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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
April 2014
Holy Week and Easter
Palm / Passion Sunday – April 13, 2014 – 8:30
am and 11:00 am
These worship services begin with a palm procession,
commemorating Jesus’ triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. Then the tone of the service changes as
we meditate upon Jesus’ passion and death with the
reading of Matthew’s account of the passion.
Holy Week culminates in the celebration of the
Three Days of Jesus’ suffering, death, and
resurrection. Please join us for worship and
meditation during Holy Week.
Maundy Thursday – April 17
Worship services are at 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm – both services celebrate Holy
Communion and the evening service will also do foot washing.
Good Friday – April 18
Worship services are at 12:00 noon and 7:00 pm – The noon service will be based on the
stations of the cross which are presently on the walls of the sanctuary. The 7 pm service will be
Tenebrae.
Easter Sunday – April 20
Worship services are at 8:30 am and 11:00 am – Both will celebrate Holy Communion.
There is the traditional Easter Breakfast at 9:30 am as well as the Easter Egg Hunt for children at
10:15 am – please bring a basket/bag to collect eggs in.
The Rev. Scott M. Anderson, Pastor
[email protected]
The Rev. Dr. Charles R. Huggins, Assistant to the Pastor
[email protected]
Susan Esposito, Parish Administrator & Editor
[email protected]
Diane Archer, AIM, Minister of Education and Youth
[email protected]
Diane Archer, Lutheran Campus Minister
[email protected]
Amanda Stoen, Preschool Director
[email protected]
Church Office Phone: 919-489-3214 * Fax: 919-490-1088 * Website: www.stpaulsdurham.org
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From the heart of Pastor
Scott
Biblical Way of the Cross in
the Nave
Diane suggested this would be a good title for my
newsletter article this month. I thought it was a great
suggestion.
Thanks for all your prayers. Needless to say I was
shocked when I found out I needed heart bypass
surgery. The blockages were in a place that couldn’t be
handled with stents. So, I am trying to schedule this as
soon as possible so I can be back better than ever.
Watch out – they tell me I’ll have more energy when I
recover. Keep me in your prayers, please.
There are a few things in which I want to
encourage you to participate.
First Communion training
will take place the Saturday before
Palm Sunday – April 12. Diane
will be getting out more details,
but the day should begin at 9 am
and run until around 1 pm. All are
welcome, contact Diane to make a reservation. We
strongly encourage children that have not communed
to begin with this training event. All the baptized are
welcome at the table. This event is geared to young
children but if you or your child has not taken
communion and you wish to receive instruction, please
come. The day includes a retelling of the Exodus story,
re-enactment of the Holy Week narrative, and a walk
through of the Holy Communion service and tasting of
the elements.
Mark Schweizer is coming Sunday evening, May
4th. He has planned an evening that includes a
participatory “Radio” broadcast that includes the cast
of characters from his book as well as some of the fun
music he has written. There will be time with the
author and good time will be had by all. The evening
will include dinner together and I would encourage us
to hold a jell-o mold competition. Come join Mark for
an evening of fun. His books are available in the
library or electronically as e-books. I encourage you to
read them in order, the first book is The Alto Wore
Tweed.
Lastly, know that while I recuperate you will all
be in my prayer. I love being your pastor and we have
many years ahead of us.
Please help Susan, Diane, and the Music staff by
volunteering to help.
God’s peace,
Pastor Scott
The Way of the Cross has always been a powerful
part of the Christian Faith tradition. The early practice
of Christians attempting to
retrace and walk the path of
Jesus has been a treasured way
to commemorate the Passion
and Death of Christ.
The Stations presented in
our sanctuary are original art
by Nicholas Markell. It has
been interpreted through the
work of our Liturgical Arts Committee and the work of
Barbara Williams Ellertson.
I encourage you to find the time and meditate on
the imagery and the Biblical texts. A booklet entitled
Biblical way of the Cross by David Haas is available
to guide your meditation. These booklets may be found
on the welcome center. Please use them for meditation
and leave for the next person to use.
Fowler Footnotes
by Roberta Lloyd, Librarian
German theologian and martyr, Dietrich
Bonhoeffer was born February 4, 1906. After spending
some time (1930-31) studying at Union Theological
Seminary in New York, he received his doctorate in
theology and went on to lecture at Berlin University.
As early as 1933, Bonhoeffer was opposing the Nazi
regime and assisting Jews to leave Germany.
Dismayed with the established church’s non-action
against the Nazis, Bonhoeffer left Germany to pastor a
community of Germans living in London. He returned
to Germany in 1935 to teach in the underground
seminary of the Confessing Church. In 1939, after
many conflicts with the Gestapo, friends arranged to
send him to the safety of the United States to teach at
Union Theological Seminary, but he stayed only a
short time. He felt compelled to return to Germany so
he could participate fully in the suffering of his nation
and lend support to the new Germany that would arise
when the Nazis were defeated. Upon his return, the
government forbade him to publish, teach or speak
publicly. Charged with conspiracy, Bonhoeffer was
arrested and imprisoned in 1943 and hung on April 9,
1945.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was critical of “religion” that
consisted only of practices performed in church on
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Sunday mornings. He advocated a “religionless”
Christianity that focused on serving others and
participating in the “suffering of God in the life of this
world.”
Fowler Library owns many books by and about
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, including his Letters and Papers
From Prison and The Cost of Discipleship.
Preschool Pitter Patter
by Amanda Stoen, Director
In late February, I
attended the ELCA’s annual
pastor and school
administrator conference in
Jacksonville, FL. What an
amazing experience it was! I
met and networked with
Lutheran early childhood educators from all over the
country. I attended several different sessions relating
to early childhood education and the importance that
our preschool plays in our community. The keynote
speaker was Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Pastor of the
Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem
(yes, that Bethlehem!). His message was quite
inspirational, focusing on spreading the mission, God’s
kingdom, not the individual church. It reminded me of
a recent sermon at St. Paul’s telling us to spread our
light out into the world. We and our mission are
always a work in progress.
It is always so exciting to return from a conference
full of energy and ideas. We discussed ways to support
our teachers through really listening and observing and
how important it is to work as a unified team. I
attended a session on the importance of play and the
brain. We do a lot of play at the preschool – it is the
job of children! I look forward to sharing these new
ideas with our preschool and with you. Building and
growing a strong preschool takes many hands and I
feel incredibly blessed to have the support of this
congregation.
Stephen Ministry Update
Your Stephen Ministry team is well into the next
part of our work together. Many of our Care Givers
have been paired with Care Receivers and are using
the skills they have learned and the gifts that God has
given them to walk with others and be both listening
ears and open hearts. We are thankful for their service
in Jesus’ name and continue to ask you to hold them in
prayer as they multiply ministry in this place.
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Do you know of someone who
could benefit from the type of one-onone companionship that Stephen
Ministry provides? Whether the issues
are medical, personal, or spiritual,
people with needs large or small,
short-term or chronic, sometimes
don’t have access to the kind of
Christian relationship that Stephen Ministry can
provide. Remember: The relationship that is
established is entirely confidential. Only the Pastor,
the Referrals Coordinator (currently Judy Kraska) and
the care giver her or himself know the name of the care
receiver, unless the care receiver chooses to reveal his
or her participation.
Please let one of us know if you or someone you
know would benefit from this ministry. And a blessed
Lent as we all journey to the cross and empty tomb.
Your Stephen Leaders,
Nancy Anderson, Judy Kraska, Audrey Busch,
Deborah Steed, and Pastor Anderson
New Year – New Name –
Same Christian
Love!
The Chronic Illness Healing
Group recently adopted a new,
more welcoming name for its
ministry. It is now entitled
Wholeness Through Caring. Its
goal is to serve Christ by providing healing presence to
those who have prolonged physical, mental health
and/or spiritual challenges. This fellowship gathers
twice monthly to provide caring Christian support to
one another as they share about their experiences along
the road to better health.
Katherine Circle of the
WELCA
Katherine Circle’s April program will be the
Stations of the Cross. It will be done with the help of
Margaret Simis, Penni Perrotte, Debbie Keller and Jim
Sackett. It will be a “play” depicting the journey that
Jesus makes to the cross. It will remind us that as we
trace Jesus’ journey, we take up our own cross, the
symbol of our own passion, and bear the imprint of His
cross in our own. It will be a reminder that there will
be a Sunday morning, but not without the journey
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through Good Friday and the Cross. We will meet at
the church on Tuesday, April 15 at 10:00 am.
Hostesses are Phyllis Jenkins and Lois Kenzie. Pew
supplies will be filled by Phyllis Jenkins in April.
Acolyte-Crucifer
Coordinators
Coordinators are needed
for acolytes and crucifers at
both the 8:30 and 11:00 am
worship services. Duties
include: managing a sign-up
schedule, sending reminder emails, being present prior
to worship time to assist acolytes and crucifers with
robes and review of duties. Adults and youth are both
invited to sign up to serve as acolytes and crucifers.
Training will be available. If you are interested in
coordinating at either service, see Pastor Anderson or
Diane Archer.
An Evening with Mark
Schweizer
Have you had a chance to read one of Mark
Schweizer’s books in the library? Here is a book
description of: The Cantor Wore Crinolines
Hayden Konig has always been lucky. As a
detective, he’s top-notch. As the organist at St.
Barnabas Church, he’s been tickling the ivories for
close to twenty years. He’s rich, his wife is the best
looking woman in three counties, he lives in a big
cabin in the woods – he has a dog, a gun, a CD
collection, and a truck.
Yet, he is not content. He has one dream left to
realize. He longs to be a noir detective writer like his
hero, Raymond Chandler. In a desperate attempt to
channel some of the master’s wordplay, Hayden has
purchased Mr. Chandler’s old typewriter — a 1939
Underwood No. 5. It doesn’t help.
Even as Hayden works on his new opus, he must
deal with other, more pressing problems. Groundhog
Day isn't usually a liturgical holiday, but when the
new Anglo-Catholic priest decides that a Candlemas
Evensong on February 2nd is in order, what can the
choir do but comply? As "St. Groundelmas"
approaches, three dead bodies turn up, and the clues
point to a trashy murder mystery being read by the
Blue Hill Bookworms. Will the St. Germaine PD get
everything wrapped up before the groundhog sees his
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shadow?
"Hey,” says Hayden, "how hard can it be?"
There are more – check them out in the library.
< The Alto Wore Tweed
< The Baritone Wore Chiffon
< The Tenor Wore Tapshoes
< The Soprano Wore Falsettos
< The Bass Wore Scales
< and others
Plan on attending “An Evening with Mark
Schweizer” at St. Paul’s on Sunday, May 4. A
dinner will be served and you will enjoy a short Radio
Mystery that evening, presented live on stage in
Trinity Hall by Mark and St. Paul’s members. If you
are interested in participating in the mystery or singing
in the chorus (singing such songs as Here’s To Eve,
Men, Men, Men, and Missa di Poli Woli Doodle
Kyrie), contact Tina Bessias. A free-will offering will
be accepted.
WCPE (89.7 FM) and
theclassicalstation.org
If you have listened to FM station WCPE of Wake
Forest, NC on Sunday mornings, you may have heard
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, together with three other
Triangle Area churches acknowledged for supporting
the program. This came about through donations of
members to one collective contribution to the station in
the name of the congregation.
We are in the process of collecting funds to repeat
this donation for another year. We need to collect the
$1,000 of gifts in the next couple weeks to make our
gift to WCPE. If you are interested or if you have
questions, please contact Dick Havill at 919-929-2755
or [email protected]. To make a contribution,
please make your check payable to WCPE and give it
to Dick for delivery to the FM station.
New Baby!
Our congratulations upon the
birth of Conner James Clayman, born
to Josh and Libby (Meier) Clayman
on March 11, 2014, in Charleston,
SC, at 7 lbs. 14 oz. He has a 4 year
old brother, Beacher, and is the 5th grandson of St.
Paul’s members Tom and Ruth Ann Meier.
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Welcome New Members
The following persons joined St. Paul’s congregation on
Sunday, March 2, 2014. Their addresses and contact
information is in the new directory.
Kim Willman Bair – Kim comes to us from Mount
Sylvan United Methodist in Durham
Vinnie and Karen Boschetti
Curt & Frieda Hahn – Curt and Frieda come to us
from Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe, Arizona
Jan and Ruby Hooft – Jan comes to us from
Macedonia Lutheran Church in Burlington, NC and
Ruby comes to us from St. Marks’ Church in
Burlington, NC
Erica Luntz – Erica comes to us from St. Mark’s in
Asheville, NC
Christina Perez – Christina comes to us from
University Baptist Church, Chapel Hill
Rev. Deborah Steed – Deborah comes to us from
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Tampa, FL
In Sympathy
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We offer our prayers of sympathy to:
The family of Ann Kirkpatrick, who died on
Friday, February 21. Her funeral was held at St.
Paul’s on Sunday, March 2 at 4:00 pm with
interment in the columbarium.
The family of Barbara York, mother of Steve
York
The family of Judy Schill, who died on March 7
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A service of interment
will take place at St. Paul’s in July 2014.
The family of Jim Elliott, who died March 15,
2014. His funeral was held at St. Paul’s on
Tuesday, March 18 with interment in the
columbarium.
Saints of the Month
Jayne Baum – for all of the time she donates to the
church’s “financials”
Anita Johnson – does all the tying of quilts made by
Tongue & Thimble throughout the year
Penni Perrotte – Katherine Circle as a group replaced
ribbons in half of the hymnals. Penni completed all the
others. We bless and thank her – the women of
Katherine Circle.
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Christian Education
April 2014
Adult Sunday School Class
Book of faith Bible study for Adults continues to meet
on Sundays 9:45-10:45 am in Whitesell Hall.
SPARK Lessons for April
9:45-10:45 am in Genesis Hall
Apr 6 Palm Sunday, Matthew 21:1-11
Apr 13 Egg Coloring for Durham Community Kitchen
Apr 20 Easter Sunday — NO SPARK
Apr 27 Doubting Thomas Bible Story, John 20:20-29
CONNECT Class (Confirmation) Lessons for April
Apr 6 Jesus the Savior, Resurrection stories
Apr 13 Passion Sunday Enter Jerusalem
Apr 20 Easter Sunday – NO CONNECT Class
Apr 27 Stories of Apostle Paul
Communion Event at St. Paul’s
Saturday, April 12 at 9:00 am 1:00 pm
Parents and children of all ages are
invited to participate in this once a
year hands-on educational event.
Join with other families as we act
out the Moses story of the Exodus
and Passover, as well as learn
about the Last Supper of Jesus. A
pizza lunch will be served. This
event is for children who are
receiving Holy Communion and for any age child who is
currently not receiving Holy Communion at St. Paul’s.
Time will be spent teaching about communion, which is
God’s good gift for us. Contact Diane Archer
([email protected]) if you have questions or plan
to attend.
Palm Sunday, April 13 Egg Coloring Event
SPARK Hour Sunday School children will celebrate the
Palm Sunday bible story, followed by our annual egg
coloring event. Donations of hard boiled eggs are
needed and welcome. Bring your eggs and children
to SPARK Hour on April 13 at 9:45 am in the Genesis
Hall. Eggs will be given to the Durham Community
Kitchen to feed the hungry.
Easter Sunday Egg Hunt
April 20 at 10:15 am Easter
Sunday morning
Children ages 2 through grade
5 are invited to participate,
parents may participate with
infants and toddlers in the
playground area. Bring an
empty Easter basket and join the fun!
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, ELCA
1200 West Cornwallis Road
Durham, NC 27705-5731
Yee-Haw
Saddle Up for
VBS!
Get ready for SonWest Round Up!
June 23 - 27, 2014
i Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam ...
and lots more cowboy and cowgirl songs and
games! Stories of Jesus, stories of Moses. Corral
groups are for ages 3 through Grade 4.
i Time is 9:00 am - 12:30 pm with early drop off
and after VBS care available.
i Cost per child is $10
i Adult leaders, Teen Team helpers welcome and
needed!
i Registration forms are in the atrium and on line
i please complete your registration form by June
1 and turn in with registration donation!
Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Durham NC
Permit No. 600
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challenge one another in an Air Hockey
Tournament
‚ win a prize with the world’s greatest scavenger
hunt
‚ name that movie scene contest
Pizza, drinks, snacks provided. Show up at 7 pm, pick
up time is 11 pm. Sign up to attend on the 7-11 bulletin
board next to the Library entrance upstairs.
Confirmation Group Plans
Camp Week at Camp Agape - July 7-11, 2014
! Pastor Anderson has sent Campfirmation forms to
all students attending. Please return forms to St.
Paul’s, leave in Pastor Anderson’s church mailbox.
Overnight Retreat
! Confirmation Overnight Retreat date is May 2-3 at
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Florence, SC. Please
confirm with Pastor Anderson that you will be
attending.
Sunday School Decorating
Camp Agape Day Camp at
St. Paul’s
July 21-25, at 9:00 am-3:00 pm
early drop off and late pick up as needed
Cost: $125 per camper, scholarships available
for children rising Grade 1-5
Activities include singing, hiking, crafts, nature study,
bible stories, games, group outings, snacks, lots of fun
and learning! Registration forms are in the atrium.
Youth Group 7-11 Party on April 4th
Middle School & Senior High Youth are invited to
come to a “7-11 Party” happening at St. Paul’s on
Friday night, April 4th. Bring a friend and join the
youth advisors for a night of—
‚ preparing 600 oranges for the Durham CROP
Walk
‚ building a giant Tumbleweed to be used for VBS
The Christian Education Committee announces a
plan to redecorate the downstairs education spaces
beginning in May. The new building and renovations
were completed in 2009, so it is time to create
interesting, exciting, and colorful decor with visual arts
and furniture.
Spaces will remain multipurpose for use by church
and community. Preschool spaces will continue to be
cared for by the Preschool/PMO. Themes for each
space will reflect the biblical story and name of each
space. Decor will include characters, animals, settings
from the SPARK Bible and SPARK Sunday School
curriculum. Room decor will include Genesis Hall
Creation story; Garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark, Bible
village and a video/movie/puppet room.
If you would like to join the redecorating team of
volunteers, please contact Diane Archer. We hope to
have several of the spaces completed by Rally Day in
September 2014.