was had by all.
Gross receipts were $5133
and we hope for about
$1400 in matching funds
from Thrivant. Expense
will be about $850 leaving
an income of about $5,600
which should cover
virtually all of the cost for
the shade structure.
Congratulations to Kelli
and her wonderful staff
for making this all happen.
(Special Note: One of the
many great things to be
enjoyed during that
evening was the fact that
we had two generations of
the Lorenzen family
keeping watch over this
wonderful outreach
program.)
- Submitted by Steve Norton.
We give thanks and pray for
those who are serving our nation:
Michael Bell, US Army, currently
in Virginia, Jeremy Thompson’s
best friend, Victor Villalobos,
USMC, now in Iraq, Kodie Ali
Yocham, USMC, Granddaughter
of Don Lee, now in Afghanistan,
Eddie Rybat, USMC, returned
home safely from Afghanistan.
Ashley for helping out in
church office
....and so many more.
Flowers on the altar are lovingly
given this month by: June 1:
Laurie Wennes; June 8: Helen
O’donnell in memory of Dad;
June 15: Chris Carson for
Jared’s birthday; June 22 --and June 29 --- by the Altar
Guild. We would love to have
flowers from your garden to add
to the arrangements Flowers
may be distributed to members of
the congregation or community
who are in need of cheering. If
you prefer to keep your
arrangement, please pick it by
Monday morning. Flowers left
on the altar after Monday may
be delivered. If you would like
to participate in this ministry,
contact arybat@cox.net
AFFIRMATIONS!!! THANK
YOU:
-Rose Knight for picking up
Sunday School
-Debbie Carnahan for taking
on Vacation Bible School. She
still needs lots of help so
please call if you can help!
Kathryn Miller for donating
proceeds of her book sales!
Lloyd Koonst for cleaning up
the church this month!
Announcements!
Like Bridge? Join FLC Bridge Club, we meet here in
Hummon Hall on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:00
AM. For more info, call Blanche at 578-4755.
FUNDRAISER: If you would like notecards with our
church (image pg. 2), $2@ or 10 for $18, please preorder by emailing arybat@cox.net. Thank you!
Link newsletter editor: aNna rybaT,
arybat@cox.net or 707-536-9855. Please
submit imput/corrections by the 21st of @
month. i welcome your photographs (.jpeg) or
articles of general interest! Thank you!
SERVING THIS MONTH
Date
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
Worship Altar Guild Ushers
Assistant
Helen Karen Terri O'Donnell Larson & Abramson
Diane Cohen
Helen Terri O'Donnell
Abramson
Helen Janis Terri O'Donnell Motley & Abramson
aNna rybaT
Helen Karen Terri O'Donnell Larson
Abramson
Helen Terri O'Donnell
Abramson
2
Men's Dinner, Hummon Hall, 6PM
Sunday Bulletins Counters
School
Rose Knight
Chris Carson
Flowers
Laurie Wennes
Church Cleaned by
Lloyd Koonst
Rose Knight
Helen O'Donnell
Chris Carson
Lloyd Koonst
Lloyd Koonst
Rose Knight
Rose Knight
Rose Knight
Joan Muzzin
Coffee Snacks
Lloyd Koonst
Lloyd Koonst
A reading from Acts 2: 25-29
David said about him: ‘I
saw the Lord always before
me. Because he is at my right
hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad
and my tongue rejoices; my
body also will rest in hope,
because you will not abandon
me to the realm of the dead,
you will not let your holy one
see decay. You have made
known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in
y o u r p r e s e n c e. ’ Fe l l o w
Israelites, I can tell you
confidently that the patriarch
David died and was buried,
and his tomb is here to this
day.
Did you know? This
illustration of Faith Lutheran
Church is by Peg Kensinger
Pownall, daughter of Elly
Kensinger
F A I T H
L U T H E R A N
C H U R C H
4930 Newanga Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
ph: 707-539-2521
faithsr@sbcglobal.net
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