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the Happenings at St. Philip

April 20, 2014

Resurrection of Our Lord

Easter Day

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is

risen indeed! Alleluia! Please re-

fer to your colored handout for

the Order of Worship. The Prayer

List is on page 6.

Welcome!

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.

Easter Breakfast

The Men of St. Philip will be serving breakfast today be-ginning at 7:30am in the Fellowship Hall.

The menu will include: French toast, homemade berry syrup, scrambled eggs, ham, green chili, fruit, coffee, and juice. A free will of-fering will be taken.

To All Attending Today

Members and visitors, let us know you were here! Please take a moment to complete a Connection Card. Thanks! Visitors, you are also invited to sign our Guest Book, located in the narthex.

Free Nursery Childcare

The nursery is open during worship services for infants and young children. Please ask an usher to direct you.

Children’s Bulletins & Participation

Children are always welcome at worship!

During worship children are encouraged to come forward to the altar with their offerings. We also have special bulletins; please ask the ushers.

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Worship Notes - April 20, 2014 Resurrection of Our Lord/Easter Day

INTRODUCTION: On this day the Lord has acted!

On the first day of the week God began creation,

transforming darkness into light. On this, the

"eighth day" of the week, Jesus Christ was raised

from the dead. We celebrate this new creation in the

waters of baptism and in the feast of victory. With

great joy we celebrate this day of days, even as we

begin the great fifty days of Easter. Filled with

hope, we go forth to share the news that Christ is

risen!

FIRST READING: Acts 10:34-43 Peter's sermon, delivered at the home of Cornelius,

a Roman army officer, sums up the essential mes-

sage of Christianity. Everyone who believes in Je-

sus, whose life, death, and resurrection fulfilled the

words of the prophets, receives forgiveness of sins

through his name.

SECOND READING: Colossians 3:1–4 Easter means new life for us as it first meant new

life for Christ. His resurrection reshapes the entire

focus and motivation for our lives, since we are now

hidden with the risen Christ in God.

GOSPEL: John 20:1–18 John's gospel describes the confusion and excite-

ment of the first Easter: the stone is moved, disciples

race back and forth, and angels speak to a weeping

woman. Then, Jesus himself appears.

Altar Flowers

The pulpit flowers were donated in loving memory of Bob Muthart by his devoted wife and family.

As is our tradition at St. Philip, the altar is adorned with lilies donated and dedicated by mem-bers of the congregation. See page 7 for dedications.

Please Be Courteous

Please silence all electronic devices when in the sanctuary. Thank you.

Claimed by God in the Waters of Baptism on

Saturday, April 19, 2014 At the Vigil of Easter service

Kaylin Zoey Fischer

Daughter of: Jennifer Kay Fischer and

Thomas Theodore Fischer

Baptismal Sponsors: Karla and Chuck Wester

Thank You to Our Musicians

Thank you to ALL of the musi-cians and instrumentalists whose gifts made our worship so special today and throughout the Lenten season.

WORSHIP

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Thank You, Everyone!

Thank you to Jen Butts, for coordinating a fan-tastic Easter Egg Hunt on Palm Sunday, de-spite the yucky weather! We had lots of chil-dren participating; all together they collected 900 eggs and traded them for fun prizes and candy! Heartfelt thanks to all the helpers whose hard work made this a memorable event for the children of St. Philip.

EVANGELISM

Two Bits is Four Bites

When you place quarters in the offering plate, you are helping fight world hunger. All the quarter coins received at St. Philip are donated to the ELCA World Hunger Fund. That 25 cents translates into food and water for those in need all over the globe.

So, buddy, can you spare a quarter to help a hungry child?

IN REMEMBRANCE

A Remembrance of the School Shooting at

Columbine High School

April 20th marks the 15

th anniversary of

the school shooting at Columbine High School. Our hearts and prayers go out to all who bear the marks of suffering of that day. We pray for God’s peace. As Jesus bore the marks of the cross for us, we pray that the resurrected Christ will bring life out of death. The recent stabbing of students at Franklin Re-gional High School in Murrysville, PA, and the school shooting at Arapahoe High School in Littleton remind us that our world and our chil-dren continue to live with the vulnerability of violence in our daily lives. May the Risen Christ walk with us in our brokenness and guide us to live our lives in Him, knowing that in life and death we belong to Christ!

DISCIPLESHIP

FINANCIAL NEWS

2014 2013

YTD Actual $1,962 $1,393

2014 2013

YTD Actual $159,326 $185,743

YTD Budgeted $168,615

-$9,289

YTD Actual

YTD Budget

Difference

Income 203,969 175,495 28,474

Expenses 204,846 183,785 -21,061

-877 -8,290 -7,413

As of the end of March 2014

Contributions:

ELCA World Hunger:

ELCA Global Links Stay informed. Be inspired. Get involved.

World Malaria Sunday is April 27. The ELCA Malaria Campaign enables our church to join with African companion churches in the global effort to prevent, treat and contain malaria by 2015. Donate today to fight malaria.


Food Bank Needs

The Community Care and Compassion Team has chosen a theme for each month as we col-lect items to donate to the local food banks.

April is rice and beans. Canned and dried beans, and all varieties of rice are needed. Please bring your donations to the church of-fice. Thank you!

Holy Hammers

The first Holy Hammers/Habitat for Humanity house of 2014 is underway at 201 E. 51st Street in the Globeville area of Denver. Five St. Philip volunteers worked on April 11

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the first floor of a four-bedroom townhome unit two stories high with a full, unfinished base-ment. The recipient family are refugees from Iraq, headed by 22 year old Fahed Alaaed, a college student who also works at Echo Star. Also residing in the home will be his parents, who are in wheelchairs, as well as another brother and sister. The next volunteer work date for St. Philip will be Friday, May 30. A signup sheet is available at the Welcome Cen-ter kiosk.

Upcoming Family Promise Rotation May 11-18, 2014

Sign-up sheets are now available at the Family Promise table in the narthex. During our Family Promise rotation volunteers are needed to pro-vide services in support of the homeless fami-lies that we will be helping that week. Among the many volunteer jobs are: set up, take down, provide supplies, food preparation, van driving, evening hosting, and overnight hosting. Check out our sign-up in the narthex, or call Bob Delong at 303.973.3996.

Volunteer Opportunity: Family Promise Food Coordinator

We want to thank Kendra Dolif and her family for their years of dedicated service as our Family Promise Food Coordinator. Although Kendra is resigning her posi-

tion as Food coordinator, she will continue to serve on the food team.

We now have an opening for a Family Promise Food Coordinator. Duties include: preparing menus for the homeless family guests who visit St. Philip for a week 5 times a year, and work-ing with our food team volunteers to serve the food and assist with cleanup during each rota-tion. Please contact Bob Delong at 303.973.3996 if you have an interest.

COMMUNITY CARE & COMPASSION


Members of St. Philip: Brian Counterman, Dave Husted, Pam & Andy Kubicek, Robin Knight, John & Diana Miller and their family, Mary Austin, the Amsberry family, Ginger Cordova, Lois Sondergard, and Marian Schild.

Family Members: Sandy (Susan Shepard’s sister), Abby Shepard Eno (daughter of Susan & Bill Shepard), Esther Grebber (mother of Diana Miller), Tom & Brenda Kirk (uncle & aunt of Kirstine Rand), Mary Beth Stimmel (aunt of Kirstine Rand), Louise Carlson (mother of Kirstine Rand), Leif Erikson (nephew of Ann & Leif Nelson), Gerry Jungmeyer (mother of Janet Shibly), Kenneth Niel-sen (brother of Janet DeFur), Betty Amsberry (mother of Alden Amsberry), Kirsten (Tom Hen-ning’s niece), Sally Casterline (Nancy Hanson’s sister), Steven Paulson (Florence Jackson’s son), Renee Chavez (Galinda Knight’s mother), Debbie Keeney (Chuck Krieger’s daughter), Harriett Hansen (Kirstine Rand’s great-aunt), and Cathy Silco (Tom Silco’s sister).

Friends: Marlene Schulze, Stacey Robinson (Austin family), Baby Wagner (Stabrava family), Brian Briggs (former member), Carl & Corrinne, Tonya (Susan Shepard), David Maclean (Barbers), Amy (Sabrina Cooley Johnston), the Ianella family, the family & friends of Eileen Stet-son (Hansons), Kristen Kreiling (Nelson family), the Black and Anderson families (Mahaffey family), Matt Skidmore (Dori Hammer), Daniel Harrison (Karl Breidenbach), John Chapman, John Hoistion (Karen Otto), and Becky Logan (Karen Morin).

Prayers for our companion synods and friends in Madagascar.

Prayers of remembrance and love for all our homebound members.

For all servicemen and women deployed around the world, those suffering with PTSD and those with ties to St. Philip who are currently serving our country.

If you have a prayer concern that you wish to have printed in the Happenings, please call the church office at

303.979.4491 or complete the prayer request section on a Connection Card and place it in the offering plate. Prayer

requests will be listed for two weeks unless otherwise requested. Thank you.

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Our church is beautifully decorated this morning with Easter lilies donated by members of St. Philip.

From: In Honor of: Jim & Roberta Kreutzfeld Christine & Bryce LeRae & Tom Schnickel Frieda Stark Sherri Lewis Brian, Darek, Carrie, and Arielle Brad & Liz Reed Betty & Jack Goetschius and Don Reed Howard & Nancy Hanson Loved Ones

From: In Memory Of: Tom & Anne Henning Katelyn Marie Henning Lora Stevens Alan Kramer Ray & Suzanne Peterson Our parents The Smith-Krause Family Judith Krause William & Marilyn Reitz The Reitz and Hulick families Cindy Breidenbach Claire Glasgow Penny Christensen Inez Krause Flo Figge & family Erwin Figge The Hancock Family Our grandparents Michael & Sandi Stevermer Howard Stevermer and Mike McLaughlin Don Urben Nita Urben Carolyn Morgheim Harvey Morgheim Bill & Dottie Colbenson George & Helen Colbenson Marilyn Belford Suzanne Labozzetta Barb Kidder Betty Kidder Susan Martin Riecks Ward and Becky Martin Sabrina Johnston Mildred Bell and Fletcher McKee Carl & Rita Kuenne George & Lina Claus Andy, Shari & Calli Newton Our grandparents Char Nauman, Lorren Ballard

Thank you all for enhancing our Easter worship with these lovely flowers. Please feel free to take them home after the 11:00am worship service.


Coffee Fellowship Today

The men of St. Philip are handling Coffee Fellowship today with their traditional Easter Breakfast. Thank you, gentle-men!

Building Use

Scheduling for building usage is done by the Business Administrator, Linda Goodnough.

Need a room for a meeting or other activity? Call Linda at 303.979.4491.

2014 Men’s Retreat

Men of St. Philip, come to the men’s 2014 an-nual retreat Friday, May 2—Sunday, May 4 at the Easter Seals Rocky Mountain Village, only 40 miles from St. Philip.

This year’s theme will be “Christ in Our Lives,” featuring Jerry Schemmel, the voice of the Colorado Rockies, and a survivor of the 1989 crash of UA flight 232 in Iowa. Small group dis-cussions will focus on six men of the Bible and their relationships to God.

Participate in bible study, spiri-tual music and lively discus-sions in the quiet of God’s sur-roundings. Cost is $125 for two nights lodging, five delicious meals and a weekend of Chris-tian fellowship. Attendees will also receive a copy of Jerry’s book, “Chosen to Live” and a St. Philip retreat logo jacket.

Men, here is your opportunity to: R enew your faith and trust in the Lord E njoy a weekend in God’ natural beauty T ake time to catch your breath R eflect on how you may better serve the Lord and your loved ones E xamine your priorities A sk God for guidance and moral strength T hank the Lord for your many blessings.

Information about carpooling and sign-up avail-able at the Welcome Center kiosk. Need more information? Contact Howard Hanson at 303.829.6600.

No Quilting Circle in April

The Quilting Circle and Ties That Bind will not meet in April, but will resume their regular meeting on the 3

rd Saturday of

the month in May. Please con-tact Barb Donaho with any questions.

Men’s Fellowship Breakfast

Each Thursday morning the men of St. Philip share break-fast and fellowship at Robert’s Deli (corner of Pierce & Ken Caryl) from 7-8am. Reserva-tions are not required; come and join us!

FAMILY LIFE

Women’s Fellowship Luncheon

Ladies, please join us on Thursday, April 24 at noon at the Bistro restaurant in the Aspen Grove shopping center. No reservations needed, just come and en-joy a wonderful lunch and great fellowship! For more information, contact Paula Willhouse at 720.878.8565.


St. Philip Early Learning Center Annual Children’s

Clothing Sale

It’s that time of year again, and your ELC is gearing up for its annual Clothing and Bake Sale the week of April 27-May 3. This is SPELC’s biggest fundraiser and we would ap-preciate your help. Volunteers are needed throughout the week, and also for the bake sale.

Info and details are available at the SPELC office 303-972-9774 or on the website:

Lutheran Family Services

Lutheran Family Services is proud of its Lutheran heritage in community service. We have been extending a healing hand to people for 66 years. We believe that all people de-serve to be valued in our community. If you are interested in learning more about LFS or have questions, please contact Becca Sager at 303.217.5841, or email her at [email protected].

Lutheran Family Services Annual Gala Celebrate with LFS at the annual benefit gala, “Masked Ball at the Ritz,” on Saturday, May 3 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in downtown Denver. Join us for a fun evening which includes dinner,

auction, and entertainment with comedian Sam Adams. Register at www.lfsrm.org/events.

Hunger, Faith, and Food Conference April 29, 5:30-8:00PM

St. John’s Cathedral 1350 Washington Street, Denver, CO 80203

This event will feature workshops, as well as a potluck and action-oriented speakers. As many as 20 organizations will have informational rep-resentatives/displays to show ways to be in-volved in growing locally, ending hunger, and ensuring sustainable communities.

PARTICIPANTS: Denver Yard Harvest; Denver Urban Gardens; Earthlinks; Ekar Farm; Grow Local Colorado; Hunger Free Colorado; Metro CareRing; Produce for Pantries; Plant a Row Colorado.

Please RSVP by emailing Kris Stover at [email protected].

EVENTS

Family Promise 13th Annual

Bowl-A-Thon

April 26, 2014 1:00pm—3:00pm

Check-in begins at 12:15—Bowling begins at 1:00pm sharp!

Brunswick Zone Green Mountain 945 S. Kipling Parkway Lakewood, CO 80226

$200/team of 4-6 or $50/bowler Includes 2 hours of bowling, shoes, soda, lunch

Great prizes available!

FUN FOR ALL AGES!

Call Family Promise at 303.675.0713 to register!

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Weekly Newsletter Deadline

All articles and announcements for the weekly newsletter The Happenings need to be submitted by NOON on Tuesday. Email articles to: [email protected].

CHURCH NEWS

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3rd

Annual St. Philip Golf Outing & Silent Auction

Sign up for our 3rd

annual golf outing!! All levels of golfers are welcome! Friends and family en-couraged!

The day is Saturday, June 28th

, and we will be playing at the beautiful Arrowhead golf course with registration at 7:00am and a shot-gun start at 7:30am.

We will offer more con-tests than in the past, in-cluding contests for the straightest drive, the long-est drive, closest to the pin, and much more! We will have different colored tee boxes which can be used based on gender and age. We will also have 3-round putting contest after we golf; i.e., if your putt gets within a certain distance on round 1 you move on to round 2 and then round 3. We will have opportunities to purchase ’string’ to use on the green as well as the ability to purchase a mulligan or two. We will even provide day care if needed! Our lunch this year will be delicious, and for a slight fee, all non-golfers are also welcome to join us for lunch.

Pick up a flyer at the Welcome Center kiosk, and be sure to talk with a committee member!

Missing Something? Check the Lost & Found!

Mom, are you wondering where little Cindy’s pink winter coat is? Or Johnny’s black jacket? Have you misplaced a hat or gloves? Missing your favorite travel cup?

Check the Lost & Found! The Lost & Found box is located in the narthex near the bath-rooms, and clothing like coats is hung up on the coat rack. For more valuable items (jewelry, glasses, cell phones) please check with Dana in the church office.

Any items not claimed by April 26

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nated to the Early Learning Center con-signment sale or a local charity.

Spring Clean Up Day at St. Philip

Saturday, April 26 is Clean Up Day at St. Philip! We are looking for volunteers to come help spruce up the outside areas of our church property. Clean up will start at 9:00am; the goal is to rake up fallen leaves and pine nee-dles, pull weeds, plant flowers in the planter beds by the sanctuary entrance, tidy rock ar-eas, and clean up around bushes.

We need your help! Please consider donating some of your time and muscle to help beautify our church property. Grab your rake, gardening gloves, and a shovel and head over to the church.

God’s Work. Our Hands. Come put your hands to work helping to take care of our church on April 26

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Questions? Contact Linda Goodnough in the church office at 303.979.491.


Attendance

Worshipers on Saturday, 04/12/14 (5:30pm) 55 Worshipers on Sunday, 04/13/14 (8:00am) 138 Worshipers on Sunday, 04/13/14 (10:45am) 135 Total Attendance: 328

SUN, April 20 - Resurrection of Our Lord

6:30a Worship

7:30a Easter Breakfast begins (fellowship hall)

8:00a Worship

9:30a Worship

11:00a Worship

10:45a Worship

7:00P Sr. High Youth Group (youth room)

MON, April 21

10:30a Prayer Team (FS)

3:30P Brownie Troop 4347 (FH-1)

4:00P Autism Social Group (MC-3)

6:30P Prayer Shawl Ministry (FS)

WED, April 23

6:00P Confirmation (FH)

THU, April 24

7:00a Men’s Breakfast (Robert’s Deli)

12:00noon Women’s Fellowship Luncheon (Le Bistro)

6:30P Choir

7:00P Council meeting (FH-1)

FRI, April 25 Church office open 8am-noon

No activities scheduled

SAT, April 26

9:00a ACA (MC-3)

10:30a Al-Anon

5:30P Worship Service

SUN, April 27

8:00a Worship

9:00a Coffee Fellowship

9:30a Education Hour - Adult & Sunday School

10:45a Worship

12:00noon SPELC Consignment Sale prep begins

TUE, April 22

4:00P Social Detectives (MC-4/5)

5:30P Girl Scout Troop 4531 (MC-1)

6:30P Boy Scout Troop 554 (FH, entry, FH-1)

6:30P Columbine Townhomes 1 (MC-3)

7:00P Men’s Bible study (off-site @ Selander’s home)

KeyKeeper Duty

The Keykeeper this week (04/20-04/26) is Bob Kidder . Next week’s Keykeeper (04/27-05/03) will be Howard Hanson. Thank you for your service!

This Week at St. Philip

St. Philip Lutheran Church 7531 S. Kendall Blvd. • Littleton, CO 80128

303.979.4491 Website: www.stphilip-co.org

Office Hours: Monday–Thursday: 8am to 5pm

Friday: 8am to 12:00noon

Senior Pastor: Nathan P. Doerr Associate Pastor: Brad Doty

Director of Music Ministries: Dr. Nancy Beyer Coordinator of Children & Family Ministries:

JoHanna Buchholz Organist: Gretchen Martin

Business Administrator: Linda Goodnough Editorial Assistant: Susan Riecks

Receptionist: Dana Usinger Nursery: Paula Googins

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