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September 22, 2009 - Volume 30, #35

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

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• It's Here!
  

  After months of waiting and negotiations, the new bus is finally here! It looks a lot like the old bus, but it's nine years newer. It's only three years oldÐand in very good condition. The interior is almost like new. We expect to have many trouble free years of use. We have not been able to use it "over the road" yet because it came from Illinois and the State of New York registration process requires extensive paper work. We hope now to begin use of the new bus on Sunday, September 27th.

  Fortunately the cost of the new bus is just about the same as the maintenance on the old bus which was beginning to live up to its name FORD (Fix or repair daily.)

  
  We are able to provide this ministry through donations to the Bus Fund and support from the Kiesewetter Endowment. Donations to the Bus Fund are always welcome. There is an envelope for this in your envelope box. Please be generous.

  What happens to the old bus? Well, we have managed to sell the old bus for just about enough to cover the costs of delivery and licensing for the new bus.

  Dedication of the new bus will be on October 18th along with all our recent renovations. Be watching for details.

   

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• Congratulations Jerry!

  

  Congratulations to Jerry Holbrook on his outstanding recognition at the State Fair again this year:
  
  1st & 2nd in the Senior Division
  "Accepted" in the Fine Arts Division.

  We are all proud of you Jerry!

   

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• Appleseed Presents....

  

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• The Gospel According to.....Disney?
  
  

  Pr Gaetz invites you to a slightly capricious investigation of how different authors have shaped their message to speak to their audience, starting with that 20th century theologian Walt Disney - yes the Walt Disney who created an empire that "started with a mouse." The class will meet in the Coffee Shop each Wednesday at about 7 PM - following worship.

  Note: There is no class on September 30. Class resumes, with a new topic, on October 7.

   

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• Youth Group - Hold these Dates!
  
  
  • October 18 Crop Walk
  • November 20-22 Retreat at LCLC
   

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• 4-5-6 Club Kick-Off Hot Dog Roast
  
  

  Mark your calendar for the annual 4-5-6 Club Kick-off Hotdog Roast. All Atonement children in fourth, fifth and sixth grades are welcome to join us. If you have never eaten a hotdog roasted on a stick over an open fire, you simply do not know what you are missing! We also plan to carve pumpkins, make apple turkeys, play games, and have fun.

  Where: Judy Holmes' House, 3431 Fox Road, Syracuse, 13215
  Time: Leave Atonement Church at 3:45pm Return to Atonement Church at 7:00pm

  Permission slips must be turned in by September 27

  Questions: Judy Holmes (673-9393, EWHolmes@att.net) Janet Holmgren (677-3846) Vicar Christine (492-9065)

   

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• Atonement Lutheran Youth Organization
  
  

  All Atonement youth (grades 7 and up) are invited to the Atonement Annual Apple Picking, Bonfire, and Hotdog Roast!

  Where: Judy Holmes' House, 3431 Fox Road, Syracuse, 13215
  Time: Leave Atonement Church at 3:45pm Return to Atonement Church at 7:00pm

  Permission slips must be turned in by September 27

  Questions: Judy Holmes (673-9393, EWHolmes@att.net) Janet Holmgren (677-3846) Vicar Christine (492-9065)

   

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• Franciscan Health Support Oxygen Awareness Night
  Join Franciscan Health Support at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center on Wednesday, October 28 between 5 and 7:30 p.m. for Oxygen Awareness Night in room L100A off the main lobby of the hospital. If you or someone you know uses medical oxygen therapies and wants to learn more about new technologies that lead to more freedom and a better quality of life, this free educational event is for you. The evening includes an information session at 5:30 p.m., displays of the latest offerings in oxygen therapy, opportunities to ask the experts questions, and much more. Refreshments will be served. Raffle prizes will be given away throughout the event. Free parking available in the hospital garage. Call 315.703.2138 to register.

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• St. Jerome - September 30
  
  

  If you've ever thought to yourself, "I could NEVER be a saint. I have a really bad temper!" then this week let me introduce you to St. Jerome (343-420 AD). Jerome lived in the fourth century and is remembered mainly for two things. First, he was a great Biblical scholar and translated the Old and New Testaments into Latin (the official language of the early church), and second, this saint was a serious hot-head! Not only was he opinionated, he was famous for his passionate, fiery eruptions - all for the love of God's Word.

  Now of course, being prone to anger will not lead anyone, including Jerome, closer to discipleship. Rather, Jerome shows us what to do in the aftermath of an angry outburst. Time and again Jerome repented and sought forgiveness, and yup, this is hard to do!

  So the next time you doubt whether God is calling YOU (yes, you!) to follow him because you have a short fuse, recall to mind St. Jerome, repentance, and that famous phrase of Martin Luther -- we are "simul iustus et peccator" -- "simultaneously saints and sinners."

  Shalom y'all, Vicar Christine

  For more information about this fellow Christian scholar/traveler with a touch of road rage, see:

  • http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1154
  • http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-jerome/
   

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• News from Vanderkamp... Alumni? We Want You!
  

  Did you attend camp at Vanderkamp any time from 1965 through 2008? Do you know someone (like a son/daughter, niece/nephew, grandchild, or church friend) who did? Did you ever work on summer staff at Vanderkamp? If so, we are looking for you! In particular we are looking for folks who participated in camp programs at Vanderkamp from 1965 through 2001 - those records are sketchy or nonexistent!

  The Vanderkamp office is putting together a Vanderkamp Alumni database, and would like to include all who attended summer camp or were on summer staff at Vanderkamp any time over the past forty-three years. We need names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-ddresses. If you qualify for this group, please contact Tink at trhccrm@aol.com.

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• Assisting Schedule for October 4
  

  Next week, we'll publish the entire "assisting" schedule for October, but, to give you a "head's up" - here is the schedule for Sunday, October 4.

  • Assisting Minister (both services)
    Vicar Christine Wulff
  • Acolyte
    8:30 Sydney Woods
    10:45 Casey Draper
  • Communion Assistant
    8:30 Carole Barr
    10:45 Gary Stensland
  • Reader
    8:30 Pam Haumann
    10:45 Vicar Christine
  • Gift Bearer
    8:30 Carole Barr & Roberta Mettler
    10:45 Gary Stensland & Jon Fitzgibbons
  • Ushers
    8:30 Ken* & Jeanette Greig
    10:45 Barb Lasky* & Louise Brown
  • Greeter
    8:30 Roberta Mettler
  • Altar Care
    8:30 Pam Haumann
    10:45 Barb Lasky
  • Flower Delivery
    Pastor Saurez