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H OPE L UTHERAN C HURCH , NY From Intern Arin It’s that time of the year when scrolling through Facebook I am surrounded by all the posts about graduation and how hard it is going to be to say goodbye to a certain college and all the friends that come along with that. As I was going through these posts, all of them had quotes to go along with pictures upon pictures, and then I stumbled upon this quote: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie the Pooh It immediately hit home for me. As I prepare to say goodbye to Hope, I realize just how lucky I am to have spent the year here. I am struck by how quickly this year has gone by and wish it would slow down just a little bit. When I first started back in August, I thought that June seemed so far away, but somehow I blinked and here we are. Coming into this year I knew that Hope was a special place. I had met not only Shawn at LCLC but also a lot of our youth, and knew that I was in for an amazing year. An amazing year is exactly how I would explain my year here, although it is hard to find the right words to fully explain what this year has meant to me. As I sit here I have a montage of the year playing through my head with amazing memories one after another. There is not a day that I’ve spent at Hope that hasn’t left me without a smile on my face, although some days it may have been harder to see than others, and I realize just how lucky I am. I’ve gained not only another support system, new friends, but more importantly a new home with one of the best church families any one could ask for. I don’t think I will ever be able to find the right words to express how grateful I am for all that Hope has done for me. Each of you has welcomed me so warmly into this community and has made this one of the hardest goodbyes I’ve had to make. I am truly blessed. So how do you prepare to say goodbye to a place that you now consider another home, I’m honestly not sure but it’s not easy, that much I know. I would give anything to stay another year, or even for forever, and trust me I’ve tried to figure out how to make that happen, but I know that I have to start this next chapter of my life. Just as God called me here to Hope, he is calling me to Philadelphia to continue my discernment and the process to become a pastor. I know that when I am home I will be back to visit, and because of that I guess this is not a goodbye but rather a see you soon. Thank you for giving me something that makes saying goodbye so hard and see you soon. -Arin Volume 44, Issue 3: May & June 2016 CONTACT INFORMATION: 2 East Main Street Arcade, NY 14009 www.HopeArcade.org (585) 492-2530 HopeLutheran.Church @gmail.com STAFF: Pastor: Rev. Shawn Hannon Pastorshawnhannon @gmail.com (716) 969-5186 Care Pastor: Rev. Robert Zimmerman Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Neil Kattermann Music Director: Paul Blackwell Parish Administrators: Carol Boldt Margie Rung Youth Director: Chris LiPuma Giving Page 4 Education 7 Youth 8-9 Announcements 10

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H OPE L U THE RA N C HUR CH , NY

From Intern Arin

It’s that time of the year when scrolling through Facebook I am

surrounded by all the posts about graduation and how hard it is going to be

to say goodbye to a certain college and all the friends that come along with

that. As I was going through these posts, all of them had quotes to go along

with pictures upon pictures, and then I stumbled upon this quote:

“How lucky I am to have something

that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

– Winnie the Pooh

It immediately hit home for me. As I prepare to say goodbye to Hope,

I realize just how lucky I am to have spent the year here. I am struck by how

quickly this year has gone by and wish it would slow down just a little bit.

When I first started back in August, I thought that June seemed so far

away, but somehow I blinked and here we are.

Coming into this year I knew that Hope was a special place. I had

met not only Shawn at LCLC but also a lot of our youth, and knew that I

was in for an amazing year. An amazing year is exactly how I would explain

my year here, although it is hard to find the right words to fully explain

what this year has meant to me. As I sit here I have a montage of the year

playing through my head with amazing memories one after another. There

is not a day that I’ve spent at Hope that hasn’t left me without a smile on

my face, although some days it may have been harder to see than others,

and I realize just how lucky I am.

I’ve gained not only another support system, new friends, but more

importantly a new home with one of the best church families any one could

ask for. I don’t think I will ever be able to find the right words to express

how grateful I am for all that Hope has done for me. Each of you has

welcomed me so warmly into this community and has made this one of the

hardest goodbyes I’ve had to make. I am truly blessed.

So how do you prepare to say goodbye to a place that you now

consider another home, I’m honestly not sure but it’s not easy, that much I

know. I would give anything to stay another year, or even for forever, and

trust me I’ve tried to figure out how to make that happen, but I know that I

have to start this next chapter of my life. Just as God called me here to

Hope, he is calling me to Philadelphia to continue my discernment and the

process to become a pastor. I know that when I am home I will be back to

visit, and because of that I guess this is not a goodbye but rather a see you

soon. Thank you for giving me something that makes saying goodbye so hard

and see you soon. -Arin

Volume 44, Issue 3: May & June 2016

CONTACT

INFORMATION:

2 East Main Street

Arcade, NY 14009

www.HopeArcade.org

(585) 492-2530

HopeLutheran.Church

@gmail.com

STAFF:

Pastor: Rev. Shawn Hannon

Pastorshawnhannon

@gmail.com

(716) 969-5186

Care Pastor:

Rev. Robert

Zimmerman

Pastor Emeritus:

Rev. Neil Kattermann

Music Director:

Paul Blackwell

Parish Administrators:

Carol Boldt

Margie Rung

Youth Director:

Chris LiPuma

Giving Page 4

Education 7

Youth 8-9

Announcements 10

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We pray for all those who are struggling with drug and alcohol addictions and we

also pray for the victims of all forms of abuse. We continue to keep our Servicemen

and women who are serving at home and overseas in our prayers.

Summer Worship Schedule

8 & 9:30am (Sunday Mornings Starting June 12)

8am Traditional Music | 9:30am Contemporary Music

Worship Notes

We pray for:

Barbara Fehringer,

Matthew Nourse,

Carmon Becker,

Roger Day,

Mary Maines,

Sharlie Mullin,

Hyland Day,

Anita McCaffrey,

Irene Gick,

Irv Dell,

Abbie Aldrich,

Myrtle Rammacher,

Kate Weir,

Mary Angela,

Barb Macholz,

Eileen Deahn,

Betty Olin,

Chris Sanders,

Jessie, Pastor Bob Zimmerman,

Dave,

Trevor Bley,

Martha Lons,

Dan Laird,

Marilyn Bley,

Debbie Bartkowiak,

Shirley,

Bricen Thall,

& Irene Eichenger.

Sunday May 8th

Thanksgiving for All the Faithful Women

Worship at 8am & 10:30am

Sunday, May 15th

Pentecost Sunday

Confirmation of Helena Blackwell, Trevor

Bley, Cole Pleace (5/8), Damin

Rautenstrauch, & Anna Sonner

Reception following

Sunday, June 5

Youth Sunday

ONE Service at 9:30am

Sunday, June 12

Summer Worship Schedule Begins

(through Labor Day)

Worship at 8am (Traditional) & 9:30am

(Contemporary)

Sunday, June 19

Father’s Day

Worship at 8am & 9:30am

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Thanks Be To God for you!

March 2016

Kacie Shick, congratulations for recent delivery of a baby, and in gratitude for

assistance at the Preschool

Arin Liszka, for her all around support, involvement and participation in the life at

Hope through Bible study, youth leadership, ministry, and preaching.

April 2016

Work Day Crew, especially Paul Fehringer, the Blackwells, Carol Boldt, Sue Dressel,

Scott Bley, the Buchhardts, Kathy LaScala, Bob Vossler, & Margie Rung

Fish Fry Crews, for all they did at our three fish fries this winter/spring.

Andy Bartz, for baking bread with the communion instruction class, providing

communion bread weekly, and for his service on the Building and Grounds Committee

Paul and Bev Fehringer, for stepping up in too many ways to count in April in service

to God, our church, and others.

Financial Update—2016 1st Quarter

January 2016 Weekly Giving: $2,500 January 2015 Weekly Giving: $2,563

February 2016 Weekly Giving: $2,570 February 2015 Weekly Giving: $2,235

March 2016 Weekly Giving: $2,642 March 2015 Weekly Giving: $2,420

Operating expenses at Hope are based on $2,500/week in giving. Please remember Hope as we

start another summer here in WNY, and, as always, thank you for your contribution to God’s

work here at Hope and your expression of your own gratitude to God through your gift.

—Hope’s Finance and Stewardship Committees

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MAY & JUNE 2016

Opportunities to Give/Serve

Why? Because! A Social Gathering for a Worthy Cause Several WNY Pastors are taking over a local restaurant for an

afternoon for a great cause. On Sunday, May 1 from 11-3pm, 15% of

the bill and 100% of the tips generated at The Tavern at Windsor

Park (on Transit Road) will support Lutheran Charities of WNY

and the agencies they support. The best part: All of the servers will

be Lutheran Pastors, including Pastor Shawn. This will be a high

energy, wonderful event and you will not want to miss it.

Men’s Service Weekend at LCLC The Men of Hope, Brother’s Keeper, Inc., are headed to LCLC from May 20-22

for another round of roofing and ‘ground’ projects at the camp. Many of our

youth are growing to love LCLC and are experiencing the love of God there.

Help us make the camp the best place it can be for the hundreds of kids that

will encounter God’s grace there this summer. In an effort to make this

intergenerational, we hope some dads and grandpas will bring their sons and

grandsons as well. To discuss detailed plans and tools to bring, we will have a

meeting of the minds at 9:30am on Sunday, May 15 in Pastor Shawn’s office.

Camperships Last year the youth of Hope went to over $10,000 worth of

camp programming. For many families, especially those

with multiple children, camp simply isn’t an option at over

$400/week. For that reason, both Hope and LCLC are

committed to making sure every youth who wants to go to

camp is financially able. To help, please consider making a

contribution to our campership fund. Generally a

campership is around $120/child/week. Any donation is

gratefully appreciated and will make a tremendous impact

on a young person’s faith life.

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A Future With Hope At a meeting this April, Hope’s council and a newly formed steering committee laid the

ground work for some recent conversation regarding the future of Hope. Notes from that

meeting can be found elsewhere in this newsletter, but we wanted to make sure you knew

how we could help. This Summer Hope plans to raise the first $100,000 of our campaign “A

Future With Hope.” The specific focus of this portion of the campaign is to address our curb

appeal, parking lot, and serve as seed money for what the congregation will determine comes

next. To help support this bold endeavor please consider contributing some of the following

ways:

1. Donate. To make a gift to the campaign, simply write a check to “A Future With Hope”

and place it in the offering basket or drop it off in the main office of church. Contributions

will be recorded over the life of the campaign, and donors recognized appropriately as

God’s vision for Hope becomes a reality. 2. Adirondack Chairs. This Spring, Hope is building and selling sturdy and stylish

Adirondack chairs perfect for the lake, the campsite, the backyard or porch. The chairs,

which retail for $250, will be available for $150 a chair, $275 for 2 chairs, or $500 for 4

chairs. An order form will soon be available in your email or on the church facebook page

as well as in hard copy form at church. With enough help, we hope to have all the chairs

built by Memorial Day Weekend. 3. Golf Tournament. On Sunday, August 21 at 12pm foursomes from around the area

will tee off at Turkey Run for a nine hole scramble tournament & banquet. Details are

still being worked out, but mark your calendars today and if you are interested in helping

plan the event please contact Pastor Shawn. 4. Niagara Chocolates. Boxes of Niagara Chocolates are available to sell at your local

business, place of employment, or school. Please sign the boxes out of the main office at

church. Each box of 50 bars sold at $1 raises $25.

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A Future With Hope

On Sunday, April 17 members of Hope gathered for a listening post

around the future of Hope Lutheran Church. The reason for the meet-

ing started with a conversation Church Council began in January. Af-

ter seeing how richly God has been blessing Hope, we began to ask how

God might be calling us to respond in order to best live into the future

God has in store for us.

The listening post began with a conversation at tables around how we have seen God at work

among us. Highlights included our various outreach ministries from Brother’s Keeper to the

recent VA drive, the quality and diversity of our worship, and many answers relating to youth

and faith formation. Members who have been at Hope the longest as well as newer members

agreed that God is most certainly at work among us. From there, Pastor Shawn asked if our

ministries may have outgrown our current facility. While we are certainly making do, when

you reflect on the card table in the offices that serves as a Sunday School room, the quilters

who move their supplies from one end of church to the other every week because they no longer

fit in the Quilt Room, and the constant setting up and taking down of tables in our parish hall

because of the many ways we use the space, the answer is yes. But while this may come as

news to some, the founders of Hope saw this day coming. Pastor Shawn shared with those

gathered the original architectural drawing that included plans for the church to build on in

two phases: first for a Christian education wing, and again for a new sanctuary. Perhaps they

were thinking of us today. May we be so bold as to think about the church we’re building 55

years from now.

After the discussion Tim Sonner and Scott Bley addressed those gathered. First, Mr. Sonner

described what a multiuse building on the east lawn might look like. Items highlighted were

spaces for our groups to run and crowds to assemble as well as an outreach center for the

under privileged and small group space. Scott Bley then described the immediate next steps

and introduced the campaign: A Future With Hope. The Future with Hope committee has yet

to lay out the goals or path forward, but we do know that plans include raising $100,000 this

summer and an additional $250,000 starting in the fall.

Everyone is certainly aware of the gravity of this conversation, but as daunting as it may seem

we are still excited. We’re excited about what God is up to among us. We recognize that we

have been distinctly blessed with energy and passion and youthfulness and life. And we know

that God isn’t done with us yet. We only ask that God would strengthen our bodies and our

hearts that we may listen carefully for his will and boldly follow where God is calling us to go.

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MAY & JUNE 2016

First Sunday

Julie Tingue will be leading our First Sunday Class this May beginning at 9am on Sunday, May 1 for all

of our Sunday School age children (3 years old-12th grade).

Confirmation Class & Confirmation Date for 9th Graders

Our final Confirmation Class of 2015-2016 will take place on Wednesday, May 4th at 6:30pm. We will be

gathering 30 minutes earlier than normal as we will be having a picnic dinner prior to our New Testa-

ment Summary Course. Contact PS with questions. Confirmation for our ninth graders (Trevor, Helena,

Cole (5/8), Damin and Anna) will take place on Sunday, May 15 at the 10:30am service. Please join us

for a reception honoring the confirmands immediately after the worship service.

Confirmation Bibles

Each confirmation year Hope gives Lutheran Study Bibles to the confirmands. Prior to giving them,

each Bible will be available for you as a member of Hope to sign with your favorite Bible verse(s) high-

lighted. Past confirmands can tell you what a precious gift passing on the faith that’s meant so much to

us can be to them as they embark on the adult journey of their faith. The Bibles will be placed in Miss

Arin and Mr. Chris’ office adjacent to the main office.

Congregational Picnic

The annual congregational picnic & Sunday School year end celebration will take place immediately fol-

lowing the Youth Sunday worship service (9:30am worship) on Sunday, June 5th. We will be cooking our

famous Chicken BBQ, which will be available for $4.00/half. Please sign up in the weeks ahead for the

chicken servings so that we have an accurate count. Please bring a side to share for the picnic. This is

always a great way to end another Sunday School year together.

Sunday School Recess for the Summer

Our last Sunday School class of the 2015-2016 school year will take place on Sunday, May 22. We will

resume Sunday School following the summer holiday after Labor Day in September. As we wrap up an-

other year, please take a moment to say a prayer of thanksgiving for those who made our Sunday School

program happen this year, and pass a word of thanks on to them as well.

Emily Prior, Pre-K & Kindergarten

Sandi Bennett & Pauline Brown, 1-4th Grades

Mary & Jim Alpin, 5-6th Grades

Chris LiPuma, 7-12th Grades

Sharlene Vossler & Gary Rung, Adult Bible Study

Sue Dressel, Sunday School Superintendant

Tracey Wood, Julie Tingue, & Tiffany Lambert, 2016 Education Committee

Vacation Bible School: SAVE THE DATES

Mark your calendars now for this year’s VBS at Hope. The dates are Monday, August 8 through Thurs-

day, August 11. Participants for VBS are ages 3 through 6th grades. Older youth are encouraged to vol-

unteer. Volunteers are needed for crafts, snacks, games, station leaders, and more. Stay tuned for future

planning meetings and ways to help.

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Youth Group Youth Group continues to meet on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8:30pm. We will gather for an

evening of checking in, having fun, and digging into our faith. The dates for the next two

months are:

May 10, May 24, & June 14

Hope is headed to LCLC! This summer Hope is gearing up to send 20+ kids to camp throughout various weeks. In an ef-

fort to support each camper, individuals are encouraged to sign up for the weeks they are plan-

ning to attend on the bulletin board in the parish hall as well as with LCLC. Hope is commit-

ted to financially supporting every camper who attends.

Youth Sunday This year’s Youth Sunday celebration will take place on Sunday, June 5th at one service at

9:30am. Preparation for Youth Sunday will take place on the 3 Wednesday nights & 3 Sundays

prior. We will learn about worship, reflect on the theme, practice the sermon skit, and write

the worship liturgy. Talk to Chris or PS if you are interested in a Youth Sunday role. Following

Youth Sunday please stick around for a congregational picnic and chicken BBQ.

Dates:

Youth Sunday: Sunday, June 5, 9:30am

Youth Sunday Practices: Wednesdays, May

18, May 25, June 1: 5:30-7:30pm (pizza &

snack provided); & Sundays, May 22 & 29

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Breathe. From Chris LiPuma, Youth Director

Breathe. Take a moment to inhale, watch as your stomach expands and the air fills your lungs. Breathe.

Something as simple as breathing we take for granted every single day. When was the last time you even

thought about breathing? As a kid I loved to swim in Lake Ontario up near Fort Niagara. At a young age I

loved the water, and it didn't matter the temperature or how murky the water was. You could bet I would be

the first one in. I still remember this day so vividly even though it was when I was just a boy:

It was a typical summer evening and we were at the beach swimming. Being the dare devil kid I was I decided

to swim out a little further than I normally did on this night, past the buoys. I could hear my dad yelling to me

to stay in close but I just pretended I couldn't hear him and kept bobbing up and down and moving further out

into the lake. That’s when everything went wrong. As I continued to bob up and down I was unaware that I

swam into sea weed...probably why there were buoys in the first place. As I hit the bottom I realized I had

tangled myself in the sea weed and was beginning to run out of air. I started panicking, thrashing all about on

the lake bottom. I remember the sheer terror and panic taking over my body as I began to run out of

air. Being a kid when I found myself in trouble I would just scream for my Dad, but he was a ways away on

the beach and I was on the bottom of the lake. I remember my body, the way it felt as I struggled in the sea

weed, the feeling of having no air, no life in my lungs. Just about the time I had given up all hope I became

free. I was able to move my limbs again and without any hesitation I pushed as hard off the bottom floor as I

could and darted for the surface. When my head reached above the water I gasped for air. I still remember

that feeling of taking that breath, how amazing it was—No other feeling can compare. I sat there in the water

breathing slow and deep breaths. How good those felt! I truly appreciated each breath. In and out. In and out.

Maybe you've had a similar experience, seems everyone has a near drowning or near death experience (the

way my dad tells it I was only under the water for a few seconds, but for me it seemed like eternity...ok maybe

I was freaking out a bit and overplayed it in my head. But to me it was scary!) But as I reflect on that day I

still see that kid struggling in the seaweed on the lake floor. I look at my life and realize not much has

changed! Instead of sea weed, life, responsibilities, deadlines are grabbing at us. Maybe you have that feeling

too, you're stuck on the lake floor desperately hoping for that next breath of life. The harder we try and get out

it seems to only make things worse. But it was only until I stopped the thrashing, the panicking and became

still until I was able to free myself.

The human experience has changed over time. Today it seems we are blasted with all this information being

thrown at us and it is sometimes hard to decipher everything. We have so many responsibilities and it seems

that there is never enough time in the day. But picture Sunday morning for a moment, how still it is, you can

say maybe it’s the only time you are able to take that deep breath...unless your Pastor Shawn. But that gift of

slowing down and taking those deep breaths are available every single day. In your storms and in your chaos

take those deep breaths, find that inner peace, be the eye in that storm. We have a God who has breathed life

into you and who is making you new! Sometimes we just need to stop and just breathe. Taking a breath is a

miracle in itself, and I pray that you may see that. I pray that in our crazy and hectic lives we can just stop and

take that deep breath we all need.

Breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Life is good.

"The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the almighty gives me life" — Job 33:4

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MAY & JUNE 2016

Red Cross Blood Drive The next Blood Drive will be Tuesday, May 17 from 11:30-5:30pm. Please drop by to donate or

to volunteer!

Library Basket Raffle The annual Arcade Free Library Basket Raffle will take place at Hope on Saturday, May 7.

Please come and purchase tickets in support of the library… and hopefully you will even end

up with something to show for it!

Baccalaureate Our community will come together yet again this graduation season to surround those

graduating seniors with our thoughts and prayers as they celebrate this milestone and

embark on the next chapter of their lives. Baccalaureate will take place on Thursday, June 23

at 7pm at the High School.

Care Givers Support Group Care Givers Support Group will meet on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30pm. We gather

to care for those who care for others, to listen, and to share both our experience and our

support.

Committee Coffee House The next Committee Coffee House will take place on Wednesday, May 25 @ 6:30pm. We will

NOT meet as a group during the summer. Committees who need to meet are encouraged to do

so at a suitable time.

Archery The Archery Crew is back at it on Tuesday Nights here at Hope starting at 6:30pm (beginning

May 3). Bring your own equipment or borrow from our stash. No experience is necessary.

Church Council Church Council will meet on the Second Tuesday of May & June (5/10 & 6:14) at 6:30pm. If

you have anything you’d like Church Council to be aware of or discuss, please let PS or Bob

Vossler (716-496-8967) know.

Discover Hope Brunch On Sunday, May 1st at 9:15am we will gather in our fellowship hall for a Discover Hope

Brunch. We will take this time to celebrate what God is doing among us as well as better get

to know one another. We hope that everyone will attend, particularly those newest among us.

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Hope Camping Group Calling all campers! Hope is starting a camping group. Potentially in the works are a family

camping weekend at LCLC this fall and as well as another tent and trailer camping

weekend sometime this summer. If interested please contact Chuck Bradford at 716-353-

5909 or [email protected]

National Day of Prayer Pastor Shawn will be joining several local pastors as our churches get together for a prayer

service on Thursday, May 5 at 7pm at Pioneer Christian Fellowship on Rt. 39 in Arcade.

Please join us as we lift our voices in unison to God our maker and redeemer.

THANK YOU to everyone who supported our recent chicken barbecue. We sold 383 dinners,

more than ever before! It helped us to raise about $1300 for preschool programming.

The end to another preschool year is quickly approaching! We will end our year with our grad-

uation program & ice cream social on Wed. May 25th. It has been a very busy year (and we

still have a lot to do)!

We would like to thank all of our parents, first, for choosing Hope Preschool for your child this

year. Second, for all your help & support throughout the year. We wouldn’t have a successful

school year without your support!

While its sad to say goodbye to these children whom we’ve been getting to know, we’re also ex-

cited to start with a new group in September. We have a few students registered so far, so its

not too early! Grab your application from the church office & reserve your child’s spot for Sep-

tember.

As always, please consider making a donation to our financial assistance program. Your dona-

tions truly make a difference in assisting children come to Hope at a discount, while not bur-

dening the preschool financially. Donations can be placed in the offering plate clearly marked

for the preschool financial program.

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Pastor Shawn delivers a children’s message during

10:30am worship this Easter season.

Margie Webster let people know in a pretty unique

way about the last Fish Fry at Hope for the year,

and we sold out in record timing. Coincidence? We

think not.

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Our youth take a break from the fun and games for a quick picture during the

April 6th-12th Grades lock-in

The outreach committee is at it

again delivering even more care

packages to the VA hospital for

women veterans.

Some confirmation students spend

a little time in Small Groups on a

Wednesday Night this Spring

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Birthdays

May May cont’d June Cont’d

1—Renee Adsitt 26—Amanda Prior 27—Joe Cicero

3—Scott Sonner 29—Nathan Osborn 27—Nicole Hager

4—Diane Gibbs 30—Carol Schasel 28—Marcy Sonner

4—David Holmes 30—Robert Webster 28—Raymond Wienk

4—Gayla Kossow June Anniversaries

6—Ashley Bartz 1—Mason Miller May

6—Monica Redding 4—Dylan Smoot 1—Bob & Ruth Zimmerman

7—James Landahl 6—Kacie Woodruff 7—Dave & Marsha North

7—Paul Rigerman 7—Kimberly Boldt 20—Paul & Emilie Rigerman

7—Bradley Schrock 8—Cora Blackwell 21—Karen & Mike Prior

10—Emilie Rigerman 8—Lauren Osborn 24—Mike & Barb Sonner

11—Heather Petri 9—Alyssa Boldt 24—Shawn & Carol Hannon

12—Noah Brown Payeton Burfield 31—Isabel & James Vitale

12—Evan Frazier 13—Shawn Hannon June

13—Jodie Buchhardt 15—Nicole Fehringer 9—Dana & William Gates

14—Kevin Deahn 17—John Kossow 14—Paul & Beverly Fehringer

15—Susan Metzger 17—Betty Nichols 24—George & Eleanora Winfield

15—Matt Miller 17—Margie Rung 24—Cliff & Marcia Davies

15—Mallory Petri 22—Garrett Milks 24—Kim & Joanne Offers

22—Thomas Rautenstrauch 23—William Landahl 30—Nicole & Ted Maul

26—Josiah Armstrong 25—Ellen McCarthy 30—Julie & Eric Tingue

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Date May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29

Acolyte 8am James and Eric

Rautenstrauch

Catherine Brown

Evelyn Schrock

Haley Celotto

Sydney Schrock

Madisen Sonner

Timmy Sonner

Ashely and Riley

Bliss

10:30am Alyssa Boldt

Payeton Burfield

Brianna Cordz

Cole Rhodus

Nick Rimbey

Zach Rimbey

Anna Tavernier

Ethan Hoffman

Alyssa Boldt

Payeton Burfield

Altar Guild Sue Dressel

Judy Strobele

Carol Staffehl

Margie Rung Carol Boldt

Sue Dressel

Judy Strobele

Carol Staffehl

Margie Rung

HC Assistant

8am Chris LiPuma Scott Bley Kristin Bley Margie Webster

10:30am Lisa Deahn Marcia Davies Bob Vossler Arin Liszka Sue Dressel

Cong. Deacon

8am Gary Rung Margie Webster Chris LiPuma Margie Webster Joanne Offers

10:30am Joanne Offers Bob Vossler Joanne Offers Bob Vossler Arin Liszka

Greeters (10:30) Cliff and Marcia

Davies

Bob and Jodie

Buchhardt

Bob and Sharlene

Vossler

Chuck and Pam

Bradford

Gary and Margie

Rung

Lector 8am Kathryn Landahl Tim Sonner Mary Alpin Monica Reding Kim Offers

10:30am Al Boldt Carol Staffehl Dale Deahn Sue Dressel Sharlene Vossler

Prayers 10:30 am Sue Dressel Al Boldt Paul Rigerman Sandi Bennett Bob Vossler

Ushers (10:30) Melissa Pleace

Lauren Pleace

Len Dressel

Sue Dressel

Carol Staffehl

Kathy LaScala

Al Boldt

Dale Deahn

Chuck Bradford

Scott Rimbey

Coffee Hour Discover Hope Jen Blackwell Gayla Kossow Jodie Buchhardt

June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26

Acolyte 8 am

Youth Sunday

Evan Frazier

Garrett Milks

James and Eric

Rautenstrauch

Evelyn Schrock

Cora Fleischman

9:30am Brianna Cordz

Payeton Burfield

Zach Rimbey

Anna Tavernier

Nick Rimbey

Altar Guild Jim and Mary

Alpin

Carol Boldt

Sue Dressel

Judy Strobele

Carol Staffehl

Margie Rung

HC Assistant

8am Joanne Offers Kristin Bley Scott Bley

One Service at

9:30am

9:30am Sue Dressel Bob Vossler Lisa Deahn

Cong. Deacon

8am Chris LiPuma Margie Webster Joanne Offers

9:30am Bob Vossler Joanne Offers Bob Vossler

Greeters (9:30) Melissa Pleace Judy Feine Julie Tingue

Lector 8am Helena Blackwell Tim Sonner Kim Offers

9:30am Carol Staffehl Sharlene Vossler Sue Dressel

Prayers 9:30 Sharlene Vossler Sue Dressel Paul Rigerman

Ushers (9:30)

Melissa Pleace

Lauren Pleace

Len and Sue

Dressel

Carol Staffehl

Kathy LaScala

Coffee Hour Tracey Wood Julie Tingue Missy Pleace

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