 The
United Church of Los Alamos
United Chimes: Vol. 41, No. 6, June 2004
Table
of Contents
My sincerest thanks go out to all those who participated in our musical service of worship, MASS OF THE CHILDREN. My appreciation, of course, goes out to each and every choir member for practicing and learning their music and for faithfully attending rehearsals….for our wonderful instrumentalists; Dana Boebinger, Betsy Grindstaff, Gretchen Amstutz and Len Stovall – all of whom have a close connection to our church,….for our soloists, Rachel Erickson, Randy Erickson and Joann Brown, who sang so beautifully….for Oscar and Jan Sander , who donated our vocal scores as a gift….for parents who carpooled and families who sometimes had to adjust their activities because of our rehearsal schedule….but especially for my accompanist and dear friend, Ruth Williamson, who spent many hours working from an orchestral reduction score which then evolved into a separate piano part for her to learn. Rehearsal accompanists are often taken for granted, but are, indeed, the glue which holds us together. Ruth is truly a gem.
Soli Deo Gloria
Please
Take Note
June 6th Jesus, Tell Me a Story: “Mine! Mine! Mine!” June 13th
Jesus, Tell Me a Story:
June 20th
Jesus, Tell Me a Story:
June 27th
Jesus Tell Me a Story:
Sonday’s Kids is a program for students going into Kindergarten through second grade. Children leave worship after the Children’s Message and go to room 115 in the CE Building for their own lessons. The summer interns; Becky Erickson, Erin Moore and Hallie Bare are coordinating Sonday’s Kids. Please contact them through the Church Office, 662-2971 or sign up outside room 115 if you can help teach during the summer. Vacation
Bible School
KAC
Sunday
Night Youth Group
Congratulations
Seniors!
Kiyana Allen Hallie Bare Alex Gray Laura Hockaday Geoffrey House Brittany Little Kristen Morgan Marcia Mundt Jim Myers Jamie Parker Nicole Pasquariello Lindsey Sprinkle Katie Stavert Russell Sweet Welcome
Summer Interns!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A
special thank you to the many individuals who taught Sunday School, helped
in the church nursery and preschool, led Children’s Worship, helped with
KAC events and helped with the children’s programs through out the year.
Over 30 adults and young people helped with children’s programming this
year.
In response to requests of members of the congregation, The Board of Elders is implementing a second communion service. Beginning in June, communion will be served on the first and third Sundays. Wilma Cowan
for
Women's
Retreat
Save the weekend of October 8-10 for the annual Women's Retreat at Sonlight Camp outside Pagosa Springs. The planning committee is pleased to announce that Kay Roberts will speak on the Gift of Music: Growing in Faith Together. Many will remember Kay as a former member of United Church and teacher at LAMS. After her family left home, Kay went to seminary and was ordained here in Los Alamos. She has been sharing her music in churches and retreats for years and is excited to strengthen her ties to United Church. Kay currently is pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Kent, Ohio. The registration form and more information will be in the July Chimes. Questions may be directed to Kathleen Logan or Mardel Schmiedicke in the church office. Volunteers to help plan the weekend activities are encouraged to attend the next planning meeting, Sunday, June 13th, 11:00 am in Kathleen's office. Stovall Family Scholarship Awarded Hallie Bare has been awarded the Stovall Family-United Church college tuition scholarship of $1,000 for the coming school year. She will attend the University of Denver. She has served as a youth member of the Church Board of Elders, been active with the nursery, and participated in the Mexico trips for four years. At High School, Hallie was a member of the Honor Society and was active in horseback riding and the drama club performances. She received very high recommendations. The United Church is very proud of Hallie and extends congratulations to her. Wooten
Scholarship Awarded
Holiday
Highlights Refrigerator Calendar
June 4 Public School Ends June 5 Commencement June
6 Sonlight Christian Camp for 3rd & 4th
grade
June 10 7 pm Trustees Board in the lounge June 12 8 am Trustees Work Party June
13 Sonlight Christian Campfor 5th & 6th grade
June 14 7 pm Membership Evangelism Board in the lounge June 15 4 pm Personnel Board in the lounge 6:30 pm Finance Board in the library 7 pm Elders Board in the lounge 7 pm Mission Board in Room 115 June
20 Father's day
June 21 1 - 4 pm Vacation Bible School in Graves Hall June 22 7:30 pm Eexeutive Board in the lounge June
27 Adventure Camp for 7th & 8th grade
**Please Note that the second Adventure Camp for
Coffee
Hosts for June
June 13th: Jack and Betsy Comly June 20th: Brad and Pam Meyers June 27th:
David and Irene Powell
If you get to the church by 9:00, that should be time enough to have the coffee ready by 10:30. Please let Mardel know if you run out of things. Be sure to give the Elders room for preparing the trays for communion on those Sundays. Many thanks! Irene Powell Reminders!
Greeters for June: Rilla Baxter, Ann and Dave Thomson, Youth and George Stephens. Lunch
Bunch Callers
Janet Tallman
Chimes
Newsletter Deadline
Senior
Pastor Search Committee Report
United
Church Mission Corner
The UC Mission board disbursement of funds for the month of May was made to The Ranches and Palau-Emmaus High Schools as part of the missions benefiting from the Church regular support. The following is an outline of the missions who benefited from your support: The Ranches
Palau-Emmaus
High Schools
If interested to know more on Palau, you can check the webpage of a former Emmaus High School graduate at: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/6757/emmaus.html Or check the (excellent) rating of the Emmaus High school among all Micronesian public and private schools at: http://www.micsem.org/pubs/counselor/frames/howgoodschlfr.htm?http&&&www.micsem.org/pubs/counselor/howgoodschl.htm
Spring Break 2004 – Sixty youth and twenty-three adults traveled to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to build new homes for four families living in poverty. More than half of the youth were rookies on this trip! We worked with AMOR Ministries, who provide a camp for us to stay, work with a committee of Mexican pastors to identify the families, and have all the building materials ready for us when we arrive. Despite some adverse weather the first couple of days (it rained after we set up camp on Sunday, and we poured concrete in the rain and hail on Monday), the group built four sturdy houses for our families. One family actually tore their house down on Sunday night in anticipation of our arrival on Monday morning! They spent the week sleeping in their car. Luckily the weather was great for the rest of the week, and we were able to build walls, put on a pressboard roof, and finish the walls with bailing wire, tar paper, chicken wire and stucco. Back at camp each night, we’d gather around the campfire for smores, skits, singing, and campfire talks by Steven Mabry, who started our Mexico Mission trips in 1986 when he was our Associate Pastor. Steven, his wife Marta Nielsen, and their children Kaylinda and Sam joined us for the week. On Wednesday, we invited our families and the neighbors on the block for a hot dog cookout. We held the dinner at a local church, right across from one of our work sites from 1999! We held our community dinner there in 1999, when it was a large open space with trash all around. Today, the property has several church buildings, and sits next to a park with playground equipment and trees! The youth spent a great evening playing soccer and playground games with local children. It’s always an emotional time at the end of the work day on Friday, when we gather in each house with the family to give them some gifts and hand them the keys to their new house! We have a prayer together, then gather outside for a group picture. This year’s families consisted of eight adults and eight children under 10 (with one mother expecting). MEXICO 2004 was the 19th annual spring-break mission trip sponsored by The United Church. Mexico work campers on these 19 trips and those who have gone on the five church-sponsored summer trips have built the equivalent of 101 houses! This great accomplishment would not have been possible without the steadfast support of all of the members of The United Church and many friends in the community. Thanks to all the local businesses for their generous contributions, this year’s Mexico Mission Auction raised over $11,000! Additional donations brought the grand total up to almost $16,000! THANK YOU, EVERYONE! United
Church Library News
"It's Not About Me" by Max Lucado "Beyond Belief" by Elaine Pagels "Jesus in America" by Richard Fox "The Brother of Jesus" by Hershell Shank "Breaking the Da Vinci Code" by Darrell Bock The library has two books given to us by Circle I, in memory of Lucille Rea
"Everyday Prayers for Children"
The library
has a new series of fiction books written by Phillip Gulley. If you
like Jan Karon
You will love Phillip Gulley's newest books, the Harmony series. Harmony is a charming small town whose stories and interesting, folksy characters entice you to read the next one and then the next one. The stories involve a Quaker minister who returns to his hometown when there was an unexpected opening for a pastor. I highly recommend these books--this small town is definitely NOT boring and the individuals that you come to know and love make the series a "must read". New Children's Books "Lord's Prayer" illustrated by Heide Holder "A Is For Abigail" by Lynne Cheney
Prayers for Patricia Garrett and family upon the death of her mother, Mary Wilder. Prayers for Dorothy Sangrey and family upon the death of Abram Sangrey who passed away on May 10, 2004 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was the first pastor of the United Church from 1947 to 1949. Prayers for Marilyn Bond and family on the death of her husband, Victor. Prayer
Letter
It is Jesus’
name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete
healing to him, as you can all see.
Welcome
to the Newest Members
Beth and Brett Kniss James & Karen Leach Valarie Prestwood Glenn Rigg Chimes
Newsletter
by Howard E. Grant, Jr., Interim Senior Pastor “God
proves his love for us in that while we still were
No doubt from early on God has been watching the way we construct our lives.
Sometimes we’ve been using shoddy mortar. Other times we’ve forgotten
our level. Most often we didn’t bother with a plumb-line.
Lord, we turn to you for help. Please come into the house we have
built of our lives. We need you to help us adjust to match the plumb-line
of Jesus Christ, and we want our foundation to be level and square with
your Word revealed. We trust you as the Master-builder. Amen.
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