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Lebanon Lutheran Church
1101 South Mears Avenue
Whitehall, MI 49461
Living in God’s Amazing Grace
The Light is published monthly by Lebanon
Lutheran Church, 1101 S. Mears Avenue,
Whitehall, MI 49461. Submissions are
accepted through the 15th of each month.
Submissions MUST include your name and a
way to contact you in case of questions.
2 ways to submit your information:
yellow folder in Margaret’s office
(better)
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THE L GHT
To Bring God’s Grace and Love to Each other
And To The World
June 2015
Lebanon
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church A Congregation of the North/West Lower
Michigan Synod,
Craig Satterlee, Bishop
Elizabeth Eaton, Presiding Bishop
1101 S. Mears Avenue
Whitehall, MI 49461
(231) 893-5745
Rev. Douglas M. Ogden
Sunday Morning Worship
8:00 am & 10:15 am– Communion
9:00am - Adult Forum
Office Hours
9:00 am—1:00 pm M-F
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm W , Th
Office Staff
Margaret Everling, Sue Roesler
Newsletter Editor &
Bulletin Announcements
Margaret Everling
Church Council
Doug Aardema Terry Beekman,TREAS
Virginia DeMumbrum Frank Hollister
Michael Palmer Sandy Robbins
Mike Szczerbinski Al Wheeler, Pres
“We are baptized members of God’s
Church, forgiven and set free by grace
through faith. We proclaim Christ in
Word, Sacraments, Witness and
Service.”
Pastor’s Notes
It shouldn’t be so difficult, but it is.
How do we tell our community, and people who may have had a
bad experience with “church” & been turned off to religion, or
people who assume we’re just like the church they read about in
some magazine or Facebook story, - - how do we tell our com-
munity that grace is our main thing. That showing grace is what
we do - - or strive to do.
That not only are you welcome here, we expect you to be fully
engaged in everything God calls us to do.
One way of looking at the history of our tradition is as an ever
expanding circle of recognizing Gods love.
One way of looking at our understanding of the Christian life is
as an arms-wide-open approach to the world, with an eyes-wide-
open awareness.
Discipleship is arms-wide-open in welcome, in service and in
prayer. And we sing pretty good too!
Pastor Ogden
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June 2015 Emphasis of the Month
Slovak The seminarian is coming!
Websites of Interest
www.lebanonlutheranchurch.com
www.mittensynod.org
www.elca.org
www.whitelakescouting.com
www.whitelakechorale.com
www.hopescarves.org
Webelos II - Tues 5:30-6:30pm (1st & 3rd week)
Wolves - Tues 6:30pm-7:30pm (1st & 3rd week)
Bears - Tues 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1st & 3rd week)
Tigers - Wed 6:30pm - 7:30pm (1st & 3rd week)
Webelos I - Wed 6:00pm-7:00pm (1st & 3rd week)
Scout Committee meets the 3rd Sunday of the month
at 4:30 pm
Boy Scouts meet at 5pm each Sunday.
Cub Scout Committee meet the 2nd Monday at
7:30pm
Scout Schedule
Margaret Everling will be out of
the office June 25, 26, 29 and 30th.
Marie Hendrixon will be covering
the office during that time.
Thank you.
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Capital Fund Drive
give · receive · help · heal · promise
Donations through May 3rd are $45,355.19. The boiler and roof projects are complete and we are
building up the account to address the remaining projects during 2015.
If it is possible to complete your 2015 pledge by this June or July it would help us complete
the remaining projects, all of which are outdoor projects.
Our next project will be repairing the sinkhole in the parking lot near Mears Avenue. This is
difficult to estimate, until it gets opened up and we know for certain what we have to deal with.
We are excited to report that this project will get started on Monday, May 11th.
The Craft Fair was a huge success! Thanks to planning of Rachel Bartlett and the many volun-
teers, we raised $934.00. This more than doubled the previous years total.
The Steak Fry will be Tuesday, June 16th. Please mark this date on your calendar and if you
can help, let Cheri Crouch know.
Curt Crouch
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From AARP Bulletin / January / February 2015
Q: My wife has early-onset dementia. When I call to ask about her retirement account or credit
cards, the reps need her permission to speak with me, which she can’t give. What should I do?
A: This is a powerful reminder of the need for a properly executed power of attorney. Had your
wife given you her POA as soon as she got the diagnosis, you’d have the right to manage her
affairs. It might not be too late, says Rebekah Brooker, an attorney with Scheef & Stone in Dal-
las. People with dementia often have good days as well as bad ones. On a good day, your wife
could legally sign a power of attorney. If your wife doesn't have good days, your only option is
the complexity of a legal guardianship.
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You are invited to join others from our Synod for a bike ride that starts at Lebanon on Satur-
day, June 13 at 9:30 am. The goal for some of us will be 30 miles, but you are free to ride as
many or as few as you wish. We’ll eat lunch at the end of the ride, if you are interested.
Pastor Bill Uetricht, First Lutheran
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It is an important part of our ministry to be praying constantly for one
another. We add names to the prayer list with consent in order to
maintain privacy and confidentiality. This month in your prayers, please
remember:
Prayers for those who are homebound: Our Minister
Ellen Aardema, at home
Ken & Mary Bernhardt, at home
Eleanor Carlson, at Heartland. (Hazel Palmer)
Marlene Erdman, at home, who is thankful for the Center she visits on Tuesdays.
Marcia Eyler, at home ( of St. Alban Episcopal)
Ginny Farmer, recuperating at John & Becky Wahr’s home, after stroke.
Betty Grover, Grand Pines Assisted Living, 1410 S. Ferry, Grand Haven, MI, 49417
Rosemary Grubb, at Brookhaven Medical Care Facility ( of St. Alban’s)
Lois Hildebrandt, at home, who looks forward to communion and dinner with
(Marlene Holmstrom)
Velma Roesler, at White Lake Assisted Living Center
Jeanette Svensson, with health issues.
Gini Kaines , (Michele Wheelers mother), at Heartland, (Donna Stacy)
Chuck and Marlene Windbacher, at home.
Special Prayer Concerns:
Nate Bernhardt, with health concerns
The Carlson Family, 7-year old Lucas has autism. (Mary Carlson’s grandson)
Roberta Cederquist, health concerns (Classmate of John Parks & Sue Roesler)
Nancy Dahl, undergoing therapy for MS and arthritis issues.
Lcpl Matthew Determan, marine injured in Honolulu training accident & in critical condition.
Virginia Dittenber, recuperating at home after surgery.
Sharon Honoré, with health concerns
Clarence Johnson, (Danielle Lach’s grandfather), at home.
Ken Kolb, with health concerns.
Dick and Donna Knoth, Dick has kidney cancer, COPD, and heart failure; Donna, health
concerns. Address: 10524 63rd St. CTE E #51, Puyallup, Washington 98372.
Lara MacGregor, with health concerns
Edward J. (Bud) Meier, Barb Aardema’s father, with health concerns
Pete & Jenny Palmer, with health concerns
Kathy and Dan Price, (Kathy is co-worker of Barb Aardema), recuperating from cancer surgery
Roger Silk, heart testing
Michelle Whitaker, (friend of Roger & JoAnne Silk), fighting aggressive cancer.
Darlene Willbrandt, recuperating from a fractured hip, at home.
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Sunday, June 7 Pentecost 2 Bishop Craig Satterlee
Musician: Liturgy Instruments Color: Green
Readings
Genesis 3:8-15
Psalm 50:7-15
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Mark 3:20-35
Prayer of the Day
O God, the strength of those who hope in you: Be present and hear our prayers; and, because
in the weakness of our mortal nature we can do nothing good without you, give us the help of
your grace, so that in keeping your commandments we may please you in will and deed;
through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. _________________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, June 14 - Pentecost 3
Musician: Monica Ogden Color: Green
Readings
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14*
2 Corinthians 5:6-10 [11-13]14-17
Mark 4:26-34
Prayer of the Day
God, our maker and redeemer, you have made us a new company of priests to bear witness to
the Gospel. Enable us to be faithful to our calling to make known your promises to all the
world; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. .
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From the publication White Lake Reminiscences
The White Lake Reminiscences was wrong about
one thing - June 6, not January 6. So on June 7,
2015, we celebrate our 143rd year with a potluck
at noon. Ham will be provided. Bishop Satterlee
will be with us representing the congregations
united together as the North/West Lower Michi-
gan Synod of the ELCA.
In an article submitted by Helen Bartlett
In the Year 1872.
The President of the United States of America was
Ulysses S. Grant, who was running for a second
term. He was re-elected in 1872 over Horace
Greely, who died later that year. A Republican,
Henry Wilson, was nominated by the Radicals for
the vice presidency on the Republican ticket in
1871. ( He died in office in 1875).
Grant won the re-election with 286 electoral
votes. In his 2nd inaugural address, he expressed
regrets that the nation failed to annex the Domini-
can Republic. He urged the reform of civil service
and asked for clemency toward Indians. Grant’s
administration was known for corruption and
scandal, but he signed the Amnesty Act of 1872,
restoring citizenship to most confederate sympa-
thizers .
Michigan led the states in lumbering, starting in
1870, and helping the Mid West development.
Michigan led the nation in lumber products, also.
Michigan’s governor was Henry Baldwin in 1872.
March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was
established as the first National park.
Charles XV of Sweden and Norway died, suc-
ceeded by his brother Oscar II.
Susan B. Anthony voted in defiance of the law
arrested, tried & fined $100, which she never paid.
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Sunday, June 21 - Pentecost 4
Musician: Audra Erb Color: Green
Readings
Job 38:1-11
Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Mark 4:35-41
Prayer of the Day
O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from
despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief; through
your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, June 28 - Pentecost 5
Musician: Monica Ogden Color: Green
Readings
Lamentations 3:22-33
Psalm 30
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Mark 5:21-43
Prayer of the Day
O God, you have prepared for those who love you joys beyond understanding. Pour into our
hearts such love for you that, loving you above all things, we may obtain your promises, which
exceed all that we can desire; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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June
6/3 Alicia Cloutier
6/4 Megan Crouch
6/6 Brianna Clark
6/7 Brianne Roesler
6/8 Dione Cloutier
6/8 Ryan Springer
6/9 Hannah Berry
6/10 Ian Palmer
6/11 Katherine Keller
6/11 Ken Kolb
6/12 Wayne Roesler
6/14 Mary Ellen Larson
6/14 Peter Damm
6/14 Velma Roesler
6/15 Gina Holmblade
6/16 Virginia DeMumbrum
6/16 Danielle Lach
6/20 Rylan Bernhardt
6/21 Jenny Lynn Girvan
6/22 William Hildebrandt
6/23 Jacquelyn Anguilm
6/23 Carol King
6/23 Christopher Lathrop
6/23 Thomas Swiatek
6/26 Lois Szczerbinski
6/28 Sally Hollister Jackson
6/28 Jim King
6/29 Alaina Moreau
6/30 Jeanette Otto
6/1/68 Wayne & Sue Roesler
6/3/00 Jeremy & Holly Moog
6/8/68 John & Irene Parks
6/12/02 Robert & Betty Hall
6/15/91 Joel & Kerry Fretty
6/16/73 Dan & Jenny Lynn Girvan
6/16/01 Brian & Laurel Wolf
6/20/92 Steve & Cindy Albert
6/22/74 Doug & Barb Aardema
6/23/90 Randy & Terri Fielstra
6/24/60 Darrel & Jeannette Otto
6/25/60 Chuck & Nancy Miller
6/25/83 Doug & Monica Ogden
6/28/69 Ernie & Donna Stacy
6/29/85 Scott & Elaine Stevens
6/30/63 Chuck & Ann Nessa
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The Quilting Group made a donation to the
Capital Fund Drive thanking them for put-
ting together the Craft Fair.
__________________________________
With Synod Council approval, I ap-
pointed Dawn Brackman as our synod
attorney, in keeping with a recent consti-
tutional provision. In point of fact, I made
Dawn’s longstanding service to our synod
and ongoing service to me official.
From Bishop Satterlee
__________________________________
Thank you to Terry and Lauralee Kesteloot
and John and Irene Parks for volunteering
to do the Food Pantry Milk Run to Country
Dairy each Tuesday. Your help is greatly
appreciated.
Thank you as well to Bernice
Switanowski, food pantry volunteer,
who helped unload as did Dave Gelvin,
Terry Beekman and Mary Beekman.
__________________________________
Congratulations, the ELCA’s Domestic
Hunger Grants Screening & Allocation
Committee has approved a $1500 grant
for your White Lake Area Food Pantry
at Lebanon in 2015.
Sincerely,
Joe Young, Program Dir.
Calendar of Events:
June 7 - Bishop Satterlee is at Lebanon to
help celebrate our 143rd Anniversary. Ham
Dinner & Potluck to follow 10:15 worship.
June 14 - Graduation Fellowship
Flag Day
June 16 - Steak Fry ( tickets available at the
church office for $13 each)
Volunteers are needed with set up, clean up
and serving.
June 21 - 1st Day of Summer
Father’s Day
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The congregation is cordially invited to join
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2700 E. Fulton,
Grand Rapids, MI for one of Lost and
Found’s farewell concerts.
Trinity Lutheran Church will be hosting Lost and
Found on Wednesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm
“LOST AND FOUND” Michael Bridges and
George Baum, have been traveling around the
world performing concerts of their original
music and making friends in the process,
since they were in high school. Their music is
the kind of thing that often prompts reactions
like, “Well, I have never heard anything like
that before.”
This is a free event but a free will offering
will be taken during the concert.
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Baptism Anniversaries
6/1 Logan Gehrke
6/1 Eric Nessa
6/1 John Lundell
6/2 Karen McManus
6/2 Eric McManus
6/6 Doug Ogden
6/6 Bob Green
6/6 Steve Green
6/9 Brian Lathrop
6/10 Frank Hollister
6/10 Dick Knoth
6/13 Rob Wahr
6/14 Sharon Ackerman
6/14 Mallory Crouch Lothschutz
6/15 Darrin Roesler
6/17 Bryan Stevens
6/17 Nicholas Will
6/17 Daniel Civis
6/19 Catherine Shalifoe
6/19 Robin Civis
6/21 Michael Stevens
6/21 Jon Honoré
6/22 Thomas Civis
6/24 Doyle Erickson Sr.
6/24 Thomas Peterson
6/26 Megan Aardema
6/27 Ann Bloom
6/27 Sandy Coddington
6/28 Lorey Montgomery
6/29 Lynda Lauterberg
6/29 Lisa Paquette
Stephen Ogden, Mallory Gallihugh, and Samantha Hendrixon have all graduated from
High School
They will be honored June 14 at 10:15 am worship and fellowship time at 11:30 am,
thanks to LYO advisor Flo King.
Allie Ogden graduated from Wittenberg University, an ELCA University in Springfield,
Ohio. We celebrate with Anna DeNicolo, receiving Master’s degree in Social Work, and Beth
Eaton, in Speech Therapy. There are other graduations we will announce later.
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DayCamp!!! July 20-24 AND the Youth Encounter group will lead worship Sunday, July 19.
Cost is still $30 per child, $50 per family. We need lots of youth staff! WE will make health kit
and school kits for refugees of the Nepal earthquake.
