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Atonement Lutheran Church Newsletter - Messenger

The Messenger is published weekly, except for holiday weeks and an abbreviated schedule over the summer. If you prefer a copy of the Messenger that you can print, click on the link below:

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October 7, 2008 - Volume 29, #34

  • Lots of Fall Happenings!

    • Special Days at St. Paul's Fabius

      The Fabius worshipping community cordially invites you to join them for these special events. All are welcome

      Sunday, October 19, 2008 - Service of Healing
      9:00am - Pastor Gaetz will lead a service of prayer and anointing for healing as part of the regular Sunday worship hour. This tradition in the Atonement family has become a moving opportunity for focus on health and renewal of body, mind and spirit.

      Sunday, October 26, 2008 - Reformation/Anniversary Celebration
      9:00am - A celebration, with guest speaker, to commemorate both our reformation heritage and our ministry and mission in Fabius. Following the service you will want to stay for the famous Fabius Anniversary Dinner. There will be more food than you can imagine and great fellowship!

    • Fellowship Breakfast - October 19 - 9:30am

      Please join us for breakfast in the fellowship hall following the 8:30 service on 10/19.

      We are looking for people to bring coffee cake to supplement the regular breakfast food. If you would like to contribute, please call the church office at 492-9065 and let Laura know. There will be a free will offering.

       
    • Brown Bag Lunch with Vicar Laura

      A.L.A.S. (Atonement Lutheran Active Seniors) is hosting a brown bag luncheon on Thursday, October 16, to meet and converse with Vicar Laura,the recent addition to our pastoral staff.

      Join us in the Coffee Shop for lunch at 12 noon, or come at 12:30, and share in this opportunity to meet, greet and converse with one of the future pastors of our Lutheran Church.

       
    • Bible, Baked Goods and Beverage

      Bible, Baked Goods and Beverage will meet on Saturday, October 18th in the Coffee Shop beginning at 9am. The group will continue their study on Ruth.

       
    • Youth News

      Because of the Columbus Day Weekend, the Teen Class "Second Sunday" will be on October 19th. Join us to talk football - The Brett Farve "Never-Quit" Attitude.

       
    • Women of the ELCA

      Women of the ELCA will meet on Thursday, October 16th in the Conference Room beginning at 6pm. Missy Wilber will be leading a program entitled the Healthy Heart.

  • CROP Walk

    Annual Crop Walk in Tully - October 19 - Noon-4pm

    All Atonement youth in grades 4-12 are invited to "Walk with the World," by participating in the annual CROP Walk on October 19. Last year CROP Hunger Walks raised more than $15 million to support the hunger-fighting work of local food banks around the block and of Church World Service around the world.

    All members of the Atonement family are invited to help fight world hunger and support our youth by donating to CROP Walk. Youth will be collecting donations after all services on Oct. 5 & 12.

    More information will be in next week's Messenger. But save the date and please let us know you are coming by no later than Oct. 12. Contact Judy Holmes (673-9393; e-mail EWHolmes@att.net), Janet Holmgren (677-3846), or Pastor Rodgers (492-9065).

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

    The Messenger is now available online at: http://www.alcsyracuse.org/alc_messenger.php.

    While getting the paper copy works best for many of us, it occurs to me (your editor and printer) that some of us would be perfectly happy reading it online.

    If you fall into that "electronic" category, please let us know by filling out the online form at: http://www.alcsyracuse.org/mailinglist.php. Once you submit that form, you will receive an email each week letting you know when the latest issue of the Messenger is available online. Because we want to make sure we don't lose touch with you, you will probably get an email or a postcard once or twice a year asking you to verify your mailing address.

    As time goes by, we expect to make more information available electronically, and save even more trees, stamps, and money!

    If you have any questions, or suggestions, please send email to webmaster@alcsyracuse.org or put a note in my mailbox in the church office.

  • Word [WURD] of the Week

    - contemplating the language of faith

    atonement- [uh-tohn-muh nt]

    Did you know the name of this congregation is also the name of theological term that gets wrestled with and debated at length in seminary? And, if you think about it, it can be a difficult term to get your head and heart around fully. If you break down the word, it gets at the center of what it means: "at-one-ment." Through Christ's death and resurrection, we are made one with God. Through the cross, we are at one with God. And don't forget baptism! We are made one with Christ through the waters of death and baptism, where we die to our old lives and are raised to new life. There you go. Easy, right?

    Right.

    Or maybe this will make more sense to you. In the words from the book, Crazy Talk edited by Rolf Jacobson, this is how atonement is described, tongue firmly in cheek:

    "Sort of like attunement - the act by which the person next to you quits singing off pitch and gets in sync with the choir - atonement is the act of God by which God takes us, who are out of sync with both God and neighbor, and sets us right."

    Have any suggestions of words your curious about? Call me at the church (492-9065) or drop me an email: laura.aase@gmail.com.

     

  • Check Out the Crafty Lades Nook!

    Next time you are in church, check out the Crafty Ladyes nook in the narthex. They have some fun stuff that you can purchase very inexpensively. All proceeds go to support programming at Atonement.

    Note the special hangers, crafted by Marge Tracy at the young age of 93!

     

  • Appleseed Productions Announces Audition for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

    Appleseed Productions invites you to

    An Open Casting Call for
    "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
    A play by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey - Directed by
    Dustin M. Czarny. Auditions are:
    October 26 & 27 - 7-9 pm
    Atonement Stage
    116 West Glen Ave.

    Auditioners are asked to prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic monologue and be prepared to read from selections of the script. All roles are open for audition. Character descriptions can be found at www.appleseedproductions.org/auditions.html. A possible callback date for some roles may be on Wednesday October 29, 2008. Rehearsals for this production will start Dec 7 (though a read through to hand out scripts and schedules will be scheduled in November) and there will be a large break for the holidays. The production will be staged on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting January 23rd, running through February 7th.

    If musicals are more your thing, Dustin Czarny will also be directing A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Appleseed later in the season. Auditions are set for early March.

  • Photos from Last Week's Barbecue

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