August 2009

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH—PITSBURGST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERAN CHURCH—ITHACA

Tlc / smlc News

Date Reader8/2 Devon Eley

8/9 Sheila Campbell

8/16 Jennifer Arling

8/23 Chris Cassel

8/30 Mark Oswalt

Bread Baker: 8/2 Olis McKibben

Date Reader Acolyte8/2 John Guttadore Kristine Herr

8/9 Ron Fasick Katie Harman

8/16 Sherry Marten Kristine Herr

8/23 Rhonda Kress Katie Harman

8/30 Bob Brown Kristine Herr

Greeters: Sherry Marten & Anita Schneider

Bread Baker: Pam Brown

LUTHERAN DAY AT THE GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIRIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th

OUR PARISH HAS BEEN ASKED TO STAFF THE CHAPEL

Please consider volunteering to help out for an hour. If you feel called to do so, contact the office or Pastor Joene.

Times are to be determined and will be announced in the weekly bulletins

IS YOUR FAMILY SHOWING ANIMALS AT THE FAIR??

If so, please let Pastor Joene know, as she’d like to watch the competition if possible.

Clip Art-Digi Designs by Lorelei

Special music planned at St. Matthew’s

On August 9, St. Matthew’s will welcome Deb Keppel, Stewart King, Dean Ruwe and Linda Holt. This quartet will be singing special music throughout our service. We hope everyone will make plans to worship with us on this special day.

P A G E 2 T L C / S M L C N E W S

Parish News

ATTENTION! CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS!

Please mark your calendars for the Annual Joint Council meeting, to be held on Tuesday, September 1 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s.

DAYTON CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETINGThe Dayton Conference Annual Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 13th beginning with a soup supper at 6 pm, at Faith Lutheran in Dayton. The synod staff will be on hand for con-versations and workshops on a variety of subjects. The meeting will be 6:30-8:30 pm.

C.L.A.Y.CLAY (Cooperative Lutheran Area Youth) has planned activities for the 2009-2010 school year. Please add the following dates to your calendar and plan on joining us for fun and service.

August 9 NYG participants present @Emanuel15 CLAY picnic / kick off event– location and time TBA

September 13 5-7 pm—Faith Development – a Dig Deeper Event-location TBA20 4 p.m.—Leadership meeting—location TBA

October CLAY will host a haunted house / party for younger youth– details TBA

November 14 a fundraiser for CLAY—details to be planned in September

January Dig Deeper event and a H.S. Synod Gathering

February Valentines event: possibly host a Spaghetti Dinner and a movie

PICTORIAL DIRECTORYMark your calendars for October 6th and 8th – Olan Mills photographers will be at St. Matthews and Trinity to take photos of families for a new church directory and for purchase in time for Christmas. It has been seven years since the last SMLC/TLC directory and we’ve had quite a few changes. A new church directory will reflect those changes. Rita Erdmann is our coordi-nator and she will be looking for help from both congregations.

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation catechism will begin again in early September for all 7th and 8th graders and any youth older who have yet to be confirmed. Please con-

tact Pastor Joene by phone or email if your child would like to participate. The con-firmation program is two years long and includes weekly classes, regular worship attendance, Bible study, meeting with a mentor and service hours.

P A G E 3A U G U S T 2 0 0 9

Trinity’s Women will resume regular meetings in September.

St. Matthew’s will not be meeting in August.

Important dates this month include:The women of Faith Conference in Indianapolis on August 7th and 8thOur Prayer Quilt Meeting at Trinity on August 31

At both Trinity and St. Matthew’s, we will be collecting school kits for Lutheran World Relief through the middle of September.

We can never have enough hand-made school bags!! To see a pattern for the bags, go to: http://www.lwr.org/beinvolved/schoolkit.asp and click on the totebag style button on the middle of the page.

Please see the list if you wish to contribute. Watch your Sunday ad’s for great deals!! At St. Matthew’s, our “super shopper” Sherry Marten will shop for you, if you can’t get out on your own.

NEEDED FOR L.W.R. SCHOOL KITS:

Pads or notebooks of ruled paper containing 150-200 sheets of paper

30-centimeter rulers New un-sharpened pencils with erasers Construction paper in assorted colors Cloth bags, approximately 12” by 14”, with

cloth handles. Blunt scissors Pencil sharpeners 2 1/2-in. erasers Boxes of 16, or 24 crayons

Wernle Needs Many of our residents arrive at Wernle with very few personal items. The funding they receive does not always cover the essentials that most people take for granted. Receiv-ing support to provide these items helps to make each boy’s life at Wernle more comfortable:Toiletries:Shampoo, Hair Conditioner, Deodorant, Combs, Hair Brushes, Toothpaste, Toothbrush Hold-ers, Soap Holders, Bath Towels, Wash Cloths, Clothing:White T-Shirts, Boxers, Socks (white only), House Shoes, Pajamas – all sizes, Miscellaneous:Dish Towels, Dish ClothsDaily Needs – boy’s dress clothes, books (K-HS)Special Needs – basketballs/footballs, games, baseball gloves (rt. handed), football flagsExtra special needs – bikes (6-28”;2-24”), guitars (2-3), large parachute, 60 gal. freshwa-ter aquarium, concrete park benches, metal detectors (of the buried treasure variety)

There are collection boxes at each church if you wish to donate.

P A G E 4 T L C / S M L C N E W S

At St. Matthew’s Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Baptism during worship at St. Matthew’s on June 21, were; Tommy Joe Nelson Jr. and his daughter, Alyna Kay Nelson. On this special day in their lives, we rejoice with them and their family; Alyna’s mom, Aimee Hart; uncle, aunt and sponsors for Alyna, Seth and Elizabeth Hart; grandparents; Rex and

Anita Hart; great-grandmother, Irene Hart. Tommy and Alyna, “we welcome you into the body of Christ and into the mission we share: join us in giving thanks and praise to God and bearing God’s creative and redeeming word to all the world” (ELW, p. 231).

Flower ChartOpen dates for the flower chart for the next few months are:

August 16, 23 & 30 September 6 & 27 October 4 & 11Please contact Shannon at the office if you would like to donate the altar flowers in

memory or honor of a birthday, anniversary or a memorial of your loved one (or sign the chart on the back bulletin board). A centerpiece is $22 and a pair of vases is $25. Your

payment can be put in the offering, marked “altar flowers”.

Congratulations and prayers of thanksgiving ARE IN ORDER TO:Pam Yeomans; proud Grandma of Madison Jude and Maximillion Edward Burkett

Beverly Zimmer; proud Great-Grandma of Avery Franklin Bowser and Ethan Douglas Zimmer

Ken Bailey; proud Grandpa of Carson Dean Bailey

Thank You “Thank you to everyone that gave food, came to the viewing and funeral, and for keeping our family in your prayers. St. Matthews has a great group of people who help so many for such a small church. Thank you all very much. —Tim & Casie Crowe

“Thank you for your donations to the Cancer Survivors Day walk in June. I was pleased to match donations this year for the local Cancer Assn. It was a beautiful day to walk, to be grateful for those who could walk along, and to remember those who no longer can. I am blessed.” —Sherry Marten

“Thanks for all the cards, prayers, food, thoughtful deeds and monetary donations during the loss of Dylan. Bless you all!!” —The Crowe family

P A G E 5A U G U S T 2 0 0 9

I’ve done a lot of traveling this summer and while traveling I have had the opportunity to worship as a visitor and see what some other churches do for hospitality. My first travel experience was to Colum-bus, for the Southern Ohio Synod Assembly in early June, at Capital University. Bishop Hanson, via a video address, reminded us that we are heirs of God’s clear words of promise and command as revealed in Matthew 28. Jesus told his disciples (us) that he will be with us al-ways, and to go and tell the Good News. Nourished through the means of grace, we are to be turned not inward but outward, bearing witness in the world as Jesus calls us.

Along with my family, I traveled to San Francisco for a week the end of June and worshipped at St. Mark, the oldest Lutheran church in the city. The building survived the 1909 earth-quake but sustained damage after the earthquake a few years ago. The congregation has in-vested in repairing, renovating and strengthening the building but has not lost focus on shar-ing the Good News. We were warmly greeted at the door, and introduced to other travelers –a pastor and his wife from Alberta, Canada. Many people greeted us before and after worship and included us in sharing the peace. St. Mark was one of the few congregations I have ever worshipped at where the participants were of all age, gender, race, class and sexual orienta-tion. The service was wonderful, with a small but mighty choir sharing their gifts of voice. After the service, which included Holy Communion, the entire congregation was invited into the basement fellowship room for ‘coffee.’ This congregation may have been in San Fran-cisco, but they served food like we do in Darke County. Sandwiches, fresh veggies and fruits, cakes and cookies were offered – and not even a free will basket in sight. The congregation shares ‘coffee’ and fellowship time after every 11 am service.

We spent Sunday afternoon at the Fillmore Jazz Festival; the multi-block long two day festival spotlights a variety of jazz groups throughout the days. Vendors sold food under tents and artists sold their paintings, jewelry, knitting and other works. A Presbyterian church was at one end of the festival blocks. The church building wore a large banner, inviting in visitor- to listen to the free organ concert, use the restroom, or just take a quiet break from the crowds. I was impressed that a congregation would open themselves up during a neighborhood event that attracted thousands. They took the risk of physical wear or even damage to show hospi-tality.

In mid July, I went to a workshop in Dayton led by Gary Peuch, the Youth and Family Director of the Southern Ohio Synod. He taught the participants some basics, including how to intro-duce yourself to a group of people and how to start a conversation. Gary reminded the par-ticipants that the church is all about building relationships and that we need to practice skills to create relationships.

This summer, while visiting family or friends, have you had an opportunity to worship at a dif-ferent congregation? How were you welcomed? Did you have any problems following the service or finding your way around? What did you learn that you can bring back to St. Mat-thews or Trinity, that we might be more welcoming and hospitable? Please let me know, or share your thoughts with leaders on council.

Peace,Pastor Joene

From the Pastor

P A G E 6 T L C / S M L C N E W S

1—Christi Jasinski Mike Stump Tony Garwood2—Jack & Carolyn Kinninger3—Terry & Neva Birt4—John & Terri Thobe5—Kenny & Carla Hesler Andy & Becky Aelker6 — Hallie Morris Madelyn Crowe Dean Jr. & Deborah Thompson7 — Hannah Jordan8 — Katelynn Burrell-Troutwine Richard Heft9— Caleena Hesler Jerry & Becky McMullen Josh & Kami Schmitmeyer10—Cassie Hofacker Diane Warner Landon Muhlenkamp

11—Graham Guttadore Christopher & Brooke Chapman12—Charlotte Payne Claire Hein Rayna Banter Dan & Linda Holt14—Jane Angerer Deb Sease15—Neva Peaden17—Lisa Garwood18—Frank & Mary Flint19—Amy Wright Jean Singleton Nelda Morris20—Amber Hart Roy Hunt Sandy Thompson Ron & Donna Bridenbaugh22—Henrietta Hart Rick Myers

23—Doug Zimmer Holly Wright24—Eric Rich Jaxson Edmonson25—Aiden Myers Kirk Zimmer26—Cara Carrier (Harman) Dean Thompson Katie Shoemaker Gene & Nelda Morris27—Michelle Heckman28—Jeremy Netzley29—Becky McMullen Craig Cotner Patty Stump Mark & Terri Brumbaugh30—Brenda Tauscher Mark & Sue Mills31—Karl Garner Danny & Pam Myers

August Birthdays and Anniversaries

Acknowledging that this list is certainly incomplete, please remember to pray for all people according to their needs, commending all for whom we pray into the hands of our gracious Lord and trusting in His mercy.

Prayers of sympathy and healing for the families of:

1st Lt. Roslyn L. SchulteDick Long

Dylan CroweJonathan Kinnison

Mary Lee OgleJerry Fessler

Galen HundleyCharles SackettGarland ElamRichard EhlersBetty HofackerJim Coughlin

Leonard HokeJohn PriceWavey Birt

Myrl LephartLogan Ressler

Rick AppleTed Scheiding

Diane SaltzLuke Kossler

GeorgeDavid Kepler

Shirley CollinsJoyce GilmoreJanet Rhoades

Nancy Chambers

Please remember in your thoughts and prayers those who’s needs we were made aware of in June and July:

Doug LambSue Wilson

Hube ThompsonByron Brehm

Ron GreyEric BentonJack Cotner

Helen GarnerMargaret CullersTom AdoylettePaule GoodeSewell SmithLucie Hurst

Denny MartenYvonne FieldsGabby Griffith

All those travelingBobby and Dot Merritt

Rick and Jill ThompsonTanya Shoenlaben

Mary Beth & Jason DoucettePrayers of Thanksgiving for:

Maximillion Edward BurkettMadison Jude Burkett

Ethan Douglas ZimmerAvery Franklin Bowser

Carson Dean BaileyVerla BakerLinda Flint

Patty Stump

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Holy Communion

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7:30 pm—TR Council

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LYO Picnic

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September Newsletter entriesdue

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7:30 pm - SM Council25

10 am—Newsletter Assembly

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Lutheran Day at the Darke County Fair

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7 pm—Prayer Quilt Meeting at TR

Church Office:7820 State Route 722Arcanum, OH 45304Office Phone/Fax: 937-884-7006E-mail: skmccullough@earthlink.net

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Pastor Joene HerrPhone: 937-564-5802

E-mail: joeneherr@yahoo.com

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10:30 a .m.—Tr in i ty

Sunday School9:15 a .m.—Tr in i ty

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