Atonement Tidings October 2018

PRESENTING THE ATONEMENT GARDEN PUMPKINS!

WORSHIP IN THE PARK AUGUST 26

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GOD’S WORK OUR HANDS

God’s Work/Our Hands: Thank you for participating!

We raised over $1000 for the

Brighton Food Depot.

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CHURCH NEWS

GENESEE FINGER LAKES CONFERENCE FALL ASSEMBLY

Sunday, Oct. 21 3:00pm

At the South Wedge Mission 125 Caroline St. Rochester

This year’s Conference Assembly will feature Pastor Norma Malfatti as the keynote speaker who will share upcoming synod plans.

ADULT FORUM Sundays at 10:45 AM

Oct. 7 Reflections on Organ Building & Maintenance 101 Joshua Brown

Oct. 14 Refugee Fellowship Dinner Ministry Avis Hooper

Oct. 21 Lutheran Partners: Grace Community Services Michele Crisafulli

Oct. 28 Katie Luther: A Reformation Woman Pastor Gail Swanson

BORROWING SOMETHING? SIGN IT OUT/SIGN IT IN

Help us keep track of our church items! Each time a church member

makes a request to borrow something from the church building, we ask that they stop at the church office and fill out a “Sign in/Sign out” information form which lists the item(s) borrowed/date borrowed/date

returned. Thank you for your cooperation with this.

DONATE A BELL…FOR OUR BELL BANNER

All Saints’ Sunday November 4

Our Bell Banner will be carried into worship All Saint’s Sunday in remembrance of the life and witness of the saints who now live in everlasting glory. If you would like to donate a glass, ceramic, or metal bell (1 – 4

inches in size) in memory of a loved one, please bring it to the church office by Oct. 21 and fill out a Memorial Bell form.

A BACKPACK THANK YOU

THANK YOU for supporting our Backpack Sunday on September 2.

Many backpacks were blessed that morning…and 22 backpacks were delivered to Asbury Dining Ministry for distribution to Rochester resi-dents in need.

EVENT POSTPONED

The Heritage Potluck Dinner scheduled for Oct. 13 has been

postponed due to low participation. We will keep you posted about a future date!

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SOCK-TOBER COLLECTION

Our Sunday School students and families are taking an active commu-nity based approach with offerings this year. In place of a monetary offering we will be collecting goods to donate to various organizations in our community. Our Sunday School students will be able to experi-ence the impact their generosity can have on our neighbors. During the month of October, students will be collecting socks to be donated to The Center for Youth. There is a strong need for socks in larger teen sizes, but all sizes are welcome. We invite the entire con-gregation to join us in our efforts. Should you wish to contribute, please add your socks to the "Donation Station" in the Sunday School area in Founder's Hall. Be sure to say hello to our students and let them know that you are supporting their collection efforts.

SOMETHING NEW ON SUNDAY MORNINGS!

Atonement Lutheran Youth Forum

Attention all 7th - 12th graders!! Please join Michael Schrlau in the Library for the first Atonement Lutheran Youth (ALY) Forum on Sunday, October 14, 2018 right after the church service. In this weekly forum, we will talk about how God is involved in our everyday lives and share together our own diverse experiences with God. The ALY Forum is an inclusive and safe environment filled with thoughtful discussion and acceptance for differing viewpoints - we’ll also sneak some physical activities and laughter in there, too! The first ALY Forum will focus on us getting to know one another and setting respectful ground rules for our future discussions. In the forums to follow, we will discuss a variety of religious topics, including those that you suggest! We will also use the forum time to think of outside activities that we want to do together. The activities will represent the foundation of the ALY group and include fellowship (having fun together), service (helping others together), and ministry (learning about God together). Hope to see you there!

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY

ACOLYTE TRAINING/REFORMATION ACTIVITY EVENT

For our 4th & 5th Graders Sunday, Oct. 28 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Come and learn how to be an acolyte…enjoy a Reformation craft and activity…..and have some fun & fellowship! All 4th & 5th graders are invited.

Moonlight Maze at Longacre Farm Saturday, Oct. 20 6:00 pm

Atonement families… and youth in grades 6 -12… are invited to join other Lutheran youth and adults for an evening at the Corn Maze! *Meet at 6:00pm at: Bethlehem Lutheran Church 1767 Plank Road, Webster 14580 for cider & donuts *Head to the Corn Maze at Longacres Farm. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. *Cost: $12 per person * Remember to bring a flashlight! Please sign up on the narthex bulletin board.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

FAMILY & YOUTH EVENT

SUNDAY MORNING YOUTH FORUM

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MUSIC NOTES

SAVE THE DATES

Mark these upcoming dates on your calendar to make sure you can attend these special events made possible through the generosity of the Carol and John Condemi Gift of Music Fund.

Sunday, October 7 Austin Wahl, classical guitar at the 9:30 am service

of worship.

Sunday, October 28 Shoghi Hayes, Trumpet at the 9:30 am Reformation

Day service of worship.

Sunday, December 9 Advent Lessons and Carols at the 9:30 am service of

worship. The Worship Planning Team continues to welcome the submission of proposals for funding of future projects through the Condemi Fund. Please contact Joshua Brown, Director of Music Ministries (jhbrown@atonementrochester.org) for further information.

JOIN THE CHOIR!

In October the choir begins rehearsals for the upcoming special festival service celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Join us for a surely inspiring morning of music.

Wednesday, October 24 Rehearsal 7:00 – 8:00 pm Choir for Reformation Day Sunday, October 28 Sunday Worship 9:30 am

Reformation Sunday Rehearsal at 8:45 am If you would like to participate in any of these opportunities to make a joyful noise please contact Judy Karsten (233-1431) or Director of Music Ministries, Joshua Brown (jhbrown@atonementrochester.org).

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES SING IN WORSHIP

The elementary school aged Sunday School classes (Grades 1-5) will sing in worship on Sunday, October 21 at the 9:30 am. service of wor-ship. Please plan to have Sunday School students at church by 9:00 a.m. for warmups and rehearsal. The Sunday School will present their annual Christmas program on Sunday, December 16 following the 9:30 am service of worship at that morning. Sunday School student should plan on attending Sunday School on December 2 and 9 for rehearsals.

GUEST MUSICIAN

Sunday, October 7th 9:30 am Worship Service

Atonement welcomes award winning guitarist Austin Wahl as the guest artist during the 9:30 a.m. service of worship. The Carol and John Condemi Gift of Music Fund generously provided for Mr. Wahl's appearance.

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INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP POTLUCK DINNER

Sunday, November 4, 4:00 to 6:30 pm

12 Corners Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall Welcome our new neighbors from faraway lands such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Burma/Myanmar and Nepal. We will all share food and fellowship at this abundant potluck dinner. Our friends from Catholic Family Center, the local agency that sponsors refugees moving to the Rochester area, and members of 12 Corners and South Presbyterian churches join us in this outreach ministry. Space is limited for each congregation (20 adults PLUS their young children….small children are not included in the count) and reservations are required. Please bring a dish to pass that will serve at least 8 to 10 people. Because many of our guests are Muslim, dishes with any kind of pork should be avoided. Electric outlets for crockpots are limited, so try to bring your dish as warm as possible, or able to wait in one of the warming ovens. Additional spaces are available for volunteers. Volunteers are needed for setup, cleanup, hospitality and greeting, parking lot, kitchen and buffet table management. Watch for details and signup sheets on the bulletin boards in the Narthex and by the of-fice entrance, as well as in the Sunday bulletin. Come and join us at the table, share a meal, be a welcoming and healing presence for people who have made a long and ardu-ous journey to their new home….come and love our new neighbors. For more information, contact Avis Hooper, Pastor Gail, or Margy Peet.

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MORNING PRAYER

Wednesday, October 3rd 9:00 AM in the Prayer Room

As always, our half hour or so together will include readings, prayer, and quiet reflection. Join us to welcome autumn, give thanks for our many blessings, and lift up prayers for our community and our world. A gentle and centering way to begin your day.

LUNCH & LAUGHTER

Wednesday, October 10 at Noon in Founders Hall

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird

I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns…….George Elliott

Come to our delicious potluck lunch and welcome autumn! Bring a seasonal dish to pass (is it soup or casserole season yet?) and join in on the friendly conversation. We’ll provide beverages, hot and cold. There will be a signup sheet on the narthex bulletin board, but if you forget to sign up, come anyway. There is always room for YOU at our table. Set-up or clean-up help is always appreciated. If you need transportation, call the office at 442-1018 and we will help secure you a ride.

PRAYER MINISTRY

FELLOWSHIP

BRIGHTON FOOD DEPOT

For the month of October, we will be collecting Mac ‘n Cheese (not the individual microwaveable bowls, please) and peanut butter. Your continued, exceptional donations to this ministry are appreciated. If you would like additional information on Brighton Food Depot, please see Barb Sanko or Bob Touhsaent. There are opportunities for you to volunteer there, or you might consider hosting a food collection at your school or workplace to benefit BFD.

DISCIPLESHIP

HABITAT PIE SALE

You may place your orders for Thanksgiving pies beginning Oct. 28. As before, pies are freshly baked by Kelly’s Farm Market in Hil-ton and come in 3 varieties for $17 each: Apple Crumb, Apple Rasp-berry, Pumpkin. A smaller Apple Crisp is also available for $13. De-livery will be on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The Pie Sale pro-ceeds help to build houses for Flower City Habitat for Humanity; last year over $10,000 was raised for FCHH. See Barb Sanko if you have questions.

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PASTORS PAGE

Six Worries a Day

She wakes up with a start and looks at the clock next to her bed. It’s 3:15am and she is wide awake. Her mind begins to fill with thoughts of work and family, things to get done, deadlines to meet, problems unresolved. Worry and anxiety begin to settle in. If this has ever been your experience, welcome to the club. Some of us are chronic worriers, some are non-worriers, and the rest of us fall somewhere in between. The question is not if we worry, but how we handle our anxious thoughts and feelings. I’ve read that the people of Guatemala have a custom of dealing with anxiety in a unique way - using wooden boxes in which six tiny dolls are wrapped in brightly colored thread. According to tradition, if you tell each doll one your worries before going to sleep, the dolls will work on relieving the worry during the night. Since there are only six dolls in a box, a person is allowed only six worries a day! Personally speaking, I’ve never tried the doll method. But if we are worried about worrying - if worry interrupts our sleep, distracts us at work, or keeps us from the peace and wholeness God intends for us – the following five-step plan may be helpful:

Recognize when the worry begins. Interrupt it before it consumes your thoughts.

Write down the worry. This action may lessen the need to carry the

thought in your mind. Have a worry session. Set aside a period of time to go over your

worries one by one, to see how they might be resolved. Discard some worries. Some things are worth worrying about, oth-

ers are not. Release it to God. Placing our anxious thoughts in God’s hands can

be the first step in knowing the peace that God promises and offers us in facing our days with confidence.

We also might consider this advice from Martin Luther:

When I am weary with problems

I go tend my pigs; I do not let myself go round and round,

pondering my troubles. For the human heart is much

like a millstone in a flour mill; when it grinds wheat,

it produces flour; when it grinds without wheat,

it only wears itself down! The human hearts is like that;

unless it is occupied with something good, the devil works into the empty space

with bad thoughts, temptation and worries which wear us down.

Whether we have six - or sixty worries – may the God of peace

put our hearts and minds at rest. Peace in all things, Pastor Gail

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LAKE CHAUTAQUA LUTHERAN CENTER

PIES NEEDED FOR THE LCLC AUCTION

Donations of freshly baked homemade pies would be greatly appreciated for the LCLC Auction. All pies should be brought to the church kitchen (in a disposable container) anytime on Friday, October 19, and will be delivered to the auction the next day. Please sign up on the narthex bulletin board if you can help!

“We had a wonderful evening working with the Young Families of Atonement Lutheran Church in Rochester, Thank You for having us!” -LCLC (Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center)

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The Atonement Lutheran vegetable garden is producing a

bonanza of tomatoes! We picked 7 dozen tomatoes today and delivered 14 dozen to the food cupboard last week. Mangia!

THE CHURCH GARDEN ANNIVERSARY INVITATION

30 Year Anniversary

Please join us to celebrate 30 years of

providing supports to people with disabilities. Grace Community Services

opened their first home on Westfall Road in 1988.

10/10/18 3PM-6PM

1930 Westfall Rd Rochester NY

Light refreshments will be served RSVP by 10/05/18 to Darcy Sivley

(585)672-2749 X 200

THRIVENT NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Sunday, October 7, 2018

You are invited to an evening of fun at the Strong Museum of Play Rochester, N.Y. hosted by Thrivent Member Network– Northeast Re-gion. 5:30-6:30 PM: Thrivent Members are invited for a special pre-event gathering, including a dinner and an update on the Thrivent Network. Each Thrivent Member can bring up to 3 guest. 6:30-9:00 PM: Thrivent Members and other like-hearted Christians are invited to enjoy the museum for free. Light refreshments will be offered. Food Collection Effort-This event is free. However, they are request-ing donations of non-perishable food items for the food pantry at Loop Ministries.

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CALENDAR October 3 Morning Prayer 9:00 AM

October 7 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM

October 10 Lunch and Laughter 12:00 PM

October 14 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Forum/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM October 16 Board of Ministries Meeting 6:00 PM

October 21 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School / Youth Forum/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM

October 24 Worship Planning Meeting

October 28 Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School/ Youth Forum/ Adult Forum 10:45 AM Acolyte Training & Reformation Activity 4:00 PM November 4 International Fellowship 4:00– 6:00 PM Potluck Dinner 12 Corners Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

October Birthdays 3 Livia Betti, Steve Oller 6 Ed Heise, Eric Domroes 7 Katie Pearson 8 Douglas Pearson 9 Dick Browne 11 Alyssa Sanko Jones 14 Eva Condemi 19 David Wilkinson 21 Jack Teter, Sarah Bogumil 23 Linda Krapf 25 Olivia Carpenter 29 Diane Christianson 30 Vanessa Tassone 31 Margaret Kaminsky October Anniversaries 8 Dick & Betty Browne 10 Robert & Karen Potter 13 Thomas & Carol Schmitt 26 Regina and Wally Short 29 Amy and David Irish

PRAYER CONCERNS AND JOYS

Members: Barbara Goodrich, Vi Price, Susan Touhsaent, Betty Browne., Nancy Templeman. Friends and Family: Judy and David Ballerstein, Kathy Doherty, Jon and Marilyn Fair (Brother of Nancy Heise), Barb Macholz Grimaldi, Jeff, Richard Kress, Judy Price, Mark, Erika, Steve Kistner (Friend of Karsten’s)

BREAD FOR THE WORLD SUNDAY October 21

Join us this day in worship as we join a collective Christian voice with thousands of churches across the country in praying for those who struggle with hunger - and to rededicate ourselves to actions to end hunger here and abroad. During worship, we invite you to take part in an Offering of Letters - urging our nation's decision makers to continue programs that provide hope and opportunity for people liv-ing with hunger. And so we pray: Holy Spirit guide us, that those who suffer from the deep wounds of poverty may be helped...and healed. Amen.

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October 2018

October 7 9:30 AM

October 14 9:30 AM

October 21 9:30 AM

October 28 9:30 AM

Assistant Minister

Joanne Scanlon David T Wilkinson Matt McGill David T Wilkinson

Communion Assistant

Wally Short Sue Hauck Betty Middlebrook Jim Krapf

Reader Kathy Heinig Madison Hauck David T Wilkinson Connor Krapf

Children’s Moment

Elizabeth Dollhopf - Brown

David T Wilkinson Karan Thompson David T Wilkinson

Acolyte Alexa Howe Samantha Hauck Faye Domroes Eva Condemi

Greeter Barb Sanko Diane Christianson Jess McGill Regina Short

Usher Jack Teter Michael Hauck Tom Thompson Wally Short

Coffee Host Judy Lazenby Barb Sanko Jan Hunt Bob Heinig

Assistant Financial Sec.

Norm Karsten Bryan Howe Richard Phelps Bob Touhsaent

Counter Amy Irish Nancy Heise Diane Christianson Jack Teter

Altar Care Jean Seager

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