Welcome to Christ Lutheran e-news, a weekly electronic newsletter which highlights programs and activities of our congregation. Feel free to .
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It was wonderful to welcome back old friends Jim Doyle and Dan Abushanab, who joined Jeff Pearson and John Whitlock offering music for worship as well as coffee hour entertainment.
Great job, CLC, on quickly adapting to an unusual pattern for Communion and the laying on of hands with prayers for healing last Sunday. Thank you to Pamela Witcher and Nate Pearson for offering individual prayers.
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The congregation council gathers this Saturday for its annual retreat. Members will be working with Nate Pearson on youth ministry planning. Please keep your leaders in prayer.
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Music Notes
Tom Berryman, Music Director
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During the Fall we will be singing the Lutheran chorale,
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All glory be to God on high
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ELW 410 as the Canticle of Praise. The organ music for Preludes and Postludes includes settings of this tune by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Paul Manz (1919-2009) and Flor Peeters (1903-86). For this coming Sunday, October 15, the Prelude is a short, two-voiced
"
fughetta
"
by Bach on the tune, in German
"
Allein Gott in der H
ö
h sei ist
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| J. S. Bach - BWV 677 - Fughetta super: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', Manualiter |
The CLC Choir will be singing Alice Parker
'
s (b1925) setting of
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My shepherd will supply my need
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ELW 782 for the Offertory Music. Be sure to come on Sunday, October 22 when Alice will be leading all of the music for the service that morning.
Tom Berryman, Music Director
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Youth News
Nate Pearson, Youth Director
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Hello Church! We have had a very muggy week for the middle of October, feels like summer. Our garden knows it's fall now so it is time to put it to rest. At CLC this Sunday we will be having a car wash and breaking down the garden for the season. We have raised over 50 dollars for the Natick service council! This is great for our pilot year! Stay tuned for next season! It will be even better! The car wash is after church. It is a free will donation to support the high school youth going to the national youth gathering in Houston next summer! We will wash your car while you enjoy coffee hour. See you there!
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Adult Forum
In the Adult Forum we continue studying
Declaration on the Way,
discussing some of the areas of dialog in which differences remain between the Lutheran and Roman Catholic communions. Join us in the Memorial Room at 9:00!
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 CLC Book Group:
The Fire Next Time
"A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document." (from Goodreads) The group convenes on Monday, October 16, at 7:30. Didn't get a chance to read/finish the book? Come anyway.
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MARTIN LUTHER: THE IDEA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Sunday, October 15, 4 PM in the Memorial Room
Five hundred years ago this month Martin Luther nailed (or not?) his 95 Theses on the Castle church door in Wittenberg. To mark the occasion, Thrivent commissioned this film starring Padraic Delaney as Luther, and narrated by Hugh Bonneville (of Downton Abbey). The film covers main historical events as well as Luther's family life, his personal struggles and his Biblical and theological insights. Here is Luther warts and all, including his anti-Semitism and the ELCA's apology for it. Everything Luther says is a quote from his writings.
Come celebrate the 500
th
and learn or review
what it means to be "Lutheran."
DISCUSSION LED BY RESIDENT LUTHER SCHOLAR ANDY CARLSON!
SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE!
"Bier und Burgers" Potluck (Hamburgers for sure and who knows, maybe Wittenbergers, Augsburgers, and Muhlenbergers). "Bier und Burgers" provided. If you can, bring sides, salads or desserts. If you cannot, PLEASE COME ANYWAY.
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Not a movie-goer? Also next Sunday, from 3:00-5:00, the Interfaith Book Club of the Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland, is holding its second community meeting to continue our interfaith conversation about the issues that can divide or unite us. The book for the discussion is Getting to the Heart of Interfaith, by Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahman. This book is 'a deeply personal journey to interfaith collaboration that offers hope for an inclusive and healing way of being together in the world.'
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Bible Study
Led by Pastor Richard Hurst, the Bible study group meets each
Thursday
at the church. We invite you to join with us as we gather for coffee and refreshments at
9:45 a.m.
in the Memorial Room so that the hour discussion/study can begin promptly at
10:00 a.m.
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Looking for ways to respond to the devastation in Puerto Rice and elsewhere? In a disaster, "cash is king," so monetary donations through Lutheran Disaster Response are encouraged:
http://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-Response/
LDR is a faithful steward of your gifts, and works on the ground with local partners who stay long after the media have left--until the job is done.
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God's children in the Caribbean continue to suffer mightily from the destruction wrought by hurricanes Maria and her predecessors. Nearly 90% of Puerto Rico continues without power. If you're a Thrivent member please consider donating to Lutheran Disaster Response or another relief organization through Thrivent, which will match donations dollar for dollar through December 31.
To participate in the match, visit www.Thrivent.com, click on Hurricane Harvey Relief and then follow instructions for personal donations.
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Alice Parker comes Sunday, October 22, to lead us in songs for worship! It's time to get your invitations out to friends and family to be a part of community singing--something rarely found outside the church anymore--with this living legend! A pot-luck brunch follows worship (in lieu of our regular coffee hour). A sign-up sheet for contributions is up on the kiosk in the narthex.
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On October 29 we'll join with friends from throughout our Metropolitan Boston Conference of the New England Synod, ELCA, for a service of Evening Prayer at St. John Lutheran Church, Sudbury, with The Rev. Dr. John Hoffmeyer preaching. Refreshments will follow. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime occasion!
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On Sunday, October 15th, we celebrate the
Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, Adult Forum, 10:00 a.m. Worship, Pastor Bourret preaching and presiding.
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READINGS FOR THIS WEEK
October 15, 2017, Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
We don't invite strangers to our wedding banquets, but God does. Come to worship with us this coming Sunday. Join with millions of strangers, all around the world, who come to be filled with God's mercy.
First Reading Psalm Second Reading Gospel
Isaiah 25:1-9
Psalm 23
Philippians 4:1-9
Matthew 22:1-14
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Sing For Joy
Enhance your understanding of the weekly scripture readings by listening to Sing For Joy
http://www.stolaf.edu/singforjoy/
from St. Olaf College. The Sing For Joy radio program, produced by
St. Olaf College
, has a simple mission: to explore the weekly themes of Christian worship by providing the best in sacred choral music and thoughtful commentary. The musical performances eloquently "do the talking," while the concise remarks from host
Pastor Bruce Benson
illuminate the meaning of the texts.
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