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Page 8 Walloon Lake Community Church Newsletter © 2011 A Walloon Lake Community Church Publication. Questions? Contact 231-535-2288.
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In this IssueKidConnection . . . . . . . .2Board Corner . . . . . . . . .3Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .4Celebration Days . . . . . .6Wedding Celebrations . .7Kitty Lessions . . . . . . . .7 Greeters . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Glorify Jesus Christ by making disciples...by loving Jesus...loving Others...and Serving the world!
Get Ready! It’s Summer Blast Space Camp Time!Ages pre-school - kids entering 7th gradeJune 19-24 @ 9:00-3:00pm
Meet You At The Door!
Sunday Services Greeter Schedule•Jean Fiel
Early Service 9AM
1st Sunday of the MonthWelcome Center: Jo RobinsonFront Door: Chuck & Trudy Centerand Don & Virginia Cooper; ParkingLot Door: Rusty & Darlene Kaatz
2nd Sunday of the MonthWelcome Center: Irene GroatFront Door: Marvin & Kathryn Potter;Parking Lot Door: Judy Slocum, HelenFrenchette and Lee Cloyd
3rd Sunday of the MonthWelcome Center: Linda CoatsFront Door: Roger & Karen Reynolds;Parking Lot Door: Bill & Terri White
4th Sunday of the MonthWelcome Center: Susan Elzinga;Celebrate Recovery Group
5th Sunday of the MonthCraig & Lori Cheadle and Linda CoatsLate Service 10:45AM
There’s always room for you to be a Sunday morning greeter! Ifyou are interested or have any questions, please call Jean at thechurch office (231) 535-2288.
Late Service 10:45AM
1st Sunday of the MonthFront Door: Frank & DanyellMinier; Parking Lot Door: TerriRedmer and Bridget Paquet2nd Sunday of the MonthFront Door: Al & Cindy Kunertand Gregg & Vicky Smith; ParkingLot Door: Sue Woodward and JoDee Hissong
3rd Sunday of the MonthFront Door: John & SandyManning; Parking Lot Door: Jeff& Debra Kelts and RobinLaskowski
4th Sunday of the MonthCelebrate Recovery Group Please check out supplies on page 2 that are still
needed for day camp projects!
Start watching for Summer BlastSpace Camp flyers coming homefrom KidConnection in the nextfew weeks. You can turn in yourregistration form in person in theChildren’s Ministry Office, orregister by mail, or over thephone at 231-535-2288 ext. 24.Pre-registration helps us plan forthe highest quality program forjust the right number of kids.
Space Camp will lift off June 19,9:00 a.m. sharp that will carry usthrough God’s amazing universeall week long. Space operationsand exploration will be held forkids K-7th from 9:00 a.m. to3:00 p.m., June 19-24.
As always, a quality day campcan only happen with the supportof many volunteers. We need thehelp of parents and adult andteen volunteers and counselors.We need dependable teen daycamp counselors. We need volun-teers to manage classrooms,crafts, games, food, devotions,dramas, sets and scenery,
registrations, and promotions.This is a big outreach and it’salways better with YOUR help.
Let’s get our rocket engineswarmed up and ready for launchat Summer Blast 2011.
Here’s How You Can Help:
ShareDaycamp at WLCC means out-reach. 40% of kids in attendancedo not attend church regularly.Daycamp is a great opportunityto share Jesus. So spread theword, invite your neighbors,transport some kids, or stickaround and help us share withkids who might not otherwiseknow about Jesus.
ServeAdults and teens are needed tohelp throughout the week.Volunteers can spend all day,everyday; just a few hours a dayor all week; or work behind thescenes before, during, or afterdaycamp days on crafts, scenery,registration, recreation, etc.
PrayPray for the leaders, the coun-selors, and the children. Pray thatthis year’s daycamp will beeverything that God intends it tobe. Pray for every child will bereached, feel loved, and knowJesus when it’s done.
CallLet us know how you can helpwith Summer Blast Space Camp.Call the Children’s MinistryOffice at (231) 535-2288, ext. 24,or send an email [email protected], or sign-up in the churchfoyer.Thank you, every person, everyvolunteer hour, and every prayerthey are appreciated!
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KidConnection News
Our Kids Honor Moms & More•Jody Johnson
Mother’s Day Garden
The Mother’s Day Garden was mature and bloomingjust in time for the big day. Children and mothersstrolled the garden pathways listening to birds tweet-ing, and sidestepping the floating butterflies. Mothersadmired the personal messages on the many flowersthat our WLCC kids planted. Here are just a few foryou to read:
Esther said her mommy likes to go for walks.Noel said her mothers favorite food is chocolate.Elizabeth’s mother Emily likes to go to the beach.Eloise said her mother Jill loves to cook.Jenna said her mother Connie’s favorite food is Mexican.Kirk said his mother Sandy likes to swim.Kelsi said mommy is 12 years old and likes to changeclothes, go to work, and fold clothes.Emma said she loves it when my mother takes meshopping.Jack said his mother Pam likes to play trains.Aiden said his mother Mary’s favorite food is waffles.Austin said his mother Karie is funny when she has curlersin her hair.Carsen said he loves it when his mother Julie brings me tothe water park.Brayton said his mom Tricia is funny when she tickles me.Annie said her mother Jody is funny when she does theClub Penguin dance.Julia said her mother Gina’s favorite color is rainbow.Caleb said his mother Kris is funny when she does thecross-eyed fishy face.Kristin said her mother Sandy loves to four-wheeler.Kiley said her mother Kristi’s favorite color is pink.Garrit said his mother Robin loves to mow the lawn.Issac said he loves it when his mother Kari doesn’t touchthe grill.
Flowers are available for the picking (picking up) onthe table in the Children’s Ministry Wing. Thanks forstrolling our garden.
Amazing Race
WLCC’s Second Annual Amazing Race is scheduledfor Wednesday, June 22 at 6:00 p.m. The race willalso serve as one of our scheduled Family Fun Nightsat WLCC. Last year’s contestants hopped, folded,popped, twisted, soaked, pieced, and tasted their wayto the finish line. After an impressive effort, the DeanAlger Family took home the first place prize bucketin 2010. We challenge you and your family to sign upand put the Alger Family record to the test. These arefun-filled family-style activities, appropriate for allages and all groups, big or small. Singles and couplescome and join others to form a group on-site. Dinnerbegins at 6:00 and games following. Early sign-up isappreciated for planning purposes, but last minuteregistrations will be accepted. See Jody Johnson andlook for sign-up sheets in the foyer. See you in June!
Summer Blast Camp Supplies NeededOur Research and Development Department at SpaceCamp 2011 is in need of robotic construction materi-als. In other words, they need unusual, odd shaped,clean, recycled items to build robots. So go throughthose recyclable bins, and pick out those spray bottlehandles, caps, rolls, Yoplait yogurt tubs, egg cartons,anything twisty, curvy, springy, clean foil, any otherweird and interesting items, and lots and lots of cerealboxes, empty and flattened. It’s a dirty job, buy some-body’s gotta do it. So start collecting and drop off inthe tubs in front of Children’s Ministry Office
June 1 Leland & Treva HersheyJune 3 David & Debra Carlson
Justin & Laurie KeltsJune 4 Charles & Cheryl RobinsonJune 5 Randy & Faye Jean BearssJune 7 Tom & Annette LongcoreJune 8 Peter & Patricia StaelensJune 9 Jeff & Julie Bradford
Chuck & Puddy FairbanksAaron & Niki Richards
June 10 Charles & Sarah DawleyGary & Beverly Hoeksema
June 11 Bill & Ann HollandJune 12 Chad & Stacey Overbeek
Ken & Jackie ProvostDan & Angie Weemhoff
June 13 Tony & Pam VukeSam & Angel Wilson
June 14 Kevin & Jenny KrugerJune 15 Dean & Sharon Alger
Al & Jo RobinsonDoug & Ruth Shadoan
June 16 Russ & Marcia BaughJeff & RuthAnn PorterDale & Sandy Rhea
June 17 Doug & Susan HoesliBrian & Laurie Lewis
June 17 Dempsey & Jennifer ScottSteven & LyAnn StreifelBill & Pam UlvundJoe & Wendy Whalen
June 18 Mark & Mollie CarterJune 19 Allan & Kelcey Coveyou
Pastor Jeff & Denise EllisJake & Barb JacobeitSteve & Marilyn Rinock
June 20 Michael & Kyle HempsteadJohn & Kaye Scott
June 21 Steve & Gretchen GoebelPastor Tim & Anita Miller
June 22 Ryan & Mindy GiemJune 23 Mike & Kim Larson
Scott & Jodi MillerJune 25 Dave & Ginger FennellJune 26 Leonard & Martha McCallepJune 27 Perry & Sandy Fortier
Jim & Jill HabascoBill & Becky Kibbey
June 28 Tom & Marleen SchrawJune 29 Don & Sherry Bergmann
Pastor Bob & Barb CookJune 30 Cash & Amy Clark
Kevin & Rachel Klevorn
Anniversaries in June
My cat and I have a routine. Whenever I come home,she greets me at the door with her "kitty stretch," thenproceeds to the treat box to wait for the treats sheknows will be forthcoming. She then "escorts" medown the hall, and climbs in the bathtub so she canget her drink. For some reason, she's decided sheprefers the water that settles by the bathtub drain,even though she has perfectly good clean fresh waterin her bowl. Of course, I oblige her by splashing somewater into the tub whenever I pass by (who's gotWHO trained, I wonder?). Sometimes, when I haven'tseen her in a while, I go looking, and will find her sit-ting in the bathtub, just staring at the faucet, as if will-ing it to drip out its goodness. This makes me chuck-le. Does she think that by staring at the faucet, it willgive her what she wants? (Hmmm....I guess maybe itDOES work - she looks so cute I simply MUST giveher that water...).
I have to wonder sometimes, like my kitty with thefaucet, is my attention or desire focused on the "dis-penser" of blessings or on the blessing itself insteadof on the One who has the power to produce theblessing? Is my focus on the gift, or the Giver? Who(or what) am I looking at to bring me fulfillment?Something worth thinking about, especially when itseems the well is running dry or becoming stagnant. Areminder to look to the Source of all that I need, whosatisfies my desires with "good things."
"I will bless them...I will send down showers in sea-son; there will be showers of blessing...<the people>will know that I am the LORD..." (Ezekiel 34:26-27)
In My Own WordsAnother Lesson From My Kitty• Susan Miller
Summer Blast Daycamp!
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Rejoice!Anniversary & Birthday Celebrations•Jean FielJune 1 Jaden Alger
Terry ElzingaLarry Jones
June 2 Denise EllisBlanca Sommerfield
June 3 Daniel KirbyShantel NelsonDavid O’Brien
June 4 Sabrina RedmerJune 5 Naomi Theodore
Jill VanWerdenJune 6 Bryan Bradford
Diane DrostJill JackKason Kleaver
June 7 Katie CoveyouSarah DicksonRaeann DunlopGaeyle Boss-GerrieScott MillerJared Streifel
June 8 Dennis CrissmanTravis Porter
June 9 Elizabeth KlevornKaren Kruzel
June 10 Chuck FairbanksEthan Habasco
June 11 Mike FrampusHannah GerrieConnie HuizengaGavin Porter
June 11 Olivia VargoJune 12 Sandy Fortier
Josh McGeorgeParker RellingerWendy RobertsSteven Schmalzried II
June 13 Judy HuntJune 14 Dustin Drost
Jordan FairSamantha Matz
June 15 Trudy Center Martha Krimendahl
June 16 Leah RatliffJulie Spencer
June 17 Chrisopher FairDonna Rock
June 18 Darren EverestLeona GriffinRon Turner
June19 Gideon HarwoodMary KorrRandy Kruzel
June 20 Dan MantheiNicole MurrayJim Rathburn,Jr
June 21 Elizabeth DugganLee EkstromSandy ManningChad OverbeekDavid PrevostPatrick Sheperd
June 22 Michael EvansJune 23 Pam Lewis
Kathryn MantheiAngel RicheyAllison Rosenthal
June 2 4Cheryl BaumanBrandy Gran Georgia McCrackenAdam Skop
June 25 Christine ButlerPaul Theriault
June 26 John ClementsLawrence Parr
June 27 Betty ChristensenAl KunertPhil Lowe
June 28 Brendan IngallsRippin Vining
June 29 Ruby BeilbyJoel DonaldsonAdam NalbockCarl NolanChase Overbeek
June 30 Brenna CheadleJean FielDanyell Minier’Stacey OverbeekKen Woodward
A New Bundle of Blessing
Jonathan George Urman born onMay 9, 2011 to Jared & MelissaUrman. Jonathan weighed 7#5oz
It seemed practical this month to introduce you toour youth pastor candidate. He and his family willbe here over Memorial Day weekend, with aCongregational Meeting to decide on hiring onJune 5th. By way of background, the search com-mittee consisted of over a dozen church members,including a mix of youth leaders, pastors, boardmembers, teens/twenty-somethings, and a coupleof spouses for good measure. The committeereviewed 170 inquiries, resumes, videos, and hadmany phone interviews of prospects. These werefollowed by several group phone interviews.Eventually we had one couple come up for a prettylow key weekend meet-and-greet. The benefit ofthis approach is to avoid the stress of a "candidate"visit. If the potential candidate didn't like theSunday worship experience at Walloon for exam-ple, it would be a waste of time for all concerned. Ineed to give you some background to where we'vebeen before chatting about where we are going.The Board and I thank you for your patience dur-ing this candidacy process.
Jason (Yes, we could have another "Pastor Jason")and his wife Laura Loewen are currently living inBolingbrook, ILL, a Chicago suburb. Jason is agraduate of Moody Bible, with a bachelor of arts inBiblical Studies. While at Moody he interned atGrace Church of DuPage from 2005-2007 as a Jr.High pastor, and led a group of Sr. High students tothe Czech republic. Before that, he was with YoungLife in Texas in 2003-2004. Since August of 2007he has been the Youth Pastor for New SongChurch, an Evangelical Free Church in the westernsuburbs of Chicago. His gifts include leadership,teaching, administration and evangelism.
Jason met Laura on a different missions trip toSouth Africa. Her family is from Michigan. Shehas a degree in Biblical Counseling and is a help-mate to him, especially in dealing with the femalesin their ministry. They were married four years
ago, and have a son Landon, born in 2009, and adaughter Charlotte, who was just born the firstweek in May. Family seems pretty important toboth Jason and Laura. They have felt called to anew ministry for a time, and are in the process ofselling their home so that they are freer to movewhen a call is extended to them.
Jason has been on several domestic missions tripsand besides the ones I've mentioned, he’s been toLiberia to train youth and youth pastors. When heand Laura visited Walloon last month while shewas still great with child, the two of them made therounds of the various groups whose lives theywould touch. We also had some fellowship timethat even included a golf course. You can tell a lotabout a man there! (Just ask a golfer!) Theyexplored the area and felt very comfortable withus. There appear to be no "red flags" and the Lordseems to be leading both sides in the same direc-tion, so the next step is to try and introducehim/them to all of you and see if you feel as if heshould be our next youth pastor here at Walloon.Please try and take advantage of as many opportu-nities to get to know them as much as you canwhile they are here. Events will be Friday the 27ththrough Sunday the 29th! On Friday, a "Meet theCandidate" time with pizza will be at 6:30 in room101 (old kitchen); on Saturday there will be a bonfire in the back yard of the church beginning at6:30 for parents and students; on Sunday they willhave some testimony time during both congrega-tional services, followed by time with each of ourthree youth groups. At 12:15, there will beQuestion & Answer time with the membership inthe sanctuary.
Sunday night Jason and Laura will meet with cur-rent youth leaders. Please don't miss a chance toget to know Jason and Laura! Thanks for lettingme serve.
Board Corner
Introducing...•Kevin Klevorn
Baby-Child DedicationSpring 2011
Brianna Rae Margaret Denholm – Kyle & Kendra Denholm
Maggie Evelyn Provost – Kenneth & Jacelyn Provost
Mason James Rhea – Jordan & Wendy Rhea
Sunny Ava Sherk – Aaron & Amy Sherk
Sadie Ruth Sturtevant – Brent & Laura Sturtevant
Pailyn Rose Watson – Kristin Watson
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1 2Celebrate Recovery 7-9PM
3 4
5Graduation Sunday 9 AM
6 7 8 9Celebrate Recovery 7-9 PM
Church Board Mtg 7 PM
10 11Men's Ministry Breakfast 8-10 AM
12Communion & Benevolent Offering
East Jordan Satellite PlanningMtg 12:15 PM
13 14
Food Pantry 5:00-6:15 PM
15Daycamp Teen Training 5-9 PM
16Cozy Quilters 9 AM - 1 PMbring dish to share for lunch
Celebrate Recovery 7-9PM
17Prime Time Fellowship Potluck in the Discipleship
House @ 6PM
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19Father’s Day
20Day Camp Begins! 8 AM - 3 PM
Newsletter Deadline
21Day Camp 8 AM - 3 PM
22Day Camp 8 AM - 3 PM
Annual Amazing Race Family Fun Night 6 PM
23Day Camp 8 AM - 3 PM
Celebrate Recovery 7-9 PM
24Day Camp 8 AM - 3 PM
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26Answers In Genesis - Guest Speaker Mike Riddel Both Services with an additional
program at 6 PM
27 28Food Pantry 5:00-6:15 PM
29 30Celebrate Recovery 7-9 PM
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