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Active in Love, Growing in Christ
April, 2015 Vol. 15, No. 4
the Times of Hope
Holy Week Worship
As you open this issue of
the “Times of Hope,” Holy
Week has begun.
March 29 is Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, and with it we begin
Jesus’ inevitable journey to the cross where He
died for our salvation. This year, both services on
Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion feature a
drama entitled “The Final Witness.” It’s set in a
courtroom, and reviews the testimony of six witnesses before hearing the testimony of the final witness in a case to determine the fate of a group of
orphans. The Sunday School children will participate in the 11:00 service with the waving of Palm
Branches and the singing of a Palm Sunday song.
April 2 is Maundy Thursday – the night when Jesus was betrayed and arrested. The message for
this Communion service begins with a compelling
true story of a mother and her child trapped under
the rubble of an earthquake, and how that mother
kept her child alive. The message is entitled “The
Lord’s Supper: A Satisfied Thirst.” Since the 2015
Confirmands have now completed about 90% of
their Confirmation instruction, they are being invited
to receive the Lord’s Supper for the first time at this
Maundy Thursday service. Service time is 7:30
P.M.
April 3 – A Tenebrae Service of darkness will once
again highlight our Good Friday remembrance of
the self-sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for our sake
– for our forgiveness, our salvation. Candles will be
extinguished one at a time as we make our way
through the seven words of Jesus from the cross.
“Miniature Messengers” is the theme of the sermon,
and you won’t believe who those messengers are!!
Three brief monologues will drive home the point
and make the service more personal. The Good
Friday Tenebrae Service begins at 8:00 P.M.
Sunday Worship Schedule
9:00 Traditional Worship
Hope Lutheran Church
and Christian School
3151 York Street, Port Coquitlam BC, V3B 4A7
Phone: 604-942-5322 - Fax: 604-942-5311
10:05 Bible Study
11:00 Contemporary Worship and Sunday
School
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resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. These
Communion services will develop the sermon’s
theme: “The Stone was Moved for ??” The Sunday
School children will again participate by singing a
song at the 11:00 service. Everyone is invited to join
in the Easter breakfast, which begins at 9:30. (11:00
worshipers are encouraged to come at 9:30 so that
the 9:00 worshipers can join the breakfast at 10:00.)
Celebrate the central message of our Christian faith
during Holy Week. Hear about Jesus’ sacrifice, suffering, death and resurrection and what it means for
Churches. If you haven’t already met and welcomed
these people, please make an effort to meet and get
to know:
Melvin, Crystal, Ana and Philip Mayfield
Lyndsey (and Dan) and Adelyn Johnson
Caitlin (and Dan) Stiles
We praise God for their partnership with us in God’s mission
here at Hope Lutheran.
News from the LWML
you!
Easter Breakfast
On Easter Sunday, April 5, some
of the men of our congregation
will be serving breakfast of pancakes, Hash browns and sausages.
To serve such a breakfast we will need some of you
men to help out. You are being called upon to cook
the food, serve the food and clean up after the food
(is cooked and served). The cooking starts at 7:00
am. The servers start at 9:00 am. The cleanup starts
at 9:30 am. (The cleanup people are the hardest to
find) Please contact Bruce Forrieter at 604 589 1543
to tell me what you want to do.
Our mission project for March
and April is the assembling of
Care Kits…..personal care
items for people in need. These kits will be taken to
United Gospel Mission for distribution. Any donations by congregation members will be gratefully received. There is a box in the narthex for contributed
items. See separate article for items needed.
Fraser Valley Zone of LWMLC is holding their
Spring Renewal on April 18/15 at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Abbotsford. The topic is “Decide to DeClutter”. Registration and coffee at 9 a.m. Cost is
$10.00 which includes lunch. Al l ladies are welcome to come and join your sisters in Christ for fel-
For those of you who want to eat this great breakfast, we will start serving at 9:30 am.
lowship and fun!
from the church.
We will carpool
See you there.
Submitted by Frances Loughton
Union Gospel Mission Care
Kits
The Elders
New Disciples
We were happy to welcome to our
fellowship at Hope Lutheran some
followers of Jesus Christ who have
come to us from other Lutheran
Do you brush your teeth, wash your hair or use antiperspirant each day? To many struggling folk in the
Greater Vancouver area, these basic personal care
items are an unaffordable luxury.
The LWML is supporting the Union Gospel Mission's
"Care Kits" campaign by collecting personal hygiene
items until Sunday, April 10. A list of Care Kit items
follows.
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The personal care items go a long way in restoring
God-given hope and dignity for those with basic
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needs. Over the past 75 years, Union Gospel Mission has been meeting the immediate needs of their
community guests with warmth and welcome. A
warm nutritious meal, shelter and basic hygiene are
stepping stones towards change and transformation
in a person's life. Please be generous!
General Needs:
Shampoo, Soap, Emergency blankets, Reusable
water bottles, Reusable coffee mugs with lids,
Tootbrushes, Toothpaste
For men:
Razor, Shaving cream, Deodorant, Dark socks,
Underwear
For women:
Lady’s razor, Deodorant,
socks, Underwear,
Feminine hygiene products
White
Submitted by Deanna Hautz
Fellowship Opportunity:
Fraser Valley
Tulip, Coffee, and Cheese Tour
Would you like to see some beautiful tulip fields in
bloom? No, you don’t have to go to LaConnor,
Washington – we have our own 40 acre tulip field
right here in Agassiz. Why not check it out?
On Saturday, April 11th, 2015, we will meet at the
church at 10:00 a.m. to car pool out to Agassiz. The
tulip fields are located behind the Seabird Island
Gas Bar, just off Highway 7 slightly east of Agassiz.
Parking is available at the Seabird Island Gas bar,
(weekends $10.00 per vehicle, cash only). From
the Gas bar we will take a shuttle down to the field
entrance, and weather permitting, we will be able to
walk around the perimeter of the entire field. Admission to the tulip field is $5.00 for adults, $2.50 for
seniors, (cash only) and children under 12 are free.
If we have a group of 10 or more, we pay $4.00
each. Potted tulips will be available for purchase.
Following the walk around the tulip field, we will proceed back to Agassiz for lunch at Jack’s Restaurant.
After lunch, we will head to The Back Porch, a coffee roastery and pottery shop located on Golf Road,
on the way to Harrison Hot Springs. We will have
an opportunity to check out the pottery items, sample some wonderful organic coffee, (coffee and pottery items are available for purchase), purchase
fresh eggs, and check out some antiques in the
shed. You can also feed the chickens and goats for
$.25. From the Back Porch, we will take a short
drive down the road to the Farmhouse Natural
Cheese store. Here we will have an opportunity to
sample and purchase artisan cheeses made right on
the premises from milk from the farm’s cows and
goats. Then we will travel home. Be sure to bring
your camera to take some pictures.
Please sign up on the sheet posted in the Narthex if
you plan on coming. It should be an interesting and
fun outing. For more information, please contact
Joyce Gillespie at 604 944-1305.
It’s soon time to dig out those wonderful fashions of
yesteryear!
“A Walk Through Memory Lane” Fashion Show
and High Tea May 2 - watch for sign up sheet to be
posted shortly.
Church Worker Input Sessions
In January of this year, Marcus Todd, our Director of
Youth and Worship announced that he will be returning to school to continue his University education for the purpose of obtaining his Teacher’s Certificate. He will be working until the end of August,
and in September and October be on Paternity
leave and then returning for a little time in November. This will leave a hole in our church worker ministry and this has been recognized by the voters at
the last Voters’ meeting on March 1. There was
much discussion about a church worker position and
the Elders were tasked with finding out what that
church worker position will be in the future.
Now, we are asking for your help and insight into
what gifts and skills you are looking for in a Church
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for our congregation’s ministry. We will be tallying a
list of those gifts and skills you give to us.
To start you thinking before you attend one of the
Input Sessions, we have compiled a list of roles to
consider for that person/position.
This is our starting list of those roles:
Parish Administration; Preaching; Leading worship;
Bible teaching; Confirmation teaching; Worship
planning; Member visitation; Pastoral Counseling;
Hospital/ Home-bound visitation; Leadership/ Vision
Casting; Community outreach/ Evangelism; Training
people (for Evangelism or ??); Children’s ministry;
Pastor to the School teachers; Outreach to School
families; Outreach to School children; Marriage/ Premarriage Counseling; Family ministry; Youth ministry; Music leadership; Ministry to inactive members;
Follow-up to worship visitors; Church planting; Small
Group ministry; Social ministry (community).
Also, some Church Worker positions that are available for us to discuss at the sessions are: Second
Pastor (Half-time or Full-time), Director of Parish
Services, Director of Christian Education (U.S.
trained), or Director of Christian Outreach (U.S.
trained).
We want to see and feel your presence at these
sessions. Please plan to attend one of them.
The Elders
Ladies’ Book Club
LADIES BOOK CLUB meets
Monday, April 20th from 7 to
8:30 PM, at the home of Bernice Ulmer #10-19044118B Ave, Pitt Meadows. New ladies are welcome.
We will be discussing “The Constantine Codex” a
fast-paced novel by Dr. Paul L. Maier. “A few
pieces of centuries-old parchment tucked inside a
tattered book lead archaeologists to what could possibly be the greatest find in church history.”
YOUTH NEWS !!
The Youth of Hope
have continued to
meet on an approximately weekly basis, with a wide variety of interesting
and fun-filled events. Weekly attendance has been
about 21, in the Grade 7 – 10 age-group, with the
majority from Grade 7. Attendance by youth who
are Grades 11 – 12 is sporadic and only a handful in
number. Our main leaders have continued to be
Marcus Todd and Kaitlyn Horton, with a few other
individuals helping in various roles from time-totime. If you are one of these, please accept our
heartfelt gratitude for your help and caring. Unfortunately, though, Hope's youth program still lacks the
support of consistent volunteers, who will commit to
forming regular relationships with the youth by being
there more than just once in awhile. This is our
most difficult and ongoing issue with running the
youth programs effectively. With so few willing to
help consistently, our leaders are constantly teetering on the edge of burn-out. I see this in my own
daughter all the time – she loves to work with the
youth, but the constant pressure of knowing that,
even though she is just a volunteer, there is no one
to take her place if she needs a night off, leaves her
feeling frustrated and over-burdened. To date, despite countless hours of brainstorming, we have
been unable to find a good solution for this problem.
We pray that God will lead us in a constructive direction so that the program can move forward more
effectively for our youth. Perhaps He is calling YOU
or someone you know ...
Anyway, you know all those hotdogs you have been
enjoying with after-service meetings? Think of them
as your contribution to the youth fund-raising efforts
to attend the District Youth Gathering this summer!
This event is hosted by the ABC District every 3
years, and is themed “MARVELous” this time, based
on Psalm 98:1. The gathering is focused on building
up and encouraging young people and youth leaders in our church through amazing speakers, worship, drama, art, sports, and choir opportunities. It
is being held at Trinity Western University in Langley
from July 2 – July 5, 2015. The cost of the gathering is $300 per person, if registered before April 1.
The District needs 120 registrants by May 7 to make
the gathering a “go”. Let's work as a congregation
to send as many of our youth as possible! This is
an investment not only in their future, but in ours as
a congregation! There will also be a National Youth
gathering to look forward to in 2016, to be held at
Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, from
July 8 – 12, 2016. It will be themed “Living H2O”,
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based on Jesus' words in John 4. Stay tuned for
more info about THIS one by fall of this year. By the
way, these youth gatherings are awesome and life(Youth News continued from page 4)
impacting! Pastor and I both attended one in Ottawa called “Faith to Be”, in about 1976 – which we
still talk about! And that's how many years later . . .
please don't calculate!
Our Young Adults group is currently being led by
Pastor Hautz, going through the basics of the Lutheran faith over about a 10-week stretch, and we
look forward to the Baptism and Confirmation on
Easter Sunday of one of our participants! Attendance has varied from 7 – 13 over the past 6
months, and many relationships are forming between this group of individuals in our church. Pastor
has also been hosting once-monthly “pub nights” at
a local establishment, where young adults meet informally for conversation and discussion of spiritual
topics. This offers a non-threatening “connection
point” for those young adults who might not feel
comfortable being in a church building.
Our final bit of news is that we will be losing Marcus
as a key youth leader by December of this year,
when he leaves his position to further his studies full
-time. This will be a devastating loss for both the
youth and contemporary
worship, and we pray for
God's guidance in finding
a suitable replacement for him.
Brenda Horton, Co-Director of Board of Youth
School News:
I caught some students lamenting over where the
year had gone and was somewhat surprised as I
thought that "time flying past" was simply a condition
of adulthood. They were remembering the fun that
they had had playing soccer last Fall as if it had
happened last month. It was a good opportunity to
have them share what they were most excited about
as they entered the last few months of school. With
a pleura of excitement the group started to share a
variety of activities that were at the top of their list.
Playing badminton, participating in track and field,
joining the softball team were on their list with Ultimate Frisbee topping the chart of excited anticipation. The opportunity to experience team play is a
highlight, but this group of grade 6's were zealous in
their enthusiasm for the opportunity to be a part of
performing in the musical, "Annie". The entire elementary school is singing about the sun coming out
tomorrow and want to extend an invitation to the
congregation to join us for our May 13 and 14th's
performances.
We are looking forward to showcasing the work of
our students who have researched an aspect of
Canada's history or geography for a Heritage Fair
on the evening of April 14. It is sure to be a time of
learning and sharing about this amazing country
where we are blessed to live.
Some of the high school students and staff had an
amazing adventure traversing Canadian battlefields
in Europe during spring break. Looking forward, the
grade 8 and 9's prepare for their own mission journey to Oregon at the beginning of May.
Whether it is planting Easter gardens in Kindergarten or writing mid-terms in high school, our student
body of 310 students is pointed to live and fulfill the
unique purpose that God
intends for their lives. Particularly during the month of
April and season of Easter
we give thanks for the many
opportunities we have to teach important truths and
to proclaim the triumphant risen Saviour to the families that Hope ministers to through our school.
With Easter Joy,
Susan Eisner
Food Bank Fund
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to
eat.” Matt. 25:35.
Our deliveries of potatoes during March took place
as planned with a third shipment scheduled for
March 30th. The price per 50 lbs. has remained at
$8.00. The balance in our Food Bank Fund stands
at $1,098 as of March 23rd. Funds permitting, April
deliveries are scheduled for April 13th and 27th.
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Total deliveries for this year (to March 23rd) amount
to 8,000 lbs. of potatoes plus 91 lbs. of nonperishable food items from the Narthex.
You may find special Food Bank envelopes in the
bottom right hand corner of the mail boxes in the
Narthex.
A big thank you from our needy neighbours, the
SHARE food bank people and yours truly for your
abiding, faithful support.
“Jesus said, ‘the king will reply, ‘I tell you the truth,
whatever you did for the least of these brothers of
mine, you did for me.’”
We are hoping that invitations will be out sometime
in April. In the meantime, please inform friends and
former members of the plans, and invite them to join
us in “Giving God Glory” for 60 years of His blessing
on Hope Lutheran Church.
If you have any questions, or if you would like to volunteer in some way for the Anniversary weekend (or
preparations), please contact one of the committee
members: Taura Berg, Jean Gettle, Pastor Laverne
Hautz, Brenda Horton, Francis Loughton, Linda
Schiefke, Vince Todd, Bernice Ulmer.
Thoughts for Holy Week
Yours gratefully,
The Son of David Ascends His Throne
and Reigns in Love from His Cross
Claus Schultz
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60 Anniversary
Celebrations
The 60th Anniversary
Committee
met recently and
finalized some of
the details for our
May celebrations.
The committee decided to limit the Anniversary to a single day rather
than expand it to two or three days (which would
have included a banquet and/or music evening). The
day set aside for the Anniversary celebration is Sunday, May 17, 2015, and it will look like this:
10:00 – (**ONLY ONE) morning Communion service
(preacher: Pastor Andrew Craig)
12:00 – (chili) Lunch and fellowship at the church
(for any and all)
1:00 – Church and School Open House, with displays, photos, tours, etc.
3:00 – afternoon Anniversary service (preacher:
Pastor Harry Ruf)
4:30 – Anniversary cake and fellowship
The committee decided to designate the offering at
the afternoon service to youth ministry at Hope, especially going toward subsidizing youth for upcoming Youth Gatherings.
The Son of David comes in gentle humility, "sitting
on a donkey's colt," yet as the King of Israel "in the
name of the Lord" (John 12:13-15). He comes to be
lifted up in glory on the cross in order to cast out "the
ruler of this world" and draw all people to Himself
(John 12:23-32). The Church is thus called to
"rejoice greatly," because her King comes with salvation, and "he shall speak peace to the nations" (Zech. 9:9-10). As He is anointed "beforehand
for burial" (Mark 14:8), He also ascends His royal
throne as "the King of the Jews" by way of His Passion (Mark 15:2, 17-19, 26). He goes "as it is written
of him," wherefore "you will see the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of Power" (Mark 14:21, 62).
For the glory of God is love, which crescendos in the
humble obedience and voluntary self-sacrifice of the
Son of God for the salvation of sinners. So God the
Father has "highly exalted him and bestowed on him
the name that is above every name" (Phil. 2:9), that
He might reign
with the forcross.
over us in love
giveness of His
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Connect, Vol. 5, #12)
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Richard and Jean Gettle
Bob and Leslie Cherry
Mark and Tina Pettie
Michael and Kate Grummisch
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Pandora Bishop
Erin Fast
James Lynn
Steven Fast
David Schendel
Jenna Bassani
Amanda Terris
Kayla Lyall
Nicholas Fishcer
Norman Richards
Daryl Eisner
Madison Harmston
Sarah Koutsouropoulos
Jacob Ryznar
Michael Eisner
Cara Koehler
Victor Playdon
Paula Purdon
Nina White
Jasmine Mepham
Ed Olsen
Heather Paine
Lauri Tuomisto (Jr.)
Evan Reilly
Brenda Horton
Toni MacKinnon
Ray Ojansivu
Andy Gillespie
Han Waidelich
Bob Cherry
Wyatt Grummisch
Christopher Fahlke
Matthew Koehler
Robert Lukasik
Jennifer Nydokus
Sean Paul
Matthew Townend
Sarah Gillis
Bob Harcus
Pam Schiemann
Adam Short
Neal Snider
Rod Grummisch
Nicole Torng
Barb Olsen
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Hope Lutheran Church and School
Ministry Staff
Rev. Laverne Hautz
Marcus Todd
Susan Eisner
Luke Adam
Janice Klassen
Gail Hind
Clare Wood
Pastor
Director of Youth and Worship
Elementary School Principal
High School Principal
Secretary
Accountant
School Office Manager/Registrar
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Parish Planning Council
Roger Fast
Rob Brett
Roger Fast
Suzanne Playdon
Interim Executive Director
Assistant Executive Director
Treasurer
Secretary
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Shirley Fast
Joyce Gillespie
Emily Reilly
Kaitlyn Horton
Brenda Horton
Martin Pedersen
Mai Pedersen
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Director, Evangelism
Director, Parish Fellowship
Director, Parish Fellowship
Director, Christian Education
Director, Youth
Director, Youth
Director, Public Relations
Director, Stewardship
Director, Lay Ministry
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Doug Niblock
Bruce Forrieter
Interim Chairperson, School Board
Chairperson, Elders
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Elders
Richard Gettle
Ron Berg
George Intile
Bruce Forrieter
Mike Yee
Dennis Friesen
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