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Grace NotesGrace NotesGrace Notes A monthly publication of Grace Lutheran Church

Thank you 2

Spring Awakening 2

Child Abuse Prevention 2

Birthdays & Anniversaries 3

Youth Page 4

Christian Education 4

Worship & Music 5

Inside this issue:

April, 2010

Grace Women 5

Faith Story 6

Social Ministry 7

Holy Week Schedule 7

Church Council 8

Treasurer’s Report 9

Calendars 10-11

Easter Breakfast The Grace Lutheran Youth invite you to join us

for breakfast between services on Easter Sunday. The menu will include: egg casseroles, toast, muffins, fruit,

orange juice, milk, and coffee. Please come for the food and the fellowship!

A free-will offering to the youth group will be gladly accepted. All monetary donations collected during Easter Breakfast will be used to renovate the YOT (youth room).

The last enemy to be destroyed is death. -1 Corinthians 15:26

For a brief time, while the crucified Jesus lay in a borrowed tomb, it seemed as if death had triumphed once again. Threatened by a messenger of God’s expansive, steadfast love, yet another human mob succumbed to death’s seduction. They chose its bru-tal, silencing power and trusted its empty finality. Death’s murderous re-bellion against the Creator of life seemed unstoppable.

Until that Sunday morning dawned. Mary, Joanna, Mary and the other woman arrived at Jesus’ tomb prepared for a body emptied of life. Instead they discovered the grave emptied of its power and death itself buried in resurrec-tion life. Jesus Christ, the first fruits from the dead, lives!

Now Jesus Christ, the embodiment of God’s compassionate love, is prepar-ing your body for a resurrection life. In that life death can no longer imprison you in a grave nor hold you captive to its violent imagination and destructive power. Joined to Christ by baptism, your body is being brought into his res-urrected life, into Christ’s new crea-tion, and into the ministry of recon-ciliation and peace. In this new day your resurrected service of God’s stead-fast love endures forever.

This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. -Psalm 118:23-24

-The Rev. Mark S. Hanson Presiding Bishop

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

ELCA Bishop’s Easter Message

Child Abuse Prevention: An Imperative Priority

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viduals and communities to support children and families.

Lutheran Services in Iowa’s (LSI) programs work to prevent abuse and neglect. Early Childhood services use family-centered educa-tion to help stop abuse before it starts in the home, and our Brem-wood and Beloit Residential Treat-ment Centers empower children of abuse so that they may resolve their past and look forward to a bright

One child will have been abused or neglected by the time you finish reading this. In fact, one child is abused every forty seconds and nearly five children a day die as a result of abuse.

In order to help eliminate these tragedies, April has been named National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month is a time to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect while encouraging indi-

future.

The support of our partner con-gregations allows LSI to maintain these important programs for the children of Iowa. Thank you for being an important partner in our mission of service to all.

For more information on ways LSI provides hope to Iowa’s most vul-nerable populations, visit www.lsiowa.org.

-LSI/Bill Nus

Thanks to everyone who helped with the funeral luncheon for Betty Krieger.

-Dixie Brookhart Thank you!

Spring Awakening—Take a Nice Deep Breath Breathe it all in! The beauty of spring! God has made our bod-ies in such a marvelous way! There is some fascinating re-search on breathing I would like to share with you.

You know that good breathing has long been taught to manage stress, childbirth, exercise, etc., but we are finding that it is af-fected by the amygdala. The amygdala is a small area of the brain that we now know can act as an important chemosensor when we breathe incorrectly. A recently published paper by the University of Iowa, Zeiman and colleagues, says the amygdala senses when carbon dioxide is ab-normal in the body and triggers us to change our breathing pat-tern.

When we have abnormally high levels of carbon dioxide in our blood stream, it is caused by not breathing enough, very irregu-larly, or shallow high-chest breathing. This gives us some-thing called respiratory acidosis. The amygdala will trigger an

anxiety, fear/panic response, caus-ing us to overbreathe (take in more oxygen) to balance the car-bon dioxide/oxygen levels. They write that this may be an expla-nation for anxiety and panic disor-ders in people. It also may ex-plain the unusual breathing pat-terns in grief (sighing, shallow breathing, forgetting to breathe), or when we are anxious about tests, speaking in public, depres-sion, etc.

There is also a problem called respiratory alkalosis, or when we overbreathe and take in too much oxygen. This can ALSO cause apprehension, anxiety and fear! So, what is the key? Balanced breathing patterns. Pay attention to how you are breathing. When something is out of balance in our lives, there are physiological and emotional consequences; triggers can cause us to overbreathe or underbreathe.

What is an unusual pattern? Rapid breathing, air hunger, speaking quickly with irregular stops to grab a breath of air—

hyperventilation. OR Frozen breathing, shallow, superficial, breath-holding, forgetting to breathe—hypoventilation. In ei-ther case, breathing rehab is called for to free up the thoracic cage, diaphragm, and use abdomi-nal breathing to correct the pat-tern. An interesting book on the subject is called “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Breathing Pattern Disorders” by Dr. Bradley Chaltow.

As you are taking in the fresh air this spring, it may be time for some “spring awakening” in our lives—what is out of balance in my life? What could be triggering an unusual breathing pattern? Take the time to pay attention to your breathing. God has made our bodies to always try to main-tain “homeostasis” or balance. Give yourself time to balance in a mind-body-spiritual way, and breathe in HIS glory of spring-time!

-Cinda Hathaway, Parish Nurse


5 John Hidlebaugh III Joy Kissell 7 Allison Markey May 1-7 Anniversaries 1 Janice & Bradford Fear Lavone & Shirlee Staley 2 John & Cynthia

Sparks 3 Douglas & Jill Rice 5 Roland & Verna Paulsen 7 Sandrine & John Gabriel Please save this page to use for your prayer list. Pray for each person on their birthday. By the end of the year, you would have prayed for e v e r y o n e i n t h e congregation.

We try to keep our birthday and anniversary list as current as possible. If we have missed a birthday or anniversary, please call the church office and we will correct our mistake.

Dennis & Janice Lange celebrated their 50th Anniversary on February 16. Their anniversary w a s i n a d v e r t e n t l y omitted from the last issue of Grace Notes. We apologize for the error.

April Birthdays 1 Jackie Bantz Holly Boche Janell Johnson Timothy Kottman Larissa Maeglin Ernest Morgan Jr. Marvin Smith Brandon Sparks 3 Emma Mask Melissa Paulsen 4 Wanda Kebernik Abigail Kemper Dennis Schuur Devin Sigulinsky William Stigge 5 Dillon Sears 6 Arthur Hovick 7 Leo Allen Don Duncan Tanner Gardner Curtis Hampton Larry Holliday Cooper Larson Austin Smith 8 Florene Nowysz Grace Schlutz 9 Emily Schroeder 10 John Gabriel III 11 Carlin Lawhead Jill Lurndal Anthony Todd Alexander Wilts 13 Theresa Busch Michael Munday Eli Price 14 John Brase Kathryn Green Olivia Lofgren Paul (Russell) Price Landon Walsh 15 Judy Warren

16 Brian Hartman 17 Jack Allen II Madison Butler Katherine Hall 18 Brittany Carter Taegan Christensen McKenzie Kissell 19 Charles Batchelor Heather Dahnke Kacie Eagle Adriana Harle Jessica Hartsock Steven Nus Benen Pantier 20 Dorothy Thomas 21 William Baumgardner Rylee Henning Timothy Smith 22 Kathleen Metcalf Rachel Price 23 Nancy Long Debra Sanger 24 Susan Longhurst Michael Nus Lowell Sundermann 25 Avarie Eagle Darci Morgan Judi Sigulinsky 26 Sarah Eagle Dalten Howland Jennifer McGlothlen 27 Kelsey Lange 28 Kylie Green Olga McKasson Dawn Pence 29 McKenzie Fields Marvin Laursen Libby Lohse Mark Schaefers Mallory Young

April Anniversaries 5 Luke & Julie Kissell 6 Timothy & Robin Taylor 7 Gary & Christine

Stodden 8 Lowell & JoAnn Sundermann 9 Doug & Tracy Schroeder 20 David & Susan Freers Charles & Alice Olswold 22 Allen & Judy

Pameticky 24 Timothy & Lauren

Smith 27 Ronald & Lori Naber Brian & Kimberly Pantier 28 Bret & Kathryn

Green 30 Charles & Jana

Batchelor May 1-7 Birthdays 1 Jack Cannon Joyce Oberhaus Kim Thompson 2 Shantell Howland Brian Pantier Ryan Sigulinsky 3 John Ford Vernalee Pameticky 4 Jeanie Cromer Ann Griesenbrock Lucas Hall

Birthdays and Anniversaries


Youth Page

Easter Breakfast (Middle and High Schoolers)

Young Disciples (age 5 – 6th Grade)

Winter Jam 2010 On Friday, March 12th, a group from Grace attended a Christian music concert at the I Wire-less Center. The Winter Jam 2010 Tour featured Third Day, Newsboys, Tenth Avenue North, Fireflight, speaker Tony Nolan, and a prejam party with Sidewalk Prophets, Robert Pierre, and Revive. Thank you to all of the drivers and all who attended this event. I hope everyone had a great time! -Jill Rice, Youth Director

We are planning and preparing Easter Breakfast for the congregation again this year. There is a sign up sheet on the Christian Education Bulletin Board for the breakfast casseroles and other food items. On Easter morning, plan on meeting at the church at 8:00am to set up and get ready to serve the food. The breakfast will be served between the services. All money raised from Easter Breakfast will be used to renovate the YOT. Contact Jill Rice or Traci Lip-pelgoes with questions.

I hope you have all enjoyed the Tai Chi sessions that we attended during Lent. There will be no Young Disciples the Wednesday before Easter, March 31st. Com.2.Life will resume on Wednesday, April 7th, with the Worship Café at 6:00pm and Young Disciples from 6:30 to 7:30. We will learn about stories from the bible through science, games, crafts, and songs. Come and join the fun!

Christian Education As I begin to acclimate myself to the Christian Education arena at Grace, one avenue I felt was important to wrap my arms around is just how many youth does Grace have the opportunity to serve within our church family. I looked specifically at the age range of 3-18. Did you know that we have approximately 90 youth within this range? Did you also know that we only have approxi-mately 30 youth that participate on a weekly basis within our Sun-

day school and Wednesday night program? That is well less than 50% participation, actually only a third of our youth not an encour-aging statistic, but also one that brings to the forefront opportu-nity. I would encourage all par-ents of the youth within our church family to contact me and let me know what you like about our Christian Education pro-grams, what are your expecta-tions, how you would be willing to actively engage with our youth.

We are all called to be active Dis-ciples of Christ. Active takes many forms, working one on one with our youth, engaging in boards and committees, to teach, selection of curriculum, etc. How is God calling you to act?

Prayerfully Submitted, Dawn Pence [email protected] 563-262-8986 home phone

APRIL, 2010

tion fee is $5.00 and we are asked to bring gifts that will go to the Crisis Center of Iowa City. The items most needed are nonperish-able food, diapers size 5, toilet paper or baby formula. There will be two speakers. Chaplain Cindy Breed who will speak on issues she faces at UIH and Master Gardner Marilou Gay of Iowa City who will speak about flowers of the Bible. There will also be a trio of women singers from Christ the King. Registration deadline is Tues., April 6, at 9 p.m. To regis-ter, call or e-mail Diane Schweer at 319-337-513 or [email protected]

An Invitation –All women of Grace are invited to join us on Tuesday April 13th– 9:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church. Please join women from Grace as we study the word of God. We use this time to have fellowship and to support each other as we live God’s teachings. Currently we are studying Paul’s teachings. New members are always welcome.

April 10th _ Women from Grace Lutheran Church are invited to participate in the Spring Cluster Gathering at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Iowa City, 8:30 – noon. The registra-

Coffee – Look for the “Coffee Cart” on Sunday mornings, and purchase your Equal Exchange favorite blend. Feel free to purchase coffee anytime the church office is open.

Box Tops for Education – Please save Box Top Coupons and/or UPC Codes found throughout your local grocery store. Clipped coupons can be placed in the “Box Tops for Edu-cation” folder on the bulletin board across the hall from Pastor’s office.

Board Meeting Monday April 12th, 9:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church

Grace Women News By Mary Hovick & Karen Hessel

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Worship and Music Board March 8, 2010

The Worship and Music Board met Monday, March 8, at 7:00 p.m.

Members Present: Nancy Cro-mer, Jan Pohl, Al Bengtson, Carlin Lawhead

Member Absent: Dennis Lange

Also Present: Music Director, Bob Romza and Pastor MacManus

Midweek Lenten Services were discussed and it was generally agreed that they were going well - the only challenge being transi-tioning from meal to worship.

Holy Week Services were re-viewed and planned.

Maundy Thursday will have two services 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The 7:00 p.m. service will include footwashing as part of the sermon and will conclude with stripping of the altar.

Good Friday Service will be at 7:00 p.m.

Easter will have traditional 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services with some special music. Communion will be by stations.

During the Sunday School hour on April 11th and 18th a forum will be held in the Social Hall to dis-cuss the possibility of one Sunday morning service. Members of the Worship and Music Board and the Church Council are encouraged to be involved.

Carlin is attempting to gather background info from other simi-lar congregations who have gone to one Sunday service. A special congregational meeting will be held between services on May 16th to vote on a proposed sched-ule change if a proposal is made.

Other subjects discussed were the

need for increased worship assis-tant/acolyte training. Jan Pohl volunteered to work with Tibe to accomplish it.

Carlin will talk to Cinda regard-ing resuming the use of The Com-mon Cup.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Carlin Lawhead

Forums to discuss Sunday morning service

numbers and times will be held on

Sunday, April 11 and Sunday, April 18

at 9:30 in the Social Hall.

GRACE NOTES APRIL, 2010

Faith Story

“Every doubt, therefore, is based on a leap of faith." (Timothy Keller. THE REASON FOR GOD: Belief in an Age of Skepticism)

Doubt was and is a large part of my life. Doubts that have – at times – taken me away from the faith that I proclaimed at my con-firmation 40 years ago. Doubts that, ever since I was a college stu-dent, questioned beliefs (personal, political, professional, fiscal, sex-ual, and parental) and that have caused me lots of sleepless nights.

During college I took courses on all the major religions and ana-mistic beliefs, Bible and Torah studies, Bible as literature, phi-losophy, politics and many other the humanities. I engaged in all the rituals of organized religion. And, because I found my personal expression in music, participated in many different practices through the music that was re-quired. Being a blonde hair/blue eyed individual sometimes brought raised eyebrows – such as when I joined an African-American gospel group, directed a Baptist choir, or served as a cantor for a Jewish temple’s high holiday celebration.

The questioning found me also searching for truths in transcen-

dental meditation, mysticism and even agnosticism. It was during my darkest period of doubt that I took a conscious ‘leave of absence’ from religious searching. Like many young people away from home, family and friends for the first time a quick decent into worldliness ensued. I knew what I wanted and sought to get it. Ulti-mately all these ‘things’ left as big a hole in my psyche as my previ-ous religious searching.

So dark was that hole that I tried to brighten it with alcohol – it seemed to work for my father, why not me. I was fortunate, how-ever, in that my first binge was also my last. The commander of my unit at the time gave me an ultimatum -- find yourself. He made sure that I had the profes-sional, religious and military help to work on that (read: forced hos-pital visits, mandatory church ser-vice attendance and counseling, and lots of extra duty). It was dur-ing that time I first saw what Christianity really meant. The commander showed me grace: he never wrote me up (which would have ruined any career I thought I might have), participated in the hospital counseling sessions and sat with me at services. And, he let me suffer the consequences of my behaviors with the assignment

of duties beyond my day-to-day responsibilities. Mostly, he and his hand-picked helpers listened to my questions; my doubts; even my fears.

How can God allow…?

Would a Christian say such things? Do such things? Be so (closed, bias, hypocritical) minded?

Why can’t I see/believe/have faith as others have?

During one of our extended chats he asked me if I really needed all those external influ-ences, or could I look to a greater power and let Him fill the hole. The answer that I came to was that I had to take a leap of faith that God is greater than my mind can grasp; and, because of that I can’t know for sure what the an-swers are until I experience His grace face-to-face. I can, however, live a life that continues to seek good things for all people and trust that His grace will pull me through trying times (which it has). I can enjoy music and art in all of its forms. Enjoy peoples of all walks of life and the challenges they bring to my understanding of graceful living.

-Bill Penix

WE WANT YOUR STORY! Have you had a God moment? Do you have a story to tell?

We’re inviting you as God’s disciples to share these stories with us.

Share with your family! Share with another GLC disciple!

Share with your neighbor! You will be given the opportunity to submit your stories in

writing (signed or unsigned) to be published at a later date in Grace Notes and new soon-to-be-released website and even as a Temple Talk.

Share with us…. We hope this program will be an exciting and fun way for

members to learn more about each other and to become a little

more comfortable sharing their faith stories with others. In this issue of Grace Notes we have a Story Starter just for

you. Check the Sunday bulletin regularly as a new story starter will be generated each month. As you think about your story and build the ideas and thoughts around it we ask you stay under 500 words in length.

Please drop off your story to the Church Office or personally to one of us. It’s our hope that you take a few minutes out of your schedule and to share your story.

Thank you! Your Board of Congregational Life Mary Chalupa, Melissa Paulsen, Sue Wilder, Scott Schultz


Social Ministry Board, March 14, 2010

Attendance: Cinda Hathaway, Sheila Busch, Tibe Vander Lin-den

Parish Nurse –Tai Chi class pre-ceding Lenten Mid Week Service has been well attended. Grief group continues to meet on 3rd Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. Healing ser-vice presented to Board for possi-ble date in June. Cinda will meet with Worship & Music plus Grace notes articles to present the heal-ing service idea so it is well re-ceived and understood. Noah’s Needles has been making scarves to homebound members. Cinda will begin taking pictures of Sen-ior Homebound members and place them on the bulletin board, a few at time with their permis-sion. Visits and Home Commun-ion continues for homebound. In-ternational Day of Prayer in May – information will be presented in Grace Notes. Cinda to present “Building a Healthy Church” at next Council meeting –this pro-gram is to educate members on serving healthy food during church events.

Loaves & Fishes – February 27. Carlin & Vicki Lawhead reported that Grace had a very good re-sponse with volunteers and dona-tions. There were several new faces that helped prepare and serve the meal.

Collecting items for MCSA Sheila

Busch to contact MCSA to see what items they need for spring and summer. List will appear in future bulletins and Grace Notes with donation boxes set up for members to contribute items.

Birthday treats for MCSA Resi-dents. February was our first month to be part of this commu-nity project. Two Birthday treats were needed and supplied by Nancy Cromer and Pam Martz. Our next month to donate treats is April. Tibe to contact list of members to see who can donate treats.

Blood Drive: Blood Drive was February 11th at Grace Social Hall. Cindy Edgmond reported eleven units were donated

HOPES: Sheila Busch has agreed to co-chair this project. We will review the Blessings Forward lists when compiled this year to see if another member is interested in assisting Sheila.

Grace Fellowship: First potluck for 2010 is March 16 at noon. Bill Penix to present his European trip.

Souper Bowl of Caring: Grace collected $394.74 for World Hun-ger and 43 cans for local food pan-try on Super Bowl Sunday. Tibe presented a Children’s Sermon at both services and gave each child

a quarter and a can of soup to vote for their favorite Super Bowl team. Jill Rice coordinated the event to have the youth from Grace at the back of the sanctuary to collect the monetary donations and canned food.

New projects for 2010: Cinda is planning a Health Fair in con-junction with SCS Rally Day in September. Paul Wilts sent an e-mail to present the “Pennies for Peace” project (building schools in Afghanistan). The Board would like more information on this pro-ject before continuing. Tibe to review “Water for Africa” on Synod website to see if our Board is interested in pursuing this pro-ject. Tibe to contact list of MCSA bakers to see if they can bake cookies for Cinda’s Senior Home Ministry visits.

Projects to continue that were new in 2009: Sheila Busch would like to continue the school sup-plies for students donations. She will contact Mary Chalupa to see if they can work together to collect items all summer and deliver to the schools in late summer. Sheila will continue the Coat Drive/Swap and collecting items for MCSA as needed. Grace Fellowship pot-lucks to continue.

Respectfully Submitted, Tibe Vander Linden

Maundy Thursday, April 1 2:00pm Maundy Eucharist 7:00pm Maundy Eucharist Good Friday, April 2 12:00pm Community Worship 7:00pm Tenebrae Easter, April 4 8:15am Celebration Worship 9:30am Easter Breakfast 10:45am Easter Eucharist

Holy Week

Schedule


Church Council Meeting, February 11,2010

Call to Order: 6:36 p.m. Members Present: Pam House-man, Lynn Schuur, Pastor MacManus, Jodi Heth, Carlin Lawhead, Jim Edgmond, Tibe Vander Linden, Sue Wilder, Sue Bengtson, Dawn Pence. Devotions: Led by Sue Wilder. Reports Secretary’s Report: MOTION: To approve January’s Council Minutes as written. Motion made by Carlin Lawhead, seconded by Tibe Vander Linden . Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: MOTION: To approve January’s Treasurer’s report as submitted. Motion made by Tibe Vander Linden, sec-onded by Lynn Schuur. Motion carried. Routine Business Dahnke Wedding: The Dahnke wedding will be held at Grace Lu-theran Church on Saturday, June 6, 2010. Zion has agreed to hold Worship Service. Meyer Wedding: Sara Meyer, a non-member of Grace Lutheran Church, is requesting to be wed at Grace Lutheran Church. The ceremony will be performed by Sara’s uncle, who is a Pastor in Indiana as Pastor MacManus will be unavailable. MOTION: To allow Sara Meyer to have her wedding on Grace Lutheran Church on Sep-tember 4, 2010 as long as there is a Grace Lutheran Sponsor to help facilitate the operations of the Church during the entire duration of the wedding and rehearsal. Motion made by Jodi Heth; sec-onded by Tibe Vander Linden. Motion denied.

CTIM: CTIM is $20.00 on March 13, 2010 in Cedar Rapids. Bulletins/Postings: Evaluate the need of materials added to the bulletin Board Members: MOTION: To approve the following members for 2010 Boards: Christian Education: Traci Lippelgoes, Sue Bengtson, Mi-chelle Hampton, Chalynn Hamp-ton, Sheila Busch, Jodi Heth, Jill Moravec. Hospitality: Marilyn Wedel, Mary Hovick, Daneice Hage, Car-rie Zorich, Paula Lofgren. Property: Ron Hage, Paul Wedel, Don Kelly, Phil Chalupa, Jeff White, Rich Alexander. Social Ministry: Cindy Edg-mond, Joanna Wilts, Paul Wilts, Sheila Busch. Congregational Life: Sue Wilder, Mary Chalupa, Melissa Paulsen. Worship and Music: Nancy Cromer, Dennis Lange, Jan Pohl, Al Bengtson. Motion made by Jim Edg-mond; seconded by Sue Bengtson. Motion carried. Motion to confirm transfer: Paris White completed her confir-mation classes in Zion Lutheran Church in Indiana. She moved before she was confirmed and has requested to be confirmed in Grace Lutheran Church. MOTION: To confirm Paris White in Grace Lutheran Church on February 14, 2010. Motion made by Jim Edgmond, seconded by Carlin Lawhead. Motion car-ried. Policy: Personal Information and Point of Contact Information

MOTION: To approve the Per-sonal Information and Point of Contact Information Policy. Mo-tion made by Carlin Lawhead; seconded by Jim Edgmond. Holiday Calendar: The 2010 Holiday Calendar was submitted for Church Staff. Calendars: Review calendars. Strategic Business: Alternative Worship Taskforce Update: The taskforce met on Satur-day, January 23. The taskforce is conducting interviews of the con-gregation members. One Service Forums: Wor-ship and Music Board is planning on having “One Service” Forums following Easter. May 16, 2010 is the Special Congregational Meet-ing to vote on one service. Jazz Worship Service: A spe-cial weekend Worship Service will be held on Sunday, February 14, 2010. Sunday school will be held at 9:00; worship service at 10:00 with potluck to follow. Leadership Retreat: The Lead-ership Retreat will be on Satur-day, March 27, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church. This meeting is open to all of the church leadership not just Coun-cil. Adjournment: MOTION: To adjourn Council meeting at 8:39 p.m. Motion made by Jim Edg-mond, seconded by Lynn Schuur. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Jodi Heth Council Secretary


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