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February 23, 2010 - Volume 31, #8

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• Beat the Winter Blues Dinner - Febrary 28
  
  

  Please plan on joining your Atonement friends at a Fellowship dinner on Sunday, February 28th following the 10:45 service. We'll be having ham, scalloped potatoes, vegetable, fruit, dessert, and beverage. Please make your reservations by calling the church office at 492-9065 by Thursday, 2/25. A free will offering will be collected.

   

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• 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.

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• 4-5-6 Club Goes to the MOST!
  
  

  Nine of our 4-5-6 Club kids had a fun afternoon at the Museum of Science and Technology (commonly known as the "MOST") following the 10:45 worship service on Sunday, February 14th. There were lots of interactive exhibits including a virtual basketball game and a huge play-torium where the kids could burn off some wintertime crazies. The afternoon was capped off with a visit to the MOSTÕs planetarium show that displayed and described the nighttime sky in Syracuse.

  
   
  

  Many thanks go to the adult volunteers who organized and chaperoned the kids.

   

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• The Deaconess Community
  
  

  "What started as seven German deaconesses serving a Philadelphia hospital has grown to a flourishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America."
  -- ELCA news services

  After last week's article it was brought to my attention that many folks may not realize that the ELCA deaconess community is not only still with us after 125 faithful years and doing vital church ministry - but is growing by the day! So who are these women? According to their official web site "Deaconesses are consecrated church leaders who have earned master's degrees in theology, religion or related courses. While ordained ministers are called to Word and sacrament ministries, deaconesses are called to Word and service ministries." Although not great in terms of absolute numbers, deaconesses serve throughout the country and overseas in many roles such as social workers, nurses, administrators, hospital technicians, Christian educators, youth ministers, parish workers, professors, chaplains and spiritual directors. Despite their diversity of roles and talents all deaconesses are united by a near single-minded devotion to actively living out their faith which is fueled by Christ's love. Perhaps their mission statement sums it up best, "Compelled by the love of Christ and sustained by community, we devote our lives to proclaiming the Gospel through ministries of mercy and servant leadership."

  ~ Shalom y'all, Vicar Christine

  For more information see: www.ELCA.org/deaconess

   

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• Transition Team Update
  

  Just a quick update on the Transition Team activities...

  The team met on Thursday, 2/5 and discussed the milestones over the next few months. You can expect to hear announcements soon on events such as the next open forum for the congregation, how the team will work with the Church Council, and more. We'll keep you posted!

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• March Anniversaries
  

  14  Gary & Jane Richer (1980)
  19  Dick & Joan Kanfoush
  21  Arthur & Carol Eipp (1953)
  25  Alicia & James Mahaney (1999)
  

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• March Birthdays
  

   2   Lotta Cohen, Bethann Marie Collins, Kenneth Clark
   3   Jack Erhard, Brad Arthur, Elisabeth Gerecke, Wilfred LaFountain
   4   Alexis Fields
   5   John Douglass, Jr., Pastor Gaetz, Patrick OÕBrien, Veronica Ann Ross
   7   Adam Aberdeen, Anastasia Fields
   8   Martha L. Detrick
   9   Dorothy Visalli, Zachary Koslowsky, Kimberly Cavallo, Ashley Haumann, Taylor Merchant
  10  Kathy Hillenbrand, Shanely Monds, Tammy Steinhart, Katlin Christine Ferrara, Derek Lewis, Phoebe Brackett
  11  David Walker, Nicole Moss (Cavallo)
  12  John Troy, Barry Graumenz, Christopher Lando, Danielle Pouliot
  13  Esther Forster, Michael Shay, Aiko Martin, Jessica Peters
  14  Thelma Soroka
  15  Kenneth LaDuca
  18  Harriet Walters, Alexis Manley, Charlotte Aserian
  19  Joan Kanfoush
  20  Bruce W. Barr
  22  Gayle Wentworth
  23  Christopher Collyer
  24  Kevin Monds, Peter Woods
  25   Marion Buerman
  26  Christian Harfmann, Jason Bort, Dorothy Ecker
  27  Horst Koslowsky, Dennis Harper, April Graumenz, Christopher Schad
  28  Jennings Aske, Asha Aberdeen, Jacob Meggesto, Bill Kemp, Pastor Dawn Rodgers
  29  Maria DePalma, Joann Himes, Roberta Mettler 30  Christina Ahlstrom
  31  James Fields, Danielle Kennedy