LCF - This Sunday at Foothills, June 26, 2022

† Lutheran Church of the Foothills

June 26, 2022

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Dear Foothills Servants and Friends,

We have all felt that deep churn in our gut. The one that comes when someone challenges our deep held beliefs, or rejects the things we feel are important in life. Perhaps you have had that feeling even in church when you felt uncomfortable with the direction of the sermon. Being challenged is uncomfortable, and that is exactly what Jesus did to his followers in this Sunday's gospel. Join us as we talk about the societal expectations and norms that Jesus was pushing against when calling his disciples to commit to an itinerant life.

Faithfully yours,

Pastor Naomi

Weekly Footnotes ~ June 26, 2022

—THIS WEEK AT FOOTHILLS—

Sunday , June 26 ~ Third Sunday after Pentecost

+ 8:00a No Discussion Eucharist today. Discussion Eucharist will resume July 3.
9:00a Faith Formation: Activities Room.
+ 10:30a Worship: Sanctuary (In-person plus Live-streamed on YouTube).
11:30a Calling All Youth! Meeting and Pizza Lunch: Activities Room.

+ Both services include Holy Communion

During the week

Saturday, June 25, 9:00a -- Worship Committee: (In person only) Sanctuary.
Saturday, June 25, 10:00a -- Read 'N Yak: Activities Room and Click here to join on Zoom at 10:00a: Meeting ID: 810 2710 7049 and Passcode: 533336.
Tuesday through Friday, 9:00a to 3:00p -- Church Office is open: Use south entry door and ring doorbell if door is locked.
Wednesday, June 29, 12:00 noon -- News Articles are due for "Weekly Footnotes:" Office.
Thursday, June 30, 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! The evening Zoom class will not meet.

Next Sunday, July 3 ~ Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

+ 8:00a Discussion Eucharist: Learning Center.
9:00a Faith Formation: Activities Room.
+ 10:30a Worship: Sanctuary (In-person plus Live-streamed on YouTube).

+ Both services include Holy Communion

—IN OUR PRAYERS—

We pray for . . . Kent Power, Jr.Don Bellomy, Marlene Pushkar, Sue Thompson, Joan Nolan, Melba Acheson (friend of Donna and Ken Cousino), Pete Reed, Rev. Mateo Chavez, George Battha, Millie Baumgardt, Ellie Mae Nelson, and all affected by the fighting in Ukraine. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks unless otherwise notified.

—COMMUNITY SERVICE—

Calling all animal lovers! Our Community Service emphasis for June is Southern Arizona Animal Food Bank (SAAFB). So many members of our community, particularly low-income, unemployed, elderly and homeless individuals, face many challenges, not the least of which is how to feed their pets. We are fortunate to have a wonderful organization in Tucson, fully staffed by volunteers, whose primary goal is to alleviate that challenge. Specific needs include, but are not limited to:

Dry and wet dog food
Dry and wet cat food
Gently used animal supplies
Monetary donations

You can help by donating any of the above during this month. A box is available by the display table in the lobby to place items you donate. Please take a flyer from the display table as a reminder and to learn more about SAAFB.

You can also help by giving a monetary donation by using the Community Service envelopes on the display table. Make checks payable to "Lutheran Church of the Foothills" and mark your donation "SAAFB" or "Community Service." You may place your monetary donation in the Sunday 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.

Lutheran Campus Ministry Painting and Work Party: Lutheran Campus Ministry is asking for volunteers to help recondition their new location, the former Youth House at Our Savior's Lutheran Church located 1 block south of Speedway on Campbell. Some of the needs are painting the hallway, entryway, study room, and fireplace. Help is also needed with replacing blinds, removing carpet, assembling bookshelves, and hanging coat hooks and mug racks.

The work dates are Saturday, July 16 and August 13 at 9:00a to 1:00p. If you are willing to help, please contact Lonnie Jenkins at (614) 570-5949 or sign up in the Lobby. Thank you and God's blessings! ~ Lonnie Jenkins.

On Friday, July 15, we will be delivering dinner to the men staying at the Primavera Men's Shelter. 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, July 15. We--and the folks at Primavera Men's Shelter--appreciate your participation in this monthly ministry.~ Community Service Team.

On-going community service ministries:

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. Place your pet food donations in the bin under the Community Service table in the lobby. ~ Patrice Frame
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.
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. May total: $229.50. ~ Charles & Pat Erickson.
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.

—CLASSES & OFFERINGS—

Read & Yak book discussion group will meet at 10:00a on Saturday, June 25, to discuss Richard Powers' poignant new novel, "Bewilderment." 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 or Leslie Johnson.

Sunday Faith Formation ~ Radical Welcome. Join us in the Activities Room at 9:00a on Sundays for a time of intergenerational faith formation between Discussion Eucharist and Sunday Celebration services. We are using the work of Rev. Stephanie Spellers (Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts) and her book Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit of Transformation to look at our own practices of engagement at Lutheran Church of the Foothills. ~ Pastor Naomi.

Thursday Journey: June 30, at 10 a.m. The group is taking a break this summer and will be meeting informally at Bruegger's Bagels (Swan and Sunrise location). Come to share good breakfast bagels and coffee, along with good conversation about upcoming Thursday events! ~ Pastor Naomi.

Pima County Interfaith is offering a Civic Academy about the Arizona Budget on Saturday, June 25, from 9:30a -11:00a (in person or Zoom). How does a state budget get made? Where does the money come from? How is the money allocated? Want to learn? If so, this informative and factual civic academy will interest you. Knowing what happens in the budget process can even help you decide how to vote in the upcoming primaries and November's general election. Informed voters make better voters!

Arizona Budget Civic Academy

When: 9:30-11 a.m.

Saturday, June 25

Where: St. Mark’s UMC Fellowship Hall (Oro Valley)

https://tinyurl.com/AZBudgetAcademy

Celtic Spirituality and Saints is the topic of a six-week series presented by fellow-Servant Rev. Stewart McDonald at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church on Wednesday evenings this summer from 6:00p to 7:30p beginning June 22 . You are welcome to attend any or all of the six sessions. The first part of the evening will be a presentation, while the last part will be Evening Worship based on services from the retreat center on the Isle of Iona in western Scotland.

—LIFE TOGETHER—

We recognize our graduates ~ Spring 2022:

Jadyn Bovin, Carol Lundberg's granddaughter, graduated from Gladstone High School, in Gladstone, Michigan.
Jacob "Jake" Canick, Donna and Ken Cousino's great-grandson, graduated from Millard High School in Millard, Nebraska.
Brooke Olivia Courser, granddaughter of Liz Zidel, graduated from Canyon View Elementary School. She will be going to sixth grade in Esperero Middle School in August.
Hannah Hartman, daughter of Pastor Naomi and Rev. Greg Hartman, was promoted from 5th grade to Middle School in the Vail School District.
Nicholas Hartman, son of Pastor Naomi and Rev. Greg Hartman, was promoted from pre-K to Kindergarten.

Congratulations, Graduates!

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You Are Cordially Invited!

to Celebrate with

Rev. Daniel A. Hodgson

on the occasion of his

Fifty-fifth Anniversary of Ordination

Sunday, July 10, 2022

10:30 am Worship

12:30 pm Lunch

Lutheran Church of the Foothills

Please RSVP by July 3.

Call the church office at 520-299-5631 or by clicking on this link:

https://forms.gle/VuN6XCgth9EeBW7g9

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Peruse the Activities Counter in our lobby to learn of ways you can get to know your fellow-Servants better by joining in Servant opportunities, both within our congregation and out in the world. If you would enjoy serving within the congregation, consider these opportunities (contact the person named or Pastor Naomi for more information):

Join the Worship Preparation team to help set up for worship. ~ Beth Daum.
Use your computer at home or in the office to help track our use of music copyright licenses. ~ Leslie Johnson.
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. ~ Leslie Johnson.
Get to know more people by serving as host/ess for Fellowship Time one Sunday.

"Christ in Our Home" daily devotional booklets for July, August and September are now available. Pick up your copy (in regular or large print) from the counter near the east entrance into the Sanctuary. Next to the devotional booklets you'll also find the June/July edition of "Living Lutheran" magazine. These denominational publications are provided by this congregation at no charge to you.

It is so good to see your face--all of your face. As we emerge from behind our face-masks, 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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Join us for Worship

In-person

Protocols for Worship. Please be sure the ushers check your name on the attendance roster before you enter. Face masks are not required in most of the sanctuary. Designated seating with a separate entrance through the east door is provided for those who desire extra precaution, and face masks will be required to be worn in that area throughout the service. Wherever you sit, you are encouraged to be gracious to your neighbors and keep comfortable distancing between households. Please continue to care for the well-being of our whole community and join us online if you are feeling unwell.

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, when you enter a Lutheran Church of the Foothills worship service you will be entering an area where photography, video and audio recording may occur. As such, there is no way to guarantee that your image will not appear or that your voice will not be heard.

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.

Worship Service 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. The recording of this service is posted mid-week on our "Lutheran Church of the Foothills - Tucson" YouTube channel.

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Join us for Worship

on YouTube

To join our 10:30a worship service via live-streaming, a few minutes before worship begins click on this link or copy and paste it into your web browser (closed captioning is not available on live broadcasts):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9xA3QjpiFT2ooHDkg4J7Q

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

A link to our Worship Videos is on our Website:

www.foothillslutherantucson.org

A link to our Worship Videos is also on our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/897242690803915

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Lutheran Church of the Foothills is a member of the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We welcome all to our congregation; our statement of welcome is on the Activities Counter in the lobby. We are a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community. We are also affiliated with

ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation,
Interfaith Community Services (ICS),
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW),
Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN), and
Arizona Interfaith Power and Light (AZIPL).

Weekly Footnotes is distributed for the community of Lutheran Church of the Foothills via email (email [email protected] to subscribe) and postal mail (call the office at 520-299-5631 to subscribe). Printed copies of the current edition are also available on the Activities Counter in the church lobby. Please submit articles to the church office by noon on Wednesday.

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