7th sunday of easter, may 24, 2020 office@spanawaylutheran ......base will resume serving children...
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Spanaway Lutheran Church was awarded a
$52,960 Small Business Administration Payroll
Protection Plan loan. Thank you, Pastor for
discovering and researching the PPP loan
opportunity and Mary Herem for preparing the
loan application! It is a "forgivable" loan, and we
will communicate more about this soon. We will
use the funds from the loan for salaries and
related expenses for our pastor, office manager
and music ministry director, and to rehire three
Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) staff
who were laid off in April. BASE will resume
serving children on May 26. BASE will be limited
to the downstairs area of the building and will be
limited to no more than 20 children at any
time. In preparing to reopen, BASE is following
guidelines from the Washington State
Department of Health.
~ Church Council
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Lamplighter Weekly 7
th Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2020
Spanaway Lutheran Church
16001 A St. South – PO Box 1300 Spanaway, WA 98387
(253) 531-7000 [email protected]
During These Troubled Times
Overhearing Jesus
At the ascension we, like the disciples in
today’s reading in Acts, are left looking at
the sky. But in the High Priestly Prayer
(John 17), Jesus brings us back to earth. In
the prayer he speaks not only from the
perspective of the risen and ascended one,
but as the Word of God, now made flesh.
The prayer anticipates the accomplishments
of this Word, which does not return empty
(Isa. 55:11), namely in the fulfillment of the
“hour” of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.
It is as if Jesus has already ascended “to my
Father and your Father, to my God and
your God” (John 20:17), and has returned
to tell us something vital.
As we overhear Jesus, we learn that God’s
character and motive are identical to those
of Jesus, who has now, fully and
completely, “made God’s name known.”
We no longer have to speculate about the
nature of God. God’s purposes and love are
made known in Jesus. But we also learn
about ourselves. Jesus’ prayer frequently
mentions the “world”—the world at once
hostile to God and God’s anointed, and yet
also beloved of God (John 3:16). With
Jesus’ commissioning today we have our
work to do, to make God known in and
through Christ Jesus. The Living One works
through us as “words within the world,”
who no longer seek meaning among the
dead, but are empowered to make known
the vibrant, new reality of Easter.
Hours of Operation Church Office closed
Preschool closed BASE Mo – Fr 6 am – 5:30 pm
Food for Families May Serving Dates are May 10, 24 & 31
May 23
Saturday
pickup:
Steve
Blacksten
May 23
Saturday
setup:
The Luberts’
Readings for May 31, 2020
Acts 2:1-21 Filled with the Spirit to tell God’s deeds
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the
earth. (Ps. 104:30)
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Varieties of gifts from the same Spirit
John 20:19-23 The Spirit poured out
Elois Macdonald May 4
Stef DeZarn May 5
Sue Johnston May 6
Julie Michener May 6
Doug Schulze May 6
Adelaide Cordes May 6
Angela Aponte May 9
Taylor Aponte May 12
Isaac Drewes May 12
Charlotte Surridge May 13
Ruth Briehl May 17
Keoni Newman May 18
Sierra Martynau May 18
Arlan Williams May 20
Lori Gard May 20
Richard Wilson May 22
Kay Schimke May 22
Anthony Johnson Jr. (AJ) May 22
Roberta Dooms May 24
Jill Olson May 25
Glen Ruediger May 26
Larry Oty May 27
Mikel Michener May 29
Kim Wells May 29
Dale Schimke May 31
There will be NO birthday luncheon this month!
Our garden received a blessing!
Last week a wonderful neighbor named Kris stopped by
and donated about 3 to 4 dozen of vegetable starts
for anybody to use in our Community Garden.
She was very grateful that she was able to have a
place to donate them to and would only like for us to
collect the black starter pots her veggies came in, so
she can pick them back up.
You can find peppers, tomatoes, kale, broccoli and
cabbage by the storage container and you are welcome
to help yourself.
Thank you, beautiful neighbor! We appreciate you!
Spanaway Lutheran Church has received very helpful
documentation from the ELCA and our Synod on moving
towards a re-opening for in-person worship. These two
rather large documents will come to you in a separate
email, as well as being made accessible on our website at
www.spanawaylutheran.org.
SLC, together with many other churches, surely has a long
road ahead and many things to consider and prepare to
keep parishioners, guests and staff as safe as possible when
the day comes to finally re-open the building. Please know
leadership will work on putting wheels in motion and plans
in place so the SLC congregation can be back together
again for worship. In the meantime, please stay home, stay
safe and stay well!
God’s blessings, Stefanie
We would like to acknowledge Cheryl and Tim Drewes who,
working from home, practice and explore new concepts of
worship every single day. (Especially Tim who doesn’t have
to do this for SLC!) Those two are part of a small group who
have stayed deeply involved and who work very hard to
keep up a sense of normalcy and connection for the
congregation. Cheryl is also studying documents and other
materials about eventually resuming in-person
worship. She is very knowledgeable on this topic, as well as
many others. We are fortunate to have her as our Director
of Music Ministries!
~ Church Council
We are praying for…
Kim Cleveland sister of Angela Aponte lung cancer, MS, in stable condition
Family of Dave Pearcy friend of many at SLC Dave died beginning of May
Lenville Sutherland friend of Laurie Howe healing and strength
Angie Rivera congregation member cancer, recovering from
mastectomy, awaiting radiation
Glen Ruediger congregation member chronic kidney disease, dialysis
Kathy Olsen our BASE Director ongoing health issues, in-home
rehab
Richard Olsen father of Kathy Olsen health issues
Sami & Kaylee friends of the Howes recovering from kidney
transplant
Lori Jackson congregation member surgery to remove ovarian cysts
Richard Linder father of Cheryl Drewes COVID-19, asymptomatic, but
quarantined in assisted
living facility
Ealane Wollin congregation member cyst on spine, surgery on
Thursday
Family of Joey brother-in-law of Debbie Joey died of cancer
Drahos
Family of Raymond ex-husband of Debbie Raymond died last week
Drahos Drahos
Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer.
Spanaway Lutheran Church (253) 531-7000
www.spanawaylutheran.org
Contacts:
Pastor
John Schier-Hanson [email protected]
Office Manager
Stefanie DeZarn [email protected]
Director of Music Ministries
Cheryl Drewes [email protected]
Preschool Director
Ellen McCracken [email protected]
BASE Director
Kathy Olsen [email protected]
Council
Nancy Vignec, President [email protected]
Laurel Wright Osborn, Secretary [email protected]
Mary Herem, Treasurer [email protected]
Anne Briehl [email protected]
Glen Ruediger [email protected]
John Briehl [email protected]
Doug Hedlund [email protected]
Erica Lustig [email protected]
Office Hours Monday through Friday
9 am to 3 pm
Office is closed on:
New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day,
President’s Day, Easter Monday,
Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s
Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day