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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What a fabulous start we had on Sunday to our summer worship schedule. Our own jazz pianist Ross Petot,
 joined by colleagues John Clark and Peter Tillotson led us in a jazz liturgy. Who has ever sung "How Great Thou Art" like
that before?!
This Sunday, during worship, we will honor, bless, and give thanks for Harold Lohr and his sixty years as an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church; later, from 1:00 - 3:00, we will continue to fete him with a brunch at the parsonage, 8 Lincoln Street, the last such event at this address. Please RSVP to Pastor Bourret if you haven't already.
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We'll also be commissioning Peter Miller, Liana Chan, Otto Kirleis, Isaac and Fiona Ripp and their chaperones Nate Pearson and Patricia Bianco as they head (early Tuesday morning) to Houston for the ELCA Youth Gathering, "This Changes Everything." Your prayers for a transformative, faith-building and fun experience are coveted.
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Music Notes
Tom Berryman, Music Director
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We welcome violist, Joan Ellersick to our worship service on Sunday, June 24. Joan will help lead the liturgy and hymn singing. Prelude,
"
Cheers
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was commissioned for Joan and composed by Steven Laven, of Wayland.
"
Cheers
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includes a quote of the spiritual,
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Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
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For the Postlude, Joan will play Allegro molto energico, from Concerto in C Miinor-J. Bach/Casadesus.
Listen to a performance of this movement (
below)
beginning at 10:08.
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J.C. Bach / Henri Casadesus Viola Concerto in C minor
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Tom Berryman, Music Director
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Youth News
Nate Pearson, Youth Director
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Hello, Church! The spring seems to have left us quickly this year. This past week has felt very much like summer! We are very close to the Houston gathering and the kids are pumped! We depart for Houston a week from today! Some of us are getting to the airport on their own but most of us are meeting to carpool in the church parking lot bright and early at 3:45 a.m. on the 26th of June. We have a 6 o'clock flight so it's up and at 'em in the wee hours. A huge thanks is due to the whole church! It was truly an all-church effort to get these kids down there! The summer Reporter will come out soon with our summer youth program offerings so don't miss it! See you in church!
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The adult forum has wrapped up for the summer season. Please submit your ideas for next year's schedule to Pr. Bourret!
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CLC Book Group
July 23 selection - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, non-fiction. The story of the discovery of oil on Osage reservation land and the corrupt efforts to defraud the tribe of its holdings. A gripping read. Gather with us at 7:30 pm at the church.
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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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Natick folk: Do you have a spare bedroom? Might you enjoy the cultural enrichment of hosting a foreign exchange student for the upcoming school year? A high school student from Sweden is ready to come to Natick, but the host
 family that originally agreed to take this student has recently rescinded their availability based on a family health issue. The student has already completed the necessary paperwork (visa, school choice tuition, etc) for him to come for the school year. However, we are now looking for a host family to take this student.
If interested, please contact
Scott or Anders Carlson.
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As we hear news of children being separated from their parents at the border, and remember that Jesus and his family were refugees, fleeing from terror, many of us are wondering what we can do.
The following response comes from Alaide Vllchis Ibarra, Program Director, Migration Policy, ELCA . If you wish to be an advocate, here are a few action steps:
- Tweet, write an op-ed about it. If you do post publicly, please tag the Department of Homeland Security @DHSgov and use the hashtag #KeepFamiliesTogether
- Call your member of congress to ask them to pass legislation to ensure that family separation does not happen at the border. We need to put pressure on Members of Congress. Feinstein just introduced a bill, the Keep Families Together Act that all members should support.
- There are also a couple of petitions you should know about:
- Sign as Women of Faith, Clergy and Lay Persons: Click here to call upon DHS Secretary Nielsen to stop separating children from their parents at the border.
- *Sign as ALL Community Members: Click here to sign this petition to ask the administration, through the DHS (Department of Homeland Security), ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) to keep families together.
Find out all about the vast and incredibly important work and top priorities of Lutheran state advocacy networks across the country by visiting the ELCA Advocacy Blog:
http://blogs.elca.org/advocacy/
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Calling all flower gardeners! Flower coordinator Larraine Marthinsen will be on vacation on the Sundays of July 1 and 8, so the Worship, Music, and Visual Arts group is inviting you to bring "impromptu" vases of garden flowers to be placed around the worship space on those days. Small tables will be arranged around the room to celebrate God's creation. Bring a vase with your flowers if you have one; a few will be available for those who don't have one of sufficient size. Let Joyce Simon at joycesimon@earthlink.net know ahead of time so that there are enough small tables available prior to the service.
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As we get closer to a closing date on CLC's new parsonage, there will be an opportunity for folks to get a first peek at the new digs and help prepare it for moving in. Watch for the exact date and call for help.
We'll be doing some spiffing up this summer at 113 Union Street as well-a little purging and scrubbing to make our church home more welcoming to us and our friends.
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Tomorrow, Wed., June 20,
the Natick 2030 Committee will host an open house at the Natick Community Senior Center to unveil its draft Master Plan Recommendations. Doors open at 4 pm, with short presentations repeated at 4:15 pm and 6:15 pm.
Several CLC members participated in a general meeting a year or two ago which sought responses to issues of housing, transportation, and community life. Given this congregation's commitment to maintaining a parsonage and an active presence in Natick, come on out to this meeting to help us factor the town's plans into CLC's plans for its future. Council members: this event will help inform our deliberations at the Council planning retreat next week, June 26-28. Please attend, if you are able.
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On Sunday, June 24th, we celebrate
the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
, 9:30 a.m.
worship, Pastor Rebecca Bourret preaching and presiding.
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READINGS FOR THIS WEEK
June 24
, 2018, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
This coming Sunday we hear of Jesus stilling the storm. We join with the disciples in the boat of the church-we call our church space a "nave": think "navy"-and pray for Jesus' presence and power in our midst through all life's storms.
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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