Advent and Christmas Events at Messiah

Wednesday, December 3, 7 pm-Advent midweek worship/Holden Evening Prayer at Faith Lutheran

Sunday, December 7 at 8 and 10:30 am-Advent 2 worship

Wednesday, December 10, 7 pm-Advent midweek worship/Holden Evening Prayer, at Faith Lutheran

Sunday, December 14 at 8 am-Advent 3 worship with Father Paul Walker preaching at 10:30 am-Sunday School Christmas Program; Father Paul Walker presiding; 2nd Sunday lunch follows in the social hall

Wednesday, December 17-3rd Wednesday supper at Pastor Susanne and Wayne’s home, 2730 Lochmoor, 5:30-6:45 pm; Advent midweek worship/Holden Evening Prayer, 7 pm at Faith Lutheran

Sunday, December 21, at 8 am-Advent 4 worship; at 10:30 am-senior choir Christmas Cantata at 10:30 am

Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve worship Christmas Eve worship 5 pm; special music begins at 4:30 pm Christmas Eve worship 11 pm; special music begins at 10:30 pm

Volume LVIII, Issue 12

Mess iah Mes s enger

Messiah Lutheran Church

December, 2014

Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rev. Susanne Smith Youth Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Benz Organist/Cantor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Randy Webster Choir Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria DeVilbiss Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Wohlers Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Toni Landon Facilities . . . . . . . . . . Jerry & Kay Claussen, & Jim Gerst Nursery Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Gerst Preschool Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margie Gerst, Aubrey Gerst 3rd Year Seminarian/LSTC. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dione Miller 2014 Council Members: John Larson-president, Deb Brinkley-vice-president, Joel Hanger-treasurer, Christa Ruther-secretary, Joy Shah, Wayne Heibner, Dick Benne, Anita Fleming, Mark Smith, David Wiemer, Kathryn Boyle, Roger Sheagren, Carm McBeth, Dan Wiedemeier

Inside this issue:

Tidbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

From the Pastor’s Desk &

Youth Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Preschool News and God’s Precious. . . . . .

Children update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

From the Organ Bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Scheduled to Serve,

Birthdays & Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Staff and Council Members at Messiah

COMMUNITY AND CARE

MITTEN TREE Soon the MITTEN TREE will be waiting to be decorated. Let us deck the tree in scarves, mittens and caps for needy Burlington school children. Thank you and a blessed Christmas. The Social Ministry Committee

DO YOU LIKE TO SHOP ONLINE? Now you can support Kids Against Hunger Greater Burlington (KAHGB) by shopping through Amazon online. Choose KAHGB the next time you shop on Amazon and KAHGB will receive a percentage of your pur-

chase amount. (You can do this through the KAHGB website and/or KAHGB Facebook page and select the Amazon Smile button.)

PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER Keith McConahay. Keith works at Flint Hills Golf Course and lives in West Burlington. We ask God’s blessing on Keith as he joins the congregation of Messiah Lutheran Church.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL/ADULT FORUM December 7-28: movie-Cecil B. DeMille’s “Ten Com-mandments” and Bible study

MEN’S BREAKFAST The regular men’s breakfast will be held on Saturday, December 13 at 9 a.m. Won’t you join us for a festive Advent breakfast and a presentation.

TIDBITS . . .

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WORSHIP AND CELEBRATION

THE RUTH/MARY ELIZABETH CIRCLE will meet on Wednesday, December 3rd at 10:30 a.m. in the social hall for fellowship and a Christmas lunch. (Please note the time change.)

SECOND SUNDAY LUNCH will be held on Sunday, December 14 following the 10:30 a.m. service. The sign-up sheet to help is located in the narthex. Please sign up to help! We will be making luminaria for Christmas Eve following our luncheon.

THIRD WEDNESDAY will be on Wednesday, Decem-ber 17th. This month the dinner will be held at the home of Pastor Susanne Smith and Pastor Wayne Weissenbuehler at 2730 Lochmoor Lane at 5:30 p.m. Please join us for supper before heading to Faith for Advent Evening Prayer at 7:00 p.m.

DURING ADVENT Holden Evening Prayer will be sung on Wednesday, December 3, 10 and 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. Father Randy will ac-company it.

THE SENIOR CHOIR will sing the cantata “What Greater Music Can We Bring” on Sunday, December 21 at the 10:30 a.m. service. We hope that you will join us!

SERVICE AND WITNESS

KIDS AGAINST HUNGER will package again on Saturday, December 6th with Messiah scheduled for 10 a.m. We will not be packaging again until January 17 followed by a packaging on February 21. Thanks for your continued support in feeding the hungry.

THE CHRISTMAS SALE for Kids Against Hunger Greater Burlington was a great success due to all of you who donated the wonderful Christmas items, gift items, toys and delicious baked goods. Many thanks to all those who spent hours pricing and setting up the beautiful displays. The proceeds are over $1800, which will support nearly four packagings for groups that can’t afford to financially support it themselves. If you are interested in helping at the Kids Against Hunger Greater Burlington gift wrap at the mall this year, please pick up a schedule in the narthex. We have a new leader whom you can call or email to schedule a time you wish to volunteer, or you can sign up at the gift wrap when they are open.

HERE IS DIONE MILLER’S CORRECTED ADDRESS: Dione Miller Condo One No.11 Soi LadPrao 15 #7/43 Khet Jatujak, Kwang Jompol Bangkok 10900, Thailand

2014 GIVING to Messiah must be turned into the church office by noon on Wednesday, December 31st or postmarked by midnight on Wednesday, December 31st.

OFFERING ENVELOPES — The 2015 offering envelopes will be ready for you to pick up by December 28th in the narthex. If you do not find your name on the envelope boxes, check with the church office. You can start using the new envelopes in January.

ANNUAL REPORTS are due in the church office by December 31, 2014.

Youth News

LIFT

December 14th @ Trinity Lutheran

5:00-6:45pm

Parents and Youth,

I will be back in the office starting December 1st from maternity leave. Sr. High youth group will begin in January. I look forward to seeing everyone again!

Kelly

Sunday School Christmas program at the 2nd service on December 14

Confirmation-Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm at Faith Lutheran, 3109 Sunnyside December 3, 10 & 17

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From the Pastor’s Desk Here’s what I’m praying for this Advent, for all of us. I pray for us to be with eachother. I pray for worship that is

‘time out’ from other commitments and worries, time out from over-thinking who is going to show up at the next

family gathering, and time out from wondering where you will be on Christmas Day. Be with your church family

all of Advent, and on Christmas Eve, and tell the church office if you need a ride to church on Christmas Eve, after

dark. I pray for weather that encourages us to get to church on Sunday mornings. Of course pastors pray for the

weather! Pastors devote whole Saturday nights in the winter to the Weather Channel! We load bags of cat litter

into the trunks of our cars, and figure that if we can get to church, most everyone else can too. God bless Don

Duke, whose oversight of our building repairs saved us enough to add the drop-off. Messiah’s covered drop-off

was built to encourage us to show up at worship in inclement weather.

I pray that our expectations for the Christmas season don’t make us unhappy. Most of us can identify a best

Christmas and a worst Christmas ever. I pray we don’t compare this year to any other, but determine just to let it

be as it is, and do our best to share ourselves with eachother. And with God. And the angels, who both announce

Jesus’ birth, and keep us company when we are alone or down.

And I pray for Advent Sundays at Messiah that please and feed our souls. Our Sunday School shares their Nativity

play at the late service, December 14. Anticipate angels in baseball caps and a mystery character named Sabrina in

the Christmas play this year. Jesus may be one Benz twin, or the other one. And we can anticipate lovely music

from our growing senior choir at their Christmas cantata at the late service, December 21.

Midweek, this Advent, we return to Faith Lutheran on Wednesday evenings at 7pm to sing Holden Evening Pray-

er, contemplative and sweet. We join Mary’s song: “My soul magnifies the Lord, who has done good things for

me”. December’s 3rd Wednesday supper won’t be at Messiah this year: on Wednesday, December 17, you are

invited for a light supper at the parsonage, 2730 Lochmoor, a block up Irish Ridge, before midweek worship at

Faith. And then it will be Christmas Eve. Praise God, like the angels and shepherds do! Randy reminds me that

Christmas doesn’t end on Christmas Day, but goes on for another 12 days. Nice. We may have another sweet

surprise the Sunday after Christmas.

Pastor Susanne

Registration is happening now!!

For students in 8th-12th grade that are eligible to attend the ELCA Youth Gathering!

Please fill out a registration form (located on the youth bulletin board) and a non-refundable deposit of $150.00. For more information, please contact Kelly and check out the ELCA website: www.elca.org/YouthGathering.

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Messiah Preschool News Greetings from the Children’s Wing of the church. Ring,

Ring, Ring the Bells, Christmas Time is Near!!! Soon we will see shimmering paints, glitter, ribbons, and beads on the projects and perhaps in the air down in our rooms. Secret presents for mommy and daddy are putting big smiles on our children’s faces. The children are learning about sharing in all the things that they do during preschool

time with each other and how important it is to be nice to one another! The Golden Rule!!! Being a good citizen of the community and learning how to be an active one is never too early to learn. With that said we must get busy and make some Christmas fun… Tis the season of Magic and Joy! Be sure to watch for your share of the Magic and Joy of the season! We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a big Happy New Year!! Registration is underway for the 2014 – 2015. If you need a registration form, please call Ms. Margie (our Director) at 754-7591 ext. 2.

God’s Precious Children

God’s Precious Children - update 10/28/14

Dear friends in mission, In Luke 7:24 Jesus was talking to a crowd about John the Baptist, saying “Was he a weak reed swayed by every breath of wind?” Satan places many gusts of wind in our lives wishing to blow us off course even breaking some succumbing to the pressure. The winds of death are still blowing in Liberia as health workers struggle to contain the spread of Ebola. In August the Liberian government declared a 90 day state of emergency, quarantining some areas and restricting transportation to reduce the movement of people. Primary, secondary and college level enrollment are also on hold in an effort to limit the spread of Ebola. I have heard January is the projected peak of the Ebola outbreak. Yes, it is still on the increase. If that be the case, the 90 day hold on school enrollment would be extended. God’s Precious Children is holding the tuition money for the 2014/2015 school year safely in our account here in the USA till we receive assurance when schools will open. After evaluating conditions, Deb and I decided not to travel to Liberia in January 2015. We will look at things as they develop planning our next trip. Patrick Jackson, GPC’s coordinator in Liberia, keeps me up to date on local developments in Liberia. Patrick warned me that on our next trip to Liberia we will be greeted by a large number of Ebola orphans looking for help to go to school. And I thought the need was great before. A number of concerned sponsors have asked if their student is OK. I know that the main area of Bong County, where most of our students come from, has not been hit as hard as some other areas. I do not know of any of our students that have been infected with the Ebola virus. We pray it stays that way. In one of Patrick’s communications to me he equated Liberia’s civil war to the Ebola outbreak. Patrick said we went through 14 years of war in Liberia and if that wasn’t bad enough now this Ebola comes. Patrick informed me that many parents are coming to him asking if GPC’s tuition sponsorship program will still help their children go to school or did Ebola stop them? The parents were overjoyed to hear we have not abandoned them. What an awesome way to illustrate the unfailing love of Jesus Christ to our brothers and sisters in Liberia. There is such a great need for the work of God’s Precious Children to continue. Thank you for your help being the hands of Jesus! Please continue to pray for the people of Liberia and the elimination of this Ebola virus.

In His service Deb & Gary

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FROM THE ORGAN BENCH Slipping down the back staircase at Christmas…

When my parents were first married they lived in the “maid’s quarters” of a large, old home on the end of North Street. That house was my first home and I remember it well. One of the things I remember best is that it had two staircases. The first, in the front of the house, was open and large and sweeping and dis-played the gracious grandness of the home. But there was also a second interior staircase, narrow and steep, located in the back of the house. It led from my parent’s apartment (the maid’s quarters) to the kitchen. The household help used the back staircase to quietly slip down to the kitchen from their living quarters to prepare meals and the like. I remember that staircase best because it was how I managed to slip downstairs when my mother wasn’t looking to have breakfast with Aunt Grace. Perhaps you’ve seen houses like that one. Many of us think of Christmas like the front staircase. God came in like the wealthy owner of the house, with great pomp to a weary world, accompanied by the singing of angels. I would submit to you that the opposite is more true. God really slipped down the back staircase at Christmas. One of the greatest mysteries for us as Christians is that of the Incarnation, of God’s “enfleshment.” God laid aside the entire splendor of the Eternal Majesty who created all the worlds and everything that is, to slip down the back staircase of our human existence and take on human flesh. God acted like the servant of the house and not the owner of the house. In doing so, in taking on our human flesh, in becoming incar-nate the cycle was begun that would lead to the death and resurrection of Jesus which would ensure our adoption as God’s adopted sons and daughters. We have, at Christmas, the opportunity to see God’s action as some kind of sweet story told by Luke and framed on a Hallmark card, or we can see more deeply the great mystery that John unfolds in the first chap-ter of his gospel. Take time before your celebration of the great feast of Christmas to reread and recapture the mystery of the Incarnation, and to appreciate God’s slipping down the back staircase into our lives. Warmly, Randy+

Christmas Eve, December 24:

5:00 p.m. Worship Acolytes: Elle Jones, Hunter Leibli Torchbearers: Emily & Samantha Carruthers Crucifer: Ally Ruther Communion Assistants: Pr. Susanne Smith, Rev. Dick Bailey, Lois Bailey, Mark Smith Lector: Carm McBeth Ushers: Don Duke (head usher), Donna Duke, Betty Jacobs, Hunter Vargason

11:00 p.m. Worship Acolyte: Paige Clements, Braden Hayes Torchbearers: Quinlan Kirk, Kylie Wolf Crucifer: Courtney Brinkley Communion Assistants: Pr. Wayne Weissenbuehler, Pr. Susanne Smith, Tyler Clements, Dan DeVilbiss Lector: Judith Stewart Ushers: Bob Kremer (head usher), Chris & Brenda Clements, John Larson

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Scheduled to Serve in December

8:00 SERVICE Greeter: December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bennes Communion Assistant: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Bartelt December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Benne December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Chicken December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marge Classen Lector: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Bartelt December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Inghram December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Chicken December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marge Classen

10:30 SERVICE Ushers: Don Duke (head usher), Paige Clem-

ents, Brenda Clements, Blake Ruther Greeters: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Kulp December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Kulp Refreshments: December 14 . . . . . . . . .Second Sunday Dinner Communion Assistant: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Larson December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Chew December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Bailey December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Chew Lectors: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Braden Hayes December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judith Stewart December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robin Chew December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Bailey Acolytes: December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elle Jones December 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Carruthers December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Leibli December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hunter Vargason Altar Guild: Brenda Clements family

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 2 John Lundgren 3 Sky McGinity 5 James Egerton 5 Steve Swanson 6 Paula Anderson 6 Genny Lunning 7 Bob Kremer 9 Brian Newberry 10 Colton Hudepohl 11 Emma Todd 12 Dale Bartelt 12 Ben Meyer 12 Gabbie Ruther 13 AJ Slagle 14 Phillip Good 16 Keith Taeger 18 Robert Beck 18 Dan Clark 18 Olivia Taeger 18 Wayne Tolander 20 Marjorie Gerst 20 Nicholas Hanger 20 Alan Mohr 22 Kathy Geren 23 Lorna Miller 23 Nancy Tolander 27 Sheila Zager 28 Tyler Clements 28 Lois Hultquist 28 Meghan Lovretta 28 Eric Sheagren 28 Joann Wiegard 31 Lisa Weiler

DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

1 Larry and Mary Lee Matteson - 1974 4 Richard and Joann Schoof - 1983 10 Craig and Kadi Wyant - 2011 16 John and Ruth Ann Larson - 1989 20 Robert and Mary Engberg - 1969 29 Tom and Leah Galvin - 1989 31 Betty and Richard Mauer - 1955

*Let the office know if we have missed your birthday or anniversary. If you prefer not to have your name included in the birthday and anniversary lists, please let us know.

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Selling Scrip Cards this month:

December 7—Thea Good December 14—Kristin Myatt December 21—Kristin Myatt

December 28 —Courtney Brinkley

ALTAR FLOWERS FOR

DECEMBER:

December 14 - Judy Brocket

Mission Statement

Welcoming all people to share in God’s blessings by strength-ening our commitment to God through prayer, fellowship and service.

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MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH 2411 West Avenue

BURLINGTON, IOWA 52601

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Sunday Mornings Worship 8:00 a.m. Sunday School & Choir rehearsal 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Third Wednesday Supper 6:15 p.m. Third Wednesday Worship 7:00 p.m.

Phone: 319-754-7591

Fax: 319-754-7592

E-mail: messiah2411@gmail.com

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CHURCH

DECEMBER 2014

NEW THIS MONTH

Men’s Breakfast - December 13 with brief devotion and Bible study at 9:00 a.m. in the social hall

Advent Worship - December 3, 10, & 17: 7:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran

Men’s Bible Study - December 8 (at Messiah) & December 22 (at Faith)

Sunday School Christmas Program - December 14 during 10:30 worship service, congregational dinner following

Third Wednesday, December 17 - Supper (5:30 p.m.) at Pastor Susanne’s, 2730 Lochmoor

Christmas Cantata – December 21 during 10:30 worship service

Christmas Eve Services: 4:30 p.m.-Special Music; 5:00 p.m.-Christmas Eve Worship Service; 10:30 p.m.-Special

Music; 11:00 p.m.-Christmas Eve Worship Service