VIEWS AND VISTAS The Newsletter of the

WEST GRANVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

6935 North 107th Street Milwaukee, WI 53224-4316

414-353-8680

Web-site = www.westgranville.org E-mail Pastor Anderson at pastord@westgranville.org

Vol. 41, No. 4 April 2018

From the Minister

HALLELUJAH HARVEST ~ a year of

engagement in Food, Faith & Farm Mission

We will seek to connect international farm

mission, with our Sunday School and local farmer’s market through the Food, Faith &

Farming Network ministry.

Acts of the Apostles 2:46-47: “Day by day, as

they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food

with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day

by day the Lord added to their number those

who were being saved.”

Special Mission Seed Donation received: $5,000

International: Togo

https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/global/togo/

Presbyterian Church (USA) World Mission

(Togo Agricultural Ministry) Appointed as a PC(USA) mission co-worker in

October 2009, the Rev. Josh Hekkila is regional liaison for West Africa. He facilitates support for

the programs, relationships and activities of

PC(USA) partners. He also provides support to PC(USA) mission personnel and helps connect

partner churches with PC(USA) churches that want to be involved in ministry in the region.

Our Togo mission project is to honor our

connection with Togo members in our congregation by supporting agricultural ministry

of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo

which has its offices in the capital Lomé. We will donate $4,000 in support of the Notsé’

agricultural facility: aquaculture, vegetable farming, and pineapple farming. Our support

will be used to expand these projects.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Togo has its agricultural development office and a large

agricultural facility in Notsé.

Notsé is a town in the Plateau Region of

Togo. It is the capital of Haho

Prefecture and is situated 95 km north

of the capital Lomé. The town was

formed around 1600 by the Ewe people.

Today it is the center of agriculture for

the region.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of

Togo was begun in 1893 by German

Reformed missionaries of the Bremen

Mission. Later it was supported by the

Paris Missionary Society. Today it

includes English-speaking and French-

speaking congregations. In Togo, as in

almost all the countries of West Africa,

Christians are a minority. In Togo, for

example, those who practice African

traditional religion are about 40 percent

of the population, and Muslims 20

percent.

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of

Togo has 200,000–300,000 members,

516 congregations, and 516 house

fellowships, as well as hospitals, clinics

and schools. The church is a member of

the World Communion of Reformed

Churches.

West Granville Sunday School Year-Long Initiative

$500 will be used to support these activities

Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018

Member Care & Landscape Committees & Sunday School

Acts of the Apostles 2:17 “In the last days it will

be, God declares, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Hallelujah Harvest: Our Food, Faith and

Farm Mission will become a year-long theme

for the West Granville Sunday School. Pentecost

celebrates the gift of God’s Spirit poured out on

all humanity. On this Sunday, the whole Sunday school will learn about the gift of planting and

creation.

Mark 4: 1-20 “A Sower went out to sow some

seeds…”

We hope to engage the children and congregation in planting the new West Granville

Memorial Prayer Garden. Children will make potting plants to take home and to share with

our Homebound Families.

The congregation will be invited to a Pot-Luck

Salad Bar Luncheon following worship. Congregation is invited to bring a “Harvest” of

salads of any variety or any contributions to a

green salad bar, to share as a meal for the congregation.

Our Vacation Bible School will be at Homestead Farm, Hwy 83, in North Lake, WI.

http://www.homesteadanimalfarm.com/

Homestead farm is located in Southeastern Wisconsin, two miles north of North Lake

Wisconsin on Highway 83. It has been a family farm for over 140 years. Today the farm has

miniature donkeys, alpacas, pygmy goats, dairy

goats, sheep, turkeys, peacocks, pheasants, potbellied pigs, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens,

cats, and a dog. It has a grass-roofed barn for the donkeys and goats and in 2000 the grass-

roofed chicken coop was built. The goats and

chickens can be seen on the grass roofs all year long.

The goal is to connect the children to learn about farming, the source of our food, and to

give thanks to God.

Rally Day September 9, 2018

Open Circle & Sunday School Mark 6:30-44 Feeding the Five Thousand

Hallelujah Harvest: Our Food, Faith and Farm Mission will continue as the theme for

our fall curriculum.

An interactive Bulletin Board Display will be

created in Perseverance Hall to learn about faith and farming. It will also engage the children in

incentive activities.

World Communion Sunday October 7, 2018

Sunday School, Choir, Mission and Worship Committees

Matthew 28:16-20 “Go out into all the world…”

The Great Commission

World Communion Sunday will honor the church in Togo. We will learn about the mission of the

Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo. We will sing Togo hymns and have readers from our

Togo Community. During Sunday School the

children will help make “Puff-Puff”, Togo fried bread, that we will serve for Holy Communion.

Advent Breakfast & Workshop

December 2, 2018 Member Care and Sunday School

Luke 2:7 “And she, Mary, brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling

clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there

was no room for them in the inn.”

Advent Workshop will bring our Faith & Farming Theme to the Story of the Nativity. An arts and

crafts project will highlight the animals of the Nativity in retelling the story of Jesus’ birth.

Figures of the animals will be made as gifts to

be included with the Homebound Poinsettia Delivery.

Fall/Winter All Church Event

Winter Farmers Market-at West Granville

$500 will be used to support these activities

Join us for a Farm-to-Table Meal at

West Granville as we set up a Farmers’

Market right at West Granville. Local

farmers sell their own locally harvested

products

https://foodfaithandfarmingnetwork.org/

Food Faith and Farming Network gives voice to

the sacred connections between land and people. The Network fosters rural and urban

relationships and promotes earth stewardship,

community, spirituality and economic justice through healthy food and sustainable farming

practices by collaborating with individuals, organizations and faith communities that share

this vision.

The Network links food, faith and farming

through educational, spiritual and community building events and brings a spiritual perspective

to the conversation in addressing food and farming issues. The Network also connects

consumers and growers, urban and rural,

through activities such as Winter Farmers’ Markets; advocates for a just food system and

food security for all, and promotes a land ethic of stewardship and care for our common home -

- Earth.

Hallelujah Harvest Celebration Sunday

May 19, 2019 Luke 10:2 “"The harvest is plentiful, but the

workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest

field.”

Our year-long Faith and Farming theme will be

celebrated and concluded on May 19, 2019. Pictures, stories, a possible second mission gift

can all be part of our celebration. It ends with a life-long mission commission to “Go out into the

fields”.

Peace, Pastor Dee

WORSHIP IN LENT

March 25 Palm Sunday!

Church Mice & Children’s Processional: All Glory Laud and Honor Hymn 88

Adult Choir

Reader, Barb Fischer Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

Procession into Jerusalem-Gospel in Two Voices Sermon Palm Sunday

Bible study Six: Don’t Forget…Pass it On

March 29 Maundy Thursday 7:00 PM at West Granville

Service of Holy Communion

March 30 Good Friday

March 31 Holy Saturday

9:00 AM Senior High Youth Prepare for Church Breakfast

WORSHIP IN APRIL April 1 EASTER (No Church School) * Early Service - 7:30

Musician: Steve Hufnal Church Mice - Children’s Choir Sing for

Time with Children

Led by Youth, Followed by Hearty Breakfast

* Holy Communion -- 10: 30

Adult Choir Scripture: John 20:1-18

Mary’s Witness-The Resurrection

Sermon: Surprised by Joy - Divine Comedy

April 8 2nd Sunday of Easter Scripture: John 20: 19-31

Sermon: Risen Hope

April 13-14 Open Circle Women’s Retreat April 15 3rd Sunday of Easter

Baptism of Mackenzie Ntaba Elder, Ben Anderson

Adult Choir

Scripture: I Corinthians 15: 35-58 Resurrection of the Dead

Sermon: Easter Theology-Life in the Flesh

April 22 4th Sunday of Easter Bell Choir

Guest Preacher the Reverend Barbara Jordan Reverend Anderson on trip to Israel and

Palestinian Territories

April 29 5th Sunday of Easter Scripture: Luke 18: 1-8 Widow’s Justice

Sermon: God Who Does Not Give Up

WORSHIP IN MAY May 6 6th Sunday of Easter Holy Communion, Adult Choir

Scripture & Sermon: Sharing from trip to Israel and Palestinian Territories

Rev. Anderson invited on Peacemaking

Trip to Israel and Palestinian Territories April 16-25, 2018

Many of you know that I have been involved

for over 30 years in interfaith dialogue. I have

served two terms on the Greater Milwaukee Interfaith Conference and have chaired the

Urban/Suburban dialogue committee. Over the years we have been dedicated and privileged to

forge interfaith friends in the community like Masjid Al-Quran and Congregation Emanu-El

B’ne Jeshurun.

Whenever we talk about Israel and Palestine, two themes repeatedly arise: hopes for peace

and justice. Rabbi Marc Berkson of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun has

invited me as a partner and guest clergy on a

Peacemaking Tour of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The trip is sponsored by Interfaith

Partners for Peace. Interfaith Partners for Peace journeys to the

Holy Land with Jewish and Christian clergy to experience the land and its people as they do

themselves. We will open our hearts and minds

to one another and to the amazing people we will meet along the way, including Christian,

Jewish, and Muslim religious leaders, Israeli and Palestinian officials, journalists, scholars, civic

leaders, and next-generation social

entrepreneurs. We will encounter the many narratives of

Israelis and Palestinians and we will hear from partners there who are working to build a more

peaceful and secure future for both peoples.

We will travel to both Christian and Jewish holy sites within the Holy Land. We make sure to

travel both sides of the Green Zone in order to get all sides of the narrative. Along the way we

will study the sacred texts that make the land so special.

I am grateful for this remarkable opportunity.

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING The One Great Hour of Sharing is one of the most popular offerings of the Presbyterian

Church. It began over a half century ago, in response to war-torn Europe and Asia.

Protestant churches had gotten together to

sponsor a nationwide hour-long broadcast on Saturday, March 26, 1949. During the recent

disasters around the world, your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing from last Easter have

allowed mission and aid workers to rapidly respond to the need.

Today ten denominations continue to

cooperate in this wider witness. Ministry is carried out in over 60 countries around the

world. Through this sense of partnership, we know that our gifts will continue to be used

effectively and efficiently.

We will be receiving the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering on Easter Sunday, April 1.

Please give generously.

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING On Easter Sunday we will collect for the One

Great Hour of Sharing. Sunday School children will be collecting with their fish boxes. In this

generous way we respond to a world of need in

the name of Jesus Christ. Our gifts will support those who are hungry, victims of natural

disasters and people learning to help themselves.

Since 1949 Presbyterians have joined with

millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with those

in need. Your generous gifts assist those affected by natural disasters, provide food to the

hungry, and help build strong communities.

Thank you for your generosity!

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE February 25 - 90 March 4 - 113 March 11 - 75 March 18 - 110

Christ's Pond Women's Retreat ALL women of the church are invited to the Open Circle Women's Retreat at Christ's Pond starting Friday, April 13 to Saturday afternoon, April 14. We will gather for food, fellowship, and fun. We will be discussing the book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy, by Anne Lamott. The food is all homemade and the price is only $35. Please sign up with Deb Bascom at crazydeb40@yahoo.com .

LUNCH BUNCH The Lunch Bunch will dine together on Friday,

April 13 at 1:00 p.m. and on the second

Friday of each month. See Nancy Baum for details.

STRONGHOLD SUMMER CAMP It’s not too early to begin planning for

Stronghold Summer Camp. It IS spring now, after all! Remember that West Granville offers a

scholarship for each camper going to

Stronghold.

Perseverance Scholarships Available

West Granville is pleased to announce the

Annual Perseverance Scholarship.

The application and instructions are on the

church website at Youth Education

Scholarships as well as in the church office.

All applications are due to the office no later

than April 15, 2018.

CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH

Military

Kali Grogan, United States Navy Evan Reiss, United States Air Force

Jacob Roy, United Sates Marine Corp. Reserves John Lorbiecki, Wisconsin Air Guard

Prayers Rev. Judi Holmes-Jensen, recovering from back

surgery Madison Ford, recovering from surgery

Barb Terpstra Troka, continuing treatment Linda Ryan, shoulder

Long Term Prayers June Herman, rehabilitation in Sheboygan

Nicki Rupke, special care Ruby Tylenda-Emmons, special care

Lil Sullivan's mother, Lois Spangle

Congratulations

Craig and Anna Snowden on the birth of Linkin Dale born March 14, 2018, 8 lbs 6 oz., 21.5”.

Welcome to West Granville’s new

Administrative Associate ~ Sara Nygaard

Sara is our new Administrative Associate.

Sara is a Registered Nurse who has worked at

Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital.

She is enjoying taking some time now to be

with her children and happy to give some

part-time hours to help West Granville.

Sandy Roy and Sara are neighbors. Sara has

also led several church mission trips and

brings that experience to help us plan our

summer Mission Trip to Kentucky. Welcome

Sara! Sara’s office hours will be Tuesdays

10-2 and Fridays 10-12:30.

ADULT EDUCATION CLASS STUDY

The Worship Committee has scheduled the discussion series Waking Up White, to be

offered for 4 consecutive Sundays, April 15, 22, 28, and May 6, time to be determined. If

you are interested in participating in this

interesting series, please let Noel Adams or Lois Pearson know. For more info about the series

and/or the book, visit: https://www.pcusa.org/...oga/pdf/waking_up_w

hite_study_english.pdf. The book is available through Amazon.smile [credit WGPC!] in hard

cover or Kindle, or your favorite bookstore.

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DIRECTORY UPDATES Tom DeBuhr 4535 N. 92nd St., #209, Wauwatosa 53225

June Herman, 414.380.2817

3505 Cty Rd. Y, #414, Sheboygan 53083

John & Alex Lorbiecki

1137 Red Oak Circle, Johnson Creek 53094

Consolidated General Fund 28-Feb-18

Operating Statement

Income

YTD pledged receipts $22,121

YTD prepaid pledged receipts

YTD non-pledged receipts 4,005

YTD per capita 3,011

YTD other income 216

2015 balance forward 9,393

TOTAL $38,746

Expenditures

Payroll $19,524

Programs 911

Mission 4,653

Operations 11,485

TOTAL $36,573

Balance on hand $2,173

As a reminder your Per Capita is $34.00 this

year. Your continued financial commitment helps

keep our church programs running. Thank you!

The Finance Committee

COLLECTING PULL TABS Save the pull-tabs from your pop-tops and

bring them to Joan Schroeder or Sue Heiser or

deposit them in the cardboard Ronald McDonald House in the church office under the window.

COMMUNION GROUP: Pat Grogan, Tony Anderson, Jo Olson, Tammy & Patrick Wood USHER / GREETER TEAM: Marcie Mangas-Prill and Scott Prill, Dorothy Harris, Eric Stone, Liz Tylenda and Arnie Gutkowski

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS: 8: Ellner 15: Wood 22: Daniel 29: Bichler

APRIL BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

3 Charles Ramlow

3 Lori Hrovat

4 Mark Savage

5 Jeff Ellner

5 Janet Beltman

8 Tammy Wood

11 Kent Tess-Mattner

13 Amy Mikec

13 Phillip Jones

14 Steve Otten

17 April Fehr

17 Amy & Jim Rhines, 2004

19 Rev. Dee Anderson

20 Jim Rhines

22 Ella Reiss

23 Gabrielle Cannestra

24 Sue Berray

27 Deb Bascom

30 Dave Serebin

30 Lane Grigg

30 Ethan Pogorzelski

If your dates are missing or in error,

please inform the church office.

WEST GRANVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Dee M. Anderson, Pastor Sara Nygaard, Administrative Associate Carol Buck, Newsletter Editor cagbuck@sbcglobal.net Please submit May newsletter articles by 4.22.18.

THANK YOU NOTES

Hello,

I would like to thank WGPC for shepherding

the Perseverance Fund on our behalf. This gift

of $1400 supports the ongoing mission of

Sherman Park/Northwest Neighborhood

Outreach Program in assisting seniors in our

community.

The need for assistance to seniors to help them

stay in their home continues to grow. The needs

of the seniors in the community vary widely and

fortunately we are able to assist them or we are

able to refer them to a program that will assist.

Your support is invaluable in our mission of

helping seniors stay in their home.

We are involved in a more focused community

connections project in Sherman Park with local

churches, Safe and Sound, Sherman Park

Community Associations, and others to try to get

neighbors connected with each other. There are

many benefits for seniors when there is more

neighbor interaction. Additionally, we are

exploring ways to do intergenerational

programming with older adults and children and

teens in 2018.

Thank you again for your support and

commitment to Sherman Park/Northwest

Interfaith.

Sincerely,

Niedra North, Director,

Sherman Park/Northwest Interfaith

Neighborhood Outreach Program

Dear Pastor Anderson,

Thanks to your congregation, Milwaukee

families in need of affordable housing will

have a safe and stable place to sleep at

night. Your gift of $500 will be a part of

the Presbyterian Church Coalition fund

for their 2018 home.

Your support is not only helping a

family afford a decent place to live. Crime

is down 48% where we’ve built in the

Washington Park neighborhood. 87% of

Milwaukee Habitat homeowners’ children

have graduated from high school, nearly

30% higher than the average graduation

rate of Milwaukee Public School students.

And 50% of Milwaukee Habitat

homeowners reported experiencing fewer

housing-related illnesses, such as asthma,

after moving into their Habitat home.

We couldn’t do this without you! Thank

you for helping to build a world where

everyone has a decent place to live.

With much gratitude,

Brian Sonderman, Executive Development

Habitat for Humanity

~ letters are posted in the Narthex