1279 High Street

Auburn, California95603

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www.bethlehemlutheranauburn.org

Phone: 530-885-4515

Fax: 530-885-2287

E-mail: bethlutheran@yahoo.com

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

BE THE CHURCH

WEEK

JULY 23 – 27, 2012

5:30 – 8:30 pm

Sharing Christ’s LoveSharing Christ’s LoveSharing Christ’s LoveSharing Christ’s Love

Worship Services

Saturday Evening 5:00 PM

Sunday Morning 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM

Evening Service of Meditation , Prayer

and Peace– Second and fourth Sun-

days a month at 5:30 PM

The Herald

We are excited about serving others – living out our

mission as followers of Jesus! All ages, families and

friends are invited !

July23-27

5:30PMDinner

6:00PMSinging&Devotions

6:30-8:30OnSiteServiceinour

Community

Monday-We will serve our friends at PRIDE helping to

make their outside lunch area pleasing with �lowers and

clean up. There will be jobs for all.

TuesdayandWednesday– We will serve our Children

in the community of Auburn at the Boys and Girls Club.

There is a lovely play area for the kids , we will plant a

garden and help with other tasks.

Thursday-We will serve our older friends in our com-

munity at Emerald Hills and the Oaks of Auburn singing

fun songs to them. A caroling party in Summer! Yay!

Friday– We will serve our homeless community by pre-

paring a BBQ meal and enjoy our time serving them and

eating with them.

Needs:Tools and Supplies, Meal Prep, Meal Clean up,

sign up for these and other needs on the bulletin board

in the Fellowship Hall!

BE THE CHURCH WEEK

Bethlehem Lutheran Church July 2012

CHURCH

STAFF

PASTOR

Bryon Hansen

DIRECTOR OF

YOUTH MINISTRY

Bryan Whiteside

OFFICE MANAGER

Joy Johnson

WORSHIP

COORDINATOR

Denise Nelson

FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE

Randi Olson

DIRECTOR OF

CHILDREN’S

MINISTRY

Kathye Hamm

CHURCH

COUNCIL

MEMBERS

President

Don Schultze

Vice President

Inge Hendersen

Secretary/Treasurer

Diane Allison

Members at Large:

Jaron Latona

Laura Hesse

Terry Mornin

Christie Sonmez

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“A God-like life gives us much when we are happy for what we have.” 1 Timothy 6:6

“Oh, God, You gave the poor what they needed because You are good.” Psalm 68:10

WHAT TO DO WITH ALL

OUR STUFF

In one of the Lutheran magazine articles, Diana

Dworin talks about how much clutter we accumulate in our

homes. Yes, toys and children’s clothes probably top the

list, but boxes and crates full of unused items and partially

working machines find space in the nook s and crannies of the garage and attic too. One doesn’t

realize it, but stuff can be a deterrent to a healthy spiritual life. As our belongings grow, our at-

tention is diverted from richer experiences and relationships in life. Many churches have devel-

oped charitable recycle programs to assist those who have overabundant lives give to others who

are in need of basic items.

Some families gain new attitudes about their possessions when they realize three important

facts. First, “wants” are not the same as “needs”. Parents give in to the begging child who wants

a new Barbie, but has three or four at home. As parents, encouraging children and practicing dis-

cernment between desires and necessities is crucial. Warm clothes and nutritious meals are “must

haves”, while Cheetos and a new purse to add to the stack in the closet are not. Secondly, we get

what we need, if faith guides our family prayer for abundance. The type of abundance He pro-

vides is daily bread, loving relationships, and patience. Knowing when we have “enough” is cru-

cial. Lastly, we need to remember that “stuff ” never lasts. Most stuff is unsatisfying ultimately.

The most fulfilling feeling is when we are able to share our belongings with those in need….a

loaf of home baked bread or a hand me down pair of jeans are needs that are appreciated by so

many who have less.

So thank you for your giving of “stuff ” to the church yard sale, and know that you are blessed

beyond measure as you clean out your garages and attics. Bless you as you practice simple abun-

dance within your family and home. Ranci, FCN

VOLUNETTERS DRIVERS NEEDED If you would be able to volunteer to transport shut-ins to church services and other church events please contact Randi Olson or Susie Beeck.

Wholistic Health For the Soul

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EVENING SERVICE OF

MEDITATION, PRAYER &

PEACE

Join us SUNDAY, July 8th and July

22nd for the twice monthly service.

The music and atmosphere of this ser-

vice creates a kind of sacred space for prayer and meditation. Healing pray-

ers are offered as well. Join us at 5:30 PM.

WOMEN’S MINISTRY The BLCW have taken the summer off from quilting. How-ever, Lutheran World Relief is challenging us all to step up our efforts by 25 percent in 2013 in this LWR 2013 Quilt Campaign. This is at the request of the National Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Board. I’m not sure how much the increase is for our group but I will look at how many we sent off in 2012 and see what we can do. We have a great group of sewers and we will try out best to make more quilts. The largest problem for us is the cost of shipping these quilts. If anyone is interested in donating funds for this purpose we will be most grateful. Be-lieve it or not our supply of fabric is starting to dwindle dramatically. Where it used to take two closets to hold our supply of fabric, it is now in one closet.

We look forward to our fall start date of September 4 to resume our quilting. In case you have not read about it before - there isn’t a great talent to making these quilts. We cut squares any-where from 8-12 in. in size and sew them together and end up with a quilt. Doesn’t that sound simple??? Come join us in the fall and enjoy the fellowship and service.

The Good News Girls, a Bible Study Group meets July 26 at the church for a Taco Salad Lunch. The topic “Food For The Journey.” The theme verse is Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you. I Kings 19:7b

Any questions? Call Kathryn Stoltenberg - 885-3149.

Rwanda Mission Update Rummage Sale and Quarterly Funds Transferred to Kibungo, Rwanda

Good news; with more than 30 Bethlehem members

devoting approximately 300 hours of their time to the

2nd Annual Kibungo Rummage Sale a total of

$1,916.49 in donations were collected because of your

efforts! And now... a very hearty Thank You to those that participated by donating salable items, working

tirelessly in our effort to aid our brothers and sister in

continuing to build their sanctuary into a reality of

having a formal place of worship.

A grand total of $3,675.09 is now being sent to the Si-

erra Pacific Synod for transfer to Kibungo, Rwanda.

This amount includes:

• $1,869.09 net amount received from the rummage sale (the remaining $47.40 will be sent next quar-

ter)

• $690.00 in matching funds in support of the rummage sale which was received from the Auburn

Chapter of Thrivent; Thank you Auburn Chapter of Thrivent for Lutherans! The Auburn Chapter

of Thrivent for Lutherans has supported this mission for two consecutive years as a sign of their

appreciation to our global community outreach.

• $676.00 from the “Pennies for Kibungo” campaign led by our Director of Children’s Ministry, Miss

Kathye Hamm and the children of Bethlehem Lutheran. You may have noticed the beautifully dec-

orated jars and the smiling faces that collected pennies as you exited the sanctuary. These jars were

designed by Miss Kathye Hamm and made by the children of Bethlehem. This project was another

example of how our parish supported the Rwanda Mission! Including the $60.00 of pennies sent to

Kibungo last fall, there is a grand total of $736.00. Way to go Bethlehem, you are truly supporting

the Rwanda Mission!

• $190.00 collected from the sale of banana fiber art and card products

• $250.00 for BLC's quarterly support of our sister-congregation (Note: $125.00 will be taken from

the other funds to makeup BLC’s $375 quarterly support commitment for sister-congregation in

Kibungo. Their building fund will receive $3,300.09 for this quarter.)

We’d like to thank Deborah Spignola for her dedicated service to the Rwanda mission, who recently re-

signed her position, and is now pursuing a new spiritual journey; thank you Debbie for your service to

Bethlehem Lutheran and to our global mission. Tia Desplancke is now replacing Deborah. As the

Rwanda mission team looks to the future, we invite anyone interested in being a part of this team to

consider this ministry. Our mission is to act locally and think globally.

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Spotlight on You!

Each month I will be featuring a couple of our kids. This

month meet:

Name: Grace Grover Age/Grade: 4 yrs/

preschool

When I grow up, I want to be a teacher.

If I could be any animal for a day, I would be a kitty cat, because they are soft and fuzzy.

My favorite book of all time is Fancy Nancy.

Some things I like about Bethlehem are K.O.W. and doing projects.

_______________________________________________________________________

Name: Grace Conn Age/Grade: 6 yrs/ KG

When I grow up, I want to be a cowgirl.

If I could be any animal for a day, I would be a horse, because they are fast runners.

My favorite book of all time is Peter Rabbit.

Some things I like about Bethlehem are coloring, games, baking and watching movies.

__________________________________________________________________________

Pennies for

Kibungo Parish

I am so excited to report our final tally for col-

lecting pennies (or nickels or dimes or quarters)

to help Kibungo parish build a church!

From October to May we collected:

5750 pennies 594 nickels 1118 dimes 1000 quarters

2 50¢ pieces 6 gold $1 coins

154 $1 bills 11 $5 bills 1 $10 bill and 4 $20 bills

For a grand total of $735!!!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Kid’s Corner

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NEWS FROM THE GATHERING INN

A New Era

These past few weeks I have attended several graduations as ele-

mentary moves to middle school, middle school to high school,

high school to college and college to the work force. It reminds me

that over the past 30 months TGI has had over 350 graduating

guests to housing, to the work force, to go back to school or to

permanently disability. All of this is a tribute to our staff and a job

well done in fulfilling our motto “a hand up not a hand out”. On

behalf of the board I want to extend to our staff a big “THANK

YOU” for their many hours invested in helping move our guests back into the world and leave be-

hind their homelessness.

This spring several of the board members have been visiting our long time sponsors

and thanking them for all their support. We have pointed out that over the past five years the min-

istry has expanded services and the amount of guests we see and care for on a daily basis. Our

budget was only $320,000 five years ago, but today it is over double that amount at $660,000. We

continue to grow our services by providing a medical clinic, a clothes closet, ICP housing, re-

source center and soon to open dental clinic along with counseling services and transportation to

various services provided at The DeWitt Center in Auburn.

We have asked each of our long time sponsors to consider doubling their annual support

of TGI and I am asking each individual donor to consider the same at this time. I know that these

past few years have had economic challenges for many of us and I personally want to thank all

that have faithfully given to help support TGI. Time and time again I have witnessed GOD’s hand

in the day to day operations of TGI and how He continues to provide to continue this work.

God bless,

Wayne Mains —- President, Board of Directors

AUBURN INTERFAITH FOOD CLOSET

Help support AIFC. Dine at Strings in Auburn between July

10-12 from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Tell the server you would

like to donate to the Auburn Interfaith Food Closet and 15%

of your entire check before taxes will be donated. Thank

you for your support.

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Summertime Stress Slowing You Down? We like to think of summer as being a relaxing, enjoyable time. But hurts, struggles, crises, and problems don't take a vacation. Many times our difficulties seem even worse during the summer because everyone else seems to be enjoy-ing life while you are feeling down. If you are experiencing a difficult time--emotionally, spiritually, or relationally--you don't have to suffer alone. Our Ste-phen Ministers are trained caregivers, ready to listen, care for and encourage you, pray with and for you, and provide one-to-one Christian care to help you through whatever it is that you are facing. Men are matched with male Stephen

Ministers and women are matched with female Stephen Ministers. It's free. It's confidential. And it will make a difference in your life!

To find out more about Stephen Ministry for you or someone you know, talk with one of

our Stephen Ministry Leaders: Pastor Bryon, Joy Johnson, Susan Christensen, Joe Irvin, or Jo Reid.

Ever Thought about Becoming a Stephen Minister? We will be training another class of Ste-phen Ministers in the fall We will combine our class with a class from Sierra Grace Church in Au-burn and the training will begin in September or October through February or March. Stephen Ministers work alongside our pastors to care, encourage, and provide emotional and spiritual sup-port to people who are going through a difficult time, such as divorce, grief, hospitalization, un-employment, terminal illness, relocation, chronic illness, or loneliness. If you have gifts for caring, encouragement, and listening, please begin to prayerfully consider whether you might want to be part of this exciting ministry. If you think you might be interested, talk with one of our Stephen Ministry Leaders: Susan Christensen, Joe Irvin and Jo Reid.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR

to Honor and Bid Farewell to

Bryan and Coreena Whiteside

Saturday, July 28, 2012

5:00 WORSHIP AT BETHLEHEM

6:00 RECEPTION FOLLOWED BY BANQUET AND TRIBUTE

Sunday, July 29, 2012

8:30 and 11:00 WORSHIP AT BETHLEHEM

9:45 CAKE RECEPTION

12:00 - 4:00 FAMILY PICNIC AT

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You Are Invited to a

Health Seminar!!!!!

Date: Monday, July 9th

Time: 6:30 PM

Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Topic: What is a Chaplain and where do they work?

Speakers: Jim Milne– Sr. Chaplain for the Placer County Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Program

Dr. Stephen Brown– Chaplain for Sutter Auburn Faith Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice

Sponsors: Stephens Ministry and Faith Community Nurse at Bethlehem Lutheran

Dessert and Coffee will be served following the program

Look

around you next Saturday or Sunday in church, or for that matter where ever

you are right now. So many shapes sizes, colors, passions, abilities. Above

all are all blessed with an ability to create. We can create quilts, music, cup-

cakes, wealth, a living, smiles, children, goodwill, buildings, art…the list goes

on and on and is so divers it makes life exciting. All of this diversity and

ability is a wonderful gift from God. He does not ask much in return for

these gifts simply; Love one another and share your gifts among one anoth-

er. Talk about leading by example, God shared himself with us through Jesus and gave the world

salvation through that gift of grace. Don’t hide or hoard your talents, treasures or time. These are

beautiful gifts that shine and grow as they are shared with each other, our community, our won-

derful congregation and ultimately our world.

A Word from Diane Alison, Treasurer FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR MAY

Income: $28026 Year to date Income: $163265

Expenses: $31185 Expenses: $155834

Balance: $-3160 Balance: $7432

Budgeted Income/Expense $151145

THANKS ~ GIVING

A Note From the President In April at the BLC congregation Council approved Continuing Resolutions (C/Rs) for the Bap-

tismal Covenant (B/C) organizational structure. Actually the structure has been around for sev-

eral years, but never formalized. Council then worked on transferring leadership positions to the

new teams and filling vacancies. We are pleased to announce the following team leaders:

B/C Teams Team Leaders Council Liaison

Life Together Susan Christiansen & Karen Stein Christie Sonmez

Worship Vacant Diane Allison

Evangelism Ruth Dugan* Terry Mornin

Service Linda Greenlee* Laura Hasse

Justice Christie Sonmez Inga Henderson

*Appointed on an interim basis.

Support Teams Team Leaders Council Liaison

Thanks-Giving Kevin Hamm Jaron Latona

Facilities Tom Larson Don Schultze

Administration Joy Johnson Don Schultze

The above organization was developed to incorporate the five Baptismal Covenant affirmations

as found in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal. With the structure focused on the B/C affir-

mations, the team leaders will be overseeing the 50+ existing church ministries. The function of

the existing ministries will not change; however, we hope the new structure will improve coordi-

nation with the church Council and provide better budget input and fiscal controls. Bottom line,

we believe God is calling us to focus on our role to be a missional congregation.

The BLC website has been updated to include the new C/Rs. Go to: http://

www.bethlehemlutheranauburn.org/, the pathway is: Resources / BLC Constitution / "Click

Here to view our Continuing Resolutions".

Council Liaisons and Team Leaders are now busy with their various ministries to get written de-

scriptions which will be included on the website. The intent is to make it easier to learn what each

ministry is about. We are encouraging greater involvement in your area of interest.

I continue to be amazed and truly thankful for all the dedicated and hard-working BLC ministry

leaders, they are the heart and soul of this congregation. Don Schultze, President

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Daily Lectionary for July 2012

July Birthday’s

Sunday July 1

Lamentations 3:22-33

Psalm 30

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Mark 5:21-43

M Psalm 88

Leviticus 21:1-15

2 Corinthians 8:16-24

Tu Psalm 88

Leviticus 15:19-31

2 Corinthians 9:1-5

W Psalm 88

2 Kings 20:1-11

Mark 9:14-29

Th Psalm 123

Jeremiah 7:1-15

1 Corinthians 4:8-13

F Psalm 123

Jeremiah 7:16-26

2 Corinthians 10:7-11

Sa Psalm 123

Jeremiah 7:27-34

Matthew 8:18-22

Sunday July 8

Ezekiel 2:1-5

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10

Psalm 123

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Mark 6:1-13

M Psalm 119:81-88

Ezekiel 2:8—3:11

2 Corinthians 11:16-33

Tu Psalm 119:81-88

Jeremiah 16:1-13

James 5:7-12

W Psalm 119:81-88

Jeremiah 16:14-21

John 7:1-9

Th Psalm 85:8-13

Amos 2:6-16

Colossians 2:1-5

F Psalm 85:8-13

Amos 3:1-12

Colossians 4:2-18

Sa Psalm 85:8-13

Amos 4:6-13

Luke 1:57-80

Sunday July 15

Amos 7:7-15

Psalm 85:8-13

Ephesians 1:3-14

Mark 6:14-29

M Psalm 142

Amos 5:1-9

Acts 21:27-39

Tu Psalm 142

Amos 9:1-4

Acts 23:12-35

W Psalm 142

Amos 9:11-15

Luke 7:31-35

Th Psalm 23

Jeremiah 10:1-16

Colossians 1:15-23

F Psalm 23

Jeremiah 10:17-25

Acts 17:16-31

Sa Psalm 23

Jeremiah 12:1-13

Luke 18:35-43

Sunday July 22

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Psalm 23

Ephesians 2:11-22

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

M Psalm 100

Jeremiah 50:1-7

Hebrews 13:17-25

7/4 John Knierim

7/7 Delores Roberson

7/10 Mary Howell

7/13 Tim Riswold

7/14 Coreena Whiteside

Jonas Csontos

7/16 Flora Csontos

7/17 Bob Johnson

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Tu Psalm 100

Zechariah 9:14—10:2

Acts 20:17-38

W Psalm 100

2 Samuel 5:1-12

Luke 15:1-7

Th Psalm 145:10-18

1 Kings 19:19-21

Colossians 1:9-14

F Psalm 145:10-18

2 Kings 3:4-20

Colossians 3:12-17

Sa Psalm 145:10-18

2 Kings 4:38-41

John 4:31-38

Sunday June 29 2 Kings 4:42-44

Psalm 145:10-18

Ephesians 3:14-21

John 6:1-21

M Psalm 111

Genesis 18:1-15

Philippians 4:10-20

Tu Psalm 111

Exodus 24:1-11

Romans 15:22-33

Gracie Grover

7/18 Delores Amaro

7/21 Robbie Simon

Danielle Anderson

7/22 Virginia Sizemore

William Classon

7/27 Vic Gonella

7/29 Scott Smith

Steve Bender

7/30 Jessica Ciola

7/31 Preston Marx

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