The Chrysalis

Current news from Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church 
-- a place of safety --
April 1, 2017                                   Vol. 18, Issue 4
  Greetings!

You have just received the April 1, 2017 Chrysalis - the newsletter of Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church. Please read through it for information concerning events during the coming month. Chrysalis will be published by the office staff, in this form, near the first of each month -- with special editions during the month (as warranted).

If you desire a printed copy of the Chrysalis you may print this email version (as with any email you receive). There will also be a few printed copies in the narthex for visitors and for members of HRLC who do not have printing capabilities. [Note: This is an email newsletter and does not paginate the way a non-email newsletter might.]

Should you accidentally (or deliberately) delete this email, you may also find a link to the Chrysalis on our web site (www.hrlcsj.org).
Habitat for Humanity Visits HRLC
On March 25 we had an unexpected visit from a group of Habitat for Humanity volunteers. Habitat had too many workers on that day at the houses that they are refurbishing just a block from Holy Redeemer, so they sent some of their extra workers over to us to work on the church grounds. 

They cleaned the gutters on the church and the outside bathrooms, cut back the trees in the front of the church, dug out the overgrown grass from the planter by the church sign, manicured the labyrinth (removing weeds and moving rocks around) and threw out some of the heavy junk that has been building up around the church. Needless to say, we are very grateful for their time among us and the work which they were able to get done.

Another group of Habitat for Humanity volunteers will be visiting us on April 1 -- this time teenagers who have come to "build with their fathers". They will be scraping window sills (and the telephone box on McKendrie). The sills will then be caulked and sanded and primed and painted. They will also be doing some additional cleaning on the grounds and doing touch up painting on areas that need it (such as around the window panes that were replaced last year, but not repainted to finish the job).

With Habitat for Humanity building just a block away (two units to house homeless veterans) we are looking at how we might be more closely connected to this small community.
Ministry Activity Contacts for April
(for information about an activity call the Ministry Activity Contact)

Movies with Pastor on April 1 at 9:30am
Pastor John

"Palm" Work Day on April 1 at 1:00pm
Pastor John

Pizza Outing (New York Pizza) on April 1 at 5:00pm
Pastor John

Pack Food Bags for Food Pantry on April 2 from 11:45am to 12:15pm
Carolyn Keck

Pastor John's Dinner & Study on April 5 at 6:30pm
Pastor John

Palm Sunday Decorating on  April 7 from 9:00am to 11:00am
Pastor John

Praying and Sharing on April 8 from 9:00am to 10:30am
Pastor John

Food Pantry Distribution on April 8 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Mary West

The Closet Distribution on April 8 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Leslie Stobbe

Conversations Around the Table on April 12 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Pastor John

Butterfly Decorating on April 15 at 3:00pm
Pastor John

Pack Food Bags for Food Pantry on April 16 from 11:45am to 12:15pm
Carolyn Keck

Food Pantry Distribution on April 22  from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Julie Neider

Pack Hygiene Kits for The Closet on April 30 from 12:45pm to 1:15pm
Leslie Stobbe

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( Weekly) Those Who Serve --
                                     April 2017
April 02:
  • Usher: Kathy Wiese
  • Liturgy Asst: Kay Ammon
  • Reader: Kay Ammon
  • Comm Asst: Kay Ammon
  • Altar Prep: Mary West
  • Refreshments: M West & J Neider
  • Counter: Kathy Wiese

April 09:

  • Usher: Mike Hagaman
  • Liturgy Asst: Leslie Stobbe
  • Reader: Evan Dowling
  • Comm Asst: Marcia Freesemann
  • Altar Prep: Marcia Freesemann
  • Refreshments: Marcia Freesemann
  • Counter: Leslie Stobbe
April 16:
  • Usher: Mary West and Julie Neider
  • Liturgy Asst: Kay Ammon
  • Reader: David Smith
  • Comm Asst: Evan Dowling
  • Altar Prep: Mike Hagaman
  • Refreshments: M West & J Neider
  • Counter: Carolyn Keck
April 23:
  • Usher: Kathy Wiese & Evan Dowling
  • Liturgy Asst: Leslie Stobbe
  • Reader: Pastor John
  • Comm Asst: Marcia Freesemann
  • Altar Prep: Julie Neider
  • Refreshments: Carolyn Keck
  • Counter: Marcia Freesemann
April 30 --
  • Usher: Mike Hagaman
  • Liturgy Asst: Kay Ammon
  • Reader: Leslie Stobbe
  • Comm. Asst: Kathy Wiese
  • Altar Prep: Kathy Wiese
  • Refreshments: M West & J Neider
  • Counter: Leslie Stobbe
(Monthly)Those Who Serve --
                                     April 2017
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Bake Bread -- Awic Smith
Buy (Merlot)Wine -- Leslie Stobbe
Buy (White Grape) Juice -- Awic Smith
Worship Space Preperation --  Mike Hagaman
Worship Service Preperation -- Kathy Wiese
Healing Prayers & Imposition of Oil -- Carolyn Keck
Recorded Prelude Music -- Pastor John
Choir Preperation -- None in April
Conversations Around the Table

April 12 at 6:30pm

Fellowship and Tapas

Discussion of pages 57 to 131
of 
"The God We Never Knew"

Pastor John's
Dinner and Study

April 5 at 6:30pm

Viewing of 3 Sections of
King Arthur: History & Legend

The Early German Arthurian Tradition; King Arthur's Other German Adaptations; The Arthurian Sagas in Scandanavia
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Happy Birthday!
in
April
Mike Hagaman
 
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April Flower Donors

04/02 -- No Flowers During Lent
04/09 -- Palms for Palm Sunday
04/16 -- Easter Lilies and Azaleas
04/23 -- Carolyn Keck -- Celebrating Apr il                      Kellett's Birthday
04/30 -- Leslie Stobbe -- Christ is with us!
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April Sanctuary Lamp
Donors

04/02 -- Pastor John & Marcia -- in                                Celebration of Pastor John's                      26th Anniversary at HRLC
04/09 -- Leslie Stobbe -- Triumphant                            Jesus in our lives!
04/16 -- Pastor John & Marcia -- in
                           Celebration of Brooklyn's                                       Birthday
04/23 -- April Kellett -- in Memory of
                            Susan Kauhiwai Kellett
04/30 -- Mike Hagaman -- in Thanksgiving                              for blessings

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April Sister Parish Support
04/02 -- Pastor John -- In Observance of                      the Rwanda Genocide Day of                      Remembrance
04/09 -- Charlotte & Lisa Paulsen -- in                          Honor of Cynthia's Birthday
04/16 -- Leslie Stobbe -- in Support of
                           Students Everywhere
04/23 -- April Kellett -- Love
04/30 -- Evan Dowling -- wishing Jeff and
                            Michelle a happy and a
                            prosperous 2017

Movies with Pastor John

We gather on April 1 at 9:00am in the Bangsund Room to view another movie about a great musician who died to young. This time:

                                     Sweet Dreams

This is the story of Patsy Cline, celebrated country singer best known for her crossover hits "Crazy" and "Walking After Midnight." She was born in 1936 in Winchester, Virginia and died on March 5, 1963 in a plan crash in Camden, Tennessee, At the time of her death she was 26 years old.

Come a little early and get some popcorn and settle in to watch a movie about one of the truly great singers of our time, who like so many others blazed brightly across the heavens of the music scene and then died too young.

April 2017 Calendar

April 01
  • Prayer Vigil for Members
  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  •  9:00am -- Movies with Pastor John (in Bangsund)
  • 10:30am - Habitat for Humanity work time (until 12:00pm)
  •  1:00pm -- HRLC Work Day in sanctuary and on grounds (until 4:30pm)
  •  5:00pm -- Pizza Outing for Work Day Volunteers
April 02
  • 5th Sunday in Lent
  • Benevolence/Ministry Offering for Christmas Gift Ministry
  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  • 10:00am - Celebration and Communion Worship
  • 11:15am - Fellowship Time
  • 11:45am - Pack Food Bags

April 03

  • Pastor John Day Off 
  • 3:00pm - Announcements Due
  • 3:00pm - Office Open (until 6:00pm)

April 04

  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  3:30pm -- Office Staff Meeting

April 05

  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm) 
  •  4:00pm -- Meditation and Communion
  •  6:30pm -- Pastor John's Dinner and Study (King Arthur)

April 06

  •  9:00am -- Pastor John - Book Study in San Jose 
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  5:00pm -- Pastor John -- Union Activity

April 07

  • Pastor John Early Morning & Late Afternoon Off
  • Office Closed
  • 1:00pm -- Decorating for Palm Sunday
  •  6:00pm -- Pastor John -- Ross Rehearsal in San Francisco

April 08

  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  •  9:00am -- Praying and Sharing Service
  •  2:00pm -- Food Pantry Distribution
  •  2:00pm -- The Closet Distribution
  •  2:00pm -- Pastor John -- Erickson Wedding in Sacramento
  •  5:30pm -- Pastor John -- Ross Wedding in San Francisco

April 09

  • Palm Sunday
  • Health Care/Hygiene Kit Offering
  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  • 10:00am - Celebration and Communion Service
  • 11:15am - Fellowship Time 

April 10

  • Pastor John Day Off
  •  3:00pm - Announcements Due
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)

April 11

  •  1:30pm -- Pastor John @ICEJ LWW Meeting
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  3:30pm -- Office Staff Meeting

April 12

  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  4:00pm -- Meditation and Communion Service
  •  4:00pm -- Pastor John -- Conversation Around the Table Preparation
  •  6:30pm -- Conversations Around the Table

April 13 

  • Pastor John Morning Off
  •  1:00pm -- Maundy Thursday Service Preparation
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  6:30pm -- Maundy Thursday Service

April 14 

  • Pastor John Morning Off
  • Office Closed
  •  1:00pm -- Good Friday Service Preparation
  •  6:30pm -- Good Friday Service
  •  8:00pm -- Tomb Vigil (until 2:30pm on April 15)

April 15 

  • Chrysalis Deadline (for May newsletter)
  •  3:00pm -- Holy Saturday Service and Easter Season Decorating

April 16 

  • Easter Sunday
  • Food Pantry Offering
  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  • 10:00am - Celebration and Communion Service
  • 11:15am - Fellowship Time
  • 11:45am - Pack Food Bags

April 17 

  • Pastor John Planning Day
  •  3:00pm -- Announcements Due
  •  3:00pm -- Office open (until 6:00pm)

April 18 

  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  3:30pm -- Office Staff Mtg

April 19 

  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  4:00pm -- Meditation and Communion Service

April 20 

  • Pastor John Morning and Early Afternoon Off
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)

April 21 

  • Pastor John Early Morning and Late Afternoon Off
  • Office Closed
  •  4:00pm -- Pastor John -- Sierra Wedding in El Cerrito

April 22 

  • Pastor John Afternoon Off
  •  2:00pm -- Food Pantry Distribution 

April 23

  • 2nd Sunday of Easter
  • Gifts for HRLC
  • Pastor Afternoon Off
  • 10:00am - Celebration and Communion Service
  • 11:15am - Fellowship Time

April 24 

  • Pastor John on Vacation
  • Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East 
  •  3:00pm - Announcements Due
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)

April 25 

  • Pastor John on Vacation
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm) 

April 26

  • Pastor John on Vacation
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
  •  4:00pm -- Meditation and Communion Service

April 27

  • Pastor John on Vacation 
  •  3:00pm -- Office Open (until 6:00pm)
April 28 
  • Pastor John on Vacation
  • Office Closed 

April 29 

  • Pastor John on Vacation 

April 30

  • 3rd Sunday of Easter
  • The Closet Offering
  • Pastor John on Vacation
  • 10:00am - Celebration and Communion Service
  • 11:15am - Fellowship Time
  • 11:45am - Pack Hygiene Kits for The Closet


We live our lives in tight little boxes
           with high edges and sharp corners.
Or we live day after day,                                                       
                                                          endlessly,
                                                                                       w ithout focus or aim.

And then,
           in the middle of our boxes
           and our randomness,
your presence
                                 explodes us
                                                              and we must decide again about our lives.

You come to us
          in poetic utterance,
          in artistic sketch,
          in revolutionary image.

You engage us by the way you dispatch your faithful artists,
           old time prophets
           and contemporary truth-sayers,
                               the ones who show us our deathliness,
                               the ones who imagine us
                               to anew life congruent with your own life.

By your spirit
            open us to such ancient possibility
                              beyond our fear and beyond our pride.

Come good spirit,
          come in utterance,
          come in sketch,
          come in image,
          come in all the ways that seep through our certitude
                              our management,
                              and our self-importance.
Come, good spirit!  

                                                                                                         Walter Brueggemann, Cincinnati, 2011

                [reproduced from Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture]

  HRLC Staff

Revd. John L. Freesemann, Pastor
Rev. Pascal Mugambage, Sister Parish Pastor
Iris Amerson, Administrative Assistant
Position Vacant, Music Director

Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church | (408) 296-4040 | (408 (296-4044 | HRLC95126@aol.com HRLCSJ.org
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