Lamplighter
Weekly
1st Sunday in Lent
February 22, 2015
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1300, Spanaway, WA 98387
The Power of Water
Water is an integral part of the created order. Water sustains and fosters life;
too little or too much water can end it. A glance at the news headlines points
out the destructive power of water's presence or absence: In the United States
alone, 2011 saw severe droughts afflict several parts of the country. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, floods ravaged the Plains states in the spring
and summer, displacing from their homes many people who live near rivers
and streams. For those dwelling on or near the Eastern Seaboard, hurricane
season is a tense time every year. Yet we need water as much or more than
we need food, shelter, or the other "staples" of human life. Since ancient
times we have established our communities near sources of water. We cannot
survive long without it.
The tension between the saving and destructive powers of water fills today's lectionary readings. The waters of
the flood overwhelmed the world in the days of Noah, yet 1 Peter reminds us that God delivered Noah and his
family from death. The Holy Spirit descends on Jesus only after his baptism by John, yet the Spirit immediately
drives Jesus into the desert—a place defined by its lack of water. Through water and the word, in baptism our
old, sinful self is put to death, and we are reborn as children of God. But the current that flows through these
paradoxes is this: in death and life, in flood and drought, God remains faithful. As the psalmist reminds us, God's
mercy and steadfast love "are from everlasting."
Worship Assistants for Next Week, March 1
Assisting Minister: John Briehl
Musicians: Ron Lenz, organist;
Dr. James Brown, choir director;
Danielle Heins, choir accompanist;
SLC Choir
Communion Servers: Mary Herem, Sarah Briehl
Children’s Time: Tracy Nieto
Lector: Ron Morris
Altar Guild: Sarah Briehl, Ron Morris
Acolytes: Delia Gomez, one needed
Ushers: Anne & Doug Briehl
Sam, Zoe Wright Osborn
Greeters: Cathy Mooney, Pat Jorgenson
Marlys Nesset, Maiya McAuliffe
Readings for March 1, 2nd Sunday in Lent:
Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16
Psalm 22:23–31
Romans 4:13–25
Mark 8:31–38
Thank You to SLC Family for the surprise Valentine!
~the Single Ladies
A Huge Thank You to all who came...all who
helped...with the Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday —
a wonderful time was had by all.
~Elois Macdonald and Edna Coonc
Wacky Definitions:
Justice—when kids have kids of their own.
Amen—the only part of a prayer that everyone knows.
The calendar gremlin got into the office last
week and scrambled up what week it was, so….
last Sunday I printed birthdays for a week later
than I intended to print. So sorry! Janeen
Belated
to the following people:
Gabriella Crawford................................ February 15
Hannah Wright Osborn ......................... February 19
Pat Jorgenson ........................................ February 21
All February Birthdays Will Be Celebrated on Mon.,
Mar. 2 at 11:30 am at the Gateway Cottage.~ Judy B.
Sunday in Lent
Sunday
9:00 am Sunday School
The Divine Drama is on break
10:00 am Contemporary Worship
11:10 am Food for Families
12:30 pm Adelphos Siloam
Congregation Worship
6:00 pm 12-STEP Meeting
29 Passion/Palm Sunday
Bethel School Break
No preschool
Bethel School Break
30 Monday Holy Week 31 Tuesday Holy Week
7:00 pm Boy Scout
Troop 679
9:00 am Preschool
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am Contemporary Worship
11:10 am Food for Families
11:30 am Communion Class
12:30 pm A. S. Congr. Worship
6:00 pm 12-STEP Meeting
9:00 am Walking Group
10:00 am Pastor’s Bible
Study
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
12:00 pm Communion
6:30 pm Music Team
6:30 pm Council
6:30 pm Music Team
24
23
9:00 am Walking Group
10:00 am Pastor’s Bible
Study
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
12:00 pm Communion
17
22 5th Sunday in Lent
SLC Food Bank Day
7:00 pm Boy Scout
Troop 679
16
7:30 pm Miriam Circle
10:00 am The Divine Drama
5
Thursday
11
12
6:00 pm Soup Supper/Youth 10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
7:00 pm A.S. Worship
3:00 pm Text Study at the
7:00 pm Lenten Worship
Wise home
7:30 pm Choir
4:00 pm B.A.S.E. Board
5:45 pm The Divine Drama
9:00 am Quilters/Preschool
4
Wednesday
SLC Food Bank Day
19
10:00 am The Divine Drama
26
9:00 am Preschool
SLC Food Bank Day
th
9:00 am Preschool
27
9:00 am Preschool
20
9:00 am Preschool
13
6
Friday
4:00 & 6:00 pm
12-STEP Meetings
Spring Cleaning Day
9:00 am – Noon
Followed by lunch
28
4:00 & 6:00 pm
12-STEP Meetings
21
4:00 & 6:00 pm
12-STEP Meetings
14
Reminder to move
your clocks forward
an hour before you
go to bed!
4:00 & 6:00 pm
12-STEP Meetings
7
Saturday
In addition to events listed, B.A.S.E. is in
session from 5:30 am – 6:00 pm Mondays
through Fridays and, unless otherwise noted,
the office is open M-F 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Mailing address: P O Box 1300, Spanaway
WA 98387.
4 Friday Concert:
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
6:00 pm Soup Supper/Youth 3:00 pm Text Study at the
Angelo Rondello,
7:00 pm A.S. Worship
Piano
Wise home
7:00 pm Lenten Worship
5:45 pm The Divine Drama
7:30 pm Choir
9:00 am Quilters/Preschool
9:00 am Wed. Warriors
25
9:00 am Quilters/Preschool 10:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
1:00 pm Alzheimer
6:00 pm Soup
Caregiver Support
Supper/Youth
3:00 pm Text Study at the
7:00 pm A.S. Worship
Wise home
7:00 pm Lenten Worship
5:45 pm The Divine Drama
7:30 pm Choir
18
9:00 am Walking Group 9:00 am Quilters/Preschool
10:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am Pastor’s Bible
9:00 am Wednesday Warriors
Study
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
6:00 pm Soup
3:00 pm Text Study at the
12:00 pm Communion
Supper/Youth
Wise home
7:00 pm A.S. Worship
5:45 pm The Divine Drama
5:30 pm W & Music
7:00 pm Lenten Worship
6:00 pm Committees
7:30 pm Choir
10
9:00 am Walking Group
10:00 am Pastor’s Bible
Study
10:00 am A.S. Bible Study
12:00 pm Communion
6:00 pm Women’s Bible
Study
6:30 pm Music Team
3
Tuesday
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am Traditional Worship
11:10 am Food for Families
11:30 am Communion Class
12:30 pm A. S. Congr. Worship
6:00 pm 12-STEP Meeting
15 4th Sunday in Lent
9:00 am Preschool
10:00 am Writing Group
7:00 pm Boy Scout
Troop 679
9
Did you change your clocks?
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am Contemporary Worship
11:10 am Food for Families
11:30 am Communion Class
12:30 pm A. S. Congr. Worship
6:00 pm 12-STEP Meeting
7:00 pm Boy Scout
Troop 679
9:00 am Preschool
2
Monday
8 3rd Sunday in Lent
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am The Divine Drama
10:00 am Traditional Worship
11:10 am Food for Families
12:30 pm Adelphos Siloam
Congregation Worship
6:00 pm 12-STEP Meeting
1 2
nd
March 2015 -- Spanaway Lutheran Church
And
all
God’s
people
say,
“Amen!”
Please add to your prayer list:
ERICA GAINES who was a passenger in an automobile accident recently. She is
recovering well.
EILEEN GOEBEL (Jim Halmo’s sister) who was in a quad car accident. She is at
home recovering.
KENNY LAASE (16 year old Bethel student) who is missing that he may be found
safe and unharmed.
Please continue to pray for:
DIANNA KENNEDY SVEC, FRANK WISE, LEN HOWE, TIM GATH, RANDY WOODY, DEE DEE COWAN, MAKIA
ROWLS, TOM HANSEN, BOB OLSON, JUNE BROECKEL, DON SVINTH, THE ROSS FAMILY, MAXINE COBERLY, GAIL
BOHANNON, WENDEY WEATHERS, MIKE GAYDA, DONNA BRUCE, GERTRUDE POOLE, DONNA MORRIS, JOSEPH
KENEMAN, ERIK DEBOWER, LYNN JORGENSON, and DENNIS DORMAN.
Please give the office a call (253.531.7000) or an email ([email protected]) if you’d
like to add someone to our prayer list.
Change My Heart, O God
At the heart of Lent lies the human need to face the ways we fail God and neighbor
in our living, the ways we take for granted the goodness of life and the blessings we
receive, and the way sin and selfishness draw us away from God and each other. It
is not until we confront, acknowledge and accept our sin and separation that we
truly recognize our need to change and God’s mercy and help to do so. This Lenten
season we will explore the familiar themes of confession and repentance as they
play out in the lives of the patriarch Jacob, King David, the people of Israel in the
Babylonian Captivity, the prodigal son and Zaccheus the tax collector. Each week
we will explore a different aspect of confession and repentance. Join us.
Wednesday, February 25th
Wednesday, March 4th
Wednesday, March 11th
Wednesday, March 18th
Wednesday, March 25th
Wrestling for Change: Fighting for New Life
The Ugly Truth: Accepting our Sinfulness
Corporate Guilt: Confessing the People’s Sin
Penitence: Looking for Mercy in Guilt’s Wake
True Repentance: Embracing a New Life
Genesis 32:22-31
2 Samuel 12
Daniel 9
Luke 15:10b-24
Luke 19:1-10
ELW 801
LBW 106
ELW 358
ELW 338
ELW 723
Once again this year we will be using That We May Have Life by Susan Briehl & Marty Haugen. Join us at 6
p.m. for soup and bread – food for the stomach – and then at 7 p.m. for evening worship and the Word – God’s
food of hope for the people. Where we can discover again that Jesus is the One for whom God’s people have
waited.
Week of February 22
Preschool meets M,W & F 9:00—11:30 am
BASE is in session M-F 5:30 am—6:00 pm
The Divine Drama & Sunday School .. Today, 9:00 am
Traditional Worship .......................... Today, 10:00 am
Food for Families .............................. Today, 11:10 am
Adelphos Siloam Worship ................. Today, 12:30 pm
12 - Step Meeting ................................ Today, 6:00 pm
No Boy Scouts on Monday
Walking Group ................................. Tuesday, 9:00 am
Pastor’s Bible Study ....................... Tuesday, 10:00 am
Adelphos Siloam Bible Study ......... Tuesday, 10:00 am
Quiet Communion ....................... Tuesday, 12:00 noon
Council Meeting ............................... Tuesday, 6:30 pm
Quilters & Warriors ..................... Wednesday, 9:00 am
Lenten Soup Supper ................ Wednesday, 6:00 pm
Lenten Midweek Worship ...... Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Choir ......................................... Wednesday, 7:30 pm
Adelphos Siloam Worship ........... Wednesday, 7:00 pm
The Divine Drama ........................ Thursday, 10:00 am
Adelphos Siloam Bible Study ....... Thursday, 10:00 am
Text Study at the Wise home ......... Thursday, 3:00 pm
The Divine Drama (Lent schedule) Thursday, 5:30 pm
4th Friday Concert ............................... Friday, 2:00 pm
12 - Step Meetings............... Saturday, 4:00 & 6:00 pm
The Divine Drama & Sunday School .Sunday 9:00 am
Traditional Worship ............. Sun., March 1, 10:00 am
Adelphos Siloam Worship ..... Sun., March 1, 12:30 pm
Fourth Friday
Concert Series!
Feb. 27, 2 PM
Scheduled
This Week’s Birthdays
February 24 ...... Dianna Kennedy-Svec
February 24 ......................Sue Hedlund
February 24 .............. Ellen McCracken
February 26 ............... Karen Whitmore
If we missed your birthday, please contact the
office at 531-7000 so we can update our records.
A Quote from Albert Einstein: “Coincidences are God’s
way of remaining anonymous.”
Thank You to Jeanice DeLong and Barb Williams for
your generous donations.
~Edna on behalf of Food for Families
The Spanaway Food Bank Is in Need of additional volunteers to interview clients. Please consider helping out
once a month from 12-3 pm on a Monday, Wednesday,
or Friday. Contact Gayle Halmo, 253.875.1890. Also,
until further notice, the Food Bank no longer needs egg
cartons!
During Lent, our regular
Wednesday evening schedule looks a bit different, so
listen up!
Here’s what is happening when:
6:00 PM Soup supper for all ages
7:00 PM Midweek worship: That We May Have Life
7:30 PM Choir practice
Thank you to our youth for their Wednesday service
during Lent both setting up and cleaning up Jacobs
Fellowship Hall for the soup suppers.
performer:
Jonathan Levin, pianist
Members, friends, and visitors of Spanaway Lutheran
Church, welcome to our Fourth Friday Concert Series!
We are excited to offer this time of good music, faith
and fellowship on a Friday afternoon. Join us at 2 pm
on the fourth Friday of each month.
Soup Maker Schedule
Feb. 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
Church Council / Office Volunteers
Music Team and Choir
Retired Military
PLU Graduates
Bethel School District Retirees
Are you on more than one list? Then, choose! Can’t
make soup? You can provide bread, butter or jam,
make coffee, fill water pitchers. There is a job for you
guaranteed.