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Click Here to Print the Church Mouse CONGREGATIONAL MEETING will be held June 13th following the worship service. There are Council positions open for election and the report from the Synod Assembly will be presented. YOUR SUMMER ISSUE OF THE MOUSE
This issue covers the months of June and July. The next issue will cover August and September. If you have an article you want included in the next issue, please send it to the church before July 20th. FOOD BANK GARDEN UP AND GROWING
Our garden that helps provide fresh produce for the food bank is in need of volunteers to help tend and harvest food. There is a work party every Thursday & Saturday at 9:30am. Please plan to help. PARKINSON SUPPORT GROUP
A support group for people with Parkinson’s, their families, and care-givers will meet the first Friday of each month from 1-2:30pm at Vashon Lutheran Church. This is an opportunity to share concerns, resources, support, and have discussions. Different topics will be featured each month. The next meeting is June 4th. For more information contact Lynn Chapman, 206-277-5516. WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY GROUP
Our next meeting will be Thursday, June 3rd for a potluck in Kathleen Odekirk’s beautiful garden. Come enjoy women’s fellowship with food to share and ideas for our next study. There will be a brief informational presentation on Rachel’s Day, and their storybook project. ECUMENICAL YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL
This group (for youth grades 6 and above) meets from 9-10am Sunday mornings. If you are interested, their schedule of topics and locations can be found on the Vashon Methodist Church web-site, under ‘calendar’. The last meeting before summer break will be on June 13th. ECUMENICAL YOUTH GROUP PICNIC
The youth picnic will be held at Gold Beach today at 12:00 noon, meet at the pool. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Continuing our annual tradition, the Vashon United Methodist Church, the Vashon Lutheran Church, the Vashon Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, will jointly sponsor a Community Vacation Bible School, led by the Youth Group of the Maple Valley Presbyterian Church. It will be held the first week in August, Aug. 2-6. The topic will be: Hero Headquarters – Where Kids Join Forces with God. The training weekend is scheduled for July 15 & 16 with the intention of making a VBS float for the Strawberry Festival. Pastors Darryn Hewson (Methodist), Bjoern Meinhardt (Lutheran) and Dan Houston (Presbyterian), together with the Youth Group will lead the classes. VLC will host the potluck dinner on Friday, August 6th. Volunteers are needed to make snacks. Contact Tina Parrish (463-5066) or Pastor Darryn Hewson (715-1394) to ask questions or offer your help. RUMMAGE SALE
Our rummage sale this year will be in September. SAVE YOUR STUFF! Again we will not take clothing. If you have small things and do not have a place to store them until September, you may bring them to the church and put them in the choir room. Please do not bring furniture, or large items as we do not have room to store them. The proceeds will go to support missions. IN MEMORIAM Bill Moorhouse went to be with his Lord recently. Bill and Ruth attended our church during the summer months. Their home is in Florida. Please remember Ruth in your prayers. RAY AND GERRY WHITE, now living in Yelm, have written to thank our congregation for our prayers and report that Gerry is doing well after her surgery. They hope to visit the island and friends at VLC again this summer. CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS
Please refrain from wearing fragrances to worship services or church events. Many persons suffer from allergies. COMPASS CENTER DONATION NEEDS The Compass Center is asking for: - new or gently used bath towels.
- all necessary hygiene items
- Men’s underwear (larger sized preferably)
- Art/school supplies (for their Art Class at the Day Center and are in need of supplies: markers, colored pencils, construction paper, paints & paint brushes, embellishments, etc. pens/pencils and lined notebooks).
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF (LWR)
Lutheran World Relief is an international nonprofit organization and joint ministry of the ELCA and LCMS. Through its partners in 35 countries it promotes sustainable development by helping communities increase the quality of life, engage in fair trade, and provide aid in emergencies, especially by responding to disasters, such as the 2004 SW Asian Tsunami and in Haiti after their horrific earthquake this year. LWR is currently helping communities north of Port-au-Prince, where most of the displaced peoples are migrating, by focusing on providing food, water, temporary shelter and sanitation. Since the earthquake LWR has also sent thousands of health kits, layettes, and quilts to Haiti. Thanks to the generous donations and support of Lutherans LWR has raised six million dollars for immediate and long-term recovery work in Haiti. Current projects include a partnering with Nothing But Nets in an effort to end malaria in Africa. You can assist by contributing. Ten dollars buys an insecticide treated bed net, delivered with instruction as to its use. You can continue to help LWR continue to provide its valuable services by mailing a check or money order to:
Lutheran World Relief
P. O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832 A SERVICE of PRAYER and HEALING
We will have the opportunity to quietly gather for prayer and healing in the Lutheran church sanctuary from 6 – 6:30 p.m. the first Sunday of each month. Our next service will be February 7th at 6pm.
Regardless of who you are and what you carry, you are welcome in this place. Come to pray aloud or silently.
Come forward to be prayed for through naming your concerns or retaining your silence.
Or...simply come to sit for a while and unwind with your own thoughts.
No pressure, no intrusion...A simple service without music...without liturgy...in a candle-lit sanctuary where we gather to hear a few readings, pray and be prayed for, and sit and just be.
The Rev. Jeff Larson, Ph.D. is a Lutheran minister and clinical psychologist called by Vashon Lutheran Church to provide counseling services to the community. As a member of the body of believers he feels that spiritual health in its many shapes and forms is key to attaining psychological and physical health. PASSION PLAY TOUR & MORE IN 2010
The Passion Play takes place every ten years and the next time in 2010. Pastor Bjoern will lead a group trip June 21- July 2, 2010, visiting the following cities: Heidelberg, Strassbourg, Colmar, Geneva, Zurich, Konstanz and Mainau, Neuschwantstein, the Alpine village of Graswang (during the passion play), Berchtesgaden, and Salzburg.
The trip leaves June 21st. If you are interested, contact Pastor Bjoern. Worship Assistants
June - July | Ministry | Asst. Minister | Comm. Asst. | Lector | Usher (1) | Usher (2) | Dates | | 1st Sundays | Patte Wagner | Jeff Larson | Perry Prescott | Richard Odekirk | Kathleen Odekirk | | | 2nd Sundays | June Langland | Janet Williams | Stephanie Lee | Jim Dam | Gretchen Yates | | | 3d Sundays | Michael Goth | Hazel Nelson | Jeff Larson | Peggy Stringfellow | Bonnie Snaza | | | 4th Sundays | Gary Peterson | Karen Stamper | Jack Lincoln | Jack Lincoln | Susan Lincoln | | | 5th Sundays | | Jeff Larson | Stephanie Lee | Patte Wagner | Mike Wagner | |
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Ray and Gerri White (cancer), Fred Losornio, Terri Hitch, Stephanie Lee & family. Also remember those in care facilities: Lelan Lau, Carl Nelson, & Oda Sorensen. Contact Gail Larson (567-4779) to initiate a prayer request. INTERCESSORY PRAYER GROUP during the month of June will meet at 9:am on Tuesdays at the Larson’s home. Please call Gail Larson (567-4779) for prayer requests. REFRESMENTS AND FLOWERS
We need people to sign-up for refreshments and flowers for Sundays in June and July. Please see the list in the Fellowship Hall. STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
STAFF
Rev. Bjoern E. Meinhardt
Rev. Jeffrey Larson, PhD (Counseling)
Secretary Cheryl Prescott
Church Office: 463-2655 CHURCH COUNCIL
President: Jack Lincoln
Vice-President: Susan Lincoln
Secretary: Jill DuBois
Treasurer: Elaine Lester
Property Manager: Michael Wagner
Stewardship: June Langland
Member at Large: Michael Goth LESSONS FOR JUNE
2 Pentecost June 6, 2010
First Reading 1 Kings 17:17-24
Psalm 30
Second Reading Gal 1:11-24
Gospel Luke 7:11-17 3 Pentecost June 13, 2010
First Reading 2 Sam 11:26-12:10, 13-15
Psalm 32
Second Reading Gal 2:15-21
Gospel Luke 7:36-8:3 4 Pentecost June 20, 2010
First Reading Isa 65:1-9
Psalm 22:19-28
Second Reading Gal 3:23-29
Gospel Luke 8:26-39 5 Pentecost June 27, 2010
First Reading 1Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
Psalm 16
Second Reading Gal 5:1, 13-25
Gospel Luke 9:51-62 | LESSONS FOR JULY
6 Pentecost July 4, 2010
First Reading Isa 66:10-14
Psalm 66:1-9
Second Reading Gal 6:1-16
Gospel Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 7 Pentecost July 11, 2010
First Reading Deut 30:9-14
Psalm 25:1-10
Second Reading Col 1:1-14
Gospel Luke 10:25-37 8 Pentecost July 18, 2010
First Reading Gen 18:1-10a
Psalm 15
Second Reading Col 1:15-28
Gospel Luke 10:38-42 9 Pentecost July 25, 2010
First Reading Gen 18:20-32
Psalm 138
Second Reading Col 2:6-19
Gospel Luke 11:1-13 | DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE JUNE
6/1 Tues Justin, martyr at Rome, c.165
6/5 Sat Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, martyr, 754
6/7 Mon Seattle, chief Duwamish, 1866
6/11 Fri St. Barnabas, Apostle
6/14 Mon Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea 379, Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c385,
Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople c389
6/21 Mon Onesimos Nesib, translator, 1931
6/24 Thurs Nativity of St. John the Baptist
6/25 Fri Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530,
P. Melanchthon, Renewer of the church, 1560
6/28 Mon Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c.202
6/29 Tues St. Peter & St. Paul, apostles
6/30 Weds Johan Wallin, Archbishop of Uppsala, hymnwriter, 1839 | DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE JULY
7/6 Tues John Hus, martyr, 1415
7/11 Sun Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540
7/12 Mon N. Soderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1931
7/15 Thurs Vladimir, Christian ruler Russia, 1015
7/22 Thurs St. Mary Magdalene
7/23 Fri Birgitta of Sweden, 1373
7/25 Sun St. James the Elder, Apostle
7/28 Weds J.S. Bach, 1750; Heinrich Schutz, 1672; Geo. Handel, 1759-musicians
7/29 Thurs Mary, Martha, & Lazarus of Bethany
7/29 Thurs Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030 | HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAY
Susan Lincoln June 2
Bruce Cleland June 8
Matthew Zapel June 12
Erik Powelson June 14
Laura Goth June 18
Frank Erickson June 23
Michael Horne June 24
Solveig Meinhardt June 27 | HAPPY JULY BIRTHDAY
Bjoern Meinhardt July 2
Jack Lincoln July 6
Gary Koch July 8
Lori Hess July 9
Jim Dam July 12
Maxine Olson July 15
Juliana Goth July 18
Mark Scheer July 19
Dorothy Krueger July 19
Karen Lindskog July 21
Haley Scheer July 31 | HAPPY JUNE ANNIVERSARY
David & Lanora Hackett June 4
Dwayne & June Langland June 11
Ed & Pam Brown-Ebright June 27
Neil & Gay Jungemann June 30 | HAPPY JULY ANNIVERSARY
Michael & Patte Wagner July 3
Jon & Korina Knudson July 4
Evans & Elaine Lester July 7
Stan & Donna Botten July 25
Bjoern & Lynn Meinhardt July 26 |
BAPTISM SCHEDULE FOR 2010
During 2010, baptism will be a special part of our worship on: - November 7th, Sunday, All Saints Sunday
- December 25th, Saturday, Christmas Day
VASHON THRIFTWAY 1% COMMUNITY DONATION PROGRAM
Remember to save your Vashon Thriftway receipts to be used for our missions program. Thriftway will donate 1% of the total to VLC. Remember the rules:
• Cash register receipts must be from Vashon Thriftway.
• Cash register receipts must be for purchases made by members of Vashon Lutheran Church.
• Receipts turned in cannot be more than one year old.
• Purchasers must sign each receipt, and indicate their phone number.
• Receipts may be placed in the indicated receptacle in the Fellowship Hall.
Thanks for helping
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