L'ARCI-KL'ARCHE NOAH SEALTH OF SEATTLE

January 2015 Year : 40Issue 1

Winter 2015 Newsletter

l'aul Atcheson, Nancy Simpson and Dave Bishop on Summer vacation

What a very full year it has been for all of us in L'Arche Seattle!

We are blessed being a member of an organization with a broad, in-clusive mission and hope-filled vision for our world. As we make thegifts of people with an intellectual disability known through mutuallytransforming relationships, we foster community and work towards amore human world.

Celebrating its 50th Jubilee, L'Arche, with 147 communities world-wide, invites people from all walks of life to join a journey that callsthe best out of us. We hope you enjoy this summation of the past yearof our journey together!

Pepperdine students with Robert Rossholding USA ark!

A Year in Review!2014 saw the return of many former assistants and nonemore welcome than Tuan Huang! Tuan, now a p r o -fessor at Pepperdine University, brought 8 of his studentsfor Spring break in February. We enjoyed having themaround and were grateful for their energy and engagingpresence.

In M a r c h , we hosted students from Stanford for aweek. As core memberErin Kinney remarked:"They were soft peoplewho took naps." De-lightfully, of the stu-dents, Nancy Pham,returned and spent thesummer with us.

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So long Leah!

Leah Welch carried an the co-ordinating roles during her 6years with us. In fact, she dideverything—and all with thatsignature mid-west good humor.What more reason did we needfor a big party? We celebratedLeah with a Minnesota StateFair, held inside and out theback of Angeline House. Theparty committee certainly deliv-ered with a corn hole bean toss,face painting, "Pin the Wig Onthe Leah," photo booth, flashsketches portraits by Robert andmore! We even wore our bestflannel for the occasion.

After we surprised Leah withgames, the evening went on witha delicious fair-time feast of sea-soned corn on the cob, lemon-ade and corn dogs!

Thank you Leah for your hardwork, inspiring love and whole-hearted support of the commu-nity over the past six years.

All the best to you and Joe!

Leah and Patty MeNaly

Nancy and Jessica at the Guild

While on our Board of Directors, KarenPillar linked us up with the Notre DameAlumni Club and so we became a hostsite for their Summer Service LearningProgram. Jessica Pollum was the first ofmany summer students. And Jessica soenjoyed a 6 week internship in '08 thatshe returned and stayed for 5 years aftergraduation. Jessica lived at Noah beforebecoming Activity Center Coordinator.

Jessica has an astonishing memory foreven the smallest of details and so wasL'Arche Seattle's own mobile archive.

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Farewell Jessica!

In June we were delighted that Fr. MonkMolloy, 0.P., former President of NotreDame, SueAnn Lamia, President of theAlumni Club and Karen joined us forlunch while Jessica was still with us.

Jessica is finishing up her Masters in Pub-lic Administration at Seattle Universityand returning to California in March.Thank you for your dedicated service,Jessica. W e wish you well for the fu-ture!

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Mary, Patty, Rebecca and Lydia at the Guild

In M a y we traveled to the GrunewaldGuild for our annual Community Retreatover Memorial Day Weekend. We workedon auction projects, prayed and shared greatfood, fun and fellowship, culminating, asalways, with our renowned talent show.

In J u n e we celebrated Leah Welch'sgoodbye party on the 12' and then it was offto the Regional Gathering in Portland, OR.

In J u l y we love to picnic at Volunteer Park, here in Seattle, beckoned by the signs prom-ising good food and great performances by local musicians. Several community membersbecame accomplished professionals at walking by the various vendors' booths and findingout if there were any complimentary gifts or corporate swag!

The second half of July holds the highlight of the year for many —Community Vacations!Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Mary and Tony, a group headed off to the "4thhouse" in Portland while another headed to Immaculate Heart Retreat Center in Spokane.Thank you Mary and Tony!

In S e p t e m b e r we welcomed the Jesuit novices and hosted our annual Crafty Com-munity, night when we prepared table centerpieces for the auction.

In O c t o b e r we held a concert to benefit Solidarity with Chris Coleman. Solidarity sup-ports southern hemisphere communities receiving little funding from their governments,leaving them struggling to pay for basic necessities like food, housing, medicines, etc.

In N o v e m b e r we were blessed to celebrate Thanksgiving, beautifully organized by LivRingo, with our extended community —including family, board members, Bill Herb, MikeGolze and many other friends at St. Joe's. Thank you Fr. John and St. Joe's! Then it was offto the Mount Baker Neighborhood Center to see Robert's piece, Trees, on display.

D e c e m b e r was a jam-packed month full of joy! We had rich conversations at the din-ner table as we followed the Jesse Tree advent calendar. Thanks to Sarah Domhoff, artwork by Erin and Robert was submitted to the Mount Baker Art Show. On Christmas Evewe had a great community dinner and ended the evening singing carols in German! Jean andher husband, Dennis Moore graciously hosted the community for a lovely Christmas DayDinner. Thank you Jean and Dennis! I

Carolyn Drobnicki and Liv Ringo at ourAnnual Retreat.

Robert Ross with his exhibit, Trees.

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Andrew and Joe, novices, help preparefor Thanksgiving dinner at St. Joe's

Third Annual Auction: Planting Seeds for our Future

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Erin and Jen: a great team!

Pat enjoys this year's event.

Taylor, Dave, Jessica and Carolyn

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Erin's art

Once again we are so grateful to Fr.Steve Sundborg and Seattle Universityfor their immense generosity and gra-cious hospitality in allowing us to usetheir terrific facilities.

Spurred on by last year's attendance,under the encouraging "can do" lead-ership of Susan Simpson Fox, sup-ported by Mary Gaudette, we movedto the larger space at Campion Ball-room.

The September 13 auction, was a col-laborative effort of friends, family,and community members and helpedraise greater awareness of L'Arche tothe broader community.

This year we had almost as many newfriends as old attend.

Fr. Steve Sundborg opened the even-ing, engaging us with the importantmessage L'Arche has for our worldand his admiration of core members.

Following a delicious meal catered byBoard Members, Henry Gordon(Balabuste Catering) and Linda Gado-la, Michael Fox began the live auc-tion.

Items included everything from a se-lection of French Wine and an IrishTea Party with Nancy to unique art-work created by core members, aswell as hand crafted gifts made by thecommunity at the Grunewald Guild.

And, of course, The Scavenger Hunt.Forever popularized by the phenome-nal promotion plug L'Arche Tacoma'sPat Toohey did for the event last year,none was needed this year. Last year,to emphasize how good an experienceit was, Pat simply raised the entry fee

by 50% on the spot —and then dou-bled the number of participants!Thank you, Pat!

Appreciations too to Jen and herband, Darrell Jesse, Jason Edwardsand Arron Hiebert, who entertainedus during the silent auction. The si-lent auction the featuring donatedand one of kind items from friends ofL'Arche.

Kelly Keone insured the tables weredecorated beautifully and there wasliterally something for everyone! CatLovers Basket, tickets to a Mariners'game, pottery, photographs, Christ-mas ornaments, everything!

Among the most memorable experi-ences from the night were the storiesshared: the recorded testimonial byFran Henderson (Carolyn's mother)and the talk by Erin Kinney and Jen-nifer Kelly which raised S23,000 forthe Mission. The evening itself raised$60,000.

Many people came together to makethis night possible—we are so grate-ful to all, especially Susan SimpsonFox (Auction Committee Chair) and,of course, Lou Kramp, (on leave fromthe Board) who initiated this festiveannual event. W e hope to see you atSeattle U. later this year!

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Annual Auc t ion

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In Memoriam

Carol, presiding at one of her earliercommunity nights, with Eddie.

This past year L'Arche Seattle saidgoodbye to three of its belovedmembers.

Caro l Luddenw co-pastor forL'Arche Seattle for over 20 yearspassed away July Th.

Carol fought a long battle withcancer - over which she prevailedfor more than a decade with greatcourage, determination and hercharacteristic good humor.

She constantly communicated herunwavering belief that the world is"charged with the grandeur of God"with wisdom, grace and humor andher life announced St. Paul'sproclamation:

Finally, brothers and sisters, we wishyou joy! Strivelorfull restoration, en-courage one another, be of one mind,live in peace. And the God of love andpeace will be with you. ( 2 Cor 13)

Brady Twohyv a member ofour Board of Directors in the late1980's, passed away November 8th•Brady had a remarkable depth ofkindness and sincerity. "There wasnothing that Brady enjoyed morethan laughter, and no one whomade him laugh like his wife,Doreen. Together they raised

three daughters, modeling for thegirls the values of patience, wis-dom, wit, imagination, and love."

Brady personified an edict inEphesians: Be kind to one another,tenderhearted, forgiving one another,as God in lesusforgave you. E p h 4:32

Sheryl Harris passed awayDecember 27' Sheryl lived in theL'Arche Seattle community forthree months during an internshipin the early 90's and was on theBoard of Directors from 2009 toFebruary 2014.

Sheryl was a light in the world withher disarming empathy, ability tobring people together and her gen-erous use of her time and giftswhether tutoring adults with read-ing difficulties, volunteering in alow-income clinic for women ordelivering food to the home-bound. The light in her heart andher eyes bore witness to our univer-sal call:

But i f we walk in the light, as he is inthe light, we have fellowship with oneanother. 1 In 1:7.

Each one leaves behind anun-fillable void — but a void thatleaves room for the memory andgraces of each of their lives tocontinue to call out the best in all ofus privileged to know and lovethem. Each witnessed to a differentaspect of a life of love and gener-ously supported our communityover the years.

They leave behind a rich legacywhich will continue to bless us.

Mike Golze 1In Apr i lwe saidgoodbyeto our oldfriend,MikeGolze.Mikecame tous when

Bellevue Center closed overtwenty years ago and thrivedfor a long time in L'Arche.

Mike loved deeply and be-came attached to people onlyto be heart broken when theywould move on. He let usknow that he was ready for achange.

Mike was enthusiasticallycelebrated when he returnedfor our Thanksgiving Dinnerat St. Joe's.

We miss you Mike—yourthoughtful soul, sense of hu-mor and love of Johnny Cash.

Best of luck!

Anna Knodel, (Volunteers Abroad Program) andMike at Angeline

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Honoring our 50th Anniversary, we held a benefit con-cert at St. Patrick's in October. Chris Coleman, a talent-ed young musician from Australia, is no stranger to St.Pat's— he and his dad performed there in 2006. Theconcert helped raise several hundred dollars to supportSolidarity, a network within L'Arche that fosters recipro-cal relationships between communities around the world.

Thank you Fr. Pat and St. Pat's!

Charly (93 - '93), beside Erin, returned to visit his daughter, now an assistant,Carolin, with his wife, Nadine.

Snaps of the year!

11'1.Anna Kuzubova & Mary Brown oversee

auction registrations!

Robin Roche celebrates 20 years withEddie Hutson and Robert

Nancy Simpson &Jess Liu at the Fair!

Elizabeth Rogers &Carolyn Drobnickigiving Halloween mixed reviews!

Xan Brown at the "Kentucky Derby" Party

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