An integrated family journeying faithfully together, inspired by God’s grace,

guided by Christ, and empowered and sustained by the Holy Spirit

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Students and leaders from One Community and the Wesley Foundation in Savannah.

“Build Up” Savannah

March 2-9 students from One Community Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU

and the Methodist Wesley Foundation joined together for an alternative spring

break mission trip to Savannah, Georgia. Students and leaders worked to

“build up” raised vegetable, flower, and herb beds at the Midtown Miracle

Community Garden. Reflections and more photos from the trip can be found

on page 3.

Summer Youth Music Camp

Summer Youth Music Camp Students entering 3rd Grade through 5th Grade Cost: $60 per student

($50 for each additional student from

Advanced Summer Youth Music Camp the same family) Students entering 6th Grade and Older

Camp Directors: Janine Novenske Smith & Kristie Wiggert Application Forms are available in the church office or at: www.ulcel.org

Enrollment Deadline: Thursday, June 13

Mark Your Calendars . . .

Midweek Lenten Worship Wednesday, Apr. 3 & 10 Noon - Worship/Lunch

7 p.m. Worship

Egg Hunt Saturday, Apr. 20 at 10 a.m.

Easter Sunday Celebration Worship

April 21 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

9:30 a.m. Easter Breakfast

ULC Office Closed Monday, Apr. 22 - Easter

Youth Sunday Apr. 28 - 10:45 a.m.

Food Movers Thursday, Apr. 25

Fellowship Hall

Set-up 3:30 p.m. Distribution 4:30 p.m.

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Pastor: Holy Week ~ Special Worship ......... 2 Campus Ministry ...................................... 3 Family Faith Formation .............................. 4 VBS ~ Confirmation................................... 5 Forum ~ Book Club ~ ULC Library ............. 6 Music Notes .............................................. 7 Earthkeeping ~ Rebuilding ~ Security ........ 8 P & S ~ Change for Change ~ Kids Hope.... 9 President ~ Endowment Grants ............... 10 March Council ~ Lead Management ......... 11 Synod Assembly ~ Outreach Offering ....... 12 ULC Archives .......................................... 13 Celebrations............................................ 14 April Calendar ......................................... 15 Pub Theology .......................................... 16

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From the Pastor's Pen . . .

Holy Week, Don’t Miss it!

As we begin the month of April, we

move into the most important and

significant portion of the church

year – Holy Week and Easter.

The problem though is, so many of

us miss most of it! We’re at worship

for Easter, but we miss Holy Week.

We get the resurrection but miss all

that comes before it. And the reality

is, Easter makes no sense without

Holy Week with Maundy Thursday

and Good Friday!

Holy Week starts with Palm/Passion

Sunday as we remember Jesus’

triumphal entry into Jerusalem

riding a donkey. Our worship

includes not only a reading of the

entry into Jerusalem but also a

reading of the whole passion story,

this year from Luke.

Then on Maundy Thursday, after a

noon meal and again at 7 p.m., our

worship includes not only

Communion, but also confession

and an opportunity to come

forward individually to

receive and hear God’s

gracious word of forgive-

ness. The service

concludes powerfully

with a reading of

Psalm 22 as the altar is

stripped, recalling how

Jesus was stripped and

flogged after he was

arrested.

On Good Friday, our

worship is Jesus’ Seven

Last Words from the Cross, a three-

hour service that begins at noon and

includes seven 20-minute segments

that each focus on one of Jesus’ last

words. You are free to come for all

or part of the service.

For me, these services and Easter

are the heart of our worship life. If

worship on Maundy Thursday and

Good Friday aren’t part of your

normal pattern of worship, I really

want to encourage you to make

it part of your worship life this

year. To be honest, there’s a

mystery for me around Maundy

Thursday, Good Friday, and

Easter. I don’t fully understand

it. I’m in awe of how God’s

love for the world plays out in

these three days and Easter.

Maundy Thursday and

Good Friday worship are an

opportunity to be in the

presence of God, reflect on the

mystery of what God has done in

Jesus and the cross, and open

ourselves to the Holy Spirit working

in us.

May the Spirit be at work in you as

you worship this Holy Week and

Easter,

Pastor Gary

Join us for Worship

Holy Week & Easter Worship

Holy Week

Palm/Passion Sunday April 14 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. worship with the reading of Luke’s passion story. Maundy Thursday April 18

Worship with Communion will be held at 1 p.m. after a noon lunch of soup and bread. A second Communion service with stripping of the altar is scheduled at 7 p.m.

Good Friday - April 19

Seven Last Words of Christ

Noon-12:10: Prayer & meditation 12:10-12:30: “Father forgive them…”

12:35-12:55: “...today you will be with me”

1:00-1:20: “Woman, here is your son!” 1:25-1:45: “My God, my God why have you forsaken

me?” 1:50-2:10: “I am thirsty.”

2:15-2:35: “It is finished.” 2:40-3 “Father, into your hands I commend my

spirit!”

(Attend any or all segments)

Easter Sunday - April 21

Celebration worship at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Communion and special music

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Campus Ministry News

Reflections on Savannah

Alexandra Crisp: I went with One

Community on the mission trip to

Savannah, Georgia during spring

break and really enjoyed my time

there! On this trip we worked in a

community garden painting,

planting, and building plant boxes.

During our work days, we were able

to get to know Steve, the leader of

the Miracle Garden project. I really

enjoyed working with him because

of his positivity and passion for the

work that he does! Every time our

group would finish a task he would

smile a huge smile and say how grateful he was to have us

working with him. It was very rewarding to see the already

beautiful garden become even more vibrant after painting all of

the plant boxes. This was my second year going on a mission

trip with this group and I am already looking forward to next

year’s spring break trip!

Jack Walch: The Savannah spring break trip was the perfect

vacation from school. It gave me and everyone who went on it

the chance to both relax in a beautiful area and provide real

benefits to the community. I will never forget how excited our

Master Gardner, Steve, got whenever we completed something

for the garden. I think that all of us came away from that trip

refreshed, spiritually and mentally (if not exactly physically).

Eric Podolsky: The spring break trip was an amazing time to

make friends. Strong bonds were formed after spending so

much time together. There was always laughter and smiles to

be had. We also had a great opportunity to serve in repairing a

community garden. Getting to see the garden transform from

broken to beautiful as well as seeing the impact that we had to

a local community made this trip an amazing experience.

Claire Beutler: The spring break trip to

Savannah gave us the opportunity to

learn about community gardens and

how they serve people in the

community. We were able to build and

paint raised garden boxes, rebuild and

paint fences, replant trees, rake the yard

area, and make a bird bath seating area.

With a large group we were able to

accomplish a lot of small tasks that

made a large difference in the garden

space. Working together allowed us to

build and strengthen friendships with

each other.

Megan Kotnik: As we pulled away, I stole one last glance at

the community garden and was flooded with a multitude of

emotions. The rows of crisp white planter boxes put a smile on

my face as I remembered how amazing it felt to create a home

for someone’s plants with eight two-by-fours, four planter

posts, thirty-two screws, and a cup full of paint. A small laugh

escaped my mouth as my eyes fell upon the post diggers, rakes,

and shovels. The tasks completed with these tools were tedious

and boring, but the conversations we had while using them

were joy-filled and brought tears of laughter to the eyes of

everyone involved. Lastly, Steve, the community’s Master

Gardner and our leader in the garden, caught my eye as he

waved goodbye to our vans. Sadness flooded my heart as I

knew that our days working with Steve were over and we

would never hear his encouraging directions or delightful

laughter again. Throughout the ride home I thanked the Lord

for the opportunity to work in this garden and what it taught me

about faith. This experience showed me that with a kind God-

filled heart and a group of like-minded individuals, we can use

the tools that the Lord provides to create and maintain a

beautiful community garden of faith wherever we are.

Service Day 2 finished with prayer around the

newly installed garden boxes.

Service work included reinforcing garden structures and fences, painting, and learning to use power tools! Students and leaders also leveled a field and built six bamboo planter boxes. It was a time-consuming job, but the work ethic of this team was fierce! They wouldn’t quit until the job

was complete. Pastor Gary oversaw the digging and leveling of each post (5 beds x 6 posts per bed).

We thank our ULC community for all your faithful, financial, and

prayerful support that helps provide for this mission trip each year!

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Family Faith Formation

Chili Cook Off Winners

Diaper Drive & Soup Collection Our friendly competition between Team Tomato and

Team Chicken Noodle helped us collect over $200 and a

total of 163 cans of soup that were donated to Advent

House Ministries. Beginning with Souper Bowl of

Caring and throughout ULC Cares month (February) in

Sunday School, our congregation worked together to

TACKLE HUNGER in the Lansing area. Team Tomato

won by a slim margin ̶ Tomato 83, Chicken Noodle 80!

Thank you for your generosity!

Youth Sunday Our youth will lead us in worship on Sunday, Apr. 28 at

10:45 a.m. “For Peace in Our Hearts” is the theme and is

inspired by the “Kyrie” in setting eight of our ELW

liturgy. Our children’s choir will join them by singing in

worship, and our youth will share their experience from

Sunday School, Confirmation, and our synod youth

event “Charge,” in Traverse City Mar. 22-24.

College Care Packages - Cookies & Updated Student Contact Info Needed

Our Campus Ministry Team is accepting cookie

donations to be included in college care packages for

finals week. Homemade cookies are welcome (and will

be frozen prior to sending). If your cookies are home-

made, please include a list of ingredients with your

donation. Please contact Pastor Haley Vay if you plan to

donate cookies, so that we can keep track of donations.

Care package cookies can be brought to ULC anytime

during the week through Sunday, Apr. 7th.

A personalized note will be sent with each package,

encouraging students and letting them know that our

congregation supports them in prayer during finals. If

you know a student who would like to receive a care

package, please be sure we have their updated contact

information by checking our list or adding their

information at the designated display in the narthex.

Pastor Haley Vay

Kids, pre-K through 6th grade, join us for an egg hunt, Easter story time, snack,

craft activity, and a visit with the Easter Bunny! Sign up in the

narthex.

Donations of bite-sized candy are welcomed.

Place your donations in the bucket in the

narthex (Sundays) or

ULC office by April 13.

You’re invited to breakfast!

9:40 a.m.

Fellowship Hall Free Will Offering

Saturday, Apr. 20 10 a.m.

Rain or shine!

Easter Egg Hunt

Bryn Beaman (Best Meat-free), Loran Bieber (Most Unique), Libby Baswell (Tastiest), Melissa Andresen (Best Meat-Free), Steve Schafka

(Tastiest) Sandy Davis (Tastiest), Louise Harder (Most Unique)

One Community students delivered 2,500 diapers and 1,400 wipes to the Homeless

Angels diaper bank.

Louise Harder and confirmation students with 163 cans of soup that were donated to

Advent House.

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ROAR Vacation Bible School

“Life is Wild. God is Good.”

Join us for this year’s MANE event!

June 24-27

8:30-11:30 a.m.

Early Bird Registration

Registration opens Apr. 1

on our website

www.ulcel.org and

hardcopy forms are

available in the church

office. To secure your

child(ren) event T-shirts in preferred

sizes and to help us plan accordingly,

please register by June 1.

Registration is $10/child and helps

offset the cost of T-shirts and

learning materials used to nurture

growth in our children’s faith

formation throughout the week.

Volunteer at ROAR VBS

We have Crew Leaders for the

different areas of fun

and faith formation,

including Bible

Adventure, Craft &

Play, Snack, and

Stampede Sports—but

we still need your help!

Serving as a VBS

volunteer is a great way

to grow in your faith while leading

children along their own journey.

Volunteer opportunities include

morning registration and check-in

(Monday-Thursday morning), crafts,

snack setup, and shepherds to lead

groups of children from one activity

to the next.

Child Safety Checks We complete state and federal

background checks for everyone who

works with children at ULC and

these must be updated every three

years. We reserve the right to decide

if a volunteer may serve with

children based on the results of each

background check. Anyone desiring

to serve with children and youth who

refuses a background check will not

be permitted to serve—no

exceptions.

Please direct questions about VBS

registration and volunteer

opportunities to Pastor Haley Vay

Beaman (Haley.vay@gmail.com)

and VBS Director Nicole Greiter

(nicolegreiter@gmail.com) or call

the church office.

Pastor Haley Vay

Confirmation News

Charge Weekend in Traverse City

The Confirmation youth,

Pastor Haley Vay, and I

attended the Junior High

Charge Weekend at Great

Wolf Lodge in Traverse City

March 22-24. The weekend

was filled with laughter,

worship, song, service, and

fellowship.

This year’s theme was

charging ourselves through

story. The keynote speaker,

Rev. Sunitha Mortha, used

stories from her life to teach

us more about diversity and inclusion. She brought

“Glocal” Musicians with her to give us a better sense of

bringing global thoughts together within one

community of Christ. We sang songs in English,

Spanish, Swahili, Korean, and Arabic. One of the

highlights of the weekend was

taking three of the band

members out for lunch.

Our service project was

playing Bingo with residents at

an assisted care facility. 36

youth and two residents

participated. Both residents

were named Betty and were so

touched we shared our

afternoon with them.

The weekend was a blast and

the youth, Pastor Haley Vay,

and I are now feeling charged to bring diversity and

inclusion back to ULC and East Lansing.

Louise Harder

Bingo at a Traverse City assisted living facility.

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Returning Speaker

April 7: Back by popular demand! MSU

Professor Amy Simon, the William and Audrey

Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and

European Jewish History, has devoted her career

to the study of first-person accounts of Holocaust victims,

and the way their accounts—diaries, letters, memoirs, and

postwar testimonials—depict Holocaust perpetrators and

the interactions between the two. Professor Simon’s

forum this past January was so interesting, we have

invited her back to talk in more detail about “what

students don't know about the Holocaust” when they

come to her classes. She will also talk about the

different classes she teaches, the different kinds

of responses she gets in them, and the types of

connections students make to their world through

their coursework with her.

Apr. 14: Pastor Gary - Introduction to the Narrative

Lectionary

Apr. 21: Easter Sunday - No Forum

Apr. 28: TBA

Linda Trevarthen

ULC Book Club

Michelle Obama’s Memoir

The ULC Book Club has chosen

Becoming by Michelle

Obama as the April

selection. From the

publisher: “As First Lady of

the United States of

America—the first African

American to serve in that

role—she helped create the

most welcoming and

inclusive White House in history,

while also establishing herself as a

powerful advocate for women and

girls in the U.S. and around the

world.

In her memoir, a work of deep

reflection and mesmerizing

storytelling, Michelle Obama

invites readers into her world,

chronicling the experiences

that have shaped her—from her

childhood on the South Side of

Chicago to her years as an executive

balancing the demands of work and

motherhood, to her time spent at the

world’s most famous address. With

unerring honesty and lively wit, she

describes her triumphs and her

disappointments, both public and

private.”

Join us on Thursday, Apr. 25 at 10

a.m. in the ULC Library.

Judy Kindel

ULC Memorial Library

New Materials in the ULC Library

Lent and Easter books are on the ULC Mobile Library

cart in the Narthex. You are invited to check out the

materials right from the cart. We have four new books in

the Adult Non-Fiction section:

Islam: What non-Muslims Should Know by John

Kaltner (297 Kal) From the preface: “The aim of

this book is to introduce non-Muslims to the basics

of Islam so that they will be encouraged to expand

and develop their knowledge of it. The six aspects

of Islam that are discussed here are central to the

faith and familiarity with them will form a solid

foundation upon which to build a more complete

understanding of the religion.”

Twelve Women of the Bible: Life-Changing Stories

for Women Today by Lysa Terkeurst (220.92 Ter)

Book Description: “In this twelve-session small

group Bible study, Twelve Women of the Bible,

Lysa TerKuerst, Elisa Morgan, Jeanne Stevens and

other leaders look at the spiritual lessons learned

from twelve biblical women and what they mean

for your life today.”

History of Christianity by Paul Johnson (270 Joh)

“First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s

exceptional study of Christianity has been loved

and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing,

and magnitude—‘a tour de force, one of the most

ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity

ever attempted and perhaps the most radical’ (New

York Review of Books).”

Quilts of Valor: 50 State Salute by Ann Holte (746

Hol – gift of Prayers and Squares)

Thank you for visiting ULC’s Library – either upstairs or

downstairs. There is always something new to see.

ULC Library Team

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Music Notes

How do you Control the Volume on an Organ?

Unlike many electronic items today,

the pipe organ does not have a

volume knob. The organist cannot

just make it louder or softer by

turning a dial. So, what do organists

do? There are a few choices. The

first is to change the registration of a

piece – that is use more/less ranks of

pipes or pipes that produce a

louder/softer sound. Changing from a

combination of Principals and Flutes

to just Flutes will reduce the volume

substantially.

Another choice is to use the Swell

(or Expression) pedal. This pedal

opens and closes a set of shutters

(like Venetian blinds) over the front

of a large chest/box containing some

sets of pipes. When the shutters

close, the sound is muffled by the

physical barrier of that wooden wall

of shutters.

Only certain ranks of pipes are in the

Swell “box” – usually those played

by the upper keyboard (manual)

which is also called the Swell. The

pipes in this chest with the shutters

are said to be “under expression”

because of the ability to control the

volume. The Swell box can be

anywhere from completely shut, to

open just a crack, to halfway open,

etc. When the Swell shutters are

completely open the full volume and

brilliance of the pipes is heard.

A third option is called Crescendo

pedal. This large pedal slowly adds

ranks of pipes as you push the pedal

open until all the pipes of the organ

are playing when the pedal is fully

depressed. Often there are little lights

like a bar graph that indicate how far

the pedal has been pushed so that the

organist will know how many ranks

of pipes have been added – or

subtracted if you are pushing the

pedal shut. The organist does not

usually have control over which

stops are added and in which order,

however, since this is most often a

set function designed by the organ

builder and can’t be changed for

different pieces of music.

The final option is used only when

the organist is serious about the

volume level! The Sforzando pedal

or piston immediately “pulls out all

the stops” or turns on every rank of

pipes that the organ has. It is

generally only used at the end of an

incredibly exciting, joyful piece of

music. The congregation will not

miss hearing a few measures of

music when played with the “Sfz”

activated!

Julie Baglien

Organist

The Swell Box with the shutters open

(top) and closed (bottom).

Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing

Spring Concert at ULC, Apr. 30th

Founded in 1980, the Arts Chorale of

Greater Lansing is a volunteer community

ensemble of experienced singers from the

greater Lansing area. Dr. Dale Bartlett, MSU

Professor Emeritus of Music, has directed

the group since 1983. The Arts Chorale is

celebrating its 38th season in 2018-2019.

The Spring Concert will be held at ULC on

Tuesday, Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

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Earthkeeping News

Earth Day and the Four R’s

Earth Day, Apr. 22 is a yearly

celebration of the natural beauty of

our planet and a reminder that we

must care for our Creation all year

long. It is also a time to revisit our 4

R’s, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and

Recycle, plus a new and important

one - REFUSE. The average

American throws away

approximately 185 pounds of plastic

per year and 50 percent of the plastic

such as plastic bags, bottles and

straws, we use just once and throw

away.

It is within our power to reduce the

amount of plastic we use in our lives

by refusing to purchase items with

excess packaging and one-time use.

Seeking out alternatives such as

reusable shopping bags, reusing the

bags we wrap our produce in and

using our own “to-go” containers for

water and hot drinks are some of the

ways we can reduce plastic in our

oceans and landfills.

April is a month of opportunities to

RECYCLE items which are not

collected in the regular residential

pickup or at drop off locations.

Recycle Rama on Saturday, Apr. 13

is Greater Lansing’s largest one-day

recycling event for hard-to-recycle

and hazardous items. This Ingham

County site is open every Tuesday

and Thursday as well. Go to

recycle@lansingmi.gov, or

lansingrecycles.com and

facebook.com/MidMichigan

Recycling for a list of items collected

and what happens to them after

collection.

Meridian Township has a recycling

event on Saturday, Apr. 27 for

numerous items which are not

included in regular recycling pick up.

Go to recycle@meridian.mi.us for a

list of acceptable items.

info@michiganrecycles.org has

information on where to recycle in

all Michigan counties. Go to

www.greenmichigan and

www.recycle.msu.edu for additional

information.

And don’t forget that ULC provides

bins for most recyclable items.

Judy Kindel

Rebuilding Together

Join us for the 2019 Rebuilding Event

ULC’s “Rebuilding Together” team is

recruiting for this year’s annual one-day event

on Saturday, Apr. 27. “Rebuilding” is a

national charitable organization which, thru its

local chapters, organizes and finances teams to

perform home repairs for low-income elderly

and handicapped individuals. Teams from local churches,

businesses, and other groups are each assigned a home

and a list of projects.

Projects run the gamut from simple to complex, indoors

and out. We’ve mowed, trimmed and raked leaves,

cleaned and painted, added hand railings and

smoke detectors, fixed lights and leaky faucets,

built/repaired decks, installed new doors,

replaced sidewalks, re-roofed and “took out the

trash” (Thank goodness for dumpsters). There’s

a task for every skill level and the only

prerequisite is a willingness to help someone in

need. Contact Greg Hagbom or Jim Lorenz for more

information and to volunteer.

Jim Lorenz

Security Team

Increased Front Door Security

An access control system has

been installed on the ULC

front doors. Doors will remain

unlocked from 8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. Monday through Friday

and on Sundays from 8 a.m.

to 1p.m. If you use the building after

4:30 p.m. or on the weekend in

April, the doors may be locked.

Staff, council, team leaders, and

outside group leaders who need

access to the building after 4:30

p.m. weekdays or on weekends can

obtain a fob (electronic key) from the

ULC Office Administrator, Britny, in

exchange for the outside door key

they may have and to review the

ULC door policy and a couple of

“housekeeping” rules.

Barbara Kissling

Security Team

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Prayers & Squares Chapter 163

Prayer Quilt FAQs

Have you wondered where all those beautiful prayer

quilts are made? Has it been a while since you visited

the Prayers & Squares sewing room? Do you know

how to request a quilt for a relative or friend who is in

need of our prayers? Would you like to take home a kit

to make a prayer quilt? The answers to these questions

and more can be found in our special sewing room

located in the Sunday School area at ULC.

A volunteer is usually in the room on Sunday mornings

between and after services. Come fill out request

forms, select a quilt and card for that special someone

or spend a few moments looking through photo albums

of our early history. Learn how you can become a part

of this ministry.

Our next regularly scheduled sewing day is the second

Tuesday of the month, Apr. 9. We’ll meet in the

Atrium in the basement from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Everything is supplied, so you only have to bring

yourself. Kits are already prepared and sewing

machines are available for you to use. We LOVE to

teach people how to make these vessels of prayer. If

you are unable to join us but would still like to help,

we have fabric to be washed and ironed, and there are

LOTS of quilt kits waiting to be taken for homework.

Please contact Bobbie Davis (bobbie@acd.net) or Ann

Booren (boorena@msu.edu) with any questions. We

look forward to seeing you in the Prayers & Squares

room.

Bobbie Davis

Change for a Change

Lenten Collection Due Easter Sunday

If you’ve already submitted your

Lenten donation to

“Change for a Change,”

thank you so much!

If you’re planning to

donate online or write a

check, remember to

make your payment to ULC and

indicate “Change for a Change” on

the memo/description line.

If you’ve been collecting your

petty cash throughout Lent, please

bring in your “piggy bank” on

Easter Sunday. Social Action

Team members will collect them.

Refer to the Narthex poster and/or

the March Lux for more details about

this year’s recipient: Women At

Risk, International, or visit their

website at warinternational.org.

Thank you!

Social Action Team

Kids Hope USA Update

ULC members have shown an enthusiastic response to

Kids Hope USA and partnering with Forest View

Elementary School in Lansing. Over 25 people

have expressed an interest in being a mentor,

prayer partner or scholarship provider.

I explained the Kids Hope program to the

Forest View teachers at a staff meeting in

March and they were very excited to have us assist them

in working with at-risk students. Teachers will complete

Student Referral forms and return them to me.

Prospective mentors have filled out a volunteer

application and a Lansing Schools background check

form. Each mentor will be interviewed for information

that will help in matching them with a student.

Mentor training will follow online and at ULC.

With Kids Hope we can change the lives of

students – one relationship at a time.

Barbara Kissling

ULC Kids Hope USA Director

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From the President

Our Gifts

This last Friday, Larry Cross, Sandy

Davis, Dave Wiggert and I, along

with Pastor Bunge, met with the

team from Fowler Organ Company

to discuss the site preparation for our

new organ. Jim Lorenz joined our

team, because it seems that Jim

always seems to know where he is

needed. Our discussion was about a

major part of the organ

renovation/update/new project that

was below the radar on our planning.

Site preparation is a tricky little

clause in the contract that we

apparently did not fully comprehend.

Our team met to discuss what changes needed to be

made to the existing platform in order to support our

beautiful new instrument. After much head scratching

and jumping on the old platform, we agreed that that

changes were necessary to prepare for our new

masterpiece. Looking at the schedule, we realized that

we no longer have months to plan. Without hesitation,

Dave, Sandy and Jim agreed to return that same night

and start the demolition necessary to prepare the base.

In a few hours our team accomplished

what would have taken one person an

entire day or a contractor several

hundred dollars. We had fun working

together and helped our church. We

benefited from Sandy’s nice circular

saw and Jim’s fine reciprocating

saw. Dave helped us look out for safety

and offered his institutional and expert

guidance, while physically contributing

to the end goal. As the junior member of

the team, I was in awe of this group that

steps up to help without hesitation and

has done so many times. As a

congregant, I am appreciative of the skills and abilities

ULC is gifted with.

Dave, Jim and I ended the evening at Dagwoods. I sat at

a table with two treasures of ULC and again felt great

appreciation for the many gifts our congregation is

blessed with. I join the excitement for our new organ

and take pleasure in having contributed some of my

gifts to the future music excellence of our church.

Brandon Baswell

ULC President

2019 Endowment Grants

Applications Now Being Accepted!

The ULC Endowment Fund has

money available for qualified

applications for both

campus ministry and

general endowment

grants. These one-

time grants are

intended to help ULC

members create and

have access to enriched

programs that are not typically

funded under the ULC operating

budget. The funds that support

the grants come from the annual

gains on investments within the

General Endowment Fund and

the Campus Ministry

Endowment Fund.

Campus Ministry

Endowment grant

applications for 2019

will be accepted now

with final review and

determination by Sept. 1.

General Endowment applications will be accepted

now through Oct. 31, with final

review and determination by

Dec. 1.

Grant applications are available

for download on the ULC

website. Please contact the ULC

Endowment Committee at

ulcendowment @ulcel.org for

further information.

Larry Wagenknecht

ULC Endowment Committee

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The ULC Council met on Tuesday,

Mar. 19 and the following are

highlights from this meeting:

Pub Theology will move to once a

month on the first Tuesday

Kids Hope has six mentors that

will begin in April at Forest View

Elementary

Pastor Gary and Brandon Baswell

met with Fowler Organ Company.

The organ will be installed by

Easter, but it will not be

functional at that time.

The Constitution and By-laws

Committee has met three times.

Brandon Baswell and Vicki

Anderson were confirmed as

ULC's voting members for the

Synod Assembly on May 16-18,

2019 in Mt. Pleasant

Sheila Nicholas will coordinate

the Easter Breakfast. A poster as

well as online sign up for

volunteers will be available soon.

Sheila Nicholas

Council Secretary

February Attendance

Feb. 3: 168 Feb. 10: 160 Feb. 17: 145 Feb. 24: 132

Lead Management Team Notes

Lead Pastor’s Report-Pastor Gary Bunge: All the

preachers are scheduled for Good Friday. In addition to

Pastor Haley Vay and me, they include Bishop Craig

Satterlee, Pastors David Dressel, Michael Anderson,

Julie Winklepleck, and Miriam Bunge. I continue

serving as Dean of the Capital Conference of our Synod.

Council President’s Report-Brandon Baswell: Will

reported that there was a difference of $919 in income to

the positive in the 2019 budget. Designated funds were

used to balance the budget. The budget year 2018

showed a net positive of $4,217.53.

Bicycle Ministry-Gary Garbarino: I have been in

touch with Rich Bearup at Friendship House re: two

bicycles that are ready to ride - a girl's single speed and a

women's ten speed. They're at my house and ready to go.

I am now working on two fold-up bicycles (they fold in

the middle, so they only take up half the room when not

in use). They are “vintage.” How vintage? They were

made in Yugoslavia, which hasn't existed since 1991.

Evangelism-Clarke Anderson: We are making

progress on the Free Little Library project. Initial

designs are complete and the Library Team is reviewing

those. The new ULC Brochure is under review and

revision with the Communications Team.

Social Action-Bryan Rahe: The food distribution in

February served 47 households.

Earthkeeping-Judy Kindel: Two of our team members

were at the presentation of the Consumers Energy $500

rewards check for the 50 Home Energy audits that ULC

did with partners at the Islamic Center and Haslett

Community Church. We are working on: 1. Finding a

local charity which could use energy upgrades at their

facility with rewards money from Consumers Plus

matching funds, and 2. Finding a speaker for an

environmental related Forum on May 12

Facility-Dale Romsos: Repaired leaks in three toilets.

Established new HVAC preventive maintenance

agreement with Myers Plumbing with an expected

annual savings of more than $1,500 versus current

agreement. Myers will provide ULC with pre- and post-

unit annual tune-up energy efficiency data that will be

submitted to the Consumers Energy Rebate Program.

Amy Wagenknecht

Jr. High Youth Charge through Traverse

City!

A special lunch with ELCA Glocal (global+local) Music Educators.

Wonderful worship and music during the large gatherings.

Sight-seeing in Traverse City.

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The Greater Church

North/West Lower Michigan Synod Assembly 2019

Called to be like Living Stones in a Changing World

May 16-18, 2019 Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel and Conference Center 2424 S. Mission, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

Registration is now open! To register, download and complete the registration form. Submit form and payment to the Synod Office at 2900 N. Waverly Rd. Lansing, MI 48906. To receive the early bird rate, registrations must be received by April 24, 2019. The final day to register is May 1.

Outreach of the Month

Synod Assembly Offering

The April Outreach of the Month

has been designated to

the Synod Assembly

Offering. This offering

will go with our voting

members to the Synod

Assembly in Mt.

Pleasant this May. At this time, the

recipient of this offering has not yet

been named.

Typically, the synod

assembly offering has gone

to ELCA World Hunger,

the Synod's disaster relief

fund, or a similar outreach ministry.

I suspect that this year it may go in

part to the Synod's newly created

Seminary Debt Reduction Fund to

help pay seminary debt for our new

clergy. As soon as information is

available, we will make it known.

Pastor Gary

Looking for a unique way to fill up your Easter basket? How about a goat

or some chicks?

Check out the ELCA Good Gifts page here to find a way to share the “Good News” for as little as $10. The cute

cards below are included.

Lux April 2019 Page 13

ULC Archives

Our History in the 70s

This quarter the display case in

the Narthex shows the events at

ULC from 1975-1979.

Following are some of the

activities that occurred during

this time.

1975 (Feb.) – 1976 (Aug.) –

Reverend Jack C. Kintner

becomes Associate Pastor.

1975 Apr. - Dena Cederquist

becomes the first woman on the

ULC council. Later she is the

first woman president of the

council.

May – A new time capsule is added to the one from Ann

Street in the altar. (Founder’s Day)

July – The Nguyen (n’WIN) family of 11 from Vietnam

is welcomed to ULC.

Dec. – The Campus Deacon program begins.

1976 (Sept) - 1977 – Reverend James Roseland begins

the intern program.

1977 - CVIP Board Meetings are held at ULC.

Jan. – Marjorie Zibbel joins the staff as Campus Staff

Assistant.

Aug. – June, 1979 June – Reverend Thomas A.

Peterman is Associate Pastor.

Nov. – A shared Thanksgiving service with All Saints is

expanded to include United Methodist and Eastminster

Presbyterian.

Dec. – An agreement is formed

with the Islamic Center for use

of our parking facilities on

Friday. ULC is welcome to use

their parking lot on Sundays.

1978 Mar. – ULC receives the final

payment from John Wesley

College, and now Shiloh

Fellowship assumes the land

contract for the Ann Street

church.

Mar. – Member, Evelyn Frost,

runs for Nat’l ALCE office.

Virginia Boyd is on this board

as the nominating chair.

Evelyn eventually wins this position.

Oct. - The oak baptismal font is bought back from

Shiloh Fellowship for $100.

1979 July – Jan. 1984 – Reverend Reed D. Schroer becomes

the Associate Pastor.

July – The Lam family of seven arrives at ULC from

Viet Nam.

Aug. – 1981 – Connie Miller is the Staff Associate. She

goes on to seminary and is ordained at ULC on Feb. 12,

1984.

Reverend Gustav Kopka Jr., who came in 1973, is the

senior pastor. Look at the display case for pictures of the

many staff members at ULC during this time and some

of the events that occurred.

The Archives Team

Food for Thought

Prayer or Proclamation?

Many have their heads

bowed, as if in prayer, when

we recite the Apostle's

Creed during the service.

But isn't it a proclamation of

faith, a heads up

declaration?

This was an observation I

read about decades ago in

the newsletter of another

church. We may have

learned the Apostle's Creed

long ago, but if we should

slip into an older version, it still is a

proclamation, and nobody will

mind.

Phyllis Andersland

Rev. Gus Kopka, Jr. with the Lam family.

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Celebrations

2 Abby Sadler

3 Gary Geisen

Betsye Prince

4 Loran Bieber

Jeff Thoman

Erik Dawson-Baglien

5 Lynn Spalding

6 Gordon Schafer

Annabelle Largent

7 Julie Baker

8 Brenda Stoneburner

Bryan Rahe

9 Annette Petersen

10 Kyle Saindon

12 Katie Jarrad

Beth Hoger

13 Lianna Greiter

14 David Wiggert

Karl Fritz

15 Maya Bubolz

Rachel Iseler

18 Maddie Tracy

21 Betsy Booren

Zoey Schmitz

22 Lillian Gallagher

David Nussdorfer

23 Steven Ribnicky

24 Joseph Anderson

25 Andrew Barnes

Ella Ann Marciniak-

Jennings

26 Kelsey Grant

27 Elizabeth Reynolds

28 Paul Milligan

Bob Schikorra

30 Al Booren

13 Lori & Jon Althouse

29 Dale & Darlene

Romsos

30 Jim & Jean Kocher

The deadline for the May Lux is Monday, Apr. 15. E-mail articles to Amy Wagenknecht at amylarryw@comcast.net and Britny Pollard at ulcsec@ulcel.org or place them in the Lux mailbox in the ULC office. Articles may be edited for size or readability, but you will be contacted if significant changes are made. Keep those wonderful articles coming! Thanks!

Happy 103rd Birthday, Dorothy!

Dorothy

Louderback began celebrating

her 103rd

birthday with a serenade during

worship on Sunday, March

10th. During a

cookie reception organized by

Prayers & Squares members

she was given

many birthday greetings by ULC

members.

Thank You!

Bryn and I thank you

for your continued

prayer and loving

support as we prepare

to welcome our child home

and into our community of faith at ULC.

On Saturday, Feb. 23 we enjoyed a

beautiful baby shower, and were so glad

that our families could come together from

near and far for the joyous occasion.

Then on Sunday, March 10, our precious

Sunday School leaders hosted a shower for

all of our children and families to join the

fun! We continue to grow in our gratitude

for your generosity and thank God for the

blessing of this beloved community in our

lives.

Pastor Haley Vay & Bryn

Lux April 2019 Page 15

Reminder - Please contact the ULC office BEFORE scheduling your events. This will help you get the space you need and your

group’s event on the ULC calendar. Thanks!

Friendship House Classes at ULC:

Mondays 1:00p - English-Fireside Tuesdays 3:00p – Pilates-Atrium Wednesday 11:00a - Watercolor Painting Class-Youth Rm

Enhance Fitness classes meet M-W-F at 10:45a in Atrium Education Hour – 9:40 to 10:30a:

Sunday Forum – Fireside Room Sunday School (Age 2 - HS) – Basement Education Wing

1 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 5:00p Security Team-Conference 2 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 9:30a Lux Planning-Conference 10:15a Communications Team-Conference 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 2:00p Worship Planning-Conference 5:00p Constitution/Bylaws Revision Committee-Conf. 7:00p Pub Theology-Spartan Brewpub 3 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL Noon Lenten Study, Worship & Lunch- Sanctuary/Fireside 4:30p Lead Management Team-Conference 7:00p Lenten Study & Worship-Sanctuary 4 6:30p Bell Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 5 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 7 8:30a Worship 9:40a Children’s Choir/Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship 8 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 9 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 9:00a Prayers & Squares Work Day-Atrium 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 10 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL

8:00a Personnel Committee-Conference Noon Lenten Study, Worship & Lunch- Sanctuary/Fireside 4:30p Endowment Committee-Fireside 7:00p Lenten Study & Worship-Sanctuary 11 6:30p Bell Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 12 12:00p Enhance Fitness Lunch-Fireside 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 14 8:30a Worship 9:40a Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship 1:30a Sons of Norway-Fireside 3:00p Latvian Worship 15 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 16 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 12:30p Lychnion Circle-Fireside 17 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL

9:30a Amnos Circle-Fireside 1:00p Rhodon Circle-Fireside 6:30p ULC Council 18 Maundy Thursday Noon Maundy Thursday Soup Lunch-Fireside 1:00p Maundy Thursday Worship 7:00p Maundy Thursday Worship 19 Good Friday Noon Good Friday Worship-Seven Last Words (until 3p) 20 9:00a Freewheelers Breakfast-IHOP, EL 10:00a Easter Egg Hunt & Activities 21 Easter Sunday 8:30a Celebration Worship 9:40a Easter Breakfast-Fellowship Hall 10:45a Celebration Worship 22 ULC CLOSED - EASTER 23 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 5:00p Families Against Narcotics Board-Library 6:30p Families Against Narcotics-Fellowship 24 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL Noon Lectio Divina-Fireside 7:00p Confirmation-Fireside/Student Lounge 25 7:30a Assisting Ministers

9:30a Library Team-Library 10:00a ULC Book Club-Conference Room 11:30a ISM Annual Meeting-Fellowship Hall 3:30p Food Movers Set-up-Fellowship 4:30p Food Distribution-Fellowship 5:00p Constitution/Bylaws Revision Committee-Conf. 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 26 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 27 Arts Chorale Rehearsal 28 8:30a Worship 9:40a Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship-Youth Sunday 29 MSU FINALS BEGIN 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 30 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 5:00p Members in Ministry-Conference 7:30p Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing Concert-ULC

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Gary A. Bunge

Lead Pastor

Haley Vay Beaman Associate Pastor

Janine Novenske Smith

Director of Music

Britny Pollard

Administrative Assistant

Kristine Stuart Financial Administrator

Mary Letvenow

Event Coordinator

Kristie Wiggert Julie Baglien Organists

Louise Paquette Director of Handbells

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Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Lansing, MI

Permit No. 45

University Lutheran Church One Community Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU

1020 S. Harrison Road East Lansing, MI 48823

517-332-2559 ulc@ulcel.org www.ulcel.org

Change service requested

Pub Theology to Meet Monthly

Beginning in April, Pub Theology will meet once a month on the first Tuesday of the month. We will continue to meet at 7 p.m. in Spartan Brewpub.

Pub Theology is an informal discussion focused on four or five questions each week that often revolve around a specific theme. Spartan Brewpub has a kitchen as well as a bar so you are invited to order food and drinks as you wish. This is a great time for fellowship and to discuss matters of the faith. Come join in the conversation. Hope to see you Apr. 2 for beer, conversation and God!

Pastor Gary