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Messiah Messenger
New year/new opportunities 2
New opportunities/Transition 3
Movie and a pizza 4
Weekly readings/notes 5
MLC activities 6
Santisteven thank you 7
Lutherhouse letter 8 & 9
Fellowship and Flowers 10
Worship Attendents 11
Calendar 12
Prayers and birthdays 13
Church Council 14
Chimayo walk 15
Worship Information 16
Pastor Tom’s column 17
Page to the community 18
2014 Volume 52, Issue 3
Last Session of:
Renew and Renovate:
Growing People
Jim Raquet will lead the last session of ―Renew and Renovate” on Sunday, March 02, at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
EDUCATION HOUR EACH SUNDAY AT 9:30 A.M. with Pastor Tom Anderson
March 9, 16 23, 30, April 6 ”Passion Story of Our Lord”
Come and explore the last days of Jesus according to Matthew’s Gospel as taught by Pastor Tom. April 13th– PALM SUNDAY-No Class April 20th—EASTER—No Class
Index of monthly events
Daylight Saving Time
begins on Sunday,
March 9, 2014
We begin the Lenten season on Shove Tuesday, March 4th, at 5:30 p.m. with a pancake supper.
Ash Wednesday worship service are at 12:10 p.m. and 7:00
p.m.
A Sign Up sheet is posted on the Narthex bulletin board for Soup and bread suppers during Lent. Please consider reserving one of the dates .
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Pastor Tom Anderson and I have spent the past month working to update and upgrade the Messiah Lutheran Church's website. Look for a new website (same web address) in the next few weeks. We are excited about this fresh new look and dynamic feel to our web presence.
Cassandra Osterloh
Church Council and
The "big item" to share in the newsletter is the patio located just outside the breezeway. It currently slopes inward and causes flooding in the breezeway when it rains/snows.
To resolve that issue, we shall break up and haul away the existing concrete and pour new concrete slab that slopes AWAY from the building as it should. We hope to eventually place a lattice roof atop the patio to break up sun and heat but allow some light in.
When completed, it should make for an extravagant outdoor space to better accommodate large functions that we at MLC currently cannot properly serve.
It will also be utilized for VBS and great picnic and barbecue activities for years to come!!!
Darron Knight
Church Council President
EVANGELISM AND
OUTREACH
Community Easter Egg
Hunt
We will be holding a
Community Easter Egg hunt on April 19th. This will be a wonderful opportunity for the congregation to participate in a major outreach and Evangelism project.
Starting in Mid-March, we will set up a collection box for donations of plastic Easter eggs and individually wrapped candy that can be stuffed in the eggs. We plan to need A LOT! During the Easter egg hunt, we will have an all-congregation meet and greet, offering coffee and sweets, and other activities. We will need all hands on deck! This will be an opportunity for us to invite our surrounding community to Messiah. If you have any ideas to make this an amazing effort, see Rosemary.
Mark your Calendar For Vacation Bible School!
VBS will be held on June 16-20, 2014. As usual, we need lots of people to make it successful. If you have some time available that week—1 hour or all week, we want you. We need small group leaders, activity station leaders, etc. Experience is optional! Contact Rosemary, or sign-up on the bulletin board as you come in the front door. It’s a lot of fun!
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Call Process Status
The Transition Team has the responsibility to complete the Site Ministry Profile (formerly known as the Congregation Mission Profile) that will be used by the Call Committee to find a new pastor that will be as suitable to our goals in ministry as possible. Portions of this profile are factual and can be readily compiled. A bigger challenge for the Transition Team is to discern a common voice of our congregation's vast variety of goals and needs. Rich Nelson, a professional strategic planner, has been hired to help us navigate through the rapids of seemingly divergent desires to find the calmer waters of unity. Rich has been doing an excellent job. Thus far, we have met twice as a group and twice with the congregation. At our December gathering with the congregation, we established two focus groups, ―Communications Awareness‖ and ―Social and Education Opportunities‖. These focus groups met separately to explore existing practices and opportunities and to suggest potential improvements and additions. On February 18, the focus groups reported back to the Transition Teams with a long list of ideas and suggestions – far too many to deal with at one time. To get started, we selected what we believe are important and achievable in the nearer term. We assigned responsibilities to individuals to flesh out these areas to be reported at our next congregational gathering
scheduled for Saturday, April 5 from 10:00 to 12:00. We encourage you to attend to
hear more details and provide your inputs. In His Service, Ron Kulju Transition Team Chair
CONGREGTIONAL CARE
CORNER
By Rosemary Butler
CCC had calm month in February.
Our main activity was just for fun. We held a Potluck Dinner and Bingo Social. Fun was had by all.
March promises to be a very busy month for us. To be a part of this great committee, plan to attend our next meeting, on March 9; at 9:30 am. Find out what you can do.
Starting on March 1, we will be
gathering together to see the film, ―Son of God‖. We will go to the matinee at Winrock Theatre, and meeting at Deon’s following.
On March 4, Shrove Tuesday, plan
to join us for breakfast for dinner. We will serve pancakes from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Have some fun and fill up. Our wonderful new middle school youth will be helping us out. Come by and get to know them.
The following Wednesdays, from
March 12 through April 9, we will have soup suppers, prior to the Lent services. See Rosemary to sign up your group (or yourself) to bring some soup one of these weeks.
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Saturday. March 01.
Join us for a very enlightening movie
And a discussion over lunch
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Messiah Helps the Homeless.
Thank you Messiah Congregation for you donated items for the homeless bags….JaLynn and Darron Knight
To fill more bags, we need socks, wash cloths, shampoo and conditioner, bar soap, chapstick and toothpaste.
Again, thank you for caring
Sunday Bible Readings for March 2014
Sunday, March 02 Sunday, March 16 Exodus 24:12-18 Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 2 Psalm 121 2 Peter 1:16-21 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 Matthew 17:1-9 John 3:1-17 Ash Wednesday, March 5 Sunday, March 23 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 51:1-14 Psalm 95 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 Romans 5:1-11 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 John 4:5-42 Sunday, March 9 Sunday, March 30 Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 32 Psalm 23 Romans 5:12-19 Ephesians 5:8-14 Matthew 4:1-11 John 9:1-41
Daily Bible readings are available in the quarterly ―Christ In Our Home‖ devotional from Augsburg Fortress. Devotionals are located in the book rack in the Narthex.
We have served 104 homeless visi-tors in the last several months.
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Confirmation Class on Sunday, March 30th from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. The group will visit a local church that distributes food to the needy.
Jesus Christ Disciple Crew “JC/DC” Schedule for March: Sunday, March 2nd, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Bible study at Luther House Sunday, March 9th, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Bible study at Luther House Sunday, March 16th, 10:15-12:00 noon Worship at St. Luke Sunday, March 23rd, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Bible study at Luther House Sunday, March 30th, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Bible study at Luther House.
Bring the children to:
Every Sunday at 9:30
During the Lenten Season, Pastor Tom will be focusing on the Sunday Morning (9:30 a.m.) Education Hour. Since his theme will be ―The Passion of Our Lord‖, the Thursday morning bible study will be discontinued and resume after Easter. The weekly study will begin again on Thursday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m. Please join us on Sunday for in depth study of Christ‟s Passion!
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Messiah Lutheran Church Women will be meeting on March 8th at 9:30 a.m. for a bible study which will be led by Darlene Foster. Devotions will be led by Charlotte Moritomo, who will also act as the hostess. All are welcome.
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MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH Fellowship Coffee and Snacks
March 2014 Snacks for Praise Service Snacks for Traditional Service
40 Servings 45 Servings
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under
heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Date Praise
Fellowship Set-up
Praise
Service Snacks
Coffee and
Snacks to the Fellow-
ship Hall
Traditional
Service Snacks
Library/
Fellowship Clean-up
March 2
Irene and Gene Aldredge
Linda Mantyla
Hauge Family
March 9
Irene and Gene Aldredge
Andy and Edna Jones
The Tetreault Family
March 16
Irene and Gene Aldredge
Susan and Brett
Lee and Chuck Danielson
Gene and Anna May Currier
Gene and Anna May Currier
March 23
Irene and Gene Aldredge
Robert Koeltzow
March 30
Irene and Gene Aldredge
Bachechi Family
Ellen Dobson and Ruby Driver
Ellen Dobson and Ruby Driver
March 2014 Flowers
March 2 Open
March 9 Open
March 16 Open
March 23 Irene and Gene Aldredge
March 30 Darlene Foster
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Worship Assistants for
DATE
Assisting Minister
Greeter
Ushers
Counters
March 2
Orman
Paananen
Eloise
Kesatie
Hauge Family
Orman Paananen and Eloise Kesatie
March 9
Ron
Kulju
Betty Hauge
Tom Reid and Gene Currier
Ron Kulju and
Barbara Bachechi
March 16
Ellen
Dobson
Jean
Paananen
Orman and
Jean Paananen
Gene Aldredge and
Betty Hauge
March 23
Gene
Aldredge Herb Biermann
Pat
Raquet
Pat and Jim
Raquet
Gene Aldredge and
Eloise Kesatie
March 30
Orman
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Lorraine
Davis
Lorraine Davis and
Charlotte Moritomo
Orman Paananem and Barbara
Bachechi
Contemporary Worship Readers for March 2014
March 02 Cassandra Osterloh March 09 Patricia Raquet March 16 Linda Mantyla March 23 Marianne Walck March 30 JaLynn Knight
March 2014
Irene Aldredge-March 23
Diane Corry—March 2,9,
16, 30.
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COUNCIL NOTES FOR NEWSLETTER A replacement organist will now be paid $125.00. It will cost approximately $600 for Nathan Chael to attend the Western Conference. Cassandra Osterloh has been updating the website. Redistribute the Benevolence line item to Luther House and Camino del Vida for $250 each. Donations for the ―food pantry‖ will be given to the Storehouse. Authorized Building and Grounds to remove and replace back patio and stay within $1500.
THANK YOU to outgoing Council Members for their service to our church.
Messiah Lutheran Church members are invited to review the church council’s meeting information. The binder is located in the church office. All council meetings are open to members.
Average Attendance
December 2013 Contemporary Worship Average –33
Traditional Worship Average—28 Christmas Eve Worship—105
January,2014 Contemporary Worship Average (3)- 35
Winsor Memorial Service—101 Traditional Worship Average(3)—34
Annual Meeting Service—53 Santisteven Funeral—169
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Breaking News…...Coming Event
Pilgrimage to Chimyo
Good Friday, April 18th
We plan to walk two miles to
El Santurario de Chimayo. (More information with maps and time
will follow as we get closer to Good Friday)
A pilgrimage is a journey of the body and soul. Regardless of our religion, it is an effort to become closer to
our God. A pilgrimage is sometimes undertaken to pray for God’s intercession in our lives or as thanks for an
intercession that has been granted. Often, though, a pilgrimage represents nothing more (or less) than our
desire to let God guide our footsteps and nourish our souls. A pilgrimage should not be undertaken lightly but
neither should it be undertaken in fear. It is intended to be a journey of joy and fulfillment.
El Santuario de Chimayo was bui lt in 1813 in the smal l community of El Potrero just
outside of Chimayo. It was bui lt in response to the discovery of a crucifix, Nuestro
Señor de Esquipulas, in 1810 and subsequent miraculous occurrences. El Santuario de
Chimayo is one of the most important pi lgrimage sites in the world. During Easter
weekend, as many as 40,000 people journey to El Santuario, some traveling hundreds
on miles on foot, some carrying crosses.
A small doorway to the lef t of the al tar leads to a narrow room. In this room are messages,
pictures, smal l gi f ts and cast of f crutches lef t by pi lgrims as wel l as a smal l shrine to Santo
Niño de Atocha. At the end of this room, behind a t iny door, is "el pocito" ( the l i t t le wel l) where
people may take smal l amounts of Holy Dir t , which many bel ieve have curative powers.
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Church Website! is www.messiahabq.org. You may also reach us on Facebook. The website has up to date information about our church, our synod, and cur-
rent activities.
Messiah Messenger
Bible Studies The Thursday Bible Study will
resume on April 24th at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Tom will be focus-
ing on “the Passion of Christ”
during the Education hour every Sunday during Lent.
Jesus Christ Disciple Crew.
Bible Study on the first Sunday of
each month at 3:00 p.m. An activity is scheduled on the third
Sunday. Please check the calendar, weekly bulletins and the newsletter
for up to date information.
Messiah Lutheran Church Women Bible Study and gathering
on the second Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
„Theology on Tap” will not meet on Tuesday, March 4th, instead
please come to church for Shove Tuesday Pancake supper at 5:30
p.m.
Worship Times
Contemporary Worship with communion at 8:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship with communion at 10:30 a.m.
Lenten Worship Schedule
Shrove Tuesday, March 4th Pancake supper in the Fellowship
Hall at 5:30 p.m.
Ash Wednesday, March 5th. Services at 12:10 a.m. with
communion and 7:00 p.m. without
communion
Lenten Worship services each Wednesdays at 12:10.m. with
communion and 7:00 p.m. without communion
Meal at 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Children‟s Sunday School
at 9:30 a.m.
BREAKING NEWS In the Fellowship Hall:
Adult Education Forum with Pastor Tom and Jim Raquet
9:30 a.m. Sunday March 2nd.
On March 9, 16, 23 and 30, Pastor Tom will teach “The
Passion of Christ” Please join us!
M e s s i a h M e s s e n g e r
is a monthly publication of Messiah
Lutheran Church. The church is
located at 11515 Lomas Blvd. NE,
Albuquerque NM 87112.
Pastor: Rev. Tom Anderson
Email: [email protected]
Director of Music: Tony Carson
Tony’s email:
Office Secretary - Shirley Lehde
Hours: -Tues.-Fri..9:00 am-2:00 pm
Shirley’s email:
Office Phone/Fax: 505-299-3311
Email: [email protected]
Church Website:
messiahabq.org
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Interim Thoughts from Pastor Tom Anderson
From the Wilderness to the Wondrous The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 4, 2014. You will remember it is a six week season leading up to Palm Sunday and Easter. Easter is Sunday, April 20th this year. Much is in store for the people of God as we move through this solemn season. Lent if we allow it, has enormous spiritual possibilities for Messiah as a congregation and for us as individual believers. Our theme this year is From the Wilderness to the Wondrous. During the Lenten evening services at 7pm each Wednesday we will be seeing the Evening Prayer composed by Marty Haugen. A special part of that service will be hearing members speak about their own spiritual journeys. Each night a different person will tell us about his or her wilderness and wondrous experiences in faith. I think you will not want to miss a single one.
Studying the story of Christ‟s last days During the five Sundays of Lent I hope you will join me in the Fellowship Hall between services as we look at comparing the story of Jesus last days from the perspective of the three Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark and Luke. When each Gospel is placed beside the other we get a unique perspective from each Gospel writer. I know that they study can deepen our insight in to the meaning of the Passion of the Lord. We will have the materials for you but bring your favorite bible to the Teaching Forum. We will not have class on Palm Sunday nor Easter.
Noonday Holy Communion each Wednesday in Lent A new feature this year is the addition of a Holy Communion service at 12:10pm. This time is designed to attract members and local folks who might be able to take a break from work. We always welcome, as well, those unable to come for the evening services. The time of the Holy Communion service is set for 12:10 pm. to 12:30 pm followed by a lunch if you are able to stay. Please bring friends along from other churches or bring those new to the faith. This is a short but deeply meaningful way to journey in our spiritual lives.
May you find Wondrous things this Lent
My prayer is that you will have a special Lenten journey this year. At times, we become weary and wonder where God is leading us. Let the ancient 40 year walk of the Israelites through the wilderness to the wondrous Promised Land be an image for us. Let their walk become a way for us in our time to experience the wondrous Promised Land that is ours now through Christ. Blessings on your Lenten pilgrimage. Pr. Tom Anderson
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March 2014 Newsletter
Messiah Messenger A monthly newsletter of March 2014
Messiah Lutheran Church
11515 Lomas Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone: 505-299-3311
Messiah Messenger
Worship Times:
Contemporary Worship with communion at
8:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship with communion at
10:30 a.m.
Children‟s Sunday School
At 9:30 a.m.
Education Forum 9:30 a.m.
Lenten Worship Schedule
Shrove Tuesday, March 4th (Pancake supper in the Fellowship Hall at 5:30
p.m.
Ash Wednesday, March 5th. Services at 12:10 p.m. with communion and
7:00 p.m. without communion
Lenten Worship services every Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. with communion
and 7:00 p.m. without communion Meal at 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
