Congregational Meeting
December 7th.
Christmas
Services
December 14th, 10am
Children’s Christmas Program
11:15am Cookie Walk
December 24th, 4 and 9pm
Candlelight Service
December 25th,
10am Worship
December 28th, 10am
Lessons and Carols
A
big thank you to all who
walked or donated to the
CROP Walk this year! Epiphany
raised more than $700 and had
fun walking despite the chilly
weather on the day of the event.
Thank you for your ongoing
commitment to ending hunger
here and around the world.
Thanks,
Rachel Lund
Crop Walk Coordinator
Plan to attend and vote for council members.
Epiphany’s Cookie Walk
The 8th annual Christmas Cookie Walk will be held at Epiphany on December
14th from 11am to 2pm. The Cookie Walk is our Christmas fund raiser. This year
funds will be raised for Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp to come to Epiphany for a
week.
elp get the word out plus bring your friends, neighbors and co-workers!
uch help is needed to make this event successful.
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Cookies: We need cookies!! And lots of them!!
We are requesting that each household contribute at least 4
dozen cookies. Cookies will be sold by weight.
Breads, Pies, Cakes: If you don’t bake cookies, we
will also be selling baked goods on a per item basis, so
feel free to donate pies, cakes or breads.
Bazaar or craft items: Our members have proven their creativity
time and again. Donate your craft items. Craft items can either be meant as
decorations or as Christmas gifts.
Volunteer: distribute posters to neighborhood businesses, set up on
Saturday 12/13, or clean up after the event.
Contact me for information or to volunteer: Cate Vanegas at 303-861-2311 or
Hymn selection
meeting for Epiphany
& Lent
After the church service on
Sunday, December 21, 2014, Pastor
Travis and Alfred will be selecting
hymns for the seasons of Epiphany
and Lent 2015. Please meet with
them in the conference room at
11:30am if you would like to make
suggestions for those Sundays and
mid-week services. If you would
like to make suggestions and are
unable to attend the meeting,
please send Alfred an e-mail
bornmenth@com cast.net .
[email protected].
Our annual giving to the Colfax Community Network is
early this year.
Mittens are hung on the church entryway banister.
Your UNWRAPPED gifts help many enjoy the
blessing of giving as parents and children have
the opportunity to shop for one another through
your donations. Please have all items to the
church by Sunday, December 7th. Thank you for
your continued support of CCN. Many volunteer
opportunities exist for their annual Holiday lunch
on Saturday, December 13 from 9:30-5 at 1585
Kingston St., Aurora, 80010. Please contact CCN or Sarah Gall for further details.
MANIFEST
DECEMBER 2014
A Message From Pastor Travis Johnson-Esparza
“Oh, let’s just get this whole interim thing over with…”
“When does the Call Committee get started?”
“We’re different from other churches.
We’ll be ready for a new pastor in no time.”
“Can’t you just be our new pastor?”
Appoggiatura
Reservation Deadline: Jan. 6, 2015
Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2015
Ticket Price: $35,
Ricketson Theatre;
By James Still
Appoggiatura follow three closely
related Americans, each nursing a
hunger and a hard-to-heal wound, as
they travel to the romantic city of
Venice seeking solace. As time bends
and magic beckons around every
corner, this favorite of the Colorado
New Play Summit weaves a quirky
and lyrical narrative exploring love,
loss and the human soul.
Make your reservations as early
as possible, as seating is limited.
Make your checks payable to “Rocky
Mountain Synod.” Please note at the
bottom of your check, “T&T: (name
of play)”. (Once you have requested
a reservation, you are obligated to
pay for the ticket, even if you are
unable to attend the play.) Leave
your check with the church secretary, Diane Calkins, and your tickets
will be ordered and ready for pick-up
AT THE THEATRE, performance
night.
Who is the Coordinator
for the Various Upcoming
Activities?
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Caring for the Congregation –
Leo Bruederle
CROP Walk – Rachel Lund
Fall Clean UP – Martha Fenger
Fourth Friday Coordinator –
Mary Knowles
November Food Drive –
Social Ministry Committee
Colfax Cmty Network Gift
Collection –Sarah Gall
Cookie Walk – Cate Vanegas
Growth Committee –
Charlie Busch
Investment Committee –
Ron Rinkle, Nicholas Cheong,
Miguel Vanegas, Alice Ireland
Sunday School Lead –
Rusty Morris
I’
ve heard all of those statements before from well meaning, good natured people
who just want to move forward during the interim time. You may have even said
something similar yourself recently. I don’t take offense. It may simply be an expression of unease or frustration with being “in limbo”, it may just be that you’re not
quite sure about this whole intentional interim thing. I certainly understand where
that comes from…and to be honest, if it were up to me, we would just get on with it.
xcept, it’s not up to me. We’re God’s church, and we’re on God’s time.
f you thought I was here just to fill in the gap between pastors, think again. Being
intentional during this time means we’ve got a process to move through that will help
us listen to how we are being shaped by God. The process is collective spiritual discernment. That process rests on faithful prayer, but it aims at understanding three
key questions:
- What does God want us to do?
- What do we have to do it?
- How are we going to do it?
t takes the WHOLE CONGREGATION to listen for answers to those questions. No
interim pastor, no matter how skilled or experienced, can answer those questions for
a congregation. Anybody who claims they can is selling something. The congregation
will have a group of leaders to help steer the process (called the Transition Team), but
even they cannot discern God’s will for the community all on their own. It will take all
of us together, and the answers will not be written in a handbook somewhere. Instead, all we have to lean on is our shared faith that God will show us a vision of our
future if we are willing enough to embrace the challenge of letting it emerge in God’s
time.
I hope, no…
I trust, no…
expect our faithfulness to shine in this process. I realize that this is an anxious time
for some and an exciting time for others, but no matter where you are, it can be a
faithful time in which we collectively prepare ourselves for God’s hand to create us
anew.
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Your friend, your brother, your pastor, in Christ,
Pr. Travis
Council Members
Leo Bruederle - 303-903-6504 Alice Ireland - 303-332-9209 Miguel Vanegas -303-861-2311
Charlie Busch - 303-915-9478 Treasurer
Rusty Morris - 720-545-5349 Juli Pappano - 303-880-6756
Vice President
303-744-2940 Financial Secretary
Susan Hahn - 303-726-0214 Jody Smith Secretary
President
Community Shopping Benefit
2626 E. 3rd Ave
December 3, 2014 from 5pm-7pm
When you shop at Ten Thousand Villages on December 3, 15% of your purchase
will be donated to Urban Servant Corps! This is a great way to support the powerful
mission of Urban Servant Corps and check off your holiday shopping all in one
stop! Ten Thousand Villages is a fair-trade shop for unique, hand-made gifts
from around the world including fair-trade baskets, jewelry, crafts and other
items from international artisans.
BAROQUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF COLORADO
The Story of Jephte
Giacomo Carissimi’s exquisite
Historia di Jephte tells the
heart-wrenching biblical tale of
Jephte, who must fulfill his vow to
sacrifice his daughter in return for
victory in battle. With the
spotlight on an expanded BCOC
continuo ensemble, six guest
vocalists join us for this landmark
1648 oratorio and other musical gems from the Italian Settecento.
Friday, January 9, 2015 at 7:30 pm , $30
Presented by Grand County Concert Series
Church of the Eternal Hills, 100 Meadows Blvd., CR 515, Tabernash, Colorado 80478
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm, $30
Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:00 pm, $30
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church , 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver, Colorado 80205
Individual Concert Tickets can be purchased at the door or online. Checks or cash can
be used to pay for tickets at the door. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. We
recommend arriving at the venue at least 30 minutes before the program is scheduled to
begin. Late-comers will be seated at ushers’ discretion. See www.bcocolorado.org for
more information.
Come and See…
Pilgrimage to the
Holy Land
June 4-18, 2015
See the ancient stones—walk where
Jesus walked; see the holy sites. Meet
the living stones—the Christians who
work for justice and peace in the land
today. Experience the Palestinian culture
of hospitality welcoming us as pilgrims to
their land.
● Stay in the Old City of Jerusalem,
explore the holy sites and bazaars
● Connect with Palestinian Christians
and their peace-building ministries
● See the holy sites in Capernaum,
Nazareth; sail the Sea of Galilee
● Worship with Lutherans and visit
ministries in Bethlehem
● Visit Qumran, Masada, swim in the
Dead Sea
● Walk the Mount of Olives; visit
Augusta Victoria Hospital
● Daily reflection time and free time to
explore
● Local guides
Sponsored by Peace Not Walls, Rocky
Mountain Synod. Led by Pastor Alena
Lamirato and Jan Miller. Tentative cost
$3900, including airfare (to be firmed up by
January, 2015). See more:
http://www.apilgrimstales.com/
tour Contact Jan: 303-332-1263.
Christmas Card Sale
The children & youth of Misión Latina Aurora, one of our new mission congregations, designed &
colored Christmas cards to sell. The funds from the sale of these cards will help Misión Latina buy a
Nativity set for their Posada celebration in December, which is a reenactment of Mary & Joseph
looking for a place to stay in Bethlehem. An assortment of 6 cards are $5.
You can purchase cards by contacting Pastor Jorge Espinoza at
[email protected] Gracias!
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Church Council vacancies to be filled….
Two members of our current Council team are unable to continue in 2015. We need
help and ask you to prayerfully consider this need. If you are interested and have
questions, please contact Jody Smith or any other Council member. These positions
need to be filled and voted on by December 7th.
Colorado Gives
Day is
December 9!
Support the ministries of
RAINBOW TRAIL LUTHERAN CAMP
and MetroCareRing through the
Community First Foundation on
Colorado Gives Day, December 9,
2014. You can make a huge
difference in these ministries by
providing funds to help continue
their programs. Mark your
Calendars: December 9, 2014. 24
hours to Give Where You Live!
You can schedule your gift now at
www.coloradogives.org
Amazon SmileANY TIME!
www.smile.amazon.com As Black
Friday and other holiday shopping
opportunities approach, you can
donate .5% of the price of eligible
Amazon purchases to Urban Servant
Corps!
A Simple Way to Help Epiphany and Metro CareRing
Our Fair Trade coffee and teas, soups and chocolates are for sale in the Parish Hall
during coffee hour each Sunday. Epiphany receives 3% on the sale of grocery gift cards
for King Soopers or Safeway. They are in various
amounts and are just like cash. The cards are sold after
worship during coffee. See the member with the big
brown envelope or ask in the office after Church for
more information or to buy gift cards.
Then Help Metro CareRing with
Grocery Gift Cards From Epiphany
Metro CareRing understands that everyone celebrates the holidays differently.
That is why we are requesting $10 King Soopers and Safeway gift cards, allowing
families to choose the items that will make it feel like the holidays to them. These
gift cards will be given to families, in addition to nutritious food offered through
the fresh food market. Our goal is to collect 300 cards, and we have received 125
so far. Please drop them off to us at 1615 Ogden St. or mail your donated grocery
gift cards to Susie Sigman at P.O. Box 300459, Denver, CO 80203. Thank you!
COLORADO BACH ENSEMBLE
“Messiah” Friday, December 19, 2014, 7:00pm (Ticketed Event)
Dr. James Kim, Director
Handel’s masterpiece was originally an Easter offering and first burst onto the
stage in 1742. The work is a cornerstone of the holiday season and is presented by
the incomparable Colorado Bach Ensemble, with soloists and chamber orchestra.
Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village
4500 E Hampden Ave,, Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113
To order tickets see www.ColoradoBachEnsemble.org
2015 Fourth Friday Hosts needed for January,
February and March
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We are looking for volunteers to open
their homes and host one of Epiphany's
Fourth Friday Gatherings - January 22nd,
February 27th or March 27th. It's easy to
host and a great way to get to know
people in our church community. As
host you open your home from 6:00 8:00 pm on the fourth Friday of a month
and everyone brings an appetizer and/
or something to drink to share with all. If
you'd like to host one of the mentioned
dates, please contact the church office
or contact Mary Knowles at
[email protected] or
303-246-8802.
Put Bethlehem on Your Christmas Gift List This Year
Help put a smile on the face of a student at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem,
the only Lutheran college in the Middle East! Your gift,
large or small, will provide scholarship assistance for a
student in the fields of music, fine arts, culinary arts
and tour guiding. Bright Stars of Bethlehem Colorado
Chapter is raising funds for scholarships through the
Wheat Ridge Ministries crowdfunding site at
www.WeRaise.US. Look for the project called “Hope
in the Holy Land ” and watch the video. Make your
tax-deductible donation online. Give the gift of an
education—give the gift of hope!
Thank you,
Jan Miller
For Rocky Mountain Synod Peace Not Walls
DECEMBER 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
2
1
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
4
3
5
SATURDAY
6
9-11- Get Moving
9-11 - Get Moving
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
7
8
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
6 - Harmony
11– Fellowship
14
21
4th Sunday in Advent
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
12 - Noon Bridge
6 - Harmony
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
9-11- Get Moving
9-11 - Get Moving
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
concert
9-11- Get Moving
6 - Harmony
11– Fellowship
30
29
9 - Choir
10 - Lessons & Carols
Worship
12
13
19
20
26
27
6:30 - Worship
17
6:30 - Council Meeting
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
28
9-11 - Get Moving
23
22
11
10- Helen Vencil
Memorial Service
16
15
3rd Sunday in Advent
9 - Choir
10 - Children’s Christmas
Program
11 - 2 – Cookie Walk
10
9
2nd Sunday in Advent
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
18
9-11- Get Moving
6:30 - Worship
25
24
Christmas Eve
Worship
4:30 & 9pm
10 - Christmas Day
Worship
Office Closed
Joyous
Christmas to All
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New Year’s Eve
No Worship Service
NO Sunday School
11– Fellowship
DECEMBER WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS
Please arrange for a substitute if you are unable to serve on your assigned day and then notify the office. THANKS!
ASSISTING MINISTER:
office coordinates
7
14
21
24
Kristin Stork
Gayle Rodgers
Andrea Kidd
4) Martha Moe
9) Christelle Menth
25 Mo Molberg
28 Karmen Carter
ACOLYTE:
office coordinates
7
14
21
24
Eve Schlue
Christmas Program
Oliver Molberg
4) Alex Molberg
9) Rick Chapman
25 No Acolyte
28 No Acolyte
LECTOR:
BREAD AND WINE:
COFFEE:
Wendy Worley coordinates
office coordinates
Gayle Rodgers coordinates
7
14
21
24
Ellen Tieberg
Susan Hahn
Susan Hahn
4) Diane Calkins
9) Wendy Worley
25 Joan McCracken
28 Andrea Kidd
USHERS/GREETERS:
Jerry Arnett coordinates
7 Jerry Arnett & Ruth Marshall
14 Joan McCracken & TBD
21 Mark & Corrie Masoni
24 4) TBD
9) TBD
25 Joe & Aidan Schlue
28 Matt & Oliver Molberg
7
14
21
24
25
28
Kristin Wyatt
Diane Calkins & John Pughes
Ron Rinkle & Leo Bruederle
4 & 9 pita bread) Alice Ireland
Charlie Busch
No Communion
WORSHIP PREPARATION:
Betty Arnett coordinates
7
14
21
24
25
28
Joan McCracken
Nita Jean Molberg
Darlene Runge-House
4 & 9 pita bread) Jerry Arnett
Karmen Carter
No Communion
SUNDAY SCHOOL STAFF;
Rusty Morris coordinates
4 yk: Rachel Lund; ok) practice
14 Christmas Program &
Cookie Walk
21—Jan 11 Christmas Break
7 Andrea & John Kidd
14 Cate & Miguel Vanegas
coordinate Cookie Walk
21 Jerry & Betty Arnett
28 Gayle Rodgers
COUNTER: Council coordinates
7 Alice Ireland & TBD
14 Rusty Morris & John Pughes
21 Susan Hahn & Ryan McLane
30 Susan Hahn & Jerry Arnett
FISH:
Susan Hahn coordinates
3
10
17
24
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ct) Bill West;
dr) Ellen Tieberg
ct) Erin Cox
dr) Matt Molberg
ct/dr) Jerry LaChance
ct) Erin Cox
dr) Jerry Arnett
ct) Joan McCracken
dr) Ken Kaiser
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“Keep
Moving”
Senior
Trips
Our friends, “Keep Moving”, who
meet here on Tuesdays and Thursdays, have a number of Senior Rides
planned and are inviting all interested
persons over 60 to join them. Nadyne
Leedom and Marjory Nash lead these
group activities to various venues
meeting at designated spots and then
traveling via chartered RTD Buses.
Keep Moving Senior Rides meets
for bus pick-up at Walgreens, 1235
East Evans Ave.
Wednesday, December 4,
Hammond’s Candies,
Golden Corral, $7.79
Sunday, December 6, Mountain
Aires Barber Shop Chorus,
Arvada West High School, $8
Wednesday, December 10,
Charter trip to Georgetown, $35
Thursday, December 11,
Jersey Boys, The Buell Theater. TBD
Saturday, December 17, How the
Grinch Stole Christmas, Musical,
The Buell Theatre. TBD
Sunday, December 21, Scrunge,
Jesters Dinner Theater, TBD
To register or obtain more
information please contact
Nadyne Leedom,
303-757-7054; or
Marjory Nash,
303-722-1453.
The Keep Moving Exercise Class
Meets at Epiphany Lutheran
Church, 790 So. Corona St.,
Tuesday & Thursday —
9:00am to 11:30am.
All are welcome!
DECEMBER 2014
Birthdays
12/4
12/5
12/10
12/12
12/18
12/26
Rod Webb
Tari Ensign
Adrianna Appelt
Anne Bevan
Doug Newton
Bob Hinz
12/29 Ruth Marshall
12/30 Dave Schmitz
Anniversaries
12/17 Rusty & Rachel Morris, 9
12/24 Jerry & Betty Arnett, 55
12/29 Ryan & Abigail McLane, 10
Winter
can be a very
difficult time for lowincome households in
our community, but
Metro CareRing has
some great ways for
you to help feed hungry families this year. Check out information on Parade of Darks
and support Metro CareRing's life-changing hunger-relief efforts!
If you consider yourself a beer aficionado (or you just like good beer),
Metro CareRing has the perfect event for you. On Saturday, December 6, Wynkoop
Brewing Co. presents the Parade of Darks, a benefit for Metro CareRing. Join us to
taste winter seasonals, ambers, brown ales, stouts, porters, and barleywines from
acclaimed breweries both local and national.
The Details:
Saturday, December 6, 2014, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
The Bindery on Blake
2901 Blake St. (Blake St. and 29th St in the RiNo district)
$35 in advance, $40 at the door.
(100% of profits go to Metro CareRing)
For More information or purchase tickets go to
www.MetroCareRing.org
Holy Land: Recent Israeli land declaration hinders peace, Bishop
Eaton says Saying such actions by Israel “reinforce despondency among the Palestinian
people, limiting optimism that a political solution will be found," ELCA Presiding Bishop
Elizabeth Eaton commended the Obama administration for urging the Israeli government to
reverse its recent declaration as "state land" 988 acres in a Jewish settlement in the
occupied West Bank. See www.ELCA.org/News-and-Events/7704.
Epiphany Manifest is the monthly newsletter of Epiphany Lutheran Church, 790 S. Corona St., Denver, CO 80209
► 303-722-5311 ► www.epiphanylutheran.net ► e-mail: [email protected]
►Sunday’s Worship: 10:00 am ►Wednesday’s Worship: 6:30 pm ►Children‘s Sunday School: 10:45-11:30am-September thru May
Office Hours: M Thru Th: 8 to 1:30pm ► F: Closed
► Pastor, Travis Johnson-Esparza ► Director of Music, Alfred Born ► Administrative Assistant, Diane Calkins ► Custodian, Diane Morgan