CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS October 13, 2019

The third quarter giving statements have been

mailed. If you did not receive your statement or

have questions, please contact Diane in the office.

IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Ginny Evenson Ron Johnson

Prayer Chain requests: If you would like to put yourself or someone else on the CLC Prayer Chain, please contact Diane or Sara in the office and your request will be forwarded to the Prayer Chain.

Women’s Book Club will meet on Monday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Deb Wohlwend to discuss The Wake Up by Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Wednesday Evenings 5:30 p.m. Dinner Worship (lower level)

6:15 p.m. Faith Formation

Upcoming R & R activities/service learning

October 16 – pack lunch bags for Hope for the Journey Home

October 23 - Cards for Kids

October 30 - Trunk or Treat

ALTAR FLOWERS THIS

MORNING are given by Cleone

Pritchard in gratitude for 50 years

worshipping with CLC and by

Bruce Beutel in memory of Arline.

Put November 4th on your calendar to help our Christ Lutheran Team raise money for the American Cancer

Society. Our team-Vic's Vikings-has raised funds for the Relay for Life held in the summer and we again ask for your participation. Bingo begins at 7:00 with social hour and eats at 6:30....join us in the lower level here at CLC for a fun time. If you would like to donate a basket for a prize, let me know… prizes are always awesome. Questions call Joyce Kisch at 426-4203.

For Sunday morning hospitality, we are switching to sugar free lemonade.

Celebrate Halloween at Trunk or Treat on October 30!

Trunk or Treat is a fun trick-or-treating event for the Lake Elmo community! Sign up if you would like to decorate your trunk and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters in the parking lot on Wednesday October 30 from 6:15-7:30 pm. If you aren’t feeling particularly creative, there are kits for sale at Michaels to make your car fun and festive! A sign-up sheet is located in the church narthex.

Our special guests today celebrating Lulanzi Sunday are Bariki and Ruthie Mhanga. Bariki is from Lulanzi, Tanzania, and is one of the first students your mission donations sent to school. His wife, Ruthie, is currently a seminary student at Wartburg in Dubuque, Iowa. The RED ENVELOPES in the pew holders today are for donations to our Lulanzi mission support. Please return them with your donations to the offering plates. Thank you!

Would you like to memorialize your loved one with a paver at the CLC Cemetery Prayer Garden? The cost begins at $250.00. Please call Jim Lohmann at 439-8984 if you are interested in getting more information.

CLC Financial Summary

Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/2020

Total Income: 3 months $105,300

Total Expenditures: 3 months $109,300

Net Deficit: 3 months (9/30/19) -$4,000

Annual Budget $496,400

Budget Fiscal YTD $124,100

In addition to the information on our current year’s

budget, did you know that for the past few years

we’ve been carrying deficits from year to year, now

adding up to a current fund negative balance of

$68,300? While the church continues to be financially

solvent and pay our bills, the negative balance carried

forward is becoming worrisome.

A huge “thank you!” to Bree Sheridan for her work cleaning and organizing our Sunday School

Supply room. Our preparation for our lessons are so much easier!

The Sunday School Staff at CLC

The CLC Pictorial Directory Needs You! If you were unable to get your photo taken for the pictorial directory but would like to submit a photo for the new directory, please bring a photo to the church office or submit a digital photo by email to admin@clclakeelmo.org. If you have questions, please call the church office at 651-777-2881. The deadline for photos is Thursday, October 24.

11194 36th Street N P.O. Box 310 Lake Elmo, MN 55042 651-777-2881

Paperless Music

By Pastor Andy

A couple years ago I attended a conference at United Theological Semi-nary in St. Paul. It was put on by Music That Makes Community, teaching participants the value of and skills for paperless singing.

Paperless singing is a movement across the United States to sing more dynamically in groups, with attention to the song and one another instead of looking down at a page or up at a screen. It helps the music to come alive and helps everyone to feel like they have the skills to sing. There’s no requirement to read music, or even to be able to read. Paperless singing makes sing-ing accessible to everyone.

If you haven’t visited Refuel & Refresh Dinner Church on Wednesday evenings yet, you should. We rely on paperless singing. There are no printed song sheets. We use fewer consumable resources for these worship services.

Paperless music is broader than the Church. It’s being used for Community Sings, events to bring communities together to sing with one another – no experience or particular skills necessary. Because it’s so accessible, paperless singing works great with children even before they can read. I regularly hear my daughter Hilde singing along with us on Wednesday evenings. It’s also being used to help people with dementia come together with joyful spirits and participate in a shared event.

Now, I love a robust hymn with four part harmony and my spirit is fed by a praise song like “Ubuntu” that we sing on Sunday morning. We have gifted musicians among us and we value our music heritage. Trouble is, singing is becoming counter-cultural. More and more, churches are counting on professional and skilled musicians to lead congregational song and many worshipers feel that our music is not accessible.

So, shameless plug: come and check out what we’re doing on Wednesday evenings. You might enjoy it. Plus, singing is like a beautiful combination of chocolate and vegetables: it’s both sweet and good for you. To learn more about paperless singing, visit musicthatmakescommunity.org.

Ginny update: Our daughter Ginny was born 10 weeks early on August 20, weighing 2 lbs. 12 oz. Ginny is now 5 lb. 13 oz., but probably over 6 lbs. by the time you read this. She’s healthy, sweet, and cuddly. She still has not mastered eating, which is what is keeping her in the hospital at Children’s, St. Paul. Continued prayers are appreciated for her eating skills to mature. Thanks for all the prayers and support!

THANK YOU!

A big Thank You! to all CLC’ers who helped make the 67th Annual Roast Pork and Sauerkraut Supper a success! From peeling Rutabagas to serving hot, steaming plates to our diners and take-out takers, we thank all the persons involved. Lake Elmo could not have a fabulous, historic community, feel-good meal without each

one of us. Bless Us ALL!

There will be a De-Briefing meeting at Lake Elmo Inn again this year, on Monday October 21st beginning at 6:00. We invite anyone to join in this time of review, decompress, and debrief of this year’s pros and cons over dessert and a beverage. We deeply appreciate everything the Lake Elmo Inn does for our event, hence we meet at the Inn. Come One, Come All, to De-Brief!

Next Year’s date is 10-10-2020...Be Ready!

You’re Invited: Affordable Housing Community Forum Please join the community call to action on homelessness and affordable housing. The event will begin at 5:30 PM at Stillwater Public Library with light refreshments followed by "Awareness, Acceptance and Attitude Leading to Action" program at 6 PM. The program will consist of personal stories of homelessness, breakout sessions, and, most importantly, action items to address the homelessness and affordable housing problem. Everyone is encouraged to attend this event.