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Our Core Values:Family WorshipRelying on PrayerUnity in ChristInstruction in the WordTelling OthersService to God’s Community

5050 N. Johnsburg RoadLocated at the corner of Johnsburg and Ringwood Roads

Johnsburg, IL 60051847•497•4569

www.joyfulharvest.orgPastor Doug Liston - [email protected]

The GrapevineApril 2014 Volume 5, Issue 4

JOYFUL HARVEST CHURCH • “Growing Together for Christ”

A p r i lSPECIAL DATES

Fifth Sunday in Lent...................April 6th

Confi rmation Class...................April 6th

Blood Drive................................April 7th

Palm/Passion Sunday...............April 13th

Holy Week.......................April 13th-19th

Service of Healing & Restoration Wednesday...........................April 16th

Maundy/Holy Thursday..........April 17th

Good Friday.............................April 18th

Holy Saturday...........................April 19th

Easter Sunday...........................April 20th

Worship withHoly Communion

Saturdays................6:00 pmSundays...................8:30 amSundays.................10:45 am

Sunday School &Adult Bible Study

Sundays...................9:30 am

Who’s Who at Joyful HarvestCouncil Members:

President: Cher Liska.......................224-436-0615 Email: [email protected]

Vice President: Theresa Hoffman.......815-236-3781 Email: [email protected]

Secretary: Bill Rudzena..................815-347-4746 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Large: Alan Gates......................815-482-8600 Email: [email protected] Linda Murphy..............815-669-4477 Email: [email protected] Juanita Roth..............815-385-5935 Email: [email protected]

Pastor: Doug Liston...................847-497-5452 Email: [email protected]

Ministry Team Leaders:

Education Team Coordinators: Holly Smith....................262-298-7055 Email: [email protected] Glen Stevens.................262-298-7055 Email: [email protected]

Facilities Director : Dan Kelly.........................847-497-3518 Email: [email protected]

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GrapeVine Articles:To submit an article for May 15, 2014

email Cindy Kutz [email protected]

by April 15th

For any newsletter submissions . . .Newsletter Chairperson:

Cindy Kutz........................815-385-3124or 847-546-6555

Email: [email protected]: 847-546-6558

or leave for Cindy in thenewsletter mail slot in Secretary’s Offi ce.

To submit a bulletin announcement:Email it to offi [email protected]

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What does it mean to stand before an empty tomb?

In Jesus’ day, there were many understandings of just who he was. In Matthew, Jesus asked this all important question of his disciples. “13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ 14And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ 15He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’”

This side of the grave, Jesus was, to many, just another in the long line of good, God-fearing men sent to Israel in order to straighten them out, get them back on the straight and narrow. Too few saw Jesus for who he truly was. Peter was one of them: “16Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ 17And Jesus answered him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For fl esh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.’”

This side of the grave, Jesus walked and talked, taught and healed. He was very much like many other great men: Aristotle, Plato, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. He ate with ‘sinners’, lived a moral and good life, and was ridiculed by society, murdered.

But then something spectacular happened. Something that sets Jesus apart – something that changes life forever.

We’re told that on the third day, when the women went to the empty tomb to anoint Jesus’ body, that the stone was rolled away – and the body was not there. Jesus is not there. The impossible has become possible. He is not dead, but is risen. Jesus is so much more than a moral, good man. So much more.

Have you ever read C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? In it, Lucy, her brothers and sister step into a wardrobe, a big piece of furniture that’s used as a closet, and on the other side of the cupboard, a whole new dimension of life exists.

When the women arrived at the empty tomb that fi rst Easter morning, they found something that shook their understanding of life and death to its very core. They raced away from there – not really knowing or understanding the full meaning of what they had perceived. Not seeing the true depth of the emptiness that was confronting them.

How would we react? How DO we react when we stand at the entrance of that tomb? What does it mean for us? What does the reality of the empty tomb mean?

It means suspending our understanding of how life works – about how God works. It means accepting that there is a bigger reality that what we can know, touch, see or sense. That God’s reality is much larger than what we can perceive.

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It means believing in a God who can and does create all things. It means believing that God can raise life back up from death. It means believing that for God – all things ARE possible. It means having faith. The author of Hebrews writes: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

Jesus’ resurrection changes and challenges our understanding of how life works. But guess what - Christ came to earth just for that specifi c purpose – to turn our thinking upside down – to completely change our understanding of what is important. The poor are rich, the fi rst are last, the least are most and what we believe is impossible… Well, nothing is impossible for God.

So, join me this Easter, standing before the empty tomb. The fact that there is nothing inside – that’s where hope comes from.

Easter blessings,Pr. Doug

Pastor Doug’s Message . . . continued from page 3

Wednesday Evening Bread and Belonging

Bible Study and Fellowship:

Come join us each week for our Wednesday evening Soup and Bread Bible Study! We gather at 6:00 p.m. to share a meal and fellowship, study the texts from the previous Sunday’s worship, and close the evening with a short Compline worship! Hope to see you then!

Wednesday Evening

5050 Johnsburg Road Johnsburg, IL 60051

www.joyfulharvest.org

3rd Annual Motorcycle Blessing

and Ride April 26, 2014 9:30am

Join us for food, fun and fellowship as we ride into Wisconsin to enjoy breakfast after asking God’s blessings on our 2014 riding season!

For He will command His angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways. (Psalm 91:11)

Wednesday, April 16th – Bread & Belonging Bible Study

6:00 pm

Wednesday, April 16th – Service of Healing and Restoration

7:00 pm

Thursday, April 17th – Christian Seder Meal

6:00 pm

Thursday, April 17th – Maundy Thursday Worship

& Stripping of the Altar7:00 pm

Friday, April 18th – Good Friday Worship

& Procession of the Cross7:00 pm

Saturday, April 19th – Easter Vigil 7:00 pm

Sunday, 20th – Easter Worship8:30 am

Sunday, 20th – Easter Breakfast9:30 am

Sunday, 20th – Easter Worship10:45 am

HOLY WEEKHOLY WEEK

The “Already Wed Game” . . .The contestants were different from the original list - they were:

Couple #1 – Cindy & Woofe KutzCouple #2 – Amanda & Bill GatesCouple #3 – Melissa & Dan Luszcz

Couple #4 – Theresa & Eric Hoffman

There was delicious food and new recipes. We saw new faces this year as well as some we haven’t seen in a while. Many free prizes were given, and the Joyful Birdbath Players had plenty of funny new skits.

Joyful Harvest ChurchAnnual G.R.O.W. Event

Prom Night

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Prom King & Queen

Jim & Sandy Larkin

Did you know?

61% of low-income families have no books at all in their home for their children?

Joyful Harvest Church

Used Children’s Book Drive March 24th – April 28th

Please deposit all donated books in receptacles provided at the church. Bernie’s Book Bank accepts books 6th grade level and below.

**please, no workbooks, text books, or reference books**

How can you help collect more books? Clean your shelves, and bring books to church

Collect from neighbors, family and friends

GOAL: 1,500 books!

berniesbookbank.org

Bernie’s Book Bank is a 501(c)3 dedicated to connecting books needing children with children needing books!

Time to Exercise!

Joyful Harvest Low Impact Exercise Group

Mondays at 4:30

Monday, April 7th3:00pm-7:00pm

Due to all the nasty weather,the blood banks across the states are in dangerously low supplyas so many blood drives that were scheduled

had to be cancelled.Please consider giving blood.

Vaction Bible School 2014Monday, June16th through Friday, June 20th

9:00am - 12:00 Noon

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Please pray for these Joyful Harvest families listed in Please pray for these Joyful Harvest families listed in BrownBrown for the month of April. for the month of April.

S&M Tylkowski G Wolf J&K Anderson J Bagin J Betts

K&A Brennan L&M Carpenter S&S Conner G&C Craig C Garstkiewicz A&J Gates A&B Gates

J&S Hagen T&H Hankins E&T Hoffman D&D Kelly R&C Kutz

T&S Ladouceur J&A Larkin J&S Larkin G WolfJ&J Lindsey

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7:00 am - Men’s Group9:30 am - Motorcycle Blessing and Ride4:30 pm - Addiction Support Group6:00 pm - Worship

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9:30 am - Weight Watchers4:30 pm - Exercise for Life6:00 pm - Cub Scout Den Mtg.

G&R Stevens

B&D Truax

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9:30 am - Weight Watchers3:00 pm-7:00 pm - Blood Drive4:30 pm - Exercise for Life6:30 pm - Cub Scout Pack Mtg.

27T Johnson M&M Kandray

C&V Stevens

9:30 am - Weight Watchers4:30 pm - Exercise for Life

6:00 pm - Bread & Belonging Bible Study

6:00 pm - Choir practice

7:00 pm - Good Friday Worship and Processon

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B&R Rudzena B Sisk J&H SmithHappy Birthday

Kenneth Betts andJoseph & William Kandray

8:30 am - Worship9:30 am - Sunday School10:45 am - Worship5:00 pm - Confi rmation Class

8:30 am - Worship9:30 am - Sunday School10:45 am - Worship




7:00 am - Men’s Group4:30 pm - Addiction Support Group6:00 pm - Worship

8:30 am - Worship9:30 am - Sunday School10:45 am - Worship

9:30 am - Weight Watchers4:30 pm - Exercise for Life

8:00 am - Breakfast Club at Dino’s in Fox Lake10:00 am - Kiddie Keys4:30 pm - Pub(lic) Theology at Half Time in Johnsburg






6:00 pm - Bread & Belonging Bible Study7:00 pm - Service of Healing and Restoration


Happy BirthdayStephanie Peight

Happy BirthdayGavin Zim

Happy BirthdaySusan Craig

Happy BirthdayDan Kelly &Linda Rock

Happy BirthdayKory Klicker

Happy BirthdayMary Liston

Happy BirthdaySharon Ladouceur

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6:00 pm - Seder Meal7:00 pm - Maundy ThursdayWorship and Stripping of the Altar

Happy BirthdayConnie Craig

8:30 am - Easter Worship9:30 am - Easter Breakfast10:45 am - Easter Worship

6:00 pm - Council Meeting

PADSService

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Has your addiction brought you to a DDEAD END?

Faith-Based 12-Step Program for Freedom from Addiction

Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. beginning December 7th

Joyful Harvest Church, ELCA 5050 N Johnsburg Road

Johnsburg, IL 60051

(847) 497-4569 www.joyfulharvest.org Anyone who is struggling with addictive behaviors

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Faith-Based 12-Step Program for Freedom from Addiction

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(847) 497-4569 www.joyfulharvest.org Anyone who is struggling with addictive behaviors

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HHAPPENINGS & SPECIAL EVENTSAPPENINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Pub(lic) Theology - Half Time, Johnsburg: Please come join us at Half Time in Johnsburg at 4:30pm every Tuesday. It’s open to anyone who wants to have dinner and share fellowship with Joyful Harvest members.

Tuesday Breakfast Club: Please come join us at Dino’s in Fox Lake at 8:00 am every Tuesday. It’s open to anyone who wants to have breakfast and share fellowship with Joyful Harvest members.

Can Collection: Recycling aluminum cans are a great support so please keep them coming. The funds are supporting the Joyful Harvest Youth Group. Thank You!

Adult Bible Study: We encourage continual growth in our faith. Please consider joining the Adult Bible Study on Sunday mornings during Sunday School at 9:30 am.

Used Children’s Book Drive: 61% of low-income families have no books at all in their home for their children . . . so clean your shelves, collect from neighbors, family and friends gently used children’s books and bring to the church. We will be collecting books for Bernie’s Book Bank from March 24th - April 28th.

Our Younger Worshipers: We believe strongly that God invites and welcomes everyone, young and old alike. At Joyful Harvest, children are often dancing during hymns and moving about during the service. We see this not as a distraction, but embrace it as a natural part of the fullness of God’s kingdom.

Blood Drive: On Monday, April 7th from 3:00pm-7:00pm we will have a blood drive. Due to all the nastsy weather, the blood banks are in dangerously low supply. Please consider giving blood today.

Read Through the New Testament During Lent

As we draw nearer to God during our Lenten refl ection, Joyful Harvest is undertaking the challenge to read the entire New Testament during the 40 days of Lent. Journey with us as we meet God in the pages of the Bible!

□ Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Matthew 1–6 □ Friday, March 28, 2014 Acts 6–10 □ Thursday, March 6, 2014 Matthew 7–12 □ Saturday, March 29, 2014 Acts 11–15 □ Friday, March 7, 2014 Matthew 13–17 □ Monday, March 31, 2014 Acts 16–20 □ Saturday, March 8, 2014 Matthew 18–22 □ Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Acts 21–26 □ Monday, March 10, 2014 Matthew 23–26 □ Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Acts 27–28, Romans 1–4 □ Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Matthew 27–28,

Mark 1–2 □ Thursday, April 3, 2014 Romans 5–10

□ Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Mark 3–7 □ Friday, April 4, 2014 Romans 11–16, 1 Corinthians 1–3

□ Thursday, March 13, 2014 Mark 8–11 □ Saturday, April 5, 2014 1 Corinthians 4–11 □ Friday, March 14, 2014 Mark 12–16 □ Monday, April 7, 2014 1 Corinthians 12–16 □ Saturday, March 15, 2014 Luke 1–4 □ Tuesday, April 8, 2014 2 Corinthians □ Monday, March 17, 2014 Luke 5–8 □ Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Galatians 1–6 □ Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Luke 9–11 □ Thursday, April 10, 2014 Ephesians, Philippians □ Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Luke 12–16 □ Friday, April 11, 2014 Colossians, 1 Thessalonians □ Thursday, March 20, 2014 Luke 17–20 □ Saturday, April 12, 2014 2 Thessalonians,

1 Timothy, 2 Timothy □ Friday, March 21, 2014 Luke 21–24 □ Monday, April 14, 2014 Titus, Philemon,

Hebrews 1–6 □ Saturday, March 22, 2014 John 1–5 □ Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Hebrews 7–13 □ Monday, March 24, 2014 John 6–8 □ Wednesday, April 16, 2014 James, 1 Peter □ Tuesday, March 25, 2014 John 9–12 □ Thursday, April 17, 2014 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John □ Wednesday, March 26, 2014 John 13–21 □ Friday, April 18, 2014 3 John, Jude,

Revelation 1–9 □ Thursday, March 27, 2014 Acts 1–5 □ Saturday, April 19, 2014 Revelation 10–22

FunFun Night Night

On March 9th, the kids had a blastplaying Wii games, jumping in the boucy houses and enjoying some great snacks.

Pastor Doug retreaving a balloon from the ceiling. They sure keep him busy.

Stay tuned for infoon the next

Youth Fun Night!

Bible Quiz? ?? ? ?

Answers: D (See Matthew 28:5-6; Mark 16:5-6; Luke 24:4-6.)

? Christian Symbol Palms –– When Jesus entered Jerusalem days before his death, crowds welcomed him by waving palm branches, which were common symbols of victory and rejoicing. Thus churches continue to use them in remembrance of that occasion, knowing that Jesus’ crucifi xion was ultimately his triumph over sin and death. As early as Leviticus 23:40, God commanded Israel to use palms in a festival of rejoicing. In Revelation

7:9-10, Christian martyrs carry palm branches as they praise the Lamb before the throne of God.

Surrendering the Secret Abortion Support GroupAbortion has been a readily available part of our culture since it’s legalization in 1973. Since then approximately 55 million abortions have been recorded in our nation. Statistics estimate that close to 43% (1 out of 3) women of childbearing age have experienced an abortion. These are your sisters, mothers, wives and friends. These women carry an incredible burden of silence and heartache. Many struggle for years with repressed memories, guilt, shame and depression. Most women feel they are not allowed to talk about their abortion experience, especially in church.

The truth is many women who have had an abortion suffer from symptoms of post-abortion grief and trauma. Most often, neither the medical community nor the church understands abortion as a risk factor in a woman’s physical, spiritual or emotional health.

If you feel you have never completely healed or recovered from an abortion experience, or that a past abortion may be affecting your current quality of life, then Surrendering the Secret is for you. This study offers a 6-step biblical healing model led by women who have been where you are. To confi dentially contact a post-abortive ministry leader, email [email protected].

Eight-week Bible Study and Support Group

Contact the email below for the next 8 week session

Who told the women at the tomb that Jesus had risen? A. Two men in shining garments B. A young man in a white robeC. An angelD. All of the above, depending on which gospel you read

APRIL CELEBRATIONSAPRIL CELEBRATIONS

04/09 Kenneth Betts04/09 Joseph Kandray04/09 William Kandray04/13 Stephanie Peight04/15 Gavin Zim04/20 Connie Craig

04/21 Susan Craig04/23 Dan Kelly04/23 Linda Rock04/26 Kory Klicker04/27 Mary Liston04/30 Sharon Ladouceur

Roman Emperor Constantine and the real start of the Easter Festival

A long time ago people used to celebrate when Spring arrived. People used to believe that changes in seasons were guided by spirits or gods, and that the blooming of plants and fl owers and animals coming out of their hibernation and the return of birds brought life back to the land. This new life in spring symbolizes the new life Christians gain because of Jesus’s death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection.

In ancient Egypt, Easter was celebrated at the same time Jesus was crucifi ed during the Jewish Passover. This was so for many years. However, in A.D. 325, the Roman Emperor Constantine (after whom the old Turkish capital of Constantinople is named) convened the First Council of Nicaea (now called Turkey), which determined and published the fi rst ever Christian Doctrine, called the Nicene Creed.

One result of the council was an agreement on the date of what they called the “Christian Passover” (Pascha in Greek) and of course what we call today, Easter in modern English, and the most important feast of the ecclesiastical calendar. Actually, some Christians in the US especially, still celebrate a Christian Passover Seder, the special family meal, but with different meanings to that of the Jewish Passover Seder.

The council decided in favor of celebrating the resurrection on the fi rst Sunday after the fi rst full moon following the vernal equinox, and authorized the Bishop of Alexandria (presumably using the Alexandrian calendar) to announce annually the exact date to his fellow bishops. Thus the dates of Easter were fi xed within a range of March 22nd and April 25th.

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Holy Humor“Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good morning, Lord,” and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good Lord, it’s morning.”

A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, “I know what the Bible means!” His father smiled and replied, “What do you mean, you ‘know’ what the Bible means?The son replied, “I do know!”“Okay,” said his father. “What does the Bible mean?” “That’s easy, Daddy...” The young boy replied excitedly, “It stands for ‘Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.’”

There is the story of a pastor who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it’s still out there in your pockets.”

A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, “Boys and girls, what do we know about God?”A hand shot up in the air. “He is an artist!” said the kindergarten boy.“Really? How do you know?” the teacher asked.“You know - Our Father, who does art in Heaven...”

Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about.The daughter answered, “Don’t be scared, you’ll get your quilt.”Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him what that morning’s Sunday school lesson was about. He said, “Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming.”

A minister waited in line to have his car fi lled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump. “Reverend,” said the young man, “I’m so sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip.” The minister chuckled, “I know what you mean. It’s the same in my business.”

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