March 2018 Volume XXIII Number 3

St. Aidan’s

2018 Hartford Area Ecumenical Services Wednesdays — 7 pm

March 7 Redeemer ELCA “I am the door,” John 10:11-18

14 St. Aidan Episcopal Potato Bar supper for everyone! 5—7 pm “I am the good shepherd,” John 10:11-18

21 St. Mary of the Hill Roman Catholic “I am the Resurrection.” John 11:17-27

The growing community of St. Aidan’s is called to be God’s light and loving presence through faith, sacrament, and outreach.

St. Aidan’s Annual Potato Bar Wednesday, March 14 — 5 pm

Sign up to donate and/or work! It’s a great ecumenical event, demonstrating St.

Aidan’s gift of hospitality to the community!

Friday March 2 First United Methodist

Church 738 W. Monroe Ave., Hartford

Lunch at noon — Service at 1 pm

Bring your own bag lunch, desserts and beverages provided.

The women of Suriname have prepared the ser-vice with the theme —

“All God’s Creation is Very Good.”

The World Day of Prayer is an international ecu-menical Christian laywomen's initiative. It is run under the motto “Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action,” and is celebrated annually in over 170 countries on the first Friday in March. The movement aims to bring together women of various races, cultures, and traditions in a yearly common Day of Prayer, as well as in closer fel-lowship, understanding, and action throughout the year. Through the World Day of Prayer, women are en-couraged to become aware of the other countries and cultures and no longer live in isolation. They are also encouraged take up the burdens of other people, to sympathize with the problems of other countries and cultures, and pray with and for them. They are further encouraged to become aware of their talents and use them in the service of society. The World Day of Pray-er aims to demonstrate that prayer and action are in-separable and that both have immeasurable influence in the world. The text "World Day of Prayer" is from www.cute-calendar.com

March 25 — April 1

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Hartford Community Lunch Saturday, March 31

11:30 am St. Aidan’s Lunch is served at 11:30am. Come for a free hot meal with the Hartford Community! If you are interested in volunteering [9 am—2 pm] to help serve the meal, just show up to help on the day. If you have questions, please contact Larry Thomas at 262-955-4900.

ST. AIDAN ’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH STAG & STAFF

Men’s Breakfast

MARCH 3

First Saturdays

Cooking 8am

Eating 8:30am

Christmas Bazaar! Project Days

Thursday's — 3:00 to 5:00 pm March 8

March 22 April 12 April 26

ESPECIALLY if you ’re not crafty come and lend a hand with bazaar projects. It’s fun! It helps!

Palm Sunday — March 25, 9:30 am Procession and dramatization of the Passion Maundy Thursday — March 29, 6pm Eucharist with ceremonial foot washing, followed by Stripping of the Altar and Agape Meal Good Friday — March 30 1pm Ecumenical Service, St. Aidan’s 7pm Tenebrae Service Holy Saturday — March 31, 12:30 pm Mid-day Prayer

The Feast of the Resurrection, Sung Eucharist

All services will be held at St. Aidan’s.

Greetings! I trust you are having a most

blessed Lent. I remember back

in seminary, one of my more en-

thusiastic colleagues decided he

was going to give up sweets, al-

cohol, and meat for all of Lent. And he was at

least a touch proud of his grand plans of devo-

tion. On Ash Wednesday, the campus refectory

served hot cross buns in the afternoon for us to

break our fast. (It is traditional, in some plac-

es, to completely fast until the afternoon on

Ash Wednesday). I strolled in shortly after

three o’clock to see my dear friend sitting at a

table, the remnants of, no exaggeration, half a

dozen hot cross buns on the table in front of

him, frosting crumbs dangling from his lips

and his beard. “Oh,” I remarked, a bit snidely.

“How is that Lenten fast going?” And the color

drained from his face as he looked down in hor-

ror at his plate. “Oh no!” he exclaimed, “What

have I done!” “Well,” I replied, “seems like a

good opportunity for more repentance.* Good

thing it is Lent!”

*To be clear, one does not need to repent if

he/she breaks the Lenten fast. Falling short of

a voluntary rule of life, temporary or other-

wise, is not a sin.

Wherever you are in your Lenten discipline

– whether it lasted 5 days, 5 minutes, or if you

are going to make it all 5 weeks, I want to en-

courage you to keep at it. Not for the sake of

earning merit or even for the fruit of discipline

that God may grow in you through it. But

simply because being with Jesus is worth it,

and that is what these disciplines are all about

– making room for Jesus.

And as we move to Holy Week, I also want

to encourage you to make room to be with Je-

sus at our services of Palm Sunday, Maundy

Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and

Easter Sunday. You will find service times and

details in this issue. [page 2] Walking with Je-

sus, being with him every step of the way, will

grow in us the faith that he is with us, by his

Spirit, every step of our lives as well.

All my best,

Fr. Lars

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Library Rules — very strict! Borrow books any day! Bring them back someday!

It was great to see so many books walk out of the Fellowship Hall in February! There are still some good ones left — take your pick. THIS JUST IN: The Wrinkle In Time Boxed Set The movie, A Wrinkle In Time will be released March 9 — get a jump on it and the sequels with the book from St. Aidan’s Library!

St. Aidan’s RUMMAGE SALE

Friday April 20 and Saturday April 21

8 am to 3 pm

Rummage Drop-off Times Sunday, April 15: after the service Monday, April 16: 9 am to noon & 5 to 7 pm Tuesday, April 17: 9 am to 8:00.pm Wednesday, April 18: 9 am to 4 pm Thursday, April 19: : 9 am to 4 pm

Work Dates ECW will meet Tuesday, April 17, 5:00 p.m. Come for dinner! We welcome everyone who is able to work any-time throughout the workdays! Watch for signup sheets.

We sort all unsold materials and donate to shelters and charitable organizations. The bulk of our items go to St. Vincent de Paul. The following is a list of what St. Vinnie’s DOES NOT take. Please use this as a guide when donating. NOT ACCEPTED: chemicals, appliances with Freon (air conditioners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers — we pay a fee to dispose of these), gas appliances, hot water heaters, dishwashers, organs, pianos, ping pong tables, pool tables, metal desks, waterbeds, large building supplies, console stereos, TVs of any kind (we pay a fee to dispose of these), tires, batter-ies, encyclopedias, car seats older than 2007. Call Linda Weber with questions 262-442-3364

Yummy pancakes! A big thank you to Brian Schrunk and all the men and boys who planned, prepared, and served the Shrove Tuesday Pancake

Supper — and had fun doing it! We estimate that 90 people enjoyed the feast and fellowship!

ST. AIDAN ’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH STAG & STAFF

Parish Profile

Sandy Koeller, member of the Bishop’s

Committee and ten year member of St. Aidan’s, took a circuitous route to get here! She was born in Glendale, CA to the widow of a decorated WWII Army Air Corps pilot. Working at Edwards Air Base, she was the pri-vate secretary of an aviation pioneer, Col. John Paul Stapp, who became known as “the fastest man on earth” and is credited with creating Stapp’s Law: “The universal aptitude of ineptitude makes any human ac-complishment an incredible miracle.” He was also the final author of Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Sandy’s mother met a test pilot at Edwards and they were married when Sandy was four. As moving is part of the military, they spent time in Texas and Arizona before returning to California. Her mother and father eventually moved to Washing-ton, D.C. where he was director of the Bureau of Air Transportation Safety. He also became a TV pundit. Whenever there was a significant air disaster in the world Sandy says, “My dad appeared on at least one network news program. Anyone who watched Ted Koppel’s news in the ‘70’s has seen my dad. I’m sure!” Meanwhile, Sandy attended the University of Southern California and met Peter Koeller — the rest is a forty-seven year history! She and Peter raised three children, Erika, Christo-pher, and Matthew, who live in the mid-west, but per-haps not close enough. Erika, of Chippewa Falls, has Sandy’s only grandchild, Emily, who is getting married this year. Her sons live in Indianapolis and Beloit. Sandy and Peter were members of St. James in West Bend, where Peter helped establish their Satur-day lunch program. They found their way to St. Ai-dan’s through Fr. Mike Tess. Peter served St. Aidan’s as a deacon and initiated the Community Lunch here as well. His untimely death three years ago is still deeply felt by all who knew him in both parishes. In addition to many church activities through the years, Sandy worked as a clerk at the West Bend Li-brary. However, she once had a more exciting job — selling tickets at Disneyland, where she saw a few ce-lebrities up close, including Gene Kelly who looked fabulous, and Kim Novak, who didn’t. Sandy and Peter traveled internationally [Mexico, Puerto Rico, England, Scotland, Wales, Italy, France, Belgium] and, now retired, she would like to see more of the U.S. and Europe. At home she enjoys music, art museums, knitting, crosswords, and computer games. We appreciate Sandy’s lively style and continued support of St. Aidan’s through her presence and ser-vice on the Bishop’s Committee.

Melodie and Jeremy Meigs’ baby, Ash Jeremy, was born January 24 [6 lbs., 14 oz.] His proud grand-parents are Ann Marsh-Meigs and Eric Meigs.

Camp Webb registration now open

2018 session!

June 17-23 Join us as we explore the world of Dr. Suess, a master of telling sto-ries that apply to our identity as Christians. We will explore our

faith and how challenging it can be to our true selves, accept others for who they are, and how we can ad-dress these questions from a Christian perspective. "Oh, the places you will go" when you join us at Camp Webb this summer!

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE from ST. AIDAN’S Episcopal Church Women. See Fr. Lars or Micki Hoffmann.

Fr. Lars has announced his

engagement. Her name is Katie, and she is currently going to school in Madison. She will graduate this May and continue her education this fall. They will be getting married sometime this summer.

Congratulations!

If you cannot serve your appointed time, please arrange for a substitute. Thank you. Any permanent changes to the schedule should be reported to

Gail Hefti at gailhefti@gmail.com or 920-740-3997. PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS!

St. Aidan’s Ministries Schedule

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March 2018 4 11 18 25

Chalice S. Hefti/E. Meigs B. Schrunk/M. Hoffmann B. VanHeesch/M. Weber B. Pollock/J. Paquette

Reader M. Hoffmann B. Pollock J. Paquette M. Weber

Prayers K. Fairchild P. Paddon G. Greenisen B. VanHeesch

Acolyte L. Mercado A. Schrunk G. Mercado C. Garbarek

Usher J. Paquette Webers Pollocks Schrunks

Greeter B. Pollock R. Lenz L. Weber P. Paddon

Coffee Luck of the Irish be with you — when YOU sign up for Coffee Hour! Counter J. Pierce/A. M-Meigs K. Fairchild/M. Weber W. Greenisen/Hoffmann J. Pierce/A. M-Meigs

Cleaning Trewyn Pollock Weber R. Schnorenberg

Altar G. Hefti

April 2018

1 8 15 22 29

Chalice J. Pierce/E. Meigs A. Pollock/Schrunk Hoffmann/VanHeesch S. Hefti/M. Weber J. Paquette/B. Pollock

Reader K. Fairchild M. Hoffmann A. Pollock G. Hefti B. Schrunk

Prayers A. Pollock L. Schrunk J. Pierce E. Meigs M. Hoffmann

Acolyte L. Mercado N. Schrunk C. Lenz C. Garberek G. Mercado

Usher J. Paquette Schrunks Webers Pollocks Webers

Greeter B. Marinelle C. Pollock R. Lenz B. Schrunk P. Paddon

Coffee Happy Easter Season! Celebrate with treats — Sign up for Coffee Hour! Counter Hoffmann/M. Weber Fairchild/J. Pierce Greenisen/M-Meigs Hoffmann/ Fairchild W. Greenisen/M. Weber

Cleaning Weber Elliott Weber R. Schnorenberg Pollock

Altar A. Pollock

ST. AIDAN ’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH STAG & STAFF

Events — March 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2

Lunch—Noon Program 1 pm

3

Men’s B’fast 8:30 am

4

Worship — 9:30 am Project Day 9:30 am

5 6 7

St. Aidan’s Bkfast 6:30-8:00 am

G. Webb

Lenten ‘ Service 7 pm

Redeemer ELCA

8

Bazaar Work

3—5 pm

9 10

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Worship — 9:30 am Sunday School 9:30 am

12 13 14

St. Aidan’s Bkfast 6:30-8:00 am

G. Webb

Potato Bar 5 pm

Lenten Service 7 pm

15 16 17

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Worship — 9:30 am Project Day 9:30 am Stag & Staff articles due

19 20 21

St. Aidan’s Bkfast 6:30-8:00 am

G. Webb

Lenten Service 7 pm St. Mary of the

Hill RC

22

Bazaar Work

3—5 pm

23

Helping Hands Fish Fry

West Bend 4—7:30 pm

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24

Passion Puppet Show Prep &

Rehearsal 10 am— 1:30 pm

25 Palm

Sunday

Worship — 9:30 am Youth Puppet Passion

26 27 28

St. Aidan’s Bkfast 6:30-8:00 am

G. Webb

29 Maundy

Thursday

6 pm Service &

Agape Meal

30 Good

Friday

1 pm Ecumenical

Service

7 pm Tenebrae Service

31 Holy

Saturday Hartford Community Lunch 11:30 am

12:30 pm Mid-day Prayer

March Birthdays & Anniversaries

2 Mark Hartley

4 Dicke Cotter 5 Nick Hartley Kendall Nelson 7 Frank Green 10 Wade Greenisen

13 Louise Schrunk 15 Lori & Andre Masset 21 Dee Kaker 22 Claire Mooney Kailie Schellinger 23 David Komp

Karie Roethke 25 Judy Pierce 26 Michal Daley 28 Tom Bauer 30 Virginia & David Komp

Choir 6:15 pm

Choir 6:15 pm

Choir 6:15 pm

6:30 pm

6:30 pm

6:30 pm

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Weather Cancellation Information If the weather outside is frightful, check the following sources for church service cancellations:

Television FOX 6 TMJ 4 Radio The Lake FM 94.5 WTMJ AM 620 WTKM AM 1540 & FM 104.9

s Who do you call —

if you just need a little help?

Do you need something hauled down the stairs ? Do you need a ride to church or the doctor?

Need someone to “check out” an item that needs re-pair?

How about running to the store in this nasty weather? Just to talk to someone when you’re struggling?

Call The Good Samaritans Committee!

Ron Schnorenberg will get somebody to help. 414-416-9118.

During Lent, we will continue to talk about the many ways to

prepare ourselves, either by purposely giving up something or by being intentional in an activity. We have many activities to help us prepare for Easter, including making our prayer eggs to hang on the tree. All the children will be working on the Easter Ban-ner, which will be displayed on Palm Sunday and again throughout the Easter Season. You can help us with our banner this year by providing us with a trac-ing of your hand on white paper. You know the saying – many hands make light work?. We need many “hands” to help us complete our project. Please drop off your tracing in the Worship Center. Please note the slight change in the Sunday school schedule. All activities begin at 9:30am: Sunday, Feb 25 – Sunday School - All Classes Sunday, Mar 4 – Project Day – Social Hall Sunday, Mar 11 – Sunday School – All Classes Sunday, Mar 18 – Project Day – Social Hall Sunday, Mar 25 – Palm Sunday Puppet Show The Dressing of the Puppets for the Annual Palm Sunday Puppet show is Saturday, March 24 from 10am to 1:30 pm. We will dress puppets, as-semble sets, eat pizza, and have rehearsal after-wards. If you want to help, please see Sandi Lenz.

Save the Date: Friday Family Night – Breakfast for Dinner - Friday, May 4 at 6pm.

Worship Center Upper Room Ancestors

How to reach us — Church Mailing Address:

670 E. Monroe Avenue

Hartford, WI 53027

Church Office E-mail:

secretary@staidans-hartford.org

Church Website: www.staidans-hartford.org

Church Phone: 262-673-7273 The Rev. Lars Skoglund 262-498-8945 ldskoglund@gmail.com Tina Collett, Admin. Assistant secretary@staidans-hartford.org

Tim Pfeifer, Director of Music Ann Marsh-Meigs, Asst. Organist Mike Weber, Treasurer

Bishop’s Wardens Megan Fairchild 262-573-7457 Bruce Pollock 262-628-9391

Bishop’s Committee Sandy Koeller 262-338-3139 Brian Schrunk 414-750-0034 Micki Hoffmann 262-673-2903 Eric Wetzel 920-904-2769

Stag and Staff Newsletter of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church Published monthly Deadline: Third Sunday of the month Micki Hoffmann, Editor Contact: mphoffmann70@gmail.com

or 262-673-2903

Prayer Chain

Phyllis Paquette coordinates the pray-er chain for St. Aidan’s. If anyone has a prayer need for someone or something, please call Phyllis at 262-397-8549 or the church office.

ST. AIDAN ’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH STAG & STAFF

Alice’s Restaurant Are you ready for a weather change? I am. The seed catalogs have ar-

rived, and I am already planning the summer garden. My overwintering geraniums have re-covered from their severe fall haircuts and are looking bright with the first flush of red flowers starting to open. This year there will be only the basic vegetables. I have finally figured out that no matter how I disguise eggplant Bruce is go-ing to fish it off his plate and put it on mine. Why bother to plant it? I’ll just buy mine at the farmer’s market.

The garden in my mind is always lush and green with no nasty bugs and no weeds. Right, sort of like the way I start Lent with a vision of no chocolate or regular morning prayer and a rak-ishly tilted halo over my head. Yeah. Not likely to happen. It takes real work to get that lush gar-den or a good Lent, and it is easy put off water-ing until tomorrow or get distracted from my good intentions. I guess, like the seed cata-logues that come in January, it’s a reminder to set my goals realistically and do better than last year. I wish you well on your Lent.

With the snow still on the ground, here is a good warm soup recipe to get you through the last of the winter weather, with or without meat as your Lent decrees.

Lemony (Chicken) Orzo Soup 1 C chopped onion 1 C chopped celery 1 C chopped carrot 2 T. oil 2 minced garlic cloves 1/3 C orzo or other small pasta 1 t. Italian herbs 6 to 8 C. water 2 t. chicken or veggie bouillon 3 C. chopped chicken salt and pepper large handful of fresh spinach, chopped juice of one lemon, lemon zest Heat the oil in the soup pot and stir the chopped veg-etables and garlic until the onion is translucent. Add the spices, boullion, chicken, orzo and the water and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Taste for seasoning with salt and pepper and add the spinach and lemon and zest. Bring up to a boil and serve immediately.

Alice Pollock

Linda and Mike Weber’s granddaughter — catching up on St. Aidan’s Financial Report for Early Readers!

Bishop Committee Meeting – 02/11/18 – 11:30 am Summary by S&S Editor

Welcome New BC Member Sandi Lenz Sandi will remain as clerk of the BC thru 2018. Financials January 18 financials were reviewed and approved. We will publish the weekly cost of running the church Worship Committee Report Lent Hosting Ecumenical Wednesday Evening Service – 7pm Potato Bar Holy Week – Sunday, March 25 -- Sunday, April 1 Palm Sunday – Sun, Mar 3, Palms and Passion Puppet Show Maundy Thursday, 6pm Good Friday – Ecumenical Service, 1pm Tenebrae – 7pm Saturday Mid-Day Service, 12:30 pm Taize Positive feedback Needs more advertising Add/Replace ribbons in BCP Next Worship Committee Meeting: Thursday, March 8, 5 pm. Focus: Tenebrae Service and Easter Season STRATEGIC PLAN Communication Flow chart for responsibility created Communication box outside of the office Announcements in church Request for brevity Recorder needed Season of Easter – all announcements before closing hymn Reminder to take home the bulletins Other Ideas T-shirts Print Haus, Key Logo, On Line Need Logo or Catch Phrase New Members’ book by September 2018 Outreach Development – Brian/Fr Lars meeting – Feb 22 – 6pm Nota Bene Diocesan Leadership Meeting at Zion, Feb 24, 9am -- 3pm Fr Lars, Bruce Pollack attending Art/Music Gala Fundraiser for March 2019 Proposed Fr Lars is engaged. Camp Webb is Jun 17 -22 Fr Lars will be gone from Jun 11-15 and after church Jun 17-22

Next BC Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, March 11 at 11:30am

Dates to Remember MARCH Fri, 2 – Stations of the Cross – 6pm Wed, 7 - Ecumenical Service @ Redeemer Lutheran Church – 7pm Thru, 8 - Worship Committee Meeting – 5pm Sun, 11 – Bishop’s Committee Meeting 11:30 am Wed, 14 – Potato Bar – 5pm Wed, 14 – Ecumenical Service @ St Aidan’s – 7pm Sun, 18 – Stag and Staff articles due by 3pm Wed, 21 – Ecumenical Service @ St Mary’s on the Hill – 7pm Sat, 24 - Dressing of the Puppets – 10-2pm w/lunch Sun, 25 – Palm Sunday w/Puppet Show – 9:30am Thru, 29 – Maundy Thursday Service – 6pm Fri, 30 - Ecumenical Service – 1pm Fri, 30 – Tenebrae Service – 7p Sat, 31 – Community Lunch – 11:30am Sat, 31 – Mid Day Prayer – 12:30pm APRIL Sun, 1 – Easter Sunday Sun, 15 - Stag and Staff articles due by 3pm Sun, 15 – Thurs, Apr 19 – Rummage Sale Drop off Fri, 20 and Sat, Apr 21 – Rummage Sale Tue, 24 – Easter Taize – 7pm Sat, 28 – Community Lunch – 11:30pm Sun, 29 – Kids Sermon – 9:30am MAY Fri, 4 – Spring Family Night – Breakfast for Dinner – 6pm JUNE Sun, 17-Sat, Jun 23 – Camp Webb AUGUST Mission Trip to Appalachia SEPTEMBER Sat, 15 – Diocesan Fall Leadership Day – St John’s Military Academy – Delafield – 9am-3pm` OCTOBER Sat, 13 – Diocesan Convention – 9am-3pm St John’s Military Academy – Delafield

Upcoming Events – Dates/Time TBD Sunday in March – Easter Egg Hunt Formal Vestry Training Friday in July – Summer Family Night – Overnight Camping Friday in October – Fall Family Night – Soup and Bread/Pizza – 6pm

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THE STAG & STAFF St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church

670 E. Monroe Avenue

Hartford, WI 53027

www.staidans-hartford.org

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