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The Good News Christ Lutheran Church, 299 Haywood Lane, Nashville, TN 37211 www.clcnashville.org Office: 615-833-0476 christlutheran.nashville@gmail.com

~ We WORSHIP God ~ We COMFORT God’s People ~ We SERVE God’s World ~

Volume 32, Issue 2 February 2016

1 Congregational meeting

2 Note from Pastor, Memorial Service Randall Travis,

Baptism, Song and Story

3 Mardi Gras!,

4 Wed Worship, Jazz Jamm, Jazz Vespers Community Share

Table, CLCW Valentine’s Tea,

5 McKanna- Sandrock Retreat Center at Lutheranch

6 McKanna- Sandrock Retreat Center at Lutheranch cont.

7 McKanna- Sandrock Retreat Center at Lutheranch cont.

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Around the Parish – First Communion , Special thanks!

Around the Parish – A Night of Jazz

Lessons for February, Serving Table , Flowers, Birthdays

and Anniversaries,

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Tuesday, February 9th

6:30-9:30pm See page 3 for details

Gumbo, Red Beans & Rice, Bread Pudding, Music, and Dancing! Mark your calendar and invite friends, family,

and neighbors!! GREAT MUSIC!!! _______

Mark your calendars!

Annual Congregational Meeting

Sunday, February 21st

Following worship

We will elect new Council Members and review the

annual report for 2015. Bring a covered dish to share! _________________

Sunday, February 14

th 6pm

See page 4 for details

February Dates to Remember

+Congregational Meeting February 21st

+Mardi Gras! Tuesday Feb 9th

6:30-9:30pm

+Ash Wednesday Services Feb 10th

12:30pm &7pm

+Midweek Lenten Services begin Wed. Feb 17th

All are welcome! All God’s children are welcome, wherever they are from, whatever their age, the color of their skin, the contents of

their wallet, no matter whom they love, how they speak, and whatever their abilities or disabilities; for all are

one, reconciled to God in Christ Jesus.

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The season of Lent begins this month with Ash Wednesday, on February 10th. We will come together on that

day to receive ashes on our foreheads, on our children’s foreheads, a conspicuous sign of the recognition of our

mortality and our utter dependence on God.

Lent is a time where we look at what is central in our lives and seek to open that space back up to God. We interrupt the routine of our lives with additional practices that help us be more attentive to our faith and our

devotion to God. Some may fast, some may add additional times for the study of Scripture, and others may do offerings of service or special giving in Lent. Whatever you decide as your Lenten discipline, I encourage you

to make weekly worship and the receiving of the sacraments, gifts of God’s grace, part of that practice. There are many opportunities for worship during Lent - on Wednesdays at 12:30pm and at 7pm, on Sunday mornings

as well as Second Sunday Jazz Vespers.

This Lent, I also encourage you to take on the discipline of listening to one another’s stories. Take this time to develop new relationships with people from very different backgrounds, gender identities, race or culture. Hear

their struggles, their joys and their sorrows. As we grow closer to one another…reconciling one with another in Christ…we grow closer to God. This Lent, open yourself to the rich diversity of God’s Creation and the

Kingdom in our midst.

As we move through these forty days, may we all be blessed with the grace to grow in the awareness of God’s presence and in compassion, mercy and love for our neighbor.

Lenten peace,

Pastor+

Memorial Service for Randal Travis

A Memorial Service will be held for Randall Travis on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 11 am at Christ Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held from 9 – 11 am prior to the service. Please continue to hold Judy and the

family in your thoughts and prayers.

SONG AND STORY February 7th

following worship

Love, Love, Love….all you need is love! This month our Song and Story will depart from meeting people in Scripture and instead we will meet the greatest of gifts…Love!… Don’t miss it!

BAPTISMS This month we will celebrate the baptism of Jabuloni (JT) Moyo on Sunday, February 14th.

JT is the son of Tamara and Trevor Moyo. A reception will follow worship.

NOTE FROM PASTOR

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Come and join us for Mardi Gras Tuesday, Feb 9th

from 6:30 – 9:30pm… there will be fabulous music, and dancing if you like, and lots of good food and a great time!

Gumbo, Red beans and Rice, Bread pudding and Bourbon Sauce.….oooooooweeeee it will be good!

You can also come earlier and help cook!!! Or if you just like to hang out in kitchens and shoot the breeze, come on out!!! There’s lots of room in our kitchen!

We will greet new royalty as the 2016 King and Queen are crowned in regal fashion... You don't want to

miss it! Invite your friends!!

Making the Gumbo is a community affair.

A list of items will be posted on the Office window of what we need to make the gumbo. If you

would like to help, sign up on the sheet for what you would like to contribute to the gumbo then

bring it in by February 8th and we will cook it up!

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CLCW VALENTINE’S TEA

WEDNESDAY WORSHIP……. Midweek Manna….12:30pm

Come for a spoken service of Holy Communion and stay for lunch! Come and be refreshed and fed.

SECOND SUNDAY JAZZ VESPERS February 14th

6pm

Join us on Sunday evening, February 14th at 6pm for Jazz Vespers at Christ! The readings and music will

reflect the season of Lent. The hymnody is arranged by the talented Ted Wilson! If you missed last month, you

surely do not want to miss this month! Check out Second Sunday Jazz Vespers on YouTube for a glimpse of what you might miss!

Nashville JAZZ JAM ALL ARE WELCOME! Come on out!

WHEN: Every Saturday 2-4 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room WHERE: 299 Haywood Lane Nashville, TN 37211 (MPR)

COMMUNITY SHARE TABLE / FOOD DRIVE Sunday, Feb. 28th

Remember to bring items for the community share table. Please bring your items in no earlier than

February, 25th

. We do not have a great way to store items for long periods of time. This is a great way to be a

steward of God’s good gifts. Share them around!

Join Christ Lutheran Church Women for the

Annual Valentine’s Tea

February 7, 2016 (after Service)

A light lunch will be served.

Be sure to reveal to your Secret

Prayer Partner before this meal as

new Secret Prayer Partner will be

drawn during the tea. If you would

like to participate and can’t make the

tea, please let Kris know. Please bring soap for Lutheran World Relief. There will also be a thank offering collected.

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McKanna-Sandrock Retreat Center Named at Lutheranch

When Dr. Jim McKanna learned that funding wasn't yet in place to build the full 40-room retreat center at Lutheranch and the Board was considering phased construction, he became very concerned. McKanna had been a NovusWay donor for several years, and he was part of the major gifts team in the Nashville area for the "Standing on the Promise" campaign for Lutheranch. Based on his own camping experience at Long Lake Lutheran Camp in Wisconsin, McKanna knew the importance of the retreat center in developing programs at Lutheranch and the benefits it would bring to Lutherans across the southeastern United States. After discussions with Bishop H. Julian Gordy, Southeastern Synod, to determine what it would take to build the full 40-room retreat center McKanna and his wife, Vivien Casagrande, have responded by making a very generous $2.2 million commitment over a three-year period (2015-2017). This extraordinary gift prompted the NovusWay Board of Trustees to authorize the architect to finalize construction documents for the retreat center. If all goes as planned, construction on the McKanna-Sandrock Retreat Center will begin in summer 2016. The center will feature 40 double occupancy guest rooms with private bathrooms, three conference rooms, and a large meeting/dining

room, scenically set overlooking Stender Lake.

The future McKanna- Sandrock Retreat Center T

Jim and Vivien McKanna

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Bishop Gordy had this to say about the significance of the commitment and what it will mean to the members and congregations of the Southeastern Synod, “While Dr. McKanna’s generous gift will bless the whole church,

its meaning to the congregations and people of the Southeastern Synod is hard to overstate. Here is a beautiful piece of God’s handiwork that will be a setting for faith development and renewal for many generations to

come. I believe it will have the kind of impact that Lutheridge and Lutherock have had for Lutherans in the South over the years. I’m particularly glad that Dr. McKanna makes this gift to honor his ancestors and hope

that many of us will be inspired to do likewise. We always stand on the shoulders of those people of faith who have come before us.”

When asked about his commitment, the largest in the history of NovusWay Ministries or any of the four Lutheran camps, McKanna was very modest, “The Lord’s blessings in our lives that enable us to make a gift

like this are much like grace – undeserved but inspiring our gratitude as recipients. This is one of the better things that I can do with my life, and I’m pleased to leave a legacy for future generations. I trust this gift will

also prompt others to remember their own ancestors, who importantly influenced their lives by passing on the Christian faith to them.”

McKanna is proud of his German Lutheran heritage that goes back to the Wilhelm-Loehe-Missionare-Schule in Neuendettelsau on the Sandrock side of the family. In fact, several of his ancestors emigrated from Germany in

the 1850s as missionary pastors to North America, including Great-Great-Grandfather Georg Grossman who founded Wartburg College and Wartburg Seminary in Iowa. Pastor Sigmund H. Sandrock, Jim’s grandfather,

served numerous congregations in Wisconsin and Iowa before “retiring” as founding administrator of the Bartels Lutheran Home for Aged in Waverly, IA. The family’s camping ministry evolved in the 1960s at Long

Lake Lutheran Camp in northern Wisconsin, where Jim’s mother Margaret Sandrock-McKanna served as camp nurse and uncle Pastor Sigmund G. Sandrock as director. McKanna first visited Lutheranch in June 2015 with

a delegation from the Lutheran Church in Bavaria. He exclaimed, “While driving home, I felt a call to explore whether Vivien and I could move the project forward. So many others had done their part, and now it was our

turn to help make the dream a reality.”

McKanna is an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Nashville where the Rev. Morgan Gordy is

pastor. He spends a significant amount of time volunteering at Christ church. On Christmas Eve 2015, several of his family visiting from out of town even participated in the choral concert prior to the midnight

service. Pastor Morgan Gordy had this to say about McKanna and his participation at Christ Lutheran Church “Jim has a deep love for and commitment to the church, frequently asking about ways to put the Gospel into

action, through Word proclaimed and through ministry of daily life. He and Vivien have been faithful members of Christ for many years. It is no surprise that they have chosen to gift this ministry in such a generous way."

After a prominent career investigating growth factors in development of the brain, eye and kidney, Dr. Jim McKanna is Emeritus professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University in

Nashville. His wife of 40 years, Dr. Vivien Casagrande, studies visual pathways in the brain and teaches in the Neuroscience program as Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

and Psychology at Vanderbilt. In 2013 she received the prestigious Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Award “for a ground-breaking paper in Nature Neuroscience, in which a novel linkage was identified between primary

visual cortex of the brain and the thalamus, which controls the ability of the visual system to focus.” Over the years, both Vivien and Jim trained many PhD and MD students, including several from Eastern Europe and

China.

It is interesting to note that Vivien’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from Germany/Austria just before WWII,

and her father Arthur, as professor of civil engineering and soil mechanics at Harvard, was recruited in 1942 by the US Army Corps of Engineers to train nearly 400 officers to build safe, durable foundations for battle-zone

airfields. Through 1980, he was responsible for design of many earthen dams and foundations for high-rise buildings throughout the free world. Vivien’s mother Erna Maas was raised in Stellingen, a small suburb of

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Hamburg, Germany, where the Lutheran Church was the center of all activity. Erna and Arthur were married in a Lutheran church in Cambridge, MA in 1940. Jim’s father, James Bernard was a banker and civic leader in

Green Bay, WI; his mother, Margaret nee Sandrock, was an RN and served as Instructor at Bellin College of Nursing.

Jim and Vivien have two adult children, James Arthur and Paul Grayson. James graduatedwith a triple major in computer science, psychology and neuroscience, earned his PhD in Medical Informatics at Oregon Health

Science University (Portland), and presently is a post-doctoral fellow at Northeastern (Boston). Paul is currently a student majoring in Finance at Belmont University (Nashville).

The McKanna family Over the years, the family has enjoyed skiing, sailing, tennis and cycling, including a bicycle tour with Germans and Hungarians from Vienna south around the Plattensee up to Budapest, and another led by Bike

China from Chongqing south along the Yangtze River through the Three Gorges to the new dam at Yichang. As Jim says, “In this shrinking world, personal interactions on the ground provide small but significant avenues for

expressing the love of Christ.”

McKanna has been inspired by his German Lutheran heritage and the dedicated successes of his ancestors in

applying Christian principles to religious and secular institutions. It is his prayer that God will use Lutheranch to raise up visionary and passionate leaders for the Lutheran Church to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in

the future. If you would like to make a gift and help “complete the dream” for Lutheranch, contact Keith Trout at ktrout@NovusWay.com or phone 864-313-1453.

(c) 2013 ELCA Southeastern Synod Phone: (404) 589-1977 Email: synod.office@elca-ses.org

McKanna-Sandrock Retreat Center at Lutheranch! Thank you

Jim and Vivien!

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SPECIAL THANKS!

Special thanks to Trevor Moyo for his work on the second set of cabinets in the MPR! He is almost ready for

the Christ prep and paint team to take over!

Watch the weekly insert in the bulletin for dates for painting. We are looking for a volunteer or two to fill nail holes and sand to get ready for painting. If you can help, please let us know!

Thanks again, Trevor!!!

AROUND THE PARISH!

Imani Mushi received her

First Communion on January 17th.

Blessings, Imani! Future Councilman

Carter Haynes finds Council

Meetings quite amusing!

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A NIGHT OF JAZZ –Donna Venardi and Friends

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BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

Feb. 14 Ted Wilson, Jr.

Feb. 20 Sandra Niazi

Feb. 21 Alan Broquist

Feb. 23 Imani Mushi

Feb. 25 Ilana Mohamedthahir

LESSONS FOR FEBRUARY

THE SERVING TABLE

Note to our Worship Assistants – If you are unable to serve on the day assigned, please swap with another

worship assistant to cover for that day. If you have any problems contact the office

FLOWERS GIVEN THIS MONTH

Flowers given on February 7th

by Wilma Prince in honor of Stephen Graves and Lauren Cydrus on their birthdays

Feb 7 Feb 14 Feb 21 Feb 28

Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Cor. 3:12--4:2 Luke 9:28-36 [37-43a]

Deut 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13

Gen 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17--4:1 Luke 13:31-35

Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9

FEB 7 FEB 14 FEB 21 FEB 28

ASST MINISTER CLARA CHESEBRO KRIS RABON JIM MCKANNA MARCI WILSON

BOGGS

PRESENTING

THE ELEMENTS

GULAI FAMILY GRAVES FAMILY ELSON FAMILY EDWARDS FAMILY

LECTOR MARLEEN

FENNEY GARY GLASS ANDIE REGG NILSON GULAI

USHERS

DENNIS SCHUTT MARK ELSON

GARY GLASS DICK EDWARDS

PETE ANDERSON BOB BEHNKE

ROBERT MUSHI DUANE HERBOLD

GREETER DIAN LUFFMAN SHIRLEY POHL MARLENE

FINNEY

KAY CULVER

ACOLYTE/COM.

ASST.

IMANI MUSHI DAVID ELSON IMANI MUSHI DAVID ELSON

NURSERY ASST MARGARET COBB

VOLUNTEER

NEEDED

VOLUNTEER

NEEDED SUMERLIN LARSEN-

LESPERANCE

ALTAR GUILD

WILMA PRINCE

ANDIE REGG

WILMA PRINCE

WILMA PRINCE

WILMA PRINCE

MARY BEHNKE

WILMA PRINCE

KAY CULVER

COUNTERS

DENNIS SCHUTT

JOHN CULVER

PETE ANDERSON

KAY CULVER

MARK ELSON

ANDIE REGG

DIANNA KROEGER

WILMA PRINCE

AFTER SERVICE

FELLOWSHIP

HOST

VALENTINES TEA

BAPTISMAL

RECEPTION

POT LUCK-

COVERED DISH

BILLIE GOEPFERT

JENNIFER GRAVES

BREAKFAST ROBERT MUSHI

ROBERT MUSHI

Feb. 13 Kris and Dave Rabon

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursd

ay

Frida

y Saturday

31 9:15 AM CLC Worship

10:30 AM CLC After Worship Fellowship

12:15 PM NKEC SS/Youth Group (MR/N)

2:00 PM San Matias Worship (NAVE, CR,

N)

2:30 PM International Nepali Church

Worship

1 6:30 PM

Square

Dancers

(MPR,K)

2 7:30 AM Tuesday

Group - (CR)

10:00 AM ESL

Classes

6:00 PM San Matias

Choir Practice (Nave)

6:30 PM Square

Dancers (MPR,K)

3 11:00 AM Christ Kiswahili

Women's Group

12:30 PM Wednesday

Worship

7:00 PM CLC Choir

Rehearsal (Nave)

4 10:00 AM

ESL

Classes

5 7:00 PM

San

Matias

Bible

Study

6 6:00 AM Prayer

[NKEC] Sanctuary

9:00 AM CLCW Board

Meeting

9:00 AM Visitation

Randall Travis

11:00 AM Memorial

Service Randal Travis

2:00 PM Saturday

Jazz Jam

7 Song and Story 9:15 AM CLC Worship

10:30 AM CLC After Worship Fellowship

10:45 AM Song and Story Gathering

11:30 AM CLC W Valentine Tea

12:15 PM NKEC SS/Youth Group (MR/N)

2:00 PM San Matias Worship (NAVE, CR,

2:30.PM International Nepali Church

8 6:30 PM

Square

Dancers

(MPR,K)

9 7:30 AM Tuesday

Group - (CR)

10:00 AM ESL

Classes

6:00 PM San Matias

Choir Practice (Nave)

6:30 PM Mardi Gras!

10 11:00 AM Christ Kiswahili

Women's Group

12:30 PM Wednesday

Worship

7:00 PM Ash Wednesday

Service

7:00 PM CLC Choir

Rehearsal (Nave)

11 10:00 AM

ESL

Classes

12 7:00 PM

San

Matias

Bible

Study

13 6:00 AM Prayer

[NKEC] Sanctuary

2:00 PM Saturday

Jazz Jam

14 Jazz Vespers 6pm 9:00 AM Baptism JT Moyo

9:15 AM CLC Worship

10:30 AM CLC After Worship Fellowship

12:15 PM NKEC SS/Youth Group (MR/N)

2:00 PM San Matias Worship (NAVE, CR,

N)

2:30 PM International Nepali Church

Worship

6:00 PM Jazz Vespers

15 6:30 PM

Square

Dancers

(MPR,K)

16 7:30 AM Tuesday

Group - (CR)

10:00 AM ESL

Classes

6:00 PM San Matias

Choir Practice (Nave)

6:30 PM Square

Dancers (MPR,K)

17 11:00 AM Christ Kiswahili

Women's Group

12:30 PM Wednesday

Worship

6:00 PM Lenten Soup

Supper

7:00 PM CLC Choir

Rehearsal (Nave)

7:00 PM Lenten Taize

Evening Prayer

18 10:00 AM

ESL

Classes

19 7:00 PM

San

Matias

Bible

Study

20 6:00 AM Prayer

[NKEC] Sanctuary

2:00 PM Saturday

Jazz Jam

21 ANNUAL MEETING 9:15 AM CLC Worship

10:30 AM CLC After Worship Fellowship

11:00 AM Annual Meeting / Potluck lunch

12:15 PM NKEC SS/Youth Group (MR/N)

2:00 PM San Matias Worship (NAVE, CR,

N)

2:30 PM International Nepali Church

Worship

22 6:30 PM

Square

Dancers

(MPR,K)

23 7:30 AM Tuesday

Group - (CR)

10:00 AM ESL

Classes

6:00 PM San Matias

Choir Practice (Nave)

6:30 PM Square

Dancers (MPR,K)

24 11:00 AM Christ Kiswahili

Women's Group

12:30 PM Wednesday

Worship

6:00 PM Lenten Soup

Supper

7:00 PM CLC Choir

Rehearsal (Nave)

7:00 PM Lenten Taize

Evening Prayer

25 10:00 AM

ESL

Classes

26 7:00 PM

San

Matias

Bible

Study

27 6:00 AM Prayer

[NKEC] Sanctuary

2:00 PM Saturday

Jazz Jam

28 Community Share Table 9:15 AM CLC Worship

10:30 AM CLC After Worship Fellowship

12:15 PM NKEC SS/Youth Group (MR/N)

2:00 PM San Matias Worship (NAVE, CR,

N)

2:30 PM International Nepali Church

Worship

29 6:30 PM

Square

Dancers

(MPR,K)

February 2016

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299 Haywood Lane

Nashville, TN 37211

An Invitation to Lent Come and Worship

Ash Wednesday

February 10th 12:30pm & 7pm

Wednesdays Midweek Lenten Services

12:30pm followed by lunch & 7pm preceded by a light supper at 6pm

Sunday Worship

9:15am