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Wedgwood
Community
Church
Volume 42, Issue 8
The
September 2015
Publisher: Barbara Johnson
Wedgletter Contribution
If you have a personal experience for
Journey Talk, a book review, or an
article you would like to share with
us, please let Ellen Brown know by
the 15th of the month and submit it to
her by the 23rd.
Inside this issue:
Yard Sale
Upcoming Events
Pastor Wim’s Column
1
September Worship Themes
Combined Wedgwood Events
Board Highlights
3
4
5
Zelaya Dedication
5
LLS Light the Night
5
Ivan Maryanskiy
Community Conversations
Collected Items
6
6
6
Birthdays
7
Book Club
Movie Night
7
7
The Perfect Church
7
Did You Know?
7
1
2
Please contact Victoria Wenick at vwenick@comcast.net (206.550.6048)
if you wish to reserve a table.
Saturday
June 13 Church Work Party
Saturday
June 13 Games Night
Tuesday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
June 16 Rainbow City Band Parade and Ice Cream Social
7:00 PM
September
12 and Graduation
Movie Night
(The Age of Adaline) 12:30 PM
June
21 Potluck
Celebration
September 13
Kickoff Sunday
June 28 Memorial Service for Elliott Walters
2:00 PM
September 19
Community Yard Sale
(at St. Barnabas Anglican Church)
September 20
Potluck Dinner
6:00 PM—9:00 PM
11:00 AM
9:00 AM—1:00 PM
12:30 PM
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Pastor’s Ponderings
Called to the Starting Line
Hebrews 12:1-2
As we gather all that we have learned from Jesus this summer, clearly our progress gets measured by moving
down the path of faith. Correct belief and understanding sets us off in the right direction, and actually walking the path gets us closer to our destiny in Christ. We begin again Sunday, September 13, as we set out for
Adventures in Faith: Following the path less traveled.
Following the path less traveled will transform us, change us, and create new experiences. In order to provide opportunities for that to happen for you, leaders at Wedgwood Community Church offer you new possibilities along with those that may be new to you. Here are some of the paths you might take to move closer
to our destiny in Christ.
Bible Studies mornings or evenings, home faith discussions, getting to know your neighbors through organizing disaster preparedness one-time meetings, receiving mentoring in faith sharing, movie night, reading the
Bible through in one year with weekly notes about the portions to be read, retirement and rehab center worship services, service to the homeless, becoming a worship or song leader, a children’s ministry teacher, and
many more. The full list will be available September 6 so you can decide well ahead of September 13 which
paths you are called to walk this year.
We hope Jesus will lead you on the path that will bring you to new awareness of and action with Christ. God
bless you as you pray on these things.
Pastor Wim
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September Worship Themes
September 6
Loyalty to God
Matthew 7:6-12
September 13
Walking the Path Less Traveled
Matthew 7:13-23
September 20
Hearers and Doers
Matthew 7:24-29
September 27
Discipleship: The integration of life
Matthew 28:16-20
Pastor Wim
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Combined Wedgwood Congregations to Feed the Hungry of Seattle
Wedgwood Congregations will work together during the weekend of September 19 and
20 to feed the hungry of Seattle. After several discussions, the Lay Leadership Team decided to collaborate with Wedgwood Presbyterian and Maple Leaf Lutheran in these
events:
Saturday: 9 AM – 1 PM: The Parking Lot sale will be held at the north end of Hunter’s
Tree Farm block on 35th Avenue in a parking lot owned by Wedgwood Presbyterian.
You can reserve your table with Victoria Wenick at 206-550-6048 or volunteer to
help set up. Donations ($10 to reserve a table) will support the Mayor’s Day of
Concern for the Hungry.
Also on Saturday, you can support the Mayor’s Day by inviting those entering the
QFC on 35th Avenue Northeast and NE 85th Street, between 11:20AM – 1 PM or 1
– 2:20 PM, to purchase from a food list, to be donated when they leave the store.
Join Bruce and Candy Sagor, as well as Marilyn Potts, who have already signed up.
Sunday: 12:30 – 1:30 PM: Potluck at Wedgwood Community Church. We will host
Maple Leaf Lutheran and Wedgwood Presbyterian and have opportunities to get to
know each other over some really good food. Pastor Wim will be recruiting you to
help set up and clean up, so you might as well contact him and sign up before he
asks!
Pastor Wim
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Lay Leadership Team Meeting Highlights
Candidates for the church custodian position are being interviewed.
The speakers and the speaker stands for the sound system in the sanctuary have been purchased. Ed was given
approval to make those purchases.
There will be small group opportunities for people to sign up for - offered during the social hour at Kickoff Sunday on September 13.
Because more children are regularly attending Sunday School, new teachers are needed for the classes.
The Lay Leadership Team is investigating replacing windows in the Fellowship Hall.
Milt Brown
Baby Rose Dedicated
Rose Zelaya, the precious baby daughter of Gerardo and Katie
Zelaya, was dedicated during our worship service on Sunday,
August 23. Beautiful words were spoken by both of her parents and
our hearts were touched by their overwhelming love for Rose and
their commitment to her. We are blessed to have Gerardo, Katie,
and Rose as a part of our church family.
[Photograph taken by Kris Delaney]
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Make “someday” today! Please join the Wedgwood Walkers Light The Night team's
effort by registering to walk on October 24 at Seattle Center or by making a donation
to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Your participation will help LLS achieve
our mission … a world without cancer! Thanks for your support!
http://pages.lightthenight.org/wa/SeattleL15/WedgwoodWalkers
This year we are walking in memory of our dear friend Marty Welch.
Victoria Wenick
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Ivan Maryanskiy
How Ivan happened into our church that first Sunday morning, I have no
idea, but he added to our group immediately. As we “got to know” him—
some more than others—we realized he needed our friendship, just as we
needed his. We also came to realize that this was a young man struggling
with issues of life. He never complained, nor asked us for anything, except
our friendship, and was always willing to help with anything he could. He
became very faithful to anything going on in the church and I, personally, miss him very much. Most
of us did not realize how deep those struggles went. If you asked him how he was doing, his response was always, “I’m struggling, but it’ll be okay. Thank you for loving me and caring.” For reasons unknown to us, he made a decision that it was just too hard, that he was a burden to all, and decided to leave this life for a better one. Hopefully, if we ever have “another Ivan” come into our midst,
we will have the ability to be able to have the sensitivity and welcoming spirit to help them along the
way.
Marilyn Potts
Community Conversations at Queen Anne Baptist Church
Come, join the upcoming Discussions hosted by Rev. Sean Brown in the
Queen Anne Baptist Church Sanctuary on the following dates:
Wednesday, September 16, at 7 PM – Why Don’t People Go to
Church?
Wednesday, October 14, at 7 PM – Why Do People Go to Church?
Wednesday, November 18, at 7 PM – Four Freedoms of the Baptist
Church
Collected Items
We can no longer send eyeglasses to
Haiti. It has become too expensive to
mail them. All things “carried in” have
to go through customs and have fees
paid. Workers have been able to get
supplies/donations from elsewhere for
the Eye Clinic. I will let you know if I
find another organization that can use our
no-longer-needed eyeglasses.
We are also no longer collecting soup can
labels. That avenue is no longer available for supplying goods to Camp Burton. Possibly, we can start collecting box
tops for Wedgwood school, if they participate in that program. We’ll check
with them when school starts again.
Marilyn Potts
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MOVIE NIGHT
Book Club
We are including the birthdays of
our American Baptist Special Interest Missionaries, including their
children. If you would like to send
a birthday greeting, email, or financial support, please contact Ellen
Brown for their mailing or email
addresses.
September
4 – Mason Sillence
4 – Tasha Johnson*
6 – Victoria Wenick
10 – Janet Fowler
10 – Ed Wenick
11 – Paul Chapman*
11 – Bruce Borquist*
11 – Miriam Noyes*
16 – Ellen Schwede
16 – Brian Johnson*
17 – Robbin Price
21 – Lily Hansen
23 – Fred Romig
25 – Virginia Price
25 – Jayden Moberg
28 – Mylinda Baits*
October
2 – Naomi Hwang**
11 – Gerardo Zelaya
15 – Candace Sagor
16 – Marie Sillence
16 – Colleen Williams
19 – Barbara Johnson
21 – David Jenner
24 – Sandy Romberger
25 – Marilyn Potts
28 – Norma Jenner
28 – Toshi Moberg
29 – Glen Chapman*
30 – Brian Heerdt
*Special Interest Missionary
**Child of Special Interest Missionary
The Age of Adaline, a romantic
drama, will be shown in the
church Fellowship Hall on
Saturday evening, September 12,
from 6 – 9 PM. Bring a snack to
share and invite a friend!
The Perfect Church
I think that I shall never see
A church that’s all it ought to be;
A church whose members never stray
Beyond the straight and narrow way;
A church that has no empty pews,
Whose pastor never has the blues;
A church whose deacons always deak
And none are proud and all are meek;
Where gossips never peddle lies,
Or make complaints or criticize;
Where all are always sweet and kind,
And all to others’ faults are blind.
Such perfect churches there may be,
But none of them is known to me;
But still I’ll work and pray and plan
To make our own the best we can!
Author Unknown [submitted by Marilyn Potts]
The Book Club’s September selection is The Case for Christ by Lee
Strobel, “a journalist's personal
investigation of the evidence for
Jesus.” Everyone is welcome to join
us as we read and discuss this book.
Did You Know?
In 1850 Dr. John Gorrie, studying
tropical diseases in Apalachicola,
Florida, built a refrigeration unit to cool
patients’ rooms, greatly improving their
chances of recovering from malaria.
There was not yet any electricity, and he
could not find financial backers, and he
died penniless in 1855. The idea lay
dormant until 1906, when Willis Carrier
improved upon it by removing humidity
from the air and received a patent for an
“air conditioning device.”
Barbara Johnson
BULLETIN BOARD
Read the Bible in One Year (September 1-30)
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel 25
Hebrews 11:17-40
Ezekiel 26:, Ezekiel 27
Hebrews 12:1-13
Ezekiel 28, Ezekiel 29
Hebrews 12:14-29
Ezekiel 30, Ezekiel 31
Hebrews 13
Ezekiel 32, Ezekiel 33:1-32
James 1
Ezekiel 33:21-33, Ezekiel 34, Ezekiel 35 James 2
Ezekiel 36, Ezekiel 37
James 3
Ezekiel 38, Ezekiel 39
James 4
Ezekiel 40
James 5
Ezekiel 41, Ezekiel 42
1 Peter 1, 1 Peter 2:1-3
Ezekiel 43, Ezekiel 44
1 Peter 2:4-45
Ezekiel 45, Ezekiel 46
1 Peter 3
Ezekiel 47, Ezekiel 48
1 Peter 4
Daniel 1, Daniel 2:1-23
1 Peter 5
Daniel 2:24-49: Daniel 3:1-12
2 Peter 1
Daniel 3:13-30, Daniel 4:1-18
2 Peter 2
Daniel 4:19-37, Daniel 5:1-16
2 Peter 3
Daniel 5:17-31, Daniel 6:1-28
1 John 1, 1 John 2
Daniel 7, Daniel 8:1-14
1 John 2:12-27
Daniel 8:15-27, Daniel 9:1-19
1 John 2:28-29, 1 John 3:1-10
Daniel 9:20-27, Daniel 10, Daniel 11:1 1 John 3:11-24, 1 John 4:1-6
Daniel 11:2-35
1 John 4:7-21
Daniel 11:36-45, Daniel 12
1 John 5:1-21
Haggai 1, Haggai 2:1-23
2 John 1:1-13
Zechariah 1-4
3 John 1:1-14
Zechariah 5-8
Jude 1:1-25
Zechariah 9-11
Revelation 1
Zechariah 12-14
Revelation 2:1-17
Esther 1, Esther 2:1-18
Revelation 2:18-3:6
Esther 2:19-23, Esther 3-5
Revelation 3:7-22
Psalm 124:1-8
Psalm 125:1-5
Psalm 126:1-6
Proverbs 27:23-28:6
Psalm 127:1-5
Psalm 128:1-6
Psalm 129:1-8
Proverbs 28:7-17
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 131:1-3
Psalm 132:1-18
Proverbs 28:18-28
Psalm 133:1-3
Psalm 134:1-3
Psalm 135:1-12
Proverbs 29:1-9
Psalm 135:13-21
Psalm 136:1-12
Psalm 136:13-26
Proverbs 29:10-18
Psalm 137:1-9
Psalm 138:1-8
Psalm 139:1-10
Proverbs 29:19-27
Psalm 139:11-16
Psalm 139:17-24
Psalm 140:1-5
Proverbs 30:1-10
Psalm 140:6-13
Psalm 141:1-10
Items Currently Needed
Food
Canned Fruits
Canned Soups & Stews
Canned Protein Items (tuna, corned beef
hash, chili, peanut butter-especially crunchy)
Soy Milk/Rice Milk
Vegetarian Items (tofu, canned beans, soups,
chili)
Pasta and Rice
Canned Vegetables (pasta sauce, peas, olives, etc.)
Cooking oil
Other Items
Bar Soap
Toothbrushes and Toothpaste
Toilet Paper
Shampoo
Deodorant
Pet Food
Paper and Plastic Grocery Bags
Baby Diapers, Food, Formula and Wipes