King of Glory
Lutheran
Church and
Preschool
2500 Borchard Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320
805-498-4812
www.kog.cc
October 2014
Volume 6 No. 10
October 26
Join us for worship at
9:30 a.m.
with our King of Glory
Brass and Winds
Worship Schedule
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m.
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King of Glory
Mission Statement of
2014 Council
Pastor: Steve Simpson
King of Glory Lutheran Church:
805-498-4812
Uniting People,
Walt Chandler
Uniting Purposes,
President
Karle Koerbling
Uniting Paths in Christ
Vice President
Carole Johnson
OFFICE INFORMATION
Secretary
Regular Hours
Sue Meser
Susan Premo
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Dick Schwartz
Friday: 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Phone:
805-498-4812
Fax:
805-498-7912
Website:
www.kog.cc
Email:
[email protected]
Carol Browning
Office Manager
Lynda MacDonald
Preschool Director
Church Council
805-498-0567
Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
Tom Dawes
Preschool Board
Treasurer
Renate Lee
Financial Secretary
Thursday, October 16, 5:15 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal
Carol Browning
Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Music Room)
Music Director
Worship Committee
Sunday, October 5, after Worship
2Grace Notes
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Message from Our Pastor
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to
everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally,
beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is
pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of
praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and
heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 4:1-9 (NRSV translation)
Rejoice in the Lord always! This seems like an odd reminder, doesn’t it? The Bible
teaches us much about how we should live. It shows us how to love our neighbor and treat
one another with kindness. It encourages us to pray and engage in worship. The scriptures
encourage us to be charitable and forgiving. But this passage from Philippians calls us to
something a bit different: to be joyful. Is this really a reminder we need? I think so.
Our lives can become a swirl of anxiety and apprehensions. And it is amazing how
quickly we can worry about the smallest things! Only a few days ago, I was washing one of
my favorite coffee mugs that was given to me by a very kind person here at King of Glory.
As I was scrubbing it, the mug slipped from my hands, and chipped a bit on the inside. I
felt terrible. This mug had been a gift, after all! As I carefully inspected the rest of that
cup for damage, I read again the words that were printed on the side: “Pray, and let God
worry.” I never expected to be taught a gospel lesson by a piece of dishware, but there it
was.
All too often, we are caught up in the brokenness of the world rather than seeing the
grace that is written throughout it. Martin Luther often spoke about “law and gospel.” The
law, he said, is anything that reminds us of our failures. It is when we see our own
sinfulness or the sins of the world. But this is only half of the story. The law helps us to
see that we, and indeed the entire world, are in need of God’s love. This is the gospel. It
is a declaration that we are forgiven and shown grace.
We should not get stuck in the first half of the story. We can easily get caught up in
the worry and not see the wonder. We complain rather than see God’s compassion. We
rehash arguments instead of rejoicing. Perhaps we do need to hear the words of
Philippians: rejoice in the Lord always! The gospel is a declaration of God’s grace.
Let us take this lesson from Philippians to heart. It is a lesson on how to live with
joy. This is not to say that we always have to be happy. Paul, who wrote this book of the
Bible, was well acquainted with sadness. There are times in which our hearts feel
mournful, and this is okay. But rather, this passage of scripture reminds us to tell the full
story of faith: both the gospel as well as the law. We should not get stuck in the sin
because we are a people who have been saved. God has written grace throughout the
world. Perhaps you may even find it on the side of a coffee cup.
So I will say again, rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord always.
Peace,
Pastor Steve Simpson
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Worship
Date
Worship
Season/Color
Readers
Flowers
Altar Guild
Acolyte
10/4,
4:00 p.m.
Blessing of the
Animals
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10/5
Pentecost 17A
Green
Ed Carloni
[Available]
Renate
Sutton
Abby
Provenzano
10/12
Pentecost 18A
Green
Linda Lian
by the Krebs
in Memory of
Mike Krebs
Renate
Sutton
Meagan
Provenzano
Renate
Sutton
Jeffrey
Knudson
Renate
Sutton
Emily
Bryant
10/19
Pentecost 19A
Green
TBD
by Jeanne Bailey
in Honor of Kathy,
Nicole, Kacy, Bella,
and Billy’s Birthdays
10/26
Reformation
Sunday
Red
Joel Arnold
[Available]
From the Council
Dear KOG Members and Friends,
Council will meet on the last Thursday evening this month due to the 50th celebration.
However, I think there is plenty to say in just thanking Renate and the team for the
work put into preparing for the anniversary celebration. First, Renate planned and
budgeted, and organized, and shopped, and recruited, and executed the plan
beautifully. Thank you, Renate; it was a wonderful event. Carol Browning and the
choir and musicians provided beautiful music for the service. It was a lovely service,
and the music amazing; thank you, Choir and Carol. Others in the congregation
cleaned, painted, trimmed, swept, and decorated to prepare for the event—Thank you,
all. Pastor Steve was there helping with almost every aspect; thank you, Pastor Steve.
What was most fun was being a family preparing and celebrating together. The last
fifty were good years with lots accomplished, and I am sure God has much more
planned for KOG.
When the council meets next Thursday, it will be for budget. We will still need to be
careful in 2015, but I am sure we will maintain our giving, thanks again to all of you.
Grace and peace,
Walt Chandler
Council President
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Preschool Happenings
Everything is going well at the Preschool. The
children and the teachers are all adjusting well to
their new classes. Many learning activities are
taking place in the classes and on the
playground. As the children adjust to their
environment, there is a lot of laughing, talking, and singing going on.
Back-to-School Night was a huge success. The parents really enjoyed going
into their child’s classroom and seeing what the new school year had in store
for them as well as their children. We are trying to stress with the parents
that open communication between them and their child’s teachers is of the
utmost concern. We want all to be happy in our wonderful environment.
We teachers are busy planning for the month to
bring new experiences to the children. There are
some traditional experiences that we have from
year to year, and the children look forward to
them. Our annual Pumpkin Patch field trip will
take place on Wednesday, October 22 and October
23.
We will also have our annual Halloween
Costume Parade for the children and their parents, on Thursday, October 30,
and Friday, October 31.
We have a special fundraiser on October 3rd. Sanna Fredricksson’s Girl Scout
Troop will be showing the movie The Jungle Book at 6:00 p.m. in Room 5. The
cost is $5.00 per family, and they are selling pizza and other treats. All
proceeds go to the preschool. If you want to see a fun movie, and if you have
a free night on Friday, come and watch the movie with us.
Support our KOG Preschool
Masterpiece Cookie Dough Fundraiser!
October 1—October 15
Order forms available in the Welcome Center.
Cookies
(including gluten-free), coffee cake, cheesecake, brownies,
pretzels. Delivery date: November 12 (11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
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Yours in Christ,
Lynda MacDonald
Director
Adult Bible Study
The Adult Bible Study meets on Sundays after Worship & Fellowship, in the Music
Room, and is currently studying the Gospel of Matthew.
Altar Guild
The Altar Guild sign-up sheet is on the downstairs bulletin board, and you can sign
up for a Sunday or two, or for a month. This is an important and necessary ministry,
preparing the sanctuary for worship. Training is provided.
November and December are still open! Please consider signing up, for a month
or part of a month. To join the Altar Guild Ministry, please see Sue Premo or talk to
Pastor Steve.
Blessing of the Animals
Last year was our inaugural Blessing of the Animals. We had so much fun that
we’re doing it again—Saturday, October 4, at 4:00 p.m., in the lower parking lot,
outside of the Fellowship Hall. October 4th is the feast day of Saint Francis, who
was known for his love of animals. Bring your animals (Aardvarks to Zebras, even
stuffed animals!), or a photo of them, for a blessing. We’ll have water and treats
(for animals and people!) available.
LIFT Bible Study
LIFT did not meet in September—due to our ladies’ involvement in preparing for the
50th Anniversary Celebration—BUT WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON MONDAY, OCTOBER
13TH, at noon at Anna Borrego’s home. Our new 2014/2015 study is called
“TRANSFORMING LIFE AND FAITH.” The first session is called “Transformation and
Conversion.” I am looking forward to studying what we will then discuss, Renate
Lee. See you on the 13th at noon!
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Music Ministry
We’re glad to have our choir back leading our sung prayer (although we really miss
Jim Weber!). Last month was busy, getting ready for the anniversary events—
Holden Evening Prayer and our September 21st Worship. Thanks to Lenore Silva
and Holly Diaz for being our leaders and the choir for helping the congregation at
Holden Evening Prayer. It was a beautiful service! And what fun we had on the
21st!! Seminarian Natalie Faltin, former Choir Director Carolyn Linhart, and
former choir member Jeanne Foulger augmented our usual “small but mighty”
choir, to make them even mightier! With Marcy Knudson on guitar and Doug
Hardie on trumpet joining Carole Johnson, organ, Dick Lee, horn, and Carol on
piano, we certainly raised the roof!!!
We’ll sing some music at the Blessing of the Animals on October 4 (4:00 p.m.). At
the end of this month, we’ll celebrate Reformation Sunday, on October 26, with
our KOG Brass and Winds providing festive accompaniment! Looking ahead, our
annual Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service will be Monday, November 25, and Advent
and Christmas will be right around the corner!
Choir rehearsals are Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m., in the Music Room. If you’re
interested in singing (tenors especially needed!) or if you play an instrument and
would like to be part of our KOG Music Ministry, please talk to Carol Browning,
either at church or contact her by cell:
310/463-3233, or email:
[email protected]).
Our Seminarian
Wasn’t it wonderful to have Natalie Faltin assisting in worship for our 50th
Anniversary celebration, and to see how much she’s grown as a leader?! She’s at
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary for her final year of studies, so please
continue to pray for her. Follow Natalie’s blog: http://bachatschool.blogspot.com/.
Pastor Steve’s Blog
www.sermonsandstuff.com is Pastor Steve’s blog, where you can read his sermons
if you’re away from church on a Sunday and peruse other thoughts and reflections.
Pastor Steve has updated the look of his blog with some interesting
photos to accompany the sermon titles. Check it out!
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Sound System
Council approved a quote of approximately $14,000 to update our sound system.
We’ve received about $5,300 towards that goal. To donate to the fund, make your
check payable to King of Glory Lutheran Church and mark “Sound System” in the
Memo field. Does your company do matching funds? All donations are
appreciated! If you have other ideas for fundraising, please see Carol Browning.
Thanks to the Agape Christian International Church for their generous donations
totaling $350!!
Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service
Mark your calendars for Monday, November 24, for our annual Thanksgiving
Ecumenical Worship. Plans are being finalized but save the date now!
Worship Notes
Wow, what a wonderful 50th Anniversary Celebration! Thanks to Pastor Steve for
his leadership, to Bishop Howie Wennes for his message, to Bishop Guy Erwin for his
Welcome from the Synod and presiding at Communion, to Pastors Mark Huggenvik,
Reg Schultz-Akerson, and John Wilker for sharing their memories, and to Seminarian
Natalie Faltin for assisting at worship!! It was great to have a full church, singing
their hearts out and praying together, with new and old friends praising God!!!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 4, at 4:00 p.m., for our 2nd annual
Blessing of the Animals! Last year, all of the animals (and owners!) were very wellbehaved, and we had a great time.
As part of our liturgical décor for the anniversary, we used banners from all the
seasons—blue, Advent; white, Christmas; green, Epiphany; purple, Lent; gold,
Easter; red, the feast of Pentecost. We’re now back to our Time After Pentecost
color of green—through November 16—except for Reformation Sunday.
Reformation Sunday, celebrating our Lutheran heritage, is October 26. The
liturgical color for this Sunday is red, so show your Lutheran spirit by wearing red
that day!
YAGM—Lauren Amundson
If you want to follow Lauren’s experience with YAGM (Young Adults in Global
Mission), check out her blog: http://palabrasenaccion.wordpress.com/.
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Serving Our Community
Come Help KOG Serve the Community Meal Each Third Saturday
King of Glory supports the Conejo Valley Shelter Program through feeding our less
fortunate neighbors on the 3rd Saturday of each month, across the street in the
fellowship hall of St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church.
On September 20, 2014, we served a wonderful and delicious meal to 45
appreciative guests. Many thanks to the generous folks who helped with cooking
and serving these meals!
Please remember to sign up in our Welcome Center to bring an item and/or to
serve for the next meal: October 18.
Birthday Lunch
The October Birthday Lunch will be the first Monday, October 6, at 11:15 a.m., at
Country Harvest. RSVP to Joann Krebs if you can attend.
Bunko
This group will be meeting the second Friday, October 10, 6:00 p.m., at the home f
Ann Lane. For more info, please call Carmen Barton at 805-376-2164.
Fellowship Coordinator Needed
Dear Friends of King of Glory, we need some specific help. Will you step forward
and take on the role of coordinating our fellowship events? I have done this for
many more years than I like to think—but now I have told the Council that I am
stepping down as Fellowship Coordinator. I will help anyone who wants to direct the
effort for some of our beloved events (Christmas Party, Easter Breakfast,
Oktoberfest, Potlucks, and the occasional cake after Sunday Worship) and find new
events that we haven’t tried yet. Please let the Council know you will help.
Renate Lee
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Fiftieth Anniversary—Many Thanks!
Many, many thanks to many people who have worked diligently over the last several
months to bring about the wonderful celebration of our Fifty Years as a
congregation.
Not everyone can be named, but the members of the 50th
Committee need to be mentioned by name: Foremost in encouragement and
enthusiasm was Pastor Steve—with Carol Browning close behind. Carol had ideas
and worked tirelessly to keep everyone informed and did numerous behind-thescenes tasks. Thank you both. And then there is Joann Krebs, making sure that all
our previous pastors and seminarians were invited—and Ardath and Dick
Schwartz ,who spent innumerable hours on the computer helping us find pictures of
the last ten years (since our 40th celebration), made parking signs, and found a way
to display the story in pictures—and Anna Borrego (with Tony’s support) who took it
upon herself to be in charge of the wonderful decorations (with Ardath’s support
where possible)—and Sue Premo making sure that the “inside” of the church facility
was clean and tidy—and Pam and Walt Chandler who helped with planning and took
care of so many things with set-up and clean-up—and Nanci Frederick who handled
the drinks for our luncheon and made sure the table stayed well-stocked with
waters, coffee, tea, and punch. And a personal thank-you to Janet Hinderer for
putting together the two new posters. Not to be forgotten are all the people who
answered Tom Dawes’ request for help in cleaning the outside of the church. Again,
many, many thanks. Renate Lee
King’s Readers Book Club
On Wednesday, October 15, we will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Ann Lane’s, to discuss
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg.
On Wednesday, November 19, we will meet at 7:00 p.m. at Patty Lebow’s, to
discuss Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.
Please join us.
Men’s Breakfast
Our Men’s Breakfast group meets the First Friday of each month. Please join us
Friday, October 3, at 7:30 a.m., for an hour of informal conversation and a favorite
hot beverage as we discuss the Gospel for Sunday. All are welcome to join us at Old
New York Deli & Bagel, 2700 Teller Rd., #A (cross the freeway on Borchard, left on
Hillcrest, right on Teller.) More info: Walt Chandler, [email protected].
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Trunk-or-Treat
Besides wearing red for Reformation on October 26, could you bring a bag of candy
or individual snacks (without nuts) that day? We're having a Trunk-or-Treat event,
right after worship. If you want to participate, sign up in the Welcome Center. On
that Sunday, park in the lower paring lot before church. For those creative people,
decorate your car (prizes for the best decorated car). The children will go from car
to car collecting candy. If you don't drive to church yourself, we'll pull a chair out
from the fellowship hall. Then you can still give out candy, snacks, or trinkets and
see the neat costumes the children wear. We'll also have tables for the kids (in
Halloween outfits, hopefully, or not) where they can color, make a Halloween bag,
and decorate a cupcake. Did you know that Halloween is the eve of All Saints
Day? It is a day which we remember dear friends, family, or instrumental people
who are no longer with us here on Earth.
Contact Pam Chandler at
[email protected] or (818) 991-8465 with questions.
Other Upcoming Events/Information
Feast of Faiths—Ecumenical Event
See the flyers in the Welcome Center for the annual “Feast of Faiths” gathering of
individuals from various religions, sharing a meal and their beliefs. This year’s
event is October 19, 5:00 p.m., at the Camarillo United Methodist Church, and is
sponsored by the Ventura County Interfaith Community and Campus Interfaith for
CSUCI.
Many Mansions—Gingerbread Boutique
See the flyer in the Welcome Center for information on how you can support Many
Mansions at the 33rd Annual Gingerbread Boutique, on November 7-8.
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Thrivent Choice Dollars
Thrivent Financial is a faith-based membership organization whose purpose is to
strengthen Christian communities by helping members be wise with money and
inspiring them to live generously. They do this by offering financial services and
products for you and your family and by returning their profits back to their
members in certain ways. One of these is the ability to donate what is called
“Choice Dollars” to any organization you direct (which for many of our members
has been to King of Glory) or for specific purposes—which has helped our Preschool
annually. To find out which of their “products” (insurances, annuities, etc.) create
Choice Dollars, please call your agent (for many of our members this is Larry Winter,
a former member, who is still giving to our congregation). If you currently are a
member, please remember to direct your Choice dollars twice a year (now, and
again in late January) so that King of Glory can receive your gift.
October 1-15, KOG Preschool Cookie Dough Fundraiser
Order forms in the Welcome Center and Preschool Office
Saturday, October 4, 4:00 p.m.—Blessing of the Animals
Wednesday, October 22, 5:00-9:00 p.m.—KOG Preschool Family
FUNdraiser at Toppers Pizza
Sunday, October 26—Reformation Sunday
KOG Brass & Winds! Wear red!!
Trunk-or-Treat following Worship!
Sunday, November 2—Daylight Saving Time Ends (“Fall back”)
Sunday, November 9, 11:00 a.m.—Annual Congregational Meeting
Monday, November 25—Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service
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KOG e-mails:
E-Mail
Contact Person
[email protected]
Pastor - Pastor Steve Simpson
[email protected]
Church Office - Carol Browning
[email protected]
Preschool Office - Director Lynda MacDonald
[email protected]
Prayer Chain - Walt Chandler
[email protected]
Weekly e-mail - Sue Meser
[email protected]
Website - Dick Schwartz
Toppers Pizza Night FUNdraiser for
King of Glory Preschool
Enjoy delicious pizza (or other food) at Toppers Pizza Place while supporting King of Glory
Preschool at the same time. With each flyer presented (flyers will be available in the
Welcome Center before the date), Toppers will donate 20% of the event day sales back to
KOG’s Preschool.
The King of Glory Preschool FUNdraiser is:
Wednesday, October 22, 2014, (5:00-9:00 p.m.)
Toppers Pizza Place, 1416 N. Moorpark Road,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
805-385-4444 / 805-495-4444 | www.topperspizzaplace.com
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Identification Statement:
The King’s Courier, Volume 6, No. 10, Dated October 2014,
is published monthly by King of Glory Lutheran Church and Preschool, 2500 Borchard Road,
Newbury Park, CA, 91320.
Sunday Schedule:
9:00am
All ages Childcare (until 12 noon)
9:30am
Holy Communion Worship
9:45am
Sunday School (ages 4+)
10:30am
Coffee and Fellowship
10:45am
Adult Bible Study
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18th of the month