The Mission of Resurrection Lutheran Church is to promote Spiritual growth in Christ and service to all people.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Ministries & Education 2

Birthdays and

Anniversaries 2

Worship Assistants 3

Food Pantry News 4

Our Book Club 4

Bread of Life Campaign 5

One Lutheran, UU & YOU 6

Love INC 6

F.A.M.I.L.Y . Groups 6

Change for Good 6

Care Corner 7

Out and About 8

Youth Gathering 8

Risen Son August 2015

Resurrection

Lutheran

Pastor Sue’s Message

SPECIAL EVENTS

One Lutheran, UU, and YOU

Thursday August 20, 7-8pm

KTOO 104.3

“Do what you can.” These were the words that came to me as I wrestled with how to lead us into this growing Pentecost season of possibilities around weeks and weeks and weeks of scripture about feeding thousands upon thousands, and celebrating Jesus as the Bread of Life. I was hoping for some grand project idea, some tangible way to improve the lives of those who need. People who need oftentimes need so much---jobs, housing, transportation, food…how could we address these large, overwhelming needs in a summer project?

And instead, I heard “Do what you can.” None of us, alone, can save the world. Resurrection Lutheran Church, as one congregation, cannot by itself create the deep changes necessary so that all God’s children have enough.

“Do what you can.” And so we will give, because we can. We will give enough to buy chicks and bees and goats and sheep and cows and a plow and a well…for less than $5,000…because those things can make a difference, can change one life, five lives, a village’s life. Because we have been fed with the Bread of Life, we can move someone, maybe many someones, from hunger to health to hope.

Every quilt we tie, every quarter that’s dropped into the Change for Good jar, every jar of peanut butter that is brought to our food bank shelves makes a difference. Changes one moment. Creates possibilities we cannot expect.

Last week a man stopped in, just to say, “Thank you for the bus fare. My wife got the job!” A two dollar bus token changed their lives.

Sometimes “do what you can” is surprisingly abundant.

With wonder and hope,

~Pastor Sue

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Sunday—9:30 Worship with Communion

Sunday school after worship

Monday—Adult Bible Study, 5:30pm

Tuesday—Al-Anon from noon-1pm

Wednesday—Women’s Breakfast, 7am at the Sandpiper. All women are invited to join in the fellowship and Bible Study.

Wednesday—Lutheran World Relief Quilters meet from 9-3 to tie quilts, visit and eat lunch.

RISEN SON

August Ministries and Education

Thursday—Council, August 13, 6:30pm

Thursday—Book Group, August 20, 2:00pm, in sun room

Saturday—Al-Anon from 10:30-noon

Third Sunday of the month is Food Pantry Sun-day. Please bring food. Thank you for sharing!

Fourth Sunday of the month Dan Kassner leads a worship service at the Pioneer Home at 6:00pm. The residents and Dan welcome your participation!

Our prayer partner this month is, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, North Pole. Please

keep them and our bishops, Elizabeth Eaton of the ELCA; Shelley Wickstrom of the

Alaska Synod; and Terry Brandt of the Eastern North Dakota Synod in prayer. As

always remember RLC members and friends in prayer on their special days.

RLC August Birthdays and Anniversaries

Send A Kid to Camp

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4 MILA HARGRAVE 19 TARA ISRAELSON

6 LORELEE WADE 20 RYAN RITTER

7 TANYA AHTOWENA ROREM 20 ERIN ROREM

7 RAMIE CARLSON 21 ASHLEY JOHNSON

7 TAYLOR SUTAK 21 DAN & LOIS WETHERALL

10 TONY & AMY PHILLIPS 23 JOHN FURUNESS

10 JEFF & DANITH WATTS 23 PER & AUDREY RASMUSSEN

10 DAN & COURTNEY ABEL 26 GREGORY MALONEY

11 KEANA DAVIS 26 MICHELLE MARIE WILSON

12 ELANOR WATTS 28 DONNA FURUNESS

15 PR. PAUL & PHILIS BERAN 28 TONY PHILLIPS

16 LANNEA SUTAK 29 KRISTIN WRIGHT

90th ANNIVERSARY

Planning ahead: Next year will be Resurrection’s 90th anniversary! We’d like to have a planning

committee to start...planning! Is this you? See Pastor Sue or congregation president Adam Garner!

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Thank you to all who share their time and gifts to provide a rich worship service each Sunday. There are many members who assist!

August 2 Worship Assistant: Amanda Beebe

Reader of the Word: Curt Clough

Power Point: Loretta Mosley

Altar Care: Mary Lou Peterson

August 9 Worship Assistant: Delores Graver

Reader of the Word: Michael Schroeder

Power Point: Julie Neyhart

Altar Care: Marian Koelsch

August 16 Worship Assistant: Libby Clough

Reader of the Word: Linnea Sutak

Power Point: Connie Olson

Altar Care: Kristin Wright

August 23 Worship Assistant: Delores Graver

Reader of the Word: Julie Neyhart

Power Point: Loretta Mosley

Altar Care: Kristin Wright

August 30 Worship Assistant: Curt Clough

Reader of the Word: Linnea Sutak

Power Point: Connie Olson

Altar Care: Mary Lou Peterson

Worship Assistants

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR SEPTEMBER

PETER FAMILY

GROUP IS IN CHARGE

IN AUGUST

AUGUST 2015

Email rlcoffice@ak.net

DONATIONS FROM THE Bill

Johnson Fourth of July Hot

Dog Fest

We set out a donation jar during the Fourth of July hot dog fest, and received $520 and change...all the

change went into the Change for Good jar. The congregation voted to build and supply TWO grain banks

through ELCA Good Gifts. Grain banks are storage centers stocked with extra wheat, rice, corn, and other

staples as a way to prevent hunger following a drought or natural disaster. They are most popular in drought-

prone areas in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so that people don't ever have to go hungry in times of need.

(Grain banks have a lot in common with Joseph's stewardship during times of plenty, that people had good in

times of famine!)

As always, thank you to all of you for your generous hearts and for your help and food donations that made

the hot dog fest a success. Without the hot dog fest, there would be no grain banks. God is good.

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Food Pantry News:

From June 29 through July 24, 225 families visited our food shelf, collecting food

for 738 people. Thank you for your continued support! Your food donations help

fill our shelves. Your monetary donations help RLC purchase food from the

Southeast Alaska Food Bank at 14 cents a pound and from Costco. We thank God

for his abundance! He has given us resources to help others put food on their tables.

FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE

...will have a picnic at Joy Baker’s home, 415 I Street, at noon on Tuesday, August 11th. If the

weather is good the group will meet outdoors. If it rains the inside picnic will be on the first

floor—no steps for participants!

Our Book Club —will meet at 2pm on Thursday, August 20, to discuss A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's

Flower Sellers by Hazel Gaynor about which Amazon writes: “Step into the world of Victorian

London, where the wealth and poverty exist side by side. This is the story of two long-lost sisters,

whose lives take different paths, and the young woman who will be transformed by their

experiences.”

Looking ahead Our Book Club will meet on Thursday, September 10th to discuss John F. Kasson's

The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America.

Food Shelf Extras Needed

Please donate travel size toiletries such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, and lotion. These can be purchased or gathered during hotel stays.

WEEKLY BREAD FAST Take the bread fast challenge! One day each week eat bread and only bread. Get

your devotional prayer for the week each Sunday at worship.

Relational Ministry Class: Managing Your Money

Sept. 15 - Nov. 3 Tuesdays 6-8pm at Salvation Army.

Mentors and Prayer team needed. We have our cooks! Volunteer or Register:

780-4090

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Council News

Because four members were absent, the council postponed the election of officers until the

August 13th meeting. Enough folks were present to conduct business; they decided to pave

the parking lot. Left over funds from the building project and financial commitment from

individual will make the paving a reality in the next couple of months!

AUGUST 2015

Table Talk

A Conversational Gathering for Millennials

food, fun, and chat

will resume in September

Popcorn in

the Pews! August 15th

Children’s Feature at 4:30

Regular Feature at 6:30

“Pray in thanksgiving for your daily bread. Pray in thanksgiving for those who donate to our food pantry. Pray in thanksgiving for those who serve our food pantry. Pray in hope for those who need our food pantry. Pray for those who organize food drives, for the Glory Hole, for St. Brendan’s community meal. Pray for those who are hungry, in our community, in our nation, in our world.”

BREAD OF LIFE CAMPAIGN RLC is filling an ARK. Our ARK will include: chicks, bees, 2 pigs 2 goats, 2 sheep, 2 cows, 1 ox

and plow, 1 water well. We have already collected enough money to purchase

2 pigs and 2 goats.

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Love INC’s phone number: 780-4090

Our phone lines are open Mon. Wed. Fri. from 10am - 2pm

and Tues. evening from 7pm – 8:30pm. We thank God for the

way He meets the changing needs of this ministry through the

hands, gifts, time and service of HIS People! Thank You!

Relational Ministry Incentives: You can help by praying, volunteering, or donating one or more of the

following items: Calculators, Gift Certificate for a local gas station, Bus tokens (available at the

library, Powder Laundry Detergent & Dryer Sheets, Full size toiletry items (shampoo, conditioner, soap,

razors, shaving cream, toothpaste, q-tips, lotion, deodorant), Dish soap, sponges, kitchen garbage bags, Gift

Certificates for services such as oil changes or hair cuts.

Transitional Backpacks: Clean wash cloths and bath towels are needed for our backpacks which go to men

and women reentering the community from prison.

Bags of Love: New pajamas for ages 6-17 are needed for children being removed from their home and

placed in foster care. The next time you buy your child pjs or see pjs on sale, consider purchasing a pair for a

foster child. Donations may be delivered directly to Office of Children's Services or the Love INC office.

Furniture: Full/Twin mattresses and frames (no queens), Kitchen tables, Dressers and bunk beds.

RISEN SON

One Lutheran, UU, and YOU

Join Pastor Sue and Unitarian Universalist Pat McLear for what we're calling One Lutheran, UU, and YOU Thursday, August 20 from 7-8 pm on KTOO News Juneau (FM 104.3). All who have ears, listen!

Change for Good

The first July count of Change for Good was $300: our jar, House of Russia's donation jar, and a $100

gift. The congregation voted for two goats (YEA, Goats!) and two groves of fruit trees, which provide fruit

plus root systems to prevent erosion in places like Indonesia. The next jarful yielded $80 which purchased a

pig and water purification tablets.

SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday School will resume in August when Karen Lawfer returns.

FAMILY AND MEMBERS INVOLVED

LOVINGLY YEAR ROUND

F.A.M.I.L.Y. GROUPS

Peter Family is in charge this month. Members and

friends in Peter Family are: Marian and Ken

Koelsch, Deborah and Karter Koelsch, Dixie Alms,

Marie Kent, and Peter and Julie Neyhart.

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Tidbits of Religion

By Jack Cadigan

It is estimated that around the 1500’s the phrase and blessing upon departure morphed from “God be w’ ye” To Good-bye. (In old times “ye” was a singular/familiar form of address for “you.) What I have always wondered is that the period 15th – 17th century, known as “The Great Vowel Shift” influenced how we spell “good-bye” today. During that period many vowels “morphed” into different pronunciations, perhaps due to the influence of the Romance languages of the times. Of course that is Speculation. The Christianization of England occurred in the 7th Century. Christianization of Norway didn’t occur until the 12th century. From the 8th to 11th centuries the Viking invasions of Scotland and England (and some colonization) took place. During that time (and now) in Scandinavian languages “God” is pronounced (and written) “Gud” with a long “u.” (Rhyming with “food.”) During the middle-centuries, the Anglo-Saxon word “God” was pronounced “Gud” also. Evidence is that the word “good” itself has its origin as an outgrowth of God/Gud. So any time you say “Good-bye” you are really asking God’s blessing upon the recipient simply using an old pronunciation which I am sure God can easily understand. “God be with ye!” During the plague of AD 590, Pope Gregory ordered unceasing prayer for divine intercession. Part of his command was that anyone sneezing be blessed immediately ("God bless you"), because sneezing was often the first sign that someone was falling ill with the plague. By the eighth century it became customary to say "God bless you" as a response to anyone sneezing.

Actually, the practice of blessing someone who sneezes dates back earlier – at least to within about 50 years

of the crucifixion! Some speculate it was because of early folk belief that either ones soul was thrown from

the body or that the body was temporarily opened for the devil to pop in, or that the sneeze itself was almost

an exorcism to force out the devil. In all these variants, “God Bless You” is a form of a shield-like response

against the devil or evil spirits.

Not all cultures have the response of “God Bless You” for a sneeze. In some it is seen as good fortune and the

benevolence of God. In Germany, for example, “Gesundheit” means “health” and is the response to a sneeze.

A number of other cultures have such other responses.

AUGUST 2015

CARE CORNER Stay in Touch

Bill Fritz Pacifica Senior Living Cottage 4 180 SE 182nd Ave Portland, OR 97233

Janet Routsala, Wildflower Court, 2000 Salmon Creek Lane, Juneau AK 99801

Ed Nygard and Emma Houston, Juneau Pioneers’ Home, 4675 Glacier Highway, Juneau AK 99801

Ted Merrell,3240 Fritz Cove Road, Juneau AK 99801

Elaine Vuille, PO Box 20345, Juneau AK 99802-0345

Mike McLoone #498215, Lemon Creek Correctional Center, 2000 Lemon Creek Rd, Juneau AK 99801

Marge Schmiege, 1800 Evergreen Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801

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OUT AND ABOUT IN GOD’S WORLD

Our congrats go out to our own Joy Baker, Grand Marshall of the Douglas 4th of July parade! Well deserved! Also congrats to all who participated in or donated to the RLC hotdog and juice give-away on the 4th that netted over $520 in donations for “Change for Good”and will

build TWO grain banks (storage to prevent hunger after drought or natural disaster). This

ancient mariner hoists the flag signal “B-Z” to the yardarm. (“Well Done!”)

Summer is spinning by fast, and soon school will be back in session, and our RLC youth and

kids will be back to the books. Meantime, have fun in the sun (or rain! – we are a foot over

average so far!)

RISEN SON

Reilly Sutak youth member of RLC attended the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit Michigan

July 15-19. There were thousands of 9, 10 11 and 12th graders in attendance for 5 days of activities.

Here is Reilly's Story:

What can I say? There is nothing like being in a stadium with 30,000 people whose infectious faith makes you want to stand up and dance your heart out. There is nothing like it. The most people I’ve seen gathered in one place is when I went to Chicago and there were people swarming the streets, but the feeling you got from them was nothing compared to what you got from the Lutherans at Ford Field. At first I was nervous, but I soon lost all of that and was conversing with anyone I came across. Everyone was just so happy to be there that it even changed the people in Detroit, the whole reason we went there. Motown went under and we went to help it get back on its feet. There were three days that we did things, and the whole 30,000 was split up into those. I was on the last day, but what we were doing was boarding up houses, paint-ing them, cleaning them, and weeding them. We got so much work done that we had changed entire neighborhoods, you could just feel it. We were the talk throughout the city, people even started smiling and asking to take our pictures! The best part was when a man was talking about the gathering when I was standing in line in a 7/11. He had no idea that me and a group of friends were in it, he just went on and on, I just couldn’t help but smile. I think we did something amazing, I wouldn’t change anything about that week I was there.

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