Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church 101 Vance St. Kannapolis, NC 28081

Kimball Communicator Reverend John Futterer-Senior Pastor

Liz Fisher, AIM-Minister of Word & Service Mrs. Gail Mosher– Church Office Manager

Dr. Don Simmons– Music Director Rev. Dr. David R. Keck, Pastor Emeritus

January 2020 Newsletter Online at: WWW.KIMBALLCH URCH.ORG 704-933-4101

Inside this Issue:

•Pastor’s article •Upcoming Events •Homebound •January Birthdays & Anniversaries •Prayer page •Signed up to serve • Calendar •Kids Page •Upcoming Events

FROM THE PASTOR Growing into our Future with Faith and Grace

Throughout most of my life, the Eastman Kodak Company was one of the strongest businesses in the world. They had a unique product, and they owned a huge share of the market for cameras and film. It

was one of those companies that you thought would always be present - it truly was a household name. Last year I read an article about how Kodak almost went under as a company because it refused to look around at the quickly changing world...and change with it! The company actually believed that digital photography was just a phase (even though it was one of their researchers who had invented and developed it!). The company firmly believed that people would eventually come back to "real" cameras that used "real" film. That attitude nearly destroyed the company...and led them to bankruptcy in 2012. They have since reorganized and refocused the company toward the future - but they are no longer the household name that they once were. The reason that I share this story with you is that so many organizations that refuse to change are suffering the same fate as Kodak. We all know that there have been terrific declines in civic organizations in our country - clubs and organizations that used to meet on a weekly basis in town/cities across the USA have simply disappeared. Many churches have suffered a similar fate. The changing world is, of course, partly to blame - but organizations MUST change with the times...we cannot expect that continuing to do things as we have always done them simply because "we've always done things this way" will work in our world. Here at Kimball Memorial, we are fortunate that we are seeing good and steady growth in many areas: Membership, attendance, stewardship, etc. And to be sure, some ministries are adapting to new realities of time commitments, work responsibilities, changing family lives, etc. Our stewardship theme for this new year speaks of our future...and growing into that future with both faith (knowing that God's got this!) and grace (we have freedom to try new and different ways of proclaiming the Gospel...to new people!) In 2020, we hope that our congregation will be striving for new and exciting ways to proclaim the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How might this look? Perhaps new ministries with the housing and businesses that are growing up at our front door. Perhaps with new ways of making our worship available to more people-online in social media venues. Perhaps new opportunities to reach out to people who are closest to us - in our pre-school or in our Youth Group or in Joy Fellowship. It is a challenging time...but an EXCITING time...to be in this part of our State. We'll keep you posted on new things coming our way...and we're always open to your ideas about new ways to do ministry in this fast-paced, fast-changing world. Peace, Power, and Love, Pastor John

Church Office hours

Monday– Friday

8am-4pm

Worship 8:30am

Contempo-rary Worship

9:45am

Agape Time and

Sunday School

11:00am

Traditional Worship

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If you would like to become more involved volunteering at the school, or supporting one of the events, reach out to Leigh Glass, Fran/Tim Patterson, or Melissa Little.

We have gotten requests from some of our members, and so our parking committee has added four new spaces for handicapped parking. Please respect these spaces as you would any other handicapped parking space - use only if you have a handicapped tag and need the closer space to comfortably come into the building. We are fortunate in that we have ample parking at our church - much of it close to

doors and elevators. Thank you! OUR SINCERE THANKS to Nancy Demeny for 8 years of service as our Treasurer. Nancy will be retiring

from this position with the close of 2019 - although she is helping with the transition to our new Treasurer. Nancy has served faithfully and devotedly...and we are grateful that we will continue to have her gifts/talents with us in our congregation. Our new Treasurer is Sharon Brothers, who begins her tenure in this new year. Please let both of these dear members know how much we appreciate the time, energy, and expertise they give to our church. Children and Youth Ministries HS/MS Activities for January ♦ Jan 19th– 2-4pm

Confirmation/5-7pmYouth Group ♦ Jan 25th– HS/MS Checkers Game–

Please Sign Up!

HS/MS LYO Assembly is coming up in Feb. We are excited to have 15 going and look forward to sharing our experiences. Kingdom Kids: Will resume Wednesday Night Programming on Jan. 15th Joy Group: Will meet at Breakfast Time on Jan 23rd at 9am

Carver Corner, A Year in Review This year Kimball continued to support

the Carver Elementary Ministry in a big way for the second

year in a row! We started the year with the goal of collecting 3-4 books for

each student and surpassed that goal enough to send every child home for the summer with

5 books each-THAT’S A LOT OF BOOKS! We would like to collect books again in an effort to help keep books in every child’s

home!

♦ We will begin collecting

♦ Books in January to send home in May with students.

♦ We provided an ice cream treat for teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week in May.

♦ In June, we were able to send 6 children to camp at Lutheridge. This was up from last year, and we are hoping that we will increase that number each year. We will always accept donations throughout the year.

♦ In August, our youth cleaned out a garden and provided a Welcome Back breakfast for the staff at Kimball. It was a great time of fellowship, and gave teachers a nice breakfast before their Open House that afternoon.

♦ In October we hosted a Spooky Soup Lunch for the staff at Carver. October is a busy and difficult time for teachers and this was a nice pick me up for them. The teachers at Carver work so hard for the students!

♦ Lastly, we supported 48 children for Christ-mas. 48 students who would not have had presents under their tree, will now wake up on Christmas morning to some very unex-pected surprises.

YOU, Kimball’s congregation have reached out to God’s children and have shown them the unconditional love of Jesus. Please keep this ministry in your prayers, and THANK YOU to everyone who continues to step up and support the members of our community.

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KMLC Preschool As we start back to preschool in this new year, please continue to pray for our students, their families, our

staff and their families as we work to provide a loving, Christian preschool experience for our children. We have some spots available for the current 2019-2020 School Year. Registration information are available in the church office or online at kimballchurch.org. If you have any questions about Kimball Lutheran Preschool, please call the church at 704-933-4101. Registration forms for the upcoming school year, 2020-2021, will be available soon. The staff and students had a wonderful Christmas break and we all have come back energized to start the new year. Our supply needs currently are: wipes, liquid hand soap and gallon size Ziploc bag..

We are thankful for your constant support!

God Bless, Crystal Sheppard, Director

Small Group Ministries The next Tuesday night Simple Supper/ Book Study will be on January 14, 6:30pm at the home of Paula Brandle . The book we will discuss is The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Please join us for a great time of fellowship, fun, and discussion. The next Friday night Simple Supper/ Book Study will be on January 31, 6:30pm at the home of Mike and Laura Abernathy. The book we will discuss is The Rent Collector by Camron Wright. Please join us for a great time of fellowship, fun, and discussion.

Bible and Brew

Bible and Brew will be on Friday Jan 24th at 6:30pm and the house will be announced at a later time. Hope you can

join us look for our location on Facebook!

OneBlood is a not-for-profit community asset responsible for providing safe, available and affordable blood to more than 200 hospital partners and their patients throughout most of Florida, parts of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. ~ 1 in 3 of us will need a blood transfusion. ~ A single blood donation can save 3 local lives. Whole blood is separated into three individual components, platelets, red cells & plasma. ~ Cancer, transplant and trauma patients, and patients undergoing open-heart surgery require platelet transfusions to survive. ~ Anyone in good health, at least 16 years old, and at least 110 pounds may donate whole blood every 56 days. ~ The number one reason donors give blood is because they want to help others. FYI In 2019, here at Kimball, we collected 68 whole blood units – that’s 204 lives saved!! In addition to that, 6 double units were collected – that’s awesome! 2020 Schedule – mark your calendars! January 8, March 4, May 13, July 8, September 9, & November 4 They are all 8-10 weeks apart, so you can donate at each one. All in the Fellowship Hall. Be sure to eat lots of iron-rich foods to get that iron up!! Please consider donating a life-saving pint of blood. The pain is temporary, but the gift can last a lifetime… contact Doris Teumer at 704-305-0761 or at dmteumer@yahoo.com You can also sign up at oneblood.org

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Homebound Members Lutheran Home •Gladys Litaker Brian Center-Lincolnton •Eleanor Foil Caremoor •Aileen Triece Big Elm •Libby Meadows Morningside •Libby Hunsuck Trinity Oaks •Robert Gribble Taylor Glen •Evelyn Whitley Mecklenburg Health & Rehab •Marty Sides The Laurels •Shirley Helms At their home •Sylvia Graham, Doris McCarn, Bettie Overcash, Anna Richter, Jane Ritchie, Earline Snipes, Linda Rivers

Prayer Page- Have someone in need of some prayer? Add them to our prayer page! Military: , Andrew Smith (Arizona), Chris Kirchner (Missouri), Ben Kirchner (Georgia), Devon Scott (Florida), Preston Mays (Georgia), Chris Overcash (Georgia), Trevor Schmitt (California/Texas) Kimball members : Andy Ballard, Ben Ballard, Bennet Family, Tom Brown, Buttner Family, Calandra Family, Alexis Fisher, Todd Haley, Shirley Helms, Libby Hunsuck, Louise Jackson, Sherry Johnson, Doris McCarn, Vicki & Mike McCombs, Dianne Marlin, Hunter Patterson, Marty Payne, Jim & Paulette Peeler, Louise Propst, Anna Richter, Linda Rivers, Joe & Diana Saullo, Trevor Schmitt Family, Cliff, Kathy & Devon Scott, John Shaver, Earline Snipes, Gaye St. John, Rick, Doris & Sara Teumer, John Troutman, Cathy Young

January Birthdays 1 Kathryn Murph, Joshua Anderson (V), Ty Woods 2 Ashley Matson 5 Leonard Barlow Jr. 6 Travis Butcher 8 David Kiser, Phil Wise, Darin Peay 10 Tom Kilby 11 Laura Fisher, Brayden Yount 12 Phil Troutman 14 Frankie Bogutsky 16 Andrew Ballard, Nicholas Bronson 17 Prebble Henrickson 18 Dave Young, Melissa Little, Larry Anderson 19 Linda Hunsuck, Jan Ridenhour,

Gavin Carpenter-Stirewalt 22 Jim Fisher 23 Gwyn Hoke*, Tyler Ramsey 25 Aileen Triece, Dalton Hardy 27 Ben Ballard 28 Blake Larsen 29 David Taylor 29 Jennifer Young

Anniversaries

1 Tom & Brenda Brown 53 years 7 Joe & Jennifer Flatman 14 11 Tanner & Jacqueline Triece 6 24 David & Laura Pennell 22

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January Service Kimball’s Ministers in service on Sundays

MONTHLY TELLERS 9:00 am each Monday

Judi Hill/Louise Moser

COUNCIL ASSISTANTS 8:30 Mike Abernathy/Sammie Abernathy 11:00 Garry Mallernee

COMMUNION PREPARERS 8:30 Debbie & Jessica Troutman 11:00 Kaylee & Eric Helfrich

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS 8:30am 5 Nancy Demeny 12 Kim Ellis 19 David Keck 26 Donna Taylor 11:00am 5 Tony Lippard 12 Liz Wise 19 Huyla Jackson 26 Dolph Myrick

ACOLYTES 8:30am 5 Jack & Paul Smith 12 Kamden/Landon Ridgell 19 Jack & Paul Smith 26 Kamden/Landon Ridgell 11:00am 5 Choir 12 Choir 19 Choir 26 Choir

PROJECTION (Video) 8:30am 5 Debbie Troutman 12 Lisa Dunlow 19 Laura Abernathy 26 Mike Abernathy 11:00am 5 Milton Matheny 12 Eric Helfrich 19 Milton Matheny 26 John Glass

SOUND (Audio) 8:30am 5 Rick Teumer 12 Tim Patterson 19 Keith Garver 26 Howard Bentley 11:00am 5 Garry Mallernee 12 John Glass 19 Garry Mallernee 26 Eric Helfrich

LECTORS 8:30am 5 Bob Hill 12 Peggy Lynch 19 Tom Kilby 26 Mary Jo Snipes 11:00am 5 Lindsay Daugherty 12 Pat Tallent 19 Shana Black 26 Briton Christenson

GREETERS 8:30am 5 Mike & Laura Abernathy 12 Frankie & Kelli Overcash 19 Jim & Ann Fisher 26 Doris Teumer/ Melissa Little 11:00am 5 Bob & Judi Hill 12 Marty & Perriann Payne 19 Matheny Family 26 Alice Lloyd/Shirley Miller

HEALING PRAYER MINISTERS 8:30 Kathy Scott 11:00 Sherri Matheny

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Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church Kimball Communicator-Newsletter 101 Vance St. Kannapolis, NC 28081 704-933-4101

Thank you from your Kimball Staff

The staff would like to share its ex-treme thanks to the members of our

church. We are thankful for the gifts that you share with us and we hope you have a Merry and

Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love and Peace,

Pastor John, Liz, Gail and Don!

THANK YOU FOR BEING

AWESOME! As we finish our year the Youth

and Families of Kimball would like to say thank you for continued

love and support of our young people. We are thankful for the communion of saints that help us pass faith along to all the children that we

touch in this community. Looking forward to a New Year! Peace and Love~ Deacon Liz