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Fans know "This Little Light of Mine" as a beloved children's tune, recognized around the world. But it's also a spiritual, which was transformed by the nation's civil rights movement into an anthem of singular power. And the song has the same impact in today's times, where demonstrators still leverage its message to push back against injustice.Last year, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou used "This Little Light of Mine" to curb passions during a counter-protest, before a crowd of white supremacists and alt-right supporters gathered for the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= HsK7gC4noJU"We had originally said we were going to stand silently," says Rev. Sekou, a recording artist, author, theologian and activist who helped train volunteers at the counter-protest. "But the Nazis were marching past us in these various battalions, cursing and yelling — mostly homophobic slurs — at us. And you could feel the energy of the people who weren't with us, who we had not trained. [They] were getting amped up."Sekou says he knew, in that moment, he had to change the atmosphere. "I know song can do that. So I just broke into 'This Little Light of Mine.' "In a moment captured on video, the clergy and volunteers who sang — a group that included famed academic and activist Cornel West — are shown standing in a line, their voices rising

over the chants of "You will not replace us" from the rally crowd. "The tensions went down ... and it shook the Nazis," Sekou says. "They didn't know what to do with all that joy. We weren't going to let the darkness have the last word."It makes sense that a song with this much power would also be one of the most versatile anthems around, inspiring all kinds of musical artists. Rev. Sekou brought a different version of the song to NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series in July. Before that, Bruce Springsteen used it to take his audiences to church, playing a gospelized version during his tour with The Seeger Sessions Band. The Disney Channel built a 2012 movie around the song, called Let It Shine, that added rap. The tune even brought a little soul music to the last royal wedding, courtesy of British gospel artists Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Choir.Sometimes, experts say, such folk songs become spirituals over the years, sung everywhere from churches to prison work camps. That might explain a version of the song sung by Doris McMurray, an inmate at a Texas prison, recorded by folklorists John and Ruby Lomax in 1939. McMurray's tone is both plaintive and mournful as she sings without accompaniment, insisting that "In my neighbor's home, I'm gonna let it shine / Let it shine let it shine, let it shine."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Kmg34_dv9sw

So who created "This Little Light of Mine"? Some books credit Harry Dixon Loes, a teacher and composer born in 1892 who edited at least a dozen hymnals and songbooks and wrote more than 3,000 songs, according to his 1965 obituary.That would be an interesting cross-pollination: a white composer creating a song popular in black churches. But researchers at Moody Bible Institute, where Loes taught for 21 years, say they found no evidence he wrote the song or claimed to write it. They note that he did create a popular arrangement of it in the 1940s: Singers like George Beverly Shea and Helen McAlerney Barth recorded versions of it.But once the song was popular, it belonged to everyone. As the civil rights movement grew in the 1950s and '60s, singers changed the lyrics to reference their struggles. These new versions were known as "freedom songs.""They are simple melodies that can be sung by a small group or a large group," says Robert Darden, a gospel music historian and professor at Baylor University in Texas. "And the lyrics are composed in a way that the names of who they are protesting against can easily be inserted. They can be personalized and set to a place."

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Volume 35 Issue 9

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Lake Edge Lutheran ChurchELCA

An Excerpt from:"'This Little Light of Mine' Shines On, A Timeless Tool of Resistance"by Eric Deggans, NPR

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2 » The Dialogue Lake Edge Lutheran Church September, 2018

Fall Sunday Schedule Begins September 9Beginning Sunday, September 9, join us for worship at 8:00 and 10:30 am. Sunday School and Confirmation will be at 9:15 am. Centering Prayer and Adult Educa-tion will be at 9:30 am.

Pastors' Emergency FundThe Worship Mission has designated the first Sunday of each month for donations to the Pastors' Emergency Fund. Dona-tions are used to assist with security de-

posits, rent, or other bills. Most recipients simply need a $25 gift card to Woodman's for gas or groceries.Pastors' Emergency Fund envelopes are included in the offering envelope packets for those who have them. There are also designated "Pastoral Emergency Fund" of-fering envelopes in the pews in the sanctuary. Simply put your name on the envelope and place it in the offering basket. Loose cash from the offering on the first Sunday of the month will go to the Pastors' Emergency Fund. You are encouraged to make donations to the Pastors' Emer-gency Fund at any time.

The People of Lake Edge

Stephen Marsh [email protected] cell: 608-443-8786 Katya Ouchakof [email protected] cell: 608-616-5075

Linda Brown [email protected]

Christine Anderson [email protected]

Samantha Lee [email protected]

Patrick Christians

Jay Wolf

Jesus E. Siles Brondo & Elvira Alvarez Munguia

Mon. - Thurs. 8:30 am-4:00 pm Fri. 8:30 am-12:00 pm

Office Hours

Lake Edge Lutheran Church4032 Monona Dr. Madison, WI 53716

(608) 222-7339 • lelc.org

Ministers

Co-Pastors

Finance Manager

Communications & Office Manager

Interim Youth Ministry

Coordinator

Music Director

Organist

Custodians

In Our PrayersOur prayers for comfort and healing are with:

• those who grieve including the family of Bruce "Terry" Hanson, Joy Scheel, Joyce Bruns, Bill Bruns and Raymond Parent;

• those who are ill, hospitalized, recovering, or who are in special need of a healing touch from God, including: Lisa Pietrowiak Mark Erickson, Bob Swan, Michelle Felber Family, Frank Brown, Lisa Meyer , Diana Roehr, John Curtis, Jason Xiong, Gwen Ebert, Trevor, Susan Marsh, Dick Sonn, Caliph Muab-El, Elaine Lively, Jim Jerney, Dora Gugger, Ken Jackson, Gregg Johnson, Del Jasper, Terry & Rose Mary Jackson, Maria Lobato-Martinez, Mariellen Kuehn, Penny Allen, Scot Severson, Carrie Ketcham, Tessa Myers, Lorraine Hansen, Dekker Meyer, Casimir Brandon, Debra Smith, Sybil Gilbert, Judy Marsh, Bill Jones, Jeremiah Wright, Nancy McFadden, Tony Paulson, Judy Fritz, Bette Paulson, Luke Latham, Doris Norgord, Jill Holland-Nash, Audrey Simonson, Wes Stiemke, Judy Kollath, Christine Thompson, Joyce Narveson, Albert Singer, Virgil Mellum, Bruce Burnside, and the family of Maureen Mengelt;

• our neighborhood church partners: Lake Edge United Church of Christ, St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church, Monona United Methodist Church, Lakeview Moravian Church, Zion Lutheran Church, and Plymouth UCC;

• our synod and national church staff; our sister congregation, Cristo Rey, El Salvador; our companion church, The Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church in India; and our ELCA partners in the Caribbean Synod and the Slovak-Zion Synod.

Young Adult Gathering: Wednesday, September 5; 7:00 pmGlass Nickel PizzaGet to know other young adults in their 20s and 30s. We meet the first Wednesday of each month, in the basement

room at Glass Nickel. Food or drinks are on your own. See Facebook Event for More Details

Photo Directories Available Now! Our new photo directories are available following worship. A suggestion of $5.00 per book to help defray the cost of print-ing is appreciated.

Winsome Widows' LuncheonThe Winsome Widows’ Lun-cheon will be Wednesday,Sep-

tember 19, at the Black Bear Inn, 320 W. Cottage Grove Rd, Cottage Grove, WI. All widows are invited to attend. Please sign up on the bulletin board. The Winsome Wid-ows meet monthly on the third Wednesday at 11:45am at a variety of locations.

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Did You Know . . . That September is Hunger Awareness Month? Over 247,000 households in Wisconsin experience hunger or are at risk of hunger. Our nation's most powerful tool for fighting hunger is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a program that in Wisconsin is called FoodShare. This program helps 700,000 Wisconsinites meet their nutritional needs. Congress is now debating changes to the Farm Bill, which provides funding and sets the rules for SNAP. Many of these changes would hurt children, seniors, veterans, working families, and others who struggle to get enough to eat.

John Mix: September Artist of the Month Stop in the Church Library to View this Display!"Faces of Incarceration"These portraits honor and hu-manize the people impacted by Wisconsin’s flawed criminal jus-tice system. Artists of the Atwood Atelier and project creator Pat Dillon collaborate in these sto-ries and portraits painted from life. Faces of Incarceration aims to contribute to current conver-sations about race, justice, and inequity.Forum Sunday, September 23 at 9:30 amJohn Mix will lead a forum about the art display, "Faces of Incarceration." Please join us in the Adult Ed. Room.

Tailgate SundaySeptember 9, 2018Church and Family Fellowship is sponsoring “Tailgate Sun-day!” Wear your favorite sports team colors to church. There

will be snacks starting at 9:00 am. Questions or if you would like to help on that day, call Nancy Pike 608-332-4370 or [email protected]

Pastor Appreciation SundayOctober 21, 2018Join us in celebrating “Pastor Appreciation Sunday”. If you are interested in helping plan this event contact Nancy Pike @ 608-332-4370 or [email protected]

Walking the Bible: Book of FaithThursdays, September 20 & 27; October 4, 11,18 & 251:00 pm and 7:00 pm Each DayThe next Book of Faith Bible study will take us on a jour-ney by land through the five books of Moses with a video that takes us from the birthplace of civilation (Mesopo-tamia) to Mt. Ararat to Harran to Egypt and then back to the Promised Land. It took the Israelites 40 years but we will do it in four sessions, led by Pastor Stephen.When you read the Bible, have you ever wondered what the landscape looked like? How high are the mountains? What was the Dead Sea like when Lot's wife looked back? Where is the Reed Sea that Moses crossed? Here is your opportunity to see what the land looks like from the comfort of our own adult learning room.

LELC’s Racism History Film SeriesSeptember 29; 1:00 pm - First FilmLake Edge Lutheran Church is beginning a film series on the history of civil rights efforts and white supremacy in the US and the world.The showings are free, and childcare will be provided upon request. Please call the church, 222-7339, if you want to bring children, so we can arrange for child care. If no one answers, leave a message. We will call you back. If no one asks for child care, it will not be provided.

Our first film will be “A Son of Africa: the Slave Narrative of Olaudah Equiano.” This powerful BBC documentary recon-structs the first influential slave narrative, the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, which helped rouse the conscience of Europe and America against the shame of slavery.Equiano’s story begins with his capture in West Africa in 1756 and recounts the horrors of the Middle Passage and everyday slave life on a Virginia plantation. Slavery, he would observe, brutalizes not just the slaves but the masters and all of society. Resold to a British naval officer, Equiano learned to read and write, bought his freedom, married into English society and became a leading ab-olitionist. But it was his book, The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the Af-rican, which vividly demonstrated the humanity of Afri-cans as much as the inhumanity of slavery.

2018 Walk 4 Water: Nobody Deserves to Drink Dirty Water Saturday, September 22; 10:00am – 2:00pm at Mc-Daniel Park McFarland, WIPresented by McFarland Lutheran ChurchJoin the McFarland/Madison community as we walk 3 miles along the Lower Yahara River Trail. This event is a fundraiser for a deep water well in the remote village of Nayakesi, Uganda. Adults: $30 ~ 18 and under: $15. Registration includes an official W4W t-shirt! Register here: w4ki.org/walk4water/mcfarland-wi


News from the Women of Lake Edge Lutheran (WELCA)Upcoming Events:Bake Sale Saturday, November 10Keep these dates on your calendars! We look forward to your help! Thanks

Our Lefse Baking Days are Coming Up:Lefse Bakes (we peel potatoes on Fridays and make Lefse on Saturdays) September 14 & 15; September 28 & 29; October 12 & 13; October 26 & October 27. Delicacy Baking Day is Wednesday, November 7. Keep these dates on your calendars! We look Forward to your help! Thanks

Circles:New Bible Study for Circles begin in September. Deborah Circle meets on Tuesday, September 11 th at 1:00 pm contact Doreen Davidson 770-5194.Salome Circle meets on Tuesday, September 11 th at church at 7 pm, contact Terry Anne Taylor 223-9807.Rhoda Circle meets on the third Tuesday, September 18 at 1:00 pm in the church library, contact Sharon Kreul 279-2814.

Adult Education for September, 2018Join Us in the Adult Ed Room Sundays at 9:30 amSeptember 16: How to be a good citizen of Lake Edge Lu-theran. This session will cover information that all LELC members need to know, or to know better: our Consti-tution and Bylaws; “The Wheel,” our obligations as mem-bers; and good meeting protocols. As an LELC member, you not only have a right to, but should, participate and speak up at meetings. This session is meant to give all of us more knowledge and more confidence to participate in the governance of our church. Some old hands with experience and knowledge will explicate our documents and lead discussion. We’ll have one more such session in October, in case all questions aren’t answered in Sep-tember!September 23: “Faces of Incarceration” Have you ever met someone who spent time in pris-on? "Faces of Incarceration: Changing the Narrative” is the theme of the portrait exhibit on display at LELC through September. Six paintings are here from the orig-inal 50 that were shown at the Overture Center in July 2017. Brief stories give a glimpse into the portrait sub-jects’ road back to community. It is an invitation to see the larger picture of their journey. Pat Dillon curated the original exhibit and wrote the stories after interviewing the individuals in the paintings. The paintings were done by numerous Madison artists. Bring your questions and comments to the discussion with former jail chaplain John Mix, one of the artists, will speak, as will one of the featured portrait subjects. September 30: Discussion of the book "Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism" by Drew Hart. By the date of this discussion, many of you will have read the book. We’re selling it in the narthex on Sundays for $10.86, which covers the book price and shipping. If this is cost prohibitive, just pay what you can afford.This book is a “Synod-Wide Big Read,” so we study it in conjunction with a number of other churches in our syn-od. The author, Drew Hart, will speak at Advent Lutheran on December 1. We hope some of us can attend that talk.If our discussion on September 30 results in people want-ing to talk more about the book, we’ll schedule another Adult Ed session for it.

MOSES MeetingSunday, September 9; 3:00-5:30 pm1st United Methodist, 203 Wisconsin Ave.Lake Edge Lutheran belongs to MOSES! You are invited to attend monthly MOSES meetings for interesting pre-sentations and discussions. All attendees express great satisfaction with the meeting experience.MOSES (Madison Organizing in Strength, Equality, and Solidarity) is the Dane County branch of WISDOM, a state-wide, faith-based, prison reform organization working hard to ensure prisons in Wisconsin are run fairly with a chance of rehabilitating prisoners. MOSES worked to close down abusive juvenile facilities and re-place them with small, local facilities that keep youth close to their families. MOSES seeks to cut prison popu-lations to save millions in tax money while rehabilitating prisoners within the community, in contact with their families and work and training opportunities. MOSES also works with released prisoners through the organi-zation EXPO, Ex-Prisoners Organizing.

Thank You!Thank you again for opening your church to us and feeding us breakfast! Thanks to the generosity of people like you, we were able to complete our trip to Seattle! All the best to you, 4K for Cancer Team Seattle.(This team of about 30 bicyclers stayed at LELC for 3 days in July. They ride across country to raise funds for the Ulman Cancer Center for Young Adults.)


Help Feed the Hungry at Luke House

Thursdays, September 6 & October 4. 2018 Mark Your Calendar! 1st Thursday Each Month4:45-7:00 pm; 310 South Ingersoll St, MadisonLuke House provides dinner at 5:45 P.M., Sunday through Thursday. Meals are provided and shared by faith com-munities throughout the Madison area, with a different menu from each community. Director Paul Ashe encour-ages community participation and welcomes all, to come and dine. One doesn’t need a black tie to join this feast, no shirt, no shoes, is not written on the entry, rather, it’s a gathering place of the servant church. The first Thursday of every month Lake Edge Lutheran Church provides the menu and dines as guests of Luke House. We serve 165 children, women, and men. We never have too much food. What may appear as left-overs feeds people at Luke House’s lunch program or is taken to men at Port St. Vincent for the lunches they take to work.We humbly ask God to move our community to reveal the Spirit of Christ in our midst. God enters our lives to become relational and that can be risky, for we never know who will be given on loan, to love for the day.Needs for the LELC Luke House Menu: (Listed by priority of need)• Milk- 2% gallon container two (2) gallons per provider• Chicken – (baked until thoroughly done, 375 degrees

for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until baker can move a bone, seasoned with salt & pepper) quartered chicken, legs, thighs, and breasts. Each provider brings a mini-mum of 8 pieces.

• Potatoes – (mashed, large institutional size can or box) one box or can from each provider.

• Gravy – (large bag of dry mix) or (canned gravy) one container from each provider.

• Corn – (whole kernel, large institutional size can) one container from each provider.

• Bread – (mixture of dark and white bread) six (6) to eight (8) loaves from each provider

• Desserts – (9 x 13 pan of bars, cakes, or two (2) dozen cookies) one cake, brownies, bars, or cookies per pro-vider

This time of year, Joan Martin will be calling or visiting with you to see if you want to make the commitment to bring food and/or help serve on the first Thursday of each month for Luke House for another year beginning Sep-tember 2018 through August 2019. Some have already said “yes”. So we look forward to talking with each one of you. Are you called to feed the hungry in our community? Have you questions? Contact Joan Martin at 839-1370. Thank you for your continued support of this ministry!

LELC Global Outreach MissionPersonal Care KitsThank you to all who have been contributing so faith-fully these past months. Last year Lake Edge sent 165 Personal Care Kits to Lutheran World Relief. We have reached our goal of 160 Kits. We have set the date to pack them up on Sunday, October 7 th ! We will meet after the last service just before noon in Good Shep-herd Hall. A light lunch will be provided. Look for the sign-up sheet.

School BagsLELC continues to be a part of the LWR School Kit Min-istry. Education is important in every community, but especially those where poverty or disaster limits the options of young people who want to improve their lives. School Kits contain essential supplies to help children, and in some cases adults. Our drive has been going on since July 8 th. In fact, your Global Outreach Mission purchased 200 bags. And we had 39 left from last year. They are a sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag measuring 14"x17" with shoulder straps. You’ve taken them home and filled them up with:4 70-sheet notebooks of wide or college-ruled paper (8” x 10 ½”)1 30-centimeter ruler or ruler with one side-inches other side1 Pencil Sharpener1 Blunt Scissor1 Eraser5 Unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers5 Ballpoint pens (blue or black ink- no gel ink)1 Box of Crayons (16 or 24)Return filled bags by September 9, 2018. Last year Lake Edge sent 208 School Bags to Lutheran World Relief! Thank you!

Coming AttractionsOctober 7th - Assemble Personal Care Kits at 11:45 am (after the Second service).October 7th - Quilt Sunday We will display our Quilts and honoring our Quilters! October 13th - Box Car Loading Day You can help either by transporting our boxes to the box car site and/or loading at the box car site. Look for the sign-up sheet in mid-September. Your Global Outreach Mission

Come and Pray With UsLake Edge has two weekly prayer groups open to all. Sundays, 8:30 am: Centering Prayer; original building, 2nd floor sixth grade room. Thursdays,11:30am-12:30pm. Prayer Group; Office Conference Room. All are invited to these prayer opportunities.


AIDS Walk Wisconsin & 5 K Run Celebrating Our 29th AIDS WalkSaturday, October 6thAIDS Walk Wisconsin raises crucial funds to support the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW). Serving the entire state, ARCW provides life-saving medical, dental and mental health care, as well as social service programs like food pantries and housing assistance for people liv-ing with HIV/AIDS. People with HIV in Wisconsin live longer than in any other state in the nation because of organizations like ARCW. More than 91% of our patients live below the poverty level and the cost of providing HIV health care and services at ARCW will reach $3 million. One hundred percent of funds raised stays in Wiscon-sin, 93 cents of every $1 benefits clients directly. ARCW serves one-half of all HIV patients in Wisconsin. We need your support to move closer to an AIDS-free generation. Join as an individual or as a team. Register at aidswalkwis.org or call 800-348-WALK. It will be a fun day!

Building Bridges Bible StudyWednesdays at 6:30 PM at Christ the Solid RockBaptist Church, 1502 Parkside Dr, MadisonEver want to attend a Bible study that is both evocative and provocative? Ever want to be in a place where your thought process about how to interpret the Bible is com-pletely flipped upside down and backwards? Ever want to be challenged intellectually by a pastor who really "gets it",while at the same time is super understanding and willing to help you problem-solve around the chal-lenges in your faith practices as they relate to your under-standing of the Bible? Yes? Attend a Bible study at Christ the Solid Rock Church led by Reverend Everett Mitchell. You might be pleasantly surprised, and you will most definitely be invited to keep coming back for more. Following are some 7 word summaries of Bible studies that I have attended this summer:6/13: ungodliness, (actively)suppress truth, intentionali-ty, darkened, natural intercourse6/20: Covenant, renegotiation, blessings, circumcision (of heart), Gospel, spiritual creation6/27: Faith, reckoned, blessedness, Grace, (no) work, for-given, future8/1: counted, righteousness, Future, Hope (promise), work, Justice, faith8/8: active disobedience (death), boast, endurance,char-acter, hope, suffering8/15: obedience, Grace, death, suffering pre-law, Faith, (direct) orders8/22: Disobedience, death, (freely given) grace, recon-ciled, enemies, sacrifice, commitmentThink about it... CTSR, 6:30p.m. Wednesdays. Bring your Bible and an open mind. There is more than enough love to go around. Peace. Milele. dneece

Book Club 2018-2019The LELC Book Club typically meets the first Monday of every month. Below you will find a list of books that we are read-ing for discussion each month at 7:00 pm.September 3, 2018: “The Chillbury Ladies Choir” by Jennifer Ryan October 1, 2018: “The Life and Death of the Great Lakes” by Dan EganNovember 6, 2018: “The Great Alone” by Kristin HannahDecember 3, 2018: “A Gentleman in Moscow “ by Amor Towles

January 7, 2019: “The Lightkeeper's Legacy” by Kathleen Ernst

Bridging Faith Communities Together for Healthy Conversations about Alzheimer's and Related DementiasSaturday, September 29; 2:00-4:30 pmBethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave, MadisonJoin this discussion on how faith communities can serve and support families living with dementia. The risk for Alzheimer's doubles every 6 years beyond the age of 65. It is estimated that one in three families has a loved one with some type of dementia. The program will include a brief presentation by Dr. Nathaniel Chin, UW Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, and a panel discussion that in-cludes: ELCA Pastor Mary Kay Baum, who is experiencing mild-cognitive impairment, UCC Pastor Stephen Welch, Watertown, who conducts dementia friendly church ser-vices; Pastor Anthony Wade, serving at Madison’s Sec-ond Baptist Church; and Gina Green-Harris Director, WAI Milwaukee Regional Office, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Event is free. Registration is preferred. To register contact Naveena Jaspal at 608-263-8818 or [email protected]; or register online at www.bethel-madi-son.org/memory. Refreshments will be provided.

You Can Change a Life in 3 Hours or Less & Help Eliminate Hunger in our Community!Volunteers Needed For Food Pantry & Friday Noon Meal St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce, MadisonGreat Opportunities for Individuals & Groups!

Volunteer yourself, or assemble a group of friends, co-workers, classmates, etc. Food pantry workers help clients shop, keep shelves neat, help with invento-ry. Friday Meal workers set-up serving line, help serve, and cleanup afterward.

Food Pantry: Tuesdays, 9:30am-Noon; Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free Community Meal: Every Friday, 11:00am-2:00pm. Contact Chris at [email protected]; or sign up online at https://bit.ly/2O1QsCN


Clifford Johnson

Welcome New Members!We are happy to welcome new members to Lake Edge Lutheran Church. These folks joined our congregation on Sunday, July 29. Please introduce yourself!

Jerry & Darlene Buss

We have just relocated from Whidbey Island, WA, in order to be closer to our only grand-child. Jerry is an ELCA pastor who served as the Director for Evangelical Mission for the NW Washington synod the past 10 years. Darlene is retired, having last taught mathematics at a community college

Mary Davis-Smith

Retired bank vice president. Two daughters, 11 grandchil-dren. Recently returned to Mad-ison after 31 years. Volunteer at Middleton Outreach Ministry. Transferring from St. Matthew Church in Milwaukee, WI. My husband is in at St. Mary's Care Center in Madison.

Deb Jensen

I like to be around people and have fun. I enjoy volunteer-ing and helping others. I am looking forward to retirement May 31, 2019! And I am a new grandma to Elisie Jo, born May 26, 2018!

Meg KenKnight

I'm from Minnesota. I love the outdoors, cooking for loved ones, cycling, choral singing, ca-noeing and someday gardening when I have a yard.

Karen & Donald Livengood

Karen: I am a nice and caring per-son. I like to hike and hang out with friends.Donald: I love my wife, Karen. We like to take hikes. We love God.

Jason Poole-Xiong

I grew up in the Lutheran church and am currently beginning my third year of seminary to be-come an ordained pastor. My husband, Dan, and I have been together for 8 years and married for 2 1/2 years. We live in Sun Prairie and both love to travel and be outdoors.

Kathy & Wesley Simmons

Kathy: Born in northern Wiscon-sin. Graduated from UW Stout and Eau Claire. Mother of one son and step mother to one son and 4 daughters. Married to Wesley for 37 years.Wesley: Born and raised in Be-loit, WI. US Marine Corps. Retired from UW (Police & Security Su-pervisor). Second Retirement - Travel Agent

Clifford is originally from Roch-ester, NY. He and his roommate, Doug Siebert, reside on the east side of Madison. He enjoys watching movies.

I'm the bishop of this synod. I'm a passionate disciple of Jesus, called to love and serve God by loving God's people. I believe that we are called in our baptism to be a beloved community. Our family taught us to be radically hospitable and believe that wa-ter is thicker than blood

Bishop Viviane Thomas-Breitfeld


Council Members present: Pastor Katya Ouchakof, Pas-tor Stephen Marsh, George Swamp, Nancy Pike, Mark Taylor, Jon Fadness, Ron Siggelkow, Karen Cook, Sharon Kreul, Linda Newman, and Jonathan PikeAbsent: Jim AhearnCall to Order by President George Swamp at 6:50 p.m.Prayer & Bible Study: Pastor Stephen Marsh presented.

BusinessApproval of Church Council Meeting Minutes from July 16, 2018. Motion made by Linda Newman to approve the minutes. Seconded by Ron Siggelkow. Passed by voice vote.Financial Dashboard report through July 31, 2018 pre-sented by George Swamp.Pastor’s ReportPastor Katya Ouchakof updated the council on the Bruns funeral and the Madison Pride march.

Mission ReportsChurch and Family Fellowship – Nancy Pike noted the church picnic had over 100 attendees. She updated council on the status of Tailgate Sunday (September 9, 2018), Pastor Appreciation Sunday (October 21, 2018), Trunk or Treat / Halloween Dance (October 27, 2018), and the Young at Heart dinner (December 9, 2018). A motion was made by Pastor Katya Ouchakof to hold a Lake Edge Lutheran Church congregational meeting on Sunday, December 16, 2018 following the one service on that day. Seconded by Linda Newman. Passed by voice vote.Education – Mark Taylor indicated Rally Sunday is sched-uled for September 9, 2018. The committee continues to work on the Youth Ministry Coordinator position.Finance and Property – Jon Fadness provided an up-date on the cost of repairs and the property needs of the church.A motion was made by Linda Newman to hold a congre-gational meeting on Sunday, September 23, 2018 con-ditional on a proposal from the Finance and Property Mission. Seconded by Pastor Katya Ouchakof. Passed by voice vote.Membership Support – Karen Cook suggested that an-other sign be added along Monona Drive.Ministry Support – Ron Siggelkow is looking for help with the audio / video duties at the church.Peace and Justice – Sharon Kreul stated that personal care kits were done and 250 school supply bags were completed. She is looking for fundraising ideas. Worship – Linda Newman stated the 2018 Jazz Concert was successful despite some food vendors failing to ar-rive at the event.

President / President-Elect TopicsCouncil reviewed an outside request to use the church for a yoga program. A motion was made by Pastor Stephen Marsh to allow the use of Lake Edge Lutheran Church for yoga classes. Seconded by Linda Newman. Passed by voice vote.Council also discussed the need to have church members on the Lake Edge Lutheran Church capital campaign task force. A motion was made by Sharon Kreul to set up a task force consisting of members of the congregation to develop a future plan, if needed or necessary, for a capital campaign at Lake Edge Lutheran Church. Seconded by Pastor Stephen Marsh. Passed by voice vote.The 2018 garage sale proceeds now total over $5,500.RemindersSeptember Dialogue Articles Due: Sunday, August 26, 2018.Next Mission Meeting: Monday, September 10, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. Next Council Meeting: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.Recap of Follow-up Items: Snacks for the September 2018 mission meeting will be provided by the Peace and Justice Mission.Visioning – Pastor Katya Ouchakof distributed a handout dealing with leadership in a healthy congregation.Closing Prayer – Pastor Katya OuchakofAdjourn – Motion to adjourn at 8:52 p.m. made by Ron Sig-gelkow and seconded by Linda Newman. Passed by voice vote.Respectfully Submitted, Jonathan Pike, President - Elect

Finance & Property September 2018Wisconsin has an over abundance of rain this summer, the lakes are full, the streets are flooded. The church leaks like a sieve. The roof is leaking, flooding in the choir room, flooding in Good Shepherd Hall, flooding in the men's bathroom that gathers in the hallway and ceiling tile wet in many places. But don't worry. Finance and Property are not asking for funds to fix these problems. We are asking for huge donations to build the ark. Go to Genesis 6:14-17 for the construction designs for Ark II. I am really not sure where to find gopher wood though! Because the church building is getting older and because we tend to have torrential rains, these problems will continue. Much needs to be done to fix the the flooding issues.Fall clean-up will be scheduled for October, watch for the dates in the Bulletin and Dialogue. We will need many, many able volunteers to do this work. If 40 people joined in this effort, the work would go fast and also be fun. Hope to see many of you there.

Draft of Council Minutes August 20, 2018


August DashboardThrough seven months, our attendance has held at a steady monthly average even during construction! Member giving is slightly behind budget and with our checking account balance about equal to our average monthly expenses, it's important that we have a strong finish to the year. Remember, our goal is to have a 2:1 ratio of our checking balance to our average monthly ex-penses. Special thanks to Nancy Pike and everyone else who has helped generate proceeds from garage sales. This will be a much needed boost to our finances!

With Heartfelt ThanksI would like to say a very special thank you to the entire congregation for all of your love and compassion you have shown me during this time of incredible loss for me as I deal with the loss of my partner, Jack Galloway. Both Jack and I have always felt so at home here. There is no place quite like LELC. Thank you for your love and support and lots of hugs! Blessings to you all--Jay.

Family Camp at Outlaw Ranch 2019Greetings! It's time to think about summer 2019 Family Camp at Outlaw Ranch. All families are welcome: parents & kids; grandparents & kids; parents, kids & grandparents; couples; cousins; aunts & uncles; even a "family" of friends.Lutheran camping has always been special. Camping as a family is very special. You have time together and time apart. You watch your children (grandchildren) grow in friendships, trust and faith. You worship together; eat delicious meals together; attend campfires together; and go on canoe outings together. Bible studies are taught in age groups; some horse trail rides are in age groups; crafts, paddle-boarding, gold panning, hikes, and games are scheduled according to your interests.The camp is nestled in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. Custer is the nearest city. The views at Outlaw are gorgeous. It is a handicapped-accessible camp. The high-er elevation may make it more difficult to breathe, but the secret is to just move more slowly!The cost is $475 for adults; $375 for youth (3-12); under age 3 is free. (Cost includes food, lodging, activities, coun-selor-child care). There are special rates for sharing a cab-in or lodge room. Additional costs include gas, food and lodging during travel; camp shirts/hats etc.; money for the snack canteen, and one camp offering. For pictures, videos, and more information, go to www.LOSD.org Choose: Outlaw Ranch.Lake Edge campers will be happy to tell you about camp; help fund-raise for camp fees; apply for scholarships, if need-ed; and "caravan" to South Dakota together, if desired.Our group will choose which week we will attend. Regis-tration opens the first Monday in November. We hope to have a group of members ready to register that day. Thus, we start now: Sign up now! Indicate if you "need more information". Sign-up on the bulletin board at church. Have questions? See Mary Graper.

Christ the Solid Rock AnniversaryOn October 27, 2018, Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church will be celebrate our 15th Church Anniversary, kicking off with a banquet at the Sheraton Hotel at 706 John Nolen Drive, from 5:00-7:30 p.m. We invite you to join us and par-ticipate in this milestone in our history. Pastor Torey Franklin, Senior Pastor of Walking in His Image Ministries of Fort Worth, Texas, will be the keynote speaker. Brianna Lawren Ware, composer, pianist, violinist, and 2017 winner of the Madison Overture “Rising Stars” Competition will provide entertainment, and there will be much more!


(Continued from page 1)Fannie Lou Hamer, Zilphia Horton and other legend-ary activists sang "freedom song" versions of "This Little Light of Mine" and passed them on for others to use. One place where a lot of this sharing occurred was the Highlander Folk School (now known as the Highlander Research and Education Center), a cultur-al center in Tennessee where activists including Rosa Parks, Pete Seeger and Martin Luther King Jr. gathered to trade ideas.Candie Carawan — who worked with her late hus-band Guy, Highlander's former music director — says songs like "This Little Light of Mine" could be nonvi-olent weapons. "It's a way to speak to power in way that's not going to get you shot," Carawan says with a chuckle. "It's a way to say, 'This is what we think. This is what we feel.' But, you know, you're singing it.""Some of my favorite spirituals are the ones that have an implied defiance to them," Robert Darden adds.

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September 2018 Worship Helper Schedule

Heritage: What to Keep, What to Leave BehindSunday, September 16; 4:00 - 6:00 pmNew Life Church; 7564 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison Hosted by SCSW Racial Equity TeamOne of the hardest things to do in life is to learn what to do with our upbringing - the ways we are connected to and learn from our life and development. Using mu-sic and prayer, Francisco Herrera will be walking with us through how he has answered this question in his own life, and how his undertaking has transformed him as an human being and as a follower and preacher of the Gos-pel. Learn more about Herrera at https://www.facebook.com/polyglotevangel/

American Genocides ProjectLed By Theologian and Author, Dr. Craig Nessan!Sunday, October 14; 4:00- 6:00 pm New Life Church; 7564 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison Hosted by SCSW Racial Equity Team; Free will offering One of the central factors for addressing systemic racism in this country involves dismantling the fundamentally flawed, conventional narrative used to interpret U.S. history. According to genocide theory, American history has been decisively marked by two genocides: 1) against the indigenous people of this continent and 2) against enslaved African people. Dr. Craig L. Nessan is William D. Streng Professor for the Education and Renewal of the Church, Academic Dean, and Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.


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