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Hope Lutheran Church Kindergarten and Preschool an ELCA Congregation
29043 Vallejo Ave, Temecula, CA 92592-2307
951-676-6262 www.hopetemecula.org
Worship is online!
• Visit Hope’s website www.hopetemecula.org
• Click the “Go to Hope’s YouTube Channel” button
• Click on worship service you wish to watch
OR
• Watch for emails with links to worship each Saturday
Worship “premieres” at our regular 8 am & 10:15 am worship times
and videos remain available to watch anytime 24/7
Graduate Recognition Sunday June 7
Pentecost Sunday May 31 High school and college graduates
Families share Peace of Christ share Christ’s peace
and Pentecost Greetings (see grads page 4)
Help our neighbors who are hungry!
Hope Drive-by Food Drive 10-11 am Sat., June 13
Since the pandemic began, 1 in 4
people are out of work and can’t
put food on the table. Let’s help!
Hope will hold a Drive-by Food Drive
in Hope’s parking lot.
Stay in your car. Follow signs.
Masked and gloved helpers will
remove the donations from your
vehicle and take them to
Community Mission of Hope Food
Pantry (CMOH). Suggested items:
• Canned Fruit/ Vegetables
• Pasta/Spaghetti Sauce
• Mac and Cheese
• Soup/Ramen
• Spaghettios, Ravioli, Chili, Stew
• Tuna in Cans or Packets, Spam
• Beans-Canned or Dry
• Rice
• Boxed or Bagged cereal
• Oatmeal
• Peanut Butter
• Fruit/Granola Bars
Questions? Contact Holly Hartman
Zoom Pentecost Parties (May 28-31)
• Faith Explorers (Toddlers and Preschool) 1-1:20 pm Saturday
• Faith Explorers/ K-5 Alive! (K-grade 5) 3-4 pm Thursday
• PowerZone (Middle School Youth) 5:15-6:30 pm Sunday
No meeting June 21 - Father’s Day
• Transformers (High School/and older) 11 am-12:15 pm Saturday
Groups meet weekly. If you aren’t receiving Zoom invitations w/meeting number and password, contact Deacon Shirley
Hope Kindergarten & Preschool Drive-By Celebration
On May 29 Hope celebrated our preschool
and kindergarten students and their families.
The love, joy and excitement was felt by all.
See HCC and Hope Lutheran Facebook
pages for more pictures of the fun!
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Backbone of Hope
from Pastor Sandy . . .
Dear Friends,
You don’t need me to tell you -- these are incredibly
challenging days to be Christ’s Church! Two pandemics are
boiling over in our world – Covid 19 and racism. Both
operate silently, both are often unseen and both are spread
under cover of darkness until their deadly power is
unleashed. Both have life and death consequences and
both call us to rethink every aspect of our life together. One
we’ve only been aware of for less than 6 months while the
other has been in our midst for centuries, ignored and even
perpetuated by people of faith – people who say we
believe that ALL of us have been created in God’s image
and likeness, but do not always live that way. God forgive
us.
In the Old Testament God sent prophets to confront the
people when they lost their way. In Micah 6:8 the prophet
says, “what does the LORD require of you, O mortal … but
that you do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our
God.”
The biblical concept of “doing justice” has to do with
making sure all people are treated as beloved children of
God, treated with respect and dignity. As people of God it
is our calling, our duty, our responsibility to oppose injustice
wherever it may be found, especially in examining our own
hearts.
It can be tempting to assign blame for racism and injustice
to others. It’s easy to say it’s “their” fault, with “them”
being the African American community, the police, the
liberal or conservative media, or others we’d like to
scapegoat. The truth is that we have a huge problem in our
country. We’re divided. We have some who live with great
privilege while others live in fear. Being black in America
should not be a death sentence. God forgive us.
In 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. said “Darkness cannot drive
out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out
hate, only love can do that.” 53 years later, that is still true.
So, what does the LORD require of us? It is not enough to be
quietly non-racist. Now is the time to be vocally ANTI-racist.
Now is not the time to cast blame or point fingers. Now IS the
time to pray fervently, to listen attentively, to learn from those
who are suffering and in pain. Now IS the time to act in new
ways, to be instruments of healing and reconciliation. Now IS
the time to reach out in love and to work tirelessly for justice
and equality for all. It’s a matter of life and death.
Together with you, in God’s Gracious Grip,
Pastor Sandy
Let's Learn Together !!
Join Us June 7 for Hope Cafe (4 pm Sundays via Zoom)
and/or New Book Study of Dear Church
starting mid June
At the May 31 Hope Cafe on Zoom we
discussed recent events and agreed we
wanted to continue the discussion at
Hope Cafe the following week, 4 pm
June 7. All are welcome to join us.
We also learned about the book Dear Church: A Love Letter
From a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
by Lenny Duncan. It is available at Barnes and Noble and
Amazon. A new book study/discussion of the book will begin in
mid June (separate from Hope Café). If you would like to be
part of that book study, email [email protected] and
we’ll figure out day/time to meet via Zoom. All who are
seeking a deeper understanding are invited to join in.
If you plan to read the book, please pray to be open to the
new perspectives and insight God may bring. While this book
may make you uncomfortable, this is often the place where
God teaches us the most. When we are uncertain and trying
to understand that which we haven’t previously encountered,
there is growth and renewal. We are called to be church
together and sometimes that means untangling difficult
issues . . . together with God.
Robin Wesley, Cheryl Morg, Rodger Stroud, Erica Kreske –
Zoom co-leaders Dustin Parker, Laura Ann & Mark Madott, Stephanie &
James Dobson, Pastor Sandy and Jill Stokes - making
online worship happen Alyson Schumacher, Cheryl Morg, Erica Kreske, Robin
Wesley and Rodger Stroud – VBS Planning Team
Alex & Holly Veron - assembling and delivering
(dropping of at kids’ homes with no physical contact)
supplies for Ascension crafts/Pentecost Parties
Holly Hartman, Lynn Petroff & Barbara Meinke for
making masks for LRCC, CCLM and FosterAll
Anna Koelln - accepting nomination and serving on
council until January 2021
Pamela Nevills - continuing to inspire and educate Hope
members through Bible study and adult education
opportunities
Neil Nevills and Craig Cotten – co-leading Hope’s
property team and gathering the group May 30 for
project planning
Nick Anderson - securing main entry doors to Hope
Chuck Coe, Neil Nevills, and Craig Cotten - putting a tarp on the
church roof during the rains
HCC and kindergarten staff - planning and leading an amazing car
parade celebrating our preschool and kindergarten students
and their families; Peggy Cary for helping with balloon pillars,
council members Diane Anderson, Marta Bills, Bruce Orner and
HCC Board member Cathy Seguin, Deacon Shirley, Pr. Sandy
and Cheryl Morg for welcoming and celebrating our families
Hope’s Council for hours of research and multiple meetings per
month as they faithfully lead Hope on a very new path
Holly Hartman, Marv Kulseth and others spending hours individually
pulling weeds and doing Hope landscaping Celia Lamke, Marta Bills, Deb Gallup, Sally Glahn, Rosalie Hayward,
Philip Hansen, Tony Chavez, Rodger Stroud , Scottie Lloyd for
Zooming and helping move Hope Bible studies online
Holly Hartman, Diane Cotten and Hunger Ministry for planning and
leading Drive-by Food Donation June 13
Lorrie McKenzie for researching, planning for and passionately
teaching Hope’s inaugural year of kindergarten
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2 Marissa Bills
Erik Riley (10)
3 Kaikena Alayvilla (10)
6 Lana Riesenberg (9)
7 Amoie Alayvilla
8 Steve Krstich
12 Taylor Baggest
13 Kevin Prelgovisk
Donna Shelton
16 Pete Loschky
17 Marv Anderson
Amanda Jones (16)
Angelina Jones (16)
17 Cat Velasco-Dong
18 Bill Frommling
Judee Tompkins
20 Rich Moffet
21 Linda McLagan
Andrew Roberts
Fred Vogelgesang
22 Greg Shepherd
23 Jan Miller
Mary Peterson
Art Yorke
24 Nicole Reaser
25 Stacy Goetting
27 Dan Zimmerman
28 Cailyn-Heidi Orrell (16)
29 Ka’eo Alayvilla (8)
Robin Wesley
3 Roger & Rosalie Hayward - 59
4 Richard & Sharlene
Campbell - 14
6 Gary & Geri Westad - 53
13 Larry & Amy Gabrielson - 34
Dean & Sally Glahn - 62
Jack & Jan Ritt - 23
CELEBRATING JUNE BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Hope’s 2020 Church Council
Have a question? Idea to share? Concern?
Diane Anderson, President [email protected] 951-676-7682
Marta Bills, Vice President [email protected] 951-699-9939
Bruce Orner, Secretary [email protected] 951-515-6131
John Mohr, Treasurer [email protected] 951-693-0990
Charles Hoelzel [email protected] 650-701-3667
LaNett Hollenkamp [email protected] 559-303-4138
Anna Koelln [email protected] 708-299-2950
Pete Loschky [email protected] 951-894-2372
Lisa Masters [email protected] 951-303-0518
Pastor Sandy Bentz [email protected] 951-676-6262 x 205
Thank you to all supporting Hope Lutheran Church with your time, talents and financial support!
1. To give a ONE-TIME or RE-OCCURING gift online go to www.hopetemecula.org
and choose “GIVE” in the menu bar OR scroll down and click “online giving.”
The button will take you to a secure page with easy, step by step instructions.
Update your giving preferences any time.
2. TEXT “hopetemecula” to 73256 and follow the prompts for a one-time gift
3. Mail a check to Hope Lutheran Church, 29043 Vallejo Ave., Temecula, CA 92592
15 John & Cindy Hanson - 24
Dan & Patti Zimmerman - 35
17 Rich & Bernice Moffet - 53
19 Tracy & Barbara Meinke - 35
24 Fran & Linda Foresta - 30
25 Don & Janet Van Every - 60
27 Mack & Maria Jones - 28
28 Will Brown & Anna Koelln - 17
1 Terry Bills
Isaac Brown
Lillian Brown
Stephanie Campos
Gary Check
Dave Edwards
Kevin McKenzie
Lorrie McKenzie
4 Anthony Gallup
7 Ruth Landosky
13 Celia Lamke
14 Dana Dixon
15 Owen Doty
19 Mary Ann Mericle
20 Suzanne Holm
21 Andrew Roberts
23 Ellie Reaser
29 Paula Fenton
At Hope we celebrate baptismal
anniversaries on the first Sunday
of each month. If your baptismal
anniversary is not listed below,
please call the church office.
Members of Hope,
Thank you all for the
beautiful masks. We love
them all and have put
them to good use. We
pray you are all well and
getting through this
difficult time.
We will miss seeing the
youth from Hope at camp
this summer. Thank you for
your support of camp.
Stay well,
Lauri Egertson
LRCC Director
Hope has been gifted 4 boxes
of beautifully hand-made
greeting cards by a neighbor.
Help Needed!
These need to be sorted (by
birthday, get well, thank you, etc.) They also need
envelopes. If you are able to sort through the cards
or provide or make envelopes (cards came with a
pattern for envelopes) at home, please call the
church office.
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Our Mission: Anchored in Christ … to Build and Grow Faith
Our Purpose: To share Jesus’ love by reaching out and welcoming all
Our Vision: We will TRUST GOD in the midst of what makes us anxious
CHOOSE FAITH instead of fear and
SERVE MISSION instead of our own comfort
Jake Anderson Masters in Rhetoric
& Professional Writing
San Diego State
Anthony Gallup Bachelors in Science
Global Studies
Political Science
Cal State San Marcos
Brooke Ito Master in Science
Speech & Language
Pathology
Cal State San Marcos
Michelle Wesel Associate in Science
Office Administration
Mt. San Jacinto College
James Dobson Bachelors in Science
Computer Science
Cal State Fullerton
Men's Group Bible Study Zoom meeting 8-9 am Saturday June 6
Pastor Scottie Lloyd will present a Bible Study on the topic "The Coronavirus Pandemic - God's Reset?"
Open to all men of Hope and their friends. If you want to participate and did not receive an invite to the Zoom meeting,
please contact Philip Hansen at [email protected] for link and password.
This is a great opportunity for the men of Hope to gather, make friends, and study the Word of God to start our day.
Questions about using Zoom to join the Bible Study? Contact Philip Hansen. You can also join Zoom meetings by phone!
Using Zoom, there are a number of Bible Study and other groups meeting. Try them out!
• Paul! study - 7 pm Mondays email Deb Gallup [email protected]
• Paul! study - 10 am Saturdays email Celia Lemke [email protected] or
Cathy Seguin [email protected]
• Joy Women’s Circle - 1 pm Wednesday, June 17 email Rosalie Hayward [email protected] Questions about adult Bible study? Pamela Nevills [email protected]
Hope Celebrates our 2020 High School and College Grads!
Nolan Strom Murrieta Valley
High School
Jenna, Taylor & Sarah Kent Temecula Valley High School
Amanda Holm Temecula Valley
High School
Chloe Hamill Temecula Valley
High School
Taylor Baggest Murrieta Mesa
High School
Matthew Schork Temecula Valley
High School
Tasia Schork Temecula Valley
Adult H.S.
Service of Special Recognition and Celebration for our Pacifica Synod 2020 High School and College Graduates
5 pm (PST) Sunday, June 7 (watch live OR view at your leisure)
https://www.facebook.com/pacificasynod/ using Facebook Live AND on the Pacifica
Synod YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2XIq7-ZeQWn4lJzgc4ZaFw
This service has been put together by the Pacific Synod Youth Team and includes
music (provided by Tyra Dennis) messages, prayers, reflections from students,
a message from Bishop Andy Taylor and a blessing. The names of graduates from
throughout our synod will be shared in a video presentation.
