July and August 2022 Newsletter |
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Please join us for worship. Services will be both in person and live streamed. Contact Pastor Berg or Kristin Smith for the streaming information.
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How Do I Sabbath?
from Pastor Berg's Monthly Blog
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We all experience the rise in prices for goods and services. Many of us have experienced the lack of service workers at places like hotels or restaurants. As we continue to live through a pandemic we also have experienced the complete exhaustion it takes just to navigate our normal days. The economic ship that pushes us along does not care. It does not care about health or honor or rest. It only needs MORE!
The Jewish idea of Sabbath says no to the above timeline. Where the economy of our lives insists on a linear, unbroken timeline, God gifts to us AND commands us to break that timeline with Sabbath. As Patrick D. Miller writes in his book Deuteronomy:
So in [Deuteronomy chapter 15] about sabbatical release--and in all similar words in Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and the prophets--one encounters a principle that builds into the relentless movement and burdens of human existence regular times for release and recouping, for freeing from the chains and burdens that bind members of the community, especially to provide equity and opportunity for those members of the community who in varying degrees do not have it.
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Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study! (Also available on Zoom)
Saturday, July 16 &
August 20, 9 – 10:15 am.
Join other congregation and community members for breakfast and conversation! There will be “food for the body, food for the soul and food for thought!” Please join us for discussion and enrichment. Questions to Roger Steinke.
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July Is Plastic Free Month
Plastic Free July® is a global movement and is a registered charity based in Australia. It began in 2011 and grew into an international campaign. The focus is to encourage people to reduce plastic use and waste by eliminating single-use plastics, by recycling and by choosing other options besides plastic in our daily lives. Will you take the challenge and live a plastic free life this month?
National Clean Beaches Week
In 2007, Congress passed the National Clean Beaches Week Resolution by unanimous consent. The week is celebrated annually from July 1st through July 7th and is considered the “Earth Day” for our beaches. July 4th is the most popular day of the year in the U. S. for people to visit our beaches. This means it’s also the worst day for beaches and marine life because the beaches become littered with all the trash that’s left behind. So, when you’re heading home from the beach, just leave behind sand castles or your footprints in the sand; dispose of your trash or take it with you when you leave.
Submitted by Christy Freriks and Ho Brown, FLC Church Council
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June Council Meeting Notes |
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Happy Summer! Hope you are enjoying these beautiful sunny days this summer.
We are excited to announce that your church council is creating an audit committee for 2022. Thank you to Dave Osborne, and Derrick StaRosa for agreeing to serve. We still need one more volunteer; please contact Holly Batstone to volunteer or for more information.
The church council is still looking for 2 more people to serve on the endowment committee. If you are interested in learning more or want to serve, please contact Holly Batstone or someone on church council.
Each member of FLC has an assigned council liaison. A council member should have reached out to you to introduce themselves, by now via email or phone. If you haven’t heard from them or if you have any questions, please contact Holly Batstone.
God’s blessings,
Holly Batstone
hollybatstone@gmail.com
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Women's Bible Study & Fellowship opportunities available:
Deborah Circle: July 12 & August 9, 10:30 am.
Gather Magazine Bible Study
Hannah Circle: September 19 , 6:30 pm.
Contact: Linda Siebert 206-369-7047
Rebecca Circle: September 21 , 10:00 am.
Contact: Barbara Thieme 425-898-8982
FLC circles welcome all women of the congregation! Please contact the persons listed above for meeting locations.
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REACH Ministries
Opportunities for all ages!
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Congratulations to our 2022 College Grads! |
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Nickolas Alcaraz from Bellevue College
Brooke Faubion from Pacific Lutheran University
Jake Peoples from University of Washington
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No Sunday school, confirmation or adult education during summer. Classes will resume on Rally Sunday, September 11! |
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Vacation Bible School
Ages 3 - 6th Grade
July 11 - July 14
Preschool & Kindergarten 9 am - Noon
1st - 6th Graders 9 am - 3 pm (lunch included).
Register Today! Download the registration here, and return or mail to the church office with your payment.
Help is needed! Middle school, high school, college students and adults are needed for serving at VBS. Please sign up on the VBS Helper Board in the narthex, Questions to Roger Steinke.
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Summer Mission Trip to Camp Lutherhaven, Idaho
July 31, 1:15 pm - August 5, 5 - 6 pm
Grades 6 - 12
Work together and serve Jesus at this premier Christian camp on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Work projects at Camp Lutherhaven * campfire * bible study * Silverwood Amusement Park & Boulder Beach *hiking * team building * climbing tower * zip line * water fun in the sun! Space is limited, so please sign up with Roger by July 15!
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Movie Review
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Sunday, August 28, 3 pm
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“David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a 2020 British documentary film narrated by David Attenborough and produced and directed by Jonnie Hughes. The film acts as a "witness statement", through which Attenborough shares first-hand his concern for the current state of the planet due to humanity’s impact on nature and his hopes for the future. The film was released on Netflix in October 2020, along with a companion book “A Life on Our Planet.” David Attenborough's television credits span eight decades and his association with natural history programs dates back to The Pattern of Animals and Zoo Quest in the early 1950s.” |
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MOVIE REVIEW: Please watch the movie prior to our ZOOM Meeting Review. “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” is available to watch on Netflix. Our discussion will begin with a review of the main points of the movie. We will also explore the spiritual themes of this documentary. Questions? Please contact Roger Steinke.
Due to Summer Schedules, there will NOT be a July 2022 Movie Review Meeting.
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The First Lutheran Book Club continues to meet on Zoom for thoughtful discussions of our monthly book selections. Please join us! |
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Book Club!
Discussion Book: Sula
by Toni Morrison
July 26, 7:00 pm on Zoom
Discussion Leader:
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in a small town of Medallion, Ohio.
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Discussion Book: The Boys in the Boat; Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown
August 23, 7:00 pm on Zoom
Discussion Leader: Nora Strothman
This book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans.
Questions to Clint Bastin (Book Club Coordinator) or Roger Steinke. Copies of the book are available on table outside the library. Zoom link will be sent March 21.
Summer Reading from the FLC Library! Books available in the FLC librarty about ordinary people who've done extraordinary things!
- More Than My Scars
- The House that Love Built
- Mighty Be Our Powers
- I Am Malala
- Riley Unlikely
- I"ll Push You
Check it Out!
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The above link will be updated with June's financial information after the Finance Committee is able to review the financial statements at their monthly meeting. |
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Attention all FLC Committees and Staff!
Budget requests for 2023 are due to the
Finance Committee by September 30, 2022.
Thank you!
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Monthly Outreach
CHANGE FOR CHANGE All money received in the Change for Change jar will be used to support HOPELINK food bank.
HOPELINK helps homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities gain stability, while providing others with the tools and skills they need to exit poverty for good. Hopelink is not accepting food or other goods at this time. Click here for donation information.
January Monthly Outreach: Compass Housing Alliance
February Monthly Outreach: Hopelink
March Monthly Outreach: Lutheran Community Services
April Monthly Outreach: Poor Peoples Campaign
May Monthly Outreach: Earth Ministry
June Monthly Outreach: ELCA World Hunger
July Monthly Outreach: Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Services
August Monthly Outreach: TBA
September Monthly Outreach:
October Monthly Outreach:
November Monthly Outreach:
December Monthly Outreach:
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Scrip is a Great Way to Increase Your Giving
with Purchases You'd Make Anyway!
Proceeds from FLC's Scrip program recently paid for the shipment of quilts and school/health kits to Lutheran World Relief. Your purchases really do make a difference!
Purchase your Scrip gift cards on Sunday morning before and after worship or this is an excellent time to set up Shop with Scrip and Presto Pay for instant Scrip purchases and redemption on your smart phone. This is a super easy way to continue to support FLC's Scrip program. (See below for more information.)
If you are unable to attend worship or purchase Scrip online, you may mail a check to FLC Scrip, attention Gordy Phelps, with a note of what scrip cards you wish to purchase, and he will mail the cards back to you.
We have several other opportunities for earning money while you shop, for FLC's many social ministry programs:
2. Sign up for Amazon Smile and name First Lutheran Church as your charity. Every time you shop with Amazon Smile FLC receive .05% of your purchase price. You can still use Amazon Prime. Get your kids to sign up, too! In the 3rd quarter of 2021, your Amazon Smile purchases earned $84 for Social Ministries!
3. Link your Fred Meyer rewards card to their Community Rewards program for First Lutheran Church. All of your purchases will result in a quarterly donation to FLC.
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Summer Camp Registration is Open!
Click on the pictures below for registration information.
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Maybe you’ve never considered walking or running a half marathon before but being a part of this team is SO MUCH bigger than that!
1. Cross the finish line of Rock ‘n Roll Washington Half Marathon on September 4th.
2. Find an incredible community of people doing this same wild thing with you.
3. Bring fullness of life through clean water to children and communities who desperately need it!
Training starts with 20 minutes of moving your feet on May 2nd
Questions? Contact Kaaren Hatlen (kaarenhatlen@gmail.com)
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