Salem Lutheran Church
1700 W. War Memorial Dr.
Peoria, IL 61614-6724
The Bugle
USPS 477-460
May 15, 2015
Volume 69, Number 19
News from the Call Committee
SALEM FAMILY
Growing People in Christ
Did you know...
...each synod congregation is entitled to send
two lay voting members (one male and one
female)
to
the
synod
assembly?
Congregations with more than 500 baptized
members may send more.
At a glance
May 18 - Blood drive
May 30 - Spring Formal
June 29 - Splashdown family night (details to
come)
August 3-7 - VBS
Reminders
u We have special visitors coming this
Sunday. They are from Crittenton
and Bethel in response to our
successful can collection.
u This Sunday is our last day of
Sunday school. If you haven’t
already, please bring donations for
Common Place summer campers.
u Seniors, have you signed up for the
lunch and bus trip? It’s on May 24!
After lunch, we’ll go see a concert at
Bradley.
The LORD knows the way of the righteous. Psalm 1:6
Jeremiah 3:15 reads: “I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with
knowledge and understanding.”
It has been a long time since the Call Committee was formed...so long, that
two of the members have babies on the way! Finally, we are excited to announce
that the Call Committee has selected a Nominee of Choice.
Recently we had multiple interviews with two wonderful pastoral candidates.
After many hours of prayers and discussions, we presented to the Council a pastor
that we highly recommend to be our next Senior Pastor here at Salem!
To give you a bit of insight, this candidate was approached by nine different
congregations. Four of them (including Salem) invited the candidate back for
second interviews. Throughout our interviews and a visit to Salem and Peoria,
both the candidate and his wife were highly impressed. When we offered our
decision, the candidate was excited. He told me Salem is clearly number one on
his list!
Unfortunately we cannot reveal his name yet — but hopefully that can be made
public soon. For now we can only say that he is from Minnesota.
Where do we go from here? The Council will set up a date to meet with and
interview our candidate. Assuming this goes well, the next step will be for the
pastor and his wife to meet and greet the congregation. After that, an official
congregational vote will be scheduled, confirming to call this pastor as our new
leader.
In the meantime, we continue to request your prayers for a continued and
smooth process!
Leo Vandervlugt, Salem Call Committee
Worship With Us!
Sundays
8:00 & 10:45am
Fellowship Hour
9:15am
nursery provided
www.salemofpeoria.com
Office Email:
[email protected]
Dick Hanson, Interim Senior Pastor
[email protected]
Elise Rothfusz, Associate Pastor
[email protected]
Lori Herold, Editor
[email protected]
Deadline for copy is Tuesdays at
12:00pm in the church office.
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Parish Record for May 10
Worship Services 253
Class of 2015
Summer communications
With the summer months, The Bugle will
move to a monthly publication. Like the
weekly, it will be both mailed and emailed.
The Bugle Blast, our e-newsletter that is
now used for major Salem events, will also change roles
for the summer only. It will go out weekly with more
information. Salem Extra will continue to be placed in
your Sunday bulletin.
If are not currently receiving our emailed
communications but would like to be on an email
subscriber list for The Bugle and/or The Bugle Blast, please
contact the church office with your email address.
Deadlines for submitting summer month Bugles are
as follows:
Tuesday, May 26 for the June Bugle.
Wednesday, June 17 for the July Bugle.
Tuesday, July 21 for the August Bugle.
Deadlines for The Bugle Blast and the Salem Extra are
at 9:00am on Wednesday of that week.
Faith & Science
On May 2, 18 youth and adults from the Northern
Conference of our synod came together to talk about
issues of faith and science and how those two aspects
of our lives interconnect. With videos, small group
activities, and a panel of Lutheran scientists from two
of our congregations, we explored areas of how we
view the relationship between faith and science, brain
connections, outer space, and how God is working in
and through creation and scientific exploration.
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Connor Kelly is graduating from
East Peoria Community High School
where he was involved in band, the
school musicals, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Up
Your Sleeve Blood Drive, and Key
Club. He was recognized as a member
of the National Honor Society. He
will attend Bradley University starting
this fall to study film and visual arts.
He will always support his Northern
Iowa Panthers while attending
Bradley. His parents are Todd
Congratulations, Salem high school graduates!
&Kirsten Kelly.
L-R: Kylee Lambie, Connor Kelly, Megan Thomasson
Kylee Lambie is graduating from
Dunlap High School where she was involved in softball, volleyball and the Interact Club.
She is a member of the National Honor Society. Kylee will attend the University of
Mississippi starting this fall and is undecided about a major field of study at this point.
Her parents are Rick & Janice Lambie.
Megan Thomasson is graduating from Peoria Notre Dame High School on the honor
roll, with special recognition in the Christian Service Program and as a member of the
National Honor Society. She has been involved in the Peoria Ballet Company for over
10 years as a student, teacher, and performer. Megan will attend Miami University in
the fall. Her parents are Dennis & Wendy Thomasson.
Young Worship
Leaders
We are looking for young people who
would like to read the psalm during
worship throughout the summer. Please
email
the
church
office
([email protected]) or Pastor
Elise ([email protected])
if your child would like to help lead our
worship in this way.
Bulletin cover art
Throughout the summer our bulletin covers
will feature artwork from our Salem family.
If you would like to contribute a drawing,
please pick up a yellow information sheet
from the Welcome Center which includes
instructions and ideas and themes. Artwork
can be turned in to the church office or
handed to a pastor on Sunday morning.
Thank you for sharing your gifts!
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Do these belong in
your home?
There are quite a few items that
have lost their home.
Among other things, we have
several children’s sweat shirts, a
petite jean jacket, and a man’s
leather jacket and gloves. They are
in the first floor coat rack. While
you are there checking out the
clothes, you may want to check the
assortment of dishes in the kitchen
on the metal rack. They came to
Salem with a delicious meal to share
and now they need to go home.
Please pick these things up by
May 30; otherwise they will be
donated to the Church Mouse.
Let’s plant geraniums!
Bring your trowel, garden gloves
and water and let’s plant the
geraniums from our Pentecost
Chancel Garden on the church
grounds at 9:00am on Monday,
May 25! In case it rains, we’ll try
again the same time the next day
(May 26).
Blood Drive
Are you able to give the life-saving
gift of blood? If so, please donate
at the next Blood Drive to take
place at 2:30pm on Monday, May
18 in the Social Hall. Questions can
be directed to Lori Reimer.
Congratulations to those
earning degrees!
Alyssa Glawe, (daughter of Regg & Barb
Glawe) is graduating from DePaul University in
Chicago in June with a Master’s of Education
in Bilingual/Bicultural Education.
Eric John Topel (son of Rod & Jane Topel) is
graduating from St. Olaf College in Northfield,
MN on May 24 with a BA degree in Physics and
Mathematics. Eric will attend Purdue University
this fall to pursue a Masters in Electrical
Engineering.
The Screwtape Letters by
CS Lewis
It’s an oldie but a goodie for those who enjoy a
challenging read with a humorous approach. The
letters in the book are written by a seasoned
demon, Screwtape, to his neophyte nephew,
Wormwood, with schemes for securing the soul
of Wormwood’s “patient” for hell. Wormwood’s
patient is a British man who has recently become
a Christian, and whose attention is turned to his
mother, his love interest, and the war in Europe.
Among the many topics in Screwtape’s
instructions are jokes, choosing friends and
churches, attitudes toward demons, distractions
from God, pain and pleasure, food, humility,
time, and cowardice.
Especially interesting are the instructions for
how to use World War II to push the patient
away from the “Enemy” (God). One instruction
is the use of fear. On learning that the patient
(Screwtape cont on pg 5)
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(Screwtape cont from pg 4))
could be called up for military service,
Screwtape writes, “We want him to be in
the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind
will be filled with contradictory pictures of
the future, every one which arouses hope
or fear. There is nothing like suspense and
anxiety for barricading a human’s mind
against the Enemy. He wants men to be
concerned with what they do; our business
is to keep them thinking about what will
happen to them.” Another instruction is in
the use of patriotism or pacifism.
Screwtape writes, “Whichever he adopts,
your main task will be the same. Let him
begin by treating the patriotism or pacifism
as part of his religion…Then quietly nurse
him onto the stage at which religion
becomes merely part of the ‘cause,’ in
which Christianity is valued chiefly because
of the excellent arguments it can produce
in favor of the British war effort or of
Pacifism.”
The Screwtape Letters is an excellent
source for revealing the subtleties of how
Satan and his minion use our everyday
emotions, reasoning and actions to
influence us negatively and create barriers
in our relationship with God. Does
Wormwood win his patient’s soul for his
“Father Below”? Find out for yourself in
this book filled with the awesome and
timeless wisdom of one of the greatest
Christian writers of the 20th Century. The
Screwtape Letters is available in Salem’s
library.
Review by Lori Herold
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Thanks for the
beautiful quilts!
A big thank you goes to those listed
below for making the beautiful quilts
hanging in the sanctuary to celebrate the
milestone of high school graduation. A
lot of hard work and love for the young
people of Salem goes into this project.
The Quilting Group meets throughout
the year on Wednesday mornings to
make these gifts for our high school
graduation class. Please contact Anitra
O’Connor if you wish to help with the
quilts for next year.
Mary Ann Welch
Inez Norgard
Sharon Mollenhauer Mary Fitzgerald
Bev Maier
Elgene Martin
Norma Hartman
Dottie Strickler
Anitra O’Connor
Roxanne Vandervlugt
Ready for a candle-lit
dinner?
The Salem Spring Formal is on
Saturday evening, May 30. Whether
it’s for romance or to enjoy good friends,
you can choose tables for two, four or
eight. Choose from three seating times
and three entrees. Childcare will be
provided. A $20 donation is requested
and all proceeds will go toward Kappa
Chi’s summer trip to the ELCA National
Youth Gathering in Detroit. Enclosed in
your Bugle is a reservation form with
details.
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