The Messiah Minute is a weekly message e-mail to highlight news and upcoming events. If you have a special church-related item that you would like to include in The Messiah Minute, please contact Sandy Cooper at messiahsk@gmail.com (or call the office at 598-1188) prior to WEDNESDAY.
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MESSIAH MINGLING
We would like to offer a series of socially distant driveway gatherings at members' homes. Now that the weather is turning (slightly) cooler, we are targeting the week of September 20 for our initial events. Final dates will be set after the September 17 signup deadline.
You may walk or drive your car, bike, or golf cart to the get-together. You are responsible for bringing your own refreshments.
If you are interested in connecting with fellow Messiah members in a safe, socially distant outdoor setting, we need to hear from you no later than September 17, so we can plan how many and where. Please call or email the office (912.598.1188 or messiahsk@gmail.com). Use Mingling in the subject line and tell us if you would like to attend a gathering. Be sure to include your name and how many will be in your “party.”
After September 17, we will let you know your assigned day and location. Each site will have 8-10 people. We hope to have the gatherings on the same day, but that is still to be determined. Do not wait, let us know if you are interested now!
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SUPPORT MESSIAH WHEN YOU SHOP AT AMAZON
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PASTOR ON VACATION
Pastor Talsness will be out of the office from September 15-25th for some much-needed sabbath time, going up north and staying at a cabin with a small stack of books and Canada in his front window across the lake. He will have limited cell phone and email access. Please contact the office administrator if there are any issues or questions.
Pastor Emeritus Jim Peper will preach and lead worship on Sunday September. 20th.
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WHAT I DID ON MY STAYCATION
We want to hear from you! To stay in touch, the Parish Life Ministry would love to know what you have been doing during your COVID Staycation. Did you start a new exercise program, learn a new skill, paint a room, etc.? Is there something you are looking forward to once things return to normal? Each week a couple of submissions will be published in The Messiah Minute. If you would like to be included, please send your submission directly to Sandy at messiahsk@gmail.com no later than Tuesday morning each week. Three - four sentences will suffice.
This week we are featuring pictures of activities carried out by Messiah members in support of the Outreach Ministry.
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Collecting and delivering Second Harvest donations. |
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Making plastic mats for the homeless. |
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PEO PECAN SALE
PEO Chapter AS is having their Annual Pecan Sale to benefit women’s education opportunities through scholarships and grants. These are Georgia grown pecans in foiled, decorative bags and come in 7 different varieties; dark chocolate, milk chocolate, caramel clusters, glazed, cinnamon, mammoth and pieces. All for $12 each. For information, contact Dee Angell at 598-0870 or deeangell@bellsouth.net. Ordering deadline is October 20th. This year’s door-to-door delivery will be by Saturday, November 14th, just in time for holiday cheer!
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DISCIPLESHIP CLASS: IN-PERSON OR LIVE VIDEO
The Discipleship Class will meet at 10:00 am Sunday September 20. The in-person meeting will be in the Church Fellowship Hall, and video may be joined from remote locations via Zoom.
The Zoom invitation to the meeting is below. If you attend in person, enter the Fellowship Hall from the outside door. Bring a face mask or pick up one just inside the entrance.
We will discuss Andy Stanley’s video “Judge Not” from the N Commandment series. We each will watch the video in advance so class time can be used for discussion.
Here is the Zoom invitation for the class:
Topic: Discipleship
Time: Sep 20, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 863 0826 1641
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Meeting ID: 863 0826 1641
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SECOND HARVEST
September’s food is TUNA FISH.
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ARE YOU BORED? WANT SOMETHING NEW TO DO? HAVE TOO MANY PLASTIC BAGS?
If you answered YES, to any of the above, please come join us under the bell tower EACH WEDNESDAY AT 10 am. PLEASE BRING all your old plastic bags (grocery, Walmart, Dollar General, whatever you have). We will be making PLARN–which was recently featured in the TWATL. These are "plastic mats" that are donated to the homeless shelter for distribution to those on the streets. They are EASY TO MAKE. There are several steps, that we will break into groups to learn. No previous skills needed. You will find where you fit in and will be an important part of our project!!
We will social distance, wear a mask (if you choose), bring a chair to work in, scissors, hydration, and all those plastic bags!! If you cannot come but wish to donate bags, you may do so at the church office entrance.
Thank you!! See you on WEDNESDAY!!
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 WORSHIP SERVICE
The next live streaming and in-person worship will be at 9 am on Sunday, September 20. We are trying this on a trial basis as we seek ways to best serve the congregation.
You must register for the service by contacting Sandy Cooper, our office administrator, no later than Friday at 9 am (messiahsk@gmail.com; office telephone: 912-598-1188). You and your party will be assigned a seat in the sanctuary, which has pews cordoned off for social distancing.
Some reminders about the safeguards put in place for this service:
· Do not come if you are ill, have a fever, or have been potentially exposed to COVID-19 in the past two weeks.
· We suggest you arrive early – by 8:40 am. An usher will help you find your assigned seat(s).
· You must always wear a mask.
· Although there will be music, please do not sing. Also please do not speak the responses. Both these activities have been shown to spread widely the virus.
· There will be hand sanitizer in the pews.
· You’re welcome to bring a water bottle.
This service will be live streamed at 9:00 am, then taped and posted to YouTube shortly after 10:30 am Sunday, for those you prefer to continue watching the service online.
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JOIN US FOR VIRTUAL WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
Sunday’s worship service will on Messiah's YouTube page (click here) but not until 9:00 am on Sunday morning, when it will be live-streamed. This means that you will be seeing the worship service “live” as it happens. Thereafter, the recording of the service will be available on the YouTube page as it always has been; however, it will probably not be posted until 10:30 am. A link to the YouTube service will be posted on Facebook and messiahsi.org. You can access the bulletin by clicking here or visiting the website.
Would you like a printed copy of the bulletin? Would your worship time be enhanced with a bulletin? Please contact Office Administrator Sandy Cooper at messiahsk@gmail.com (or call the office at 598-1188) no later than 9 am on Friday morning. A copy will be delivered to your home on Saturday.
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MESSIAH’S HISTORY: THE GROUNDWORK 1991
Excerpt from The Early History of Messiah Lutheran Church…1973-1995 by Jean Beckmann Williams, pages 4.
Sustaining the interest and enthusiasm evident at the meeting was now an important consideration. Martin Otto composed a newsletter, titled Landings Lutheran News, and distributed it to everyone who had responded in any way. The newsletter had two parts: “Where We Have Been” and “What Do We Do Now?” It reported on the level of interest: “Although all interested people could not attend the initial meeting, a total of 70 people representing 38 family groups have indicated an interest to participate further or at least to be informed as the venture progresses.” The newsletter ended with a heartfelt “COME SHARE THE SPIRIT!”
June 26 brought [Assistant to the Bishop] Pastor Gantt back to Skidaway Island to meet with the new steering committee. The steering committee was voluntary and open. At this time it was composed of Martin and Doris Otto (of Missouri Synod background, more recently members of Saint Paul’s), Richard and Jean Williams (members of St. Paul’s who had been members of a number of ELCA churches in other cities), Frank and Trudy Hudson (members of Ascension), Bill and Elda Meiers (who had been raised Lutheran but were members of the Community Church), Jonathan Hart (from a parsonage family and a former member of St. Paul’s), Bette Lufburrow (raised at St. Paul’s but attending an Episcopal church), Buddy Martin (from Ascension), Bill and Argerie Martin (from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waukegan, Illinois). The steering committee decided to meet at least monthly and to call general interest meetings as progress was made. Four more families had now expressed an interest, bringing the total to forty-two.
At the June meeting with Pastor Gantt, discussion ranged widely. Pastor Gantt indicated that it might be early 1992 before a congregation could be established and a pastor-developer assigned. Approval would first have to be obtained from the ELCA Synodical Outreach Committee in Chicago (a part of the ELCA Division of Outreach). The steering committee was already working to prepare the ELCA-required New Ministry Profile outlining in detail the demographic characteristics of the area and the purposed of the new ministry. ELCA would also require at least eighty people to indicate a strong interest before it approved formation of a new congregation.
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