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The Anchor MAY 2017 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: “God’S Work, Our 2/3 Hands” News; Work Day; Thank You, FMSC Thanks, Recognitions, Installation of Pr FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH PLANO, ILLINOIS Volume 30, Issue 5 The Anchor MAY 2017 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: “God’s Work, Our 2/3 Hands” news; Work Day; Thank You, FMSC Thanks, Recognitions, Installation of Pr. Black, brunch sign-up; “Ruth Ann Ramblings” ; 4/5 Recipe- “Marbled Choco- late Bars, May Library News, Thank you notes Book Club, Offering, 6/7 Women’s Bible Study, A great gift that you can give someone is to take the time to get to know Golden Harvesters, Anchor mailing news, them. Sometimes this might take years. Other times there is May Calendar something familiar about the other person and it doesn’t take all that May Volunteers, May 8/9 Birthday & long. A greater gift to give someone is that once you do get to know Anniversaries, May Prayer List them, you still like them and support them. It is a mark of being human April Council Highlights, 10/11 and it is a part of being in Christian community with one another. Condolences, Good news!, Prayer List, What is interesting about the Bible is that the Bible was written Prayer Chain info, Summer Worship to be read in a community. Most books we read, we read on our own. Schedule, Sunday School We finish them and we enjoy them. We might share them with those Snippets who have read the book also. The Bible is different. The Bible was written to be spoken aloud to a whole community and to let the words Readings for permeate through the community. This is true of the Old Testament May 2017 and it is certainly true of the New Testament where the gospel and the 5/7/2017 letters to the churches were meant to be read to the entire young Acts 2:42-47 Christian churches throughout the area. Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 Hearing the word of God in community is meant to give courage John 10:1-10 and strength for a community. Sometimes communities get strained. Certainly the early Christian churches had their share of challenges. We 5/14/2017 Acts 7:55-60 can talk a long time about the how’s and the why’s that a community Psalm 31:1-5, 15-15 find itself in strain but one thing I have seen and I don’t know if it is in 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 our DNA, but my observation is that human beings love to divide ourselves. Green bay- Chicago, urban- country, rich- poor, black- white, 5/21/2017 professional- working class, republican- democrat, Americans- non- Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:8-20 Americans, left side sitters in church-right side sitters in church. This 1 Peter 3”13-22 list could probably go on forever. The challenge of the church is always John 14:15-21 to recognize all of these division, all of the ways in which we attempt to 5/28/2017 be unique, and yet to maintain the love for all. Because after all that is Acts 1:6-14 why we are in Christian community in the first place. Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 One of my favorite Scripture that is read in community, comes 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6- 11 from Romans chapter 8, where Paul talks about how nothing can John 17:1-11 separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Nothing! May we take to heart how God operates and look anew at how we live our lives in Christian community. Pastor Black Page 2 Volume 30, Issue 5 This is the third year members of First I wanted to thank Lutheran have provided a meal once all of you who a month for the homeless at the volunteered in PADS shelter. some way during this Lenten season and helped me along the way for my first A big “Thank You’ to the following Lenten season with you. You know who people who their food, time and you are and what you did. Your efforts money: make the church what it is. Galatians 6:9 Paulette Albright Jerri Lynn Baker says “let us not grow weary of doing what is Steve & Kathy Benoit Karen DeBolt good.” Volunteering can be tiring, but Bobbie Dettman Jane Foster when you work together with friends and a Jane Hyte Joanne Johnson great purpose it seems not to become as Shirley Krause Virginia Phelps wearisome. Thanks again to all. Ryan Phillips Pastor Black Norm & Diane Schlesinger Anne Sears Kathy Stuttle Dale & Karen Torkelson Tim & Kathy Tyler Dorella Wilson Feed My Starving Children--Thank You! On March 25th we were able to take Congratulations to the following 17 volunteers from First Lutheran to children who were confirmed on Feed My Starving Children. We Sunday, April 23rd: packed 157 boxes of food that will Abigail Black be shipped to some of the neediest children in the Ellie Maaske world. In addition, thanks to donations collected Mya Thrall from the first 3 soup suppers, we were able to take a monetary donation of nearly $300 to support the awesome work that takes place at Feed My Starving Children. Thank you to those who volunteered, donated, and prayed! WORK DAY Sat. , May 20th @ 9:00 AM CONGRATULATIONS to the following children who completed Come and help us beautify our First Communion classes: church. We plan to plant flowers and trim bushes. All ages welcome! We Brooke Johnson have our order in for a warm, sunny Sara Nicoletti morning, so come join us! We will honor our college graduates in Good luck to our 2017 next month’s Anchor. High School graduate: Lindsay Magnotti The Anchor Page 3 Please join us for a celebration brunch after Pastor Black's installation on May 7th. After the success of the Easter breakfast, we are again asking for contributions of breakfast casseroles and fruit. There is a sign up sheet in the back of the church. Thanks in advance for your help. NOTE: There is only ONE service - at 9:00 AM - on this day. Please plan accordingly. Page 4 Volume 30, Issue 5 Ruth Ann’s Ramblings …(contributed by Ruth Ann Hoehn) “Pass It On” It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around can warm up in its glowing. That's how it is with God's love once you've experienced it; you spread his love to everyone; you want to pass it on. If you are a baby boomer and raised in the church, you probably grew up singing Kurt Kaiser's "Pass It On" around a campfire or at youth group meetings. Kurt Kaiser was born December 17, 1934 in Chicago. He received his musical education from the American Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. Mr. Kaiser joined Word, Inc., in 1959 as director of artists and repertoire, and later became vice president and director of music for Word. Mr. Kaiser has arranged and produced albums for many gifted artists, including Ernie Ford, Larnelle Harris, Burl Ives, George Beverly Shea, and Joni Eareckson Tada. Mr. Kaiser maintained his relationship with Word, Inc. until 1989. Kurt Kaiser has received many honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for his contributions to the Christian music industry (1992); an honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree from Trinity College in Illinois; and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Baylor University. In 1993 his album Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs was recognized with a Dove Award. In 2001 he was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The late 1960s and 1970s were the heyday of the Christian youth musical. Two musicals with Christian themes opened on Broadway in 1971, Godspell, and the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Kurt Kaiser and his friend Ralph Carmichael began writing Christian rock musicals geared to reach out to the youth of the time. Their first musical, Tell It Like It Is, included the song "Pass It On." According to Mr. Kaiser: "In 1969, Ralph Carmichael and I collaborated on a musical, Tell It Like It Is. It was written to get young people involved in the Church. After reviewing what we had written, we decided there needed to be a closer, a modern 'Just As I Am' (a hymn by Charlotte Elliott written in 1835). "On a Sunday night I was sitting in our den by the fireplace where there were remnants of a fire, and it occurred to me that it only takes a spark to get a fire going . and the rest came very quickly. My wife suggested that I should say something about shouting it from mountain tops, and that ended up in the third verse. It only took about 20 minutes to write the lyrics. Afterwards my wife and I went for a walk, letting the song ruminate in our minds." This song took on a life that the composer never considered. Mr. Kaiser notes, "I am always amazed how the Lord can take a little song and use it to reach so many people." “Pass It On” gained traction in broader congregational circles when it appeared in Hymns for the Living Church (1974), and Hymns for the Family of God (1976). Since then, the song has appeared in at least nine other hymnals in the United States, England, and Canada. While known primarily for his youth musicals, Mr. Kaiser is an accomplished pianist and has composed more than sixty hymn texts and tunes, including “O how he loves you and me” (1975), and “Pass It On.” He and his wife, Pat, reside in Waco, Texas.
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