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An integrated family journeying faithfully together, inspired by God’s grace,
guided by Christ, and empowered and sustained by the Holy Spirit
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Students and leaders from One Community and the Wesley Foundation in Savannah.
“Build Up” Savannah
March 2-9 students from One Community Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU
and the Methodist Wesley Foundation joined together for an alternative spring
break mission trip to Savannah, Georgia. Students and leaders worked to
“build up” raised vegetable, flower, and herb beds at the Midtown Miracle
Community Garden. Reflections and more photos from the trip can be found
on page 3.
Summer Youth Music Camp
Summer Youth Music Camp Students entering 3rd Grade through 5th Grade Cost: $60 per student
($50 for each additional student from
Advanced Summer Youth Music Camp the same family) Students entering 6th Grade and Older
Camp Directors: Janine Novenske Smith & Kristie Wiggert Application Forms are available in the church office or at: www.ulcel.org
Enrollment Deadline: Thursday, June 13
Mark Your Calendars . . .
Midweek Lenten Worship Wednesday, Apr. 3 & 10 Noon - Worship/Lunch
7 p.m. Worship
Egg Hunt Saturday, Apr. 20 at 10 a.m.
Easter Sunday Celebration Worship
April 21 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
9:30 a.m. Easter Breakfast
ULC Office Closed Monday, Apr. 22 - Easter
Youth Sunday Apr. 28 - 10:45 a.m.
Food Movers Thursday, Apr. 25
Fellowship Hall
Set-up 3:30 p.m. Distribution 4:30 p.m.
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Pastor: Holy Week ~ Special Worship ......... 2 Campus Ministry ...................................... 3 Family Faith Formation .............................. 4 VBS ~ Confirmation................................... 5 Forum ~ Book Club ~ ULC Library ............. 6 Music Notes .............................................. 7 Earthkeeping ~ Rebuilding ~ Security ........ 8 P & S ~ Change for Change ~ Kids Hope.... 9 President ~ Endowment Grants ............... 10 March Council ~ Lead Management ......... 11 Synod Assembly ~ Outreach Offering ....... 12 ULC Archives .......................................... 13 Celebrations............................................ 14 April Calendar ......................................... 15 Pub Theology .......................................... 16
LLuuxx April 2019
The newsletter of University Lutheran Church and One Community Lutheran Campus Ministry at Michigan State University
Monday – Friday, June 17-21 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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From the Pastor's Pen . . .
Holy Week, Don’t Miss it!
As we begin the month of April, we
move into the most important and
significant portion of the church
year – Holy Week and Easter.
The problem though is, so many of
us miss most of it! We’re at worship
for Easter, but we miss Holy Week.
We get the resurrection but miss all
that comes before it. And the reality
is, Easter makes no sense without
Holy Week with Maundy Thursday
and Good Friday!
Holy Week starts with Palm/Passion
Sunday as we remember Jesus’
triumphal entry into Jerusalem
riding a donkey. Our worship
includes not only a reading of the
entry into Jerusalem but also a
reading of the whole passion story,
this year from Luke.
Then on Maundy Thursday, after a
noon meal and again at 7 p.m., our
worship includes not only
Communion, but also confession
and an opportunity to come
forward individually to
receive and hear God’s
gracious word of forgive-
ness. The service
concludes powerfully
with a reading of
Psalm 22 as the altar is
stripped, recalling how
Jesus was stripped and
flogged after he was
arrested.
On Good Friday, our
worship is Jesus’ Seven
Last Words from the Cross, a three-
hour service that begins at noon and
includes seven 20-minute segments
that each focus on one of Jesus’ last
words. You are free to come for all
or part of the service.
For me, these services and Easter
are the heart of our worship life. If
worship on Maundy Thursday and
Good Friday aren’t part of your
normal pattern of worship, I really
want to encourage you to make
it part of your worship life this
year. To be honest, there’s a
mystery for me around Maundy
Thursday, Good Friday, and
Easter. I don’t fully understand
it. I’m in awe of how God’s
love for the world plays out in
these three days and Easter.
Maundy Thursday and
Good Friday worship are an
opportunity to be in the
presence of God, reflect on the
mystery of what God has done in
Jesus and the cross, and open
ourselves to the Holy Spirit working
in us.
May the Spirit be at work in you as
you worship this Holy Week and
Easter,
Pastor Gary
Join us for Worship
Holy Week & Easter Worship
Holy Week
Palm/Passion Sunday April 14 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. worship with the reading of Luke’s passion story. Maundy Thursday April 18
Worship with Communion will be held at 1 p.m. after a noon lunch of soup and bread. A second Communion service with stripping of the altar is scheduled at 7 p.m.
Good Friday - April 19
Seven Last Words of Christ
Noon-12:10: Prayer & meditation 12:10-12:30: “Father forgive them…”
12:35-12:55: “...today you will be with me”
1:00-1:20: “Woman, here is your son!” 1:25-1:45: “My God, my God why have you forsaken
me?” 1:50-2:10: “I am thirsty.”
2:15-2:35: “It is finished.” 2:40-3 “Father, into your hands I commend my
spirit!”
(Attend any or all segments)
Easter Sunday - April 21
Celebration worship at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Communion and special music
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Campus Ministry News
Reflections on Savannah
Alexandra Crisp: I went with One
Community on the mission trip to
Savannah, Georgia during spring
break and really enjoyed my time
there! On this trip we worked in a
community garden painting,
planting, and building plant boxes.
During our work days, we were able
to get to know Steve, the leader of
the Miracle Garden project. I really
enjoyed working with him because
of his positivity and passion for the
work that he does! Every time our
group would finish a task he would
smile a huge smile and say how grateful he was to have us
working with him. It was very rewarding to see the already
beautiful garden become even more vibrant after painting all of
the plant boxes. This was my second year going on a mission
trip with this group and I am already looking forward to next
year’s spring break trip!
Jack Walch: The Savannah spring break trip was the perfect
vacation from school. It gave me and everyone who went on it
the chance to both relax in a beautiful area and provide real
benefits to the community. I will never forget how excited our
Master Gardner, Steve, got whenever we completed something
for the garden. I think that all of us came away from that trip
refreshed, spiritually and mentally (if not exactly physically).
Eric Podolsky: The spring break trip was an amazing time to
make friends. Strong bonds were formed after spending so
much time together. There was always laughter and smiles to
be had. We also had a great opportunity to serve in repairing a
community garden. Getting to see the garden transform from
broken to beautiful as well as seeing the impact that we had to
a local community made this trip an amazing experience.
Claire Beutler: The spring break trip to
Savannah gave us the opportunity to
learn about community gardens and
how they serve people in the
community. We were able to build and
paint raised garden boxes, rebuild and
paint fences, replant trees, rake the yard
area, and make a bird bath seating area.
With a large group we were able to
accomplish a lot of small tasks that
made a large difference in the garden
space. Working together allowed us to
build and strengthen friendships with
each other.
Megan Kotnik: As we pulled away, I stole one last glance at
the community garden and was flooded with a multitude of
emotions. The rows of crisp white planter boxes put a smile on
my face as I remembered how amazing it felt to create a home
for someone’s plants with eight two-by-fours, four planter
posts, thirty-two screws, and a cup full of paint. A small laugh
escaped my mouth as my eyes fell upon the post diggers, rakes,
and shovels. The tasks completed with these tools were tedious
and boring, but the conversations we had while using them
were joy-filled and brought tears of laughter to the eyes of
everyone involved. Lastly, Steve, the community’s Master
Gardner and our leader in the garden, caught my eye as he
waved goodbye to our vans. Sadness flooded my heart as I
knew that our days working with Steve were over and we
would never hear his encouraging directions or delightful
laughter again. Throughout the ride home I thanked the Lord
for the opportunity to work in this garden and what it taught me
about faith. This experience showed me that with a kind God-
filled heart and a group of like-minded individuals, we can use
the tools that the Lord provides to create and maintain a
beautiful community garden of faith wherever we are.
Service Day 2 finished with prayer around the
newly installed garden boxes.
Service work included reinforcing garden structures and fences, painting, and learning to use power tools! Students and leaders also leveled a field and built six bamboo planter boxes. It was a time-consuming job, but the work ethic of this team was fierce! They wouldn’t quit until the job
was complete. Pastor Gary oversaw the digging and leveling of each post (5 beds x 6 posts per bed).
We thank our ULC community for all your faithful, financial, and
prayerful support that helps provide for this mission trip each year!
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Family Faith Formation
Chili Cook Off Winners
Diaper Drive & Soup Collection Our friendly competition between Team Tomato and
Team Chicken Noodle helped us collect over $200 and a
total of 163 cans of soup that were donated to Advent
House Ministries. Beginning with Souper Bowl of
Caring and throughout ULC Cares month (February) in
Sunday School, our congregation worked together to
TACKLE HUNGER in the Lansing area. Team Tomato
won by a slim margin ̶ Tomato 83, Chicken Noodle 80!
Thank you for your generosity!
Youth Sunday Our youth will lead us in worship on Sunday, Apr. 28 at
10:45 a.m. “For Peace in Our Hearts” is the theme and is
inspired by the “Kyrie” in setting eight of our ELW
liturgy. Our children’s choir will join them by singing in
worship, and our youth will share their experience from
Sunday School, Confirmation, and our synod youth
event “Charge,” in Traverse City Mar. 22-24.
College Care Packages - Cookies & Updated Student Contact Info Needed
Our Campus Ministry Team is accepting cookie
donations to be included in college care packages for
finals week. Homemade cookies are welcome (and will
be frozen prior to sending). If your cookies are home-
made, please include a list of ingredients with your
donation. Please contact Pastor Haley Vay if you plan to
donate cookies, so that we can keep track of donations.
Care package cookies can be brought to ULC anytime
during the week through Sunday, Apr. 7th.
A personalized note will be sent with each package,
encouraging students and letting them know that our
congregation supports them in prayer during finals. If
you know a student who would like to receive a care
package, please be sure we have their updated contact
information by checking our list or adding their
information at the designated display in the narthex.
Pastor Haley Vay
Kids, pre-K through 6th grade, join us for an egg hunt, Easter story time, snack,
craft activity, and a visit with the Easter Bunny! Sign up in the
narthex.
Donations of bite-sized candy are welcomed.
Place your donations in the bucket in the
narthex (Sundays) or
ULC office by April 13.
You’re invited to breakfast!
9:40 a.m.
Fellowship Hall Free Will Offering
Saturday, Apr. 20 10 a.m.
Rain or shine!
Easter Egg Hunt
Bryn Beaman (Best Meat-free), Loran Bieber (Most Unique), Libby Baswell (Tastiest), Melissa Andresen (Best Meat-Free), Steve Schafka
(Tastiest) Sandy Davis (Tastiest), Louise Harder (Most Unique)
One Community students delivered 2,500 diapers and 1,400 wipes to the Homeless
Angels diaper bank.
Louise Harder and confirmation students with 163 cans of soup that were donated to
Advent House.
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ROAR Vacation Bible School
“Life is Wild. God is Good.”
Join us for this year’s MANE event!
June 24-27
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Early Bird Registration
Registration opens Apr. 1
on our website
www.ulcel.org and
hardcopy forms are
available in the church
office. To secure your
child(ren) event T-shirts in preferred
sizes and to help us plan accordingly,
please register by June 1.
Registration is $10/child and helps
offset the cost of T-shirts and
learning materials used to nurture
growth in our children’s faith
formation throughout the week.
Volunteer at ROAR VBS
We have Crew Leaders for the
different areas of fun
and faith formation,
including Bible
Adventure, Craft &
Play, Snack, and
Stampede Sports—but
we still need your help!
Serving as a VBS
volunteer is a great way
to grow in your faith while leading
children along their own journey.
Volunteer opportunities include
morning registration and check-in
(Monday-Thursday morning), crafts,
snack setup, and shepherds to lead
groups of children from one activity
to the next.
Child Safety Checks We complete state and federal
background checks for everyone who
works with children at ULC and
these must be updated every three
years. We reserve the right to decide
if a volunteer may serve with
children based on the results of each
background check. Anyone desiring
to serve with children and youth who
refuses a background check will not
be permitted to serve—no
exceptions.
Please direct questions about VBS
registration and volunteer
opportunities to Pastor Haley Vay
Beaman ([email protected])
and VBS Director Nicole Greiter
([email protected]) or call
the church office.
Pastor Haley Vay
Confirmation News
Charge Weekend in Traverse City
The Confirmation youth,
Pastor Haley Vay, and I
attended the Junior High
Charge Weekend at Great
Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
March 22-24. The weekend
was filled with laughter,
worship, song, service, and
fellowship.
This year’s theme was
charging ourselves through
story. The keynote speaker,
Rev. Sunitha Mortha, used
stories from her life to teach
us more about diversity and inclusion. She brought
“Glocal” Musicians with her to give us a better sense of
bringing global thoughts together within one
community of Christ. We sang songs in English,
Spanish, Swahili, Korean, and Arabic. One of the
highlights of the weekend was
taking three of the band
members out for lunch.
Our service project was
playing Bingo with residents at
an assisted care facility. 36
youth and two residents
participated. Both residents
were named Betty and were so
touched we shared our
afternoon with them.
The weekend was a blast and
the youth, Pastor Haley Vay,
and I are now feeling charged to bring diversity and
inclusion back to ULC and East Lansing.
Louise Harder
Bingo at a Traverse City assisted living facility.
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Returning Speaker
April 7: Back by popular demand! MSU
Professor Amy Simon, the William and Audrey
Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and
European Jewish History, has devoted her career
to the study of first-person accounts of Holocaust victims,
and the way their accounts—diaries, letters, memoirs, and
postwar testimonials—depict Holocaust perpetrators and
the interactions between the two. Professor Simon’s
forum this past January was so interesting, we have
invited her back to talk in more detail about “what
students don't know about the Holocaust” when they
come to her classes. She will also talk about the
different classes she teaches, the different kinds
of responses she gets in them, and the types of
connections students make to their world through
their coursework with her.
Apr. 14: Pastor Gary - Introduction to the Narrative
Lectionary
Apr. 21: Easter Sunday - No Forum
Apr. 28: TBA
Linda Trevarthen
ULC Book Club
Michelle Obama’s Memoir
The ULC Book Club has chosen
Becoming by Michelle
Obama as the April
selection. From the
publisher: “As First Lady of
the United States of
America—the first African
American to serve in that
role—she helped create the
most welcoming and
inclusive White House in history,
while also establishing herself as a
powerful advocate for women and
girls in the U.S. and around the
world.
In her memoir, a work of deep
reflection and mesmerizing
storytelling, Michelle Obama
invites readers into her world,
chronicling the experiences
that have shaped her—from her
childhood on the South Side of
Chicago to her years as an executive
balancing the demands of work and
motherhood, to her time spent at the
world’s most famous address. With
unerring honesty and lively wit, she
describes her triumphs and her
disappointments, both public and
private.”
Join us on Thursday, Apr. 25 at 10
a.m. in the ULC Library.
Judy Kindel
ULC Memorial Library
New Materials in the ULC Library
Lent and Easter books are on the ULC Mobile Library
cart in the Narthex. You are invited to check out the
materials right from the cart. We have four new books in
the Adult Non-Fiction section:
Islam: What non-Muslims Should Know by John
Kaltner (297 Kal) From the preface: “The aim of
this book is to introduce non-Muslims to the basics
of Islam so that they will be encouraged to expand
and develop their knowledge of it. The six aspects
of Islam that are discussed here are central to the
faith and familiarity with them will form a solid
foundation upon which to build a more complete
understanding of the religion.”
Twelve Women of the Bible: Life-Changing Stories
for Women Today by Lysa Terkeurst (220.92 Ter)
Book Description: “In this twelve-session small
group Bible study, Twelve Women of the Bible,
Lysa TerKuerst, Elisa Morgan, Jeanne Stevens and
other leaders look at the spiritual lessons learned
from twelve biblical women and what they mean
for your life today.”
History of Christianity by Paul Johnson (270 Joh)
“First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s
exceptional study of Christianity has been loved
and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing,
and magnitude—‘a tour de force, one of the most
ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity
ever attempted and perhaps the most radical’ (New
York Review of Books).”
Quilts of Valor: 50 State Salute by Ann Holte (746
Hol – gift of Prayers and Squares)
Thank you for visiting ULC’s Library – either upstairs or
downstairs. There is always something new to see.
ULC Library Team
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Music Notes
How do you Control the Volume on an Organ?
Unlike many electronic items today,
the pipe organ does not have a
volume knob. The organist cannot
just make it louder or softer by
turning a dial. So, what do organists
do? There are a few choices. The
first is to change the registration of a
piece – that is use more/less ranks of
pipes or pipes that produce a
louder/softer sound. Changing from a
combination of Principals and Flutes
to just Flutes will reduce the volume
substantially.
Another choice is to use the Swell
(or Expression) pedal. This pedal
opens and closes a set of shutters
(like Venetian blinds) over the front
of a large chest/box containing some
sets of pipes. When the shutters
close, the sound is muffled by the
physical barrier of that wooden wall
of shutters.
Only certain ranks of pipes are in the
Swell “box” – usually those played
by the upper keyboard (manual)
which is also called the Swell. The
pipes in this chest with the shutters
are said to be “under expression”
because of the ability to control the
volume. The Swell box can be
anywhere from completely shut, to
open just a crack, to halfway open,
etc. When the Swell shutters are
completely open the full volume and
brilliance of the pipes is heard.
A third option is called Crescendo
pedal. This large pedal slowly adds
ranks of pipes as you push the pedal
open until all the pipes of the organ
are playing when the pedal is fully
depressed. Often there are little lights
like a bar graph that indicate how far
the pedal has been pushed so that the
organist will know how many ranks
of pipes have been added – or
subtracted if you are pushing the
pedal shut. The organist does not
usually have control over which
stops are added and in which order,
however, since this is most often a
set function designed by the organ
builder and can’t be changed for
different pieces of music.
The final option is used only when
the organist is serious about the
volume level! The Sforzando pedal
or piston immediately “pulls out all
the stops” or turns on every rank of
pipes that the organ has. It is
generally only used at the end of an
incredibly exciting, joyful piece of
music. The congregation will not
miss hearing a few measures of
music when played with the “Sfz”
activated!
Julie Baglien
Organist
The Swell Box with the shutters open
(top) and closed (bottom).
Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing
Spring Concert at ULC, Apr. 30th
Founded in 1980, the Arts Chorale of
Greater Lansing is a volunteer community
ensemble of experienced singers from the
greater Lansing area. Dr. Dale Bartlett, MSU
Professor Emeritus of Music, has directed
the group since 1983. The Arts Chorale is
celebrating its 38th season in 2018-2019.
The Spring Concert will be held at ULC on
Tuesday, Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
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Earthkeeping News
Earth Day and the Four R’s
Earth Day, Apr. 22 is a yearly
celebration of the natural beauty of
our planet and a reminder that we
must care for our Creation all year
long. It is also a time to revisit our 4
R’s, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and
Recycle, plus a new and important
one - REFUSE. The average
American throws away
approximately 185 pounds of plastic
per year and 50 percent of the plastic
such as plastic bags, bottles and
straws, we use just once and throw
away.
It is within our power to reduce the
amount of plastic we use in our lives
by refusing to purchase items with
excess packaging and one-time use.
Seeking out alternatives such as
reusable shopping bags, reusing the
bags we wrap our produce in and
using our own “to-go” containers for
water and hot drinks are some of the
ways we can reduce plastic in our
oceans and landfills.
April is a month of opportunities to
RECYCLE items which are not
collected in the regular residential
pickup or at drop off locations.
Recycle Rama on Saturday, Apr. 13
is Greater Lansing’s largest one-day
recycling event for hard-to-recycle
and hazardous items. This Ingham
County site is open every Tuesday
and Thursday as well. Go to
lansingrecycles.com and
facebook.com/MidMichigan
Recycling for a list of items collected
and what happens to them after
collection.
Meridian Township has a recycling
event on Saturday, Apr. 27 for
numerous items which are not
included in regular recycling pick up.
Go to [email protected] for a
list of acceptable items.
information on where to recycle in
all Michigan counties. Go to
www.greenmichigan and
www.recycle.msu.edu for additional
information.
And don’t forget that ULC provides
bins for most recyclable items.
Judy Kindel
Rebuilding Together
Join us for the 2019 Rebuilding Event
ULC’s “Rebuilding Together” team is
recruiting for this year’s annual one-day event
on Saturday, Apr. 27. “Rebuilding” is a
national charitable organization which, thru its
local chapters, organizes and finances teams to
perform home repairs for low-income elderly
and handicapped individuals. Teams from local churches,
businesses, and other groups are each assigned a home
and a list of projects.
Projects run the gamut from simple to complex, indoors
and out. We’ve mowed, trimmed and raked leaves,
cleaned and painted, added hand railings and
smoke detectors, fixed lights and leaky faucets,
built/repaired decks, installed new doors,
replaced sidewalks, re-roofed and “took out the
trash” (Thank goodness for dumpsters). There’s
a task for every skill level and the only
prerequisite is a willingness to help someone in
need. Contact Greg Hagbom or Jim Lorenz for more
information and to volunteer.
Jim Lorenz
Security Team
Increased Front Door Security
An access control system has
been installed on the ULC
front doors. Doors will remain
unlocked from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday
and on Sundays from 8 a.m.
to 1p.m. If you use the building after
4:30 p.m. or on the weekend in
April, the doors may be locked.
Staff, council, team leaders, and
outside group leaders who need
access to the building after 4:30
p.m. weekdays or on weekends can
obtain a fob (electronic key) from the
ULC Office Administrator, Britny, in
exchange for the outside door key
they may have and to review the
ULC door policy and a couple of
“housekeeping” rules.
Barbara Kissling
Security Team
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Prayers & Squares Chapter 163
Prayer Quilt FAQs
Have you wondered where all those beautiful prayer
quilts are made? Has it been a while since you visited
the Prayers & Squares sewing room? Do you know
how to request a quilt for a relative or friend who is in
need of our prayers? Would you like to take home a kit
to make a prayer quilt? The answers to these questions
and more can be found in our special sewing room
located in the Sunday School area at ULC.
A volunteer is usually in the room on Sunday mornings
between and after services. Come fill out request
forms, select a quilt and card for that special someone
or spend a few moments looking through photo albums
of our early history. Learn how you can become a part
of this ministry.
Our next regularly scheduled sewing day is the second
Tuesday of the month, Apr. 9. We’ll meet in the
Atrium in the basement from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Everything is supplied, so you only have to bring
yourself. Kits are already prepared and sewing
machines are available for you to use. We LOVE to
teach people how to make these vessels of prayer. If
you are unable to join us but would still like to help,
we have fabric to be washed and ironed, and there are
LOTS of quilt kits waiting to be taken for homework.
Please contact Bobbie Davis ([email protected]) or Ann
Booren ([email protected]) with any questions. We
look forward to seeing you in the Prayers & Squares
room.
Bobbie Davis
Change for a Change
Lenten Collection Due Easter Sunday
If you’ve already submitted your
Lenten donation to
“Change for a Change,”
thank you so much!
If you’re planning to
donate online or write a
check, remember to
make your payment to ULC and
indicate “Change for a Change” on
the memo/description line.
If you’ve been collecting your
petty cash throughout Lent, please
bring in your “piggy bank” on
Easter Sunday. Social Action
Team members will collect them.
Refer to the Narthex poster and/or
the March Lux for more details about
this year’s recipient: Women At
Risk, International, or visit their
website at warinternational.org.
Thank you!
Social Action Team
Kids Hope USA Update
ULC members have shown an enthusiastic response to
Kids Hope USA and partnering with Forest View
Elementary School in Lansing. Over 25 people
have expressed an interest in being a mentor,
prayer partner or scholarship provider.
I explained the Kids Hope program to the
Forest View teachers at a staff meeting in
March and they were very excited to have us assist them
in working with at-risk students. Teachers will complete
Student Referral forms and return them to me.
Prospective mentors have filled out a volunteer
application and a Lansing Schools background check
form. Each mentor will be interviewed for information
that will help in matching them with a student.
Mentor training will follow online and at ULC.
With Kids Hope we can change the lives of
students – one relationship at a time.
Barbara Kissling
ULC Kids Hope USA Director
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From the President
Our Gifts
This last Friday, Larry Cross, Sandy
Davis, Dave Wiggert and I, along
with Pastor Bunge, met with the
team from Fowler Organ Company
to discuss the site preparation for our
new organ. Jim Lorenz joined our
team, because it seems that Jim
always seems to know where he is
needed. Our discussion was about a
major part of the organ
renovation/update/new project that
was below the radar on our planning.
Site preparation is a tricky little
clause in the contract that we
apparently did not fully comprehend.
Our team met to discuss what changes needed to be
made to the existing platform in order to support our
beautiful new instrument. After much head scratching
and jumping on the old platform, we agreed that that
changes were necessary to prepare for our new
masterpiece. Looking at the schedule, we realized that
we no longer have months to plan. Without hesitation,
Dave, Sandy and Jim agreed to return that same night
and start the demolition necessary to prepare the base.
In a few hours our team accomplished
what would have taken one person an
entire day or a contractor several
hundred dollars. We had fun working
together and helped our church. We
benefited from Sandy’s nice circular
saw and Jim’s fine reciprocating
saw. Dave helped us look out for safety
and offered his institutional and expert
guidance, while physically contributing
to the end goal. As the junior member of
the team, I was in awe of this group that
steps up to help without hesitation and
has done so many times. As a
congregant, I am appreciative of the skills and abilities
ULC is gifted with.
Dave, Jim and I ended the evening at Dagwoods. I sat at
a table with two treasures of ULC and again felt great
appreciation for the many gifts our congregation is
blessed with. I join the excitement for our new organ
and take pleasure in having contributed some of my
gifts to the future music excellence of our church.
Brandon Baswell
ULC President
2019 Endowment Grants
Applications Now Being Accepted!
The ULC Endowment Fund has
money available for qualified
applications for both
campus ministry and
general endowment
grants. These one-
time grants are
intended to help ULC
members create and
have access to enriched
programs that are not typically
funded under the ULC operating
budget. The funds that support
the grants come from the annual
gains on investments within the
General Endowment Fund and
the Campus Ministry
Endowment Fund.
Campus Ministry
Endowment grant
applications for 2019
will be accepted now
with final review and
determination by Sept. 1.
General Endowment applications will be accepted
now through Oct. 31, with final
review and determination by
Dec. 1.
Grant applications are available
for download on the ULC
website. Please contact the ULC
Endowment Committee at
ulcendowment @ulcel.org for
further information.
Larry Wagenknecht
ULC Endowment Committee
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The ULC Council met on Tuesday,
Mar. 19 and the following are
highlights from this meeting:
Pub Theology will move to once a
month on the first Tuesday
Kids Hope has six mentors that
will begin in April at Forest View
Elementary
Pastor Gary and Brandon Baswell
met with Fowler Organ Company.
The organ will be installed by
Easter, but it will not be
functional at that time.
The Constitution and By-laws
Committee has met three times.
Brandon Baswell and Vicki
Anderson were confirmed as
ULC's voting members for the
Synod Assembly on May 16-18,
2019 in Mt. Pleasant
Sheila Nicholas will coordinate
the Easter Breakfast. A poster as
well as online sign up for
volunteers will be available soon.
Sheila Nicholas
Council Secretary
February Attendance
Feb. 3: 168 Feb. 10: 160 Feb. 17: 145 Feb. 24: 132
Lead Management Team Notes
Lead Pastor’s Report-Pastor Gary Bunge: All the
preachers are scheduled for Good Friday. In addition to
Pastor Haley Vay and me, they include Bishop Craig
Satterlee, Pastors David Dressel, Michael Anderson,
Julie Winklepleck, and Miriam Bunge. I continue
serving as Dean of the Capital Conference of our Synod.
Council President’s Report-Brandon Baswell: Will
reported that there was a difference of $919 in income to
the positive in the 2019 budget. Designated funds were
used to balance the budget. The budget year 2018
showed a net positive of $4,217.53.
Bicycle Ministry-Gary Garbarino: I have been in
touch with Rich Bearup at Friendship House re: two
bicycles that are ready to ride - a girl's single speed and a
women's ten speed. They're at my house and ready to go.
I am now working on two fold-up bicycles (they fold in
the middle, so they only take up half the room when not
in use). They are “vintage.” How vintage? They were
made in Yugoslavia, which hasn't existed since 1991.
Evangelism-Clarke Anderson: We are making
progress on the Free Little Library project. Initial
designs are complete and the Library Team is reviewing
those. The new ULC Brochure is under review and
revision with the Communications Team.
Social Action-Bryan Rahe: The food distribution in
February served 47 households.
Earthkeeping-Judy Kindel: Two of our team members
were at the presentation of the Consumers Energy $500
rewards check for the 50 Home Energy audits that ULC
did with partners at the Islamic Center and Haslett
Community Church. We are working on: 1. Finding a
local charity which could use energy upgrades at their
facility with rewards money from Consumers Plus
matching funds, and 2. Finding a speaker for an
environmental related Forum on May 12
Facility-Dale Romsos: Repaired leaks in three toilets.
Established new HVAC preventive maintenance
agreement with Myers Plumbing with an expected
annual savings of more than $1,500 versus current
agreement. Myers will provide ULC with pre- and post-
unit annual tune-up energy efficiency data that will be
submitted to the Consumers Energy Rebate Program.
Amy Wagenknecht
Jr. High Youth Charge through Traverse
City!
A special lunch with ELCA Glocal (global+local) Music Educators.
Wonderful worship and music during the large gatherings.
Sight-seeing in Traverse City.
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The Greater Church
North/West Lower Michigan Synod Assembly 2019
Called to be like Living Stones in a Changing World
May 16-18, 2019 Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel and Conference Center 2424 S. Mission, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
Registration is now open! To register, download and complete the registration form. Submit form and payment to the Synod Office at 2900 N. Waverly Rd. Lansing, MI 48906. To receive the early bird rate, registrations must be received by April 24, 2019. The final day to register is May 1.
Outreach of the Month
Synod Assembly Offering
The April Outreach of the Month
has been designated to
the Synod Assembly
Offering. This offering
will go with our voting
members to the Synod
Assembly in Mt.
Pleasant this May. At this time, the
recipient of this offering has not yet
been named.
Typically, the synod
assembly offering has gone
to ELCA World Hunger,
the Synod's disaster relief
fund, or a similar outreach ministry.
I suspect that this year it may go in
part to the Synod's newly created
Seminary Debt Reduction Fund to
help pay seminary debt for our new
clergy. As soon as information is
available, we will make it known.
Pastor Gary
Looking for a unique way to fill up your Easter basket? How about a goat
or some chicks?
Check out the ELCA Good Gifts page here to find a way to share the “Good News” for as little as $10. The cute
cards below are included.
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ULC Archives
Our History in the 70s
This quarter the display case in
the Narthex shows the events at
ULC from 1975-1979.
Following are some of the
activities that occurred during
this time.
1975 (Feb.) – 1976 (Aug.) –
Reverend Jack C. Kintner
becomes Associate Pastor.
1975 Apr. - Dena Cederquist
becomes the first woman on the
ULC council. Later she is the
first woman president of the
council.
May – A new time capsule is added to the one from Ann
Street in the altar. (Founder’s Day)
July – The Nguyen (n’WIN) family of 11 from Vietnam
is welcomed to ULC.
Dec. – The Campus Deacon program begins.
1976 (Sept) - 1977 – Reverend James Roseland begins
the intern program.
1977 - CVIP Board Meetings are held at ULC.
Jan. – Marjorie Zibbel joins the staff as Campus Staff
Assistant.
Aug. – June, 1979 June – Reverend Thomas A.
Peterman is Associate Pastor.
Nov. – A shared Thanksgiving service with All Saints is
expanded to include United Methodist and Eastminster
Presbyterian.
Dec. – An agreement is formed
with the Islamic Center for use
of our parking facilities on
Friday. ULC is welcome to use
their parking lot on Sundays.
1978 Mar. – ULC receives the final
payment from John Wesley
College, and now Shiloh
Fellowship assumes the land
contract for the Ann Street
church.
Mar. – Member, Evelyn Frost,
runs for Nat’l ALCE office.
Virginia Boyd is on this board
as the nominating chair.
Evelyn eventually wins this position.
Oct. - The oak baptismal font is bought back from
Shiloh Fellowship for $100.
1979 July – Jan. 1984 – Reverend Reed D. Schroer becomes
the Associate Pastor.
July – The Lam family of seven arrives at ULC from
Viet Nam.
Aug. – 1981 – Connie Miller is the Staff Associate. She
goes on to seminary and is ordained at ULC on Feb. 12,
1984.
Reverend Gustav Kopka Jr., who came in 1973, is the
senior pastor. Look at the display case for pictures of the
many staff members at ULC during this time and some
of the events that occurred.
The Archives Team
Food for Thought
Prayer or Proclamation?
Many have their heads
bowed, as if in prayer, when
we recite the Apostle's
Creed during the service.
But isn't it a proclamation of
faith, a heads up
declaration?
This was an observation I
read about decades ago in
the newsletter of another
church. We may have
learned the Apostle's Creed
long ago, but if we should
slip into an older version, it still is a
proclamation, and nobody will
mind.
Phyllis Andersland
Rev. Gus Kopka, Jr. with the Lam family.
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Celebrations
2 Abby Sadler
3 Gary Geisen
Betsye Prince
4 Loran Bieber
Jeff Thoman
Erik Dawson-Baglien
5 Lynn Spalding
6 Gordon Schafer
Annabelle Largent
7 Julie Baker
8 Brenda Stoneburner
Bryan Rahe
9 Annette Petersen
10 Kyle Saindon
12 Katie Jarrad
Beth Hoger
13 Lianna Greiter
14 David Wiggert
Karl Fritz
15 Maya Bubolz
Rachel Iseler
18 Maddie Tracy
21 Betsy Booren
Zoey Schmitz
22 Lillian Gallagher
David Nussdorfer
23 Steven Ribnicky
24 Joseph Anderson
25 Andrew Barnes
Ella Ann Marciniak-
Jennings
26 Kelsey Grant
27 Elizabeth Reynolds
28 Paul Milligan
Bob Schikorra
30 Al Booren
13 Lori & Jon Althouse
29 Dale & Darlene
Romsos
30 Jim & Jean Kocher
The deadline for the May Lux is Monday, Apr. 15. E-mail articles to Amy Wagenknecht at [email protected] and Britny Pollard at [email protected] or place them in the Lux mailbox in the ULC office. Articles may be edited for size or readability, but you will be contacted if significant changes are made. Keep those wonderful articles coming! Thanks!
Happy 103rd Birthday, Dorothy!
Dorothy
Louderback began celebrating
her 103rd
birthday with a serenade during
worship on Sunday, March
10th. During a
cookie reception organized by
Prayers & Squares members
she was given
many birthday greetings by ULC
members.
Thank You!
Bryn and I thank you
for your continued
prayer and loving
support as we prepare
to welcome our child home
and into our community of faith at ULC.
On Saturday, Feb. 23 we enjoyed a
beautiful baby shower, and were so glad
that our families could come together from
near and far for the joyous occasion.
Then on Sunday, March 10, our precious
Sunday School leaders hosted a shower for
all of our children and families to join the
fun! We continue to grow in our gratitude
for your generosity and thank God for the
blessing of this beloved community in our
lives.
Pastor Haley Vay & Bryn
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Reminder - Please contact the ULC office BEFORE scheduling your events. This will help you get the space you need and your
group’s event on the ULC calendar. Thanks!
Friendship House Classes at ULC:
Mondays 1:00p - English-Fireside Tuesdays 3:00p – Pilates-Atrium Wednesday 11:00a - Watercolor Painting Class-Youth Rm
Enhance Fitness classes meet M-W-F at 10:45a in Atrium Education Hour – 9:40 to 10:30a:
Sunday Forum – Fireside Room Sunday School (Age 2 - HS) – Basement Education Wing
1 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 5:00p Security Team-Conference 2 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 9:30a Lux Planning-Conference 10:15a Communications Team-Conference 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 2:00p Worship Planning-Conference 5:00p Constitution/Bylaws Revision Committee-Conf. 7:00p Pub Theology-Spartan Brewpub 3 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL Noon Lenten Study, Worship & Lunch- Sanctuary/Fireside 4:30p Lead Management Team-Conference 7:00p Lenten Study & Worship-Sanctuary 4 6:30p Bell Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 5 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 7 8:30a Worship 9:40a Children’s Choir/Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship 8 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 9 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 9:00a Prayers & Squares Work Day-Atrium 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 10 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL
8:00a Personnel Committee-Conference Noon Lenten Study, Worship & Lunch- Sanctuary/Fireside 4:30p Endowment Committee-Fireside 7:00p Lenten Study & Worship-Sanctuary 11 6:30p Bell Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 12 12:00p Enhance Fitness Lunch-Fireside 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 14 8:30a Worship 9:40a Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship 1:30a Sons of Norway-Fireside 3:00p Latvian Worship 15 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 16 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 12:30p Lychnion Circle-Fireside 17 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL
9:30a Amnos Circle-Fireside 1:00p Rhodon Circle-Fireside 6:30p ULC Council 18 Maundy Thursday Noon Maundy Thursday Soup Lunch-Fireside 1:00p Maundy Thursday Worship 7:00p Maundy Thursday Worship 19 Good Friday Noon Good Friday Worship-Seven Last Words (until 3p) 20 9:00a Freewheelers Breakfast-IHOP, EL 10:00a Easter Egg Hunt & Activities 21 Easter Sunday 8:30a Celebration Worship 9:40a Easter Breakfast-Fellowship Hall 10:45a Celebration Worship 22 ULC CLOSED - EASTER 23 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 5:00p Families Against Narcotics Board-Library 6:30p Families Against Narcotics-Fellowship 24 8:00a Mushers-IHOP, EL Noon Lectio Divina-Fireside 7:00p Confirmation-Fireside/Student Lounge 25 7:30a Assisting Ministers
9:30a Library Team-Library 10:00a ULC Book Club-Conference Room 11:30a ISM Annual Meeting-Fellowship Hall 3:30p Food Movers Set-up-Fellowship 4:30p Food Distribution-Fellowship 5:00p Constitution/Bylaws Revision Committee-Conf. 7:30p Senior Choir Rehearsal-Choir Room 26 5:00p Fridays@Five-Student Lounge 27 Arts Chorale Rehearsal 28 8:30a Worship 9:40a Faith Formation/Forum 10:45a Worship-Youth Sunday 29 MSU FINALS BEGIN 4:30p Tight Knit-Fireside 30 7:30a Tuesday Morning Bible Study-Fireside 12:30p Staff Meeting-Conference 5:00p Members in Ministry-Conference 7:30p Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing Concert-ULC
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Gary A. Bunge
Lead Pastor
Haley Vay Beaman Associate Pastor
Janine Novenske Smith
Director of Music
Britny Pollard
Administrative Assistant
Kristine Stuart Financial Administrator
Mary Letvenow
Event Coordinator
Kristie Wiggert Julie Baglien Organists
Louise Paquette Director of Handbells
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1020 S. Harrison Road East Lansing, MI 48823
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Change service requested
Pub Theology to Meet Monthly
Beginning in April, Pub Theology will meet once a month on the first Tuesday of the month. We will continue to meet at 7 p.m. in Spartan Brewpub.
Pub Theology is an informal discussion focused on four or five questions each week that often revolve around a specific theme. Spartan Brewpub has a kitchen as well as a bar so you are invited to order food and drinks as you wish. This is a great time for fellowship and to discuss matters of the faith. Come join in the conversation. Hope to see you Apr. 2 for beer, conversation and God!
Pastor Gary