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SUMMER SCHEDULE
Sunday, July 8 – Game Night (Youth Room)
Sunday, July 15 – Movie night/Lock In (@ Theatre/Church)
Sunday July 22 – Ice Skating (1-3pm)
Sunday, July 29 – 5:00pm Gethsemane Worship
Service for Youth!
Special points of in-
terest:
A Word from your
Pastor
Senior Adults: Hall of
Flame
AZ Women’s Retreat
Message from our
Nurse
Meet our Graduates
ECC Lease Update
Hydration Campaign
Just 4 Youth!
Adult Ministries LCEF LWML News
2
2012 Graduates 3
Community News 4
Council Minutes 5
Women’s Ministry News Thank You Birthdays/Anniversaries
6
Calendar 7
Inside this issue:
Introducing Learning Foundation!
July marks the official beginning of our
r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h L e a r n i n g
Foundation. You may have heard it
announced at church recently that they
will be in our Pre-School building this
coming school year, so, let me share a
little bit about who they are.
Learning Foundation is a K-6 state
charter school that has operated for many
years next door to us at the 1st Baptist
church. Last year they had 108 students,
and they are looking to enroll 130
students for this fall. In fact, even before
we ever contacted them, they were
looking for a way to expand their
facilities. When they found out that we
were looking for someone to rent our
pre-school building, they were very
excited because of how close we are.
The plan is for Learning Foundation to
fill our four classrooms with Pre-K,
Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade
classes. They will keep 3rd-6th grade at
the 1st Baptist campus. We will
probably have around 60 students on our
campus everyday. In addition to holding
classes on our campus, they are planning
to do some of their school performances
in our Oasis and Sanctuary
buildings. This means that at certain
times throughout the year, we will have
hundreds of people on our campus who
are primarily young families.
While Learning Foundation strives to
provide a well-rounded education for
their students and to teach them moral
values, they are not a Christian
school. In some ways I find this to be
the most exciting aspect of the
relationship! We may have the chance to
“love on” them by giving gifts to their
staff, helping families in need, providing
a great learning atmosphere, and maybe
even helping to get their name out in the
community. Of course we’ll invite them
to things like VBS and Night in
Bethlehem, and we hope to be able to
work together on some service projects
as well.
I ask that you continue praying for
Learning Foundation and our
relationship with them. I am praying
particularly that God opens the doors for
these young families to put their faith
and hope in our Savior, Jesus.
God bless,
Pastor Luke
A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR
Volume 3, Issue 7
Living Lives for Christ July 2012
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Lutheran Church Extension Fund investors know that they have a place to invest money for every day
needs or emergencies that also brings the satisfaction of knowing that their money is being used to help
build places of worship and Christian development. Find out how you can join in this ministry and earn a
fair rate of return at the same time. See your congregational representative John Hollmann today, or call
1-800-THE-LCEF.
Message from our Nurse...
Key difference in heart attacks between
women and men.
Heart disease is the number 1 killer of men and women. But when
women have a heart attack, they tend to be about 10 years older than
men. Women are more likely to have other conditions such as diabetes,
high blood pressure and congestive heart failure—making it more vital
that they get proper treatment fast. Unfortunately, women are less likely
than men to believe they’re having a heart attack and more likely to
delay seeking emergency treatment. As with men, women’s most com-
mon heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are
more likely than men to experience some of the other symptoms such as
shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, or back or jaw pain.
Friday, July 27 ~ 9:30 am...we will meet at church to go
visit the Hall of Flame Fire Museum in Phoenix. Cost is
$5.00 per person. After visiting the museum we will go out
to lunch nearby.
The Hall of Flame Fire
Museum and the
National Firefighting Hall
of Heroes, located in
Phoenix, Arizona, has
almost an acre of fire
history exhibits, with over
90 fully restored pieces of
fire apparatus on display, dating from 1725 to 1969. Most of
the exhibits are American, but we also have pieces from
England, France, Austria, Germany, and Japan.
If you are interested in going, please sign up on the Ministry
Board. If you have questions, contact John Hollmann in the
church office (480.969.4414).
SENIOR ADULTS
September 28-30
Camp Aloma, Prescott
Cost: $100 per person
(Includes materials, lodging and 5 meals)
Questions, contact Jan Reynolds (623.584.1551)
Beverly Williams (928.771.9521)
“The Supremacy of Christ”
Based on the Book of Hebrews
Arizona Women’s Retreat 2012
Sponsored by
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML)
Pastor Dave Bolte, Bible Study Leader
The LWML sends their Mite offerings to
Pacific Southwest District each month.
75% goes to District LWML projects and
25% to National LWML projects. Our
members also contribute to a St. Luke’s
fund. This year our money was given as
follows:
We thank the congregation for their finan-
cial support through the “Purple Pucket”.
$400 - St. Luke Personal Assistance
$400 - St. Luke Monument Fund
$400 - Salvation Army
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7/1/78 Bob and Nancy Beffel
7/2/55 Arnie & Faye Lieber
7/5/53 Leonard & Barbara Dueker
7/9/83 Bob & Kathy Kolden
7/21/07 Ethan & Jessica Edsall
7/26/03 David & Katherine Spurling
7/28/67 Jerry & Callie Hauptli
A BIG thank you to Sonja Johnson, Carol Schroeder, Sandy Preston, Lois Splendoria, Karen Jacques, Joyce Wood, Pat Clark, Leslie Steinke, Molly and Anna Yoccabel, Teresa Baca and Karrie Schelin in our sewing “Little Dresses for Africa”. Thank you also to all the people who donated pillow cases, material and trims. They were put to good use in creating the 38 dresses we completed and 10 dresses sewn but not trimmed. Everyone had such a good time that they’ve asked to “do it again”. We have plenty of the materials to make dresses, so watch the bulletin and newsletter for dates and times to come and sew more of these beautiful dresses created with loads of love.
The Women's Ministry has had a successful beginning this year. It's now time to get together to plan the next six months of activities. We will be meeting for lunch at Garcia's Restaurant on Saturday, July 14th @ 12:00 PM!! Bring ideas so we can plan what we would like to do. We will start with a replay of our successful Christmas Tea. All women of the congregation are invited. Please sign up on the Ministry Board or email Karen Jacques ([email protected]) or Lois Splendoria (chimes30@q,com) so we know how many to plan for.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY NEWS
A heartfelt thank you with much appreciation to all those that helped with the re-roofing of the Early Childhood Center. Thank you for you assistance in prep work, painting, tear off, shingling, tarring (you tar babies know who you are), nailing, picture taking, food preparation and delivery, etc. I was once again amazed at your generosity of time and talents in coming together to accomplish a task of this magnitude. Thank you for your selfless giving.
7/9 Logan Hennings
7/10 Bob Daly
Lisa Hennings
Ruth Konemann
7/11 Faye Fjelland
Esther Wilson
Richard Wood
7/12 Lindsay French
Judy Ray
7/14 Steve Bieterman
David Maughan
7/16 Gregg Dandy
Marilynn Peters
7/17 Ryon Baca
7/18 Dorothy Flosi
7/19 Irene Puccio
7/20 Michael Langley
7/21 Robert Ray
7/1 Ed Jilka
7/2 Walter Mermis
Harold Wilson
7/3 Carleen Albee
Joseph Murata
7/4 Keegan Will
7/5 Jennifer Gagon
Dennis Green
Alan Hoggatt
Mary Kobza
7/6 Laura Henderson
7/8 Mike Schelin
7/22 Nancy Arnold
7/23 Zoey Enright
Sean Hayne
7/24 Laura Caler
Pat Lieber
7/25 Helen Buchholz
Kyle Cramsey
Juergen Foerstner
Naomi Key
7/26 Jayna Beffel
Ruth Berft
Diana Harris
Barbara Schrader
7/29 Sedona Kolzow
7/30 Donna Foerstner
Joyce Mitchell
Mark Nelson
7/31 Taylor Hayne
Bruce Tonkin
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Meet our 2012 GRADUATES
High School Graduates
College and Post High
School Graduates
DANIEL CLUEVER
graduated from Gilbert
High School. He was a
member of ROTC as an
officer, on the varsity
football team and varsity
wrestling team. Graduating with honors,
he plans to go on to become an
engineer.
WILEY COTE is 18 years
old and graduated with
honors from Mountain
View High School. He was
part of the varsity wrestling
team, and received the
Dean’s scholarship. Wiley plans to
attend the Air Force ROTC, and fly for
the Air Force after 4 years.
PAIGE ESPARAZA
graduated from Mountain
View High School.
MATTHEW MOONEY graduated
from Coronado High School.
J O S H U A ( J J )
HOFFMANN graduated
from Mt. View High
School. He participated in
football and wrestling, and
he plans to attend Mesa
Community College in the fall to study
physical fitness. JJ has also been a active
member of the praise band for the past
4 years, playing the drums and doing a
little singing.
BRIAN KOLDEN
graduated from Red
Mountain High School.
During his time in High
School, Brian was a mem-
ber of the Phoenix Boys
Choir, played Saxophone
and Bass Guitar, and studied Engineer-
ing and German. He graduated with
Honors. He plans to attend Barrett
Honors College at ASU and major in
Computer Systems Engineering.
BETH STEINKE
graduated from Campo
Verde High school with
a Freshmen Facility
scholarship for Grand
Canyon University, as well as EVIT
certified Nursing Assistant class. She
plans to go to Mesa Community
College for a short time, and then
transfer to Grand Canyon University to
obtain a Bachelors in Nursing
E LS A S T R U B LE
graduated 13th in her
class at Red Mountain
High School. She is a
member of the National
Honor Society and was
involved in the theatre
production “Almost Maine” at Red
Mountain this last fall. She was an
active fund-raiser and participant in the
Relay for Life, and ran cross-country
and track for the varsity teams. She will
be attending Northern Arizona
University to pursue a degree in
Secondary Mathematics Education.
CHRISTOPHER WASCHER
graduated from Red Mountain High
School.
RYAN GOLDEN
graduated from Arizona
State University. Ryan’s
Bachelor’s degree is two-
fold, focusing on both
History and Political
Science. Future plans for Ryan include
working on his Master’s degree for
Sports Management.
JULIE FRENCH
completed her Master’s
Degree in Accounting
and Financial Manage-
ment in December of
2011 and walked with
the rest of her class in June of 2012.
DANIEL SCHLAG graduated from
LSU—Shreveport, Louisiana with a
Masters Degree in Kinesiology and
Wellness. He has been a graduate
assistant the past two years in the
Kinesiology Department as an Assis-
tant Strength and Conditioning Coach
for the LSUS athletic teams and the
Olympic Weightlifting team at the LSU
US Olympic Center for High Perform-
ance and Development. He graduated
with a perfect 4.0 GPS and is acknowl-
edged with the Department Dean’s List
Academic Award. His future plans are
to continue to train athletically in
Olympic Weightlifting for future Team
USA consideration. He also seeks fu-
ture employment as a health and fitness
specialist or strength and conditioning
coach at NCAA Div I University.
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Family of Christ Lutheran Church and
Learning Center seeks part-time teacher aides for the
Fall. Experience in early childhood or elementary
education is required. Email resume and cover letter to
Lutheran Hour Ministries is seeking to fill the position of Video
Production Manager in the St. Louis office. Qualified candidates for this po-
sition are motivated and creative individuals with a heart for sharing the
Gospel message in innovative ways. Also, the positions of Digital Outreach
Coordinator and Europe Area Counselor are still available
for those qualified and interested. These postings were
d i s t r i b u t e d i n M a y a n d c a n b e f o u n d a t
h t t p ://w w w . lhm .o r g/a b ou t /c a r e e r opp or t un i t i e s . a sp . Jo b
descriptions available on the Ministry Board in the Church Lobby if
interested in any of these position..
Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign
With temperatures now hitting triple digits, the City of Mesa is working with nonprofit agencies to provide supplies of water to the homeless and unsheltered. Residents are asked to donate water at various drop-off locations throughout the City:
Mesa Fire Dept. Volunteer Center
2830 E. Adobe (behind Fire Station 206 at Lindsay/Adobe) 24-hour drop-off in parking lot
Paz de Cristo
424 W. Broadway Road 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sat. – Sunday
Superstition Springs Center/Guest Services
6555 E. Southern Ave. 10 a.m.—9 p.m. Monday - Saturday 11 a.m.—6 p.m. Sunday
Last year, more than 222,275 bot-tles of water were donated. The water is distributed through United Food Bank to numerous a genc ie s in th e v a l l e y .
The Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign will be collecting water until Sep-tember 14. For more info, contact Mischelle Durkovic ([email protected] or 480.644.3983).
**This year, among the special projects to collect
water for the campaign is...Amazing Jake’s is of-
fering two free games of bowling to anyone that
brings a case of water in to their location (1830 E
Baseline Rd) now through August 30.
Early Childhood Center Building Lease Update
Our lease with Learning Foundation (LF) will begin on 07/01/2012. Then, we at St Luke will wear
the “Property Management” hat. We want this new relationship to be positive and professional.
One aspect of this is to respond quickly to LF requests for any necessary and or desired building
maintenance needs. We want to develop a list of professionals and helpers to aid in this area. We
will call this team the ECC Building Brigade. Some requests may be filled with simple tools and a good handyman. If you
have handyman or handywoman talents that you would be willing to share with St Luke’s property management role, please
join the Brigade by calling Kathy cell 480.619.1263 or the church office. We are happy to welcome all who want to share in
this new adventure for St Luke. Kathy Paulson, Bookkeeper
Ready for
Preschool?
Preschool and Pre-K Program currently registering for the 2012/2013 school year
Quality Christian Early Childhood Education
All day and half-day programs (ages 2½ to 5 years old )
Open Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM -6:30 PM
Certified staff, affordable rates,&
low teacher/child ratios
Download a registration form at: www.fpcmesa.org
First Presbyterian Church
161 N Mesa Drive/480.964.8606
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Council Minutes Highlights - June 9, 2012
The Learning Center Update: Note: per the council's April meeting, the lease with Learning Foundation was voted on via e-mail. After modifying the original lease, an updated lease was motioned by Mickey Pre-ston and seconded by Don Smith on May 29th. The entire council unanimously voted in favor of accepting the lease contract.
Treasury: Our current total cash assets are $148,865. We have received $260,152 of our $609,320 budgeted income for 2012. We have spent $262,891 of our $644,065 budgeted expenses for 2012.
(1) Thanks to Kathy Paulson’s efforts, we received a Health Care Credit of $11,232 from the Department of Treasury for the year 2011.
(2)ESL expenses will cease after this month because the program has ended.
(3) The Chase High Yield ($52,575) and Thrivent MMF ($1,078) have been closed and funds transferred to Chase Brokerage ($52,000) and Chase General Operating account.
(4)The FMSC and Anniversary Events accounts are now closed and remaining funds have been moved to the 50th Anniversary Fund.
(5) We have a new contract with Paragon Business Equipment that will reduce our average monthly printing cost to $600+tax/month from the current $1200/month. The equipment they will provide consists of a Konica Minolta BizHub.
Church Property: (1) The roof on the Early Childhood Building is finished at a cost of $8000. The work done by congregation members saved St. Luke approximately $18,000.
(2) The fire inspection was done in May. There were three areas that needed repair/change and they have been completed.
(3) Fresh woodchips will be put in the Early Childhood playground on June 15th. The swing set will also be fixed.
(4) Work is being done on the electrical service for Sunday morning coffee.
Elders: The Elders continue to work on prayer card follow-up, reviewing absentee list updates by making phone calls and following up on connect cards by sending
letters and emails. The Elders and those assisting with communion will continue communing prior to communing the congregation.
Pastor: (1) The average per weekend wor-ship attendance for May is up 24 over 2011.
(2) The rental agreement is in place with The Learning Center (TLC). They will start their move into the Early Childhood Center on July 2nd.
(3) Eight new members attended the St. Luke 101 class on June 3rd.
(4) There is a new registration volunteer for VBS, Kristi Cleasby. There are currently 20 children registered. It was sug-gested that TLC students be invited to attend VBS.
(5) The youth intern, Ashley Walters, from Concordia, Mequon, has started.
(6) The date for the training event for the worship band is set for September 22nd. Mu-sicians conducting the training will be visiting St. Luke from California.
(7) Comparing April-May 2011 to April-May 2012, we have seen an 18% increase in giving. This is partly due to the Steps in Faith Cam-paign.
(8) On-line giving update: We are waiting for our website management company to release their e-giving feature in “early 2012”.
(9)John Yoccabel and Pastor Hennings have been working with Andy Bonas on the design for the new Monument Sign. These designs will be brought to Council.
(10) Joe Barya, a Lutheran pastor from Cameroon, has been a part of our congrega-tion for the past two years. He left his country because of persecution due to his belief in God and was forced to leave his wife behind. He requested that St. Luke help him to get a visa for his wife by writing a letter so that she can come for a visit. A motion was made and seconded that we approve the suggested letter with the understanding that any insurance concerns are taken care of. Carried.
Personal Assistance Fund: John Hollmann has handled this part of our ministry for years and should be thanked. New guidelines have been set up for handling this fund. A motion was made and
seconded that we accept the Personal Assistance Fund Guidelines as submitted. Carried. A Personal Assistance Support Team consisting of 4-5 members will be set up to counsel people whose needs exceed the guidelines. A motion was made and seconded to approve Chuck Paulson and Dorothy Johnson to serve on the support team. Carried. John Hollmann will continue his involvement as the main point of contact for initial requests following to the established guidelines as well as coordinating all activities with the support committee.
Endowment Committee: The committee met for the first time and went through the by-laws. They changed the membership term from two years to three years along with several other changes. One of the committee members, Dan Berck has resigned. A motion was made and seconded to replace Dan Berck with Tim Creaser. Carried.
Voter’s Meeting: Kathy Paulson began her Bookkeeper position in December 2011. Since coming on board she has significantly improved every aspect of our accounting and financial system. She has also worked in many other areas of St. Luke ministry. The Council approved bringing the following proposal to the congregation at a special meeting to be held on June 24th:
In view of our current bookkeeper’s value to our organization and high level of capability, it is recommended that a new “Business Director” position be created, and that our current bookkeeper fill this new position. This position will include all of the current bookkeeper responsibilities as well as responsibilities for managing our business relationships and facility tenants. The additional cost to our budget this year will be around $5000.
Retreat: The Council retreat will be held at church on July 28th from 9:00 to 5:00. We will invite the Assistant Elders to attend the second half of the retreat.
The next Council meeting will be scheduled in August. It was decided to meet at 2:00 instead of 2:15. The meeting adjourned with prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Kobza, Secretary