January 2018

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Dear Family:

2017 SCF Management Board Summary

from outgoing President Patty Klascius

In wrapping up the 2017 Board year, I first want to

thank the faithful and industrious members of our current

board: outgoing member Chris Hamilton, who, in an effort

to lighten our administrative pastor’s duties, took on the

job of recording secretary for our Board this last year; with

one year still to serve, Cliff Erikson, who served as the

Board’s liaison to the Finance and Endowment commit-

tees; and Joe Huseonica, who, as vice-president of the

Board this year, will be your president in 2018. Joe

served as liaison to our International/National Ministries

chair and also was our External Communications liaison.

In addition, he continues developing and guiding our Sen-

iors Care ministry. With two years still remaining on the

Board, Gene Bennington stepped up to be our facilities

representative with HTCC, further lightening our adminis-

trative pastor’s duties in that area. Dave Buhaly stepped

up to be the Board’s liaison with our largest ministry, UP-

CAP, as well as being our liaison to the Worship Commit-

tee. Sandra Kendle became our liaison to Good News and

our revitalized Membership/Welcome committee. In addi-

tion our three ex-officio members, Senior Pastor Nancy

Green, Associate/Administrative Pastor Rob Pearson and

Board Treasurer Jenny Long contributed countless hours

in their traditionally-defined duties to our congregation,

and more. We had an engaged and productive board, and

I thank you all.

As most are aware, budget monitoring and building is-

sues continued, for the second year, to be one of our high-

est priorities, as stewardship is one of the top responsibili-

ties of any non-profit board. We modified our meeting

dates to receive the most up-to-date monthly financial

figures, and monitored them closely. We are projected as

of this writing to finish in the black. In building our 2018

budget we were able to cover our anticipated increased

operating and payroll expenses, and fund our 26 minis-

tries (within Good News, National/International and UP-

CAP) at the same level as 2017, based on the 2018

pledges, non-pledge contributions, and historical plate

offering revenue, thanks to your generosity.

Our current lease with HTCC ends on Dec. 31, 2019.

We entered into talks with HTCC which stalled early on,

but we have been approached by their finance chairman

this month (December), and expect to be able to in faith

negotiate a new lease, easing our concerns about where

we might be in the future. Our lease negotiating team con-

sists of upcoming Board President Joe Huseonica, Cliff

Erickson, Pastor Nancy Green and Treasurer Jenny Long.

With last year’s by-law changes, a new system of inter-

acting with our various ministries and their programs

was implemented. Working together, the ministry chairs

and board liaison promulgated 32 Ministry descriptions,

with lists of calendared tasks that each ministry per-

forms in order to fulfill their duties. An additional 5 paid

job descriptions were produced or revised

(Administrative Assistant, Keyboardist, Handbell Direc-

tor, Sound Technician, and Webmaster). The goal of this

endeavor was to help with transitions of leadership

when ministry chair and/or paid positions became open.

It was a massive undertaking, but also helped to

strengthen a relationship with the Board to the minis-

tries and vice versa. I hope these documents will remain

vital through at least annual updating.

We wanted to insure that both internal communica-

tions with members (handled competently by Rob Pear-

son and Jan Tuckerman through monthly newsletters, e-

mails, bulletin announcements, etc.) and external com-

munications (flyers, community outreach announce-

ments, website, etc.) were current, substantive, and

helpful. Appointed in September, new co-chairs for Ex-

ternal Communications, Mark and Cindy McConnell,

have gotten us off to a great start in our continued effort

to become more visible in the community. I hope you

saw their article in the December Scene (page 31). Rog-

er Smith contributes his skills as our Webmaster.

Finally, as alluded to in prior paragraphs, the Board

endeavored to re-allocate some of the many responsibil-

ities of our administrative pastor, allowing him to con-

centrate more on his areas of preference and great ex-

pertise, namely music, education and scholarship. A

Board member took over producing the minutes of the

Board meeting; we appointed a Board member to be the

facilities liaison with HTCC; we sought and obtained

from volunteer congregants additional office help in

“crunch” time, such as production of the annual report,

etc.

My sincerest apologies for not being able to be with

you at the annual meeting. It was the only meeting that I

was not able to make this entire year, but the date was

dictated by our by-laws and when the budget and year-

end financials would be available. You will be in good

hands with your 2018 Board.

In God’s Work,

Patty Klascius

2017 SCF Management Board President

SCF Annual Meeting

Sunday, January 28, 2018

11:30 am

HTCC Sanctuary

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January 7: The 1st Sunday after the Epiphany

Celebrant: The Rev. Nancy Green

Altar Guild: Jan Bull, Jeana Emerson, Dorothy Theodorson,

Harriet Yandt

Lector: Janice Dost

Chalice Bearers: Jenna Emerson, Sallie & Dave Hennessy,

Patty Smith, Dorothy Theodorson

Greeter: Randy Heise

Ushers: Dave Buhaly, Nancy & Richard Farnham,

Diana Swenson Audio: Ryan Lewis—Intros: Richard Farnham

Eucharistic Visitors: Nancy Green & Anne Irving

Coffee: Jane Boubel & Mal Murphy

January 14: The 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany

Celebrant: The Rev. Paul Barthelemy

Altar Guild: Karen Carmichael, Brenda Chapin,

Alice Hanson, Clara Smith, Patty Smith

Lector: Joe Huseonica

Chalice Bearers: Karen Carmichael, Brenda Chapin,

Alice Hanson, Clara Smith, Patty Smith,

Joe Huseonica Greeter: Vicki Udlock

Ushers: Joan Lewis, Dorothy & Rob Theodorson,

Bob Vogel

Audio: Ryan Lewis—Intros: Bob Vogel

Coffee: Chris & Steve Hamilton

January 21: The 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Celebrant: The Rev. Nancy Green

Altar Guild: Susan Huseonica, Anne Irving,

Dorothy Theodorson

Lector: Gary Carlson

Chalice Bearers: Shirley & Gary Carlson, Susan Huseonica,

Anne Irving, Dorothy & Rob Theodorson

Greeter: Stan Porter

Ushers: Carole & Andy Elsbree, Sandra Kendle,

Sandra Rodgers

Audio: Ryan Lewis—Intros: Andy elsbree

Coffee: Vicki & Don Udlock

January 28: The 4th Sunday after the Epiphany

Celebrant: The Rev. Nancy Green

Altar Guild: Doris Brannan, Gail Drew, Linda Salzer

Lector: Margaret Beard

Chalice Bearers: Jan & Bergen Bull, Stacey Pyatt,

Linda & John Salzer

Greeter: Janice Dost

Ushers: Cathy Feier, Michelle Skoglund, Bonnie & Skip Smith

Audio: Ryan Lewis—Intros: Skip Smith

Coffee: Patti & Roger Smith

February 4: The 5th Sunday after the Epiphany

Celebrant: The Rev. Nancy Green

Altar Guild: Jan Bull, Jeana Emerson, Dorothy Theodorson,

Harriet Yandt

Lector: Karen Newcomb

Chalice Bearers: Jan & Bergen Bull, Jeanna Emerson,

Linda & John Salzer, Harriet Yandt

Greeters: Nancy & Richard Farnham

Ushers:

Audio: Ryan Lewis—Intros: John Lysaker

Coffee:

▪ William Lamberton—grandson of Sandra Rodgers,

in long-term recovery; assault

▪ Aedan—greatgrandson of Karen Newcomb,

birth defect

▪ Nat Collier—fighting prostate & bone cancer

▪ Wen Drew

▪ Marlys Lysaker—fighting cancer

▪ David Wayland—fighting cancer

▪ Patsy Christopher—fighting cancer

▪ Laura Webb—battling health issues

▪ Andrew & Nicholas Barthelemy

▪ Michael Christopher—brother of Chuck Christopher;

interstitial fibrosis

▪ Al & Karen Tweit

▪ Brian Weber—son of Larry & Susan Weber;

liver weakness

▪ Susan Weber—dealing with Parkinson’s

▪ Bernadine & Jim Foster—cancer & heart issues

▪ Maxford—grandson of Harriet & Max Yandt;

Acute Transverse Myelitis ▪ Charlene—sister of Chuck Carey; fighting cancer

▪ Bonnie Gregory—sister of Barbie Seesler;

recovery from a stroke

▪ Ellen Rau—fighting cancer

▪ Jim Adams—recovery from surgery

▪ Carol Thomas—recovery from surgery

▪ Danny Pearson—recovery from ankle surgery

▪ Anna—mother of Carolyn Pearson

Schedule of Upcoming Services—January

ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY

JANUARY 28 11:30 a.m.

SCF’s Annual Church Business Meeting will

be held on Sunday, January 28 following

the worship service. Approval of the 2018

Budget and Confirmation of Management

Board and Nominating Committee candi-

dates are included on the agenda. Copies

of the “Proposed 2018 Budget” will be

available a week prior to this meeting.

ANNUAL REPORTS DUE

All ministry areas wishing to include a re-

port in the “2017 Annual Report” need to

submit their reports to the church office by

Friday, January 10. Please send them as an

email attachment if at all possible: sun-

rivercf@gmail.com.

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Ministry Team Leaders — 2017

SCF Management Board — 2017

The Rev. Nancy

Sargent Green

Senior Pastor

Dr. Robert

Pearson

Associate Pastor:

Worship &

Administration

Jan Tuckerman

Administrative

Assistant

Congregational Care

Pastor Nancy Green

Stephen Ministry Ted Searle

Senior Ministry Joe Huseonica

Communications Cindy & Mark

McConnell

Education Rob Pearson

Evangelism Shirley Smith

Membership/Welcome Jan Bull

Gail Drew Linda Salzer

Outreach Jane Boubel—UPCAP

Gary Carlson—National & International

Scholarship Program

Rob Pearson

Stewardship Jim Adams

Worship Rob Pearson

Patty Klacius

President

Joe Huseonica

Vice President

Chris Hamilton

Secretary

Jenny Long

Treasurer

Gene Bennington

Dave Buhaly

Cliff Erickson

Sandra Kendle

Transformed to Love & Serve -- the Goal of the Education Ministry of SCF

Ongoing Groups: These groups continue to meet throughout the year Feminine Spirituality Group

Mondays, 10:00 a.m.-noon, HTCC Dining Room.

The Book of JOY: by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Contact Jane Boubel or Shereda Benfield for more details

All women are invited even if you have not previously attended

Men of Faith Group

topics evolve related to interest.

Sunriver Nature Center, Pozzi Building; Coffee available, $3.00

Tuesdays; 7:30-8:30 a.m. Contact: Frank Brocker (541-593-7396)

Men’s Bible Study Group

Currently studying the Book of Matthew

Wednesday, 10-11:30 a.m.; HTCC Library

Contact: Steve Hamilton: doctorssh@yahoo.com; 541-520-9376

January 2018

SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE

The Partnership in Education Scholarship Committee recently awarded a partial Dora

R-Good Neighbor Scholarship to Sam Wieber. Sam was a recipient of a youth scholar-

ship in the spring of 2014. After attending community college during the 2014-2015

year, he still felt very uncertain as to what he wanted to pursue as a career. He decid-

ed to drop out of school for a while and became involved with YWAM (Youth with a Mis-

sion) where he received training and overseas missions experience. Earlier this year he

was involved in a short-term ministry in Pittsburgh. These experiences confirmed that

God was leading him into vocational Christian ministry. He applied and was accepted

at the REACH Training Institute located in Salem, Oregon, and just recently completed

his first term.

Sam’s older sister, Hannah, was a SCF scholarship recipient and a recent graduate

of Oregon Institute of Technology as a Dental Hygienist. She is currently employed in a

dental office in La Pine. Some of you may remember that Hannah was one of our

speakers this past spring at the scholarship fundraising dinner.

We are delighted to assist Sam and look forward to his personal growth and voca-

tional development in the years ahead.

With this scholarship, Partnership in Education awarded $29,900 in scholarship

funds distributed among 18 recipients. This brings our total amount in scholarship

awards over seven years to $137,850. Thank you for your continued support of this

outreach effort.

NEW CLASSES OFFERED

Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy: Beginning Tuesday, January

16, and going for 10 weeks, 10 a.m.-Noon, Jodie Bischof will be leading a

discussion Bible study of the Old Testament book of Daniel. Weekly DVD

presentations by Beth Moore are included in each session. Cost of the

Participant Guide is $17 and can be obtained in the church office. The

class will meet in the HTCC Children’s Chapel.

Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture: Pastor Rob will be lead-

ing a 6-week study on this topic. Each session includes a DVD presenta-

tion by the Old Testament scholar, Dr. Walter Brueggemann, followed by

group discussion. Printed handout materials will be available for each ses-

sion. The dates are Sundays following the morning service, February 4-

March 11, 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the HTCC Children’s Chapel.

SCF MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING

The SCF Management Board meets once a

month on a Wednesday in the HTTC dining

room from 2:30-4:00 p.m. These meetings

are open to all. The next board meeting is

January 24.

Financial Report as of November 30, 2017

Actual Jan.-Nov 2017 Budget Jan.-Nov. 2017

Income $292,843 $282,436

Expenses $277,171 $278,938

Net Income $ 15,672 $3,498

February Newsletter Deadline: January 24 Please send articles to

Jan Tuckerman: jtuckeman@chamberscable.com

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DIRECTORY UPDATE

Edith Parrish: new address:

3802 Hayes St., #128

Newberg, OR 97132

same phone and email

Tom & Claire Ped: new address

61530 Tam McArthur Loop

Bend, OR 97702

Same phone and email

Bill Taylor: new California address:

1021 Fuller St

Santa Ana, CA 92701

Same phone and email

SHEPHERD OF THE MOUNTAINS ANNUAL MEETING

Lutheran Council President, Dave Buhaly, has set the date of

Sunday, Jan. 21 as the date of the Shepherd of the Mountains

Lutheran Church annual meeting. It will be held after the SCF

Worship Service on that date. On the agenda will be the elec-

tion of officers and a discussion of the Oregon Synod gathering

for 2018 which will include several one-day meetings at differ-

ent locations across the state. One will be in Bend. Other agen-

da items will be discussed. Please join us after the service in

the Children’s Chapel. Grab your coffee and cookies and join us

for this short, but important, meeting.

NEW SCF MEMBERS

Welcome two new members to SCF who are

sisters, Gail Grauer and Grace Phillips. Their fa-

ther was a Lutheran minister with six children

and they have lived in Idaho, Washington and

Oregon. Grace has been here since 1972 and

has worked many jobs at the Sunriver Lodge,

some construction work, US Postal Service deliv-

ery and the Marketplace where she is most famil-

iar to us. Grace has a second job called Gracious

Fixings where she is a "Jack of all trades" for peo-

ple wanting many different things done. Grace is

an accomplished seamstress and now loves

walking with her new knee!

Gail is well known from seven years at the High

Desert Museum and now seven years at the Sun-

river Nature Center as a bird handler every Friday

morning. She and her husband bought property

in 1980 by Fall River and spent until 2003 build-

ing their home for retirement from the field of

education in Yakima. Gail was a school counselor

at the grade, middle and high school level. Gail

and her husband are big outdoors people and

she also loves reading.

NAME TAGS

If you do not currently have a name tag to

wear on Sundays for the worship service,

contact Jan Bull and request one – 541-593-

2052 or shoppingnanajan@gmail.com.

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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A 6TH GRADER

As a member of the SCF Outreach Ministry Team was leav-

ing the office of Jen Reuter, the Family Access Network

(FAN) Advocate at Three Rivers School a 6th grade boy en-

tered. He asked Jen for a box of markers. She told him to

take some markers from the large box of new markers that

a grandma bought for the school. He asked, “Did that grand-

ma (the UPCAP member that had just departed) bring these

in?” Jen said no, but she is one of the grandmas and grand-

pas that bring in the coats, snow boots and pants, hats and

mittens to our school. He then said “I like that grandma,

that’s a good grandma to have.” Thinking for a minute, he

then said, “That’s our school’s grandmas and grandpas!”

Members of SCF: thank you for being the

grandma’s and grandpas to Three Rivers School.

NEW HOSPITALITY SPECIAL SERVICE FEES

The Management Board recently approved a

new “Special Services Fees Schedule” devel-

oped by the Hospitality: Special Events ministry

leaders. It includes: (1) who to contact if an indi-

vidual or group wishes to rent rooms at HTCC; (2)

Pastoral Services Fees (e.g. weddings, funerals/

Memorial Services, etc.; and (3) Fees for recep-

tions. If you are interested, request a copy from

Pastor Rob or go to the SCF Website link “More

Information” on the front page, and on the list

under this heading, click “Hospitality Services

Fees.”

Heart of Wholeness: Healing Conference

The Victorious Life: Speak to the Mountain

February 2-4, Vancouver, WA.

Leaders: The Rev. Hugh Bromley & Monte Bromley

Church of the Good Shepherd

805 SE Ellsworth Road

Vancouver, WA 98664

www.GoodShepherdVancouver.org

This is a community-wide event open to all denominations and will include teaching by Rev. Hugh Bromiley

(National Director of the Order of St. Luke) and his wife Monte Bromiley, both of whom will be joining us from San

Antonio, Texas. They will speak on the topic of “The Victorious Life; Speak to the Mountain.” The conference kicks

off Friday evening, February 2, from 7-9 PM, with worship led by ShepherdSong, keynoter teaching and prayer

teams available to bless and anoint. Saturday, February 3, program begins at 9 AM, with registration check-in ta-

bles open at 8:30. The Saturday conference will include teachings, singing, lunch, Eucharist and workshop break-

offs in smaller groups. Workshop choices include:

1. Poetry as Prayer Practice; An Introduction to the Circle of Trust Approach, led by Emily Chamberlain & Karen Har-

ding (Retreat Leaders from Seattle)

2. Soaking Prayer Stations with Taize music: An Experiential Self-Directed Workshop

3. Order of St. Luke Q & A with Chapter Development Info, led by Convener Saran Warne

4. Living with Chronic Shame, led by Stephen Grant

5. A Guided Meditation on Healing, led by Fred Michaels

The event is sponsored by the local Order of St. Luke (OSL) chapter at Church of the Good Shepherd, Vancouver.

Early registration is recommended to ensure lunch count, official nametags and teaching folder. Registration is $30

and includes lunch. Download a registration form from the website. Excellent rates at $85.49+tax for a room with 2

queens have been secured at the nearby Best Western, which includes breakfast. Rooms need to be booked be-

fore January 15 to ensure group rate. Keyword is “Heart of Wholeness.”

Sunriver Christian Fellowship

18160 Cottonwood Rd., #266

Sunriver, Oregon 97707-9317

Ecumenical Services in the Episcopal and Lutheran Traditions

Sunday Service & Sunday School — 10:00 a.m.

Services held at the

Holy Trinity Church 18143 Cottonwood Road ▪ Sunriver, Oregon

Office Phone: 541.593.1183 E-mail: sunrivercf@gmail.com

Web: www.sunriverchristianfellowship.org Facebook: sunriverchristianfellowshipchurch