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Who were the Pilgrims?
The people who came over on
the Mayflower were
“Separatists” who felt that they
needed to be apart from the
official Church of England.
(Their better known cousins, the
“Puritans,” sought to purify the Church of England.) The Pilgrims
were not the first English settlers in the New World, nor were they
the last. But they were one part of a diverse and conflicted plurality
of Christianities that took root on North America’s eastern seaboard.
Dove of Peace Lutheran Church
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Tucson, AZ 85704
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with Holy Communion
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11:00 a.m.-Contemporary
Children and Adult Education
9:50 a.m.
Tuesday Morning Service
with Holy Communion
9:00 a.m.
Our Mission Statement
The Holy Spirit gathers us into a
community that enthusiastically
claims and shares our experience of
God’s Grace.
Issue 11 November 2014
The following is from a book review of the Pulitzer-nominated
history, The Barbarous Years, by Bernard Bailyn.
In Europe, the Netherlands was a nation of immigrants, and its
loosely controlled colonies became the same, “a miscellany of
people from outside the Netherlands”: “Finns, Swedes, Walloons,
Flemings, Frisians, Holsteiners, Danes, Germans and French
Huguenots.” English religious zealots overrunning Long Island;
Walloons trapping fur in Albany; Finns destroying the forest,
slash-and-burn style — Bailyn seems to know them all, capturing the
lives of each with the flick of a sentence, an informed summary of
their homeland, an expertly chosen quotation.
A few hundred miles to the northeast was an equally noisy but vastly
different tumult, New England, the third of Bailyn’s histories. A
great majority of New Englanders in these years arrived in a rush, a
small but purposeful exodus in the 1630s, fleeing Charles I’s
stumble-footed suppression of religious dissension. (The outward
pressure stopped in 1649, when Puritans took over England and
killed the king.) Most of the migrants were Puritans, their leaders
determined to exercise their newfound religious freedom by making
sure that everybody else didn’t exercise too much of it. Unlike the
other migrants, many New Englanders arrived in networks of
interconnected families — and again, Bailyn seems to know them
all, to the point where reading the book feels, from time to time, like
being trapped at the dinner table of one of those genealogy-obsessed
families in Southern Gothic novels.
Bailyn blows past many of the familiar Pilgrim stories Americans
learn in school — the first Thanksgiving isn’t mentioned, for
instance — to concentrate on disputes over religious doctrine, which
were also disputes over political power. “A hothouse of holy rage,”
New England had a relatively moderate leadership that was forever
“under assault by radical dissenters, perfectionists of one sort or
another.” New Englanders, too, were constantly accusing one
another of — sometimes executing one another for — heinous
crimes like Anabaptism, Antinomianism, Familism and, most
heinous of all, Quakerism.
[Charles Mann, The New York Times Book Review, January 4, 2013]
In our Prayers...
Dorothy Daniel - Handmaker hospice
FOR COUNSEL AND ASSISTANCE
Megan Allen, Kathie Anderson, Jane Au, Dorothy
Austin,, Bill and Bobbie Behm, Gary Benoit,
Marge Bock, Sonya Bowers, Kenny Carlton,
Maggie Corrao, Noe Chapa, Helen Chergosky,
Norma Cooper, Nathan D Angelo, Ed Davis,
Marty Del Giorgie, David Demeritt, Carol
Dietsch, Fran Dixon, Gene Dozmati, Nan Drafz,
Pat Elzey, Dan Fischer, Summer Flowers, Esther
Fodness, Tom Ford, James Foss, Yoko Foss,
Renate Niemann-Gray, Wayne Greenwood,
Marlene Johnson, Beverly Kappel, Martin Klapel,
Lorna Kraemer, Cari Lamm,, Millie Lowe, Pat
Bruce Maly, Jim McCann, Ruth and Todd
Mesich, Marie Monheim, Donald Mundell, Frank
& Jane Musgrave, Joe and Betty Ness, Kay
Norton, Elizabeth Olson, AC and Celia Oropeza,
Joni Pabst, Jim and Lenna Paulson, Charles and
Loretta Paxton, Dick Peters, Lorraine Phillips,
Ann Radloff, Dave Ray, Brucs Roland, Flo
Schmid, , Andy and Roxanne Shorer, Pastor
Spencer, Dot Sterns, Jim Taylor, Debbie Wells,
Harvey Whittmyer, Dona Wilson, Mike Yoquelet
Dove of Peace Lutheran Church is a m em ber of the
Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Am erica.
ELCA - Presiding Bishop
The Rev. Elizabeth A Eaton
Synod Bishop
The Rev. Stephen Talmage
STAFF
Stephen Springer, Pastor
Carol Wren, Nelly Bowers, Office
Eric Holtan, Choir/Bell Director
Lars E. Andersen, Organist/Director of Music
Maria Makepeace, Custodian
CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL
Sandy Ahlers, President
Darla Petering, Vice-President
Sharon Knutson, Secretary
, Treasurer
Nancy Day
Loretta Elsholz
Connie Farugia
Members in Long Term Care
Elaine Peters
Marilyn Walters (Life Care), Helen Juergensen
(The Villas), Jewell Truett (Amber Lights)
Lou Kunert (Desert Treasure)
Dave Schneuker
CHURCH RELATED AND SUPPORTED
Pacific Lutheran Theological Sem inary
Prayers for our men and women
serving in the military
Berkeley, CA
California Lutheran University
Caleb Allen, Andy Bergstrom, Michael List,
Larry Hoffmann, Brian Huston, Joshua Allen,
Lisa Abels, Steven Phares, Michael Paul,
Cassandra Lane, Stevan McCrory, Chet Nixon,
Nathan Carlton
Thousand Oaks, CA
Lutheran Social Ministry of the SW
Lutheran Cam pus Ministry
(University of Arizona)
Evanjelicke Lyceum , Bratislava, Slovakia
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FROM A TEACHER
NOVEMBER 2014
From Pastor Stephen Springer
At the annual pastors’ conference in October, our bishop invited our newest seminary president, Dr.
David Lose, to address us. He is very concerned with the future of our denomination, the ELCA, and
with preparing new pastors for the future needs. Below are some excerpts of his recent writings. – PS
What Do We Talk About in Church?
And while we’re on it, do we talk about other things that are incredibly important to our
everyday lives and about which we should have something to say? Do we talk about meaning and
purpose in light of vocation, and then make room for conversation about how many people don’t feel
called to their work, or don’t have work they enjoy, and or don’t have work at all, and how hard that
can be? Do we talk about how challenging it can be to have family members suffering from dementia or
Alzheimer’s, reminding each other that God remembers us even when we cannot remember God and
allowing for conversation about how important that affirmation can seem sometimes and how empty it
can feel at others? And what about the challenges of being married and raising a family in a
helter-skelter world that is absent any sense of Sabbath? Or being single in a world where more and
more people are single even as most congregations are set up for the (less and less) typical
“married-with-children” types?
In short, beyond the hit-and-miss conversations around coffee hour, do we talk about any of the
things that really matter to us in church? And if we don’t, what do we talk about? Budgets, who’s going
to teach Sunday school, carpet color, what?
Does What We Do Make Sense to Newcomers?
What if our congregations are set up – in terms of things like “membership” and “pledges” and
church council committees, and “new member” classes and “friendship pads” and scripted worship
services filled with sixteenth-century music – to respond to the needs of those who came of age in the
fifties, sixties, and seventies but have little to offer millennials? In other words, what if the way we do
church just doesn’t make much sense to the youngest third of our population? What then?
I find this to be a terrifying thought. Mostly because I think it might be true….
Five Reasons Denominations are Passé
When the larger culture was nominally Christian, we had the luxury of squaring off behind our
denominational identities. No longer. Ask the typical person with little or no familiarity with the
Christian faith the difference between Methodists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians and she’ll likely give
you a blank stare that indicates she’s wondering whether you’re still talking about Christianity. Here’s
the sad truth: most people in the various denominations have little sense what they mean and no one
outside them really cares.
What Martin Luther Says about Being “Lutheran”
I ask that people make no reference to my name; let them call themselves Christians, not Lutherans.
What is Luther? After all, the teaching is not mine. Neither was I crucified for anyone. St. Paul, in I
Corinthians 3, would not allow the Christians to call themselves Pauline or Petrine but Christian. How
then should I – poor stinking maggot-fodder than I am – come to have people call the children of Christ
by my wretched name? Not so, my dear friends; let us abolish all party names and call ourselves
Christian.
– Martin Luther, “A Sincere Admonition to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion”
(1522), Luther’s Works, Vol. 45, p. 70.
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THANKSGIVING
It is easy to develop a list of those things that
we wish that we had. There are countless
new products on the market. The advertising
agencies list for us all of the things we need
to be happy.
November
Birthdays
Vanatta, Paul
Benoit, Gary
Farugia, Connie
Knutson, Michael
Burtnett, Emily
Schneuker, Jennifer
Young, Wilma
Koenneker, Liam
Taylor, Charles
Schneuker, David
Breit, Jack
Taylor, Catherine
Johnson, Marlene
O’hanlon, Joseph
Dixon, Frances
Sparacino, Allan
O’hanlon, Corina
Benoit, Joann
Norton, Kay
Emrick, Sebastian
Vanatta, Susan
11/01
11/04
11/04
11/04
11/05
11/05
11/05
11/06
11/07
11/13
11/14
11/14
11/16
11/18
11/20
11/22
11/23
11/27
11/28
11/29
11/29
When the year is nearly done, right between
Halloween and Christmas, we set aside a day
called Thanksgiving. It is a family time to
gather and thank God for all of those things
that we have. We gather to count our
blessings.
This holiday, institutionalized by an act of
our government, is an opportunity to reflect
on what is really important to us. The
Pilgrims appreciated the basic things of life.
That is what we need to celebrate, too.
This Thanksgiving let us thank God for life
itself, for family and friends, for our church
and its mission, for people who love us no
matter what we do, for the simple joys of the
day-to-day, and the surprises of the Holy
Days. Most of all, let us remember that this
is a time - not of gluttony making way for
the greed of the secular Christmas - but of
joy in the basic and wonderful world in
which we live.
November
Anniversaries
Emerson & Carolyn Petering
Domingo & Kathy Sison
David & Lynn Schneuker
Bill & Kathleen Thomas
Roger & Carla Biede
Brian & Catherine Taylor
Charles & Rebekah Taylor
11/09 (58 yrs)
11/10 (24 yrs)
11/14 (33 yrs)
11/18 (43 yrs)
11/21 (33 yrs)
11/22 (19 yrs)
11/28 (27 yrs)
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Bits and Pieces
OMBUDSMAN FOR NOVEMBER
Each month a council member is available to help members and friends of Dove with their
questions, concerns, complaints, suggestions, etc. This person is called the "ombudsman," and
their duty is to make communication in our congregation stronger. During the month of
November , the council ombudsman is Loretta Elsholz. You can get in touch with her (1) by
phone (520)887-0106 (2)No email or (3) by filling out a response form in the foyer ("narthex")
of our sanctuary, where there is a box specifically set aside for feedback.
TRADE FAIR
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF FAIR TRADE
Dove of Peace Front Patio
November 2nd and November 9th
Handcrafted gifts by artists from multiple countries around the world will be on display with an
opportunity for you to purchase! Have a special occasion coming up OR get started early on your
Christmas shopping list. Your purchases will benefit artists who do not have the advantage of
placing their work on the world market. Lutheran World Relief is a World Relief Partner. Help to
eradicate poverty where it resides thru your purchases. Sale proceeds got to the artists.
Cash or your personal check please as we are not able to process credit or debits cards.
Thank you, Your Social Ministry Committee
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
The American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132, in partnership with other organizations
across our great nation, is a sponsor of wreaths that will be placed on veterans’ graves nationwide
during the Wreaths Across America 2014 National Remembrance Ceremony to take place
December 13, 2014 We have Veterans Day in the fall, and Memorial Day in the spring, but our
service men and women are asked to make sacrifices every single day of the year to preserve our
freedoms. Some will make the ultimate sacrifice for our Country.While we members of Oro
Valley Unit 132 honor our veterans every day, we think there is no better time to express our
appreciation than during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. We are seeking donations
for wreaths that can be placed at over 800 participating cemeteries across the nation. By offering
sponsorships to the public, Wreaths Across America hopes that one day every veteran’s gravesite
will be adorned with a wreath at this special time of year. Each wreath is $15 and that cost
provides for a wreath to be placed on a veteran’s gravesite, at any participating cemetery, and
helps to fund Veteran and educational outreach. If a specific cemetery is not requested, your
wreath(s) will be placed at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson where over 13,500 veterans are at rest.
The deadline for ordering wreaths is November 30, 2014. For more information, or to place an
order, please pick up a form in Dove’s Hospitality Room, or call Ms. Onita Davis,
Secretary/Treasurer, at 520-229-1064. The completed form and your check may be placed in the
Wreaths Across America mailbox in the San Xavier Room.
Next Newsletter Deadline will be Monday, November 10, 2014
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Bits and pieces continuedTHANKSGIVING SHARING
The opportunity to help ICS (Interfaith Community Services) at one of their busiest and most needy
times of the year is drawing close. Thanksgiving is almost upon us. This year starting on All Saints’
Day, Sunday November 2nd there will be two avenues for support for ICS Thanksgiving drivegrocery sacks with ICS information on suggested foods and a money jar that will grow your cash
gifts to NINE times our individual purchasing power. These opportunities for Thanksgiving support
to our community thru ICS will be available starting Sunday November 2 through Sunday November
23rd. Our gifts of food and monies will be assembled and tabulated for delivery to ICS on Monday,
November 24th . Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and contributions to those in need at
Thanksgiving 2014.
Your Social Ministry Committee
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2014, 3:00 P.M.
Dove is celebrating its seventh annual Family Christmas Program and Sing-Along. If you would
like to sing, play an instrument, recite a poem, share a story or provide other entertainment,
please sign up for this holiday event. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be in the narthex very soon.
Share this fun afternoon with your family and friends. Light refreshments will be served in the
front courtyard following the program. If you have any questions, please see Sandy Ahlers, Party
Animals Chairman.
SENIOR FELLOWSHIP
Attention All Music Lovers!!!
Each month for the next four months you will be entertained by wonderful choruses and
musicians when you come to the Fellowship Pot Luck Luncheons.
Luncheons are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am
November 12 Grace Notes
December 10 Desert Tones
January 14, 2015, Skyline Brass
February 11, 2015, Dan Thompson
Please join us. As Lawrence Welk would say "Keep a song in your heart".
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP IS FORMING
Grief Support Group with John Hoelter - Sunday, November 16 - 3:00 p.m. in the San Xavier
Room. The Support Group will be held on the third Sunday of the month at 3:00 p.m.
NORDIC GUILD FAIR
The 33rd annual Nordic Guild Fair will be held Saturday, December 6, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. at Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church campus, 5360 E. Pima, Tucson. Norwegian,
Swedish, Danish and Finnish clubs and individual vendors will sell ethnic foods, baked good,
Scandinavian crafts and collectibles. Folk dancers and musicians will entertain throughout the
day. Free Admision.
CATALINAS COMMUNITY CHORUS
Catalinas Community Chorus, NW Tucson’s Pop Chorus, presents its “Images of Christmas”
concert - 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 23 at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Guest performers
include Las Campañas Bell Choir, Tanya Elias and Vocal Seniority. Tickets are $10 each. Free
tickets are available for youth 18 and under. To order tickets, call 520-303-6474 or contact Ruth
Ann Gribbs, 520-797-1292.
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FINANCE REPORT
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Income:
Expenses:
Difference
2014 Annual Budget:
Average Monthly
Income Needed:
September Income:
$259,720
$265,031
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$ (5,311)
$382,900
$ 31,908
$ 23,762
Bequest from Linferd $156,315
Cummings
OCTOBER MEMORIALS
In memory of Bill Kipper from Ann Cordero for the memorial fund.
Little thank-you’s
Key to joy
Most of us think to thank our Lord
For big things in our lives Promotions, health, increase of wealth,
Or when an heir arrives.
But for the many little things
We’re given every day,
We take them hardly thinking and
Without a word to say:
A tasty meal, fresh-laundered clothes,
A house that’s clean and bright;
A button fixed, a torn place sewn,
A restful bed at night;
A tolerant look, a kind word said,
A smile to lift the heart
Are subjects to be thankful for,
And each one plays a part
To show how much we all depend
On love’s unselfish arts.
And we should thank the Lord and those
Who serve with loving hearts.
I know no key to joy like thankfulness;
It opens every bar across my way.
Just to feel thankful lifts my heart to God;
To wake and say, “Thanks, God, for everything:
For this sweet breath I draw, for those I love;
For peace within in spite of strife without;
For this good life which gives a chance each day
To be of use to someone in this world.”
So thankfulness has opened up my door
And all the tenseness, fear of the unknown,
Drops from my limbs and leaves me free to live.
A grateful heart is cleansed of selfishness,
Is fragrant and receptive to God’s love.
Each hour his bounty fills and overflows
My every need and grants the power to share.
For daily there is excess to be given;
And sharing I can know how glad God is
To give to me out of his infinite store,
To hear just one soul say, “Thank be to God!”
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