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July 13, 2014

2nd

 Quarter Offering Statements 

Our financial secretaries have prepared the 2nd  quarter statements which areready for you to pick up on the Welcome Center tables. Since this is the firs

statement to reflect your Rise Up and Build contribution, please carefully reviewthe data. Any discrepancies, questions or concerns should be addressed to eitherAlan Bishop, Paul Goerner or Tony Rylander.

A new beginning for Vicar Mark Harris and wife Brittany

Dear Memorial Lutheran Church –  By grace each Christian is brought into saving

faith. You know this quite well! The word “grace” has such a rich meaning forall believers, and for us this word will no bear even more significance. Our

vicarage congregation will be Grace Lutheran Church in Winter Haven, Florida!We are overjoyed to know that God has been preparing both them and us to carryout His ministry during the upcoming year. God has worked through your

 prayers and financial support to prepare us for this new stage in the journey of pastoral formation. Thank you for sharing so generously with us!

Your friends in Christ,Mark & Brittany Harris

Volunteers Needed

Livin’ In 3D is our family midweek gathering in which individuals of all ages learn what itmeans to dwell in our relationships UP with God, IN with other believers and OUT to those

who do not yet know Jesus. It runs 6-8pm during the school year on Wednesday nights andincludes dinner, family worship, children’s music/games/crafts, Junior High Confirmationclasses, and adult Bible studies. April Ramsey is looking for new (and old) volunteers to be

crew leaders, dinner helpers in cooking & clean up, game leaders, music leaders, and crafthelpers. 3D will begin in September so its time to fill roles and train helpers now.

Christ Clinic Item of the Month Naproxen 220mg (generic Aleve)

(bottles of 50 of less) 

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Memorial Quilting Ministry Requests Donations of Material for Quilts

Memorial Quilting Ministry is requesting donations of material madeof cotton or cotton/polyester as well as clean cotton and cotton/polyestersheets, table cloths and blankets. When you are cleaning out your storageclosets, we ask that you think of this ministry. Please leave donations labeled“Quilting Ministry” on the buffet just inside the front entrance to the church

Kaye Ostermann (832-437-6673) will be happy to assist you. Thank you so

much.

Altar Flowers 

The Altar Guild currently has two openings available, so if youhave a special person or event you would like to remember bydonating flowers on August 3rd and/or August 31st, please catchJoan Johnson (or you may call her at 281.492.0488.

Chitwood Update

Where to begin? With a giant THANK YOU to Memorial for the loving send-off you gave us Sunday June 29. We are sograteful for the support that you, our Houston family, have shown us. We’re settling in to our new place, almost alunpacked. Our backyard bumps up to a swamp, so we’re getting the best of the “swamp -life” here in G-ville. The dogslove the sounds (well, except the daily afternoon thunderstorms). Elizabeth started this week at First Lutheran Church

She will be part-time this summer, and is hoping that once the church has secured a pastor, they will call her to a fu lltime position. Meanwhile, she has applied to be an accompanist for the local college dance classes and is hoping to

continue teaching piano lessons. Ken has been busy setting up his study at the house with all his books. He is writingvarious articles this July for some national journals, finishing his thesis and traveling to Detroit to speak at a LutheranHour conference. He is anxious for the fall semester to begin at UF –   go gators! For those who would like to keep in

contact with us, here are our emails and home address. And of course you can find us on Facebook. Again, we are sothankful for the generous love and support shown to us by our family at Memorial. You will be dearly missed. We praythat God will richly bless you and keep you all.

In Christ,

Ken and Elizabeth Chitwood2300 SW 43rd Street Unit I-2Gainesville, FL 32607

ken.chitwood@hotmail.comelizabeth.chitwood@hotmail.com

Women In Mission Helping the Quilting Ministry

Women In Mission have selected the Quilting Ministry as their Spring Mission Project this year. We

will be making quilting kits. If you would like to help us, Please come on Monday night, July 7 at7:00 p.m. upstairs in the sanctuary in the Classroom to the left; and please bring a pair of sharpscissors and two yards of 44” wide cotton cloth. If you happen to have an 11” or 21” square cutting

 board and cutter, please bring those as well. We hope to see you then. If you have questions, please

call Kaye Ostermann (832-437-6673).