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the Happenings at St. Philip
Our Mission Statement St. Philip Lutheran Church is a community where
all people are welcome, may come to know Jesus
Christ, become faithful followers empowered by the
Holy Spirit, and are sent with Christ’s love into the
world.
Message from the Pastor
Happy Summer! The summer worship schedule has started (Sat. 5:30am, Sun. 8am & 9:30am) School has ended for the school year, vacation plans are planned or being planned, summer sports have started, and the weather is finally turning into summer weather (I hope, it is still raining as I write this). Most people look forward to summer as the weather turns nice and you are able to enjoy the Colorado mountains, trails, lakes and parks. Do you see God in the beauty of God's creation? Summer is often a time to go visit family, to see the grandparents, grandchildren, siblings and/or cousins. Do you see God in your family and in their love for you? This is also a time people go on trips to tourist destinations and theme parks to sight see and have fun. Do you see God at Disney World or at Mount Rushmore as you tour and have fun with your family?
The honest answer is NO! There may be times when we do see God in people and in these places, but it is hard for us to see God in our lives and in our world. However, it is important to know that God is always with us, even when we leave our homes and when we are on vacation. As we heard on Pentecost Sunday, we have been filled with the Holy Spirit and God is always with us. Our desire for control and our dependency on ourselves results in us pushing God away and hin-ders our ability to see God in our lives and in our world. Rather, God wants us to trust him and let God fill the gaps in our lives. We can do this by becoming more aware of God's presence in our lives and knowing God is with us.
The Sunday school children are doing a fun thing over the summer to remind them God is always with them. They have been given a "Flat Jesus," like "Flat Stanley," and are encouraged to color Je-sus and take him with them on their trips this summer. We have then asked them to take a picture of
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themselves with "Flat Jesus" and post it on Facebook, send it to the church, or bring a copy of the picture into the office for everyone to see. This way we all will be reminded of God's presence in our lives and in the world. How about you? Will you take Jesus with you this summer? We would love if you would get a copy of "Flat Jesus," color him, take him with you on your trips, take a picture with him and share it with us. You can find "Flat Jesus" on our website (), you can email Pastor Brad for a copy ([email protected]) or come into the office and pick one up. We hope you will join us for worship when you are in town and we hope when you aren't able to make it to worship, you will be reminded of God's presence in your lives. Grace and Peace,
Pastor Brad Doty
DISCIPLESHIP
Vacation Bible School “Fruits of the Spirit!”
St. Philip Lutheran Church and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp are hosting Fruits of Spirit! Vacation Bible School July 6-10, 2015, 9am to noon. Registration is now open! Visit www.stphilip-co.org to download a registration form, complete it, and re-turn it to JoHanna in the office, OR complete the online registration by June 30, 2015. Vacation Bible School is for students entering Pre-K (4 yrs) through 5
th grade
and the cost is $35. Please note: to ensure our children and volunteers have a fun and safe experience, registrations submitted after June 30 will be taken pending space available. Come join us for five days of fruitful fun! There will be songs, skits, crafts, snacks, Bible lessons, and games! Contact JoHanna Buchholz at [email protected] with questions.
King Soopers and Costco gift card donations are still needed in order to purchase snack items. Gift cards may be dropped off in the children’s ministry box in the office.
It takes a village to run VBS! The St. Philip VBS team is looking for volunteers to help our kids have a fun, fruitful week of Vacation Bible School:
VBS Guides are adults (18 years and older) who stick with a group of kids throughout the week. They greet and gather their group each morning, go with the kids to their different workshops, and engage the kids throughout the morning. Guides need to be available 8:30-12:30, Monday-Friday of VBS.
Adult Helpers are adults (18 years and older) who can’t commit to everyday of VBS, but may be able to help with set-up, clean-up, or specific workshop stations. Adult Helpers need to be avail-able 8:30-12:30 on the days chosen to help.
Teen Helpers (entering 6th grade and older) are either placed with a group to assist the adult
guides and go with the group, or in a specific workshop station to help with set-up, clean-up, or the workshop activity. Teen Helpers need to be available 8:30-12:30 to help.
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"Let's Unwrap the Bible "
A new adult bible study will begin on Wednes-day, September 9, 9:30am in the Fireside room. We will meet twice a month, on the 2
nd
and 4th Wednesdays. Our first study will be the
"Book of Ruth and Esther" by Max Lucado. The book is available at Mardel's ($10) and online. Bring a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage and let's dig in! Call or contact Paula Willhouse or Dianne Mydlach for more information.
Flat Jesus Project
Summer’s here and that means members of our St. Philip family are taking vacations, visiting family, headed to camps, and enjoying the outdoors! Wherever summer takes you, stay connected to your St. Philip family and be reminded to “go with God” by participating in the Flat Jesus Project. Pick up a “flat Jesus” at the welcome desk or download one from our website: www.stphilip-co.org/childrens-ministries. Color flat Jesus, cut him out, and take him with you wherever you go this summer. Take photos and post them on St. Philip’s Facebook page, or pin them to the flat Jesus bulletin board at church. Check-in to see where all flat Jesus has been, share with others where you’ve seen Jesus, and remember that Jesus is always with you!
Pool Party!
Incoming 5-7th graders are invited to a pool
party on Monday, July 6, following VBS. Par-ents/guardians should have received an evite with more information. If you did not receive the evite and should have, our contact information for you may be missing or incorrect. Please contact JoHanna at [email protected] for information on this and upcoming get-togethers for 5-7
th graders.
DISCIPLESHIP
Smoked Meat Sale, July 1, 2015
Did you enjoy the smoked turkey the youth sell before Thanksgiving or the pulled pork served at the Rally Day potluck? Well, you will certainly enjoy this fundraiser! The youth will be smoking a variety of different meats on July 1
st, just in
time for the July 4th
weekend. The youth will be in the narthex on June 20, 21, 27, and 28 for you to sign up and order the smoked meat(s) of your choice. They will be cooking ribs, pulled pork, tri-tip, chicken, and turkey in the smoker with hickory wood. The price of the meat is still to be determined, but will be on the sign-up/order sheet. Contact Pr. Brad with questions.
FUNDRAISER
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Due to the generosity of those who have contributed to the St. Philip Lutheran Church Mission En-dowment Fund, the Fund was able to award $6,500 in mission grants for 2015. Nine very worthy grant requests were received. One request was determined to have funding available through the approved 2015 St. Philip church budget. A second new ministry is being presented to the Church Council for which funding may be available through the church general operating budget.
The following 2015 grants have been awarded:
Seeds of South Sudan - $300 for the purchase of uniforms and books for orphans of the geno-cide in South Sudan.
JoHanna Buchholz - $1,500 in tuition assistance to help with her Master of Divinity studies through Luther Seminary.
Aaron Silco - $1,000 to help offset travel and living costs associated with teaching English in Slo-vakia through ELCA Global Missions.
St. Philip Fresh Produce Garden - $1,000 for the initial construction and planting of a fresh or-ganic produce garden at St. Philip with a portion of the produce to be donated to Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry.
Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry - $500 to assist with expansion of program and possible ex-pansion of the facility with a goal of serving 1000 food recipients per month
St. Philip Youth - $1,500 to help defray the cost for 24 youth to participate in the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit.
Holy Hammer’s Faith Coalition - $700 for materials and services in support of the Habitat for Hu-manity of Metro Denver construction of a new home.
We rejoice in the ability to support these important missions that will build the faith of those who par-ticipate in these activities and touch the lives of many more.
Please consider including St. Philip Lutheran Church Mission Endowment Fund in your estate plan-ning. For more information on how to make a donation or include the Mission Endowment Fund in your legacy planning please contact either George Rasmussen (303.933.4656/[email protected]) or Gary Philpy (317.709.5044/[email protected]).
MISSION ENDOWMENT FUND
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EVANGELISM
Dear Members of St. Philip Lutheran Church: On behalf of Arok Garang, former Lost Boy of Sudan, and the founder of Seeds of South Sudan, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the St. Philip Mission Endowment Fund for their grant of $300 to purchase uniforms and books for orphans from South Sudan. The mission of Seeds of South Sudan is to educate, empower, and equip children who have survived South Sudan’s geno-cide. There are currently 62 students supported by the program; 22 in eight high schools in Nakuru, Kenya and another 40 in primary school at Roots Academy.
Seeds of South Sudan has the goal of supporting 100 orphaned refugee children from South Sudan living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. SOSS provides for all of the educational, housing and health needs of students year-round that are in the program. This includes providing for their room and board even when school is not in session and providing all the materials that they will need to be successful. The donation of $300 from the St. Philip Endowment Fund will fill the need of provid-ing required uniforms and text books for students entering high school. Your gift will go far to help students develop intellectually.
Beginning in January 2016, SOSS will have as many as 16 students moving from Roots Academy to high school. Even the full sponsorship of a student at $1200 does not completely meet all of the needs for each student over the course of the year, and donations such as yours allow students to continue to pursue their dreams and transform their own lives through education. I am also sending a copy of our spring newsletter so that you might explore further the work of our volunteer board and the need. Our website at www.seedsofsouthsudan.org provides other details.
Sincerely, Sue Counterman Secretary, Seeds of South Sudan
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2015 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYNOD ASSEMBLY
May 1-3, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Meeting under the theme, “We are Church: better together,” the Rocky Mountain Synod convened in assembly on Friday, May 1, 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Synod assemblies are always a combination of business meeting, education, worship, and fellowship activi-ties, and this one certainly had elements of all of these areas. Representing St. Philip Lutheran Church as voting members were Pastors Nathan and Brad, Naomi Doerr, and Gary Philpy. Jan Philpy also attended as an assembly volunteer, assisting the synod staff in managing details of the assembly events. Here are a few highlights of this assembly: Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton represented the ELCA and addressed the assembly on two
occasions highlighting ecumenical connections of our church and current global activities. Bishop Eaton recently returned from an international trip including a visit to western China (where two different translators were required to communicate with people in their native language) and an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. She discussed ongoing dialogues between the ELCA and the Roman Catholic Church, offering hope for deepening relationships. The 15-year malaria campaign has been highly successful, working with worldwide relief organizations to eradicate over half of new cases of malaria in Africa.
Bishop Gonia reviewed activities of the synod’s 164 congregations, highlighting a redeveloped congregation in El Paso, Texas as an example of how interconnection of many parts of our church can result in successful new ministries. Bishop Gonia even donned “Elmo Ears” for the children’s sermon at the Sunday worship service, which was enjoyed by all.
Business activities included election of 14 voting members to the church-wide assembly in New Orleans in the summer of 2016, election of Ms. Jody Brammer-Hoelter as secretary of the synod, adoption of a budget that includes $2.756 Million in expenses and a deficit of $15,704, and adop-tion of three different resolutions. The resolutions address mental health and wellness with a new task force, urging the U.S. Congress to make aid to Israel contingent on halting settlements in the West Bank area of Palestine, and awareness and action to confront human trafficking. One memorial to the ELCA church-wide assembly on designation of lay rostered leaders as voting members for church-wide assemblies was also adopted.
The Rocky Mountain Synod only meets in Salt Lake City about once every 12 years, and this as-sembly included both participation of Salt Lake City Lutherans, Methodists, and Mormons. The two worship services included music provided by a superb Methodist youth handbell choir, multi-ple choirs from Salt Lake City area Lutheran churches, and inspiring instrumentalists. Elder Von G. Keetch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints addressed the assembly in the area of mission, focusing on Jesus’ commandment to “love one another even as I have loved you.” There was an opportunity to tour the Temple Square area of Salt Lake City as an education event.
Finally there were fellowship opportunities with the participants, including a church trivia contest on Saturday evening. Do you know who many Lutheran churches are in Israel and Jordan (six actually)? It was a great opportunity to meet others around the synod and to work on ways that we can indeed be “better together.”
Please feel free to contact one of the St. Philip attendees or visit the Rocky Mountain synod website for more details, including some videos of the assembly. Submitted by Naomi Doerr and Gary Philpy
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COMMUNITY CARE
Food Bank Volunteers Needed
Looking for a volunteer opportunity on a Saturday? For everyone who volunteers at the Food Bank of the Rockies, Sharing with Sheri-dan Food Pantry gets credit to use for food pur-chase. It’s a win-win!! We have a group sched-uled to work on Saturday July 18, 9am until noon. If you would like to help, contact Carole Kessler at 303.238.6873 or email her at [email protected]. This is a great family op-portunity as older children are welcome; check with Carole for guidelines.
Sharing with Sheridan Update
Thanks to the St. Philip community for support! If your vegetable garden this year is growing well and you have extra produce, please do-nate to Sharing with Sheridan for Thursday dis-tribution. Our guests love fresh food! Contact Carole Kessler at 303.238.6873 or email at [email protected]. Other items needed in-clude evaporated or shelf stable milk, flour, and masa—large bags are fine as we can now re-package these. Watch the SPIN for additional requests.
FAMILY LIFE
Save the Date! Women’s Fall Retreat
Mark your calendars, the next women’s retreat will be September 18-19, 2015 at the Francis-can Retreat Center. More information coming SOON! Have questions that need to be an-swered right away? Please contact Galinda Knight at [email protected].
St. Philip Book Club
The next meeting of the St. Philip Book Club will be Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30pm at Sue Riecks’ home. The book selection for July is Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. Named one of the best books of the year by The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine and the School Library Jour-nal. In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them. Please join us to discuss this book; light refreshments will be served. Questions? Please contact Eileen Detweiler at 303.973.6543. Need directions? Call Sue at 303.979.4491. All are welcome!
Ruth Circle on Summer Break
Ruth Circle met for their last meeting of spring on Wednesday, June 17
th. They will be taking a
summer break, and will return September 16th
(the 3
rd Wednesday) at 9:30am. For more infor-
mation about Ruth Circle, please contact Paula Willhouse at [email protected] or 720.878.8565.
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4th
Annual St. Philip Golf Outing & Silent Auction
It’s almost here - the 4th annual St. Philip Golf Outing! Golf date is June 27 at Arrowhead Golf Course. Sign up for golf, plan to come for lunch, and/or participate in the putting contest. The silent auction has begun, and will continue until Sunday, June 28.
Why do we have a golf outing? At St. Philip, we want to use our budgeted money for mission and ministry, so some maintenance and up-grades need to be funded differently. For ex-ample, proceeds from the previous years have funded our sign and better lighting in the sanc-tuary. This year’s golf outing and silent auction funds will be used to build a larger, more attrac-tive shed and shed area. So, come, golf with us, bid on auction items, and help us get the shed built!
Financial Update As of the end of May 2015
Contributions
ELCA World Hunger
Spent Out of Reserves:
Please contact Linda Goodnough in the church office with any questions.
CHURCH NEWS
YTD Actual YTD Budget Difference
Income 303,609 307,430 -3,821
Expenses 304,702 313,442 8,740
-1,093 -6,012 4,919
2015 2014
YTD Actual 282,837 267,833
YTD Budgeted 282,800
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2015 2014
YTD Actual $2,946 $2,708
February 40,392.96 To building fund
40,392.96
Save the Date for Jazz!
Please mark your calendars for Sunday, Au-gust 9, from 4-7pm for a backyard concert/fundraiser to benefit ELCA World Hunger and the Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry. CJ Shibly and friends will be performing a jazz concert in the backyard of the Oelz’s home. All are invited to come and bring guests! We will be collecting canned goods for the food pantry, and free-will donations for the ELCA World Hunger campaign. Should be lots of fun – hope to see you there!
Financial Update As of the end of April 2015
Contributions
ELCA World Hunger
Spent Out of Reserves:
YTD Actual YTD Budget Difference
Income 239,496 240,864 -1,368
Expenses 231,778 252,963 21,185
7,718 -12,099 19,817
2015 2014
YTD Actual 223,290 219,123
YTD Budgeted 222,800
490
2015 2014
YTD Actual $2,428 $2,316
February 40,392.96 To building fund
40,392.96
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JUNE BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
6/1 Jay Breidenbach Ann LaPoint Aimee Thomas
6/4 Irma Gonnerman Dawn Collins Linda Young Marc Roswech
6/6 Mark Gates Theodore Leonard
6/7 Colby Celusniak
6/8 Valerie Nixon Kathleen Reitz Gretchen Sauer Corban Lapp
6/9 JoHanna Buchholz
6/10 Melanie Hamm
6/11 Velton Michael Steve Rower Claire Stevens Jillian Stevens
6/12 Arnie Truman Jeff Giesen
6/13 Jacob White
6/14 Jerry Jantz Matt Luoma Faith Dailey
6/16 Char Nauman Carl Kuenne Jeri Phillips Joseph Rower
6/17 Janet Wagner Juli Cooley Lesia Hatlestad
6/18 Lynae Foley
6/19 Mark Minardi Isaac Paterniti Jacob Luoma Emilie Young
6/20 Carolyn Morgheim James Obermeyer
6/22 Diane Blue Ross Wilhite Mallerie Lapp Lexie Clough Grace Watson
6/23 Debra Perkins-Smith Kathy Starrs
6/24 Chuck Krieger Bob Carter David Blandin Ken Butts
6/25 David Oberg
6/26 Melissa Kohn
6/28 Charlie Petersen, Jr. Andrew Carlson
6/29 Al Herzl Alex Mossbrucker Mitch Clough Casey Graff
6/30 Gene Whitman Glenda Smallwood Alannah Gates
Anniversaries 6/4 Jeff & Angy Lyslo 6/5 Carl & Rita Kuenne Steven & Mary DeBoer 6/9 Larry & Linda Heesch 6/10 John & Hope Bergren 6/11 Tim & Chris Youngren Charles & Heather Varnell 6/12 Aaron & Ann LaPoint 6/14 Clifford & Kay Mosier
6/17 Hal & Jan Erickson Ross & Kathy Wilhite Doug & Sandra Murphy 6/18 Mark & Karen Bentz Lisa & Dwaine Edington 6/19 Bob & Barb Delong Alan & Gretchen Goral Henry & Janet Parker C. Arnold & Harriet Truman Karen & Steve Smith 6/20 Chris & Erin White 6/22 Kenneth & Suzanne Lopata Andrew & Christine Hancock Brett & Leilani Borstad 6/23 Brenda & Carl Norgren 6/26 Philip & Norma Yonker Kent & Shera Eddy Alan & Trudi Clausen 6/27 Velton & Diane Michael 6/28 Vicki & Harold Slusser Brad & Roseanna Doty 6/30 Tony & Ginger Cordova
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JULY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
7/10 Penny Selden
7/11 Robert Kidder
7/12 Emma Smith Grace Murphy
7/13 Annelore Fecht Evan Price
7/14 Susan Shepard Tom Silco Madison Nedved
7/16 Paul Cline Cole Hancock
7/17 Sarah Carlson Sarah Bleau
7/18 Bill Detweiler
7/19 Dianne Norell Scott Searle
7/20 Jenifer Endecott
7/21 Virginia Kolbezen Shera Eddy Greg Luer
Birthdays
7/1 Diane Ensminger Jared Luer
7/2 Penny Christensen Karen Rossi Kenneth Lopata Scott Buchholz Sherry Shibly
7/3 Ryan Marstiller
7/5 Dale Hackstaff Barb Sigdestad Linda Vehrs William Parker
7/6 Cindy Berner
7/7 Jan Erickson Diana Miller Tina Keating Anne Smith-Krause Ryan Bennigsdorf Ella Bleau
7/8 Lauren Lamb
7/9 Justin Obermeyer Gage Newmiller
7/22 Marilyn Reitz
7/23 Karen Bentz
7/24 Jennifer Fischer
7/25 Marilyn Pinson Shirley LeVin Cindy Breidenbach
7/26 Kris Mauler Sandi Luoma
7/27 Mason Lawrence
7/28 Rita Kuenne
7/30 Thomas Fischer Abigale Eno
7/31 Renee Hartman Kristina Murphy
Anniversaries
7/2 Josh & Aurora Keltner
7/3 Janet & C.J. Shibly
7/4 Howard & Nancy Hanson Amy Rahne & Brian Lamb
7/6 Tom & Anne Henning Andrew & Shari Newton
7/8 Bryan & Lisa Eberts
7/10 Bill & Eileen Detweiler
7/11 Randy & Cindy Berner
7/16 Paul & Nancy Jacobs
7/17 Mark & Diana Gates Rob & Sarah Carlson
7/19 Steve & Noelle McAdams
7/20 Leif & Ann Nelson Jessica & Christopher Loomis
7/21 Dianne Norell & John Breed
7/23 Robert & Nancy Parke
7/27 Michael & Beth Clough
7/28 Jim & Melissa Keller Joseph & Caitlin Rower
7/29 Tim & Linda Young
