April, 2015
Our Redeemer’s Voice
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
Christian Education
Pre-K Class working on their Holy week craft.
The Christian Ed. Committee will need at least 3 new Sunday school
teachers to help with the 2015-2016 school year. Thank you
Inside this issue:
April Birthdays
2
April Anniversaries
2
Remember in Your
Prayers
2
Calumet Sunday
2
From the Pastor’s Desk
3
Spotlight on Child
Care Center
4
Tour of Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
4
Women ELCA Spring
Gathering
4
VBS News
5
Maine Mission Trip
5
April Server Schedule
6
April Calendar
7
April Birthdays and Anniversaries
Justin Adams
Addison Bowles
Dee Dee DeVore
Jim DiCanzio
Katelynn Dineen
Gabrielle Franceschelli
Joe Frisoni Jr.
Joanne Hensas
Evy Houghton
Sandy Kronenwetter
Rachael Mabee
Becky Marcoux
Matt McAuliffe
Steve Perry
Susan Phillips
Julianne Rando
Brenda Redmond
Camden Schweitzer
Ashley Smith
Sharon Stoller
Kaeden Tofteroo
Peter & Karen Geromini
Brian & Teresa Kett
Steve & Barbara Perry
Steve & Mimi Reinbold
If you do not see your name listed, then your information is
missing from our database. Please contact the church secretary
with the information so we can update our records. We don’t want
to leave anyone out.
Remember in Your Prayers
Those homebound, in nursing homes, recovering and/or taking treatments, who face difficult situations or
problems, those who are hurting or struggling or have lost loved ones, those serving our country both home and
abroad. Prayer request cards are available on the ushers’ stand. Place the completed card in the Prayer Box. Your
request will be forwarded to the LCOR Prayer Chain by Dot Whiting. Please pray for the following:
Connie, Gladys, Gretchen, J.T., Linda, Luke, Maggie, Molly, Terrie, Torey, Justin Bayoug, Marilyn
Benaski, Ron Benaski, Lou Boette, Rev. John Brndjar, Mark Bombelli, Judy Champagne, Paul
Cobb, Angelica DiSanto, Phyllis Everson, Forbes Family, Lynne Fraatz, Susan Franklin, David
Frongillo, Don Hallee, Toini Hallsten, Gerry Hannon, Joe Hillstrom, Michael Jeffers, Martha
Jensky, Sabrina Kelly, Linda Knott, Norma Larson, Lois Mansen, Richard Mansen, Greg Maze,
Dan McCarthy, Trudy McCoy, Lori McInerney, Becky Oag, Linda Olsen, Myrna Pearson, Arv
Poshkus, Jaime Rodrigues, Cheryl Runge, Amy Runge, Mike Sheppard, Louise Sneider, Homer
Stewart, Cheryl Suess, Rick Tula, Pat VanDyke, Ray VanDyke, Judy Whiting, Dave Whitty, Mary
Williams, Doris Wright, Pat Zimmerman.
Join Us For Calumet Sunday
APRIL 12, 2015
For a short presentation during the both services.
Printed information will be available.
Calumet Lutheran Ministries and congregations throughout the New England Synod have been in partnership for
56 years offering summer camps, family camping (cabins and indoor rooms available for those who are not
campers), retreats, church weekends, friendship, great fun, spiritual renewal, and year round outdoor activities.
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From the Pastor’s Desk
Greetings Fellow Members of LCOR!
I'm writing this article at the end of March...why am I still thinking snow?
Hasn't it been one long, cruel and relentless winter? I cannot remember a
winter as severe as this one. I think we all are longing for April and with it
a change in temperatures and earth colors--as in from white to green!
April will feature a number of special activities which serve to highlight the church year--the chief
among them being Easter. But before we get to celebrate the Resurrection, we first need to conclude
our Holy Week observances. For the first week in April we are planning the following:
Thursday, April 2: Maundy Thursday liturgy with the celebration of Holy Communion, starting at
7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 3: Good Friday liturgy, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 5: Easter Sunday! Celebration of the Resurrection at both the 8:30 a.m.
Contemporary & 11:00 a.m. Traditional worship services.
Sunday, April 5: Easter Breakfast served from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45! All are welcome!
The LCOR Men's Group is sponsoring a Clean-Up day for the LCOR campus on Saturday, April
25th from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon. Coffee and goodies will be waiting for our workers when they
show up at 9:00. During the morning we plan to spread mulch, trim bushes, weed our flower
gardens, clean the parking lot, etc... Please bring your work gloves and garden tools! At 12:00 Noon,
my wife, Marie and I, will serve a hearty lunch for all of our workers! Don't forget to bring your
appetites too!
The LCOR Men's Group is sponsoring a guided tour at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on
Saturday, May 30 starting at 10:30 a.m. The guided tour lasts one hour. Participants are free to
look through the museum on your own after the guided tour is concluded. The cost is $30 per
person which includes the price for admission and the price of the guided tour. If you are interested
in participating, please place your name on the appropriate sign-up sheet on the bulletin board.
Please make all checks payable to: Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer. Payment and registration
must be made by Sunday, April 26.
Well, it looks as if the month of April will bring us plenty of opportunities to get together and enjoy
the company we keep together!
Finally, please make sure to invite your friends and neighbors to our Holy Week and Easter
services! Many people join churches because they were invited to do so by friends and neighbors!
God Bless,
Pr. Rick Schlak
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Spotlight on Child Care Center
Board of Directors’ Meeting, March 3, 2015
Our Redeemer Child Care Center is doing well with a capacity of 91%.
The summer enrollment is currently projected to be 70%. Pre-kindergarten and pre-school
enrollments are already full for the fall with a current overall projected capacity to be 84%.
It was mighty chilly in the building for two days in February when the heating system failed to
keep everyone warm. One day it was necessary to have an early dismissal. Space heaters were
brought in until the problem was remedied.
Liz is looking for a different fund raising event for the fall. Perhaps our readers have ideas that
we have overlooked. Let us know.
Men’s Group—Tour Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The LCOR Men's Group is sponsoring a guided group tour at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
on Saturday, May 30 at 10:30 a.m. The guided tour lasts one hour. Participants are free to
look through the museum on your own after the guided tour is concluded. The cost is $30 per
person which includes the price for admission and the price of the guided tour. If you are
interested in participating, please place your name on the appropriate sign-up sheet on the
bulletin board.
Please make all checks payable to: Lutheran Church of Our
Redeemer. Payment and registration must be made by Sunday, April 26.
Women of ELCA—Spring Gathering
Women of the ELCA having their local Spring Gathering on Saturday May 9. It will be held at
St. Matthews Trinity in Pawtucket, RI. (which is about 25 minutes drive from LCOR) All
women are invited to this spiritually fulfilling day and the theme will be focusing on Learning
to go deeper into Prayer and World issues such as homelessness and child abuse and how we
can help.
Registration begins between 8:30 and 9:15 and the day includes workshops, lunch and worship
with other Lutheran sisters. The day concludes at 2:30. Registration is $15 per person and look
for a registration form coming soon or speak to or email ([email protected]) Jen Dumas if
interested.
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VBS NEWS
Mark your calendars for July 20th-24th at 9 am-12 noon to come
experience an arctic adventure with Group’s Everest VBS! Childrenand volunteers alike- will have the chance to explore God’s love and
the work of the Bible while venturing through Mount Everest! Along
with great community time, participants will enjoy the opening/
closing ceremony, creative science experiments, lively Bible stories,
and fantastic, Arctic games! Along with having fun throughout VBS
through games and crafts, we also provide an outreach program which will be through
Operation Kid to Kid. The children will be collecting money throughout VBS to help provide Kid
-friendly bibles for children in Thailand.
Throughout the VBS program, participants will learn that God has the power to provide, to
comfort, to heal, to forgive, and to love us forever! I hope you can join us in our fun-filled, arctic
adventure around Mount Everest and God’s love! All are welcome!
If you have any questions or are interested in helping out, please contact Brianna McKay at
[email protected] and/or (508) 446-3235.
Maine Mission Trip
"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
The Outreach Committee invites you to consider signing up for the 2015 LCOR Mission Trip. We will be going to
Maine (about a 5-6 hour drive) to work on repairing and winterizing homes for the poor and elderly from June 14 th
to June 20th (Sunday-Saturday).
The cost is $175.00 per person for a week's time. Housing is provided and includes sleeping space, group kitchen,
and bathroom facilities.
No cots or bedding offered so we bring our own sleeping arrangements like cots, air mattresses. We are responsible
for acquiring and cooking our own meals.
We hope to recruit a wide variety of people for this trip. 15 year-olds and up can work at the site with parental
supervision and signed minor forms. Other family members with a custodial parent are welcome to stay at the
camp while one adult works on the site. Facilities include Chapel, Education Center, hiking trails, ropes course,
tent platforms. A packing list will be provided for necessities and tools.
Thursdays are a group cookout whereby residents as well as the volunteer groups get together for a cook out. WE
donate food for this.
10% Non-refundable deposit to secure dates of our reservation.
Please contact Paul Burns, Loni Ivanovskis, Ute Taylor or Cal Foster for further information.
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You can find updated Server Schedules as well as the monthly calendar on the church’s website at
www.LCOR.ORG—The Calendar and Server Schedule are updated on regular basis.
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8:30 AM
Contemporary
Worship
9:45 AM Christian Ed
11:00 AM Traditional
Worship
26
8:30 AM
Contemporary
Worship
9:45 AM Christian Ed
11:00 AM Traditional
Worship
27
14
7:00 PM Council
Mtg.
7:00 PM Step Sisters
13
7:00 PM Stephen
Ministers Mtg.
12
8:30 AM
Contemporary
Worship
9:45 AM Christian Ed
11:00 AM Traditional
Worship
7:00 PM Step Sisters
28
7:00 PM Worship &
Music Mtg.
7:00 PM Step Sisters
7
6:30 PM ORCCC
BOD Mtg.
7:00 PM Step Sisters
7:15 PM Finance
Mtg.
6
6:00 PM Community
Life Mtg.
7:00 PM Social
Ministry Mtg.
5
Easter Sunday
8:30 AM
Contemporary
Worship
No Christian Ed.
9:30 – 10:45 AM
Easter Breakfast
11:00 AM Traditional
Worship
19
Tue
Mon
Sun
April
29
22
15
6:00 – 8:00 PM
ORCCC Workshop
8
Wed
1
30
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16
24
17
10
9:00 AM to 12:00
Noon LCOR Men’s
Group Clean-up Day
25
Deadline May
Newsletter
Submissions
18
11
Sat
4
2015
7:00 PM Good Friday
Worship
7:00 PM Maundy
Thursday Worship
with Holy
Communion
7:45 PM Adult Choir
9
Fri
3
Thu
2
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
212 Main Street
Foxboro, MA 02035
Phone: 508-543-4071
E-mail: [email protected]
www.LCOR.ORG
Flowers for the Altar
If you’d like to put flowers on the altar, simply
sign up on the large flower chart on the
bulletin board in the hallway leading to the
education wing.
They may be given in honor of someone, in
memory of someone, an event (anniversary
birthday etc.), or simply to the glory of God! If
the flowers are being given in honor or
memory of someone, please write that on the
flower chart. If no reason is stated on the
chart then flowers will be given to the “Glory
of God.”
You must sign up a minimum of 7 days in
advance. Flower arrangements are $35 each.
Please place your payment in the offering
plate and be sure you designate the payment
as “altar flowers.”
These flowers belong to you, after the flowers
adorn the altar area for both services, please
take your flowers home.
Receiving E-Mail Newsletter
If you are interested in receiving the newsletter
by e-mail rather than the regular mail, please
sign up on the E-Mail signup sheet on the
bulletin board, or leave a note on the
secretary’s desk (providing your name and email address). You can also send an e-mail to
[email protected] with your request to be added.
Each month the e-mail version of the newsletter
will be e-mailed out generally 3 days prior to
when the printed copy comes out. The e-mail
version is in color. You can print out only what
you want printed. The format of the e-mail
bulletin is normal sized paper.
For those of you concerned with computer
viruses, the church computer is updated and
checked weekly and all e-mail addresses are
kept confidential. The e-mail bulletin is sent
out to all as a blind copy so if it is forwarded the
only email address that is seen is the church’s.