Week of Sunday, June 7: Worship & Announcements
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MISSION STATEMENT
: Celebrating and sharing God’s love in a welcoming community of faith, while serving others.
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COVID-19 Update
We are NOT returning to in-person worship yet. The council has decided that we will not return to worship until we have reached "Phase 2", which mean the following have to be in place before we will even consider re-opening for worship:
-We must see a decline in new cases for at least 14 days.
-There is rapid diagnostic testing capacity is sufficient to test people
-Health care system is able to safely care for all patients & has enough PPE for health
care workers.
-There is sufficient public health capacity to conduct contact tracing for all new cases
and their close contacts.
-CDC guidelines, approve of gatherings of at least up to 50 people
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Sunday - Virtual Coffee Hour - 9:30AM
Connect with your church family at a virtual coffee hour
hosted by Dave Lueders.
All members are welcome to join, say hello, and share:
- updates on your family and corona virus experiences
- any special concerns
or CALL 301-715- 8592 and enter Meeting ID: 920 1921 8772
It's easy to participate, just click on the link above.
If it is your first time using Zoom -
- you will need to download an app to your device (that should happen automatically). If not, follow the directions on the Zoom meeting page.
- allow your device audio and video to be used by the app
- join the meeting - NOTE that this meeting requires a password too
All are welcome. Hope to see many of you there!
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Today we celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday!
The guest preacher for the today is
Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, Elizabeth Eaton
Our Sunday Worship
Access worship videos from one of these locations:
Bonus Sermon for Pentecost (in case you missed it last week):
By Nebraska Synod's Bishop, Brian Maas.
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Weekly Readings:
Mon. – Job 38:1-21
Tues. – Job 38:34-39:4, 26-40:5
Wed. – John 14:15-31
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Thurs. – 1 Kings 8:10-13, 22-30
Fri. – 1 Corinthians 12:1-13
Sat. – Psalm 29
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Tai Chi Update and Online Resources
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Your Tai Chi instructors, Paula Foster and Joan Witt miss you and are looking forward to scheduling an outdoor class for you to attend toward the end of June or early July. Please stay tuned in for details. A One Call will be placed out to those who have participated in the past, but if this is something you'd like to join, please talk to one of the instructors.
In the meantime, below are two links to online Tai Chi classes, which you could practice at home with these video clips, if you'd like:
Chair Tai Chi
Tai Chi 8 forms/frontview/please lower your volume for this
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Thank You!
Your gifts allow us to continue to pay our staff, support our mission activities, and meet our many other obligations (utilities, services, equipment leases, staff benefits)
Last Week’s Ongoing Offering:
$6096.00
This amount is a combination of Electronic Simply Giving, GivePlus+ and Sunday donations (Weekly offering of $6,927 needed to meet budgeted expenses)
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GivePlus+
When using the GivePlus+ app , be sure to select Lord of Love Lutheran Omaha.
Find out more of the ways you can continue to give while we are not able to gather together in worship by visiting the giving page of our website.
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Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations
A monthly birthday and anniversary list is included below from information provided on membership forms. Did we miss an announcement for a family member? Please email to marylou@lord-of-love.org
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Share your God Sightings
Have you seen or experienced God's presence recently that you would like to share? Please send a note to Mary Lou or Pastor Becky so we can tell others.
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Sunday's Pentecost Packing Party was an amazing God Sighting. Way to be the CHURCH at work in the world. Lots of food for the pantry and Loads of Love items were collected. If you watch the end of this week's worship service, you will see some of the highlights. Thanks to all of you, besides the numerous in-kind donations, $681 was collected for the Loads of Love Program and $650 for Holy Cross' Food Pantry, along with a donation of $200 to Holy Cross' Food Pantry from the Men's Ministry. Thank you Lord of Love!
Thanks to Jeri Morgan and Gary Ramsey for delivering the food items to Holy Cross.
-There was a woman from the apartments across the way who saw our balloons out and decided to walk all the way up to us to find out what we were doing. After we told her, she wanted to participate too and even put some money in our donation bucket, all because she saw us. It was very sweet. -Pastor Becky
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Loads of Love Updates
Speaking of Loads of Love, with the various spring transitions, we neglected to share some important updates. In large part as a result of your generous response to the envelope campaign,
$6,710
from the congregation has been received for Loads of Love, including a $2,000 grant thanks to Brandon Zalesky. Because of your faithful response, we also received the
$2,500
grant match from the Immanuel Foundation. Wow! Thank you!
At the last Loads of Love distribution event in April, 75 bags were packed by Kathy Christiansen and Paula Foster, and 61 bags of laundry and paper supplies were distributed. Our next event is
Saturday, June 27
, at 10 a.m., again a drive-thru. About $1600 has been spent for supplies this year.
A fall Loads of Love distribution event is planned for
Oct. 3
. If you are interested in helping, please contact Paula Foster. Thanks once again for your faithful support that has allowed this ministry to thrive.
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Hospitalization:
Please contact the church office if you or a family member are hospitalized and desire a pastoral visit.
If you have an emergency outside of office hours you may call Pastor Becky on her cell phone (see the church directory).
Pastor Becky's day off is Monday.
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- Prayers are needed for behind the scenes health care workers as well as front line health care workers.
- Those living with food insecurity and financial hardship.
- All of those working from home and homeschooling their children.
- Children who are missing their teachers, friends and school routine.
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How are you and your family doing?
This is a stressful time for everyone. Even as we are kept apart by social distancing, it is important that we keep connecting with and praying for each other. We lift up all of our members and neighbors in prayer for safety and health. May God's peace be with us all.
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In Our Prayers
Elizabeth & Arrielle Lieb (Grand & Great Granddaughters of the Schuchards): David Hernandez (friend of the Schuchards); Daniel Strand (nephew of Judy Egr); Lynda Renfroe (friend of Lynda McGraw); Otto Piehl (father of Deb Lund); Sheila Larson; Phil Nickisch (friend of Dave Lueders); Stephanie Flansburg (friend of Judy Egr); Donald Egr (uncle of David Egr); Katie (niece of Mary Lou Gustafson); Ron Salak; Betty Thompson (mother of Beth Olson); Janet Jensen (mother of Dawn Burton); Cindy Moos (friend of Tom and Beth Olson); Vern Nemitz (uncle of Paula Foster); Mardi Fiske; Lucy Klos (sister-in-law of Mike & Christie Klos); Bill Todd (husband of Pam Todd); Kate Boarts (mother of David & grandmother of Chris Boarts); Ron & Brenda Thom; Kathy Campina (cousin of Rose Roberts); Stephanie Ulrich (relative of Paula Foster); Janet Baker; Bill Pickens; Roslynn Thom (sister of Ron Thom); Sarge Schuchard; Ken Lineweaver (step-dad of Gwen Edwards); Jason Combes; Ed & Janet Guthrie; Babette Garder (mother of Kenn Garder); Eileen Nagle (mother-in-law of Tara Novak); Pr. Joe Hernandez – Missionary in the Middle East (cousin of David & Chris Boarts); Nancy Shinrock; Olivia Griffin (daughter of Scott and Dana Griffin); Steve Wiitala, (friend of Karen Mullen); Connie Bennett (cousin of Karen Armitage); Don Lueders, Lisa Lueders (brother of Dave Lueders & sister-in-law of Dave Lueders)
Caregivers and those who suffer with addictions and depression, those seeking employment, those dealing with infertility or seeking to adopt.
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Those Who Mourn
The family and friends of all those who have lost their lives to the coronavirus.
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Those Who Are Deployed
Abel Avalos, son of Miguel & Rosie Avalos
Tanner Torosian, grandson of Lorraine Mohrlock
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Adding Names to the Bulletin Prayer List
Please contact Mary Lou in the church office (402 493 2946) or marylou@lord-of-love.org
We need your help to keep our prayer list current.
To update or delete names from the prayer list, please notify the Church office.
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3 Sheila Larson
4 Joshua Lund
4 Craig Pennell
5 Deb Lund
6 Paula Foster
7 Jim Morgan
9 Karen Armitage
9 Susan Lueders
12 Gary Krause
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15 Amber Huggenberger
15 Christie Klos
15 Josie Rieff
19 Jessica Yarger
21 Benjamin Cadwallader
21 David Egr
23 Dayla Miller
28 Henry Bougger
29 Cathy Aden
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5 Jim & Jeri Morgan
6 Robert & Rebecca Workman
8 Jan & Dayla Miller
11 Bob & Linda Christensen
12 James & Becky Sells
15 Joshua & Shelby Lund
16 Doug & Karen Armitage
16 Ed & Marjorie Keiser
30 Don & Claudia Rowen
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Feedback & Submissions
Special reports, thoughts, ideas, suggestions for these e-announcements?
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Office Phone: 402.493.2946
Fax: 402.493.3087
Pastor
The Rev. Rebecca Sells
Office Administrator, Prayer Chain, and Financial Secretary
Mary Lou Gustafson
Director of Faith Formation
Heather Christensen
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Vision and Coordination:
Brian Lund, President;
Paul Murphy, Vice-President;
Renae Rich, Secretary;
Rett Messerschmidt, Treasurer
Nurture:
Rosie Avalos
and Joan Witt
Outreach:
Charise Adams
and Matt Willard
Resources:
Brandon Zalesky
and Paul Christenson
Worship
: Rex Quadhamer
and Shawn Lorenzen
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LORD OF LOVE LUTHERAN CHURCH
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