Atonement JANUARY 2018

January 7, 2018 10:00 AM 1200 Winton Road

(located next to Brighton High School)

Please join us for this special joint worship service for the congregations of Atonement and 12 Corners Presbyterian Church. There will be no worship at Atonement this day; instead we will gather at 12 Corners Church for a celebratory service. Music will be provided by Joshua Brown; and a collaborative sermon will be offered by Pastor Gail Swanson and Pastor Kevin Hersey. Nursery care and ample parking will be provided. If you would be willing to serve as a reader or greeter at this service, please contact the church office.

Fun during the Christmas Eve Children's Moment

JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE AT 12 CORNERS PRESBYTERIAN

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ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday, February, 4

10:45am

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Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for a 30 minute service of song, prayer and Holy Communion. This informal service will be followed by Lunch & Laughter, combining worship + fellowship + community.

Need a ride? Please call the church office and we will provide transportation!

JANUARY NEWS

FIRST WEDNESDAY NOONDAY WORSHIP

Wednesday, Jan 3 12:00 – 12:30pm

ANNUAL REPORTS

All Board of Ministries Directors and committees are encouraged to

submit a report for the Annual Congregational Meeting. Please email all reports to the church office by January 15.

NEW FRONT SIGN

Something to celebrate in this new year: a new front sign! New driveway signs/exterior building signs and new lighting for the sign

have also been installed. Thank you to Jim Krapf and the Sign Committee for their time and effort in making this project a reality…and to those families who assisted in funding this project through

Memorial gifts in memory of loved ones.

WORSHIP AT ATONEMENT: THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

Sunday, January 14 10:45am

Join us for an Adult Forum Discussion on January 14 where responses

from the recent Worship Survey will be shared as we discern our congregation’s worship and Christian Education goals for the future. We invite your involvement in this discussion.

A Prayer for the Year To Be

God of the old and new, we thank you for the year now past. For moments that warmed our hearts, for days when we laughed and loved, for times of celebration for the gift of life in Christ, and for a Church that praises your name in a chorus of languages around this earth. Thank you for the memories of your sustaining presence in seasons of sickness or pain, when worry or anxiety were our constant companions. Thank you for your words in scripture fulfilled in our daily lives: “Your sins are forgiven”… “My grace is sufficient for you”… “I am with you always.” Gracious God, we also thank you for the year yet to be, and pray that as we journey, you go before us and beside us. Gather into your arms all who carry hurt from the old year into the new, and give them the assurance of your never failing care. Be with us, Lord, as we pray for ourselves; we who stand between the old and the new…who believe and yet struggle with our faith…who pray and yet doubt the necessity of prayer…who love and yet find love so difficult…who still have much to learn about being your children. Lead us, guide us, and love us in Jesus’ name. Amen.

In Christ, Pastor Gail

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FELLOWSHIP

Refugee Fellowship Dinner Sunday Jan 28 at 4:00 PM

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. – Matthew 25:35 Join us for a very special pot luck supper…an evening of food, fellowship, music and a devotional time with refugee families who have settled in Rochester from Afghanistan, Somalia, and other lands far away. A collaborative welcoming ministry of Atonement Lutheran Church, 12 Corners Presbyterian Church, and South Presbyterian Church, this intergenerational dinner will be held in the fellowship hall of 12 Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 Winton Road South, right around the corner from Atonement. Watch the bulletin boards for more information and for sign-up sheets to volunteer and to bring a dish to pass. Contact Avis Hooper, Margy Peet, or Pastor Gail for more information. What a beautiful way to help our new neighbors feel welcome in their new country: to break bread together around the table! We hope you will join us!

MORNING PRAYER FOR PEACE Wednesday, January 10 at 9:00 a.m.

In the Prayer Room We return to our monthly quiet time of prayer, meditation and reflection in the Prayer Room. Join us as we pray for peace in our world, peace in our communities, peace in our families, peace in our hearts.

Let us bow to each other and say That we will be the peace for which we long…

worship + fellowship + community building = Atonement Lutheran Church

LUNCH & LAUGHTER Wednesday, January 3 at 12:30 p.m.

Following noontime worship in the sanctuary Come out of the winter cold and join us for our pot luck lunch. Bring a dish to pass…we’ll provide beverages, hot and cold. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex, but if you forget to sign up, come anyway. There is always room for YOU at our table. Set-up or clean-up help is always appreciated. If you need transportation, call the office at 442-1018 and we will help secure you a ride.

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DISCIPLESHIP

A LETTER FROM BARBIE MACHOLZ GRIMALDI

SPRING CANDY SALE The annual candy sale to benefit The Brighton Churches Habitat Coalition will be held, beginning on January 28. Orders will be taken through February 11. Distribution of the candy will be on March 18. Please see Barb Sanko if you have questions.

BRIGHTON FOOD DEPOT

For the month of January, we will be collecting cereal, peanut butter, and mac 'n cheese for the Brighton Food Depot. Your support of the BFD is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Dear Pastor Gail, We arrived home this evening to a most wonderful blessing from our Atonement family. It is hard to put into words how deeply this gift is touching our hearts. In these advent days of anticipation and wait, of trepidation and fear, of need for hope, for healing, for the great babe, it brings us such comfort to know our dear faith family is right alongside us. You all have already brought the light into the darkness in these winter evenings. You should also know that I take my atonement quilt with me to my gamma knife procedures, including last Wednesday’s and the doctors and nurses absolutely love it. They love to read the comments with me. They make sure it doesn’t get anything on it. They wrap me in its warmth before they put me in the machine. Please, please, please share our thanks and excitement with the congregation. We are humbled and hopeful, thanks to you all. Thank you for showing Christ’s love to us, now, when we need it most. Love, Barbie & Matt (and the whole Macholz family, for that matter!)

To my awesome atonement family,

It seems inadequate to say thank you for the amazing outpouring of care, concern, love, and , especially the prayers extended my way throughout my recent journey.

The floral centerpiece is beautiful and will grace my table for the holidays.

My family joins me in expressing our deepest appreciation to all of you.

God’s Peace- Barb Goodrich

Hi all,

We’ll miss all of the wonderful programs and, most of all, do miss all of you! We haven’t found a church home here yet, but we’ll work on that when construction is done here. (An extension for my friends

stained glass window and for my plants. Contactors in NY are far superior to those here!!)

Merry Christmas, and a very blessed new year, Karen & Don

A NOTE OF THANKS

A CHRISTMAS GREETING

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FYI— FAMILY ~ YOUTH ~ INTERGENERATIONAL MINISTRY

LUTHERAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION

LYO GAME NIGHT 7:30 – 9:30pm

Friday, Jan 5, 2017 at Reformation Lutheran Church on Chestnut Street. All 6th – 12th graders are invited to an evening of games, snacks and fellowship.

LYO WINTER WEEKEND

March 2-4, 2017

This is a fun-filled, retreat for youth in grades 6-12. Friends are welcome! Cost is $80 per person. Forms are available on the table in the Narthex. Financial assistance is available - just ask!

“IN ALL THE WORLD IT IS CHRISTMAS TONIGHT”

SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

REJOICE!

THE SAVIOR IS BORN!

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BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

January Birthdays 4 Dan Westervelt, John Tokoli 6 Kathy Heinig 14 Laura Kaminsky 15 Nancy Templeman 18 Sarah Darder 22 Madison Hauck 24 Andrea Fleishman, Mark Hennessey 30 Judy Lazenby January Anniversaries 2 Patrick and Gretchen McGrath

Wed Jan 3 Noonday Worship 12:00 PM Lunch and Laughter 12:30 PM Sun Jan 7 Joint Worship Service at 12 Corners Presbyterian Church 10:00 AM Wed Jan 10 Morning Prayer in the Prayer Room 9:00 AM Sun Jan 14 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Tue Jan 16 Board of Ministries 6:00 PM Thurs Jan 18 Worship Planning Meeting 11:00 AM Sat Jan 20 LCLC Board Meeting in Reissig Hall 10:00 AM Sun Jan 21 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Sun Jan 28 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM

PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS

As we begin a new year – help us to update a new prayer list. Please contact the church office with names of family, friends or church members you would like to be lifted up in prayer in

2018.

We welcome Harlan and Barbara Granger into membership at Atonement, and pray that they may be blessed and nourished in our community of faith. Thank you to those who donated food, and to those who volunteered to serve dinner for our Lutheran Campus Ministry meal at RIT. It was greatly appreciated.

CONGREGATIONAL CARE

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DECEMBER 2017

January 14

9:30 AM January 21

9:30 AM January 28

9:30 AM January 7 10:00 AM

Assistant Minister

Joanne Scanlon Matt McGill David T Wilkinson

Communion Assistant

Judy Lazenby Vi Price Betty Middlebrook

Reader Susan Touhsaent Linda Krapf Florence Wright

Children’s Moment

Andra Smith & Alyssa Jones

Pastor Gail David T Wilkinson 10:00 AM Worship at 12

Corners Presbyterian Church

Acolyte

Eva Condemi Connor Krapf Alexa Howe No Worship at Atonement

Greeter

Jean Seager Barb Goodrich Judy Karsten

Usher

Bob Heinig Jack Teter Skip Waterstreet

Coffee Host Jan Hunt Judy Lazenby Bob Heinig

Assistant Financial Sec.

John Kruidenier Bob Touhsaent Bryan Howe

Counter Tom Thompson Stew Stover Amy Irish

Altar Care Judy Lazenby Judy Karsten Barb Goodrich

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