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The , pg. 2 Click on these links for the April newsletter inserts: See you at the pig roast! pg. 3 The ELCA’s monthly Prayer Ventures: http://www.elca.org/en/Resources/Prayer-Ventures Schedule for Holy Week and Easter, The Northwest Washington Synod’s insert, The Spirit: pg. 5 http://www.lutheransnw.org/files/publications/spirit/april_2017_spirit.pdf

Still time to register for the Women’s Retreat, pg. 6 OHLC’s website: www.oakharborlutheran.org

Silent auction benefits mission partnership, This issue was snail-mailed March 30, 2017 pg. 7

1 presence as he looked to Christ on the cross, which told him God was Pastor’s Page: The Theology of the Cross present even in his suffering and death. The cross alone is our theology.

“When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I had a friend in seminary who went to the Pine Ridge reserva- I did not come to you proclaiming the tion in South Dakota as part of our seminary curriculum. He spent mystery of God in lofty words or wisdom. several days with the Lakota people, hearing their stories. They weren’t For I decided to know nothing among you easy to listen to. He heard of Indian children being beaten by their white except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” teachers for speaking their native language. He heard of massacres and 1 Corinthians 2:1-2 atrocities and broken promises. Some of these horrible events were 500 aided and abetted by Christian missionaries. This friend was at the Pine “The cross alone is our theology.” A year-long series of Ridge Lutheran Retreat Center, an organization led and supported by , The Heidelberg articles celebrating 500 years of Lutheran many Lakota people. He asked them how, given this painful history, Disputation, 1518 Christianity they could possibly come to be Christians themselves. One of the Lakota elders pointed to the large cross on the wall and said, “We all e sometimes think of the concept of bleed. In Christ we find one who bleeds with us, holding us all and “self-help” as something modern, ushered into popular culture by making us one.” The cross alone is our theology. W the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil. But the truth is, the idea of self-help has been around for a long time. Martin Luther labored long A central aspect of Lutheran Christianity is the theology of the and hard under the idea that self-help was the way to make oneself cross. This isn’t a theology which is explained through treatises or acceptable to God. As a young monk he threw himself into the self-help systematic treatments of the subject. Rather, the theology of the cross disciplines of the monastery, hoping desperately that they would ease his reveals itself in the lived experiences of actual human beings, all of troubled conscience and make him feel closer to God. They didn’t. whom are vulnerable, all of whom suffer, all of whom bleed, all of whom Luther’s relief came only through his study of scripture, where he die. There is no way to escape this stark reality of human existence. learned in Paul’s letter to the Romans that Christ died for the ungodly One can only look to the cross and see that in Christ, God has wrapped (Romans 5:6), and that salvation is a gift of grace given through Christ’s his arms around even this part of our lives, assuring us that he is present. “sacrifice of atonement by his blood” (Romans 3:24-25). Luther came to The cross alone is our theology. see that he would never be saved by self-help. Instead, he needed On the cross, Christ has saved us from our sin. Christ’s help, which he freely offered as he gave himself up on the cross There is a place for self-help in our lives, but never as a as a sacrifice for sin. Luther replaced self-help with a tenacious clinging way to conquer sin. Only the cross can do that. On to the cross. By the time he attended the Heidelberg Disputation, a the cross, Christ has shown us that God is hidden in debate held about a year after his posting of the Ninety-five Theses, suffering, present with us even when he seems the Luther would state: “The cross alone is our theology.” most absent. Healing and life are precious gifts to be In his book Pastoral Care Under the Cross, Pastor Richard Eyer prayed for and celebrated, but when they don’t come tells the story of a parishioner who was nearing the end of his life. His we can make the sign of the cross, trusting in Christ’s well-meaning daughter came to his bedside with relentless optimism, loving presence even as we die with him. On the assuring her sick father that God would heal him through the power of cross, Christ has reconciled us both to God and to each prayer. They just needed to have enough faith. This loving father other. We see Christ’s arms stretched out to embrace appreciated his daughter’s hopeful prayers and sympathized with her the oppressed and the oppressor, both of whom bleed the same, and both anxieties, but he wasn’t comforted by her words. When she left, he of whom are saved by Christ’s own blood, shed for all. The cross alone would turn to his pastor and make the sign of the cross. He knew God’s is our theology.

Pastor Jeffrey R. Spencer 2 JOIN US FOR A Sabbatical News - Skip Lycksell, team member

Sabbatical: a time of rejuvenation and prevention of burn out

t is with great pleasure and honor that I am part of the sabbatical team which will help to ensure the smooth running of Oak Harbor Lutheran I Church while Pastor Spencer and family are rejuvenating this summer. In our congregation on a daily basis he deals with birth and as well as death and funerals. The sabbatical will be a time when he can be more engaged in worship, education and filling his heart with God’s plan for OHLC.

Our congregation has had pastors who have suddenly gone to a less-demanding call as a result of “burn out.” Pastor Spencer is still full of youth, the Gospel and creativity, as well as a love for his congrega- tion. He is enthusiastic and anxious to learn more to keep our congre- gation growing and spreading God’s Word.

This will be a time of growth for us all. Let us provide the tools Sunday, April 2 - Noon and funds for a Sabbatical experience which will allow Pastor Spencer to Chicken and sides will also be provided. begin the fall Church year exuding energy, God’s Word and creative programs. You are invited to bring a dessert. Come to the Sabbatical BBQ following the 10:30 AM worship service on April 2. Mark your calendars – the Anglums are barbecuing a whole pig! All funds raised will go to Pastor Spencer for his Sabbatical A TALENT SHOW WILL BE HELD AFTER LUNCH! expenses (and feeding three growing boys). Learn more about the upcoming 2- month Sabbatical, and enjoy the talent show afterwards. The Team feels we should raise an additional $2,000 for expenses for the Spencer family while on Sabbatical. We are grateful for your generosity and look forward to seeing you at the BBQ. Don’t miss it!

Respectfully, Robert “Skip” Lycksell

This event is being sponsored by the Sabbatical Team. (Included in this newsletter are Prayer Ventures and The Spirit for April. ) A FREE- WILL offering will go towards The deadline for articles for the May newsletter is Wednesday, April 19. Pastor Spencer’s sabbatical travel expenses. 3 Growing & Learning BookMarks

Adult education opportunities in April he Coupeville Book Group will meet at Gaye Rodriguey’s home, T 228 Rhodena Drive, at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 4. Jean Congdon This is an exciting month for adult education at OHLC. Here’s will lead the discussion of the book The Girl on the Train, by Paula what we have in store: Hawkins: April 2: Baptized, We Live, book study (final session) April 9: Ken Grigsby, speaking on his recent trip to visit our A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way sister congregation in Kazan, Russia you look at other people’s lives. April 16: EASTER SUNDAY – NO CLASS Every day the same... Rachel takes the same commuter train April 23: Bible Study – 1 Peter 1:3-9 every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, April 30: Bible Study – 1 Peter 1:17-23 flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the Join us in the library on Sunday mornings from 9:15 to10:15 for signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple some great opportunities to learn and grow in faith! breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect, not unlike the life she recently lost. Until Youth & Family Night, April 9 today... and then she sees something shocking. It’s only a

We hope we’ll see YOU on Sunday, minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now April 9, at Youth and Family Night, 6:00- everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes 7:30 PM, as we prepare for Easter by to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon making Resurrection Gardens! she is deeply entangled, not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? We’ll also watch a new family- Fiction, 325 pages friendly video from Augsburg Fortress on the Easter story. Get ready for Holy Week and Easter with a meaningful evening of fun he Second Tuesday Book Group meets on April 12 at 1:00 PM in and fellowship! T the church library to discuss The House of Hope and Fear: Life in a Big City Hospital, by Audrey Young, M.D.: The critically acclaimed author offers a real-life look at OHLC Youth to attend Quake event Harborview, Seattle’s county hospital. In 1980, six hospitals

Eight youth and two adult chaperones cared for Seattle’s poor and indigent. Today just one of those is will be attending the QUAKE youth ministry still open for business. event at the Great Wolf Lodge in Centralia on Opening with the view of an idealistic young doctor entering April 28-30. In addition to the waterslides, they her first post-graduate job, the book explores not only the will be challenged by a powerful speaker, led in personal journey of one doctor but examines the health care worship by a band, and be part of a service system as a whole, telling the story from the perspective of the project. The Bible Study theme for the weekend medical staff committed to caring for the poor, and from the is “Found,” based on Luke 15:6. Support our hospital executives who somehow manage to keep the doors youth by coming to our Easter breakfast, and open. Nonfiction, 241 pages look for a report from them during worship on Also available in e-book format Sunday, May 7!

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April 13, 6:00 PM: Maundy Thursday Agape Meal hank you for continuing to assist our offering On Maundy Thursday this year we will gather in Herrigstad counters by writing your offering amounts on the Hall at 6:00 PM for a potluck dinner and worship service. T outside of your envelopes. If you have not received Early Christians called gatherings like these “Agape Meals,” a box of offering envelopes with a preprinted number, referring to the agape love of God we read about in the New please include your name when you use a pew envelope. (If you do not Testament. Worship will be held within the context of our dinner, and have a set of envelopes and would like to receive a box, please leave a will conclude with the sharing of the Lord’s Supper. You are invited to message in the church office.) bring dishes to share which remind you of Jesus and his times. Designated Funds: Any offerings for something other than the General Fund should April 14, Noon & 7:00 PM: Good Friday Tenebrae Worship be clearly identified on the outside of your envelope. Examples of these Good Friday services will be held at noon and 7:00 PM. We designations are Help House, Flowers, Coffee Hour Sponsor, Ministry of will be having Tenebrae services this year, which include the Month, and Munchy Monday. This specific information is needed by the reading of the Passion of our Lord Jesus, punctuated by the counters as well as our Financial Secretary and Treasurer, in order for song and the progressive extinguishing of candles. Don’t them to fulfill their responsibilities regarding the finances of Oak Harbor miss this powerful way of marking this solemn day. Lutheran Church.

Update on our offering counters: April 16, 8:00 & 10:30 AM: Easter Sunday Worship The six pairs of offering counters have gained valuable Join us Easter Sunday morning as we celebrate the experience during the past six months. Each pair has 6 weeks between resurrection of our Lord with festival worship services at their scheduled Sunday of counting duties. A new 3-month schedule is 8:00 & 10:30. Invite your friends and neighbors to worship set up and distributed at least 3 months ahead so the counters can plan for with us on this day of celebration! Please note there will their days and make adjustments as needed. not be a service in Coupeville on Easter evening. Again, thank you for doing your part to help those who are Easter Breakfast – Youth Fundraiser recording and tracking the finances of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. Plan on joining us for a delicious breakfast on Easter Sunday, Craig Pedlar, served in Herrigstad Hall from 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Our youth and their lead counter families will be serving up breakfast. A free-will offering will be collected in support of our youth attending the Quake youth ministry event in Centralia later this month. (See pg. 6 for more about this event.)

Easter Sunday Egg Hunt An Easter egg hunt will be held for our Sunday School during our Easter breakfast. Preschoolers and Altar Guild Notes kindergarteners will be in the play area adjacent to Her- rigstad Hall. 1st through 3rd graders will be in the grassy area behind the There will be an Altar Guild clean up sanctuary. Kids 4th grade and above are invited to serve as helpers for day, Saturday, April 8, beginning at 9:30 AM the younger kids. The hunt will start promptly at 9:30 AM. Thanks to to tidy up the chancel and sacristy, polish the brass, the Duncan family for coordinating this Easter activity for OHLC! and take care of other seasonal clean-up duties as necessary. For more information, contact Leona McKee, 675-5712, [email protected] . 5 Joshua: a truck Ainsley: a car His Kids Preschool Cassidy: a rocket ship because I like outer space

A ministry of Oak Harbor Lutheran Church Afternoon class Nico: a super fast train Cohen: Daddy’s boat n March, we started learning about weather. We watched to see if Tinsley: an airplane Aaron: a car March came in like a lion or a lamb and now we wait to see how it Selah: a motorcycle Elizabeth: a van I goes out. We water-painted umbrellas to remind us that rain or shine, Jesus is mine! We also made colorful paper wind socks and God’s Peace, Ms. Elva, Ms. Michelle, and Ms. Sara painted kites to hang in the classroom.

March is transportation month! We had conversations about the different kinds, we cut out shapes and made sailboats for water trans- OHLC Women portation, we painted colorful rockets out of paper towel rolls for air Opportunities for fellowship, study & service transportation, and for land transportation we dot-painted a school bus and filled it with pictures of kids we had colored. Blanket Workshop

Lacey, Joe and Michael from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Blanket Workshop meets Tuesday & Wednesday, April 4 & 5, brought a rescue boat for us to see and they talked about water safety. beginning at 9:00 AM in the fellowship hall to work on tied quilts for To keep the transportation theme going, we had Rita Carter come by in a Lutheran World Relief. Whidbey/SeaTac shuttle bus and she took us for a ride to Dairy Queen where Becky Peattie gave us a tour, and even treated the children with a Circle meetings in April small ice cream cone! Pastor Jeff rode along on the bus, and that made 4/3 & 17 Lydia Circle meets at 6:00 PM in the prayer room the field trip a special treat in itself! 4/6, 13, 20, 27 Deborah Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library 4/18 Rebecca Circle meets at 10:00 AM in the library We celebrated the first day of spring by planting sunflower seeds and we’ll see how tall they get in the next few weeks. Deborah Circle notes: Weekly gatherings are 10 AM to noon;

We had class pictures in March well! Desmond Crusoe with newcomers are always welcome! If you have questions, e-mail Gaye S.Y.E. Photography (and a previous pre-school dad) came by and took Rodriguey, [email protected] . our class photos. He did a great job working with the children and Apr. 6: Lent: Penitence, Pilgrimage, Preparation (Women of the getting the perfect shot. ELCA resource)

We are still working on getting registrations in for the fall! Apr. 13: Lent: Penitence, Pilgrimage, Preparation , continued) Spread the word about our program, and all the neat things we get to do Apr. 20 May 2017 Gather magazine, “You Are Not Alone,” an in and out of the classroom. intergenerational devotion

Star students this month are: Cassidy, Mikayla, Grayson, and Apr. 27 Service project: assembling Personal Care Kits for LWR; Victoria (AM class); Tinsley, Cohen and Nico (PM class) celebration of spring birthdays

His Kids Preschoolers like to travel! Here’s the way they finished the sentence, “My favorite thing to ride is...” There’s still time to register for the Women’s Retreat:

Morning class Gabi: a car Welcoming Gratitude is the theme for the Luke M: a space shuttle Claude: an airplane 2017 Women’s Retreat, April 28-30, a relaxing Hunter: a garbage truck Luke B: a seaplane weekend of fellowship, fun and food at Quaker Cove Mikayla: Mommy’s car George: a boat Retreat Center, Anacortes. Registration cost is $100 Layla: an airplane Brenden: a black truck for lodging and meals; scholarships are available. Victoria: a carriage Cesar: a red car Pick up a registration form in the church office. Max: a big rig garbage truck Grayson: a motorcycle Questions? Contact Gaye Rodriguey, [email protected] . 6 The last event of the trip was to visit Compassion Ministry partner churches. I went to Kazan to visit OHLC’s partner church, St. Katharina Lu- Exploring the Life, Faith and Ongoing Challenges theran Church. The city of Kazan was cold, of the Lutheran Church in Russia windy, icy, and had lots of snow. I was met ishop Kirby Unti, Ron & Mary Mueller from Bethlehem Lutheran, by the leader of the congregation, Ludmila Marysville, Carol Warren from Maple Leaf Lutheran, Seattle, and I Pankratova. At the church, I met a young B – Ken Grigsby from OHLC – participated in the March 9-21 North- American from Wisconsin, traveling the St. Katharina’s Church west Washington Synod Mission trip to Russia. We spent time in St. Trans-Siberian Railroad. At the reception, I met Sergei Gundin and his Petersburg, Moscow, and with our various partner congregations. daughter Olesya (OHLC’s current contacts), Propst “Bishop/Dean”

Upon arrival in St. Petersburg the group attended a ballet. The Vladimir Provopov of the Deanery for Kazan, as well as Pastor Horn and next day we toured the Hermitage. At Sunday services at St. Peter and other members of the congregation. One day I had a very large lunch at Anne Lutheran Church (the “swimming pool church”), Pastor Schwarz- Sergei’s home, and then walked with Sergei and his daughters through kopf preached both in Russia and English, so that everyone could under- the snow and ice in Victory Park, where military equipment, such as stand. After the service, a guided tour was taken through the church tanks, fighter jets, etc. were displayed. One evening I attended the ballet catacombs and part of the city. The following day we met with Pastor with Ludmila. After the Sunday service at St. Katharina, there was a Bradn Burkle, an American Lutheran pastor serving the Evangelical concert by a choir from the Conservatory and that evening was an organ concert. Lutheran Church of Russia as director of their Seminary’s distance learning program. Then we took the Metro to Peter and Paul Fortress, My last day in Kazan was spent at Ludmila’s home, located in a where the tombs of the Romanov family are in its chapel. Tatar neighborhood. Another large lunch was followed by a walk in the

The next stop was Moscow, via the bullet train from St. Peters- area, passing 3 mosques. Then a very long journey home to Oak Harbor. Ken Grigsby burg. During the group’s time in Moscow we met at St. Peter and Paul Lutheran Cathedral with Archbishop Dietrich Brauer – the first Russian- Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. born and Russian-educated Archbishop since the collapse of the Soviet -Mark Twain Union – and Pastor Lena Bondarenko, Dean of the Central Deanery (both of whom have visited us at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church). We toured Silent auction benefits mission partnership the refugee center of the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy on the Cathedral OHLC’s companion synod relationship with St. Katharina grounds, visited the oldest Orthodox monastery in Moscow, visited an Church is April’s Ministry of the Month. Ken will give a presentation Orthodox church near the Cathedral, where we met with the local priest, about this recent mission trip, 9:15 AM in the library on Sunday, April 9. and in the evening took the Metro to attend the Moscow Circus. A high- Be sure to check out the informational bulletin board in the narthex. light of the entire trip OHLC’s Kazan Committee will sponsor a Silent Auction at the was having coffee with end of April, with proceeds to benefit our sister congregation in Kazan. the American Ambas- Donations of items are welcome – last year’s items included paintings, sador, John F. Tefft, at framed photos, icons, cameras, collector dolls and collectable items. his residence, an event Questions? Contact Ken, 360-675-4682, [email protected] . arranged by the Arch- bishop. After touring Red Square, we Looking ahead: attended a concert by The St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble, the Cathedral choir, in concert Saturday, June 10, 7 PM, Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. The group in Moscow, with Archbishop Brauer organ, and orchestra. 7 More from Compassion Ministry In Sympathy Urgent help needed for South Sudan Millions of people in South Sudan have been impacted by the We were saddened to hear of the ravages of civil war and famine. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in March 10th death of Lillian Scouller. She America is working with other organizations for immediate famine relief. was 96, and had been a member of Oak The church’s long-term commitment to South Sudan is in sustainable Harbor Lutheran Church since 1981. While food security, livelihoods, health, and sustained ministry. Your support she was able, Lillian was a regular attender through Lutheran Disaster Response, ELCA World Hunger, and ELCA at worship services and Bible study. More Global Church Sponsorship will help bring God’s hope and healing to all recently, she was homebound at Harbor Tower, where she was visited those affected. Informational fliers are available on the welcome desk in regularly by Pastor Stroud and our Eucharistic Ministers. Pastor Stroud the narthex, or visit the ELCA website, www.elca.org . officiated at a memorial gathering at Harbor Tower on Saturday, March 24.  Peace be to her memory. 

Items collected in April for Personal Care Kits Lutheran World Relief reminds us we can “give hope through a Our hearts also go out to those in our church family who have bar of soap”! Personal Care Kits are shared with people around the suffered the recent loss of loved ones: world who have lost everything due to natural disaster or life-threatening violence. ...to Marj McNae, following the death of her sister, Liz Pierini;

Combs and nail clippers will be purchased by OHLC. We’ll need these items: ...to Lee and Anabelle Mitchell, following the death of Lee’s daughter, Soap, 4-oz. bars, any brand, in original wrapper. (Check the weight!) Deborah Covington. Adult-sized toothbrushes in original packaging (Multi-packs may be used by sealing an individual toothbrush in a business-sized envelope) Dark-colored bath-sized towels, at least 20-24” wide and 40-54” long. (Thinner towels preferred; they dry out more efficiently after use) Monetary donations to cover the cost of bulk items and shipping. Congratulations!

We’re delighted to announce the OHLC spring roadside clean-up, Saturday, April 15 March 20th birth of Grant Joseph Help keep north Whidbey beautiful! Do your part by lending a Goudreau, born to Becca (Wheeler) and hand in the next OHLC Roadside Clean-up. This is a fun and healthy Andrew Goudreau. Becca ended up way to improve our environment while enjoying the fellowship of your having an emergency C-section at Swedish church family! We’ll meet at church at 8:30 AM on Saturday, April Hospital in Seattle, but all went well. 15 and carpool to our stretch of Highway 20 north of Oak Harbor. Mother and baby (and dad) are doing fine.

Please note: Ecstatic grandparents Loren and Anne 1. Volunteers must be at least 15 years old. Wheeler send their thanks for the 2. Spring is here! Please dress for wet and chilly! congregation’s prayers on the family’s behalf. 3. Please e-mail or call Jeff Margraf, [email protected], 360- 682-5421, if you’re interested in helping or have questions. 8 Worship assistants Financial report February

April 2 February Year to date 8:00 AM Assisting Minister: K. Krotz-Sperry Acolyte: Johannes Christensen Communion Asst.: Mike Fankhauser Computer: Donna Aspery Income $ 34,101 $ 67,228 Ushers: Fosnaugh family Organ/Piano: Sharon Erickson Outgo 38,488 77,310 10:30 AM Assisting Minister: Cynthia Akins Acolyte: Sadie Harbaugh $ (4,386) $(10,082) Communion Asst.: Bob Wall Computer: Peter Spencer Organ/Piano: Sharon Erickson 6:30 PM Presider: Pastor Jeffrey Spencer Assisting Min.: Trudy Decker Communion Asst.: Piano: April 9 – Palm/Passion Sunday 8:00 AM Assisting Minister: Paul Senness Acolyte: Natalie Stone Worship attendance March Communion Asst.: Computer: Sheila Ryan Date 8:00 AM 10:30 AM Coupeville Nursery Ushers: Margraf family Music: Morning Glory/Youth Choir Organ/Piano: Sue Stroud Feb. 26 67 100 23 9 10:30 AM Assisting Minister: Carol Fitzgerald Acolyte: Carter Blevins Mar. 5 57 83 17 3 Communion Asst.: Computer: Peter Spencer Mar. 12 71 74 14 3 Music: Senior Choir/Youth Choir Organ/Piano: Verna Morgan Mar. 19 69 83 12 5 6:30 PM Presider: Jay Decker Assisting Min.: M. Anderson Communion Asst.: Piano: Mar. 26 64 98 15 5 April 16 – The Resurrection of our Lord Average Att. 66 88 26 5

8:00 AM Assisting Minister: Josh Margraf Acolyte: Isabel Carr Communion Asst.: Marge Moore Computer: Molly Nagel Average Sunday attendance: 174 Ushers: Ellis family Organ/Piano: Sue Stroud Music: Morning Glory 10:30 AM Assisting Minister: Trudy Decker Acolyte: Alissa Blevins Communion Asst.: Jay Decker Computer: Luke Spencer Music: Harbor Choir Organ/Piano: Verna Morgan April 23 Lesser festivals & commemorations April 8:00 AM Assisting Minister: Shanna Lundstrom Acolyte: Mackenzie Mathieu 4 Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 21 Anselm, Archbishop of Communion Asst.: Kathy Ridle Computer: Kathy Ridle 6 Albrecht Dürer, 1528, Canterbury, 1109 Ushers: Lenita Forster, Joan Flowers Music: Praise Team Organ/Piano: Verna Morgan Matthias Grünewald, 1529, 23 Toyohiko Kagawa, 10:30 AM Assisting Minister: Rita Carter Acolyte: Micah Burrow Lucas Cranach, 1553, artists renewer of society, 1960 Communion Asst.: Computer: Rick Culbertson 9 , theologian, 1945 25 St. Mark, Evangelist Music: Harbor Choir Organ/Piano: Verna Morgan 10 , Bishop of Turku, 29 Catherine of Siena, 6:30 PM Presider: Pastor Jay Decker Assisting Min.: Gisela Hawley 1557 theologian, 1380 Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland Piano: Kris Bruland 19 Olavus Petri, priest, 1552, Laurentius April 30 Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1573, 8:00 AM Assisting Minister: Acolyte: Johannes Christensen renewers of the Church Communion Asst.: Mike Fankhauser Computer: Mary Brock Ushers: Organ/Piano: Kris Bruland 10:30 AM Assisting Minister: Ken Grigsby Acolyte: John Totten Communion Asst.: Rita Carter Computer: Michelle Tull Organ/Piano: Sue Stroud Little Lutheran Bags in April: Dave & Peg Fosnaugh 6:30 PM Presider: Pastor Marc Stroud Assisting Min.: Carol Snoble Communion Asst.: Benjamin Bruland Piano: Kris Bruland This month’s decorative font is Floral Latin.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 Lent 5 3 4 5 6 7 1 Healing prayer 9:00 Blanket Workshop 9:00 Blanket Workshop 9:00 Work Day at the morning services 10:00 Stephen Min. Tr. 12:00 Midweek Worship 10:00 Deborah Circle Worship 8:00 12:30 Soup & Bread 8 Sunday School 9:15 6:00 Wolves 1:30 Breastfeeding USA 3:45 Youth Choir Adult Education 9:15 6:00 Lydia Circle 6:30 Bears 6:00 Tigers 4:15 Morning Glory 9:30 Altar Guild clean-up Worship 10:30 6:15 4-H K-9 Korps 7:00 Coupeville 6:00 Midweek Worship 5:15 Praise Team Pig Roast & Talent Show Book Group 6:30 Soup & Bread 12:00 7:00 Solutions 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Overeaters Anon. 6:00 Knitting Group Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 7:00 Arrow of Light 7:00 Harbor Choir 9 Palm/Passion Sunday 10 11 12 13 Maundy Thursday 14 Good Friday 15 Worship 8:00 10:00 Stephen Min. Tr. 11:30 OHLC Staff 10:00 Deborah Circle Sunday School 9:15 10:30 Stamping Group 12:00 Worship 8:30 Roadside clean-up; Adult Education 9:15 1:00 Munchy Monday 12:00 Brotherhood of St. 1:00 Book Group 3:45 Youth Choir meet at OHLC to carpool Worship 10:30 Bernard 4:15 Morning Glory 1:30 Keepers of the Faith 6:00 Wolves 6:00 Tigers 5:15 Praise Team Lions 6:00 7:00 Solutions 6:30 Bears 7:00 Overeaters Anon. Youth & Family Night 6:00 7:00 Arrow of Light 7:00 Harbor Choir 6:00 Agape Meal 7:00 Worship Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 7:00 Boy Scouts 16 The Resurrection 17 Easter Monday 18 19 Newsletter Deadline 20 21 22 of our Lord Church office closed 10:00 Deborah Circle Worship 8:00 10:00 Stephen Min. Tr. 11:30 OHLC Staff Easter Breakfast 9:00 1:00 Munchy Monday 10:00 Rebecca Circle 3:45 Youth Choir 1:30 Keepers of the Faith Egg hunt 9:30 6:00 Wolves 4:15 Morning Glory Worship 10:30 6:00 Lydia Circle 6:30 Bears 6:00 Tigers 5:15 Praise Team 6:15 4-H K-9 Korps 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Harbor Choir 6:00 Knitting Group 7:00 Cub Scout Pack Ldrs 7:00 Arrow of Light 7:00 Overeaters Anon. 6:00 Pack 98 7:00 Solutions 7:00 Council 23 24 25 26 OHLC at SPIN Café 27 OHLC at SPIN Café 28 29 Worship 8:00 10:00 Stephen Min. Tr. 10:00 Deborah Circle Sunday School 9:15 10:30 Stamping Group 11:30 OHLC Staff Youth QUAKE event, Centralia, April 28-30 Adult Education 9:15 1:00 Munchy Monday 12:00 Brotherhood of 3:45 Youth Choir Worship 10:30 St. Bernard 1:00 Library Committee 4:15 Morning Glory Piano Recital 1:00 6:30 Bears 5:15 Praise Team Women’s Retreat, Anacortes, April 28-30 Confirmation 5:00 6:00 Wolves 7:00 Arrow of Light 6:00 Tigers 6:00 Knitting Group 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Harbor Choir 6:00 Pack 4098 Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 7:00 Solutions 7:00 Scout Board of Rev. 7:00 Overeaters Anon. 30 The church calendar HIS KIDS PRESCHOOL Worship 8:00 Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands for our offenses given; is updated regularly M, T, W: Sunday School 9:15 on OHLC’s website, 9:00-11:30 AM Adult Education 9:15 but now at God’s right hand he stands and brings us life from heaven. www.oakharborlutheran.org 12:30-3:00 PM Worship 10:30 Therefore let us joyful be and sing to God right thankfully Pre-K Readiness Th, F: 9:00-11:30 AM Parish Nurse hours: loud songs of hallelujah! Hallelujah! Spring Break Vespers/Coupeville 6:30 Thursdays 1:00-3:30 PM April 3-7 - Martin Luther, ELW 370, stanza 1 and by appointment

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