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FAITH FLAME
2015
Faith’s Mission Statement
We are Faith Lutheran Church,
members of the Body of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit calls us today
to share God’s love and grace for your life
through worship, study, fellowship and service.
STAFF AT FAITH
Church Office - (561) 848-4737
Transition Pastor - Rev. Ken Fuehler
Music Director - Dr. David McCalla
Contemporary Music Director - Janet Cunningham
Pre-School - (561) 848-4737
Toddlers - (561) 842-2487
School Director - Kathy Knudtson
New Day- (561) 844-0012
Director- Julie Tombari
Sunday Services
8:15 AM Morning Service with Communion
9:30 AM Contemporary Worship with Communion
10:30 AM Coffee Fellowship
11:00 AM Formal Traditional Service with Communion
Bible Studies times are listed on “Bible Study Options” page
PASTOR KEN’S KENNECTION FOR MAY
At our last (April 13) Ministry Leadership
Council we read a letter from David Johnson
resigning from all boards and committees on
which he is presently serving. With regret we
received and accepted his resignation. We will
miss Dave on the MLC and our Transition
Team as he always was a valuable voice of experience and practicality. We pray for his continuing health and renewal. No one has been
appointed to fill his position as Vice-President
and his seat on the Transition Team will not be
filled.
WOW! The Sunset and Seagrapes Fund Raiser for NEW DAY ADULT CARE was a lot of
fun with a lot of great people and a lot of good
food. Many super raffles and silent auction
items. Many dollars raised, too. You really do
want to attend next year’s festival.
Your Call Committee for our next settled Pastor has been formed and approved. The members are Barbara Roemmele, Carri Leininger, Debra Weier, Peter Keith, Tom
Schwartz, Bert Seitz, and John Fortini,
Chair. They have been in touch with our FLGA District President, Rev. Greg Walton, and
our new Circuit Visitor, Rev. Craig Bode, Ft.
Pierce, FL, and are setting their first meeting
date with them. In mid-May they will be in
touch with you asking for your assistance in
several important areas. Now would be a good
time to begin praying for them and the fulfillment of their necessary duties, and their discernment in their conversations with and selection of candidates to present to the congregation.
We just finished providing our facilities for the
Gold Coast Women’s Via de Cristo #90. Our
praise team leader, Janet Cunningham, was
the Rectora (main leader) for the weekend.
Fran Hickman was an attendee and Kathy
McCoy, Karen Hernandez, and Andrea Taylor (member of our praise team) were parts of
the weekend team. Donna Van Bommel, Magdala and Watson Ray, Matt Henshaw, Sharon Wiley, and Karen Terry (sorry if I missed
someone) helped out during the weekend in a
variety of ways.
Diana Bly, congregation secretary and purchasing
agent, put together a new MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY that has the latest home information
we have about you. Update your old “look-book”
with it and double check your own information to
be sure we have it correct in our files. Let us know
if not.
Are you ready? NOAH’S ARK is almost ready to
set sail again to the land of God’s love and promises. It will be lifted and lowered with Noah and
his family, all the animals, and our older PreSchool children on May 14. All aboard!
A National Lutheran Schools Accreditation
Team will be here May 13‐14‐15 to view and
review our facilities, staff, and curriculum. Na‐
tional Lutheran School Accreditation (NLSA)
encourages and recognizes Lutheran schools
that provide quality Christian education and
engage in continuous improvement. NLSA
serves a variety of levels of schools — early
childhood,elementaryandhighschoolsandall
combinations of the aforementioned. It helps
Lutheranschoolsevaluatetheiracademicqual‐
ity and the spiritual dimension of the school.
The standards and report forms are similar to
other accrediting processes, both secular and
religiousandarerecognizedbymanyStates.It
isanhonortobeaccreditedbyNLSA.
Our thanks to BOB HEATH for his beautiful oil
painting of THE TRANSFIGURATION. We are
not sure where it will be hung, but we won’t hide
it. Bob is largely a self-taught artist. He got a taste
for art at an adult education class in “Beginner's
Oils”' at Avon, Connecticut; and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class at the University of
Connecticut. While employed at Aetna Life Insurance Company, he did sidewalk shows throughout
New England and New York, often receiving bestin-show honors. He and his wife moved to Cape
Cod, where he turned to galleries for representation. At Trinity Lutheran Church (ELS), Brewster,
Cape Cod, MA, he painted the altar; which included six portraits of Biblical characters and a large
painting of the resurrection of Christ. Again,
Thank You, Bob. For a while, The Transfiguration will be in the sanctuary lobby for all to see
and reflect.
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The Mission Statement is to be a clear and strong definition of the purpose of Faith Lutheran Church. Your
Transition Team (TT) has shared with you their first proposal for a new Mission Statement in the Faith
News and Notes of the first three Sundays in April. To remind you, it is:
We Believe God Calls Us to Live Christ’s Love.
The one in our weekly news and notes says:
We are Faith Lutheran Church, members of the Body of Jesus Christ. The Holy
Spirit calls us today to share God’s love and grace for your life through worship,
study, fellowship and service.
Some of you may remember your Strategic Ministry Plan adopted March 6, 2004, in which the mission of
Faith Lutheran Church was spelled out as:
Serve Diverse Needs — Sharing Christ Love!
Now that you are thoroughly confused (?) over who’s who and what’s what . . . a task of your TT was to review the present Mission (and Vision) statement and suggest to the congregation to affirm it as is, revise it, or
suggest a replacement. The TT is suggesting a replacement.
In our meeting on April 20, we shared and discussed opinions that the outcomes of our Mission and Vision
seminar on March 8 were ignored in the above suggested statement. Briefly, this is how we came to this statement: we first gathered all the words, phrases and sentences from our TT table leaders. These were compiled
on continuous pages. The words, phrases, sentences were then sorted into various categories of similar concerns, values, referenced weaknesses/strengths, et cetera. These then were sorted in relation to whether we
thought the thoughts were more related to Mission or to Vision (with some crossovers). Using what we
learned, we began crafting statements. [This is how we worked on the proposed Vision Statements, too.]
We had the desire that the Mission Statement not be a paragraph; that it be one, short, sentence [keeping it
short assists in not curving in on one’s self and sharpens focus, foundation, faith and future when finished];
that it be inspirational with both inward-and-outward movement; that it would be easily memorable; that it
would contain no “how to” words; and that it could be easily enlarged into relevant and subservient Vision
statements. The fact that certain words in any Mission Statement may need clarification is scarcely avoidable—most common words have multiple, acceptable definitions; especially words like live and love.
Now, we cannot dilly dally with this. The congregational profile for our Call should include a Mission Statement and Vision Statements.
And we do not want to stop the dialogue with you. Continue your sharing of your thoughts. We love to have
suggestions. Remember what kind of a Mission Statement we desire (see above paragraph), write it/them out
(don’t trust our memories), and pass them on to a TT member, so that we can share more in our next meeting.
Thank you so very, very much.
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One of the primary topics of the April 22, Board of Discipleship meeting was our SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE. Worship times and styles are not an unfamiliar subject for dialogue within this Board
because our attendance fluctuates greatly during the year due to our Winter and Spring Guests and Summer
vacations, and because we have at least two if not three worship styles to provide time for expression.
Many of you suggested in our Easter Sunday Opinionaire that we stay with our present 3-SERVICEAND-STYLES SCHEDULE. We did not think that a good idea as the resulting preparations for the historically low Summer numbers puts a lot of work on everyone for a low attendance (when divided by 3) environment.
Even though, in many ways, a 1-SERVICE SCHEDULE would be most logical for pastors, musicians,
and attendees—our consensus was that one service would need to be a mix of traditional and contemporary
styles (we didn’t think alternating styles a good idea and neither did you). We gave a lot of thought and dialogue to this option. We considered the difference the worship potential this summer would be compared to
last, and that we did average 107 worshipers for those 10 Sundays. Yet, we just didn’t feel comfortable, thinking that most of our members would not like that format and therefore would not be well served most of the
time with such a mixture, to choose it as we did last Summer.
Therefore, it was decided to use a 2-SERVICE-AND-STYLES SCHEDULE.
Secondly, it was decided these times would be at 9:30 a.m. and
11:00 a.m. These were the most preferred times of those who wanted 2
services.
Third, it was decided this schedule will begin on Sunday, June 14,
and continue through Sunday, August 16 (10 Sundays). Except for the
first Sunday, this schedule corresponds to the Summer Vacation of our
Palm Beach County Schools—June 4 through August 17.
Finally, it was decided that a traditional style Divine Service
would be held at 9:30 a.m., and a contemporary style Divine Service
would be held at 11:00 a.m. This was our last decision as it was the most difficult one to make for this schedule.
While this was not an objective, it turns out this schedule is a 90-minute move of start times for all three
groups of attendees.
That’s where we are now. The Board of Discipleship would like to put this decision to rest. HOWEVER,
we know there are many of you who have an opinion about this sensitive issue. We would like to hear your
opinions. Speak with one of our Board of Discipleship members: Lou Raffa, chair, Trisha Shankin, Debbie
Weier, Don Rousseau, Walt Wiley, and Ben Schuemann, ex-officio. Or, you may email your opinion(s) to
Pastor Ken, KFuehler@faithnpb.com, and he will forward it to all our Board members.
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STEWARDSHIPENCOURAGEMENTfromourLCMS—May,2015
We pray in the Lord’s Prayer for daily bread.
The Small Catechism teaches that “Daily bread
includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink,
clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals,
money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout
children, devout workers, devout and faithful
rulers, good government, good weather, peace,
health, self-control, good reputation, good
friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.” This is
a pretty comprehensive list of what God provides for our daily bread. But all of this, eventually, and finally, will be taken away from us—
not because God is punishing us, but because
this is not the goal of life. There is more to life
than these things. In fact, we will truly live when
all these things are taken away, and we no longer
need to pray for daily bread.
For God our Father in heaven is calling us
home to Himself. We are just sojourners here.
We are on a journey in the wilderness of this
world toward our true home, the land of promise, in heaven. Everything that we have in this
world and this life will be left behind.
But as much as we long for heaven, as much
as we eagerly await that time when our Lord will
take us from this vale of tears to Himself in
heaven, we still struggle with letting go of what
we have in this world. We still suffer the temptation to hold on to this life and this world and the
things of this life and this world. But this is not
our true home. And as good as this life is, and it
is often by God’s grace very good, the life to
come in His kingdom far exceeds it.
And giving, stewardship, is a practice that
teaches us to look to, long for, and trust in the
eternal realities rather than the earthly. It teaches
us to loosen our hold and let go of those things
that keep us earthly minded, so that we may look
what our Father in heaven has in store for us for
all eternity. It teaches us to concentrate on what
God has done, is doing, and will do for us instead of the constant work-a-day world and noise
that we have here. It teaches us to long for that
better country, the heavenly one. For God is not
ashamed to be called our God. And He has prepared for us a city, His city, not made with
hands.
Thus we give generously to the church, to our
family, to those in society. We release our grasp
on what would keep our focus on the here and
now, so that we would be free to receive and rejoice in what our future shall be in heaven. We
invest where moth and rust will not destroy. We
put our treasures so that our hearts will follow
them (Matt 6:21; Luke 12:34). For we are only
of any earthly good, when we are truly heavenly
minded. Make this your practice for your own
good eternally and your neighbors’ good temporally. Faith Lutheran Church presents Dr. Jennifer Pascual in Concert
Saturday, May 9th at 6:30 PM
Faith Lutheran Church—555 US Hwy 1; North Palm Beach, FL
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, the organist of the Cathedral of St. Patrick in New York City will perform on our 20rank Casavantes pipe organ on Saturday, May 9th at 6:30 PM.
She is the first woman to hold this position and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance
from Eastman School of Music where she studied with David Higgs. She also holds a Master of Music degree
in piano performance where she studied with Nina Svetlanova and organ with McNeil Robinson. She received the Bachelor of Music degree in piano and organ performance, magna cum laude and the Music Education degree from Jacksonville University in Florida.
She is a member of the American Guild of Organists, Arch Diocesan Music Commission, Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians, Liturgical Organists Consortium, and the National Association of Pastoral
Musicians and is a frequent recitalist at national conventions. She has performed in Russia, Austria, Canada,
Italy, the Philippines and the United States.
She hosts a radio talk show and her CD’s are on the JAV label available at www.pipeorgancds.com. Dr. Pascual is an organist in the World Library Publication 8 – DC recording of Psalms and Ritual Music.
Free-will offering—Reception follows in the Michel Building.
It’s Graduation Season!
We cherish the opportunity to honor our Graduates! In addition to our high school graduate, I need
the help of the congregation to gather information
on our college and master’s degree graduates. Also,
adults may be honored as well.
If you completed a certification or any other education program this year, please let us know.
Please contact Diana Bly in the church office with
the information. Thank you for your help!
Michelle Moore is competing in International Science and Engineering
Fair ISEF) May 10th-15th in Pittsburgh PA. Way to go Michelle, your
Faith Family is proud of you!
Zo Lerner and family will be hosting a fund raiser, spaghetti dinner, on
Saturday, May 30th at 5:00 PM in the Michel Building. This fund raiser is
for Zo’s Palm Beach Gardens High School class to raise funds for a trip
to Italy. Watch the Sunday Parish Notes for more information.
Food Pantry News
Please continue your food donations, see suggestion list for groceries needed and thank you for your past
and continued giving.
Suggested List for Food Pantry—Only Non-perishable food please.
Suggested List for food pantry—only imperishable food please!
Beans
Peanut Butter
Canned Fruit
Pop-Top Cans
Canned Meat, Tuna
Powdered or Canned Milk
Diced Tomatoes, Paste
Rice
Mac & Cheese
Soup
Pasta
Spaghetti Sauces
Watch the Weekly Parish Notes for special requests of needed food items.
Our Food Pantry is open to the public on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and from 2:00—4:00 PM
Special Women of Faith Meeting
Saturday, May 2nd, 10 AM
The reason for the meeting is to discuss the purchase and storage of new
chairs for the Michel Building.
Men Of Faith
Quarter Auction
May 28th—6:00 PM
Charity of the Month
Relay for Life
American Cancer Society
Representatives from the Men of
Faith are invited as well. After the
meeting we will remain to assemble
Chrismons (Christmas ornaments).
Afterwards, anyone wishing to, is invited to join us for a late lunch at an
area restaurant.
God-Given Hats: A Vocational Prayer Service
Saturday, May 9th at 8:30 AM
We begin our morning in the Sanctuary
then proceed to the Michel Building for breakfast served by the Men of Faith.
Wear your favorite hat!
Bring a Friend!
Call 622-4703 for Reservations
Help Wanted: Someone is needed to help Laura Hess with the Sunshine Ministry. She is currently
sending out Birthday cards to the Women of Faith and would like some one to help her for half the
year, from July through December. Cards and stamps are provided.
Linda Seitz, President, Women of Faith
Jane Lerner, Vice-President
Carol Rousseau, Secretary
Joan Kmetz, Treasurer
Next Women of Faith Rummage Sale Friday, May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd Dona ons may be dropped oﬀ beginning, Sunday, May 3rd In the Mul ‐purpose room of the Michel Building Sunday Morning Studies
Adult Bible Study – Join us in the Michel Building Multi-Purpose Room at 9:20 AM for a
course in Christianity - “God Connects” .
Sisters in the Word - A 12 week study of the Epistle of James. Please join us in the Chapel
from 9:20 AM—10:20 AM. Led by Magdala Ray
“The Book of Isaiah Bible Study” - Meets in the Library @ 9:20 AM. Led by Larry Hess.
Middle School & High School Bible Study - Grades 6 - 12 meets upstairs Youth Room of the
Michel Building at 11:00 AM. Led by Lisa Fortini and David Hernandez.
Weekday Bible Studies
Men’s Tuesday Morning Bible Study meets at 7:30 AM in the Michel Building as we take a look at
the coming Sunday’s Scripture. All men are welcome.
Women’s Tuesday Morning Bible Study - meets at 10:00 AM in the Michel Building. All ladies wel-
come. Our last meeting will be May 26 before breaking for the summer. We will resume on September 8th. Call or email Fran at williamhickman5004@att.net if you having any questions.
Home Bible Study at the home of Tom & Sally Schwartz Bible Study at the Schwartz’s is the 1st
and 3rd Tuesday of each month. All are welcome. The program begins at 6:30 PM and includes potluck dinner, fellowship and Bible Study, ending promptly at 9:00 PM. Call for info and directions @
622-4946.
Every Wednesday Bible Study at Tommy & Pily Tucker’s home, 504 Harbour Rd., North Palm Beach.
Phone # 346-3363. Reading thru the Bible with discussion, 7:00 PM dinner, 7:30 PM Bible Study.
Everyone welcome!
Our Faith Family In Need of Prayer
Sandy Aiken, Bill Cahill, Ardie Davis, Kenitha Drury, Mekailah Drury-Enge, Mary Evelyn, Laura Fulton, Judith Gonnerman, Larry & Sharon Hess, Dave Johnson, Linda Keller, Audrey & Howard Kittelberger, Joan Kmetz, Mal & Ruth Knudson, Dana Leininger, Connie Luneke, Kathy McCoy, Curtis
Mertz, Irma Meyer, Jean Miller, Michael Schankin, Tom & Sally Schwartz, Edwina Scofield, Tom
Schuemann, Edna Seitz, Jim Stilwell, Rosie Stilwell, Monica Trautsch, Rich Walker, Sharon Wiley, and
Don Zickert.
Prayers for the extended family of Faith
Betty Sither’s nephew Richard, & little Steele; Marcia Brancolino’s relative, Charlie Bottoms; Fran Hickman’s son, Billy; Larry & Sharon Hess’ daughter, Meg Aumick; Tracy O’Daniell. Ron Woita’s friend,
Robert Lowe Jr., Trish Schankin’s friend, Debbie Baldwin; Karen Terry’s sister, Donna Suggs, Carol
Schmidt’s friend, Patricia MacWay Pena; Carol Rousseau’s daughter, Patty; Bill & Barb Cahill’s friend,
Dick Perry, former member, Steve Stanley, Walt & Sharon Wiley’s son-in-law, Scott, Tom & Sally
Schwartz’s son, Thom and Gail Bolognese’s friends Kerry Lynn Brumley, Kimberly Brumley, Vicky Tanner-Russell, Larry Ray Wegner, Susan Wegner, Bertha DiPaolo’s son Ralph Petrarca, Barbara Sager’s
friend, Mary Lou Calhoun.
2 Trisha Schankin
5 Michael Schankin
10 Carol Berkland
Lila Spiers
Quinn Watson
11 Hugh Falconer
Janet Nakushian
19 Bob Heath
20 Bill Goetze
25 Brianna Giese
Deb Schuemann
26 Terry Luneke
27 Bobby Cano
Colleen Grear
Susan Russo
28 Tori Schmidt
Jim Stilwell
30 Gail Bolognese
31 Caleb Weier
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Bert & Linda Seitz
Rich & Patti Walker
Tom & Deb S chuemann
Frank & Susan Russo
Tom & Frances Schrade
20 Richard & Laura Fulton
27 Curtis & Cynthia Mertz
31 David & Karen Hernandez
Coming in May, A National Lutheran Schools Accreditation Team
will be here May 13-14-15 to view and review our facilities, staff, and
curriculum. National Lutheran School Accreditation (NLSA) encourages
and recognizes Lutheran schools that provide quality Christian education and engage in continuous improvement. NLSA serves a variety of
levels of schools — early childhood, elementary and high schools and
all combinations of the aforementioned. It helps Lutheran schools evaluate their academic quality and the spiritual dimension of the school.
The standards and report forms are similar to other accrediting processes, both secular and religious and are recognized by many States.
It is an honor to be accredited by NLSA.
Also the end of the school year, Noah’s Ark presentation (May 14th at 7:00 PM) by our preschool
students. We welcome volunteers.
Registration open for 2015-2016 School year. Classes for Infant and Toddlers from 8 weeks old;
Pre-K 3, Pre-K4/VPK, and afterschool care from the Conservatory, Bright Futures and St. Clare
schools
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and showcase children’s art all year long!
This 13 month calendar starts in June 2015 and goes through June 2016. This
calendar makes a great gift for family. Place your order soon with Kathy Knudtson at 842-2487 or drop off this order form in the Church office.
________Quantity x’s $5.00
_____________ Total Paid
Name: _________________________________________
Telephone # _____________________________________
Spring Cleaning??? Wan ng to De‐clu er your closets and drawers??? Clean out your garage??? Save all your gently used items for the next Women of Faith Rummage Sale Friday, May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd You may bring your dona ons, beginning Sunday, May 3rd, to the Mul ‐purpose room in the Michel Building. Many hands are needed to facilitate this event, please come and donate your me be‐
ginning Monday, May 18th to help set‐up tables; and Tuesday through Thursday begin‐
ning at 9:00 AM to place and price items. Volunteers are also needed to work the days of the sale and to clean up a er the sale.