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and upload. So, it was actually week #5 of the quarantine when I got my first project done, which was putting a new utility sink in our basement.

• I thought I would make a dent in my stack of books, but I haven’t even had a chance to open even one of them.

• I had never even heard of Zoom before the quarantine, but now I spend 10-15 hours a week on Zoom meetings of one sort of another. I can hardly wait for the day when I can delete Zoom off all of my devices!

• Initially, I thought that we would be utilizing virtual worship for a couple months and then would be able to return to normal in the sanctuary. I even thought that the first Sunday we were able to return to the sanctuary for

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building; in fact, Cheryl had a few women who volunteered to help us. However, then the governor told us to work from home, so we didn’t get to clean and disinfect then.

• My original plan was the continue to record worship from the sanctuary with Janet on piano. However, then the Door County authorities told me that I should not be traveling up to Door County, so those plans got scrapped, and I had to turn an extra bedroom in my house into my worship space.

• I thought I would get to my notorious “to do” list since I was working from home. However, everything took so much longer than I imagined, especially worship which took hours to create, record,

I recently read the story of a man who was so bored during his quarantine that he built a picnic table in his backyard for the squirrels that live there. That way he could watch them eat while he was having his morning coffee. At first, I thought this was a spoof story. However, I did a little more reading and found out that this indeed was true. In fact, several strangers ordered their own squirrel picnic tables from him, and still others built their own.

All I can think is “how did he find the time?” Everything during quarantine seemed to take so much time. When society started to shut down back in March, I had visions of what it would be like: • I envisioned still

being able to work in the church office and had plans to spend time thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting the

Nurse’s Notes 2

The Home Page 3-5

Bay View News 6-7

Scholarship awards 8

Staying Connected 9

Season of Creation 10

Council minutes 11

Waiting 13

Birthdays/Anniversaries 14

Calendar 15

Inside this issue:

in-person worship would be a grand Easter-like celebration. However, as time went on and experts learned more about COVID19 and how it is spread, we clergy were informed that reopening for in-person worship was not going to be like that. There are actually a ton of decisions that need to be made in order to have in-person worship safely.

(Cont. on pg 13)

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Nurse’s Notes: Saying Good Bye

Bill, and playing with my little boys, who are not staying little, as much as I want them too!

I will miss the amazing staff I got to work with…. believe me- they do more than you can imagine and are awesome! I will miss you! Thank you for the privilege of serving you. Thank you for all the help, love and support you have given me.

Peace and Blessings,

LouAnn Brown

I have Blood Pressure records for about 50 members of our church. These are considered medical records. I would like to return them to you and not store them for years in the church. When we can meet again, I will be happy to give them to you if you stop in my office.

I will continue to work with the Grief Support Group, Healing from the Loss of a Spouse.

I am so looking forward to spending sunny days in my yard, flower and vegetable gardens, going for walks and rides with

As some of you already know, I handed in my resignation from the position on staff as your Parish Nurse. The first reason being the financial situation at church, and the second, and probably the biggest reason, is that I am ready to retire – Really retire, for sure this time!

The Divorce Care Program will be taken over for now by Pastor Peter at Tanum Forest. He will need a partner from BVLC to work with. I am hoping someone will feel lead to step into a leadership role to continue this important ministry for our community and church.

DATE: Tuesdays beginning June 9th-Aug. 25th 2020 TIME: 10:00 am – 11:00 am PLACE: Bay View Lutheran Church via Zoom It is not too late to join! See registration form two pages away. Contact Donna at youth@bvlc.org if interested.

Rally Day 2020!

Sunday, September 13, 2020 Plans are beginning. Ideas and

suggestions are always welcome.

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Bay View Lutheran Church

340 W Maple St

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

L. I.G.H.T. July 2020 THE HOME PAGE

ALL YOUR YOUTH AND FAMILY

INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFIRMATION

Deacon Donna Van Ramshorst Director of Faith Formation

youth@bvlc.org 920 495-0621

Confirmation will resume Wednesday, September 16th

At 6:00 pm.

Best of luck to all the students. A great big welcome to Confirmation

to the incoming 6th graders!

Check Bay View Lutheran Face Book page for daily devotions from Deacon Donna Monday-Saturday.

Stay tuned for any future summer events as the Badger Bounce Back

program progresses and we are able to meet.

Stay well, faithful, hopeful and grateful for all the Lord has

provided.

Every June, the hard work of Bay View’s high school seniors are typically, honored by the giving of a Blessing Blanket. 2020 has been a little different for all of us, and so this milestone was celebrated differently this year too.! Each Class of 2020 youth was presented their blanket in a one-on-one setting this year. Thank you to the Bay View Quilters for their hard work creating these memorable Blessing Blankets! Special thank you to Marilyn McAllister for helping deliver the blankets to the youth. Class of 2020, congratulations and best of luck in your future adventures

ELCA Youth Gathering June 27th - July 3rd, 2021

Will you be an 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th

grader during the 2020-2021 school year?

Are you looking for a fun week of faith and fellowship?

Informational meetings occurring the last week of

July. Email Dori at youthworker@bvlc.org to

schedule yours today!

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH

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A Prayer for the Month: Merciful God, we thank you for giving us rest when we are weary and the invitation to lean on you through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Mealtime Prayer: Lord God, we thank you for this gift of food that strengthens our bodies and your presence in our lives that gives rest for our souls. Amen.

A Blessing to Give: May the Lord bless you with grace, mercy, and steadfast love. (Psalm 145:8)

© 2019 Milestones Ministry, LLC. All rights reserved.

SAY, PRAY AND BLESS FOR FAMILIES

Important Dates Sunday School: Virtual VBS continues on Tuesday mornings at 10 am-registration form on the following page. Craft supply list is updated weekly on Bay View Youth FB page. Rally Day! Sunday, September 13, 2020 Confirmation: Confirmation will resume Wednesday, September 16th at 6:30 pm

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITY: COMMUNITY SHARING GARDEN!!!

Do you love to dig in the dirt? Do you love to see produce grow as you care for it? Are you seeking a service opportunity to do as a family while you social distance this summer? Here is a way to do what you enjoy as you care for others. We do not want to gather in groups there as we work, so a huge thank you to Paula

Wendland for agreeing to be the phone contact person. She will keep track of who is at the garden when, so just call her before you go to work/water there. Her number is 920 743-2183. We need some more

volunteers to water and care for the garden. Can you give one day a week, or a month? A great big thank you to those who have contributed by planting garlic, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, red cabbage etc. There is still

a little more room for things. The watering has gotten easier and only takes about 15-20 minutes of time. There is a hose with a sprayer on the side of church that reaches to the garden. To turn the faucet on there is a

faucet handle hanging in the trash shed to back of church. Please do not leave it on the faucet as we do not want the water turned on without being attended. A picture below of the progress of the garden.

Flat Jesus was there too!

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Bay View Vacation Bible School Registration

2020

DATE: Tuesdays beginning June 9th-Aug. 25th 2020 TIME: 10:00 am – 11:00 am PLACE: Bay View Lutheran Church via Zoom

Bay View is excited to offer our very own Virtual VBS all summer long! Students in grades K-5 are welcome to join Bay View Sunday School leaders and classmates via Zoom every Tuesday morning in June, beginning June 9 at 10 AM.

Together we'll explore God's Love through nature themed crafts and activities. In our once weekly, hour long sessions, we will have a chance to hear Bible stories, get creative, play games, and learn about special missions to do with our own families each week! Contact Deacon Donna at youth@bvlc.org or call at 920 495-0621 with any questions.

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Send this part back to Donna Van Ramshorst at youth@bvlc.org Student’s Name________________________________________________________________ Date of Birth ___________________Last grade completed____________ Parent/Guardian’s name_________________________________________________________ Email_________________________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________________ Phone: Home___________________Work______________________Cell_________________ Home Church__________________________________________________________________ Emergency Contact: Name___________________________ Phone_______________________ Permission for my child to attend VBS via zoom. Media permission to post images on Bay View’s two Face Book pages, Bay View’s newsletter and/or church website: Signature of Parent/guardian: ____________________________________ Date: ________________

(Please complete a separate form for each child)

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Congratulations confirmands!

BOOK CLUB

The July book discussion has been canceled. Bay View Book Club will next meet on October 7, 2020 to discuss the book, Sold on Monday.

The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs, and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes mem-ories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the conse-quences are more devastating than he ever imagined. At the paper, Lillian Palmer is haunted by her role in all that happened.

She is far too familiar with the heartbreak of children deemed unwanted. As the bonds of motherhood are tested, she and Ellis must decide how much they are willing to risk to mend a fractured family. Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and the unexpected paths that bring us home.

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Call Activity. After the creation of a Call Committee, Bay View has been waiting for the oppor-tunity to interview candidates for a new senior pastor. Our committee has done their job and our invitation has been pub-lished for a number of months. We are ready to talk with a new pastor, but we have not received any responses. The Call Commit-tee is in constant touch with the Bishop and will be looking for opportunities to interest pastors in our congregation.

COVID virus. For several months, we have been limited in our worship and our ability to keep in touch as the pandemic has caused the closing of many activities, including church ser-vices. Our synod has been care-fully watching the process and heeding the warnings of medi-cal professionals about the risk of infection from personal con-tact. For our part, we have

opened up video conferencing opportunities, posted news on our church website, and kept in touch by email and video confer-encing.

Pastor Beth is sharing new infor-mation and opportunities about worship opportunities. Also, the synod is helping individual con-gregations to create a task force to address reopening churches in a safe and responsible man-ner as quickly as possible. A Webinar is scheduled on June 16

th to look for solutions. When

we know more, we will share the news. Meanwhile, we will keep in touch with you with email and Facebook and video conferencing. We hope that joint worship can return to Bay View.

Yours in Christ,

Steve Kase, President Bay View Church Council

Following recent news from the Bishop and positive develop-ments concerning the COVID virus, we are planning for re-newal in the coming weeks. Three areas of concern at our council meeting this past week are important to review. Those are: the Budget, the Call, and the Virus. Each has a substantial impact on our future and each needs your support in finding a solution as we move into the summer.

Budget. In simple terms, we are spending more than we receive in gifts and donations. Curious-ly, the last two months have turned things around. Dona-tions and revenues from federal grants and loans are keeping us ahead for the time being. How-ever, we are looking carefully at cutting expenses where we can so that expenses don’t exceed our monthly revenues.

If anyone has a friend, relative, college, etc. that might be looking for a new pastoral calling, please ask them to check out our Missionary Site Profile.

Rick Wiesner

We just met ( via Zoom ) on Thursday June 11

th. We have

not received any names from the Synod Office to date. We continue to be hopeful, we continue to plan and we continue to pray. Keep this Call process in your prayers and please Stay Safe!

MESSAGE FROM THE COUNCIL June 2020

Message from the call committee…

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Ken Anderson Endowment Awards and Scholarships 2020

The Bay View Lutheran Endowment Committee met recently and has granted the following awards and

scholarships from the Ken Anderson Endowment Fund. A total of $29,765.00 was awarded in the follow-

ing areas. Congratulations to all the recipients.

In the area of Bay View Education programs: Faith Formation Deacon Donna Van Ramshorst and HS

Youth Worker Dori Arbter an award to attend the National Youth Workers Convention in Minneapolis,

February 4-8, 2021.

For ELCA efforts: award to ECSW of WI for the ARISE program.

In the area of Christian Vocations and Human Services Vocations scholarships were awarded to:

Tanya Blau - Carroll University

Ashley Sternard – Winona State University

Joel Sauer – Martin Luther College, Pre-Seminary

Jillian Jorns – UW Milwaukee

Anna Giblin – St. Norbert

In the area of educational efforts the following scholarships were awarded:

Claire Brauer – UW Madison

Stephanie Benton – UW Madison

Katherine Hartman- UW Milwaukee

Liam Herbst – Iowa State University

Alexis Wery - UW Madison

Kenzie Blau – Sturgeon Bay HS

Kimberly Church – Gibraltar HS

Kaci Duquaine – Preble HS

John Jorns – Sevastopol HS

Tyler Kroll- Southern Door HS

Alexis Maurer – Southern Door HS

Greta Meleen – Sturgeon Bay HS

Kailee Moe – Sevastopol HS

Aubrey Peot – Gibraltar HS

Mason Propsom – Sturgeon Bay HS

Amanda Puccini – Southern Door HS

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Dear Bay View Church Family,

How are you? We’re all wondering. Are you and your family feeling ok? Do you need anything? How are the kids? What’s keeping you occupied?

Take a moment to check in with us by submitting a brief update to the new section of our Church Newsletter…it’s all about YOU! Since we’re unable to see each other in person, sharing updates, announcements, stories, pictures and prayer requests is a great way for us to stay connected. Don’t be shy! Whatever you decide to submit, we’re all going to be thrilled to hear from you!

Greetings on this Monday, June 22. Our lives here at Pine Crest Village have changed like eve-ryone else. No visitors into the building, but we can see family and others outdoors here and that helps. I listened and watched the Sunday, 21

st

church service with Confirmation. I want to thank Pr Beth and the young folks in charge of the ser-vice. They all did a great job under difficult situa-tions. Bless them all, their parents and families. I certainly, among many others, miss being at wor-ship in the church, but since we ALL are in this together, we can ALL say, we know it will be bet-ter someday soon. “Hope and Grace Abounds!”

Delane Jome

Since the pandemic Bill and I have been staying busy to stay out of trouble. Bill with mowing the lawn, keeping the pool going and writing his novels.. I and my assistant spend most of our time out-side working in the gardens. Bill and I enjoy going for walks when we can! We are enjoying the time at home.

LouAnn & Bill Brown

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Season of Creation

devotions offered by four heads of communion

mate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

“I pray that these reflections will open hearts and minds to expe-rience our relationship in and with all of creation in new ways,” said Nicholls.

In the opening devotion, the leaders stress the significance of a collective responsibility in car-ing for creation. “Waking up to matters of climate justice and environmental stewardship are among the most important call-ings people have today. Over many years, through many voic-es, our churches have come to a growing conviction that loving our neighbour includes loving Mother Earth as a neighbour.”

“It is timely, relevant and exciting for our churches to join together in prayer, worship and reflection during the Season of Creation,” said Johnson. “With open hearts, minds and souls may we discern new actions and practices to show love for God’s creation.”

“In this season of activism as we seek God’s liberating, life-giving love for all, may these prayers and devotions inspire us to care for a world in which all creation can flourish,” said Curry. The relations among the four churches have moved more closely toward “mutual recogni-tion,” bringing into mutual rela-tion the two churches of “Called to Common Mission” in the Unit-ed States and those of the Wa-terloo Declaration in Canada. One notable feature of the agreement is that it cites the ex-perience of Indigenous people

CHICAGO (June 24, 2020) — The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Luther-an Church in America (ELCA), and leaders from The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lu-theran Church in Canada have prepared a series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020, Sept. 1–Oct. 4.

The season, which begins with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, is a time to join with the global Christian commu-nity in renewing, repairing and restoring commitments to God, to one another and to all of crea-tion. For the four churches, it is also a time for strengthening re-lationships with one another. Through Scripture, hymns, advo-cacy and action, the weekly de-votions, which begin Sept. 6, in-vite people to live out their voca-tion as stewards of creation.

“We pray that our actions as stewards of God’s good creation will continue to deepen not only in this season, but for all time,” said Eaton. “Even as our relations as churches are not bound by national or ecclesiastical borders, neither is our witness to the One who came to redeem all of crea-tion.”

In addition to Eaton, the devo-tions were contributed by the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, pre-siding bishop and primate, The Episcopal Church; the Rev. Susan C. Johnson, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; and the Most Rev. Lin-da Nicholls, archbishop and pri-

“not divided by national borders established by colonialist power” as grounds for expanding shared life among the churches. A Memorandum of Mutual Recognition (MMR) was ap-proved by both Canadian churches in July 2019. The 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly adopted constitutional changes embracing the Anglican Church of Canada, and in November 2019 the Church Council adopt-ed the MMR. Once The Episco-pal Church acts, the mutual recognition of the four churches will come into full effect.

The Season of Creation devo-tions are available here.

https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/8045

SEASON OF CREATION 2020

Renewing, repairing and restoring

our commitments to God, to one another

and to all of creation.

Weekly devotions for Sept. 1 through Oct. 4, 2020

Attending: Steve Kase, Interim Pastor Beth Macha, Lucille Kirkegaard, Karen Isensee, Dawn Corbisier, Andy Anderson, Jody Arbter, Connie Baudhuin, Karen Newbern

Absent: Renee McAllister

OPEN FORUM – None

Devotions: Jodi A, read highlights from an article written by Cindi McNenamin @ Crosswalk.com (4/8/2020) titled “What COVID-19 Is Teaching about Unity.”

APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Motion Made: Karen Newbern Motion Seconded: Andy Anderson Motion Approved with amendments to New Business, added k. CALL COMMITTEE

APPROVAL OF May 12, 2020, MINUTES: Motion Made: Connie Baudhuin Motion Seconded: Karen Isensee Motion Approved with amendment to add “k. Call Committee” to the MISSION BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

STAFF REPORT: Presented by Pastor Beth Macha Pastor Macha presented her monthly report. (Full report filed with council meeting minutes) Narrative Information for Council: • We have begun to record

worship back in the sanctuary, and we are trying a few new formats. On June 7 we are utilizing Facebook Live. On June 21, we will be utilizing Zoom for the Affirmation of Baptism service for our confirmands.

• My personal iPad is no longer able to record anything, so I

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Un-Approved Church Council Minutes

June 9 ,2020

3. I got a call from Forbes Funeral

Home wanting to know what our process and procedure is for reopening. They can now have services with immediate family only in attendance. We have some families waiting to have memorial services. Are we ready to open up to this? a. This item will be referred to

the Congregational task force on reopening our facilities.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

May 2020 receipts were $35,864, expenses were $25,013. We also received $10,000 Disaster Funds.

REPORTS FROM THE MISSION BOARDS AND COMMITTEES:

a. Worship (Karen I.) – no report b. Sharing (Karen I.) – no report c. Youth (Karen N.) – no report d. Finance (Lucille) – In the meeting earlier tonight, Steve asked: how much of the restricted funds money we could use for general expenses; accounts not tied to specific purposes.

The least restrictive answer is $85,000. This number excludes the Community Emergency Fund, Youth Fund raising accounts, the Youth Triennial Gathering money, BV Builds, etc. It does include funds such the Cookbook Fund where we ask the persons originating the fund for consent and Memorial Funds, some of which are designated for specific purposes.

Dawn asked if we could pay bills and salaries in July:

In our

have to rely on others’ devices to post worship either recorded or live.

• I have been going into the office about twice a week now that the Safer at Home order was struck down by the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision. Cheryl and I typically make sure we are not in the building at the same time in order to easily maintain appropriate social distancing.

For Council Review/Action: We need to make some decisions about how to move forward toward reopening the church building and in-person worship. There are three things we need to decide tonight: 1. The synod staff has requested

that every congregation put together a task force to put together a plan toward reopening. There will be a training via zoom with the synod office in the next few weeks to help make a plan. We need to decide if we are putting one together (which I would suggest we do), and then we need to put one together. a. A CONGREGATIONAL task

force will put together in the next week and they will attend an informational meeting on June 16

th.

2. Some of the groups which use our building are starting to inquire about using our building once again for meetings of less than 10 people. We need to decide if we are ready to do that – using social distancing and facemasks, etc. a. This item will be referred to

the Congregational task force on reopening our facilities. (Cont. on page 12)

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Council minutes (Cont. from page 11)

main checking account at the end of May, the balance was $55,000. This amount does NOT include the PPP money we have received which will pay salaries through June.

Expenses, including salaries, over the last two years have averaged about $28,000 per month..

Giving so far this year - NOT including the federal grant or the PPP monies has averaged about $26,000 per month.

The BVIII restricted fund account has $8400, enough to cover payments for 5 months (through January) after the forbearance ends in Sept.

So yes, we should be able to pay salaries and bills in July, and beyond.

Assuming giving and expenses remain approximately the same as they have this year so far, and having the $10,000 emergency grant. we should be able to cover expenses for the remainder of the year, hopefully, without dipping into restricted funds.

e. Property (Steve) – no report f. Evangelism and Media (Renee) – no report g. Personnel (Dawn) –

• Lou Ann Brown, Parish Nurse, will be retiring as

of July 1st. The church

council will make the decision to continue to fill the position, carry it on the books and filled at a later date, or eliminate the position.

• Paula Sullivan, Parish Bookkeeper, will be resigning from her position as soon as possible (within the next two months).

• Sunshine House cleaning contract has been terminated. The position will not be filled until activity inside the building resumes.

• Rewriting of the Personnel Practice Manual was brought up and Kerry sent out revisions to be reviewed by the personnel group for their input and legal advise.

h. Fellowship (Connie) – no report i. Learning (Jody) – • Affirmation of Baptism

will be recorded June 17

th at 6:30 pm and

posted to the church website.

• Crossways season has been cancelled.

• Fundraising ideas Bingo night (could

be virtual) Blessing Boot and

car wash. Held in the church parking lot. People could “drive thru” for a blessing from the Pastor and then proceed through

the carwash then leave the donation in a “boot” as they drive out.

• First VBS via ZOOM – June 9

th at 10:00 am

• Rally Day, September 13

th, Learning Board is

separating Rally Day from Service Day. Service Day, God’s Work, Our Hands is typically planned by the Service Board.

• New Church Garden – Donna is looking for volunteers to help water and care for the garden. Possible service points for the confirmation kids.

j. Service (Andy) – no report k. Call Committee –

• With no activity from the synod, the call committee has developed several strategies that we will be pursuing over the next 30-60 days. We will be attempting approaches that may be a bit non-traditional that hopefully will bring attention to our needs, which in turn may bring a candidate to us.

NEW BUSINESS: a. Building Use Requests

• City fall voting – referred to the Congregational Task Force

• Jazzercise to use parking lot – Council approved

Waiting Ann Marie Heinz

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PASTOR BETH CONT’D

The good news is that we finally have a task force in place to explore what we have to do in order to reopen for in-person worship. We are working diligently to make some decisions about in-person meetings, in-person worship, and weddings and funerals in the sanctuary. As soon as those decisions are in place, we will communicate them with the whole congregation.

I found a quote from John Ortberg, a Presbyterian pastor in California, about waiting:

Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.

No matter what is going on in our lives, God has his plan for us in play. We Christians don’t have to wait for God, he is with us all the time. Say a prayer. Do a good deed. No waiting on the road to heaven; just living on God’s schedule.

Cont. from pg 1

We’ve had some of our recent Sunday services aired live from the Sanctuary. It was good to see the inside of the church again. It was good to see Pastor Beth behind the altar and hear Janet at the piano. It makes me want to get back into that building. But we can’t, not yet.

So we wait. Bay View is also working to call a permanent pastor. According to the synod, there are very few candidates and so far we have received no persons to consider.

So we wait. Some of us wait better than others. Instead of just spinning our wheels, many of us have found ways to use time constructively. We do good deeds. Anytime we can do something positive, we are not just waiting; we are living! We are following God’s instruction to care for one another.

As I begin this article I am waiting for a return call from the doctor. I’ve been dealing with a painful sciatica issue this past week and called the doctor early this morning to see if he could suggest a safe but effective dose of Ibuprofen for the pain. The dosage on the bottle is just not doing the trick.

So I wait. Waiting is the worst, isn’t it? I don’t know anyone who likes to wait. Even when we are waiting for something unpleasant (like a surgery or a dental procedure) we just want to get to it and get it over with.

The world has been waiting for months for COVID 19 to be taken care of. We wait for the news of a vaccine and an effective treatment. We wait to get the all clear that we can go about our lives without fear of contracting that particular disease. We don’t have that yet. So we wait. While the scientific world is working toward answers, we wait.

I hope to see you all sooner rather than later. In the meantime, please know that the church staff continues to work and to keep us connected. Please feel free to contact me. My e-mail address is pastorbeth@bvlc.org. You can also call or text my cell phone: 920-562-2853.

In Christ’s Service, Pastor Beth Macha

EXECUTIVE SESSION ON EMPLOYMENT MATTERS

Announcements: Next meeting date and time: July 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm, meeting to be conducted by ZOOM video conferencing.

Devotions for next meeting: Dawn Corbisier

Visitor Articles (including council meeting minutes) are due to Cheryl by June 15, 2020.

referred to the Congregational Task Force on COVID19

d. ELCA reopening task force email • See Pastor Beth’s

report and will be referred to the Congregational Task Force on COVID19

OLD BUSINESS: a. Activities and Projects for

2020 – no discussion

b. Outreach Opportunities committee – would like to combine the Service mission board and the Fellowship mission board into the Outreach Opportunities mission board. Andy and Connie are the council liaisons working with Becky Brown.

c. Return to Worship • See Pastor Beth’s

report and will be

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Council minutes (Cont. from page 12)

Because so many communities are canceling their July 4th celebrations, Janet and I are working on some-thing special to celebrate Independence Day. On Sunday, July 5th at 6:00 pm, we will be holding a Praise and Prayer Service in the Bay View Church parking lot, weather permitting (we don’t have a rain date cho-sen).

• park in the parking lot

• leave a car’s width between your car and the next car (you will have to use your best judgment because the parking lot is not lined - 8 1/2 feet is typical)

• open your car window

• you might want to wear a mask because of the open car window

Praise

and

prayer service

Sat-July 4 Independence Day

Sun-July 5 Worship virtually 7:00pm WDOR Broadcast

Mon-July 6 5:00pm Zoom Staff meeting 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Tues-July 7 10:00am Virtual VBS 1:00pm Bible Study

Thurs-July 9 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Sat-July 11 8:00am Parking lot Jazzercise

Sun-July 12 Worship virtually 7:00pm WDOR Broadcast

Mon-July 13 5:00pm Zoom Staff meeting 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Tues-July 14 10:00am Virtual VBS 7:00pm Zoom church council

Thurs-July 16 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Sat-July 11 8:00am Parking lot Jazzercise

Sun-July19 Worship virtually 7:00pm WDOR Broadcast

Mon-July 20 5:00pm Zoom Staff meeting 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Tues-July 21 10:00am Virtual VBS 3:00pm Zoom LEM

Thurs-July 23 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Sat-July 11 8:00am Parking lot Jazzercise

Sun-July 26 Worship virtually 7:00pm WDOR Broadcast

Mon-July 27 5:00pm Zoom Staff meeting 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise

Tues-July 28 10:00am Virtual VBS 7:00pm Zoom Learning Board

Thurs-July 30 5:30pm Parking lot Jazzercise ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD EITHER BY TELECOFERENCE OR VIRTUALLY (ZOOM OR ANOTHER FORM)

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Are you able to drive? Would you be willing to take your neighbor to an appointment? Helping your neighbors get where they need to go is what the Door-Tran Volunteers do best and we are looking for a few more drivers that are willing to join us. Our volunteers choose their availability, driving once a week or maybe only once a month. The schedule is flexible, you are reimbursed for your mileage, and best of all you get to make a difference in the lives of the members of your community. Please call Door-Tran at 920-743-9999 or visit www.Door-Tran.org for more information.

Phone: 920-743-4705 Fax: 920-743-4079 bayview@bvlc.org

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