Atonement Tidings March 2018 · Day and all things Irish & Irish-American. What are your St....
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Atonement Tidings March 2018
Welcoming New Friends
at the
Refugee Fellowship Dinner
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ADULT FORUM
MARCH NEWS
March 7, 14, 21
6:00pm Soup, Salad and Bread 6:45pm Service of Evening Prayer
* March 14 7:00 PM Candlelight Vigil *
Join us for a special Lenten program which will take us to different countries around the around the world. Global food, prayers, stories and hymns will be featured as we celebrate the gift and diversity of God's world this Lent.
Sundays at 10:45am
March 4 Spirituality and Dementia: How Do We Nurture Faith in our Elder Ones (Pastor Sarah Culp and Chaplain Bradley Klug, St. John’s Home)
March 11 Travelogue to China (Karen Goodyear and John Kruidenier)
March 18 Celtic Prayer (Avis Hooper)
March 25 At the Cross … And At the Empty Tomb: Who Was
Mary Magdalene?
WEDNESDAYS IN LENT
Please join us on Easter Sunday, following Worship, for a Continental Coffee Hour. We invite you to bring pastries, fruit, breads, etc. Coffee and juice will be provided.
Saturday, March 10 9:00 - 10:30 AM
This workshop is designed for elementary school children who are interested in learning about the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The workshop will include communion instruction, a craft and an opportunity to make communion bread! Parents are invited to join us at 2:00pm for the last half hour of the workshop. Children attending will be invited to receive their First Communion on Sunday, March 11 during the 9:30am worship service. Registration forms and a sign-up sheet are on the bulletin board in the narthex.
FIRST COMMUNION WORKSHOP
EASTER SUNDAY CONTINENTAL COFFIE HOUR
Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion
March 25 9:30 AM
Procession with Palms and Holy Communion
Maundy Thursday
March 29 12:00 PM 7:00 PM
Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday
March 30 7:00 PM
Way of the Cross: Readings, Prayer, Hymns
Easter Sunday/The Resurrection of Our Lord
April 1 9:30 AM
Festival Worship and Holy Communion
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE
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FELLOWSHIP
Wednesday, March 7 12:00 – 12:30pm
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for a 30 minute service of song, prayer and Holy Communion. This informal service will be followed by Lunch & Laughter, combining worship + fellowship + community.
Need a ride? Please call the church office and we will provide transportation!
LUNCH & LAUGHTER Wednesday, March 7 at 12:30 pm following Noon worship
Yes, it is Lent. But this is also the month we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and all things Irish & Irish-American. What are your St. Patrick’s Day traditions? Drowning the shamrock? Wearing green? Pinching? Learn more about these traditions and more as we gather for our potluck lunch. Bring a dish to pass…maybe an Irish-inspired main, side/salad or dessert…and join us for a time of friendship and good conversation. We’ll provide beverages, hot and cold. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex, but if you forget to sign up, come anyway. There is always room for YOU at our table.
Set-up or clean-up help is always appreciated. If you need transportation, call the office at 442-1018 and we will help secure you a ride.
DISCIPLESHIP
PRAYER MINISTRY
BRIGHTON FOOD DEPOT
For the month of March, we will collect canned entrees, such as ravioli or chili, canned fruit, and peanut butter. Thank you for your continued support of this important ministry. The cart for your donations is located in the Recycling and Donations Center; see an usher if you need assistance on Sundays. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the Brighton Food Depot, please talk to Barb Sanko.
LENTEN ELCA WORLD HUNGER APPEAL
Thank you for your donations on “Souper Bowl Sunday” for world hunger. In the weeks of Lent we will again collect donations for world hunger. Please make checks out to Atonement and write “world hunger” on the memo line or use the envelopes in the pews or narthex labeled for world hunger for any cash donations. We also support local efforts through donations to Brighton Food Cupboard and Foodlink from our church benevolence budget, collecting food every week for the Brighton Food Cupboard, and donating the produce from our vegetable garden.
RUMMAGE SALE
Look ahead and save your unneeded items for the May 3rd - 5th
rummage sale!
MORNING PRAYER Wednesday, March 14 at 9:00 a.m. in the Prayer Room
As always, our half hour or so together will include readings and prayer, and time for quiet reflection as we begin our Lenten journey together.
FIRST WEDNESDAY NOONDAY WORSHIP
RIT LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY MEAL Sunday, March 25 6:30pm
Each Sunday evening, Lutheran and Episcopal students at Rochester Institute of Technology gather for worship followed by a home-cooked meal provided by local congregations. During these meals, students socialize and share in discussions with Pastor Craig Swanson, Lutheran Campus Pastor at RIT.
Join us in hosting “Breakfast for Dinner” on March 25 for the
students by signing up on the narthex bulletin board. Volunteers are needed to donate food and/or set-up and serve the meal. Please contact Pastor Gail for more information.
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REFUGEE WELCOME FELLOWSHIP DINNER The concept is simple: Welcome refugee families new to Rochester and get to know each other. Share food and fellowship. Welcome the neighbor. Isn’t that what Jesus calls us to do? On January 28 we co-hosted an intergenerational pot luck supper for around 130 people…an evening of food, fellowship and music with refugee families. Held in the 12 Corners Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, it is a collaborative welcoming ministry of Atonement, 12 Corners and South Presbyterian Churches, along with Catholic Family Center, the agency responsible for settling refugees in our community. Our guests from Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria and Burma/Myanmar, along with members from all of the participating congregations, streamed in with an amazing selection of dishes to share, including traditional foods from lands far away. Many arrived wearing colorful traditional clothing and the room was filled with the sounds of many languages and lots of laughter. Children enjoyed an arts and crafts time and later sang and danced to fun songs like the Hokey Pokey and Heads Shoulders Knees & Toes, energetically led by Josh & Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown. Feedback has been extraordinary and everyone wants to make these gatherings an ongoing outreach ministry. So mark your calendars for Sunday, April 29 at 4:00 pm for our next International Fellowship Potluck Dinner. (New name!) Reservations are requested and space is limited for each congregation. Volunteers are needed! Watch for details in Tidings, the Sunday bulletin, and the narthex bulletin board. Come and sit at our table, share a meal, be a welcoming and healing presence for people who have suffered and given up so much….come and love our new neighbors.
For more information, contact Avis Hooper, Pastor Gail, or Margy Peet.
REFUGEE WELCOME FELLOWSHIP DINNER
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PASTOR’S PAGE
EASTER PLANT ORDER
Please Print
Given By:
In Memory of:
In Honor of:
Other:
$9.00 per plant This form is for one plant. Please place order by Sunday, March 25 PLEASE RETURN FORMS TO CHURCH OFFICE.
EASTER FLOWERS
Stronger Than Death
Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside…
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you, not as the world gives…
Goodness is stronger than evil; love is stronger than hate; light is stronger than darkness; life is stronger than death….
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks…neither shall they learn war anymore…
It happened two weeks ago and I am still heartsick. More school shooting deaths…more children gunned down…more lives torn apart and now, so is our country. Less guns? More guns? No guns?
Morally, ethically and theologically speaking, we should not be killing anyone. Let me say that again: we should not be killing anyone. And it is this current generation of young people who have drawn a line in the sand and said; “Enough. We aren’t going to stand for being shot at any longer.” Young people who can command a stage and taken the lead. Students who have become the drivers of their own story with raw honesty and emotion. An unbelievably powerful movement has begun, laser focused on changing our culture and demanding an end to gun violence. Enough.
Please note, there is a spiritual component here that must not be overlooked. Lutherans have an “arms wide open” approach to the world. We engage the world and embrace it on behalf of Christ. So that as we listen and act in response to the cries of “Enough” - we are compelled to show God’s love even more to others. Are you ready?
Join me in support of students, parents and all who look with hope towards the end of gun violence, as we gather at a Candlelight Vigil here at Atonement. We will come together to stand for change and to pray for peace in our schools, in our homes and in our communities, believing that light is always stronger than darkness; love is always stronger than death.
In Peace Pastor Gail
OUTDOOR CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Stand for Change…Pray for Peace Wednesday, March 14 7:00 – 7:30pm
(Following our Wednesday Lenten Soup Supper at 6:00pm) Atonement Front Lawn/Parking Lot
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FYI— FAMILY ~ YOUTH ~ INTERGENERATIONAL MINISTRY
YOUNG FAMILIES
EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, March 25 5:00 – 7:00pm
Young families will be celebrating Easter with a potluck dinner and an egg hunt. March 25th from 5-7pm.
IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR SUMMER CAMP AT LCLC
Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center offer a wonderful opportunity for children and youth to explore their faith in a fun place! All programs include opportunities for outdoor games, hiking, swimming, sailing, kayaking, arts & crafts, campfires & singing….as well as becoming friends with other great kids.
YOUTH GATHERING: HOUSTON 2018
Countdown Event at Atonement
Sunday, March 18 9:30am – 12:30pm
We are counting down the days until the Youth Gathering begins, when six young people and one adult from our congregation will join Pastor Debbie Johnson and youth and adults from St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Geneseo, to travel to Houston for this life changing event! Our next joint get-together for youth and their parents of both congregations will be Sunday, March 19 at Atonement:
9:30am Worship 10:45am Youth Gathering Update and Discussion 11:45am Lunch Provided
There is much to talk about! Please plan to join us.
YOUNG FAMILIES SWEETHEART DANCE
Photos from the March 11th Young Families Sweetheart Dance
The camp is located on beautiful Lake Chautauqua near Bemus Point, NY. Brochures are available on the table in the front entrance to the church…and on the
LCLC bulletin board in the hallway.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES SING IN WORSHIP The elementary school aged Sunday School classes (Grades 1-5) will sing in worship on Sunday, March 18 11 at the 9:30 a.m. service of worship. Please plan to have Sunday School students at church by 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 18 for warmups and rehearsal.
CHORAL MUSIC MINISTRY - UPCOMING DATES
All members of Atonement are invited to join the adult choir to sing for these upcoming dates:
No prior experience necessary!
Wednesday, February 28 Rehearsal 7:30—8:30 PM
Sunday, March 4 The Third Sunday of Lent
Sunday Worship (Rehearsal)
9:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, March 28 Rehearsal 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 1 The Resurrection of our Lord
Sunday Worship (Rehearsal)
9:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
CONGREGATIONAL CARE
Music Ministry
The Carol and John Condemi Gift of Music Fund has generously provided for the participation of guest musicians at these upcoming services of worship: Sunday, March 11, 9:30 A.M. Service of Worship Shannon Reilly Steigerwald, Violin Sonatas for Violin by George Frederic Handel
Sunday, March 18, 9:30 A.M. Service of Worship, Violin Roxanne Ziegler, Harp Music for Celtic Harp following St. Patrick’s Feast Day
Sunday, April 1, 9:30 A.M. Service of Worship The Resurrection of Our Lord Shogi Hayes, Trumpet Rachel Sanguinetti Soprano
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
This year Good Friday Service on March 30 at 7:00 will employ a devotional service crafted by theologian, hymnist and writer Susan Palo Cherwien. The 9 part Way of the Cross service features reading, prayers and hymns focused on Jesus’ final hours on earth. David Cherwien, Cantor at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis MN, director of the National Lutheran Choir and Palo Cherwien’s husband has written brief organ improvisations reflecting on each of the service’s stations. Together they have created a musically and devotionally rich Way of the Cross service for the remembrance of Christ’s darkest hours.
Dear Atonement Family, What a powerful and wonderful demonstration of your love! Thank you for keeping me daily company on some of the darkest, coldest winter days. From Advent through Epiphany, I waited with anticipation for your daily notes and verses, and none of them disappointed. I will treasure my advent “Calendar” for years to come. Than you for all of the time and thoughtfulness you gave to make it happen. Thanks to each and everyone of you for sending me the light of the Christ Child.
Wishing you all a continued, blessed new year, and hoping our paths cross soon. Love, Barb Macholz Grimaldi and Family
THE CAROL AND JOHN CONDEMI GIFT OF MUSIC FUND
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CALENDAR
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
March Birthdays
1 Lynne Phelps 2 Cecilia Baker 4 Elizabeth Doyle 6 Paul Lazenby 8 Greta Brown 15 Craig Foucht 16 Barb Sanko 17 Lois Rau, Ruth Laraby 18 Lucas Fisher 20 Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown 21 Harlan Granger 22 Eleanor Matich 23 Bob Touhsaent 25 Sarah Bell 28 Karen Grover, Amy Irish, Elizabeth Carpenter 29 Michael Schrlau
Sun March 4 Choir Rehearsal 8:45 AM Worship (Service of Healing) 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Wed March 7 Morning Prayer 9:00 AM Noonday Worship 12:00 PM Lunch and Laughter 12:30 PM Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 PM Lenten Vespers 6:45 PM Sat March 10 First Communion Workshop 9:00 AM Sun March 11 Worship (First Communion Sunday) 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Wed March 14 Morning Prayer 9:00 AM Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 PM Candlelight Vigil 7:00 PM Sun March 18 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Youth Gathering Meeting 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Tues March 20 Board of Ministries Meeting 6:00 PM Wed March 21 Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 PM Lenten Vespers 6:45 PM Sun March 25 Worship (Palm Sunday) 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Class/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Chime Choir 11:30 AM Young Families Easter Egg Hunt 5:00 PM RIT Lutheran Campus Ministry Dinner 6:00 PM Wed March 28 Choir Rehearsal 7:00 PM
PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS
Members: Phyllis Fleming, Eloise Kress, Nancy Templeman Friends and Family: Barb Macholz Grimaldi, Jeff, Richard
Kress, Judy Price, Mark, Erika
Thurs March 29 Maundy Thursday Worship Service 12:00 PM Maundy Thursday Worship Service 7:00 PM Fri March 30 Good Friday Worship Service 7:00 PM Sun April 1 Choir Rehearsal 8:30 AM Worship (Easter Sunday) 9:30 AM Continental Coffee Hour 10:45 AM
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MARCH 2018
March 4 9:30 AM
March 11 9:30 Am
March 18 9:30 AM
Palm Sunday March 25 9:30 AM
Maundy Thursday March 29 12:00 PM
Maundy Thursday March 29 7:00 PM
Good Friday March 30 7:00 PM
Easter Sunday April 1
9:30 AM
Assistant Minister
Matt McGill David T
Wilkinson Joanne Scanlon
Matt McGill Joanne Scanlon
David T Wilkinson
Joanne Scanlon
David T Wilkinson
Communion Assistant
Vi Price Betty
Middlebrook Sue Hauck Jim Krapf TBD Vi Price XXXX
Vi Price & Judy Lazenby
Reader Kathy
Wilkinson Jess McGill Bob Heinig Jean Seager
Florence Wright
Jean Seager Russell Miller Kathy Heinig
Children’s Moment
Andra Smith &
Alyssa Jones
David T Wilkinson
Pastor Gail Swanson
Elizabeth Dollhopf-
Brown XXXX XXXX XXXX
Karan Thompson
Acolyte Kevin
Thompson Alexa Howe
Samantha Hauck
Connor Krapf XXXX XXXX XXXX
Rebecca Thompson &
Faye Domroes & Eva
Condemi
Greeter Carol Pearson Marion
Ginegaw Ann Patterson
Andrea Fleishman
XXXX XXXX XXXX Jean Seager
Usher Bob Heinig Jack Teeter Karen
Goodyear Norm Karsten
Karen Goodyear
Norm Karsten TBD Skip
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Coffee Host Barb Sanko Jan Hunt Judy Lazenby Bob Heinig XXXX XXXX XXXX Barb Sanko
Assistant Financial Sec.
Bob Touhsaent Jeff Fisher Bryan Howe Norm Karsten XXXX XXXX XXXX Bob
Touhsaent
Counter Stew Stover Amy Irish Nancy Heise Diane
Christianson XXXX XXXX XXXX Jack Teter
Altar Care Karen
Goodyear & Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
Karen Goodyear &
Barb Goodrich
If you are willing or able to assist in any of the TBD roles, please e-mail the church office at
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