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OUR CHURCH'S RESPONSE TO EARTH DAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 22
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ELCA Bishop Elizabeth Eaton:
 As members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we share a deep love for all of God's creation and a profound responsibility for it. Made in the image of God, we are called to continue what God is already doing for the earth (Psalm 104), enabling it to flourish. God assigns humans to care for the earth as God does, in loving servanthood. (Philippians 2:7, Genesis 2:15)...
The present moment is a critical and urgent one, filled with both challenge and opportunity to act as individuals, citizens, leaders and communities of faith in solidarity with God's good creation and in hope for our shared future. We claim God's promise in Revelation 21 for "a new heaven and a new earth"...
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Christ Lutheran Church takes a step into the digital age:
Next Sunday in observance of Earth Day, Christ Lutheran Church will offer the option of using cellphones or iPads to download an electronic version of the worship bulletin, rather than using paper bulletins. See the "Pastor's Page" in this month's Reporter for a list of questions to consider if you use your smartphone on Sunday
. There will be printed bulletins available for those who prefer a paper copy. Let the Worship, Music, and Visual Arts Committee members know how this experiment works for you.
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Holy Week Stations of the Cross
The eight photo panels that surround the nave of the church give profound witness to the environmental damage occurring around the globe, particularly the desertification and drought in Somalia, the air pollution which kills 6.5 million people a year, the raging fires that destroy homes and lives, and the rising waters that drown graves in the Pacific Islands. Take a walk around the nave and pray for those who suffer from our misuse of creation that we may become better stewards of God's abundant gifts.
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Music Notes
Tom Berryman, Music Director
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We have lots of music planned for Easter 3, April 22. The Choir and congregation will be singing German composer Heinz Werner Zimmermann
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Have no fear, little flock
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, ELW 764 for the Psalm. During the Offertory, the Choir will sing Alice Parker
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We are a garden walled around
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from her major work, AN EASTER REJOICING. The Choir will also be singing a setting of the Easter hymn,
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O sons and daughters
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by American Lutheran composer Anne Krentz Organ during the Communion.
For the Postlude, I will play the first movement of J.S. Bach
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s organ arrangement of Johann Ernst
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s Concerto in G Major. Go to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMkF28_DTj0
for a fine performance of the entire Concerto.
Tom Berryman, Music Director
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Youth News
Nate Pearson, Youth Director
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Hello, Church! You all have heard a lot about our next fundraiser for Houston. Babette's Feast is shaping up to be a unique and beautiful evening! The very next day April 29 is Youth Sunday! You won't want to miss it! The youth will be taking the roles normally filled by adults. It is wonderful and surprising to see the different ways that our kids grow spiritually. It will be a Lutheran service but with the freshness only found in the minds and hearts of the youth! Hope to see you there!
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 Adult Forum
We continue our study of the Draft Social Statement on Women and Justice with a look at Theses 8-13, "Analysis of Patriarchy and Sexism", pp. 3-5 with a fuller explanation on pp. 21-27. At the conclusion of our study we'll have an opportunity to send our comments to the churchwide office as well as attend a New England Synod hearing on the statement on June 9 in Springfield, both part of the process our church undertakes in issuing social statements. Download a copy of the document here:
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CLC Book Group
Join us to discuss Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead on Monday, May 14, 7:30 pm. The novel has garnered the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, but have you yet discovered why it also won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science-fiction in 2017? Read along with us to discover both the history and the fantasy woven into this compelling story of Cora, a nineteenth century slave.
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Bible Study
Thursday, April 119, 9:45 am.
Looking at prayer in the Bible. Pastor Richard Hurst leads the discussion. Come at
9:45
for coffee and cookies; discussion begins at
10:00
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While civil strife and a humanitarian crisis rage in Syria, only eleven refugees from that nation have been admitted to the USA this year. Ascentria Care Alliance, in partnership with Lutheran Immigation and Refugee Service, continues the difficult work of assisting with the resettlement of refugees--virtually all from other countries--who are able to overcome the considerable hurdles to admission.
This Sunday Stephanie McCarthy, a representative of Ascentria, comes to CLC to offer a temple talk on their work with unaccompanied refugee minors. After worship, when you have had a chance to get a cup of tea or coffee, please gather with Stephanie in the Memorial Room to brainstorm about ways that we can widen the circle of support for a few of these courageous young people who have landed in our midst.
Note: this undertaking is an outcome of our mid-winter retreat, when we pledged, in the midst of so much turmoil andin the spirit of the Serenity Prayer, to discern and do the things that we can, while entrusting what we cannot to God.
Donations can be placed in a box in the narthex or in the plastic tub in the parish hall.
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Registration is now open
to trained Family Promise volunteers for our upcoming host week,
May 27 - June 3.
Volunteers from CLC and our partner host congregation, Good Shepard in Wayland, may register online through CERVIS to prepare meals, host meals, or stay overnight. Since St. Mark's School will be preparing and hosting dinner on three nights (May 29, 31 and June 1), there is a greater opportunity/need for CLC overnight hosts this time around.
Registration opens to other congregations as well to community volunteers during the first week of May.
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On Sunday, April 22nd, we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship, Pastor Rebecca Bourret preaching and presiding.
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READINGS FOR THIS WEEK
April 22
, 2018, Fourth Sunday of Easter
This coming fourth Sunday of Easter is called Good Shepherd Sunday, because all three years of the lectionary celebrate the image of the shepherd. We will sing the beloved Psalm 23. Unfortunately, most art depicting the good shepherd is unrealistic and sentimental: shepherding was a difficult and dirty job for the men and women who herded the flocks, but sheep were gifts from God and essential sources of life for the people. Join us in thanking God for being our shepherd.
First Reading Psalm Second Reading Gospel
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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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