Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church 101 Vance St. Kannapolis, NC 28081

Kimball Communicator Reverend John Futterer-Senior Pastor

Liz Fisher, AIM-Minister of Word & Service Mrs. Gail Mosher– Church Office Manager

Dr. Don Simmons– Music Director Rev. Dr. David R. Keck, Pastor Emeritus

February 2020 Newsletter Online at: WWW.KIMBALL CHURCH.ORG 704-933-4101

Inside this Issue:

•Pastor’s article •Upcoming Events •Homebound •February Birthdays & Anniversaries •Prayer page •Signed up to serve • Calendar •Kids Page •Upcoming Events

FROM THE PASTOR The Next Time You Look at a Rainbow I remember watching the Johnny Carson Show when I was much younger…and seeing the fa-mous actor Orson Welles read from Genesis 9: “Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the wa-ters of a flood…When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting cove-nant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth”. When Welles finished reading, he preached a one-sentence sermon: “God is not going to destroy us, but it remains to be seen whether or not we will destroy ourselves.” Like most interesting sermons, Orson Welles’ homily was partly true…and partly un-true…NO sermon EVER covers the whole truth of the majesty and mystery of God!!! His sermon was true because it reminds us of how much trust God has given us…our survival in large part DOES depend on how we use wisely the resources God has given us to tend and enjoy! But the sermon is NOT true because it appears to make God only passive: God will look at the rainbow in the sky and remember not to act against us. But Welles says nothing about how God will pursue us with love, grace, and care! In the Bible, we are told again and again that God does far more than promise not to destroy us. God gives us resources to move from brutality to compassion, from violence to peace, from hatred to love. God gives the Law to provide guidance for daily living. God gives us a new way of living and acting in our fellowship with Christ. And God gives us a vision so that we can see past the shadows of fear and death…to resurrection and new life. The next time you see a rainbow…give thanks to Our God who promises that He will not destroy us…and who also moves among us so that we might be a new people! Peace and Love, Pastor John

Church Office hours

Monday– Friday

8am-4pm

Worship 8:30am

Contempo-rary Worship

9:45am

Agape Time and

Sunday School

11:00am

Traditional Worship

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Samaritans Table

Ministry Update 2020 marks the beginning of the 9th year serving Samaritan’s Table here at Kimball. This ministry is a partnership between Cooperative Christian Ministry and local churches. It allows families in our community to stretch their income by providing evening meals 3 times per week. Meals are served each week at host churches in the downtown Kannapolis area: First Baptist on Mondays, Trinity United Methodist on Wednesdays and right here at Kimball on Thursdays. We appreciate all the churches that support this vital ministry by providing meals & especially those that support Kimball: St Joseph’s RC Church, Bethpage UMC, Memorial Baptist Church, McGill Baptist Church & Mt. Mitchell UMC. Gordon Foods was gracious enough to serve in 2019 as well. We are also thankful to the folks at Kimball who have served meals on a regular basis: Liz Fisher along with our youth & pre-k staff and our choir. Thank you to Cliff Scott for tirelessly setting up for the meals and running the dishwasher for the last few years! Special thanks to Joe Saullo & Gaye St. John who have graciously volunteered their time to help out on Thursday evenings.

In 2019 we served 1,624 meals at Kimball. As you can see there is truly a need for this ministry - it is a blessing to many in our community and a blessing to those who serve too!

Monetary donations are welcomed to help cover the cost of supplies. Contact Doris Teumer at 704-305-0761 or dmteumer@yahoo.com for more information, questions, or if you would like to volunteer to serve a meal (we have some dates open) or to help out.

New Stove Just in case you have not been in the Kimball kitchen lately, please take the time to drop in and view our latest addition. Due to the magnanimous donation

from a donor wishing to remain anonymous, Kimball is the proud recipient of a brand new Imperial, state of the art, stainless steel gas stove which features: a 60 inch range, including 6 burners & a 24 inch griddle, 2 standard ovens, thermostat control for griddle, and stainless steel backguard with shelf. The timing could not have been better, as our older stove had one foot (oven) in the grave and was on death watch. The consensus was that gas was the way to go. New gas lines were paid for by the generous contributions of 6 different groups in our congregation. Tom Kilby deserves our thanks for sourcing this stove and coordinating the installation. By now it is highly probable that several have had the chance to try out our new addition. If you have not yet, please see Tom for instructions before using this stove. This is a piece of equipment that we can be proud of and as a congregation, we give a rousing THANK YOU to our donor!

Thank You Expressed to our Church!

Our church has received letters of thanks from agencies in our

Synod following our Holiday gifts. Agape/Kure Beach Ministries, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Lutheran Services in the Carolinas, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Novus Way Lutheridge/Lutherock and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America all communicated their appreciation for year end gifts from the congregation – all made possible by your generosity and care.

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KMLC Preschool Hello from Kimball Preschool!Please continue to pray for our students, their families, our staff and their families as we work to provide a loving, Christian preschool experience for our children, Also, please pray that we will all continue to stay well during the cold and flu season. For the month of February, we are learning the following Bible stories: Sharing God’s Love, God’s Love is Forever and Love Is. During the month our children will be engaging in activities that relate to love and learning just how much God loves us! We still have spots available for the 2019-2020 school year. Registration information is available in the church office or online at kimballchurch.org. If you have any questions about Kimball Lutheran Preschool, please call the church at 704-933-4101. Registration forms for the 2020-2021 school year will be coming out soon. Our supply needs currently are: paper towels and wipes

God Bless, Crystal Sheppard, Director

Small Group Ministries Book Club met on Friday Jan. 31st

and our next book club event shows for March 10th. If you have any

questions or are willing to host, please call Donna Taylor

Bible and Brew

. In Feb we will meet on Feb 28th @ 6:30pm at our New Brewery in Kannapolis. Old Armory Beer Co. Bring your

own dinner or you can order @ the brewery (There may be food trucks)!

J.O.Y. Group Feb Joy group will meet on Thursday Feb 13th at 11:30am and we will

have Soup and Sandwiches. We will have a short devotion and talk about our special events

coming up in 2020!

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Tuesday Feb. 25th @ 5:45pm

We hope you will join us for our annual Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, February 25th . The Joe Gribble Sunday School Class will begin serving pancakes and sausage at 5:45 PM, and a freewill offering will be graciously accepted. This year, all proceeds from the dinner will go to assist our Youth in their Summer Mission Trip to Ohio. THANK YOU for your presence and your donations to this very good cause!

Ash Wednesday Services

will be on Feb 26th @ 6:30pm

The Lenten Season begins in late February this year, with Ash Wednesday coming on February 26th. We will offer our traditional service of confession, repentance, the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion at 6:30 in the evening. A meal will be served in the Commons from 5:45 – 6:20 (Please sign up in the narthex or commons!) A nursery is provided for the Ash Wednesday Service. Visiting friends are certainly welcome – please join us!

AGAIN THIS YEAR , Kimball will provide piggy banks and Lenten

Calendars for our spring offering for world hunger. The banks/calendars

will be available for pick-up in the narthex on Sunday, February 23rd, and then again on Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) on February 26th. Thank you for your participation this year -

all gifts will be sent to the Lutheran World Hunger Appeal of the ELCA.

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Homebound Members Lutheran Home •Gladys Litaker Brian Center-Lincolnton •Eleanor Foil Caremoor •Aileen Triece Big Elm •Libby Meadows Morningside •Libby Hunsuck Trinity Oaks •Robert Gribble Taylor Glen •Evelyn Whitley Mecklenburg Health & Rehab •Marty Sides The Laurels •Shirley Helms At their home •Sylvia Graham, Doris McCarn, Bettie Overcash, Anna Richter, Jane Ritchie, Earline Snipes, Linda Rivers

Prayer Page- Have someone in need of some prayer? Add them to our prayer page! Military: , Andrew Smith (Arizona), Chris Kirchner (Missouri), Ben Kirchner (Georgia), Devon Scott (Florida), Preston Mays (Georgia), Chris Overcash (Georgia), Trevor Schmitt (California/Texas) Kimball members : Andy Ballard, Ben Ballard, Bennet Family, Tom Brown, Buttner Family, Calandra Family, Alexis Fisher, Todd Haley, Shirley Helms, Libby Hunsuck, Louise Jackson, Sherry Johnson, Doris McCarn, Vicki & Mike McCombs, Dianne Marlin, Hunter Patterson, Marty Payne, Jim & Paulette Peeler, Louise Propst, Anna Richter, Linda Rivers, Joe & Diana Saullo, Trevor Schmitt Family, Cliff, Kathy & Devon Scott, John Shaver, Earline Snipes, Gaye St. John, Rick, Doris & Sara Teumer, John Troutman, Cathy Young

February Birthdays 1 Judy Ferguson, Jeff Matson 2 Reagan Cauthen 3 Pat Tallent, Cathy Baker, Robin Ballard 4 Randy Snipes 6 Louise Propst 7 Heather Miller, Lou Barlow, Leam Neely, Timothy Sawyer 8 Elizabeth Bentley, Aleigha Christy 9 Lily Fisher, Dean Hinson 10 Michael Butcher 11 Justin Yount 12 John Futterer 13 Sylvia Graham 14 Amy Brantley, Sudie Foil 16 Darrin Pascua (V), Becky Peterson 19 Kaylee Murph 20 Ronald Artz 21 Sam Falls, Karan Whitley 22 Austin Rigsby 23 Sengpheng Saycocie, Marsha Morrison, Kim Voelker 25 Olivia Horn 26 Anne Futterer, Sherry Johnson 28 Randy Cauthen, Trae Bennet, Amy Price

Anniversaries

8 Dave & Cathy Young 51 years 9 Henry & Lena Gillon 46 13 Dale & Maria Brown 27 23 Tom & Tammy Kilby 35

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February Service Kimball’s Ministers in service on Sundays

MONTHLY TELLERS 9:00 am each Monday

Jim & Susan Harris

COUNCIL ASSISTANTS 8:30 Sam Falls & Sharon Meendering 11:00 Tim Jackson

COMMUNION PREPARERS 8:30 Rick & Doris Teumer 11:00 Betsy Smith & Joyce Mallernee

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS 8:30am 2 Liz Fisher 9 Darian Miller 16 Lauren Nichols 23 Bob Hill 11:00am 2 Nicholas Bronson 9 Kaylee Helfrich 16 Lindsay Daugherty 23 Whit Whitley

ACOLYTES 8:30am 2 Ava Ramsey/ Riley Dodson 9 Palmer Russell/ Delaney Little 16 Palmer Russell/ Delaney Little 23 Ava Ramsey/ Riley Dodson 11:00am 2 Gracie Matheny 9 Abby Schmitt 16 Gracie Matheny 23 Abby Schmitt

PROJECTION (Video) 8:30am 2 Patrick Little 9 David Taylor 16 Sarah Harmon 23 Laura Abernathy 11:00am 2 Garry Mallernee 9 Milton Matheny 16 Garry Mallernee 23 Eric Helfrich

SOUND (Audio) 8:30am 2 Rick Teumer 9 Tim Patterson 16 Howard Bentley 23 Keith Garver 11:00am 2 John Glass 9 Garry Mallernee 16 John Glass 23 Garry Mallernee

LECTORS 8:30am 2 Fran Patterson 9 Jon Todd Hott 16 Amy Black 23 Howard Bentley 11:00am 2 Betsy Smith 9 Eric Helfrich 16 Shana Black 23 Robin Ballard

GREETERS 8:30am 2 Melissa Little/ Doris Teumer 9 Jennifer Ridgell/ Frankie Bogutsky 16 Tammy Stearns/ Leigh Glass 23 Jenny Jones/Todd Haley 11:00am 2 Margaret McCombs/ Louise Jackson 9 Alice Lloyd/Shirley Miller 16 Garry & Joyce Mallernee 23 Eric & Jenny Jones

HEALING PRAYER MINISTERS 8:30 Peggy Lynch 11:00 Anne Futterer

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Valentine Dinner & Dance Feb 8th, 6pm You are cordially invited to our Valentine’s Dinner and Dance on Saturday

Feb 8th @ 6pm. The menu will be Steaks, Chicken and Salmon. There will be tickets available in the commons. There is no cost for tickets, as we will collect a free will offering for our Youth and Family Programs that evening.

We look forward to a night filled with Fun and Fell owship!

Agape Building Youth Group Camps

We are hoping to take our 3-5th Grade Groups to Agape Building Youth Group Camp in late March. Look for a sign up coming soon and if you know your child will be interested, we would love to have

them go. Friends are welcome to go, the cost of the weekend is $80. Several Dates will be listed on the sign up sheet.

February Youth Activities

♦ Feb 8th– 4:30pm All Groups Valentine’s Dinner and Dance– 4:30pm Youth/Parents to come to set up, Dinner @ 6pm.

♦ Feb 12th @ 5pm Youth Serving the Night Shelter Meal. Need Parents to help.

♦ Feb 16th– 2-4pm MS Confirmation @ St. James Lutheran Church (Meet @ St. James) 4:30-6:30pm HS/MS Youth @ Church (Dinner provided by Women of Faith)

♦ Feb 21st-23rd– 5pm HS/MS LYO, meet at church at 5pm to leave. We will return on Sunday by 11:30am.