MISSION STATEMENT

† The Mission of Gloria de Cristo Lutheran Church is to proclaim and reflect God’s love as revealed through Jesus Christ. † As a community of the concerned, guided by the Holy Spirit, we will strengthen one another through Word and Sacrament, witness, learning and service. † We will share our gifts and talents to reach out and provide hope to all people.

THE EVANGEL Gloria de Cristo Lutheran Church 11273 E. 40th Street Yuma, Az. 85367

January 2020 Volume 28, Issue 1

GRACE AND PEACE TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD! Psalm 150 Praise for God’s Surpassing Greatness 1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament! 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5 Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that breathes praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! As you may know by now, the main instrument we use in worship was pronounced dead by organ failure as of December 4, 2019. Since we also are short of trumpet and harp players, tambourine, strings and pipe players, not to forget cymbal players….and since we have a terrible shortage of danc-ers…

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COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

THE FUNCTION OF BIBLICAL FAITH IS TO TRUST GOD IN HIS LOVE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO GIVE US WHAT IS GOOD FOR US. THIS IS GRACE IN ACTION!

Dates to remember, mark your calendar and plan to attend. January 14 – 17, 2020 – Take a second look at that half sheet hanging on the door. A few hours in the morning of 4 days to study and learn with other Gloria de Cristo friends as the leader guides you through the book of Jonah. You need not bring anything except your willingness to learn. And as at all good Lutheran gath-erings, there will be coffee, snacks, etc. and it is all FREE. Attendance is limited. Watch for the sign-up slip in the bulletin or call the church office. January 26, 2020 – Annual Meeting of the Congregation of Gloria de Cristo. The Gloria de Cristo Council consists of eleven people that have accepted the call to serve as Ministry Team Leaders. Several of these leaders stand for election this year. In addition to the election of officers and council, reports of past activities, proposals for the future ministries, membership / attendance statistics, financial reports and a proposed budget will be on the agenda. This is your organization. This is your church family. You are an important part of this congregation and your attendance at this meeting is requested.

“We Are Church Together”

A new Rodgers 589 Organ was especially chosen and delivered for the require-ments of our sanctuary and music requirements at the cost of $72,500. $72,500 is the goal that is ours to meet to pay for the organ! Great news! Someone has already put up a challenge gift of $20,000. If we can meet that $20,000 goal very soon, there is a great possibility that others will fol-low. Double your organ gift!!! Enclosed is a special organ fund envelope for your convenience! Bill Timm, Pastor

Celebration of Arts

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E P I P H A N Y the 6th of January each year, also known as the 12th day of Christmas, is the official end to the festive season of Christmas. The ancient church used this day to celebrate the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist as well as the visit from the three Wise Men. (Some areas of the world known as Three Kings Day). In giving some perspective of time, the Kings visit to the now toddler Jesus was in fact a couple of years after his birth, however the story is usually folded into the Christmas narrative on Christmas Eve Carol Ser-vices. Epiphany is a day that we, as Christians, celebrate The Revelation (or Theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ, thus Jesus’ being revealed as our true God to the Gentiles and all the world. This season will last until The Transfiguration on Febru-ary 23, leading us into Lent on Wednesday the 26th with Ash Wednesday. These themes of light, baptism and revelation are seen through many of our hymns for this season: ELW 301 Bright and Glorious Is the Sky ELW 302 As with Gladness Men of Old ELW 303 Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning ELW 304 Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized ELW 305 When Jesus Came to Jordan ELW 307 Light Shone in Darkness Sometime look in our (Red) hymnal before the service starts and just read the texts for some of the hymns listed for that service. Who knows, a whole new un-derstanding may emerge from the words about what this particular worship and season is trying to convey! It might enrich your worship experience.

Dates for you to consider: January 26 Annual Congregational Meeting 12:00 pm February 8 & 9 Alma Misioneras Spanish worship at all services February 14 Drama Dinner Theater 4:00 pm(Matinee)

15 Drama Dinner Theater 6:00 pm 21 & 22 Drama Dinner Theater 6:00 pm

Making Christ known through the arts. ~Jerry

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

WORSHIP MATTERS CLASS… The next session of this class will meet on Mondays, @ 1:30pm in the Sanctuary, beginning February 3rd. Presenter will be The Rev. Maralyn Benay and cost for the materials is $8.00. Worship Matters is a five-session course for adults to investigate why we do what we do during our Lutheran worship. This course focuses on worship as the princi-pal weekly gathering of God’s people around Word and Sacrament. The pat-tern of worship described as gathering, word, meal, sending will also be ex-plored. Come to any session!

FULL CONTACT FELLOWSHIP (Men’s Breakfast & Bible Discussion)

Saturday, January 4th at 8 am in the back room at Daybreakers

Hope to see you there!

SCANDALOUS BIBLE STORIES (The ones your parents said that they would explain later, but never did!) Begins: Monday, January 20th at 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm. You are not alone! EVERY family has characters and stories!

NEW MEMBER CLASSES ARE FORMED AS THEY ARE NEEDED. Associate Members "are persons holding membership in other Lutheran congregations who wish to retain such membership but desire to participate in the life and mission of this congregation" Such members may participate in all aspects of the congregation's life except voting, and are not eligible for elected offices. Full Members can vote at congregational meetings, hold elected offices as part of the church council. Contact Pastor Timm at 928-210-1771

Statement of Income & Expenses for Gloria de Cristo Lutheran

FINANCIAL INFORMATON

FELLOWSHIP

CURRENT MONTH YEAR TO DATE BUDGET

2018 2019 2018 2019 2019

REVENUE $23,249 $27,225 $257,568 $284,128 $265,254

EXPENSE 32,951 25,071 284,819 289,705 299,615

NET INCREASE

($9,702) $2,154 ($27,251) ($5,577) ($34,361)

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This month, the council approved the purchase of a new Rodgers 589 organ to re-place our failed one for an amount of $72,500. In order to take advantage of an im-mediate opportunity and that the instrument is in place in time for Christmas cele-brations, and not having sufficient funds in our Checking Account to cover the cost, the decision was made to “borrow” money from the Savings Account for Dedicated Funds. Each of these decisions required Congregation approval, which we hope to receive retroactively at our Annual meeting in January. In the event these actions are not approved, we have pledges from interested members who will guarantee repayment of the funds to the Savings Account expeditiously.

Happy New Year: We hope all of you a blessed and wonderful new year. The Fellowship Committee is going to have a lot of new project starting in January. We will start our movie night again, Crafts start back up, and The Ladies Luncheon is coming up in March. So, let’s continue to have a good time together. We had a wonderful Christmas Bazaar with over 500 people coming and buying. The crafts sold very well, and the Goodies Walk was a great hit. Most buyers couldn't settle on one dozen. We made $2400, but most important, each person got a little taste of the Gloria de Cristo family. Thanks to all the Fellowship committee for the work and hour spent making it possible and Church members for making crafts and goodies. Watch the bulletin for dates and events coming to you soon.

God Bless, Lynette, Fellowship chairman

MISSIONS AND SOCIAL CONCERNS

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How we, as the body of Christ, can address the concerns of human need and social problems within our congregation, community, and beyond

Mental Health Ministry

December was taken up almost entirely with our two Giving Trees. They were erected in the Narthex on the weekends of November 23 and 30. Blessedly, all our Angel tags (considerably fewer this year than previously) were taken the first week, and there was also a good response to the ELCA "Good Gifts" tree. On December 10, our group, which included M&SC plus a good number of new church mem-bers, organized the gift bags for our families. The wonderful party for the "Angels" was held on Saturday, December 14, in Fellowship Hall but sadly only a few families were able attend. They missed so much fun, including a surprise visit from Santa Claus who delivered Christmas stock-ings containing other goodies, as well as a good photo-op for pictures to be given to the parents in prison. Our Glorious Quilters, as usual, have done a tremendous job in providing age-appropriate quilts for each Angel as well as, new this year, a beautiful quilted stocking contain-ing other goodies. The table assigned for making and writing cards to their parent was well-attended, and we saw many lovely notes the Angels wrote. They were also entertained with a reading of the Christmas story and continuous playing of Christmas music. The gifts for those not attending were delivered personally. We were unable to sing carols at local care centers and homes of our congregation shut-ins this year. Hopefully next year we'll be able to revive this popular event. I trust you all enjoyed a blessed and peaceful Christmas season, and I wish you all a wonderful 2020.

Submitted by Ann Bird, Chair

Ladies of Gloria de Cristo, SAVE THE DATE for our “Ladies Inspirational Luncheon”

March 7, 2020 12:00pm-2:00pm Yummy food & Special Speaker! Mark your calendars!

If you’d like to help, contact Linda Kasin 612-750-9790

Mental Health Ministry - We will be hosting another Mental Health First Aid for Adults work-shop, January 28-29! This two-day workshop will take place in the Fellowship Hall from 9:30am-2:30pm, with lunch provided both days. The cost for the workshop materials is $20.00, and scholarships are available. Mental Health First Aid attendees learn a 5-step action plan to help loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and others cope with mental health or substance use prob-lems. Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid is help provided to a per-son developing a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves. Please contact the Church office or a member of the Mental Health Ministry team if you are interested in participating.

Michelle Cegon

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Welcome...New Members

Roger Friz Associate Member Roger was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 14, 1944. I was baptized and raised Lutheran in a Missouri Synod congregation where my mother taught Sunday School for 40 years. My father immigrated from Germany in 1920 arriving in Minnesota and later moving to Chicago becoming a U.S. Citizen, marrying and raising three sons who all served in the U.S. military. I attended high school in Chicago and was drafted into the U.S Army at 21 years of age. I spent the year of 1966/67 in the Vietnam War. Returning from the war, I enrolled in college and spent 35 years with the Chicago Fire Department, retiring as an engineer. Married to Joanne Bittman-Friz in 1988 becoming a member of Edgebrook Lutheran Church, ELCA Chicago Synod. Now spend wonderful retirement years between Chicago and Yuma. Joanne Bittman- Friz Associate Member Joanne was born in Inglewood, CA on October 4, 1943. I grew up in Tumwater, (Olympia) Washington, attended Olympia High School, graduating in 1961. Immediately following gradua-tion, I began working for the Department of Agriculture at the Capitol in Olympia. While in the Dept. of Agriculture, I was asked to join the office of Governor Rossellini to work with his admin-istrative staff. Upon his defeat for a third term re-election, I took the opportunity to move to Chicago to broaden my work experience to begin what became a long career in the world of ad-vertising and then in commercial film production. I retired in 2005. Roger and I were married in 1988. We have no children, but have mentored many young people through our professional and personal lives. Am very active in our Edgebrook Lutheran Church, in finance, HR and Out-reach. Constance ( Jarvensivu) Laird “Connie” Associate Member Connie was born on December 6, 1943 in Minneapolis, MN. She Married Ron Jarvensivu in Min-neapolis and subsequently moved to Brantwood, WI, a Finnish Community. Connie has had three children, one son Brian survives. She has seven grandchildren and three great grandchil-dren. Connie returned to the University of Wisconsin Nursing School and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse, Now retired. Here nursing career had her in-volved in chemical dependency treatment, long term care and rehab. Ron passed away in 2014 after fifty years of marriage. She met and later married John Laird of Nebraska. They were mar-ried in Trinity Lutheran Church, Blanco, Texas in November of 2015. Connie and John have a park model home in the Foothills in Yuma, a home in Wilcox, NE and a new home in Tomahawk, WI. Connie is a “doggie mama” and enjoys the company of two Miniature Schnauzers and one Cocker Spaniel. Connie also enjoys travel and annually takes trips or goes on cruises with her best buddy, her sister Cheryl. John C. Laird Associate Member John was born on August 31, 1940 in Harbor Beach, Michigan. John was raised in an Episcopal household. John spent his childhood in Michigan, graduated in 1958 and then attended Michigan State University where he met his first wife, Beth McGlone. The two were married and three chil-dren came from that union. During the marriage John and Beth attended and were members of Episcopal, Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches. John spent his lifetime in the wholesale hard-ware business ultimately becoming Vice President of Do It Best Corp. in Ft. Wayne, IN, John and Beth also had a variety of entrepreneurial ventures during the course of their marriage; owning a spice company, a catering company, a BBQ company and a bed and breakfast in the Big Bend Country of Texas. After 56 years of marriage Beth passed away from cancer and John eventually met and married Connie Jarvensivu of Wisconsin. John and Connie own a home in the Foothills in Yuma, a home in Wilcox, NE and a Summer home in Tomahawk, WI. John is still active in sales and has a very successful food brokerage business, selling Amish Popcorn, Gourmet Pickles & canned goods, pecan honey butters and Amish herbal Tonic.

OUTREACH / YOUTH & FAMILY

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“ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous…”-Joshua 1:9 The church is built on a rock but it is living and flowing like a fountain and changes are bound to happen. With new volunteers, come new ideas. We need to embrace the new people that we are blessed with and listen to their ideas, maybe even try one or two. Lets have the cour-age to do that as we enter 2020. Thanks so much to our volunteers who worked at the Yuma Sun Welcome Back Winter Visitor Bash at the Yuma Civic Center. Hundred of flyers were handed out with Christmas worship, Christmas Bazaar and Yard sale info as well as GDC brochures. Thank you , Cal Bakke, for building the banner display! We are in the middle of planning Adult Vacation Bible School January 14-17 (Tues-Friday) from 9:00- 11:30. Cyndy Warnier will deliver an inspired series of lessons, “ Jonah- It Would be a Whale of a Tale if it Wasn’t True!” Please sign up for this and enjoy a lesson, food, activities and music and its all FREE! You can register early in the office (space is limited). Watch for a sign up sheet in the bulletin as well. Michelle Cegon will head up January’s Adopt-a-Highway- January 11 so look for those an-nouncements soon and sign up! That will be followed, as always, with breakfast at Daybreak-ers. Doreen Caldwell will be getting some new sandwich signs so people know GDC is working on that project. Nina Erikkson has been selling and distributing Polos and doing a bang up job! We will do an-other order in mid to late January if you missed it this time. Our Youth Christmas Party was well attended. Thanks to parents and our teachers who make our children’s Christian education a priority. ----Julie Villones

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PROPERTY

Thank you’s received

Crossroads Mission, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, for our monthly donations.

The women of the Moose want to thank you for helping the troops with the manufac-

turers coupons that we are sending overseas. We appreciate all the time you spend at

clipping and sorting them into 2 groups– Food and non-food.

Thank you, WOTM (Yuma chapter 1503)

Please keep Jan and and the Petterson family in your prayers. Roy Petterson a former as-sociate member of our church went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 17th. For contact information to send cards to the family please call the church office. (928) 342-6002.

To our wonderful Gloria de Cristo family. May this New Year bring Love to your heart, Health to your body, and Peace and Joy to your home. Exciting times with our new Organ just in time for our Christmas services. Once again thank you to all the fine volunteers for all the work you complete for us. Yuma Pest just inspected and sprayed our property. Dave Donaldson painted our trim so all in complete now. Jim Neeley takes care of the fountain in the columbarium. Char’s son came and put in new outlets in fellowship hall for the coffee pots and sewing ma-chines. He added outlets and marked the so we know which breaker in the box goes with the outlet. We are blessed to have him come and do all this work and then meet with me to explain what he did. He also replaced a smoke alarm. There are sheets in Fellowship hall and the Narthex for you to note any items that you see that need attention. It is very helpful please note them or call me or e mail me. God bless you all. My phone number is 928-446-1668 E mail: doreenc521@gmail.com

Doreen Caldwell

Prayers and Thank you’s

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WELCA AT GLORIA DE CRISTO LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIP, MUSIC & ARTS

Happy Holidays! What a wonderful time of year. The decorating committee got together and did a wonderful job preparing the church for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. And personally I am look-ing forward to the 21st of December, when we will be able to sing to the new organ. On the 11th of December, the Worship, Music and Art Committee, had their monthly meet-ing. I would like to thank Char, for all of her hard work in putting a schedule together for the Ushers, Greeters, Readers and Altar Committee. There are still some holes in the schedules, so if you are able to assist with any of the vacant areas, please contact Char, or myself. Also, once again, we would like to extend the opportunity for men and women to help out in any area of the committee. The work is not hard but the rewards are plentiful!! In closing, I would like to wish everyone a blessed holiday season. Brenda

This New Year will launch many projects for WELCA at Gloria de Cristo. First will be the oppor-tunity to assist with greeting and guiding the attendees and managing the raffle for the Adult Vacation Bible School. Due to all the January events at Gloria de Cristo, the WELCA Board chose to combine the January and March rallies into one rally at the end of February. Tentative date for the rally is Feb 24th and will feature a speaker from Amberly Place. Amberly Place con-tinues its important role in our community and WELCA would like to continue to support it. Two other events are fast coming up; that is the WELCA Triennial of 2020 which will be held in Phoenix beginning July 5, 2020. The second vital event is the Youth Triennial of 2021 sched-uled for June in Minneapolis. For each event Gloria de Cristo will be well represented. WELCA will continue to place the “change” jar in the church Narthex. You’ll see it there with a label designating donations for the Youth Triennial. As many of you know, the registrations for these events can be expensive. WELCA of GDC would like to support the attendance of one or two GDC members to the Phoenix. The support would be full or partial payment of the registration. The only two requirements would be that the applicant be a member or and associate member and would never have attended a WELCA Triennial. Board members would accept a written request from anyone satisfying those two stipulations before March 31st. Board members are Donna Brown, Mary Zieman, JoAnn Conrath and Linda Bryant.

Wishing You the Best of New Years, Donna Brown

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

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Continuing…..A History of Gloria de Cristo

1 Penny Scheflo 10 Carol Henshaw 22 Anne Engelby

2 John Gerfen 11 Jessica Cisneros 22 Erik Timm

2 Darlene Stewart 16 Brad Baeth 23 Virginia Hamilton

4 JoAnn Munson 16 Ernie Larsen 25 Joan Olson

5 John Schey 16 Dave Steinman 25 Carolyn Skille

6 Nieves Cisneros 17 Jan O’Donnell 27 Carolyn Thorene

6 Jim Dean 17 Annie Taylor 29 Ed Akridge

6 Dave Lester 18 Lynette Layton 29 Ed Heming

7 Brian Waverly 18 Brian Suess 29 Lynda Steinman

9 Joyce Lombard 20 Kelcie Hannan

10 Doug Harwood 21 Paul Gross

From Jan 2000 to 2020 “Now Thank We All Our God” In 2000 when our new church was dedicated the worshippers left the sanctuary sing-ing “Now we Thank We All Our God with Hearts and Hands and Voices.” In the pre-sent day, we all should be entering the sanctuary to that hymn. Lutherans do love to sing. First, Our Hearts: we have been a tremendously “giving” congregation- beginning with the building fund conducted at Otondo which enabled us to purchase land for the church campus. Pastor Tom Dudley of the ELCA conducted our next building fund- Kairos, a Greek word meaning “Giving.” From April 1,2002 until March 28,2005 re-sulting in pledges totaling $354,016. This plus other smaller donations, our Sunday offerings, loans, etc…enabled us to burn our $1,200,000 plus mortgage on Jan 5, 2009. Praise the Lord! Our Giving has also helped build the Columbarium. The site was originally designed to be a prayer garden, but a parishioner raised the idea of using the space for a col-umbarium. He personally worked very hard for this and it was dedicated, and a me-morial service held for his wife in Dec 2003. The fountain which was a gift given to us by Pastor Rod as a memorial to his wife. Phyllis was moved from the courtyard to its current spot, a much better location because it had ceased to work properly due to the swirling winds in the courtyard spraying water all around. The columbarium has recently been furnished with pavers, seating and some greenery making it a more inviting space for solitude and prayer.

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The “Bells of Glory” were given by retired Pastor Palmer and Beverly Gedde along with a few memorial gifts and began ringing in 2008. The chimes were given to us by a church in Colorado Springs and a parishioner worshipping here and there during the winter months. Other major fun drives were made for the addition to Fellowship Hall (how did we manage be-fore) and the electronic sign on 40th St. Always we respond to our nation’s disasters- fire, floods, tornadoes. We also support four Mission Congregations. Don’t think that’s not appreciat-ed! We were a mission once ourselves and received support from established churches. Now with our new organ, let us again respond. Our Hands: Our Glorious Quilters started in 2007, giving away close to 400 lap robes locally every year. Also, there is the Prison Ministry with the Angel Tree gifts and party. The ELCA Good Gifts; all our “collections”- can tabs, transparent pill bottles, magazines, trou-pons, personal cosmetic items, used eyeglasses, and soda cans. All of these things are distribut-ed by volunteers. This church could barely function without volunteers: ushers, greeters, read-ers, altar guild, fellowship, both serving and providing goodies, choir bell and chime ringers, our property care givers; So many places for all of us to help. The banners adorning our church are handmade by a group of 5 ladies. Tremendously popular places for our hands are the Annual Garage and Bake Sale held in January the Queen’s Tea held in February or March and The Christmas Bazaar which features our “crafters” with their beading, needlework, woodworking and baking. Our voices: First our Pastor Timm celebrating his 16th year with us, always reaching out to us and our visitors. We’ve had 5 pastors previously called and 3 interim pastors. Our Worship and Arts Coordinator Jerry Grill so wonderfully leads our choir and is supported by Shirley Ehler and her helpers and more than 20 of our voices. There are soloists and instrumentalists among us who we hear occasionally. Then there are so many Bible Studies offered where we can be heard and learn. Our newest ministry is Mental Health and we are a Christ Care and Stephen Ministry congregation. The Women of the ELCA has been in existence since 1995 and nationally since the church merger in 1988 and now a new Men’s Full Contact Fellowship. Worship and the Arts also uses our voices in the wonderful drama and dinner theater presented in February, co-ordinates our Lenten Services with beautiful presentations and begins our church year with glo-rious, meaningful Christmas music and worship. Our newest Staff Member Julie Villones is the Youth and Family Coordinator bringing new life in that field. Finally, we lend our voices to our annual congregational meeting held the last Sunday in Janu-ary where our church council is selected, and our concerns voiced. Lastly, as you leave our church there is a sign above the entrance which reads, “You are now entering the mission field. As you read it, pray the prayer you read every Sunday. “Lord, help us your believers become disciples who love unconditionally; listen compassionately; speak truthfully; act justly; endure patiently; forgive mercifully; give generously, serve selflessly; invite constantly; pray fervently; witness unashamedly; and live worthily.

Matthew 28,

Marilyn Davis The final article will be Thoughts, Memories and “Didja Knows?”

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS FOR JANUARY

JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES

ALTAR FLOWERS FOR JANUARY

1/5 Dennis & Linda Kasin in honor of their 57th wedding anniversary

1/5 Larry & Loretta Munsterman in honor of their of their 61st anniver-

sary

1/12 Darus & Sally White in memory of Brandon

1/19 Terry & Sunnee Rodgers in honor of their 56th wedding anniversary

1/25 Jennifer & Ed Akridge in celebration of Ed’s 88th birthday.

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1/1 Larry & Loretta Munsterman 1/18 Terry & Sunnee Rodgers

1/3 Fabian & Teresa Perez 1/21 Bernie & Betty House

1/5 Dennis & Linda Kasin 1/26 John & Verna Arnold

1/8 Harry & Brenda Taylor 1/30 Jane & Charles Todd

Date Time Ushers Greeters/Comm. Reader

1/4 4:00 Phillip/Joyce Fritz Dyanne Radke/Char Tom Volpe

1/5 7:45 Larry Unger/D. Marceau Mike Gustafson/Ila Goter Nancy Griffiths

9:30 Ann Bird/Pauline Kuiper Joanne Ausing/Sue Martin Jerry Taylor

11:00 Ed Anderson/Jim Neely Ron Jackson/Char Char

1/11 4:00 Dave/Marge Graham Don/Pat Bunker Joyce Hoeft

1/12 7:45 Dave/Nancy Griffiths Jen Akridge/Sharon Powell Doreen Caldwell

9:30 Bernie/Betty House Russ DeVriendt/C.Wade Eliza Johnson

11:00 Earl/Robin Marlatt Jim Neely/Char Joey Christensen

1/18 4:00 Dennis/Linda Kasin Sandra Weidling/Char Sandra Weidling

1/19 7:45 David/Elaine Hofslien Larry Unger/M. Gustafson Kathy Noteboom

9:30 John/Louise MacPherson John/Sharon Merz JoAnn Conrath

11:00 Jim Neely/Ed Anderson Carolyn Wade/Char Donna Fleck

1/25 4:00 A. Mangel/Joyce Hoeft Curt/Rosalie Jensen Donna Ford

1/26 7:45 Cheryl Pruel/Mary Marsh Lynette Layton/Char Marilyn Davis

9:30 Ken/Karen Tomchuck Rich/Harriett Nelson Jerry Randby

11:00 Darell/ Josie Dahlberg Jim Neely/Char Jim Neely

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NONPROFIT ORG.

US POSTAGE PAID

YUMA, AZ. 85367

PERMIT NO. 190

Gloria de Cristo Lutheran Church, ELCA 11273 E. 40th Street Yuma, Az. 85367 Phone: 928-342-6002 Fax: 928-342-7613 Website: www.Gloriadecristo.com

January 2020

PASTOR: Bill Timm

ORGANIST: Shirley Ehler

PIANISTS: Marge Graham, Marie Ritten & Jean Abel

WORSHIP COORDINATOR & PROGRAM FACILITATOR: Jerry Grill

YOUTH & FAMILY COORDINATOR: Julie Villones

CHOIR: Jerry Grill

BELLS OF GLORY: Kay Lee Grunst

Chiristcare Equippers: Roy Cavanaugh, Jo Larsen, Carolyn Thorene

& Pastor Timm

Stephen Ministry Leaders:: Michelle Cegon, Russ DeVriendt, Joyce

Hoeft, Mike Rosenberg & Pastor Timm

Church Secretary: Kate Harwood

Nursery Attendant: Isaac Timm

CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS

PRESIDENT: Roy Cavanaugh

VICE PRESIDENT: Michelle Cegon

SECRETARY: Kay Lee Grunst

TREASURER: Gil Richter

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

OUTREACH: Julie Villones

EDUCATION: Eliza Johnson

FELLOWSHIP: Lynette Layton

MISSION & SOCIAL CONCERNS: Ann Bird

PROPERTY: Doreen Caldwell

STEWARDSHIP: Jerry Randby

WORSHIP, MUSIC,ARTS: Brenda Taylor