Joy and Pineapples

Joy and Pineapples Since the Chili Cook Off was such a favorite Weeping may linger for the night, but joy with everyone, we will be having a cooking contest at comes with the morning. Psalm 30:5 this event also. The rules for this one are that you One of the things that I wish we would talk can make whatever type of dish that you want to more about at church is Joy! After all it is one of the cook; the most important rule is that the dish you gifts of the Spirit that we read about in Galatians prepare must contain Pineapple!. It 5:22. can be a main course, a side dish or a dessert. The most creative use of I love the verse (above) from Psalm 30. Pineapple will win a special prize. As in Every one of us goes through difficult times in life. It the past, the identity of the cook will be is just a part of being human. Many times in my life I kept a secret until all of the voting is have held on to this verse to remind myself that hard completed. times never last forever. We are always under God’s care. When we cry or hurt, God cries and Pineapples were first discovered by hurts with us. I truly believe this with all of my heart. Columbus in his sailings and exploration. He took them back to Europe where they were Now, we at Living Faith do a pretty good job enthusiastically received. Europeans soon of having fun and laughter together. We are a pretty discovered that pineapples could not be grown in the joyful bunch of spirit-filled Christians. I think back on climates of Europe. So, to serve a pineapple at a the Halloween parties, meal meant that you really cared about your guests the Easter Egg hunts and because they were very expensive. our Chili Cook Off back in 2018. I remember us Sea captains would usually bring a pineapple sharing a lot of joy. As I with them as they sailed home from their voyages. always say, we take Once the sea captain was safely home, the God’s work seriously, but pineapple was placed on a stake in front of his we never take ourselves house. This signaled to his friends and family in the too seriously. community that he was safely home. We are planning an event for September 21st With this history, the pineapple has come to between 3 and 5 just so that we can have some fun represent hospitality, generosity, friendship and together. We were looking for a reason for a party celebration. and found that the year 2019 marks 60 years since Please mark your calendar…Saturday, Hawaii became a state. (So did Alaska in the same September 21st from 3 to 5 in the Fellowship Hall. year, but Hawaiian food and music seems more fun.) Dress up in your favorite tropical garb and come We will have a Silent Auction and a Free Will prepared to share laughter and joy with one another. offering. Anything we collect will be saved for Blessings, sending our Youth to the Youth Gathering in the summer of 2021 in Minneapolis, MN. Pastor Shaw

Living Faith Lutheran Church: We are a living presence of God, celebrating as an extended family. We are committed to sharing our faith through joyful worship and Sacrament. We provide opportunities for growth by offering ministries that meet the needs of our members and community. MISSION & MINISTRY Page 2 September 2019

To My Friends at Living Faith Lutheran Church; The Lord has I really want to take this opportunity to say Thank You to my church family done great for all the Love and Support. Your things for us prayers and letters have really sustained me. I appreciate all the and support. I am in Pensacola, Florida in my A school now and will be home at we are glad. Christmas time hopefully. Again, thank you for the prayers. —Psalm 146:3 Thanks, Submitted by Jack Murphy Doris R. Weaver

Keep those cards and letters rolling in! Jack’s new address is: MURPHY, JACK, D 440 Roberts Ave PMB # 2345 Pensacola, FL 32511-5151

New Bibles I purchased BIRTHDAYS some new Bibles for the Adult Sunday 2 Bette Wade School classes. These are NRSV in 9 Sara Beltran extra large print. I got them at a good 13 Janice Kelly price from a place that only sells in units of a dozen. Their retail price is 16 Rita Engelbrecht $34.99, but our cost is $22.00. If you 22 Gregory McCord would like to purchase one for 23 Matthew McCord yourself, for a loved one or a friend, please let Deborah Richardson in the 27 Michael Lidell church office know. Blessings, Pastor Shaw MISSION & MINISTRY The Crossroads Page 3

Saturday, September 21, 3 - 5 pm Fellowship Hall

Living Faith Lutheran Church is having an Hawaiian Luau. You are all invited to wear your best Hawaiian outfit and bring a pineapple dish for our Pineapple Recipe Competition. Potluck items (with or without pineapple) are also welcomed and appreciated. There will be games and a silent action. Monies from the silent auction and any donations will go towards sending the youth to the ELCA Youth Gathering in 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mark your calendars NOW for this event! If you have items you can donate for the silent auction, please bring them to the church by Sunday, September 15. GOD’S WORK. OUR HANDS. Page 4 September 2019

Share Your Personal Words of Appreciation Operation Gratitude sends 250,000+ Care Packages each year to Deployed Troops, Veterans, and New Recruits. Of all the items included in these Care Packages, the most cherished are the personal letters of appreciation! It only takes five minutes of your day, but will bring lasting joy to the recipients. God’s Work. Our Hands. LETTER WRITING TIPS 2019 – Serving those in the Service  Start with a salutation, such as “Dear Hero” or “Dear Brave One” For our social ministry event this year, Living Faith Write to either a Deployed Troop or a New will be collecting personal care items for Soldiers,  Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guards Recruit deployed overseas through Operation Gratitude.  A Deployed Troop is currently overseas in Drop off your donations in the collection container in harm’s way. the narthex, and join us after the worship service on  A New Recruit just completed Boot Camp September 8, to assemble the kits! and has sworn to serve for 4+ years. Shower or Body Wipes (individual or 10-pack max)  Express your thanks for their selfless service All Purpose Wipes (30 wipe pack)  Please do not include the date or year on your Travel Size Body Powder (1oz) letter or card Disposable Razor  Avoid politics completely and religion in excess; Travel Size Deodorant (0.5oz) however, saying you are praying for them is Travel Size Hand Sanitizer (2oz) wonderful Travel Size Lotion (1oz)  Share a little about yourself: Family, Hobbies, Travel Size Mouthwash (1.2oz) Work, School, Pets, Travel Lip Balm  Talk about life and interests: Sports, Weather, Travel Size Nail Clippers/Emery Boards (0.5oz) Music, Movies, Food, Books Travel Size Sunscreen (1oz)  Adults: Include your contact information (mail or Insect Repelling Band or Wipes email) so the recipient can reply. Children: USE Hand and/or Toe Warmers FIRST NAMES ONLY and no addresses please Gallon Size Freezer Bag (for items)  Can’t find the words? Consider drawing or Snack Size Ziplock (or 4x6 Ziplock bag) painting a picture instead; please add a note to  Please be mindful of the sizes of the individual kids’ drawings with their age. Please avoid items as space is always at a premium for those glitter! who are deployed.  No need for postage or individual envelopes as  Choose quality over quantity. all letters will be included in with the care package.  Monetary donations to support the cost of shipping is also appreciated. ------See the next column for info on how you can write We will assemble packages after to those who will receive our kits! Worship on Sunday, September 8. Please stay to help, if you can. EVENTS IN OCTOBER The Crossroads Page 5

Saturday, October 5, 9am to 1pm Living Faith will be holding a Yard Sale. Dig through your attic, closets, drawers and basement to find all the things that you are not using but could find a new life with someone else. Items you wish to donate to the Yard Sale can be dropped off at the church on Friday, October 4th, 8am—7 pm. Arrangements may be made for large items to be picked-up - contact Barbara Bolhoff (301-340-0082) to schedule a day/time. (Sorry, we can’t take other items sooner, but we don’t have enough storage space for everything.) Proceeds from the sales will go towards the loan Living Faith took out to pay for air conditioning repairs. Volunteers are needed to help on  Friday, October 4th, with gathering, preparations, sorting and pricing.  Volunteers are also needed on Saturday, October 5th, to help with final preparations, the sale, and cleanup afterwards. Please contact Barbara Bolhoff (301-340-0082) or the office if you can help.

Sunday, October 13th at 2pm in the back parking lot.

Watch for a list of items you can donate to help shelter animals. CALENDAR

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Saturday

6-9pm IJD Worship IJD 6-9pm

3-5pm LFLC Luau

6-9pm IJD Worship IJD 6-9pm

IHOP

8am Men's8am Breakfast @

Friday

~6pm MCC Music ~6pm

w/Pastor

11:30am Lunch

~6pm MCC Music ~6pm

Thursday

Living Faith Lutheran Church (LFLC) Church Living Faith Lutheran

12pm Yoga Class 12pm

9:30am Quilters 9:30am

12pm Yoga Class 12pm

9:30am Quilters 9:30am

1:30pm Mary-Martha1:30pm

12pm Yoga Class 12pm

SUNDAY

Wednesday

FIRST DAY OF WEEK OF DAY FIRST

7:30pm LFLC Choir

6:26pm 30-Minute Worship

7:30pm LFLC Choir

6:26pm 30-Minute Worship

7:30pm LFLC Choir

Tuesday

6pm AyO Mtg. 6pm

11am Cup of Joe Cup of 11am

6pm AyO Mtg. 6pm

11am Cup of Joe Cup of 11am

6pm AyO Mtg. 6pm

11am Cup of Joe Cup of 11am

6pm AyO Mtg. 6pm

11am Cup of Joe Cup of 11am

Monday

SEPTEMBER

7-8pm Ala-non / teen 7-8pm

6pm Yoga Class 6pm

7-8pm Ala-non / teen 7-8pm

6pm Yoga Class 6pm

7-8pm Ala-non / teen 7-8pm

6pm Yoga Class 6pm

7-8pm Ala-non / teen 7-8pm

6pm Yoga Class 6pm

7-8pm Ala-non / teen 7-8pm

6pm Yoga Class 6pm

CALENDAR MONTH CALENDAR

Sunday

2019

12pm LFLC Council Mtg.

God's Work. Hands.Our

Retention Mtg

12pm LFLC Outreach &

CALENDAR YEAR CALENDAR

Schedule

rest each Mondayrest each

Weekly Sunday

Pastor Shaw takes a day of a day takes Pastor Shaw

8-9pm AA Meeting 8-9pm AA

Dios (IJD) Worship (IJD) Dios

6-8pm Iglesias Jesus es 6-8pmes Jesus Iglesias

3-5pm Swahili Worship 3-5pmSwahili

Omega (AyO) Worship (AyO) Omega

12:15-3:15pmy Alpha

10:30am Worship LFLC

SundayForum 9:15am LFLC Adult Adult 9:15am LFLC SERVING & EVENTS The Crossroads Page 7

Communion Lector Altar Coffee Hour Counters Assistant

Sep 1 Steve Ballard Tony Lightner Fellowship

Sep 8 Charles Woodlee Carole Sarbacher Deborah Richardson Sam Boyd

Sep 15 Jim Schaeffer Garry McCord Sally Cornell

Sep 22 Emma Witt Emma Witt Anne-Marie Turner Charles Woodlee

Pat and Tony Sep 29 Jeff Lightner Ed Bartholme Lightner

Adult Sunday Forum: Sunday School for adults. Mary Martha Circle: September meeting will Class is held Sunday, at 9:15am in the include discussion of future meetings. This Conference Room. women’s Bible study group, meets 1st Thursday of the month at 1:30pm in the Conference Room. Worship Services: Every Sunday at 10:30am in the Sanctuary. Enter the building by the double- Men’s Breakfast: This group, organized by Marty glass doors: front or back. The service is followed Grimes, meets for breakfast at 8 am on the first by Fellowship/Coffee time. Supervised child-care Saturday of each month at the IHOP on Rockville is available for children up to 5th grade. Pike. Men of all ages are welcome! As a part of their ministry, donations are collected which the 30-Minute Worship: 30-Minute Worship meets church uses to support our neighbors who are the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month at having trouble paying for the basic necessities of life. 6:26pm in the Sanctuary. Communion is served when a pastor leads the service. Quilters: The Living Faith Lutheran Women (LFLW) Quilters meet the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each Choir Rehearsal: Meets every Wednesday, at month at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall to make 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. patchwork quilts. If you like to sew but are not able LFLC Council Meeting: The Council usually to attend on Thursday mornings, contact Anne-Marie meets the 3rd Sunday of each month. Turner about taking pieces home and returning a sewn product. Lunch with the Pastor: Is scheduled for the 3rd Friday of each month at 11:30am at the Village Yoga Classes: Suspended until Monday, of Rockville Cafeteria. September 16. Focus is on breathing, energy, and gentle stretching techniques.

 Each Monday at 6pm  Each Thursday at 12pm MUSIC NOTES Page 8 September 2019

his start at the Royal College his composition Herbert Howells Mass in the Dorian Mode was performed. His music continued to be modal and have a folk- This month the based theme much like his fellow British spotlight is on British composers, Vaughan Williams and Edward composer Herbert Elgar. His early organ compositions included his Howells who was born first set of Psalm Preludes which were in Lydney, composed in 1915-1916 and the first of his opus Gloucestershire on 17 Rhapsodies. October 17, 1892. He In 1915 Herbert was diagnosed with Graves’ was the youngest of disease, the autoimmune disorder that causes the six children of the thyroid to become overactive, and was given Oliver and Elizabeth just six months to live. He was given an Howells. His father experimental treatment of radium injections in was the organist in the the neck twice a week for two years. Fortunately local Baptist church he was able to survive this therapy but the and young Herbert condition kept him out of military service during showed his talent World War I. During the time of his treatments quite early and filled in he was still able to compose. In 1917, he for his father on the became the assistant organist at Salisbury organ and by age Cathedral but had to relinquish that position after eleven took a position a few months due to the strenuous traveling of his own at the back and forth for the radium treatments. He Episcopal church. then received a grant that paid for him to assist Oliver Howells suffered serious financial R.R. Terry in editing the Latin Tudor repertoire problems and was forced to file for bankruptcy that was being used by Terry at Westminster when Herbert was just twelve years old. Cathedral. This would lead to a multi-volume Families who were interested in the young edition of Tudor Church Music in the English Howell’s musical ability provided financial Renaissance style which would become assistance so that Herbert could study with incorporated in Howell’s own writing. His early organist Herbert Brewer of Gloucester Cathedral choral music included the Three Carol- and at sixteen his studies were expanded to the Anthems (Here is the Little Door, A Spotless teachings of Ivor Novello and Ivor Gurney. In Rose and Sing Lullaby). 1910 Herbert performed in the premiere of Ralph In 1920, he joined the faculty of the Royal Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of College of Music where he would continue to Thomas Tallis at the Three Choirs Festival in teach until 1979. This position included being the Gloucester. This work of Vaughan Williams is a Director of Music at St. Paul’s Girls’ School, particular favorite of mine and I can only imagine following the death of Gustav Holst, and he was the thrill it must have been to premiere this work. often called on to adjudicate competitions. Howells continued his studies at the These responsibilities reduced his time for Royal College of Music in London where he composing. He was also particularly affected by studied with the great English composer of the criticism and would often withdraw his works that time including Charles Villiers Stanford, Hubert had unfavorable reviews. Parry and Charles Wood. Within a few weeks of (Continued on page 9) MUSIC NOTES The Crossroads Page 9

(Continued from page 8) could use in the Three Choirs Festival. At this time, he pulled out the incomplete Hymnus Paradisi that he had written in memory of his son. In 1920, Howells married singer Dorothy It was later reported that he revisited this work, Dawe, for whom he accompanied. They had two that he had kept private, at the urging of Vaughan children, daughter Ursula and son Michael Williams. It was at Sumsion’s suggestion that the Tragically in 1935, Michael was stricken with work was given the title Hymnus Paradisi polio and died. This affected Howells deeply and (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Tlik9vfJ0). with the urging of his daughter Ursula he threw The first performance of this work was on the himself into his music. During the next three fifteen anniversary of Michael’s death. years he wrote Hymnus Paradisi that took material from his Requiem that he had written In 1954, he was named King Edward VII’s several years before but had not published and Professor of Music at the University of London. In remained unpublished until 1950. He wrote other 1964, he retired from St. Paul’s but continued his works in memory of Michael and most of his professorship at the Royal College of Music compositions from then on were influenced by almost up until his death at the age of 90. He this great loss. His music from this period was continued to write religious music including an predominately choral and organ works which English Mass. He continued to compose until his included a set of Six Pieces of which the third late 80s. One of his final works to be published was Master Tallis’s Testament which became was his Requiem. He died February 23, 1983, one of his favorite works. One of his other choral and his ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey. works that is a particular favorite of mine is the Howell was appointed CBE (Commander anthem Like As a Hart (https://www.youtube.com/ of the Order of the British Empire) in 1953 by watch?v=JdAHP_9_0RQ). His other choral Queen Elizabeth II and Companion of Honour in works include O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, 1972. He also received an honorary doctorate Te Deum, Jubilate, The Magnificat, and Nunc from the University of Cambridge in 1961. He Dimittis. was the godfather to the cellist Julian Lloyd During World War II, he was called on to Webber, brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber and serve as organist of St. john’s College, son of William Lloyd Webber (both of whom were Cambridge to fill in for Robin Orr who had been also composers) called into service. In 1949, Howells was asked —Deborah Richardson by organist Herbert Sumsion for a composition he

LFLC Music Notes  Voices are needed for our choir. No experience  Anyone who has a musical gift and wishes to is necessary. Please consider adding your share it with the congregation may do so. voice to making a joyful noise unto the Lord. Contact Deborah Richardson or Bill Parsons to Rehearsals are Wednesdays at 7:30pm in arrange a date and rehearsal as needed. We’d the Fellowship Hall. love to hear you sing or play! THOUGHT & PUZLE Page 10 September 2019

Each Tuesday from 11am to 12pm, help the volunteer group Cup of Joe to bag breakfast items for a local men’s shelter. They meet in the Fellowship Hall here at Living Faith Lutheran Church (LFLC). If you have questions, please contact: Mary C. Mowrey-Reise, 1010 Grandin Avenue, B-2 Rockville, MD 20851 202-359-6886 (Cell) PUZZLE The Crossroads Page 11 Living Faith Lutheran Church 1605 Veirs Mill Road Rockville, MD 20851

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