Offering of Letters
 It's not too late! Bring your letters that you have written to Church and place in the offering plate. If you have mailed them directly to your elected officials, tell Ruth Wootten the number of letters you mailed so that we have an idea of the power of our Church's advocacy towards this projects. Click on the link to download a sample letter and view the bulletin insert.

Dinner Theater a Success
 Thanks to all who attended the dinner theater or supported it in any way. We had 348 in attendance and 363 who purchased tickets. Total sales near $5,000 with expenses of about $1,600. That, coupled with a grant from Desert Cross Lutheran Church should enable us to send students again this summer on a mission trip to Mexico to build houses.

Save Your Wednesdays (and a Saturday) for Summer Connections!
 It is sometimes hard to look forward to summer - high temperatures, heat, 100 + degrees - but here at ULC/LCM we get summer connections! Fun get togethers that make us forget the hot summers and enjoy our community of friends.

Don't Have Enough E-Mail?
 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH E-MAIL? Sign on to washingtonoffice@elca.org to get action alerts on issues of justice and mercy!

Congratulations to Bill Wootten...
 CONGRATULATIONS: to Bill Wootten, who was recognized as Volunteer of the Year by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona at their annual dinner the end of March!

Thanks: From the United Food Bank...
 THANKS: From the United Food Bank, who brought the bins into which we offered 2,201 pounds of lemons, grapefruit and oranges!

Lutheran Thirft Store - Fiesta Conference
 Fiest Conference Thrift Store is now open! The Hidden Treasures Thrift Store, located at 610 N Alma School, Ste 30, CHANDLER (between Ray and Chandler), is now open to all conference congregations. They are needing volunteers who are will to work a 4-hr shift on a regular basis, weekly/monthly.

It’s not easy being green…
 But at University Lutheran we have multiple opportunities to help support a more sustainable environment.

Citrus Gleaning Update
 Thanks to all of you who brought your own citrus to the United Food Bank bin on the west side of the church, as well as those gleaners who enjoyed shinnying up trees and plucking fruit: Rebecca Dockter, Melodee and Brice Nelson, Ashley, Jeanne Sims, Kristin Tollefson, Beth and Ruth Wootten, and Anna Bosch! Then there were Lynn and Shawn Aiken; Bob Tripp; Jeanne and Don Gieschen; Lois Robertson; and Ruth Wootten who joined the gleaners in gathering the fruit from their own trees.

What Do We Value?
 I have been out of teaching for 10 months now and maybe am beginning to miss it a little. What amazed me about the educational profession, and still does, is that the system doesn't always seem to value education and learning as it says it does. But saying what is important to us is often easier than actually showing people what we value.

With Heartfelt Thanks to Pastor Gary, ULC and LCM!
 I want you to know how very much I appreciated your meals, cards, notes, telephone calls and prayers during my hip replacement surgery and recovery.

Helping To Make Joyful Noises!
 If you've not read the thank-you letter from the HKBP Sianipar congregation in Indonesia, posted on the kiosk, do so now! You' recall that we sent $1,275 from our congregation in response to their request for an improved sound system, forwarded by Esther Sianipar, a fomer member of ULC who returned to her native Jakarta.

Pull for the Ronald McDonald House
 The Social Concerns Committee has endorsed a project suggested by Will and Mary Ann Salz. Their community, Sunland Springs Village, has a goal to collect a ton of pull tabs by May 2008. These pull tabs will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House in Phoenix. There is a crock on top of the pop machine where ULC members can contribute pull tabs toward this project.