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Sunday Worship
+ 8:00a Discussion Eucharist in Prayer Corner
+ 10:00a Worship in Sanctuary + live-streaming of the service to our YouTube channel. A recording of the service is uploaded the following week.
At this time of COVID19, please register for worship in advance or sign in when you arrive, so that we can do contact tracing were anyone to test positive for the virus. Masks are required whenever you are meeting others in the building.
Church Office
Open Tuesday – Friday, 9:00a - 3:00p
Sanctuary
Open for private prayer whenever the office is open.
Meetings & Events
Saturday, September 25
10:00a Read & Yak via Zoom (details below)
2:00p Otto Putz Memorial Service: LCF Sanctuary + Patio for reception
Questions?
Call the church office for more information. (520) 299-5631
Next Sunday, September 26
+ 8:00a Discussion Eucharist in Prayer Corner
+ 10:00a Worship in Sanctuary + live-streaming of the service to our YouTube channel. A recording of the service is uploaded the following week.
—IN OUR PRAYERS—
We pray for . . . Dan Hodgson; Jane Hodgson; Judy Swanson (Donna Cousino’s friend); Rita Eamick (friend of the Burtnetts); Bill Nelson (Vicky Kuzel’s cousin); Albert Chow; Dr. Hans Strauss (Sylvia Strauss-Kolb’s uncle); Bill West (Patrice Frame’s neighbor); and all those affected by the COVID-19 virus. Names will remain on the prayer list for 3 weeks unless otherwise notified.
—CHURCH UPDATE—
In-person Worship - Sundays - 10 am
We have room for you to come back and worship! Please call or email the church to sign-up. Walk-ins welcome, so long as you sign in at the door. Masks are required. Holy Communion will be available. The worship is also "live streamed" at 10 am on Sundays. Check it out on the "Lutheran Church of the Foothills - Tucson" YouTube channel. (Closed captioning not available on live broadcasts.) LCF YouTube Channel We will post the video recording of Sunday's worship on Tuesdays. Closed captioning is available on the recordings.
—COMMUNITY SERVICE—
Our Community Service outreach for the month of September is Youth On Their Own (YOTO). YOTO serves the homeless youth of our community by supporting high school graduation and continued success of our local youth experiencing homelessness. We are focusing this month on their “Back to School Challenge,” where our financial donations will be matched by several generous donors! If you’d prefer to donate specific items, please visit their website at: www.yoto.org. Any monetary contributions can be either mailed or brought to the church office. Please note YOTO in the memo.
They are also sponsoring a sock drive, beginning mid-September through the end of October. More information to come. Thank you for your faithful support and continued response to the need in the greater Tucson community.
We are invited, along with many other local organizations, to participate in Youth On Their Own’s 4th annual “Socktober challenge”! The goal is to collect 3,500 pairs of NEW ladies or men’s socks from the greater Tucson community between September 15 and October 31st. We are all encouraged to donate various colors, patterns, sock types, including white athletic socks. As always, if you’d prefer to donate money, please write “Socktober Challenge” on your check memo line. I’ll be happy to go shopping! Thank you. ~ Sylvia Strauss-Kolb & Beth Daum, Community Service Team
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES (ICS)
Non-perishable donation items needed: Mac'n cheese; Peanut butter (14-16oz); Spaghetti, Spaghetti sauce; Chili; Ravioli; Canned meals; Canned meats, tuna, chicken; Soup; All kinds of canned foods (pull-tabs preferred on cans); Breakfast cereal; Jams and jellies. The bin for these non-perishables is on the west end of the Activities Counter. You may also give by writing a check to the church; please mark ICS on the memo line. Thank you for donating to ICS!
ICS IS PARTICIPATING IN THE 9/11 DAY OF SERVICE. ICS is turning this day of remembrance into a day of service by encouraging people to DONATE DIAPERS AND WIPES to the ICS Food Banks from 9/7 thru 9/20. Young families often struggle with the cost of diapers and wipes. Donations to the Diapers and Wipes Drive may be brought to the church and put on the counter, or in or near the food donations basket. They will be transferred to the ICS bin under the counter if necessary, as the diaper packages take up quite a bit of space. Donations during all of September will be delivered. Thank you for your help with this ICS special drive commemorating 9/11. ~ Sheryl Perry, Community Service Team
Thank you volunteers! The men at Primavera look forwards to our monthly meal delivery! -
October 15th is our date next month, and Primavera has started requesting servers to hand out the meals. Are you available or interested? Sign-up next month! More information to come. ~ Community Service Team.
The next Volunteer Orientation for Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN) is on Tuesday, September 28 from 5-7:30 p.m. It will be held on Zoom. Call TIHAN at 299-6647 or go to TIHAN.org. to register for the 21/2 hour orientation. Ever wonder what it is like living with HIV/AIDS? You can hear the stories of people living with HIV/AIDS at the training, learn some facts about HIV/AIDS, hear how you can make a difference in the lives of these people that TIHAN serves. ~ Beth Daum
We have 10 volunteers for refugee resettlement. LSS has us on the list of people who can be contacted as things progress. As of last week, we understand that Tucson has not received any refugees. -- Even though things are unsettled right now, LSS has circulated a list of household items it will need to resettle people when they do arrive. The link to the list is below. You may click on an item and have it shipped to LSS or to your home so that you can deliver it to LSS at 3364 East Grant (between Country Club and Dodge). ~ Bryan Daum https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AW5CJDHD72LC?ref_=wl_share
—CLASSES & OFFERINGS—
Sunday 8:00 a.m. Discussion Eucharist Worship – The 8:00 a.m. Discussion Eucharist in-person worship meets in the Sunday School Classroom. Holy Communion is available, but there is no music. Attendees need to be masked and socially distanced. Scott Warren is our worship and gospel discussion leader. All are welcome. ~ Discussion Eucharist Worship Team
Council President Laura Hollengreen is teaching another Humanities Seminars Program class this fall at the UA: The Long Reach of Roman Architecture before the Renaissance. The class will meet for five weeks beginning in late September. It will cover some of the same periods and places as her Spring 2021 course Localizing the Sacred: Medieval Christian Architecture and Art but from a different perspective and it will include coverage of ancient Roman traditions and medieval Islamic architecture. For more details and to register, visit hsp.arizona.edu.
—LIFE TOGETHER—
A Celebration of Life service for Otto Putz has been planned for:
Saturday, September 25th, 2021 2:00pm
Lutheran Church of the Foothills
5012 N Craycroft Rd. Tucson AZ, 85718
We welcome you to celebrate Otto’s life with us at the church next Saturday. Pr. Kautz is presiding over the ceremony. Masks are required while indoors and with close contact to others. Light refreshments and additional sharing will be available and welcomed on the front patio. Memorial gifts may be given to Casa de La Luz Hospice or Lutheran Church of the Foothills. Hosted by our Guild.
Ladies - The grey sensor and wire in the ladies restroom is a water/temperature sensor in case of a leak that our insurance company asked us to install. Please leave it be and don’t be alarmed by it. ~ Bryan Daum
Jan Heinz Memorial in Midland, MI
September 25 - 10:00am
Trinity Lutheran Church
3701 Jefferson Ave, Midland, MI 48640
“Please let us know if you have any questions and if you are planning to attend Mom's memorial. The church would like to have some numbers, of course.
I am working on a live-stream link for those who are unable to travel. I'll post that when it's ready.” ~Lisa Heinz (Contact Vicky Kuzel for more information.)
Greetings from the Hellene Henrikson Fund Board! The 2021 Fall Grant Round is officially open for RFP’s. Please forward to any organizations who might be interested. All applications must be submitted via CFSA and deadline for applying is September 24, 2021. No exceptions. Questions? Don’t hesitate to ask. ~ Kristen Birner, Hellene Henrikson Fund Board – Chairman
Our congregation has the opportunity to nominate one woman who is a voting member of our church to attend the ELCA Triennial Conference in Phoenix during the week of September 18, 2023. Registration and hotel accommodations will be provided. If any member has a woman they would like to nominate, please call or email Dakota with that person’s name. This will be a very spiritually fulfilling opportunity that will include international speakers, daily Bible studies and fellowship with people from all over the world.
Oral History Project — We had a wonderful decade-by-decade set of remembrances of LCF history that was part of the celebration of our 40th anniversary. Now, the Council would like to launch an oral history project both to capture the memories of fellow servants and to propose a way for those who don’t know each other well to become better acquainted. We solicit people who are willing to be interviewed—about your life in general, not just your participation at LCF. We also seek people who would be willing to serve as interviewers. If you are interested in either position, please contact Laura Hollengreen ([email protected]) or Dakota in the church office. We can provide assistance to you in filming or recording the interview.
The Fund for Leaders in Mission (FLIM) has been providing full and partial scholarship to seminary students since the year 2000. The goal is to provide full tuition to all seminarians, so no one enters ministry with debt! For the 16 years of this golf tournament, over $200,000 has been contributed. Thanks be to God!
18th Annual +Ken Ahlstrand+ Memorial FLIM Golf Classic
When: Monday, September 27, 2021 - 11:30a (Happy Hour, Dinner & Brief Program follows!)
Where: Oro Valley Country Club, Oro Valley AZ
More Information & Registration Forms Available on the information counter.
LCF’s Read & Yak book discussion group continues to meet online using Zoom. You are invited to join the discussions, held 10:00a to 11:30a on the fourth Saturday of each month. On September 25 we will discuss “Olive Kitteridge” by Elizabeth Strout, and on October 23 we will discuss “White Fragility” by Robin J. DiAngelo. For more information about Read & Yak and a link to the Zoom meeting, email Holly Hope at [email protected].
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. Many thanks for your generosity! Thanks also to our counters, Charles & Pat Erickson.
August Total: $137.50!
Sunday Dollars (loose dollar bills put into the offering plates) are designated for our monthly Offering of Service. 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!
Use the following link to conveniently give an offering online to Lutheran Church of the Foothills.
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A special word during special times . . .
Our offering is a key part of our worship experience as we offer “ourselves, our time and our possessions.” We ask that you remember your church during the duration of this virus threat. Expenses continue, and our faithful staff relies on what we have committed to them. Gifts may be received 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. As in the past, at this unprecedented time your generosity means a great deal. Thank you!
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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 community in partnership with ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation.
We also partner with
Interfaith Community Services (ICS),
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW),
Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN),
Arizona Interfaith Power and Light (AZIPL),
Sunrise Neighborhood Assistance Program (SNAP).
Council
Executive committee: Laura Hollengreen, Bryan Daum, Liz Zidel, Gary Anderson.
At-large members: Mark Olson, Michael Baumann, Karen Nickey.
Weekly Footnotes is distributed weekly for the community of Lutheran Church of the Foothills via email (email [email protected] [email protected] to subscribe) and postal mail. Please submit articles to the church office by noon on Wednesday.
Administrative Assistant
Acting Pastor
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