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† Lutheran Church of the Foothills
August 07, 2022
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Dear Foothills Servants and Friends,
Join us in worship this week as we begin a preaching series focused on the readings from Hebrews, beginning with a statement at the core of many deep theological debates: "What is faith?" There are many questions, but even more answers when it comes to our understanding of Faith and how it leads us today. Come, join the conversation.
Faithfully Yours,
Pastor Naomi
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Weekly Footnotes ~ August 7, 2022 | |
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Sunday , August 7 ~ Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
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+ 8:00a Discussion Eucharist: Learning Center.
- 9:00a No Faith Formation for July and August.
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+ 10:30a Sunday Celebration: Sanctuary (In-person and Live-streamed on YouTube).
+ Both services include Holy Communion
During the week
- Tuesday through Friday, 9:00a to 3:00p -- Church Office is open: Use south entry door and ring doorbell if door is locked.
- Tuesday, August 9, 4:30p - 6:00p -- Council meeting: Activities Room (In person and Zoom).
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Wednesday, August 10, 12:00 noon -- News Articles are due for "Weekly Footnotes:" Office.
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Thursday, August 11, 10:00a -- Thursday Journey is taking a break for the summer and will meet at Bruegger's Bagels (Swan and Sunrise location). Come to share good breakfast bagels and coffee, along with good conversation about upcoming Thursday events!
Next Sunday, August 14 ~ Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
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+ 8:00a Discussion Eucharist: Learning Center.
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+ 10:30a Sunday Celebration: Sanctuary (In-person and Live-streamed on YouTube).
+ Both services include Holy Communion
Coming Up in August:
- Friday, August 19, 1:00p -- Items are due at church for Primavera Men's Shelter dinner: Kitchen/Freezer/Refrigerator
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We pray for . . . Laura Hollengreen and the voting members traveling to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, Sue Thompson, Georgia Ingraham, Marlene Pushkar, and all affected by the fighting in Ukraine.
We pray in Christian love and sympathy for the family of Marilyn Swanson (friend of Vicky & Jim Kuzel) and Rev. John D. and Lynn Kautz and the family and friends of Daniel Kautz who passed away July 21.
Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks unless otherwise notified.
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August Community Services Outreach
In August we will focus on the Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) Aging And Disabilities Service. This vital service provided by LSS-SW reaches people in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties. Services include, but are not limited to, non-medical home care, including housekeeping, habilitation, meals on wheels, and grocery shopping services. The goal of this program is to allow people to remain independent in their homes. Consider becoming a part of this community by volunteering a few minutes of your time. Please contact Jessica O'Donnell at [email protected] for more information.
You can also make either a monetary or in-kind donation. Wishlist items include male and female adult diapers of all sizes, personal hygiene products, and cleaning supplies. Give a monetary donation by using the Community Services envelopes on the display table. Make checks payable to "Lutheran Church of the Foothills" and mark your donation "Lutheran Social Services" or "Community Service." You may place your monetary donation in the offering basket or mail it to the church. Sunday Dollars (loose dollar bills placed in the offering basket) are automatically designated for the month's Community Service Emphasis. ~ Sylvia Strauss-Kolb
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Next Primavera Delivery - August 19
To participate by providing needed items or delivering the dinner, sign up on the clipboard on the Activities Counter in the lobby. Bring your items to church by 1:00p Friday, August 19. We--and the folks at Primavera Men's Shelter--appreciate your participation in this monthly ministry. ~ Community Service Team
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Interfaith Community Services Faith Council Meeting:
Join us at Christ the King Episcopal at 2800 W. Ina Rd (In-Person or on Zoom) for our Faith Council meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 11:30a - 1:00p (Zoom starts at 12:00). Lunch is provided. Please bring $7 to help cover the costs. Come and hear about what ICS has planned for the coming year and a summary of the last year. ICS CEO Tom Mckinney will be presenting. If you have any questions, please contact Jay Deskins - [email protected]
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Refugee Resettlement Simulation
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest is excited to offer a community learning experience and panel discussion designed to create an understanding of the Refugee Resettlement process on September 17 from 9:00a - 1:00p. You will gain insight into some of the challenges former refugees have faced through a simulation designed to provide a firsthand educational experience. The simulation will take place at the Tucson Refugee Ministry Community Center on 3355 N Fontana Avenue, Tucson.
They are in need of volunteers to help with various roles during the simulation. If you are interested in learning more please email Kelly at [email protected].
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On-Going Community Service Ministries:
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Pet food collection: Help feed the pets of guests at Sister José Women's Center, a shelter and day center that provides homeless women in Tucson a path towards independence. In addition, the Center will take new or gently used pet supplies such as beds, leashes, collars, and more. Place your donations in the bin under the Community Service table in the lobby. ~ Patrice Frame
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Non-perishable food collection: Non-perishable food items placed in the basket at the west end of the Activities Counter help feed hungry people who come to the Interfaith Community Services (ICS) East-side Food Bank. If you would prefer to give a monetary donation make checks payable to Lutheran Church of the Foothills, mark your donation “ICS,” and put it in the Sunday offering basket. ~ Sheryl Perry.
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Proceeds from your pocket change that are put into our Hunger Loose Change Jar (on the stand inside the entrance to our worship area) are shared with our church’s World Hunger program. Thanks for your generosity. July total: $71. ~ Charles & Pat Erickson.
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To help with our church's response to the war in Ukraine and the Eastern European Crisis, look for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Lutheran Disaster Response forms on the Activities Counter in the lobby. ~ Community Service Team.
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Read & Yak
Book discussion group will meet at 10:00a on Saturday, August 27, to discuss The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. We meet simultaneously in person and on Zoom. All readers are welcome to join us in the Activities Room or on Zoom. Click here to join on Zoom: Meeting ID: 810 2710 7049 and Passcode: 533336. For more information, talk with Vicky Kuzel.
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Exploring Your Spiritual Gifts Retreat -- August 6, 13, and 20, 2022 from 9:00a - 12 noon via Zoom. Sponsored by Grand Canyon Synod, the Growing in Faith: The Diakonia Program is led by Rev. Stewart McDonald. Through a series of exercises and conversations you will be guided in a process of discernment about your gifts. By the end of the retreat you should know the gifts God has given you and begin to understand how God wants you to use them. All are welcome! Register at www.diakonia.education by selecting Events/Retreats from the menu in the upper right . Zoom link will be provided after registration.
Sunday Faith Formation is taking a break during July and August. Classes will resume in the fall. ~ Pastor Naomi.
Thursday Journey: Bruegger's Bagels (Swan and Sunrise), at 10 a.m. The group is taking a break this summer and will be meeting informally to share good breakfast bagels and coffee, along with good conversation about upcoming Thursday events!
~ Pastor Naomi.
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Members from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will gather in Columbus, Ohio, August 8th - 12th, for the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the primary decision-making body of the church, is a process of communal spiritual discernment. Over the course of the assembly, voting members:
- hear reports and review the work of churchwide officers, leaders and units;
- receive and consider proposals from synod assemblies;
- elect officers, board members and other leaders as specified by the constitution or bylaws;
- establish ELCA churchwide policy;
- worship together;
- adopt a budget; and
- conduct other business related to the ELCA churchwide organization.
You can follow the business of the gathering by watching the livestream from the link and schedule provided. (Click here for ELCA Churchwide Assembly 2022 schedule and livestream link.) We are a congregationally-based denomination. What happens at Churchwide, and the decisions that are made, have wide sweeping consequences for our individual churches and should be on the radar of every ELCA member. I invite you to join me in watching next week as you are able. In the weeks following Churchwide there will be time for conversation around the decisions and progress made at the gathering. Please take time this week to pray for all who are traveling to attend as staff, voting members, vendors, and visitors--especially our Council President Laura Hollengreen who will attend as one of 10 voting members for the Grand Canyon Synod. May God be with them in their discernment and leadership and may our Church be called forward to continue to grow in faith and in service to God and the world. ~ Pastor Naomi
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You are appreciated!
I would like to take this moment to thank you for your generous donation to the Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank (SAAFB). It is your support that has helped families in need keep their beloved pets fed. Your kindness and generosity has touched our hearts. ~ Donna DeConcini, Director of SAAFB
Thank you so much for donating so generously to The Haven. Your giving has helped provide effective, affordable substance abuse recovery for women in a family-inclusive environment. ~ Amy Graves, Director of The Haven
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Help people in Kentucky
Did you know that, after a major disaster, Lutheran Disaster Response helps people in the United States in addition to those in other countries? Currently, in addition to their work in Ukraine/Eastern Europe and other places in the world, Lutheran Disaster Response is working with the Indiana-Kentucky Synod and local communities to focus on long-term needs after the flooding in eastern Kentucky. They anticipate that the response will include rebuilding homes, replacing lost household items and providing emotional and spiritual care to survivors. (This is in addition to their ongoing response to the December 2021 tornadoes in eastern Kentucky.) You can help the people in Kentucky by donating to Lutheran Disaster Response (mark your donation "US Flooding") using the forms on the Activities Counter. On those forms you'll also find instructions for giving online.
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Servant Opportunities
If you would enjoy serving within the congregation, consider these opportunities (contact the person named or Pastor Naomi for more information):
- Use your computer at home or in the office to help track our use of music copyright licenses. ~ Stacy Bade.
- Use your computer skills as an Announcement Slideshow Creator. ~ Stewart McDonald.
- Participate in leading worship in a variety of ways as part of the Sunday Worship Assistants team. ~ Barbara Burtnett.
- Get some additional exercise by helping with trash and recycling. ~ Stacy Bade.
- Get to know more people by serving as host/ess for Fellowship Time one Sunday.
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Worship Prep Team
The Worship Preparation Team is seeking more hearts and hands to join the team. Volunteers will help prepare the table for Sunday worship by setting up and cleaning up Holy Communion. In addition, volunteers will help prepare the worship space for special services, such as baptisms and funerals. Training will be provided. If you are interested in more information, please contact Pastor Naomi or Beth Daum.
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Wennes Celebration of Life
The Rev. Howard "Howie" Wennes: Celebration of Life, August 14, 2022 (Sunday), 1:00p – 2:00p, Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks, California. The service will also be livestreamed during that time, and a link will be sent out in advance of the date via Caring Bridge and social media. Rev. Wennes was bishop emeritus of the Grand Canyon Synod (1987-2001).
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"Gather" magazine for July and August is available on the counter near the west entrance into the Sanctuary. In addition, "Christ in Our Home" daily devotional booklets for July, August and September are available on the counter near the east entrance into the Sanctuary. These denominational publications are provided by this congregation at no charge to you.
Name Badges. Please get in the habit of wearing your name badge to all events at church (receptions, coffee hours, classes) so newcomers can get to know your names. If you would like a name badge, sign up on clipboard that is on the kiosk in the lobby.
Sunday Dollars (loose dollar bills put into the offering basket) are designated for our monthly Community Service Emphasis. If you want to contribute to the Sunday Dollars by mail, please do not send cash in the mail. You may add a dollar or two to your check and then note “Two dollars for Sunday Dollars.” Our counters will take it from there. Thank you!
Our offering is a key part of our worship experience as we offer “ourselves, our time and our possessions.” Gifts may be received during worship, by mail, on our website, through your on-line banking, or electronically in other ways. We also encourage you to remember other non-profits that you regularly support. Your generosity means a great deal. Thank you!
To conveniently give an offering to Lutheran Church of the Foothills, visit our giving page at https://secure.myvanco.com/YKPG/home or use the link below.
Lutheran Church of the Foothills Online Giving
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Children in Worship. We are happy to invite children into worship. If you are bringing children with you to church, please be sure that their names, as well as yours, are recorded on our sign-in sheet. There is a Pray-Ground in the front of the sanctuary (northeast corner) for our youngest worshipers and their adults, where anyone can color, read, or play quietly during the service. There are also rocking chairs for soothing our smallest worshippers. A children's message will be offered during worship and Pastor Naomi will meet anyone interested in gathering during that time at the Pray-Ground.
Live-streaming and Recording. Please be advised, the services at Lutheran Church of the Foothills are recorded and live-streamed.
Discussion Eucharist Worship at 8:00a. Our in-person-only Discussion Eucharist worship meets at 8:00a in the Learning Center. Holy Communion is offered, but there is no music. Masks are worn at the group's discretion. Scott Warren is our worship and gospel discussion leader. All are welcome to this early morning in-person-only worship service.
Sunday Celebration at 10:30a. Our in-person and live-streamed Worship Service meets at 10:30a in the Sanctuary. Holy Communion is offered and singing is accompanied by organ and/or piano.
YouTube. To join our 10:30a worship service via live-streaming, a few minutes before worship begins click on the link at the top of this newsletter. (Closed captioning is not available on live broadcasts.)The recorded videos of services will be uploaded midweek to our "Lutheran Church of the Foothills - Tucson" YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9xA3QjpiFT2ooHDkg4J7Q
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(520)-299-5631
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Lutheran Church of the Foothills
5102 N. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson AZ 85718-6343
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