March  The
United Church of Los Alamos
United
Chimes: Vol. 41, No. 3, March 2005
Table
of Contents
Front
Page News
Lenten
Special Music Event
Mexico
Auction
Please
Take Note
For
Our Children and Youth
Children’s
Worship
Serengeti
Trek
Palm
Sunday
One
Great Hour of Sharing
Lego
Night
Sonlight
Christian Camp
Stovall
Family-United Church Scholarship Fund
God
and Me Award
Church
News and Announcements
March
Sunday Worship Themes
Church
Attendance
Special
Opportunity!
Mexico
Mission Auction
WCSS
Circle Meeting
Lilies
for Easter Sunday
Thank
You for the Sanctuary Flowers
Reminders!
Chimes
Newsletter Deadline
Coffee
Hosts for March
United
Church Highlights Refrigerator Calendar
Table
Talk
Easter
is Approaching
Prayers,
Praises, Thanks and More
Prayer
Concerns
Sympathy
Prayer
Letter
Congratulations
Mexico
Mission Donations
Chimes
Newsletter
Front
Page News
Lenten
Special Music Event
On Sunday,
March 13th, the Sanctuary Choir will present REQUIEM by Bradley Ellingboe
during the 9:30 am service of worship. Composed during 2001-2002 by New
Mexico composer and UNM Professor of Music Ellingboe, this work contains
all of the parts of the Latin Requiem Mass, as well as several additional
texts. You might recall that our choir, combined with the choir from First
United Methodist, presented this piece 2 years ago, as an afternoon concert
for the community, using a small instrumental ensemble, and conducted by
the composer himself.
On this occasion,
we will use a shortened version (omitting the movements more suitable for
a concert setting) of this hauntingly beautiful work which is so appropriate
for the reflective season of Lent, as it guides us through the darkness
of Holy Week into the Lux Aeterna (or light eternal) of the Easter Resurrection.
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Mexico
Auction
Mexico 2005
20th Annual
Community Mission Trip
*the average
Mexican person earns $19.80 per week
*only 14%
of Mexican households have sewage
*only 51%
of Mexican households have running water
*only 6% of
Mexican households have refrigerators
*an average
of 5.13 persons occupy one room per household
*over the
past two years, moderate to extreme poverty increased by 10.6% or 6.4 million
The Community
Mexico Mission Trip, sponsored by the United Church of Los Alamos and coordinated
through Amor Ministries out of San Diego, California, built its first house
in Mexico during Spring Break of 1986. After nineteen Spring Break
trips and five summer trips, over 1700 Mexico campers have built 101 houses!
Projects have included single and double houses, outhouses, a church building,
an orphanage and concrete walls and floors. Mexico 2005 will add
three new houses to that list. Students and adults from Los Alamos
will head to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico during Spring Break (April 2-9, 2005).
One camper,
named Krista, has been on this trip twice before and stated, “(This trip)
is an awesome opportunity to serve others, and at the same time, have a
blast!” Other campers agree and expressed that valuable lessons are learned,
like how truly lucky Americans are, but that it is possible to be happy
with far less material wealth. Campers concluded that their Spanish
improves, as well as their construction skills. Ultimately, the students
will be exposed to a very different kind of life than the one they lead
in Los Alamos. Sponsor, Laura Erickson, has spent the last sixteen
years organizing, facilitating, and participating on this mission.
She believes that this trip provides an opportunity for youth to make a
difference in their world, while improving the lives of Mexican families.
Laura wants the campers (youth and adults) to not only be exposed to poverty,
but also recognize that by working together we can change things.
The Community
Mexico Mission AUCTION will be held:
United Church
of Los Alamos, Graves Hall
2:00 pm –
3:00 pm Silent Auction
3:00 pm –
5:00 pm Live Auction with auctioneer Bill Horne
Sunday, March
20, 2005
The auction
is essential to this trip and will be used to purchase building materials
for the three homes. The community can help by donating goods or
services for this auction. Names of businesses and individual donors
will be listed in the auction. All donations are tax deductible and
100 percent of the donations are used for building materials.
This year a
1995 Ford Taurus, in good condition, will be auctioned, along with
a catamaran (boat). Other items include: gift certificates
for dinners, dentistry, massages, yard work, house cleaning, etc… plus
household appliances and furniture, exercise equipment, jewelry,
art, quilts and much, much more.
For more information
call Laura or Randy Erickson or Linda Baker.
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Please
Take Note
The next CHIMES
deadline is Sunday, March 20th at 12:00 noon for the April 2005 issue.
Articles may be sent via email to:UCChimes@hotmail.com (note new email
address) or put in the CHIMES Editor’s mail box in the Church Annex (room
just outside the Church Office).
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For
Our Children and Youth
Children’s
Worship
March 6th
Jesus and Zaccheus
(Feast Day)
March 13th
Jesus the King
March 20th
Jesus’ Last Passover
(Palm Sunday)
March 27th
Easter
No Children’s Worship
Volunteers
are still needed for children’s worship. Please sign up outside Jean Picard’s
office.
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Serengeti
Trek
Come join
us on an awesome Vacation Bible School Adventure June 20-24. We need
a few more adults to join our planning and organizing team for this year’s
Vacation Bible School adventure. Our next planning meeting will be
March 16th at 12:30 pm in Graves Hall. Please come. Lunch and
child care will be provided. Contact Jean Picard, 662-2971 if you
can help.
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Palm
Sunday
All children
of the church are invited to join the Palm Procession on Palm Sunday March
20th during the 9:30 service. Meet Jean Picard in Fellowship Hall
at 9:25 to receive your palms.
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One
Great Hour of Sharing
Information
on One Great Hour of Sharing will be available through the Sunday School
classes or in the back of the sanctuary. We encourage you and your
child to talk about how they can participate in this important mission
program of the church. The collection date this year will be March
20th.
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Lego
Night
This year’s
Lego Night will be held Thursday March 10th from 6:30- 8:00 pm in Graves
Hall. Everyone is invited for an evening of fellowship. Legos
will be provided but individuals or families may bring their own.
Children under the age of 10 should bring a parent to help them build legos.
A snack will be provided. For more information contact Phyllis Foley.
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Sonlight
Christian Camp
Information
on Sonlight Christian Camp is available online and in the church office.
Camps are offered for age groups 3rd-12th grades. Camps fill up quickly
so get your registration in NOW!
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Stovall
Family-United Church Scholarship Fund
The Stovall
Family-United Church Scholarship Fund Plans to award a tuition scholarship
of $1,000 to a member of the United Church in the fall of 2005. Applicants
must be of high moral character who are or will be pursuing a post secondary
academic degree in any branch of science or mathematics at an accredited
college or university. These scholarships are administered by the Stovall
Family and The United Church of Los Alamos. Applications will be available
in the church office. ALL papers pertaining to the scholarship must be
returned to the Church Office by 11:00 a.m. Sunday, April 17, 2005.
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God
and Me Award
The following
girls will be recognized on Sunday, March 6th for earning their God and
Me Awards:
Sarah Criscuolo,
Madison Foley, Sierra Foley, Sally Grindstaff, Erin Kober, Allie Jordan,
Jordan Parker,
Sarah Wallstrom,
Rachel Wallstrom, and Laura Whicker.
Congratulations!
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Church
News and Announcements
March
Sunday Worship Themes
| March 6th |
“The Spit
Heard Round the World”
John 9: 1-41
Jesus spits, makes a mud pie and heals a person’s blindness. Suddenly
all “heck” breaks out as the healed man is brought in, interrogated, and
finds himself accused of being part of a subversive plot to undermine the
faith. Faith is about choices. Sometimes good acts trigger
angry reactions. Don Childers will explore some of the costs of faithful
living. |
| March 13th |
The Ellingboe
“Requiem” will be presented this day.
Kathleen Logan will present an introduction to the Requiem. |
| March 20th |
Palm Sunday
“The Palm Leaf Scandal”
Matthew 21:1-11
Scandals are a way of life for us. Jesus is welcomed one day and
accused the next. The crowd chose Barabbas, a person of violence
over Jesus, a person of peace. Have we progressed? Do we today
choose peace or do we choose our own Barabbas? Don Childers
will explore some of the implications of the last week of Jesus’ life. |
| March 27th |
Easter Sunday
“Freedom!”
Matthew 28:1-10
Mel Gibson played the Scottish hero, William Wallace. In the movie
“Braveheart” as Wallace is slipping into death his last dramatic words
are “Freedom”! Freedom has been a cry resonating throughout
the ages. Easter Sunday is a dramatic cry of spiritual freedom.
Don Childers will explore some of the implications and responsibilities
of our spiritual freedom. |
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Church
Attendance
| Date |
8:00 Service |
9:30 Service |
| January 23rd |
30 |
184 |
| January 30th |
15 |
135 |
| February 6th |
26 |
162 |
| February 13th |
35 |
166 |
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Special
Opportunity!
For many years
the United Church has sponsored a class fordevelopmentally disabled adults
on Sunday mornings. This class is interdenominational and open to
the community-several faiths are represented. This is an exciting
program and is designed so that each student has a mentor/friend to work
with him or her.
We need
MENTORS.
This involves
about one hour on Sundays in class plus a little bit of preparation, but
mostly the students need help with reading, writing and simple handicrafts.
Youth (12 and up) are especially invited. For more information contact
Jean Picard, 662-2971 or Barbara Seeger.
Please,
we need your support.
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Mexico
Mission Auction
Sunday,
MARCH 20th
in Graves
Hall
Dessert &
Preview begins at 2:00 p.m.
Silent Auction
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Live Auction
3:00 pm\
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WCSS
Circle Meeting
| Circle I |
Tuesday, March
8th at 9:30 am, Jill Forman's house |
Jill Forman,
hostess |
| Circle IV |
Tuesday, March
8th
at 1 pm in
the church lounge |
Linda Goforth,
hostess |
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Lilies
for Easter Sunday
Lilies for
the Sanctuary on Easter may be ordered from the church office and are $10.
They may be picked up after the Easter Sunday 11:00 service. Please provide
information to the office if you wish to provide the lily in memory, or
celebration for someone.
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Thank
You for the Sanctuary Flowers
The altar
flower committee wishes to thank the following for flowers in January and
February: Kelly Myers, Mary Venable, Adelaide Jacobson, Adda Moldt, Nancy
Lemons, Wilma and Bob Cowan, and the flower committee.
If you wish
to provide flowers for the altar in 2005, you may sign up by calling the
church office or call Dorothy Crawford.
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Reminders!
Liturgists
for March
March 6th
Alice Mutschlecner
March 13th
Thurman Talley
March 20th
John Puckett
March 27th
9 am Arnie Sierk
11 am Alison Mercer Smith
Greeters for
March: Phil and Barbara Seeger, Ken and Jan Sinclair, James and Suzanne
Stapp, Pat and Krik Krikorian and James and Jan Mercer-Smith
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Chimes
Newsletter Deadline
April 2005
deadline is Sunday, March 20th, 2005 12:00 Noon
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Coffee
Hosts for March
March 6th:
Alice & Paul Mutschlecner
March 13th:
Vicki Cobble
March 20th:
Deb & Chris Worley
March 27th:
M & E Board
If anyone would
like to be our coffee host in April, please call Nancy Johnson.
If you get
to the church by 9:00, that should be time enough to have the coffee ready
by 10:30. Please let Mardel know if you run out of things.
Be sure to give the Elders room for preparing the trays for communion on
those Sundays. Many thanks! Irene Powell
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United
Church Highlights Refrigerator Calendar
| February 22 |
10:30 am
12:00 pm
7:30 pm |
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8
EXECUTIVE
BOARD, Lounge |
| February 23 |
8:30 am
7:00 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN (until 12:30 pm)
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary |
| February 24 |
11:45 am |
BROWN BAG
LUNCH, Lounge |
| February 25 |
6:45 am
6:00 pm |
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
Lounge
SENIOR HIGH
SUPPER/ICE SKATING, Graves Hall |
| February 27 |
8 & 9:30
am
9:00 am
10:30 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
12:00 Noon
6:00 pm
7:00 pm |
WORSHIP SERVICES,
Chapel and Sanctuary
CHURCH LIBRARY
OPEN
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP,
Graves Hall
SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR ALL AGES
DISCIPLESHIP
CLASS, Graves Hall
MEXICO MISSION
MEETING, Graves Hall
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| February 28 |
7:00 pm |
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER, Chapel |
| March 1 |
10:30 am
12:00 pm
6:00 pm |
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8
CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION BOARD, Lounge |
| March 2 |
8:30-12:30
pm
12:00 pm
7:00 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN
PRE-TRUSTEES
MEETING LUNCH, Library
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary |
| March 3 |
11:45 am
4:15 pm
7:30 pm |
BROWN BAG
LUNCH, Lounge
JUNIOR CHOIR,
Chapel
C. S. LEWIS
BOOK CLUB/Movie, Lounge |
| March 4 |
6:45 am |
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
Lounge |
| March 6 |
8 & 9:30
am
9:00 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 Noon
6:00 pm
7:00 pm |
WORSHIP SERVICES,
Chapel and Sanctuary
CHURCH LIBRARY
OPEN
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP,
Graves Hall
SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR ALL AGES
DISCIPLESHIP
CLASS, Graves Hall
MEXICO MISSION
MEETING, Graves Hall
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| March 7 |
7:00 pm |
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER, Chapel |
| March 8 |
9:30 am
10:30 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
4:00 pm |
CIRCLE I
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8
CIRCLE IV,
Lounge
PERSONNEL
BOARD, Library |
| March 9 |
8:30-12:30
pm
4:15 pm
7:00 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN
SOMBRILLO
WORSHIP, Sombrillo Nursing Home
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary |
| March 10 |
11:45 am
4:15 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
7:00 pm |
BROWN BAG
LUNCH, Lounge
JUNIOR CHOIR,
Chapel
LEGO NIGHT,
Graves Hall
MID HIGH YOUTH
PIZZA/MOVIE, Craig Hall
TRUSTEE BOARD,
Library |
| March 11 |
6:45 am |
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
Lounge |
| March 12 |
8:00 AM |
TRUSTEE BOARD
WORK PARTY |
| March 13 |
8 & 9:30
am
9:00 am
10:30 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 Noon
6:00 pm
7:00 pm |
WORSHIP SERVICES,
Chapel and Sanctuary
CHURCH LIBRARY
OPEN
JOY SINGERS,
Room 101
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP,
Graves Hall
SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR ALL AGES
DISCIPLESHIP
CLASS, Graves Hall
MEXICO MISSION
MEETING, Graves Hall
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| March 14 |
7:00 pm
7:00 pm |
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER, Chapel
MEMBERSHIP
EVANGELISM BOARD, Lounge |
| March 15 |
10:30 am
12:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:00 pm |
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8
ELDERS BOARD,
Lounge
FINANCE BOARD,
Library
MISSION BOARD,
Room 115 |
| March 16 |
8:30-12:30
pm
7:00 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary |
| March 17 |
11:45 am
4:15 pm |
BROWN BAG
LUNCH, Lounge
JUNIOR CHOIR,
Chapel |
| March 18 |
6:45 am
9:00 am |
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
Lounge
DISCHIPLESHIP
CLASS RETREAT |
| March 19 |
9:00 am |
DISCHIPLESHIP
CLASS RETREAT |
| March 20 |
PALM SUNDAY
8 & 9:30
am
9:00 am
10:30 am
10:45 am
12:00 Noon
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
7:00 pm |
WORSHIP SERVICES,
Chapel and Sanctuary
CHURCH LIBRARY
OPEN
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP,
Graves Hall
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP,
Graves Hall
CHIMES NEWSLETTER
ARTICLES DUE
MEXICO MISSION
SILENT AUCTION, Graves Hall
MEXICO MISSION
AUCTION, Graves Hall
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| March 21 |
7:00 pm |
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER, Chapel |
| March 22 |
10:30 am
12:00 pm
7:30 pm |
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8
EXECUTIVE
BOARD, Library |
| March 23 |
8:30-12:30
pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary
PRAISE CHOIR,
Graves Hall |
| March 24 |
11:45 am
4:15 pm
7:30 pm |
BROWN BAG
LUNCH, Lounge
JUNIOR CHOIR,
Chapel
MAUNDY THURSDAY
SERVICE, Graves Hall |
| March 25 |
GOOD FRIDAY
6:45 am |
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP,
Lounge |
| March 26 |
8:00 AM |
ALL CHURCH
SPRING CLEAN-UP |
| March 27 |
EASTER SUNDAY
9 & 11
am
9:00 am
11:00 am
7:00 pm |
WORSHIP SERVICES,
Sanctuary
CHURCH LIBRARY
OPEN
SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR ALL AGES
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| March 28 |
7:00
pm |
CONTEMPLATIVE
PRAYER, Chapel |
| March 29 |
10:30 am
12:00 pm |
STAFF MEETING,
Lounge
TAPED WORSHIP
ON PAC 8 |
| March 30 |
8:30-12:30
pm
7:00 pm |
THRIFT SHOP
OPEN
SANCTUARY
CHOIR, Sanctuary |
| March 31 |
4:15 pm |
JUNIOR CHOIR,
Chapel |
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Table
Talk
Easter
is Approaching
Easter is approaching. This is the time of renewal. Soon flowers will appear
and new life will abound. Resurrection is about new life and new
opportunities.
At times we in the Church underestimate the power of Resurrection by limiting
the scope to a discussion of “living forever”. Resurrection is about
the power of love to overcome hate and the power of life to overcome death.
As one person shared, the reality of resurrection is demonstrated daily
when God is able to bring hope out of despair.
There have been many times in my life when darkness and despair seemed
to dominate. Through faith and the presence of God and others I was
able to rise above the darkness and again experience the light.
One community that I served in was traumatized by the sudden closure of
the main industry in the community, IBM. Most persons in Greencastle,
Indiana worked at the plant and its closing caused economic, social, and
spiritual despair. The community decided not to give up. The churches
encouraged this attitude by pointing to the hope we share through faith.
In time new industries moved into town and the city recovered. In
fact the diversity and influx of new persons into the community caused
a renewal. It was a living portrait of “resurrection.”
Easter is about hope. Nothing is lost in God. When it looked
darkest God surprised the world with resurrection. In life, if we
are faithful, the Spirit of God will continue to transform darkness into
light. That is the ongoing miracle of Easter.
Don
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Prayers,
Praises, Thanks and More
Prayer
Concerns
Litton Logan
Sue Graves
Leslie and
Tim Wallstrom
Steve Paglieri
Lynn Smith
Allen Dross
Nan Fife
Bob Emigh
Jack Mooday
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Sympathy
Prayers for
the Freese family upon the death of Ken’s mother. Prayers for the
Sinclair family upon the death of Jan’s mother in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Prayer
Letter
The United
Church Prayer Letter will be sent out every two months. To receive
theletter or to add a prayer concern, please contact Jane Phillips.
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Congratulations
Teyah Alexandra
Johnson was born in Green Bay, WI on February 2nd to Ian and Susan.
Proud grandparents are Suzanne and J. D. Johnson.
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Mexico
Mission Donations
Donations
will be accepted for the 2005 Mexico Auction on Sunday’s at noon through
March 6th in the church office.
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Chimes
Newsletter
Now available
on our WEB site! If you prefer not to have a hard copy sent to you,
opting to read the CHIMES on the web monthly, please e-mail us your request
at: UCoffice@losalamos.org or call the church office at 662-9721.
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