SUMMER WORSHIP HOURS
9:00 AM
Begins Sunday,
May 19th through and including September 1st |
REGULAR SCHEDULE
Sunday
Worship
10:30 am
Sunday School and
Adult Forum
9:30 am
Wednesday
Worship
6:30 pm |
STUDENT SCHEDULE
Limited events between semesters
Wednesday
Bible Study 5pm
Dinner 5:30pm
Contemporary Worship 6:30pm
Sunday
Worship 10:30am
Dinner following
Students: Check out the Campus Ministry page for specific student events.
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We are a
Reconciling
in Christ
congregation
University Lutheran Church intends to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all of God's people, regardless of race, situation, family status, sexuality, size, shape and place in the world. ULC is a Reconciling in Christ congregation registered with Lutherans Concerned/North America. Thanks be to God for the blessings we have and the differences we share! |
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Welcome all students and parents. (map)
| Prayers
Please keep two of our members in your prayers. Muriel Cronin has been hospitalized and is undergoing surgery. Jeanne Gieschen and fallen and broken a hip causing her to seek additional care.
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Thanks...
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to Noah Fritz for leading two Open Forums on "Gun Control"
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to Loni and Eric Lehnhardt for leading an Open Forum on their Flash Food program
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to Terry Pochert for leading the Open Forum May 12
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to Pastor Ron Koplitz for preaching May 12
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| Library Cataloge Now Available Online
 Donna Lumpkin and Lynn Kauppi have been hard at work organizing and cataloging the many resources we have a University Lutheran Church and Lutheran Campus Ministry. There are literally hundreds of books available. You can visit the Library Page by visiting the Main ULC Website under Resources: ULC St. Jerome Library. Not all titles are on yet, but you can have fun watching it grow. There isn't a formal check out procedure, however, all books are free to be borrowed. Please return them when you are finished reading.
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| Prayer Group - This Summer
We are embarking on another summer. If we are fortunate, we will seek out a little rest and relaxation. Will that include any silence? Any time for reflection? Any chance to listen for what the Lord may have to say to us?
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| Micah Calling....
"What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Ch. 6:8.
Those are action words, not a one-time thing, like an immunization. As citizens we work in a variety of ways, including regular communications with our elected officials to tell them that as people of faith, we believe the common good requires a place at the table for all God's children.
To keep up with events needing your action this summer, check out www.bread.org regularly to see what updates may not have made the headlines--but need your attention. The Farm Bill, for example, is up for reauthorization with efforts to cut programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) and international aid, which are so essential to hungry people here and abroad.
And if you hesitate to call because you wrote once or twice already, ask yourself if those supporting subsidies for corporate farmers and fossil fuels have talked with your representative only once. Not likely. Just tell yourself, Micah says, "Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God." And do it.
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| Parking Lot Alert - DATE CHANGE
Ace Asphalt has just notified me that the parking lot will be paved Monday and Tuesday, June 3 & 4.
Please note new dates, with no parking sign going up Sunday after church. As mentioned, they will put up barricades Monday morning and take them down when the lot is ready for use on Tuesday.
Thanks. Ruth
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Condolences
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to former UILC member Don Polentz and family on the death of wife Edna, April 26 in Sierra Vista, AZ.
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to Karen, Lynn, and Chris Kauppi on the death of Karen's mother, Audrey Wilson.
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| New Members
Six new memberrs joined ULC/LCM Sunday April 28th during the 10:30 worship service.
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| Summer Reading
 If you order books or any products from Amazon.com, our ministry gets a percentage of your order if you order through our web site. Go to www.ulctempe.org Click on "donate". Then click on the Amazon icon on the left-hand side of the page.Order as you normally do. No special code or password required. After you order this way a few times Amazon will again recognize you. This one extra step can help us. Thanks!
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| Ink Jet Cartridges
We continue to receive ink jet cartridges for recycling. We return them for money and for re-use. You may place them in the box in the Campus Center near the pop machine. The box on top of the pop machine is for cell phones. Sorry, no Epson products for recycling. Thanks for your help!
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| Banquet
We bid farewell and godspeed to 9 seniors and student Alex Gay, transferring to Minnesota State University. Sixty-seven church members, students, parents and family enjoyed a wonderful meal prepared by Brad Myers, students Maddie Shaner and Alex Gay. Church members made dessert. In honor of ULC's 60th anniversary, Scandinavian foods were served and table decorations were Scandinavian, provided by Lori Jensen, Mary and Gloria Peterson. A freshman Jazz trio of Julie Gerrish, Christian Normand, and Jon Yocky provided music. Carolyn Johannsen coordinated the planning and set up of the banquet. In addition to those named above, we are grateful for all the hard work put into the banquet by: Carmen Bieber, Bob Foley, Ellie Strang, Ruth Wootten, Holly Shaner, Jen Brandon, Kristin Tollefson, Marilyn Brown, Becky Wong, Terry Pochert, Joe Connolly, Will and Mary Ann Salz, Glenna Moran, Aiko Yamada Mancini, Mikalye Holm, Molly Mardany, Chelsea DeMooor, John Barton, Ashley Doering, Loni Lehnhardt, Marilyn Brown, and all who remained late to help clean up and re-set the sanctuary for worship.
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Discipleship
 A first! A newsletter to cover two months! Does this mean my "Notes" must be twice as good? Twice as long? Twice as memorable? What to do!?!
Silly worries, aren't they? Yet these are the types of things that, at times, can press upon us. We so busy ourselves worrying about things that, in the end, matter little. We so worry about things over which we have little or no control. And we so worry ourselves because we all too frequently take ourselves and our work a bit too seriously at times.
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Hosts Needed for Summer Connections
 We are looking for families to host a gathering at their home on a Wednesday or Saturday over the summer when the ULC/LCM community gathers for food and conversation. It is an informal potluck, sometimes the host family grills hamburgers or hotdogs and sometimes it is something else. We start at 6pm but latecomers are always welcome, as are family, friends and other guests. If you are willing to host please speak to Beth Wootten .
These are the Wednesday dates:
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June 5 , 19
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July 3, 17, 31
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Aug 14, 28
Wednesday, August 28 will be a potluck at the campus center hosted by all of us to welcome new and returning students.
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| The Spring Church
 We have rented our sanctuary and Campus Center to the Spring Fellowship Church for the past 3 years. Having grown beyond the size of our facilities, The Spring is moving June 1 to St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, College and Broadway in Tempe. A very nice letter of thanks has been posted on our bulletin board informing us of the move and thanking us for our hospitality.
A generous check toward a new water fountain was also given to us. We have been receiving $800 per month in rent from The Spring. About half went to our budget, the remainder into our Building Repair Fund which helped to provide the air conditioning and outdoor solar lighting.
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| Students Say Thanks
A thank you gift to all who provided meals to students last semester awaits you on the pool table in the Campus Center. Thank you so much for the wonderful meals! We will be posting a new sign up for meals in the fall in coming weeks.
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| Students Return/Passport
Students return to class August 22. Passport to ASU is Wednesday, August 21, 6:30pm. We do not yet know if we will be in the MU or SRC for Passport. Reservations for San Diego over Labor Day weekend have already been made. New Campus Ministry Associate Alicia Danielson begins work August 1.
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| Craig Talmage
 Craig finished his 3 year term as Campus Ministry Associate May 15. Thanks, Craig!! The good news is Craig will still be around as a church member! Thanks, Craig!
Craig is scheduled to finish his dissertation this fall and graduate in December. Craig was honored at the Senior Banquet May 8.
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| Large Print
We continue weekly to print Large Print bulletins. They are in the blue folders on the desk at the church entrance
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| Summer Worship Help
With students gone and many members heading off to cooler climes and vacations we especially need folks to sign up to be communion assistants, ushers, altar guild, etc. Sign up sheets are on the moving bulletin board
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| And TWO shall become ONE
 The newsletters that is. The June/July newsletters will combined. Please send articles and information for both months to news@ulctempe.org by May 15 to be included in the combined issue.
Information for the August newsletter will be due July 15. Breaking news can always be included in the on-line newsletter.
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| Women's Bible Study
The 2013 schedule of Bible Study meetings, to which all are welcome, are on Thursdays at 7 p.m.:
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June 13 - At the home of Ruth Wootten.
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July 11
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August 8
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| Congratulations to Abigail Henderson
Congratulations to Abigail Henderson on successfully defending her honor's thesis. Abby is a senior graduating this May. She was also selected to participate in the ELCA's Young Adults in Global Mission program. Abby was selected to serve in the ELCA's Southern Africa program.
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Thank You!
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to Julie Gerrish and Maddie Shaner for teaching Sunday School this past semester.
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| Campus Ministry Associate Article
This is my last newsletter article as Campus Ministry Associate for University Lutheran Church and Lutheran Campus Ministry. I am excited to report that our student ministry has seen a surge in vibrancy this past year with a great deal of thanks to our new students. I have been blessed these past three years to have worked with supportive congregation members, enthusiastic students, and mission-minded staff.
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Thanks
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to Noah Fritze for leading the Open Forum, April 14/28
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to Loni Lehnhardt for leading the Open Forum April 21
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