Volume 34, Issue 4

Hope Herald

Pastor’s Pen 2

Youth & Family Ministries

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Adult Enrichment

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April Birthdays 5

Thank You and Lectionary

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Hope Calendar 7

Inside this issue:

Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman, Montana

April, 2013

Maundy Thursday—March 28

Service of Holy Communion 7PM

Including Individual Absolution and

Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday—March 29

Noon: Way of the Cross

7:00 pm Service of Tenebrae

(Service of Darkness) based on

the Seven Last Words of Christ.

Easter Sunday—March 31

Sunrise Service at 6 am

Service will include a baptism and

reaffirmation of our baptismal promises

Celebrations of the Resurrection

At 8:30 and 10:30 am

Easter breakfast served from

7 am to 10 am

SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 8:30 & 10:15 AM

Pastor Jennifer’s Departing Sermon Worship will include a special Rite of Thanksgiving

and Godspeed. Following each service will be a

reception to honor Jennifer and Eva. The

congregation may bring cards of thanks and offerings

of appreciation and thanks.

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Farewell and Godspeed Hope Lutheran Church,

On April 7th, I will preach my last sermon as Outreach Pastor of Hope Lu-

theran Church. Thank you for all the farewells hosted over the last several

months. Eva and I are grateful for the chance you all have afforded us to be

"fully alive" with all the challenges and opportunities that Christian commu-

nity involves. Thank you for walking with us the past five years; we have

been transformed by knowing you. We will truly miss you all and would

welcome you to the Vancouver area should your travels bring you into our

neighborhood.

On May 26, 2013, I will be installed as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church,

11040 River Road, Delta, British Columbia, Canada, V4C2S2. Trinity was

founded around the time of Hope Lutheran by Norwegian Lutheran fisher-

man who would ice skate and row across the Fraser River for worship, how-

ever, they still worship in the original historic building!

May the wind of the Spirit continue to blow in, through and among you in

the years to come as you clarify your strategic goals and are empowered to

work in mission together for the sake of LOVE.

In Christ, whose love never fails,

Pastor Jennifer

YOUTH AND FAMILY NEWS

Meet Me at Luigi's Youth Dinner Theatre

April 12 and 14!

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Get your tickets TODAY! Shows are Friday night at 6 pm and Sunday afternoon at 1 pm. Join us this year for a new and hilarious dinner theatre. This year performances will be on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. This is in an attempt to reach a broader audience and in hopes that we will sell out! Join us as we transform our activity room into a modern day Italian diner. as you begin your meal, you will be brought into the lives of many teenagers who congregate at Luigi's for the viewing of a once in a lifetime comet. Hilarity ensues as we follow several different story lines...Will Bubba be able to leave work early and perform in the school talent show? will Luigi make amends with his family? Will Betsy get a lock of Bubba's hair and force him to fall in love with her? and much more! Tickets are currently available and are reserved seating. Tickets are $12 or a table of 8 can be purchased for $80. Children 10 and under are only $5 and children 3 and under are free. 7th Grade Stepping Stones Join us on Sunday, April 7 for our 7th grade stepping stones. This is the last stepping stones event before Confirmation begins, and youth will receive Lutheran Study Bibles. We will have a blessing, and then join together for a conversation about family devotions...complete with a Bible Trivia Game! See you there!

3 year old Stepping Stones Join us on Sunday, April 21 for a 3 year old stepping stones event. Children will receive Prayer Pillows, complete with a small book of bedtime prayers. We will share a blessing together and then join for a class that is focused on family prayer and devotions. Join us for this fun and exciting event!

Confirmation Make-Up retreat If your youth has missed more than 6 confirmation classes this year, they will need to attend a make up retreat! This event will happen on Sunday, April 21 at 12:00 noon. We will gather together for interactive learning and fun between noon and 4:30 pm. Youth who wish to be confirmed this year who have missed more than 6 classes are required to attend! But all youth are invited, as this will be an additional opportunity for learning, and material covered will not be a repeat of Wednesday nights! Hope to see you there. Help Needed with Spring Rodeo We need help to fill our concessions for the spring rodeo! We will be working Thursday, April 4, Friday, April 5 and Saturday April 6...all at 5:30 pm. The rodeo is always a fun event...and a great money maker for our group! Sign ups are currently available in the fellowship area!

ADULT FAITH ENRICHMENT

BIBLE STUDIES

The Thursday 11:30 am Bible Study focuses on the

Scripture texts assigned for the upcoming Sunday ser-

vices. The discussion is facilitated by the pastor who will

be preaching on that Sunday.

WOMEN’S CIRCLE

BIBLE STUDIES

We currently have two Women’s circles. Mary Martha

circle will be meeting this year at the Bozeman

Lodge on the third Wednesday of each month at 9:30

am. Bozeman Lodge is located at 1547 N. Hunters Way.

The March meeting is on the 20th.

Deborah circle meets on the second Tuesday of each

month at 7 pm. The April meeting will be on the 9th at

the church.

They follow the Bible Study in

the magazine Gather For Faith

And Action published by the

Women of the Evangelical

Lutheran Church in America.

Extra copies of the study will

be available. for guests at the

church or at the meeting.

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF TRUCK is

coming May 17.

It is time to start gathering kits together and pack

them for the truck. Each year, members of Hope

contribute school, personal care, fabric and baby

care kits as well as soap to Lutheran World Relief

for shipment overseas. Interfaith Quilters have

been busy all year making quilts. Kits can be

packed in cardboard boxes that weigh no more

than 40 pounds! For more details on kit contents,

please visit

http://lwr.org/site/c.dmJXKiOYJgI6G/b.7521967/k.

A4AD/Quilts__Kits.htm. More information on

packing, Quilt Sunday, and the exact day for pick-

up will be made available in the May Hope Herald

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF Here is the list of what we still need to make 100 LWR

school supply kits:

36 erasers

16 boxes of crayons (16 or 24 count)

265 pens

10 pencil sharpeners

100 rulers

You can bring these items to church and put them in a box by the office door.

QUILT RAFFLE by Interfaith Quilters

Raffle tickets can be purchased Sunday

April 14 at the church. There will be a

table in the Gathering Space and the quilt

will be displayed. This is a great opportunity

to support shipping quilts to LWR,

Christikon Camp and camp scholarships for

our youth. Tickets are 1 for $5 and 3 for

$10. Drawing for the raffle will be Moth-

er’s Day, May 12th.

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APRIL BIRTHDAYS 1st

Julie Jackson

Savannah LaRocque

2nd

Michelle Baker

Sara Thiem

3rd

Donna Hoffman

Kahlee Martin

Taylor Martin

4th

Kim Adams

5th

Soren Johnson

6th

Deatric Albrecht

Caitlin Weaver

7th

Dar Ellngson

Laura Wyrick

8th

Julaine Billings

Licia Bishop

Bob Tuthill

9th

Alice Jones

Shonda Larson

Dale Miller

10th

Chris Bowers

Bonnie Keirle

11th

Bob Bloch

Cecilia Bohr

Trace Edwards

Stacy Lunden

Ryan Swimley

12th

Alex Delaney

Charlie Pipal

Leah Walstad

13th

Sara Bowers

Jody Delaney

Robin Long

Quinn Pershing

Levi Waller

14th

Jeana Blomstrom

Dylan Clark

Elsie Johnson

Ali Wittich

15th

Wesley Innes

Ava Jamison

17th

Kathy Hanson

Mark Refling

18th

Mary Martin

Laura Sikoski

20th

Hollis Snyder

Madison Tobin

21st

Thomas McLaughlin

Mark Peterson

22nd

Tory Atkins

Tom Cahill

Andrew McLaughlin

Helen Schievelbein

23rd

Darla Hoff

Tyler Jarosz

Ingrid Lunden

Jennifer Wilson

Lincoln Zell

24th

Leslie Hagenlock

Kirsten Tilleman

Connie Vollmer

26th

Martha Eng

Steve Holmgren

27th

Dru Fraser

David Pedersen

28th

Stewart Deschamps

Layla Jamison

Rebekah VanWieren

29th

Dan Lakatos

Amy May

30th

Victoria LaRocque

Don Norem

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

April April

Chris and Amy Babcock 3 Dan and Kristin McAllister 16

Marc and Lisa Beck 5 Rick and Mary Boscha 17

Richard and Connie Thomas 6 Mark and Linda Hackbarth 19

Jim and Joan Johnson 8 Gene and Debbie Gibson 20

Al and Toni Banwart 10 Art and Candace Wittich 21

Charlie and Shirley Rust 54 11 Bob and Adelaide Haraden 67 27

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We Say Thank You

TO FOR

Anita DeClue, Peggy Hebnes, Bette March, Virginia Larson

and Gloria Lindemeier from Interfaith Quilters

For cutting the fabric to make the three-year

olds’ prayer pillows; for sewing the fabric

for the pillows, and inserting the forms to

finish the pillows.

Alice Jones For the many years she spent coordinating all

the Lutheran World Relief Activities.

Sally Cokelet, Robin Choate and Paula and Dennis Beehler For creating a beautiful Easter Bulletin Board

Polly Knuchel from the Cancer Center For serving at the Soup Kitchen on March 16

WJ Anderson and Ellen Connolly, Dennis and Paula Beehler,

Hayden Ferguson, John and Donna Cox, Karen Hall

For serving at the Community Café on

March 17.

Robin Long and Thrivent For donating medallions to give to baptized

children and crosses for confirmands.

John Parris, Pete Astrup, Dan Lohss, Larry Bittner, Dick

Deschamps, Dick Kracht, Fred Opperman, Brad Dircks, Gary

Bummer

For changing light bulbs and redirecting the

lights in the Activity Room and Sanctuary.

Lectionary for April

FOCUS SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR April, 2013

April 7 Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31

April 14 Acts 9:1-6 [7-20] Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19

April 21 Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 9:9-17 John 10:22-30

April 28 Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35

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