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All Saints Lutheran Church
The MESSENGER
The Trumpet
The Trumpet June, 2015
2 Weekday Childhood Ministry Council Highlights 3 WELCA, Relay for Life update 4 Saint of the Month, Summer Help Needed 5 Birthdays and Anniversaries Wednesdays Together/Youth 6 Graduates 7 VBS 8 U.S. Spring Storms 9 Service in June 10 Financial Report 11 June Calendar
A publication of All Saints Lutheran Church, Port Orange, Fl.
From the Pastor’s IPad
Over the weekend I noticed something, and experienced something I
haven’t in a while. On Saturday evening I actually had a few minutes to
pause and notice the flowers in the flowerbed in the front of the church,
walk through our beautiful memorial garden free from anxiety of the
worship service about to begin and free of my thoughts about the most
pressing other thing I knew had to be done next. I even took a moment to
water those flowers in front, not as another thing I had to do, but as
thanks for what God had provided. The tension poured out of my body
like the water poured out of the hose. God had granted me a moment of
quiet and peace.
Perhaps it is just the time of year. Summer is almost here and for many
this is a time when we look forward to having these moments that refresh
our soul, renew our spirit, and rest our bodies and minds. Jesus took
many of those moments going up on a mountain to pray, stealing a
moment away from the crowds and even taking his disciples with him to
pray, rest and teach. It was important to the vitality of their ministry.
Just like summertime this is what our worship time is supposed to be like;
an experience of peace in God’s presence. This is what I believe you are
supposed to experience as you gather for our time in worship each week
so that you are continually refreshed, renewed and rested. I believe
worship, spending this time with God, is not to be another thing on the
check list to get done or to take time off from so you can get that rest, but
a time away from the checklist for just a little bit. It is important to your
health, your family, your vocation and every other part of your life.
Throughout the summer we will continue to gather, praise God, thank
God, be filled by His Spirit and carry out the mission He has called us to.
God’s calling is still there. He summons you to come be with Him.
I pray your summer is restful, refreshing and recreating, and you will let
your time with God in worship be a part of that.
Pastor Stan
What’s Inside
Coming Soon July 6 – 10, 2015
Vacation Bible School
Hometown Nazareth Where Jesus Was a Kid!
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Council Highlights
5/12/15 Meeting
1. We are renewing our FEMA flood insurance, and are awaiting a quote from Brown & Brown for all other coverage. 2. The summer day camp has one opening left, and seven children will be attending camp at Luther Springs. 3. We hope to have a decision regarding our new staff person this month. 4. A male representative is needed, to attend the Synod Assembly June 18, 19, 20. 5. Change for Change in July will go to help disaster recovery in Nepal through Lutheran Disaster Response. 6. Vacation Bible School dates are July 6 through July 10. Please tell your family, friends, and neighbors!
Affirmation of Baptism +
+Confirmation+
On Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the 10:30am service
John Chandler Parker
Has been instructed in the Christian faith and desired to make public affirmation of
his Baptism.
Father in heaven, for Jesus’ sake, stir up in John Chandler the
gift of your Holy Spirit; confirm his faith, guide his life,
empower him in his serving, give him patience in suffering and
bring him to everlasting life. Amen
A Summer at All Saints
June 8th – we are beginning our 3rd year of summer fun
at A Summer at All Saints! We have a capacity
enrollment with lots of new faces, two new counselors
(Ms. Mary Ellen Kite-Hernden and Ms. Hannah Lunt),
and a fun packed and educational summer schedule to
keep us very busy and entertained.
Additionally, seven of the boys will be attending three
days and two nights of Discoverers camp at Luther
Springs, thanks to your support of the Aunt Catfish’s
Pancake Breakfast!
We will keep you updated on our summer adventures –
look for pictures of our activities in the hallway, on the
bulletin board in the Parish Hall, and on Facebook!
Our first big field trip day is to the News Journal to
see the play –
How I Became a Pirate!
Stop by anytime we are at the church to
see what we are up to!
Peace,
Phyllis King
LIKE us on Facebook at
After School at All Saints.
Visit our new website at
afterschool-aslcpo.org
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This month of May has been a more quiet and
spiritual month for the ladies of the WELCA. We had
so much going on, that it is good to kind of reflect on
what we have done with the Silent Auction for Relay
for Life, and all the outreach programs we do.
Rachel’s Day was canceled, however we will
reschedule a time when we can go forth with the
Pregnancy Crisis in Daytona Beach. This will be
announced as soon as we can. All The circles are in a
summer mode, and will meet again with a get
together breakfast in September. Ruth’s Circle will
have a luncheon meeting in June, to be announced.
We are urging all the ladies of WELCA to plan to
attend the Fall Gathering at Lake Wales in the fall.
The following is a short story, enjoy
“DISARMING LOVE”
Virginia Randolph was a pioneer in black education.
She began teaching in a rural school in 1892. As she
tried to instill high ethical standards along with the
“Three R’s” many parents resented it.
In fact, one mother bragged about whipping every
teacher at that school. She vowed Miss Randolph
would be next.
One day, Virginia saw the woman standing on the
porch with a long stick. She’d just finished reading 1
Corinthians 13 to her class.
“Children,” she began, keeping her voice steady,
“this morning I’m going to pray, ‘Lord have mercy
on the dear mother that came to school.” “So glad to
see you dear mother.” Virginia then led the boys and
girls in singing “I Need Thee Every Hour”.
She continued, “Now students, this has been the first
mother to visit school. She has two lovely children,
and you know the hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world. Don’t you feel proud? I’ll ask her to speak to
us”
That mother was so touched, her eyes filled with
tears.
“I came for one thing and found another,” she said.
“I will never disturb the classroom again.” She kept
her promise and became a willing school worker.
Isn’t it amazing how love disarms hostility? It was
true in 1892 and is just as true more than one hundred
years later.
Joyce Murphy-Shipman
Relay for Life Update Thanks to the wonderful attendance at
our dinner and silent auction, the
generous contributions to our change for
change month and the purchase of our
hand crafted greeting cards, as well as independent
donations, your Relay for Life team now has
$4000.00 to give to The American Cancer Society. I
have learned that out of 49 teams in Port Orange, All
Saints is currently in 6th
place for giving! The top 10
teams will have their name on next year’s Relay for
Life t-shirts. So All Saints will be there! We will
continue to sell cards….Father’s Day cards are
coming out next…and the money from cards will
begin our fundraising for next year.
Thank you for your support in “the fight for the
cure.” Liz Clayton, Relay for Life Chairman
Patrick Rudnicky assisting with Pastor Wickett
and Lorrie Blalock on Sunday, May 17, 2015.
Thank you Patrick for your willingness to serve!
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Spotlight on….Bud Gammill
Saint of the
Month I was born 4
years into the
GREAT DEPRESSION on a
farm in central Illinois. I guess
we were “dirt Poor” but we
didn't know it. When I was about
4, my Grandmother asked me what I wanted to be,
and I said, “I want to be as tall as the trees, (never
happened), fly airplanes, and live to be 100 (won't
happen).
We didn't have indoor plumbing or electricity until
1940 when we moved. I think we moved about 10
times before I left home. Dad had a service station
and I worked there from 13 until I went to the
University of Illinois at my Uncle's insistence, to live
in his basement and then work in a Frat house for my
meals. My Mother took $60 of her “egg money” for
the 1st semester's tuition, and I had $25 for spending
money for that semester. I had 2 semesters including
ROTC before being drafted into the KOREAN WAR.
My Sergeant asked if anyone knew how to March,
and I held up my hand and was immediately made a
Squad Leader. 6 months later, I was in Infantry
Officer School, then another 6 months in Flight
Training, then being sent to fly border patrol on the
IRON CURTAIN in Germany. I returned to U of I
and got my BS degree and got hired by United
Airlines where I met the “love of my life these past
54 years. She was a Flight Attendant and irresistible
and helped my study to get thru the training. I retired
after almost 33 years, lastly flying the Pacific in a
Boeing 747-400, with almost always 455 lives sitting
behind me. I know now that God brought us safely to
our destination. I have been retired now 22 years,
enjoying the life at the SPRUCE CREEK FLY-IN.
After visiting several local churches, we came to
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH as it was
traditional Lutheran church in which we were
married and attended in Illinois and were quite
comfortable within their traditional service. The
Lutheran affiliation has been our mainstay now for
54 years and evolved from the SWEDISH
EVANGELICAL CHURCH to the LCA to ELCA.
Karen and I have 3 children, a married Daughter,
with 3 Grandsons in Illinois, an adopted son living in
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and our 3rd
child, married and
living in Orlando.
Forty years ago, I served 11 years as Property
Chairman on the Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Council in Elgin, Illinois. During that same period, I
built our own house. It was quite an undertaking, to
say the least.
We enjoyed “God's Country” at Hayward, Wisconsin
in various cottages for 44 years, where there is 3
months of summer, clean water and lots of cold
weather and snow. We sold it a year ago, as we
couldn't keep it going. We are now full time Florida
residents.
I am once again serving on the Church Council and
have been a money counter for several years.
Bud Gammill
Coordinated by Marilyn Keller
Summer Help Needed!
Now that the summer months are
here, the yard crew would
appreciate extra help on Friday
mornings to keep our grounds
looking great. Some of our yard
crew members are snowbirds who leave for the
summer and all the rest of the crew is in and out with
summer travels. That means we now have a skeleton
crew on any Friday morning. If you can give any
amount of time on Friday mornings between 8 and 11
A.M we would greatly appreciate it. Due to the
summer heat we rarely stay until 11:00 so come
early! Thank you, Your Yard Crew
The 2015 Hurricane Season begins on June 1 and will continue until
November 30th
. In accordance with our
church policy and to not create an unsafe
situation for anyone, if a hurricane warning
has been issued for Volusia County on a
weekend, Saturday and Sunday worship services will
be cancelled. All Saints will follow Volusia County
Government hurricane guidelines and will close
when the public schools close.
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Our Mission is, by God's grace, to foster lasting relationships with each other, build on our faith,
share our talents, and focus on a ministry of service to our church and community. Men’s Breakfast will meet on Saturday, June 13th
at 8:00 AM – all men of the congregation are
invited. We will continue our work as partners with
the City of Port Orange to provide upkeep on
Memorial Park adjacent to our property. Come and
join us and bring a friend.
Birthdays & Anniversaries Group will be
celebrating the third Tuesday, June 16th 1:00 PM
At Rossi’s Diner on Ridgewood, South Daytona.
Call Ginnie Radi at (760-0595) if you usually attend
and cannot attend, or if you haven't attended before.
The restaurant would like to know about how many
will be attending. All are welcome to join in this
fellowship.
Mixing Bowl (Pot Luck) will not meet again until
October.
The Change for Change Recipients
Change for Change for this month will go to All
Saints VBS.
Change for Change the month of May went to Olga
Clarke Orphanage. The Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Suriname supports this orphanage in the
city of Nickerie. The orphanage is a foundation based
in Suriname and the Netherlands, receiving most of
it’s funding from donors in the Netherlands and the
government of Suriname. Over the years many
ELCA missionary sponsoring congregations have
assisted in small but meaningful ways to the Olga
Clarke Orphanage. Amount undetermined.
Gifts & Memorials Contributions to the Gifts and Memorials Fund
during the period of April 21, 2015 through May 20,
2015.
Undesignated
1 gift in memory of Avis Engert.
Set the Lord’s Table….
….Join the Altar Guild!
Wednesdays Together is in recession for the summer.
Thank you to all who volunteered their time to make
Wednesdays Together such a success.
End of Year Youth Party
at the Lehr home.
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Graduates and Recognition
We want to recognize and honor our
graduates or others with special
achievements in our newsletter! If
you have someone in your family
who is graduating from high school or college, please
let us know.
You may complete the information below and return
it to the church office or place it in the offering plate
at any time. Or just call the office to share your
information. Thank you!!
Name
Graduation:
From where:
If college, what degree?
Future plans (college attending in fall, jobs, etc.?)
Congregation Congratulations to:
Matthew LaFond who
Graduated from Spruce Creek High School on May
31. Matthew will be attending the George
Washington University in Washington DC this fall --
accepted into their Elliott School of International
Affairs as well as the GW Honors Program.
Nicole Lewis who graduated from Spruce Creek
High School on May 31. Nicole has been accepted to
Daytona State Colleges Nursing program for the fall
classes and has been employed at Panera Breads for
the past 2 years part time and working in all phases of
it.
Taylor Lewis who just finished 3 years at UCF in
mechanical engineering school with an associate
degree. Next year he will receive a bachelor’s degree.
Taylor also has been hired by Disney into their
Mechanical engineering internship for the summer.
He was the only one interviewed and hired out of his
class.
Larry and Ellie Riegner
Celebrates their First
Anniversary.
June Birthdays
6/1 Gavin Capehart, Jay Linden,
Nancy Young
6/2 Kolby Neal
6/3 Lucille Schmieder,
John Wagner
6/4 Ron Trott
6/8 Irene Moody
6/9 Mike Cornforth
6/11 Diane Adams, Mel Krum, Beverly McMillian
6/12 Rita Worm
6/13 Vian Borg, MacKenzie Capehart, Sienna Osta
6/16 Rachel LaFond
6/18 Butch LeVere, Thomas Young
6/19 Patty Navarra
6/21 Nancy Trott
6/22 Zoe Sutherlin
6/23 Laurie Durant
6/24 Bob Wince
6/25 Audrey Goerke
6/27 Robbie Brooks
6/30 Janet Henkel-Fisher
June Anniversaries 6/7 Butch and Kathy LeVere
6/9 Alan and Mary Alyce Paul
6/13 Jack and Sandra Borowiecki
6/22 Mike and Patty Navarra
6/24 Bud and Karen Gammill
6/28 Royal and Joan Swanson
Music for Prayer and Meditation will be in recession for the summer.
Music will resume September 2, 2015.
Sponsored by the
Port Orange Ministerial Association.
For more information contact Suzacree@aol.com.
June Flowers & Bulletins Given to the glory of God.
Don’t forget to sign up!
Flowers- $30.00 &Bulletins -$15.00
Flowers
6/7 In celebration of Alan and Mary Alyce Paul’s
64th wedding anniversary.
6/14 Open
6/21 Open
6/28 In celebration of Roy and Joan Swanson’s 57th
wedding anniversary.
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Hometown Nazareth - Where Jesus Was a Kid!
This year's Vacation Bible School theme will take us to the little town of Nazareth, where we will see what life might have been like for a boy like Jesus, growing up. VBS will be held from Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10, 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch is included! Registration forms can be picked up at the church office. PLEASE REGISTER so that we know how many children to plan for, for supplies, food, etc. We'll learn great songs, play fun games, visit "Mary's" house, the Synagogue School, the Carpenter Shop, the Market Place, and much more! The following items are needed to help make this great week a success. If you can loan or contribute the following supplies, it would be much appreciated! PLEASE LABEL the loaned items to assure their safe return. Electric drill with 3/16 drill bits Melons Light-grade sandpaper Canned salmon Water-color paints & brushes Baklava Cotton balls Onions String Honey Newspapers (to protect tables) Flatbread Toothpicks Cheese Thin lacing Fruit, esp. grapes & oranges Miscellaneous beads Bread Fruit-Loops Quick-growing seeds Extra-virgin olive oil Small peat pots Hand wipes & old washcloths & towels Potting soil with no fertilizer Mortars & pestles Balloons Herbs: mint, basil, rose petals, lavender Shallow plastic child's wading pool Wicker baskets - various sizes & shapes Scraps of wood For costumes: OLD bathrobes, blankets (Mexican, etc.), adult t-shirts (we'll cut the sleeves off), scarves, pillowcases Please bring these items to church and we will collect them in the back-right Sunday School room. THANK YOU!!!
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U.S. Spring Storms The situation:
This spring has delivered several storms and severe weather events around the U.S. One significant event is severe flooding in Texas and Oklahoma as torrential rains wreaked havoc in parts of the two states during Memorial Day weekend.
The record rainfall caused flash flooding in normally dry riverbeds, and rivers rose so quickly that whole communities woke up after a night of rain to find themselves surrounded by water. Reports show that
Houston alone received 11 inches of rain in one day and the Blanco River is at more than triple its flood stage. The sudden onset of the rains and flooding has proven fatal, as 31 people have died and several more are missing. Streets and interstates are submerged, more than 4,000 homes are damaged or
destroyed, and there are piles of wreckage more than 20 feet high. For many cities in the area, this has been the wettest May, or even month, on record, and more rain is
in the forecast. Our response:
Through our congregations, synods and disaster affiliate organizations, Lutheran Disaster Response is working to assist those who are most affected by flooding. We are assessing the immediate and long-
term needs of those in the flooded areas, and we will act in coordination with our network of ELCA synods and social ministry organizations. We know that this will be a long road to recovery, and we will be there to assist those who have been affected through every phase of this disaster recovery process.
Your gifts are needed to begin relief efforts. What you can do: Give
Your gifts designated for "U.S. Spring Storms" will be used in full (100 percent) to assist those directly
impacted. - See more at: http://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-
Response/Our-Impact/US-Spring-Storms#sthash.mM6MegWg.dpuf
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Serving in June, 2015
Area Date June 6 & 7 June 13 & 14
Lectors 4:30 pm
10:30 am
Jan Hatridge
Bernie Becklund
Alice Hart
Gitta Falkenberg
Assisting
Ministers
4:30pm
10:30am
Lorrie Blalock
Jan Hatridge
Patrick Rudnicky
Greeters 4:30pm
10:30am
The Lewis Family
Bernie Becklund, Penny Kuhaneck
Ushers
4:30pm
10:30am
Bob Kleiber, Arlen Schneider
Jim & Rita Worm
Bob Kleiber, Arlen Schneider
Dick Falkenberg & Jay Linden
Altar Ginnie Radi, Regina Cerny,
Jan Hatridge
Regina Cerny, Jan Hatridge
Sunday
Fellowship
Liz McCandless
Nancy Trott
Area Date June 20 & 21 June 27 & 28
Lectors 4:30pm
10:30am
Jim Hart
Martha Prestipino
Dawson Singleton
Laura Wickett
Assisting
Ministers
4:30pm
10:30am
Jan Hatridge
Laura Wickett
Laura Wickett
Larry Riegner
Greeters 4:30pm
10:30am
Nancy and Ron Trott
Ginnie Radi
Martha Prestipino
Ushers
4:30pm
10:30am
Bob Kleiber, Arlen
Schneider
Geoff & Georgia
Warner
Bob Kleiber, Arlen
Schneider
Jim & Rita Worm
Altar
Jan Hatridge,
Laura Wickett
Regina Cerny,
Laura Wickett
Sunday
Fellowship
Needed
Needed
Please contact these persons to say that you would also like to serve!
Lectors and Ushers-Rita Worm, 322- 9959 Altar Set-up-Regina Cerny, 304-9218
Assisting Ministers-Lorrie Blalock, 788-1385 Crucifers-Church office, 761-9129
Greeters-10:30 AM Beth Jones 756-6456
We would appreciate help with the Sunday morning fellowship coffee time. Please sign up to bring a plate of
your favorite goodies to share in the library. Homemade or store bought are welcome.
Call Nancy Trott (386)761-4007 to help with this ministry.
Thank you to those who have participated in this ministry
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June, 2015 Calendar
Trumpet Deadline - We rely, encourage, and welcome information submitted to
“The Trumpet” for publication. However, in order to maintain consistency and unity
of church policy and to conform to layout requirements, the editor and staff reserve
the right to edit all material. Deadline for the July, 2015 issue is Sunday, June 21.
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All Saints Lutheran Church
751 Dunlawton Avenue
Port Orange, FL 32127
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
WORSHIP SERVICES
WITH HOLY COMMUNION
Saturday 4:30pm; Sunday -10:30am
9:15am - Sunday school, Confirmation and Adult
WEDNESDAYS TOGETHER
In recession for the summer
OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Friday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Phone (386) 761-9129
www.aslcpo.org
STAFF Pastor: Stanley E. Wickett
Pastor Emeritus: Gerald B. VandeMark
Missionary: Rev. Kevin L. Jacobson (Suriname)
Song Leader: 4:30pm –Terri Adams
Accompanist: 10:30am – Terri Adams
Choir Director: 10:30am - Julia Hood
Church Administrator: Elizabeth B. McCandless
Child Care: Wanda Lee
Sexton: Lurana Coolbaugh
Weekday Childhood Ministries Interim Director:
Phyllis King
Trumpet Editor: Elizabeth B. McCandless