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Atonement Lutheran Church Newsletter - The Messenger

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March 2, 2010 - Volume 31, #9

  • Save a Tree, Save a Stamp, Save some Money!

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    To sign up for electronic "delivery" complete the online form at: http://www.alcsyracuse.org/mailinglist.php

  • Celebrate 97 Years of Girl Scouting

    Sunday March 7
    10:45 AM Service

    Cookie Reception Following the Service

    All girl scouts and those who have been involved in scouting are invited to attend in uniform, sash, vest or, for the Daisies among us, smock! We will be awarding an official Girl Scout Sabbath Fun Patch to all who participate. Please join us in honoring the Girl Scouts in our congregation. Plan to attend the reception (with Girl Scout cookies as the refreshment of choice!) immediately following the 10:45 service. ...and if you are, or have been a Girl Scout, please wear your sash or uniform!

    Read more about Girl Scouts and their history on the web at www.girlscouts.org.

     

  • Lent Adult Study & Mid-Week Worship

    There will be a number of worship and study opportunities each week. This year we'll be trying everything together under one theme - "Word and World." In a variety of ways and settings we'll be looking at ways the Bible speaks about God's activity in real life situations and real life people. We'll look at some the Ten Commandments and some Bible Stories on the various subjects and then the "news of our day."

    Wednesday - Mid Day - Beginning Wednesday, February 24th

    • 11:30 AM Prayer Service in the chapel focusing on some Real Bible People.
    • Noon Share lunch in the coffee shop. Bring your sandwich, etc. and we'll have coffee and desert to share.
    • After lunch at about 12:30 PM we'll be looking at some real life situations that sound a lot like those our Bible person encountered.

    Wednesday - Church Night Beginning Wednesday, February 24th

    • 5:30 PM - Dinner in the Fellowship hall
    • 6:00 PM - Children's Church
    • 6:15 PM - Worship with Holy Communion
    • 7:00 PM - Adult Class

    Thursday - Bible Study in Fabius - Beginning Thursday, February 25th

    • 7:00 PM You are invited to the home of Will & Alice LaFountain 1759Rt. 91 Fabius, NY. Bring a snack to share. Coffee will be provided.

    Sunday - Beginning next Sunday, February 28th

    • 9:50 AM - Adult Class in the Conference Room of the Kiesewetter Center Pr. Gaetz will be conducting this class on the Lord's Prayer.

  • Annnual Volleyball Fundraiser

    On March 12-13th, several of our teens will be participating in an all-night Volleyball Marathon at Syracuse University to raise money for Lutheran Charities of Central New York.

    Will you consider helping to sponsor our team financially? Funds raised will support local Lutheran Charities:
    Donations will go to The Samaritan Counseling Center, Vanderkamp Center, The Watertown Urban mission, The Luther Campus Ministry, LutherCare Ministries Network, Appleseed Scene I, The Ministry of the Central Crossroads Conference, The Mohawk Valley Lutheran Confirmation Camp (MVLCC).

    Donations in any amount will be gratefully accepted on Sunday, March 7, 2010 between and after worship services.

    Last year, Michele Lindor, Casey Draper, and Stacey Draper were among those who attended. Our congregation contributed $150 of the over $3,000 raised. Wouldn't it be great to exceed those numbers?!

     

  • Harriet Tubman & Sojourner Truth March 10

    Harriet Tubman, died 1913; Sojourner Truth, died 1883; renewers of society

    Harriet Tubman (born Araminta "Minty" Ross) and Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) were African-American women who were both born into slavery and with their own hard-fought freedom helped a nation to become free. On June 1, 1843, Isabella changed her name to Sojourner Truth telling her friends, "The Spirit calls me, and I must go." The Spirit however was calling both of these women to faith-filled action. In a time when there were those who twisted the meaning of the Scriptures to justify slavery --including not a few white preachers -- these women knew as did many others that our God led the Israelites from slavery in Egypt into the freedom of the Promised Land; just as our Lord Jesus Christ lifts us from the bondage to sin into the real freedom of living in Him. These aren't just words. These aren't just nice sentiments. This is the powerful truth of the gospel. Without Christ none of us are travelling on that Freedom Road.

    ~ Shalom y'all, Vicar Christine

    For more information see:
    http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/truth_bust.cfm
    http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

     

  • St. Joseph's Hosts Red Cross Blood Drives in March

    St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center will host American Red Cross Blood drives on Thursday, March 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in conference rooms L-100C and D.

    To schedule an appointment, contact the Volunteer Office at 448-5186, or send an e-mail to Volunteer1@sjhsyr.org. Walk-ins are also welcome.

  • Certificate from Church World Service

    Atonement's WELCA group is pleased to share the above certificate with everyone in the congregation who contributed to our blanket drive. Because of your help, people can be warm.

     

  • Envelopes and Heat!

    It costs just about $5 to purchase and mail the offering envelopes. Please help us to cover those costs by putting $5 (or more!) in that "initial" offering. We mailed out 200 envelopes, but so far, only about 37 initial offerings have come in. If you have not yet returned yours, please do so soon, so we can clear the budget on envelopes!

    And while you are digging around in that box of envelopes, please pull out the Fuel envelope and make a generous contribution to keep us warm!

  • DonŐt Forget! - March 14 begins Daylight Saving Time

    On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. Think of it as our first big step towards longer days and warmer weather.

  • Coming Soon from Appleseed!

     

  • Learning at the Crossroads

    Church and Society in Post-Vietnam America
    led by Tom Henry, historian

    Saturday, March 13, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 20 with breakfast and lunch included.

    Luther Memorial Lutheran Church 435 S. Main St., N. Syracuse, NY 13212 (315) 458-1481

    The issues we see in the church and in general society today did not drop on us suddenly. The dramatic changes in society in the wake of the Sixties not surprisingly planted the seeds of the changes we have faced and are facing as a church. We will spend our day examining both what has changed in the past 45 years and how we as Lutherans continue to respond to those changes.

    Registration Form at http://LearningattheCrossroads.googlepages.com

    Download form and make check out to /Central Crossroads Conference. Send to Luther Memorial Church, 435 S. Main St., N. Syracuse 13212. Inquire about discounts for more than five from the same congregation.

    Questions? Email: LearningattheCrossroads@yahoo.com

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