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Winter 2012 Vol. 2 | No. 1

Beyond our borders: Global medical outreach

Amazing ministry:Savory Sunday

What does your faith inspire?

Volunteer spotlight:Dale Lavelle & Larry Thies

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Winter 2012 Vol. 2 | No. 1Luther

MemorialDepartments

1 Letter from the pastor The Rev. Franklin Wilson

2 Fact or folklore Walt Miner

2 View from the bench Bruce Bengtson

10 Book Review: A World on Fire

The Rev. Brad Pohlman

10 Poetry The Rev. Brent Christianson

Features

3 Volunteer spotlight: Dale Lavelle & Larry Thies Kathy Seifert

4 Benevolence: Ways we give Kim O’Leary

5 Amazing ministry: Savory Sunday Dale Lavelle

5 Luther Memorial Preschool’s giving tree Suzanne DuChateau

6 Beyond our borders: Global medical outreach

12 What does your faith inspire? Suelyn Swiggum

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Luther Memorial Church1021 University Avenue . Madison, Wisconsin 53715

608.258.3160

Senior Pastor The Rev. Franklin WilsonAssociate Pastor The Rev. Brad Pohlman

Editor The Rev. Franklin WilsonManaging Editor Robin Wagner

Administration Kim O’LearyPhotographers Suelyn Swiggum, Robin Wagner

Luther Memorial magazine is online at www.luthermem.org.

To subscribe:1021 University Avenue . Madison, WI 53715www.luthermem.org/subscribe . magazine@luthermem.org . 608.258.3160

To submit articles: Email to magazine@luthermem.org by April 16, 2012, for publication in the next issue, Spring/Summer 2012.

On the cover: Carrie Hendricks is pictured with a group of children in Riobamba, Ecuador at the school house MEDLIFE is currently building for the small community. Read her story on page 8.

The next time you come into Luther Memorial’s front entry, take a minute to study the inviting stone frieze above the double doors. Perhaps you recall the image: Christ stands with arms outstretched in welcome, his words from Matthew 11 flanking him: “Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest….” Christ reaches out with gifts of rest and welcome. He says, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

In this issue of our Luther Memorial Magazine, we focus on “Outreach,” our congregation’s multiple ministries to extend the arms of Christ in rest and welcome. Whether downstairs in our Luther Memorial Preschool, next door at the Lutheran Campus Center,

serving a meal to our Road Home guests, delivering Transitional Gifts, doing medical work in Kenya or Central America, pounding nails for Habitat for Humanity, or digging a trench in Appalachia, Luther Memorial Church members and friends are committed to Martin Luther’s summary of life in Christ: “faith active in love.” Christian faith does not live for itself, but for others, reaching out to give away the rest Christ himself promises. Luther calls such active faith, “love.”

But here’s a mystery: the more we bear Christ’s burden, the more we take up his yoke, the more we learn the truth of his love: service is Christ’s easy yoke; the power of Christ’s resurrection makes the burden of his cross light. In other words, the more we serve, the more

we experience Christ’s love; the more we carry Christ’s cross, the more we experience Christ’s strength amid our own weakness. Perhaps this is why we sign up time and again to make dinner for Road Home guests; why we support our preschool and purchase Transitional Gifts; why teenagers and adults spend a week of summer vacation sweating in humid Kentucky poverty, why students and medical professionals work among the poorest of the poor. Christ reaches out through us; faith active in love shares his rest!

Rest: Taking up his yokeLetter from the Pastor

In Christ,

The Rev. Franklin Wilson Senior Pastor

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Outreach means reaching out—to someone who is hungry, grieving, sick, in need, alone, worried, lost, afraid. We cannot craft our own blessedness except perhaps, we hope, by marveling at that of others. Here are some scenes to reflect on from the Luther Memorial of years long past.

In 1912, when Luther Memorial was still named the “Church of the Holy Trinity,” and worshipped in the Gates of Heaven Synagogue (now relocated to James Madison Park), the Men’s Union had 20 members. Soon after, when worship had moved into and soon overcrowded the Chapel, which now houses the Church Key Bar two blocks east of our present church, all the men were asked to stay after Sunday worship to organize a campaign for our present building. John Peterson offered to build a stone church for the price of a brick one. Some $30,000 was pledged then and there. In the new church (completed in 1923) the group, then renamed the Men’s Club, started the Ushers’ Club in which all ushers dressed up in wing collars, black bow ties and white carnations.

In 1913, girls from the Sunday school held a bazaar in the basement of the new church selling a large assortment of needlework. A Ladies Aid Society had been formed in 1907 even before the congregation was chartered, its name later changed to Pastor’s Aid, then Women’s Guild. In 1921, it pledged $11,000 for stained glass windows in the new

building. Other women’s outreach organizations included the Women’s Guild, a Women’s Missionary Society for home and foreign missions, a Dorcas Society to do Red Cross work, and in 1928 a Young Married Women’s Club eventually renamed the Ruth Guild. There was also a Young Women’s Missionary Society later renamed the Evening Mission Guild.

In the 1930s and 40s Luther Memorial sponsored several Boy Scout Troops. During the pastorate of the Rev. Charles A. Puls, the Men’s Club established Boy Scout Troop 10, which soon became the largest troop in the Four Lakes Council, with a total of 42 Scouts. It planted trees in the community, helped the Red Cross, took part in the wartime salvage of aluminum and waste paper, and had a prize-winning first aid team.

View from the bench Bruce Bengtson | director of music

“Luther Memorial, Thank you

for having a sanctuary

open to the public—

it’s both a physical sanctuary

and a spiritual one.”

A recent visitor

music

Outreach in years past WALt MIner | parish historian

fact or foLkLore

One of the joys of spending much time, like Simeon, “in the temple,” is the opportunity to greet the visitors that walk in the front doors from University Avenue: to turn on the lights in the nave, to demonstrate the organs for them, to answer their questions, to invite them to attend a service or come back for a Wednesday noon organ recital. The UW-Madison campus brings the world to our doorstep—what a pleasure to be a welcoming presence! For those for whom the approach to Luther Memorial is by car, it’s important to know that there are many

who approach on foot or on bike and actually use the front doors to enter the church! These pedestrians and bikers share a common background with many of the early church members—University-related people who walked or biked their way to this building in 1923. May Luther Memorial always be open to the weekday visitor—one who visits intentionally, or who impulsively turns and walks up the steps and through the front doors. And may they find a Simeon or an Anna to greet and welcome them! (Read Luke 2:25-38.)

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Luther Memorial members Dale Lavelle and Larry Thies, assisted by former coordinator Janet Zentner, are reaching out to our wider community by co-coordinating The Road Home ministry within our walls. The Road Home, formerly known as Interfaith Hospitality Network, has been one of our main outreach ministries since 1999. During four weeks each year, we faithfully provide shelter, food and concern for four to five families in transition. More than 30 other churches are involved in this many faceted, seen and unseen, community effort to combat the complicated issues related to permanently ending homelessness. Luther Memorial and other churches provide living space while partner congregations help

provide food and supervision. As they have since 1999, Geneva Church and Christian Science continue to minister as our partner churches.  

While each host week formally begins with guest families arriving for Sunday evening supper, volunteers are busy much earlier unloading beds and belongings and setting up living space in our third floor Sunday school rooms. Sandy Bertics and Phyllis Pleuss schedule the 100 plus volunteers involved in preparing meals, cleaning up, playing with children, staying overnight, shopping for food and doing laundry. Charlene Drumm plans menus and organizes food donations brought in throughout the week by Luther Memorial members. Oversight

and support by the Outreach Committee is provided throughout the year.

Individuals and families are encouraged to consider volunteering for our next host week beginning March 3. Watch for the signup board in the narthex in February. Current volunteers are available to answer any questions about matching your skills and availability with opportunities for service. Or consider donating food, money, and such items as diapers and formula if you are unable to help onsite. There is something for everyone who is genuinely interested in solutions to homelessness.

Mark your calendars for additional hosting weeks in 2012: May 13–20, September 2–9, and November 11–18.

voLunteer sPotLiGht

Dale Lavelle & Larry Thies Kathy seifert | volunteer coordinator

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Each year, I prepare a list of benevolence for the annual meeting. And each year, I marvel at the giving picture this creates. Here’s a sneak peek at what we raised and who we supported in 2011.

Some of these gifts help support individuals stopping by the church. Others, like gifts to world hunger, are passed on to the local synod office. The Luther Memorial Preschool uses its funds to support families and students through tuition scholarships, whereas the Christmas Gifts for Transitional Families program reaches needy families in the Madison School District at Christmastime. During an annual celebration in May, the Foundation offers funding to organizations applying through its Mission Endowment grant program. Fundraisers for the summer mission trip occur throughout the year: Mardi Gras musical and dinner, Super Bowl chili sales, Easter breakfast, and UW football parking. All of these gifts touch lives directly—here and in faraway places.

I am delighted to report that the list, which reflects actual 2011 benevolence dollars, exceeded the previous year total by almost $12,000! And yet, these dollar amounts cannot possibly reflect the number of volunteer hours and the many other in kind donations that never cross my desk for reimbursement.

Thank you to church members and friends for your generosity and for being a part of the mission of Luther Memorial Church by telling the message of the Gospel with love, sowing the seeds of faith, and working for God’s justice for all people.

Benevolence: Ways we give KIM o’LeAry | church administrator

South Central Synod $14,386

Lutheran Campus Center $29,600

Luther Memorial Preschool $11,210

Pastors Discretionary Fund $6,423

Various Madison food pantries $3,465

The Road Home $2,923

Christmas Gifts for Transitional Families $1,814

Summer Mission Trip $15,328

Neurosurgery Patient Subsidy Fund $827

Oakwood Foundation $300

Outreach, Inc. $200

Savory Sunday $750

Prayer Shawl Ministry $25

Meals on Wheels $500

The General Post Fund $250

Find out how you can support Luther Memorial’s mission and minstry at www.luthermem.org/giving.

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Operating since 2005, Savory Sunday has been serving up fresh hot meals with the intent of providing the most satisfying free feast in town. As the program has grown, so has our connection with the community. In addition to addressing the pervasive issue of homelessness, Savory Sunday continues to build friendships with those we serve.

Savory Sunday begins with cooking at the Lutheran Campus Center at 11 a.m. Creativity and collaboration take over in the kitchen, bringing together a new collection of food and faces each week.

Every meal is unique, as individuals add their own creative flair.

Savory Sunday continues at 2 p.m. in the Capitol basement. There, volunteers serve up the prepared dishes to the hungry. A community atmosphere is facilitated by volunteers and food recipients alike, building relationships amongst all those involved.

Luther Memorial Church has been a loyal supporter of Savory Sunday’s mission for years. Members have volunteered as individuals and groups to

work during the preparation and serving of meals for the homeless of Madison in the basement of the Capitol or at James Madison Park during the summer. The church also donates food from events throughout the year. Savory Sunday has received grants from the LM Foundation for the past three years.

Volunteers are welcomed at any time during Savory Sunday and may stay as long as they are willing or able. Come and join us this weekend and become a part of our ever-evolving and expanding organization.

Amazing ministry: Savory Sunday DALe LAveLLe | Savory Sunday coordinator

Luther Memorial Preschool’s giving treesuzAnne DuchAteAu | diector of Luther Memorial Preschool

During December, the children of Luther Memorial Preschool spent time focusing on the theme of sharing with others (an ongoing area of discussion in any preschool classroom!). The students helped to trim the preschool’s “giving tree.” Covering the tree were red tags in the shape of mittens describing items that local families had a need or want for this Christmas season. Interspersed were real mittens, knitted by the Luther Memorial quilters, that would also be donated to the children and their families. Preschool children were encouraged to shop for gifts with their parents.

Every tag was selected and the results were particularly generous with a wonderful variety of items including gift cards, clothing, toys and books. One mom shared the story about how she and her son shopped for pajamas for a boy the same age. She described the heartfelt manner in which her son carefully selected the pajamas, saying, “Well, if he is four like me, he will just LOVE these!” For many students it was their first experience of actively participating in sharing what they have with others in need. It was inspiring to pass the tree each day with the gifts gathering below. It reminds us of the importance for future generations to understand the impact of giving, starting even at the tender preschool age.

Learn more about Luther Memorial’s outreach online at www.luthermem.org.

As the program has grown, so has our connection with the community.

Learn more about Luther Memorial Preschool online at www.luthermem.org/preschool.

CENTERFOLDBeyond our borders: Global medical outreachIn 2011–12, four of Luther Memorial’s parishioners were active in medical mission trips

abroad. Carrie Hendricks and Linde Sundell, both college students, completed their trips

in January. Leland Albright and his wife, Susan Ferson, have been serving in Kenya since

2010. On these four pages, we share a few of their snapshots and a bit of their stories.

EcuadorCarrie Hendricks helps set up mobile medical clinics through the UW-Madison’s chapter of MEDLIFE (medicine, education, and development for low income families everywhere).

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HondurasLinde Sundell provides medicine and medical service to impoverished and underprivileged communities through St. Olaf College’s Global Brigades program.

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KenyaSusan Ferson and Leland Albright work to develop pediatric neurosurgery in Kenya.

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Linde Sundell: global medical brigades

Linde Sundell, the daughter of Matt and Tracy Sundell, grew up at Luther Memorial, where she was active in music, council and youth group activities. She credits her four mission trips to Appalachia with church youth as partially inspiring her desire to get involved in Global Medical Brigades. That, and an interest in medicine.

In January, as part of her sophomore interim break, Linde traveled to Honduras with 33 classmates from St. Olaf College’s Global Medical Brigades chapter to set up a health clinic in rural Honduras. This clinic would provide greatly needed exams and medical attention for roughly 1,500 people.

Before her trip Linde wrote:

“This is such a wonderful opportunity for me to see new cultures, learn about medicine, and to learn about public health, which is my main interest. I am so grateful for this opportunity to help so many people in such a short time, and to see how this experience will change me and my views about health in general. This will be one of the most life changing experiences that I will participate in, and I am ready to be inspired!”

Linde Sundell (left) and a classmate prepare for patient triage at a school in Alauca, a small rural community in Honduras.

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In 2008 Dr. Leland Albright and his wife Susan Ferson felt that God was leading them to move to Kijabe, Kenya, to do and teach pediatric neurosurgery in Kijabe Hospital, where they had traveled for brief missions previously. He is a neurosurgeon specializing in pediatric neurosurgery, spasticity and movement disorders, and brain tumors; she is a neurosurgical pediatric nurse practitioner. After making all the necessary arrangements, on Sept. 1, 2010, they moved from Madison to Kijabe and now serve as Global Partners under the auspices of the ELCA.

In East Africa where there have been no pediatric neurosurgeons or pediatric neurosurgery nurse practitioners, Leland and Susan’s hope is to train one pediatric neurosurgeon per year and to train nurses to care for these children. While Leland and Susan may encounter cross-cultural differences in technique and philosophy of care, by sharing their knowledge they endeavor to empower the local community to care for its own.

Most children they treat have spina bifida (SB) or hydrocephalus (HC). SB is a congenital condition in which the spinal cord does not form normally so children lack normal movement of their legs/feet and control of their bladder/bowels. HC is the abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid within the brain. It may be associated with SB or secondary to brain infections. Leland and Susan say that they probably see more children with SB and HC than any medical center in the world—three with SB every four days and two with HC daily.

A critical component of their ministry is to tell and show the parents that their children have value, particularly in the eyes of God, and that their children have the potential for developing, learning, loving and being loved. The support of the hospital’s chaplain, Mercy, is essential to their ministry in Kijabe.

Leland and Susan say that life is harder in Kijabe than in Madison, both physically and emotionally. They begin their days with rounds at 6:30 every morning, then do five to six operations a day, and usually finish by 6 p.m. In the first year they did just under 1,400 operations. The emotional stresses for this lifestyle are too numerous to list. However, Leland and Susan feel God has blessed them with a good Lutheran church in Nairobi, health (in general), and a sense of peace at being in Kenya. They thank the Luther Memorial congregation for their ongoing prayers of support and financial gifts.

Catching up with Leland and Susan in Kenya

Leland Albright and Susan Ferson at their church in Nairobi.

“We have come full circle

in this year—death and

new life, brutality and

incomparable beauty.

What a wonderful place

this is—the place God has

brought us, sustained us.

Wherever we are, it is the

place God has put us to

serve him.”

Susan Ferson, Nov. 4, 2011

For a more intimate portrait of Leland and Susan’s lives, visit Susan’s blog at susanandlelandinkijabe.blogspot.com, where she writes a heartfelt and delightfully descriptive account of their day-to-day experiences.

Carrie Hendricks: meDLife

Meet Carrie Hendricks. A student at UW and a regular worshipper at Luther Memorial, Carrie traveled to Riobamba, Ecuador, for two weeks in January along with 17 other students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chapter of MEDLIFE (medicine, education, and development for low income families everywhere).

MEDLIFE sets up mobile medical clinics using local doctors and nurses as well as student volunteers from all over the United States. The organization helps needy communities with whatever developmental projects they need most.

According to Carrie, the density of healthcare workers is extremely lacking in Ecuador; per 10,000 population, there are only 15 physicians, 17 nursing personnel, and 2 dentistry personnel as compared to 26 physicians, 94 nursing personnel, and 16 dentistry personnel per 10,000 population in the United States.

In a note to Luther Memorial thanking the congregation for its financial support, Carrie writes:

“I also want to tell you how much I appreciate being a part of Luther Memorial. Being away from my home church is sometimes difficult but I’m really glad that I’ve had the opportunity to get involved at LM. I’m excited to see what the future brings me and I hope to be at Luther Memorial for years to come.”

Inside the church in Nairobi.

A living nativity scene. The parents’ real names were Mary and Joseph. A camel brought in the shepherds as a choir of angels sang. The unfinished roof of the church is in the background, adjacent to the building currently used for worship. Construction is held up in court over a land dispute.

A herd of goats passed by during the living nativity.Carrie Hendricks provides medical care to a woman at a mobile medical clinic in Ecuador.

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We hope that one regular part of Luther Memorial magazine is a review of interesting books people have been reading. The Library

Committee of Luther Memorial does an excellent job selecting books for the library and may write reviews on books that may be of interest to many in the parish. The following is not a book in the church library and may not be of interest to a wide selection of people—other than your two pastors.

This past July Pastor Wilson gave me a copy of a book he purchased by British-American author Amanda Foreman. A World on Fire is a lengthy and detailed look at how the British government and British people viewed and engaged in the American Civil War. Some of you know that I am an avid reader of all things related to that period of civic crisis, and Pastor Wilson has a growing interest in 19th century intellectual history. This summer we each read the book and spent time over coffee discussing it. Foreman’s book helped me appreciate seeing a story that I know well from a different set of eyes. Battlefields, conflicts in the Lincoln administration, and social unrest were major issues for Americans but received very little attention by the British. However, to American eyes, minor concerns on international shipping and Canadian neutrality were major concerns of the British government and covered extensively by the British news. For example, she tells the story of Kentucky Dr. Luke Blackburn, an expert

on yellow fever. He mistakenly believed that yellow fever could be transmitted on the clothes of the deceased (rather than mosquito bites as we now know), and in an early attempt at germ warfare, sent clothes to Halifax and then on to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to bring yellow fever to the nation’s capital. This breach of Canadian neutrality was of serious concern to the British, less so to the Americans who even then saw Canada as an extension of the United States. Although Blackburn was exposed after the war, he escaped punishment and was elected governor of Kentucky in 1879.

Foreman also relies on a wealth of historical material of ordinary British subjects who came to America to serve on the side of Union or Confederate armies or came here for humanitarian efforts. It is easy to forget that the huge loss of life was not only devastating to America but to Europe as well. In a fine narrative, she weaves together stories of British subjects living in America within the larger context of the American civil war and the serious tension with Britain that lasted until the close of the war. It is easy for Americans to forget that Britain underwent a significant economic recession during the war as the result of the American embargo on confederate cotton, yet their commitment to stopping slavery kept the British from officially recognizing the Confederacy, despite their serious economic need.

For those of you who are interested in this period of American life it’s a very fine read. When you have hours free, ask Pastor Wilson or me about it—we’ll be sure to give you an earful.

A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foremanthe rev. BrAD PohLMAn | associate pastor

book review

Viaticum

September, 2001: a mother walrus and her calf, mortally wounded by bears, are killed and given to the village elders in Barrow, Alaska.

Bloody flipper pulls the calf close,

the small mouth

holds the teat and feeds.

Warm mouth on wounded flesh,

warm milk in dying belly.

Mother and child hold each other,

“Take and drink” the mother urges

while Inupiat hunters

approach the mystery

in great thanksgiving.

One look from the mother,

two bullets from a merciful rifle,

old men and women hear

the good word, “Take and eat,”

old hands hold blessed flesh.

All feed before day is done.

Poetry

the rev. Brent chrIstIAnson is campus pastor and director of the Lutheran Campus Center.

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From a shes to a lleluia

h o ly w e e k at l u t h e r m e m o r i a l c h u r c h

From ashes to alleluia, from death to life.

Everything comes to an end: an hour, a year, a lifetime.

Yet One begins anew. He is the springtime—

the eternal spring—of life, and He is risen from the dead.

Depend on it.

Passion/Palm Sunday Sunday, April 1 at 8 & 10:30 am

Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 5 Oakwood Village West at 11 am Luther Memorial at 7:30 pm

Good FridayFriday, April 6 At noon (Tre Ore) & 7:30 pm

Easter VigilSaturday, April 7 at 8 pm

Easter SundaySunday, April 8 at 9 & 11 am

Notes of thanks“Last year Luther Memorial’s

generous donation allowed us

to replace our aging refrigerator

housed at the Lutheran Campus

Center. Our new refrigerator is

larger and more energy efficient.

It has been successful in providing

refrigeration for the perishable

items that Savory Sunday receives

from the Community Action

Coalition of Dane County every

week. We thank Luther Memorial

Church for its ongoing support and

the generosity of its members who

continue to volunteer their time

and resources to sustain this very

important mission in the Madison

community.”

Savory Sunday coordinators

“Leland and I were overwhelmed

with the generosity that the LM

Foundation showed toward the

BBHNS Patient Subsidy Fund. That

contribution will allow children to

have needed scans before surgery

so that they can safely undergo

the operation. It was wonderful to

see so many people at the adult

class – and even more wonderful to

worship at Luther again.”

Susan Ferson

What does your faith inspire? How does your faith live? How we answer these question may spark a lifetime of generous living, each act an invaluable reflection of Christ’s love, each life an example of Luther’s “faith active in love.” For many, such questions of lived faith will lead to the discernment of legacy: how shall we act today in order to serve Christ and help others during and beyond our own lifetime?

One response is to become a Legacy Partner by making a planned gift. Legacy Partners designate a portion of their estate as a gift to Luther Memorial. For example, they may designate the church as a beneficiary of an IRA or other investment, or they may choose to give a major gift during their lifetime. These gifts are gratefully received by the congregation, managed by the LM Foundation and used to

support the ongoing ministries of Luther Memorial—its worship and faith formation, parish life, and community outreach, both near and far.

All of the outreach efforts noted in this issue of Luther Memorial magazine have benefited from Legacy Partner gifts. Additional recipients include organizations such as OutReach Interfaith Dialog on Sexuality, Transitional Housing, Meals on Wheels, Oakwood Retirement Community, Heifer International, and the ELCA ministries, including Global Mission, World Hunger and Disaster Response.

How will you respond? Please consider becoming a Legacy Partner and allow your generosity to inspire and to sustain the vital work that shapes our ministry together.

What does your faith inspire?LeGacy Gifts

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Contact Suelyn Swiggum to learn more about becoming a Legacy Partner at (608) 258-3160 or swiggum@luthermem.org.

In memory of:Robert Connelly byRandy & Connie BurmeisterBob & Elaine BurmeisterBob Edwards

Barb Hennings by George & Judy BushBob & Bev Haimerl Doris MartenJessie Nelson

Edel-Lore Simonson byKathryn AdamsDenis BelterWilliam & Denise BuenzliBob & Elaine BurmeisterBrandy ClevelandFay & Joan EmdenDr. Jack & Joann FitzgeraldKay & Howard FritschDennis & Leador Galawicz Bob & Bev HaimerlAlvin & Violet HovlandWilliam & Julie JohnsonNeill & Rose KnausMarie LackermanRaymond & Jeanne LangWilliam LautzRichard M. Lofthouse DDSMary & Don MichalkeMary R. MoldenhauerJessie NelsonI. Reed and Cynthia ParkerJim & Mary PulvermacherThe Rachel GroupO.P. & E.M. Schultz Donna Marie SchwartzMarge & Harvey TesarRichard & Jean Wilder Marilyn Wolf

Luella Hilston byJudy AlbertsonJane AmundsonAssociation of Wisconsin School

Administrators Inc.Thomas & Marlene BeattieBruce BengtsonJohn & Mary BoieWilliam & Virginia Bopf

William & Judith BrahamRandy & Connie BurmeisterBob & Elaine BurmeisterGerald & Karen CookF.D. & Doris CoxMichael & Karen DerdzinskiKermit Dorf & Connie Cox-DorfSandra EricksonPasmin & Barbara FinleyTrey & Mary FoersterHerta FountainGregory GrossKathleen GrossGaurav Hasija & Ashima GuptaBob & Bev HaimerlHaskins Law LLCSarah HilstonBarbara HughesSteve HurstJames LynchDoris MartenRichard & Julianne MartinFloyd & Roberta MayAudrey MillerGary MoryJames NelsonJessie NelsonDiane NorbackKim O’LearyLee & Mary PowellDiane ScheweThomas & Barbara SchmelzleLois Smith (Jenings)Rita Sweeney & Philip SchoechS. Luther & Audrey SimonsonCynda SolbergIrma TaylorElaine WarskowRonald & Patricia Wood

Bob Gruber byTed & Nancy AlbrightEdith Ann AndersonPaul & Sandra BerticsLewis BosworthBill & Judy BrahamBob & Elaine BurmeisterRandy & Connie BurmeisterBob & Bev HaimerlBonnie HaugenGerald & Donna Herschleb

Bill & Julie JohnsonEldon & Phyllis KomplinWilliam LautzSteve & Karole LeadholmLois MartinGerald & Nancy MillerLee & Mary PowellThomas & Rae-Ellen PreussBrenda RytherArchie SimonsonWendell & Joan SmithJ. L. & Gertrude StelselRonald & Susan Wheeler GloeNeil WienkeMarilyn WolfDave & Janet Zentner

Joe Turner by Edith AndersonBob & Elaine BurmeisterBill & Julie JohnsonGary & Alice TurnerJames & Jean Turner

Jeannette Enger byCarol D. Connaughton-Conant

& James D. ConantSusan L. Enger-O’BrienDoris Marten

Eugene Nuehring byJim AllingAmerex Corp.Judy & Clem BakerLee BjornstadEmilie BoehmMike & Marcia BubrickRandy & Connie BurmeisterCheryl & Ric CurrieBob EdwardsDennis FrankTerry & Gert HerronFred & Helen JonesGlen & Sharon KenyonCraig & Marcia KadingerGary KvalheimJames B. LittleDarlene NuehringRon & Elane NuehringJerry O’BrianDennis Pine

Donald R. Punswick Del & Joyce RienerSandra ScheelPhillis Martinson SeilerBrenda StanfordNancy & Robert WidmerLeonard & Pam Winge

Mercia Andrews bySteven Andrews, friends &

familyWilliam & Virginia Bopf

The Rev. Donald W. Taylor, Helen Taylor & David A. Wilson, Jr. (Franklin & Marcia Wilson’s parents) by William & Judith Braham Randy & Connie Burmeister Philip & Karen Harris Jan JohnsonSteve & Karole LeadholmDiane NorbackSteve & Angela ReadRita Sweeney & Philip Schoech

Ruth Miner by Douglas Reeves

Linda Peterson’s father by Bob & Bev Haimerl

Mary Jane Kroncke byEdith AndersonBruce Bengtson

The Rev. R. W. Scheffel byKristen E. CrispPaul & Jovenia Scheffel

Alice Whitford bySteve & Angela Read

Mary Lynch byMichael Lynch

Robert Lavine byConnie Lavine & family

Anita Mertdogan byAkgun & Edvin Mertdogan

Paul Bertics byWilliam & Virginia Bopf

2011 Memorials“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight…

Looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…” Letter to the Hebrews, 12.1 and 2.

Memorial gifts express our appreciation for those saints who have gone before us and have touched our lives—some within our parish, and some without—friends, relatives, and strangers we wish to honor. With a deep

sense of thanksgiving, we print this list of memorial gifts received in the year of our Lord, 2011.

Rest eternal grant them, O Lord. And may Light perpetual shine upon them:

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acknowLeDGments

Luther Memorial Church1021 University Avenue Madison, WI 53715

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Looking aheadMarchLent soup supper, Bible study, compline Wednesdays | 6:15 p.m.

April Maundy Thursday at Oakwood Thursday, April 5 | 11 a.m.

Maundy Thursday Service Thursday, April 5 | 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday Tre Ore Friday, April 6 | 12 p.m.

Good Friday Eucharist Friday, April 6 | 7:30 p.m.

Easter Vigil Saturday, April 7 | 8 p.m., followed by reception

Easter Eucharist Sunday, April 8 | 9 & 11 a.m., brunch between services at 10 a.m.

Maundy Thursday at Oakwood Village West

Thursday, April 5 11 a.m.

New this year!

Luther Memorial will lead a midday Maundy Thursday service at Oakwood Village West, held in the Resurrection Chapel, April 5, 11 a.m.–noon. All are welcome.