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God would help you to see if there are family members, friends, neighbors or co-workers you might invite to come with you to one or more of these services. I know that most of us are not used to or comfortable with inviting people like this. But it is important for us to share the things that are important in our lives with the people in our lives. Easter is a time when people who do not regularly attend church are most likely to be open to coming to church. Often they only need someone to invite them. We are very pleased to have White Horse, a popular local Christian band performing a concert in our Fellowship Hall Saturday, March 29 th , beginning at 7 p.m. Plan to attend and invite some friends to join you. The Plano Community Lenten/Easter Choral Service will be held at 7 p.m., April 6 th , at First Baptist Church. Saturday, April 5th, the Kendall Cares Clinic will be held at Plano High School. This is going to be a very important event for our community. We are one of a dozen churches joining with Plano Schools, Kendall County Health Dept. and many health care providers and other businesses sponsoring this event to help families in our county. Please help get the word out this year. Set aside this date to give your time to serve neighbors in need. You can get more information and sign up to volunteer at www.kendallcares.org or by calling the church office. Confirmation will be on Sunday, May 4 th . Pastor Bruce The Cross and Resurrection stand at the heart of Christian faith. We proclaim that in the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, God has acted decisively to redeem all creation. God refuses to allow sin and death to have the final word. God’s love proves stronger than sin and hatred. God’s life proves stronger than death. Holy Week begins April 13 th , Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, with worship services and Sunday School at the regular times. Thursday, April 17 th , we will remember Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples with a special service of Holy Communion at 7 p.m. This service will be First Communion Service for our young members who complete the First Communion class this year. They will bake the bread we use for this service. We will remember Jesus’ death for us with our Good Friday afternoon service at 1 p.m. and Tennebrae Service at 7 p.m. Be sure to join us! We celebrate the Resurrection of Christ April 20 th , Easter, beginning with our Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. We will have Easter Breakfast together (sponsored by our youth) after the Sunrise Service (about 8 a.m.), and an Easter Egg Hunt following the breakfast. Our late service will be at 10 a.m. (rather than our usual time of 10:45 a.m.). Be sure to join us, and invite someone to come with you as we encounter a love stronger than death! The Good News of Jesus’ love and triumph over sin and death is too important for us to keep to ourselves! This is God’s message of hope and new life for all creation. Please pray that V OLUME 27, I SSUE 4 A PRIL 2014 The Anchor INSIDE THIS ISSUE: FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PLANO, ILLINOIS Pastor’s Corner Baptism, Thank you, Congratulations, New Members, Holy Week schedule, “Actresses”, Community Concert, Relay For Life info, Pancake Breakfast! 2/3 Recipe - ‘Layered Chick- en Salad’, Song History, Prayer Chain Guidelines, Prayer List, Sympathy 4/5 Book Club, Offering, Women’s Bible Study, Kendall Cares, Golden Harvesters, April Calendar 6/7 April Volunteers, April Birthday & Anniversaries, April Prayer List 8/9 Council Notes, Help Wanted, Pillowcase Dresses, Sunday School Snippets 10/11 Readings for April 2014 4/6/2014 5 th Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 4/13/2014 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14—27:66 4/20/2014 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 4/27/2014 Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Psalm 16 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31

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Page 1: INSIDE THIS ISSUE - First Lutheran Church 2014 Anchor.pdf · afternoon service at 1 p.m. and Tennebrae Service at 7 p.m. Be sure to join us! We celebrate the Resurrection of Christ

God would help you to see if there are family members, friends, neighbors or co-workers you might invite to come with you to one or more of these services. I know that most of us are not used to or comfortable with inviting people like this. But it is important for us to share the things that are important in our lives with the people in our lives. Easter is a time when people who do not regularly attend church are most likely to be open to coming to church. Often they only need someone to invite them.

We are very pleased to have White Horse, a popular local Christian band performing a concert in our Fellowship Hall Saturday, March 29th, beginning at 7 p.m. Plan to attend and invite some friends to join you.

The Plano Community Lenten/Easter Choral Service will be held at 7 p.m., April 6th, at First Baptist Church.

Saturday, April 5th, the Kendall Cares Clinic will be held at Plano High School. This is going to be a very important event for our community. We are one of a dozen churches joining with Plano Schools, Kendall County Health Dept. and many health care providers and other businesses sponsoring this event to help families in our county. Please help get the word out this year. Set aside this date to give your time to serve neighbors in need. You can get more information and sign up to volunteer at www.kendallcares.org or by calling the church office.

Confirmation will be on Sunday, May 4th .

Pastor Bruce

The Cross and Resurrection stand at the heart of Christian faith. We proclaim that in the suffering, death and

resurrection of Jesus, God has acted decisively to redeem all creation. God refuses to allow sin and death to have the final word. God’s love proves stronger than sin and hatred. God’s life proves stronger than death.

Holy Week begins April 13th, Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, with worship services and Sunday School at the regular times. Thursday, April 17th, we will remember Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples with a special service of Holy Communion at 7 p.m. This service will be First Communion Service for our young members who complete the First Communion class this year. They will bake the bread we use for this service. We will remember Jesus’ death for us with our Good Friday afternoon service at 1 p.m. and Tennebrae Service at 7 p.m. Be sure to join us!

We celebrate the Resurrection of Christ April 20th, Easter, beginning with our Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. We will have Easter Breakfast together (sponsored by our youth) after the Sunrise Service (about 8 a.m.), and an Easter Egg Hunt following the breakfast. Our late service will be at 10 a.m. (rather than our usual time of 10:45 a.m.). Be sure to join us, and invite someone to come with you as we encounter a love stronger than death!

The Good News of Jesus’ love and triumph over sin and death is too important for us to keep to ourselves! This is God’s message of hope and new life for all creation. Please pray that

VOLUME 27, ISSUE 4

APRIL 2014 The Anchor INS IDE THIS ISSUE:

F IRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PLANO, ILLINOIS

Pastor’s Corner Baptism, Thank you, Congratulations, New Members, Holy Week schedule, “Actresses”, Community Concert, Relay For Life info, Pancake Breakfast!

2/3

Recipe - ‘Layered Chick-en Salad’, Song History, Prayer Chain Guidelines, Prayer List, Sympathy

4/5

Book Club, Offering, Women’s Bible Study, Kendall Cares, Golden Harvesters, April Calendar

6/7

April Volunteers, April Birthday & Anniversaries, April Prayer List

8/9

Council Notes, Help Wanted, Pillowcase Dresses, Sunday School Snippets

10/11

Readings for April 2014

4/6/2014 5th Sunday of Lent

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45

4/13/2014 Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 26:14—27:66

4/20/2014 Easter Sunday

Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10

4/27/2014 Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Psalm 16 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31

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A (belated) WELCOME to new First Lutheran members! At the

Jan 14th meeting, Council voted to accept William, Lori &

Bryton Heimann into membership by affirmation of bap sm. We are

thrilled that they have joined our church family!

Our New First Lutheran Church Member!

John Edward Englehart was baptized on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at First Lutheran Church of Plano. John was born on December 30, 2013. His parents are Erik and Rebecca Englehart of Sandwich, IL. Baptismal sponsors were Robyn & Scott Guelde. Big brothers Benjamin, Ryan, and Luke, along with several other family members and friends joined the celebration. Uncle Jim (Porter) sang “Borning Cry” for this special occasion. Pastor Bruce Booher officiated. Welcome John to First Lutheran’s church family.

Holy Week / Easter Services Schedule

Palm Sunday (4/13) 8:15 AM 10:45 AM Maundy Thursday (4/17) 7:00 PM First Communion Good Friday (4/18) 1:00 PM Good Friday - Tenebrae Service 7:00 PM

Easter Sunrise Service 7:00 AM Easter Breakfast “Eggstravaganza” ~8:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt ~8:45 AM Easter Worship Service 10:00 AM

We would like to thank everyone for their kind words, cards, prayers, and memorial gifts during the passing of our Grandmother, Ida Evans.

Theresa Bagg and family, Cozette Jones and family, Jerri Lynn Baker and family

Congratulations to Bill & Jane Colbert on the birth of their new baby boy, Greyson Allen. Greyson made his appearance at 11:58 AM on Mar 1, weighing 7 lbs 7oz & 21 1/2” long. He was also welcomed by big brother Caleb!

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Bella & Miranda Mahoney recently performed in the plan “Peter Pan” for the Spotlight Youth Theater.

Those who saw the play said it was wonderful & it was great fun to watch! BRAVO girls! (Photo—courtesy of Floyd Anderson)

The Plano Ministerial Association invites you to worship together during Lent for an evening of scripture and song. The Community Lenten and Easter Concert is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th at 7:00 PM at First Baptist Church. Each church is invited to present a musical selection. Join us for this special worship & fellowship.

Pancake Breakfast, Sunday April 6th 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Edie’s Team First will be sponsoring a pancake breakfast on Sunday, April 6, 2014 from 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM in the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. We will be serving pancakes, sausages and beverages for your enjoyment. All donations received will support Edie’s Team First, Relay for Life, 2014. Come out and enjoy

some good food and fellowship and help support Edie’s Team First as they work to raise cancer awareness and work for a cure.

Relay for Life 2014…………Will you help ?????

Edie’s Team First is seeking team members to participate in Relay for Life 2014. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, June, 21st at Plano High School. Please take a minute to click on the Relay for Life website and learn more about how you can help. We need team members to represent First Lutheran Church, Edie’s Team First. We hope you will make that commitment to help in the fight against cancer. Through research and education, we will find a CURE. If you have

questions about Edie’s Team First or Relay for Life, please contact Jerri Lynn Baker or Carol Robinson.

Website: http://main.acsevents.org/ Click on “Find a Relay for Life Event”, enter zip code 60545, select Relay for Life of Plano, Sandwich, Somonauk-Plano IL, select Edie’s Team First for team information

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1 c. crumbles Gorgonzola cheese (op onal) 1 c. pecan halves 1 qt. fresh strawberries, quartered

Dressing: 1/3 c. olive oil 2 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp. minced garlic

Layered Chicken Salad (from Karen Torkelson) (15 minutes start to finish)

Ingredients: 7 c. torn romaine le uce 2 (9 oz) pkg. fully cooked chicken breast strips

Recipe Corner

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Instruc ons: In deep 3 quart salad bowl, place half of le uce. Layer with chicken, cheese, pecan halves, remaining le uce, and strawberries.

In small measuring cup, mix dressing ingredients un l well blended. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad.

Easy & very good!

In the Cross of Christ I Glory (contributed by Ruth Ann Hoehn)

The hymn was inspired by the words of Paul in Galatians 6:14, “God forbid that I should boast [or glory] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“In the Cross of Christ I Glory” is considered one of the finest hymns on the subject of the cross. It was written by John Bowring, a man who had a remarkable power of learning languages. Before he was sixteen, he’d mastered French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and Dutch and it is said that he could converse in over 100 different languages before his death. He was born at Exeter in 1792. He held several appointments under the British government, including Commissioner to France on commercial matters, British Consul at Hong Kong, and Governor of Hong Kong. He was twice a Member of Parliament, and was knighted in 1854. He died in 1872. His tombstone contains the first line of this hymn: “In the Cross of Christ I Glory.”

Even though there is no historical proof, some writers claim that this hymn was inspired when John Bowring visited Macao, on the South Chinese Coast. A magnificent cathedral, originally built by the early Portuguese colonists, overlooked the harbor. This cathedral was destroyed by a typhoon and only the wall with a large bronze cross remained silhouetted against the sky. This scene is said to have so impressed Bowring that it eventually served as the inspiration for this hymn text. The words “towering o’er the wrecks of time” seems to come from a powerful image such as this. It proclaims that when the works of men are gone the power of the cross will remain

The tune for this hymn was composed years after the text by an American organist and choir leader of the Central Baptist Church of Norwich, Connecticut. The composer, Ithamar Conkey, was sorely disappointed at one Sunday morning service when only one choir member appeared, a faithful soprano by the name of Mrs. Beriah Rathbun. That afternoon he was distracted by thoughts of the sermon and the words of the hymn “In the Cross of Christ I Glory.” He then composed the music that is most familiar in churches of every denomination for this hymn. He named the tune Rathbun after that faithful soprano.

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Prayer List Please keep the following people in your prayers…

Ryan Heller

Lois Tweedt

Jonathan Tweedt

Marty Lincoln

Karen Slack

Rose Tullock

Harper Family

Josie Hanlon

Mary Olson

Carole Ardelean

Renee Lee

Bonnie

Joe Tucek

Paige Beal

Steve P

Vicki Fowler

Rose Meszaros

Scott Littlejohn

Mary Mosely

Delores Hartman

Debbie

Sherry Anderson

Linda Strader

Matt Papaeliou

Luella Hoehn

Margaret Ramsey

David

Heather G.

Sharon Mitchell

Sandra Zonzo

Sandy Johnson

Marge Briggs

PRAYER CHAIN PARTNERS 8:30 AM ‐ 8:30 PM

1. Jane Hyte ‐ 630‐552‐7095 2. Virginia Phelps ‐ 630‐552‐3434 3. Jerri Lynn Baker ‐ 630‐554‐2509 4. Erin Gillman ‐ 630‐715‐0843 1 5. Staci Smith ‐ 630‐999‐4117 1 6. Karen DeBolt ‐ 630‐546‐7451 1 7. Kathy Benoit ‐ 630‐816‐3366 1 8. Brenda Albright ‐ 630‐277‐6314 1 9. Theresa Bagg 815‐786‐7424 1 10. Penny Booher 630‐518‐2021 11. Diane Schlesinger 630‐552‐7533 12. Bev Vilmin 630‐552‐3550

1 ‐ Text capability

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Peggy Fields

Cora Hughes

Alice Crawford

Sue Hyte

Those serving in the military

Those not named here who are in need of prayers, and

Also remember to pray for those who are closest to you and pray for yourself and your needs.

Our sympathy to Diane Schlesinger and her family on the death of Diane’s brother, John Hoffman, following a long illness. Please keep Diane’s family in your prayers

New Prayer Chain Guidelines for Reques ng a Prayer

be added to the Prayer Chain ANYONE may request a Prayer for ANYTHING they deem necessary or gives them cause for concern. Please call with the Church office at 630.552.8263 or the first person on the Prayer Chain.

Please keep the prayer request as simple as possible: Name of person prayer requested for and reason. It is not necessary to go into a detailed message. God knows what is needed; we are simply the vessel to request His care. This will also help to keep the prayer request accurate as it passes down the list to members of the Prayer Partners.

There no longer is a Day and Night Chain (one chain only). Calls can be made between 8:30am – 8:30pm. Note those listed in italics1— they have the capability to receive text messages, and they have requested to be part of the chain in this manner. Please contact Theresa Bagg with ques ons.

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BOOK CLUB NEWS

The Book Club will meet on Wed., Apr 2nd, 2014

at 9:15 AM. The book for discussion is

“The Book Thief” by Marcus Zusak.

OFFERINGS RECEIVED

2/23 $ 2,538.44

3/2 $ 2,598.30

3/5 (Ash Wed.) $ 450.00

3/6 (Thrivent) $ 490.50

3/9 $ 3,442.73

3/12 (Wed.) $ 431.10

3/16 $ 2,842.66

GENERAL FUND BUDGET Need Per week $3,054.81

(Annual Budget divided by 52 weeks)

YTD YOUTH DIRECTOR DONATIONS: $2,240.00

THROUGH March 17th

Received $ 28,801.61 Need $ 33,598.83 Short $ ( 4,797.22)

1/01/2014 - 3/17/2014 CHECKING ACCOUNT

Beginning Bal. $15,021.55

Income $32,511.75 Expenses

$35,233.23 Ending Balance

$12,300.07

Newsletter Offering Report

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The next Golden Harvesters potluck meeting will be Fri, April 11th at 5:30 pm here at First Lutheran Church. After supper, enjoy music by “One Man Band”, John Boda. Please bring your own table service and a dish to pass. Call Jane at 552-1685 with questions.

KENDALL CARES CLINIC The third Kendall Cares Clinic will take place on Saturday, April 5th, 2014 from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm at Plano High School. Kendall Cares is a grassroots coalition of Christians across Kendall Coun-ty whose mission is to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of the community. Plans are currently being made to offer the following FREE services: Basic medical, dental, vision, and audiology screening Haircuts, nail painting, make-up application Family photography Clothing Closet Hot meal and Food Pantry Children’s Books The opportunity to explore services offered in Kendall County

Go online to: www.kendallcares.org and check out the volunteer opportunities. Please consider volunteering for this event as many volunteers are needed. Let’s

show God’s love to our neighbors!

The Women’s Bible Study Group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM at the church for Bible study, refreshments and fellowship.

Women of ALL Ages are invited! There is no pressure to “join” or do anything but come and enjoy! We hope to see you Thursday, April 17th at 1:00 PM!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 9:00 AM - Quilting 6:30 PM - Girl Scouts ? (basement)

6:30 PM - Worship & Music

2 9:15 AM - Book Club 6:00 PM - Soup Supper 6:00 PM - Confirmation Class 6:15 PM - Bells 7:00 PM - Lenten Wor-ship 7:45 PM - Sr. Choir

3 7:00 PM- Stewardship 7:00 PM - Property & Maintenance

4 5 9:30 AM—2:00 PM Kendall Cares Clinic @ PHS 3- 8 PM - Non-Member Baby Shower

8 PM - Set-up for Pancake Breakfast

6 Food Pantry Collection 7:30-10:30 - Pancake Breakfast 8:15 AM - Contemp. Worship 9:30 AM - Sun. School 10:45 AM - Contemp. Worship 7:00 PM - Community Lenten/Easter Concert @ First Baptist Church

7 Pr. Bruce Day Off 5:30 PM - Social Concerns

7:00 PM - LMM

8 9:00 AM - Quilting

6:30 PM - Girl Scouts ? (basement) 7:00 PM - Church Council

9 6:00 PM - Soup Supper 6:00 PM - Confirmation Class 6:15 PM - Bells 7:00 PM - Lenten Wor-ship 7:45 PM - Sr. Choir

10 11 5:30 PM - Golden Harvesters

12 9 AM - 2 PM - Pillowcase Dresses

2 - 8 PM - Non-Member Baby Shower

13 PALM SUNDAY - Procession 8:15 AM - WOV Worship 9:15 - Coffee Hour 9:30 - Sunday School 10:45 AM - WOV Worship

14 Pr. Bruce Day Off 15 9:00 AM - Quilting 6:30 PM - Girl Scouts ? (basement)

16 6:00 PM - Confirmation Class 6:15 PM - Bells 7:45 PM - Sr. Choir

17 MAUNDY THURSDAY 1:00 PM - Women’s Bible Study

7:00 PM - Worship - First Communion

18 GOOD FRIDAY 1:00 PM - Worship 7:00 PM - Tenebrae Service

19

20 EASTER 7:00 AM - Easter Sunrise Worship 8:00 AM - Easter Breakfast 8:45 AM - Easter Egg Hunt 10:00 AM - Easter Worship Service

Anchor Deadline

21 Pr. Bruce Day Off

Office Closed

22 9:00 AM - Quilting 6:30 PM - Girl Scouts ? (basement)

23 24 25 26 2 - 8 PM - Non-Member Baby Shower

27 8:15 AM - WOV (Blended) Worship 9:15 AM - Coffee Fellowship 9:30 AM - Sun. School 10:45 AM - WOV (Blended) Worship

28 Pr. Bruce Day Off 29 9:00 AM - Quilting 6:30 PM - Girl Scouts ? (basement)

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April 2014

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April 2014 Worship Volunteers

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APRIL BIRTHDAYS 1-Sherry Anderson Scott Ballinger Ryan Smith Porter Thrall 3-Doris Fowler 4-Valerie Lincoln Diane Kupp 6-Tammy Dettman 7-Emily (Albright) Schindler Lucas Maaske 8-Cael Schindlbeck 9-Matthew Papaeliou 10-Shirley Krause 11- Sharon Mikelson 14-Tristan Meszaros 16- Brian Corrado Cade Severson 18-Nick Vilmin Alan Pease 19- Cherrie Severson 22-Ann Hagemann Dale Torkelson 23-Jerri Lynn Baker 24-Mary Kay Pilmer 25-Lydia Boring 27-Billy Colbert Bill Howell Juanita Hatcher 29-Kevin Huhn 30-Matt Johnson

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

4- James & Laura Agajanian 5- Don & Martha Sampson 11- Jack & Kathy Koteles Tom & Robin Huhn 15- Robert & Dorsi Hubbartt

PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE AND LET US KNOW YOUR BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATE, AND WE WILL UPDATE OUR RECORDS. THANK YOU.

The world is a chaotic and confusing place. Prayer is the conduit that connects us to God and opens up the possibilities of direction and understanding. Pray-er is not just for pastors. All of God’s people are invit-ed to pray on the behalf of others. Please include the following members of the First Lutheran family in your daily prayers.

APRIL

1 - Stephen Tweedt 2 - Tim, Kathy & Ryan Tyler 3 - Bev Vilmin 4 - Weston, Dawn, & Nicholas Vilmin 5 - Randall, Sandra, & Sarah Walker 6 - Julie Warner 7 - Aaron Weeks 8 - Larry Weeks 9 - Jim & Carole Wehrs 10 - Sheryl Welsch 11 - Matthew Welsch 12 - Adam, Emily, Anna & Eliot Wennmacher 13 - Bill & Jamie Wetzel 14 - Terry & MaryAnn Whitney 15 - A. J. Widman 16 - Carol, Miles & Matthew Wilbanks 17 - Meghan Wilbanks 18 - Louis & Dorella Wilson 19 - Rodney & Jill Woods 20 - James & Laura Agajanian 21 - Don & Brenda Albright 22 - Margaret Albright, Luis & Liam Lomeli 23 - Bob & Paulette Albright 24 - Courtney & Aimee Anderson 25 - Craig & Sandy Anderson 26 - Jean Anderson 27 - Joe, Donielle, Landon, Leila, & Lyndee Anderson 28 - Travis, Barb, Nathan, Nicholas, & Scarlett Anderson 29 - Allen, Theresa, Evan, & Briante Bagg 30 - Don & Connie Baker

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Council Highlights – March 11, 2014 (see complete report on bulletin board at back of sanctuary)

Pastor’s Report - Pastor reviewed upcoming events: White Horse Band performing here on 3/29; Kendall Cares Clinic - April 5th; approved 4 days of Continuing Education for Pastor to attend Ecumenical Roundtable in Utah; Treasurer Report – typical expenses - but higher utility bills; Youth Director Report – Youth Training Mar 7-10 resulted in discount for Mission Trip; Worship and Music Report – Confirmation is May 4; discussed adding microphones to pick up Bells; encourage more member involvement in Committees; Property – Pastor’s computer replaced; fixed roof leak in large rental house; also—new water heater and stove installed in apartment which is now rented; Stewardship Report – met; no report; Social Concerns – discussed which shut-ins to visit; planned cookie distribution for Easter; Education/Youth Report – no report; Outreach Report – Photo Directory close to completion; White Horse Band concert set for March 29; Long Range Planning – no meeting; Executive – will meet before next Council Meeting; Old Business – took photos of new Council members; New Business – reviewed repairs to the house;

Next meeting: Tues, April 8th at 7:00 PM April Coffee Hour – Edie’s Team First May Coffee Hour - Outreach Committee

We are looking for volunteers to be on the Plano Rockin’ Christmas committee. Our church has been involved in the Rockin’ Christmas food

drive so if anyone would like to be on the committee to offer ideas on how too add activities to this event or assist with the food drive please contact Theresa Bagg at 815-786-5069.

Lutherdale Bible Camp is looking for male summer camp counselors for the 2014 season. Must be a graduating senior or college age student.

The season runs May 25-August 10th and they pay $210/week, plus free room and board. If interested, please fill out an online application at http://www.lutherdale.org/employment.html .

Pillow Case Dresses News Pillowcase Dress for Charity – The next day retreat to finish making the pillowcase dresses will be held on Saturday, April 12th from 9 AM – 2 PM. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the sanctuary. Bring your own sewing machine. If you do not sew, we will need people to cut the armholes and necklines. Also, please bring cash for Subway lunch. We are also looking for monetary donations to purchase bias tape and to pay for shipping. Thank you for your donations!

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Thank you for Supporting Youth The High School students would like to thank everyone for running, volunteering at and sup-porting the soup suppers. We are blessed to have such a supportive congregation

Donations Still Accepted for Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday School staff and high school students are busy stuffing plastic eggs for the Easter Sunday egg hunt. Donations of individually wrapped small candy (kisses, tootsie rolls, peanut butter cups, etc.) will be happily ac-cepted. Hard candy is not recommended, be-cause some of the children are too small to enjoy these. Thanks!! Sunday School Awards Sunday The Sunday School Awards Program will be held during the Sunday School hour (9:30 a.m.) on Sunday, May 18. This will be a great day as the children sing, receive awards and meet their Secret Pals. All members of First Lutheran, parents, grandparents and friends are invited to church on this special Sunday. At the program, the Sunday School Secret Pals will be revealed. Secret pals should plan to attend the Sunday School Awards Sunday so you can finally meet, face-to-face, with your secret pal. If you cannot attend on this date, please contact Kathy Benoit

Grant Application Mailed Out Scholarship applications were sent to all high school seniors. Seniors, please remember to return your completed application to the church office by April 13th. Mark Your Calendar - Sunday, April 13 – Palm Sunday Procession – both services Sunday. April 20 – Easter Sunday - Children decorate Easter cross after Sunrise Service and are invited to Easter Egg Hunt at approximately 8:45 a.m. There is no

Sunday School this day. Sunday, May 4 – Confirmation Sunday Sunday, May 18 – Awards Sunday – Secret

Pals Revealed Kids—Color This Easter Egg…

Sunday School Snippets

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WORSHIP TIMES Sunday: 8:15 AM 10:45 AM Coffee Fellowship: 9:15 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM

Communion offered at both services.

A nursery ‘area’ is available.

Pastor: Rev. Bruce Booher E-mail: [email protected]

Youth Director: Sarah Kuntzman E-mail: firstluthyouth@ gmail.com

OFFICE HOURS

Mon-Fri 6:30 am-12:30 pm Secretary: Ann Hagemann E-mail: churchsecretary1@ sbcglobal.net

Deadline for the

May Anchor: Sunday, Apr 20th! Be ready to submit articles by this date!

Return Service Requested

Wednesday Evening Lenten services - 7:00 PM -

thru April 9th.