APRIL 2019
Christ Lutheran Church • Highlands Ranch, CO • Gathering † Gifting † Sending
Sermon Series beginning April 28, the Sunday after Easter! Perhaps you have heard or been confused by certain sayings that seem scriptural, but aren’t. Join us as we learn about these sayings - and what the Scriptures really teach! (Based on Adam Hamilton’s book: “Half Truths”). #thought-provoking April 28 - "Everything Happens for a Reason” May 5 - Synod Assembly May 12 - "God Helps Those who Help Themselves." May 19 - "God won’t give you more than you can handle.” May 26 - "God said it, I believe it, That settles it!” June 2 - “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin.” June 9 - Pentecost - “Beyond Platitudes, Clichés & Half-Truths”
Lent, Holy Week & Easter Schedule Lenten Mid-Week Meal
Wednesday, April 3 & April 10 5:15-6:45pm
Lenten Mid-Week Worship Wednesday, April 3 & April 10 7-7:45pm*
Palm Sunday Worship
April 13 & 14 featuring the CLC Kids Choir*
Maundy Thursday
April 18 – 7pm Communion, Crossroads Band Praise Team leading Music*
Good Friday
April 19 at 12 noon and 7pm A Tenebrae Service - led by CLC Festival Choir*
Easter Worship
April 20 - 5pm Featuring the CLC Festival Choir and Brass April 21 - 6:30am Sunrise Service 8:00am Featuring the CLC Festival Choir and Brass*
Easter and Palm Sunday are terrific weekends to invite guests to church - or to invite friends to return to church. Consider now who you might reach out to and include them in the Holy season of the church year!
9:30 am Featuring the CLC Festival Choir, Brass and Crossroads Band* 11:00am Featuring the CLC Festival Brass, Crossroads Band* *Nursery care available for children four and under.
STAFF: Pastor Eric Allert, Lead Pastor pastorallert@clchr.org Ext 107 Pastor Gail Mundt, Executive Pastor pastorgail@clchr.org Ext 108
Focusing on the Vision: Christ Lutheran’s Vision & Capital Campaign Begins from Pastor Allert
Peyton Strouth Director of Worship & Music Ministry pstrouth@clchr.org Ext 109
Thank you to everyone who is taking part in the campaign feasibility study by means of attending the Town Hall events, completing and returning the surveys, and engaging in the upcoming personal interviews. This time together with the Holy Spirit will provide valuable input for church planning and future visioning. This campaign is so much more than raising money for Christ Lutheran Church! I firmly know that this campaign has the potential to bring us all together as one church, propel a reinvigorated culture of discipleship boldly into a brilliant future, and stir in hearts a strengthened desire to connect to Christ in beautiful new ways that bless us all. This will be my focus throughout the campaign, and I ask that you make it yours as well.
Gary Knutson, Director of Youth & Family gknutson@clchr.org Ext 105 Samantha Sweitzer, Office Coordinator office@clchr.org Ext 100 Deb Morgans, Director of Preschool dmorgans@clchr.org Ext 300 Brittany Marshall, Bookkeeper finance@clchr.org Ext 106 Karen Patz, Volunteer & Care Coordinator volunteer@clchr.org Ext 110 Ally Williams, Connections Coordinator connections@clchr.org Ext 101 Allyson Evans, Christian Education Coordinator childrensministry@clchr.org Ext 103
CHURCH COUNCIL: Brian Martin, Council President bmartin29@hotmail.com Nancy Sullivan, Council Vice President (Liaison to Personnel Committee) n.sullivan@frchousing.com Liesl Farrier, Council Secretary francophile87@gmail.com Jeff Bergstrom, Church Treasurer (Liaison to Legacy & Endowment Committee) j-bergstrom@comcast.net Tom Coates (Liaison to Safety & Security Ministry, Stewardship Team) tomcoates@comcast.net Bill Doyle (Liaison to Adult Education Ministry) bbd1953@gmail.com Jennifer Gunther (Liaison to Equipping & Outreach Ministry) j.gunther@comcast.net Steve Hoemann (Liaison to Worship & Music Ministry) hoemannstba@comcast.net Christine Kleen (Liaison to Youth & Family Ministry) christine.kleen@gmail.com Pete Koury (Liaison to Property & Maintenance Committee) pete.koury@q.com Deb Tronrud (Liaison to Hospitality & Fellowship Ministry) qt31415s@yahoo.com All articles, photos and notices for the next issue of CrossWord are due by the 15th of the month. Send to office@clchr.org. Editor reserves the right to edit for content and space.
As your Lead Pastor, and as a fellow disciple and brother in Christ, I am asking every parishioner to do five things at this time: 1. Support and pray for Christ’s beloved holy church here at CLC and its leadership, 2. Open yourself to revelation and discovery for what God is eager to do with you and through you during this exciting new chapter of the church’s life together, 3. Continue to receive and study the campaign plan as introduced with each new step, 4. Join in attending worship regularly and engage in the Campaign informational meetings, 5. And seek out ways to volunteer and help with the campaign – utilizing the gifts that you have been specifically blessed to bestow upon this congregation. Building a stronger community of faith begins with getting involved, even if it’s just taking one new step forward with Christ as His disciple. To receive the greatest blessings prepared for us by the Lord in this campaign as parishioners and as a church; we all need to get involved. We are bound together both by our united past in Christian baptism as well as by a common future rooted in abundant grace. May the Lord continue to guide our growth in faith and our service for all of God’s people. Pastor Eric J. Allert
News from the Preschool Hello and happy springtime! It is Preschool Appreciation Month and the kids will be performing on Sunday, April 7th at 9:30am service. We are so excited to perform a new song for everyone!
Be Thou My Vision: A Lenten Reminder by Pastor Eric J. Allert
“Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art: thou my best thought both by day and by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.” – ELW #793 As we draw nearer to the events celebrated during Holy Week, these heralded words of one of my favorite hymns, “Be Thou My Vision”, continually cast the eyes of my heart to remember that when awaiting God’s inspiration for the future of His church, I (we) are to first look to the Lord. Otherwise we resemble the child who, after being told by their parent that a special gift awaits them, wanders eagerly searching aimlessly all around the house only to return confused and exhausted back to the parent who had been holding the gift the entire time. So too, we can be tempted to get wrapped up in our eagerness for vision – desiring to search and hunt down the latest idea that may spark interest, only to eventually turn disheveled back to our own heavenly Parent for guidance. The vision of the church must always be first to the One who created her, calls her as His own, nurtures and supports her, and ultimately guides and equips her for purpose. Together, all our hearts - and all our hopes turn to the Lord for the gift before us: the gift of being a church together that lives joyfully into the discoveries ahead. For truly, Christ alone is the Lord of our hearts – certainly our best thought in both the brilliance of the brightness and the shadows of darkness. It is the God who is the faithful presence of Light eternal – the Light that reveals the vision for His church.
This month we will be talking about careers and inviting parents in to share their jobs. If you have a job you would like to share with the children, please give us a call in the preschool at 303-471-9290 and we can schedule you to visit on Career Day which is on the 30th and May 1st. Conferences will also take place this month giving the teachers and parents time to reflect on the wonderful progress their child has made over this past school year. We have enjoyed our visits with the librarian. Chapel time with our friends in the church office has been fun as well! Our bible themes this month are, “Easter and The Lost Son.” Summer camp is available to all children 3 years through 6 yrs. 11 months old. Registration is available at any time. There will be ten weeks of camp this summer held from Monday through Thursday either 9am – 1pm or 9pm – 4pm. And, you can sign up for as little as one day or as many as you want. Please jump on our website for camp information at www.myclcpreschool.org or we can email you information. Send Deb Morgans an email to dmorgans@clchr.org requesting information. There is a $25, one time supply fee per each child regardless of how many sessions you attend. This fee is all you need to reserve your space and payment is due when your camp session begins. We can let you know what other paperwork might be required if you are not currently attending the preschool. The themes are: Beach/Ocean, All things Art, Animals, All things Outdoors and Sports. We will have a funtastic time! **Camp does not meet over Vacation Bible School week which is the week of July 22nd** Registration for VBS will come from church this month. A special thank you to our amazing CLCP maintenance team! They built cubbies for us and we LOVE them! We appreciate their time, talents and energy to help us! Many blessings for an exciting Easter! Christ is Risen! Deb and Blair
By Jenny Allert, MSN Ed., RNC-OB
It’s April!
The month we celebrate Easter... So what’s more fitting then talking about the health benefits of EGGS! For a long time the egg got a bad rap, especially around the word “cholesterol.” What if I told you that the egg is healthy, even in the realm of cholesterol? Let’s take a closer look at the health benefits of the egg. Eggs are a good source of high quality protein. Half of this protein is found in the white portion of the egg along with vitamin B2. The whites are also full of vitamin
D, B6, B12, and minerals, including copper, zinc, and iron. The yolk contain more calories and fat. However, they are a great source of HEALTHY cholesterol, and fat soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, K, and lecithin. Depending on what the chickens have been fed your egg may also include Omega-3 fatty acids. Eggs contain all 9 essential amino acids, which are important to get in our diet, as we cannot process them in a supplement form. Although, you should always consult your doctor if you have been advised to decrease your cholesterol, over the years we have learned that the cholesterol found in healthy food has less of an effect then the cholesterol found in saturated fats. Most doctors will encourage you to decrease your saturated fat (less than 20g from women and less than 30 g for men per day), and encourage you to enjoy that Easter egg! *If you are concerned or unsure if you can consume eggs please speak with your primary physician!
VOLUNTEERING MAKES YOU HAPPIER According to folks at Western Connecticut State University, volunteering can make you happier. Helping others kindles happiness, as many studies have demonstrated. When researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness in a large group of American adults, they found the more people volunteered, the happier they were, according to a study in Social Science and Medicine. Compared with people who never volunteered, the odds of being “very happy” rose 7% among those who volunteer monthly and 12% for people who volunteer every two to four weeks. Among weekly volunteers, 16% felt very happy—a hike in happiness comparable to having an income of $75,000–$100,000 versus $20,000, say the researchers. Adapted with permission from Simple Changes, Big Rewards: A Practical, Easy Guide for Healthy, Happy Living, a special health report published by Harvard Health Publications Seems like yet another good reason to get involved here at CLC!
Pastor Eric’s Seasonal Reading List Discipleship, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Practicing Our Faith: A way of life for a searching people, by Dorothy C. Bass The Essence of the Church: A community created by the Spirit, by Craig Van Gelder Leading Change in the Congregatio, by Gilbert R. Rendle
SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School will be busy this month learning about Palm Sunday and Easter. It is never too late to get in on the fun! You can register your children online at www.clchr.org. Not registered yet? That’s okay, you can still attend Sunday School! Just stop by the table in the Narthex and talk to Allyson. It’s also never too late to volunteer as a helper or a teacher! Feel free to contact Allyson at any time for more Information (childrensministry@clchr.org).
Mission Trip
High School is continuing to prepare and serve dinner on April 3 and April 10. Don’t forget we are also preparing and serving Palm Sunday Breakfast on April 14. It’s not too late to sign up for the mission trip to Florida this summer. We will leave CLC on June 27 and return to CLC July 8 or 9. Are you a high schooler and a part of our Group Me group? If not, please let Gary Knutson or Emma Pugh know so you can be added! If you still want to go or have questions please talk to Gary! (gknutson@clchr.org)
SKY RANCH LUTHERAN CAMP
Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp split payment and registration for 6th, 7th, 8th graders is due by April 10. Camp dates are June 9-14. If you have any questions please contact Gary (gknutson@clchr.org) or Allyson (childrensministry@clchr.org).
SAVE THE DATE! Vacation Bible School will be here before we know it. So mark your calendars now for July 22-26, 2019. Our theme this year is ROAR: Life is Wild. God is Good. Kids explore God’s goodness and celebrate a ferocious faith that powers them through this wild life. We can’t wait to introduce your kids to our Bible Buddies and share with them how Jesus loves us, even when we struggle. Registration for church members, CLC Preschoolers, and MOPS will begin in April 9. We will email you the registration link on April 9. We will open registration to the public on April 23. Please check our Facebook page for updates. Christ Lutheran VBS Highlands Ranch July 22-26, 2019.
7th and 8th Grade Confirmation Middle Schoolers in Confirmation will continue meeting with their mentors for the season of Lent, April 3 and April 10. Please contact your mentor if you need to make changes to your weekly meeting time. There will be no confirmation on April 17 or April 24. 8th grade lock in will be April 26. If you have any questions please contact Gary Knutson at gknutson@clchr.org or your small group guide. Dynamite is our youth group for our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. This month we will be meeting the first Sunday of the month from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. It’s a fun evening filled with dinner, crafts, games, Bible story, and Bible games. Our LAST gathering of the school year will be April 7, 2019. For more information please contact Allyson Evans at childrensministry@clchr.org or Gary Knutson at gknutson@clchr.org.
First Communion Classes First Communion Classes will be held on March 31 and April 7 at 12:15. A parent is required to attend with each participant at both sessions. Lunch will be served both days. First Communion will be celebrated on April 18 at 7:00PM.
LENTEN MEALS Two more Lenten Meals remain! Join us on April 3 for our famous Chili Cook Off! If you have an award winning chili that you would like to share with the congregation please contact Gary Knutson for details. As if that wasn’t enough... our World Famous Brisket Night is April 10! If you smoke brisket and would like to smoke some for this event, please talk to Gary. We are selling tickets to brisket night! Adults are $10.00 ($12.00 at the door) and Children under 10 years are $5.00 ($7.00 at the door). If you have not already purchased your tickets, please see a youth at the Fellowship Hall door on April 3 or contact Gary in the church office. Then join us on Sunday, April 14 from 8:30-11:30 for Palm Sunday Breakfast! These are fundraisers for our high school mission trip and they are asking for a free will offering at the chili dinner and Palm Sunday Breakfast. Please contact Gary Knutson with questions (gknutson@clchr.org).
Altar Flowers
Volunteer Appreciation Event A good time was had by all at the Volunteer Appreciation dinner.
Appetizers were served while a string quartet played, followed by entertainment by Stick Horses in Pants comedy improv group. The comedy group can be found online at www.thestickhorses.com. You can watch clips of their act or buy tickets to see them perform in Colorado Springs. Even the silly game that we played after dinner was a lively activity that brought out the competitive nature of many people! Thanks to all who attended, and a special thank you to the CLC staff who made the evening possible. If you want to be invited next year, all you have to do is VOLUNTEER!
Did you know that you can pay for altar flowers online in CCB? Simply sign-in to CCB at clchr.ccbchurch.com, find the Give button next to the $ icon, choose a one-time gift, choose the designation of Worship Flowers, and then indicate the amount you wish to pay for the flower arrangement. Twenty-five dollars is the minimum amount, but feel free to give more, if the spirit moves you! All that’s left for you to do after that is to contact Karen or Sam in the office to designate the date for which you are purchasing the flowers.
Happy Birthday Dan Abraham Austin Alexander Steven Almer Erving Anderson Brayden Anderson Hannah Archuleta Lon Douglas Arnold Krysta Baca Linda Bailey Emily Barry Lexi Bauer Thomas Beal Jake Beauchamp Courtney Belin Jeff Bergstrom Kelly Bergstrom Maelyn Betthauser Chrissy Beukelman Helen Beulke Tom Bielefeldt Dru Boggs William Brinker Juanita Buckel Anne Buderus Sydney Anne Cantrell Ray Christensen Ben Coleman Linda Cook Craig Coronato Ryan Cummings John DeBoer Luke Edstrom Simeon Ehm
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Ashley Evens Jennifer Exley Ashley Flynn Peyton Friend John Friend Dennis Gereaux Miles Gooderham Roger Green Jennifer Gunther Sheldon Hafner Grant Hansen Madison Hegre Kyle Henningsen Jen Henningsen Kevin Henningsen Zooey Hill Nancy Hubbard Russ Hunchar Russell Hunchar Quinn Hunchar Dan Johnson Bev Johnson Olivia Johnson Stephanie Knight Chery Koury Janet Kracht Camryn Kramer Lynette Kramer Kaleigh Kreimeyer Ken Kroneberger Amanda Kropp Evan Lambert Karlton Lauer
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Colin Leibbrandt Jordan Lutonsky Juliana Maldenado Gavin Marshall Lara Marxhausen Brianne Mavis Ethan McGraw Jaime McNitt Shawn Miller Tyler Mitchell Sherree Mitchum Cheryl Moore Brian Morgans Shelby Mulverhill April Munson Kathryne Musgrove Ryan Nichols Michaela Ordonez Fred Parsa Justin Pellett Katie Pinon Paul Pontius Abby Porterfield Haley Radochonski Stephanie Radtke Jason Radtke James Rand Laura Reeves Alexandria Reeves Donna Riley Dwight Roinestad Audra Roosen Garren Saewert
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Leslie Sanner Carl Saur Ellie Saxton Steve Schaeberle Kelli Schandel Elise Schauer Jim Schleuder Frank Schulte Gabriel Schultze Pastor Tom Shelly Judy Siel Sarah Sievers Peyton Smith Hunter Snauwaert Alex Sorensen Trent Sorensen Ryan Spilman Marcia Strom Barbara Terrell Susan Thoennes Esther Trautmann Kathryn Van Dewerker George Vasilauskis Rick Versen Kyle Versen Tara Vogler Jessica Williams Amanda Wilson Charlotte Wilson Elizabeth Zorn
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A different ministry that I would like to highlight this month is our Sign Team. We have a great team that changes our sign on Broadway. With our crazy Colorado weather changing out the sign can be a little tricky, so I wanted to highlight them and their ministry! We love that they do this. It’s a great way for CLC to communicate with our community and with you, our members! Their job can be completed at any time during the week and is very easy to do. If you would like to join this ministry please contact Karen Patz in the church office!
SOFIA
(Stories Of Faith In Action)
Another behind the scenes group is the Communion Bread Team. They bake communion bread for the upcoming weekend. They do such a wonderful job and we love having real bread at the altar! Again, this group can complete their duties at any time prior to the weekend. If you would like to join this group please let Karen Patz know! We really appreciated Cory and Cayden Rheault helping us shovel after that huge snow storm. Thank you for seeing a need and acting on it. We know that the job was a tough one! We loved how you put your faith in action and helped us dig out!
Ally Williams
APRIL SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
6:30a Men's Breakfast Group 1 5:30p ADVANCE! [off-site] 7p Boy Scouts 645 7p Personnel Mtg.
8a Worship 7 6:30a Men's Breakfast 9:30a Adult Education Group 9:30a Preschool Appreciation 9a Mission Quilters Sunday 7p Boy Scouts 645 9:30a Sunday School 3 years to 6th Grade 9:30a Worship 11a Worship 12:15p First Communion Class (class 2 of 2) 5p Dynamite 7p AA Meeting
8 5:30p Crossroads Band 7p BLAZE 7p Council Meeting 7p Praise Team
Palm Sunday 14 6:30a Men's Breakfast 15 Group 8a Worship 8:30a Palm Sunday Breakfast 7p Boy Scouts 645 7p Legacy & Endowment Mtg. 9:30a Adult Education 9:30a Sunday School 3 years to 6th Grade 9:30a Worship 11a Worship 7p AA Meeting Easter Weekend 21 6:30a Men's Breakfast Group 6:30a Sunrise Easter 9a Mission Quilters Worship Service 7p Boy Scouts 645 8a Worship 9:30a Adult Education 9:30a NO Sunday School Easter 9:30a Worship 11a Worship 7p AA Meeting 8a Worship 9:30a Adult Education 9:30a Sunday School 3 years to 6th Grade 9:30a Worship 11a Thrivent Workshop Retirement 11a Worship 12:15p Baptism Class 7p AA Meeting
28 6:30a Men's Breakfast
5:30p Crossroads Band 7p BLAZE 7p Praise Team 7p Women's Book Club (off-site)
12p VNA Foot Clinic 5:30p Crossroads Band 6:45p Women of Joy 7p BLAZE 7p Praise Team
22 12p VNA Foot Clinic
5:30p Crossroads Band 7p BLAZE 7p Praise Team
29 5:30p Crossroads Band Group 7p BLAZE 6p Soul Sisters Outing (off-site) 7p Praise Team 7p Boy Scouts 645
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY FRIDAY 3 6p Handbell Choir Practice 4 5:30p Preschool Parents
2 9:30a MOPS
12p Preschool Jump Bunch 5:15p Kids Choir Practice 5:15p Lenten Dinner 5:15p Lenten Mentor Meetings 6p Town Hall Meeting 7p Lenten Midweek Worship
9 11a Preschool Chapel
7p Celebration Choir
10 11a Preschool Chapel
12p Preschool Jump Bunch 2p Preschool Chapel 5:15p Kids Choir Practice 5:15p Lenten Dinner 5:15p Lenten Mentor Meetings 7p Lenten Midweek Worship
6p Handbell Choir Practice 6p Military Ministry 7p Celebration Choir
17 Maundy Thursday
23 11a Preschool Chapel
24 11a Preschool Chapel
12p Preschool Jump Bunch 2p Preschool Chapel 7p Catechism & Discipleship: Adult Confirmation Class 7p NO Confirmation Learning Event
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11 12p OWLS Luncheon
5:30p Preschool Auctions
18 Good Friday 6p NO Handbell Choir Practice 7p Worship - Maundy Thurs 7p First Communion Celebration 7p NO Celebration Choir Maundy THurs 7p Worship
16 9:30a MOPS
12p Preschool Jump Bunch
Night Out
6p Handbell Choir Practice 7p Celebration Choir
25 8th Grade Spring Lock in 7p MOMSnext (off-site)
SATURDAY 5 9a Chicks w/Sticks 10a Genealogy Group 1p Fjelldalen Lodge 5p Worship
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12 5p Parents Night Out
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19 Easter Weekend
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26 8th Grade Spring Lock in
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5p Worship
8a Maintenance Team Work Day 5p Worship
5p Worship 6p Spring Congregational Meeting & Dinner
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There’s a place for you! Church Community Ministries Outreach Ministries Altar Guild Worship Teams First Impressions Team Ushers and Greeters Readers Decorating Team Assisting Ministers Mowing & Snow Removal Kitchen Team Recycling Team Maintenance Team Sign Team Chefs for Christ Sanctuary Care Card Ministry Prayer Tree Care for the Caregiver Grief Group MOPS MomsNext
Preschool
Parent’s Night Out Sponsor a Child from Uganda
Outreach Uganda Urban Peak Teen Shelter Alcoholics Anonymous Bonfils Blood Drive Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp Lutheran Family Services projects Pueblo De Dios (in CA) Projects ELCA World Hunger Military Ministry Chicks with Sticks Mission Quilters Thrivent Builds
Youth & Family Ministries
Baptism Classes First Bible Classes First Communion Classes Summer Vacation Bible School Dynamite Youth Group (4th, 5th & 6th graders) Confirmation Classes (7th & 8th graders) BLAZE (Senior High School Youth Group) Sunday School Mission Trips
Education and Fellowship
Adult Education Classes held during 9:30 Sunday services and Wednesday nights at 7pm Men’s Breakfast Group – Bible study group meets every Monday morning Women of Joy – a Christian Bible study that meets once a month for fellowship and service Women’s Bible Studies - (Monday mornings 9:30am – spring and fall sessions)
Fun and Fellowship
OWLS – Senior group meets monthly for fellowship Shepherds Dinner Group Men’s Book Club Women’s Book Club Advance! Men’s Group Soul Sisters Women’s Group Bridge Group Co-ed and Men’s Softball
Music
CLC Kids Rock! Youth Worship Weekend Band Celebration Choir Carillon Ringers Crossroads Band Praise Team