March 2010 - University Lutheran Church

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Serving Greater Gainesville, the University of Florida, & Santa Fe College—March 2010
HOLY WEEK
Activities
Passion Sunday
March 28th
Prayer Time
The Sanctuary will be open
From noon – 1 p.m.
Monday - March 29th,
Tuesday - March 30th,
Wednesday - March 31st
(Photo by Sam Brill)
Onetime ULC and Campus Ministry members Cindy (Bauldree) Muse and Lisa Kay
(Manion) Testa talk with Evalena Cates after service on Sunday, Feb. 21st. It was
Count Down Sunday #2 heading toward ULC’s 60th Anniversary Celebration in April.
Cindy gave the sermon and Lisa Kay’s service format, one she created back in 1990,
was used .
Maundy Thursday
April 1st
7 p.m. worship
Good Friday
Count Down #2 Highlights CM,
Daughters of the Congregation
Inside:
By Shari O’Brien
Countdown Sunday #2 -- a trip
back to 1990, featuring "daughters
of the congregation" and celebrating Campus Ministry's history at
ULC was held on Sunday, Feb.
21st. Pastor Collins was presiding
minister and Cindy (Bauldree)
Muse served as preacher. The liturgy for the service was designed
by Lisa Testa. Both Cindy and
Lisa were involved in ULC Campus Ministry during the 1990’s.
Our current campus ministry
students served as greeters, ushers,
and assisting ministers.
Lisa Kay (Manion) Testa de3… 2… 1… .................................. 9
60th Anniversary Banquet ..... Insert
Birthdays ....................................... 3
Breaking Bread ............................. 2
Calendar ................................. Insert
Campus Ministry News................. 6
signed the liturgy as a Youth Worship Project of her Girl Scout
Golden Award. The liturgy follows the tradition of Luther's German mass in which parts of the
liturgy are replaced with
hymns. Currently she serves as
Choral Director at Osceola High
School for the Performing Arts in
Kissimmee. Lisa initiated and developed the Choral Program at
Osceola.
Cindy has been involved with
student ministries since before
leaving ULC, having served as a
CM Peer Minister, and is currently
April 2nd
7 p.m. worship
EASTER
April 4th
Lenten Worship
“The Body of Christ”
(Every Wednesday in Lent)
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Soup Supper
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. Lenten Worship
(On Feb. 25th we learned
about “The Hands of Christ”)
March 3rd
“The Feet of Christ”
March 10th
“The Mouth of Christ”
March 17th
“The Eyes of Christ”
March 24th
“The Heart of Christ”
(See Count Down… Page 9.)
Deadline .........................................2
Defiance .......................................11
Financial Statement .......................5
Florida Youth Cadets ...................10
James Barnett (picture) ..................6
Lazarus Project ............................11
Lent Journey ................................. 5
L.I.F.T......................................... 10
Mardi Gras .................................... 8
President’s View .......................... 5
Seminarian’s Report ..................... 9
Summer Camp .............................. 6
Souper Sunday .............................. 2
ULC People ................................... 3
View of the Swamp....................... 2
Volunteers ................................... 12
Yard Sale (pictures) ...................... 6
Youth Class Helps Needy ............. 7
By Pastor Michael Collins
Dear members, students and
in “meaning” itself. I need a time
friends,
to help clear my head of the disLent is upon us, and I must con- tractions which any involved life
fess to you that I need it! I need
in this world will necessarily have
the Lenten discipline in my life. I
and re-orient myself towards the
need a time to focus, to get my
Maker of all.
mind off of my career, my social
Yes, if I am honest with mylife, my next project — and a hunself, I need the opportunity, and
dred other things to which I look
perhaps deep down I crave the
for meaning — and center myself
chance, to clear my eyes of the
glaze of indifference and apathy
which comes from situation after
situation where I feel nearly helpless...so that I can fasten my eyes
once more on the revelation of the
God who loves his children
By Emily Robinson
enough to take the form of a man
A friend recently told me that
hanging on a tree.
we show love by breaking bread
And maybe, just maybe I need to
with another person, being with
realize that Lent really isn't mine
them and learning more about
to do with whatever I please. Perthem. In this, we show the other
haps Lent isn't even the Church's,
person that we care enough to find
to insist upon or discard at will.
out more, to listen and begin to un- Maybe Lent isn't any of ours, to
derstand why they believe the
scoff at or observe. Maybe Lent is
things they do and why they do
God's. Maybe Lent is God's gift
what they do. I feel this is at the
to a people starved for meaning,
heart of what we do as Christians,
for courage, for comfort, for life.
Lutherans especially!
If it is — if we can imagine that
Christ broke bread with the dis- Lent is not ours at all but is wholly
ciples and gave us the most wonGod's — then maybe we'll also
derful lessons and hope in these
begin to recall, at first vaguely but
stories; we too can bring hope and
then more strongly, that we, too,
love in breaking bread.
are not ours at all, but we are
I hope this Lenten season as we
wholly God's — God's own posjoin in fellowship to break bread on session and treasure.
Seen this way, Lent reminds us
Wednesdays as students, congregaof whose we are. The "sacrifices,"
tion, families, and friends that we
the disciplines, these are not inall keep in mind that there is much
tended as good works offered by
to learn from each other, and there
us to God; rather, they are God's
is always more to know and grow.
Remember all we do to keep in fellowship with our neighbors in
Haiti, Gainesville, and everywhere
our students and members go.
Breaking
Bread
2 2 The ULC Newsletter — June-
The ULC Newsletter — March 2010
gifts to us to remind us who we
are, God's own daughters and sons,
God's treasure, so priceless that
God was willing to go to any
length or depth to tell us that we
are loved, that we have value, that
we have purpose.
Yes. I need Lent. I need an
absence of gifts so that I might acknowledge the Gift. I need a time
to be quiet and still, a time to crane
my neck and lift my head, straining to hear again what was promised me at Baptism: "You are
mine! I love you! I am with you!"
I need Lent, finally, to remind me
of who I am — God's child and
heir to his kingdom — so that,
come Easter, I can rejoice and
celebrate with all the joy, all the
revelry, all the anticipation, of a
true heir to the throne.
And so yes, I need Lent. And
to tell you the truth, I suspect that
you do, too. I hope to see you frequently during this Lenten season.....
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Monday, Feb. 22nd is the deadline
for articles and pictures for the
March newsletter. Please send them
to the church office or e-mail them
to info@ulcgainesville.com or to Ron
Bauldree at ronbauldree@msn.com.
Please use either Microsoft Word®
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submit hard copy, please submit the
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The editor
ULC People
Dedicated to news of our church family.
PRAYERS:
Adeline Bauman, Pastor Collins
and his family, the family of Sara
and Gil Daniel’s friend who died
tragically in Huntsville, Dick Dienhart, Jim Janke, the Noss familyson Hal and Caleb (3), Betty and
Frank Reisner, Helen Wiegman,
Betty and Bob Young, the anniversary committee, travelers, students
and others we hold in our hearts…
Of INTEREST:
Sara Daniel traveled to Tucson in late January, to help take
care of her grandchildren 17month-old Jonah Thomas, who
was ill, and 6-year-old Hannah,
children of her son Jonathan
Daniel and his wife Sarah.
Ruth Fugmann and Joan
Anderson enjoyed a few days exploring other parts of Florida with
some friends in early February.
They enjoyed the tranquility of the
new cabins at Lake Louisa State
Park near Clermont and the charming town of Matlacha near Pine
Island further south. Upon their
return, they were able to welcome
Elijah Smith, born Feb. 12th to
Joan’s niece Eshanne and her husband Jason in Gainesville. Joan’s
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March
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Candace Collins
Kelly Patrick Opalko
John Drake
Ella Muthard
Pastor Collins
Beverly Gronwall
Emily Robinson
Kelly Ann Salute
Neil Schmertmann
by Pauline Schmertmann
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Please feel free to share news with Pauline in person or via the phone.
On Saturday, Feb. 13th, eight ladies enjoyed some comrade while making Fastnacht
Kuchen for the Feb. 14th fellowship hour. In the photo, Loretta Fauerbach (2nd from
left) instructs and monitors while the others, (left to right) Chitra Samuel, Caroline
Yale, Jeanne Chamberlin, (face not visible) and Lois Wilkowske learn the art of baking
the kuchen. Loretta was taught the process by husband Peter's Pennsylvania Dutch
Grandmother. Not pictured but working in the kitchen were Dee Ann Connor, Shanti
Samuel and Mary Lou Schirmer.
sister Judith Anderson, a Lutheran
deaconess with Bethesda Lutheran
Communities, came from Ft.
Wayne, IN, to welcome her first
grandchild.
Anne and Ray Goldwire recently enjoyed a Caribbean cruise.
Their ship stopped at several ports,
one of which was the island of
Aruba, where her parents were living before she was born. On the
final leg of the delightfully sunny
and warm journey, they passed
within eyesight of the island of
Abaco where they met 47 years
ago.
Virginia Lakatos was recently awarded her high school
Graduate Equivalent Diploma, after studying for and passing the
Virginia Lakatos proudly displays her high
school Graduate equivalent Diploma.
(See ULC People… Page 4.)
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lot box.”
John and
Pauline
(Continued from Page 3.)
Schmertmann
GED examination. Gina has apspent four
plied to Santa Fe College, and she
days in West
hopes to begin classes in the fall.
Palm Beach at
Virginia has been attending ULC
an engineering
for some time, and she will be bap- conference
tized in the near future. She very
February 21strecently moved again, to 605 SW
24th.
75th St #209, phone 352 474-0182. GUESTS and
Eckhard Schadow, new U.S.
VISITORS:
citizen, writes “After more than 40
Ron and
years I finally traded my Green
Sandy Baul(Photo by Ron Bauldree)
Card for citizenship papers. I still
dree’s daughJean and Eckhard Schadow proudly displays his United States Citiremember when I sailed underter Cindy
zenship certificate as he recently took his oath of citizenship.
neath the Verrazano Bridge into
Muse and her
his wife Catherine, from MemoNew York Harbor past the Statue
husband David and daughter Zoë,
rial, in St. Augustine--guest
of Liberty. It gave me the chills
from Asheville for Cindy’s preachpreacher Jan. 24th
then, and it still does today. Since ing on Feb. 21st at the 60th AnniKaley MacFadyen’s mother
then I finished my studies, married versary Count Down #2
Dorene, from Mary Esther, FlorJean, had a family and started a
Michael Collins, Jr’s godparida.
medical electronic company. You ents, from North Carolina
Elaine Manion’s daughter Lisa
ask, ‘Why now?’ Something reLisa Gobber’s parents, from
Kay Testa and her husband Jerry,
mained missing. I always loved
Nebraska, Sandy and Leo Eden,
from Kissimmee for the 60th Annidebating about politics. Now I can from Johnson, Nebraska
versary Count Down #2 service
back it up with my vote at the balRev. Dr. Kerry Hinkley and
which was taken from a service
Lisa designed in 1990
Julie Nelson, from Moorhead,
MN
Emily Robinson’s mother,
Joan Robinson, from Boca Raton
(A big thank you to Joan who
kindly took the 31 Health Kits prepared by the ULC Youth Class to a
church in Ft. Lauderdale for pick
up by Lutheran World Services.)
Evelyn Sebastian’s son Richard and his wife Pam, from Savannah
David Sittler and his wife,
both to perform in the upcoming
Hippodrome play”Defiance”
Marissa Tweed’s father David
Gardner-Tweed and her sister Marina, from Tampa
Lois Wilkowske’s daughter
Nancy Teply, from Milwaukee
Mark Johnson, Council President, talks to the congregation following service on Sun-
ULC People...
day, Jan. 31st at the Annual Congregation Meeting. Business included the 2010 Spending Plan, appointing the nominating committee, and naming Synod representatives.
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From Mark Johnson
Lenten Season is here! Members should have received in the
mail a Lenten Letter and Calendar
of Events highlighting all Lenten
activities, services, dinners and
Bible studies. This letter can be
posted on your refrigerator or close
to your wall calendar for easy access. I urge everyone to use this
calendar as an effective means of
communication and information.
With support from the Council, the
various Ministry Boards, and the
Hospitality Action Team (HAT),
we are confident that this Lenten
season will offer members and
guests alike, a great variety of worship, fellowship, and educational
opportunities.
help!
The Synod Informationgathering Team has finished its
report. The Bishop added his own
finishing touches and sent it to me
along with the final report. I received the final report on Feb. 18th
and distributed copies to the Council that evening. Representatives
from the congregation and the
various boards will come together
to review and discuss any recommendations emanating from the
final report. We will explore pursuing or implementing those recommendations that may assist
ULC in better meeting its mission
and supporting its various internal
and external ministries.
We had a great Annual CongreThe 60th Anniversary
gational Meeting on Jan. 31st. The
Committee and the HAT
congregation approved our delestill need help from mem- gates to the 2010 Synod Assembly:
Phil and Cecilia Noss, approved
bers and volunteers.
the 2010 Nominating Committee:
The celebration of ULC’s 60th
Otto Johnston and Ron Bauldree,
Anniversary is underway with a
and approved the 2010 Spending
variety of “Celebrate 60” activities Plan. Council representatives will
occurring now and culminating in provide regular, quarterly updates
a special dinner and service during to the congregation on our finanthe weekend of April 17th and 18th. cial condition and make the modiThe members of the 60th Anniver- fications to variable expenses necsary Committee and the HAT still essary to ensure that we live within
need help from members and vol- our means. Please remember to
unteers. Contact Eckhard
include Pastor Collins and the
Schadow or Caroline Yale for
members of the Congregation
more information on how you can Council in your prayers. As we
Financial Statement
Income
Expenses
Total
$ 237,442.00
$ 4,658.90
2009 (full year) $ 242,100.90
2010 January $ 23,748.99
$ 23,146.48
$ 602.51
All Finance Team Members are available to the congregation for discussion of any ULC financial concerns. Team members are Ron
Gordon, Ron Kuehl, Don Koons, Shanti Samuel and Jim Yale.
strive to be better Disciples of
Christ’s teachings and as we yearn
to see happier, brighter days, we
need your thoughts and prayers
now more than ever. We understand that you have put your faith
and confidence in this group to
fairly represent the mission and
interests of ULC. We will do our
best to justify that faith and confidence.
God Bless you, and God Bless
ULC in the upcoming year!
LENT JOURNEY
Prayer
Fasting
Almsgiving.
Journey
with Christ
to the cross.
Turn away from
*“overconsumption,
distractions,
self-centeredness,
deafness to God.”
Journey to our soul,
the divine within.
Focus on His
gift to us redemption.
Called to live
in His light.
©2010 Carol Dienhart
*Fa. John Phillips
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Sundays—Join us at the student
bagel table after worship.
1902 House—Open for study
and some down-time in between
classes. If you need to know the
code, please ask one of the Peer
Ministers!
WWW—Come by Wednesdays
at 5:30 p.m. in the Kaiser Student
Center for a soup supper and stick
around for some student time and
then a brief Lenten Service.
Movement in Worship—
Mondays at 5:30 in the Narthex.
Stephani will be leading us through
prayer, meditation and love for
God through movement. All levels
of dance/yoga experience encouraged to attend!
Webmail—Ask Heather at
hsquared@ufl.edu to find out
what’s happening at ULC CM.
Summer Camp
Counselors
Sought
Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries and Luther Springs are Looking for college-age Christian rolemodels to be summer counselors.
You can apply on-line for Lutheridge+Lutherock at
www.limi.net. Senior staff positions are usually filled by midFebruary and counselor positions
by mid-March to early April.
For Luther Springs positions,
contact Claire Hammer at
claireh@lomfla.org.
Lutheran Outdoor Ministries of
Florida may have some positions
in other parts of Florida as well.
James Barnett (right), a Jesus-follower, social activist, and the founder of Clothe Your
Neighbor as Yourself, speaks to Campus Ministry students and congregational members at Wednesday With the Word on Feb. 10th. He talked about loving and living like
Jesus, his new organization and his mission to spread awareness of homelessness
across the United States. He was living on the streets of Gainesville for the month of
February. James’ radical interpretation of Jesus’s mandate to love the poor, has
caused him to quit his job, sell everything he owns, and live among the poorest of the
poor in America.
Heather Humphrey, Leanna McKenzie, Marissa Tweed and Candice Collins man the
check-in table at the Feb. 27th Yard Sale. Monies raised will be use to fund the upcoming spring break mission trip to Mexico.
Leanna McKenzie helps a shopper at the Feb. 27th Yard Sale.
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Youth Class Helps Haiti, Local Needy
By Sherrie Kirk
ULC’s Youth Class took on
back to back programs to assist
refugees in Haiti as well as the
hungry in Gainesville.
The first order of business was
“Health Kits.” While putting them
together, our Sunday schoolers
were blessed with a couple of
“events” of good fortune.
In January, the congregation
graciously supplied enough towels,
wash cloths, toothbrushes, clippers, combs, and soap to produce
thirty Health Kits for Lutheran
World Relief (LWR). During Sunday class time, there were enough
helpers, including Andrea Shuck
from Campus Ministry, for an assembly line to gather the items for
each kit, wrap them in the towel,
and tie the completed kit with a
ribbon. Because the towels ran out
before the last kit was put together,
we needed to buy one more. Overhearing us talking about the purpose of the hand towel, a fellow
shopper volunteered to pay for it,
thereby completing the 31st Health
Kit.
Our youth group then placed
the Health Kits in boxes for shipping to Minnesota. However, we
knew that if we could transport our
Andrea Shuck and Sherrie Kirk help the
Youth Group wrap health kits for Haiti.
Austin and Adam MontMarquette hold soup pots at the end of service on Feb. 8th to
collect donations for the Gainesville Community Ministries on as part of Souper Bowl
Sunday. Toni and Nina Caimi contribute to the pots.
boxes to one of the pick up sites in Those more than half full pots
Florida, we could get them to Haiti brought in $317. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans supplemented
a lot faster. Fortunately, our timthese contributions with a dollar
ing coincided with a LWR Florida
for dollar match up to $200.
pick up date in February. At that
Thanks to the Youth of ULC, our
point, Emily Robinson’s mother
church will send $517 to Gainescame to our rescue. Joan Robinson picked up the boxes after visit- ville Community Ministries.
Our gratitude goes out to our
ing with Emily, and took them to
ULC Youth Class: Chase Collins,
the designated drop off in Fort
Trent Gobber, Austin and Anna
Lauderdale.
Grace MontMarquette, Chitra
The second task for our young
Samuel, Jacob and Caleb Sapp
people was “Souper” Bowl Sun(with help from Adam MontMarday, which was to benefit Gainesquette). Well done, good and
ville Community Ministries. At
th
faithful young servants.
the end of the service on Feb. 8 ,
students
held soup
pots in
their hands,
asking for
donations
as the congregation
exited. The
response
was more
than grati(Photo by Sam Brill)
fying.
Austin MontMarquette, Jacob and Caleb Sapp, and Chase Collins wrap
health kits for Haiti.
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Let’s Mardi Gras
Shari O’Brien, Candice Collins and Sarah Daniels
find answers to scavenger hunt questions.
Loretta Fauerbach flips some more pancakes.
Rikki Schwarz and Marissa Tweed add applesauce
to their plates of sausage and pancakes.
Heather Humphrey, Brent Walbolt and Ron Gordon
enjoy the food and fellowship.
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By Joan Anderson
& Shari O’Brien
The first-ever Mardi Gras party
at ULC was a lively and colorful
time, complete with beads and hand
-crafted masks, music, pancakes
King’s Cakes, and an educational
scavenger hunt! So, what did we
learn about Mardi Gras? Why is
the day before Ash Wednesday
sometimes called Shrove Tuesday
and what does it have to do with
Lent? Why do we wear masks for
the carnival?
Shrove Tuesday gets its name
from the ritual of shriving, when
the faithful confess their sins to the
local priest and received forgiveness before the Lenten season begins. As far back as 1000 AD, “to
shrive” meant to hear confessions.
(Trivia note: the term survives today in the expression “short shrift”
or giving little attention to anyone’s
explanations or excuses.)
Historically, Shrove Tuesday
also marked the beginning of the 40
-day Lenten fasting period when the
faithful were forbidden by the
church to consume meat, butter,
eggs or milk. However, if a family
had a store of these foods they all
would go bad by the time the fast
ended on Easter Sunday. What to
do? The solution was to use up the
milk, butter and eggs no later than
Shrove Tuesday. And so, with the
addition of a little flour, the solution quickly presented itself in…
pancakes—and lots of ‘em.
Why the masks? One member’s
explanation: The early Church decided it would be more prudent to
incorporate certain aspects of pagan
rituals into the new faith rather than
attempt to abolish them altogether
and Mardi Gras is one of those assimilated into Christianity. This
Virginia Lakatos is ready to party!
Dutch Schirmer offers pancakes.
granted a Christian interpretation to the ancient custom
and the carnival became a
time of abandon and merriment which preceded the
Lenten period. The wearing of masks and costumes
was said to free people to
be able to have fun and enjoy themselves with anonymous abandon.
We were hoping that this
event would bring in some
new people to learn about
ULC. Though many members did invite new folks,
only Marissa Tweed managed to bring four friends.
Way to go Marissa!
We are glad those who
attended had a fun partylearning-social experience.
Count Down #2: Campus
Ministry at ULC...
Ben Struckhoss, Heather Humphrey and Kate Herzhauser show two new CM students (seated) one the
many albums of Campus Ministry activities that go
on at ULC each year.
Dick Dienhart is greeted by Virginia Lakatos, Candice Collins, Rikki Schwarz, and Kaley MacSadyen at
the Feb. 21st Service.
the Director of Youth and Family
Ministry at St. Mark's Lutheran
Church in Asheville, NC. Over
the last year Cindy has discerned
a call to ordained ministry and
will begin studies for a Master of
Divinity at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
Many in the congregation wore
their blue and white ULC 60th
Anniversary polo and T-shirts.
ULC was started 60 years ago
to provide the Lutheran experience for the students and faculty
of the University of Florida.
While it has always been open to
the entire Gainesville community,
its main mission was and is campus ministry. This is reflected in
the joint support of worship and
activities by both the student
members and regular congregation members.
Cindy Muse distributes Communion wafers during the Feb. 21st,
Count Down Sunday #2 to the
60th Anniversary celebration.
Phil Noss and Emily Robinson
serve as ushers for the service.
3… 2… 1… Last Count Down
Sunday, March 21st
CM students and Assisting ministers Heather Humphrey (left) and Marissa Tweed (center) and Cindy
Bauldree, former CM student and visiting preacher
for the day, say good-bye following the service.
Our last countdown Sunday special worship is coming on
March 21st. For ULCers who were here before 1985 it will be a
joyous memory relived, and for those post 1985 it will be a new
experience. Rev. Dr. Roger Kronmann and his wife Denise will
bring us the Folk Mass. It is only slightly changed from what we
enjoyed for years as part of the ULC worship experience. Mark
your calendar and wear your shirts!
Seminarian's Report
Ben Struckhoss and Candice Collins look over a display of current CM activities
By Keith Walbolt
Greetings to ULC from myself and Leslie. Since August, I
have embraced my title as
'Vicar Keith' at St. Mark's and
Trinity Lutheran Churches in
Philadelphia.
I'm just about halfway done
with an incredibly busy internship serving two urban parishes. Between home and hospital visits, preaching, teaching, working closely with day
(See Seminarian...… Page 11.)
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Lutherans in Fellowship Together
What is a Mandela?
By Shari O’Brien
& Agnes Martinsen
After a fabulous meal, 24 attendees of the monthly LIFT
(Lutherans in Fellowship Together)
potluck luncheon on Feb. 11th,
were treated to an opportunity to
explore the Mandala. We even had
the chance to draw our own and
discuss them.
“Mandala” is a Sanskrit word
meaning center, circumference or
magic circle. Creating a mandala is a
celebration
of the wholeness of your
self and a
prayer meditation for more deeply
feeling whole and complete. Your
personal mandala represents your
strength and inner beauty.
FYC Cadets to Help
ULC on March 13th
By Ray Goldwire
Around 40 Florida Youth Challenge Cadets will visit ULC at
8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 13th
to help us clean the church windows and pews, paint, power
wash, and help with landscape issues.
They will bring a bag lunch, but
they will need drinks (cool aid)
and snacks (cookies, etc.) from
ULC.
We also need ULC members to
either help supervise or just be a
companion to talk to the cadets.
This will be the second year
they have come to ULC.
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Tricia Sample (right) talks to LIFT attendees about the mandelas each drew during the
program following the Feb. 11th luncheon.
Tricia Sample, a registered and
board certified Art Therapist serving Hospice Nature Coast and a
practitioner
at the Sacred Earth
Center, used
her 30+
years of experience to
open the
world of the
mandala for us. Some of us were
eager to draw, others reluctant, and
some needed encouragement, but
we all had a delightful experience
overall. Want to know more? Ask
any LIFT member.
Hosts Lois Wilkowske and
Agnes Martinsen decorated th tables for Valentines Day. Red and
white carnations, red napkins and
plates, and small red hearts were
scattered
around on
the white
tablecloths.
The roast
beef and
potatoes,
sliced turkey, salmon cakes, vegetable casseroles, salads, and breads
were complemented by the desserts of a Valentine cheese cake,
cookies, brownies, pie and candy.
Now
where can
you get
such a
great
lunch for
the price?
Mark
your calendar for
noon on
Thursday, March 11th, for our next
LIFT luncheon. Mary Lou and
Dutch Schirmer will host the
March event. The potluck food is
always the best, the company and
fellowship amazing, and our programs interesting and stimulating.
Come and dine, the Master calls!
The Lazarus Project
Can We Do It Again?
By Janet Janke
Last year ULC sponsored
twenty-five children through the
Lazarus Project in Haiti. Can we
do it again? March is the time to
renew a sponsorship or begin a new
sponsorship.
Sponsorships can be paid annually [$360] or monthly [$30]. All
checks should be made out to University Lutheran Church with the
notation on the memo line that
says, Lazarus Project. One time
gifts can also be made at anytime
during the year through a check to
ULC, noting it is for the Lazarus
Seminarian...
care and before/after school kids,
crisis and marriage counseling, and
attending and leading meetings,
I've had my hands full with pastoral ministry. It has been a very
rewarding experience so far, and
I'm blessed to have the support of
a pretty neat wife along the way.
Leslie continues to work for the
City of Philadelphia as legal counsel for its Office of Housing and
Community Development.
Thank you for your prayers of
support, and know that we pray for
our church family, too. As I finish
my internship this year, and final
academic year in the next, we look
forward to more opportunities to
visit our home congregation.
Project.
Children are sponsored at either
the Village of Hope or The Little
Children of Jesus Home. The Village of Hope is a rural school [10
miles east of Port-au-Prince] that
enrolls over 600 children. All the
academic subjects are taught in a
Christian environment. Worship is
held at the school each Sunday.
The students are provided with
uniforms, two meals a day, and
medical and dental services.
The school had minimal damage from the earthquake. They are
awaiting word from the government as to when they can reopen.
They have been able to distribute
food to the families and vitamins
for the children. Most of the
teachers reside in Port-au-Prince
and this has been a very difficult
time for them.
The Little Children of Jesus
Home is for special needs children
that have been abandoned by their
families. They were very fortunate
and did not suffer any major damage from the earthquake.
Current sponsors please prayerfully consider renewing your sponsorship for another year and make
a difference in the life of a child in
Haiti. New sponsors are also
needed. You can consider pairing
up with someone and together
sponsoring a child.
March is Lazarus Project Sponsorship month at ULC. Wouldn’t
it be a blessing if there is an article
in the April ULC newsletter saying
that our congregation is again
sponsoring twenty-five children
through the Lazarus Project?
“Defiance” Brings David Sitler
Back to ULC and the Hipp
David Sitler is thrilled to be
back in Gainesville at the Hippodrome Theatre and also to be part
of the University Lutheran family
once again and this time with his
wife Carolyn Popp.
They are playing husband and
wife in the play DEFIANCE by
John Patrick Shanley who also
wrote the play DOUBT. The play
takes place in 1971 at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and two
men are on a collision course over
race, women and the high cost of
doing the right thing.
The play runs untill March 21st
at the Hippodrome Theatre and
ticket information can be found at
(Publicity Photo)
ULC member David Sitler and his wife
Carolyn Popp perform in the Hippodrome
Play “Defiance.”
www.thehipp.org or calling 352375-HIPP.
11
March Volunteers
ACOLYTE
7 Adam MontMarquette
14 Austin MontMarquette
21 Crucifer: Tori Kronmann
Acolyte: Michael Kronmann
28 Adam MontMarquette
COUNTERS
LAY READERS
7
14
21
28
Gene Brandner/Laura Ling
Dick Dienhart
Bev & Ron Gronwall
Ron Bauldree/George Chappell
7
14
21
28
Jackie Klein/Janete Brite
Gene Brandner/George Chappell
Jim & Caroline Yale
Dutch & Mary Lou Schirmer
7
14
21
28
Eckhard & Jean Schadow
Ron Gordon
Gilbert & Sara Daniel
Pauline Schmertmann/
Dee Ann Connor
7
14
21
28
DOOR STEP VISITORS
ALTAR GUILD
7
14
21
28
Kathy Brill
Jackie Klein
Beverly Gronwall
Elaine Manion
SOUND SYSTEM OPERATOR
7
14
21
28
Otto Johnston/Marissa Tweed
Ron Bauldree/Jim Yale
Shari O’Brien/Otto Johnston
Dick Dienhart/Rikki Schwarz
7
14
21
28
Chase Collins
Dutch Schirmer
Ron Kuehl
Sam Brill
USHERS
GREETERS
ASSISTING MINISTERS
Charles Nelson
Ron Gordon
Virginia Lakatos
Sandy Bauldree
7
14
21
28
Ron & Mary Kuehl
Rick & Laurie Ezzell
Sam & Kathy Brill
Jacob Sapp/Chase Collins
Office (352) 373-6945 • FAX (352) 373-1679
Web Site: www.ULCGainesville.com
Email: Info@ulcgainesville.com
The Rev. Dr. Michael L. Collins, Pastor
Pastor’s email: pastor@ulcgainesville.com
The University Lutheran Church & Campus Center Newsletter
is a monthly publication of University Lutheran Church
The mission of University Lutheran Church and Campus Center is
to INVITE people to gather as a Christian family
to SHARE in worship, prayer, and the sacraments
to SERVE as disciples of Christ’s teachings
March 2010
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