June 2015 CLC CrossWord

JUNE 2015

Christ Lutheran Church • Highlands Ranch, CO • Gathering † Gifting † Sending

Thrivent Builds Team

ADULT MISSION TRIP September 2nd through 4th

We are going to back to Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp to complete a few projects. We are in need of a variety of skills so all are welcome. Details have not been set yet as to what the projects will be (it depends on how summer camp goes) but for now just save the date and let Dianne know if you are interested in participating.

Please sign the response sheet or email Dianne at outreach@clchr.org.

CLC’S Thrivent Builds Team is a group of volunteers that tackle repair projects around the city in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity.

Our CLC Team Lead is Jim Peterson, and he is currently looking for nine additional people to join him to work on June 17th. If you have any questions or need more information, please email Jim at petersonkj@comcast.net.

Please sign the response sheet TODAY, if you are interested!!

Lutheran Family Services “Tee Off for Hope” Golf Event Monday, June 22, 2015

Highlands Ranch Golf Club 9000 Creekside Way, Highlands Ranch, 80129 6:30am-1:00pm The day includes 18 holes, challenging contests, exciting prize opportunities, breakfast, lunch, polo shirt, prizes and more! The tournament funds raised support the human service programs of LFS, including adoption, disaster response, foster care, older adult and caregiver services, prevention services, and refugee services.

Please go to http://www.lfsrm.org/events to register or contact Danette Goldhammer at LFS: danette.goldhammer@lfsrm.org or 303.217.5860

STAFF: Rev. Steve Berke, Interim Senior Pastor pastorsteve@clchr.org

Pastor Steve’s Message

Rev. DJ Dent, Associate Pastor pastordent@clchr.org Dianne Yoss Outreach Coordinator outreach@clchr.org

Transition Team Begins in Early June

Debbie Freeman Volunteer Coordinator dfreeman@clchr.org Gary Knutson Director of Youth & Family gknutson@clchr.org Deb Morgans Director of Preschool dmorgans@clchr.org Mary Behnke Administrative Manager mbehnke@clchr.org Sallie Burns Financial Secretary sburns@clchr.org Linda Holcombe Director of Music lindaholcombe64@gmail.com Nicholas Koltay Administrative Assistant nkoltay@clchr.org Carrie Mallery Principal Pianist Larry Scalfari Pianist Barbara Pierson Director Nursery Ministry Barbara.Pierson@comcast.net Meliha & Predrag Vajzovic Custodians

CHURCH COUNCIL: Adrian Hafner backyardkids@hotmail.com Bret Sumner bretsumner@hotmail.com John Ringkob jer@dascoinc.com John Riley johnriley05@comcast.net Lesley Cantrell we4cantrells@mac.com Erika Alpern eajteach@yahoo.com Karen Rucker kkosty@excite.com Steve Schaeberle Schaeberle1@comcast.net Bob Weber B14169k@comcast.net

All articles, photos and notices for the next issue of CrossWord are due by the 15th of the month.

Send to mbehnke@clchr.org. Editor reserves the right to edit for content and space.

Dear Friends, One of the common anxieties in the church during pastoral interim periods centers around questions such as these: “When will we get moving? How long will the call process take?” When I interviewed with Christ Lutheran’s church council, I sought to assure them that I am not invested in trying to stretch out the interim process, but I also want it to be done well. Part of my call here is to be a coach and consultative presence during the transition.

As we enter into these early summer days, I am happy to report that the council has appointed a twelve-person Transition Team, which will have its initial meeting during the first week in June. They will be authorized to lead the congregation in a process of self-discovery and looking to the future in the congregation’s 30th anniversary year. The Transition Team will be commissioned at worship on the weekend of June 13-14.

One of the tasks of the Transition Team is to work on and largely complete the Ministry Site Profile (MSP), the document used in the ELCA to share with pastoral candidates. Then, before the call committee begins interviewing, the MSP will be shared with that group, having been reviewed and approved by the church council (and submitted to the Rocky Mountain Synod).

The members of the Transition Team are Jeff Bergstrom, Chris DeBeer, Carl Douhan, Bill Doyle, Heidi Jason, Elizabeth Jones, Martha Miller, David Ornes, Chris Porter, Steve Schaeberle, Jennifer Sievers, and Nancy Sullivan. Please pray for them and their work, and thank them for their willingness to engage the congregation in its self-assessment during these days.

By the way, the gathering of perspectives, information, questions, and visions for mission from the congregation has already begun. At the May 9 semi-annual meeting of Christ Lutheran Church, we collected responses to a series of questions from twenty-seven church members, and these comments added up to six pages of input for the Transition Team to review.

Please be in touch with me at any time as you have questions or concerns to share.

God’s peace to you, Steve Berke, Intentional Interim Pastor

Pastor DJ’s Message

Confirmation I’ve got one more angel question to answer, but I’m going to save it for another month.

Instead I’m going back to the list of questions to answer this one which is timely: Why don’t confirmation kids memorize scripture or catechism?

The reason this is timely is that in the month of May, 33 of our young adults and 2 of our brothers and sisters in Idaho Springs were approved for confirmation by pastors, council, mentors, and guides. It was another successful year working with everyone and a great blessing to see them blossom from start to finish of a very intensive time of instruction (what catechesis translates to in English) in the faith.

The question does have a bit of an inaccuracy at its start. Our confirmands do memorize scripture, but they do not do so in the same manner as was done in previous generations. In years past, there was a requirement of recitation prior to or during the rite of confirmation. I recall specifically having to recite the Apostle’s Creed from memory in front of the congregation – and not fondly. I can’t say that this was in any way a formative experience in my faith life nor in my study of theology. Nonetheless, there are those who do recall these moments fondly as they have formed the foundation for their faith which has grown since then. Regardless, our confirmands are inundated with a year of study of Holy Scripture with the idea that those verses and stories which are memorable to them will become part of their faith. We also do significant education on our liturgy (which many have memorized) which is very scriptural. Much like education has changed over the years, so too has our plan for confirmation, which leads directly to my next point.

Those of you with working memory of your Small Catechism will recall that it wasn’t enough to memorize your Apostle’s Creed, but to attach to it as well Martin Luther’s meaning of each of the articles. This was actually not part of my confirmation process, and I feel the lesser for it. Information is not lacking in our current age, and the issue really becomes how do we prioritize and make meaning out of an absolute flood of information. Our goal in confirmation now is not recitation but making meaning out of a complex and diverse Christian tradition. We have good precedence for this in the church, even as scripture itself was formed.

As the councils convened to discuss what would and wouldn’t be included in the bible, they had to make this discernment. As they discussed Christology, Epistemology, Ecclesiology, all the intricacies of looking at the text (after a rough agreement on which text was met) and asking “What does this mean?” they had to wade through a variety of perspectives and verses and stories and create priority and lenses for viewing the faith. We focus, then, on meaning and application in our current model. In this light, it is a distinct possibility that we do adult catechism as a course, but that will be organized sometime in the future.

Peace, Pastor DJ Dent

Bonfils Blood Drive

CLC is holding a blood drive with Bonfils Blood Center on Sunday June 14th from 8:30 to 12:30 am in the Fellowship Hall.

There is one spot still available at 11:50am.

If you are interested, please sign the response sheet.

2015 Women’s Book Club Summer Sale June 20-21 The Women’s Book Club has been working in the CLC library and sorting through books left by Pastor Tom. We will be holding a sale the weekend of June 20-21 to offer these items for to the congregation.

We will NOT be accepting book donations for this one-time sale. We will accept donations, beginning in the fall, for our annual sale to be held Oct 31-Nov 1, and Nov 7-8.

Please plan to visit the sale when you come to worship the weekend of June 20-21.

Happy Birthday Holden Hill - June 1 Ty Jensen - June 2 Michelle Cingrani - June 3 Wyatt Fellows - June 3 Kim Fisher - June 3 Matthew Hubbard - June 3 Emily Bollich Millyard - June 3 Shane Wischer - June 3 Matthew Bellipanni - June 4 Taylor Dikeman - June 4 Jenna Gereaux - June 4 Larry Morken - June 4 John Boettcher - June 5 Julie Gray - June 5 Roslyn Paine - June 5 Don Burbank - June 6 Bridger Hammill - June 6 Andrew McGraw - June 6 Julia Radtke - June 7 Chad Saewert - June 7 Bill Hughes - June 8 Erik Kolseth - June 8 Kelly Inmann - June 9 Jon Silverman - June 9 Christine Swenson - June 9 Alyson Curry - June 10 Collin Gordon - June 10 John Hansen - June 10

Rachel Macko - June 10 Bret Sumner - June 10 Toby Gordon - June 11 Vernon Hanson - June 11 Jorge Mena Casa - June 11 Andrew Bergstrom - June 12 Jacob Conner - June 12 Maddy Etten - June 12 Joan Morgan - June 12 Jackson Prescott - June 12 Karen Todd - June 12 Michael Martinez - June 13 Marty McGraw - June 13 Riley Nedved - June 13 Vicki Schopfer - June 13 Susan Bohren - June 14 Mike Brady - June 14 Jonathan Danyo - June 14 Mark Edmunds - June 14 Kaylee Gordon - June 14 Ian Schopfer - June 14 Norm Beulke - June 15 Sara Kirk - June 15 Sara Kroneberger - June 15 David Van Dewerker - June 15 Brian Martin - June 16 Kevin Pellett - June 16 Adelind Whitehurst - June 16

Jordy Oleson - June 17 Jackie Schneider - June 17 Laura Adams - June 18 Mark Ault - June 18 Liam Etten - June 18 Mathew Ingebritson - June 18 Ryan Smith - June 18 Chris Tronrud - June 18 Truman Fennel - June 19 Zoe Henningsen - June 19 Jacque LaShier - June 19 Andy O'Brien - June 19 Kellen McGavern - June 20 Andy Paine - June 20 Andrew Parks - June 20 Jill Radtke - June 20 Grant Richard Shelly - June 20 Herbert Bowman - June 21 Stephanie Foster - June 21 Jason Holder - June 21 John Rand - June 21 Britton Roth - June 21 Fisher Roth - June 21 Yvette Smith - June 21 Nancy Bauer - June 22 Mike Gregorek - June 22 Cole Talus - June 22 Garin Vorthmann - June 22

Ingrid Hirst - June 24 Judy Sagrillo - June 24 Greg Viergutz - June 24 Kathryn DeBoer - June 25 Susan Dikeman - June 25 Jay Dikeman - June 25 Olivia Griner - June 26 Amy Hill - June 26 Jon Melcher - June 26 Mitchell Raddatz - June 26 Clint Koury - June 27 Terry Palazzo - June 27 Elliott Ramon - June 27 Corey Sullivan - June 27 Matthew Tjosvold - June 27 Pat White - June 27 Kristin Bergstrom - June 28 Alex Brand - June 28 Randall Colson - June 28 Sharyl Morris - June 28 Zach Staub - June 28 Mary Behnke - June 29 Kathy Boyer - June 29 Benjamin Doernbrack - June 29 Brelyn Stevens - June 29 Cindy Vernell - June 29 Bob Buck - June 30 Maddie Romney - June 30

NEW MEMBER CLASS - Sunday, September 21st There will be a New Member Class on Sunday, September 21st from 12:15-3:15pm in the Fellowship Hall. Lunch and Childcare will be provided. Please sign the Response Sheet, if you are interested. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Dianne at outreach@clchr.org

Welcome New Council Members We would like to welcome Beth Ott, Sherry Halverson and Pete Koury as new members to the CLC Council.

Bret Sumner and John Ringkob were re-elected and will be rejoining Karen Rucker, Erika Alpern, Steve Schaeberle, Leslie Cantrell and Bob Weber. Outgoing Council members are John Riley and Adrian Hafner.

Jeff Bergstrom will no longer be a voting member on the Council but will retain the office of Treasurer.

Thanks to all you for your services on Church Council!

JUNE SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Harvest Farm 1 6:30a Men's Breakfast Group 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp 7p Boy Scouts 7p Personnel Mtg.

Harvest Farm 2 Harvest Farm 8:30a Preschool Summer 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp Camp 11:15a Staff Mtg. 7p Transition Team Mtg. 5p Crossroads Band 6:30p Praise Team 7p Blaze-Sr. High 7:30p Transition Team Mtg. 8p mops set-up

8:30a Preschool Summer Camp 7p Beth Moore Study 7p Celebration Choir

9a Rejoice Circle 6p Snauwaert recital

SATURDAY 5 7a Boy Scouts 9a Chicks w/Sticks 5p BAPTISM - Hammill 5p Worship/CC

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Transition Team Installation 14 6:30a Men's Breakfast 15 8:30a Preschool Summer 16 8:30a Preschool Summer 17 8:30a Preschool Summer 18 9a Rejoice Circle Camp Camp 6:30p CLC Bridge Group Camp 8a Worship/CC Group 7p Celebration Choir 11:15a Staff Mtg. 8:30a Bonfils Blood Drive 8:30a Preschool Summer 1p Visiting Nurse Assoc.

9:30a Worship/SS Camp 5p Crossroads Band 11a Worship/CC 7p Boy Scouts 6:30p Praise Team 12:15p Baptism Class 7p Blaze-Sr. High 7p AA Meeting 8p mops set-up

19 5p Worship/CC

20

Camp 6:30a Men's Breakfast Group 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp 9:30a Mission Quilters 6p Boy Scouts Venture Crew 7p Boy Scouts 7p Legacy & Endowment Mtg.

21 6:30a Men's Breakfast

Camp 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp 11:15a Staff Mtg. 5p Crossroads Band 6:30p Praise Team 7p Blaze-Sr. High 7p Council Mtg.

9 Sky Ranch Confirmation 10 Sky Ranch Confirmation

FRIDAY 4 Harvest Farm

12 Transition Team

8a Worship/CC 9:30a Worship/SS 11a Worship/CC 7p AA Meeting

8 Sky Ranch Confirmation

THURSDAY 3 Harvest Farm

11 Sky Ranch Confirmation

Sky Ranch Confirmation Camp 8a Worship/CC 9:30a Worship/SS 11a Worship/CC 5p AA Meeting

7 ky Ranch Confirmation

WEDNESDAY

Camp Camp 8:30a Preschool Summer 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp Camp 10a Holcombe Wedding Baking 3p Holcombe Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner 7p Cub Scout Leader Mtg.

22 8:30a Preschool Summer 23 8:30a Preschool Summer 24 8:30a Preschool Summer 25

Group 8:30a Preschool Summer Camp 9:30a Mission Quilters 6p Boy Scouts Venture Crew 7p Boy Scouts

Camp 11:15a Staff Mtg. 5p Crossroads Band 6:30p Praise Team 7p Blaze-Sr. High

8a Worship/CC 28 6:30a Men's Breakfast 29 8:30a Preschool Summer 30 9:30a Worship/SS Group Camp 11a Worship/CC 8:30a Preschool Summer 11:15a Staff Mtg. 12:15p New Member's Class Camp 5p Crossroads Band 7p AA Meeting 7p Boy Scouts 6:30p Praise Team 7p Blaze-Sr. High

Camp

Camp 7p Celebration Choir

Camp 8a Holcombe Wedding Set Up 12p OWLS Luncheon 3p Holcombe wedding

Installation 5p Worship/CC

26 7a General Maintenance 27 5p Worship/CC

Followers of Jesus Christ

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Outreach Ministries

Harrington Elementary School in Denver – various projects Outreach Uganda Urban Peak Teen Shelter Alcoholics Anonymous Bonfils Blood Drive Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp Lutheran Family Services projects Grant Avenue Street Reach Pueblo De Dios (in CA) Projects ELCA World Hunger Military Ministry Chicks with Sticks Mission Quilters

Music

CLC Kids Rock!

Youth Worship Weekend Band Celebration Carillon Ringers Crossroads Douglas County Singers Praise Team Carillon Ringers

Preschool

Church Community Ministries Altar Guild New Mothers Ministry Worship Teams First Impressions Team Ushers and Greeters Bulletin “Folders” Readers Decorating Team Assisting Ministers Mowing & Snow Removal Kitchen Team Recycling Team Maintenance Team Sweet Bread Ministry Sign Team Chefs for Christ Sanctuary Care Card Ministry Prayer Tree

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 Women’s Bunko

Youth & Family Ministries

Baptism Classes First Bible Classes First Communion Classes Summer Vacation Bible School Confirmation Classes (7th & 8th graders) Sunday School Dynamite Youth Group (4th, 5th & 6th graders) BLAZE (Senior High School Youth Group) Mission Trips Family Nights

Education and Fellowship

Adult Education Classes (held during 9:30 service and Thursdays at 9:00am) Men’s Breakfast Group – bible study group meets every Monday morning Women of Joy – a Christian book club that meets twice monthly for fellowship and service Rejoice Circle – women’s bible study, meets twice monthly