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March 2017

Welcome to Holly Grove Lutheran Church!

Mission Statement of Holly Grove Lutheran Church

“As united people of God under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, our purpose is to provide wor-ship and Christian education, and respond in a

loving action to a needy world.”

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Council @ 7:00

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Seniors @ Mt

Tabor 10:30

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AGAPE @ 6:30

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March 2017

Altar Guild- Janna Waitman

Mother’s Rose Garden- Kim & Bob- in honor of Minnie Conrad & memory of Helen Troutman

1st Ash Wednesday Holy Communion

Assisting Minister: Chip Blower Communion Assistant: Bob Troutman Ushers: Max Carrick, Johnny Fritts

5th Holy Communion Basket Offering: Helping Hands Fund

Assisting Minister: Janna Waitman Communion Assistant: Lori Cecil Children’s Church: Jane DiBonaventura Ushers: Keith Cecil, Eddie Heitman, Ty Heitman, Gary Hedrick Altar Flowers:

12th Holy Communion

Assisting Minister: Toni Chapman Communion Assistant: Janna Waitman Ushers: Greg Kepley, Robin Beck, Max Carrick, Bob Troutman Altar Flowers: Mason and Ashton Chapman in honor of Alex’s 30th birthday

19th Holy Communion

Assisting Minister: Norris Feeney Communion Assistant: Eddie Heitman Ushers: Johnny Fritts, Frank Hamilton, Herbert Frank, Scott Black Altar Flowers: Andy and Kristal Ferguson in honor of Drew’s 24th and Gavin’s 5th birthdays

26th Holy Communion

Assisting Minister: Chip Blower Communion Assistant: Kristal Ferguson Ushers: Michael Willson, Andy Ferguson, Keith Cecil, Eddie Heitman Altar Flowers: Robert, Mandy, and Brody Fritts in honor of Taylor’s 14th birthday

Nursery Attendant: Kara Feeney Children’s Chat: Tina Heitman

Nursery Attendant: Jordan Chapman Children’s Chat: Pastor

Nursery Attendant: Jane DiBonaventura Children’s Chat: Pastor

Nursery Attendant: Carol Conrad Children’s Chat: Pastor

HGLC JANUARY 2017 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTEES

Call of Order – Chip Blower

Devotions – Neil Clark

Approval of Reports:

Minutes – Neil Clark moves to approve the minutes with one correction. Herbert Frank Seconded. Motion Passed.

Financial Secretary – Herbert Frank moves to approve. Michael Wilson Seconded. Motion Passed.

Treasurer – Dean Chapman moves to approve. Karen Beck Seconded. Motion Passed.

Building Fund – Sandra Vaughn made one correction to the Helping Hands balance. Michael Wilson moves to approve. Herbert Frank Seconded. Motion Passed.

Pastor’s Report – December was a busy time in the church. I made an extra push to see our homebound and hospitalized folks in the lead up to Christmas. In addition to normal worship services, this year had three Wednesday night Advent services, the children’s program, and Christmas Eve service. Advent services averaged about 40 people and Christmas program was 65. Monies collected during Advent services and designated gifts raised over $1,600 for World Hunger.

The ELCA begins requesting year end reports regarding the congregation for 2016. Here are a few numbers I had a chance to look at so far:

Baptisms: 4

Weddings: 2

Funerals: None

Attendance: Average of 96 (slightly down from 98 in 2014 and 99 in 2015)

A quick look at 2016 Financials, it looks like we are under budget in terms of expenditures and slightly ahead in terms of giving. A special thanks to everyone involved in the special events during Christmas, the leadership with the Children’s Program and Judy and the choir for their work on the Cantata. See Pastor’s report for detail on Helping Hands and up-coming calendar.

Correspondence:

Letters of thanks were received from: World Hunger, The Life Center, and Crisis Ministry of Davidson County.

Committee Reports: Cemetery – Looking for additional members

Evangelism – No Report Fellowship - No Report Finance – No Report Parish Education – No Report Property – John Lohr fixed the heat in the classrooms. Recreation – No Report Scholarship – No Report

Committee Reports: Scouts – HGLC troop re-chartered for 2017 but needs more boys to join. Troop needs a mini-mum of five members. The current group has 3 members that will age out. Michael said the leader will continue to recruit. Stewardship – No Report Worship & Music – Group to meet next Wednesday at 6:00pm Social Ministry – No Report Youth – Will have a bowling event on January 29th sponsored by SILLY- Everyone is invited

Old Business:

Endowment – working on By-Laws

Assignments were made for: Basket offering in 2017, Committee council members, and Monthly Devotions – See Attached

Congregational Meeting set for February 26th.

Treasurer’s Audits will be on Sunday, January 29th starting at 1:30pm. Herbert Frank, Janna Wait-man, Libby Carrick, Kim Troutman and Sandra Vaughn will be our auditors.

Currently, we will not hold a Council Retreat.

Google Group Access will be approved by Pastor Matt and Chip Blower prior to being sent out to the group.

Unfinished Business:

Garbage dumpster concern. Tabled this month.

New Business:

None

LORD’S PRAYER 2017 2018 2019 Herbert Frank Kara Feeney – Secretary Karen Beck Kristal Rose Kim Troutman Dean Chapman Michael Willson Wendy Lohr Carey Fritts Chip Blower – President Neil Clark – Vice President Sandra Vaughn

NC Synod assembly June 2-3: We need one male and one female to represent Hol-

ly Grove as voting members at the 2017 synod assembly in Greensboro, and

we can send additional young adult voting members too. Synod assembly is a

great opportunity to get a glimpse into the exciting ways we partner with other

congregations across the state and the country. Please speak with Pastor Matt if

you would be willing to serve!

Summer Camp Early Bird deadline March 15: Thinking about sending a young per-

son to camp? You should be! Outdoor ministry is one of the most effective (and

most fun!) ways of instilling faith in young people! You can often register up

through the beginning of summer, but to get the lowest price, register by March

15th. The church will contribute $200 toward costs at Lutheridge, Lutherock, or

Agape for congregation members too! Just register and pay on your own, print

off the confirmations, and get it to pastor Matt so the church can reimburse the

$200!

Flowers Schedules: There are still spots left to sponsor the Mother's Rose garden

or provide altar flowers in the next year, including several dates in April. If

you would like to sign up, please contact the church office. A highlighted

schedule of open dates is available in the hallway outside of the parlor.

New Members March 26th: Plan to be with us in worship to welcome new mem-

bers officially joining Holly Grove!

Holly Grove Lutheran Church Evangelism: The Back Pack Program

Every week, we are sending 50 small backpacks (gallon size) for children to eat during the weekend. Listed below are the items that can be do-

nated to help with this project:

Mac & Cheese Fruit Cups

Small boxes of Seedless Raisins Toaster Tarts

Ramen Noodles Fruit & Grain Cereal Bars Instant Oatmeal or Grits

Small Juice Boxes Small Jars of Peanut Butter

Gallon Ziploc Bags

Any donation of money or food are welcome and appreciated! Thanks to the Senior High Sunday School Class for helping out with this project! Please prayerfully consider being a part of this exciting ministry!

Conflict in the Holy Land: Plan to join

us Wednesday nights in Lent (3/8 through 4/5)

as we sing evening prayer, pray for peace,

and seek better understanding of the conflict

in the Holy Land. We'll look at what we can

learn about the situation from the Bible, Pas-

tor Matt will share some photos from his trip

last year, and we'll ask how our Christian faith

informs our perspective on the conflict. Meal

served at 5:45, devotions begin at 6:30.

Nolan Ryan is the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a no-hitter.

When opossums are playing ‘possum’, they are not “playing.” They actually pass out from sheer terror.

An animal epidemic is called an epizootic.

Murphy’s Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

Telephone Trivia:

Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System.

The first telephone exchange opened on January 28, 1878, in New Haven, Connecticut. Month after month, the little Bell Company lived from hand to mouth. No salaries were paid in full. Often, for weeks, they were not paid at all. In Watson’s notebook there are such entries during this period as “Lent Bell fifty cents,” “Lent Hubbard twenty cents,” “Bought one bottle beer–too bad can’t have beer every day.”

When Bell’s patent was sixteen months old, there were 778 telephones in use.

The first “Hello” badge used to identify guests and hosts at conventions, parties, etc. was traced back to Sep-tember 1880. It was on that date that the first Telephone Operators Convention was held at Niagra Falls and the “Hello” badge was created for that event.

Western Electric invented the loudspeaker which was initially called “loud-speaking telephone.”

Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communi-cations which culminated in the cellular telephone.

During the depths of the Depression, telephones in use fell from 16 to 13 per 100 population and by the late 1970’s the number had surpassed 75 per 100 population.

Western Electric mass-produced color telephones for the first time in 1954.

In Japan, Western Electric first sold equipment in 1890, then in 1899 helped form the Nippon Electric Com-pany (NEC). This was Japan’s first joint venture with an American firm.

The use of telephone answering machines became popular in 1974.

In the first month of the Bell Telephone Company’s existence in 1877, only six telephones were sold!

Phone service was established at the White House one year after its invention. President Rutherford B. Hayes was the first to have phone service (1877-81).

Two days before Alexander Graham Bell married Mabel Hubbard in 1877, he gave her 99 percent of his company shares as a wedding gift. He kept a mere ten shares for himself.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Harold Beck

Chance & Lia

Brockmeier

Steve Garner

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Archie/

JoAnn

Turner

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Walter Blower

Denny Dietrich

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Betty Roberts

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Jessica

McCullum

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Drew Parks

Stephanie Parks

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Chloe Gabriel

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Lindsay

Black

Keith

Watkins

Michael

Willson

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Alex Chapman

Carson Rose

Karl Fulbright

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Kendra Willson

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Terri Clark

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Ty Heitman

Gary/Judy

McLain

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Gaven Ferguson

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Dee Watkins

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Barbara

Black

Chris/Emily

Beck

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Andy Lawrence

Lydia Rose

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Carl Conrad

Taylor Fritts

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Walt Anderson

Rebecca Kepley

Ben/Angela

Palmer

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Scott Parks

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Barbara Gualtney

Whitney Lohr

Aidan Walser

Rusty/Sheila

Blower

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Brent/Keeli

McLamb

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Teresa Fritts

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Debbie Frank

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Kim Troutman

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Katherine Varner

March Birthday & Anniversaries

Holly Grove Lutheran Church 212 Holly Grove Lutheran Church Rd Lexington, NC 27292 336-249-2807 www.hollygrovelutheranchurch.org email: pastor@hollygrovelutheranchurch.org office: hglc@hollygrovelutheranchurch.org Sundays 915AM Sunday School 1030AM Worship

February Senior News Minnie Conrad Holly Grove Senior Citizens met Wednesday, February 15th at Mt. Tabor’s Events Center. Virginia is doing very well after her surgery and is recuperating at home. Sarah Leonard read from 1st Corinthians and Carolyn Grubb had 2 poems. Carolyn Grubb introduced Lin-da Hunt who told us about her journey with her husband, Rev. Dr. Brooks Hunt‘s illness. She had hand-outs with information for relatives and caregivers of someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. She told how she helped him to feel in control and to keep his dignity during this scary time. Her e-mail is lhunt@novanthealth.org. This was a very heart-warming and informative presentation. Thank you to Sa-rah and both Carolyn Grubbs for arranging this program. Pastor Matt blessed our food and we enjoyed one of Daisy’s delicious meals.

Our next meeting will be on March 15th at 10:30 and all seniors in the community are invited to join us.